A "WORKS" -- _ ANOTHER PHASE OF WAR WORK HITHERTO UNKNOWN. | oe ! Officer in Charge Describes the Duties and the Pay Of An | 1 We. Gratified was I when given com- _mand of an Infantry Works Company, though a trifle ruffled when irreverent brother-officers persisted in address- ing me as "O.C. Drains." - Works Companies were unknown be- | fore the war, and came_ into being about a year ago, owing to the need for supplementing or replacing civil ian by military labor, says a writer | in London Answers. This, it was found, could be most conveniently | done by the institution of small, mo- bile, self-contained woYking units each independent - oft the other, cna available for duty anywhere at home. All Conditions of Men. A Works Company, in short, is _a miniature battalion, and the "O. C. Drains" is his own commanding offi: cer. The establishment comnr'ses one officer, who is a captain or. 'ub- altern, one sergeant-major, we diso acts as quartermaster-sergeill= "two sergeants, four corporals, ster, ee ad Pp. 'o ' > is { -corporals, and ninety-four total, one hundred and eight Because they are unarm fe are often mistaken for "Con us Objectors"; but most unjustly so. They are Derby recruits, who, on being at- tested, were found fit for Home Ser- vice only, but capable of a certain amount of labor. Nor are they neces- sarily skilled artisans or trained labx ; ers. My little commando included journ- alists, clerks, warehousemen, factory- hands and operatives, barbers, and an ex-chauffeur, and only a small propor- tion are laborers by calling. But if at first manual toil brought aches and pains to those used to indoor occupa- tions, they buckled to with a will, and soon grew fit and hard. The construction or repair of rifle- ranges, the making of temporary or permanent roads, the building of rail- way sidings, these are*the usual tasks of an Infantry Works Company. Noble Emoluments. Financially, the men may be quite well off, for, if lent to a civilian firm, | as they usually are, they receive the | local civilian rate of wages, less 85 cents a day, which is stopped by Gov- ernment. Thus, on one job during the summer, when working-hours were long, my men working overtime Satur- days, they averaged $4.25 a week, after providing for the 87 cents a day deduction. And--mind you!--these civilian wages were in addition to their Army pay and any separation allowances to which their dependents were entitled. The civilian employer does not bene- fit by the 85 cents a day stoppage. He has to pay the full rate of wages to the Government, the stoppage being made in view of the fact that, al- though the Works Company man is in eivil employ, he continues to be fed, tlothed, and housed by the State. In- tidentally, the men are provided with xhaki-drill working overalls, to save their uniforms from wear and tear. Touring England. Humdrum though his task may be, the "I.W.C." man is likely to see more of his native land than probably he has ever seen before. A Works Com- pany is not supposed to be lent for any one job for more than two months, and it wanders all over the country. What of the "O.C. Drains"? He tastes the joys of independence, and what with supervising the work and conducting his own "office," there is enough to do to keep him pleasantly busy. On the other hand, as he is the only officer with the company, he may suffer from loneliness. Still, it is sweet to be your own "boss," and my experience of running an Infantry Works Company is that I should be loth to give it up. The men are usual- ly exceedingly well-behaved, giving little or no trouble. I'll admit. that there are few oppor- tunities for heroism and Y.C.'s, but the I.W. men are doing valuable work all the same. Sur 2 Be TO FIRE TORPEDOES. Method Employed by Submarines at Their Deadly Work. The torpedo is discharged under water, leaving on a calm surface a white streak of foam. 'The depth va- ries, but is never very great because the target to be hit is not deep in the water. If a battleship, the target lies between her water line and keel, distance of maybe thirty feet. destroyer, drawing only nine feet or so of water, the target is very diffi- cult; the torpedo is likely to pass clean under the hull of the ship or else, be- Ing aimed at a point between the sur- face and the keel, nine feet below the surface, it is likely to broach to the surface and pursue an erratic course. Of course the torpedo may strike any 'part of the ship's hull or may miss en- tirely. Torpedoes can be discharged on the surface and sometimes are, when the submarine has nothing to fear from the target ship. The business is difficult. With the periscope fully above water the sub- marine may sight a battleship _ five miles away. The next step is to de- termine the course the battleship is taking and her speed so that the sub- marine can tell whether it is possible to overtake her and if so where. The submarine usually travels at moderate speed submerged toward the target, rising occasionally to get the range. The last observation should be taken within 1,000 yards of the battleship, a place of high danger for the under- water boat. Then there is nothing to do but to sink once for all, crowd on all speed, run a couple of hundred yards nearer if possible and fire the carefully aimed torpedo, trusting to the accuracy of the calculations _al- . ready made. member of the family. Two J ioe |Your, Wife's "Allow. | -amce' may not expand to T meet the increasing cost of foods, but it will buy a suffi- | cient quantity of Shredded Wheat to nourish every Shredded Wheat Biscuits with milk make a good, é nourishing breakfast at a cost of a few cents. All in the whole wheat grain. For breakfast or dinner with | berries or other fruits. Ly Ve BRITISH WOMEN WORKERS. All Class Distinction Levelled by the War.' Walking up the Strand recently I saw a young woman dressed in a kha- ki Russian blouse, long khaki -- trou- sers and a khaki turban, writes a vis- itor in London. She was perched on ladder, busily washing windows. o*'indreds passed the spot every min- ute but few even raised their eyes to look 'at her. Women in trousers have long ceas-_ ed to be a novelty here. Three years ago this one would have blocked traf- fic in the Strand. To-day she is sim- ply a woman "doing her bit" in a creat army_of women workers mobil- ized "to keep the home fires burning." The war found British men unpre- pared and confused, but unafraid. It though their patriotism ran just as high as that of their brothers, fathers and sons. After three years of strife there are still no quitters among the women, and few pacifists or 'con- scientious objectors." was lying idle because the ir Sadie All| "We have jist done 38 the body-building material have found women almost entirely ignored, ' WOMEN WORKING T ae een beh = in England Plough From Four : Five Acresa Day. 'Two English ladies began last Janu- ary to drive a tractor plough, | chi nonger | to i fz Many and varied are the ne ont: no men to lines and finishes for collarless dresses. spare to send out with A They had' Square, ronud, oval and V shapes are experience in motor driving, but none all] among the different outlines in in ploughing. One day last month a 'vogue. The oval outline going across pas gael is eas Rie e then the neck from shoulder to shoulder at } acres, and ; a rather shallow depth is very inter- come to-do 20 acres, and this esting and is-shown in the accompany- morning there is an inch of snow, but ing sketch. In this model the neck is we mean to go on eS ee act 'finished with a cross-stitch embroid- Now either of us ean work the 405 oy geaig, one of the newest forms of of the furrow without slowing up very mbroidery, or rather, one of the old- much, Screws and bolts are always| est forms of embroidery recently re- vived. _ The cross-stitch of genera- working loose, and pliers and wire are \ often needed. It is very dirty works) tions back has returned, now that em- broidery of every description enjoys to whom it belonged ha as the engine has to be filled twice a day, and paraffin lifted to the top of the tank. We pull a ten-gallon drum of paraffin up in slow stages. The final bit is done by one being on top andj lifting while the other pushes with her head! The mixture of oil, paraffin and |" soil is very adhesive, and our drill overalls must be a sore trial to wash-} erwomen." ba These two women, we are told, now plough from 4 to 5 acres.a day with a three-furrow plough. They have a school for training drivers, and have already taught twelve other girls. a BANISH PIMPLES AND ERUPTIONS In the Spring Most People Need a Tonic Medicine. < fi One of the surest signs that the blood is out of order is the pimples, unsightly eruptions and eczema that 'come frequently with the change from |winter to spring. These prove that the long indoor life of winter has had its effect upon the blood, and that a tonic medicine is needed to put it right. In- deed there are few people who do not: need a tonic at this season. Bad blood does not merely show itself in disfigur- ing eruptions. To this same condition is due attacks of rheumatism and lum- bago; the sharp stabbin ains of " . ses 7675--7683 In the first days every woman sciatica and neuralgia, poor appetite and a desire to avoid exertion. You 'STOUGATON uMmESs NOW IN Its iD EDITION - ------ | PUBLISHERS ~Qut of Step. The squad of recruits were march- ing along when suddenly there rang} out a sharp order: "Halt!" At once the soldiers came to a stop. The of- ficer in command glared around angrily. he snapped. ~ : "Potts, sir!" came half a dozen oices in reply, and all eyes were turned towards the offender. "You, Jotts, or whatever your name is, sir," roared the' infuriated officer, "what do you mean by giving orders?" "Well, sir," replied Potts calmly, "Tye been trying hard to get the rest of the company to keep step with me and they couldn't, so I thought I'd just stop them and start 'em over again!" ; at There is a Message In This Lady's Story She Tells What Dodd's Kidney Pills Do For Women She Was Troubled With Weakness and Her Daughter Had Nervous | continued until all the 42 "Who gave that order?" ) | the Public and sold' by Dru 7 change forty-two French orphans were put up for salé to the highest bidders. The top price was sixty dollars and the lowest twenty-five dollars and sevet babies were "sold" to foster pa The sale was under the auspice the American Ouvrior Fund, which provided an album with the photo- graph and history of each child to_ be adopted, and the selection was made from these. The sale will be babies have found American mothers. __ Fos Alphonse Felix Parquet, seven. years of age, whose father was killed in the battle of the Marne, will have E a composite mother in the Exchang: for Women's Work. pee Regine Chiquet, aged three, livin near Paris; will be the especial car of the employees 'of the Exchange who will provide the finances neces sary for the child's support. , IVE wind and weather a _y chance to get beneath the -- Sima. sof your home, a ad are in for noend of trouble and expense--werping, rotting, 'shingles -- le: ee 'Sheela the permanence. ofa tingle a sheet of metal with the beauty ~ ofseparateshingles. Lock tight - fi f yuats Pant even Inprocr, } fl ihe Dail are visible. There's safety and permanence in a Pedlatized roof. The cost ig x apie bal | now for "The Right Roof" Booklet WW a | THE PEDLAR PEOPLE ~ tk GIMITED: Sergio Geet ti ce, 'act erga SH WA, iT. Branches: Montreal,Ottawa, Toronto, London, Winnipeg | . <a " % Fa Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. * Dear Sirs,--Your MINARD'S LINI- MENT is our remedy fer sore throa colds and all ordinary ailments. oe It never fails to relieve and cure promptly. i CHAS. WHOOTEN. Port Mulgrave. { Ld In England To-day. The four-year-old: "Mummy, do tell me another lovely fairy story like the one you told me yesterday, about | when there were bootiful lights in the] streets at nights, and when little boys] | used to eat lump sugar." : é "When Your Eyes Need Care Ose Murine Eye Medicine. NoSmartin eels Fine--Acts Quickly. Try it for Red, Weak, Sore Eyes and Granulated Eyelids, Murine is gonpeandes by our Ocutists--not e@ "Patent edicine"'--but used in successful Physicians' actice for many years. Now dedicated to. ggists at b0c per Bottle. Murine Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes, Bc and 60c. Write for Book of the Eye Free, Murine Eye Remedy Company, Ohicago. Adu The Rope That Failed. ~ One day a chest of tea was being hoisted to the top floor of a Toronto warehouse, when the rope broke and the tea got a damaging fall. : NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE wanted to be anurse. It made no 2 cannot cure these troubles by the use difference that she probably had of purgative metlicines--you need a never even bandaged » <@ frostbitten jtonic, and a tonic only, and among all toe or extracted a splinter from her | medicines there is none can equal Dr. Peplum Blouse with Pleated Skirt so strong a vogue. It is fascinating work for those who like needlework, The war is producing a yreat school for the people, and the lesson we are learning in that school is liberality. Trouble. Dodd's Kidney Pills Proved the Remedy They Both Needed. ar Tia es finger. She declared she was fully qualified to nurse the wounded Tom- mies who were coming home in hun- dreds in those confused days. é The romance of nursing appealed to the lady in Belgravia, the cotton in Whitehall. And nine times out of ten the Manchester miss and Lady Belgravia were tackle the job of scrubbing the hos- pital floors and doing the rest of the strenuous labor incident to a nurse's novitiate. Roughly, the British army of wo- men is divided into three parts: First, the munition workers, who comprise a force running into hun- dreds of thousands; second, a_ civil force whose duty it is to carry on the work necessary for the financial and economic continuation of the na- tion's life; third, a military auxiliary composed of nurses, makers of sol- diers' comforts, escorts for convales- cent soldiers, motor car drivers, and departmental messengers. A Gallant Airman. Commander Samson, who has been awarded a bar to his D.S.0., and whose engagement to Miss Honor Storey was recently announced, may justly be termed the father of naval flying. He and Mr. Winston Church- ill between them got the Naval Air Service fairly started, and brought it to such efficiency that it was far the better half of our "overhead arm" when war broke out. That event took Samson to the western front, where his skill and daring soon made him famous with our troops. The Kaiser offered $5,000 réward to anyone who could take him dead or alive. The All- Highest had seen what Samson could do in the air, and had been impressed by it. On the last occasion that the Kaiser visited England the intrepid airman performed wonderful feats above the Hohenzollern. Doubtless he would give-much to get the Kaiser as well within bomb range again. spinner in Manchester, and the typist | equally willing to; and so simple to do that many spring and summer frocks will be adorned with it, worked out in the attractive colors used for embroideries. The peplum blouse illustrated is the kind that is worn with the new loose- hanging skirts, an example of which is shown in the sketch. This skirt is | attached to a skeleton lining, the lin- |ing so called, hanging from the shoul- derg and cut on straight, loosely-fitted lines, The lining is made of some soft or thin material such as net, China silk or fine lawn. The object of this | type of skirt is to preserve the i straight-line silhouette. It makes an excellent foundation for the peplum, lor outside blouses as they are called. The blouse that buttons. straight down the back is making it way sure- ily but slowly into the fashionable | world. Crocheted 'arid decorative faney buttons make these back clos- |ings rather attractive. Some novelty buttons are made of colored beads bunched together in ball shape. These are generally used on waists that but- ton in front. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer.or from The McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. Wz 'THE BEST MEDICINE FOR LITTLE ONES Baby's Own Tablets are the best medicine a mother can give her little ones. They are a gentle laxative-- . mild but thorough in action--and are Mr beeee ae, undoubtedly" "had guaranteed by\a government analyst its genesis: it the 'bad blood" between /to be absolutely free from opiates and piesa and King ehieghaes | other injurious drugs. Concerning 5 The Kaiser's envy and hatred of ithem Mrs. Auguste, St. Brieux, Sask., his bnele 160 Timi "to long for the 'writes: "Enclosed find twenty-five time when an - CPOE reey. should | cents for another box of Baby's Own arise for humbling the 'Peacemaker' | I find them' the very best ; ; | Tablets. and haughty "Albion, "In "King Ed- | yedicine a mother can give her little "calc . sae ad ithe La seh imagined ones." The Tablets are sold by medi- HG. SAW. 8 -sGvercige infirm of. pur- |cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a pose by comparison qh his father /pox from The Dr. Wiiliams' Medicine --one who would be willing to , ; sans 'knuckle down' to Germany at a time! Co. Hroeky ale, pie of crisis in European destinies, throw | ES noone his influence into the Teutonic scale, | A CONER ETE SIRG. and, so to say, range himself along- side his Imperial cousin. Williams' Pink Pills for their tonic, life-giving, nerve-restoring powers. Every dose of this medicine makes new, rich blood which drives out im- purities, stimulates every organ and | brings a feeling of new health and energy to weak, tired, ailing men, wemen and children. If you are out of sorts give this medicine a trial and see how quickly it will restore the ap- petite, revive drooping spirits, and fill your veins with new, health-giving blood. | ' You can get these Pills from any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents }a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. KING EDWARD AND THE KAISER Cause of German Emperor's Hatred for English Sovereigns. An astounding story of King Ed- | ward knocking down the Kaiser at Windsor Castle is related by Edward Legge in a new book, "King Edward, the Kaiser, and the War." Here is Mr. Legge's account of the incident as described to him: "During one of his visits to Wind- sor Castle the Kaiser and King Ed- ward had an altercation resulting from something said by the former. So exasperated was the King by his nephew's grossly insulting words that, losing all control over himself, he sprang to his feet and knocked the Kaiser down!" The Kaiser's antipathy to England, Advantages of Cement in the Con- "To the amazement of William IL, struction 'of the as . King George, when the fateful mo- | The many advantages of a silo to 'ment arrived--Sunday afternoon, Au- the progressive farmer are well known gust 2, 1914--gave proof that the Brit-| and need not be mentioned here, A ish Empire was ruled by a_ veritable | consideration of concrete in relation to counterpart of Edward VII. | the silo, however, very quickly demon- "The Cabinet met twice on that | Strates the reason for the popularity Sabbath day; informal Ministerial con- jit has already attained, Few other ferences succeeded each other; at 4.30 | materials can be made as airtight as the King held a Council, and as soon} concrete and just as a preserve can as possible afterwards the country , must be air-tight to prevent fruit from learnt that the Government had taken} Working so must: the silo be: air-tight control of all. wireless telegraphy, | to prevent the silage moulding. The while the Admiralty called out the Na- concrete silo is water-tight, which is val Reserve, including pensioners un- of great importance, for the moisture der the age of 55, and the Royal Vol- | which goes in with the silage must be unteer Reserve." } kept in to prevent the process known Two days later Great Britain was | as "dry-firing." An even tempera- at war with Germany. ture in the silo is necessary if the sil- "Phenceforward the Kaiser's in-'2ge is to be properly preserved and a sensate envy of Edward VII. was concrete silo will more nearly pre- transferred to George V., worthy son Sérve an even temperature than a silo of a worthy sire," says Mr. Legge. | built of any other material. The acids "Never had the head of the House of , formed by the slight fermentation in Hohenzollern been so humiliated. His| Silage have no% effect on concrete hatred. of England now knew no! Which is rot-proof. Concrete also is bounds. 'fireproof and the farmer whose silo is He had expected to find; ®* HOSE. in George V. little more than a roi| Puilt of concrete does not live in fear faineant--a wooden lath painted to | of losing not only his silo but also the look like iron; the merest shadow of | 'Top stored, which is even more diffi- Great Edward. He saw opposed to cult and expensive to replace. him a Man." ' ' -- So Wall, Silo, and the Concrete Block Silo, The two most popular types of con- | 'erete silos are the Monolithic, or Solid | Hamilton, Ont., May 7th (Special) -- The story told by Mrs. H. Dickens, of 70 Tom Street, this city, carries a mes- sage of hope to every suffering woman in Canada. "After my baby was born," Mrs. Minard's Liniment Lumberman's Friend. It is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed, the deep- er they burn.--Southey. Dickens states, "I used to suffer with my back and had no heart to do my | work around the home. But I read | about Dodd's Kidney, Pills and what they have done for others, so I thought | I would get a box and see what they | would do for me. "TI am pleased to say that after tak- | ing two boxes I found such great relief | I would not be without them in the | house. | " My daughter, too, had been very sick on and off for a long time. Her nerves got so bad we were afraid we | would see her in the hospital. But I am pleased to say she is better | through taking Dodd's Kidney Pills: "T never thought Dodd's Kidney Pills could have done such géod work and | I am telling all my friends about | them." | Women's troubles, or nearly all of them, come from sick kidneys. The cure for them is the old established remedy for sick kidneys, Dodd's Kid- ney Pills. { } { What Might Happen. Pat was a witty young recruit, who was taking instruction in marksman- ship. The squad had finished firing. Pat was brought to task for his poor shooting, and told that he must do better at the next distance; there were to be seven rounds of quick firing. "Now, Pat," the sergeant told him, "fire at target No. 5." Pat banged away, and hit target No. 4 seven times in succession. "What target did you aim at?" ask- ed the irate officer. "No. 5, sor," answered Pat. "And you have hit No. 4 every time." "Bedad, sor," retorted Pat, "that | would be a grand thing in war. Sure I might aim-at a private and hit a gin'ral!" 2 ------- ---- fe 0-00-00 00-00 Ose oe WITH THE FINGERS ! | SAYS CORNS LIFT OUT | WITHOUT ANY PAIN o--o--0--0------0----0---0------0---0----0----0----0 Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or4 any kind of a corn can shortly be lift- THE LIFTUP | i 1 PROFIT-MAKING NEWS AND JOB towns. 'the most useful and interesting of all businesses. application to pany, 78 Adelaide Street, Toronto. MISCELLANEOUS | i| ICYCLES, ¢ Hand. $12.00 up. 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