The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-13

asi,,e what trouble numerous a--,....
souls are experiencing in tr,i~a -'>,c
adapt the straight lines Of -. >
pleasing design for hurt.. ~" D
Changed Minds
One has had frequent ra,.--
the war started for wonderir.-
er or not the prominent
lists and agitators of tn
countries with indigestion -r- t'
eating their own word -a
will perhaps remember Johr ,t-
the burly labor member Of th.
house of commons. who he,.sr,. 'a
nous for a brief moman. r
Ulster crisis when he stood 81.
lament and told the king H..
didn't keep his place the .o
people" would very soon pur h4-
it. Some of his deishtfln -
friends subsequently elected
honorary member of the \
Liberal Club for Saying vh3,
body was thinking"
Well. war has evidently l--.,
John Wards views on the suite.
cause he has. after seven mcr-+.
sober thought. joined the arm -.t
sworn allegiance, not to his tIa-
his country or his felow-DeonIa f..
to his king. He has, by his onr ...a
| acknowledged the very right .t rr.
| king which he so vehementlv fa-..,
| him in the house of commons
! Ward has formed what is know .,
the Navvies' Battalion. made up If ~
perts in the use Of the pick ana --a
shovel. who will go to the front
to fight but to prepare the trenches
which have become such vital facr ~.
in modern warfare. Ward h5ns /.
was navy before he became Ia.
hor leader and an NJ P and is xno&..,
| q
Handsome John" Ward does ,..
discourage the use Of the souhriurq-
A Disgusting Performance
1t would be quite safe to SAY that
no act Of the British governrner,
since the war began-not even MIA.
many consider its paltering with thr
spy question-has disgusted a. many
people in this country as its recer.
action in taking over bennington Hta.
on the Trent. one of the largest and
| OSt luxurious mansions in Leicester
shire, and fitting it up, regardle~s -
cost, as an abode for the German
| officers who are now prisoners in
England.
No one wants, Of course. to hay
these unwilling guests of her natI s..
other than adequately housed aud
cared for, but why they should bt
Installed in one Of the finest privat4
|
of it's oldest Fanatics, especially when
everything appears to indicate thH
British prisoners Of war in Germarr
are anything but pampered in a que~
ton which, as the famous Lora
Dundreary put it, mo feller can ~.
derstand'
Speaking on behalf of the war of.
flee, night before last, H J. Tennant
its parliamentary secretary. stateC
that bennington Hall was taken Owe
for the German officers because II.
other place was available" but h
admitted that there had been "a Ger
, tain amount Of extravaganza" II 'u
1 ting it up.
II In years past bennington Hall Va
the seat Of the Marquises Of HastnGs
: the fourth OF whom was one OF tn
most famous rakes in British socja
{; history and who had q meteoric tur
l career.
Incidentally, the hall was the HON
! of great Englishman, Lord Moira
the first Marquis Of Hastings, but iron
: ically enough, while the follies of tn
: fourth and last marquis are remom
: bered, the great services to the coun
: try OF his distinguished grandfathel
: soldier, statesman and orator ar
:. practically forgotten. He is chief
. owing to a strange las
:. request and a tale told in connect
, with his death.
= Lady William Russell. the marqui
: favorite niece, dreamed she had see
her uncle who felt very cold as So
kissed him. Startled, she remarke
upon this, and he then told her r
= was dead. A few days later can
Z the news Of Lord Hastings death
board the Revenge in 1926, while
& ing from Malta to Naples. Ther
= no question whatever as to the tr
= Of the dream, for it was told the q
= after he died, when his aecease com
not possibly have been known.
- Lord Hastings desired that
\ right hand might be cut off, ana
\ TERED with his wife in the same c7
:, fin. The hand was accordingly AM
q tated and preserved until his Wiz y
= death in 1910, being buried with r.
ADMIRE HTS CTN. ROR HIM