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t'been insidebefore,They Conrol Corner j .ee.4itedimpossible!Tes e
inexperienced helpers were speedily
The farmers of Canada will very taught their parts and the result is
hoe= in the products of munitions
shortly have to undertake the harvest from Canadian factories now known
work with the help oe green labor, an over the world—not excepting Ger-
In this connection they should remem-
ber that we are at war. They should Tn"Y'
adjust the work throughout the farm The result. of organization and the
to suit the new conditions, and they willing wartime spirit in Greet Britain
should begin right in their own minds. is equally convincing, Great
The first adjustment necessary
is Britain last year, largely with inex-
C°72Yright Houghton Alllrttn Company by special arrangement with Thos. Alto= to change the point of view from one Perieneed labor on the land, increased
Toronto of criticism, discouragement, mi, her cereal production by 1350.000 tons,
au , zit ng witha mr conditions, . I,
The eultivated area was increased al -
that of the soldier and war worker,
and realize that we are going through together by 1,000,000 acres. When in farm and all its needs he should have
a crisis, the most serious the woeld — . • 1 ' the abilityto organize inexperienced
lel" Se i ' l'
has ever witnessed without any exag. dustrial organizations and placed in help and show each helper his or her
geration whatsoever.replaced particular job and how beet to ac.
`the Army the War Office
There used to be talk among farm- them with 504,000 women, and yet the eomplish it. A few hours' patient
ers derogatory to the city man and Production of guns was increased; teaching in any one particular line of
o el incemei it m e( laborers. _ :10 per cent. air craft 250 per cent., • work will very soon enable a . .
green -
sometimes sought employment teen while the shipping tonnage amounted born to "Carry on", as they say in the
to 1,1(35,1)00 tons, additional. I Army. By patience and considera-
porarily on the norm. Stall talk le tion the farmers of Co -nada can, with,
cut of place now, with the Germane The best recent illustration of what
out question effect an organization
sixty miles from Paris and every can be done in an emergency when
from green but willing help from town
Available man in Britain and France only inexperienced men are available
r ghting to save not only his oevn is that ell the battle of Picardy when that will not only surprise themselves
country but this country as well. the fifth army under General Gough but will- also be of tremendous bene-
fit to the Empire IT the increased re -
Sikh Canadian farmers forget that was overwhelmed and out -numbered,
lee themselves have been formers It looked inevitable -11 • t theHuns sults of their harvest.
CHAPTER VILeetteont'd.1
"We weren't the first to shoot. and
we won't be the seeond, eaid Dob-
bins. "But. we'll shoot if we have to."
Jerry. Donehue, in the front rank of
the strikers, tingled with excitement
and suspense. Such a stillness had
fallen that he heard the breathing of
the man next to him. eaminated he
kept his eyes fixed on the sheriff,. a
bulky, red-faced man who had lost his
hat in the scrimmage and whose bald
head gliseened in the hot August sun.
The officer was panting from his exer-
tions; sweat WL1A streaming. down his
faeo; but with the. revolver in his hand
he was not quite an object for deri-
sion. Jerry watehed him with the
absm•ption of a mere spectator. one
not himself involved in the drama, and
wondered What he would de.
The sheriff looked about. him; his
forces were overematehed. Reluetant-
ly he returned his revolver to his
pocket:
"I don't propose to engage a
pitched battle with, you men," he said.
"You defy elle civil authorities; very
well. In a day or two you are likely
to find 'yourselves under martial law.''
him; he longed for the hour of deliv-
erance.
Ile raised his twee and, looking
; down the road, knew that it was at
hand.
There through the rain the troops
came marching' a dull brown line. I
Jerry rejoined his comrades; silent -
I • they formed in front of the mill
gates, true to their standard of min -
tory discipline. Time in dignity they
waited; then the atimince of the troops
and the .orTicer in cum-
mand came forward alone.
. Wh.•ti he drew neer, there was an
exclamation of reemenition, then a
stirring of eeeitement and uncertainty
in the ranks of the men. Fel. he
_roved to be that officer who had been
the,r friend, who had inspired in
them their zeal for military discipline
and instructed them in the manual of
fume.
Reger Tenet: came on briskly and
eeemed to search the throng with
etigi•r eyes. He was not checked by
the stiff alignment, but saying, "Hello;
boys, I want to have a MIK With you,'
he came up close and then greeted
three er four by name. "Hello, Jerry;
• h v t. • •ou Donaldson; come on.
f It ti li 1 1 to potato production y 000 „ ons.
makes up his mind that these are war
times and war measures are neces-
sary there is absolutely no doubt he
can utilize to a tremendous advantage
the nuin power and the woman power
of the towns, where people are only
too willing to go to his assistance, if
they are organized to do so. He
must not expect them to be experi-
enced and to know as much about the
details of farm work EIS he does. It
has taken him a life -time to acquire
his information. Townspeople have
spent their lives at different work,
but with his knowledge of fanning and
h' "intimateacquaintance
with his
all their live* and in war time they would break through and capture the
can't expect to secure men volunteer. (thy of Amiens, which would have
When Wars Are Done.
When wars are done and peace beams
ing from the cities with an experience meant the interruption of railway
like the sun,
Ir. farm work equal to their own. That communication between Channel ports
le an impossibility, But it is not int_ and Paris, cutting off the British from' When belching cannon, shot and
shell's fierce cries
possible that farm production of this ' one of their chief bases of supplies.:
eountry be increased, despite the General Carey, however, saved the No longer laceratee refulgent skies,
ehortage of experienced labor. That , situation. He called upon all classes Then shall the triumph over sin be
this is true. is proven by the expert-; of men behind the lines, whether they won.
ence of this country in the manufac- were soldiers, cooks, camp followers, Man's ghastly race with Death will be
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CHAPTER VIII. ; me talk to you and then you talk to When the war started Canada was laborers, medical service men, trans— He tliltigliv; soaring as the eagle
don't hold off; gather round and lei tette of mu.nitions. ' railway construction men, Chinese
sties,
The group or. duty before the gates me, just e.:1 straight as you like." His absolutely inexperienced, unskilled in, Port men, or whatever they were and
knew that the end was near. The manner was magnetic, there was sin- and without the machinery for the organized them to fill the breach. Unwearied, and with strength me -
whale town was aware of it --had been verity in his voice and eyes, they all of •
nienufacture of munitions. - Er1 the . With these men he succeeded in doing newed arise;
since the night before, when the hem knew that he had been their
nmoufacturers :rot to work. Thee . what the 5th Army failed to doe—he . He shall obscure the sun—when wars
governor's decision to call out the Iriend. Neither Jerry nor Donald -
studied the problem and they solved it, held the line! With no training in are done.
National Guard had been published. offered when he took e
m resistance
Immteliately upon the receipt of that their arms and turned 'them so that To—day Canada is turning out mil. trench warfare, and no fighting The lion and the ox in calm shall
news mane of the strikers had slipped
standin on either side of him they lions of dollars worth of shells eeory . organization before that time, Gen- dwell,
faced the others; neither of them month from the largest to the small-. eral Carey gathered them together,
away. They realized that further re- The little child shall lead them with-
sistanee was h,epelese and they dread- sought to escape from a position of est and the most minute mechanical and this nondescript gathering o . out harm,
such doubtful honor. And as he '
contrivances in connection with fuses . troops kept the Huns back for six •
ed punishment for past resistance ifThe grey, parched desert's blooms its
they remained. But most of the spoke, the others gradually closed and time charges. Canada's record . days and nights until re -enforcements joys shall tell,
men, though admitting the futility of 'a ' him and listened in silence.
°14,t — a- } this in the manufacture of munitions is one arrived. General Carey did not sae; The vineyard's yield, the presses over -
prolonging the tight, were animated ,...".I m sorry I've lem chosenfor
of the surpriees of the war. It was .: "I can't use this untrained class o run,
by a resolve to make no premature "P",y. my sympat e lave , been 1 ice1 b 1 ,,
surrender. Ever, though they till knew .
with you in your fight. But we're not made by Canada saying "Canada ; Men , but he set to work without a When earth is swayed by love's all -
sent here to present disorders such Can't" but by adopting the motto ' monment's hesitation to make the ,
that their rebellion hai been already
as may arise from violenee or in- "Canada Can". Canada did not re- i best of them, and he succeeded in saw potent charm,
overcome, they ;Anise to compel the es_ .. o Peace shall eclipse the sun—when
timblation— • fuse to try because of the scarcity of • ing the British army and its allies
fective demonstration of the fact. wars are done!
It W:ts 1Let a stimulating proepect,' "You mean," said Jerry, "you're labor but set to work to organize and from El desperate crisis. .•
•
however, and the- drizzling' rain that emit here to hold us away from the employed•
men and girls who had never I Similarily, if the Canadian farmer . TELEPHONE DEAFNESS.
dripped from their hat -brims and gateA while outsiders walk in and take,
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trickled down inside upturned coat- , i P " —
collars made it difficult for them to . "We must see that the law is en=
maintain the desirable spirited ap. • forced and that there is no interfer-;
pearanee. They stood about distill -5- . ence with personal liberty. Yee, Jerre:el
mg the course that after the capitula ' you've stated what our function must;
tion it might be best for each one to ' be. These gatherings at the gates]
follow. Most of them were disposed mutt be discontinued; and I would a
to seek again their old positions in . great deal rather have you decide to
the mills. olisperee quietly now at my request
"Not for me." saidJerry in response than be compelled to order up the,
to a question. "Drayton has a black troops and clear the street by superior;
i
•mark down opposite my name. I'm f"'"
going g , • in ..
e • . "You're here just as the agent of
then I'm going to night school; if you the mill -owners." I DIFFERENT IDEAS OF THRIFT.
don't have an education you're bound • "It's an unfortunate fact that the
The war is developing many ideas cleaners. mangles and acetylene
to be somebody's man all your life." ,Preservation of order is likely to bene-'
hitherto unknown to most Canadians,ranges which every woman longs for
"An education's no guarantee eith- ' fit them rather than you. But it's
er," replied one of the group, eee, job only the Preservation of order that eve and the greatest of these is thrift.' but which many cannot afford, but the
that you can save money in—that's all concern ouselves with. ; We hear it 011 every hand, from the. dozens of little things which every wo-
ethat counts." I "Have they got another gang of kitchen and linen closet, through man could have and doen't buy for
"Where will you find one of those?" strike-breakers that they're going to every branch of home-making—and the sake of saving a calf For in
another. etnaeee yettne get a: run right in under your protection?" in the streets it pursues us in the , stance, a carpet seveeper can be
rich friend to help you to it." 1 "I don't know anything about their: form of placards beseeching us to bought for $4.50 which will last for
"Sure, that's the thing," declared a plans, Jerry. I sympathize with you
save for the different funds which the years. Brooms are to -clay $1.00
third derisively. "A rieh friend! And people, But hes my duty to see that) war has made necessary. I apiece and the carpet sweeper will
where would we be getting a rich. You disperse."
friend!" ; "What if we don't?" I Food we must save, and we're do-; outwear twenty-five or thirty brooms.'
Smoke ascended from me-litative ' "Then we shall have to march up' ing it gladly and willingly. Linen we Yet hoce many women go on without
1 tetth N 1 d n'be t want to can't buy anyway, and wool is al- i this very handy article when they
most out of sight. And we are find- might just awell have it. Charcoal
s
pipes and was dissipated in the moist with bayonets. You'll find it better
air in hopeless inquiry. • in the end that you should on good
Jerry shrugged his coat mere close- ten" us. °w "
i re than
ing that we can get along beautifully , and gaso ling irons cos no more
ly round him, settled his chm in WS have to make it a military command; I
with the Japanese lunch cloths for our, a good set of the sort which must be
collar more doggedly. Ne`hing to ask you, as a friend, to tweak up this
geher'ng i tables, and that while shoddy isn't so heated on the stove. But how many
at the moment turned, not to his own "Well," said Jerry. "there's no use satisfactory as pure wool fo gar- • women sweat through the heat of July
do mew but wait it out. His throw. t
and his mother's uncertain outlook, trying to stand out against bayonets.' mints, We can wear it and be warm, . and August because they won't invest
but to the difficulties of the Scanlan I'm dune,",I if it is going to help win the war' • in a different iron?
family. He had not seen Dave or his' He detached himself from Trasks leeany women in some way miss ;
just , And the host of little things wnich
father for two days; when lie had grasp and walked away. Donaldson' what the food board desires of them,: half. Think of getting along without
seen them, they were both unsteady, followed; the movement became gen.
and undernourish their families. It a pancake turner, when you can buy
from drink, unfit for picket duty, and oral. When a few moments later
is not thrift, but the worst sort of one for a nickle. Or without a ten
had been led away to ,ober off. There Tragic lereught up his men, the space cent paring knife, or an egg -beater or
was talk among the men that the in front of the gates was clear; only extravagance to rob the growing chil-
Scanians were espeeially hard-pressed on the neighboring street corners, dren of the footle they need to promote whip, either of evh.ch costs a dime,
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--without fund.; and unable to get groups loitered 8.11(1 watched with un-, the healthful growth of bone and mus- : Strainers, spatulas, wire poteto mash -
credit any longer at the local stores. friendly eyes. Trask stationed a cls.Adults may get along for
quite ; •
ors knobs for covers, dippers, can fill -
To Jerry, remembering the extrava. , guard and led the rest of his men to
a while on diminished rations, but; ers, can openers, measuring. cups, soap
gent aims and expenditures of the the vacant land on the hillton where children need certain foods to make , shakers, basins of all sizes, market
family, the gossip seemed Qtly too they were to pitch their tents. '
the cells which build up the organs! baskets, scoops --why, what can't .you
likely to be well grounded, He! That afternoon the importation of teo cents? Turn a woman
f Nora in the unfamiliar at.' foreign labor was resumed. Trask.. and it is nothing short of criminal to; bleY for
loose in a ten—cent store evith two theredol-
mospof -squalor that must now I stood at the gates and watched the deprive them of these things. Milk,!
Tars and she could pick up enough to
surround her, with a drunken father procession pass. Among the faces. which just now is plentiful in Ontario, !
d brother- raver b f 1 • e • ' he recognized a few; some of the though there are differences of opinion I save herself hundreds of steps a day.
Yet how many women keep on eaving
money and losing time and temper,
under the mistaken impression that
they are thrifty,
Let us be thrifty, by all means, But
be sure that what eve practice isn't
niggardliness.
and a, bitter, shrewisg, and discourieg.., young men that he had drilled had about its cheapness, is one of the best
ed mother berating. them and her I fallen into line and were seeking re- things for the growing boy and girl•
alike, and a but desire to be her res- instatement in their old jobs. He
And we are not asked to save on that.
cuer, to bear her away to peace and looked in vain for Jeery Donohue. He
On the other hand, we are urged to
comfort and happiness, burned in him,' noticed one man, elderly, haggard,
Few Oen-
only to leave him, with the quench.' emaciated, who walked with feeble buy it and save mi meat.
, dreg dislike milk and they should be
ing of it by common sense, more mien' stens and coughed feeblY•
enable than ever. He coaleln'e serve' The next afternoon when the guard given it freely—to drink, in custards
her, he couldn't marry her,. even if she was being changed, Trask was again and puddings, milk gravy and vege-
tvere willing; he had nothing to offer, at the gates, A man came running table cream soups, In the soups, es -
He was himself a &Pendent now on out, crying that there had been an ac-. pecially, it is an ideal dinner or lunch
his mother's little hourd—a dependent cident. Not waiting to learn the dish. The milk furnishes the protein
as much as the three motherless ehil- cause and thinking that a riot might necessary fox
growth, and the fat, if
dren that she had taken into the house be in progress, Trask took two of thee
the cream is not falces out, while the
—motherless and, as Jerry thought, guardsmen and hastened through the
soon to be fatherless; Dobbins was mill -yards, He cattle to a group vegetablee give the mineral salts nec-
now but a tottering shadow of a man. gathered behind one of the great cor- essaa.y, Any vegetable may be cook.
Yet the thought Of NOM in misery, 1 rugated iron sheds, Lying dead on ed until soft, put through a ricer, and
the misery of actual want, drove him , the slag was the man who had drawn the water in which it; is cooked, with
apart from his fellows; he paved up ' a pitying glance from Trask when he the pulp, added to scalded milk, the
and down bending his brows upon the • etood in line for work the day before. whole thickened with a little con -
problem, striving to originate some: "He Wee eonsumptive," said one of
starch arid served piping hot.
method by which he might come to her' the men in reply to Trask's question,
Plenty of milk, eggs, vegetables,
aid. A full -growl! man, a man of his "To pled over at his furnace. Poor
exceptional vigor and strength—me-. old Jim.' fruit, and a certain amount of simple
, ey it was prepesteeous that he should be (To be continued.) sweets may be given the children
' 'is incapable ae any child of giving without interfering with the thrift
support to 0/1.!1:11 LOA-. to the one he program. And if the youngsters do
loved. It could not long be so; youth, Finance never ruined a country, nor not hear some of the old folks say
enthusiasm, strmigth, they must find a an individual either, if he had pluck. they dislike the barley, potato or
at the delay in running to seek it that oatmeal breads, they will eat them
good market. He chafed even now --Disraeli.
Dithillas do well in poor soil with- with a relish, Feed the children well
loyalty to his fellows imposed upon out fertilizer, if the soil is loosened up and don't neglect yotirsolf. Only see'
to a good depth and kept cultivated, that your food conforms to the pro-
tg
The worst sorrows in life are not gram laid down by the food board, in -
1 its losses and misfortunes, but its stead of to the program arranged by
feruts."-, -A, C. Benson. the finicky notions of the family. This
An envolope closed with the white of is not a time to humor your atomach.
There is another form of thrift
which is misnamed. And that is the
mistaken notion which impels a wo-
man to get along without kitchen con.
aa heeded. Cosmoe, unless growing venienees when she can afford to have
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an egg cannot be oponed by the steam
of boiling water, as the steam only
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Stake up the 1.08011 and other plants
Wash Boiler ag Canner.
The good old family wash boiler
makes a very good home canner. The
jars rest on a rack perforated at the
tide to allow the boiling water to
thoroughly circulate around the jars.
A home—made rack can be made, how -
cm, of strips of wood or wire mesh,
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May be Avoided by Proper Holding of
the Receiver.
Telephone users—and they are all
of us—will be interested in the sub-
ject of teleplibne deafness. George
Cott, in the Buffalo Medical Journal,
calls attention to several cases in
which persons when they put the tele-
phone receiver to the ear suddenly
hear a loud, high pitched sound, and
then could hear nothing more, the
deafness persisting for a considerable
length of time. His explanabion of
the cause of this deafness is that any
interference to the line while one is
listening may jar the auditory nerve
suddenly and induce a high patched
sound followed by prolonged tinnitus
with immediate deafness, either par-
tial or total, the symptoms ameliorat-
ing after some weeks. This accident
can be avoided, because it occurs only
when the listener holds the receiver
in such contact with the ear that no
external sound can enter, a com-
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HEROIC DEED OF BRITISH CY-
CLISTS ON ITALIAN FRONT.
Ran Into Midden Force, Dismounted,
Fixed Bayonets and Faigaged in
Hand -to -Rand Fight.
Menton°, the oval-shaped chain of
hills which hinge the Austrian offen»
eive, hue been occupied for several
months by the British, who came to
Italy under Gen, Plumer. A British
division occupied the south-western
ridges of the Asiago plateau, with the
French on their right.
The British, niter reeonquering the
advanced positions, momentarily
abandoned on the morning of June
15th, with a view of strengthening the
line, not only resisted all Auelrian at-
tempts, but gallantly counter -attacked
in a fashion that (mused an Italian
superior officer to remark: "They are
slamming the gates of Italy in the
face of the invader,"
,A detachment of British cyclists ac-
complished heroic deeds. They were
changing position, and moving along
a sunken road paralled to the front.
Suddenly they ran into a vastly super-
ior Austrian contingent, barring the
way. Instead of fleeing, they dis-
mounted and advanced with fixed
bayonets. Simultaneously the Atietri-
tins were ordered to charge, and the
MO waves of bayonets clashed. A
terrific fight ensued, but the splendid
physique and undaunted courage of
the British cyclists proved too much
for the Austrians, who fled, discarding
their rifles, the British pursuing and
capturing many rifles and prisoners.
Handling of Reserves.
• One of the most successful features
' of the organization of the Italian
Iirrrapeoinsists in the wise distribution
d handling of reservee, which
is illustrated by the brilliant feat on
the British sector, and is further tes-
tified to by the eplendicl Anglo -Italian
camaraderie. The British defenders
of a certain position were ordered to
retire, with a view to straightening
the salient. A small detachment was
left on the crest of a hill 3,000 feet
high, to cover the withdrawal. The
Austriane, who immediately perceived
the operation, tried to overwhelm the
detachment, but the latter although
almost completely surrounded and out-
numbered tenfold, succeeded in hold-
ing the enemy at bay.
The commander of an Alpini de-
tachment on the left of the British de-
tachment decided on his own iniative
to attempt to rescue the Britiehers.
The question was whether the Alpini
would be able to arrive in time to find
the defenders alive. The commander
of the Alpini said; "We would be too
late if any but the British bulldogs
were defending the position and if any
but the Alpini Chamois were rushing
to their rescue." The Italian Alpini
thereupon dashed forward and were
received by the British with cheers for
Italy, The Austrians were so taken
aback by this unexpected onslaught
that they wavered, whereupon the
commander of the British detachment
leaped to the top of the trench and
ordered a charge. The Austrians were
forced to withdraw in face of the at-
tack, both in the front and on the
flank.
Only the Detail Missing.
Although Belinda was dark herself,
she had been the bright spot in the
Boyle household in the Southern
States for more than ten years when
she announced that she was "gwine
to get married."
"D'you know," she confided to her
mistress, "if I could only have a long
white dress, like Miss Bertha had
when she done got married, and some
of them yeller flowers in ma hair,
like she had, I would everlastingly
paralyze some of them coons in our
church that says X ain't got enough
style to be marrying a nigger like
Wash Williams."
The conversation being repeated to
the master of Alio house that evening
at dinner, he did not regard it ,Ets en-
tirely a joke and told his wife to fit
out Belinda for the wedding accord-
ing to her cherished dream,
"The cost doesn't amount to any-
thing," he remarked, "and she has
been with us a long time. Rig her
out, and send her to the church in the
machine."
This was accordingly done, and the
bride departed for the church in the
family automobile. In about an hour
she returned, a smile of triumph on
hel'"Face.
GLord, minus," she burst out,
"you just ought to seen me going up
/ the aisle in that there church, The
niggers all turned around and their
•eyes just bulged outete their heads.
The minister he just stood there para-
lyzed, holding out both hands. He
knowid nothing like that never camel
into his church to be married before."
"How lovely!" chimed in the mis-
tress. "And what did your husband
think about it all?"
"Ma husband/" murmured Belinda,
caressing a fold of her long white
train. "Why, that nigger never
showed up,”
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