The Brussels Post, 1916-11-16, Page 6"The White Flour
Pinc'Wr"-.have you felt
tit ? With the advancing
price of wheat "the seven-
cent loaf is doomed," say the
bakers. In its place we have
the eight -cent loaf—!n many
cities only the sixteen -cent
loaf. A loaf of white flour
bread is not a complete
ration. However wholesome
and pure, it does not supply
all the proteids the human
body needs. In Shredded
Wheat Taineuif you have all
the body-building nutriment
in the whole wheat grain
prepared in a digestible form.
It is always the same price,
always the same high quality.
Eat it for breakfast with
milk or cream or with fruits.
Made in Canada
BY RAIL THROUGH AFRICA.
NOW Possible to Cross Continent in
Practical Comfort.
FINISIING LAMBS FOR THE BLOCK
Brief Summary of the Work of the Dominion Experimental
Farms Throughout Canada.
On the Dominion Experimental
Farms some interesting results have
been obtained from a number of ex-
periments in lamb feeding conducted
during the last few years.
The large percentage of Canadian
lambs are marketed in the fall direct
from the pastures. All the lambs
from the farmer's flock are usually
lifted at the same time, which means
that the well finished lambs of good
weight must help to sell the light, thin
I lambs, which may be as well bred but,
being late lambs or twin lambs, have
not done as well ns their flock mates.
Well finished lambs of uniform weight
invariably command a higher price
than mixed lambs varying ' in size,
weight and finish hence it is always
more profitable to hold the lighter
lambs and sell only those of uniform
weight and finish. Again, the selling
of the most of our Canadian lambs
during the fall months practically
always causes a slump in price. Lambs
not required for immediate consump-
tion are held in cold storage to the
profit of the wholesaler in view of bhe
It is now possible to cross Africa usual increase in price of from $1 to
by rail and water in practical com- $3 per hundred pounds between the
fort. Kings in Africa could always months of November and April.
When the farmer appreciates these
travel in comparative comfort; but
one not a king had difficulties to con- two conditions the lamb trade will be
tend with which are being slowly re- revolutionized and the farmer will
finish his work and reap full
moved by the steady extension of the
means and methods of civilization, for food -stuffs consumed by and labor
profits
says the Christian Herald.
Following approximately the trails
traversed by Livingstone and Stanley
in penetrating the heart of that vast
continent infested by wild animals
expended on his sheep. Many
farmers with abundance of roughage
can well afford to finish from one to
bhree carloads of lambs during the
winter months, thereby making top
and hostile natives, the traveler to- market prices on the farm produce
day may go from Banana at the and a good margin of profit in addi-
tion, Realizing the existence of such
mouth of the Kongo River •on the conditions all over the Dominion, a
west coast, to Dar-es-Salaam on the large amount of investigational work
Indiana Ocean, a distance of 3,046 along these r
miles. All but the last section, Kigo- es nos ossa coraucteu
mo to Dar-es-Salaam, is in Belgian on the Dominion Experimental Farms
throughout Canada. Details of this
Kongo, and the transcontinental trip work may be seen in the annual re -
may be made, with good connections, ports; however, a brief summary of
in forty days. !the work to date may be timely,
The gauge of the railroads in Kon- Profits in Winter Feeding Lambs.
go is two feet five and one-half inches,
and that of the German line three In the six years' work conducted on
meet three and three-eighths inches. the Experimental Farms system, the
Lake Tanganyika is 2,642 feet above °fits on the winner finishing of lambs
son level. The final gap in this route, have ranged from 25 cents per head
Kabalo to Albertville, was finished^to $2.10 per head over the cost of feed.
and opened to traffic in 1915, and the In other words, the Experimental
map of the route in the Kongo is a Farms and Stations have purchased
fair outline of a tropical helmet. unfinished lambs on the open market •
or from drovers, and, after charging
lag the past two years and promises.
a still further rise during the next two
years one ie safe in anticipating a
reasonable profit in lamb finishing, in
spite of the very high price of lamb
at the present time. If this appliea
to the purchasing of shocker lambs for
winter feeding, it would apply doubly
to the farmer o1• shepherd having
lambs in an unfinished condition. It
is always profitable to finish lambs
before putting them on the market.
Feeds for Winter Lamb Finishing.
A large number of feeds have been
tried in this work and these may be
briefly treated under the four head-
ings; dry roughages, succulent rough -
ages, grains, and mill feeds.
Of the dry roughages, alfalfa hay is
an easy leader, closely followed, how-
ever, by fine clover hays and fine mix-
ed hays. At the Experimental Sta-
tion, Lethbridge, Alta., it has been
found that alfalfa hay, when properly
fed with succulent roughagea and
grain, is worth $21 per ton for the fin-
ishing of lambs. It has also been
Pound thair alfalfa hay alone or wit]
meal is less profitable than when suc
culent roughages, such as roots (tur
nips and mangels) or green oa
sheaves, are also fed. What applies
.to the rich alfalfa hay also holds true
with clover hays. Good qaality clov-
er hay is worth from 10 to 50 per
cent. more in lamb feeding than timo-
thy or similar grass hays. Proving
the value of succulent roughagea, it
was found also that good quality timo-
thy hay plus mangels gave from 15 to
20 per cent, more profitable gains than
clover hay alone. A hay made from
peas and oats, well cured, will produce
satisfactory gains but at least 10 per
cent. less profitable than alfalfa or
clover or a mixture of these with oat
sheaves.
Fine corn stover will also make pro-
fitable gains, but there is a large per-
centage of waste. However, a small
amount may he fed satisfactorily as a
supplement to good quality leguminous
or grass hay. Coarse hays commonly
found in marsh lands are approximate-
ly 50 per cent. less valuable in lamb
finishing than good quality timothy
hay and approximately 60 to 76 per
cent. less sufficient than clover or
alfalfa hay. A limited amount of
straw may be fed satisfactorily in fin-
ishing lambs, but this should only be
as a supplement to clover hay and
oots. Generally speaking, the richer
the hay and the better it is cured,
percentage of black seeds and foreign
matter have less feeding value,
Screenings with dirt and black -seeds
screened out give the greatest gains
and profits. A mixture of whole
screenings with barley. and oats has
given from 10 to 40 per cent greater
profits than the screenings alone, the
Veriabion being due to the varying:
quality of the screenings, Black -seed
alone are most unpalatable and are
dangerous to feed, in that a large pro-
portion of the feed will pass through
the Iambs in an undigested condition
and will again germinate on the land.
Black -seed fed alone are unprofit-
able and the lambs will make small
gains if compelled to depend on this
Reed for bheir sustenance.
It is doubtful if, under average co
ditions, any high percentage of mi
feeds can be fed profitably in lamb fl
ishing. However, where grains ar
very expensive the following mea
may be profitably used; Bran is an e
cellent addition to a grain mixtur
especially in the absence or partial a
sence of succulent feeds. Linseed o
cake might often be profitably adde
to the grain ration to put a final fin
ish on the lambs. Gluten meal i
even superior to the linseed oil cak
Cottonseed when not exceeding 10 pe
cent of the ration may often be a pro
fitable addition to the grain ration
Middlings, ehorbs, and fine grow
grains are of a pasty nature whe
moist and should not be fed.
To' briefly summarize the feeds, on
- might say that the character an
t quantities of feeds depend largely up
on market conditions and feeds avail
able. A ration including some goo
succulent roughage and properly bal
ancod as to nutritive contents evil
almost invariably give greatest profits
Generally speaking, it will not pay t
exceed one pound and a quarter
grain per lamb at the finish, nor wil
it be profitable to feed more than 5
pounds of succulent roughage and 3
to 5 pounds of dry roughage per head
per day at any time during the finish-
ing period.
Cost of Equipment.
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11
�e DGING EINE WORK
ex
it
d
s Successful in Some Cases Where Men
e.
Were Previously Considered
- • Indispensable.
, i Even after two years of war, with
e its large demand on women's labor,
the number of women available for
e "substitution" work in England .is
d extraordinary, The London Times
- comments on the situation as fol-
_ lows:
d Women love substitution jobs;
- there is a patriotic glamor about re -
1 placing men which is not to be found
in the normal pre-war time occupa-
o tions of women. This enthusiasm has
of another side, however, and it is the
1 cause of the distinct unpopularity of
obvious feminine occupations such as
dressmaking and millinery, and the
difficulty which business firms need-
ing such workers find in obtaining
them, The supply of women clerical I
workers, too, appears to have been al-
most exhausted, and it is no unusual
thing to find in offices of associations!
endeavoring to carry on work begun
in pre-war days senior officials re-
duced to typing their own letters or
Magic Baking Powder coats
no more than the ordinary
kinds. For economy, buy,
the one pound tine.
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ENGLISH S WOMEN
MANY THOUSANDS ARE SUB-
STITUTING FOR MEN.
The Food of the Cod. have made from 3 to 33 per cent. on
The cod has the reputation of being the investment in the lambs, labor not i
as omnivorous as the goat, whose ap- included. Even allowing a fair mar- a
petite for posters and old tin cans is gin for labor, this is as profitable a
the subject of frequent jests. The line of feeding work as can be car- a
varied nature of what the cod swal- ried on and shows a return on invest- t
lows is not more remarkable than the ment greater than is usual in the'
enormous quantity. According to a finishing of steers or shoats. !1
writer in the Scotsman, such articles The class of lambs to bay depends i
as silver brooches, clasp knives, books largely on the lambs available and c
and rubber balls have been found in market requirements. Usually, the m
its stomach. One fisherman of Aber- . well-bred lamb showing plenty of con- p
dean has a stone that weighs more stitution and thrift and weighing t
than a pound, taken from a cod that from 60 to 80 pounds is the hest p
had swallowed it for the sea anein- stocker lamb to put into winter quar- t
ones with which it was covered. The tars. Lambs weighing from 80 to 100 g
same fisherman has also found sped pounds, if thin, may be profitably put i
mens of almost all the stalk -eyed in the feed lot for a short finish and if a
crustaceans that frequent the north- good fall pastures are available this is
east coast of Scotland, and of every , may be as profitable a line of work as r
kind of fish that a cod can master, in- any. The finished, heavy lamb w
chiding its own young. Cod have been weighing from 80 to 110 pounds d
known to swallow partridges, guille-' should never be purchased for feed- m
mots and hares, ing purposes. The time when great- g
est profits can be made in purchasing n,
lambs is usually between the months
of August and November. However, Th
Mr, Knowall was the sort of man the condition of the pastures and of in
who, if he doesn't know, will never the lambs themselves as well as the w
say so. Thus, when his wife auks
him a question to which he doesn't, purchase. The proper time to sell
know the answer, he does his best, the lambs ie when they are finished,
"Herbert," she said recently, "what whether this be November or April or
is a. canard?" any intervening month. This applies
"Surely you know that?" he replied also to the selling of lambs off grass,
snappily, thinking hand. "Why, the Finished lambs will make small gains
word itself conveys its own mean- at a very high cost per pound, which
good prices for marketable farm feeds r
and cost prices for other roughages,
bhe more profits will be made in. feed -
ng it to lambs. Coarse dry rough-
ges of any sort are less palatable,
more wasteful and less proftable than
re the finer feeds of the same varie-
ies.
Succulent roughages play a very
arge part in profits from lamb finish -
ng. Generally speaking, good suc-
ulent roughages, such as ternips,
angels, sugar beets, corn ensilage,
ea and oat ensilage, or the like, make
he dry roughages and grains more
alatable and more digestible. Again
hese succulent roughages are cheaply
rown and are rich, nutritious foods
n themselves. Where corn ensil-
ge may be raised for $2 per ton, it
the cheapest and best succulent'
oughage for finishing. When fed
ith clover hay and grain it will pro -
ace 5 per cent, greater profits than al
ixture of turnips, clover hay, and
rain. However, a mixture of tar-
ps and ensilage with hay and' grain
will usually give greatest profits.
e turnip is the safest root to feed
finishing lambs, particularly where
ether or even ram lambs may be
and in the pens. Mangers, particul-
arly, may have a dangerous influence
on the kidneys of wethers and rams.
The grains which may be most pro-
fitably fed vary considerably from year
to year with the markeb values of
those grains commonly found in
Canada, Oats, barley, and feed wheat
are all excellent grains for lamb fle-
shing and may be fed whole or crush -
d but never fine -ground. A mixture
f these three will usually give much
atter results than any one grain
ingly. Corn is another grain which
xcels in the fattening of Iambs, parbi-
ularly those requiring only a short
nish. Corn -fed lambs on the Cen-
ral Experimental Farm have reached
a profit of $2 per head, making great
gains at a reasonable cost. However,
at the present market prices corn
would not be profitable for this pur-
pose. Elevabor screenings also are
Quite Obvious.
markets, will regulate the time for fo
Ing..,
floes it, dear?" said wifey sooth-
ingly. "But I don't see it. Do please,
explain it to me."
"Well, a canard is something one
'canardly' believe, of course!"
Old men always know more than
they pretend to.
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Sick Headache Use
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Vaseline
Trade Meet
An410
It soon gives relief. Sold in
clean, handy tin tubes at
chemists and general stores
everywhere.
Refuse substitutes.
Illustrated booklet mailed
on request.
CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO.
4QLe,elldawd)
• 1800! shah. t.. Montreal
cost will usually be far in excess of
the market price at bhat Beeson, In
addition to this, the markets are de-
manding a weld -finished Iamb, not
overdone, and ranging from 85 to 105
pounds live weight, depending upon
the breed and season of the year,
This, of course, does not apply to the
young lamb trade' of the spring and
early summer.
The following table shows the aver-
age profits over the cost of feed in
the feeding of lambe on the Experi-
mental Farms throughout Canada dar-
ing the past six years :-•-
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Average Profits in Winter Lamb Feeding.
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Ottawa, Ont{ 6 99 -6.65 -8,86 1.60 88
Charlottetown P. 17, I. 4 68 5 0.25 1,60
Nappan, N. S. 8 84 5.80 7.88 2.08 4,6 .90'
8Lennoxville, Quo ,. , , , , 1 $0 ({.00 0.00 8.00 1.65
Indian Head, Sask., . , , . 70 6 6.00
Lethbridge, Alta., BIZ
0.6 7.0 3.0 1,35
Average ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 8 79 0,70 7;60 1,71 1..06
"Most of the lambs at this Station finished on pasture.
IOxperimental i"arm et
Is table shows en average Milt very vajueble in lamb finishing, vary -
over feed—on Experimental Farms Ing in value, however, in direct gro-
und Stations throughout Ganda, in po Ion to the variation -In the quality
the feeding of many carloads of lambs of t e tlere,etl}ngs, *here there is a
—of
$1,06 per lamb when theread h
e
high p
wend lgQr gtage of broken kerjnele of
betty en bin
w u
Y g and selling prices is wheat and b rley ed oats, screenings
approximately $1,70, Sinop the may leave a ood value almost equal to
spread between buying and selling a militera of barley, oats and wheat.
prices has exceeded elite amount dot- Elevator screenings containing a high
The cost of equipment for the finish-
ing of lambs is very light Warm
quarters are not necessary for sheep
of any class. Sheltered sleeping
quarters, free from draughts and hav-
ing a dry floor, are usually all that is
required. A good, tight, single -board
shed with doors opening to bhe south
or, for the prairie provinces, a straw
shelter or even the protection of the
bush or the straw stacks, would,
under average conditions, 1 s ample
for this purpose. Cheap, convenienb
racks and troughs or a combination
rack and trough will cost little per
carload of lambs fed and, if made port_
able, may be used for both summer
and winter feeding. No other class
of stock requires so little in cost of
equipment, in buildings, utensils, pre-
paration of feeds, or in any other way
as do sheep. In these days when
labor is extremely scarce, this phase
of animal husbandry should appeal
strongly to the farmer who has not
sufficient labor to go into dairy hus-
bandry, swine, or even beef cattle.
PREMIER LOSES SON IN WAR.
Three British Cabinet Ministers Have
Each Lost a Son.
It is typical of Mr. Asquith that he
intimated that his son, who met a
soldier's death, should have a sol-
dier's burial—on the battlefield, and
that the body should not be brought
home.
A good many Premiers have had
sons who have seen active service, but
none, one fancies, have actually fallen
in action. previously. Chatham's old-
est son became a general, though not
a very good one, since he lives in his-
tory only by the famous rhyme
linking him with Sir Richard
Strachan. Canning's second son was
a captain in the navy, and was
drowned, though not in action; the
two elder sons of the Duke of Well-
ington both became generals.
The second and seventh sons of
Earl Grey were soldiers, and the third
and fourth were admirals. Sir Robert
Peel's third son was one of the finest
fighting men in our history, Lord
Rosebery's two sons have both done
well in this war. Lord Salisbury's
third son, Edward, was in action dur-
ing his father's Premiership, both in
Egypt and in South Africa, and the
present lelarquess and Lord Hugh
Cecil are playing their parts. Glad -
stone's grandson was killed last year.
Mr. Asquith is the third British
Cabinet Minister to lose a son in the
war. The other two are Lord Lans-
downe and Lord Selbourne. (The lat-
ter is now now in the Cabinet.) Three
Ministers outside the Cabinet have
each lost a son—Lord Valentia, Mr.
H. W. Forster, and now Mr. Pike
Pease. Mr. Pike Pease, who is the as-
sistant Postmaster -General, lost his
son only a few days ago. Lieut, Ron-
ald Pike Pease, who was in the Cold-
stream Guards, wail only nineteen,
and left Eton to take a 'commission.
He went to the front in May, 1915,
and was promoted to first lieutenant
in May of this year.
A PIsh That Builds a Nest.
The Stickleback is one of the most
interesting members of the finny
trbe. Itcot tructe a home for Its
prospective mate and then mounts
gnrdl ever it anti the ate comes
stepThe h e e pili from sea-
weed, twigs alid eoclt,atlo plants which'
are in on °ably woven Qac her. T�tpre
are tee entrances to . hem wWch
are never left t u1#
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choice signifies her willingness to
enter,
preach the problem of women's em-
ployment in different ways. In Gles-
gow, for instance, one form of propa-
ganda is a printed slip which is
placed in all the tram cars, contain-
ing an appeal to women to undertake
work in the following industries:
Shirtmaking, weaving, waterproof
goods making, paper box snaking,
printing and bookbinding, shop as-
sistants, fishing tackle, game work-
ers, cottonspinning, and laundry
workers. Grimsby's committee,while
stating the work available there —
fish curing, jam making, railway work
shop assistants—also gives the work
in the West Riding of Yorkshire and
Lincolnshire for women who might
like to go further afield,
How It Is Done.
-In Keighley the leaflet announces
that the committee has undertaken a
canvass of all the women in the dis-
trict who are available for. work,
.other committees have also can-
vassed the women. Pamphlets on
the substitution of women in indus-
try for enlisted men prepared by the
!Home Office and the Board of Trade
are being widely circulated amongst
� employers' associations, local tribu-
nals, local education authorities, trade
unions, the Labor Exchanges, and
wherever they might reach the right
sources. This is all the more neces-
sary as it is found that processes
which some manufacturers have con-
sidered to be quite beyond a woman's
power are being carried on with com-
plete success by women employed by
other firms. The pamphlets now avail-
able number 19 and deal with the
china and earthenware trade, pottery
(coarse ware) and brick trade, India
rubber trades, color, paint, and var-
nish trades, wool industry, paper mak-
ing, cotton trade, hosiery manufactur-
ing and finishing trades, woodworking
trades, leather tanning and currying
trades, soap and candle trades, glove
trade, heavy clothing trade, tobacco
manufacture, flour milling, boot and
shoe manufacture, chemical indus-
tries, sugar refineries, and silver and
electroplate trades.
Not Different.
"What sort of a woman is Perkins'
wife?"
"The ordinary kind. I guess Per-
kins has as much trouble with her as
the rest of us do with our wives."
Intimidated.
Aunt -Why didn't you scream when
he kissed you?
Niece --He threatened me.
Aunt—Threatened you?
Niece—Yee; he said if I did he'd
never kiss me again.
There's plenty of room at the top,
because nearly everybody wants to geb
in on the ground floor.
writing them by hand.
Big Clearing Hostels.
The work of substitution has been
made very easy for employers, and
this is an enormous benefit to the
country in the present crisis. 170-1
men's labor, which before the War
was a rigid thing, has become fluid,
and is easily transferred, and this is'
in no small measure due to their I
efforts. Information is quickly ob-
tained through the committees and
the Labor Exchanges as to where
there is a possible surplus and where
a dearth of women. Where women
are drafted into a new district in
great numbers it is the business of
these committees to see to their
housing, and appeals are made to
well-to-do people who have never let
rooms to accommodate workers, some
of these appealsebeing printed and
distributed even in the churches. In
a few centres, such as Coventry, there
are big clearing hostels, to which the
women can go on arrival. In one dis-
trict where there were 6,000 women
employed before the war there are
now over 20,000, and they have come
in parties from Plymouth, Bristol,
Jersey, Wales, and the potteries.
The different local advisory coni-
mittees throughout the country ap-
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Happenings In the Emerald fele of
Interest to Irish-
men
Turing the: pest week sharks have
appeared in Ballinskil]ig's Bay, Co.
Kerry,
Irish creamery butter was 48 cents
per pound retail in Dublin last week,
the highest price yet Peached.
The order prohibiting the Salo of
liquor in Dublin after 9.30 p.m., has
been extended until January 9, 1917.
The Dublin Cowkeepers' and Dairy-
men's Association has advanced the
price of new milk in Dublin to 10
cents per quart.
Serious floods occulted in the
Blackpool 'district of Cork recently
in consequence of the terrific rain-
storms that have been raging.
Once again there is talk of adapt-
ing the Military Service Act to Ire-
land, and it is said that the matter is
under consideration by the authori-
ties,
The Athlone Guardians struck off
their relief lists persons who were
fined for drunkenness, saying those
who could afford to get drunk did not
require relief.
Mr. Hugh McAteer, station master
at Trooper Lane, while hurrying to
open the gates at the level crossing,
was knocked down by a train and in-
stantly killed,
In connection with the development
of the beetroot crop in King's
County, it is under consideration to
use the recently closed county prison
as a sugar factory.
A public meeting was held in the
Phoenix Park under the auspices 01
the Dublin Trades Council for the
purpose of protesting against the in-
creased cost of living.
The death in action has taken place
of Mr. R. S. Gregg, Canadian Mount-
ed Rifles, the elder son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Gregg, Rathleague, Mary -
borough, Queen's County.
While cleaning a German shell fuse
at Bromley, Iilpedder, Mayo, Edward
Victor C. Wellesly, J.P., was instantly
killed when it exploded.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Meath,
K.P. (Scout Commissioner of Ire-
land), inspected the Belfast Boy
Scouts at the annual rally in the
North of Ireland cricket grounds, Bel-
fast.
A disastrous fire occurred in the
bacon factory of Buchanan Bros.,
Londonderry, when the lard house
was completely destroyed. This
makes the fifth fire in the district
within a month.
At the annual conference of the As-
sociation of Municipal Authorities in
Ireland Lord Wimborne stated that
the value of agriculture exported in
1915 was $50,000,000 more than the
previous year.
An attempt to wreck a train on the
Irisin Great Northern Railway be-
tween Newry and Dundalk was dis-
covered just in time to avert an acci-
dent. Three large boulders had been
placed an the metals.
At the annual conference of the As-
sociation of Municipal Authorities
of Ireland at Belfast a new scheme
for the electrical development of the
Shannon and Erne, to obtain 50,000
h.p. from each, was discussed.
A resolution has been adopted by
the Dublin Chamber of Commerce
asking that compensation be • allowed
by the Government to the widows
and dependents of members of the
Dublin Metropolitan Police who lost
their lives during the recent rebel -
:
Prince's Hard Luck.
It seems likely that Prince Alberta
career as to sailor is to come to an un-
timely end, for he is again invalided
home, and may have to undergo an-
other operation. It is very hard luck,
for he is extremely keen, but he is
consoled' a little by the thought that
he was able to see something of the
Jutland "scrap" and got "mentioned."
It used to be thought that Prince Al-
bert was the more robust of the
King's two elder sons, but this war
has proved that, though slight, the
Prince of Wales has a wonderful
amount of staying power, and that
his looks belie him. There aro au-
thentic stories of the Prince of Wales
cycling long distances with scarcely
a bite to eat at the call of duty, and
such feats would be impossible were
he not strong and wiry.
The Anzac Leader.
General Birdwood, the "Soul of An-
zac," knows many of his "boys," as ho
calls them, by their Christian names,
anti' they believe in him as implicitly
as ho believes hi them, He always
has one piece of advice for his men,
"Write hppme,," be tells them, "Let
your 'mothora know whove you are,
What You are doing, and how you aro,
for if' you don't write to her she will
write to me, I get dozens of letters
by every mail asking for one or other
of you."
What Won't 'i'hey Say?
"Did he tell you that you Inc the
only girl heha
s oven loved?"
,"
"Yeti, and be went farther than
that "
"tp did? What else dill he gay?"
rt e'said that I was also the only
gir'1' ho' ever intended to. levo,"
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