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The Huron Expositor, 1917-08-24, Page 6'11'1113W -t 7' • , rae iTCR -on.* IIERVE bottle. a eeendeletedweite1+040.044,444.4.4.40 BR name is Genevieve Mese one ehe 18 nine years old, and she lives at .126 Rue Ft:rearm, Paris. Her hair ie as black as a raven's wing and her eyes the color of a gazelle's. Genevieve had very often heard during the last two years of the suf- ferings of her uncle, who woes a pris- oner of war in Germany. She re- membered hi18i very well, for she had loved him very mugh. Her 1 methee and her aunt often sorrowed at be- lated tidings, or sorrowed more at none at all. They had no word from him for three months, and the last letter was very short, as the regula- tioni specify, 'telling only of life and love for those in France, and also of sickness. While one .evening about the API and her mother and her aunt were I crYing, she asked where the German Prison camp wag. Her mother told her it was:4741'OP ,Festerdorf, in West - Oat* anektlilites ail she knew. An b,iur lettere *While Getievleve wag Woken at the , evening _paper, ohs suddenly, said aloud, "Kon Dieu!" which, in Feion0h is the erfaivalent of "Well, I nteeer!" or "The idea!" or any kindred ejaculation. The next afternoon, while her mother and her aunt were out she stealthily opened :ner Little, savings bank, took f.rem It torte centimeswent out heeself and bought a sheet of paper, an envelope,. and a twentfive-eeatime, stamp, came home and. wrote this letter; wrote it in her childish way, obliv- ioais Were's*, unmindful of a bile blot -theit leaked . ffom her motherie Pen,7-toidsshe signed her name: " lialeut' Tteir Mitleetey the King tn ,of Elat 'er- Thu will pleeee see about My., oie Gag -lel Crinkin, who IS a priloner in Cate!, Festerdorf in Weet- phalia, he Is sick aad I read in the Paper sick:Preach prisoners eaa be sent to Switserlaed to be made well again. I read in the same paper you had a friend who said you were good, I am a. little friend who asks you -for myself eand my mama and my aunt. It would make us hesoPy to know my uncle was in Switzerland and away from the Boche that hurt him with a big gun. He would never have made my uncle prisoner if hehad not hurt him &Mt. r *ill kiss you if you send him to Switherland. He is a sergeant and. I lope hinn He is a sergeant of the line, my aunt says. I don't know what the lineis, but he wears a gray uniform and has a moustache. I am onlyonine years old and if you will Bead him to Switzerland I will come to your castle when this nasty war ie over and see you my own self." Then Genevieve wrote upon the envelope, "The King of Spain, Mad- rid," and put the letter in the Poet box at the Corner as she went to school the next morning. And every day she wen t to school again and she played and helped her mama and her attfee aed lived her little life of childish ineecence. ' 0nm:evening, long after, so long that Genevieye had forgotten, think- ing only now etnid. then that some day she vrould have i to tell her mama about the forty missing centimes' from her bank, the postman came_ to the door. Her 'nether, greeted- bite eagerly, for nit 'news heti dome from the primmer in, Westphalia for roue months. And be cried out: "Genevieve! Genevieve! It's letter for you, And ,it comes from Spain. W Pat can, it be?" And then little Genevieve reneern; bered. Her little face grew red and, then it grew pale, and then she burst into tears, sobbingly telling what she had done weeks brefore. Her mother: looked at her aunt and her aunt looked at her mother, and both look- ed at Genevieve while they both reached ao take her in tieele *r.1)as. at tile same time. And ewhiie they all' three sat dowp. togethep Crenevigivt. opened her' list lettift at hee`ii wie self. It was writtenupqn„., beats:fife.' paper arid. had 'a, coronet' it "fts; tope while at. lts '-bettem was the signee' ture, Alfornmee She pej' Pd it to her mother, who -read it aloud?AAA here is What she read'. ' "Mademoiselle—When one is but niae one cannoeleof coursa, kneee.ebet, evea eie- r ,i'etiliOistit dalvfaysi 'doi anise whielezt " wedrfittopdo; If thee orte' mule yo i -utible. Would be honte with you now. "But learnt mademoiselle, that I =mit lusiirm4Weitten tmpermany, not throne* a ,etecretere, but in My own heist, awl weak' for J. dear perenial friend. I have clone this because Your /*ten moved and &tamed RIO, And -I ftdio' that te'hicie4 helyn`.sirit- tea will ;bring yopr uncle to yoe,. I woedd.,notebee Barreled, if it elirr "Idialer you or your confidesice La nee, mademoiefeile. Every one ems mot abiafificmiceee even In a Mug; iesid r obtai; hotlit 'idu. to irotti, Promise, to come' and ?lee me in • Madrid when the, wicked, War _is Gofer, or if not them, at ). 'e* a littie liter, when you ran, bring yoUr uncle and your aunt aod lone mamas • . "Permit, mademoiselle, that the King of Spain express his gratitude to YOU for having written hire, and that he "lace two. big papa kisses upon tbe cheeks Of a little Preach girl whose heart is in that she has writ- ten. so that It is here in Spain with That letter was received by Gene- vieve some weeks ago. She is watt erg for her uncle—waiting in the surety of childish confidence. SPAM, ME • 31)ffmkrectagrzot.urbersof-Idistust th** bade to work.. after theylsoril bee given up. Cott se yeas of maim ha* -1 proved its value. Melte= Crivea, wrote last Peb used your Spa TuanyyearsanAt never -Wiara tat Kft-1411.11 any &12 ;.3t1 bOttle, 6 Taw -4e au frosatd ' Dr. B. J. KeadoM EntiOnntigallajait Nnikions of people die every yea eniont Mdbon mold vestif irpJy 4oinOfl sense pre troa had been used in the first stage. Asthma, Bronchitie, Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Weak Lungs,, Catarrh, Cough; Cads and Disee,ges ot `the Relpiratory Organs --all lied up to Consumption— Tuberculosis. Dr. Strendgardis T.R. Medicine is a most eucceveful treatment for above -Men- tioned Diseases. Awarded Gold Medal foriMedicines at the three Interna- tional EThibitions--London, 1910; Paris, 1911; Brussels, 1909; and in Batterdame 1909. Write for beekiet. Correspondence invited, VISANDGAMYS Ii1=10112M 00. 20-266 Tonga. Rit., /mute. FALL TE1M FROM SEPT. 4th, 1917 Stratford, Ont. rcial, Shorthand and v Departments. We have thorough courses, experienced instructors and we place graduates in pos- itions. Demand upon us fa trained help is many times the number gradua- ing. Get our free catalog- ue. D. A. McLaughlin, Principal • FARM FOR SALE Lot Ste Concession16, McWillop, 10U acres ef the best clay land in MelKild 1.0P, 6 =reset bush, the rest in a high state of cultivation; 5 miles from Sea - forth, 2 miles. from Constance, 114 miles from school. There are on the emises a good seven room house, ge bank barn 64x76, all Page wire fences and well underdrained. - There are 40,acees plowed, 5 acres. bush, and the seeded down. There are 2 big a , One Plied to barnyard and on the other is a dam -with a hy- draulic ram pumping the water be the hopse and to the barn. As the sprincis in the -orohard.and near the house W. lifiefetiee„,t1thi* is no*vrastli land. There ian:grOlied and stiOeltlid lane from the. roaCtil the httil Possesion vrill be given Maire next. - Apply to MRS. SAMUEL DOREANCE, Seaforth, or phone 76, Seaforfh. 257ik-tf STOCK FOR SALE. For tale nine shares Bell Engine e Thres,her Co. Stock at $82 per share. Par value $50. This stock is paying per cent dividends and is a good buying.proposition at the price 'Also 14 shares gestforth Rink Co. sthek at $1.2 per share. Par value $50. This stock for years has paid dividends in ;the neighborhood of 7 per cent. App15* at The Expositor Offiee, Seafortia Burdock Bleed Bitters Cured A Bad Case of ECZEMA., All Aria diseases such as eczema, salt dream, tetter, rash, boils, pimples and ftchiug skin eruptions are always caused from the Wood being in a bad condition, mot it is impassible to eradicate them from, the system amiess you put your blood into good shape. This you can easily do by taking that old and well *novoi bad blood eradicator, Burdock Blood: Bitters. Miss Mary V. Chambers, Anagance Ridge, N.B., verities: "I used Burdock Blood Bitters for eczema. I had it when an itdant, but it left me. Two years ago it came back. I used doctors' medicine, but it did good only while I used it, At last my face was nothing but a running sore. I saw in the papers what B.11.13. did for people, so I took it, and to-dast I aiu free from that terrible dis,ease. When I began to use it my sores be- came sett and dry, and then only a slight rash nu -til it. disappeared altogether. I thanidut to -day for what it has &am for nie." B.B.B. la nianufsetured only by ni• T. Milburn Co., Intuited, Toronto, Out. 1 Tilt Hat as a Symbol.. In Meeito, the hat is the symbol of a inan'S standing in the community. The grandees of old Spain enjoyed the tecierilege of standing covered in the royal presence. The result was that they vied with one another in the size and splendor of their hats; and the common people followed. thia. exalt:rote as best they might. In time, therefore, the hat became as distine- thee on the heads of the men as the Taut:111e eli those of the wernesia CASTOR IA NOW Yeillave Akan Bean ties eignatare of When.,tke beaat begins to beat* regeholye- etattibtehe beatitude (Grandmas *Wean treetop, it wool greatenzietY.andakiestre When tbe heart does this many pen& ate kept in a state of morhidtfestri Ofi death, einotbeeerne nervous, weak, wear aM nueesabir- To ail such stainers Milburn% Heart and Nerve Pine wilt give Pion* and permanent relief. Mrs. Thomas Dircidann, Mount Brydges, Ont., writes: have been a. greet -tnifferes. 18 the. Pa* *Olt Isee'llie- nuid papitatere of the lieeFt. I trietseiveralMeinedies, but wittiout any good results. 3dirson came in elle eta?' and advised me to take litilisyn's iinc1,14erve Pills. After usiug otle ai4d a halt boxes I aind'unei recovered, and ant in. a 'perfect state of health; thankstoyOur valuable medicine." - litifintrrn's Heart Mid Neme Pills are. 60c.41er bittlt/at all ers or malled direct on receipt ef prke by The T. Wilburn Co., thai Toronto. Out. LORD l*ONDA PLANS TO ELIM- INATE WASTE. ORD RHONDDA, the new British food controller, out- lining recently the policy he intends to follow to regulate food prices and, eliminate profiteer- ing, saiddee intended to.fix the prices of Comnaoditieli of Prirae eecessiey over, which be: could obtain effective control at all stages,. from the pro- ducer to the consumer. Every effort would be made to prelr,elli specula- tion, and Unnecessary rotddlemen would be eliminated. Exietipg agencies would- be utilized for Um purpose of dietribution undee license and under the contipl awl supervis- ion of local food controllers to be appointed by the Weal authorities. Where profits were made -illegally, Lord Rhondda said he would press for imprisonment in all cases of suf- ficient gravity, He proposed to eliminate Profiteerinlby fixing prices on the basis of pre-war pro- fits. All flour mills would be taken over and worked on the Government unit ueh instant Lb e f1a1i frorti teu rhea the owder itt on, of the powder!, rge 'ooeuhisetJe dies. -Pliraigil4.11OParating the powdiee pee- ket from the eeetinneeolltfailiieg the shrripneletelllia.'t -deiren forward, I Th s BOW the fete diody front the end: of 'the alteff casietewhile the for- wardetravellif the, casing is seriously retardedi if not arrested, or reversed. On issuing from the casing, the dia- phragm plows thromgh the mass of shrapnel balls and' scatters theat in aiedireptiens„ the rresinnifhieh hound them together haelmgi Wen, melted by the heattof :the expldsion, and the friction, created-, in dr:ening the collec- tion of ehrahnel and partly melted rosin from, the shrapnel casleeg, The blasts of the getsen formed by the easel- Neon- of tne powder charge on iseuing fitta the oeen, eod of the casing scatters the OhraPnel still far- ther and imparts to the balls a velo- olty which makes them very destruc- tive within a radius of about 60 feet et where the shrapnel "'breaks." 'After the break of a ishimnonelethe heart of the lerajectilei 4aitippes advance, with a certain- accelerated speed, followed be the diaphragm powder t.i.ibei" etc., and the spread of scattering shrapn,e1. The casing; hav- ing lost much of its, moraentum, -drops to the 'ground. A shrapnel which breaks properly during flight simply set0ers shrapnel balite:not fragments ated pieces of jagged shell such aa fly, from an. ex- ploding high -explosive shell. When a shrapnel, through failure of the time use to responel, does not ex- plode until it comes in contact with the ground or, some oteer drralebject in its path, -then, and mil then, the steel-ehelt is fractured and piecso spattered Dataame .fremientlye deaeribed as flying pieees of shrapnel casings, therefore, 's more probably correctly to be aserit,- ed to fragments of high-exploeive she 1 LORD RHONDDA account, the flour being sold to bak- ers at a uniform price, and the ,bret- ars being. expected to sell Joaves over the counter at a maximumof nine pence retail price and flour at a corresponding rate. British wheat will be purchaeed by millers at: prieee determined ,by the: Governeofint, these prices over the year averaging `Awe shil- ling Per faugtem. The peke, ,,elmarged ,to millers for, boVre nosate and lineporbed,,, • Wheat y would .be lower than tbe. coot to the Nereeat, And the differeaee would be made up by a Subsidy from the Barifeetfer. The ,policy of sub- sidies was only justilable 'because 01 the impeasebeleier, othovirjae-i of. re- duce the Cost 'of rood: to the poor, unt prices of cattle wooild be dne4-74 shillings per litrodred- weiptt in September, 7Z shillings in Oetolier, 67 shillings in November and,, Dember, feed 6ie shillings in Janneey. Tina. would_ eaahlie the farepers to manse without seriotte - knogfili.. illeitelenfeed •redueeaprices the ;eireseunter. and bittebers' preditik, Alas .00 ettate014.. Retitle egengie be fined eby'leaai cam - and 'insaneness:to would be alel her agent** dlateeibutlost. The lo*janthorttieti ould' -be inked to appfismerfsed. control, committees, olu at least • one representattve of I and one womae, these coma mit:toed ta be responsible fee earrye ing at the regutetions of the food eontroller. . 'A new scheme of sager distribu- tion, said 'Lord Rhondda, would be put MO operation, and another im- portant feature of the economy cam - Patine wottid be the estaigishment of communal. kitchens.. WHEN SHRAPNEL BURSTS. /lime Fuse Causes Balls to scatter in Air. ' The dictionary defines shrapnel as "a shell filled with bullets and .hav- ing a bursting charge to explode it at any time in its flight." This de- finition is credited to a -British .ofil- per, but, while accurate, is some- what Mieleading. So much for what a shrapnel is. What,a shrapnel 18 is clouded by even more general misunderstanding. Consulting the dictionary .again, we note that the shrapnel earries eursting.cliarge to explode it, and the • e weral belief is that this charge, A.;tr- ried in the powder pocket in the naee of the casing, shatters the eeeel :.;In a and ecatters the charge of ehrawei bullets, says Reghiald Tniutschole in Popular Mechanics.. °retiring a gun loaded with shrap- nel, the cartridge. case is left. just as is the shell when disehargire. an ordinary shotgun. The 'omet'et ‘• shrapnel, with its time fuse, etc.. I projected at a high rate of velocity revolving rapidly in its fliget, ant, t - ATTRACTIVE VOYAGE IN THE CHANNEL. 0 those wile have acquaint- ance with the way of the sea, in different pilots of the world, whe know some- thing of the strange lonesomeness mid-Atlantic, the burnished brih fiance of the tropics, or the lead grayness of the Northern oceans, there Is something about the English Channel which seems to make it waterway apart. "Sailing up the Channel," towards the Straits et Dover, or "sailing down- the Chan- nel" towards the open se -a, are phrases which seem to be abundant- ly fulfilled in practice, whenever one makes the journey. Every vessel on sees go by has about it an air ol setting .out or returning home. There is much more 'of the companionshie of the river about it all than of the chance "hail and farewell" of the sea. Geologists have, of course, much to say about the Channel. They will teinyou how, along its coasts on either side, cliffs and Lowlands alter nate, ' and how the `'"geological attire itiee' between eeeiecessive opposite stretches are wq/ittai ked; how the granite of Coniaiall and Devon is clearly,own brother -to the granite °I Brittany, and so on, all the way to the "sneer -Streak:" where, the white cliffs of ,Dover find fellows in the white limestone -about Calais and Boulogne. Geographers, too, will tell you that, if the entrance to the Chan- nel shall be taken to lie between Ushante and the Scilly Isles, its ex- treme.len,gth is - about- 320 miles; whilst width varies from 106 miles; at -its entrance, to twenty tunes at the arias. The average num pays little ,attention to the fig- ures, but he is grateful to he .inct- dentally reiniadedeof suet" -pieces as Devon and Cornwall, of Brittany and Usilowtee anti ;the Scilly, Isles. Inde,04, among theegreat joys of a voyage up.or- down, the,. Channel, to anyopmewhe knowe the couatry well, _ especittilLthe Eaglishtshore, are the, unekpected,..viewS he gains of familial scene -et the noting,how. this or that handing, hill or wood, -witiek never' teought very conspiettOus, stands out. :quite defieneely as a lande nistrko- when observed.from the sea,' Then, if he makes part of his Jour.' Rey bff Alight, as indeed heeneedge must, there will be the lights- to idea- titythisind' who that hes madianaseth meanie& abroad by sea is not -fam- iliar with the satisfaction of greet:fee -a keiown light a loeg, way: ogee— Defer, .Beachy Heada St: etatherine's Polak and so on. ,rerleeffeee_ehe neoge therotigh eraleol expeorerett:the ChOrtel is to make lite ..loonden,.to 'pull out, fro., s erreeehousete„ ea*, w ch piles up in Strange ceetipbezity round St. Mary Axe, fee 111*11110),p noe ter from. Wapplag. ,Steereeeeind be towed(eautinusly aolre, thee Moor through thePool anea Tema,. hones Reach, and so an towards the melk. If a start is made at midday -Ile stunner, it will be nightfall by- the time the ship hi off Broadstairs, and the voyager will. bare an afternoon at reeolleetions of the stately 'build. begs and still more stately trees of Greenwich, the great liners of Til- bury Docks, the "monstrous iminen.- sity" of the hotel at Southend, and the familiar. s rks of White - ! LISTEN TO THIS! I SAYS CORNS LIFT I RIGHT OUT NOW You reckless men and women who are pestered with corns and who have at least once a week invite& an awful death from lockjaw or blood poison are now told by a eineinnad antherite to use a drug called freeeone, which the moment a few drops are applied to any corn, the soreness is relieved and soon the entire corn, root and all+, lifts out with the fingers - .It is a sticky_ ether compound which dries the moment it is applied and simply shrivels the corn without Inflam- ing or evenirritating the . surround- ing tissue or skin. It is claimed that a quarter of on ounce of fremene will coat very little at any of the drug stores, but is sufficient to rid one's feat a every hard or sett corn or callus You are further warn.ed that eattina at a corn Is a inticidal habit slab a, Herne Ewe Rad Margate, and so on round the, earner to Broad- Wen,- all places, which recerkt vantage lia've rendered only tee familiar. After nightfall, if he staystonsd long, enough, there is the light on Cape Gria-Nes, over in Prance, and the lights of Boulogne; and there as the coast of France falls away south, and the ship hugs the Enigliala stiorhi there are the lights of Heettagenand of, Eastbourne, and the solitary light/ at the foot of th.e cliff at Beachy Heaa. And, all, the time, ships are pawing, homeward bound: 13.411,0 mostly, and slome, for so it wan be- fore the war, ane a blaze of Light, wed. some again, steal past , with. nothing showing but just the red, atilt, green on either side, and the steady white light high up on elle nimithead. Eerie' next morning, maybe, finds the. Isle of Wight strangely near on, the star- board, and, thereafter, the laid Rinks away to themost distant hori- zon, as the coast sweeps inwards along the great bight of Yorset and: Devon, and so on to Start Point, and from Start Point to Lizard Head and Land's End. Then as the sun Is, sinking in the west, lighting up the red cliffs of Cornwall, the Scilly Isles come in sight, and pass by, .and tbe Channel is left behind. --Christian Science Monitor. EMPRESS SEARg4,,ED OUT INCOMPETENT OFFICIALS WISS newspapers reprint the following story, which hre been going the rounds of the Austrian and German press: "On one of the recent fat days in Vienna the Empress Zita, disguised as the wife of a Vienna workingman, mixed among the purchasers of fate in order to see for herself hdei much truth there was in the complaints in the press about the bureaucracy pre- vailing at the selling of fats, Soon he we engaged in conversation with the other *omen, and Fran X was telling about her family and her children that she had been com- pelled to leave behind without any- one to watch them because she fre- quentior had tie wait hours to get a little fat, and Frau Y sang the game song in a little differene key. "An hour passed, aed then_ two and finally three, while the Empress wa$ talking. with her new acepfaint- aiices abut their houlield joys and woes art4d they were vainly trying to get. the fat counter. There were Diu. too few officials on hzaid, and EMPRESS ZITA those who were there were so indif- ferent and indolent that ao progress was being made. Dozens who bad not yet been served after having waited tor hours were still standing in front of the shop when the check struck five and down rolled the glop shutter with a crash, and despite all the pleas of the women for service the officials said: 'It is now closirig time and time to quit work. To- morrow the performa,nee Will begin again,. You will -have to come again to-morrow.i "Then the women were filled with natural Indignation 'and they were not at all 'backward in voicing their sompiaintee while their new col- league carefully noted what was eoing on and then dipappearedeunek 8erved into amide street, libellee 8he qnliehly guide her way hone he a wartautomobile. There tbe Em- peror at ',once received an exact 1*- pert ot the, state of affairs, and a ferw Minutes rater the question aa to how things had gone that day in selling fat was put to the officials at the 4alesroom from the highest author- ity. 'Remarkably well,' was the as - port, 'Thework of distribution was already ended at six o'cioene and everybody was satisfied."Thea why Oidn't the -.Empress get aar fat, al- though she waned for hours?' was the next question, and the interroga- tor rang off. It must have rung un- pleasantly in the officials' ears all eight and still raore so the next morning when the •order came: horansferred tofield service at the iiront because of incompetency in the eupply service.' "This incident, like many another since the ascendancy of the royal mung pair to the throne, has faudd very joyful echo among the people, trid the hope is again springing up /hat at last someone has been found ',17`.7,o has the courage to wring the imek ef the Austria.n. btereanacy and that Emperor Charles and his nobia comeanion, Empress Zita, are ele ones to do it." Aritists in Wm.. What can the artist do for his eountry in war time? What has be done in the countries now at war? in what direction can he i.exert his reaxlinum of efficiency? "For 'what werk is he especially equipped? Through my conneaion, as Amami - n -1,!eretary, with the TOpoi tux A:list—an organization tire,t has been beleing .the needy artists of O ;'"1.3 by providing cheap meals for eh -ill' in studios loaned for tisat pur- posse-1 have been kept in close and tenni...ant 'ouch wW.h what the art - workers have been doing in. Prance. Even before I left that country, in the fourth month of the Great War, th-e artists were -actieiely meganized. At the very outbreak of hostilities 1 1 1 AUG tirr 2. 7 - to Feel Well Jing Life Told by ee Women Learned from Experience. The Change of Life is a most critical period of a woman's existence, and neglect of health at this time invites disease and pain. Women everywhere should remember that there is no other remedy known to medicine that will so successfully carry women through this trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham's V9 etable Compound, made frost native roots and herbs. Read these letters:— Pa,—"I started the (large of TA • always had a headache and back .ring down pah3s and 1 wad have s very bad at times with dimrslocals and ; Iseekihive After ta le Compound.1 feel in bettor Mal* awl no Mate hes and pains I had. be xeniedy: end SU'eer, Honor ry Coll the Med' Veteeln all domes princip etir a ape Hotel, Mal dors left znpt at the Honor g frY .12. 4154 Borer'ty, Mites.—"I took UFO. have alyiays P"undlkei off"it t6neofrvotherLife"snws.wIonzefao7nddiitsPe have had, them tr it and they also have good results , from it"— Mrs. CaORGE A. 17 Roundy St., Beverly, Mass. Erie, Pa,—"1 was in poor health wh Cb.ange of Life startad. -with me and. I E. Pinkthana's Vegetable Compo=i, oc should net have got over it 10; easy as•I diiL now if I do ntit tael good, I take the Co and it reetikee sae la a short arm. I wit. yo-ir remedies to every wom.rt for it them as it has me." —Mx& X. MEWLING, 0 24th St, Erie, Pa, No other matedicime has been so seeeessful ba relteViti wornszet suffering as has Lydia B. Piakbain's CionVolase- Womertextay reeds* freesad 'helpful advice by writies the Lytle, E. Pinkbank Alrieitiedlavek,” liVenne Was& Such iettareAra received. and answore& by women slay ana belt in strict comma:am trig the younger artists end the students at the Beaux-Arts took fheir assign- ed places in the ranks of the youth of France, and shared the horrors of the first few months of war with such fine self-oacrifice and with such spirit and ardor _that I have among my papers a single lite of three hundred and fifty of them killed in action,- - Many distinguished themselves on the field of battle; maay were -"gass- ed" or wounded; many have emu& back Physical and mental wrecks after long periods in the hospitals. Two artists of the Appui were among those•who acted as eclaireurs for wbat was probably the most deadly volley of artillery ever fired. "At Verdun, when the Fort de Vaux was cut off from the main French body by German cross-fire," writes a friead Paris, "the situation of the garrison becanie hopelese and Reynal capitulated. The Germans seemed to thtnk that, with Vaux fallen, Verdun was in their power. They prepared a triumphal advance in force. Platoon after platoon, regiment after regi- ment, roiled out of their trenahes, formed in close order under their standerds and began to sweep on- ward, cheering and singing, with their, mnsia at their bead. Two men of the Appui helped to signal the rigirt moment for the French guns to open. Those who saw it say that a great cloud of dust rose to an enormoue height, hiding everything trona view,and when it settled no "thing thing could he seen. — From "Special Service for Artists in War -rime," by Ernest Peixotto. Japan Likes the Moon. "Japanese fondness for 33100D-gaX-- rig mut* -not be interpreted ae a pure feleing of Joy in the presence of beauty; -it is mixed- -with melon - choly senpuent," says the Mew East. "The soul is touched with strange and deep pathos when booking at the' moon withereight sky as a back- ground and—silence. Shirakawa had' the idea when he said:, `As I, in soli- tude, look attentively upon the moon, to m I seem merge 1918 oneness with her.' This attitude toward nature quite differs from that which one feels at sight of the first touch of day as a spot of high light upon the top of Mount Mluji."—East and West News. LUTHER BURBANK T this time when so many men are making their fame with the arts of war, it is interesting to note that Luther Burbank still continues to attract attention by his peculiar genius he one of the greatest arts of peace. Burbank is the wizard of plant life, and he has accomplished wonders with plants, and yet strange to say he drifted. as It were, into ism acienee 18 whiih he was to no- ,............•••••••••••••••••••••, come the most famous man of hie day. Luther Burbank, the horticultua 1st, was born in Lancaster, Worm - ter County, Mass., March 7, 1841. h Office and rione 7 Gradue McGffl Un: of College of On IV D LUTHER He was educated at LanCios demy. At the age af 18 b Worcester, Masse to lea turning and pattern making in shops of the Ames Flew Compeer, and for three years w* 18- t ploy of that company. , He turned to work that was *holly Con, gcnial and., buying a, 20 -acre farm et Luntliburg, ernes., he bevel experi ,aents with fruits, vegetables" fio-wers, with the nbject of produchte :tow species and varieties. The wail hesown Burbank potato was one reo eult of his efforts in thie direction, A 7.1r arater climate than that of NOY Eneiand being essential to e contiatt- ous work, Mr. Burbank removed 'hi o :rim Rosa, Cala in 1875, establish- ing his principal experiment grounds near Sebaistopol, in. the same county (i3onorao), where every condition 0/ soil and climate best suited to the work of • propagation was fool& Here fruits, towere, vegetabLes, grains, trees, shrubs and gram. have been developed—such wonder. sfuhlortreepuelrtsiodbeoifngtimseecutrhated mwirt.hiaBox,e bank is not inaptly called the wet- ard of horticulture. At one time eighty thousand lilies, representing value of one-quarter million dollawa were to he seen there in full bloom: No horticulturist has ever worked on so vast a scale, nor in so %feta - tic a manner as Mr. Burbank. This Advertise -may irld 'lice you ba try the ffrst Psalms. but we rakr abselate&y ea the isimaiitable lUVR.41W and (polity to make past aparsaasent castoineg We wewes ts give this first trial fret you will Are, us a steal te Tareatoe