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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-3-16, Page 7A COLD Settled On Her Longs Causing Great Pain ME CURE WAS R. WOO Norway Pirie Syrup. Miss D. M. Pickering, St. Catharines, Ont., writes: "Having derived great benefit from Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Shall, I thought I would write and tell yf u of my experience, When T first came out from England I contracted a severe cold, owing to the change of climate. It settled on my lungs, and caused me a great deal of pain. I tried every remedy I could think of, but got no relief, My father, who had heard a great deal about the good dualities of Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, advised me to try it. I did so, and I am pleased to say, found im- mediate relief. I only took one bottle and it cured me completely. My mother ' had a severe cold also, and Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cured her, so we never fall to keep a bottle of it in the house." See that none of those so-called "pine syrups" are handed out to you when you go to your druggist or dealer and ask for "Dr. Wood's." It is put up in a yellow wrapper; three pine trees the trade mark ; price, 25e and 5Oc. Manufactured only. by The T. Mil- l;., burn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. HYSTERIA AMONG GERMANS. Nervous Strain Causes "Nerves" and Insanity in the Army. In the latest German newspapers and medical journals there are cir- cumstantial statements about Ger- many's nervous strain in .the war. Apparently the increase of hysteria and insanity has been far greater than most people imagine. A fine article in the Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift is by Dr. Meyer, a surgeon back from the front, and des- cribes the nerve shattered effects of high explosives on the typical Ger-1 man recruit. "We must allow," says. this medi-, cal authority, "that the new offensive' in the west and the poor quality of our recruits have brought with them an increase of hysteria." It appears from other communications that it has been necessary to have special; wards in hospitals for the growing, class of demented soldiers and ner- I vous breakdowns. Evidently this subject presses more and more upon the public mind of Germany as the war wears on. Everywhere the press and the medical authorities, though carefully censored, go sur prisingly far in laying bare the less theatrical al side of war. The follow- ing passage from an article by Pro- fessor Gaupp is well worth quoting: "There are plenty of men," writes I the German expert, "men otherwise 1 energetic and normal, whose ner- vous ry <tems are , not equal to the strain .unci harship of modern war fare. The temper of their souls is not proof against the danger, cru- elty and terror." The professor has coined a word, "granatkontusionen," to deeee'bs• the effect of an exn1oding shell. Without causing a single ex- ternal wound it produces a shock, a coneueeion of the brain and spine, which often leaves men unconscious for ht' ';; and even days. When they -are a:wakened they are often deaf '' and demo and demented, or they are eh:i lr t and rave over, their experi- ence; 'Phil : is the "kriegshysterie" or w er by teria. tford Finances War. • 1'e; t lard, ' soethern :suburb of Lon- c'.on, hes gr>•o :r find of flag -days, ba - i;'.+; end, Wier notheds of collecting t ' r -time charities.. 1 .„r,e,1 all ordinance banning thee: °r t ineine• them with a ethenee eeetetdraed by the llavnr."iTt:- dcr h to h:'nne teen cents a week from er';h teenfiy in the. horou.gh, thus e.'•t :: frt f:'.r; ;hieh the •1ny- ot• e: ll t,. t' i„c'eified tveel,I, grant”; ti' the yr; rinses war funds, LL T'e i t 4. i '. e .' li P (7,4e; e li mn'?, 1 c What Complicates Cooking? It may be pleasant to sit down to dinner of boiled soup, fried chicken baked potatoes and steamed apple be ty. But from the. point of view of thi woman who does her own work, th sort of a meal involves too complieat ed cooking, The meal in whielt se venal different processes, as boiling, frying, baking and steaming are all involved is the meal that is most dif fleult to cook and serve. We do not quarrel with such meal served in hotels or in the home i there is sufficient service. But for th woman who does her own housewor the meal involving different cookin processes is wasteful of time and de cidedly wasteful of fuel and utensils It is not possible to serve as easily Meal with boiled, baked, steamed an fried foods as it is the one -fuel meal in which all the foods are virtually cooked by the same method. We wonder why our grandmother, with 16 children, could accomplish all the marvels that she did. Perhaps one litt'e secret may be that when she baked she baked, and when she boiled she boiled,. and that she did not at tempt so many kinds of cooking a once. For instance, there is the tim honored "boiled dinner" in which th meat, potatoes, vegetables and eve soup were all cooked together. Ther was also the baked diner, in whiel perhaps baked beans, baked potatoe and a baked pudding were served. Now, although we may prefer dif ferent kinds of cooking at the sam meal, we will not follow this plan i we are willing to conserve our time an 1 energy. 'Wo will frequently, at least follow the one -fuel meal and carry on only one kind of process at a time For instance, there are many dinners in which everything can be a baked food. Such a one is a roast, baked potatoes, a boiled vegetable cooked, however, in its pot in the oven, and a baked pudding. It is just as easy to boil vegetables in an oven as it is to boil them on top of the stove. Again, there is the steamer dinner in which everything—meat, potatoes vegetables and dessert—can all be put into a steam cooker over one hole and be ready at the same time. There is also the boiled dinner, which is preferably cooked in one large kettle, and good corned beef, good pot roast and other meats are delicious cooked with the vegetables, potatoes, etc. If we are frying, it is best to make the meal almost wholly a fried meal, as a fried steak, accompanied with fried potatoes, fried peppers or toma- toes, or other vegetables which can be 'c6oked on the top of the stove at the same time. The Mexicans and the Spanish know how to fry, but you will note that they fry vegetables along with the meat, and do not, like our- selves, have a fried meat, a boiled vegetable and a baked dessert, per- haps. One of the most difficult points for the young housekeeper is to co-ordin- ate her cooking and to serve the dif- ferent portions of the meal complete- ly done at the same time. The reason this is usually hard is because she has to estimate the different tiro for rlif- feront cooking methods. If on the other hand, she follows the same method at the same meal, she could accomplish her work with less effort. We do not mean that this shonlrl he done every day, but that co-ordinated cooking is easier and should be -used to relieve the complicated cooking we generally follow. ing pan and when flour has browned a add pint of hot water and spices tied in cheesecloth. Slice onion over meat t- and bake three hours, basting freely e with liquid in pan. More water may s be added, if necessary. Split pots- _ toes and put in pan with meat, half 'MI hour before serving time, Make gravy from liquid in pan. Fruit 'Tapioca. --One and one-half _ cups water, one-quarter cup prepared tapioca, pinch of salt, sugar to taste, s fruit as needed. Sliced apples, canned f or fresh peaches or pineapple can be e used for this dessert. Place liberal k layer of fruit in bottom of small pud- g ding dish, sugar to taste, and if ap pies are used add a little cinnamon, Put water and salt in double boiler. a When hot stir in tapioca and cook d until clear, Pour this over fruit and bake until fruit is done. This can be told by trying with straw. Serve with whipped cream or thin custard sauce. Household Hints. When. stewing apples add a few chopped dates; the improvement will - be surprising. Mustard mixed with warm water e and a pinch of salt keeps its color ::or e many ,days. n A cloth dipped into ammonia will e often remove stains from the collar 1 of a cloth coat. s Boot, polish which has become dry can be successfully softened with a - few drops of turpentine. e To keep lemons in a fresh condition place them on paper on a shelf with r a tumbler turned over each one. To keep your linen a good color drop a few pieces of camphor gum • into the drawer in which it is kept. Honey is very nutritious, and should be on the bill of fare of every person who wants to gain flesh. Glassware should always be washed netreetee ,?6O:iTAY Rssarkrert. t Father Bull: "We'll have to stop every financial leak if we want to win this war." Jack Canuck: "Leave it to me. I'll put another million acres under wheat." Father Bull: "That is mere patchwork, my boy. Why not stop your forests from burning down? These acres of splendid timber at your door re- present i the easiee+t money you tarn ever lay your hands on." Newspaper Note:—"Thr' Canadian Forestry Association makes the state- ment that if Canada would take ,the simple measures to stop the plague of forest fires, the timbr saved would pay the annual interest on the last Dominion loan of $100,000,000." T 1E SUNDAY ',,‘.2,.„73: .2,.„ O that on this occasion the preacher's tt t text was chosen for him. 36. A certain water—The gospel preaching regularly began with the INTERNATIONAL LESSON, baptism of John (Actsl. 22), as our MARCH 19. oldest gospel still shows (Mark 1. 4). This preparatory doctrine of cleans - in a wooden bowl, and there will be far less chance of it's getting broken. Prunes cooked in the oven after soak- ing over night, seasoned and sweet- , ened to taste, are much richer than if merely stewed. Stick a pin through the cork of bottles containing poisons. This will prevent tragic mistakes wl Tested Recipes. Cream of ,Celery Soup.—Put two, cup chopped celery into saucepan with one quart cold water and cook until tender. In another saucepan have cooking two slices onion, blade of m ace”:trel two cup:, of milk, In twenty minuteee strain into celery saucepan. Me•It four teMeestpoone better, add two tables norms flour, seasoning with salt, . celery salt and red pepper. Add cel - try and milk mixtures; cook five min- utes and serve. vt fir:ape ��<`'oe tan Cream. ---One pint grane juice, one and one half tea- spoons granulated gelatin, one-half up boiling water, one cup sugar, one Adm da .. .:l ray Q.rti+ gry,*„j" ipir Eu, lend one-half cups heavy cream. Part- Weett i•te ! owels become constipated s when'melted, grape -juice. Stir mix- ure occasionally when cooling, and when it Inc barely begun to thicken. old in cream, whipped stiff' Pour in- ' o moll and let stand a few hours y cover gelatin with cold water, and then it has soaked five minutes clis- olve in boiling water. Add sugar, and thee. a:eget get s out of circler, the liver doe- le,' 1c;,tk property, rtncl then -follows t the vielaig , J t1 .;, ludic';, the sourness o[ the r m,.ch, I:,rhri i r, r,i ivi id) Ixeat•t- burn t 'r•; bra! -,11, I;r1;;uitic avil at ; f gener.rt leeliee that you du not care t to do anythi:ag. t Keep your liowAs r' ;ixla.r by using Ililllictrh's; barn,-T,i;;e:r• filly, They will c clear away all the oleic matter whish e collect ; i:t the: sy--trrtl tin -1 crate you think . that" -life 1; worth living," It. - B. W. Watson,'St, John,r �. writ, t li, r'' l,c, a t''r;tr1 lea with It con ar,r t? I•,,i, for the Ir. t fits r and -1.1-; ,•; t t.tt ti.^:c Juwe iri,.d Fcvc, .1 tante 1, . t, all Cf tvhiclt faile•t; to help tee. r .A fri , f recommended 111ill.r:r n'• Liver ,'el;, and after 11 iiig lin ,• ur G•: vial:, 1 fele. tike a tu•r. loan. [ ran t:,:w •c, :t'll ti t i+; thc•nt, a ltd am poiltive:'; erre , that(I a?n ail the road t•, • r I% t rt r ry^, 1 S. strait l.✓ rt'r,rttrt enil \lill;urtt $ l,ttaa- Liver tele l'dft il,.a„'': 1',, .”-Liver 1'1111 a vial 5 '•, , • s , , are "rl •p'er r v ! � f, I .)), ^i -..11 die ltntt;s p or de •,r wilt mailed col recci t ]r of )ri"' 1 'elle leti1h' T � t l...is..i.Cra-Co.,C"''g • e' S 'forum., '')a/ ri.rltc•r.I; ' Ix ill cold. ; Sausage, Country Style. --Separate trim of frea;h pork sem:ages, prick arch sausage with fork,put all in hollow pant with boiling water -to cover, and _cools slowly for fiftetn iinutr'.n, Drain and lot sauna es fry a1 minute to brown a little. have' eqdy flat baking dish fulled with 'Tinny mulled pntatoos. ..Aurin„(. t au:=np;c'; ill row,: fat' by sill., on tol) 1 f potatoes and bid;E' in het oven until engages are well breeened. Serve in 1 xmcr dia;h, e'n -tri;<b"d with parsley. Stilted Pork, Roast.-.--1"our pound'; eseh pot' k loin, one table spoon mixed iel.lc.. sluice, 00 omore eight seem ; c otetoe.s, 11aUv, sall and. popp;'r• 11 prinkic meat with . ;.'.t awl popper r rlcl clrarlge with flow. niece in roast- g medicines in the dark. 3l FERRETS ARE BOOMING. The War is Helping Many Half-for- gotten Village Industries. One curious result of the war has been to revive some of the ancient, half-forgotten English village indus- tries. Flint-knapping, for instance, which • has been carried on, at Brandon, in Suffolk, for ninny generations, and which almost received its death -blow —but not quite—when the old flint- lock musket was superseded by the percussion -cap rifle, has recently been given a tremendous fillip owing to the demand for flints for tinder -boxes by the men at the front. Charcoal -burning, again, which was a flourishing industry in the Sussex weald hundreds of years ago before coal was thought of, may now be seen ' in full swing there once again, the War Office having recently ordered large supplies for use in the trenches.' Charcoal makes an ideal fuel for this purpose, being smokeless, and giving out an intense heat. The charcoal -burner- pursues his calling in the open air, and he works Ion an accepted formula handed down from earliest times through many gen- orations. Green oak los only must g he used, and those are all cut to the fame size, and stacked together in such a way as to form a low, conical - 1;, -sha=red heap. This is then covered with freshly - cut turf, and set fire to; but it needs constant watching and attention, for if • combustion bre c els too quickly the smouldering pile may burst into flare, when the resultant product will be, of course. not charcoal, but ashen. Ordinarily if rr'oiler care be excrcieeci, the calcining process is complete in about twelve hours; after which the stack is left to cool for a few days, before being opened.. ri he braediiig"of ferret, has been a village industry in England almost front time immemorial, but the de - mend for the little creatures had greatly fallen. off during recent years.' Now, however, owing to the insistent' call for ferrets to kill the rats which swarm in the trenches in France and Flanders, the demand has jumped r suddenly to far in excess of the sup- 1 Lesson XIL—Philip and the Ethiop I ian, Acts 8. 26-40. .Golden Text: Acts 8. 30. Verse 26. An angel—The manner. of the divine monition is not explain ed. If we know the plain prose of the event we might say it was only some strange coincidence. Luke is mainly concerned with its being taken as the Lord's doing. Philip—One of the seven, as Acts 21. 8 males fairly Certain, and not the apostle. Desert and therefore so absurd a place foi evangelist to travel in that the monition or impulse can only be di- vine. . r 27. A eunuch, and as such exclud- ed from the congregation of Israel by the law. He could hardly have been a proselyte, but the Septuagint was open to him --the papyri of upper Egypt shows us how Greek was spoken in those distant regions --and in its pages he would come as near as he could to the true God. 28. Reading—Aloud, as the word usually implies. Since Creel: MSS. were written without division of words or punctuation, reading aloud was the "easiest way of taking in the meaninc;, and it became a habit. The prophet Isaiah—The book that bore his name. ing, vividly presented in acted parable by baptism was preached by the - apostles as 'the necessary precursor of spiritual baptism, with "Holy spirit and fire." The eunuch has accordingly learned that he must break with his . past and make open confession of his _ new Master. An interesting and an- cient interpolation (verse 37) gives us Philip's reply and the eunuch's brief, but sufficient creed, "Jesus Christ is Lord." 39. The manner of Philip's disap- pearance is not explained any more , than the outward form of God's mes- r sage to him. The main thought seems to be that Philip's work is done and the preacher—like every true preacher—is thankful to efface him- self and leave the happy soul alone with its newyfound joy. 40. A .eters—The Philistine city of Ashdod, where evangelist finds new work to do. In Caesarea he seems to have settled (Acts 21, 8), and found a sphere of service where there was enough to do for many years. Hie four xleu hters were also preachers; they feetunately Jived in a place where t the public ministry of women raised t no scandal such as fc'r"ed Paul to dis- countenance it in many churches. TlEL:A11D IS PROSPEROUS. j Chapter 53 live, in fact, within the great section that was written a cen- tury and a half after Israel's time. 30. Under't n 1 th •-•The verb is that of which r Bade t is €.(•ump ound, but it is hardly poeeiltle t, reproduce in English the play neon :words. (Such play were very c••,nitnnn in Greek:, and had mitt of the lirrht as- s of intion`; nits' plays rpm wor;i: enrry •) 31. IXow can I'• --Th -. hi t - of the int=erpretation c'f l: a. rift is a c,'r.:m lnt- ary on the question. 32. The. quotation is frc,m ,.. very rem. reelect trate)"ata n, so that we irate study the Revised Ve:l set a of t.h•' or- iginal,cr si-nu• modern toramt'nl Py t'•t realize whet the prophet meant. Of course detailed mietranslatio".4 do not, affect the genet•n I settee. The "se, vant of Jehovah" in this great pi o- ph:�ey was Israel to login with. t em - n r e scathing i. ti t.: ,h.. ,.tithing denunciation of his infirmity in Isa. 42. 1812. But as -i. the prophet contemplates the work for which God has called Israel, he ideal-; izes more and more, till at last kis conception rises utterly beyond the , each of a nation, or the hest men in 1, or even such a prophet as Jeremiah. ply, and prices have seared accord- , ingly. r For a easily r;ufficiertt reason, and one that will l e at once- apparent to everyl;nrly, • •the fashion for ,jet orna- mentsa has been recently revived, 1 morec,-pee;aily in the English border crusher, with the result that a one- j timeflcurishing 'Yorkshire village in- h 1ustry has been given a new liteee of , ( Areonr'st the'. Trish peasantry si ''mu orniul, jewelry" is made; t from bog oak, the beet varieties of i hie h are nearly in; black and lustrous - s11x,.1 nearly u-; hazel, as the best Whit- 1 ty- jct.'Tiflis, tet, i4 now being, turn -11 d ala in inc. reasilrl.;• duan titie;r iii 1< inncirt;I�, of lonely cabins in those l s of fre itted where raw matte- el i.: rental. •' i n chapter 53 we can only say that 'he saw his glory, and he spake of h im," 33. His judgment—In the Hebrew ppression and judgment—that is, an injust trial. The Greek translator hinks of the absence of forms of ustice. His generation—The Hebrew . as as for his generation, who' among them) considered? 84. Answered—An idiom Luke has aken aver from biblical languages, where the verb need not imply an -1 weritig spoken words. 85. Opened his mouth—Another phrase,>iblleal phrase, appropriate to - olemn ' and weighty utterance. This! cripture was naturally the favorite t1Id 'Testament text for apestolie ser- ious. nut it was a great advantage j SOWIERS' FACES usewiwiFesREPAIRED HERE! MIRACLES WROUGHT BY` MOD- ERN SURGERY, Cures Might Be Regarded as Fiction Were They Nat Seen and Vouched For. One of the wonders of the war, about which little or nothing is heard by the general public, is the miracu4 nous surgery performed in our hos- pitals. There have been many instances in which soldiers' faces have been patch- ed and repaired, almost as the cob - bier would repair boots. New lips have been given, holes in the face have been filled up—indeed, the work of repairing faces has become almost a distinct. branch of modern surgery. In Paris there exists a hospital de voted to the work of mending sol diers' features, says London Answers Wounded by Gramophone Needles. The bursting of a shell sometimes causes queer injuries. Recently a soldier in the 4th Welsh happened to be close to a gramophone when a shell burst near by. The explosion scatter- ed a box of gramophone needles, sev- enteen of which were subsequently extracted from the soldier's back. In another case, a man was found to have over a hundred little bits of metal in his hand from a shrapnel shell. That meals are often taken under considerable disadvantages at the Front is shown by the experience of a soldier, who was pleasantly occu- piel in eating bully beef when a shell came along. The shock of the explo- sion caused him to swallow a tin disc, with ragged edges, about the size of half a dollar. The disc lodged in the man's gullet, and he had great difficulty in swallowing his food. It remained in the gullet a week, and finally established itself opposite the breastbone. The task of extracting the disc was successfully performed by "spreading out" the wound and pulling out the metal. Due to Shock. Many cases of loss of speech through shock or wounds have been successfully dealt with; but the num- ber of cases arising from shock are few now, because the men are getting more accustomed to the heavy fire and huge shells. One case of loss of voice was that of a man who was wounded while ly- ing asleep in his dug -out. He was awakened by a violent noise, and real- ized that a shell had burst close to him. He tried to shout to his friends, but found that he had lost his voice,' although he felt no pain. It was found that a shrapnel bullet had entered the neck and cut a nerve connected with the larynx, or "voice box." It lay close up to the large artery, which was happily unhurt. The man was successfully treated, and had almost entirely recovered his normal powers of speech when he left the hospital. In another case of loss of voice through shock, the pateint was given ether while he lay on the operating - table. He startled those around him by suddenly getting off the c,;,aet'ating- able and singing and shouting at the op of his voice. The cure was corn- plete. Bullets an Their Travels. There are many cases in which the ouree of the bullet has been most ex- raordinary. For instance, n soldier tas shot in the knee, and the ballet could not be traceel. The patient made very slow progress, and tore- sently developed complications. Eventually the b lice v.•as ,:u :1,.e to have travelled up the limb and ioclgee in the pelvis. Had the bullet not been discovered and cxtraeter,, the man would probably have disci in creat pain. Another instance of the vaga.rie,. of bullets, but without so happ:, in end - int,; as the previous one, ie that of tt soldier who we shot in the ft,ce, ane; the bullet n as found undc: the site. at the back of his h"ad. It had tray- PALPITATION! rav- c �- 1 1 L Never so Much ..loney There as at Present. i here never was so much money in Irel:tt:ri xis there is at present. The gt+rel ; 1 pr ce a city of this country was the theme of the spbeches of the thairman of all the leading banks which have. just held their semi- annual meetings. 'The bilks • all maintahied their it dividericl all showed inct'esteed rofits.d r. i• , b - uu:i;h�, ib may bc.. lien th..t though e;10,000,000 e .'telt 00,000) way; sub- :•crii,t-,l in Ircla,.l1 to war loans there is 10:- rte:at aloe y in the banks as ever. er. e Several of the Irish banks have P authority under an act. of Parlia- ment pa.,.aed in 1845 to issue notes, v and at the beginning of the war the o tri: is which had to be met in Eng- n land by the issue of one pound tress- a urt d' I not existI • I d e lied round the head end a_ p, ivc'd the oor fellow of his right. • Many case: have berver een 01, l in which bullets have entered one side f the face, passed right through the asal cavities without injuring them, nd gore out again on the other =isle t' the face. y' notes rr in re an , where the one pound note is an established feature of the currency. But as the act provides that money shall be held as cover against all notes issued in excess of the amounts scheduled in the act, and as there has been a great increase in the volume of business transacted in con- nection with the war and at the same time a contraction of the gold supply, the banks have issued notes greatly in execs of the figures provided in the act. To cover the .e they accord- ingly have had to lock up a great deal of idle, money. Reports from all parts of Ireland show the last harvest was very good and indicate at least; a repetition of it this year. British Pennies in Franca. English pennies and half -pennies now circulate freely in Francs. They are generally accepted without ob- jertion, particularly sire th'' dearth of French copper coins midst itself felt. Curiously enough, the S•:maters are the most rebellious to thecircula- tion of their ally's ('Upper honey, ,A. news woman at' the Luxemburg Pal- ace says the grey-haired men of the Upper House stubbornly refuse 'the English coppers. The Deputies, how - i even', tweet then without a word. Post• card vendors seek them out and save them for English customers, con- sideway; it an advantage t10 be able to offer a "Tommy" the coin of his con,t- It: takes a young man four tildes as'try in elrango, A P ION OF ""h. HEART Sudden fright or emotion may cause a momentary arrest of the heart's action, or some excitement or apprehension, may ;set up a rapid action of the heart thereby causing palpitation. Palpitation, again, is often the result 'of digestive disorders arising frotn the stomach, or may be the result of over Indulgence of tobacco or alcoholic drinks. The only way to' regulate this serious heart trouble is to use. Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. Mrs. J. S. Nicholls, Listowell, Ont., writes: "I was weak and run down, my heart would palpitate and I would take weak and dizzy spells. A friend ad- vised me to try Milburrn's Heart and Nerve Pills, so I started at once to use them, and found that I felt much stronger. I cannot praise your medicine too highly, for it has done me a world of good." Milbum's Heart and Nerve Pills are 60e per box 3 boxes for $1.26; at all dealers, or mailed direct by The . T, Milburn Co,, Limited, Toronto, Ont. THE LEAGUE OF HONOR, For the Women and Girls of the. British Empire. This league was formed in England in September, 1914, for the purpose of uniting all the women and girls of the Empire in upholding the honor of the nation and maintaining the strength of its men by prayer, purity 1 and temperance. Not to add to the many organize. - bions it seeks to work through wo-� men's and girls' societies seeking to permeate, unite and strengthen then„ Each on desiring to become a mem,' ber signs the membership card bear-- : ing the words "I promise, by the help of God, to do all that is in my pow- er to uphold the honor of our nation i and its defenders in this time of war by prayer, purity and temperance."' The membership card and badge are given on the receipt of ten cents, to any girl over twelve years who - wishes to become a member. If any' member does not already belong to t some society of women working for the nation in this time of stress, she will be brought into contact with activities which can make use of her services. The motto of the league is "Strength and Honor." "Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit." The wo- men of the nation are working hard preparing necessities and comforts for the men, but we must nob in the demands of the physical overlook the spiritual side of our support of the. amen. Nor must we neglect to train and prepare ourselves to be ready to do practical work that may release some man for active service, if ne- cessary, or to give the nation the benefit of trained hands and minds for philanthropic service. The Young Women's Christian Association, through its Dominion . Council. 32.9e— Blom. 23 .• Bloor St. Wet, Toronto, is introduc- lag this work. BLIND, BUT CAN FENCE. Fli • htless French ' c Flightless Soldiers Becomes Expert With Foils. Among the unexpected measures taken to interest and provide exercise for French soldiers who have lost their sight during the war is the starting of a fencing school at the Reuiily Institute, Paris. There are already twenty-one pupils who' not only fence with one another, but also with fencers who can see and whom the blind manage to beat. One pupil has lost both his hands ars well as his sight, but manages very well with his foil fastened to his wrist. Sticks in His Crop. Whnt',s Badger looking se sour osier ?" "He wee £:s'ee'd to swallow his pride and he can't digest it" Patient --"You believe in mustard plasters, don't you, doctor?" Doctor —"Rather! 1 always order them for patents who call me out in the middle Uf the night when there's nothing the matter with them." Gi ivy n xn,;,aj41 Ex.c Ejuvxi -v Irii�6dx , Ii L-ci k - IT 15 A SION OF EtEDHEY TROEMLE long to button his best girl':' gloves as it ensues his sister's. 1 in general, pride is cut the bottom of. • sunt greatnlc5takes..--._Rushln. ... •r. An lunt•t (f prevention , '�t • 5 ( I (,.lute tl r. worth th a! 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