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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1915-7-29, Page 6The Triumph a Mrs, Harvie. It was their first quarrel, That was not entirely due to Mr.Harvey's amiability of temper; during the two years of hie Married life he had ruled• with a firm hand, and generally man- aged to get his own way. lie wasn o ggssiv lana re � n him- , ems ism self but � his chief 'friend, Danny Walker, had ideas about the manage- ment of women, born of long observa- tion se a married man, and; before 'Mr. Harvey's marriage and after, he had dinned them into the letter's ears. "You want to take a strong line from the start," he had said. "Women are all right when once you get the upper hand of them, but if you show a weakness in the beginning they'll lead you no end of a dance, You're a young man, Bert, and I'm an old one, and I tell you it's so. Never back down, even when you're in the wrong." That was the sort of advice Mr. Harvey received every evening that he met Danny Walker in the Green Man, and it had become part of his philosophy of life. He had steadily set out to be the strong, masterful man, and there had been no friction in the house, for Emma had given way every time. She was a soft, yielding little thing, and she thought her husband quite the most wonderful man in the village, or, for that matter, in the world be- yond. But this time, for once, she was resolutely determined. "I must go over to my people this 'afternoon," she said. "It's Elsie's birthday, and I've baked her a cake. Besides, I promised we'd both go over this afternoon, and take baby. Sun- day's the only day I get free." Mr. Harvey looked sulky. "Why not go yourself ?" he said. "I don't mind you going, but I'd rath- er stay quietly at home." Mrs. Harvey looked up with tear - wet eyes. "What's the use of talking like that, Bert? I can't carry baby all that way myself. If I'd only a per- ambulator like the Dunnings—" That was the last straw for . Mr. Harvey. Ile could not bear any- aI- lusions to the new perambulator that was paraded by the people next door. Besides, the takings at the shop the night before had been bad, and he had lain awake with uneasy thoughts about a steady diminishing business and final bankruptcy. "You're always harping on that," he snapped. "Remember, the Dunnings aren't as poor as what we are. No, I won't go." But the strain and tension in the house all the morning had weighed upon his spirit. The ham and eggs at breakfast had been cold, and Em- ma had not spoken a word. She had gone about her work with set face, and hard, resolute eyes, and it seem- ed as if she were determined never to speak again. Their first quarrel was likely to be more serious than he had expected. After all, he thought, Danny Walker's recipe for domestic happiness might not be as effective as the old man asserted. When they had eaten din- ner in silence he rose from the table, and said with bad grace: "All right. If you're set on going I'll have to go with you. Put on your hat and things, and don't be too long." But there was a new spirit about Emma. "Oh, it's no use going if you don't want to!" she said proudly. "I'm not going to ask you to do it as a foyer." Mr, Harvey looked agast. Never before had he known Emma to speak like this, and he felt that he must check any signs of revolt in the be- ginning. "Don't talk nonsense!" he said per- emptorily. "Wizen I say I'm going to do a thing I mean to do it. You know that as well as I do.' And he bounced out of the room, and went to change his clothes. His irritation had increased to a deep sense of injury, and he felt angry at the whole universe, and especially at Emma. What right had she to drag him out when he did not want to go? Those Sunday afternoons might be very pleasant for her, but they were quite uncomfortable for him. He was tired of walking round her people's back garden while Iris father-in-law, hi smoking cap and slippers,' asked embarrassing questions about the shop, and boasted about his prize to- matoes. on yeur feet dayin and day out." "Not in a staffs, shop, serving lots lies and gingerbread to Children," she replied. "A man wants something more than that. Ever since George Peters .enlisted, nod had to march his thirty Milos a day he's been twice as healthy," The faee of Mr: Harvey grew red, and he wanted to say something sharp and stabbing; but there rose in him a feeling that it it came to scarcastic repartee he might get the worst of r, ," That'e enough," he said angrily. g, 9 y `!it's no use going over all that again, Here, take the baby while I light my pipe." "No," she said determinedly, "You've been smoking all the morning. It's . smoking so much that spoils your temper." A look of amazement spread over his face as she walked on, gazing straight ahead of her. It was some- thing quite new for Emma to act this way; he did not know what had come over her. "Oh!" he said. "Oh, I suppose I can't have a pipe if I want to. I suppose I'll have to ask leave if I want a glass of beer next. And it's a nice woman who won't look after her own child: "It's your child as well as mine, Bert," she said eweetly. The exasperating way in which she crossed the stile ahead of him, and tripped lightly to the other side dis- turbed his balance. He did not know that a couple .of nights before, when Danny Walker had been laying down the law to him in the Green Man, Mrs. Walker had taken the opportunity of speaking a few words to his wife, and had given her some sound advice. It had been Mrs. Walker's opinion that Bert Harvey was growing too fond of his own way, and that a firm front would have to be presented to him at once, "Men are all right," she had said, "when you've once got the upper hand of them, but if you sheer a weakness in the beginning, they'll lead you no end of a dance." These words were echoing in Em - ma's head now as she tripped on, and Mr. Harvey stood still with the baby in his arms and his mind'in a whirl. "Very well," he said, with extra- vagant coolness. "We'll leave it here by the hedge, will we? It's sure to be nice and comfortable." "Please yourself," said his wife lightly. . "You mostly do." He wrapped the shawl well round the baby and laiti it down. .When he looked up she had not turned round, but was gazing at the roofs of the village in the distance. "S'pose we can get it coming back?" .he said, with an attempt at indifference. The astonished. determination in her manner nearly took his breath away. He caught up to her, and they walked on together without speaking. The squash of their boots on the slippery grass was the only sound to be heard, but in Mr. Harvey's head, Danny Walker's words were buzzing as loud as hornets. It was a conflict of wills, and he had to conquer at alI costs. "I die before I go back now," he thought fiercely. They .were fifty yards away from the hedge now, and in spite of himself Mr. Harvey began to show signs of disquietude. He stole a secret glance at his wife, but her face was as set and determined as his own. It was almost uncanny to see Emma setting herself against him like this, after the Cheerful way she had always Where outside closets are used, lashed on others to form hooks, they they should be frequently cleaned and were ready for the tiger. hurried to fetch his pipe and slippers, always properly deodorized bythe Theyseparated the He told himself he had to win now or y p p Y p planks that he would never be his own master oruse of lime, a solution of copperas, covered the mouth of the pit so that the head of his house again, wood ashes or even dry earth, they could- pass down the ropes and "She's bound to turn back in aGarbage should be kept in a closed poles. The noose of one of the ropes minute," he said to himself reassuring- fly proof receptacle and two or three was lowered, and in site of the ly' and buried at least a foot under the d ti ;They were a hundred yards away ground.head and round his neck. As soon. as now, and Mr. Harvey slipped a pace On account of lack of conveniences, the noose was in position it was behind in order to look back at the greater care of sanitary conditions 'drawn fairly tight. The other rope baby, but, fearing she might think is required in the country than is us-was`then passed down and secured in she had triumphed, he caught up with ually necessary in the city. Summer a similar manner. The operation of her again. The suspense was begin -visitors should, therefore, take care placing the two nooses round the ning to get his nerves, but he nour- that their surroundings are such as neck of the captive occupied twenty- ished his stubborness on his pride and will not result in their returning to five minutes. kept on. their homes with the germs of typhoid The ends of the ropes were then They had come to the second stile to offset any advantage of the sum -passed through the cylindrical bas- now, and Emma slipped quickly ahead mer's change. kets. The baskets were placed mouth of him and grabbed up her skirts. h downward over the pit, and when all "Look here—" he burst out explo- From Toys to` Shells. was ready they began to haul on the sively. the en ropes. The tiger was drawn up head But from the top of the stile her eyes were sweeping the lower .part of the field they had crossed. A low cry escaped her. Her face became pale and her legs seemed to totter un- der her. "Oh, Bert," she sobbed—"the straw - bevy bull! They warned me against She turned to run back to the baby, The irritation increased an hour but in a flash he had sprung past her. later when he took the baby in his The strawberry bull was. the talk of arms, and set off across the fields. the village, and it was not only wo-°'''ne side and turned to the]naunfac- Ilis new boots were tight, and pinched men who were scared when it was Iet ture of munitions. One firm employ• at the toes, and he had a feeling that ed in making mechanical toys put his collar was climbing up the back some of their most skilled men to of his neck. manufacturing parts of shells. An - But the 'most humiliating thing was the knowledge that for the first time �ir "I ---.fir ,•(e=�- w -".. F" Q. hIf� 4., _ N Aes III 1 l•s i �.� ' ,F'1- -•r` ,err.. ` ' ° m hush nd l t Not a floating mine (] ( "Don't alrootl It's y � ~London Opin1Qn, The sense of triumph sustained him till they were near the house, and• then a. horrible suspicion penetrated. his slow brain. He struggled with it, but the more he thought about it, the more his feeling of superiority seemed to ooze away. "I didn't see no strawberry bull," ho muttered to himself ungrammati- cally. But they were near the gate, and his wife did not need to reply. But her,husband did not see the little smile on her lips. She had found out there • CATCHING A TIGER. How the Natives of the Malay Pcniu- aula Manage It, Orientals show the .greatest ingen- uity in the methods they. adopt in the capture of wild beasts. Nothing af- fords the natives of the Malay Penin- sula so much sport as catching tigers. One was taken in a pit dug in a China - man's garden; and it is interesting to learn' of the clever fashion in which they got the beast out of the pit. This pit was circular ' .in shape, eleven feet deep and three feet in are other ways of getting your own diameter at the top. It was slightly way besides doing it by force,—Lon- .smaller at the bottom. It was in. French aviators had. more than conn - don Answers. sandy clay, and as the sides were terbalanced the German superiority HEALTH clean-cut, the tiger could not in numbers. The most daring aerial SALT AT SUMMER RESORTS scramble out. The pit,was situated exploits of the war have been fief - on Conditions Should the margin of a jungle, and it had, formed, not by Germans, but by Bri- Sanitary o ns be the been contrived, not to capture trgers,''tish and French aviators.. As the Chief Attraction. but wild hogs. It was covered with months went by' the Allies overtook The sanitation of summer resorts e thin roof of sticks, grass, and Germany to the .number of fighting is a matter of supreme importance. A Ieaves. I and scouting aeroplanes, though they summer resort shoed be a place where As soon as the owner of the pit be- may be behind her still with refer - people may go for rest and recreation, came aware'of the nature of'his'I ence to dirigibles, which have proved to store up energy for work, to live. prize he covered the mouth of the a tremendous disappointment. Now for a time in closer touch with nature, pit with strong planks. Then'he look- , it is believed that Great Britain' ' has and not a place whence one returns ed about for a purchaser, who was been secretly preparing the greatest suffering with disease contracted soon found. The money' was paid "aerial flotilla ever assembled and that thereat. AERIAL ATTACK UPON GERMANY Great Britain Will Soon he in a Posi- tion to Launch Big Surprise on tete Hums, According to a writer in the Ne York Sun, who o t is card have h unusual fac•1i su tr s e for 1 which carry a pilot and a man to op- erate a machine gun or drop bombs, W are admitted to be -the fastest ever Be d constructed, and have a s oed of more speed n 1 -than nu • c- o nd • mike an.o A hundred m shoer, . e r cording the the Sun correspondent, the manufsetu •e of these machines has been going forward with the greatest rapidity. He mentions •the ease of a relative who has hada War formation, and wisp was in Englan for, several months after the w broke out, Great Britain is preparj. .for the' greatest aerial assault eve made. The announcement is inte esting in view of the agitation the has been: carried on by H. G. Wel and some aviation and military enth siasts Mir some such; attack. I the opinion of these writers to th press it would be possible for British , aviators, if they were numer- ous enough, to bring the war sud- denly to an. end by dropping tons of explosives upon. the Krupp works and upon other strategic points. well with- in the.flying radius of modern British aeroplanes. Two or three raids have been made upon' German and Belgian territory, and it is said that as a re- sult of one' of the latterthereremain no Zeppelins upon Belgian soil. When the war broke out Germany in the matter of aeroplanes and bal- loons' was better equipped than the. Allies, but is,was not long before the. dndividual daring of British and d wa 1 ng cr' h r- at Offico contract to build 100 aeroplane 1s Wings a week till further• orders, and u- says that other small manufacturers n in the same' neighborhood are equally he busy, .. Within Striking Distance. This ',certainly looks', as though a great effort might soon be -made, and according to such writers as H. G. Wells and others less .imaginative, there is nothing inherently improb- able in the supposition. Flying at a rate of ono hundred miles an hour or even faster, the machine could reach territory now occupied by Germany in an hour, and could even fly across the whole of Germany and back in the course of a long day. Anti-air- craft guns have not been developed to such a state that they are a seri- ous menace to the fast flying aero- planes, and since the German ma- chines are for the most part smaller. and leas speedy they would have the greatest difficulty in repulsing an at- tack in force by a hostile squadron. It Looks Feasible. Nor would. the Zeppelins be of the slightest use'in warding off such a blow. " They are much slower than the aeroplanes, and cannot•be mani- pulated so handily. Indeed, it' is dif- ficult to see just how a combined at- tack • by.- one - hundred British aero- planes, each well supplied with bombs, could be warded off, and the proba over. while the beast layat the bot-'• ' it is about o undertake series of at - In the choice of a location for the tom of the ;pit. The sum agreed upon"tacks upon German fortified towns summer vacation the most important' was £25, bul►it cost £50 to remove,( and other strategic positions that will questions to be considered are good cage, and convey the animal to Singe- have an immense bearing upon the sanitary conditions and pure air, food pore. and water. For six days the captive was allow - Plenty of pure air is one of the ed to lie in the pit; he was fed very conduct and duration' of the war. Britain Has 7,000 Aviators. boons of the summer resort, and every sparingly, in order to reduce his It was announced recently in the effort should be made to secure to the strength and energy, Six Malays House of Commons that Great Britain visitors this recreative element. The with a thorough knowledge of the had then ten times as many aviators air should be fresh and free from dis- ways of wild beasts were engaged to as at the outbreak of the war; and agreeable odors. In too many cases, cage him. this means that at the present time especially at summer hotels, or large Their first step was to rig a strong boarding houses, the air is tainted by beam at a height of about nine fee foul odors, sometimes the result of over the pit; the beam was supported unsanitary conditions, as the impre- on well -secured uprights, to which i per disposal of waste and garbage, or was strongly lashed with withes of the too close proximity of stable or Next,' the men prepared two tylia- outside closet,'while sometimes it may drical baskets of green rattan. One be caused by a stagnant pond of wa- basket was two feet in diameter and ter or a cesspool. eight in length; the other was just Too often also the bedrooms inlarge enough to be passed into the these hotels are small and poorly yen -larger one, 3h order to give addition- tilated. In any case the windows al strength to the contrivance. One should be as large as possible, easily end of each basket was open, and opened and properly screened, to) bride is a remnant of the do wpurse prevent the entrance of flies and mos- the other was closed, except for ,a quitoes. hole about three inches in diameter. Summer resorts usually depend The smaller basket having teen upon wells for water supply. In such. jammed into the larger one, the two places the water supply should be were firmly laced together •through - carefully considered, as bad water is, out with withes. a prolific carrier of disease. The Io- Finally, two new 'hempen. ropes cation should be such that the natural nearly three inches in circumference drainage is away from the well, and should be as far es possible from closet, stable, cesspool or other con- tamination. she must have about 7,000 of them. t If there are 5,000 in France and Flanders, which is, of course, air ab rt surd allowance, and_another 1,000' in the Gallipoli Peninsula, which is equally. impossible, she has another thousand at home. If half the num- ' ber at home were required for pur- poses of 'driving off Zeppelins, this would leave, at the lowest possible estimate, 500 aviators, and with this force available there is no good rea- son why attacks of unprecedented magnitude could not be made upon Essen, the Keil Canal, the vital bridgef in Germany's possession in France and Belgium and other. points. The new British fighting aeroplanes, were prepared with running nooses. As soon as the Malays had cut a few long poles and prepared them,. with forks on some and pieces of wood times a week it should be removed tiger's resistance, the men, by skill an patience, got the noose over his Great activityprevails at foremost into the gineering shops at Liverpool in pre- basket, which was paration for utilizing the machinery just large enough to receive him. As for an immediate output of shells. Mr. soon as he was well within the basket Lloyd George's stirring appeal has the Malays drew up the whole con - met with an instant response, and trivance, ]aid it on its side, and laced the engineers are working together up the mouth of the baslcet so that unanimously in the resolve that, so only the tiger's tail protruded. When far as they are concerned, there all wad fast the nooses were sleeken- shall be no delay in meeting the vrg- ed in order that the tiger might eat demand for shells. Some time breathe more freely. The basket was ago certain engineers engaged on then slung on a pole and borne to the rivate work patriotically put it on cage that was in readiness to receive the captive. out in the fields, Forgetting the tightness of his boots, he raced up the footpath and gathered up the sleeping baby from under the hedge. He was breathing' in his married life he had weakened heavily when he came back, but his and given away. It made him face was full of triumph as the baby snap out surly monosyllables in reply stirred in his arms. to his wife's remarks till at last she His wife was leaning against the turned round in protest. stile, apparently still exhausted by "Seems to me, Bert,' she, said, "that her terror. if you're not inclined to be more so- "No," he said steadily. "I'm go eiable it wasn't any use coming at ing to carry it now I've got it." all.' "It's my child,' she pleaded, "Well, Who wanted to come out?" "It's mine as much as yours,' he re - ho demanded, plied. "Oh, I don't knowl" she replied He bugged it tightly to him and airily. "But it. isn't healthy to lie marched exultantly down the path to - sleeping in a ehair all the afternoon. wards his father-in-law's house. After 'Tise't as if you got any exercise der. all, he said to himself, it was the man Mg the rest of the week," who carpe out top in moments of dee- "E?tereisel" he repeated scornfully, ger, and he had vindicated his position "Of course if. don't enough to stand once and for all as lord and master. 1' THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY. other prominent engineer offered to It is one thing to show a man that place his works at the disposal of the he is in error and another to put War Office some weeks ago, and oth- Locke, in possession of the truth.— War were equally anxious to do the same. Although there are no very It is futile to attempt to live in large engineering works in Liverpool.sections, separating business from re- as in other centres of industry,'there Bl ligion and work from faith, --Hugh Black, are many small ones, and with a un- animous will to make the most •if their machinery it is believed that the output of shells will not be inconsid- erable. d< Seemed Classical to Her. Why de you call that song she's Singing 'classical.?' As a matter of through the billows of time, and will fact it's just a popular ballad." not drawn, though often in danger, "Is that so? I thought it ntast be cannot be 'drowned, but conquers, and classical, I eatr't understand a word leaves a track of radiance behind it, she's singing." —Carlyle, The best of men and: the most earn- est workers will make enough mis- takes to make them humble. Thank God for mistakes and take courage, Don't give up on account of mistakes. --Dwight L. Meetly. A gifted, gentle, patient, valiant human soul, which buffets its way ility of its success strongly suggests the likelihood of the attempt being made if, as is asserted, a great num- ber of aeroplanes has been construct- ed. It is to be remembered -to the credit of Winston, Churchill that while he was in the Admiralty he took the keenest interest in the avia- tion wing of the service, and was said, indeed, to have qualified as an. avia- tor. In defensive operations' and as scouts British aviators have already won imperishable fame. .54 Training the Troops. Lord Kitchener trains his men for six or nine months before putting them in the fighting line; Welling- ton in the Waterloo campaign had to rely on raw youths and untrained militia. " "1 never sale such a set of boys, both officers and men," said' old Ge era( Mackenzie; who inspected a battalion at Brussels; and Lord Albemarle stated that his corps, the 3rd Battalion .of the 14th Foot, had 14 officers and 300 men under 20 years of age. Yet it was these boys who faced Napoleon's veterans and von the day. Pure Ice ream IS IDEAL for the growing child, especially in the summer. But it must be pure and made in a sanitary plant, such as the City Dairy. We ship thousands of Ice Cream Bricks for consumption in the home and thousands of gallons of Bulk Iee Cream for con- sumption in the shops of discriminating dealers everywhere in Ontario. We want an Agent in every town, FROM SUNSET COAST WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DQIiVG. Progress of the Great West Told In a Few Pointed Paragraphs, 'eh Co prospectorstial wr an Lakem to have found a rich vein of copper, Col. Theodore Roosevelt, is expect-, ed to visit . Vancouver at an early date, ' Nanaimo will hereafter have 'a market of farm produce twice 'a week. 1 New ,'Westminster has oiled all its principal streets to solve thedust problem. The band of the British warship. Kent ' was a feature at the Red Cross. show at Saanich, B C, ' The Vancouver customs returns for June showed a decrease of $165,- 829, compared with June, 1914. ' Five hundred interned Germans are expected,to-work'on the roads from a camp at Edgewood, B.C. Shortage of horsesis reported around Cranbrook, B.C., and the war still drains the country of them. Observation cars on the British Columbia ,Electric ,Railway make twilight tours on selected routes. Building permits in Vancouver fell from 894 in the first six months of 1914 to 592 in the same period of 1915. Japanese fishermen for Fraser River salmon outnumber whites two to one; 1,315 licenses were issued this year. Many Austrians and Germans hold- ing homesteads in the province _have never been naturalized, it is being discovered. A vagrant sent down for a month at Victoria police court gave his name as John George Ernest Hilary Martin Leach. Out of 1975 applicants to go to Britain to work in munition plants, Vancouver had 952 accepted by G. tames, arnes, M.P. " Fraser River fishermen are seek- ing a scheme to utilize the surplus fish now thrown overboard. Farm fertilization is spoken of. Soren Hermonson, shoemaker at Nelson, filled his pockets with stones, jumped into the lake and Was found drowned in an upright position. British Columbia has sent a trade commissioner to South America and the West Indies to work up ' trade; Vancouver and Victoria Boards of Trade pay expenses. PRESERVATION OP WILD LIFE. An Economic, Not a Sentimental Issue Involved in Bird Protection. The popular impression in Canada that the preservation of wild life is merely 'a desirability, not a positive necessity—is fatally false and is re- sponsible for the serious inroads al- ready suffered by our game resources. Public opinion has been powerless to check destruction and will remain so as long as the campaign' for wild life protection depends upon an appeal to sentiment for its dynamic force. No conservation issue can progress far on that basis. The people of this continent move most resolutely in re- sponse to economic motives, and the necessary prelude to proper protec- tion of wild life in Canada is wider dissemination of exact knowledge re- garding its money value. Recent experience in the United States illustrates, the force of eco. nomic motives. Por several yers, ef- forts were made in that country to secure federal protection for migra- tory game birds. The campaign was chiefly an appeal to sentiment and made little headway. The proposal was then extended to include insect- ivorous birds, wide publicity was given to the fact that insect pests damaged crops annually to the extent of hundreds of millions of dollars, and within one year a popular de- mand, that years of sentimental ap- peal had failed to arouse, forced con- gress to pass a law placing all Mi- gratory birds under federal control. The preservation of wild life achiev- ed the status of a national business enterprise. Canada's wild life is as valuable as that of the United States, To pre - servo it as a national asset we need not pursue the method adopted by our American neighbors, but we do require to gain thole sane viewpoint. Fighting Parsons. The men from the Front will toll you in what high esteem the chap- lains with our Forces are held, and numerous letters in the newspapers testify to their bravery and coolness. • When necessary, the chaplain is ready to take a hand in the fighting,as nu- morous instances prove. Two chaplains have won the Vic- toria Cross—one in the Afghan cam- paign, and the other . in the Soudan. The latter was Father Collins, who plated himself back to back to Major Alston when the square at Ilasheen was almost broken by the Fuzzy-. wuzzies, and used a revolver with rare effect. When the fire from a native Egypt- ian regiment threatened' to do more harm to the British than to the enemy he calmly walked through the buliota to Call attention" to the matter,: and returned as calmly. t/,t ;Coleeherg, in South Africa, an- other ehn.plahf allowed of what stuff pareens are made by his heroic action iu ,"tre of tover•e fire.