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py A, Tm AT Si -- ER TE A, ES ~. ~ a Serial Story © A Page of Interest to Women Promenade . ~~ Deck . n by Ishbel Ross Synopsis A luxurious five-month cruise around the world aboard the ""Marenia' brings together a group of passengers for adven- tures, romantic, entertaining . and tragic . . . Like in "Grand Hotel" these passengers offer a study in human actions and re- actions which unconsciously bare their souls. . . . These characters are aboard the ship: Macduff, dour Scotchman, single, of middle age; Miss Mudge, school teacher, spending the savings of 20 years; Angela, faithful wife of Lovat, gigolo; Dick harlton, first offi- cer; Clare, a person of experi- ence; Joan, a dissipated flapper; Jenny, run-away wife, and Peter; Captain Baring, master of the ship . . . and his soul. . . NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. For some one who never spoke to a soul, Macduff had extensive knowledge of his fellow passen- gers. He spotted many things they did not know about one another --that was one of the advantages of sitting back and holding one's tongue. Life would be simple for a great many people if only there were less talk. Macduff downed his fourth and rose in a mellow mood to eat his luncheon. As chance would have it, there wasn't a vacant chaivc in the place, except across from Mrs. Wynant. Well, he could stand looking at her. He sat down and reached for the menu. -yLuncheon Encounter "Good-morning, Mr. Macduff. Have you been on the river?" Angela enquired, turning her dark eyes full on his face. Macduff had never had any trouble in be- ing rude, and had cut more cor- dial advances than this, but the four Union Jacks were behind him, the sun was bright, and he liked the way that Angela did her hair. He thought he would un- bend. "No," he said. "I suppose you've seen it be- fore and then it doesn't matter. I took Patty Arundel with me, and it made her ill. Hygiene, you now. They teach the American young that cleanliness is far ahead of godliness." } Macduff looked suspiciously at Angela. Was she, by any chance, making fun of him? But no, her face was kind and open. "It's a pity your husband couldn't make the entire trip." "Heavens!" thought Angela, "the man's a boor!" A shadow darkened her face. "Yes, I'm very ": sorry;" she said. '"He couldn't get .. away for so long. Of course, when one is a writer it doesn't matter where one is--work can go on. " Are you writing, Mr. Macduff?" "No," said Macduff, shortly. "I never combine my business with pleasure." CHAPTER XI "Well, I'm doing it. I'm painting a little, because I like to pass the time that way." Macduff was charmed with An- gela's way of tossing off her words. Here was a woman who might be worth her salt. She chatted about the Ganges, and gave him a lively picture of her own impressions that morning. Yes, she was an artist. He could tell that from her choice of words. When Macduff was writing, he bothered little with externals, going in for sombre, philosophical stuff that some people seemed to like. It surprised him to see India through the sapient eyes of an intelligent 'woman, Soon he was talking him. self, and marvelling at his own fluency. For half an hour his com- Drings clean, quick, #ale gas cooking service to any hodie anywhere, Burners light instantly, regulate like city gas, Fuel cost plates. Bea the Cole man Dealer pear you or write The Coleman Lamp and "Stove Compas. Lid: Dept. WL272 Coleman "gis" STOVES "der the brim of her hat. panion sat back, entranced and amused, while he unbent. She lit a cigarette and watched him from un- It must be the cocktails. He was off like an orator. There was nothing to do but listen, now that the floodgates were open. But would he ever come to the end of his soliloquy? Was he talking sense or nonsense? Angela realized that the man was simply unused to voicing his thoughts, al- though verbose, no 'doubt, on paper. She had heard vaguely of his bocks,* but had never read anything that he had written. After this, she would" try to get hold of them and see what they were like. It's A Miracle The other people in the room who knew them were watching their table with surprise. "Ye gods!" said Johnny to Clare. "Watch Macduff talking to Mrs. Wynant." 2 I'd like to know It would be Mrs, "It's a miracle. what he's saying. Wynant who would get him-----to - talk." "Won't you come with me to the river, Mr. Macduff?" Angela was saying, at the first break in their conversation." "I can't keep away. It's the most animated canvas I've ever seeti ju my life and I'm rather keen about masses of people." 'That's just where you're diifer- ent from me." said Macduff, weigh- ing his decision on whether to go with Angela or stay for a liqueur. "No, I won't. There's nothing I dis- , like so much as human beings, and I find it depressing to look at such thousands mucking about togeth- er." re * They went ott to the veranda and he ordered liqueurs. Angela watch- ed him, wondering if perfect frank- ness were not the cue in handling Macduff. She leaned towards him. "You're rather a myth on the boat," she laughed, "the man who must not be spoken to." : A deep roll of laughter shot sur- prisingly from his throat. "It's not on the boat alone--it's- the Wy 1 live. I find that human contacts interfere with one's work and one's life." "Then I-can"t understand why you travel around the world on a cruising boat, To escape from peo- ple on the Marenia is like trying to dodge beeg in a hive." "I came on a cruising boat be- cause it takes me to out-of-the-way ports-I'd never have been able to get to by any other means. More- over, I've found all the isolation that I would get at home--at the least possible expense," Macduff fin- ished, cannily. Angela sighed and swung her parasol. "Sometimes I think one would be happier alone, in a world of one's own. The constant give and take of social relations wear one down." Macduff's face was loosening in amiable lines, and she thought she detected a twinkle through his rim- less spectacles. Or was it just the sun on the lens? "I'm thinking that you're not very happy," he told her, surprisingly. "Happy enough, Mr. Macduff, but wandering in my thoughts. To tell you the truth, they're in England with my husband and my home." "Tell me about your home." "I've never been able' to conjure it up for anyone else, although it's 80 vivid in my own mind. It's a rambling house with 'gables, fright. fully ancient, with bits that have been added on from. time to time, The ceilings are low and beamed, and the dormer windows are tucked in odd places under the eaves. It's filled with pictures, ancient and modern, and my dog Jock patters all over it like a presiding Turk." Angela stopped abruptly, thinking that she had been lacking in tact and reserve. "Do you live in New York, Mr, Macduff?" "Yes. there?" "Five years ago I visited it for a few weeks, I love it, the excite- ment, the tearing hurry, the air-- such air! But to live in it--how does one manage that?" "I don't see how you can dwell among such glorious skyscrapers and feel that life is quiet and slow. Life can't be slow in a soaring city. I think I should live on wings it New York were my home." "It's all tosh, the things people think of New York. It's the best possible city for work, because it's one of the few places In the world where you are let alone if you want to be. I can work better there than anywhere under the sun." (TO BE CONTINUED) Have you ever been Slumber Clears Up Complexion There Is No Better Beauty Treatment for Tired Skin Than Deep, Restful Sleep If your face lacks that alive, rested look and your skin seems to have aged ten years in two or three weeks, try the simple sleep treatment before any other. Resolve to go to bed %very night at least half an hour before the time that you know you must fall asleep if you are to get your nine hours. If you are even faint- ly given to insomnia, better not read anything that makes you think or worry. Save your serious reading matter for later. This is your week to sleep soundly and long, and consequently to lift about five years from your face. Do a few limbering and stretch- ing exercises to take the kinks out of your neck and then take a bath in water at body temperature before you go to bed. Clean face and throat carefully (incidental- ly, unless your skin is ultra sensi- tive, scrub with a complexion brush) and smooth on your rich- est night cream. Your bed should be neither too hard nor too soft. The bottom sheet ought to be perfectly smooth. If you sleep back, try to get along without a pillow. Otherwise, use a small one. And two light blankets" are much better than one fairly heavy quilt. So Comfortable -- Divided Skirts ~ PATTERN 4647 Sample the ease of movement you get with a divided skirt, and you'll always have one in your wardrobe! As for the making -- it's .easy as A B C, with Anne Adams' pattern 4647 giving easy- to-follow directions. A few seams --that's all! And the pleats will fall into place like a charm -- even if you are a beginner at dressmaking. Be' sure to choose a heavy drill or linen, best of all, a wrinkle-resistant type. You'll feel sleek as a seal, as correctly and smartly attired as a fashion plate, when gou step out for golf, tennis, hiking, "or a sail on the lake. Pattern 4647 is available in waist sizes 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 and 34, Size 26 takes 3% yards of 36-inch fabric. Illustrated step- by-step sewing instructions in- cluded. Patterns 20c each. Write Anne Adams, Room 425, 78 West Adelaide St., Toronto. * CASA LOMA Sir Henry PPellatt million dollar Cas- tle-on-the-Hlill, Spadina Road, Tor- onto. Hour's tour thro' Castle, tow- er, tunnel, stables, art galleries, and coronation room special exhibits and souvenirs. Sce "The Fall of Nide- veh," (the king and his wives), painted by order of late Emperor Joseph' of Austria--has 29 life slze figures, Open 10 am, till 9 p.m, Adults, 25c--Children 15¢, Sundays, 26 cents, Issue No. 27--'38 # "20 on your « Cherry Time Is Coming » The old song about 'Can she make a cherry pie, Billy Boy," has lost some of its significance these days. She can buy a cherry pie around the corner and it will be so good that even Billy Boy wouldn't know she hadn't made it. But there is one thing she must be able to make and that is cherry jelly, There fs no substitute for home-made jelly and Billy Boys all over the country will be disappointed if win- ter comes and there is no cherry jelly sitting among the other. jams and jellies in the cupboard, Of course in the days wlen the song was first sung, it would have been almost impossible for her to make cherry jelly because that was a good many years ago and bottled fruit pectin had not been invented. Modern housekeepers have the ad- vantage of this jellying substance which makes it possible to convert any fresh fruit into delicious jelly of '*~ right texture. "Half an hour is all the time that is needed to make the fresh red fruit into jelly ready for bottling, The short boll method which we give you here, helps to preserve all the flavour which belong to fresh cherries. You've tasted canned cherries and realized that some- thing was missing but that never happens with cherry jelly made this way. Any kind of cherries can be used in this recipe with the exception of wild and chokecherries. Cherry Jelly 3% cups (13%. lbs, 7 cups (3 lbs.) 1 be tle fr To prepare juice, m and crush about 3 prunds fully ripe sour cher- ries. Do not pit. Add 3% cup water, bring to a boil, cover, and simmer 10 minutes. Place fruit in jelly cloth or bag and squeeze out juice, Measure sugar and. juice into large saucepan and mix. a boil over hottest fire and at once add bottled fruit pectin, stirring constantly. Then bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard 1% minute. Remove from fire, skim, pour quick- ly. Paraffin-hot jelly at once. Makes about 10 eight-ounce ;lasses, Cherry Fruit Pudding While cherries are in season, try this delicious cherry fruit pudding. 1 package cherry jelly powder 1% cups warm water 14 cup grapefruit juice 14 cup grapefruit pulp, diced 16 cup fresh cherries, seeded and halved Dissolve jelly powder in warm wa. ter. Add grapefruit juice. Chill, When slightly thickened, fold in grapefruit and cherries. Turn into mold. Chill until firm, Unmold. Serve with sauce made from sweet- ened fresh cherries. Serves 8.- Butterscotch Sauce 1'cup Bee Hive Golden or White Corn Syrup 1 cup white sugar" 1 cup cream 3 tablespoons butter 14 teaspoon vanilla 1/8 teaspoon salt Put all ingredients in top of double boiler and cook 45 minutes over hot water, stirring occasionally. This Is very smooth and delicious over corn starch or other puddings, ice cream, etc. Keeps well in. cool place. Makes three cups. Techniques Of Stain Removal Careful Handling Banishes Dis- figuring " 'arks; Look Over Clothes Before They Are Washed "It .will all come out in the wash." TEER Everyone knows the old, old saying, but mothers of lively fam- ilies know they can't depend on it © --not 100 per cent. -- when it comes to grass stains, fruit juice stains and similar laundry ills. =~ Most of these disfiguring marks can be removed if the right pro- cess is followed. It should be done, though, before the 'clothes go into the regular wash. If you set to work to remove a grass stain while it's fresh it may usually be done with 'soap and water. If it is a day or more old, sponging with denatured alcohol usually is effective. Unwashable materials, of course, -should be given the alcohol treatment. "Ice Cream on Clothes Ice cream and frosted drink stains are common in the summer months. These need two treat- ments before they will disappear. They are usually caused by a combination of sugar, cream and fruit juice coloring. First of all, the cream must be treated with a grease solvent, such as carbon tetrachloride. Then, if the fruit juice is deepseated, pour boiling water through the spot. If the color left is very faint, washing in soap and warm water will re- move it. Tea and coffee stains, as well as fruit stains, may be removed before laundering by - pouring boiling water through the spot. After laundering these stains, too, must be given the bleaching treatment. Of course if you at- tempt to remove stains from col- ored fabrics with a bleach the col- or will come out also. Lipstick comes out with ordinary launder- ing. Buy Best Quality 'For Good Service Since towels are required to stand much hard wear and fre- quent launderings, it's real econ- omy .to buy best quality. When purchasing Turkish towels, look for merchandise that has a firm, tightly woven sclvage and smooth, well-finished "hems; the basic weave should be close and firm; the pile soft, thick and even. ~~ Never iron Turkish towels; wrinkles will shake out, Loose ends or uneven thréads should be clipped off evenly, never pulled. I) py J 1), Hundreds of thousands of peo- ple follow the big races ovér the radio in the British Isles, pre- ferring to sit home in comfort by their radios rather than he- jostled about by an excited crowd. Woman Spends B Year Looking Into Mirror During Her Lifetime, Expert Fjgures--Average Gir] Uses Up 45 Minutes A Day. . The average woman spends a year of her life in front of the mir- ror, an expert employed by a Brit- . ish cosmetic firm estimates. In the morning, he explains, the average girl spends at least a quar- ter of an hour in front of her mir- ror, combing her hair, creaming and powdering her face, Before she gets into bed she usu- - ally spends longer, creaming her face again and brushing- her hair, say 20 minutes. To this he adds another 10 min. utes for the constant glances girls make at a mirror in the daytime. That totals up to three-quarters of an hour a day, or about 12 days a year. 4 Bring to BEE HIVE Syrup is the ideal sweetener on your morning cereal because Formulate New Table Manners Chicago Chefs Get Together And Draw up A New Code of Etiquette Chicago, which gave the world "gangsters," is out to make fur- ther contributions to civilization. For instance, table manners, Chi- cago -has décided, need bringing up to date. And so we learn that a group of Chicago chefs, who call themselves "Les amis d'Escof- fier," issued a "book of rules" when they gave a banquet in hon- our of the late Auguste Escoffier, the famous chef. One of 'these rules stated that table napkins should be tucked un- der the chin. But that was all the tucking allowed, for another rule decreed that any guest. who "tucked in" too much food must "leave the table. Here are the rest of the rules: Dinner to start promptly at 9 p.m., late guests to be served with the course being eaten at their arrival; } : No place of honour; No name cards; No shop talk and no discussion of politics or religion; No, "nursing" of wines, but each to be removed after its ap- propriate course; No cocktails containing spirits before dinner; K No speeches; . Diners must strive for "witty repartee." Yow'll like the flavour ~ --mild; and really satisfying, It's a new treat in roll-your-own tobaccos; made by 'Canada's oldest tobacco manufac. turers --backed by nearly a century of ; experience. Buy a package today. x Godd Sleep and Food Graceful Walk Defies Years a i d@rmid "Why, she's younger looking * than her daughter. Just look at the way she walks!" The scene was an afternoon party, and a man was saying that about a-woman guest who had just arrived. \ What he said was true, too. Al- though elose to forty-five, the mother did appear younger than her grown-up daughter. Mostly because of the way she walked. In the first place, her posture was perfect. No hollow in the centre of HER back. She carried her head high and shoulders square, but not stiffly so. And because her backbone was perfect- ly straight, her stomach was flat, and her hips looked slender. Lots of Exercise Furthermore, her walk was youthfully energetic. She moved gracefully with the ease of one who is used to a great deal of out- door exercise, particularly walk- ing. You feel at once that she has kept her: figure not only slen- der but supple and graceful through the years by being ac- tive, by doing a few simple set- ting-up exercises regular. And her daughter? Well, although not yet twenty- five, that girl walked in silted, awkward fashion. An exaggerated hollow in the middle of her spinal _column made her' stomach pro- trude and her hips seem large. Her weight seemed to bear down on her slowly moving feet. She was prettier than her mother, but she won't be so attractive when she is her mother's age. That is, unless she, too, learns to appre- ciate the importance of exercise. Train In Youth For True Beauty Teach Children Habits cf Neat- néss, Cleanliness, Good Pos:- ture, Good Health Little girls who are -taught-the importance of cleanliness, neat- ness, perfect posture and other good beauty habits are-sure to grow up to be attractive. Your . small daughter may have slim chances of becoming a great beau- ty, but if you do your part: she'll turn out to be a charming, poised, " perfectly-groomed ' young woman. What more need a mother ask? Health is the true foundation of eal beauty, the kind which ddesn't fade with the years, writes Alicia Hart, Teach your daughter to enjoy refreshing sleep, the kind of food which makes for healthy nails, hair, lovely skin, and to appreciate fresh air and exercise. These will become increasingly important to her as the years roll on. Modern dentists say that a child's first set of teeth should be cared for regularly. If they are crooked, perhaps your dentist will recommend straightening bands, If he does, have them put on. ~ Whatever you do, don't neglect the teeth of any 'child, girl or boy. Régular visits to the dentist and twice-a-day brushings are of greatest importance. Straight Backbone Don't tell your young son to hold his shoulders back, then fig- ure you have done your part to- ward seeing that his posture is 'perfect; He should earty his Lead erect and his. shoulders square, of course, but he should learn to keep his backbone straight, too. The great majority of bad posture is caused by an exaggerated hol- low_in the centre of the spinal column, Siren Handbag A siren handbag to foil bag- snatchers has been devised by an Australian inventor. A bank's cash bag fitted with the device looks like an ordinary bag, but beneath its handle is a small metal lever which, is gripped by the mes- senger carrying the bag. If the messenger is attacked he reléases his grip on the bag and this chuses the lever to fall. Immedi- ately a piercing note is emitted by a small siren inside the bag. Once it is set going, the siren will sound for three hours, and the only way to stop it is to open the bag with a key. A metal lining prevents the thievés from cutting the bag open. How to Get a Job. In desperation a young Viena nese put this advertisement in a newspaper: "Young man, lazy, superficial, forgetful and' stupid. would like to try his luck as clerk." The manager of a large industrial concern read the adver- tisement, like it, invited him to call, talked to him for 15 minutes ~--and gave him a job as secretary.