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Vitamines.
What are vitamines? No ono knows
exactly, though we are hearing a
great deal about them lately, and how
necessary they are to perfect health
and development. Seems queer, that
an unidentified, chemical substance of
whieh the lay woman hover heard
until a few months ago should work
such havoc to her system if she does-
n't get it, does it not? Yet we are
told that if we donot get vitamin
A, which is a fat soluble, in sufficient
amounts we will have serious eye
trouble, and that the +absence of vita -
mane B, water soluble, will give us
beri-beri. The cold chills caused by
this dire threat are somewhat miti-
gated, however, whew we are at once
assured that Canadians as a whole
are pretty safe because of their wide
and varied diets,
Vitamines, however, we are assur-
ed, are absolutely essential to the
child's proper development. The fat
solubles are found in butter -fat,
whole milk, cheese made of whole
milk, cream, of course, egg yolks,
leafy vegetables, and beef suet. The
water solubles are to be found in all
whole cereals. Notethe word just
before cereal "whole." This means
in breakfast foods and' flours which
give•you the whole grain.
The greatest danger comes from
the proneness in these days of high
prices to omit the fat solubles. How
many people are ,eating butter sub-
stitutes and going without milk at
all or at best giving skimem,ilk? The
cream contains most of the vitamines
and whole milk should be given each
growing' child. If',butter substitutes
are fed to children those made of
beef fat should be used. Vegetable
fats and ,pork fats do not contain
"itatnines. Too, children should be
fed daily some --sort •of leafy vege-
table—lettuce, spinach, celery, en-
dive, any of the salad vegetables.
Economize all we must. But do not
economize on the children's food for
their whole future depends upon their
being fed correctly now. You are de-
ciding td -day whether your child
shall be strong, vigorous and healthy
when mature, or a physical weakling,
Do with fewer clothes, sell the auto,
and get along without the drapes
you want for the "parlor." But don't
cut out the cream, fresh fruit and
vegetables from the kiddies' bill -of -
fare.
Bringing the Old House Up -to -Date.
Do you remember the condition of
that old farm when you first 'took it
years ago—poo_-, sterile and down at
the heel? And would anyone recog-
nize those fertile, well -kept acres to-
day as the same place?
Precisely; you have farmed well.
Every year you made it just a little
better than it- was before; foie no real
fernier ,is~satisfied to let his lands or
his
stock steed still. But, bas' your
old farmhouse kept step .with the
other improvements? It's not diffi-
cult to bring this old house up-to-
date,
Per distance, my father's home
was just an average frame farm-
house, entirely bare of all modern im-
provements. Aftei I studied archi-
tecture I helped hinr turn this house
into the most comfortable and con-
venient of modern homes.
The bathroom came first—and quite
'rightly so, We couldn't spare any
of the old rooms, so a bay window
was built out from a second -storey
back passage, conveniently close to
the kitchen. A hot water radiator,
connected to a water -back in the kit-
chen range, kept the bati Boom,warm,
The house was hearted by stoves at
that time. A windmill and overhead
'tank supplied the fixtures with water.
That was before the days of gasoline
engines and pressure tanks. I 're-
member that my father was cerei;ul
to provide not only bathtub aud wash-
stand, but water -closet, "My' family
shall not stiffer disease and-discem-
'fort in winter time by going to that
old outdoor privy!" he said bluntly.
Kitchen and pantry sinks he put in;
wen he living to -day, he would no
doubt have added stationary wash-
tubs, too,
A ,year or two passed and he eon -
Melted the about some better heating
system. I advised hot-water; it was
the best thing known at that time,
and also the meet expensive. "No
lusher; l: want to do it ]tight!" he
said, So, calling in a reliable master
plumber, he ordered the work done.
"I don't want a bid, because they
May bo tempted to skin things down.
«Tust go ahead, and I'll pay whatever
is night," ho laughed. Of course,
there was more to it than just that,
The pluiibor agreed on a certain per-
centage of profit, and guaranteed that
the whole cost would not exceed a
certain sum. Consequoiktly, the
heating plant alwaya heated without
any forcing, whereas I know of many
other hoines whleh are always cold,
unless the fire ie. furiously and waste-
fully driven, Today I would bane
oifoted a target chviee of heating
sytteine-•--vapor,. 'entrain, pipelese
.;furnaces and so on, They All have
gertain advailtagol,, bob I haven't
er-laKat to dieeuall thein hero,
It took a lot of fuel to warm the
house in zero -weather, The: 'wind
whistled through the cracks of the
weather -boarding at a great rate.
"Why don't you cover the old sid-
ing with stucco?" I suggested. .Fol
a while my father hesitated, but I
sat down and figured 'out that the
cost of painting the house twice
would just about cover the expense of
doing the stucco -work.
"But are you sure the stucco won't
peel off? Some of the neighbors say
it won't stand over old weather-
boarding," my father said, rather
doubtfully, Now, old weather-
boarding is the best possible founda-
tion for stucco—provided, of course,
the work is done strictly according to
the specifications issued by the vari-
ous cement or metal -lath manufac-
turers. With some difficulty I con-
vinced my father, though the neigh-
bors prophesied dismal failure. How-
ever, it was only a few years before
these very same neighbors stuccoed
their homes, too. There ,isn't a square
foot of 'weather -boarding visible
within a square mile to-dayl The
houses are not only warmer, but more
nearly fireproof; they look several
hundred per cent. nicer, too.
Thus, year by year, the improve-
ments went on. The cellar floor was
cemented; a summer kitchen was
built; gas lights were put in (this
was before the days of the little elec-
tric -light plant). Simple white col-
onial mantels—not the ugly ginger-
bread affairs --were set up on the. old
chimney -breast; the walls were pa-
pered or otherwise decorated,
I have largely changed my mind
about wall paper since then. ' The
walls and ceilings of my own farm -
'house are finished with a fiat oil paint
in light huff tons, with white wood-
work. Some folks use water paint.
Still more work was done; hard-
wood floors. were laid, beautiful,
brass -trimmed' glass ijoor-knobs -re-
placed the original cheap hardware,
new windows were put in to lighten
up gloomy rooms, and so on. My, .fa-
ther took the greatest pride in remod-
eling his home; and I wonder why
more farmers do not take the same
pride in bringing their homes up to
date.
Some Hints for Dinner,
Veal Loaf—Three pounds veal, ore -
half pound salt pork, two eggs, but-
ter the size of an egg, one tablespoon
salt, one teaspoon pepper, three
crackers rolled fine. Put the veal
and salt pork.through the meat
grinder. Mix well together. 'Shape
in an oblong loaf and cook in a med-
ium oven. Baste often. Serve cold.
Ham Croquettes—Chop or grind
fine: one-fourth pound ham; mix with
it an equal amount of mashed pota-
toes, two. choppccl hard-boiled eggs,
one tablespoon minced parsley, salt
and pepper to 'taste, and the yolk of
one egg. Shape into croquettes, and
fry brown.
Potato Puffs—Two cups mashed
potato, two eggs, one-half cup milk,
one teaspoon salt, one cup grated
cheese. Add the milk to the potato
and beat until thoreugbly blended.
Add the beaten egg and salt, gradu-
ally adding the grater' cheese. Bake
in • buttered tins or ramekins in a
slow oven, Y.
Labels Savo Time.
To know where one's things are,
in which .hag or box or trunk, in
packing the wearables away it, is easy
to label the boxes and bags and make
a list for the trunks. This list laid
on the top tray will save much time
and labor when one is .hunting for a
particular dress and it can be chang-
ed as wearables are taken out or put
into the trunks,
The Soldier's Cha'tnce,
He stopped one clay at the otiice—
A fellow haggard and tall,
And asked if a piece wore vacant
, For clerical work—that's all.
Of course, I was awfully sorry,
That at present things were'slow;
But he only smiled and thanked me,
And then es he turned to go
I noticed au arm was missing,
And said, with a different glance,
"Flow did it happen?"—he answered—
"Out in the Fields of Franco."
My hand went up to his shoulder,
Yet he ain't show mnrprlse
At my sudden change et feeling,
Or the tams s that Riled lay eyes.
You bet I coultl'flul biui se/Clothing,
And gave him a Soldier's Chance,
For a boy of nitric Was lying . .
Out In the Fields of. France.
Per Muddy Boots.
The old broom has apparently out-
lived its usefulness, but saw off the
handle eight inches from tho broom,
boyo' a holt in one of the beck stops
and insert the eight -inch stab; then
trim the broom oft square and you
have an eheeedingly satisfactory
scraper for fnnddy beets .and shoos.
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CHAPTER VI.
Burke Denby had never given any
thought as to whether he were going
to be a perfect husband, or not. He
had 'wanted t0 merry: Helen, end he'
had married leer. That was all .there
was to it, except, of course, that they
had got to show hie father that they
could make good..
So far as being a husband --good,
bad, or indifferent—was concerned,
Burke had not given any more
thought to it now than he' had given.
before his marriage. He was quite
too busy giving thought to other
matters—many other matters.
There was first his work, He hated
it. He hated the noise, the smell, the
grime, the overalls, the men he work-
ed with, the smug superciliousness
of his especial "boss." He felt abuse'
ed and indignant that he hadto en-
dure it all. As if it were necessary
to put him through such .e course of
sprouts as this! As if, when the I
time came, he could not run the buei
nese successfully without all .these
years of dirt and torture. Was an'
engineer, then, made to build an en-
gine beforehe could be taught to
handle the throttle? Was a child
made to set the type of a primer be-.
fore he could be taught his letters?`
Of course not! But they were mak-
ing him not only set the type, but go
down into the mines and dig the stuff
the type was made of before they
would teach him his letters. Yet
they pretended it all must be clone
if he would ever learn to read—that
is, to run the Denby Iron Works.
Bah! He had a mind to chuck it all.
He would if it weren't for dad. Dad
hated quitters. Anel dad was look-
ing wretched enough, as it was.
And that was another thing—dad.
Undeniably 'Burke was very un-
happy over his father. PIe did not
like to think of him, yet his face
was always before him, pale and
drawn, -as he had seen it at that first
interview after his return. As the
days passed, Burke, in spite of his
wish not to see his father, found him-
self continually seizing every oppor-
tunity that might enable him to see
him, Daily he found himself haullt-
ing doorways and corridors, quite
out of his way, when there was a
chance that his father might pass.
He told himself that it was just
that he wanted to convince himself
that Iris /ether did not look quite so
bad, after all. But he knew in his
heart that it was because he hoped
his father would speak to him in the
old way, and that it might lead to
the tearing down of this horrib'le-high
wall of indifference and formality.
that had risen beween then. Burke
hated that wall.
The wall was there, however, al-
ways. Nothing ever .came of these
it were during working hours) a
it were during working hours (a
terse hint from the foreman, perhaps,
to get acic on his job. How Burlce
hated that foreman!
. And' that was another thing—his
position among his fellow workmen.
He was with them, but not of them.
His being among them at all was
plainly'a huge joke—and when one
is acting a tragedy in all seriousness,
one does nob like to Bear chuckles as
at a comedy. But, for that matter,
Burke found the comedy element ale
ways present, wherever he went. The
entire town took himself, his work,
and his marriage as a huge joke -a
subject for gay bandinage, jocose
slaps on the back, and gleeful cries
of: •
"Well, Denby, bow goes it? How
doth the .happy bridegroom?"
And Burke hated that, too.
It seemed to Burke. indeed, some-
times, that he hated everything but
Helen. Helen, of course, was a dear
—the sweetest little wife in • the
world. As if anyone could help lov-
ing IIelen! And however disagree-
able the day, there Was always Helen
to go home to at night.
Oh, of course, he had to take that
abominable fiat along with Helen—
naturally, as long as he could not
afford'lo put her in a more expensive
place, But that Would soon be rem-
edied—just as soon as he got a little
ahead.
This "going home to Helen" had
been one of Burke's happiest .antici-
pations ever. since' his marriage. It
would be so entrancing to find Helen
and Helen's kiss waiting for him
each night! Often had such thoughts
been in his mind during his honey-
moon trip; but .never .had they been
so poignantly promising of joy as
they were on that first day at the
Works, after his disheartening inter-
' • e
nterfather. All the rest'
of that miserable day it seemed to
Burke that the only thing he was
living for was the going hone to
Helen that night,
"Ron'ie," to Burke, had alwtlys
ii peace and rest, of
luxurious ease and noiseless servants,
of orderly rooms and well -served
meals, of mellow lights and softly
blended colors. Unconsciously now
home still meant the same, with the
addition of Helen—Helen, the center
of it all. It was this dear vision,
therefore that he treasured all
through is honeymoon trip, that lie -
hugged tel himself all that wretched
lint day of work, and that was still
his star of hope as he hurried that
niglbt toward the Dale Street flat,
If i1e had stopped to •think, he would
have realized at once that this new
home of a Clay was not the old home
of yea-.. But he slid not stop to
think of anything except -that Inc
the first time in his life he was going
home from week to IIelen, his wife,
Beeke Denby never forgot the
shook of that first' honic-going. He
opened the door of his apartment—
and confronted chaos; a suety janitor
straggling with a curtain pole, 0
confusion of trmilcs, chairs, a step-
ladder,.and a floor -pail, a disorder of
dishes of a coverless table) a smell
Of burned mill., and a dote, tired,
Untidy wife Who filing herself into
his arms with a storm of sobs,
"Home," after that, meant quite
something snow to Burlce Denby. It
meant Ielen, ofi course, but ---
Still it would be only for a little
While, after all he consoled himself
nee11 ,day. :lust as .soon as he got
ahead' a little it would he different.
He could sell 'the stnlf, alien' and the
very first thing tp go would be that
hideous purple pillow . on the roc]
pltlsfs sofa. --for that meteor, the sofa
would. follow alter mighty quick.
And the choirs, too. They. Were a lite
tie worst 10 sit on than to look 'at---
whiela was mantieaaeltxir„ Ass lea ttra
pts
rugs: when it came to those, it would
be his turn to select next tune. At
all events, he would not be obliged to
have one that, the minute you opened
the door, bounced into, your face and
eerowned "Iloilo! I'm here. ,See reel"
How he"Iieted that rug!: And the pic-
tures and those cheap gilt vases—.
'everything, of cote, would bo dif-
ferent in the new home.
Nor did Burke stop to think that
this constant shifting, in one's mind,
of things that :are, to things that may
some time be, scarcely makes for
content,
Still, Burke could tot have forgot
ten his house furnishings even if
he had tried to do so, for he had to
malce payments on them "every few
minutes," as he termed it. Indeed,
One of the -unsolved riddles. of his life
these clays was as to why there 'were
so many more Mondeys (tile day Ile
paid his installments) . than there
were Saturdays .the day the Works
paid him) in a week. For that mat-
ter, after all was said and clone, per-
haps to nothing was Burke Denby
giving more thought these days than
to money.
Burke's experience with money
heretofore hail been to draw a check
for what he wanted. True, he some-
times gverdrew his account .a trifle;
but there was always his allowance
coming the first of the month; and
neither he nor the bank worried.
Now it was, quite different. There
was no allowance, and•no bank—save
his pocket, and there was only fifteen
dollars a week coming into that. IIe
would not have believed that fifteen
dollars a week could go so quickly,
and buy so little. Very early .in the
first month -of housekeeping all that
remained of his allowance was gone.
What didnot go at once to make
payments on the furniture was paid
over to IIelen to satisfy some of her
many requests Inc money.
And that was another of Burke's
riddles—Why Helen needed so much
money just to get them something to
eat. True, of late, she had not asked
for it so frequently. Sho had not,
indeed, netted for any for some time
—for which he was devoutly thatflc-
,ful. He would not have liked to re-
fuse her' and he certainly was giving
her all that •he could afford to give,
without her asking. A fellow must
smoke some—though Heaven knew
he had cut his cigars down, both in
qutpltity and quality, until he had
cut out nearly all the pleasure!
Stil he was gad to do it for Helen.
IIelen was a little brick. How pretty
she looked when she was holding
forth on his "making good," and her
not "dragging" him "clown"! Bless
her heart! As if she could be guilty
of such a thing as that! Why, she
was going to drag him up—Helen
was!
And she was doing pretty well, too,
running the little home, for a girl
who did not know a thing about it,
to begin with. She was doing a whole
lot better than at first. Breakfast
had not been late for two weeks, nor
dinner, either. And she was almost
always at the door to kiss him now,
too, while at the first he had to hunt
her up, only to find her crying in the
kitchen, prollably—something wrong
somewhere.
Oh, to be sure, Ise was getting a
little tired of potato salad, and he al-
ways had abhorred those potato-chip-
py things; and he himself did not
care much for cold meat. But, of
course, after she got a little more
used to things.she wouldnt serve that
sort of trash quite so often, He
would be getting real things to eat,
pretty soon—good, juicy beefsteaks
and roasts, and nice fresh vegetables
and fruit shortcakes, with muffins
and griddle -calces Inc breakfast. But
Helen was a little -brick—Helen was.
And site was doing splendidly!
(To be continued.)
EDUCATION AND THE WAR.
Strong Demand in Britain For Added
Facilities For Adults.
The mixing of the nations daring
the great war has resulted, as far as
Britain is concerned, in a strong de-
mand for additional facilities for adult
education, says a London despatch.
From the educational centres it is re-
portedthat there is now' a wonderful
volume of enthusiasm of adult 'mince -
ton.
The Workers' Educational Associa-
tion is finding difficulty in supplying
the lecturers demanded by all parts
of the country, while many classes are
enrolling more pupils than ever, and
arrangements for one class 011 a sub -
Met have had to be oxteudocl tp sever-
al classes to accommodate the demand
1 4r edtication.
Tho London County Council educa-
tional department flails overcrowding
in its classes dealing with literary
and like subjects and has decided to
increase the number of literary Meta
tut:es by five, with et corresponding in-
crease in classes, Tho new insti-
tutes 'will l.e opened within a Eew
days, The council will 50011 open a
flow cour::e at its present institutes
committing folk songs and dances.
The report of -the Government Com-
mittee on Adult I:ilncatlon refers to
the present interest in adult eiuce.
tion s.he/nes aticl recommends certain
lnoditleationa of Lite hours end 11011 -
days of workers for the purpose of
coaling them to attend courses and
Mingle lectures. The committee states
that the demand Inc inlprovonient is
unique, and to waste the present op•
po•tunily would be a national sit,
Mats Made of Ivory.
-It is believed that there are but
three mitts of ivory in existence. The
largest one measctros eight by foul'
feet, and although made in the north
of India, has a Greek clesigtt for it
border. It Is used only on State oc'
caeions, like the signing of important
State docu/netts. 'rho coat of 11110
precious' mat was ainmost incalculable,
for more tlian six thousand four 11uni1•
red p03111 5 of Hare ivory wore used
In Its construction. Only the finest
and most llexiblo stripe of material
could be used, and the mat Is like tho
finest woven fa111'to.
FIELD MARSHAL
REVIEWS' THE :WAR.
SIR DOUGLAS HAIG PRESENTS
REMARKABLE) FACTS.
The Word "Mlrac)lloue" Is Not Toq
Strong to Describe Recovery and
Ultimate Victory of Allies.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in
his final despatch mase public, pre-
sents -an important yeview or the war
and describes' in (Mall the oxpansioll
and achievements of the British army,
'with many remarkable facts and
figures. He treats the eperations in
the western front as a single con-
structive c1tmpatgu, in which can be
recognized the salve general features
and necessary stages that, between
forces of approxintatel'y equal strength,
have marked all, the conolusive battles
of history.
"The high-water mark of our fight-
ing strength in infantry, says the Bri-
tish commander, was only reached af-
ter two and a half years of conflict, by
whioll time heavy casualties had al-
ready been incurred, It was notuntil
midsummer, 1918, that the artillery
eituation became even approximately
adequate to the conduct of major
operations. -
" Buring .the Somme battle artillery
etmmuuition had to be watched with
tile greatest care. 'During 1917 am-
munition was plentiful,but the gun
situation caused. anxiety. It was only
in 1918 that artillery operations could
be conducted without any limiting
consideration beyond that of trans-
port.
"The margin with 'which the Ger-
man onrush of 1914 was stemmed was
so narrow and the subsequent struggle
vas so severe that the,word 'miracu-
lous' is hardly too strong to describe
tate recovery and ultimate victory of
the allies.
Effect qaf Russian Default.
"The breakdown of Russia 'in 1917
probably prolonged the war by a year,
and the military situatibn in Italy in
the Autumn of 1917 necessitated the
transfer of five British divisions to
Italy at a time when their presence in
France nsight have had far-reaching
effects."• ,
Sir Douglas records .the interesting
fact that more than half the British
casualties in the fightipg„of 1918 oc-
curred during the five months from
March to July, when the allies were
on the defensive.
"The rapid collapse of Germany's
military powers in the latter half of
1918,” he says, "was the logical out-
come of the fighting of the previous
two years. It would not have taken
place but for that period of ceaseless
attrition, which used up the German
reserves. It is in the groat battles
of 1916 and 1917 that all have to seek
for the secret of our victory in 1918,"
The value of cavalry in modern war
is emphasized by Sir Douglas Haig,
and, in discussing the value of nteoba.
ntcal contrivances, such as tanks, he
observes that, immense as their in-
fluence (night have been, they could
not by -themselves decide a campaign.
Their true role is to assist infantry-
men, by whose rifles and bayonets
only can decisive victory be won.
The expansion of British personnel,
artillery, ammunition, transport, rail-
way construction and establishments
of every kind in Francs is dwelt upon
by the Field Ittarshal, Regarding ma-
chine guns the British equipment In-
creased from one gain to 500 infantry-
men in,1914 to one to 20 infantrymen
to 1918. The 486 pieces of ai;tfllery
with which the British tools the field
In 1914 were represented at the date
of the armistice 6,347,
British Army Raised During War.
On the first day of the Somme battle
in 1916 nearly 13,000 tons of artillery
ammunition were fired by the Britteln
on the western front. On two days,
September 20 and 21, 1911, 42,000 tons
were expended, and in the three days
of the crucial battle on September 27,
28 and 29, 1918, nearly 66,000 tons
were fired by the British artillery.
Sir Douglas Haig said that the fea-
ture of the war, which to the historian
may well appear most noteworthy, is
the creation of the new British army,
which was successfully built tip in tl.o
,very midst of the war, - '
"The total of more than 317;000,-
Gerntan prisoners captured by us on
the western front," says Sir Donates,
"is its striking contrast tb the forge of
s1)5 divisions comprising some 30,000
fighting men with which we entered
the war. That we should have been
able to accomplish this slulenclous
task is due partly to the loyalty and
devotion of our sillies, anti to the
splendid work of the Royal Navy, but
mainly to the wonderful- spirit of the
British race hi all parts of the world,"
With respect to the use of cavalry
Sir Douglas Haig contends 1ri3a1 1n the
light 01 full experience of the war the
decision to preserve the cavalry corps
has been completely justified.
"It has been proved," he added,
"that cavalry,` whether used for shooit
effect under suitable conditions, or as
Mobile infantry, have still an intils-
pensablo part to play in lnoclo'n war.
Moreover, it cannot safely bo assured
that in all future wars the flanks of
the opposing forces will rest on neu-
tral states or 'impassable obetaeles,"
No Victory in Defensive.
The Field Marshal devotes a spe-
cial section to : "Why we attacked
whenever possible," in which lie says;
"The object of all war 15 victory,
and a purely defensive attitude can
never, brlhg about a succeseftil cloci-
5
1
0Il1
1" c
e emphasizes that, the defensive
role sooner Or later produces a lower.
tog of morale, while the clefts/Warr be'
comes almost Wit -rely ignorant of, his
opponent's diep0sltiOna and plans.
This ivas exemplified in the fighting
of 1918, "So long ea the enemy was
attaching 110 obtained a fairly full in-
aur,nntloft regarding oar dispositions,"
says Sir Douglas, "but so 50011 as be
was thrown of the Howell 1ve,.and the
initiative returned to the allies, 110
saes kept eft- comparative ignorance of
our plane and disPOOltiol; and the al -
]les Were ablo to orf0 t many nur-
prises, broth strategic and taOtioaL„
DROWNING OJT
and killed 03' captured all of the
enemy. Then WO pushed on to the top
of the foothills looking dowel to 1114
THEAUST TANS 111;111, Wherere the maul Austrian camp
AN INCIDENT OF THE SERBIAN
CAMPAIGN.
When a Whole Camp of Austrians
Were Swept Away by the' Clever
'Device of a Serbian Soldier.
A graphic account of a gigantic
manoeuvre that ended in sweeping
away a whole camp of Austrians dur-
ing their Serbian campaign is told by
Radovitob, a Serbian 0011101', Tbs
Serbs were at that time seriously
hampered by a lade orf supplies, es-
pecially of dynamite, At the time of
the incident the Austrians were eta
camped in a deep valley directly be-
low an artificial dam, The circum-
stances offered a golden opportunity,
but because of the lack of explosives
nothing aphid be done to start a flood,
'We had been hoping," said Rado-
vilcb, "that 111e Austrians might let
the water go on piling up behind the
dam until it gave way, but it was not
until the middle of Ilford/ that we hit
upon a plan that seemed -to promise
success—a plan for building a little
dam of our own, backing up a lakelul
of water behind it and then turning
it loose on the big lake below at the
'crest of the spring floods,
"Five hundred husky Serbs can 110
a deal of work, but it didn't take more
than three days of logrolling and rock -
packing to show that we couldn't finish
that hundred -yard -long, thirty- foot
dam before the next season, and that,
even so, the stag we were puttbig in
was too loose to stop water,
A Serbian Plan,
"Then I had my big idea, I Itad
worked in hylraulie mines in the
United States, and, although we had
nothing with which to rig up a pipe
and nozzle, there was a chance to di-
vert a little mountain torrent that
came tumbling down from the snows
a few yards below our slant site. Why
not build up only a narrow crib' of
boulders and pine logs to act as a bar-
rios, and then bring over the little
torrent and let it sluice down the loose
conglomerate from the four -hundred -
foot cliff? Because no one had any-
thing else to offer, we decided to tr'y
the thing.
"My young 'hydraulic' tore clown a
lot of rock and gravel, but as we could
not rig up anything to confine it pro-
perly it spread out in a big fan, and
was sluiced away by the rivr. That
discouraged ns, and when a ig storm
brought clown a flood that washed
away all our cribbing we gave, up in
disgust.
'And that night it rained cats and
dogs, and when I looked out of my hut
the next morning the river was over
its banks. The cascade from the 111-
tle stream we had diverted seemed to
have disappeared. At first I thought
that it had bucked Its way back into
its old channel, but wl'.en I went down
to look I found that It j'ad been swal-
lowed up by the chg.
"It had sluiced into the soft conglo-
merate. At the bo '•om of the cliff it
came boiling out from under a layer
of slate in about equal parts of gravel
and water. It had evidently under-
mined a sloping section of'the cliff for
a hundred feet or mord, and only the
tough upper stratum of slate was stav-
ing ea a big cave-in,
"The warm rain kept plugging clown
all day, and, was still pelting Hard
when I went to sleep that night, To-
ward morning I was awakened by a
roar a hundred times louder than any
snowslide ever heard, and then carne
a jar that rocked the whole valley.
When light came the first thing we
saw was the shimmer of a 'fiat stretch
or water in the bottom of the valley,
a lake—just as if it had dropped from
the sky, Part of the cliff had fallen
across the head of the gorge, and the
debris had formed a clam that was
sixty feet high.
Aided by Nature,
had been was a ellther oe emootlt mud,-
dotted ;with.. the • stumgs' of isnapp!ad-oft
trees; that was all we ooild see al
far as 01n' OYos could reach"
EXPLLAIN$ RUSSIA'S FAULTS,
Leader Says gducation to Conned tt
Small Per Cent. of Pol$llotion,
An Interesting insight role the views
of a Russian leader on the troubles
and fallings of leis own people is given
by President Nicholas B. Teliailcov,+'cy,
of the Northern Region,
Writing for the members of 1h,,,Al.
lied expeditionary forces, President.
Tchaikovslcy said: "it is true that
Russian culture is. very recent- mai
lacks the brilliancy and accomplish
1110n1 that are so 'charaotertst:r, of t113
large British and American titles, le
is particularly noticeable that what we
borrow from abroad does not easily
adjust itself to our found/itio.ts. But,
as if afraid to he left behind by our
(more progressive neighbors, wo have
acquired this foreign superetructuro
without having first properlyproPared
the foundation.
"Thus we had brilliant electric light-
ing in our capitals long ago, whereas
tho peasants in the villages have only
recently ceased using wood splinters
i. to light' their huts. Our universities
and scientists are well known through-
out the world, while scarcely • 30 per
:cent. of our copntry folk are able to
Iroad and write.
"In our social and political life one
observes the same peculiarity. Fer
more than fifty 'ears we lived under a
j rule of veritable slavery to bareau-
orats, imperial gendarme and police,
I being deprived of moat dem:eatery
I rights of citizenship.. But at the ,anti.
time wo used to have all shades of
i political and socialletic doctrine,
113110ae exponents 'sought an immediate
answer to the social problems and the
adoption of ideal methods of distribu-
ting the wealth of the country.
I "In a word, we have been very anx-
1 sous to absorb the latest ideas of west-
ern civilization without being at all'
I sure that there was room for them in
our 03311 life. We hare always been
1 more concerned with the affairs of the
wide world than with the crying needs
and faults of our own nation, We have
actually learned to be indifferent to
our own national Interests and asham•
ad to he patriotic,
"Unfortunately, some of our splen-
did natural gifts, our achievements in
art, anisic and literatiil•e, ba+:e given
some of us the conceit that we have
been called.upon to teeth other na-
tions how to solve their most diflleult
and complicated problems, Thus It is
1 said that Lenine, according to his own
statement, undertook et) daringly lits
dangerous experiment with our Rus-
sian affairs not so much for our own
sake as to 'teach a lesson to all man-
kind. Leaving aside his other motives
it would be difficult to lied a better
personirr, tion of vanity are conceit,
AVIATION IN PEACE 'OMB.
Forest Fire Patrol by Alrcreft to be
Established In Canada.
Among the peace true possibilities
of aircraft are forest are patrol and
aerial photography. It is now expect-
ed that fire patrols by Ilydn., boats will
be established during the current year
by the British Columbia laorest Mandl
and by one or more of the Forest Pro•
Motive Associations of Quebec, Ins•
slated by' the Quebec Government.
The St litaurice Forest Prince:tire As
sedation is the leader in chis respect
in the east,. as the Britiell c'o111131ble
Forest Branch has already ].roved in
the west, it is believed that there are
' large possibilities -also in connection
with aerial fire patrol on Dominion
lands in the west, through filo Donlin•
len Forestry and Park; Breaches,'
Many men, whose experience in nv61•
Lion overseas should modify them to
express thoroughly practical oi, nc,00,
state tint, beyond guostirrl. these
things are eminently feaalll::.
Similarly, there' in n11 0.t.nbtetny ei
lingo field for 'development., ulona 11n':
line of . aerial photography, both 1'
conjunction with forest protect ee a/3
independently. The recent a l iii s o
Colonel Cull before the oeneetie
Society of Ottawa ;listed rent .,l tin,
possibilities of aircraft in 15111i hi e
the lino of wu111 with 1 3 itch the e,ce.
det}e. Survey ie partic il' _ e' '(1rc .l led .
Tile poesihtlities nteel:reviler, welt
forestry work alt 1.1'o very greet.
There are vast ar'1' r, reletivele a1•
accessible bunds ie :l!1 our nrevi..ce.,
where only fragment:,; data arc are e•
able Os to d11l11:;, enol topogrepl,•„
or as to the extent, m imeo:ibttm argil
volume of 1.11e fare te, etc a. remilt or.
war developments, the impeltcitISO r.
our forests in the 110ti conal economy i.1
now recognized as never befono. An
adequate knowledge of the cilarartee.
location and extent of the forests of
Canada Ie essential 1.o the proper ad-
ministration and exploitation of 11411
vital resource,
Tho Commission of Conservation
made n. survey of the foteel. resuurtme
of 13ritieb C'.oldmb!a and Selskatritn.
wan, although the data available as to
extensive areas were of the most frog-
montoiy 211ar001er, Similar work iti
other provblros is planned, as rapldly
as the Necessary funds can be secured,
The proscention of such projoets
wouid. be enormously shnplbied, and
the results would be much more nc-
eurate and valuable, if necessary worts
on ihn ground could bo o-11pplemeuted
by Mehemet(' surveys ulnde by 111Enn8
of aerial photography. Such surveys
might or mum 50150 Miler public
ptulsosce as tvoll, '1'ht1 euggo ,te flue
extreme desirability of coarecrotlnn
between all agencies interested, Dom-
inion and 1'rOv!tleitll, act well no prt'
-vote-
"With
vote
"\Vith the rain still pouring pltclt-
forlcs and the snow melting all over
the mountains, the lake rose at the
rate of two feet an Hour all the morn-
ing, The storm continued tor three
days. On the fourth day there woe
ncurly fifty feet of water at the dans.
and we decided to give it a. posit, We
didn't have enough dynamite to do the
job, and so we turned the stream of
my 'hydraulic' along the sloping top
of the elide and off clown into 111e
gorge,
"About midday we site it sluicing,
and all the afternoon the stream licit-'
ed off tho loose earth as if it wore
sugar. By Clark half the near end of
the 0lido had slushed away, and the
wall that still hold wee beginning to
bulge and cave, IIalf an hour later
our pitch -pine torches showed the
water babbling through all the way
along, and rive 15110W it vette time for
its to clear out, We wove none too
soon, either, for the last man was just
out of the way when a heavy, rolling
grind started, and than-••-whoof!)--001
she went,
"I've been to Yankee Jim's Conon
of the Y.ellowstote,wtron the flood be.
hhul the break-up of the ice join in
the lake came down, but that was a
rat -it -tut to the roar that sounded now.
The mountains themseives were shak-
ing, and the movement started the
'hanging' anowslidos all the way down
tho gorge, The iake was drained of
all but nntd in ten minutes, and than
a new sound brolco in --a roar that
seemed to rumble up from under the
earth. It was Hie big data going,
"Tho next morning et daybreak
every man in lilltipa to stand tho climb
over a nollntain palls we anew--the
road down the gorge had boon scoured
out elenn --dropped dower from the
t.lu'oo sides on ilio little Anstrlan force
in the vllla10 evbero the clam imd been