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The Signal, 1918-5-9, Page 6TauasoAv, MAY 9, 1916 THE SIGNAL ODERICH, ONTARIO Don't Wait and----wpWiiii Work Now anal Have! When drastic regulations for the rationing of food come into effect (and such an Order in Council may be made 'very early next Fall) you will wish then, that you had a crop of nice vegetables ready to take off your garden or nearby piece of vacant land that you could have cultivated if you had really wanted to. Well, all we say is— Don't Wait and Wish If you have not yet decided to plant a vegetable garden make up your mind to do so now. You will not regret it. There is still lots of time. Potatoes and beans may be planted up to June 1st and these are the best substitutes for wheat and meat. For good, practical advice upon how to lay out and cultivate a Vegetable Carden, write for a free copy of the booklet entitled: "A Vegetable Garden for Every Home." This has been prepared by the Ontario Department of Agriculture for the guidance of citizens who will respond to this call for increased production. r--------- 1 Mail jThis Coupon NOW glir 11 OM loom mn =to. m••• ow= mm• mops OM MIMI Organization of Resources Committee, Parliament Buildings, Toronto Dear Sirs : Please send me a copy of your booklet "A Vegetable Garden Every Home." Name 6 Address ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCES COMMITTEE le ('o -Operation with Canada Food Board SII@�tII11111111111����������I��IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII�IlII�11IIIlI�INIIIIIII�IIIIII��IIIIIII II IIIII�IIII'III�I����������Illll1111111I1111111 ONE 80TT\LE WORKED WONDERS Nujol receives this tribute from a Doctor in this case constipation had continued for years. when Dr. E. Z. Page prescribed the use of Nujol with most pleasing results. His letter follows:— NuJOL LABORATt ES, STANDARD 01L ftp BAYONNE, N.J. Dear Sin: 1 gave Nujol to • patient _Lo had been troubled for years wiia t onders and she now keeps Nujol on hand and uses it at the Jersey). uritis al rouble and constipation The one bottle worked least feeling of unrest I have recommended Nujol many times Queens. L 1.. • Sincerely Dec. 24. 1916. E.1 PAGE, M.D. IT makes no difference how long you\ltave suffered from constipation, Nujol relieves stubborn ad\well as occasional cases with equally sure and pleasant result*. Start now to use this safe and effective remedy which Dr. Page and other eminent physicians so highly'recommend and prescribe. Nujol restores healthy bowel habits in a gentle, natural way, without the least griping or dangerous reaction. That's because Nujol contains no drug, and so causes no artificial stimulation. Avoid harmful pills and salts that sap bowel_ strength with weakening reaction. Nujol is a pure. unmixed remedy; and pleasant to take. Perfectly safe for a11. Be "regular as clockwork" --use Nujol. ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS There are no substitutes there is only Nujol. ?Manufactured by STANDARD OIL CO. (NEW JERSEY) RA YONNa Naw mmaaaY and results are always moot pleasing NUM. It *EVEN rola la SULK :II row drvspae hs.a't NU)Ot. w• tt as ter wt.. pent. to Cardec S.Ilia. Afoot. claaaLae G YDat a SON P.O. Owe VS, Mrtra.t A Weldon. Tow Dwarf Sae.,• - woad on mowed* .1. A. Cambell E. R. Wilk H. C. Dunlop .1. H. Lauder N j'o1 for constipati ill 1.'24' ../-- a n lf , 11Iti1111'1111fi<<iJI(lU1111l11il,j) for ---.J O1rM,O ' GOING OUT WITH THE RATIONS. A Godsriek Cid Hoy Tells Racily of as w.__- NM Eating Trip,'_ Gam 1 - ( From The London Advertiser i, •— One of the moat graphic descriptions of that most thrilling of all war experiences, "going out with the rations," has been 1 written by Sergt. W. E. Elliott, a London newspaperman now in France with the Canadian forces. Sergt. Elliott joined the permanent force—corps of military staff clerks—shortly after the declaration of war, but sacnficed his staff sergeant's crown in order to see active ser- vice. He went overseas as sergeant of a cyclist platoon, raised in this district, and dropped one stripe in England, later taking down his corporal's chevrons to get to France. The letter which was tent to a friend in i.ondon follows: France, Feb. 22, 1918 t so fedOur p on hay ce N. C. 0. ng folks him that regcently held a "bombproof" job that he got permis- sion to accompapy the battalion on a tour into the front line, and want out with a petrol into "No Man's Land." l thought of getting the scout officer's per- mission to do the same some nice, dark night, but I've changed my mind. I've had my "thriller." It lasts longer than s trench raid. and is just about as exciting, It's called "going out with the ration Tin." Just after crawling out of the hole in the ground where 1 ate bread and jam with the battalion runners, I got word from headquarters:'The sergeant at rear H. Q. is going to ho4ital. Go out tonight and take charge It was time rations were up. 1 quickly gathered up greatcoat, equipment, rifle and the rest of the junk. (Respirator and steel helmet aero already on. you may he sure.) Proceeded Brit through the trenches, past sentries who hot'eat from sandbagged lookout posts demanded ever the password, and reached the fine breezy after open ground, where there's nothing to off w stop a machine gun bullet but yourself. ment with the transport man, who s aid isomebody was standing on the brake, we got under way. Wodsrfal sad Fearful Curves. The ration train runs en '•narrow gauge —very narrow geruge. In fact. it's a bit difficult tor a good•sised horse to snake speed and stay tbeetween the rails. When he steps off {he track there is a strong tendency for the car to follow. There are mure curves in that narrow gauge be- tween the trenches and the rear dump 1 =the the s hole Grand frunk system of Canada Most of them are at points where a trench or other hole yawns darkly on at least one side. There are switches. 1 don't know how the car takes the right tuck but it seems to follow the horse. BM it wasthe grades that interested me. Going{{ down, -the car rreturallyIoes faster. The horse does not, necessarily. The loose traces slap his heels, and eventually the car threatens to hoist him bodily into the air. At this stage, the driver speeds upthe horse. It is then that you realise what a horrible war it is, after all. into the trenches you dragged your gray limbs along, mouth open and perspiring freely. But how desirable now seems psogresa on foot, compared with this Tam O'Shanter ride on a runaway flat- car'. behind an irresponsible triune= hone. If only an up -grade would appeart Ito stop the reckless race! Coining up, the transport man had to be careful of the rations, but going out the load is only one officer and two other ranks, They don't matter. A stray bullet from the direction of the front line passes us. show- ing that we are not proceeding as rapidly as I thought. The black waste Land, wrinkled with the white spoil of forsaken trenches. %hire by. The quartermaster calls to the driver, above the roar of the wheels, "We'll never get there tonight, at this rate!" He's used to it. What Frits Would Meet Stretches of wire --"concertina," "double apron," 'single apron." 1f Fritz ever does pull that big offensive and break through, he'll find the back areas bad to traverse. Now w e carne to a hat was once a French village. Shellfire has not left much above ground. and not a light is visible, but most of those cellars are billets for troops. Some of them are units' headquarters. German gunners still shell the place, but one has to put up with that. A single black cross at the head of a mound beside the communication trench. Poor lad. Perhaps a stray shell stopped him on his way in. Maybe he died in a stretcher on his way out, wounded. The burial officer has the map location of that spot and that six feet of France "shall be forever England.•. Another French town, only three-quar- ters broken r own. No civilians. A glimpse of hidden lights in the cellars show that a Canadian medical unit, a support battalion, perhaps, and most likely a Y. M. C. A. are there. The ration tar roars through like a Wellington south car on its midnight trip. Again through the blackness. We must be about halfway between the far-off flash of that British "heavy" and the spot where its huge shell lands, in enemy territory. Fritz in the front line is still sending up flocks of white h{� • must have "the wind up" tonil hr 'The Canadians have a vile habit of raiding his private holdings. Finally we glide to a standstill in another ex -town, where cars and trucks and G. S. wagons con- gregate, and we alight. "Ho, look at all the Fritzie helmets come down in the salvage! What are they going to do with them, Quarter?" Rum jars. equipment, mesa tins, mysterious lump sacks. "The more stuff they send out, the more we can draw from them," says the quartermaster. Real Civilians at Lsst. By 6 S. wagon to the next town• Hard pulling through the deep mud - "We'll get off and cut through." ad- vises the quartermaster, and away we go. glad to get our blood circulating after that fast ride through the sharp air. Over a real railway, past an actual, iiving'civilian watchman with a lantern. Through a mine property—Northern France is full of mines. There's an- other civilian stoking a fire in the boiler - room, but he still wears the faded blue trousers that were part of his uniform before he.ceased to be of use to the French army. Why. this is a big town! And the houses all have roofs on. People are liv- ing in them! Bless my soul, if there isn't a woman! A large church,with only one small shell -hole! This IS civilization. The soldiers lire not wearing steel helmets. ("Why, that sounds like a brass band. sir." "Sure," says the Q. M., calmly. "Concert in the cinema tonight.") 111 bet I can get a bath here. It's half an hour since I heard a bullet sing past. I'm nut of reach of Fritz except for plane bombs and artillery shells. A ish 'plane drones overhead, with an -to-goodness headlight on, what - that's for. This is a "jake" war all. I'll takemy boots and puttees hen f go to bed. Sensation Which Never Passes 1 wonder if a fe lbw ever gets entirely over the odd sensation that occurs when Po Fritz sendd' up a star -shell IT stream of cure bright lights. He was Rending up whole good flocks of white lights, wild duck fashion, s moot this night. Was it Shakespeare's Portia guar who exclaimed, "How bright a light yon potat little candle throws?" or words to that ef- them for leen. A star -shell seems to illuminate the i ei rr whole western front, and individuals pro- ceeding to the ration dump particularly twent stand out like silhouette s, 1 guided the fatal quartermaster to battalion H. Q. on this I occasion, and he was returning to the Ions of dump, walking a little way behind. i In don't really think Fritz was interested in ekowi us, but a rifle bullet whined acmes the the st scenery between us. One wondered if Cut . our own Vickers, crack -cracking away ing. over our heads really had sufficient ele- � smaller vation. Fritz', machine gurus "trovers- ravages ing" as usual. When you begin to hear "Mpoontaa those birds sing near, you roll into the ' "Mies nearest trench or shell hole. Never mind , bug, t the mixt. * the four— Mast of the ration "train" had gone ! i)tasol bark. One "car" remained. it waa a of sat truck hauled by one stout horse, which eel. Ilea got tingled up in the nearest barbed wire lutioea kicked, sat down and tried to throw off git1pt11 the transport driver on he hark. Wire of teed belies removed, Pts. Horse proceeded with 1nrty II somewhat resentful sir, 1 thought. The ounces and., lanced ourSergi. and 1 clk'ahe�d aboard Pounds weight, After an argu- tailor* W. E. E. Controlling Potato Diseases from the Start. (Experimental Farms Note tatoes are plentiful this spring. Pro - your seed from a field that produced a heavy crop the previous year. The h appeafance of the seed alone item antee of a heavy crop. Disinfect the ons before cutting the peed. Soak three hours in s barrel contain- ther of the following solutions: • ve sublimate: Two ounces in y -five talons pj water. (Note: poison to man anti' beast.) Formalin: One pint in twenty-five gal - water. cutting for theta, throw out alt potatoes ng rot or brown stats, or rings near em -end and in the flesh. the seed immediately before plant - The longer yyied you keep then out the the ofne preps to meet potato bug. Spray your toes. Spraying t�_ys ! Use poisoned to mixture. The poison for the he Bordeaux for late blight. This solution: Six pounds bluestorse, pounds lime, forty gallons water. ve bluestnne first in fifteen gallon* er. Slake the lime in another yew in it if ltnspy. Pour both ca together and Make up to tarty bg adding water. Add arsenate iilste. two to three pounds per gallons of solution: sir use Oak Paris green and one and s-hdf of arsenate of lead Ser forty solution. Stir well and 511 n • 1 • ,J r,tranr�sa�.t�� tisineesirr�.. ror,., A w. '1 • it? r a 9110 '0 • •MI • A Way to Soften the Hard Water of the Bath Get out the LUX package—pour in 3 or 4 table- spoonfuls into the water and stir a little. 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