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The War Against Mrs. Hadley Adapted from the MGM Picture by WILLIAM McCORMICK SYNOPSIS Mrs. Stella Hadley, Washing- ton society matron and staunch Republican of the old school, feel* that the war Is directed against her personally. She has lost a man servant in the draft; her daugh- ter, Patricia, works at a canteen; the family's best friend, Elliott Fulton, is always busy at the War Department and her son, Ted, has just been drafted, even though he is working for Fulton at the De- partment. Stella has just called Fulton to atk him to have Ted deferred. Fultun is in conference and she leaves word for him to call, not knowing that it was he who arranged to have Ted drafted because the Jboy has been neglect- ing his work and dissipating. Many mor< r ide shocks are in store for Mrs. Hadley. She does not know t'-st her butler, Ben- nett, hex become an air raid war- den, nor that Pat has met and fallen in love with Privat- Mich- ael Frtzpatrick. CHAPTER THREE "Mml.nii. said IV. mi-it in siunit- 1), 'would k iiifouvenieuce you If 1 went out tor a while this eve- ning 7" "WJiy. no of course not. But i*u't it a i.i..cr odd lime to go out during u blackout?" "In a ,:>, Mud. MII yrs. Hut - well, its i(u. v import-nil." "Very '.Mil, Bennett. You know best," M .-. Hadley replied. I'.it h i),' .lit Mike to her home. lli;,t evening, Mrs. Hartley ark- IIOW!IH!K- '1 liis introdi rtion vague- ly and it is doubtful if she would- liav.- i. :i: i-:.i>-;-ed him if hu had dropped out of her life and Pa- tricia's tiKT., which, of course, he was not in i!:i. 'Nov. I Krmv where you net your good looks." Mike told Pat after lAC-'-lin S-' mnther. "Slie'H love- !>.' "She'* i.-.nlly a darling." "She's pissed that on to you, ton," Mi 'II hf-r as he kissed ber pooi'.b; r. J'n 1 . . !i-ri'd Ted in the liv- ing room. I'll- !( n drafted." hor brother toiil her. "I'd nay it wa* Elliott's subtle way of firing me." "Elliott doesn't work iliat way." Pat said In bewilderment, "un- less inl.:-- IU-'B trying to keep Mother from knowing why you're being fiivl." "Well, why am I?" "You ought to be uble to answer that on yourself." Pat replied. "Ted, did you tell Mother about suspecting Elliott?" "Not yet. I waut to niake sure first. She's going to ask him to NEAT COLORFUL APRONS 4265 By Anne Adaint SHU h up these gay, well-fltliug ftprona for special gifts Anne Adamii Pattern, 4266. (Srawberry appliques add color; rufflirg or ric-rac an- optional. Pattern 4265 is available in sixes small i:2-34), medium (36- 38), large (40-42), extra large (44-46). Small size, view B, takes 2 yards 35-inch; 1% yards ruffling; view A, 2H yards 35-inch; 1U yards ric-rac. Send twenty cents (20c) in coins (stamps tiinnot lie accepted) for this Anne Adams pattern to Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. V/rite plainly me, name, addre s ;md style number. ISSUE 1 43 get me out of it. If he refuses, that means he got me in." "Ted, If Elliott turns Mother down, she'll never forgive him. Don't let her ask him." "I couldn't stop ber now, if I wanted to," her brother pointed out. Cecilia Talbot came to spend the n 1 M wltJi Mrs. Hadley. She and Stella, In negliuec, were seated in Mrs. H.idley's flu-Uy, feminine bed- room drinking cocoa, later that night when Cecilia said hesitant- ly: "A group of Uie girls are get- ting together to take first aid und -an'l someone asked me if we'd like to Join." "Who asked you?" Stella de- manded. '(..in- i Winters," Cecilia admit- ted. As Stella assumed a sternly disapproving look, she added hast- ily; "She wanted you particularly." "You kn:>w how I feel about that woman. Cecilia, I certainly don't nofd Laura Winters and neither do you." "No, of course not," admitted Cecilia, cowed but regretful. "I think. If you don't mind, I'll run off to bed. Goodnight, Stella." Bennett, wearing a steel helmet, his civilian clothes and an air-raid warden's arm-hand on his coat, was patrolling the area around the Hadley residence during the black- out. A large and very efficient middle-aged warden approached him through the almost complete darkness. "Whose house Is that?" demand- ed the large and efficient warden, pointing an accusing finger toward a brighr light. "It belongs to a a Mr*. Had- ley." Bennett admitted fearfully. "Well, go in there and tell her to put out her lights." "Y-y-yes, sir. Very good, sir," said Bennett, unhappily. * Bennett, of course, knew from what room In the Hadley home the offending light was shining, but he did not know that room was being occ-upied by Cecilia Tal- bot. He threw open the door and recoiled as he saw Miss Talbot. sleeping soundly a book on the bed Indicating she had ' fallen a- sleep while reading. Bennett start- ed to back hastily from the room, but Cecilia woke with a scream before he had extricated himself from the predicament. "Good heavens, Bennett! How you startled me! What are you doing In that ridiculous hat?" "I'm an air-raid warden, Miss, and I shall have to ask you to turn out the lights." "And he in the dark with you In your condition? Certainly not!" The door flew open and Stella appeared in nightgown and robe. followed by Pat. The hall was ablaze with lights. "Cecilia, what's wrong?'' de- manded Mrs. Hadley. She sudden- ly saw her butler. "Bennett! What are you doing here? I gave you the night off." "I'm Just trying to get Miss Tal- but to put out her ll.ehts." said Bennett, petrified with fear. "He's drunk." Cecilia accused. "Bennett's an air-raid warden, ex-plained Pat laughingly. "He's Just doing his duty." "Oh, thank you Miss," Bennett said devoutly. "Now, Mrs. Hadley, may I please turn out the lights?" "All in good time, Bennett." re- plied Mr. Hadley severely. "You still haven't explained . . ." Mrs. Hadley's reprimand was Interrupted by a loud knocking at the door and tho tough voico of the warden, demanding, "Hey What's going on here? There's lights all over the house. Turn 'em out " Other male voices chimed in to create a bedlam of sound. Pat quickly turned out Cecilia's light and the women and Bennett scat- tered in the dark. "Oh dear," mourned Cecilia fear- fully as the shouts continued from outside the house. "It's it's Just Ilkn the French Revolution." Ted visited Patricia later that night, "I saw Rlllott at the De- partment tonight cold sober," he fold her. "He was responsible for having me drafted." "You seem awfuly calm about it. Something's happened to you. Ted, yon don't mean you've chang- ed your mind that you want to go?" "I guess It won't hurt to tell Mother one more He and say I do." Stella Hadtey visited Elliott Pul- ton at his office the next. day. "Elliott. I want you to have talk to Teddy," she said. "I had quite a talk with him last night." "Really?" said Mrs. Hadley in surprise. "Strange he didn't men- tion It to me. Well then you know all about this ridiculous no- tion of his?" "Yes. If Teddy feels he wants to Join up I'm pleased that he has the character and courage to want to go. I wasn't sure he'd feel that way." Stella's eyes opened wide. "You inpan -- you knew about this?" Fulton realized he had blunder- ed, hesitated a moment and de- elded to tell the truth. "Yes, Stel- la," he admitted. Stella's eyes opened wide. "You mean you knew about this?" Fulton realized he had blunder- ed, hesitated it moment nnd dp- elded to tell the truth. "Yes, 8tel- WOMEN OF STEEL K.-himl Britain's firing line, the women of the production lines are taking an ever-growing part in war work. Today, women such as these make up more than 13 per cent of all the workers in Kng- land's steel and iron industry. la." he admitted. "But - but -- if you knew why didn't you put a stop to it?" As Fulton didn't answer, she con- tinued frantically, "Klliott, you've got to stop It!" "There's nothing I can do," re- plied Fulton unhappily. "If Ted were my own fon, I'd do Just what I've done." "And what if anything should happen to him? That doesn't mat- ter to you. I -- I never want to see you again!" she cried as she stamped from his office. That same day Pat and Mike That same day Pat and Mike stooil before a charming little house In a middle-class neighbor- hood. "This is it the family es- tate," Mike told her. "I love it," Pat suid sincerely. "All right. You've passed the llrst test," Mike agreed as they reached the te.ps. "Now for Mother." The door was opened by a large, earthly Irish woman, with the same kind of impudently ingrat- iating face as Mike's. "Mother, this Is Pat Hadley," Mike told her proudly. "As if I didn't know," Mrs. Fiti- patrlck beamed. "Why are you standing there gawking?" she af- fectionately chlded her son. "Go get the ten and don't hurry back. We want to get acquainted." "Stoe has the soul of a top ser- geant," Mike grinned as he left them "I must remember never to take bis picture," Pat smiled. "You know something?" Mrs. Fitzpatrlck asked after they had been seated In the comfortable living room. "You're tho first girl of Michael's he's ever brought home?" "He's had a lot of girls?" "Thousands. " "Oh, dear." "That sounds as Chough you liked him." Mrs. Fitzpatrlck smil- ed. "Hedging your pardon, Mrs. Fitzpatrlck, I love him," Pat smil- ed. "I hope you don't mind." "Why should 1 mind with a fine girl like you?" "Some mothers might object to their sons marrying a girl they don't even know." "You're getting married?" ask- ed Mrs. Fitzpatrlck in amazement. "Please don't tell Mike. He doesn't even know It. He hasn't asked me yet." "Well what's the matter with him?" demanded Mrs. Fitzpatrick vehemently. "I won't say anything to him, but U he doesn't m.irry you. I'll beat his brains out." Mike appeared, carrying a tray. "Well, are you acquainted yet ?" he asked." "Acquainted?" replied Mrs. Fitz- patrick slyly, "I'm practically like ber own mother." (Continued Next Week) Looks Like Hard War For Hitler It looks as If Herr Goebbels may finally be on the right track In analyzing the American-British war effort. Recognition of this comes from no lees a personage than Lord Halifax, British Am- Halifax pointed out in Baltl- bassador to the United States, more that German radio propa- ganda beamed for the United States has said that "England will fight to the last drop of Iowa blood", while similar broadcasts directed at Britain have said that "the United tSates has resolved to fight to the last Tommy." "Well," concluded Halifax, "if we are, going to fight to the last drop of Iowa blood and you are going to fight to the last Tommy, it looks like being a hard war for Hitler." Here's hoping that German ra- dio listeners can add one and one and get two. Pottery-making is one of th oldest forms of human industry. In Egypt It was practised In the 20th Century B.C. SIDE GLANCES By George Clark COM IMt SY HtA mnot. IMC. T M. Bats Return Home 'Ere Winter Comes Sometimes Fly 100 Miles To Old Cave >u mind ii I'm u; .-.i? I'm ooublc-piuketl." Bats need no home during the lush sun:iier nights when Hits air is full of edible insects, observes Time magazine. By day they hang in convenient roopts trees, chim- neys or barns. But when the chill months . come and insects disap- pear, torpor conie-s over them and with it a longing for their own cave, the same spot w.'iere they have spent previous winters. Bats sometimes ily 100 miles to find their old cave and sleep in it until spring. Charles K. Mohr ot Piilladslphia's Academy of Natural Sciences, re- ported in "Frontiers" on his ten- year study of the homing urge of the common (Little Brown) bat. Most bats fan be caught only in caves when hibernating Xo one has yet devised a bat trap for catching them on the wing. But In wind r t-n-y can easily be pick- ed from their nndf r.-round perches and lifted with ii;ht aluminum bands for identification. Mohr has been binding hats for years. One Intruder Found Last winter a group of Cornel students Joined Mohr In a thor- ough exploration of the bat caves in Center and Mifflin Counties, Pennsylvania. The limestone ridges there are honeycombed with small caves. All banded bats were found in the same cave as in previous years. Even bats that had been carried oft and released far away were b:ick again. Only once did Mohr find an intruder: this stray bat's own cave had been sealed by a rockfall during the summeir. Charles Mohr is not the only bat- bander. Don Griffin, of Harvard, has handed thousands of bats in New KI !'.!, bad also noted the homing urge. Bats from a cave near the coast were released 15 miles at sea. Two days later they were buck in their own cave. Nearly All Bats Hibernate Curiously, the caves are not used for accouchements. In early sum- mer female bats congregate In hol- low trees, barns or vacant houses, (Male bais are excluded.) Here each gives birth to her live young, only one per year, with occasional twins. The baby clings to its mother as long as it Is suckling, but the mother leaves it hanging from the roof or wall while she goes on brief foraging expeditions. There are a few varieties of bat which do not hibernate, in- cluding the Red Bat, the Hoary, and the Silver-haired. Some live in the forests of Washington or Canada, eating insects during the summer, but when winter comes they migrate southward. Japs Move 1,000,000 Troops In Manchuria A Chinese Government review of conditions in Manchuria said about 1,000,000 Japanese troops now arc concentrated in that reg- ion and Japanese military prepara- tions there have been increased considerably in the last year. (The estimate of 1,000,000 Japanese troops in Manchuria has not been confirmed by other au- thorities and is about double earlier estimates.) The review said the Japanese had built fortifications along the southern bank of the Amur River and the western bank of the Us- suri, both of which form boun- daries between Japan's puppet empire of Manchukuo and Russian Siberia. The review said Chinese work- ers employed on Japanese military Installations had been killed after- ward to prevent the leakage of secrets. The Japanese had re- cruited labor for Manchuria by press gangs operating in North China Provinces, it was said. Chinese youths also were being forced into military service osten- sibly in armies of various Japan- ese puppet regimes, the review said, but the Japanese have placed little confidence in these levies, estimated at about 300,000. About two-thirds are being used for gar- rison duty in China, but some have been sent to the Southwest Pacific- war area, it was reported. They Heil Hitler When a lecturer in a British war camp casually mentioned Hit- ler's name recently German pris- oners jumped to their feet an-.i cried "Heil Hitler." Armed Cargo Ship Sinks Axis Raider U. 8. Merchantman Fight* To Finish In South Atlantic Fighting to the finish, a United States merchantman took one en- emy surface raider to the bottom with her an:l left a second severely damaged in the South Atlantic, the Navy Department disclosed. It wns the first reported in- stance of an armed merchantman sinking a surface craft of prey. Mattered from stem to utcrn, her engines crippled, she traded shell for shell with the raiders for a furious thirty minutes. As the slipped under stern-first, the smaller but more heavily ;ii-med of the raiders was a mass of flames, with survivors ciamber- ing over the sides to be picked up by the linger and severely da- in;:;'<-'i raider. Only 10 of the -11 member!* of the merchantman's crew u,t& five men of a navy gun crew survived the last September battle ;<n<l the 31 days in an open boat before sunivors reached the South At- lantic coast. The out-gunned merchantman wr.s hit by fou;' salvos. Tho large guns of the smaller raider appar- ently vvci-e fired together ;'roui a central control system. Finally a direct shell hit on the magazine, put the after-gun out of action. Five shells were not exploded by the hit. Captain 1'aul Buck, listed as missing, ga"e the ordei to abandon ship. Only one lifeboat had <>in- through the battle unbattercd, and it had drifted away irom the ship. Many survivors were unaule to reach that comparative safety. The boat headed for the South Atlantic coast, its course set by only the most rudimentary navi- gational instruments. Squalls and high winds beset the craft. Kx- huustcd men bailed until their arms were numb. But the squalls brought rain and drinking water to keep the men alive. Several of the more seriously injured men died, notwithstanding In- aid treatment. After 26 days one of the men saw a butterfly. Another saw two moths. Land was near. The color of the water changed from dark blue to light green. Five days later there was this brief entry in the lifeboat's log "Hooray; sighted land at 4 a.m." Fifteen haggard men sta^cred ashore, reached a small illage and were taken to a hospital. Draw Air Recruits From Air Cadets Wing Cmdr. W. H. Aslim, de- puty director of manning for the R.C.A.F., predicted that within the next year or two the R.C.A.F. would get from 10,000 to 11,000 air crew enlistments a year from the air cadets alone Air cadet membership totals 20,000 at the present time. The University Air Training Corps now has squadrons at 11 universities in the Dominion with a total enrolment of some 2,000, he said. Advice On Buying And Darning Hoae Always buy two or more pairs of stockings that are just alike, then if one stocking wears out you can replace it without sacri- ficing the pair. Wash daily and they will wear longer. Finely darn the heels and toes before they have been worn at all. When holes appear, tack a piece of coarse net lightly to the stocking over the hole on the wrong side, then darn over the net. Do this when darning large holes in the knees and heels of children'* stockings. How To Glamorize The Baked Potato Laura Pepper, chief of the con- sumer section, Department of Agriculture, comes up with a suggestion for glamorizing baked potatoes, which have more vitamin C value if cooked in their skins. Slit your potatoes when baked and insert a sliver of butter and a square of quick-melting cheese put the potatoes back in the oven just long enough to melt the cheese. Incidentally this is sav- ing on the butter. GOOD EATING NEWS How to make a meal out of four pork chops is good news to every war-time cook. The secret lies in the following recipe fot Pork Chops with Corn Dressing. Notice that the dressing goes into the pan tirst, with the chops on top and that the whole business is baked. Here are the directions: Pork Chops with Corn Dretting 4 cups soft bread crumbs 14 teaspoon pepper teaspoon poultry seasoning cup drained whole kernel corn cup stock, corn liquid, or milk pork chops teaspoon salt 1 cup All-Bran 1 tablespoon chopped onion 1 Vi cup chopped celery 1 2 tablespoons fat 4 1 teaspoon salt ' Combine bread crumbs and All-Bran. Cook onion and celery in fat until lightly browned; add to bread mixture with seasonings, corn and stock or other liquid. Mix thoroughly. Press into baking dish, arrange chops on top of dressing and sprinkle with salt. Cover and bake in moderate oven (876F.) about 45 minutes; uncover and bake 16 minutes longer. Yield: 4 servings (8-inch baking dish). r