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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1918-6-20, Page 71NE 7E f A MONDAY TO REMEMBER THE ] Oi'lf1'II STE t f,LE ON Tim 81TE OF YPRES. How British, Frew+ and Belgians Barred the Channel Gates With Their Bodies. Monday, April 29, 1918, was a Is the moat common ailment of the gee, one responelble for many serloue and often fatal dlseaaes. PURGATIVE WATER is the serest, surest and most economical remedy for its cure. It flushes the intestines and removes the accumulated waste matter vehicle under- ndnee health and endangers life. On Sale everywhere; 26 eenta the bottle, RIGA PURGATIVE WATER CO. MONTREAL. monde to remember, t, p�j� HERITAGE In ay manner little realized the TRAGIC weelc beginning, April 28 wits one of the most impoetant in the whole war, and one of the most encouraging for the Allies. For the British and - — French and Belgian armies that Ilton- n day was a very memorable day, They won it magnificent defensive battle on a scale which, in any former war, would have matte it stand out as one of the landmarks of military history. On the (till front round Ypres, but chiefly on the ridges just south of that spectral ruin, they met the heavi- est onslaught yet made by the Ger- mans in the north. They not only repulsed and beat it down at all points. They shattered it with such loss its may well give even the Ger- man Higher Command furiously to think. The Worst Bombardment. child for their 'military value' as mothers to the next German army, OF WAR CHILDREN bark rout of the children coma I�' 1 �-i��l u�•er back through Evian; thirteen thou- sand and more of them came through while I was there. Once there was a whole orphan asylum, carloads of "The onslaught was heralded by the worst and widest bombardment that had yet pounded the Allies' nor- thern front. The storm of assault broke on that memorable Monday morning upon all three Allies. We follow the action downward from the north, The Belgians were assailed by two divisions, but again they were true to the great fighting form they had recently shown on the Yser. At Langemarck they were forced hack for a couple of hundred yards, but returned teethe charge with irresistible spirit and flung the en- emy out of every yard he had gained. Southward of Ypres the battle sway- ed all day upon a ten -mile front. To shatter it, if possible, the enemy em- ployed no less than eleven divisions against three of ours and two of the I•'rench. The odds were more than two to one. Stood Like Granite. The British sustained the fight from La Clytte—a mile from the under slopes of Iiemmel—to Zillebeke Lake, which is just south-east of Ypres, No- where that clay did our men yield one inch, but held their lines, pilin;; up German casualties before them. Our new drafts were worthy of the veter- ans. Our men stood like granite, and dirt more. Nowhere was the grapple fiercer than at Ridge Wood, near the Dickebush pool, and less than a cou- ple of miles from the northern fall of the Messines tableland, The Germans sought to come on in serried weight with fixed bayonets, by no means their darling arm. It was a fight like Delville Wood. The enemy was repul- sed again and again, mown clown with rifle fire and Lewis guns. But when that work was sufficiently clone our men tools the Boche at his offer, fell on him with bayonets against bayonets, and in hand-to-hand l fighting swept hint away. To cam- I plete the British part of it, let us take a more distant corner, passing over for the moment the French, who were in between. Meteren was held by Australian veterans: -Is it necessary to say that Meteren continued to be held? The German waves dasheed against it in vain that day, and the Australians spent the following days in rnshing the outposts of their dis- comfited enemy, What the French did. But nothing was more brilliant than the exploits of our French comrades guarding the range of heights just north and west of Kemmel. At fist they seemed in danger. Once more they lost Locre, which has changed hands so many times. They were pushed back upon the lower slopes of Scherpenberg and Mont Rouge, But they only went back for a Wing'. Riipidly organized, the counter-at- tack came on, and the enemy went down before it. Soon our Allies were amidst the debris of Locre again. By nightfall not only was it in ,their hands, they advanced fully a mile on the Dranoutre road beyond the line they had held when the battle began on Monday mourning. Never did blue and khaki do a better clay's fighting together. This ie the fourth great struggle which the site of Ypres has witnessed. The first epic in its importance was decided 5n November, 1914, when the German march upon Calais was stop- ped. The second was fought in April, 1,015, when by their treacherous use of gas the Germans drew very near to the city, but were in the end check- ed by the magnificent valor of the Canadians. In the third battle or series of battles last year we :were the assailants, and but for the stormy Weather which arrested our advance we might then have dealt the enemy a fatal blow." At the Cross Roads. Ile was a•little Belgian lad Whom the war had somehow failed to mar, Almost a baby face he had, Bewildered now and vaguely sad. "Where are you going in the wind And rain? Aud must you travel far?" He said: "I've st rt ! a ,ec out to find 'The country where the mothere aro." n IOs'r PITIFUL OF ALL WAR'S CONs4WENCES. Their Lives Are Stunted, Dwarfed Blasted, Says U. S. Red Cross Worker in France. "Can you imagine anything mor pitiful than the lives of children who have never Icnown anything but war? Is there anywhere on God's green earth a more dreadful tragedy than the tragedy of a blighted childhood? The most wonderful thing to me in America is to see little children run- ning about, happy and unafraid. "I have spent six months in the nearest approach to hell that exists,I believe, in or out of the teachings of the theologians—the hall where ba- bies are born to bear the sound of bursting shells as their introduction to this world of ours, where little ones learn their mother tongue only fur- tively and in whispers, where children must learn to wear ,their little gas masks as soon as they learn to walk, where suspicion and fear rule and love and confidence are not. "What do we in America know about war? We cannot begin to sense what it means so long as our children play, I know what war is, for 'have just cone back from the land where the children have never learned to play." When Dr. Esther Lovejoy went over to France she found the Ameri- can Red Cross had just established its children's bureau, joined the staff of that organization, and as the medical member of the Red Cross de- tachment went to Evian-les-Bains, the gateway through which Germany pours back into France the old and the infirm, the maimed, the halt and the blind, all who, found in the invad- ed zone have no military or labor value—incl the little children. Germans Iieep &Iany of Them. children sent through alone. Life in Occupied France. "We piece together the picture of the life of these little ones inside the German lines from the stories they tell, they and their elders, but more from the look in their faces when they find themselves in a world e where the sound of guns is a long way off and where, wonder of won- ders, people actually speak French aloud without first looking around to see if the Boches are listening,. "For the strongest impression one gathers from the repatriated of the life of the native civilian in the strange No Man's Land behind the German front is of a country where the people's own mother tongue is 'verboten,' but where nevertheless they all speak it and teach it to their little ones; a land where little children are taught from infancy to be sly and deceitful, to do furtively and by stealth the things that are their pro- per birthright but which are 'ver- boten' by the oppressor; above all, a land where hatred is sucked in with the mother's milk, where every stran- ger is an enemy to be feared, where the awful threat, 'if you don't be- have the Bothe will get you,' is not the invoking of a story book bogey man but a real, life and death terror, tangible, present, always lurking in the shadow just beyond. No Chance to Play. "These children clo not play; they do not know how to play. That is the sickening first evidence we get at Evian of their stunted, dwarfed, blasted little lives, "There has been no chance to play "Not all the little children," said Dr. Lovejoy, for there are many whom the Germans keep inside their own lines, "In the French territory occupied by the German armies there were, be- fore the tear began, more than 6,000,- 000 people, Not more than 350,000 of these have been sent back through Switzerland into France or returned through other routes. Many of them were young girls, just rounding the corner into womanhood. Germans send back boys under 14, for the older boys can work. They keep all girls over 16 or who loolc as if they were over 16. "The older boys become slaves, those who do not dio of starvation and overwork, but they do not become Germans. The girls are lost to !Prance foraver. "Men may be defeated, but they are not conquered. Women through the strongest of all human emotions and attributes, the mother instinct, can be conquered, and the Germans know this. So they keep the girls over 1.6 with the mothers of but one il liliiiiuml 2 Sit flt A c.;;;;;;;;;; --tet -1Yhnf, Nog,..t res e,wwne eZtii�w�,. •`,41-42o4ri �1'.,b�w R . _...." atleye Acids Richness to wheat and lends t® its flavor, when. � combs ed An the � Sturdy cereal E 11 q 3 E 4tlM1,tW, . g 1V' prepared g cereal foocl enc-- 5 cels Grape Chits s ASA nourishment, eat, a economy :. r digestibility . d h over w ere they came from; play was dangerous; it might annoy the Boche. Besides, children play in- stinctively only when they are happy, Mid these children, born in sorrow and unhappiness, have neper been happy in their lives. Think of it, that there are thousands and tens of thousands i of little children in France, sunny, Particularly attractive is this ki- smiling France, who have never been mono with its contrasting top part. happy, who do not know what happi- McCall Pattern No. 8109, Ladies' Em- ness means! pire Kimono. In 6 sizes, 34 to 44 bust,' "It is not only mentally that these Price, 20 cents. children show the effects of their These patterns may be mobtained environment from birth. All have from your local McCall dealer, or suffered a war blight; they are under- from the McCall Co., 70 Bond Street, sized, ill nourished and subject to all Toronto, Dept. W. sorts of diseases. 6 Shy in Thur Gayety Even, GIRLS! WHITEN SKIN "One of tho most pathetic sights is WITH LEMON JUICE For the Bride's Wardrobe "J There is always a place in every wardrobe for the the simple dressing sacque. McCall Pattern No, 8011, Ladies' and Misses' Tie -On or Button - Orn Dressing Sacque. In 3 sizes, small, 32-84, medium, 86-38; large, 40-42 bust. Price, 15 cents. to see the older children those who remember France as it was before the Make a beauty lotion for a few cents war, when they get to Evian, back to remove tan, freckles, sallowness. into France once more, where they your grocer has the lemons and any can run about and play and sing and drug store or toilet counter will sup - shy null awkward abouutt it at first, shout as they used to They are ply you with three ounces of orchard but they soon recover their spirits and gayety. "But the little ones, tho a born be- hind the German lines oe who were not old enough to•walk and talk when the war began—to see them watch the others is heart breaking. Their first emotion is fear fear that the Boche will seize them for speaking in French aloud. "They have all been taught French, these tiniest ones, They even have little French songs that they have learned to sing under their breath, "But of French as a language to be spoken aloud, sung at the top of one's voice, shouted as one romps in the open, they have no conception. Romping and games mean nothing to them; they cling to the skirts of their elders and shiver with fear; it Calces a long time to make them under- stand that they are free at lust, "They never will be truly ,free, these stunted little repatries, All their lives the shadow of these early years will hang over them. The im- pressions fixed in infancy never van- ish wholly; these have been too firm- ly impressed ever to be erased. Of all the tragic heritage of war that of these war children is to me the most tragic. The Solution, For two weary hours the small boy le the railway carriage had howled, and the occupants were getting tired of it. i "Oh, clear!" sighed the young mo- trier, almost distracted. "What ever shall I do with tho child" A glean of hope shone in the eyes of tho long-suffering traveller opine site, "Shall I open the window for you, madam?" he inquired. When the outside of the engine is very oily, look for leaks around the gaskets, spark plugs, or other open - An oat: tree on the French war fX'ollt 6 feet in'diameter and 110 feet high, Punctuation I "There's r ,, = �A La#' ' tA;hl is e It 11 III I 4 til I Ill111111011i1If11111110111111NI1t110ifli01111Iilillllitllitill01110u white for a few cents. Squeeze the juice of two fresh lemons into a bottle, then put in the orchard white and shake well, This makes a quar- ter pint of the very best lemon skin whitener and complexion beautifier known. Massage this fragrant, creamy lotion daily into the face, neck, arms and hands and just aeehoev freckles, tan, sallowness, redness and roughness disappear and how smooth, soft and clear the skin becomes. Yes! It is harmless, and the beautiful re- sults will surprise you. The Farmerette. At Sunday School. 0..10 e e O O- O LIFT YOUR CORNS OFF WITH FINGERS How to looeen a tender corn or callus ao It lifts out without paln. e 0 0 .o a o I.et folks step on your feet here- after; wear ehoes a size smaller if you like, for corns will never again send electric Sparks of pain through you, according to thie Cincinnati au- thority, kle says that a 'few drops of a drug called freezone, applied directly upon a tender, aching corn, instantly re- lieves soreness, and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts right out. This drug dries at once and simply shrivels up the corn or callus without even irritating the surrounding tissue. A small bottle of freezone obtained at any drug store will cost very little but will positively remove every hard or soft corn or callus from one's foot. If your druggist hasn't stocked this new drug yet, tell him to get a small bottle of freezone for you from his wholesale drug house. n A Prayer at Planting Time. Now I shall make my garden As true men build a shrine, An humble thing where yet shall spring The seeds that are divine, Since each a prayer I sow them there In reverential line. 0, little is my garden space, But great the prayer I pray; With every seed against earth's need That men may sow to -day, My hope is thrown, my faith is sown To make the harvest gay. O, gardens spacious, gardens small, For you my prayer is said: That God's own hand may touch the land And give His people bread, As once before on that fair share Els multitudes were fed. Trawler Crew's Ordeal. A trawler employed as a submar- ine chaser recently arrived at the Azores with 19 men on board after having been at sea for several weeks without bread, fresh water, or coal, and navigating, owing to a break- down, by means of sails. She was on the high seas for five weeks before being able to reach port. Low-priced tea is a delusion for it yields so poorly in the teapot that it is actually an extravagance compared with the genuine Salada Tea, which yields so generously and has such a delicious flavor. Conserving the Apples. "How much cider did you make this year?" inquired Puttey of his neigh- bor, Savall. Fifteen bare," was the answer, Farmer Pettey took another sip, "It's a pity," he said, "that you hadn't another apple. You might have made another bare." MONEY- ORDERS. When ordering goods by mail send a Dominion Express :Honey Order. Not What He Meant. "My brother wrote ore about a din- ner some of the soldiers gave for two visitors at camp, members of a fam- ous Canadian regiment, who were home on sick leave. The sergeant had been carefully coached about giving the toast, but became flustered, and this is what he made of it: "here's to the gallant Eighth, last on the field and first to leave it," Silence reigned; then the corporal came gallantly to the rescue; "Gentlemen," he began, "you must excuse the sergeant; he never could give a toast decently; he isn't used to public speaking, Now I'll give a toast: '.Here's to the gallant Eighth, equal to none,'" Oh Khaki Jack looks through the With an air of great importance 'smoke, the small boy of a Sunday School in Of deadly barking guns, Belfast imparted this happy fact to With thoughts that stray from trench his teacher: and shell, "The devil is dead," he said, solemn- Aed all the hate of Huns, His broken thoughts slide home Iy"What makes you think that?" ask - As the startled teacher. As water downward runs. "Dad said so," exclaimed the boy, Across the fields he sees her go, "I was standing in the street with Behind the well-known team, him yesterday when a funeral passed, And through the flashes of the smoke and when dad saw ht he said, Poor He sees the harness gleam, devil! He's dead! " As back and forth she guides the plow— The Unitech States Government has The woman of his dream! taken over the whole of this year's wool clip in the United States and it is Too heavy far the cumbrous plow— Too hard the daily toil---. Too wearisome the endless tramp, Across the ,yielding soil: Too slight by far the hands that seen To straighten o ut the coil Yet noble women -hearts at home, Make :noble men abroad, Whoee splendid dude reflect the souls That strive t e with soup nes clod. For women such as these men die -- And dying, they thank God! The herd bull requires exercise, I'f le paddock is not available, give him the run of a large box stall. Ho will be more grepotent than if kept in cramped quarters. items lemma's Llaalbnoat In the nears The Magic fleeting OitntmenF_,. marmareswerewere/wee used Soothes and flenbi all iueommadona, suth na bores expected 60 per cent, of the clip will be used in the halting of soldier's uni- farme . has been nutted "The Oak of the ill 1400, ]ilea." scalds, blisters, c IA bolls, piles and ahateaSe4 sold rot over S vests, All dcalgts. or Wtito ua. — ED. 7.4 Issun 2.t -•e`18, HIRST ACOMA' COMPANY. 1lamaie4 essadr} r • Let Ua Give Thanks. For t:he courage which comes when we call While troubles like hailstones fall; For the help that is somehow nigh In the deepest night when we cry; For the path that is certainly shown When we pray in the dark alone, Let us give thanks! For the knowledge we gain if we wait And bear all the buffets of fate; For the vision that beautifies sight If we look under wrong for the right; For the gleam of the Ultimate Goal That shines on each reverent soul, Let us give thanks! For the eonSelOUOntss stirring in Breeds Tint lore is the thing the world needs; For the cry of the travailing earth That is giving a new faith birth; For the God we are learning to find In the heart and the soul and the mind, Let us give thanks! For the growth of the spirit through pain, Like a plant in the soil and the rain;, For the dropping of needless things Whiele the sword of a sorrow brings; For the meaning and purpose of life Which dawns on us out of the strife, Let us give thanks! lalnard'a Tanlreent Toeraberiman's Prtend. Incorrigible. At a college in England it is against the rules for male students to visit the "resident Iady boarders." One day a student was caught in the act, and' brought before the headmaster, who said: "Well, Mr. Blank, the pen- alty for the first offence is four shil- lings, for the second ten Fhiliings, for the third £1 and so on up to £10." "_And what would a season ticket cost?" enquired the culprit. Might Lose His Job. A well-to-do Scottish lady one day said to her gardener: "Man, Tammas, I wonder you don't get married. You've a nice house, and all you want to complete it is a wife. You know the first gardener that ever lived had a wife." "Quite right, missus, quite right," said Tammas, "but he didna peep his job Lang after he got the wife." fdinard's Linbuent used bs 8hystoians. What it !Meant, Sunday -school Teacher—What does this verse mean where it says: "And the lot fell upon .Jonah?" Little Itarvie--I guess it means the whole gang jumped en him. 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