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Fashions
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The round collar and deep gauntlet
cuffs add a bit of charm. to thus simple:
frock, which is so appropriately de-
veloped in soft materials, McCall
Pattern No. 8875, Ladies' Waist, in
7 sizes, 34 to 46 bust; and No. 8908,
Ladies' Skirt, in 7 sizes, 22 to 34
waist. Price, 20 cents each.
711c set.
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SIGNALLERS ARE
.x , HEROES
NERVE CENTRE OF CANADA'S
FIGHTING ARM
Quick Work of Signallers Made
Courcelette Victory Possible
--Never Failed in Duty.
The Divisional Signallers of the
Fleet Canadian Division—the nerve
centre of the fighting arm—are near through roads and fields, laying their
ing home, wire as they go to keep up with the
Although non-combatants, ,the Di- rapidly moving front. It is in the
visional Signallers have performed open warfare that the signallers
heroic service and are an important come in for their real adventure be-
cog in the fighting machine of the cause their whole job is one of time,.
Canadian Corps. Day and night they and everything depends on their
worked, keeping the lines of eommun- keeping up communieations> It was
ications open, laying out new lines not an infrequent sight to see them
and repairing shattered lines, They racing ata furious pace over hill and
went about their work unsung and, dale, through hedges, ditches, sunken
unheralded, rarely getting any glory, roads, to get a direct line with the
front of battle. If I lay long in watery places—
but still discharging their duty that Fish. how 1 envy you your rings--
was vital to the directing operations Every battery of howitzers or
of the army in the field. "heavies" had a wireless station for And though I'd rather not run races
Without the Divisional Signallers keeping in touch with the aeroplanes With. . dragon tiles, nor thread the
the fighting units could not carry on, overhead and artillery headquarters, mazes
It was these lads who worked side which was manned by artillery or di- Ot a smooth lawn with ants and things.
by side with the infantry and artil> visional signallers. 0 yet. 0 yet I've more than these,
lery. Hundreds have met their death The individual si
out in the open working away on the to infantry or artillery pasts who
lines, while hundreds have been keep the lines open and send mes-
wounded in carrying on the important sagea are "the lost children" of such
task of keeping all the eommunica- units. They do not belong to the
tions open between the units of the unit, but are away from their home
division, —the divisional signallers—and in
In the fighting at Ypres, down to many eases have done meritorious
the Somme, back to Virny, on to Pas-., and heroic work which they never
chendaele, and through the fierce got credit for, and would have re-
fighting of Cambrai, Arras and other eeived recognition of if they had been
famous battles, the Signallers never a part of the unit they were with.
failed in their duty and Canada Much depends on the signallers in
should walcome these silent heroes their work of keeping the lines from 0 better beasts, you now must yield!
with open arms. To them too much the various fronts open. For example, I name the cool. stars of the field,
credit cannot be given for the suc- just before the battle of Courcelette I have the flowers of Heaven by heart,
cess of the Canadian Corps in the on the Somme in Seit`ember, 1916,
communications - both by telephone
and Lucas table, with all, the. units of
the division, that is tQ say, 12 bat-
talions of infantry, or more, batteries
of artillery, engineers, pioneers and
all other arms of the service. In this
they had a very difficult .task. The
units must never be a minute out of
touch with each-other—for it might
mean disaster, They must keep every-
thing in working order.
In the open warfare the Divisional
Signallers' duties were much more
thrilling, In August and ,September,
when the Boche took to his heels and
started for home, one would see the
divisional signallers galloping across
open country with their wire limbers,
Printed crepe and f...,red silks will
be popular for afternoon wear. This
choice design is developed in figured
silk. McCall Pattern. No. 8901, La-
dies' Dress. In 6 sizes, 34 to 44 bust,.
ice, 25 cents.
These patterns may be obtained
from your local McCall dealer, or
from the McCall Co., 70 Boxed St.,
Toronto, Dept. W.
Oxford Revisited.
Back to these weather-beaten walls,
And the scent of my Oxford rose,
Where many a ghostly footstep falls
And a kindly soft wind blows!
Musts of an icy gale were nine
In the blood-stained years outside,
Par from the gates of my Mother
Men and `iaeast.
am less ,patient than this horse,
And it is -fleeter far than I,
Its hair is silky, mine is coarse;
Grasses have shaped • that larger eye,.
While to feed me live things must die.
The birds make little darts in air,
And fishes little darts in streams,
Peacocks are peacocks everywhere,
And men buy too tight boots, and
swear,
Then sleep—but haven't dogs Sue
dreams?
You glow-worms, too, who to the
weary
Are lamp and oil and wick and friend;
Yea bearded goat, half up the'quarry----
I am a man; yes, I am sorry—
A. clumsy roan, But wait, perpendl
}Terse, though I'm slow; sheep, though
my back
Yields nothing useful; though I can't
fly,
You lucky birds; and though your
track,
Rabbits, is far too fine. alack,
For me to follow; though I'd die.
gnailers attached Which they neglect them to possess;
They do not count the Plelades,
They do not see through glimmering
treea
The stars and planets numberless;
They do not know the leaf and etem
And bud and flower beneath their feet,
They sniff at Stars-of-l3ethlehern,
And buttercups are food to them,.
No more than bitter food, or sweet.
I, to whorl air and waves are sealed,
1 yet possess the human heart.
A Break.
Partner—"Do you mean to say that
it has taken you a whole .day to do
that?"
Hired Man -•--"There's zio such thing
as a whole day; it always begins by
breaking." •
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How It Happened, W ILL EQUIPPED NEWSPAPER
Owner --"How did you conte to''punc- and ob tnting plant In ]astern
Glntaria, lsnsnt'aric'e carried 51,8U0 Will
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Chauffeur—"Ran,over a milk bottle," 'mu Publishing Co.. Ltd.. -Toronto.
Owner—"Didn't you see it in time?"
Chauffeur• --"No; the kid had it un-
der his coat."
The Lost Cord.
The ways of economy will apparent-
ly die hard, says a London writer.
The other day a lady entered a sur-
burban laundry office and asked very
eameetly for the return of a cord with
avhich her last consignment of wash-
ing had been secured. The, amazed
office girl's conciliatory remark that
the request was rather impossible
roused the good lady's indignation -
"But I must have it," she insisted "I
use it to tie my curtains back with."
Just Like It.
Aline and her brother attended a
birthday party of a playmate. Ice-
cream, cake, and lemonade were
served. The boy asked bis hostess
for a glass of water.
"Drink your lemonade," Aline said
interrupting.
"I don't want lemonade. I want
water," said the boy, looking pleading-
ly at his hustess.
"Don't be silly. Drink your lemon-
ade," said Aline, "It's just like water."
great war. one signalling corps had 20 lines in
," „ order, buried: anti running up to the Cere of Ferns.
Communicatiene. different fronts, Everything was O. Ferns rhonld be set into a tub once
"Communications eommuniea-°
K. 30 minutes before the zero hour., a week, showeredand left to get the ,
tions1" or "Give us a line!" was the The next minute some Hun shells lit roots thoroughly wet; this is better
often -repeated cry of the inf.' nntry or right on top of the massed wires and than just pouring water on top every i
artillery when the Canadians racedtore every line. The "show" was to day, although if the foliage is dry they
into action, made an advance, or put- start in 80 minutes' need that. too. Where roots protrude i
led off a trench raid, or when the Gommunieataa7ts had been cut. But from the bottom of the pot, repotting
Bache hit back and laid down a bar -the signallers hustled out and in the i., necessary; use some fresh soil and
rage that ripped the signal communi-. m]dst of a devastating shell fire :un be i.arefal in the haudlini;. House
cation waxes to tatters. out new lines, repaired ail commiani plant' repay the little care required.To the divisional signallers fell the, cations, and completed the tasl- just
difficult task of always keeping the, eight minutes before the Canadians
lines of communication aper: from chi- went into action. Two of the men,
visional headquarters to brigades, were gassed.
and thence on to battalion or artil-
lery
At Virny in one spot the lines ;were
levy lines. The different branches of; cut 27 times during the fighting, and
touch with each other, the infantry; keep
the fighting machine had °ta keep in the signallers worked heroically to
their comrades in touch with
calling up the artillery, the artillery] all units.
talking to the front lines, divisional" Signallers are composed of line
staffs directing battles and brigade men, telegraphers, operators, cable -
staffs carrying out orders. It was all men, drivers and despatch rider!.
part of the machine apd it was the'
•
' signallers that kept each unit in' MONEY WAS NOT NEEDED
touch, whether in the front line in'
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trench warfare or out in the open. 1 In These Times of Soaring Prices We
The First Divisional Signal •u Corn-, Envy the "Barter" Days. - Charlie Made a Hit.
pan is madeo,,fou e
sections each it ela t to acre t old,•
one attriched to one of the three `silver and bronze p coins as being'
brigades, and the other with head- money, without thinking of some.
quarters .They carry wireless equip-? other objects fulfilling the same pur-
ment, signal Iamps, flags and wire, pose, It might be interesting to
They also had, "listening ,in" an- readers to state a' few of the differ -1
paratus. This is 'an instrument that ent things that have been used as;
is put out in No Man's Land and money, or a method of exchange, in
stuck in the ground to hear what the the past, and also, in some cases in'
Huns are talking about, that is, of the present. '
they talk too loud. These "listening: In the earliest days, cattle, wete
Shrine. in" phones are put out at night by' very commonly used for this purpose.
With the shadows of Death and signallers and run through barbed Fancy paving for things ,vola bought
Pride. wire and placed as near the Huns with cows! Ii had its disadvantages,;
And God be praised that the vessel line as possible. It is an excellent; naturally, for if you wished to pay;
built device for detecting conversations,'for something of less value than your,' creep Minaret's Liniment in the house.
"Charlie is simply wonderful!",ex-
claimed young Mrs. Duke. "1 ..never
dreamed that any one could run a
motorcar the way 1re can!"
"What has happened?"
"We took a ride yesterday and went
along beautifully in spite of the fact
that he had forgotten some of the ma-
chinery."
"Running without machinery?"
"Yes. We had gone at least eleven
miles before Charley discovered that
his engine was missing."
By the banks of our hallowed stream 'and often works" as a safety valve' cow how were you to settle thinn'e'r
Has 1 gg s y, y
silt, own men who talk too freely or too with a dead animal,. and could not!
And the gusts of an ugly dream. loud in the front lines. For instance, cut it up to suit your requirements.;
Or your lawns to -day are the loving once a man was asking a certain bat -Therefore, you would have to buy in
arms tery to send up ammunition and he large quantities.
Of the old unchanging trees spoke so loud that he was heard on But in those days of little trans-'
That take no count of the hurts and the "listening in" phone and cduld no port, your money being cattle was.
harms doubt be heard on the Hun's line if very useful, as you hadn't got to'
And the worlldly fickle breeze. he had one out, thus the location carry it. You could drive your money,
When the sun goes down, I am Horne would be given away to the enemy. when you wished, without much'
thank God!
Witli each dear unchanging thing --
The tower, and the trees, and the old
gray quad, called in the army. This visual sig- was used for the same purpose in
Where my heart and the ivy cling. nailing was rarely used on the western Newfoundland. Nails have been
Away from the long grim trench I trod, front ,ancl only frequently when em- quite a usual form of money in vari-
And the song that the bullets sing. • ergencies arose through heavy fight- ous places, especially in Scotland;
____a-_____ing or when the troops got out into rice has been used in India, tobacco
Recompense.
I saw two sawyers in Life's .field at the open in the closing months of the in Virginia, dates in Northern Aitrica,
war. Signallers with flags are a and skins in various places.
To
morn,
whom carie one in angel guise good target for the -.Hun and would,` Even at the present time hoops of
and said, if sighted, give away important hid- metal are used, by the natives of
"Is it for labor that a man is born? ing posts for observation work. At' West Africa as currency, but in
Lo: I am• Ease. Come ye and eat
my bread!"
Then gladly one forsook his task un-
done
And with the Tempter went his
slothful. way,
The. other toiled until the setting sun
•With stealing shadows blurred the
dusty day.
weathered the `a ed rocks and for the Canadians in catching their Nece saril you
were not trading The One Favor Asked.
,"Wig -Wagging" Seldom Used. trouble.
The signallers did little work with' At one time in Switzerland eggs
the flags, "Wig -Wags" as they are were used as money, and dried cod
Ere harvest time, upon earth's peace-
ful breast
Each laid him down among the un -
reaping dead.
"Labor hath other recompense than
rest,
Else were the toiler like the fool," I
said:
"God nieteth him not less, but rather.
more \
Because he sowed and others reaped.
his store."
--Lieut.-Col. Sohn McCrae.
Zeinatrd's T,Inianent ueedabn Ph reioiand.
`'R ;M•a, .,,per ,.y a:-'Jf - i.. -
" The Society.Islands lie in t Pa -
:fie Ocean Between latitude Ir6 an
south, longitude 148 to 150,80 warfare - the divisiotaai signallers
the Vinay Ridge show visual -stations ! those portions owned by the British,
we're erected and manned up to the l coins are gradually being introduced.
front line, but were not used as the In West Africa it is a tiring job to
wire communications were kept:, go -1 carry much of the native money, for
ing. the hoops of metal are very much
The' story is told where a signaller like crochet hoops, though not so
in' a tower near Virny was "getting heavy. The coins being introduced
in touch" with his flags just before I there now have' a hole through the
the zero hours when the Huns spot- lcentre, so that the natives can string
ted the flags and wiped the party out. l their money together and carry it
The chief signalling done was over - round their necks.
telephones, telegraph.and wireless. I have seen a whole string of these
The signallers had to run their lines coins, and they are quite weighty,
out up to the front line many tines but fall short of the burden formed
under heavy shell fire. The biggest by the hoops of metal when carried
trouble was that the communications in 'numbers,
were constantly shattered by enemy When. metal began to be accepted
fire, ,and the signallers and linemen as the general method of exchange,
had to go out andWfix. up the lines or ingots . were used, sometimes shaped,
string out new wires, and many met but often a rough piece of whatever,
their death -from shell `: and snipers' metal it was. In Egypt they adopted.
bullets, the habit of stanxping„on the ingots
Each battalion has fifty -sial : sig- a likeness to animals, which had been
nallers under .a signal officer and are one of the former methods of ex -
responsible fob• keeping up communi- change.
cations between all parts at the bat- Coins have been . made of various.
t ori anti vet 11 flank battalions and metals.' ,Some were once used in
' i~igade he �ei'ilarters. In trench England made of tin;;and, of course,
nickel is used now in various Cone
tineritat countries.
l net. They belong to France, } ennInenin aii elaborate system ' 'ot'
On the occupation of Cologne Gen-
eral Sir H. C. 0. PIumer was assigned
a splendid villa belonging to a weal-
thy German. After the General's
arrival the owner of the villa got
hold of the A.D.C. and to him, with
many bows and flowery words, ex-
pressed his deep sense of the honor
of having so great a soldier under his
roof. Had the General any com-
mands for him? He had but to ex-
press a wish for it to be fulfilled.
"I will see," said the A,D,C,, who
departed and presently returned.
"Has the General any orders for
me?." cried the eager Teuton.
"Yes," "said the A.D.C., "at least
the General desires something,"
"Ach, vot is it,'vot is it?"
"The General's one and only de-
sire," coolly answered the A.D.C., "is
that during his occupation of your
villa you will be neither ween nor
heard!"
(,CANCER. TUMORS. LUMPS, ETC.,.
N.JJ Interpol and external, cured with -
Out pain by our home treatment. Write
us before ton late. Dr, Reitman Medical
qv., Limited Coliin,gwood, Ont
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every auto,noblle or motor boat owner,
eierti factory and office buys one Sell-
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Promised to Send Him Over.
Mrs. Gordon bad just moved into
the neighborhood. One morning u
neighbor called and said: "1 thought ':
I would come and tell you that your;
Jimmy has been lighting any Teddy. `
and 1 should like to settle the matter
if 1 ecn." "For tiny part." said Mrs.
Gordon. haughtily. "I have no time to ,
waste over the children's quarrels. I
consider myself above such trifling
matters." "That's all right. then." was
the reply. "I'll send your Jimmy over
on a .stretcher as soon as he can be
moved."
MONEY ORDERS.
Buy Your out-of-town supplies with
Dominion Express Money Orders. Five
dollars costs three cents.
A Former Name Long Island:
Long Island, now part of New York,
was at one time known as the Island
of.. Matow ack, and afterwards as the
Isle of Stirling, with reference to the
Earl .of Stirling, Viscount of Canada,
Lord Alexander of Tullibody., The
Earl of Stirling was a man far in ad
Vance of his time who attempted the.
colonization of Nova Scotia in .1621,
and in January, 1636, obtained from
the Council of New Englanda grant
of certain lands in America, including
Long Island. Argyll's Ludgirig (now
the Military Hospital-, near Stirling
Castle, was built by him. It is said of
hien that he thought imperially . and
lived imperially. Ile died in 1640, and
wasburied in the tamily vault in the
Parish Church of Stirling.
1ntard'a Liniment Xann'berninnis JEliendi,
The Stool Was All Right.
Down on a southern plantation the
dairy bands were accustomed to do
the milking squatting down in primi-
tive fashion. until the owner introduce
ed milking stools with other improve-
ments, But the first experiment was
hardly a suocess. The darky who first
rallied forth with the stool returned,
bruised and battered, and with an
empty pail. "I done my best, sah," he
explained, "Dat stool looked all right
to me, but de blamed cow she won't
sit on it."
A Question.
It was in a military hospital.
"Anything I can do for you?" asked
a surgeon as he passed the bed of a
smiling but badly -wounded soldier.
"Yes, doctor. Perhaps you can tell
ants something I'd very much like to
know."
„Fire away!" replied the doctor.
"Welt, doctor, when one doctor doc-
tors another doctor, does the doctor
doing the doctoring doctor the other
doctor like the doctor wants to be doe-
tured, or does the doctor doing the
doctoring doctor the other doctor like
the doctor doing the doctoring wants
to doctor him?
GIRLS! LEMON JUICE
IS A SKIN WHITENER
How to make a creamy beauty lotion
for a few cents.
The juice of two fresh lemons
strained into a bottle containing three
ounces of orchard white makes a
whole quarter pint of the most re-
markable lemon skin beautifier at
about the cost one must pay for a
small jar of the ordinary cold creams,
Care should be taken to strain the
lemon juice through a fine cloth so no
lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion
will keep fresh for months. Every
woman knows that lemon juice is used
to bleach and remove such blemishes
as freckles, sallowness and tan and is
the ideal skin softener. whitener and
beautifier.
Just try •it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any drug store and
two )croons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint of this sweetly fra-
grant lemon lotion and massage it
daily into the face, -neck, arms and
hands.
GIBS I HAVE A MASS
it BEA T1'FU EAIR,.
SOFT, BOSSY, WAVY
Ask for rdinarcrsasict take no other.
•
Great Britain is the only European
country in which food production in-
creased during the war. In all other
countries, combatant and neutral, it
deereased.
Laugh When. People
°
St Ou Your Feet
0
e
Try this yourself then pass
it along to others,
It works!
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alma retell This kind of rough
talk will be beard less here in town if
people troubled with corns will follow ,
the simple advice of this Cincinnati
authority, who claims that a few drops .
of a drug called freezone wilen applied.
-to a tender, aching corn stops soreness "
at once, and soon the corn dries tip
and lifts right out without loam.
lie says freeeone 1s an ether Com-
• pound Mitch dries immediately and
never inflames or even irritates the
surrounding tissue or skin. A quarter
` of an ounce of freezone will cost very
little at any drug store, But is eutfi-
eient to remove every hard or soft
corn or callus from one's feet. Millions
of American women will welcome this
announcement since the inauguration:
of the high heels.
A small bottle destroys dandruff
and doubles beauty of
your hair.
Within ten minutes after an appli-
cation of Danderine you can not find a
single trace of dandruff or failing hair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
will please you most will be after a few
weeks' use, when yen see new hair, fine
and downy at first—yes—but really
new Bair—growing all over the scalp.
A little Danderine immediately doub-
les the beauty of your hair. No dif-
ference how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisi;en a cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. The effect is amaz-
ing—your hair will be light, fluffy aiid
wavy, and have an appearance of
abundance; an incomparable lustre,
softness and luxuriance,
Get .a stir.all bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine (roan any drug store or toilet
counter for a few cents and prove that
yo r Bair is as pretty and soft as any
—that it has been neglected or injured
by c recess treatment—that's all—you
surely oar Neve beautiful hair and lots
of it i, you will just try a little
17anaer n
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Apply a lit* , don't rub, let It POW,
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external aches, pains, strains, stiffness
c.f joints or muscles, lameness, bruises.
Tnrtant relief without mussiness or
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Keep a big bottle ready at all lines.
Made in Canada. Ask your druggist
for Sloan's Liniment.
The tidies Enjoy
C ficura Soap
This pure, fragrant emollient 18 just)
suited to the tender skins of infants',
and children. Millions have known
no other since birth. T,e daily use
of it, with touches of Ointment now
and then to littje ,kin and -scalp
troubles, tends to insure a healthy
skin, a clean scalp and good hair
through life. Soap, Ointment and
Talcum sold everywhere.
!Ss Bare to tOtt the fascinating fro.
$ranoo 01. etzticoa Toicutr enyour skip.
ISSUE 18—'19