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Tea At Its Best mALAIIiA w 'EiA SERIAL STORY BRIDE ON A BUDGET BY JANET DORAN Copyright. 1939, N£A Service, Idc. CAST OF CHARACTERS IRIS IVES â€" a radiant briae who thought love came IFirtt and money could take care of itself. BART WHITTAKERâ€" a right- eous bridegroom who Iboked at the bankbook first and hii wife afterward. « I- -.- Yesterday: Bart's troubles -wi*Ji Iris begin at she balks at cook- ing •nd saving. He realizes now that those old jokes about the "little woman" are all too true, too real! CHAPTKR VI (.'ontrary 'o Bart's belief that .ilnj was unreasonable, I lis knew i^nly too well that her precarious position depended solely upon cool, clear reasoning. She would crash, with the deadliest certainty, into the yawning pit before her, if she yielded by so much as a fraction to the ciamoring: urge her emotions were imciting within her. Lovingr Bart, knowing full well rliat be had married her with the budget idea fixed firmly in his â- methodical mind, she knew she was breaking faith with him. But she knew with greater certainty, tliat she owed $21'each and every week of her life for the coming seven months, and it was no time to look back at earlier bargains. Bart would have to make the most of it. He'd have to get used to things as they were. Because if she didn't make the payments each week, he would learn about her debts. And if he learned about the debts tbere'd be a riot. Bart loathed installment buying almost as much as he loathed the peculiar system set and made leg- al by the budget plan sellers. The "tines" inflicted oji the account that was delinquent, the carrying charges â€" ten times more than anj bookeeping and financing through legal channels required. The craf- ty method of withholding ultima- tums until cost of merchandise was completed, then • tracking liown and taking the stuff back to resell at aliiKi^t the same price over again. "Let Me Share Responsibilities" "I remember, once, when I wus ton. they took the piano away from us," Bai-t told Iris, during the first weeks of their marriage when he discovered a "slip" she had run at the coniei grocerj' fo.- groceries for the week, and had argued vigorouslj against it, in- sisting that she pr^^mise never to do it again. â- 'FlI never forget now my nunh- or cried. .'Knd how mad 1 was. 1 made up my mind llien I'd never iiiiy anything on time. Not if 1 went without it forever," "l!ut Bart, everyone runs a gro- ceiy .«lip when they're short. .And â€" I hatcii to ask you for the money." iT% [7^^ ASOl/r THE V ••:;-'.,hI by Ity Mrs. Aukcn, fartoui C'ouktng Adthortty . is a valn.ibl« HonkUt rntith^I "51.*r8lvC9", Vnii?i,>rvour l-TlKI-ctipy m»w i-itcloMi'c s <"i..wii H-ri nfl-iWI. 1' < ".ci^dH Htairh H<'M.«t .VMM*** IVm-;. J\ 4't Wcy.: 'U.ii !%r«*'. ] \v^\. r..n-itt.>. •M£ CANADA STARCH COMPANY limiTED ISSUE NO. 5â€" '40 "What arc you married u> nie for then, honey? If 1 can't shart your responsibilities'.' Besides, that stuff was for the house, and I pay for the food and mainte- nance of this place.'' There was more about the piano later on. There was the slow, halt- ing story of hid mother's genteel upbringing. She had been a music teacher in the four or five years preceding her marriage to his fath- er, but it was only to help out with her clothes and spending money. The old homestead on the corner of Crandall and Burke streets was free of encumbrances, even to the time of her father's death. But his own father'.-; long illness, after a tragic accident that left him a helpless invalid, v^ipccl out the little family's saving'^, an<l left everything heavily raortgageii. "I got my first job because ot that piano," Bart explained sober- ly, "I'd been selling papers and magazines, and working after- noons down at Hogan's Station- ers, and Mom was set on my going to college. But 1 couldn't see it. We'd never make even my tuiti, u, let alone clotlies and everything " "But you did go, Bart?" ".After pneumonia got Mom. I decided I'd try for it. .'Vnd busi- ness trade school v.-as my best beu I had the job i>laying the piaijo afternoons and n'lghts at the old Bijou Theater, so it had to oo something I could do outside ot' that." "So you sec it was a good thing your mother believed in time pay- men: buj^ing, Bart! If she hadr.'i managed to get the piano and give you lessons, where'd you be?" "You don't understand. Int. What I mean is, I can't bear deb?? bccaus-e of my t'ear of them. It . . . it's almost a phobia. 1 . . . hope you never chaige anythin;^ anywhere, ever. 1 cculdn'c bear it if you did." !9 r ^ He Must Never Know So â€" Bart must never knov.. And nights, when Jris lay awake, thinkirxg about the accounts she was paying on, each week, shivers race<l her spine as she contem- plated the awful constHiuences, should Bart ever Ivarn ber secie;. Only he wouldn't. She comfor.- ed herself with that belief. Bart need never know. She'd never tell him. and when they were all paiil, she'd buy on a cash liasis, since he was so set on it. But it was silly. People who never used biui- get plan buying: had practically nothing. \\\A you had to look v.-e!l nowadays or you'd bo out of every- thing. So little by little, .she hiiled lier fears, and since Bart never nien- tione<l debts again, it wasn't long before she saw something else she had to have. And could only pay a small deposit down on. It Wits an evening gown this time. .A gorgeous, heavy, printed linen it was, with a big splasliy gold and green maple leaf against an ivory backgrouml. Itoally en- ormously effective in contrast with her glowing sun-tan. shining blond hair and blue-violet eyes. But~$25: ".Marked down from S29.9."., Miss . . . Mrs. Whittaker," th<- saleslady urged subtly, "it's really a buy. Not another gown like that in L.inwood. And you can wear those linens. Thoy look like l"aris on you." Iris bought it. She bought goid linen sandals to match, .nnd a tiny beaten gold ornament to wear in her hair. And then faced the prob- lem of setting her boodle home so her hu.sband wtnikln't see i;. She took the dre.s.e home the lie.vt noon, and hid it away in an older suit box. She hiid wraci;- ed her brain for a suitable fable to explain the dress with, and hail finally detided v>ii Mimething that would make doubly dear the new dress. She would make Hart think it was a last year's dress. She knew he wouldn't remember: he never remembered her clothe* fron\ one season to the next. Men ^EMAUPAIN^ Women who suiF<>r psinlul, irrrcular l><Ti(Kii *iih ncrv\*t» mcvnly «p,'lti« dut* ti^ fiiniU'oal oHusr. Ab->u(d Uy l.ydia K. riikhsmS Vrit^iablr I i-niiwund. asad* MfKH-isll.v te hrip wmk, rundown women during »uch "tryinK limoii." J'rir H'. Mldtini did, abe believed. Hiding the box far back in her clothes closet, deep under a pi.'e of other boxes, she smiled a little, plannini; how she would spring it on him. A Job For A Tailor That night, dressing to go to the weekly Saturday night dance at the Yacht Club with John and Ellen Kent, Iri« pretended to find a ^reat flaw in her pet dance dress. "Goodness, Bart, this seam has come out! Whatever can 1 do? This late?" "N'eedle and thread is indicat- ed, wife," Ban answered, griii- ninw, "or doesn't one sew' an eve- ning dress?" "Definitely not, Bart f It's a job for a tailor, and a mighty smart one. Unless you want t».> buy a new dress." Sitting down on the little gn^ay enameled bench before the mat:h- ing gray dressing table. Iris was a convincing study of a perplex- ed, frustrated bride. L'ntil her faintly frowning Raze swept the closet and a puzzled, hopeful smile tugged at her mouth. "Unless â€" oh. Bart, get me that pile of boxes, will you? Up there on the top shelf of the closet. In one of them I've an old linen eve- ning gown â€" one I wore last year several times, but I didn't like. If it doesn't need pressing or clear- ing- -and I'm almost positive 1 had it cleaned before I put it away last summer â€" I'm saved." Bart was so proud of her in the new, but allegedly "old" latt year's gown. It was, he insisted, stunning. It was the best-lookinj; thing he'd ever seen her wear. It was a knockout. She looked g and in it. "You'll wov.- 'eni, honey," h" ended lip enthusiastically. definitely. the So down had been wtrth it. And. but definito- ly, the weekly paynients complet- ing the price would be nothiiic- Bart's enthusastic approval of the dress more than ptoved ho-,v ac- curate her ju<;gmcnt had been in buying it. You had to buy a ne . dress now and then, to keej) a n;ai! noticing you. And it didn't maltia- if he did think it v.as a last year's dress. If a man was going to he so unrejusonable aoout buying ne.r clothes a girl had to ufe strategy. didn't she? -At the danc»-, Kan got quite :. kick out oi the others thinkin-; Iris" dre.ss \va.« new. too. He beam- SLIM COTTON PRINCES 3 FROCK By ANNE ADAMS fcivery vivacious inch of Patlerr. 418V has been carefully planned by Anne Adams to take away from your width and Ki\e yi>u proud height. Those unbroken princess lines make your figure look lit.he and graceful- -ihov're iiuick as a flash to stitch up. too. Cut the two sidc-from panels and the hack panel effevtively on the bia^. You'll find the neck-to-hem frent buttoning a real blessing, for it lets you in and out with fireman speed and makes for speedy, flat ironing. Fsttern 4l)S!' i<i available in wo- men's sizes 34. S(!, ;<S. 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48. Size ;,!fi takes oU yards So inch fabric and '» yard ce-,- trast. •Send TWK-MY fK.NTS ^:iOc i in coin? ^stamps cannot be accent- ed t for this .\iinp .'Vdams psitter-. Write plainly SIZK. NA.Mi:. M>- OKKSS and STYI.K NU.MBKK. Send your order to Anne Ai- ams. Ill iin JJ", ",Z V.', \ ' ! !!,• St., 'I'OreniL'. ffrf5H Km FLAKY xih^ff^^^ ii^Ji^n:-^"'^ ed with pride, he even bragged a Uttlc. ".\ot new at all," he admonish- ed Monica Bradon from the science department at the university, "just something Iris put away in a box last year and kept over. I'll bet she does the same thing again th's year with it. too. A dress doesn'i wear out in several years." Iris avoided Monica's clear, dir- ect glance. She avoided Kllen's mirthful brown eyes, and the hil- arious grin on John s face that Ban mistook for appreciation. Let them, she thrught mutinou-- ly. They didn't have to scheme and figure 40 ways to have so much as a dec'enf dress to wear to a dance, where there were smart summer people from New Y'ork and Boston and everywhere. They didn't have a husband who lived by a silly old budget book, and raved hours on saving two dimes a day so he'd have S'2OO0 in '.'> years. They didn't have the pr*.-- seni and the immediate future haiu-stiung aiul made ugiy and bar- ren, just so the far future might be gilded. "After all." Lis told herself sulkily, "who knows if we'll live that lon;i? In this day and age you have to get what you can, while there's the chance, and never mind the far future." And the linen ^'own was doubly. trebly procious nov. (To Be Continued) 7^ ^#1^ T A MMk A L K ^ .^^« S Bv SADIE B CHAMBERS "YOUR SUNDAY DINNER" Many week-ends the bomemaker faces the problem of what she is to have for Sunday dinnC' Something nourishing, .somcthiii'i different, with an appetizin'- si- peal and then \.ith a menioiy, that li nereis. I -iiggesi an Old KnglisI] dinner which .shoul-.l answer all of ll;o above re<|uirenieiils. Kor this oi course Uoasl lieef is the chict course. This mem is one (( the easiest riL^bes to iirepaie anil with the new methods of roastinp. i. rc(;uires iitile watching and I'o basting OI- searing In selecting the roast, you will have a choice of a rib roast with the bi iics left in or one which has been boncU or rolled. If a real large roast you may find the standing ri'i type preferable. It nee<ls only ore garnish and that of spiced applet or other fruit. There is no diV- ference in flavor hut the one with the bone retained will cook a little faster as the none acts as a con- ductor of heat. Sprinkle the meat with sail and peppei-. Place a rolled roast fat side up on a rack in the pan. A siaiuling rill roast needs no rack. Place roust in a skuv oven (3Ul) F). Do not add water and d*> not cov- er pan. Allow li* to "20 minut".- to the pound for a rare roast and Tl to '~b for medium and '27 to yO per lb. f< r a well done. To have the perfect combin- ation, you must stMve Yorkshire pudding Sn<! horseradish with Roast Beef dinner. Then a perfect ending is the plum pudding or a simple steamed one. In case yoii may think it a hit too si'>on after Christmas for the real Blnm pud- ding 1 am giving you a very simple ste.-iiued pud«ling, easy to make and Very oconomicul. HORSERADISH TRIFLE In equal measuremeuls add whipped cieain t<> the horseradish prepared in the usual way with r' ASTHMA H - BRONCHITIS! MD TOUGN. NAN« ON COUGHS?;^ COLDS UCKLEY MIXTURE finger and seasoning. Beat until light. If any of your family think they do not relish horseradish I guarantee after tasting this relish, they will be rea! addicts to the concoction. Yorkshire Puddinj 1 cup flour '* teaspoon salt I cup milk •> eggs Beef drippings Combine flour and salt and adJ milk gradually, stimng to form a smooth pr.ste. Then add egg"; and beat fcr two minutes with an egg beater. Pour into beef drip- pings to a depth of about 'a of an inch. Put in a hot oven (450 > and bake for '20 to 30 minutes; de crease the heat as the baking is done. Cut into squares and serve with roast beef. The secret: be sure there is plenty of dripping. CARROT PUDDING 1 cup each of sugar, raisins, currants, suet, grated carrot and grated potato: also '-.â-  c"ii chopped dates. 1 egg ^j teasp«ion sail 1 teaspocn soda 1 ^- cups flour '4 teaspoon gingei and nutmea Beat the egg, add the sugar, beat well; then add the suet, grat- e<l carrot and potato: next the fruit. Mi.x thoroughly, adding the flour into which has been sifted the soda, salt and spices. Turn into a buttered mould cr individual ones. Steam for three hours. Serve with the following sauce :- Vanilla Sauce I cup brown sugar .'! tablespoons flour I cup boiling water 1 tablespoon butter '•.; teaspcon vanilla Mis flour and sugar thorough ly. .Add boiling water and cook un- til there is no taste of raw starcii Reuiove from fire, add butter and vanilla and 1 tablespoon v' Bee- hive corn syrup. 1 would suggest you se:vt as vegetables, creamed mashed pota- toes and wa.\ beans (canned if necessary t READERS. WRITE IN' Miss Chambers welcome* personal letters from interest- ed readers. She is pirased to receive suggestions on topics for her column and >s eves ready to listen to yoi-r "pet peeves." Requests for recipes or tpecial menus are in order. Address your letters to "Miss Sadie B Chambers. 73 West Vdelaide Stri-et. foronio " Protect Hair From Weather Trichologist Says You Muat Wear A Cap When the Thermome- ters Zero. If You Want To Keep Your Hair Wear a cap iu ztro weaiiter if you want to keep your hair. Is the warning by Melvla Jones, rrieho!- ogis:. Quite true nature gave os hair as a protective covering, but present day civilization has reduc- ed this prote<;tiou to a minimum: hence we must nov protect the del- icate hair-growing structure of lJi« scalp from extremes in tempera- ture if we wish to retain our hair. Because trichology is au exact sci- ence treating of the hair aad the scalp, Mr. Jones says it is '"almost incredible how little positive know- ledg« most people posses^i regard iuK even the most elementary rare of the hair and scaip. o.oOO British postmen were at- tacked last year by dog-s. Not all were bitten. EXIT MR, caffeine-m:rves: JOE; l'\e got to quit this job. Jim â€" it's s:ot ni> nerves all .shot â€" they're so bad I can't sleep ;mu I've been suflfcring 4 lot iVoni indi!;cstioa latel) MR. CAFFEINE-NERVES: AHjhoy: L£T ll>^ tiije ^0 out to uork for 3 cbiin^c! MR. CAFFEINE-NERVES: Look ou! .' â€" lUre comes the old fatly- erl\ Jilt he.' MM: .\Iaybe h's that toffee *t>u'rt alw ays drinkio;.:. joe â€" glvins; >-ou cafK-inc nerves. >X'hv don't von try Postura tor awhile! ^iiu'Il »ct j bit; diftercncc'. 30 DAYS LATEti- JOE Vou were right, Jim â€" I Nniiched to Postiini for a month and ("eel like a new man â€" no more caffeine ner^fs for me! I'm sticking ti' Pojimoj! • .Nl.my ^-eople can \jfely drink ie.i and vottct Man> other* â€" and all children â€" should nevei drink ihem. If you arc one of ilirsc. try Postuoj - <0-dav test. Buv Postum and drink it' instead ..; tea and ci>Hee tiir ont mimiJ'. TI<-" ;< «o/ t'tel htltrr, return the vOoTITlirr (op 7 Ocneral F,>,xij. limits!. CK-ur^. Ontario, ai w«.ll KladIv rctund full punhase price pi postage PoMum is delicious, etonomical" to prep.irt. and ci-oraifjs mi ( jfKnie POSTUM MK. CAFFEINE NERVES: O .i n a u it y .' â€" P OS I urn ul Uii\ t ilytiic me'