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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1919-4-3, Page 6flying Packet OLawiosio !snot a gainble, but a sure thing that you are getting the greatest possible Quality and Value fo the limit of your expenditure: TRY pg,Jap ea, PREPARIi•JG 1IATERIAL AND FI? TING MADE -OVER GARMENTS. There are a few rules to follow in seams of a slcirt should be pressed the prepeeabion of materials. If you both befeem anti after the 'hem is hi. can see any possibilities in the old Press the sleeve seams .apart. If you garment which will call for less rip- have no sleeve ,board, use a broom ping, do not take it all apart. Other- handle. Press az coat before and wise, rip every seam on general prin- after •sewing the lining in. Bo sure ciples. If material is inclined to that your lining fits well and is not ravel, overcast the edges, too short, or the coat wil•I be drawn Sailed garments should be washed out of shape. sn^ wapm, not hot, suds, made of a good white soap and soft water if Points to Remember.. possible. Rinse thoroughly in at 1. Rip, clean and press your ma- least three waters. Press the goods tenial with care. lightly between the hands and hang 2. Be slow to cut, and plenteous up to dry. Squeezing or ringing the in puts, water from the material will make '8. Follow becoming lines. deep wrinkles which cannot be sue- 4. press with a moderate iron, cessfully ironed out. While still damn carefully and often. iron each piece on the wrong side, 5, Do not hesitate to use for dress - taking cure not to stretch it out of es or trimming, materials originally shape. Avoid scorching by using a intended for other purposes. warns iron instead of a hot one. 0. You will feel more than repaid Strong pressure and plenty of pa- for the time and labor spent in mak- tienee will make the material look ing everything just right. ,dike new. Whether the garments are 7. Make up in patience what you to be washed or not they should be lack in experience, and your results well brushed after ripping to remove should be highly satisfactory, every particle of ripping from the seams, To Clean an Oiled Mop, Some garments will do well with Dustless mops lase their efficiency a Light sponging with ammonia water when they become too dirty and aka and the consequent careful pressing. ed with dust. They may be waished Under such treatment unpromising in strong hot suds, but this can be !tasking materials take on new lease done much better if the mop is first of life and inspire one to greater washed in gasoline to cut the oil. efforts. Old coat linings make good Gasoline which has been used for foundation waists, cuff linings and cleaning should be ,reserved forithis 'facings. Old canvas may be rejuven- purpose. After the niop is well Nash- ated by dampendng and pressing with ed in gasoline let it dry, then wash in a hot iron, Proper Fitting and Hanging Essen- , tial. As a usual thing., it is not only un- necessary but impossible to use a new pattern in making a new gar- ment from the old one. .Begin., with the skirt. PIn your belt in place. Then, standing lin front of the mirror, pin the gores of the old skirt to the belt. You may turn them upside down or from front to back if they At better that way, but remember, each piece must hang straight (with the thread of the goods) from the belt or the seams will pucker. When you have pinned the pieces together, baste where your seams will come, and try on again. Continue this pro' of one of these, -dinner can be pre- eess of pinning, basting and trying pared with a minimum of moving on until the skirt fits and hangs: pro- about, for food prepared at the sink perly, always keeping in mind the can all be transported at once to the lines you wish to follow. After the stove and the serving dishes kept on seams are stitched, press them oare- it, in readiness for the meal when it fully. This will reveal any uneven is done. Some of these tables have pines in the stitching which should glass or aluminum tops end can be be ripped and done over before gar- used in place of a kneading board, meet is finished. In fitting a waist or coat, baste An Inexpensive Gift for Baby. the shoulder seams first and pin the other pieces in place after you have If you have a new baby to remem- it on. In any garment, -skirt, coat or her and cannot buy a costly present, waist; be sure that the correspond- make a orslpeer net to throw over ing pieces on eithersideare exactly bassinet or perambulator hood when alike. Use the tape measure freely. the wee one sleeps out of. doors on Be slow in cutting, until you are euro pleasant days. The slumber net may a.baut it. In made -over garments it be fashioned of fine Brussels net— is often necessary to re -cut the fine enough to keep out all small in - sleeves, and in so doing there will be sects—and should be at least two no notches to match in fitting them too yards long and •a yard and one-half armhole, To insure a well -fitted wide. The'edge should be bound with the eve, hang the coat, or waist over ribbon two inches wide so' that the your knee, so that' the top of Ills weight of the ribbon will keep the net shoulder comes on top. Pin the top from blowing' out of place on ea of the sleeve . in place ao that the breezy day, Small weights may be sleeve hangs perfectly straight from salved to the corners of the slumber your knee. Then carefully stick pins net if desired, in where the underarm seams will come. Baste the sleeves and try on. One or two trials will make you pro - Wert and prove to you that this is an infallible rule. If the sleeve wrinkles under the arm it ,is too long there. the top. yourlbeatings except Being poisoned es a result of eaf.no " I g over the knee ing potatoes seems to be in the same at before,. If the sleeve hangs per- category as getting intoxicated by fectly flat and the underarm appears drinking buttermilk. Neither of thenti above the arm -hole, that much may is usual, 'but the former is possible; be safely cut; off, especially during the spring and Do not think that your work will early sutitmer, when only old stocks not look right unless you .follow a of potatoes are avadlable, Crase- pattern with exactness. With ingen- quently, a word of caution may be uity and a little practice you can get of .interest and value to householders.i satisfactory results by using what Recently, there was an outbreak of you have on hand, following lines food poisoning in Glasgow which was! which are becoming 5o ,your figure. flue to the eating of potatoes con-' . A dress -form on a standard would tadaing ant excessive amount of sol -i be a wonderful help to every woman anine. This substance is a poison -1 who sews. The average farm ]tome is does not include this convenience in ons narcotic drug which found inI a e _ .,elan c ons plants/of which `Bite pa its equipment, 50 We tree various makeshifts, In working on a jacket tato ,is one, The normal amount in it is a good plan to lay it flat oil the the potato is extremely small, being, dining table, When ronin thelin. given as from 0.002 to 0.006 of one 1 g la e hang pinningper cent. There is 0 seasonal range! ingin place, , tag the jacket inside of increase from 0.003 in May and out over the back of a chair. Set I the chair on e box, or even the couch, June to s0lna in November. Appar- to bring it to the right hei(rhl. ler Fitly this may be greatl,l utcreasad,t. working. Ona wolnan wise bad no far in tit'; case of the Glasgow out- brealc.ef poisoning, the content. wag One to Make her skirt even around found t:, be O,Oi of Dile iter vent. This also bottom, set pilus of baolts in a increase of live poison isconsider d p e flj` circle alto con in front c n e on of her to be due to the stolon of two species long traitor. Revolving slowly with- of bacteria which develop rapidly in in the circle she could see the uneven potatoes that have beet allowed 56 places ancl easily remedy them. If p corn 1 ala you +have no long neireor, set a sinal- become wee the n well -sprouted 100 utin stor- ilor one on the floor, oatl :Renee the need for caution in Importance of Careful Finishing. eating potatoes at this seadon at tile suds. When thoroughly dry, oil it again and it is as .good as ever. The best way to apply the oil is to pour a little in the tin box the mop comes in, and put the mop with the strings down into the can and let it remain for a few days to evenly absorb the oil, - The Kitchen on Wheels. On of the newest devices for sav- ing time in the preparation of a meal is to have a mean table on wheels. that can be pushed from table to sink and sink to stove, with little effort. The wheels, which are little more than large castors, are ball-bearing and ' move noiselessly. With the aid POISON IN POTATOES Caution Needed in Use of. Sprouted Potatoes at This Season. year. • Tho success of any garment do- The eymptomns of poisoning from pends largely on the caro exercised this cause are: a sudden eei9nre with in the fims'hin;g, "Sew with 6n iron" chills, fever, headache, vomiting, it a good Tule to follow. Press every diarrhoea, colic and general prostra- 8telen. Wherever there ere several time An lnsien0a of poisoning of thtekneeses of material, dampen anal this kind ds reported by Osier, evhore risen pound the spot with a Want an examination of the remaining p0. boil, I •Itsvo seen a tailor use et ham- Intoes yielded 0.88 of one per cont• einek on seams of thick Material. The of eoiaiiino.—C. A, Jodgotts, hc Road to Tllcrstanding Eleanor H; Porter Copyriah t-• Houghton 7V1111lir CO, Published by special arrangement with Ilene. Anon,- Toronto lton,Toronto • CHAPTER With an angry gesture Burlce Den•• by turned 'and extended his hand halfway toward the closed door.' Then, with an' impatient shrug, lie whirled about and etrode toward the door marked "J, A. Brett, General Manager." N If young Healey had obeyed his first impulse and reentered lits fa- ther's office he would have found the Mae with his head bowed on the desk, hie arms outflung, • John Denby, too, was white and shaken. He, too, had been dreading this meeting, and Ionging for it—, than it might be over. There was «now, heevever, on his part, no feeling of chagrin and impotence because of things that had not been said, There,, was only a shuddelling relief that things had not been said; that he had been able to carry it-straiglit through as lie had planned; that ho had not shown his boy how mucic 'he -•cared. Ho was glad that his pride had been equal to the strain • that he had -not weakly succumbed at the first glimpse of his son's face, the first touch of his son's hand, as he had sol feared that he would do. And he had not succumbed—though. he had almost gone down before the• quick terror and affectionate dismay that had leaped into his son's voice and eyes at sight of his own changed appearance. (Why could not lie keep those abominable portions of his anatomy from being so wretchedly. telltale?) But he had remembered in time. Did the boy think, then, that a mere word of sympathy now could balancer' the scale against so base a desregard of everything Ioyall and filial a month ago? Then be would' show that it could nos. And he had shown it. Well -kept home, always ready, daint- iiy gowned, to welcome +his coming wrth a kiss, and to speed 11fe going with a blessitlg. Then, when ill due cou'ree he had won out, great would be her reward. With what. sweet pride and gentle dignity would she accept the laurel wreath of praise (Relen had seen this expression somewhere, too, and liked it), which a rseful gratefuworld would 'remohasten i:obut lay at the feet of. Tier who as had made possiblel the splendid victor,yy--the once despised, flouted wifetlhe wife who was to drag him down! It Ives a -pleasant picture, and Ilelen frequently dwelt upon it— especially the • sweet -end -gentle - .dignity -wife part, She foiincl it par. ticularly soothing during those first early days of housekeeping in the new apartment. 'Not that she was beginning in the least to doubt her ability to be that perfect wife, It was only that to think of things as they would be was a pleasant distraction from thinking of things as they were. But of course it would be all right very soon any- ay,—just as soon as everything got wnicely to running. Helen clid wonder sometimes why the getting of "everything nicely. to running was so difficult. That a cer- tain amount of training and exper- ience was necessary to bring about the best results never occurred to her. If 1-Ielen had beets asked to take a position as stenographer or church soloist, she would have replied at once that she did not, know how to do the work. Into the position of home -maker, however, she stepped with cheerful confidence, her eyes only on tho wonderful success she was going to make. I To Helen, housekeeping was some- thing .like a clock that you wound up in the morning to run all day. And even when at the end of a week she could not help seeing that not once yet had she got around to being the "sweet, daintily -gowned wife wel- coming her husband to a well kept home," before that husband. appehr- ed at the door, she still did not doubt her own capabilities. It was only that "things hadn't got running yet." And ,it was always somebody else's fault, anyway,—frequently her hus- band's. For if lie did not come to dinner too early, before a thing was done, he was sure to be late, and thus spoil everything by her trying to keep thinge hot' for him. And, of course, under such circumstances, no- body could expect one to be a sweet and daintily -gowned wife! Besides, there was the cookbook. (To be continued.) A PRACTICAL MEMORIAL. For the Teacher -Soldiers of the War Planned by League of Empire. An interesting development of the war 10 it naw work undertaken by the League of the Empire, which was founded in 1901 for the purpose of cos tnonting the British Empire through the medium of education. By promot- ing scholastic interchange between Great Britain and all other parts of the Empire the Longue has accomp- lished a large amount of good, • This organization is now endeavor- ing to raise the sum of $60,000 to•es- tablish a memorial to the teachers who fought in the war, numbering 60,- 000, many of whom lost their lives. It has been decided that this memorial shall take the form of a great teach- ers' hoadgnartors in London, which, while primarily appealing to teachers from all parts of the British Empire, will also serve as a sort of guest house for visiting Americans engaged in educational work. It will thus do mach toward promoting good feeling between the British and people of the United States. In pursuance of this plan, the League is estdeavoring to raise the re. mitred amount In all parts of the world It is believed that a certain measure of support will be given by British citizens who have settled and pros- pered in the United States, and also by Americans sympathetic to a good understanding between the two coun- tries, and who are able to realize "how much we can influence the next genes ration. by moulding the mentality of those who now teach and will teach in future years." With Rile object an appeal has been made for support from this country in helping to establish the proposed educational center in London. The League; it may be added, is under the pati.onage of Her Majesty, Queen Alexandra, and Princess Louise, (Duch- ess of Argyll). Among the officers aro the Duke of Connaught, the Rt. .ETon, Sir •Frederick Pollock and Lord Charles Beresford, On the board are the governors, high commissioners and other officers of the overseas domin- ions and colonies. Lacking in Respect. A burly and bristling exemplar of German militarism, with captain's !snots on his sh ulders told sit iron cross on his cheat, was included in a bag of prisoners that some American soldiers made just before the armis- tice was signet]. 13e was indignant, to say the roaet, and his mood inten- sified Al lie was marched back to the intelligence officer, lac had net heard the questioning officer speak snore' than live words of German before he beret fete the con- versation. n- versation. "Do you allow privates to call offs- cers by their first names 'In this army?" Ile ,demanded witheringly. "Why?" asked the officer. "Well, this pig," said the Prussian, eallecl me 'Heinle' every time he ad- dressed me." Never before the late war had ht'ittiec from Canada, Australia, New Zsaland, South Africa, the United Scutes or India 1911(1e51 in Europe. The present Prince of Wales is the first of hie title to sec active tnilftaey nevem! since the invention of fire. nems. What if he did know now, even better than he had known it all these last miserable fourweeks, that his whole world had lain in his boy's hand, that his whole life had been bounded by his boy's smile, his whole soul immersed in his boy's future? What if he did know that all the power and wealth and fame of name that he had won were as the dust in his fingers—if the might not pass theth on to his son? He was not going to let Burke know this. In- deed, not - Burke had made his own bed. He should tie in at. Deliberately he had chosen to cast aside the love and companionship of a devoted father at the beck of an almost unknown girl's hand. 'Should the father then !offer again the once -scorned love and companionship? Had he no pride— no proper sense of simple right and justice? No self-respect, even? It was thus, and by arguments such as these, that John Denby had lashed himself into the state of ap- parently cool, courteous indifference that had finally carried him success- fully through the interview just closed. For a long time .Toho Denby sat motionless, his arms outflung across the letters that might have meant so much, but that did mean so little, to him now. Then slowly he raised his head and fixed somber, longing eyes on the door that had so recently closed behind his son. The boy was in there with Brett now—his boy. He was being told that Isis wages for the present were to be fifteen dollars a week, and that he was expected to live within his income—that the wages were really - very liberal, considering his probable value to the company at the first. He would begin at tine bottom, as had been planned years ago; but with this difference: he would be promot- ed now only when he had earned it, He would have been pushed rapidly ahead to the top, had matters been as they once were. Now he must de- monstrate and prove his ability. All this Brett was telling Burke now. Poor Burke! Brett was so harsh, so uncompromising. As if it weren't tough, enough to have to live on a pantry fifteen dollars a week, with- ou— John Denby sighed and rose to his feet. Aimlessly he fidgeted about the spacious, well-appointed office. Twice he turned, toward the door as if to Ieave the room. Once he reached a hesitating band toward the push-but- ton on his desk. Then determinedly he sat down avid picked up one of his letters. Brett was right, It was the best way; the only way. And it was well, indeed, that Brett had been delegated to do the telling. If it had been him- self now—! Shucks! If it ha.d 'been himself, the boy would only have had to look his reproach—and his wages would have been doubled on the spot! Fifteen dollars a week—Burkel Why, the boy could not— Well, then, he need not have bean so foolish, so headstrong, so heartlessly disregard-' ful of his father's wishes,Ho had brought it upon himself,. entirely,' entireiyl Whereupon, with an angry exela- "nation, John Denby shifted aboutin his hand the letter which for three, minutes he had' been holding before his eyes upside down, CHAPTER V. Helen Denby had neyee do11btetl liar ability to he a perfect wifa. As a gill, her vision hacl lectured a beau- teous creature moving through a glorified world of love and ;Amin - tion, ease and affluence. Later, at the time of her marriage to l3urke Denby, her -vision had al- tered sufficiently to present a pictus'e of herse:f as the sweet good -angel of the old Denby Mansion, the for- giving young wife who lays tip no neaiiee against all utlappreaiative fntherau-law. Eree when, spall later (uponon theirit return from thein -Stied - ding ding trip and upon her learning of John Denby's dome of banishment). the vision was necessarily warped and twisted all out of semblance to its original outlines, there yet; re- mained unchanged the basic ilea of perfect wifehood. Helen saw herself now as the martyr wife whose superb courage and self-sacrifice were to iso the stepping -stones of a husband's mag- nificent success, She would be guide, consoler, and friend. (Somewhere alto bac(, seen those wards, She liked thous very snitch.) Unswervingly she would letud him ever teward itis goal of making g�ood. She saw herself the slyest, loving wife, graciously presiding over tiro 'IHELIGOLA D A GREAT STRONGHOLD GERMANS SPENT $10,000,000 ON LONG-RANGE GUNS Provisiotra for a Two -Year Siege Dc.. livered at the Ward the very DAy War Waa Declared, Heligoland, lying 40 miles north- west of die mouth of the Elbe, Was a Brdtish possession from 1870 and un- til it was ceded Ao Germany in 7.890 its return for ' opnoessiene b East Africa. Immeiliate;y this island passed into the hands pf Germany the 'taker determined that it should be a great stronghold, behind which the Germain navy could hide care- fully lin defiance of the greatest sea power of the world—the British, This island, one-fifth of a square mile in area, is triangular in shape, with two'of its sides rising directly out of the sea to a height of 190 feet. To the south end of the island there As. a stretch of sandy beach between the rock of the Oberland, as the tableland is 'termed, and the sea, which has for years lieen popular for its sea bathing. By 1911 the plans of the Kaiser practically were complete;. Equipped with $10,000;000 worth of -long-range guns, capable of sinking a hostile fleet venturing within 15 miles,, the entire Oberland had been encased in an armor belt of • steel, concrete and granite, providing protection not only from hostile cannon, but from the onslaughts of the sea. Natural Assures in the rocky sides had been filled up by thousands of tons of con- crete. Buttresses 16 feet thick `and 240 feet high were erected on all three sides. Through cupolas and over the top 01 the island peered cannon of all descriptions. Hiding behind the armor belt were as many more guns mounted upon disappear- ing carriages. Upon these carriages the ponderous weapons could. be lift- ed above the armor by weights, fired and then forced by their recoil to drop back into the -gun pits for re- loading. Garrison of 2,000 Experts. Two thousand crack artillerymen were sent to the island and ordered to make their home there for the re- mainder of their Iives, Once a farce of gunners was well acquainted with their guns, the signals and systems their services, should Germany go to war, were worth several times the services of a force'of men compara- tively strange to the fortress axil its workings. To the south of the island a harbor VMS constructed in which the largest ship could come directly up to the wharves that were built. Sounding of the sea for miles around in every di- rection was taken, and a military cable between the island and Cux- haven was laid on the floor of the sea, A tall wireless tower of power sufficient to communicate with Ger- man war vessels in the North Sea, the Baltic and the Atlantic was erec- ted, and all Manner of test mobiliza- tions and naval practice was indulg- ed in. The day- war mets declared two ships loaded wibh provisions arrived at Heligoland and were stored away. The store rooms then contained suf- ficient to feed and provide for the garrison during a siege of two years, should one ever be conducted against the island. The ships that brought the provisions had aboard them when they returned to the. mainland of Germany every resideht of the island. Not a single eivdlian—man, woman or child—was left. After the vessels had departed every person on Heligo- land was a soldier, sailor,- or hospi- tal attendant. The population of the island, which numbered about 2,500, was transferred to Hamburg, where the inhabitants were ordered by the Kaiser to provide for them. Dwellings Demolished'. In the two days that followed practically every dwelling, casino and boathouse was demolished by the soldiers, From every point of the island the wide sweep of the sea was visible. Not a single obstruction nor a single menace to the underground storehouses and magazines remain- ed; a hundred shells might be ex- ploded simultaneously on the island and not a fire would bo started. At. the same time more than 100 submanines were rushed to Heligoa land ancla anchored close up to the Unterland, whore they could be pro- tected from the storms that rage over the North Sea during the Au- tumn and Whiter months. The most extensive mine field in the world was planted in the surrounding sea. Some of the mines were of the contact variety, sunk at various depths, while other's were connected to var- ious trunk cables running to the is- land by copper and rubber coated wires. A score of British steam trawlers . captured through having come too close to Getman crudsurs or torpedo boats, were lined up off the Unterland. Upon them were pieced thousands of mines, and then, on a foggy 'night, and stilt flying their British flags, sailed away upon their deceitful and murderous errand. Aircraft arrived; two Zeppelins and a. large fleet of Taubes were le- stalled on the island. The passage to the roadstead was protected by ten vows of contact mines. Fifty -ons- torpedo boats were- placed just inside the barrier, and between them and the German high saes fleet was r, flotilla of 242 torpedo boat destroyers. 8'very war craft in the roadstead was painted a dull grey, so that its the lightest kind of mist those lying furthest away were merged in with the sea and the atin °spher. e, Showing Them What Was What. Now Curate--"Wirai: dill you think of the sermon on Sunday, Mitis, Jones?" Perlahiouer---"Voey 90051, indeed, sit'. So instructive, We i'aaliy didn't know whet sin wee till you valise acre." REPATRIATION OF al industry vF 'eh the Belgians founded here is represented -by the- ? GUESTS "patisserie" chops An the West End BRITA°� �_ i of T,ondon, l?'ood rationing had not IN'S 'd9'-., IJ }teen long, in force 'befare Londoners 160,000 BELGIANS BEING RE- TURNED TO NATIVE LAND Period of Exile Was as Comforteale. and Prosperous 051 Possible Under the Circumstances. One of the first problems to con-, front the Bretls'h Government on the signing of the armistice was the re- patriation of tate 150,000 Belgian re- fugees in England and 'Seethtnd. Cer• tainly the first impulse of most re- fugees was to celebrate the auspicious eleventh of November by the purchase of a trunk or some means of conveying their 'belongings back to their own homes. After 101.1r Years' exile the thought that the in- vader Was now definitely driven areal Belgian soil gave rise to intense ilia patience :once more to take posses- sion of;the land of which they,had been dispossessed. The workmen of the Birtley Muni- tion Works were the first to be re- called to work at the rebuilding of their own land, writes la. Ennis from London. Gradually Antwerp and the surrounding districts were re- populetecl and since January: 16 it has been possible for the exiles to return to •all parts of . Belgium. Shipping facilities for the purpose have been greatly extended and ar- rangements are' now .in force to transport. 10,000 refugees a llseek. It is estimated that by the end of March the country will be emptied of all Belgians save those desirous of set- tling stere, or those wishing to return later at their owes expense. A glance at the list of prices pre- vailing in Brussels at the end of De- cember suggests that the joy of re- turn is likely to be dampened by the cost of living. Belgians who .are self-supporting here and can afford to return at theft own time are, in fact, waiting for this to abate, Eggs are quoted at 30 cents each, butter $4.80 the kilo (2 1-5 lbs,), coffee $3.40 a pound, and sugar is unob- tainable. Beef dripping is sold, at $2 a pound, lard at $2.40 to $2.80, while toilet soap is at $5 the piece. Perhapsthe most prohibitive price is that demanded for ordinary cot- ton, which is from $1.80 to $2.40 a reel. Clothes and boots are propor- tionately scarce and dear. Fortunate- ly the sailing of the "Rubin" on Jan, 31 commenced the re-establishment of the regular steamship service be- twen Tilbury and Ostend-. The first cargo included a great store of mat- tresses, bedding and clothing, as well as 100 tons of soap. The resumption of peaceful commerce ought soon to bring relief to the depleted country, while the restoration of the machin- ery. and live stock, whicli has been carried off into Germany by the.in- vader, should materially help the re- establishment of- industry .and agri- culture. The universities and other educa- tional institutions are already issu- ing invitations to their students to resume their interrupted courses, al- though the immediate reopening is in some cases being delayed by the buildings being used as clearing sta- tions for returning allied prisoners of war. The return of the Belgians 'will witness the closing down of a. special department of the British local • Gov- ernment Board created to deal with relief measures. When, in 1014, the country was roused by the account of their sufferings to a spirit of "Bri- tain for the Belgian," voluntary conn- mittees serene up in every district and private funds were forthcoming .in every direction. Gradually these fords were sup,plemnted from the na- tional exchequer and in proportion as Voluntary contributions and organ- izations fell off there emerged n Governn'3nt scheme employing a staffof 172 members. What Was Done for Belgians. The relief given varied with the 'individual requirements of the ap- plicants. Where private hospitality was not available, accommodation was atiorded in hotels or in houses lent rent free or at merely nominal rents. revertible treatment was afforded at dispensaries, hospitals and sanitoria. As regards education, the children were placed in convents or colleges, according to their reli- gion, a grant of $2,50 per week being made to the convent for each child. Clothing was supplied' in all rases where investigation showed circum- stances to demand it, and, while class distinctions were not officially recog- nized, every effort was made to guard susceptibilities where possible. The separation allowances of wives of Belgian privates were also supple- mented to bring them up to those of British soldiers' wives.. War -thee labor shortage made it possible from 0 very early stage to absorb many of the refugees in re. - numerative employment. Very soon they were among the most highly 1 V skilled and best paid munition work- ars, and the whole colony cf Llfzn bethvildo (so called after the Belgian Queen) at Bartley, County Durham, was populated by them. Another, very large munition works, at Pela-` bon, at 'i'wickenhem, near' London, Ivan entirely in Belgian hands, In addition to munitions, 13nitain's visi- tors woo not slow to snake their mark in other employments. 1 tillin- ery and blouse shops of a truly French smartness x0011 mule their appearance in many party of London, Pounded Natioltal lnehistry. But perhaps the most truly ration., discovered the value of these estab- lishmenta as 'being mysteriously capabl0 of still producing satisfying "teas." Soon they hecamo known 05 the last stronghold of the fancy sake and the provider of the almost ex- tinct elnocolato. It certainly would appear that the Belgians found in this countxy, in addition to a -refuge from the horrors and depriv tical of war, a new and peo(ltable kale fox !enterprise, They should carry away with them the memory of as proeeer- ons and "comfortable a lime a' is in the nature of a period of exile to be. SAVING THE HIDE OF A GERMAN The Humanity of—a tarnish Guhmdrinr Commander Got Htrn Into a Dilemma. A speaker at a recent meeting told a story that shows that humorous in- cidents were not unknovrn even in the grim business of pitying the Ger- mans "in kind" for their U-boat war- fare. At 'a naval dinner overseas he met Capt. Nesmith, one of the most intrepid British submarine command- ers. After a good deal of urging alt the part of his fellow officers, the cap - tale told of •one of •ltie most, snooessful exploits. In the earlier mouths of the war he succeeded in taking his sub-.• marine past Constantinople, through the Bosporus and into the Black Sen, There he had a glorious time firing torpedoes ,at snrtny craft. •Annong his prey was a Turkish vessel with a Ger- man bank official on board. When the torpedo struck, the Ger- man made au.uncalculated Jump for the Black Sea and hit it. IIe was somewhat the shape of•011 Woutor Van- Twirler, who was Ove feet six incites high and six feet five inches lin circumference, and apparently Isis fat - nese kept him from sinking, for he floated round on the sea until the sub marine crew hauled him aboard. Ever without a life preserver, and clad only with Kultur and a blue shirt, the Ger man might have remained indefinitely on top of the sea.. But landed safely upon the deck of the subinarine, the financier faced n perplexing problem. When he at- tempted to -go below, the hatchway proved to be entirely too narrow for him. If he had been willing to leave his stomach behind, he might have squeezed tin'ough. Metaphorically Speaking, he may have been an ex- pert in crawling out of small holes. But this one wits too nmcls for him; he stuck fast, A man below caught him by the feet and hauled away, and two men on deck shoved first to port and then to starboard on his should- ers. He remained hopelessly jammed. The submarine was in a. baci (Lc: in trying to be humane Capt. Nesmith had caught himself between the two horns of a dilemma. He was under the necessity of throwing his guest back into the water or leaving l`lm car deck. As for the German. it was a case of being between the devil and the deep sea with tho ocicl.e aha;:-.. ;•eu. In such circumstances a German com- mander would not have ]resittted, When ready, he would hove sub. merged, and lite man on deck. ;would have been left to make the Hest shitt he could. But the Britoil was diftc•r- ent; ho stayed on the surface. Ali the armed enemy exert Unit carte near tools a shot et hien. The .shells burst on every side—and all the time the German on deck, n r,io.;blr earl;, took potlus'k. But both he and ids". submarine came thyounh without :t puncture. At last a Turkishsoilin;: vessel Came along, and the corpule;:t Gorman, glad enough to save lila bice even though he lost mast of hi, clothes and other asset-', was I rays ferrel to dt. FOREST FIRE, THIEF Leaves Canada Poorer hy '511, r.. al Dollars Each Year. While the public tax rollect.er holds out his hand for hundreds of millions of our dollars, the Poreet Fire thief, hidden in the wilderne::g, calmly appropriates millions el' the country's basic capital between April and November year hy year. Thio is the dual picture suggested by ti's Canadian Forestry As -ea -intim -1, ()t., taws, In statement. Gil the nation'! forest losses, an,l methods of timber protection. "Forest wealth is the moet seine destroyed of all the neturol reeoue. CS. Lands, mines, and fit h:ries are immune from ruin by fire, but by this single agency mere thee hell of the • nation's vast timber wealth has been blotted out. "Since Confederation, Canada bee lost •aboat throe -quarters of a billion dollars in 'ferest conflagration that were largely avoidable. "Over forty million dollars 0 ye ll+' are handed out to forest workmen The sole security of these pay enve- lopes is the standing flintier. "In spite of improved fire patent systems, tfmher Losses continue to be severe. !Forest fires are mostly, from bureau causes and in attacking these causes the educational method; brings abundant, rosette Carelcsp, fishermen careless settlers, and others satinet usually be accused a'f malevolence or treason. They are ignorant of the consequences 00 their acts, and can best be readied by op - peals to their intalligor,cc end good, will. The educational method, bee ymid any demist., Is suceneshilly block- ing the petit of forest free. "Canada', chief hope of an e1. paneled foreign Unite Lt lumber, pulp And paper and ether &meet r„odurt9 is hafted on a 'fireproof loran, " •