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'Fahrstuhlführerinnan." In Germany the lifte in hotels, abops, and other buildings are now ran exclusively by girls. The word "lift" is barred, and the young women rejoice in the name of "Fabretuhlfahrerinnen" which means literally "Ranning. obair drivers."

Serving Veils for Soldiers. The war time nativity of the. women of South Africa takes the form of making numberless vaila to protect the soldiers of General Botha's army from attacks of mosquitoes, sandflies, and other disease carrying insecte. The M-veils cover the heal and neck and

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A Kuala Lumpur Wedding. The marriage was d'emuised at St Mary's Church, Kasla Lumpur, recently, of Mr. George' Grant, of the Foderated Engineer- ing Company, Ltd., and formerly of Elgin, Scothn, to Miss Carrie Mariel Atkinson, of Sydrez, Australio. The ceremony w18 puformed by tho Chaplain of Selangor, the Rev. W. S. Kelley Mr. L. P. Hickey was best man while the bride was attended by Mrs. Lethbridge Stevens and two little bridesmaids. After the wedding a reception and wedd. ing breakfast wera held at ibe

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And the defection to figure in the French fighting at suOCHES,

ed in language that would have of Italy from neutrality to open The first obvious comment, been almost exaggerated had it hostility means a great deal more the main patch. It was not long

then, on the German attack at been announcing the foal and then on additional fleet in the before hounds forced him cut at

Ypres, followed by the German definitive engagement of the war, Mediterranean and a new invasion THE PLACE OF THE WORLD, B. the top end and hanted him along Bat only the first of these thres attack in Galicia, is that eash of and this braggadocio was the more of Austria on her southwestern FIGHTING WITH KING ALBERT, the connecting creek to the top factors materislised. So far from them demonstrates the necessity remarkable from the fact that the frontier. It means and Ger

WERWIN'S THE CHAR- end of the big lake. After ratt France being conquered, there Germany is under, not to begin a Austrian bulletin, issued on the many, of course, knows this-that EYE-WITNESS'S NARRATIVE OF

MED LIFE OF MISS AUSTIN, A Novel of the FAT ES ling him round the mareby patch fore, nine months of wer leave new career of conquest, but to same day, was in the usual form, the differences between Italy and THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE

THE MODERN KEITTING, BOOK several times, hounds broke cover only ten Jeperiments of France check the career of those who announcing a distinct success and Servia have been adjusted; it

HEALTH FOR THE MIDDLE AGED, with a bare in front of them, but in German hands, and for six-oon will begin the conquest of an important advance, but not means that Rumanis will realise WHAT I SAW IN BERLIN, ETO., FRENCH IN FRANCE AND

Beymour Taylor FLANDERS, 0.8. Watking..... were quickly whipped off and months the prospect of conquer her. And that the campaign olsiming any enormous and over that Italy's adhesion to the Allies WITH

80 PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH· is the beinning of the end; it would make this a German neces whelming victory

THE WAR & ITS ISSUES, J.Oman 240 taken back. Re-finding the civet, og France bag been hopeless.

TWILIGHT SLEEP, Hanna Th se two balletins appeared means that Bulgaria will be un AMERIDA AND THE WORLD WAR,

Rion they swam him down the creek According to the original prosity has for some time been

Roosevelt

VILLAGE AND TOWN LIFE IN to the big reed bed, up and down gramme, Austria was to hold obvious.

on Tuesday. On Wednesday the able to stand out of the fight if

CHINA, Y. Loong & L. Tao... 400 · note of the Berlin report was more Tarkey is doomed on one side of KITCHENER CHAPS, Neil Lyons 80 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY, which they hunted for a long Russia while the lightning con A Singular Phenomenon.

Albert Churchward

6.00 time. Near the bottom end he quest of France was proceeding; But there is a curious feature flamboyant than ever, and the ber and Austria is doomed on the at length gave

then the and, the conquest of France common to both these attacks, voice of Vienna was keyed a little other.

At Ypres and in Galicis, then, alip, and a Cast b.ek prov. having failed Germany had next and, so far as I on remember, it higher, but still not for the Ger- ing fruitlere, he was given up. to direct its efforts to a new cam is an entirely new festure, It is aan level, and, in the meantime, we see not only the strokes that paign, the objective of which war to be found in the altered tone of on Tuesday Berlin had been be Germany must in any case make Oplum-Suppression Policy In

heating the Russian Army so far the ferman cfficial communiques, decked with age at the orders to deal with invasion. We see The International Anti-Opium book that its intervention in the The affair at Ypres, even with the of the police. The Russian bul- the strokes that had to be de- Association has enbmitted a western campaign would be im-last falling back of the English letin on Wednesday in quite livered prompty and quickly to second petition to the Chinese ronible. Germany, of course lines, amounts to no more than ocnsistent with the German counteract the tendency of the Government, vehemently protest never contemplated the possibility this-hat over a sharp to wedout success being ecniderable, but neutrale to join the Allies, a ton- ing against the recently introduo of conquering Russia altogether front the English and French it is quite inconsistent with it deney which will be largely de- ed surtax on opium. It gives four in the way in which she contem- have been driven back an average being anything more than a local termined to action by the now reasons why each a surtax should plated the conquest of France, distance of two miles, and the advance, and there is no sira of highly probable success of the not be imposed: (1) Itia contrary but bad she been able to take total front affected is less than it having effected the capture of operations of the Dardanelles. to Opium Suppression Policy. (2) Warsaw all railway communica-seven."

any important defensive line or Bat I confess that I should ba

China,

It is inconsistent with law and tions between North and Eastern The battery of 4.7 guns which being in any respect of a charas happier about the early termina anjast to the people, (3) The Russia and Galicia and Poland were taken from the Canadianser that would cripple Russia in tion of the wor if these attacks Government breake faith. (4) would have been made impossible, were recaptured immediately her present main objective, were made with any visible di The opium-suppression policy is and comparatively small forces of after, and the total lots of material namely, an advance into Hungary. minution of dash and spirit. Judg. damaged. It winds up by stating Germans could have held the by the Allies is insignificant. The True Explanation.ing only by such meagre infor that even if the Government were Russian indefinitely at bay:" As an operation it, is not com Why, thea, have these two mation se we possess, we mu in extreme wint of money, it From mid-November, then, un parable to Neuve Chapelle in e. isodes, Ypres and Galicia, been recognise tray, however dimin should still strive to preserve its til the middle of February orme scale, and se a success it is mani- so signally, so noisily exaggerated ished the total German resources digaity a little, and that if such the second great phase of the war featly insignificant. But not only by the Germans? Why has a new may be, there is no falling off in a course could be pursued, it the attempt to hamstring Rus did the German communiques nots of brutality and defiance the German fighting spirit. would be much better to sell some ste. But this attempt failed more magnify it into a great and see adopted by the writer of official The evidence seems to me con- important districts to foreign signally than the attempt to con- sounding victory, but the tone of bulletins ? It did not need the closive that Germany did nct ex countries which would pay a quer France, for Russia has estab these messages was pitched in egregions Cant Reventlow to prot Great Britain to fight against her in this war. It is equally price hundreds of times what li hed an impregnable line from jeering and insolent tones. We give the reason. could be got out of such a the Baltic provinces to the South have been accustomed for some It is not hard to realise that conclusive that she knew there of Poland, and during March and time to find startling exaggera Germany's major interest at the was a risk of our fighting against April, while holding this line, tions and antrathe in German moment is to prevent any noces her, and, in the judgment of the embarked upon the tremendous statements, mixed, it is true, from sion of strength to her enemies if German General Staff, however, task of crossing the Carpathians time to time withequally astonish she possibly en

complete our command of the Fycu have lost your appetite and beginning the invasion of ing admissions. But the general And it must have become sen might be, it could not affect ore of the big variety of Hangery. From the commence tone has generally been reserved lamentably clear to the Emperor the fortunes of the German land dainty dishes at the ALEXAN- ment of this effort the Germay and dignified

and his advisors that it can, at campaign if that compaign was DRA CAFE is sure to tompt offensive campaign of conques In the cess of the Galician at most, be a matter of wooks as brief and decisive as the Staff

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