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June 13 191 S THE F L E S II E R r O N A D V AN C E El iH[ ififiins. Carelnlly Corrected Each Week Butter i.t ^o :<;t EygH, fresh 'Mi i 'Mi Wheat $'_' 25 lo 2 25 Oars '.(0 to ««) Pea.1 :! tlH to 4 00 Barley 1 ;iO to 1 :« Potatoes ?1.25 Buckwheat !)5 to !t5 Hides JiJc to lOc Ducks 2:)to2:{ CJeese 21 lo 21 Chickens 22 to 22 Fowl KJ to Iti I Make money in joiir spare time this Winter by selling Nursery Stock and New Seed Potatoes Tliis is the lime to start on Spring Sales. We pay highest] commissions and furnish our Salesmen with litera- ture withfa "punch" to i;. Bend for our iipt of New Ofteringa and full particulars. Stonfi & Wellington The Fonthill Nurseries. ' (Established ISX.) TORONTO . ONTARIO Bull For Service Registered Shorthorn bull [for service on lot 5, con., tS Osprey Collint-wood Krarel. Grade cow« S1..">0, lliornui»h- bredu f4.U0.--J. A. Uubcrtaoii, .\pi'il 4 jgis. BUSINESSCARDS Societies PHINCR AllTHUK LODGE, No. roi.A.K.A A M, uieeta in the UsKuiiic kaU. Arui troaii'8 Block Klenherton, every Friday on h«ror« tliB full luoon. T. Henry, W. .M. li. W. liickllng, UocrotKry. < IIOHEN KKIKNUS- FlKl.iilin t onnOu riioun ]<'i it-nda '114 niicth In t'tnutiiM Ha fiifct aniJ tljiirt >Vti)iif ^(ia> o' <n()i iiitnili^ If |>,iij. I'ay fthf^oiiicitth ti> litiiK.'ir tn before tliO IWft day of <Bih iiui.Il'. t'hio C'ouDoillbr, W. {I, i<uLt; IIkciUii. Mit. 1 .A Fiahcr. JJKNTISTRY Dr, B. C MUKRAV I,. D. H , ilonUI ctirKoon h(n<>i'Kia<luato of Toronto UnivfrHllv and ftoyal ColU'jift of Dontal SiirKeonH of Ontario, Ottfl adujiaiuifltbrad for tubtli extraction IBo« at roaidtince, Toronto Htreet. Kleahartou. Medical JV OTTKSVKLL Veterinary flargaon .â- radiiatu of Ontario Veterinary ColU^ne refildance â€" eecond door noutli weut^on kaary atreot. Tliia street rani outli Preebyterlau tiUarob. CH«t. E McLiAN, M D. C M, K|)ccially â€" Surgery, Midwifi-iy A Wouh'ii'k DiauiiHUH OkPickh - KjcBhcttjD, li w IImum'. l'riccville-.(.'oti>meriinl Hi.tel, ».:«) to 1 (i.in JJnig r4ti>r<; in conniclion witli i.llWc. •Jfliw IlonrH in I'lcHluTtoii â- â€¢â- WeilncMlay unJ Friday aftirrnoon 2 to .'> I'.in. riioiiii uieaiuigva recelv iironipt all>-nti"ii ut botboffloee lii.MayW Leoal LUCAH, ItANKV * hKNKY lUrrli.l«r«. rtollcltom.olcâ€" I. II. I.noaa. K. t',; W. 10, Kaney, K. C. ; W. I). IJonry, 11. A, Dlllcci., J"or«nlo, WJfiU TiacUira Hank lllilij.. (iliono main M12; Markdalo l.iicaa Jllock, I'liono '.i A, HraUGliOtUce at Unudalk o|<tn overy Haturilay. m <^ ^ m CANADA DATS or RKOIBTftATlON 1918 CANADA REGISTRATION BOARD acmes NUMBsn MONTH DAY YKAK 1, Name In full 4urn>m* lut) 7_ CARD FOR MALES TO »t riuro iM It etPuTT aaaisTi** Address (permansnt) ?_ arncLT «hd numcck rural eciivcnr on rosr oFr:v,t town or citt rsoviKCi ?. Aoa? DstscfCirt^i? Country of Bitth? 3. Race? Bjcak Enoliih (E) or French (F) 7 4. Btii;»htubiect? By birth? Hniluralized, Whichyoar? ByNaturallration? WhatplicB? a. If not a British subject, to what country do you owe allogianca ? 7. How many children under 16 years 7 Sinala (S), Married (M). Widower fW) or divorced <D) ? 6. 9. If registered undsr Military Sar/ice Act, what Is your serial number ? 8. Physical disabilitiet, if any? 10. la) Pretant occupation (if any)?... (b) What i« your regular occupation? (c) What other work can you do well?- Length •xp«r gth of \ lance In ] (a)- - (b) ....Nature of business 11. If an employee, state employer'a name Address - _ 12. Do your circumstances permit you to serve In the present national crisis, by changing yourprssantoccupation to tome other for which you are qualified. If the conditions oflerod b» tatitfactory? (a) Where you can ret urnnomedally? (b) Awayfrom hcTo? 13. Ca) Were you brought up on a farm? (c) Are you retired farmer ? (a) Are you willing to do farm work ? Until what age? Cd) Can you handle horses 7 (b) Have you worked on farm? Drive tractors? How long 7 Use farm machinery 7 Wher»? During what periods ? / ajirm that J havs vctijied tha above answers and that they are true Signature of Repslrant Procedure of Registration On June 22n<l every peraon residing in Canada, male or female, Briliah or alien,af sixteen yearaor over,inust attend one of the registration booth* located in hit or her district, and there obterv* the procedure explained below. Where to Register Every perton required to regialer naa the privilege of regittering at au>v of the public placet provided for that purpote. The location of all such placet will be apecified in proclamations potted contpicuoutly. How to Register The procedure of registration It aimple. The queitiont upon the regittration .ard can be antwered very eatily, but they mutt be antwered truthfully and fully. The card ahown in the illustration it a facsimile of the regittration card for male*. An advertitement ahowing the card for femalet appeait in another paper. Study the qu«etiont carefully to that you will be able to antwar them promptly when regittering. If you have any special qualification, or feel that your services would be more beneficial to the country in tome other line of work, tay to. While «kU are compelled to regitter on Registration Day, it it not contamplaled by the Goveminent to force the tick, feeble and aged to turn out. If auch pertoni will not^y the ftegittrar prior (o June 22nd of their inability to attend at • place of regiAratfon, lin effort vrifl be made to regMter tht>m at home, provided the request it reatonable and juttified. Reine«ikarlheDa]r~Juna23adâ€" Remember the H«ar»-7a.iB.to 10 p.m. Regialer eaiiyaadgetreurCertifitateleryour own prelection. 24M lttu«lby.uthorit,of Canada Regutration Board I t By Col. J. S. DENNIS knowledge, juat aa store-keevlng, or an.v of the iradis. The rivU War vetprans were allow- d a ifhait> iu tiiue eiiual to the period L«-^ANAl»A9 grealeet Mel Ik Hgil- already ha.s a tcrcater rail mileage per 'solve botii the labor aivd InunWtratlon f cultural prol^l<^e^». Out of her ' i-aplta than any ether country In the probl<»m.>i, but we know from eoerl- p-^ population of lees thau 8,0(>0.(W0 worldâ€" aoiuc 3r..(K>0 miles (or a popu , ence that the men from the olree, '|)«)ple. only Fllntniy iiiorp iluiri li:ilf lation o.( H,( m,viM), while llie U. S. the atort>« and the trades, will seldom (»re from i lie rural diBlrUm. .Nature's boaaleU only 'H.V^n) in 1X7U with a nuike K^oi on the farm, unleas they i'Oioet bouiiieous IxHU'ests t« Caiiadu population of ;)s,r)<M),00«. Our lu<tu« are uiveu aoine sort of siiectal Irtiln- t^erf In our rlih farm lands. She trial d'evelopnieiil must eouie in in^ im tlie prlneli>le« of a^rieulturs. ishould not only raise all her own fond I manufail iir« and niinlnu, baeked uj) yp have had some experience In thla ipioduils, but shonlii be an exporter by as large an ln*;r»a»e In at<rlculture . hh*. of work. One way to sncceeafully â- of lliose |jro<tu<ts Ui>oii a larKc aeale. as posalble. ' piae« soMiers iipou tlie land would The balu 111^' of tiad<» 111 favor r>f fan It will not be ptktrtotlc or good busi be to orgaiil/..- them into military jada Is now piling up at ilie rate of ness to invite iinrealrictod iininigra' ,.oJoQl«e after they have been glvea Ihalf a billion a year, as lomirurwl Hon from the Mother CoutUry after on« year'« instruetlon at a dietrii-t !«ilh a re\er»e balan'-e of sotiie »27r... the war. Ureal Britain will ne«<l to ^ agricultural scIkhpI. kKHI.IUKi ill IHi:;. To iiialnlali) ."is look lo her own aKrliullural develop It would Ik- au eNcellMit luvesUuent ibalanre of trade on '.he right fiirtc of'ment There will be a demaml for for the Oovernraent to eren supiwrt ithe le<lRer if ftie i;r<vat pi^rhlnm that laUir there to rehabilitate BrltL^h in the families of such soldiers. throiiKti Canada niUHt faie ilurlntt llie roioii- duslry. It ha* tMten the desire of the same i!ei)aralioii allowaiM'e that â- 'ttnietloii period afl>T the war. ' eioiioiulHts lo devejo]! a larfer I'or- was givon soldiem' familiee durtug I During Ibi- icii yiair i«t1o:1 iirevi- lion of llie British population luto overseas diiiy, while th«y were at- ouB to the war. .hoiuo 2..'ifK>.iMlii iiiiiiii- ; farm workers, ll would seem that tending the agriiiiltural twn>p«. .Agri- grants (Blue Into I'uiiada. Of tills the reconetrui lion period will afford lultiire is a buglneae requiring *pe<-tal total. tJrea) Hritalii jirovlded. rrniRh- 1 this lotij; sonata opportunity. l.> , I,IM>> (xni; the I'liiled Smtes !^0i» - ! Ciinadu must look to llie I'nitod CO'; the l>alan(C .oinlng from ntlier ytatis and lo itie norlhern KurO|)e«ii rountrltf. (July a small proportion , countries for agrioultural liiinilRrants of llie lioirilKiailon from Creat Hrll- In llie I'nlied States alone tlitic are of their service in the army In obtain iiin Hotllt-il iiii niir r.iriiis. while most ii liirRe luimber of vounR men ea<h ini; title !o Uielr Itoniesteads. A of llie selllers loiiiluK here froirt the year who leave the farms siiil P.o( k siuiUar prodshm has lx«-pn adopt ihI in Plates wefK on lo farms In W'l'stern |to Uio ill les because of llveir inability Canada. L)u<' cure tUiould be taken In Canada. ito obtain cheap farm lands. Kvery the oilier reRiilations suiroundiug the ( iir prohli'm will l>p, how wo canlrfforl must be made to Interns! these hoinest«udinK iff BoKUerr; a.^ welt as oblulu r^tik'i-s for our vacant fariu ! men and by phu ing the lnduceiiit»iila civilians, so as to be guro that every lands, and i.t the Htiine time cari' for of t'niiaila before thoiii, attract tlieiii entry c-oiiu's from a man who has a tlio unskilled labor which is qutlejli Uils country. i sincere desire to engage in the bust- sure to Dock to our clllua after the There Is every rea.son in svnipose nnss of fnriiung. It must l>e r«mem- war. I that the tide of immtgratinii that beied In this cnnneciion lluil aliiuMJt The I'nited StaHs at the close of I flowed to Western Canada from the I'D", •( oiir Canadian soldiers, aud the Chil War iirailically ilin'u ojioii | I nitod Sialos befoio the wai- can be even a liinhur |)eroei\Uij;e of those of liir dours and liivitcU iiimiigratiuii I started usaln ihroUKh the propci Crwit Hrilalu, have had no expert- front most parts of flu^ world. A direillt)n. Hut most all of this inuiii- eiici* in farniiiip. .As agairiBl this, the loinparl.suii of i ondlttoiis prpvallins ' grathui was from experienced fanners, predominanro of farmers among the in the I'nlled Stales then, and Can- ! whose training had been under prurtl- Civil War \eterins, and the iiopula- ttila now, liowevir, ahows a nimihor of jcally ll»c same < (â- ndiiioiis of climate, iioa of the touiiiry, was almost ;l to I. ImiioitaQl difl'eif-iiccH. The urban! soil, Koveriiment, laiiguaKe. money Yet the history of the Central West* piinilnlloii In the t'lilleil Slates was and society, «.-< l hey found In Caiiad.'i em States duri.ig lh(>.p reiun.strue- only about IH'; of the Inlal at Ihe ! Knllure auionK this class of iniiiii ti(m days Is tl'led with stories of start of the Civil War. A larpe iiro 'grants has been the exiepllnn. In liardships eiuluivd and ultimate fail- portion of the eiillslmonlB In the j large iiumlx-rs of luscs these liiiuil laea of those velcrans who were not Cnlnn /irviiy lame from anioDK the urants came from Kuroi>eau countries familiar with rondlttuUH attending farmer:;, nr. ii.icalnsl only 12"; of our j originally, having iiiorcly paased a farm life. â- cnllflliiient from among farnier.s nnd| period of aci llmatlou to Amerioan , Canada ha.i been wont to ronsider jranclicrn. When tl'.i' Civil War end- ' conlineiil rondltlons iliulr.g a stay In ! that all her farm problems ar? looRt '<xl there wrh a .vnve of liiduHtriul de |velopiiienl - that called for a large qiianllly of labor. The rchcrning sol diers for the uio.sl part turned bin k to itliPir farms, or moved with lliclr fanii- the I'nlled Stales. Canada \\ill continue to attraet numbers of ngrli iillural Imniigranlp from the norlhern <ruintrles of Ki'.rope in spite of the rigid laws, in lies lo th<! newly oj ened luimrstcad ' ninny of the-e couiHrle'-,, airalnsl einl lands In the Ci'iitral Wist. This made I giallon. Sweden, .N'orway. Deiimnrk it iiOH-lbli' to absorb the iinsUllbd havo sent many valuable farm pro labor from Kiirope as rapidly as II came to the Slates. *ln the ineantliue, till' agrlciilliiiai tirixlui lion snon r,as itiroughi. bai k ,.i r. .lornial basis and diicera to our borders, and we may ed west of the tlreat l^kes: tiuif the Kasiern rrovimrs are sufflciently set- tled We have tiow lo face quite the same problem that the I'liited Stages faced I" decade sfler the tNvU War. namely (be re-poimlaliou of the farms In tl).^ oMer .'iecilons. left vacant dur- ing tliK rush to the prairie lands in the West. Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, expect many more. 'Kven Uii.'isia. In | Petir.sylvanla, New York and other flplle of the broadening democratU States were for ypnrs doited with va> devclopiiieui Iherc, siiould be a source |iau( farms. The s.iuie fltiMitlOB is to then Klarted lo IncK-aw raidilly. The from nhlih a large number of good ba fot:r.d In (intario, tjuetvec mid th<f WIIKIHT. TKI-!'OHI) * McDONAI.I) I'.arriiitiir. Knlloltum, ^.^'. Olllcio. lirny e IlrueA Hliick, ilwon Hounil. Htnnilan) liiinli K)ock,KI«»liurtuu,(Hstur>!avi<l. W.H, WilKbt, W. I*. 'I'olford Jr, J. O. McDoual'J, I., i., H. h'i BUfilNBSfl CARn.S OUI-LOUOH A VOUNO 11(1,1,1,11 .Markilale (liiiinral I i.'.ltiio; liualniisa. Mrtney loaued at faaaockble letua Cell ou oh. DMrPnAiri, Iilcenseil Anotlnnao loi tlin • (uMiilyol Hiiy. Tiiina innilcralo iiinl t'ain actii^r tiuaianleiMl. '1 li« eiraiiKenniila • U(l flail a of fair > can be niRilost ThK Aiivinoo f.lllcf. IteHderiCs and I'.o., CcyloM, Telepboiiu l-*jnrirrln)il, X'^nt:, 0, 07 WM. RAlTTl.NIt Ibe eountlea farm and htonk loenaeil Ancllone*r fin nt (Iruy anil Hhiieoe. rarin aan rMncA aalea a apecUUy. Turoia mrNterale. rallafaoUon Kuiiiaiittxd, Arrauwa â- inrite (or dstee may be uieilo at the Advaorn ofUcn, or CeBtaal tclerlioiio on'^re Keverakaui ortyadileiieefbf Di* at FeTeraliam. Ooi opening of the new landu In tin; West agricultural setHeis can be oblaliiej creiiled a diMcanfl I'or extensive rail I Special bomeslead pro\ Islon.s for iways and about if, OM miles were j llritlsh soldlert have been |'r.c,,o^d .onnRtructed In the central and Mir ' as a possible means of colonl/atlon In pls.st|ipl Valley Stntis dining the half; the Ooinlnlons. CanadK's expriienrc decade following Iho Civil War. Tlilsiwilh such a plan after the South In turn added lo ihe demand for labor African war waa anything but Fuiia and hr-liii'd lo r'.baorli Ibc (tnod of liii- factory. The ob.leillve of provbling iiilt^riitlnn. lUwrally for Ihe men who liuve I A survey n( labor eondlllona in ! fought for Ihe Kmpire by graiulnj; iCnnnda liiillcale:< Ihal there will lir ; farms tiinmgh the issui' of land scrip eniiilnymenl tor nlioiit ;ioi) i; iii more waii reai bed in only a small percent nun afli r the war than are iieciU-ii nl agn of caKPs. Instead, the plan ma.le priuuit. This would lake care of the] ll posslhli- for land speculatora to returning soldiers but for the fact |i.1ilniii the ctiot^fHt of Ihe Oovernnient that when tlie manufaelurliiR ofjlnndH throu^'Ii iho purrhaoe of Ihe miiiiliiona ceases, iirobahly 2i'^').i>fv:i | si»ldlr r »< rip at a hoavy diaeount per: nns now employed Will Im- HWk- And ll luu. boe;i Ihe experlcnto of Ihe Cr.n;ida's gve:-.te;l economic noed l.i li!g other Jobs. Perhaps of this num-|weBl Ihal fpreiil'iiora have held bncV. Imoro farmer i Thl.i need Irinsl.ited her 2J' ,. will not reiiulio positions; i tlin develo;imeiu of l,'irp;c areas of ex lii.to clhcr tprma n-ear.s a newsslty Ktlll this leaves fully HVfl.oOO to bfU'ellrnl land. In our Widern I'v.i Iter a proMlii- In, migration of the sort cured for even nftftr the returning i vim es, drastic luon.stii-es have been jof i^ettlcr.n who have the Int'llnation to 'snldlera are placed. I This Rliimtlon Indlrales Hint we. land, held hv siieeulators, Into the 'sliniild roalrlci our Inirilgr-illon to | laiida of produeers hy the Imposition ,'ihe ell tea as much as pfissihle nnil oi'-iol a «ur-in:v on unlniproved land. coiirnRfl our ngrlcullnrHl deveiopment Ah prnvlonsty ataied, Ihe cryl.-jg to llio greatest extent i)i»!iiible. We need of f'aiiada Is prtater aarleiiliuva! cannot ho|H' for Ihe railway PonN'rur â-  prndnef Ion. I'olonl/nfinn by our ro- ihin hooui ihut ubsorlvil ilio uuriiliialiirnliig; soldier;, that will incroafio the Ifiken for torting Ihln unocciipled ;(» on lo o>.r la.ids and the knowledgi' alior in the United Stales. Cunadu 'nuniliei- of our producers will help us |nxp«rt8 o'.; ..3blt<^ llVIlVilG RATION After Tlie WAR IHAKVELLOrs SI RGKRY. Yaclits juid Merchant Sliip^ Turne,! Into Hospitals. The nritish navy Is so nearly on a war footing at all times ihal the transition from peace to war was not marked by those violent disloca- tions and reorganizations involved in the formation and training of the army. ICach warship was already pro- vided with its complement of medi- cal officers, hospital corps and medi- cal and .surgical supplies, while sev- eral large base hospitals were already in existence, with considerable re- serve equipment. The principal change necessitated by the outbreak of -war was the fitting out and man- ning of hospital ships and additional base hospitals. For this purpose a number of private yachts and mer- chantmen were taken over by the navy. Many surgeons were also taken into the navy and given temporary commissions. During the last year of peace, we learn from Arthur W. May in The British Journal of Surgery for July, 1917. nearly 5,000 operations were performed in the naval hospitals on shore, exclusive of dental opera- tions and injections of salavarsan. During the year 1916, 9,000 surgical operations were performed in the naval hospitals and hospital ships. Of this number over 800 were ab- dominal cases, including 627 cases of appendicitis and fifty-five of gas- tric or intestinal perforation. Oper- ations for the relief of disabilities were numerous. Hernia was repre- sented by 1,341 cases. Less common operation* were mastoidectomy and operations on the nose and eye, on the kidneys, blader and prostate, and on Ihe liver, gall-bladder and gall ducts. Many cases of bone plant- ing and wiring are recorded. Spinal analgesias has been employed on sev- eral occasions, and local analgesia is becoming more frequently used for rib resections, varicose veins, etc. In the British service the new- com«r is first assigned to hospital duty aehore, where he can, learn much about navy customs and navy routine. He is then sent abroad in a large ship as an assistant and later transferred to a smaller ship, where his experience will have taught him how to act as Ihe sole medical offi- cer. Many advanced medical students have served as probationary surgeons, and as such have been placed in medi- cal charge of scouts, destroyers and other small craft, with distinct ad- vantage to the service, their work as a whole having proved most satisfac- tory. In the larger base hospitals re- search has been carried forward In spite of the war, and the practical value of the Carrel-Dakin treatment of wounds has been the subject of investigation by a special commis- sion of experts. I WhyKerensky :: Was a Failure s The Taking of Jernsalem. For the world the fall of Jerusalem was aa event of great sentimental importance, even though it was prac- tically without military meaning. The rescue of the city from Moslem bands was celebrated alike by Jew and Christian, and for the Jews it was accepted as the guarantee of the erection of a Jewish state under Brit- ish protection, which would renew the great Hebrew tradition. On the military side the British success was important only as the campaign is designed to draw away from the Turkish army who were pre- paring for a thrust at Bagdad, cer- tain, divisions and squadrons for the defence of the Holy I.und and Syria. Under the command of Falkenhayn, a Turkish army has been preparing for months to retake Bagdad. A threat to Syria and an immediate menace to the Mecca railroad might conceivably lead the Turk to Insist upon detaching troops from the Bag- dad array for use against AUenby in defending their ihreatened- dom- inions. At all events the British are com- pelled to keep troops in the .Near East to defend ICgypt. aud a defence of Kgypt would be as easy in Pales- tine as at the bank of the Suei Canal, while the moral effect of depriving the Turk of Jerusalem, as he has already been deprived of Bagdad by Ihe British and of Mecca by Ihe Arabs, must be considerable, it would he a mistake to regard tho Bagdad or Jerusalem operations as anything but "side shows." One is designed to protect Kgypt, the other India. Both have seized Turkish lands which may never return to the Sul- tan, ami the result of both campaigns may Ik> the liberation of all Ihe Arab world from the Osmanli yoke. Syria may become a French protectorato, Palestine and Mesopotamia British protectorates, but these are consider- ations for the future. For the present they are but details in a world war, new evidences of tho fashion la which Britain is reviewing her tradi- tions of other centuries. â€" American Review of Keviews. Mnrilime Provinces to-day. Our fro- villi i.tl and Federal (levernnienlH have ouly recfialy come lo realize luls fact and are now putting forth a concert- ed < ffiirl lo bilng a iK'ttenuent of these conditloiiR. And n!,ain we have largo areas of new lands In bo.h Ontario and Quebec lands trlb'.ilary to rail aervlee even -wl.lih are yawning for wcupatlon iiiid prod '.11 til) a. Canada's lmml.;':ratlon problem, con- iprned ns If is with the economic found.ition of ovr future prosperity, should receive the mesl lareful at- tention of our Government and tho deepest tliou.ehl of our ntatoamon. Of liow to niaae thrso lands produce the utmo'>t. ta Ihnt Canada may at lear-t fend herRelt, ivnd nnal la.jll» vel'>!> a eurplus to ^'ll ahroaj|($PVN v- lected Immigr: , ..n StTly'l., : â- â€¢ ed thrnugh d ntonslve < .i under Ih- -"â- â-  .i&a ot tho \ > u»t A Valuable (Jift. The London Daily Kxptosa stales that a maguiUcent collar, composed of 15 rows of the famous Vanderbilt pearls, connected by large diamonds and set In plaques, viorlh in all aboiu J-Ti.OOO. is tho Duchess of .Marlbor- ough's gift to the children's jewel fund. Throe diamond tiaras already have been Ben,t to the duchess for the fund, of which she is the treasurer. Kvery woman Is asked to coulribute ono |)ie«' of Jewelry to help establish child welfare and maternity centres, of which fi.OuO more are needed in the United Kingdom. New Meii|itiire, A story la going the rounds. In the north of Knglaud of a certain Lanca- shire l^attalion on tho Cambrai front. I'he battalion was Irtidgin.i; back from the trenches, after being relieved. In the small hours of the morning. Sud- denly it was confronted by an officer, who order«>d it lo hull and dig a sup- port trench where it was. The bat- talion obeyed, of course. wilhoi4 a murmur, but, after n momcni, there tame a voice from the darkness: "In ilx days f Lord made 'eaven an' irlh, and then, on the seventh, Lun- . shires' coom an' dup it all ooi> liiidn." •^><>'X-:-j.X'<~x-j-:~:~:">->.M~x-:-»< O much space has been devoted to explaining the situation la liussia and advancing theories lo fit some of the facts that there has not been room to make the simple announcement that Rui^sia quit the war because Russia was licked- Had the Russian armies not. !?ntfered the most tremendous defeats in history the Czar would be still on the throne. Had the Russian armies not received a oad mauling In the regime of Kerensky, Kerensky would be now the big man in Russia. This fact has been grasped by Lenine and Trotzky. They realize that the only chance they have of retaining control Is to save the Russian armies from further defeats. As logical men they have concluded that the armies that will not fight cannot be defeated. Therefore they have made peace, and thus prolonged their reign. "We can- not believe Trotzky and Lenine to be anything better than traitors or maniacs, and yet they may be simply recording facts instead of expressing opinions. They may know that it they did not make peace they could not remain in authority an hour, and that the elements that now control Russia would recognise no authority that did not immediately withdraw Russia from the war. Kerensky fell because he did not understand the forces that were dominating the Russian people. This is made plain in the course of a series of articles in the New York Sun by Lieut. Borts Shumansky, who was one of the officers who l>elieved in him, fought for him, and as, fin- ally obliged to admit that Kerensky was absolutely wrong in his diagnosis of the Russian situation. Kerensky thought that the Russian army was loyal to the revolution, and when hs thought of the revolution he thonght of his own revolution. He believed that the agiution of the Bolshevik! in Petrograd was a mere ripple on the surface of Russian feeling. When the disorders became so serious that be had to flee for his life, he clung l<» Ihe notion that the armies at the front were absolutely devoted to the ideals he represented, and that he had only to call upon them and they would destroy the Trotzky and Le- nine gang. He found to his cost that the armies at ihe front were ere* more anxious than the Socialists la Petrograd to make a peace. Kerensky appeared to have Russia behind him when he led the revolu- tion that overthrew the Czar, aad as long as he waa content to do nothing but denounce the former regime hs found plenty to applaud and support him. When, however, sobered by re- sponsibAity. he announced that what<* ever waa to be the fate of Russia the immediate dnty was to oppose the Germans, he alienated a great number who bad helped on the rero- lution. His quarrels with responsible generals like Brusiloff and KornilotT, antagoniied that section of the Rus- .lian army that wanted the war to be fought out. Lieut. Shumansky be- lieves that Kerensky made his fatal error when he seemed to desert Kor- niloff, or failed to support the gen- eral when he had planned to strike a powerful blow at the forces of Pnis- slanism and anarchy that were at work in Petrograd.. This betraval cost Kerensky the support of Cossack troops at a time when they might have extirpated the Bolshevikl. Ker^ ensky was opposed to shedding the blood of Russians until ft was too late. When he desired to shed blood there was none to l)e shed except his own, and that of his supporters. When the Bolshevik! rose against him and the Red Guards seized the city, Kerensky fled to Gatchina. He was disguised as a sailor, and, al- though the train on which he travel- led was stopped and searched mor4 than once, he was not discovered, which Is another illustration of the fact that a man may he known by sight by ever>body in one Russian city and absolutely unknown to any- body fifty miles away. In Gatchina there was a garrison of 5,000 sol- diers devoted lo his revolution. He thought that if he reached there, put himself at the head of the garrison and communicated with some of the troops at llie front, he oouUI raise a force that would rid Petrograd of the Bolshevikl and re-establish his own Government. From tJatchina a mes- sage was sent to the front for a few regiments, but Kerensky stipulated that none should be sent back to his assistance save those that could eas- ily be spared. He appears to have kept upp*M'inost in his mind the ne- cessity of finhtlng Germany. When the regiments came back, according to orders. It was found that the rossacks among them had little heart for tlghflng in behalf of Kerensky after the Korniloff episode. This seriously reduced the forces at his disposal: hjUt with a few thou- sand men he set out for Petrograd. In the meantime, in order to encour- age his friends at the capital, he had caused aeroplanes to drop messages on Ihe town announcing its imminent deliverance. The Holshevikl knew therefore what to expect. They tore up the railway line on which he ex- pected to advance, and. outnumbering his forces by ten to one, planted ar- tillery and troops at points he had to pass. When it became apparent to Iverensky that he had no chanca of taking Petrograd with his puny, forces he made no sfrious effort to advance, and once more escaped from the hands of the Bolshevikl. The revolution was at an end. More than that, his heart was broken. Lenine and TroUky have no more to fear from hlin. Hottest IMace In I'. 8. The only place In the United States which has tropical vegetation Is Palna Springs, located in a de.iert in the: southern part of California. This; place la 250 feet below sea level, and) so hot that there is a riot of Tegeta>' tlon the year round, .._i â- j^ Ir^- 4fe 'V^