_ i-xpeiisvs; llie other, that nearly all the work 'of adniiri-'

” l A tiiiowiuo irtiiusriiv `

..::°.::'.`.‘3"li:.t_l.?i§“‘i'2‘;$"=¥-'-"_-t»_l".L~'-"-i` ~l°_““‘.°_.' i“'i‘i`

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MONDAY, JANUARY 2U. 1917

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§|,’A'l`RIOTIC FACTS ' AND, FANCIES

ti ln our !~`aturday’s issue the Rev. _l. ;\lcDonald~, ,I-'Jrgaiiizcr-. of ;_he,.,l,’at;;_iot,ic_ liiiiul. __he_re,` pro_t_esteti :t"`,;':iiiist the rumors being circulatedithr.oti'gh0u't the ii»un’ir_v io the effect that coiitributioiis to- the Patri- _'i,_tie -l"und went to pay officials in t_`l_ié[l.ot_t_eto_\\‘ii. 'i`lic` report is baseless, of course, but the' persisteiicy with' givliicli it is being circulated would indicate some nlieri~ 'or motive behind _it. It is bein used as an excuse b_v

~-f~i--'.'1t- ~r- ~:~:-_--~..-'~- _ ‘

-the Viiiigeiie_¢;|;pi.3', `aiii_t%.iiie:tii. of fwhoni-tl'ert~ are noi dqiifdt-.:"_‘hsg ing _to the Patriotic

l~uiill. ,\i_iy\‘ thi ofiilfials in Lliarlqttetowii are Qllri--Hb ' ' iiigf-illon`t§'rary 'l`reastt;eif__ who.

liiiiiilli-s all ihc coiiiributioiis and keeps the accounts witliniii cliiirgiiig one cent for his services; the llon. _liisiice Fitzgerald. Chairmaii of the Relief Lfouimiz- lee. lintl ofi the Lady .Visitors-' Coiiiiiiittee, who fic- vvies au.iiiinieiisefarriotiin of tiniie-and _labor to the supcr\'ision of the distribution of relief to the de- pt-iitreiits of soldiers; very few realize the aiiioiiiitof itoi~l¢_'eiii:iilt-rl__iii iii\'cs_lig:1liiig claiiiis and keeping re- i~..i'<l.~;.:ill this is done by .\lr. justice Fitzgerald willi- -»nt ft-e 'nr reward of any kind except the thanks arte

_arziiiiinlc of the niany liuiidretisl of recipients who ht'-nt-iii frniii ilie fund. l._:i,_.s,tv._,biit,‘liy no m'2aiis'Ieast,` is the Rev. _I. _l. .\lt'l)oiit;;"l__:_<i`__l`_,\§'__li'§i_itvt tlie_speciiil_ rc-_y <|uc~'l of siilisci'iliei's, last. uiitlertook. to oi';;';iiiiv.e the whole pwo’vl'iiice`i`ii sulppovt-.oi` tlie-»l"i'i'iid.

1

lit- iiiailc `ii'E't specifif"_'° ` 'll,l_Q_ll»%l_"ilil§ 1lt*"_ft,}ts_ip_tai;ce of

_ _ . ~ f- '-_" iv ;-_ '-14-.=-~.j", , i;_

ilii- _posiiioii that his seri iijfégilipiilll _lil-_ _,v'ii__lt'iittai:_\~: gt

l":iilii-r _lolin _l. iiiiiiietli:itL‘l}lflljrgv.hipiself -\vitl_t__"eii- iliiisia-iii iiilo the work' with the rest;Lttl\tlt"ort'l-:t' and .~_vstt~m are taking the place of_tlie chaotic coil-_lflh ns 'iiiilit-rin prevailing. 'l`he recent successful \vliirl-

-.viii-l' t-:,i_in|i:iigi_i_(i_ri‘_gfliarlottetowii _testifies to. how well lic is':ii'coiii]blis|iiiig the work._i

lii,lliis coiiiiecliiiii it sltoultl be iiieiitioiictl that tlii-

lailit-~` t`omiiiitiee in Lliarlottetown renders invalu- :iblc -sei'\°iees' to :thc Fund. - lt includes among its iiieiiilit-i‘_< .\|r_~'. \\'_ \\`. Clark, .\lrs. .-\. li. .\lorrison,

,`\lr.s, ti. li. Full. .\lrs. K. Lcdwell and Mrs. R. ll.:

_lviiltiiisp 'l`hesc ladies make a personal visit on all ilit- recipients once it _vear and nioiiilily visits upon thou- wlni especially‘require _assistance and advice tu ilit- alist-iiee of the lit-'cl't'tl-'\i'i`iiiierf" 'l`his is over aiitlii' ziliovt- the personal calls which lnliidretls of applicai'iis` matte from time ro time on the cliairniaii who keeps >;i-.-iiigs llank accounts for a very large proportion of ilit-iii. 'l`licse honorary officials are assisted by coin- iniiiees of busiiiess men who devote a great deal of time and attention to the admiiiistratioii of the 'l"i.ind. Ii will thus be seen that there is no ground whatever lor tlieallegaiioiis which the Kev. _]. _|. .\lc,Doiiald re- puiliaied in his letter to 'l`lie iiuardian on Saturdav. ` ln this coiiiicctioii it nuiy be pointed out that the l':iiriolic |~`iiiirl througlioul the whole of Canada is :ifliiiiiiislcreil at the iiicretlibly low cost of sixty cents per lnintlretl ilollars, t\velil_v-i`ive cents of wliich got-S

Ill llflblilgc. `

'l`hc following issued from the lleadipiarters of the

lfuiid over the signature of the .l:`ionorary Secretary, .~'\Ir. ll. ll. Aiiies, speaks for itselfi l

".\'o other (_`aiiadian Fund of the size and multipli-

i-ii_\- of detail of'the L`anadian'_Patriotic Fund has t--for pi-eii adiiiiiiist`ci'cd at so small an inipairiiii--119|' [hc \'-_»iit_ril>iiictl ain_o_unt. ‘ \; "li is almost incredible, ‘but it is trite that of every one liuiiilretl _dollars subscribed tothe ;l"iind. approxi- iiiziiéli' iiiiiety-nine dollars and forty-cents go into the pockets ofthe depeiideuts. ' ` ` ` - "'l`liere is no iiiidd'it-niaii lictwceii the giver and the ri-<'eivci' to exact toll. ’ _ -

'i "E’i\'lit-ii you-contribute to the Ftind, you know that .yoiilr ipoiiey goes, practically intact, to_ relieve the wi\"es aiid families of our citizen soldiersf - P

"'l`his great and tiiiusiial result is due to t\'vo main

rt-as'oii.~: one, that bank interest on tleposits brings in a liantlsome revenue available for administration

isttpiiig the Fund is performed freely 'by patriotic ' ltlrll and \vom_en. ' ' _.

‘ffln every town iii Canada where there is a branch

of the Patriotic Fund, are to.lie found public spirited men and women devoting without remuneration, their iiiiile and eiiergies to collecting funds, visiting depend- i-nits, working for them along many 'lines of seryice, and carefully distributing the moneys allotted to these wives and children of our soldiers.

"Think of it! (lf the sixty cents deducted for atl-

iniriisleriiig _eaeli $l0o about 25c goes for stamps. The l-`u'ii<l sends otit approximately 60,000 .clieqiies a inonlli, and each one -'requires at least four cents in postage and war tax. -

’ifl`liL:_\-1cry_ basis o£.the. Fun¢l's existence is public

<-oiifirlciice. 'l€\'e`i'y'i_riaii wlio li_as_cxa_i1_iiiietl the vvgqyk-_ ings of the Fund gives that confidence in fullest incas- iire. livery ii_iaii who has any doubts is urged to study the I,-7tiiirl~,,:u;<l..iii.'ikc-himself acquainted with its op- eratitiiis. The officers invite always flieclosest scrft-` tiny. lt is their object and their pride to'atlmiiiister the l°` und at 'agcostiufpf _below that of -any other great iiatioital undet$al<ingi”.; . _ i E V V

_ I 0(

In the report of the yearls work of the Prince Ed-

ward island Egg and- Poultry Association given,at their annual meeting here a few days ago it was stat- ed that the /\.ssocEfi'riii°liii'(l liandled, through the Egg t ii'i,~_le.s, $256,000 wbt'l’lt U.f7eg'g.4. This. it was stated. was about one quarter of the total egg production of

and

_marching orders. lf we cannot fight we may be able

dollars.-

real biisiiie`f:boi;,.itli;; prpviiicc be yet iii=it.s.

a very .lteiv "y-ears ago the J,ien°was

Today the hen has become a iiiillioii-dollar sideline

There -are,” according to the latest census 29,000,000

\ couuiiittee of tlirec'-uieii, representing each of the

*` _"la ‘i .

f_.i_}0t‘a higltvtl-.-gnc fo_t‘.,;se\' - vears to' come, and' at-

at 1a , _ _

will be well ivithiiivlthé .u_i?irk. _ fI`he y. .

iiiercly_tolerated by -the farmers as a sort of iiecessaryr W°"°° '"4 M“'l§°=" Tm' .F°"'°“' e\il permitted toafford a little pin money for the wo- '

“Comin‘ through the Rye." on now

‘men ofthe household while not engaged in des roy ing primed and “mg is “many asmbed the grant crops or the garden. _ _tc ltobert Burns, the great Scotch,

farmer-peel. but as a matter of fact, only the first four lines are by

on l’rutc_e_`li.<l\vard Island farms, _ranking iii respect- Bumm we mnlagndar iwving been.

added by John Walter, an Edinburg

;"l`t~ ht bl- 'th I- -~ til -h '- -'m:l? giigwgro.-»§~-iiiifif-‘lil um dm ‘u og’ musician and imuslc-geller who later the reeogtiizcil gold mines of every well regulated removed to London -- -- fm-m_ ,_ f _ Burns did write- a complete song(

to an ancient Scottish lay. but the words became coarser anti more sug-

Iieus in Canada, and the Live Stock Llrancli of the De- gesllve Wm' “.0” "°"“°- *md “`m}°“3h

It may- be- found -in Jolinson's 'Mus

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partuient of ~ .-\gricu_lture is ' opening a campaign to .wmv tt won U," 1m0--mnoc,,c°“3.d¢,s. bring the number up to l50,000,000._ In this cain- '“°l-“'59-"`Tl\° °ll'_l0 Wlllcll ll ls 'WW . _ , . . - . » sung. ls an old uielotly. “The Millers .paign .l riitfe, l'.tl\\'iit'tl. Isla.-iid.is~t_o have a part and an |_3m,ghte,._-- modmed bv w,]te,_ _ approp`ri'atitiii"~of lietivoenéwo and three thousand dol- P°°lJl° K@ll€'l`\1ll>'- llllll UW “l'llSf and

autboi, have largely ic-llowed suit. and

lars will be apportioned i':or the purpose of improving im” taken it for granted that me the breetf and. increasing. the-poultrv population here. “°“K l'°f°l`l‘€d.l0 traversing tl D==\th` ` ~ ’ " --‘ . ‘ . . .' . » leading through a field of rye. It ls-

stromzly claimed. however. that it re-

three counties has 'been appointed to carry on the ffl” I0 UW l'°l'dlll‘8 Of U19 R'lv€'l` Rye-

where certain stepping--stones allowed

campa__igii :iii_<l_to_s!.‘e that tlierapproprigatioii is proper- nf., barefomed Highland |am€.s to ly and 'wisely adiiiinistered. .'l`he iiienibers of the 0l`0S=-1. none the worse t'c~i' the shallow

watei that swirled about their ankles

. ‘ ‘, . 1 . , _ _ - - ~ ‘_.*°l“.U_“lt»¢'_~~ ‘irif-"f\l"'~ "e*:§°’l~ balllllbell- -~L0“ el' -\l0“l_ It may well be imagined that Burns ague, Mr. lieorge Taglitizer, C`harlotteto\vn and Rev. tm? his “ne’er-éloweil" cronies w;ei-e

.'_ - . no averse to appeiiliig along wien

pr, .\lonaghaii, .\lisc0iich_e. The geiitleiiieii coinpris- cermm of the. ,mal beaméesv came up ing the coinimttee are “live wires” and will no doubt the “l"0l‘llS Of Rye" 0" their \\'H.v I0

.

klrk or nitirke'

be iiistruiiieiital iifrevoliitioiiiziiig our poultry liusi- This ,mug ‘gm be' mum' onmage ness. llicv hope that iii the course of at least tivo 113- C-I' “Henri S0i\z»"'- alum: with

many others ust as t’am0ui~i The ills

years the one million output \\ill be innltiplied by tuo "ummm ol. this umwuned song book and there is noyreasoii wliv it should not be. 'l`here \\'hl<‘h we' have undertaken has met

with u wonderful response from tiir

'~ V » ...Rf " ` .1 '- l - - i-' elcr) reflioll h9lleV?=,lhilt the Prllc _Of hom eggs renders. The time is drawing near and poultry., w_litc.li_-luis been so plieiioiiienally high when the opportunity will be goiie,

o.nd we again call attention to the

duriiig the pasfjyea`rl:yvLl}§§§titii1iie at its present level coup-on pnbushed dam. in this papep

lli§i_li""pijices agriculture or Istpcik- A

lt is hoped that our farincrs generally will enter iito the spirit of this caiiipaign, and that every larin_-

'l`he coiiiiiiitl_eeipurpose proceeding with their cam-

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THE YEAR 0l`» VICTORY; I

I

.\l7r_ Horatio llottoinlcy, in the London Pictorial

for the Defence of the cRalin _-\ct l should like to

)

ferent terms from those of the two already transmit-

0 II ll ,

“'I`lieu _liere’s to the Kitchener year,--the year of

victory and retribution. What ~a tragedy that the

for it-will not be with us to join in its celebration! llut equally let tis give a thought to the tliousands of British lads who have brought the hour of tritiiiipli near. Let tis, too, r-qnicnibertlie bereaved relatives who have given to tl'1e.Empire all they held dear. And with these memories in our minds and hearts,jletl its resolve to coiintcnance' no settlement which will leave

cartli with tears and blood. Then, and only tlien, can we, in honor to oundeatl heroes, sheatlie the sword. ' _ l _

“So far as this western world is concerned, I am

satisfied that our faith will be justified. What the

raisiiigtliat will pa,y_;liett»l-r than the hitherto iifgitftfi- all .-alll] often nbusedlhcn' l ' Mrs. Roy l'iurni»i, Freetown, luis ree-

elvcd thc followliig letter . 22 G. Wood:-oil l"iirk

_ Epsom

er will resolve to at least double his flock during tlic Suri-ey, Eng. - ‘ \ . . ' . .. .' J i. f`lh, 1917 toni~iii'g_ year .iii<l‘,t|iia_<lrtiplt‘ it tht next. Many will Dc-ar Img) nm_n_q_:__\,mi"'_ (,;"_,___Mmm do this atni will find in their increased flocks a verit- stocking Instead or travelling to the

trenches travelled around to llrincess

all I ' . t) _~ 5 . " 'z' f “

ie gpd mine A tliers,_.'is usual, will \\ ut to if Christian Hospital' Enghneld Gmem prices will 'holtlrup and will lose the opporttiinty. lhis surrey. and \topped at my bed. is the time to prepare for this rich sideline harvest. Tlmugll ll ‘lm “°‘ chem' “P ""8 "li the'

the boys in the tienclies it surely did help out a Cannuek who was ti pretty tolerable long way fiom Iionie' and

paign as soon as practicable, and we trust they will m_e~ny_ wen married to 'ms hed by req

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meet with all iossible eiicotira enieiit. t,(,n'0‘f a, kfwe- that had been foolm,

enough to get ln the way over at the Soiiiine. `

Tliero were two oi' us Cuiiudlniis ln

the ward and we' were in adjacent. licils so place-:I to allow easy con- ilab at all times. We werc- given a really enjoyable time and we did have a bright and Merry Clijistinnii-

.\\'orld, refers tothe "prediction" of Kitchener that but we pwught nyore; 0|- our mme the war would be tiiiislied in three ye'a.rs, and hails 5¢°0klllR each fr0m_f`ani1_da than all the

rest .lt is not posiblo lor paieels .ii

‘llc YM' l‘)l7 "5 ‘llc ycill' (ll VlCl0l'}' “Wi P¢‘m`*`- -`\" riving In France to he forwarded on

to hospitals In England ~o all my

to the reasons for his hope, he says: "1f it were not _ _ »` _

' . Christmas nrcels from home anti

P

friends wc-re disposed ol' by my i-bums

.

cheer vou u i with a few iarticulars 'of what we have Over there. H0 il \v_8S H0 “/0111161' I Ilii-

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precIate‘d the kind wishes and the

. ’ l . in stoie for the eiieniy during the next few months. useful mmenp, in fha- sms-km-g_ _ lhere can, liowever, be no harm in saying that we are pouring liiuidreds of thousands of men into the e,M_|,_n`L hospital _0,,-mmel. (mm), new west and on the other battle fronts. lt is also common but I ani going back to the liospilul

_ -- _ , - - - again at Ramsgate as soon 'ii-i there

kiiowieclgt that our iiiunition works are at it night anti are vacant beds them for “ 1‘m1p hm day. New 'Russian a-rinies are in course of active ther treatment on my kneel was turn-

I lel'|_ the liotipitiilfllie day all-er New

Veal'-4 and came down to the conval-

ed out ot’ the hospital too soon I had

loriiiatioii; things are beginning to liinn at Salouika. only hw" 'o“mm`e .of the Wim, 'then L, and Fino will not have inuch loiigcr to make up his couple of times and had not been up ii

- _ -_ ,_ _ _ _ V \ ,` full day at it tltme' but it seems they

niind. I lf, as_l_ belicv. to bt. tht case, .\lr. Lloyd have to Hem, Cmmdmns to "wh, ow" (icorge is prepared to give a free hand to the army and institutions now as soon us they me

flt to travel I expect to get fixed up

navy, and not to allow a_n_v civilian interference wuli at numsgmé without a very ,mm may their discretion, it will not be long before we receive at uiiimti then l will return. here aint

get into shape- for life ln France again

another note i`rom lresideiit Wilson, couched iii dif- na é to (od gun of Fm'z.s com’

I ma tr <1 I ir - pllmonts over there for 14 months but

lcd thr u li orifroin \Nashin ¢0,1_ the -last ten weeks. were- on the Semina-

uiid,-Mit, '_‘rainc_d’f pretty hard tliere to dodge all the props. '

My home is in' St. Tlionius. Ont., so

we are not very near neighbors, ure

great war lord who foresaw it-planned for it--died we? Sm; wg ,re an from Canada and

It will lie tt joyful crowd of boys that go hack-to the' land of tho maple lent after' the' job in ilnished up over here. .

your kind words End the good things and wishing you and yours' all the Iuippiiiess and prosperity during this- Ncw Year 1917.

Yours' Sincerely

RUSBEL GOUTTS

our childrenpor oiir"e_hildren’s children, in danger of p_ S_ h, an tms mmb||ng note 1 zt. tragedy similar to`_t_hat 'which is today deluging fthe failed I0 tell y0\l that I WHS lll the -‘\“'

tillery 15th llattery. ae- telephonlst, tho’ obs`m"v-mg-1-officer and the other teleph- ouis; and myself being all wounded by th/e’ slime' shell. ' ' ` -

_Sincerely Bdr.‘ J.` R. COUTTS - - ~-~ - N0. iiriiim-X

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Again thanking you very much for.

P\.trlo'l.l¢ I am

forntled that it

peope have noL as yet

on. Consequently it would tio out these people down il

without giving them on to show the-tr Patriotism.

I am. Sir, etc., '

` _ FAIR PLAY. _

S l’-- _

B.

l.ll.l. MEMBERS ARE .Nlli EORGllllEN

’l"l_ie following lotters of appreciat-

ion will be of general iiitereut to all but- especially to the' brethern of Sterling L. 0. L. 2649. Montague. tiirougli 'whom the parcels were sent.

, North Witley Camp ,

Surrey, Engltiml

~ ti-1-17

To_ the- Officers- and Brcthreii of Ster- ling Lodge:-

Dear Bi'otlie'i'i»‘.:-I ani going to try*

iindwi-ite you a few lines to thank you for the pnckiige ol’ cigarettes and chewing gum. 'l‘licy ari'ive'd here today in good shape. It was iiideeti u great surpiise to get that parcel. I wus- a good wlille trying to figure out who had sent it before -I came across the card. , _

We are having lovely weather here

lute'l_v. more like October than Jan- uiiry.

I do not see very much of the boys-

iroin around Moiitiiguc as I inn ii good wny-s.i`roiii tliein but I think they' are are itll w-ell. I have charge ol' the Of- ticeri-i Mess and (Huiiteen. F0 <10 H0' get very -much time oil' to pluy, but on_ the whole' I have very little to com- pluln of. The boys have lieen pretty busy lately its they are itll lakliiv: u Bonililng t‘oiii.~:e. I liitve not gone for, mine yet Init. expect to lie culled on any i time.

Well -I guess thiit is about all the

news this time so will clone

- I Reinnlii I.. (1pI liurlo Moore 'Il28ll$ .

ltllitli Battalion

ll. (‘.o_v.

Willey (lamp -

Englaiid _

_ l<`|'aiiao

Jan. 1, 1917

'Po tho' tlillet-i~ rind Meniliei-ii of Ster- ling L. (). i.. No. 2649 ‘

Dear llrethren:-Ot'teii have I It-lt

it my' duty to write you ii few lines so you might. know I have not lor- gotteii iiiy friends and the cause' I loved so we-ll; a-nd having received your kind remeinbraiice a few days ago t'eIt that I must at least acknow- ledge- the receipt oi' iit.

This Is qiilte ti dil`l`ei‘ent life to the

plemtuiit. trips we used to have when we could all niccl for ii few hours aint spend u pleasant, evening together.

Have' srcn a. great deal and liavc- had

some good experiences but like a~I_I tlio rc-1-it mm beginning to get_tii~e'tl ot this klnd of lille und long for thc' time to come when I may, if tipiiix-ii, join itiy' many friends again

-l have no news its you know any-

thing oi' interest oi- Importance would bc- cut oilt so will bring my i~:~lioi't iioto tu an end by thanking one anti all for ri\mcmbe`i'liig nie' and wishing Sterllin.: Lodge- every sticccss lh the New Year

Your Sincere Brother

R. J. MacGREGOR

....,~,.»-_.tn-_~».»

our into biotliei' Everett/McKay who was a valued and consistent ineuibt-r of Peat-Icy Stream Dlvliiioii. In thc- ovoning an overilowliig public icin- peranoe nneettng was held. Excellent and stir ring addresses were wel-I mark- ed t'e'ature-'i oi’ the evenings entertain- ment. The following was the prog- rnmmti: -Chorus. lslnnd Hymn; Speech. G. W. P. Ira McKay; Recital.- ion, l-Ilvs, Toombs-; Address ol Wel- come .Samuel Berniirtl; Solo. Bhd Cliorui-i, T. W. Bently; Address, Rev. Arc-lideacon Watson; Itccltation, .len- nle Bownesn, erneored; reply to ad- dress of Welcome, David Arbing; Rec- itatlon, Li-llian Caselcy; cncored) Ad- dress, Rev. W. E. Johnston; Recital- lon, Jennie Bowness; Address ltev. G. A. Sellar; Address, Dr. Dai'r‘ueh, Nat.- ional Anthem."

`No Mi=:.fvr nan is niiiraiu

LONDON. Jim. 22-The Times says

ii. understands the idea of enforcing moatless days in Great Britain has been izlven up lor the present at least.-

Lord Devonport, the food' controller.

‘will endeavor to obtainla reduced' con- sumption ol' meat without imposing rc- strlctlons which would be difficult to enforce. 3'

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'Ili'-I-'I'-l»`°l\'l»'l'|b°b-l'~l‘¢|»'l~§-i||»\rO

ii|ui.v siaecritiiis `-i=tiii ° tiuiiiiiiiiiii iiitlnois

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Furnished by

W. 8. Loulon.

§'l"l"l"O'l'l"l'-\"|"l'*'l*'|‘O'fl

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dim and distant future iuay have in store from the "' 3 A WAYS NWS east is a problem too vast and obscure for present-day 'T L _ '

coiisideration. Ours to see that when tliis»confiict is Be happy! Gather, on llie’s road. over, the western world shall be knitted into a com- some pleasures are for youbeswwed, iiioiiwealtli oi' progress and eiilightennient which, °"-'-' But cl\00H8 the DYODGP llllld-

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with all its material, resources concentrated upon the "'l‘he Grand Division Suns. ot Tent- H12;`_f“l;0;0\§;°‘;e';’$'p;,:g°fval;';f'

peranee oi P E island met in first

The sweetest flowers you find.,

`eaceful evolutio of the luiiii i race li. ll l all -- ' ' _ Look nc-t tiliercin. but bravely DHHS;

l\;hencvcr the t. ii ‘ _ at ' u s 'i ie if -Quarterly Session at Kensington, Jan- You," nm, R uw". 9”.,

ime comes-if come it should--to with- “ary 2511,, _t-,-mt Shamrock Division _

stand any onslauglit from the preseiit nascent nations N9- 133- ' _ Though here on earth. or there above-

-Omcers present were, G. W. P. Ira

Be now that ehurt we prize,

nffki worlrli' I. . I i I yclfbav.JG-FWbr';h:°a°"(,§:]“°é§gQstg‘; Remembe1;` that a ii(iit;tllier‘s love

' tera tits : on -i i',:i l t t.. _ Cl* 9.- » - --_-' ionetatnever es;

~ L i if \ is "il 9 ./ ‘ M ie Frm es 'im H°W“"d- G- Sem- J- A- Mcxenzle' Pm' Soilieed the counsel she would give,

ong us, or o tiosc who preccdcdus, will have been 1-em _~ G_ Cha David Ai-ping, t>_ G. .That ood ,mend you days;

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long forgotten before any' such new danger arises. - _W»fP"3°m“@l B°"\“"d- ~ . And let them guide you while you livc

Tlie ioporis of the Grand Officers

showed that considerable progress had

You‘tl flnd It always payll

' beedmade and that greater interest Honour' fha aged, an you should,

.i 'QI I, _ - -'_

was bcdng taken at present than dur- ing the-past because of the alarminz

And give them -reverence due;

Anti' “do to others an you would

"" A' _ liiorenre in the consumption of strong -phat they gpoukt dt; to you!"

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drink-in our province as well as the unsatisfactory political phase of the

A kind word here, a good deed the-ro.

Like sunshine casts its rays,

\Ve have been promised that the whole n1an~powcr [_;l";§:J;:"L-f'l;lh;l\éol::;m:g“o;¢:\:L9gill; ‘Anil mattlcs the world titers pure and

of the' nation shall .be mobilized. _There is to be no age limit in future. .Each of its is to do his bit--and her bit also. ,\V}é are all ready-simply waiting for

to inal<c'tntiiiitio'ns; and if we cannot make n_1unitloii.~ we may be capable of growing potatoes or rearing pigs

of the Order fumislied lively and nn- imated discussion a pai'-t of which re- forred strongly to the lnxity' of law enfor enient the failure of our pron- tfetifoen to wipe out the numerous liq- uor denn which have' been accumulat- ing so rapid-ly during the pnst your in many of our Towns nnd villages. The Committee on oliltiiaries nun-it.

- You'l|_t‘lnd ltmlwayn payll

Be honest in your de.-alingii all -

ln every word you say;

Then you may never fear to fall, Nm- shun the light of day.

Stick to tho truth, my_cheerful frlrmtl, And hold the word that strays! ,

llngin in youth. and in the ond

Toltl

'POQQOQ

WORDS A MINU'l`E-'-A P/\

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Like punctuation. the art of builti-

ing up the perfect letter is ti matter too often neglected by the average stenographer. ln the schools she- is called upon to devc-te so much atten- tion to the keyboard and exercises which have- no letter form. or 8189 merely copies those in the'l1ltll1\1l1l

ting up lier own letters, that when she takes tier first position she is sub- jected to the righteous lntlignililon of her employer because the letter looks as though it had been written in ral!- tlme! Why not take a perse-nal ln- terest in every letter you write, no that you can be justly proud ol its ap- pe-araiice when it is turiied over to your employer for lils isigiiature? With little difficulty _vc-u can soon-learn to judge how niuch or how lltilc to put on it page, pi-operl_v_eeiitei-eil.

TWO REALLY GOOD FORMS.

There are two i-cally good forms of

letters nc-w most commonly In use, whleli. ii iidopteil and placed before any busliit-s~i innii will liistuiilly win his appi-oral. 'i`liesc-:ire bniied upon tin- pi-oper liezziiiiiiiit: for (_-:teh lliic and a ut-at rich! hand iiiai'_'_:iii, and no erasui-es. line lilllt- siiiiidxze t`roni un erasiii'e ruins the n|i|iea"iiiit~e of the whole- pace. .-o cet tht- iii-eiiriiey hali- ll--- is is just as r~.is_v tt. rnltivalti good habits as bail tiiios.

llo not alii't‘viu|e too tiiut-li. 'l`hr-rc

are iiiaiiy words lille t'o..` for l‘oni- piiiiy, which our eiiiployt-i' will con- sider eori~;-et, Init tho liablt oi' ali- breviating ofteiitliues loads to excess the salne as the use oi' sup:-rlliioiis commas.

llrrc is what may be tt-riiieil a niod»

ei-ii-ized Iettr-i' whit-Ii appeals to emi- i`oi’pii|y ai\tl_ii-i l'riuiitlr-il on .sti-altzlit iiiargiiis:

~ New York t‘lty. '

-.laiiuui'_\- I.

1917.

National I’lioiiog“apIi t‘oiiipaii_v.

New York (‘it_v.

Geutlomc-ii: We are in it-eoipt oi’ your lust uno- tutlon on iiiniiher one iii:i<-lilnt\._ hm arf- lneliiied to bi-I|<-ve tlit-re has been some nilstaltc on tho part ol' your <Ill0l2lll0tt <'loi'k. You will reinoiiiliei'

for twentyilvc per eciil. wliilo this one gives us but twenty.

We are ol' the iiniircssloii that you

VICE TO T,HE_FRA'i‘ERNI'1`Y_OF FLYING FINGF.RS_ _ -|»‘-|-+4-+-|-++4-++-|»+-ru-0-4--|»oi»-|--r-N-+11-+-t-1--|-».N.."

. _ sronv six-rssu. - -

without getting any’ experience in set-_

l67S Worth Street. u ,

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tlie last t|iit;-:tttioii _vou sent its 'wasi

ec i-Sercren

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Mistress of .tlie Keys

How To MAKE goo; iviAcH1Nia SING AT Tut; RATE or 1;Li;vEN sTR01<Es A sizcorvn ou 137 PERFECT

NDORA Box or sooo Ap.

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barrass us in tb-is regard.

Please- let us hear from you; __

Very truly yours,

.iauviss smirk ¢, my

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A GO0D"FlR8T |MPRE8Sl0N_ The attractlveafeoture oi t ' l lies In the fact that It mal;cl;iis9,i|?}:°r good first impression when ppm-, ll entered on the sheet. 'l‘Iils‘ foriiiuiy' cr/ming more and more in vogpti nm: while It does not follow all tho V om cut and dried rules for Ielie- “'.,.|Un it does meet with the ever liiercasing' demands of the business woi-i|-- iiioi-5 perfect letters, over-y day with the least expendltirrg fof time.

Remember to' always center -mu,

letter on the page as neatly a,,`pM_' sible, and ilon‘t let it look like oiiel once saw. This ls no exaggeration tin fact' it was worse- het-uiiiie it had' letters struck over each ti-tlie-fi, and It looked something into this; In iinswer to your letter ol' Ili.. ltllh

Inst. L_. .. _

We- regret exceedingly that 0,". goods was not in perfect coiitlltlon when It rc-at-hed you. Hoivevei- wit are herewith returning your clicck,

liopiin: that you will give ns

` iii:Jtlicrkoppoi-limity.

Yr-_n-it it-|||y_

.Would _vou givelthem another order?

Oi' course this ivas an cxt_i'eiitt.- em. _niple. but 'itevi-.i'lIicli-ss there is no tix. it-use lor insulting tht- iiili-Il||;t-pi-0 of _vour uinplc-yer h_v believing that lm will condone tiiititlliiess.

Ti-ie co`NvENrio~Ai_ Fomvi,

llere is the coiivoiitioiiiil [oi-ni inost conimoiily used today:

New York t'liy_

Jaiiiinry Sill, l!|l'."._

Mr. .Ioliii Smith, '

27 tthureh St.

New York (lily. /

Ileai' Sir:

We are iii reelpt oi’ your letter of

the 21st and yould state that we would like to meet your Mr. Jones at any time that would lie niost eoiivnnlent.

'I‘rusting to hear t'roiii _von in re-

irartl to our letter of llci~eitilit'i‘ ‘2l’»tli, wp are ,

Very truly _voni-s,

Charles Ransom & Co.-

ENCLOSURES.

ll' you pei-soiiiilly are liikiiiu i-are of

the mail. sec that eacli eiiclosiire is attached to the letter lll<}l<‘()ltl-I is goes to the employer. and that cat-li letter

ap|n‘eclate the dlllleulty oi' sith- In this territory and have no intention to cm-`

t‘opyriglilr~tl ltlltl by Maijizuret

is ciicltt-setl in the flap oi` the wive- lope, address side up.

ll. (lwcii. All rights _i-esei've<l.

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a Roiidniusterfi Patriotic Fund The

Mr. H .W.BIniilnt:. Bank of Nova

S. S. Robertson, Klngiihorough $2.50

Layton McCabe, Alexaiitlra, 32,50

Arteman Iietto, (‘iimbei-land, $2.60

A- A- Bruce. Red Point 2.ao§\vi.iiliim coiniy. iiiizeibrook

Robert Wares, Wheatley River $2.50'.lohn 0. (‘-amphr-,~l|, Long River . Archie Bowles, Murray River. $2.50' NOTE:- By request it hits beet!

R[lll|]MllSl_Ell'S Pllllllllllli EllNl]

-_ -ll Sturt lludc-lllho Follows In the Trulv ?

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In response to several appealsf Mr. Harry Webster, Capo '1‘raverse. $2.50

A .W. Bruce, Red Point, has opened Hurry \VQ_b.-ite.-', Cape Ti-ave;-ge 52,50

Garfield btcwait Red Point 500

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Idea helm.: that every ltoadmuiiter con-I Angus. A~. (Za.mpbell, Black Pt. $2.00’ tribute $2.50 to the Funil. 'l‘he iuonoyl Clii-Isty A. Campbell Black Pt. $1.00’ mul' 5° 50"! 10 MP- A’~W Bl‘1lC0. t0! Nelson Stewart, Black Pt. ` $1.00*

` A. A. Moore. Pownal $2.50

Scotia, or to the l°.dIl.or ol tho Guard- Alex. A. McDonald. Little I’oiiiI, $2.50 ian and it willl be acknowledged li D. J. McDonald, Glenilnnnii . . . ...$5.00 the columns of the Guardian. E. S. Norton, Montague 2.50 Angus Dart.. Appin llnad -2.00 C. 0. lliinkin, Mt. Albion _,$3.00 James Dlngwall. North Lake .. 2.00 Allred F. Rose. North Lakeville- 2.00 Andrew Mooney. Little Har- l * i-am into the bimii at soiiriii.

b0“\' _ $2.50 E. B. McLai'e‘n, Georgetown

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rotator; o1=»?=»'o~ @@Z@

David T. Dover. Suffolk

lliiroed to accept $2 contrlniitionu us It is moro convenient to mail tlill ninuunt than $2.50.

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Carry Insurance

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9nd Sl'l€fP- _ _ _ _ l suttilo-reference: to the death of Vou'l| mild It always payll

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contingency with l

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' The Oldest lnsuraiice Agency in P, E. I..

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