HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-05-16, Page 6A GLOSSARY
5 R OF WAR WORDS
SQMI ARE APPROPRIATE AN
(yarns MISLEADING,
TO 11,E11 1tIN YOUNG ft
sh the
owes regtilalrly with
A Mar illoaaary Weald lie Best
Means of Reviving Memory of
These Stirring Days,
I hope that some one is compiling
a war glossary, for nothing in times
to come will bring Wyk memory of
these days with more vividness than
such a book as that, says a writer in
the London Sphere, Words, it has al-
ways been known, are history; or, at
any rate, the history of words is the
history of man, and it will be aston-
ishing in the future to realize what
words con do for 1914-18.
The first war word that I recall is
"Tipperary." We never made a verb
of it, but it stood for an emotion, and
it would, even if it had not the very
vital advantage of a musical accom-
paniment, always call up certain early
feelings. "Carry on" must have been
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VENT TO
HATRED
ESPEC1ALL1 ON THE BRITISH
NAVAL PRISONERS.
Seamen Subjected to Unbelievable
Tortures by Captors Who Laugh
At Their Sufferings.
Horrible as are many of the tales
one of the surliest phrases, too. To which have been published of Ger-
soldiers it was, of course, familiar, but man brut iffy to prisoners of war,
not to us, not to civilians, "Indent" there are many others still more
tickled tho new army immensely, but harrowing if they could only be print•
that, too, may have been ancient jar- ed. And the worst tales of all could
goo to the regulars. "Aug -out" as a be told of the Hun treatment of naval
term to be applied to an officer and prisoners. Fortunately these prison -
erg was early. too, and it per -
but
are comparatively few in number,
Slit e. "Interned," though not 110Wbut the Boche hatred of their enem-
new, became virtually new in its spe- fes vents itself, for reasons which
tial meaning ne a form of treatment
probably seem good to them, in great
to be applied, not with any indecent est. measure against the British
haste, to dangerous strangers Within line:*
The firing by U-boats upon
eta rates, •
I helpless crews struggling in the wa-
it wee, I fancy—but my memory ; ler or escaping from torpedoed ves-
. c �sir Vile treatment
is is nothingto th 1
l �—
alro has become utterly f 191eron' of prisoners taken at sea.
tuner tilers at. the end en 1914 that I have been permitted to read some
"r•:rafe" entered the general toeabut letters from English seamen which
lary, To lie it ha always been at
somehow have escaped the eyes of
o ,t: too foreign unci too closely asse-
tiaed with a,uve eervice fire home.the German censor -
c, says a war eor-
ur-,e, but I probably am over tastidio." , respondent. Some of the stories one
Anyway, it cnnght on. and "punish-
. would not dare to quote. They are
fig" and •`chastising" completely ds horrible beyond description,
titan ;seed —"strafing'" covered all.' ,•The filthiest of stables or vermin
Fcr?y one who hitherto had received in
cow sheds are good enough
any form of reprimand was now for the,"English swine" from the sea,
"strafed"—the Getman di-,.-yllable who have been the means of bottling
up the German fleet and have stopped
rev hing before Anglo -Salon direct- all commerce Re;G;lmanv en the sea
- •i,•m,fac of tfie World. ordered them to be tied to trees.
Some were tied up, crucifix fashion;.
Dislocated wrists and .broken limbs
are not infrequently the result. But
what do the German slave drivers
care) The class of work, however, to
which they delight hi putting the na-
val prisoners is the making of muni•
tions. Naturally they rebel. But it
is of no use; for refusal means for
them one of the most terrible of pun-
ishments, or tortures --"the tree"—a
method of crucifixion which rocal]s
the days of the Inquisition, when, af-
ter being tortured by the rack until
unconscious, the unhappy prisoner
was revived to go through the torture
all over again.
Here is how the punishment of "the
tree" is described in plain and sim-
ple language in a prisoner's letter
home, and which is vouched for by
others who know as being a quite un-
exaggerated picture:
"A big party of Uhlans rode into
the camp and surrounded the men
(who had refused to work on muni-
tion making), and started pushing
and shoving them about, and digging
them with their rifles. The officer in
charge, who could speak English,
told the men that they were only
prisoners of war, that they would
have to put up with what they could
get and do as they
were ordered. He
gave them flue get to to work.
or he would order them to be shot.
The "Tree" Punishment,
"The men were literally starving,
so that nearly all gave in. They were
marched back to work, which they
had to do with nothing to eat until
eight o'clock at night.
"But thirty-four men remained on
the parade ground, refusing to make
shells to kill their own people. They
were not shot, but far worse. The
officer sent them into the wood and
'•Hutt • Net. a Suitable Term. Guards Laugh as Men Die.
P
• 'lien," another word which has Were it not for the parcels of food
never commended itself to me, was, sent from England by the Prisoners'
mere or less, a contemporary of Aid Society theyy could not possibly
"strafe!'—perhaps its predecessor. My ' live, sed even the- best of that fooa
objection to "Buri' is that nicknames often never reaches them. To com-
shottld be invented, not found. To bor-; plain is to risk punishment for M-
eow from invaders of the past a name subordination. Sentries .and guards
with which to stigmatise invaders of are encouraged by their officers to
Use present is a tame proceeding. It; punish summarily, without any
also leads to confusion. The Huns charge or sending them tip for court
ender' Attila. were a definite people martial, which is always, a farce any -
I elorging to a definite period of his- way. .And those sentries, who would
tory. Why drag them to life again seem to be men selected for their lack
under totally different conditions?of feeling, are never slow in taking
The French were far cleverer with advantage of 'opportunities that pre -
"Bache," because "Boche" was insult-, sent themselves of inflicting the most
Rae as well as being novel, whereas to, inhuman tortures on their prisoners.
rt,ll a modern Germar, a "Hun" is by' Picture a cell catching fire. Pic -
no means, to degrade him ture the prisoners beating on the
But there are two new war words bars for release. And picture the
thattome are not only poor in qual- sentry, with sardonic grin, "sticking"father ;Food -or blankets. For three
ity but actively repel. One of these them through the bars with his bayo-;days this treatment of .he tree' was
is "padre." It would be interesting to, net. That is what actually happened continued. The men were slowly dy-
learn who—and why—promulgated to two men. And their deaths were i Ing of agony until we saw there was
this foreign term as the best descrip-Gofiieially recorded as having been due no use for them to stick to it any
tion of an English chaplain. to asphyxiation. longer; so we advised them to give
My other undesirable neologism is, It recalls a story I recently heard; in, es they had done their best and
in its original sense, "bli ht ." Asa in the American Y.M.C.A. Eagle Hut.: it was no use going through ail such
term for England this.was appalling; which a wounded Canadian soldier ; unnecessary torture"
ugly and—on the face of it, although told of a brutal Hun who killed a
Anglo-Indian lexicographers will helpless wounded English soldier by Johnny, Get Your Hoe.
make it reasonable enough --utterly sticking his bayonet again and again
unsuitable, being far too nearly re- into hie body, laughing and gloating
lated in soued to "blighter"' and over the blood as it dripped from the
„blight," blade.
Forced to Makin Munitions.
"BERT -HA" SHELLING PARIS. The naval prisoners of war are
forced to work in coal mines, labor
for which they are totally unfitted,
Fectneb Air Observers on Lookout and
some were hung by one leg or one
arm; some were made to stand on
stools while their hands were tied
to trees above their heads. Then the
stools were licked away from under
thein, and they were left hanging at
the mercy of the mosquitoes, and the
sentries who came around prodding
them with their bayonets.
"After a time the German captain
came round to view his glorious
work. Finding one of our fellows in
a faint, he raised his head and punch-
ed him in the face. Then he ordered
him to be cut down, and he fell in a
heap on the ground. Left lying there
till he came to, they tied him up This es a partic-dially mice model for
again. the spring coat suit McCall Pattern
"After two hours of this treatment No. 8136, Misses' Coat Suit. In 8
the prisoners were marc .ed back to sizes 16 to 20 years. Price, 20 cents.
camp and put in a barn without These patterns may be obtained
from your local McCall dealer, or
from the McCall Co.. 70 Bond St'.,
Toronto, Dept, W.
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WITH LEMON .i'UICE
Make a beauty lotion for a few cents
to remove tan, freckles, sallowness.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will sup-
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For
tab o Spr°hoi :�
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-it's like mantel
tt Sore corns, hard corse, soft 50106 or
any kind of a corn, can harmlessly be
lifted right out with the fingers if you
apply upon the euro a few drupe of
ft•tccone, rays a Cincinnati authority.
}kr little test one can get a small
bottle of freeone at any drug store,
Which will positively rid one's feet of
every r0111 or callus without pain.
This slmple. drug dries the moment
it le applied and dots not even irri-
tate the s irrouruiing shin while ap-
plying it or aiteveards.
This announcement will interest
many cf out readers. 1f your drug-
gist hasn't any freezone tell him to
surely get a small bottle for you from
his wholesale drug house,
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When the linings of boots or shoes
are worn through in the heels, use
surgeons' adhesive plaster. Cut one
piece large enough to cover both
sides of the heel, warm slightly and
press firmly in place. This also helps
in shoos that slip at the heel.
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When there is too much icing for
the cake put it car plain soda crack-
ers. This makes a good sweet cake
for the children.
.ask for reiinard•s arthithtto no other.
Excellent pancakes are made of rye
meal.
To revive patent leather rub well
with a soft rag soaked in olive oil
and mills, and polish with chamois
skin.
Soldiers of the Land.
World in your keeping,
Soldiers of the Land.
Battlefielde ere yonder
Where the corn reeks stand!
To the Harvest Country—
Steady heart and hand,
And etseugth to the toilers fox' the
harvest-
Patriots of the home l]elds,
To atm bright battle led,
With rain and light far bringing
A blessing to the bread;
By hands of the toilers
The world's great table spread•--
A world to bless the toilerq for the
harvest!
MONEY ORDERS.
Send
Send a Dominion Express Money
Order. They aro payable everywhere.
For WhiteShese.
Now that the season for white
shoes is again with 111, keep 0 piece
of art gum handy, as it is fine for
taking off dirt, nor does it injure a
shoe the leaet, it being' oo soft it
wears itself away as 9t cleans. It
will elso remove spots of dint from
various fabrics.
nrinard'e Liniment reed by O'tiystoteas.
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.for puddings and waffle's.
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[Yettdon'tneed enerewry,p tesla
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oA Cure tor Pimples
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For disinfecting
rofrlgerwatorw,
slake, *Outsets.
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'l'rimnir,ttg i lirrlbs.
A. it bloomh!g on, rlr l should he •
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105110s the blooms, and if that is cut
off in the spring the bub will not -
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H your shoe polish or paste ltas •
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French Guns Opened Fire.
A description of the destruction by
t'r'ench artillery of one of the long-
range cannon with which the Ger-
mans have been bombarding Paris was
published recently by the Petit
Parisien.
"All the signs that Bertha to
French nickname for the big guns,
referring to Bertha Krupp) was go-
ing to fire had been noticed. The
smoke curtains had gone up. All
around there was a chorus of loud re-
ports. Undoubtedly Bertha and two
or three Hundred 70 -millimetre naval
guns were all firing simultaneously to
a disgufee the whereabouts of the big
cannon.
"After a short pause the firing was
resumed. This time ten naval guns
supplied the obligate. French air ob-
servers were on the lookout, however,
and French guns opened fire in their
Awn. The aviators signalled quickly
that the result of the first salvo toes
most promising. Two heavy shells
exploded 260 yards north of the big
gun, tearing up the railroad tracks
leading to the concrete gun platform.
The firing was continued, getting
closer and closer, until finally two
enormous shells went through the
camouflage, Two formidable explo-
sions were heard, and the discomfited
Germano saw Bertha damaged beyond
repair, with a rent fifty feet long in
the barrel, The aviators reported
that they could see plainly through
1 j e caouflage two gaping craters in
• the platfot4;4
" "Frellcii gunners then set about
xeparing to destroy the third Bertha,
i ut thus far they have hot succeeded,
,• or shells arrived in Paris again dor-
ng the small hours of the night"
The •Pro ran
Nowadays
Is to Save 1.
Grape -Nuts food
fits in fine with this
idea. No fuel re-
quired to prepare;
no sugar needed;
there's no waste;
and the use of bar-
ley, in its making,
conserves wheat.
Grape uts
i6 economical, nour-
ishing and delicious.
Try a package.
Mr. A. Barnstead, organizing secre-
tary of the National Committee on ply you with three ounces of orchard
Food Resources of Nova Scotia, has 1 white for a few cents. Squeeze the
sent the following, which was compos- juice of two fresh lemons into a bottle,
ed by Mr. George E. Graham, ratan- then put in the orchard white and
ager of the D.A.R., a subsidiary tom- shake well. This makes a quarter'
Pliny of the C.P.R., and was sung with Pint of the very best lemon skin
good effect at a public meeting held whitener and complexion beautifier
recently at Kentville, N.S.: known, Massage this fragrant,
creamy lotion daily into the face, neck,
arms and hands and just see how
freckles, tan, sallowness, redness and
roughness disappear and how smooth,
soft and clear the skin becomes. Yes!
It is harmless, and the beautiful re-
sults will surprise you.
'1.
increased Acreage in West.
Ample evidence that the farmers in
the great grain growing areas be-
tween the Great Lakes and the
Rockies are responding whole heart-
edly to the government's appeal for
increased production, is contained in
a detailed report of farming opera -
titans in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta received at the head office of
the Canadan Northgln here to -day.
It is pointea. out that the Tate fall
in 1917 and the early spring of this
year have compensated largely for
any shortage in farm labor at this
CCr�itical time, Recent reports to the
Canadian 'Northern indicated that the
new breaking along its lines would be
between three-quarters of a million
and a million acres, and that sufficient
fall ploughing had been done to facili-
tate early operations this year. The
report just in from 285 points, shows
that iv to the week ending April 17th
there was pronounced activity
throughout all districts served by the
lines of the Canadian Northern in the
west. The condition of the ground
was given as good, there being not e
single complaint in respect to ,the
state of the soil
Potatoes do notstain the hands
peeled when quite dry, and not thrown
into water 1,111 afterwards.
Root 16inerd'e r'eizemeat in the Rortoo.
Johnny get your hoe, get you,• hoe,
get your hoe,
Make your garden grow, make it
grow, make it grow,
Plant your seeds from sea to sea,
Let them work for liberty.
Burry right away, don't delay, start
to -day,
Forward to the land with a right
willing hand,
So we'll help defeat the Hun,
Now we've got him on the run.
'Over there, otter there, over there,
Sed the food, send the food, over
there,
For our brave boys need It, our brave
boys need it,
The calls are corning everywhere,
So observe and preserve
Save tlwe food, save the food, and eon -
terve,
So we'll help win the cause of free-
dom,
And we'll plant, save and send, till
it's over, over there.
Announced.
Iriest.y Macdonald, who lived in a
remote Highland parish, had a visit
from her Edinburgh nieces, who were
to spend a week or two with the old
lady, So she determined to show
them off on Sunday at the village
kirk of Lochaber. The young ladies
wore costumes of the purest snowy
white, At one point of his sermon,
the minister, in speaking of the an-
gels of heaven, said: "And who are
they in white array?" To the eon-
eternation of the congregation,
Kirsty said: "It's inc two eieees, sir,
from Edinburgh."
Cream adds to the food value of
baked apples.
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ISSUE No. 19--'18
UZZ LE FIND THE
FARIIVIER S WIFE
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watch,
ard Prise,
Camera,
BO Prises
of Self
FirYiaa
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siert t;rmte olw oo mere csmu nS
All you have to do to win one or these
splendid prizes, is to find the Farm-
er's Vette, mark the place with en X
and fulfil one simple condition. This
need not coot you one cent of your
money. We ,will let you know by re-
turn mail whether your answer is
correct or not, Write your name and
address neatly on a sheet of paper and
send it with your answer at once to,
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Use half as mach as any older "
Axles arc rough and porous,
causing friction. The mica
flakes fill the pores and the
grease keeps them there.
Mica Grease prevents locked
wheels and hot boxes, gives
sure relief for unnecessary
strain on horses and harness.
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"Lengthens leather We"
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ME STRONG
By Lydia Ea PkIslkhard:
Vegetable Compound.
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than ss) year from nervousness, and was
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rest at night—
would lie awake and
get so nervous I
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up and walk around
and in the morning
would be all tired
out I read about
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How often do we hear the expreseiota
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For forty yeast it has been overcome
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