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BRITAI.N CALLS T
THE FACTORY •
She must have FaQd---
r
Tie LU`:uvalC
NADA--
for her htLrnielkin the .Field—for her workera in tine' P ?.t r -ht
• the Munition plant—in the Shipyard --.in. the Min?. °
4 .:111ERVSIOANCE1171 SIGHT—BUT you Gad HELP
Do YOU KNOW. •' ' YOU CAN
that the rapidly rising price Of food stuffs . hap "thwart Derma ay';3 desperate subq .
means that the World', reserve .supply is
gettinng email ?
,Do • YOU
THE .FARM,
that a world-wide famine can only be
paverted by increasing this supply
rt ?'
Do` J..O1J kr
That a." food famine"' a •'
would be a. Worse
• disaster to the Empire and her Allies than
reverses in the Field ?
marine thrust on the Nth sed . e
You .CAN a
do this. by helping:: to znulte eitery bit of
, '. land in Canada produce- the very last
pound of food stuffs: of which it.ie.bapable.
AND REMEMBER
that Ino man -can Sap that hQ has fult1 done,
'his part—who having land—be it garden
Patch; or farm, or ranch —fails to rnalre ..it
produce food to its utmost capacity..' °
BRITAIN APPEALS To CANADA
THE, NEAREST ''PRODUCER OF STAPLE FOOD$
India
and Argentina are more than twice the distance) away and.
Australia more than four times.
Canada to Britain'
India & Argentina to Britain 8000 Mn.
• K y ."
Australia to Britain t�lsoo
t
2,,625 MILES
THESE
FARM PRODUCTS
'ARE REBID--
-
Pa EXPORT
*NEAT,
OATS!
BEEF,
BACON,
CHEESE,,
EGOS*
CUTTTER,
PODULTR1f,
BEANS A. PEAS,
WOOL,
FLAX AND
Fi,AX FIBRE',
DRIED
VEGETABLES
"No matter what d%yiculties may
face lis;: the supreme duty of every
man on the land is to use every thought
and every energyin the direction of
producing snore --and still more."
. Martin: Burrell inister of Agriculture..
The ]Department i ' vitcs'everyone desiring
information on any subject relative to Farm
and Garden, to write - -
:IN FOR MATI ON 1B;U,i At•J
DOMINION--� DEPART ENT -Z
OTT A WA`
fblrpfiea 1872
Capital Authorized, . -$6,000,000 -
capital ' Pald.up, $3,000,00o
Surplus, - ; $3,800,900
Uncertainty--
O one knows .what the future may bring forth.
Now, while "your health is good and. •your.
earning capacity unimpaired; is, the;•
crms-' time to accuniulate a' comp etence.
rl One coliar:de sited in the• a
ice B nk of
Hamilton will••start.,a savings
account.•::._
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,.1.1.1011.101.V I ARCH•
Glennie, Manager.
60-C
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ffiILLINER
Our Millinery oDepartment :isnow
_ , en.' less Johnston has • •
Open. a well..
selected stock of Hats, Flowers
, . and Trimmings, . and is , now at
wprk preparing for : our Spring
display.. Early orders will re-
�T4 TRQTIERS W84S
SONS DIS IN THE WAR
Harty Lall4er Writes of the Love, Courage and Patience of the -
a
Wobign Who Send `Their Sons to Battle
The .fine :•article written by Harry.
Lauder; following the -death of bis only-
sc», in'I+rance,'shows-the crratcomediari'
to -he more than .a fun maker • lie
poet and a man of great feeling and
great soul as well Lauder 'not ooly
'eta his' snit:tote+,tire fait h'e" as 1•'im
self one Of tho most active:and success-
fel recruiting aghnt:s. in Britain. during.
"the Upbuilding •ot`: Kitchent•r's army',
Dtaring rthe first dreadful months after
the men. `.`dug themselves in. •in.,J rance,:
' Lauder ; went :to tarn camps.and, trenches
to cheer the soldiers with Iris ;songs and.
recitations, , .
His article on, Mothers and'to Mothers:
follows, , ; :soldier sees -her sou lie i as in the old
•y ;
tells her husband with glad and . fearful
wonder,,"He's a man,_ now, John,",.ex
"Harry," as the case niit :be,
At first•
he s just a 'weee bundle in her
amnia , And how she has to carefor him
then! Every moment of the. day -and
night night her thoughts are with hire. Such
a to-do With, feeding and minding ,and
sootbtng .. $uch,a-dressing anci:undreas
Sdch a ni tking aud'waking fine of
baby's clothes! . Such a ceaseress.,watcfi
and guard to keep •. away. the thousand
little ills that baby flesh is heir to. The
:Nee bairn_isstill part ofher, and his
faintest cry goes through her heart.
Oh bo sure
that the e
mother a
dead,
,
• Sitting.in :my littleDGirlor--Mrs. Laud=
er On one side of the'Sreand I,tlloother
side of the fire -we cane to the conelus-
ion that .l insight say a feiv-.words-to the
mothers of soldiers, '•
- •I may `nienit n here that \1rs Lander
iaa great..woman and far: clever than I--
And it'.was natural' when I thought of
writing such a thing its• this; present art
icle that'I should.a,k her advice.. So
you'll iunderstand that the following
words come equii.11y from Ars. Lauder
and myself : • • • ,
Nobcdy but aanother can, understand
what.she.gueaup when sho, gives• tap'
her aria. ' There's a t.ie 'between• filth. r
andnson li'luch can never be broken and .
h.
a -lend -•-ti
ti,.-Mtrie-
-rvt•ttl a -
ttittlr►ng,''lrook-en;: itxneiyfirelMg kound"the
eart or we were pais, my boy and I•,
But the mother's loss! My;deat wife
beers' it 'vcry quietly,, and' very rjuietly at
such moments as tlie:;e she tells
little the of
what ,hat rthe feels" :' .
Fro.nbi:
birth up tbe child ild is so neer 'atb .
her (rota .the time When somebody tells
her "It's a boy,!", to the tinie,wlirn 'she
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tock eko to ori allotments - made
s br r in rbc ct of
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days. he sure that. lathe lonely night
watches, in fancy she =still'. holds'. him
against. her breast,rocktng him gently
to sleep, and crooning over him the old
world si,trgs her mother san to her, He:
was a great strapping.fellow' when he
went:out: to the war= siec . feet;, maybe,
with broad shoulders and• fierce moust-
ache.But to Mother he' is always ' first•
and forereost, that Wee 'bundle .in- her
arms..
And then he learns to,todd'le. That is a
grand day when he, first toddles from his
tuammy to his papa• and back.' again.
And •he learns to talk. Was poetry- as
wonderful as those nonsense baby words'?
And bow he is hanging'at liar' skirts alt
-Ilavrp '-f'roihT'iletiind" them of the
Treat Werlit'and the postitian. And nog
he is breeched, His daddy's•: a proud
man •and' may, be his mother is proud
too. .Yet she sighs as. she folds up t
baby' petticoats and puts them in, a pre Kaaa
with w .r a sprig.Of lavender and. a tear. •
C to
a for him!• Um' a niotlier has�to
care'' All.the -childish mishaps, ayi all
all the childish naughtiness fall from her
'Tis she •luust end hint; off to achoo1
:with:lil'rsitl_ i to r
no iii'
# fa
g ceaF:�
ndw"
g' elc
him i back to dinnerblacic frbm head to 80581
foot from. a. roll in the mud with fang than
8ervic
nedand prepared for himcanoe hisbirtli2
Does ahe not still plan and prepare for
Idea Is ate not always dreaming of
what her boy will become?. Does not all j
that bas been, and all that might ltavo .,
been flash before her eyes as abe site
lonely before the fire un" knows it is all
over, and knetwa she will never. s ra her
son again?
Never again? Blot oat those' words'!.
She knows she will,aee him again. ,She
knows tas surely as the, fire burns be,
fore her :aAd the 'wind. whistles: in the
street • Not on this earth, dot with theta
eyes that 'have looked upon him so often.
and with suet fond love. Not here, Qi',•
not beret dear, brave mothers, :but seine.
where else, where' love• is• never !bore
•parted front true love, and mothers and
fathers are never'more parted (ram their
-
sens.. • A,
,Th suis.. her„consolation; .this ie, her
,strength. -- This gives:her” the •Gouge to •
face the werld and .her iaily round. of
duties, though her heart. seems empty,
and the• purpose of life seems gone; Clod
for His own good purpose has talten this.
boy; ., Well; she will just bow'her head
and endure—and wait, After e.11,- it re
only a few years of waiting. Then she
will hold him by his strong shoulders .
and look into his face again. -
Without that conviction the 'agony
would be too much to be borne.
God knows it is hard enough for a man
to bear' the loss. Yet the 'man goes out
'into the world;'he takes up his work and -
in the sights'aud sounds of every day
life he will not be constantly reminded
of, his lose.
The mother stays at home—the hone
where once he was! And every moment
she is reminded of her boy. Every room
is full of his presence. In that chair he
sat; here be played; at this table he 'did
his lessons.„ This iron nnonld in the,
table'cover was an,ink stain once. , This
juke - _
• Sesta beside him there, she o t mea'
crooned a low song. until the 'little.
sleeper stirred no more; and. the ' room'
grew so quiet you could. hear. the '- night
al; nudging.at the window pane.
'
Supposingsll.that, anpposing all these
memories " were -reallyr -huffed out in
France$ `Why should the mother so be•'
reft live bn? •
But just here, in the old. house; belief
comes to her. .These are not dead mem-
ories. flee does really "Wier boy .,be
aide her, feel his arm around her neck,.
hear his voice, feel his cheek against her
Chea The. poor, ;heroic flesh of :- her
out in France;
but . _. .... mself
rs
here '
,.here:novq,,nearex ,tin -her, theta he
has ever been.
So the brave woman tells herself Over
and over again, yet cannot. stifle the
dull aching. of her 'heart..
Since I have learned what sorrow
means --L have;: -thought much -el -.you;.
mothers- of our.dead •soldiers; and won,
dered - at your - splendid courage and
resolute faith. The times are hard and
some of ,you do'not lead easy - lives. Yet
you never. falter... We- could well have
forgiven you'had yori cursedthe country
wh
ich 'deme
n '
da of o
u this._:
stupendous
dour
Y
pe
sacrifice. Your.•-patriotism:putsusfates
to shame.
And in the' hearts of many of. you
there is _. no -•thought ,of• mere , revenge..
Just now -I said' to Mrs. Lauder, "If'only
I,could go out as a sniper and get 'two l
for iny` one!" And ° she said_ to me,:
"Harry; Harry! Vengeance is•rtwine; satth'
the Lord." Oh, women, wonben! we are
dirt compared with you.
Yet t� Mrs. Lauder John was more
than most. sone' are• to their mothers.
For I was often away: from home and
they were always together. When at.
last I had more tone to be with him I
found -him a man and mry equal. -That
was great toe, -but his mother had walk.
ed with him up the Years., < . . .
kli-A11.same; my-wiie-•has o pp"eit Encs.
With' the eentimental:cowarde'wlin would
let murderers: escape 'without -,punish-
ment, ' Let God's justice be done, she.
says.. And so she .• hopes that :if the
er_.is-taken.it will not be -by the
British. 'She knows our softness when
our blood is -not -up But of the French •j
take him they Will give him' his: deserts.
° And what, would you think 'of us,
mothers, i:f we Hien failed' in our.,•greet
Sandy':Camson's Sandy. Oh hewillvex
her 'often: enough (what lad -that• is worth
-his salt doesn't); batt she is proud of him,
he is the apple of her eye; and even her
severest repr(lttfs :are caresses
All this the mother remembers now, as
she sits with her ratan; or. ultras _ by Pie
fireside. • Tliose childish hands 'till pull,
that childish treb}e still echoes round the
house: ,A heavy footed rascal comes
clattering dowh the staiis and a' beloved
little voice seems •to ask, "Mither'should
I buy:some'sweeties wi' mapenhy4"
More, niuch- more sheh°emetnbers. She
remembers the ,.' sawing tits. into the
oae an
ci w re 'faTs •`"`
e to u and o'
y y ur
You would esteem us little better
those unmentionable things fit for
e in every way except the w.ay of
courage,.wbo let- braveiuc.n.go• out and
die for them. '• You accept your loss
because of the greatness, of our cauee.
What then; if we betray that cause',
Your sons went forth to battle with
na-mean purpose, in their -hearts: A
dear friend of. my boy has.written tone,
"Ile has died' for the cause he believed
to be the best and greatest that had ever
been at stake in:.the world -+•the freedom
of his country. He gave his life-
=not
impulsively, nor . in adventurous reek.
lessness—but with a fettled enthusiasm
belonging to the depth, and not the'
of the soul."• .
at spirit our sons went out to
n that spirit they died. And id
shit; hyGed's help; -:we Wilt en-
dire, • oh anthers of Britain, ' till the
cause they fought for is trieniphafit;
than; she remembers the jealous !tang tumult
she had when first his eyes' Were caetup- • In th
on the lassies. She fight i
h remembers hien ass- +
Puss-
ing-from school -to work or college. Per- that s
haps ho still tells her ail i , . s
his secrets, per•
haps there ate 'tender little secrets lie
doesn't ltke to tell, liut he still conies to
his itrannmy when he is 'hurt. And what
atid'
p o she lia8 in his aehievernents!
How lie heart exults <though only a flash
in her eyes betray her pride) when she
hears one neigbbnrsay to another: ,".11,gh
Anderson's Willy is a clearer boy P':
Ware for hind Does she not caro for
!iiia day atl,d,nigbti IN *he hat Mi.
6RUCU COUNTY NUWS
i ..
Jacob and Harry , Sclinurr, the two
1liildtnndy boye, charged with thieving,.
were before Judge eiretglust week and
Pleaded giliity, They ' ;Were Allowed
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to. -you... Comea>nd, ..
see . us anyway whether '
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CRAWFORD & S IELTZER
FORD DEALS,:.LUCKNOW,�
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Pte. IXorace Nabb,;-fa•• menybes.oLthe
latf . Battalion, arrived . hack" at his
home in Mildinay last week atter
spending several months in a hospital«
taking treatment for shrapnel wounds.
fiew .
under ant tight h operations.
88 Tone of flo tnit.—The Paisley
Advocate sags: -Mr. A.,E Jones,, of
loth. Bruce, is one of the most extort
sive andjauceossful hoe.keepers in this
eeotaon. Lest deaaon:he bacl a bumper
( IAO oloa► 4 rlott
irif'oons Thedvocat'ethathe-utd font" •y_
other beekeepers of Bruce and Suueett
Messrs. Jos. St iffert, EI, M Culloch.
and John Shrank -had in all S tor.' •
of honey from roto !lilt, °•
?field, attd r3c say
can of this has been diapgysd ;; ,
good prices. The season .was an -e,r •` -
eeptioially favorable one, both erg to
profusion of bloom and weathereon:1I.
tions nod.* wlrinlr the b es mulct tta ►..
on thole work.
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