Show Ve We Dont Don't Know What Real Hard HardTimes HardTimes HardTimes Times Are Like Says Musician With Wit m my company I was vas In Winnipeg when hen the first frt Canadian contingent of at 2500 men men left lert lef that c city ty for or Europe said II n. A. A Webber obbe of ot Webbers Webber's ebbers Juvenile or- or ch l playing an engagement at Pan- Pan tage All 1 this body by t was recruited In Winnipeg g and ad the immediate vicinity and od was as mode made mae up of ot tho the cre cream m of ot the to young youns oun men roen I J tho they were ere tho the finest holy boly of men I have ever seen een Ae 8 they marched marbo to their trains through crow crowded streets there was not a a cheer or ot handclasp save what we gave theta them As of or one tho the bands passed passe our bO boya boyn and girls clapped but bt when te they found fou no one else els did they stopped slopped A 1 battalion of Highlanders Highlander or wearing their ther bearskin shakes s made an Impressive sight EIght The dont don't show ho emotion as 18 wo we Americans do Wo played In Calgary Edmonton Victoria and Vancouver There was re- re ci going oln on In each of or these places and anI th the very vcr heat best t cr were enlisting In Instead Instead In- In stead of ot drilling in tho the armories the tho new battalions or regiments ma march march-d d in the streets and n In the parks t with ds D play play- fu lug Ing That W was S II to attract recruits much I In tho the me way a aa as th they are doing it in Engla nd has been terribly Jarred in I Canada o We 0 dont don't know what haid hald times arc here In comparison with Canada One man who manufactures patent d devices tol told l mo me that t the best Jet of or his skilled craftsmen had left lef him and enlisted For or tho ho time being hi hl his business is b p-ac- p pac pac- ruined robed That tl was only ono one lose lone Instance nt nce In Victoria I r found th the people s very er clannish and narrow narrow The manager of ot the theatre told Ins me If t that t he could not ho show American pictures n or In an any way wa Introduce tho the American flag In li acts or ar pictures Tho The British there ho he told me I would not Dot stand for tor It It 1 I |