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r asi PENNY PLAIN BY O. DOUGLAS gbopman colored.'* Solemn Small Ibe money " •You m»y h«»« row 6»M>lo»â€" ptMj pUls or tw*-p«Bco Boyâ€" "Pennr pIaIb. ploMO. Ifa battw *ala« lor niAI'TER XIX.â€" (Cont'd.) I my own subscription to cover it." Sh« M>.s Duncan's kind face beamed' »»»"«> ^pHy at this solution of the p:easantly Sh. wa^ quite ''"»"« ^j "'MrrDuff-Whalley sniffed. listen to Mrs. Uun-Whalley as long as .,.,-. ^ . / „v,i« *^it,"> .h^ . . , , , 1 (.u ii i.» „i,. •' 'The tfoniee are a feeble folk , sn« nceck-d KOothmK. so she »gr^ « «" g^^n g^^j over all the papers and ca»- everyth.nK she .Hu.d and made sen ible ^^^^^ to.inor«,w. Muriel and :.u:e r..narks at intervals. Mrs. Jow- j «y ^^ j^^^^ ^^ j,^;^^ ^„ ^^^t^ ett wa« pouring out a second cup of ,^^^^ ^„^^ j^ ^(jj b^ j^^^t to i!'^.'?:.„'iT„A!"5;7.l"ii7.r:!:r;.:!!: have a chun^ and n^et ^me Inter- j eating people. Muriel was just sayingr said, "And havf you heard about dear little Jean Jafdine?" it's a cabbage's life we live in Priors- "Has Biiything happened to her? I ,__j , _,.__ j _ „i_.. ^„. >» saw her the other day and she was all right." "She's quite well, but haven't you heard? She has inherited a large for- tune." Mrs. iJufT-Whalley said nothing for • minute. She could not trust herself to apeak. Despised Jean, whom she had not troubled to ask to her parties, whom she had always felt she could treat anyhow, so poor was she and of no account. It had been bad enough to know that she was on terms of Intimacy with Pamela Reston and her You Enjoy H ford. 1 often wonder we stay here Mrs. Duff-Whalley went home a very angry woman. After dinner, sit- ting with Muriel before the fire in the glittering drawing-room, she discussed the matter. "I know what'll be the end of it," she said. "You saw what a fuss Miss Reston made of Jean th© other day when we called? Depend upon it, she knew the mon«y was coming. I dare say she and her brother are as poor as church mice â€" those aristocrats usually areâ€" and Jean's money will come in useful. Oh, well see her Lady Bid- Mr. Frank Dickfiee. R.A., has been elected president of the Royal Academy, succeeding Sir Aston Webb, Retired, due to age limit Mr. Dlcltsee is the son of a famous artlct and an artist of repute himself. brother: to hear Miss Reston say that borough yet I tell you what it she meant to take her to I^ndon and j^^ j^j^^;^, ^j^^ ^^.^ ^^^1^.^ ^^„. entertain for her and to hear her sug-,^ ^ j^, ^ speaking about." giest that Muriel might go to Jean si j^^^ Duff-Whalley was knitting a parties had been galling but she had 'j^^i f^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ (her DISCOVERY OF NEPTUNE A Little Lesson In Living It is less than a century since Nep- tune, the outermost planet of our solar syfitemâ€" perhaps I should say the ont- ermost known planet â€" was discovered. Uranus, the Seventh from the sun, was found accidentally by the great thrust the recollection from her. re- j,^„jg ^^^ ^^j^j^^ i^-g) ,^„d she wav- flectlng that fine ladies said much that |^ j^. ;„ y^^^. exasperation as she talked. t^^nrlilH"'vr«i; "t!! iJnHorwnnHl """'^ "*^ y°"' '"*^"*' «" ""^ °"^ astronomer, Sir William kerschell. the promised visit to London would; /• ^y^ hiirheRt nositinn and never matorialize. And now to be told'[^" "*^'r'^t a^S Sl^^^^^^ "« ^'"^ '"*<^« " '^^^'^^P" '°^ ^im- thls' A fortune- Jeanâ€" It was too'[ , I ^^aura little Jean is to ^ imperfect Instrument com- th.s. A fortune. Jean it was too, i,e cocked up, a girl with no more dig- j p^.j^.j^h those which we have to-day. nity than a sparrow, who couldn't i >,„. un.to. fho„ =nv ho hoH fho moans absurd! When she spoke her voice was shnll with anger In spite of her efforts to control it. "It can't be true. The Jardines have no relations that could leave them money." "This isn't a relation," Mrs. Jowett explained. "It's some one Jean was ity than a sparrow keep her place with a washerwoman. I've heard her talking to these cottage women as if they were her sisters." Muriel leaned back in her chair and seemed absorbed in balancing her slip- per on her toe. "My dear mother," she said, "why , . , ... , , , . , , excite yourself? It isn't clever of you kind to quite by chance I think it t^ be so openly annoyed. People will is so sweet. It quite makea one want U^^gj, j j^^.t g^y I like it any better **w^' RT,^,^, , . . ,. than you do, but I hope I have the Mrs. DulT-Whalley looked at the|g^g^ j^ congratulations. We •enttmental woman before her with' but better than any he had the means to purchase. He was trying It out In a sort of grand survey of the heaven* when there fell within Its field a stranger to this shepherd of the stars. It was a faint point of light against the night sky, with a sllghty greenish tinge. Sir William did not suspect, at first, SALADi II GREEN TEA TKe exquisite flavor indicate* tK« perfect bleeding of cKoice teas. AsR for a pacRage todar. FIEE UMfU. a eiEEN TU UPW REQUEST. "SAUDA, " TMUTI Woman's Sphere bitter scorn. "It would take more than that to make me cry," she snorted. "I wonder what fool wanted to leave Jean money. Such an unpractical creaturel She'll dmply make ducks and drakee of it, irive it away to all and sundry, pau-l^^^.t ^^ acquired." penze the whole neighborhood." "What nonsense, Muriel! I wonder ' Oh, I don't think so.' Miss Duncan 1 1„ j^^^ you. I'd like to know who has broke in. "She has had a hard train- jcharm if you haven't. It is a silly ing, poor child. Such a pathetic mite ^{>rd anyway." can't help it anyway. You and I aren't attracted to Jean, but there's no use denying: most people are. And what's more, they keep on liking her. She isn't a person people get easily tired of. I wish I Imew her secret. I suppose It la charm â€" a thing that I the solar system whose Influence was affecting the new planet. Then each I figured out about where that body ought to lie in order to produce the effects which they had noted. Adams arrived at a theoretical posi- tion first â€" a few months ahead of Le- verrler. He sent hla calculations and hypothesis to the British astronomer royal for verification by telescope, bat the latter was too busy to attend to It. However the observatory to which Leverrler soon after sent almost ex- actly similar calculations began an Immediate search, and presently an- nounced the discovery of an eighth planet whose position and nature ex- plained completely all the mysteries of the seventh's movements. This eighth and last to be discovered of the planets was named Neptune. We have known him only since 1846. I confess that two billion miles â€" more or less â€" Is a long way to travel for a life lesson, but It has always seemed to me that In this very won- derful, and very beautiful, story of the manner In which we found an un- CARROTS TAKE THE PLACE OF EOUGE. The most inexpensive and- lasting rouge for both blondes and brunettes is â€" carrots. They should be taken frequently at meal time for they are rich in iron that helps to make glow- ing complexions. But perhaps your family is tired of boiled and creamed carrots. If so, here are a few interesting Old World, , . recipee that home economics student* I °" *"* fajni- _^ j_ .♦ . have found in foreign cook books. | ^ sand table may be "a^e at a In Russia and Flanders they often I ^-^P^^^'r^'y low cost. A popular^ add sugar to bring out the delicate! !L^^*«^!f;-«j!^lf5' t^i^^^^JS! flavor of the carrot. Flemish Style. â€" Scrape, slice and cook, one quart of carrots in one quart listed. Many of these may be pur- chaaed at a ton-cent store. A brick of artist's modeling cl»< win furnish hours of entertainment At first the unaccustomed fingers may be unable to do more tlu^n mold marbles, apples, plums and similar ob- jects, but in a short time they will undertake more difficult models. Espe- cially gifted children will d«Iight ia modeling their pets and other animals that It was a planet, a hitherto un- known member of that group which suspected member of our solar sys- circles about the sun, and to which our tern by noting the Influence of his nn- world belongs. The nianets Sir Wll- seen presence. Is a splendid lllustra- Ham knew had never been discovered lion of a truth fundamentally Import- â€" that is to say within the memory of , ant to right and effective living, the race. Man had grown up with j The visible world will not account Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and for all that we see in human life and Saturn as hla familiar companions. character. He had become well acquainted with if you take Into your calculation their movements. He had woven them only those obvious factors which con- she was when her great-aunt died and 4eft her "with David and Jock and the Uttle Gervase Taunton! No one 1^.8 a family we totally lack charm. Muriel shook her head. "It's no good posing when we are by ourselves. thought she could manag^e, but she did, and Khe has been so plucky, she deserves all the good fortune that life can bring her. I'm longing to hear what Jock says about this. that boy." Minnie tries to make up for it by a great deal of manner and a loud voice. Gordon â€" well, it doesn't matter so much for a man, but you can see his I do like I friends don't really care about him mucK They take his hospitality and "They are, all three, dear boys,"|gay he isn't a bad sort. They know said Mrs. Jowett. • 'Tim and I quite ^e is a snob, and when he tries to be feel as If they were our own. Tim fy^ny he is often oflfensive, poor Gor- dear," to that gentleman, who had^^on! I've got a pretty face, and I bounced suddenly and vIolenUy Into^piay games well, so I am tolerated, the room, "we are talking about the tut i have hardly one real friend. The great newsâ€" Jean's fortune " ^^st of it is I know all the time "Ah yes, yes," said Mr. Jowett, dis-L^heie 1 am falling short, and I can't tributing brusque nods to the women! help it I feel myself jar on people, present. "What I want is a bit of i ^^ice heard old Mrs. Hope say that thick string." (His wife's delicate jt doesn't matter how vulgar we are, drawing-room hardly seemed the place g^ lo^^ ^g ^e know wc are being vul- to look for such a thing) "No, no g^r. But that isn't true. It's not tea, my dear. I told you I wanted a^ ^uch fun to know you are being vul- blt of thick string. . . . Yes, let's hope^^r and not be able to help it." It won't spoil Jean, but I think it's al- Mrs. Duff-Whalley gave a convulsed most sure to. Fortune hunters, too. ejaculation, but her daughter went on. Bad thing for a girl to have money. "Sometimes I've gone in of an after- . . . Yea. yee, I asked the servants ^oon to see Jean, and found her dam- and Chart brought me the .-rtringbas-i ing gtocklnga In her shabby frock, ket, but It wa.s all thin stuff. Ill lose^ virith a look on her face as if she knew the post, but it's always the way. â-  g^me happy secret ; a sort of contcnt- Every day more rushed than another.! ^d, brooding lookâ€" and I've envied her. Remind nve, Janetta, to get some thick And so I talked of all the gaieties I string to-morrow. I've no time to gO| ^^as going to, of the new clothes I was down to the town to-day. Why, blest g«,t^ing, of the .â-  nart peopi- we know, me, my morning letters are hardly' ^nd all the time I was de;-pl8ing my- looked at yet," and he fusaed out of' self for a fool, for what did Jean tlie room. care! She sat there with her mhid Mr*. Duff-Whalley rose to go. | f„ii ^f books and poetry and tho*i "Then, Mrs. Jowett, I can depsndjboy* she is so absurdly devoted to; it on ywx to look after that collecting? Into his myths and his religion. Up had made them arbiters of his des- tiny, and read his future In their pass- age through the signs of the zodiac. I It did not occur to the astronomers, who Joined with Sir William In ob- serving this new body, that Its dis- covery had pushed the boundary of the solar system further into space. For a time it was called Herschell, after Its discoverer, but the name now generally accepted Is Uranus, which preserves the mythological nomencla- ture already bestowed on the others. Uranus was oldest of the Greek gods and the first ruler among them. The astronomers, after watching him for a while.- began to calculate the di- mensions of his orbit, the speed of his motion and other Interesting facts concerning bim. They reached certain conclusions bared upon all the known factors. Uranus should behave thus and so. At a certain time he should be here â€" at ing upon the life of man,"even as Nep- another certain time he should be tune pulled upon Uranus? there. And ho wasâ€" approximately. i am convinced this Is true. I am But approximation did not satisfy the convinced that the telescope of faith star-gazers. They wanted exactitude, which finds this Influence In a splrlt- They checked back their calcula- ual power which is wisdom and good- tions and found no errors. Whatever ' ness and love and beautyâ€" a power we was wrong, they decided, must be call Godâ€" has made a great discovery, wrong with Uranus. Something was the recognition of which Is essential diverting him from the path they had | to an understanding of life, charted for him, or interfering with ; To know that this power existsâ€" to c erft the preservation and satisfac- tion of physical life you will leave much unexplained. Given all such circumstances In any particular Instance you may be able to figure exactly how a man will actâ€" If they be the only circumstances. But experience will show that men frequently do not act accordlnc to any prediction so formulated. Men do things which are contrary to every Instinct of self-preservation â€" men deny themselves material satis- faction for ends which have no rela- tion to their physical lifeâ€" men sacrl- Ice themselves to serve their fellows â€"often to serve people they do not know, sometimes to serve people they know and dislike. Why these perturbations in tho cal- culable orbit? Why these departures from the so-called "natural" course? Is it not because there must be some mighty Influence Invl.sible to the unaid- ed eye, the physical eye, which is pull of boiling water to which has been added one teaspoon of salt, until ten- der; drain. Heat two tablespoons of fat, add one small onion, brown light- ly, add the carrots, season with one teaspoon of sugar, one-quarter tea- spoon of salt, one-eighth teaspoon of white pepper. Shake well over the fire for ten minutes. Add one and one- half cups soup stock, cover and sim- mer for half hour, add one teaspoon of chopped parsley and serve hot. Russian Style. â€" Make a syrup of one cup of sugar and one cup of water by boiling ten minutes. To this syrup add two cups of diced carrots, which have been previously browned in two tablespoons of hot fat or butter. Cook all together until carrots are tender. Brown in oven and serve hot. Other Continental dishes for fried, baked and escalloped carrots suggest new flavor combinations. Fried Carrots. â€" Cook with soup. When done cut into thin slices. Fry one onion in one tablespoon of butter, add carrots. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, minced thyme, parsley and bay leaf. Fry ten minutes and serve hot. wide and twenty-four inches high from floor to top of tray; but a small- er one may be made from an old kit- chen table, which should ba strong/ re-enforced. The metal-lined tray should be four inches deep. FUtad with clean, white sand and placed in the play room or in a protected comer of the porch it will be a great joy t* the children, who always like to play in the dirt, and who are often pre- vented by disagreeable weather from playing out-of-doors. â€" E. C. G. PRETTY PARTY FROCK MOTHER'S GIRL. FOB t'-e schedule which mathematics In- stated he should follow. Adams, an English astronomer, and X^everrler, a Frenchman, set them- selves to search (or some possible cause of the perturbations In the habits of Uranus. They worked Ind*- pendenUy and without the knowledge of either that the other was oq the Job. I But each reached a theory that (To' be continued.) - . was nothing to her how much I buck And pl«ue be firm. I find that col-!ed; and this fortune won't change her. „,„gi be some remoter body In lectors are apt to be very lazy and Money Is nothing unconscientious. Indeed, one told me frankly that In her district she only! went to the people she knew. That isn't the way to collect. The only way i« to get into each house â€" to stand on| the doorst«<p is no use, they can sol easily send a maid to refuse â€" and sit; there 'till they give a subscription.' Every year since I took it on there has l)eofi an increase, and I'll \}e frightfully dl.HBppointed If you let itj go back." I Mrs. Jowell looked depressed. She knew her.self to i>e one of thff wor.it collectors on record. She was guiltily, aware that she often advised people' not to give; that is, if she thought' â€" â€" '/ "JT^fi i "nT I their circumstances straitened! i "I don't know," she began, "I'm' afraid I could never sit in a stranger's; know that you are responding to it when you do the things that are worth while and fine and unselfish â€" Is to realize a purpose and meaning in liv- ing which give you a new Law of Human Conduct with which to work out your problems. â€" S. J. Puncaa- Clark in Success. On a large liner there are about two miles of deck. CARE OF THE NECK AND SHOULDERS. With the present style of dress, the condition and the appearance of the skin on the back of the neck and across the shoulders is of great im- portance. One of ray correspondents wrote that she couldn't reach around and scrub her back as thoroughly as she could her arms, and the result was ' 4969. Lace and chiffon are her* large, dark pores between the shoulder combined, but the style may also be blades. â-  developed in other materials. Two' She could get a very excellent long- colors of chiffon, or chiffon on ne* handled bath brush which would do would be attractive. Or taffeta and the job to her satisfaction, and bend- crepe de chine, or flg^ured silk and ing and stooping exercises would lim- ' taffeta would be quaint and pleasing.' ber her muscles so that she could' The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 6,' reach around and wash the back of g, 10 and 12 years. An 8-year size her shoulders Without even the help requires 1% yards of 82-inch m»- of a brush. But the real reason why terial for the slip or underdress, and some women â€" and nice women, too â€" 2% yards of figured material, if mad* neglect to keep the back as clean-look- as Illustrated. If made of one ma- ing as the chest and shoulders, is sim- terial 4 yards will be required, ply because they don't see themselves Pattern mailed to any address on there. It's really a flne plan to have receipt of 20c in silver, by the Wilson a mirror above the bathtub, and it's Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St, certainly a necessity to have a hand- Toronto. glass and a long mirror, so you can I Send 15c in silver for our up-t** view yourself from all angles. I date Fall and Winter 1924-1926 Book The back of the shoulders should t)e' Qf Fashions, able to stand a more minute scrutiny than the front of them â€" for the ob- SCOTCH CAKE Half pound of butter, % pound afi Uniform Ouccess. "There goes Policeman Jones In a house and insist on being given money. ' captain's rtg. Only a year ago he was It's soâ€" so high handed, like a high-' wayman or something." •Think of Uve cause," said Mrs. Doff-Whallsy, "not of your own feel- Inga" "Yes, '>f coBi^e, but . . . well, if thert^ is a deficit, I can always raise IM«il N*. -'M. wearing a sergeant's suit.' "Thst's io â€" ha's h»d uniform sue- j oass." ' I "Better a dinner of hsrbs whsre bvs is than a stallsd ox and hatred there- with." MInard'S Liniment for th* Orlpps. Here's a photograph Uken In 18M of Westville, Nova Scotia, showing ooal mining being carriad on In a small way. It is now a ttarWtng town of •oms 5,000 inhsbltanta. vious reason that It will get stared at with more attention. A wonuin's face Is always more distracting than her sugar, 1 pound of sifted flour, 2 eggi^' back hair! Then, too, the people who 1 cup sour milk or buttermilk, % taps. sit back of us, whether at church, at' soda, 2 tsps. each of ground einnaoMa, entertainments, or In tr<)ins or trolley [ allspice and cloves, H tsp. grated nut. cars, are not diverted by our conversa- meg, H pound of raisins, H pound ot tion, so have ample time to study the currants, ^ pound of citron, eohdition of our skins. I Cream the butter and scgar If you have any doubt about the gethe.-, then add the yolks of the sl skin on the back of your shoulders, get' wts'i Ictten. Add tha sour milk, a flesh-brush with a long handle and whi«.h ti-e soda has been diesolvod, scrub every day with hot water and the flour, spices and fruit, well floni soap, until you have made your skin ' Fold in the whites of the t-(;g^, flne-grained and white again. i stilf ; then bake th« di.sh in a slow While you are waiting for the skin' !or one- hour, to Improve, you can get rid of the | This Is a delicious .substitute for tbo black dots which mark the pores by more t-xpensive fruit cako. rubbing vigorously with a bit of ab-j <• sorbent cotton saturated with bay rum 1 or a good toilet water. j ENTERTAINING SMALL BOYS j AND GIULS. 1 Small children living in the city' have an advantage over their country cousins In being able to attend kinder- garten. A catalogue of kindergarten • supplies will suggest to mothers ani endless variety of materials, which | will entertain and at the same time prove of educational value to the little folk.i. Picture cut-outs, sewing cards, as- sorted wooden beads of various shapes and colors, numeral frames, peg boards and pegs, parquetry blocks, toy money for use In playing store, colored crayons and blunt kindergarten sels- aon arc only a few ot th* artkkt Musical Mieo. Mrs. Mouse -"Y«s, since w» bavo been living In an ukulole tha cfildrw have become very musical!" « â€" WlMrd's for •^niba ami BrvtoMk