Saturday, October 13, 1945
Page Six
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON
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GRANDMAMA'S SNAKES
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I TCTHILE we were working In the
.Schumann Circus, our act be
gan to attract the notice of agents
I and the press. I personally had
I a nice success, which resulted in
1 Ograinsky's redoubling his efforts
to improve my tumbling. He ro
, sorted to his old habit of hitting
me on the nape ol the nccK lo
I Increase my speed, and I devel
, oped chronic headaches that mode
me so ill I was hardly able to got
.' through the performance,
i It was compulsory for me to
hove a rest and for grandinama
to take care of herself, too, so we
met mother in Hapulln, on the
Italian Riviera, where we stayed
at the quiet, old-fashioned Hotel
Nervi overlooking the bay and
blue waters of the Mediterranean
Bapallo is a favorite re;jrt for
alngers who find the air and sun
shine excellent for their throats.
We had rooms opening on a
private terrace with orange trees
all around it, where gnindmumn
Could bask in the sunshine with
her three pet snakes. They were
the oldest and best beloved of her
reptiles, and it did not occur to
us that there was anything very
Odd in her having them.
After a six-week stay in Ita
pallo, we went to London. Mother
decided to make o trip to Canada
and see my father, partly for
business reasons and partly to give
my brother an Easter vacation, lie
had Just finished the winter term
at Beaumont College, the Catholic
equivalent of Eton.
' Our party consisted of gnmd
moma with her threo snakes In a
clothes-basket "borrowed" from
the Carlton Hotel In London,
mother with a sable coat she had
just bought on the installment
plon, her bog of jewelry, a Spanish
mold constantly seasick, myself,
and my brother, very sulky on
account of the snakes.
Knit Bed Socks
My father met us when the ship
docked, and I noticed ti6w his face
lit up when he saw mother. We
went to the Chateau Front en tic,
where he had taken a suite for us.
17VER since we had left London,
there had been scenes about
the snukes and their feeding equip
ment which grandmama had
handed over to my brother to
take charge of. Now my brother
refused to have anything to do
with it. He was so rude to grand
mama that she appealed lo my
father to take him to task.
Of course father did not enjoy
the addition of the snakes and
their livestock to our party and
could appreciate my 'brother's
point of view, but he really got
angry when Bunnic (as my brother
was nicknamed) complained bit
terly that grandmama would not
wear a hut, smoked cigars, and
did not look like anybody else's
grandmother, and he would not
be seen with her.
Grandmama was deeply hurt
about my brother's being ashamed
of her, for she was very fond of
him and proud of tils good looks,
but after this little upset she
packed her things, Maid site was
going oft by herself with her
fnakes, and would meet us in New
York for the return trip lo Eu
rope. Mother took Bunnie's pari
in the whole affair but oddly
enough got it into her head that
it was all father's fault that
grandmama went wandering off
alone, and that he had insulted
her. She took my brother and j
went to visit some distant cousins '
in Montreal, and I was loft with
my father.
He took me to Toronto, where
ho had a house near the Uni
versity, and 1 was happier than
ever before. It was the first time !
I really got to know my own
father. When he left his olTlce In
the afternoon, we used to go for
long walks, and he would talk to
Deeds Filed
By MRS. ANNE CABOT
A knit-and-pcarl job that will
keep your feet warm ami snug
on the coldest night ever! Make
them of white wool and laee a
one-inch Dink or pale blur satin
ribbon through the lacy tops.
They're IS inches from tup to
toe, knitted without any diflietill
shaping!
To obtain complete knitting in
structions tor the While lied
Socks (Pattern No. 5(1-111) send IS
cents in COIN plus 1 cent posl
age, YOUR NAMK. ADHIIKSS
and the PATTERN NUMISKK lo
Anne Cabot. I. a tirando Kvoiiinu,
Observer, 7(111 Mission street, San
Francisco, Calif.
V. K. Wilkins et ux to Conrad
C. Huntsman et ux, Lot (1, Blk. U,
Komig's addition, $10 and other
considerations.
Louis F. Heidenrcieh el at to
Hurry II. Cleaver et ux, portion
or Lot 1, Blk. 15, Coggin's addi
tion, La Grande city, $1 und other
considerations,
Chriss Lee el ux to Carrol
Bcrtelsen, S'zSW'i, SW'iSE'i,
Sec. , Twp. S, It. Hit K. portion
of W' i.SK' j, See. 1(1, pol l ion of
W 4 N E V, , V. V. N VV , N W '.i N W fy .
and SW'ANW'A, all in See. Hi,
Twp. (i S, If. :ill E. $25,(1110.
L. fi. Terry to Kdwnrd I,. Hall,
Lot ;i, Ulk. "Y" Kiilwlivisiun of
U I Its. ";." "Y," "Z," Coggan's
I M'cond addition, La Grande city,
I $10.
Robert Kelley to Jesse Turhow
et ux, EMsSWHi, Sec. 5, Twp. 4 S,
H. 'M E, $1 and oilier considera
tions. Heii'H of Marion MeMurry lo
Jesse Turbow et ux, E'jSW'i,
Sec. 5. Twp. -1 S, R. 111! E, $1 and
other considerations.
Paul I. Conloy et ux to W. A.
Roundv el ux, N'i Lots 1, 2, 3.
lllk. 154. Chaplin's addition, La
Grande city, $10 and other con
siderations. M. .!. Sevier el ux to Claude W.
Anson, et ux, KW'i, and S'-i-NWKi,
Sec. 20, Twp. 2 S, R. H!l
E, SKI.
Edith P. Simmons et al In John
V'hile et ux, portion ot SW'i
NE'i, Sec. 4, Twp. :t S. 3H E, $1
and other considerations.
Elmer Case et ux lo Lillian M.
Fleming, Lot (i, Hlk. 110, Chap
lin's addition, La Grande city, $1
and other considerations.
Paul Meyers et al to Nels Nel
sun et u.x, Lot 3, lllk. 13, sub-division
of Ulk. 13, Grundy's sec
ond addition, $1 and other con
siderations. Union county to school district
No. 23, Lots !),' 10, 11, 12, Ulk. S3,
llindman's addition, Elgin, $20.
Hlenn E. O'Ncil et.ux to llo
Fields, Lot 57, and west HH feel
of Lot 53. V a r k addition, La
Grande city, $1.2511.
me almost as If I were a grown
person, teaching me English words
and reading to me every night
before I went to sleep. All this
was too good to last, and one day
he received a frantic telegram
from mother announcing that
Buunie had Buffered a serious mo
torcycle accident while out racing
with some of the cousins they
were visiting. He had a ruptured
kidney and she was taking him to
New York for medical treatment
We started pocking immedlotely
to join her there.
Grandmama turned up In New
York in answer to the letters we
sent to her agents, and as soon 08
Bunnie was out of danger, mother
announced she was taking him to
Europe. I will always remember
the day we left and the New York
docks in the hot sunshine: my
brother could not walk, so was
carried to the ship on a stretcher,
and father seemed unusually sad.
f could not underrtand why he
didn't come with us.
We dlscmburked In Cherbourg
and went on to Paris where my
brother was first placed in a sani
tarium in St. Cloud. He craved
the sea, so mother decided to take
house somewhere on tne coast
of France for his convalescence.
The place she rented, on the Is
land of Guernsey, was once Vic
tor Hugo's house where he wrote
Toilers of the Sea."
Mother had taken the house
from a phony estate agent she had
met, a bogus "count" of come
sort, and everything was wrong
with it. The lavatories wouldn t
work, part of the staircase caved
in, the drawing room walls were
mildewed. And she kopt receiv
ing incredible bills from the
"count" for repairs.
Finally father came over from
Canada to see what was going on,
his arrival coinciding with a no
tice from a lawyer in Southamp
ton that the house hod been
bought the previous year from the
Hugo estate by (lie government,
to be used as a museum, and they
could not understand how the
agent managed to rent It to us.
In the meantime, the "count" dis
appeared with three months' ad
vance rent and the check; lor the
plumber.
(To Be Continued)
Maternity Dress
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HORIZONTAL
1,7 Pictured
author
13 Sore
14 Warmer
15 Poker stoke
16 Notion
19 Preposition
20 Midday
21 Display
22 Comb
23 Credit (ab.)
24 One (Scot.)
25 Debar
29 Dots
32 Ventilate
33 Boot paddle
34 Morose
36 Of the moon
39 Chaldean city
40 Myself
41 Dozes
44 Worry
46 Pitcher
50 Stomp
51 Fury
52 Unusual
53 Continent
55 He writes
about
57 African fly
58 Endured
VERTICAL
1 Posture
2 Singers
3 Until
4 Arabian gulf
5 About
8 Journey
7 Chafe
8 Behold!
9 Of the ear
10 Heating
device
11 Group of four
12 Ents owoy
17 Accomplish
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18 Type measure 35 Serpent 46 Exempli
26 Dark liquid emblem gratia (ab.)
27 Grease 37 Mulct 47 River duck
28 Poke 33 Peruse again 48 Mistakes
29 The sun 42 Peel 49 Abide
30 Greek letter 43 Groove 54 Postscript
31 Vase 44 Release (ab.)
34 Evening 45 Sun god 56 Note of scale
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By SUE BURNETT
Youlhful charm distinguishes
litis smart two-piece frock for the
mother-to-be. The skirt has an
adjustable pleat on wich side and
is attached to a bodice for com
fort and practicality.
Pattern No. 11021 is designed for
sim'S 12, 14, 1(1, 111, 20; 40 and 42.
Size I I, skirt and jacket, requires
4'!s yards of 35 or 30-inc!i ma
terial; bodice, 1 yard.
For this pattern, send 20 cents,
in COINS, your name, address,
size desired, and the PATTERN
NUMBER and Sue Burnett. La
Grande Evening Observer, 70!)
Mission street. San Francisco.
Calif.
Behind the Scenes
hi Washington
(Continued From Page 2)
on improvements in artificial
limhs for the government. It is
hoped that this organization will
produce something noteworthy.
Navy is making its own pro
sthetic devices. It reports most
success with artificial hands. The
hook, still found most convenient,
is shunned liv many who have
lost arms and hands because of
its undesirable appearance. Navy
has a hand that can do almost as
many dungs as a hook hut can
he made almost identical to a
human hand in appearance.
Army and veterans administra
tion is Inlying the best artificial
limbs it can gi) from private
manufacturers hut are lagging in
making improvements.
Rep. Kelley says that one of
the troubles is that persons and
firms who are manufacturing ar
tificial limbs don't understand
eonugh about anatomy. He says
it takes and expert knowledge of
l one stiurhite tn produce a satis
factory nrtifici.il leg. He plans to
urge congress to provide money
to make nioM'lhctic devices as
good as possible, not only for vet
erans but for the thousands who
annually lose lei and arms in accidents.
Our Boarding House
With Major Hon pie Out Our Way
J. R. William
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Freckles and His Friends
Merrill Blossei
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