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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1917-12-13, Page 11TRAGEDY OF THE LOST "TICKET" ERROR OF A MINUTE WRECKS A PROMISING CAREER. A Bitter Price L Paid By a Merchant Captain Who Makes a Mistake. • "The finding delivered the other day, of the Board oLTrade inquiry into the collision between the Mendi and Darro last February, when the former was lost, with six hundred 03 a South African labor battalion, was that the collision was Caused by `the wrongful act and default of the mas- ter of the Darro, whose certificate was suspended for twelve months." Just a little paragraph in a corner of the British newspapers, the epi- taph, perhaps, to a fine career. That is one of the hitter tragedies of! the; Merchant Service—long years of - toil, and zeal, and skill, and then, by the' error •of a minute, a moment's THE WORLD ON RATIONS. tablty judgment or seamanship, a career is cut short. i Food Restrictions in Some of the Eu - 4 Inexcusable Blunders. In no other service does there exist In These War Times you want real food that contains the greatest amount of body - building material at lowest cost. The whole wheat grain is all food. Shredded Wheat Biscuit is the whole wheat in a digestible form. Two or three of %hese little loaves of baked whole wheat -ith milk and a litt.e fruit make a nour- ishing, strengthening meal. Made in Canada. ropean Countries. the unwritten law that he who has•Just how world-wide is food ration - failed is ruined, and no other serviceIng is shown by the French Echo de Paris, which publishes the following has such a long and pitiful list of sub- sides to iib name, for few skippers review of the 'food restrictions now have cared to survive the disgrace of in effect: "suspended." Germany. There have been instances, however, The figures in Lggard to German when men have lost their ships in cir• food restrictions are known to us in cumstance, which are not to be ex- detail. Among the commodities on cured. short)allowance in Germany worthy of Very few people are aware that the mention are bread, meat, grease, oil commanders of the P. and O. liners a e' and potatoes. forbidden to have any social ince 4 The bread allowance differs in vari- course whatever with passengers dur- ous cities from• four pounds a week Mg the cuyagee. for every person to five pounds (about This rule dates back to the time of ten ounces a day for every person), the stranding of their big ship, the The meat allowance is nine ounces China, which was run ashore on an is- a week for every person. 'land in the Red Sea in 1897. As far as grease and food oils, in- A'hirthday party was in progress eluding butter, are concerned, the for one of the passengers, who was a weekly allowance is two ounces, and well-knn*n lady of title. She sat at evertathese are not always distributed. the captain's right hand, and the re- The official allowance, of potatoes is port's of the inquiry showed that he seven pounds a week for every per- was'Fo engrossed in his fair neighbor's son. •But the distribution varies in conversation that he paid no attentidn different localities. to three notes which were sent him As to milk, adults can receive none from the bridge. I till needs laf children, sick people and A Rare With Death. 1 nursing women are satisfied. The ; theoretical slowance for these three These notes were from the officer df classes was formerly a pint and a the watch. and they warned the cap- half; recently it has been reduced to tain that the vessel was rapidly near- a pint. As tj others, in moat cities ing a certain point, and that the., they receive no milk at all. course should be altered. Austria-Hungary. I Conceiving that he had dope all that The situation In Austria is no was required of him, the officer did no -' than in Germany. The daily better thing more; and before the diners hadallow- reached their coffee, the vessel struck. ance of bread is ten ounces. Meat has One of the most tragic illustrations not been put on allowance in Austria; of over zeal in a captain to save his only two meatless days are prescrib- ship above all other considerations, ed by the law. At present the quea- was that of the disaster to the Salem tion of increasing f the number of in 1904, a big New York excursion meatless days is under consideration¢. steamer. This caught fire, and instead ; The weekly allowance of buttei of running his vessel aground and . grease and food oil is four and a half awaiting rescue, the captain put on ounces, and consists of two and a half full speed and tried to reach port with ounces of butter, one ounce of margar- h the ghastly result that over one tho ins and one ounce of bacon. --In real- _ _ sand Sunday -school children, out,_fnrity, however, nobody receives more the day's treat, were burnt to death rthan one a ounce of butter.` in fun view of the agonized onlookers.) The allowance of potatoes is three In the summer of 1915 occurred the pounds per week, but the press be - terrible disaster to another excursion I Heves that this will soon be reduced ship, which. ironically enough, took' to two pounds, on account of the fail -1 ure of the potato crop. i Bulgaria. place right in the heart of the city of Chicago. "The Light That Failed." The boat was lined up alongside the Chicago river to take en over 1,500 passengers. Through gross `negli- gence on the part of the authorities, for every person. On the other hand, and utter disregard of the laws of there are three meatless days each overcrowding and ballast, the Eastland week. suddenly turned over on its side and deposited its humiin cargo into the dirty river., In less than ten seconds 1 there was a death -roll of over 1,500 a bread is eleven ounces a person. In Sweden it is nine and a half ounces. Netherlands! ;The daily allowance of bread in the Netherlands is nine ounces a person, the meat allowance seven ounces and the potato allowance lift •ane ounces. EATING NUTS KILLS ANIMALS. Fed to Livestock in - Holland Because of 'Shortage of Fodder. Because of the shortage of fodder in Holland farmers have been feeding their live stock with nuts, end as a result many of the cattle have died and the health of a large percentage has been affected seriously. The United States Consul at Am- sterdam writes thy' all kinds of sub- stitutes for fodder have been fed to animals. The death of stall -fed ani- mals has been frequent •and is attri- buted to spoiled or otherwise unwhole- some food. In many such cases the animals have ben freely given acorns, chestnuts and• beechnuts, unshelled and uncooked. All of these nuts, it is averred, in their natural state have poisonous elements, especially in the shells. It is said that horses have died within two hours after eating raw and unshelled beechnuts in con- siderable quantities, t) a stomach and intestines being fatally disordered. Experts advise that nuts be fed to stock in limited quantities, not more than a kilogramme (2.2 pounds) at the utmost daily, and then only after they have been shelled and boiled; Fare being taken to throw away the boil- ing water. it is remarked, however; ;that nuts can be fed more freely to pigs than to other animals, and that, besides, they are very fattening. • SERIOUSILLNESSAVOIDED Very little is'known about Bulgaria and Turkey. In Bulgaria the allowance of bread has been set at eighteen ounees a day . Turkey. In Turkey the theoretical bread at- owance is supposed to be nine ounces day, but it rarely exceeds five souls! o Perhaps the saddest instance of the rule that those who go down to the sea in ships must pay the cruel penal ty of shipwreck with their lives was the fate which overtook the captain of one of the liners which grounded on a coral island in Jamaica. The boat was crowded with passen- gers, making a pleasure trip' to the West Indies, and fortunately as the weather was calm, all were safely landed. But the captain returned to his ship and shot himself through the head. The pitiful part is to come. It was not the brain he shattered that ' was at fault, but the Kingston earthquake, which had wrecked the lighthouse. — 4► ---- What Interested Her. The director of the British Museum, Sir Frederick Kenyon, has had many amusing experiences with visitors. Once, he was showing a distinguish- ed lady some of the priceless trea- sures of which he is the custodian, but for a long time nothing seemed to in- terest her very much. Then suddenly be noticed a change. Her face lighted up and abe leaned forward. "What is it, madam?" asked Sir Frederick, gratified at this tardy sign of awakening appreciation. "Pray do not hesitate to ask if then is any. tiling you would like to know." "So good of you!" said the lady. "I Wish you would tail me what brand of black lead you use on those iron ventiliittore that ars let into the floor. We have the same sort of things at Ply house, but. my maids never tet them to shine half so brilliantly," Beef scrap causes hens to speed up egg production. unces. Denmark and Sweden. In Denmark the daily allowance of Six Minute Pudding Here's a new one—a most delicious desert that can be made in a hurry. To one ana one-half cups of milk add one cup of Grape -Nuts and one level table. spoonful. of sugar, boil six minutes, coot and serve with milk or cream. Add col. sins if desired. Get a package of Grape- Nutsm your grocer and try this pleasing recipe. Many a serious illness has been avoided by the prompt use of Dr.'WII- llams' Pink Pills. These pills actually enrich and purify the blood, and in this way build up the system, tone and strengthen the nesyes and Invigorate the vital organs. Serious diseases generally come from some simple disorder that has been neglected. Therefore any thln- ning of the blood should be looked up- on Don as a warning sign, and more serious illness should be avoided.by the use of Dr. Williams' Piot Pills. In the case of young girls and women the blood is peculiarly liable to get out of order --to become thin and watery— and to lead to a general breakdown in health. This can be avoided by the occasional use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, which are suitable for the' most delicate constitution. These pills will give you a new appetite, improve your digestion, tone and strengthen weak- ened nerves, banish depression and lack of energy, clear the complexion of pimples and blotches. cure pain in the back and general weakness, cause the disappearance of headaches, dizzi- ness and heart fluttering. Give these pills a fair trial and you will soon note a wonderful change in your condition. Your spirits will brighten, good health and strength will return, and you will feel like a new person. You can con- firm these, statements by enquiring' among your friends almost- anywhere, RR . thousands and thousanfl of hope- less sufferers have been restored to new health and energy by using Dr.! Williams' Pink Pills. You can get these pills through any medicine dealer or by mall at 50 cents' a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. t A "LINGERIE CHRISTMAS." Convalescent Soldiers Work on Wo- manly Garments. The bored civilian who gazes at the tinselled shop windows to -day and grouches that every Christmas is the same, needs tri look in on the boys in the military convalescent hospitals. Tucked under the sheets with the hoops poised on their knees they are sewing white flowers to table doilies, red silk roses on cushion tops, and wondering whether tucks or gathers would be mere becominjf to Arabella. Last year they were ducking Fritz's shells, and potting the Boches across No -maps Land. Embroidery is receiving a great im- petus these days, and the vocational officers who order supplies for the oc- cupational work—under which head crocheting and embroidery come—are gazing with amazement at the orders for material for ladies' nightgowns, boudoir caps, camisoles, etc., which come to them to be filled. Tommy is on to all the techrtical names, and his "lingerie Christmas" is going to be.made an epoch of note; in the family annals. There is no' doubt that along with great grand-, mother's "sampler," posterity will find among its heirlooms the boudoir cap which Uncle John embroidered for Aunt Mary when he was a soldier in the hospital. "At any rate the needlework is ir- reproachable, and even though they never sew another stitch, the boys have proven that they can embroider as well as they fight," declared the matron in one of the hospitals who has directed this oecupational work. in some of the western hospitals the work has been put in special stores for Christmas sale and others are being taken for winter work. Some men have become so expert as to fill orders for monograming bridal linens and are making tidy little incomes. —0---.—. Cow's milk contains from 3'4 to 4 per cent. "of fat. Whales' milk con- tains 43 per cent. • 1 Fr inks for W • nit er 0--0--o-- 0 0 --0. .-p. -0 " 0 ,u– 0.--e 1 VCSi LIFT A CORN OFF WITHOUT PAIN Fate in The Diet. 'I hu'e is no fat in putatoes.. laird is nearly 90 per cent. fat, I Butter is the best form of fat for Cincinnati man tells hew to dry childrt n. - . ITup a corn or callus so it lifts The fat of plants is contained in offtwith tinsels. the seeds. 1 r At least u third .of the body's ;awl O'. O-. 0-,0--u—o- 0 -0 t„ o -n.--e ehuu Two materials, blue serge and a blue and green platll, are charmingly com- bined in this quaint little dress, Mc- Call Pattern No. 8018, Girl's Dress. In 6 sizes, 4 to 14 years. Price, 15 cents, The double cellar and the wide girdle or saab are un'.::idly attractive' featuresaof this simple pleated tunic dress. McCall Pattern No. 8064, Misses' Dress Pattern in 4 sizes, 14 to 20 years. Price, 20 cents. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. - You core p:eslered men and women need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes that nearly killed you hefere. say's this Cincinnati authority, becatoe a few drcps of freezuue applied directly on a tender. aching corn or callus, stops soreness at once and soon the corn Or bardenei callus louseu.. so It can be lifted off, root and all. aithout pain. A small bottle of freezoue costa very little at any dolt.. store, but will posi- tively taker of every hard or soft corn or callus. This should be tried, as it is laexpeuelve and is said not to Irri- tate the surrounding skin. If your druggist hasn't any freezone tell hitt to get a small bottle for you frem his wholesale dreg house. It is fine stuff' and acts like magic every tete. --- --,y- Tommy's Watch. A Tummy on furlough entered a jeweler's shop and, placing a much- botteted gold wat t on the counter, said: "I wan* this 'eremended."- After a careful survey ,,the watch- maker said: "I'm afraid, sir, the cost of repairing will be double what you gave for it." "I don't mind that," said the soldier. •'Will you mend it?" - "Yes," said the jeweler, ' "at the price." ` "Well," remaoked Tommy; smiling, "I gave a German•a.puneh on the nose fur it, and I'm quite ready to give you two if you'll mend it." llatnard•s Liniment Cures Diphtheria. .4'upid's Machine Gun. An amorous British youth was be- ing, taken, to task for his flirtations. "Engaged to four girls at once!" ex- claimed his horrified unetTe. "How do you explain such shameless tonduet?" "I don't know," said the 'graceless nephew. "Cupid must hate shot me with a machine gun." (f[NNtB Granulated Eyelids, !!1i. z- Sore Fars. Eves Inflamed by FOR �,M�� '. San, Jun Wind nd qui relieved by Marina. Try It 1 it Cc your Eyes and to Baby's Eye URp. WA N.S.artiag,JsatEyeCead Murine Fye Reedy AST rye held�. �Mer . t s aye Saba, 1e robe. tle F•r P k of •fie E. - P..., Ask itsaise Wye Named, Ce.. CYleage d England's Self -Confidence. Baron Plener, a German, speaking before the Upper House of the Reichs- tat, said he was sceptical regarding the peace feeling in enemy countries. "England," he declared, "will not he ripe for peace for a long time yet. Her military self-confidence has been so enormously increased through the creation of a great army in such a short period that one cannot imagine An Occasion For Grief. anything diverting British public After shoveling the snow from the opinion from its war policy." sidewalk for two hours little Patsy, began to cry. "What's the trouble, my little man?"milked- -waympethetie neighbor. "A bad tramp came along and stole the snow shovel from the boy next door." "Well, my lad, it's a very nice thing' to be sympathetic," said the neighbor, "but you mustn't worry so over other people's affairs." It ain't that," said the boy, "I'm crying because he didn't steal my shovel, too." LEMON JUICE IS FRECKLE REMOVER Sir Douglas Haig was, some weeks Girls! Make this cheap beauty lotion ago, in a great hurry to get to a ecr- to clear and whiten your skin. Squeeze the Juice of two leptons into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle and tan lotion, and complexion beauti- fier, at very, very small cost • Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store nr toilet counter will supply three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion Into the face, neck, arms and hands each day and sea how' freckles and blemishes disappear and how clear, soft and whlle the skin be- comes. Yes! It Is harmless. Camellias require very careful wa- fering; not enough or too much water causes the Muds to drop. When' buds drop withhold manure water. The time to feed is when the flowers have faded and when the new shoots are growing. Forty-five to fifty-five is the right temperature. I was cured of painful Goitre by 'MON Aftfrot.TNues.NT. BATA -RD :1101 ULAN. Chatham, Ont. I was cured of Inflammation by MINARD'S-LINIMENT. • `, MRS. W. A. JOHNSON. Walsh, Ont. i was cured of Facial Neuralgia by MINARD'S LINIMENT. Farkdale, Ont. J. H. BAILEY. Evening t'p With Haig. INIziazd's Liniment Cares Garret in Cows New Air Raid Alarm. The London authorities have begun using sound bombs, or rackets, as a mean. of warning the populace of ap- proaching air raiders. These Ilpmbs cons: tt of cylinders about eight inches long, weighing nhe pound each, which are fired from small mortar, by pull- ing a lanyard attached to a fuse at the nose. They rise some 300 feet in the air. More than 200 of them were sent up from seventy-nine fire sta- tions the first time they were used and the result was pronounced very satisfactory. The public was inform- ed about the rockets in advance so that' the significance of the peculiar sound wbirh they produced was under- stood. sna.ra's manliestowes Platemper. 1 tain plate. He found his car, but tho chauffeur was missing. So Sir Douglas got i the car and drove off by him- self. Then the driver appeared and saw t car disappearing in the dis- tance. "Gra Scot!" cried the driver, "there's 'Aig a -driving hly car!" "Well, get even with him," said a Tommy, standing by, "arid go and t fight one of 'is battles for him." Id he fat. Cocoa is the only popular beverage which has "fut." The colder the climate the greater the:•ruving fur fat. Body fat is of three kinds - :stearine, palmitin and oleine. Oats are the "fattest" and most , "heating" of the cereals. ®g_ I A loin of mutton has more fat nu- trient than any other joint, i Fats yield glycerine, an essential component of high explosives. Athletic training dots not rid of "fat," but of the excess woe er in the tissues of the body. 1, Yh . fkmine in fat (as- in Germany) more terrible than a famine iu bread. A man doing sedentary work re-, i quire+ three ounces of fat daily in 'some form. Linseed oil is tris most- important vegetable',oil in the production of \glycerine for explosi 'es. � American meat isle richest in fat; British home-grown teat is second. MN i O A Cure for 1 Bad Breath "Bad breath is a sign of decayed teeth, foul stomach or unclean bowel." 1f your teeth are good, look to your digestive organs at once. Get Stigrl's Curative Syrup at druggists. 16 to 30 drops after areals clean up your food passage and stop the bed breath odor. 50c. and =1.00 Bottles. Do not buy substitutes. Get the genuine. 6 ItilIZ EICIHpaRiiE11FiOEO IlIE7tIt The Jordan Valley In a.a10oteri. On•M b a beautiful. ferule 1letrlet that 5e' aught t. le- ..apts. Many sheeted farmers an Mtauu thole twee hull. . a• lan.lrtt tells them that Ievee- at.et111 pay hl1 return. from 110 latuwi lemma le the rales et the Ind sloes. le I.a5 .at:.1', et eh. 511 .np that 1105 tam prodese . Pres 1.e: Inma wase. Ask ms ler auMeells Ielwmatlee. absNutely free. 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