The Herald, 1912-10-18, Page 2F
WHO ' l
MET'I LNG ABOUT THE TAM.
OR WHO CLOTHES HIM.
now and Where the British Soldier
Receives Regimental
Uniform,
The Army is to have a new head-
dres,s—a shako, which is a military
cap of cylindrical shape, rather like
an inverted coal -scuttle, usually
ornamented with a small plume in
front, and kept in place, by a brass
chin -strap. It was the headdress of
the Army about sixty years ago.
Whodresses the soldiers? In the
old days the colonel of a regiment
did .so. He received e. clothing al-
lowance of so much per man, and
made Ms own arrangements.
The result was that some parsi-
monious colonels dressed their men
as cheaply as possible, and pocketed
the balance left over. Others spent
more than the ,clothing allowance
they received, just as to this day
the captain of a man -o' -war will
often ;spend money out of his own
pocket on making • his ship look
"pretty."
PAT'T'ERNS UNDER SEAL.
In theold days, too, the colonel
of a regiment had a pretty free
hand as to the pattern of uniform
worn by his men. To -day the regi-
mental C.O. (commanding -officer)
has practically no voice in dressing
his men.
He is responsible for the issue,
care, and preservation of Tommy's
uniform, and it is hie duty to see
that the regulation patterns are
strictly adhered to. The soldier,
however, is dressed, in the first in-
stance, by the Army Dress Com-
mittee at the. War Office.
This august body invents new ar-
ticles of uniform, and cancels or
alters existing ones, and its word
is law, ,subject to the final approval
of the Secretary of State for War.
The next step is to the Royal Army
Clothing Factory at Pimlico. Here
tunics, trousers, etc., are made up
according to• sealed pattern and in
stock sizes.
They are then ;sent ha bales to the
vsrious regiments and corps, usu-
ally once a quarter. The bales are
opened, and'' their eontenes,inspect-
ed by a hoard of ofeke a, who •.eer-
We Katt they are 'u1' to etan
as t
stores, to be issued Bee ie tuixsd,
'When an, issue qf' unifor ` is made
s Via.
the regimental ; master tailor ap-
pearson the scene.
SNIPS AND HIS WOPIC.
He is a non-commissioned officer
with the rank of ,sergeant, who has
'been specially trained for the work
at the Royal Army Clothing Fac-
tory. He has his own "tailor's
shop," and a staff of soldiers and
boys as workmen. He earns his in-
come partly by fixed ,salary or
wages, partly by private work, a
certain amount of which he is per-
mitted to undertake.
As has been mentioned, uniform
3e issued in stock sizes, and it is the
master -tailor's duty to fit the gar-
ments to each man, letting out here,
taking in there, until they fit to the
satisfaction of the commanding offi-
cer, before whom the men are par-
aded in their new kit.
These alterations are made free
of charge to the soldier, but subse-
quent repairs he has to pay for,
unle,ss he can show that the gar-
ment was unavoidably • damaged by
military duty.
Incidentally, when a recruit is
enlisted, an inventory is taken of
his civilian clothing, and he is given
the choice of having it sold, sent to
&tie home, or destroyed.
The first issue of uniform is free,
but afterwards the eeldier receives
a clothing allowance, out of which
he ,has to replace certain articles as
they become unfit for wear or
"time expired."
"SLOPS" NOT ACCEPTED.
In general terms, the soldier is
dressed by the public. The officer,
on the other hand, pays for every
stitch of his uniform, and generally
has to pay through the nose for it.
It is usual for the officers of a regi-
ment to appoint a certain military
tailor as tailor to the regiment, and
a newly -gazetted officer receives an
intimation that he is expected to
e• t his --Uniform from this particu-
lar firm: This gives the selected
tailor a monopoly, of which he is
not usually slow to take advantage
to his own interest.
On the other hand, it ensures the
officers' utifarm.s .all being cub in
the same style, A sclfeme is on foot
fear having centers' uniforms made
at the Royal Array Clothing Fac-
tory,. and supplied at, ;cheap rates;
but it is donbtfulwhether the Bri-
tish Army officer will ever eonsent
to wear ready-made clothing, or.
•481-0ps," a.s 1taa would eontemptu-
°'uaiy term: ie. --London
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TORONTO CCRRESPONDENCt
INTERESTING COSSIP FROM ONTARIO%
CAPITAL.
With the Suffragets—Toronto Politics --
Problem of the Churches -50,000 Pew
pie Require Their Good Offices.
Miss Wylie, the English suffragest, who
confesses to having thrown bricks with
the rest of them, to two terms in prison
and to leadership in a hunger strike, has
not been making ranch progress in stir•.
ring Toronto women up to militant me-
thods. Toronto has its suffrage associa-
tions—many of them—though the member-
ship of each is small and of preblemati-
eal influence. But the suffrage leaders -in
Toronto absolutely decline to start out on
a campaign of window smashing. There
is, for example, Dr. Augusta Stone Gut -
len, who ie president of one of the local
associations. While a woman of strong
mentality she 1s the antithesis of revo-
lutionary in appearance, with a motherly
figure built on generous proporitions and
a kindfly face. Mrs. Flora MeD. Denison,
another leader, seems also well supplied
with human kindness.
Perhaps the most striking figure of the
local suffragists is Mrs. J. B. Leather, who
cause to Toronto from England some two
years ago with her husband, who Is a
professor at the University. Physically
she has a slight figure, a thin face and
the eyes of a dreamer. She is a woman
of great culture, speaks French, German,
Italian and Russian and is an accom-
plished musician. Added to this she has
intellectual force in an unusual degree.
She knows the suffrage question through
and through, which is more than can be
said of aIi who talk on the subject either
;for, or against, In addition she is much
interested # .soall> reforms.
e tettereeeti
gegen •relight to the of y feriae
of that party's stalwarts, including the
Chief himself, Hon. Mackenzie ing, Hon.
Geo. P. Graham and a number of others.
These annual meetings are generally pret-
ty perfunctory affairs, but this year it
was more interesting than usual by rea-
son of the fact that addresses were de-
livered by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Mr. Row-
ell, Mr. King, who is president of the as -
satiation. and others. Local politicians
have been following with interest the ac-
tivities of Mr. Rowell and Sir Wilfrid
Laurier. Apparently the country is wil-
ling to listen to both, and some of the
large crowds and the enthusiasm that
have been in evidence have. been the sub-
ject of much comment. But as to what
it means, or whether it means anything,
even the change of a'single seat in either
Dominion or Provincial elections, no one
will at this stage predict..
WARD ASSOCIATIONS MEET.
The Toronto political pot, too, is begin-
ning to boil. The peculiarity about the.
Toronto pot is. however, that it boils only
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!
ons side.e,
Librer'= party is 1:10
S
hen' it is, ineffective
at -describes it
'persons' who cart}
at 1t does.;
ever• es le
orgagizMi tn
ation and i"a' d
of the wards. s' the
wards: do not Beide
of the electoratL 1'idin
there would be.'some
experience of th'e; part
arrangement :3s knite
The only real''polit
route occur 'when f.
servative assooietions'
themselves. And dust
nual meetings of- th
preaching, there are
trouble. One: report .
Wright is leading' a r
Thos. Crawford -'1 the
gentlemen are *I';k
Province, Kr. W .fight
litfeal organise, or
sion lecturer.:a• t1 goo
ford as former; pea
ture. It is' int Bible
threatened . civ war,:;
will not r cit= e • ed
4a
ing of a seat:by the
be endangered.,
A elapieeon
nizatien of the
n evidence, and
the ‘ditly word
aro ,Met many
rot ,what it is
skhe
y 'active
tri associ-
t oft for each
Varies of the
the boundaries
e might -think
fusi,,eit; but the
that the ward
eetave,
L scraps in To -
him in the 0on-
I1 fighting among
teWith the an-
iu$i;tions ap-
Upending
r, .A. W.
ipst Hon.
out the
bo Bader. p0.
ii rias mia-
lloweeldr. Crew-
e a Legiefa-
oZv far the
It
,. hold -
will
When Sir ,Tam -
es tneye.formec ; Isis
cabinet Mr. Crawford', frierele hoped he
would be 'nada-Minis i at'' Agriculture.
'But they veer ,,; Oisapputed.,s So:Ae+: time
e?
later some onwho 'd he was the edi•
tor .of the Mail and:.,Mpire, called up
Mr. Crawford -on thee, phone, to tell him
that lie had story ' o the eifectethat
Mr. Crawford4 adeliee:,using :strong lan-
guage about °illr Ta'hi The' editor: said
he would likee-toe" Crawford,"s ex-
planation " Aeaita to the story; liar.
Crawford .liasferirid- t e •ldail and 'Em-
pire of$ae, ., whores' lit vires discovered that
a practical joker h+ . been at work -,,1/4M-
pa .entry Mr. ;arav¢f 1' standing
,. •ler -,Brad ; ,t
the revolt wee
Mr. Russell sett
term. The-regu
under Mr. Rem
still smoldering
hx. a •time
resulted in
at 1* one
last; year
t there is
01tUROfBS''noOWNPROBLEM.
According to R S. Wes'Zeit .bean, of
the Fred victors sion, thtl~ae are 60,000
people living :sou ,of,: -Collo, street.. A
large percentage these.%relgners
and most of the, erg live, . ;boarding
houses. There ,a ewe people ;anywhere
more in needof, gpod tPmces of :the
churohes than „ kit e# and yet this is the
district that tit' : ales oetToronto are
showing .a g1t' spositioit to desert.
Cue after anet - they, are Abandoning
their buildin a• lli their sites and
moving into xi.:ett,itudexn edifices in the
more fashimi.a,blo residential:.:°districts.
The latest on thd, 'list 'is Erilkine Street
Presbyterian., „'&r si 'Central Presbyterian
ahureh on Gr+J Vex •;stree£, ,which is two
blocks north 'o, " e base : proposal
under considerate 1'h };ch take its
activities out inter Reseda it area.
Taking these 01cftit `move .s ipdfvidu-
ally they are; t°'ltsily expi The
churches wereefc pnerly si i3 .fli the
midst of their p:ootive 0o °tions.
But the memb',µr '.'tele rt legations
line by one a/ lir fast. cos and
moved to the di•' r lie new
owners of the r a leap° nerals'
boarding house "teens, ritually
the church finds, tltaar its Colt•
gregation. For lroltrdin° aio0s l `are apt
good 'ahureh supilbrters' ntit Gen devdirt
churchgoers often well X ^[; 3 tIVO or three
miles when they daft= 1. anbtiler nearer,
But meanwhile fiat k a e Toront�i
churches going to d' i)$ he city ot;,
60 ¢06"'persons who of Coilt ll�.:
Yt ie fw probleii titian,
1;EI30 h5B+hxi+ 11S.'
A` Peon of the i i5 °hurdles
it the city are m 'against
the steady move. t . residers
tial distriots. The. °. cathed•
ral with its anal As that
manages to bring` n to its
private pews tram the city
every Sundaymor' ling ser-
vice is a different: etropoli-
tan Methodist chi., e most
beautiful ohureh rd ea, tells
a somewhalseeimile -does St.
Andrews Presbyter.),;e aro a
number of ()there -ti . omina-
tions, some of. the* elosely
the lives of the ir they
are situated. ;T . of 'the.
Roman Catbol ;i ;r . doubt
ae to the regular:; nae of
the work in such 'hull
Cathedral
And some of „t lee l ; i •Cors.
fining their aetktett or to
Sundays. St Sallee, house,
m
with gynasinine;.e'r 1 other
conveniences open , week,:
The Metropolitan ie , . rk.
At the moment 5t f ding
$45,000 on at extensi lee
like purposes.. ''Meth: ;ur,tli, ill
eventually result in b ,
arable portion of the:, , Ire
ple reinaine to be: sv
they partake in et
ter of private s
buildings for the
•
‘`Willie,'°:
rowfully,
naughty
"My wo
must ha
gra; .pe,
ri�.s°:z�e.�slx
4,6
Lord. Curzon.
writing stand him in good stead.
Writilrg two letters, one to a rela-
tive, dile other to a chum, he en-
closed th'im in the wrong envelopes.
It chanced that in the second letter
he had maple some uncomplimentary
reference fo his relative, and on
discovering;. the mistake he had
made he asaaited developments with
anxiety. i
There pesently came a letter
from thencle. "I have tried hard
to decrier your epistle," it ran,
"b rnr your writing is so atrocious
fleet I cannot make head nor tail of
ib. However, I guess the drift of
it to be that you need some money,
you rogue, so I enclose a check."
"GOOD STUFF"
A ' Confirmed Drinker Takes to
Postural.
A housewife was recently surpris-
ed when cook served Postum in
stead of tea and coffee. •he saes :
"For the last five or six years I
have bean troweled with nervous•
nese, indigestion a ' }t• art trouble.
1 couldn't get any benefit from the
doctor's medicine, so finally he or-
dered me to stop drinking coffee,
which I did. (Tea is just as injuri-
itus;,because it Contains caffeine--
e / rug in coffee,)
eT.t •r impr'ov'ement, then ''went tback to
coffee -with w the same old trouble as
before.
new servant girl told me
about Postum—said her folks used
it and liked it in place of coffee,
We got a package, but I told her I
did not believe my husband would
like it, as he was a great coffee
drinker.
"To my surprise he called for a
third cut, said it was "good stuff"
and wanted -to know what it was.
We have used. Postum ever since
and both feel better than we have
in yearn.
"My husband used to have bad
spells with his stomach and would
be sick three or four days, during
which time he could not eat or drink
anything. But since he gave up
coffee and took to Postum, he has
had no more trouble, and we now
fully believe it was all caused by
coffee,
"I: have not had any return of
my former troubles since drinking
,Postum; and feel better and can do
more work than in the last ten
We tell everyone about it—
say they tried it and did not
I tell them it makes all the
toe as to how it's made. It
shotild'be. made according to direc-
tions -then it is delicious."
Name given by Canadian Postum
Co., Windsor, Ont. Read the book,
"The Road to Wellville," in pkks.
"There's a reason."
Ever read the above letter? A new one
appears from time to tinea. They are
genuine, true, and full of Martian interest.
SMILES FROM THE COURTS.
"I remember the day well, be-
cause I had a tooth out," said a
witness.
:A woman stepped into the witness
box and said: "I am the wife of a
disinfectant."
"Isn't it en insult to call me a
flop -eared, bo'w-legged porcupine 1"
asked en applioant for divorce.
"It's the only pleasure I have in
life," said a hawker, in explaining
to a, magistrate his love of beer.
"What evidence have you?". the
lrlagistrate asked a woman,,; "I
have brought my black eye,"" "she
replied.
"Thank yer, May the Lord bless
year.' May yere head never ache!"
said a woman sentenced to 10
oath& hard labor to the judge.
"I kept au eye on her until Sat -
lay," said a seafaring man ..:
ing to his wife, "and t
Earnings Applicable to the Bond
Interest Have Shown a Steady
Increase Since 1905.
In view of the fact that an addi-
tional issue of. Bell Telephone bonds
is about to be offered to the public,
it is interesting to note that these
securities are a first charge upon
the whole lines, worksand plant of
the company other than real estate.
The real estate in unencumbered.
The value of the plant account (not
including ;real estate) is $20,531,327,
IMeejeteetieeeeeetteleeee the out-
standing bon .; As 'regards the
security fromt's
slipped ie
dutt'1,
A earen- i ",charged with overload-
ing his horse; was asked how heavy
a load he had on his van. "About
a ton," he replied ; "but it was' all
light stuff !"
"Oh, p]eese; do away with that
book 1" was the remark of a man
to the bench, when. the conviction
book was produced to show that it
was his. 56th appearance in court.
"In ease you're asked," said the
judge, "take it from me that the
last letter of the alphabet is `z,' "
"I've Learnt something to -day," re-
marked the prisoner, gratefully.
"The solicitor has forgotten to
charge most . of his oosts," said
counsel. "I beg your pardon !" said
the judge, in an astonished voice.
"No, surely, that has never oc-.
curred !"
At, an inquest the foreman of the
jury remarked on the light weight
of a child. "I have been a judge of
horseflesh for years," he added,
•"and ' I ought to know what a child
should weigh." •
A woman witness recently admit-
ted that she stole a letter from a
man's pocket while he was sitting
on her knee. "Well." she ex-
plained, "if you are going to marry
a man you must know something
about him."
A defendant endeavored, without
avail, to prove that his bulldog was
harmless and would not bite. "In
fact," he added, amid laughter,
"all my children have cut their
teeth by biting the dog's ears."
A man said that he was willing to
provide a home for his wife if she
would leave her mother. "I've seen
her mother," said the court, "and
there's nothing wrong with her,
You must remember :—
A solifn's a son till he gets him a
wire;
A daughter's a daughter all her
e."
BELL TELEPHONE FINANCES.
an
• income poi - of
view the following table speaks for
itself :
Earnings
Gross Applicable Bond
Revenue to Bond Interest
Interest
1996 . $4,139,334 $1,135,838 $142,933
1907 . 4,829,657 1,223,767 179,970
1908 . 4,580,606 1,606,724 182,450
1909 . 4,949,197 1,651,339 182,450
1910 . 5,510,685 1,729,575 182,450
1911 . 6,476,848 1,657,814 231,879
On the basis of the average re-
sults for the last six years the net
earnings approximate to six times
the total interest charges. The
present authorized issue of the
bonds is $7,500,000, of which $6,-
649,000 are out.
The company has a capital stock
outstanding of $15,000,000, which is
valued by the market at 160 per
cent. Dividends at the rate of eight
per cent. have been paid oontinu-
ously for twenty-six years. Prin-
cipal and interest on the bonds are
payable on April and October 1st at
the Bank of Montreal.
A source of disease, but one fre-
quently overlooked, is the pet ani-
mals of the household. Even the
coats ef the most dearly cats or
dogs must come in contact with and
carry many danger"ous germs into
the house.
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SOLDIERS ARL PICTUILESQU
Many Wear Kilted White. Sk
That Comes to the Knee.
The street ,scenes of Athens
extremely interesting oto the n
arrival. The wcmee • of the bet
class affect a funereal black, for
mast part at least, in this year,
our Lord 1912. What it may
next year I foulci not: venture
predict, says a writer in the Ch
tian Herald. But thereeare eno
other persons in the streets to'
lieve the sombre effect. The
diers are particularly pictures
Many of them wear the .kilted;'
fluted white skirt that comeane
to their knees, while 'their legs;
encased in ' heavy white stock'
leggings reaching °,to -Ole'
This eostume, which ter
brown .Turkish ' slippers,
gently turned up at :the toe,
is surmounted by .a big black
of worsted, gives these soils
Mars a singularly unwarlike,
to say effeminate, aspect.':
there are ether soldiers in blue
butternut uniforms ef the ordi
type, while the officers, *is in of
lands, are birds of gorgeous p1
age.
STRANGE ELECTRIC BA:T3
Scientists tell us that there
been discovered in the forests of
dia a strange plant which posse
in a very high degree astonish
electric and magnetic power.
hand that breaks a leaf from it
ceives instantly a shock equal
that which is produced by the c
ductor of an inductive coil. A
distance of six metals a magna
needle is affected by it. The
ergy of this singular force vim
but it is most powerful when•
sun is hottest, and at times
storms its intensity increases;;
striking proportion. One 'never
any chance sees a bird or' an in
light on the electric plant; na't
seems to warn then. that =t
would, find their death.
It takes a brave man to fac
little woman at the head of
stairs at two a.m.
Let Apples be the Christmas Gifid
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Luscious, rosy, juicy, Canadian Apples! Can you ima-
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Because of exceptional shipping facilities we CAB make
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