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The Signal, 1917-12-6, Page 2SNS SIGNAL PRINTING 00., tiro. Pt: at.taaaae Tau seism, w_ pyublished ever Tbuda s theta,* le The Meal Building. North Street. Dederick Ontario Tet.phooe No. a. • : sectaterreN Dederick, -0.e Dollar and Fifty ,..eoie Pet year: if paid totrtcUy In advance Doe Dollar will be acoa ted : to sub.orlbere In tae United Metes the rate la One Dollar and Fifty Cent .tnccUy to advanoe. aubeorlbere who del to r.ceave Ta. tNuN.t regularly by tall will cools a favor.Z aoauafu a p tiblPublish- of hao the hotuu 7• ere charm or asdro.- t desired, both old and ib. new addres. should be Rhea itemlttano. N say be nude by bank draft. 'spree. money order, postamoe order. or renl.tered letter. Subscriptions mayoonmeooe at any time. £DvtanaiH. TkaM*.—hales for dimple, and animist advertteeasats will be Riven on retitle called Legal and other .Irnar.adv.rt tn..nt.' 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To CoaaxseoNDax'w.—Th. onopsntoo of r subscriber• and readers 1. cordially Melt - toward. mating Tits lit weeklyretard all load. eon toy end district dotage. 000m- euntatlon will be attended to alai It con - Min. the nate and address of the writer, not a.o.aeadly for publleatlon. but as an evideooe of toed faith. New• items should roach Tns SIGNAL alike not later that Wedneday n000 et each week. THURSDAY. DECEMBRE 6. 1911 THE GREAT ISSUE. The great question before the electors is: How can Canada most effectively as- sist towards the winning of the war ? This does not mean merely, How many soldiers can we send ? Indeed. to quarrel over the method of securing soldiers is to obscure the greater and more important question. The official utterances of the British and Canadian Food Controllers, and their insistent demand that Canada shall produce to the limit. in order that the people of the Allied countries. and the soldiers themselves. shal Mot starve, show how Canada may -indeed. must - make its greatest effort from this time forth. We are told in the most explicit terms that Canada must do its very utmost in the provisioning of the Allied peoples and armies "unless the whole Allied cause is to he endangered." Can- ada must produce wheat. cattle. hogs and many other things; she must man the railways to trans:soil these foo9stuffs to the ocean: she must build ships and man ships, to carry food across the ocean: she must keep going all the complex system of industries necessary to the efficient carrying on of the work of production and transportation. To neglect these things is to invite disaster. Canada has done nobly in the sending of fighting men to the front. It is be- cause so many men have gone voluntarily to the firing line that it is now so difficult to keep up the tide of reinforcements. it has undoubtedly been a surprise to most people that the exemption tribunals have found so few to older into khaki, Under the Military Service Act now being en- forced the "slackers" will be cleared up and any reales ,pppulation "taken From the' towns and 4ities, and Canada will then have to be wen' carefdl not to risk disaster by further depleting her resources of man -power. It is no disgrace to Canada that soldiers are not now coming forward in such large numbers as was the case two years ago. The Conservative Toronto News.. discuss- ing tats very subject on January 22nd last, It ' Said that there is a serious de- crease in enlistment. Could it be other- wise Coukd we expect that recruiting would be a'Yeasy and rapid after we had secured an arrily of nearly 400,000 as when the war began' 'Is it suggested that if the war should last for four or five years we could fain the Canadian 1 No su_h demand nyy other country. at as the war i 1 the armies the question: "The application of the Military Service Act m the Province of Quebec has de- veloped into a farce. The majority of the exemption tnbunals in that Province ap- parently think so little of the cause in Flanders and France that they are pre- pared to exempt from eery ce practically all who come before them. The latest figures obtainable indicated that over ninety-four per cent. who present them- selves before the various boards are ex- empted. and these in centres of popula- tion where the excuses such as doing pro- ductive work on farms. etc.. colikd net obtain. There is apparently littk to he hoped for from the appeal boards of that Province. for it may be well taken for granted that their inclinations will follow those of their confreres on the lesser boards. Figuring the entire Province on the same percentage as already shown. and certainly it will be no better when the re- turns from the country districts come in, will give four soldiers to the hundred. forty to the thousand, and four thousand for every hundred thousand men who come ;before the boards. At this rate it Would require a population of several mil- lions of eligibles in Quebec to produce the pro{R; quota for the coming contingent. not to speak of what it is short in enlist- ments up to the present time. "It would be well if the Federal Govern- ment immediately made a pronouncement as to whether or not it is its intention to see that the law respecting the Military Service Act is properly enforced. There is no doubt in the world that a conspiracy exists against it in the French portions of the Province of Quebec. It is certainly not the intention of English Canada to stand idly by and see itself bled of men in order that the Quebec shirker may side- step his responsibilities. If this malad- ministration of a law of the land is al- lowed to continue. the Government may lust as well understand now as later that English Canada does not propose to put up with it. If the Province of Quebec had in the last three years givers men to the army as freely as have the other Provinces there would now be no need of a Military Service Act. If it is necessary to appoint English-speaking tribunals to correct present abuses the sooner the matter is attended to the better." We submit these are not the words of wisdom. If taken at their face value, they mean civil war, and to create such a state of affairs in this country would be the rankest treason to Canada's duty in the war. it is just as well to remember here that conscription has not been enforced in any British country against the will of the people. In Australia a referendum was taken and conscription was not adopted, and will not be unless another vote shows that the people have changed their minds and have become reconciled to the idea of compulsory service. Ire- land was omitted from the application of the conscription law passed by the Bntish Parliament, and the proposal • has been put forward that in order to solve the difficulty in Canada the Province of Quebec should be similarly treated. We do not think this . proposal would be generally favored, however. We do not want to make of Quebec a second Ireland. It would be a bad pfecedent for the future, and in many ways it wauld. not be a good thing for the present time. We want Quebec's help in this war; we want her to assist the rest of Canada in fighting the Hun with her men. her money and in every other way. Her sympathy is not to be won with harsh words and broken promises: how would it do to try dif- ferent methods? Speaking at Arnprior the other day, Sir Wilfrid Laurier de- clared, "What 1 want above all things is to do our duty in this war, but coercion is not the method. We Can get the men, I -think we can do it, nay. i am certain 1 can da it, by appealing to the soul of my fellow -countrymen." Is not this the solution of the whole trouble- It would be unwise, even dan- gerous, to attempt to coerce a whole Province. Conciliation may win where coercion would miserably fail. 1n Ix1Hi, when 'the Conservative Gov- ernment undertook to coerce the Province of Manitoba and to force a system of separate schools upon that Province. Sir Wilfrid Laurier declined to be a party to any such ,proceeding. The Liberal leader urged conciliation; he won the election, and in a very short time the dis- cord was healed.. We believe it would be the same sow; if Sir Wilfrid Laurier were elected to power. He would secure mire soldiers from Quebec by his own methods that can be lecured by compulsory methods. and at the same time a danger which threatens the peace of Canada for generations to come would be averted. get new troops to forces at full strengt will be made upon No sane person will de goes on the strength must decline.- . This is a rational view the\situation. Canada's acres arc broad; r men, com- paratively. are scarce. has already done magnificently in the way fighting: and for the future. although.she will take a pride in keeping her forces in he field up to the greatest possible streng her efforts must now he given with grin de- termination to the use of the sides, ad- ing lands with which she is under I- vidence endowed. But what of Quebec ? Undoubtedly Quebec has been a sore disappointment to the rest of Canada. The causes are perhaps not far to seek. and much hi:ter controversy may rage around the clues - ti,n of wh , is to blame for the ad= mittcdly unsatisfactory state of affairs in that Province. Nor is it to he ex- pected that the disproportion between the recruiting figures in Quebec and those in the other Provinces will be righted to any great extent by the calling out of class i. under the Military Service Act. The men of Quebec marry early and there is in that Province a much smaller proportion of single men of military age than in the other Provinces. Therefore. unless the married men are called out. Quebec will not greatIsi improve her re- cruiting figures. What is to be done abrut it? The following expression from Toronto Saturday Night is, in our opinion, • a sample of the wrong way of treating UNION GOVERNMENT. • The electors are asked to vote for Gov- erhtnent candidates because. they are told,,,it is a union Government. The name is a grad deal of a misnomer. it is the old Borden Government with a num- of Liberals taken in and carrying out t policies of the old Borden Govern - 1. Most of the Liberals taken in - Mes s. Rowell, Crerar. Sefton. Calder-- , have d no standing in Federal politics, and th others evidently have w, little influent: the Government councils that they are u bie to nullify any of the acts passed at'lh recent session of Parliament against their test. Take. for instance, the C. N. R. steal, against shich Mr. Carvell spoke very strongly. How greatly it would stimulate 'Unionist sentiment in the country if the ('robernment would an- nounce that. as a concession to the Liber- als who have entered the (Government. the C. N. R. legislation Of last session would he repealed and the railway would he taken over only on terms properly safeguarding the interests of the people ! Yet nothing of the kind ie done. The great body of Liberals in this country. and thousands ret Conservatives as well, are disgusted with the conditions THE SIGN ' GODERIGH ( )NTA RI ) that have grown up around the Borden Government. Sir Thomas White -the representative of such interests as those of Flavelle, Mackenzie and Mann and the profiteers and money -grubbers gener- ally -is still Minister of Finance, and he is now joined by Mr. Ballantyne, who has been described as the Sir Thomas White of Montreal. Other sinister fig- ures of the old Borden administration - Meighen, Cochrane, Crothers, Ames and others are still to the fore, and there is not the slightest evidence that they have had any change of heart. if for nothing else than to nark the country's disap- proval of the record of the last six years, the old gang should be voted out of office GANADA MUST PRODUCE. Some people do not realise how serious the food situation really is. The following are extracts from a single issue of the of- ficial bulletin issued by the Canadian Food Controller, the Hon. W. J. Hanna: . "The awful seriousness of the world food situation, and the danger that HUNGER MAY IMPERIL A CONCLU- SIVE VICIORI' FOR THE ALLIED ARMIES if the people of North Amen, do not exert their utmost effort, have been obscured by silly canards. Untruths have been Metered which have done more harm than battalions of German soldiers, because they have prevented this country bringing all its resources to bear against the enemy." "Figures made pub- lic b • Mr. Maurice Long. Minister for Genera Revictualling of France. in a recent statement. will as- tonish many of the people of Canada who do nut yet realize how grave the food situation rally is The entire pro- duction in France this year of cereals, potatoes and beetroot was only 222.000.000 hundredweights, as against a production in 1913 of 358,000,000 hundredweights. With the most rigorous rationing. France will require to import during the coming year net less than 40,000,000 hundred- weights of cereals. The people of France have done all they could to produce food. They are prepared to make any sacrifices which it is in their power to make, but they look to North America to supply the tremendous deficiency in food. France must be fed, and the people of Canada and the United States must pro- vide tvvide the food UNLESS THE WHOLE ALLIED CAUSE IS TO BE ENDAN- GERED, for there is ix) other accessible source of supply." "The problem is one - of saving. as far as may be possible. the people of the Allied nations from suffering from hunger, and of supporting the armies at the front by feeding them and their families behind the lines.- It is time that the people of Canada realized that upon their efforts to increase production. and to conserve those food supplies which are needed for shipment. overseas, may depend in no small measure the ability of th • Allied nations to obtain a decisive victory." Lord Northcliffe: - "The greatest food experts on both sides of the Atlantic say that there is a' world shortage of food. THE BOYS WHO ARE ENDURING E HELL OF THE TRENCHES FOR b(yR SAKE CANNOT HOLD OUT IF ILL -FED. The situation which we have to face right now is obvious. Either the stay-at-homes must save so that the soldiers may get their vital needs, or the soldiers must go short-.o-tlsat the stay- at-homes may fatten. You can not have it both ways. and must make your choice." Dr. Jaynes W. Rober- tson: "While there was no occasion for panic, there were very small reserves of food: and in the event of such a comparative failure of crops in 191St as there was in 1916. the world might be faced with partial famine con- ditions There was every reason for in- telligent, organized and sustained action to prevent disaster from overtaking us." the millionaires, the manipulators of combines, the seekers after titles, and such people congregate and wield their power ? As a matter of fact. this election contest is largely a fight between the Big Interests of the cities, on one side, and the common people of the towns and rural districts, on the other side.' ILOITORIAL NOTES. A vote for Bowman is a vote for Flavelle. A vote fur ,Bowman is a vote for the profiteers. Why does not the Government have Bourattaa arrested for preaching sedition If you want five years more of the same kind of Government Canada has had, vote for Bowman. Any person who votes for the Flavelle candidate in this election should keep silent for the next five years on the high cost of living. Canadians have subscribed heavily to the Victory Loan. Now they should be careful to elect honest men to Parliament to see that the money is honestly ex- pewded. A newspaper writer talks about the "autocratic disposition" manifested by the people of Quebec on the conscription question. Quebec offered to abide by the decision of the people of Canada as ex- pressed in a vote on the question; we do not see anything "autocratic" about that. Three returned soldiers, who are candi- dates on the Liberal ticket in British Columbia, wete howled down at a meet- ing at Vancouver on Saturday night. The Globe had not a word of condemna- tion for this exhibition of rowdyism; it is only when "unionist" candidates are dis- turbed that The Globe protests. in a private letter to the editor of The Signal from. a Toronto man. the writer. describing the political situation in the city and the new alignment between the parties, says he is not at all sure that the new division Isis not fairly !normal. "It is the Imperialist and the high tariff man and the man who more or less directly de- pends upon 'big business' who has gone over, and i think he has gone where he properly belongs." The Toronto World reports a statement made by D. A. Carey, the tabor candi- date in South Toronto. to the effect that he was offered a post in the Department of Labor if he would stand by the Union- ist canditates in Toronto. This he re- fused to do. The overtures on behalf of the Unionists, Mr. Carey says. were made to him by.N. W. Rowell and J. D. Red. Nice work for the immaculate Rowell to be engaged in! Mr. Carey's statement is not reported in Th lobe so far as we have seen. Mr. Bowman says if returned to Ottawa he will again vote for the carrying through of the C. N. R. deal. This means that Mackenzie and Mann. to whom Mr. Bowman has already helped to vote sixty millions of dollars, will get another ten millions to which they are not entitled. Mr. Hislop if elected will vote to leave that ten million dollars in the pockets mt the taxpayers. Huron otiunfy's share - the ten millions would be over WO 000 Da the electors intend to vote away sixty thousand of their own DON'T BELIEVE ALL YOU HEAR. money just for the satisfaction of electing -- Mess s. Bowman and Merner ? To the Editor 0f The Signal. DEAR SIR,—is it true that only four papers in Canada. including The Signal. are opposing the Union Government ? I have been told this and perhaps you can tell us whether it is so. INQUIRER. (Editor's Note. --inquirer should not be- lieve all he hears, or he will believe a good many things that are not so. Quite a number 01 city papers. including The Globe and The Star of Toronto. have "switched," but in the country districts the Liberal press is mainly standing by its colors. in the counties of Huron, Bruce and Perth. with which we are most fam- iliar, nearly all the Liberal papers are sup- porting the Liberal candidates. These papers are more closely in touch with the people than the city newspapers and are not influenced by the considerations that are so powerful in the cities. And• after all, how much support did real Liberal principles ever get in the big cities, where WHAT OTHERS S*Y. • Tee Big a Risk. Si. Thomas Journal. I Borden's record since 1911 is a series of ' failures. Can Canada afford to take a chance on such a leader in these critical , times :' Can't Shake Off Flavelle. Toronto Saturday Night. I r The presence of Sir Joseph Flavelle at 'the head of a department spend.ng hun- dreds of millionCanadian naney annn- 1 ally is under thsofe circumstances a dan- gerous and unnecessary load for any Gov- ernment to undertake to carry. - The Women and the Franchise. Brockville Recorder. The Times in its pretence over the dis- franchisement of women by the Borden - White combination says Mr. Hardy talks piffle. as women were never enfranchised for Federal elections. to might remind the local Tory organ that the women of Ontario were given the franchise by an Act passed by the Ontario Legislature. and had it not been for the present Act passed by Borden, in the hope of saving his scalp, the women of Ontario would have the franchise. Some years ago the Federal Parliament adopted the Provin- cial lists for use in general elections. It was to deprive the women of the vote that Borden and White passed a new Act superceding the Provincial measure. The action of the discredited Borden Govern- ment in muzzling the voice of the ladies is an insult to the intelligence of the fair rex. A few months ago The Recorder. as well as others, heard A. E. Donovan. M. P. P.. lauding the action of the Hearst Govern- ment in passing the Act for woman suf- frage, and today that Act is nullified by the iniquitous legislation of Borden and White. Mr. Hardy was right and The Times is pouring out spleen In the hope of deluding the electors. Flavelle and Sefton in Control. The Farmer.' Sun. Mr. Calder, having walked off with the political machine in Saskatchewan. makes a good showing of Liberal Unionist can- didates in that Province. But it is plain now that. at the best, the Liberal Unionist Ministers will be feebly supported in the House. and that their power in the minis- try will be io proportion to their support lin the House. If Mr. Borden's Conserva- tive support is large enough to enable him to get on without the Liberal Union- ists, the union will not last longer than decency requires. The Liberal Unionists of Saskatchewan will be obliged to press the policies of their constituents. who will not permit them to be long obedient to a Cabinet domiq ated by the big interests. We do not recdlj a similar coalition. that is. one in which the coalescing Ministers were not substantially' supported in Par- liament. Fox. whose case bears the closest resemblance. failed quickly and never. re- covered. Aberdeen and George Brown had strong parliamentary support. and i the amalgamation of Chamberlain and his large following with the Conservatives of England was not effecteci in a day or a mouth. but took years. It will! not be surprising if the net result of the Liberal defection is to put Mr. Flavelle. Mr. Sifton and their friends in control of the country for the next five years. . A CONSPIRACY itiND A FARCE. London Ad.erharr. it is more manifest every day that Sir — Robert Borden's sudden adoption of con- _ scription was made with the deliberate purpose of putting Sir Wilfrid in a hole. and then by a false appeal to the patriot- ism of the people obtain an extension of power for another five years. �1IIIIIIIIIIII11MMi1! M1111I11lI11111NN111110NNIIIININg111111 Men's Fur Coats Spacial Values in Man's Black Dog Coats and Alaska Beaver Coats Black Dog Coats of select skins, well lined and collar of Black Astrachan Lamb. Coats fit well and have a good appearance and quality is No. 1. Sizes 40 to 46. At each MAO Alaska Beaver Coats are light weight and wear is 1-'taranteed. The skins $ are in reality of a selected snot .itaiu goat plucked and matched. A very warts coat and well trade. Al sizes. Special each $35.0. Sale of Staples Our se11i11S of our .immense purchases of staples (by staples we mean goods that are constantly in demand -- cotton, sheeting., flannelettes. etc.) is appreciated now by our customers. Dozens of lines at prices of three years ago. White Fannelettes worth 2(k for 12 132c Grey Flannels worth 4..c for. .... Best feather Ticking, worth 4'ic for 30c Best Cottonades made, worth 45c for ...Y 44c :36 -inch cream Flannelette Sheeting 13.>C, for 20c 2 -ply and 3 -ply best Culadiau Mill Yarn, special 81.35 per lb. Hosiery .;i) dozen silk fleece,lined Ladies' H seamless, worth 40c, lot Penman's seamless wool Ladies' c.asbmere 10. Special 8% to 10, .........DSc 8,1 to :.,.7S c - Zenith Underwear for ladies and'c ildren, vests and .trawers, every size, all makes, at per Flannelette intent 80c, 81.00 and 81.25 ankets - He and his followers had only one song as a justification for returning them to office -the need of immediate help for the "boys at the front." Now we have the Minister of Militia I — announcing at Dundas: "We don't intend to call up 100,000 men all at once and i clean out the country, but in the first draft we hope to get probably 25,000."1 2x,000 ." ln"sticstpr`ru�gngd districts opposition the 1111111111111111111111M1111111111111111111MNIIIHMIIIIMMEli1111111111111 from military service to farmers' sons save in rare cases. t - - - -. - t If, as he says. 100.000 men will not be , CAMPAIGN NOTES. called out at once and so "clean up the LArgest. heaviest quali made, pink and blue border., worth $3.00, per pair ` $2.50 Continental Coats Ladies' Coats, made by this famous company. Largest selection and best values we ha�•e ever shown for winter wear. Prices now reduced. SILK PLUSH, VELOUR, TWEEDS, CURL CLOTHS, BROAD- CLOTHS and fur lined, and prices naw range 88.00 to $35.06. INSPECTION INVITED W. ACHESON & S S i a country." and only 23.000 are hoped for Cot. J. I. M_L•ren. a well-known Go le - in the first draft. what a farce the whole rich "old boy." is the Liberal -Unionist Cling becomes. t candidate in West Hamilton. Although Canada has been set on edge under he is a real soldier and win -the -war man. false pretences; the immediate relief of and was brought out by a Unionist con- vention held in the city, Cd. McLaren the men at the front is not the real issue. is being opposed by T. J. Stewart. the The real issue is whether the Govern- late Conservative mtmher, who his at ment is to get another lease of power, endorsation of Sir Robert Borden. The controlled as it is by • Sir Joseph Flavelle, people•of Hamilton arc indignant. P Premier's action in Biting tete Governmentatthe's still in office. -by .Sir Edward Kemp and endorsation to aTory party politician in Sir Thomas White. the representatives in Preference to a man who has taken a the Government of the Mackenzie and prominent part in Canada's war effort. Mann interests. Nir.e-tenths of the The people who introduced the gag in Quebec constituencies are rural: this else- the Canadian House of Commixes have !oration of the Minister of Militia means no right to complain when they get a that nine -tenths of that Province are to det meetings. of the same medicine at public m be exempt from conscription. The Government's sole object is office, There is great confusion over the voter Frightsnei by the opposition found every- lists. if the Government had not been where in the rural districts the Minister 5o anxious to load the lists in its own favor. all this trouble and expense with of Militia, in order to secure votes. the enumerators could have been spared: pledges himself to exempt the farmer and but. then, of course. there would not nit to "clean out the country." have been so many nice little jobs for The other day it was "the last man and party supporters. the last dollar:" now it is "don t vote I if the Government had gone about re - against us. farmer, we don't intend to cruiting men as energetically and system - take you, the 25,000 are to be taken from ' atically as it went about getting money in the cities and towns." the Victory loan campaign. there would have been no failure of the voluntary The Government is now promising ex- system. emotion to farmers' sons solely because Unionist" organs claim to know how they are frightened of losing the rural the soldiers over ells have voted. Ha• e cons'ituencies. What confidence can bet the ballot -boxes been broken . p in ? 7 h placed in any of heir professions? Does result of the voting will not be lawfuhy anyone think that 100.0013 can be taken known for weeks yet. from the cities and towns without "clean- - ing out the country ?" LIEUT. LEFEVRE WiTH HiS AEROPLANE. He was forced to make a landing by pilots of machine, called the crocodiles. Olti photo shows Lieut. Lefevre, who directed obs attack. Hugh Guthrie asks the electors to "for- get pork, Flavelle: and profits." Perhaps they will be able to forget them if the Flavelle crowd is buried on election day. Reports from Toronto • are to the effect that the "unionists" are getting badly scared by the evident determination of the people to elect their own represent- atives, instead of allowing the "unionist" managers to do the electing for them. SHE COULD NOT WORK AND WAS DISCOURAGED But Dodd's Kidner Pills Cured Her Rbeumatiism . St. Henria de Mascouchr, Que., Dec.:a (Special. )-Completely cured of rheuma- tism, from which she had suffered for five years. Madame Joseph Lachapelle, a well known lady living here, is recom- mending Dordd's Kidney Pills to everyone who suffers from any form of kidney dis- ease. "1 could not work and i had slinget given up hope, but Dodd's Kidney ('ilia cured me. Not only did i suffer from rheumatism• hut i was s victim o( neu- ralgia. lumbago. backache and headache and 1 also had an attack of eczema. i took several other remedies but without relief. Then 1 decided th.t my kidneys were the earl of all my troubles and 1 started to take Dodd's Kidney Pills it took just eight boxes to cure me. if any women wish to write to me about my cure, It will give me pleasure to answer them."_ -...I►s . . THE Hospital for Sick Children College St, Toronto ITS CU1ISTMAS MESSAGE Dear Mr. Editor:- Thanka for your gladness In allowing me the privilege of appealing to vow' reader tats Christmas time on Oebalt Of the Hospital for Sick Children, the "Sweetest df all Charttles" which has as its mission the care of the helpless. the sick. the crippled and the deformed_ There never was a year In the Mo - tory of the Hospital when funds to carry on the work were more needed than now Your purse is the Hospital's Hope. Your money lights the candles 01 mercy on the Christmas trete of health that the Hospital plants slung the troubled roadway of many a little life. So 1 ant caking you for aid, for els. open purge of the Hospital's friend Is the hope of the Hospital at Christmas. Just as the open door of. the Hospital's mercy le the hope of the little chll•lrea throughout the year. Calls on generous hearts are many In these tames. Calls on the Hospital are many at all times. and especially when food and fuel and drugs and ser- vice costs are soaring high. YOU know the high cost M living. Do you know the high cost of healing- of helping the helpless to happiness! What you do t0 assist Is the. beet In- • e=tnient you will ever make. • 1M yon realize whet this f•harity he doing for sick children, not only of Toronto, but for all Ontario, for out et a total of 3.740 in -patients last year 648 camp from 254 places outside of Toronto. The field of the Hospital's service covers the entire Province -- from the Ottawa to the far-off Kenitra -from the borders of the Great takes to the farthest northerly district. The Hospital Is doing a marvellous work. If you could see the children with crippled limbs, club feet. and other deformities. who have tett the Hospital with straightened limbs and perfect correction, your response to olir appeal would be Instant. in tale Orthopedic Departments last year a total of 330 in-patlenta were treated; and In the Out Pettest Departmest-- there were 1,846 attendances. Let your money and the Hospital's mercy lift the burden of misery that curses the lives, cripples the limits and saddens the mothers of the suf- fering little children. Money mobilises the powers of heap and healing for the Hospital's drive day and night against the trencher where disease sad pain and death assail the+ Ilene 0f the llttA• ones. Remember that every dollar gives to the lfospltal Is a dollar snbeerlbed to the Liberty Loan that epees the premise of pals and the Destines of disease. and nets Intl. children has to breathe the pare air. and to rehabs In the merry of God's sunlight. V1Ill you wend a done, or mere K you can, to Douglas Davidson. Reere- tary-Treasurer. or J ROBS ROBERTSON. GEaltiaa et the Board of U.N.