"Mrs. Higgius was an incurable grumbler. She grumbled at everything and everyone But at last the vicar thought he had found something about which she could make no complaint— the old lady's crop of potatoes was certainly the finest for miles around. ( Ah, for once you-must be well pleased,,' he said with a beaming smile, as ho met her 'in tho village street. "Everyone's sayinc how.splendid your potatoes are this year." Tho old lady glared at him as she answered: "They're not so poor. But whore's the bad ones for the pigs?" ._ While the Vatican has maintained a strict neutrality, it haß endeavoured to maintain its n'suol relations with the Central Empires and tho Entente countries; and this has not always been simple because of its location in a belligerent nation. At present there ii a movement on foot to instal a powerful wireless station at the Vatican in order that the Catholic Church will bo in a position .to communicate directly with any of the. countries at war, without subjecting the dispatohe's to tho cerEorship of tho belligerent nations. 'Cards for firewood aro the latest in rations in Germany. The soap ration has just, been reduced from ljoz. of soap and BJok. of soap powder to l'Joz. of soap and i\oz. of powder. The ! powder allowance- has had to bo_:out down because tho military authorities I need all the soda for munitions. I - — •■-■ ■■'.-•
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 165, 2 April 1918, Page 7
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234Untitled Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 165, 2 April 1918, Page 7
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