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ROME, December 19-The least

known' and yet one of the most influ-

ential women lgnlstsly lt Present is Min Hamm ws. the nnsirsh governlss of three of the girls df the royslfamiir. since the publication of the 'lrraugemeut of a marriage be.

tween Ed albert Prince of Wales, he'il' a ,‘ o the ‘English throne, and _ _ _ claude. efdest daugh- ter ui* “liiinzand queen- cr* may.

the post thfegoverness as the domestic _ _V _'behind the throne is said to - ,neatly strength-

ened. =-‘._-,,A_,‘.r-,- - "marriage between young 1*-1, T- `-‘ ;~ " wealthiest royal-li, W L, ’tai:evlace'.-as il 019011106; I '/will receive

due uredltn;:;bs_ilfrstehmakei-.

'rhe my__ [that -has -grown up

around the perietiaiity--of_'lliss Brown is one -of the sources of her influence. Also it is'oGtlr¢"k<ln'd -that pieasesthe Kingpwho has a -horror of the pub- licity which his position' -forces upon him. Those persons of .the court ilife. who dislike Mies Brown because -oil her ooniidentlnl position. because of

her poiv_.sr_~to_h<1id her tongue,snd her custom of stand ug beside the Queeu's- chsirilluring the receptions. have fried- in vniu' to discover '-exactly who she, is.'To date, all they have learned is that she_is also a strong-minded per- son ,of some 45 years, who appeared on the scene at the birth of Yolanda, the iiret child, and who has been in charge of the children ever since. It appears that the King-and Queen wanted their children brought up af- ter the English fashion and that Miss Brown was recommended by some member of the English royalty.

,The influence of Miss Brown in'

modemizing thg education of ltadian childrenof the noble families has been remarkable, and farw ider than that of- the more popularly- known system of Dr. Maria Montessori. Miss Brown-has introduced into Italy the English customs with ‘r\ respect to the education of girls in particular, Her 'example with the royal chiildren, who have 'been taught to 'lead an out- door life, to swim and ride and play vigorous games. has been followed by -the noble and wealthy families, who formerly brought up girls in ` the strictest indoor, nun'-like seclusion.

Quite a stir was caused some time

ago by- the way Misa Brown -let the girls run in 'sthlletic clothes about the beach-and woods of Castel Porziana, thas uminer home of -the royal fam- ily. The objecting court ladies, when they attempted to discuss the matter with the King, were asked if strong bodies were not to be preferred to showy clothing. The women of the royal nursery have also on several oc- casions discovered that this English \v_oman's'will was law. Once it was about the question of dolls. These playthings were -ruled out and have stayed ruled out of the nursery. .. .Like the girls of 'the family, young Prince Humbert. _thou sir to the throne, is very fond of Miss Brown. whose influence has been' extended to hilr education in some measure. She exerted her influence in securing the introduction of the Boy Scout move- ment in 1taly,"the'Prince» being its commander in chief and the King con- tributing a million dollars a year to its support. _ ,

During. the war, though with her

usual unobtrusiveness, Mies Brown' has taught the girls the English moth- ods of helping in charities. While the iltaliaus are charitable as a peo- ple, their charities have not before been organised on the large scale made necessary by the war. '

With the marriage of Yolanda. the

work of the English goveruess will not be finished by any 111eans.sincs there still remain Princess Mafaida, who was 14 years of age. November 19. and Princess Giovanna. who was 9 years of age November 13.

CHRISTMAS EVE.

(ly Rev. Oh. Tester.)

'Tis Christmas liivei Our thoughts go

out '

To loved ones near and far; ' For some .now =dweli in distant lands, And some have "crossed the bar."

So great the distant lies between,

They cannot see our face, '

But they will know-Jtie sweetly true;

Our love doth all embrace.

Yet how we long, _these Christmas

times _

Of joy and glad goodwill, '_

To touch again "the vanished 11and_,_

And hear "the voice that'e still. I

The days are gilding swiftly on,

The years--they will not stay:

Boon those we “lov and lost I1

while"

Will be our own for aye.

We’ll gladly greet this Christmas Day

And those that yet may come; For each will -tell -us that we are

A years length "nearer borne." ___....__....-----

SUPPLIES FOR ' ‘

BRITISH' PRi80NER8."misery in her eyes so deep and in-

I

. _.....-

WABHINGTON. December 19.-

maqg tgaparkey by the American Government in-an ‘effort to secure for forwardiu of relief supplies to Brit-

BILLY’S_

"Mother, when are we going to get

9-|16 lllillls for Toinls Christmas box!" asked Billy.- . _ ` - Mrs. Burgess shook her head and

answered-santa. “l'm afraid -we cs_n't send Tom my _ IDI hht these socks I have ready. dear. We cantalord it!!

But. mother." protested Billy. “you

told me .lust two weeks age that _we had five dollars saved and could send him s. dandy box. Where has it ggnery .

"Billy, deer. I hate to tell you. for I know you will feel badLv, and yet YQII' are not to blame in the least. You could not help being ill, and'~oh, I suppose I might have managed with- °\li- I d0<=!0r. but I was afraid to take any chances. I don’t grudge the mo- 11°Y. except for poor Tom's sake, but _ I may as well tell you that it took ev- ery cent of our precious five 'dollars to pay the doctor." - _ "Then its ell my fault that poor Toni ¢BI1't have any Christmas. Why did I have' to 80 and Set sick when we needed that money so? All the other

ting bones from their folks. .loe Ross W" “N118 IDB yesterday about the one they are sending to -hire cousin. Ive just got to get that money some-

how."

“Don't worry yourself sick again. Billy B0y.' begged his_mother. “We ' will make it up to Tom later on, per- hsps."

Billy -said nothing more, but that

night he slept but little -for thinking about Tom. his idollzed' big brother in far-of! France. And. always he plctun ed him watching for a Christmas box --that never came.

The next morning he sold papers so

energetically that he' really did' make ,a few cents above his average. He repeated at night, but when he eager- ly counted his gains for the day they weme so pitifully small he knew they would never' bring -him the desired amount in time. He thought that night till his head' ached and his' eyes 511111111011. but no magical solution ap- peered.

The foliowifng morning, during 5

lull in the psper~seliing, he was lean. ills Bgainst a shop window, head

was he that a soldier passing had to SIOD and say, “Have you a copy of the --i left?" . .

Billy jumped. turned scarlet, and

fumbling in his bag, produced the pa- per. As he held' out his hand to re- ceive the money he raised _his eyes, and the customer was startled at the depth of sorrow revealed there.

“W-hs.t's the matter, boy?" he asked

kindly. "Business not good?"

"ph yes, sir," answered Billy. "lt

isn tu that. It's-it's-say] he bmke off. do you know any way tg earn a lot of money in a hurry?" "H°‘§ 11111011 money. and how big u

hurry? asked the' officer kindly. Suppose you tell me all about it.” Essei-ly Billy turd his troubles,

seeming to find' relief in the mere 5119-1‘i11S Of them. "And," he conclud- od. "I've only a week to do it, for the last Christmas' mail goes a week from tomorrow."

During the recital the ofiice°r'-s

thoughts -had' been busy. Billy'g whole attitude proclaimed that here was no case for charity, and he was puzzled how to help the lad. Howev- er.-an odd idea had occurred-to him, and he determined' to give it a. trial.

"I'll bell you w-hat we’ll do, lad,"

he said. "You bring me just one re.

A8 IT I8 IN BELGIUM.

A wretched attic in a house so `un.

etableythat it seems on the point of collapse. like a 'house of cards. The roof in one corner is torn away, and a great hole in the floor below seems to mark the passage of a thunderboit. The only feature. a rough crate, and two packing cases, masquerading _gs Clilllrl. and a bedstead from which the mattress has been removed, re- placed by a quantity of rags and straw.

In one of the sheltered corners of

this room, a girl of seven sits on the floor. her back against -the wall, and nurses a child of three. Those obidren seem to ‘have passed through some horrible sickness. The skin on their faces is white and drawn, their cheekbcnes protrude like the knuckle of a clenched hand, their eyes are torpid. They are not playful, or curious, the heritage of youth seems to have passed them by. They are lit- tle bits of wreckage, all skin and bones and misery; '

On the bed lies a girl of sixteen or

seventeen years. Though pinched and impoverished, -her face shows the imprint of beauty still, resembling a leaf that once soft and fair, is dying in the Fall, dry and feverishly ool- cured.

As she coughs again and again,

heightening the bright spots of col- our on her checks. the woman -by her side, the Mother of this group, resch- ss out and takes her hand. This- woman, sitting there mute and mot- ionless, is like the ‘living ststuary of Famine, haggard -sud' hopeless. ‘I-lsr _gaunt limbs, her sunken face, seem utterly devoid of flesh. There is a

finite, that one feels on seeing it there that an eternity of Heaven 'could not make .up to her for this ‘her present suffering.

'This is not the picture of a Cena-

I

ish _ ieapers- of war. who were des- cribes: in a note received at the Stew Department today from the British iiimbassyto bl lin a most serious cou- dition.- ' '

Ambassador lllkus. at Constantin- ople, already has sought fllllsnlif-ly. butd without success. up?\‘tl!1|=:I:|im_;g sen . re e _- ro fund, wiTT,chhTi:lI.-been placed at his

by the British Goverment.

dug' ` am' 'gmg when “The sickness of the children.

fi “f °°°‘. .. i

Epox- n ieate t at the *Liga sang’ sr: (Ti‘v"sTT"I`fi'i}%oTVcs'T5,;;ri.¢-ueE:;t 23::

__ - ll' = °

:Innate iffeuxfacse nik; osiiliwll

an minor actions. The Am Ambassador 1.1

tnnvs to °"'“°““" "‘ muse- mfcuresu si- duuuerfg "IZLIT'om‘s'tTT=°'quT»Ttf¢TlrT=*T;T~lemiTrs 'rap`ieiy, tracing my vie-4

litluy s I III which are pres;ing lzetvagn 220:51: Basra ta. e s as n il =£\|n-bus. becauli I bred;-~|p.i|q¢s|¢||g»~wo =leeve nearly

,dian home. May there never be such lin Canada! There are thousands such in Belgium. You would ‘find ‘the attic in the little town of Lackon. |'l‘he hole in the roof and floor shows where a shell has passed. The woman 'and he-r family are refugees -from Louvain. where their home was raz- 'ed te the ground. -her husband shot with many other harmless civilians,

i the whim of s German ofii

that of starvation.

-mir _soldiers are -attending to the fl--.n\sns. Will you help attend to the

fafnishinf women and ohillfsl 0! that litte land that has virtually ' laid down its life to defend us. Bei- gium is now in the lrlvl OW Wi11¢°f- _Many are perishing still -of starvation

tires asians -use imc' ed new

RECITUIT -

_ By Margaret F. Forfar.

¢l‘\lit. somebody that you think should'

be helping that big. brother of yours. Get li in by your own -efforts. bring him to me..end .l'll pay you -uve doi- IOI1 for your work." .

Billy could hardly wait for him to

UIUII1 lllelkilll. "l know the very thy." he cried, "a greet big husky, who amen my new sysry dey. or-is l°°1=I all rlsht. but he wears ysuuw kid gloves and spate." Here such s I°°|¢ 0! dillllt spread ovor.Billy's face that the ofilcer laughed’ heertilyi

“Tha/t’s the ides;~ now go for him.

And when you -get him, bring him around to this address." Then, eul- uiing. he strode away. ‘ Billy spent all his spare moments that day _devising method of warfare and longing for evening and the com- ius of his victim.

When the young msn dually appear-

ed Billy deliberately placed himself in his path sue shouted csrruivsry, “You-wouldn’t need need those spate, Percy. if you were in khaki. and' you

fellows from around here will be get- .could save your .silk shirts till you

“U19 1101110 Iigaln." The man’s face flushed, and he turned' angrily on Billy, but seeing the amused' glances* of the people about him he said nothing and walked hurriedly away.

Each day, morning and evening,

Billy was ready when he passed. Sometimes it was "Your King and °°\"1I1‘y 11080 y0\l. now." Again, “My big brother’s. over there, why' aren’t you?"

But he might have spoken to a block

of wood for all the attention he re- ceived. for the man would walk rap- idly by wit-hout a word or a glance. Things continued thus for five days.

Then. discouraged and' disgusted

with himself, Billy determined to -quit. “Whats” the uae?" he grumbled‘. "It won't make a bit of difference what I say; he'il never enlist."

The fifth night. as he was wearily

starting for home, he glanced down the street. stopped. and stared with unbelievimg eyes at a figure ap roach- ing him. lt was none other tgan his late victim, but. wonder of wonders, Glad bscnminzly in khaki. Billy would have let him pass unheeded

down, still thinking. So engrossed 'whiie he stared, but the soldier stop.

lied. and. smiling down, said, “Sur- P1'IB€d. arent you, youngster?

:Yes. str.” stammered' Billy. Well, aren't you proud of your

work? It is all your fault, you know. You started me wondering what sort

gfnfciiow I was. anyway, and-_here I

“0h, sir!" cried Billy. “will you let

me take you to a friend of mine, and' will you teii him that yourself? You see-" and then out come the story 11€i1in. throwing new light on Biliy’s actions.

"Why, sure. kid. I'il go with you.

You deserve it, all right, for you worked hard for' me." And' away they went together.

I-Ialf an hour later Billy sped home.

eyes shining. fairly bursting in tell his mother the -good news. Together _they rejoiced. and together bought the goodies -and fiiledthg box, And when it was' duly tied, sealed, weigh. ed. stamped and deposited among a host of others at the post-oiiiice. Billy breathed a. contented sigh and mur- ¥11\ll‘8G. “Geal mother, but I -do feel b0i.tS'l'. now," _

THE SIGN OF THE

CHRISTMAS 'TREE.

H0. for the ancient hostelry, WTI10lB Beneroue dcors swing wide

and free!

Whose' guests. when the first snow

crystals fall,

Ga-the-r within its spacious hull Ff°111 NOPIII and from South, and

from West to -East. Big folks down to the very least,

Thronging, far as the eye can see, To lodss st The sign of the christ-

mas Tree.

The guests are known by their curi-

ous wiles,

Mysterious nods, and backs, and

smiles; `

There are secrets flying about by

scores,

Smothered laughs behind fast-closed

doors;

Therc's a noise of hammers, and tink

of beils,`

And whispered “Hushes," and soft

“Don’t tells."

Oh, a wonderful place of mystery

is tboTaucient inn of the Christmas

ree.

There guests sit apart, and stitch and

sew ~

On woven linens as white as snow; Flowers bloom bright on silken fields And fresh surprises _each moment

yields. ‘

And the room where they sit is like a

dream,

Where scarlet berries of holly gleam; And over the lintel, in gold, is

wrought

its hearlitiful name of "Loving Thou-

* E L_..

And Peggy and Polly. and Pete, and

Prue,

With a dear little- girl that looks like

YOU.

A red-haired lass, and a blue-eyed lad,

Grandrgother dear, -and Mother, and

ad, `

And hlundreds of others all over the

and. - '

Are working always with heart and

' hand.

Suippir and clipping, where none

ay see, _

At the Merry Sign of the Christmas-

Trse. `

But og, dear people who long_ have - een » Guests 'heath _the ropf of this pleu-

snt inn _ . . Bethiuk there are these who do not

belong

To the work and fan. to cheer and

songi

liimpty~hsnded and wistful-eyed They areout in. the co_iii;.tUs Christ-

mae-tide. _ _.

Tie up your parcels with ribbon gay;

Bprig cistern .with green in the good ._ Any' ~ . . Then, from your riches. when need

lation.

in our town. or direct fo the

an amiga funnier-Tirmruiim with-’g1T:T:“ 1‘I‘“°' °°°"“'"‘°' “ ""°"

ani sa'-sn”-‘efplorustie rsr»f°I°nt\"°“-

1. _ _.,_`

sr smut, Ifoatrssl. _

: . . _ *A ~,) '¢.

. I ‘ ' \. _ ' ~' » ' `“ " ` '

, Y _ _ _ _ ..

Send your contribution to the Com-_

is -. Fill up the Tives that are -bare and

_ I II. _ Bo shaTl‘e gracious blessing he 'Called down on The 'Sigh of,tI!O,_Clrls-

__-7 _rt

. 1

._ _V `,‘

Rev. ~l‘._ C. Spurr. Wstor of Ro'

seats fork _Baptist Church, Load has recently in a leading Londqcgf

Journal dércribsd a military poet omce wht has been built. within the lastyeor'-`in .Regent’s Park, one of the great cltfs Disy-grounds. This

great wrlodeon -structure, covering an area of' 50. 00 sq. ft., sprang up by magic. Within a few weeks it was commenced and completed. And to- day it is one of the important, dis- tributing centres tc the -men st the front. lt will be still more important

been added to it- .

lt is one of the melt efficient pieces

of home work done in connection with the war. The creation of a great army of men for foreign ser- vice has brought into existence a new and great postal problem. The cor- respondence going out from Britain and the ,Colonies to the men at the front is incredibly large. - But this is a light problem com- pared with that of the parcels. They come in millions from the uttermcst ends of the earth. From India and our Oriental possessions. from re- mote corners of' Australia, New Zea- land, Tasmania and South Africa. from every town, city, village and hamlet of Great Britain and ireland. So great is the number of parcels passing through this war time Post Oiiice that more than 'six hundred men, together with a certain num- ber of girls find their entire timeofr- cupied in dealing with the problem. Day and night the wc-rk incessantly goes on. Upon an average two hun- dred thousand parcels sre despatch- ed daily. -

Mylterlcue Letters.

The bags containing parcels from

the ends of the earth and at homes reach this distribution centre in Post ofllcs vans and War Office lorries oi which latter there are one hundred. Themoment they are unloaded upon the large receiving platform they be- come army mails, and from that time the military authorities assume control of them. fc-r t hey alone know where the boys are to be found. To the civilian sorter the mysterious letters written across the face of the parcels would convey nothing. “B. E. F.,”/"E, E. F.,” or "A. E. F.” may mean one of the fifth places

ITITITIIITTTN I I II IITTITITTTIM -

-0 ,`

thing. Thge are no loose ends. The pattern' is mplete.

Marked into Csetlenl.

The has arriving fromreverywbere

are imm iately opened. their con- tents exnmined and classified. The vast area of the onostsrey Wat c-moe is divided into clearly marked sections. The general locality is first of all indicated: Australia has one section, New Zealand another, Canada another. Here the mails for the Egyptian Expeditionary

when another 50,000 sq. ft., have ‘forces are dealt with; those for Bal-

ogiiri; yonder 'those for Mesopotamia is d again those for France.

-_Then the sub-divisions begin. rliiu-

ormous letters indicate-in which fur- t er section the parcels should be paced. Open bags are' placed on e oh section, and into these the ap-

piopriate parcels are dropped. For e ery unit on active service a bag is provided. The battalion, the re- giment, the battery, the company, all -is marked with the utmost distinc- tiless.

_Little by little, by a double pro-

cess of selection and elimination, the identity of the addresses of the par- cels is arrived at, and in an amazing- ly short space of time he receives upon the battlefield or at the base or in hospital the gift designed for him. It is a miracle' of system and of rapid despatch. The marvel is increased, when it is remembered that incessant changes are continually in progress at the front. Units are moved and the address given by a boy today may not be his address in a week's time. Yet there is little or no delay in delivery even in these circumstances, since the telegraph continually keeps the authorities apprised of all changes in the locals of the units. It is the unit that is aimed at from this side; all details are completed on the other.

For Broken Purcell.

Two or three departments of this

military post office are peculiarly fascinating. One is the rspacking department/ where parcels which ar- rive in a broken condition are fresh- _ly done up before being despatched tothe unit. So great is the careless- ness c-f senders that no less than three thousand parcels per day have to bo repacked before they can be sent forward. There are defects in

upon the continent of Europe or in Asia oi' in Africa.

Even to the military sorter the

final destination of t he parcels is unknown when at length the last process of sorting has been conclud- _ed and the sealed bags are ready for despatch. the mystery remains unsolved. All that the distributors know is that bags labelled with a certain color go to this station and that other bags labelled with anoth- 'er color go to that station. The bags all pass into the hands of mystery and over their transit there rests an impenetrable veil which is not lifted until they pass into other hands across the water. It is a -perfect sys- tem, spy proof, treachery proof. The responsible brains at either end know, the bands between simply work; the two combined accomiillih the mission -of the '-mail. The most perfect order prevails. Military dis- cipline and order regulate every-

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IIl5TH IN IIUMTIIRTIIBIT UUIRIETTMNIJ- HAPPY

Miss Sarah K. Stewart of Pigeon

Cove, Mass., has received the follow- ing interesting letter from her brother in the 105th.

Witiey Camp. Engfiand

Nov. 19th,1916

Dear Sister:-Your' letter received

a few days ago was very glad to hear from you, glad to learn you were all well at the time of writing as this leaves me at the present time.

You see by this letter we have mov-

ed from Sborncliife Camp. We are' in a lovely place clean, dry and warm. We are a part of the 5th'Brigade from the Maritime Province. mostly all Highlanders. This is quite a larZ0 camp there are about twenty thous- and soldiers camped here at present.

This place is called Miliford in the-

country -of Surrey, Eng. We are thirty| miles from London. There are thirty of us in a hut large enough for fifty, the beat accomodation a. soldier could have. There is twenty-seven Privates und ilu-ee N. c. 0'S. Our Sergeant P- G;-[gm-y, Corp. Neil' McLeod from Brookfield and IL. Corp. Lauchie Mc-. Phee from Bellevue, very fine fellows. Among the Privates are Duncan Mc- Finnan, Cole, Angus Livinsilou. AIS! McLean, High Bank, J. C. Martin from Uigg. Martin Mcncnuid from Lyndsle. Archie Mc-Lean .Ocean View. JIU1 Arnold, Lot 40, Art King, Chariiotte- town. Cannot stop -fn tell you of the: others. We have one large mess P00111

the wrapping paper, which sometimes Tis,so thin thatvit bursts asunder. ,Then boxes are used which are easily broken. It is no wonder that the ,contents of many boxes are reported as missing; the marvel is that the number is not much greats-r.

“Here were parcels which had

been sent on to Cairo to men- who were no longerrthere, then forwarded to France again to miss their owners, and finally arrive at this London base to be re-addressed to the men else- where or worst of ali to Australia, the lads having been killed in action. If those parcels could ape-ak!"

“One department is marked with

the single word ‘Blind.' lt has no _ re erence to blasted vision. It is the coT‘ne-r where uncertain or insuffici- en,t addresses are scrutinized and if

feasible, rectified. And it is surpris- ng how many of these there are- "As I realize- the magnitude of all

this work and the wonderful effici-

_engy with which _it is conducted, it se ms to be a duty to let the public know how great is its debt to the mbn who are keeping open so com- pletely communications between the mon _st the front and their friends at home."

I THE BRITISH SPIRIT

.,,..-- ,

The following lette-r has be'en rec-

eived by Mrs. Melvin Wood. Framing-

tog, from her son Howard Guy of the 10 th Battalion.

Witiey Camp

` Nov. 29th, 1916 Dear Mother:-Just a few lines to

let you know lam well. Since -I wrote last we have moved to Witiey Camp. Surrey about 28 miles from London. The last night we' were in Shornoliffe our tents blew down and it rained. lt was a terrible place for mud.We march in ft in the day and sleep in it at night. |_‘hey are calling again for -a draft from the 105. And I suppose we will have to go -this time. We came h e ‘to help to drive the' enemy to tlxir own' country and it has got to bs, dons even if we have got to give up' our lives. The only thing wc' are e-ure of is death. Dear mother 'I am not sorry for coming here and if l were horns again l would enlist. There- is e ‘ugh English blood in my veins to mrgkc mo feel very clannish an'd to help out all l can. Well as i have to be up and doing i will bring this letter to a close, write soon with love to all I remain

_ Your Loving-Son T HOWARD GUY .

SIIRIP BUOK IAIIPIIECIIIED

and cook house seats the whole Batt- alion. All the Officers are book WTI-I1 us again after taking there -three months course in different ways 0! warfare. An the officers are good 10 us. We have a healthy bunch -of fel- lows. I baven't been sick a day s-lnce ; .left home, never mieed a parcel. We go on route marches pretty often from five to fifteen' miles from 2 o'clocir_ to four thirty, and carry" about eighty er nintypounds on our backs.

Well dear ~f received the socks I-11d

wi, ve-ry ‘|55 tg get them, for which I thank you very muhb. The other tvvgg papgggss you sent I hevsnt recei yer. mary sir the boys in this hut .received boxes with a little of every- thing in them. l hope to 'get mine soon., There are Canadian so diers all over. England I think may# ‘seine in 1166?; as here till Spring. fire are reports around that _We an IDI!! 00”" *P B rlnuda to do garrison duty .cant'_ te‘Il whether there is any _truth in this, 0;-_ pot, B Co. is getting memuul' this week but ws are loin! _ *if If all goes well. I am p\esi|iri!"on going to Scotland. Well ddr siltervthis is' all I have to fell on ow as iiisvs more letters to .geese neil me. the Guardian it is s vefr "l¢°i11¢ iw-D

hers. with love to father, mother ami

l i brother

'"3"' m°°,`|13»I§“;. III'-%Nn'r,'

' ‘ tmas 'i‘rss. .

_ .- .ri

the Guardian it is e very welcome papers

Writing from Witiey Camp, Surrey,

Ergland, Captain C. Ste-wart, officer oo mandiug "C" Co.. 105th Battalion to Mr. C. B. Jelly,Principal, of the Sum- merside High School, Summerside,

P. E. I.. sBYS:--

Deer S r:

in behalf of the mon' of my Com-

pahy. 1 have to thank the pupils of your school for "Scrap Book. No. i," which came to hand today, and for yolrr intimation that we may look for one each week. it is unnecessary for

-There we leave her, to pray for us and

s--1-als lli 1- _

` EDWARD CHEVERIE.

to He two Mrs. Jerome at

bed months

‘a pdrrowing wife, six sons. Mary. Adoiphus, 'and Neil, Elmira;

ward, New N. S.; and Mic- hael, in Boston, Mass. I-Iis tuna-ai.; which took place on Thursday, was very largely- attended, testifying the hlSh esteem in which the deceased -was hold hy his fellow townsmen.

MR. .levies A. seA'roN.

Mr. James A. Beaton, one of the

most prominent and enterprising _ofg the inhabitants of East Point -passed away peacefully on Wednesday, the sixth of December, in the 78th year oi' his age, after a lingering illness of two years, which he bore with Chris- tian patience and resignation to the Divine Will. The deceased was high- ly esteemed by every' person who knew him. I-le took an active part in Gvery:-_movementy having for its ob- ject the advancement of the interests of the Eastern part of Prince Edward

was remarkable for his knowledge of history. He taught school for some time in Charlottetown, as an assistant to the late Edward Roach. l-Ie was a candidate in the interest of the Liberal party for a seat in the

dean _sympathy `oi the whole commu- nity rn their sad bereavernent, the third within ten months. The funeral tock place on Friday afternoon , the Sth December, and the body of a good and noble citizen was laid to rest in

service was performed by his beloved

pastor. who attended him during his illness. May his soul rest in pence.

MRS. MICHAEL M KENNA

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In the natural course of temporal

events. of far-reaching importance and

concerning event occurs we, with

o 'p um e

fathomsbis depths of 'God's wisdom.

and belief in the Omnipotent Power are beneficial. But even those two, we may' say, cardinail vurtues are ac- quired, human :-:-usceptibliity will as- sert itself under pressure. it is im

accompanies the death of Mother, and we give' way to an uncontrollable

Such n grief pervades the home of

Michael McKenna, Vernon Bridge,

great White Throne of Justice.

The late Mrs. McKenna was only

Previous to her confinement she en-'

cold, which persisted and finally -re- solved into' ai: affection of the lungs which medical skill could not diag- nose and loving care check.

She wa: born in ions (The Valley,

Irish Montaguelas it was'-then called)

ed to their present home.

mourn her demise. .Her _ -

and exalted those with whom she

hoilcs. and she ‘practiced them un faillngiy and always foiilowed in the

her tender soiicitude, but although death has- snapped the thread of life, we' are bound to her by stronger cords of love which is eternal as the uni- verse. Now she rests peacefully in the heart of the Christ she Iloved so well.

be our guidance and solace in our final journey

following sons and daughters survive:

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Joseph, Alaska; Alphonsus, Nebraska;

Peter, Pownal; and Michael. Owen and Annie, at home. To the bereaved family we tender our deepest sym- pathy. '

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AN DREW BROWN

The death of Andrew Brown, one of

the Miramichi’s oldest pioneers, took place in Summereide on Monday after-

week's illness. _.

advanced age. For the past few days

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and

he will people very few lates now him.

are

younger assoc- who will remember

Island. Hs was s well read man and The funeral waarhald-w°dn°°f1“`y

afternoon at 2.30 o'ciock. Service at the house and grave was. conducted by Rev. S. J. Macarthur, ofqBt. ilnmesf Presbyterian' ch1rrch','and interment was made in Sf. Jamesf ,cemetery._

The pallbearers were Messrs Jar-_

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Troy and Samuel A. Russell.-New castle eader. ~

THE LATE MR.MALCOLM *MUPHEE

December 8th at his homo West Nev ingtun, Mass, Mr. Malcolm McPhee late oi' Bellevue. Mr. McPhee-was in his ordinary health until the~day'of his death, when he was seized with

Mr. McPhee, who was forty-six ‘years

two children, Blanche and Annie‘. His

n s g n, wa

member. There was a very large attendance. people coming from all over the district to be present.

The people- of~WestmoreIand were

on“"l`uesday, Dec. Sth lust. the sad news s read abroad that on that

til within a few weeks of his death

notwithstanding the fact that

gained ground till at lenght, death put an end to his suffering. His un- expected death is deeply regretted by all his friends and acquaintances. Deceased was a. man. of kind and

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imony could be paid to i.he.,decw.sed_

Cemetery. / I-is leaves 'to mour:i1,_ a,

four daughters. ` _amely Frederick in

D . B I1. Mrs. Mark Macvittie, Westmoreland. and Miss Viola at home and one bro

bert Moore, A'lfre_d.Canfield,_ George ’l‘ro-.vsfialei 'Sidhéy f,Trowsdsle,‘ ‘Sidney Matters. fl ` _ `,V_ _,_

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peace proposals probably will _bad de__

tomorrow _ _ V

never agree to siirrcnrler Kiao Chou.

reported in the news despatches, is a

tantamount io the abandoment of the object for which the Entcnte Pow crs have waged war. _

PRISONERS IN TURKEY

NEED INSTANT HELP

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.- Urg'ofi¥

The late Mr. Brown was in his 90th representations are being made to year, and had enjoyed perfect hemith Turkey by the American government up until Nov. 30th, when he was taken in an effort to secure tbe'fof‘w'ardiu`g' down with stranguiated hernia. He, at of relief supplies to ‘British prisoners _ the time was- living in Bedeque. P. E. of war who were dsscrib'ed'in' s’ti0f¢' i., and it was found necessary that an received by the state department to- » ._ operation be performedon Dec. 2nd, day from the Brtish Embassy_to'b`u -§g§‘ was most successful, considering his in a most serious cc-ndition " _ " '

Ambassador Eikus, at Oonetanti'-'_

m' to"sey that these 'are much np- following the operation, every prospect nople, already has sought' dilige_ntly_. pr 'elated by they-men. Tho first copyi was that he womd recover. but along] but without success, permission to", V. is certainly a credit to those who had ' about Sunday the 10th, 'he took s had _send or to the men reife ~ from ,rl .~

th work in hand. turn, and on the afternoon of the 1i`th large and which has'

and ‘are ready for anything. A draft of;200 ‘men from iho 105th Battalion left for Francs. thi; morning, at 4 a. m., to reinforce the 35th Battalion.

“C” Co. suppyied 00 splendid cha!!!- ‘but so far as can recollect of the mon who went, Pte. Matthew Richards w the only Summers-ide' 'soldier

in this`Company. hey were all in great spirits at

in nnigiriigiii nf shortly Pains in '19 n ‘ if . ‘ _ rT>\ssev,sx|£\-ses to your ilnplls my tbanksvfcr t eir interest in my neil.

` ou're"_truly ' ` ' c. J. c. irnwasr. cumin.

0. C. "C" C0. 105 Batt.

Whitley Camp

making his home ir Winnipeg, was notfifc-:l of his fathers illness and went immediately to Bedeque. sr- rlviug there on Dec. Sth. lu accord- ance to his feth`er's wishes, the re maine were brought to Newcatle for burial in the -family plot in St. James' Presbyterian cemetery. The, funeral' was held from the residence

Both 'British and state deps§tn\eiit__

representatives indicate _that I s sit- uation of the men is very had

Among them are the `l0,00q wh prisoner in surrender at Kat- ` - era and other-e have been a' dedjim -Gallipoli and minor section". "' __ , ` The American ambassador i¥‘tnoVtu`

‘to be under great dldiculty iii 'deal-

of Mrs ‘George Brown, widow of the ing with Turkey owing to the -

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deoeasevrs -brother. on ‘Wednesdayserfous diplomatic `questie`qp` gyigg-won, an pasting between ‘the !wo___- Y-Jw.

The late Andrew Brown was born meats. The situation is 1 - . in chathsn Head. the homestead and dangerous because I - . ‘ I” standing in the user vicinity to 'ths lations wouldiiesvs nearly -' 2,., _

approach of the llorrisey bridge. In 01811 MUNI" Tiitiii ‘_ V _ ~` 1 70 ns moved with his family tc. rect aipicmaue _ aj:

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St. Coiumba Cemetery. The burial There Imssed “way suddenly” on

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