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Canada^ s FavowriteTea TBA " xKK<<<K<<<CfXi^zA*x*>y>>>yi<*y>^ EATHON THE lAMOND BY CORTLAND FITZSIMMONS V v" V , Synopsis o( Preceding Instalments When the United League season •pens tlie gamblers are offering 200 â- lo 1 that Pop Clark's New York .Blue will not win the pennant. Terry Burke is the only sports writer to 'give them a chance. He bets $10 at .Tony Murallo's retsaurant in the Broadway district. In the Blues' first game Whitper, the Philadelphia '|>itcher, is killed with a bullet through the heart after smashing out a home rnn. Both Burke and Larry Doyle, lite Blues' rookie shortstop, for whom Clark's pretty daughter Frances had •Ifown her preference over Whitper, Vrt suspected at first by Detective Kelly. It is Burke who discovers it tras Sid Stream, notorious gunman, who wrecked a taxi with a bullet ^urough a tire and injured four Bos- ton players as the Blues are to open C ser.'es. Then Dirkin, Chicago star, â- trops dead on the diamond from poi- son on a phonograph needle fixed in the handle of his bat. Pietro, Chi- cago's bat boy, disappears. Clark (Aids Doyle to Newark but he is soon »«Id to Boston. When the Blues go la St. Louis, Scotter, the Rubes' â- tar pitcher, is found dead from a CM given off by a mysterious powder the box with a jigsaw puzzle sent Id him anonymously. Each time Bkrke has a beat on these sensa- livnal happenings and masked gun- Men truss him up, question him and Warn him he knows too much. Raw- Kns, the Chicago manager, ill when Ihe Blue arrive for a series, is hang- bd in a hotel room adjoining his, ifter a maid is gagged and bound, kud her pass-key taken. Again there • tao clue to the murderer. â-ºIOK*X»I»I<*I*r*K»I*I»I»>Z*KOiSK*I*i'K< "Well, suppose you went to an <Lrmy game and the mule wasn't there, it would be unusual, wouldn't it?" "Sure." "Well, suppose during the las; half of the game the missing mule trotted out on to the field, that would be unusual too." "There'd be a rousing cheer." "Couldn't you get the Army's goat by taking their mule away from them? You know how superstitious all athletes are." "Sure, it would get their goat." "Well, suppose an Army star had been kidnapped and the mule had vanished too, and yet the mule came back." "You're going cuckoo !" Craven exclaimed, and looked anxiously at Terry. "I know it sounds funny and queer, but if a man had been kept in the same place with the mule may- be he'd send a message back on the mule in some way â-  Get what I mean?" "Yeah, I get you! Don't you wor- ry. I'll keep my eyes open for you, mules and all." "I'm not kidding," Terry protest- ed. "Neither am L Let's drink to your safety." Craven lifted his glass. The Detroit evening papers were full of the horrible death of Raw- lins and the conjecture ran high as the possible motives for the crime. One writer said that Detroit had no- thing to fear because their position in fourth place did not put them in any immediate danger if the mur- ders were committed for the purpose of having the Blues win the pennant. Other writers were not so optimistic. The next morning the papers were full of the latest news- Penny, De- SHORTS TO WEAR WITH SHIRTS AND SWEATERS By Ruth Spears 13-y Vou make your own pattern. The shorts shown are made in four pieces, with seams at the sides. A large piece of wrapping paper will be needed. Draw a rectangle 5 inches wider than half the hip meas- urement and 2 inches deeper than the length the finished shorts are to be in the front. The next step is to mark the points that will give the pattern correct proportions. Point A is 1% inches down from the upper left corner of the rectangle. B is 1% inches straight in from A. C is 2 inches in from the upper right corner. D is 1 inch in from C. Take the child's crotch measurement next by suspending a tape measure loosely between the legs from the center front to the center back waistline. Now draw a dotted guide line 3 inches lonper than half this measurement, slanting it from point D to the right side of the rectangle. At the lower end of this line mark point E. Draw another dotted, guide li5§ straight across the rectangle from E and mark point F at tl^ left end of it. .riJit'" Draw a clSFved line from B o C, as you see it here. G i.s one- quarter the waist measure from B on this line. H is 2 inches more than a quarter the waist measure from C. I is a quarter of the hip measurement from the lower left corner of the rectangle. J is 1 inch more than half the hip measurement from the lower right corner of the reijtangle. OuUiiie the front as shown here by the heavy outline at the left of the diagram â€" the back as at the right. IMPORTANT: add three- eighths ini-h to all seem edges, and 1^ inch hem allowance top and bottom when cutting the pattern pieces out. In making, fit the back in with darts or pleats at the waistline. NOTE: â€" Mrs. Spears' new book, "Sewing For the Interior Decor- ator," contains 47 other fascinating things to make for the home with •tep-by-step instructions. Now ready for mailing upon receipt of 14c (10c plus 4c postage). Address: Mrs. Ruth Wyeth Spears, 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronto. troit's star pitcher, had quit cold. He absolutely and Hatly refused to play any more ball. Penny took and awful panning from the papers. They called him yellow and a ([uitter. They heaped invectives on him and he refused to budge. They promised him protection, a special bodyguard, but he would not listen. He admit- ted he was afraid and there was no argument. When Terry went down to break- fast that morning, he met Frances Clark as he was going into the din- ing-room. "Isn't it horrible, Terry?" she sighed. "I'm glad Larry isn't here. It's getting Dad. It is killing him. He knows I see Larry whenever I can and he knows we correspond and sometimes I feel guilty about it be- cause he is so upseV about this. He said last nighf he would like to .see the games cancelled for the rest of the season. That will give you an idea of his feelings." Prances went out and Terry join- ed the others at breakfast. "Trying to cut Doyle out?" Mul- lins inquired. Before Terry could reply, Doc Biers said, "Reynolds is trying to do that. Having any luck, Reynolds?" Reynolds flushed and muttered, "I don't have any chance when Terry is around." ''Well," Hover wheezed, "with Pen- ny out, there won't be much of a game to-day." "The Detroit team may fool you," Craven suggested. "That guy quitting has made them all as yellow as saffron," Mullins said. "They won't be able to play ball. They will be scared to death, anyhow." The late morning papers had more to say about Penny and what they called his shameless desertion. Pop Clark and the Detroit manager were in conference all morning. Two more of the Detroit men had signified their unwillingness to play against the Blues. The manager was frantic. It was finally at Pop's suggestion that a wire was sent to the Czar of Base- ball back in New York- The curious mobs in the hotel had become a problem and the police wore called in to help. The Detroit players roamed about the hotel restlessly, looking very glum. One of the men pulled a tele- gram from his pocket and showed it to the others. It read: "Don't go on playing. I couldn't stand it if any- thing were to happen to j'ou. "That's nothing," another said. "I've had one myself. It's iiysteria, that's all it is. Nothing will happen to you fellows. Can't you see what you are doing to the team? (To be Continued) New Theory About Air Disasters A now and mighty Interesting theory as to the cause of many air- piano accidents was advanced before tho .American Medical .Association at Atlantic City tho other day by Dr. Al- van L. Baracli. of \e\v York. Ho af- firms that a ''what the holl?" attitude which air-plane pilots find it impos siblo to overcome at high altitudes is caused by a deficiency of o.xygcn either in flying for a briet"T)erioii at a Kreat height or for a cnnsidL>rablo time at a medium altitude. This af- fects both heart and brain, and ren- ders tho pilot unable to read his in- struments to keep his sense of bal- ance, or to co-ordinate his muscles in tho perfect timing so essential in fly- ing, and makes him fcol that nothing is very important. To counteract this danger, Dr. I3ar- ach would have all airlino companies provide their pilots with a reserv(< o.xygen supply both for tho sake of tho flying public and the health of the aviators themselves. If Dr. Bar- ach's theory is correct â€" and it ought to be susceptible of easy proof and ought to be te.sted at once â€" then the remedy is in tho hands of the companies and there should be 'no de- lay on their part in availing them- selves of it. The increasingly large uumber of airplane cntastrophies dur- ing the past si.x months certainly would tend to a belief that some- thing is radically wrong somewhero- The result of Dr. Baiach's report will be awaited with keen interest by all who have the safely of the flying pub- lic at heart- Married Men In For More Accidents Than Bachelors Home, Not Structures, Held Need of The People LONDON â€" The five basic prin- ciples of life that lead to health and happiness have been laid down by Lord Horder, the King's doctor. They are: 1. Enough of the right kind of food. 2. Suitable shelter at the right price. 3. Access to the fresh air. 4- A reasonable amount of leisure and also of quiet. 5. A job of work. "Proper housing of the people is one of the most important things in preventive medicine," Lord Horder told a meeting of housing experts. â- "Houses that are real homes are needed. Marriage, thoy tell you, is the ulti- mate in bliss. Life is just a bowl of cherries and nothing can go wrong. But figures of the Workmen's Com- pensation Board tend to indicate that either married life is more hazardous, or that after marriage the man is filled with a sense of hopelessucss and doesn't care if he does get hit by a steam shovel, falls down a manhole of takes off a few fingers in a buzz saw. Latest figures Indicate that just as soon as you have said "I do," your chances of getting injured while at work are doubled, and the chance you will be killed is three and a half times as great. There were 24-OlS ac- cidents, and 1-1, 191 of them involved married men. Of tho remainder, 9,- 050 wore single men, 412 widowed, 62 "not specified". But married men are even more vulnerable where fatal accidents are concerned. One hundred and fifty- two married men lost their lives in industrial mishaps, but casualties among bachelors totalled only 44 out of the total 203 deaths. Widows ap- parently bear a charmed life, com- paratively speaking, for their deaths totalled only four. You also learn reading the report that more people got hurt as a result of falls on the level than from efeva- tions, but that j'our chances of dying as a result of a fall are greater if the fall is from an elevation, rather than on the level. There were SOT falls from heights. H being fatal. But while there were 5,014 falls on the level, on!y six were fatal. Saskatchewan's Hard Luck Drought has struck again at the people of Saskatchewan. For half a decade now the farmers of the Prov- ince have seen the dryness eat the fertility from their fields. In the last three years the crop failure in the southern sections has been complete. But this Spring the people, with their indomitable optimism, looked forward hopefully to a season that would put them on their feet. With the wheat carry-over of the Dominion reduced to almost nothing and crop prospects good, they hoped that the years of bitter hardships were over- Then came the hot rainless weather of recent weeks that once again scorched the wheat fields and turned the soil into dust. .Now, according to the latest reports, 1937 is going to be worse than any of the previous lean years. The loss of commercial crop in Southern Saskatchewan is said to be complete, iind the drought area has spread out lau to the north. In a territory of over 100,000 square miles it is probable that the farmers will not be able to harvest a crop worth carting to the railroad. Sections of aMiiitoba and Alberta are affected, but the great burden of disaster will again fall on Saskatche- wan. Willi the finances of the Prov- ince already shattered by successive blows, tho Dominion Government will probubly have to assist in the relief work- "hr misfortune of the farmers on the scorched prairies is a blow to all Cnnada and will bo felt by tho whole Dominion. The spirit shown by the Saskatchewan people through the famine yea:-3 has drawn the ad- miration of tho rest of tho country. And they will have the full sympathy from all tlio provinces in their latest and severest trail. More Practice Is Urged for Nurses While Training Persoralitv Imoortant. New York Speaker States â€" Toronto Girl Is Elected First Vice-President LONDO.Vâ€" A plea that undergradu- ate nurses be given opportunities to practise while training was urged by Miss Mary S. Mathewson, of McGill University, at the international nurses' congress. A nurse had a right to e.xpect an opportunity to practise under sympa- thetic supervision during her under- graduate period, Miss Mathewson said, rather than as a frightened and inefficient private nurse after gradu- ating, "If a hospital does not .afford such opportunities, some other way must be found or nursing will be unable to meet its obligations," she said. Miss May Kennedy, of New York, told the congress the chief complaint against nurses today is not that they do not recognize symptoms, but that they cannot get along with people. Present-day nurses may be able to take temperatures, feel pulses and test respiration efficiently, she said, but they cannot adapt themselves to changing situations; they may be able to give treatments properly, but their personalities are unacceptable to their patients. "In these times when far-reaching medical and surgical researches are being made," the Princess Royal told the delegates, "It Is more than ever Home Hints By LAURA KNIGHl Snacks and Sandwiches Right now, most of us are trying to find ways and means to serve the family nourishing food without too much trouble or fuss. The Summer is not the time to spend long hours cooking heavy meals and yet variety, flavour and nourishment are still in demand s far as meals go. There : re plenty of times, too, when we wish we had a new kind of sandwich to take to the picnic or some delightful snack to serve on the porch of a hot summer evening. Here are a few ideas on what can be done in the lino of giving spice to your next picnic supper and evening snack: If you've been making jam today and have some left over which wasn't enougl- to fiill a bottle, or if you're family are so enthusiastic that they want to try the jam before next Win- ter, you can give it to them in more ways than spreading it on bread or toast- A hot waffle shortcake is the perfect thing to serve when there are just a few present. It's a grand des- sert any time of the year but will prove especially welcome now. Waffles 2 cups sifted cake flour 2 tablespoons baking powder 14 teaspoon salt 3 egg yolks, well beaten 1 cup milk 4 tablespoons melted butter 3 egg whites, stiffly beaten. Sift flour once, measure, add bak- ing powder and salt and sift again. Combine egg yolks, milk and butter. Add to flour, beating until smooth. Fold in egg whites. Bake in a hot waffle iron. When done, brush with molted butter and spread jam over half of waffle and fold over. Cut in half and dust each portion with powdered sugar, and serve hot. Will make four 4-section waffles. French toast with jam is a very nice change from the usual French toast with syrup or sugar and cinna- mon- It is a particularly welcome change at breakfast and is also a good lunch or supper dish. It's really just bread, mili; eggs and jam and so is tine for the children who love it. .Vnd now for something new in sandwiches. A book could bo written about sandwiches alone â€" a different kind could bo served every day for a decade. They lend themselves to so many variations! Broau should bo cut thin for sand- wiches, edros should be neat, and the filling and butler spjead evenly to edge of tho broad. Day-old bread of close, Arm texture is the best to use. Before slicing the loaf, remove the crusts; if long, cut the loaf in two, crosswise, and then slice liie long way of the loaf. Quick-cooking tapioca supplies a long-felt need of the sandwich maker by making it possible to have soft fillings that do not soak into the bread even after several hours' stand- ing. Wrapped in waxed paper, sand- wiches made with these new-type soft fillings are just as fresh and moist at the end of a few hours as when they were first made. These sand- wiches not only keep well but are really satisfying. Minced Ham Simdwich Filling 1 cup lioiling water 3 tablespoons quick-cooking lapioca 14 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon pepper 14 pound boiled ham, ground '.4 cup sweet pickle, chopped 1 tablespoon scrapped onion 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 tablespoon mayonnaise. Place water in top of double boiler; add dry ingredients, bring to a brisk boil, stirring cc.istantly. Place over rapidly boiling water, cook five min- utes, stirring occasionally. Add the other ingredients. Cool â€" mixture will thicken as it cools. Makes 2 cups of filling. Nippy Cheese Sandwich Filling 2 cups strained canned tomatoes juice and pulp) 2 tablespoons iiuick-cooking tapioca 1-S teaspoon pepper '4 teaspoon mustard 2Vi cups C-jlb.) grated cheese 1>4 cups ('i lb.) dried beef, finely ground U teaspoon Worcestershire sauce. Bring tomatoes 10 boil, using top of double boiler; add dry ingredients and bring to a brisk boil, stirring con- stantly. Place over rapidly boiling water, ook 5 minutes, stirring occas- ionally. .Vdd cheese gradually and stir until melted. .Add beef and sauce. Cool â€" mixture thi(-kens as it cools. .Makes 2';. cups flillinj;. Fruit-Nut Filling 1 cup (uicd :. :: l',-i cups water 3 tablespoons <iuic;!;-Loi)king tapioca 1-8 teaspoon salt \^ teaspoon cinnamon 1-2 cup dates, ground ',-i cup nut meats, cliopped 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Cook figs in water 5 minutes, or un- â-  til softened. Drain; place 1 cup of li(iuid in top of double boiler, bring to boil. I'laco over rapidly boiliug water, cook 3 minutes, stirring occa- ionally. Grind figs; add with re- mainisig mgredients to tapioca. Cool â€" mixture thickens as it cools. Makes. 2 '/a cups Jilling. necessaiy iliat nursing .should retain its high standard." Dame .Micia Still, mati-on of St. Thomas' Hosiiital, presiding, warned a.gainst over-eniphasjs of tho ed<ica- tional phase of nursing. "We are in danger of making a study of nursing instead of becoming informed and skilled tlirougli prac- tice." she said. "We need both science and art, but it must bo ap- lilied science and practical art." Isobel Stewart, formerly of tho Winnipeg General Hospital, read tho report of tho education committee which reconimcnded tho study of a curriculum drafted by the Canadian Nurses' Association as ''being worthy of the interest and study of the world nursing organizations." Effie .1. Taylor. Yale University nursing graduate, was elected presi- dent of the Congress. Miss Taylor's family reside in Hamilton, Out. Jean 1. Gunn, superintendent of nurses at Toronto General Hospital, was appointed first vice-president. Preventing Crooked Teeth In Children Five Mistakes (1) The delusion that individual advancement is made by crushing others down. (2) The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected. (3) Insisting that a thing is im- possible because we ourselves cannot accomplish it. (4) Attempting to compel other persons to believe and live as we do. (5) Refusing to set aside trivial preferences, in order that important things may be accomplished- A cabbage worm becomes a but- terfly; a tomato worm becomes a moth. ATLA.XTIC CITY, .V.J.â€" Dr. Da- vid McLean, of Los .Angeles, promul- gated before the .-American Dental .A.ssociation th s week seven rules for preventing LTooked teeth in chil- dren : 1 â€" Don't allow a ba!)y to lie on its face- Tho soft, growing bones will grow cv'.Kjked a.ul tiie teeth will be misplaced. 2 â€" Don't permit children to loan their faces or chins on their hands or fists. Tho head weighs 10 to 15 pounds and its weght will warp growing jaws. 3 â€" Don't give a baby a paciiier. .All sucking habits cause crooked teeth. 4 â€" DLscuurage mouth breathing. The flow of air gradually destroys tho teeth. 5 â€" Have defective "baby" teeth filled because premature extraction is a common cause of crooked teeth (> â€" After the fourth birtluiay have the dentist look out for signs of crooked teeth. 7 â€" Give the child plenty of milk, butter, cheese and green leaf veget- ables to harden bones. BLACKHEADS Blackheads simply di.<<solve and dis- appear by this one simple, safe and sure method. Get two ounces of pcroxine powder from any drug store, .<;prinkle It on a hot, wet cloth, rub the face gentlyâ€" every blackhead will be gone. Have a Hollywood complexioD. Issue No. 31â€" '37 câ€" 2