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N WHAT. ARE .SAFE. .FOODS?..
CA/ItOLININ L. OVERMAN.'
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When you UPpaek the 'groger''s bee- ether neceseary WU, guided by lin-
ket,the cans ;And packages look 'prettya..ers which never touch the feed.
•natieb,dH, so,;far as labels are ton -1 . ThefiietOry has other ;advantages.
cerned. All have the naine of the t Temperatures, employed. 'finwhat..
. product, the mune of the packer eel ever put pose -baking,. sterilizing,. de..
:0114 I1int:dmorillticnr;-iTichlTiiroF7Whiifeyer th.e 03:00eas may
,of thontents of the package Which be -fire tioder perfect control. I have
. the Geverninent require& Usually e visited -many food, factories and talk,'
' there -is awe' additional descriptive ed with other • housewiveswho have
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• Matte r tIbout the maids,. writes Caro. gene over -.the same amnia ane. ehere:
-line L. Overman in TO.PaY. • - • was haver any difference- -of opinion• .
-.1nMe Pac1tages-fI•1e76MP1y1nW as ta thei-eXCellende Of-raefhtel in
ed, mid we might:infer hastily' ;that really .good food factory.
theY were all trade -marked, unieks Nve.,"• The pride •of the inalter in a well,
stop . cretiebler the tru.e purpose of epewo'trade-marked breed is• the
the trade -mark, ' vAren we shalt. see same as out own. housewifely 'pride,'
that many of • them are not re.aliS.!' but infinitely multiplied. His alibiing
-Vrede-marked goods hi the true Timone factory' is t� him the IMMO as4 spot.
lug' of the ,term .• • A. fOOd ,trawidae- lepe. hiteben is to He makes the
.. tunr puts a'- trade -mark on his goads same uncemeng effort for cleanlineee
se filet the .htlyer who is pleased 1a)r and !purity in food and gets theeseme
he 'sure she is .gatinethatianite thingadinieftible result thbeglit.on a •,,eemo,.
-neict•thne, He does not do this out of 'whefiarger scale.. -•
• berterelene,e, but, in the .hepe:that• he .I.InqueStionably. the good
•e.,e..,.roay • gradually 'accumulate a large- tory places at the:. housewife's ,.dis-
nuMber of buyers who will ask .for his poi facilitiee and .0conomies which
°*.gends' arid" definitely. 'refuse te, tehy..- she eannoti get any ,other way,. while'
anything .else. '• . saving her an..inealcillableamotiat of,
To dothishe mud preserVe an un- time and labor • • •.
.v•aryjug high,,quality in eyefY. pack- • Unhappily all 'fineries. are not in
• 'lige that. goes' enteicientilled. • as his this class: Why 'should a food packer
,Otherwise..hiStradeeinark•beeonies a put up with • the, nuisance Of - visitors
warning:instead' of a guarantee. • • when his product' goes out Orilabeled.
One or th4 .svay,s,-4t which.we can 'anti unidentified for some 'Other man
A.C11.-.Whettlier feeds .are really trade-. to put his name on?. With doors
• merked. ,or merelY, labeled is to look closed. to • outsiders . -factory practice
at the signature • on . the Package. tends to dnop below the high. standard
These.are- of' two general. classes'. One maintained by the best. firms. A
comes -out squarely. somewhat ih this,cheaper class' of labor is employed
. form' and the conditions' of work' are less
ONLY A PM, POOR -WOMEN AND 'CHILDREN LEFT
...Packed by attractive. The h'ealth and tidiness
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11w Good Goods Packing Co, •pf employees isnot scrutinized : The
' Saretown, Mass. . main object, is to tarn out as much
• Not that it says definitely Who work as possible in the least' time
makes or packs the -foods and -where and at the loveest cost. Even.a con-
," the work is done. You can find the scientious manufacturer unable te get
mai, and the place if you will take the the peice commanded -by-a high repu-
trouble to do se. The'other kind reads , tation finds that he must turn out
45 substantially in this form:
' Packed for
.'(Well-ktiown wholesale house)"
New Yea City. ' •
*goods that, Will "take care of them-
selves: in the market":
The most effective Pure •Food •law
that can be pass'ed Would be onere-
quiring every food package to 'bear
This last form may' be varied by the.beand of. its actual maker and the
having the name' of your own grocer location of his factory; but such a
and, your own town inetead of that ef • law could be Passed' only after public
the wholesaler in ,the big city. At' first opinion on this subject had been
thought this label would seem to be,, thoroughly aroused. Such brands de,
the Safest of all. You know your ;gro-
cer for an honest 'man and a gq6d
judge of food" products. Why wouldn't
a food package bearing his neme be
. mien better than one with the label
of- the manufacturer?
The'reason is that it puts the re-
sponsibilityfor the Amity, quality
. and cleanliness of the feed in the
wrong place -on- a Man who Cannot
affoi•d to assume this kind of respoie
sibiiity.. The grocer is. selling goods
. :limier keen competition. If, he is a
good grocer he•Wants. to sell the; very
best that.' his cuestomers'will buy;
but if the man. across --the street shows
fine looking brand of canned peas
,pr a package of cereal' at a lower price he knew the woman who made them.
than his own goods he Must meet that His rule' is an .excellent one for the
= price He -must : buy his:merchandise modern'housekeeper who wants to
wherever he ,can get ft so that he can save -'labor and money by 'the ase Of
keep his trade and still make a profit, the many excellent package foods she
The keener. the campetition the fur- -finds on her grocer's shelves. It is
• ther, afieldhe miist 'gel for his sup-' not diffieult to keep on the safe side,
plies. „ • I You run no risk if you know the Man
The country" is ftill of food factor es ; who. -nukes them. .
, which make or pack foods and put on; • . •
any label -that the purchaser sends! I.
the
ir'have to wo
HYSTERIA. AMONG GERMANS , They do their rk as
cheaply as possible or lose their trade. Nervous Strain Causes "Nerves" and
Since no' one knows where, the goods .
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: -ArMY. • are made or who finally eats the, it insanity in the
does not , may to follow the expensive In the latest German newspapers
methods: Of a first-class factory, and medical journals there are cir-
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Cleanliness is a large item in factory cumstantial statements about Ger-
costs. Purity in food § is still more manyl nervous, strain in the war.
eXpeneive, An 'apparently small adul- Apparently . the increase: of hysteria
teration. of a, food product may make .and insanity has been far greater
the difference Of a large sum yearly than ' most, people imagine A fine
' to the man 'who packs the food How article .in the Deutsche Medizinische
can We expect him to forego these Wochensairift is ' by Dr. IleYer'
advantages when his 'goods' are sold surgeon beck from the front, and des -
with another man's name on the cribes the •nerve shattered affects of
• . package? • , '• high .explosives on the typical Got -
When every _paekage states clearly Man recruit • : •
•' who makes the food and where it is . "We must allo*," says this medi
made; it practically establishes an cal" authorityt "that- the new -offensive
open-door policy for that factory; The in the ,west and the pod r quality of
,mere fact of excluding the •public :our recruits have brought with them
weed(' constitute a. pi of un-. an. increase' Of hysteria." It appears
desirable methods so most trade- • from other communications that ' it
Marked goods are made in factories has been necessary to have special
where you are not only permitted to wards' in hospitals for .the growing
examine the methods but cordially urg- class of demented soldiers and net--
• -ed to come for that) purpose. In Some vous breakdowns.Evidently this
.such food factories *men Visitor's are subject presses moreand more upon
not only welcomed but very gracious-- the public mind- of 'Germany as the
ly entertained:and shown every detail war wears On, Everywhere the
of the Work.' • • • I press and the medical authorities,
In : a well-known factory in New though • carefully censored, g0 sax-,
,. York State visitors are welcomed like prisingly far in laying bake the less
long -lost friends- or -strangers 'wth a theatricat'eidp of 'Wan The-follo*, '
liberately solicit their iiiipipval and
repeated purchase. .
A trade -mark is infinitely mor
important on fodd products than on
other commodities. If the, .silk dros
splits or the, watch goes wrong' or
holes come too rapidly in the heels of
new stockings, it is pleasant to haere
the' guarantee of a 'reliable . maker
that the:matter will be set right and
you will hot be in the long run .,a
loser.: If you haVen't such a guaran-
tee you can still afford to smile and
reflect that yin! will know better next
time, in the „case of food the matter
is' more serious.
Sam Weller ate veal pies only when
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-Photograph by Underwood tk. UnderwoocL
, This picture shows a scene In a viii ago hi Serbia. Despite the primitive surroundings, this :was once the
home of a contented, thrifty people. Then the mein), came and the» men went to fight against the in-
vaders. 'Many of the women 'and children too, became refugees when the 'country vale. over -run, but a
few remain, finding subsistence where they can lit this coUntry *high Is oat the shadow of -what it
used, to be.. . . . . ,
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON,.
• MABCII 19.
Lesson, KM -Philip and the Ethiop-
iaa, Acta 8. 26-40. .Golden Text:
• Acts 8. 30. ,
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"Verse 26. An angel -The manner
et. the diVine,ffionition•is not explain-
ed. • If we know the plain rose of
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the event we might • say was pnly,1
e some strange coincidence. Luke 'is,
mainly concerned with its being .taken
as the .Lord's doing. Philip -One
of -
the seven, as 'Acts 21. 8. makes WAY 1
certain, and not the' epostle, Desert
land therefore se. absurd a ,•plaee--for
.an 'evangelist ..to 'brava • in ' that ,the
monition or impulse can Only. be di-
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27. A eunuch, and •as such exclud-
ed from the congregation Of Israel by solemn and weighty utterance. This
the law. He could hardly have been scripture was naturally the favorite
a proselyte; but the Septuagint Was Old Testament text for apostolic ser -
open to him -the papyri, of upper' mons. But it ,was a great advantage
Egypt shows us how Greek wasrspoken that on- this occasion the preacher's
in those distant regions -and in its text. was chosen ferhim.
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pages he would come as near as he, .
36. A certain Water -The gospel
could to the true God. •
preaching regularly began with the
28.-: Re'ading-Aloud, as the Word baptism of, .John (Acts1; 22), as our
usually implies. Since Greek MSS. oldest gospel still Shows XMark 1. 4).
were written without division of words .This' preparatory ;doctrine of cleans -
or punctuation, reading aloud was the ing vividly resented in acted bl
easiest way Of taking in the meaning, by baptism, was -Preached :bY the
and it became a habit.,: The • prophet apostles as the necessary precursor
Isaiah -The book,that bore his name.- of spiritual baptism, with "Holy spirit
Chapter .53 lies, iirefect, Within the and fire." The eunuch has accordingly
great section that was Written a ceti; learned that he , must break with his
Wry and a half after Israel's, time. !past and make open confession of his
80. UnderstandethL-The verb isiiew Master. An interesting and an
that o whichrea est is a coMpoend,' cient interpolation (verse 37) gives
but it is hardly poseible to reproduce us Philip's . reply and the eunuch's
in English the pley. upon \words. brief, but sufficient creed,, "Jesus
(Such plays were very common in Christ is,Lord.". .
Greek, and had none of the light as- I 39. 'The mariner of Philip's diaap- ,
sOciations out ' plays upon words peal ance' is not explained any more
Carry.). 'than the outward form of God's mee-
k, HOw,,,,gan 3 -The histoiy Of the ' sage t\c, i.mb. The main thought
interpretation Of Isa. 53 is it comment- 'seems to be thht Philip's work is done
„ary on the question. . • • I and the preacher: -like every true,
32. The quotation is from- livery in preacher -is thankful to 'efface hint -
perfect translation, so that we must i Self and leave the happy -soul 'alone
study the Revised Version of ;the or- with its newyfoond joy,
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iginal,or 'etiMe modern commentary to 40, Atotue-The Philistine city of
realize' what the prophet meant. 'Of i 'Ashdod,'. Where/ evangelist finds new
course detailed mistranelations do not
affect the general sense. The "see-
vant of Jehovah" in this 'great• pro-
phdcy was Israel to begin with. Cern-
pare- the scathing denunciation of his
infirmity in Isa. 42. 1812. But a's
the prophet contemplates the work for
which God has called Israel, he ideal-
izes more and more, till at- last bib
conception' rises utterly beyond the
reach of a nation, or the best -men in
it, or even such a prophet as Jeremiah.
'In .chapter 53 we can only say that
"he. saw -his glory; and be epake ,of
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33. His judgMent,In the Hebrew
oppression and. judgment -that is, an
unjust trial. 'The Greek translator
thinks of 'the abeenee of' -forms of
'justice.' His generation -The Hebrew
has as, for his generation, who
(among there) •considered?
34,'. Answered -An idiom. Luke -hes
taken over from biblical languages,
where, the verb;need not' imply
swering . spoken Words'.
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. Openedmou - r10
biblical • phrase appropriate to
• . royal introduction, They find a sis- jug passage from an artidie by Pre -
'tem .of faultless cleanliness and per- , few'. Gaupp is well worth quoting:
, feet Preierves are made" I "thet'n are plenty ef men," writes
In silver -lined kettles.; uniformern
-'the e- the German- expert, "men otherwite
• ,ploiieeS fill: cans or bottles at imnimcii- energetic and normal, 'whose net-•
• late -tables. Even -the laVatOrigs have Tvous• are -.-not -eqaal to the--
ettelk an inspector,Whe sees that eiri=4 strain and Ithrehin of Modern war-
"ployees wash their hands thoroughly fare. The temper of their soulsis
at every visit Skilled manicures are • not proof against the danger, cm -
provided without- charge. A flood of city and terror." The professor has
light, illuminates every corner of every' coined a word, ."granathontusioner0 • .
room, • , • " to delfalbe fliF"effet of an "eiclifolling
• This factOrY• produces foods lam- shell. Without causing t dingle em
outs for their excellence and flavor. tem aid wound it proditees a shuck, a
This is not an isolated instance. We concussion e of the 1» ant apl spine,
et have many firm food factories which Which often leaves men , unconscious,
furnish institneesof this *fastidious for hours and ever) daYe. When they
immicalateniss. , ate awakened they are often deaf
The housewife who has hesitated to and tititnIt and dernentel, or they , are
• use really prepared foods fem•ing that deliriatis and •revb over -their experi-
they might be less cleanly than those encee. This is, the "kriegehysterie"
made in her own kitchen should take or War h'ysteria.
time to visit) erie or more of these ' • '
, How Deptford tin:weds War ;
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'open factories where well-known foods
are prepared •Site will, be forced te
admit thht scientific cleanliness such'
05 she finds; there cannot be approach -
4d in a domestio kitchen. Raw ma-
feriale are submitted to laboratory
tests for purity and tatality.
The magnitude of the operations is
In -'Itself art important element in
cleanliness,. It keeps each utensil for
4 specific use and the ONO mass of
food handled makes any appreciable
contamination imposSible. The fac-
tory worker, unlike a domestic serv-
ant, is always under the eye of a su.
perhiterident. The agency of the hu -
tram hand Is elitninated as far as „poise , An Ounce of treve,ptIoit is Worth it
sible. Cleanly Matbinery cuts, poand of cure, and Wit will alio save
lices grids, peakor performs any' a peck of trouble..
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Deptford, a soifia. ern suburb Of Lon-
don, luta grown tired of flag -days, ba-
zaars- and other Methods of collecting
for e numerous war -tithe charities.
Bo it has passed an ordinance banning
them' all',. replacing them with n
scheme formulated' by the Mayor. Un-
der his scheme two cents a week front
each family in the borough, thus
creating a fund from which the Mai,
Or will pay out specified weekly grants,
to the various war funds. .
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!work to do. In Caesarea he seems to
have settled (Acts 21, 8), and found
a sphbre of service where there was
enough to do for many years. His
font daughters were also. preachers;
they fortunately lived in a place where
the public ministry of women raised
no scandal such as forced Paul to dis-
eountenence it in many churches.
THE LEAGUE OF HONOR.
For. the Women and Girls of the
British Empire'.
This league was formed in England
in SePtember, 1914, for the purpose of
uniting all the women and girls .of.the
'Empire in upholding the honor of
the nationand ' maintaining the
strength of its Men by prayer, purity
arid temperance. '
Net to "add to the many organiid-,
tion' it seeks to work through,Wo-
men's and girls', societies seeking to
permeate, unite, and strengthen them.
Each on desiring to become a mem,
her signs the membership card bear-
ing. the words "I promise, by the help
of God, to do• all that is, in my pow-
er to: upbohl the honor, of our nation
and its 'defenders in this time of war
by prayer, purity and _temperanee.
The 'membership card and badge are
given' on the receiPt of ten cents, to
any, girl over twelve years Who
wishes to become a member. If any
member does not already belong to
Some "society' 'of women working for
the nation in this time, of stress, she
will be brought ,into . contact with
activities which can make .use of her
services.
• The motto of the league is "Strength
and Honor." "Not by might nor by
power, hut hy: my Spirit." The We -
men of the nation are working hard
preparing necessities an corn or s
for the men, but we must nob in the
demands of the physical overloOk the
spiritual side of our support of the
men. Nor must We neglect to train
and prepare ourselves to be ready to
do practical work :that may release
some man for active serVice, if ne-
cessary, or, to give the nation the'
benefit of trebled ,hands and minds,
for philanthropie service. The Young'
Women's Christian Association,
through its Dominion Council,- -322'
Bider St. West, Toronto, is introduc-
ing this work. .
IRELAND IS PROSPEROUS. '
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Never. 'so Much Money. There as at
Present. •
• There neVer was' so Much Money in
Ireland as there is at preseet. The
general prosperity,of the country
was the, theme of te speeches of the a
'cliaitman of ail the leading banks -c
which have ,just, held their semi-
annual meetings. The .banks : all
maintained their dividends and all
iffiriVed-' increased profit's.
oug y, i. y ic a
£10,000,000 ($50,000;630) was sub-
scriped in ,Ireland to war loans there f
is as much -meney in. banks_eas
ever. ' L
-,Severat -(f the Irlele '---banks have
authority under - act- of Parlia- .11
ment passed in 1845 to issue notes,
and at 'the beginning •of the war the. r
,crisis' which had to be met in; Eng-, a
land by the. Issue of one pound trees- r a
• A class of our population, alms
ignored, are the 4,000 lonely blind me
and women of Canada. Because o
their unobtrusiveness they are nes
Iected more than any, other class
our poor, and nearly all of them ar
poor. Vven those whose fanfUlaSTina
not be in poverty, are poor, as it
so difficult for them to •become self
sannorlin
Between' 80 ead 90 per cent. of the
blind of every civilized country are
adults, 'some et them from childhood,
others as the.result of their oc.tcapa.
lion or from 'other &wee. Canada
has made no preparation to care
for thee, peeple or ,to teach them to
care forthemselves; hy any of the
never eysteols trainiag being tried
other countries. No that aura-
-bers of blind soldiers May. rettirn
from the war the. unpreparedness is
aSS,Unii4g serious proportions.. In
France ,the blihd have organized ' the,
Valentine .1loye: 'Association, rpair4;
after Hoye, who, in 1784,tintre;dtmed`
intelligent methods „of'.. werh., They
now have hundreds of „blind Soldier's
wife are taught' the Braille.' system
(010 raided printing for •thos blind)
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andalso. a trade.:
Great Britain bas.; been "preparing
for a hundred years to properly care
for the blind. They have the' National
Institute; for the Blind, of which King
George is the' patron. Since the war_
St. Dunstan'a Hostel has been.e..005.--
lish-ed at an expenditure Of thousands
of pounds, all voluntary contributions,
t ' private- a-asistance for trork for the
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n .. blind. D.enmark, and France give free -
f- • railway.passes for the blind,and their •
-..- 'guides .trovelling-od, ,bushaess- within
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certain radius of their place of real-'
deuce. in New Soutit Wales the blind •.
ant tranSferked. free for .n4414°1.174,,
IN city of Manchester, England,, •
'gives 'Mein free, passes on .the tram.- ,
-way-sr rehor4eg-tlie-passer-enclrytat'7"r""7.T.,:
Before the war England had appoint-
eda committee to investigate. the •
whole. question,. but in •England pa;
vate benefactions,• will ;lever •be
divorced frox.n. state . aid, 'Which 15
(mit' aa It should be. It is ‘tery
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port'ant that in Canada each previnee.
.Should•paea le'gislatiob, Placing' wiitice
Oleos' in :towns ,or. •
'where rietessary;- _the.Se, institutions to
he eepervis_ed end 'mariaged,-,with
gow-
enimnient. assistance,: .
'Mr. Swift, the general secretary of •
the Canadian. Free. Library :for: the ..
',Blind, Toronto, . is .an Interesting and:
pleasing speaker, and is .glad of, any
opportunity of _giVing.informetierr'en
,this -subjeet,Canadian Countryman.- •
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, • ERAVEItY RECOGNIZED1, • .°0•
Captain at the,. A„rabic Rewarded by,
' Great Britain. ,
Lieut-Comniander W. Finch, -elate'
captain of the White Star liner Arab- -
„it, -Which was torpedoed by a'German
submarine on August 19 last was pre. k
sented' the other day with a handsome
piece of plate awarded by the British
to care for the blind sbldiefs• and • - •.•
eeovernement in recognition" of his.
seilors of whom they some time a o
had 148, among them several, Cana-
dians. This is new the centre of hope
foe the helpless. They are taught the;
Braille system Of reading, steno-
graphy, gardenirig, mat and shoemak-
ing and carpentry, In Canada it used
to be thought that the only trades the
blind could learn were basket, brothii
and brush making, and. a hundred
years' experience have shown it im-
possible for him to thus support him-
self, because of • the competition and
the ceqralization of labor 'in these
hies. Bub ,now, alder better methods'
he blind can undertake mental work
nd enjoy' the proner pride of being
self:supporting, at stenography, real
estate, law or m,edicine. Mr. 0.• Ar-
thus Pearson, the magazine writer,. is,
blind. Dr, Babcock of qhicago,• the
best heert and lung specialist in 'the
'United States; a -blind man, took the -
full course and graduated . with a
class of men who had their sight. He
is the 'author of an excellent text
Wok, accepted as an authority even
in Canada. Many 'surgeons will not'
operate unless he has reeominended.
it.' Mr. Malloy, a blind graduate
Queen's College, is now a Professor
of English. Sir Frederick Fraser, the
blind Principal of the Sehool for the'
Blind in Halifax, is a strong opponent'
of the indiscriminate teaching of
trades to the blind, adult,' and his
former training and profession enable
him to do good work in many lines
impossible to one who has never had
sight. This institution in Halifax is
one of the finest i 11 Canada, d
in all -these there is almost no ac.
cornmodation and no way of instruct-
ing ,blind ; soldiers. Ontario' haa
school in. Brantford, ' but its system
deals only with those of from seven
to twenty-one years.
Montreal has the Mackay Insti
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'tute
.for Deaf anCtlind, the Nazareth In-
stitute'in. charge of the. Grey Nuns
and the Montreal Institute, • which
has a literary School and a broom -
shop, Where they now have in addi-
tion to their 16 inmates, 4 blind sol-
diers.
The Halifax school will take as
many soldiers as. possible, if it . can
be done without interfering with pre-
sent arrangements and sYstern.
The Goverothent is working On the
problem of .how to prepare these men
to the self-supporting, but if people
had realized the great need and help
had been given pix years ago when it
Was urgently asked for by the Cana-
dian Free Library_ for the Blind,there
would not now be the heart breaking
uncertainty that is harder :for the
returned soldiers than facing the Gere.
man forces. .
Ontario is the .only Provilico that
makes the education of the blind Com-
pulsory. A law was passed two years
go compelling parents td educate a
hild either at home or at -a !wheel.
The only public moneys given
the d f theblind iii
Canada-nre Manitoba, -$2001 Alberta:
thrsii.h the kindl 'work of Mrs. Me -
lung), seVeral hundred; ` Ontario
ikewise gives a grant All .other
ujids are given .by private shbecrip-;
ions., In !the • Weet Termite 'Free'
ibrary a whole floor has.. been set !
art-for--the-tiimi, with splendid i
'brarY, • to which the Governmeht
ives grant of $800, the. best of,
ts kind in America, and 'facilities -for.;
class •in Braille and in typewriting, ;
rato Vecemmenced. • •
exemplary conduct on that occasion.
The \presentation was made in Liver-
pool by the Lord Mayor, Alderman
A, S, Mather, at a meeti4 of the
local Marine 'Board.
The Lord Ma'y'or Said' that ,they
were met to do honor to a brave man
and a - living hero, who had played
his pert with ':on'extraordinary cool-
ness and dexterity, and with such.'zi
magnificent result: Detailing the :cir-
cumstances of that memorable oe-
eesion, the Lord Mayor said the
'Arabic left Liverpool, on August 18
and was torPedoed• the folloiving mein
ing by, German ;submarine. No
warning was given and the • vesiel
sank in ,about ten Minutes. Of the
429 Persons on board, passengere, of-
ficers and crew, 390, were saved .and.
39 lost, and aniong the 'total were,;
twenty -sin 'Americans, of_whom -two
perished. ' •
• Refereace was 'also made to the pre-
... ,
-vious occasions when Capt. Finch had
been instrumental in saving life, one -i:
,of them being when iiionunand of:
the White Star liner Cieic, in Febru.:
•aq, 1908. He also re.scued a crew of
fortY-oee from the RankineGilmour
liner St'. Cuthbert, which was on -fire -
ainl sinking the North Atlantic.
For this act of bravery Capt. Finch
andlis officereand crewiwere publicly
thanked and- presented with awards
at the 'Liverpool Town Hall,
The piece of 'plate bear's the in-
scriPtion: !Presented by'the British •
Government Lietitenant-Command-
er Wm. Finch, it, N. 4., master of
the steamship Arabi, in recognition
of -his exempary conduct :when hie
vessel was torpedoed -on 19th August,
1910." •
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.TURNIP 'BEER. FOR GERMANY.'
Munich Excited Over Discovery•Of
Chemical -Beverage..'
' The • people of Munich, Germany,
who have boil dreading for months
the growing prospects of having'their
town converted from the. foreindet
beer city into a beerless .because
of JIM scarcity Of the nec'essary
overjoyed a few,days agobY the. an- ,
in-
gredientsfo,,IiTnhiily,efnot,p,oilhfe •ninb er were
Nachriten that•a substitute his been
nouncenient in Muericbener Neueste
the •"chemical beer"
is Prof. Heinrich•Krailsheimer• of tfte.,
BarVariaa, 'Ministry -of Agriculture.
.
The paper says of the rie*.liquer;..
-"The new - beverage: -in .
strength,' flavor- and Stimulating pro.
perties the beet Spaten or. Leewen .
brews. It is a .sparkling
light amber eolor, the- taae whieh.-
has given us an -insatiable- appetite,.
'for mere and still •more. • • •
'"Mpreover, .the ingredients, the
na-
tutre of -which of course, kept Se-
cret, but the principal •of Which Is ob.";
tinned -by' a Process of. distillation .
efrem-eturnips, •sintPle' and --
easil found that -the new -beer can
be sold ' 'at less, than of. the:
'Cost of the ordinary product in normal
peace tithe."' . „ .
• -Back' to' Her Tender Nears.'
1
tiry netee Irchnid,
Where the Mit •7peomraciteq,4s.,:anli
• established fCature • of , the currency.-
• But as the act provides that 'money
shall le' held, as cover against
notes issued in' exeess 'of the amounts
scheduled. in the act, and as there
has -been a. great increase in" the
volume, of business' trapsileted ,in Tom-
neetton with the war and:at the *same
time a conttacti on of th v • gold simply,
4 -the „beaks have issued. noree' greatly
in excess of the figures 'provided' in
the net. To covet' these they • accord-
ingly have had to lock up'a 5reitt deal
of idle money.
Reports from all parts of Ire▪ land
• shot the jast. harvest, was very good
and indicate at least a repetition of •
it this yoar,
Father Bull; "We'll have to stop every financial leak if We 1va1tio win
this War." . . •
lack &luck: "Leave it to me, rn put another million acres under wheat."
rather ?Bull: "That is mere patchwork, my boy. Why not stop your forests
front burning down? These acres of splendid timber ab your doer re,.
present the easiest money yotrean ever lay your hands on." .
Newspaper Note:L-"The Catiltdian Forestry' Association makes the state-
ment that if Canada would take the: -simple measures 40 stop. the
plague a forest fires, the timber saved would pay the annual interest
On the last Dominion loon of, $100,000,000."
Denmark, .Bussin and 'Prance ex -
4
t ek.-11'hie.1; ef Is very tough;
it is evideetly from air Old COW:.
Mrs. Hashlejgh---.Let, me tell"' you; .
sir, that the tenderest beef I. ever '
-ate was froth . cow Afteen oietiventy
years -
ebqi'Verat.ron. ikwiren,
1
RoardereeeThat'ee.e.asilY_ -exp inted;4,- -
the 2ow' was so old' she was childish. -
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Spacial from Bur Catalog No 16
Exactly as represented in illustration
PINING
ROOM CHAIRS
It takes a -young man 'four til . ,-s as
long to button his best girl's Nloves
as it does his sister's.
: "Before I married my wife I could
have listened to her sweet •c% e for
, hours," said Smith to ills friend.
1 "Yes -and now?" asked the friend.
i"Now," sum Smith, with moin ture. in
hie ekes, •4I have to." ' .
'Me small and One Armchair,
. In solid oak and solid :leather, .
'Regular $2000 the at. ,Special
Prioe ....
We . defy competition. Our
prices are the loweet In the
Dominion of Canada.
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