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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-12-07, Page 7FRENCH U ULA I DEBRIS OF BATTLE EACH ARMY EQUIPPED WITH A RECUPERATION DEPOT. Salvage Labor Saves Millions of Dol- lars Yearly to' the Nation. The Arabian Nights wizard who turned old lamps into new was the veriest arnateur compared with the modern French woman through whose hands passes the debris of the battle- field. At the beginning of the war, partly owing to the rapid movements of the armies, waste was prevalent everywhere. The correspondent of the Associated Press, while marching with the soldiers, then saw thousands of garments and articles of equipment strewn over the fields and along the roadsides where the troops had fought, maneuvered, advanced or retreated. Nobody thought of saving the tens of thousands of dollars' worth of dis- carded clothing and arms thrown aside when rapid movement was ne- cessary. Overcoats, tunics, shoes, sweaters, scarfs, cartridge pouches, haversacks, belts, caps and waterproof sheets lay about the ground in thou- sands. The Spirit of Economy. Since that time the spirit of econ- omy—generally present with the French, people—has reasserted its au- thority, and now everything that can be salved is picked up and made use- ful. Each of the armies has been pro- vided with what is known as a recu- peration depot, whose duty it is to ex- amine and retrieve all that is possible from the debris found on the field of battle. The correspondent visited one of these depots at Orleans and there found in operation a scheme of sal- vage which saves the French nation - many millions of dollars a year. It is run under the superintendence of offi- cers of the army reserve, mobilized at the opening of hostilities and chosen for their experience in commercial af- fairs. Among them are bankers, man- ufacturers and men drawn from many trades. They have at their disposal machines of the latest model, mostly of American origin, while the workers are drawn from among the wives, widows and children of soldiers, Ger- man prisoners and men of the oldest classes of the French army. Some idea of the extent of the work done in this centre alone may be ga- thered from the wages paid to the wo- men and rgirls employed, . which amounted -in the month of August to approximately $100,000. There are at all times stored in the depot articles of military equipment to the,value of $10,000,000. Every day in summer an average of thirty motor wagons full of debris from the battlefields arrive and in winter this number is increas- ed to an average of forty-five wagons. New Shoes From Old. "One Meatless Meal a Day" is a good food slogan for war time, or any time—better make it two heatless meals a day—it would mean health and strength for the nation. But be sure and get the right substitute for meat in a digestible form. Shredded Wheat Biscuit is the ideal substitute for meat. It is 100 per .cent. whole wheat prepared in a digestible form. Two or three of these little loaves of baked whole wheat make a nourishing, satisfying meal at a cost of only a few cents. Delicious with milk or cream or fruits of any kind. Made in Canada. fes. ® -. .1 Models :tor Winter Dresses Thousands of odd shoes, worn and muddy and torn, are sorted out into pairs and then cleaned, repaired and . made ready to be issued again. Some- times they are in such a condition that they cannot be used as soldiers' marching boots and then the uppers are detached and refitted to wooden sold, forming clogs which are much appreciated by the soldiers during their service in wet and muddy trenches. Odd pieces of leather are stamped out into buttons for the pris- oners' uniforms. More than 6,000 women are em- ployed in this depot alone. A few figures as to the results ob- tained in this depot will demonstrate the economic value of .the system adopted. Two thousand cartridge pouches are repaired on an average every day at a cost of about one cent each, whereas new ones would cost eighty cents each. By the repair of soiled and torn sheepskin jackets a profit of $1,500 daily is made, The mending of overcoats saves the Gov- ernment about $3,000 daily. With pieces of cloth cut from old uniforms the Women make 8,000 pairs of cloth slippers daily, each pair worth forty cents, while by piecing together old shoes 500 pairs of new ones are made every day. - --.4 Shoes For Crossing Desert. Closely resembling wire baskets are the new sand shoes devised for the British troops who crossed the Sinai desert to fight the Turk in Palestine. By weaving a stiff network of heavy wire and attaching it to their shoes, says the Popular Science Monthly, they are able to travel over the finest desert sand without sinking ankle- deep in it, They adopted the prin- ciple of the snowshoe. It is said to be physically impossible for a man to walk over desert sand for more than tWo days with ordinary shoes, At the end of that time the toes and heels be- come painfully inflamed and the skin comes off. THE NUMEROUS BEETLE. 1. Only One Lancl Where They Are Not To Be Found. One of the most amazing things in natural history is the way., in which beetles have triumphed in the strug- gle for existence, says the Popular Science Monthly. Of all creatures. they are by far the most numerous. No fewer than one hundred and fifty thousand distinct species have Been' identified --three times the number of back -boned animals. Beetles are wonderfully adaptable. They are virtually everywhere—in the frost -bound tracts of Iceland and in the hot desert sands of Africa, on the mountains, under the ground, mob ground, and as fossils in the deepest strata, on land and in the water, on plants, among stones, and in wood and earth. and even in the very craters of vol- canoes. But there is one place where no beetle has yet been found—the inhos- pitable land of Spitzbergen, to the north of Russia. There are mammals, birds, fish, mollusks, crustaceans, a few insects and many spiders there, but not a beetle. Although other in- sects have succeeded in some way in migrating to Spitzbergen from the mainland, the beetles have apparently been unable to cross the wide, icy waters. Braid bound and trimmed is this ultra -simple frock, suitable for misses or small women. McCall Pattern No. 7886, Misses' Simplicity Dress. In 4 sizes, 14 to 20 years. Price, 15 cents. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto. Dept. W. Super -Energy: Little Jane and Josephine were busily engaged in helping mother dry the dinner dishes. "But, Jane, you didn't get that plate dry," objected her sister. "Yes„ I did!" exclaimed Sane eager- ly. "I dried it so hard that is per- spired!" lust: pit stum fits the spirit of the times per- fectly. It is Healthful Econo:IIllea' (without loss\ of pleasure Comment ( ready for instant Wm and is a pleasing, Wholesome, drug- free drink good for both young and old. "There's a Reason" Cenadie ottumr gQrAt CA,. Ltd. miser, ata aamaarazaarataadeillalnaahlaklalatlffabliAuallaa THANKFUL MOTHERS Mrs. Willie Theriault, Paoquetviile, N.B., says:—"I am extremely thankful that I tried Baby's Own Tablets, for my baby. Through their use baby thrived wonderfully and I feel as if I cannot recommend them too highly." Baby's Own Tablets break up colds and simple fevers; cure constipation, colic and indigestion and make teeth- ing easy. In fact they cure all the minor ills of little ones. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. AN EXCELLENT SERVICE For the last two years the Canadian Pacific Railway, in connection with the Pacific steamers of the Canadian Pa- cific Ocean Services, has carried a very large proportion of the passen- gers'from the United States to Russia, and as these passengers have included a great many American railroad men, Clearing F who have been surprised at the excel- etween Aliens2,000 Clland 3aarins. Farms. 00 lence of the service, a remarkable Germans_and Autrians, •who0enemy volume of trade is developing, greatly a xis, to the benefit of Canada itself. Among in e their headquarters at the Gov - these passengers was the American ernment Detention Camp, are engag- Railway Advisory Commission, con- ed in clearing the land around Kapus- sisting of the leading railway experts kasing, 70 miles north of Cochrane. of the United States, who travelled Here the new Dominion Experimental from. Chicago to Vancouver, and i Farm and the settlement of the On - thence to Yokohama via the Empress tario Government for her returned of Asia. Mr, Henry Miller, vice -chair- soldiers, many of whom are now be - man of this highly important commis- ing educated in the vocational train - eon, has written Vice -President G. M. ing centres of the Military Hospitals Bosworth a letter of deep appreciation, Commission in the arts of tilling the in which, after referring to many in- soil, will be located. dividual courtesies along the' route, he remarks: "You have good reason to 5 inard's Liniment Cures DisteinVer. be proud of your organization and War g service, and we take this method of thanking you heartily for your kind- ness and courtesy." Box Sawyers liAli'Box makers GOQ19 WRW4GkiF AND BONUS :FIRSTBROOK BROS., LTD. 283 King Street East, Toronto Question of quality. O'Brien—Oi can say wan thing— Oi'm a self-made man. Casey ---Is it boastitf ye are or apologinin' ? I was cured of terrible lumbago by T 'S l\fI1�ARD � LINIMENT. REV. WM. BROWN. T' was cured of a bad case or earache by MINARD'S LINIMENT. MRS. S. KA.ULBACK. I was cured of sensitive lungs by MINARD'S LINIMENT. MRS. 5; MASTERS. Mistaken Again. During one of his campaigns a candidate for Parliament who prided himself on his memory -for faces, met an influential voter Whom he felt sure he remembered. Ile shook hands with him very Cordially, and asked about his father. "Father is dead," said the voter, "Why, yes. Yes, of course. I meant to ask how is your mother?" "Mother died before father did," "Well, well! flow are you ?" ! A short time later the candidate met the 5Iciung man again. After rack- ing his brains hcilurted out: "And how is yeti. father?" "He's still dead," said the voter. a''inare's Linimont Cures Diphtheria. There o Tare .,00,000 beekeepers in the United States, and an annual produc- tion of honey to the value at $15,000,- 000. Quite So. Miss Jones flung herself into an easy chair with a dejected air. "I don't wonder that Professor Kidd is unpopular!" she remarked. "He has no tact!", •"How so, dear?" inquired her friend sympathetically. "He asked me," replied the other acidly, "to buy a ticket for his lecture on 'Fools,' and when -I bought it, the ticket was marked `Admit One' .!". - Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cows Are you going to do a kindly deed? It is never too soon to begin; Make haste, make haste, for the mo- ments speed, Arid the world, my dear one, has press- ing need Of your tender thought and your kindly deed. It is never too soon to begin! —Jean Blewett. , '. Granulated Eyelids, • Sore Eyes, Eyes Inflamed by iF I Sun, ash and 1F/tnd quickly geueved by Murine. Try it in our Eyes and in Baby's Eyes. YOUR 'oSeisrting,JustEyeComlort Marble Retltecl itt Yevr rnrb tt ot. or Dy �' moil. o' Der bottle. 5 o rtna Eye Salve, to Tubes £ne. For Boole -f the Eve— Free. Ask Marine Eie L'@esnetl7 Co.. Chicago a THE COST OF WAR IN BLOOD. Twelve Hundred Million Victims Dur- ing Thirty Centuries. In the wars of the last thirty cen- turies about twelve hundred million persons have lost their lives. The blood of these victims of human folly would f111 a tank 780 feet high and covering ;four city blocks. Beneath .the Pont Neuf, at Paris, the River Seine flows at a rate of 100 cubic yards per second. If the stream were blood instead of water, fifty hours would be required for the pass- ing of the quantity lost in the war- fare of the last 3000 years. Much of this blood—indeed, a very large part of it—has been shed in quarrels over religion. But mainly it has been poured out to dye the royal purple of the occupants of thrones. Silly Billy, the Crown Prince, told United States Ambassador Ger- ard that if war did not arrive before his father's death he meant to start one when he carne to the throne, "just for the fun of it." Battles in ancient times, when men fought with primitive weapons, seem to have been no less destructive of life than those of modern days. When the Germans of 2000 years ago (Teutones and Cimbri) were defeated by the Roman general Marius, 200,000 dead were left on the field. Since then an average of 18,000,000 to 20,000,000 fighting men (not count- ing noncombatants) have been killed in European wars during every cen- tury. This kind of foolishness has .been going on long enough. The most im- portant object that the Allies have in view to -day is to put a stop to it. Plowing an acre of Land in four mi- nutes seems' like a dream, but it has been done with three tractors hitch- ed to 54 plows. ought never to be accepted un- til it is forced upon us by the hand of necessity. -'Sir Philip Sidney. [i Cue Phipes P "Youdov need reun,ws.� or any other strong miner.) to pimples caused by poor Wood. TakeExirnctof8aote— don't need mercury,potash any mineral to cure pimples caused poor Extract of Roots— druggist calla it "Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup -and your akin will clear up as fresh as a baby's. It will sweeten your stomach and regulate your bowels." Get the genuine. 50c. and $1.00 Bottles. 1) At drug stores. 5 AGENTS WANTED PO R T R A IT AGENTS 'WANTING 1 good prints; finishing a specialty; frames rind everything at lowest pprices; quick service. United Art Co., 4 Bruns- wick Ave., Toronto. L)ORTRAIT AGENTS—SEND FOR NI Catalogue, prints solar and bromide finished portraits, convex or fiat; frames, glass Poid all pany, Tor onto. Merchants' Portrait Company, PRODUCE ATI;w LAID EGGS, POULTRY, PEAS, lr beans, honey, onions wanted. High- est prices given. J. D. Arsenault, 1195 St. Catharine East, Montreal. MISCELX.ANEOUS s11EAVEN AND HELL"—Sweden- .L.Lborg's great work on a real world beyond and the life after death 400 pages ; only 25 cents postpaid. W. H. Law, 486D Euclid Avenue, Toronto. �) ANCER TUMORS, LUMPS, ETC.. �J internal and external. cured with- out pain by our home treatment. Write Co., Limited Co1TinQ o dalOntt..n ndedtc><i The Soul of a Piano is the Action. Insist on the OTTO HIGEL3' PIANO ACTION Tarring and featllerng was once a legal punishment for theft. It is to be fold in the statutes of both Eng- land and" France about the time cf the Crusades, MONEY ORDERS Dominion Express Foreign (1l:eques are accepted by Field Cashiers and Paymasters in France for their full face value. There is no better way to send money to the bays in the trenches. Give hens plenty of lime and char- coal O—O—O—O-0-0-0—O-0—o-0---O'�•• Kinard's Liniment Cures Colds. no. LEMONS WHITEN AND BEAUTIFY THE SKIN Make this beauty lotion cheaply for your face, neck, arms and hands. % At the cast of a small jar of ordinary cold cream one can prepare a full quarter pint of the most wonderful lemon skin softener and complexion beautifier, by 'squeezing the juice of two fresh lemons into a bottle con- taining three ounces of orchard white. Care should be taken to strain the juice through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every woman knows that lemon juice is used to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan and is the ideal skin softener, whitener and beautifier. Just try it! Get three ounces of orchard white at any drug store and two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweetly fragrant lemon lotion and massage it daily into the face, neck, arms and hands. It isemarvelous to smoothen rough, red hands. YES! MAGICALLY! CORNS LIFT OUT WITH FINGERS -- o—•o—o—o—o—o--o—o—o—o—o—o— You say to the drug store man, "Give me a small bottle of freezone." This will cost very little but will positively remove every hard or soft corn or cal- lus from one's feet. A few drops of this new ether com- pound applied directly upon a tender, aching corn relieves the soreness in- stantly, and soon the entire corn or callus, root and all, dries up and can by lifted off with the fingers. This new way to rid one's feet of corns alas introduced by a Cincinnati man, who says that freezone dries in a moment, and simply shrivels up the corn or callus without irritating the surrounding skin. Don't let father die of infection or lockjaw from whittling at his corns, but clip this out and make him try it. If your druggist hasn't any freezone tell him to order a small bottle from his wholesale drug house for you. ieeE syTo et: `.'isof as Gently rub spots of dandruff scales, itching and irritation with Cuticura Ointment. Next morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water. This treat- ment every two weeks is usually suf• tient to keepthe scalp clean and healthy. Sample ls"'ach 1 ce by lViail. Address post. Bard; Cuticura MIA. N. Boston. V.S.A." Sold tbrouehout the wand. ED. 7. ISSUE 49—'17. 1'elleves Stiff Neck When you wake up with a stiff neck or sore muscles, strains or sprains, use Sloan's Liniment. No need to rub; it quickly penetrates to the seat of pain and removes it. Cleaner than mussy plasters or oint- ments. It does not stain the skin or clog the pores. Always have a bottle handy for rheumatic aches, neuralgia soreness, bruises and lame back. In fact, all external pain. Generous sized bottles at your druggist, 25c., 50c., $1.00. THE Unita) iter Sick Children College St , Toronto ITS CHRISTMAS MESSAGE Dear Mr. Editor: -- Thanks for your kindness in allowing me the privilege of appealing to your readers this Christmas time on behalf of the Hospital for Sick Children, the "Sweetest of all Charities," which has as its mission the care of the helpless, the sick, the crippled and the deformed. There never was a year in the his- tory of the Hospital when funds to carry on the work were more needed than now. Your purse is the Hospital's Hope. Your money lights the candles of mercy on the Christmas trees of , Health that the Hospital plants along the troubled roadway of many a little life. So I am asking you for aid, for the open purse of the Hospital's friend is the hope of the Hospital at Christmas, ital's mercyst sthe open door of the isthehope of the li tle children throughout the year. Calls on generous hearts are many in these times. Calls on the Hospital are many at all times, and especially when food and fuel and drugs and ser• vice costs are soaring high. YOU know the high cost of living. Do you know the high cost of healing --of helping the helpless to happiness? What you do to assist is the best in. vestment you will ever make. Do you realize what this charity is doing for sick children, not only of Toronto, but for all Ontario, for out of a total of 8,740 in -patients last year 646 came from 254 places outside of Toronto. The field of the Hospital's service covers the entire Province— from the Ottawa to the far-off Kenora —from the borders of the Great Lakes to the farthest northerly district. The Hospital is doing a marvellous work, If you could see the children with crippled limbs, club feet, and other deformities, who have left the Hospital with straightened limbs and perfect correction, your response to our appeal would be iurtant. In the Orthopedic Departments last year a total of 880 in -patients were treated; nd in the Out -Patient Department there were 1.946 attendances. 1 Let your money andthe Hospital's luerey lift the burden of misery that curses the lives, cripples the limbs end saddens the mothers of the suf- fering little children. Money mobilizes the powers of help and healing for the Hospital's drive day and night against the trenches where disease and pain and death assail the lives of the little ones. Remember that every dollar given to the Hospital is a dollar subscribed to the Liberty Loan Haat opens the 8 prisons of pain and the Bastilles of d':sease, and sets little children free to breathe the pure air, and to rejoice in the mercy of God's sunlight, Will you send a dollar, or more if you can, to Douglas Davidson, Secre• tary.l'reasurel', or 3. ROSS ROBERTSON, Chairman of the 13oard of Trusteopo,