The Huron Expositor, 1918-02-22, Page 7r,
.qucl it
%-ith Icas
doesift hurt the
never feel tha
not find it hard
because Snnligbt
[or me.'
this lady's reenarks.
ee hOneatle, that our
S 110 iraptieity has
Od-
Soa
TORONTO.
• -
weather when the plants
bloom, produces the best
1, such a season it is /lob
get 150- 'pounds of ho
in a good clover distri
er hand, continuous rain Or
ther dng the honey flow,
nt the production of any
ney. We cannot forecast
r in any part of the ountr
honey crop is auuncertain
crop. In 1915 the highest
oloney from clover was
1 Nova Scotia; in Ont.axior
vas only moderate, and in
mainland of British Colum-.
ire. In 1916 Nova Scotia
an tse age Quebec, .intario
oba far above the average.,
ler roesCnaland of B. Columbia.
lure. In /917, Nova Scotia:
failrire;' southern Ontario.
average; Quebec and Mani -
the average and the lower
t British Columbia a beuette-
The shifting 'of the good.
one region to another was
eather conditions. In the-
returrts, however, Ontario
led, the Maritime Pro-
le next, and British Colum -
I, comparison of considerable
3 to the specialist but less.
deur.
of sugar has been reflected
raarket. In the last two
demand for honey has been
-; the price bas risen -Z to 5
rand within the past few.
1.d White extracted honey at
xi writing i being quoted
• cents per peered wholesale
-
)ing needs but little -capital,
:Tied onaanywhere, even in
4-, in the cite and is not par-
borious. The bees iequiro
Drily in pleasant weettheri,
and foresight being nevied
that is necessary until the
again likely to be favorable..
TY
braarine of Fc-firly Data
marine played an import*
• the American Civil War
The Federal corvettet
; was sunk by this Lens,
tacking submarine and its
;rished in the adventure.
•
uch Fertile Land.
inta.in regions of Cuba in -
ridges and valleys or ex-.
.rtiIe land, nearly all un-
nd existinf. practically as
etfore the time of the
"REAM WANTED.
our Creamery now in full
and we want your patron -
are prepared to pay yam
prices for your cream, pay
two weeks,' tdgh, sample.
eel can of cream earefullY
rou statement of the same.
upply cans free of charge.
;ou an honest busines,s deal,
see us ordrop tis a card _for
L
FlAFORTH CREAMERY
Ontario.
[ZEE
postcard to is now and
eturn mail a copy of our
ted 80 -page catalogue of
ower and Field Seeds,
Grains, Bulbs; Small
len Tools, Etc.
—We will also send you
c (value 150 of our chotee
erfly Flower
5f the airiest. and daint-
imaginable, especially
ordering beds of taller
hose of a heavier growth.
germinate quickly and
loom in a few week,
• The florescence is
completely obscure the
ng the the plant a veritable
the most delicate and
loom. The Butterfly
in late winter and early
iabie oreseitune
Forrisri
UNTER SElaco.0
414 41. 41-. 4
• fe 4 14- 4,4,.•• ft 14
• l• 4.*
441r- 441 tro e V •••,• Oye, •••
19
FEBRITARA c°'
Notrtmt.i. tit splos ,amsseoxa
• enp uoymuarthati Set Rearm saw°
estp noutuor /Can eio,Tesdedaip droOse$
won alms va as,.#11-090a
sainuga ozvg aZTMOI 1162r. .0.10FiL 8rtap
SUB UX0,4 UTBdDdiM B,9dva,A0 0i U)0
-rasa eartf s2(g-14444 teardo fisadVIIP
aperacias -pue ue tex draertustrg 81
aa lappets ptre 401.1626. Novi* etr, lit zero
-leaass itatui* »puib*raps ran
• dor Pal" nigdf412KI lit Va.
fsirperaoss lee& em2at %reds• i
-ersospeaq ao wing -
inoj larport *SSOUTTE,ip z 'poi pewit
-rpun eo amnia -trauma .ro 8 so Ona-goagt
.10 00911.1909 dendurtren extonseiliput
toS *Mott03 )UP (ssadriP cow
-moss nu searanut aag ue i mu
vow, ;e litt*J;eip
pue uanqueoo 'eisciacisrp
4140e111048 [toe *MS
.490X9 sazneJcnou ,trisdadem st,aded.
NOliS391aNI 80 S3SV9
I - -
SII3VIA10.13 may %nos I map decorated with variousler, 'colored
=C..
=r.
•••••1
4 "I
41'11,1 , ofj
os
ver
_
The Top
By
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
a
,10111111100111111e11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111100111111111emifillennomefit
CHAPTER'Ie
From .Mufti to Khaki.
It was in an office in Jersey City.
I was sitting at my -desk talking to a
lieutenant of the Jersey National
Guard. On the wall was a big. war
1IDIIIIIIUIJIUIIII
little flags showing -the position of the
LEGAL
R. S. HAYS. •,
Barrister, Solicitor,Conveyancer and
Notary Public. Solicitor for the Do-
Illilli011 Bank. Office in rear of the o.
minion Bank, Seaforth, Money to
lean.
J. M; BEST.
Barrister, Solicitor, Conveya
and Notary Public. Office upshere
er Walker's Fur/Alyce Store, het*
t, Seaforth.
PROUDFOOT, KILLORAN AND
COOKE.
Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Pub-
lic, etc. Money to lend. ' In Seaforth
on, Monday of each week Office
Kidd Block W. Proudfoot, K.C., J.
L. Killom; H. J.. D. Cooke.
. •
VETERINARY.
P. HARBURN, V.8.
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
any College, and honorary member of
the Medical Association of the Ontario
Veterinary College. Treats diseases of
all domestic animals by the most mod-
e/re principles. Dentistry and Milk Fear-
*. a aPeeleltr, Office opposite Dick's
Hotel, Main Street, Seaforth. Al"
dame left at the hotel will re 1.ve
asempt attention. Night calls re dy-
ad at the ofilce.
JOHN GRIEVE, V.S.
Honor graduate of Ontario Veto; in -
eery College. All)diseases ol domestic
ardmals treated,j Calls promptly at-
tended to and charges moderate. Vet-
erinary Dentistri a specialty. Ofilce
and residence on Goderich ,street, one
door east of Dr. Scott's office, Sea-
ter&
,1••••.. •
MEDICAL.
DR. W.J. GLANFIELD, M.A., .M.B.,
Physician, Etc. Honor. Graduate
of University of Toronto,' six years'
laxperience. Brucefield, Ontario.
1
,1 DR. GEORGE HEILEMANN.
--Osteopathic Physician of Goderi
'Specialist in women's and children•s
eliaeases, rheumatism, acute, chronic
and nervous disorders; eye ear, nose
and throat: -Consultation free: Office
in the Royal Hotel, Seaforth, Tues-
days and -Fridays, 8 a.m. till 1 p.m.
C. J. W. HARN, M.D. C.M.••
425 Richmond Street, London, 0
Specialist, Surgery and Genito-Ue
•wry liseases of men and women.
• Dr. ALEXANDER MOIR
Physician and Sturgeon
Dce and Residence,- Main Str t,
Phone. -70 • Hensa
DR. J. W. PECK
Graduate of Faculty of Media a
lieGffi University, Montreal; Member
of College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Ontario;Licentiate of Medical Coun-
cil of Canada; Post -Graduate Member
of Resident Medical Staff of General
Hospital, Montreal, 1914-15; Office, 2
doors east of Post Office. Phone 56,
Hensel', Ontario.
• DR. F. J. BURROWS
Office and residence, Goderieh Street
" east of the Methodist church, Seaforth.
Phone 46. Coroner for the County of
Enron.
elee..(••••••
DRS. SCOTT & MACKAY
J. G. Scott, graduate of Victoria and
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ann Arbor, and member of the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, of
Ontario.
C. Mackay, honor 'graduate of Trill.
ity University, and gold medzdlist of
Trinity Medical College; member of
the College of Physicians and Surgeons
•of Ontario.
DR. H. HUGH ROSS.
graduate of Univereity of Toronto
Feculty of Medicine, member of, Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario; pass graduate courses in
Chicago Clinical School of Chicago;
Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, London,
England, University Hospital, London,
England. Office --Back of Dominion
Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5, Night
Calls answered from -residence, Vic-
toria street, Seaforth
AtJte I IONEERS
THOMAS BROWN.
Licensed auctioneer for the cola les
eit Huron and Perth. Correspond
• agementts for sale dates can be
made by calling up Phone 97, Beat th
er The Expositor 081es. Charges
seats and satisfaction guaranteed.
opposing armies on the Western front
in -France. In front of me on the
deek layea New York paper with big
flaring head lines:
.LUSITANIA, SUNK! AMVRICA
- • LIVES LOST!
The windows were open and a fee
ing of spring pervaded the a
Theough the open windows came
the strains of a hurdy-gurdy plityin
in the street—"I Didn't Raise my Bo
to be a Soldier!' - •
"Lusitania Sunk! • American Lives
Lost!"—"I Didn't Raise my Boy to be
a .Soldier" To Us these did not seem
to, jibe.
The lieuteant in silence opened one
of the lower drawers' ef his- desk and,
took from it an American flag which.
he dolemnly draped over the vrar maP
on4he Wall, Then, turning to me with
a grim face, ,said: "
• "How about it, Sergeant? - You had
=better get out the Minder tell of th
MY% coat. I had no king, and Al'o'
country had seen fit not to need me,.
!but still that pointing linger made me
Ifeel Small and ill at ease. I got off the bus to try to dissipate this .fee
big by ilaixing with tile throng on the
E sidewalks.' -
IPresently I came to a recruiting
office. Inside,Sitting' at a desk was
Ia lonely-To/m:y Atkins. I decided to
intervieterhimein regard, to joining
!the British *tiny. opened the door.
1 He looked'. up and greeted me with
"I s'y, myte, want to tyke on?
looked at him and answered,
"Well, whatever that is, I'll take a
chance •at it."
Without the aid of an interpreter, I
found out that Tommy wanted to know
if cared to join the British Army.
He asked me: "Did yOu ever hear of
the 'Royal Fusiliers?" Wellidin Lon-
don, you know, Yanks are *Apposed
to know everything, so I was not, going
to appear ignorant and answered,
usure.
I After listening for one half-hour to
• Tommy's tale of their exploits on the
firing line, I dedded to join. Tommy
• took me to the - recruiting .headquar-
ters where I met a typical English
•
immediately Pulled out my American NO. 1, McLean, Nebr ka.
Thls Woman
Lydia E.
table cons
Personal
1
McLean, Neb.—" want , to recom- .
delible pencil, envelopes, and pay ,
Mend Lydia E. Pineham's Vegetable
Cempound t o a I 1 ' book, and personal belongings such as "
vtornen who suffer . a small Mirror. a decent razor, add a i
from any functional f sheaf of unanswered letters, and fags. •
disturbance, as it hi your haversack you carry weir
has done me more iron rations, meaning a tin of bully
Since• taking it e 1 couple of pipes and a package of shag,
; ing tea, sugar and . Oxo cubes; a
beef, four biscuits, and a can contain-
s
good than all the
d etor's medicine.
have a fine eality ; a tin of rifle oil and a pull through.
baby girl and have 1 Tommy:generally carries the oil with
gained'in health and : his rations; it gives the cheese a sort
strength. My bus- of sardine taste. .
band and I both . Add to. this a first-aid pouch and a
e to all sufferiog the
praise your need- long ungainly rifle patterned after
captain. He asked my nationality. I• women."—Mrs. JOHNXO R. idea f British soldier in
an o a
Daniel Boone period and you have
. ,
I
Blighty.
.--
contained my overcoat, a nextra pair •
0
of socks, ehange of undemear, hold- .
all, (containing knife, fork, spoon ' .
,
comb, toothbrush,. lather brush, shay -
iing soap, and a razor- made of "Ain,
the blade; when Ifrying to shave with AllE fDe, i _FRUIT
.11
with "Made in England" stamped on
this it made youywish. that you were
Recommends war With Patagonia, se that you 1
Friend""ndehousewife, COUId 1!4:: n °: tlihnae-111 Tv ;1 e i; shoe brush an
I stiff brushqs. and a box of "Soldiers
:Thrigthoe'un' tfistaint, yePoounedr_
I, a box- of dubbin, a writing pad, in
perience.
V
7
............„,..
rThe aristocracy of the trenches ve
seldom cal Itheni "cooties,' 'they spe
of them as fleas
To an American, flea means a small -
insect -armed with a bayonet, who is
wont to jab it into you and then hop,
skip and jump to the next place to be
attacked. There is an advantage in
having fleas on you instead of "coot-
,
ies" in that in one of Vs extended
, jumiis said flea is liable to land ort the
fellowlnext to you; he hal the typical
energy and push of the Ainerican,
while the "cootie" has the bulldog
tenacity .of the Englishman, he holds
on and consolidates or digs in until
his -meal is finished.
There is no way to get rid of them
permanently. No matter how often
you bathe, and that is not very otten, .
or how many times you change your
underwear, your friends, the "cooties"
are always in evidence. The billets
are infested with them, especially so,
if there is straw on the floor..
I have taken a bath and„ put on
brand new underwear; in fact a
complete change of uniform, and then
turned in for the night. Next morn-
ing my shirt 'would be full of them.
It is a eommon -thing, to see eight or
ten soldiers sitting under a tree_ with
their shirts over their knees engaging
in a "shirt hunt."
At night about half an hour before
"lights out" YOU can see the Tominies-
grouped around 4 candle, trying in
wredularities, tear -shell "Se
intosh, Steel helmet, two blankets,
rnets, a, sheepskm coat, rubber meek- 1
i things. After forty-eight hours in 'of the -vermin. A.... eMul„ ae le 4ftict very
sign painter had reversed 'the order of its dim light, to rid their -underwear
nervousness or
ea gloves, -00d a tin of anti -frostbite I
gees, a balaclava helmet, ,
1 intensive
1 these trucks we .detrained at Rouen. cfl.iiPk Viediod 18 your your shirt And
thiP1
thie miceessf"' grease Which is excellent for greasing '; „,„ . placewefor
throug. h an dr_. adrers, and run- e seanuaback and
trainingf ten diys fdreetrd in the dideie dawn :the candle
tot •the *la-
the boot; Add to this the weight of 1 --uMs-trEdng cons ed of , air urn ern out. ,. isapr _
. - . A .' th' II' " V '
t° his ratios, and can you blame Tommy til - get erous becauSe Von are liable to
an Ice is
nkham - I elite; 'of trendh warfare Vienehes Rg - , e . .
burn holes in the - garments if you
ak
sisting of a brass button stick; iwo I
'1 One reason why "Fruit -a -tines"
d i is so' extraordinarily successful in
. . . • . .
4traoreary locess
"Fnilte=ffves" tat 'Achlited
I- passport and showed it to him. It, Before leaving for France, this rifle
was signed by Lansing,—Bryan bad This famous root and herb remedy, is taken from. him and he is issued with i
lost his jab a little while previeusly. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Com- a Lee -Enfield shoat trench rifle and al
pound has been resterm '.'SIVLI f ratibn bag.
g After. looking at the passport, he in -
America to health for more than forty
•
formed me that he was-soary but could ; years mid it will well Pay, any
not enlist me, atr it week! be a, breach whe suffers dreireedteplaceinents, woman
of neutrality. 1 insisted ehat I was flaniniatiOn, ulceration
not neutral, because to me it seemed
tit a real(' American ceald not be
iiteal when big 'things were in pro-
gress, but the Captain wouldnotenlist
Inc.
In France he receives two *gas hel,
giving relief to those suffering with
Constipation, Torpid Liver, Indiges-
tion, Chronic Headaches, Neuralgia,
laclney and Bladder Troubles,
Rheumatism, Pain in The Back,
Eczema and other Skin Affections,
is, because it is the only medicine in
the world made from fruit juices. ;
It is composed of the medichial
prileciples found in apples, oranges,
figs and 'prunes, together withe the
nerve tonics and antiseptics of
proven repute.
50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c.
At all dealers or sent postpaid
by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa.
the cars, we thought that peahens the
•
With disgust in my heart 1 vient.oUt
in the street I had gone about a
block when a receuiting 'Sergeant Who
had followed 'me out of leis office tap-
-.ped me on the shoulder with his sWag-
backache,. heedachea
"the blues" to :give
reinedi
,For,epecial auggestieas.in
your aihnent write .loydla E.
Medicine coati,
ofdts- rang ex
014
ne Mass. The result
011ee heat yeer service. march? .•
ar grow ing. at a twenty kilo route
'had been dug, with barbed wire en-
-tanglements, bombing saps, dugouts,
observation posts, and machine gun
erineacentents..,We were given aemat-
tering of trench teeking, sanitation,
bomb *rowing, reconnoitering, listen-
ing posts, constructing and repairing
barbed wire,. "carrying in" parties,
methods used in attack and defence,
wiring parties, Mass formation, and
the procedure .for poison gas attacks.
ON the tenth day we again met our
friends "Hommes 40, Chevaux 8."
_ Having Served as.Sergeant-Major in I
for every -recruit he entices into joine [English drill sergeants their •butiness 1
e. ;ger stick and said: "EV- 1 can get yen ; ing the antler?, the recd ' but it did not work. They immediately :
in the Armee ,Vite have .a i
(adamant, to get this, but he woul put me as batman in their mess. Many!
down at the other -office who can do emit if he were wis a greasy dish of stew -----1accentally I
• the 'Lt. S. Caval17, I..tried to tell the,
t, is supposed
d not be a re-,
to the tact;
Mounted.Seouts, as I thinkthey will
be needed in the dowse of it few
days."
We busied ourselves till -late in the
evening writing out emergency tele-
grams for the men to report when the
call should come froin Washingtop.
Then we went home.
(1` crossed over to New York, and as
I 'went up .Fulton Street In take the
S bway to Brooklyn, the lights in the
11 :buildings of New York seemed
t be burning brighter than usual,. as
• they, too, had reed "Lusitania Sunk!
merican Lives Lost!" They seemed
be glowing with anger and right-
ous indignation, and their rays wig -
Wagged the message, "Repay!"
Months passed, the telegrams lying
handy, but covered with dust. Then,
one momentous morning- the Lieuten-
eat with a sigh of disgust removed the,
flags from the war map and returned
to his desk. I immediately= followed
this -action by throwing -the telegrams
in to the waste basket. Then we
looked at each other in silence. He
was squirming in his chair and I felt
depressed and uneasy.
The telephone rang and answered
it;.It was a businessdeall for me re-
questing my services for an out-of-
town assignment. Business was, not.
very good, so this was very welcome.
After listening to the proposition, I
seemed to be swayed by a pequliarly
straw force within me, and ,answered,
'In sorry that I/cannot accept your
offer, but I am leaving for England
next week," and hung up the receiv-
er. The lieutenant swung around in
his chair, and stared at mein blank
astonishment. A sinking sensation
came freer me, but I defiantly answer-
ed hts look with, "Well, it's so. I'm
going." And I went.
The trim across was uneventful. I
landed at Tibury, England, then got
int� a string of matchbox cars and
proCeeded - to London, arriving there
about 10 D. in. I took a room in a
hotel near St. -.Pancras Station for
"five and six—fire extra." The room
wag minus the fire, but the "extra
seemed to keep me warm. That night
there was a Zeppelin raid, but I didn't
see much of it,, because the slit in the
curtains was toe small and I had no
desire to make it larger. Next morn-
ing, the telephone bell rang„ and some-
one asked, "Are you there?" I was,
hardly. Arip.vay, I learned that the
Zeps had returned to their Father-
land. so I went out into the street
expecting to see scenes awful deva-
station and a cowering populace, but
everything.was normal. People were
calmly proceeding to their work.
Crossing the street, I accosted a Bob-
bie with: - =
"Can you direCt me to the place of
damage?"
He asked me, What damage?"
In surprise, I answered, "Why, the
daanage caused by the Zeps."
With a wink he replied,
"There was no damage, we missed ed
them again."'
After several fruitless inquiries of
the paSsers-by, I decided to go on my
own in search of ruined buildings and
scenes of destruction: boarded a bus
which carried me through Tottenham
Court Road. Recruiting posters were
everywhere. The one that impressd
me most was a life-size picture of
Lord Kitchener with his finger point-
ing direetle at me, under the caption
of "Your King and Country Need
You." No matter which way I turn-
ed, the /accusing finger followed me.
I was an Ameriean, in mufti, and had
a little American flag in the lapel of
would he?
anYthing. He had just come out of spilled over -them.
the 0. T. C. (Officers' - Training Down at the end of 1 I would sooner fight than be a wait -I
Corps) and does not iniovwhat nu- Young film in mlifti er, so when the order came through I
he 'bar was a
Who was •vety
trality ia." decidedeto take a chance Ipatriotic. He had ab fit four .Old from headquarters calling for a draft I
and accepted his invitation for an in- Six ales aboard. Ile asked ram if he of 250 reinforcements for France, I '
troduction to the Lieutenant. I en- •could join, showed metdds left hand, volunteerad.
tered the office end went up to him, two fingers • were inissir, but I said Then ,We went before' the M. O.
• opened my passnort and said: 1 that did not matter as ' 'we:take any- (Medical Offieer) for another physical
"Before going further I wish to thing over here." The left hand is examination. This was i very brief.
str
the 'rifle hand as the er e is carried _He asked our names and numbers and
proud to fight, and want to join your
aethat I am an American, not too . •
th
at the slope on e left s oulder. Near- said. "Fit," and we went out to fight
anive .
ly everything in Engle 'd is "by the We were put into troop trains and
He looked 'at me in a nochalant man- left," even general traffikeeps to the sent to Southampton, where we dee
ner, and answered, "That's all i:ig,ht, port sidetrained, and had our trench rifles is -
we take anything over here." • I took the applicant ver to head- sued to us. Then in columns of twos
replied, "So 1 ,notice," but it went
I looked at him kind of hard and quarters where he was ihurriedly ex- we went „up the gangplank of a little
amined. Recruiting ii , geons were
over his head.
He got out an enlistment blank, and
placing his finger. on a blank lizfe,
said, "Sign here."
I answered, "Not en your tintype."
"I beg your pardon?"
Then explained that I would not
busy in thise days. and elid not have
much ttirne for' thorough, physical .ex-
aminatilms. My recruit was pissed
as "fit" by the doctor atici turned over
to .a Corporal to make.1 note. of his
scars. I wag mystified. Suddenly the
Corporal burst out with, "Blime me .
Thirty-six hours more of misery, and
we arrived at the town of
After unloading our rations and
equipment, we lined un on the road
in columns of fours waiting for the
order to march.
A dull rumbling could be heard.
The sun was shining. I turned to the
man on my left and asked, "What' s the
noise, Bill?" He did not know; lea-
•
are not careful:
Recruits generally sent- to Wig/its,
for *a dbrand of iitisect,*Weler adver-
-tised as. "GooddlorlitskV• Ilk." The
adtrertillenient 'tit -Lite; 416t; the
powder is good for "cooties," they
simply thrive on it.
The older men of *Our hattalien were •
wiser and made scratchers out of
_
wood. - These wererubbed- smooth
-with a bit of stone or sendtto Prevent.
splinters. They were 0104, givitteelt
inches long .and ToennY • gteeedaddaed
than' a scratcher of this 'length will
reach any part of the body which may
be attacked. - Some of the fellows
were lazy and only eriade their scrat-
chers twelve inches, but many a night
when on guard, looking over the top
from the fire' step of . the front-line
trench, they would havegiten a thous-
and "Quid" for the other six inches.
steamer lying alongside the dock. Once while we were in rest billets
his face was of a pea-green color. Jim 111
we Inc ourselves alone- both rails ' of
Sergeant, properly fed up they had picketed and fed their horses,
a, geenral shird hunt took blue. The
Irish. Hussar regiment earepee in
on my right also did dot know but ' an
At the head of Ole an there suggested that 1 `awsk' the sergeant. an open field eepposite out billet. After
was an old- sergeant who directed that
Coming towards. us was an old
the ship, .Then he ordered us to take grizzled trootters ignored the "Dinner arP," anti
life bets from the rive- overhead and with the war, so I "awsked" ham Ser.
iiThink it's going to rain, btarra seearearioh '
put them on. I have crossed the ocean il iltzte .
m'irwh: itrettieti
several times and knew I was not geant?" ' I of procedure. They Itting their shirts
sign it without first reading it I ,dwo of his fingers are gope": turning seasick, but when I buckled on that He looked at me in contempt, and *over a hedge and beat them with their
read it over and signed .for aeration to me he said, "You certainly have -life' belt I had a sensation of sea- grunted, 'Ow's it a goin' ter rain entrenching tool handle's,
of . war. Seine of the recruits were your nerve with, yOU, not "alf you sickness. 1,
. .
After we ' at o
all I could
with a torpedo on each. across the
were a mill
fore eeu gets back to Blighty,"
warhead of which was inscribed my 1 1KY knees seemed to wile, and 1 I
'name and address. ,
we started our march up to h
, , squeaked out a weak "'Oh!" . , w
' Then
After five hours we came alongside
the line in ten kilo treks. After the a
a pier and disemberked. I had attain -
first day's! mareli we arrived at our
ed another one of my ambitions. I
ttee test billets. In ranee they call theni
was "somewhere in France." w
, slept in the open that night on the rest billets:. In. France they mit' them • F
side of the road. About six the next Tommy works seven days a week and a
morning we were ordered to 'entrain. 1 on the eighth day of the week he is
given twenty-four hours "en his own."
I looked around for- ,the passenger
coaches, but all I coulA see on the sid-h Our billet was a spacious affair, a
ing were cattle- car. We climbed large barn on the left side of the road,
which had one hundred entrances.,
into these. One the side of each car
ninety-nine for shells, rats, winds and
was a sign reading "Honames 40,
rain, and the hundredth one tor Tom -
Chevaux 8." When we got inside of .
• my. I was tired out, and using my e
1
shrapnel -proof helmet, {shrapnel "
lucky. They signed fdr seven years ain't, t, to bring thiseliegger
only. • . The doctor educe over and exploded,
Then he asked me my 'birthplaee. "What do you by hringing in a
I answered, "Ogden, Utah."
He Said ,,"Oh, yes, just outside of
New York ?" .
With a smile, I replied, "Well, it's
up the State a little."
Then I was taker' before the doctor
and passed ,as physically fit, and was
issued a uniform. When I reported
1
back to the Lientenaat, he suggested
that, being an America ,, I go on re-
cruiting service and try to shame
some of the slackers into joining the
Army. -
"All you have to do," he said, "is
to go out on the street, and when you
see a young fellow in mufti who looks
physically fit, just stop him and give.
him this kind of teJk; 'Aren't you as -1 are a wash-
hamed of yourself, a Britisher, phys- out," and set me to a training depot.
kale fit, and in mufti when your
King and Country need you? Don't bustled to the quarterna ster stores
After arthing at this tee, I. was
you know that your ceuntry is at war and received an av•ful shuck. The
and that the place for every young Quartermaster Sergeant spread a wat-
Briton is on the firing line? Here I crprof sneet on the grout*, and mil -
am, an American, in khaki, who came i menced ii towing a rn.set.liaaa‘)Iis as -
four thousand miles to fight for your I sortment of st,raps, 'huskies, and other
naranherm ia into it I thought he
King and Country, and you, as yet,
have not enlisted. W1--- don't you would never stop, but when the pile
join up? Now is the time.' reached to my knees he Paused long
"This argument ought to get many enough to say, "Next, No. 5217,
recruits, Emirey, so go out and see 'Arris, 93' Company." 1 gazed in
what you can do." bewilderment at the pile Of junk in
He then 'gave Me a small rosette front of me, and then myi eyes wan -
of red, white ana. blue ribbon, with dered around looking for the wagon
three little streamers hanging down . which was to carry it to the barracks.
This was the recruiting insignia and I was rudely brought to earth by the
was to be worn on the left side of the l't?utayrri't.ex, acw1a,yimi; bnign,d""mEesiee,yyeosu; 'op
s
cap. .
Armed with a swagger stick and my looking for 'his batman to 'el n 'im
patriotic rosette I .went out into Tot- carry it." 1
tenham: Court Road in quest of cannon ; Struggling under the load, with fre-
foTelt7.
or three poorly 'dressed civilians baracks (large car barns-, and my
quent pauses for rest, I reached our
platoon leader came to the rescue.
It was a marvel to me how quickly
he assembled the equipment. After
he had completed the task, e showed
pretty soon I stood before }mm a pro-
,
me how to adjust it on m person.
per Tommy Atkins in heavy march-
ing order, feeling like an overloaded
I
camel.
man in this condition?"
. Looking out of the corner of my eye,
. I noticed that ceared had, re-
cruited Me heiT.tfa h group, and
I could not helpeure*thing, "Well, sir,
I was told that you took anything over
here," . - -
I think they _called it "1 ankee itnpu-
dence," anyhow it ended my recruit-
ing.
• . CHAPTER II
Blighty to Rest Billets
The next morning, the
for me and informed me,
a recruiting Sergeant -you
aptain sent
"Empey, as
passed me, and although they appear-
physcially fit, I said to myself,
"They don't want to join the army;
'perhaps they have some one dependent
on them for support," so I did not ace,
cost them.
Coming down. the street I saw a
ung dandy, ton hat and all, with a
fashionably dressed girl walking be-
side him. I muttered, "You are my
meat," and when he came abreast of
me 1 stepped directly in his path and
stopped him with my swagger stick,
saying:
MOM.
.1
"You would doek fine in khaki, why
not change that top hat for a steel
helmet? Aren't you ashamed of 'your-
self, a husky young* chap like you in
ufti when men are needed in the
nches? Here I am, an American,
me four thousand miles from Ogden,
ah, just outside of New York, to
ht for your King. and Country.
n't be a slacker, buck Up and get
o uniform; come over ;to the recruit -
office and I'll have you enlisted."
tre
44.41.4.11n.0.0.41,....4*.11..4..11.,4«••••••••••••4•414.4matieuttr.4.4..
"
ca
I Laugh When People
int
Step On YOur Feet
ing
He yawned and answered, "I don't
e if you came forty thousand miles,
one asked you to," and he walked
. The girl gave me a sneering
Z Try this ;yourself then pass car
it alone to others, . he
It works!
4 on
loo
ettetasteeteateratioeitteseeneaseeeleeeetesol I
Ouch ! ? ! ? ! ! This, kind of rough nea
talk will be heard less here in town if
stu
the
On my feet were heavy -soled boots,
studded with hobnails, the 'toes and
heels of which were reinforced by steel
half-moons; My legs were encased
in woolen puttees, olive drab in color,
with my trousers overlapping them at
•t‘e top. Then a woolen khaki tunic,
under which was. a bluith-gray woolen
shirt, minus a collar, beaneath this
shirt a woolen belly -band about six
inches wide, held in place by tie
strings of white tape. On my head
was a heavy woolen trench eap, with
huge ear laps buttoned over the top.
Then the equipment: A canvas -belt,
wide canvas -straps like su penders,
with ammunition pockets, nd two .
-called "D" straps, fastened tO the belt
in front, passing over each Shoulder,
crossing in the middle, of my pack and
attached by buckles to the rear of the
belt. On the right side of the belt •
k; I was speechless.
hung a water -bottle, covered •with felt,
recruited for three weeks and on the left aide was my Vernet and
rly got one recruit.
scabbard, and entrenching tool handle, ,
Thisperhapss . greatest
this handle strapped to the bayonet !
at in the world, but it got back at . scabbard. In the rear was my entren- :
officer who had told me, "Yes, we ching tool, carried in a canvas case.
e anything over here." I had been This tool was a combination pick and '
riding a good lot of my recruiting i snade. A canvas haversack was strap- .
e in the saloon bar of the "Wheat' ped to the left ' side of my belt, while
eel" pub (there :was a very attrac- on my back was the pack, also of can-
tive' blonde barmaid, who helped kille
. . vas, held in place by two canvas straps
e— was net as aerious in those over the shoulders; suspended on the ;
a as I was a little later when I bottom of the pack was my mess tin
ehed the front)—well, it wags the or canteen in a neat little canvas case.
th day and my recruiting report ' my waterproof- sheet, looking like a
jelly roll, was strapped bit top of the
pack, with a wooden stick for cleaning
the breach of the rifle projecting from
each end. On a lanyard around my
waist hung a huge jackknife with a
people troubled with corns will fellow
the simple. AdViee of this Cincinnati
authority, who claims theta few drops
of a drug called freezone when applied
to a tender, aching corn stops soreneers
at once, arid soon the corn dries up
tak
spe
tim
Sh
and lifts right out without pain.
R. T. LUKER
Llossood &Idioms. for the 0OM117
fie Mum. Was attended to b .11
p:erhs ef the County. 8,3V a yowls'
witting in Manitobe sad listal-abodas-
sma Tomo romoossblo. Mono No.
Moll, lezotot, Coattails P.O., R. a.
Organ left at The Moroi 13a.
Tent!, Mot, 1-afortii, moomptily at.
laaftil la.
_He says freezone is an ether eom-
poun whichries me ia y ai
never inflames or even irritates ti
surrounding ti,ssue or skin. A qunrt
of an ounce of freezone will cost ve
little at any drug store but s
dent to remove every 'hard or
corn or callus from one's feet. MtIlio
of American women will velem* t
announcement since the Inaugural
ef the high heels.
dtim
day
r rea
six
wa
rt poe
a for
is so
fl teri
s blank. I was getting low in the
ket--barmaids haven't much use
anyone who cannot buy drinks -
1 looked around for recruiting ma -
al. You know a man oh rercuit-
mg service gets a "bob" or shilling can -opener attachment. The pack
'
t into the streasn I looked 'guilty.
with. the boomur sun a shinint?" I
Of was that there , "Them's the gens up the, line, me e
German submarines lad, and you.'11 get enough' of 'em be- w
I asked one of them -why they didn't .
ick them off by hand; and. he answer -
d, "We haven't had a hith for nine
eeiks or a change of la)ber if I
tried to pick the 'cooties* off my shirt,
would be here for duration - the
ar." After taking a close look at
is shirt, I agreed with bbn, it was
live. =
The greatest Shea a AVeruit gets
when he arrives at his battalion in
ranee is to see the men engaging in
"cootie" hunt, With an air of eOn-
.ternpt and disgust he avoids the eratso
party of the older mem, until a -couple
of day's Tater, in a torment of itching,
he also bee' to resort toa shirthunt,
or spend many a sleeplesa night of
misey. -During these hunts there are -
hits of pertfnefit remarks bandied back
nd forth among the explorers, eueh
, "Say, lswap you two little
es for ,a big one," or, "I've got a
aek one here that looks like Kaiser
.
Zam-Bu ends'the
pain, and stops bleed..
in. Try it! •
*Al dealers. 50c. Lex.
01111141,16114
proof until a piece of shrapnel hits 1a
it), or tin hat, for a pillow. lay down esT
in the straw, and was soon fast aslee
I must have slept about two hours, t
when I awoke with a prickling sensa-
tion all over me. As I thought, the
straw hail worked through my uniform
I woke up the fellow lying `: on my
left, who had been up
the line before,
and asked him,
"Does the. straw bother you, mate?
It's worked through my uniform and
I can't sleep:"
IIn a sleepy voice, he answered, "That
ain't straw, them's cooties."
, From that time on inv friends, the
1 'cooties" were constantly with me.
1
"Cooties,' or body lice, are the bane
of TO11133137'S existnee.
P,
(Continued Next Week)
Child/ ea (Irv'
RIR FUT-an-WS
CASTORIA,
children Cry
FOR armors
CAS*1
edh
46
nfihis new bigger bar
is the backbone
of nty
Soap
Trade'
iCANADA
t& deZeW
11
I
ft
fly
The successful grocer wouldn't think of doing business without
the new, bigger Comfort Soap bar. It's the economical Soap
that people want in war time.
COMORT SO
Bigger bar—without premiums
You can do without premitmts in war time but you certainly want all the
good soap you can get for your money. That's what we thought when
we discontinued premium-% during the war and gave you a bigger ,
Comfort bar instead. We're glad we did. It's what you wanted.
PUGSLEY, DINGMAN & CO., LIMITED, TORONTO
IIi,t ..si hILHLI1, a, "--
.01
_,.
•