HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1918-10-18, Page 6GIVE "SYRUP OF FIGS"
TO OONSTrPATED MILD.
lout 3'Frult LaxatiVe" can't hartle
tender little Stomach, Linea
and Bowels.
Look at the tongue, isiot
ntiated, your little one tomch, liver
and bowels need cleansing- fat once.
When peeviela cross listlesSi doesn't
sleep, eat or actnaturaily, or is fever-
ish, stomach sour, breath bad; has sore
throat, diarrInea, full Of cold, give a
teaapc:onful of "California Syrup of
Piga' and, in. a few hours all the foul,
eoustipated waste, undigested, food and -
sour bile gently 1110,V0a Oa of its little
bowels without griping, and you have a
well, playful child. again. Ask your
druggist for a. bottle of "California.
ayrup of Pigs," which contains full
alirectione for babies, ehildree of v.11 &gee
and for grown-ups.
LEGAL.
R.S. HAYS.
Barrister, Solicitor,Conveyancer and
Notary Public. Solicitor for the Do-
minion Bank. Office in rear of the Do-
minion Bank, Seaforth. Money to
loan.
j. M. BEST.
Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer
and Notary Public. Office upstairs
over Walker's Furniture Store, in
Street, Seaforth.
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PROUDFOOT, KILLORAN AND
COOICE.
Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Pub.
-
lie, etc. Money to lend. In Seaforth
on Monday of each week. Office in
ILidd Blotk W Proudfoot, K.C., J.
L. Killoran, H. J. D. Cooke.
Austria Is Not a Nation.
Merely a Bureaucracy
With Very Sinister Past
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ITSTRIA is not a nation, not
a state, not a commonwealth,
but only a police adminis-
tration. Her bureaucracy has
the most ancient traditions. In no
other country is there a bureaucratic
regime with a more sinister past.
The ruling classes of Austra-Hun-
garseare German and Magyar and the
maJdrity is absolutely opposed to this
oligarchy. The majority comprises
just the working classes, the fann-
ers and industrial labor. Owing to
this system of government Austria-
Hungary was already bankrupt be-
fore the war. The monarchy was in
VETERINARY.
HARBURN, V.S.
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
ary College, and honorary member of
the Medical Association of the Ontario
Veterinary College. Treats diseases of
s11 domestic animals by the mostonod-
bin principles. Dentistry and Milk Fev-
ski a specialty-. Office opposite Dick's
Hotel, Main Street, Seaforth. All or-
ders left et the hotel will receive
prompt attention. Night calls receiv-
ed at the office.
JOHN GRIEVE, V .S.
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
ary College. All diseases ol domestic
animals treated. Calls promptly at-
tended to and charges moderate. Vet-
iwinary Dentistry a specialty. Office
and residence on Goderich street, one
door east of Dr. Scott's office, Sea -
forth.
the year before the war in the great-
est financial distress. Industry and
commerce had' collapsed, she had a
formidable budget, expenditureSVrere
bigger than those of Great Britain.
On. every Austro-Hungarian inhabi-
tant was an expenditure of 230 kr.;
on every 'Briton only 110kr. That
was before the war. To -day the sit-
uation is absolutely desperate. The
total public debt amounts to more
than 100,00-0,000,000 kr. Conse-
quently, if we consider that the in-
terest on this debt absorbs 4,500,-
O00,a00 kr., every Male taxpayer
must make an average annual con-
tribution. etc, 540 kr. It is quite im-
possible that the population of this
neglected country (could pay taxes of
this amount. Without exe.ggeration
it can be stated that Austria-Hungary
is to -day bankrupt.
Strong revolutionary forces are al-
ready at work in Austria. But these
forces want support from the Allies.
Nothing is more discouraging than a
revolution which does not succeed.
Therefore the movement must be
carefully prepared as it will free op-
pressed nations, break the supremacy
of Germany in Europe and establish
democracy instead of autocracy.,
The peoples of Austria-Hungary do
not see the stupendoun treasures of
Anglo-Saxon democracy, they do not •
see the clean and healthy Anglo-
Saxon cities, the gigantic economic
effort of a nation, which has no rivals
In economic history. What -they want
are figures. They will then see that
democracy is better than autocracy,
that a democratic nation is patriotic
and generous. Such information will
be the greatest revolutionary stimu-
lus for the mutinous nations of Aus-
tria-Hungary.
It is the chance of every lover of
freedom to help the nations of the
Dual Monarchy. Remember, thirty
millions of human beings are to -day
practically under the rule of Ger-
many, although they are opposed to
the Germans and hate them. If these
people are set free, that will be a
great deed for the cause of human
liberty. The world power of Ger-
many has its greatest stronghold in
its ascendency in the Hapsburg em-
pire. After the destruction of Aus-
tria the whole world will breathe
freer. It will raean the real down-
fall of German world power. Jugo-
Slays, Czecho-Slovaks, Poles will hail
the dawn of their freedom, as their
only future is complete independence.
MEDICAL
DR. GEORGE HEILEMANN.
Ostepphatic Physician of Goderichn
Specialist in women's and childretra
diseases, rheumatism, acute, chronic
and nervous dieorders; eye ear, nose
and throat. Consultatioa free. Office
In the Royal Hot -7, Seaforth, Tues-
days and Fridays, 8 a.m. till 1 p.m.
C. J. W. HARN, .D.C.M
425 Richmond ,Street, London, Ont.,
Specialist, Surgdry and Genito-I.Trin-
ary diseases of men and women.
Dr. ALEXANDER MOIR
Physician and Surgeon
Office and residence, Main Street,
Phone 70 Hulse
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DR. 3. W. PECK
Graduate of Fad luny of Medicine
McGill University, Montreal; Member
of College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Ontarao;Licentiate of Medical Coun-
cil of Canada; Post -Graduate Member
of Resident Medical Staff of General
Hospital, Montreal, 1914-15; Office, 2
doors east of Post Office. Phone 56,
Hansa% Ontario.
DR. F. 3. BURROWS
Oce and reeidence, Goderich street
-last of the Methodist church, Seaforth.
Phone 46. Coroner for the County of
Huron.
DRS. SCOTT & MACKAY
J. G. Scott, graduate of Victoria and
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ann Arbor, and member of the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, of
Ontario.
C. Mackay, honor graduate of Trin-
ity University, and gold medallist of
Trinity Medical College; member of
the College of Playeicians and Surgeons
of Ontario.
DR. H. HUGH ROSS.
Graduate of University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, member of Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario: pass graduate courses in
Chicago Clinical School of Chicago.;
Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, London,
England, University Hospital, London,
England. Office—Back of DOMini0I1
lank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5, Night
Calls answered from residence, Vic-
toria street, Seaforth
parl.••••••*•••••••*.
UCTIONEERS.
THOMAS BROWN
eeeed auction,eer for the ceuathe
of Heir =a and Perth. Correspondece
areaesenseente for sale dates can, be
madeiyealiing up Phene 97, Seaforth,
or The Expeeitor Office. Charges mod-
eete tt1.1 ,aetisfaction guaranteed.
Wealth of the Underworld.
It is only within -very recent years
that man has begun to draw largely
upon the mineral resources of the
earth.
In the last fifteen years he has
taken out more iron thaa in all the
previous history of mankind.
In the last thirteen years he has
mined more copper than was produc-
ed in all previous ages.
In the last eleven years he has
drawn more petroleum from the
earth's bowels than in all tide years
since the world began.
Where other minerals are con-
cerned, the record is somewhat simi-
le* But the misfortune lies in the
fact that we are exhausting these re-
sources with such, rapidity that a few
centuries from now there may be
comparatively little of them left.
In the last twenty years we have
dug as much coal out of our own ter-
ritory as all previous history yielded;
but every ton taken out diritinishes
the available stock, whick can never
be replaced. _!
R. T. LUKER
neetee i Auctioneer for the Coimty
of Huron. Sales attended to in all
parts of the county. Seven years' ex- I
perience inn. Manitoba and Saskatche-
wan. Terms reasonable. Phone No.
l'75r11, Exeter, Centralia P.O., R. R.
No. 1, Orders left at The Huron Ex- ;
positor Office, Seaforth, promptly at-
tended to.
rHE!IURO1 EXPOSITOR
A URTIME Of
SUFFERING
aealaatleitat
Prevented by "Frult-a-tives"
The Wonderful fruit Medicine
58 MAISONNNITVE Sr., HULL, QUE.
'In my opinion, no other medicine
Is so good as 'Fruit-a-tives' for
Indigestion and. ConstiPation.
For years, I suffered with these
dre:adecl diseases, trying all kinds of
treatments until 1 was told 1 VMS
.1
Incurable.
One daY a friend told me to try
'Fruit-a-tiyes'. To my surprise, I
found this medicine gave immediate
relief, and. In a short time I was all
tight again".
DONAT LALONDE
50e. a box, 6 fox $2.50, trial size 25e.
At all dealers or from Fruit-a-tives
Limited. Ottawa.
e. ..•••• • Va.
Verdun, despite the rich blood that
could render it so fertile, can't be
cultivated for years on account of
the ;vast quantities of shells buried
in it. A man. pulls a piece of wire,
and he losses a hand; another tries
to clear away bits of Soraething
round, and his head is bleavia off. One
of the officers told us of societies for
the demineralieationof battlefields,
but the work is slow and costly.
Rosa Bonham's Home.
, The old home of Rosa Bortheur,
French painter, is being used by
Mme. Anne Elizabeth 'Gumlike, .to
whom it was . bequeathed, as a .hos-
pital for the manual training of dis-
abled French soldiers.
to recover, like the will to win, is
half the battle.—M. Allen Starr,
M.D., 1. Scribner.
Called Anibassadoes Bluff.
In the early days of the War, the
German Ambassador to Turkey, Bar-
on Wangenheime gained control . of
the Turkish press, and began using
it to stir up laatred of America among
the Turks, Henry Morgenthau, the
American Ambassador protested..
Wangenheim's reply Was: "What are
you going to do about it?"
Wangenheira's Teed -like attitude
nettled me, and I replied:
"I'll tell you what I am going to.
do about it, and you know, that I
will be able to carry out my threats.
Either you stop stirring up anti-
American feeling in Turkey or I shall
start a campaign of anti-Cierman sen-
timent here.
"You know, baron," I added, "that
you Germans are skating on very thin
ice in this country. You stop this at
once, or in three weeks I will fill the
whole of Turkey with. animosity to-
ward the Germans. It Will be a bat -
between us and I ash ready for
Wangenheim's attitude changed at
once. He turned around, puehts arils
on my shoulder and a.ssurned his
most conciliatory manner.
"Come, let us be fviends,V he said.
"I promise you that they will be
stopped."
• Frona that day .the Turkish press
never made the slightest unfriendly
allusion to the United States.
The Way of Reading.
A good novel is just as good read:
ing as even the greatest philosopher
can possibly wish for. • The whole
matter depends upon the. way of
reading, even more than upon_ the
nature of 'what is read.
Perhaps it is too much to say, as
has often been. said, that there is no
book which has nothing good In it;
it is better simply to' state that the -
good of a book depends incomasar-
ably more for its influence -upofi the
habits• of the, reader than upon the
art of the writer, no matter how
great that writer may be. Without
patience nothing, not even reading,
can be well done.
Gavroche In the Air.
Each pilot has his own mechanic,
who does nothing but look after his
bus, and is usually a finished come --
titan in addition to being a erack
mechanic. In truth, I never ran.
terene a more comical, likable, hard-
working crew than the French avia-
tion mechanics. They are mostly
etre Parisia.n "gamins" 7- speaking
the most extraordinary jargon, in
which everything but the verbs (and
half of them) are slang, of the -most
picturesque sort. Quick-witted, enor-
mously iaterested in. their work, in-
telligent and good-natured, they are
the aristocrats of :their trade, and
know it. You should. see them when
they go on leave. Jean or Chariot,
ordinarily the most oily and undig-
nified of men, steps out of the squad-
ron office arrayed in a stiperb blue
uniform, orange tabs on. his collar,
mirroriike tan leolt about his waist
eeb.aven, shorn, Mining with clean-
nnees, pulling an expenstve-looking,
eilt-banded cigar. Is it fancy=or is
:here a elaght eondescension in his
greeting? Well, it is natural—you
'an never hope to look so superbly
iike a , field marshal. — Atlantic
Monthly.
Shell -filled Verdun.
We walked along, stambling over
heaps of water bottle:a haversacks,
helmets, cartridge, belts, belonging
alike to the invader and the invaded
—bones, skulls, rusty rens of barbed
wire, remains of obue, and mixed.
with what lies in the earth of tair
and brave and dear an re yelade of
unexploded shells. Tie, eeentr Print].
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HOWSHELL SHOCK SHOWS.
Strange Pets.
A welltdressed Frenchman, a man
of letters, walking along near the
Palate Royal with a pet lobster in
leash! This pecu •
lot of many tourists to see shortly
before the war. .But the Frenchman's
LobSter was a mild affair, when com-
pared with the 'pets kept by Dante
Gabriel Rossetti, in the walled gar-
den of tire house in ilheyne Walk.
They ranged from armadillos to worn -
bat and included a white bull; The
bull was tethered on the lawn, but
had to be parted with after -it had
chasedeits master round the garden
' and obliged him to take refuge in a
tree. On one occasion Rossetti was
on the point of buying a small' ele-
phant, but it was pointed out to him
that, though the elephant when
, young could get through the gate in-
to the garden, there would be in-
superable difficulties to his getting
out when growa to full size, "That
li sight it was the
•-r
if one limber gets blown tip. Person-
ally I prefer the trenches. There, one
has a rifle at least and the excitemeirt
and lust of retaliation helps. This
business is deliberately slowly and
precisely walking into an inferno—
one that puts Dante's in the class of
a skating rink. I had two horses in -
jilted last night and one man shot
straight through his cap.
Anyway, dear, you and I are queer,
pyschically I mean. I've never had
any odd premonitions, but tonight I
feel a sense of foreboding, iinpend-
ing danger, so scribble, these lines.
Of course, you realize dear, that one
schools oneself to dying if necessary,
Not that life; isn't very sweet, but,
when one is five seconds away from
death for twenty-four hours a day,,oae
grows rather careless, I suppose. How-
ever, dear, I feel that way tonight as
I (maw I'm riding into it, se in case
I get bumped off I wanted to write
you.
All my love and all my thoughts.
Billy.
does not matter," said Rossetti. He
Many Victims Have Already Com- will stop and I will hare him taught
Fity, of -Co clean the windows. Elephants are
ortunately, in a large major
pletely Recovered. _ A
such intelligent creataree."
the cases recovery from shell shock
plete rest, relief from anxiety, the _ Norway Feels It, Too.
is fo be looked for. In some com-
assurance that return to ilghting is meTnhtebNasorwreecgeinatnlyS tboeretningeoonrsiPdaer4a,g
i -
verSion, occupation, and good nutri- the question laid before it by the
mPessible, happy surroundings, di -
'tion are the chief remedies . In others Royal Department of Provisions, of
a process of encouragementto stimu- granting the sum of $2,448,900,000,
late the will and to urge zelf-con.trol
is needed. The mind must be train-
ed to control the muscles. The will
must be forced to stop the spasm.
The maii inust be taught to walk, or
to do some easy work; to acquire a
trade or take up some handicraft
which will keep his mind busy, his
attention -fixed, and his emotions
quiet. Re-education is the raeamaof
restoring to health many of the vic-
tims of shell shock. And to -day in
England and in Canada hundreds of
devoted patriotic woraen are laboring
in the hospitals with these men,
teaching, encouraging, stimulating
thetn to resume a normal activity.
la a few cases, those in which the
shock has., caused only a temporary
arrest of mental action, or those
where the secondary subconscious ef-
fects already described have been
manifest, hyponotism has been suc-
cessful. In all cases the mental sug-
gestion of constant hope of recovery
is very'important—hence the neces-
sity of treating these patients inwspe-
cial hospitals — not among surgical
cases where they may not be under-
stood, and toffy be ridiculed because
of these odd symptoms, but in places
where every means—electrical, lay-
dropathie, educational — is applied.
with skill and sympathy. It is not
wise- to send them home to anxious
relatives, where a recounting or exag-
geration of symptoms only excites in-
terests and where there is little
simulus to recovery.
Shell shock must be treated -by
those who are saiecially -interested,
and specially fitted by previous train-
ing to handle the mental and physi-
cal conditions which are so multi-
form and so perplexing. And in
every case the concurrence of the
patient must be secured—for the will
i
to be included. in the budget for the
fiscal year of 1918-19, which shall
be used for the giving of relief to
poer people suffering because of the
high coat of living in Norway.
The money is to be .used for the
following purposes: Appropriation
for war-titne fiour, herring, and fish,
including fish mixed with the bread,
and margarine; the installation ot
drying plants for potatoes, etc.; ap-
propriations for pnplic kitchens; and
a sure to be placed' at the disposal of
the PrOViSiOUS Department for emer-
gency purposes,
For You and
lour Friends
"I beg you to publish my letter."
It is only natural. that people write
us enthusiastic letters about Gin Pills,
'Wouldn't you de the same, .if, after
suffering from backache tot...years, you
found relief, Wouldn't you wish your
friends and others to know what Gin
Pills had done for you, and what they
will do for them? Of -course, you
would, and that istheonly reason that
prompts people to write us praising
this great remedy.'
Read what Isidore Thomas says in
part:
'My case -was very serious, and
I: was so sick everybody expected
my .death any day. No suffering
eould be worse than. what I had to
endure. Eight boxes of Gin Pills
were sufficient to cure me entire-
ly. I beg you to publish my let-
ter and tell all sufferers of Kid -
Trouble not to despair nor
wait, as Gin. Pills will cure them.
have to be very thankful to you,
mid T recommend Gin Pills te all
my friends suffering from kidney
trouble."
Take the adviee of -those who have
trial most remedies. and found that
Gin Pills cure.
Gin Pills are not a -cure-all—but a
seientitic remedy for Sidney or Blad-
der Troubles. They contain .the bene -
Lela!, ingredient of gin, without the
-aleohol, ail' gin has been recognized
for years as the most,nerfeet agent for
toning up the kidneys and restoring
those organs rgsans to perform their natural
ftttio
The National Drug & Chemical Co.
of Canada, Limited, Toronto, Ontario.
TT. S. residents, should address Na-bru-
Co., Inc., 202 Main. St., Buffalo, N.Y. 176
at-
OCTOBEA 181 19,18
is not only the -most economical on account of
its great strength but you have the refreshing
an4 delicious qualities as well.
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Ask your Grocer. In Sealed Metal Packets*
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I enclose a letter I have never fin-
ished I want you to have.
(Continued Net Week)
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN
The Women's Liberty Loan Commit-
tee of which Mrs. William G. McAdoo L-
is the chairman, is now operating in
every state in the Union and has a
membership of over 1,000,000.
Over 6000 French and English girls
are acting as chauffeurs in the Red
Cross Service.
Five thousand American girl clerks
are needed at once in France to re-
lieve men now en,yed there for
military duty.
Women are being Oniployed as street
cleaners in Philadelhpia.
Anne Morgan, daugther of J. Pier -
pont Morgan, has been decorated with
a French war cross.
Mrs. Olive S. Gabriel is called the
best -woman politician in New York
City,
Director General McAdoo has open-
ed a school in Washington to train wo-
men for railroad positions. The wo-
men are paid while learning, and when
they have completed their courseeeare
given positions paying from $150 up. sr
Miss Emily Moran, an Indian prin-
cess, is now attending a school in
Washington, DO., where she is being
taught radio operating. She is a full-
blooded Indian of royal ancestry and
upon her .graduation hopes to secure
ap appointment in the government
service.
Mrs. G. R. 'Underwood, who has two
sons in, the army, has now herse
found war work as a calker in a sh.
yard at Vancouver, B.C. Dn one
casion when' her four assistants we e
absent she managed the machine alone
and kept the supply of oakum flowing
steadily out to the men in the ship-
yards,
Indian Teas.
The teas. of India and Ceylon are
named according to the position of
the leaf on the plant, the lower
leaves being of the lowest grade
quality.
In Siberia.
Irkutsk, the seat of the adminis-
tration of government in Siberia, is
a city of more than 125,000 inhabi-
tants and contains many handsome
buildings and modern improvements.
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Working. party: hell
Whiskey: well, the Governor of
North Carolina said -
1 really don't think there is any
more to say this time.
Remember me to any one who would
oare to remember me, with love to
and -heaps for you.
, Billy.
.1
When
o u
send
your
parcel to
thefront,
don't, you
Want itto
contain
just what
y,..lur friend
most needs?
Read this
letter and
take the hint!
Nothing ends
pain like.Zam-
Buk, and pre,.
vents festering.
Remember; too,
It is just as use-
ful in your home.
Mothers sh o
always keep it
handy for it is a
sure cure for ecze-
ma,uleers,piles,and
skin diseases gener-
ally'
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April 5th, 1916.
Dear Mother,—Just a few lines. I
have neglected you horribly this week
but work has pressed awfully. Satur-
day last, the battalh9a. Moved up into
the trenches, and just before they left
I was detailed to act as Transport
Officer. That is, nightly to -take up
the rations to the men in addition to
many other duties.
It is no sinecure, I can assure you as
it means cold blooded riding on a horse
at the head of your transport column
seven linibers, at I walk, along roads
subjected to high explosives, strap-
nel and whizz bangs, in addition to
being potted at by snipers when you
get close to the trenehee.
We go through one of the most
famous ruined cities of Belgium each
night, which theg shell 'continuously,
and alsoall along the way. We leave
at dusk, go sixteen miles there and
back, returning between twelve p.m.
and two aan., and I would like you
bo know all alsout it, but cannot spare
binie just now to write, but will to-
morrow. A message has just come to
say that the roads areleehig shelled
more than ever tonight and we must
proceed witk twenty yards intervals
between limbers, that is to minimize
the danger of the whole transport be-
ing blown up.
You ese troops must be fed. No
excuses go if rations don't conie. If
one way fails you must have another,
and ybur brain amid the rumble of
wheels and the rattle and shriek of
shels, ie always figuring a way. out
With Acknowledgments to Luke Skies, R.A.
TO every; home there comes a time when every thought,
every hope, every prayer for the fiiture centres on the
recovery of one loved one. In that hour of anguish, every
means to recovery is sought—the highest medical skill, trained
nurses, costly treatment. Does the price matter?
It may .be so great as to stagger
the imagination—a sum beyond -
the possible.
But does anyone ask, "Can -we
do it?" Money or no money, they
do it. And somehow they pay.
It may mean doing without,
things they think they need. L It
may mean privations, .sacr1fi6ei,1
hardships. They make unbeliev7
able savings, they achisve the
impossible, but they get lhe..inoney
to pay.
+.-+
To -day in this critic‘1 period of
our nationhood, therei' is impera-
tive need for MONEY -:7 -vast sums
of money. Only onre - way neto.
remains to obtain it: r
The nation must save every
community, every. family; eviery
individual Canadian tnusi save.
If anyone says "I cannot sar",
jet, himconsiderto what extent he
would pinch himself to relieve the
sufferings of a loved one at home;
and surely he would not pinch
less for our _fighting _ brothers in
France./
Without—suffering actual priva-
tions, nearly every family in Can-,
Ida can reduce its standard of
can practice reasonable
thrift, can make cheerful sacrifice
to enrich the life -blood of the
nation;
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You who read this-,' get out
pencil and paper NOW. Set
'terns of your living
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down the
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BILLIE'S L
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(Continued from our last
Well,dear, here we are,
a scant two miles from the
trenches and even here one
able to realize that there i
For instance tlais morning, t
of the window the sun is sif
birds singing. Here and ther
of snow glistening amongst
of the fields or fast being dy
antsd'of the roads, and not a
war pentrates the walls of t
tal. Except for khaki movin
from the window view not
notes war at all. Of course
always like that and there w
some bombardment the fj
nights. In fact the first n
I lay in the dugout it seemed
cease. Battery after battery
on and *nly a few hundred ya
one of the real big guns thun
casionay. All this noise pu
as it were, the tinny notes o
grinding out a blare of ragti
a Y. M. C. A. hut, the whi
trucks tattooed by on a r
were beating time for the p
congruous, well I should say s
tainly, to one who hasn't see
seem inexplicable. And yet
not only here as an isolated
but all up and down the li
truly remarkable are model
tions.
• The hospital is run by a fie
lance and is a large buildin
stories with a dozen smaller
round it. Prior to the war
convent and school and still
ient nuns work here. Bla
and smiling they go about t
ies looking after Belgian refu
ing washing for the soldiers
ning a small hospice where
can get A meal. I haven't
but the boys tell me they a
Fried chicken, cauliflower
Pie I said. Imagine pie. fol
overshadows the fact that thl
with each meal a pint of cha
Yes. there certainly is a hi
over the pie. 1 care not as+
-Lard, _apple, lemon, raisin, min
berry or cocoanut but, I could
ly cultivate a quarter sectio
right now. "Much better th
ing nurser The place has n
shelled and in the officers' w
me, now, is a Colonel and
The Colonel said be asked oii
nuns how it came that they h
been shelled. She pointed to 1
ifix (an inevitable symbol
room in every house' that I've
over here) and said "We're 1
the Grace of God," and 1 belie
think that for nineteen mont
malestrom 'of war from eve
ter. the buildings have never
and these quiet nuns have go
tending sick and wounded dal
ing their matins and vesper
to -be a modern miracle.
"0' womani in our honeys of ea
Uncertain, coy, and hard to p
When pain and anguish wring
A ministering angel thou!—'
-
As I've lain here the force
lines conies home more and m
know I've always said a nur
halo around her head, well,
is nothing but males, mere ma
lies, and oh, for the touch of
hand. I know that if there sv
man, were she princess or &ha
that your beef tea would at
warm and have salt in it, ae
would be no sticky sedimen
bottom of the cup. That, a
ded other things I could rec
When the lack of the tough
-However, I've no desire to d
the work of the dirty, clam
which ministered unto rne,
are the boys who in their
up into the line and carry
wounded. All honour to the
that is just an insistent little
presses home (mite poignan
After one has been a gay an
subaltern in the C.E.P.
months one learns to do a n
fascinating occupation known
Reading. It consists of bein
trace one's way on an ordna
by means of hieroglyphical ni
to know by the rammer in
road is shown whether it s
class, or a second class,
class, or a fourth class road
first des§ road is supposed
but I think that the first el
here are the ones mentione
epigram or proverb, "The Roa
ete;" at least they are helli
They are all pave roads and
first, of a line of Flemish p
each side. Tall and stately t
are and from afar betoken
shady highw y, a dolce fax
feet, but, ye rods, what avf
tory to waikj between tho'
trees? Thes pave ileads e
-.Smell blocks (cobble stones
haye it for a fact frost a re
soiirce that there was a cla.0
contract which called that
bloeks be laid 6.t the saine
angle in any space not exce
metres in width by thirty n
depth. So you can readily
that 'walking is anything but
ure. In fact, if I were a Pori
and my worthy confesses 11
-like mine. I could think ins n
penance than t ohave then
miles twice a day over the.
Peas in your shoes and pa
rank side by side. In any h
ten miles of them was too 7
"me noble hoofs-" which at pr
blistered and sore. In fact,
after the first five miles 1 w
lmgly have walked on anvth
Hampshire mud, a custard pi
ches of snow or an eiderdo-
I certainly can never recon
walking tour in France.
Well, dear, I can't tell you
bout the trenches for 1 hav
there but will doubtless have
marks about them next tiint
Received the joint agreer
will forward it. You can te,.
one 1 sent you.
Love to all.
in
hospital. It
Dear MOtheSr,°--111-newerrheerIane
seern.sMasartchho,
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