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is no meed for me here to tell over again the story of Ypres, and of all the memories it holds for Canadian. men and women. It was with no #mall feeling of pride, mingled with sad and affectionate memories of he many personal friends who sleep dor ever beneath the hallowed soil of Ypres, that 1 set out for the Salient for the first time since 1 + have been repaired, e, same as-they were Peltor baer wip- ped open by the -Germam shells. Flanked on either side by fields of ripening corm, and § Lange- marek, 1 was soon at | ittle vil lage rendered histenic all time by the great Canadian exploit. It Yaa with mixed feelings that I en- tered the beautiful grounds of the memorial to ho 2,000, Dominion soldiers who fell there in resisting the gas attack, Thesq 2,000 brave souls lie buried bemeath a huge stone slab, from the gemtre of which rises 'a column, simple in its gran- deur, surmounted by the figure of a Canadian soldier with bowed head, who looks sorrowfully wpon the grave of his comrades. In the road outside was a young woman selling picture postcards. She told me her father was a soldier in an Ontario 'the road from St. Julien 1 was pes- tered by "these urching for "pfén- nings." A group of these young mendicants had assembled at the wayside memorial--a small block of stone little larger than an ordinary English milestone--situated on the Wieltfe road to mark the further most point reached by the Germans in their endeavor to capture Ypres. During a pause to try to visualise the scene as the invader commenced the big retreat which was the be- ginning of the end eof the Great World War, 1 wae relieved of all my small change. The ruins of the Cloth Hall in the famous square at Ypres remain much as they were, but the re- building of the Cathedral of St. Martin as mearly as possible like the original is proceeding, The side of the Square outside the Cloth Hall is occupied by cheap and flash- looking souvenir.stalls and a sort of fun fair, complete with round-a- bouts, ete, the owners of which J - ol Iawtul 'prey. Livery ew vids cu'ithe Paymaster affived: "TRbGe: caf} taminets were destroyed later om, 'Dut new omes have been erected in their stead. 1 called to see if Ju- lie and Emma had returned after hostilities ceased. They had not, but 1 found that the Canadians are well remembered in this part of Flanders. In the bar was a young man, who as a boy, used Yo sen chocolate to the troops in the Kem- mel area. He told me that the old lady was dead, and that Julie and Emma are hospital nurses at Bail- leul. I returned to Ostend from my tour of the Salient convinced that there is only ome way for an old soldier to visit the places he knew so well in war-time, and that is on foot. Motor coach trips will per- haps serve the purpose of those who have no personal association with the scenes of sacrifice, but I want more time at St. Julien, Sanctuary Wood, Kemmel, and other places than these stereotyped excursions follow. was there in mud-soaked khaki-- for 1 was a Canadian soldier in the war days, and as a humble artillery- gman in the 3rd Brigade I was privi- feged to play a modest part in the unforgettable stand at 'St, Julien in April, 1915. Though the articles which T had read on the New Ypres had always interested me, they lack- ed, 1 always' felt, that personal touch which can only be supplied by a visit to the scenes of those unforgettable events, Barly one morning I arrived at Poeleapelle by train. from Ostend. Instead of huge shell holes gaping out of a sea of mud with the ruiys of century-old houses lying in strag- gled heaps over what was once the countryside; instead of charred stumps of trees and long lines of trenches, the outlook was just sug- gestive of complete peace and hap- piness, On all sides were long stretches of land rich in cultiva- tion, and scattered about here and there were large red-tiled farm housgs and sturdy little eottages, In the fields laborers were at work, many of them, no doubt, men who had , readily cast aside the weapons of war and returned to the plow. The remains of pill-boxes and gun emplacements alone served to re- call the tragic past, and even these | pj.q were almost hidden from sight hy the Juxuripus crops. Some of the outhyildings of the farms were roofed by sheets of corrugated iron, probably '"'scrouged," as we used to say, from the heaps of British Wap material Ia}, hehind after the Armis- tice,, while the barbed wire which formed the boundaries of many of the farms, was, most likely, similar- lyacquirgd. A. walk of nearly a mile from Poelgapghle. station brought me to Poeleapelle village. Soon I found myself. on the road to St, Julien and Ypres, and was soon on famie liar ground, for the roads have been preserved, and, except that they SEAN A-------- MEST Regiment and that he fell at, St. |live in caravans. It was something "Yes, said Hobbs, "I have two and a half dozen children." His friend gasped. "Surely two and a " "Quite m0!" said Hobbs. "Two and a half-dozen, which is six, make eight!" "I'm never happy breaking into song." "Why don't you get the key, and you won't have to break in?" I | oo 1 unless I'm ning boy athletes, members of the Notre Pame de Grace Pla ung boy athjetes, me Not p ayground Athletic s 'S ad the pecend Cuna'd Athletic Meet, held st the MeGdll Stadium, under the eas Wha, Wafe.ihe Mo roads of Mapesl aid ibs Chuand Line, i The boys are shown seated on one of the: spars of the \ ner Ausonla, re i from their privc pleasure jaunt to Quebec and back, g 8 ey were enter 16d by tha Queb:g branch of the Kiwanis and during thelr oars cits §25t d th 1s 8 of Abrahgm, Quchee Citadel and the Falls of Montmoreney. Their names are: fommy Jicob, Stanley Morgan, John Palmer, Henry Matthews and George Strick- where her husband was writing, and | room voice and manner said to her: her complexion was somewhat pros | *Woman, go and wash 'veur face! 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She now spends most of of a shock and surprise to see the the year at the Memorial, earning | washing of these caravanners hang- a meagre living by the sale o her | ing from a clothes-line stretched posteards, al | between the walls of the famous My sensations as 1 walked along | ruins which are forever to stand a the road from the Memorial toute Witness to the horrors of mod- Ricltie Wele fal 4 vitor; trom {ern ratfare, Ou the opposite side J {of the uare is a ro f re - last rtaversed a part of it in 1015. | 4p So cafes he 4 Sagtant' Our guns were well up beyond |, ; Wieltje when the gas attack apu= | 1h *ueelieht ant » ae ag Sowugh ana FAT abut Wii Uae 4s Warn sa | SES-------- R Ab A 1 they ought to be, part of the surrounding country of | Novi qa 3 ; ) y I was in Ypres again, rease our 1 OE apayle. ut ro. | 4nd Wet # once ta the Menin , . ¢ : ; : | Gate. Surely this is the finest me- 5 Pound 30 D Urotien do Well thal 1 Joeded ai i morial of its kind in the world, On Or 3 ays 5 < 4 lt | J ; AP | cach side of the massive arch are 'Mone Back ng My aimeuty in galleries approached hy stair-cases y 4 identifying the road beyond ge, {00 ie Se, Rix tho Walle Sie the Doctors and good pharmacists 4 d 3 , 2} OA » den Ja Ypres, fleveng the Cull Empire who have no known graves. Khaw Lat Sw Uver Hatiae ¥ uh Saint John? N.B., Sept. 14.--John i wo niti a Ne ted) In the Canadian section the list of ate bith buila ig i A Sinclair, of this eity, chairman = Hane hie / we 3 b ah A P (Gunner Craigie 'enlisted in the| oo 00 ae and pus geo 801-1 Board, was today elected president Epes Md 10 oe 1e guns, i name of W. Warren.' 1 remember- Bo 8 on 8 oy an woleq of the Associated Workmen's Com- ng along his road, now so calm | og Door 'Warren well, After our ' 0 now Men an women ! Who pensation Boards of Canada, at the and peaceful, it seemed imposs le] burried retreat from St. Julien. acp up with the times are taking | concluding session of the ninth an- that a few short years ago it eould | Goo" we had to abandon moat of MeCoy' Cod Liyer Extract Tablets | nual meeting of the Association. He have been such a. shambles, our kit, Warren was the only one pobleh in flesh producing, health [succeeds V. A. Sinclair, K.C., of To- babe memberad 100, how, when tae [of a party of six who managed to pic HCH CREEL VICE POO, 0 ing of mamont lo i vi a why od during the bring away any tobacco, While we cand ; i 2 was chosen By Py on V% ig od Bl INE ao Detover, | Were snatching a few hours of rest)" Ro Why not kta today? Why | Irving secretary of the New Bruns. pitle far Ypres y "in an old barn behind St, Jean all Ay. Wn A aay AY I qiel Poard. Adiga 1014, hegan their final evacuation. | wo Con co® "on Oke more | than not fill out those deep hollows in ie and was fy ected Jestetary- 4 . } , " ot 4 " asurer. le nex annua meet 3 oi Intine oe leadin for help ren shared his treasure among Ws, and BY on Bavbi whet yo u "ean TT ---- gesticulating, and ple 8 P-| A few days later, while he was ; jen. yo! / A he mah: picws i That was the last they saw of the wheel driver of an ammunition wa- take advantage of this straight I 4 i A any plata stories re- A Bie N ated hy é rtance" old houses which for years had heen gon riishing up to the batteries at forward offer, ' : a OE oman ot No Imp rtance their homes. As I stood at this| 3" po ot one he and his Try them for 30 days IF yout Bol m0 Pr of 'memories. cf- scene of former desolation and de-| F SECC Ee pieces by a | Want to gain five pounds or more. tiled "jays of oe Js the following : spair I wondered how many of the shell plec And bear this in mind if they don't A well kuawy Coons] in Tuiia, ha jh q & " N » Ww « « dad £14 « y PB poor fugitives of 1015 hud retyry- Passing through the Gate along help Wy h Aha gue, Jury 5 bay ment, and was considered a terrible ed to occupy the neat re( iia 8 ® the Menin Road, Hell Fire Corner | Ad., or any ol er FUERISL | martinet hy both his officers and men, which now stand on the sites of |} To ew, and we quick- apywhere js authorized to return | had a wife a little inclined to over-in- the shell-smashed dwellings. Iv reached another spot emered to your money--but demand MeCoy's | dylge in the gentle art of make-up. The post war Flemish child is I the faemory of Canadians--Sanetu- 60 Tablets 60 cents, "One day when she entered the room experienced in the art of begging, | ary Wood. It was here that in the | sesse--c---- and he regards the British visitor | summer of 1916 the Dominion a to the historic battlefielfls as his! troops took part in some sanguinary 4 | righting. Tt was here that General ---- ; awison mmm cera ilo and Goal Wi Moffatt Motor Sales Ltd liams taken prisoner. General Mer- Ed ® cer's body was not found for a fort- 88 SIMCOE STREET NORTH PHONE 915 night, when it was discovered, par- tially buried, probably' hy he ex- a | plosion of a shell, in Maple Copse, a short distance to the rear of Sancy tuary Wood. ' This place of terrible memories je Mow as pretty and peaceful an area as can perhaps be found in the whole of Flanders. In the midst of what was once Sanctuary Wood ? 4 » 3 Electrophonic'. InchD al ided Re d is another noble memorial to the LL ouble$ Phonograph cords Dominion troops. It is approached by a series of terraces, the floors | of which are carpeted with ever- i Ls 3 at i green, and at the summit in the centre is a simple stone monument ! telling the valorous story for all | time. From here [I gazed upon | bounteous areas of ripeninz corn, Insist on getting Apex Records---Do not let the dealer substitute other Records on which he makes © 3 gredter, protic. ort iniat Soiy SF po... Lr, Mh hl WS tu | sheaves, | From Sanctuary Woed to Hill 60 | ig only a short way, but there is a Under The Moon ' hig difference in the condition of | Fox Trot Record No, 8638 Song Record No. 8641 | the two historic places. After the Me and My Shadow | Armistice, Hill 60 was acquired by Fox Trot Record No. 8627 Song Record No. 8620 C'Est Vous (Its You) ! cently handed it over to the Brit- Waltz Record No. 26068 HE rugged sharp-edged blocks in the centre of this tread seize and grip the road, driving the car straight forward and resisting ! ish Government to be maintained | for ever as a memorial to the Brit- j ish and Dominion soldiers who fell | | there. Beyond the fact that trenches ! have been filled in, dugz-outs blown | up, and a memorial to two British | regiments erected, nothing has been ! done to repair the squalor left by Just Like a Butterfl | tour years of war. Men are still y digzing around the Hill for those Fox Trot Record No. $629 Song Record No. 8636 Jong-posted as missing. I was told by the Englishman in charge of the Hill that when a body is found, | the finder is given a reward of ten ! francs. There is a small army of men digging near the summit of the Hill, apparently searching for Song Record No. 8641 | souyenirs, but these men, the Eng- Banjo Record No. 8628 | Jishman told me, are "sprucers. First of all they bury an old bay- onet or scabbard., a few regimen- Piano Record No. 8648 | tal buttons and badges, and wait for a party of visitors. Then they be- Just The Same ! in to dig for all they are worth, Fox Trot Record No. 26052 , | gi . | and at the proper moment unearth Honolulu Moon these souvenirs under the eyes of the credulous visitors, who in many Waltz Record No. 26040 Song Record No. 26038 waiian Record No. 8592 Pipe Organ Record No. 8615 cases are ready purchasers. Just Once Again That same afternoon I went by Fox Trot Record No. 8635 lizht railway from Ypres to Kemmel, and Ranoutre, amother spot which will be well remembered by Cana-) Waltz Record No. 8616 Song Record No. 8616 Pipe Organ Record No. 8634 Fox Trot Record No. 26048 and to give the new Goodyear All-Weather Tread the same long life which is given to the new carcass by SUPERTWIST Conds, dians. At this time this nection was comparatively quiet after the terrible experiences which preced- ed it. 1 saw thie position on the side of the read, in front of Kem- mel Hill and facing Messine, where our gums were placed during this period. Our dug-outs were on the othBr side of the road wider the very tram track over which 1 had just ridden. One of the estaminets near here was kept by an old lady ! with two daughters--Julie and Emnm- ma. 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