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who are going a -
ill see Many things
IOW that will be
fsefui and attractjve.
mi
rwear
lisle—lace trimmed
its—fall length and
both styles. Sep
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Suits, sae to 1.5o
„teen Quality Hos-
ng ttlesa offering&
esire.; Cotton Ise,
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as the "figure-
btusts and long hips
are Made ot excel•lace qnd ribbon
becomiiigIy trim-
, etc, Some with
rime with narrow
v necks. Full cut
d Cotten,: voile,
16. ,
r cool thin mater
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d lawn daintily
They spell corn-
. Prices start as
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describes the offer
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daintier collection
aginedo It is warm
- be, wanting new
Dresses from fine
slips. These we
ted. ' You canriot
and the wide var-
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idition to our at-
disfikuring rays.
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NUMBER 2591,
wimimareem., .
SEAFORM, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1917
Greig Clothing CO'y
Second to /one"
chi904414.10.
For Extra
Hot Weather
Overeonle
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the discomforts of the heated season,, which has
now burst upon us in all its fury—get into
.001 Kiothes
Light Gauzy Underwear, sleeveless and quarter
length legs,or otherwise if you desire. A Kool
'Shirt with's rolling soft collar, with quarter length
sleeves. Kota,' light,- weight hose, all colors.
Light -weight 2 -piece suit, in colors of blue, grey,
brown or fawn. Light.weiet Straw Hit or Felt
Hat.
Look at these Prices
-50c 75c to 51.50
Underwear. OW. MP. O..
Sh.
*Ise *es+ o'so
$1.00 $1.25 to $1.40
Light Weight Sox.............. . . ... ....... 250 50c 75c
Two -Piece Suits...,... $7.50 $10 to $15
Light .. . .. ..50c 75C to 51
Light Weight Duster or Shower Coat—. $1.2 to $5
Just Now.
Is a good time to have the suit made to your
measure. We have a quantity of the Fine Old
Country Cloth, with the guaranteed dye, — in
blue, black, brown and grey—cloth we bought
a long time go and which cannot be bought
now, because there is none offered for sale by
manufacturer or wholesale, These suits we are
making up at a slight advance on pre-war prices
Fine Blue and Slack
Fine Brown and Grey
U5.11 to -S30:00,
$25:AntP $3.240:
Remember This—These cloths at these prices
will soon all be sold—Get your order in now,
Work Clothe
Overalls
Shirts
Sox -
Smocks
WI
1 00 to 175
501 to 100
23 to 35
• 1 00 to 175
•IMPRESSIONS OF. GERMANY ,
A competent neutral observer, wb
• bisiirecently returned from Ger-
manY sends us the following
their physichl condition. (In the
great towns et w oftep almost impos-
sible for the hottiiewife to -get a meal
together, whlie one ease, certainly no
longer expect eat .3ariety of food
Presawns: • ' The Germans now have young vege-
is difficult in a Wort report to tables, but for several weisks turnius
give an accurate picture' of the Fes- watt. a standing ainati The Berlin -
mit situation in iGerroanY; there la 14° iers 'have a wellekettiin Joke about it.
321.tastrileaffiyheen.:.be There.is not notbe4Yrnetu*licah: evinfahoicve°inr; ("You are a lawyeri*Sitid' an acqualia-
able to Germanythe
time, se inueh that sat . naiades tao nee beside me as I sat at table.
Can you tell me What the German
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strength. To .begin withthe railway. Reichsgericht (Jalapa -jai La'' Court)
The number of through icsaortf" I ofAppel
at
wj,eiviaas thge. Sup wreemue,
trains is exixemely restricted, but on eei„ .he said, wilting, jeculariy to a
the other hand they leamitand arrive
punctually. The traveller who miss_ dish ;with his inodsila human food,
-Which had just been' mit- upon. the
they say, for it is asserted that none
but Jews are attached to that body
and that they'do business together and
help their friends to nice little car-
eers, for which purpqs they are ex-
empted from military service. But
to answer the question as. it was
meantaiEngland must console herself
for losing first place in, the matter
of being hated. Amerita now. stsoads
at the top. The expianation of the
intervention. of America is generally
this—America was afraid that Eng-
land would not win and wee then a -
lamed about her munition. orders.
That is why she came in; but also
because she wanted to sit at the table
when the peace negotiations come on.
es a direct conneetion.„ however, is to table* eine Retehaininieht (imperial ,
be pitied for he may then have to mei.) is turnips.” -I% 4_,..
The June lies in ' PRAISE FOR RED CROSS
take days on a journey Which he u"'"
)8, few hours. Even when no such wil
% could formrly have accomplished in. tittiellhultlhillgutelostlae of ilii3 Weed !Gericht:
difficulty rises a *journey in •a a, Tohaarereoitiosr :grdieat t ofdiir"Ita,erestewoo. .F.°eUrtiletw", aerie: "Cross opfrecthiaetiacanaopnpeaodfrieandth
ieRn e work
here Cross
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Society, a
The following letter expressing ap-
e thneumteder
through or other passeager train is mete country in -regard to ee
el" , eidie Publication issued by the Society in
by no means a pleasure riiovtil
*- ThP•farmers are:amis ;Canada. It was written by Freak
at present
though it last but a few hours.
The to hold out beet in the matter of food. I, Habkirk, son or Mr.* John Habkirk,
carriiiges vie with „each other in As fax as bread le concerned they v
i of this -town and a former well known
dirtinese and bad repair.hEeferetthing .
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are in the same .pesiOn as all Ain-
indicatesGer-
neglect. 1Seaforth boy. who enlisted in an niay, _let for, the they rejoice balance Brigade in Winnipeg, and
This is net surPrising for the de -
m litAlre.fi which hes since seen a good deal of service:
mends made on the German railways
they iveould not geirei lip ove or
are enormous. Almost everywhere" • ebeiseiterus brethr Thornton Heath, Surrey,
in the territory occupied by the Cen-
tral Powers hi the 13alkans German
locomotiv'es and other railway mater-
ial are exclusively nratiloyed.
The number of women guards in-
creases` steadily. Inverymany cases
they are badly acgaainted with their
clutiers and have no better answer to
give than, "lien sorry, Sir; itis the
first time I've done this journey my-
self." .0ne sees women employed_ on
railways not only as ..guards as for-
merly, but as braketenen and arde-
ans. Once at a raihvay junction I
saw a whelp crowd standing rtogetht
er. They wore long thick over-
coats for the nights which were then
still cool, their hair. brushed back
under the regulation caps, the hag
with teols and other necessaries over
the shoulder. Where a munber of
male colleagues was -mingled with the
groups it was hardier- possible to dis-
thiguili between dam. There was no
distinction in the matter of uniform.
and only in the case of the women
one noticed peeping out under the
heavy overcoats smaller feet less
stoutly shod than these of the men.
One already ' hears anxiety ex-
pressed •concerning the future of
these women workers. On the one
band the women have -gbecome inde-
• pondent and will be less a;menable to
the ordinary requirements of familY
life. On the other, it is believed -that
the"' opp'ortuntiy .of employment will
be small after the wee So Abet those
who are obligedtocontinue to pro-
vide for their 'own subeietence Will
hardly be able to iiiiintaih
ves. Moral deterioration will be the
inevitable consequence of this state
of things. There is already much
'cornidamt about the laurel conduct
of the women workers. I WaS told
that in Westphalia where prisoners of
war and women work in -the mines,
the most deplorable condition of made out of butter, which, et is true,
things prevail. is extremely scarce, but is still pro-
• Much travelilng takes place in Ger- • vided. Those who heive no money to
many at the present time, the num- buy the extretaely dear article must
mone to rneir ..
in the towns. For 'this reason they Dear Madaire—I just wish to ex -
I
are not in very good odor. Strong press my appreciation and my grati-
Mletilialina were lately taken to trace htude toWards the Red: Cross Orgniza-
these. hidden, stelae and toi confiscate :tam for the gifts which I have re -
them, soldiers and **ere being. ern- ceived at different times from the
ployed 'for this purposed Very great 'horde branches and from the London
fear exists, however., that if the far- i Office -while in hospital here in Eng-
iners are too much. pressed they will ' land.
net put forth all their'efforts, for the I am writing not only for myself,
but for Six other Canadian. Soldiers
farmers are stubborn folk.
There is a shortage of other things -who were in Cornwall Hall V..A.D.
also. Small ehange' 'is extremely Hospital with me. I have visited the
Scarce. There is nnieft put auto eircu- St. ' John's. V.A.D. Hospital also at
lation, .but it disappears again lin- Sevenoaks, Kent, and the boys there
enediat,ely. No one can say precise- did express to me their appreciationly Where it remains, but it is suspect- of the gifts of apples and toilet ath-
ed that the agricultural population iclee vehich were so freely giventto us
bury it in the earth in order not to through your Red Cross visitor, Mrs.
- • H. She has been so wonderfully kind
have to change forpaper.
The large eitariftini of war Prim to all of us in visiting us and doing
oners employed on the land as lab- all in her power to make our stay .in
-
orers are mostly French • and. Rus- hospital cheery. Really, I cann.ot
sians. Both give satiefaction. The say too raoch for the way she has
French are the most appreciated-. My treated we boys who -were perfect
impression was that the prisoners of strangers to her, but as she said "We
war working on the'land have an ex- were Canadians." I happened to be
eellent life. . the only Canadian born boy among
The English prisoners whom I our . Canadian patients, so I rather
came across in great nembers when I think I was given more attention but
VMS in the Western - industrial reg- I do want to let your know we all ap-
ion are badly spoken of. They' are preciited her visit so much and I was
considered sullen- and :unmanageable. detailed to tell you so.
The,Germans do' not lieen1 hali'931 I was born in Seaforth, Onta,rioi
idea 'that their, bearing must be re- and was fortunate in being chosen to
garded as an 'exiiteseion of nation-- represent the Winnip Division of
al Pride 'whichnlI net admit of do- the Canadian St. Jo. Ambulance
ing service for the enemy. , One "could Brigade, -along with eight others from
wish that most el theeprisoners were there and we were sent over by the
nut into new dotheWtilot foire St. John Brigade and Red Cross of
theYee Butit Canada" ne.aily two years agb. We
is 'questionable whetliertithe Germans- were transferred. into the -Imperial
themselves are Talleh better off.. No Army; and I have seen active service
article of clothing is now to be had on Gallipoli Peninsula, then to Meso -
without a clothes card. • - potamia, where we were for the at -
The other regulations are not lees tempted relief of Kut.
drastic. Toilet soap has now become Returning to England last summer'
so costly that home made soap is with fever, I have spent three of the
winter months in France, in the
Beaumoht-Harnel district, as a stret-
cher bearer so I have had wonderful
experiences for a Canadian boy.
I am just discharged from hospital
where I have been for two months,
this time -with "trench fever," and I
do wish to state that the V.A.)).
Hospital where I was, really was like
a home, for the sisters and nurses
• were so kind and did everything so
When I had to wait 'some hours for population. Germany is tired of the cheerfully to make us comfortable.
connection at a station where I had war—there is no question about that;
So "Give me a V.A.D. Hospital ev-
to change one night I sat talking. In spite of themselves the - Germans ery
lifeLlIAN BROS., Publishers
OM a Tear in Advance
land that have gone into pasture' be-
cause of the inability of its owners
to cultivate it. his would, of course,
mean a great increase in the 1918 On-
tario crop. . •
The Government will demonstrate
for farmers the possibilities of the
farm tractor and will organize co-
operative societies to assist the far-
mer in securing these machines.
Farmers desirous of securing fur-
ther information regarding the means
of seeuring the tractor d for fall i'low-
ing should emnmunieate at once -with
any member of the Seaforth Food
Production Association or with the
chairmen of, the Infonnation Bureau
associated therewith.
F. G. NEELIN, Chainian.
Grey Stripe and Black
Denim Pants • — 1 25- to 1 75
Boys' Overalls - 60 to 90
Greig Clothing Co
SEALFORTI1 •
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ber of officers and soldiers' in the
trainisnbeing legion. Those in ordinary
trains are mainly men on furlough.
It is remarkable how few troop trans-
ports one notices. The mysteribue
Way in which these are carried out
may be described as really a success.
use a powdered earth which can only
be made to lather with the utmost
diffictilty, and whiehelong after being
used leaves a nasty smell behind.
I will, however, leave the subject
of domestic cares and give my im-
presson of the mental state of the
pleasantly enough with some sol-
diers, who were the majority of the
people there. It is certainly incred-
ible how communicative they are. .I
got to hear all kinds of details about
the use of ammunition which' did not
remain long in my recollection, but
which would most certainly have
formed,food for a spy.
Although one constantly reads that
the soldiers as well as the whole pop-
ulation are tired of the war I should
not be at all prepared to assert that class withwhich they left school.
the soldiers give the impression of be- There is not a municipal, police, or
Mg discouraged by ,the eituation. In railway office where one does not see
general they look' tired bat well fedbending over a deska woman in
A very quiet but still mute cheerful black who has lost her breadwinner
tone prevails whenever one sees a and who must now provide a preear-
large number of soldierssitting to- ious subsistence for herself. I have
gethet in a train or waiting-roomnever heard terms of reproach aSSOC-
There are still plenty of jokers among ited with the name of the Kaiser, any
them as in the case of the man who more than with those of the states -
said to me—his good huraor might men of lower rank, althgagh a gen-
have led one to suppose he came from 'ral democratic, if not Sodlakstic, spir-
Berlin-explaining the flower in a coin- it has pehetrated the people. I have
rade's button -hole that he was a war heard dignified men of high posittion
bridegroom: "A war wedding is very say that all this fuss about princes
nice but when you return younstill must be done away with after the
have her." war—that the times would not permit
• When I left the waiting room where of se much money being wasted in
in the night I had made these studies this way any more. The worst is ex -
my eye caught in a, corner by the pected of the demands which the peo-
door the prettiest little picture I have ple, especially the soldiers returnind
ever seen of German militarism. At from the field, will malie after the
the dimly -lighted table sat a group war.
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of the miniature cadets whom one There is no queetion Of the preva-
sees nowhere else than in Germany lence of a revolutionary ppirit in
—children of eight or nine years al- Germany, but that there is sometimes
raost buried under their caps, which tension here and there is a fact. Pop-
• are obviously made in one size only, ular entertainments are given regu_
and which came down over their ears larly in all tohens to which the peo-
of these little boys. They nibbled pie can go -rwithout payment. We
sleepily at crust e of "war bread" and have returned to the days of old
would certainlymuch mather have Rome --rather less bread but more
been tucked up in their little beds. anuses. The late spring, which
One of them could not restrain his made an early harvest, impossible,
teats, and I heard his querulous little caused much disappointnient. One
voice ask somethiug of one of the hears it said with emphasis, "No we
other cadets whose cap fitted him cannot go t high another winter."
somewhat better and who evidently On my retain from Germany sorae-
had supervision over the ethers. I did one asked me, "Whom do they abuse
• not hear what the comniandant ans- the most?" Ile meant what country
veered, but it did not fail of its effect. do the .Germns say the worst things
The little mite drew • himself up in about. I answered: "They abuse
all the pride of his youthful milita.ry the Algimex most." The Aliginex
,
dignity.Had the chief said to him, is the central body which trades with
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Perhaps, "I must mentklu it to um- foreign cotmigies and looks after the
denburg?" • distribution at home. There is not
That the German people suffer from a German who believes anything a-
vant is undoubted, and almost with bout the great imports which are said
out exception, the population is de- to take place from Denmark and Hot -
dining in weight, mainly from want land. "We see nothing of them; they
of food, while the state of continual let them spoil, as lists happened with
nervous tension to wbich people have
actually come acts inturiouslir 072
long ardently for. peace. One hears
nothing more of the lust of conquest:.
but I may say that I have never
heard anybody in Germany say, "We
must give it up." I do not know
what the people imagine will be the
end of the war, and I believe they do
not know themselves. They are de-
pressed, and how can it be otherwise
-with the frightful losses that they
have suffered? I know cases of young
inert who are the sole survivors of the
I felt that we should write you to
tell you how much we do appreciate
what the Canadian Red Cross has
done for us, so far from our homes
and loved ones, for I have ILO rela-
tives at all over here. So many oh
the Britieh patients have said to us
"That your Red Cross certainly does
look after you fellows."
Again I thank you.
SIAM ENTERS THE WAR.
From London the news came last
week that the Kingdom of Siam had
declared that a state of war existed
between Germany and Austria. The
despatch added that all Germans and
Austrians residing within the eon -
fines of the Kingdom had been ar-
rested and that their ,plaees of busi-
ness had been closed. Also that nine
Teutonic steamers aggregating 19,-
000 tons, lying at anchor within Si-
amese waters, had been seized and
their cargoes confiscated. -,- The des-
patch states as the object of Siam's
declaration to "uphold the eanctity of
international rights against nations
showing conteilipt for the principles
of hinnanity and respect for sznall
state-"
In population Siam is one of the
smallest states. Although aleout
the ;area of France, she has but lit-
tle over nine raillion .persons in her
kingdom. From her geographic pos-
ition she ;is practically hidden from
the usual globe trotter. Td- the av-
erage traveller her people are known
as the worshipers of the White Ble-
phant.
She is hemmed. in on. both sides—
French possessioins on the east and
English on the west. There was •a
time when it was thought that poss-
ibly a joint squeeze might be made
and`Siam badly handled between the
combined jaws of the Franco -British
nuteracleer. But it has been Si9,7311S
unique privilege never to have been
conquered. Today the fetes have
provided- that the former foes should .
become friends and allie,s against 'on
eneiefy and common scourge. Thais
this southeastern peninsula of Asia
becomes a strong defence against
possible inroads from the Kaiser by
the sea. • .
The Government of Sjam. is that
of all absolute monarchy — possibly
the most absolute monarchy in the'
world. Yet her king, young Mahn
Vaiiraviadh, is the most denimeratici
of despots. One of the youngest of
the world's rulers—he was thirty-
sevep. on his last birthday—he rules
one iof the most ancient of Idngdonis
—a kingdom dating back to the sixth
century before Christ. King Vajiea-
-vudh. i not only 'Lord of All" but
"Lord of Life,' and holds in his
hands such absolute power over pro-
perty and person as is hard for the
Western Mind to conceive.
Fortunate -se his father bequeathed
to him *a strong physique, Re has
an alert mind and what Napoleon
called a "'talent for railing." Like
his father and his tether's father, he
is devoted to his people and adored
by his subjects, He is bright, he is
ambitious; he has culture and a phil-
osophic mind. He is an Oxonian, and
has studied in France and Germany
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Like Napoleon he is "a natural force
let loose,"and let loose at a time when
he can be of immense use,
serve much credit for their great
workeis an air figt is just as inter-
esting to -day as it was two years ago
and the airmen are by no means a-
fraid of any Fritz that ever was
lucky enough to be so near to heidven.
You may imagine an air -Boit at ten
to fifteen thousand feet high in the
clouds, and it is nertainlY worth look-
ing at and it way be counted as a
daily occurrence at, our airmail can-
not always be on the spot 'until Fritz
gets back over our lines, but believe
me, we have good airmen and I would
like very much to be in that service.
but a transfer from the infanloy is
impossible.
So Ruhesel Hays is in England. I
would be very glad to see him as zny
blood relations are scarce over here.
Nial Murray is well and looldng fine.
One of my chimis was taken pris-
oner by old • Fritz the other night.
gorry to lose him but he will 'be al-
right for a while. I hear Maggie is
going home for the stammer, Well
Russel wish.I could drop in to see
m all. I hear you are driving a
fiord car. Hope you and the family
ee enjoying it. Keep it in good
diume till feet lime so ratty take
ited out for a few fast Was
'dad to hear Norman got borne again
and figure that he was diary- luelryit
Just ask him: about that cousin ni
Liverpool that he hunted up for me.
I was very sorry to hear Of William.
Chesney's death. Where is Pat Ches-
ney? Write and let -me know all the
news. The parcel yod and Ethel
mailed arrived with the mail _to-
night, and thank you very much.
A/so receired a letter from mother
and -Babe. just tell mother that we
do not reecive cheese eloth suits trim
the government and if their do send
them our chances of getting it would
be mall. Thanks very much and
give my best to all and hope to be
with you all soon.
• Yours as ever,
di. R. SPROAT
FROM BELGIUM
The following letter has been re-
ceived by Mrs. J. W. lilifalkem of
this town from Belgium in ackesow-
ledgement of some parcels of cloth-
ing sent from Seaforth recently:.
About 200 pounds of good, durable
clothing has been sent to the llospi-
tal Elleabeth by Mrs. W Walker,
in response to an appeal made by
Pt. Ross Herminston, Listowel, who
is now in Belgitma. In addition to
tide fifty pounds have been seat by
the Ladies Aid of First Presbyter-
aau elunnh. Mrs.Wellier eddies to
take this opportunity of thanking the
sontributors of the clothing or tho
money to pay the postage. Any fur-
ther donations will be forwarded if
left at the W. 3. Walker Furniture
Store, Main Street.
Hospital Elizabeth', Poperinghe,
Belgium, July 12; 1917
TRACTORS FOR FALL PLOWING
Dear Sir: —A few weeks ago a
number of Farmers of this section in-
timated their intention of securing
tractors for fall plowing and suggest
ed the advisability of the Informa-
tion Bureau of the Seaforth Food
Production Association negotiating
with, the Department of Agriculture
with the view of securing a tractor
for that parpose. Through the cor-
respondence with the Department it
was ascertained the Government had,a
fleet of sixty tractors designated for
various portions of the Province and
the farmers of Huron in. ease of spec-
ial need could secure the service of
one or more of these tractors.
The terms of the agreement to be
entered into between the Department
of agrieulture and the farmer states
"itheifarmer pays 45e per hour while
the tractor is at work, plus the cost
of lubricating oil and -fuel. He also
pays the board of the meehanic who
is operating the tractor. Up. to the
present tins has cost the farmer any-
where from al. to a2.50 per acre."
This shows the Government furnishes
the use of the tractor free plus the
cost of operating the ma.chirie.
On Tuesday last there was a dem-
onstrtion of two traetors at work
on the Neilson farm near Toronto un-
der the direction of the Resources
Committee, and th.e machines proved
to a great improvement on the
old Norse plowing system. They plod-
ded along at a rate of more than two
miles an hour, turning over three
furrows as they went. One of these
machines, drawing a two furrow
plow, can turn over five acres of
land in a ten hour day, whereas by
the old system not more than one
and a half acres can be turned over
in the same tittle. They require the
attention of only one man.
With the aid of These machines it
hoped is by the Provineial Govern-
s° many supphee already. That is ment to reclaim for the sowing of
the fault of the Jews of the Algimex, lath crops the half million acres ol
FROM THE FIRING LINE
Th following letter is from Jake
Sproat, eon of Mr. and MTS. James
Sproat of Egmondville, who has been
on the firing line for about two years,
France, July 8, 1917,
Dear FZ1Its,—Well it is a. long time
since I wrote you but as I always ex-
pect you will be hearing all about the
war and things in general. The sum-
mer is nearly half over and if we
have to stay another winter in this
country it -will break more than one
heart. I have experienced s two win-
ters and they are no joke. -Of course useful te us: Some pinafores and
in summer we do a great deal more overalls for 25 babies from. two to
fighting, but that is what we eame
here for, and such battles as Ypres,
Somme and Vimy Ridge always add
Dear Mrs. Walker:—How kind of
you to have sent us such nice bundles
of elothing for our poor refugee chil-
dren. They arrived very quickly and
safely and if you are kind enough to
send us as you tell us, borne more, I
really think it is the safest and
quickest way. A part of your pres-
ents have been given to a creche'
where we have a number of babies
from a few days to four years old,
some of which are orphans, and oth-
ers children whose parents live in
very dangerous places 'quite near the
firing line. Those places are contine
ually shelled. We go and take them
there and keep them until the place
has become safe again. The iitleer
part of your generous gifts is given
-ha refugee children whose parents
have had to fly holm their homes
without being able 'to save the least
thing. There are around here—such
a number of these poor things—niany
of them that have been rich and hap-
py before feel more than others these
privations, I send you a pa,per
this same post telling you all 'about
our work. You will see that we also
have a hospital for the womided ci-
vilians and several schools. How
'Mud of you to ask what else we need,
The following articles would be very
four years in white or blue or grey
holland; for same ages, 'cashmere and
woollen socks and strong shoeasheets
to the glory of the P. P. C L 1, for babies beds; second age, small
which although three years in France babies bibs, 24 dresses all alike if
possible rn grey flannelette for child-
ren from two to four; little jackets
for whiter would be received with
pleasure, If you know tome chari-
table people who would giim us
clothing for women end girls, we
would also be grateful. It U so and
very sorry to hear of conscription be- of Driver Ross tHerminsten 'to have
i
ing passed in Canada as it will cast s-poken of our work to eharitable lad-
e bad reflection on us Canadians, as ies in his country. The Prince /21?,
Croy and himeelf are not rs near us
now but we see them ocasionaily.
They are in good health and ask you
to send things here. Will let them
kneve when a parcel arrives. The
Countess Van den Steen and myself
thank all who have contributed to
send no those nice ehildren's clothes.
Believe me, ,
Yours sines -rely,
Mrs. J. PCISINkit-
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they have never met with a reverse
and take it from me, we are always
in the thick when theiT is anything
doing. However, I will be glad when
the war is over and I am quite sure
I will never be a soldier again, how-
ever great the stakes may be. I was
a whole and anyone not coming over
on their own -free will, Will not be
much good as fighting men and at
present we have enough old cranks
hanging behind the lines holding
down cushion jobs. You should tui-
derstand that all soldiers, because
they are in France, are not in any
danger, in fact a number have better
mumoutulings than they had in Can-
ade, and, more so men of higher rank,
In fachonly the infantry b.ave to face
Fritz in the front line and we are
the only walking branch of the army
that feel and give the real thing. A-
bout 98 per tent. of the letters you
read in the paper are given by some
one three or our miles back and not
in any great danger, as they watch
with glasses us felfows doing the
work and mostly their descriptions of
a battle are amusing -to the infantry
that took part. . When the big
"nuts" come over from Canada to see
us their rerorts are also very amus -
big as they only visit the boys back
on the cushion job and hear the artil-
lery roll.
The aeroplanes are playing a very
important part in the fight arid de-
1
-i -The voter's list for the Town of
Wiaitham for this year has been
minted and was first posted in Town
Clerk Grove's office on July 27th, To
comply with the new Onterin Fran-
chise Ant, the list this year is made
up., of only two parts--perisons
en-
titled to vote at both Provincial and
Municipal elections in part one and
municipal voters in part two. Part
three of the list, manhood frandhida
voters are not now printed in the
regular list. With this change the
list this year contains the Manes e
999 voters, compared with 914 bi be
year's Het. Ther,e are 404 PerroWs
qualified to limn at Imeore.
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