... Findlater, Mackie, Todd Co., Ltd Findlater, Mackie, Todd Co., Ltd., Drink good luck in a glass of sparkling, bubbling, fragrant Cider. Every bottle of Bulmer's Champagne Cider takes at least two years in maturing, being made by identically the same process as the French sparkling wine. WARDS OFF GOUT AND RHEUMATISM. BULMERS cider DELICIOUS TO THE LAST DROP The cheapest of all good drinks. ITS ...

... Boredom needs strafing. Being bored gets on one's nerves and hinders effort. Don't be bored. Drawing is the antidote which will keep you bright and cheery. On this topic, a Headquarters Army Officer has written thus 7.3.16. During moments of extreme boredom in France, I often wished I could sketch so as to pass the time. Please send me your Prospectuses. t capt. I sent him the prospectuses ...

... 31 jc5) J[ tt The Peacemaker. EVERYBODY will wish Mr. Lloyd George well in his latest role of peacemaker between the conflicting elements which have brought Ireland to such a de plorable pass, and the spirit in which the House of Commons received the appeal which the Prime Minister addressed to them on Thursday last augurs well for the negotiations. No one attempted to say a word which would ...

... The Letters of Eve Being the Correspondence of the Hon. Evelyn Fitzhenry with her friend the Lady Betty Berkshire. 200, Curzon Street, Mayfair. MY DEAR BETTY,-- Talk about the Book of Revelations-- what with short skirts and the Irish inquiry, and the things that keep coming out whenever the Censor takes a nap or there's a new de spatch on anything, it must fairly make some people's hair stand ...

... lx^ o jy o o The New Year. ANOTHER year of Arma geddon has passed, and doubtless the ma jority of people affected have been looking backwards to see how the fortunes of war have gone since the beginning of 1916. On the surface Ger many would seem to have, if anything, strengthened her posi tion. Although battered back she kept her line intact on the Somme, while against Roumania she has ...

... O O Q) H o o The Austrian Secession. THERE can be little doubt that one of the chief factors of the hastily-offered German Peace Note was the knowledge in Berlin that the death of Francis Joseph of Austria and the succession of the Emperor Carl might rapidly bring changes in the sentiment of that Power toward her taskmaster-- Germany. Austria is in a bad condition, her popula tion is on the ...

... UOTE&BRM)le%> TJopeBfadle\5 Ate Ciuil, Military Naual bailors i^-- THE KHAKI MARKET BY H. DENNIS BRADLEY. IN cold figures, and for the benefit of Officers purchasing their winter uniforms, I wish to place before them the following facts. The continued rise in price of the best heavy-weight khaki materials is abnormal. For the winter of 1916-17 Pope and Bradley, exercising to the utmost their ...

... Officers' Complete Kits in 2 to 4 Days or Ready for Use Illustrated Naval or Military Catalogues Post Free. N. B. Many 1916 Civilian Top -coats and Suits, as well as Ladies' Coats and Gowns, are being sold during January at about ONE- HALF USUAL PRICES. Full list on request. IN the dreary watches of the night, with icy slush in the trenches, and hungry winds howling over the frozen marshes, ...

... Wfats of FASHION J The First Dressmaker. By M. E. Brooke. -J IgjXP ALL will admit that the mythical snake in the Garden of Eden was the first dressmaker, but we do not know who was the first beauty culturist; some consider that it was Venus. In the Scripture women are commanded to adorn themselves in order that they may remain beautiful, as it is their mission to please and charm. Undoubtedly ...

... Pi tores in the Fire By S Sabretache. MOST of the military experts are at the moment extremely busy working out the pro's and con's of the German concentration near Constance and before the Jura mountains, and wondering whether it portends an attempted dash through Switzerland with the object of turning the Allied right by coming round on the flank of Belfort. It will be extremely interesting ...

... V> 200, Curzon Street, Mayfair. MY DEAR BETTY,-- A very long time hatching, aren't they-- all those wonderful schemes and plans and systems the new Government's going to win the war with? 'Strawdin'ry, really, what an enervating effect the Whitehall air does seem to have. Suppose it's 'cos you have to talk so much. However After all, it was the tortoise won the race, wasn't it? Festina ...

... An Epoch. THE message which Mr. Lloyd George issued to the whole Empire through a representa tive of the Australasian press last week would have rejoiced the heart of the late Joseph Chamberlain, who foresaw the importance of our colonies in the scheme of Empire and gave the best work of his life towards establishing unity between them and the Mother Country. But the next Imperial War Council ...