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The midland journal., 1946-11-15
Larousse Helps Mark
Break the Log Jan,

Mark saw the jam now. Fifty
thousand logs, forming a fantastic
bridge between shore and shore,
each end of it anchored to the rocks
and the shoal ice. And fifty thou
sand more behind, dumped from the
skids, battering and ramming this
bridge. like the charge of wild guer-
rilla horsemens mounting it, weld
ing into it, and perpetually dissolv-
ing.
A slow, undulatory motion, the
outer logs revolving round and
round the key logs of the center. But
that center was bending inward un-
der the pressure of the battering
logs behind. It was a matter of
minutes, perhaps, before the whole
mass would dissolve into fantastic
chaos. sweep over the. dam, and
smash the boom below. ia spill it.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
%@Jweem1!qNdeg
W HIM .EGRFRT w.n.,'srovce

Mark Darrell, young American lum-
herman. Is boss Of a lumber camp near
st. Victor, Canada. Nat Page, another
American, is his assistant. Madame
Madeleine Kinross, a yeung and pretty
widow who owns the timberland on which
Mark is operating, has requested that
Mark cancel the lease. Mark has refused.
Madame Kinross' lawyer, Horace Brous-
sac, has offered Mark $1,000 to give up
the lease, but Mark has also turned this
offer down. After a conference with Louis
Larousse, the foreman, Mark gets lum.
bering operations running smoothly, al
though the French-Canadian workmen
are suspicious and vaguely hostile. Then
suddenly they demand double wages and
threaten TO strike II refused.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
Back to Work
At So a Day

Two-fifty a day for outside laborl
Perhaps, If they hadn't been such
fools, Mark might have raised their
wages to that sum. They cursed
Broussac, in the long, yellow house,
who had persuaded them to strike,
giving them small sum Of money,
and telling them that God would pro-
vide a way. There were plenty of
starving mouths in st. Victor.
Big Louis came to Mark that eve
ming. II think the men are ready
to come back to work for you, Mon
sieur," he said.
"I'll see them when they think
they're ready" answered Mark.
Walking into town next day, he
picked up a telegraphic dispatch
that Monsieur Wizard had received,
"Can send you all the men you
need" He guessed then that the
battle was won.
It was late that afternoon when a
little column Of men, appeared at
the mill Office. At their head strobe
Louis, like an officer .marshalling
his company.
Mark went to the door, and the
column formed into a ragged line.
Mark recognized his former work.
ers, shamefaced and a little sullen.
but Enthusiastically penitent.
Monsieur, these men say that
they wish to return to work for
you." Louis announced. ''They say
they were misled in regard to the
rate of wages prevailing. They
will gladly work for you at the same
rate that they were getting before
they struck, though they would like
the extra fifty cents day that you
are willing to pay for outside la
bor."
/ Mark looked at the line Of pathetic
faces.
ITO BE coNTTNUEDl
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
s%@OUkRl2 Il|,,H]E Esa@%
Afl)Aa 8 Ua

A crack between the edge of the
bathtub and wall can be mended
with a wide strip of adhesive tape.
Paint the mended spot the same
color as the wall. This is not p
permanent method.
A strip of cloth or tape sewed
just inside the edge takes the brunt
Of wear off trouser cuffs.
It's easy to keep your dresser
from becoming stained and spot
ted from perfume and toilet wa
ter bottles. Place a piece of wax
paper under your dresser scarfs
for sure protection.
White woolen toys which are not
too soiled can be freshened by
cleaning them with a paste made
of white starch and a little cold
water. Rub in and let dry thor
oughly, then brush off.
New clotheslines are clumsy 10
put up. To make them more soft
and durable, try first boiling the
line for q few minutes in soapy
water.
Overcast seams Of rayon, silk.
or wool to keep them from ravel-
ing. They can be overcast together
or each edge separately as pre-
ferred. Do not draw threads too
tight.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
PAUL MINISTER'S TO
THE THESSALONIANS

LESSON TEXT-Acts 17:1.7; Thessa.
lonians 1923.
MEMORY SELECTTON-Be not weary In
welldoing.--u Thessalonians 3:13
The midland journal., 1946-11-15

Suddenly Mark remembered what
Father Lacombe had told him about
her marriage to the seigneur, half
an-hour before the sealing-feet
, sailed for the Newfoundland shores.
He stared into her white face, and
turned his eyes aside. For he knew
that he loved her, and had loved
her since the moment of their first
meeting. And they seemed destined
to be eternal enemies.
Broussac had come back, and was
occupying the long, yellow house
overlooking the harbor, where, be-
ing unmarried, he resided in the
summer with an old housekeeper.
He had returned as he always did,
on the eve of the departure of the
sealing-feet, to adjust partnership
contracts and last minute difficult
ties. .-..
Marks retrieving Of his lumber
had suddenly made him a person
OF consequence in st. Victor. No
body dreamed that he would strad-
die the logs in the rush of the tor
rent, and break UP a jam. The
habitant loves and admires courage
more than any other quality. St.
Victor had never thought Of Mark
as a man Of eff1ciency-merely as
an outsider who had come there to
fling away his money for the benefit
Of the inhabitants.
There was the same whispering,
the same sudden cessation of con-
versation when he entered the post
office, but there was new defer
ence, even though his men were on
strike for that ridiculous five dol
lars a day. He had conquered
but st. Victor didn't know it yet.
Perhaps Broussac did. Mark nev-
er saw the lawyer, who remained
secluded in the long, yellow house.
People wondered how Broussac
could afford to stay away from Que
bee, where he had flourishing law
firm, but Broussac's interests were
innumerable. 4-s
Not the least of them was Made
leine Kinross. Mark saw them rid
ing together, and wondered if the
lawyer was anything to the girl. At
such times spasm of fierce jeal-
ousy would shake him. Mark felt
in dim way that it was more
than the seignioral trees that he
had come for.
His two schooners lay off the
fume, waiting for their load Of lum-
Der. It was five days since the at
tempt to break the boom had failed,
but the lumber still lay in the
lake, in default Of labor to put it
through the mill.
Were losing a neat little sum of
money, keeping those two schooners
waiting on the job," said Nat Page.
It wasn't so much, but the schoon-
er captains were getting their five
dollars day, and each vessel had
two hands; then there was the cost
of the hiring.
"fm going to wire a labor ex-
change to send me thirty men from
up-river tomorrow" answered
Mark. .....4
But that wasn't exactly what he
wired. He wired asking whether
thirty men were available, at
daily wage Of two-fifty knowing that
the news would be all over st. Vic
tor within a few minutes after Al
phonse Wizard, the mayor, store
keeper, and postmaster, had sent
of the dispatch.
AS soon as Mark had sent his
message, Monsieur Vitard hurried.
across the street to confer with
Hector Mackintosh. the storekeep-.
er. Mark had some business with
the captain Of one Of his lumber
schooners. When he got back, the
street was lined with men, furtively
and imploringly watching him.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
CHAPTER w

II Broussac had paid them each
fifty dollars, they would have thrown
up five dollars day, let alone two.
His decision had been the one they
wanted.
He had already received one
package of bills from his bank In
Quebec. Another was waiting for
him at Alphonse Vitard's post
office. And it was quite plain to
Mark that Wizard had heard the
news. There was look of SNUG sat
isfaction on his face and there
was the same furtive whispering IN
st. Victor.
Mark paid off his men late that
afternoon. Some were still sullen,
especially Larousse, some, strange
ly, even little respectful.
"I'd like to get the hang of this
thing" he told Nat. "Of course,
we can float that lumber later in
the year, but it means importing
fresh labor, and the hire of two
schooners twice over. We can stand
it. I wonder if Broussac thought
the loss would bankrupt u.s."
"I'd have paid them five dollars
till we got that lumber through,
and then fired the lot" said Nat.
They'd have raised the ante to
seven," said Mark grimly.
He went to bed in no very con-
tented frame of mind. He had been
counting on that lumber. Now it
was likely to be touch and 60 un-
less he could raise little more cap
ital from his hackers. Still, looking
over the situation he didn't see
what other course he could have
taken.
He was half-dressed next morn
ing when Nat came into his room.
Madame Kinross and Larousse are
waiting to see you," he informed
him, land the cabins have been
vacated"
"What?"
every living soul gone"
In the office Madeleine Kinross
was waiting, Larousse standing be-
hind her, cap in hand. The moment
Mark entered, the girl burst out:
II was ready to fight you in any
fair way, Mr.. Darrell, but will not
be a party to this. Nor Larousse.
It was he came and told me last
night"
81 am a poor man." shouted La
rousse, beating his chest. What
can I do when I am offered hun
dred dollars to striker"
"Who offered you hundred dol
lars?" asked Mark quietly.
"Alphonse Wizard, lie mairei"
shouted Larousse.
Mark breathed deeply. He had
always suspected that the mayor,
storekeeper and postmaster was
acting as Broussac's chief agent.
"You know what has happened?"
asked Madame Kinross.
"The men seem to have disap-
peared." =
eyes, they've all got homes In St.
Victor. But they spent all the night
emptying the skids. And the logs
have jammed at the channel Of the
gorge, just above the dam. You're
going to lose your lumber and your
boom. And I say I will not be a
party to this treachery. I came
to tell you sol"
Her eyes were glowing, her breast
rose and fell quickly under the in
fiuence of her emotion. Mark turned
to LarouSSe,
you're a good. peavy mani"
Monsieur, one man could not
break that jam. 1t is piling up deep
er every moment. 1t means death
to venture out on those logs in the
current"
Mark turned to Nat and translat-
ed quickly. "I'm going to break
that jam," he said. "You go to the
dam and see if they've closed the
spillways. If they have, open them,
to draw off some of the water. Thank
you, Madame Kinross."
Bring me peavy," Mark shout
ed to the weedy Pipelon, who had
been taking in every word in
amazement.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
8O74
36-52

THIS simple, graceful afternoon
L dress is particularly nice for
the more mature figure. Narrow
ruff1ing or lace is used effective
ly, the panelled skirt is very slen-
derizing and goes together easily
and quickly.
Pattern No. 8074 Is designed for sizes
So. 80. 40. AZ. A. As, 48, so and So. Size
SO, short sleeves, 37s yards of IS or &c.
inch; / yard ruffle trimming.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15

Don't let a few pieces bear the
brunt. Rotate the use of your ster-
ling silver to distribute wear.
TO hold a stained spot tight while
trying to remove it from a cloth,
use embroidery hoops.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
IMPROVED
UNIFORM IElTERllATIO OFNlAL
SosoM SeHooI Lesson
Lesson for November IL
BY HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. d. D.
OF The Moody Bible Institute Of Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc.
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education: used By
permission.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
Clever Jumper

"A CLEVERLY styled jumper
4 n with side-swept closing and
broad shoulders to accent a neat
trim waist. Team it with a youth.
full high necked blouse and you've
a costume for winter-long wear.
Pattern No. 5000 comes in sizes IL. IA.
16, IS and 20. Size IA, jumper, 2M yards
Of 54-inch; blouse. long sleeves, "a yards
Of IS or S9-inch. --~'
Send your order to:
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Foundry Methodist

director Of the Merrick Boys Club
on the settlement movement,
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Dr.. K. O. White to Give
Series of Sermons

"The Faith of Our Fathers" will
be the general topic for a series of
Sunday morning messages at Met
ropolitan Baptist Church by DR.. K.
Owen White, beginning tomorrow
Evening star., 1946-05-04
TuyIor Gets WTOP Post

Appointment Of George Taylor as
sales promotion director Of Radio
Station WTOP has been announced
by Carl j. Burkland, general man
ager. Mr.. Taylor formerly was in
the advertising department OF the
Armstrong Cork Co.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
TRINITY
CHEVY CHASE

56si Western Avenue NV.
EDWARD O. CLARK, B. D.. Minister.
a:45 a.m.-Sunday School
l1:OO am.-COMMUNION SERVICE and
Message: THE Third Horse
man Rides Again"
500, $50, 700 p.m-Young People S
Meetings and Young Adults.
500 pm-Special Evening Service.
Prelude: Motion Picture on India
Welcome.
Evening star., 1946-05-04

avenue NV. Tomorrow at $50
pm. James w. Mcguire will speak
on "Elohim, the Mystery of the
Seven Rays and the Great Light
and at pm. on The Mystic Guid-
ance of God"
Petworth Methodist mother
and daughter banquet will be held
at $50 pm. Friday, with Mrs
Martha S. Ross, former worker OF
the church, as speaker.
Luther Place Memorial - Special
guests at the II I'm. service tomor-
row will be students from the
Lutheran theological seminaries of
Philadelphia and Columbia, S. c.
Gospel Mission-Harry w. Vom
Bruch, director of Youth for Christ
Long Beach, Calf, will close his
mission tomorrow night, speaking
on Where Do We Go From Here,
Boys?"
Albright Memorial-Family month
is being observed. The largest fam
lily, including relatives, will be
recognized tomorrow morning when
the Rev. George Schnable will
preach on The Christian Home-A
Witness to the Power of God.' Mr..
Schnable and Frank Binks, lay del
egate, will attend the Central Penn
Sylvania Conference on Wednesday
at Lewisburg, Pa.
Petworth Baptist-Christian home
week will be inaugurateq tomorrow
morning, with the Rev. James P.
Rodgers speaking on The Hall
marks of a Christian Home" Mr..
and Mrs. Rodgers will entertain the
intermediate department of the
Training Union at their home at
3 pm.
Christian Endeavor-Dr. Norma
D. Farmer, medical missionary to
India, will speak at a rally at $3.50
pm. tomorrow at Calvary Baptist
Church.
Sergeant Memorial Presbyterian
DR.. G. Lake lines of the Board of
Natlonal Missions WILL speak at II
a m.
Diocesan Auxiliary-The May dio-
cesan meeting of the Washington
Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal
Church will be held at Christ
Church, La Plata, Md, at II am.
Tuesday. Mrs. B. T. Sullivan, a
missionary from China, will be the
speaker.
Hamline Methodist-Next Tues
day night the annual joint meeting
of the Woman's Society of Christian
Service and the Wesleyan Service
Guild will be held Echoes will be
given from the WSCS general as
sembly recently held in Columbus,
Ohio, by Mrs. Joy Elmer Morgan
and Mrs. Thomas F. Law.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
WESLEY

Connecticut Avenue and Jeselyn st.
CLARENCE E. WISE. Minister.
c:45 am-Church School.
ll:OO a.m.-Hon. Walter II. Judd. Con-
gresham from Minnesota.
500 p.m.-Mortgage Burning Ceremony
Greetings from Former Pastors
Rev VIM. H. HagEerty, DID.
Rev. Fred c. Reynolds. DID.
Rev. ]. Phelps Hand. DID.
Rev. J. Luther Nen. DID.
Social Fellowship Hour with Refreshmenta
James L. McLain. Organist Director.
Hilda Henderson. Soprano: David Manley
Tenor: Henriette Bagger Plum. Contralto
Robert Nicholson, Baritone, and the
Evening star., 1946-05-04
| Christ Child Settlement
Welcomes DELEGATES

Delegates to the National Christ
Child Society convention here yes.
terday were guests at Christ Chile
Settlement House, 608 Massachu.
sets avenue NE.
The delegates were welcomed by
Mrs. Albert r. Beatty, chairman OF
the house. Reports were read by
Miss Mary Sweeney, st. Paul, MINI.
Mrs. Daniel Johnson, Omaha, Nebr.
Mrs. John Duffy, Boston; Mrs. A. E
Nicholson, Detroit, and Mrs. Beatty
on aspects of the work in those
communities.
Mrs. Beatty, reporting on the
work here, said the theme Of the
United Nations was stressed at
Christ Settlement House.
The importance of settlement
houses in the community was en-
phasized by the Rev. Charles E.
Birmingham, director of the youth
department Of the National Cath
olic Welfare Conference.
The convention heard a panel
discussion, led by James Cumiskey,
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Special Church Announcements

Chevy Chase Presbyterian-Dr J.
Hillman Hollister will return to his
pulpit tomorrow and preach at II
am. on Complementary Not?'
Universally National Memorial
1t. Eleanor G. Collie, WAC, will ad-
dress the Adult Glass at 10 am. A
parish supper and meeting will be
held at 6 pm. Wednesday.
Chevy Chase Baptist-A motion
picture on India will be shown at 8
pm. An all-church social will be
held at pm. Friday.
Miles Memorial c. Nj. E.-The
Miles Memorial Players will present
The Last Supper" at 8 pm.
West Washington Baptist - The
Rev. Charles B. Austin will preach
a series Of sermons on Building the
Christian Home" as follows-ll
am. tomorrow, Religion and the
Home; 8 pm, Great Enemies of
the Home; May II. II am, AN
Old-Fashioned Home; pm, The
Home of Tomorrow"
Trinity Observation-Disclosures Gates
will speak at 7:30 pm. on The
Untroubled Mind" DR.. Horace
Cromer will conduct the fourth
quarterly conference at pm. We'd
nesday.
Augustana Lutheran - The Rev.
Robert Van Deusen of the Lutheran
Service Center of Washington will
be the guest preacher tomorrow
morning and at 7:30 pm the Rev.
Van Deusen will show the sound
film, Marie Louise"
Lincoln Congregational - Claude
G. Young will discuss Making
Brotherhood Practical' before the
Mems Brotherhood at 1915 am.
Lutheran Students
from the Lutheran Theological Sem
inaries at Philadelphia and Gettys-
burg, Pa, and Columbia, S. c., will
participate in the Luther Leagues
tomorrow.
Chevy Chase Methodist - The
Youth Fellowship will meet at the
home of Miss judi Reid at pm.
when DR.. G. H. Richmond will finish
the series of discussions on After
Death-What?"
Healing Mission-Dr. John Gay
ner Banks, conducting the Healing
Mission at the church of st. Stephen
and the Incarnation May 5 to 9,
will include the following addresses
In his program: Fellowship of
Power - The Technique of Jesus in
Healing" The Dynamic of Faith -
Power In Prayer The Conquest
of Fear OF special interest will be
the Preface Power" for clergy, re-
ligious and social workers.
Center of Religious Education
Now meets at 21OO Massachusetts,
Evening star., 1946-05-04

He will open the series with a mes
sage on (Which Way, American"
The series will close with message
on Our Heritage and Response
bility."
Evening star., 1946-05-04
WuIdensiun Churches
Subject Of Dr.. Combu

The Rev. DR.. Guido Comba OF
Rome, national treasurer OF the
Protestant Churches of the Italian
Waldensians, will speak at the
Washington Club, at 8 pm. Tues
day on The Present Condition and
Needs of the Waldensian Churches. u
The public Is invited.
Sig. Comba is a native Italian
educated in Edenburg, Scotland, as
well as in Italy. In the first World
War he served as an Alpine soldier
and in World War II he received a
commission as chaplain and min
istered to those in prisoner -of-war
camps.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Sixth Anniversary
OF Rev. J. R. Garrett

The 9Th anniversary of the Rev
j. Ray Garrett as pastor of the
Second Baptist Church will be OBJ
served tomorrow. He will preach al
II am. on First Things First" and
at 8 pm. on Bible Homes"
Additional property has recently
been purchased adjoining the church
at Seventeenth and East Capito
streets on which an educational
building will be erected.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Dr.. Norman Hope Guest
At N. Y. Avenue Church

DR.. Norman N. Hope, professor
of systematic theology at New
Brunswick Theological Seminary
will preach at and II am. tomor-
row at the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church, in the absence of
DR.. Peter Marshall, who is ill. His
topic will be "The Two-Talent Man" "
DR.. Hope is native of Edinburgh,
Scotland, and has the degrees of
M. c., M. A., B. D. and Phi. D. from
Edinburgh University. He was or
dained to the ministry in 1885 by
the PresbyterY of Glasgow.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
DR.. Marshall to Speak
At Calvary Methodist

DR.. Roy X. Marshall. director OF
the Fels Planetarium in Philadel-
phia will be the speaker at pm
Sunday at the University of Life
Forum of Calvary Methodist Church
His subject is The Urgent Need
for Civilian Control of Atomic
Energy" An evening chapel service
at 7:30 pm. will precede the forum
and buffet supper is at $50 pm.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Dr.. Paul Rood Speaker
For Pre-Cumpuiqn Rally

DR.. Paul Rood of Glendale, Calf.
president of the World Christian
Fundamental Association, will ad.
dress pre-campaign rally of the
Spiritual Awakening Conference al
3 pm. tomorrow, at the Metro.
politan Baptist Church. His sub.
ject will be Can We Expect 6
National Turning to God at This
Time?"
Horace Dean, director of the
eight-day conference to begin May
IL at 3 pm. at Constitution Hall
will speak briefly.
Evening star., 1946-05-04

DR.. Chang Wook Moon, civilian
secretary Of foreign affairs in Korea
under the United States military
government, will address the Foun-
dry Forge at $50 pm. tomorrow In
connection with their University Of
Christian Living. Guest speakers
in the interest groups presented In
the school will be Mrs. j. Warren
Hastings, DR.. Kurt L. London OF the
State Department and Art Brown
Of the United States Chamber Of
Commerce.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Mount Vernon Forum
To Hear Dr.. Josephson

DR.. c. E. Josephson, former presi-
Of Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio
will be the guest speaker before the
Mount Vernon Methodist Forum to-
morrow morning.
Ed Norneck. a director of the
Community War Fund, will be the
first speaker in a series on Social
Influences" before the young adults
at pm.
The annual dinner of the Board
OF Stewards and their wives will be
held Wednesday.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
ElpRRooKE

Wisconsin Ave. and River Road NV.
Take Car 80 Friendship HeiEht0.
REV. F. PAUL HARRIS, Minister.
$50 am.-Church School.
IL 100 am-Annual Spring Communion.
500 pm-Junior High Fellowship.
$40 p.m-Senior High Fellowship.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
U n / O n

Goth st. Near Penna. Ave. NV.
600 Years at This Location
SELWYN X. COCKRELL, d. D.
II: 100 am-"Our Daily Bread
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Rub Blades With Towel To Cleanse
BY ALICIA HART NEA Staff Writer

There's toWel-tugging trick which will put stop to those acro- battles with a washrag -swishing hand that never quite reaches between the shoulder blades.
 The trick is to wiring out a towel in hot soapy water. Then grasp the towel at each end with a vigor- ous hand-one to pull and one to push it across the shoulders. The tug back and forth not only cleans es an inaccessible area but gives the friction rub which shoulders ex- posed by strapless gowns and scoop ed out necklines need for the sum- mer unveiling.
 Radios Milena ("Music Hall") Miller, who vouches for the thor oughness of this method, says you aren't through, however, until you turn your back to a needle sharp spray from the bathtub shower.
 TO rinse, start with the water