Abergavenny Chronicle

WEST KENTS RELIEVED AFTEB FORTY-EIGHT HOURS' FIGHTING. FOUR MILES OF ENEMY'S SECOND LINE BROKEN. Splendid news of a fresh advance was re- ceived from Sir Douglas Haig on Friday. The German second line has been broken' on a front of four miles. Villages and many prisoners have fallen into our hands. Trones Wood is now "wholly in eur possession, and Bazentin-Je-Pctit and Longucval have been seized. The following communique was re- ceived from Sir Douglas Haig: British Headquarters, 9.17 p.m. It is now possible to give further details of the action begun at daybreak this morn- ing. Having driven the enemy back step by step to his second system of defences, the period July 11-12 was mainly spent by our troops in "bombarding these formidable posi- tions, and in other necessary preparations for a further advance. This morning, after an intense bombard- ment, the assault was launched at 3.25 a.m. The enemy was driven from his trenches on the whole front of attack, and many pri- soners fell into our hands. COUNTER-ATTACKS CRUSHED, I Fierce fighting has continued all day, as the result of which we have steadily in- creased our gains, and are now in possession of the enemy's second positions from Bazen- tin-le-Petit village to Longueval village, both inclusive, and the whole of Trones Wood. In Trones Wood v/e relieved a party of the Royal West Kent Regiment, who, separated from our troops in the recent fighting and surrounded by the Germans, had gallantly held out in the northern end of the wood for forty-eight hours. Two determined counter-attacks on our new positions were completely crushed by onr fire. Later in the day, after a fierce counter- attack, the Germans succeeded in recap- turing the village of Bazetin-Ie-Petit. but were at once driven out again by our infantry, and the whole village is once more in our hands. GERMAN AEROPLANE ATTACKS I DRIVEN OFF. The two communiques received from Sir Douglas Haig on Thursday, and issued by the Press Bureau, are as follows: a British Headquarters, Thursday, 10.10 p.m. The artillery of both sides has been very active throughout the day. and as a result of sharp infantry fighting we have not only main- tained our pressure on the enemy, but have appreciably advanced our line at various points on the battle front. In one sector of the Front we captured some German howitzers, with a quantity of ammu- nition, and these will be used against the enemy at a suitable opportunity. British Headquarters, Thursday, 2 p.m. There have been heavy artillery duels in cer- tain sectors of the battle area since last report, and fighting has continued at various points on the Front; but there is no change to report in the situation on any part of our line. West of W dschaete and south of La Bassee Canal the enemy attempted to raid our trenches, but was driven off in each case by our fire. Despite the unfavourable weather, our aero- planes have been constantly at work. Hostile machines were active, but all their attacks on our aeroplanes operating over the German lines were driven off. One of our aeroplanes is missing.

ENEMY'S THIRD LINE PENETRATED. I The dispatches received from Sir Douglas Haig on Saturday and Sunday are given below; Saturday, 12.50 p.m. All continues to go well on the British Front, and at one point we have forced the enemy back to his third system of defence. more than four miles in rear of his original front trenches at Fricourt and Mametz. In the past twenty-four hours we have cap- tured over 2,000 prisoners, including a regi- mental Commander of the 3rd Guards Divi- sion, and the total number of prisoners taken by the British since the battle began now exceeds 10,000. Large quantities of war material have also fallen into our hands. DRAGOONS IN ACTION. I Saturday, 10.50 p.m. Heavy fighting has continued all day in the Pozieres-Guillemont sector of the Ger- man second lini- of defence, as the result of -which further important successes have been gained by our troops. Eastward of Longue- val, in spite of the desperate resistance of the enemy, we have captured the whole of the Delville Wood, and have repulsed a strong counter-attack with severe losses to the enemy. North "of Bazentin-Ie-Grand our troops have penetrated the German third line at the Bois de Foureaux, in which we have ob- tained a lodgment. In this neighbourhood a detachment of the enemy were successfully accounted for by a squadron of Dragoon Guards, the first opportunity for mounted action which has been afforded to our cavalry since 1914. West of Bazentin-le-Petit we have cap- tured the whole of the wood of that name, and have repulsed two counter-attacks. Here, amongst other prisoners, we captured the commander of a Bavarian regiment, with his whole staff. East of Ovillers a further advance has been made, and our troops have fought their way to the outskirts of Pozieres.. During the past forty-eight hours our aeroplanes have been much hampered by unfavourable weather, and throughout the whole of the 14th the clouds were seldom at a higher altitude than 500 feet. Despite this drawback much valuable work has been done. In one of our bombing raids an enemv train was derailed and a coach over- turned, while in aerial combata during the last twenty-four hours we destroyed three Fokkers, three biplanes, and a double- engined aeroplane, and forced another Fokker to land in a damaged condition. All our machines returned safely to our own lines. BIG GLNS CAPTURED. I Sunday, 5.45 p.m. With the exception of heavy bombard- ments by both sides there has been no event of importance since last report. We are continuing to find large quantities of arma- ment and other war material abandoned by the enemy in the positions captured on the 14th and 15th, and yesterday five more heavy howitzers and four 77mm. guns fell into our hands.. Last night, covered by the detachment which had been thrust, forward to the Bois- de-Foureaux (High Wood), our troops were engaged in strengthening and improving our new positions. Early this morning the Foureaux de- tachment was ordered to withdraw into our main line, and the withdrawal was carried out without molestation from the enemy.

I POSITIONS STORMED. 1,500 YARDS MORE OF SECOND LINE TAKEN. An earlier communique received was as follows: Further important successes have been gained by ouis troops. North-West of Bazen- tin-le-Petit Wood we stormed and captured the German second-line position on a Front of 1.500 yards. The large number of Ger- man dead in this sector bears evidence to the very heavy casualties which the enemy has suffered since our advance began. East of I/ongueval we still further widened the gap in the German second line bv capturing the strongly defended position of Waterlot Farm. On our left flank, in Ovillers La Boiselle, where there has been continuous hand-to-hand, fighting since July 7. we captured the remaining strongholds of the enemy, with two officers and 124 Guards- men, who formed the remnants of its brave garrison. The whole village is now in our hands. I ENEMY'S SEVERE LOSSES. The following captured documents are of interest as showing the very heavy C3Sual. ties which the enemy has suffe?Ll icn asual. recent fighting:— From a company of the 16th Bavarian In- fantry Regiment to 3rd Battalion 16th Bavarian Infantry: Severe enemy artillery fire of all calibres up to eleven.inch on company sector. Company strength, one officer, twelve men. Beg urgently speedy relief for the company. What remains of the company is so exhausted that in case of an attack by the enemy the few totally exhausted men cannot be counted on. From another company of the same regi- ment to 3rd Battalion 16th Bavarian In- fantry Regiment:— Very heavy intense enemy fire on com- pany sector. The company has completely lost its fighting value. The men left are so exhauste d that they can no longer be employed in fighting. If heavy artillery fire continues the company will soon be en- tirely exterminated. Relief for the com- pany is urgently requested. From 2nd Battalion to 3rd Battalion 16th Bavarian Infantry Regiment:— The battalion has just received orders from Lieut.-Colonel Kumme that it is placed under orders of the 3rd Battalion 16th Bavarian Regiment as sector reserve. Battalion consists at present time of three officers, two non-commissioned offieTs, and nineteen men.

ENEMY ATTACKS OUR LINES. BRITISH ADVANCE NORTII OF OVILLERS. The following reports were received from Sir Douglas Haig on Tuesday: British Headquarters, 11.13 p.m. This evening, after a bombardment with lachrymatory and gas shells, the Germans commenced an attack against our positions in the vicinity of Longueval and Delville Wood. Heavy fighting is still in progress. Elsewhere on the Front nothing of im- portance to report. 1.33 p.m. Thick mist and incessant rain are still in- terfering with our operations in the neigh- bourhood of the Somme, but to the north of Ovillers our troops made substantial progress last night on a front of 1,000 yards. The enemy were driven out of several strongly defended points, and we captured some prisoners and six machine-guns. Near Wytschaete we made a successful raid into the German trenches. Opposite Cuinchy a similar attempt by the enemy was frustrated by our fire.

THE KING AND THE ARMY. I HIS MAJESTY'S MESSAGE TO SIR I DOUGLAS HAIG. The following telegrams have passed between the King and General Sir Douglas Haig From the King, July 16: The continued successful advance of my troops fills me with admiration, and I send my best wishes to all ranks. The Emperor of Russia has asked me to convey his warm congratulations to the troops upon the great success they have achieved. From General Sir Douglas Haig, July 17: The British Armies in France offer most respectful and grateful thanks for this further mark of your Majesty's gracious appreciation of what they have achieved. They also respectully beg that their grate- ful acknowledgments may l conveyed to the Emperor of Russia for his Majesty's con- gratulations.

SUICIDE IN LAW COURTS. I "Suicide during temporary insanity was the verdict of a Westminster jury on Tues- dav in the case of Alexander Innis Smith, thirty-eight, a solicitor's clerk, living at Brockley Rise, Forest Hill, who leapt over the bannisters at the Law Courts and fell 36ft. A woman who witnessed the act said that he put both hands on the bannisters and vaulted clean over. He looked very ill. Superintendent Smith said that this was the first time since the Law Courts were erected in 1879 that anyone had gone over the bannisters.

KILLED BY KINDNESS. I While some soldiers on the march were reeting on waste ground on Saturday, Mrs. Hearfield, of Park-place, Plumstead, went to buy some cakes for them. As she was returning the sergeant was blowing his whistle for the men to fall in. and in order to give them the cakes she ran up the hill, but on reaching the troops fell dead from heart disease, accelerated by the exertion. A coroner's jury at Woolwich on Tuesday gave a verdict of "Death from natural causes."

I SAVED FIFTEEN LIVES. I William Williamson, seventeen years of age, was charged on Tuesday with being concerned in the theft of a case of tobacco from a railway van. The lad is said to have been instrumental in saving fifteen livea from the Regent's Canal and holds a gold medal and the Royal Humane Society's certificate. The magistrate said Williamson bore such an exceptionally good character that he could only suppose that he had come under the influence of others. He was placed under the charge of the probation officer.

Given the option of serving on shore after his record experiences, First-Class Stoker W. E. Jenkins, of Bristol, has elected to go to sea again. He was in the Amphion (1914), Majestic (1915), and Indefatigable ?1916) when they sank. From two families living under one roof at Ipswich twelve sons have gone into the Army, and the local tribunal has exempted the remaining son in each family. The latest war names to be recorded at a double christening arc "Rosa Dardanella" and "Lille Louvain." Both, it is needless to say, arc daughters of soldiers.

I IN LIGHTER VEIN. I BT I THOMAS JAY. I t ILLUSTRATED BY J. H. LUNN. I The holiday month has come round once more; the country lanes are filled with the sweet sccnt. of Sewers and of petrol, and we think longingly of the seaside. Busy house- wives are now considering res to what they phail do about things and the- holiday. On her falls the burden of the whole thing. She will have to leave behind her the house (such is the incapacity of the modern architect !), ar.d the first thing she can do is to insure tbe house against third party risks, ifre, burglary, and senile decay of the canary. Then there is the question of the gsrden. A very good plan is to get a neighbour to look to this part of the house, and few men will be so wretched as to refuse to look to the blooms, chase blight, kill slugs, water the garden., cut the lawn, and roll the path in order that his neighbour shall not be wor- ried at the eeasiae lest Bertie the Bulb should miss its owner. Then, of course, there is Bitem, the family bulldog. The only safe thing to do is to despatch him to a friend too late for that friend to return him. If you send a nice note with him, he cannot be so inhuman as to return it carriage forward. You can ex- plain to him that the dog is a perfect joy, I HIS HATE FOR GOVERN- MENT OFFICIALS. and the way he bites postmen and tax collectors is a sheer joy. His natural hate for Government officials will get the upper hand of him, and he will keep the dog just for the love of watching him taking a couple of mouthfuia of one of them. and will then hurry round to the chemist each time for a mouth- wash for the dog, in order to take the taste of post- men out of his mouth. The parrot is best left at home, unless you know a friend who is opening a School vf Modern Languages, in which case he will have it with pleasure. The goldfish can be tied up with a couple of gnat-flies and let rip. As it is now fast becoming the custom, when a man commits murder, or sets off cn a long sea voyage, having appropriated the local slate club's accumulated wealth, to plead that the cinema, like the late Mr. Dooley, was "the cause of all the trouble," it behoves us to take time by the off fetlock snd look into this matter of filmania. The cinema is a very useful thing to have about you. It enables you to forget (until he has passed) that your tailor is outside. Cinemas can also be used by lovers for holding hands. Why, I know a girl who only went to the cinema about twelve months ago and she is married now. The following are the chief characters to be seen at the "Pic- tures": The Manager. He possesses a Blippery top hat, a boiled shirt, a clean face, and a pure heart. These are all the qualifi- cations needed for a cinema manager. The Cashier is the fair vision which peers out at you from behind a mesh of wires, into whose shell-like ear you whisper "Two three- penny ones, please." Not the least conspicuous of the charac- ters is Deadwood Dan the Detective. This is the gentleman whose daring exploits keep you awake for nights on end, hair ditto, wondering how he can think of all the clever things. Given a good caso, he guaran- tees to bring to American justice the criminal who stole the child. Sometimes he misses and brings the wrong fellow to jus- tice. but a little thing like this never worries him. He only guarantees to bring somebody to justice and does it. Another familiar character is the New York Police Boss, the fellow with a face like a total eciip.se, whose facial contortions when the jewel robbery is reported to him are suffi- cient to fuse the telephone. He grips the telephone, tips it over his face (his face is that part in front of the audience), and says a few things into the receiver, looks savage towards the door, and they bring in the prisoner. Then there is Pansy Face, the Chicago typist whose lover threatens to marry her, even if he has to strangle the whole human race to do so. Then he prepares to 4o so. He has a series of hairbreadth escapes of a plain and ornamental variety, and is hauled into the maelstrom of adventitious hazard, and, having managed this so far, he is in danger of losing his Pansy Face when he again indulges in an orgy of cinematic sensationalism, and eventually ends up by marrying the girl. And 6erve him right. Texas Sam the Twister is a man who believes in taking life easily. He walks about with a brace of six-shooters in each hand, some in his pocket, and a knife in his teeth. He strolls into a shanty and starts shooting, part i ng people's hair with a velocity which is, to say the least, unn c r v ing. He then shoots a couple of trap- pers, a miner, likewise a cow- puncher, who had the temerity to ask him to have TEXAS SAM STARTS I SHOOTING. a limejuice. He also burns the shanty down and sets the whole camp on fire. People then become suspicious that Texas Sam has lost his temper. Film actors are the men who get all the fun out of life. All they have to do is to get up early in the morning, call for shav. ing water, and go out into the world, hang on to a five thousand feet precipice by their eyebrows, fall down a crevice with a dull, sickening thud some twelve thousand feet, kill a dozen or so policemen, rob all the Crowned Heads of Europe of their jewels, ride a motor-cycle along the Rockies and jump off the edge, blow up a petroleum fac- tory in Pittsburg, then they go home to tea, and the rest of the day is their own. The author is the man who put. the cin in cinema. He has to write the plots. All he does is to sit down at a table, curl his leg round it, hunch his shoulders, pro- trude his tongue, and then write the plot, which is something like this: "So a Pysam was annoyed. He took his coat, his hat, his stick, a revolver, and his life." There' will, I fear, be few heart-throbs of delight if any new taxes are imposed this year, and it is with melancholy forebodings that I realise that in my post-box this morn- ing nestles an official-looking envelope which addresses me as Esquire, and informs me that I owe his Majesty's Government cer- tain sums of money in the way of income- tax, without giving me any information as to the Government's prices for painless ex- tractions. These involuntary" contributions should be taken out by gas or ether. But our bill of expenses is swelling every day, and there are dark rumours of fresh taxa- tion. Already there is the old cry of "Tax the bachelor," while bony fingers pcint with scorn to the gramophone and the piano, to say nothing of the cat. as very fitting sub- jects for taxation. Edison invented the gramophone because he is of the opinion that four hours' sleep is sufficient for any man. I suggest that a tax might be enforced tn those who are so keen on suggesting fit I subjects for taxation.

A Home Office suggestion that conscien- tious objectors should be employed on th<- land was not favourably received by the I Central Chambers of Agriculture at their meeting.

I GERMAN'S AIR RIDE. I For failing to notify his change of address, for travelling more than five miles from his residence without a permit, for being in pos- session cf military handbooks, and for enter- ing a prohibited area, Logic Lindner, V-'enty-one, a German engineer, was sen- tenced at the London Sessions on Tuesday to four months' imprisonment in the second division. Mr. Comyns Carr, prosecuting, said the prisoner made the acquaintance of officers in a flying school in the north of England. A d<Ttectiv> said that a fortnight ago the prisoner wont up in an aeroplane at a flying school which was next door to Government property.

OUR AFTER THE WAR POLICY. I The Prime Minister has appointed a com- mittee to consider the commercial and in- dustrial policy to be adopted after the war. Special reference is given to the conclusions reached at the Economic Conference of the Allies, and also to the following questions: (a) What industries are essential to the future safety of the nation? What steps should be taken to maintain or establish them ? (b) What steps should be taken to recover home and foreign trade lost during the war and to secure new markets? (c) To what extent and by what means the resources of the Empire should, and can, be developed? (d) To what extent and by what means the sources of supply within the Empire can be prevented from falling under foreign con- trol? Among the committee are Lord Balfour of Burleigh (chairman), Mr. Balfour, Sir A. Mond, Mr. Arthur Pease, Mr. G. J. Wardle, M.P., and Mr. W. A. S. Hewins. M.P. 'i\I.P., tnd .Nlr. W. A. S. Rewins, M. P

FIGHT WITH SUBMARINE. I A thrilling story of an encounter by the I steamship Le Coq with enemy submarines is given by the captain of the former vessel. "On Sunday, June 18, at 6.45 a.m. he says, "an enemy submarine was sighted about four miles east of our ship. "After firing three or four shells, which fell very close to us, it approached rapidly, and we opened fire from our gun. Our fifth shot appeared to hit the submarine. "One of the enemy shells hit us on the port side of the fidley, piercing our steam pipe and causing a great escape of steam with much noise. "'I still kept up a constant fire on the sub- marine with good success, and our twenty- sixth shot hit him on the water line, causing him to submerge in a dense cloud of smoke and fire, and I consider without doubt we sank him. "Later another submarine was seen about 1,000 yards distant, and it discharged a tor- pedo at us, but by the timely use of the lielm I was able to avoid it."

CASEMENT'S APPEAL FAILS. I Roger Casement's appeal against the death sentence passed upon him by the Lord Chief Justice was dismissed on Tuesday by the five judges appointed to hear it. It is understood that it is the intention of Casement's legal advisers to take the case to the House of Lords, provided the fiat of tho Attorney-General can be obtained. In delivering judgment, Mr. Justice Dar- ling said the man who committed treason was equally adhering to the King's enemies whether the act was done in this kingdom or in another country. The Bench gave their decision without calling upon the Attorney-General on behalf of the Crown to reply to the arguments of Serjeant Sullivan, Casement's leading counsel. Casement stood during the last few moments while the judge was speaking with the shadow of a smile on his face. Two ladies who were in front of the Court waved tlvii- hands to him as he left the dock.

PAY OFFICE FRAUDS. I Sentence of eighteen months' hard labour was passed at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday upon three prisoners, who pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to obtain large sums of money from the V\ ar Office by means of false documents purport- ing to be Army Pay Office money order forms and certificates of identity. The accused were Thomas Ridley Hender- son, forty, quartermaster-sergeant, R.F .A. Walter Titley, thirty-three, sergeant, Army Pay Corps: and Horace Lambert, otherwise Gorwvn, thirty, of no occupation. Bv means of stolen money orders and "ring papers" the accused collected < £ 1,850, which was divided between them, and some of the money was invested in War Loan. It was stated that there were other cases which brought the total sum involved up to between £2,500 and X2,600.

NOT WANTED IN THE ARMY. I Sentence of three years' penal servitude was passed by Sir R. Wallace, K.C., at London Sessions on Tuesday on James Ren- dall Etchells, twenty-eight, an engineer, who pleaded guilty to stealing jewellery valued at over £1,000 from his employer, Carloste Gulbenkian, of Hyde Park-gar- dens, London, W. A long list of convic- tions was proved, and it was stated that prisoner had held several good positions and had always betrayed his employers. The Director of Public Prosecutions had started proceedings against him at Hull for obtain- ing two separation allowances by belonging to two regiments at the same tim. Accord- ing to Detective-Inspector Sanders, he had deserted from Lovat's Scouts, the Royal Engineers, and another regiment, and his character was so bad that the Army 110 longer required his services.

Sir Wrench Towse, clerk of the Fish- mongers' Company, reports that during I June the supplies of fish to Billingsgate Market weighed 1:3,066 tons, of which 13.027 tons came by land and the email re- mainder by water.

I MOTHER AND HOME. Household c'harm is the one quality that perhaps every housewife seeks to have, and which everyone ought to wish to give to a house. It is not measured by cost, for, as a matter of fact, it is quite independent of money. Many costly houses, on which great sums have been expended, are en- tirely without charm; while many inexpen- sive dwellings are thoroughly attractive in every way. The charming room is the room that gives evidence of personal care and thought, in which the colour scheme, the walls, the curtains, the carpets, rugs, tell of manifest intent to produce a harmonious interior. Otherwise it can have no charm, or, at the most, only a slight interest. ITiri-NK OF OTHERS. There are some women who seem so self- absorbed that they never appear to have a moment to give to other people. They are entirely wrapped up in themselves and their own affairs. Perhaps they do not know it, but they are missing some of the sweetest things in life-caring for others, and being of real use to their fellows. Perhaps a neighbour is in trouble. Maybe there is sickness in the house. The eelfish person will turn a deaf ear to the story of distress. It will take up too much of her time to see if she can do anything to relieve the dis- tress. But little does she know what golden opportunities she is missing. On the other hand, those who really care for others, who try to love their neighbours as themselves, will visit the unfortunate people, grudging neither time nor money to make them happy. I IF YOU'D SUCCEED. Cultivate tact. Never worry. Don't be super-sensitive. Study your strong points and strengthen them. Learn to say No." Don't let a little success spoil you. Keep a sharp eye on your weak points. Don't be too proud to take advice. Don't get into a rut. Learn to do things to a finish. Prefer a struggle to an easy time. Don't be a victim of the last person's advice. Don't carry any useless mental baggage. Specia- lise. Cultivate the habit of getting along smoothly with others. Learn to transform your knowledge into power. Keep on learn- ing, and apply voar knowledge to practical purposes. Remember that money means power and independence. Save a little for the next upward move! BEADIGS. When headings are sewn on to garments, and the riblxm is run through, the latter frequently rucks up and becomes like a rag. To prevent this, stitch a piece of cambric on the back of the beading. The ribbon will then remain flat, and it will also prevent the beading from tearing in the laundry. DON'T DESPAIR. Some people are apt to get into a state of despair when they are confronted with troubles or difficulties. This is really be- cause they have never properly tested them- selves to see whether they could overcome .obstacles. Usually they avoid undertaking anything which makes special demands upon their courage and energies. Then, when the day comes along that brings a burden to be faced and borne, and from which there is no withdrawing, they give way to despair, instead of manfully setting to, and trying to win a victory. Despair is a dangerous foe, and saps both mental and physical strength. Remember the old saying, "Despair is the refuge of fools." If you learn to overcome small trials and light blows, it will enable you to face the bigger ones, and each time you conquer, the stronger you will become. Then one day you will be able to say, "Come what may, I will never despair." And with this new courage you will be able to help others. To OnTAIN SLEEP. I When you cannot sleep through over- fatigue, try what a glass of hot milk sipped after going to bed will do. It has the effect of soothing the nerves and will induce sleep more effectually than any sleeping-draught. Tea and coffee should 00 avoided at night by all who are inclined to insomnia, as by stimulating the nerves temporarily they in. duce sleeplessness. THE SUN AND YOUR EYES. I Many people wonder why, during their sum- mer holidays, their eyes get a tired, strained feeling. They seem to burn most uncom- fortably also, and the skin round the eyes gets dry and harsh and wrinkles up into ugly little lince. All this is the result of overstrain. At the seaside especially people are apt to strain their eyes, more particu- larly those who go about without hats. They will go about with their heads uncovered, and expose their eyes to the merciless glare of the sun. Now any doctor will tell you that any kind of glare is bad for the eyes. The glare of the sun is bad enough, but when combined with the reflected glare of the sea it is even. more harmful, unless your eyes have some measure of protection against it. QUININE HAIR TONIC. I Quinine sulphate 20 grainS, tincture of cantharides 2 fluid drachms, fluid extract of jaborandi 2 fluid drachms, alcohol 2 fluid ounces, glycerine 2 fluid ounces, bay rum 6 fluid ounces, rose ivate- enough to make 15 fluid ounces. The quinine is dissolved in the alcoholic liquids by slightly warming, theD the other ingredients are added. CLEANING GLOVES. I White kid gloves can be cleaned with a little soft soap on a damp flannel, changing the flannel as soon as it gets soiled, if they are not too dirty. If you once neglect this "stitch in time," and let them get very black, they have to be sent to the cleaners, and even then they don't quite lose their stains. Washing doeskin gloves is the same. Once let them get very dirty, and they never look nice again. To wash these gloves use warm, not hot, water, with soap jelly, or lather it up with soft soap. Then put the gloves on your hands, and rub them as if you were washing your hands. When the water gets dirtv, change it, but still keep it soapsuddy. The Teason why doeskin gloves get hard is because they are rinsed in hard water, and all the soap, which keeps the skin soft, is "washed out. When clean, hang on a line to dry, and as they are dry- ing, give them an occasional rub. This makes them beautifully soft. BROWN BOOTS. I The colour of brown boots or ehoea may be greatly improved in the following way: Mix a pennyworth of liquid ammonia with a gill of milk, bottle, and shake well. Apply a little of the mixture to each boot, on a piece of sponge or flannel, and leave to dry. Clean the hoots in the ordinary way when again required for use, and you will be agreeably surprised to see how nice they look. Keep the bottle containing the preparation tightly corked, and it will last for months. DON'TS JIOR MOTHERS. I Don't entrust the cleansing of your baby's feeding-bottles to an inexperienced nurse- maid. Nothing requires more real care in everv detail than this, and that care should he the mother's, if she wants her baby to have no "set-backs." Don't re-heat milk that has been left lying in baby's bottle froy a previous feed. It is almost certain to he "on the turn," and nothing is more likely to give him indigestion. Don't forget the grand old rule of putting an infant back in his cot after every feed. Once the cot hahit is firmly established, your household will not suffer from the tyrant ty ¡>e of baby who simply won't be good unless someono'¡¡r uursing him.

One of the unexpected outcomes of the war has been a revival in the building of wooden vessels in the United States and Canada for coast wise and lake trade. Louis Warner, of Je win-crescent, London. E.C., was fined R300 and .£10 lOs. costs at Bow-street Police-court for failing to inform the Public Trustee that he was holding pro- perty on behalf of enemies, and for failing to give particulars of debts due by him to enemies.

SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S APPEAL TO WORKERS. I "SHELLS A VITAL FACTOIL" Some 800 trade union delegates, repre- senting over 2,000,000 workers, unanimously decided at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on Tuesday to recommend the postponement of all holidays until after the war. This patriotic decision was come to at the direct request of the Government Departments concerned in the production of war mate- rial. The meeting, which was convemed by the National Labour Advisory Committee on War Output, was attended by Mr. EL S. Montagu, tho new Minister of Munitions. Before the decision was come to Mr. Mon- tagu i-ead the following letter from Sir Douglas Ha.ig-: I COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S LETTER, General Headquarters, British Army in the Field, July 13th, 1916. I feel sure that you would like to know how fully the troops in this country appre- ciate the strenuous and self-sacrilicing efforts which are being made by their fellow-countrymen at home to furnish them with the quantity of ammunition necessary to bring this campaign to an early and suc- cessful conclusion. At this moment we are engaged in the greatest battle tho British Army has ever fought. Our daily progress has been con- tinuous since the battle opened, but the suc- cesses of our gallant troops have only been made possible by the guns and ammunition turned out in the factories at home. The munition workers at home very gene- rously gave up their Whitsuntide holiday, and were promised two days in August in- stead. I fully appreciate how tired they must be, and how much they must be look- 'ing forward to that promised holiday. Yet I feel confident that if they could but see their comrades fighting here. both night and day, with heroism and determination which is beyond all praise, they would not hesitate to surrender those two dnys rest, and would devote them to maintaining, and, if possible, increasing the supply of guns and shells, without which victory is impos- sible. I ask you to put the facta before the work- men, and I know they will consent. Two days' cessation of work in the muni- tion factories must have the most serious effect on our operations. It might even mean the addition of many months to th« war. The pressure which we have now brought to bear on the enemy must not for a moment be relaxed. The troops are pre- pared and eager to maintain it. but the con- tinuous supply of ammunition is a vital factor. The Army in Franco looks to the munition workers to ena ble it to complete its task, and I feel sure that this appeal will not be in vain. Let the whole British nation forego any idea of a general holiday until our goal is reached. A speedy and decisive victory will then be ours! D. HAIG. NO-HOLIDAY ATMOSPHERE. Mr. Arthur Henderson, who presided, said that the Government were fully aware of the sacrifices they were asking of the men, and that the sacrifices were only demanded be- cauno of the imperative necessities of the fhoment. > Mr. Montagu pointed out how vital must be the question of the uninterrupted supply of munitions if the General Officer Com- mander-in-Chief had found time to write a letter in his own hand in the midst of the overwhelming responsibility of conducting the great offensive. He stated that the Government were carefully considering the question of arranging for the release of workpeople for holidays in batches; but for the moment he could not give any definite indication as to when the postponed holiday should be taken, as this must be govern&l '■ entirely by the military needs. He added that the appeal was made general ljecause it was essential that the holiday atmosphere should be avoided. The following message in reply to Sir Douglas Haig's letter was unanimously accepted by the delegates:— To General Sir Douglas Haig. This meeting of representatives of organised trades, including both men and, women engaged on munitions work and in other occupations, assures you, and through. you the British Army, that we will not relax lour efforts to maintain and increase thfr- supply of ammunition, guns, and other war material which is necessary to enable you and the Army to bring to a victorious con- clusion the great task which you have so gallantly and successfully begun. For this pui-pese we have resolved to re- commend the postponement of all holidays, general and local, which involve interruption of production, until such time as we are assured by you that military exigencies permit of the postponed holidays being taken. ARTHUR HENDERSON, Chairman.

FARE OF OFFICER PRISONERS. After having visited the camp for omcet prisoners of war at Torgau, Germany, on behalf of the United States Embassy at 1 Berlin, Drs. Ohnesorg and McCarthy have reported on what they found. There were, at the time of the visit last month, a total of 504 officer prisoners: French, 2K9; Russian, 197; British, ten, and Belgians, eight. The menu for four days—June 18, 19, 2C and 21—was as follows: Sunday.—Dinner: Sprats in oil. Pork with sauerkraut and stewed apples Supper: Julienne soup, vegetable salad. Monday. Dinner: Asparagus Witt white gravy, potato puree, cheese. Supper: Potato soup, sauerkraut. Tue,,day. -Dinner: Boiled fresh fist with white gravy, boiled potatoes, marma- lade. Supper: Julienne soup, vegetable salad. Wednesday.—Dinner: Beef with cab- bage, stewed apples. Supper: Potatc soup, sauerkraut. The officer prisoners of war were obliged to pay for the midday meal. The other twc raeals were optional. The monthly cost oi the midday meal was thirty-four marks.

KILLED AT WATERFALL Thomas Eastwood, a Sunderland pattern- maker, was killed instantly by a fall of rock while standing at the foot of Scale Force waterfall at Crummock Water, Cum- berland. Another visitor was struck by a boulder, which tore a rucksack from his It is presumed that recent ra.ins washed the supporting soil away from the rock.

PATROL VESSEL SUNK. A Granton, Firth of Forth, patrol vessel, the Nellie Nutton, has been shelled and sunk by a German submarine. Eleven survivors were landed at an East Coast port. Among them were Captain Charles Angus, who belongs to Leith. Several of the crew were lost. including two engineers killed.

Acton Council is recommended by ite finance committee to grant a 15 per cent, war bonus to all officials earning less than £ 200 per annum. This war will be a failure when won by the Allies unless the house of Hohenzollern is deposed, says a German-American in the New York "Sun." Mr. Thomas Glencross, holder of the world's jumping record, and a familiar figure in the show ringfl of the kingdom, told the Weston-super-Mare Tribunal that although he had suffered from concussion of the brain twice, broken his leg in three places, fractured his collar-bone four tirnt.,g, v-nd injured his groin, while the sight of one eye had been affected by poisoning, he had been passed as "first-class" by the Army Medical Board.

BIG BRITISH BOOTY. I LONG LIST OF GREAT GUNS AND I PRISONERS. The following messages from General Headquarters in France were issued by the Press Bureau on Monday: 9.45 p.m. Incessant rain and heavy mists have again interfered with the operations, and nothing of importance has occurred on the British I Front to-day. In the local actions which have taken place we have captured some more prisoners, and the total of unwounded German prisoners taken by the British since July 1 ?er rai k s. is 189 officers rind 10,770 other ranks. The German losses in artillery have been even greater than at first reported. The captured armament already collected by our troops now includes five eight inch howitzers, three six-inch howitzers, four six- inch guns, five other heavy guns, thirty- o seven field guns, thirty trench howitzers, sixty-six machine guns, and many thousands of rounds of gun ammunition of all descrip- tions. The above is exclusive of many guns not yet brought in and of the numbers de- stroyed bv our artillery bombardment and abandoned by the enemy.