when they awoke and found themselves in such comfort in the illuminated garden (I was very great on having coloured lamps all among the trees over the tables, as I have never been able to see why only gin palaces should be lighted up), with lots of men around them, some playing

now are back. It was not a question of mere pleasure—it was a plain, national duty. What we said to ourselves was: ' This war has to stop. The men in the trenches have failed to stop it. Now let ifs try.' The whole ' thing,' we argued, ' is a plain matter of food production. If

A/ X XI 1 :6 ilE l. MA • I iMM*M*X*XX "DELUDED I3Y A SEEMING EXCELLENCE." THESE words, which Addison appended to one of his articles in the " Spectator," form an apt epitaph. Three years after what Thackeray described as Addison's "splendid but dismal union" with the Dowager Coun

all had to issue appeals and warnings and orders against drink, now that France needed the last ounce of energy. In vain did they try to make the lesson plain " Everybody ought to understand that everything likely to diminish the material or moral force of our Army would be in t

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sPAPeodr-ws- irs4-05 cdpirs THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS IP AT GIBRALTAR 4 (Continued). --•-*4-4-41- AUGUST, 1914. out. An unclimbable fence prevents unauthorised persons from reaching the "Upper Rock," where the batteries and other defences are situated. A guard is mounted at each

"PRESS" PRINTING WORKS, ANERLEY. S.E. 20, TAKES especial pride in retaining the appreciative goodwill of all his customers, _ and amongst many who are kind enough to give expression to their good opinion is Captain COURTENAY C. WEEKS, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., R.A.M.C., the General Se

DUBLIN —Upper Exchange Street. GIBRALTAR—City Mill Lane. DOVER—Market Lane and Queen Street. MALTA—Strada Mercanti, Valleita. ALDERSHOT—High Street and Nelson Street. CAIRO-5 Midan Tewfikieh. PLYMOUTH—Strand Street, Stonehouse. ALEXANDRIA-7 -12 Rue Sidi Metwalli. PORTSMOUTH—High

* * * * * * .44054 - 4 0 541 - .54 ( 4 - Cli - .54.54 - .54.44 .s(e-* Major-General Lawson, C. 8., speaking at the R.A.T.A. annual meeting some time ago, stated that of 1,300 teetotallers in his division, only about 900 were members of the Association. In some Branches this state