The Brussels Post, 1918-7-18, Page 2UT WITI THE
husband Inst in the past Pour yeara.I[[
Each little boat ties up for a short rest, I
Phe OA are laid neatly on the eon-
t�3••,tEp��a 1�,y�v�Y CRAFT caret° slabs of the uta dotty, nna hmfor°
FISHING 1 i rapidly under I
AROUND THE COASTS OF THE
British Isles,
Death Often Lies in Watt For the
beep -Sea Fishermen In the Peril -
THERE"
tpv PP str:utded at a large toren, with tine
��� d ��9r I prospect of a fouranzlle walk --after a
n� FRANCE
YY..�� A9 1leiivy' htilmh- to get ItrO haelt to Camp.
�pf'gltt�6j 1 set forth alone to trucigo tiny ++•erns
ll6L"J,l.tl ,p,a nay campwarda. I hod got clear of
lung are a sof the a ton c .
Peril -
the hammer of the uutiomter the town, when ! stnv a car coming
The tiyhermett betake themselves to !towards me in a cloud of dust. Sir
pad for some Maine or Perhaps die -DESCRIBED BY ONE WHO HAS DouglasHaig himself might have been
cuss the marketwith their brother ` NAD EXPERIENCE. lin that car: but the diecomfort of the
workers over a WL)11-w011 pipe. Andherr[ and the dust gale. me courage.then begins the, batting. ;I stepped out into the middle of the
But this life, though hard :nal stren- ;Travelling Behind the Front is an Ad- 'road, and stopped that ear.
ueus. fraught with danger, Is one: Besides the chauffeur, its only oc-
wdtich brings laud cont remuneration ' venturous and Erratic Matter Which cupturt was ail angel, disguised, it is
to the hardy tiehe men, Often enough i Needs Grim Resolution. true, in a brass hitt', but a seraPhie
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DEEDS OF A
3RI T ISII PRIVATE
RIVAL Ttin FEATS OF leNIGIITS
Ole OLD
Care of the Muffler, I tiously on the rural, as there are]itis _. e_
"1'4hy is a muffler used on a rar7 is`at;'aiust }t 111 many ltc ilrtive. If the: Iluw I'rivuk° Ticesley nl' an English
a common question among motorists, sound of the exhaled is not: suilieimile
says a motor expert, and the • seine -11Y loud it may be increased by re- Rifle Brigade Wen tits Coveted
times add, "what care doe, sit need !tenting the spark and op enin1; the Vittoria C:roa
1'hr• sunud of
a of :t hard pe nage for all that Int, without to what trauhlcs it is subject?" 'throttle part +,ay.
ons Waters of Wartime.lie goes home at t_ c turd euelt cylirtdcr will then bt, mrou2^lel. out 1'he feats at urnts of iucit;hta of elrl
• eet in his aeket,' When at the Front your battalion is wahlug for me to speak, he expressed "The purpose of the muffler is to i linen • nod any e" noes yv}il be ;tro riutllod in uwlurt wtr:;ue by the
From the pier -head a tiny flicker of
week with Irerlial. Sl p 1 y
renting end au attuuunui ofd eh bis eouyiclku It noticed ny.
risme done+,, hr and out at regular in-
teryals thee a sr{•runrtan vales bawls CRADLE O , it tet.d err atria .it n nolghboring round and c
11 s •ul, err Is that it
Into at . "Allready?"
offers dart 1 wanted a lift; d�minish the noise of the exhaust. Ther `' tcnt;u4w61: ree•nrd ,f 1 tt'c�tc• Proses,
poeeibiliti, e of a Joy ride to visit a ;uid, what Is More, he turned the car gas escapes from the exhaust valve'; ° i e
• tack to cat"' at high ,re.sw•e ane strikes the ear: '•About the only trouble to ywhie h of
theRifle Br gutlyd:ryt who
j e t been
town drove me 1 1 g 1 t l r awarded
d t'tr°�. 4 • the rhe icer of means of transit is large. And then I found ho was the O.C. ' with disagrecnbie farce unless it is j the muffler i• n j
e t leave t>>. r . C of cont:° a or whatever the position is silenced, It is 1100"sarY to reduce; comes clogged with soot. This may! When all the otfieers turd non-eum-
One by one the tittle craft t WARFARE 1X you au e• an extra All. staff rat.,
}� ld h f h explosion 1 ` be caused by too rich a inhume fruit mieeiened ofricers lied ,ren mime in
! OD ��
the
barber, with oil -engines liumzriug and ri'� •r11 you drive to do is to push a buttt:u called ht that part nY the woe the pressure from each exp os on ate :
sails tail• dapping. Tltett nue" cte:it and the u t g y 1 t t Iv 1,1ccl
1 front the mel ut•it ut it may await. your plea: uta, gays a 1?rftf It of. When 1 was driving in n sin car an is disjointed ec na urn comp e c y_ .
t the pistons, giving the bluish yvirit0 suit; a taut car , n e .yvo , .� mut .h. .
fishermen
•.t OlA:yL RIVER a re of the with only a slight ndsuttott • :<moke eatacu
Earls L.tla cane- cotta a olbaltern of the foot-sloggtr-, you c, 1 man rode out into the cent quietly t 1 t•uhn art,mptcd t,I
rarely aspire so high. Various nuxl,es road, his baud raised above his head. or throbbing. hthricartt, Another °race iv whorm; dead art ufl'ice
i` y• age, or else enures !n , tcouu h,n ore however, still at ewe down. Approaching the "The methods by which this is the carbon has b nn ;(raveled hies:• nrzut the gran,, 1'luce tit r or%icer::
over nil at, i of Ir t t We slowed 13
nerd some of the men are old There The rir::t Dugouts were F x•'. y. ntr service. Th„sm ore hnrse•s, 1 e horseman,who was a simple brought about are very simple. A. from the eyliulrrs, mut allnv:ed t0 Pali, rushed from n dtt ot,t, cto ettempt-
tltoir t c car, the
night after night they The, is curled into • rd to dcsir•uy a map. Il -salty ; h.A.
—vary old -but t r,Y c • v and Fence Wire and flab-
ia sled
sail 1 tl u{fler, and •ee helps to I ti
ut attack, Private iieeelec too; com-
next moment the general's A Risk Proceeding. to allow the gets to escape an that a' the rark»uete• nu tett ce v he mend of his tampons, leading the
of the mouth, the cauyas bridles to a Rolls. y vasa le dei , e h, the door to Sometimes the position is reversed, great deal of its force is diseip_ttec smoke : ,
brisk, • -e;. hroeee and out the if d 3 d' t 1 t 1 t 1 c••t»scd by oil yi•orkint; up on tap ui'-a ,:wilt, he captured an oi�t:y ]lir=t
u w t Lll; 1 TI11 VALLEY OF THE 1 1! 1 u a i ( t
ands. titer. If yon stn as 1 u•us, a hunil'ie once Hist St Pel a British rayahy- changed,
J.hO trn� thin Pasts out
+v cress• If
h •t•rst•c. of too much, thea• ntachtne gw , urd l v r s tit
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five, and they are either men wen
"battle.,” birycl°.a, motor�lorries, iso- trooper, auuouuced eery simply that gas passing along an ordinary pipe: on the plstn°' r s •c'o �, It him, seized the roup ami made pris.
heavily laden tei the m°ratmee. tide. • bit Netting C sed As Obstac_es
11 out with their amaclt and return trot ambulances, soot• fuvo feet, or per- ;f 11° could get a lift to a certain rail- would. h° slowed down and spread out,, tem -
t - I i • i lest be• a i e oP fact was Rut this arrangmrnent would require order to ciaan it, it oust 1?e L 1."n neer the ether utt�.tr. 'our mere
2uiF.? a train. i put the train hr_ad--whielt, a.. a ui. it r
It is for o' m elk as the bhav tears cause, though it etonertimes happens some miles out of the way --lie would too long a pipe, So baffle -plates ye apart and all the carbon deposits re-
busily
r uflicers came out 1'hry even. , ie
r the crews have been The .Aisne loom- large in the battle
goes into reserve at twelve hours more ' used to make the gas turn corners' moved, If the small halee are cleeee} armed by the indnmit ablte Be 'ey :uid
port. For hon tory of the war. Niter the battle that a t,att:tiie�:t y, cs t r b° able to get. ty 1 e
basil gaiting tttelr line.,. ('brie° hila , ,,lace which beasts a railway -station,
learn in F.glana. From a disciplinary and force its w'ay through ,mall holes • with sant they mutat Le reainr"1 out s''nt. iul<'It as F"`°Hera'
y of the Marne and the stopping of the, of mackerel t portions of whelks— 1 have never heard of one being close standpoint, this stopping of a staff car in the plates. In some mufflers the:with a three cornered file or bearing, Held For Four Iltetre
res" as the rlshermen call them, fiat German rush. the enemy fell rr ti m rout which trains started A, the enemy b.,:*uu t , retr•n, a
"hick . asci; towards the Aisne. On Sept -.to a a f by a private soldier was rather an gas enters an expansion chamber. scraper. The parts ore 1bete re-,eonn•ele bront•Y rip a rut „tine gain.
are , and t neatly t it cart] shining ag 2 41.1 he Roches were ler any phaco wer•th goiug to.. ' audacious proceeding, But the colonel All this time it is losing heat and so assembled carefully and retlared on f r 1
hook, and the odic le i5 carefully ar- emLer i-, 1. , t
cleared out of the valley of t.he'i'esle.1 "Dark Horses" at tiny side bade the man jump in, !contracting and ihtts it slnv;s down the cal'. I? .•slay t-e,l tlti•: tvitlr ;:real e eat
ranged in a el,eand 1. e basket -to which the trooper, having handed' his more and more. The filial ofreet is, as It is easy' to tell if the %twirl° i+ e, it tlit• fleeing Ge•rmene. For four
o and e, f are taken in. The hletoric story of the next days is! I have made a distinction"n hbetween hoard under a hon.';• tine R +toy turd
Stores of Captainy I horse to anothor man with hits, did stated, to have rho gas issue from tho clogged tchere there is a cut nttk. Rim
welt ns to asty, e for tits sefisio Brownie :, told ., .F•AC. horses dud' halrimal net because they Imufi'ler in a steady, quiet manner, the machine up a fairly steep hill. If his romrn1 1 del the'r •p •.• '' Tho
as I -The Bea Breaking
o., Ie Storm."
in his'
ay turn out nasty, dad then rite Hsli- are different animals, but because a with aiaerity. Germane Quote:• iii. el •d uud live-
lier
kin•* of the Styrm." "liairc"--in other words, a trauspnrt That lid w111 go fat:" the colonel "'rhe earn of the muffler is to leave the car sp°°cis up with the• cut out
in craft would .e,•rc}ranra see.. sltt•i• The Bt v. n.led, Ilea•
g t for the en se is unlike any example of the said to me, "it he always asks Pura it alone until it becomes clogged. It open it shoves that the muffler is r ofn- ley', melee, ,1°1111 as un
lier on the other side of the water. "On September 1i and f hot I ey kol t his LewisL.gun r,,,ittg uud
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suing three nr four Clays the Beitieh equine species that one ever saw at thing when he wants it badly enough." does its work without any attention ged. A well deeigned silencer ehmild held the °teas in rhecl: moil lc»t(
The Grounds. army crossed the Aisne and fought' home in England. You muet picture -- -- I and requires nothing frnm the driver. not out down the power of the engin,
The night is pitch stair, No stars h with-' • •h• wild-eyed brute with a Food Produotion in France. The only time we think of it is when more than three per cent. fh1, dip- after the pest on hie ]cit had been
g I tee lights are els_ fr.•rcel- to advance further, ut a s aggy,
glimmer in lite sky, a. hg u. e out success. Gradually the front; mouth of iron and a back like au iron• 1we wish to find out if the engine ie ference will hardly be notice,, , e on, wirni out, Not until dar„nt s canto
set.f tit The harbor ;bora than LOUO,notl Frenchmen missme• expinsiwrs, Then we cut an ordinary hill. So the fact that; did ]?ccaley move bn,•11 to the nrieame
Ible from. the ..tore t. •;;;todlizsd ir;to dmmnbility, dna here!ing board, as capririnu5 as u Prints'
inal
v' the distance have bean killed in our and 1,50UAn0 ,out the muffler anti listen to the. the car slows duyv-n would indic'ct0 line. SVhon he did, he hru:u:rht ;hong
]maps are masked, ail- to tea a e our troops remained far three weeks.' dnua, dna as full of h•Ic':ts as a wu gena
dashes the aril like ray of the t»i., ori• are physically unfitted by their injuries • sou d of the exhaust Do this cau- back pressure due to clo„ging.” his wounded companion and the Lewis
darkened li 1•tt use n the °nasi f h d 1 t 11 t r! I t
kept t
During This period one can trace the load of monkeys.
t a port you saunter n c `
(= ..ro -- - o carry on farm work. The women ! _ .._ _._ _._�=_ - - ----- •-- ��- ,gnu, Beesley than mon•, the rain
beg:rnings and growth n' the me- own to the transport sea o 1 c c' are managing the farms and doing
They left the ..art r,r in line, but thods of trench warfare which are! your hairy for your joy -ride, you are they must. announce at the right nue • on ' s parapet and cep t ;Going
now the fiehutt >maeks separate, and now familiar to so many. !apt to be bitterly deceived ty appear- most of the work In battle zones, meat to the infantry and to the corn- against the enemy until thing: hal
soon an they nee of Their companions lances. A gentle, wild-eyed beast,'such as the Chmapagne district, wo minden in charge. tinieteal doyyn.
is the bright Fight markingthe low ; How the Trenches[ Grew I men dd not forsake their work in the I '•Thanks to the prempine+s of their • The OtTicitrl Gtc•ette ,Nuys of BOP -
Tito
with "fed up;' writ large upon its ex- � �k
cabin of the heat. • "The trenches, first begun by the fields even when German shells were reports, sent by roil°, the commander sley:-.•
pressive countenance, which the
nr,.,. v<n ..., u.v, n,•,,,r >7,?tan individuals of the Tiring lines scoop- buns din around them. they lay
the can- is enabled to make his euthority felt "]lis indomitable /deem smifn
transport officer will warrant its quiet nonadiug was heavy they lay flat on -
w et,e -u,,. , - ".,•s --- himself- - - during the progress of the operotion. shooting and gomi jtelimment in
1 their round _ grew apace into a network
:48 d " d�•- deeming and t i g n
71 h would Id b � up attending to
;TASKS OF THE
MODERN AI
as a Iuc;nse, will probably behave like the ground and as soon as there was a
° on, r reit etiginea tart tt a a unbroken o the hi o once he tastes When in the midet of the hazards of economizing ammunition stamp thrs
sails Inunming In the stiffening of excavations, while away behind the lull they at a battle the energies of the combatants incident. as one n the mord l,r:lld:int
breeze. Tito telling -ground is at last firing line there appeared systems of',
rhe liberty of tli< high road. their grape•yines. The wives of the
reserve trenches, sited and dug under become scattered miming the confueionmbatants in incident
s el•atia 111
reached. It r nrihiiig but a shallow,
sandy etr ,eh rf watts, many miles in the tifrectiinns of G.H.Q. for the use M the signallers. Please
length, and the Montt of myriads of ' "With the ever-increasirg ramifica- now do double duty, rising earlier and
Hoke, gurnard, and mbar tisk. tions of the trenches began the first disabuse yourself of the idea that an working later. parses were conserip- ,
Arnie cyclo is anything like or.° of Preparing For and Direct- tort necessary to the Boal victory.
Every man is at ills prat in our dugouts, which were small caves bur- red for he army and French women "Evidently it is the observer who
smack, Geaduclly the line is let down g tiu>v.a giietenin •' black•t�i' ---tel nnrl alu-
n rowed into hanks, or widenings the have taken their Placa to draw tate ing An Attack. must have charge. of the minion of
w• i • : ti •like objects t+o; mal trench, roofed in with such the eho. winci machines yen you sea in Maws and burrows, Food production
Direct -
into rite stet. Black, , I g a lite eho. wind ova Eren as those it The vast responsibilities which ae- reconnaissance, of photography, of ar-
MILITARY AVIATORS MUST BE
VERSATILE YOUTHS.
Thera are cert bicycles• Fiery bat. French fanners have fields. Helped
talion has a certain number of cycles their husbands in lite fields. They and disorder, the scoot planes, by the Victoria lite ten other men ar 'Id. n1 er4
heti Rests the Respnneibility of accurarytof their rrPor'iG inmof the et- fn•iishe,coattty all
t
On T harntoniz•ug uud ct, r nd n. t g
though there is one f`1111%,.1'30 anrrner
the number.
Second Lieutenant Schefield, of the
Lancashire Fusiliers, •situ elite men.
by great daring and Meyer di sposition
Of his femme, captured I to Clamart 4.
sergeant; Woodele, of the Rifle Re+t;i-
ment, single handed captured a. ma-
chine gun and eight. men. Shortly
aftc•rw•ard, at the bead of ten men of
his company, the sergeept eaptnred a
farm and thirty more Gerin n e.
filled with air. known: a. "mollegs," go material as was to hand anis covered ° eP in France, despite the efforts of wo-
nu sufficient to dye has two wheels, a like number of pea.mea, children, od men and cripples, volve upon the youthful airman be -I tillers adjustment or of infantry enm-
down as marl -deg buoys, and suon the ly a layer or earth . ff g ads, and handle -bars and saddle, mut fore a successful infantry attack can nnunieatiots; but he is greatly arsist-
lras dropped to one-third.
there the reseuil.,lruit•e coats,
Taking What Comes,
whole litre is paid out and left.. This 'protection against splinters. Si rth the
is the procees known ae li "ehom." propinquity of the opposing lines it
Harvest of the Sea. was necessary to get accurate artil-
lery Are close in front of our tiring
Again the emack g ,rs en al d shoots trench. This necessitated most ac-
, other linos. Then bcgln.s the curate observation, and this in turn rite subalterns' great staud•ty in
weary patrol up and down. Sails are curate
se forward observation of -
taut in the br e:;«,; tido engine is neeeefivers and telephone wires laid from
silent, 'the batteries to the infantry.
The tiu is sliherug m Tile tisk- "And now began the allotment of
in -Goat (teases 1'a ru.,nlug sii and a definite section of the front for each
downy and glides away to visit her battery to cover with its fire, which
first line. Ail fs kerion aboard. I e developed in time to the barrage or
the glare of a flick«ring nit -lamp the
lnh,g line i, driwzn in. Uy . t.
Still, the old Army "beg-wimer is
he curtain of fire, the basis of present
side stands an odd man with e. "gaff, tactics.
to spear the fish ae they appear. The Eirst Wire Guards
Skate, dtuce, gurnard, and shimmering "To prev,at a sudden rush of the
cod come floundering up, and stem the enemy, ohstacies such as wire cut
deck !s a. mass of slime and blood. from fences and rabbit netting from
As the limo comes dancing in, the ne:ghhoring weude were erected,.
strange: shames hurl Meet our boat. fora -runners of the vast herbed vire
Huge pas•etmer eteamere with eerie entanglements which now stretch
designs on their hulls ti:i,ii pact; e'•0w- from Switzerland to the sea.
moving coasting craft with a \netterrs' • "Un the Aisne also began fer the
quirk -firer them across your i,:ws: first time the direction or artillery
motor-lammilee, high-poopol trawlers, fire from aeroplanes. w•hieh was den
all pass with lights out tntly tate ale occesienally by wireleee, but mostly
Bence of these light remind you that by the use of colerel light •. Here,
a war is really on. toe,, appeared the first oh,;ervat ,n
Out on the eastczn horieou ammers - balloon; needlees te say, it was th
the first. flush of dawn. The tleher- enemy who had it.
men troop dowa below, and by their "It was on the Aisne, ton, in these
little coal etre wane themeelvee or Sententhee day° that Ertieh forces
drink coffer. All their work is. nelele reeeieed from the Keiser the immortal
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France. I have gone a•billetfng on it.
I have ridden to runny a joyous din-
ner -party, and wobbled perilously
homeward after a Fay evening. I
have been to cntnl ate at divisional
er brigade headquarters on it, and I
have always come back alive. Some,
times, it is true --when, Chm country
has been hilly -1 have wished I had
walked boot way's:
But, to my mind, the inn:,t delight-
ful way of getting about in France is
to sally forth and mite your chance of
a conveyance. What sensation could
be more delightful, I [telt you, than to
walk out an !,no of the greet maiu
rends of Fiance, the roup of your route
pretty clear iu your heart, ready, to
<top the fest Crttteyarlee WIlteh r.e,rnts
illtely to give you to lift? You have to
be a little. caf•dui, !weever. It might
be awkward to hold tip a eat' conwi•y-.
G.a r. liverish ! ri_edier, alio hes iaOt
ILL,..L1 "told Oft" 1.y his dlviebtital
general.
L. le ideate, : re to stop me. of those
lceg. Gahm of meter -lorries which are
• the c noneue;t Limits on the roads of
the Army z .ia i d y. Ary drdvaa• v.;11
ed for the preeent. title of the 'contemptible little. arra'."';
Making It Worth While. r
Increasing Acreage in the West,
At last, with the turninn of rite tido, ';
the engine IS started, the sail reefed, : Mr. S. D. lelefireger, in a report to
and away the little beat bole merrily the minister of Aerimatcro, cites the
towards hone Flet the rye:+ of the following Moire-; as hie estimate of grit' but trete ud [Lar -let pnoi Time-
clew
be•
c. v I g the i
V -beset. crop in the three Prairie Provinrev:
Use after one our fol}»w-craft loom Wheat, ealeeat17 armee; oats, 659,';'25
up in the dietenee, a geed natured armee; barley, 'elo;'-0 acres. The
race for port begins, for it It a metier total acreage for the three Provinces
Of "first come first served." and before in grain crops res compered with tell'
long the whole lint' its malting rapidly shows an htcretme of 11','. amending
for home. to Mr, Me iregor's eguree. These. are;
The harbor month is gnireed- Thank- le17, '29,628,91m verve; tele, 26,637,912
fully, be it. noted for theee are elan• armee; increase, 2.653,612 ae.res.
genets times fog. the !lettermen, :ofd ea
f
anxious time:, for the wnurtnifulk at '• The :=apply of but•lap is nearly ex -
the pier -head. Poor mule, they have hauled, and mill feeds may have to
eufferedl Many is the gallaut ,son and ; he ehipm el it, er,
gladly 'intim room
at the Qat lug-ywlo
&met l on him for
geegr ephy of the
tieth soldier knee ,
from and very ofte
for you by his side
•til, but you cannot
a knowledge of the
country. The lira
where los has conte
,i where he is lama
res are eee•r te.E4etd for the lntl i :crew:.ea acreenge limier grain
ht:ll: ere -• t
fore, It is temeeeary to find ont. from
the driver his deetinatien, and con-
trive that he will ret yon clown at
01110 tr peontd point, lienee you
may travel yrnt next etime. And so
by motordorry, ambula,tr „ stefacar,
or even Et 'G. S.- 14,rwe-woogo11, you at
length reach your destination, haying
had a delightfully varied time, hurl
collected a: peck or :so of 1110110 or loss
vereeleue rtunnuts of deli.€tie at the
Front,
Use LI!,z1ag eely afternoon I was
I
The Dead Wife.
When she belonged to me
And day and night
Dwelt in my 'reuse
For my delight,
She thought of God
And saw Flinn plain
In storm and cloud
And singing rutin.
Now ehe is God's
And dwells pi length
Where He can serve her
With His streugth.
Duce she not see
In His land's grace
Cif fields said hills
And sites my lace?
Measure.
In a tiny pool
You could jump over
I saw reheated
All of the elty.
I wonderer]: Ilow
Should one rightly measure
This lovely wettm,
By the earth that holds it?
By the heaven it holds?
be made on the western front are thus ell by the pilot, whom- skill and de-
b set forth by an experienced French cision contribute in no email mensure
aviator: 'to the successflul accomplishment of
"The time has passed when one the aerial task."
could make an improvised attack upon
the enemy, relying simply upon su-
perior numbers and the morale of the;
attacking troops to gain the victory.
"To search out in all their details
the defensive works of •the enemy
(barbed -[vire entaglements, trenches,
block -houses), the position of all his
batteries, to locate the trails, railways,'
munition and supply depots, and head-
quarters of the commanders—such is
the work to be performed by the scout
plane before every offensive opera-
tion.
"To direct the firing of all the ar-
tillery, whose task is to destroy the
barbed-wire entaglements and the
trenches; to bombard the batteries
and destroy the larger part of them;
to set on fire the munition depots
within its ranger to prevent or ren-
der perilous any passing along the'
roads and railways; to delay traffic in
the supporting railway stations; to
control the destruction of objectives
and the efficacy of long-range firing—
such are the principal Melts of the ,
scoot planes [luring the preparatory
period of an attack.
Enormous Responsibilities.
Volunteer Farm Workers,
Hundreds of thousands of volunteer
workers will be needed to earn the
crop of the United States and they are
(mining forward Irvin every walls of
life. At a recent convention of batik -
ere, a question was asked, "Haw many
of you grew up ou a farts?" The count
:Mowed epee;. Everyone present agreed
' to leave his baulk and work on the
farm for periods from ten days to two
weeks.
Substitution In Flour.
in i7ngland and France from 16 to 20
per cent, of wheat substitution, chiefly
corn, barley and rice, aro required by
the food scarcity in the milling of
from•. The people., of Great Britain are
not now making or consuming white
bread,
"Moreover,they assume the error- •
mons responsibility of the faithful ex -1
°cutlet' of this program, which is car-1
out entirely through the interme-
diation of their eyes.
"Finally, on the clay of attack, it
is they who, flying at a low altitude
over the assaulting waves of the in -I
fantam, signal its progress to the su- •
perior command; it is they who dis- i
cover the native batteries and reduce'
them -to silence by causing them to
come under destructive fire; it is they
Who cause the dispersion of wagon
baba and troop columns venturing
along the roads and trains near the
battlefield; it is they who watch for
the possible launching of a counter-
attack, always to be feared, and which
Pigs and People.
So like is the pig's eye to the Inn
man eye that fledgling °cutlets learn- iU p'r I,IKE BLOCKS OF ICE,
ing their trade, practice all Forts of -.._
operations upon eyes of freehly kill° l English Prisoners Deliberately Frozen
swine, which are easily obtained from. to Death by Germans.
the market,
Even the skilled and highly trained' The torture and murder of 41, Pi•it-
ophthahnogist, when he. wants to try ish prisoners by Get•mans ie de teribed
out an idea—for instance, a new kind by a member of the Royal N eval
of operation for cataract (whi:h Divielen who wae csedered et. Ant -
means the removal of the crriellltue werp in October, lel L end hos rece et -
lens) --will get a pig's eye and sae ly escaped and arrive:I in 1em:l: nd.
]tow it works. If it succeeds, he tries' In February, last year, Ite rnye, :oip
it on a patient. pu nr.ertt of yvhnm h•• :a n n r aro
All the wonderful muscle -cutting mac it'' 2"_ mile; from I't, tit to +,rnrk
operations, ley which squint and ether near the C r n en firing lee., They
irregulat•ities are so suecesafully re-; were surrounded he- en Ch .i. c1u11'd,
medied, were worked out originally by. who prodded them ferware i'h traces
experiments with pegs' eyes. through enewdrifts sem i r : y:aiet-
deop, 'ncey had to ten • h'.nt focti
At Twitight, or halt. One mane -A. eat y r, R.N.D.
Far in the west the sun's rays die; r—was rhargecl by an 1 h• an, yrha o
'Tis the Mese of a weary cloy. lance strut?c his brad. Itiinc.y of Cho
Far iu the woods tho night birds ely, prieonere cotialiserd, and n i, ; ethere
And the moon in the llft holds sway,were bleeding from lance weenie,
They were tolyl that thee heel 1 heen
Clear, on the soft, Wawa summer . ereughi. under fire became, the Eng -
breeze dish had German - re•isnne•rs working
A bugle sounds in the night; in their trenches. As retain:Woe for
A cool wind stirs in the bare black the alleged murder of 30 German ett•is-
trees, mere it had been decided flint sir out
And a war -note tells of the fight. of 500 prisoners there shmrld be killed.
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forntod, en that for the mi %Med. of
The notes of "Tho Last Post." M111 enc of Chem all three were faxen
The guns Balch forth, and 'lis bot meet , from the working internes nt. Cho end
That a• hero obeys the ottll' • of the day and made to mount on n
I Britain,
brick, They were tied to a polo, and
No Food illy a Reserve
n the hrirk was kieked awn;•. leaving
"IL n o build
sit elementary re -'their feet a little way from the
caution to build up its drug° a reserve grounded, in this poalfo.n the, were
of food as Poealblo In an Island which 'kept for Vet horn's each Mohr- ror 1,1
is menaced by snbmarhre blockade. nights 1n intense cold. Forty men
there
such reserve is yet in eight and died tinder this treatment, for when
bould b no slackening in '
those s o g 11nelociks y were relensed they were lila:
CanadianCanadianefforts to provide footlshiffs her
f ice.
for the Mettler Country." --Late Vie- "A men named Skit,t;retuu1ier
count Rhondda.
it You D PAY .
ATYC=NTioN To
WHAT i TEp t You,
THEsE THINGs
wodtoN'T ' r--
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Guards, collapsed in the snow, and
lite Iluft g»ard, saying, 'You are no
good any lnni;er,' shot him dead
through the head.
"It was not until these .10 men had
died that the others got heater treat-
mont. During that time some meet
were found frozen in heir beds:"
The Marne.
There is one magic none can ehake,
One mystery of human pride,
One shining memory to break
The spear that wavers la her side.
Thus ear they 'eotne, thus far they
came;
And then tltoir steel that snaps Lilco
yarn!
There burets with penteeustal flame
Tile great tradition of tiro Marne.
Hens should not be permitted to
take young broods out in the morning
While the dery is on tho groes,