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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1935)
Thv. HOME CIRCLE INSTRUCTIVE, ENTERTAINING AND AMUSING READING FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY BEDTIME STORY £ By THORNTON W. BURGESS THE HUNTER LOSES HIS TEMPER THE hunter, hidden near the pond of Paddy the Heaver, chuckled silently. That Is to say, he laughed without making any aound. He had watched Mr. and Mrs. Quack feeding along the edge of the pond dawn toward Paddy’s dam, behind the end of which Red dy Fox had been hidden. Reddy had been waiting for those Ducks Just as the hunter himself was waiting for Llghtfoot the Deer. Then along came Sammy Jay and spied Reddy Mr. and Mrs. Quack Called Their Thanks to Sammy. Fox. At once he hnd begun to scream at the top of Ida lungs, "Thief! Thief I Thief!” Mr. and Mrs. Quack had understood him perfectly. They swam out to the middle of the pond while Iteddy Fox, knowing that It wus useless to stay longer with Sammy Jay about, had snarled angrily and then taken himself off through the Green Forest. The hunter thought It a great Joke on Iteddy. To tell the truth, he was very much pleased. He wanted those Ducks himself. He suspected that they would stay In that pond for some days, and he planned to return there and shoot them after he had got Llghtfoot the Deer. He wanted to get Light foot first, and he knew that to shoot at anything else might spoil his chance of getting u shot at Light foot. “Sammy Jay did me a good turn,” thought the hunter, “although he doesn't know It. Iteddy Fox cer tainly would have caught one of those Ducks hnd Sammy not come along Just when he did. It would have l>een n shame to have one of them caught by that fox. I mean GB3UG*G>S» / I "It’s reasonable when you dope out the reason why lightning never strikes twice In the same place,” says brainy Bertha, “the same place Just Isn't there any more after the lightning visits It once." 0 Bell Syndicate—WNU Service. to get one and, I hope, both of them myself." Now when you come to think of It, It would have been a fur greater shame for the hunter to have killed Mr. and Mrs. Quack than for Iteddy Fox to have done so. Iteddy wns hunting them because he was hun gry. The hunter would have shot them for sport. lie didn’t need them. He hud plenty of other food, [teddy Fox never kills Just for the pleasure of killing. So the hunter continued to sit In his hilling place with very friendly feelings for Snirnny Jay. Sammy watched Iteddy Fox disappear and then flew over to that side of the pond where the hunter was. Mr. and Mrs. Quack called their thanks to Sammy, to which he replied that he had done no more for them than he would do for anybody, or than they would have done for hlin. For some time Sammy sat quietly In the top of the tree, hut all the time Ills sharp eyes were very busy. By and by, he spied the hunter sit ting on the log. At first he couldn’t make out Just what It was he was looking at It didn't move, never theless Sammy wns suspicious. Presently, he flew over to a tree where he could see better. Bight away he spied the terrible gun and he knew Just what It was. Once more he hegan to yell, “Thief! Thief! Thief!” at the top of his lungs. It wns then that the hunter lost his temper, lie knew that, now he had been discovered by Sammy Jay. It was useless to remain there. He was angry clear through, lie no longer hnd n friend ly feeling for Sammy Jay. © T. W Hume**.—WNU Service. Renaissance Gown Tins lovely renaissance gown Is In Titian red stiff velvet, with belt of cut glided leather. It Is from Luclle Party. Father of Cathedral Music Thomas Tallis, horn before 1515, was called the father of English ca thedral music. He is known to have become organist at Waltham Ab bey, where, on the dissolution of the monastery In 1540, he received in compensation for the loss of his preferment 20 shillings for wages and 20 shillings for rewnrd. In the library of the British museum Is preserved n volume of treatises on music, on the last page of which appears his autograph—the only specimen known. Only Once in n Million Times HKUIC Is a proud Guernsey cow on the Argllla furin at Ipswich, Mass., and the triplets to which she recently gave birth. They were named Tom, Dick and Harry. Authorities say that triplets are born to cows ouly once In a million births. Through JEAN NEWTON A WOMAN’S EYES WE LIVE DAY BY DAY ** A SHOUT life and a merry ** one,” says the prodigal. So he spends pot only Ids money, with out thought of provision for the rainy day, but also Ids energy. Ids henlth and his strength. He does usually manage to have what he cnlls a merry life and also a short one. And all that can be hoped for the people whose hopes and ex pectation of happiness go no fur ther than “a short life and a merry one" Is thnt their way of living may not shorten other lives than their own, that their pursuit of pleasure may not drag Into Its maelstrom the lives of others who are hound to them by love, though their own ldeus of happiness and of the meaning of life are very dif ferent. So much for the prodigals, the wasters. Their mistake Is in think Ing only of today, never of tomor row. And no one will again say thnt It is a mistake. Strange, then. Is It not. that there should he people of the opposite turn of mind, those who think only of the future and not at all of to day. who are Just as far ofT the track thnt leads to satisfaction and happiness. I am thinking of the people who are so preoccupied with their alms for the future that they forget thnt life Is lived day by day. The man whose efforts to amass wealth leave him no time or thought to make friends with his family. Is. ot course, a familiar example. But there are others. There Is the mother so occupied with thought! of her children’s future, of whal she wants them to become, thnt she misses the pleasures of living wltli them through their childhood stages There are children who allow theli ambition, their work and study which In future Is to bring theli parents Joy, to absorb them so thnt they become ns strangers to thost parents. C B«U Syndlrat* -WNU Servlc*. The Host of a Rabbit Dinner \ WOOLP i\tt TO H/WE WAJT $lxO»‘tW 1 PCErttl THOSt THAT ABE WOT wmt HEAP *cmD "i J THE FORSAKEN By DOUGLAS MALLOCH i<T ET me take the grain, Mother. you alt by the fire; I will feed the chickens, and I will milk the cow. I want to get so tired. Mother, and yet I never tire; And nights I am so sleepy, yet cannot sleep somehow." “1 will do the chores. Daughter; you go walk awhile; Trip across the meadows as you used to do; Surely there are rose.k there to make you smile. That will bring the roses back again to you." "No, not there, not there. Mother!— here I must abide; Wilted are the roses, leaving but the stone. Fields that you have walked, Moth er, some one at your side, Now you cannot walk. Mother, walk again alone.” "Yonder In the town, Daughter, on the village green, Men ant. maids are dancing, men and maids are gay; Hurry to the village—you are yet the queen; Take your share of pleasure, pleasure while you may." "No, I cannot go. Mother, there 1 cnnnot go. For they all remember when we both were there. They would give me pity, pity me. I know— That’s the hardest burden sorrow has to bear.” “Listen, foolish daughter; him you must forget— Better lost the lover that a maid cnn lose; Hope Is all before us, all behind regret— Life Is Jov or sorrow always as we choose.” “Life Is joy or sorrow? Mother denr, my Joy, After all was sorrow, though 1 didn’t know. Now, to give me pleas ire, sorrow I employ— I can’t keep from laughing—It’s so funny—so—” “Quick! some wine! The doctor! Now she sieeps at last. Is she only sleeping? Will she ever wake? Has he even killed her? Well, the past is past. He shall be forgiven, for her great love’s sake." ARTISTRY IN COOKERY T11E cook who really enjoys mixing ingredients as a painter does his colors will find no limit to the delightful dishes which one may originate or enlurge upon with the materials at hand. One must fol low u few fundamental principles in cookery, and after that let the imagination sour, for there is no end to inspiration. After some experience with han dling foods, most toothsome dishes may be prepared from bits of left overs. The cook who wastes noth ing, but serves her food in a duinty, appetizing munner, Is a real genius and her talents are ever In demand. It is not always wise to tell all one knows us to the contents of a dish, for some conscientious objectors will refuse to try a made-over dish, or rearranged food. Now, who will dare to call a steamed pudding a leftover? Yet one may prepare a most tasty one with a few squares of corn bread, a cupful of leftover cocoa, a bit of oatmeal, a few raisins and a couple of egg yolks left from some icing or dessert. IT Western Newspaper Onion. I PAPA KNOWS-j fVT “Pop, what is .. nibble?" “Buying ten shares.” e Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. Glamour, Romance in Evening Dress By CHERIE NICHOLAS I P THE revival of the luxurious, the 1 more elegant, the romantic, the dra matic, the glamorous in fashion indi cates a turning of the tide as they say it does, from a season of depression to an era of prosperity and good times, then indeed have we cause to rejoice for the present signs in the matter of opulent dress are most propitious. The new fashions, especially formal modes, are not only glamorous and elegant beyond anything known for Ifears but they add to their fascination in that they seem to have recaptured the glories, the poetry, the vision and the imagination, the art, as expressed In lovely apparel created throughout the ages. At a recent style showing given by the Chicago wholesale market council the gowns for formal wear, three of which are herewith illustrated, con firmed the feeling that we are entering a fashion era wherein a new spirit of elegance pervades. Eloquent of classic beauty and statuesque dignity which carries the grace of sculptural lines are the new evening gowns of Grecian inspiration. Extreme interpretations of modes a la Grecque are seen in the draped themes of Vinnet and other Paris designers. Long flowing scarfs, huge wing sleeves, draped side pleatlngs are all shown in the new soft quality-kind silk crepes and velvets. Other gowns show skirts pleated all around of floating billowy masses of chiffon, or slim dresses with draperies (often pleated) in long cas cades from the shoulder, to form a short train at the side or back. Sumptuous fabrics, for which the present season is noted, bespeak the rich beauty of Italian influence, espe cially the magnificent velvets in warm deep purples and reds and greens, such as have lived through the centuries In old master paintings and frescoes. The versatility of the present mode would make it appear as If Oriental princesses had come to life, in the new harem drapes and metal cloth tur bans and sari scarfs and head cov erings. Persian colorings and pattern ings, Chinese embroideries carry the spirit of the Far East into the imme diate fashion program. Then there is the Russian influence which has an all-important influence on current style trends, as manifest in the smart high cossack turbans and fur bordered tunic blouses and coats and suits. Of course we must not neglect to make mention of the picturesque robe de style gowns which have and are bringing so much of romance into the modern fashion picture. In these you may be ns bouffant and rococco as were lovely ladies in the king’s court in olden days of pomp and glory when George the Fourth was king. Speaking of the bouffant we are minded to call your attention to the charming dress centered in the illustra tion. It demonstrated at first glance to the audience gathered at the style revue held in Chicago, the fact of high quality emphasized in a superb taf feta glinting with metalized highlights. To the right, in the picture, is a very lovely evening ensemble fashioned of one of the new rapturous, scintillating silver lame weaves such as are so smart ly in vogue this season. Its styling ac cents a to be-envied slenderized figure. Front skirt fullness, high-front, halter neck bodice, extreme low-back decol letage, jeweled belt buckle are all highspots of note. To the left, a gown of pearl dot satin bespeaks Grecian inspiration via heavy golden cords and tassels. ® Western Newspaper Union. AT FOOTBALL GAME By CHERIE NICHOLAS For the football game, Bchool, shop ping or any daytime wear the above outfit is always correct. The coat is French lapin over a Scotch plaid dress in brown and red. The accessories are in brown to match the coat which may be worn with a suit on cold days. The swagger coat with its youthful lines is one of the tailored woman's high lights this season. Its smart simplicity of line distinguishes her wherever she goes, with no fussiness, but pleasing femininity. FABRIC KNOWLEDGE AIDS WISE BUYING Fabric knowledge Is part of your fashion education. The smart woman knows that. It Isn’t the Initial cost of a dress, It’s the upkeep that counts. When you are confident that your taf feta will stay crisp; that your satins will hold their luster: that your chif fons will retain their loveliness and never get sleazy or sloppy; when you know that your sheers will hold their shape and that your crepes won’t ulti mately sag under an avalanche of bead ing or braid, that your clokys will stay In, and that your drapes will not sag— then, and only then, are you well dressed. Women are rapidly learning to find out all these things before they buy a dress. They are learning to buy pre dictable merchandise. U. S. Designers Following Glittering Fabric Trend The French started it, but American designers were quick to follow the new trend of glittering fabrics for after noon and evening year. A survey Just made of American textiles discloses that every Important manufacturer In New York has designed and presented materials to achieve unusual brilliant effects. Cabled reports on the first fall openings of the Paris dressmakers still further Indicate the advent of sparkling fabrics Tailor-Made Influence Is Shown in Evening Gowns Paradoxical as it may appear, the tailor-made influence has extended to dinner gowns this year. Worth launches wool-back silk velvet In din ner tailleurs with wrap around skirts and bloused bodices, and Patou and Schiaparelli also favor evening tail leurs in silk velvet , Englishman Had 40 Wives; His 79 Children Argue In the latter half of the Nine teenth century John Dunn, a white Englishman, settled In the Zulu ter ritory of Africa. In the course of his life In Zululand he married 40 native women. Following the Zulu uprising of 1870 he was appointed one of the 13 chiefs controlling tha country. Recently his 70 living children ap peared in native court at Cape Town, Africa. They began arguing over the partition of 10,000 acres or land set aside for them by the Unton of South Africa parliament. Ehch descendant of Dunn is to receive 100 acres. Perhaps Thief Will Save His Loot for Future Use A Kansas City, Mo., thief is due for a surprise if he tries to dress up In one of the sample suits tie stole from Mrs. L. M. Trapp's automobile. They don't button, but snap together up the back. They’re specials In tended for dressing the dead. Mrs. Trapp’s customers are funeral directors. And Should Help We do not expect people to make the world henvenly, but endurable. GAS, GAS ALL THE TIME, CANT EAT OR SLEEP "The gas on my stomach was so bad I could not eat or sleep. Even my heart hurt. A friend sug gested Adlerika. The first dose 1 took brought me relief. Now I eat as 1 wish, sleep fine and never ("‘A better."—Mrs. Jas. Filletl Adlerika acts an BOTH upper and lower bowels while ordinary laxatives act on the lower bowel only. 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