""'XL?i§,'eC X43 ‘Ja-' f '¥ if i ul' I .i ~» .4 v'4 v ». V1 i ___ gr ,l H3' =¢. aaa' I l »...\ - urified and Riound until ..,_. ‘i - . .fr-. . . .i-~ . ._ » -_ - -- _ ~ rnnonsnrmrnrowu 'cuxnnrxn ' png-p _ N _ ln. _ Latest of War Heroes cqiiegq ,when he get mx to nug- . 1 t _ ‘ ' `~ ~ land, l most jealouiily guarded post, 2 MIS-'|'AKE» I fth° kinlth t il Tal ‘Eowdgrs -are aalike. iTl‘igi{|; is_;rth Army Corps, which included the ground that those with control promotions in the British army are inclined to favor the leader who was a soldier before the war as opposed to the "civilian in uniform" who has learned all he knows about warfare in the past four years, it ia to be borne in mind that the “War Ollice gang" has used .pretty good judgment in picking its generals. Byng, Allenby, Maude and Gough were all professional soldiers long before the war began, to say noth- ing about Sir Douglas Haig himself. The latest name to be added to those of the generals who have distinguish- ed themselves against the German war machine is Gen. Sir Henry Raw- linson. He, too, is a. professional sol- dier, and the son of a soldier, and under Sli' Douglas Haig is entitled to ciedit foi the eicest smash the » . B . British army has made since the war began. it may be that the “civilians in iinlfoi'm” have not-had the oppor- tunities that their abilities deserve, that they have to cope with some prejudice and a lot of red tape and considerable lack of appreciation on the part of the General Staff, but a system that brings men like Rawlin- aon to the front cannot be wholly bad. _ Gen. Riiwlinson, is, the sou of Major-Gen. Henry Creswick Rawlin- son, first baro‘net,'a`nd himself a diu- tinguished veteran of-' the Afghan war. and also noted an at translator of the cuniform inscriptions of Per- sia and Babylon. He was educated at Eton, and later at Sandhurst. At -the age of 20'he entered the King's GEN. SIB HENRY RAWLINSON. Royal Rides, and for the past thirty- four years has been in practically every scrimmage 'where British soi- diers were present. In passing, it is to be noted that Rawlinson entered a. foot regiment-iiiost of the gcu- erais who have distinguished them- selves in this war having been orig- inally with the cavalry branch. Raw- linson first saw service as aide-de- camp to Roberts in India, and later served through the Burma cani- paign, where he won at medal and clasp. On the advice of llobei-ts,-wliu held a very high opinion of his niili- tary gifts, he returned to England in 1889 to enter the Staff College :it Camberley. After passing the diffi- cult examinations he was transfeijijed into the Coldstream Guards. From 1894 to 1896 he was briga.de,majoi‘ at Aldershot, leaving this post. to go nit.. iiitchener to the Soudan as D.A.A.G. - We are informed by Cyril Arthur Player in the Detroit News that Lord Roberts regarded Rawllnson as "the greatest military possibility .of his time." This opinion seems. io have been also entertained by Lord Kitchener, who wrote of him: _ “Col.. Sir Henry Rawiinson .possesses the qualities of a staff omcer and a com- mander in the field. His character- istics will always ensure him a front place in whatever he sets his niigd to." This verdict was endorsed ly Sir Douglas Haig, who, in reviewing the Somnie operations of 1916 wrote: “Generals Sir Henry Rawlinson and Sir Hubert Gough for tive months controlled the operations of very large forces in one of the greatest, if not absolutely the greatest, struggle that has ever taken place. It is im-V possible to speak too highly of the great qualities displayed by these commanders throughout the battle. Their thorough knowledge of the profession and their cool and sound judgment, tact and determination proved fully equal to every call on them." After the Soudan campaign Raw- linson returned to England a marked man. with a medal and two clasps and official praise from Kitchener such as few men ever received. He was one of the first othcers on ser- vice when the Bo i' war broke out, and had tho br' . .ck to be shut up in Ladysmith v -~ sir George White, to whom hc us acting A.A.G. Nevertheless, oven ln the beleaguered town he had opportiin' yf to make use of his unusual qualities of leader- ship, andwhat he did in the way of cheering up the garrison became a legend in the army. When he left Ladysmith somebody observed that the troops began to die as they found life so dull without him. in the lat- ter stages of_tho war he served with Competition fs the life of trade and the death of the 1ion~advertfler.' It is truly wonderful how fascin- ating most things are to people that ‘i Seventh Division, one of the most famous in the annals of the British army. It was the Fourth Army that had to bear the brunt of the German attack, until Sir Douglas Haig with the First could swing into line to iight the tlrst battle of Yprea. Those were dreadful days, with the Fourth _Army Corps 'out- numbered elgbt to one, and opposing the very cream of the German forces. ‘Later on a captured German omcei- sald that the German command be- lieved that not fewer than four army corps were in the trenches h`eId by Rawlinson's men. What the losses were maybe judged from the fact that of 400 officers who had left England with the Seventh Division only 44 were left, and of 12,000 men only 2,236. Gen. Sli' Henry Rawlin- son combines military qualifications that are very uncommon, the gifts of leadership and personal magnet- iam, with the ability to plan actions long in advance, and to meet with what amounts almost to intuition every surprise blow the enemy may aim at hiiu, He is beloved by his soldiers and held in respect by those abovc him, and the further he goes the better he gets. GRANDMNS SUGAR B0\\`L. The Men Never Stir:-ed Their Coffee ln the Old Days. Of course you reuieuibei' in the good old days wheh you went a-visit- ing down to grandma.’s on the farm how there were loads and `ioads of good things to eat. Life was a real joy then, with three meals a day, and every one of them a feast. More than likely the table was in the kitchen, and how big and long it wus, almost like a hotel table of those times, and there was need of it being long, with all the crowd to gather around it. There was grandpa at one end, and grandnin at the other, with the ,boys lined up at the tables, and “ ’Lizlietli Ann" and the “Raggedy Man," and the company from town, and every- body. 'l'...~r~ were mounds of "mashed" _»utaio..: and sweet ham and brown gr.'.vy, and four kinds of preserves, and-everything good. Midway in this lavlshness was a half-way sta- tion where the sugar and spoonholder stood. Of course, you remember the spoons, old, thin, silver spoons, with tiny tooth marks on them, and ln faded script the initials, "B.A.J.” Betsy Ann Jones; that 'was grandma before she married grandpa. As for the sugar bowl, it wasn’t one of these latter-day skimpy recep- tacies, with a cluster of fake "goose- berries" -hand-painted (?) on the side, nor a near-fern leaf cut in glass. No, ma.'am, it was a sugar bowl worth having, as big as an urn or the coi- fee pot, and how grandma and the boys would scoop the sugar into their cups! “ 'Lizbeth Ann," as she wnsli- ed the dishes, would grumble _and complain that "them men never stir- red their cottee." ._ A Caricature of Dickens. The reproduction of a very i-are caricature portrait of Dickens up- peared in a recent issue of the Dick-_ ensian. William Miller was the auth- or of the portrait, which was adver- tised for in vain by F. G. Kiiion, more than twenty years ago, for iii- sertion ln his book, "Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil,” says the Chris- 'tian Science Monitor. Dickens first. saw the portrait in question wlioii walking along Piccadilly with Dis- raeli one day. He was vastly aiiiuscd add, entering the shop, bougiit sev- eral coples, one of which was sent to the Hon. Mrs. Richard Watson, at Rockingham. In a letter written from Gad's Hill_ place lie says: "1 hope you may have seen a large- headed photograph with little legs representing the undersigned. lt has just sprung up so abundantly in all the shops, that I ani ashamed to go about town looking in at thc picture windows, which is my delight. it seénis to me `exti~ao'rdinai~ily ludi- brous and much more like than the grave portrait done in earnest. it made .me laugh when 1 tlrst came up- on it, until I shook again, in open, ,_suniigl~ited_ Pi_\_;ciidiily.’i"- _ How tho Days Were Named. Considering the strength of the superstition that Friday is an un- lucky day, it.i.a~-surprising to know bow this reputation came about. Fri- day got its name from Friga. the SID- posed mother of the gods, who was the goddess of peace, fertility and riches. Not much fear of superstition there, 'surelyl Wednesday would have been more likely of supersti- tious origin, because that was the name for the god Woden (or Odin), supposed to be 'the father of the gods of.wai°. The other days? Sunday, of course, was named after the sun; Monday for the moon; Tuesday for Tuisco; Thursday for the god Thor, the Roman Jupiter, and Saturday foi- Sueter, the Roman Saturnus.--Spare Moments. Fireworks. One of the most amusing tricks ln fireworks is the serpent's egg trick, wizard* a _little pellet when lighted turnsifnto a horrilile snake, many, many times the lisa of the pellet. How awe-inspiring it is to the young- steri Most.-people have no idea what in the world causes the snake to ap- pmr. The explanation is simple. Mercury aulpho-cyanid burns with a voluminous aah. 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