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FOR the next TEN Days we are put-
ting. on an extra fine !Exhibit of
ew Furg, including fur coats, fur -lin -
i1 coats, fur -collared coats, and fur
garments of every description for men and women -
and at the same time any garment shown will be tor
Sale at prices specially attractive to buyers who want
tosave money. 11 furs are advancing in price, but
not one of the lot of splendid furs'offering in this spe-
cial diiplay has been affected by the advance in price.
Last yek.r prices prevail on our entire stock. But to re -
Lace our pr€ sent stock would mean an advance of 25
cent to so per cent.
Now it doesn't take a business man or a woman
with a business head long- to figure out an enormous
advantage in making an early purchase. People are
not doing as they used to dc -wait until late in the
season looking for reduced prices
Come and You Will See
LADIESFUR SE
RED FOX . .......
BLACIti CHINA FOX
MINK MARMOT' ... . .. . •••• .•
ALASKA SABLE..
.XATeltAl.• *OLP . ••• •••••• •
BLACK WOLF
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. $22.00 to $45.00
$10.00 to $15.00
..... $12.00 to $20.00
$35.00 to ,$50.00
• moo 6-ifd'
$15.00 to $40.00
$40.0 to $60.00
BLACK FOX
OPPOSSUM.. ..... .
CANADIAN COON, .. ....... .
WHITE FOX.. .... . .
WHITE SHIBBET ...... . .
CHILDREN'S SETS ......
MUSKRAT COATS.......
MARMOT OTTER COATS.
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. ..... $15.00 to $20.00
... -$25.00 to $35.00
......$20.00 to $45.00
. $10.00 to $15.00
. . ... . $4.00 to $10.00
. .. .$50.00 to 100.00
. ..$50.00 to $60.00
FUR COLLARED COATS.. ...... ....$25.00 to $35.00
BEAUTIFUL SEALETTE COATS .. .. $20.00 to $35.00
and numerous other Furs and Fur -Trimmed Garments.
Very Attractive.
eff.s and Boy's. Overcoats
We have just received into stock
several cases of fine new coats in-
cluding not only the smartestyles for
young men, but also the more conser-
vative designs for men of any age,
and the cloth in all our coats is �f
the oid standard quality.
"Quality First" is the watch-
word in our buying.
"Lowest Price" is the control-
ling policy in our selling
These features make our store a
bliey pace these days for well pleas-
ed old customers continue to send
new customers and so the good work
go eq on.
Mien's Coats -
: 59.50, 512 to 520
Boys' Coats -
55, $7.50 to 510
Ladies Coats
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• THE WAR DOCORS.
By Lord Northcliffe.
Among the first for* mobil
by the Germans at the I end of J
1914, were the cinernato raphers
the a -fists The ' Germaa Empire
therefore a complete pi toral re
of the war from its earliest days.
have lately begun to uSe the c
matograph. But we have not yet
gun ta enshrine by colour and ea
the Eves of our men,• nd when
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out a dozen f our
painters the war doctor Must be
ong tne first to be madeknown
perpetuated. ,
We are so accustomed to .eons
docto_ s as •part of our daily live
as workers in speckless ,a-nd pal
hospitals, that we hay
visua zed the man '5,vh
hell c f the .front trench with the I en
fight rs, armed only -v4th two an- I s
niers of urgent drugs, ! instrum nth
and f eld dressings,acetylene lanni and nuw
elect ic torch. Most of us thin of gro
the ase. h eadt ; Ndurr 8
out osts. -
.chivalry, the
his 'a ar work as being
at on of the great heali
If here be degrees of1eaccorded to i As quickly as possible
highest award should
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into a trench and followed
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the edical profession, which at imce er- earers. There in d
ferso en_ by i few candles, we gra
don; a outla very 'grim scene.
great rrest
dif cult for one of our
a t ing jus come into action a
hohomspeaw
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sau fire
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know em_ ple
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boy rasping a stick alon
and the rattle which the policemen e
ried in mid-Victorian days.
ere was no sign o
e nature of a hospit
nything above grou
in somewhat weary
TO)3ER 27, i916
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an afternoon in an aclvaal
ng station. Let me describe t
Test Peronne. Its location is eh
now, so I am giving the enemy' no
mation. We reached it on a hea
sultry Sunday afternbon by la
ourselves behind anything #
. Dust and smoke gave the atm
e of a coming thund rstorm,
mg of the guns on bo
sant. Now and then
brisk note -of a m
h sounds for all the
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to avoid bursting hells, ecr
w a couple of stre her -bear
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ere and then diSap ear invi
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told by my guide, whose da
it wa e to inspect t ese inedi
accompli
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k its lucrative pra
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'to those who have only the
al idea of the war • doctlir,
that should lead to due
Mg of thin iiiot , suflici
• veritable body of Knight
plars in the great Crus de. For
last 'hree months in the Royal
Medi al Corps alone, I aecount
acco ding to figures published i
Time from day to day:
Of icers Killed . -63 :
Of icers Wounded, , 28
0 cers , Missing ..... . ...... 4
.0.'s and Men,(R.A•M.C. onl )
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Fresh . arrivals of new Style Coats
nra-ced in stock to -day.
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repose to set down the or.d. r3 in
the medical service arrang s its tor
of responsibility, premi sin my dis
t by the statem nt that the , ma
al army today exceeds nu eri- I wa
the whole British military for- hth
verseas before' the outbreak of ling
ar, ex
is a little difficult and coiip1 x to I
in I find that there is some con- tor
n in the public mind as to the ' su
iental work, that of th,e oyal wa
Medical. Corps a d their and- an
ens, the British Red Cross and So
rder of St. John. But the e is pa
onfusion or overlapping in. the er
of hostilities. ro
the preparations for the reat an
e of the Somme, ;Sir Do las th
, thorough in this as in eve oth-
etail, himself eo-operated with ed
edical services i in arra gin his th
ental posts, e.hisse, efts ebo:
fig station, ana the rest of them
atematically as his batterie , his
mition "dumps," and his eser-
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rst in the order of danger
mental Aid Post, where the
tal doctor, with his atre
ers, awaits, alongside the
are to clamber "over the top
• y fruits of battle. In t.he
• of the war, before we ha
red the secret, or had t
•last our road to' Ger
e
an
eles shells, the Regime tal ii Aid
was in some deserted fam touse
ear to the front trench as poss-
Today, as we advance'our guns
e nothing standing, so that 1 what
once perhaps a chateau nossf only
etch of rubble 'There is, 'here -
but little available cover fol
ors or the others before 'ons
tion
T e intensity of the Frenc
Ger an artillery at Verdun in
seei ed to me then the limit of
an apacity to produce ,noise an
truition But the Somme bo
me t actually -furrows or flatte
bef ore it. • Verdun itself doul
exi t a week if exposed to the
ent French and British eannona
int nsity of sound is so geea
at imes the very earth ' shale
nea h's one' S feet.
he doctor has today ' proobably
onl the shelter of one of . our own
it
tre ches or any little part tha may
rei ain of a captured German rench.
Th re is no other covering fo him,
an his brave stretcher bearer*, who
are at once his nurses and his'order-
It
lie Ha.ppily not so many of th se are
first upon by the tenemy sas ereto-
for ; for as the Prussians have ealiz-
ed hat our artillery is the mostj dead-
ly hing in the history of the war,
the have become a good deal more
re sonable and human, Now that their
o wounded greatly Outnumber ours
on almost every OccaSion, their doc-
tor- and stretcher beaters ofte ad-
vai ce with a sheet or a tow I 'held
hieh on a rifle as a flag of, trice in
ors er that they may collect their
wo nded: and we ours. In the early
da s of the war similar suggestions
on our part were hau htily and con-
te ptuonsly refused. nd so tne ad-
va ced medical force e on botij sides
ar at da,st sparing the eitroui 'led a
go d deal of the drawn oat 1 errors
of "No Man's Land."'
• he fine young men with th Eng -
lis., Scoech, Irish, Canadian and Aus-
tx lian accents who sstand um med in
th se Regimental Aid Post work
wi It an intensity int celerity which
eclipse oven that of :he surg ons in
Lot don's opeeatmg theatres.
1 o e stretcher bearers stag er in
wi h their load, there is a li htning
di gnosis, an antiseptic appl cation,
ba deg -0g, a hastilyaoritten la el tied
to the man's breast, and the mind-
ed one is borne off and away in the
op ri to the next atag, the A vanced
D esing Station, which is as oi ten as
not pus ed right up into the i e zone.
T e R gimenta stretcher learers,
th refor begin again anoth r clan-
g :J ous ilgrirnage rearwards.'
As. there is much ignoranc in the
public thind on the stihject of casual -
ti s, it should be well realized hat by
fa the greater pro ortion •f our
wundec are slightly hit, a d are
alkin eases," so I.' tie hurt that in
um able mstanc s wher the
s etch bearers theroselve have
f Ile nt ey have beer. carried by the
tly wounded soldiers.
know no more moving
the
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men I
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early he
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wing to the heavy enemy ili
what I soon found tp be an'. s -
round maze -.--had ecome
ely blocked with wou ded meh y-
in the dark on thei stretch rs
assage way dug out th
of e0
earth being just the hlth of lie
tcher hon.dle and no more • e
gently ,frein strethher.handle to
teller handle over th si1ent-4a no
e of them asleep witl the bibs ed
hia on their brains, i thers che
smiling, others starin as -We de
en .do. All who could • ove ajh.nc
a cigarette -now a itted to be
first need of all but t e veri4 n4
usly wounded.
assing on, and using our elk IC
h as little as possible, so as no td
urb. the sleepers, we came tObe
dressing room. member it
all underground, al dark,;a b,
nd
, the oncoming' wail 'f p
aliens with immedia subseeu nt
lesions, was continuo s.
this main dressing room the oc-
, all young men, s me of -1 eni
alterns of the R. M.C.,
,hing and bandaging 'th the c
speed that. can be seen itu
Me film,' I counted twentyt -four
ients in that small c tambei
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t Onward and cam to aflotr e
m where there wer nine i;ca es
again to a smaller o e where la
inore clangeeensly wa unded.,
hese dressing ronins nere pro c
by some five feet, efe -b a, *V
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re in the spring, but had not called at
the port in a business way since.
The vessel is well known, being re-
garded as staunch and well able to
withstand any ordinary storm, as
she was not old.
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lit EAST HURON TEACHER'S
de CONVENTION.
as
d The fortY-third annual convention
ds of the East Huron Teachers' Associ-
ation was held in the town hall, in
Wingham, on Thursday and Friday, cast iito the background.
Aatte. An.tiNotayolforthoefteSaceafheorrtsht,ocathile-•
October 19th and 20th. Although the
ediVithr
Weather was not favorable, there was
a large attendance of teachers at the fact tltlat untill the end of 1916, at
various sessions.
least, 1 by ordering through the secre-
The chair was occupied by the Pres-
tary of the ASsociation, they can get
ident* Mr. C. D. Bouck, Principal of "The School" for one year for the suns
sf 75 He then gave a talk on the
and the L.C.M., emphasizing
portance of having the pupils
when to find the Highest Com -
the Association held at Seaforth, were mon actor aad the Lowest Com -
adopted and a Resolution Committee, mon jMultiple, as well as how. The
varimis methods of finding each were
consisting of Messrs. Shillinglaw,
taken up in order of difficulty, and
Beatty, B. S. Scott, and Misses Car -
the principle on which the signal meth -
tis and Farquharson Were appointed,
• After Inspector Dr. Field and the od of finding the H.C.F. is based, viz.:
President had spoken briefly on be-
half of the Red Cross Fund, the fol-
lowing committee was appointed to
solicit subscriptions from the teach-
ers: Dr. Field, Mr. C. H. Holland,
Miss Grace Walker and Miss Mabel
McDonald. A Business Committee
composed of Mr. George H. Jeffer-
son and Miss M. L. Brock was also
appointed to look after the program
as to re -arranging of papers, etc.
The Association then adjourned to
meet at 1.30 p.n.
that his twin brother, Donald MeDen- adoption of the treasurer's report for excellent talk on the "Teaching of
odd, lost his life in the 8ame man- i 1916. The election of officers was then Literature," and showed how he would
a passenger on the Wexford in o- suit: resident Miss M. L. Brock, er."
take up the poem, "The Solitary Reap-
ner when coming home to Goderich as proceeded with with the following re-
vember, 1913. The Wexford ponnd- Wingham; 1st vice-president, Foster Miss Perth Butler read a good pe-
ed to pieces not many miles from God- Fowler, Seaforth; 2nd vice-president, per on Kindergarten -Primary work,
erich, in Lake Huron.
Miss Olive Cooper, Clinton; secretary- after which she gave a practical illus-
MCDonald was well -known in con- treasurer, A. A Naylor, Seatorth; ex- tration with a class of how the num-
nection with the Goderich- hockey ecutive committee,Miss Violet Leitch, ber idea can be taught by means of
team some yearn' ago, Angus Graham Cranbrook; Mss Elizabeth Dickson, the .Kindergarten gifts, as -well as the
was also connected with that institu- Walton.; Miss Norma Hartry, Sea- meaning of terms such as "squarea
tion
forth; George H. Jefferson,Fordwich; and "cube."
Feagan, Quigley 'and Austin were a- C. II. Holland, Clinton; Delegate to As the time Was limited, the two
mong the younger set, the latter two O. E. A., George W. Holman, Eg- remaining speakers had time to give
coming from neighbouring townshisp. mondville; auditors, Thomas G. Shil- only a synopsis of their papers. Miss
Most of the men, however, were re- lingiaW, Seaforth, and R. J. Beat- Evelyn' Garrett, of Wingham High
,
cognized as valuable lake seamen, be- ty, Sshoolwhose subject was "Beginning'
mg sons and grandsons of men who Moved by M . Holman, seconded by the Day's Art tesson." briefly outlin-
have followed sailing since Goderich 31.v1r, ShillinglaW, that we meet next- ed her method of taking a lesson on _
was a fishing hamlet.year in Clinton Carried. the nasturtium with form I. Splen -
The Merida, on which the men met Mr. Bouck thanked the Association did samples of last year's work was
their deaths, wintered in Goderich,and for the honor conferred on him M el- shown.
shipped almost the entire crew there ecting him to the presidency. Then, Mr. J. Anderson, B.A., also of
for the season. She was outfitted there taking as the subject of his address, Wingham High School in taking UD
"The School and the Child,"after his subject of "Agriculture in Public
showiiig that the surest and quickest Schools," outlined a few simple exper-
way to improve humanity is to im- iments from which profitable lessons
prove ,1 the peoPle themselves, he put might be taught.
in a- Very earnest plea for a vastly There were 116 teachers present.
tic study of the child, • A very profitable •convention was
brought to a close by singing the Na-
tional Anthem.
ly
al
we Merely s eeldeAd b corrug te
iron from shrapnel spli ters, a te
ch n, an office and that as about all:
A operation for trac eotomy .aa.
ta ing place in one of the dres mg
ro ms.
n all my many exper ences ab oad
aye never seen a nore toue
ht than, this little und4irground at-
ing of some seventy Imen, devoted
tors and assistants, aiting am clat
incessant shelling u til the 0 ee-
wded maze could be efracuated. Let
se who take their eas on a S • ay
ernoon, or any oth r afternoon,
lize that this same 1 scene n ver
Ses. Let those who ,consider ihey
amply doing their "bit" by k ep-
• things going at hoi4e be grat ful
• t their "bit" is not a these yo g
res. We cannot all o us share the
ger, but we can ev ryone of us,
a mit the harsh inequ lties of (Mr
re pective war work.
One or two of the atients ere
• 11 -shock victims and t was pit oijis
note their tremor at he appro c
shell wails and sub equent t us
t outside our little c tacomb.
The shelling increaseqi in inten ity.
became obvious that we had t re-
in concealed till th storm had
pped. In the intervals we disguss-
things about the woulnded men. We
le rned that quite a corjsiderable pro-
p rtion of them had dre sed their own
w unds with the first little fleld des -
ink' that is sewn into tl4e tunic o ev-
oly soldier. Others had got long
w 11 enough with the medical a14 of
✓ gimental stretcher-bearers. The
✓ st had been tended at the egi-
ental Aid Posts to. which 1 refe ed.
(Continued next Week.)
TEN GODERICH MEN DRO /aD
IN STORM ON LAKES.
Ten Goderich Sailors, among the
best the town has evet given to the
Great Lakes trade, went to thir
disom when the steamer Merida, of
Clollingwood, which it is now ce tain
as battered to pieces in the g le on
ake Erie on Friday. News of the
agedy reached Goderich on 1on-
d y and brought grief to full as
any homes as were saddened in that
t vvn on the greater "Black F day"
November, 1913. Word has bee re -
c ived that the bodies of five ode -
r ch men have been washed a here,
alnd identified. Relatives left fo the
points at which they have been ec�v
elred. The drowned Goderich me are:
Roderick McDonald, son of apt.
alcolm McDouald, passenger.
Angus Graham, wheelsman.
Angus Murray, watchman.
James Conners, chief engineer.
• David Corbett, fireman.
Wilfrid Austin, oiler, Sheppa dton,
shfield township.
John Quigley, oiler, Kingsbrid e,
James Callahan.
Jack Feagan, son of John Fea,-
an, Colborne township.
William Bogie, sailor.
The bodies which have been eeov-
red mil identified are the of itod-
yiMcDonald and Angus Grahmsn at
Windsor; Angote Murray, Cleat /and;
ave Corbett ;a Toledo, and W'lliam
ogie at Windsoe. Another at
or, a man of fifty, partly bald
one of the Goderich men., a
more sympath
and. Of his in ividual needs, a far
more elastic s hool system, and a
great deal les conservatism in the
great body of teachers. The child has
a rigit to demand of us smaller
classe and mote individual attention,
so thit his individualism may not be
Clinton Model Sshool, and devotional
exercises were conducted by Rev. Mr.
Diamond, of Wingham.
The minutes of the 1915 meeting of
the I
know
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• Afternoon Session
Mayor McKibben, of Wingham, in a
brief, but neatly -worded address,
gave the teachers a hearty welcome,
extending to them all the privileges
and liberties of the town.
Miss Florence Buchanan, delegate
to the O.E.A. convention held in To-
tonto Easter week, gave a very full
-tt etas -cite retort of the proceedings,
synopsizing some of the more impor-
tant addreses, and expressing •the
hope that more teachers rnight at-
tend.
• Miss Mabel McDonald, then gave. a
splendid talk on Physical Culture,
emphasizing the importance of mak-
ing. the worlt as enjoyable as possible,
inamtaining discipline, •introducing
games and giving the commands with
distinCtness and firmness. Taking a
class -of boys and another 0.4 ghrls,
Miss MacDonald put them through
several exercises which went done
with precision and grace.
Mr. H. G. Martin, •of Stratford
Normal School, gave a splendid -expos -
tion of the inductive -deductive method
of teaching by taking with a junior
fourth class a first lesson on. "Infin- prep
itives." By skilful questioning on is a
several examples used in sentences on spoii
the board, Mr. Martin led the class thee
to see the double function of this class mea
of words. After the lesson he ans-
wered questions on the subject asked
by Mr. Horton and Miss Brock.
The next item was a paper on "Dis-
cipline and Methods of Securing it,"
given by Miss Violet Leitch, of Crane
brook. .The subject was very thor-
oughly and -efficiently dealt with, and
Miss Leitch received many compli-
ments on the excellence of her paper.
Among the many good suggestions
thrown out was the importance of be-
ing firm, having some system •and
some method in class movements,
making the work interesting, com-
mending judiciously, and cultivating a
That
two
SUM
those
impo
derst
pie ethod of presenting it to the
class rwas sho
In dealing with the subject of "Na-
ture Studsr," Miss Grace 1,Valker
showed how it might be correlated
with art, co position, con,struction
work, literatui
showed as-. a
book , that sh
classes., Her
with a. great
In a paper that showed careful nre-
paratlion and contained' many splen-
did euggestions, Mise Olive Cooper
dealt with the subject of "Flousehold
Man gement Public Schools," A
deal of what is outlined M the
e•of Std y can be taught with a -
amount of equipment. The fol-
ggested as being suit -
for lessons: Cream
les, water, cooking of
ana.dian fruits; cereals,
invalid and cleaning.
t that the cultural. and
lue of sewing is great-
ctical value. An exhib-
limit work done by her
ny number' which. is a faeter of
umbers is also- a facto: of the
differeace of any multiple of
numbers was explained. This
ant principle should be un -
(xi by the teacher, and a sim-
e and D•LUS1. She also
model a nature study
uses with her own
aper was listened to
eal of interest.
grea
Cour
smal
lowi g were s
able subjects
soup, vegeta
eggs meat,
caring for a
She pointed o
educational v
•er than its pr
it of some exc
class' was sho
M. H. G. Martyn then gave a
splendid addr ss on "The Teacher's
Relation to the Play -life of Children."
He Classified the main theories re-
garding play as follows: lst - The
surplus ener y theory- that children
play because they must work off
thei superfl us energy; 2nd, -The
ration f r life theory that play
leans of preparing for future re-
sibilities;
y that
s of rect.,
A LETTER FROM THE FRONT
The following interesting letter was
recently received by Mr. A. G.
Smillie, from Gunner Lyle Hill, of
Tuckersmith, who has been on the
firing line now for over a year;
September 30th, France
Dear Mr. Smillie -Your long looked
for and certainly welcome letter of
September 3rd, arrived here safely
a few days ago, and I am taking this,
the first opportunity of sending you a
few lines in return. Your letter was
surely gladly received and also the
birthday card for which you will please
accept my sincere gratitude. You
were one of the few who happened to
remember and your letter was only a
couple of days late. We have now
spent over a year in the firing line,
as we have only been out for a rest
once, since coming into action last
September, and it is my fervent desire
that we remain in the line until it is
all over. As you know we have spent
a comparatively uneventful summer,
excepting of course, the early spring
fight of St. Eloi and the big mix-up
in mid -summer up in the salient,
where the 3rd Canadian Div, showssi
up so well and also where there were
SO many casualties. From then until
we were brought down here to assist
in the big scra,p, we had a quiet time.
Now, of course, it is rather lively for
everybody and -from all current re-
ports the Canadians have done as well
as any ether troops yet in the serap.
I am led to believe that Sir Douglas
Haig has sent to the Canadian Com-
mander a- message to the effect that
the 2nd Canadian Division has done
probably better than any other Di-
visien yet in this part of, the line. _
Everyday we see numerous prisoners
being marched back to places uf safe-
ty, and believe me, they are a sadly
depressed looking bunch of fellosvs,
and little wonder is it, for the guns
pour an increasing rain of shels into
• their trenches and the infantry are
forever harassing them with attacks.
Still he (the enemy) puts up a very
hard fight, and as his defences are
very strong, indeed, it is only a su-
perior force of men and ammunition
that can dislodge him. We, as a unit,
have had remarkably few casualties,
since coming to the field. OUT of-
ficers have caught it most of all and
now we have not one officer left 'who
came over with us a year ago, who
has not been wounded and been to
England since coming here.
Reports from all points M Canada
3rd - The recreation seem to show that crops of slighly
lay is resorted to as a average yield have been harvested this
peration from weariness year which is rather unfortunate, con -
4th , The recapitulation theory that sidering the present circumstances.
play' is only the remnants of earlite Nevertheless, think it is not so ser -
activities in the race. Not anyone of ious as some would lead us to be -
these theoriea is adequate, howeven lieve. While we were out of the
Play is a uniVersal instinct and child- line and back comfortably out of reach
ren engage ia it because of pure plea- of Jack Johnsons and other missies of
sure. The first six years of a child's. Similar nature, it was my good luck
life was described as the imitative to be situated in a valley of the
peribd when his plays are largely a most prolific nature that it has ever
reflection of the occupation of his been my good fortene to sea. We
elders; from six to thirteen or four- were there during +he harvest seas-.:
teem as the individualistie period cf on and the crops were excellent in
competition When he says "I can run both quality and yield. The landspace
faster than you", etc; and from thir- was economized with a spartan thrift
teen on as the period of co-operation and the homes and farm steadily
when he indulges mostly in games in- were cleanliness in itself. It was rat-
her surprising to go into a lakv, that-
ched farm of undoubted ancient origin
and find it all lit up by electricity and
possessing almost ultra -modern con-
veniences. The people themselves were
very nice and used us very well in-
deed.
notice you are still in the temper-
ance fight as strong as ever. 1 am
still of the same opinion as before and
am very pleased indeed to see that
Canada has done so much for prohibi-
tion since the war broke out. In-
deed it would appear that the colon-
ies are leading the Mother Country in
this respect.
Expect to see Fred Skelton (since
killed in action) in the very near fu-
ture as I have now got definite infor-
mation as to his whereabouts. Shall
let you know how be is doing in
_ the next letter, which trust will not
he Association then adjourned un
til 1.15. pan. be so long delayed as this speci-
men. I still receive The Expositor,
and am certainly very much indebt-
On being asked by Dr. Field for ed to you for the same Now I shall
an expression of opinion on the tides- have ees close at present, as there IS.
ton of holding the promotion exam- nothin more to say, and hope that
Mations in June instead of Easter, a this will find you all in the best of
majority of the teachers voted in fav- good health aritP spirits, I remain as
or of the change. before your friend,
r. Shillinglaw presented the re- ' LYLE HILL.
port
of the Resolution Committee,
which was adopted, and was as fol-
• from home, and for the benefit of his
Gunner Hill is very fond of letter's
Resolved; friends who wish to write we give
1. That the own of poo be given his address: Gluier Lyle Hill, 84230,
16th Battery, th Brigade,
by this Association for Red Cross
2nd Canadian Div., Army P.O., Lon -
purposes. don, England. -Ed.
That the teachers of this As-
sceriation apprdve of superannuation
-Sgt. Robert son of Mr. and
as provided in the bill.
Mrs. J. A, Irwin? of linton, who left "
8. That the sum of $100 be set a- Mrs
studies at Victoria College, to'ea-
side for librar. list with the overseas forces, and who
4. That the thanks of this Assoc-
iation be tendered -to the town of has beau attached to .the.227th Battal-
ion, and assisting in recruitingfor,
Wingham for the use of the hall, also
iev-
to the teacher a Wing m or the
merieraidedimatfor thpeaspoel shitrni)6eof nalis'reeenittrati;
fetellthe:t entertainment provided and
Provision mad. -far *A i of the With -and has beert
o •
rdained. The probabffitY
co °dation of the visiUng teachers.11
'Inspector Dr. Field then gave an t recommendation will be co
pleasant personality. ving
The discussion was continued 1 --imperative -
yd.utiTeesaterpserfhaormve
Miss Spence, Mr. Shillinglaw and La. , •7_3 encourage children to piay;
Field. Ito direct their play; to supervise
The President then introduce.; • ess. He expressed the hope
F. E. Coombs, M. A. Faculty of would begin at once
cation University Of Toronto, who to organize games for recess and noon
proceeded in a very able manner to hour, selectmg ,those that can be
discuss "Literature as an Aid to Lan- played. with present equipment.
guage-Teaching in the Primary Mr. A. H. Musgrove, M.P.P., for
Grades." He stated that the wide- North Huron, on being called on for a
spread poverty of expression and de- feW words, congratulated the teach-
plorable inadequacy to use the Eng- ersl on the success of their entertain-
lish language must be corrected chief- m.eat and on the fact that their pro-
ly in Primary Classes by appealing fesSion is beginning to be acknow-
to the ear of the child at an age so ledged as it should be. He point -
early that an unconscious habit is ed. out that teachers have a special
formed, the conscious and unconscious duty to perform at this time in or -
imitation of a good model being the ganizing the brain power and Intel-
ony redemption. Although the prime leas of Canada. Mr. Musgrove's re -
purpose of Literature teaching is not marks were heard with pleasure.
to aid in language, yet it presents the
highest form of the language ideal
with the result that the- life of the
child will endeavor to express itself
along the line of the ideal. He point-
ed out that one of the richest fields
of Literature is quite within the inter-
est and comprehension of the pupils
of Form I.
Inspector Richard Lees, of Peter-
borough, in his address on "Consoli-
dated Schools," stated that the only
solutions for the problems facing rur-
al schools is Consolidation. He also
showed many lantern_ sides of the
splendid work being done by a num-
ber of Consolidated schools -which he
had visited in the States.
Evening Session.
The entertainment held on Tina's-
• day evening was largely attended.The
irid teachers of Wingham Public School
srla, had arranged a splendid Programme,
1 Is consisting of•rehoruses, &ills, solos
elieved he is from the crew t f the and re :by local talent, and Mr:
sailor P. E. C°6141 -of Toronto gave a very
interesting and:instructive address.
Men- Friday Morning.
trip
tO I The Association met at 9 a.m., the
donee ession opening with the reading
erida.
Roderick McDonald, though a
as aboard the Merida AS a p
er, and after making the las
f the season, was coming ho
derich. It is a strange wine
and
Afternoon Session