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Y. THE MOTHERS (By. Maurice Maeterlinek) Few more understanding things have been written during the war than the fol- Imving whieh appeared in*the London Mail under the title of 'The Mozhers," by Maurice Macterlinck: : It is they who bear the main burden of suliering in this. wir: In our. streets and open spaces and all slong the roads, in our churches, "in our towgs und villages, in every, house, we ome inito contuet with mothers who. have Jost their gons or are Jiving'insan anguish more cruel than the certuifity of death 'Letvus try to understand their loss.They know what it reais, but they do not tell the men. Thrir son is taken from them at the fairest moment of bis life, when their o i is in its decline. 'When a child "dies in in- fancy it is as though his soul had hardly gone, a8 though it were lingering neat the mother who brought it into the-wotld a- waiting thestime when if-may return in a new form. cradle is, not the same which now spreads terror over the earth; but a sort who dies at the nge of-twenty does not}come back * again nfl leaves not -a gleanr of hope he: hind" him. - He carries: sway with him all 'the future that 'his mother had remaining to her, all that she gave to hini and. all his. promise: the pangs, anguish, and-smiles of birth and childhood, the joys of youth, the yeward and the' harvest. of riaturity. He carries away with-him something much more than himself; it is not his life only that comes it.is numberiess days that finish suddenly, a}whole gensration that becomes extinct, a long series of faces, of little fondling hands, of play and lsughter, all stage PTET _ work. The death which visita 'the: MF cry ee Sunlight Soap In 'the .washing--for the | A $8,000 guarantes attests the purity of Sunlight Soap. _. | All grocers sell it. of. which fall at one blow on the battle- field, 'bidding farewell' to the. sunshine and re-entering' the earth which' they have ne- ver known. AH this the eyes of wur mothers perceive without understanding; and this is why, at times, the weight, .and. sadness of their glance {ute more than'any of us can bear. And yet they do not weep as the moth- ers wept in former wars. All their sons disappear one by orie, und we-do not hear them complain or moan as in days gone-by whensgreat sufferings; great messacres, sind great catastrophes. were: enwrapped by the clamors and lameniations .of the mothers, They do, no assemble in the public places; they yEiI-at no. one; they. do not -rebel They swallow. their sobs and . stifle their teurs, as though obeying & command' which they have passed from one: to the-other, unknown. to the men. --We do not know what it is that sustains them 'and. gives them the strength to bear the remnant of their lives, Some of them have other children, and we can understand that they transfer to them the love and the future which death. has shattered, Many of them have never lost or . are striving to regover their faith in. the eter- nal prontisesf and here, again, Wwe can. un- derstand that they do not' despair, for the mothers, of the marers did" not despair either," But thousands of others, whose homes sre forever deserted and whose sky is peopled by none but pale phantoms, re- | tain the same hope "ts those who keep on | hoping. f | What ives them this courage which as- tonishes 'our eyes? When the best, the | most compassionate, the wisest among us meet one! of these. mothers: who hax just steal'hily wiped her. eyes so that the sight | of her unhappiness may not offend. others ' Dl whfyare happier, ban Wty seek for sorde| Eevicy was one' of my days at, the Woe in the use of Sunlight. is greatly lightened. In the-iron- _ing--for* the -clotheshave suchafresh, sweet air of 'newness. In -the wearing -for the clothes have inherited the: exqui- site purity of Sunlight itself -- and © are clean indeed. raroervoevorrareonensaranancursareooeer dover oaemamiemas ieuiseraameuncrancnsaaess Eatereeenmeersnycememeee ner £ x be ~Bivnesvaenevnevanauevcanaaenrsmatareoceaseo ites Teewpeen Pin The Select Family Hotel Centrally located--Just off Yonge Street ~ ea # per by the length of days but by glory. were in the flesh, and that all-that we lov- ed in'ther Jingers.on in our hearts so long as it is visited by our memory-and revived by our love. | But. even while \they speak they feel the' emptiness' of their 'specch.. 'They are con- | stored jin favor | |. The following sre some extracts from a seious that "all this @\rue only for those whom death has not hubled into the abyss ! where words are nothing than 'child- ish>bubble;-that the most ardent memory cannot take the place of a dear reality which we touch with our hands or lips, and that the most exalted thought! is as no- thing compared. with the daily going out and coming in, 'the faniiliar presence at meals,"the morning and evening kiss, the fond embrace at. the departure and the in- toxicuting delight 'ai the return. 'The 'mothers know und' feel this better than we do; and that is why they do not answer our attempts "at consolation, and why they listen to then} in silence, finding within themselves other reasons for living and hoping than those which. we, vainly » searching the whole horizon of human cer- | tainty und thought, try to bring them from the outside. They resume the burden of 'their: days withoiut tellimg us whence | they derive their strength or teaching .us| the secret of their self-sacrifice, . their res-| ignation, and their heroism. | Wer bread, us made by New York hotels now,ris ax follows: On the basis of « but- ter tub of stale bread and erusts add ten quarts of water ad ten ounes of salt; soak thoroughly, and strain through 'a flour | sieve. For this quantity, 'use about. one- half pound' of yeast and enough flour to! make a xf dough"! . Alregély the swidvieh: crust has been re- ii ood society in some sec- tions, for war time hostesses are déter- mined that no accusation of wastefulness shall be laid at their dining room door. This say serve ax a good example to the member of the family. who persistently. re- fuses to have anything to dQ with crusts, | ni inthe face of the added 'inducement, | will make your hair curly to eat Canucks Enjoy Maple Sugar letter 'received by a lady in town from the wife of-a Canadian. officer 'in England:-- "I do not think» gift ever gave more leasure than the maple sugar you sex me. | 'pital and that dsy I happened to speak to & man who turned out 'to be a Princess! Pat man from Regina. He was such aj big; clean-looking fellow that I asked him} if he would' be, allowed' maple 'sugar. if I! brought sonie. "He assured me 'that he was | quite well und said he would) be shaved! early Tuesday morning and be propped up in bed so that he could watch the door. When I arrived he -was waving his arms| sind 'shouting the whole length of a long ward. He was more than delighted and then' shouted over to's Calgary man, 80 Thad to give a small package tothe lat- | ter and in exchange got the reading of an | Ottawa paper of May 29, 'Then gave some to a man--Jackson from Toronto. Poor fellow, he looked pretty miserable,| +1, but maple sugar seemed to touch the, spot. Then I left a little in another ward for a Carindian whore name-I do not know. He is out and getting around now, but just getting strong enough for another opera- tibn. I think the fellows in the Canadian hospitals get lots of little treats, like ma- ple sugar, etc., but. those who are sent to! other hospitals do not. fare so well. This hospital is "a place that used to be a work- house. Theré ere 600 béds in it and the grounds 'are full of tents and these are full too. The men in our wards-are mostly 'Australians and 8 good many Jocks (Scotehmen}! but only four or five Can- adians. 'The Australians are nice boys' and as a rule are very bright even when they must- be suffering terribly. «Some of the cases are terrible and the very worst 'cases are the ones that the Sisters and doctors want us to take hold of and try 'and get them to, do something. Last week we got hold of a Jock who had. been keeping the whole ward awake at ,nights--just shout- ing and nervous. We got-him started to do some croststitch and it calmed bim so that he sleeps now 'and lets the) others sleep. "Not only does he: do his own stitch but wants the others to, start also... Yes- terday we got-a man who offered to 'knit, as much wodl. as' we.would give him- socks, xweaters, mufflers or anything. Then we had a thin who made a rug and we had a Russian sailor who made two ham. mocks.' There are a lot of Kaffirs in' the tents and.they do all sorte of work, 'Yes- terdsy as we left i 'They are usually sent straight to. France, but if they are sick they are put -off here (a De- feomedy which, although widely imitated, fall' Tottenham, Beeton and Cookstown | ° i jan and Margaret Malcomson received © the following interesting letter with @ picture of the hospital' staff, in an- | swer to notes sent with Red Cross ties, which were crocheted by the two girls: Contances, Le 16 Juin, 1917. Mile, Jeafi Malcomson, Mlle. Margaret Malcomson:--. r i T thank you for your kind thotights and also in behalf of our wounded Frenchmen | in Hospital 121, Contances, for your pret: fy 'neck ties) and for what touches us) most, namely, that~Cansda has always | been French at heart, and that today in this horrible war in, which all, the Allies | will come, out conquerors we can say of| the brave .Canadian' volunteers, who | fought in our ranks, not only was their | heart' in' it but their blood 'shed on the |- field of battle will be an immortal. memory for us | ~ Accept, ladies, also all your family, the friendship of all my wounded snd "their | thanks, Vive le Canada! Vive la France! CAUDRELIER, Major, Volontaire. Militaire H.C. 121, Contances, Manche, France Collier St. Methodist Church had charge of the Shop on Saturday, July 28, - Net receipts, $54.56, The Soldiers' Aid. will haye charge of the Shop on Saturday, Aug.' 4, and the following Saturday, 'the Congregational Church, Shop Committee this week :--Mrs. Payne, Mrs. "Garvin. t week Mrs, King, Mrs. McMartin Douglas Fairbanks' Picture Manuger Powell of the Grand' Opera House announces his engagement of the | first Douglas Fairbanks picture to be pro- duced for the Arteraft 'Pictures Corpora- tion, "In Agein--Out Again."" Undoubt- edly the most popwlir screen star.' among the male contingent, "Doug" Fairbanks \ immediately. wins the support of anyone who views his work, through stieer person. ality. "The Fairbanks smile is known from coast to coast and his distribution of good cheer, coupled with his unusual type of can never be duplicated, makes him a dis-. tinct figure in the cinema world. Staged under the direction of John Emerson, who is responsible for many of 'Doug's'. for- mer successes, 'In Again--Out Again' Presents just what the. screen most needs, something different, a departure from .the conventional. Little Anita Loos has writ- ten quite s few remarkable vehicles for the. smiling comedian \but those who have al- ready: viewed her latest effort display no hesitation in declaring it her -- crown. achievement. The, scenes of the photoplay are located in and about New Jersey and present # story dealing with the. romantic and spectacular career of a young 'blood who goes through many trials and' tribu- lations to win the girl of his choice, .por- trayed in the -typical Fairbanks style. Strange to say, this young man finds it more difficult to keep 'in jail than out of it, and many surprises are evolved during e course of the story. It is readily felt that this will prove the greatest of. all Fairbanks triumphs on the screen, See it Monday and Tuesday next, Revmion' of Ritchie. Family On Saturday afternoon, July 21, at the home of David: Ritchie, 10th line, Flos, a have taken the' matter in' hand submitting by-laws to 'the. 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Yea, though the shadows of 'destruction e month,: Beeton will) feat und death hang over . my. cowering en-| head, I will fear no evil, for is not my to raise | brother fghting. for. nie. ' His weapons and family reunion wad held in honor of the) $15,900 which sum Ris éetireated will. be} his courage, they comfort: me home-coming of Mrs. Agnes Stuart of Vil- family of 'nine, seven of whom are living, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ritchie came from Dumfried; 'Scotland, in. 1833, and settled in Vaughan township. Ten years later these hartly pioneers came to Flos and er- ected a home, which is.still standing, on the 9th line. + % The surviving members of the family of the late Mr: and Mrs. Wim. Ritchie-are:- Mrs. Mary Dtysd aged 83 years, Elmyale; John /Ritchie, .aged 79, Saurin; D. Ritchie, aged)77, 10th line; Wm, Rit- chie, aged 74, Elmvale; Mrs, Oitilia Tripp, aged 72, Gibson; Mrs. Janet Irwin, aged 70, Elnvale; Mrs. Agnes Stuart, aged 68, Villard, Minnesota, About. seventy-five of the immediate re- Istives were present st' the gatheriig: on Seturdsy "afternoon, among whom were: Isaac Ritchie, Toronto; Mrs. W. 8: Ritchie, widow of Lanée-Corporal Ritchie, who was killed in France last September in the bat- tle 'of Courceletté; Mrs. Thos. Whetham, Winnipeg, and Robert McGrath, Cobalt -- Elmvale Lance. Hydro Family "Growing The Hydro femily will haves humbet of new members from South Simcoe 'by lard; Minnesota, who is the youngest of 8) dere where' iooigeee Votes on the two bylaws on the 30th day} me} faxu: of the present month. endorsed to provide a proper. transmi plant is $9,000. There is no doubt. bu itiously endorse a project to purchase eli tric power. Ros 8 .soon 888 sub-line can be run from Al-- liston end Everett apparently has a large majority' of citizens wanting electricity: but Do move has been made yet to:secure it, My 'friend-in khaki is.my shepherd, I shall not want. He-giaddenth my, heart. He maketh it transmission plant: in good order. i He 'enableth me to prepare' a" plentiful 'Tottenham | table, while-he keepeth my. enemies far from and pleasure attend my way; life never. tasted-'so sweet The sum to, be|the cup of-1 'but jon can enable them' to exped- Rosemont is ready to come in "The Slacker's 23rd. Psalm my ce He spareth me. the evils of By, 4. 2 the "Far more 'effective than Sticky, Fly' Catchers. Clean to handle. Sold by. Druggists and Grocers everywhere.