Nov. tl. Isis f our leave' the were made th!! with any body else. ° _ at fact all the_were' seem to be very kind. able took the trip to Dublin went in Ireland, except- place I would very hui owing to the be travelled. we found it to get there and back bo- our leave expired. so we decid- poltpone it to a future time.f -was with me: Corp. Hogan. Muflllsban. Gunners Wynne. Johnson, James McKenna, P. John' McKenna and C. Cras- 'ieft our station after walk- Zlg miles-at 6.10 a. ln. reach- 7.30 a. m. After a good around we took a minutes ride, then it elevator for another I and ilually reached underground. We went liesrl- _of .lfpndou to Station, more `e ovators and '.-irosira-fun f~v'st_s_?t_w c e s car two WKY. we B- 111. the o way- the were was .__ just in -took a -a, 'look 'ai two seeing. to the also a here, is not like what very pretty spot. lloale;.the_put bask to Dnhllato' - a some ,..."§-'§2&‘°£‘.h M “. ’*°“'l "' winter months. hut- the bunch m_ttd,_ Perhaps and Wynne A few weeks pofd behind;-I can .stand aa a bad cold was a booae _loint but funny you anybody under the for our coming by way at The opera-tnI‘.~ Did he boys. but some andthey are Taylor, and see us section I only _ DISEASE ws. lnwqeso, \!~l_l rw lteeolm eases te my el all i'~.'.t..l»':'a:'.‘;°-:‘....",.'°°‘.....f°n.‘2__':_§ _.sa ,man-1, sn as use-is m._;.'.»l.l... .ss minute ants "‘§*.:~..“l'.: §".°...',§.°'.h:’l.‘1‘....,.' .».. ua`l\0ff0n ]\lll. ffl.--_-r»_\:.~’el»v--_~ » . - I t . 'M619 v stood on .ge grave‘s of all the om might hear them speak about, lt'a_won- derful. Oh, yes I stood on-fthe.-grave of lord Roberts Also the 'Iloewr of lax _ through. wilhna snide- léoen re- the Sdtli Canadian Taplow. “lngli anew' sus ul through tus’ _ _ - -`3"°\‘*» Houses of Parliament. and 8t._I? ul' .- ‘ " P' " 'll' mt' Nu' Was in the whispering Towerfyoll Mi D°“°’° H°lh°"""‘ " t UN 159811 such a long time since I.l\ave .written to you that you 'will not know what has _happened-_to me. ' ' but I have been kept so~very busy u h 1 ,H _.London, was al ltbrough that., It is - - i`n!:,0i,d°l:o;:7?33°:_“::_ 55':-. where all the old executions llledto ‘nd °°l“° “qt °°° “V °h““°9' °' We recei but we my fe son WSIS Gimp Say but be is an i_ntelllgen¢.lI1un, ‘S0 You see we were travelllng.in some class in London. The _whole'_-Battery _there was alot of_ _ting boys _atitbe same place so it was gre t. company. _ Now I must tell .you about our luck els 'only `_a few of the boys tool; them but it was funny, .ltsgnttlng better -now, but -for a while there were, fei- Tbey come strolling in _`-to ‘barracks -every day from else,whelte_.hut nothing serious. We have very ood quarters rest c nacrl Well. I must close for this time. Be 'am anxious to get the news. having a ‘good_time.?ive my regards to all the old folks ab ut the City. This is an awful cclintry for rain. -It can' rain any- time and it does--too. I don't know yet what.-the address-is hereiso you-~can'~ send :to tile Army' P. 0.'A_s 'You wlllnotica our -No. has been changed. -Will say goodbye. As ever- ' ‘ r ‘ lam-Your _ ` : V _' ` - HARRY - Ne.__-l2s1so1__ -. _ '~ _ ’Sergt`. I-1'. _Boyce _, ‘ » _ 272nd -(Cltnafdian) i Siege Battery _ _c|o_ Army__§Poat _Qilice _ s ' ' .LONDON “ENGI ' writing. Well mother I sent you a Wo° W°\'° “WNW °“ °°°.'_:)“xkfh°Pl;r°:.f°§:f;nut:_° §:°"3l ""_';l; card telling you thai, ll- have been f Islanders. but did not I EN only and time te vlslt_B\l¢kll1sW1\ P_°1°°° °f wwe not. ln- ;§‘:‘,§“‘;§dée_f_6f‘:§g§_"fi_é';‘_Y__f‘:§§“ ‘rg qudem gh" wok om- lille. and the Royal Stables all through I ' V ,.1 |' 1' them. Some elses to ua and- the last “gk I' W M °‘“5-ml-m°-‘n U” mm' ar v ng~'t;bie;i;ra:n.3 meal I Nd mbommn 'Lu it sir-lm :iso a slight wound in my arm, and »»-»-»»»»»-- ~--M -1--»»--l-»--»~ ...l:..: .;*l.‘.*.f:.l,‘:f'°.:..‘;°.:":.°.’;... like Heaven alter the .awful battle on the Somme. _It is,a'-beautiful Hos- ital th t I l ` d rl Ili was on furlough at the`Vsam` time. ° ° ‘m “" 5° “ea y An md I were wxemar. of ‘fcouwé-Canadian nlurses and doctogsa There are on y _wp more woun e_ Canadians in the whole place besides myself. I was very lucky in getting at » M , - ~ - _ i_n here.There _is .a girl from Sydney _,3'iZ.’s‘i..l.‘§i‘.€_-'.l.?.°¥‘.°.Zl.l§5’f$3‘i..2§l? N- 8-- I-= my ww- She \~ my nice and. I being, the 'only Canadian in the ward it makes quite a differ ence.. Well mother Dear you must 1°," in golpimls al bye, Englmim ,try and not worry dbout ms for d- will have the best _of care, and as soon as I am able to go out tbe_boys tell me there ls lots uf good fishing on the in ba,,a(',kB_ an Ehzusg camp only _groun'c_ls`, so I will have quite a time. “ree batteries of Canadians hem 'me I received your last' letter also birth- day card. you are always so good to are all o' pts 'from all over, _ . .wsu Percy old my I hope ,D Zeta. remember things .like that. llfdo not letter.from you one of those days: k“‘?“' Whether I ““°W°"°d R °" ”°_t' but now that l am in the Hospitag sure ,and. 'write _ often aa .Land Wm 155” "|119 1_W‘_" "'Y__“_“._ write more, often, ' _p hop, you are we" and. ll- will now close for this time, Good Bye with l_ots of love to all. Your loving son, _ < _ _ HAROLD. _ _A_ later letter received reads as follows.: _ » _ ' My Dear Mother:-- ' - I hope you received my other letter written the eight of- this month ' ii you haven’t you will not know what has happened to me for ll know the I' `1,0vi‘n`gB|-0il`iei- '_ .way youworr-y. -I -sent you a card when inythe Hospitn _in France -but did not_give- you_._§n -'_address"fcr l. was only-there four__ ay.. - Well--Mother-I :walt under an oper- atiollthe eleventh of this nlonth.They had__to o`p_e|',.my` legend put in rubber tubes' so_.as_ -to ~ldt._ my _-leg drain, and Ne.,l2s141z - l ._ _ " ' _' »' ~ ' -' when 1 cami? l°__l'..W“.F 0'* “ mt’-’~d Gr. R._A.-McDonald.,_'~;_-" ,_ \~,l.. ,, __ _ __ _ , _ - _ .. ._ - _ __'Ne',~z'lzud;~ctns\.1_l l_ll9__W°l'.lt .Dart _°.f .~-ll R_ G _ A; ____J'__ _ __. _ _-._., --The following _was.e_li£p_ed_ from the _-was lily. feet we;_e_._elevi_llted»t_y_vo-fe_et _-_c1°,'ll_i-m _yung-gm., Lynn.,..Msss‘:':~'--fs+.Tel8g m_ of re'cent_r_lii'f'her-then=fmy_ _6ad?._mal¢l_ng;it vor! ' LOND5N_-ENG; I if ~»f'- i _datet-_~`I4|~:*~Etewart_ r_efel'l‘8_d tolisfe u_ celnfol'table.fi`.ll°_Y_,%B_ot--me _'in 1.that native of .Belle -Ri_v',er,` P.. E." Island, `DQBltll'Pl1`fU_l"1-,_¢°\ll|° Of UWB- \l°B'l“”|“S I am in the pink of condition! h_aven’t says. - ._ 3' ,t0 S0! my BPDSIUS DICK H8391- For had any word»oXO0D¢‘0lle'letter from “Having read your' editorial _pale gnfelf di.” ll wllld 110! eat anything -'Charlottetown lild 801110 ll‘0ll1_B0Bf-0l1‘-lq`r some time, always with i.nt`er_est‘ lil °l’°“,3",".‘- Th°Y_ WGN the only to date but Igzuesa tl\_¢y-,arena the one 'ssnerslly with intellectual sur thins. I vrsvad lvl' ffm 111° '.lm° l way somewhere. 'I _have been promot- v;ni;¢|9_ [take me iibwuy gf mimi Mget wounded and I never got tlredof ed since comingacross. Three bars _ing ` g g, few giighg mi“”|-eh¢m._,t)le|n_. Lo_ts‘of ladies come to visit now--Sergeantand I like ltilne ftco. _gong reg”-d tn B,-nm, “gsm” bv; .99 _hospital and one lady when the I wrote you when _I was at Whitleyi l- ,fi-°n‘¢°u|,|y ¢0nc,ived_ ediumai ¢f` cond out _I liked oranges sent me hope you got it_-alll right. I sellitalyou gui, gg, .J _ ' es;-big-' btgxugt tlhem. ellrdy B_:>s:ol;_ acard from London whenl waa.~ ers yo 5"" _ ' 9 mmf comes _ t ere Ono WBB D on furlough. I was there for six_days_ ~j3jn5i:n¢8i°I?)u¢§,`;"?g5yi:rq_ ¢1|'¢n%§i:,r|§§_ .sb_e _brings ‘enough chicken for the and had one line time. London~ is pawns' in an _Ut W” -to ‘“,.,|~ sixty patients in the ward and- a some city all l_-ight. lt is some time the 5-,'¢.|u'w”',¢,' whi|y_,§;}m¢¢_§n¢i-bunch-ot flowers for everybody. She going around at night all in_da,rkn`ese, 33”* w¢',g~¢¢° “wma c am, 51 ty; alwa_ys.b_l_l_s a long talk to me and Bite but strange to say- .things go on float m ‘ary “ng _ at is was within mg ,ie _sendipg_.yq|i a .weekly l'BD0l‘l- 0! the same as if nothing was wrong _at w__“',5f}t ,Mt _Il-,ance _gulf new ll gm getting on. ~ She ls also all. I _visited the pl __ of interest and R“"|‘§'~-uma their sum., ” ,mc-|-6,5," _`golng'to _havin the-Island papers sent they certainly do $2 the Canadians as 'Britain-:` B done her, we mi, .to\me,-I thin it so very kind of her, a good time too. as to service at would have\§°_6h_.a,6ne__°n-Z “___ _yqei1,lnoth_br it has been_.raiuin_g here Westminster Abbey on Sunday morn- "Let me quote -from you: "1-35' for three,\_iay_s_ and. -_hah been very . - . 1 . .. . -_ - _ cold I see by the rlpers they are having. -_ver1,_wei. wexther in Fral_w° .where our,»h0y's' are ‘s ill advancing. ii :think we '_'ra-=losins v retty heavily, hut. the. Hnn:.n_inat~bQ‘l in! twice-"o_o _ nl y._ _I 'dcf _o`t.b__ 1.- he war _ 'ani this. wln‘l.\%n_altjd' if-’ t ends wi is is lt is be coins are __n r.~.1 w *` __ tt l well l 'sup e seam ,-tion. -No. ttbpr _n tion. ever ac- 'V 7 'M' -j - - l \c6iiillll’sllolll,’stlch~a g_eat;_£1:'other n ' 2;; ‘h°“;’_g_‘_‘g ‘9§|”¥';;=¥4m\l‘; ‘£23 lu:;i:'::"r'nE°'n`hd' ‘ dw “ww "ma Flo ‘told _me t%_8re’_.was' not going to "’ l ' ' ll lr t. -- 't lved the be muc ul _,I jus rece _ _ Island papers, iyhavenot read thexn yet. They tame ,very quloklt _rératltzil 'foljl.tll't_`l`ee_ ' 'wiwho ard 521-actually ttles. , l.l°§.l°.'°:l.':.-'lv cl“::;'f- “glen n»___y`;§l,= eval-.._-'im-list tue li rors of Ne\lve ghapellef" I am l never sttron er tha i s "today and ",-tsar'::";i;_nthe avowed ‘%s.ii l y£?;".... ‘sL“‘.“‘.1.°.?.§.‘.t‘.¥.' lugftelh ei- ny of the' . e ' > 1 “ _c _ of women- ' w1mn»;Hnae of the _-till .Vg ,» , (lated flbell. who ?nnr. as the »fnl'¢f.t‘l'6‘"”"'°'° ”'.'°i'1t2”I,l`§{’”¢»-i zgaéumig ln; ._ stun; i ' YI Ill O Ol 'nib sm. decla- ~"'""*“’°`d°i=f. .'::.`:` no °"’"‘° t» » ~ ta me u-ue on -t“"..':.°l.°::.‘.."".':.° ' "ll annals: "' f l” aiawollsasslsusm ~`< `.»' !~ 1 _mssla|a\adl¢.n.~. .___ __~~ __ u‘ ferpsdtei- _ atlas tg ` _ 'l -- l v 3 . ~_ ~_ _ _' '_: _r '°-V, _ _ . 'l ‘ ‘ ‘_ 7*: ~-isles; ,_ . . .. ._ . . .. .~ . _ _ _ _ igm, is _ » _ _ __--_ __ _ ,q_» . t 1 1 gs ig , 11 I Lady Boston had`them sent to me._ _ '_ ...Now Lmuat close and please Qxf- ‘ _cuse last _of ghlsf as I .am trying lf-.0 .lillah byllam light and cannot maib 'age very will. Bo Bye Bye, remem- t'- t 1 -. D180 | Yo lin son 1~ - , and let me say that C' ur °v 3 ' 12mmu'ln tue mother country ‘ 'A ' l - l-laaoto t ~ ' \ll¢l|f_s__l___l°_s¢lll°Il. li»l»`lut>d aural: wll_‘i'i_ssi-ful- ._»._._L._L....__.._. _ ' " ’ ‘ y _ . _ f _ III . t ll lf _' V r, _ __§'*7_ c‘m¢‘dlll&d {‘ll._u__.%étL§°uv: chldé. .Writing from General Ileaudqusrt _ l ' le _IW ttli Biltieh Isle. _ tlllmlltllltyi ers, Philip Gibbs says: _ ._ I went to-day into the centre of the ‘ great battleileld, where heavy n _t- ing is' still taking place, and.s near the famous Loos redonbt. wh e the German dead still lie iniheapet- _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ __ ___ ______ _;_|£":;d‘:‘:::f°"=Y;:t' __ ‘___ ‘__ “UF” °‘\*Qf_» Bgfor $2.50, all dealers, or Edlnanaon, Bates & Co., Ltd., Toronto. rose the tal steel ooln ns of _ ~- -` .lh`nmle"\$l.bLh¢'sns.|..is_ ;___..;.__ _' _,_n_'_~r.__._ ' I _ ls M “Tower Bridge"-those taining works. st wales 1 lml sm-sd several times from afar through a thick veil ,nfl _ smoke ae an inaccessible landmark within tile Berman lines. Now till! hold the memory of ai-great Brits' vi‘cl_»°l‘7» and l_`lo_iongel‘. are our t _ angered by those high pillars are within our lines, i`n the centre tm wwssl nos.. wales will for of girders wblsb, ss one ot our told ale; seemed to "leer" at t wl*°::d“il:r\ill”.'t`teL.werd:|" s tile _ n _ me sz las 'flu _ensues valet'-'°i paqsed yesterday p this historic ground, nor the atra and ra BDI ll) I' seams except of the convoys made with cav- great -pasa- l\’0\ll\l. who white from head , ometlmes the blood “_” A The dawn of More Bread and B¢t_ arrived the day me sun flrn"'-_'elm B splashed them.- Il‘a'mous who have gained new fame hours, which will last he unforgettable records of ‘_-ont by silently, and no man ' egions of tall lads, marched smart lanes, trndged under the with all busi- see be- strength, had. Further away. within the zone of the enenly's fire. the traffic ceased. and I ca/me into the desolate lands of death, where there is but little move- ment. and the only noise is that of guns, I passed by ruined villages and t_ow_rls_ Tothe left was Vermellea (two months ago death _laearly caught me there), and J 'stare _at _thoss broken houses and rocfless farms an fallen churches ‘which make one’s soul shiver, even .when they stand clear in the daylight; .To the right, a few hundred yards away ,was Masingarlle from which many of' our troops marched out a few days ago to begin the great attack. ' Not far away were the great slag heaps of Meux le Mines and all _around other black hills of this mining country, which rise out of the flat plain. lt was a long walk through narrow trenches towards that Loca Redoubt, where at last I stood in the centre of the whole battle line. There was the smell of death in those narrow winding ways. ,f-One poor fel- low, _whom death had taken almost at the entranctl wsy, "knelt on the ilre stop with his head bent, as though ln prayer, . _ \ _ :.. chem. L a few months ness cause of and ' the enduring Eliglanlfs well known astrologer, Raphael.. whose predictions are al' ways awaited :with interest, has just issued his almanac for 1917. in which he predicts- the end of the war in 1917. He says that the President of _the.United States will he in danger during _the winter, as well as some no- table citizens of the States. He pre- 'dicts a serious naval disaster in the '_Ul_lit'ed States -dur-'ing the summer and_t_he inauguration of a religions 'olfusace against places of amuse- »1_==_sm=-'-_.~_- - . _..;"?_’ln.'_reganl to the war, it is signifi- _`can`t"'that astrologers -in the United l States have also predicted the end of the war in 1917, the lhajdrity of them lixlng the date about July 27. Ra- phael says that in the fall and winter of the present year (1916) there is an qminous direction of Mars and Sa- turn. which portends the defeat. of Germany. _the overthrow _of kingly po- wér and 'the establishment of a Ger- man republic; 1917 will see the ‘end of the war and the Kaiser. too. _ Raphael also sees trouble ill Great “Uu_r_ klngfs troubles will not-_,gud with the wllr,_ for his sun is nearing the place _of _Mars-at birth, which ihroatells renewed troubles, serious disturbances in the land, strikes and bloodshed. The economic wnr__will be coming on, the battle betweenca- pltal and labor. or master and man. It will be a most anxious, harraaslng time, which will continue for some years. Troubles threaten his _males-_ ty on every side.” -Raphael also sees trouble for the tussian empire-sinister and sedi- tious_ influences within the empire- and these will be augmented with the end of the war. _ He predicted that the Archduke Charles Francis Joseph would occupy months had passed.~ In the horoscope of President Wil- son Raphael sees trouble brewing all so. ._ "President_._WiIso'i1 is eciever man," he say_s,_"but- trouble- awaits him. His Jupiter is in Aries near our king’s llscendant, which is decidedly favor- able, and he cherlshes .no ill _ will against this country, but we must not overlook the'fect that his Mars by prosressive motion comes over -our king's-.ascen'dant. -There, are strong iootlnglavorlng Germany. We must watch 'and give whim ‘to understgmi _ai- l>ualT-‘1 Britain after the war, and _adds:_'___ ` the throne of Austria before many` I I0 years _of better' home-made bread. “M-ORE BREAD A»ND_BETTER BREAD” ' 215 ». _‘ MONTREAL. Nov. 27-Santa Claus arrived Saturday, and it was indeed an ideal day for his coming. For four miles the streets _were lined on both sides with children and their parents. Owing ko the manner in which Santa Claue, c_me, the idea appsni. ed not only to the _younger-_ p9'0p|e_ but te the grown' ups as well. _- At the corner of :Laurier avelnue and St. Urbaln street- ,the powd-hhdjas. 391191165 101' 3_0 h°.\|l' Ile9ll_lQIls_to his °0’11l“¢f “<1 WM” ~h°‘!.sv¢9\‘ed_lin'ithe distance, the mounted police had 'gieni _difilculty in making s_pns§'a`gH Way to allow the procession to getthrollzh. At this' polntbands from. K|1¢|!Bn_ ers _Own and the' Irish Rangers were waitin! to follow in the procession. The tank he came in__wl_aa ,indeed one, _ lit measured thirty-live feet in length and had great' dilneuhy get- ting under some of the‘lowec_ branches of the trees on Boulevard St. Joseph lt had two lar o traction wheel ,sight foot in dlamefer _aitd__ num`e'rnu|?Ug`uns out of the sl ee- and top.'0n top of the turret sat Santa' himself, bowing to the children, and carrying' will; him the Union Jack. - .lt took some time to get thro gh the crowd' at St. Urbail`l`an'_` `-`I,i§\’ii¥er_ but t e roeesiou started' *ll D ‘ ' ' _'-"%'§_entually .wltiiy ql|ite___a throng of _-.ehldrgn 10|. lowing; 'carrying Goodwllilg p9n_,,,;i»i,,,_ »l'1`he route was well lllnegl with peo- ple,'and after passing _St,. ube'_t_gt;nn,1 Sherbrooke stl-e9te.`1_;solnd ,thirty or forty automobiles _nlledrf w,i¢1`i~- iihiid. ren, joined in. Arrivingjat tlie'-_store at half past live., Santa. Claus immedi- ately proceeded. to_ zelimb the large chimney, belonging 'to -the _ Goodwin power plant, in the rear of their store, ndicntlens .rust the president ‘wlllf - It 'wan pitch dark, §nu_"`ll{ei`isu}ias,°i make an-effort _to secure-peace on a. people, who stood in thestreetgffor blocks around, co`uld,'_see_ncthillg:uniil the'»searchllglit was. throv'rn'~'dil~"the that we want no outside advice when chimney. 'From _ Bhillipa ‘Square it _the day`of.- reckoning "comes ~It" was a s'pectacnlar_-;--sl§1l'if:§5 __g"§¢, must be no _‘give and take/ but a _climed with th`e‘.seci‘chlight"toi?ow- cleall,_.decisive'Job." . ing him go' the top, -_ ._-_,__~__ _ __ 1,, -_ -- 5 ` .' 'UHOOIJ days are anxious days for - parents as well as for children. Pale 1 s, _,_ 4 .At the most critical time in their lives glrls,'and boys, too, are subjected to the _enormous nervous-strain which exam- inations and excited' tl-ltibltion~ entail. To many » children ,this _means nervolls breakdown, with weakness of the diges- tive system, headache ' fainting spells, and a. run-down conditions? which makes them ilt subjects for coughs, colds' itnd ecli- tagious diseases. " _ ` ` -' ` _ The blood has bséolne thin and watery, and the nerves are'heil_1g starved, as is evidenced by weil.k‘lre`i_§ of the optic nerve anc_1__‘_tlle necessity of wearing' glasses V rational treatmdnt f r` thie ` ldlticn l's D’§.h:!h`ise'a Nerve Food. §Vhile Eggs and 11.11° t-in re_a_tor ng a rength and __ for to the ea austed nervous ayatom. ' _ -Ei " rr ‘ici with-lst ll I ` »_;.»_=_»cv__.§_.f:__.._.¢___-..... 'i’__.:..°:'.l::‘:.__‘§_;__:..':.:: ,,__ _ _ _Bi 'Nl wnerlvpus. dren 5954 &§\5lllld D tkiimotems and to help 'theta--*li to lllsiln sis vim, _ 4 sv , i i 1 lldnstlla, mgmanu aims, oss., writes : "Willie attending school my dxkll- ter became wink anddery much .run wp. She was frequently troubled with bad faint- ing spells, and,nothing we tried seemed.-to_i|o her any good.. We were advised te ,try Dr, `0haee'a Nerve. Food, and did so with meat satisfactory redults. I am pleased tb tell you that alter using ilve boaes of the Niervelooll alle was complfteiy cured, and has all no rl-. turn of the f _ating ape_ll_a_." __ ___ _ ...__ _ Thisatstement is certiiied to by Mr, Hah- ilton Houaton,lJ.Pl» ', :_ . " '