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* 5 Quality -- Martha Jen - Did It BY MINERVA L. GUTHAPPEL. PART I. "What's zat?" asked Martha Jennie Jones. s "A n'egg," said Jimmy Henning. "What's n'egg?"' persisted Martha, who was three. "Sumthin' t'eat," answered Jimmy, whose seven years of life were filled with knowledge, The two sat upon the wooden doorstep of a house in a squalid court, in the slums of a big city, Vartha Jennie Jones' drunken fath- er and sickly mother had died within twenty-four hours of each other, leav- ing Martha of the olive skin, snapping black eyes and tightly curled hair, to be raised by the neighbors or handed over-to-the charities: Jimmy Henning's mother did laun- dry work. She had no one but Jimmy and often bewailed the fact that she not only had "no livin' husband" but also had no "gurls" to keep her com- any and that she was "that lonesome > a gurl as never was." So when Martha Jennie, all unconscious of the terrible happenings around her, had looked up into Mrs. Hennings broad Irish face, Pleading "take Martha," Martha was taken into her motherly arms and proclaimed at once to be her "dopted daughter by all the law an' perlice," and thus it was arranged, since no one else in all the world wanted Martha Jennie Jones. Pleases the most exacting tastes. gl Economy -- Purity -- Flavor Always Assured. 'Halo nie's N'Eg f dress out of the gingham apron the mission lady give me. There was lenty of the stuff so I put ruffles on t. It's pink and she'll look like a little lady, sure she will, and she'll be good like one, won't you, Martha Jennie? A little lady!" "Don't know," calmly answered that small person. "Does "Zeaster Sund'y urt? > "Hurt! Bless you, no, child. It'll ° and--no hurting at all, 'at all." artha Jennie pondered, then asked, " Zeaster Sund'y good to eat, like n" Khe, my stars, hear the child! It's Sunday and it's Easter and the great ' Son of God eame out of thé grave that day and--and--they sing and--but there, ye shall see for yourself all of the flowers, We'll all go to the Mis- sion School and it'll be fine." | Easter Sunday dawned, warm and | cloudless. Bright and early Jimmy and Martha Jennie were aroused, scrubbed and curled. '"'Zeaster Sunday," shouted Jimmy. "Don't like it. Hurts!" "Hurts--bash |" 'shouted Jimmy, jand Martha Jennie's little feet were soon half walking, half dragging be- tween Jimmy and his mother, her much ruffled pink gingham flying in the wind, her black curls bobbing and dancing on her head. They arrived at the mission and Martha Jennie soon proceeded to, found a place at the front. When the question her way into life and to-day's | service was over, the children were question related to a round white ob-|€ach given one dyed egg and one ect held in Jimmy's grimy hand. It chocolate Martha Jennie's dyed io come from a bag wherein reposed ©gg was a brilliant blue and Jimmy's two similar objects. This was Jim-'8 gorgeous red, The happiness in my's birthday and he had been allowed Martha Jennie's eyes was good to see. - to choose an especial treat. He quickly| "Kin yer eat 'em?" she asked the chose a hard-boiled eke (Jimmy had luxurious tastes) and had been sent to purchase three for thirty-four cents, one for each of the family--an eleven and one-third cent treat apiece. Now it happened that Martha Jen- nie's parents had never introduced her to an egg. Corn meal, fat bacon, bread and potatoes had comprised her menus thus far in life--at least when there was any menu. So, when Jimmy told her of her share in the day's treat, she took but little interest. Later, at the dinner table, her big black eyes watch- ed the process of shelling the "n'eggs" into the cracked saucer that did duty as a plate. With the first mouthful her indifference vanished. "N'eggs nice!" she shouted, "want more n'egg!" "Huh, sure you. do!" said. Jimmy, Tinping. "Nothin' doin'. It's birth- LH to ¥: That's why you get this one. Ma, kin we have eggs on Martha Jennie's birthday?" " Don't know when it is, Jimmy. We'll have to give Martha Jennie a birthday, make her up one, I guess and then please God, if the money's there, we'll have eggs again. But it's dear food they be." "Have my birthday now!" ordered Martha Jennie. "'Nother n'egg!" "No, no, dear. The eggs are all ne. Birthdays don't all come at once. at this piece of nice corn bread. Here's a little lassis for it. There, see! It's a feast--it is indeed--we're havin' to-day." Shortly, another upon Martha Jenni announced it: Mission School. Teacher said bring all our little brothers and sisters. Ma, kin I take Martha Jennie?" "I reckon, Jimmy. I've made her a eat day loomed 4 horizon. Jimmy "1Zeaster Sunday at 1a world at large. "Yes, -indéed: Do you like eggs?" , answered a smiling- teacher. "If you will come every Sunday, you shall {have a ticket to go to the country for i two. weeks this summer and so shall Jimmy. There on the farm, you'll see lots and lots of eggs and eat one-- maybe two--every day. Will you come?" {| Martha Jennie nodded. She would promise anything for a n'egg. Months passed. Martha Jennie went to Sunday School on Sundays. Hot Sundays and cold Sundays, clear and rainy Sundays, any and every kind of Sunday found her willing, nay 'even eager, ried to the Mission School by the éner- getic Jimmy, who, having last year tasted the joys of a two-weeks' sta in the country, yearned to acl delight again his own. | Only once in the months following " "Zeaster Sunday" did Martha Jennie meet up with n'eggs. That was the day Mrs. O'Reilly and Mrs. Schmidt, neighbors, got into an argument. The argument waxed warm and Mrs, Schmidt, whose husband was a baker's | assistant, let fly a whole dozen eggs, "borrowed" from. the long suffering employer. One of the found a to be bathed, curled and hur-|last e days went by and sll the ch grew. rosy ha Al "The last C! tr: at Lake: View de- latform 'the com- ited upon the who! ortable person of Mrs. Henning, came EE of a sick Mission Farmer Thomas' family at supper and hugged each one in turn, for her heart was: big enough to take in the whole brood. . | The morning after she arrived, Martha Jennie hovered by her side' until they were seated at the table and grace was said, and then. burst out with, "Mother! There tis!" 'What, my little lamb? what is?" "N'eggs! Lots of 'em. T'ain't no birthday. S'every day n'eggs." ; "Why bless the child, how she do love eggs! It's eggs, my dearie, not 'n'eggs.' It's a fine lot of hens you must be having, ma'am, to lay you so many! Oh, thank you, ma'am, two be plenty for me. An' don't be given the child so many! She'll be wantin' them at home and hens don't lay 'em there!" "Hens don't lay 'em1" sald Martha Jennie, in scornful wisdom. "Sure they do, darlin'. Haven't you seen the nests yet? And the biddies and all?" > Martha Jennie volunteered no ex- planation and the subject was drop- ped. Mrs. Henning's attention was called to Jimmy. "There, there, Jim- my, you've et enough. Two eggs, pie, milk, sauce and all the rest--you'll be busing yourself. Not another bite. Come artha Jenfhie, and show mother the hens that don't lay eggs before I help the kind lady with the dishes. It's a wonder the hunger of vez all left even the dishes!" (To be continued.) leit Airships in King Solomen's Day. ' : There has just been brought to light In an ancient manuscript the state- ment that Solomon gave to the Queen of Sheba "a vessel wherein one could traverse the air (or winds) which Solo- mon had made by the wisdom that God had, given unto him," says a London despatch. This statement is quoted by Colone] Lockwood Marsh, secretary of - the Royal Aeronautical Soclety, in- the opening of his preface to "Bibliotheca Aeronautica." The. text is taken from the ancient Abyssihian MSS. "The Glory of the Kings," translated by Sir BE. Wallis Budge, director of Egyptian antiquities at the British Museum, in his book, "The Queen of Sheba and Her Only :Son, Menyelek," published year, 1 This ancient manuscript has, ot course, been translated many times." Colonel Lockwood Marsh told "The 'Westminster Gazette," "but the state. ment about Solomon's airship appar- -ently escaped the notice of the review- ers ,and it has been left to a flying enthusiast like myself to discover and proclaim it. Solomon lived in the tenth century B.C., 80 it is quite the earliest reference to flying extant and as such will be added to our records." Probably the Earfiest. Many theosophists belleve that there were airships a million years ago In lost Atlantis, but as the book describ- ing these airships was rot published till 1896, and the theory wis based on astral clairvoyance, Colonel Lockwood Marsh prefers to regard thls reference to Solomon's airship In the dawn of civilization as the earliest one, There are other references to flight] in the Abyssinian sacred writings, and t,| there is a long description of the tiraculous way In which the Queen of Shebd's 'son, Menyelek, laft Solomon journeying to his mother's country, og resting place on the Pl form of Martha Jennie -who, standing open- {mouthed between the combatants, fail- ed to move when the battle began. Shrieking, she ran 'to the motherly arms of Mrs. Henning and amidst her sobs poured forth disgust at the con- dition of her pretty gingham, "What hit me?" she wailed. "Sure, it was an on" "A n'egg?"' gas; artha Jennie. How could that be? It wasn't blue, like the 'Zeaster one nor good to ea like the birthday one, nor choclat, like the black one, "What kind of n'egg had ten, wild fe, Wine wuz a 8 immy. "They be many kinds o | ne ' ; : ," mused Martha Jennie and! disc the whole subject with Jim-1 my, as he magnanimously piloted her to the corner | {a crate of*ey - "No man hauled his wagon, and whether it was men or horses or mules or load mels, each was raised about the ground to the height of a cul he % \ m rding to the ancient ed about twenty and were blissfully bi week had been pars] 0 3f yd wonderful, for the evening commercially prepared vi at stopp paint remover. There to look after the children, She surprised. nishes. The most | the market, all similar and equally good. They soften the x and it may be easily scraped. in a sticky, gummy condition ty knife is good for this work surfaces. For rounded surfaces, | ing, crevices and moldings, a stiff 'and th brush, a wooden meat skewer and an| old rag are a great help. A thorough| ton: wiping with gasoline, turpéntine or! Per piace & benzine is necessary to remove all the 8re yet to come grease of the varnish remover. : oo Bow Some ple use ammonia for re-| Fey care, moving rah. It dissolves the var-| "only baby teeth." nish but is disagreeable to use and if ; . allowed to stand any length of time] ~~ HOUSECLEANING HINTS. tends to darken the wood. Such dark-| To renovate a dust mop pata table ened places may be bleached by using' spoon of concentratéd Iye into al a oxalic acid, one tablespoonful of crys-| gallon and a half of water and let mop tals to one pint of water. This in turn' boil in it. Rinse several times and the may bleach too much and leave a light mop will be as good as new. Es spot if allowed to stand too long. Some! To clean 'painted walls, dissolve two people use a paste of a strong wash-| ounces of borax in two quarts of ing powder and hot water. Others use water, add a tablespoonful of am-| dye. 'This is 'so harsh on the hands monia. Put half the mixture into a and the wood that it is not advisable pail of wees} No soap should be used unless one knows just how to handle with this re. ] it. 'Any method for removing the old! Use kerosene, hot vinegar or turp- finish may be followed provided it does entine to remove paint from glass. 'mot injure the wood. J y IS YOUR OIL STOVE READY? STAINS, i , If possible, all stains should be re-| How about that oil stove, did you moved at this time. Use oxalic acid of , Sea it before you put it away last the strength mentioned above. If per-, sistently applied, it will remove ink| Or when, during that last warm metimes it Spell you used it, one burner smoked, ghd man y other stata, ol ammonia the Wick burned out in another, and ' only one seemed in working order, did a Jen be 4 py i you pack it away in disgust until next Eis i fH iiifs 8 summer? of thim hams an' kape | till Of call again." _ Father (impatien throw your doll on the bed and hurry, or we shall be late." 1s only t t or less. that| continental Europe the proportion dare far greater, even in the most densely - fineteen per cent. of her est, and Belgium seventeen per cent, Minard's Liniment. or Corna and Warts ig : His Security. Mulligan (to grocer)--"If Of lave yer security equal to what Of take reway or" Cortataly" : 'will: yez thrust me till next i" Mulligan--"Well, thin, sell me two wan of thim. srl More Considerate. - . tly)--"Come, Mary, Mary (reprovingly)--"Daddy, how ef ris. Once in Tropics. . Evidence collected from time to respond to this treatrhent, they may be removed during the next process. SMOOTHING THE SURFACE. A fink finish requires an absolutely | smooth, satiny surface. So smoothing is the next process. It should not be attempted until the wood is thorough- ly dry. If the surface is very rough, the. coarsest .sand paper should be. psed. For flat surfaces such as table tops, it should be used over a block of wood for this gives even pressure. Ant rubbing of this kind must be done with the grain of the wood al-|: ways. ig .. Directions of this kind are of value only. if followed exactly--not guessed at. s After smoothing with the coarsest sand paper, the medium grade is used: and finally.the fine grade. Some wood may be in such | black of woo surfaces only. FoF carvings, mold- ings 'and the delicate' veneer work which is often found on real old pieces, steel wool is usually best. It comes in varying grades of fineness. This part of the work is monotonous but a smooth surfacé is absolutely necessary for a good finish. When the dust of smoothing has been wiped off, the wood is ready for the next process. which we will discuss in a later 'article, : CARING FOR THE "BABY ¢ " TEETH." I'am going to remind you of a few, important facts about the temporary "baby teeth," because I find a great ignorance as to their importance. I find that parents are slighting card, under the impression that they don't Tast og anyway and their de-| Lay. 15 8 r of no great im The temporary teeth are tw "in They begin to erupt at five ! R eriptad iin the same way. ich good condition that the to fine sand er; ig all it needs. The} "is satisfactory on flat| teeth of children, commonly called the! time suggests that tropical conditions once prevailed in the Northern Arctic reglons. The presence of coal in this part of the world shows that vegéta- tion once flourished with' abundance. NA If so, now is the time to bring it out and clean it in preparation for the first hot days which will soon be here. Remove the chimneys and wash them in a good suds: "Take all the burners apart and put them in a pail of water in which one-half package of baking. soda has been lved, then boil for half an hour. Rinse in several waters and dry in the oven, When possible remove the oil supply pipe and flush with hot soda solution. Quite likely new wicks will be need- ed. Better buy them by the dozen as they come cheaper and you will have them ready to renew from time to time. If yours is a wickless stove the asbestos rings may be purchased Crochet and Fancy Needle- Workers Wanted We sell your goods on consignment; - out-of-town, send stan:p for reply. Lin. gerie and Specialty Shup, 120 Danforth Avenue, Toronto. WHEN IN TORONTO VISIT THE "Royal Ontario Museum ~~ Get a tube of stove cement to mend] Shy Joie Sha are leaking oil, also e are any spots. : i Lastly, fill the oil tank so that the}, new wicks will have time to become! well saturated with oil before time to use.--Mrs. H. Mayer.- sm--rpmrme-- What is a "Hardwood" Tree? From time to time there comes up |! to wood-users of all descriptions (that 1s, to practically "everyone) the que tion as to what constitutes a "har wood" tree as distinguished from a "softwood" tree. Can we call'the lar a "hardwood" when its wood is 80 | soft? "And, conversely, can we speak | 2 of hard pine as a "softwood" when fits |" wood is so much harder than that of 283 'Bloor St. West, Near Avenus Road, Largest can you? 1 isn't that kind of a muv- 3 ver." IN ie