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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1916-12-21, Page 3t .a ...•y..rr..w.w .J elha........t.-.,.. • • 1 HE SIGNAL GVDERICI1 ONTARIO THURSDAY, DECEtlIRZR 21 1916 a 1 $tar'aTe Corn.r Mentes•I Street .n. Square HIGH-CLASS and SANITARY t Ws serve excellent meals a la Carte daily ' PICSITO TAKE OUT Private luncheon Room for Ladies and Gentlemen CANE1'UL SERVICE Our Motto- Cleanlines* Alwor. OPEN 9 A. M. TO I A. M. ,r. ThSeason's _reel Gings TO all the good people of Goderich. We wish everybody a full stocking, many pleasant remembratices, and a heart in tune with the _ _ spirit of Christmas. - R. J. A rmstrorig MFRCHA•ti'T TAILOR Little Job or Big 1 • 'From the repeirjing of. a faucet to the installa- ti o n of a • •e corn p t'e plum bi n g , system. we a r e equip- ped to do the job. tai► W. R. PINDER Phone 1:,:, I)amilton Street - RAPPERS!; Send your 1 tRAWFURSI. toJOHN HALLAM ..es.nrw 6,90••••.mr r ms. tr• •••••weer u. =ma W . �r• 1 w r.wiwa. Curt m.•mml.•e..yM Mr .11charge.. 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Sinclair, formerly of liodericb, to a friend iu town : If i were journalistically inclined, there is no doubt that any aexunt.trip through France and Italy en route to the Mediterranean would bear fruit in the shape of a detailed description of three of the Allied capitals inwar-time; but as my observatioee, gained in an interval too short, were not complete enough even to penetrate the surface of things 1 will confine myself to a few rambling remarks on what we saw as we journeyed through. Leaving London oIi a foggy morn- ing, we got aboard our train. winch did not differ in any respect how thousands of other trains that have gone over the same route : crowded with men, naval and military, some going back to the firing line after a week in Blighty and otherm going out for the first time to our of the many places where British forces are eu-I gam- _ '4.- - --. i T eabwrt.pasaagaaernss the Chan- nel wea made in about the same time, and with as Much safety, as in pre war tuner ; the comfortable end bring up- held by the eaten weather that kept the waver in subjection. Reaching & se, port taws fn France, we disembarked in a drizzling rare, which instantly brought to my mind the condition. that moat exist in the battle ground on the tlouim?. Our stay here was short and we were soon en the way to Ibe Fiesta' capital. The train moved very *lowly ;• in fact, we thought it belonged to the order of creeping things, hut consider- ing war condition* I though: it war wonderful that trains wereTunning at all, especially so dose to thefiling line. Stopping at a junction point, we Mw a trainload of 'j'otumieeten the y ka--the trenetiea-wt►o, judging from Alia, hilarity ani their fresh, t y o oking appearance. were out for the first time._____-- -..—___._ -.— Next _ -Next we eaw a hospital train on -the way hack with the wounded, while a little farther aping I noticed ie number of carriages full ut oar dusky Indi warriorel on their wiry to comp known de•tinetion. Missing our connection at Par, we were obliged to *try over a night and a dayt which gave air a chance in see. something of the city. I ' indeed nn*h-soberer them - hers- 'saw •itt'Nr erred yo be in the m' ' ity, even long the' few peace time, and ciVilian; French suldiirs there,. The French uniform is very peri ty and all of t hoes whom 1 sally dressed in it, both officers and men. hooked very tit end all very, happy and hopeful: We were in see, Orli of the big• ioiel-, but all teemed vert quirt and c,trlrrAeted greatly with tbe life and crowds atihehotels around the S: rantjr or on Piccadilly. Many of the places of intereet are closed, while some e r its liuYrrnsnrnt ueenpat.iun, but re spent an i,ttereating 1 at Nolen Dame, being grigtly t.ken with th✓twn beautiful tune windows of the tllisteenth century. The works of art toot% the louvre being removed, we 'eaw a splendid collection of photo- graphy, relating to all Nanette* of the service, and..lruy ell for Allied bathe fronts. In the e we made nur way along Rue de Hiv I to the depot and got aboard • train for_the south. We were very fortuhate in firing stile to get i%.slerper and it was with a feel- ing or intense satisfaction that we got into nur cosy compartment (if green and mahogany, realizing that we bad here •tmple woof that things in France ore running along very smoothly and are not in a state of demoralization, on Getman), would fain have them be. When morning came, miles had hemi put between u! and Pei is, and looking out onithe Iandecepe we eaw that we were in a beautiful undulating country of shrubbery and grapevines, while in the distance we could see the Alpe, pal tinily obscured by clotldr• The rain we met in with at Boulogne and Perin was evidently general brnughnut, the country, for the rivers eremed swollen wish chow olate nmuddy- enlnr•ed wetter whiter -greet donde env- ered the hilltops. clung to the .idea and in come pieces relied right down into the valley. We were having the usual cortin"ntel hreakfs.t of tolls and chocolate, and 1, wanting a little marmalade. thought 1 would exercise my French, and having given the or- der and gut the response, "0141, mon- 'deur," felt "acme traveller," but was more amused than anything else when. after an unuwlel wait fur a slnalIorder of marmalade, 1 thought, the waitress brought in a lovely browned omelette. Mo much for my French ! \Ve were now getting three to the hills and se we journeyed along she could not help but notice the contrast between the light green foliage in the valley end the dark, -rock-clad mountain *ides with, their jagged tops. We passed excellent etretcbee of well -made road, lined with young treeq, over which one or two peasant. dressed in pictur 'toque garb were making their way. Our next stop was at Mt. Jeao de Maurienne, where we got on an assist- ing engine. and our climb over the Alps had begun, and at every turn some- thing new waq to be seen. We parsed many villages with their numerous cottages. some of the beluses being of a two-story type w h a balcony around the top t which acerae is had by step, from the side, Bach hamlet pa(sessed a church of ancient design with ito old-fashioned tower or antiquated belfry. There was also an accaainnal mill to be seen, driven by water power, of which there seemed to he ample, judging h the at many werfalls and water chute.. Tunnels and bridges were left behind, one lifter another. each being closely Crced try a solitary sentry. nothing pg lett to chaoee. Soon we reached the frontier town, where we removed to en Italian train, hauled by an electric Inromotive, and, after arranging our pitIe ports, etc., we ware soon away, still climbing over the double -tracked road. bal- lasted w 1 th rock. Strange to say, we • were not many minutes away from the border when the cloud. became fewer, and as we reached the snowline the mountainlops looked glint lona with their white peaks glistening in the noonday run- Here the air was Sold end bracing. lent we'este souu un the ►.escent, leaving the altitude• quickly behind. The rceuery ot. the Italian side wan beautiful, and aa we reached the lower hill. a percept'hie ebange-ie the attooephete was tapper - en t, so that Sunny hely wit Hoang up to its reputation as it land of brainyI air, blue tk les and pier ureique Iitud• acape. Heide of cattle, sheep end goats were graeirg on the field*, and as we approached Turin many villas of Italian fame were pared. During the few hours we were at Turin, the Hoerr thing that was to be cern wan the-lisrent slew of the Alps. There are Bowe inviting•Iooking •potri in the Marden@ down by the tivelrldr, qual, cool and secluded. Travelling almost roan ely by night, we did not Pre a ger at deal of the llrbrn country, but what we did ler in tweltr-bout buena'. w.a usually different and touch' enjoyed. Thr next picture that flcsb.d before us was one of the Mediterranean, with it.e hew wit stn end trim "yachts and although the trains are fewer than In peace time, and coltsrqurutly mole crowded, it wan allays an time or very near to it that we art lead at our respective points of changing- But we are now passing through the sub - urns of Home and grthelirg our se- coutienlerts iu resdu,rse for it heel y axil, ar we wanted wake of nur len hours' *lav at. the Italian capital. Tbr first lhi, g ar did wow to find the baggage depot, whet we de- posited our handgripv for the day. Most of these Wovemq ate, so far as 1 was concerned, were'diade with much preliminary gestdculation,a•, rut (wing a linguist, my most effective method of getting the native* to understand was to ream t to the proverbial way of the Jews—talking with your hands. la the station we met Meotch lady, a Mus Bissett, who, with her colleagues, ,aceta most of the trains to direct and help the runny wen of the filmy and navy who, .ince hortilitiee b. gan, fled thewselves at Houle on thrix wry tbrt.ugh to their respective stations, and who bave not been. faring welit at the hands of Italian robbers. She directed us to Cook's, where four of us, an assistant paymaster, engineer officer, submarine officer and myself, engaged a guide and a cab for the day for the modest scut of twelve lire each, about $2 as the rate of exchange cranks. Houle. an n modern city, is much the same es other cities in the civilized world, there being big hotels and * hops, street cars, taxis and every- thing elite that adds to the comf-,rt of everyday life ; hot -there are sows other things that Can be seen in Nome only Our attention was first of all directed to the Hank of Italy and the tw Courts, line, big, up-to-date*truc- titres, hitt differing from many of nor bnild,ngs on account of being con atruotadwof blocks of marble. no ce- x= DeMILLA PuSON D. Xiillar:4 Son and staff ex- tern o n t`irtl their- best wishes for a )vterry Christmas and a e appy jYe ► Year. PHONE 56 illars s Scotch Store PHONE 56 time we got dressed we had to scramble through the railway yards to get to the station, from which we reached the duck. and taking a ate. u - pinmtee were soon aboard the gond ship that carried us safely to Malta. Herr we have been staying ten days, awaiting our luggage that went astray in Italy. ----i# lea t-Tead4-01-3910:-`--'-- Port Arthur, Dec. 1 —A cotepara- tive statement twued'by the -Board oT Brain Cownriesionerr of4L'anada giving the total gtnantiifre .of grein _abipned1 froth Port Arthur and Fort 1Villiaul during the Bensons. of navigation. 11113 1911. 1915 and 14116, shows, that dining the past year it record has been created both in uu,uhcr'tat relative shipped iron' the bead cf the Inks*, and in the amount cf giant eatt'ir,l. Ln 11)16 t•unadian vrwsrl+ to ,JI:, Alert scan vessels '2.1:i.1$it.dMlbusbols all kind. of grail write carriedraidsThis is nn Increase of :il] cargoes end :,5;2I11I,I0Nt bushels over Dirt and is mote than d,nnhle the suttnmt shipped in lult fu ittll Awrrican vessels carried only one-third pf the amount of grafi 11 thiltp.-d from the bead of the lake', but in 19111 Cenadifn vessels carried , my 13,01e0,111111 buahele wane than.ii American ven*ely. t In Iter seas,m just errled,1:5 Units it t?tet rest e...•1*, ewt•rted 7, ij,;pti I:1M1,1ulk.et* is.l A* against 138 vessels carryang. 231111,- Ll 11Mt tbush,•l* to 11111. For the perrrd d Just as Good as Ever ! - 1)t:R S'T'OCK ()1• Siiiple and Fancy Omcerles. ' F-anq►_hriluitsaniti Buts and Christnyas . Speclials is even mors complete than,in other years' and we are sure they, will please. See our display all the coming week. OUR SPECIAL BLENIJ COFFEE is Just what .you will \\ ant for your Christmas morning break- fast.'. The Coffee with the right flavor. • 1 s DEAN BROS. PHONE 110 GKOCLRS GODERICH t Meptimber 1 1.. Drergther l:i, 1916t. tti3O,41,1M.1 bu+hela wereAshipped to Canauitu and United Slitter ports, in newels, of wbirh amount 39,509,0u0 (h bels went to United Suttee porta .MI111N,LIMt bushels to (;ltntadian- ' porta. MAJOR 11. 1t. CAHH•IiA IlH IS. Fonutr r tit ilea i, -h 111/11111, iiiiii ending 72nd Queen's Rntte y4Fingstoti. white sells on one aide, whirs. nn the °the, was -an uneven count, v that lac keit' he appearance id fel til,ty and seemed to he little cultivated and giver to grazing, but eppatently this snmrwhet barren upppeiurance of the land applb•a to that tlisiric1 just out- put*. Rome, which we rapidly ap- prnarhed. - 1n passing, let ree just nay that the 1'alien train service In very good, and PERSONAL. -.16 Catharines, Ont.—"Two years sea 1 was in a very nervous, generally run• down condition, so that I awoke in the morning more tired than when 1 retired. Thedoctors thought I had heart trouble and treated me for it but I got no efit. I heard of lleree'e reme- dies through a friend who had been tq your Invalids' Hotel for an opera- tion (which proved entirely ueeewtful) and I at once got the 'Favorite Prescrip- tion.' I took three bottlers altogether and at the end of three weeks I felt en- tirely cured and have been well and strong since, without a single bad spell. I stopped taking it about three months ago and .rn glad to till any one how splen- didly your medicine has healed me."— Mas. Joffe Lewin, 53 Niagara St., 8t. Catharine*, Ont. Tbs mighty restorative power d 'r. Pierre's Favorite Prescription flpeedily esti... all womanly troubles to disappear and brings hack health and strength to nervous, irritable and exhsurted women. tit is a wonderful prescription preparld' only tmm nature'm roots and herbs with no alcohol to falsely stimulate and no nsr,'otie to wreck the nerve*. It ban- klhes pain, headache, backache, low epirita, bot flashes, worry and .Iceplesmess surely and without lois of time. Get it nowt All druggist*. A Great Mak p.m woman Should Rave, °vet a million copiers of the "The Peo- ple's Common oo- ple'sCommon Sense NIediral Adviser"are stew in the bands of the people. it is a book that everyone should have and read in ease of accident or nit -known. *Rend fifty rents or ntampa to Dr. Pieroa, Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., and m- anse this notice and you will receive by return mail, all charges and custom duty prepaid, this valuable book. mint of anyrkin being need' Meny Meth c monuments were Rasped on tb sy to the Pantheon, a ve.•y ancien Biting of pagan origin, evidence o' w' h is trill to be seen in the aculp ire, s hoe of whieh ie still to the fur -- Seeing this dome-shaped huildi before Mt. Peter's gave us a idea of the size of Jt. Peter's do • e, which is larger. Whether a�-person is interested in churches ✓ not, he cannot help but be ins pressed with the imuienmity and randenr at this femme sanctuar t. Peteri, whi,Ti'is recognized tut t largest and ftneet church in the world. To get any line,•f its'aite and 'pend- ent-, one must see it again and again. it must be seen to be appreciated the work of Michael Angelo and Ber- nini in marble and bronze being ex- cellent, while the paintings that are mostly prosaic ere very beautiful. It contains the Holy Column, which is .uppoaed to have come from the Temple. We lunched at a little nate near the Vatican, outside, under the awning, where it was cool and where we were able to observe the street life- Points of interest visited in the afternoon were the Cnlisetim,•where the Roman gladiators used to battle ; the Forum, where Julius ilaesar ttsed to -hold forth and where many of the present-day Italian laws were discussed and en- acted t fit. Paul's church, ancient pal - Rees, etc:, *W. On the way we passed several fountains, for which Home is famous, and from which streams of clear, springlike water were contin- ually flowing. The water comes from tour sources from eight to forty-eight miles away, and is excellent, but the fact that little is drunk is aecounted for 1iy tbe presence of so much good wine. We had tea at an Kngliah tea room, after which we milled forth to make one or two purchases before leaving. Fixed prier* seem to 1* un- known in Italy, even at the larger *hope • thin "How much will you take rt on your part—and "How much will you give i'" on the attendant'. part, way of doing business not being very oetisfactnry. We caught the 8.30 for the south, the rest of our party going on a6.10 ; .n we had a busy time, In the Intrirecies of an Italian railway timetable, find- ing our route and where we should pick op our party on the way. We caught them at midnight and trann- ferring to their sleeping -car were soon deed to the world. Rome of no were *Lill asleep when nnr train halted at a seaport in the heel of Italy, so by the w LURE WAS SiMPLE, RELIEF WAS QUICK. Maple • Island Lady. Tells of Dadd'a -Kidpry Pills. Maple Island, O1It., Dec. iii (special). After suffering for two years trout kidney disease 31re. Walter Briar, an estimable ladvdiving bere, has found a cotuplete cure in fllald's Kidney Pins, "My trouble started aftetr my baby wee born," Mrs. Hi-rar stater. "My joints got atilt; 1 had a bittei tasty in My moot l.1 end there were tI irk-circlre tinder my eyes. My skin heel a harsh, dry f.•eling, and it it, -bed find bit led at night. 1 was troubled with grit I, i rs,nfirn., _dizzy and. -1 etdiered f sortneaa of Meath. I consulted a doctor. Mit without getting much Slid 1 Twar -. rery..um down _when i started to nee Dodd's Kidney Pills. After taking two !oozes i felt $ lot better. and eight hone. cured me•completely. I would not be without Dudd's Kidney Pills." Your Gift to Yourself The Christmas' stock of fine ootwear offtrs the op- ,portun'tv to buy this year's - styles an finish at last year's prices. ' t .product has • advanced ill 1iftCers shoes. 'Special effort as been made -to turn hack t e hands of time autd_give o customers shoe values 's o rth w _nf the le nano Bargains. • Phone 158 W. SHARMAN Goderich Combination Aeroplane and Yacht. One very valuable result of the great stimulus given to aeroplane eonetr'rtc- tintr has hien a practice! combination of tha aeroplane and the fast cruising pleasure yacht. - Mr. Curtis hes hu111 a large combin- ation flying yacht having a hoar body about fifty feet long with a cabin top over the cockpit to keep the passengers dry in rough weather. It hep it wing- spread of seventy-six feet and la cap- able a -able of starting ft•nrn or alighting in either rough or smooth water. The equipment of thin sir yacht, aside from the self-starter, muffler electric -lights, search -light, regu at on light' Tar night flying, anchor and other yacht equipment, includes the Sperry auto- matir pilot, which controls the' air cruiser intlight—doing, automatically, the greater part of the work of the pilot. in the boat hotly, very comfortable and roomy *ecommndatton le provided for five people, very touch as in the most luxurious touring cars. With e. full lead and eleven people on board it le capable of sixty miles an hour end hits.. cruising radius 01 409 miles. With a Toad of five people its cruising radius is 5(1) miles- Mach a yeesel, of course, can alway. take the shortest route either by air or water, and travel at a very high *peed. There enema to he a greet future for this new type et conveyance. You will he surprised to find how much good there is in the world if you only tae notice. Some spend half their time in peek- ing advice and the other half in dodg- ing the consequences thereof. School of Commerce CLINTON. ONTARIO Winter Term Begins January - 3rd, 19- Ot' [lave always intrnde.l ter take rreornmereiat- and Stenographic Course some time. Do it now. A couri.e here putsyou in a position to'cormnand a good income whhnever and as ilong as you want it (an you invept y(nir money and time in any stock, war loan or anvth ng else that will promise you 50 great a return WE GUARANTEE POSITIONS TO GRADUATES. B. F. WARD, l3. A., M. Accts. PHONE 205 PRiNC1PA1.