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local postmark."
Who vs, .s Fooled? 1.474444v*b"v'agi" b* suggwit.
With a pretty fiutth she thrust her
lelitlifee...e.elidelet 44111)111.01 bond inside her jacket and presently
withdrew the letter. He glanced at
Billy Parker grinned .joyouely. It the superscription and smiled. `
Would be *hell a good Joke• on Moil , hAne this is your answer?" he
Allen to send thQ letter. Here Hugh mu eentiyleer eyes gave reply
had been in the Philippines Cor two 461 twee the courage to ask you my -
years. What .\•.oeld she think when' if now," he amid, tenderly. "This is
'olio rece'ered a Leal letter in the vfelhe a letter I wrote before I went to New
remembered hemlezeiting? . l York to arrange about my going to
Irebie Wier° eyo he could gee herthe Bast?"
eagerly tear.ng open, the letter in "Then you didn't send it?" be sok-
the postoifice. lie would be •outoide, ed tremulously. •
to yell "Aoril foolt" Miss Alien a1 "No," "No," be geld. "I didn't send it
way' "stopp,.1 for her maii on her because I have come all the way from
%vertu. eehoel. Thereeemild be no Manila to aek y'ou, to go back. with
• POssible ehenc4 of a •aIlp-Up if he me. I never had the courage to send
Inelled the letter Sundey. I Yoe thie. .1 think -it Must be that
Ile bad been looking in liugh'al Young. btnthar of Mine. Ile' ProbublY
desk for some Ash books when Imbed; ran aez'Oas ' It in InV 4%;10'
run •across th.t envelope, • carefully! "What ean you think. of me?" she ,
• tuck*d away „in the '" bottom of a; Said with glistening eyes.
ewer. There had been a time wheill "If I told Yon:" he Bald* ,sineerelY',
•
re
tters to the, had earri,d a it of the selfsame teacher, but that had 'I should make a scandal by hugging
you right here on 'the etre. I thuhe
oe en beforellnehebegan to talk about Yon are the ,dearest little woman in
theAmppinge ea •a place far rang the world, I never had hoped to learn
*nen to grow up with the country mY•answer so 'huichlY.
tui
.... 110 enday • .e. * Billy .grieeed over -"You have iiilly4te, thanktor that,
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his anticipated jolto, and Monday shi.-14...ugh. ecl,* .._ ..., • ,..'' ,_
morning he • entirely ignored •the -4'nen-t aneW Wa4ner te ti'''ae" "
flannel cotes .th4 be xr4ieb-t be certain thank him " he =lied. ."Perllaps it
evonld b 'b tt d b th ' th t
tie be . at .th4 poaoffice in linie,.iind e e er to.• o. O -,ein a
.4 order," ,„ •• . - •
went eie leaeine. his mother greettel outage, mused •Billy, a-, few hotirs.
concerned over, 4''hiafailirig aPpetiteo Inter ha hooeinoy 4xtgex,s5d ago.
''V'SUally ,BillY' pr•-lerred tlennel.eakeS pieeer "Hugh isars that I'm the April
• toPrOmPtngp5 4 041°4' * ,•. fool. I don't think soo ' Ile's in • the
had iwt 10.n; te wait, for Pre -i trent _parlor acting more like a 'fool
,sently Nita Allen, came " hrioicli. thanl am'. I wouldn't just it If -belie
' *low And enteral" the potiteffiCh., As' u giii no that, Ifit..ga uk tu - the
ihe turned 4V0Sr 13111r rioted -that be poatogiee ana oboe, de .lesore ,. the
'held in hr h"nd enlY a lung blue felleea if I'd just coine home." '
envelope and a neWspapOr. He
thought regretAillY of. flannel eahes
he he realized thet bisAPril'FoOljoice
had Miscarried, and turned and fole
lowed Miss All.n down • the street.
- There were the usual ,pronito )11a -
ed in the scheoi yard, eut 'Billy, al-
- Ways the -leader in all misehiefeetood
• apart and wondered* fl Was certain
that ha bed stamped the letter pro-
• FRUIT BRANCH 9iRCULAR,
boned by the Ontario Department of
,
Agriealtittee
- Many - frUit • -growers , are not
just ...sure an , to when'. they should
prime, their trees; . when ' they
erly, and anyway Mr, Meade 'would ehould ' siva)" •Wean and what
I
.ovo giveti the letter to he and ca.. limy -should spray 'with. ' Also
•. edted the itimey had the stamp fell-. many era ewers would often.
an Off, It wee gemeting he count be ewe a intormatioil in reference,S•
not unclerstao :,, tholigh he •viezzied suebetopies as age/ Best 'to Contra
ids. brain until the last bell rang arid
he. slippedi.wA:, his oat /not in time., Variona Insect R eats, Fertiliiers for
the Orehard, Suminer Pruning, Fruit
-'. Some ,ehe 'rie.'et Mee been plairinX Iled -Formation. Oultivetiou of the
jokes on tie'. teecher, for lier eyes Oreharde, Legislation , re, Spraying
Snapped:Mid "'alone her -mouth there1r,reeslirrull Bleetre -Fria .By -Fre'
. payed a smil, thav *node /.3illly' want ,euetn, The Fruit Marks: Acti'Markets.
to hug her. Even when 'Ned, Nat- for Onthrie Fruits, Modern Methods
•th-i.,qw-4 14cMalt- tn-Pic15-,:ap a rad" en4: of Packing.Fruits, and. many other
w
'o have it jef.
rned from beneath hie Jere subjects of a Similar nature,• i
• grasp by a hit ci.t thread, Miss. Alien i • In an endeaVer tO SU 01Pe'rt at least' the-Vrt/4 Branch ofthe
* need; in
only looked Ow vv
other ay, and tali-
iied With 'h. r Pencil. -on the desk," '
Ontario, Department eAkrieulture is
though surely...at ' . other.t times the etarting) with this-. eireulree-a ',eerihn
• eouice a th s demonstration would '<which it is intended shall be issued at
have been as oetent to her as to thp- least orica a month_ during the year,
Flees. :::""----.- - • . • 'each is de to deal with or.,eliardopete,i--
• During the,Iunch licoar '13illy!s,.,e.,-- fieug
tification wee,' fuether increased, for a- other fruit -torticS-Which are
.4
a- moat imnoitnnon at the time That
stopping at the postoffice, he asked ei, information ori a suhiect. Such as
e ter men for, Miss Allen. "She was spraying. will be distributed emly, in
expecting twe letters this Morning the 'year before spraying comineoces;
and She. only ' got .one," he .explained
to Mr. Meade.• ' on luimnigr pruning
just previous
to
. -,'"Go on with year April fool jokea,
• ''he laughed geed naturedly. "She got
two letteke this morning." •
• the time when this should be dope,
and no on „with: many other timely
• topics. • Summaries of information
• contained in various Experiment Sta-
Billy knew' better, but there was tion bulletins, dealing With fruit prob-
to use asking questions. He had lems, will also' be 'included as 'SU&
seen her coon' out with just the one bulletins apii ear.
:big envelope rind thaf 'was from the, oeeerers who receiegieihis ele-e-eilae
*--scho0I'Mpirmiltde. Tile other, W38: will greatly assist _the Fruit Branch
tiot ueder •„‘ig end, for he had Pre- if • they win send m the names of
• tended 'to dr-. his can as an excuse
to look th under side and thereneighboring fruit growers hom they
had heen not- g hidden beneath.
'
Would. like, placed .on the regular mail -
But if Bit'. had hung about the g3; '
schoolroom •ij teed of pursuinghis Thinning FruitInvestigetion • et the postoffice he elost varieties of peaches and many
would have. that elle :wreathe:was of our varieties of apples would she*
•right, for 074 echer'e desk was the far bigger ''rturna at the end' a the
envelope he , htid dropped into the year if the ruit were thinned ee
box, and .fce IOth time teacher, eavynicernof Oineri,aspopnls;s; en, a thinning
• With glothir,e sake, was reading the e conducted dur-
note attheVninoweliannd rEesictapetrshareern;
have not • be courage to spealc,” tal Station, e g
it rant, "but `, ani coming back Mon- obtained:
• day on the e, If your answer is •. • Bbls.. .13bIs. ,Bbls.
'yes' will y meet me at the train. No. of Trees. No.1. No.2. No.3.*
If you are e, e there. 1 shall know the 26 -Thinned .. 48.7 . • 15.1 20.6
answer is gut if you . can find it 20'Unthinned . 25.4 „ 23.6 23.1
in your hale t • love the dear, please *Including all windfalls. •
be there ti t me. The others • - - •
think I aite c ening on the night train Reckoned on a. tree basis, the thia-
ned 'trees averaged 1.87 bbls. No. 1,
• -and weeehelee:ave-a. chanee -walk--
.6 NO. '2,- and :hr No 3,
home alone" ,•
The oepl„. ion as very, simple. while the onthinned trees averaged
She had 0 .1 the enVeloPe inside' 1.2"i bbls. No. 10.18- bbis, NO. 2; and
• of the foldthe paper as she had 1,18 bbls. No. 3.••
'
received 'it. e eenehow she did not The thinned trees produced almost
Want °thee zee the” precious mis- 67.2 Per eent No. 1 apples, and 42.8
sive and ,ee instinctive modesty per cent. No '2's and 8's• Tho un-
• the lad hide, ; it. •thinned trees produced 34.9 her cent.
The aft: el, ;4 dragged interinin-1 No. l's and the balance, 6E..1. -per cent.,
• ably for, he Jilveyy • stroke ,of the No.s 2 and 8. The tees in the above
clock eve' of -the pendulum experiment received exactly the same
brought' Thee carer to her, and yet treatment in every' way, excepte the
the rinnutes,i,•eeed 'with leaden wiegs., thinning.
• It wae :only 1 -110 -minute ,,walk to the f In addition:ton:higher per cent, of
.Statiere-inV-Jte Iingere•d-L-ovcr' 'the No l's a ehakeepf the firstsOnthe
--.' .eteriPe§itioline 7 her --One' `-eenstentlY-thinned"treea-4ara-faneY---00•'wOnld
seeking. the. , I .w -ticking watch in thetefore. sell for more trione3rthan
front .of,her 'Hail at last the Minute -Ordinary No, l's. Another benefit of
. ee eeeheecieeete.lmoste...teetheeellalf the .thinning it; ;Its efreet 'ea the erop
,,,,,,..
hour, ehe p't,t on her Wraps And hut- for attother 'Year. It is genifilly-te.
„tied clowii,the street, . , : .„ . cognized ,that: thinning the fruit., in
Itilly,..kcep,ng vvate, h at the , poste heavy ' crop 3rfats pientotee ' antinal
Offieeewes ati';nding a Weery vigil, bearing ht treetime ordinarily bear
:hut her reed took her in the opposite -biennially. Theestrehgth of theapple
,direetiotenree he. dia_liot know - that: tree is 'used- up,- not hi producing so
he ,wriS Waiting.iii vein. , . ' . ' ' inneit "apnle.saliee," but he the,vo- fire fit broke, mit at.a fielerestaute
The' train -led just .whiStled at' elle duction of thelseed - '-In.the 'above' unt4erth,*The Whole of, the builti
, reached the ,.., ittform, and ut -0, few 'experiment it Woo fouhd that the re. ing was totally destroyed:, '
, enientee the le.• ay String of eoaches nacival d 6$ per ',Cent: of the youtig
yllt
NAKINIef INAR 19111161S
11
WHAT THE ENGLISH CITY OF
LEEDS IS DOING.
Ttiroilterg Need MUch More Bit a
Bridle Than Whip and.,
• Spur,"
,te
• More hattleekipseee.,Mlnee, altellee
rifieo and other munitiOno of . war;
and when we .bave .got them we shall
still want morel 'That is the ert.
;which can UoV1 beheard above aU the.
.'roar of furnaees,_the thud oti *team,
fighting pimply of the British Arm
and Navy." ,
"Ohl free." kW Now Gigig.
Engineers,. of worldirid* repute de,
not scorn to tisk help from. most in-
eigniticant shape which happen to
have the right tools and mochonleo;
hence, everybody end every firm does
their bit. There Is a little OUndtqf
work for really urgent item* to core-
plete special ordere; but the forty or
fifty thougand men who handle me,
tits in one form or another in Leeds
are keeping.pece with all the Govern-
ment requeots that have come their
wey. •
A* raw materifile anything that can
be coiled snetol, me wedl es certain
Onto of .glase and shinier odds end
ends 1;',4 hardware, go into the raeltint*
hammers, the clatter of riveters, the pot proceolowi cartir
whirr of steam Rowe, the grinding of
lathes, and the bustle of the packing
shops, *rites William Leighton in
World's Work, * "'
The charges of not doing your
den "sky-high" with ancient buckets,
,fenders, fir,e.ironi, garden fencing,
• and Pot* and pane, is :to uncommon
sight in the Nunslet suburb, where the
'whack," "overstrain," ax4 weak.
•• ening your powers • by stimulants,
which seemed to he lev.elled -about this
' at war writers' in general with,
• outadeqUate out .of diStrictS
that were oiiiners above all ether. eine
neve, ,ceitte .as, a, shock to.,..Leeds, as
• donbtiesa. It tlid--tonsaoranother eeee
tre which . has .•detoted' over 2e per
Mite Of the beet itss. Men. te ,the
, finying 'DelicaCies for WoUncled,.Britisb4. Solcljere
LAN interesting photograph, made atit 73r1tisli base la Prance, -where a large
"' number of' Canadian Soldtera are being nursed back 'to health. An
priausawoman, „the honor -ail bousekeener a, the hospital, is shewit bargain,:
Ing Me dainties tor tee patients. Tee peasaot saleswomen aro evidentfy
keenly intereetea Owl:n*1nel* at hand.•
•
better 'heceese the results.' of exiierl-
Merits 811610 that they average better
*plot, - thinning' te - your listeef
orehard k op eratione,
•• Fruit Crop Prospects, •
,
Apples, •generallY speaking, give
Promise of a •meclium, to light crop
only, veinal is to be, expected after
last season's heavy crop. Spys are
fair whero they were good in 1914, -
and very good in orchards% that had
,eetiy..e light ceep. lase year, GreeniegS
and Baldwittge generally 'are light
very light, ItuasetatAight. -Snows'
fair: Earhreneiren giere prointee of a
good crop. Prices` for early and late
apples„ this year -should :rule ,Ifigher
than 1914,,ospeeiallyeduring-the early
• Part of the eeph3" season, on account
of the lighter 'crep. Also it is -expect-
ed that the West .will be Able te take
larger quantities of "apples', this year,
• and at better pries,: as present inch -
cations point to. redord. grain crop
ane Ceripeeuent :increased prosperity.
• . Pears generally,' promise a `inedituri
to heavy crop, Plum's aridelieachee
are a, heavy eieni in,. practically all
eeetionS. ,The canning factories ap-
pear to be nO,Iturry telnaka con-
tracts for their supply of peaches,
probably exPecting that they will be
very cheap: Cherries give promise, or
an excellent erop.
Strawberry patches generally have
tomethrongli the whiter inevery good
shape,- being far: better coedition
'than last spring. Prospects Were for
-a,,.,hea„yiereCrOp,-L Late, zpring."frosts,
hOwever, during the early part of the
week 'of the 17theof May did a great
,
deal of damage' manY seetiOns,
Norfolk, Middlesex, and the Brirling-
ton,' Oakville, Clarkson districts all re-
porting 'serious damage.
Bulletins. •
The folloeving Fruit Bulletins. Will
be. sent free,„te, anyOne Sending:in ,a
request for any of them:. •
187 -The Codling Moth.
194L -Apple Orcharding. • •
198 -Lime Sulphur Wash.
202-GraPe Growing' in theeleiagara
• Peninsula.
210-8' trawberry Culture and the Bed
Raspberry. '
211 -Fruits Recemmencled fee Ontario
Planters. •
216e -Box -Packing of Apples, -
219 -The San Jose Scale and 'Oyster
•' • Shell Scale: • . • "
222:---Currants-raini-Oooseberries. - -
223-FettilizerS.
Culture in Ontario.
227 -Cherry Fruit Flies. •
• 230 -The Cherry in Ontario.
• Periacopes- as Life Savers.'
• • :
Probably no instrument' Invented
during the present „European war has
been the means of saving as Many
lives' as has a ,sinall petiscope new in
use by the Beitish soldiers.
FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND
NOTES OF INTEREST nog.HER
• BANKS AND BRAM
What Is Going On in the Highlands
and Lowlands Of -Add
Scot.
-The-Fostinaetee-General ,has ' now
eanetioned -the establishment of • a
telephone exchange and call office at
Ballinburg, and the necessary work
is now' .hand.,..
A laborer residing at, Rosyth Naval
Base Matision. has died the Dun-
'fermline and West Fife liosPital from
the effects of injuries .received in
Rosyth dockyard, •
•The death is announced at l3er-
wiek of Alderman T. A. C. Neshit.
He was, elected to represent the
Tweedinceith `Ward 1896 and con-
-
con7
tinned 'on as member. • •• '
• Mr. John M'Itnight, heahrnaster of
Lempitlaw Public school, near Kelso,
has tendered his • resignation' to
Spraneten School Board in conse-
quence of failing heath.'
The carters and Vanmen in the
employment -of St. Cuthbert's Co-op-
erative • Association in Edinhurgh
have applied for an _increase_ef 72
cents pee week in wages. ,
Mr. George Nelsime •of ,Nelson'
College, Glasgow, has received, in:
formation that 'his 'nephew, Private
J. Lauderdale, 2nd .• Scottish
has been killed in action.
The `Strathondrick Agricultural So-
ciety, established in 1816, have de-
cided not to hold the annual show
this • year. This it the OrSt year•that
the show, has been abatdoned, '
• , •
The travvler. Vesper,, GriinshY,
which had been operating in Ice-
landic -Waters landed a -catch of 70
tons at Aberdeen fish market. The
• total amount realized was $6,700.
to date the National Bible So-
ciety of Scotland has sent., between
400,000, and 500,000 Scriptures to the
• Scottish troops at home and over-
seas and the armies' of' the allies.
• At a meeting of the Ilighland and.
,Agriculturat SocietY • directors in
Edinburgh, it was decided that the
Edinburgh eleow duo to -be held in
July, 'should not take 'hate. this year.
--A meniorialte the MernorY:
of Ogden Stewart Ness, killed in ac-
tion at Ypres,- has been placed in the
burying ground of the Nesses of
Braco Castle in. Ard.och •chueeliyard,
A• serious fire oceuried •iti queen
• Street United Free dhurCh 'manse,
Castle Dedglas, occupied by the
Rev. No,trnan Nicholson, and most-ef
great forges belch forth volumes of
eniOlte that enshroud the 41otrict with.
thick 'Pell by day and illuminate. the
.Arnuoneot for ,niany Miles around -with.
flares .frout their „cupola* by pight.t.
Much of the steel and iron produced'
here goes to • Meffield,:and.,,uther me-:
tal-working centres, Where. it takes on
new,. shapes ---artillery plates, • . each
Weighing scores of tons, siege,. .field,
and . various ..ether.. guns, engineering
armrand 80 per cent. of the theught, materiel for Wilding for re and a vast
time, and skill of those who are left variety of .1ron and' steeh whi011 Ones
to obey ',every helmet of the • War to the bending of a, War Vessel, and
Authorities te the UtMeat of their wbieh ,is forwarded to the, nation's
power% ,olopbuil yards,, • e
Toecorne' to -what actually hap- Much ,machinery that could,With,
•
it this most pithy stage Of a out beleg 'entirely reconsteected, 'College/ NewParti•
Shrepshire ".a sec,
11111811
-OVER KW Or MK WANT To,
DO MEN'S WM.
11,040 Ask to AtrisOlialt W
Agritultand Colleges Tokthog
Weise* Wasi*Orno
Over 130,000 women have sire*
registered for war sorviee
Woo. Of 11,000 011001143
smarnmmenz000t'f,W09;,!, ;nor
x"welt asjohori?'-'17 r194"146""ossistantei
tailors and doeomeltors, ineln4134
those -prepared to work Power mit
ebilieg and 2,200 as WW1* n**11414
workere,
bor exclut=ithrougbus hoot
• The women offering to do arm*
tient• work are, for the most par
women who have not undertaken wo
before; those offering theinselves
shop assistants, on .the other ha
have done other Untie ,of work, b
feel that, 40 large numbers of yo
men are employed in the clistribu
trades, the givatest immediate
fon women dePlitiee might be „e*
peeted from this. quarter.,
• The *orioles Schemes '
a training in agriculture, which IAA
been undertaken by the Board et,
Trade have been pregreesing verl
satisfactorily, At the Harper Adarat ,
crisis When. every ounCe- of . metal,' Make totally tliffeeeet appliances to .ond, Wags of 80 udents has lust 'fen
these it has been used for hitheto, has ifsahremd.ciotrphaeeiririctideoorurr:melotfirmetilielisnwtrgureatieranonh.naulill
been brought into the war • service,
-and in some instances -new plant bee been
tries arc new turning Out War. meter- had anything to do with Munitions are
due regard to the producer and the- ridges, and parts .of oth'er.
jai as fast as it ,cali be produced with nowbeen built. podu Shopsins h thate nluineirivsetrerou,:ce:enrrtes clieSs lett ihaoi rvlec eke status,e vdswfierI g togi soaedna:dtnuliretseuetenhordineefilvtruh:aerivtioui:n:fincanggtireoitei,
Probcts. The Arras with whom War of war. •Women who have been the pointry keeping, hortiehlttire, an
Office contracts are. placed direct are Seb for years are adepts in certain
vsky'simain:Martibel-etefarilifeff'With' -Parts; Of Cartridge Making' and 'other 'g,pernad"eailusfpann"ectur7vrilkaifelghttlh-ellgerasli, be9f
those wl3o are indireetlY helping; FOr engineering ditties reqoiring .light
fore the ,concluanati of the course re
instance, a War Office representative touch. Women and girls are also ports that, without 'eXception, tln
asks the head of one of the smartest taking tile placee ef Alien whO have
engineering houses• in England vile-
ther it can turn out so and so by
Such a thrie, To accomplish the 'feat
all the- men • and machinery that could,
be put on to the job would have to
,werk eighteen times faster than Usual.
So ane big firm undertaken the' con-
tract, and calla in 'the help -of a dozen
other engineers. - '
"I do not for a moment believe, in
every. yard of cloth or leather, every
atoni, ef eXplOsivekis serimis ae.
emu*: 'Shortly -Put, throo-quaiters nt
the. productive power of Leeda Indus,
• gone to 'the war in Aeveral ether de-
partments ef engineering wok; but
they are furtihely introduced, and -will
make way, for their husbands, bro-
thers, and sweethearts . who ,ret4rn
froto the trenches.e'
•' Excessive drinking in thiS or in any
otlfer • branch of _Leeds ..industries
working for -the war, is .".extreinely
rare. "Leeds loiners," as they are
the idea of overstrain, or whatever sometimes called, do not pose as
�U like: like,. to- call it. is simply saintsi ;1)0 se few of them ever in-
' dulge that the,,rnagistrates, Recorder,
and ether .authorities are 'continually
commending them.. .
• To avoid interruption of this War
work, 160 ntembera of his Majesty's
army keep watch. night and day over
the workers. So far the euties of
•youeelay add a mueli larger item,for these khaki -clad Watclunen have been
overteme. • nominal; but the deepening of
"Therefore really, °Ur men. are'
pegging at it as long hours •as we
ought to let them. They. make from
25 to 35 per cent. extra and you can
tell Mr. Lloyd George 'that most of
that extra money gees into the York-
shire Penny ,Bank, lest a slump might
follow the war., .As.a matter of fact,
at least. threeecinarters the...work
that iebeing„'-clone in the iron steel,
-
•tool, and engineeringetredes of Leeds
is being done directly or indirectly for
the war. - '
amazing.. There is • ne ouch- thing.
The men cart stand it as easily as you
and have. done foryears ata time;
If we are not doing our Work, that -is
• the ,fault of the Governoteot. • We
Leeds engineers 'have given our men
.an advance of SSI a week: To that
' "Most of us iirefer to work on sub-
cOntract than direct. • We play into
each others' hands with much moresuretiess of 'success than if. we were
all working „Amder the direct eye of
the Governmelit. The Arms who hand
part of their war contract over to us
know what is possible; and do hot ex -
the ,gloom into which the largecities
of, Yorkildre have beeo cast 14- effi-
cial requests ,coupled ,with the recent
aeriel warfare, 'suggests ' that these
guardians play ,.possibly have a little
relief to the monotony of their- share
in the War. ' • '
,•
All makers of guns shells torpe-
does, rifles cartridges, and "other mu-
nitions, fea'complimentcd by the,faet
that, while an embargo is put on the
exportation of 'almost every ,,k-ind of
• leather "and. its ,products, war muni-
tions of every , description may be
shipped to Russia, France, and Bel-
gium: Of commandeering of works
and:their output, or of Profit-sharing
• other lhari the. general statement of
the dhaecellor, nothing 'has been
heard, but frequent commendations
coxne-from the War Office.
Pect the • impossible. Our ordinary Call 1.1, Pon Wolnea, :Fors and Girls.
customers, be they ever so pressing,
hayk- to stand aside. We are making
mines, parts (if sh,ells and other Muni -t
tions as hard as we can.. We are _re-
fusing offers.. from Australia, Canada•
and other countries,
•'Work for the Allies. "
'When Mr. --Lloyd George' or :any-
body else speaks 'of nurnitions of'War\
for emir allinies, these people do notat-
e/Os say what we are doing for Rus-
stee_France, and Belgium. E land
coUld niost easily -supply _its:,
fighting forces with „food, elothing,
• The idea of the Board of Trade that
all the women, married or who
can effectively h.elp to do 'the work of
,
men tot active •servide has been re-
ceiving full effect in Leeds „end ether
districts of Yorkshire since the year
opened. The great clothing houses of
Leeds have ealled in thousands of ,ei-
tra• women, thopc of whom possess ex-
perience at the Work.
"I3usy seasoo" handswho. are sume.:,'
meted to help in. time of pressure,
have recruited. the ordinary. state
"botheitrethireletheinillseand the LIU "r
women appear to he enjeving tht
work and that they far exceeded ex,
pectations in ener gy, enthusiasm, an,
capacity. The pupils informed lain
tliatthey.loped to be able endur•(
the hard physical labor should the]
be placed an farms at the completim
of their course.
Within the -past week -about .01.
women have been placed on ,
maintained', in their • own • countee
where farm hands are urgently need •
ed. Neeotiatione for 14 others
inhere'. About 96 are in training
have just finished their 'course.
,
Other Agtkultural College
whigh are eo-pperating in the scheme
are Swanley, • Gatfortlt (Leeds),
• Sparsholt (Winchester), the- Midiant
Agricultural Training Collete
(Kingston -on -Soar), ani Aberyst
wyth. l'he course at ' most of thest
colleges is of about three weeks an
includes the. rudiments of milking
• Every effort will be made to, us
the women in their own counties, ant
• in this way to diminish the housin(
problem. • The womert's horticulture
societies bave co-operated very Well
but the fullest advantages of th
scheme can only be secured if tht
farniers shew no -diffidence it
testing the ability and good will
'the women, all of whom are careful";
chosen before being sent for training
' In other trades , and ' occupation
there is eery little change in the an
ture of the demand for war service
Footmen are being constantly replae
ed and so are light pqrters, cleaners,
• messengers, and liftmen. There is
fair demanil for , women ,accouritant
to •replace men, artd one4raining col
lege reports an order for 100 WO
men with statistical training _to nu
dertalce classifications involving per.
centages. -The banks are ernplOying -
weinen in constantly increasing num
bars, and in some of the outlying
post -offices the same thing is happen-
ing. But the higher branches a the
Civil- Service atilt •show •a great ee-
Metance, to admit women who, with
shriller academic training to the Men
they wpuld replace, would be 'willing .
to act deputies.
Dangerous- Animal.
ing. workrooins to anextent never be:: The. dormouse,. and martY Older Ones;
and every 'sort Of equxpirtent for a. fore known, and, to*a snieller extent, belongs, rather to the Wonderland iit'
war ot-,, any length without 'working reanY extra women arehelping he the the iminortal Alice than to the realm'
much overtime, but Russia, France,. lighter. machining work in the merge. of soeic.giCal fact his, •aearest. rola- ,
_irifailditilaiBlessead _1iivieu, paarrishi pea: 4ri rsr gu. fdtolitidofts,at„ areriii_ shell,ie_wol:nte:rettp_Itonel than
, dohdr 1-, , tion --and eei esti: -v: i eaTenwd_ bt,3y,a, generaloriincioe- n.s ,fnogar ir .1;0 •7. (),.r- 0 ili haoget it. nfi t ar twt i Dna trg.. ... actetihe iso hw.. a. 1., a,er. ierde C m iapti t el e rather theoIo ' uLrtii: ke aue nredvi haaeinti .,, dtaue ouutchs_ , :e.,
Matters. -contidetabiy) one of th„,e Asecieted,, as he In With the comedy
the rooms, en. the. upper story were., e eete..,..., e_i - ''''' PI -fietioir, it seerna'qiiite nattiralf -to-
Fund. have aWerdetU John Wetmore .
1).111Theed.t°ruilstiees Of the „,.0arneg
. je.o. noro \vtoei,fiugtiliatliG.ileecrioautiy. - Whatever happens tiovoern'oht0_1210 efieeenlyale„sa4tbuleti!i•tign:1„Iiiii!,iXteo,:t,eneoehlbeelc. rr,...eeleautetyr eietroerdpey.leveosuirey.e,_otyn •.
everymnig- We Can telelp. any country- having, by the 'end of elate,he,e. enlisted ,find hue the .here at a seetnic .episode
best, whatever .
..: With the growthofthe,•tten•elvenodei ferryman; -OroirtartYp-who---tria„ eaete.e,se ...-Exelteeplor ena
of our peefite the Chancellor' of elle eleieg deenite. .. ' ' • . ,Mr. 'HotaCe, ef: Iletclensot, who re.,
of .fightine. the 'Aid, of the sharp -ewe ,-a enage frome-drowningene eteio- , 3' wish toeapptopritite," " bffielar--611iiiiiianne: at an-•=ageneY lateS the difficulties ?Amide:at on the
of
•
Thcs- -e&-ak iknreso-td - view - -ai for -the-einpleementeof boeeilind.gmls. nisPatch o wo..dermic by mai to
shooters,-espeeitillye. at- shoitt.-range, -martyLharborvintloltOraM_tertifiesitelJ..__.-- _ , -**,,,L„,..:, - .. -....- -,-...,,, - N "ii ', ' . - . t.J90,dtZgjuit7 lib* IA: the- beghmtuat Sir Johns daughter, ... - '
tne situation by tee net:Ca:or-one "o
has increased to an alarming extent. and $100. • ,
,
A. 'ele;,.•theelargest atich most 'emperieoced ,of
Where the. trenches are close together,. Three' Men, T: mcCuhhin,
in some imetteites tee that the Allister,. and S. Telford,. all natives the greet engineering het144a of Leede
'fighters can talk to one an -a er • teeensoere.-weee.-ergeteatey_eemed fairly summarizes what the general
their defenses, " - imPossible to in an explosion that' '6-deurred at .the body hia. "'VI-hay.e to say?
thrust a bead above the ground With- Ardeer factory a Nobel's Eitpliiive "What' vi,e'w" do yen lake, An to .the
out drawing the fire Of half a 'dozen Peetoty, near Steiterestonil - way ie- whielt. the War Authorities
•rifles., •- • , ,' • • Damage to the amount .of• several deal with the working clieseal." I
.eConecuithotry the poeltht perieeope thousands „of:dollars Was eans,ed: by it suggested. '
has been brought into use. The ports-.
cope is aimPle in construction, consist-
ing only of 'twO Mirrors. connetted by
a Collipeible framework. Both' Mir.
_r_Ore. are AXed 'to the fratileeeorkn4 n
..pulled_ into the station yard, ,tlie en- 'Agee luede-uo aftferenee in_ the te.
,Fitzgr ToRPEDOEs
"Yon 'eannot 'for a niemene dottbt
that the responsible Ministers ArCfar
too indulgent With ,the workers gen-
erally. They do net ektictly' toady to
thent;• hat when 'Sir Oeorge Askwith
girto,,,pariting ta.,.yitod„ T.,110,t,meartgAhatitlia,appietf.. hogleof .46-,degreesOVIten the -frame, .• intervenesi., the:Werlanan seems? th The .
She leeked•eniehlY-11P and down the' left, ,ea the average; grew :double work is ektantleit and the Whitehead -Adeitted Idea Ilf-Anst-riatti-riitirri of 'getting thah'etter`Of
' his ei-
ong 4:4 'earn -thltit ithe-nliet' of -the 'fruit on nothirmed ror Is raised above the °trench, the , and Then NavY tiled It pleyer in the long i un We all see
mendous -aecelenatiOn of theliea S,--trees,iurnducing,just-41S-inany,barrel __view is. reflected PPer-nurror, The first -..to use tor,pedoett that, t our atriotism s p, e
atinga sitetthirecogniz
. :ed a inuirled 'Ot ptple talk the trees had to mature dowo to the lower one, whiareflects lt was
o.:stnpPipg: !rpm 6,04 Floep': only hall Many indivi
:_dtiat frUitS,the e light itattif to the oyes the Austrian.- Although the iaeicet. g6ine' neenie rank' us as'
thee eeheerviet energy i•anct. $00. ita,, at the eheetvet„, utile inventor Of 'the Modern weep, convicted thieves,:'us they. do lieensed
10/ a 4.SltOu „koeivi. * • aen. It4bert Whiteheado Was an Zng. Viethallers;• but we hold: on our way
“."
"V. V"e a 66 a a tdrial for another ne8i4eitk ••• 13efore4;thie inetrunient certie into lieleeare , got the idea Ite thorough' loyalty :with which
general tote it WatS litededgarY; to rains an officer hi the Aiistrian tiaVy. every brae& .tite iron, steel, crigi-
aboVe the trenelies ,overy ;few ntute The Austrian's idea was to eonatitet (heeling and riiaelting-toolmaking in.
ht order to preventa surprise; Thes an eeeleaese ,eore.,b eloakWork boatj duStrieS of Lodi Voilts in .unieon Is
oceaSitnial hitiVett endangered the life .Etud, render it liangerons by loading .a Meet telling* leasen to the Student.
of .the investigator., With the aid of ma front of the 'onset with it ehriege of totritheteial .tent indUttriel irierality
the VerigenPe 016 wateber may remain .45f some cIosru 14e inentioneC Ten'. its national side. "rot eithinPle,";
in the Seenrittottne trenen and guard the idea. 'to Whitehead, WIO was SaYS -one of tli..ttiost. .taperiented
ra-
niraltist attY•t 'love frOtti a trench Milt* then livineIn Austria, ,and he, seeing presentatives et the ;leather' trade in
Yorksiiire„''we had a ver largebuild-
frig ,in winch .vtre made tarda Upon
Which •Ol'Oth 'Makers subittitted their
patterns, Now that orders from eivi.
het maybe transposed iu monkiflil the intes •of the Modern ono, This ftttn etiateinerti ttle Mit of the question;
lions, 'of .alfterent Walt. All the in, trot VveoPoo. did not work properiy, we have tittered the use of this ware,
• him, qhis Is to, surprise ttideed:"• frm
"Didn't you expect trie?" she det
mended sirsiiinglys "Did you think 1
•tould forget so seent" „ • •
• 'Met idoked puzzled as " lie fell
Into sten, mid. paeSed out of the sta.,
ten': ,W,Ut. no one knew I was cont.
• Ing," tleclared. "Yon don't mean
to tall me that my advent 'WAS anti• .
cipateals' •• ,
•k did not tell' tt, son'," she Said.. at
• only got yottr letter this morniiig.'''
allot I 'did not write ally one), not
Oen yott,!' wds the, puzzled ildelar4e.
don. Nita laughed. • .‘
0You .don't Mean to say that you
toped A seitool teiteher with a class
iko Mine tO forget this ' is April
Thinning is best' dote when the ap-
ples` are about the eize Of Waltinte.
The earlier it is done the better Start
the fruit receives. Also the stems of
young apples break off eager when
young than when later, so that fewer
fruit spurt are pulled from the tree.
Thitt the apples to froth four . to six
lichee apart, removing all small, 'this.
Bhopal or injured fruits. Do notbe
afraid of taking. too melt *hit Oft
Usually too ranch 18 left 611. Grid ap,'
t pie to spur is a good rule to toilov.
The apples should not touch Mid en -
other when full grown. .
Thinning produ.ees A higher, per
cent. of NO. I A high 'per tent.
°oil" she asked. , "Tito boys were of No. I's litmus loos la'bor in picking
tormeriting me all hay, and now YOU grading And pocking, because the fru
*ant me to believe that yeti did nett is larger .and.there Are leAS eulis
Me that letter. You must have grade nit. Thinned apoles will 8
'404finlagal.."1"414MC4i
• .6, —
in range of hislosion.
flc tWerity.six letters,el the alpha-
•-itte- vast possibliittes •of .the idea, et
-Ott& fs'et tio 'Work impreee- . At.
Alto. end •ot ,Yeara td be had:
. produced 'reitgli Sett .Of. torpedo, :oh
Eatittiiiis (if the glebe. Could Mit A anti Offer laIntinf a little , distarfee, house te mesas, ; wfio are strain -
thousand year's write' out ell the possi., sank. At lest, owever workable ing every nerVe, day Lod night, Sun.
Me transpositions, of the twenty-six ones Were produced, and' Whitehead days and holidays; to add to the num.
letters, even ettoposing, that each • sOta them tkok6 Austrian navy. Sino ber 'of cartriddes, shells, torpedoes,
wrote forty pages daily, each page then, then, of eotirie, _other navies have and Timid of flying nuteltiotry that go
11
containing forty ditererit trattspoid- 1 adopted the itort74,''al*" Nvo°6." o up their big contributions, in
tious. • hes, become far . •either of war or peace, totito.
A:.
—
of the war there were eight times:as
many 3riveniles of both sexes Mit of
work as in ordinary tunes, hut in
" e rci •f
both boys and girls for .neeful ocee-
patioris.* Work has been. found for
Many boys in engibeeritig. shops, thing eikely, to-I/dare the mitil hags, •
ther and boot fiteeries and in . the Or to do harm, to tiny officet thie '
eletideg ttacle. blest of the gitli are Deparetent." ' ••
now maldeg Very geed wages in the lire wrotCto the•
general Post
• 'office:" 4ir• Lublocketelated
"that even if•dormice 'could injure
• •
have the honor to Infant Yea. •
rote Some serlouseninded authority
froin Oa:general' peat oilice,"that
packet addreseed ta you, 'containing
ee-Dernietieereis-detteue.feeehethi
ciffice: it beteg contrary to Lat tQ
forward through this Post Office any
.• ' the oflicerS of. the. departraett '.,
tp/D,Emic •or ty,!/1034:).,• summer, they v,,,ere,Antapahle Sci "
_doing_ winter, b o_ansa hoLy.tere
_ e „
-Fever'-is te Raging -Among- Troopa-ariet
• civilians in Asia Minor,
-An epidemic of typhoid feVera is
raging among the Otos and
•poptiletion Asiti according
to report a from Constantinople. Seli-
enty.fivo physicians already have and.
ctInibed to the disease. .
There is imminent danger that the
Censtautinople water works sYStein
wi'll eomPelled to suspend opero.
dons' because pf Shettage of teal
arid the outout of, }lour Mills has been
reArietecl, for •the same reason, with
the result that there is an insufficient
supply` of breadt. Tho sitUation,. is
said to be so baiting that Mime" Gerd
mart families are leaving tile Turkish
ettpital. .
••••
The °rile Way. ,
Crxiwford-oDo you think it right te
quarrel With one's wife over the tele.
? •
OrtibehatTltat'S the only tin* to
do, it. You OM Auther og before
She eau, got tit the last:voids
'dVpon this ormant" • • "
assurance et.. salety,
ted tapegaveway,-, the-postritatt-took- ,'!'• •
courage, • and duty' 'forwardedthe: par,
eel containing bee tiongoreus dor*
MUMS; dormant. • ,
Equally •clIntising ''Wati the notice
horded' to Ahotbet. odd pet - the
'Lublock family. Ono Of two illirs;
trions queen .ants, Sovereign of one '
Of the colonies -upon • Which *Sir ,
• bhsetl• his fathom atitdies of tho-:'•
ways of the -little creatures, attained •
the venerable age of fourteen Yearat
mid 7 -then -tioveral Seientifttl ;
jottrnalit spoke • ofher deceeSe, and -
,the news penetrated to France, Whet -e
In whose Mind, • losnilielently aquaint:
ed With tlin'Oessibilities of •Phigliolt ' •
01'600141Y, ants atid aunts were ev-
idently et:intimate offered engage tone
.dotenes to Sir John "on the. less
•: aged and Valued'. relative," • •••••,t,
•
Irvilger Violet of :Wealth:
•'silty fete IS my fortune? said thal C,
ethitielette. beatitye
• "Wellr it bee't tteCeSsarY tor rollto
'be eonstahtly noshing rout roll,".Th
naatilOtt tlt 11140 C1rAtOk
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