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pe IE my Te 5 man who is working does not require ~ relief, because he is entitled to have the wing : to have THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, The Oshawa Daily Times > THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) independent fiewspa; blislicd . #000 gucept. Suidays and iaga) et of Osh if on id R*, . uw ( Alloway, Managing Dirgetor. Osawa Daily Timer is a member of The Cana- ress, ian Daily N | Astor Ny is Provincial Da ad the t Bureau of Circulations, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa and su 12c. & week. By mail in da (outsid Beh . fivery limits) $300 a vear. United. States N TORONTO OFFICE Building, 4 Temperance Street. Telephone 18 Ade 0107. D. Tresidder, representative. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24th, 1931 An Unethical System It is not surprising that the Northeast . Ward Ratepayers' Association has raised . its voice in protest against the system which the city council has adopted regard- "ing payment of employees on certain por- tions of the unemployment relief work program. This system provides for pay- ment of one day's pay in cash and two "days in relief orders out of the three days work .allowed to each man under the scheme. This is a system which savors of the old days when all trading was done by barter, because there was no currency in existence, and it should have no place in a modern civilized community. From the standpoint of the worker the ethics of this form of payment are seriously open to question. It means that the worker has no choice in how he shall use the money for which he has worked. He is given only one-third in cash, without consideration of whether he needs the bal- ance in cash for special home requires ments more than he needs the grocery or- ders. He has no choice in the matter, and, 'because his need is so great, he has to take ~ what is given him and be satisfied. The principle at stake, however, is even mote: important. One might well ask if it is just to pauperize a man, by giving him orders for direct relief, when he is full value for the three days' pay. value of the services he has rendered. worked for his pay, he is entitled full control of what he has earned. There is another principle at stake, and t is the relationship between the city jand the government which is providing part of the cost. The government says that who cannot be given employment are to receive direct relief, towards hich the city will receive a contribution: if twosthirds. But where work is done, the 'man is ted to receive wages, and the 8 of the two governments is fifty per 'cent. The system which has been adopted in Oshawa, however, is a direct evasion of 'the spirit of the governmental regulations, pause it pretends that a man is receiving © direct relief when he is really working on jects approved by the government as a Ws is for assistance in providing work. 'There is an ethical question involved here #8 well as in the viewpoint of the effect ~~ upon the worker. One can understand the desire of the eouncil to secure every dollar possible out «of government funds, but it is hardly fair ' to resort to camouflage to increase that amount. Nor is it fair that men who are working should be placed in the pauper unt of money can be secured from out-. ide sources by so doing. This is a burning question in the city, not only among those who are the victims f this system ,but also in the minds of y citizens who think that the whole peeeding is absolutely unethical, and the by council would do well to reconsider decision, and place the workmen on the is of a fair day's wage, in cash, for a day's work. Brantford's Example The citizens of Brantford have set an mple to the whole province in their ndid response to the appeal on behalt of he needy families of their community. A day or two ago a campaign was launched raise a total of $75,000 for the welfare ork: in that city. It is reported that a tal of $93,000 has already been reached, d that before the fund is closed, it will pbably exceed $100,000. Brantford is to be congratulated on the psult of its effort. is result proves nclusively that there are those who can ell afford to share what they have with thers less fortunate than themselves, It ows, too, that there is a willingness on Lame just because a small additional t of these people to assume their re- nsibilities in taking care of those who th ir help. The news despatch which of the aqui which had been raised ontained the ing paragraph, whigh . worth q "It is t result, cannot but cl an impetus to other Em potioft Tn similar in ner, thereby taking a great load off the taxpayers, many of whom cannot but every added load in these days of , time or "othe unemployment." © oh RE uoting: : felt here that this surprising, should be a stimulant to the organization which is ning for the welfare fund campaign in Oshawa. The people -of this city have the same spirit as have the people of Brantford, and there should be no hesita- tion in the challange, and seeing to it that Oshawa can emulate what Brant- ford has done. A Rebuke for the East The Lethbridge Herald, in a recent edi- torial, administered a rebuke to Eastern Canada for the pessimistic attitude it is adopting towards conditions in the western province, It feels that men in Montreal and Toronto are fat too gloomy in their out- look on things in the west, and that they need to have courage, and to realize that there is not a great margin between condi- tions as they are today and conditions as all would like to see them. The crux of its editorial is eontained in the following para- graph: "We agree with Mr. Bennett that there is nothing much wrong with Canada. It has all the resources it possessed before the depression began, Its mines are just as rich, its forests still stand to produce great wealth, and it hasn't stepped one pace backward in its position in the agricultural world. What is wrong with Canada is wrong with the whole world. We cannot mar- ket the products we produce as profit- able prices. Advance the price of wheat twenty-five or thirty cents a bushel, and Canadians would start to brace up and take confidence in themselves. All we need is something to drive the clouds away." This is indeed a refreshing breeze from the western prairies. It indicates that while the people of the west may have been hard hit, they have not lost their spirit of optimism of what the future will bring. They are teaching us a lesson in this re- spect. We need to take heed of that lesson, get our heads back, stop grouching, look restore that feeling of confidence that seems to be sadly lacking in many quarters at the present time, Editorial Notes Well Done, Brantford. But watch what Oshawa does. Judging from the plans which are being made, Remembrance Day in Oshawa should be a day to be remembered. The Associated Welfare Societies cannot help but feel proud of the manner in which it has discharged its trust during the last year. The financial statement shows that the needs of those in distress were given every consideration. With the sewage disposal plant project and the building of a filtration plant both approved as unemployment relief projects, it should be possible to have hundreds of unemployed men at work in Oshawa in the near future. I Other Editor's Comments STEP BY STEP (Cleveland Plain Dealer) France and Germany nced each other financially and industrially. In the long range neither is likely to prosper permanently without the other. Even thrifty France is now feeling the world-wide de- pression and is counting her unemployed in rapidly increasing numbers, Thus the needs of the present are fighting the prejudices of the past. The first step towards a Franco-German accord was the French assent, somewhat reluctant, but none the less sincere, to the debt moratorium, The next step is very likely to be extension of the mor- atorium period and probable revision of the entire debt structure. Neither can long be avoided. BITS OF HUMOR A mine superintendent had gone down into the lower levels to talk to a crew of men imprisoned by a cave-in, "George," he shouted to one colored miner, through a narrow aperture, "are you married?" "Nossuh," answered a lugubrious voice; "dis hyah am de'wustest fix I evah been in yet." Son--Mommer, what becomes of an automobile when it gets too old to run any more? Mother--Why, somebody sells it to your pa, dearie, for a used car as good as new. BITS OF VERSE A HYMN OF CHILD WELFARE O God of little children whom Thou on earth did'st love, Look down today and bless them from Heaven high above; Our orchards and our yineyards we till with zealous care-- But child-plants, unprotected, are drooping every- where, (0) God oF little children, teach us to know their Of Heh shall be Thy kingdom in Heaven and on And in Thy great world-garden Thy labourers are To guard and keep the blossoms for all eternity, At a eed save, sy Voor Beside 1 t the faes that threaten, the weeds and pest "For Srey child-plant growing is precious in Thy sight. 1 God of little children, Thy garden shall be tilled us whose hearts are weakened, Thy prophecies Thelailed, gs » 'The desert long neglected shall blossg h With wealth and hope and freedom hg child that grows. ~M, M8 Anderson SRG a 4 the world squarely in the face and fight to' i Eye Care and Eye Strain by C. H, Tuck, Opt, D, (Copyright, 1038) - THE CHILD AND ITS DEVELOPMENT NUTRITION AND MAL- NUTRITION Part 8 Vocational fitness or adaption to work is assisted when recog- nition js given to errors of vision and other physical defects which have a decided effect upon the future success in life. This is noted in the acquiring of knowl edge, personal efficiency, and 108s in industry. In the aocquir- ing of knowledge alone all pro gress must be influenced by the ability of the student. Give this sound thought: I am speaking from my own personal experi. ence and picture my class ex- perience on several occasions, In examinations those who were brightest in the term and class work and listed in the minds of all for honors, were among the lowest. The = lowest during the term gave a good percentage on the honor roll at graduation. This, in many cases is due to physical defects perhaps found among the following, faulty vis- ions, nervous conditions, heart conditions and undernourish- ment. (To be continued) FOR TWO REASONS, FOR WHICH WE DO NOT PROFESS TO KNOW, MANY TOWN AND CITY GOVERNMENTS TEND MORE AND MORE TO EMU. LATE THE OYSTER WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLISHING IN THE NEWSPAPERS THE FIN. ANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN. The people's business, which is attended to by city or county offi- cials, is usually either done behind closed doors or before a few citiz- ens and the element of publicity, so all the citizens may know, is lack- ing. The general taxpayers have lit. tle opportunity afforded them at any time to see what is done with taxes collected. All meetings of city or county of- ficials, when the business of the public is transacted, should be placed. in the advertising columns of the local newspapers so the peo- plé can know. The public is not the servant of the local governing officers--the re- verse is the case, THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO THE INFORMATION THAT THE MONEY IT PRO. VIDES IN TAXES IS SPENT WISELY AND WELL, AND THE WAY TO GIVE THEM THAT INFORMATION 18 TO PUBLISH STATEMENTS IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, The Town Crier OTE.~The opinions expressed in this tolumn each Saturday must not be con. strued as being those of The Oshawa Times, They are in t ' contributed by The "Crier' Lim must be interpreted as such, Comments Column Should be to Daly Trmess er," in care of ve Do your Christmas shopping early. The Town Crier does not think it too soon for a revival of this slo- gan and while talking about Christ- mas let us all see, advertisers, news- papermen, and everybody else con- cerned, if we can all spell it right out. Let the abbreviation "Xmas" be placed indefinitely in the discard where it belongs. X-ray may be all right, to denote a ray of an enigms- atical character, something about which little is known, but to use the symbol "X" to denote the Christ 1s surely irreverent and disrespectful in a Christian community when speaking or writing , about His birthday. ve Professor B, A. Bensley, head of the Department of Biology in the University of Torapeo, is reported to have stated "it 18 impossible for the animals to be alive" when the story of finding live lizards ma coal seam was brought to his notice, The opinion of the Town Crier may not be worth much to this eminent professor but still the author of thia column feels that any biologist who describes anything as "impossible" is either poffed with pride or else very foolish. It is seldom that scientists use the word "impossible *, ftualy their studies teach them tnat little is impossible with nature, Mr. Justice Logie is reported to have ordered the Union Jack to be flown over the court house in Port Hope, replacing the Canadian en- sign, while he was presiding over the proceedings of the Supreme "ourt, After all it is the Union Jack that stands for British Justice the world over and not the Canadian cedent that the Canadian courts haye built their system. Let ts re- tain the Union Jack by all means as the symbol of British affiliation, al- though, possibly, there may be some use for a Canadian ensign in other ways, » . * The Town Crier paid a visit to the hospital recently to see a small boy, a new Canadian, who had suf- fered an injury, Meeting the boy's mother he efiquired after the little patient being told, to his horror, that the boy was "plastered". The expression-this time was technically correct as used by the mother, whose knowledge of English idioms is imperfect. The injured limb had been encased Jn plaster of paris, » » Still another vivid example of how Oshawa's public servants fight shy of the light was embodied in the fact that no statement for pub- lication could be ovtained by The Times regarding the success or fail ure of the civic deputation's efforts on that deputation's return home from Toronto after interviewing offi- cials of the Departnient of Health in connection with the construction of a sewage disposal plant, It is high time, in the opinion of the Town Crier, that the ¢lected repre- sentatives of this city realized that the electors are vitally interested in the manner in which they transact the city's business, the measure of success they attain, and the efforts they put forward whether such ef- forts are successful or otherwise, Of course there are other ways and means of obtaining 'the information for publication, but it would have looked far better had some member of the deputation been authorized to speak for the whole. It is nearly time Oshawa gréw out of this Bird's Eye Centre attitude, i » . The North East Ward Ratepayers Association has gone on record as registering a complaint against. the alleged patronage system in the placing of men on the public works job at the Harbour. Personally the Town Crier is a firm believer in the saying that "To the Victor be- long thé spoils" but even those who do not agree with this attitude must remember that the work is not be- ing done as an unemployment relief measure, and that it is only natural for an organization to entrust any undertaking to their friends rathe than to members of an opposing or- ganization, \d LJ North Bay and "Mike's Place" are battling in this city today in the final game of the series for the junior provincial softball champion ship. The Town Crier would like to see the local team win, quite na- turally, but on the other hand even if they lose the Oshawa boys are to be warmly congratulated There must surely be many people in Nor- thern Ontario who formerly only knew Oshawa as some remote place where automobiles are built, but to day realize that it is a city to be reckoned with in every endeavour, The local team has proved itself a very valutble asset to the commun- ity THE TOWN CRIER. LONGEST AIRWAY IS NOW IN OPERATION Batavia To Amsterdam Journey Can Be Made In Comfort The Hague.--The opening on October 1 of a weekly mail and passenger service between Amster. dam and Batavia marks the ful- filment of a purpose conceived sev- eral years ago, when three young pilots made the flight in a now outdated machine---the first Fok- ker F-VII. A year ago fortnightly flights were begun. With the dou- bled frequency come better ar- rangements, particularly for pas- sengers, in matters both of safety and comfort, so that those who wish it can approach this, the longest passenger air route in the world, without any fear of incon- venience. When the first experimental flights were being made this cor- respondent wrote of the difficul- ties of half-made landing grounds, of -the lack of hotel accommoda- tion at the various airdromes and the many incidental discomforts and difficulties of a half-laid route over virgin forests and semi-civili- zed countries, All these have now been removed, and the passen- ger who undertakes this journey sleeps in comfortable hotels each night, except at Jask, where the Dutch Airlines Company has had to provide a bungalow for its staff and passengers, In the planes themselves pas- senger accommodation has been so improved that the traveller no longer feels he is allowed to go by plane on sufferance. , For the pilots, also greater con- venience is provided. Under the new arrangements there is no sin- gle navigating officer on board, as both pilots are expert navigators, and each takes hig turn with this work, as with the actual operation of the plane. 'At present mo sleeping accom- modation is provided, as there is no night flying. Each passenger receives a book of coupons, which save him the trouble of paying in cash for his hotel accommodation in the various countries where he must sleep. Ship Connegtions At present the only direct con- nection for passengers with any shipping route is that in India, but negotiations for a dovetailing of service at Egyptian ports are under way, Also there is hope that with more frequent service from Europe, services linking the Dutch Indies air lines with those of Aus- tralia, the lack of which forms a serious gap in world air traffic, may be provided. Possibly the greatest difficulty, especially in the winter, is that mid-Europe is subject to fogs and mists, the aviator's greatest ene- mies, An alternative route over France and along the north coast of Africa is used under these cir cumstances. The distanced along this alternative route Myseri- ensign, and it is upon British jus- ices Teil Ta. and BRUSK ore. Mady LN KAT INSTALMENT 1 "Gee, that Is pretty!" said Mary Margaret Petheridge Johnson, in an awed whisper, Small, shabby, alone, and shuddering with pleasurable ex- citement and chill, she hung upon the gate of the paternal residence and paid to the miracle of paling and brightening lights and Zolours "n the gray world about her an in- oluntary tribute of delight and re- oe. Behind her shabby little back, and the draggled strings of her shabby little kitchen apron, and the carelessly massed ringlets of her tousled little head, the sun was ris- ing. The Johnson Sotiage Slop 2 hii "yi of a steep city black. yn» self-effacing little dwelling, disreputable, lacking paint. Behin: the cottage was a low row of miser- able outbuildings, none also to stand alone, each one yet managing to af- ford a wretched support to its neigh- four, On this cool winter morning, #& light from the kitchen window lay warm and yellow across the bright- ening yard, and a cat, huddled dis- gustedly against the closed Ritch- en door, mewed occasionally in 8 protesting and affronted fashion. The two figures that were at the street gate, however, saw and heard nothing of this. One of them was a small cur dog. The other figure Was that of Maggie Johnson. "It's pretty," she said aloud, in 2 dreamy voice, as the gold flashed on distant windows and dripped through trees, and the familiar sil- houette of the city grew more and more and more recognizable. "It'S like it was a big tide--washin everyone alone before it!" For, as she hung there, tranced, whistles far away and nearby sorill- HLEEN NO} foam, never moved her gage from "I could laugh at this," she said presently, in a clear, rich, rolling voice, every word enunciated, "I--a Petheridg, eeatin' in my kitchen! And waitin' on me--is my daughter! This don't seem funny to Maggie, Len, but--considerin' the home you me from, and the way things was- there, I should think it'd seem funny to you! Don't it?" Len Johnson started nervously as the last word was shot at him. "Indeed it don't my dear! You're quite right, I think we get along reel well--considerin'" "Considerin' what?" the woman asked with quiet menace, 'Considerin' that your sister is en- tirely beyond out control, and don't pay no more attention to the fath- er and mother that bore her than the babe unborn--considerin' that you are slavin' away the best part of your life in a five-and-ten store," Mrs, Johnson took up the challenge with deadly readiness, "and consid- erin' that your father, who was sup- posed to have a fine future in a bank when I married him, God's my judge, and as I set here this minute --Maggie," she broke off the auto- matic and quite unattended tirade to ask suddenly, "what are them cot- ton gloves like, at the Mack?" "1 didn't hear you, Ma, I was talk- in to Pa" Maggie sald, married,' I told him, 'I could set & girl for fifty cents a dayl" : "It seems like Maggie thinks of) nobody but herself," her mother said, out of a long pause, "and that's the truth!" | But fortunately for Maggie, it Was) only on rare and terrible oceasions| took | that her mother and sister agreed| in eriticizing her, Now Elizabeth came in differently to her defence. "Oh poor kid, she doesn't get many breaks!" "You'd stand up for her, of course," Mrs, Johnson commented in resentment, "Well, she don't get many breaks!" Elizabeth repeated absently. "Poverty is a curse, all right!" Mrs, Johnson presently responded) vaugely. But her daughter hadi heard this remark so often that iti made no impression. except, perhaps, that of deepening the formless dis-! content that was one of Liz's most marked characteristics, Maggie had danced along the; frosty winter street beside the bent, meek little figure of Len Johnson, postman, chattering, with her usual, | eager rush, of everything in general! and of themselves in particular. | Len Johnson made almost no re- sponse, 'She was always like this, her eyes, her voice, her feet eager in| the rush of joyous vitality that; marked for Maggie, the rise of every new day. "pop, I'm workin' tonight. It's Bue evenhe took Maggle largely ed the quarter before seven o'clock, and hy early workers in factories and in the big machine shops began to gather visibly in the streets, For a few minutes, their shadows moved, long and red, ahead of them, Then it was day, ordinary, commonplace, work-time again, and Maggie, rous- ing herself with a guilty start from the luxury of dreaming returned to | her household cares with the veloc- a little dynamo, not sense of beauty and adven- ture was still strong upon her as she caught up the botiles that supplied the. Johnsons the neglected kitchen. everything, domestical- kid be done in the kit- 1y speaking, to be : J Ago Arf, in Maggie's seven- teen years had ever done it, or even half done it, and the wild disorder troubled her not at all. At seven- teen, a peculiarly youthful ana inne. cent seventeen, she was not analyt!- cal. She had spent every night of her life under this low, old-fashioned cottage roof and the dirt and dis- and Lix created in order that Ma about them their wake and spread instantly were one of the simple an le conditions of her life. anavaideb push aside the sug- plate of stale Maggie had to ar bowl and the blue and broken soda crackers, tw fin room on the cluttered table to cul the fresh loaf; she had to uneart M the confusion of the coffee-pot {rom the cuffe of pout before she could mix fresh coffee anf set it the sink and rinse away black ground from its § on the stove to boil. done, she seized an instant to ig adjoining bedroom and he ear of the man who run into the whisper into lay asleep there: "Seven , Pop! clock!" The Listen--seven 0 of the ugly little room, roused occupant also roused, and asked anxiously, of deep slumber: . "Maggie, how's the Mayor? "I didn't have time to look, Ma. But don't get up," the girl urged her, concernedly. "I'll bring you up some breakfast, and the paper too! . "It don't seem right you should, Mrs, Johnson and perfunctorily. "rll bring you in some breakfast, and the paper too!" 3 "It don't seen right you should, Mrs. Johnson said perfunctorily. 'Is 'Ligabeth up?" she asked. "You make her do her share! The worst of Housekeeping," Mrs. Johnson, had a very slight acquaintance with the subject, , sighing, "is divid- ing up the work so one don't get it all." Maggle, too well accustcmed to these rambling dissertations to waste time in listening to them, had re- turned to the kitchen, She poured her father, who came noiselessly out in his postman's gray, & cup of smoking coffee, poured herself a glass of milk, and put the toast and butter between them. Len Johngon sat down cautiously, sent an int¥rrogative glance to the bedroom door, He was a small, tim- id man, with strands of silky hair brushed damp and neat across the shining bald dome of his head. "Mad?" he asked. without sound. Maggie set down her glass. looked straight at him, looked at the bed- room door, and shook her head. "you wakin' her up--" Len John- gon breathed almost Itwudibly. "She didn't care!' Maggie shaved the words, with her lips, rather than said them. Mrs, Johnson, luyed by the appet- izing odours kitchen-ward, appeared majestically in the doar way. A worn and spotted kimono was wrapped about her, her rich dark hair was in disorder, her eyes were fixed cteadily upon her husband's shrinking form. Maggle leaved to her feet, and as her mother, who was an enormous woman, sank heavily into the vacated chair, herself with the coffee-not and sac- rified, without a second"s hesitation, the toast she made for herself. While she spread fresh slices on the oven grating, she watched both parents uneasily, Her father, pre- tending to eat and to act naturally. was smitten as a mouse might have been under the eyes of a cat; her with their bereakfast milk and cream and fled back to! man, & small, huddled, insig- nificant figure in the close gloom double bed's other self alertly. The groaned, and 'S her stirred reluctantly Magpies apparently ou she busied | here crunch and read, unruffled. | | | | | | i | daughter!" "Yung Petheridge--eatin' in my J Kitchen! And waitin' on me-is my hardly above a murmur, in the least mterfere with the maj- estic monolgue of the lady of the house. "Shall I wait for you Kke I uster, dearie?" "No--you get comfortable an' rcnd your paper after dinner. Murpiy comes right to this corner--it ait so far, anyway. You'll be on for the Christmas rush next week, anyway." Maggie washed her hands at the d|raucet with a piece of yellow soap, pulled a small and shabby hat, once her older sistar's tightly down over her thickly collsd hair, and hung up d | her disreputable apron. She was slipping her arms into a thick, h clumsy coat--also a discard from her sister--when, reminded perhaps by the garment of its important first owner, a change came over her face, and she said in conternation: "Oh, heavenly day! It's five past eight, and Liz says to wake her at ha'f-pas' seven!" "For heaven's sake, what is fit, , | Maggie?" Mrs. Johnson screamed "| agitatedly a moment later. "Don't come flying out of rooms that way --you'll have me in a faint on the floor, What's happened! What is it!" "What's happened Is that Liz Johnston and all her bedclothes are down on the floor!" Maggie answ- ered, voice tearful with rage. "And the next time she wears only my silk stockings, I'll have her arrested --that's what's the matter! I went without lunches four days for those stockings, and she's got 'em full of runs, and I want to tell you-- Where's Pop?" She interrupted her- self, suddenly calming. "Has Pop gone?" she demanded blankly, her angry face taking on an almost lud- icrous look of concern and disap- pointment, "Maggie, I wish you wouldn't be so sharp with 'Lizabeth," her moth er sald, protestingly; "It's common to have two sisters always squab- Di. If she borrowed your stuck- gt "Borrowed! You might as well borrow a waffle," Maggie burs. 1orth scornfully. "You might as well bor-' toy a bath! How long ago did Pop 20?" "I can catch him---good-bye, Ma!" Maggie called, her voice coming pack on the wave of cold air that was ad- mitted by the opening kitchen door. Mrs, Johnson sat on dreamily, munching and pondering. Maggie, and the man of the family had to punch time clocks at half-past eight. But Elizabeth, the older dauynter, could saunter down to the beauty parlour where she 'demonstrated" a complexion cream, at any time be-' fore ten, She came out now, tousled and sleepy as her mother had been, and/ wrapped, like her mother, in a soil- ed kimono. i "Oh, Lord, I'm dead!" she said: simply. i "Have good time last night?" her mother asked, rattling sheets of! newspaper. "Time of my life. Oh, Lord, I'm; dead, I gota cold, anyway. Helen's | got her death of cold. Chess livers was just in from Denver, and he's just abut dead!" Elizabeth said sim-| ply, obvoiusly undisturbed by these mortuary details. ; "Ma, you ought to get a Jap in . 'This place looks something awful!" The older woman continued hd firstborn could do no wrong. : "I know it, 'Lizabeth., But two dollars a day! My God, you wor der what next! 'Two dollars a day for what?" I asked oné of them. 'A' few dishes,' I said, 'and to sweep & mother, automatically stirring her coffee and reaching for sugar and i of five rooms--why. I said, Sat'day. Are you on late?" It was it did not as a matter of course. 'Lizabeth w the family beauty, aristocratic an exacting and discontented, like her mother, and poor Minnie--well, she hadn't made much of a match When she had chosen Leonard Johnson, and she had never let him forget it. {They had had a few years of real { unhappiness, : Leonard junior had died, 'Lizabeth had been critically ill for months, bills from doctors, undertaker, nurs ses, hospitals had accumulated like autumn leaves, and poor Minnie's| anger that there was to be a third) child had added the last touch to! her husband's despair. : In that same dark, tumbled bed-| room off the kitchen from which she had impressively emerged this morning, Minnie had quite unex- pectedly brought a second daughter into the world, a tiny girl, born tool soon, and promising to quit the world as unceremoniously as she had' entered it. Who indeed could have dreamed that that gasping mite, that little "drowned rat," was going to turn in a few years to definite, companion- oble, loving, eager little Maggie? After the general collapse of the family fortunes and the loss of her only son, Mrs, Johnson had made no further efforts to plant and foster her husband's business ambitions, or to hold up her own head in the world. rushea American The Orient express through Brussels. The miss opened her eyes. "Say, pop, what was the name of the station we passed?" "Brussels!" "That's just too cute--I always wanted to visit Brussels" [i -- "This lady got a little jolt..." She wondered whether her old blankets could really be made as good as new, so she sent a pair just to find out. When they were re- turned to her all washed and re-fluffed--looking the same as when she first bought them---and tied up with dainty colored silk ribbons----she got a distinct jolt of surprised pleasure. This is a common occur« rence, It is almost incred- ible, the way blankets that are worn down to a hard surface are mado soft and downy by our refluffing process, This is one of our special services, There are eight different kinds of family wash, including com« pletely finished work on men's shirts and collars. P'hone today---or stop any one of our courteous driver. salesmen. Look for the black-and-red trucks. (V) AOA A loowto Wer 4 } (34. : 84 Simcoe Street, South cottage it's child's play. When I first was