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ih \ Wh REE ~ 8 A RB Haman Faces Dull Girl's Joy 'In First Sight Briton, Who Sees for First Time at 22, Thought All Were Beautiful and Had "Happy- Looking Faces" An English girl, blind from birth, got her first sight by an op- eration when she was twenty-two years old, only to be "greatly dis- appointed with faces, as she said she had thought all persons were beautiful and had 'happy-look- ing faces'. Her experiences are recorded in a recent issue of "The British Medical Journal" of the British Medical Association by Dr. R. Colley, who performed the op- eration, The girl's case is one of the few on record of a person blind from birth who has gained sight as an adult. Her blindness had been due to congenital cataract. Must Learn to See All her ideas about the world had been obtained from reading Braille, from information given her by others and by the acute de- velopment and use of her other senses. After Dr. Colley operated, vision returned slowly from appreciation of light through blurred vision," eventually to seeing things rea- sonably well with the aid of grasses. The first thing she no- ticed was a white apron worn by a nurse, then the red of a dress. Next she saw a window and a doorway. The latter'had no shape but appeared as a bright area. The sky was white. Greatly Disappointed "Later," Dr, Colley relates, "she saw her hands and fingers, but could not distinguish her nails. Af- ter this she saw chairs and tables. Then she saw a face. The second color she noticed was green, and the other colors later. She had to be told the name of each color. "Faces at first looked alike, but she is now able to distinguish one from another. She was greatly disappointed with faces, as she said she had thought all people were beautiful and had 'happy- tL looking faces'. Says Romance Is Unnatural Wife of Belgian Explorer De- _ clares It Is An Innovation Of Civilization--Savages Know Nothing About It. Soft glances, soft words, hands touching slyly--in short, romance-- are not natural to the human race at all. They are just some of the innovations of civilization. People who have been untouched by the slow process of civilization have never found a need to romanticize the urge of men and women for companionship with the opposite Bex. That is the conclusion of sophis. ticated Leila Roosevelt Denis, wife of the Belgian explorer, Armand Denis. She formed her opinions about romance after living for a year in the Belgian Congo--Iland of pygmies, giants, wild elephauts, strange customs--while her hus- band photographed the life of the natives for the Belgian government. "Dying Swan" Look Acquired Armand Denis agrees with his wife that romance ani love-making are unnatural. He learned the les- son well when he made a film about East Indian natives, in which a love story was enacted. Making a native look lovingly at a girl was something. The only way that Denis could evoke the "dying swan" look that movie-goers expect in the first stages of a screen romance was to put a tempting meal before the hero. Then while he looked lovingly at the food, Denis substituted the heroine for whatever edibles appeal tof a na tive of the tropics. In Fall Mode Dark Frocks Worn With Bright Colored Jackets Among the highlights in the fall mode are: New striped and plaid jackets with plain woollen dresses. New ensembles, black wool dress, bright green or red jacket. New increase in zipped closings for jackets. New gobby, big buttons on jac- kets. New suits with contrasting woollen lining like jumper. New full length coat ensembles with coat slightly darker than the dress shade -- green, copper, and green-blue, New fur sleeves. New fur jackets and bolcros, chiefly beaver and marten-dyed skunk, with cloth dresses, New appearance of mauve among greens, ink-blue, green- blue, copper and dark brown. BE ., t,he -- Serial Story Fashions Recipes Promenade Deck . o by Ishbel Ross -- CHAPTER XIX They dined together, Angela in the highest spirits. Her wit flash- ed at the tip of her tongue; her laughter rang like the thin chim- ing of bells. "You're" very brig tonight," Macduff told her. "Yes, I've had news from home today." "Oh, that's it!" His manner was dashed. "It must have been cheerful." She laughed behind her cham- pagne glass. "It was something 1 didn't expect," she said. They strolled out of the dining room and took two 'rickshaws to Jade Street. At last they went into the tiniest and blackest of all the shops, and a wrinkled old Chinese came forward to ask in a squeaky voice what they wanted. She explained that she wanted a jade bracelet, very rare, very choice. The man studied her with attention; then he closed his shut- ters and bolted his door. "l show you something very rare, missie," he said, moving ma- jestically through the small square of the shop. He pried at the draw- er of a lacquer chest, which then sprang open and revealed an in- ner compartment. Angela fancied she caught a gleam in the whites of his eyes. His fingers moved mysteriously at the back of the chest, pressing on sccret springs till he reached a long black case. From its hidden folds, which had semed to hold the dust and dead odor of centuries, he drew out a bracelet and suspended it with a clash before her eyes. "Ah!" she exclaimed in admir- ation. "That's it!" A Superb Choice Macduff was impressed. He took the bracelet in his hand-and-pas- | sed it through his fingers, blunt- ly, without the caressing fond- ness of the Chinese. Five carved Buddhas of dark jade were strung together on an intricate silver chain. An eloquent bracelet, a bracelet one would "remember. She could not have dreamed of a better choice. The merchant then named his price. It was absurdly high and twice the value of the trinket, She did not care. "I want sweetener on your morning cereal because ~~ ptt WNL to digest. TRY IT TOMORROW 't let Sonstipation dull that hap smile, Give Steedman's Powders, t ild, gentle laxative specially made foe abies and growing children. For more than 100 years Mothers everywhere ha trusted Steedman'sto keep children health fully regular from infancy to early teens. FREE Sample and Booklet "Hints to Mothers" on request. Write John Steedman & Co., Dept. 19 442 St. Gabriel Street, Montreal 67N G"STEEDMAN'S Veething t6Feens POWDERS Look for the double EE symbol on each pachagt Issue No. 34--'38 C it,"" she said to Macduff, "and 1 won't haggle at all." "Are you glad to be homeward bound?" Macduff enquired. The did not answer. "Angela, 1 asked you a ques- tion." "I know, Macduff. Forgive me but I'm wondering whether 1 am glad or not." "What happened, Angela? 1 know that something hit you very hard," "How clever of you." "I thought you would be glad to get back to your husband and home." "I'm not going back to my hus- tband." She spoke as calmly as if - she were flicking a speck of dust from her clothes. Macduff looked -at her suddenly and dropped his pipe from his mouth. "You're not going back to'_ your husband?" he repeated, stu- pidly. "No. He doesn't want me back. He wants a divorce." "And you're going to give-it to him?" His voice™rose from its deep rumble to a peak of surprise. "Why not? You see, he's fallen in love with a girl of seventeen, and youth must be served." "Well, I'm damned!" Gently he touched the back of her idle hand. "I'm double-damned! The swine!" . "Hush, Macduff." Her fingers covered his lips. . "The bracelet, then? I'm sure it had something to do with your news." "Yes," said Angela, simply. "Lovat wanted the bracelet for the girl he loves." "Angela, you're a fool!' said Macduff suddenly. "Yes, I am afraid I am a mis- erable fool. But let's move on." It was one of the red-letter days in Miss Mudge's life. When they were back on the Marenia, she looked up Mr. Charlton, feel- ing that her pleasure was some- thing that she must share with him. Red Letter Day "I wonder if I shall be able to settle .down when I get home," she was saying. "I've always been of the opinion that it's better to feel planted in one spot." "I should not have suspected that from knowing you, Miss Mudge." His voice was teasing, but it pased over her like a caressing wind. "Why not?" "I can't believe yéu would just bang the door shut on adventure. If you were that sort, you would not have come on this trip around the world." "lI think you're discovering a lot of things about me that I did not know myself. But, you see, there hasn't been much chauce for me to do anything but stay put." She l!eaned against his sleeve, her quaint, small face thrust up into his. Dick feared that she wanted to be kissed, that she had wanted very badly to be kissed by him, yet did not know it. He held her hand and felt it burning in his cool clasp. Miss Mudge caught fire under his touch until all of a sudden he was holding her shaking in his arms. O God! he thought. Though he hated tears, he was moved by the desparate note of hysteria in her voice. She shuddered and clung to him. He was shocked by the fervor of her embrace. "I'm so ashamed!" she murmur- ed into his ear, Hysteria "Ah, don't say that. It's stupid for a woman to be ashamed of her feelings. They are really the most charming thing about her." "But I would not do this in Oh- onto," Miss Mudge went on. "I would not be so abandoned." Dick laughed. "You must forget about Ohon- to. You're very far from there now, and you must know by this time that there's a broader, freer world than that," Miss Mudge listened, entranced. Perhaps it was true. His words sank sweetly into her conscious- ness. Suddenly she buried her face in 'his collar. "My dear!" said Dick, catching "Mr. Charlton!" she mumbled. her in a firm and sustaining grip and laughing 'at himself for a fool. He turned her face up, drip- ping with tears. He saw her big drenched eyes, and the eager, tremulous curve of her lips. Bend- ing over, he kised her so slowly and thoroughly that she fainted against his chest. With a quick surge of concern he put her Lack in her chair and bent over her, wondering what he could do to revive her, but he saw that her hysteria had been wiped out in a deadly wave of inertia. After a while she got up and scuttled along deck without a word -- a ridiculous figure with ridiculous skirts, flying towards the companionway. She had called him Mr. Charlton, even when he had kissed her. Dick wiped the sweat from his brow. Never again! He regretted everything that had happened, everything from the very beginning. This had been different from all his other ex- periences, it left him with a self- disgust. He was strangely touch- ed thinking of Miss Mudge's very lonely pillow. (CONTINUED NEXT ISSUE) Toy-Lending Library A toy-lending "library" for children has been opened at Ar- lanta, Ga. The "library" is free, and children whose parents sign a form taking responsibility for damage may go and select toys-- just as books are borrowed from real libraries. Vegetables are scarce and ex- _ pensive in Germany this season. Jelly Captures Summer Flavor By KATHARINE BAKER - That magic phrase "home jelly" brings to mind rows of gleaming, colorful jars on a shelf, shimmer- ing glasses of various hues all ready for winter use. It's more than an art, more than even a pleasant occupation, jelly making is a tradition. -A tradition is usu- ally a oustom which is handed down: from one generation to another and that used to be so with jelly making. It was a tradition in the sense that mothers used to have to teach their daughters the secrets of jelly making; how and when to choose the fruit, how long to boil it and numerous other hints to secure a good batch of jelly. But even then {it didn't always turn out as hoped. Sometimes fruit had to be thrown away with a great loss of sugar, time and fuel because it did not jell, Jelly making is still' a tradition in the sense that good cooks pride themselves on their ability to cap- ture delicate summer flavours for winter use. But the hard part of the tradition, learning how to do ft, has been removed by modern jelly making methods. The reason that some jellies wouldn't jell in the old days was because they lacked suffi- cient pectin and even after long boiling, which, robbed the fruit of much of its ¢olour and flavour, the results couldn't be depended upon, Modern cooks use fully ripe fruit, add bottled fruit pectin, boil for only a few minutes and turn out delicious jellies, the texture of which they know will be right. Plum Jelly 4 cups (2 1bs.) juice 7% cups (31% Ibs.) sugar 14 bottle fruit pectin i To prepare juice, crush thorough- ly 4 pounds fully ripe fruit. Do not peel or pit. Add 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer 10 min. utes. Place in jelly cloth or bag; squeeze out juice. Measure sugar and juice into large saucepan ahd mix. Bring to a boil over hottest fire and at once add fruit pectin, stirring constantly. Then bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard % minute, Remove from fire, skim, pour quickly. Paraffin at once. Makes about 11 glasses (6 fluid ounces each.) Baked Stuffed Apples - 6 large, firm well flavored apples 1/3 cup chopped dates 1/3 cup seedless raisins : 1/3 cup Bee Hive Golden or White Corn Syrup 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon butter 2/3 cup Bee Hive Golden Corn Syrup. 1/3 cup water Wash apples, remove peel from top third, and cores to within 1% inch of bottom, and stuff with com- bined raisins, dates, 1/3 cup corn syrup and lemon juice. Add butter to diluted corn syrup and pour around apples in a buttered baking dish. Bake in moderate oven until tender, basting often with syrup in dish, Serve hot or cold with cream, Women's Genius Rescued Fiction It Would Have Wilted But For Their Efforts--Survey of 20- Century Literature Contains High Praise for Feminine Writers "Certainly the time is past when men could write disparagingly of 'our lady novelists,' a sneer that was never justified. For various reasons, partly economic, partly so- cial, the woman novelist has ceased to be an amateur," says "Colophin" in the Book Collectors Magazine, In a survey of 20th-century litera- ture, appearing in the new edition of '""Chambers' Cyclopaedia of Eng: list Literature," Dr. J. C. Smith says that "fiction would have wilted but for the genius of women. Found Hard To Match "In Edwardian days it would have been impossible to name six women novelists to compare with De Morgan, Conrad, Kipling, Ben- nett, Galsworthy and H. G. Wells," adds Dr.;Smith. "Today one could name a dozen whom the men would find hard to match." Although tHis is thought by some critics (particularly males) to be overstating the situation, Dr, Smith makes a strong plea for the pre- eminence of such novelists as Vir- ginia Woolf, Dorothy Richardson RIT Christie's "Riz", ,. those toasted and tasty, * nutty flavored, slightly salted little wafers . , . hit the mark every time. - Christie's Biscuits "Jhere's a Christie Biscuit for every taste" (who was experimenting with the now popular stream-of-conscious- ness style nearly 15 years ago) and Dorothy Sayers, who is compared to Dickens in her formula of 'a love story with detective interruptions." Summer vacations' in the Arctic are popular among Russians this year. -- : ht Slimming Chic With a Jacket . och o 5 x 2% So 75 % PATTERN 4731 To delight every matron whose goal is slimness--this easy-to-sew cnarmer of a dress, with a separate jacket to make it look like another outfit! Ann Adams' Pattern 4731 is available in sizes 84 to 48. 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"The inspector found that the wall-paper had been stripped from the walls as far as the boys could reach. "This is cruel ill-treatment; the cruelty of thoughtlessness." © otain Gough spoke of the harm done to a child who might never be physically punished. "Think of the fear of the small child who wakes up calls for his mother--and gets no answer." E Japan's trade with Canada dur- ing the first thre months of 1938 was valued at 26,726,143 yen as against 26,068,027 yen during the corresponding period of 1937, an increase of 658,116 yen. One yen equals 29 cents Canadian. Help improve your parsonality with gley's Gum. Keep your teeth white, breath sweet, by using healthful Wrigley's Gum daily --as millions do. 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