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/ r PENNY PLAIN «?» BY O. DOUGLAS Bhopman - "Tott majr have your choJc* penny plain or two-peuc» *°8o?ei.'in Small Boyâ€" •Penny plain, pltai*. It'» bettar »»lu» tor the money " CHAI'TKU XIX.â€" (Cont'd.) "Vm, AuRusta, it was a pushing.j Wluii the news of Jean's fortune interfering "^oit of thinj? to do. What, broke over I'riorsford, toa-purtios had is the child to do with u great fortune. I no lack of material for conversation^ I'm not afraid of her beinK s|k.i1c<1.1 Miss Watjion and Mis.s Te«nie, much Money won't vulRiiny,e Jian as it does more excited than Jean herself, rang- so many people, but It may turn her •d jjaily roun.l the circle of their ac- i"to a very burdened, anxious pilgrim. I quainumces. drank innumerable cups She is happi.-r poor. The pinch of too; of tea, and discussed the matter in all little money is a small thing compared j its bearings. â-  to the burden of too much. The doing ^ "Isn't it strange to think of .Miss without is good for both body and Jean as an heiress? Such a plain lit->oul, but the great possessions are apt; tie thing -in her clothes, 1 mean, for! to harden our hearts and make our, she has a bit sweet we<' face. 1 don't souls small and meagre. Who wou d ; know how she'll ever do in a great big hi'vo thought that little Jean would »^»90 with butlers and things. I ex- have had the hard hap to In-come heir â-  -'U leave The Kigs now. It's to them. But she has a high heart! •n heiress. Perhaps she'll, She may make a success of being a, '••• The Towers. No-: "t^h woman! She has certainly made] look for an old I « success of being a poor one. j •>d such queer "' think," said Augusta, in her ngs and plain I gentle voice, "that Peter Reid was a "le had a wee ' wise man to leave his money to Jean, i I hone wheniO"'y the people who have been poor von't have a' know how to give, and Jean has im- Owendolyn La Galilenne, wife of the famous vlollnlBt, Andre Polah, sometimes' agination and an understanding heart. ^ daughter of tlie celebrated poet, Richard La GuUienne, and sister of the pro- Haven't you noticed what a wonderful minent actress, Eva La GulUcnne, is seeking fame In her own right as a way she has with the poor people? sculptress. She 1» shown In her Paris studio. She is alway.s welcome in the cottages. ; r â€" r-r â€" "^ After Tott Have Used .1 lures i)U never real- j to you in this .)n"l grudge it to mind you, I don't lal she'll carry off She hasn't presence ju know what I mean. â-  look the thing in a big J you can't imagine her be- /hty to people [loorer than her- She has such a way of putting .self l>eside folk â€" even a tinker ,x>dy on the road!" Miss Bathgate heard the news with sardonic laughter, And think what a delight .she will have in spending money on the boys!! Hut I hope Pamela Reston will do as .she had planned and carry Jean off for a real holiday. I should like to see her for a little while spend money like water, buy all manner of useless lovely things, and dine and dance and go to plays." Mrs. Hope put up her glasses to re- gard her daughter. "Dear me, .\ugusta, am I hearing right? Who is more severe than you A NEW DOLL SET. "So that's the latest! Miss Jean's' »" ^^^ "'"^^ ^<""<'" "^^^ '^'""""^ ""'^ gaun to be upsides wi' the U>st „'' ^UP. and frivol their money away? But them! Puir lamb, puir lamb! I hope^ ^'^'^'"'''^ .something in what you say. the .-iller'Il bring her happiness, hut 1 The bairn needs a playtime, doot it ... I yince kint some folk that got a fortune left them. He was a beadle in the U.F. Kirk at Kirk caple, a dacent man wi' a wife and dochter, an' by some uueer chance they came into n heap o' siller, an' a hoosp, a mansion hoose, ye ken. They never did mair guid, puir bodies. The hoose was that big that the only kinda cosy place they could see to sit in was To think that Jeannie Laidlaw'a .son should change the whole of Jean's life. Preposterous!" Mrs. Duff-Whalley was having tea with IWrs. Jowett when the news was. broken to her. It was a party, but only, as Mrs. Duff-Whalley herself would have put it, "a purely local affair," meaning some people on the Hill. Mrs. Jowett sat in her soft-toned the butler's pantry, an' they took to ....-., drii.k, fair for want o' anything else ""^"^ TuTJi^°''}u}^\l'^A <.?^, to dae. I've heard tell that they took " " whi.sky to their porridges, but that's mebhe a lee. Onyway, the, falthor and mither sunc died off, and the doehtcr cups with hands that seemed to de- mand lace ruffles, so white were they and transparent. The room was like herself, exquisitely fre.sh and dainty; w^.,«. *r. 1 â€" .A »^-' '' ''-mttrtet»T>^>' h-r***^** "•"^ *^""*^ ^^*-^ P"'* water- . they could daJ ony-'^'f^/" giPi^ /rames, Indian rugs of I iB»nds.^n' her yince. ' "°^^ P'"'"' ''"'^ "^'^ ""^ ^^'"^5"'' P'"'"P in' Tiorn-idle, an* I said , , , ., ^i, ^ , , niver tak' up a stockin'?', '"'>''«'' «•'' '^. "^^^^ ^^""f P"* °" ^'^^'^ .i. -I dinna need to dael^r"'^ morning. Photographs stood ^ut.' I says, 'a stockin' '^^o"* "^ ^'""tr 'oo"""*? /"'""y '".\° liands bu.sv. an' keens ve vacancy over the heads of pretty chil- dren, and books of verses, bound Waintily in white and gold, lay on carved tables. Mrs. Duff-Whalley did not care for Mrs. Jowett's tea-parties, and she al- ways felt irritated by her drawing- room. The gentle voice of her hostess 4196. The little doll mother may not only make dolly's clothes but also the doll, from the models supplied herewith. The body may be of drill, unbleached muslin, oil cloth or sanitas, with a stuffing of bran, kopak, or cot- ton. Eyes of shoe buttons, nose and lips of yarn, or, the features may be embroidered or painted. Dressed as a clown this doll will be very attractive. The suit may be of calico, cretonne or scraps of sil^^^-<*rr satin. One or two colors of mat#ri«Is cushions in worked muslin covers tha'ti '""J' ''« "sed. For the P.ompers|-*j«- tonne or gingham is pleasing. >DdlIy White Hands of Winter. White hands of winter Fragile as snow, Down through the meadow* Eerily go, Tucking the roses Warmly to sleep. Teaching the rivers Mutely to creep. Under their wrapping* Of crystal and glass. White hands of winter Silently pass. Hushing the riot Of fall with their breath; White hands of winter Beautify death. â€" Irma Grace Blackburn. says, 'a hands busy, an' keeps ye ^ryin',' but she juist said, 'I I dinna need to dae naethlng. Ifn taks a ride In a carriage.' . . as a sorry sicht, I can tell ye, to . a dacent lass ruined wl' .siller. . . . i^eel. ."Vli.ss Jenn'll get a man noo. Nae 'fear o, that," and Miss Bathgate re- peau>d her cynical lines about the lass '"'''*'*; ^^^r want to speak louder than usual, and she thought the conversa tion insipid to a degree. How could it be anything but Insipid with Mrs. Jowet saying only "How nice," or "What a pity" at intervals? She did Toronto. not even seem to cAm to hear Mrs. Duff-Whalley'a news of "the County," "on Tintock tap." M rs. Hope was much excited when â- he heard, more especially when she found who Jean's l)€n«factor was. "Reids who lived in The Rigs thirty years ago? But I knew them. I know all about them. It was I who .sug-i . „. . j r« .. „ 8«Hted to Alison Jardlne that the cot-i ""'' <^«'"' /"^^ Tweedie. mere y t«ge would suit her. She had lost' m""nunng, Oh, really when told money and wanted a small place ' [.^« '^'^ inU-resling and even start- Why, bless me, Augusta, Mrs. Reid,, "".f./^'f . ^ â-  i- . " .v. u. .. thU man's mother, came from Corlaw;! „ "Siu ''' ! t \, ' ""u^*"'. **'*J her p.M)plo were tenants of my fath- li^"'^-^*"'"*^ '" her.self as she turned er'B. What was the name? I used to; '«â- Â«'" **" '^"f^T" V* u f ^"'"^ """" be taken to their house by my nurse '<=^"' "^^ "^ '*«*' *""* ''"""' «'="«^'' will be so glad of the dear little pock ets in her rompers, and "Pierrot" the clown will do all sorts of tricks in his comfortable costume, if his arms ind legs are fastened so as to be miwable. The Pattern comprising tlK Doll and the garments, is cut in ,'y Sizes: Small, 12 inches; Medium, lelinohps; Large, 20 inches in length. 'nie-BtiOl around all' evening." requires for a Medium pize % yard. ' The Rompers % yard. The Suit and Hat, lU yard of 27-inc!» material. Pattern muiled to any address on receipt of 15c in silver, lay the Wil.son Publi.shing Co., 73 West Adelaide St., Handicapped. "How's Dick tackling this Mabel?" "1 really don't know, mother sits year. No More Nightmares. Nightmares and unpleasant dreams can be banished, if an American doc- tor's theory is true. He claims to have cured a woman patient of terri- fying dreams, giving her Instead Send 15c in silver for our up-to- 1 bright and happy ones, date Fall and Winter 1924-1925 Book' ^ II SAUDA' II GRlg^EN TEA h«t« Tou Have a standard hy 'wHicK to Jtftdge otHer teas. Salada is tKe fiixest produced in tHe world. â€" Trx it. FREE SAyPLE if GREEN TEA UPON lEQUEST. "8ALABA." TORONTO Woman's Sphere J ^ COLOR IN THE HOME. , butternut pudoe. We do not use enough color in ouri Boil one cup of maple fcjTup (or one homes. Many sitting rooms, dining cup of honey), one cup of sugar, one- room and kitchens though they are- half cup of rich milk and one-half cup furnished in perfect taste as far aa'of water until the syrup forms a ball they go, lack a certain gayety and! when dropped into cold water. Cool sparkle that a splash of color in the it slightly; then beat it until it is right place gives. I realized this! creamy. Add two-thirds of a cup of when I visited a model home in the 'broken butternut meats and turn the city a short time back. I talked to candy into an oiled pan and cut it one of the young ladies in charge] into square pieces, about this and she gave me some very I Brazilian flcff. valuable pointers. Cover the bottom of an oiled candy ^ . Th'f ^."ever has been a time, she' pan with marshmallows in which slits said, fluffing up a flame-colored sofa have been cut. Slip a brazil nut into pillow with long black tassels, that each slit and force the -dges together, had been placed in a dull tapestry- o^ur a rich chocolate fudge over the covered wing chair in a rather dark ' marshmallows and when it is cold cut corner, "when cushions have been so i the candy into squares, popular or when they have been ao' „,.„ n^ , , rri. L J I 1.1. ' SUPREME NUT CANDY.^V. lovely. That does not mean, tho. ^» __ that they should be piled, hit or miss., '"'^ one-half cups of moias^r on davenports or in coxy corners. f^ » • of a cup of 'IThey must be chosen very care-[f"^»'" - "it until fully to give just the necessary bit of |^°®.^y_'^P/°' color needed in the room, and very ed in cold watei^^ of a cup of butter an^-tfo,^ the syrup until the "cracking" poi... is reached; then remove it from the fire at once. Beat in a pinch of bak- ing soda and add one-half pound of fine chopped figs and datts, or figs and dates in equal proportion, one cup each of coarse chopped pecan, filbert and walnut meats and one-half cup of often they are black. Nothing is more decorative or more comfortable than huge soft pillows in all shapes, made from heavy black satin and finished with gold tassels. "With these use one or two in a color that will fit into the scheme. It has been demonstrated again and again that when a note of black is introduced into a room everything! else in it seems to have gained in im- ; .^ is!'* j wish, add a tsp. each of almond and 1 \hoVghrtha't wasmosfyTnteresting, | vanilla extract j ust before pouring and I asked her all manner of ques-l***" '^^^^V •"*" '"e pan. tions about interior decorating. I ask- ed her what else one could use to ^ FAREWELL PARTY, brighten up a dull room. I What kind of party can we give for Of course there were lamps. If a! a neighbor who is moving to an east- corner is dark it seems that nothing] em province?â€" Hostess, brightens it up better than a brilliant A Parcel-Post Party could be made portance, and this touch of black so easily obtained in cushions blanched, shredded almonds. Pour the mixture into an oiled pan and keep in a cool place overnight. If you lamp shade. The Chinese ones that she showed me were lovely on the lac quered lamps; the parchment shades interesting.: I;. yotA tnvitttwKs, se(5 that parcel-post mail for the East will be collected at a certain hour, day and of Fashions. Mtnard's for Sprains and Brulies. 1^ «nd get an oatcake with .sugar .sprink though both she and her sisters had led on it-a great luxury, I though.> "^^^'il '.!!ll' ;!^?:!^ Yes, of course, Laidlaw. She was I ( To be c ontinued.) Jeannie I<aidlaw. When 1 married | «nd came to Hopetoun I often wentj to sec Mrs. Reid. She reminded me of i Corlaw, and could talk of my father, j »nd I lik.'d that. . . . Her husband ' waa JameH Reid. He must have had I â- ome money, and I think ho was re- ttrvd. He had a beard and came from Fife. I remember tho east-country tone in his voico. They went to the Free Kirk, and I overheard, one day, â-  man say to him as we came out of church (where a retiring collection for th* next Sunday had been announced), 'There's an awfu' heaji o* collections in oor kirk,' and James Reid replied, 'Ou ay, but ma way is to pay no atten- tion.' When I told your father he wa.^ ] delighted and said that he must take; that for his motto through life â€" 'Mai Way is to pay no attention.' " Mrs. Hope took off her glaSHe« and i •miled to her.self over her recollec i 'Wmikl yon be auKr:>'°wilh ine it 1 ! tlons. . . "Mrs. Reid was a nice crea i anked yuii to bo my little wife?" ture, 'fair bigoted,' as they say here, j "Not nl all. Hut I'cl lie anpiy with •n her son Peter. He was her chief: rayBelf If I accepteil." topii' of conversation. I'eler'u clever- 1 -* - ^ ' nesR, Peter's kindness to his mother, i (Iharloltetown. P.K.I. A consider- 1 Peter'-i good looks, Peter's fine voice: I able export trade in live silver foxet when I saw him well, I thought we | is being conducted by island fox breed- j should all thank (kid for our mothers, j ere at the present time. The most re- ' for no one else will ever see us with i cent consignnDent was one of ten pairs luch kind eyes. And it's this Peter of block and silver foxes from Bean were done in any color and style; but; place. Ask the guests to bring pack- the ones that interested me most were] ages in person, the packages to be the brinrht, gay plaited ones made [ properly wrapped, tied and addressed, from wall paper or glazed chintz. : These packages could contain joke Then it seems that candlesticks are' gifts for the guest of honor, but one made in every color of the rainbow|of the grifts might be a small address these days, and there arc candles to | book in which each member of the match any one of them. ! club should write her name and post- In looking about I saw scrap bas-i office address. The guests could play kets, desk sets, ash trays, painted box- 'games and, just before refreshments es, flower bowls â€" all in gorgeous color- 1 are served^ the packages could be de- ings. ' livered tOt'che person you wish to. Pictures are framed, too, so they | honor, who could then open them, furnish a note of color in a room. Ij To seat guests at the refreshment had always thought of picture frames table, use picture post-cards for the as either gilt or some dark wood. Not; place-cards; or you could pack the re- so : They are vivid scarlet, soft green, | f reshments in boxes of uniform size, black Nvith a line of red, orange and wrap and address as for parcel post black. â-  ^nd stamp with used postage stamps. I Have some one carry the boxes to the HOMEMADE CANDY. if^""* ^f^'^' ^^V] ^"""^^ or ring, and I the hostess could answer and bring \n Homemade candies, daintily packed, the boxes, announcing that a package are most welcome gifts and have a I for each guest had Just come by parcel personal quality lacking in the things! post. you buy. j Ask guests to adjourn to the dining- HICKORY NUT CAR^vMELS. j room, where coffee should be served, ,,,,., , , , I with fruit gelatine or ice cream for Place three-fourths of a cupful of, the last course. The dining table thin cream, three tbsp. of butter, onejeould be decorated with a centre-piece cup of sugar and one cup of molasses j ^ade of crepe paper, to represent a in a saucepan. Brmg the mixture to I mail-bag. In this bag. you could have the boihng point and add three squares j letters addressed to the various guests, of unsweetened chocolate. Stir it care- leach "letter" to contain a suggestion keld â€" Jeannie I>aidUiw'i son â€" who hn* enriched Jean. Well, Augusta. I must say I con»l<ter it rather a liberty." Augu!>u looked at her mother with Ml amu«»d nnile. ISSUE No. \â€"'U. River to San Bernardino, Cal., where' a fox ranch will be establiiihed by a fornMT Princ-" Kdward Island man. i TRY THIS ONE ON YOUR PIANO One of the dally doten, or handball on skis on the Dufferln Terrace, ] yu«^liec. The new ski Jump, erected by the Frontenac Winter Sports Club, Egyptian priests were highly learn- 1 *»»" ^'^""^ « S"^^*' attraction to amateur skiers from all over the continent, ed men. entru?>ted with keeping writ-' â- '"' International and Intercollegiate Jumping competitions have been ai^ t4Hi r<'rord!< { ranged to take place In the near tutor*. fully until the chocolate has melted and continue to let the mixture boil until the syrup forms a firm ball when dropped into cold water. Remove it from the fire and add one-half tsp. of vanilla and one cup of chopped hickory nuts. Turn the mixture into an oiled pan. When it is cold, cut it into squai-es and wrap each square in I waxed paper. I FROSTED FIO FUDGE. I Make a chocolate fudge and pour it ; into a pan to the depth of one inch. : Cover it thickly with coar.ie chopped ] dried figs. Boil one cupful of sugar ! and one- fourth of a cup of water until i the syrup will spin a thread and then : pour it over -the white of one egg beaten stiff. Add one t&p. of vanilla I and continue to beat it until it is stiff. ' Pour it over the layers of fudge and i fi^'s and cut it into squares when it is 1 cold. ! ALMOND gEA FOAM. Boil three cups of light-brown I sugar, one cup of water and one tbsp. ; of vinegar together without stirring I it until the syrup spins a thread when dropped from the spoon. Remove it from the fire and pour the boiling syrup over the whites of two eggs beaten stiff. Beat the mixture until it is firm enough to hold its shape, then add one-half tsp. of almond ex- tract and one heaping cup of almonds that have been blanched and broken. Drop it quickly from a teaspoon on â- beets of waxed paper. as to a stunt she is to perform. These suggestions could also be used for a shower. Wlth'5 Angels. I too have looked on angels. The angels of tho Lord, And entertained them unawares. Worn men and women bowed cares, Pilgrims whose patient eyes prayers. Binding rebellious Israel With lovc'.s tenacltnis cord. All quietly God's angels Go lifting hearts that fall. Slipping our prison doors ajar. Shining more softly than a star Where glooms have beon the shadowi are. Guileless as Nathaniel. Undauotable as Paul. Oh, I have looked on angels. The angels of the Lord. With none believing their report. Of the Philistines made a sport. Rejected, yet the temple conrt Of God's own grace. Immanuel. HlB worship their reward. -Katherlne Lee Bates Jn Youth's Companion. Always strain a dye through mua- hn before adding it to ihe water. Minardjt UDlment fo- the Qrlp^«. ^4 M '^; L.