KENANSVUXE, KORTH CAROLINA
. M.HM.
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SYNOPSIS . '. .,-
Jim Saladlne listens to th history
of neighboring Hostile Valley. 'with
frnaslp of the mysterious, entioin
i -iiuidy,-' Jir of . will yerrln. Inter
td, he drives to the Valley for a
dny's flshlnf, though admitting- to
himself hie chief desire Is to see the
reputedly lr morons Huldy. ' "Old
liarm" Pierce and. her nineteen-year-old
granddaughter Jenny live
' In the Valley. Since little more than
a child Jenny has at first admired
. and then . deeply loved young Will
- Ferrln, neighboring farmer, , older
: than be, and who regards her still
as merely k child. Will takes am-
: pioyment In nearby Aogusta. Jenny
Is disconsolate.' part Carey, eome-
ining 01 a ne er-ao-weii, is attraetea
by Jenny, but the girl repulses him.
Learning that Will la oomlng home,
Jenny, exalting, sets his long-empty
house- "to trlghts," and has dinner
ready lor' htm. He comes bringing
his wife,. Huldy. -The girl's world
collapses. Huldy becomes .the sub
ject of unfavorable ' gossip In the
Valley. Entering his home, unlooked
for. Will finds seemingly damning
videaca et his wife's unfaithfulness,
as a man who he. knows is Beth
Humphreys breaks from th house.
Will overtake him, and chokes him
to death, -though Humphreys shat
ter his leg, with a bullet At Marm
Pierce's house the leg -Is amputated.
Jenny - goes to break the' news to
Huldy. She finds Bart Carey with
the- woman. . When he leaves Huldy
'makes a mock of Jenny's sympathy,
declaring she has no use for "half
-m man,? and Is leaving. at once. Will
-Is legally exonerated, and with a
home-made artificial , leg :' "carries
on," hiring -helper, Zeka Dace.
Months later, ? Huldy 'comes back.
Will, onty warning her. she' must
"mend her' ways," accepts her pres
ence as hen right Two years go
by. Zeka and Bart Carey engage In
a fight, the - trouble - arising over
Huldy.- -Amy Carey commit suicide.
. Before Huldy" return Zek Dace
had -been, showing her attention, hot
Zeke had auecnmbed completely to
Huldy wile. Saladlne comes to the
Valley. -Bad rOada cause him to
stop at the Ferrln farm WW tie
meet Huldy. ' While fishing he 1
cauarht In a heavy rain and take
refuge at Marm Pierce's, Bart Cany.
arrive carrying Huiay .wnom ne
claims has fallen from a ledge, and
seemingly 1 dead-'f-y''j;-- . ,
' CHAPTER VII Continued ,y
: 'S' -Xf-jl,jvM;4'-';'vV:
- Jenny approached . tie task .of
tending Huldy with a deep reluc
tance; bat this "was not because of
the part Holdy .had played In' her
'life.'' heretofore. tShe 'had cause
enough to hate the woman,, not so
; mucn - oecanse . wnay ... naq pre
. empted the place in: Will's heartto
,. which the girl so long had yearned,
'tut" because Huldy had wronged
w in ana noutea mm ana emouterea
all his life these later jests. ,. But
in -this hour Huldy was no longer
the woman ; whom' Jenny at once
. bated 'and despised; bat only one
V who wag hurt to death, and need
ed tenderness. ; So 'After this first
- .V.WWVV, 1 ...... V I, -w .
imposed, upon her with gentle bands
i andpltylng solicitude.'
Once.1, while . she worked . Marm
pierce " called ; some ' question, . and
Jenny , answered . It almost heed-
lAonlv ?' tin m fanment 1arM tMa mum
--v i --- - "
alert, watching the .-hart' woman
keenlv. -.For.- Huldy had , stirred :
and; Jenny aaw a faint movement of
the other's breast . ' '
- j-opt Jttuiay aia not rouse, sou
' when there was' no. more that Jen
ny could do,' she ltood' beside the
; couch, lost In dim dreams and long
thoughts of-what bad been. .i;..
r After a long time, the pattern of
' the past began to. shift and change,
and Jenny r glimpsed ' the fa tare.
Hold? .was' httrt, . was' dying. " She
would, die, and Will -would .be left
; alone.- 'i;i ;v !..; S'WiS $:fhiv.p '4'
. Alone, and free. ; And Jenny; un
derstanding, felt her pulse Quicken
its beat, and her cheeks grow warm.
Her eyes began to shine. . ,
She bad for the moment forgot
ten Huldy, In her thqught of Will
yet she stni stooa aDove tne nun
woman, looking down at her; "And
low suddenly f. she ? f orgoff Will
r -aln j for Huldy . moved, j Jenny
iw-.her eyes. half open,' saw,, the
! ' crack, and' the eyes-blank and
v Mlering stare up at the celling.
'then Huldy's eyes met Jenny's
- 1 held them for a pulse beat that
i eternity. She. looked; at Jenny,
1 then her lips twisted a little In
it - familiar,, half-insolent, half
llenglng stnlle. i v .,',
nd from 'these Hps ; came a
lid,,- low' .murmur . of .Ironic
hter, perhaps a word.
. nny bent lower, infinitely gen-
she whispered: -. '
' i s all right, Mis' Ferrln I We're
g care of you. Don't 'try to
. ma'am. Just rest yourself."
e smile widened,, and this time
y spoke audibly. Her voice was
and Btralne'a, yet the words
cloar enough.- And they: cut
i urned . and stung f for . She
t . ' ' ( V J
i can have nlm nowl" . '' ;
v's eyes widened at that, as
t a blow.' Jh recoiled,
- dioote crimson 5 but
Mi
she gathered patient strength again.
"Hush, ma'am," she whispered.
"We've sent for Will He'll be right
here. Ion rest yourself . V
Huldy's bead moved ' faintly, as
though it were terribly heavy, as
though she moved it by. a slow tre
mendous effort . Her mouth was
smiling still, dry lip twisted mock
ingly; and ; she., spoke yet once
more. '
;"He's finally fized It so's be can
have yoq," she' said clearly,. In that
thin, strained, burning tone. "It was
Will knocked me off... . .". . .
' She gasped and. -seemed to choke
as though she would cough.: Her
breath withheld, she whispered:
jj;"H hit mel'V - : .
' .Her mouth opened wider. She
seemed to strain as though In the
effort to produce one farther-word,
Her lips 'drew; tight' across .her
teeth. Then , she ' coughed faintly,
convulsively ; and her breast swelled
and . remained distended, hollow,
aching,' for a, long; Instant, T11K the
mockery faded from her eyes and
left them blank and glased;' and
she lay still, , her, smile now a fixed
and mirthless fcrln.;;;; -.v.r-!;
And there was no beauty In this
that had been Huldy now. :.
.. For a ' space ' after the woman
died, there lay In the dining room, a
long silence of horror and dismay.
Jenny could not for her life have
moved. But the deep silence was
broken presently, by a Sound, sharp
and startling t and at the same time
hollow and sodden, as though.
chair had overturned and fallen on
a rotten floor. ."'". -';.'.
- Jenny heard it with half' - her
mind ; and a moment later she
heard a stir in the. kitchen, and
movement there, aDd Voices too. let
It was as though these things were
far off, remote from her and from
he world In which She must here
Xter dwelt 'V. --' . .
r A world forever shadowed by the
knowledge that Will, no matter un
der what ugly r provocation, - had
truck this woman down to her
destruction la the end ' , '
i Will, whom Jenny loved. 'J, : "
Blind, spinning .chaos whirled like
stars through the girl's thoughts;
but through this chaos, like a- light
ning stroke came" her grandmoth
er's ; voice. '. Marm Pierce called,
from the kitchen:. , ;
.. "Jenny, I'm opening the door!"
And at once she did so r but that
Instant was for Jenny an eternity, In
which she had time to comprehend,
and 'to - consider, and desperately
plan." When - she whirled to face
them, she was already resolved .that
this dark, secret none but herself
should ever know ; jret her own
countenance might betray her to the
oi woman's shrewdly . understand
ing 'eye.'": -..;.; .6::,;v ?':( ;''.:l':
Nevertheless she must face them;
and she . whirled toward the door,
standing with her arms spread as
though to hide this behind her,, as
though half fearful that even now
Huldy would speak again. And she
sought desperately some expedient
to divert their eyes from her, their
minds from her, lest her secret be
too desperately (lain. - :
' For secret it must, bet Though
this hoar must shadow and distort
ber whole life hereafter, yet none
should ever know. i iJx
r The door opened . and Marm
Pierce came in, came toward her ;
bat the old woman's eyes and mind
were on Huldy, and Jenny made
way for her to come tor the dead
woman's Side, let she felt Sala
dine's glance upon her, and fought
desperately - for. " composure ; and
then Marm Pierce said soberly : .
j. ."No; use now I? : -K?- .i : ;
Bart asked huskily. "She's dead t"
"Certain,1 she's ' dead." ,;; s; . v: ,.f
v' Bart spoke : to the girl,' ' in a
quick whisper, "Jenny, did she come
to stall" he' aske6V:-';;(-! ;'
Jenny, wetted her lips;, but .she
could : not speak. She could only
move her head In desperate denial ;
and .there .was a dreadful, shaken
terror In her, Then Marm Pierce
demanded Irritably t.i&fty.-Wvz
JWell, Jen I- What ' you goggling
fort Folks have died before 1" ..
So Jenny found an expedient to
turn this scrutiny away from her
self. She remembered that' toppling
chair, j - -- M. ; "T.'S i;-'- "
"There's Someone in the Win-side
the house," she said; and with a
vast ' surge of relief ; saw their
glances swing titi mti:-!?i? '
When Jenny had closed, the aoor,
shutting herself , into the dining
room.1' where V Huldy lay, Marm
Pierce sa.d insistently to Bart:
"You go along and fetch Will.
Not that hurrying can help her; but
Will had ought to know." r.v m . .:,
"I might do some help here," Bart
still protested. 1 ' -
Marm Pierce spoke ua Saladlua.
"Set down, you," she uade him.
"Till I can rub that ankle of yoursv"
Audv then, 'over her , shotilder, to
Bart still lingering: -
"Well .then; go out lUj the , hen
pen and get me some feathers."
"Feathers?", he echoed.
"IH burn 'em. nder her nose.
Might make her . gasp and sag and
start "breathing. Ijon't stand there
arguing. Go along with yout"' .
' 8o Bart went out : through" the
shed, : and Saladlne said , gravely
"Ma'am, this ankle of mine can
wait; if you can be doing anything
for 'her.7 i---. 'kifyi.i-.-i'i-
"There's nought to do for Huldy
Ferrln now,", she told him In glow
tones, and toased her head. "And I
dunno as I'd do It If there Wast
But HI have to wait tUl the pot
boils, anyhow. Might a well be do
ing this as setting here."
He suggested:. "Ton sent Carey
to get some feathers. If there's no
chance, why .r,jnftVvi'
.She retorted: "I got fidgety with
him hanging around." And after a
silent moment she. looked' toward
the dining room," as though, her
thoughts turned that way, ; i
Saladlne asked: "How do you
reckon Mis' Ferrln come to fall r
; "I want to know,", said old Marm
Pierce," and Jim stirred in .quick
attention The phrase was 'usugl
enough,1- as an .expression of Sur
prise and-Interest and wonder; yet
Saladlne, thought her accent and
ber Intonation , had not been usaaL
- There was step In the shed, and
Bart returned. , She looked, ever
her shoulder, saw him empty-hand
ed. s Where's them feathers?", she
demanded. ' . ' t-.v
Bart seemed .faintly to hesitate, "I
couldn't, find a dry one; anywhere,",
he; declared. tv"The ralnv has, wet
them '-all I" : v
She.' protested .' Irritably: "Land
sakes, t sh'd think yon could find
a dry one somewhere 1 Xou come
along of me I" And she said to
Jim, . pointing ; toward - the , stove :
"Let that boll up good, and then
set it to cool, m be back In a
minute to try It on her." .
. He nodded, and . she : went out
through the shed with Bart on her
heels; and Saladlne was left .won
dering why old Marm Pierce was
so bent on finding, feathers to bum
under Huldy's .nose, If there, was
In fact no chance that the hurt
woman could revive. Then sud
denly his hair prickled faintly; for
It seemed to him there was a low
murmur In the dining room.
And chair toppled over,- some
where. .The' sound was loud and
startling. Saladlne came to his feet,
fc';-'.V',"He'' Hit Mat
half-cronchlnir.' readv - for anv an-
"paritlon; but nothing did appear,
nor, did he hear any farther sound.
The pot on the stove boiled, and
as he lifted it, Marm Pierce and
Bart returned, and the old, woman
had a tuft Of feathers In her hands.
' "Men are all blind as bats'" she
exclaimed irascibly. ' She saw the
boiling pot-Now we'll try If there's
anything, to do (" And she went di
rectly to the door between kitchen
and dining room. "Jenny, I'm open
ing the dojir,' she called, and wait
ed a -moment and then made good
her word.vi'pfc'.j? yvfti ',.. 4'
So, they came into the1 dining
room, and learned that Huldy was
dead; and when Jenny said there
was some one in the Win-side of the
house, , Saladlne remembered that
sound of a falling chair; and there
seemed to him something hideous In
the 1 thought that ; anyone ; should
prowl through those, moldering and
empty rooms while a woman here
was dying.'. But Bart said reassur
ingly:' '.-:.'.-s . - . ,.'., f yv...
"That's' likely Win, Granny; He
stayed at my place last night He
set out to go to Liberty this morn
ing, but be might stop by here I" i '
The old woman assented scorn
rniiy: , -ne would ir fie was drunk
enough 1 lou go ahead, Bart, and
fetch Willi and don't waste no time."
So Bart at ; last departed ; bat
Saladlne - paid no particular atten
tion to his going. - He was watching
Jenny, puzzled by something in her
eyes he could not read. He had seen
in her a while ago deep terror, un
mistakable: yet now It was gone.
She had put on composure, and' a
steady courage ; and he wondered,
and wished to read her mind."
There was nothing to keep Sala
dlne here; yet he stayed, and with a
sense of waiting, an acute expectan
cy, "He' thought more and more of
Jenny, remembering her terror , at
the sight of death, and the shadow
In her yes. Life for her most in
the eno center about some man. Bart
Carey, perhaps! Bart stood straight,
and his eye was bold and strong.: It
was suddenly strange to Saladlne
that Bart -.and Jenny were not mar.
rled long ago. They were neighbors,
of a like age, both comely with the
splendor of youth,' their Interests
akin. Between them no obstacle ap
peared.; .?:!;" V'P&'tZ??, Sivte
'Unless old Marm' Pierce were an
obstacle? 'YeF Saladlne thought she
had met Bart kindly today, treated
him with courtesy. This might be
guile ; she might, while appearing to
approve, .- nevertheless check , ; In
every possible way, the tendency of
these two lives to flow together. In
consequently, Saladlne recalled the
heavy footstock of the water Illy,
which Jenny had fetched that morn
ing from the brook.': Some shadow
ef a forgotten memory stirred' In
him, and was gone without recogni
tion; yet this memory would recur.
It was one 6f the Intangibles which
made the whole of this day like
disordered direanj.r4 fe , r
; The root itself ' was tangible
enough; jet there were Implications
in lt just at; there were implica
tions in that peg leg Will Ferrln
wore,' and the cowboy hat so jaun
tily et atop the bowed and ham
ble head of Zeke Dace, and the knot
ted rope that held Huldy Ferrln's
garment close.,. About her, and the
boot prints on -the fisherman's trail
beside the brook, which had some
bow : ended.--without Saladine's re
marking where they turned aside.
- But most, of U he thought of
Huldy, and wondered how she came
to fall to her death this day.
.Then suddenly the dining room
door opened, and Jenny came oat
Into the kitchen,' the old woman
following her".., Td best go myself,"
Jenny insisted;; and Saladlne saw
sort of stubborn haste In her eyes.
Marm Pierce '' protested : "Like
enough Will and Bart will remem
ber to bring something."
. , "Not Wlli. Jenny retorted. Her
voice was gentle as she spoke the
name.',' "A, man .wouldn't think of
It ; And it isn't for men to do, any
way. .'Rummaging through her
things.'' She took down a heavy oil
skin coat from ..behind the kitchen
door.. "I'll go myself." she said. "If
I meet Will, ril have him come on
here, case you need anything. I'll
get what's' wanted and fetch It."-
Then she was gone.
CHAPTER VIII
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WHEN Jenny, thus departing,
. left Saladlne and Marm Pierce
alone,- the old woman seemed for a
moment -almost embarrassed. She
looked at Jim with her small bright
eyes. '- V.,'; . 7 ;
"IH bolTup a cup of tea," she de
cided. .."It's past dinner time, and
I'm hungry. - "Low you could eat a
bit your own self., She filled the
kettle at the pump In the sink and
clapped It on the stove. Bread from
the pantry, Jam, butter from the
cellar, and a bit of salt pork and
some eold boiled potatoes to slice
and fry In the sweet fat
"Jenny's a fine girl," Saladlne sug
gested presently. "It's a wonder she
ain't married." s
Mfirns Pierce looked at him with
eyes suddenly shrewd. "You said
Huldy Ferrln' showed you the path
down to the brook," she remem
bered. -"Go' back to the house when
you left her, did she?"
T don't know," he replied. "I
looked: up, from down below,- and
saw- her still there."
fJen'ny told me," she saidr"that
yotr, claimed somebody had fished
dowir brook ahead of you."
yT saw tracks In the trail," he
assented. - -
Bain began to drive against the
windows, against the glass panel in
the "door. , She said : WeH, every
thing's ready. You can set down 1"
He perceived In ,her the pent gar
rulity of, a, lonely old woman who
too seldom has an audience; and
while they ate, be encouraged her,,
skillfully, to .speech. Marm Pierce,
at flrs't guardedly and then warming
to lier theme, told him about Jenny
and WlH." 'Once she was well start
ed, he" listened without Interruption,
finding' in what she said the ex
planation of much that he had seen
today.;: :" ., ".;';'--"'
"She didn't know the meaning of
It, first off," the old woman con
cluded.?; "Didn't know what -was
happening to her. She wa'n't but
a girl then." And added: "But
Jenny's growed to 'be a woman
now '.ft 'ii-r'''.
She broke off, seemed to listen;
and he asked softly: "Hear some-
Jhlngr:; - - ,
"jnouung, iineiy, sua saiu saier
a moment ."Seemed like 1 neara
soine one In the barn. Like as not
it was that no-good brother of mine."
And she talked on and on P and
rose at'last and began to scrape the
dishes dean and pile them In a pan
In the sink. She chunked the fire,
noisily., '.Vv.V ISV:
Then suaaeniy tne 01a woman re.
placed the lid on the. stove with a
clatter, and ; crossed as quiet as a
mouse, to-the shed door. Jim came
to her side. x .' -tvsv"'. v-Vfy-
f Seemed like I did hear someone,"
she whispered.- ' r: v:',i-.
Be touched the latch and swung
the shed door wide, to' reveal noth
ing..' . - f I t
"Don't see anything 1"; he said
doubtfully. - -. ; "
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'" 4oda and Nitrate . '
Nitrate of soda and commou
washing" soda . are not ' the same.
Nitrate of soda la sodium nitrate,
while washing soda is sodium cart
Donate. ,--',.
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E88ENTIAL TO RECOVERY ,
Br DR. J A. DB BAA8. '
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IT ,IS ' becoming- more; and
more evident that in our at
tempt to reconstruct the world
after .the war we have chosen the
wrong path. Qur only excuse' Is
that It was not realized at the
time that states are no longer pri
marily political, units' but economic
units. :' ' 'rv.-';.';:;.;'- ;. .
Many countries have Indeed
achieved a'.- measure of recovery,
but evidences: can be observed on
every hand that "the limits of, re
covery in isolation have already
been reached. ' ' - ';" "' !;J : '
Great Britain Ms made a marv
elous comeback, , but her recovery
Is entirely tiased upon a Reorganiz
ation and belated modernization of
Industries, and In the latter part of
1934 recovery began to slow down
In that .country. . .
Germany,- "Italy, France, prac
tically every country. In Europe, al
so has reached the limit of re
covery in Isolation. The answer is
obvious: recovery through, Interna
tional co-operation only Is possible.
NEW DEAL INEVITABLE
By EDWARD A. FILENHJ
Boston Merchant.
WHATEVER happens to
the Roosevelt administra
tion, whatever congress does,
whatever the Supreme court says,
we may rest assured that America
Is going to have some kind of New
Deal. Business especially will never
again be done as It was In the
years previous to 1929. This would
be Impossible because the old con
ditions no longer exist and any
government which is organized as
well as any business which is or
ganized must plan In relation to
the new conditions regardless of
bow much we may prefer the old.
This Is true throughout the world.
Wherever conditions have changed
sufficiently to make some new deal
necessary there have been new
deals. Some from my viewpoint
have been very unfortunate deals
and some that have been exceed
ingly autocratic have caused very
many observers to conclude that
the days of democracy are about
over and that the world is turning
to dictatorships.
SUSTAINING THE FRANC
By JEAN TANNERY
Governor, Bank of Franc.
WE ARE resolved to de
fend the franc against
every attack. We possess the
means and consider it our duty.
The success of our efforts should
prepare the way to facilitate meas
ures of wider Importance. After
economic restoration and the re
sumption of normal commercial re
lations between our peoples should
come a general stabilization of
moneys. Heralding the end of the
depression, this stabilization would
be the surest method of causing a
real and durable rise in prices. It
would re-establish security, for
from the moment' that the different
moneys that are now unstable
should become definitely fixed, the
business leaders In setting their
prices would no longer be obliged
to take the exchange factor into
account
ABOLITION OF SUBS
By SIR BOLTON EYRES-MONSELL
First Lord ot British Admiralty.
REICHSFUEHRER HIT
LER did say in his speech
of May ,27 that "Germany was
ready to' abolish submarines if the
other countries would do the same,
and this willingness was reaffirmed
by the delegates from Berlin dur
ing the Anglo-German naval talks.
.But it bad long been known that
Britain also was willing to abolish
submarines and' bad-' pressed for
their elimination by international
agreement at the Washington Naval
conference and ever since. This
fact that the British views on the
subject were in accord with Ger
many's was called to the attention
of Hitler's representatives. But It
was also recognized by both sides
In the London naval negotiations
that other powers, including France
and Japan, had not yet consented
to abandon undersea craft.
TREND OF PRICES
By DR. GEORGE F. WARREN
Cornell Professor and Monetary Ad
, ; vlser to Administration.
JUSt, as I believed that the
. price ievel that prevailed be
fore the depression could- not
hold,; so ;I now believe that there
is no probability of prices in gold
returning to any such level
I have seen no sound reasons
presented for anticipating that the
long time relationships of value
have permanently changed ; that Is,
I anticipate that the long-time value
of gold relative to the value of
other commodities will, continue to
be In proportion to' the relative
supplies of gold compared with the
supplies of other, commodities: but
that extremely violent fluctuation
in the value of gold will occur.
i'
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Rubber Used
of Down-
Rubber Is being used Increasingly
as a s- household : commodity. The
latest purpose Is as a' substitute for
down - in cushions and upholstery.
Th rubber Is. converted .Into sponges,
of .varying dimensions, and is thus
given the springy quality needed for
stuffing of upholstery, cushions, tops
of large footstools,' etc. It Is this
rubber-sponge upholstery that is
competing with down. 'In softness, it
Is manufactured1 to be comparable.
When the rubber Is totally .deodor
ized, the competitive value reaches
a high water mark. Jt Is true that
down will acquire a , faint nnalred
odor unless cushions, are shaken fre
quently, and aired occasionally , also.
So both rubber and down require
care In order to preserve their fresh
ness, in this use for, cushioned furni
ture or soft cushions. '.;v;3-v "
. Rubber is a recognized 'agent for
rug linings, the word lining being
used as In the case of carpet .lining,
to mean a separate article to be laid
between the floor and the rug or car
pet. In each Instance the lining
softens the tread and prevents the
floor coverings above them from
wearing out as quickly as If put dl.
rectly on the hard boards. In the
case of rubber rug linings, slight ad
hesive quality of the rubber mats
helps to keep rugs from slipping
on the floor. This Is a great recom
mendation as rugs that slip and slide
under foot cause accidents, and what
ever reduces them Is desirable. Rub
ber corner pieces for rugs keepthe
corners from turning up, and also
lessen the liability of the rugs slip
ping. Indented rubber door mats long
ago found a place for themselves,
both outside doorways, and Inside
the house before entrance doors.
Rain cannot hurt them, and the mats
are easily cleaned of dust and dirt
by washing with the hose, or douch
ing with wuter. These floor mats
when deeply Indented act as old-time
foot-scrapers. Wiping shoes on the
ridged surface of the mat before com
ing into a house takes off mud and
dust, and makes housework easier
for 'the homemaker, who does not
have to clean up the muddy tracks.
With the various electric appli
ances In the home of today, rubber
becomes an Important non-conductor
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STRIKE UP THE BAND AND GIVE IT A HAND
UNCE you taste Grape-Nuts Flakes, youll
cheer toot And it not only hat a delicious
flavor, but it's nourishing. One dishful, with
milk or cream, contains more varied nourish'
ment than many a hearty meal: Try It
your grocer has iti Product of General Foods.
'xt'LLli I'll it
in Place ;
in Upholstery,
In many ways. . Iceless refrigerators
bave rubber Insulations. Rubber and
glass are competitive agents of' in:
sulatlon,, each having certain ad
vantages for their specific uses, i
Rubber knobs come to stick into
backs of furniture to keep them
from hitting walls bard. Tbey are
excellent for' sofas and davenports i
positioned with backs along walla.
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put to many uses to suit the home,
maker's needs.
To enumerate all the many house
hold purposes of rubber would be
an Impossible task in one short ar
ticle, which is primarily to acquaint
iiumemaiver s witn tne novel upnoi-'
stery use to which It Is being
adapted.
C Bell Syndicate. WNU Service.
Women Are Less Liked by
Men Than in Former Years
We are In the middle years of a
woman's generation which was vig
orous with hopes and Intentions of
accomplishments, electric with de
sire to be worth something to the
world, ambitious to bave women of
equal stature with the men who were
tbelr husbands and companions.
The original plan, we must re
member, was never to incur the re
sentment of men. Women felt very
sure that such resentment and an
tagonism as they encountered in
their first efforts was the result of
shock and would be transient; they
expected that a few years of ac
complishment would do away with It.
There has been much accomplish
ment, the best of It unfortunately
concentrated in the hands of a com
paratively few women, and more
than a few years have passed. But
the resentment of men has not dis
appeared. Quietly it has grown and
deepened. They are no longer angry
as they were in the beginning when
women did unaccustomed or conspic
uous things. Men love individual
women as passionately as they ever
have, but In the aggregate they seem
to like women less. Young girls, mar
ried women, working women and the
widows all come In for a share of
this general criticism. Margaret
Culkin Banning in Harper's Maga
zine. JOIN IN
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