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Quality You'll Enjoy /v/ MARRYING MARK .... by Violette Kimbail Dunn' SYNOPSIS After Mark Alexander's beautiful wife Ellen died, her whole family became interested in Valerie, El- lens' daughter by a former mar- riage, and In the trust fund left Valerie. All are anxious to adopt Valerie all save Shirley, but Mark will have none of it. Mark hire* Lucy Tredway to tutor Val- erie and keeps Lucy in the house, much to Elise's dismay. Elise meet* Mark at the office and drives home with him, criticizing Lucy all the way. Mark leaves her at her door and drives on, half amused, half disgusted. CHAPTER 19 He turned in at his own gates feeling as if he had escaped from something. He found Shirley, wrap- ped in the white bath coat, Just getting into her car. Lucy and Val- erie stood together, In their swim- ming suits, by the running board. Valerie cried out when she saw him, and ran to kiss him, stand- Ing carefully bowed, not to get him wet. "Oh we missed you!" she said. "What do you mean, missed?" he laughed. "Compared to the way I missed you, you're a rank out- sider!" "You see," she told Lucy. "I told you he wanted to be here and couldn't." "Did I!" he said. He held out a hand each to Shirley and Lucy. It was marvelous to be back where he could breathe. "I only pretended to come for swimming," said Shirley. He jumped in beside Shirley now, and drove with her down to his gates. He had gathered In some mysterious way that she had some- thing more to say to him. Shirley drew up Just this side of the lodge, shut off the .engine, and sat looking at him. He looked back, his eyes full of admiration. He found he was suddenly un- troubled by whatever she was going to tell him. "I gathered there was something on your mind," he said lazily. "Nothing Important." He relaxed more completely. Whatever it was, he was not in for another lecture on the properties. "I didn't want to speak before Valerie, in case you didn't approve of what I was going to say." 'Wonderous wise you, I mean," he said softly. Shirley smiled at him. "Rather stupid, really. However I Just want to give a little party for her. And Lucy too, of course, if she cares for anything so Juvenile. That girl's a wonder, by the way." "I'm glad you think so," said Mark. He wondered it she knew how glad. Valerie was filled with alternate shivers of delight and dread at the Britain's Fighting Planes and, Warships 29 NOW AVAILABLE "Flying Fortress". "Bristol Beauflghter". "H.M.S. King Coerce V" and many oKier* For each picture deMii-U, He-rid u complete "Crown Brand" label, with your name and address and the name of the picture yuu want writ- ten on the b.-ick. Address Uept. J.1!!. The Canada Starch Company Ltd.. 4i) Welling- ton St K .. Toronto ISSUE 43 '41 thought of Shirley's party. She lov- ed to dance, and the prospect of going off alone just to be amused was stupendous. She relayed Shir- ley's Invitation to Lucy, who wise- ly declined it. Lucy telephoned Shirley when Valerie was out of hearing. "You're sweet to ask me." she said, "but I think I shan't come-. You'll understand how it Is. I've been longing for her to know children her own age. But I didn't know just how to go about It." "I wish you'd told me." Shirley's voice came back warmly. "I'd love to help, whenever I can. Maybe you'll have lunch with me some day soon. There are some things I might be able, to tell you " Something in her tone made Lucy agree eagerly. "I'd love It," she said. "Call me when you want me. And do make it soon." Valerie went off In state, driven by Catlet. She looked rather like a pale pink cloud in her flesh- colored dancing frock, with a tiny string of pearls about her throat. Alone With Mark It wasn't until Chiltern anuounc- ed dinner that Lucy realized she was sitting down to her first meal alone with Mark. It was early Sep- tember, and summer was still in the air. Lucy wore white, and her eyes were dark under the gold of her hair. It was the purest gold Mark had ever seen. Neither platinum nor honye, but the color of an old burnished coin. It lay in smooth waves against her little head, and Mark found himself suddenly long- ing to touch it. The gold ot Ellen I hair had been pale and exquisite, and her eyes a curious, almost purple blue. But the gold on this girl's head was like a crown. Lucy rested him just because she had missed beauty by the mer- est fraction. Her skin was delicate and white, and the contrast of her eyes and hair would always set her a little apart. Taken one by one, her features were charming. As- sembled, they somehow lacked the Intangible quality of beauty. "The modern spirit. I suppose you would call it," said Mrs. Ban- wood to Chiltern. He had just car- ried the big silver tray with its shinning coffee service out to the terrace, where Mark and Lucy re- laxed in long chairs of split bam- boo, and watched the tiny credent of the moon. "The world's gone on since your time and mine, If that's what you mean,' agreed Chiltern amiably. He knew quite well that she wag registering disapproval of affair* on the terrace. And he kn&w sua dared not voice them more ex- plicitly without encouragement from him, which she would never get. So he smiled blandly and went back to see if there was something more he could do for Mark and Lucy. Life An Interlude There was, for they both declin- ed a second cup of coffee; and presently he went back to Mrs. Banwood, carrying the tray before him like a sort of shining shield. "A beautiful night," he said sen- timentally. "Sets one to thinking of all sorts ot things. Youth, and summer " "Humph!" said Mrs. Banwood. Mark looked across to where Lucy rested, arms behind her gold- en head. She looked hardly mor than the wraith of a girl, for they had turned off the terrace lights, and there was only the faint gleam of the little moon, and the glimmer of low-hung innumerable stars. Scents drifted up to them with every slightest stirring of air. The almost unearthly perfume of rose*, andfcthe fragrance of late-blooming honeysuckle floated about them. It came over Lucy with a sud- den stab, that she would sometime leave all thV for that drab world where there were bills to pay and work to do. Nothing that she did at present was the least like work. Life was just a sort of unbelievable interlude where beauty and kind- ness were like the air they breath- ed. She was delightfully conscious of Mark, but only as an accompani- ment to her thoughts. So she start- ed when he got up and dropped down on a stool beside her chair. "Bored?" he asked. It was a dif- ferent voice from the family-circle one he used every day. She looked at him in amazement. "Bored?" she echoed. She thought she could hardly have un- dertsood him. "Well 1 just wondered. There are always the village movies, you know." "If you think I could even pre- tend to want movies, with all the pictures the night makes in this gorgeO'it* garden, you must think I'm ;\ good actor," slip said. "I tlilnk you're a bad actor. Fun and Study Amid The Blitz A radiogram for dancing, a billiard table, a piano, a dart- board, and equipment for film shows are among the improve- ments which have been installed during the Summer in a public air raid shelter at Marylebone, which has accommodation for nearly 300 people. Lectures, spelling bees and whist-drives are to be arranged for many shelterers by the Mary- lebone Council Shelter Welfare Council. Small libraries and radio sets have already been installed. SHIRTWAIST FROCK FOR JUNIORS By Anne Adams Junior special! This shirtwaist frock with its "peasanty" look is designed by Anne Adams and is a perfect style for back-to-school wear. Pattern 4878 will be easy for Mother to make, especially with the help of the illustrated Sewing Instructor. The skirt is made in four sections, gathered into a bias waist-band back and front. Bias, too, are the unusu- ally shaped yoke and the cuff- bands on the short puff sleeves. Gathers below the yoke give full- ness to the bodice, and a little Peter Pan collar adds a youthful air. For winter wear you can make the sleeves full-length, gathered into a narrow wristband. Make up this frock in a sprightly checked gingham or use contrast for yoke, sleevebands and collar so gay! Pattern 4878 is available in girls' sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14. Size 12 takes 4H yards 35 inch fabric. Send twenty cents (20c) in coins (stamps cannot be accept- ed) for this Anne Adams pattern to Room 421, 73 Adelaide St West, Toronto. Write plainly size, name, address and styl number. That's why I like you such a lot." It startled him to realize he could almost have said "love," even 'without meaning it (To Be Continued) **& Help clear choked air passage*. i soothe inflamed ImmtrilB. breath* liruulv again P. . . by using Mentholatum. "re or tubee 30o MENTHOLATUM './, (OM 1 1)111 /I,,//, TABLE TALKS By SADIE B. CHAMBERS SWEET POTATO HELPS For the homemaker who ii aim- lug to put a pleasing variety into her menus the sweet potato IB spendid help. Besides serving them in the plain, but excellent, baked and boiled styles, you can do other very Interesting things with them. These recipes will point the way to some of them. CANDIED SWEET POTATOES 6 medium sized potatoes % cup melted shortening % teaspoon salt 1 cup brown sugar Vi cup water Wash and cook potatoes until tender; drain, pel, cut In halves lengthwise and arrange in a shal- low greased pan. Cover with the melted fat and a syrup made by cooking brown sugar and water to- gether for five minutes. Sprinkle with salt and bake in a slow oven 350 degrees F. for one hour, bast- ing frequently. Potatoes should be transparent when done. GLAZED SWEET POTATOES 6 medium sized potatoes % cup sugar 1 tablespoon butter Wash and pare potatoes; par- boil 10 minutes. Drain and cut in halves lengthwise and place in but- tered baking dish. Make a syrup ot sugar and water; boll three min- utas and add butter. Pour one-halt syrup over potatoes and bake until soft about 15 minutes, basting twice with the remaining syrup. SOUTHERN SWEET POTATOES 6 medium sized potatoes 2 tablespoons butter % pup thinly sliced lemon 1V4 cups cold water Vi teaspoon salt 1M> cups brown sugar Slice parboiled potatoes thickly and cover each layer with sugar, lots of butter and lemon slices. Add water and bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) until tender about one hour; then brown beneath flame. For Variations, use maple syrup instead of sugar and water: use half and half parboiled sweet po- tatoes aud raw sour sliced apples, replace % cup water with orauge juice and add 4 tablespoons of grat- ed orange rind; replace half brown sugar by molasses. SWEET POTATO BOULETTES 6 medium sized potatoes 2 teaspoons salt k teaspoon pepper 4 tablespoons melted butter 3 slices cooked bacon Parsley Cook potatoes until tender; rice and mush well. Add salt, pepper aud 3 tablespoons melted shorten- ing. When cool enough to haiidlo, form into round balls 2 inches in diameter. Sprinkle with chopped bacon; brush with 1 tablespoon melted butter and brown in a mod- erate oven for 12 minutes. Garninu with parsley. Mlu Cliuiuben nvlc-uuie* personal letter* from Inn-rend-cl reuder*. MIC U pleunfil tu receive UKgeIIa oa iiiim-s fur her culuiun, anil i even renily (o Union Co your "pet peeve*." Keiiuecti for recipes or upei-liil iiii-iiim lire In order, v.l.li. Tour lellem to "MlB> Mtidle U. Chum, berii, 7:1 \\I-NI Adelaide Street, To- ruiiin." send Humped, vvlf-aildreeiied enveloue If yon wl*h n reply. A Hallowe'en Party At Home By: KATHARINE BAKER Hallowe'en is one festival which the youngsters claim for them- selves. The idea of ghosts, goblins, black cats and witches wandering about doesn't seem to appeal to or even frighten adults but the kids love to scare themselves and each other on this make-believe night Even if the older children don't take the horrors of Hallow- e'en seriously, they do like to dress up in weird costumes and celebrate the occasion with a party. Unless parents arrange some sort of a "do" at home for the children of all ages, they are like- ly to wander around the streets getting into various brands of mis- chief. So having a home party where the youngsters tan be super- vised, is well worth tho extra time and work of arranging a party and preparing refreshments. Games for a Hallowe'en party are so standardized that they are no prob- lem. Bobbing for apples is a "must" in the games line, as is also this delicious chocolate ca -e in the re- freshment line, it is topped with an orange frosting to harmonize with the Hallowe'en color scheme. CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE 2 cups sifted cake flour 2 teaspoons douoH>acting baking powder ft teaspoon salt ft cup butter or other shortening 1 cup sugar 3 squares unsweetened choc- olate, melted 1 egr well beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla % cup milk Sift flour once, me sure, add baking powder and salt, and sift together three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until i:ght and fluffy. Add egg and beat well; then add chocolate and blend. \d . flout, alternately with milk, a small am omit at a time. Beat after each ad- dition until smooth. Add vanilla. Ask your grocer for Calumet. Try it and gee how double-action permits you to use lesg and still get better results. Notice, too, how the Calumet tin opens at a slight twist of the wrist yet never spills, even when full. Under the lid is a handy device to level each spoonful as yon use it. CALUMET IS PRICED SURPRISINGLY LOW o o Bake in greased pan, S z 8 x 2 Inches, in moderate oven (325"F.) 1 hour. Cover with Orange Butter Frosting. ORANGE BUTTER FROSTING Grated rind of 1 orange Grated rind of 1 lemon >4 cup orange Juice 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1 egg yolk 14 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons butter 8 cnps sifted confectioner's sugar Add orange and lemon rind to orange juice and allow to gtand 10 minutes. Strain. Combine lemon juice, egg yolk, salt, butler, and confectioner's sugar. Add orange juice until of right consistency to spread. Beat until smooth and spread on cake. Makes enough frosting to cover tops and sides of two 9-inch lavers. Labor Training Shows Increase Canada, dipping deep into its reserves of labor to man increas- ingly busy factories, also has ex- tended labor-training programs to an extent unknown in the past. Labor Department officials said. War emergency training pro- gram reports that 33,003 person* took training from April i to Aug. 3. The ( J3 schools and training centres reported 10,063 were ac- tually in training on Aug. 1. Large numbers of those in the lower age groups of the classes are young men who have been rejected for enlistment. Selection officers have instructions to avoid admitting to classes men of military age except those reject- ed. The Hired Man Is On_Way Out These college economist are always up to some startling dis- covery. Now, out of Michigan State College, comes the surmise that the hired man, once the back-hone of the nation's farms, is on the way out. Tho reasons are given as mechanized equipment, th draft and the luring away of farm help by higher wages in the cities. If the time ever comes when there are no more hired men on our farms It will be too bad. The hired man, at his best, was a bu- colic Admirable Crichton. He was a hostler, farrier, milker, veterinar- ian, horticulturist, poultry -man, sheep shearer, woodchopper, ob- stetrician for ewes, plowman, die- titian and full of advice and opin- ions (some of them sensible, on all of earth's problems. A Draftee's Prayer Grant this, God, that I might be Of service to my land, And that I serve it for a year With heart, and head, and hand. And ere the year has gone, I pray The folks back home will see That I'm a better citizen Than the one I used to be. And may the time come, Lord, when I Can show my Uncle Sam, Not what I was, or want to ba But what I really am. I want to be the best Draftee Fort Jackson ever knew And if I am, I won't forget To give my thanks to You. Now, Lord, since you're a busy man, I'll stop and call again; You won't forget to answer this, My Prayer, Lord Amen. SCOii, JIG . . . To the end of September some 1500 British sailors had spent "shore leave" at the rest camp maintained for them by the Scouts of Halifax. * Like the Boy Scout organizations of other cm ntrios overrun by the Invading .Vizis, the Srnuix of Nor way have nov been banned. In addition to their many other wartime activities on the horn* front the Boy Scouts of Britain during the past summer held or> gauized wild fruit picking expedi- tions, at the request of the Gov- ernment. Canadian boys may tin surprised to know there were suf- ficiont kinds and quantities of wild fruit in Britain to make such ex- peditions worth while. Tue list gir- en includes blackberries, bilberries, rowanberries, crab apples and sloes. All were usoti for the male- lug of jam. # One of Britain's blitz heroe* decorated by His Majesty the King with the British Empire Medal waa Scoutmaster Douglas Vosper ot Plymouth, tor his part in the gal- lant work dono by his Coy Scout Trailer Pump Crew during a sus- tained Nazi raid oil the port. Tfl Boy Scout Bronze Cross also wo* awarded Scoutmaster Vospe-r, and posthumously to Troop Leade* Donald Cummins. The Silver Crosi was awarded Scouts Sidney Cum- mins and Bernard Doidjje of the innnp crew. Scoutmaster Vosper, failing t pass the medical test for th For us, joined the Auxiliary Fire Ser- vice with some of his Scouts, and directed his Scout Crew ou th* night in question until one was killed mil two so badly injured that they collapsed from loss ot blood. The Scoutmaster took his boyt to a first aid yost, and returned to the scene and carried on until his hose was torn to shre<ls by binnhi splinters. He then joined othw firemuu. 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