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' MARRYING MA nil * by Violette Kimball Dunn CHAPTER 20 Aa hour later, when the flood light of a late moon showed only the empty expanse of a deserted highway, Mark spoke again. "Bw you happen to remember the time Sirs. Summerville- went to tatt to Miss Lucy?' Tl was about twelve." "Then they didn't have lunch togetter?" '"Certainly not,, sir. Mrs. Sum- muftUle had a tray sent to her roov. By that time, Miss Tredway moat have gone." "OeuiJ I do a bit ot driving, Sw?" Ctilte<rn offered presently. "9o must be wanting a nap.'' "No* yat thanks," replied Mark. t>)eep was the last thing for him. Ha would, he told himself, go nuts If ha had to sit and do notiing t>ot think. H was a few minutes before six what lid caught sight of a lumber- log shape drawn well off the road ab*ai twenty-five miles out of Al- Itogtoo. Tiny taint streaks of wn*ry dawn lay low on the horl- MBf ft treed a hand, and rubbed his eyes. He stopped his car about r.ny V;UJB behind the old van and tbook Chlltem gently by the arm. Tbe man sat straight, his sober bowler hat a trifle rakishly over ofie eye, and regarded Mark re- mowefulty. "I slept, sir," he apoto- By Anne Adm Calling all budgeteers . . calling nil larger figures . . Pattern 4777 is designed just for you by Anne Adams! First of all, it has that practical front buttoning that is such a favorite for easy launder- ing and also gives you trim up- and-down linss. Then it is fitted just whore you need it, through the bust and the waistline by the bias side sections of the bodice, tlicy are repeated in the back. The effect is even more stunning in chocks or p!aids. Make a short- sleeved version for work, in a brisk cotton with perhaps a con- trast collar; another long-sleeved frock in wo'V for all r around wear. The Sewing Instructor illustrates very step in finishing this pat- tern quickly. Order it now and Join the Sew-Your-Own Brigade! Pattern 4777 is available in womeii'j sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 4L', 44, Iti and 4*. Size 36 take* 4% yards 35 inch fabric. Semi twenty cents (20e) in coins (stamps cannot be accept- ed for this Anne Adams pattern to Room 421. 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto.' Write phiinly size, name, diltvs nd style number. "Ob that's all right," whispered Mark excitedly, as if the dawn bad *ars. "Do you see what I see? Ahead ot uar The Ark Ahead Ckttte-ra peered out and slnep immediately vanished. "That's it. sir," be crle-1. "There she Is!" His excitement fully matched Mary's. "Hold everything!" said Mark. He opened the door and jumped out, sprawllcg full length beside the oar. (JtUReru leaped after him a* uo got gingerly to his feet. "Are you hurt, sir? What happened?" asked tha man anxiously. "The old Wn a folded up. I guess BUDGET MODE IS SLENDERIZING I'm not an all-night driver. O*i In ana watt I'll b* back." CnUtwn climbed back in th* ear. and Mark crept stealtally up o*. the Ark. Th* lines wer* unml*- ta&aibte, even with It* new coat of blue. Was th poor little Idiot camping in the back, as sh bad done- ao long agoT He would look In tha front flrat. If she wasn't there, h* would op**, up the back. He swung himself to the step, opened the door, and saw her. She was slumped over th* wheel, the soft fur of her coat framing her small cold face. The most terrible fear he had ever known gripped him. He slip- ped into the seat beside b&r and lifted her In bis arm*. Her bead fell back against him and ahe opened her eyes. He was almost 111 with relief. She lay In liU arms and contin- ued to look up at him. He could see sleep give way to a sort of daze and at last to tae reality of his presence. She started up but he only gathered her more com- pletely into hU arms. "What " they cried at once. Muk laughed. After all what did It matter what they were asking each other? "Ladies first," he said. "Not that I care. I know all about It, dear heart I mean, why you left why you hare to com* back " Lucy shook her head. "HowT" she asked. "Ohiltern." "What a man:" Sh* smiled a wry little frozen, smile. "I drove all night. I wanted to get to Al- lington as soon as I could. A little while ago I got so sleepy I didn't dare go on. So I pul!ed up here. I thought t'd Just shut my eye* a minute " "Mr poor little imbecile you might have frozen. Somebody might have come along " "Somebody did," said Lucy. Lucy'* Troubles Happily Ended The possibilities of her fate did not trouble her now Mark tucked a small strand of gold under Lucy's little bat and kissed her. She lay against his shoulder looking op at aba. She felt that if h* never were to say a word of lor* to her ' In all his life, sh would know from. his kiss. "I suppose they aavt minister* at AUlngton?" h said presently. "Mlnlstersr "They marry peopl*. I can fur- nish all th* rest, th* brid*, th* groom, an even th* best man." "But Mark " "I hav* ClUltern back ther* ut th* car. From now on. Cnlltern U a national Instituti^c." Ha heard himself talking rubbish, and dldnt care, H knew now tn*t h* had never really held a girl la hi* arms until now. Lucy laughed softly. Mark loved her. She knew It now. Of court* there would never be another Ilk* him. Sh crowded closer In his arms. "As soon a* l'v got you safely married." said Mirfc "I'll send Chlltern home in th* Ark. Valeri* caii stay on with Shirley for a btt. j WTiat 1* your cholc* In honey moons?" "What honeymoons hav you!" asked Lucy. She wondered if th*y had just discovered happlnes*. "Practically all brands," h* aa- sured her. "I never knew betug In love was like this." "I did," said Lucy. He> drew her onto his kue* and pulled the heavy blanket robe about them. She rested ag.Un*t him In fathomless content THE END. ^Kathleen" Adapted from the M. G. M. picture starring Shirley Temple as the "Poor Little Rich Girl." Beginning Next Week COMMANDS SECOND DIVISION ~ ^PHnff' "~*i It Is Smart To Be Thrifty Wear your coat another year; if necessary have it turned and remade. This is the tip passed oil by economists of the Wartime PricM and Trade Board. Canadians .:*- mand of their Government th greatest possible war effort. Th co-operation of the public is need- ed to make this possible. Canada needs the materials and manpower that go into civilian in- dustries, so people on the horn* front are advised to iearn how t* manage with less. It is not only coats that must be ''made do" but everything. Clothing and household equipment should be kept or. the go as long its possible, for although store stocks in some lines still appear unlimited, shortages are bound t* occur. 45 Russian Women 'Man' Ocean Ship When it comes to women In th* war, 45 females who visited at am Kan Coast Canadian port a f*w weeks ago, can take th* laurel* for front line service. They are in tha merchant ma- rine members of a freighter^ i-rew of 49 whose only males ar* the skipper, f ir*t mate, chief n- Major General H. D. G. Crerar is here., shown behind the sight* of aa anti-tank gun during an inspection tour at Petawawa training camp. General Crerar has recently been appointed commander of th* 2nd Canadian Division overseas, succeeding Maj.-Gen. Vicior W. Odium, who becomes Canada's high commissioner to Australia. Maj.- Gen. K. Stuart succeeded Gen. Crerar as chief of general staff. ginetr and his assistant. Ranging in age from 25 to 35 years, the feminine tars do their jobs like seasoned hands. The ma- jority of them wer* Russians wind-tanned amazons, on their second voyage across the Atlantic. Their hair closely cropped and wearing heavy, warm juropera, overalls and high boots, they whistled while they worked, stow- ing ropes, polishing hand raLs, scrubbing decks and cooking the meal in the galley. Below the decks ten other braw- ny niri-i swung coal from the bunkers to the stoke-hold to keep the engine* turning. "I have never had a better be- haved crew," said the skipper. These women sailors ar* a credit to themselves, to their ship and to their new calling.'' In times of danger at sea they had shown th* coolness of veter- an fighters. "They hav* put. th* taboo on this talk of th* weaker sx," h* said. "Some of them ar* strong- er in mind and body than the men in the crew." Orchardettes For The Small Estate Many homeowners who would enjoy picking the rip fruit in season from their own trees hav* room on their estates for only one tree says The Christian Science Monitor. This limits the picking* to on* kind of fruit. For such homeowners, says a horticultural article, there is now a tree from which they may garner varioua kind* of fruit. Instead of fiv* trees with five varieties of apples, the small-yard man may have an apple "orchardette" of one tre* with five types grafted on. Or, for another example, a plum-and- peach tree; esthetically, the arti- cle mentions the beauty of a plum-peach-apricot tree. It is not suggested that th* home-owner can have on his tre* all kinds of fruit indigenous to th* liniate; but a reasonable assort- ment should satisfy most. Evi- dently, too, the orchardett* ha* other advantages. One tree is easier than an orchard for a busy man to take care of; and ther* would be just about enough ot each kind of fruit for the family, thus disposing of a bothersome surplus often incidental to th* ownership of even one single-fruit tree. This may seem to most home- owners too good to be true. Since they are first cousins, so to speak, could the kind horticulturists please arrange for a not-too-big tree that will have apple blossoms in Spring, roses in Summer, and red-cheeked fruit in Fall? "No Separates" The other day (writes a cor- respondent in the Liverpool Post) I saw a notice printed on a fish and chip shop window which aroused my curiosity. I read as follows: ''No separates from to- day." Wondering what special brand of food was being withdrawn from th* public I asked a boy who \va coming out of the shop with a parcel what it meant. "It means" h* replied, "you have got to hav* your fish and chips in one pipe* of paper and not separated. They are short of paper." A Great Record Birmingham Warship Week wa* aa unqualified success, and th* fact that raor* than 10.000.000 was raised is an achievement that r*douiul* to the credit of the city. It has to be ii'iuomiHveil that in all these e Hurts l!ii nmyh.un has consistently set .i-vlf a more and more difficult t:i^x. To obtain 10,000.000 iii a uvi-k was an acconiplislnvi-M; that has itot been previou'y New York tenement youngsters mad* these cricket bats and mor* a* Christmas presents for British rluge* children now in this country. Nick Rina'iii. 10, thinks it's a swell idea. "ISSUE 52 '41 When Weather Cold The Dessert Is Hot By KATHARINE BAKER It ju B i wouldn't be fall without rich and flavorsom* steamed pud- dings for dessert occasionally. In fact, s-.eunied puddings are so popular that many kitchen* boast a complete steaming outfit. If you haven't one however, don't let tha-t slop you from serving, hot puddings. A deep saucepan may be used, provided U has a tight cover. In tha bottom of th* sauce- pan ;'..!. a rack on which to stand the molds. Old baking pow- der or coffe* cans make excellent molds because of their tigut-QtUng cover*. Thes* should be thoroughly created, tilled one-half to two- thirds full of pudding mixture and placed on th* rack. Hav* boiling water halfway up around molds. The saucepan should then be tight- ly covered. Ther* should be en- ough water to Last throughout th* first hour of steaming. Later, U any has to be added, it should b* boiling water. The water should boil t:.v entir* Urn*. Here is th* recipe for th* grand- eat steamed pudding you *v*r tast- ed. Se;-v* It hot with Sunshin* Rxiaiy Sauc* or th* tradfuonal hard sa-i^e If you prefer. STEAMED CHOCOLATE PUDDING I cups sifted cake flour 1 teaspoons double-acting baking powder ^ teaspoon toda i^ teaspoon salt H cup butter or oth*r taorUmug H cup sugar 1 egg, well beateu 3 squares unsweetened chocolat* melted 1 cap milk Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, soda and salt, and sift together three times. Cream butter, add sugar gradually, and cream together thoroughly. Add egg .aid chocolate, beating until smooth. Add flour, alternately with milk, a small amount at a time, beating well after each ad- dition. Turn into greased mold. filllDg 2 3 full, cover tightly and steam 2 hour*. Serve hot with Sunshine Foamy Sauce. Garnish witu whipped cream, if de-sired. Serves 10. SUNSHINE FOAMY SAUCE ^4 cup brown sugar, '.irmly packed 1 egg yolk, unbeaten Dash of salt 1 egg white, unbeatou Vi cup cream, whipped V teaspoon vanilla. Sift sugar. Add 'j of sugar to egg yolk aud beat until light. Add salt to egg white and beat until foamy throughout Add remaining sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beat- Ing after each addition until sugar U blended then beat until stiff. Combine egg yolk and egg whit* mixtures. Fold in whipped cream and vanilla. Makes 1'j cups sauc*. BATS" FOR BRITISH TABLE TALKS By SADIE B CHAMBERS Happy New Year To All! H For Happiness V For Victory For 1942 NEW YEAR'S DINNER MENU Cranberry Juice Cocktail Ro&st Goose Savoury Dressing Apple Rings Creamy Masted Potatoe* Glbtet Gravy Turnip Pull Mock Mincemeat Pie Divinity Pudge Salted Almond* Bevc.jge of Choice- CRANBERRY JUICE COCKTAIL 4 cups cranberries 4 cups water - cups granulated sugar Wasn and pick over cranberries, then cook in water until all ui* >kias pop open a.aout 1'J minutes. Strain Larou^ii a clou. Bring ue Juice to ixjumg point, add sugar and boil two minutes, aerv* cold. ^A little lemon juice may D add- ed, or uiU cranberry juice may be poured over grapeiruit sections, which nave been prepared {or suer- bet glasses. TURNIP PUFF i pint cooked maaned turnip well drained 1 egg aligntly beaten 2 tiii.espooos batter 4 cup top milk : i teaspoon salt it teaspoon pepper Add egg and otaer Ingredient* to turnip* and mix welL Place IB buttered casserole and bake J8 minutes at 375 degrees F. APPLE RINGS Core unpeeied red applet and cut in slices about '-j inca thick. Cook in tiiin sugar syrup 4 to i minutes. Drain and cool. Place cube o: craocenr Jai;/ OB eacfe slice and top with nail a walnut. Serve with th* roost goose. MOCK MINCEMEAT PIE l^i cups seeded raUioi 4 medium-sized -.ut xpp!** lirated rind ot 1 orange Juice of 1 orange Vt cup cider or any trait juice i 4 cup sugar i teaspoon cmnamou ^ teaspoon clove* :'~ tablespoons finely rolled cracker crumb* Cut :.-.-) nialns Into piece*. Par* core and slice apples. Combine riibina and apple*. Adi orange rlci, orange juice and fruit juice. Cover in saucepan and simmer until apples art soft. Stir aod add sugar, pic* and cracker crumbs, blending well. Suf- ficient for one. Nine Inca pie saeU. Bake wlta double crust as ordin- ary mincemeat pie. H,. Chamber* nelcumM futum Uttrn frm lirrtrd reader*. Is plcwctf I* r*v*l ttfffa am niplo Cor krr roium. mmt ctea r,-i.i.. IB II.ICB I* jmmx HIT ." Kqurt tot recipe* * ue< >! inrau* lire ! urdvr. AMrrw TOUT ltter to -M !dl ll I n ben. 73 West Vilrlaldr trr*t. To- ronto. " *rml stumped, ylf-a >. >nti ->ih * rrnly Doctors Prescribe Embroidery Work English doctors are prescribing embroidery for soldier* with ner- vous trouble. Knitting, explains Lady Smith- Dorrien, head of the Royal School of Needlework, is not enough te take the mind off worry. Many women have written t* her complaining that they have knitted and knitted until they can knit no longer, and asking her for the best work to take up the entire attention. To all of them Laciy Smitn- Dorrlen recommends fine em- broidery, intricate and difficult work, which whchy occupies th*> in.:: .. The same principle is now be- ing applied to the new method* in Britain's wartime hospital Mere amusement is not enough: the pauent must be given an oc- cupation that is difficult. Tiiu* the neeule, so long employed for putting something :nto him, is now being used, and w.tli excellent re- sults, in getting his worries out. Stork Very Busy In United States Census bureau officials say the United States is experiencing the greatest boom in baby production since 1921. Latest statistics show that the stork is making a new delivery every 11 seconds. At that rate the s:ork is mov- ing faster than the undertaker, who makes a call every 23 onds. Provisional estimates show approximately 2, 500,000 babies will ce horn tnis year of a popu- lation o< approximately 132.UUB.- 000. That represent* aisout lit babla* for every lu.uuu persons tnis year. In 1937 tee birth ra:a waj 171 babies to every 10,000 person*. In 1938 it was 176, and in 1944, 179. Both tha First Great War and the present crisis are partially responsible for the latest upswing in the birth rate, said Dr. Philip Mauser, the census bureau's **>.- tant chief statistician for popula- tion. "The large crop of babies borm after the boys got back from th* World War hav now become o!4 enough to have babtea of their own," I*. Hauser say*. "An4 they are having them.** Bees Rationed France's 75,000,000 honej bees have becu put on food rations. The Government has assigned 75 tons of sugar for the use of agriculturists in feeding their bees until the spring flowers bloom. Authorities, fearing that far- mers might appropriata the sugar to their own use, have reserved the right to see that the bees d not go hungry. AH English Mothers NowToBePutOnDiet . Developed In Ontario Expert His Eyes Opened by System at Hospital For Sick Children INFANT DEATHS CUT During bis recent visit to Catada. Sir Wilson Jameson, chief medi.-ai officer of the British :^linlstry of Health, stated that immediately upon his return to England he would be putting ail expectant mothers in B;:- tain on the diet which has been worked out by TSe Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Sir Wilson said that he had learned much in the '?w days of his rislt to Canada about "things wVch I ttoue to take back and put Into immed' >te operation " "Here :s one -xaniple of what I mean, having to do with the U-in portant subject of nutrition, whlc!< will, t am confident, assist us to win the war. Work ha^ been going on here, in which, by perfectly timpif idjustmcnts in the diet of expects ni mothers, you have rcduceu what we have hitherto considered to b ur.- mana^eable lieatris of infants under one month of aw. "The work has been done here through your magnificent children's hospital. I'm going to put It teto effect at home. I'm going to so baci nd do it at once. 1'na sure that th.s extremelv valuable work being done in Toronto will be of great help to us. We've done what w* could bo' we didn't think of this." Some idea of the Immense ratae nd wide scope of the work of Tie Hospital for Sick Children may be formed by considering th* fact that during the past year tlor.e. over t.OOT flck ar.d crippled children were given treafment In the Public Wards, while th Out-Patient Department handled over 73.000 visits from suffering Utae ones. Uniik* most other hospitals, this! great Institution has no large group* of.Private Ward beds from which to draw extra reven-je which can tie applied to Public Ward service. At present 414 of the 4.14 beds sr in Ute ' Public Wards. U> these Public Wards, over* 10 doctors give their services without; charge. The time donated fre by this gro-.i,; of doctors, which include* many of C.ir.uVs leading child spe- cialists, hjs b,"?n estimated on a con- servative basis to b worth it JJOO.000.00 per year, if fees wer charged. Their ikill. acquirwJ through niauy vears of acuve work with the most difficult typ<* of "prob- lem'' cases, cannot be me*-rc.- in dollars and cents- -It is priceless. The Hospital for Sick Children la operated for but one main purpose to give the children of those In hum- ble circumstances :tie same chanct for healt'' and happme^ as tha chil- rir?" of parents who can afford <h il! cost of hospital care and tre^lcal Xni*. to be effecuve. nitfcuxl treat- ment and hospital care must be given the time when it is most needed, There can be no second chance tor rrai.r* neglected childrer.. Chroui* lisease, life-Long disfiguremont. .:e- ;or-iity T.ace permanent. .md DEATH these are the undeserved penalties which neglect inflicts OB such litt!e ones. Th.it is why. regardless of rac^ creo.i or 'inancial circumstances, 10 from every part of Ontari* are ^:ven medical and hospital treat- ment up to and often beyond th* normal capacity of The Hosr Ml for Sick Children. Operating cosls are a:;uni tae low- u.<t in North America for institution* of similar type so low that : oital's efficient operating method ha* been cited as an example on man* occasions when bospitallzaticn cost* hav* been under discussion. tn The Hospital for Sick Ch. ;re lers than fivt per cent of the patient* 3r in private wards. These are t'i only ones able to pay the full cost oi their care. This means that 414 of the 434 beds are in Public W.^. i where the cost per patient is approxi- mately $1.23 per day mor than th* combined income from parents (ot their municipalities) plus th* Gov- cn-ment grant That Is wty each year at Chrisuna* i in , the Hospital appeals to th* char- ity of generous citizens and busines* firms for donations to meet its un- avoidable deficit This vcar. ovr S32.000.00 must be raised. ' No help U received from th To- ronto Federation fcr Community Ser- ic s patients ar taken from an over the province. Gifts should be mailed to the Ap- peal Secretary, ^he Hospital for Sick Children. 67 College street Toronto. There is dire necessity behind thi* app.. ,1 for help little children de- it for their chanc* for healta. ^