A Collar For Hero, On the doorstep in the sunshine sa Rene. He was pounding away busily.|. The tap! tap! of his hammer sounded sharply against the dull booming in the background. Rene paid no at- tention to the booming, although' the ground shook with the force of the explosions. He had. lived so long within sound of the big guns that he had stopped thinking about them. Only when the firing grew more rapid until it became one tremendous roar 'did he realize that a great battle was on;but all the time he hoped fiercely _ that France would win. And always at night and in the morning and at their scanty meals he bowed his head, as his mother prayed for their sol- diers and for the brave hearts of France... Rene 'felt that their sol- diers needed much praying for. When his father had been among them, it was different, he thought; it had "gone better." But now that his father had been killed, his comrades - must miss him sadly. They must miss him even as Rene and his moth- er missed him, if that were possible, although of course they were glad that he had died for France. The tap! tap! of the hammer went on busily in the warm spring air, An industrious pucker showed between Rene's eyes, and when he stopped to rummage in a box beside him he pur:- ed his lips thoughtfuliy. The box was filled with queer odds and ends, bits of iron and brass and scraps of leath- er saved from broken harness. Out of the leather Rene had cut a strap, with a hole in each end, so that it could be tied together. A long time he had spent working on that band, shaping it and rubbing it soft and smooth. The points of the bits of brass he pounded through the leather, and fastened them on the other side. They were not placed by chance, or haphazard, but carefully, in a pat- tern; and now the work was nearly done. Rene selected a last bjt of brass and hammered iy into pla He held up his work an@ looked aff it with ad- miration. "Hero," ad, How splendidly the namfe shone, and how proud Hero would be to wear such a coHar! Had not Rene made it-en- tirely for him? . It was things like that which H ero Was there was plenty to eat, and laughter. But he had not thought of it then, and besides he could not have made it so well. He had been only a little boy when the war began, but now he was older, much older. He could do things like pounding with a hammer, and hit himself scarcely at all. And he had planned to make this collar for Hero because he missed him, yes, all the ee -) dero was always mindful} steps along the road ye they drew hobbling run. ee time, all the time! And Hero would like it, if he knew. "3 Rene often wondered about Hero. Was he alive? And what was doing? Such a fine strong dog, and with such intelligence! He knew almost what was said to him, and ale, most he could answer. Indeed he did! talk with his eyes--although it was French always that Hero understood. If anyone talked German now, would scorn to listen. It would go hard with him among the Germans.| 4nq sinking. The stern was raging Rene hoped passionately that the ugly| With fire. It was quite clear now boches had not taken him. _ It was long since Hero left been with them, he had admired Hero. Never had he seen a dog more quick to learn. Hero went with him. Rene would have | cried more bitterly, only his mother told him it was for France. A boy is prowl to do something for France, and that it is hard, is it not so much more an honor? And he was just a little boy then. Now, although he remembered, he cried scarcely at all. | And there was time for remember- ing! 'the boy and the dog had Iain in the | sweet grass, and Rene had told stories i ' ©*+| after shell was discharged. One took \ 3 : "3 e too ;to which Hero listened gravely, "" away with it the U-boat's conning his head cn one side. There 'been games, too, that if they b:zam? boisterous made Julie turn her soft eyes upon t! em and give a little of her horns, as if, after all, they were young and she must maka al-ovw- ances. Rene stil! tock Jutie to pos- ture, tut there were ro more games and stories, for Julie did not under stand, althougn she was a good cow and gentla. And there were the evenings in front of the fire. Very small it was, the fire, so that they went early to bed But without Hero, what use was there in building stories in the flames? Rene was giad when he could fall asleep. Proudly Rene looked at the collar 'he had made. He ran his finger over \the bits of brass that spelled the name of his friend. And suddenly-- he forgot that he was older, much old- er. His head dropped in the curve of his arm--and there was only a lit- tle boy crying upon the doorstep. He did not hear the ©, on her at four hundred yards' range." that t Rene's «Q" ship, and quickly home. When the French officer had fred torpedo after torpedo. And when he went away,! order, "Abandon Together they had taken the; 4, cow to pasture, and while she grazed "Q50."" She Bot This time an took place, and the "Q50's" aft gun, together with the plucky gun's crew, were: blown up, and fire had reached 5 terrific explosion took place, and the second aft gun went hurtling through | the air. "This was indeed a misfor-' tune," the captain wrote in his re- port, "as the submarine had only to steer another two hundred yards and I should have had three guns bearing "Q50" by this time was blazing the submarine knew she was a submerging, The Biter Bit. The captain. instantly ve the ship!" And blue- jackets again scrambled over the side into the water, getting on to a raft as best they could. : Loud explosions were taking place as 'the fire spread, but the U-boat, which had come up again, was still suspicious that there were men aboard, so again more of the crew of "Q50" took the water, and then on nearer towards for'ard. In a flash the for'ard gun was unmuzzled. Shell then, last of all, the the he The 4s back from spine, and was a hopeless case from the beginning, says a writer in the Westminster Gazette. For: all the six a had one great ; he had become acquainted for the first time with the Waverley Novels, and in his he treading "Ivanhoe." for himself the nurse took it from him and read aloud to him. She was reading on the last day of all, when the padre came and his fa- ther and mother were at the bedside, and being a good lad, he kissed his parents affectionately and listened very attentively to the prayers, but the moment they were over he turned the the nurse and said, in a whisper: "Please go on-with the reading, and as fast as you can, for I do so want to know the end." And so she read him out of the world with the great fight of Bois- Guilbert and Ivanhoe. I am sure the spirit of Walter Scott. was at that death-bed. hy sass ge, GIRL AMBULANCE DRIVERS Dangers and Arduous Work Requir- ing Vast Courage and Skill. There are about 300 girl ambulance tit | now that food supplies are low. Rak - Natairal etorage of: Jate vegetables! {6 Od hoese fot une fa fa aed wee ter--a practice which is advisable WiraDu tural storage is the least troublesome way of keeping food for future use, it is ted out, and may be practiced, with little in most homes, either in the country or in the city. owners of home gardens, vegetables suitable for storage may purchased cheaply, it may be prac- ticed profitably by some other house- holders. -The principal vegetables which may be stored successfully are the root, tuber, and bulb crops, such as late maturing potatoes, carrots, parsnips,| turnips, salsify, onions, etc. Certain leaf and stalk crops such as cabbage 'and' celery, anda few other products, such as squashes, pumpkins, etc., also may be stored naturally. If the cellar under a dwelling or out-building is clean, cool, and well- ventilated it may be used for storage without alteration. Many cellars, ! however, are not wel] suited for stor- ing vegetables because of poor insula- tion or lack of fentilation, and those' containing a ffrnace for heating usu-' ally are too warm and dry. It is of-| ten possible to partition off a room, either in one corner or at one end of, |such a cellar, where the temperature may be controlled by means of out-! side windows. Outdoor storage cellars possess all the advantages of the storage room tower, another hit her broadside. She was gone--like many of her kind. The fight lasted from 11 a.m. until shake 4 p.m. Warships lying in wait be- hind the horizon picked up the crew of "Q50," which had done its work, and was left abandoned in the grip of fire; ammunition exploding. e enemy now know of this ruse, and there is no need of further sec- recy, but I and my friend and col- league, Admiral Sims, have more ways than that which we can employ to trap submarines. a Words of Wisdom. _The deeper a man cultivates his brains the better will the soil of his farm produce. Better spend half a day putting | good stout rounds in the ladder be- fore picking time, than six weeks waiting for a broken leg to knit. Clothes are going to cost no less, as time goes on. Better protect your w dull, thudding that limp-| 7 . But he did bark, hoarse with thirst and shaken with delight. Hé felt touching the back tongue licking his cheek. And Rene turned to throw both arms about his friend, Hero--a hero in very truth, wearing still his Red Cross badge and holding out a stiff and bullet-torn paw for his friend to comfort and to make whole again. of his neck, the WHAT THE "Q" BOATS DID THE DISGUISED DETECTIVES OF THE SEA --e First Lord of the Admiralty Lifts Veil on Some Extraordinary Exploits of British Navy. (By Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty.) I am going to tell you a story that has never been told before---a story of the British Navy--and one which has never been told by anyone before because it concerned a ruse of war which was very effective. The Ger- mans now know all about it, so it may therefore be told and published. The story is about the Mystery Vic- toria Cross and our "Q" Boats, or Mystery Ships. I will tell you what a "Mystery Ship" ig, It is a decoy on the waves of the detp; a decoy for use in mod- ern warfare, and known in the Ser- vice as a ae ip. . She may an old wind-jammer, sailing- ship, tramp, or a collier, but she is something more than that. In the Admiralty records she -is known and registered as the "Q50." Appearances Are Deceptive. _ Her real name might be the "Mary Blunt," or something of that kind-- a-merchantman which, in a few sec- onds, can be turned into a formidable man-o'-war. The ship I am going to tell you about was, to all appearances, dingy old collier. She sailed under sealed orders, pacar informed the captain that Gerfnan submarines were sinking British and American vesséls in such and such a position, and ordered him to proceed to the spot forthwith. As I have said, she sailed looking like a collier, with a crew that looked like a merchant crew, the cap- tain a merchant da fairl undisciplined lot on the whole, yet beneath the guise of merchant sea- men, and officers, were the clothes of our blue-jackets, a captain and offi- " cers of a British warship. Let us look into the captain's bunk, and we see the cap of the Royal Navy and the jacket with the brass buttons of the Royal Navy. The same thing applies in the case of the quarters of the other officers aboard, and also of the quarters of the men. The "Q50" also carried the White En- sign, and had a little gun mounted on her stern. The Chase. It was a summer morning, a brisk breeze blowing, and the "Q50" steer- ed out into the Atlantic to the spot indicated in the captain's orders. About two hours passed by, when on the starboard bow an enemy su marine was sighted, and the "collier turned to run away, as she. did so commencing her ruse of zig-zagging and putting on steam, until she raced along at the rate of eight knots, midst volumes of thick black smoke. The submarine was giving chase. Meanwhile the "Q50" fired her little stern gun intentionally short. , Soon the submarine began to over- haul the "Q50" and began shelling. Some of the shells were now drop- ping upon the deck. Hands were be- steadily on and then gradually slackened speed, first to seven an then down to six knots. She then made a signal in plain English, "Sub- marine following me," and still kept on-her course, the submarine _ still overhauling. Then again another signal, "Submarine shelling me." And -still another and final, "Am about fo abandon ship. Help! Help!" time began to think he had an easy prey. He watched panic take place among the "collier's" crew, and a party leave her in a small boat. A very, very undisciplinary lot of fel- lows they were, these "merchant- men." Then still a few more left the ship, one even taking with him pet parrot, Sticking It Out. Just then a shell from the U-boat struck the poop of "Q50," blowing up the little gun and the gun's crew, Other shells hit her., The poop was on fire. | The captain, who remained on board secreted members of the crew, knew that, as the fire ap- he} makes record of the day's opera -Then: turn it out and go to bed in hear d the nose th om The captain of the U-boat by this; woq - them insured a: suits with overalls. rand will save ned tions peace. 4 Be'sure you're right and then don't brag about it. ' Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond. 'ea No farmer can plow his field by turning it over in his mind. Smut in wheat costs many hundred thousands of dollars annually. Thig loss can be prevented by dipping seed wheat in a solution made by adding one pound of formalin to forty gal- lons of water. Run the seed through a fanning mill, then sprinkle the solu- tion on the seed. Use about one 'gallon of the solution for each bushel | of seed. ler the grain with a blanket for sev- | eral hours, then uncover and stir oc- 'casionally until it is dry, when it is | ready for seeding. A good tree label: Procure a thin piece of sheet zinc, six inches wide, from which cut strips crosswise three- {quarters of an inch wide at one end, and tapering to one-eighth inch at .the other end. Odd pieces of old | zine stove boards, etc., may thus be utilized. The pieces should then be | put in vinegar to corrode, after which 'an ordinary lead -pencil will complete 'the business. Either or both sides can be written upon. And the writ- jing will last for years, too, so that | "he who runs may read," as hundreds | of labels in this vicinity can testify. {Simply wrap the small end of the label loosely around a limb of the tree | never around the trunk. As the jlimb grows, loosen the label some- | what, or change it to a smaller limb. ; On the reverse side of the label it i might be well to write the name of 1 ing killed and wounded. "Q60" kept the agent or nurseryman who furnish-' | ,ed the tree; then, later, if the variety | proves untrue to name, you will know whom to blame. : Never make an importaut con:ract that you do not set it down is black an. e. Even witnesses will fcr- get. Pen and ink won't. made, bringing the matter down to date. May save you some trouble and your children more. : there are any -houses on your farm that are standing empty, get then secure a per- mit covering th®time these buildings are vacant. Then you can ge of the insurance, usually two- otherwise you may get nothing--ex- cept a pile of cold ashes. com i a, His Party. Canvasser--What party does your husband belong to, Mrs. O'Grady? ~ Mrs. O'Grady--I'm the party. What about it? France. J instead _of Get every kernel wet. Cov-| - rds;' done," the mistress drivers in the Red Cross service in The only other women am- bulance drivers in France belong to the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps. There is a friendty rivalry wounded arrives the Red Cross girls must be on hand, and this means con- stant duty, day and night. !xcep- tionally good driving is a character- istic of each girl, and before under- taking this dangerous and arduous work a girl is required to pass a severe test at Devonshire House. Among other things she must know how to attain speed without jolting the wounded, as a bit of rough driv- ing might prove fatal to the poor lad. Tenderness linked with courage 0. the finest and highest kind is always found in the girl ambulance driver. Ten shillings a week with expenses is the pay. the ambulance girls most becoming of ~ ; ou get your meat at Clancy's yet,' Mrs. Doolan?" ; "Sure I do not; Mrs. Hogan. 1 happened to go over there one day i phoning, ard I noticed quite a lot of flies crawling over the meat on the counter." "Yad he no fly sercens?" "Yes, but the serein door at the back was full of holes, and the spr'ng on it was no good at all." "Did you say any:hing about it?" "f did so, Mrs. Hogan. When the young man came ovcr to serve Ire, pointed to the flies and I told him that not another pound »f meat would I bn: "of that shop until it was cleaned up." "And you did right, Mrs. Doolan. If the man doesn't know enough to protect his meat from filth and may- be disease germs carried by flies he should not be in that business." "Well,.Mrs. Hogan, I believe it did some good, for although I have not been in the store since, I noticed that he has a new screen door with springs on it." "Good for you, Maggie Doolan. If the rest of us women would speak up whenever they notice dirty conditions in any food store or milk shop, there would soon be a difference." "Some women would be afraid to say anything." "That is so; but they might drop an anonymous letter in the box, or bring the matter up at the Women's Club." ----__a--- -- A Unique, Honeymoon. A colored gir {5 in the service of an Alabema family recently gave i cks, and explained 'se2 to get married. The 3 aged to find a successor, lot was dismayed to discover that the 4 m1 That she 'appearance. The husband elect of- 'fered no objections, and everyone lagreed to the arrangement. An hour 'after the marriage -ceremony-. the domestic was performing her duties 'as usual. "J presume your husband has re- to his work, as you have casually re- ' 1 turn ' marked. "No'm," said the girl in a matter- of fact tone, "Joe, he done gone on his honeymoon." | * 'Women Now Teach in Chili. 'In Chili teaching has attracted na- ive : among the Red Cross girls in the | matter of keeping their "bus" spick | and span. Whenever a trainload of, Those who have time to | say, think of uniforms consider that of; much nearer to human habitations | the smartest and|than usual this last season or two,|have been any war unifofm ssys-a London. newspaper. it is" |. A thrush: London suburb in the basement and are superior in' | Many respects. It is possible to ' keep such a cellar cool and quickly re- |duce the temperature of the stored ; products by opening the door during the night and closing it in the morn-| ing before the air becomes warm. In, revions of severe freezing the most' popular type of storage cellar is built' largely underground and the roof has, a deep covering of straw and earth, | manure, etc. Such cellars. may constructed of wood, concrete, stone, | or brick. | Storage in outdoor banks or pits is; | the most primitive and least expensive |method of keeping many vegetables | is fairly satisfactory where and does not ever, | 'The construction of banks is begun by Ceaipacts ta cheivenkatios, hiyiw: n SUOTas n collier, 5 in ; weather the vegetables. ssible with difficulty. are often making an excavation six or eight inches deep in g well-drained location and lining it with straw, leaves, or similar material. The vegetables (usually root crops) are placed on the litter in a conical pile. The 'sides and top are then covered with straw and jeaves and this, with two or three inches of earth. As winter ap- proaches the earth covering should be increased, depending on the severity of the winter in the locality. Small pits containing but a few bushels of vegetables will receive sufficient venti- lation if the straw between the vege- tables and the earth covering is allow- ed-to-extend through the Jatter 'to the top of the pile.. This exposed straw should be covered with a board or a piece of tin held in place by a stone asa protection from rain. In larger pits ventilation may be secured by placing two or three pieces of rough boards or stakes up through the centre of the pile of vegetables so that a flue is formed. This flue should be capped by an inverted trough formed by two pieces of board nailed to- gether at right angles. Where stock banks are used the best practice is to construct a number of small ones so that a sufficient quantity of vegetables to last a few days can be obtained by opening each pit. The method may be modified by placing the vegetables in a long ridge rather than in conical piles with earth dividing the ridge into small sections. A section may then be conveniently opened without disturbing the 1emaincer of the stored vegetables. Most vegetables suitable for stor- age should not be harvested and stor- ed until cool weather arrives, or about the time of the first killing frost. However, Irish potatoes should be harvested as soon as they reach ma- turity, and if basement or outdoor cellar storage is available, they should be stored immadiately. They should not be stored.in banks or pits until the weather gets cool. Onions should be put in storage as soon as they are matured and thoroughly cured or dried. Freak Nesting Places. Whether the air raids have affected | birds in the same way they have the! 'domestic cat and dog it is bell, must almost touch her. She placidly sticks to her business with- out showin gthe least fear. : | Wrens are notorious fer finding to them queer nesting places, end a beautiful, dehydration plants. gs laid, and the family hatched. A spar-| row has built her nest so close to a' ing over 800,000,000 bushels of po- kitchen door that everyone who puts | their hand into the ivy to pull the! ground into flour for human con- woven little home was found in the pocket of an old coat that had been left in a tool-shed since last winter. hard to/In the country the hedge sparrows but' they have certainly built | seem to prefer to keep close to hu- iman habitation, for several nests found close to children's playground. Another pair of birds-- robins 'this time--have made their Germany's Dehydration Plants. Before the war Germany was dry- tatoes, of which large quantities were 'sumption. Prior to the war Germany had about 460 drying plants for fruits and vegetables, while on June 30, / 1917, she was reported to have 2,570 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this Gospel] shall be preached through- cut the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for 'a memorial of her.--St. Mark, xiv., 9. | 'This New Testament scene is one of | mankind's immortal histories. Nor 'is is surprising that this is true. Given ' such persons as the Christ, Lazarus 'and Mary, we are mysteriously aware 'that high thoughts and grent deeds | myst follow in their train. The ade- "quate person is always equal to the 'ynusual task. That is why person- | ality is the crowning grandeur of the ' universe. | Turning, then, to this "ever beauti- 'ful story, what took place which the *Master calls an ageless memorial? 'In breaking that alabaster box does 'Mary manifest some of the immuta- ble laws, does she release some of the | dynamic forces which are in perpetual ; operation in human life? And is it } possible to interpret the sacrifice, the 'heroism and the agony of our world 'to-day in the light of the truth flash- ing forth from that modest home in i Bethany? After four years of bat- |tling for the right, surely it is in the heart of the allied nations to revalue ithe imperishable memorials which itheir soldiers have made for them- Died For Civiligation What a splendid opportunity, then, 'right of way in our hearts to-Qay. | Never since our planet evolved from the fire mist and became a habitable | globe have so many human beings laid down their lives in the struggle 'for freedom, for righteousness, for 'justice. Think of the little children, the mothers, the wives, the sisters, the sweethearts, the aged and infirm who have been wantonly sacrificed upon the altar of Teutonic lust and brutality. Think of the soldiers-- millions upon millions of them--who have died that civilization might not be given over to the jungle. Think of the heroic ' , of the maimed liv- ing, of those wear soul scars time cannot heal, and consider whether you have not an alabaster cruse: of grati- tude to empty upon those worthy masters of us all, @ THE WEEKLY SERMON lto give the genius of appreciation' ee | "Strangef," ran an epitaph at Ther- mapyiae, "go tell the Macedonians ; that we lie here in obedience to their | orders." As we break our alabasters , of thanksgiving upon the memories of jthese martyrs to German militarism | we know that they lie in our world | Thermopylae in obedience to the lorders of God, the-voice of right in the soul of man. God helping them, they could do no other than give their all for things dearer than life itself. Beautiful and Immortal Deeds There are crucial epochs in the his- tory of the world and the universe. The slow, orderly methods, having fulfilled their mission of preparation, | give place to the tense, the energetic, the catastrophic. Eternal purposes are then molten hot cn the anvils of | God,.and they must be hammered into ' shape while under the formative pow- er of secthing flame. Thus, while the strides of God may be geological- ly slow and leisurely, they may also be swift as lightning, terrible as doom, irreversible as fate, For all of our hard won ethical and spiritual gains are we not indebted to the high souls who knew, like Mary, that their beautiful and immortal deeds had to be performed at certain critical times? It is even so of these modern warriors of God. Urg- ed by the sense of timeliness, aware that it was now or -never, was to-day and not to-morrow, these white knights of international righte- | ousness have stoood at the crossrdads ,of civilization and challenged the on- 'coming hordes of Teutonic barbarians. | When bugles of duty called they made instant answer. Choosing flame | and blood for their garments of glory, they walked through poisoned. atmosphere across shuddering earth, some'to be crucified, others to \ be mai to be starved, all:to and maKkreated. en Verdun he said to his soldiers:--"The Are we worthy to live in the same world with such as these 7--Rev, Fovlecick F. Shannot. that it the defence of