SOUTHERN OREGON MINER. Ashland. Oregon
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Timely Samplers to
Beautify Your Home
Make »Slip Cover« for
That Unusual Chair
OUSEHOLD
* I 'HIS cover was a twofold con-
* servution measure in the moat
literal sense.
Its purpose was
not to cover shabby upholstery
but to protect handsomp damask
from everyday wear and tear,
in a household where there were
children. The substantial striped
cotton materiul chosen harmonizes
perfectly with the rather elegant
lines of tne chair frame.
If you huve un especially diffi­
cult chair to cover, you will Suva
• ’/KATHLEEN NORRIS •
©NORRIS
Do not mix new milk with old,
except when it is to be used im­
mediately.
• • •
It will help keep your shoes if
you put them on shoe trees or stuff
the toes with paper when they are
not being worn. Always wipe them
dry of moisture and dirt after ex­
posure.
• • •
Grease can be removed from on
iron by rubbing it with corn meal.
• • •
An occasional application of oil
will keep leather in chairs and
suitcases from cracking.
• • •
Here's a hint for the workshop:
In tiling a saw, first smoke the teeth
with a lighted candle. This will
make it easy to see the fresh filing
and to hold the filo at the right
angle for the job.
THE STORY
SO FAR:
CkarMto
(Cherry) Kawltag», as orphan slur« »he
was seven, bad keen at Salat Dorothea's
school tar girls, She kaaws almost noth
lag about her early hlsloty. Judxe Jud-
aoa Marahbaaka, her roauardlaa with
Emma Haskell, a trained nurse who
bad taken car« of her mother, arranges
for her to leave the school, and take up
■ a secrete rial potiUoa with the wealthy
Mrs. Forleous rotter tn San Francisco.
But first she toes to the Marshbanks
mansion. She dines alone with the judge
WO samplers — eloquent In as Fran, bls »uung wife, and bls niece.
thought, simple in execution— Amy. are dining out. Kelly Coates, an
artist, drops In. and Fran and Amy stop
combine cross stitch with outline.
Shield and bell are the dominant on their way out. nodding only casually
when Cherry Is Introduced. It Is evident
figures on one; on the other, the to Cherry that Coates and Fran are In­
flag and eagle. Each is 8 by 10 in terested la each other. As Fran and
size, and both come on one trans­ Amy leave she bears laughing reference
to herself and her convent clothes, and
fer Z9477.
• • •
Is bitter. Her surroundings are luxnri-
This pattern also brines outlines for the ous when she goes to work for Mrs. Por­
distinctive spear type hangers—these are ter. but soon she finds life most mo­
cut from wood and painted. A cord of red notonous. KeUy. horseback riding In Ute
or blue adds the Anal touch. Grand for park with Fran, stops to talk with ber
gifts or your own use. The price of the as she is motoring with Mrs. Porter and
transfer is 13 cents. Send your order to:
later sends her a box of candy. Mrs.
Porter gives a big party for her niece.
AUNT MARTHA
Dorothy Page-Smltb. Cherry flnds Doro-
Box 1SS-W
Kania1 City, Mo.
thy crying.
T
Enclose 18 cents for each pattern
Now continue with the story.
desired. Pattern No......................
Name .........................................................
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She was some blocks away from home when a low along, open, disrep­
utable car drew up close to her on the carb and a voice said, "Jump in.’*
Beware Coughs
froB cofliBM colds
That Hang On
CREOMULSION
PAZOi
PILES
Relieves pain and soreness
Female Weakness
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CHAPTER
ised with great confidence that she a parting second attempt at a pleas­
Address ................. . .................................
would remove the little creature the ant smile.
She walked to her own room,
The hours went by; chill daylight minute he became troublesome.
came into the room. She got up From that moment the cat was vis­ slipped Into bed and lay with nar*
jaded and weary. bathed and ibly the absorbing consideration of rowed eyes and a bitten lower Up.
pondering,
Thought, long denied,
brushed her thick hair and somehow Emma’s life.
"Did you go first to the Marsh­ came with a rush, and she was
was at breakfast with Emma as
The groundwork for the conver­
usual at eight o’clock. Emma gave banks as a nurse. Emma?" Cherry drowned in the bitterness of it
sion of American industry to war
her a sharp look as if she thought asked idly one night. Emma looked
Other girls bad mothers and fa­
production started as long ago as that even last night's acUvities at her quickly, hesitated before
thers and homes. And she had—she
1922 when the Army and Navy should not have left such traces, speaking.
had only the drab background of
Munitions board was set up, and but she said nothing; both women
“Yes.” she answered then. “I’d Saint Dorothea's and this humiliat­
the army established ordnance of­ rustled the morning papers and taken the boys, Fred and Judson, ing revelation tonightt
fices in 13 important cities through­ drank their coffee almost in silence. through tonsil operations, and then
Slow teara began to creep down
out the country, says Collier’s. The
The customary miracle of service through scarlet fever, at the hoa- Cherry's cheeks; presently she be­
board then began a survey of some
The
pita)
when
I
was
in
training,
gan to sob heavily. She cried her­
20,000 large industrial plants to de­ was going on in the house, was ac­ old lady took a liking to me. and self to sleep.
complished when Cherry walked
termine what these companies
through the downstairs rooms at when they’d come back from abroad
One morning Cherry found herself
could and would produce in case
a few years later and I'd been wid­
noon after a full, fire-warmed morn­
free at noon, and determined to take
of war.
owed. the old madame—as we used
ing in Mrs. Porter's apartment, the
one of the long walks she loved.
to call Mrs. Marshbanks, though I
ordinary procedure of letters and
She was seme blocks away
don't suppose she was more than
compliments and telephone calls.
from home when • low-slang,
fifty then—sent tor me to take care
The great house had reassumed itr
opro, disreputable car drew up
of the colonel. He'd been struck
aspect of luxurious mausoleum.
close to her on the curb and a
down with sleeping sickness; he was
Cherry felt stifled. She told Emma on a couch for years. Then Miss
voice said, “Jump la."
she did not want any lunch; she Louise—she was the only daughter
The world wheeled about her for
took a long walk instead, for Mrs. and had married an engineer from ■ few dizzy seconds, for it was Kelly
Porter, all cheerful restoration and Springfield—came home to have the Coates who had spoken; he was
Terror Deafens
The man who is roused neither amazing vitality at breakfast, had baby. The old lady was so pleased driving the car and beside him sat
by glory nor by danger it is vain admitted in mid-morning that she about it—they both talked so much Fran Marshbanks smothered in soft
to exhort; terror closes the ears felt sleepy—not one bit tired, but about the grandchild. And then to fox skins, with a daring red hat
sleepy. Sp the machinery of the day have both die—yes, that was a bad topped on her dark hair.
of the mind.—Sallust.
had been stopped. Cherry was free time.
"I want Mrs. Marshbanks to come
until late in the afternoon.
“I stayed on as a nurse and house­ over and have lunch with me," the
She walked toward the Presidio keeper; I had my sister to support, man explained It honestly with his
and down its narrow eucalyptus- and it was a comfortable place. I wide, flashing smile, “and she won't
shaded paths to the cliffs, and so wasn’t twenty when I graduated and come unless you do."
along • by the bay shore. Right came to them.”
“Are you free from those old
across the bay, under the arch of
“How'd you know my mother, v ogres for a while?" Fran asked in
the long red bridge, was Sausalito, Emma? Did you meet her at the her careless, fascinating, hoarse
and somewhere there was Kelly's Marshbanks’?”
voice.
Creomulsion relieves promptly be­
studio. "Topcote.”
Emma looked thoughtfully at her
"I'm free until half past four.”
cause it goes right to the seat of the
Cherry sat down on a wall and companion.
trouble to help loosen and expel
Cherry did not want to go and yet
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
stared wistfully at the hills as if her
“No; I knew her before that,” the was wild with eagerness to go. The
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in­
thoughts could -cross the miles, and finally said. And then, after an* thought that he was in love with
flamed bronchial mucous mem­
somehow find him and somehow let other pause: "Your mother was my Frau made being in Kelly's compa­
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
him know how eager she was to sister Charlotte."
ny exquisitely painful to her. but
a bottle of Creomulsion with the un­
make her apologies. “Topcote" could
derstanding you must like the way it
Cherry stared at her. The wo.’ds she had hungered to see these per­
quickly allays the cough or you are
easily be reached on a long after­ did not seem to make sense.
sons again, to be one of them, to
to have your money back.
noon's walk; it would be but a short
“My mother—” she began in a know what was going on. and this
half-dozen miles in alL Her fancy whisper, and stopped.
golden opportunity would not come
began to play.
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchiti»
“Yes. Your mother was my sis­ I twice.
"I'd love to,” she said, smiling
Some day—her next all-free day— ter. You were named for her.
she would start early and walk
“But Emma," Cherry said breath­ as she climbed in and wedged her*
straight across the bridge, and when lessly,
confusedly conscious of self snubly beside Fran. The mo­
Aunt Louise says:
she reached the great ramps on the shock and reluctance, "you never ment she did it she regretted it,
wondering through what fatuity of
Marin County side, she would ask told me!"
complacence she had accepted the
someone where Spanish Farm Road
“Well, you don’t always tell chil­
was, and follow it to some gate or dren everything.” Emma said aft­ invitation to play a third in their
affair. Why had they asked her? she
fence that said, "Topcote.”
er a moment. “You weren't but a
Emma, quiet and stern-faced and little thing when your mother died.” wondered.
“Mrs. Marshbanks,” Kelly said,
Millions of people so Seri ns from simple
impersonal, had to concede herself
“I could have known that!” Cher­
"once went to a movie in which a
Piles, hors found prompt relief with
sufficiently
like
the
rest
of
human
­
ry
exclaimed.
A
thousand
bright
PAZO, ointment. Here's why: First.
kind to succumb to a heavy chest dreams vanished with the revela­ girl visited an artist in his studio,
PAZO ointment soothes inflamed areas
—relieves pain and Itching. Second.
cold when changeable March weath­ tion. and she felt hurt and wronged. and everything went wrong for fifty
PAZO ointment lubricates hardened,
Was that it,
er was vexing the city, and for a But amazement still had first place years afterward.
dried parts—helps prevent crachins and
Fran?”
soreness Third. PAZO ointment lends
few
days
the
household
was
serious
­
in her thoughts.
le reduce swellins and check hleediws.
"Something
like
that,”
said
ly alarmed about her. Her old em­
Fourth, H’s easy to we. PAZO oint­
“Maybe I never told you because Fran’s exquisite voice lazily.
ment's perforated Pile Pipe makes ap­
ployer was ill too, and a nurse who I didn't think you'd be especially
plication simple, thoronsh. Your doctor
"So she didn't want to come home
had often cared for Mrs. Porter was pleased," Emma said dryly. The
can tell you about PAZO ointment.
and lunch with me," Kelly went on.
installed in the rooms of the mis­ girl's color came up warmly.
Get PIZO Now' At Your Druggists'
"Perhaps I know my own weak­
tress; there was a second nurse as
"It’s not that! Of course I'm—
ness," Fran contributed idly.
well to relieve the first.
I'm glad.” she stammered. "I've
They crossed the bridge and on
For the little time that Mrs. Por­ never had any family, and—and of
the eastern shore moved along a
rs«ess distress ef ROmrX
ter needed diversion, her nurses course I'm glad!”
wide, smooth highway for a few
read to her or chatted with her and
And. immediately, to her own
Cherry formed the habit of spend­ amazement, she burst into tears. miles, turned left and mounted an
ing the early evening hours with She had often imagined what her earth road that wound up the hill.
AND HELP BUILD UP RED BLOOD!
Emma, as Emma grew convales­ connections might be; she had nev­ Scattered cottages, hidden among
Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound
cent.
Although the older woman er dreamed this, Emma—so con- oaks and eucalyptus, faced the road
TABLETS (with added Iron) have
never acknowledged in words that tained and cold and distant—her here and there. Kelly's place was
helped thousands to relieve peri­
odic pain, backache, headache with
she liked her companion or missed own aunt! Cherry pushed the table at the head of a small tree-lined can­
weak, nervous, cranky, blue feel­
her or waited for her, Cherry grew away blindly and went to the win- yon, and consisted of a cottage of
ings—due to functional monthly
disturbances.
to enjoy these evenings, and sus­ dow, and stood looking out at the perhaps three rooms, a large white
Taken regularly—Pinkham’s Tab­
barn, various sheds and fences that
pected
that Emma did, too.
lets help build up resistance against
dark night, and the far city lights
suggested that the place had once
such annoying symptoms. Also,
Emma
was
about
fifty,
but
she
that
shot
arrows
and
flashes
through
their Iron makes them a line hema­
been a small farm. There was an
might
have
been
any
age
between
tic tonic to help build up red blood.
her tears.
arbor covered with young grape
Pinkham’s Tablets are made espe­
thirty and seventy. Her face was
"Mother—mother never told me!”
cially for women. Follow label di­
vines, sheltering a long table and
thin, narrow and marked by stern­ she stammered. “I wish she had!"
rections. Worth trying!
two benches, young berry bushes
ness and reserve. Her graying hair
Cherry looked down at her cards just in leaf, a languishing little gar­
she wore coronet fashion in tight with blinded eyes, and made her­
den whose neglected rose and ge­
braids in which never a hair was self move thpm here and there as
ranium bushes were choked with
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WNU—13
awry.
if she were playing. She finished last season's dried grass and some
A strange, cold, repressed wom­ her game, and said with a shaking apple and apricot trees getting
an, Cherry used to think, as Emma, voice that she was tired and thought ready to bloom.
belted into a «ray wrapper, sat back she would go to bed. Emma still
Cherry was under the spell of
panting against her pillows and at­ making no comment. Cherry put the peace of Kelly Coate’s place,
tacked the day's bills, menus, re­ away the table and asked Emma if its simplicity, its beauty almost be­
Don’t Neglect Them!
ports. Cherry brought up a lamp there was anything more she could fore she had gotten out of the car;
Nature designed the kidneys to do s
that illumined the ceiling and sent a do.
she had never dreamed of anything
marvelous job. Their teak la to keep the
“No,” Emma said, "nothing."
soft light down for the invalid's
Rowing blood stream free of an excaae of
so informal, so comfortable, so
toxic impurities. The act ef living— Ufa
The girl came to the bedside, complete.
eyes, brought up a glass bowl of
Usslf —is constantly producing waste
crocus blossoms and set it on the looked down.
matter the kidneys meat remove from
They were all hungry; they fell
“Good night then,” she added in upon preparations for luncheon to­
the blood if good heath Is to endure
table, put a Chinese plate of brown
When the kidneys fail to function as
bulbs in the sunshiny south window a light, level tone, with a resolute gether. All this went on in the
Nature Intended, there Is retention of
waste that may cause body-wide die
where Emma could employ times of smile. “Would you—I would if you small kitchen, for a bleak wind had
trees. One may suffer nagging backache.
shall I call you Aunt blown up from the south and it was
languor in watching their almost liked
Dersiatent headache, attacka of dixr. naee,
JetT.ng up nights, swelling, puAnom
hourly change. And finally, shyly, Emma?” she added hesitatingly,
too chilly and overcast out of doors
under the eyee—feel tired, nervous, ail
Emma eyed her steadily for a for the arbor to be the dining room,
she brought Emma a tiny kitten, a
*P^Lt, scanty or bo™ln»’’’TMT
bundle of wet, wailing fur that she few long seconds.
much to Kelly’s disappointment.
ere sometimes further evidence of kid­
had found by the Presidio wall.
“No,” I don’t know that I’d ma!;e
ney er bladder disturbance.
They were very much in love, Kel­
The recognised and proper treatment
Emma laughed a short, scornful any change,” she said then, in the ly and Fran; Cherry could see that.
to a diuretic medicine to help the kidney»
laugh at this last contribution. She same emotionless voice that Cherry Or at least Kelly was.
get rid of excess poisonous body waMo
Perhaps
I’ m Doan's PiUs. They have had more
never could stand cats, she said. had used.
Fran was only pretending; Cherry
than forty ysare of public approval. Are
"Need more Ice?"
endorsed the country over. Insim on
But Cherry, noting the confidence
could not be sure, but this was evi­
Peon's. 8old at all drug stores.
"No; I’m going to listen to the dently a game of which she knew
with which the small stray, newly
warmed and fed, was advancing to­ radio and then I'm going to sleep. every move.
ward Emma’s languid hand, prom-
"Good night,” Cherry said, witli
(TO HE CONTINUED)
Converting Our Industry
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Used brooms can be made stiff
and clean by dipping them in a
pail of boiling soda water, and
drying them in the sun. If the
broom is sprayed or sprinkled oc­
casionally with a little kerosene, it
I
gathers the dust much better.
time by Atting a muslin pat­
tern first. Then you can snip until
it fits perfectly around arms and
other supports and, if you muke
a mistake in the pattern just
stitch a patch over it and start
over again. Before removing the
pattern from the chair, plan the
openings so that they will lap neat­
ly and be sure they are long
enough. In the finished cover ei­
ther bindings or facings may be
used for Irregular edges.
Cut silhouette pictures from old
felt hats and mount them on a
white or contrasting cardboard for
old or inexpensive frames. Use
sharp scissors to cut the felt and
the edges need not be stitched.
Glue the silhouette in place on
see
the background. Dark felts are
NOT1C -This chair la from Mrs Spears'
usually used for this type picture
Book 3, which also contains dlrse-
although combinations of colors Sewing
Uons tor smart new curtain«; and numer-
make attractive flower pictures. oua thing« to make from odda and ends,
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aa weU as new materials.
To set copy of
Children’s Shoes should be plen­ Book 3 send name and addreea with 13
cent» in coins to:
ty large when bought—but not
large enough to slip around and
rub the feet. When they get too I
small, they should be passed on to
some one else, if they are not worn
out, for wearing too-small shoes
when a child may cause serious
foot trouble all through later life.
• • •
Every amateur ought to have n
cold frame, if only to grow lettuce
in. If seeds are sown the latter
part of March there will be lettuce
to eat in a few weeks, with rad­
ishes as a sort of side crop grown
between the lettuce plants. When
hot weather comes it will be found
that lettuce grown in the cold i
frame will head nicely and be J
crisp and tender, while that grown
In the open ground will mostly go
to seed. This is the secret of grow­
ing good summer lettuce, and few
And he's rishi! No need to pay b»a
people know it.
money when GROVE'S A Di and D
WHY SHOULD
I GET ANY
OTHER AB D
VITAMINS
BUT GROVE S
Admirals may be admirable, but
that isn't where the word comes
from. It comes from an old Arabic
word "amir-al” meaning "com­
mander of.” That's what the Ad­
miral is, the top-ranking officer in
the Navy. Top-ranking cigarette
with our Navy men is Camel—the
favorite, too, with men in the
Army, Marines and Coast Guard,
according to actual sales records
from their service stores. Camels
are their favorite gift, too. Local
dealers are featuring Camel car­
tons to send anywhere to any
member of our armed forces. To­
day is a good time to send "him”
a carton of Camels.—Adv.
IF THROAT
ISSORt
IF A COLD has given you
a miserable sore throat,
here’s how to relieve tlie
suffering.
DO THIS NOW— Melt a small lump
of VapoRub on your tongue anil
feel the comforting medication
slowly trickle down your throat­
bathing the irritated membranes
—bringing blessed relief where you
want it, when you want it.
DO THIS TONIQHT — Ruh throat,
chest with VapoRub. Ito long con­
tinued poultice-and-vapor action
loosens phlegm, relieves irritation,
eases cough­
ing, invites
restful sleep.
Kep the Trouble
Borrow trouble for yourself, if
that's your nature, but don’t lend
it to your neighbors.—Kipling.
Vitamioscoet only 25f tor over two
weeks' supply. The larger sire 1« even
more economical— only 81.00 tor
over 10 weeks' supply. Fscn csptule
supplies your daily eroteiuve require­
ments of essential vitamins A snd D
plus famous Hi. Unit for unit you
can't get finer quality.
Potency—quslity guaran­
teed! Today stsrt taking
GROVE'S Vitamins I
«■OVES
Without Disguise
Were we to take as much pains
to be what wc ought to be, as we
do to disguise what we really are,
we might appear like ourselves,
without being at the trouble of any
disguise at all.—Rochefoucauld.
QUINTUPLETS
CHEST CULUS
•
relieve coughing of
this good old reliable way!
Whenever the Dionne Quintuplets eetch
cold—their chests, throats and backs are
Immediately rubbed with Muaterole—
a product made re|>ecially to promptly
relieve coughing and tight eore aching
cheat muacJea due to colds—it actually
helpa break up local congestion in the
upper bronchial tract, now and throat.
Muaterolegiveaauch wonderful results
because it'» what ao many Doctors and
Nurse» call a modern counter-irritant.
Since it'a used on the famous “Quinta”
—you can be »uro It's just about ths
BEST cold relief you can buyl
IN 3 STRENGTHS: Children's MOd,
Regular and Extra Strength.
Sentinels
of Health
D oans P ills
VITAL ELEMENTS* TO HELP BUILD
RESISTANCE TO COLDS...
Good-tasting Scott’s Emulsion con­
tains the natural A and D Vitamins«
often needed to help build stamina
and resistance! Helps build strong
bones, sound teeth too! Mothers—
give Scott’s Emulsion daily.
R icmmn M by Muy Bactm
Tv SCOTT'S
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