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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1918-06-20, Page 7IUSAY TO REMEMBER jliSH FOURTH STRUGGLE ON THE SITE OF YPRES.• now British, French aind Belgians' Barred the Channel :Getteo '!With Their Bodies, Monday, April 20, 1918, was a Mondry to remember, In manner little 'realized the week beginning Aprij 28 was one of the most important in the whole war, and one of the most encouraging for the Allies. - Fop the British and French and Belgian armies • that Mon- day was a very memorable day. They' won a magnificent defensive battle on a scale-' which, in arjy former war,. would Have made it stand out as one of the landmarks of military history'. On the hill front, round Ypres,, but chiefly on the ridges just south ' of that spectral ruin, they met the heavi- est onslaught yet made by the Ger =lane in the north.They not only i repulsed and beat :t down at all into. They _shattered it wl thsuch ass as may well -Ohio even+ he" QGer- n.n nigher. Comm d furiously to think. The Worst' Bombardment. "The!onslaught was heralded by the Worst and widest, bombardment that had yet pounded. the Allies' nor- thern front. The :storm of assault broke on that memorable Monday morning upon all three Allies. We follow the .action , downward " from the north. The Belgians were assailed' by two divisions,: but ,.again they were true to' the great fighting form they had recently' shown on the Irser: ,, At Langemarck they, were forced back for a couple of hundred yards, butreturned to the charge with Irresistible spirit ' and flung the _ ea- emy out of every yard he had gained.. ,Southward, of Ypres the battle sway.. ed all day upon a ten -mile front. •To shatter it, if possible, the enemy ern-. `. ployed no less than eleven divisions. against three of ours and two of the French. The odds were more titan. two to olte. Stood. Like Granite. CONSTIPATION 6S le the snout sommon ailment of the (i Q1!" Bride's one responsible ter many 1 ser10u11e and otters fatal dlseaffein • .PURGATIVE WATER le the safest, surest and moat economical remedy for its mire. It tlyshes . the lntesttne* and removes the acei nu1ated +ate matter a*isleh under. miuea liealtlt sad endangers lite. On :ale everywhersp 25 aMnts the 'bottie; RIGA PURCGft 11VE WATER CO, • MONTREAL, SMOttt TLICRFTTS .T&B CUT .,Tate British sustained the fight from. e Clytte•-,a mile from the •.under' slopes' of Kemmel to Zillebeke . Lake, which. is Just south east of Ypres. No, - where that day did our inert yield one inch,, but held their.l3nes, piling. up German casualties before them.. Our new drafts were worthy of the veter- ans. , Our men stood like granite, and did More. ; Nowhere was the grapple • fiercer than at Ridge Wood, near the •Dickebush pool, and less than a cou- •4ple of -miles from the northern fall of the Me:;sines tableland.; The. Germans eought to come on.•in serried weight :-with•, fixed bayonets, by no meaner their darling arm It: was a• -fight like' 'sed again 'and again, mo t down with Wood. 41he`ene y Wasmint ''fire and Zewas Butwhen 'that wok Was suflicientl 3! done' our men took the Bache at his •offer, fell, on him • with . bayonets gainat bayonets, and in hand-to-hand 4a' , fighting swept hien' away: To .com- plete the British part of it, •let"us take a more distant corner, passing: over •for the> moment the French, who were ..in• -between, ' Meteren was held by Australian "veterans.' • Is it necessary to say that Metereli 'continued to . be held.?' • The 'German waves •dashed against it in vain that day, and "the Australians spent the following days In •iushn'ng the outposta of their dis- c fited .enemy. ,y ' What the French. did..„ : But id .- But thing was more brilliant than •the `exP oits. of our French comrades ;guarding the range of heights just -.1:north;and west of..Kemniel. At first they 'Seemed, in danger: Once more -they .lost Locre, which has changed hands so Many .tim"eir.: They were Pushed beck upon the lower slopes of Scherpenberg. and -Mont Rouge, .;But they only .went back for .a spring. Rapidly organized, -the ' counter-at- ,4t ounterat-r tack came: on, and the a enemy wenn down before 'it. 'Soon our Allies: wer . fs amidst the debrisof_Locre again.,- ,B • nightfall not only was it in • • their bands; they advanced fully a mile on Abe 'i9arirsbrire xo'tal' lie and tlte' 'Pine' they had held when the battle began %pn Monday morning: Never did blue ttnd 'khaki do a better day's- fighting ogether.. ' • This • is the fourth great struggle whish the site c f Ypres has .witnessed. The first epic in its importance was decided to • November, 1914, when the German 'march upon Calais was stop- ped. The 'second was'fought in April, 1915, when by their treacherous use 1f gait the Ge'al � GerMane drew verynear • •8` • 'to the -city, but were th the end check- ed by the magnificent valor . of the Canadians. In the third battle or series of of battles last,' year we were •assailants, and but for the stormy weather which arrested our 'advance We might then 'have dealt the enemy it fatal blow," . , ` .. ro °..At the Cross Roads. Re was: a little Belgian lad :Wheel. the war lied Momejiow failed to liar, • • Ahnoet a baby face hehad, Bewildered Stow and •vaguely sad "Where are you going in the wind , And taint Aud must you travel 1''417" lie' said: zti'vei 'started out to find ' • The • country' wheat the: mothers ni (s," • • TRAGIC HERIIAGE OF WAR CHILDREN MOST PITIFUL OF ALI, WAX'S • CONSEQUENCES. Their Lives ' Are Stunted, Dwarfed;` ' : Blasted, Saye •U. S. led Cross ' Worker hrFrance.• "Can you imagine anything • more. pitiful than the lives of children who have never known anything but war? Is there anywhere on God's green earth a more dreadful, tragedy than the .tragedy of a blighted. childhood? The most wonderful thing to me- in America is to see little children run- ning unning about, happy and unafraid.' "I have spe'ht . six months in. the nearest approach to hell that exists, I believe, in or out of the teachings' of the theologians—the hell where ba- bies are born to hear the sound of bursting shells as their introduction to this worldf ours, where little ones learntheir mother tongue 'only ' fix- tively and he whispers, where children must learn to wear their little gas masks as soon as they learn to walk, where suspicion and fearrule end love and confidence are not. "What .do we ' in America know about war? We. cannot begin to sense what it means so long as our children play. L»know what war is, us for, L have just t •co me back from the land' where the children have never learned • to payer a' a When Dr. Esther', Lovejoy went over to France she found the Aineri- can, Red Cross had just established its children's 'bureau, joined the staff of that organization, and as the' medical member' of the Red Cross de- tachnient went to Evian -les -Balis, the gatewaythrough which Germany pours back • into France the old and- he ndhe infirm; the maimed, the halt and the blind, • all who, found in the invad- ed 'zone have nomilitary or • labor value=.and' this little children. • • • ' Germans Keep Many of Them • "Not all the little children," said Dr. .Lovejoy, "for there' are , many whom •the Germans keep inside their own lines. "In the French territory occupied by the German armies there were, lie ore the war began, more than 6,000,- 000. people. , Not more than 350,000' of these have been' sent back through Switzerland into France or returned ;rough other routes. Many of them were young girls; just roundinge uth 3'oggs orner into.. womanhood. Germans end back .boys .under 14', for the older boys can' work. They keep all girls over 16 or who' look as if they were ver 16. "Theolder boys, ..become slaves, y . s, those ho do not die of starvation•nd wa overwork, but they do not become f h c s b Adds Richness wheat and heat lendS to its flavor, when conitinedin sturdy cereal mpeNu NO prepared cereal food ex-- cels 6rapc4Iuts in nouris nient, economy or. digestibility . MT's.a1 saran' Oerman% T40 girls are lost to France forever, . • "Metz may be `defeated, but they are not conquered. Women through the strongest of all: ;human emotions and attributes, the mother instinct, can be 'conquered, and the Get leans knew this. So they keep 'the: girls: over 16 with the mothers of but one child • for their "Military, value' - as mothers to the next German army. "The rest- of the 'children 'coma' back through Evian; thirteen thou. sand and more of them came through `. while I was there. Once there was a whole orphan- asylum, carloads . of children sent through alone. • • Life in Occupded France. 161piede:'together" the picture` 'of the life of these little ones inside the ,German• lines from •' the stones' they tell, they and their elders, but more from the look in 'their "faces' •when. they find' themselves in a world where the sound of guns is a long way off and where, wonder' of won- ders, people actually speak French aloud without 'first looking around to sen if the Boches are listening. !'For the strongest impression one gathers from the .repatriated of the life of the native civilian in the strange No Man's .Land behind the German front is of , a count where the people's own mother , tongue . is 'verboten,' but •where nevertheless. they all speak it and teachit to their little ones; a land ,where little children are taught from infancy to be sly and deceitful, to do /urtively.and by stealth the things that are their pro- per •birthright but which are ver- boten' by the oppressor; above all, a land where hatred is sucked• in with the mother's milk, where' every strait,- ger trap,ger is an enemy ;to be feared, where the awful threat; 'if you don't be- have the Boche•,will get you, is not the invoking of a story book bogey man but a real, life and death terror, tapglble, present, always *lurking in the :shadow .just beyond..' No chance to Play. "These children do. not • play; they do ••not know how to play. 'That is the sickening. first evidence we get at Evian of 'their stunted; . dwarfed, blasted little lives. "There has been no•. chance to play over where they came from; play. was dangerous;- it•:might annoy . the Bache.. Besides, Children . play .' in- stinctively only when they are happy, and these children; bora. in sorrow and unhappiness, have never been happy in their lives. Think .of it, that there are thousands and tense of thousands of little children in France; ` sunny, smiling France, who have never been happy, who . do • not :know what happi- ness means'° _._ "It is not only mentally that. these .children show the effects of their environment from birth. . All have 'suffered a war blight; they are Under- sized; ill 'nourished and subject to all sorts of diseases. •• :Shy in Their Gayety Even. "One of the most' pathetic sights, is to see the older•'children, those who remember Frande as it was before the war,•.,. heal' the w .get to. Evian, back y"_ a, into France once More, where they can run about and play and sing and shout as they used to do. They are shy and awkward about it at first, but they soon recover their spirits and gayety. "But the little. ones, 'those 'born be- hind :the German lines or whowere not old enough to walk and talk when the war began—to see them,..'watch the others, is heart breaking: Their first, emotion is fear—fear that the, Roche.Will seize than for'spealring•in French aloud. ,; "They have all been taught -French, these tiniest ones. They even' have little Frenchsongs that they have _. ,a_ _ :learned to fl,�s�al„adi:.tlnia �lSroalhY u' "But of French as` a language to 'be spoken .aloud, sung- at the top of one's ' yoke, :shouted ,as one romps in the open, they, have no conception, Romping and games' mean nothing to them; they 'cling to the skirts, of their elders and shiver with fear; it takes a long tine to make them , under- stand that they are -free at last. "Theynever will , be truly free, these h stunted, littl . e repatries. All them lives ,the shadow -.of. these early years willbang over thenThe im- pres§iois fixed in infancy never van -,i ish wholly; these have been too lint l impressed d ever to be erased all y P .Of the tragic 'herit age of war that ' of these war children is. to me the most tragic. • ' The Solution. • For . two weary hours- the- small boy in the railway carriage hod howled. and the'occtipants were getting tired of it.: "Oh, dear!" sighed the young me. then. almost distracted. ' "What ever shall' I do with the child!" 'A gleam of hope shone in,. the eyes of the long-suffering traveller oppoi alta. "Shall t open the window . rot you, inadant?" he inquired,• Wardrobe There - is a1wa3's a place in every wardrobo for.' the the simple dressing sacque, McCall Pattern '. No. 8011; Ladies' °and` Misses" Tie -On or .Button - On Dressing Sacgoe, In. 8 ,sizes, small, 82-84, medium, 86-38; large, 40.42 bust. ° Price, 15 cents. Partibularly attractive is this ki- mono --with--its--contrasting-.top part McCalLPattern No._ 8109, Ladies'_Emy pire Kimono: 'In eesizes, 34 to 44 bust. Price, 20 Cents. These -patterns-may be • obtained from your local McCall dealer, or fromh MCo.,70 Bond e McCall C ., and Street; Toronto, Dept. W; GIRLS! WHITEN SKIN . WITH LEMON JUICE • Make a beautylotion for a few cents to remove tan, 'freckles,sallowness.• ' Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet -counter will sup -t ply you with •three ounces of orchard' white for a few .cents. Squeeze the juice of two fresh /lemons into a bottle,then pput in the orchard white and .shake well. This makes a quar- ter pint of the .very best lemon skin whitener'and' colo iexion beautifier known. Massage this fragrant, creamy lotion daily into the face, neck, J,arms and hands and jus see t how freckles, tan, sallowness, redness and roughness disappear and how smooth, Soft,and clear the skin becomes., Yes! It is�•harmless,; and the beautiful' re- sults will surprise you. . The Farmerette. OhoHhaki Jack : looks thiough the • • • smoke, Of deadly barking guns, With thoughts, that stray from trench' and shell ' And all the hate !of Huns, • ' His broken thoughts ' slide 'hone - As water downward runs. Across the fields he sees: her go,. Behind the welli;:nown. team, And through' the flashes of the 'smoke He sees the harness gleam, As. back and forth she'guides the plow— The woman of his dream! Too heavy far, the cumbrous plow— Too hard the daily .toil Toow earisons the endless - tramp, Across the yielding soil! Too -slight by far the Bands that seek To straighten out the coil! ., • Yet noble women -hearts at home, Make' noble Hien abroad, • 'Whose splendid deeds reflect the souls That strive with soulless clod. • For Women such as these men die— And dying, they thank Godl te • The herd bull requires exercise. If a paddock Is not available, give him the run of a large box stall. He will be 'more prepatent than .if kept in cramped quartere. t..WT YOUR CORNS OFF WITH FINGERS How to loosen a 'tender cern or Pelee* so it lifts out e, without pain. �•--Q•-�-=ago-�•�e ' Let folks step on your feet here- after; wear shoes a size smaller if you like, for corns will never age send •electrie sparks of pain through. you, according to this Cincinnati au- tliemity. He sayii that a few drops of a drug called freezone, applied directly upon, a tender, aching corn, instantly re-' liey'es . soreness, and soon the entire cornt root findd RIl hafts right u t This 'drug dries at once and simply shrivels up the corn or,callus without, even irritating the eurrounding tissue A small°bottle•of freezone obtained. at any drug store will cost very little but will positively remove every hard or soft corn or callus from one's foot. your druggist hasn't !stocked this new drug yet, tell him to -get a small bottle., freezone for you from his wholesale drug hope. • Conserving the Apples. 9 ow much cider did you atnake..this year7se _inquired Putts .of hili iieigh bar, S wall. "Fifteen bar'l,",was the answer. Farmer Puttey took another 'sip. "It's a pity," he said, "that yon hadn't another 'apple. You might have made another bar'l." . Low-priced tea is a delusion for it yields se- poorly in the teapot that it is actually an extravagance compared with the. genuine Salada Tea,which yields so generously and has such a delicious • flavor.. • •' Might Lose Hie Job. • A •well-to-do. Scottish lady one day said to her gardener: • "Man, •Tacoma's„I wonder you don't get married. You'vea nice house, and all you want to complete it is a ;tire,. You know the first .gardener that,ever lived had a wife.” : "Quite right, atissus,. quite right," said Taminas, Cut he didna keep his job lang after he got the wife." - ltinard'a t.ialment wed by Physicians Trawler Crew's Ordeal. A trawler employed as a • submar- ine -charier recently -arrived' at the Azores with1 " 9 men. on board- after .. bad' having been at sea for several weeks without bread, fresh water, or coal, and navigating, owing to a break- down, by means of sells. She was on the high seas for five weeks before :being able toread' port. . • , MONEY ORDERRS:. When ordering goods by midi send a .Dominion Express•:Monty Order. Not What He Meant. ` "My brother wrote me about a din- ner-some of the soldiers gave: fear two visitors at . camp, 'members of a fam-`. .ous Canadian regiment, who , were home on sick leave. The 'sergeant • had been ` carefully coached about giving the toast, but became ,flustered, and this is what he made Of" it: 'tHere's"to the . gallant Eighth, last on the field and first, to leave it.', •-•' .Silence reigned', reigned,; then the corporal came gallantly to the rescue: "Gentlemen," he began,' "you must. excuse thesergeant; he. never, could give a toast decently;' he isn't used to public speaking. • • Now I'11: give, a toast: 'Here's tothe gallant Eighth, equal to none.'"' - At Sunday School: With are air'. of; great 4reportance the small • bo Y a snota • of Sunday schoo 1 in - Belfast imparted, this happy fact to his teacher "The devil is dead," he said, solemn ly. "What makes, you think that?" ask ed the startled teacher., •• "Dad . said so," .eatrlaimed the boy. "I was standing in the street with him yesterday when a funeral passed, and when dad . saw it . he said, 'Poor devil! He's 'dead!'"! • 'Post offices were first established in 1464. c • 0410 The Magic H eafl n gOintment,- Soothes, and heats all Inflammation,, such is bornep •caroti, blister,, opts, boils, Aka and abacesafir•-I sold for over 25 roars,. All deale.rs.'or wTh iii: tttRsT REMEDY COMPANY. ilimittoo, Cowl • . • Wsep >iptte►td'e r taitnistjtt 1st the horns Punctuation marks were Scat used; • in1490, t ED. 1, ISSUE 24'18. Let Ua Give Thanks. For the courage which come wltwtwlt' call While troubles like hailstones fall; For the help that is somehow nigh In the deepest night when we cry; For he path that Is certainly shown Wile we pray in the dark alone, Let us give thanks! For t' a knowledge we gain if we sit And 'ear ell the buffets of fato; For : t e vision that beautifies eight If we look under wrong for the right; For t e gleam of ,the •Ultimata Goll That -bines on each reverent soul; ,Let ns give thanks! For he- eonocionsivessstirringin cescr.d That love is the thing the world. n" eds;' For t e cry of the travailing earth That ' = giving a new faith birth;. For th , God we are learning to In the heart and the . so'ul an the mid, Let us give thanks! ,i, 'For.th growth ,Of the spirit through pal . Like a,lant inthe soil and therein; For the dropping' of`'needless things Which he eword of .a sorrow brings; For the meaning and purpose of life Which awns on> uss' out`ot the strife,. et us give thanks! ' ' a iMiiaara!s L imsnt Lnmbsrmsn's Wald. • Incorrigible,. At a college in England it as against he rules for male students to visit the "resident lady boarders." One day a s dent was caught in the act and broughtbefore the headmaster, who said: "Well, Mr.. Blank, the, pen- alty for the first offence is four ship lingo, for the second ten shillings,, for the third 81 and so on up to $10.!' "And what would a season ticket. cost?" enquired the culprit. , MINARD'S' LINIMENT is the ,only Liniment. asked for at, my store an the only one we keep. for sale. All the people use it. • • . ' HARLIN FULTON- • Pleasant Bay, C.B. . �.. • Many persons are unaware that the green and tender tops 'of many Vege— tables, such as radishes, turnips, 'eel- ery and beets, ,contain valuable" min- eral ineral and: other food substances, and are excellent cooked as greens, or even as adelitiOns to salads. . Ask for 7Qiaardle and tske o other. -The- production ief farmyard :Me,: ure M. Great Britain is estimated ' at 37,000,000. •'tons. annually, valued, at 0,250,000, c m o pared with an annual n co sum bion of £6;500,000. o th pw r of arttificials. TForMen'`1A ariien's an d C dCht renasS hoe { s EAnAb•• ABSORB iNE STOPS-' LAMENESS from a Bone Spavin, Ring Bone; Splint, Curb, SIde Bone, or similar 'troubles and gets horse going sound. It acts mildly but quickly and good re+, sults are lasting., Doe's not bllister. or remove the hair and horse can be worked. Page 17 in pamphlet with - each bottle tells how. $150 a boldo delivered. Horse Book 9 R free. ABSORBINE, JR., the antiseptic linirnetyt 'tor mankind, reduces Painful Painful Swelling_w s, enBsn e • td Ian sWen : isesarcose Weals -Sorer. Allays Pain. Will fell, you more if you write. $1.25 a bottle at dealers Or delivered. Liberal trial bottle for 10e, stamp., 518 tilt Montreal. W.F:1f0UN0. P. D. F., Craut t, Css.' ibsorbiue sodAbsorbine. Jr„' its meds to Wadi. 04��.m•c�.e�s. �•m•z�•e:�•e•me Cause of :... Early. Old 'A-9 e The celebrated Dr. Michenhoff, anu Jt tho:ity on early old age,. says thatitis-"caused by-polsons- neral ed 3n :the...:. " .. 8 antes i tne.-_,i When your stomach digests food properly ft is absorbed without forming poisonous :natter. Poi- sons bring on early old age and premature death. 15 to 30 drops of "Seigel's Syrup" after meals makes your digestion sound. to sp4oe4044..Soca,011,ca.-egkiPee.,e4rdesertis Whist it Meant. Sunday -school Teacher—What does. .this-verse=mean'-where it--ea,a1 "And the lot fell upon''.Tonah?” Little Barrie—I guess it means Via whole gang jumped on hurt. . AgzatT$ WAiriza -t, .,es PORTRAIT AGENTS WANTING good prints: finishing a, epeoI* ty; frames Bbd everything at loweat'ppricatat quick service. united Art Co.. 4 lirans- wick Ave., Taranto. !UB BALI EEKLY NEWSPAPER - FOR BAR in. New Ontario. Owner 6 in tt Fratnce. oWitll sell ;2.000, Wrth double Apply c/o Wilson Pubilshing�Co., Limited. Toronto. 1k E EIGHTY HORSEY=P Boller. with 800 ft. of .2 in, pipe; stir[ leg Derrick: second-hand Sawyer- Massey. Tractor Engine. Grey Iron Castings betide to order. The Dominion Foundry, Tweed. Ont. WELL EQUIPPED NENVEIRa 'Ef ' and lop ,vrinttng plant in Easters Ontario. Insurance carried $1,100. Will go. for 01,100 on attack. sale. Boa 40.. Wilton Publishing Co.. Ltd.. Toronto ass siitsaLTtao'vs^ CANOVA. . • 'TUMORS. LUMP'p ed internal and external. curd• with• eat pain by our home treatment. Writ! pe. before too fate. Dr: Betimes 0tsdicas Co.. Limited, CoUlserwood. Ont , • ERED SUFF TWOYEI NTH PIMPLES • Child P Could Not Slee Till: .Cuticura Healed.. My little' brother au Pesci for abort. two years from . tiny red pimples. '. They appeared`•constantly ...' on his body hut .hehad the' ruder greatest trouble der his ears.- • The: Akin; was- red- and yes, • sore and reties least: touch :ha would give •• . a howl of pain. After :a . few seconds he would have to scratch, .. and he was not able to sleep. "A friend advised ins to send 'tot., Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I no; ticeda change, and Iused threecskemof Curicura Soap and four boxes' of (Sint- mem when he was healed." (Signed): Louis Frank, 746 City Heil Ave., Montreidj Que.,•Februiiry 2; 1918. , Keep your skin clear by using CetI- cora Soap and Ointment for every. day toilet purposes. • 'For Free Sample Each by Mail ad ... dress post -card: .Cntiicrira, Lept.:A, Boston, U. 8. A. Sold ,everywhere. HE. MAKINGOF A FAMOUS MEDIGINI How Lydia E. Pinkhatn's: • Vegetable Compound Is Prepared For Woman's Use, A visit to the laboratorryy where-tlile seuccessful•remedy is-.mado,impresses- ven the casual looker-on with the .reli• ability, accuracy, skill and pcleanliness which ,attends the making of this great medicine for woman-s.ilis... 'Over 060,1)00 pounds of-J'aiiiotf$'iierbi ` are used anualty* and all have to. be gathered at the season of the year !when their natural juices and medicinal sub- stances are at their best. The most successful solvents are used to extract the medicinal properties from these herbs. Everyutensil and tank that comes in contact with the medicine is sterilized and as afinal precaution in cleanliness the medicine is pasteurized and sealed _ • In sterile bottles. :, It is the wonderful combination of roots- and herbs, ,together. with -the skill and care -used in .ite-preparation- which'has made this famoutemedicine so hiiceessful in 'the treatment of female ills.. The lettersromwomen f who have • been restored to health by the use of Lydia,E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound which we are continu pub- lishing - ailyp lishing attest to its virtue. CU FIN FOR C:IG•Ai25,TTES. ' CUT COARSE FOR. PIPE' . ria Mil` to _ii r 1e it tri w r w w ■ m w n st w ■ i ' Na is el ■ le le '' +alt' el _ at