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Was UIIEUIU LU UC lJ.I.\z>J\Jln.vu L One of the boys gave an Advance grepreseritative the` following par- ticulars of the last two days of their visit: -~--J..-- #1..` nnrnnnnv o'5u_1:x_ `\VBi:I.K puuw u; tutu ........--. men, as tlns 1s the rst tice they have had since in Barrie, and the, ries .none too good [shape fo E markma.nshipL I L_.....I....II vnnl-n]-\ 111` Lred for the first t1me'u1'cuu }J1I:L'-auuuuo .....- ..---- -___-I ed the Song of the as regards the healt of the troops. L a strong effect, while;We are not allowed to drink any l. under the` conductor-`water, except what has been put . VValker,added variety through a purifying _process. I un. `This was well put don t know what French water have involved much tastes like and I don t want to aration. Sergt. 'W. F. either. Farms- here are in, what I 1 two solos, one on a `think, a very unsanitary condition. ie otheron an ocarina, All those that I have seen are laid D. Ridgeway sangout like a square. One side of the the Deep which was square is the dwelling house and` . impressive, and Corp. the other sides are occupied with contributed a song, at'- stables, etc. In the centre of the e proceedings were con- square are the cesspools and dung- the National Anthem. heaps. Here, Dr. Hastings of To- Opera House the men1- ronto, would be in his glory, swat- regiment were escortedlting the flies in the summer. all where they were re-`, There are some curious carts sandwiches, cake andihere. They have a long body, with adies of the Daughters two wheels bearing the main weight pire' fully maintaining of the load and one small wheel in tion as hostesses. Dur- front to do all the steering and they - roceedings Rev..R. Mac'- can turn ina very small space. All aated the welcome to the horses are driven with one line and expressed his full -that is a line comes from either 11 the Simcoe quota liv- side of the mouth and is joined be- the high reputation of`hind the collar, and then it is a vherever-found. In con-lsingle line to the driver's hand. I conveyed to the men the} am still trying to gure out how it of Rev. sDr. Harper,is done, but nevertheless they guide nable to be present. them as well as we do. The wo- ie men and dogs seem to do at great ve the deal of work in this country. Per- A haps, in the case of the women, it . is because their men folk are in sday the company gave the ring line. I never knew a dog on to the public in thelcould be so useful till I came to 1 Park, and they never ap- France. Barrie might please take better-advantage, moving note. VVhen a man here is pushing a rs of the British service. two-wheeled hand cart, he doesn t evening the Town: Coun- believe in_ sweating much. He gets ned the men at a smok- two or three dogs, ties them to the t, and ifyou now see a axle underneath the cart and makes )ki-ng a clay pipe you will them pull it, whilst he guides it. re he got it. I On the farms here the_v have your morning the 1st Platoon`hydro-electric skinner for econ- ne rie ranges, while No_`omy. VVe will take the cream ioliday, In the afternoon! separator, for instance-. Here they was 1'-e-_.-ersed, No, 1 .get;!`l1ave a shaft that leads through the holiday. The Bantamsawall and is connected to a big latoon) _scored a higherlwheel outside. The wheel is about `18 to-24 inches wide. Inside this hanpthe Giraffes (No. .1 I _ Sergt. Melvin, Orderly- wheel is tied a dog. The wheel is rk, getting the highestistarted and the dog has to keep uly the 200 yards range ; running or I suppose it would get ' and the average score':_tied up in heaps. So you can see high-_-this. being the onega dog can be very useful. We at in the training-s of the`somet1mes have to go through quite ;his `is rst rie prac-.a few monkey motions to get have had mobilizing the, people to understand us. When , _the_ were in. we speak to them French, they shape for accurate don t seem to understand us, and ;hip; ; we are beginning to think they zeball match was played don t understand their own Collingwood t.eam,. thelanguage (as spoken by a Canadian winning out by a 6 to 5i` soldier, anyway). - ML --_ --...:I....,.L......fl ((,,,,_,n on LL56 \I-A- V -- - st rie prac- ce es in accurate` oM1-: INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS 0N LIFE IN NOR. FRANCE \SERG'I.'. ROBB TELLS or now THINGS ARE DONE BY ` PEOPLE IN WAR ZONE.-- DOGS ARE USBPULIN FARM I wonx. . Just one_ week previous to the `commencement of the big engage- ment at Ypres, in which Canadian troops lost so heavily after cover- ing: themselves with glory, Staff- Sergt. W. S. Robb, of the 4th Batt., 1st Brigade, Writes to The Advance as follows, telling \of the quiet- 'ness of the situation, and that all the 35th quota were well. His 1et-` ter, which was written and postedb , at. the Field Post Olce on April - 15th, arrived here on May 1st, and ' it gives. some interesting sidelights ' on customs and conditions in that :portion of Northern France where Sergt. Robb says: Dear Sir-I have just bee. read~ -"ing the article by Pte. Ellis in The Advance, and it is a fairly good description of the journey, only in it the car We travelled in We had 39 i. -men in `it. We are still in the 1- same billets as last week. Every- .0 thing is quiet. The Weather is 1- splendid and all the 35th are Well, ;o and that is all there is` new to say at 1- present. It seems a long time since We left Barrie, and we have seen .i- some ups and downs in that time. 1e`Great precautions have been taken -- ..-..-._.J.. LL.-. Lnnh-11 n{-' Hun hnnn_ ) 4 3 u 3. 8 '\our boys have been billetted. Staff-` `smuier, a.u_ywu._v;. 1 They understand money all .right_. Thereois no need for blind ipigs here, as every other house `you go to is an Estaminct or public house. Of course we are `only allowed beer, though we have ardifferent name for it. It is worse than [2 per- cent. and takes less u effect. They can have local option I here for mine. The land here seems uto `be in splendid condition and `pretty well Worked. The inhabi- > t-ants don t take much heed whether l there is a war going on or not. ll They just go about their work the == same as usual. I bet you will see - more i `commotion outside _ Scott s ~_ ., `Book Store-.;on _"9.~V 'yS1_1Jtt_ 1rday; night ohm 8.eeI.rh11 .er1z1i: m;a we ` 5' :1!*- ` ` 21`. "T 1.00 PER ANNUM tN ADVANOI umau col-its than: cnrro VWG (10Il't gel. Iuuuu news uurc. Luz- [garas -to a11.--yrgm, W. s; ROB M prrnmo. nl "l`;'eal,`: Shrub xia. Barrio. N ERY *GS. l k m so ke on oard { Ceiling .__. ---? sncoun LIQUOR STORE ; IN PENETANGUISHENE The `O1'illia Times _saiys:---The East Simcoe License Commissioners met at Penetanguishene on Thurs- ( 4 day for their annual meeting and i .renewed all former licenses there, namelv. four hotel .l1censes and a shop license, for term of one year, % and _a six months tavern license for, the Penetanxuishene summer hotel. Herman Pieotte presented a peti- tion :-:i_ by nearly every rate- paeyr in the ward, asking the. Com- missioners to grant him a` shop li- reuse in Peiietaiig`. There was no counter petition, and the Commis- sioners _2*1'a1ite(l the license which will he .issue(l f1"o1i1 May 1.` _L2--A.. ts-wIl\ 1\n;h(1' 171980.. W111 he .1ssueu 11'u1u 1ua_y ;. Ropx-ose11tations are being made to the Department at Toronto, and it is believed that Mr. Hanna Will -veto this new license, and possibly the other shop license as. well. `GREAT SACRIFICE IN NEW TRIMMED HATSTHIS WEEK Our Annual May Snle Will Open -Friday Morning, May 14 and we assure you there will be bargain; morensstartlingjthan you even `anticipate. % Chi1dren s shade, w Ladies Raincapes; F: Satin and buttons Ladies Raingoats, English make, quality and goodweight,` regular. Mcn s Raincoats, English ma1e, 1 I rms w"""% Io.oo, for ....... Regular value 7.50,` Regular value 5.00, Hose'-Ladies' black `or colorec sizes 8% to 1o',,reg. 25 pr., 1 Vests-Ladies 25c vests, short sleeves, or no _ at. ev g 19c, or? ................................... prs for 55 Towelling--all linen, regular I2%c yd, Sat. ev g .............. . .. .......... ..... .;_......9% Cotton--White Cotton, reg. Ioc yd,;36 inches wide. Sat. ev g ...... ........ ..3Cydsj.25c' sleeves, reg. 25c"each. S Fancy Collars`-a1lodd' lines of collars" that J acb, Sat, _ev g 50c- wero sold from 7 5c to `L50 e ............................. ..pu"09 7l1r`1`n :nr- 7 4 . . . . . ..`..' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- We nd we have purha_sed too heavily in Spring 'Millinery and nw, right in the midst of the season we gtve the public an .opportunity to buy at greatly reduced prices. A 25C to SOC . . . . . . . ....-..v..`..'.... s Raincapes, sizes 6 to 12 yrs, Fawn T with hood, lined with plain silk, $2.75 Raincapes; Fawn shade; collar of blaok and to match, very stylish, WHOLE No. .4135} . Poaumunuu __.______.._.___._. k colored, ne lisle hose, g pr , Sat. ev g 19 or .................... ..3 prs 55 each Sat. or ..... -, _, c__, JAIL BREAKER CAUGHT I { GOT TERMIN`TO1.QNTO= Fred Kelly, who escaped from the` Orillia lock-up on April 22nd, was ` caught in Toronto the next day, ` where he had added one more crime to_ ' his A quickly increasing 9 list. Kelly was arrested. While shop-1ift- ing in one of Toronto s depart- mental stores, and sentenced to f- teen days. When this sentence has `been served, he will be taken back \ y to Orillia to answer to the charge , of breaking jail. This is` a `serious _ oence, and_penalty of seven years ,-;_1.__....~.As-uJ- :0 'l\n`I"VY'|`:QGQ}'\.|`3._ I husband is the _ earth. `A lot of think j they are same chap. ' Barrie Women married to that very -ne agularu $Io value, ........ ..%.....$s.5o_ Him.-A V Collingwood` M 4m hp nhmlt to a'0D1Yi .... ..:9,o(j regular` value ........ ..$s.5o % .... ......ss.ss ......... ..$3.95 ds of ade and TI-It "Iu1'_:'n::s'rs or sum`-m:. Tl-IE c'ouNfIw_or smco: Ann Lace` Curtains, ne Sc lace and insertion, "for ..... .. Lace Curtains, "fine 5 -lace and` insertion, % Nottingham Lace Curtains in all designs and qualitiesat 50c, 75c. $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 and $4.00 per pr. qualitiesat 5Uc, `I ac. :p1.uu, qu.:.u, qr ......, Curtainettes and Scrims by the yard, in all inewestshadesvand designs; 10ctp 70c yd. Cbtsets, all odd lines of Corsts that sold form- `erly from _1_.50_,.u_p, sizes 18 to 33, for .... ..98c Sp66ls-Good Strohg Thread, Sat. ev g .... .. 3 spools lOc U O 0 Q o O I n I I Q Q O Q Q O O 0 I I O I t I u u o o o n I o | O i I O to .Belts--Colored`? Elastic and white wash Belts, ,w_ere 25c. Sat. ev'g_ ...... .,...,..,~; ...... ..l0c Handkerchiefs-`-Hemstitched, were 5c each, _ Sat. ev g ............. .... ..'..;.10 for.25 Pin`:--Good stronc pi\ns, .365 /pins to sheet, _ reg.."5c paper. at. ev g..,,3 papers for 5c . 3.3,;-as ; Pins`-J-400 to sheet. ,Sat.- ev"g .... ..5c, " Hairpin:--`extra large box, 125 pins assorted, " " 5c Eat- an} g u u o o o ~ O c I u o u u on. o u I o o n Q o o o u o o o - - - n a u no QNE 1:1-IIRD OFF. BARRIE; COUNTY OF SIMCOE`. ONTARIO, MAY 6 . 1915 CO E. 11 0:1 a_l gw'AN'r CARP PUT l The .Elmvale' Lance says :-Anl 1 effort ha_s lately been made by a company to convert Orr Lake into a preserve for German carp. The bass-shing of Orr Lake should be eiciently protected in the interests of "the" public, and the Government should take a decided stand in pre- venting monopolists from introduc-, ing the carp into this_ body- of water! and using it for commercial pur- poses. The people A of, this district, who areopposed to the scheme, are forwarding" a largely-signed petition to the Government. A J .I1U."-Vlua.I; an buy clothlng tlns year? She.-Uniform. Scrirn Curtains, with linen sertion, ecru shade, were 6.50. ................. .. ...........,...$4.75 ,'ne Scrim_trimmed with ne ertinn, reg. 4.50 value, for $3.50 .ace designs *- -- Ah rin- He;--VVhat is `good form in men -" 113.. .... ..0 MEN S FASHIONS L95 INTO ORR LAKE [mast VISIT 0F 1 REGULAR SOLDIERS 1 T0 COLLINGWOOD BOYS or THIRD CONTINGENT HAD PLEASANT FOUR.-DAY vxsrr. - GIVEN ROUSING WELCOME BY PEOPLE orl % SIEIIPYARD TOWN. 1 , The Oollingwood V Saturday News J lsays:--Collingwood has in her midst J the soldiers who have been mobil- ized for the'Can_adian Overseas Ex- peditionary Force with Barrie as ~ their headquarters. They arrived by 7 the mid-day train on ,Wednesda.y and are in charge of Capt. K. S. Macdonell. ' '- ` Upon their arrival they were met, 1 by the members of the local com- pany under Lieut. Rose, who escort- ed the visitors to the front of the municipal buildings, `Where a halt was made while Mayor Barr read an address of Welcome on behalf of the citizens._ This was briey re- `. `plied to by Capt. Macdonell, after which the line was reformed and the `soldiers marched to the exhibi- tion building, where they are -en-V` camped. \ ll 3 n....:... 4.1...:.. g+my Hqmr lncnm gnent During their stay they have spent = cam peu. . considerable time in rie practice, the opportunity to utilize the splen-I didly equipped ranges being taken full advantage of. An m1-___...,1.... ,....m:nn- +111) viuifnrg \I11ll auvaiitagc UL. . On Thursday evening the visitors ( were the guests of the Daughters l of the Empire at a public gathering} in the- opera house and afterwards ] `in asocial Way in the Parish Hall. T From the park to the opera house they were accompanied by the" Citi- ` 'zens Band; Whose renditions did much. to enliven the proceedings. It was a right, royal, merry Wel- _ come. The citizens were present ' en masse. Every available seat was ' occupied. At rst the soldiers sang songs and were applauded again and again.. There was not a dull `moment throughout the evening. . Ira- 1)--.. ....-,.:,1,..1 ,n1r|t` mscnal moment Lllruuguuuu uu: Uvcxxxus. I ` Mayor Barr presided and seated{ on the platform xfith him were Col. Sneath and Major Cowan of the -35th, members of the town" council, Mr. D. `L. Darroch, president of.the Board of Trade, and others. ' , ,9- f\_...L.~..L...\ t\\r\(\`r\I\I] "I:)U'do1'l.l UL .L.l.GU.U, auu Uuuunu. Stauer s Orchestra opened the proceedings with an appropriate selection after which Mayor Barr who presided, briey welcomed the visiting Tommy. Atkins on behalf of the citizens. ` "" "` "" "" -~~'L 1-- - ..L....&. ..n.1 l-He UlLlZCl1. luv _ ..___,, Mr. D. L. Darroch in a short and galed with and` he stirring address -said he would addl coffee, the ladies Daughters,tw a further word of welcome. to the of the Empire` 35th Regiment, and expressed the their reputation fr: [hope that they would enjoy the visit] ing the proceedings ca to the full. lnamara repeated th Continuing he congratulated the Collingwood - men on being physically t and condence in Si: able to respond to the call for ser- ing up to the of`h_i vice in such a great struggle for,Canadians Wherever. found. con-,s1` world-wide freedom. You, he said, clusion he conveyed ax who go to the front, will have the deep regret reputation of Canada in your keep- who unable ltl ing. That is a great trust, that is of the In `a great responsibility. The eyes of g representative the < the Old ;World will. be upon `you hi and if you can `give such an ac - count of yourselves that will com- 011 Thursday pel the respect of friend and fee, an exhibition the} c Canada `will owe you a great debt. Agricultural aps F ` The gallant boys who have pre- peared to n `ceded you are a credit to their` like regulars t` country and to those who have fal- Thursday b len we bow our heads, reveririgi cil entertained smok-`t their memory They have showniing concert, if you 3 courage in battle, fortitude in pain, soldier smoking pipe t and splendid_ endurance at the timeiknow where of the test. A l Friday morning the Platoonil One hundred years _ago nextlwent to the No.`< month Napoleon, the greatest despotl`2 had a holiday. afternoon,S of his. age, was defeated. Oncegthe order get-l again the struggle is on, and all" ting. a holiday. Bantamsi` the democracies of the British breed ,- (No. 2 Platoon) at higherl` stand shoulder to shoulder to pre-} average than the Giraes (No. f Platoon), Orderly-l` Room Clerk, highest! :score. Only yards range? ' score`; gh--this one} serve to ourselves-,-to the world--a free democracy. Further, Mr. Darroch' said, While `some have fallen and their names was used, are added. to the list of heroes, was not hi `others are and will continue to; weak point in training the .-_ -- .n.:.. :9 Hm 4'-`met -rifle nrac-l, [UL but: Lem _ .' nextlx despot`? Once;1 ea1l"1 ,the ,>-_ shoulder pre-\; : 1: __,L1_ _,. `I|I'_. `l'\........n1~.v anifl mlailn I l J..l'UU UUIHUl31al.'x_y. l _ ' Whilegs lsome have their names ` are added to h_erocs, ` others and toy` lclimb the ladder of military fame. I `From some part of A our great Em- pire one or two men Will arise with the brand. of the rst soldier-of his. day, whose superiority as a leaderl. of armies will ash across the low-l ering skies of War like a blazing comet. Will the honor _' come to` Canada to produce a Napoleon, al Wgllington, a Nelson "or a Kitchen- er . ' - ! l n ` ---~ 1---V---o Ann :-_? Tl-IE DOMINION OF. CINAOA OUR CRI"l'ER`|ON. ,___'_.:____.___ 91"! > r-. -One fact we know, one fact that: l.1as ere this been proven, if courage! LL-L ...`....nL Inn ~r\n:1J +11a`n 118/5 8115 M115 ucuu 1JJ.Uv_\u.1, 4.... uv.,.-...B7., ~i_s the price that must be paid, then! Cangdian men willnot be found`; lackmg. . ` _ ' ` _- T11e__1'ecent battle has broughti --4A~~-- A (V.....\Jnn -F:-n(;__, L1 ` r.o.ugh H? WE. I11 lVl'd_)'U1' l.)'a.l.J. Uluuuu. n.-1.. ..--- _.-,, From the men1-\1 ;s bers of the escorted! 1 `to Parish Hall re-1 galed and`? addlcoifee, Daughters,` velcome thelof visit|ing ngratulated ically he for of` a con-, ., Harper,` 1 ` _ , . rx 0 L1-.. LAvvn npnrrn OII A{`\.'$I.TI(`.9. lhundrell of Simcoe s brightest sons` are saying: - . .I l`11ea.r`fVthe clean note of the bugle And the roar of the_ calling drum, And.I feel the swing of the march- wing men And "a dee] 11/`! ,,__ ,9 ILLLKL \A\n./ta, uvvl. . _ , , V (I! Come. the arrow of A duty points for- ward, _ - 7 Though the heartstrings quiver and Lana`! q I .I.ll.\I|&bAn. vonv ..--.._ _~-, Q A l break. _ , Yet the voice of my calling country Is one I/xay not forsake. It stretches wide from my own re- side, ` i {kt the far end_ stdnds the foe, ' 1 .'l...-`L1,: -rnnnfc rnv At t] And At um um. Uuu.>ovuuuu ...-.. _--, though grim death meets my ('3 , eager breath _ . I am ready and glad to go. :1 Colonel Sneath of the 35th brief- - ly expressed his pleasure upon be- 1` ing present and seeing the royal 3 2 l manner in which the `citizens of Collingwood Welcomed the soldiers`. Personally he was very. proud oft, the men present and felt assured 1 that they would give a good account of themselves. l Adjutant Cowan, also of the 35th, I added his appreciation. of the wel- l come by the citizens and the Daugh- : ters of the Empire as testied to ` -V`byA the eloquent address of Mr. ` - Darroch and by the large attend- lance on the present occasion. He" 3` also paid a high compliment to thel , men now forming` Si:1coe s quota` -lto the third contingent and "refer- \' 1 red in glowing terms to the whole- hearted and, ready response to the 5 call of the Empire in the present 3 hour of need by the men of Canada.` L-_:-_. 1-..=.,...:;l n anon}-al nnm- OI IIUUU. U) U116 11191.; v; \,........V.... In COI1(3111S10I1 he`pa1d a special com- has a deep interest in young man- hood and emphasized his thanks to the host and hostesses of the even- mg. , . The Gounod Choir", a new organi-` zation, appeared for the rst time `and contributed the the` Viking with eect, while`; ' a sword drill the conductor-` . ship of Lieut. L to the program. /Was put ~ ----1 m--n+ 1..-um invnlvc-d n111ch1 pliment to Mr. Darroch as one who 1 to the program. Lula /wan M... 1,...` on and must mvolved {time in preparation. Turner added a.` violin and the other on ocarina,` Sergt. VV. sang. Asleep in was effective and Elliott also contributed ter which -the con-` ' eluded with ` mema r- 1.1-- _......:.......-.+ 1-worn acnnrfni `