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april escapade by kathleen norr1s ed from the luxury of a pipe and th lightning effects instant recovery synopsis the ohara family live in poverty ami happiness in san francisco the fathe- is dead and the family is sup ported by martin and mary kate the two oldest children ik chapter ii by this time the climax of the whole twentyfour hours n close upon the oharas kitchen potatoes were hot and mealy and brown in the oven fish ekes sizzled in the pan the table was crookedly but efficiently set with sugar and spoons and rolled napkins in rings and crackers and doughnuts and salt the good smells of hot fry ing butter tea boiling asparagus and toast permeated the air mart did you see that the hunt ington girl give him the slip on the weddin day itself hand me that scissors tess mrs ohara said dex terously removing the little tied buidles of asparagus from the boiling pot and aligning them on a platter filled with strips of toat she cut the wet strings and lifted them steaming from the plate yes i saw it what co you know about that mar mrs 6hsra said tcm o sc an argument when do we ta were waiting for mary kate mother is cass coming 1 dont know will cass be with hr or net you might as well put his inpkin on the table rcgina look at little pat helpin tess so nice and jou doin nothin shes comforting a tired business man martin apologized kissing the lack of his youngest sisters soft iittle blond heat maw i love you itegina whisper ed putting her pipestem arms in a frangiehold around his nock mart she asked is there any way to do fractions except just to do them lissen mart tom said in his 1 rarse eager oddlypathetic vcic if i could get a job how about my pitting school what kind of a job running a truck wei martin commented with the long contented sigh of the vesting hungry man it seems to me a swell itea get out of my way baby mrs ohara said to pat hand me that tcss move your chair mart and leave tom pull out the table give ie that spoon dea 1 wonder what ever is keepin mary kate the v haras dined at six ten min utes were still lacking the hour when mary kate opened the yard door and was suddenly in the kitchen the march world was dark now and a wet spring wind was blowing cass keating had walked home with mary kate and stood beaming behind her in the doorway both their faces were rosy from exercise cool spring air and the evening breeze i was kept at the office mary kate explained kissing her other sending tess off witi her hat rnd bag and sitting down to pull little pat into her lap all with the effect of one swift graceful motion mother have you enough dinner for cass she asked dont talk like that mrs ohara raid in real reproof a guest in the house at supper time there mightnt 1e enough for him indeed she locked fcorn at mary kate rnd indulgent tpol gy at cass he brought a dozen pastries hop ing youd take him in mary kate said into pats bright air her own hair was brigfit flaming golden red and silkier than the shilds she and pat and regina ware the tall slim ted oharas the others were all mack crogans and garveys she look ed innocently at cass and they both laughed in eomplcta understanding im dining with your mother not ybti said cass pleasantly its wonder you wouldnt go wash your face mary kate mrs ohara nid mother is that enough salt mother dear were going to n cass was watching his girl with great approval he ad been orphan ed as a iittle toy he loved all this evidence of family affection the a simple little treatment like a scrambled meals at the oharas stroke of lightning may make the house were his idea of felicity with deaf hear cure paralysis or anaemia the childrtn supplying amusement the or cut off a lame leg neatly at just comfort of the fine cider brother the right place to fit on a wooden or t a everyones charge the loing busy cork one j scolding mother superintending every- j but it is so tantalizing dottors can j thing and his glorious redheaded not prescribe thunderbolts whiteskinncd ta1 girl making them that is the regret of dr robert t laugh making them serious enter- morris who writes ou this entertain- taining them criticizing them gener- 1 ing topic in the medical review- of reviews new- york curious cures are of many kinds he says some may saladaqualitywill always be the finest you can buy ing them to be continueel what new york is wearing by annabelle vvoetillngton illustrated dressmaking lesson far- xished with every jvifeira no other sweet lasts so long costs 60 little or docs so much for you wmoevs promotes good health when used regularly after every meal- it cleanses teeth and throat nveetens mouth and breath and trengthens the gums your health is aided while fbur pleas ure is served be simply unexpected results of un usual treatment others are peculiar effects of treatment on a basis that is j quite understandable still others are due to healers who represent specu lative propaganda writes dr mor ris concerning the first group of cures unexpected results of unusual treat ment good and good for you issue no 33 30 dance after and s dress completely after dinner are you going over home to dress cass mrs ohara asking the ques tion stirred the fish sauce with her right hand and put out her left to boning an e touch the boiler tom fill up the kettle she said mary kate need the hot water listen mom i hae to have a bath wheres the dance martin asked serving the fish at the head of the table oh mart a rent you going lermanns is it oh mart come he was pleased by her ardor but he shook his dark head aw i ought to go round to the library and retd youre always rcadiug that old medical stuff mary kate said petul antly but she loved him for it none the jess mart worked in a drugstore now but some day he was going to be a doctor he had earned his whole first year in me iical college lie was working for his second year every penny he could save went toward his fund mart spent his sundays and ome ef his evenings playing chauffeur for the old doctor who had befriended him ha found all sorts of odd jobs for himself he had no time for dances we arent going to stay very late ciss suggested persuasively finish this up and leave me wash the dish mrs ohara said of a tapioca pudding cass accepted it gladly the windows were heavily beaded with steam outside tley couid hear the wind crying and the irresolute spatter of spring rrin you dont have to do that mary kate said her mother im just starting hem she had buttonco a big apron over her dress she was at the dishpan come on bring me- everything come on re gina she urged bring me every thing hurry up regina tom had come down from upstairs he paused near e i took the fifty cents you owed me mary kate he said in a low tone oh all right but she didnt fee that it was quite all right tom was a big hulking creature but after all he was only seventeen he was much too young to be always dawdling along fillmor street at night drifting in and out of moving picture houses and cigar stores and candy stores he ought to be studying of course this was friday night go with the girls and me to a pitcher tom his mother who had been aatching him without seeming in the least aware of him said carelessly his surly halfst lien and half- wistful face brightened but as re gina and tess both said instantly i sit next to mother and little pat added a loud no i sit next to mo ther his expression darkened again i wont be late he said gruffly ungraciously i wish his mother began irre solutely and stopped if anyone asks you i dont think much of petey kern mary kate said toms ugliest look came inio his face you dont have to run with him he reminded her lightly and levelly with a faint emphfsis on the first word im thankful forthat mary kate said promptly now stop it the ooth of you mrs ohara directed them sharply petey kerns a lot older than you are tom cass said unable to leave mary kate undefendeel tom gave him a resentful look as he left the kitchen pulling on his cap as he wcnt there- was an instvts blank pause and mary kate glanced swiftly ap prehensively at her mother but mrs ohara was buttoning on pats coat with expert motherly fingers jerk ing it into snugness around his neck ending operations with a kiss on the fresh little fair face she framed in both her big hands then she went to put on her own coat the heavy black coat with the draggled strip of fur at the collar and her widows bennct with its dingy veil returning to the kitchen she found everything in order mary kate had drawn the table back against the wall the sink was empty and spotless tho chairs in line a little bustle of departure a dis cussion of keys and hours and lights and loci s set in mary kate said aw sit down here ma and let me love you mrs ohara obediently taking the rocker her nineteenyearold daughter climbed into hcr lap mary kate lock- ed her arms about her mothers neck and pressed her transparent ivory and apricot cheek aaginst the older womans still firm and rosy face oh ma youre darling said mary kate looking sidewise at cass keating with a smile that challenged 1 him to criticize his performance do you know youre a saint ma she asked arranging the disordered bon- i net with great nicety i know im nothin of the kind- j probably tho reason roc ook out the door regina and sec i like an ice girl is because- she melts it rainin the mother said pa- in a warm embrace tiently i i let mother go they- want to gt supplying london with water calls i in befrre- the crowd martin suggest- have minards liniment on your helf lor about 202 miles of pipes tea fresh from the gardens economy corner sour cream cake break two eggs into a cup fill cup with sour cream add 1 cup sugar scant hi cups hour sifted at least twice with j teaspoon soda and we may note a number of re- teaspoon cream of tartar add a piuch a darling printed handkerchief lawn in yellow and green colouring reflects the newest idea of paris in basque bodice with peplnm frill the collar rnd cuffs are of crisp white organdie the circular skirt is gathered to the bodice which creates a solt rip pling fulness style no 2519 can be had in sizes 6 s 10 12 and 14 years for the 8- year miss 1k yards of 39inch mate ria with vi yard of 35inch contrast ing and 1 yards of lace with yard of 1jueh ribbon is sufficient to copy it exactly it is equally attractive made sleeve less as shown in the small back view it adapts itself to all the new sum mer fabrics its ever so smart in pale blue pique made sleeveless sprigged dimity organdie tub silk printed voile and printed batiste appropriate how 10 order patterns write your name and address plain ly giving number and size of such patterns as you want enclose 20c in stamps or coin coin preferred wrap it carefully for each number and address your order to wilson pattern service 73 west aeblaide st toronto worn out the comedian was put on the stage to warm up the audience for five minutes he cracked his jokes but not a murmur of applause did he receive at last he decided to give the audience his final and best joke he told it but once again it was re- rxpensive treatment until tt was found that the same rapid change in suits following lightning stroke a good many persons have been struck by lightning and those who were not killed have shown peculiar afteref fectssome of them being curative of illness tilesius records a case of a deaf man struck by lightning whose hearing returned immediately after wards a man in cartetet county north carolina with paralysis of facial mus cles and unable to close his eyelids was cured by a stroke of lightning in the sycyando case of cracow a young man who had a painful stiff right knee was riding in a wagon which was struck by lightning and the leg was cut off at just the right place to allow- him to wear a false leg sub sequently the leg was found at the roadside a few days later le come describes a case of a ne gress suffering from anemia apparent ly of the pernicious and sometimes in curable type who promptly returned to a normal condition of health after being struck by lightning this same author refers to an eld erly woman decrepit as a result of years who returned to a peculiarly normal condition of young woman hood following a lightning stroke i know of some who would take that chance an ambulancesurgeon told me of a hurry call to a case of kink in the bowel which doctors all know repre sents an extremely serious condition with impending disaster on the way to the hospital the bumping of the ambulance unkinked the bowel the patient was cured and walked back to her home the same day unfortunately none of these kinds of cure may be prescribed by us physi cians in regular practice we would like to know of treatment that would take hold like lightning in our second group we have pe culiar effects of treatment on a basis that is understandable for example we find sometimes that when a pro- per adjustment of glasses has been made for a patient suffering from eye strain a chronic dyspepsia is prompt ly cured cocain or nitrate of silver having the effect of desentsitizing a certain tiny spot in the nose will sometimes completely cure certain disturbances of function belonging to women a child whoso lungs have been ex amined repeatedly in a search for an explanation for persistent cough may be instantly cured when the doctor finds that the child has pushed a bean into its ear tho bean being removed a rheumatism involving the knee- joints may promptly disappear upon discovery and treatment of an infect ed toothroot and no end of mysteri ous illnesses disappear upon removal of infected tonsils a number of forms of insanity be come cleared up when proper atten tion is given to treatment of some of the closed glands as they are called the thyroid gland for example somebody who was deaf discover ed that hearing had been temporarily regained after a rapid descent in an airplane accident and for a while a great many other persons then sub jected themselves to this dangerous of salt and flavor 1 usually use one teaspoon vanilla and teaspoon al mond extract bake in laker eake tins raspberry whip i 1vs cups raspberries 1 cip powder- ed sugar white 1 egg put ingredients in bowl and beat until stiff enough to j hold shape about 30 minutes is ro- j quired pile lightly on dish chill surround with lady lingers and serve with boiled custard strawberries or i loganberries may be used instead of raspberries an unusual salad if you can procure somo small young leeks try serving them this way boil and allow to get cold then serve with a vinaigrette sauce or a vinegar dress ing this dish is very popular as a salad in france and so cleverly are the leeks treated there that sometimes they taste as good as asparagus cergymans quaint hobby doctoring dolls is tho curious hob by adopted by a surrey clergyman ho limits his services in repairing dolls to those who live in his parish bright young bovs face real posers indian pipes enriched with shadow death has found a spectral meadow in this dim ground and here lie grows in the dust of night like a ghostly rose this saprophyte though 1 like this tillage of fields of men id rather pillage these fields now when as from sepulchres that have burst apart at the feet of the firs these strange things start and willi what cost and struggle beneath in the darkuess lost from tho hands of death they spring almost with luminous breath kenneth slade ailing ia potior am a of skt brilliance and splendor portraying world progress imbimj national map of canada the area of canada is calculated to be 3gs4723 square miles an area greater than that of europe of this area only a small fraction has been adequately mapped the topographi cal survey department of the in terior is engaged in mapping por tions of the country and is issuing as rapidly as possible sheets of the na tional topographic map of canada during 1926 four such sheets werej fi wcek in september the published nine in 1927 eleven in l annua exposition in the world during the last week in august and 1928 and seventeen in 1929 for blisters minards liniment infant soldiers teacher history states from time to time the ago limits were ex tended until at last it was said that the enemy was robbibng the cradle to get soldiers for its armies pupil oh i know what kind of sodiers they were they call them the infantry she sotto voce georgie dear its a burglar he shh dont move maybe he can get that window up its the one we havent been able to open since the painters left celved in a stony silence i suppose he ventured as he was about to leave the stage youll laugh at that joke next year no said a voice from the gallery but we did last year answers pressure might be accomplished in simpler ways by carspecialists the third group the socalled cures conducted by healers dr morris be lieves to be based upon capitalization of optimism the pessimist with the same ills must remain uneured he says as a penalty for an ungracious attitude what is known as a state of mind will account for so many ill nesses that a change may bring about a cure wo must except of course actual organic diseases and infections but even these may be distinctly bene fited at times gatineau river when champlaln in his ascent of the ottawa river in 1013 reached what is now the site of the capital of the dominion on june 4 he noticed a tributary coming from the north the river was the gatineau cham- plain gives no name to it and 13 far as the geographic board of canada here is a neverfailing form of relief from sciatic pain take aspirin tablets and youll avoid needless suffering from sciatica lum bago and similftv excruciating pains they do relieve they dont do any harm just make sure it is genuine trade mark reg will be in progress features displays buildings attrac tions so huge magnilicent and diversi fied that two million people from almost every country will visit this unique and colossal enterprise the 1930 canadian national exhibition promises to eclipse all previous years les voyageurs a brilliant pageant reviewing canadas develop ment from its earliest days will be staged- each evening by 1500 per formers on the worlds largest stage thirty military and conceit bands includinglhc all canada permanent force band by permission department ol militia and defence nn especially recruited organiza tion ol scvemyetix skilled instrumentalists taken from canadas regular military establishments inteniauonally famous 2000voico exhibi tion chorus in lour concerts aug 23 and 23 sept 2 and 6 tremendous agricultural displays and com- rwdtions in all branches trouing and pacing races including 5000 futurities filth prolessional maraihon swim lor world championship laurela a iamous unforgettable port spectacle outboard motorboat rowing canoeing sculling and yacht race and other thrill ing aquatic events daily canadian national motor show to worlds j largest automotive building this is a big year at your exhibition arrange to come sam harris president h w waters ceneral manager hunting ashing plc- nlclng swimming and cruising on lake river sound or bay odd to thn zest of living happiness contentment and enjoy- men of crulsabout owners thin doublo cabin 1 crulsabout 29 long s is aware the first record of any name 10 wldo and 2 draft for the river does not occur till 17s3 t andt- in that year lieut david jones made priced at j4is5 at fa a report to governor haldlmand in i jgggg jgbssj excellent feet balance quality con- hence about a league to shoadar structlon mao cruls- viv about sound nnd soa- naumerej taia worthy for any water ecyllmlcr c0- i p cray marino motor pives cruls- ln speed of thirteen mile wrltft for ncata- iceiie plan nov for this summers good times torwaru cauir i which he mentions coming to the stern cabin n dont kivcr lcti gatineau and from ndsaunh ijzichardson 1030 ynisqbwts samples of questions sub mitted to determine suc cessor to edison west orange nj fortynine boys stepped from the examination room in the edison laboratories recently after furnishing proof of precocity rhat will insure for one of them a four year technical education it was a stiff tjulz everyone agreed on that and the worst of it was to quote the nervous kansas boy who was first to finish it covered a lot of stuff you dont learn in school in what academic course for in stance are you going to be taught the approximate value of a forel coupe which has run 5000 mites in what text book can you find tho answer to questions concerning how communistic propaganda should bo deal with and whether a brother who wanted to be an artist or a poet should be encouraged then there was that other one about the desert all were talking abou that one when they left their bid for fame behind them it read as follows you are the head of an expedition which has come to grief in the desert there is enough food and water left to enable thre people to get to tho nearest outpost of civilization tho rest must perish your companions are- 1 a brilliant scientist co years old 2 two halfbreed guides ages 5s and 32 3 the scientists wife interested mainly in society matters age 39 4 her little son age c 5 the girl you ara engaged to marry c your best friend a young man of your own age who has shown great promise in the field of science t yourself lack of unanimity there was as much lack of unani mity in answering this one james h compton jr of wichita kans said that he had decided to save the lives of the youiilrer guiele the fiancee and the best friend nathaniel kurtzman of whitefish mont voted in favor of the friend the girl and the six-year- old boy john v alexander of color ado springs coo would despatch the scientist the friend and the child to safety charles v larrick mary land would bow- in the direction ol old southern courtesy and save tho two women and the child in general the answers given by kurtzman and alexander seemed most common only one of the boys robert h smith of las vegas nm admitted that he would yield to the instinct for selfpreservation i would take my fiancee and the little hoy with me he confessed then we could adopt the boy the examination was divided into four parts the firs of which was con fined to questions in mathematics chemistry and physics below arc some samples an elastic ball bounces to three- quarters of the height from which it falls if it is thrown up from tho ground to a height of 15 feet find tho total distance travel d before it comes to rest state avogadros hypothesis and show how it is used by chemists in the deermination of molecular weight if a church organ is not provided with some sort of heating arrange ment it will play out of tune when tho church is cold explain plenty of trick questions the second part of the examination was of most interest to the layman it was replete with trick questions in which the candidate had to he on his guard to guess the answer that best would suit the edisonian ego here are some of the typical ques tions in this grouping if you owned the following items set down the approximate price in dollars and cents for which you would sell them and the sort of purchaser you would select secret process of manufacturing a drug which will definitely cure cancer the secret of a new poison gas which will make any nation supremo in war in the year 1900 how would yon have got the first cable of a suspen sion bridge across an impassahlo gorge s mile wide the third part of the examination apparently was designed to test tho letterwrithig ability of the boys a theoretical college dean writes a the oretical student for advice whether the university should sponsor a scries of three lectures on manchurian cook ing by a visiting professor tnis then was the examination by which would emerge a youth inclin ed to science to profit from tho aged inventors practical philanthropy wilbert huston of seattle who was on hand to see bestowed upon another the same honor he won in 1929 looked upon the questions with a modicum of scorn much easier than last year was his verdict truth there arc three parts in truth first tho inquiry which is the wooing of it secondly the knowledge of it which is the presence of it and thirdly tho belief which is the enjoyment of it liacon sales and service by t b f benson na 371 bay street toronto ont chicago second largest city in u10 united states has a population of 3- 374000 this is an increase of 25 per cent in the last ten years