12 PAGES a | Bebe te etetct YEAR 86. NO, 26 v4 Vie a WY YY By Hon. Heri S. Beland, MD. MP. » ; "My Three Years in a German Prison" J Copyright 1919 ' ad CHAPTER XXV. (Continved.) Inthe co » of one of my walks in the park during. the last year of my imprisonment, I saw the then idol of the German peqgple--the great General Hindenburg. Accompanied by an officer, he was driving in an automobile along the street which borders the Tiergarten., My escort and 1 were on the sidewalk when the famous general passed. I had a dis tine viow-of his features. When we got back to the jail my companion announcéd' with great gusto to his 1€llow-officers that he had seen Gen- eral Hindenburg. As they received his announcement with incredulity, I was called upon to corroborate the statement of my escort, and then they looked upon me with actual - énvy, According to their view of thinking 1 was one of the Tuckiest men on earth! The mere sight of so great 4 general, they thought, should be re- garded as a red-letter day in a man's life history! Such was their venera- tion, respect, and admiration for the ahiefsof staff. Bismarck in all his glory was never arrayed in Such a halo of glory as Hindenburg wore in the mind"s-eye of the Germans of that day. * = » * The German people are not demon~ strative, They "are taciturn and dreamy. Oge day I was on the sta- tion platforth waiting for the train to take me and my guard to the park. Fhe noon editions of the newspapers were on sale and were being bought with avidity. They contained some sensational story or anothér. It was, according to the best of my memory, the report of the Austro-German of- fensive directed against the Italians in" November, 18917. The advance on the enemy and the capture of forty thousand prisoners were announced in scare headings, After glancifig over the news my- | self, T turned to ghserve the attitude of the readers around me. I continu- ed my observations as the train mov- ed out of the station, and I did not notice one smile among the whole crowd of Germans; nor was there any apparent desire on the part of any) man to discuss the events with neighbor. To them the news appear- ed. to be one of the most natural events in the world. {1 asked myself: Have these people -commenced to redlize that all these victories do not Bring the war any nearer to the end they desire? Or, has their feeling of enthusiasm become "deadened by three years of unrelenting ficht? I leave it to the reader to appreciate now, in the light of subsequent ev- ents. # The first American citizen interned in the Stadtvogtei was an unhealthy- looking man whose name I now for- get, It was during the absence of Mr. Gerard, the United States Ambas- sador, in the month of October, 1916, I believe. This man claimed that he never would have been interned ir Mr, Gerard had 'been in Berlin. He often expressed to us fears as to the security of Mr. Gerard. He was under the impression that Germany desired his disappearance, and that on his return te Germany the United States Ambassador ran a great danger of heing sent to the bottom of the sea. He was convinced that Mr. Gerard was extremely hated in iin and was considered the enem f Ger- man's intefests, - * * » It may not be out of place to men- tion here that at one time there was quite a controversy in the German newspapers concerning Mrs. Gerard. Certain sheets had accused Mrs. Ger- ard of lack of good manners, and this to the extent of having on one occa- sion pinned the Iron Cross ta the | | his | collar of her pet dog and to have pro~ menaded the streets of Berlin with the animal thus "dressed up." The allegegl incident created such a stir that the semi-official newspaper Le Gazette de I'Allemaghe du Nord" published an editorial on the subjeet. It was therein stated that the allega- tions against Mrs. Gerard were false and that Mr. and Mrs. Gerard had conducted themselves always in a manner absolutely above reproach. oN a. Very seldom a day passed without one of the non-commissioned officers submitting this question to the Brit- ish prisoners: '"When shall we have peace?'"' The answer was invariably the same: "We did not know' How could we? However, the question gave the Prussians an excuse for pro- longing a conversation, during which we woudd be told that Germany wish- ed for peace, but that the obstacle was England. On mo. 2 than one oc¢- cassion several 'among us---notably a Belgian name Dumont, who never minced his words--retonted: "But why did you start the war?" On one occasion a non-commissioned of- ficer, to whom this question was di- rectly put, insisted that Germany never wished nor planned the war, neither did she start it. "You are quite right; you are a thousand times right as to starting it," eried Dumont ,givitg expression ta his anti-German sentimemts, *'it was not Germany that started the war. We, the Belgians, started it!L!" The remark was greeted with gen eral laughter, and the men-commis- sioned officer, in eonfusion, Tuned on his heels and left us. (To be continued.) WAR BUZZLES FRENCH TOOK TWO GERMAN . LINES And a number of prisoners in Alsace, two years ago today, January 31, 7: Find a prisoner. : YESTERDAY'S ANSWER Upside down at right shoulder, MET AT BELLEVILLE. Central Omtario Fairs Association Elects Officers. Belleville, Jan. 31.--The annual meeting of the Central Ontario Fairs Assoclation was held here and was attended by many delegates, J. Lockie Wilson, Toronto, superintend- ent of fairs, was presént and gave an interesting and practical address in the course of which he stated that it was not altogether in the interest of farmers that high prices Should pre~ vail as had prevailed du the war, 1t would be much better for the farm- ers if normal prices prevailed again. Officers were. selected as follows. President, A. McFarlane, Melrose; Ast Vice-President, Clem H. Ketche- son, Sidney; 2nd Vice-President, A. Nicholson, Madoe; Sec.-Treas., Hay, Campbellford; Auditors, J. A. Kerr, Belleville; M. J. Hill, Madock; Representative to" the Provincial Fair Association, T. A. McFarlane: Alternative, A. Nicholson. Belleville, was chosen as the mext place of meeting. . Dr.| Peterboro, 'NEIGHBORS ALL TALKING ABOUT IT Spivy Bays Wife Does Work First Time in 12 Years-- Gains 28 Pounds. "You ought to hear the way our neighbors 'are talking about Tanlae since my wife's recovery," shid W. A. Spivey, motorman No. 85, for the Kansas .City Metropolitan Street Railway and a valued employee of the company for twenty-three years. He and his wife and interesting family of' childrén live in their own home at 116 South Church 'street, Olatha, Kansas. "Mrs. Spivy has been in poor health for fourteen years," he con- tinued, 'and almost every month during that time she , was under treatment of some sort, but she never got any relief that we could notice She had no appetite, and there were mighty few things she could eat, and what little she did force down soured on her stomach and gas would form and make her $0 miserable that she would have to lie down «for awhile. She almost always had an awful pain in the small of her back, and she suffered from blinding headaches and some- times she would be so dizzy she would -have to put her hand on something steady like the back of a chair to keep from falling. She suffered from nervousness so that some nights she cowdd hardly. sleep at all, and she never did know what it was to get a good night's rest. She kept growing weaker and weak- er, and was so bad off that twice in the past six years she was given up to die. We thought we had tried everything to help her and didn't know: what else to do when a lady friend of hers told about Tanlac, 1 bought the first bottle about three months ago, and almost at once she began to show her strength was coming back, but the wonderful im- provement has .been in the past two months, , 'She has a good appetite and can eat anything she like apples, cabbage, pies meats of any kind. Any one of these things before she began to take Tanlac were just like poison to her. She doesn't suffer a bit from sour stomach or gas and she gets s0 much good from what she: eats that she has gained twenty-e*ght pounds in the past two month' she is entirely rid of that pain .. her back and the headaches are gone, too. . Nobody eould tell that any- thing has been the matter with her nerves they are so quiet now, and she sleeps about nine hours every night. She has gotten so strong that she Is doing aH the housework for our family of six and doesn't mind ft a bit, and it is the first time .in twéive years that she had been able to do any work at all. She now, wangs and Is more like she used to be fifteen years ago than I ever hoped. to see her, and J feel just like everybody else that knows of her improvement that Tamlac is the best medicine ever made." Tanlac is sold in Kingston by A. P. Chbwn, in Plevna by Gilbert Ost- ler," in Battersea by C. 8. Clark, in Fernleigh by Ervin Martin, in Ar- dock by M. J. Seullion, in Sharbot Lake by W. Y. Cannon. --Advt, eX tm, BREMEN CITY REDS WERE STARVED OUT Domination in German Port Ended by Lack of ' Funds. Bertin, Jan. 31.--The Spartacan domination of the Germ . port of Bremen; 'according to reports to the of Tagebiugt, of Berlin, came to an end, not-through the employment of force, hut Because the Radicals were finan- cially "starved out." . The Spartacans, following 'the usual practice, appropriated the vari- ous funds of the city at the begins ning of their rule. The Sparticams paid their supporters until the com- paratively limited sums were eéx- hausted, when the high salaries and application ' for the unemployed ceased. The Workmen's and Soldiers' Council then asked the banks for a loan, but was refused. Not being able to obtain any mon~ ey the Spartacans capitulated. . CONDITIONS IN PETERBORO Cannot Get Teachers, Must Raise Sal aries. : Peterboro, Jar, 3L---Eleven pubs lic schools are closed and nine are without qualified teachers in Kast , according to a report sub- mitted to the -- Peterboro County Council by Richard Lees, Public School Inspector. vised the councillors that higher sal- educational ret! The inspector ad- aries would Bave to be provided or Phonograph as Means of Teaching. Just as moving pictures - popular- ized the great histrionie artists and gave (hem nightly audiences of many millions, so the phonograph has given to millions of homes the best per- artistry of metropolitan artists. ence has not yet béen fully appreci- ated or taken advantage of by those who have musical education seriously at heart. There has been until quite recently a more or less scornful ae- praise," which has~-retarded the use of the phonograph as a means of teaching Tutors who stilt 'take that stand are now, of course, open to ridicule, since ®rtists of far higher musical authority than themselves. nse the talking machine as a vehicle to place tipeir performances before the publie It is worthy of note, to that those who hear the great artists via the phonograph are offen treated to a better rendering of a given number than those who hear the artist in the operatic, stage And this, for the reason that the artist, who is record- ing will often perform the piece from ten to fifteen times, improving the rendering by a study of the record previously made, until the final ree- ord is well nigh perfect. As far us the ordinary household is concerned, the phonograph must be as close to reaching a "saturation the greater sphere of usefulness. in the school is as yet glmost untouch- ed. Calling Should Not be Cheapened. One of the by products of the war has been a universal demand that musicians gave their service, free of cost, to all descriptions of charity, war relief, funds for all sorts of sal- vation and comfort.: The musician has answered that call with unwaver- ing accord. He has given more than his artistic services; he has gone to personal expense to make that ser- vice possible. The printer has re- ceived pay for his programmes; the hall rentals have been paid, but the musician has received nothing more than a committee's: thanks--some- times not that. It 'has all been done ungrudging- If, gladly, to help in the great work the country has had before it. But now that the war is over it is time that the musician be restored. to his proper place so far as his legitimate fees are 'concerned. 'Those ~~ ener- getle committees which have taken it for granted that the meagre pub- licity 'attached "to the average con- cert appearance is sufficient in the way of compensation. for the sacri- fice made by the artist who contrib- utes to its success must be given to understand that the professional mu- sicians'- ealling is not to be cheap- ened by a never-ending donation of its fruits. . Some Women Composers. With, the development of contra- puntal music, women composers of higher position began to appear. In the sixteenth century, they were to be found in many countries. Italy offered Maddalena Casulana, Vittoria Aleotti, Francesca Caccini (daughter of the operatic pioneer), Cornelia Calegari, Catterina Assandra, and several Others, who composed mo- tets,- madrigals, and finally operas. France boasted of Clementine de Bourges, a réally gifted composer. The unfortunate Mary, Queen of Seots, showed the influence of French models in some of her songs, which point" as it perhaps ever will: bat | flesh on the concert platform or the | | were successful in their day Mad- elka Bariona wgs a German COM pos- er of the same period Another re- markafly gifted woman was Bernada | de Lacerda, of Portugal, to whom Philip 11 wished to entrust the eda- formances of the world's supreme {cation of his children musicians, and made it possible for | the most isolated settler in the wilds | list of women composers is of eivilization to hear nightly the fine | continuous. From that time to the present the fairly | The change from coun- | terpoint to the harmonic style found It. has accomplished a wonderful | the women ready to meet the new revolution; but thehalf of its influ- | conditions, Francesca Caccini and Others in Italy composing operas as well as madrigals. Franee, too, soon became a home of opera; and Elizabeth Claude de la Guerre won some success in this field, earning the ceptance of the talking machine by | respect, of. Louis XIV. muglg teachers and musical educa- | tors, a sort of "damning with faint | { Prophets are often without hon- {or, but seldom withont competition. | My! But "Putnam's" Eases Corn Agony Not only ease for corns, not only quick. relief from the agonizing pin, Putnam's does more; jt rogis the corn out for all time. Lets you wear a shapely boot again, takes that ugly eye sore out of your toest No pain,.no burnt flesk, no fussing with acid salves or troublesome plas- ters. No more monkey business. Just use Putnam's and out comes the corn and stays out too. Nearly 50 years in use, costs a quarter, . sold everywhere. IIL tbs SL AIA APA. » Music Plano, violin and other stringed Instruments; elocution and dra- matic art. Pupils may begin st any date. Terms on application. 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