THE REJECTED SOLD + PRESENTS SAD PROBLEM + IER One Man Writes Baving He Would do Anything to Help But is Refused az Unfit Feals and something it he in of d ren dafe Chance of a Lifetima result OF. the sake knew my AI ould be finer War and the RAW me n. "Ne Three thing 1A VE yOu times 1am happened didn't want in not Thr the they we me ey me a times all mix And are n same result a the tim e, and YW oaxing Pogition | wuld | } | Keenly--8lackers Different CURIOS MADE TO ORDER FAKE GERMAN MARVELS f bogur war curios England now oliector of these carefnl of bughelg of alleged st rap t supposed to have fired antiaircraft London raids, and f pieces of "bambs up after been sold redulou are lotg o about In just ngs, theref res bul ire, to be exir Se {he Ha coma fron by 8 guns hun RA | in the { | dred weights recent {to have been picked ad gone while to ave rap I it f 1 0 iron ha rr more t opper A places are jagged irved just right, will vield tment of "fragmse heen red broken-up ASOT nis 0 have | Hartlepoo ir Nort npposed ug! yy Falkland ands arbo EHERIN¢ BR Gern elmets knowr Eng arti are ufactured rit genuine supply in ng the too A HAUL OF HUNS e age | in my man out absurdity t that a fac 80 part ose he ma plain should rifle humor se ol the hecause apid aim WRSLE me ft hand right, bu a wi Kit of this re Ww ¢ fighting pinion force Lord large eglocti A Lount 1B owed Awa hecause of indar are offic I& all un fit ould be employed not in hting by others he d ne, at re ANY rate f Can leasing ront nothing ne for them? Much Work and no Glory is Life of the Staff Clerk No Victoria Crosses For the Man Who Plods Always and Fights When Called on---A Cheerful Drudge But no Shirker hee Much Nritten ax been said has Ahout nt EB {ier and hack neved of whom as war little on this gpoken daring ess writ feeds of are But hard or come ataff denied himp \ staff the al ks as as the in t! trent Day in sixtean a e3 dav out, he fiftean 1aily nffca office glean in twenty pute hi a merely or houra that is tual attendance an apology ont at abe four. Re midnight mal of at le nftan for an whieh works it aix hours &ix nana! alld at the at and sleep at pre is routine nor times Very, vary nften sgyure vork th keeps him up we ing. but does regt of the dav gible and important It which arranges and makes that the soldier in the tren hard, under favorahle cor ditions, and at the right and which faedg him properly and regular ly that thrust will have a strong healthy body behind it For which ough important nperati Il into the early n not relieve Hig work is the staff ertain B RIrike the moat moment an hia Always Ready a Scrap the staff the ammuni clothes to keep him warm to protect him against gas attack his letters and papers delivered to him regularly Should he die on the battle field, the fr burial forma his family insures that kin all POsEe that were be forgott soldier as well as carries arms, and is trained and is also inured discipline. When a "scrap does come his way, which is VEY dom, he does forget vo goldier, and gives a good ount Rimself; but more often is hit without being able The tierman artiilery various Brit a register ed ns r 4 and now and aguin pas shelling them, or perhaps an occasional bomb dropping aeroplane pra on them Honors and awards are for the staff clerk, but when this ghastly war is over. and German culture crushed a8 It will be' tet it not be forgotien that the staff clerk did no Inconsider ahle share ip the glorious work seas at neads nia 18 has all tion he reapirators has to hig in h aes and racelves st monevs an due en that of 3 next 1 other selona It must not clerk is a him the staff a clerk to use militar them to sel that Al than hit not iz a not he back all to have the andquarter their i s 8 the timA away not London 'Molds Kaiser's Money hat is e property which the Keiser fis sald to own in England" Lloyd George threw cold water on the suggestign tBed this property should be sequestrat@l but there is a popular belief that 1#dge sums of money he longing persorally to the Emperor are held by British banks . a King Albert Took The "Viaamsche Stem" the Flemish part of the Reigian fugi- tives in Holland, turned against the Helgian government in Havre and ad vocated a division of Begium. there upon King Albert issued an order banisning the Sedition: paver from the part of his country held by his troops Actio the organ of SENSIBLE SAYINCS Remember it is vins,-- King Achievement the final 'ap that (reorge belong 0 the Tupper deut W YOUng Hr Charles Apparent|y o plight Pres flgon ig not 00 pre ew York Tri hune Helping to save t £ most important Mr. Walter | man t 1# nation hahies 1 work for -- ong post vomen Fy lear Motherland die! Rev, B J London fg the dle in t ery his Al we for Hi whether or Campbell moat garrilons peal Empire to-day gos aipy taie-bearing stir place 12 British Rigshop Neligan 1 am sure, as the frich i BUY that giving erwhalming of Lon shines are not tened into 5 Ave an 0p humor ave letters 1 that a madmen w= f more than four pages --Sir Her hert I'ree Don't nag the leaders whe is no doe not know that nagging the world There 1eband nora mos for improvement fe fatal thing f York the In Arch bishop o WHY GERMANS DESERT Two Huns Say Men Treated Like Doga--Kaliser Like Lady Godiva Wilhelm Knapp and Albert German army deserters, the T'nited States of hardships in food When the We were Ohlhot 10 get Knapp tells trenches with and many hard knocks war began." Knapp said all fired with patriotism be Auge we thought the Fatherland was being attacked, hut afterwards wa tt our livca were being sacr ie henefit of (he war lords fighting days our rations consiated of a loaf of rye bread, with Water ayery twenty four hours, and after fourteen the trenches we had 1o do all day when we came ont ave seen officers, under warm shel tying in bed while wounds sol tiers lay outside on straw. When Em peror William visited the tranches the soldiers were not allowed to turn to 00k at him. Knapp said. With ra gard to the Crown Prince the desert ers had nothing to say, but shrugged their shoulders trisd into the found ficed for 1} On dare in exercises {1 Forming a Foreign Corps Among the many recruiting sugges tions is that of forming a Foreign Le gion The author of the idea con fends that a force of 40,000 could be raised among other than British sub- jects in England. Hundreds of Ameri | cans are included in the various Can adian contingents, having adopted tha simple expedient of crossing the fron tier into Canada and making for the nearest recruiting office War Lord and Wounded The Kaiser has ordered that a num. ber of soldiers who have lost their eyesight or have heen otherwise badly wounded but are still able to do some work. shall be given employment and a home on his large estate at Cadinen [ | | How a Young Jewish Private Captu | 30 Germans off His Own Bat | | Pri W soldier whose home t distinction of Germans at in s vate Sar e, a youl 3 at Glas apturi This Loos own words i The village shambles with every window wa WAS 1 signal fre just 8¢ like I entap p was Quick and had er Germa fired of ning | faction hi vin sat seeing him roll dead e stairs looked signa landing the I nov I Ww dw where 1 could door off (he got om from, and a pushed it of my Germans Al op I'hen y The r wa pe and surprise full of nes NAS armed iad to th er lost to my head ca am that HE ruse surrender warned rounded I They dropped equipment and filed There a0 of of duped far them the house was was succesafy their rifles out of the hous Onee « ey had soldiers red my they were them the be house they hut "aw company off, and I mare toward them, and prisoners t} a of not Liver taken AGAINST HUMANITY Saveral Women Still Wasting Money During Wartime 'on Useless Articles While there is » doubt self denial the of in ger Yer i 1everth douhted evidence that of the times and t real to many n The Weat Fnd of plays luxurious fripper he of times but mie on part womenk eral 8 I the serionsr e crying need aconoms not vat come ho 188 with mey to burn Londor as w ont the vey even little ¢ 1 whi are throes of a restaurant heat and criminal the What think a fashionable ed lapdog « breast of 8 « 0 in vou woman fed a par fol frker and up with This, and some of t the verge of starvation What, t t cont cream 1=lare people poor too, w are in wa © very almos 0, of vomen good ere Jr deiectat cigarettes nt wit Virg igh, or Egyptian. 1 Are ligplay f tippel five for tw Smith-Dorrien Praises Colonials Apropos of the alonial troops of the splendid t hfe R mirer Smith -Dorrier can War had under him o Once rials, and | continents said t "thousand let them for six rt 3 then A Royal Grand Composer Michaet nage to a ie a of his ~ IMKe who has Russiar talent COM pO 'The Influenza | te was suffering | r been giving his patr Flag ay ad m sitions March from England ary and one tidled ir usician en at unpleasant malady change sive HOW MUCH LONG ER CAN IT LAST | round jters |the world | A | has KITCHENER AND THE EAST War Secretary's Greatest Feats Were Performed Far East--Natives Worship Him Like a God in A fey, days afer Christmas, 1854 British camp at Korti on Nile, where the Gordon Relief Force was waiting for its final dash on Khar Arab prisoner was brought n the the tour an his dress a much and a dirty skull cap was round his neck the string ninaty-nine beads that showed Wed follower of the Hahdi Another blooming spy," said privates guarding him shot to-morrow, | suppose But was, for that Arab spy was LA&rd Kitchener, of Khartoum Lord Kitchener knows the East as no living man does, knows it that he can speak half fits t and dialects with ease, and himself so effectively as to an Arab Kitchener's first job wan in the 3 after he had entered Engineers. He then wéht Western Palestine. Lord position before becom f State War was he was Consul and thir *d djibbeh Fall patel there a de me He Wf the he never her 80 n 1 well on dis be gues guise taken fo ae years ener's last retary East in Se 0 for ne when eral Egypt In between those duties 'he Yhree years of the Boer War, Lord I was lived in the East. From Egypt to India, from Caleutta to Ca 1 name conjure with 15 talked trade and commerce in hazaars of Bombay and =at Arab merchants in foudan, gravely discussing Sou » politics 1!l the bazaars of Egypt and Sou ie ig spoken of as "El Lord." and regarded hy the masses of the people almost as a god. Did he not 1 the Mahdi, the god of the peo of the near East? Kast looks upon Lord Kitchener greatest white man who among them, greater Gordon, and he was a And it is because of that Kitchener went East only man who~knows the mind and has the power to way he will save for itenenar He the is one to yeded ross legged with heen evan Chinese man Lod He the astern sway it the Black vs. "Whi. e English transiatio. of the nage ke lonescue, Roumania's prog statesman and friend of the allles is Jack Johnson. We hereby nomin ate King Ferdinand of Bulgaria to represent Mr. Jim Jeffries The Worst Characidr in Village (wio has repeatedly bean pressed by the inbabitapts to enlist): "1 dunna believe 'there ain't no war, it's fast a plot tp get me out of the village" From an 1 helieve English Ex. ~ John From | send the kind most appreciated THE BRITISH OFFICER POLITE AND CHEERFUL Thay never lose thair manner, thase English officers They carry into the charge, and back in the ambulance with them England; where ghey wish nothing so much as that their friends will "cut out that hero stuff." They are emotiongl, the British perhaps, officers or men, but they are given cheeariness, if not to laughter and they have a of smiling at times when smiles much needed patrioti€n practical kill Germans and of hating excited stick to The food tha men is no bettey than that of Men and officers speak in ti affection of the comradeship of war Throughout a night-lcng tour of the trenches | never heard an officer speak above a con versational tone in giving orders The orders were definite enovgh, bit given Aa certain companionable kindli ness. The men deny they are heroes They joke death but are tender-hearted that they plare flowers the graves of fallen comrades, and elaborate French funeral wreaths with their meagre pay. The manners of the British trenches are good, bet ter than in many places where good manners are cult When they got up to let ypu pass and you smiled your thanks, you re ceived a much pleasanter gmile in re turn than you will from many a well fed gentleman. who has to stand aside | let you enter a restaurant These good-natured men fighting the bitter kind of warfare. withou: the signs of brutality which are associated with the prize-fighter and the bully in their faces, know why they are fighting.' IMAGINATION'S LIMIT ft to not to WAY Are is very many instead they just Their They as possible or getting wor wish to as s0 their of worse and the officars of ea other with with 80 on buy " to esl China Heard How Germany Put the Whole British Fleet Out of Action Soon after the war commenced Ger. | man agenis distributed wholesale over in China pamp relating the derful naval v ories which V Tirpitz had won According the Huns the Entente Allies had been de- feated on land and in air almost | before hostilities had actually hap pened. One interesting statement was | the fact that 103 British warships had been sunk amongst them being the Lien, Queen Elizabeth, King George V. and the Thunderer The Chinese said nothing. and after a! | while asked the German Ambassador | why if the German nav, had heen so. successful ne German cargoes were !arriving in China | jets won to he to Ls i From Bad to Gaod i "Lance-Corporal was in my company No one could wish for a! braver soldier He was shot 1! rough | the head while firing over the Dare: | pet. and killed instantly,' This is quoted from a letter written by ap officer at the front, and. whom do voy think is the brave young lance corpora! alluded v0" A young fellow from !'or | stal Prison, who was allowed; 10 Vist | !in September. 1914. and was killg in| {action in April 1915. And remember | | please. that a boy is not sent to Bor. | | stal for any light offence | » Cannon's Sound Carries Far An antherity on re subject states | that the sound of canmonading ran be | heard much farther than that of thun | der. The limit of the carrving power | of thunder is about Riteen miles. while twice that number of miles is not con. | sidered any great distance for | | sounds of battle 'o travel which {of the navy DEEDS OF HEROINES WILLALWAYS LINGER | Edith Cavell Who Gave Her Li vice 18 One of Many Women VENICE \ i find of Veni WW Woll ry d to Italian city v befor and ft} Visitors famous what it appeared feciared between Italy One of (} first things notice would be the remarkable iron ages fn many of the beautiful statues of the City of Canals CHEES practically boml e 1 rom © WAT WHS Austria 8 ey would which cover Fhese are | proof would strike many buildings thick Tmor buildings have Another that them thing be protected would the are plate To transferred Venetian St Marks, and Doges' Palace have tected by thousands of where necessary, specially msir ed masonry shelters have I the more heautifu I buildings paintalngs valuahle biggest their frames hv A these beer the most valuable conte museums. Place ee well know not only been p sandbags been bu a these All of Italian paintings ir have these MAS the most and been taken from rolled in gigantic stored away in safely TOMMY'S FAVORITE "SMOKES" the too and linders and irot y List of Cigarettes Which Are Most Appreciated by Our Gallant Men of interesting Who among has what kind of cigarettes to our soldier friends? As a is a mere toss-up whether we Here in wm little light on the subject Wild Woodbines" are always same send to the British Tommy. New Zealand ers prefer "Three (Castles Africans like "Flags," and Canadians are particularly partial to "Player's Navy Cut Either "Three Castles" or 'Capstans are the mos popular cigarettes among the Australians This list should be aseful when mak ing up your parcels, and when you do not know the individual tastes of your soldiers. But it is an incomplete list for it does not say a word about Jack Tar. Let us add, therefore, that the favors "Woodbines" above all know firm tobacconists some very well A sent in formation wondered send rile us not to it to South others AAA AAA AA SAAR How a Wily Octogen Tricked Ge An Aged French Beadle Was Or- dered to be Shot For no Reason But He Bamboozied the Would be Murderers and Escaped. Ave a War small Aisne that will Before peacefu Hun Many a French village w story to recount of the Great That of ich the beadle o village in the department of t is the hero human side Cause to remembered the war, this vilage spot. Ther fine day, the gions descended upon As usual, the invaders suspicious. Neither priest in spite of his SO years, from careful supervision was replaced by certainty ong night when a flickering light was noticed bahind one of the wreh window Somebody inside was obviously ing secret signals to the enemy infinite precaution the hare surrounded and the dogr burst Found Nothing Suspicious discovered wi fa has a it he WARE A one le were terribly headle exempt Suspicion WHE mak Wit Was pen Inside, the beadle was looking very embarrassed "What are you doing here? 'Mind your own business Without more ado *he old man was seized and carried off hig house It wag thoroughly rassacked but pothing suspicious was discovered The headle was submitted to a fire of questions, but no answer could be ex tracted from him, except, "Mind your own business" For nothing in poor old fellow admit to the world would the in front 6f his inearly paralyzed wife, the real motive forth the following replies for his presence in the church How could he that what took him there was the desire which periodic ally seized him with irresistible force to have a brief téte-a-téte with a cer tain black Dboftle ¢f potent liguor, which he kept carefully hidden on the top of a dusty beam?' "To-morrow, at dawn you shot," was the verdict In gain the old woman pleaded for her husband In Female Garb As thare wag no suitable place in keep the headle it was decided tn leave him in his own dwelling for the night and piste an armed sentry at the door, the only exit For a long time the beadle pondered in sende ly & luminous idea oc curred. to him. He. rose suddenly whispered a few words 10 his wife and hegan 'o rummage in the ward obe First he put on a bonnet. then a bodice, then a petticoat Finally, he took his wife's crutch, and. leaning heavily npon it. groanin. and sobbing hitteriy "the while, he opened the door ard went ont - The sentry stared hard. but. rocog Anfaas will ne | nizing 'he figure of the old woman he |offered no objection to let her pass v he | fe For Empire and Love of Ser Whose Deeds Live Gloriously Nursed the Troops at Bala Hw nent f troops twenty Bala ti h Refiire rned troops at wounded 1taliar at Mag dead wa al went thr 1 next ign Her shopet picked bodies did mercy pa wa wotnde: bravest Re battle) wounded ami" Her injuy her wore On that 18 WH up of badly dead soldier not from keep ar however Bravery Rewardan afterwards of A fow a which days close an ambulance had charge Without a tation up ana ft a safe from soldiers. Before s could lay it burst, inflicting terrible injuri her, from recovered more to When Legion | troops nursed her to seconds it Cal wor do she" picked distance e @ it which she resume her nusing was pres®ied Honor it was i she had presente with t front shie of whom brave and honor they arma ~n SN arian rman Soldiers fow when the frat [A streaks of dawn |a pergeant and take pri tur the ttle house hour later it up t two mer sonar tn tl 148 eastern appeared 1 Kommanda found industrious aky the in they only She pog old woma! telling her ads Where ur husband 'nrned d wa ingida ar houe soldiers d Th illage presbytery ould but not beadis the i over I'wo day Ang wa a Pasking A on the Hage « and Tupt a masters a second time cupied allies reg ment o drag va Appar ife's the « head] steps nRIing YOUNG HUNS SPEAK Ch en n Germiny Givs Event Most Picasing and Otherwise tiere are s the answers giver idren of Frank What avent | WAT pleased The conquest of Belgium, ot French would ha German i fort to the question the i a nost you era (ee tha @ entered many The bombardment Zeppeline, because the English gully of having caused the war The great victories. becau WAYS get a holiday The ques! Ww war has given you most sorrow? cal ed of London w are we a ior at event in The dearnecas of food must eat poor food The betraval of Germany by [tals The delivery by Americans of wea pong and munitivius to enarmles because wea such our PRISONERS HELPING Even Men in Prigon Have Gone For ward to do Their Bit The war has brought abou! & de crease in crime. There are Aot near 80 many people in prison now as thers were in times of peae Even tho: who are left in durarice vile seem ar xious to do their hit the coumtr Numerous articles Were required {quickly for the use of 'emmy ang Jack at the front. The prisoner: put | their backs into the work, and tubned ft out in record time As a reward the Governmen' allowed them to be | made acquainted with the progress of naval and military operations once a w At the outbreak of war up to May 1st. 1814 340 inmates were re leased to enlist. Thirty fives were pro 'moted to officers. sixteen ware Killed or wounded and only seventeen com mitted freah offences for