The Signal, 1915-8-5, Page 2never has the festival of Belgian inde-
pendence been oiwerved w fervently
as today when the country is trampled
in blood and ono/. and her people are
either in bondage or in exile, or are
fighting in the long -drawn battle on
the Vier.
And it it not Belgium alone this
•"en, who will remember and celebrate
the national holiday. There in no
honest heart in Europe, Alia, Afros*
or Amnerica, or in the isles of the eel,
which bar heard the stony of Bel-
gium • heroism and sufferings but will
*,.cord h. r the palm, at once the sviu-
bol of martyrdoms and of victory. For
not one nl tee dou',la that Belgium,
the laud that Hung herself in front of
the invader and saved Europe by ber
sacrifice. shell yet b- free herself. Her
poet, Verbaeren, says !bat hsvieg rat
out Berman influence •h- stoat 1 e
greater town before. "Mb. is yuw,g
and optimistic to such a deg.er tb•1,
though crushed hy Germany, she bas
stood drill rood of g >od cheer, kiting
nothing impair her unshaken bow.
`sae sees her towns destroyed. her
countryside laid have, her wealth dM-
per'sed, her population decimated
lays hand oo naught but desolation,
breathes aaugbt but horror, mod yet
bracer herself for her coming lnumpb
ant effort. Hee •treagtb of soul is
stronger than (firman ferocity. Abe
is already vleturi ,u., •Itbougb atilt
vanquished." -Montreal Herald
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THLR.DAY, Al titST 5, 1915
NAVAL AID
Perhaps we should pay noAtt•/stirip
to the holt-column of nousenae and
mirstatewent directed at The Signal in
the culumns of the local organ of mis-
information last week ; but lest any-
one •hould lie contused by misstate -
merits that gra unchallenged we shall
make • few observations for the sake
of truth.
In the first place, the Laurier naval
policy was not "defeated by the will
of the people" at the last election.
The navy question wax hardly die -
cussed except in •the Province of
Quebec; reciprocity wee the issue.
Mr. Borden's policy on the navy was
not dictated by the British Admiralty,
nor by any expreseiou of the will ot
the people of Canada outside of the
Province. of Quebec ; it was dictated by
the exigencies of his Mitotic," with the
Nationalists of Q7ebee. No fault i, to
be found with the statement that the
Burden contrib)iti>n scheme was ap-
proved by the Admiralty ; trot the
UAuadiau navy policy oleo was ap-
proved by the Admiralty. At this
stage of the history of the British
Empire, any policy seriously adopted
by the Uuverutuent of any of the self-
gtveroing dominions could count
upon the official "approval' of the
British Goverument. At tke same
Gine the weight of independent, or
unofllioal, export opigion is io favor of
the Laurier policy-. Lotd ('hat les
Bereefo J for , f r inrt amcr, way he dal -
witted to know somewhat .mots
ala tet naval Watters than Het bet t B.
Ames, to spite of the tact that Mr.
Agnes once visited a naval yard and
has worked up a Mee little lecture on
the navy. Further. thine is the splendid
work of ihtt Australian navy a+ evid-
ence of the great value t f local fleets.
Mr. Burden himself was ,n favor of a
Canadian navy until the famous
Drusmund-Arthahitaka bye -election
when he got the idea of capturin
l,luebec with the Natiouali.t vote
Anybody who really wanted to
give elleetire naval aid, instead of
placing • politi;al game. would prefer
the establishing of a Canadian naval
service. including the wen to man the
✓ bipw, to the sending of empty slope
ae propx.eed by the later Borden .chew.
\Vhat would rani Hughes thiole of
i ,
jx
j ro >aal that be would lie duigg'his
whole duty in srudiug 1 , the front a
few cargoes of ill -s end uniforms,
without Any men in thea*
Supporeing, bowrvei, for the rake of
argument, that the statements ut the
local organ rue cureect-that the con-
tribution scheme was the right one,
that the Admiralty pressed this policy
upon the Bordeu Goers mow, that a
gift of dreadnoughts was urgently
needed to help rave the Empire in the
face of the Getman menu, -where
does this' land u•:- Why, in the name
of all that is true and loyal, did the
Borden (Government fold its arms and
do nothing for revel defent>e for two
long years, even neglecting the pre-
paratory naval .etvice inaugurated
•
g
under Laurier, until the war broke
out and the Niobe end the Rainbow
were hastily pla••ed •gain in commis-
sion ? Whose fault was it that, while
Anatr•h* Dot Holy defended her own
shores but helped run down the Ger-
man marauders on the sou, Canada
wee under obligation to J•pon for the
debase of her odic onset ? Premier
Belies, before ubbw.ittiog hie coot ri-
holies scheme, oclared that if it were
ask alleapted by Parliament be would
appeal to the people. When the Nen•
at. cb•lieoged him to appeal to the
people wby did be not setup( the chid -
Mese f Was it hammier he preferred
the Seshpots of office to Use safety of
the Lapin, or bemuse he knew the
people of Curia• would have !sone of
his senderboltere abeam of naval aid ?
These sad other gweetlons will be
asked by the voters of Canada obits
the them soma. is the meantime
Liberals will assist the Government in
carrying on its part in the war, and
Govrcmxnt organs would be well ad-
vised to leave the tote), question
severely alone.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
This weather may not ise just what
*male of it. would choose. but at soy
rate the hoot does not ke-p us awake
at Wallis.
00 PI in Rotolo., where it rain• shells
and bullet •, the rtld•rtsns.V he entre•
leg u+ the i ahl w Inch •Iwi!s only the
hey and uu, ten.iwq..
If Canadian, in this time of Orem JP
not learn the virtues of sol( -denial and
serious ri,,,tthe, . is squall horse for
them. A nation of money -grubbers
and pleasure -seekers will never
amount to much.
The Guelph Herald is one of the
most ratiJly pal Mean sheets hi the
Province, and some of its veabal as•
molts upon Liberal leaden and Liberal
policies have been truly ferocious. Re-
cently it Ilse become loco/storm. and
in one of its latest tantrum, it pet-
pet••tod the following :
We do it •1 know whether Warsaw
will he captured by the Germs! -• tot
err do
looter that the *orient ('.dish
capital would be sale, and the Rus-
sians would be doing to their enemies
what the enemy in now doing to them.
bad the Czsr had the foresight -and
the money Canadian Liberal press at
one time .1 race for arm•nit'nta,"
which the Jesuit of this shuateighted-
nese denounced. Aiwa. that we now
me -to have joined earlier in the "rna
We shall peer by the editotial page
of The Herald after this.
It Was jilt w year ,Igo yesterday
August Ith that war was declared
between (iteat Britain and Germany
The anniversary finds the Teutonic
allies still putting forth giant efforts,
but the greater the efforts the more
prickly will come the period of ex-
haustion. Britain and her allies are
as confident se ever of the ultimate
success of their aims', thedisarroing of
Germany and the guarantee of secur-
ity for the nations of'Eutore against
German aggression. it m..y take a
year or more yet, but no matter how
long it may take Britain will fight on.
and her allies ate apparently of the
same mind and determination. We
hope, though, that before another
year passes the decisive s ietnt-y will
have been gained and the torr ible c jn-
Hict brought to a riose, with the prin-
ciples of righteousness and humanity
triumphant.
Discussing fall Lure, The Fat men's
Advocate remarks that if rural dwel-
lers remain away from the annual
exhibition the reesnn 1e not that they
grudge the payment of the admits.
Meq fee, but "too often they consider
the loss of the day on the Earth is not
compensated by the enjoyment and
ideas received at the (air, and too
often farmers do not attend in a recep-
tire mood, Criticisms are often heard
from spectators that they have better
live stock. fruit, farm piodtce and
other articles at (,nue. 1( such be
true they should exhibit or keep their
opinion to thewsel'ea, for they have
not done (heir they in making the
exhibition a success " The way t
have a successful fair is through
coral el co•operation'on the part of all
who have an interest in the develop-
ment and progress of the community
in which they live.
The Royal Commission apI tinted
to investigate the charge. made hy C
P. Fullerton, K. C , ,.gainet Mr. Nor-
rio. now Premier of Manitols*, and cer-
tain of his colleagum has reported Its
Hnaingr. Th.' three members of the
l'nmminaion are nnanilnoua in declar-
ing that t lbw charges R 4 are unfounded.
The Liberal lealeis were charged with
entering into a lungain with the Then
existing Conreivatitetiot•rtnmrnt for
the dropping .if election protests and
the stifling of 1 b purport into the
Parliament buildings contract. The
evidence produced t.y- Fullerton in sup-
port of these charges only served to
show the desperate straits in which
the Corkscrew ivr p,giticians of Mani-
tols find themselves after a long
period of misrule. They attempted to
besmirch the Liberal (radon, hoping
in tbiv way to make their own con-
demnation by the people of Manitoba
les severe ; but th. attempt has ig-
nominiouvly failed. In • tew days the
votetta of the Province will render
their verdict. and it is expected tit
Mr. Norris and the men be ba
gathered shout hint in the new Gov.
ernnient will receive so emphatic vote
of confidence.
"Kit's" Last Lines,
The late Mre. Kathleen Coleman
(hill. a favorite contributor to Ostia-
dian magazine, jest before her death
penned *be following Ilnea, which
sem Badly prophetic
A little attaf, a little Wirth.
T• moth* the et nay path.
A little May. • little Jose -
e. A M l ! the Nock Y teats, assn.
A a/**.dent. • tittle Mee
Ts *west s Ma sad flare N seeps:
A kWh ewrk, a NM* treat --
Awe Mt the eLd'd rte dews at sight
Keep your temperft is worth
more to vita thea be aa, n. ales.
Tbe were wbe loses a rose for
bitsselt abase gesentily has ote M-
eow of her own.
THE SIGNA L
Small Beginnings.
A traveler tareeeh • dewy reed strowee
swerve ea the lee:
Alai owe teed reef sad :speet.J ap. and Maw
tido • tees
Luse seuga. Its .hale. u 'viola* them to
brvs.b 14 earl! vert.:
AM ea* wa. plemed. Ia mato d seem. to
beat bw.atb 14 beagle ,
TM dsriaseee loved Ps deadline teles, the
blot..weet moue bee e;
1l .14,o 1 ogle" y 11, 1:. pt..e. • b Leg •v. r.
w ,,,-
A lits!* ,p lag bad L.: he w.) &mot t he areae
and fere.
A peeving ei rumor w unpaid a well w hen
west y MOO Widal tura ,
lie w.11eu n t , au:,1 hung el./ oars • ladle at
ll.. L0,1 ,
lie tttmeit ,..t of tae dead b•d,J. but judged
f Lr; 10.4 W.gat lt,,,t-
'e pared again. aad to .' tit teen, by +um
ea. Lett, r dried.
Had 0001 l tau tbau•a ed puchlag to,.duee,
slut eared a life bwlda.
A ]rescuer dropped • random thought ; t wry,
014. Wad yet t was new
A .ample farcy of tie brio, bu: strong in be -
1,4 true.
It .lwuc '41100 • geu,al AMA. 0A4 lo' 1. Lbthr
b., .We
A lamp .l life. a baaeoo lay, • monitory dame.
The thought a a, .a,.l1 ; Ire lame. gnat; •
w atrbtlre on the 1.111,
It .bele It. radl)r0: for odown, sad cheer. the
idler stint
t naru113,elme•n,ii.rt, t an
amit a crowd th(branded
' eo. dYl) ,u
l.tt fall • weed of Hot.) and Lot r. ' menthed,
from the begirt
-t woo -Pe' M the tumult !brown, -a tr0adt0r7
bratb.
It r•1.•4 a brother Irmo tae u.t. It save,! •'
sunt lr.m deet4.
O germ11 Loot' U word of love! U tMmghl
at roues cast'
Ye etre hat little at the dr.t. but mighty .t
the lad.
.1►rles Yakked.
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
Settling Down to Sober Late.
1n• Farmer ..\.li.e at ,•.
Canada has passed through its per-
iod of childlike exttavagance, and has I
now settled down as • prodigal youth
who an tutee ba. k Come.
Maybe.
Tomato nail and Empire, •
May bet one of the reasons why the
Allire are delaying their mighty push b
agaiurt the Germans a that they see
ber Hoinciat position verging on crank- i
ruptc•y, and filum that within rix
tomb• or • yes* thev can'I.tiog about
Germany's collapse from within rather
than from without
The Why of It.
New Voll Word.
'GOD PATCH = ONTARIO
The Maple Loaf.
to tae damNe rest us best@
At the w•nksaol therm,.
U: lbw uses tau I. beagle
lama 1 . verse" .prlaatlere le bare
Bot 1*. beauty el ria Maple Leal
Talar sew mesa >'.Id•.
lint a l.oe r l h aril sin'. Morel wreath
tee Pleads/a' Moods a•bl.:
V' Ypn.. newel of /fiery.
Ver .13 we bete meq der ;
V ' t'aa•d. thy •, try
Is poo try written h. re'
r r -fused for mighty rive.,
Thy lomat. am. my lake•.
Aad everr alae thatoatrer.
Thr, oats all tb woodleed brakes.
Teas, repeat. rho .tgr7-
For all *be eerie to ►sew -
Of thy valor and tby fiery
An 1-pres, laid of woo
Long time the (:ern..a Hue. shall reek
Canada. dery -i. el
That for old home and Empire', sake
blade Berlin'. train. reel
The home Oink.. of t 4. duple Leal
Are prettily wad today,
But the glee )- of the Yap@ Lear
WWI roar pe.- away.
For Cabala in 131..1 hath writ
lib Rand., gory plain
That .lea • semiarid Stood of Britain yet
To 000q.er IMO to tela°'
-BbalLia a Journal
• • •
STORIES OF A MILITARY HOS
PITAL,
Among tie Sisters at thii hospital
is a little lads- eo delicate to look and
so exceeding gentle in manner tart
you might well doubt her ability to
manage even four or five nurses. But
it is this Sister to whose care the
mutinous, the maddened, and the
nerve -broken soldier is committed
t 1. she, of •11 other people In the t
hospital, men or women, who can
oonest and moot effectively minister
o a mind dise•red. I am not quite
ure whether she could be called a
venue. But I ser perfectly pure that
u.ny soldiers regard ber as an angel
be is small and birdlike, a brunette,
with • biigbt complexion, Urge shin.
ng eyes, and the geotlest of smiling
mouths. Her natural prettiness has
become spiritual beauty in a life ,, i
absolute devotion to the lick and the
sorrowful
One afternoon we tat together it
the shade of cedar trees on the green
awn outside the officers' ruess, ■nd
he told me about some of her intrac;-
•ble patients. "The worst of all tie
ervous caves," she said W we, "were
throng\ the heart, if your syspstby
le ttenulne. It't no use poet/radio; to
13. syspetbetle. You must realty like
year wild -deed and be wall' and truly
anxious to help him. How the sorbets
sad eaters help w, without kaowiag
it !"
'iii little Sister *peaks with enthus-
iasm of the sotteere ot waters. "The
Colonel paid the tare of • mother to
novae •11 the way from A*. -,.ire. G.
elle her son, who 1.,1 1..1 .n rye.
Bedews sold loth- 1,6. le old woman,
"It's hie right eye, • . Ile won't have
to go back to I6e II I•111." "that's nu
comfort to me," replied the Sone -
weapon ; "1 want al ..y e..n, to be at
that front, it that's wbete,heir CO11017
Deeds theta most.- Ha.• y'nu beala,
hy the way, that an .41 Indy living
just outside the hospital takes fu
(,lends of the wounded, •nd relies no
charge u all for their entertainment :?
That s her contribution to the mat.
She kept the rill of the nice Shrop-
shire boy who has I.t.t both hand* anal
one eye for • whole week ; she was
like* mother to ler. Most of these
guests come from far -sway places, and
the Welled? geoer all r arranges to take
a party into London once • week to
show them the sights, How Mod
people are, and bow this war has
shown us the heart of the Eoglah
people ! Everyone is helping,'
In the Eye %Void, which is this
Siete. 'a real charge, there is • very
pleasant -looking wan some thirty
yeas of sae, clean, respectable, cheer-
ful and intelligent, who spends the
greater put of his time at needlework,
the other patients looking on with
their tine eV. each, smiling and adroit-
ing. This man's .tory is • tragic ones
He was in the retreat from Vons, and
during that retreat big wife died in
giving hi,th to • child. For tier..
months I.e was misting and hea:d
nothing of this Iwo, ltten be was
wounded, losing one of his epee. 1
\Vben he got home it was to discolors,
three months after tier death, that he
bad lost hie wite, Futtber inquiry 1
brought him the hideous news that
bis war's people had sold up his borne
and diesii.ateu the worry, such was
the welcome received in England by
as straight and honest a man as ever
ought lot her. Happily he encount-
ered ouch eriend.hip and sffeetion in
the boepitai-few of the patients are
more liked and respected -and now he
is'lookiog fcrward to the day wh-n he�
will betio life over again with hi.
baby -girl for companion.
"they are wonderful men, our sol-
diers," said the little Sister. "fu a
woman, of course, they seem like ebil-
irei, and to Irrat thew as children
lie best was- of managing , thou
Surae are good children, atone
naughty children. and atone e are ver
ivied children : but all of thew a
remendously brave, and most of the
have tweets that respond to affection
IV, have got a Canadian lacy in be
whose face ens o) knocked about b
a shell that I almost fainted when
brat saw the bandage removed,
you know what his Brest auxroty i
Whit' worries hire snore than •nytbin
else ? His horse ! lie is al way
wondering who is tooling ater it.
And .hraulJ we tet u man. "ver
ugly, hitt an awfully good *ort," wh
is000re loved than anybody else
cause his whole day 1. spout in doim
things for the other patieota,
the neatest of the patients, theme
believed, and the most careful to give
is
re
are
y
re
y
Do
R
✓
y
0
1>e -
t:
M
bees
io troufrle; but his real attraction,
u felt by- all. ie hie simple, constant and
ng unobtru,ive desire to De of service to
n other people. N,ihiug is ever too
_ much trouble for him.
Finally
she told ld m
ye this hs so
t r .
Nosing man woes Ialku• t., a story. 1
e • R group of
e I • wouad.d soldier+. explaining to *him
e why he had to: gone with his Trri-,-
• total regiment to the trout. '-i didn't
u go." he Hid, „*imply because the bat-
talion was such a tough bot." One of
the wounded soldiers loud to him.
very quietly and with a desire rather
e to enligla-ii than to rebuke: "My
lad. there are no rough lot* at the
front. -
Such is the refining force of devilish
ever -Harold Begb,e, in Toe Drily
ewer
(London ). .
•
THE L1-ITLE WELSH LAWYER.
('rrcumatances alter canes, and they
certnloly alter view,. Who would
have thought, • few years ago, even
one year ago, that "the miserable lint
Welsh lawyer," as his aristocratic op-
ponents in England deal tiled David
Lloyd George, would herons, the idol
of the shinty natio°, one might almost
say. of rte Empire ? Certainly the
work be is doing now ie entirely done
for the Empire, and some day the
scattered nations that are growing to-
gether so finely under the *trees of
war should have an opportunity to
esteems their gratitude sea whole.
Fifteen years ago Lloyd George was
losing stowed and hissed every time be
Appeared in ptuMic, The Coovervatives
of liiremingham, 00P of the roost fu -
tensely Unionist or Conservative cities
in the United Kingdom, threatened
biro with the moat drastic treatment
in the way of mob violence if be dared
to attempt to appear •t • meeting
there. Redid appear there, and what
is more to the porpoise, be made the
saideech he bad that every prepared.
ad w inthebuildh it ,
log was broken from 113* street by the
crowd that was !•oaring outside.
There are no half measures abort
Lloyd George- For him to enter a
caul* is to throw himself into it with
dynamic energy, to work himself up
to a white heat of enthusiasm• and.
what is rarer, to maintain that white
heat until victory 1. attaity.d, His
latest exploit la settling the iota. of
the Welsh minors is ao instance of the
oierwbeltnisg foe es of his persnnallty
wherever he throws it. Tilee and again
he this war her has stepped foto the
busae% of dlMleulty, paean( from one
mates, w another. It is well for a
cavalry test o•. bred week mei, and
well thotssoorrC. t she hes so essay
reel Nall. tryttsea.->Iloat-
11 the Canadians are the Hewer of e
111e ilritish troupe at Ypres, it Austral -
ions and New Zealander, belted clear n
the sea of German, and ate now bat- t
tet ing at the f'un'ks, if the Boors have g
rallied tc the cause. it is beeouse the m
Btitieh Liberals have had the vision, d
and at tunes the power, t.0 !lust in the s
rule tet the people. t
Badges of Honor.
K.,;,n..
b
It is stated by • Toronto paper that tb
volunteer* for active eervie'e who -fat d
to polo the medical officer are to he c
supplied with certificates showing that
they came forward and ottrred their b
services. This is only right. Such • p
regulation should have been in force t
from the becinniog o1 the war, ltut t
Letter late than never.
rr. b
A First Commit/to Duty. a
b:..,ntob,• f r,•.•
There awe nut been one recruiting W
meeting in C.anrda for every hundred
that there have been in Great Britain. .b
There bas been no organizes, persist- su
ant campaign for recr citing such its h
there should have leen from the out- b
sot of lh, war. This has to be changed
and at once -and the !rodeos of Cana-
dian thought and action must get to-
gether and wake the raising of add.-
uonal men and the p60.t *l*6 .tr of the
war their that duty.
Why Bother witb Trifles?
-tndient. N. 1i.. (lsardisn.
Why thin fuss iu certain yua'tem
because General Sam Hughes has
spoked of Canadian t -hops as tone
soldiers" in his recent table to General
Botha : Wherever he goes, whatever
he dors General o ai Hughes is Iced of all
lie survey. Who i, to deny hire a
'Prerogative of royalty itself If so be
it that he will. its aaoumption? The
idios ncra•iee of the rev r
y great mut h. n-
sprcted. But, ratter all. tai. latest
"break" of the Generals is not o very
are lou,. Hie varsity frequently makes
1 ' idiculoa,. His judgment Written
of the wort. and Canada is paying •
dearly fur some of hi. bluoderiog. But
Gene -nal Hughes has a big heart,
whatever his faults may be. He prob-
ably regards each Canadian soldier at
the front an one of his "boys.- If he
chooeses to speak of thein as "my sot -
diets" no our will 1* hurt much by his
w doing.
hose ...Mob came to us after the
teat retreat from Mons. 1 had one
an tinder my charge, a splendid
uoner, who would start up et the
ouod of a moot -bicycle in the dis-
ance and declur it was a 'Zeppelin.
is obsession was the moat pathetic
Bing imaginable. He declared that
e was still undthe retreat, and yet all
tough his ravings of horror and
each be was lobkinn for 131s wife and
hild. He made you feel the noise
and rush of
rmy . retreat
tet through is all there sounded 13
items cry to air wile and child, aski
hem where they were, calling upo
hem to *newer bite It was heart
reakiu the poen c. p t fellow's agony o
ntiety for hie wife and 01414." 1313
used, and said slowly, "!owe mr
ho were on the retreat from Mon
tel never boot its. biotite they live.
"f ern understand," 1 said. "that yo
ould be able to boodle nett votes cases,
ch as this but i don't coders!and
ow you manage the violent and th
She mailed. "It is very difficult,'
mho raid, "in ..,me cases vet y dl(Bcum
iudeed, but except in the case of the
insane it is not iwposeil.le. Of course
we have the C'olonel's power at the
tuck of us. He is a very kind roan, as
I daresay you know : blit he is very
strict, and has no mercy for the insuls
ordinate We had • MAO rent to tee
once who could not i.e managed any-
where else He was frightfully strong.
I. (,wire reldon, toren anyone so tierce
and sullen. Ile tetu.ed to obey any
orders. He said be would do whatever
be liken. Nothing that I said to him
had any effrr-t. He was the black
aherp tet 131. regiment, was in great
disgrace, and -ulled like a bear. Well,
the Culotta earn.. round, and *poke to
bits. He tote the man he would wither
obey orders or be punished. The roan
was extremely insolent The Colonel
ricked up his diet sheet, glanced at it,
nd *.id. "loch beating ; bread mad
water.' You are not allowed to pun -
,13 a man by a bread -and -water dirt ;
but, of *terse, the Colonel cam order
any diet be choose+ from • medical
point of view To cut • long .tory
short, the Colonel had to remove UM*
man to an imitation ward ; but he
steadily refused to eat bead or to
drink water. I seed logo fondest with
him, trying to get at his reseoo. 1
found out, for rine thing, that be was
11) the greatest fear bar Nor would
learn of his disgrace. Then 1 disco..
feed that he w,e fond of card tricks.
Well, what with talking to him about
hie mister sad Kettleg him to show me
eons* of hie eard tricks, we were soon
thy friends. t found h�at ria g. asid
when I got hit l buck in ale ward be
kept a newspaper to which be satirised
the'ariou. styles of daily loorwaliss.
Itverybody got to like bis. He waol-
aKrred to t11. Colonel, became quite
friendly .ad v.afld ie the ward, and
was most eawilNaS to leave ea."
Then was w tion la the hospital
'offering from snialdsl mania. T •
tittle Sister used to my to bis, -prow
ise m. Dot to do It hate ; wait till yea
leave us. It west upset me terribly
if you were t0 4 k ham and 1 emelt'
get into armlets* {torte. New hsps
to roe If you mil ademsly lemmas*
me not In 4o It hibete ni make • else
trot eup of bat, mad we'll Mt dews
together and have a good Ian clot
ovitve
" Or Nal asp of they
t
a.
became e•e$aset/•) frit•eda-
Some of the won ems ere brought
br
re•ema by w
rues ethwent. "Tony
b the M' she toll lee, "bow many
1 M N�f Mw family
with their
y pbottyRrstshe.
t be4B tae eg ireetoel' wbe. 1 c..n get
t^M aha tees mf meal' to hal• to sse
eaa stew set 1Mokwtlapieta. be theream*
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THE BELGIAN RELIEF FUND.
Montreal. Jai, Seth. feta
To the lidltor of The Signet.
Silt, -Will you please inform your
reader* that at the last meeting of the
central executive committee of the re -
lie( work for the victims of the war in
Belgium, held in Montreal at the office
of the honorary treaouterion the 145113
of July. 1915, a resolution lwas adopted
that the relief work for the 'kilos of
the war in Belgium would not accept
donations of clothing at the present
time but would cnntieus to accept
foodstuffs, but in carload shipments
only ; but gifts of money would al-
ways he very welcome, fns teensy ie
greatly needed in order to parebaee
wb t and flour, both urgently ri-
gid
e.
gnit�d by the civilian poyulatioa of
devaa�jtated Belgium.
Thanking you in advance tax your
courtesy in Inserting this for us, we
rental°, Yours very truly.
The Secretary to the AdminM4ate:w
"What am yon doing now. Hill 1'
"1 ass eoll.efing." "Uollret*og what r
"My thoughts." "Gosh 1 you were al-
ways lucky in etrikiag an easy job,"
"1 understand the Prwis am hay-
ing trouhle," remarked the episrertw
•' `u.m• people take her past and otben
ate with kiln." "Alai. I
growled the bachelor, "Uwe�ts1 a few
permitri people
who mio4 their owl
tsunami
• • •
BMLIIIUII'd "INDIP)NDENCR
DAY."
Prune • few days alp edebmtuaed
w/M,*4y
of t �a•
bltNiay at the BapobSe wad at rad -
elm' Slaver. 'lay, Jut, the SI* aa -
ether M eve re- semeisbwe bee s•-
1loe•1 Itegta'iagf,iMigineaee
with pride mad interum hat eseienai
Lr -j.. stew. mrd ft le sate N My that
W. ACHESON 1 SON
GREAT AUGUST SALE OF
WASH GOODS
SILKS AND CARPETS
About 131(1 verde nt this mason's Casey wash Voiles, Ciao.,
Vesting* and Cambric,. One entire tableful, regular 12=C
13c, SW and 15c, at one price, per yard
Dress Linens
A magnificent showing of new mercerised Drees Iaja•n. 111
pinks, white, blur. and ehanrpagne shades. Scar.:. good,, 251
bamdsomr and seri iceable, at per yard
Black Silks
311 inch wide pailette Drees Silk, warranted quality, stood
weight and beautiful finish, Regular price (1,!111, •t per
yard 751
Bonnet'* famous Satin Duchess Dress Silk, 36 to 3S inches wide,
imitable for draftee, coat a, skirts or waists. Regular $1
(1.7„5 mod (1 50 quality, at per yard
Tapestry Carpets
_, inches wide, in a variety of pett'eros and good cnlor-
Ings. Regular o.a; and 83-, at per yard
.W
Wilton Carpets
Two pilus only. about 11) yards, in nest, two-tone green pattern,
Crossley's Wilton, regular price t� yard 111,60. August
Kale /
Verandah Furniture
('hair., Riker,., Settee.. T•hl.., Japanese manufacture of sea-
Ora..a in hawboo frames, very strong and wrvioeable, clearing •t re-
duced prices
$*.00. 54.00, 55.00, 54.00, 57.00 and 510.00
INSPECTION INVITED
W. ACHESON & SON
-'FARE $2 2!
i
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EVERY
TUESDAY -THURSDAY
,:AND SATURDAY
THE STEAMER "STATE OF OHIO"
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EXCURSION TO C1,xVEtAND_EVERY SATURDAY
`..user Ma.w r.r )'s•Yy. 18.,.re. ll.res r. SC re briars fee Oak k, m. 6 10 Ty�w
morna4 Y✓Qiar t w n.,, 11 r.. •.•i La•pe LM i a. J'.00 ..r. r. a_. -L sotto
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M TICE CLEVELAND ek BUFF
ba,_ ALO 18.5313(* CD CLEVELAND!.
•e -sA
s.
and twenty-one, who cannot see to
read ordinary tyle without injury,
are admitted to the school wittl..ut
charge for bard tuition or books.
Application, ohonld #ie made to the
principal, H. 1' Gardiner, Brantford,
in time to have all errattmemento com-
pleted before the opeioug of the ses-
sion in September.
Our Duty to the Blind.
From Vieasa. from Paris and from
Montreal comas rept. to of arrangements
that have beat Made fur tie aseestanee
and Inrtructlao of caddie.s hooded in
the war. The Peewit r.puet states
that a lararrproportloo of *h, combat-
anthare been, and will le, made
blind in this war tnaa in ani previous
war, nn account of the difference in
weapons aid in the ebnraetet of the
fighting Ontario bas
for the tttatrsettoo of shod provided
t�
but bas not bees • leader Is provisio'
for am.11orat)eg tlse es0itiei el the
adult blind. With the added came
of the mediate wbo will toe haste
bora Serape aithtl..., aerate 1a this
matter cannot be long delayed. Orr
shod .)1441, via fellow Hussite deet
set be left to wear out their hese is
Whams end sorrow. when timely rid
and proper Inorructioi efts eashke
them to mama their pieties as truant
anedbtse of , the comauofty The
he
bed at areas -
lard isle ttBe/easined for ttoe Bthe edueatloa
ttf .(,haler !(thew sight le w defective
flat they mit be taagbt la the
regular paBre' hoots. This sebool le
sot latandai ter ad(HW, and It tassel
do what le mogNe.d for the claw *boot
rodoeved tot without if sot
dertrsyrlwg. its re-entry at as lamest -
bee of the roma. pass 1340 euak
1 Ootads. Wires. the ages of WOO
Avg. I
Canadian'!
National
EX111BITION
TORONTO
SI30,000 ;1'?al entre S180,000
•
"PATRIOTIC YEAS"
Model Military Camp
Destruction of Battleships
Battles of the Alr
MAMMOTH
Military Display
MASCB OF THE ALLIES
Farm under ('ultivsNon
Millions In livestock
Government labiblts
THRILLING
Naval Spectacle
IEYi!W OF THE ?I?.ET
11(algan Art Trstttestse
CYsaterre's P. .,e Ben/
Magee( Cat area Des glow
Yield Grata Ceiapsetdes
Greater
Aires heeler, Slaw
[ Oae iiissmi sod Qw
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