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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-6-6, Page 6Ifo MU YOUNG tush time ilowels reg Marey with ;THE SPIRIT OF THE . PURGATIVE WATER A mild but sure ealbno purgative *itch softens ,the contents of Ovulates,. tinea feud moilitetes their expulsion without causing collo,,orampe or edmfeet, • On Bale everywhere: 25 Dante the bottle. RIGA PURGATIVa WATER CO, :. MONTREAL, ul .etta By Arthur Henry Gooden, CHAPTER V,"• She Leaves ,Business And Arrives At Another Crisis:• All day had the rain dripped ,from a sodden sky, the warm life-giving rain of California. Juliette sat by the blurred window, staring into the newly fallen night, -depressed beyond words by the eter- nal grayness beyond the window, the monotonous drip -drip from the eaves, the soft patter of the rain on the roof. .A. rainy Saturday in the coun- try was a tiresome affair. I On Sun- day one could break the monotony by going, to church, at least. Juliette; yawned, glanced at a littled clock on the dressing table, a yawned again, She must do some- thing—and what was there to do? Ale, a letter to. `Uncle Paul, of coursel She quickly left her chair, lighted the oil clamp, and sat down to a diminutive writing desk. In the three months which had pass- ed since that fateful morning in Paul Morrow's office much water had 'keno over the. dam, The Truitt com- pany was defunct, and Julietta's days and ntglts of remorse had finally end- ed in now work. Her spirit grovelled in the ashes of defeat; humility cried for self-abasement: she could not put on sackcloth, but she could, and did, don cotton stockings—for the first time since that wonderful. night when Paul Morrow had brought the blue silk stockings from the pawn -shop to the cab. She had said then that she would always wear silk stockings—a childish: boast which had been made ad be- coneemblems ountil Y the pride when which was no more. Being what he was, Paul Morrow had not consumed in her sweeping self -condemnation. anis heated de- fense of her had not changed Julietta's opinions of herself, but they had proved comforting in their assurance of his continued faith: He had laughed•gayly at her distress when he had 'produced sample cases and mile ago ticket, "Cheer up!" he had cried merrily, "When it comes to selling goods your Uncle Paul is there with the push. it?" For along time she stood star - toryWe'll make 'em -hustle in our terra to Juliette." sawed intact, and Juliette hastenedcr on aoss a strip of useless, unform- ed land to the road. Reaching the mailbox, she'deposit- ed the letter and turned' homeward by the drive. Her jubilation had depart- ed; hor feet oozed- mud, her'soiled skirts .flapped diemally about damp ankles, and she hastened to her room with vexation urging her. Ten minutes later footsteps outside her door interrupted her rueful meditation of spoiled skirts and stock- ings, With those same "humility stockings" in her •hand she threw open the door. Jed Seldon, candle in hand, was slouching town the hall, his placed, gray-haired wie meekly in the rear. At Julietta's call he turned. "Just goin' to bed," he announced querulously. His glance fell on the soiled stockings and'skirt, "Oh, took a fall in the mud, did ye?" "Yes—in such dreadful mud. Please tell me what will take it out? It left my skirt stained a greenish -black and seems horridly slimy." The old man approached and bent over the garments, shading the candle with one huge, greed hand, "W ell,, I swam " he grunted. "Ain't that there mud -"from the bog out in front of the big alfalfa pasture?" she" told briefly of her encounter with Beelzebub, whereat he chuckled grimly and wagged his long beard. "Thar now—what did I tell ye? Lucky yo made -the fence! And ye went and sat right in that Ile bag!" "Ile bog?" repeated Juliette, frown- ing. rown ing., - "There'a oil. In it, dear," explained Mrs. Seldbn. 'a "He means oi'l'. 'Course I mean ale. Didn't I say Ile? Too bad ye got all mussed up, Miss Dare. I reckon ye can't clean them things—that pesky ile bog clear spires everything. Well, good night to ye!" He lumbered off, his wife following; their shadows danced grotesquely on the wall behind, Juliette closed her door and stood staring at the "humil- ity stockings" in her bend. "Why, of course!" she whispered, awe in her blue eyes. "It is oil, isn't FRENCH PEOPLE IDEA OF SURRENDER IS ALIEN TO THEIR SOUL. Every Soldier Willing to go to Cor- taro Death Because Life is Dedi- sated to Country. Two years ago the world was told that the French were tired of the War. A year ago Canada was told that the, French nation wee bled white; that it could hold up its end in the great war only a short time longer•and that unless powerful re- inforcements wero sent to the battle front and new spirit injected into the French the war would end with Ger- many the conqueror, says a war cor- respondent. 1 have been fortunate enough to see a great deal of the French people and the French soldiers ..during the last few months and I think l under- stand- why France has been able to bear the brunt df the war and why France will continue to hold her place in the very front line until the Hun is defeated. ing down at the stookings; then, me - ' fiat coffee s a new line. If you ebanically, began to undress. must travel, why not sticle to shoes?" At breakfast the next morning Julie "Because I want you to forget etta studied the old rancher discreet - shoes. The stoner we take a fresh ly, wondering how she might best ap- grip, girl, the sooner welt find thee, preach the subject which had kept this old world's a pretty good sort of her wide-eyed through the still hours place after all." of the night—the subject which kept "I—I think I'll go on the road too." her heart fluttering, "You will not!" "Goin' to church?" inquired Seldon. "Very well," Juliette had assented "No? 'That's too bad. The wife was meekly, stung by the pain in his eyes. "Then 1?ll teach school. I'm going to do something until—until the larger dream comes true. It will, and I know it will." So, aided by Mrs. Drake, she secur- ed a country school near Bakersfield. Out of her fifty dollars a month, she paid Jed Seldon twenty-five a month for board and room. It was a new ex- perience, and kept her from over- much sell' -communion. Remembrance .of these things flit- ted through her mind as she wrote. "And, Uncle Paul I've moved to an - Other house," ran tier concluding lines. 'My new farmer host is Jed Seldon. He has a long beard that would be a beautiful white if only he did not chew tobacco. ` He's a ^sheepman and does 'a lot of talking about hard times. He wants to sell his place and go to some Country where there is plenty of free grazing land—but enough of Seldon, sort of almin' that you and herd be goin' together: The old lady wouldn't miss church for no money." Juliette looked at quiet little Mrs. Seldon, and lauglmeddmerrily. "How long have you owned this ranch, Mrs. Seldon?" "Pretty close to twenty years," was the answer, accompanied by a sigh. "Yes, tarn -dim take it1" agreed Jed. "banged fools we've been to keep it so longi" "I was 'thinlcing," said Juliette meditatively, "that I might know someone who would buy the ranch if you really want to sell it." (To be continued.) BREAD WITHOUT FLOUR. ' Process Used in France to. Change Wheat Directly Into Dough, How's the coffee?" In France bread has been made The letter finished, sealed and ad- without flour in a machine that dressed, Juliette went to the window. The ram had stopped-, and as she flung open the -sash, the soft, fresh, rain - sweet air touched her face• Through great 'rents ini} the blurred sky stars peeped joyously'against'a blue -black heaven, "I'll run out to the road and leave the letter," she thought, eager for the fresh air. transforms the wheat_ directly into dough. This machine has a large screw turning loosely in a case on the inner •- surface of which is a screw thread running in an opposite direc- tion. Between the main threads on the cylinder are' smaller threads, and the depth of the groove becomes pro- gressively smaller from one end to The vivid breath of the rain -quick- the other, so that it will hold the en- ened alfalfa rose about her, Behin tire wheat grain as Waiters the ma - her the little white farmhouse loomsshine,' at the seine time accommodate ghost-like against the night, with the ing only the pulverized wheat at the enormous blackness of. the barn lifting exit behind 11; farther still, a row of star- The wheat is prepared bya thee•- eweeping Lombardy poplars stood like stately silernt sentinels; • The glow- ouglm washing, after which operation ing radiance of 'Bakersdald hung over the horizon, dimming time splendor of the newly uncovered stars. JuTiette broke into a boyishly clear whistle that cut into the night like a rapier thrust as she !massed on toward the boundary fence, And that whistle with yeast and salt and is poured represented to Beelzebub both alarums and excursions. into the, machine, It fulls between Beelzebub hated petticoats, as Jed the threads of the moving screw, Seldon's wife knew to her sorry. which simultaneously crush the en - Juliette had been well warned by Jed velop and body of the grain, making never to cross the alfalfa pasture un- of thein a homogeneous mixture that fonm'e s a smooth paste. Bread madsby this process con tains a succession of holes whose size increases as they approach the crust, which is thin. The odor' given off* is said to bo most agreeable, — An Idea Worth Trying Not long ago, says the Milwaukee Journal„Prof. W. E. Ringle, a nature alba; of Pittsburg, Kansas, discovered Surrender ie `a word as foreign to the vocabulary of the French poilu.as it was to the Old Guard of Napoleon. The spirit of surrender is as alien to the soul of France as it was to the life of ancient Greece. France knows that Germany will be defeated. She has never doubted it. She was just as confident when the Hun , was slaughtering hundreds of thousands of his own men and soldiers of France as she is to -day when her line has been extended to the north to be pre- pared for any new onslaught the German may undertake. As for fighting, the world does not need to be told of the fighting quali- ties of the French. Neither does the Hun. I have seen German prisoners freshly captured who say that Ger- many has been astounded at the vigor of the French; that the army authori- ties are vexed almost to the- point of hysteria over the constant appearance of the French when the Hun feels he is just on the threshold of victory. about a pint of tepid water to a pound of grain is added, the whole mixture being allowed to stand for some six hours. Then the grains of wheat have swollen to twice their ordinary size. The mixture is then treated escorted. "That thar ram does surely despise pomo -{o]k » bad a t ckled „ "Keep ,put o he meadow If you don't want j<lhem pretty frocks all mussed up." Having regard both for her frocks find for Beelzehubte }huge curling Imorne, Juliette bad pano6t'iliousiy mind- ied the warning until to-nigght— mncl now! The muffled thud of flying hoofs awakened her to the danger. ` Be- llied her dame the old ram, a bewooled and behorned thunderbolt of animos- ity' in a Kande creek a bladderwort, a Juliette thrat, one startled ,glance over h017' shoulder, made out the whirl- plant that is usually found in more wind of wrath behiimd, lifted high her northern streams. He took it to his skirts--a.nd ran! Atalanta never rant laboratory and placed it in a jar that ore swiftly than Juliette rap for thecontained several thousand very small Ypundary fence; ejjiie reeehod {t an .'crambied up, panting and iaugliing-- jaen a stifled shriek broke from hem as eolzal ub, in bis headlong rush, tidied into the boards; Beelzebub bounded 'fa his feet like 'ratter ball and aborad balefully nugm the bars. Ju(icata, ei' .ing in slimy,•s'tieky, oozy bleak pu&le, re- amed the stare with interest. '•'O'h Beolzbub, you mender!" 13eelzhulr clneltecl his Barns againab a fence in reply, , "Keel) your oldpasture!" v a urrl Julie m pand s t p hebtei'ly. inrrerly she rose and shook out iter Incan - o'iY mos uitoes, therefore, AP= alart, The ul n u q � t c was ter;ribb�a iiltY u • I, lumr •� ac misty, gaol/Ili . oats t bo to Propagate the bladder. �n, Y p 4 todpeled in o.,lok to garde the wa, 'ler IS d• away tiYtl%il the necessity of 011;41 it 4d oftg 'Phil 4.0too Hume ly' began to d s+ otm m nn a � n tt - myd . s lm 4r, , pPR �;1� �7 t'8 1 the slimeia roves ga'.i`ari tDmtll a, n ing it esojy'oly flael the enmall balloons on the .lobi Ware traps and 10101)e 'ler 1419 ,polos,., The perm had deo vau ori dight, 1;f it wwoald consume r a ni aro ore owhyt h sn as E class t p , a 1 sfmoitid )sot devour uwig�1e-tails," tlto '- •- of the ln4seulto lee naturalist Lh�lsl;;a. One ws�! o£' r�dtiing a Pane ell ilea. darted, and they are allgoing before their lover are over," Nation ThtetliJp For War.. How each .it spirit could survive after a nation has for nearly four yore gone through what Franco had gone through ie not easy for one tie understand until he ]las an insight into._ the French character, The nae tion is tuned up to war, Ito entire energy ie focussed on war. Nothing else is thought of. Not a wheel turns in the entire country except to make something which is needed for war, In all France there 1d not a single pleas- ure automobile, There is no gayety, The civil population is subjecting it- self to hardships which it hopes. .are just as trying as those of the men who are bearing arms. If the war ends this year France will be happy. If the war 'continues five years France will still be giving the same demonstration of self -sacra flee and loyalty she has been giving. for the last three years and a half, It is only the short saghted who be- lieve the reports which one time were prevalent—that France was ready to quit—that she was wearied to the point of surrender. France is just as virile to -day as she ever was, She is ready to -day to make the same sacrifices she made at the Marne, the Somme and Verdun, but she knows she will never have to do so. You might drive or walk for two hundred miles through any .part of France and you would not see a single civilian except elderly men, boys, in- valids or cripples. Every able man is in the army. Still the farms look promising in the spring sunshine. Not a foot of soilis being neglected. The "old folks" who had finished their life's toil and settled down in their little village home to watch their grandchildren grow up have put on the yoke again. Willing to Face Certain Death. • You ban't find a single Frenchman who is not willing to go to certain death any time, because he believes his life belongs to France and that France is living for generations to come. Before the French went into the great battle which raged for weeks on the Somme and on the plains of Picardy they had learned a special prayer. They don't know who wrote it. But they all know it. This is it: a "Men who, serving France in the exuberance and joy .of youth; men who believe in human equality; men who vision idealism and justice and strive to bring it about; men who now rest in the grave—we salute you! ."you gave your all courageously to repulse an evil that was thrust upon our France, your very all, your life of peace at home, your hopes and your dreams. You did all this before us. And now since this monster evil demands mord blood, more life, more of France's strength, we take your places asking when will those living be permitted to live. When will right return to the earth? We know not; but we'do-know and here promise you that you have not died in vain, that your sacrifice was not an empty thing, and that we and those coming after us are ready 'to pay the price of ran- som for the future of your sons and ours and to come in succession after us, This we promise you, dead com- rades in the name of France in the name of Christ. Amnenl” That simple prayer—on the lips of nearly every soldier who took his place in the battle line in latter 1v1aroh —furnishes the key to the French character as exemplified by this war. The Frenchman is fighting for the future. He is 'fighting for the com- rades who have already diad. He is fighting to drive out what he regards as the evil monster of all time. It is not exaggeration to eay that time /french is the master soldier of the war. No one denies it. The Hun is not in his class. The British, possess- ing as he dons, every quality of the stern fighter, has not had the genera- tions of training of the French; the American is just beginning to show what he has in him, • Long Hours Without Sleep. 1 tins ty, the otter had lmeen pre- wort in pools and etraams. ALIENS SAVED BY CANADIANS Just after the Hun had begun his gigantic sweep against the French and British limes on March.21 I saw hundreds of miles of French trucks, supply , wagons; artillery 'and every other paraphernalia of war trailing it ti ns. the point whore from all d ec o to v danger lay. I saw ' French camion drivers who had not had d wink of sleep for forty bourse teamsters who had been sittilmig exposed to the rain for two -lays and nights, going about task just as cheerful! as if y their tea j y they were on a holiday. They were going to holo France. France needed them. In an officers' club in a certain part of Femme there teas an• orchestra OVERSEAS CAVALRY TURNED TIDE. Or BATTLE. WHAT WOMEN SHOULD AND S By Dr, F, W, Now that the grim visage of war is frowningenpon us and tlioiisands of the men o'f' our Ciountry aro serving the colors women aro willingly taking up a goodly share of" man's burden at home, Among the most important oc- cupations in which they will engage will bo out-of-door work on the farm. Canadian women have not been aecus- tomed to mud of this kind of labor, so they should know what to do to con- serve their 'health, not only for their own good but for posterity. In the matter of diet they will have to follow the increased desire for more substantial food occasioned by being more in the open air and the using of more energy. They should avoid eat- ing too many sweets and partake more freely of the deet of the outdoor lab- orer, Clothing should be free from all con - Striding bands and other appliances whloh interferewith the free use of any part of the body, thus giving the lungs and abdominal organs a chance to remain in the natural position and perform their natural functions, Corsets, if worn at all, should be short and loosely fitted. Some kind of overalls or bloomers is suitable for• outer garments: The shoes should be waterproof and high enough to give good support to' the ankles, and should be laced so that they may be adjusted to give comfort, The undergarments should be made of material that is ;IOULD NOT DO ON TIM FARM. St. John. light but flim, and of a kind that washes easily, Thus equipped, a woman of ordt�nary health and stature will be able'` to Operation of Dominion Horsemen Re- garded as Most Famous Action Of the War. Complete details of the capture of the Canadian cavalry during the Ger- man offensive of the big wood north of Moreuil show that this operation, which included the charge of a squad- ron into a battery of German machine guns, was probably the most famous action of the war. In addition to turning the tide of battle at various places in the forward areas, they prac- tically savedAmiens. Gen. Sir Henry Rawlingson, visiting the Canadian cavalmy on April 3, ad- dressed each: unit in turn and told them that the two woods they had recaptured from the enemy, the Bois de Moreuil and Rifle Wood, were the dominating features, the possession of which might at that time have been fatal to the defence of Amiens. Fight in Moreuil Wood. After the Canadian cavalry's adven- tures in the French lines they return- ed northward, While there they re- ceived information that the Germans had captured Mezieres, just south of tiro Amiens-Roye road, and were rap- idly advancing. Although both men and horses were greatly fatigued by their con- tinuous fighting, with the French they moved forward with splendid spirit, whennstructions arrived at 8.30 a,m. on Meeh 80th, that they were to cross the Noye and Avre Rivers quickly and delay the enemy by every means possible, Gaining the northern end of Moreuil Wood, they found by heavy machine gun fire that the enemy were in force and dict riot mean to yield this posi- tion, which gave them such good ob- servation. The general determined to attack the wood and, --if possible, drive the enemy out. From his own headquarters in a little wood adjoin- ing and only a few yards from the en- emy, he directed operations. He sent one squadron of time Royal Canadian Dragoons as an advance guard t0 re- connoitre the north-eastern portion of the wood, and they charged boldly round in true cavalry fashion. Time second squadron swept round the south-western edge of the position with instructions to cross through and join up with their comrades at the extreme southern end. Tho third squadron followed the first squadron's tracks a few minutes later. No Match For Canadians. Although exposed to two lines of machine guns, the first squadron out managed to gain and establish them- selves in the north-east corner, meet- ing with heavy resistance from Ger- man infantry, who charged them with the bayonet, but they were no -match for Olt10 Canadian adinn h0 i semen v ho - sobred them. The second squadron hacl been just as successful, although not quite getting in touch at the southern corner, but they 'round them- selves being badly mauled by machine plant, hoe, ride the hay rake, drive the y horse when using the hay -fork, take FA s ALLY cane el pigs• and chackene, pick the Davi- OF THE E TEN "Jb1 small and some of the larger feeds, and do a great deal to help in the doer Work of the farm. For abvious raison women should not •pitoh hay, plow, nor do any work that requires strenuous de of the abdominal muscles. There are, of course, exceptions to this role, where a woman has been accustomed to such a life from girlhood, or is especially strong and physically well developed. While it is an old saw that "wo- man's work is never done," it showed not apply to her form work. She should ^avoid getting ovortiredibe sure to get plenty of rest and take suffici- ent time for meats and for sleep. She should avoid sitting" -in a draft while overheated or while perspiring pro- feeetdy. She should avoid drinking cold water, milk, etc., hurriedly, or to excess, If wpmen use due Dare in the diet, lie hygienic lives, including proper food, clothing and rest, and at the same time exercise good judgment as to what ought and ought not to be donethey will not onty render great service but add to their store of health and happiness. The War Garden. Very tow amateur gardeners have yet discovered the secret of ensuring the proper germination of seed. When. things turn out wrong they are apt to blame the quality of the seed, when as a matter of fact, it is -more likely to be their own lack of,experience that ac- counts far it. ,Before the seed is put in, the eoil should be loose and friable. After the seed has been sown it is al- ways desirable to make the soil firm. All salad trope can be induced to be more eprightly in their growth if the row or patch is covered, with straw for three or four days after the seed has been sown. The crop gets a good start if this is dune and the tenderest of radishes, lettuce and onions shoot up end are ready for use at least a week earlier than they would otherwise be. Plant lice are the enemies of al- most all kinds of plants. They are known as "Aphis" and "Green Fly." They make their appearance early in the season and as soon as they aro noticed the plants should be sprayed either with whale -oil soap (one pound dissolved in six gallons of warm wa- ter) or commercial nicotine sulphate (40 per cent.) as sold by seedsmen and as recommended on the. cans, Half a composed of French soldiers who were gun fire from Moreuil direction. on what was called an easy sector. The third squadron also ran into They' had been working hard for the macllite grins, once they were months. A tenor singer -also, who is compelled i swerve to the left, 415 well known in all the ratios of France, many of the horses were Shot. Lord sang usually every evening, clad in Strathcona'e horse then entered the his rough private's •uniform, But one action, They Rent a squadron at the evening the orchestra and the singers gallop to a in farce the north engem were gone. So were the waiters. Girls had taken their places, "What has become of the musi- cians?" I asked the manager, a Mo- oted French, o mptain, "Gone north." And riathey had; • They .left in the night, Several of them will never corn batik, They w l knew n death await- ed, ed, but t were k in a hurry to go jest the same, At a' gnmall railway notion bungled! et pellets appeared e dret•two,0ays of the big offensive, ` ley were oml' i eh' way North thee I asked the .French station' master sends now of the newer varieties in about than. the open ground, and they will $oon bo "They are on leave," he .sold, but in flown, '1`imc now elnnias are much they Ulric they might to go to their hancisomer'thaealLhe old fashioned vara regifnents flow that time big battle is letics, earner, mrd the remaining squacrons dismounted and attacked the section of time enemy which had been partly ct off by the first two squadrons. Terrific fighting was talcing place among the trod, and the Germans fought doggedly every atop. Many of the enemy were killed, but a largo party of about three hundred retired southward, Do sot neglect dtluble zinnias, both the tall and dwarf verbatim, So'w pound of laundry soap should be dis- solved in every ten gallons of water. It is a mistake to assume that cul- tivation steps when once the seeds are in the ground. The ground needs con- tinuous attention and after rain it should always be goime over with the Dutch hoe, rake or hand cultivator. Persistent cultivation—is one of the best ways to kill weeds and to allow air into the soil. Weeds rob the soil of plant food. They afford a haven of refuge to countless numbers of insect enemies and plant diseases. They cost the country thousands of dollars a year. In some parts of Canada the very early vegetables may now have reach- ed the stage where it is necessary to thin them. No gardener is able to get good results unless he does some judicious thinning. Every house- keeper sloes not know that the tender- est and most delicious vegetables she can' have for early pickling are the young vegetables thinned out and of- ten, through ignorance, thrown away. Beets should be thinned until they are .from four to six inches apart . in the row. It is -profitable to thin• them out gradually. Lettuce should be four inches apart, onions three inches, peas three inches and carrots and par- snips from four to six inches. THE PROPHET WITHOUT HONOR An Amusing Story Regarding the King and Queen of Italy. The Italian sovereign might well be called the Harun-el-Rashid of Italy, so diverting are the adventures that befall him when he appears unexpect- edly in his own dominions. It is safe to say, writes the Rome correspond- ent of the Pall Mall Gazette, that if he came to the gates of a French city with the Queen in an automobile he would at once be recognized, although in his own Lucca he j,s not always. The King and - Queen Elena, the other day, having outdistanced an- other motor oar with their suite, were brought to a stamtdstill at the gate of Lucca by one of the octroi guards. To the question whether he had any- thing contrabrand, the King replied in the negative; but the guard was not satisfied, and pointed to the three small bags, and asked Ring Victor to open one. "Impossible!" declared His Ma- jesty, with ,an amused smile. "My wife's maid has the keys." Meanwhile the chauffeur had shown signs of great uneasiness, making faces and gesticulating furtively to Id the man understand whom he bad 'to deal with; but the guard thought that the signs, together with the Ring's refusal, meant that there was smuggling ,going on. At last, losing patience, he turned to the chauffeur, "Speak! speak!" he said angrily. "What are you making faces about? It will not prevent me from doing my duty! That valise mast be open- ed before you leaver" "Quite right," said the King, „but'--„ The chauffeur, tillable to contain himself any longer, sputtered: "Fool, can't you see that itis tho Ring?" As they went on Queen Elena turn- ed.the Rin to Ring. h Bnt Victor," she said with a laugh, "if you had opened the bag they might really have seized that—" But what the guards might have found was lost in the toot! toot! of the !morn, Not Laaghing Days. These aro not laughing days for ue at home, Tho old, -free -ringing laughter which we knew Seems strangely out of place and out of ime. A. eomethitng eoberor and more sub- lime, 'Moro beautiful but quieter+, hag ooma tato our hearts -mora earnest and more true, • The men whq fight can laugh the same old way, Recicloes'c incl carefree somotlmes, sonlelinno ilrinYs^ We knew they laugh, though death dbraw hoar the while, grows 'rows Vit., tholtirlt our light of hover dins, We here et tomo ran only watch and pray "Yet whiio wo pray we shall not fall to smiler ,'• . CONDITIONS IN FOE LANDS BEe COMING WORSE. Prisoners Tell of Scarcity of Food and Prospect of Starvation Be- fore Harvest Arrives. "I feel confidant that the time is at hand when famine—stark, mediaeval famine will join the Entente as a political and military ally against Germany and Austria," the corre- spondent of The Daily Mall tele- graphs from Annemasse, in France, near the Swiss border line. • The correspondent says he draws this conclusion from oral statements by an authentic witness whose ob- servations extended up to the end of April. The great masses of the Ger-' man and Austrian peoples, this in- formant declares, are more than sick of the war. They think and talk of nothing but bread, and their morale is so low that the1gGovernments are fearful of Bolshevik movements. Among the incidents given in sup- port of the story of terrible want is the case o1 two prisoners of war employed in the gas works in Vi- enna, who, he declares, were mur- dered by fellow -workers;, who ate part of their bodies. Tho Arbeiter Zei- tung of Vienna demanded an inwe - tlgation, and the entire issue was confiscated in consequence. The af- fair was hulled up by the Vienna press. Worst Months Ahead. The narrator said he and his fam- ily had lived for weeks almost en- tirely on mushrooms gathered in a forest outside the town in which he dwelt, "People often faint in the streets from hunger," he continued. "The health of many is such that they can• hardly stand, to say nothing of work, and things are getting worse every day. Even the soldiers de not have sufficient food. They are not only sick of war, but thoroughly apathe- tic regarding it. It is a common sight to sea soldiers begging for food• -aft/ Everybody is convinced that the ex- pected food relief from Ukraine is a mirage. 'Only another Prussian swindle,' they say. "The three worst months—June, July and August—are yet to come.. Last year there was almost nothing to eat in those months but cucum- bers and fruit. Typhus and dysen- tery became epidemic. The people are shuddering at the prospects of these teres months now." As far as they dare, the despatch continues, the people jeer at the talk of smashing the British and French and at the submarine campaign, the' only result of which they see has been to add America to their ene- mies. Everyone made fun of Presi- dent Wilson at first ns.a pedant, the correspondent adds, but the people are now changing their tune and aro afraid -that America is in earnest. On the Western Front. Sons of Britain! Hold them in your grip of steal, With the courage of the bulldog that has been thy nation's weal; Stand fast in all thy glory on the bloodstained fields of France, Let not defeat discourage, your vic- tories they'll enhance. Sons of Scotia! Hold them; we are watching from afar. We have read of you at Ypres, we know just what you are; r Your blood you'll shed like water, asking nothing back;'• But to do your share of fighting be- neath the Union Jack. , Sons of Erinl Hold them; when there's fighting to be done, You stay there in the thickest; you are there when victory's won. Heed not the false calumnies that are heaped upon your Bead, Emblazoned on the scrolls of fame, 'behold your honored dead. 0, hold on! Hold on! Ye gallant sans, with your backs against the wall. There's a land that kiloWs your dire need and answers to the call. Hold them! We are coming! 'Tis the hand of Justice strikes From the glorious land of Liberty, beneath the Stars and Stripes! 4, Ilow Copper Plating is Done. It is possible to deposit a thin coat- ing of copper on iron or steel by the following process: Clean the metal thoroughly, washing with a soda solu- tion of sulphate of copper, yebich is also known as blue vitritl, in- propor- tions of two 'ounces of the sulphate to eight ounces of water. While the cop- per coating will not last as long as electro -plating and will not stand heavy friction, it is a good rough and ready method of copper coating so as to prevent corrosion of the under metal. Doctors say y that the tired -out feel- ing—"spring fever"—often comes frons a lack of fruits and vegetables, The Ownership, Visitor (in public gardens, interest- ed in botany)—Do you happen to know to what family that plant be- longs?' — Old Gardener—I happens to know it don't belong—to no family. That plant belongs to the park. 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