1-:~.»_{3¢*;a;.,» £ R. fri 'if "if lf? . .. _ ' if .\ » ie? . "3 . is .P i v l l l i t l _ lt I. .l .A l \ . i \ . 1 i l; ‘ill ;i 1 . l r"~ ` ii. .~ 1 s is ef ~=~1.~»<. ._ if. » v 4 __fl"¢`iit|mt’0lfrinnn i lias Thrilling Experience iir. J. lf._lliclien|a T* Your ol°lll4| nol- P. the passages _ clan- and you can tiareltho No. more hawking, il"\\\|\hk. muoone dtioinirgo, hem. *.°h0. ilfyhels-no "strulUUi¢ flor iW"°*¢5 N NUM. your cond or cutters-h 1| lane., _______________ -T' D°|i'¢i`rl¥ stuffed np! Get o. small ig; its *iii f\'°¢U° Eff; Cmnt _Balm from your _ilrun nay- Appr.; neue or this j*_i‘\\SNI\§. antiseptic 'cream in' your fnoatrils. 'let it penetrate 5,. NR llllege of the head; soothe hid-l the awoilih. inflamed muc- _¥us memhritae, giving you mmm; re. .lol El!'e Cream Balm in just what ggi? cold and ceciarrh sufferer has n seeking. lt's just splendid. t -A Time to Pray. .x ._ _____» | ‘J At 1 certain church service one day' the minister gave out the well-known hymn beginning, “l love to steal away.‘ The regular leader of the choir being absent . the duty devolved upon i~. young fallow of a timid nature. l-le oomnaenced. "l love to steal," and then broke down. . Raising his voice a little high-er. he thenrsang. 'tl love to steel." I 2 At length. a-fter s desperate cough.\ he mode; a final demonstration. and roared out, “I love to steal." The edort was to much. Everyone but’the'parson was laughing. H-.3 rose _. and with the utmost gravity said: . “Seeing our ~brother's propeneltiuf let `us prey." ‘ l ~. . A Hot One . Jack-l have observed that some fellows uct like fools when in love. ‘Edith-Anti I have observed that. it is not even necessary for some to ne in love. ‘ (Continued from page three, _ __ __ gone. You cannot stop to assist your best friend that is -iron bound rule of war for the first duty -of u soldier is to defeat the enemy. An om'--tr who left the line to carry hack a wgundgd rginardw Liillment Cures _iJ_ipntneri:. wiurade would he guilty of gross cow. ardice and would be either shot or have to stand trial later on. The same applies to an e°nlisted man. lu the Brent brotherhood of death where the tins cf friendship are the closest and most sacred things in me we are gon.. Gd to sweep them all aside. \Vc :ire trained to forget and to push :1hend-- that perhaps is why no one who has been to France will return the saute man. As l s.it now in my ibillet with plenty of warmth and light i can close my eyes and look into the past. l can hear the unforgetteible whine ot' shells and their blasting explosive and the suare oi’ machine gun bullets which at least are clean-and through it all can hear the cries of the wounded-‘~ haunting cries which weld _into the faint niist oi' a cold and rainy dawn. "Firt Aid, my God, First Aid!" The clock strikes. l open my eyes. the vision is gone. ~hut us long as l live I shall never forget the past, 'Phunk (lcd it is the past. V This particular pnrt of Franco where we now are is most replctt-. in turkeys. This menus that we shall have an A.'meric:tn Thnnltsglving which will he rather nice. l know that my old company°has purchased 5’ of the cratures at 2 francs per pound l believe, Benucoup turkey on the 2S!li ’I"hut is line. l think l shall close and so bye bye. A.-i l said in my Inst letter this is now :t flue War! Much love tn you all, from JACK I 8th Siege Battery The following letter speaks for it- self: _ I-lallflx, .\'. S., March 19, 1919. l WY- 'eff deer nity. but it is soon I "°“°K°“”“' ‘Tracndie Cross, P. E. l. ’ “Dear Sir-l have the honor to forward herewith Military Medal awarded ‘by His Majesty the King to J. F. McKenna, C. G. A. "The following is an extract front the London' Gar.ette,~ 30507, .,.du,t_e-l 4 21-18 giving particulars of the _deel performed meriting this reward. ~ During- operations near Pnssclien- duele, from 30-1-17 to 1-ll-17. under very heavy shell fire. dressed many wounded in the open. A whole machine gun crew being killed by one shell he alone kept the gun in action until reinforcements arrived." “ln forwarding this medal l am to <:0l1\'€Y to you the congrntulation ot' the officer Commanding the Stuff Officers of Military District No 6. “Please acknowledge receipt oi' Mcdatl. "Yours truly, "H. FLOWERS, BELFAST RED CR-OSS SQCIAL. The ladies of the Belfast Red Cross Society hold their ilnnl business meet. ing and social in !iioore’s Hall. Eldon- On the eve of ;\lt\i‘Cll Beth. Owing .to the impossible state of the roads, bttt few members could be present, How- ever an impromptu program was cl’» fectively rendered while Mr. J. J. McDonald ably acted as chairman. The ‘following iaddress wus road hy Miss Kntio McEucbern:- . Miss Mima S. Moore, Secretary i‘rensurer of the Belfast Branch of tim Rod Cross Society. . Dcnd friend and co-worlter:- it is with mingled feelings of joy and tlmnkfulnoss, not unmiitod with regret while we rejorce and give thanks to God that in His divine wisdom lie has brought to it close the _Yet Wu wma no sugar regret ...ml we are about to demobnize our div- ilion of the Red Cross army, and we 1 carmot do so, without a word of thanks _for the splendid work you have done as secretary treasurer dur- ing the last three years and 6 months, Flew, if any of our number realize the amount of work incumbent on tue' holder of that oiilce. You,. however.' did not stop with merely doing thnt which was your tluty._/ Executive ability is one of your many tnlentsn and you.have not hidden it in the earth. Your voluntary activity ann cheerfulness has been an encentlve to many to do better. Your efllcient superintendeuce in the packing and sending of .boxes. ordering mnteriui for work, keeping accounts, attend- ing to matters of the press, and many ‘ other things we could mention, have ` been simply marvellous and all this besides your regular work, which' left you little leisure. We are illlilfi confident that not one ol' us C0\1\- ' suppl1E?'i>yPathephbne'~& L0., Ltd.__ __ _ _ J ' . V ' ' ° . . _ ‘ ' _ ,_,,, ,.0 ~.»~,,.. 1 ‘“~"“.» - *f ~f`_»f`~>.Ij; 0- -, A 0 _ - . . _ - ‘ ' "l" ` " "”"*‘9~--‘.».» . .. 1 . . ~. .-..... '.fh."»` *(‘ A. ` -»o..... _ i » if