4 A Rose Of.Yesteraay ~ {HE SONG SUCCESS QF BERNARD DALYS PLAY Words by SRL CARROLL. Andante i bit-ter.ness soon killed the fair-les were sad she fell, "DION ODARE' Agsic. wear-in; Por that dar- Un; Withthe Copyright by LEO. FRIST, Inc., Feist Buildiag, NY. International Copyright Secu rod and Reserved, Used by permission, Is Boing Expended From the Patritic Fund | i Now Fe Million Fand is ---- Being Raised and Administered, Told by . B. Ames, Hosorary Secretary The. "of how five million fund is being and administered for the Canadian Patriotic.fund, how $6, 000 is being expended from the fund every day, and how between 9,000 and 10,000 soldiers' tamilles are be- ing assisted, is told in a very inter-! esting manner by H. B. Ames, honor- afy secretary of the 'fund in a state- ment whith has been isstted, a copy of which has beeh received by the Kingston branch of the fund. Mr, Ames The breaking cut of the great war has demonstrated, what no one ever danhid) 2 Arp Canada a'loyal'and a generous people. Our + loyalty Lao been shown Ry the ready. response tothe call for men to fight the sity (ins been i son 45 ifts to the varios fy of the Five Months. special duties and responsibilities. The movement has grown rapidly ever since. It-may be well to. cite some of the considerations which. 'induced 'his royal highness to inaugurate a 'na- | tonal fund instead of permitting the work of caring for the soldiers' de- pendents to remain. in the charge of al number of local independent bod In the first place there were ¢er- tain contributions which could bé so- Ycited and received only by a nation- al fund, and which x awaken them to a sense of duty. Had Music Co., New York. ely set about to raise funds. Other | of districts have been backward in re- | cognizing their obligations,.and have required stimulation from outside to there been no national association it would have been nobody's business to have undertaken this work. 3 Again, the central organizatibn is useful in working out a uniform system for the dispensing of relief. It has been found that some com- mittees are inlined to deal over- generously with the'r sold'ers' wives, encouraging extravagance and pau- perism. Other districts place the soldiers' dependents in the same cas tegory as the down-and-outs of the town, contending that if 'they receive & few groceries and an occasional ( quarter-ton of coal, it is all they have a right to expect, The central ore ence in curbing the generosity of the lavish and enlarging the outlook of those inclined to be niggardly. Finally, there has beén establish 'by 'thei A 1 ganization exercises a valuable infiu-| = NO44e Only in a stances, -------------- - hat fom - mer, Now i - Z fund aw exceptional circum.) Detter in the ee thatly in | dependents are provided for. rw rr a ata rn pet RR ne fa ea ~ Ba' soldiefs are being. for throughout Canada. x in the trenches receiving chderful letters from home,fwill fight all the ledge that their The woman who herhusband's absence, lives comfortably, able to maintain herself and children with- out anxiety, is the best recruiting oir 'agent that Canada can have, and we I may need: to exercise every influence it we to After the militia de- partment has given each beneficiary $20 per month, the Patriotic fund adds the sum required to bring the Lior help, 3 & bl every « dollar "will reach a soldier's de- pendent. From all appearances we are like ly to have a loug and terrible war. Canada is only beginuing to send her contingents. The prime minister shéuld go to the front. Cana - dien contribution may reach 100,000 men or the number on overseas ser- vice may be even largér., We miuot, therefore, pi for Sontinuas which has rot resposded to the call a Bll tes ce