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THE ARMY FOOD DRIVE Food wastage was a scandal OF early war days. To-Day There is Hardly an Item "Left Over" That Is Not Put to Some Use. In the summer of 1916 a definite movement was Inauguriited to con- serve and control Army food consump- tion, but most of all to nut a check on the hideous waste thut was sacrificing untold tons of supplies every year, Bays a -war correspondent. The only way to get efficient â- cooks was to train them, so scliools of cook- ery were started. Tlie course of in- Etruftion lasts four weeks, at the end of which he is required to pass an es- amination. If he meets all require- ments he is given a small card, which certifies that he has completed the course in the School of Cookery, and It becomes his passport into the zone of full-fledged Army cooks. Since the establishment of tliese schools 42,000 graduate cooks have been turned out. •The stockpot Is a very important first aid to Army food saving. It is u.^ually a huge kettle, in which all sur- plus meat and busija axe dumped, and which becomes tho sanctuary of the , Justly famous Army stew. | Th^s constant supervision of cook- i ing not only reduced waste, but enab- 1 led the British Army to curtail its rations considerably during 1917. Two | ounces a day were pinched off the al- j lowance of breadstuffs, except In the cases of soldiers under nineteen, who have the prize appetites of the Ser- ! vice. The salt ration was cut down by \ one-fourth of an ounce per man a day, ' and a considerable saving was effect- ed in the consumption of tea. Kitchen Refuse. Although this whip-hand over waste reduced the ration, and eliminated ex- travagance in the preparation of food there was still an enormous sacrifice In the kitchen. Every day in the hun- dreds of Army cook-houses the leav- ings were dumped Indiscriminately In- to the garbage heap. These represent- ed. In the course of a year, thousands of tons of bone and fat which had com" mercial value. As long ago as 1915 England realized that she was paying au e-xcessive price for glycerine, which is one of the es- sentials In the making of high explo- Bives. The soapmakers In the United Kingdom notlfleU the Government that, owing to the abnormal prico for gly- The handiest kind of lunch •for a hungry GrapeWs Eaien direct frorri -the pack- age i^t doesn't bother Mother andwi-thniilk or cream i"ts delicious. : Have you ever eaten Orape-Nuts? cerinoâ€" it was $1,250 a ton, against the pre-war price of 1250 a ton â€" the .Ameri- can soapmakers were in a position to sell their iiroduct abroad at a price with which the British manufacturers could not compete. Glycerine From Fat. In order to understand the connec- tion between soap-making and glycer- ine (from which nitro-glycerine is made) you must first know that ani- mal fat produces soap. One of the by-product.s of soap-making, in turn, is the much needed and now highly- prized glycerine. Cue hundred pounds of fat produces ten pounds of glycer- ine. Before the war, and when there was only a normal demand for high explosives, glycerine had to be con- tent to occupy a place in the Indus- trial catalogue as a mere by-product. Since the war the tail wags the dog, and glycerine is as rare and almost as precious as gold. Now you can see why the American soapmaker could afford to sell his product for u song in the United Kingdom. No wonder the British soapmakers were up in arms. The government at once got busy. It prohibited the im- portation of soap from the United States, and decided to collect all the fat from the .\rmy -camps, and use it for the double purpose of producing British-made soap and British glycer- ine for British shells. Here you have one of the many side-lights on that growing self-sufficiency of the Empire, which will be a tremendous weapon now that the war is over. An agreement was entered into be- tween tlie Army, the Government, and the soMpmakers. The Army agreed to turn over all the by-products of camp and kitchen to the soapmakers, and the soapmakers, on their part, under- took to supply tiie Ministry of Muni- tions with all the glycerine extracted from the fat at the pre-war price of ?250 a ton. The scale of prices for all refuse would depend upon the market variations, and would be fixed each month by a group of manufacturers known as the Committee for the Pur- chase of Army Camp Refuse. Now began the great mobilization of waste products. It was easier said than done. Here was the problem. In thouands of camps the grease and bones were dumped out every day. Obviously, all this Utter could not bo conveyed to England. . Waste Products Utlliied. A chemist in the Royal Army Jledl- cal Corpsâ€" Captain Ellis by name, who was an Assistant Inspector of Cater- ing â€" Invented an apparatus known aa tho Ellis Field Fat-Extracting Plant. In this process the rough fat and bones collected from tho camps are treated in boiling tanks, through which super- heated steam Is passed. The fat Is run out, put into barrels or kegs, and despatched to England to the Com- mittee for the Purchase of Army Camp Refuse. The conversion of actual meat re- fuse Into fat for soap-making Is only one phase of the utilization of waste products. Bones compete with drip- ping In salvage Importance. After all tho fat Is boiled out of the bones- one hundred pounds of bones produce ten pounds at fatâ€" the remains are used for the manufacture of tooth and nail bi-ushes, while the small pieces are crushed and sold for fertilizer. Even the scraps from the soldiers' plates are utilized. When you go to an Army mess-hall you will observe that every soldier flies out plate In hand. Outside the door he stops at a, tub, and gcrapes all the leavings on the dish Into it. These leavings are dried and chopped up for chicken food. Breadcrumbs are treated In tho aame way. Facts and Figures. I can give you no better Idea of the results of these salvage operatlinis than to say that last year enough gly- cerine wag obtained from Army fat to provide the propellent for 18,000,000 eighteen-pound shells. This means that approximately 1,800 tons of gly- cerine were obtained from the refuse of the camp-kltcbens. The gross Income from the sale of by-products alone last year was |3,- 850,000. Add to this the saving In tho cost of glycerine, and the value of the reduction In rations brought about by the supervision of cooking and otber econoiiiio», and you get a total saving estimated to be not less than $30,000,- 000. -V larger phase of this conserva- tion lies in the fact that It enabled a considerable amount of food to be re- leased to the general public. At the same time, tho Army and Navy got all Its soap free of charge. War Is not all waste! Comrades In Arms. (The following lines were writmn by i a Chicagoan last Spring for private circulation among aoiiuaintancos. As : the sentiment shown is interesting even yet in victory, perhaps It may not be amiss to publish them as show- ' ing how Americans felt during the I great German endeavor to crush the ^ ' Canadians. English. Fren(^h and their ' Allies before America.i aid in strength , ; could reach them.) i ' Ho, Freemen, sound tho last advance, ' Ho, bugles, blow to-day. Before the .-Vllied front in Fi-auce I The Hun is giving way; ' Now glory to the Lord of Hosts I Unto God glory be â€" i Who gives us victory in the flght I For human liberty. [ Now many a mile of khaki-line i Beneath "Old Glory" cheers, ' Ho, maidens, lift your hearts to-day '. I And, mothorsr steel your fears; ! Our Brothers of the North went first, I We follow where they led, â-  To fill the thinning rajks of war i Above their hero dead. I Ho, men of Canada, we come As brothers at your need. For common speech and common homo i And common life and creed; I The Union Jack and Stars and Stripes Have joined to win the war â€" Now glory to Almighty God From Whom all glories aro. Ho, Freemen, sound the last advance, Ho, bugles, blow to-day, Before the Allied front in France The Hun Is giving way; Now glory to the Lord of Hosts Unto God glory be â€" Who gives us victory in tho flght For human liberty. â€" Hugh Malcolm McCormick. ' TO PLEAD HER CAUSE. G.rnian/ Systematically Canvassed rrench Prisoners. When ir Was evident that the end of rtic war waa near. Oenuauy made a aystematic canvass o( French prison- Hr.i of war In an effort to find men who w(mld ptead the case of "New Ger- many" in France, according to state- ments made by soldiers who have re- turned from enemy prison camps. This work began lute in Octuber, but the efforts of the tjcriuans were rednubieil early in November, it Is said. The Fr'mch prisoners were told that the German Socialist.'} wished nothing more than to live on friendly terms with their French comrades, (lerman agents said they wanted to gat in touch with French deputies to announce tho complete triumph of Socialistic ideas In Germany, and to convince them of the necessity of rlfiarhig up difilculties between the two countries, the prisoners say. George Ledebour. the German Social Democratic leader, asked a subordin- a"te French ofhcer to impress upon his comrades the importance of uniting the proletariat of Germany and France and impressing the French Govern- ment with the plea that the armistice terms be made less onerous, it is said. Later, another French ofllcor is re- ported to have been brought before Dr. Edouard David, one of the German Secretaries of State, who received him cordially and urged that Germany must be fed, and said there was a necessity of mitigating the terms of the armistice, especially as to the clause calling for the delivery if rail- way material. kS VOB SACS The Weekly Fashions EUl.IPPKD NBWSfAPWi . . and )ob Drill tin* Plant la Ea«t«r« : Ontartn. Inaiiranc* carried t; SOrt WUI WicLr and Pntarlo. W|l fr> for II tnt oa nuick n\t>. Bnt ML W(l«on ruhlluhlne rn T.trl Toronto. EEKLT NKW3PAPBK FOK axLB lu Naw OntBrio. Owner «ain« tm rrar-*. Wilt aell tZ.OOO. Worth doubt* that ainiiunt AppiT J H Co Wllaa* rvbllRhlns Co.. Llmltsd. Toronto. The Gertrude serves as either a slip or a petticoat, buttons on the shoul- ders, and the drawers are eitlier plain or gatiiered at the knee. McCail Pattern No. 8C80, Girl's Set of Un- derwear. In G sizes, 2 to 12 years. I'rice. 15 cents. Transfer Design No. 356. Price, 10 cents. iaMcni.i.AWBorjn ("lA.NCER. lUMtJK3. LUMl'a. BTO. > Internai and axternal cure« wUb> aot pnln bT our homa trcatmant. Writa •a tafnra too lata. Dr. Ballmka UaOlaal C«., I.lmlta<l. ColllDrwooil >)B(. Baby's First Christmas. They took away my bottle And they gave me toys and drunu-« I wonder do they act like that Wlienever Christmas comes? I'm glad It's only once a year â€" They make si^th iioispti in my ear. Uln&rd's Iilnlaiant Corea Ganrct la Cows ASTHMA EP WITH RELIEVED WITH OR HOHEV HEFUNOCD. ASK ANY ORUCGIST or wT.la lymjn-Kroi Co., MonKeal. I".!?. CriceCSc. â-  - â-  » >i -jjuhi r /rry DON'T COT OUT A Shoe Bcil, Capped' Bock or Bursitis FOR Beiits for Influenza. An .\u!itriun doctor, havin-^ discov- ered that beets were a preventive of and remedy for influenza, gave his patients a plateful of beet salad as soon as the fever set in. and within eight hours after thoy had eaten the beets the fever would brave them â€" so he asserted. According to a re- port from tlie Hague, this alleged cure on becoming known in Holland le*! to such a demand for beets that the price advanced to 40 cents each, whereas before the war they had cost about two cents. KlaaxS't Unlment Cures Slsbtlieila. SUBSTITUTES FOR GL.\SS Enormous Quantities Needed in the Reconstruction of Europe. The shortage of glass, of which enormous quantities liave been de- stroyed, is likely to be seriously felt in the reconsti'uction of Europe, and ' recent fairs at Lyons and Paris have I exhibited numerous substitute nia- j terials. Including some translucent ones that may be used for the win. \ dows of such places as cellars, stables ' and garages. Transparent, though ' somewhat costly, are siloxide, a blu- ! ish glass of silica and such acid ox- j ides as those of zirconium and ti- j tanium, and artificial mica, an elec- j trically fused mixture of green sand â-  bauxite, magnesia, and alkali. ] Excellent substitutes of somewhat imperfect transparency are numerous cellulose products, sheet gelatin, vari- ous products of casein and albumi- noid substances, and a synthetic resin of phenols condensed with formol. A very cheap material consists of two sheets of paper united by trans- ! lucent glue, with strengthening hemp strands between, the outside being coated with flexible waterproof varnish. ! A better waterproof substitute, which is known as "vitro-cellose," and may be made into glass-like panes, consists of light metal lattice j work coated writh non-inflammable j film, and a similar material â€" "flex- I ible glass," made hy coating muslin, j gauze or fine metal cloth with a I flexible film â€" may be rolled up when being transported. Laugh When People Step On Your Feel Try this yourself then it along to others. It work* I pass A Curious Plant. In the desert of Sonora, Mexico, there Is a plant, the eruarenui, which husbands its water supply. The suare- qui is a relative of tho squash and i pumpkin, and inhabits a locality in which practically all tho rain falls j within a period of six weeks. The ' bape of the stem is swollen to form a hard, woody structure which in time attains the size of a Uirtre squash. It is really nothing more than a vege- table resrvoir designed to hoard up the scanty moisture and do'e out the preciotts fluid in time of need. A Health Saving Reminder, r,o„ t wau until you gtl !Iio Si'aiiisli I:ifiucnz;u USE Minard's Lin'ment At tho first sign of it Its Healing: Quali- ties are amazing. THE OLD RELI.VELE. ] I MINAUD'S I.INIME.NT CO.. Ltd. ! V.vrmouth. N.S. Quebec's Great Drydock. Quebec's new drydock, which 'is one of the largest in the world, is pAic- tically complete. It has been under consti'uction for the past four years. The structure is situated on the south bank of the St. LawTence River and has a length of 1,150 feet and a breadth of 120 feet. It is divided into two compartments, the inner of which is 050 feet long. A floating cais- son closes the interi(5t entrance while a rolling caisson has been provided for the outer one. Although four hours may be required for filling the dock, its pumping equipment, design- ed to deliver 0.300 gallons a minute, is expected to empty it is about two and a half hours. will reduce them and leave no blemisFien Stops lameness promptly. Does not blis« tcr or remove the hair, and horse can b« *»orlced. $2. 50 a bottle delivered. BssKSStrM. ABSORBINE. JR., lor ninklnil, the •r.iliwlj liniment for Boili. HfulKi. Soret. SwrilinKi, Varicoie Veial, Allars Pxin and InlisEitmilion. Price £1.:) a bonir »i infi giitf or dcliteted. Will tcH you more t( yo-a write. W. F.YOUNG. P.O. F., i1 6 litnat lili. Montraal, Caih ^M».-M.c dud rii/iu.Lme. Jr.. 2re aiiJc to Ctrudfc- "DON'T NEGLECT A^ 'Tfj*' CPAIN G« after it with Sloan's Liniment before it gets danuerous .\pply a liItU'. don't rub, let it />ene' t'^atc, andâ€" good-hy twinge! Same for external aches, pains, strains, stiffness cii joints or muscles, lameness, bruises. Inr"tanf rcliof witliout mussincss or soiled clothing, kcliablcâ€" the biggest selling liniment year after year. Eco- nomical by reason of enormous sales. Keep a bi^ bottle ready at all times. Made in Canada. Ask your drtiegist fuyT Slorii'.'s L;r.;;:;e". T- When one desires a combination ofi mater. als, this design offers an ex-' cellent opportunity to contrast two i attractive fabrics. MeCa]! Pattern; No. 8065, Ladies' Semi-Fitted Dre<^-<. ' In 6 sizes, 34 to 4-1 bust. Price. :'.') cents. Transfer Design No. Oiii, price, 15 cents. ! These patterns may be obtained ; from your local McCa'.l dealer, or, from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. 3UC., tiOc, ii.iU. lUiiBrd'B X,liiLiment Cores OolOa. fta. T Old wallpaper can easily be remov- ed by applying to it freely with a! brush a liquid made by adding one I heaping tablespoonful of saltpeter to] a gallon of hot water. The water] should be kept hot. A whitewash brush is best to use. | MONEY ORDERS. â- WTien ordering goods by mail send a Dominion Express Money Order. Ouch !?!?!? ThI.i kind of rough talk will be heard less here iu town It people troubled with corns will follow the simple advice of this Cincinnati authority, who claims that a few drops of a drag called freezone when applied to a tender, aching corn jtops soreness at once, and soon the corn dries up and lifts rlrht off without pum. Ka BttVS freezOue Is au ether com- pound which dries Iminedlately and never Inflames or even irritates the surrounding tissue or sklu. A quarter of an ounce of freezone will cost very Utile at any drug store, but Is suffi- cient to remove every hard or soft com or callus from one's feet. MlUimis of American women will welcome this announcement since the inauguration pt the high heels. Origin of Khaki. Several years ago in India, u com- pany of English troops grew weary of exposing themselves in white cot- ton uniforms to the fire of the enemy snipers. So they adopted nature's good old law of protective coloring and daubed their uniforms with mud from the banks of one of the sluggish streams. Those who direct the affairs of the army in India heard of this camouflage and proceeded to make soma Interesting experiments. What they discovered evidently pleased them, for eventually a uniform of this color as a standard was adopted for all the troops in active service in the East. Khaki, the name given the color of the new uniforms, is the Hindu word for muddy. f How to Purify \ the Blood m "Fiftera to thirty drop* of a Extract of Root*, commonly ^ call«d Mother Seigel's Cnrative A Syrup, may be taken in water \ with meal* and at bedtime, for the cure of indigeilion, con*ti- ?pation and bad blood. Pertiit- ence in this treatment will effect ^ ^ a cure in nearly every ca*s." Z ^ Get tho genuine at druggieU. T Also On Back. Kept Awake. Cut!* cura Healed at Cost of 75ct J "My face and back were all broken out with pimples, and my face was a fright to look at. The pim- ples festered and were scat- ^ teied, and were so itchy ^tbat I scratched tmtil the skin was sore and red. They kept me awake «t night. "When I saw Cuticum Soap and Ointinent advertised I thought I would try them. I was com- pletely healed after using one l>ox of Cuticura Ointment and one cake of Soap." (Signed) Miss Marv Hastedt. Cottam, Ont., August 19, 1917. Keep your skin clear by using Coti- cura Soap and Ointment for every-day toilet purposes. Nothing better. For Vrve Sam pie Each by M*il ad* tosa poit-card: "Cuticura, Dept. A. Boston, U. S. A." Sold everywhere. PAIN EXTERMI^ATOS DON'T SUFFER PAIN â€" BUY HiKST'St and be prepared aja.'nst attaelcs of rbcnmati.-nn, Ininbago, ncnrilciu, tootbacno and eaiacbc. E<ni»ily eU"ecti»<) Tor relieving ewojlcii joiatau «^i^ .k. •praiDB, eore tbroat and other painfull siimeubi. tor o»c; 40 yuiis • .^I^Hr Jumily friend. Uon'toxperimBntâ€" buy Hirtt's-ahvaya bawa botUc in -V.*^*^ tile non.so. Has a hiui>lrcd uws. B V iTVE Atdaolertorwritotu, HIHST REMEDY CO.. Hamilton. Canada, KlBArd'a LliilJu«nt Carta OUtamcer. Save the bacon rinds and cook them with lentils or dried peas for soup, or broil them with beans or ca'''- bago to give these vegetables a good llrxvor. i edTT. issue 2-7r?' Hotel Del Coronado Coronado Beach, California Where the balmy yet Invigorating climate makea possible the enjoyment of outdoor sports through- out tite Winter months. POLO, GOLF, TENNIS, MOTORING, FISHING, BAY AND SURF BATHING Write for Winter Folder and Golf Program. JOHN J. HERNAN, . Manager V f :.<Jrt.WMtt â-  ,-{fct.