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0 CHAPTER 7Il-(Cont'd.) . The German -genitors were by ne
1
le addition to this simple, the daily means inactive. TheY.' t41°' Peefilled
retionre coneisted of bacon bread, It their knowledge.or nip life in the
chedsn, jam, army biscuits, 'tea, and firing -line; their knowle ge of soldier
nature. Thy knew, ite did ws, a
the roads in the rear of the trenches
are filled, at -night, with troops, traug-
pert wagons, and fatigue perties.
They knew, as did we, that ,rnen be.
come so utterly, weary of living in
ditches-liging in holes, like rete' -
that theyare willing to take big yisks
when moving in or otet of the trenches,
Cor the pure joy ef getting up on top
of the ground, ,Many a night, whent
we _were moving up for our we in
the first line, ol, bads for oux week in
1.1gar, - &matinees they received A
tinned meet and vegetable ration,
al-
ready and at weleenie inter-
vals. fresh meat end potatoes were
substituted fee corned beef. Bach
Mari had a very generous allowance
of food, a great deal mere, I thought,
than he eould possibly ,eat, ',Shorty
. explained this ,by Aging that allow-
ance WAS iinide for the amount which
would he consumed by the rat and tilt
bl b tl
, •
' Mute Were, in fact, inillions of flies,
They settled in great swarrne along reserve, we heard the fersoff rattle of
the walls of the trenches, whith were German Maxims, and in an instant,
filled to the brim with warm light as the bulletwould be zip -zipping all
• aeon as the elm had climbed a little ground us. There was no need for the
way hp the sky. Empty tin -lined share) word or eornmand. If there
ammunition boxes were, nsed -as cup, was a communication trench at hand,
boards for food. But" of .evhet avail we sill made a dive for it at once, if
Were cupboards tcga jamsloging and there was not, we fell face downein
jare-fed liritish army living in open ditches, shell holes, in any place which
ditthes in the surnrner tinie? Flytraps offered a -little protection from that
• made of empty ;iam tins were'set-along, tensible hail of lead. Many of our
the top of the parapet. As soon as: men were Icilred and wounded nightly
one was filled, another was set -in its hr machinesgun fire'
usuallg because
piece,. But it was an unequal 'War; thef were toe* tried to be cautious:
against an expeditionary force tor And, doubtless 4 we did as much
countless numbers.
•• damage with our own guns. It seem -
"There ain't nothin' you can 4," ed to, me horrible, .something in the
said Shorty. • • "They steal the jam nature of murder, that advantage
right; off yer bread." must be taken of these opportunities.
As dor the rats, speaking in Sthe But it was' all a part of the game of
light Of later experience, I can say war; and fortunately, we rarely knew,
that an army corps" of ped pipers nor did the Germans, what damage
would net have sufficed •te' entice sevas done during those suramer nights
away the hordes of them that infest- of "calm along thesentiee front."
ed the trenches, living like house pets • The ai.tillerymen, both Britith .and
on our :rations,. They were-. great Gergian,, did much to- relieve the bore -
lazy animals; almost as large as cat, doin of those "nothing to report" days.
and so gorged with food that they -There were 'desultory bosnliardments
could hardly move. They ran over as of the trenches at day -break, and at
in the dugouts at night, and -filched dusk, when every infantryman is
cheese and crackers right through the at his post, rifle in hand, bayonet fix -
heavy waterproofed covering of our ed, on the alert for signs of a surprise
haversacks. ' They smiealed and .attack. If it was a bombardment
s• fought among theneselves at 'all hpurs. with shrapnel, Tommy was not greats
'rthink' it possible that they were car- lg concerned, for in trenches he -, is
rion eaters, but never, to mg knomie fairly safe from 'shrapnel fire.. But
edge, did they attack living men. if the shells were large -caliber 'high
While they eirere unpleasant bedfel- explosives, he crouched dose to the
lows, we became so accustomed to front wall of the trench, lamenting the
them that we were not greatly con-
cerned about our very intimate, as-
• sociations. -
Our Somme of instruction at the
sParapet-etic School was -brought to a
close late in the evening when we
shouldered our packs, bade good-bye
to our friends the Gloucesters, and
marched back in•-theinoonlight to our
billets. I had gained an entirely new
conception of trench life, of the dif-
day he was fooleah enough to become
an infantryman, bloornin' 'mean
ninepin!" Covered with dirt, sense -
times half -buried in fallen trench,- he
wagered his next weeks tobacco ora-
tions that the London papers would
print the same old steer: "Along the
western front there is nothing' to re-
port." ' And usually he won.
Trench mortaring- was more to our
liking. That is an infantryman's
-Acuities involved in trench bundle g, •game and while extremely- hazardous,
and the iminense amount of material, 1'1' the t • nches have a sport -
men m leg , k -
and *bee needed for the week. ,eng chance. Every one forgotrea
• . 'fast when word was -passed down the
Americans who are interested m line that we were going to "Mortally"
learning of these things at first hand-Fritzie, The last -relief night sen -
will .do well to make the grand tour tries, who had just s tumbled sleepily
of the trenches when the war is finish- into • their dugouts, tumbled nut of
'ed.; Perhaps the thrifty Continentals
well seek to commercialize •such ad-
vantage gavorable opportunities. Per-
haps the Touring Club' 0! France will
them again to Nvatah the fun. Fatigue
partiess working in the communica-
tion trenches, dropped their picks and
sbovels and came hurrying. up to the
lay out a new route, following -0--
windings of the firing nee fee, eggt- first line. Eagerly, expectantly,
Channel coast across the -level fields of
every one waited for the sport to be-
gin., Our projectiles were immenie
Flanders, over the Vosges Mountains
balls of hollow steel, filled with high
• to the bordees of Switzet•land.- Pe- explosive of tremendous power.
clestrains may wish to make the jour- They were fired from a small gun,
ney on foot, cooking their supper over placed., usually, in the first line of
night in the dugouts where he lay
shivering with cold during the winter reserve trenches. A dull bocim from
nights 'of 1914' and 1915. ,If there •rear warned us' that the game had
are enthusiasts who will be satisfied
with only the most ultimate personal
view'of the trenches, if there are those
who •would 'try , to understand. the
hardshins And discomforts of trench
"There she iel" "See 'er? „dein'
true as a die!' "She's go'n' to hit!
She's gosa"to!"! All of the boys would
be shouting at once. Up it goes
turnieg over end over, rising to a
/de by living . ---it-durinummer vacas height. of hundred feet. Then,
tion, I would suggest that they re- if well aimed, it reaches the end (Was
'Member Private Shorty Holloevay's
i. journey directly over the
d
g parting ingenction to me:-
upward
line, and falls straight into
"Now, don't ferg•et, jamie!" he said his trench. There is a moment of
as we shook, hands, "always 'ave a hex
o' Keatings 'andy, an' 'ang, on to yer silence, followed by a terrific explosion
e -tea sin t'"
which themes dirt and debris high in
• CHAPTER VII.
Midsurnmer Calm 4
During our first . summer in the
' trenches -there were ,days, sometimes
weekssat a time, when, in the language
of the official bulletins, there "nothing
to report," or "mini!' prevailed
"along our =Me front," From the
Wm. Office point of view these state-
ments were, doubtless, true dough.
Bet -frorti Tommy Atkin's goint of
' view, "calm" was putting it somewhat
mildly. Life in the-trenthes, even on
the quietest of days, is full of adven-
ture highly spiced .with danger.
, Snipers, machine gunners, artillery-
men, airmen, engineers of the oppos-
ing sides, vie with tiach other in skill
and daring, in order to seem% that Frequently one encounters the Mies-
\ coverted advantage, the morale. Tom- tient "What phase of acted fighting
my cage it the "inore-ale," bathe jolly makes the •geeateste exactions even
well 'knows when he hesit and when one's coolness?" I ,believe popular
he hasn't.
eoterno•n accepts actually "going ogee
There were many eights of official -
ealm -ghee we machine gunners crept' the top" as the zenith of. war time
out of the trenthee with out guns to endeayor, says a Canadian fieutenant.
Pesitions prepared beforehand, either!'48 a 'natter offact-.and any' soldier
,itt front of the line or to the rear ee will attest this -the suspense proced-
, it There we waited for messages mg the =mai going is the more
the am. By this time every Tommy
along the line is standing on the
firing-leench, head and shoulders above
theepaeaget, quite forgetting his own
danger in his excitement,' and, sheet -
ins gwthoottoopt of his s vo c
iFritzi hay?"
"Gooten morgen, you Proosian sae-
saggigyIeallooptes I '0"
it 'that there 'nine to
yer misses!"
(To be continued,)
THE MOST TRiING MOMENT. •
Suspense freceding Going Over the
• Top is Nerve -Racking.
from our listening, patrols, who wen Inerveseecking.
lying in the tall grass ot "the front There.is nothing spontaneous about]
yard." They scht word to us imme- pi•eparations fee a bayonet chargeg
diately when theYgdIseeveced etien'Y They are rehearsed hedge; the 1inee,1.
Seorkrng perties building up . their
• arranged as to time , and '
parapets or mending their barbedWire carefully-
JI
entaeglerhdn nents. ' We.would tlay made kriowp the comielly houra to
'our guns according to instructions re- bcfurelinmd.Almo st invariably they )
Selved and blaze away, each gun firs occur just before dawn, Those last
ing, at the rat of from three hundred few minutes before going over are '
o ye hundred -rounds per minute, the most teying experience e man may ,
After a heavy,buest of Are, eve would !
have at the front, , s,
change our positions at once, It was t Casualtiei-during the charge. itself
then that the most exciting part of
our work began. For as soon as we are not beav-Y' I believe eur Actual
Lsillades from hundreds of German
rifles. And within tWb Or three mi-
nutes, German field entillery begun
search for us with shrapnel. We
brawled from, one position th another
over the open ground or along shallow
ditches, dug for the purpose. Thcste
offered protectiongfrom rifle Ave, but,
frequently the shell fire was so heave
and so well directed that we 'were giv-
en seiete very unpleasant' half-hours,
lying., Eat on our faces, listening to
the deafening explosions and the 'dei-
gns Whistling or flying shrapnel.
Weglred from the frenthes, as well
he it front and to the rear of them.
We were, in foot, busy during most of
the tight, for It wae oer duty to set
to itsthet our guns liyeri els) to thole
knd seMpl• se." 'With the ai
eased firing., there were, answering 1°8888 for ofie l'ogiffit
ent going aver a
Vimy Ridge were only 200 men. The
'heavy losses arc retailed e flew an en-
emy trench' is taree. Then the Ger.
num artinery gets the -tango of the
battened trench while eve arc. el:riving
to dig ourselves in, The charge pre -
(odes the datt.11 by just re Vow I/Metes,
Ho that one. may :edvanee undue covet'
of darkness and :still have the ad
(g -
vantage of daylight teepulse the',
vomiter attacke which theeenenty must
immediately inaugurate. /
The counter attar*. cannot:he delays •
ed, became every sueceeding inomett •
makes the first attacker ur
More sece
in Ms newly won ground, The bitter-
est and most eaugulfiregy •fighting at
the war has been that result/Mg from
a 001100 of nounter ettacke on a given
lino ?if trenchers
rept/tato/ as "tgeapons a oNof large.portunity
ecple Inane, we located all ef the reade,
!Within remge tack of • the Gerinap
, inks; toitds which We knew Were Maid
h,,
en.r., troops moving in and out, of
le treneliee,, We located all of their
oramemicatien trendies leading back
to the PAar; end at uneertain filter -
elle ere covered roads and iron/glee
With bereft( of stearchieg live,
TWO MOP YEARS
OF HARD FIGHTING
ritagorm BY A MAN WHO
KNOWS.
CoSapso of German 1,mit'er Unlakely,
Saye Lieut. Nalsinitti of CanadSan.,
Artillery Cele,
„ The firat fissure in the Gernean plan
was the defeat et the glares), Aftbr
Unit the unexpected. happened so feie-
quently that Germany has finally be
used to it, pays Lieut. Natsmith
M.C." 'German theory euffered (he-
astroes sweet at Ypres, where TAW
Canadian troope outfought their vete
eran soldiers, deopite poison gas, and
every other device that yeere of mili-
taxistic planning had prepared. ATV
other prop in the theory! eollapsed at
Len e; where we repulsed fourteen ats
tecics in one day, with 10Ss to the
Germens of 70,000 or 80,000.men.
_Still More War; -
Now they have settled down dogged-
ly enough to last it out if they pan.
Two more jeans of war may -be, exs
pected With a reasonable degree e of
certainty. Unless the negotiations
with Russia fail utterly Germany will
herein a very sleet time a strenger
array on the evestern front than She
has maintained there any time hither-
to. That meane the urgent -necessity
of more fighting men to meet them.
This augmenthrg of her man power
on the most hotly iontested battle
front is about the only advantage that
the Hulls will boast henceforth. They
are permanently eelinsed by allied ar-
tillery superiority. A.nd it is artillery
that is fighting the present war. The
big gun mid the baegonet are the two
agencies that deplete ehemy manpow-
er, I have seen men who have been
two years in the trenches without fie-
ing their rifles.
British Barrage Superior.
When en attack, is being repulsed
the machine guns are exceedingly efe
fective. But the true "small arni"-s
The infantry riffe-has been of lees use
in this war than in any other fought
in the last two centuries. In each
company seven or eight "snipers" still
use the rifle, but most of the men bat-
tle with bombs and bayonets. The
mode of attack And defense evolved in
three years of fighting makes the light
artillery -that is, the type represent-
ed by the famous French "15's" -of
paramount importance, Barrage fire
to be effective must be heavy and sus-
tained. Oursadvantage in this re-
spect has been reflected in the sueeess
of our trench storminsg operations.
The German barrage is not compar-
able to ours for effectiveness for the
reason that Germany has neither 914-
A:dent guns nor shells. The barrage
itself, asa clistinet development of
the present war, has attained nt re-
markable efficiency. It can cover al-
most any kind of a/ situation, Bar-
rages "requiring the *elation of
squares, triangles' and depressed area
have all been effectively
Thee maintenance of a barrage fire
requires speed and accuracy' on the
part of the gun crews. In the calcu-
lations one eighteen -pounder to twen-
ty -fire yards is the beak, unit. This
gun willfire four rounds per minute
on an average. Sometimes it acceler-
ates this pace somewhat. The effect
of a good barrage fire is to inclose a
certain area more securely from inter,-
ferend by enemy reinforcements than
if it were hemmed in by a wall of
Harveyized steel,
British superiority in this )departs
went has been particularly galling to
captured German officers who have
seen the earlier days of the war, when
German Military held the palm. They
are good"artillery figriters, as a- rule.
And the rank and file of the boches
stand up to it well. Probably they find
their natural stolidity a real asset un-
der the nerve-racking ordeal' of a sus-
tained bonthavdment
It is not probable that there win be
any sudden dragintic crash of German
power. Thegine will not be migacti-
lously penetrated all at once, as some
alleged military experts have profess-
ed. to believe. Neither is it likely that
we can rid Flanders of the invader in
any other wag than by batterieg him
back to the Rhineistep by step.
'Win Only by Fighting.
Cavalry units are ready for the big
pureh if such a flaw in the Teuton lines
actually develops. But the. invaded
Soil In 'all likelihood will, be woh back
by a process of attrition which wrests
the ground from the enemy Inge by
mile. These eonclusions teke no ac-
count of thegunexpected-in German ine
tonal politics, but the element.of the
.unexpected 'le a frail te,tor in .13. niili
they cern/mime
We can win only by beating the
Germane. Internal difileigties will
hardily hUmper the kaieer seriously
enough to enthatass hitn in the conduct
ot the war.
German ingenuity luta spent itet)If
inpetty and malicious expediente, snide
as (poisoning Wong arid setting tran
bm
obs, Since the.,
of the
war they have l'oued gut most of the
world's inventive genium was without
and lice, within 'their hoyden. Roth -
Mg Os effeetive as the British tank hae
yet been devieed by the Tho
have four kinds gas, two annsing
ORM 01' IS1Titgaltry blinditeSS and two
calculated to ranee complete espheng-
Mane •
Men Pr-ime Need ef
Our gas melee have conquered itil,
tour of these, but WO have found Ger- I
mans who had toseetinthed to a British '
gas attack even 'with their OW11 bel -1
mets affixed, The war hae ' 110 USW
I031,T01'S lor US. It may esti on for mg;
in the obtaining u3tEttuS (1110,12 but
whether it lads ores gear Or five yeas% .
the •fesuce will be decided by Men 'and
gum ratter than by the long expect.
od i,iteinal diffieu t es in Germany.
to that and it behooves me to wege ;
the -war more ofteegetically clay by '
day, inereaelni -our efficieney re pro -
pottiest' as 'he enemy's deareaflOS, Mati
dieciplined, physically, efflole»t
rnen----arethe prime need �f the ailioa,
I After that Kilns And .euppliee and Aged
!determination, With these At IlAnd W3
ehall net have to rettort to any ailing
oricel hem- that the retheriend 'will
el:111040y explode •front within! •
THB ONLY PLACA
Where a Man Can lIes M Peece With
fIls'Coneclenee.
WAR AND VOOD Sh4013.13.:
.• This letter from a Methodiet mini- Candy le a luxury eather than Oat reckless use of sweets and con-
seter'e see. simmers in the ohlethediet
gea igen, as AT 0,0 ese eeeeeeary oe 11fe hut it is it linctigglhat)' :Notions while peanle over Europa
sugar for lack or the amount of Oa
--
gar thot fa necessary for their phyalcal
wensheing. The inonoy sweet for
CemaltildaYsla 111111 tliiheepinsUthyiteeadr isStdertie Athride
=mint of mono' needed to keep Bels
gide supplied with food for a yeas.,
There Is no neecessity for giving up
the ORO of candy altogether but there
ge
it °eying need 'gm A radian' ohange
sugar should be filled with repreach. m the varieties manufectured, Choc°
for he ise.simply depriving people...Who lath *the best kind to buy At present
aro already hungry of the sugar 'which and there are many varieties of candy
thee? neeg to keep up their strength which might be made by the skilful
and give them energy to fight and combination oil fruit, nut, etc., Chile
work . •drefr should be taught to diem:1minute
Sugar in moderate quantitiee ab- in the kind of tweets they buy. The
Soluttely neeeesary to keel) the spark" of varieties lineally sold at the village"'
life burning in the humeri frame. It store are apt to bo "sugar candies" in
furnishes ,heat rend erigrgy. 1 It is ,the worse sense of the word.
neceseary for the men who are fight- rally 25 per cent. of the sugar re-
line. It is even more necessary for fined in Canada goes towards the
that portion of the elagian population manufacture of sweets, confectionery,
in Europe which is how In actual Want, biecnits and other luxuries.
In England and France it is served If France's 1.1 pounder of sugag a
in restaurants in tiny packages. A
little pitcher of syrup is frequently
salbstituted entirely for sugar. Gandy
is ,a thing of the least. Yet we in
Cannda and the United•States go on in
At first hie -deity waeorid clear. scsswelte'lleViel',hetlItgistslelasateb:eelt)emeese one
e4g
atar) in Auetrolitt -when war broke In'aost .4ecelvecl suck infleigenc° Ithia
wrote
;,Acielaicle, Decenther 1914,/ any tgbraelate4CintleYletilstlX1e: ed "there4ealrgaiTiv
"Ili, makes me feet when 'read that goes ides the manufacture of
of so meny of eur men being smelted ,
rehliOulldflifeneel lavellre0t °I.eneltYtectIg. fse4erni 11111174 iPlaserlIne"viyeel:Y5 .erQoaenig....4 iie4-113 rt'iLboutese°11otifnitncli;yo
noiright to be geleg along re° cmietly
• which he knews to be made from cane
when ed, many fellows are giving their
all, but it is not at all Ow to me
'ghat I ought te do., If con14 cleintly
see ray, duty weuld erillingly do it,"
. It was not long before he eanetthat
his country needed him.. In 1915 ha
retilgned his position on the Auetrithen
railway as a civil engineer, arid at hie
own expense came to England, and
joined the °Mute' Treining Corps.
Having secured his- col:emission he
weng to France, and is -now a' captain
ip the R.E.'s. His coneeience was at
rest, He felt he had chosen the right
7'17.
"1915, Somewhere in France,
"This is the only place a man can
be in at the: present time to be at
peaces with hie sconscience; and how-
ever much one lenge to stay in Eng -
hind, one derives great satisfaction
from ;the feeling that a duty is being
done."
The lateat message has a noble in-
tensity of conviction and gives a true
picture of the inward theughts of a
representative man. How proud "Our
country is of such sons!
"1917, France.
"I have seen again to -day the price
being pitid by men who had the proud -
month is to be maintained, if England
Is still to have 2 pounds a month for
each person, then Conada must re.
duee her preeent per cepita consump-
tion- of 7 Me, a month,
. An Apple a Day. tablespoonsfuls in one-half cupful of
A perfect apple is ,eaten eae, ge cold.evater for length of time that the
baked. It must be of fine flavor and apples are cooking. Add to the
sgmearance, When It -eking apples, try so)o'rilystog
whohreonthcivpdpiloesosaieesd,hi
ctookeib):io
ed.Sti
this method: t
;
quickly to it boil. Pour -over the ap-
Remove the cores and piece the ap- ge
pies in a casserole ;dish. Add to aix g'es•
French Apple Pie. -Line a pie gin
or eight apples one cupful of Rerun
• - ' withiplam pastry, then place a layer
__one-half cupful of water, one email
Of apples, sliced_ as thin as paper, in
est, reddest blood in the world ift their piece cinnamon Mix well then pour „_ „
over the, apples. Place the lid on ""' ''awn.. Sprinkle with ,cinnamon
veins -row upon row and fine after
and brow'n g a thin iayer of
line of the little wooden crosses -a lit- the casserole dish and then bake the
finely chopped raisins. Repeat until
tle bodrof nurses and doe' rs walked apples in a moderate oven until they
the mie tin is full. Add two table.
with me and a brother officer. It was are tender.
spoonfuls of cold water, then cover
,.
a beautifpl night. The sisters in blue Ideal Apple Sauce. -.Cut the apples with strips of pastry, cut one inch
and the rest of no in khaki. We stop- into quarters. Remove the blemishes. wide, in lattice fashion. Bake in a
ped and looked at the crosses as one of Place in a saucepan and add the eva- moderate overt,
the nurses said, 'How sublime, how ter. Cook until very soft. Rule Apple - and Cornmeal Mufflers -
pathetic, and yet how' grand and glori- through a fine sieve. Sweeten to Three-quarters cupful of flour, one`
ous.' . . . Men sleeping there, con- taste. Flavor with either cinnamon or and one-quaiter cupfuls of corn meal,
tent in the knowledge that they had nutmeg. . , One teaspoonful of salt, six teaspoon -
died for a, glorious idea. I would ra- Apple Cuetard.-One cupful of thick fuls of balding powder. Three table -
thee it were my fate than to be in the apple sauce, sweetened to tante, yolk spoonfuls of melted shortening, one
eoftest job, and the possessor of the, of one egg, pinch of nutmeg. Mix and one-half cupfuls of apple vela,
largest amount of war profits in Eng- thoroughly, Abw fold in the • stiffly one cupful of . water. Mix in the
land."
tard cups. Set in ft pan of warm wit- greased muffin pans in a moderate i
g beaten white of egg. Peer into cus- mem] mariner, theft bake in ',ven-
ter and bake for twenty minutes in oven
BIRDS ARE BORN FIGHTERS.
— a moderate oven. Apple Tapioca. -Peel and cut
Feathered Tribes Are More Warlike Spiced Apples. -Tie the. following quarters three large apples, Place -in'
' .Than is Generally Supposed. , spices in amg,ece of cheese cloth; me a pudding dish, Pour over the ap-
Breda, generally speaking, are much
more warlike than most people sup-
pose. Many of the feathered tribes
are born fightere.
Take the common domestic chicken,
for example. It is iiherce seramier.
The barnyard rooster -will fight al -
moat to the death for supremacy over
any rival that contests his authority.
Cock fighting is.. even tothis day a
popular sport in many countries.
The common pigeon, though creceited
with a gentle dieposition, is highly
combatige. Le fact, few birds are more
quarrelsome, more given to picking
upon their, weaker neighbors. The
swan is a desperate duelist, and can
\dvielitii;eor, tremeudous bloevs with its
Many birds are skillful boxers-
theirwings, as one should understand,
being modifiedearms. Thus the pigeon
guards with one wing and strikes with
the other.
Dr, Frederic A. 'Lucas says that
there ere geese in ,Africa that have
pinions peculiarly armed, one of the
"sexist" bones being capped with a
sharp spur. Plovers are remarkable
for the spurs on their wings, which he
sobs° speeles increase in size at the
breeding seams so as to be meeful for
fighting. •
• The most formidable of spur -winged
birds are the South American
"screamers." They have two spire'
on each wing, one short, the other an
ugly, three -sided, stiletto -like blade,
ahnost as sharp as a needle. It could
doubtless be driven clear thi•ongh a
man's hand by 'a -stroke ,of the bird's
powerful ming.
NESTLINGS AS GOBBLERS.
,, •
Reeving That Birds Are a gristle -dile
Asset to the Farm. `
The greediest. thing on earth is a
nesUing bird. It'. consumee its own
weight of food each day, with a daily
gain of 20 to 60 per cent. in growth,
Little else than mouth and stomaCh, it
spende tmarly all it waking moments
eating. ,
A young robin in eaptivity reiatires
Afty earthworms per day and asks for
111oles The progeny (a nestfel) 'of a
pair o Eurogear Sage ewere observed
by a natio:and th cat halt a minion
caterpillars m a :mason!
, During an outhrealeat gesisshoppees
Nebraekes a few years .ago Pref.
Sam Hughey eaw longsbilled maesh
wren carry thirty to her young 10 one
hour„ A t this vete, reek oniug seven
hours of feeding thee to the (ley, he
estimated that the brood would cone
se= mere i hen 70,0 PSI' diem, and that
the peewee() shels of the eastern hioe memo evhose motives and emotions
Eason_ out this autumn with the new bender
et Nehrosket, allowing only tweets, be is ;lever tired of studying.
twine showed that it bound 90 per cent
breads to the equate) mile, would de- tially dramatic in his bis own composie
grey daily 1112,771,000 greenhonlmrs. time, Mv, Lloyd George is
fascimteel elltthtelmaihseasev•:: poebrtfoeientloyd, awhitehtteio•
Tbs. averuge gvasebopper weighe by the vividly drainetie career of the
Ono thirty-second part of an ounce and great Revolutionary. twine, A co.opevative company is be-
ing formed ix; Manufacture the new
is capable each day of conemning its But evergthing appertaining to the
age crops, Thus ,Igyvould appear that .interest to him, as area historical
Mon Is of outetancling twine.
0100, weight of corn oit wheat or • for- French Royale -•
Ilia above-meutioned Mather of theft petiods that berm witness to the stetig- Surgical Dressings..
inseets Oaten lm nestling birds difilY gle :for freed= of the conutors people.
would be able to destroy 174,397 tone
of creeps worth, et an avenge oe si() A Cure for Brain -fag, „
dozen whole cloves, one-half dozen pies a very sweet tapioca pudding.
whole allspice, piece of stick cinnamon, Bake for twenty minutes in a leader -
two blades of mace,,Place in a sauce- ate oven.
pan containing one cupful of syrup, Tapioca Pudding. -s -Wash one-half
one cupful of water, juice of one cupful. of tapicoa in several -waters.'
lemon. Cook slowly for one-half Place in a saucepan and add one quart
hour. Now. add as many cored ap- of boiling' water. Cook slowly :Soy one
pies as can be eonveniently cook -ed in hour. ' Remove from fire and sweet -
this syrup. Cook very slowly, turn- en to taste. Then fold in the stiffly
Ing the apples frequently; when they beaten white of egg. Pour over the
are tender, lift ill a dish. Soak Mg() apples and then hake as directed.
WHAT MR. LLOYD
GEORGE READS
REST FROM STATE AFFAIR'S
FOUND IN BOOKS.
The British Premier Delights in Stir-
ring . Fiction of an Historical
-Tree. • ... ' •
There is nomore omnivorous reader
than Mr. -Lloyd George, though; in the
case of one who works, as he does, on
an average fourteen hours a day, it is
difficult to see where he can snatch the
time.
The Premier makes tinie by reading
Premier is -very different from most
in bed at eigbt, after the long spell of
people, who, when they like- 'a book,
official cares, at the week -end, wheelie
are never tired of neturning tot it in
goes to Walton Heaths where he has a
their thoughts.
modest country residence, and in long
•, But, with Mr. Lloyd George, when
train journeys.
a- novel has' agreeably attracted 'his
attention for an hour. or so; it has
served its object. He wants his mind
-free thereafter for more important
concerns. It is doubtful whether he
remembers one-tenth of the 'novels he
reads in this quick and easy manner.
But in his light reading he must not
be confused With his serious reading.
Then his aim is tte abeorb aed critic-
ally analyze the contents.
_gBut the necessitg • with the over-
worked Premier • toglay is that, as
much as possible, he Should read :for
mental relief.
'
BINDER •TWINE OF FLAX STRAW
like a Blue Book -he misses the unes-
sential, and concentrates on the ma-
terial. If a book bores him to begin
with, he does not persist with it; he
throws it down, and takes up the next.
The fiction that does not pleasantly oc-
cupy his mind fails in its purpose, for
he reads as an antidote for brain fag.
His favorite authovs, of fiction are
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Anthony
Rorie, Jeffery Farnol, Baronests OrczYS
Stanley Weyman, Merles Centel, John
Oxenham, E. C. Oppenbeini, and Mar-
jorie Bowen -all the writers, indeed,
Who make a Point of giving their no-
vels an historical salting.
Fleeting Interest.
Having read a book of fiction, Mr.
Lloyd George immediatelygismisses it
from his mind. Ite power to interest
does not survive the actual time re-
quired to scansits pages. Hades the
He finds novel -reading necessary to
relieve his mind and to give him a 14.--
tle rest from his State work, and his
choice. of books is largely designed
not to exercise his brain,but to divert
it, on the tame principlthat -hard-
working business men choose light
comedies for their theatrical fare., • .,
Faro:rented by ReXespierre,
While not having very -distinct pre-
judices in his fiction, he !Sweet partial
to historical novels, and his secretaries
take it upon themselves to have ale
ways ten or twelve of the latest bpoke
of thie character within his voach.
'Ile historical novet appeals to him
because it 18 an attempt to interpret
in dramatic and picturesque form the
psydeology of famoue hietoriear per -
swages, and no cem le mite interested
in the study o•f psychology than Mr,
Lloyd George. He believes that, with-
outthe ability to understand the...psy-
chology of peoples as well as of pars
ticelar men, the atateeman is ill -equip -
tied for hie task.
The Premier hate :faeorite his-
toviettl •figures. Perhaps of . all the
makees of history, he is most keenly
interested its the character of Robes-
- •
New Isocess to Use Prairie Product
, Formerly Burned.
The Flax Fibre Development Asses
elation Of Regina, Sask,, announces:1
that it has discovered process for
manufacturing fax straw into binder
twine, commercial twieenncl sterns for
wertging into heavy sacking and tow-
elling. Heretofore, the flax straw of
the three weetere provinces, =Mint-
ing to over 1,000,000 tons annually,
has been burned after threshing.
It is said that ee:periments carried
Interininable folds of gauze
For those whom we shall never see.
Remember, when your fingere pantie,
a ton, $17,489, , lt Is almost emesieg whop the Pre- That'cvery drop ot blood to stein
Tide shows that the encouragement, Mier is leaving .1,endon for Widest or Thia tovfhittheeneglsiefeallbatstoilc.o0y-1)at0ttesuindfroeene..,
of ,
birde on femme is not a mere matter Scotlaud to sot onof e hia secretemies,
of sentiment. They 1101113'11 it cash exploring the., =thin bookstall for To servo our orve, that keeps( us cleen
-equivalent, and have much to do with Oho noWeat nerals of Oho typo to pleeise From ehatte that other women know.,
the success or failure of erops, ethis chid, and to watch him return to 0 saviors( we fume never 11000,
a
1111111011111110 own good breeding is the Me, i,loyd George reads through a (4ori.. -if thal 11 ,1 1 ,
the OA rrn,gb with no armful., , ForgiVe th tt(.litTee11
"A 0 vol.;
best security against other people'shook very quickly( Ile Oriels InIsiding. iA1"1 110 have lotel)." "1"1110" go/ / 8
111 reannors."- -Chesterfield. Vfe Mode, a book, in tact, toryii01011 I Joesephine gurr,
11230811,Nritell
lee hlas beenCenada's
favorite yeast for
111010 then forty
years,
Feu:40 for .,5o. to
produce 50 large
leaves of fitie,
Nigg iI7ift449g. wholesome nour-
ishing boa% Ingle bread. Do
not experiment, there is nothieg
lost as good, ,
FW.OILLETT CO. LTD
oNT.
WINNIPS0 monTacra.
—s -
Food Control Corner
_ In order to prevent retail dealers
taking advantage of the scarcity of
bran and shorto to exact excessive pro -
tits over the Prices fixed by the prod
Controller, the latter 'hoe ordered that
the retail price of bran and shorte,
where cash is paid, must not exceed
by more than ten cents. per bag the
emit f.o.b, track at the dealer's station.
In cases where put:chaffers 'take de-
livery direct from the car the profit
im
h, been limited to it meximum of
five cents per bag. A' extra charge
may be anadegghere credit is givers and
the bran and sheets delivered from the
dealer's store, but this amOunt,mviet
be onty a reasonable charge represent-
ing the consideration of such servides•
When the miller sells at the mill ill
less than carload lots, he is not per-
mitted to add more thah five cents per
bag of 100 pounds to tbe price it
whichthe is permitted to sell under the
Food Controller's Order of December
17, 1917. When the purchaser brings
bags to the mth ill be fined, the miller
must not add more than $2.00 nee ton
to the price at which he is permitted
to sell Under the Order of December 17.
In effect, the miller, must (not charge_
more than the fixed Fort William butt'
prices, plus or minus freight to ea
from Fort William, and in addition
$2.00 per ton as retail charges. For
example, suppose that at a point -in
Eastern Canada 'the freight from Fort
William is $4.20 per tom In this
case the sidling price for bran per ton
when the purebeser supplies the bags `)
would be $24.50 plus $4.20 plus $2.00,
a total of $30.70. The Order applies
to (all milles.s and dealers in Canada.
While this action Ras been taken
in order to render available to the
farmer all supplies of bran and shorts
at the lowest possible cost, the annuM
obtainable is very limited and farmers
must depend Mainly upon other feed-
ing stuffs, Prices for livestock are
such that, deepite the high cost of
coarse grains, it is profitable to feed
them to food animals. , -
The statement from the Food Con-
troller's Office says that, if the price
of bean and shorts had not been fixed,
these products would have risen in
price to an amount representing their
feeding value compared with Other
grains ands feeds. But the fixing of
the price has only ensured that in so
far as these feeds are available they
are comparatively cheap: the eupply
has not been increase° thereby.
The present total gaily production
of bran and shorts by all the mills in
Canada is only 84 -cars and the sup-%
plies of wheat will not enable even
this rate of production to be maintain-
ed fee the balanced of the crop year.
The tItal bran and ehots produced it
Canada if divided ageing all the ferns
livestock in Canada would, only give
one meal in three weeks. A flout
mill of 100 barrels capacity daily
manufactures less than two tons of
bran and shorts per clay which melees
that a single carload will only he pro.
duced every two Weeks.
The Food Controller has taker
measures to resolve for the •fartners
of the Dominion all by-products ol
grain 'elevators that are available for
stock feed and also feed -wheat, bran
and shorts and all such mill feeds. Ap-
plications for licenses to export 6,640
tons of bran, shorts and mill feeds
have been refused. Indeed the' sav-
ing has been very much greeter be.
cause the mins were definitely inform-
ed that licenees would not he issued
for the exportation of such products.
Feed wheat has all been retained
in (landed and mare than 2,850
tons of screeuinge have also
been saved from export. Arrangemente
Parc been made which win keep the
expertationeof ode, barley and other
feeds to a minimum except for ship-
ments overseas by the Allied nations,
The Food Controller has 1,00o 111 0011-
m
stant comunication with the author-
ities' at Washington gen 11 view to
expediting shipments of corn into this
country for feeding purposes, Ar-
rangemeuts have been made tor its
entry as soon as means of transporta-
tion have been provided. 'The American
corn crap is the greatest in the history
of that country but the car shortage,
combined with the fact that nnich of
dos corn is wet and cannot be ehelled
until it has had a long period of sea-
soning, has kept supplies front the
market At least until it is available
farmers are advised to use domestic,
coarse grains for livestock and deo to
make use of whathver quantities of
cottonseed meal, oil cake and gluten
meal *and wiled feeds are deninable,
The Prince and the Peasant:
Our soldier swince has lately taken
meneiderable interest in those petieguits
who frequent SOldiar districts and sell
choice entahles , at equally choice
prices. Sometimes lie hargaine with
them himself, in order 00 test their
ebaresetere, and it is to he teem{ that
he encounters little more thel the
purely sneveenagg 'motive.
But etre old ltalien i'venete reveretly
restored his vonfidence Mt her (lass by
tettibilleg n ef motherly syfn.
pethy, .
'Toot. Ind!" 511e exclaimed, watching
lim as 110 etudied Italie), ('0111511 Ilia (rand, "I dare say le. bee tem
Itore ()V nullity, being 40 far from
home!"