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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1916-03-31, Page 7NOTES AND co1'4If'1"NT Now and then there is found a man whe gets in the way and stands in the light -of things 'that need to 'be done; for he is prone to see .a slight whore none meant; he wears his soul on his sleeve, and when you pass you rub it the wrong way; or a breath blows off the chip from his shoulder, or you find you trod on the tail of his coat when that was the thing you meant last, and least of all to do. It quite takes the heart out of one who went to work with the best will in the world to do good when he finds another who flies in his face surpris- ingly for what was thought toebe out of sight and out of mind long, long ago. The sense of grieving in such a mate lives on and glows like a coal from year to year, when the act that was the cause of it was supposed to have slept beneath its obituary in "Auld Lang Syne." The thin-skinned man is a public pest and a private nuisance. The world needs men of mettle, men of delicate perception, men who react and reflect and do not merely absorb. The real leadership is not with th'e spiritual. Poets and dreamers are al- ways in demand, to inspire with the things unseen and inaudible. The world cannot get along without its pic- tures and its music, and its religion and its drama that in many ways are one. The objection is not to the. sen- sitive man, but to the man whose sen- sibilities travel in a wearisome circle round and round himself. "Why, I never dreamed he was dis- pleased!" you will hear a man say. "Iie did nothing and he said nothing to show that I had trodden on his favorite corn. He ought to have spok- en out to let me know. I could have explained it all in a minute if he had been frank with me." But the ag- grieved one hugs his grievance. He does not wish to be deprived of it. It is part of his sentimental stock in trade. When otherwise the mind might lie slack and empty for want of occupation he can take it out and dandle and admire it anew. If you killed it he would get some other gnawing 'resentment in its place. The "sore point," the "bone to pick" is a luxury, a hobby, a penchant to indulge. Beware of the man who loves his own fussy little consequence better than any .cause you can put him into. Any kind of teamwork demands that the several ways of several people shall coalesce. Unity does not grow out of quality in married life without a constant self-denial (though that denial may not be a conscious sacri- fice). It is a hard thing that societies and committees working for a laud- able end must sometimes be wrecked, or halted midcareer, or made far less efficient because some vain person un- wittingly offended has to be placated and brought into line again. If the morbid habit grows on the steady taker of offense things may come to pass that any kind of compact is im- possible, and the only course remain- ing is to handle the sensitive obstruc- tionist out of the way. A man is valued for the work he does, not for the thoughts he thinks about the greatness of himself. STUPENDOUS FIGURES. Britain's Annual Income Is Now Fif- teen Billion Dollars. Great Britain's annual income has increased by £600,000,000 since the beginning of the war, declared Sir George Paish, the well-known finan- cial authority in a lecture recently on war finance before the Royal Statis- tical Society, London, and the total has now reached £3,000,000,000. The nation, said the speaker, has nearly succeeded in maintaining its productive power, despite the with- drawal of approximately 4,000,000 men from its industries. It had call- ed in half a billion pounds of its capital from abroad sinca the open- ing of hostilities, nearly all of this however, having been used to make fresh loans to foreign countries and colonies. If allowance were made for the in- crease in the country's gold stocks, Sir George declared, the nation would be found to have succeeded in n'ieeting virtually the whole of its war expenditures out ot its income, without needing to draw upon its accumulative capital to an extent worth mentioning. Official calcula- tions of the new taxation imposed up fro the present time amounted to ttm� - Sir George estimat- ed s at 531 000 and 1.97g it , , eel the taxation in the coming year would reach nearly £450,000,000. On the Whole, the speaker said the burden of taxation was light, con- eidering the circumstances, and com- pared with the burden the country bore during the Napoleonic wars. The national debt before the war was p07,000,000, It would be 12,400,- 900,000 by the end of this March, Sir George added, and if the war cons Untied another year it would not be far short of l4,000,000,000. The Fashions First Indications for Spring Quite often one notices in the new importations a tendency to the siend- meth unexpected places. One cannot fail to see that handwork, ,and individ- ual hand -made trimmings,; stitchings, etc., can work wonders, and afford an effect which can scarcely be 'brought about by n achine-'made trimmings. It is quiteinteresting to .see a little blue frock trimmed with insertions of matching net, with accompanying pendant ornaments of wool or beads in a soft harmonizing coloring. Bead et, tapering waist; and this, of course, trimming is effective on both' silk and means the well -corseted figure. It is wool maten:ials; it is being used in not, probable that the hourglass fi- any way that clever brains and fingers gore will be countenanced for a mo- ratty design. The more original• the ment, but a trifle more trimness, con- notion, the more attractive the blouse ducted by a well -fitting modern con- or frock. Pale pink crepe de Chine set, is necessary to meet the require- or crepe is made more. delicate by a rents of the Spring . suit, with its banding or an ornament of delft -blue hint of a curve at the waistline, its graceful flaring skirt and coat -skirt. opaque beads. Dark blue taffeta or a ( A carefully selected and properly fit- serge may be brightened with touch ted corset is necessary and always has of emerald green, orange, copper or been to a smart, well-groomed appear- a harmonizing, centrasting blue. There are any slumber of smart art- ance. Rather than injurious, the istic ways o1• trimming frocks and right corset tends toward health. Several of the Paris houses are ad- vocating the three -quarter -length coat and now and then one sees a polon- aise effect. These coats are made with well -fitted shoulders and round- ed waistline. It is quite remarkable that this should be so just now, when we are massing so mush fulness in the skirts between the belt and the knees, but. it only goes to show the wide variety we are to enjoy this Spring and Summer. A Word on Skirts. Skirts continue short and full. Many of the houses are emphasizing the favor shown by them for the crin- oline since the first whisper of full skirts began to circulate, and many are using interesting methods of ex- tending their skirts; among these are reeds, featherbone, and even hair -cloth stiffenings. In many instances the reeds are graceful and becoming, but, as a rule, the effect is extremely awk- ward, as there is no pretense what- ever of concealing the mediums, and they often protrude at unexpected angles, giving a curious, un -beautiful result. In the regulation Slimmer frock and the dance dress of net, organdy, or other of the sheer, dainty fabrics favored this year,- the fulness of the skirt is made decidedly graceful and youthful by tucks,• ribbons, and bias bands of the same, or a contrasting material. Often folds of chiffon or net are attached to the inside of the skirt of the dance dress giving a soft, bouffant effect which is pleasing in every way. Taffeta is unusually ef- fective combined with, or as trimming for, the pale -toned frock of ordandy or net, fashioning the Summer dance dress. In both illustrations this week the skirt is of taffeta and the effect of the deep tuck is well brought out. The first dress has an underbodice of shadow lace and a simple over - drapery of chiffon. The short sleeve cap, while it concedes to Fashion's sleeveless demand, also makes a con- cession to modesty. The second frock O27-7013 Dance Frock of Taffeta and Chiffon shows the combination of net and taffeta. Aside from being especially pretty, this combination is practical, as net wears particularly well and lends itself to almost any fashion of draping. Ribbons and Rucltings Pleatings and ruchings of all widths and fashions are still favored trim- mings for both street and house frocks. Narrow black velvet ribbon is most effective and easily applied. On some of the imported models cord- ings, pipings, and ruchings appear in x002 Net Bodice and Taffeta Skirt blouses this season with practically no expenditure of money, if one has ideas and fingers deft enough to carry them out. These patterns can be obtained from your local McCall dealer or from The McCall Company, 70 Bond St., Tor- onto, Ontario. BABY'S OWN TABLETS GOOD AS GUARANTEED Mrs.. L. Isbell, Kingston, Ont., writes: "I am using Baby's Own Tab- lets and find them as good as adver- tised. They are certainly a wonder- ful remedy for little ones." Mrs. Is - •bell's testimony is like that of thous- ands of other mothers. Once a mother has used Baby's Own Tablets she will use nothing else for her little ones. The Tablets are sold by medi- cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. JOFFRE WEEDS OUT THE Y NFIT. Britain Should Emulate, Seys Lord Northcliffe. In the London Daily Mail, Lord Northcliffe, in an article on General Joffre, whom he visited recently, says: "Joffre has made many private enemies and thousands of public friends by the remorseless way in which he got rid of inefficient gen- erals, many of them personal ac- quaintances, at the outset of the war. He has continued that policy, with the result that to -day the officers of the French army are probably the youngest in the field. There are many lookers-on at the present war among ourselves and our allies, who wish that his process could be extend- ed to our lines. "I can truly say that General Jof- fre in the heat of the battle of Verdun looks strong, well and cheerful. On one of my previous visits I thought he was showing signs of war fatigue. To-dati, in the midst of the colossal series of battles that has lasted for weeks, the head of the wonderful French war machine • has the healthy look of a country squire in those good old days two years age, when men rode' to hounds a couple of Clays a week." .x� a Man may fall in a dozen, different lines of activity, and then succeed brilliantly in a phase wherein be was unconscious of any ability. 'NERVOUS DISEASES IN THE SPRING • Cured by Toning the Blood and Strengthening the Nerves. It is the opinion of the best medical authorities, after long observation, that nervous diseases are more com- mon and mare serious in the spring than at any other time of the year. Vital changes in the system, after long winter months, may cause much more trouble than the familiar spring weakness and weariness from which most people suffer as the result of indoor life, in poorly ventilated and often overheated buildings. Official records prove that in April and May neuralgia, St. Vitus dance, epilepsy and other forms of 'nerve troubles are at their worst, and that then, more than any other time, a blood - making, nerve -restoring tonic is needed. The antiquated custom of taking purgatives in the spring is useless, for the system really needs strength- ening, while purgatiees only gallop through the bowels, leaving you weaker. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are 1, the best medicine, for they actually I make the new, rich, red blood that (feeds the starved nerves, and thus I cure the many forms of nervous dis- orders. ,,They cure also such other forms of spring troubles as head- aches, poor appetite, weakness in the limbs, as svell as remove unsightly pimples and eruptions. In fact they unfailingly: bring new health and strength to1weak, tired and depressed, men, women; and children. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, RiSSIAN PEASANT GERMAN'S GRIM FOE GUERILLA BANDS ARE THORN IN SIDE OF TEUTONS. Exploits of "Earless Pete" Illustrative of Methods aid ' Success. Germany's grimmest of all enemies, grimmer even than Winter, is now upon her, writes a Russian corre- spondent, who discusses Germany's "terror" in the marsh lands, ire which he narrates with a grim humor tof his own the exploits of a Russian peas- ant leader who is a neverending thorn in the side of the Germans. Germany's new dread, the corre- spondent writes, is Russia's guerillas, irregulars and francbireurs. Every- where along the 800 -mile front Ger- man outposts are being attacked, sen- tries are being sniped, convoys raid- ed, trenches pestered at night, and every day a toll in death is taken and a still greater toll in terror. German papers found in captured trenches use the words "surprised and disor- ganized" (ueberrascht and desorgan- ishiert). That was written after Rus- sia's greatest guerilla hero, "Earless Pete," crept with his band between two disconnected German trenches on the Pinsk-Baranovitchi section and came back with the headgear of thirty slaughtered Germans. These Germans were surprised and slain from an ambush. Seven Russians kill- ed and wounded was the price paid. Russian Voiunteers. Russia's heroic volunteers are either local peasants, disbanded sole. diers or young men from remote parts mostly belonging to the "intelligent" class. The peasants are now awake. By encroaching on wholly Russian and Greek Orthodox soil the invad- ers have rendered to Russia a special service. In Poland the population might be cajoled or terrorized. The Poles are third parties. The Ger- mans to -day are fighting among men of Russian race and faith, and these feel that they are defending their hearths and homes. Neither bribes nor threats avail. "Earless Pete" is Germany's terror. His name suggests terror, though he is not earless at all, but can hear a German sentry sneezing a versa away. He is called "earless" because he has no ear open to his country's foes. "Pete" slays no unarmed or disarmed nian, but in battle he neither gives nor takes mercy. "Earless Pete" has never commanded more than seventy men, but he has killed or put out of acbion at least three hundred Ger- mans. "Pete" wino because with all their technical perfection the Kaiser's wooden battalions lack the scouting, sporting instincts needed for coping with guerillas. "Got" 70 Out of 100. "Pete's" allies are the 'Winter snows, still more the Winter thaw. He operates only in marsh land. eln the Pinsk marshes -once thaw sets in ma- laria tonnes, "Pete's" men are in- used. They know the country; they are familiar with narn'ow lanes of traversible land ° .,in the illimitable marsh. "Earless Pete's" newest ex- ploit is this;— He made a feint attack on a strong German outpost and pretended to Happenings in the Emerald Isle of flee. The enemy pursued. "Pete's" men took the longest, narrowest patch through the swamp. When the pursuers were crowded on a narrow road, bordered by swamp land with rotten ice, "Pete" turned and attack- ed. Simultaneously others of his men appeared on either flank. The Ger- mans could not deploy. Those who left the road crashed through the melting ice. A terrific rifle 'fire cut up the Germans. Thirty out of a hun- dred got away. The rest perished. Yard deep snow which hampers German movements is "Pete's" friend. Swathed in white sheets, moving sil- ently on skis, the guerillas approach and snipe or pour in volleys. Germans dash out, shoot wildly, try to charge and flounder in the snow. In darkness these attacks again and again have succeeded in causing the Germans loss and spoiling their nerves. Midnight Snow Ghosts. "Midnight snow ghosts" is "Pete's" name for his followers. Near Bar- anovitchi the Germans, with enormous labor, have had to clear from snow a belt of land a hundred yards wide be- fore their trenches. On an earth background at leash the "ghosts" will be seen. Further south disbanded Russian soldiers are cutting the enemy up. These are "okhotniki"—that is, chas- seurs, the best Winter troops in the world. They were given rifles, ammu- nition, matches and blankets, nothing else, and sent into the trackless for- ests of Olonetz to shift for them- selves. Last summer, during the re- treat from Brest-Libovsk, five hun- dred got cut off. The Germans never captured them, and now in small bands, which sometimes reunite, they roam the country, snipe, cut railways and generally terrorize the country. They cut the culvert at Gulevitschi and wrecked a German train. Long ago they changed their uniforms for peasant garb. Sympathizing peasants shelter them and give information to them. 'z'-- RECAPTURE FLOWER MARKET French Horticulturists Raise Lilies Germans Used to Send. From Erin's Green Isle NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE- 1ANI S SHORES. The lily of the valley, firsb flower. of the year and emblem of good for- tune, will soon make its appearance on the corsage of the midinette, whence, says the Paris Figaro, there is every likelihood that it will find its way to the coat lapel of the sol- dier on leave from the front. This year the lilies of the valley found in Paris will be truly French. Hitherto—excepting last year, which was one of eclipse—they came from Germany, where the horticulturists grew them in profusion or retarded them according to the condition of the Paris market. French horticulturists neglected this flower almost entirely until the dearth in 1915 showed them how easily they could capture the market for themselves. es He—"There was a time when you wouldn't pass me without speaking." She—"Yes, there was a time when I wouldn't pass any old thing." She—"They say that an apple a day keeps the doctor away." He—"Why stop there? An onion a day will keep everybody away." Interest to Irish- men. Mr. J. M. Gallagher, formerly city councillor, has been elected Mayor of Dublin. During the month of January the Kilkeel district coni,ributed 1,200 eggs to the national egg collection. Mr. John McKenna, a noted rifle shot, has just passed away at Belfast. He was a member of the Irish team that won the Eleho Shield. The Dublin Master Bakers' Asso- ciation has increased the price of bread to 9 cents per 2-1b. loaf. The new military convalescent hos- pital in the Palace Barracks, Holy- wood, County Down, accommodates 500 •sick and wounded soldiers. The outer premises of Kilmihill R. I. C. Barracks have been totally destroyed' by fire. It is thought the blaze was caused by an over -heated chimney. Sir Thomas Lipton's steam yacht, the Erin, is now an auxiliary cruiser in the British Navy, attached to the fleet that is guarding the North Sea against submarines. The death occurred with startling suddenness of Mr. William Morris, for many years a member of the Derry Corporation. He was also a Poor Law Guardian. The governing body of University College, Galway, at a special meeting adopted a resolution protesting against the reduction of grants far education in Ireland. Mr. Joseph Martin, the Goods Superintendent of the Midland Rail- way, has retired after 41 years' ser- vice with the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Co. Sir John Olphert, C.V.O., H.M.L., county Donegal, has appointed Lieut.- Col. James Alexander Lawrence Montgomery, C.S.I., a deputy lieuten- ant for the oeunty Donegal. Captain James Lee Jackson, R. F. C., 2nd Battalion Connaught Rang- ers, eldest son of Rev. Canon B. L. Jackson, rector of Belmullet, has been awarded the Military Cross. Corp. Garje, Royal Engineers, Dub- lin, has been presented at Hitchin by Col. Boys with the medal of St. George, conferred on him ley the Czar of Russia for gallant conduct at Ypres. At a meeting of the Council of Derry Chamber of Commerce the I secretary reported on the subject of I the commandeering by the Admiralty of one of the Glasgow steamers, point - ii, out that it would create a serious situation. - At the Viceregal Lodge, Dublin, the Lord Lieutenant decorated Second Lieut. Michael O'Leary, V.C., with the Cross of St. George, conferred upon hint by His Imperial Majesty the Em- peror of Russia. Al a meeting of the Insurance In- stitute of Ireland, in Dublin, it was stated that 140 members of the Insti- tute are on service with the naval and military forces. After a three weeks' house-to-house canvass the executive committee of the Ballymena and District Red Cross Fund secured $23,500 towards elle British Red Cross Society. The world is half full of people vh.s have no interest in their work because they are'not fitted for it. by tose ae aFit Here is a testimonial unsolicited "If I had my will it would he advertised on every street corner. The man or woman that has rheumatism and fails to keep and use Sioan's Lini- ment is like a drowning pian refusing a rope."—A. ,T. ran Dyke, Lakrivood, N. J. nt III IIIIIIIII''!,► 7 S PAI So .°WALLS