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Military Hospital Commission's Care
of Tuberculosis Patients.
For a specific and typical. ease take
that of Corporal Tones, wounded at
Ypres, suffering from shell -shock and
M�t tuberculosiswho, after three months
l U ht an English hospital, ie sunt holno
0.. 17 ,;; �' R,',d f to Canada, and recommended for six
months' treatment at the Laurentide
The Best Method to Exercise a Brood; If the box stall is not enough, what Inn, Ste, Agathe, uncles Dr, J. R,
Mare. luf the open yard? Some mares will Byers.
The winter season brings it dif- il take sufficient exercise with very lit- Asa Class A patient, Corporal
fieultics in the horse bans• It is no,
tlo attention if allowed out in a pro- Jones has two weeks' eomplete rest in
easy mutter to so regulate feuding and tented yard; others, however, will bed, with three hearty meals and
exercise with the different horse stock stand about the door of their stall three pints of milk per day. Then he
ne to keep all the atoc]t in the health- moving very little, and always looking becomes a Class B patient and trades
lest, meet vigorous condition, with! the attendant to come and let them his bed for a comfortable canvas
the least feed and work. The in -foal in. A yard for exercise should not chair on a verandah, where ho lies all
brood more probably gives more tam- adjoin the mare's stall if she is to day breathing the health -giving Lau-
bie on the average fa cm than does f take the maximum amount. A well- rentian air.
bedded barnyard is about the best 1 At the end of two months he has
any of the other horses, Colts may place for the mare, and if there is a gained 16 pounds, and partly recover-
rbee turned out together and allowed to straw -stack in it so much the better. ed from shell -shock, After another
remain out, on fine days, for several But she should not be let out with the examination, Dr. Byers prescribes fif-
eattle or she may get injured, and she teen minutes' exercise morning and
should not be in a yard whore sheep afternoon. So now every day Corporal
are kept or they may get injured. jones puts on'his puttees, grips his
The farmyard as a place for exercis-!cane and walks leisurely up and down
ing the brood mare has its disadvan-,and around the gloriously-garmented
tages. She cannot be allowed to hills. Every week his exercise is pro -
monopolize it, keeping all the other longed by fifteen minutes, until at last
stock inside, nor is it safe to allow he has four hours daily.
her to run with all the other stock. IWhilst Corporal Jones lay in his
The only method left, is light work, chair, a Class B patient, he was
preferably in the team. Thera is gen- taught recd -basketry. As a Class C
crony some running to mill to do; patient, considerably hardened by ex -
work is the team. We agree that some wood to draw from the woods; ercise, he joins a workshop class for
every in -foal, brood mare should, if and light team work around the farm. an hour each day and learns wood -
possible, have a box stall. Narrow At fact, every well-managed farm has work. He begins on a tie and collar i
Ardis, <.ften insuffieiently supplied considerable of this, even in the win- , rack and then evolves a lamp -stand.
with. bedding, which may be the ease ter. Where the mare is used in the i Cabinet-making, art metal work,
on many farms this year, owing to the woods, care must be taken to keep her picture -frame making, illuminating,
short straw "crop, are none too nom- out of deep snow and to keep her on engraving and stencilling are the
foctable and very often the mare paws her feet. This latter point is im- crafts first to be taught in this little
the straw back behind and is forced portant at all times. She should be ' workshop.
to get au and down 00 a slippery sharp shod, at least in front, and if , Telegraphy, stenography, typewrit-
Iko"- But the exercise the average used in the team site should be shod ing, mechanical and industrial draw -
brood mare will take in the box stall all maid. Fulls mean foal losses. Ing will follow. Horticulture, chicken
is not sufficient for her General wel- Keep the mare on her feet if you raising, beekeeping are pursuits that;
fare. She will take some in moving would have living colts. In fact, we will also figure in the vocational cur-
about the stall, but unless she gets believe that exercising in the team 10 riculum.
light week, or exercise for several; se,important that it would pay to' At the end of six menthe, Corporal
hours each day in the open yard, her regularly hitch up the one or more Jones has got a very fair grip on good
lege twee liable to stock, her digestive I brood mares on the nom and drive health again. His weight ha; increas-,
system to get out of order, hes' foetus i them n few miles each day.- -Farmer'e ed by 23 pounds; symptoms of shock
to be 1!..e: : in vitality. 'Advocate, i Rave almost entirely disappeared; his
'lungs are healed; pleuritic pains have
!gone. He has had no temperature
and no cough for two months. But
Dr. Byers decides that another six 1
months in the mountains will make!
trebly unlikely the danger of a re-
lapse at some future date.
hours at a time, and, as a genera
thing, their vitality is such that they
take plenty of exercise. It is rather
dangerous to turn the brood mare out
with them at times, because she may
be erose and may kick some of then,
or they may be playful and may kick
her.
There are three places in which to
exercise the brood mare, or at least
three methods used. Some depend
upon the box stall; others upon the
„poo yard. an still tit llothers
upon light
11
d p. t The richer by his full pay and al -1
Ilowances for six months, Corporal!
;Jones is now discharged from the 1
Army and re -admitted to the Inn for
!a further six months' treatment. At
the end of that time he is given a pen-
sion, the amount being according to
his disability.
13y the aid of private citizens in
every part of the country, Canada has
•created a wonderful fabric of institu-
tions under the authority of the Mili-
tary Hospitals Commission, and has
elevated the care of her soldiers into
a ticienc•e. It must be conceded to
Canada that she shows her gratitude
to ho, warriors in a practical way, and
if her face wenrs a military mask tte-
veeeary to the times, her heart is none
the less solicitous of their welfare.
t are of Machine. roads as fast go they can ride with
any degree of comfort.
Z"ut:• ..r is n piece of machinery, To pull through deep and, mud, or
and a.: such is entitled to ctue and at- shoe; easily soul without overbeating.
tention. For the moment regard it T" climb any or+linary hill where
at/ a h+,r'e. As a horse needs care there are traveled roads, on high.
T
and attention regularly, w, due, ano Kett away fram a Standstill about
tie quickly as their neighbors•' cars.
auton:n,il+, need•upper care and at- To do all these thing•+ as cheaply
tendo^. The fair man treats his a. possible, and without -killed [rare
oar withcert: ideration. You tvoul'1 ant attention.
.ot t
not expect a horse to go forty-eight :nd -
hours without food and expect him
to do good work, and you should not tats Dangers in Garages.
demo performance of your l f being
automobile without due attention. phy•ciatel through breathing the ex -
net roper p'flrere is great c anger n ,entg a.
f automobile engine, T I 6}1 DIPI ES
hue no l,il or if you have neglected Ls E
Do not expect results it' your motor
W l r r'r'�at• ,-,n"We. 'a•*�m•.r •rnlr""1P: r>.i• wr., as ow,
• eases —. 'a+ �„rtr.eaue ra^ f�nirfl 1t ti•. tt l`.rn-r'1.
• a a _n_-,_ •r:a JW A1•1 fas•a
Life f mow... 'a c
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Sets New°';.. eM.... , `cis
ESULTS secured during the year 1916 re -affirm the position of the
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada as the leading life assurance
''` organization in the Dominion. Once more it leads the field among
Canadian Companies in each of the following respects :
Largest New Business. Largest Business in Force. Largest Assets.
Largest Surplus Earnings. Largest Net Surplus. .- Largest Income.
Largest Distribution of Life Assurance Benefits.
THE YEAR'S RESULTS
The following large and uniform increases registered during the year 1916 clearly demonstrate the
strength of the Company's position and the confidence and prestige it enjoys in the public mind:
Assets as at December 31st
Cash Income . . s
Surplus paid or allotted to Policyholders.
Net Surplus as at December 31 et. . .
Total Payments to Policyholders. . .
Assurances Issued and Paid for in Cash..
Assurances in Force . . . . . .
1916
$0948
18,499,131
1,110,900
8,509,865
7,578,016
42,772,296
281,434;700
1915 INCREASE
$74,326,423 $8,622,573 (11.6%
15,972,072 2,526,459 (15.8ja
930,487 - 125,413 12.7%
7,545,591 964,274 12.8%
7,129,479 448,537 6.3%
3.1,878,851 7,898 445 (22.60
257,404,150 24,030,540 ( 9.371
Coincident with the above increases, the Company succeeded during the year in effecting o
substantial and important reduction in the ratio of exper:e, a feature which favourably affects
earnings on policyholders' account.
THE COMPANY'S GROWTH
YEAR
INCOME,
ASSETS
LIFE IN ASSURANCES
1872
1886 . . ,
1896
1808
1916
9 48,210.73
373,500.31
1,586,238.00
6,212,615.02
18,499,131.62
06,401.95
1,573,027.10
6,388,144.66
24,292,662.65
82,948,996.06
1,064,850.00
0,413,858.07
88,106,890.92
102,50,0,508.10
281,434,699.94
COI U
1871
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HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL
T. 3, MACAULAY, President.
ANCE
1917
ltnuat gases from , { U �l _a • f _.____ ___..-.
in garages, which hu: roused a num-
lubrication. Always remember that 1 T` i FEED THE BIRDS IN WINTER.
your automobile 1 a f ma h ,r increased to w+stet t h °
o n -
DANGEROUS
her of deaths recent;,-. The danger
• v 'en doors anti
nd that it nerd:= care and siren -
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D ooTons NOW ADVISD MAC•}NTSIA
,
.ia 1t w doee
: g,ue it Is to iiidiserLn-
ufa1 l dr+e 1h SC011110'11 with drugs and
mel, n,re It Often not r,•elleed untll too
-�... trots. It o-crn,s s..f ,intik• to mvann{9 a
nery awirrlows are closed.
,n.
Attention DU your Part gearantees
long life t„ your car and will reduce
repair hill;. DO not, abuse it at any ;e:NOTfL'R RECORD all.
time. 1t ie a gr•od role b:, go over
your maehinc once a day. See to it Sun. Life of Canada Makes Splendid
that you have plenty of gasniine, oil, Showing.
and water. If •
y'ou will do these things' To hold first place arrtongat. tan
Can -
your car will reward yeti 'ntth faith- adian life insurance companies in
ful, consistent sereire' • amount of insurance in Force, as et ,
Your ear 1S l tl tllg R / d ser ice t
an vrzre a of the Sun Life of Canada. New li
witch yo, c- f t al nt it to tree,e `utpl s and income is the dietinetion
It must be nee front t__ • et.. It business to rite amount of Derr $1'l,-
give the m£tximum (mileage per slice' 700,000 was written during the last
11 should he free from l
t utra5ua.
"knocks" or heist-" in the
motor., teat, bringing the assurance in force
•, o r up to a total of over $281,00000,
should give the u,.t:,n t . ,m t alt : whir•h entoutrt is three times as large
ease in •riding, _w • as that in force twelve years ago.
It is to be noted that assets; now
Requirements Gf Auto (honer. total practically 583,000,060, an in -
A good automobile should be able, crease of over 98,500,000 for the year.
to do the following things according The net surplus over all liabilities and
to the head of the engineering depart- cayitnl else show an increase for the
meet of one of the large motor car : year of close on 51,000,000. 57,578,000
were a' 'c, he
To run steadily and pleasingly on twelve mottthe period just closed.
t' t I
manufacturers t p td to pelt v holders during t
high gear at speeds from Ilve to fifty Further details of this ,•ompany
miles per hour over smooth roads. business for the peat year will be
Tu carry them over the tougher i found elsewhere in this issue.
Of. .mete ,peel:,1 mixture or take tab -
1,1a „t .ole. Rennin, bismuth. etc.. titter
to—la. al„i th•• lull; of tl,l •lruggtrtg Is
not ail r,-ut Muth. ,,,t tupn Vesta ufter-
wn'1 she/t it 1,t round that gesirk• ul-
r:e almost eat el, th••ir way
fi.roa�h the ,l ,eek icons. lugs et:, are
rh,a, 1:nay:mintt: it 1a In the -it1-:,tui:;t:
when tndlReatiOa. •h et ! heartl,n•n,
tl;,tel ncr, etc, todioatr ♦....dice n�•liii-
tt t 10. stol n.h and fermentation ,f.
eetents mat ptet tutirn ahnukl ba
t.,7 1 .11112,,• n,l hied! t[i _. .1'0 unneit-
tl P1,11 nftr:i, dr ngnrou t0 have lit-
tle n, no innunne” upon the i,nrmf u] acid,
1+a 1 l- i,t is retry dnct>,ra ,,-' Itoeur,ling
Ihe,n „rd :.4tt.-lmg sus t r iron,
n, at!on :n d -t tn,v h ter ui 1- t apt std of
thf dot,, t ,us •tell i4‘11,1. I ei, the food
+smith Iiutd ud t h:• taking a
•
ItIintlvtut1 ate 1L,cl,i$atttmt Ina $heels inslea.d.
uoata to an ab,rtut sly nine
ins 1 ichor ti art bn r,•:whir Ohtntned
tier rn ,t dr ng wlOrn, Il 1: ohs"Jntelt•
harm.t ,, nra,•tleutlV tent el ens and a
ur•„nlul tal:,•,t 1i, a 11111, wnrtu or
t•ol.l nalrr arks moils, will U,uully be
em 1 lull.• r41:1ei nt to £hat antis neu-
O ttor s en�tt • to-Id1[v of I.he at, neeh
cert r+cu nr alt nna�1L1lity of the rood
• t'Pr nnting.
Lime -sulphur spray gets peach leaf
earl; apply in fall or winter or any
time Ilse leaves are tor.
Unacza
Encourage the Children to Preserve
Bird Life of the Neighborhood.
Feeding birds in winter is a de-
lightful and inexpensive recreation, as
it costs little in time, food or equip-
ment, and children particularly enjoy
the benefit from thea form of applied
nature study. It attracts birds all
winter to flit and chirp around the
dooryard and is one of the important
means of preserving bird life.
An increase in the number of birds
means that more of them will nest
in the trees next spring and become
oursummer companions. They will
sing their thanks and contribute to
the beauty and charm of the neigh-
borhood.
Every bird kept from starving when
cold weather, ice and snow shut off its
natural food supply will destroy hun-
dreds of caterpillars, grubs, borers,
beetles and insects that would prey on
flowers, vegetables, fruit, foliage or
field crops. It is far better to feed
birds now `than to grow crops for in-
socts to devour later.
The best foods for birds in winter
!bones with shreds of meat, cooked
• meats, cut up apples, birdseed, buck -
'wheat, crackers, crumbs, cocoanut
meat, cracked corn, broken dog bis-
cuits or other bread, hempseed, millet,
nut meats of all kinds, especially pea-
nuts, whole or rolled oats, peppers,
popcorn, pumpkin or squash seeds,
raw or boiled rice, sunflower seeds and
wheat.
Food houses can he made with solid
roof and glass on three sides to per-
mit observation and at the same time
to protect the food and the birds. If
mounted on a pivot and supplied with
a vane, the wind will revolve it so
the open side will always be sheltered.
Birds appreciate a supply of water
in winter. This 'should be given daily
1n a clean dish.
Keep a pot of water in the garden
at nesting season. Swallows, robins
and phoebes will wall their nests -with
the mud gathered from a wet spot of
this kind—other birds will stake use
of feathers, hits of wool, twine and
straws.
The cat is the greatest enemy of the
bird. Homeless rats should be de-
stroyed and pet cats should be kept in
are suet or - other fat, pork rinds, the house.
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HELL, BAR l -
U1,15E-RT,
WASN'T THAT Miss R>re•D
'ioU WEfie JUST TALI<U46
To? —
I UNDERSTANI) SN>*
1S GoIMG to BE
MARiID'•P 2
IS her iT F1,40, SER -Y, WOW A tiom !
DAME 1.IKe THAT WILL FIND soma
PooR MUTT VAT WANTS Ta MARRY
Is5I1E
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Genuine.
The hardworking shopkeeper, ac-
cording to London Opinion, had vain -
purchase a present for her grand-
daughter. For the fifteenth time she
picked up and critically examined a
neat. little purse. dispersed such enemy machines as re-
ly ransacked his stock in his efforts, mined in the vicinity. One was seen
to please an ,ojd lady who wanted to to crash upon a housetop.
"Are you quite sure that this is a This same little Lieutenant A. seems
genuine alligator skin ?” she inquired. to persist in the records of the ser-
Positive, madam, quoth tite deal- vice. One day he Was crossing the
er. "I shot the alligator myself." enemy lines at 11,5011 feet, when he
"It looks rather Nailed," said the found himself directly above a Oer-
lady. man kite balloon, sent up for artillery
"That, madam, is where it struck • observation. Pretending to be in
the ground when it fell off the tree," trouble, and thus avoiding fir`[ from
• the anti-aircraft guns, hi fell in side -
How Did Ile Kuow? stalls to 1,500 feet, suddenly righted
Dolly: What's the matter?himself and dived at the balloon. He
Freddy: Got somepin in me eye. opened and continued firing until he
Dolly: What is it? almost touched the big teas bag. :Net
Freddy: Don't knew; can't see it. as he passed over it the thing buret
into flamers and was deotroyed in a few
should not be seconds,
An automobile engine
operated in a small garage unless A German Muse.
doors and windows are wide open.
The air in the' garage le decidedly '.Phe Getmane lately have adopted
dangerous after the engine had been the rust. of "stalling and shamming a
running about fifteen minutes. The fall out of' control, 11 is a thrilling
first effect is smarting and watering but not uncommon thing to see n Ger-
of the eyes. !mut machine, when closely preeeed,
tura its tail straight up anti dive
toward the eactlt for a dieteece of
2,000 to 3,000 feet, and just n•a the un-
initiated onlooker would expect a
"crash" it flattens out and starts
Pell -melt for its oWn lines. One sloes
not always get away with this bit of
aerial strategy, however, as ie shown
by the record of Captain 13, Afterat-
tacking three hostile ntnehinei, he saw
one of them going down in a spinning
nose dive. He suspected the honesty
of that dive and decided to do a little
diving "on his awn." This dramatic
downward duel continued for fully
5,000 foot, until the Germmn Was driv-
en into a spin "turd- seen to crash."
BRITISH AIRMAN
FIGHTS 20 GERMANS
eget
AMAZING TEATS Ole—AIRMEN ON
WIST FRONT.
'An Untamed Lieutenant et Scout
Machin Fought a SJluttdron of
Twenty German Aircraft.
The announcement that "improved
weather conditions permitted increas-
ed aerial activity along the entire
front" is the laconic and prosaic way
in which the official communique dis-
misses some of the most spectacular
epieodes of the war.
Mete boys are bringing fame to the
British aviation service. Some are
scarcely 18. It is rare to find a flying
man over 25. In the aggregate, how-
ever, the losses in the --flying corps
are as nothing compared with the use-
ful and vital work the "wings" ac-
complish. Without them the big
guns would have no far-seeing eyes
to direct their shells. Without them
and the hundreds of photographs they
daily take the map:makers could not
trace' each detail of the trench posi-
tions.
The "good flying" of a single day
on the British front alone may repre-
sent a day of a hundred fights, a day
of four score airplanes in wing -to-
wing combat, a day of a thousand per-
sonal incidents and deeds of daring in
the once strange strata of high, thin` -
air. It might tell, for instance, of how
Lieutenant A., in tt fast -flying scout
machine, eneountered a squadron. • of
twelve German Rolands. The odds
were one-sided enough, but the young
Britisher climbed swiftly and surely
until he got far above and to the rear
of the hostile craft, Evidently the
Germans were intent upon some er-
rand which they proposed to carry
out in force, for they paid no heed to
the khaki -clad airman until he deli-
berately dived into them, firing as he
came. This threw them into a panic,
and their formation was entirely brok-
en up. Meantime Lieutenant A, got
beneath the nearest machine and fired
an entire drum of cartridges into it at
fifteen yards. The hostile machine
collapsed and "crashed." That is a
supreme word in the lexicon of the
flying corps. A machine may fall, or
dive, but until it is actually seen to
"crash" it is not counted as an enemy
"casualty;"
Lieutenant A. was somewhat amaz-
ed to see still more hostile mficle nes
vontitlg up in formation. But he �iiii`sh-
cd at the leader of the new -comers
and sent him in a spiral nose drive to
a "crash." This led to still more com-
plications and the intrepil little pilot
soon found himself engaged with
three machines. His fight with these
was indecisive. "For," says the of-
ficial record, "having expended all his
ammunition, Lieutenant A. set off for
home."
Tackled Twenty 1'oemen.
A few days later, it is related, he
took a running dive into a formation
of twenty hostile machines with all
the self-assurance an eagle might
have in the midst of a flock of spat' -
rows. Before he Ivan through he rent
three adversaries "erashiug."
"`Phis time," says the record, "he
returned to one of our aerodromes for
more ammunition, and returned to the •
scene of Battle, where he engaged and
010 English \tunes.
You have only to tido up soy roti.
of honor from Ibis battle of the
Somme to -day and compare the man est
with the roll of those al Agincourt
old yott will foul the same ie both.
Ilei•e are et few:- -John Ashton, ,lohn
Begot, John .Ball, -John Blount, ,John
Clifford, John Dut•werrl, John Esmond,
Johlt,dfaletoffe, John 112m•leyy, John 1'll-
kfngt:on, John Radclyfl, John Water-
ton, Thomas Reedy, ote., eta