1914-11-07kk

Two short items from the Hamilton Spectator edition of Friday November 7, 1914, follow.

One was sad, and the other less so.

“A large measure of sympathy will be extended to Sergt. John D. Tait, of the Army Service corps and his wife, Mrs. Tait, on the death this morning of their infant twin daughters, Margaret Kathleen and Annie Aileen, which took place at the home of their parents, 311 Dundurn street south.

“The father of the children, who is serving at the front with the Canadians, having left here, is now a member of No. 2 Army Service corps, which is at present at Bustard Camp, Salisbury Plain, England, and the children were born since he left and are but a month old.

“The double funeral will take place at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon in Hamilton cemetery.”¹

¹ “Pathetic Case : Soldier’s Babes Die While  Father Fights For His Country”

Hamilton Spectator.   November 07, 1914

Right below the sad news of the infant deaths was placed an article which may have lightened the sorrowful burden felt after reading that sad story:

“Another shipment of the great favorite, It’s a Long Way to Tipperary, has just arrived, enabling us to offer two hundred copies on Saturday morning at 10 cents each, while they last.

“This is the British marching song, and has become immensely popular throughout every English-speaking part of the world. Even on the fighting line, the French soldiers have taken it up and translated it, and sing it with as much enthusiasm as the British troops.

“Get a copy tomorrow. Be here early. At our last sale we sold several hundred in one morning. This lot will not last long.

“Stanley Mills & Co. Ltd.”²

² Tipperary, 10c : On Sale at the Stanley Mills Music Dept. Tomorrow.”

Hamilton Spectator. November 7, 1914