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Vol. 10, No. 15

FOOD ECONOMY
AND THE WAR

When I was at school studying alge-
bra I remember that the master told
us when we reached Simple Equations
that now we all were making a fresh
start. We were all starting over again.
So it was a chance for those who had
not so far proved a success at Algebra

to try again unhampered by past fail-
ures.

Now it is very much the same in con-
nection with food economy and the
war. We all start pretty much at the
scratch. Even Mr. Hoover and Mr.

Hanna had not very much start of us.
At best they only occupied the position
of the Cambridge coach who is report-
ed to have said: ‘‘Give me twenty-
four hours start and I will teach any-
body anything.’’ The subject is so en-
tirely a new one. It is true that most
of us were brought up in homes where
perforce food economy had to be prac-
tised. I for one am glad that I was
brought up in such a home. It is in
times such as these that we who have
not to learn, because we have known
longer than we can remember, that all
waste iS wrong, have the pull. We have
as it were, passed through the elemen-:
tary school. We have learned what
food economy means. We are now
ready for the high’ school studies. We
‘are ready to leaem the meaning of
“Food Economy and the War.’’

For it cannot too often be insisted
upon that food economy and food econ-
omy and the war are two very different
things. We must understand the form-
er before we can understand the latter.
But it is possible to practise the form-
er and yet very seriously to ignore the
latter. :

To illustrate this in the matter of
cornmeal, Mr. Hoover has said: ‘‘There
are four bushels of corn raised ,in this
country (the United States) to every
one of wheat, and cornmeal is as good
for food as is wheat.’’ Against this it
is urged that cornmeal is more 2xpen-
sive than ordinary flour. But that does
not mecessarily settle the question, for
‘‘the onject of the food economy cam-
Ppaign is not to save money, but to
conserve food.’’ The French do not
know anything about corn and its uses
Even if it would keep long enough it
would do little good to export it to
France. Our part is to use it and
other substitutes for wheat flour as far
as possible in order that we may have
more wheat flour to export to Europe.

Then, too, we ough. to remember the
transportation. question. --It'is--not~en-
ough that there is sufficient food in the
world for everybody. We must be able
to transport it to where it is needed.
The wheat stored up in the south of
Russia will not do \wthe people in Petro-
grad any good unless it can be taken
there. So we ghould always bear in
mind this problem of transportation,
which at the present moment is very
grave. We should as far as possible use
home-made goods. Then the railways
and ships will be set free for carrying
supplies of any kind for tgose at the
frant.

HARVEST HOME SERVICES.

The services on Sunday at the Meth-
odist Church, Mount Newton, will be
of the festive order, being the harvest
home amniversary. Rev. John Robson,
chairman of the district, will preach
in the morning at 11 o’clock, and Rev.
A. S. Colwell, B.A., of: Centennial
Church, Victoria, will preach in the
evening at 7 o’clock. There will be no
service in Wesley Church, Sidney in the
evening. On Monday evening Mr. J.W.
Green, of Victoria, will give a musical
concert at Mount Newton. A good
time is promised, both on Sunday all

come.
On September 30th, harvest home
services will be held im Wesley Church,

there will also be a lecture on Monday
evening, October Ist.

Sunday. morning,;. -September --16th,-at-

SIDNEY, B.C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 1917

$1.00 Per Year

SAANICH CANNING CO. PLANT
BEGINS OPERATIONS THIS WEEK

The plant of the Saanich Cannicg Co.
which has been idle since the clam sea-
son cloged last spring, has again be.
gun to operate, and large quantities of
fruit, including pears, prunes and ap-
ples are now required for canning pur-
Poses. There should be no reason now
for fruit going to waste in this district
as the Saanich Canning Company can
handle all that is brought to them.

A new and up-to-date sealing machine
operated by electric power has recently |
been installed in the plant and will add
materially to‘the output for the com-
ing season.

the

and
the
and

CARD OF THANKS.

Mr. and Mrs. Lait and family express
their thanks for the kind sympathy
shown through the death in action of
their son Wilfrid; also Fred Picton, of
the 23lst Battalion, and for the great
kindness extended to both by their
many friends during their residence in
Sidney.

DOES NOT APOLOGIZE FOR
STATEMENTS MADE IN LETTER

To the Editor Sidney Review.

Dear Sir,—If your correspondent, Mr.
Henry Brethour, had told me he was
married and -that an interview with
him meant also an interview with the
lady of the house, I might have been a
little more cautigus in accepting his.
invitation” extended last week. As it
was I innocently walked into the hor-
net’s nest and got stung. After receiv-
ing a rather caustic character sketch of
myself I was informed by Mr. Brethour
that they ‘‘took no notice of me. I
was nothing but a joke.’’ It seems to

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they are
prices, plus the freight.

An office will
Sidney where parcels can be left for de-
livery along the route and information
givem as to the

The following article dealing with the
centralization of the schools in Sidr-y
is contributed by one

resident of the district.

‘‘All Saanich is talking of the pro-
posed new school on Beacon avenue. It
is surprising how many, when they ser-
iously consider the
the conclusion that to put the school
in the centre of our district is the only
thing. One says:
take us out of ourselves by creating a
good spirit over a wider circle.’? We
think of Canadian children not just as
a small
school where for all time where a
modern education can be obtained by

I hear that the women of the district

they know that it is quite possible to
have a room for the primary class in
Sidney, and we have it on the highest
authority that this can be done.
mothers
room is
make for better
All are glad that there is stifl a chance
to discuss the question and it will fin-

a school in Sidney or on Beacon ave-

September 23, 1917—Sixteenth Sunday
after Trinity.

Communion at Holy Trinity.

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do at Victoria

prepared to

shortly be opened in

AN AIR RAID ON
AN ENGLISR CITY

Mr. W. J. Duke, of Ganges Harbor,
last week received the following letter
from his sister in ‘England, and as it
contains much that is of interest to
our subscri#hers we publish it in part:

‘‘We had a terrible time on July 7th.
About 9.30 a.m. Ruth came in and
said she feared there was a raid, the
guns were making so much noise. We
listened and in a few minutes it was
just as if the air was full of uproar—
great guns roaring, aeroplanes humm-
ing amd shrapnel] falling and bursting.
It seemed as though we were the centre
of a terrific storm. There was nething
to do—we all huddled together on the
bed and just waited. I could not help
crying, what with the terror and pain
I was suffering, but I was able to keep
quiet, and Ruth and Miss J. kept up
bravely. Of course we expected a bomb
every minute. However, in about ten
or fifteen minutes the guns ceased and
we were thar‘ful. As soon as possible
Ruth tried to get on the phone to Bert
but could get no answer. We did not
know how near we had lost our dear
boy. It seems that at the time the raid
began notice was given. in government
places, and Nellie heard the great siren

Foo} | Sp ROMUap Aenean ™ *S, Here. CazaRs <a ene '
prompt e Shoned'to Bert ‘“‘Raid com- ~~

ANGLICAN SERVICES. ing; take shelter at once.’’ I should

say that Bert had made arrangements

with the owners of a concrete cellar

close by in case of a raid, and he at

once hurried all his clerks, mostly girls

half fainting and terrified, to this place

schedule upon which
service will be operated.

THE SCHOOL QUESTION.

2 of our readers
it finds space in our columns for

reason that it expresses the thought
desire of at least one far seeing

question, come to

‘“‘Enlarge our town,

locality, therefore

put our

good

largest number.

quite decided about it, now that

The
will see to it that a lunch
Provided. They say it will
education all round.

be decided whether we shall have

a. m., Morning Prayer and Holy

be a peculiar form of humour our friend); 3 p. m.,Evening. Prayer at Church | of safety, and then rushed in next door
indulges in. I remember a former ‘joke’ | Hall. to warm the people in a restaurant. Al-
with him was the Superior school when 7 p. m., Evening Prayer at St. And-|together he took about twenty-nine to
the teacher did not meet with his ap- | rew’s. .

proval. I orly mention this because in
these troubled times any sort of hum-
our that helps us to pass the trovbic
along is good to copy.

I read over the minutes, as suggested
by Mr. Brethour, and find nothing in
them to apologize for, therefore I have
mo apologies to offer.

Thanking you for' past favors and
trusting that you will find space for
this short letter, I am, Sir, yours very
truly,

MRS. M. SIMISTER.

A QUIET WEDDING.

The marriage of Miss Hattie Race
ard Mr. Albert Gehrke, both of Port Pe
Angeles, Washington, was celebrated on

the home of Mrs. H. Gehrke. Rev. Mr.
Aske officiated.

The bride was attended by Miss Hat-
tie Gehrke, sister of the groom, while
Mr. Alfred Race supported the groom.
Only near relatives and friends were
present at the ceremony. After a short
honeymoon spent in visiting the coast
cities the newly married couple will
make their home at Port Angeles.

A NEW FREIGHT SERVICE

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Mr. C. W. Kirk, managing director
of Kirk & Co., Ltd., prominent coal
‘dealers of Victoria, paid a visit to Sid-
ney on Tuesday. It is the intention of
Mr. ffiirk’s company to inaugurate a
motor truck freight . service between
Sidney and Victoria on October lst and
this new service will no doubt proove
very popular not only to the merchants
of Sidney but to the farmers as well,
as it is the intention to have the truck
call at any place of residence on the
Saanich Peninsula’ and either deliver
or take freight away. It is also the
intention of the company to deliver
coal any place on the Peninsula which

Will the members of the Allies Chap-
ter, I. O. D. E., who are canvessing for
tins and bottles let Mrs. Wheeler know:
their results so that she can make the
necessary. arrangoments—for-—-collection..|.
Large tins with lids, bottles and old j
rubber are wanted.

INTERCHANGE TRACK COMPLETED

The
diamond from the Canadian Northerb
to the V. & S. is
only a short
to be balasted. The length of the sid-
ing is sufficient to hold seven cars.

Services at St.
Church will’ be held
follows:

Sunday school at 2.30 p. m.

Service at 7 p. m.
“‘Without~the~ Blush.” “Yow Will be wel
come.

“Tt is now vital for the United King-
dom and the allies in Europe to obtain
ftom Canada

quantities than under peace conditions’
says Lord Rhonda. :

GIDEON HICKS PIANO COMPANY, Lif

the céllar refuge. You can fancy how
they ran, poor things. Bert sazs that
less than five minutes Iater a bomb
crashed right through his office roof,
destroyed all the top floor and carried
down the staircase in a mass of wreck-
age. Amother bomb took the whole of
the restaurant and left not even part,
of a room, just-a pile of debris. “Ap-
parently the force and explosive qual-
ity of the bombs are almost irresistible
Bert says there could not have been a
single one of the thirty lives saved but .
for Nellie’s message. Our dear boy has
been mercifully spared‘so far. A. D.
and C, are at the front. We do not
know at what point, but I.do hope not
in Flanders, there the conflict is too
dreadful. We can hear the guns almost
any time day and night. It is a very
strange muffed sort of sound, like a
-‘remote-irregular~drumbeat:; - In~certain~----~
winds the sound carries far into this
country..,

Readers of the Review may remember
seeing pictures in the ‘Daily Mirrot’’.
in July showing ,the ruins of the two
buildings referred to above. I did not
know they had any personal interest
to me wntil I received this letter.

new interchange track at the

almost completed,
piece of track remaining

PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES.

Paul’s Presbyterian
next Sunday as

oples’ song service at 6.45 p. m.
Subject, ‘‘Religion

Rev. F. Letts, Minister.

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