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Women ’s Realm

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COUNTY CLUB

HOLLOWAY HORN

"No. Actually‘. we wish to keep in touch with her, but Miss Banning and I were quite good friends at Mossioru, and I should like to be quire certain that she is safe-—"

“Safei” the? doctor ecnoeo, "What do you mean "

"it's a auiicult matter to discuss. Dix-Faber. But there were people at the club who were dangerous. its a long story and I'm not altogether at liberty to discuss it. but I should like to know where MHIY—ML"S Stenning is. And as I said, that she

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"You are sure she has left Moss- ford? We have had no communica- tion whatever fro-m her."

"Yes, And we have no idea where she is. She should, of course, hate informed us."

"1 tell you what, she's probably with relatives somewhere. There are several she keeps in touch with-my wife and I among them. I'll ring up a few and let you know if I 106MB

~1 shall be grateful if you will. doctor."

Half an hour later the doctor rails up, "It's very curious," he said, But snc has not turned up M» any 0f m? likely places, nor have any of them heard from her for several days. I have no doubt that i_t admits 0f some simple explanation. but it 1S strange of her." n .

"Thank you very much, 581d Dollimore.

"Not, at all, I've begun to be W0!" ricd about her. We saw the case in the papers, of coiuse. I rang her up on Monday night and offered to k0 down. She has spent much 0f her life in South Africa. but Hll-llflllsll we haven't seen a EIBM dell-l °1 li-zr. we are verv fond of her." n

"She left Mossford on Tuesdfly-

"I've no doubt that we shall hear from her in due course. She's a very independent young woman and She has a certain amount of money 0f her own."

"Still, if we don't hear fairly §°°l\. I feel it is a matter that should be taken up, The affair at Mossford, I feel certain, was not an ordinary robbery with violence. I'll talk it over with the Chief in the momma- He can get a police messa e broad- cast if he think; it advise. le.

"But we shall look such fools if, as is probable, she is staying quietly at

an hotel in, say, Bournemouth, The terrible affair may have affected her nerves. of course." the doctor added doubtfully. "And she may quite easily regard any action we take as ‘fussy’ — or worse."

"I'll ring you up in the mvmlng. sir. if I may." Dollimore said. "If there is no news of her I shall most certainly mention it to the Chief. The crooks behind the murder at Mossford are dangerous and desper- at men."

"That would be the wisest course. Inspector. If I hear anythlllil 111 m‘? meantime I'll ring you at once."

There W85 no news in the morn- ing and Dollimore ‘phoned to Duc- cros from the office. Ducros had heard nothing about or from her. Ducros, indee , had no news of any- thing. He had spent hour after hour in searching the rooms at the

club and beyond reducing Fernan- dez to distraction had achieved nothing.

"I'm very worried about Mary Stenning," Dollimore said, reverting to the reason for the call.

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"None of her relations know where she is—-and she has miiuential rela- ktllflns who are getting anxious about

er."

"Well, she's not here, that's cer- tain. And nobody seems to know how she went. The booking clerk at the station is positive she didn't go up on Monday or Tuesday. i-te was on the Jury at the inquest and knew her by sigiit. Sne may have gone by car or bus, of course."

"Is Sadie Pacnmann back there?"

"She wasn't here last evening, she was up in town."

"I had dinner with her," Dolli- morehsaid casually.

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HAS MARY BEEN KIDNAPPED?

Dollimore repeated the statement and added: "She had come up to see her husband-mash uardew,‘

"What?" Ducros exclaimed again in astonishment.

"i stumbled on her almost accid- entally. The Chief sent me down to iuiburn. she called at a shop for iettciu-Caruew was there the night before. She slipped the chap who was told off to trail her alter she had left me."

"I shall have to take the post- graduate course at, that perishing college of yours, I can see," Ducrcs said with reluctant admiration.

Iiolllmore smiled as he replaced the receiver, but the smile died at once. The door of his office had opened and the Chief came in.

"Morning, Dollimore. I've heard from that friend in the Surete. Lewin seems to have dropped out at least three months ago. He was reg- istered as an alien but the registra- tion has not been renewed in the last two months. Moreover, no let- ters have been delivered to him at the shop in the Rue Blanche for quite a time."

"S0 Rolliter ls lying, sir, as I was certain he was."

"It certainly looks like it. I agree. now that we should make every en- deavour to get into touch with Lew- ln. You had better g0 across this week-end. You speak French, I be- lieve?"'

"And I don't think we'll say any- thing ‘else to Mr. Rolliler in the meantime, It is best that he should have no idea that we are approach-

the_ case fromthis angle.”

I quite agree with you, sir. I'm quite sure that he's a twister, 1 hap- gen to know Montague Bliiunberg,

y the way. I met him originally in are Public Schools boxing competi- on ..

The Chief raised his eyebrows.

"I went in there the night before last. I-Ie knows Rnllller and al- though he was very careful what he said, I could see what he thought. There is another matter which is worrying me. I had intended to put it before you, sir, in any case. You may remember that Mary Stenning, the deceasedfis secretary, discovered the crime “

"I t to know her quite well at Moss ord. Her father was a ro- fessor ln a South African Culege, and her cousin L; Dr. Lovell Faber, of Harley Street, the well-known alienist."

"Well?"

"She's mlsslngx Rolllter told her, apparently, that since Mrs. Lewln was dead, they had no further need of her. Ducros told me thagliejfad

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ALONG LIPES ltUAD D0 someL-lilng for somebody somewhere While jogging along life's road; Help someone to carry his burden, And lighter will grow your load. Do something for somebody gladly. ‘Twill sweetyn your every care: In sharing the sorrows of others Your own are less hard to bear. Do something for somebody striv-

mg To help where the way seems long; And tliuilhomcless hearts that lan- s

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you So much as a. kindly deed.

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gone without leaving an addre s. and neither Dr. Faber nor her other relations have any news of her. Dr. Faber himself is very anxious."

"I don't think we can do anything She may be staying quietly some- where. Dcubtlcss it was a great shock for her. Is it to anyone: ad-

and made a disturbance." more?" the Chief asked sharply.

vantage that she should disappear?" '

‘There are two other relevant facts. 1 told you about the will thtt_ was, according to Rolliter, after- wards destroyed. She is the only

person. besides Rolliter, who knows,

an thing about it. And she is the‘

on y person, besides Rolliter. among the people we know, who has ever; seen the son in Paris. He callod ati

his mother's hotel in London once "Do you suspect foul play. Dolli-

"I don't know what to sus t. Frankl , sir I was attracted to the girl. S e told me that she would ring me up when she got to town. And I think she would have done so. But she did not,"

The Chief began to fill his plge with his usual precise care, and t e two men sat; in silence.

"Would you have been as anxious, Dolllmore, if you had not been-An your own phrase-attracted to the girl?"

"Er . . . no. I should not have sug ested that she rh0uld ring me up n the first place."

"I see." said the Chief. and lit his pipe. "There's no urgency, in any case," he saidat length.

"I don't quite follow, sir." Dolli-

The Housewife

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more said in obvious surpnse. (To be Continued)

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MINOR BULBS BEGIN T0 BLOOM WHEN SNOW M51113

Spring months are almost pure joy for the garden lover, free from the grief and disappointments which come later, with the weeds, U119 insect-S. Perhaps a drought, or other dffficuitise.

In the spring our efforts show a higher average of success; and we bring to our enjoyment of their achievements an eager apprecia- tion. Each tLny flower and green leaf, when it first appears, gives a thrill to its beholder. whose eyes have been wearied by the winter drabness.

Yet the average garden in April and May has little to offer, com- pared with what it might present, because the spring flowering bulbs, upon which gardens chiefly de nd for early flowers,, are planteclzleby only one-third of all garden own- ers.

The flowers which will give you thrills in Aiprfl are not numerous and you do not need so many of them. They are called minor bulbs. probably because they are small and produce sma‘l plants wit-h rela- tively tlny blomoms. In June they would probably not be noticed; but

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Add the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the strained orange juice and fold in the grated rind. Add the stiffly beaten egg whites and turn into two layer pans lined with waxed paper. Bake in a moderate, 3'75 deg. '1‘. oven from 25 f0 30 minutes. then remove and cool. Ice and fill wii-h a thick marhmaliow or '1 minute icing and sprinkle with shredded cocoa- nu .

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and are precious beyond price, Small they may be, but they have a most amazing hardiness,

snowdfohs. so perfectly named, because they often blossom in t-he snow and look like drops of snow would look if there were such things. pass a winter of subzero temperatures buried 2 inches deep, often encased 1n ice; and then at the first real thaw of the spring, they burst into leaf and bloom. Frost: and freezing do not hurt them even then.

Sclllae. vmich bloom after the snowdrcps, are quite as hardy, and more vigorous. Their flower; of vivid blue are held up above their leaves and carpet the ground with color in a way which violets never do. Scillas drop seed and spread rapidly, so that a small clump will double or treble its area in a few

years. Crocuses, which bloom after the scillas, have larger bulbs and

larger flowers; they are noi- so ea=y to keep, but with their brilliant yellow and lavender flowers they bring the first vivid color contrast into the garden Picture. ‘they will last for years wthout lifting the Crocuses.

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Dorothy Dix's Letter Box

Acquirement of Sudden Riches Not Always a Blessin — Care Must Be Exercised As To ether They Will Mean Con- tinued Happiness Or Be The Cause Of Trouble

De Doroth Dix-imhusbondmiilworaofflieunil-lrunofwo- pie in ‘middle cirycumatlnces when suddenly I inherited n. fortune We are rich now and can do whatever we want to d0. and I want in "Bl/El-

We have bou 1M

todoistogcyofarplaceabittmyhusbandisa mechanic l engineer who has been with the some

He is not well. but he t I d0 that he willbeinthesamebfe" dicoment that o er men are who retire-that h will be bored to death ulle he will not have anything congenial to do. so there we are. both under 50, with no children, plenty 0f money and me rs to go and he stuck in the mud. enough energy and pep for three women, and it ,, seemsashamethatlcarrtdowhntllolonzlto do, yet I cannot afford to spoil my husband's ifs by i...-...g Allin u; have his beloved work. lie would just let down and give up, for he is the plodder type. not the go-getier like me. I know what the conventional answer to the question of what I ought to do is. but what will I get out of life in that case? I want to have some fun and excitement and interest. I like to dance. My husband doesn't. I am lookin up restaurants that supply dancing partners. But dancing isn't really w t I want to do. I want to GO and I don't know what t0 do. What do you suggest? M, a, Answer: Your story sounds like a fairy tale. Having a fortune unexpectedly drop into your lap must be a thrilling and wonderful experience How- ever, your story also makes us wonder if sometimes Indy Luck doesn't smile a. little ironically as she bestows her gifts upon us, knowing how little good we are going to get out of them. I have known many people who have worked their way up from rags to riches-as the saying‘ fiO€5"*flIld none of them, it seems to me, have

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been as happy in their hlgn estate as they were in their lowly one. When they were poor they were busy, interested, filled with ambition thrilled with achievement. with something to 100g forward to at all time. They had companions of their own class with whom they were congenial, They had friends who loved them for themselves. Thev fitted into their little cottages like hands in a glove. But when they got rich they rattled arouno and never felt at ease in their palaces. No rrench chef couidl cock like Momma did, and all the people they knew either condesoended to them or were parasites trying to get something out of them,

I have seen many a lonely old milifonairess wno, I thought, would have been far happier hanging out her wash and gossiping over the back fence with a neighbor than she was in her ornate drawing room. HOW- ever. this has nothing to do with your case. You want to travel and Your husband doent, and my suggestion is that for s, year each of you do what you want to do.

Let your husband stay at home with his job while you make your tour around the world. There is nothing like getting a thing out cf your system, and if you have been bitten’ by the travel bug nothing will satisfy you until you see the far places of the world. You may pot find them so glamorous after ail andpe glad to get back home,

You think your husband wiil be lonely without you. Perhaps And perhaps again he may enuoy slipping the matrhnonial yoke for a few months and doing exactly as he pleases without wondering what Friend wife will do and say. l-erhaps he may decide that he would like to en- large his horizon by doing abit of gadcling himself and he may follc-w you, 14L unv rate, the experiment will enaole you and your husband to more intelligently plan the future.

But never, never, NEVER force a husband to go on a. trip with you against his will, because if‘ you do he will be unhappy and he will make you miserable. He will grumble over the food, the transportation service, the hotels, the scenery, the climate, nothing will suit him and you Will wish you tvere looking at the gas house instead of the Ta] Mahal if he is at your elbow disparaging til-e architecture and complaining of Lhc neat and how his feet hurt. And as for the danger, lady, believe me. that when you are hunting Utparltiplfils thari supply; gigoios to dance wiltlh rgiiddlet-rlaged women you are! s ing on a onger rip away rom your us and an ou would i ou- had a ticket to Samarkand. y I y l D Do m DGirIIOI 23 Shllirullglllnow nei- Mind l 98f 1'0 y oo- am a g , engaged to a boy and we are very fond of each other, but we don't intend to marry for at least two years. I My mother objects to my going out with him because she doe n't want me to marry young. should 1 give up mv boy friend to please her? MARTINI.

Answer: If your mother doesn't think that at 23 you will be old enough to marry she must expefl W“ w 5w!’ slnBle until you are so old you wiil have to totter to the altar on crutches. Sne is utterly unreasonable. and if she has no ODjGCDIOII to the lad on the score of" morals and cllflfagber I think you would be very foolish to give him up Jllst because of her whim, which is based on her desire to keep you for herself and not let you marry a a1.

Llell her that in this day of sophistication girls of 21 are older, more matured, know more about life and are better JUGJZES of what they want in a husband than women were at 40 in her day; and that, wnfle 1t is awfuliy sweet Bfiii maternal and fill that for her still to regard you as a little baby in rompers, you are definitely out of them and on your own and have a right toinaloe the decision about your own life.

It is a hard thing foi' many parents to ever face the fact that their children have grown up and are men and women instead of todd tots, and this is at the bottom of so much of the conflict that breaks parems‘ hearts and wrecks children's lives that goes on in 5o many homes

Father thinks that Johnny at 20 is a little boy who shouldn't think of girls or going out of the house without permission, and who can't be trusted to drive the automobile; and both Mother and Father consider Mamie such an infant that she has to be put to bed at I0 o'clock every night and not allowed to have boys come to the house, or go to parties. argue llpstlck. or palm h" flnsernalis red as the other girls do. The result is that the children defy their parents and take their fun on the slygand leaveyhcme as soon as they can. DORUPHY Dix, leaves are not disturbed until they tum yellow, which is a s‘gn that the bulbs are cured. Often rabbits eat their leaves; or if planted in the gras; the lawn mower cuts them off and so destroys the bu bs. The place for the-n is in a cultivated bed c; border.