Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 26, 1937, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE STX MEDFOTCD TrATTj TTirBUNE, 'NrEDFORD, OREGON. MONDAY. APRIL 2(5. 1937 By MARGARET SYNOPSIS: Eve Uannmrsfleld end 0O. city-loving Denny Car ter are on the verge of marriage when they quarrel and he walk , out. Eve stays in her 200-year-old Connecticut house with kind old "Uncle" Henry and serious tittle Judge Featherstone whose par " ' ente have deserted htm. Her tap ing aone, Eve returnee her aunt's baking business. A shattering let ter telle her Denny it to marry wealthy Mitzu Work and the en couragement of her tteady, de pendable neighbor. George Cleve- land, who loves Eve, keep her go- . ing. Chapter 35 Eve Bakes and Sing JULY and August; and still the routine c. the baking, th routine of the old bouse, and being kind to the old man and little boy. and mak ing strangely new friends. Finding herself pulled back Into the village's rhythm oecause she was Aunt Line's niece and the Grange, the book club. II the civic activities which had owea so much tc her aunt, expected her to do what tier aunt's niece would do. oo she did; It was something to do. -1 couldn't have done dlffarently," she told herself, working alone through the sunny mornings at her kitchen window. She did not mind thinking about things, now. At first It had hurt to think. Now it made things smoother, clearer. "1 couldn't have set Judge adrift In the condi tion he was in. 1 couldn't even go off end quit on Uncle Henry now. bless bis heart" ! She had saved a child, to grow up ' and be sound and right-minded and 'ntelllgent In a world that needed such children badly. She had kept a proud, decent old man from unhap plness and dependence. At least her unhapplness had not been In vain. It dk not make oer happy to feel this. But it made her feel safe. U made her feel i ight with herself. She haC done what the old house made her do. the old house whose people had always stood for right first. Cor decencies first Whether o not ihe was ever happy again, she knew dimly that In the end she could be content. "If this had Happened to me," she Ihuught, "In thb city, 1 couldn't have borne it Out here 1 can." For the house was behind her. The house fbregave her and took her back after her years of forgetting it She was young and strong and normal After a while she could forget some of the time, and laugh natu rally, and be gay sometime, without pretending. Ellen came and went Usually she brought soma young actor with her. Rarely the same one twice. They would make a foursome, with George, weekends, driving about the coun try, swimming, playing tennis. George's place was tore and more a rendezvous for the young people around the countryside with Its swimming pool, tennis courts, and a host whose housekeeper loved noth ing better than unexpected company. There were eniety and companionship for Eve. as wel) as work. To her surprise the longing for Denny quiet ed little by little. She hoped they would not meet for a long time. And at last the summer was over; there was warm beautiful Connecti cut Septen ber weather. Content, Eve Realises WORKING In the old kitchen that September morning, young and light and strong. Eve realized that shj was content She liked to cook and be praised for It and make money by It She liked to movi about her own house and orchard. .If she saw Denny, she supposed It would bring the pain bock But she did not have to see Denny. Uncle Henry passed under the window In tls straw hat calling up a cheery word to her. Judge's clatter ing feet followed aim; "Hey, wait for met" he called shrilly. She ;ould see the orchard slope, where the apU. were ripening now In the hot morning sunshlm. across the greensward. As she stood by ler t. ole, jlnging and beating eggs In the fiesh wind. George came past too fie stopped by what had come to be hU usual leaning-place, the outside SllL Hi. said, smiling at her, yet with an odd Intensity: "You look as If you liked to do that Do you?" He was hat less and blue-shlrted. He folded his bare sunburned arms on the sill as If he were In no hurry, am. waited for her answer. . She was delicious, her curls tied tight In an old copper-colored silk kerchief, her tall slimness wrapped In hwr long yellow apron, her face flushed uid fresh as she scooped the slick- white dough out of the mix ing machine. She I iu ched nd nodded -Ym i do Queer, isn't It, alto- doing ofl.ee worK so long in New York? But 1 sup pose a string of ancestresses who lived out here and did this - without a mixlnk mschlne are remonxlhla This is going to he eight handsome loaves of bread for the Methodist church supper, Then 1 scald It and PASS GOLF STAR NIECE OF CHIEF Janet Rom, IS-ycar-old Oranta IHua golfer WHO, with partner, won the two-ball mixed louraoma champion- hip at O ran la Paaa tut ween U the nwf of Mr. Clatoua MCjreoie. Mra. Oene Chllder and Slmer Chll tiers of Mrdford. It waa revealed Sat urday. Young Mlaa Rose. hlh school atudent st OrnnU Faa. nd her part ner shot a low net acore of 0 In competition with 68 other men and women golttta In the Climate City. By her victory, stia was awardod i ......... llw.HU.I.. tt .. HI I. hl. by. .& OtifcL JlWr VU&i W ner. , spc , Although not 'pfacUrlivt a great deal, she Is considered one of the mot prom li ng women ro f era In southern Oregon, and la also reputed to be an excellent tennis player. About 7ft r1''"! of Iowa's I3,J7 public schools are the one-room rural type. WIDDEMER make three band sums layer cakes for the same, i dug up all my aunt's paraphernalia, by great good luck It didn't go with the premises or ft would be a ruin." "Do the cakes come out ii. layersT" "Idiot of course notl But this thing does the beating for me, In a bigger quantity. If you'd only turr.eo up a little later you could have licked the spoon. "1 might go away and come back,4' G-rge suggested, grinning "Always wanted to lick the spoon, but the cook never let me. 1 say. Isn't It ell odd? Do you remember the night Mitzt brought me to your place first our talking about kitchens, and both of us thinking the other was a proud city person whs had never seen one? And here we are. you in the very kitchen you were being homesick over, and I sticking my head inside, aesh from " "Fresh from what out with ItP She looked at him more curiously. 'George, you angel, you ve been up to some work of mercy, don't deny it" "Well. I didn't mean to boast- spraying your orchard. 1 couldn't do less considering 1 stoic sucKcrs lasi spring." , She dashed to the oven beiore sne spoke, and dragged a pan of rolls out triumphantly. "Just right 1 hadn't forgotten, its gooa. maxing minga Don't you love to make? J suppose everybody does." "Yes, 1 do. but lots don t Remem ber, when you were little, The children of Holland take pleasure in making What the children of England take pleasure in breaking I think those are the main divisions of the world. And I've heard that if there are too ma..,, breaker;, and not enough makers in a generation, or two, things go to smash rather. She turned serious, bending over her fragrant brown rolls and brush ing them over with ...elted butter with a camel 's-huir brush. Why. 1 suppose so J never thought about It" "No, your processes are so blessed ly unconscious. I'm slow-minded. J have to think Lhlngs out bl Inch at a time. But 1 didn t mean iO philoso phize, 1 came really to see If you couldn't leave Adora Gray In charge this afternoon. The Gardiners are coming over for tennis and swimming afterwards." Adora Gray was a village girt Eve had had tc hire her three days a week during the last month and a halt I'll Bring A Cake' EVT5 held out a plate of thin white cookies to Cieorge, who greedily took a uandful, and said thought fully: "1 can. Judg and Uncle Henry won't mind a pantry supper for once. ''But 1 was going to get hamburger and have a fry In the outdoor Are place. They can come too. We'll try to keep the Gardiners." "If you think you can get the Gar diners to do anything but stay, whin they hear about a hamburei fry you're an optimist!" Eve said, add ing, "I'll bring salad and a chocolite cake " "Well, If you have one, Ma-ket prices, remember." "Market price, of coursel Or 1 might charge fo- everything but the piece I eat myself." They both laughed. George and Eve had achieved a comradely rela tion which made George's head In Eve's kitchen window and Eve's presence on George's tentvf "ourt a matter of course His mother was still In Southampton, his rather stayed with her except for an occasional weekend. , "Well, I'll let you contribute th.s c. ke for the good ol the community.' he said, showing his big eve.i white teeth as he sauntered off. Eve went back to her baking and singing. It sounded like a swell party George reverted again that after noon, as they lounged In bath in suits on the edge of his pool, to their first meeting. "Funny, wasn't It?" he said. "1 took you for a scornfully sophisticated New York play sir. And rti nearly as 1 can remember yo supposed me to be a haughty. Inarticulate slumming what Is that horrible word? so cialite." "Whereas I was Just Little Country Girl Dazzled by Brloht Lights." said Eve, thoughtfully regarding one beau tifully tanned leg. "and I don't know about your being a socialite: but you darn well arer't Inarticulate. Georgie. the onl; time I get a chance to talk to you it vhen 1 Interrupt" "But there wan something I wanted to say to you, Kve." "Heavens, what that you ha vent said in the last three months?" She 1-ug.ied again. She felt very happy, stretched along the broad ede of the pool In the bright sun shine. "Nothing, If you feel that way Eve absently trailed a hand in the water. fCopyrioht, 1937, Uargartt Widdimerf George set tired of belni "an angel," tomorrow, and drives o(T te 1 a house party. Gypsy Band Forced To Return $600 Loot LA ORANDE. Ore.. April 26. (AP) Almost every community iri Union county took part In a gypsy hunt lute Friday niter Sheriff Jew Bre Ahenrs wna not 11 led Hint Iflou hud been stolen from n oRrrt Cove resi dent named DmiRherty. Finally city Marsha. KTr.nk Hull garth of Elgin nabbed the imports. The sheriff and his deputies end two stiite poller men tnvrniljtnttnu the ewe recovered the money Horn the roving bund but lnvtmse Mr. Uuigh erty woe nimble to tdrnttfy tlx thief no complaint waa filed. Itt5tHd the officers hurried the gypsies eastward out of Union county CORPORATION LICENSE RENEWALS DUE JULY 1 SALEM, April 2(T. JtVl rVa for renewals of the approlnn,tely 14.000 corporation licenced to transact bus", tntas in the state will be due July l. with the deadline for payment set at August 1ft. the corporation de partment announced. Blanks Itvldent to the renewal were pl-u-d In the mill this week. Clotn tlnir (or Too Late to Ulaa- m.tj Ads U 1:30 p. in. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof address the. author. Inclosing a stamped enrelope for reply. Reg. TJ. a Pat Off. fna ui FAMmK effect PUWNO tts cNUKC HKtft SfWkaU, W. Battle of the Balloons With Paris surrounded by German troop during the Franco-Prussian war. balloons came into widespread use as a means of escaping the be leaguered city as well aa for carrying mall and taking observations on the enemy troops. Felix Nadar, one of the founders of the "balloon mall," was bound for Paris from Tours one afternoon in 1870, when be noticed another bal loon In the air. Nadar hauled up the French flag on his rigging and was relieved to see the pilot of the other balloon display the same col ors. The wind drove the balloons within a short distance of each other. As Nadar wnrv about to wave a Rreettnn, floos Doctor Called MARSHPIELD, April 28. (AP) Dr. Everett Mt$gus, 89, former teacher In the Willamette university medical school and later at the University of Oregon medical school, died here Thursday. night, ending a 40-year ca reer In Oregon medicine. Dam Workers Strike SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.. April 26. (AP) Work on Parker dam. being TAILSPIN TOMMY The Boys With THt- r-uc-i. TANKS Or THC" BIG PLANE" RIODUt-0 BY BULtrrS. BCTTY IS Dt-SPErRATt-LV TBYIhG TO CCACH THf MAIM LAM D . . BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER T HELLO THE NEBB3-8trike Me Pink A t ' W T49 l Mm f hIV TSffl W ROX Of- PAMCAKE FLOUR. AMD I TO LOOK, QUITE Yf 60T -g ' 1 VJEWS ID TELL. VOUOUC W.V V' VEARS ARE ALWAVS STICKlM' 411 A 1 H of wxhpsfiiH t m pehmw for MBtmm OH A 5fiCRD FlRS, I BURNS IHfrie HoMg kite FrtvfVfTuiF wvs fouatfT eeTweBi wmf&tefoRBTHevioRwmR tXCHhN0B7 riK6 WfTrt ft ucRMftN yTTf i poRiH6 the tmzo??s&mm.m OKICJIM, PiHP COMMONLY iii - he saw the pilot of the other balloon drop the trt-color of France and hoist the German flag. Nadar reached for hla rifle and opened fire. The German balloonist did likewise, fired e few shots, then gave up the due), dumped ballast and soared up beyond range of the Frenchman's gun. The first aerial encounter be tween a Frcnchmnn and a German had ended 44 years bofore the world war. Some four tons of .ma.ll and 160 people were ferried out of Paris via the balloon poste. The Kenl Holibv-llorse Believed to have originated with "Hobba," Icelandic for "mare," the word "hobby" was adopted in Ire land as the brepd name of a stronR. erected on the Colorado river south of Boulder dam to provide an Intake for the metropolitan water 'district's aqueduct, was at a standstill today with 1,100 workers on strike. London Porters Hum LONDON April 36. (AP London's railway porters got a stiff workout on this bustling pre -coronation day from the Influx of eastern potentates who travel any way but light. The Sultan Are Discovered ! Lem Acts I Tt nti Kit (jwCAVtN HIMC medium-sized horse. The breed be came so popular that the word "hobby" eventually came to be ap plied to favorite pastimes as well aa horses. Toy rocker horses also adopt ed the name. Rossini G icac h Imo An ton I a Rossi n 1 was badly in need of the attentions of a barber when he was through writing the music for "The Barber of Seville." Generally recognized as the Italian musician's greatest work, the opera took him only 13 days to compose. It was a hectic 13 day. though.- He worked straight through, not even taking time out to leave his house on a single occasion nor to shave. Tomorrow: Quadruple Sieal! of Trengganu, 0ne of the Malay states, arrived with 20 boxes of head gear. PORTLAND, ApiTl 36. (AP) A spe cial dispatch to the Oregon tan from Washington. D. C. said the PWA has no funds available for murals on the library of Oregon State college at; Corvallls. The announcement was made by Lieut. Col. Horaclo Hack-1 ett. I HAVE TT-iREE FELL8JCS VVAMT "ID MA.RR.Y ME WOVV AMD 00'D MEVEQ. TVE LAST ONJE IS ey-Mus8AOD, potts : ' v rA otnm) THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAGUE S 'MATTER POP H'. WA! amusimCj (SUESSUJt - O P""" UKJCLE. CV, rljPT V4AT .VA us.T Mfi. 1 (jopyrltM 1C37, by Ttt Ball Syndlcat tec.) W : i L 1 r ..-J- "V 1 l.-ra.m.Cvar N 7 I FOR. LAUSMIMS BUT IT NDUR. VJOULO JATtM KITCWENJ PE15FECT- LW ANIO VJwePE "THE TEAM COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHV EDDIE 5EL2ZR INSIS-fED ON SLIDING BASES IN -THE MOD UNTIL HE DIVULGED THAT HE HAD TO 60 HOME AT HALF PAST FOUR. TO SEE RELATIVES , AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE OF NOT 15EINS KISSED (Oopjrrlgtt, 1937. by Tht Bell lyndieaU, Uft.'. T-(AT5 - Excuse M TO LIv.'E. MAKE A PlrUE WASNJT NCO PIT A A B V4AMMERINJ STEAK. SO TVlATS RAPPV could if; WE D.. MAXJULG IT TMAXOkJETCOTW Ky GLUYAS WILLIAMS lac.) ILLIAHS By 0. M. PAYNE By HAL FORRE" B UT MOW CAM THtY AID BtTTY-LOU.. IP-SHE- CRACKS UP. . in THE" SE-A?... ME" AM WHILE". . . OM THE" ISLAMO . . THE-Rt- THtY ARf..BfHIMD THOSE ROCKS.' By EDWIN ALGER By SOL BESS lxjt telu me i eor TO BE. A SERVAMT. I GOT MOMEV EM00S-J LKE A CJUEEM AMD IP IT FOR. THH ALLV-t-IQNjV' HE5 CAVINJ- VOO. VOOt) STILL ?JMP NDUR - VUTH T, 1J J.