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Butter K/_'aPP 913$ Under the present act governing the sale of Butter, each pound must have a:wrap- pet with the printed designation on it, The Advanceecan supply the very best quality of paper, printed out of stock or with the maker s name included. Mail orde`rs promptly atfended to. THE ADVANCE PRINTED Phohg 53 ] TENDERS FOR Tgruwwoon and PINE umn I Tenders will he received by the undersigned up to and ineludin_:. the 1st day ot"Februa1'_\', 1917 for the "right to cut pulpwood an pine tim- ber on a certain area situ ed on the Black Sturgeon River an other ter- ritory adjacent thereto, , the Dis- Itriet of Thunder Bay. ` "I'V..-_.]..-..__.. I ll ,1 ,1 ' IlJA\'U UL J.lll.Ill\l\:l 1Ju`_). C`. Tende1'e1's shall state per cord on pulpwood, ' sand feet. bo-(ml measn , on pine. that they are p1'epa1'ed pay as a bonus in addition t _ ues of 40 cents per cord A l'o1' sy uce, and 20 cents per cord for otl ' pulpwoods, `and $2.00 per thousa`?-I feet hoard measure, for pine, 0 such other rates, as may from tie to time be fixed by theLieutenaip-Gove1'nor-in- Council, for the righ to operate a pulp mill and a paper llll on or near the area refc1'red to. (W `I I `I I IO amount l" per thou- : 1 n '1 . [IIIIV uL\,ur L\aA\1J\`.l bl)- Such tendorc-rs sha erect a mill or mills territory and to In wood into pulp an Province of Ontario. `l J `I ' a J.A\JVlll\.\ \II VIIIUCIIIU-J l Parties making: to der Will be re- quired to deposit 11 their tender a lnarked cheque, myable to the Honorable the Trefurer of the Province oi Ontari for ten thous- and dollars ($10,000), which amount will be forfeited in the event of their not entering,-' into agreexneiit to carry out conditions", etei The said $10,- 000 will be applie bonus dues as the accrue, but the regulation dues, as mentioned above will require to be paid` in the usual ' manner as returnsiof cutting of wood I and timber are received. fl`! 1'1 I 1 on account of. covered with snow would be hailed with delight, as there was nothing but mud and dirt, and then dirt and mud over there. Articles from home `are prized with :1 strong_rer and deener love that we can ever know, because the boys sec in it the work of some loved ones at home. ullu I/IIIIIJLA (Ill; ICIJUA The highest 01- a necessarily accepted. Tnu nn..l-3.-...!....4. .-..- Aux/nun-J14: ll-y uuuullvlzuu For particulars as to description of ter1'ito1'y, capital to be invested, etc'., apply to the undersigned. IN 11' 11rnr\rv7rVz\\1- residence 9 had in ._ __L-- J Minister of Lands. Forests and Mines, Toronto, 1916. N,B.-No unauthorized publication of this notice will be paid for. 48-5 It costs Holland about $3,000,000 11 year to maintain its dikes. .&V}1en'e;v7ai1:;(3;gH2vt7:VaI;l'c;s 23:;-iwnked all ` the food value is reserved. (2. TH.Tr4E1%15{sk6 13, .. A-L` T.-....1.~. 1J`..-.,\..4 \.I I uti- any tender not I the required to n or near the eu_factu1'e the ;paper in the |ljII"I' 1 conditions. L-_.L- J 1;. >-Ag`l|lY"3 [NO (q ompt :0 BUY Ll [:0- mm! Nrmu) of -mhe_Eng1ishman and Merry both] looked up quickly. `Wentworth had dropped an armful of books noisily on `his desk. He `opened the door `which led t6 the sinner oice, passed `throu`uh.`then slammed it sharply -_-yellind him. .llUI'*l-ll! 118 I5 uuncu: ' I -It s the best plan. I supposed- he had fallen pretty low. Low! Merry shrugged his shoulders. I did not know such dives existed as the place where I .found_ him. He had been lying there soaked to the point of insensibility for two weeks. He was `too horrible - "a sight for` the eyes of any woman." ., What an end! exclaimed Os- wald. The man once stood on a pinnacle that many an actor would give half a life-time to win. He had 77 wuau I: u. 1 V Yes. Tlus morning I came to the theatre to get a letter I left in my dressing-room and ran into a police- man who was looking for Alice Volk. I asked him what he wanted. They found a letter addressed to her on small .who was killed last "night down near the bridge. I ve been with the oicer since 10 olclock. - Is there aiiything I can do? No. I ve looked after everything. -But I want your advice on one point. What do you think of not telling her-till he is buried? 11710 _ I.-_L _.I_-. T ....... an.` I ' `riages. 5100 UW,u.lu D ucan. I could not` show up thls mornmg when you phoned," he explained. `-`I have been arranging for 'a fun- eral. It is one of those funerals which have no great string of car- 9! v - v Who s dead? _ George Volk." _ Oswaldelaid down his - pen and stared at Merry. George Volk! When did he drift back .to Amer- i`ca?` - uvr |,,J_A __-__;_ L- 1----.- ......J.l..C..... It. _ v . It is not your society I mean wholly. I object to Miss Paget drop- pim: in here as she-did to-day. Don t hurry, I did not mean that_- T I don t care what you meant. I can make the . change at once. Enoeh s voice was ehurlish. He be- gan to drag volumes from the book- case beside him and heap them upon the top of his- desk. , You made yourself tolerably plain, don t spoil it with politeness. `LL. nulhul Hun vmnnrc f"i`nn1 nim=.nn- [.,.:;;;."';3o'at owners togubiler wuu IUUUCL ua-um. 0swa1d s pen was travelling slowly aeross a sheet _of paper when some one tapped softly at the door. Mer- ry entered. Enoch did not turn his head. The actor [seated himself he- side Oswald s desk. ' ((7 ----IJ ....L` n`n4\Itv nn `Eda vnnrndnrv smoke. . Evidently it is `useless to talk; what passes my understanding is how any man can turn out a woman like your sister to give shelter to Zilla Paget. I hate to say it,_Went- worth, you will` set me down as a cad, but I prefer to have a separate office. I am wxlling to take the lit- the back room, or you can. One -suits me as well as the other. uI'I-;_L..:...1.. 7 TITnnuynv-*1! 109710!" `tn -suns me as` wen an um uuuw. ` ` Certainly. Wentworth leaped to alhis feet alertly. I 11 change at `ne-o. I d hate to thrust my society .upon anyone who does not care for 7! 1t. . 1 YA. :.. ....t .-.n~.- cnniofv T mean II W.lLIl pullbcucaa. -He pulled the papers from pigeon- holes in his desk andtossed them about in loose piles, droppingsome in the waste basket and bundling others together with rubber bands. I`.-.-u.v.":] n v\n11 anon +FQ\7D]l;n(Y Qln7l\' lcl ' Nobody seems to know anything about him. -It s a mercy, though; it sets. Alice free. . D 1111' 1') AL- J__I__ nan ._..L..,`l 1... C|:B- IIJIUU 1.1 CC. How did she take it-'! asked the Englishman quickly. . .; `.`I haven t told her vet. . Where did he die? The last time you heard. of him was in England, ..-wash t it? 1:17,; l'l!I,2_ _.______:___,_ T ,______ ;,_ `kn `More than one summer show %ad$;)egun to blazon an alluring sign over: the door of a Broadway `theatre `before The House of Esterbrook closed its season. The fame of the play had gone abroa.d through the country. and night after night, long after the residence part of New York showed a labyrinth of boarded fros, every seat in the Gotham. wa' .o_1d before the curtain went up. The house was packed to the roof `on the night the play closed. It was _`-the middle of June and the city had grown uncomfortably hot. Went- _wortl1 hadyspent a restless day. It }`5seemed to him as if the -air was l- led with anticipation." He overheard ~ the_-Breen s discuss; their plans for :1 the summer .in a Maine `camp. Julie .-Volk -had approached him, half shy, halfjeagrentto tell of a shore cottage .- where they were to stay with Dorcas .7 `until the season opened. Telc2'1'ams . -came and Went, everyone i- he ` theaterthad plans` except hixn. lf. ;He yfel.t -forsaken and isolated amid _;;tlie.{exc.itement "of a: closing night. _ He fllad.-`ho ties --y-n'ot a. human being: car- _...Whetl_1_`er_ he came or went. There W%S-_.;a`-~houseg-.-he' held] the title deeds I_l:"}t5; h :::_]iaid taxes and hired ser- .1,1.ts;.'toA`care for it--but it was not 03I'-`1.i;"()nly `a year ago the `three `.a.}! 4 illifidi-;2f0De holislayingr as care- "Snm_mer. J1 - I- 1 .- 'lAd_1_'fen.` Ages. had passed guns. `xqap muulller. Hje,'wandered about the theater in ,ml`_e s_T__'s,,j unseeing - fashion; The EiAY; iicmlfismn 28:"'j116 Ill? IIVKI` ab-Agvncy E`! CHAPTER XXIV The Yellow Envelope jarred" upon `his ii1m9st- nerves. He stood `watching the throng when sud- denly he wondered how he should meet tomorrow and every tomorrow of a long, lonely, inactive summer. Dre"-'l\~IvI| ikn nnrf-urn +`nll nn fhn lnef. 01 u V 1U11`g, |uuc1_y , Luau v: v u auquauu: u Before the curtain fell on the -last act he strolled through the darkened house and opened a narrow door he- hind the lower boxes. - A `few shad- owed steps led" to the stage. A man -stood inside with his ngers moving stage with light or shadow. Went- worth pushedpast him and walked. swiftly behind the drops until he reached a corner which was com- paratively deserted. He stood inside a wing watching the company take their curtains calls. Last of all came Merry, alone. The insistent ap- plause importuned a speech. Went- worth smiled grimly._ Andrew s one terror was a speech. He saw the actor glance about him appealingly, then. his eyes signalled to the man who controlled the curtain; It be- gan to descend with quiet delibera- tion. Merry paused for amoment, over the buttons, which flooded the i then -he. came back; `I, I9 `I I, IIIICII II`; \J(lIII\) IJIQ\JK\0 _ Ladies and gentlemen, he be- gan, I had hoped- ' 1174.21,. '\XTnn4.nn-..H.. l\`I\l\t` I:L~"nv1;I1ur all, J. lII1\l ll\l}J\a\I7" .W'hile Wentworth stood listening curtain didnot stop. He turned and whispered a command to the stage- hand who stood beside him. `The man s face was deathly white, he looked paralyzed with terror. In a second Enoch realized that some thing in the machinery had lost its grip. The house had grown still, while Merry stood smiling and talk-. `he wondered why the descent of the `ing in his nonchalant fashion. A _young man with a gleaming` expanse and set" his foot on the railing, pre- paring to climb over the stage. A of shirt front rose from a lower box. woman stood beside him clasping her. hands and` staring at Merry with horror stricken eyes. `Her face grew as white as the lace robe she wore. Then she shrieked a longshivering cry of terror. Enoch sprang toward the footlights with one `swift. leap, holding his arm over his head as if to ward off the heavy curtain which was still descending. He seized Merry with a desperate grip and tos- sed the actor far back on the stage, then he fell with the pondcrons. cur- tain across h_is inert body. His clos- ed, eyes were facing the glare of the footlights. nrsmnnrv nnfl `Inns-xv in n uII1:`.+ vnn_ ivScd`irieliddfx; led her away. In a daz- ed fashion she knew that Alice Volk bathed her face and braided her hair into two long strands and changed her stage gown for a soft kimona. Then Merry took her hand and she followed him into the library. She lay down upon the couch feeling as if every nerve in her body had an ear and it -was listening. Thehouse was` perfectly still. Once in her mind `she "used that phrase, Still as death. Afterwards. she fell into a shivering t; the tears came andshe sobbed so ercely that the" agony seemed to tearat her throat.- From a shadowy corner near the reside Merry rose and crept across` the room. He dropped on his knees beside her and soothed her without a word, as one broods over an un- happy child. The warm grip in which he held her hand between his- own gave her courage and hope. She rose to her feet and he led her to the win- dod where she sat down and looked out into the dark, quiet" square.` Out of her memory rose the thought of an early morning--it `was only a year ago-when she had seen _ Merry for the first time, stretched list-lessly on the park bench, with a gray, thin fog occafsionally blotting, him from her sight. It wa.s here, too, she had sat watching-children sculc through wind-blown. leaves, while she heard her brother read the manuscript of The House of Esterbrook. Mer- ry. sat silent at her side until the nunse entered the room. S 111:" Irv I :1 99 1 , __:J Dorcas and Merry, in >a swift mo~ to ',_ reached the L Waverley Place lb 0 -before the ambulance, and a l lllllllllillo IJII , ,1 CIIUIICKI I/III? IV KDVK/A IL. .I ll.A\a\. h anda famous surgeon came close at their heels. When the operation. was over they laid Wentworth upon his own bed} The surgeon stood looking down on the unconscious face. Blood was we-1ling- slowly from the wound on his forehead and made a wide sta-in upon the snowy bandage. The man turned to look, at Dorcas: her make-up lay in smudgcs upon her face and s_he wore the blue cotton gown which belonged to Cordelia in the last_.act; hcr ngers clenched each other; while she turned an im- ploring gaze to the quiet face" ofthe surgeon. I 7 ` I, __,, __-L 99 I _ __LZ.. I+:n'\(| DUI FQCUIIQ `fl do not know--yet, he whis- pered, answering the question in her` eyes; it is too soon to tell. He liv- ed through it, and it is one of -those operations when the patient does not always live. Qnwnnluuluv Ina-I Inn nun-:11 In a riot)- IIIIJLDC ULIIJCICU I/III: l.\JUllLn ` `Miss Wentworth, she said, "`Dr. Mowbray wants you. Your [brother has been conscious for. a. few minutes. He cannot speak, but he wants something. Will you come? 'l`1.n.. -pnllnnqnil J-Ln `.uun~mnu'.n111;"-`I-`Iv 'V(1Il_UD DUlllC|:lLlll;.',u VV ll]. JUU UUHICI They followed the `Woman swiftly. En'och s eyes sought hers with pit- eouse pleading A ' which ' . was almost agony. . She bent to kiss him. His gaze travelled to ' Merry and the agony seemed to change to peace.` vn11 onuvntl `n:n I:-EA l2`......L (`kn lhE..\Ill`Y occnucu I./U uua-usu DU 1JUa\2Co _ ,YouTsaved his life Enoch. she whispered. - A...J....... 1..:.1 1.:.. 2-..--- ;..-_u-- .-... I4 ' ;&::(i rev`;. laid his ngers gently up-. on -the Inerveless` hand which rested "outside the sheet. The eyes of the -two met; in those of one was 9.-mute prayer for forgiveness, in the oth- _er s shone gratitude and the old at`- fection grown steadfast." 1:'......1.r.. 1:..--. .....---.1 `lJ'.~ _.-; 4.... avvvzuu sxuvvu BIaCI\l.I.In . Enoch s l1ps' moved.` He. was try-' m "to s eak. Dorcas lead her ear 8 _ 7 [close to his mouth. . !< tr- .__W__;_ no u "-- - "| I I./I-\l9I.'I UV IIIE Llluubuo _ . ' He .wants his keys, she sand jqu1ck1y.- T 'I|... ........ .. l_.m. `LL- L.H,1_-J, ,,;:I L.. \.lu1ulsIJ o b The nurse left the bedside and re.- .1 turnd--wit}1;.a__ hunglnl fVo`f_ L-sn_1;g1AI.-`klays( `strhnghn a steel ringf Dorcas laidi them in` her brother s hand. It" was pitifully inert. She `lifted them and ran `them through her` fingers, one by one, as a Catholic tells her beads in a rosary. Her gaze was xed upon his eager eyes. When she touch- ed a shining brass key a gleam of re- lief shone in the man s' beseeching eyes. She rose to her feet. (`TL .211 A... .-.J- ........-. 'lS`--,...L ......] Jvuu -The doctor followed Merry and Dorcas to the'door. Don t come back unless I send for you. The exertion has been too much for him. ' ` si;-nmhonthyn , nltivate 50 , :1 `Ann; VJ DD: K1111!) I KICK} IIIJ IIC1 LCC U0 `fIt will go at once, Enoch, and nd it. I shall know What you want, whatever it is, and will bring it to 2 9 you. ` rm... .1..,.L.... 4.*..n.....,.,1 1r....-... ....,: This is thekey to 11 small drawl er in Enochis desk, explained the girl. I can probably guess what he wants; I ought to show it to him. If his mind is set onisometliingr he will sleep quietly when he knows. I have foundit. ([7 II `-(0 `I `I Olkvll CCDJII IJIIC \l\I\./II\J.l I A Merry walked to the window and stared vaguely into the darkness. A little clock on the mantel struck three. Once he looked over his shoulder at Dorcas. He. could hear the crackle of stiff paper as she un- folded a few long`, narrow sheets which weretied in a thin bundle. 1 1'1 ' `I Jlu v\. AuuA1\l .Avo I will call you if sleep, said -the doctor. ' 11......" .....n...,1 4.... n... VV.Ill\4ll VYDAKJ blliu All (I (111111 Illlll\Al\:a I have found Enoch s will and a number of business papers. Herel are his,bank-books and the contract with Oswald for the play. There are bonds and things of that sort'-things I do not understand. I imagine, the girl`s voice `broke into a sob, it must be the will he wants. (To be continued) Toronto, December 19-Two cab- .net changes of .far-reaching import- iance were announced by Premier Hearst this afternoon. The first is that the Premier himself will take over the. portfolio of Agriculture rendered vacant bythe death of Hon; Jas. S. Duff; the second that Hon. W. J 4 Hanna has resig'ned as Provin- cial Secretary through pressure of private business and YV. D. McPher- son, member -for Northwest Toronto, has been appoiiited as head of this Department. ` ` T..- J-..'ly2... nn...~..y.."l n`l\n.....n AL` 411. .,.. P... .....-.... In` takin;:pe1'sonal cliarge of the Department of e Agriculture at this time the Premier recognizes the im- portance of this department in view of conditions produced by the war, and the. necessity for all sections of the community bending every effort not only to assist. in placing men on the firing line but in maintaining production at home and encouraging thrift. Special study will be paid, -to the problem of successfully plac- ing returned soldierson the land, and this `work will be assigned" to Profes- sor Geo. C. Creelman of the Ontario Agricultural College who will have the assistance of such other experts as may be necessary." It. is also the intention to coordinate the work that has been carried on for several years at the various institutions under the Provincial Secretary s Department and the Department of Lands and Forests and. making this available for; the whole Province. 1 1'7 , 1- It JUL DIIU WIIUIU 1lUVlL1UCo I Hon. W. J. Hanna leaves his die-[ partmenthwith a splendid record of achievement in connection with pris- on reform and the care of the feeble minded, and the new minister will bringwith him a capacity for public service demonstrated as Chairman of the Soldiers- Aid Commission. Under and by virigue` of the Powers of Salein two certagh mortgages up- on which default h'as"been made and I which will be prod, ed at the time `of sale, there will [bl ffered for sale key, Esq, Auctionec, at the New by Public Auction 1) "WV. A. McC.on'-I Barrie .Hous_e, in tho Town of Bar- rie, on Saturday, _e 30th day of December, 1916,_ at elve o clock, noon, the following: ' perty, viz:- `ALL AND SINGU AR those c e1'~ ILJJJJ ILLVJJ lJ.l.$V\.l_Li.lJ1.llI huuau hyl` tain pa1'cels__or tra of land and premises -situate lyi ,_ and being in the Townshipof Oro'_'=. n the County of Simcoe and Provige of `Ontario containing one hund. acres more or less .and being co"; osed. of the West half of the Eas ,half of Lot Number Five in the ifth Conces- sion and -the East lialgfmf the West half of said Lot Nu er Five in! the Fifth Concession `B the said Township of Oro, exed ting there- out the South \Vest po ion thereof, belonging to the" Re` 1" Baptist Church having a fron e of two chains on the Concessio` Road and a. depth of three cha.ins_ containing three-fths of an acre. :6} 1'7 :1 , _,_______,;___ _-_ _;_1 L_ 1_,_ apply DU , -- - ALEXANDER OOWAN, , . ` V Mortgage s Solicitor,` 50-52 _ 1 j . _ rBa.rrie, Ont. Di1ted.at`?Barrietl1is13th day of mbef 1916: -.}"`, ; 4 _. D. Of Valuable Farm Property in- the Township of Oro, in the Coun- ty of Simcoe ' Upon the property is zid to be erected ialicomfortable fgme house, frame barn and stable an there is a- good well of spring Wateand a cis- tern. There .-is also said o'be about six acres of fall Wheat a ten -acres of rye now in the groun and about ve acres `of fall` ploug ng done. 7'l1.._........'. J1"-.. -.4-.. ..n-nJ- SAP ~l-Ln yuan}. fl.".`17`e17;11sU`: ~'1'$n LEE} ?;} 1i`t _7` ig:`V5t11eaw`;:{1r-' chase `money shall be pzd to Mort- ovam-.e g .en]i0.if.nr nn the av of sale Guam: xuuucy auau. uc yqgu. DU .LuuLo- gagee s "solicitor on the jtlay of sale and the balance withinfthirty days; thereafter, without intefest. Thereiwillbe 9. reserired bid. .For further terms and "conditions, I apply At A 1 17`?.A xrnwp A `.+ ONTARIO CABINET CHANGES idicrtgage Sale itonrnnnn ADVANCE he does not ' `cm. PEARSON } DESCRIBES womc. xkepn Vtulu Capt. Pearson Wasted little time` in introductory ren'1a1`ks but launch-1 ed into his subjectiand for an hour` and a-haIf held the close attention of his audience. He gave a vivid description of the first gas attaek,I describing how civilians refused to] leave their homes until pursiied by the Germans, when many died by the wayside, being unable to st1'u_ gled further onward. The world had never seen a more heroic stand than that made by the Canadians during that ni_r__:ht of horror when the gas was sent across the lines for the` first time. The boys had gone for-_ Ward with the steadiness of Cold- stream Guards. ` I` The `Y _ provides rofroshn1entsl "without charge to the wounded, but a. charge was made for an_vthing_r supplied the others except noto- paper. . . ' Last week We gave but a short ac- countrof the interesting talk by Capt. Pearson in the opera house last] week, when to a crowded house he narrated the work done by the Y. amongst the soldiers at the front.` IV . `rm . I :I`hey tried ' to have something ready for the boys when they came . from the trenches, and a broken bat- talion was one of the most pathetic.| sights a human eye could look upon. Cow barns,-pig sties and places in` which we would not keep our horses in Canada made homes for the boys at the front. ' The-'campssin thc_sout11 of Eng- [ land were now well equipped with the Y.M.C.A. refreshment huts and oth- er amusements for then men. `I J Cl azu IAQULIICII VD LVJL UIIL lllbllo I Capt. Pearson was rst loaned to the British Government to inquire into and try and remedy the social life of the British troops whose base was at Rouen. The French people were making many efforts to enter- tain the British in that great city where Joan of Arc was burned and where the English kings had once had residence. This excessive hos- pitality was having a. `deteriorating effect on the condition of the men and Y_.M.C.A. branches were opened there to offset it, and were most sue- cessful from their inception, so much so that the British War.Oice donat- ed 15,000 for the extension` of the work to other centres where British troops were stationed. 1 I 1' A P,,,-, X7.-. -.vvr.... W--- ..__.__-_ -7, Just a short distance from Ypres, where all is now ruin,.the Y.M.C.A. bad abut back about 2% miles from the ring line. Aroundthis build- ing the men of the. first division used to besport themselves at foot- ball and baseball `in supposed com- parative safety and from this build- :..n. l'\hr1 $1.n )*')v..'l A`. 1170C pillul/IVU au.cu_y auu JJUJII plus uuanu ing on the 22nd of April, 1915 was seen the retreat of the French Mor- rocan soldiers and. artille1'_v after the first gas attack launched by the Huns. It was about 5. p.m. that a man called the attention of those present to a brown cloud rising over a little wood some distance away, but of course it was some time be-. fore the nature of it was found out. The darkness and confusion increas- ed, Ypreswas again shelled, the civ- ilian population eame down the road past the huts in all manner of con- veyarnees, walkin blind- ly and some even were being: remov- ed inswheel-barrows. All were car- rying: some articles of apparel or other personal beloiigz-i112's and the scene was one never to` be Aforgotten; The road was blocked to transport, and the general scene was one of ut- most confusion. 1,, A German air craft flew over our Hines very low. and dropped their` red and green lights to give the en- emy'artill_ery the range of this par- ticular road and this was shelled. ,addin_2 to the scene `of horror and confusion; There was nothit;g"be-, tween them and the enemy at that" `moment but a, few pieces of A artillery.` 1' n 1\ _-.. _ . --_-_J_ Late; i.;{ as*gi.t"7capt.* Vliiarson `with 20 men was on duty at the. cross .upTand in answer _ t9_' the, query, 1 goes; the1e_2_?_. w _ gated _, they roads when aj body of troops came x of Y. M. C. _at the Front The Advance is read in the best homes in Barrie and vicinity weekly; these readers patronize Barrie Stores. To get this business advertise in the Advance. AD VER T ISIN G in its highest sense is the creation of. a new want and providing the means with which to apply that want. The aim of advertising is not to spread thename of a rm so much as to get business for that firm. The ad. that counts is the one that makes the luxuries of to-day the necessities of to-morrow. A great many people advertise as they give to charity--merely to get rid of the solicitor. Then the advertiser says it doesn't pay and when done in that spirit it does not. Ad- vertisersimust put brain and selling force into their copy, and when this is done they nd that advertising is not an expense, but the Quest kind of an investment. -5. C. Dobbs, past president Associated Advertising Clubs of America. n , . - . - I W , D They came up as steady as veter- ans and went out into the fury of that battle and what they did "and faced that night will" never be ade- quately told. Their conduct in those trying days was such as to place them with the world s finest troops. `They saved a situation f1'a11e,'l1t with possibilities of the most dire kind. and no praise is too great. All that night the staff of the Y-hut, augineimted by the chap lllains and a few assistants, served hot tea and `sandwiches to` the wounded men coining from the scene '01 ea1'na_qe. I i I One oieer, sorely wounded. came. along, and, when offered assitance, asked them to go back.to the corner and help some of his men, who were worse wounded 1that he and when Mr. `Pearson and others went. back they found a number of men helping each other -as best they could-some wounded in the arms, some in the legs and all more or less incapacitat- ed. , They were so busy helping: each other that they forgot their own wounds and this spirit, where small` things are forgotten and all are unit- ing to help carry on the war, is one l)1'i:.:'l1t spot in thepresent st1'11gg'le. An: | After reorganization, necessary` after the sacrices at Ypres. the A Canadians were placed into a flying ; `column for some months when they; landed -at Ploegstaret (Plugstreet, ithe soldiers called it.) This was a lquiet place, situated near the fam- ous wood of that name and had been `held by one regiment--the Northum- berlands---for nine months without loss. On a sign board erected by this regiment was a statement em- bodying this fact, and some wit tacked a notice to this stating that the Canadians had received one wood in good condition. Things like this livened the men up and they needed it. I n `were of the 1st Canadian Bri_:radc (they were of the first and fourth Battns.) _:roin_:: up to almost (-icrtain -death to take "over the line vaatod [by the Fre'nc-h_. and they did it. Other incidents were spoken of,` showing the lighter side of warfare, all of which tended to cheer the men and they needed it. Stories of all kinds particularly humorous, would be recounted in the Y.M.C.A. huts every evening where a musical pro- grammed was usually held also. In closing, the speaker suggested when [sending parcels that tins of cocoa and; soda biscuits should be included, as the latter were foreign to France and England; rocking chairs were also unknown in the for- mer country. Pictures of their child- ren were more appreciated by the men than words can tell, and pic- tures of local places` would also be very acceptable, _as the boys liked to recall what the places at home look like. Pictures of the ground `t, 01.' of '