HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1919-4-24, Page 2FIELD MARSHAL
REVIEWS THE WAR
SIR DOUGLAS HAIG PRESENTS
REMARKABLE FACTS,
The Word "Miraculous" Is Not Too
Strong to Describe Recovery and
Ultimate Victory of Allies.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, •ill
his final despatch made public, pre-
sents an important review of the war
and describes L detail the expansion
tend achievements of the British army,
with many remarkable facts and
figures. He treats the operations in
the western front as a single eon•
structive campaign, in which can be
recognized the same general features
and necessary stages that, between
forces of approximately equal strength,
have marked all the conclusive battles
of history,
"The high-water mark of our fight-
ing strength In infantry, says the Bri-
tish commander, was only reached af-
ter two and a half years of conflict, by
which time heavy casualties had al-
ready been incurred. It was not until
midsummer, 1916, that the artillery
situation became even approximately
adequate to the conduct of major
operations,
"During the Somme battle artillery
ammunition had to be watched with
the greatest care. During 1317 am-
munition was plentiful, but the gun
situation caused anxiety. It was only
in' 1918 that artihery operations could
be conducted without any limiting
consideration beyond that of trans-
port.
"The 'margin with which the Ger-
man onrush of 1914 was stemmed wns
sc narrow and the subsequent struggle
was so severe that the word 'miracu-
lous' le hardly too st_ong to describe
tee recovery and ultimate victory of
the allies,
Effect of Russian Default,
"The breakdown of Russia In 11117
probably prnlnnged the war by a year,
and the military situation in Italy In
the Autumn of 1317 necessitated the
transfer of five British divisions to
Italy at a time when their presence in
France might have had far-reaching
effects."
Sir Douglas records the interesting
fact that more than half the British
casualties in the fighting of 1918 oc-
cerred during the five months from
March to July, when the allies were
alt tee defensive.
-'The rapid collapse of Germany's
military powers in the latter half of
1919," he says. "was the logical out-
cr;nio of the fighting of the previous
two years. It would not have taken
place but for that period of ceaseless
attrition, wei: h used up the Germin
reserves. It ie in the great battles
of 1916 and 1917 that all have to seek
far the secret of our victory in 1918e'
The value of cavalry in modern war
is emphasized by Sir Douglas Flaig,
and, in discussing the value of mecha-
nical contrivances, ends as tanks, he
observes that, immense as their in-
fluence might have been, the; could
not by themselves decide a campaign.
Their true role is te, assist infantry-
men, by whoee rifles and bayonets
only can decisive victory be wort,
The expansion of British personnel,
artillery, ammunition, transport, rail-
way construction and establishments
of every laid in France Is dwelt upon
by the Field Marshal. Regarding ma-
chine guns the British equipment in.
creased from one gun to 500 infantry-
men in 1914 to one to 20 infantrymen
in 1918. The 486 pieces of artillery
with which the British tools the field
in 1914 were represented at the date
of the armistice 6,347.
British Army Raised During War.
On the first day of the Somme battle
in 1916 nearly 13,000 tons of artillery
ammunition were fired by the British
on the western front. On two days,
September 20 and 21, 1917, 42,000 tons
were expended, and in the three days
of the crucial battle on September 27,
28 and 29, 191,8, nearly 05,000 tons
were fired by the British artillery.
Sir Douglas Haig said that the fea-
ture of the war, which to the historian
may well appear most noteworthy, is
the creation of the naw British army,
which was successfully built up iu the
very midst of the war.
"The total of more than 327,000, -
German prisoners captured by us on
the western front," says Sir Douglas,
"is in striking contrast to the force of
six divisions comprising some 80,000
fighting men with which we entered
the war. pat we should have been
able to aeuompllsh this stupendous
task is due partly to the loyalty and
devotion oe our aliiles, and to the
splendid work of the Royal Navy, but
mainly to the wonderful spirit of the
British rase in all parts of the world,"
With respect to the nee of cavalry
Sir Douglas Flaig contends that in the
light of full experience of the war the
decision to preserve the cavalry corps.
Inas been completely justified,
"It"has been proved," ho added,
"that cavalry, whether used for shock
effect under suitable conditions, or as
mobile infantry, have still an indis-
pensable part to play in modern war,
Moreover, it cannot safely be assured
that in all future wars the Ranks of
tho opposing forces will rest on nen.
teal states or impassable obstacles,"
No Victory In Defensive,
The Field i•.Iarsliul devotes a spe-
cial section to : "Why we attacked
whenever possible," in which he says;
"Tbe object of all war is victory,
and a purely defensive attitude can
never bring about a successful fleet -
Mon."
IIe emphasizes that the defensive
role sooner or later produces a lower-
ing of morale, while the defendorbe-
comes almost entirely ignorant of his
opponent's dispositions and plans.
This was exemplified in the lighting
of 1918, "So long as the enemy was
attacking he obtained a fairly full in-
formation regarding our dispositions,"
says Sir Douglas, "but so soon as lie
was thrown on the defensive, and the
initiative returned to the allies, ho
was kept in comparative ignorance of
our plans and disposition, and the al-
lies were able to effect many stir -
I prises, both strategic and tactical."
CANADA'S TOURIST. TRAFFIC.
11919 Summer Trade Should Be Large
If Attractions Are Well Advertised.
I Tourist trade gives quickest returns
for service of any commerce any land
! can undertake. Payment, cash "on
the dot," is for exactly those things
which the people produce and origin-
ate themselves. In that sense tourist
traffic forms 0 most valuable national
asset of "gilt-edged import" of practi-
cally nothing but dollars.
It Is an aspect of Canadian trade
which must not be overlooked in this
year of difficult re -adaptation to peace
conditions.
The Trade Advertiser of the Pan-
! American Union, an international or-
• ganization maintained by the twenty
Latin-American republics and the
United States for the development
among other things of friendly inter-
course, writes to the Canadian Trade
Commission as follows:
'I am inclined to think that all
parts of Canada could receive thous-
ands of tourists from the United
States during the coning summer if
special efforts wore made by the Do•
minion to let it be known generally in
this country that Canada wants tour.
I ists to come. Possibly articles in
journals and magazines, calling spe-
cial attention to the delightful climate
of Canada, the fishing possibiliti
the scenery and other attractions
would induce more than usual thought
being given to that country.
"Our people, who may be a bit more
settled than during the war years,
'wish to go somewhere; and as they
cannot go to Europe, or Mexico, and
as South America is too far away and
passports too difficult to obtain, our
own western country and Canada then
become more or less Mecca,"
Got Any In Your Pooket?
The wife of a Dorchester man who
had the traditional failing—he forgot
to mail letters --has cured him, The
mail is delivered at their (tome before
the breakfast hour—which is Clmpara-
tively late. One morning she said to
her husband:
"Did you have any mail this morn-
ing, dear?"
"Only a circular," he answered as
he bit Into a. fine browm slice of toast,
"Huh," said the wife, "By the way,
did you mail the letters I gave you
yesterday?"
"Sure I did," was Lite righteously
indignant reply.
"Well," answered wine, with an elo-
quent senile, "It's funny, then, you had
no letters this morning, because one
of those I gave you to mail was ad-
dressed to you—just as a sort of key."
Tho Lesson of War.
"So you're saving up to buy an air-
ship? You're quite an ambitious little
boy,"
"Fes, sir; I wants to fly over Jim-
mie Mack's yard and drop bricks on
]rim,"
HOW AUTOCRACY
DECEIVED GERMANS
NEWSPAPERS CONTAINED FALSE
ACCOUNTS OF THE WAR.
Publication of Pamphlet, Entitled
"How we Ware Lled To," Reveals
Network of Deceit,
Revelations of the "stupidity and
cunning" of German newspaper cen-
sorship which for more than four
years obsessed 10,000,000 persons with
the ]tope of an impossible victory, hid
from them the news of Prussian de-
feats and at last contributed to the
downfall of the structure of pretence
it had raised, are brought out here in
a remarkable pamphlet said to have
been inspired by Dr, Wilhelm Mueh-
ion, formerly director of the Krupp
Works, whoee expose of Germany in
1918 as the rear instigator of the war
sent him into voluntary exile in Swit-
zerland.
The pamphlet, entitled "How We
Were Lied 'Po," is published ostens-
ibly under the name of Kurt Mueh•
sane one-time Austro -German war cor-
respondent, It is filled with instances
of military duplicity, showing the ef-
forts that were made to conceal from
the German people everything of a dis-
couraging nature that had to do with
the was'.
Newspaper editors, according to the
document, were forbidden under dire
penalties to discuss any subject relat-'
ing to the war without the approval of
hundreds of government censors oper-
ating through twenty -One newspaper
bureaus and various branches of the
government. The Lusitania sinking
and the submarine controversy with
the United States were so skillfully
manoeuvred iu the press that for many
months the people were led to be-
lieve that' the negotiations were talc-
ing "a course very favorable to us,"
1 Never Admitted First Marne Defeat.
Dr Mueitlon, who in his earlier re-
velations accused the then Emperor
William of having issued the order
"take no more prisoners," the as-
tonishing fact that not once in all of
the German war reports can be found
any admission that the first battle of
the llarne was a German defeat. The
only thing that the German High Com-
mandr'was able to report about that
terrible reverse was disguised in the
words:—"In the western theatre of
the war the operations, details of .
which cannot yet be published, have
led to a new battle which is develop-
ing favorably. Reports spread by the
enemy unfavorably to us are false,"
It must be understood, writes Dr.
Muehlon's collaborator, that all the
censorship regulations under which
the newspapers were operating were
unlmnWn to the people. The distor-
tion of facts was thus made easy for
every editor. He was encouraged to
say that, notwithstanding that the
Allies were sinking German submar-
ines as fast as they could bo built,
"the number of new German U-boats
is four times greater than the losses. 1
Our submersible fleet has grown ex -1
traordinarily during the war. The'
press is to picture the submarine war-;
fare as a means of shortening the
struggle and not as a measure of re-
taliation or a weapon to starve our ,
foes."
After months of deception in trying
to convince the people that the Malted
States would never enter the war, as-
sorts the Krupp director, when Presi-
dent Wilson sent his ultimatum, the
German press very readily executed I
an "about face" and endeavored to
minimize the United States as a pos-
sible adversary.
Even after the United States had
landed more than 1,500,000 men in
France, Dr. il'luehlon declares, the
Garman newspapers continued their
campaign of falsity and delusion. The
diplomatic intercourse between Ger-
many and the United States during
the two years preceding America's en-
try into the war is set forth in the
pamphlet, with interesting references
to Count Von Bernatorff and his Mili-
tary and Naval Attaches, Boy -Ed and
Von Papers, in Washington. It was
given out as "established" that the
one-time Ambassador and not Dr. Zim-
merman, the German Foreign Secre-
tary, had conducted the correspond-
cnce with Heinrich Von Eckhardt,
formerly German Minister in Mexico,
looking to an alliance between Japan,
Germany and Mexico if the United
States entered the war. German
newspapers were cautioned never to
use the unfortunate expression 'Zits•
merman letter," because it was be•
Roved this might lead to rseverereo
of diplomatic relations between Berg
lit end Washington,
Blames Ludendorff for Defeat,
After the United States actually en -
tared the war the conoors permitted
such statements as "the damage to
German shier, lying in American har-
bors has been carried out to our satis-
faction. For example, the giant
steamship Vaterland has been nano
wholly unusablle. Even the eicotchon
of the turbine construction have been
destroyed;"
Loss of the war was charged by the
ono -time Krupp expert to two grave
mistakes by Von DudendoriT, de-
scribed as the "brains of the German
army," in his failure, first, correctly
to estimate the wonderful possibilitiefi
of the American troop transport and
his false assumption that M'Iarshal
Foch's reserve army had ceased to
exist in June, 1018, Ludendorff, he
said, gambled with the existence of
Germany, He was like a jockey in a
long mace who forced his horse far
ahead of ibe rest of the field and who
toward the end, when the others be.
.gut to gain with their carefully re-
sere cel strength, used "whip and spurs
ie a desperate effort to win, virtually
killed his mount and yet lost after
all."
WHAT HAPPENED IN EUROPE.
Effect of the War on the Farming
Condit:one Overseas.
Last September a commission visit-
ed Europe to see what effect t11e war
had had on European farming up to
I that time. Here are a few of the out-
standing facts, recently reported by
the commission:
Great Britain increased her home -
'grown bread supplies fourfold by 1918,
largely by plowing up her pasture
' lands,
France's production of sugar beets
and broadstuffs decreased sharply,
In Italy there was some reduction
of the cultivated area, but except for
':heat the reduction in the volume of
breadstuufs has not been very serious.
The yield per acre decreased, the
causes being shortage of fertilizer and
uncontrolled growth of weeds,
Regarding live stock, Great Britain
has maintained her herds of cattle and
has increased her sheen and., made
small losses in hogs. Sheep were de-
clining in Great Britain before the war.
In France all live stock has de-
clined. However, France has main-
tained her young cattle. The decline
in sheep is most serious, and there is
also a sharp decline in hogs.
Italy's cattle have declined. Many
orders have been its effect for the pur-
pose of conserving live stock. For ex-
ample, In some sections calves weigh-
ing less than 440 pounds could not be
slaughtered. Hogs have been greatly
decreased.
Generally speaking, Great Britain,
France and Italy will need to import
for some time to come large supplies
of meats, fats, dairy products, and
concentrates for animals. Some 1n -
portations of live stock for breeding
purposes may be made, but for the
most part importations will consist of
livestock products,
In addition to alive -stock products
Great Dritain, France, Italy and Bel-
gium will need to import for some
time to come large suppliee of wheat,
fertilizers, fibres (wool and cotton)
and farm machinery. All countries
under review have made marked pro-
gress in the utilization of farm ma-
chinery, especially its the use of trac-
tors. -
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WAR ON PARASITES.
England Pians to Stamp Out Disease
Carried by Germs.
The British Govermnent is taking
measures to stamp out diseases due
to the gerxn-carrying parasites.
The local Government Board, the
department dealing with the adminis-
tration of health, has issued a pamph-
let of ten pages. giving details Of the
life history of the pests, the measures
to be taken for guarding the public
and details of the powers of the local
authorities to provide apparatus for
cleaning purposes.
The department classes the preval-
ence of vermin as a serious menace
to the health of a large section of the
population, and the pamphlet contains
the orders issued to the local authori-
ties for coping with the evil.
The brochure, which gives details
of methods and apparatus for clean-
sing both persons and clothing, is now
on sale on every bookstall at two
cents,
new to Avoid Engine `i.'rotebiee.
When for any reason a charge in
an. etigim0 ey''itxler is fired before the
proper time, tae say it "backfires,"
or causes the stank -shaft to turn the
wrong way, This backfiring often
occurs when an engine ,is being
cranked, and is rather dangerous, as
it may result in a broken artn. Back-
firing may be caused by one of the
following things:
1. Spark advanced too far.
2. Glowing carbon deposits in cyl-
inder,
IL Spark plugs rusty or dirty, caus-
ing points to become red hot,
4, Short circuit in timer.
On all high-speed motors there is
n
park lever or control. This Is
placed there because it is necessary
to advance the spark as the engine
gains speed in order to secure effi-
cient operation. But when the engine
is to be started the spark lever
should be 1n fall retard, and "kicks"
occur most often because'the opera-
tor has carelessly left the spark ad-
vanced.
Glowing carbon deposits are an-
other fango of backfiring, but this
does not occur until an engine has
been running -for some time and be-
come heated. Red-hot spark plug
points cause the same trouble as tite
glowing carbon, for after an engine
has been run a while the points may
retain heat enough to fire the charge
of gas as soon as it is taken into the
cylinder. The sparlc plugs should be
'removed and cleaned when erratic
firing occurs, and if this gives no re-
lief you may be sure there is carbon
to be removed from the cylinders.
The last cause of backfiring is a
short circuit in the tinier—that ie,
tate commutator or distributor, or the
mechanism that divides the current
among the different cylinders at the
proper time. This commutator con-
sists of a hollow metal drum in the
rim of which are imbedded as many
contact points as there are cylinders.
These points are insulated from each
other, and a cam turning inside the
drum"makes contact with them at the
proper time. If these contacts be-
come uninsulated, cylinders will fire
with no regularity. The only thing
to do in this case is to buy a `flew
part.
Of course, backfiring may be caus-
ed by having gears that operate the
valves and timer set wrong, but I
have assumed that you have not torn
down your engine to misplace them,
—W. W.
A Close Call.
A few weeks ago Jim Caldwell
met with an accident that was both
lucky and unlucky. Jim's hick was
the indisputable fact that he hap-
pened to be in town at the time in-
stead of four or five miles from no-
where.
Jim had been tinkering with the
carbureter of his auto, but its dis-
position kept getting worse and
worse. It spit and it popped and it
missed, and suddenly it went off like
a cannon and flames shot up clear
through the hood. Some gasoline had
collected in the underpan.
Fires don't appeal to Jim anti he
didn't fancy sitting over the gaso-
line tank, so he jumped out and made
tracks down the street, Somebody
turned in a fire hl!arm. Then Jim saw
a garage man in greasy overalls with
a fire' extinguisher under his arm,
running toward the blazing $ato. Jim
event back to help.
Well, the hose and ladder wagons
came, but the man had the fire out
long before that, The paint on the
hood was scorched and the chemical
had made a. lot of sediment on the
motor, but Jirt's auto had been saved
from going up in smoke, Jim peeled
a bill from his roll and handed it to
the hero of the occasion.
The auto was not badly damaged.
Before Jim drove home that night
he went to the hardware store and
bought a fire extinguisher that's been
hanging on the dash ever since.
Helpful Blida..
When placing chains on your tires
be suro to have the hooks toward the
back as yo0 lay them over the wheel.
This gives a wiping motion to the
hooks when in use, which tends to
keep them closed. If the chains are
, put on the other way they will tend
to open and so be in danger of cora-
1 Inc: off.
When you have the time study
your starting and lighting system
carefully, using your instruction
book as a guide, Gradually the uses
of the parts and the paths of the cur-
rents will become clear to you. Give
it the care it needs and you will get
better service and have less trouble
in the end.
Carry an indelible pencil with your
tire repair outfit. When you find a
leak in a tube you must mark it so as
to find it again. A black lead pencil
is useless here. The indelible mark
will remain as the wet rubber helps
to dissolve the lead of the pencil,
Animal Breadwinners.
A performing animal often has a
greater earning capacity than a suc-
cessful elan of business.
The first kangaroo to enter the box-
ing -ring in America earned a sum In
five years that allowed himself and
his owner to retire from the limelight,
and spend the rest of their lives in.
peace and quiet. This was the first of
a long line of pugilistic kangaroos who
"made" their masters.
Much of the success of Hagenbeek's
Wonder Zoo at Olympia, a few years
back, was undoubtedly due to the en-
gagement of Max and Moritz, the
"human apes." These animate jointly
earned as large a salary at Olympia as
an ,opera favourite then appearing at
Covent Gardens, London. Three
world-famous lions, Nero, Prince, and
Wallace, who have toured the British
Isles and -the Continent for many
years, can claim a turnover of many
thousands, as can Klikko, the chim-
panzee hero of Barnum and Bailey's
Fair, still going strong on this side o!
the Atlantic.
EDUCATION AND THE WAR.
Strong Demand in Britain For Added
Faculties For Adults.
The mixing of the nations during
the great war has resulted, as far as
Britain is concerned, in a strong' de-
mand for additional facilities for adult
education, says a London despatch.
From the educational centres it is re-
ported that there is now a wonderful
volume of enthusiasm of adult educa-
tion.
The Workers' Educational Associa-
tion is finding difficulty in supplying
the lecturers demanded by all parts
of the country, while many classes are
enrolling more pupils than ever, and
arrangements for one class on a sub-
ject have lad to be extended to sever-
al classes to accommodate the demand
fir education.
The London County Council educa-
tional department finds overcrowding
in its classes dealing with literary
and like subjects and has deoided to
increase the number of literary insti-
tutes by five, with a Corresponding in-
crease 1n classes, The new testi-
tutes, will be opened within a few
days. The council will soon open a
new course at its present Institutes
comprising folk songs and dances. - ,
The report of the Government Com-
mittee on Adult Education refers to
the present interest in adult educa-
tion schemes and recommends certain
modifications of the hours and holi-
days of workers for the purpose of
enabling them to attend courses and
single lectures. The committee states
that the demand for improvement is
unique, and to waste the present op-
portunity would be a national sin,
Mats Made of Ivory.
It is believed that there are but
three mats of ivory in existence. The
largest one measures eight by four
feet, and although made in the north
of India, has a Greek design for a
border. It is used only on State oc-
casions, like the signing of important
State documents. The cost of this
precious mat was almost incalculable,
for more than six thousand four hund-
red pounds of pure ivory were used
in its oonetructien. Only the finest
and most flexible strips of material
could be need, and the mat is like the
finest woven fabric.
Plenty of water( and salt are of
great assistance in stimulating the
action of the organs of digestion, and
carrying off the impurities of the
animal's system,
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Hoepital feletoe d the Backward
'rotrittilao,
for crfvioliS reagens "tea figlitti,"
"Jain g'nearai' "blab struggled," and
suchlike.' feting of entertainment for
the "woutldele" 11av0 boon few and
tar between, ao I was ploiased, writes
a hospital Siston, 'lrhati l.ho orderiy
sergebici lookud inti the ward rind
(midi "Sister, Will yeti look Out ten
Men to go to a tea and entertainment
this afternoon? 'S'hay hoist parade at
2 p.m, sharp on 11111 Square,"
"Yes, I'll see to It," I was really
Very busy, but 00 it Was already 12
o'clock I felt 1 meet'tusk° out the list
right away, 30 Bogan with the N,0,0,'s',
'`bergeant'Lioyd, Would you cafe to
go to a tea fight this titternaon2"
"It all dopentll whish eort of a chow
it is, Do yell helmet) to know, Sister?"
"Ohl the usual hind of thing -tea
and cake and a censure.."
"One gets a bit fed up with those
sort of things after a bit, In t:orgennt
Cooke going?" "I haven't asked hIni
yet." "Well, if he gees. I'll g:.,; 1. :ot,
cross me out."
"Would you liko to go to a tea 112ht
this afternoon, Sorge lit Co:' s i
"This afternoon? I was rather ex-
pecting the wife to loop in. But ff she
doesn't turn up I don't mind going,"
says She Sergeant ntagmutimomsiy,
I ask the question a third time. "I
dict thank of going to the pictures. bet
if you can't snake up your number I
don't mind chipping 1n,"
I turn to the fourth. "Ye;, I don't
mind --" lie begins; but I cut him
ehort. "Yes, or no--wliic'h?" ''Po:.,'
he replies quickly, eurpricod at Iny
snappiness.
"Skier, what's this about a tea
fight2" sive a pale, thin youth on
crutches, "If there is anything to eat
I'd like to go and 'my old china plate'
(chins) too." Good! Tht.I's three cer-
tain out of ten.
I try several others without definite
results. One wants to know if IL's "re-
ligious," another if there's to be "any
girls," another will go to please me.
At a quarter past two the Hospital
sergeant appears again in the duo• -
way and says in a grieved tone: "Sis-
ter, I asked you for ton men •-"
"Yes, Sergeant; I'm very sorry; T
did try and get some of thein to go,"
"Welt, now perhaps yoti'li get some
of them to stay behind. There are 21
of your men out there, and they all
say they're going to the party!!"
World Leaders Had Humble Origin.
When wo remember dist most of
the groat leaders of mankind came of
humble permits; that man;, of the
greotost geniuses had the most lowly
origin; that, for exanmie, Itee.thoven's
mother was a consumptie e, the dan h -
ter of a cook, and hie father a con-
firmed drunkard; that Schubert's
father was of peasant birth and his
mother a domestic servant; that Far-
aday, perhaps the greatest seientiilo -
discoverer of any age, was born over
a stable, his father a poor, sick black-
smith and his mother an ignorant
drudge, and that hie only early edu-
cation was obtained in selling news-
papers on the streets or London and
later in working as apprentice to a
bookbinder; that the great Pasteur
was the son of a tanner; that Lin•
coin's parents were accounted "poor
white trash" and that lib early snr-
roundings and education were meet
unpromising, and so on through the
long list of names in which democracy
glories—when we renteutber the great
then et humble birth we may well ask
whether aristocracy can show as good
a record. The law of entail is aristo-
cratic, but the law of Mendel is demo-
cratic.
A Lady Gardener,
One of the first to sec the possibili-
ties of gardening as a career for wo-
men, Lady Wolseley, who has given
her land and house in Sussex to the
College of Women Gardeners, which
she founded eighteen years ago, has
always worked strenuously on the
land,
The fact that she suc,.eedod to her
famous fathers title by special re-
mainder did not prevent her from bee
corning "a Working woman." Sho eon-
tele,
on-
ceracline hortloulturs, ftp with
thnte larkted got the gardens, to the ap-
proved costume of the eerieue lady
gardener, She has a. romarl:ablel
knowledge of horses, and is something
of a Veterinary surgeon, Teruo mikes ,
around the Partnere conte to seek ]tor
advice it their anintale are ill, and
place implicit faith in her judgment,
April's Wee;
Fair April pinned 0 violet
Upon her dross of green,
And stepped out bravely -1u the sun
So that she might be seen.
Site was a vary charming filgbt,
Foretelling summer hours;
And when the raindrops puttered dews
We called them April shovers,
Theta Is a way that April 1S'
Of smiting through her tsars;
And always when she exnlice the sun
Up in the sky appears.
She ]mows that rain end sun .aro both
Springs welcome guests and so
She drops a tear chased by a smile
To make the Rowers grow,
-
If you want the turnips to have a
good flavor add a tenepoonlul of
auger to the water when cooking
them.
Seven hunched and twenty-nine
persons were lulled and 1,754 were
injured ,in aerial attacks by Allied
forces on Geentaut territory up to
Nov. 0, 1918, seconding to, official
(inures made public in I3erlin.