The Way 'fo Find Ont. T never want to go to school, Vd rather He right here Upon the hay, and think about Some things that are so queer. ¥ often stroke my kiity's fur v Until she purrs and sings, Tren suddenly right ip my arm ¥here"s something kind of stings. 'Iteeems to funny that the moon Whieh lcoks so big and reund, "Gan stick up in the: sky andnot "Come tumbling to the: ground. Aad then there is another thing-- { wish somebody'd tel) Just how the turtle over gets sto its funny-shell. And then bow ean a tadpoule---thet Is just.a-pollyweg- 'Keep changing all the time until It. gets to bé.a frog? There seem io be so many things I don't know much about, Perhaps I'd better go-to sehoo) And then I can find eut! The Boy Who Kept At It. 'A lawyer in a western city of the "United Btates: sfter serving severa! terms in the state senate, returned to 'bis bome town, opened a Jaw office and , wat down to wait for his interrupted practice to flow back to him. One day an attractive, energetic- dooking young fellow appeared at ihe ~door of his office. He carried a: num- ber of newspapers under his arm, but his errand was nof connected with them. "Do you want an Office boy, sir?" asked. "No, gon," came the reply, "I can't afford an office boy yet. There may not be any business for a long time." "Don't you want someone to sweep and dust?" be asked, as he stooped to. scatiered papers that ; aimed at the wastebasket hut had fallen short. "The janitor does that for me." "lL could keep your books in order | and remember where things are.' 'The boy glanced at desks he end} viables,.which showed plainly the need ,He represented his district in Con-| kitchen range:on wheels. pares aceeptably for several :terms, | : -of-more thorough house-keeping, "Fhe man, however, was unmoved. le. weould Bt dffordany extra expense; he- 2 'possession . "Tf we do not suceeed," writes Herr ; himprovement in our, care as the janitor saw fit to give him. -"F4) comé again, Geod morning,' sir." The boy went away whistHng checr- }ftally. At short intervals he reappeer- ed,.and every time tried to comvince the.man-thet his serviees .were acces- d+wary. TheJlawyer.grew interested tn the boy who refused to be discouraged, but-as he dtd not need him he still declined to employ him. One morning, however, on entering bés office, he found the boy seeted at a table with a law book before him. "Well, what are you doing?" asked ihe lewyer. "J want to study Jaw,.sir," replied the boy, who bad risen halt-apotogett- "Will you let'me come here to "The janitor let me in this Phe lawyer could not help noticing d ror her armies 'Heux, "in obtaining «* far-reaching | present our future as a great sosaan? owl: thi and would act Socdigs's; ould: become the absolute dependents nn the enemy powers." Hy ¥alve of Ore-Yielding Region. What dees this mean? It: that Germany intends to annex the whole of the ferruginous basin and such' further territory as will put 'it/ O° 'beyond the reach of even the heaviest guns. In 1914 rather less than half of he entire ore-yielding sg ont ae on the German-side of the fronts rather more than half on the Erende side. Germany is resolved that: henee- forward the whole of it shall be in her hands. 'Territorially it would be & very small acquisition; economically. its value would . be inestimable. It would 'mean 'that.after the war Ger- many would:be .able to raise some 46,000,000 tons of iron ore a year, | while the PP rench output would be Te~ we ents that the-flocr was freshiy swept, an that the desk and the tables were in order, the chairs and-waste-basket in | tor left ihe rooms. "But" he said, "I told you | couldn' a afford an office boy." "That's aM right. If you'll let read 'your books and sometimes you questions, | shail be silane? In the end the arrangement "was - made. The lewyer gave the boy to. understand that be was to expect no; pay beyond the uee of the books and the privilege of asking an cecasionak' question. He seemed to be satisfied, and remarked ihat he expected to con- tinue selling papers at the usual hours. The compact proved suceessful. As lincreased bueinees-came io the office | the lawyer began to give the boy the pay that from the first he had earned. | The boy meantime kept patiently at his books and his business of wii newspaperr. That office was the boy's only awl gcbeol; from it he was admitted to} 'the bar. Later he opened an office of | | his own, and since then his career has' 'been a steady march over difficulties | to success. i Birst, because he was a good lawyer, the business of an important railway ; 'company went to-him. That brought | him into public notice This strong character, 'which strengthened as he | grew older, drew him into polities. | me 'and from. that. position was raised to | the United States' Senate; where he is serying. Pe place, That was not the way the janl- [ay duced to a. bare»4,000,000 tons, Suppose, on the other hand, that tthe Allied victory*is-as complete .as kwe all intend it-shall:-be and 'that sxce-Lorraine is restored to France. pose situation in that case would be most precisely reversed. France eeu be in a position to extract about y 143 ,000,000 tons of ore a year and Ger- tmany would have to remain satisfied vbe ENDIVIDUAL - 3 iat 'History Shows 'That «Of this war? TOL OF PROPERTY LOSSES FORM © A' DAILY - GROWING POBAL. e Reeevery From Devastating "Wars Has Heen Rapid. How to estimate the property loss sue! Ina conflict - of blasting artillery fire that whele vil- | ' Mages and towns are-Jevelled till not' ome stone rests upon another, in which 'the buildings of cities are-stark an broken skeletons through which the. winter winds whine to the-accompani-} dreary leagues the armies camp in de- solaticn--ify what rule can that de-° Patruction be measured? Whole countries have been overrun, | FBe}gium, Serbia and most of Rumania, ' ry the grinding machine of the Ger-; man army, Great factorzes have been blown to bits or burned, railroads and : their steck demolished, vast stores of | +grein-and the growing crops destroy-! ed to prevent their falliag into pr hands of the enemy,-mines and fields so wrecked that they could on be used for long .perieds; all the' things of industrial life have. been twantonly wasted, Private Property Losses. The daily growing total-of inslivid- ' ual losses, where millions of people' have lost-all they owned in the world, with a:maximum yield of some 8,000,- 'iy in itself an enormous figure. For } | explained. iavill cateh. the rain." tired ment cf machine guns, where for long) i | yible: noise 2 reality ? a Tmaoley company, Life*in the Much-Bembarded City -of \Seissons in France. The Goklen*Sun Hote),-in the much- $ tity «of f has remained open: y net, bw. "Huard----wh er 'exper i- Lences in My Home in ae Field of 'Merc retired to her room, -# maid rapped and entered with an ex- tra washbasin. "In cease it:might rain: again," "You see, thereof -is partly gone on thie-end of the house 'and it would be very disagreeable to, 'paddle reond in the wet to-mer row | «morning. '1/11 put the: basin where it: traveller fell lesteep, but mot for 'long. dreamed it, she says, orvwas that: eee ly -serecehing -sound rent the air. Whiz! 'Bang! Fhe detonation rocked «™ the heuse,.and a+strange clatter rone from the street just below my ai . . ... Instinctively I drew the covers reund me cand snuggled! sapeod to my pillow, madame, wake up... . Make haste, the bombardment i: hes ginning. egain. 'We're-all:going down into the eellar." The warning voice proceeded. along the corridor, rousing--if they needed sany rousing!--the other guests. Soon most informally. clad,-assembled in the 'wine cellar, strongly vaulted, and twenty-five or thirty feet below the street-level. As it had been now three years in use as -# refuge, the proprietors had arraung-' 000 tons. No blow could more: effec- | although property that goes from itS) 64 jt far the comfort of their cus- tually cripple German industrigliem | owner's bands inte the possession Of tomers, with a steve, the pipe of 'and avith it Germany's capacity to the enemy cannot be sail te be lost tO which " projected into the street organize another war, than the losa, the worid, it can certainly be put down thyough a coal hole, a shaded chan- | i Admiralty reports. The first case 'de seTibed aS follows: good) thy pt) is -A long, ghast- ing '* 90°miles an hour. 'attempted to escape by submerging, AT THE GOLDEN SUN: HOTEL. i HOW AVIATORS CONQUER: U-BOATS SPLENDID WORK OF "BRITISH NAVAL AIRCRAFT. Admiralty Reports Concerning the Re- cent Destruction of Ten herman Submarine:. Details concerning the destruction recently of ten'German submerines by imaval aircraft, eight by seaplanes and ithe dthers by dirigibies, have' been ob- tained by the Associated Press from is "While on patro! in the English | the pa merchant ships. The seaplane 'dived The submarine 'but was just awash as the seaplane :reached x bombing position and re- Heased 'two bombs, one of which ex- tploded on the couning tower. The sea- -plane dropped two-more bombs inte the midst of the air vessels from the collapsed submarine, which was of the largest type, carrying two guns." The second case: "At-dawn a sen- «plane sighted a large submarine or the sutface, with a member of the jerew standing by the gun. The sea *\plane dropped a:bomb on the tail o he U-boat and afterwards photo tgraphed the sinking submarine, with a bigskole in its deck. A second bomt wwas dropped close to the submarifie': haw, and the l'-boat collapsed." Attacked by Seaplanes. A third ease: "Two seaplanes at tof the Lorraine ore beds;-and nothing. as. direct individual loss due to the ;delier lamp, red plush sofas from the tacked « large submarine travelling could-so certainly and so speedily re- Lestablish the economic equilibrium in "France as to regain possession of | 'them, In the fate of Alsace-Lorraine 'there is involved both the peace and | guessi byia careful study of the first yedr of sation, while a few of the:gentiemen! from 2» second the war made:sy Edgar Crammond of . went to sleep in their cubbyholes and the work." back- ! the industrial primacy of Europe. | ' in ; KITCHENS ON WHEELS. Modern Army Feeding Equipment is Model of Efficiency. Not the least wonderful of modern military equipment is the field kitchen. 'It is a marvel of compact tion and efficiency for the purpose. A field kitchen consists of two parts, which are hitched tegether and ;drawn by:a pair of -horsts of mules. |In-eam eamp they:are detached. One part bis: achuge sheetiron:stove--a sort of The other 'Most: ost: important of: jinolaing tetas GERMANY'S VIEW OF PEACE SIGNIFICANT UTTERANCE OF A HIGH AU'PHORITY. } Mineral Deposits of France Must be | Centrolled as Protection Against Future. A recent speech delivered in Co- legne by a German commercial mag- nate is full of significance for the British people and their allies. "What Does the War Teach Us?" was the subject of the significant remarks of Herr Haux, one of the directors of Krupps. It is well known that, next Yor her munitions, might have fallen | into French hands. Lorraine Iron Ore Beds. Again, the iron ore beds of Lorraine lay so close to the frontier as to be: braced dominated by Freneh guns. f they had better understood the | character of this dvar and had fore- 'eeon that the destruction of material would be more important than the destruction of men the French would have blown to pieces all the surface: | works of the mines within a few hours lof the declaration of war. Mining operations would then have been made ! impossib! e for many months and the production of munitions, which de- pended aimost absolutely on the iron ore raised in the Lorraine region, would soon, have become entirely in- sufticient for German needs. This illustrates once more the enor-, mous value of the provinces which Germany took from France in 1871. bealbeus s-each. "They are ws "soups, stews and>boiled meats. Fwo of them are insulated and double jacketed, be- | ing meant to serve as 'fireless cook-! 'ers, or, if desired, to keep food = Stew or soup put into them t 'the morning will still be hot serait four hous later. construc-|> war. | So it can be seen that-an estimate of formerly the wine bins- the property loss of the war is at best ' only guess work. A. good basis sing, however, has been supplied the Royal Statistical Society of Lon- don, in 1916. From all the statistics exal knowledge of the condition of the countries where fighting was taking place, Mr. Crammond computed the direct and indirect hMAugust 1, 1915, exclusive of the cap- italized value of human life, at $36,- 000,000,000, "Setting the actual military seen that Mr. Crammond allowed an amount: practically equal to that of di- rect war costs for the indirect cests," 5 |Says Mr. shor amauthority on'finan- § | cial-matters. +h cost of the war to! leafe, and little, curtained cubicles -- -in which beds had:been set up. .But Mme, Huard for was not ready for sleep,. and engaged conning tower, her hostess, Mme. Poirot, in conver- others engaged in games of _gammon.and piquet. Mime. Poirot had busy sewing. "Does it pay Huard asked. "Oh, yes, indeed! Why, what would la city like Soissons be-without a cafe? When you set out to serve the public ;you can't think of yourself first. to keep open?" Mme. ex- We've been particularly fortunate, Of .was ineffective, but penditures against that amount, it is, course, we have*not come off without the deek fairly amidships. a knock or two; our stables hawe been completely demolished, but »we have: no«more horses, soswhat's the odds? A-detonation more violent than any- (thing: else. twee had { yet: heard: +burst on "Inthe pe second yep : almost eontianous. Italy opened » 'the ~so also-did "Turkey: and -Bul- 'garia. Bat it is fair to assume that! there was.a decrease inthe indirect | cost, «because, intrenched as they were, the:armies ¢ffected less whole- One such kitchen on wheels wi provide for the feeding of rn com of soldiers in the' field--250-men. is supplemented, however, by a "r ing bakery," to furnish bread. ee BRITISH IN PALESTINE. mre 'oll-; Law and Order Restored, Jewish Uni- versity to be Built. The British Government has thorized the British Zionist Organiz- , 'ation to appoint a commission to in-' vestigate the present conditions of the! Jewish colonies in Palestine, says London despatch of Feb, 28. to the military clique, Krupps is the When Moltke insisted upon and Bis- its objects will be the repatriation of most powerful element in the kaiser's marck, against his better judgment, the Jewish inhabitants, who have been $10, 000,000,000 for the second, which councils of state. Herr Haux, there- fore, speaks with authority, What is it, then, that the war has taught Germans like Herr Haux? First, that Germany's old frontiers, the frontiers of 1914, were a source, assented to the annexation of Alsace- Lorraine. the main thought in their minds was that of .securing a stra- tegic frontier. they did not know it at the time, some- thing far more valuable than compelled by the enemy to leave Pal- estine, the organization of relief work, ! the re-opening of Jewish institutions | ed through enemy action, and the re- that,' storation of damage which the enemy | Germans of extreme danger and weskness and something that has proved the--base has inflicted on the Jewish colonies. must be rectified in the peace settle- ment. He begins by pointing out that so great is the supply of munitions needed for a long war that it is possible to produce sufficient war ma- terial in time of peace. Everything. therefore, depends on a constant and on which Germany has built up her towering fabrie of prosperity and power, something without which Ger- could not have waged it for six months, They secured the largest ce- posit of iron ore in Eurepe and the or The commission will be instructed to investigate the feasibility of the scheme for founding a Jewish uni- im- many could not have begun this war versity in Palestine and, should mili- tury exigencies permit, to take steps for the initiation of this undertaking. The purchase of the land to be used | uninterrupted supply of coal, iron ore vetgiines largest in the world, surpassed as the site for the university was com-_ and other basic materials while war is in progress. Thus it becomes of the highest importance to Germany that no enemy should ever be able to interfere with her sources of supply. Herr Haux admits that during the present war the. Allies have not been in a position to disturb German in- dustries seriously. Her coal and iron areas have remained intact. was as much due to the ignorance or lethargy of the Allies as to Germany's energetic and victorious advance in 'the early days of the war. The French failed to realize what damage they might have inflicted on German indus- tries by prompt action. According to Herr Haux they might have crippled and defeated Germany at the outset if they had known where to strike: That sounds, byt is not rather wild way of putting it. {err Haux proves his case by a reference to eographical facts. The coal and in-, ustrial district of the Saar Jay in 1914 hardly fifty kilometres from the} frontier. The French push . at, the | opening of the war came perifousl near it. If it had been a einines | attack in full force, and not a mere push, that invaluable region, whence | Germany Eis drawn the raw material | 1 But that, Superior deposit in Michigan, Wis- consin and Minnesota. The soil of the lost provinces has made Germany *$ fortune. She has derived from it her metallurgical ascendancy, the motive. power for her industries, her wealth | and,.as a consequence, her naval, mili-! tary and political power. Will Not Restore Provinee There are reckoned to be 2, $00 0 mil-| lion tons of iron ore in all Germany. Of these, Lorraine alone is responsible | for some 2000 millions, or _ five- ,sevenths of the empire's total stipply. For the last three and a half years she has depended almost entirely on} the Lorraine mines for the iron and steel which are the basis of all mod-' rn warfare. Liberate those regions | 'from her clutch and a long step has| been taken toward binding her soun | to peace. Without Lorraine her car-| eer of conquest and spoiliation comes automatically to a stop. With Lor- raine it will always be within her pow- er to resume it, That is why Germany with one voice l answers "Never!" to all demands that 'she should restore the lost provinces to France. She not only @neans to keep them, but she means to add to ' | Give us to-build above the deep intent! the in value and extent only by the Lake pleted a few days ago. A Prayer. Lord, not for light in darkness do we pray, Not that the veil be lifted from our ey yes , Nor that the slow ascension of our} Be otherwise. Grant us the will to fashion as we eel, Grant us the strength to labor as we y , Grant us the purpose, ribb'd and edg- ed with steel, To strike the blow. Knowledge we ask not---knowledge ou hast lent, Lord, the will--their lies bitter need, But, our The deed, the deed, ---John Drinkwater. by Great Britain on Rations. Great Britain is now on rations of; meat, butter, margarine and sugar. A scheme of bread rationing for the United Kingdom is being prepared. ,$10,000,000,000 in property ; War's lessons, sale destruction of property saa in 1914-15. Some Estimates. "German troops pressed their way through Poland and Serbia, but all in iall, there was less destruction of fac- j tories, warehouses, railways and agri- 'cultural values, and at the same time 'the damage of 1914 was in some meas- ure repaired in Belgium, East Prus-| sia and France. So one may say that 'although direct military, cost of the you live here aus second year of war was $28,000,000,- strain?" 000, total direct and indirect cost was | not more than $38,000,000,000. It will be seen that this estimate al-, rn 48 lows' $28,000,000,000 for the property | MONE joss for the first two years of war-- boarders?" $18,000,000,009 for the first year and 3 perhaps as-near as any slatistician poe figure it. The total for the third year would of the invasion of Russia in which the pushed back the Russian ilines on the entire front and captyr: ed many large cities. The losses for the fourth year should be about the same as for thes preceding year. For there two years loss has been allotted. Mr. Gehle concludes from his study jot the war that the outlook for the 'future, from the moral, social and economic viewpoints, is far from dark, he points out, are one of the offsets of war, and in the past all nations after long and devastating wars have recoveréd with amazing) quickness and even progressed in! -- far beyond what the most op- |timistic might have predicted. Doctrine of Hope. "Instead of disorganizing the world, as other important confiicts have done, this conflict has organized and regimented it," he says. "So, then, just as the great war brought sur- prises, we believe that peace willhave its surprises to astonish the world. "A doctrine of hope can be drawn 95 only from history but as well from the realm of animate nature. Man, in the conduct of his affairs, is resoursceful creature, supreme and prolongéd effort, feck called organized, ; accomplishments. It is in the effect of | military organization where we must: are planted. look for the inspiration of the future. For if tremendous effect can come out} lof military organization organization." rin thecdirect bin: in: herssewing. " "Extension of the »British,} shelling the hospital again," poet and Russian: expenditures was of | and | of notable | tremendous | starting to grow. effect can also come out of industrial] ally in the hole in planting trees and ~said-she. "No; not quite so close," said-one of the 'backgammon players. "That's 'only the: station. pai next time, -and our turn nex | Mme. Poirot enti her sewing, ; and with it the thread of her story. I must admit that her calmness annoy- ed me a trifle. The crashes, nearer each time, with. a culminating grand smash and a rending, rattling din, proved that the tranquil backgammoh player was right. Mme. Huard, although able to maintain her composure, could not 'quite attain to inward serenity or an- 'derstand it in others. "Good heavens, madame! after the loudest outburst. under such " she cried, "How can! nervous "And pray, where would M. le pre-. fet sleep every week when he comes i we were to close up and go away? , 'And «who'd take care of our regular: was the unanswerable re- ply. Gradually the uproar died down,' end at last ceased. The guests, nod- ding and stumbling, started back up the stairs. On the first step Mme, They secured, though. in the Holy Land which has been clos- be-amore thao for the second, because Huard was halted by a touch on her arm. N PT beg your pardon, madame," 2 Leontle voice suggested -- solicitously, "but I forgot to ask whether you would have coffee or chocolate for br eakfust ? teictanepnnspensnll--anincestatiga Local Officers Have Initiative. | Medical health officers of muniei- patties police officers, attorneys and other pRrties having to do with the: | enforcement of law,.are now respon- _xible for the enforcement of the law | agdinst waste of food which has just: been passed by the Dominion Goyern- , the | ,ment on recommendation of Canada Food Board. Where proceed- | ingsjn any case in which a fine is im- | posed were taken by a-municipal of- | ficer, the fine pality. Similarly in case of a prov- incial officer the 606 '000 pounds of camphor senuithe | supDty- } Sete Fruit and ornamental kinds can be earlier the better. of trees and shrubs moist until they hae sun and wind the tree is likely to die, and if it lives will be slow in Use water liber- shrubs, "Poirot: paused accrues to the munici- | provincial treasurer, | A single front, a single army, a sin- | gie people. ah is now wcseud teens about . n little more than half the world's! . trees of all set out now. The Keep the roots If the roots dry out in on the surface at fourteen.knots with two men in the conning tower A bomb was exploded close {to the and the submarine stern first. A Lomk seaplane completed began to sink patroi at The fourth case: "Three planes sighted a large submarine nd reports then available and a gen- brought her mending basket and was it was submerging. and dropped twe bombs close to the conning tower eausing the submarine to turn turtle innd disappear in a mass of o;} anc wreckage." The fifth care: "A seaplane sighted two submarines close to the surface -and dropped two bombs. One bomt the other hit The sub- imarine 'was hidden by the smoke of the explosion-and when the smoke " eleaved the U-boat was sinking, with both ends -in° the air.' 'Fhe: sixth case: "A seaplane saw dsurface and-sighted the: biack Shadow of the submarine weil below the sur- face. It dropped two bombs, which | both: exploded close to the submarine, {resulting in a large quantity of oil. i bubbles and wreckage." Demolished U-boat. The seventh "tase: "Two seaplanes 'sighted a U-boat on the surface and dropped a bomb each. The first bomb caused a heavy list to the U- 'boat, which began to sink by the (stern. The second bomb exploded in the centre of the swirl, demolish- ing the U-boat." The eighth case: "A seaplane drop- 'ped a bomb on a submarine just -emerging. and the U-boat disappear- ed with a heavy list to port. The ipilot dropped a second bomb into ithe swirl, and a few minutes later a patch of oil 150 feet long and 12 feet wide appeared on the surface." The ninth case: "A naval airship jat midday sighted a suspicious pateh {of oil and circled it in an effort to ascertain the case. Suddenly a peri- 'scope broke the surface in the midst 'of the oil. The airship dropped a bomb clase to the periscope, and a iseries of bubbles began appearing, indicating that the damaged submar- ae was moving slowly away under the ater. Several more bombs were acount in the path indicated, until 'satisfactory evidence was obtained of the enemy's destruction." | The tenth case: "An airehip drop- 'ped two bombs over a submarine | which was engaged in attacking "merchantmen. Great patches of oil j and bubbles indicated severe damage, and trawlers made this complete by 'depth charges." -- hp To A Child. You are my silent laughter; You are my unshed tears; 'You are the elfin wonder Of my ecstasy and fears. You are my heart that dances; You are my soul that leaps. fine accrues to the | / You have hidden the key of the fone- ly room Where my troubled spirit sleeps. | Dear changeling, how I love your smile! Fleet as a timid fawn | t¢- breaks upon me suddenly And with a flash is gone. It's hardly like-« smile, at all, More like a blinding light That darts across the starless sky. A firefly of the night. : ---+------ It. is not so much money that Canada wants to prosecute tho war, as savings. Human reconstruction is one of the major tasks imposed by partizipation in the war