HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1919-3-6, Page 6When buying Tea, insi$t on. getting
4:11U Tea with, a Quarter (A a Century a
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'Unrivalled Public $ervice.
Keep Receipts en File.
Take care a receipts. Have them
there you .cen refer to the readily.
The waiter learned that lemon in
the ea,ely days of housekeeping. ,The
:men of the:home enquired bee clay:
. "Do you owe MK.anything?"
. "Not that I knew a;, wee the re-
ply.
,Well, they have sent in at bill for
thirty dollars." •.
, p.a1c1 that :bill weekego; do Yen
tat remember—Yon gave me the
Mogen for
"Yes, I rementher; but Ittela. says
it is still on his books and hare not
been paid." .•
"1 il1 get the receipt;" but to my
enneteMiltnicin, the reeelpt wtis mot
whom it ehould .he been .and I could'
• uninfind iit after :diligent earth in
all likely and unlikely plaices. I had
O dietinct recollection a paying the
still:hey,- but sin thee 'Went on and I
worried over it I •began to hesitate
• and Wonder if At Were possible that I
-toad have made a mistake, :when one
der—oh joyl—I found the bill, Nvith
•"Received normant" written across it
and -signed by MOK. This was an ex-
perienee by which I profited. In these
days a 'Jaelcieringahy telephone, rush
• of ebuitieese etc., it 1$ increasingly
desirable to proderve reCeilits. •
OA. day, _about two yeers ago, my
little dog was knocked down by an
automadie and hit reg hreketin He
use taken to tho veterinary, nate s.et
the leg, sending in a bill for four
donate which was promptly paid, the
money 'being sent by a little office
boy, who brought back a eeteipt,
. Which was filed. Six months tater I
received a bill Icv the same amount
for that same Utile dog. My receipt
was -fortunately still on file. If it had
nin been, do you zee the position that
innocent littie office boy would hove „gten•d,,,,wn for a Your aunt and— He stopped, and
been placed in? As it was, I was a half started front his chair "You
assured that it was a mistake, 'and salort; l'est u'irs°1'.0° "able detnt—you can't mean—you •atunt'S
to It f eti tin e bein 'the tired a"
Instead of gentling elteete for 011ie
dishes 'that are to be baked, slice At
In end tave time;
Mined apples, baked tslowly in a
etteeeveae With :batter .and hnown
engage are served With ereen.
The secret' of ibrotvii 'settee is hav-
ing butter Ante 'flour well browned.
before adding the milk or stook: -
To_ reetore color to dried brann,
ad a pindla of tale and a teaapoon-
ful oa 'salt to their boiling water.
If the bacon i$ out the night be-
foi:e Will -make ,getting tweak -lest
O much easier task.
The knives: -with which. :fruits ore
pared should lee vegY clean or -the
fruits AIM be discolored: •e
Nutbread man be need for sand-
wiches, the filling consisting of a 'Mt-
ge ehe Mixed With ehopped
Oahe
'Ter 'seem up eaultillower'whOle and
,en•brolten 'in a dotal., As it May
then -be 'ititted out 'of the eancenan
wit/hod e. detriment to its ap-
pearance. •
• When a blaek strees, becomes itraiiied
and spotted, try inonging at with
502110 strong cold tea This ebould
cause the bleinishes to entirely dis-
appear.
When late -becomes tem instead of
darning lie 'Ante a plant piece of net
beneath the torn Plitt and oversaw.
Trhis will he fen less notleealble than
earning:
A wheeling tray will save -a great
'many eteps In the ecesesemfea day, -
A enediath sized -paint bensit is ex-
cellent for dustirig out the cotners
of the stairs. '
In the skit voom den't have the
patient with hie face to the :window;
he is 'Mire to Stlif07: from the light if
,you do. -
•••••••••••••1.
How to Rest,
c Road to
Undcrslauding
—Wren
1.ettinOr 11.Pilittea
Cot:talent--
Hough/toe Nielth Co,
Funnelled by apeolal
.arraneement
Thee, Allen,
Totonto
tailAPTElle t
Prated, and iblioefalay balmy in his
vietnam, Burke Went to his anther;
and to his father (so far as the letter
himself wats ooncerned) ne creveleet0.
"WdhIiromh,shelL
24Y boy, tVe -good to see
youl wheee have you been heaping
youreelf all these tem weeks?"
"Why, dad, I've bon 'here-
4
ii neat, I've been very inalloltioght
-
here!"
'The eonacious. coke thot crept to
the bey% tecillead -shesild hano been
illuminating. But it was ,reeb.
"aree; yet, vety aikaly, very likelen"
areas/tee the man. "Bun or -course,
with 130 Many nreencl— But goo:it
we'll be by °ureic:Ives again. Not but
what rm e-njoying Your auntie
of ecantse he added hastray. • "But
here Ms 'two weeks oa-yota vadatien
ehould betting to your wife—that
must belong to yoer wine ie ahe tato
make yeu happy, it she is to'talca the
place of—you' mother. And that ie
the plate your wefe will take, a
course, Burke,"
Under the reetraiiiing hands on tile
enoulaers the boy- etirred restlesely.
"Tastettl Training! 1Vintt clo X cere
01 (1114t? g)-1 5uita my tastee."
• "She wouldn't--fOr long,"
"yoti waft and see
allot) great a visit to run, my boy."
"I'll leen it. I'm golitg to risk lt."
A-gatn there, vaae riennentes el.
enee. Again the ntern Hiles detheen-
ed rewound the anatnellarte, Then very
quietly there ,eame theatveras:—
"Burke, if yeti nmeey thie.girl, ;you
will choose between her and me, It
sem to me that I 'ought not to need
to tell you thdt .you eansiot bring beg
gone, ancl Pve seatmelY seen you a here She ethical never oect1Py your
minute" mother's ehair ars the mistress, of this
"Yea; and thel'e one thing I
wanted to batik ebout — college,"
lunged in the boy. "I've deckled I
house.
In time, however, a colon:maim
was. effected. Berke ahoul leave
on't want te finish my coarse, -and; college -intinectintely ahd 'go into the
I'd rather go into businees ria:ht Works With his-'•afatiter,1 serving 411
it eliett appientiedellip free the bot -
Y.
• The inahi drew his levowe together,
but did not look entirely displeased.
"Hamm, well," he hesitated. "While
I should hate not to 008 emu grade-
ated, yet—at 0 not so bad . an idea,
after all. I'd be glad to have en., yeer, he was not to see or to mints
trete eer none thee nein, miter, 0'0;7 munleate with Helen Batmen If at
I thought -you wareepnatieularly keen the end of the 'year, he Was still con-
Bilt why this sudden right-abont face?
for that degree," vinced that his only hope of lisp -
Again the telltale eolor flamed in
the 'boyish cheeks.
"I- evaa--once, But, you see; then
I wean% thinking of—getting par-
ried." •
"Mertiecl!" To John Denby it
seemed ouddenly that a naralyzine
skip a beat, This possible anture rn-ar- gemiewhat 'haughty rejoinder,
Veen the ipeompt
chill &ached les heart ad.madeFt .°81firrnistuneur had
close conteanionship, :Wee ' 'the dread- much to the father' 'discomfiture.
tinge of ads tem, haeakiria into their
'el thialow that !abetted. eVei, ahead. th?nrii7g4litillik=caeYatcvlitr itlyeltir 11:
"Nonsense, boy Thee enough to 0" al310)11 Denby
l'eatedato"face a fatherleas fu-
esirl." gf:1; jon Illtaecyertoaf yettilitiM2
think of that when you've found the '
."13ut I have found her, dad.." twelve emonths with the boy quite te
JOIM, Denby paled perceptibly. himsetf,dfeee Iron? ic: bilvioteinfnoin and
"Yon drin't -mean that you've— Who there coal be no queation a the re -
'Yon
this esig13 ng young ,
You -have—What?" he demanded.
sult—.in John Denby's mind. In all
/./Neuit. -why, dad, you seem sur- confidence, therefore, and 'with every
prised," laughed the boy. "Haven't tense alert to maae this ,yo,ar as _per -
you xioticed—suspected?" xect as e year could be, John Denby
"Well,. rio, I haven't," retorted the set himself to the task before him,
man grzinly. "Why should I? It was here, hotvever, that for John
neer heard of the young lady be -
1 Denby the ghosts waked—gin:fits of
fore. What' is this—tome college innumerable toy pistols and frosted
tomfoolery? I might have known, I carkes. Burke Denby, accustomed all
his life to having What he wanted,
suppose, what would bappenta and having it when he wanted it,
"Colleae! Why, dad, she's here, moped the first week, .stiked the sec -
You know her. It's lielem—Miss Bar-
net." end, covertly rebelled the thine, and
ran away the last day sof the 'fourth,
"Hero! There's no one bere but leaning behind him the customary
note, *bleb, in this ease, read:—
Dear Dad: I've gone to Helen. I
had to. I've lived a year of misery
in this last month; ,so, as fav as I arn
concerned, I have -waited my year al-
ready. We shall be -married at once.
I wrote Helen last week, end she con-
sented.
,
dad, .you'll just have to for-
give me. I'm twenty-one. I'm a mon
now, Mt a boy, and a hutitheis to de-
cide these things for himself. And
Helen's a dear. You'll see when you
know lion Weal be back in 'two weeks.
Now don't bristle up. I'm not going
to bring her home, of eourse.(at pres-
ent), after the very cordial anyltetion
you gave me not to! We're going
into one of the Reddington apart-
ments. With my allowance and my—
have been absurd had it net been so •er—wages (I) wo can manage that
palpably serious. "I can't stand nietell all right --until "the stern parent"
of this sort of thing, even front you. relents and takes his daughter home
Miss Barnet is everything that is —as he sheald. .... Goodabye,
good and tree and lovely. She is in BURKE.
every wa.y worthy --move thee wor- * (To be eon -tinned.)
thy. Besides, the is the woman /
love --the woman I have asked tto he , _—_,..--te—.
mei wife. ,Please -remember that
tone up, az had been planned for him,
that he might be the master of the
business, in deed es well no in name,
when he should some day take his
fatheee plate. Meanwhile, for one
panees ley in marriage to this girl,
all opposition would be Wtthdrawn
and he might marim whoa- he pleased
—though even then he must not ex-
pect to bring his beide to the old
home. They Must 'get -up an eitablien-
ment for themselifeta ,
"We should Order that;—under the
that the amount would be /narked eft ° W.' Ca 'is gl nurse • '
the nooks. One Meld think it would strain tin nerve end muscle. We are At the ecoe 'fel eirhaele an indigs
have been safe then to deetroy that °-° used °"P
from some deep mental (effort? or
by a hard clia.ens Work, or nant red,' dyedn the
"I didn'tthink .011 sof arm' , dad,"
reelpt. Judge ef my sutpeise then haunting anxiety, that we can not he rebuked.
When, more' than a treat- and thae
get Intl el the tierve end bratin len- - Angry as he was, the man MIS COW,
months having elapsed since the acci- -• settles of the hurt the words gave
dent, I again received a bill for four Blun' . him. But :he hele bis ground.
The following remetly is roblend of
dollars for mending that unfortunate "And I did not think this of you,
mill paver and imagination, It was
little puppy. -- Burke" he rejoiHned coldly.
recommended. to hie .sevaral years ago "yeti me
1 reng up the vet. and enquired in he by one wile had fotmcl it a cure for rre • me ailed I '
Patience hid 001150(1 to be a virtue.
-
supposed my son
did not think twelve dollars rather tired nerant, and I also have tested would shaonw some consideration as to
• , the, woman he -ebose for his Wife,"
inuelt for settifig a puppy's leg. He its power to soothe.
When vevy tired lay down with "Father!" The boyish /ace set into
die:claimed hav,ing made eny • such
chaeges. I informed him that three closed eyes, and Vet yourself hold lea atetn lines. The bo.yish figure drew
itself erect with a majesty that would
times four is twelve, and that if I one thought, think ormothing lkt-the
had pain without demur the different P•ussing of a gentle, imeginery hand
bMs, twelve dolliare wattle Ile t4it very softly, eve yom fotehead, firm -
amount He goad: "It must have been lat _and 24te.n.derly :smoothing out the
paid ee the other partner," inermured l'riu".-m7, me—. You will i --feel them
something about sometimes one and li'`°-"an•-e' anima' unconsciously; to
sometimes the other going to books,the restful Influence Thnelerain knots
sending brills, eta The excuse weewall relax, and in a short time you
as Irene ae the pup would have been will lose your strained feeling en -
if big leg had not been set. However, ""•°"" n
he a,seured me he would personally Even though the actuaa sleep thus
see that the amount was marked off won may have lasted only a -few
the books, aud up to date I have not ;minutes, you will the far better able
received a merit hill, I conclude it to take up 'worn and go on with it
baa been acme...3n the 'meantime I in a clear headed fashion.
have the receipt
OttlitTURE OF HUN FUGITIVES.
• "Aids to then:Inter-Mine:. •—
• Six teaspoonfuls of tea eel/al one Gernitan Raider's Commander arid
ofince, This is sufficient fer six per- Party Captured In Pacific,
sons. One pound scores Ginty people, IVIcaloatly hidden away ill a Treas.
Allotv three slices of bread and but- 'fry White Paper dealing with the :to-
ter for thme people:, iseitneemewiehes emits of the Pactflo cable boate is a
dingle be esti-meted 071 tne same seale. story of an exciting chase for eseaped
Latge cake, mat alite to" every two Gerinan prieoners by the onble Maim
peeplent enall cakes, thtee fax two tenanee steams* hi% says a Lon -
penile. ' ' tioe despatch. .
One pound of sugar suffices for The boat was proceeding with its
fifty:dive people; Dee •small teespoon-
felt tettlotisenetear is. the -equivalent on
one bilim,
One vet of iee cream will lite
enough fer twenty. smell helpings if
tinnuetideta .4.-1 moulded only for half
• tha number.
laciesewife Blast
The standard measuring` cup holds
oneshalf olnt
Honey elmula be kept in a warm,
'even hot, plate.
Exeielent troeuettes can he 'matte
of green. oweet corn.
Knitting needles rney be *sharpen-
ed by a keen penknife.
Nuts should alwaye be considered
as fate wten used in meat
A kitchen. table having attiee
ectstom eayes many steps.
• Subititute mixtures shold brik-
ne More elowly and longer.
• -Mei 'fruit attest not be ctried, but
,fru-it Whieb is 'still a little -green.
Browned inefiT ertenbe -end areem
Make an exceltent breelciatet
;Sete ne inittee 'when you have
iplenttr ell atitavy tor sauce at a Meal.
. *Never stir rico as it causes it to
to.tbe beton of the veesel luta
Face Yelle eau be F1'tlitanod with
• gen aralsie water it they have ite-
_come limp,
Never take out elothes' Maine wi-th
teheaniceile until you have tried cold
trate,
Nolte put nserenm in the eefriger-
htser—they Will turn bag& Matted of
.t
tape:Ina,
t' Oen oyetere are eetvel What
ots:teed gnat, honey, gruel or
oediney work when it wee requisition-
ed the Now Zealand Departmeet of I must say again I aide t think it
of you, dad. septic:a:At-a'
Deft:nee to ecinduct gefiech fax a par-
ty of • German prisoners a war who
had esacteed front the interannent camp
-at Motelki Islaed, Auckland hater, on
'December 18, 1917, ' •
'The fugittve, untie the leaclerehiP
of Lieutenant Commander Count Felt
von Luckner, who had been in com.
Mane of the German ratder Seeadler,
Obtaill0C1 motor Much,
they succeeded in getting away front
Auckland', On December 16 they cap.
tured the timber -laden scow Moe to
'which they trensferred themselves
Zoom the laurtehe The -trig preceded
from Aurecland on December 16 111 per.
suit, and evertor:lc the IVIoa at Curtit
Islend, teethe Kernettlemgeome All
the escaped prisoners wore mope:Duct
and the Trig . returnee to Auckland
with the Moe in tow, arriving there on
December 26.
that when you speak a her."
' LEAVES OF LIFE
John Denby laughed lightlt. Shorn Flesh -Eating Plants Which Darwin
words had very evidently gen on -
the end of his tongue, when) with a Fed With Roast Meat.
sudden change of countenance, he .re, It ie a matter of conjecture wlieth-
taxed in his chair, and said:— er Darwin would have been allowed
13urke• Your °anti- to carry out his experaments with
ments do you credit, Pan sure. But
aren't we getting a little nielodram- carnivorous plants had "he lived in
We? I feel RFS if I were on the stage these days of rationing, says a Lon -
of a seeond-rate theatre! Howevet, don newspaper. One summer be rega-
1 etand cerrected; and we'll sneak larly fed a hundred " plants of the
very respectfully of the lady here- flesh -eating order with roast meat, to
after. I have no doubt she is very tast whether they benefited more than
good rind very lovelf, as yeti sat"; those which wete• left to forage on
but"—his mouth hardened a little --
"I most still insist that she is no ° •
their we -
What those plants ate makes ones
fit wite for my son."
"Why not?" mouth water, but they well repaid the
"Obvious -reasons." attention given to thern. At the end
"I slippese you mean-nbeceuse she of the season they weighed 21 per
has to work for her living," flashed cent.morethan those winch had lived
tile boy. "But that--exeuse me— on Meets eaptured by themsehree.
seems to me plain enobbisihneris. And Then: elowees, steins, and seed cap-
sules were twice as heavy as 'those
of the ended. -
Another woltelefte splaut is "The
Leaf .01 Life," found in Japan. Yoe'
simply canuot kill this plant. If 4
leaf is cut in half, it will thrive With-
out light or moist:ate. .Pressed be-
tween J1 book, At has beeneknown to
throw oub now roots mid leaves
through the 04511.. ,
The only way botanists can keep a
specimen is to kill it with a hot iron,
or by pouring boiling:water over it.
Even theta one cannot lto sure that
it twill not hob up sereely.
Will Not Have Mule.
nnglish prejudice :against the mule
is a deep-rooted one, Gaileral- Birk -
hook tells els that people thee will
not buy these aiiintele Yet they
cest less, eat less, work hardet and
longer ttan bovses, The etallioug, it
is true, ore Isiolous but there is no-
thing else 'siagainsi; them but their
skimpy tails and leng earei DeSpite
them defects, the great ifOiandermy
mules, eepecielly 'when dapple grey,
bayt or. chestnut in coloe, are fine,
handsome•onitnale, nut, no; English*
nem egtee with Kipling that "ae fax
the tittle he% Smile!' and that is
,aellea; ere. . • enough coiRleinn.
,22;11,"
Gone, come, this has gone fax
enoeeth," interrupted the dieteaught,
sorely 'triedefother of mi Idolized eon.
"You're ,only seboy. You don't know
your melt Mind. Yee'll filmy yout-
self ie love a dozen times yet. before
the time comes for you to matey,"
."I'm not a boy. I'm a men grown."
"You're not twenty-one yet"
"I shall be next ninth. And I do
knew my own mind, You'll vet?, fa-
ther, -when I'm -married." a
"But you're not going to be mat -
tied at peesent Aeid you're never
going to m,ery this nurseneticl."
‘`failetheectiirevitat 1 say);
"You woe% give youit coneene?"
s "Thett—P11 do without, after. next
mentb.° -
There woe a tense moment a al-
one°, Fathe,e and son faced eaoh
Ohm:, angry vesearnen1. in their
eyes. Then, with •a, sharp ejaculation,
John Denby got to hie 'feet andeetrode
to the Window, When he leveed a
minute later and mane bata, the
angry' resentment was.' gone.' His
mouth was eerie but bis eye/ wore
plettaing. lIo 'came atraight to his
soli find pa bah bands an hie ehoul-
dere,
"Burke, listen to me," he bogged.
"I'm donee: this for tevo teasone, First,
to save yet :from yew:self,' You've
known this girl scarcely two weskit
--berdly an adequate prepavation for
a lifetime of living together, And
kat hers C011103 ill 1110 5000114 80110011.
'However gend and lovely she limy be,
emariell; poseibly qualify for that
ong lifetime together,.14urize, Shun -
y because elm workl for her living
ame nothAng te de with it, She hag
4)0 VII° taSttg- the training that
•
THE -NORTH ',POLE BY AIR
Eritide • mid the Unite • States 1160t13
• Plannieg Air Tripe to Aretic
.seeree that OaptainaBartiett 18
net going to have things entirely
his own way in his airplane oxpedl-.
tioit to the, North Pole, for at' the
present Moment the 13ritielt 111.:0 also
Planning for a similar undertakieg.
So the airplane expeditien may teke
on the 'omelet:1011 oC a saceistrianlike
alr rite°, with the Americans repre-
sented by paptain Bartlett and the
British by Salisbury Zones of the
llviLish Noilthern Exploration Co,
Crept. Bartlett, eoutentplates going
to the far north by way of. North
Greenland, while Mr, Ionen is going
by Way -of Spitzenbergem which, when
redueed to mathematies, ietane that:
the Ante/item will tame rome 2,000
miles' to go, While the British will
linve oely 000 mile 011 :1000110,7, Mr,
Xones hello/as- that his expodlIka
tau make the «gilt 411 31±021 110111,
SUFFERED IN HUN
PRISON CAMPS
STORIES OF CRUELTY INFLICTata
• Ole CANADIANS.
larleMers 'aroppeci With Leliorlous
To Iteof a uperhe0±eitCok0 075 218,
Followed lia-iExposure to Frost,
The Cailadatu, eloverninent it new
WI:Taring a reed of the ereatment of
canadiane in German prispn eampg,
The,,followina are :gime ef-the Stories
tole byerepatriatett eoldierof—
Pte.. 'VV. Batrese, e• oe the 75t11 Ilan'
talien, tette of havina Beee Ptee'Jepite.
eon, 1. Canadetut brought into elazar.
ette.witlx a bad sbrapeel wound in hill
Shoulder. A big doctor saaehee the
wend open with att operathig knife
and±0111,,flie. pee renew to ale et lout
(srbl•
Pte. G. Barbute a Toronto. NY/tea-Mkt
the 4t11 9.M.11. -in Sanetuary Weed on
tune and, 1910. The C.Ictnadiatte were
outnunineren five to one, and 'few of
the battalion eurvived tvhat eras +prole
ably the lieanfeet bombardment of the
iver to that time. fla Was lira ma tg
Damen, and from thee to the Auguete
Vinteria melee in Weetphalia. Then.
Were attened elite to sixty ot them to-
gethe;', in a•box our, with only one
small aperture', widen, wits eleaelY,
ittuardentby a reentry, sp Wet none of
them coul(1 see anything of.the country
through 10131014 . they paerted. They
Were rout into the.notorious renpurnando
47. They were called•Englieh pig clogs
-azte for:the ,Clanadians were reserved
the dirtest and itieaneet teaks.
Worcard in 'Coke Oven's. ,
'We wore btonght out a theelion
tett parts of the mine," gays Pte. Gar-
butt, "and were compelled tcrstand
bareheaded in freezing • temperatuve
for upwards of an hour," at
,Pte. Garbutt tolls of the "Kokerien
or coke ovens, the final punishment re-
served for (site:niers. In stifle% heat,
littippan of ietteeything but a pair of
shorts, the prism/cies were compelled
imale: a fixed teen -of loading five tons
O day, wheeling it a eettain distance,
and tipping it into wagene Pte Gar-
butt, who had been ill, was. told by a
•Civilian that it would kill or cure him
In a month. All the food allowed dur.
ing this hes,vn labor was a bowl of
"soup." There were no holidays,
Many Britishers collapsed, and were
carried away.
• "They never came back," says Pte.
Garbutt, who supposes that they -clied.
• Early in 1917 two Canadians escapee.
and the reit were warned that they
would receive draette treament if
there were any other attempts. Never.
theless, many plans 'wee made, and
Lor weeks a number of them Worked
on a tunnel -which was intended to
bring them clear' of the enclosure.
The work was detected a few houvs
before the men intended to make their
get -away. An investigation followed,
but the 0001110210 were not able to fas-
ten the plot upon anyone, and the only
result was that discipline was tighten-
ed up. .'
Pte. -Garbutt managed to buy a map
and a compass from some civilians,
who, he said, would sell thetarsoulsgflos,r
a piece of soap, and on Marh5,i
wrenching some bars off a window, he
managed to get away. He was three
days in travelling the 70 kilometres to
the Dutch frontier, and on March 8th
crossed the Dutch border. There were
none of the traps he had heard about
—not even 'a strand of barbed wire:
That day lie reached the Dutch village
of 'Whiteetwijk, and front then on, he
sraig
, okfliot.tawa,
"Pstet.r-.
eFatliledamlibicecaptured
at Neuve Chapelle, October 8, 1915,
Was set to work in 0 nnmition -factory
ateMulheirn loading shells on to ears,
He and a number of others refused
to do this work. They were compelled
to stand to attention for a day and a
half, and were then sent to Munster,
where they were imprisoned for from
thirty-five to forty-ilve days. During
this time they were kept in a dark
room, and their overcoats and mat-
tresses were taken from them. They
were allowed light for half an hour at
noovnt e in Hcl. 8119900rtoieme
, of
m
entreat, who
Was talten.at Ypres in 1915, was ,for
a time Into. college building at Rom
tem which had been turned Into a
hospital. Ile declares that a miming
sister there murdered at least half a
dozen English prisoners by giving
them injections, On one occasion he
saw a wounded man drop on the floor
a piece of fat pork which was hi his
soup and wheeh nealid not relteh, This
sister picked it up, and with the words
"Schwan fur seweln" (pig for pig);
crammed it down his throat. •
• The poem fellow -declared that he
could die happy it he could take her
to hell with him, He died.two hours
later. Te had been shot in both arms
and through the body.
Pte. A. Cortnnek, 42.21 am.R., cap-
tured at Lens in 1918, was sent to a
coal intim in change of a aion-conimice
stoned officer WM: had been wounded
by the explosion of a. Canadian Mills
bomb. This under.officer singled him
out 023 a Canadian for harsh treatment,
beating him with a hardwood stick for
tip Pparent object. Borne ot these *11-
±001(9 took place after Cormack had
beeu reduced by immense and lack et
nourishment to 102 pounds,' On one
ottemion two of -his ribs -were broken
by a ltiolt from a horse, and Iteeevas re.
fused treAtiment for flee days._ •
The 13alance.
Why, yes the eky is overcast'
'And west, a black cloud lowers,
Them* is cold and dreary, too,
And aunt:hill rain it falling feet,
BM sontowhere, Dear, tbe sky is blue
And sweet the sunlit air
With fragrant breath of lovely flows.
ea I -
Take heart and -wear a smile.
Turn you :from black despair
Some other's burdens to beguile.
14'01,' thin ITS 111115t, even up, you knoW,
As the .swiat hours come and go,
The fair blue sky again be OUrfl
Ana thanke to touch the timely
,• gli ONVCVS
](hr 11;1 3111/11 'be the ldoom of lifiwere,
The glory of a slay toil fair, • "
FOOD PRICES
IN GERMANY
,jillITISH OFFICER, WITH TrIB
.ARMY ocCupArrioN
flame a Grephie peetenemee ee tee
Present State Of Germany's
Kitchens.
• lamnyears we bave all been specula -
!11g 136 to NOM 11173 130011 going on ne-
bend that Inastlitigheelge of beyeeets
planted all 'around the frontiers of
the Q822110.21 Empire. Most '0± all
were we concerned with the food
question. Was the- blockade really
effeetive? Were the Germans eel:al-
ly starving their propaganda re-
presented them to -be? Were the Gor-
man 'etrillene ,going about in ragged
clothes and Wooden shoes? Werethe
ehildren dying for want of milk?
• A Burning Question.
All these were questions burning
with adtuality whictr lent an added
interest to the march of the British
Aerny of 'Occu,petion into Germany.
The Led known what the men meliert-
• ed to•finannskeletons dragging them -
saves along the highways, maybe.
The fact remains that they entered
O country looking noticeably elean
504 peosperous after the spectacle of
ravaged France and the rathen de-
peessing surroundings of. metyred
Belgium. To the eye of the superficial
neweomer there is nothing perceptib-
ly emits With the oetvrard appearance
of Germany or ofethe German people
after four years of war. One must
have known Germany before the War
to 'appreciate the change.
As a nation, the Germans have be-
come thinner. Before the 1001' about
fifty pee cent. of German men, after
passing the age o.rforty (and many
at an earlier age) boasted most
respectable -paunch, the fruit -of meth
beer, many meals (laity, greasy cook-
ing and sedenthey habite. Well, the
paunch hat all but vitaished in Ger-
many. The number of men who in
-Germany to -day are able to see their
knees ie probably greater than it has
ever been in the eventfal hietery of
Germany's diffeent state, The
cheery, pot-bellied German with little
Road -makers are lortrunners or
civilization. It is, important, there,
fee, that we should know where,
'when and how roads should he con-
etrueted. Men who 9005505 all of
these qualifications have never been
very -numerous Cameo.. The greet-
er proportion of our 0±05±1114 rural
road systems have been designed and
(10115±1710±0(1 by farmers who had 110
special thinning for each work. For-
tunately, diem concl•itions are rapidly
changing. The counties, 1110 groyne.
pig eyes 5(21±2 neck creased in deep
displayed lor solo lin their windows
These boots 112170 3112 uppers maserale
1Y thin strips of leather Masted on
Pomo flimsy fouritlatiore and cloth
tons. But—end it Is a big "but" ---ons
never sees • anybody in the street!
weAring these wooden -soled boots. In
the poem quetert ot the cities and
in' the 'villages, the housewives and
ebilldren Wear sabots. resembling Lau.
cashire.elogs; but these aro discarded
for feather footwear on Sundays, The
fancy goods einoinr whish abound in
Germany have huge en:ail:lye of lea.
thee handbags, vanity miles and the
like at prices whirl, given the fallen
value of the malt, minima vnost
flevourably with London. It is, there-
fore, difflealt to know eXactly what
to think about the shortage of lea.
thee •
Their 'Boasted Organization.
The sem:city of supplies doe not
prevent one fent -obtaining a decent
meal at a not too extortionate price
111 any. reputable restaupant. Roast
hfintuall of -Ventien• with balten pont-
.
• toes end spinet*, eteveed apples end ei
bottle a isoda water, at a second ratel
hotel in Cologne, served quite at.
tractively,- test twelve marks ,whleb,,
at the preeent rate a the niernatrorks
out at less than al.50-
But et would be misleading to make
deductions regandina the • German
food situation front obseevation oitd
All restaurants, hotels and enevate
houses. I should thiolt that probably
there lute always teen axe adequate;
amount of food In Germany to /tour-,
ish the po,pulatien, only it has never,
been equitably distributed. The mote
theist, as represented by big hotels or,
wealthy private persons, ciornered
food to the detriment of the small
householder. • • ,
- THE MAKING 010 ROADS
F.ssentiale of Good Read -Malang Art
Here Set Forth.
Tolls of fat seems to have ces and even the DOMill1011 rare as.
On the other hand, there appear to he
40110 oat- sinning responsibility tor many of the
more • important highways. But no
plenty of photo and comfortable- matter what authoeity 41 reel:on:41)1e
looking frees left for road construction atal maintemi
Nothingare Go By. ante it is of first in:portal-me that the
Apart fawn this, the people do not work should be done Intelligently at
hear traces -of any great privations. to design and materials used.
There are, it Is true, in the poorer The first and prime essential ot
parts of the towns, a certain number °TB' good road is aual"re daal"age.
.of palthl-looking ebildren about, but I sub -surf -nue drainage mei gide draine
am not prepared to my that the num-
bers. of those seen are above the aver-
age. When finithectnthe road 01(15±
shed -water. To do this, it must be
age. For the most part the children
.
crowned for le to le of an ,inch to
and the young folk, both boys and the foot depending. on the weaving
girls, look fresh and ruddy, but the sueface, and must have en imetryt)1es:
same NUS noticeable in Frame where, or watenproof ;levering, There must
ae is well known, the civilian popula- he an urlimperled slope . -from the
tion was kept by its 011170e500110 on crown _to the gutter or to tat-, side
the verge ref starvation, It i3, 110W- ditch. The gutters or side diteltet
ever, mainly in the old peonte that thould have a fall of ,,t 100t 5 Mae)
eignis of the shortage of supplies •are Per 100 feet, and, if they are earthen
ditches, they should hae ±1 inches per
100 Met, and free drainage a fres
quont intervals into -natural creeks,.
channele or, in the ea -se ao eity with
sewerage 'system, into the aewers.
To drain away the .sub-eurrace
War has had upon the German people water mid prevent it softening the
08 a whole has something to do with foundation, it is well to len two lime
of tilos.
The secondesseenal is e mica -.1.:?,111-
walk round the shops, you would not dation, and this is speciolly neeemery
obtain the impressien that Germany for roads whore the. loads e ±0 coit•
is ointhe verge ef •staryntion. Certain centrainci on small rumas.
comestibles seen as coffee, emsr, and
most forms of fat are only procurable
at prohibitive figures; but vegetables,
bread, meat, and other edibles are on
sale- in the shone, many or them ea -
to be seen. One gets a gena erinn
pression that eldely folk are pre-
maturely aged anti deerepit, and wit-
tenawith a lassitude hardly justified
by their years. No doubt the general
sobering effect which the loss a the
this. -
From a stay in the haele, or n
ileermse 1101100d11314 roads alto 111.0':`'
expensive in first east teen gated
toads, they 51401114 ±0 -beet very ease-
fully. The materials in the (±11±3 ea
thele excellence are—trap retin Meal,
Honed, it (is true,. and peiced ahnorm- granite, ehert, tough Ernestone, oaten
ally hie, but still procurable. In fact, ary limestone, tough enialstant,
the leseon to be derived from a rather Paving beiek, eoncrete, esethed
perfunctory glimpse of Rood concli- etone of various: Innate limettene,
tions in •Germany seems to me to he trap rosin granite, sendstocie, chore
that an adequete supply of food Is crushed gravel, bank greeel, seed met
to be had—at a price. . leam mixed with enriane bituteme,
Unristrained Profiteering, such as crude oils, void ter end en,
.
The meet prominent .reateire of the to improve them to sow vxtrot
Omit /tee mod to make gnoil tomie or
least.
The (alnico n.f 4±0 ,211(1±0141(1 Fee ales
paetitelar •stretch et Imail will kle-
peiul upon, first, the thareeter of
tvaile it mast sustain, eesse(1, tee
taxable valuation oF thy memeels
The resultwas that -namilies 51,011±51,011± 1)1090011,', 1)2110, the evaileale seine:at-
-,
their all on the lerder ane had no material, Wheee auto and norse ve-
tifortey leftto buy emit thiegs •time mese, m heavy, et it enney
thing else, were fiere.ed up to exorbi- en block, brick Mock, 00(11 ('(111' aisnind larger eitiee, ere.osoted amen
clothes, or boots; width, like every,
tent •pinces by the combined effect of bituminous home( macednum ere tie
pavements to .be .selected. Propel:
values will nearly -ammo warrant
the cope:tees under • such eircum,
stances, • : •
The building et good rotuls.vequirm
intelligent me of the construction
materials. To use them carelessly
whole food eittration An Germany
seems to be the incompetence of the
Government arrangements for thc:
distribution of supplies, 1Vheeher
orie went hungry 'Or not betaree sl
question of the state or one's pros0.
the blockade and unrest/shied profit-
eering
One corms across the effects of the
British blockade • in many And unex-
pected ways. -Gernian kitehann to-
day are devoid of spices. _There is
mustard, but no pepper, and an ab-
solute thertege of cinnamon, clov.es) or ignorantly is worse than wasting
mixed herbs, nutmeg, and seasoning them, bocauee the taxpayer) ave de.
of «trey description. What we would frautleci, and the road will ea num
"oogs:sa as 50051 15 110 longer seen.
Instead a grisly substitute, dry end
gritty, though drenched in perfume,
is offered for rude at about five marks
a coke. (A mark equals 28,8 cents.)
Real coffee As said to cost fifty
marks a pound; but for two marks
one my obtain a cup of excellent
eatabIT at a gond restanrant. In the
edinary went at egos end beer hells,
snbstituto coffee is served (without
milk or s(1gar). Of this, all that can
bo saki is ±1151 11 resembles coffee in
appearance, It hes a fivint smell of
coffee, reel testes horribly bitter.
Xtegarding the alleged shortage of
boots, it is a feet that all the boot
shops at a big city liko Cologne,
for
instance, including the most inoderi±
and hellion:hie ettoblisliments, have
nothing but boots with wooden solee
• 0
nor give satiefaction, and the nutter.
ials out of which the road was cote
strutted aro discredited.
--Pe--
England to Have Memorial.
The Leye Sehool liemortra Fr:
'
now exceeds -$160,000 011 701030111 311`8t
thane of 1100,000 has been laid for
the foundation of entrance and leav-
ing scholarships ±0 'memory of those
who have fallen in the war. It Le
antendee 11017 to secure adeiftimeat
support to provide 10011 0t0Ct1011
memorial hall in honor of the patt'
played in the war by the old boys of
Lys, Designs for the hall eheady
heve been drawn by Sir Allen Webb,
"10110 foimiain of tentent /num
amizst up in tha Xam,,344A