.TOM ?e WHHIK
The Love of Two Men
By MEREDITH SCHOLL
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(Associated Newspapers ? WNU Service.)
ESTHER sometimes thought it
would be better, easier to
bear, if Ralph, her husband,
would give the thing a name
that was eating away at his vitals,
robbing him of everything she had
once loved and admired.
Jealousy! She knew that's what
It was. She saw it gleaming in his
eyes whenever she mentioned the
name of Mel Raymond.
Mel had once been her lover. He
had made it possible for her to satis
fy a whim by giving her the oppor
tunity to go on the stage. She had
failed miserably, had been glad to
abandon thoughts of a career and
marry Ralph. But Mel had been
her lover, loved her now. Oi the
latter she was sure, though since
her marriage to Ralph she saw him
only on rare occasions. Ralph knew
Mel still loved her. The knowledge
tormented him, because he was al
ways afraid she might return his
affection. At first she let him think
so. It was curiously satisfying to
her vanity to see him made miser
able because of her.
But after ? while it became annoy
ing to feel that she was under sur
veillance at all times. Unjustly she
"Darllngl" He came toward her,
(ripped her arms, hesitated, look
ing deep Into her eyes.
laid the blame on Ralph. It didn't
occur to her that the situation was
the result of her own selfish desire to
be amused.
And at last she had flared out at
him. "H I'm ever unfaithful to
you it will be your own fault! 'You
don't trust me! You never have!
You've been suspicious of me since
the day we were married!"
"Only because you led me to be
lieve that your interest in Mel Ray
mond was not dead." he told her
bitterly. "You gloated over the fact
that he still loves you!"
Esther's cheeks went white. "So!
You were jealous of Mel!" She
lot slowly to her feet, "Very well,
Ralph, now I will give you real
cause to be jealous. I'm going back !
to Mel -
Ralph stood in the center of the
floor and watched her put on her
hat and coat. She -didn't trust her
self to look at him, but his eyes
were like two hot points of light
piercing her soul. She went out,
slamming the door. From the
veranda she glimpsed htm still
standing there, and a little shudder
passed through her.
There was a light in Mel's apart
ment. She paused for a moment in
the lower hall to regain her com
posure and dab at her nose with a
powder pufT. She was glad now that
she had never permitted Mel's love
to die.
He was waiting for her in the hall
when .she stepped from the elevator.
"Esther!" His eyes devoured her.
She gave him her hand and led him
back into the apartment.
?'Mel, I've come to you. You've
always wanted me, and now I've
come!"
"Darling!" He came toward her,
gripped her arms, hesitated, looking
deep Into her eyes.
"Ralph? You've ? left him?"
"For good!"
"Why?"
Esther sat down on the arm of ?
chair. She looked up at him, and
then away again. "I don't love him.
He's become overbearing."
"But ? " Mel frowned, gnawing his
lip, studying her closely. "The man
loves you, Esther. My love for you
has tormented him ever since you
were married."
"He deserved to be tormented. He
deserves ? this." She fell silent,
waiting. Mel lighted a cigarette.
"Esther, yon didn't come to me
because you loved me. You came
to avenge Ralph."
"What difference does it make*
You've wanted me. You've always
wanted me. Now I'm here. What
else matters?"
He (hook his head sadly. "A lot
else, Esther. It's true that I've al
ways loved you. I still do. But I
don't want you this way."
She looked up, alarmed, fearful.
"Mel! You don't mean?"
"You don't respect my love, Es
ther. You endured it once for a
career. You're using Jt now to
aveofe your husband." He paused.
"You couldn't Insult me any more
completely, my dear. I'm sorry?
taj love Isn't your kind."
Esther stood lip and faced him.
Tfcare was contempt and scorn In
her eyes. "So! That's all your love
has meant! It wasn't me you want
ed, it was ? "
"Your love. But I can see that
you don't understand, my dear, and
I'm afraid you never will. In fact,
you're rather a disappointment."
Her eyes flamed. For a moment
li decision held her. But Mel was
calm and unwavering, a little smile
on his lips, pity in his eyes.
Pityl She shuddered, turned
abruptly and fled.
Outside she tried to marthal
her senses. Anger and humiliation
burned at her soul, yet gradually
these emotions were dimmed, forced
into the background by a more per
sistent something. Fear. Fear that
Ralph might not take her back,
might not want her. Fear because
of what she' had done, because it
would justify whatever course of
action he might choose to take.
A taxi deposited her in front of
her own home. Relief surged
through her as she saw that a light
still burned in the library. He
was still there, then. Probably wait
ing, hoping, longing for her return.
Probably sunk into the depths of
despair and misery. A wave of sym
pathy possessed her. Perhaps she
had been a little hard. After >11,
it wasn't right to toy with a man's
love. She'd have to change, make
Ralph happier. Redeem herself In
his eyes. Make amends. Repair
the damage. Atone for her sins.
The idea appealed to her. The
fear that she had known during the
taxi ride began to be replaced by
confidence, a certain pride and satis
faction because of her admission and
resolve. She would go to Ralph, tell
him that she had reconsidered,
realized now that her love for him
was greater than all else, that she
had resolved to prove it to him. He
would believe. He would be eager
to believe. She pictured the grate
ful, bumble look of his face, and
smiled to herself. Her feelings were
similar to those of a benefactor, a
philanthropist. ?
She mounted the steps, let herself
into the hall, glimpsed the back of
Ralph's head as he sat before the
library fire. She paused before the
mirror to add a touch of color to her
cheeks. Then she went to Ralph.
Ralph did not turn when she spoke
to him, and so she came up from be
hind, caressed his hair with her
hand, stooped to kiss him on the
cheek? stooped and suddenly felt
herself overcome by nausea, felt ber
throat go dry, choking off the invol
untary scream of borror that strug
gled to be free.
Swaying uncertainly she stared,
fascinated, horrified by the wound. '
at the blood that had streamed down
his face and t\ad dried into a crust
on his shirt front. She saw the gun
lying on the floor near the chair |
She saw the stark, lifeless eyes of
Ralph staring at her. And at last
she screamed; a sound that bespoke
remorse and regret and wild hope
less longing; a sound that reverber
ated against the walls of the room
and was flung back mockingly
against her ears.
:
Husband and Wife Often
Have Same Life Span
Sentimentalists believe that hus
bands and wives get to look alike.
And some do. But only the most ro
mantic sentimentalists suspected
that man and wife tend to die of the
same non-infectious diseases. Nev
ertheless, this startling suggestion
was sprung recently in the formal
"Proceedings of the National Acad
emy of Sciences." by Statistician
Antonio Ciocco of the U. S. Public
Health Service.
Laboriously Dr. Ciocco examined
the death certificates of 2.S71 couples
who died non-accidentally In Wash
ington county, Md., during the years
1898 to 1938. His findings:
Husband and wife frequently have
the spme life span. To explain this
fait. Dr. Ciocco was driven to
"vague but understandable terms."
Marriage, said he, brings "pairings
... of individuals having a similar
degree of vitality or resistance to
fatal pathological processes." And
they both live In the same environ
ment
"There is a tendency for marital
partners to die from the same cause
when one of the mates dies from
either tuberculosis, influenza and
pneumonia, cancer or heart dis
eases." ?
If one partner suffers from rheu
matic heart disease (which doctors
suspect is infectious), the other
might conceivably catch it. But most
other forms of heart trouble are or
ganic, non-infectious. As far as doc
tors know, so is cancer. Why hus
bands and wives should suffer these
diseases together is a great mystery.
Dr. Ciocco, who as a statistician Is
no sentimentalist, flnds the mystery
"immediately discouraging."
Saving Tires
Motorists need not curtail their
motoring to conserve rubber, if they
drive properly, according to Frank
E. Ballantyne, general manager of
the Automobile Club of Philadelphia.
Tires can be made to last longer,
he said, by keeping the proper
amount of air In the tires, proper
wheel alignment, driving at moder
ate speeds, avoiding quick decelera
tion and turns and shifting of tires
occasionally to get even wear.
Meet the Pot Roast ? Juicy and Tender
(See Recipes Below.)
Savory Meals
Pep up the personality of your
bieals by serving meats more often
as the weather
become* frost
nlpped and cold
er. Meats are sy
nonymous with
good, wholesome,
hearty meals be
cause they're sat
lsfying and filling. Meat sets good
tone to the meal and rounds It out
to give you ? sense of complete
ness when you've finished eating.
Meat Is honest and straightfor
ward both in flavor and purpose.
Its abundance of vitamins and min
erals really come through and give
you sustaining energy. All in all
meat contains nine out of the thir
teen food essentials of a normal
diet:
First la protein and meat'* pro
teins are complete. They help to
build or repair body tissues which
you wear down every day and keep
you on good maintenance leveL It
has iron the oxygen carrier, copper.
Iron's partner and the builder of
hemoglobin.
Meat has phosphorus that helps
calcium in building good teeth and
bones and helps give you energy.
Meat has fat, too, producer of more
energy and heat
As for vitamins, meat is an im
portant source of, four: vitamin A,
the resistance and growth vitamin;
thiamin (vitamin Bl) which helps
the body translate sugars and
starches into energy; riboflavin, of
which meat is the top source, that
helps prevent nervous disorders, and
finally nicotinic acid, which prevents
a nervous digestive disorder known
as pellagra.
Fortunately for economy's sake,
the lower-priced cuts of meat are
just as good for these minerals and
vitamins as the higher-priced ones.
T(vlav'? rnli lmn t?
gives you tricks
and tips on how
you can use them
for savory meals
and have them
juicy, tender, and
full of flavor.
i irsi can is lor poi roasi wnicn you
can make just as desirable as the
best steaks and chops:
' 'Pot Roast With Vegetable*.
Wipe meat with a damp cloth.
Brown In hot (at and add one or two
(mall onions sliced to meat while it
is browning. Season meat with salt
and pepper. Combine V4 cup catsup
with 1 cup hot water and add to
meat. Place in a roaster or cast
iron skillet or pot, cover tightly, and
allow to simmer gently 45 minutes
to the pound. Add more water if
necessary. Whole carrots and onions
may be added to the meat and
cooked with it the last 45 minutes of
the cooking period.
LYNN SAYS:
You're going to sell nutrition to
your family not Just because of
its virtues but by attractively gar
nished, well-cooked food. Here's
how: '
Whenever possible serve the
vegetables with the meat as
browned potatoes, whole carrots,
browned onions, These can be
placed around the meat for ef
fective coloring
Radish roses with parsley
brighten almost any kind of meat
platter.
Spinach, chopped, seasoned
and mixed with white sauce can
be made into nests or mounds
and served around meat.
Baby beets may be scooped and
filled with green peas served
around the meat or on a plat
ter by themselves.
Ham can be scored in circles
tor a change by using a small
cookie cutter and a maraschino
cherry placed in each circle. Cir
cles look best if they overlap..
Bananas or pineapple slices
broiled make a tantalizing ac
companiment to baked ham, roast
beef or lamb chops.
Slices of orange topped with a
smaller slice of jelly is excellent
for meat platters.
THIS WEEK'S MENU
?Pot Roast
Carrot* Browned Potatoei
. Apple, Celery, Raisin Salad
Bread and Butter - Beverage
Baked Custard, Strawberry Jam
Sugar Cookie*
?Recipe given
Veal is tender and delicate and de
serves careful cooking.
Breaded Veal Cutlet*.
(Serves 6)
2 pound* veal iteak, cut in t piece*
1 egg
Cornflake crumb*
1 amall onion, chopped
Salt and pepper
4 tablespoons lard ...
1 No. 2tt can of tomatoes
Dip pieces of meat into the egg
and cornflake crumbs which have
been seasoned with salt and pepper.
Brown In hot lard on both sides, us
ing a heavy frying pan or aklllet
Add tomatoes and chopped onion,
cover and cook slowly for 1 hour.
Variation: Make as above omit
ting tomatoes and onion. Add 1
cup of sour cream after meat i*
browned and cook for 1 hour. Thick
en the (our cream gravy with flour
and water and *erve.
A cut which you may not have
used 1* lamb thanks, but I assure
you they are simply delicious when
braised. They'll be a good food dol
lar stretcher for you this searfbn:
Braised Lamb Shanks.
(Serves 6)
6 lamb shanks
2 tablespoons lard
Salt and pepper '
1 cup celery
1 cup carrots, cut flne. If desired
1 cup green beans, cut flne, if
desired
Brown the lamb shanks in hot
lard. Season with salt and pepper, j
If you're using vegetables, place
them in the bottom of the casserole
and add a small amount of water. I
Put in the lamb shanks. Cover and
cook in a slow oven (300 degrees)
2 hours.
Kidneys pre right up there among
the top-notchers as a source for ribo
flavin. preventer of nervous diges
tive diseases. They're good broiled
with bacon and good also In this de
licious savory loaf:
Kidney Loaf.
(Serves 6)
1 pound of beef kidney
1 cup milk
8 slices bread
Vi cup bacon drippings
3 slice* bacon
1 small can pimientoes
Salt and pepper
3 tablespoons grated onion
V4 teaspoon powdered sage. If
desired
Wash kidney in cold water. Drain
well and grind, using internal fat.
Pour milk over bread and soak.
Combine all ingredients except ba
con and mix thoroughly. Line bot
tom of pan with uncooked slices of
bacon, add meat mixture and pack
firmly. Bake in a moderate oven
(350 degrees) fpr Hi to 2 hours.
What could be better than spare
ribs with barbecue sauce as a tasty
meat dish on a
cold night? Bake |
the gpareribs
brown and crispy
and brush them X
with the sauce for (
a dish you'll long
remember and
enjoy looking at:
Barbecued Spareribs.
(Serves 6)
S pounds spareribi
Brown spareribs under broiler.
Cover with the following sauce and
bake about 2 hours in a covered pan
in a slow (325 degrees) oven.
Barbecne Sauce.
1 small onion chopped
2 tablespoons lard
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons lemon juice
% cup catsup
% cup water
Salt and pepper
1 teaspoon paprika ,
Dash of ground cloves and cin
namon
Brown onion in lard and add re
maining ingredient*. Brush over
spareribs.
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By VIRGINIA VALE
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
PERHAPS it's Shirley Tem
ple's glowing health that
inspired the British Ministry
of Foods to ask Walt Disney
for help. Studio experts say
that in all the years that she
was making pictures for 20th
Century-Fox she never suf
fered from the numerous
ailments children usually
have, and now that she's
approaching 13 making sub-deb pic
tures for Metro she's still the won
der of the studios because she's so
well. That means a lot in Holly
wood, where a star'i Illness can be
so expensive for a studio.
Well. Shirley's diet has always in
cluded plenty of vitamins and min
erals. And ? Walt Disney has ere
atea inree new cnaraciers? uocior
Carrot, Clara Carrot and Carroty
George, to be used in a drive to
get the people of England to eat
more carrots!
*? -
Young women workers in the na
tion's Capitol are about to be glori
fied on the screen; evidently the
same idea hit several studios at
once. Paramount's version of the
life and times of the young ladies
will be called "Washington Esca
pade." Metro bought a story called
"White House Girl," by Ruth Fin
ney, wife of a newspaper man.
*
Every so often somebody has to
screen Rex Beach's "The Spoilers."
It was done in 1925 with William
Farnum and Tom Sanchey staging
the fist fight that made It Famous.
Paramount did It In 1930 with Gary
Cooper. Now Universal will make
It once again ? this time with Ran
dolph Scott and John Wayne in the
he-man roles, and Marlene Dietrich
as the heroine.
Another re-make scheduled for the
r.ear future is "Mrs. Wiggs of the
Cabbage Patch," which was last
made by Paramount, In 1934, with
W. C. Fields, Pauline Lord and Vir
ginia Weidler. This time little Caro
lyn Lee will be the child lead.
That won't be just gibberish that
you hear the actors speaking in
RKO's "Valley of the Sun"; it's
really Apache. Producer Graham
Baker hired Chief Chris Willowbird
to make phonograph records in
which each speech was spoken first
in English, then in Apache. Then
James Craig, Antonio Moreno, Tom
Tyler and other members of the cast
settled down to study the records.
Elisabeth Bergner, one of the
most famous European actrckses to
work In Hollywood, has just com
pleted the first of her films to be
made. It's "Paris Calling," a story
of the betrayal and fall of France.
Miss Bergner's European pictures
include "Catherine the Great," "Es
cape Me Never," and "Dreaming
Lips." She became famous as one
of Europe's leading stage figures Ut->
fore she made pictures.
The movies are an old story to
Frances Robinson; at the age of
four she played Lillian Gish as a
Child in "Orphans of the Storm."
More recently, she appeared in
"Smiling Through." Now she's left
pictures for the radio; she's the gid
dy debutante in the air's version of
the delightful "My Man Godfrey."
A 19-year-old girl is in Alexandria,
Va., getting background material for
a murder trial. She's the daughter
of Jane Crusinberry, who writes ra
dio's "The Story of Mary Marlin,"
now in its eighth year. Mrs. Cru
sinberry is a stickler for accuracy,
and the dramatized trial takes place
in Alexandria, so young Jane was
sent off with a candid camera and
a notebook to help her mother out.
v *
ODDS AND ENDS? Bob Hope ha,
been away from home so much, making
personal appearances, thai h e swears
thai his children haven't the slightest
idea who he is . . , Jean Arthur, Car)
Grant and Ronald Colman will head
the cast of Columbia's 'Mr. Twilight"
. . . I'hiUipe de I-ocey, famous not su
many years ago as a child star of the
movies, is now producing commercial
pictures for the March of Time com
pany , , . Alice Fa ye will portray Helen
Morgan in the picture based on the
singer's life . . . Though they don't
have night clubs in Iceland, Son/a
Henie may be shown running one in
her next Fox picture.
?7.- , I
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
Jewels and Beads Glitter on
Dresses for Every Occasion
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
FLATTERING is the word for the
' charming dresses that are given
a new loveliness with artful touches
of gay embroidery and go glittering
through the style parade with a
wealth of nailheads, sequins, jew
els and beadwork. Indeed, this ij
a season when it is every woman's
duty to look her prettiest in gowni
designed to "do something for you."
Now that sparkle for daytime
frocks as well as evening gowns
is the vogue the new fashions are
playing up glitter for all it is worth.
Every woman should yield to the
call of black with a dash of color
and the gleam of beadwork and
jewels. A dress or suit of this de
scription will prove your standby
for almost every occasion. Pictured
are several eye-appealing fashions
selected from a collection of day
time modes designed and displayed
by the style creators of Chicago at
a recent winter preview.
The good looking black crepe tunic
dress shown to the right emphasizes
its molded shoulders and hipline
by means of steel nailheads. Shown
with it is a high and handsome hat
of colorful feathers. You will make
a well-dressed appearance in this
dress wherever you go.
To the left a dressier type spar
kles with rhinestones. The slim fitted
jacket has rhinestone pockets and
is worn over a dress with a sheer
yoke outlined in rhinestones.
Speaking of sheer yokes, they are
a new styling 'detail that is being
worked in fascinating and versatile
ways. The latest dresses have
yokes of the sheerest black lace,
and for extreme flattery designers
are styling wools and crepes in
black or browns or the new deep
Smartly Styled
Here is a perfect gown to wear
under your winter coat It gives
you color. It givei you chic. And
this slick town dress .designed by
Joseph Whitehead is ~ in the best
American tradition of perfect work
manship. It is of ravishlngly col
ored striped wool with velveteen
touches at neck and waist. The
"pinch" beret has bright coq
feathers.
Like a Cape
An English idea borrowed for our
sport coats: Ribbon bands to slip
your arms through when you just
toss the coat over your shoulders,
like a cape. ? ,>
"black cherry" tonei with pastel
chiffon yokes, some of which are
beaded in matching colors, while
others are joined to the dress top
and the seaming is concealed under
sequin bands and bordering.
The figure seated In the center
wears a dress of velvet trimmed
with revers. There is a double
peplum on the pert jacket. The
dress is finished off at the neckline
with a deep rhinestone necklace,
and a glittering rhinestone buckle
fastens the jacket Curly feathers
cut out of black felt make the
pompadour hat. which is graced
with a floating veil.
The dainty young lady in the back
ground to the right is wearing a
delectable gown which follows the
new trend toward colorful beadwork
on black. You can Set this model
with light blue or dusty pink ac
cents. Here is an apt illustration
of the new trimming effect achieved
with a bordering of embroidery out
lining the seams of the sleeves,
which have the new wide armholes.
The midriff belt in matched bead
work balances the color inserts.
Very smart dresses are shown
with all-round pleated skirts, the
bodice top being of the long-torso,
fitted type with an all-over sprinkling
of beads or sequins or tiny gold
nailheads. The spray of flowers
worked in metal threads and beads
is placed so as to take the place
of the usual bodice clip or orna
ment. Black - jet beaded sweaters
of the middy type are also in smart
fashion.
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Wear a Scarf or Shawl
t
Over Your Formal Gown
As ar avenue (or expression In
romance and feminine allure, there
U no accessory that surpasses the
witchery of a picturesque scarf or
dainty shawl. That Is, perhaps, the
reason for the preference this sea
son for flattering scarf or lacy shawl
instead of a bolero or jacket to
wear with evening clothes. This
new acceptance of evening shoulder
covering is Airther noted in the cape
let shawls of self fabric, or long
tulle scarfs matched to the dress.
The vogue also accounts for the ap
pearance of ostrich neck ruffs in
the formal evening picture.
'Down in Back' Hems
Herald Ne tv Silhouette
In the very newest sophisticated
dresses something happens to hem
lines that give skirts an entirely
new aspect. That "something" i?
that hemlines are made to plunge
down in the back achieving a most
graceful, pleasing new silhouette.
For the most part the new "lines"
ar* seen in slim black dresses tor
smart afterfioon wear, and In nar
row, seductive evening skirts. In
the formal skirts the narrowness it
relieved by a slit at the side that
reveals your beautiful evening slip
pers.
Handkerchiefs ?
Fur fashions lead the way W.
novelty handkerchiefs with 22-inch
chiffon squares bordered with gen
uine ermine. "Naughty Nineties"
handkerchiefs are reminiscent of the
era when every taffeta dress was
the background for a big, bold cab
bage rose. Brilliant color* and
effusive floral patterning* an* f**
tured In this group.