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Is not a gamble, but a sure > thing’ that you are getting the greatest possible Quality and Value to the limit of TORE. expenditure. TRY While the Land Rested % By Floy Tolbert Barnard R IV. about you exept Mr. Tracey. ‘With #1 however, bitought, in| Uncie Aaron. Everybody else chines by Mrs. Davis with a triumphant sat-|it is awful.’ : ion not at all concealed by her| “I do not doubt jit, Rhoda.” Sepresiatory volubility, Rhoda revert- ae why do you “T cannot eat it,” she wailed tragi-| try to hide that smile. cally, “and in my life have I}mean it, Didn't I go 50 a piece of pie.” .|turey just because you Seen Sete nee as me pclae “AM you ‘have to do is to taste it.| Why The pie will ee Til have| achievement I: preached?” another cup of coffee, Mrs. es ” yeaa When een tol Yeas iy et ae pasteaaelewiliie’ oT tadite fits Se remorse erect t to use great- "s cof because | flying “was part r religion to keep| than m—making coffee hot on the bacl Lege bai soa eh ae i ‘swiftly, “Eat a bite! farm goes to or two and 8 back|let your man ito the hitchen I'll smuggle the rest| away if you of it into ‘and bury it)} some poe aera ‘under \som wood! I do not| “I it go. want you to die of overeating. Rhoda, It is onl xo. ‘This is. de-; know. I interid _—s errarcy Rhoda rej sub-| ing, > I thi stituting. wil ‘her own and there: |p after no one in ‘the whol sib be, onder yg ool try. it out dared ik ‘opr of, With me, dear. Hl you?” Rhodalé viding garb in- Mra: Davie! #No, 2a will not, marry you!” Her hearing. . . Lift ileless e] to| retor fesihausdkseper, te ot ea our sbiien tor mete j : “Yes, if putting it pie for a ‘piece. i middle of the--, you i afternoon? The dinner was xo gucd (het way. | I am going ae eal and I ate so greedily! But, unless |four o'clock anyway. * you will save it for me, T sit me met the right here until Iocan eat it. for 1,” g dn’t miss. that pie, rot for the ope otek ot a a, le” “iter, Ward pick id stood tu et ye sbi si t's pant in next year's biggest fea urning: it eee m sed half-smile st ‘ture film! No, not for frame!” Deve itish oe, a curl A: tig. fi ppeti'to: deep chairs before Bet ¥ ehh beating aes eagened eg Eat ninety- sede ae nae ao aon Sencha fre, Lateting acco at mel” “ned “ahoda, bobiien Son nine soparate German divisions. When Lest thyself thyelt feosdern boots out to the ferer, an old brass batt ca tg ek pcan ee em ae Neral OY Nhe SEY Tee Pherae oa eae ert: ope that had also belonged to the P hide something | hig defensive powers had already been dd: who -chomeethess ond. uprainéd English. grei Town—| Tuite different. | But it mightn’t te definitely destroyed. Continuance of |ryfong the folk (His nai be praised) Me lished cope te they fell AL into Ce See eh beth was tk hostilities would only have, mennt ds- rege SHAS thell cage @ deep silence, wi ne = ing that I shall drive in to ou— re German. armies, and an — rthy of His high fn roused ts led iat forall Speak of the) shail wo’ say: to-morrow night? In semed fnvasion of Gert ‘Who, because thou sey endure, tew ywemen Meocate was your Bison it ered of Nise I shall Ulécions -Adilaveeient: Saved thee free and purged thee pure, dat sh pol icllat a ee og eMart Commenting on Field Marshal Sir | Won thee thus His grace to win, | eff ts “T give you far f. 1 You| Douglas Haig’s - report, the Daily |For thy love forgave thy sin, “This porfect, Ward! How | asarudi thi remember! T inend ta| Chronicle described the operations |For thy truth forgave thy pride, ‘did you manage it, all by yourself?” fdn't, all. by myself. My! architect friend from N hi “Besides, Mother will be mt 25 on the horse He| Davis was en, when g, now, | Davis hed left thes and Rhoda price of turned her er horse, 92 sediately fran the st night cots gate, Townsen out his har ae Pnnmed to. the one she gave him as he 1 only by| Walked down the driveway" beside of the “fire. her. oda. She|, “I shall not mind your mother,” he in inspection of | told her “She likes. me. he | Hasn’t whe , fold you that 1 go often h he reads most of your letters to me.” e me.’ fae eyes voice asked a Stestintiog queeions: cae is che?” cabo m4 who?, Hester Raley: ster is a friend viii silently. “And for a girl who hates farm- why ‘ers, I must say you require a lot of Vives in 1 Winnipe; ne say ‘information concerning one of the like het selections of furniture’ and ¢reatures! | Ri I haven't minded \"These results were achieved b: if! achievement in a whole history of questioned him sio Tot the ae of the operations was ‘the stormi ‘the is, Hinsotiherg. de- ENEMY DIVISIONS FOUGHT TO| A STANDSTILL ‘in’ thy of seas and aha es Cae Gloryin on thy peaceful throne—< Cr thy loye fires sins atone? at shall dreams of glory serve, if thy sloth thy doom deserve, When the strong, relentless foo ‘Storm thy gates to lay thee at Careless, ah, he saw the le: ‘from London Press Discusses Field Mar- shal Haig’s Report of Operations In Concluding Month of War. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, |: Bilin report on operations from the id i= i cently, pays a high tribute to\Marshal Foch, commander-in-chief of the allied armies: In continuing his report the field marshal wrote: moment when the final peciamasl of the allied cau as- sured, we, and all others of the: allied Welcome to thy children all Rallying to thee without ‘call Oversea; the sportive sons aeoet thy eat spamaioat} Stern or defen Terrible in "thelr eae and associated armies, can look back on the years that have gone with | Dauntless was thou, ar erate Satisfaction, undimmed int of | Neath the cloud of thy distress; discord or conflict of interest and | Vieree and mirthful wast thou seen ideals. Few alliances st can | Iii thy toil and in thy teen; st of such a Few can| While the nattons Loa ee Seed show @ pu: ore tenaciously and | Spent in: world-wide a: fait) thful yursued or so fully and gloriously realized. the complete unity and harmony of our actions is as ascribed 2 the justice of our cause, it is due staohite loyalty with which ey sands has been pursued by all those pina, ed with the control of the eee eae which fought side bat By fs ta a or Found k ylaee Wierain to tilde Soon fresh beauty lit thy face, Then A seodat in Heaven’s nigh Oft, trout ee ‘ons oe Nate 4 an thy wae ae na lieightening ever on thine isle All her seasons’ tranquil smile; gavin takes up in detail the fighting on various parts of the Brit- ish front, gon as field mardiat states, was ied the grand pine of ce campaign Ea y the allied high command. At the ‘ae of operations, the repo1 declares: Enemy’s Defence Destroyed. “In the decisive contests in the period covered by the report the strongest. and most vital parts o! the enemy’s front were attacked, his lateral-communications were cut and his best divisions were fought to a standstill. in. thé “different battle fronts the British took 187,000 prison- bringing Sudden 1 te ‘all on land and sea Swell’d the voice of victory. Ns when jubilant bells resound thy sons: come laurel-crowned, a all thy years of woe Thou no longer canst forego, Now thy tears are loos’d to flow. Land, dear land, a ses-built shore Nurseth warriors tan settle aa Nea a Round the earth her speech has thrown Like = planet's luntinows zone im thy strength and calm defiance Hold id mankind in inves alliance! oe pane art ae oe Bee foes Of thy beauty a) gle daalt with as the “most glorious He who led thee still will guide. Hark! thy sons, tha ere Seah Dearly housed in’ daz: Thy full elghventnett bude ce eee ere their day had any length sae Gi tation ta torment corests hou deplorest id: the sug ‘ish arm; Mai paki Foch’s._ strategic 18h scheme, the part assigned to the British was most important and mos difficult,” the newspaper continues. “The overcoming of the Somme de- fences in August was a superb feat, and the breaking of the Hindenburg Line with weakened forces was al wat foe man. When historians examine the miracle by which fifty- Migr "Britich divisions inflicted evushing defeats on ninety-aite Ger- | visions, it seems probable that, without "peliteing men’s a a es- ctical superiority i as "Twas to guard-our home from hell, "Twas to make thy joy I fell Praising God, and all is And in peace our victory fai at If low ered a sige of rig Rout and r exter igh, And thy yas ae Fall and perish on our gravel swift tanks.” On my graye, whose lege Free Manhood Counts. Graphic says:—“That these victories should have been won Died in faith of vietory/ Follow on the We hed a bully Lido et ere nearly so much as them.” W i | Se ver—her-name pete are trains” -in is ovems more favored then 123 ahe jgomes by oa aul the way from ate @ month—for) Wimipeg—o marys pend a day with you!” wnsend. recovered from ras yards veerting to find him | gent Townsend did not Rhoda in her own t, ten o'clock ‘telephoned to him that Gites lave. Re. any ome records?” demand. d Rhos T hi ig. 70 to call on jet ge ones,” = Townsend, getting out of his r ‘ or fi con eiikerating over a choice et, xe ao was ain x, the studios. She it: thé. whole*ea: was plot, “and life became distinetly bor- | 8 the sivosth dari bay int visible over! “Did you Oa RoW geuterdae: the et you|zevolutionized. To this we must add ° the back of Rhoda’s ir on Were going back 90 soon?” ‘Town-| as a material factor the splendid | a hit on the happy ee at ace of hi ht and Naeinee angle send’s vaice was a quiet as usual but/ fighting capacity of a res and | yp with us selections from mit- jon} at the, strong. his fingers closed with sudden tensfon| British soldier. means | eq library. One book read in ke air ing on Gate as arm; Over the receiver ae lo at i te = ri sh ts abel boty mth, adware, She expt ce a eon! machania!inveyton us depivd uty it wag nt faesnig ta aah eves pelted thas cool ssalf-poe (0. G0, to work, P| the intanteym: fof his value. On the | glance over the aide of the fuselage session. at McCormack’s re-| “I have aewiys understood that atte the inféntiyera still re- and see the untry around cord of I Hear Me ou Calting Me on the your kind of work is very fascinating, i ins ne s ba ane of defence and | which this thrilling romance is woven. eo te tend edijust needie./ jou my best wi e spear ead 0 ke etters were read and written in { Necomment broke the vibrant ef-| you Knovg” be, replied with quiet Combined For | peantie ea onestetal oceans we Did fe 4 4 “« 5 ‘ es a flas! nd Si ‘As Field en Haig ig PeldeAt nce ulcewien dee tea an ee mis iat i egplore Eigen Ss era: continued.) ime has the reputation the had quite a delightful See meal ot it tind sung itself wordless! = British infantryman been. higher, or |lettuee and cucumber sandwiches six Tene sound ) edge ‘01 “ in. France: his achievement more wor pes iy of his thousand feet or so from the ground.” I don't cara for any more mus now G renown.’ In hardly a less degree, ul- | —-—2— eee Be ; Of Duteh Origin. ks: in ed to-day And lingers bs the side Of each and ever: she tokl hin shortly. 'y quiet grave Of those who aabty died. ¢ Tearning agai “What He this Thea abet you let«| Beloved France! yes loved of Goa iting the farm run down?” the de-| Por all the griéfs you've borne, a For thogiewhd-lie. beneath: che tod, “L don not know what it is you hear} Wor thosa-left so forlorn but I am net going to do any farming mext’ yea Each éross t6 Him has grown so dear eWhy ri He knows ne one by name; “I really do Tot know exachiy, Call} He knows that each one beneath the Te mer tinge’ if you like,’ sod ~fiaate) Died to save us. from shame. n toda," he ne- The Man of Sosa iio the grief pied very, gently By lier dyes were hh mother has to-bear. ee ag wie Aes full oe ee og Ories Tee ae And so He lingers 1 ease cross ieticodte ‘Aaron and John} A084 breathes for her a prayer, re! aid ie} At 8 He walks through France, T erty Sa "hat an i =e oa are you going MARA tr Ste eye. And lingers in “God’s. Aer” , Our sons and heroes “Wha difference, really, can it where ear home the following | was the next! fn Thou has found: ne lst thy son.” Rob against the Germans numerical su- Bridzes. periority is safieient proof ‘that the ee manhoo pire is more SFist ING Pade anit Yor Uae Uuinie bt a military Spiormeys “ inéipal reason for the dra- occurred in the says the Tele- “was undoubtedly due to the personality and genius of Marshal Foch, whose sireteaic fepsouelct as carried with — such Tea and Sandwiches 6,000 Feet in the Air, A British airman in East Afri was forced by his daily sontitie fly over nearly sixty miles of ake unpopulated bush—a highly uninter- esting fandeeap> he ne again, loyalt; oy ~ machine aes in- definitely seithouteabtention ‘from: the Here wistlee” vem Getored “tp th air force, and it is interesting to’ ‘The thimble was originally called English because shal gives ae the tanks. So great has/ worn on the thumb, then a thumble, been the produced upon the! and finally its present name, TE was Gecpinay bythe Britis Das he says,|q Dutch invention, am firs that in more than , when | plass and pearl. In China 1 timaueat teal tack eraké ‘not avaiable results ' Carved ex1‘thimbles are _ seen were Bbeained | by the use of dummy Brought to England in 1605, ehimblel anv ae formerly made only of iron an The seating Post seys that. the | pense, but in oo arshal’'s one aeienmventas they have been made 0 ao the British army, having been shdbven glassan aught as near to defeat without be- Seaiechontd wth. ie i beth = any other oe in Mie: dad of wold ory, and 8 uropt ery eet vingutens aad tts roan vied assembled and trained reinforcements, built new plans on the ruins of the old, waited until the moment came to strike, struck with more than the old gold and with th Guards Get Colors. A historic ceremony was witnessed in Cologne on January 7, when twenty colors for the various Guards’ Bat- talions arrived and were received by and. continyed -striki fl the re-| they were intended, accompanied by ke aS enemy was utterly | bands at the railroad station, T sae ge troops presented ar th drums The Post pays he ‘as the colors were unfurled tribute to, srouheena strategic schemes of Mat. shal Foch, and concludes “Field Marshal Hai the peer e the greatest ranks as m 88) jesse the imposing ceremony among Brit- |" poe ae man always finds himself Y oi years! ago.” ee. ‘hinder me from tak-| England is sled aper envelopes ee, need 362 As| which can be ti sed inside ut and bulnking bask Pie tela ieen made to do nie a he time. refully steady: —— which pin 8 nt and Yeti dhink | Wel telephone and ph (that you could do something big it} Wa wet with, you w ould. Every one ig talleing short oi f C Eins ish_geperals The A jolly Daily. Express in good company. says the crux \ we Beckoning thee with heavenly best; well. What if now thy heart sbould quail in ‘Fought with the brave ie Poxtolly Ss HARDEST EXPERIENCE OF THE WAR, SAYS CANADIAN V.C. : ~ Describes His Sensations During the Ordeal of Receiving Decoration— His Majesty's Gracious Interest. ae Ss once most Nib arahe e ‘the war, says a Canadiai out ae hesitation I Pepliot: heed: ary the investiture at Buckingham alec I suppose it is purely a matter of — during feeling most comfortably out- side of it all, when the fact of my own immediate perennation in ip kha cere- monies rushed uj like an avalanche. - I felt mt *ebelion in all the members of m: 3; they flatly refused to answer oe frantic ¢ “8.0.8.” pint ms my brain was sending to them. the exetaaioh. of every then—I heard my name c Put ae at His Base, entangled my legs from some cS “at streak of white a is the baat veieh al- tematively pr at mi tl way fro ie.» Despair’ gaye bo walively—1 pounced spon ti ae held it for a moment. a huge weight had been attacked to a Herculean my cap— stand stiffly at attention. _ legs entered a = vile conspir- suddenly ening feeling came Cie etsoae haeniiattn: fear! Someone was reading out something which I realized, in a vague sort of way, was concerned with me.I be- came crafty, cunning; by easing the weight from the right heel and left toe I felt myself steadying up. But I tevently repeated to myself: (maybe it was alou uldn’t swear that wasn’t), “ a 8 vagain—not for a trayful of dec " At last the reading stopped a L my sufferings came The kind words, ae ee ae ee the kingly charm of King George]; at m s wanting alty more than was Loe na “ied fee moved with perfect ase an through! Sto BOOKS FOR CHILDREN for Good Character. e out the exquisite blossoms love; ferddeznnn, s netintinenss gratitude and the desire to do unto others as they would be done by. The love of good books is one foundation for good character. tion, el the rule, to enc ness, greed or insensibility in pe man Gr woloait Whe kows ‘Syd loved 66 books. Robert Louis eB avanbinonnes said that s long as a man’ had friend, he had sence eels 208 Is it not true so Tong as one can love a good and pect “ook. that life never will 0 one, ate te eee more feelingly of the companionship of good books than Richard Aunger- ba le, when he called them “the gold- fruitful lamps ever to be hi at ti] ave so many good books; in that if they cannot the public beers Here is ruth, 2 very simple truth, that ally seee are under obli- y cares an uate batelvaa hey can put their worries and disappoint- ments to sleep. war may be over, but all the been fought. them are, those that is inthe good books of the world. other European nation, e annual m asked to describe: my” ‘the With- I became absorbed in this: struggle to | 4), assed and then chert “felt as if} and an violently affectionate a ori sick. |§ ss) promptly and ‘willingly obedient thi ce bo: But wh Fu aigeancs/tdind paeen bi Love of Good Books is a Foundation | inc st you find a child who loves od | Happy'are the children of this day'|h he; buy, they can certainly borrow from | & i Portugal mines Jess cou! than ‘any }y Toys For Indoor Play. Play material gd = sort which bes pleases chi aici: Ss in meaty dig] and rinse in a solution of alum water. Keep a stiff nail brush and wash a e most su Vaythings for a child are Tiaeo ence form! ‘gh the ‘material “out of which he may con- i Md amu: sements,| A known | temperament, though I think m: : emotions experienced at that time are |a Weal pictures to cut out, to rather co: ones. I ferv Pie ace. ‘the hope that it is possible for a pe ‘Crayons, pees 5 ee and | t to look quite as ridiculous ai and a blackboard oe as he may actually rae much pleasure, mae oi Tam sure-that1 for-one | {hs child 49 write and dram te comic ch chould not be used untiF vatiet rhe Presented a sorry apestacle. | fashion (at an eatly “eae ard help to|the snarls are all out, then separate Tt was a most. delightful sunny | ain eye and hand without undue the hair and’ brush gently, beginning su mer rane when I reported at |*train and fatigue. e and using ‘ong, even Buckingham Palace promptly at 40| A’ printing frame and a supply, oe ARS RSs o'clock, After reporting I was shown | blueprint paper on which may be into a corne ot a large room and | Ptinted: the spel of leaves and Concerning. Fish. ait ere, feeling quite comfort- insects, and} ‘The totad ae able and unafraid, and constantly as- ire nerneey objects ‘will afford hours wee ‘moat “: seriageee! suring myself, in the popular Cana- ee ee chitdren “old! ycay amounted pounds, dian phrase, that there was foothing shou to do Ths sre sie Lark brad to it?” Alas for my premat te oy be ged for salted, and canned dence! stores dol houses, forts and the tike,| "4 rich and deYicious Littte fish now Weiwand all ined up? aiid Tagen forest Eeraiaog end tabtes will readily | Lescasing popular on in single file out in to a adrangle, | becom Stontbonts, stages aml! meirket:<'s the Kulachon, © It 4a sia I thought if all most interesting and ‘other things. Ord cotton eg to the sinett family and is found rather enjoyed watching those of the dat torn into 24inch strips and SeW-| anywhere on the Pacific coust between’ Sher er_end to end, will mak Oregon and ‘Aaaior Tt is on’ the market fresh, frozen, salted, kippered, sily | hard smoked sn canned. The-eulachon ‘is probably the fuai- | tures, like makes the child want to do some-| thing rather than to be am : entertained by a performance in which he has little part, Among the me- chanical toys, however, rail and ins of a’ he sorts havea for el small boys. With the trecks'in aectiore and the erent’ kinds of cars and engines he is EES 2 to construct eee { Lea en ling to hi } a ‘in n soldiers, that can be fats , then setting fire to ‘its tail and craving at to burn. It burns Reston eonsintently wi ite, inet flame and. provides ex celle: is Jumination ‘when candies are scarce. perennial joy | PALESTINE | 18 HO! HOME OF BIRDS the Jordan. sort Brilliant eens ¢ Abounds in Valley of birds visit Swarms of breed 1, their long-drawn line across the sky,” nd in the sre eA voice of the ms, turtle is heard in Ons of ihe bese woabibie toyelke 4 | big’ box of plain smooth, wooden! ar blocks, ‘They can seldom be jonas! ed fm the stores and must ssually be sawed trom planed Tummber at a mil! a carpenter, or by a Mr. H. G. F Games,” gives the following 33} proper sizes for such blocks: renio ches; bait Blocks, 2% by 2%, by 2 inches: quarters made by saw-| ing the Jatter in ay, od may be ee ae locks except that Bet Sp okay “| spl more may be used. Blocks of hard. ood, like oak, may be passed down can be 3 stetre tod— to have igi play boan wood, 18 by 9, 9 by 9, and 9 by 4% hes. boards make oceans, nds, Provinces; counties; platforms, serve also as roofs, now and then, with possibly some ad- judication of disputed questions, to pass many hours in constructive play. vorite forms of play never" put aj dren's pipes into hale Gor eibob The Comb We Use. To many people a comb is a Snel We re select that ‘it oes roperly mad 2 1 e are at sare in — ing a Wet ts, in b's book] . tro] Whole blocks, 4% by 24 by 1% in! si !yocks of*Marsaba the A) Afric | African as to chape and !srck, but most seers use @ ta beta oan | have it and feel tarow “ etl or other Beal ey ie siieiétic by. thelr alk should be chosen » with| The teeth may be further | hair and nearer consbant | rs the hair | a ea comb dir out at the roots. © The teeth should | be; up abundance, and birds of prey, ‘the great griffon vulture, the “eagle” ,! of Scripture, to the sparrow hawk, iche humming ing, white-breasted kingfisher an species of gregarious Tus! fe) coast is found the great Indian fishing owl, an half-tamed the orange-winged tenses bird, Bye is really a starling of type, as much out Ea eis Ide as the hyrax. | On the ds peculiar to Palestine, the obi little “pigmy Mobite ‘sparrow, which beds, is one of the rarest is in the wor! Reptiles _aboun even the Nile crocodile, the leviathan of i Tristram the chance % i eae Fock ni twelve feet long gout books, the noxious weeds of; hardly be too many of = blocks, but | Sheomen Ric sate tes envy, hatred, jealousy and lice andred will make ‘air etart. while in addition to ea fees ie are not so likely to grow in his mind | Thus furni shed, a child’ ‘ore Brow ‘of | We find elon nt th ce Hee sea | erate sin lies Shae times, to bite the, wee of the ie Ag the fish, they are 2s abun- as ever, and it is tration rien sient interest which unites with the religious to make Palestine among the most interesting of all ‘countries. —— READS LIKE A FAIRY TALE Parents: s German van Prisoner Employ His Welsh Employer. Capt. Roy Whitehead of the broken- woth Battalion, is enjoying a rest 's home in Walkerton, where he salve from co te recently, He had been .in England convalescing from the wopnds eived in Fre ce. While in England he was given a letter of introduction to a prominent farmer in Wales. While viitig this farmer he noticed a Ger- at hi he rece! = Folic 3 ne uripelly: 2 anded, As! man ‘soldier Pig ae in his employ. or a tooth In reply to his query regarding the brokis real dinase my be done by | faithfulness at the soldier, the farmer the ragged cues ga gave him a splendid recommendation these off pares ffectly Ww! nail] and told Capt. Whitehead the follow- file or fine cantraper es pie the! ing remarkable story which shor tends 1 hairpain| that facts are sometimes as strange unless ths the ap fine invisible os ee koh hen use them sparingly brushes are to be berth bee seratch the scat ¢ Ban aes tase and Nearahe tne: boalp at he ‘best bri ush ¢ te 8 the b: id aS stil for production being about 22,000 tons, of the brush is Si thal ke was the son ¥ head) r a thin hea as fiction. The young. German soldier wrote a letter to rents in Ger- many telling them how well he was farmer, and sug- letier was received prisonét was working for them, and of the farmer who Was employing their son in Wales... Reads like a fairy ‘tale, but nev it’s> true. ea