: by a areas a had the: oe conn ‘points Have ‘American, so that NOTES AND COMMENTS On ithe face of the statistics for| | 1912—which seem to be the most | complete availablé at present— ” Germany Austria-Hungary would seem to be able to maintain themselves fairly well on their.own food—assuming, ‘maintain the same level of produc- tion. Germany is a big importer of, wheat, rye, oats and barley. But Austria-Hungary, which in this particular case means chiefly Hun- gary, is 1912 she exported 103,260,000 bush- els—about 18,000,000 bushels more wheat than Germany found it ne- cessary to import. Taking Germany |) and Austria-Hungary together we find ‘that the imports of breadstuffs of both for 1912 exceeded the ex- ports by only about 35,000,000 bush- -els. This is a comparatively small percentage of the total consump- tion, and these countries, under stress, could presumably get along fairly well without it. Moreover, Roumania must not be lost sight of. is still neutral, is a fairly large pro- ducer of breadstuffs for export. She is a particularly large producer of | cree Indian corn, the crop for 1910 being 62,500,000 bushels. The same year she produced 68,548,689 bushels of wheat. Some of the German needs might conceivably ‘be supplied from that quarter. However, we must remember that the figures given are tl production for normal times. In spite of the willingness of women to help and the’ added diligence of the men at home, it is highly improbable that the produc- | § tion during a war like the present ean equal that of normal times. The more one considers the pre- servation and maintenance of food supplies as an essential element of the “grand strategy of the war,” as it seems to be developing under pressure of the desire for retalia- tion, the plainer it appears that the campaign against Hungary is more important than has heretofore been thought. Hungary is to a great extent the granary of the dual al- liance. If Hungary, which alone is prepared measurably to make up the shortages in other sections, should be prevented from produc- ing, a situation unquestionably serious would promtply arise. The presence of German re-enforce- ments in Hungary and the yigorous effort. now making to clear the eountry of Russians would indicate ® recognition of the danger which confronts the German cause there. Not to protect Hungary is to fail to protect the great source of food. —_t___ WHEN TO EAT. Scicntist Declares We Do So at the yrong Time. Net we eat “i exactly the estas ime, at least the Pribony i remarkable atch sion which Prof. Bordeaux University the result of his researches, ina it is very apropos at thi when we have the cael gies sy sem ‘of best in, in an’ alesbrn mtadidn: the eoal con- with the variable demand for aaeeat. But human beings, according to him: although they work at stated hours, ut orunaicly, the liver acts as ns sles energy, owing ie its cogenic function, abut its ‘is, of course, x he feels oe geo tes ricans wrong hours for taking | ™ their repast, that i gts 12 to 1 o'clock, and fro to 8, evening edd act Seaauce ener- gy just when the ‘ogamin is about to rest for a long this “ean only act to cypeeiball ithe liver, being unused for a tou -Accordin, principal répast should be taken at 7.20. a.m., and show e complete: _by two peda ‘of lighter nature, taken ante at 8 0’ coe p.m. We ae ‘k that: a icau|° ie ewe Romans ‘out the Scientific this must he due to the effect of ~ eli een abot HEALTH a big exporter of wheat. In |B That country, which | ° ri ie Me | dozer fre You algae have to isa out for i Si Ig - to Prof. mctrapits shape ee Teaching the Baby to Walk. In recent years, doctors and ers who are se epee in child a tudy have advised that babies be “Jet alone.’? They declare that much handling of the pial is not £004 for the hen of its body or of its mind. Dancing the baby, toss- ing it in the aie and “riding it 8 injuriously. ei needs. aaa quiet, and the less older tage cine b ib and talk. to it, the b » That is all coe esctines ‘but y and by the time comes when th child needs a little wise help if it is to develop properly. Left alone in the bed for the first few months, it will a all the exercise it needs by kicking and cla the air, provided its limbs are pas swathed in too many clothes or weighed down by heavy bedclothing; but when it has learned use its muscles and gained some idea of wl & i in the bed, and will learn it on the floor by itself. First of all, teach the baby to nm it has acquired that ee egin the walk- ing lessons. Hold the baby up- might, with its feet resting square- ly onthe floor, and then carry it Seaweed slowly while another per- son raises first one foot and then the other, and plants each ahead s body other alternately. In that way the child will learn very quickly to balance itself, and soon it can stand alone for a few seconds. By ‘by it will ate to move forward of its own You can hasten the child’s pro- gs in imitation rectly and methodically, and make them as nearly as possible like the motions used in walking. With the in about the ninth or tenth month and the child should be able to walk a few steps soon after it is a year old.—Youth’s Companion. Sleep Before ght. Is there not something substan- tial in the old-fashioned view that fingn: uetepeanauiane carrits a spe- this creed, but we are satisfied that, in any event; the practice it pro- oses, is beneficial. To take ae single illustration—it is _ widel; practitioners that anaemic girls may long be treated with want of success until they are compelled to cultivate the habit of early to bed. And though strong and vigorous young men SG TRO ORE AE Pine e ear the chimes at midnight, mid- mi days following such — experiences. That different individuals need dif e l le other habits, may be carried to excess; yet once ‘the elasticity of «| and more fit when we avoid late hours. . ——k , WISE AND ) OTHERWISE. Man is made. ofa ‘dust, Bees out for A aineae cerned away lars will take care = ppeaeenee Success only come: who goes after it a9 a alana’ ment is having more than he can NG really big man allows his a to outgrow the rest of his anat 9 em nu: Tes alia a fellow is ‘hard up that he should be take care of ibe is believing, but even the blind man may, be convinced he is g! Mai fany a idiot is left-handed who thet he does everything ED we could see ourselves a8 oth- ere see. ie gonceit would be a drug One enemy will generally do more to make a ee talked about than a some fetiosres and others will bear cen ng u charms, ‘but at the! sn’t se ‘uns. into: he gets behind, _The man who has no friends 1 ‘rea-| yl aera the disadvantages of no one to tell his! troubles to. are oer talki how square they are, and: youth is gone most of us are better | 0 and is gen-| °T . | government in any a man’s idea of content-| ™ ® | Dr. let down| .When the first si Take care of the night before and| 4 2 chs eras after wi PROF. ADAM SHORTT. — Since Youth His One Real Interest Has Been Eeonomy Study. Prof. Adam Shortt, of the Civil Service Commission at Ott generally described tario mill village called worth, on the banks of the Thames, near London. His father was a mil- ler. Later the alleheyiate nears altogether, although p lei eet up some miles dis- name Kilworth y the coming poli- a hard worker. He was a good student at the" Hight t Walkerton; and-he ‘‘put treattibeouade: Queen’s, as mos university siekpte did in days, by teaching schoo! graduation at Queen’s he went, in 1884, to Scotland nas t= and pos raduate work yw and pap aret. Universities, reves his record at Que ecoming: in. each inatgution AEP aa philosophy. His long vacations he spent tramping through = = tain and continental E ing up fret hand tmowleiiie of Old World 1 and industrial condi- fons Te aie a ES a cent political Jani ce tually being endowed by the late Senai and other admirers of Sir Jol Macdonald, whose bears. Meantime, in 1886, Prof. Shortt. married Elizabeth Smith, M.D., Prof. Adam Shortt. sho ha> herself become well known tor her services in directing the in- terests of Canadian women into Kelpil channels. His Books. le Prof. Shortt is a well-kno writer on economic and iasearicat subjects. Some years ago he con- trite to the Journal of the Can- adian Bankers’ Association a series of draitles on the developme’ the Canadian banking edd Sh eurrency systems which Epresen ea an im- s best-known contribution Jems is his “Imper- ial Preferential Trade from a Can- jew,” a study 2 the British fiscal situation. stem all oe ma places, and also his faith in the efficiency of autonomy - the only enduring basis ot Im- Lord Sydenham i in “The af * series, Prof. Shortt describes the course of events in the momentous days of establishment of responsible n boration with Dr. ‘an| Dominion Archivist, collection of constitutional docu- from 1791 to 1841. to shee selection of Prof. Shortt and Doughty as joint editors of a new ten-volume history of Cane cae x Commi formed under le Lemieux oghue, to apply ie Act in the dis- pute in pal between the @ Tru ie Railway and its ma- chinist Tn 1908 Prof. pete under the new Act, the idea e a step forward i in the direction of the ab. His chiet ‘hobbies are gar- nd wood ea notice any corners. stickin; or out of tiem, at that. ahs .| purification. is- | ing, Shortt was appoint: f ed one of the Civil Service Commi: Fashion Hints | What Paris Shows. w gowns already have been Eve from Paris by our most en- terprising buyers, says a Paris let- ter. There is nothing to frighten centuated, the two silhouettes that hi ave been opposed to each other | nam all winter remain width of skirt which she advocated last. summer and has given herself over to more pronounced Louis ae styles;.and Georgette has kept to that swinging army cape effect |e at the ‘bac! gowns which she mannequined herself last ‘season gud which she likes very much in- Be ae Present War and Styles. The dressmakers thought it probable that the present war would ae influence fashions until it was over; but it has had a strong effect already ie one is to judge by the new gowns shown in aris eee which later “will set the | Styles her Callot, AS example, whose col- lection was one of the best in even- ing frocks she has made in several years, put forth as a feature a sol- dier’s tailor suit in the new blue that has been pted by the French army and for Paul was the color inspired of the battleteld but fronts folded back and buttoned. 'Phis cut is easy 40 copy, but the ma- terial is very difficult to secure, because it is Y requia tiokied, by the French government for war uses. The self-advertising coloration of vee army has been so serious a draw. back, and the so ee ee iority of the gray: se of the Ge a rm O uni roreanl ly recognized, that tha change in col- or from bright blue and brilliant scarlet to a concealing color like gray was ee peda an issue to pass The rieseiy ae for the shade is which is more senti- All Show Military tests All the designers in Paris showed fashion for pockets. which the French women like, undoubtedly give the preference to this new blue in serge, gabardine, tussah and silk. yen satin ¢oat suits were show rgevte, ime see into pro- alien last spring after taking over the house of Francis, who had held the distinction of being the aE toh and | fay cost han the short rt ilor costumes more than the short much discussed, Per- and better known coat. Her Zounyer are direct copies of those yy the Algerian troops who are aghting under General. Joffre. In millinery one found the in- fluence of war everywhere, but Sea the exception of a certain kin sailor everything was small, peste the head and representing some style of army headwear. The shapes were not over small, is, they did not show much of the hair, ‘but they clung to the and did not shade the face. eee ,PURIFYING WATER. —- a The Most Efficient and the Least Expensive. experiments Marseilles and other French cities offer seria A ele that ae to be the long-sou, means pt cies eap and effective aaa Purity of water sup: Recent in Paris, te supply for drinking and cook- fforts against wate erica for lary a have been only partly successful ereto- fore, because complete Snieenes thirteen ae cann e accom) oe of filtration now known to be pract etical for use on o if ee keale. ae has long | je Eas that ul- viglet ray’ ee ae ee Se sent destroy fae ihe the tality of the) the monte eae pree | Through the the: ee it in} anuantity Ae ser all cost by vapor lamp. oh poribeation ee “be not only the ; but the least: anes eet discvered Aw oor eur- it 14, nen of river water in 24 hours: at a cost 1,000 gallons. said to} i ase etre y jomes, "El ricity < cheer recent- stalled in pri- j also has aia ee ae < Rolla wal Hae eee ottle © the) Gore. A ents of a capped sweet for eight 3 spruplistueat) s arge of the Germans] W ing an e | Would thave been the tactics of a | an ie na bad Pia the man whose fi HOW PARIS WAS” SAVED BY] THE ENGLISH." By Chas. ™ M Bice inside facta! about the famous ee from Mons in Hoe somiig out_as reat’ is wor ee Englishman likes 1 to pro- nownce, puke ae as gained fa hon. orable meaning by recent exploits. The eireas at Genéral French and his army from Mons, is, one of the grandest ane most ° prilliant ae tary achievements in t history. -It_adds a brand gio nae to Beitish galléatry, and puts the ir John cele 2 ge highest pinnacle for military ac cl aeariee his-little army was the mightiest and fastest Ser of the great stru; eep to- wards Paris beats anything the an- nals of war have ever known. Allies and Germans had just touch- “anits,”” arlance of pug- ilistic nomenclature, before the on- slaught began, and then the enemy with overwhe! numbers and st round would probable-ne axugeniall see has ever taken the beating and lived | ™ through, the milling, keeping its legs and head, as did the English army thrangli- the ahi ween awta lays in which the Germans put in their lightning strokes, scaetia all But ieoiieable nae singh, If General French had ecuaal sox Gaeh eal peobahiltiy calorie nate uld be a coe Sonar neh Shigacni eee and a cool head, side- stepping and protecting his body great:ring fighter, French followed these itacties exactly. But the thing es Britai , and will was no’ but the most frantic bie saat or Bes greatest and best disciplined army the world ever known. For a man to hav kept his head in all that, as if the of the bs oe alas of 80,000 the thing men, is e world will wond- er at. ae on August. 22, 1914 that the English and Gardens first met in battle at Mons, the English having cae arrived on the scene the ‘ley before, and were informed te the French that “There ee not e than two German corps in General Trench and afternoon courier brought a to General French from abr, the French General. It said in effect; ‘‘Four n army corps are coming against you. We have fallen back The strong French line had gone and was 30 miles hoe rear. French’s army of 80,000 held out Ten thousand Custer Massacres all rolled into one were at hand or a rout such as history seu never be- fore known. Some must stay and ‘ht, while the others fall back pnd fae the trenches. cu- lean. task may Be eaitia ed eit we consider that there was artillery to move and thousands of tons of sup- plies and eettetiy to be trans- Posted in There were horses to save the Goth would hold only so nick traffic, and there must be no jams, coo! thes ls must plan it alll. Some must See behind and dig trench- ti t these things Ae done perfectly and no general ss aes eS had such a perilous selene General French ee Sostihe hie par arene in his aui knew not only xact strength of his own pains but ihe strength of his apponent a: The lightning riers sent in by the out trying to hi e which ieee Pe Y ae 4 The German eral, Ve Kluck, | ed made fe aes he ti ned his | iene i “the English, inten itending ing to| di re them, and moye 0% nbs the Germany-¢ Crown Prine: year’ ai ermany had calculated that thie aes the Buccal tide of Ger- an se “And He called ee ee His twelve. disciples.”’-~hiat hew t has often: ak re) eee candid students of the Goal that Jesus’ diseibice were, on the whole, . sorry lot-of men. ‘One betrayed. mies. Another nied Him thrice en He was most. in need friends. Ali fled like? frightened sheep when He was arrested, In- ability to understand the Master es constant te Biebans the whole iod of His of forbi ding ‘‘one casting out devils in (Jesus’) name,”’ for no reason than that. “he followeth not with us!’ Think of the amazing pride of the sons of Zebedee in seek- ing 26 ibe seated one on Jesus’ right id and one on ie left, in se promised kingd: What mu: have been Jesus’ isin at the cies mand of the eee an He should bid se come heaven upon ae who would not give Him shelter. Again sat again did the Master een explain the meaning o was saying and trying to do. Hes and ay e “rebuke them’? for hae zonisk and sins. But even to the very end they mule onal; aa thus failed Him! Took Men as He Found Them. That Jesus was aware of the char- acter of His disciples is evident from a hundred different passages in the Gospels. and to commit unto their hgnds the destinies of the stupendous move- ment which He had initiated. It would seem as ‘thoutdh it would have been a wiser course to have tried His disciples as they were chosen one by one, rejected them as_ they were found wanting, and then se- lected others for similar trial, until at last He had secured followers whose moral courage and spiritual insight were in some measure parable to His own. But such a process of selection seems never to injseem to other | for ~ from d the teehee outright to his en-|amazi: run His seemingly reless of | justified sth oe Tittle 1 ese did. th wd occasionshaa proved to. bal id and nae oe ay ure of th Especially ares His ern e transfigured as indwelling spirit of feet How sah do we turn ear to some glowing proph of the soul beckne, forsootl e kingdom of iene which hi would ‘establish tipo! the practice’ of the great reat ancient Palestine, and not s should ibe our practice to-day. U) discouraged by the ies human ma-— terial with which we minds can conceive. ing. men just as we find them, sical th lo! the mimeaal day Be vaneedid that by the a ante powe r endeavor m trensraredl and thus oe ‘or new and better day ds Haynes Holmes. RED CROSS SERVICES. { interest to every rela- tive ane friend of the Canadian er diers who are now in e | of than whe will in the near “tin operations has been received at the head office of commissioner in) he says that Wi PB Ub premueeelon ved Partilars. re garding wounded and missing Can- jians. This. work ss not conflict ms By will rrie s as the Batak Red ‘Ohces and ant thee co-operati ime ago an information started in connection ee ake gpced 3 British soldiers cognizant of r progress and whereabouts, vas felt that a similar might be started by the Canadian pay and tl essage received m_ the cutee shows. that this has been done. Canadians will therefore be able to hear how their There must be few people in this country who do not eac it scan the casualty list to, measuring the physic- | cess se al force tk ietle emuy, had ice He the part of the expeditionary; ary. foree is Nihal ia haba peta Te ‘way there and will therefore soon be in the | fears loom Bhapenst or worse fee uti serine _ ut edi to join pee army e and was ‘ of ppec exposed his jaw, ‘sparrer, Sc amiea | ‘struck like a flash. “the Germans, off a guard, received a blow they could not par They lost hmaeds of of big g Bens a and ree aoe came to back the “English, but General Pronch eee first. expedi- ris. French Cane saw oe Von Kiuck had dropped | | aril be eohet to ee “eS ey ‘that some- is no ig done to new ES with the "pat Red Cross ee 8 rel: men in the ‘bushes, sq that “i a trace ds heen” lost in the] to do x The Magic Garden, this way: Laura out on | snowy ‘| yard, and said, should like to have a ‘rom 18 should come down gently, like ain,’ PPhee T’d_ love -it!’’. excl y Anna, “and I'll tell you w r ee like,” I a like our garden. I down the ‘oath, Aaa onal that shen eau pump, an slong as wished ; and Periden: & Boo to “water ‘bushes The Na uakd of so many pul a werepa peek what La eae most—a ‘‘! rikey were throug] se 1 box of children’s boo even a little river flo | the: hie gears ae ni eke wey The tl Daa” a frat ee is nose, steppe Maj Anndy eae ‘ing Since that ren have Cat happe Garden over the days were dull and_ ss there seemed to be no! outh’s STL Of course there. reall wa Ree ne mahi a be kept in OEE wide® w whereabout her had taken the nerve all out of soa be-| will su sae completely Tauebeated by. a mero -| handtnl of with 4