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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1917-03-15, Page 5• :144,1'444,$ galAI1 ASA, 9 ! 7 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.•::._ • ,.1.1.1011.101.V I ARCH• Glennie, Manager. 60-C • 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 CC1NNELL sK.`p `- ra.awl d. HOSE.WHO, FROM TIME TO TIME, HAVE FUN S F:I O'Wil ii' O INVESTMENT MAY Pyri.ci4Asia • - AT- FAR' DOMINION OF -:+CANADA 7 l L IN SUMS OF $SOO OR ANY MULTIPLE THEREOF • Principal repayable 1st October, 1919. Interest payable half -yearly, 1st April and gat' October by'cheerio (free of 'exchange at any ' Chartered Bank In Canada) *date a kat'te at off N rate five ye er bent per annum pfromthe . o purchate. o • • f • Holders 'ot this -stack will Iiavetitl'lo':_privilege of surrondcring at par antl accrued interest,• as the equivalent of cash, in payment of any,allotm_eet rrtat!ounder any futurrt.INerr tv si is;ai a In Canada ether; than an issue of Treasury Bills or otter like sr;ort dale Security. "Proceeds of this stock Are for v.ar purposes only. , A corrrrnitsioh of one-quArtor of one per cent will be allowed to recognized bond and tock eko to ori allotments - made s br r in rbc ct of peapplications !or this stook which bear finals #tamp. ., For applictwtion fprrne uppilr to the beputy Mltirstor•ef Finance, Ottawa. M AfiTMtS11. or' n1R,G, OTTAWA, ectol iSl %t.,. 1010. 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 VI* Ii ilr Ot{ NII! 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Comea>nd, .. see . us anyway whether ' you 'want to buy or not. A CRAWFORD & S IELTZER FORD DEALS,:.LUCKNOW,� F p� 1111 OH, 11 11 i7iff 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. • •