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THE NIGEMARE
PARAPET
A GRIMLY REALISTIC PICTURE
OF WAR AS IT IS
British Soldier As Ile Lies in Hospital
Tell of Two Things That
Flaunt His Brain.
Going over the top, being shelled to
blazes in a trench—those are not the
' w4 1,•,n„t me most as I
lie here, though Ivehad a full-sized
a Loth,. and am not
greedy for more.
A smell and a stream. They are the
two things I find it most difficult to
forget.
We were in the line. The trench
sides, disintegrated by days of rain,
were continually falling in. The trench
itself was almost knee-deep in liquid
mud.. Behind, there was a disreput-
able crop of little wooden crosses,
leaning drunkenly in all derections,
many of them splintered, but reach-
ing stragglingly almost to the paraclos
In front there was a tangled mass of
rusty wire, with things hanging on to
it like a devil's ghastly mockery of
a washing -day. Beyond that, ten
yards of shell -churned, offensive mud;
then a stagnant. green -scummed chan-
nel, on the. further bank.of which the
blonde beast had built a kind of para-
pet that was surely the outcome of a
nightmare. It was built of the dead
--German dead.
A Cellar Mystery,
The second memory belongs to the
end one of a little row of cellars.
There had been a row of houses there
—once. Forty-eight hours before,
German troops had'been there. Just
behind there was a German burial -
ground, which, now and again, Ger-
'shells were ploughing up. We had
fir been marching for thirteen hours. The
cellars were to be our billets for a
few hours more. We threw ourselves
on the floor, and tried to sleep, but
could not. There was a stench in the
place that'made us wish to get out.
There was a pile of earth near the
doorway over which we had to walk
when we entered. We kept eyeing this.
At length a batman got a spade,
and the first thing he brought to light
was a yard -long tress of hair. Beneath
the earth was the body of a girl. What
hellish deed had been committed in
the cellar we could only guess.
We started off to our new line, down
a hillside, the whole of which was
pocked with shell -craters, each crater
a hnrr. It. was nitch dark. First one
aataa ,t i •-i r -r,: n iii 1,4i!t:,°i4i,: redif kinvai31
man would slip and stick, and -his
thigh boots would have to be antra.
faced before he could be extricated;
then another, and another, until 3n
one company nineteen men were pick-
ing their floundering_ way along in
their stockinged feet, and the slush
underfoot was a compound of melted
snow and mud. Fatal to strike a light,
to speak aboveat whisper.
Stream as a Trench.
We reached our trench. Trench?
Just the shallow bed of a stream, the
water still running. Not many yards_
away, on' the slope of. the hill on the
* other side was the enemy line. When
,day came every man had to crouch
down, thigh deep in water and mud.
Bent double, else he would offer a
fair target, until his back ached ex-
t cruciatingly, though his legs seemed
dead. Then trench -mortar shells and
bombs began to come over to us, and
men began to roll over and bite their
lips lest a cry carry tine news to the
German. And there, head and shoul-
ders propped up so that they would
not drown, they had to stay until
darkness name again. Certain death
to attempt succour in the light of day,
save the little first-aid that we could
render.' Our doctor, who had been
left behind, tried to make his way
across the open to us. We buried him '
that night.
Time seemed to have feet of lead.,
My watch was stopped, I asked a air.;
poral the time. The question was pas-'
sed along in whispers until it reached
Ia man who possessed a timekeeper.
"Nine o'clock."
Only two hours bad passed since
' daybreak! It seemed two weeks! An-
other ten hours before a man could
stand upright! •
Welcome Relief.
Mortar shells and bontbs continued
to fall. It was impossible to hit back.
Night came at last. A fresh company
came to relieve. us. Those of as who
were unwounded began the task of
getting the wounded and .fhe dead
across the bogs and up the hill.
I shall never forget the stream. It
Was Hades -a bitaerly cold Hades, a
terribly wet Hades, but a real Hades
for all that.
Canada's Dairy products.
There are about 3,500 cheese and
butter factories in Canada, and over
220,000 dairy farmers supply these
with milk and cream. The total value
of the output of these factories in
1916 was upward of 62,000,000, The
grand aggregate of dairy products in
Canada_cheese, creamery butter,
whole milk sold for consumption, out-
put of condensers, dairy butter made
and milk consumed on the- farm—is
estimated at $200,000,000,
arivard's Liniment Curbs Diphtheria.
RAINBOW AEROPLANES
i4 'embers of the Air Force Delight to
Decorate Their Machines.
While discipline is maintained in
the R.A,F., a certain amount of free-
dom is inherent in the flying man's
psychoiog$', and perhaps for that
reason the authorities allow him to
have his pet machine painted to please
hie artistic or Futurist tastes,
This popular craze originated from
the necessity in the early days of
preserving the few aircraft 'we had
by scientific camouflage. From that
necessity rose the luxury of sdisplay
ing aerial individuality. Not only do
airmen paint their aeroplanes with all
the colors of 'the rainbow, many of
them add names, weird and wonderful,
to their beloved air beasts. Some are
dramatic—such as "Le Diable Noir,"
"The Skull and Crossbones," with a
suitable design, calculated to terror.
ize Fritz; "Black Bess," and the like.
Then there is the light-hearted pilot,
who christens his best 'bus with such
names as "Wicked Mabel," "Fairy,"
"The Chocolate Soldier," and so on.
One pilot whose misfortune it was
'in 1916 to fly an inferior machine, told
me that his C.O. ordered hint at once
to obliterate "H.M. Aeroplane Never -
getup,"' which, ins a rash moment, he
had painted on his craft.
One of.Jhe most curious names I
have seen was "Harry Tate's 'Bus." I
was told that the name had been
painted by a wag who often chipped
the pilot about his fierce moustache.
Many strange combinations of color
are found in both allied and enemy
squadrons. Black and white stripes,
which make the round nose of an
aeroplane look like the old-fashioned
bull's-eye sweetmeat, are not uncom-
mon in German squadrons. The all -
red is well known. The allblack is a
rare bird, with a pilot who must be
particularly contemptuous of Archies,
`for his craft makes a good target=
against blue sky or white clouds.
Sometimes a fierce face is painted
on the cowl of the flying machine.
Presently the awful visage will dive
upon and terrify a Hun, who may rec-
ognize that behind it is a pilot with
a sure gun and a steady hand,
It has been stated by.scientists that
colors have an effect Upon the be-
havior of an aircraft. This may be a
fact, as I have noticed when flying a
dark -colored .machine that it is more
susceptible to air bumps and disturb-
ances .than a •)ight-colgred one.
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By Nellie L. McClung
A real, live story of a real, live -Canadian, who
lived many months in different German prisons,
and .Who wlis only successfut in "
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He was one of the famous
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and the story is given to
the publio in that gripping, hum-
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Mrs. McClung to all Canadians,
Truth Is stranger than fiction;
that's why the facts in this book
appeal' so strongly.
Wallow, the Wisp
By Archie 1'..Mcli:ishnle
A wonderful outdoor novel. of
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War Lard Heavy bland on Children's
' Charity,
Dear Mr. tdltor;
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the kiddies The fulness at either
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lustrated. McCall Pattern No. 8656,
Child's Dress. In 5 sizes, 6'lmonths
to 6 years. Price, 15 cents.
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An entirely new id'ea for a house
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belt. McCall Pattern No. 8637,
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small, 34 to 36; medium, 38 to 40;
large, 42 to 44 bust. Price, 25 cents.
OP Beaten,
A simple dress which is quite at-
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These >;iatterns may be . obtained
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Women 'dodoes have been of the
greatest service to the country. Not
only have they relented inert far medi-
oial service at the front, but have
actually carried on 'baso hospital; ns
efficiently as inon,—Rir Watson
Clley %
lrauard'a Mattson t l+ttres Sassrot in 'porta
7h8'llratual report of the hospital
fon sick Children, Toronto, mocks a
new record, despite the heavy (111nd1-
tap the war Pieced peon Ito wgi'k.
The tusk of nllnlatoring; t0.the sat.
Poring youngsters of title province was
no,li(11t one In view of the Hospital's..
splendid response to the,netionai 91111
I "U '(Maoris and' 93 nu1'sms frpm
forcoo have seen serViee overseas.
Yet the number of patients treated
1s 5,043, or 1,305 mere titan hast year,
Of these lu-ptltierlta, • 760 were from
250 places outtlir)t; of'Toronto.
The tireless ef'for'ts of the staff
made possible also a reduction in the
aierago lengtli of stay ueeessary for
the little patients from 24 days let
.1914 to 14 this year.
Those emits show that the aloe.
pltal has again pal? to the children
rich dividends of health upon the in-
vested kindness of its au0POrtet'a,
There hits boon careful SUMO. 111041p
of the funds entrusted to tate Bosllttal,
There has been saving—almost scrimp-
ing --in every direction except where
1t would prevent the Ilbspital'e sooth,
ing the 'suffering or shortening the
sickness of one chfid. The dally coat
of operation was head at the lowest
point which would still . allow the
children entrusted to the Hospital to
get the best medicine and the best of
care,
Ande a nigh Andyet o t,h Ills risen tae goat of
every item In the Ilospital's budget—in
labor, in fuel, in food, and, above all,
in medical supPlies—that the mill•
mum expense of taking care of one
child for otic day has risen from ,$2;34
back In 1914 to $3.21% In 1918 Of
that, $1.6G31-tho'amount per patient
per day that the official Government
grants do not cover—must come from
voluntary contrlbulimis
During the past four • years debts
were incurred to the extent of 5100,
000, which the Trustees felt assured
would be wiped out by the public as
soon as the rear drew to its close, and
those heavy demands cease which
have been made upon the .generosity
of the loyal people of this Province
The time bas now come when it is ne-
cessary to make known the Hospital's
dire need of financial assistance.
It this 43rd Christmas appeal falls
to rally the friends of this Charity to
is support, it will he necessary to
mortgage its land, buildings and -plant.
By the bounty of the late John Rens
Robertson that property has just been
cleared of debt for the first time since i
it began its ministry of healing mord'
Little children haus lost a big-
hearted friend, and the province n
noble ben9factor, ft is for the nubile
to decide whether his life -work 'shall
be shadowed with a mortgage within
less than a year of his posing.
What think you? .
Send your answer as soon as pos-
sible to the Secretnry'I'reasurer, ilos
pita' ,for Sick Children,' College Street
Toronto. Meanwhile the Charity will
"Carry on " trn¢tiug in your support.
IRVING E. ROR513TSON,
Chairman of .Aorrni Committee
To eat velvet, pin the pattern on
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Our enemies made this war a war
of engineering and science. We ae-I
copied the challenge, and there is no
point in which we have not beaten
them.—A. J. Hobson, e
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Immediate Help Needed to Relieve Starvation and
Suffering --Cannot Hold Germany Responsible NO
WC -
There is pressing need for our help in Belgium
today,and there will be formanymonths to come.
As our troops occupy the evacuated
territory, untold misery stares them in
the face. Emaciated children, hollow-
cheeleed women, roofless homes,
clothing so worn it offers no protection
from winter's terrors—miseries that
cannot wait but MUST be relieved at
once to avert DEATH!
Need you be reminded how Belgium
was the first to jumpinto the breach
and so make our Victorious Peace
possible?
Don't let it be said WE let
Belgium starve. Let us cable
over your offering to the mothers
and children of Brave Little
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