Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-12-20, Page 6.a rr FOUR FORTY-FOUR. Pi N 6It1NING { F /At j, �}%t. +r'. ,4t ��; 't i✓b l9 ." w- ,:, ° OF 10FLES IN THE COLD, CRAY DAWN, elf as. NORMAN HALL,. battalion was up so horses, which would , p mg Range Where cafties As soon as the b the eur�biilg while fire o}ghies than - CRACK `''+ '' - crit d, . Dogs barked, And sedate old family In the Tower of Loudon is the Shoot. CHAPTER LIr jI. - (C ) stami la i d1Y' at Aro strength we were gives, a dey es 1 dered past with bells clanging and Excepted. prehrr tune 'deft be°oro 1>rocc:dntf> t' sirens shrieking, pricked up their ears y m or,as our future trainitn; tithe in Easnx, It e, at our approach, and, after one startle Fear of death at 4,44 a. „ nusionin ' e perienec, ! to ud mad! away and they put it in England—stappfttg a teas y. dist . g cid glance galloped Y 1+;5}wally disappuln,ii,g was ;the Un ;dies Pearecl in ulouds of dust Par 10 bullet—has, bean found in Britain and dignified display of cur little skill, at; the distance. Franco to• be the only eflieacious de' formed eros Statism, where we per, nnlused 'We knew wily the nurraainaids were torrent to the heti y of the Ge'r'man London before a large and own part,cool, and Why Family horses developed py London scarcely For unmytil t wait until'vr6 were hYstex'ia wi61i such startling sudden - safely I could scarcely hidden Within. the train. , aur-; neas. But in our pride we did not Bee. Ing hid_ t v Colchester, t re- that which wo did not wish to in the journey tor •'heel , to bo more • we mat 'Pter the There o froth veteran, ai e• V gig ed Bo 1 :matted shoutinglusty experience, c enfilade a South African chip set% with ba d oair of boiterous s ticwent. us with a fire of sarcastic comment. • 1 gayety which was anything but ''I'm a-go'n' to transfer out Goth ; genni tlo as I do and you'll do right, sere mob, that's wot I m a go'n' t Soldlersl S'y! I'll bet a quid they Ain't' wPall inas a and favorite meiwit" number 12 a one of you ever sane a rifle bei Soldiers? Strike Hie pink? Wot's Lord platoon.. Their enthusiasmmight been Kitchener a-doin' of, that's wot I want have cthafr1ep convionalction had It not been to kridtv!" l The rest of us smolced in wrathful certainly 'ilei not, N'Number 15 hlatoonn silence, until one of the boys demon-' would strive manfully ring strated to the Boer War veteran that with • he knew, at feast, crow to use his fists.! "Steadily, shoulder to shoulder, There was sonic bloodshed, followed ! Steadily, blade by ,blade; by reluctant apologies on the part of 1 Marching andl strong, the Boer warrior. It was one of in- Sturdy, numerable differences of opinion which i Like the boys of the old brigade." 1 witnessed during the months that As a strictly accurate historian I muat (love . n most o. confess that none of these assertions fo d A d t f thorn mere con es h d th settled in the same decisive way. l were quite true. We marc a ne Although mine we a London regi- e. steadily, nor shoulder to shoulder, merit, we bad Hien in the ranks fgpm nor blade by blade. We straggled all all parts of the United Kingdom.' over the road, and kept step only There were North -country -men, a;when the sergeant major doubled for - few Welsh, Seotch, and Irish, men ward,.wernin • its, with threats of ex - from the Midlands and from the tra drills, to keep in our fours or to south of England. But for the most . "pick it up 1. In face, the boys of part we were Cockneys, born within the old brigade," whoever they may the sound of Bow Bells. I had plan-; have been, would have scornfully re- ned to follow the friendly advice of the pudiated the suggestion that we.re- reeruit'ing'sergeant. "Talk like 'em," l sembled them in any respect. he had said. Therefore, I struggled; They would shave been justified in siderably increased in war' time, for' bravely with the peculiarities of the. doing so had any of them seen us at there, as the world knows, is the 1 Cockney twang,recklessly droppedithe end of six weeks of training. Por, shooting range where spies go in alive stitches when I sould have kept them,.r however reluctantly, we wore forced' and come out ilearl, and not many and •prefixed them indiscriminately 1 to admit that Sergeant Harris was, yards from the block from which roll - before every convenient' aspirate. But right when he called us a ra}i• batch ed the tea's of those of: .olden days. all my efforts were useless. The im-i o' rookies. Unpromiaing wa were Now see again persons 1?sling near position was apparent to: my fellow Tommies immediately. I bad only to begin speaking, within the hearing df a genuine Cockney, when he would say, "'Elio!i erten do you cone from? The Stites?" or, "I'll bet a tanner you're a Yank!" I decided to make a confession, and I have been glad, ever since that I did. The boys gave me Y A COURSE IN HOOSEHOLP SCIENCE COMPLETE IN TW.EN(T'Y,FIVE LESSONS. Lesson XXII. Slots. Meat is a bundle of lean, muscular fibers that are ,hold together by connective tiesue, containing. albumen, or protein; gelatinoids, or gelatine, and extracti •05 or fluvor-ng, There are two fruiters to be 'remem- bered when cooking meat; First. When making soups, broths and teas, the meat is placed in cold Impelsonment for fifteen, twenty waiter and brought elawly to.. boil and years, Cr even life, does not fill a man then cooked on the sitmzlering burner with sufficient dread when he's taking l agrees tompet'ature of 105 to isle de - 1 placinga bomb aboard a grees Fahrenheit, By using. this a chance o method,rich delicious ubroth j•.ub f a, of uo s s 'leo. fire to a r .h' -r ' setting na • 'i- fico c or lp tared {'hall ''hl, tr swh c contains 4 n , gn t o supplies, Inc wily pussy -footer from Wilhelmstrasse knows that in all mob - ability' one of the tecits of peace will be the release of all prisoners, includ- ing spies. Hence a prison sentence at most is for the duration of hostilities. Death after conviction -of guilt has proved a remarkable restraining in- fluence to the activities of the sub-rosa agents -of Germany in France and the United Kingdom. Always in these countries the spies have had a fair trial, but so long as they are found guilty they know that at 4,41 in the cold, gray dawn, they are backed up against a wall; blindfolded, to face a squad of soldiers who clo not know whose bullet ends the life of the spy. Famous Shooting. Mention "the Tower"= -the Tower of mens of rho meat. Second; When searing the outer surface of the meat quickly use a strong heat. This keeps the juices and nutriment in the Meat. Then con- tinue cooking the desired length of time. By tieing this method all the gelatinoid" and extragtives are kept in the meat, It is a known feet that albumen, gelatinoids and extractives or flavor- ing in meat are soluble in cold water. Marketing Many housewives try to eliminate, this feature of the household regime as much as possible and so order by telephone or leave it until the Last minute and then rush out to buy any- thing helter-skelter The purchasing Know the Various Cuts it will be found that knowing the outs of meat and being able to judge by appearance will help, but first and foremost the odor of the meat will give, you a definite idea about its condition, The odors of poultry, and fish will help you in the same WY. Meat should have a good apPeatance. By this I mean it should have a good red color shortly alter cutting. fat should "be creamy white and firm in appearance, and: should have 0 11 this s is t meaty odor. A rleusat e 1 n Y alpsol.itely essential for geed meat. About 26 per cent of the beef Ca'- cass is in the fine and fancy cuts of meat and, therefore, accordingly high in price, because three out of five wo- men usually say "steals." Here are a few recipes for the cheaper cuts of meat, which are de- licious and nutritious, and they will bo heartily welcomed by the man of the Enmity: Roll Brisket:, Braised Three pounds of brisket, rolled, usually sells for about twenty two cents a pound. Place three table- spoonfuls of drippings in the frying pan to heat. Duet the meat lightly with flour and then brown quickly without scorching in the hot fat. Transfer to a large saucepan, place a small wire rack—like a flatiron stand, Ilun was expeetng 00. attack, The Cambrai sector was the strongest in the mighty line. `There lied been Agree artillery bombardment for days before and heretofore leteuae shell lire bad always preceded an infantry attaels, The'Fruesiana ran this way and that when they awoke, but by that time the tanks had smashed their hedge of barbed wire—tile hedge that would, beyond the shadow of a doubt, halt any infantry attack—and were disap- pearing in the direction of the second line of trenches,'. Unscathed Through the Eight, Through the smoke screen that. had covered the tames cants thousands of "Townies," "Jocks" and ""Canticks," brawny bayonet wielders, deaf to the old-time fallacy, ""Kamered." Nothing topped the tanks, Allied obser've{'s say that on that memorable clay not one of the tanks was captur- ed, not one was ruined. At intervals they bed torn gape a it defenses. barbed edoe thet I iae 'nl r rodw { Without these gaps an infantry as- sault would have perished long be- fore it could have reached even the fleet line trench. The Associated Press dispatches said: r ui' vas rii•,:t. 1st IhC9 TIIr14111TE';.tt61T1G ,r tic a o ; - Vii,• "pr u t 6 A R IW fSWG ,� �.a."'�' •� „tea' ..GILLETT COMPANY IM1i•E0 E.W.GILLETT ONT L TORONTO, ,f I • ,AON (CA Wi, 1 PCO T l 4 "Through the very gape which the Ges: v �9 — tanks had torn in the Hindenburg line �° ��iNj �1j 98 mothers were seen pushing baby cals.; id �S4HAVS( HAS riag'es containing infants or tramping �r a� �� 100 happily along with their babies clutch -1 CHANCES ES 'N . ed to their breasts. Beside them tod-, dled other youngsters, many of them carrying their treasured (lolls and noti,j' RECOVER FROM WOUNDS. a few clinging• determinedly to I SAYS A MEDICAL MAN. squirming puppies which they dared: not tru3t to run on the ground, 0113 men and women were bringing away, MI the household 'effects they could Present War is Less Wasteful of of food supplies should be the most which can be purchased at the ten - important duty of the 'housewife.. In cent stores—in the bottom of the this day of advancing prices it •be- saucepan, Pour boiling water in and hooves ua 10 husband very carefully the pan until it reaches this reek. London—in the hearing of a spy, our restiurees. Get full vatic for Then put in the meat, cover and steam he begins to feel uncomfortable. They each penny spent. I until tender,, usually about ono and have that advantage in England, for By this I do not mean purchasing' nue-hall how s. Lift. the meat and on this cont! eat there is no place cheap foods, but that you nnrst know thicken the gravy with browned flour, Just what you want and the time to I adding one-half teaspoonf 1 P g which commands so much respect 'from an enemy agent as the old Tow- er. Interest in "the Tower" is con - ti a get it. Cook in se. appetizing manner{ ed onion, salt and popper to taste, anti and serve temptingly and you will, that serve with the meat. The left feel well repaid by the hearty a}tpre-'over portion can be out in thin slices centime of your family, Iand served with horseradish sauce, Do not order by telephone if yeasand the end cut and used in meat hash can po,.sibly help it. Slip on your; Or English pie. hat and 'cat and see for yourself ,nst, Casserole of Shin Beef what you are paying for. Under) F t tco pounds of shin beef by your own personal supervision yours ice are butcher or grocer will give you mucid browiiir.,:; quickly in two tablespoon - better'. service. fuss of fat in hot frying pan. Then not. There was good stuff in the; I e dish or baking dish ranks, the rmade,l from which real the Tower have hear'dtlhe sharp creek herienced at buying. When about to! and add four. medium-sized onions, ing. . soldiers ars made, end were made; . of afros hn the damp imagined four Purchase meat and unable is make a; six potatoes, nine pint of tenter. Put When the tanks were first brought but it bad not yet -been rounded ore forty-four. And they ima 'iued this p •r at silence as rl C cuts h invariably falls! the cover' on the dish and bake for into play they were astounding, but Wetit! nothing more followed b g e l h bow Many housewives feel very fuer- poi m casserol pack on pushcarts or carry on their backs. For three years they had been in captivity and some of them in slav- ery.,, Improvements on First Design. The irrbsistible force of the tank is due to improvements made in them during the year of their life. Heavier armor protects them. German guns of heavy calibre were levelled et them in that first morning dash and shells sent splintering against theta, and while soane.shells diel pass through the turtle's backs the durability of the monsters kept them alive and corn - 1 toice o cc s e showed some disposition now and then "OhI r in a moderate oven. Oe use Lives Than Any Previous Conflict. A calm, dispassionate study of fig - ores shows that, while this war is ter- rible enough, •11 isn't nearly 00 terrible as it, might have been, or as we thought it would be, says Dr. E, Bowers. And it is becoming increas- ingly less terrible with the develop- ment of medical and surgical - skill, the increase in armament and alnmii- nition among the allies, and the con- servatism now shown in the spending of human lives in gaining objectives. Indeed, considering the number of men involved, this war will be less wasteful of lives than any previous war of which we have accurate record. shape., were s no ting m t was y a back on I guess steak or c ops one to than a homogenous assembly of in -;they lay aped. On eleven occasions will do." Or, I really don't know! a saucepan that can be covered tight to stall in exposed positions:. Sur- For the sturdy young. Canadian who dividnals• 'since •1914 spies •have said •their least what to• get; I'm tired of meat, any -fly and then cook on the simmering rounded by the enemy, a groat gun is marching away in the army o[ re - We declined to accept the respon- � word within the gray walls of "the way." Many butchers, realizing this burner. . Thicken the gravy with could be trained upon it and ruinous tribution will .have onlyone chalice of aibility for the seeming slowness of', t r., • state of: affairs, gladly talcs advantage browned flour.- Season with salt, shells sent through it. NOW the tanks being killed to twenty-nine chances of a warm and heart welcome when our progress. We threw it hichhtat-1 POie ll took 1 only of it arc! play , ponn,.it to the utmost pepper and finely chopped parsley are pruLie+ilv perfect as far as in -coming safely home. they learned flat I was a stn's -en- ii 1v 00011 the War } T ough American. They called me not equipped us in ai manner •befit- a tew knew, and their laps are :eased. tet nal mechanism is concerned. If wounded !Even have interim' is better ordered than it was he has only two chances Office, which had When this actually root p ace o of their towel's. I .hen serve. The ounded and taken to a hospital "Jamie the Yank." I was a piece of ting our new station in life. Al-! Even the sadden deaths which of dying as . tangible evidence of the bond of though we were recruited immediately not been heard are not told about. MENUS ISSUED BY 'Ii1E FOOD CONTROLLER. a year, ago• The engines are larger against ninety-eight chances for re - sympathy existing between the two after the outbreak of war. less than Still, if you sterid, as the writer did, Breakfast Brehkfust but occupy less room in the body of cowry. great English-speaking nations. I half of our number had been provided on Tower Hill, ,you may ]tear of the Oatmeal Porridge Buckwheat Griddle Crakes and Syrup the machine. Their bull' hi distribut- In (dry one case in 500 has it been told them of the many Americans of with uniforms. • Many still wore blindfolded spy, followed by a little Marmalade • Toast Bread and Butter • Tea or Coffee ed in long tines up and down the ma- found necessary to sacrifice a limb. German'extrartiou,,whose sympathies, their old civilian; clothing. Others • group of men coming through a tongh Tea or Coffee • Dinner chine and lou' enough Lo escape de- Our soldier is much freer from dis- were honestly and sincerely on the! were dressed in canvas fatigue sorts, old oaken door, to face the silent squad Dinner Boiled Salt mackerel with Drawn straction except by 110 explosion ease in the service than he would be other side, Bue they would not have or the worn-out uniforms of police- of khaki -clad soldiers. The wall holds r representa- nand tramcar cohductors. Every Braised Beef and CarrotsPotatoes Butter Sauce against it of a giant sho?!. The ma if he had remained in civil lits, e- ft so. I was the personal ep met nothing picturesque• or inspiring, and Apple Float Oatmeal Cakes Baked Potatoes Onions g Petticoat Lane chinery which aides it combines with cause he will have better mediad caro •• t than he wnuhl normally five of the American people. My presence in the British army was proof positive of this. Being an American, it was very hard, at first, to time -stand the class cauany nondescript character. We the stocky towers of the ToWe. It P a l.ntuc res res ' distinctions of British arm life. And might easily have been mistaken for eThe Tank's Crew. Y g is just a plain wall, gray aHyl gr?m, Tho recipes fur APPin bloat and Gooseberry Jam Tea 1 1 In former war's from twelve to having understood them, it was more a mob of vageanas which had pillaged where there is a rifle range. ,French Toast, mentiuuec1 above, are 1'Itr. recipe for Parsnip Cakes, mea- In the fete part of the ship the •twenty men died from disease to one difficult yet to endure them, !learn- a seventeenth -century arsenal. With hingland says that the penalty in as follows:— Dotted above, is as follows:— ', captain stands, e wheeldnal beside !that pe'iehed from wounds„ while in ed that a ranker, m private soldier, is a few alight changes m costuming for f - death, its the 1 t P t sweetened apple Parsnip Cakes—Boil and Beason him, both looking out upon the world this war only one man flies from dil- a S 4i V beingexcel- u� sauce ialsun .. ill l e a number of l0 1 c i result that qu t sauce through a sieve. i } for must.othes .swop nn betel Ap tics must have contributed its allotment from the spot • where the shooting. Supper �? ithese engines and the array or arti-at the. ton of cast-off apparel. range is located one cannot even see French Tonst Supper !levy to make exceedingly close guar- have at home. Our arms and equipnieni: were of an the mist banging ever the river nor Cornmeal terns Syrup Parsnip Cakes • ••'tees for the men, • 1rosone In !til Conservation 1V1 t B d Butter: { war gime or a spy is r ea n, wr n App e. r ,oa .— a awes me 1 o''all ,inferior from the of- the. sake of 'historical fidelity, we, ,c ash them. Make into through cleverly arranged port holes.: ease as against ten who die from fieer's point of view. The officer would have served as a citizen army drama lent spies decider! that it is better to add white of 1 egg beaten until stiff small round cakes, dip in sifted oat- Only small, wiry men are taken itrounds. c]as's and the ranker class are east for a realistic motion -he Fi'e r a West; and never the twain shall denictingan episode in the French Re- cheat the shooting range in "the Tow- and dry. Beat together sauce and meth and bro. m in hot fat in a fry- the crews, and they must be excellent ! The ,Tape, during the Russian -Jap. and W p meet, except -in their respective places volution. er" and their master in Wilhelm- egg and chill. Serve cold. ing pan• gunners to be accepted for this pope- :attest) war, showed the world the value upon the parade -ground., This does! We derived what comfort we could strasse, live comfortably for a while French Toast.—Add 'yolk of an egg -- .lar branch of the war's work. Qu11 of medical and sanitary care in man not hold good, to the srrnie extant,', from the knowledge tlilht we were but and then return failures in that pa' to lr cup of milk. Dip stale bread Breakfast tees are too cramped for the shipping ; conservation, and this lesson we are upon active' service. Hardships and' one of many battalions of Kitchens's titular line. Probably they are just into this and fry in pan in a little drip- Sausages Fried Potatoes of large or tall amen. Even ie battle doinf: well to profit by. Plagues and dangers, shared n common, tend to first hundred thbtsand equipped in as mucin thought of by their country ping not?] brown. Bread and Putter Tea or Coffee whet the port holes are dozen and j preventable diseases, which formerly eals flown !thou sial battlers. But this same makeshiftthe fashion. We 1 g when the tank is pitching and rolling st or even then, although there was good- 1 did not need the repeated assurances Breakfast Dinner wildly 111 the uneven course which ih�preve from twelve to twenty times as • will .and. friendliness between officers; of cabinet ministers that England was Oatmeal Porridge Corned Beef and Cabbagemany men as bullets, are now ab - and men,'I' saw nothing of genuine i not prepared for war. We were in a Fried Potatoes Bread and Butter Boiled. Potatoes takes over trenches and shell holeeanl I solutely�� unknown, for most ' of the eomradeship. This seemed to me el position t0 know that she Wee not. Teu mT CotPee Clirger +'ud 11' : through small groves and houses the '"CRt(d117n '" diseases have been stamp- grea.t pity. It was a loss for the of- Otherwise, there had been an unpar- Dinner Supper eery wear their steel helmets, for l ed out. And the doctors, surgeons and fncet•s fully as much as 11 tees for the; donable leek of foresight in 111011 1 as the man Who is caught and shot. SOLDIERS AS ,Tl LEGRAPNI'ERS. Splendid Course Offered by M.H.C. Vocational Branch. The full-fledged telegrapher sends 52 words over the wire in a minute. Many of the soldiers in the re -educe - tion courses of theMilitary . Hospit- als can send 18 words a o f their first Tea month. The recipe :for Potato Chowder, Expert telegraphers who have spent mentioned above, is as follows:— years in the work have arranged Potato Chowder. -0 potatoes, 1 courses for the returned. eoldiers in onion, 1 teaspoon flour. 1 tablespoon which the training period has been chopped parsley, 1 teaspoon salt, slice reduced to the minimum of eight of salt pork, 1 tablespoon dripping, 1 months, the shortest possible time pint milk, s/e. teaspoon pepper Cut mould, cover, and steam two hours; for efficiency. Competent men who potatoes into dice and pork into shall serve v tth vanilla sauce. elected to take up this wort: as a pieces. I"'ry the pork and onion in a — - --- means of livelihood after their return pan until light brown. Put potatoes, Feather Flowers. from the front have been placed in onions, meat into • pot, add a pint of good positions 'at the completion of water with seasonings. Simmer half been maked ing ing (dowers out en in England ddathaa have their' course, and proved highly sue- an hour.. Make a white sauce of the • ssfu} mills, flour and dripping, add to the These have become very fashionable, ee The telegrapher of average ability cooked potatoes, etc. Let all boil a and aro being worn by some _of the earns :!rout $100 to $125 a nnonth and few minutes and servo hot. . smartest Englishwomen, after a time as he becomes expert he--•-----•-"�•.--'•^-=""=".-- _. _-. —_ :._._._.._--..--••.----.-. - _. Cheam of Cauliflower Soup Leet Salad men. places. Supplies came in driblets. !fried Codfish Onions 1 lard .to accept, • for convenience Each night, when parades for the day sake, the fact of my social inferiority. _were over, there was a rush for the Baked Potatoes Cetnturies of army -tradition demand -1 orderly room bulletin board, which Graham Bread Butter edit; and I discovered that it is absol- ,was scened eagerly for news of an Supper utely futile for one inconsequential early issue of clothing. As likely as ] H 't Potato Chowder American to rebel against the unshak, note we were disappointed, but oc- els C Cornbread Stewed Figs able fortress of English tradition casionally jaded hopes revived. minute at the d se n Nearly. all' of niy comrades were used i "Number 15 platoon will parade et to clear-cut class distinctions in chi -:4 p.m. on Thursday, the 24th, for Ian life. It made little difference to boots, puttee, braces, and service dress their that some of our office's were' caps." recruits as raw as were we ourselves.; Number 15 is our platoon. Prompt- They- had money enough and educe - fly at the hour set we hall and eight - Um: enough and influence enough to 1 turn in :front of the Quartermaster secure-thekiug's commission; and that ;stores marquee. The quartermaster fact was proof enough for Tommy is there with pencil and notebook, and that they were gentlemen, and, there 1 lnnnediately 0,1(05 charge of the pro - fore, too good for the likes of hint to, eeedings. be associating' with. 1(To be continued.) "Look 'e•e! Ain't. a gentleman a; .....--7e—... gentleman? I'm arskin' you, ain't 'e?". I saw the futility of die.eiesing this' TELEGRAPHY FOR VETERANS. question with Tommy. A .d later, 1 realizedhow important for. British 19any Disabled MenAre Attracted by army discipline such d 1 istinctions are. . New Occupation.re So great is the force of prevailing opinion that I'sometimee found my 1 Telegraphy is a popular course for maty increase his sala'y to $150 and if -accepting Tommy's print of view." ,h have returned from the , Bread an Butter their hearts must be protected from the nurses are becoming more proficient Crape Joni Cookies Tea The recipe for Ginger Pudding, men- tioned clove, is as follows:— Ginger Padding. — 4 tablespoons oleomargarine, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 2tfi cups flour, 8;h teaspoons baking powder,41 teaspoon salt, ve teaspoon ginger, 1 cup milk. Cream the but - severe bumps which • might ren( e• , in life-saving every day: them unconscious. They also wear I And our boys, if the life -expectancy leather clothing whenever possible to 'estimates of the Germans are borne protect them from the hot engines out (and we'll have to admit that the a"gainst which,they are thrown. Germans are pretty good at figures), Expert gunnery of the gcaielcest because of the physical training that type is needed, for accuracy depends they will have had, because of regular upon shooting when there is a lull in hours, wholesome food, active exercise the monster's pitching and tossing. and scrupulous bodily care, will live ter, add sugar gradually, and egg The principle which makes the tanlcs'tvn average of five years ?anger for well beaten; mix and sift dry ingre- so effective is that of the caterpillar having loaned their lives for :+ gime to diens; add alternately with milk to wheels. i their country. �r fleet mixture, -.Turn into buttered Winston Churchill is credited with These are conservative figures, and having developed the idea and with !are actually much highs than the having pushed the plan to completion. ; official al tually res of higher trench gthe Selene clivi the rest and the British I eminent which estimates that only ov- "tortoise" has flasher! otic ahead of the hae, eleven mon out of every 1,000 have _ jeeen killed. �� ° __ 1 So, just: because yea have seen "thl:' Saving Dress Snaps. boy" march atvay.with a rifle on his When laking the snaps from a ger_ shoulder don't order tlr: funeral ment a convenient way to keep thein t fur future use is to rut the goods around then, seep them together and put then in a Milton box. In this way the :mops that match are kept to- gether. - Mulch strutvberry beds as soon as the ground freezes. se soldiers who I wondered if 1 vete, for gems eugenic front unable to pursue heavy wo•k re- i'200. i' n' reason, the inferior q' hese me I quiring great bodily strength of. the s it necessary for them to when 1 had to ,`Sir end lapses, full equipment of members, and in all jul'ies made Y whenever I dared speak. Such lapsesr? P learn new occupations coma from all stop only occasional. Ilio I under -,lite vocational training centres a Com- I classes of labor. There are railroad stood, for the first time, how import -1 fished by, the Military •Hospitals Com- 01011, feumers, blacksmiths, motor ant - a part circumstance and en- mission for the re-education cif such vircmment play in shaping one s • • men. have large classes under 111 - mental attitude How I longed at I atructim Tltn returned soldiers whose., in - times, to chat with colonels and to; The boya learn railway telegraphy joke with captains on terms of equal- in all its phase"s, including a thorough ity! Whenever i confided these as -i grounding in train rules and traffic piratiotre to Tommy he gezed at me in g f orders. Many of them were fo•mei' railroad employees and much of their experi- ence is valuable in the new work. CHAPTER TILTheir former employers are waiting The Mob in Training lin many cases to take them on as soon The Nth Service Battalion, Royal as they have fitted themselves for the Fusiliers, on the march was a sight, work, while ,others will go into CM" 1104 easily to be forgotten. To the in- merciol telegraphy. All are required habitants of Colchester, Folkestone,' to brush tip on elementary and com- Shornclife, Aldorshot, and other mercial subjects. towns .and villages throughout the In the Central "Y" in Toronto, the south of England, we wen well: rinse includes more than a score of known. We displayed ourselves with: • What must have seemed to thein a men who are trader the instruction of shameless disregard for appearances sal. W Yung, an expert with long Our approach was announced by a experience as a despatcher for the discordant tumult of fifes and drums," C.P,R, Four men have lately 'peen for our band, of which later, we be- tuned out competent to take good smaitten&, awe. "Don't be a bloonin' iju-I They could jolly well 'ang you fee that!" came justly proud, was a newly fledg- ed and still imperfect organization. Windows were Hong up and doors thrown open along our lino of march; but alas, wo were greeted With no wel- come glances of kindly approval, no Forestry of the University of Toronto waving of handkerchiefs, no clapping are fighting overseas, Every gr'a- dua:te o the past three years who is lihysically fit is serving the Empire in some capacity, Other forestry sohgqclp Have had a.si ilex experience, with the result that there is and will befor man 01b2'P .11 Feat scaicit- beMany great scarcity of teelmtcal3.y4iralned forester±, ,1, Fighting Foresters. Sixty-five mon from the Faculty of of hands. Nursemaids, who are said to have a nice and discriminating oyo for soldiery, gazed in =need and contemptuous silence as we passed Childret looked ilii us in wide -oyer{ vendee,Only the dumb beasts web detnonste•ative, and they it a marmot 'Which was not at all to our liking, drivers, mechanics and many other vo- cations represented, and some of the most successful and speedy operators have been one-armed men. Woman Hose Nurse. In London ItTeesrs MacNamara, who enpiny about forty women drivers, have put their horse hospital entirely, in charge of women. Mrs. Piny, the superinteedenl says they have thirty to forty patients it day. She and three assistants do all cleaning, f;o"ming, feeding and administering of medi- cines prescribed by the veterinary sur- geon. The animals, elle says, are grateful aml'ronrpanionuhle, and sho hate no doubt that women will want to keep on with this work after the war, "We do not baby the horses," she says, "Somehow we reform the worst cases of temper, and the woven ran do any- thing they like with ever fractious, nervous and suffering horses, The ef- fect on the nerves of the horses,. and consequently on theft' value, is notice- able,' Ghenghtg Mtltroy. One of the busiest money -changing Oates in the world le that at Victoria station, in London, whore retuning troops change their Emelt money 101 British. As high as $90,000 a clay has been handled, and this mostly in entail sump. L� Hr1.Y V I THE .-. DO IT! TANKS THESE 1111.NS'I'ER DEMONS Oi,, OFFENCE. Make Mere 1 ygmies Of All the Vaunt- ed Teuton Inventions of Destruction. •' Airntiral Nelson said on Oct, 21, 18011, "Ermined (m e (ts every man to do his duty," and Great Britl110 that ete'noon made herself mistress of the setts. on the General Sir Julian liyng morning of Nov. 21 1x11"r, said, "Eng- land a xpc+t. every tails to du its dntnnedr,1 and Great Britain before no011 haul made herself master• of land fighting, Every tattle did just what the com- mander of the 'rifled British army sag- gested, Numbering 8C00ee and scores these behemoths of armored motor ears, great gray cortical monitors „on wheels, smashed the reputedly impreg- nable Hindenburg lime as decisively as Nelson's wooden fleet annihilated the navy of France. Nelson's epigram Emended the death knell of Napoleon's dr.e= of con- quest, i3yng'a slogan tolled the re- quiem of Wilhelm XIohet oil.ern's fancied impeegrtability. Where tiro Tanks Won, i1ogIend'a great: victory is dote in k0 exceedingly large measure to the tanks. Those monsters played the tor- toise to the kaiser's !tare. They re- present England's n supremacy n and s eventual su 1 Y r sett l , n p. pe f, on land, and with the failure of- the submarine they stand out clearly as the most effective weapon of• science in this war—very probably the one decisive. invention of 111is new Warfare. The tortoise,. it w?I1 be renumbered, cane along slowly, while the rabbit raced away confidently. England went into the war unprepared; she (Toot along Cor over a year, paying for her poverty in -machines with her wealth of brave blood. Germany, fast and ready, produced heavy howitzers, "13110y Berthas," thoustunds of machine gins, light mortars, liquid fire and gas. Tier inventors thrust her far fare' ahead of the allies in all matters of equipment, It seemed that the Mare tvoulrl ruin the face, Breaking the Hiudcnburg Linc. But the tortoise was still coming. Britain's' inventors, aided by the French scientists, were evolving some- thing, They developed cannon, liquid fire and gas until Germany efficiency was equalled, but still the tortoise kept on. Tho rabbit had rue, his race, he was sleeping on the path. Then on the morning al Nov. 21, 1.017, the tortoise 'tppe:ured far in ad- vance of the hare. The tanks, no one knows how many strong, poked their dull, drowsy heads up over the trenches all along a thirty -mile lune and waddled indicrously towlswd the Hindonburg line, the line that could net bo bi'olsen. In the gray morning mists these turtles were for the first mofnehts 00000(3 by the Germans,' The • w'eaths. He'll conte home. bronzed and bale and hearty ---,c at lens twenty-nine homes out of thirty. These are the figures, And figures don't lie., ' Humanised mills for infant, is intik so treated that the calcine is reduced to make it more like human: milk. • f :rs C/460 '64.74 20 Di •. s�i 13o9i"t' • l Tho Use. Regular, Pocket, Safety and Self -Filling Types Practical f ul, Durable, Present for !nen, women and the young folks —at the front, in camp, business, home and college. $2,50, $14,00, $5.00 and cup Connenlenl to Rud, 1215(1 in Sand Sold by Beat Local Dealeres !t„ 11. Watei'matt Company, L uzl.nited, Metnti4111 4y-