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NOTES AND COMMENTS
When Lloyd George, discussing the
post -helium economic policy to be
adopted by the Allies, declared that
"When we consider trade, the first
thing to be done is to obliterate any
Odea ofcoven •e" the voice of the
,
sober British business sense was
heard. It is a voice of reassurance
raised in a time of disturbing clamor
and an earnest of the prevalence of
cooler cousels when the angers of
to -day subside.
•
Allies and Teutons have been
threatening an economic was as soon
as the men are out of the trenches.
All kind's of schemes are being dis-
cussed to keep what is now called
enemy trade out of home markets
and to try to keep it out of neutral
markets. The least menace offered
is a refusal to trade with each other.
What rine the probabilities in the light
of experience and necessity?
The warring nations will do all the
harm to one another that they can
while the war lasts. After the war
resumption of commerce and financial
relations between the present enemies
may be slow and at first roundabout.
Yet such is the nature of man and
such the laws of economic life that
no artificial barriers can long obstruct
the natural course of commerce and
finance through the chanels of inter-
national exchange.
When peace comes things will look
different to the belligerents and to the
neutrals. The men who will be heeded
,will be business and not military
statesmen. Current programmes of
trade and commercial conflict are pro-
jected in the heat and passion of the
contest. Vision anti thought are dis-
orderly, but it is encouraging that a
voice like Lloyd George's should al-
ready be raised in Great Britain di-
recting attention to the facts of the
future, and that similar utterances
have been made in 'Germany and
France.
The fact of the future is that in
the task of repairing war's ravages
and reconstructing the shattered or-
ganization of civilization the belliger-
RUSSIANS SEE THE
GRAND FLEET
GREETED BY SIR JOHN JELLICO
IN NORTH SEA.
Joint
Action By Allied Navies
gested by British
Admiral.
Sug-
M. Vasily Nemirovitch-Dantchenko,
the veteran war correspondent of The
Russkoe Slovo, has written for The
London Times the following account
of his recent visit to the Grand Fleet:
Our first trip to the North leaves
a still deeper impression on out: minds
that the whole of Great Britain lives
and breathes for the war. Every man
of serviceable age has donned khaki.
In Scotland I saw old men wearing
regimentals.
We encountered evidences of the
"grim realities" of war at one of the
northern ports. Vessels were contin-
ually loading heavy ammunition, in-
cluding 18i/ inch and 15 inch shells,
and heavy chain booms for the Fleet
and telegraph material for France.
On the way, while skirting the
seashore, we frequently caught sight
of some of the huge warships that
guard Britain's waters.
We slept the night at a small inn,
which gave us a most hospitable re-
ception. The Port Captain and the
Provost carne to meet us as represent-
atives of Allied Russia. Throughout
the journey we felt ourselves the
guests of the British nation. Special
trains were placed at our disposal
and comfortable quarters provided
at all our halting -places.
Sight of the Fleet.
Early one morning the fastest de-
stroyer in the Fleet bore us quickly
across some boisterous water to a
certain bay where we could distin-
guish from afar the outlines of Brit-
ain's Grand Fleet, so well named, , All
sorts of scouting and auxiliary ves-
sels clotted the intervening waters. A
whole flotilla of mine -sweepers was -
hastening towards the North Sea. De-
stroyers plowed the bay in many di-
-ants will need all the trade that they realms.
can develop. Plenty of competition! Our first sight of what wee only
there will be, but trade development) a part of the British Fleet will long
will be assisted if the competition is remain in our memories. Within a
of the kind which seeks first to make framework of snowclad hills the giant
trade and frustrated if it is of the forms of Dreadnoughts rose out of
kind .which seeks primarily to take the heaving bosom of the roadstead;
trade. Tendencies are all that" cap but when we had penetrated to the
be safely discussed to -day,, but the very heart of the Great Armada our
commercial tendency after the war imagination was spellbound by the
Will probably be away from the war sight of the colossal shapes that seem -
like forms of competition and toward ed to eat up the horizon. Their grins
the manner of rivalry that obtained sides, frowning turrets, and rapacious -
before the conflict. mowed guns all bespoke a relentless
purpose.
THE DYING SOLDIER'S DREAM. :it,'1'atget Practice.
_ A couple of light cruisers having
Arvid the unsorted dead he lay, quietly slipped their moorings, daslt-
Hii rifle in hie hand; of
His face so fair and well -cropped hair
Half -buried in the sand.
Again in the mist and shadow of sleep,
Ile saw his native land.
.'ride through the vision of his dreams
Its spacious landscape spread,
Four thousand miles of happy homes
Free from the foeman's tread.
His heart again essays to throb
And slightly moves his head.
He saw, once more, the Gulf -girt Isle,
And fair Acadia land; tied enemy. Faster and faster they ; reigns to Germany he Cannot do so,
New Brunswick's wild and wooded sped towards the mark, their glisten-' as there is an embargo against tak- •
slopes ing hulls obscured in clout's of spray. , ing sovereigns, out of this country. !
St. Lawrence flowing grand. Snakelike they turned and twisted, There is no regulation, however, d
A tear buret from the sleeper's lids,
And fell into the sand,
of the, newest devices were worked
by the inventors themselves.
Otte party separated ,into two
groups, the first of which, including
Nabokoff, Egoroff, and myself, with
some of the officials who 'aeeompan-
led us, .remained to lunch with the
Commander -in -Chief. On either side
of Admiral Jellicoe sat Nabokoff
and myself. He talked with us about
Russia—a subject that appeared to
afford bite inexhaustible iziterest
and pleasure. While he was propos-
ing the health of his guests we
listened with no slight emotion to
his references to the possibility of
joint operations by our respective
fleets. His words of gratitude to
Russia 'for "saving the Allies" were
delivered with much feeling:
A spirit of brotherhood, permeated
our reception by the Grand Fleet. Our
hosts treated us like men who pur-
sued one common aim and object.
Their cordiality was sometimes almost
embarrassing. I think our British
friends tried to emphasize Admiral
7cllicoe's sentiments of gratitude to-
wards -Russia.
MELTING SOVEREIGNS.
Britain Alarmed at Danger of
New
Drain on Gold Reserve.
The practice of melting 13r itish
gold sovereigns to mix with other
metals and thus make jewelry to sell -
to suddenly rich munition workers
and their wives is said to have become o.d.`"1 I
so alarming that an effort may be The Latest Smart
1 1 the present session of •
DRIVE YOUR COLD
'AWAY
For coiclii in the throat awl
chest your most convenient
remedy is
as iirt
;Trade Mark
situ
P;treleurn Joljsf:
Contains the active .principle of
Capsicum (Red Pepper.) Easy
to apply.
Will not blister the skin.
Sold in handy tin tubes at chem-
ists and general stores every-
where. Refuse substitutes.
I°bee booklet on request.
agEhi
fwW c, w�.w.w�.liv4yK",n
CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO.
(Consolidated)
1880 Chabot Ave. Moetreal
fashioned sleeve, or an -ugly neck fin-
ish. When. these deep duff are used
the sleeve, if sufficiently full, may be
gathered into' the cuff, thereby lend-
ing another modish touch,'for much
fulness is noticed in the. new sleeves.
Sleeves Offering •Interesting
Possibilities.
Long,short,and three -quarter -length
sleeves will be worn this Spring and
Summer, There is still a strong ten-
dency to the transparent effect of the
Fall and Winter. That this •should
be so for Sumner is quite logical. Net
is nearly as popular for sleeves and
bodices as chiffon and Georgette, and
it wears equally well. Many a pretty.
or . satin frock is made with net
sleeves and upper bodice, and many
a last season's taffeta or satin dress
lis being -remodeled in this way.
Color -Combinations.
Blue serge naturally takes to black
blue faille combines effectively with
black, many shades of grey, the green-
ish, copery tones, orange, terra-cotta
i and similar shades.. These dark cora-
; binations of course are correct for the
,street; for the indoor dress or after -
keen gown, one may allow the color
'fancy a little freer rein. There are
to • some wonderfully vivid touches of
color brought in now and then in a
sombre frock, quite transforming it.
The Fashions
��s
Features.
made during • For those - of us Who have, as it I
Parliament to pass a law to prohibit l� er,e� stacks and stacks of passe
it. There are not many sovereigns in fi•ociss to be remodeled, this should
circulation in England, they having prove of banner season. Fashion has ;
been recalled shortly after the out- i been ver lenient with our little
break of the war, but they can• be obe ; y
tallied readily in exchange for paper economies for several seasons past, I ;
notes at site Bank of Lngkuid. but this Spring, whether it is the, ,
The gold reserve'in the Bagtk of ;war, with its consequent deprivations
England at the present time is estie j to. many, which has turned her in this
coarct' at athe pr$2esent
,000. There direction, or just because she fancies I
are other gold reserves, of course, in' evolving the odd little conceptions s
and combinations ..one sees on every
the hands of other joint stock banks. ;
and
One of the aims of the Government i side, certain it is that economy just
is to prevent sovereigns going out of nowds being made very easy and very l
the country to keep up the reserve fascinating.
gold supply and to prevent the gold Girdles Bretelles and Jumpers.
from reaching the enemy.
For the past six months, or even one has a Clark blue serge dress of
since the munition workers began to 1 last season. It may not be worn to ,
work night and day and draw greatly ansa, great extent but nevertheless it I
increased wages, they have been have , needs something to make it look more ,
ing gold coins melted for jewelry. up to date. We may add a deep skirt !
I The practice is said to have become ; ydke and a high girdle with perhaps
• especially noticeable in Birmingham, a" bretelle over each shoulder, oC i
where many of the large jewelry man- . black satin or moire.
ufacturers are locate There is no c ' Cliffs and collars, too, add greatly 1
law against the practice of melting to the effect. NIrlxen cleverly done,;
i /
1
Let us suppose for instance, that
Government moneys. !the frock has none of the inade-over 1
Hume Williams, a member of Par- appearance it would have had some
I Bement from Nottingham, who thinks seasons back, but is a delightfully
the Government should make it a !chic little costume in the new deep
1 •crime to melt sovereigns clown to waist effect, for .hopping and gener-
i make jewelry, said: • al daytime wear. Coateo-peplums, i
"As the law now stands a man can - quillings, bandsand insets of con -
J
1secd.
!take a five -pound note to the Bank�
1trasting material may work wanders, ~� ",
of England and demand sovereigns for too, with slightly worn 'frocks, suits, ' `'• '-"
it. He can take the gold coins to his and blouses, Should a hem bei ie2:�
factory, melt them down, mix the gold slightly frayed or worn, whether it I ' alotlt a fourth ::on to the army. "Ere triplet
with certain other corrals and moire be the lower edge of blouse or skirt,'' Stuart Lse of Blocked Broad brothers, who are so much alike that
eel ('onward to give us a display jeweh'y. The mere siltiandlering o'f the ane of those stiff, taint little quill- As a, general rule, however, pale toned it 1 impossible for e,trargcrs to dis-
gun practice. As they attained their !munition wort es' money in this tray, ings, or a contrasting band liras be't. will
predominate this season. This ti.,;�uish between thcaxx, en1i51edi a few
fullest speed they proceeded to pour ' in a time of national stress, when the set on to cover it most attractively. I ds owing to the resent canditicrn of day's sifter the clrrlaration of wan:, and
out a stream of projectiles at. the far- i surplus is needed lox silver bullets Around the bottom of a sleeve, �tltich g p thrix proud mother soon eft -el. -wards
-t • not 'uet the most becoming the dye market• naturall • pastel tale 1'
gets moored for away. The. shell, , and fora support .for the, worker and h. s 1 ew've of ed .fabrics require. math le. dye! ''ecrivrd a letter of praise end can -
hurtled through the sir and present- his fancily in porsible clay: orf` need', or finish, at double ! uffte of pleat .than Gleet shades. It is most time' gratulation from- the King.
ly the waters around the targets were to come, is a bad think. 1 y . Then,there is 'lis, Patter, a Ports -
foam
Gc or„ette, bandied' throus;lr the that this should happen in the Sum- 5
splashed with columns of snow-white ° Tlcre is another scriou:s side to middle with a narrow black velvet - i mouth widow, aged eight;; -three, who
Wier season le we axe all of us in- ;
faaun till the targtets theinselve s euf- it. The State spi nds, money in carr- ribbon nixv be addled, the ribbon Ire- he: s beer -roweled a prize ictally for
fcred. : ve rting bar gold into eovereigns, and mg drawn as ti ;ht13• ae desired' auci c•lined toward white, pale pinks, blues, he l in•• the head of the. faintly w irh the
mauves, and lavenders which are so;
Like great •steel falcons •swooping• anybody can g o along and get the { particularly i'ascina:tin this season. most members in the fighting r ser -
on their prey four destroyers ap- , sovereigns and nit's them again.Also, i trees. Sixteen of her graz;d,t+ts are
geared intent on torpedoing a fan- if ti man wants to take golden sore_ F By Fall, if the war is not at an end, in the army and navy, and the has -
perhaps we shall all take to white, , t
but we will not anticipate :anything so bands of four of her granddaughters
.aghters
' extravagant unless we may take the are on active service, making; twenty
i present vogue of white shoes and of her descendant, altogether fight- .
ing for King and country. In addi-
spats as forcrunner_, t grandsons1
tion, two o her , now• dead,
'; Y `\-t5. A Word About Shoes. were in the Navy.
Many other similar records there
are, all equally remarkable in their
way. There is, for example, a family
named Snaith, of Norwich, which has
nine soldier hrethers serving; while
Mr. and Mrs. Bresnahan, of Deptford,
have eight sone in the Army, Wrest of
whom are ;mw at the :front.
Yet another splendid record has
much as two and one-half inches been created by Mrs. IV ilhanne of
REPLENISH
YOUR BLOO
IN THE SPRING
. f a
just now you " are feelingout
sorts" --•not your usual self. • Quite ex-
hausted at times and cannot devote.
real energy to your work. Sleep does
not rest you and you wake up feeling
"all tired out." Perhaps rheumatism
is flying through your muscles and.
joints, or may be your skin is disfigur-
ed by rashes, boils or pimples. Head-
aches, twinges of neuralgia, fits of
nervousness, irritability of temper and
a disordered stomaeh often increase
your discomfort in the spring. ,
The cause ---winter has left its mark
on you. These troubles are signs that
your blood is poor and watery, that
your nerves are exhausted. You must
renew and enrich your blood at once
and restore tone to your tired nerves,
or there may be a complete break-
down. The most powerful remedy for
these spring ailments in men, women
and children is Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills for Pale People, because these
Pills cleanse bad blood and strengthen
weak nerves.
New, rich, red blood—your greatest
need in spring—is plentifully created
by Dr. Williams, Pink Pills, and with
this new, pure blood in your veins you
quickly regain health and increase
your strength. Then your skin be-
; comes clear, your eyes bright, your
nerves strong, and you feel better, eat
better, sleep better, and are able to
do your work.
Begin your spring tonic treatment
to -day for the blood and nerves with
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills — the Pills
that strengthen.
These Pills are sold by most dealers,
but do not be persuaded to take "some-
thing just the same. If you can't
get the genuine Pills from your deal-
ers they will be- sent you by mail, post
paid, at 50 cents a box or six boxes
for $2.50 by writing The Dr. Williams'
RI''dicine Co,, Brockville, Ont.
1'.1 TRTOTIC i'vMOTHFRS.
One Widow Has Given Seventeen
Sons for King and Country.
There would never have been any
need to introduce compulsory military
service in Great Britain if every Brit-
ish mother had followed, to the best
of icer ability, the example of Mrs.
1 Davies, of Church Streeton, Salop.
{ This good lady, herself the widow
1 of a soldier, has given now fewer than ,
seventeen sons to the army, of whom
fourteen were actually on active ser-
vice with the Colors on September 15,
11314, six weeks only after the out-
' break of the war.
Another patriotic mother, Mrs..
,Iliacs, of Tyve rc}ale Road, tSamford
Hill, gave her three triplet sons and
preparing to surround and attack their ; against his taking gold in other forms.
foe from all sides. But faster still I "Therefore, if a man wants to sup-
,sw>irled our destroyee, .easily over- ply Germany with British gold he can
Again he scaled Columbia's range, hauling the attackers and enablingtts :take notes to the Bank of England,
Felt soft Alberta's rains, • to follow every movement. F'lashlilce , get sovereigns for them, melt them i
Saw boundless swell Saskatch'wan's the torpedoes darted from their sides, i down and take the gold, say, to Hot
-
fields encoding like thunderbolts on their I land and then get it into Germany.
And Manitoba's plaids. deadly mission. The spent torpedoes i As con, gold reserve ha comparison
A - pulse of deathless freedom shoots betrayed their presence thanks to a 1 with that of Germany is small, it be-
.Along
e-.Ale mg the dreamer's veins. simple and ingenuous contrivance, ! comes a serious matter to allow this
and were easily recovered. ' igolden drain."
'through the spray raised by our i , 4._ .
fast ship eve caught sight of a great
white vessel bearing the Red Cross; WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT I
it was the hospital ship of one of the
A. golden light broke through his
•.1eetuns
Full o'er Ontario wide;
Once more, he saw his native home,
His early joy and pride,
,And mother, there in happy toil,
The cottage' door beside,
He die' not feel the shrapnel's sting,
Nor the damp of departed day;
]t Land of,
l illumined the aelse of
deathbac
i cl c f
Pot„anything Sleep, n.arship. Admiral Sir Joltu .7” Ittd oe 'she would] not use an11 g ;
i boll greeted us on the quttrterderl:. Itis her little ones. Concerning them Mrs.
And his lifeless y lay spare, clear -rut face and ,youthi'ul C7eorg e Taillon, Noelville, Ont., writes:
A chattered shrine, from. w'ile's, his figure breathes strength ami conft- i -:+Please send me two more boxes of
sett' denee. Beside him was Vice -Admiral . Baby's Own Tablets for I have found
'lad 'seeped and flown away, Sir 1). Sturdee, the hero of the Falk-
Adapted
i them so good for my baby, I would 1
„.•
,
Adapted' —1,. T. Slemon 'asst's fight, and the whole. staff. Our ;•nt,t ire without than, the TiTal.rlets are ,
Ottawa, March 114, 101fi• meeting deeply moved tts, and, I sold by medicine dealers or by mail"•
— — - believe, our hosts also. `1' e were bite i at 25. cents a box from The Dr. Wil- I
They Patient's Own I)iageosis. first Russians to visit the Grand `hi ems Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. I
The 'physicians were consulting. be.- 14'leet. I I
appendicitis. Ilveiything was shown + us ---. the Domestic D
have appettc
o " 1 one of them decisive' heart of the great Dreadnought and "Charley, dear," said yotteg Mrs.
Nd., laic o y,
"1 think we 'should wait until he gets its smallest arteries. teries. Below. we saw Dawson, "wools' you enlist. if your I
stronger before ope)•ating." - a huge war torpedo launched from , country called yott?" l The Sport ,Skirt and Jabot Blotter 7 sol'--"'Thex'e's 110 need #o be These included eight. brothers, fire of
The other doctor opened. his mouth a submerged tube About we inspect- i "I don't•, know what to say. If 1 I yv 'lisle
P - i ' ' you'll tri c't love • tied in a perky little bow'. Deep cuf e frightened, my little man. 111 I them i fte'r•wtu'ds t ell in the South
to s rrtik but the patient beat hiin to crl the monster Burrs inside the tut ansdvea. Nn, , ou ,l .1 f t, l rAtrcat1 War,
, a• td the husbands and
1 , of satin or teffeta with a' matching; dog is only wagging hi; tai! to shod
•
i#• fay whence We
had
ocular
then once my tech and n% l answer '�"rti collar most be attached to. a 'flap: t> how )Leased lie ie. Tomm .---"i3ut l sons d: l` their four sist(ees, itt1 of 'whom
"Whet do you hike Inc fol.?'" he . ,;ry laws, �'Vc ocular evidence gau'll say 1 dant like to stay ,ti y 1
•
cslcrd feebly, "A. cheese?" of Britain's inventive genius. Some `home." which has an unbecoming or uld- that's'not the end I'nx afraid id." hal married' soldiers.
squadrons. 33ABY'S OWN TABLETS
Greeted by Jellicoe. Baby's Own Tablets are guaranteed
One after the other we reviewed 1 by a Government analyst to ire al,solu-
the enormous steel structures. Fin: tely safe and free from injurious I
alio we came alongside the senior • drugs. Once a mother has used them
ids the bed of a roan supposed to Britain's s In, entree (,mitts.
Dilemma.
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'While speaking of shoes, it might
1 be well to say a word or two about
the new pumps for the dainty, airy
frocks of the girl of Spring and Sum --
mer, 1011',. She will wear the old-
time Colonial pump again with its
accompanying buckles. And these
buckles will be real buckles not mere
' pretenses, some of thein measure as
across. They range from the conser-
vative leather covered buckles to the
glitteeing„ novelty in rhinestones or
colored semi-precious jewels.
The high white shoes with white
'stitching,heel and too will be a gen-
Plumstead. herself the daughter of
a sold}ice and the wife of one who
fought through the Indian Mutiny,
\
firs il"uiams is the mother of six
soldier sons, four of Whom have risen
trent the ranks to be eommit's.ianed
end favorite :for the simple afternoon officers. The amazing nature of such
dress or the white fianel or serge suit. a record es this in the cast of a Bingle
A pair of sport shoes should be founds fancily can of ly he quite fully and
-in every wardrobe, and for those who rightly appreciated iated by old army - nen,
who know how difficult it is for en-
listed mets, without t birth or i.itfluence,
to attaint to tris high honor. No won-
der King George, when he heard •of
it, sent the proudtd mother
�
r
c
tial
enjoy skating a pair of skating shoes
may also be ie.:hided in the Spring
outfit, for it is promised that the in-
door Alike will remain open w'e11 into
the warm weather.
These patterns can he obtained at letter of congratulation.
The .above are all magnificent ex-
amples taken from the present, war;
but the record in this direction, so
far as actual numbers are concerned,
is believed to have been tstabliehed
so far 'trach as.. 1001, by a 'family
Hamed Taylor, thirty-one y -one members of
which wore then serving in the forces.
petit. local McCall dealer, or at this
office, 70 Bond St. Toronto, Ontario.
Caller ---"'How is your new niffce
bog• getting along?" Lawyer ---"Oh,
fine! 'lie's got things .so milted up itow
that I couldn't get along withotit him
eno