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The Brussels Post, 1917-8-30, Page 2A Well -Equipped Garage. "No prospective owner hesitates to ask about the proper way to take care of his car," says an expert, "But be frequently overlooks the matter of providing himself with the facilities to make such care easy. If a man looks after his car himself he should see to it that his home garage is a place of order and tidiness. A clean, well ordered, well-equipped garage means longer life for the car, "Owners frequently allow their cars to get into bad condition because the garage has been allowed to run down to such an extent that to find any given article a dozen and one oth- er things have to be turned over or upside down, ending very often in a vain search and a ruffled temper, "Ther should be a few shelves around the garage on which to place oil and grease tins, boxes for dusters, cotton waste, and the many other ac- cessories which accumulate so quick- ly, A11 boxes should have a label outside giving details of their con- tents. "Several pieces of wood across the garage near the roof, or across one corner, will do to store away old out- er covers and tubes until there are a sufficient number to send away. "A work bench on which a vise can be fixed is invaluable if there is room for it. "One of the most useful things in a garage is a tool rack. This is easily made and consists of sa fairly thick board large enough to hold all the tools which are kept in the garage for general repairs as apart from those that are carried in the car. "First of all, however, place the tools on a large piece of paper and arrange them so that they take up as little room as possible, although suf- ficient room should be left between each for you to be able to pick up any ono without disturbing the one next to it. Put them into groups, keeping tools of the same kind to- gether, ranging from the largest to the smallest, "The best positions having been found, you will now know what size your board will be, but it is advis- able to get one larger then you im- mediately require, so that new tools may be added as they are bought. The board procured, proceed to drive in nails, screws, staples or hooks on which to hang the tools, "Now, paint an outline of each im- plement on the board so that when a number of tools are removed at the same time you will be able to see at a glance exactly where they go when you wish to replace them, "Another useful article is a chest of drawers in which to keep such things as washers, split -pins and nuts, A convenient place for it is on a shelf, not too high up. Any carpenter would make one for a small sum, but during the long evenings it is quite a pleasant occupation to make it your. self, particularly as it does not re- quire many tools or an expert carpen- ter to carry out the job in a satisfac- tory manner. "A handle placed on the top of the chest will enable it to be carried to wherever you may be working, in the same manner as the tool rack. It is very convenient to be able to do this, as it saves much walking about," EXTRAS FOR TOI1MY'S MENU RATIONS FOR OUR GIGANTIC ARMIES AT THE FRONT. Native Tastes of Every Unit From Every Part of Greater Britain Considered in Daily Dietary. Most people have an idea of the general character of rations for the army at the front, but few know any- thing of the special tit bits which are added to Tommy's menu, In The World's Work for July Mr. Frederick A. Talbot, continuing his history of the industrial mobilization of the Em- pire for war, deals with the feeding of our great armies. After the tremendous volume of meat and bread supplied to the arm- ies at the front, we come to a list of extras. Compressed vegetables require to be supplied upon the same basis at the rate of 875,000 pounds per week. In this instance, however, half a pound of fresh vegetables is issued in lieu of this' ration whenever obtainable. So far as the conditions will permit, local supplies of fresh vegetables are press- ed into service, both at home and in France, especially in connection with potatoes, of which the forces are de- vouring 20,000 tons per month and without which the average Britisher does not consider his dinner complete. As conditions will allow, the sol- diers in Flanders are also rewarded with many other dainties. Thus upon the recommendation of the Medical Officer, a soldier may receive a gill of lime -juice, while there is also the rum ration, one half-quartern in volume, which is issued at the discre- tion of the Officer Commanding on the recommendation of his medical confrere. But, it may be mentioned, the alcoholic stimulant is not issued concurrently with the pea -soup or beef extract authorized to the men in the trenches. The rum alternatives occur among the "extras," and the ration comprises either two ounces of the soup or two cubes of the beef extract twice a week, or possibly every day if the weather be so severe as to render it advisable for the commanders to agree to its being distributed among the men in the trenches. The latter also receive further consideration at discretion, to the extent of an addi- tional 1,43. oz. of tea and 31 oz. of sugar daily, while, if supplies be available, they may receive instead either Ye oz. of cocoa or chocolate with 1-10 tin of condensed milk, or 1-5 of a tin of co- coa and milk, as a substitute for the soup or beef extract. The item "extras" at the front also includes, when stocks are to hand, 1 oz. of pickles per man thrice a week to all troops, together with 2 ozs. of butter three times a week. The al- lowance of fresh or frozen meat or preserved meat and biscuit may also be increased to 114, 1, and 1 pounds respectively upon the authority of the Quartermaster -General; while last, but not least, comes the "iron ration," comprising 1 lb. of biscuit with a nominal 1 Ib, of preserved meat with % oz. of tea and 2 ozs. of sugar. But it may so happen that the fore- going foodstuffs are not available in sufficient quantities to go round, Con -1 sequently there is a scale of "equiva lents." Thus 4 ozs, of rice are con -1 sidered to be equal to 4 ozs. of bread or biscuit; 3 ozs, of honey or 4 ozs. ofd dried fruits may replace 4 ozs, of jam; while 1 tin of tomatoes is set against 5 vegetable rations, and so on. When the Indian troops were fight- ing upon the Western front their pe- culiar native tastes also demanded ex- acting study. They were given a daily dietary which was every whit as complete and varied. The contri- butions in men from every corner of Greater Britain have further contri- buted to the complexities and intrica- cies of the commissariat problem. The home authorities become responsible for their sustenance, except in special instances, the moment they disembark from the transports. ARMY CHAPLAINS ing more good than they ever did in i L'ECOLE DUBAIL, AT R� r9 aidual, in whom, perhaps, the quality Experiences of Pupils in Shall -Swept. THE mast nepdpd !s that forin of tact •Rheims in 1915. which enables him to be a good fellow among the men without derogating from the dignity of his calling. It has been abundantly proved that, while the British soldier wants his parson to he a man and a comrade, he insists above all on his being still a parson, and the chaplain who forgets his cloth in the endeavor to become more friendly with the men finds only that he has killed his usefulness. A certain amount of elimination has been necessary among the chaplains and will go on; but, on the whole, the testimony of all grades, from com- manding officers down, is that the chaplains now here are in the mass excellent and are wielding an enorm- ous influence for good, In return, the their lives. It is a matter of the indi- HAVE WON MANY HONORS FOR HEROIC DEEDS. Maintain Morale and Good Spirits of Soldiers and Perform Many Dangerous Duties - No one can be much at the front without hearing of the good work done by the army chaplains, How good it has been is partially indicated by the fact that since the war began chaplains on this front have won a large number of distinctions, but the In spite of the terrible bombard- ment that the city of Rhefnie under- went during many of the early months of 1915, instruction for children still went on in subterranean schools, the most famous of whieh is the Dubail School, named after a well-known French general. The school occupied GERMANS STARVE WAR PRISONERS SYSTEMATIC MALTREATMENT OF CAPTIVES OP WAR. Men Are Permitted to Send Details to nearly a quarter of the basement of a Frighten the British large building devoted to the chem- pagne industry, only a mile from the People, front line trenches of the enemy, The As the number of war prisoners in- basement was protected by the three creases in all the combatant countries cement floors of the rooms above and the problem of feeding and caving for by a hill just behind the building. them increases more than proportion- There were also two sub basements thirty-six feet underground. different countries are progressively below it, the lower not less than ately because the resources of the list only partially indicates the total best of the chaplains freely confess The basement was a large rectangu- value of the services whieh chaplains that they in their turn learn much lar room about one hundred and eighty have rendered, for they are services from the men, and it is in the official feet long and sixty feet wide, with the which cannot be measured by the same report of a chaplain who has a large floor nine and one half feet below the purely military standards as those of knowledge of men that I find the de- surface of the earth, provided with other officers. claration that "such an upright body eight small airholes and lighted main - Achievements such as that by which of men as our present armies never ly by three dozen large hanging the Rev. Edward Noel Mellish won the took the field in the world's history." lamps. Furnishings and other indis- pensable equipment had been borrow- ed"PLAIN MR. WINDSOR." from deserted schools near by. The four corners of the room were one - fed by three elementary classes and • Descendants of a British Monarch Pone class for mothers. Before the au - Will be Commoners, thorities allowed children to attend The change goes further than the they required the parents to sign a ate purpose of the German authorities ion. He was last seen flying over foundation of a new Windsor dynasty. document freeing the faculty of the to permit the English nation to learn English Channel on December 4 last, Not only is the royal house to be school from all responsibility in case how badly English prisoners were be- Since then nothing known of him, and styled '"the House of Windsor," but of injury. In Le Journal de l'Ecole ing treated, The only possible ex- he is officially reported as missing, the family surname becomes Wind- Dubail the superintendent of the ori- planation is that the Germans in des- An agonized mother and father appeal 808. mart' schools in Rheims describes peration are willing to turn the war to your Majesty to obtain information As the title of Prince and Princess some of the experiences of the pupils into a supreme horror, utterly regard- and relieve their terrible suspense!' is henceforth limited to the children of this unique school. less of what may happen to their oris- Immediately upon receiving this mesa. and grandchildren of the sovereign, it One Saturday morning, he says, I overs in the hands of their enemies. age, the King's personal secretary, follows that a great -great-grandson of ,lined up all the scholars for sanitary A recent case of this kind fres been Senor Don Emilio>14Iar!a de Terror, a British monarch will be plain "Mr, inspection at a quarter of nine as us- reported in which two Australians set in motion the machinery of nves- Windsor," His great-grandsons, too, ual, and then we went down from the who had been taken prisoners along ligation through the Spanish Embassy will be commoners, but will bear the ground floor of the building into the with several hundred others of their in Berlin. This case, it is asserted, dividusl "padre" in the daily friction courtesy title of Lord -- Windsor, basement classroom. Ten minutes regiment escaped, returned to the is typical of those being investigated of life in the field and in times of if we assume that the custom still later there came a terrific explosion, British lines and told their story. It under the personal direction of the danger, and they have found him a prevails of creating the sovereign's a violent shock made the whole build- was a gruesome enough narrative, and Kigof Spain, a work that constitutes good fellow and a brave man. The sons dukes. ing tremble, and a cloud of thick, one of its most significant details was one of the most stupendous hnmani- men have learned his value as a cone- Windsor is certainly a good choice black smoke and white dust poured that after these men had been kept tarian" efforts created by the war, rade who has a power to help them of name. Even before the Conquest into the collar. A 210 shell had fallen The vastness of the work may be and minister to their comfort as only the kings had a royal hunting lodge on the roof about sixty feet away, one who has an officer's rank can, but at Windsor. The first two Henrys and pierced two of the floors, and even hurled shot and fragments as far as Victoria Cross shed lustre not only on the cloth, but on the whole army. Everybody is proud of it. But apart from such brilliant incidents the war, with its long -sustained strain under virtually stationary conditions and the immense discomforts to which the troops have been subjected, has given the chaplains an opportunity of mak- ing good their footing as perhaps no other war has done, and they have seized the opportunity. Burial Under Fire. The Higher Command has come thoroughly to recognize their value as an integral part of the war establish- ment in the maintenance of the mo- rale and the good spirits of the men. The officers have come to know the in - BENEFICENT WORK OF KING OF SPAIN "THE GOOD ANGEL OF EUROPE" IS If IS NSIW TITLE. A Brief Resume of the King's Efforts to Alleviate the Anxiety of Soldiers' Families. Honors a -plenty come the way of the men who have won them through the merit of conspicuous acts of gal- lantry, of brave and good deeds in the field; but there is at any rate one king a passive spectator of Europe's dwindling, writes a correspondent blood -spilling bout—who deserves the highest dignity that the nations can bcalow for chivalry and courtly ex- ploits. "The good angel of Europe" is not too gdod a title for the King of Spain, who makes use of his position as a overs. There is no doubt that in the neutral to allay the prison and internment camps in Ger- apprehension of the families of missing heerion soldiers. One of the latest appeals for his minis- tration comes from the other side of the world in a cable despatch which reads: "Our son enlisted- as an avia- tor in the British Royal Flying Squad - from London. England and France are worried about the constant and numerous reports from Germany that the Berlin Government is adopting a policy of something like deliberate and systematic maltreatment of pris- many cruelties have been perpetrated from the beginning. The German Plan. ' There have been several cases re- cently in which it seemed the deliber- with whom, at the same time, they can talk much more intimately than III. was born there. It was used by with any regular officer, It is this the Tudors as one of their favorite that, for the practical purposes of palaces, and through the nineteenth war, the chaplain's chief value lies. century it was regarded more or less The burying of the dead, often un- as the headquarters of the royal fam- der fire, and the marking and record- ily. ing of the position of graves are only The British royal house has in the a part of the dangerous duties which past borne various names that might chaplains at the front have to per- form. In the official account of the deed by which Mr. Mellish won the Victoria Cross, it is said that his work of carrying the wounded back and dressing their wounds under fire was "quite voluntary on his part and out- side the scope of his ordinary duties," , It is far from being the only case wherein chaplains have done similar acts, if not under conditions which gave opportunity for showing cour- age on so splendid a scale. Other Dangerous Work. In the trenches the chaplains are, of course, constantly exposed to the same danger as the men. The opportuni- ties for holding service before action are fewer now than they were in the days of pitched battles. Actions, too, often begin, on the enemy's part, John lived in the castle, and Edward Beware of Man With a U -Laugh. What vowel do you sound when laughing? According to Ha Ha, "If you Laugh in A (ah) you are frank, honest and fond of fun and frolic, but you are of a fickle disposition. If you laugh in E (pronounced 'ay'), you are phlegmatib and melancholy; if in I (pronounced 'ee'), you are simple- minded, affectionate, timid and unde- cided; if in 0, you are generous and bold; and if in U—well, you are a pers son to beware of, for you are entirely lacking in principle—almost as had as a U-boat." Think how one tooth can ache, when it is your tooth, and then have lots of sympathy for the poor little fellow that is cutting a whole mouthful of them at once. sow 'ME LIEtinew, AND THOUGHT wE'D STOP have been revived with advantage — Plantagenet, York, Lancaster, Tudor, Stuart, D'Este (Queen Anne) and Guelph—but for historical and other reasons it was impossible that any of them should be revived for the pre- sent dynasty. Windsor as a territor- ial title, however, may be likened to Lancaster and York, and—the main thing—is entirely English and native in history and associations. SAVE THE RAGS Shortage of Wool Increases Demand For This Waste, A serious shortage in wool exists. Almost all countries engaged in the war have taken over the wool supply to provide for soldiers' equipment, while the United States Council of without previous warning, and even National Defense recently took up where the attack is initiated by us, with the clothing manufacturers the it is not always possible to hold for- matter of the saving of cloth by elimi- mal service. it remains for the chap- Hating from the 1918 styles patch lain to do all that he can individually, pockets, daring skirts, cuffs on -coats man to man, in the trenches, and it is and trousers, etc„ and all unnecessary in such work at such moments that pleats and frills. The Council Is also many chaplains feel that their efforts advocating the more general mixing have been most fruitful Many chaplains have been killed in the British army, as many more have been seridusly wounded and a rag -bag should come into fashion, very large number slightly wounded. The day when rags were not of sue - The work done by the chaplains dif- iicient value to warrant much atten- f ers widely. With a hospital or field tion being paid to them is past. To• ambulance it will obviously be differ- day there is a heavy demand for wool. ent from that with a brigade in the len rags. Scarcity of new wool has field; and a brigade in the trenches is created an increased market for shod - another thing from a brigade in re- dy materials, of which woollen rags serve. Attached to a unit in the are the basis, and increased prices trenches a chaplain may have a "par- aro being paid for this hitherto neglected material. Save the rags. of cotton with wool and the more ex- tended use of shoddy. For this reason the old fashioned ish" with three or four mile of front and a depth of ten miles. Tommy and the Parson. Apart from the individual work, al- ready spoken of, in the trenches, the The Fork Leaked. Little Basil was allowed to sit up to the table with his fond mamma on chaplain's best field is in the billets, the occasion of a little luncheon party, where it is possible to get to know His manners were generally very the men on a friendly and informal pretty, and mamma was horrified footing, when, if the chaplain deserves when she caught the child stuffing his it, they are very ready to give him their confidence. For all chaplains are not equally adapted to army work. Some find the atmosphere difficult and sterile. To others it is congenial, and they rejoice to feel that they are do - SO MR. DUEL= AS GONE YES TOA HAs.GoNE -rb VISIT A sick• FRIEND —�~ AREN'T You I AFRAID TO STAY AL0r w? food into his mouth with his knife. "Basil!" she cried, reprovingly; "Basil, where's your fork? You ought to use your fork!" "I know, mamma," said Basil plain- tively; "but this one leaks awfully," the scholars The older children and the parents who had been waiting for a lull in the bombardment before de - 1 parting, shrieked, while the smaller for a considerable period almost with- out food, utterly without sanitary conveniences and in quarters patheti- cally and needlessly inadequate, they were told by the German prison come More than 200,000 cases have been mandant that they were perfectly free traced, of which 150,000 are disposed to write all the details home to Eng- of and 50,000 are still under investi- ones sobbed and wept. The teachers land. It seemed to be part of the gation. A great number of soldiers looked at dmnfwept. butheach I German purpose that England should reported missing' have been located was nervous, too, bute said reassuring- I be flooded with such horror tales. alive and in prison camps, and thus ly: Wants Prisoners Exchanged. the agony of suspense has been re - "That is all. Two never fall in the moved from thousands of homes. In judged by some of the results already achieved. Tragedies of the War. For a long time the German atti- same place. Don't be afraid, children. tude toward prisoners has suggested; a much larger number of cases, un - Let us all go down into the cellar; the that Germany was determined by dint i fortunately, rely,he theath of thery missing eS absol- little ones first. We have time." of extreme cruelties toe compel Eng -Idler, in a still greater number Mme. Campus went first with the land to agree to an exchange of all' of cases whilentrace of the missing has younger children, aided by Mme. Bou- prisoners en bloc. As matters stand found. f been denot, and several of the mothers the English hold more German prison-Bef our this, 30,000 civilians in the carrying the tiniest scholars; then ers than the Germans do English, invaded sections of Belgium and followed Mmes. Jonet and Mauroy while in the matter of civilians in- France have been located for their with the older children and parents. terned in the two countries there are families; 5,000 seriously wounded All were out in three minutes and about 400 or 500 Britons in Germany have been brought back the without confusion. In the cellar calm and 35,000 Germans in Great Britain. have enintercess ht b forty-fourthrough par - soon returned; the women comforted The Germans made the proposal that the children, and then told them about they would release all the British civ - the language of the artillery, until at diens in Germany if England would each explosion the little ones raised a send home all the German civilians in warning finger and cried, "Boom!" England. This was so hopelessly im- That kept them amused. possible, efa- At Last the bombardment was over most all thefn viGerwmansofthe wouldct havethat beealn and we had escaped without injury. At subject to military duty, that the Len- ten o'clock we returned to the class- don Government refused, and an ex - room, which we found strewn with change of arrangements which had shrapnel bullets and fragments, brok- been negotiated earlier had to be en glass, strange contorted pieces of dropped. steel and broken iron, all covered with Everything possible has been done a fine film of plaster dust. The shell by the British Government to amelior- had gone completely through the up- ate the condition of prisoners in Ger- per floor and exploded on touching the • many. It has been permitted to send second, so that fortunately the floor food and other necessaries to them, above our head had been pierced only and vast quantities have been sent, dons have been 'granted, of which nearly 20 were death sentences, mostly of women accused of being spies. It is probable that Nurse Edith Cavell would have been saved •had there been time to carry out the King's ef- forts. This work probably deals with moro individual tragedies+ than any branch of activity created by the war. Pour- ing in here to the palace by cable, telegraph, and letter, are the pleas of mothers for lost sons, wives for lost husbands, and children for lost fathers and brothers. Each tells a story of terrible suspense. Most of the ap- peals are from poor people, who by the small pieces and the contents chiefly by way of Switzerland, The write with touching simplicity, and of the shell. best evidence is that a good deal of with doubt as to how they should ad - A Conscious Objection. A recruiting sergeant vouches for the accuracy of the following:—The Canvassed—"I could not kill any- thing," The Sergeant—"But sup- posing a German was coining towards you with a saw -edged bayonet fixed?" The Canvassed—"I tell you I have not the heart for it. I tried to drown some kittens the other week, and they cried so much I warmed the water for der 20 years of age. They will be them!" held under the supervision of the On- tario Government, and a very large entry is expected from among the three thousand students now taking the Government short courses. Liberal prizes are offered to win- ners in live stock, poultry, grain, roots, fruits and vegetables. Some years ago judging competitions were held at Toronto, but the present ones are on a much more pretentious scale and under Government auspices should prove a great success. these supplies never got to the prison- ers for whom they were intended, , YOUNG JUDGES AT "BIG FAIR." Canadian National Revives Competi- tion for Farmers and Farmers' Sons. huge cases, and constitute the most touching feature of the work, Giant - Among the new departures at the ing among these appeals one can see Canadian National Exhibition this the agony each one had for some year are the judging competitions for stricken home. One French mother young farmers and farmers' sons un- wrote the King: "I suffer night and day in not knowing what has become of my dear boy, and I would prefer, I believe, the certainty of his death, and of having a tomb where I could go to pray, rather than to live fn this endless and cruel uncertainty, which consumes me as by a slow fire, It is horrible, Monsieur the Ring, for the two brothers of this poor boy have already died on the field of honor, and if our last son, Charles, is dead, we have no more sons. A weeping mother puts her supreme hope in your Majesty." A wife Horde this simile appeal;' "Seigneur, I appeal to your lcindness for my husband, missing the 27th September before Souchee." dress a ]ting. But the simplicity of the appeals has only etimulated the earnestness of the King's efforts. Pathetic Appeals. The appeals of mothers and chil- dren are arranged alphabetically in When you have a cut, bruise or burn, use the inside coating of a raw egg. It will adhere of itself, leave no scar, and heal any wound more rapidly than any salve or plaster. "I haven't enough suit hangers to hang my clothes." "Roll up a thick section of the newspaper, and tie a string around the middle with a loop. That will do just as well" 1:1 . 1 DOW,- LIvarod'A4 AtoNe BuT• 114 A cAae 1.t1(EIBIS IDoN5r MINDMoST IT— Hr~ 14A8 BEENTos`EET1iis FRIEND LLL RVERY NICHT Ellis WEEK { (AFRIENr 114 NEED r' ) 15 A TRIFND itgaeb V o 1$7111= SICIC'FRIBND i4E1:04? 0 TOM SAYS 1115 1 AiNtr F151114' 1•IAM>r ►S i, OI''I'tR, K1= L L't POoI-E 1'M LEARN IN' `fFaa WORM Yo SWIM 0 n( att./C"G.w..0 Those appeals do not always follow tho niceties of diplomatic communi- cations. Some of them are on rough paper bought at the country store, and aro in trembling hand -writing of old persons, But the King does tot sea these defects, awl his greatest sat- isfaction is in sending a personal tele- gram to solve mother or child telling of the successful result of his search. There are some 150,000 dead and untraceable missing in these palace records—an army greater than Na- poleon'a army at Waterloo. To tnark the solemnity of these 150,00 cases, the King has placed above the re- cords a gold -framed scroll, a wreath of laurel leaves entwining a cross, As the acason advances the roots o4 corn extend farther In all directions, Do not eultivate deep cnougk to cause injury to them.