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INTERESTING LETTER _ FHUM THE FHUNT in, an The state of affairs at the front makes a great difference to the pa- tients. I remember one convoy which had got knocked over in a little brush somewhere when nothing was accom- plished, and they were the gloomy lot. Their wounds didn't come along at all rapidly, and then something happen- ed up the line. We had rumors of it during the day--a big success- but when the first bus load of sitting cases rolled up, we knew it, knew it long before they came in sight by the yells and songs drawing nearer around the hill. Nothing could keep those wounds from healing, and "the other lads cheered up and began to mend too. The B. C. Padra was telling us one day, in great glee, of a letter he had to censor that day, which had evi- dently been written by a man whose wound was not seriousenough to mer- it a "Blighty," and in which the man remarked, "Everything is fine, only this d-. wound getting well too quick." I got rather a start one day when I asked a man who had just ar- rived with a card marked G.S.W., Itt. 1inee.----"Well, let's see this knee of yours." "I can't, sir." "Why," "It's up in Belgium, sir." Cheery and game to the core, eh, what? Then there was my "black week." It began with this new Hun gas com- pound that is now well enough known since the papers have been discussing it. It didn't smell like anything they had used before. It was put over in a. shell that broke rather than burst, andsounded much like a thud. And the men didn't all put on their masks, or put them on too late, or took them offctoo soon. There was one terrible convoy, I watched it come in. I didn't get any in my ward, but I went around some of those that did. I won't attempt to describe it, for the censor might not let too technical a descrip- tion through, and it is horrible any- way. It is such a universal opinion in the Medical Service that the British Tom- my is the most wonderful possible pa- tient, that I don't need to remark up- on it, for you have doubtless heard it ad nauseam. All the same it must be seen to be realized. Some way I have always noticed that they like being in Canadian hospitals. Our treatment of them-is a little bit more man to man than' that of the general run of Im- perial M.O.s, and our discipline has the air of giving more latitude while being, as tar as essentials at least real- ly quite as air tight. Our Sisters are, Lthink, really the crux of the matter, however." They average higher than those of the European Service, as is to be expected from the much higher plane of the nursing profession in Canada. The best training schools across the channel, when they get good material, produced a trained nurse second to none. ‘That was the real start of my black week. That evening, when work was dotufl went out along the cliffs above the sea, and fought it out alone. I know now why certain people in the bible times went out into the wilder- ness alone. Did you ever imagine or feel a black rage that blotted out ev- ery other feeling or sense. To know nothing, think nothing, but an intense desire to kill, kill, kill. To gratify that desire would have been the pur- est extatic delight. Only one loving thing came 11ear-a weasel-that most perfect animal embodiment of implacable hate and cruelty, glided around me for some time. Perhaps his coming served me well, ior‘I began to slowly regain self-con- trol and sanity returned. The waves were rolling up on the flat rock shore some three hundred feet below, but ever falling further backward with the receding tide. Were they a pic- ture ot all human effort? Did the high tides represent the high points ot history, the succeeding civilization ot Egypt, Babylon, Ninevah, Tyre, Greece, Carthage, Rome, the Crusades, the Renaissance, Napoleon? Were Ahese waves typical of the side move- ments tor human good which mark equally the high and the low water periods of our race? Was our pres- ent civilization to go down in a sea of blood? I was given charge of ,one of the special wards, that devoted to the sur- gical treatment of knees. If they were not such interesting things I should have got tired looking at them long since. The man in bed 8 may have wounds in his knee which seem ex- actly the same as, or worse than,those of his neighbor in bed 9, but he may of well enough to send to "mighty" (magic word that brings the smile that won't come oft), while his neigh- bor in bed 9 may have to stay for weeks. Meanwhile the man in bed 7 may hive done finely and be mark- ed for "mighty" and then trouble starts suddenly a few hours before the time of convoy, and last for days or weeks. But as the other M.0.s teas- ingly say, "knee wounds won't kill." Certainly I have been running in luck, for I have only lost three patients in tour months-all from general septi- caemia; and three amputations of which one of the deaths resulted. Written by Major Dr. Sutton Telling of His Experience es in France. It-rtook me a week before I could say with Browning's superb confidence "God's in His heavens, all's well with the world." How many of us are in- terested tn the same things, or to the same degree, as we were before the war? Not many of the boys over here will go back unchanged. All have grown, most for the better, some for the worse. Those who remain will return to Canada. What then? _ A great deal depends on what Can- ada does in this matter of Conscrip- tion. It we are deserted by those at home, i.e., if you people at home, can't get together and avoid the wast- ed time ot an election (taking it for granted that it went against Laurier- um, as anything else is unthinkable) ----then beware. It would take a gen- eration, and the exercise of marvel- Ions wise statesmanship, to repair the damage that would be done to Can, Sada's national life. Why not grasp the nettle firmly? To uproot it would Shot ,tye so difficult or dangerous. France, Aug. 31, 1917. Since writing you last night re your son’s condition I have been thinking you might be interested to hear some of my experiences in the work here, wher'e we have only to deal with the repair of the human wastage of war. Dr. Sutton is u. Cavan Old Boy, and had a medical practice at Omemee a. few years ago, and later at Peterboro. W. A. Wilson, Dairy Commissioner for Saskatchewan, who only reached the convention this morning, opposed the resolution passed yesterday favor- ing the. manufacture and importation of oleomargarine. He stated that the admission and manufacture of oleo- margarine would penalize the most laborious branch of agriculture and the one farmers would be most likely to drop. Farmers said that they were. asked by the Food Controller to in- "crease production and then the latter introduced an artificial substitute for the real product of the farm. He stat- ed that the value of margarine as a food was very questionable. Mac. Robertson, butter manufactur- er of Belleville, said that a flood of petitions had been received from the most influential and largest producers and distributors in the country, asking that the ban on margarine be not re- moired. Butter, he stated, had to be used in the manufacture of good mar- garine, and with the aid of a little col- oring and an attractive package, the consuming public were almost led to believe that they were buying butter, The man facturers of oleomargarine were not producing a new food, but were taking cheaper material and in- gredients, fixing them up to look nice and selling them. The introduction of margarine would be a direct chal- lenge to the producers ot butter to produce less. Its manufacture would also indirectly affect other industries. He felt that dairymen from coast to coast should be allowed the privilege oCappealirrg personally to the com- mittee on the question." They have said you needn't go to the front to face the foe; They have left you with your wo- men, and your children safe at home; They have spared you from the crash of the murderous guns that flash, And the horrors and the madness and the death across the foam. But it's your fight, just the same, and your country still must claim The splendor of your manhood and the best that you can do; In a thousand different ways through the dark and troubled days You must stand behind the nation that has been so good to you. You're exempt from shot and shell, from the havoc and the hell _ That have robbed the worla or glad- ness; you .have missed the sterner fate Of the brave young men and fine, who are falling into line, You may stay among your children that are swinging on the gate, But youve not exempt from love. of the Flag that flies above. You’ve a greater obligation to your country to be true; You must work from day to day in a bigger, better way For the glory of the nation that has been so good to you. After some discussion on the ques- tion of price of milk it was decided the committee should take the cost of production as it stands and fix prices tor the various districts. As cost of production advanced or in- creased the price of milk could be, fixed on a sliding scale. Chairman Tustin spoke of the ex- travagance of delivery noticeable in some cases, and said that as Ottawa had the cheapest milk all round,would it not be possible to place all other cities on the same basis with the same methods? It was pointed out that in the case of Alberta only two replies to the questionnaires had been received, and one average was placed very high. The committee were of the opinion that the Alberta. figures could not be considered as final. You are not exempt from trial, from long days of self-denial, From devotion to your homeland and from courage in the test. You are not exempt from giving to your country's needs and living Asa citizen and soldier-an example ot the best. You’ve a harder task before you than the boys who're fighting for you, You must match their splendid courage and devotion through and through; You must prove. by fine endeavor, and by standing constant ever That you’re worthy of the country that has been so good to you. -Edgar A. Guest, in Philadelphia Record. HEAR FROM MILK PRODUCERS DECISION OF COMMITTEE Nova Scotia, 6.90; New Brunswick, 7.50; Quebec, Montreal district, 5.8c; Ontario, Toronto district, 6.2c; On- tario, Hamilton district, 6.40; Ontario, London district, 6Ac; Ontario, London district, 6.le; Ontario, Ottawa district, 6.70; Manitoba, 5.70; Saskatchewan, no figures ready yet; Alberta, 8.10; British Columbia, 7.0c. Ottawa, Oct. 19.-At Friday morn- itig's session of the milk investigating committee it was decided before pro- ceeding very much further with the enquiry to wire distributors and pro- ducers in the various cities through- out Canada, requesting that they ap- pear before the committee Wednesday or Thursday next prepared to state all the facts and to give information re- garding their side of the question. The wires will be sent out immediately from the Food Control1er's office, and will state that it is important that re- presentatives should appear and give definite information regarding the cost of producing milk. - Cost of Production The meeting discussed the charts which had been prepared. The main chart showed the cost of producing milk per quart in various provinces including depreciation, but not in- terest on investment. The following prices show the cost of producing a quart of milk: (00$ t5EST Have You l, Bilious Attacks? “'93:! Chamberlain Tablets keep ‘ the liver right up to nor- mal all the time-aud that's why they are so effective in cure of Stomach Disorders, Fermentation, Indigestion, and all ailments which are the fore- runners of biliousness. Try them. 25c. a bottle Druggists anil Dealers or by Mail. LhEist , Chamberlain Medicine co. A Toronto EXEMPT Ezra and his company encamped for three days at the river Ahava. At this rendezous he reviewed his fol- lowers and discovered that there were no Levites tor the Temple services among them. He, sent to Casiphia for them. Then he proclaimed a fast, and they all humbled themselves be- fore God and besought his guidance and help on the journey. N By the caravan route around the desert it was at least nine hundred miles, and would require about three and one half months to travel from Babylon to Jerusalem. Ezra had assured the king that up- on all Who seek God, his hand is upon them for good. But Ezra did not venture upon his long journey with- out asking God's blessing‘upon it and God's care on the Way. He humbled himself before God, and sought of him a. straight way. Prayer brings God's help. Stanley proved this in his per- ilous journeys in Africa. "On all my expeditions," he wrote, "prayer made me stronger, morally and mentally, than any of my non-praying corn- panions. It did not blind my eyes, or dull my mind, or close my ears; but on the contrary it gave me con- fidence. It did more; it gave me joy and pride, in my forest tracks, eager to face the day's perils and tatigues." Ezra was a priest and a scribe. The scribes were originally the registrars or clerks by whom the people or the army were numbered. They rose into higher importance as royal secretar- ies. Then as the writings of the pro- phets took a more literary form and the calamities of the monarchy and the exile stimulated the nation to pre- serve the fragments of the past, the scribes who collected and registered historical events took a more impor- tant place beside the prophets. Ezra was such a one in the Jewish school in Babylon. He had been a careful student of the law and he was seized with a desire to teach it and enforce it among his countrymen in Judea. King Artaxerxes gave him permission to organize an expedition to carry out his desire, entrusted to his charge large amounts of money and valuable vessels for the adornment of the Tem- ple, and gave him a letter in which he directed his officers in Judea to do whatsoever Ezra might ask. “Blessed be'Jehovah, the God of our fathers,“ exclaimed Ezra, "who hath put such a thing as‘this in the king's heart, to beautify the house ot Je- hovah, and hath extended loving- kindness unto me." THIS WEEKS S. s. LESSON When Nehemiah went to Jerusalem he had an escort of captains of the army and horsemen of the king. When Ezra went, he trusted in the protec- tion of God alone. Which one did right?.It was only common prudence tor Nehemiah to have a. sufficient guard on a long journey where he was liable to attacks from robbers. Ezra, however, felt that his position was peculiar. He had told the king what great things God could do, and how he trusted God implicitly, and if now he asked the king for human Protec- tion on that perilous Journey, he be- lieved the king would think that he had only been talking--that he did not really trust God's power. "That is beautifull" exclaimed a heathen after the missionary had fin- ished telling what the Christian life means; and then he added a search- ing qusstion--"Can you do it?" Re- ligion must stand the test of life. It must be "done." Edwin Markham de- scribes the coming of a. day when In 516 B.C. the restored Temple was dedicated.- This was the sixth year of the reign of King Cyrus. The half century that followed until the arriv- al of Ezra in 458 30., was made up of years of struggle and disappoint- ment for the colony of returned ex- iles. The inspiration given them by the prophets Haggai and Zechariah had died'away. The Temple was poor- ly furnished and its services kept up in a half-hearted way. The people be- came demoralized and intermarried with the heathen nations around them. Zerubbabel was dead and no leader had arisen to take his place. "He shall say-the King, _ Come, let us live the poetry we sing." Our King says 'to us now, "Live the religion you profess, put your trust in God to the test." What is one's trust in God worth if it cannot free one from anxiety? Thought for the to- morrow one must have, but not anx- ious thought. The silver and the gold which had been given for God's house by the king and his counsellors and his princes and all Israel were "a free- will offering," Ezra said. It had been freely given, and must have been at the cost of much sacrifice on the part of some of the Israelites. Perhaps the spirit ot sacrifice shown by the volunteers "shamed" those who re- mained into giving more freely than they otherwise would have done. EZRA’S RETURN FRODI BABYLON (Ezra 8: 15-30) Golden Text: “The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him for tgood."-Ezra 8:22. ’ ‘ Free-Will Offerings for a church in China-The floor of the meeting place where the church worshipped was of earth and got very damp and sodden in winter, so that the members were unable to kneel in prayer. One Sun- day Mr. Wang and his wife appeared after the service had begun-a most uunusual thing. They look very hot and tired, and we wondered for a mo- ment what were the bulky burdens which they carried on their backs. They came forward to the centr'é of the little group of ten or twelve Wor- shippers, and then each of them laid at my feet five' nicely plaited has- socks, saying, "This is my present to the church." Knowing their deep poverty I thanked them warmly, and added, "You shall be paid for these." "Oh not. Oh, don'tl" they replied; "we can do so little for the Lord's work, do let us do the little that we can." . “Where did you get them?" was the question upon everybody's lips, tor straw was very scarce at that time, and I had failed to get anyone to make them for me. The reply gave further proof of their loving zeal. Mr. Wang said, " Well, in the daytime, when we were at work in the fields, we looked tor a little scattered straw, and then, after our day's work was done, we went and gathered it up." "But," said I, “working so hard as you do, how could you possibly find time to do this extra world” "Oh," he answered, "we just stayed up a few nights and plaited them." -My heart was very full that day as I saw these evidences oCreal devotion THE TIMES & GUIDE, WESTON, “\VEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1917 Early next month the biggest public campaign ever put on in Canada will be opened to get subscriptions for the fourth Canadian war Joan, the Victory Loan. The thing people in this district must bear in mind is: that the appeals are directed to each and every one of them. It is not merely the well-off men and women who are being asked to invest. It is everybody. The little sermons which will be "preached" in the advertising should not be taken as hints to the well-to-do people only. Every man and woman should watch for these advertisements and start now to gather up the necessary money to buy either a fifty or a hundred or a five hundred or a thousand dollar bond. In the United States there were about four subscribers to the first American loan out of every 100 per- sons. They only received 3 % per cent. In Canada for the last war loan there were only about 41,000 subscribers or say four in every 700. Yet in Canada There is a man in this part of the world who represents, to our way of thinking, a pretty good average of human nature. Whenever the preach- er in his church delivers a very hot sermon against some special kind of sin, this man gets enthusiastic and goes around to the Vestry to tell the preacher what a, fine sermon it was. Then he goes home and repeats it to his brother, and they talk over the points and the people the sermon hit the hardest. But this particular man never sees when the sermon hits him. to 'God on the part of these poor peasants, who but a little while be- tore had been in the darkest of hea- thenism. I could only think of them in their poverty as being "rich toward God," and rich indeed they are in an- other way also-they are being used in bringing the gospel to their neigh- bors and friends.--From a Letter of a Missionary. L DON'T MISS THE POINT! UP to date the war has cost Canada about $700,000,000. ' Canada has spent in Canada over $400,000,000 on her own account. Canada has spent in Canada on behalf of Great Britain over $300,000,000. What Canada spends for Great Britain is really loaned to Great Britain and will be repaid or credited to Canada later on. Great Britain needs so much ready cash to finance her own expenditures at home for herself and for our Allies that she must buy on credit from Canada, and from every other country- where she can get credit. _ Of course Great Britain's credit is so good that other countries, in order to get her trade, are quite as Willing to give her credit as we are in Canada. Canada wants to help Great Britain not only because Canada wants Britain's trade but because Et are Canada eluding is Great p_r.ieiys---both members of the same great Empire, kin of our kin, our mother- land. For Canada it is both a filia1 and patriotic duty to supply Great Britain's war needs and remember, her needs are our needs. Also it is in Canada’s'self-interest to supply those needs and thus keep open a market for our products. Now, Britain needs our wheat, our cheese, cattle, hogs, and many manufac- tured articles. . Canada also needs many of these things --between, the two it amounts to Po-rt than a million dollars a day in cash. cash. _ Neither Canada nor Great Britain could go io a Canadian farmer and buy his wheat or his cattle on credit. The farmer and all other producers might be ever so willing to give their country credit but they could not do it because they, have to pay cash for wages, Why Canada Needs _ More Money "- And the producers must be paid the interest was much hftrher----on the Victory' Bonds that will probably be issued to yield about 5% per cent. The first thing anyone should do, in our opinion, is to get rid of the idea that there is any sacrifice involved in investing in this loan. It is true that the patriotic spirit is appealed to and it is equally true that a great and generous response is expected on that ground. But the new war loan is a straightaway business proposition: safe, profitable and convenient. Every man and every woman with as much as fifty dollars to spare should own one of these new bonds, and not only that, but should help to show others the wrth of theSe bonds by recom- mending them everywhere. The read- ere ot this paper are among the most thrifty, prosperous and public spirited in the Dominion. When the subscrip- tions to the Victory Loan are added up from the various districts and sub- districts we expect them to show that this part of the great Dominion has been true to its traditions and just to its opportunities. the Signature of Always bears For Infants and Children In Use For Over so Years CASTGRIA anddds Victory Bonds SHAVV’S BUSINESS SCHOOLS Toronto, prepare for every known Canadian Commercial Diploma or Certificate. None too high for our grade of work. Free catalogue. Enter any time. W. H. Shaw, Pres. P. McIntosh, Prim Head Offices, Yonge and Gerrard Sts., Toronto. Next"week th's space will tell why Canada raises money by selling Canada's Victory Bonds Issued by Canada's Victory Loan Comm in co-operation with the Minister of Finance of the Dominion of Canada. The following are a few lines of verse sent from a Church Army Re- creation Hut just behind the line where the Canadians are doing big things now. It was addressed to the composer's sister, Estella Nixon, of Brampton. I suppose we're a lot of heathen, Don't live on the angel plan, But we’re sticking it here in the trenches, And doing the best we can. BLIGHTERS HAVE While preachers over in Canada. Who rave about Kingdom come, Ain't pleased with our ability, And wanting to stop cu]; rum. Oh, it sounds all right from a pulpit, When you sit in a cushioned pew, But try four days in the trenches And see how water will do. Water they say would be better, Water'. Great Scott! Out here we're up to our knees in water, Do they think we are standing in beer? They haven't the heart to say, "Thank you," . For fighting in their behalf, Perhaps they object to our smoking, Perhaps it's a fault to laugh. Some of those coffee-faced brurhters,l I think must be German-bred, I It's time they called in a doctor, l For it's water they have in the head. SPR. MELVILLE‘NIXON, l Canadian Engineers. i for rent, materials, etc. They must be Eaid in cash, or its equivalent. To Canada says to Great Britain ..---"l will lend you the money so/that you can pay cash to Canada's producers for what you want. - "I will borrow this money from our own people just as you borrow money from orotpfol.e " - " . ' . J “II will also borrow from the people of Canada money to pay cash for all the pro- ducts that Canada, as well as Great Britain, needs in Canada." ', That is Canada's practical, patriotic part in helping to win the war. Without this credit the Canadian pro- ducer could not sell to Great Britain, and without these Canadian products the war would be prolonged. So it -is neceSSary for Canada to give to Great Britain the credit in order that Canada's own producers, Who need amarket, will have one; and in order that Great Britain which needs the Eroducts to win the war, will gtt them. Now how does Canada get the money by which both Canada and Britaincan pay cash for Canada's products? Canada through - the sale of Canada’s Victory Bonds to be offered in November. That is why Canada's Victory Bonds are offered to the people-to raise money to help to finish the war. "Canada must keep her shoulder to the wheel even though it be a chariot of fire,", and the way for Canada to keep het shoulder to the wheel is by buying From the Trenches By borrowing- it from the people of “HATER IN HEAD Learn to grit your teeth and smile, is the advice ot a successful busin‘e_ss woman to her sisters. Sentiment 1175s no place in business and the sooner women realize that tact the quicker they will succeed. Woman's one great drawback to success is her lack of self-confidence; when she overcomes this she can do anything. When a woman enters the business arena of life she must realize that she is en- tering into a man‘s sphere. She has to adjust her ideas to his, learn to speak his language and think his thoughts. In the past women were trained to be dependent, but that day is past and at the present time they are filling men's places. Some of the drawbacks to a woman's successful career have been that even though they attended the same colleges as the men, taking as high a percentage and sometimes higher in their exam- inations, still the big jobs were not open to them. They might occupy a very responsible position in the office, yet how many ot them are allowed to attend the firm's executive meetings or get an insight into the running sys- tem oF-any large manufacturing cons cern. Again, do we ever hear of the wife getting any credit for her hus- band's inventions, yet she has stood behind him and often her suggestions tfave' perfected the project he was working on, but as far as the world' goes she counts for nothing. Also if a woman makes a, mistake in the business world it is magnified, while her achievements pass unnoticed. On the other hand, men’s mistakes are minimized and his chievements mag- nified. These war days are changing conditions and in the future women will stand shoulder to shoulder' with men in the business world. This is woman's day of opportunity, and they must prepare themselves to meet the responsibilities placed on them, WOMEN MOST LEARN TO FACE V PROBLEMS AS MEN IF THEY WOULD SUCCEED IN BUSINESS A i 1 tis: