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THE DAWN OF YOUNG WOMANHOOD Girls upon The threshold of woman- TiOSa often drift into a decline in spite of all care and attention. Even strong and lively girls become weak, depressed, irritable and listless. It is the dawn of womanhood â€" a crisis in the life of every girl â€" and prompt measures should be taken to keep the blood pure and rich with the red tint of health. If the body is not in a. healthy condition at this critical stage, grave disorders may result, and future life become a burden. Deadly con- sumption often follows this crisis in the lives of young women. Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills have saved thousands of young girls from what might have been life-long invalidism or early death. They are a blood-builder of unequalled merit, strengthening weak nerves and producing a liberal supply of rich, red blood, which every girl needs to sustain her strength. Over and over again Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have proved their value to women and girls whose health was failing. Miss Jennie Gereau, St. Jer- ome, Que., says: "At the age of eighteen my health was completely shattered; I was suffering from anaemia with all its attendant evils. The trouble forced me to leave school. I suffered from headaches, was tired and breathless at the least exertion. I had no appetite, and my face and lips were literally bloodless. A good friend advised the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and thanks to this great medicine I am again enjoying good health, with- a good appetite, good color and a spirit of energy." Every anaemic girl can be made well and strong through the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. IH^ GARRISOilG OF EGYPT DOMINION OF CANADA TROOPS ARE THERE. SIR JOHN SIMON. Youngest Man in British Coalition Government. Hardly 9»y barrister in Great Bri- tain has attained such a high distinc- tion at so early an age as Sir John Simon, who had represented the I Crown in most of the sensational j cases tried at the Old Bailey, and who i at. the age of forty-one is Home Sec- retary in the British Coalition Gov- trnment. When he was appointed Solicitor- General, in 1910, Sir John was only thirty-seven years of age, and such i was his reputation in the legal world j that at that time he held retainers i from almost every railway company | in the country â€" a unique record. Three years later he stepped into the place of Attorney-General, and thus became head of the English Bar, ; >^» proud position won, in the way ^qglishmen like to see honors won, ' aygVi^ct ability an d hard work; for' Sir John simon is^tllt "Son of a Con- | ^egational minister, and owes noth- I Ing to birth and influence. j Sir John, however, holds a some- what humorous view of his profession, judging by the remarks he made when j entertained a few months ago by the Manchester Law Students' Society. Although, on account of his taciturn- ity. Sir John has often been referred to by his friends as "Silent Simon," the description only partly fits, for when the use of the tongue is neces- sary. Sir John can use it with won- derful effect. He was induced, too, on one occa- sion, to recall some reminiscenses of his youthful days. "My first political , recollection," he remarked, "is of \ something that occu rred â€" I think it ; was In 1878 â€" -when I wis a very small ; boy going to a dame's school at Moss j Side, Manchester. I remember well j going out of the gate of the little \ house where my father lived then, I and as I went out, carrying my sat- ; chel to school, one of his friends came running down the street waving a newspaper and shouting something to my father. I think it was about one of the first speeches Mr. Gladstone ' made in the early days of his Mid- lothian campaign, and I heard my > mother calling me back because I was wearing a blue tie. I can see her little figure running upstairs and run- ' ning down again with a red ribbon i which she tied around my neck." I In the House there is no more popu- j lar man than Sir John Simon. He en- ' joys the liking of both sides in poli- i tics, which is not always possible to a politician of such keen intellect and j high debating powers as himself. He has never been known to lose his tern- 1 per, and the fact that in one great . trial in which he appeared the jury , of ter five days were as closely inter- 1 estcd in the details of the case as they , were in the opening day was striking testimony to his power of holding at- tention. GUARD BABY'S HEALTH IN THE SUMMER The surrfmor months are the most < lanlKrous to children. The complaints ' of that season, which aro cholera in- ' fnntum, colic, diarrhoea and dysentry, .*ome on so quickly tKR often a little yne is beyond aid before the mother i realizes he is ill. The mother must ; be on ^her guanl to prevent these i troubles, or if they do come on sud- ! .ienly, to cure them. No other medi- ' cine is of such aid to mothers during ] hot weather as is Baby's Own Tab- lets. They regulate the stomach and bowels and are absolutely safe. Sold Sy medicine dealers or by mail at 25 ;ents a box from The Dr. Williams' Ucdicine Co., Brockville, Ont Forces From Australia, New Ze*-| land. Their Life, Pay and | Bearing. | Writing regarding the life of the British troops in Egypt, the London Times' correspondent at Cairo, fur- nishes an interesting sketch of war time, recreation and organization of the Dominion contingent here. He says: j To soldiers and to civilians inter- â-  ested in the question of national de- fence the organization of the Austra- lasian expeditionary forces now sta- tioned in Egypt is well worth study. The grreat war caught the .Australian' Commonwealth and the Dominion of New Zealand, not, indeed, unpre- pared, but in a period of military transition from a system under which the adult citizen troops were raised by vountary enlistment on a paid militia basis to one of universal compulsory service on militia lines. ' During this period the "Trainees," that is, members of the adult citizen force raised on the new compulsory basis' who have passed through their recruits' course, have to be supple- mented by the existing militia forcec' Thus in Australia, where service in the citizen army begins at the age of 1, no recruits under the universal compulsory service scheme, which came into force on January 1, 1911,: could enter the citizen army before ' July 1, 1912, and when Great Britain declared war on Germany there were only two "Trainee" classes, those of 1912-1913 and 1913-1914, the second of which had only just completed its recruit training in the ranks. The ' balance of the Australasian forces was composed of the small profes-; sional permanent forces, the militia, to be gradually succeeded by the new compulsory trained troops and «er-j tain volunteer units. Antipodean Problems. - The problem set to the military authorities of the Dominion and of the Commonwealth was, therefore, to form a volunteer expeditionary force as far as possible on the basis of the existing organization. In New Zealand the Government has not been able to apply the new compulsory system as strictly as did the .Austra- lian military authorities, but when it was stopped it retained a relatively . larger number of men beforce in; the new Territorial or adult citizen army. It was thus able to form an ex- peditionary force containing a some- what larger proportion of trained men than did the Australian conting- ent. The staff of the New Zealand force also contained a relatively larger number of Imperial officers. The organization of the force pre- serves its connection with the exist- , ing citizen army with remarkable ' thoroughness. It has not been pos- ; sible for the .Australian military au- thorities to foiTi so close a connec-' tion between the adult citizen force and the expeditionary troops. The Territorial principle has been follow- ed so far as recruiting is concerned, whenever this has been possible. i Officers and Men. Of the officers now in Egypt a very large majority have been pre- viously trained in the militia. The remainder consist of Imperial offi- cers attached to the Colonial forces, officers' of the permanent forces who are as essentially "professional" as, are those of the British or Indian^ armies, and finally, a group of young officers from the "West Point" of' the Dominion and the Common- wealth, the Royal Military College of Australia at Duntroon. i .All sorts and conditions of men are to be found in the ranks of the con- tingents. There are shepherds and cattle men, owners of large estates, professional and business men, work- men and shopkeepers. The majority of the Australian infantry of the first contingent are urban, though a new contingent is largely composed of countryfolk. The mounted troops are mostly country men, and include a large number of "bushmen," many of whom have come from the "back of beyond" to offer their ser\-ices to the Empire. The rural element is more numerous among the New Zealanders. Most of the men are of British and Irish origin. There are a small number who claim German descent, the sons •r grandsons of German settlers, in whom their Brit- .Australian chiefs and comrades have full confidence. | Pay is high â€" from a minimum of one dollar a day in the case of the New Zealander to one and a quarter | among the Australians. At present, | however, the rank and file do not receive more than 50 cents a day,' and the balance will be received by them in a lump sum when the cam- paign is over. .A large number of the men have considerable private means. Twenty years is the mini- mum age limit of the New Zealand- ers, 19 among the .Australians. Their physique is admirable. The mini- mum height accepted is 6 ft. 4 in., but the average of many battalions is at least 6 ft. 7 in., and men of 6 ft. and over abound in every corps. Long-legged, broad-shouldered, and deep-chested, they carry no super- fluous flesh, and move lithely and rapidly. To their physical advantages they join exceptional quickness and irrtelligence. Their Ufe Off Duty. \The relations between the conting- •nts ar« very satisfactory. The treqamt boxing contests in aid of sick and wounded soldiers are large- ly attended, fairly and pluckily fought, and unmarked by "scenes." City and provincial champions and runners-up of all weights, amateur and professional, abound among them, and Cairo is consequently be- coming quite a pugilistic centre. There is plenty of friendly rivalry, and amusing chaff is sometimes ex- changed between troops from the cattle-raising districts and those from the sheep country, who, from time to time, when other arg:ument fails, "moo" or bleat at one another to e.xpress their conviction that their own occupation is infinitely superior to that of their rivals. "The races held two or three times a month at the Khedival Sporting Club attract the majority of those who have leave from camp, while their gymkhanas are well worth watching by all who admire good horsemanship. Steps have been taken to supply the troops with wholesome lecreation, reading rooms, a cafe, cinema shows and the like, and the New Zealand- ers have been conceded a "wet" canteen. The troops are frankly im- pressed with Cairo as a city, and are agreeably surprised with the climate of Egypt. They "expected a crematorium," as one of them recent- ly wrote, and found a sanatorium in- stead. As far as material goes no Colonial force has been better equipped. The New Zealanders are well supplied, but the equipment of the .Australians is perfection and surpasses that of most regrular armies. Their medical equipment is superlatively good and a large corps of nursing sisters, smartly uniformed in dove grey with red shawl, has reached Cairo and will probably be reinforced in the near future. The horses are ex- cellent and the veterinary service is extremely efficient. The Ceylon Contingent. The Ceylon conting^ent which has been in Cairo since October, is a' very well trained and smart body of infantry, composed mainly of young plaaters, men of some fortune in most cases, and in all of good education and extraction. A number of its mem- bers have been given commissiotui in. the Indian .Army Reser\-e of Officers, while the remainder are at present attached to the New Zealand con- tingent. * j A THRILLI.NG AERIAL DUEL. | French Machine Defeats a German Taube. Among the many stories of aerial' adventure grrowing out of the war, one of the best is told by Frederick A. Talbot, in The World's Work for June, in a comprehensive survey of the advance in aviation. The hero is an -American aviator, Frederick C. Hild, a volunteer serving in the French .A\-iation Corps. One day he was aloft upon a re- connaissance. The weather was cloudy, so that glimpses of what was transpiring on the hostile territory be- neath could only be obtained through rifts in the banks of vapor. While careering through one of these open spaces he caught sight of a Taube, and, his machine being fleet, he in- stantly gave chase. The Taube turn- ed, and made for the cover of a bank of clouds, with Hild in hot pursuit. The latter worked his machine up to ninety miles an hour, and was just about to dive into the cover when a German biplane was seen emerging from the cloud. The latter showed no disposition to run. It was arme<l with a machine gun, while the pilot and observer were well equipped with Mauser rifles and pistols. .A hot fire w^ concentrated upon Hild and his machine. The .American aviator was caught at a disaiKantage, because the attack was unexpected and for the reason that the German machine had the comriianding position manoeuvring immediately over the French aero- plane. This diversion precipitatetl another denouement. The Taube which had | dived into the bank of cloud, ascer- taining that it was reinforced, now turned round and showed fight. Hild was caught between two fires. The Taube was intent upon ramming him, while Hild was exposed to a hot fire. He returned the latter spiritedly, but was threatened! by the Taube. There was only one possible means of es- cape â€" to dive vertically towards the ground. Without a moment's hesita- tion he jammed his elevating lever hard over. The aeroplane quivered and then answered her helm so com- pletely that an involuntary looping of the loop appeared imminent. It was a thrilling "nose-ending" ; dive, the machine being so- vertical in its descent that Hild and his observer had to stand, leaning backwards, frijm which precarious position he let drive a final series of quick shots. The dive ' was so precipitate and vertical that I the German aviators ceased firing, thinking that they had sent the French monoplane to its last account and that it would give a final exhibi- tion of ploughing. But after a verti- cal dive of a thousand feet, Hild re-i gained control of the aeroplane, eased the descent, regained the horizontal plane and immediately started to | climb with all the speed he could mus- j ,ter. I i The German machines, realizing! that they had been tricked, resumed I the pursuit, but HUd now held the ad- [ vantage. The speed of his machine ; proved invaluable. The Taube start- ed a hot chase, but gave it up directly it saw that Hild had regained his ori- ginal altitude and was quite prepared to resume fighting uperations. The Taube turned and flew for its life,i but Hild had his report to give to his! commander, so he abandoned attempt- ing pursuit and returned to his own lines. ^ i .\o?a Scotia Case of Interest to Ail Womeo Halifax Sends Out a Message of Help ' to Many People. Halifax, N.S., December 15. â€" When inter\-iewed at her home at 194 .Argyle . St, Mrs. Haverstock was quite willing to talk of her peculiarly unfortunate case. "I was always 'blue' and de- pressed, felt weak, languid and utterly unfit for any work. My stomach was : so disordereid that I had no appetite, i Wliat I did eat disagreed. I suffered ' greatly from dizziness and sick head- ache and feared a nerous breakdown. Upon my drugg^ist's recommendation I used Dr. Hamilton's Pills. "I felt better at once. Every day I improved. 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"There is no cause," said Registrar, And laughed aloud with glee; "A Jessel's wit has despatched them all; I can call no cause for thee." The King's Bench judges are rapid- ly getting into the same position, says ! the London Globe. They started their ' sittings this week with only thirty- ! five jury actions in their lists, and ; they have disposed of them all. If â-  that nation is happy which has no liti- ! gation the war promises to secure for us at least this measure of bliss. . * j CRUSOE IN 33 LANGUAGES. ' WEA.R EVEBY AM BECREATIi iSOLO BV ALL GOOP SBOC BrAIF»!t wjKN BY rmr j^g^^iBEK or the E4.Mgr ; LET GERMANS COME OIT. British Naval ELxpert Replies to Criticism of Fleet. Commander Cariyon Beilairs, the grreat British naval expert, replied to the recent criticism of the British na\-y appearing in .American news- papers suggesting that the na\-y might try a little initiative occasion,- ally, sending, submarines to Cux- haven. Kiel and Heligoland. Com- mander Beilairs said: â€" "The man who wrote that ought to procure a scale chart and study it for a few minutes with an .American naval officer at his elbow. Then he might learn quite a lot. Cuxhaven and Kiel are hidden away behind miles of heavily mined sand banks, as well as breakwaters. At Heligo- land there are only a few German torpedo boats and submarines. In naval warfare one goes by -probabili- ties, not possibilities. The British submarine wouldn't have one chance j in a million of getting behind the stone walls where the Germans hide ' their fleet. I "It is not a question of initiative. ' What our submarines have done scouting - around Heligoland and around the Dardanelles proves this. It is just a question of common-sense tactics. 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