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wimmJm By Albert N. Depew Ex*€unn«r and Chief Petty OfBear, U.S. Member of the Foreign Legion of Prance ; ̂ Captain Gun Turret.Prench BsttleshipCassar# Winner of the Croix de Guerre 0QfyH»».im.1>yB«aiy*naBrmw»0», Throa<%epectol Art >•<--*•« WHli«b*0*orf»>t»t»h»wAd»MtfiaM<ki> "r*. CHAPTER XII--Continued.- - -11* -- 'w: " !?o one man can see ail of an attant, which may extend over miles of ground, but durinp the three weeks I was in the trenches on ,the Gallipoll peninsula we made four grand attacks and many minor ones, so f know in n general way what they are like. Kach 'Wave is organized like the others. First come three lines of what you tnight call grenadiers, though they are not picked for size as the old king's grenadiers used to be. They are de­ ployed Ir. skirmish formation, which means that every jaan is three yards from the next They were armed only "with grenades, but, yon can take It from me, that is enough! Behind them come two lines, also in skirmish for­ mation, and armed with machine guns and grenade rifles. The first men on {lie left carry machine ^runs, then come three rifle grenadiers, and then anoth­ er machine gun and so on down the length of the line. After these come two lines of riflemen with uxed bay- •• Then come tile trench cteaners, or aaoppers-up, as we call them. They were some gang, believe me. Imagine • team of rugby players "spread out lu two lines--only with hundreds of men on the team instead of eleven, and each man a husky, capable of han­ dling a baby grand piano single- banded. These fellows were armed with everything you could think of, and a whole lot more that you could not- dream about 'n a nightmare. It ated to remind me of a trial I saw In New York once, where the police had raided a yeggmen's flop and had ail fheir weapons in tin courtroom as exhibits. •Hie moppers-up were heeled with sticks; clubs, shillelahs, black-jacks, two-handed cleavers, axes, trench knives, poniards, up-to-date toma­ hawks. brass knuckles, slung shots-- anything that was ever invented for crashing a man with, I guess, except firearms. These knock-down, drag-out artists follow the riflemen very closely. Their Job was to take care of all the Tories who could not escape and would mot surrender. There are lot* of men In any army -"who will not surrender, but I think probably there were more Turks of that gamen'iss than men in most other armies. I have heard that li is a part •of their religion that a man, if he die* fighting, goes to a very specially •fancy heaven, with plenty to eat and •smoke. And I suppose if he surren­ ders they believe he will " be put in Aha black gang, stoking for eternity down belOw. It was awfully hot at the Dardanelles and I guess the Turks did not want It any hotter, for very few of them ever surrendered, and the trench cleaners hac a lot to do. Their Job is really important, for it is danger­ ous to have groups of the enemy alive and kicking around in their trenches alter you have passed. Almost every prisoner we took was wounded. The one thing I do not like to have' people ask me is, "How does it feel to kill a man?" and I think the other boys feel the same way about it. It tte not a thing you like to talk about or think about either. But this time, at "T" beach, when we got past the first and second Turk trenches and were at work on the third, I do not iQind saying that I was glad whenever I slipped my bayonet into a Turk and more glad when I saw another one coming. I guess I saw red ail right. Each time I thought, "Maybe you are tte one who did poor old Murray." And I could see Murray as he looked when they took him down from the storehouse wait Then I would stick another one. The others frocu the Cassard were red-hot too, and they went at the Turks in great style. There was nothing to complain about in the way a lot more than I used to, and though I did not have any hunch exactly, still I felt as though I might Ret it too, which was something 1 had never thought much about before. I used to think about my grandmother, too, when I had time, and about Brown. I used tot wonder what Brown was doing and wish we were together. But I could remember my grandmother smiling, and that helped some. I guess I was lonely, to tell the truth. I did not know the other garbles very well, and the only one left that I was really very friendly with got his soon afterward, though not as bad as Mur­ ray. And then there was no one that I was really chummy with. That would not have bothered me at ail before Murray died. The other lad I spoke of as having been chummy with was Philllppe Pierre. "He was about eighteen and came from Bordeaux. He was a very cheerful fellow and he and Murray and I used to be together a lot. He felt almost as bad about Murray ai I did, and you could see that It changed him a great deal, too. But he was still cheerful most of the tbne. ife. ' -,4.' PVv Then I Would Stfdk Another One." they fought, but i wished that we bad Mid a few more hoys from the Foreign Legion with us, I think we would have tone clear on through to Constanti­ nople. \*JPQt th« Turks were not as bad as frit*. They were Just as good or bet­ ter as fighters, and a whole lot whiter. Often, when we were frying in the tfrenches and not a drop of water was to be had, something would land on the ground near us and there would be J* water bottle, full. Sometimes they almost bombarded us with bottles. $hen, too, they would not fire on the lied Cross, as the Germans do; they •^ffOUld ho,<* to®11- ffre roaay times whe.i ?f|e were out picking up our wounded Biwil times they dragged our wound /dose as they could to the barbed fililitftet we might fin# §iejn easier ^• 3 CHAPTER XIII. , A* - pUP Umeym, Anzacs and Polhi*. One night, while we were expecting an attack, the word was passed down the line to have the wire cutters ready and to use bayonets onlj* for the first part of the attack, for we were to try and take the first enemy trench bj surprise. The first trench was only about eighty yards away. Our big gunf opened up and at sero we climbed out and followed the curtain of fire too closely. It seemed to me. But the barrage stopped too soon, as It does sometimes, and there were plenty of Turks left. We Were half way across when they saw us, and they began banging away at Us very hard. They pounded at us as we came on until we were given the order to retire, almost as we were on them-- what was left of us. As we turned and started back the Turks rushed out to counter-attack us, the first of them busy with bombs. Then I tripped over something and rolled around a while and then saw it was Philllppe Pierre. His left leg was dangling, cloth and flesh and all shot away and the leg hanging to the rest of him by a shred. Two or three' of our men who were on their way back to our trenches tripped over me as I tried to get up, and then a shell exploded near by and I thought I had got it sure, but it was only the rocks thrown up by the explosion. Finally I was able to stand up. So I slung my rifle Over one shoulder and got Philllppe Pierre up on th< other, with his body from the waist up hanging over my back, so that I could hold his wounded leg on, and started back. There was only one or two of our men left between the trenches. Our machine guns were at it hard and the Turks were firing and bombing at full speed. I had not gone more than two or three paces when I came across another of our men, wounded In sev­ eral places and groaning away at. a great rate. Philllppe Pierre was not saying a word, but the other chap did enough for the two of them. One wounded man was all I, could .manage, with my rifle and pack, over the rough ground and the barbed wire I had tc go through. So I told this fellow, whose name I cannot remember--I never did know him very well--that I would come back for him, and went on. • I almost fell several times, but managed to get through safefy and rolled over our parapet with Philllppe Pierre. They started the lad back in a stretcher right away. When I saw hliu again be gave me a little box as a souvenir, but I have lost It. The Turks had not got very far with their counter-attack, because we were able to get our barrage going in time to check them. But they were still out in front of their trenches when ] started back after the other garby. I was not exactly afraid as I crawled along searching for the other man, but I'was very thirsty and nervous for fear our barrage would begin again or the machine guns cut loose. After what seemed a long time I came upon a wounded man, but he was not the one I was after. I thought about "a bird in the hand," etc., and was just starting to piek this chap up wlffin a shell burst almost on us and knocked me two or fhrpe feet away. It Is a wonder It did not kill both of us, but neither of us was hurt I thought the fire would get heavier then, so I dragged the other chap Into one of twp holes made by the shell. Some pieces of the shell had stuck Into the dirt in the hole and they were still hot. Also, there was a sort of gas there that bong ardund for sev eral minutes, but It was not very bad. The man began talking to me, and he said it was an honor to lie on the field of battle with a leg shot off and dead men piled all about you. and some not dead but groaning. He told me I would soon be able to, hear the groaning, though I had not said I The other garby was cheerful when he was not asking for water, but you could see he was going fast. So we sat there In the hole and he died. Shortly afterward the fire slackened a little and I got out and started toward our lines. But I remembered about the other wounded man 1 had passed when I was carrying Philllppe Pierre, so I began hunting for him, and after a long time I found him. He was still alive. His chest was all smashed in and he was badly cut up around the neck and shoulders. I picked him up and started back, but ran into some barbed wire and had to go around. 4, was pretty tired by this time and awfully thirsty, and I thought if I did not rest a little bit I could never make It I was so tired and nervous* that I did not care much whether I did get back or not, and the wounded garby was groaning all the time. So when I thought the shells were coming pretty thick again I got Into a shell hole ayd it was the same one I had left not long before. The dead garby was there just as I had left him. The wounded one was bleeding all over, and my clothes were Just soaked with blood from the three men, but most of'all from him. There was some of my own blood on me, too, for when I was knocked down by the shell my nose bled and kept bleeding for a long time, but, of course, that was nothing compared to the bleeding of the others. The worst of all was that he kept groaning for water, and it made me thirstier than I had been, even. But there was not a drop of water any­ where and I knew there was no use searching any bodies for flasks. So we just hajpto stick it out. Pretty soon the wounded man quit groaning and was quiet, and I knew he was going to die too. It made me mad to think that I had not been of any use in carrying these two men around, but If I had gone on with either of thpm it would have been just the same they would have died and probably I would have got it, too. When I fig­ ured it out this way I quit worrying about it, only I wished the fire would let up. So the otter man died, and there were two of them in the hole. I read the numbers on their Identification disks when shells burst near enough so that I could see them, and after a while gpt back to our lines and. rolled in; I could not remember the num­ bers .or the names by that time, but a working party got them, along with others, so it was all right. My clothes were a mess, as I have said, and I was so tired I thought I could sleep for a week, but I could not stand it In my clothes any longer. It was absolutely-against regulations, but I • took off all my clothes--the blood, had soaked Into the skin--and wrapped myself in nothing but air and went right to sleep. I did not sleep very well, but woke up every once In a while and thought I was in the hole again. During the night they brought up water, but I was asleep and did not know it They did not wake me, but two men saved by share, though usurflly In a case like that it was everybody for himself and let the last man go dry.- You could not blame them, either, so I thought It was pretty decent of these two to save my share for me. I believe they must have had a hard time keeping the others off of it, to say nothing of them­ selves, for there really was not more than enough for one good drink all around. It tasted better than anything I have ever drunk. Go dry for 24 hours In the hottest weather you can find, do a. night's work like that, and come to in the morning with a tin cup full of muddy water being handed to you, and yon will know what I mean. At Gaba Tepe there were steep Utile hills with quarries in between them, and most of the prisoners we took were caught In the quarries. We found lots of dead Turks under plies Of rock, where our guns had battered the walls pf the quarries down on them. We were fighting about- this part of the country one time when we saw three motor trucks disappear over the side of a hill going across country. The detachment from the Cassard was sent over on the run and we came upon the Turks from those trucks and several others Just after they had got out and were starting ahead on foot We captured that whole buncji--I do not know how many In all. They were reinforcements on their way to a part of their line that we were battering very hard, and by capturing them we helped the Anzacs a great deal, for they were able to get through, for a big gain." "v We held that portion, though they rained' shells ^on us so hard all that day and night that we thought they were placing a barrage for a raid, and stood to arms until almost noon the next day; But our guns gave back shell for shell, and pounded the Turk­ ish trenches and broke shrapnel -over them until they had all th«y could do to stay In them. Finally, our guns placed shell after shell on the enemy's communication mm DnW ' W Wir Trenches were wai the works ruined ana two ^ though whe&er French or British I do not know. " A few days after the rain stopped I was going, along the road to the docks at "V'\h«fU!h vfhoufjpjiw .some examples of tj^fireafclshnees of shells. There was a long string of mules go­ ing back to the trenches with water and suppiHi of various kinds. We drew up to one side to let them pass. Two or three mules away from us was an old-timer with only one ear, and that very gray, loaded to the gun­ wales with bags of water. He had hqd his troubles, that old boy, but they were just about over, for there was a flash and the next Instant you could not see a thing left of Old Missouri. He Just vanished. But two of the water bags were not even touched, and another one had only a little hole in It There they lay on the ground, just as though you had taken the mule out from under them. The mules next, him, fore and aft, were knocked down by the concussion but unharmed; but the third mule behind had one ear cut to shreds, and ,the man behind him was badly shot up and stunned. A little farther on a shell had struck the road and plowed a furrow two or three feet wide, and Just as straight as an arrow for three of four yards; it then turned oft at - almost a V ' r| To I EarlyDates ' . 'S' ft A « «~*e< t Picked Him Up and Started Back. right angle and continued for a yard or two more before it burst and made a big hole. That Turk gunner must have put a lot of English on that shell when he fired It. He got somebody's number with that shot, too, and the lad paid pretty high, for there was blood around the hole, net quite dry when we got to It. (TO BE CONTINUED.) % MEMORY THAT MIL LAST minded it, or anything about it. Then he said again what an honor it was,Frenches, and they could neither bring and asked if I had a drink for him. I had not had any water all day, and I told him so, but he kept on asking for it all the same. Some of the Turk­ ish bombers must have sneaked up pretty close to our lines, for when 1 looked out of the hole toward our lines, and a ..shell burst near them, I could see a Turk coming toward us. We played dead then, but I had my bayonet ready for him in case he had seen us and decided to come up to the hole. Evidently he had not, for when he got near the hole Jjf up reinforcements nor retire.'* So we went over and cleaned them out and took the trench. But then our guns had to stop because we were In range, and the Turks brought up reinforce­ ments from other parts of the line and we were driven back after holding their trench all afternoon. It was about ftfty-flfty, though, for when they reinfoi^ed one part of the line some of our troops would break through In another part That >night there was a terrible rain­ -storm. Iguess it Was really a eloud- all O* water we Murray di«i I «ot to thinking!side and went srottu<|/ w , /{bur*. We had ' v t «k > *• '•' < ~i Jb*&. French Gratitude to America Is Deeply Engraved on the Hearts of Her People. Kathleen ftorrls, writing In the Woman's Home Companion, gives an Imaginary conversation with a young French girl describing the coming of the American soldiers to France as she Is supposed to remember it: " 'And men--to stand beside our men--from America! I remember standing at the chateau gateway on a bright November afternoon and seeing them come up the road. Soldiers I We were used to soldiers! But these were different. Grandmere was with me, we had been here all the time. " 'They came along, In the stream­ ing afternoon sunlight, and they smiled and waved at me. "They are the Americans!" grandmere said, and she began to cry softly. "God bless them --God bless them!" she whispered, over and over. And that night, as you know, we had their officers at the chateau, and one of them told me he also had a daughter, not much youngef than I, and that her name was Vlr- ginie-- *' 'I don't know why -- for, God knows, there were hard times, and dark times, ahead. But from that mo­ ment I felt--hope. Child that I was, I seemed to see, behind those march­ ing iueu, ihe big u»«i geuciuu» that was dedicating Itself to their serv­ ice, the women everywhere, with their sewing and cooking, saving and plan­ ning, their letters and their prayers-- all one In their work for an Ideal be­ side which the comfort and the ease of • »hijfi^$fgeratlon was as nothing P" frhen the Fight 8tarted.; Three men emerged from a Sixth avenue wet goods establishment last night They were apparently the best of friends. One said: "Well, Doyle, I'm glad we are all Irish. But let me tell yer, the best men come from Lim­ erick." Doyle said he didn't know about that. "I'm from Kerry--" And imme­ diately a fight started. The third man declared he was from Kilkenny. "Ana no Kilkenny man stood by when theri> was any fighting to be done, begorra." And when the three were pulled apart by three cops they were a sight to behold. It was hard to tell from the appearance of the three whlfrh county in Ireland produced the best New York Times. New Torfc--It t* m long cry trow Henry II to Cromwell, but fashion Jumps that length hi seven-leagued boots and regards It as a trifle. Fash­ ion, indeed, asserts a fashion critic, places the two periods of the wofld s history together without apology. She takes a bit from one and a slice from the other, and calls It a frock. History has been ransacked for three years for inspiration, strange to re­ cord, when one realizes that a few decades0 from now fashion will proba­ bly start In to register the Impres­ sions of these days, and throughout all the ages to come, If there are such things as fashions for women, those who hulld them will go to this era of world-war as an aid to jaded brains. Possibly Napoleon was sufficiently an egotist to foresee that the period he created in the world's progress would last the fashion designers at least an hundred years, as it has done, hut he might have been startled at the fact that, In a tremendous time like, this, which makes his mighty battles puny events, we should go on playing varia­ tions op the theme of clothes which he brought about through his Martian ad­ ventures In other lands than his own. None of the designers have gotten "very far away from the Napoleonic era, and their apology Is that Inspira­ tion was drawn from every source dur­ ing the reign of this one man, and that it would be difficult to find somethings which had been omitted. Very true. We Turn to England. > There was once a time, in the be­ ginning of the Consulate, when fash­ ion In Paris was turned toward the ancient enemy across the channel and borrowed ideas for dress. This was done in a spirit of perversity by cer­ tain sections of society; but the Paris designers now turn there In a differ­ ent spirit--one of intense gratitude and friendliness, and instead of look­ ing among present fashions for inspira­ tion, knowing full well by practical evidence that they are Parisian, she has gone back to British history. Later she may remember Mesopotamia and Palestine, and linking them to Allenby and Marshall, swirl back to Holy Land costumery. At the moment she Is Interested In eras of which she has thought little and cared less. It seems a strange thing that the temperamental design­ ers of Paris, on whom the world de­ pends for the movement of the season In clothes, should revive the fashions of Cromwell. Curious juxtaposition of Ideas. Nonte has ever arisen in French history who could be likened to this Puritan, and we may find the reason for this singular recrudescence in the pleasant fact that Cromwell was eand- wldhed between two Charleses whose frivolity Is historically foreign to Paris. The Cromwelllan inspiration is new; the revival of those fashions which were adopted before the word had any significance when Henry I was king of England. In looking over a book of old costumery the similarity shown between the frocks of then and and Is startling. And this is all the fur­ ther we have gone In dres?, is the ex­ clamation that comes first. Those were severe fashions when Cromwell interrupted the pleasure-lov­ ing Stuarts. Some one has said that when Charles n came to the throne England with a sigh -of relief laid aside her hair shirt to show that she wore a silk one beneath. Just recently there has appeared sev­ eral sorts with battlemented hems, a strange sign of those times, and a double row of buttons on each side of a long straight front opening. The wide lln^n collar and cuffs are added, and on<* sees that It is a new fashion. _ Not so new, but equally Cromwell­ lan, Is the sleeveless blouse, or short tunic that our shops sell as casually I edging. • I as they once did the American chlrt- waist. These, also, were battlemented at the hem, while, ours are not but they also showed the full sleeves of the shirt beneath. In those days the man chose the undershirt in broad yellow and red-barred stripes. As we wear this ot^ier coat the bat­ tlemented one with long sleeves, fas­ tened at the neck, but not below, the effect Is good. It provides a variant from the accepted styles of Jackets. It Is belt!ess, which is a fashion the French designers are striving hard to establish. The slim lines of this coat keep the widths from awkwardness and the small armholea aid the clearf- cut look. Sinuous Hips of the Orient. It may be a happy fact one Jllat gives cause for rejoicing that design­ ers have no objection to "bunching** the countries when it comes to fash­ ions. To put the oriental hip drapery alongside the coat of Cromwell and the chemise of Adele of Lauvain is legitimate business. ' All's well that once, looked well, might be their 4 motto and they go on making a sartorial Tower of Babel, for If & costume could speak, this is what would happen In any representative gathering. The Orient is always too seductive, too' easy of imitation, to escape constant usage; there may have been periods in social history when It would not have been possi­ ble to persuade well-placed women to appear In the clothes of the Temple girls and those of the Bazaars, but we don't happen to belong to one of them. We have stopped at some things in the last six years, but We have gone far, very far. Sedateness has entered into costum­ ery during the last two years, but now we may see a return to license In cos- tumery that may make pre-war fash­ ions appear anemic. Let us hope thai Joy won't be too unconflned. If there Is a pleasing sedateness with freedom from demureness and drabness, then we will see good, cos­ tumes. Already there Is a gracious way of employing orientalism which cannot be objected to by conserva­ tives, even in the hip drapery whose swathings are. the,sign and symbol of the Eastern dancers. There is a tendency to combine cbV ored satin with black thread lace in, the oriental frocks, which takes away the suggestion of the East except in the swirl of fabric that goes about the hips. The Square Flgt:re. These are minor changes, however important they may be to the mass of women who have no intention of swinging their clothes Into every pro­ cession that passes, in comparison to the subtle transformation going on In the contour of the figure. It Is get­ ting square. If it succeeds there Is another blue ribbon of victory to the house of Cnllot who moves along a mysterious way toward changing the fashion of the civilized world. When Callot sent to this country those primitive garments without belt, or curve, cut straight from two .pieces of cloth, or so it appeared, and sewed up at each side, women simply uttered an emphatic negative and passed them by. Even that little group of extrem­ ists which cap' be depended on to try out everything once, at least, were too doubtful of the experiment to put money in it. And yet here it Is creep­ ing In among all the best gowns from Important houses and promised as the ruling contour for spring. (Copyright, 1918, by McCliue Newap&pai Syndicate.) &,.'4 Ruffle of Wide Edging. .Corsets of flesh-colored silk brocade and veiled by black lac© are. finished at the bottom'#tth a ruffle of wide TABLE LINENS AND SCARFS - The Building of Life. Life Is a building. It rises slowly day by day, through the years. Every new lesson We learn lays a block on the edifice which Is rising silently with­ in us. Every experience, every touch of another life on ours, every Influence that impresses us, every book we rend, every conversation we have, every act of our commonest days, adda some­ thing tq invisible buUdljqkg.- Miller. ' ' r':: a' " - (tally Thought. : To be nameless in worthy deeds, ex­ ceeds an infamous history.--Sir Thom­ as Browne. There is satisfaction in tha thought of having dons what w* know to 1m iriatt. Blocked Effect Dona In Colors or White According to Cl«rac%||t? ,;' of tha Embroidery,- ! A curious development in table lin­ ens and scarfs for the bedroom Is the blocked effect done either In colors or white according to the character of the accompanying embroidery and in ~ai1ou= ~=ys. Tha reason for this is rather obvious. Now that fine linens have become so scarce the pleasure of looking at a pure unbroken surface of soft white linen is not for the house­ wife of today. Her "linens" will very likely be cottons for some time, and anything which will break the cotton expanse and make the finish less no­ ticeable is welcome. Hemstitching by machine or hand is one way of making these checkered cloths. Outline or couching Is effec­ tive too. The blocks vary according to the size of the piece, but six inches Is a good working size for most of them. Small motifs may then appear in the corners or in every other block, 'vogues or as a border around the edge. There is much chance for novelty here. Fringe on Sweaters. , i Fringe has Invaded thy precinct of sweaters. Often it is found on the sides of the large sailor aollar, and is made of the same wool an the sweater or wool of contrasting colcr. One silk sweater that can be made by any clev­ er knitter has black and white fringe all around a large shawl collar, around the bottom of the sweater and around the lower edge of the cuffs. Tassels, which are only a short concentrated bit of fringe, are used frequently at the ends of sashes on the new sweat­ ers or they are placed at the corners of the sailor collar to hold the points in place and to add an Interesting de<> o r a t l v e t o u c h . ' " 4 -- • ' 1 ' * 1 1 ' 11 - ^ Knitted 8Hk Linger!*. American women have come to know the economical advantages of knitted silk lingerie, and matching sets of vest and bloomers, tailor-trim­ med, with flatly stitched bands of con­ trasting color of ribbon, are much la Party Frocks for Girls. As In nklrts for women, patty frocks for little girls ten and twelve years of age are being made with skirts consid­ erably longer than they were in past years. Waists also are lower than they were last season, while the bottom of the skirt reaches half way to the an­ kles instead of coming only to the knees. Georgette and crepe de Chine seem to he the leading fabrics thus far this fall, and white over pink, yellow or tan slips seem to be the favored color schemes. On quite a few of these models a great profusion of Valen­ ciennes lace Is used. On others, nar­ row ribbons are Interlaced through open work and considerable embroid­ ery appears. Sashes of wide satin rib­ bon in soft but bright colors are popu- - »>?•<*'• Distinguishing Marie Things which match or carry out" ia generul color scheme at once distin­ guish the unusual room from the ordi­ nary. It Is a fact that care and deco­ rative sense have been used that gives thin markedly different atmosphere, jfecpenslv* furnishings are not always necessary. For instance, at large* stores are found some very good look* lng pieces of upholstery and plush tot the polished table top. The tapestry Is figured and combined with plush of very good soft shades, and the squared or long scarfs are gnloon edged. By the yard comes a material for drfperj which looks like a slightly uneven sllli. rep, but Is probably of cotton. , ^ Sweaters of Fiber 811k. A survey of the business that har® been taken so far on flher silk sweat­ ers for spring delivery Indicates one ot the most active seasons these goods have ever experienced, says the New York Times. Jobbers and the large retailers especially have been good buyers, some of the smaller merchants being somewhat handicapped in theli buying, so far a* quantity Is concerned, by the Increased cost of the merchan­ dise. In this Industry, as In many others, the question oi deliveries it paramount. Labor is none too plenti­ ful now, and the possibility of a fur­ ther sapping of the supply and by higher wages >n other trades Is viewed with ft» smalj misgivlmt ;'V> , , * < ( ' t - ! 1.4 *4 Itjfcn.,.1 ' Easy Farming Methods tn WAt* era Canada and Certain Financial Benefits. With your crop harvested "and mar* keted, with the disposal of,your cattle and hogs completed, you are ready to prepare your financial statement for the year. You will soon know what you have gained, and If the gain mada to your farming operatons has been up to your expectations and will meet your requirements. Probably you may have been the loser. Your land may have been productive, but It may have been too high priced. The-cost , of pro­ duction has been too great If you have bad the remuneration you sought and are satisfied this article may not Interest .vou„ If your returns have not been satisfactory, or If your ambition leads you to the laudable desire of bet- terlng your condition, if you have de» ;,M- i vl pendents for whose future you have anxiety, you will naturally look around for some place, some opportunity that offers greater advantages and brings satisfactory returns. To the north and west of you He hundreds of thousands of unbroken acres in Western Canada awaiting the husbandman, and ready to give of its richness to place you where you desire to be placed. Foi thousands of farmers from nearly ery state In the Union the prairies of Western Canada have afforded wealth beyond what they had been led to ex­ pect. The excellence of the soli of Western Canada, which comprises the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta,, can only partially be told by the knowledge of some facts. Every year for some years past the World's highest prizes for wheat, oats and barley have been carried off by grain grown on Western Canadian Prairies. Beef fattened on the grasses of these same prairies recently brought the highest prices ever paid on the Chicago market Throughout the en» tire world the quality of Canadian grain, and Canadian beef and mutton, Is recognized. To recite what Indi­ vidual farmers have done, the riches they have acquired would fill volumes. The case of James Wlshart of Portage la Prairie Is not an exceptional one. His wheat crop this past season yield­ ed him forty-five bushels per acre, and the land upon which It was grown was broken forty-four years ago, and It has been continuously under crop except for an occasional summer fallow. At Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, samples of the wheat of 1918 weighed 68 pounds to the bushel, others 66 and some 65% pounds. Wheat crops at Coal dale. Alberta, went as high as 88 bushels acre, while wheat crops near Barons, Alberta, had yields of from 25 to Sto bushels. Records such as these speak fn glow* lng terms of the excellence of the soli of Western Canada. The war is over, and we are all settling down to a peace basis. There Is a great world beyond the seas to feed and clothe, and thus Is afforded the opportunity to lend a hand in the great work. Aside from the phllan- thropy in which you can play a part, there Is the satisfaction of knowing | you are amply providing for yourself S and for the future of those who may v be dependent upon you. Greater prog- 5 ress can be made |n this and your own h development by availing yourself of ^ the advantages that Western Canada § offers In Its -low-priced lands and high % yielding values. There are good J schools, desirable social conditions, low p. taxation (none on improvements) ^ With an enjoyable climate, and the ^ satisfaction of possessing a well tilled | soil capable of producing abundant ^ crops for which good prices prevail* at * easily accessible marketing places*-- Advertisement % 1 : t * :i «. l*. V £'^'<35^: vPVr -"JatJSiss 4.* >: (&£• Chicago a Diamond Center. 1 New York during the war luu hfl* come one of the world's greatest cen­ ters of the diamond trade. The Unit­ ed States now buys almost the entlro output of the South African mines, which supply 95 per cent of the world'# diamonds. Several diamond-cutting factories have been established in New York. The diamond headquarters of the West are in Chicago. It is said more cut and uncut diamonds at* housed ih one building In Chicago than in any one building in the world* RELIABLE PRESCRIPTS FOR THE i¥ ks JVic many years druggists h&vs watohsd j >•! with much interert tb« remarkable record ^ maintained by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder as cine. It ia » physician's prescription. '«* Swamp-Root is a strengthening me®» cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and bla® , •; der do the work nature intended they < ^ < should do, Swamp-Root has stood the teat of yearn * It is sold by all druggists on its merit an* ^ it should help you. No other kidney medb « cine has so many friends J| Be sure to get Swamp-Root and stall • " treatment at once. However, if you wish first to test tU| V. great preparation send ten cents to Dh Kilmer & Co., Binghauiton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sue asi mention this paper. Adv. . , Its Complexion, "Her face Is her fortune.' "Is she trying a akin more American. Being a good fellow Is all right t| its way, but pay the grocer first Cutlcura Complexions, Nothing better than CutlcorS dally and Ointment as needed to maks the complexion clear, scalp clean hands soft and white. For free pies address "Cutlcura, Dept X ton." Sold by druggists and by Soap 28, Ointment 29 and GO.--Adr. v '-;i •"'AMa:'*3..* hk ' It might be well to remember tint Cast men are usually alow pay; ' Girls thfnk It unlucky to kW) fl| 9 chance of getting an opaL •