Array rf I t \ t Bank of Hamilton Capital $3,440,000 Reserve $2,440,000 Savings Department. Interest allowed °j on deposits. °j Vancouver Branch 3 3 EWING BUCHAN, - Manager. UtOJUUJlSJUUUUUUtAJUAJUUUUL The Week R Provincial Review and Magazine. Lanston Monotype Composition. NEW HOUSESforSale I INSTALMENT PLAN A number ot new homes. Modern in every respect. Easy monthly instalments. B. C. LAND ft INVESTMENT AOENCY, Limited. 40 Government St., VICTORIA. ot i^ojLQJLIL)l.UiLIULIUJI.0JUJIJL°JLltJL7 Vol. III. No. M VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER B. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1906. One Dollar Per Annum. IThe Editor's Review Of Current Topics. jAWoman The hero has fallen Jin the Case, from his pedestal. Maxim Gorky as an idol is no more. He has quite re- lently been proved to have feet of clay, and it would not be amiss to add cheeks of brass, and a wooden head. Also he was stuffed with sawdust—poor material out of which to construct a popular idol; more suitable for a doll. The great lion of Socialism, whose roar stirred Russia, has demonstrated that braying is more in his line, and is now as profuse in his denunciation of things American as he was laudatory of the land of the screaming eagle and the Statue of Liberty only a few weeks ago. We sometimes indulge in a little harmless chaff at the foibles of our Southern neighbors, but when it comes to sizing up a man, and determining his public status, they apply methods which are at once 'direct and illuminating. Maxim orky has fallen at the first fence, because he either did not know or did not reckon with this fact. A continent on which woman holds [the proud position occupied by the [American wife and mother, toler- tes no such defence as desertion of wife and children. Greater men han Gorky have fallen victims to the attractions of fascinating femininity, but they have managed it letter. It is the old story: if a man [will stand in the limelight, he must [expect to be seen through and hrough. Also, when a woman has ihown the devotion and self-sacri- Lice of Madame Gorky, the silly old [world will still hold it a crime to de- lert her and her children, even for [a prettyactress. But look at the price which a born leader of men ays for his whistle, when he sacri- [fices the possibilities of a great cause or personal gratification. Gam- ietta, Parnell, Dilke, Crispi, Gorky what a galaxy of stars! What an clipse! nothing of the others? "Oh," says our mentor, "force of character, individuality, a genius for organization, and deep religious fervor." Well, admitting the former, the latter is positively overpowering. It is that kind of religious fervor which divorecs the transcental from the ethlica, and theory from practice. Again, our mentor does not attribute Dowie's downfall to his "'being found out," as most plain people would, but to supersaturated egotism." We wonder if the writer has ever heard of John Henry Prince, whose palatial residence and pseudo-religious settlement has flourished for fifty years in Somersetshire, and whose peculiar tenets were parodied so cleverly thirty years ago or more by Artemus Ward, in "The free-lovers of Berlin Heights"? When our mentor has leisure, he might do worse than study the philosophy of all these modern cults which "shout and fume their little day." He would find that what was an accident of an incident in the careers of truly great men is the whole genius or these sham faiths, and that in all, the basal element is that which has kept Mormonism alive so long. Eliminate that feature, and disintegration and dissolution are speedy. tenths of the community. If ever there was a case in which clemency would have been justified, this is one. Punishment has been forced to the absolute limit, ostracism has been added to dismissal, and since we know that the men responsible for this last infirmity of noble minds "are all honorable men," we can only marvel at the psychological phenomenon presented, and at the intricate convolutions of reasoning by which they justify their action to their own hearts and consciences. They may be immaculate, but if they ever appear before the far off public opinion they will be apt to remember the last line of the immortal plea, "How shall we hope for mercy, showing none?" fore have no ground of complaint. This is about the most unblushing defence of peculation by public servants which can be found on the records of Hansard. It is not a matter of party politics, as far as the public is concerned, but a case of universal condemnation of a bogus company, formed by paid officials of the government to pilfer from the Treasury at the rate of $200,000 a year for doing work which they were already paid to do. No ,we were wrong; the condemnation is not universal—Duncan Ross dissents. His name should go down to prosperity as the modern Gar- gantua, who could swallow, Sifton Preston and Smart and all their works. Pretext or Principle. Justice and Mercy. Strange An influential Coast 3edfellows. daily, respected by all, and admired by some, vhose special mission is to act as 5uide, philosopher and friend to the ising generation on matters per- aining to moral ethics, undertakes determine the status of John Alexander Dowie. This is a matter in which all civilized people, includ- dg the dwellers in Zion City, with Ihe single exception, perhaps, of liss Rofer, have made up their nds. New York, London and lark have agreed in denominating |im an arrant humbug, and hypo- itical fakir, with natural tenden- les which identify his ultimate tms with those of Brigham Young, faithful and blessed memory lur contemporary, whilst admitting ]ie soft impeachment, sees in Dowie alities which entitle him to be 1 with Luther, Cromwell, Inox, Bunyan, Wesley and Gen- al Booth. Shades of Procrustes! hat has the blatant, blasphemous femagogue of Zion City in common If we know anything of Miss Agnes Deans Cameron, she is made of that stuff which would carry her to the stake rather than permit her to put up any plea for mercy to the Education Department. She chose her own line of action; at the bar of justice, and of public opinion she is held to have erred. She has lost an honored position after occupying it for many years—practically all her life. The loss was accompanied by circumstances of publicity and exposure which added something of humiliation to the other distressing conditions which developed. The ready, but not too considerate, retort is that she brought it all on herself, and she has no one else to blame. The obvious reply to this merciless, if not harsh, judgment, is "humanum est errare." The Education Department have seen fit to view the whole case through the medium of cast-iron regulations and inflexible law. It was their prerogative, and they have exercised it. There are those, however, never friendly to Miss Cameron, and recognizing from the first that she was hopelessly in the wrong, who have experienced a revulsion of feeling since learning that in the courts of the department justice is not to be tempered with mercy, but that because it is in the bond, the full "pound of flesh is to be e"xacted. So be it, no doubt, the advisors can put up a perfectly logical defense, based inferentially on the old Mosaic edict, "the soul that sinneth it shall die"; but The Week believes that in this anti-climax it will not be sustained by the opinion of humane nennle. who constitute nine- The Vancouver World waxes wroth because the Ministerial Association and the Manager of the Opera House together tabooed the giving of a sacred concert on Sunday, albeit the proceeds were for the cause of charity. It seems to us that the worthy editor misses the point when he attributes this action to the fact that the name of the Ministerial Association was unwarrantably used to advertise the performance. That |.was a mere incident. The real reason is that it has never been found possible to regulate the Sunday concert. It always runs to secularism and profit making. It was thoroughly tested in Montreal five years ago by a zealous ex-clergyman, who attempted to combine Bible readings, impromptu prayers, moving pictures (of scenes in the Holy Land), and "sacred" music. Gradually the programme veered towards funny stories, Coney Island pictures, and rag-time melodies. Up to this stage 25 cents admission had been charged. The authorities, seeing by this time that the small percentage given to charity was only a cloak to cover private greed, shut down on the performance. It was continued without admission fee, as the law permits, and a "silver collection" was taken up. In a few weeks the end came. There is no middle course in the matter of Sunday concerts. If the promoters are philanthropic, as they always declare, let them make it free; if there is a charge, it is simply an attempt to carry profit making into seven days, and the plea of charity a is mere cloak. Too Busy Victoria is still consum- to Act. ing chemical milk and diseased meat. The dealer in formalheyde, glucose and boracic acid is doing a thriving business. Mayor Morley is too busy to act, but he says it is Dr. Tolmie's funeral, and in any case the latter is underpaid. These are the facts. What is the remedy? Fideo Duncan Ross is the one Defennsor. man in the Canadian Commons to stand on his feet and defend the government contract with the North Atlantic Trading Company. This more than justifies all that The Week has said about Duncan Ross. The mere statement of that fact is a severer condemnation than any criticism words can frame. If anything could add to the weight of the condemnation, it is a recital of the line of argument pursued by the member for the Yale-Cariboo district. He knows no fine distinctions, and disdains even the appearance of de- decency in his political advocacy. He states "the country got good value for their money," and there- Spare the Rod A recent investigation of a charge of excessive corporal punishment in a Victoria school has directed attention to a subject of perennial interest and importance. The opinion of nearly all thoughtful men, of judicial mind, is that a teacher should have the right to inflict such punishment, and in doing so to take both the responsibility and consequences of his action. To deprive him of his power is to handicap him in the most important work of the public service, and to place a premium on disobedience and misconduct. It goes without saying that on this continent children are spoiled to an extent which seems appalling to those who were trained in the Old Country under the directing influence of the "tawse," but even there the tendency of the age is to limit this form of punishment. A Privy Councillor, writing to the Standard says, apropos of this: "Unless we return to a more Spartan-like training of our young people, we shall certainly pay the penalty which nature demands of all that disobey her rules; and there is no rule upon which Mother Nature is more insistent than that the acquisition of her favors can only be obtained through suffering, struggle and self-denial. She is no humanitarian, and in the training of her children can never be accused of unduly sparing the rod. It would be better for us if we not only obeyed her precepts, but followed her example more closely in the training of the young." Fire-Eating Bourassa. The Federal government is making a very laudable effort to induce the King and Queen to visit Canada next year. Nothing is more gratifying than to find that men of all parties and proclivities are joining hands to strengthen the invitation. Even "Fire-Eating" Bourassa made quite a graceful speech in supporting the motion. He said none of His Majesty's subjects in Canada would be better pleased to welcome him than the French- Canadian Catholics of Quebec. One reason was that he was the personification of constitutional respect for all his liberty-loving subjects, and because he would be the last one in the whole Empire to uphold any policy or support any scheme by which any section of the Empire would be deprived of any portion of its liberty or authority. Ireland The steady, determined Pacified, resistance of the English people to any breach of the constitution in connection with Home Rule for Ireland, coupled with an equally strong desire to remedy legitimate grievances haB at last borne fruit. John Redmond, who speaks as the leader of the Nationalist party, said in the House of Common^ the other day, "Ireland today is pcacefu'. There is no political rancour; there is no politcal disturbance.'' All over the west and south of the Emerald Isle the judges at the recent spring ass'zes have been presented with whi c gloves, as there were no criminal cases to come before them. The policy of the Unionist party is being vindicated. Beautify The World's plan to Vancouver, beautify Vancouver i» a good one. Its main feature is to induce the citizens to plant trees, rose trees or bushes for choice. To stimulate this laudable project a system of prizes is being arranged for. Such a scheme has everything to recommend it, and could be copied with advantage in other places. Along with it should go the clearing of vacant lots, which are among the most neglected and' objectional features of the Terminal City. Business lots could at least be kept clear, instead of becoming a dumping ground for rubbish, and residential lots would sell better and quicker for being at any rate partially cultivated and planted. RIGHT RICH REFRESHMENT BOCK BEER, 3 bottles for $ .50 ... FRENCH CLARET, 3 bottles for 1.00 NATIVE I'ORT, 3 bottles tor 1.00 RHINE WINE, per bottle 1,15 MANHATTAN COCKTAILS, per bottle HIS MARTINI COCKTAILS, per bottle... 1J5 MAIL ORDERS A SPECIALTY DIXI H. ROSS & CO., Ill Gov't St., VICTORIA HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES. THE WEEK, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1906. HSHHfiiHSiaaHHHHHHaaaaBHa VANCOUVER EiHssieBaHHaaasBiaaaBiBrsiaHaE The Tower of Siloam. Vancouver ministers rendered a service to the cause of Christian charity on Sunday last by deprecating any such Pharisaical deduction as that the dwellers in San Francisco were greater sinners than their fellows. The spirit which could favor such a conclusion is happily dying out. It is a relic of ultra-Puritanism, as unworthy of the intelligence as of the heart of the twentieth century. The query of the Master, "Think ye that these men on whom the tower of Siloam fell were sinners above other men?" rings in the ears of the world today as a rebuke and a protest, and there are many more who subscribe to its tenets now than when it was uttered. Vancouver has done well to emphasize the lesson. Qoosequlll Rivalry. The latest proposition in newspaper circles is that The Vancouver World shall be given away with a pound of tea. The immediate cause of this suggestion is that in their prolonged controversy as to which is gaining ground in popular favor the more rapidly, The AVorld or The Province, both have been driven to adopt methods of increasing their circulation which are far less reasonable and businesslike than the one mentioned above. Jugs, cups, plates, vases, canary seed, oleographs and pickles, all of which cost more than five cents, are now given away with the proverbial pound of tea; why not The World or. The Province? Incidentally such a system would tend to increase the consumption of the cup that cheers hut not inebriates. Editors Higgins and Nichol might do worse than think it over. on a visit to a resident in the city. The Vancouver man showed the visitor over the city, and then took him for a drive out the New Westminster Road. On the way they met a friend of the Vancouverite driving in company with a lady. The visitor was smitten by the lady's charms, and succeeded in kindling an answering flame in her breast, so that she left her first companion and took up with the stranger. The forsaken swain lost his nerve when he lost the lady, and, returning home alone, let his horse run away. The friend whom the stranger was visiting also returned to the city unaccompanied. He heard nothing of the stranger till early this morning, when he learned that the pair who had become so suddenly and violently attached to each other, had been married last night in the Hotel Vancouver by special license. The ceretiony was performed py a prominent Presbyterian minister of the city." Sporting Comment. The organization meeting of the Victoria West Lacrosse Club took place Wednesday evening in the V.W.A.A. rooms, when it was decided to enter a team in the Junior League of the city. The reports of various officials were received, and showed the club to be in a flourishing condition. They have beeen notified that the Vancouver Juniors will come over here for a game on May 24th, and it was decided to procure new uniforms previous to this game. The following officers were elected: President and manager, Alex. Stevens; secretary- treasurer, H. Campbell; team captain, W. Crocker. Sugar From Vancouver. "It is an ill wind that blows nobody good," and Vancouver is realizing the truth of the proverb in a large demand for sugar, as a result of the San Francisco disaster. The local refinery is thc only one on thc Pacific Const available for increased supplies, and has already received orders which will tax its utmost capacity for many months to come. This is one occasion on which enterprise reaps its just reward. By playing the Celtics to a goalless draw on Saturday afternoon at the Brockton Point grounds, the Garrison eleven are for another year the champions of the British Columbia Soccer League. It was by long odds the best exhibition of the Association game ever seen in Vancouver, and while unable to score there can be no doubt that the Celtics had a shade the better of the game practically all the way, ami gave Worrall in goal for the Garrison more than twice the work that Rose had to care for. The game was very clean, the referee, Mr. C. A. P. Gill, of Chilliwack, having the players well in hand. Noble Example. The Ladysmith Intermediate Football Club has secured the intermediate championship of British Columbia by deteating the Columbian College team by 3 goals to 1 in the final match played Saturday. The incident reported in The Saturday Evening World cannot be too widely made known as an instance of devoted self- sacrifice: "At a time when most people are catering to the bodily wants of thc San Francisco homeless, there are others who have I thought of the physical need of the sick l and wounded. Such a one has now locally ' come forward in the person of Miss McLeod, a capable trained nurse, niece of ex- Mayor M. A. McLean. Miss McLeod has j tendered her services for two months j gratis, and has offered to pay her wayi could the relief committee not arrange for I transportation. The noble example setj by this young lady is well worthy of imitation, as it is such people like Miss Mc-1 Leod who will make our country truly, great in the minds of the citizens of the republic to the south." Early in the foot ball season just closed, Mr. Reggie Woodward made an offer of a haudsome medal for best all-round pigskin chaser that Vancouver College could produce. At a meeting of the football club on liday afternoon, the decoration was awarded by popular vote to Mr. Sam McLeod, otherwise known as "Unc." Sam's record as a gridiron specialist certainly justified the choice of his team mates. Big Water Record. Much disquietude is being felt in Vancouver in consequence of the recording of 25,000 miners inches of water from Lillooet River by the Burrard Company. Thc contention, emanating from New Westminster, and supported by the Terminal City, is that it will prevent the floating of logs and the establishment of lumber mills at the Coast, as the damming of the water would leave the bed of the rivor practically dry. It is about time that all water powers were handled by thc government, in the public welfare, and with due regard to every interest affected. Too Slow. Victoria has been taunted with being slow. After reading the following from a Vancouver paper, probably Victorians will be confirmed in their opinion that it is possible to be a little too swift. "Vancouver was yesterday thc scene of a romance, dazzling in the suddenness with which it eventuated m marriage, and remarkable in several other respects. A man arrived here from the East yesterday The C.A.L.A., at its annual meeting on Saturday admitted Vancouver's new senior club, the Maple Leaf, into the association, and accepted Victoria as an honorary member. According to the schedule of matches arranged, four games will be played ou each of the grounds of the Vancouver the Maple Leafs and New Westminster clubs, and three exhibition games in Victoria, thc Capital City Club defraying the full expenses of the teams playing the latter games. The full schedule arranged is as follows; May 24, Maple Leaf vs. New Westminster; May 24, Vancouver vs. Victoria (ex.); June 9, Maple Leaf vs. Vancouver; June 23, New Westminster vs. Maple Leaf; July 2, New Westminster vs. Vancouver; July 7, Maple Leaf, vs. Victoria (ex.); July 14, Vancouver vs. New Westminster; July 21, Vancouver vs. Maple Leaf; August 4, New Westminster vs. Vancouver; August 18, Maple Leaf vs. New- Westminster; Aug ust 25, Maple Leaf vs. Vancouver; September 3, New Westminster vs. Maple Leal; September 8, New Westminster vs. Victoria (ox. ; September 15, Vancouver vs. Maple Leaf; October 4 or 6, Vancouver vs. New- Westminster. The games arc to be played on the grounds of the last mentioned club in each case. In adopting the schedule, a recommendation was incorporated, at the request of Mr. C. W. Murray, to the effect that when drawing up tho 1907 scedule, the Maple Leaf Club bo given the Dominion Bay match on its grounds. The Original Grand View Hotel Opposite C. 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Jot printing plants bought and for sale. A. H. E. BECKETT PRINTERS' SUPPLIES Agent Haddon'sCaxton Type Foundry. 603 Hastings Street, Vancouver Vancouver Opera House E. R. Ricketts, Manager. To-night, Saturday April 38 The Successful Comedy ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME Will be produced by local Amateurs, under thel auspices of the children's Aid Society. Alii receipts will be devoted to the relief of the homeless children of San FranciscO. Popular Prices, Everybody Should Go THE WEEK, SATURDAY. APRIL 38, 1906. At The Street *} Corner h I ^ By THE UXJNOER This is going to be a bad week for The Lounger. Why? Because nobody is talking about anything else but the awful tragedy at San Francisco; and although The Lounger is allowed to sympathize in quiet, he is supposed to furnish a column which will appeal to the lighter side of human life. Like Punchinello his heart may be breaking for his Columbine, but it is his job to look on life from a cheerful standpoint, and to spend his time in poking quiet fun at other people; and if he can do so when they are least expecting it, why, so much the better. Now there is a little thing which has struck me lately, and which I think other people may have noticed. There is an old saying that "Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." I believe that this is true. There is another saying, which comes from the Psalms: something about a deaf adder which will not listen to the charmer, "charm he never so wisely." At present there are three tally-ho coaches prancing up and down the streets of Victoria. I know that one of them has a horn which is blown most vigorously by some one in authority. I know that one of them has not a horn, or at any rate, it is not blown; I am uncertain as to the third. But the fact remains that all three are always nearly empty. Last Sunday two of these coaches passed me on the Dallas Road, and I do not think that there were more than eight persons on the two together. Is this due to the unwise charming of the musician (I know he misses one note in one of his roulades) or to the fact that Victorians are not savage enough to be soothed? Of course, I am personally inclined to take a more sensible view of the whole thing, and to say it is absurd to expect people to go for coach drives in April, even when we are blessed with the marvellous weather we have had. The majority of patrons go for these drives with their better halves, and better halves have an idea that it is "chilly"; "Why, it's not May yet, Jim." Possibly the livery stables are only undergoing thc extra wear and tear to get the horses into training. There was a nasty accident last Sunday near The Fountain, in Douglas street, when a rig and a pair took fright (at least the pair took it) at a street car, and upset the occupants. Fortunately no one was injured, but the gentleman who was riding so fast on a bicycle that he could not avoid the overturned carriage is doubtless by now pondering over the repair bill. Had he been a detective from romance, like the inestimable Sherlock, instead of being merely a paid member of the force, he would have doubtless deduced the accident, and deducted the expense. Talking about detectives, what do you think of this for the title of a story, in such a respectable paper too as The World: "Raffles Holmes, the Nostalgia of Nervy Jim, the Snatcher"? Well, well, such a heading to a story takes me back to the dear old days of childhood, and reminds me of a celebrated romance, which I began to write in those days, for even at twelve I was a genius. The title which I carefully printed above the first chapter was "The Sanguinary Seamstress, or the Mystery of the Blood-Stained Bodkin." I never got any further than the first chapter, because someone pointed out to me that there could never have been any mystery which could have escaped the eye of the bodkin. So easily are we discouraged. How buoyant my spirits were the other day when I read in a paper a letter from some Vancouver correspondent describing the horrors of Vancouver streets. Apparently they are worse than those in Victoria. I wonder whether they are worse than the sidewalk in Broadway, New York, was in December, 1904? I remember that that same sidewalk impressed itself on my mind more than anything else on my first acquaintance with the American continent. By the way, I was "called down" rather sharply the other day by a friend who wanted to know why I picked Relle- ville street out as an example of municipal slackness rather than St. Lawrence street. The reason is obvious—I frequently walk along Belleville, but sek.om along St. Lawrence. Seeing that several copies of this paper are sent every week to Cranbrook, I will take this opportunity of warning my dumb friends there, as I did my Victoria dittoes about a month ago, that they had better be careful how they "lounge" the street corners. The dog-tax has been instituted, and a pound formed, and a pound-keeper installed. There was no mention made of a butterfly net for the latter. Possibly Cranbrook is ahead of Victoria in this respect. "Babette" monopolises the delicate subject of "ladies' wear," but I do not think she claims any monopoly on the subject of suitable apparel for mere man, so I ven ture to inform my fellows that, according to the latest edict of Poole, "Green, green, green," is the predominating color among all smart men for morning wear. As soft flannel shirts are now so much worn in the morning, these should be carefully chosen if to be used with green suits, and nothing approaching red or heliotrope should be worn. Perhaps the smartest shade of footwear is a nut-brown. Also, I am rather envious of the popularity of the verses of our lady contributor, so venture the reflection anent the fashionable craze of cigarette smoking by ladies: If Beauty it helps not to worry and fret, Why grudge her the boon of the mild oigarette? Never mind what proportions her "vice" if assuming, So long as her fretting is oured by her furoingl Notes on Canadian News. In Another Vein. The Golden Star makes merry over the fact that W. A. Galliher, M.P., has gone into the Cobalt district at the head of a silver prospecting syndicate, in the hope that he may find it more profitable than gold-mining at Ottawa. The Star, albeit a Liberal organ, has the effrontery to declare that he has not been successful as a politician. Surely that depends on how success is measured. There are those who think that, viewed in one aspect, his career has been a phenomenal success, Perhaps The Star was thinking, of something else. Out on Bail. Joseph Phillips, the York County Loan swindler, has been liberated on bail, and it is suggested that in consideration of the surrender of much of the loot which he and his lady assistants got away with no further proceedings should be taken. It is true that people set a high value on their money, but there are some precious scoundrels for whose punishment people are willing to pay, and Phillips is one of that class. It will be a gross miscarriage of jus- ice if he escapes the penetentiary. He should certainly have a substantial term, if only "pour discourager les autres." Frank Slide. The Frank slide, which occurred some four years ago, was one of the most remarkable of the many phenomena which have occurred in connection with displacements of earth. A mountainside, estimated to contain 100,000,000 tons, fell and covered an area of at least two square miles, burying eighty people. We are reminded of the occurrence by the completion of a waggon road over the slide, which does away with the inconvenience makeshift round the fall, which has done duty for four years, and once more gives access to the prairie. Its completion is a practical reminder of a dire disaster. Good News. At last the Canadian public are likely to be relieved from the flood of cheap and vulgar American magazines which have for so long been inflicted on us. Canadian newspaper dealers have been notified by American magazine sales dealers that the Dominion postoffice department has withdrawn second-class mail rates of one cent a pound from many of the cheaper American magazines, which must in the future pay one cent for every two ounces. The dealers say that this will mean that thc cost of carrying by mail for ten-cent publications will be increased to six cents in each case, and that the cost of such magazines will in thc future be 13 cents, that is if thc old rate of seven cents, plus the postage. The dealers are left to make their own rate to the Canadian public who want the books in question. To the West. A move which presages great things for Western Canada is the proposed location of a branch of the Canada Iron Co., of Montreal, at Fort William. The principal partners in this old established iron making firm are the Drummonds and John Mc- Dougall, household names in connection with the greatest of all industires. The first plant is to cost $125,000, and employ 300 men, but this is only a commencement. The whole project involves the smelting of Canadian ores and the moving of the base of hardware supplies 2,000 miles further West. All this confirms the opinion that matters are speedily ripening for the establishment of a great steel industry in the West, and probably at the Coast. No Cinch. According to Eastern dispatches, the portfolio of Minister of the Interior is no sinecure. What with the legacy of iniquity bequeathed by his predecessor and his own incapacity, Frank Oliver appears to be having a hard time of it in Ottawa. He is goaded continuously by Hon. George Foster, cold-shouldered by his colleagues in the Cabinet, and exercises very slight influence over the Western Liberals. There is no strong belief that he and the department of Interior are in for a long companionship. There is a shuffle coming this summer, and Frank Oliver's chances of surviving it are very doubtful. Blot on the Escutcheon. The faculty of McGill University has offered the honorable degree of L.L.D. to Andrew Carnegie, the Scotch-American multi-millionaire who shot down his workmen during a strike at Homestead works, and who is trying so hard to die poor because he considers it would be a disgrace to die rich. Apart from the sordid and hypocritical character of the man,- it will never be forgotten by Englishmen that twenty years ago his blatant screed, entitled, "Triumphant Democracy," was excluded from English libraries because of its personal abuse of Queen Victoria and other members of the Royal family. Canadians cannot forget that he never loses an opportunity to insult their aspirations and belittle their schemes. Never has a public institution more flagrantly prostituted its noble purposes than in this attempt to glorify triumphant hogocracy. Col. Sanders to Leave Calgary. Col. Sanders, officer commanding the R.N.W.M.P. at Calgary, hasS been granted three months' leave of absence, and will go on the 21st inst. to spend a well-earned holiday at the Pacific Coast. While no official announcement has been made, there is a rumor in the air that the colonel may not return to Calgary at the expiration of his leave. The report goes further, and intimates that he will be promoted to headquarters, and that Superintendent Constantine will take his place at Calgary. Col. Sanders has been a most popular and efficient commanding officer, and the report of his removal, if true, will mean a great loss to Calgary. THE FIRST BLOSSOM. Why the almond flowers before its leaves huve come. Once in that month when spring and winter meet Death on a sick-hed his grim gaze has bent. "Leave me," the doomed man cried, "the spring to greet, Let me see blossom; then I die content." Death glanced on the brown earth, the still black boughs, "Nay," made he answer, "nay, that may not be, Weeks must pass yet ere sleeping trees arouse; Tomorrow must thy soul be mate with me." Then the sick man prayed in his grief to her, The Goddess whom all flowers and trees love well, "O bid the sap today to mount and stir Life in the brunches that their buds may swell And cover them with blossoms pink and white. When 1 have seen again that delicate bloom Fretted against the cold, blue evening light, I will go down contented to the tomb." The Goddess heard and pitied, nnd her breath Gently curressed a leafless almond tree. 'Blossom," she whispered, "let us cheat cruel Death, Blossom for this poor dying soul to see." His sad eyes smiled to see thc boughs grow gay, No more death's summons fdled him with dull grief. Therefore, upon the almond to this day Ever the blossoms come before the leaf. "Is your wife entertaining this winter?" "No; not very." The SILVER SPRING BREWERY, Ltd. : BREWERS OF ENGLISH ALE AND STOUT The Highest Grade Malt and Hops Used in Manufacture. PHONB 893. JAMES BUCHANAN & CO. LONDON AND GLASGOW Purveyors to the Royal Family, DISTILLERS OF HIGH GRADE SCOTCH WHISKIES Buchanan's Royal Household at $1.50 per bottle Buchanan's Black and White at f 1.2s per bottle Buchanan's Red Seal at $1.00 per bottle ARE LEADERS AMONG THE BEST For sale by all dealers LAWYER'S TOAST "The fee simple A.nd the simple fee, And all the fees entail, Are nothing when Compared with thee. Thou best of fees— Female." TO BE TOASTED ONLY IN THE BEST OF WINES MUMM'S CHAMPAGNE The Standard Stationery Co. 06 GOVERNMENT ST. VICTORIA iimvb been appoiuted Solo Agent* for The REMINGTON TYPEWRITER PHONE 276. The Taylor Mill Co. Limited. All kinds of Building Material, LUMBER SASH DOORS TELEPHONE 564 North Government St., Victoria SWEET PEAS. The best collection up to date. Seven varieties for 25c. Also sold in bulk. JOHNSTON'S SEED STORE Citv Market, Viotoria The Engines of The Day. Coal Oil Engines Superior to Gasoline. Marine Engines for launches, fishing boats, etc. Stationary Engines for {* imping and all power purposes. For ranch and other uses. Write for particulars. Now is the time to order for the spring. ROCHUSSEN & COLLIS, 7 Yates St. VICTORIA, B.C. Dealers in Mining and other Machinery. .';r-;. - ,«_» THE WEEK7SaTURDAY; APRIL 28, 1906. The Week A Provincial Review and Magazine, published every Saturday by THE WEEK PUBLISHING CO., LTD. Offices : 7© Government Street .Victoria, B. C. Empire Block Vancouver B. C. 8. A. 0. Finch Managing Director W. Blakemore Editor Annual Subscription $1 in Advance Transient rates, per inch 75c. to $1.00 Legal notices (60 days), from fs.00 Theatrical, per Inch • • ■••'#? Readers, per Une ...6c.to 10c. Births, Marriages, Deaths, Lost and Found other small advertisements, per insertion, from 25c. to $1.00 THE MOTHERLAND Hands Across the Sea, Exchanges With Our Kindred. What a Life. Fair, grasped the situation, and at once asked for a subscription, which the hostess gave in order to get rid of him. "My dear things," she said, "it's a shocking precedent, but otherwise he would have stayed to beg, and now we can begin at once." Who can complain that London is dull? Why, read the comic papers to realize the solemnities of life. Last week we lived in a condition of turbulence. Wherever I moved I came across Jap sailors and English admirers, expressing esteem by cries of "What cheer!" "Buck up, Jappies!" and other elegant Britishisms. At the music halls they played the National Anthem of the almond land. One dose of that composition was sufficient for me. What with Frenchmen, Japanese and other foreign visitors being feted in our streets and public places, we shall soon be forgetting our own nationality altogether. The Japs are a smart lot, however, and I am plad they had a good time. What impressed me most in connection with their visit was the remark of an ample lady, with large basket evidently containing somebody's washing. The good soul- gazing at the passing sailors with an as, tonished countenance, exclaimed to her little girl, "My word, Emmal Ain't they sailer?" As It Was "Spoke." All visitors to Nelson's tomb in St. Paul's do not show the same reverence as Togo's sailors. There used to be a guide there who, when visitors were inspecting the tomb, would strike up: "That, gentlemen, his the tomb of the greatest naval 'ero Europe or the world hever knew, Lord Nelson. This marble sorcoughhogus weighs forty-two tons; hinside that is a steel recepticle weighing twelve tons; and hinside that is a leaden casket, 'ermetically sealed, weighing over two tons. Hinside that is a mahogany coffin, 'olding the hashes of the great 'ero." A Yankee, who had listened attentively to this oration, said on one occasion, "Well, I guess you've got him. If he ever gets out of that, cable me at my expense." In "Minor" Key." Bishop Taylor-Smith, Chaplain-Qeneral to the army forces, narrated to a Levcn- shulme congregation the other evening a pathetic incident he witnessed from his room at the War Office. "The cabman and his horse were having their dinner," the worthy bishop explained, "and he had in his hand a newspaper full of sand- dwishes—those known as the 'door-step' style. 'Cabby' threw away a hard piece of meat in the mud, and before the pigeons in the locality could get hold of it a poor woman dressed in black, darted forward, seized the meat, and ate it ravenously. You should have seen the face of that cad- man," the bishop cried, "when I saw him give the whole of his sandwiches to the poor woman. His face was the face of an angel." Costliness of Marriage. The man who was a man of means forty years ago can now scarcely afford to ma'rry within his own class, and either remains a bachelor or marries a girl "from outside." —Vanity Fair. Bridge Mad. A country clergyman calling on an influential neighbor, and being shown in by mistake, was amazed when twenty ladies came into the drawing room from luncheon all in evening dress. They had come so dressed intending to play bridge all the afternoon, dine without going home, and play on all the evening into the small hours. The worthy vicar, relates Vanity Defining a Movement. Taken as a whole, the ethical movement in England is simply a hospital for cranks. —F. Rogers, in The Treasury. Britain's Real Rulers. The real ruler of England is the permanent official, an easy-going person whose berth is secure and whose pension awaits him when he has put in the fewest number of hours a day that the law allows, doing as little in that time as is compatible with keeping awake. The only real passion of his life is a hatred of all reformers.—Idler, Women as Club Members. Woman cannot doze in armchairs and growl in corners; she cannot lunch in splendid isolation and monopolize the papers she does not wish to read. She is sociable, and amiably disposed towards the humble efforts of the chef and the committee. Therefore, I suppose, she is not "clubbable."—Miranda, in Lady's Pictorial. Defence of Capitalism. Your capitalist may be as greedy as he pleases, but he cannot "make a fortune for himself" without distributing a much larger one among the community.—The Outlook. Splendid Australian Fruit. Five thousand boxes of apples and pears —the first consignment of the season from Australia—secured satisfactory prices at Covent Garden. Jonathan Stone pippins and Alexanders sold at 17s. per case, weighing 361bs., this being the highest price yet paid by buyers at first h nd. The fruit, however, was the finest that ever reached London. The Football Association. Mr. J. C. Clegg presided over a meeting of the council, at the offices of the essocia- tion, 104 High Holborn, W.C., on Monday. Mr. F. Kirkham (Preston) was appointed referee for the final tie, at the Crystal Palace, between Newcastle United and Ever- ton on April 21st. Certain alterations in the rules were agreed to and a new one passed prohibiting matches on Sunday within the jurisdiction of the association, but not affecting matches played abroad. Clubs shall not be compelled to play on Good Friday or on Christmas Day. Tea and the Birth-Rate. Dr. Williams, Medical Officer of Health for Sandal ,near Wakefield, in his annual report, refers to the birth-rate, and speculates on causes of decline. "We have got the credit of being a drunken nation for a thousand years," he says, "with less cause now than in the past so that alcohol alone cannot be blamed, but it is an interesting problem whether the addition to it of the excessive tea-drinking habits of our time may not have had a powerful effect in lowering both the birth-rate and the mental and muscular fibre of the nation," Mixed Marriages. The mixed-marriage question is said to be becoming a serious one in the East End of London. In the neighborhood of the docks, where aliens mostly settle, immigrants from all parts of the world intermarry, and there are innumerable cases of Englishwomen having Chinese, Japanese, Lascar and African negro husbands. Jews of all nations inter-marry, but instances of Jews and Christians forming alliances are comparatively rare. In Sydney, Australia, the contrary is apparently the case, judging from mail advices. There, complaints have been made to the Rabbi that the male Jews are Rarrying out of the faith, and Jewish women are asking, "Where are we to get husbands?" There is no such crisis in London, however- Mixed marriages are discountenanced, and in no synagogue will they be performed. The ladies of Victoria covered themselves with burnt cork, powder and glory on Wednesday night, in the cause of sweet charity. It is safe to say that few cities in the Dominion could have put on such an amateur show, and although the men did well, the honors were fairly carried off by the gentler sex, of whom Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Hood, Mrs. Tye and Miss Newling were the stars. The latter is an ideal "little soubrette," who could play Lady Holyrood to perfection, and that is saying a great deal. In reply to a correspondent, whom the Editor has turned over to my tender mercies, I may say that when last in England I noticed that the Scilly Isles were still off the west coast of Cornwall, almost within sight of Penzance. The Channel Islands, including Guernsey, held their accustomed position in the English Channel, almost in the line of the steamboats plying from Southampton to Cherbourg. There is a distinction, and it is not altogether "silly." Professors of languages have been likened to pigs, because they "root" for a living. It requires more philosophy to part with things as they go than to take things as they come. Another correspondent is perturbed because "Monica" in her Easter sketch used the phrase, "Requiem of joy," and goes to the trouble of cutting the name and address in strips from The Week, gumming them on the front of a post card, and doing the same for the unfortunate phrase on the back. Why this extreme care to maintain an incog., only to forget that the red crayon which underlined and made the mark of interrogation would give away the sender? The phrase is unusual, or it would not be Monica's; but it is quite correct. An Easter requiem must, not in any narrow eclesiastical sense, but in the broad view always have an underlying current of joy, if the teaching of the great religious festival is rightly understood. The phrase must be considered in relation to the occasion, the incident related, and the reverie of the narrator. bride blushing very prettily, and was completely floored when the happy Benedict ventured, "Well, we only knew each other two days." I would throw up my hat and yell, "Three cheers for Dan Cupid," if I were not a —BOHEMIAN. Why is it necessary to remind the long- suffering Victorian that he lives alongside "America," with a large "A," and that at any rate as far as theatrical entertainments are concerned, he is absolutely dependent on what Seattle, Portland or Frisco may send him? Why did the Y,M. C.A., of all British institutions, advertise Frederick Warde as the great "American" actor? He was born in London, was trained by Henry Irving, and had achieved success on the historic Lyceum stage, with that great actor, in the seventies. Is this conventional prefix supposed to add value to the announcement? It would be instructive to make a list of "American" celebrities, both in the drama and athle- letics, who are British-born, and who won their laurels in the Mother Country before being attached by "America." The Board of Trade is hardly treating Mr. Davis's proposals with the consideration they deserve. Whatever the duty of the Development League may be, it cannot absolve the Board of Trade from the obligations of its charter, and foremost among these is the furnishing of reliable data as to the resources of the Island. A broad-guage policy is what is wanted. My little story of last week about three men and the most charming girl in Victoria has brought me a peck of trouble. I have received ten threatening letters, three ugly valentines, and two challenges; and why, gentle reader? Why? All because my numerous correspondents claim that my description exactly fits a girl of their acquaintance. Well, I am delighted to hear that there are many more of the kind so greatly admired by the disconsolate three; but all the same I ha' my dou'ts. IN THE STREET CAR. I was much taken with the pretty little romance in Vancouver, related in another column, wherein an Eastern man and a Vancouver girl fell in love at a glance, were mortally wounded, and got wed the same night. This, taken in conjunction with the incident in Nanaimo when a member of the Pringle Stock Company married a belle of the Coal City after two days' acquaintance, led me to reflect that possibly the age of romance had not passed after all. Thinking to surprise and delight a young married friend of mine and his charming wife by relating the above occurrence as unique in this prosaic age I was not a little nonplussed to notice the She came in with a rustle and a flutter that attracted the attention of every occupant of the Belt Line car. Talk of frou-frous! There was the swish and swirl of an ocean steamer, a regular Turbinia line of them, in the sound of her skirts. So much was it in evidence that a woman whispered, "There must be a dozen silk petticoats on her." As I sat and stared at the French-heeled, beautifully-gowned creature, with the dimples, brown hair and lovely eyes, it seemed to me we had met before. Suddenly there was a look of recognition on her face, and in a moment all this radiance was in the seat beside me, fairly embracing me. ;,•;; .**|1|?|':^ .'$| "Don't you remember me?" she exclaimed. Then a memory came to me of a girl whom I had known eight years ago in Toronto, who gave promise of being a lovely singer. After a little chat she remarked: "My name is Mrs. So-and-So now." i "Oh, you are to be congratulated then?" ! "Well, you see, after you left the city I j was married and did awfully well. My I husband took me all over Europe, and I spent lots of money over me, but we had j been home just two months when he died. He was a wee, thin, asthmatic man— | really, I should have known better than to have married uim." ■•■ tj .^.| "Too bad," said I sympathetically, "then you are a widow?" "Oh, no, my dear, it was like this. I met a man who was even better fixed than the last, and I married him. He was the promoter of a large trust, so we went to San Francisco, and all over the continent —were gone for two years, and we stayed at lovely hotels and all that, you know. He was awfully nice, but he was short, stout and apoplectic, and that sort go quickly, and then," she added in a sweet, smiling, dimply way, giving a tug at her veil and working her mouth to loosen it, with that fiy-catching way that women have, "will you believe it, but in a few months after our return didn't he up and die tool" At this point, seeing an acquaintance across the aisle, she excused herself, while she swirled over to say a how-do-you-do to her. But presently back she came. "Where was I at?" she enquired. ^ "You had just buried your second husband," said I, feeling condolences were out of order. jtfjj "Oh, yesl Such an expense as it has been. Why," she said, with a grieved, baby look and actually a tear in her eye, "the money I have had to waste on burying husbands is awful. I think people are so lucky who can keep out of it." ij&jj "Well," remarked, "see that you^do keep out of it, for the future." "I hope so," she said brightly. "This time I have done better than ever. You see my third husband " "Your third!" I cried in horror. "To be sure, you don't know. I went to Ottawa to visit some of my first, no, my second husband's people, as they had never seen me yet, and while there I met my present husband. Besides being richer than the two others, he is a tall man, and likely to live. We are living out at the Coast and I am over to do a little shopping. He is awfully in love with me—just the sweetest thing you ever saw, only a little old." "I do hope," she continued, "I may not have to bury him, for funerals, apart from the expense, are such atrocious things. Besides, mourning is so unbecoming to me, and to have the name of having put away three husbands before I was thirty, wouldn't it be terrible? Well, here is my street. Good-bye. Be sure and visit me if ever you come to the Coast," and as she disappeared there came to my mind the large number of nice girls and women, who are not married, while this butterfly had husbands—if not to burn—at least to bury a reverie broken by an old gentleman who had heard the conversation and the parting request, and who looked over his glasses to say, "Madame, take my advice. don't go; she'll bury you too. It's in her line." Some men carry a joke too far. Jones took his the other day to fourteen newspaper offices, and it did not get accepted by one. In this delightful Spring sunshine comes baby's opportunity to revel in the pure fresh air. The mother's joy is added to when she knows her child is reclining or nestling in a reliable, comfortable Go-Carb or Baby Carriage. WHITNEY Go-Carts and Baby Carriages are the standard of excellence, reliability, comfort and handsome furnishing. We have a splendid stock of every style and shape at prices from $3.75 upwards. Bring baby with you and se* how comfy he looks, gaf English Baby Carriages also in stock for your inspection. HOME HOTEL sTCLUB FURNISHERS VICTORIA, B. C. W1024 LABORE CONFECTO. (By Norman Gale.) Ah God, how good and sweet it is To have bo fair a rest For suoh a weary, weary head On such a white, white breast! Ah me, how sweet and good it is To leave the city's lamps, Its multitude of merchant-men, Its multitude of tramps: To find the ohildren eager-eyed, Expectant of my tread— Bright little angels scantly robed In readiness for bed! To hear the musie of a voice That welcomes me at night; To see within her eyes of love A rare and sudden light! To watch the youngest at her heart And hear with ecstasy His uncouth dialect of joy When calling out to mel The finest language lacking words The world has ever hadl And how the spirit answers itl And how the soul is gladl Peace, peace indeed, with labour done, The babies kissed to sleep, To hear the household chronicles— What made the children weep; What dandelions grew beside The dock-plants in the lanes; How baby puckered up his face At stinging nettle-pains! Peace, peace indeed! And then to sit Beside my^Love's low chair, And sometimes feel her hand*—sometimes Her lips upon my hair! And bliss it is, returning late, To see her, half-divine, Calm as a statue-saint, asleep, And think—This angel's mine. Gold, pink and snow in one she lies Toward my vaeant place, As if she hoped when she awoke At onee to find my face. Ah God, how good and sweet it is To have so fair a rest For suoh a weary, weary head On suoh a white, white breast. In a murder case tried before a certain judge, counsel for the defendant urged: "It is better that ninety and nine guilty persons escape than that one innocent man should suffer. In his charge to the jury the judge admitted the soundness of man should suffer." In his charge to the jury the judge admitted tut soundness of the proposition, but added: "Gentlemen, I want you to understand that the ninety- nine have already escaped." THE WESK, SATURDAY, APRIL a8, 1906. < Ml I* <>* 1* I 1* ' ^ ' NOTES ON PROVINCIAL NEWS Si 'WWW Nelson, the Irrepressible. The boom in Nelson is rapidly assuming enormous proportions. Last week we chronicled extensive land sales, but the figures to hand this week place all previous records in the shade. In two days the C.P.R. sold $12,000 worth of land adjoining the city limits, and then withdrew the balance from sale. During the week one real estate dealer, S. M. Brydges, sold 3,864 acres to bona fide settlers, who will plant the whole with fruit trees. This splendid showing is attributable mainly to three causes—judicious "boosting," extensive advertising, and united action on the part of the citizens. Startling if True. The Seattle P. I. publishes the following paragraph. If it is true, the disgrace is unspeakable, and demands instant attention: "Fifteen bodies of the victims of the steamship Valencia still lie unburied on the coast of Vancouver Island, according to H. S. Noice, undertaker, Georgetown, who arrived on the steamer Queen City yesterday with the remains of H. Gam- mage, an oiler of the ill-fated steamer. Some of the bodies have received a sort of burial, having been covered with logs and rocks, no sand or gravel being obtainable at the points where they were recovered. The body of one woman is laid at the foot of a tree, her only tomb being a few limbs." Sport Galore. Nothing is more gratifying in connection with the upbuilding of this Province than to notice the zest for true sport which everywhere prevails. Not only is this the finest of physical training, but it furnishes the most effective rival to the dive and the demoiselle. Princeton is well to the fore in this line, as may be gleaned from the following cutting from The Hedley Gazette:"Fred.Revely was up to Princeton last week, and reports that town full of baseball enthusiasm. The citizens have responded in good shape, and a $60 outfit is expected this week from the Coast. The club has already one victory to its credit, having downed a team composed of Great Northern surveyors." Tree Planting at Nelson. According to The Nelson Daily News, Easter Monday was a great tree-planting day. "Yesterday many of the people who received their share of the shade trees distributed by the city authorities free of charge, were busily engaged in the tree street planting. The Kootenay Lake General Hospital has a dozen or more in place, and in time a delightful avenue will spring up along the approach to the main entrance. For some time to come many of the newly planted trees will require attention, but the main danger to be guarded against is the ubiquitous small boy, who delights in experimenting with the bark of newly-planted trees, seeing how far he can bend them over, and generally demolishing them. The small boy should be educated to leave all ornamental shade trees severely alone." Expert Ranching. The Armstrong Advance says: "Dr. Irwin's ranch at the Railroad is making splendid progress. The orchard set out last year shows every evidence of a healthy growth, and offers very convincing evidence of the fruit-growing capabilities of the Long Lake section. The doctor will very shortly have set out 1,400 trees, mainly apples, although including some plums, prunes, cherries and peaches. He states that the thermometer has not fallen this winter on his place below 18 above, and that the moisture seems amply sufficient for the purposes of horticulture. One Hungarian prune tree shows fifty inches of growth in one year. Dr. Irwin has recently become possessed of the Gillard place of 270 acres, and is offering it for Duncans at Easter. Fernie, the Fortunate. A beautiful challenge cup of very artistic design, costing upwards of $100, has been placed in the hands of the executive committee of the Football League, to be played for by the teams along the Crow between Pincher Creek and Cranbrook. A meeting of the committee will be held shortly to decide what rules will govern the cup contest. All the boys are very t grateful to Mr. Mutz for the interest he is taking in football this season. Nowhere in this beautiful land of ours could be found a more suitable place for observing the holidays of Easter than right here in the Cowichan Valley, with all its beautiful flowers, pretty homes, quiet churches and broad acres of green fields. Truly the residents of this peaceful valley have the choicest blessings of earth, and as citizens we believe that everyone is appreciative of nature's bounties. Appropriate services were held in all the churches, the citizens and business men all duly observing the sacred season. Many visitors, too, enjoyed the sarced service and the quiet of the many beauty spots.—Cowichan Leader. Copper at 6 3-4 Cents. Peachland, the Prosperous. The Peachland Literary Society, to the number of 88, went to Summerland lost week to return the visit of the Summerland Society. The programme consisted of I a dumb-bell drill by ten young ladies, followed by the Temple of Fame. At the conclusion of the programme, the ladies of Summerland treated the two societies to a bountiful supply of excellent cake and coffee. Big-Horn on View. It is not often that a pleasure party I strolling near the purlieus of a busy town I are fortunate enough to see a mountain I sheep. As a rule a steep and an arduous I climb is the prelude to any such luck. I Last Sunday, however, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Nelson, Fred. Irwin and others went for a Lwalk up Twenty-Mile Creek, and saw a [magnificent specimen, which leaped across lthe creek near them and bounded up the Isteep, rocky sides of the canyon. This, [however, is near to the finest big-horn (country in Canada, Ashnola Creek and fountain. Last week we chronicled the fact that Granby smelter had recently produced copper at 8.34 cents, but if the reports from Boston, to the effect that Granby has reduced its copper producing costs to 6 3-4 cents per pound are correct, it is another feather in the cap of Supt. Hodges, who has charge of the company's mines and smelter. Milling at Cranbrook. The thriving city represented in the local legislature by Dr. King is adding another to its long list of lumber mills, and as it happens Dr. King is the President of the company, in which his father and brother are large stockholders. Bay, it never achieved success, the coal not being suitable. Since then "many inventions" have rendered the process both practicable and profitable, and the semi-anthracite of Bankhead is specially suitable for the purpose. The briquette is made entirely of coal dust, which would otherwise be a waste product. It is saturated with a glutenous mixture and then tightly compressed by a powerful machine, and turns out like a hard black brick. Swansea and Cardiff do a very large trade briquettes, which are in high favor in hot countries, being clean and convenient. If the industry gets a footing it will spread and become highly profitable, but it should be established at the Coast for economic Glanders Again. Dr. Tolmie has just published an official statement on the subject of glanders and the Mallein test, which would seem to settle the question, He stated that in England and elsewhere the rise allowed was the same. Mr. Cameron endorsed this statement by saying he had a copy of the British regulations, and the methods were the same, except that in Canada the dose of mallein was diluted more with water. As to the success of the test, Dr. Tolmie said that out of 1,000 horses reacting to the test in Buda-Pesth, Hungary, and destroyed, on post mortem examination only six showed no trace of glanders, and it was easily possible that in these cases an isolated part of the body was effected, difficult to disclose by dissection. All the post mortems held in Vancouver had revealed the presence of glanders germs. Seeding at Enderby. The past week has been characterized by some beautiful sunny weather interspersed with rainy periods. This is the kind that makes the freshly planted seeds grow, and already, those who have seeds in the ground, say that growth has started. The land is now in Al condition, and seeding operations and tree planting are now in full swing. The Wisdom of Rossland. The triumph of anti-toxin over diphtheria is one of the greatest triumphs achieved by medical science. The cost of the drug makes its use almost prohibitive among the class which needs it the most It is a matter of simple humanity to see that it should be placed within the reach of all. Dr. Fagan holds strong views on this important subject, and is never tired of urging them upon the authorities. He contends that the Federal government should defray the cost of a general supply of the costly, but indispensable, remedy, an opinion in which we fully concur. The city of Rossland, recently afflicted with the dread epidemic, has solved the problem for itself and has authorized the purchase of a supply of the drug from the public funds. There is at least one enlightened community in the Province. A Good Library. Boosting the Okanagan. Revelstoke in the Swim. Mr. Sweeney, superintendent of the Bank Bank of Montreal, has just returned to the Coast from a trip through the Okanagan. He reports prospects very bright for Summerland, Penticton and Kelowna. People with means coming to the valley lately will be able to go ahead quickly, He drove over to Fire Valley from Summerland, and was much struck with the magnificent scenery and the general prosperous condition of the country. The rich rolling country was also a pleasing surprise to Mr. Sweeney. Mr. Sweeney left yesterday for a tour of the Kootenays. He was accompanied as far as Enderby by the local manager, G. A. Henderson. One of the most pleasing features of |Revelstoke is the extensive improvements eing made on all hands. Houses are |being added to, gardens laid out and improved, and generally there is an air of progress and prosperity about the city (which cannot fail to be gratifying to all interested in it. Briquetting at Bankhead. The C.P.R. are about to establish a new industry at their Bankhead coal mines.— new not only to the West, but almost new to Canada, for although fifteen years ago Mr. Charles Archibald, of North Sydney, C.B., erected a briquetting plant at Cow The good people of Nelson could not stomach a Carnegie Library, and as their old Lending Library was obsolete, they have availed themselves of the "Tabard," an excellent institution, but unknown in Victoria. For $2 a year you get all the newest and highest class books published in Canada and the Unietd States, and you can exchange as often as you like. What a boon this would be in the Capital City. It will probably reach here—in the sweet bye and bye. Improvements at Penticton. A representative of The Okanagan vis- ised Penticton the other day. The place has improved rapidly in the last year, and over 200,000 acres of land have been sold, principally by the Southern Okanagan Land Company. This land has all been cultivated, and is now ready for the planting of the fruit trees, which are expected to arrive at any time. Mr. Shatford, of the land company, expects to have over 40 men emploved in planting them before long. The town in general is improving rapidly, and there is considerable building going on at present. On the bench back of the town there arc some nice residences to be constructed, and land which was not touched a year ago is all plowed. The B. C. Hotel has siddcd an addition consisting of a very neat bar and new bedrooms. Mr. Roberge is clearing a plot of land, and intends to build for himself a fine home. DAINTY PURSES AND P0CKETB00KS Owing grudges are very bad debts. At Prices io Suit All Pockets THE JEWELERS CHALLONER & MITCHELL Q0VERNMENT ST. VICTORIA, B. C. We would like to show you our wonderful range of Eltonbury Silk Fibre Wallpapers This paper is rapidly taking the place f Ingrain Papers owing to its superior adaptability lor decoration purposes. Whilst we have a large stock of In-. grains, we naturally desire our patrons to have the Very Lat- est in Wall Decorations- MELROSE CO., LTD. 40 FORT STREET Next to Five Sisters' Block, VICTORIA, B.C. " IP IT'S CORRECT WE HAVE IT." M 899 Labor is Scarce and Dear. One man with a PLANET JUN'R Cultivator will do as much work in a day as seven men without. By using these economical implements you reduce the cost of production very materially. Why Not ? Call and let us show you the actual machine and quote you special low rates; if too fnr away we will gladly mail you a booklet with full explanations if you will favor us with your address. E. G. PRIOR & CO., Ltd. 123 Government St., Victoria, B. C. PR loss THE WEEK, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1906. * Short Story * STILL DISENGAGED. (By Bessie Hatton.) It is a cold morning in January. The snow lies thick upon the ground. I am sitting in my room, writing. The tennis lawn is hidden by the snow. There is snow everywhere ; it weighs down the shrubs and the trees, and it has completely buried the Christmas roses which yesterday were so beautiful. "Well," I think to myself, as I look at the dismal prospect, "thank goodness I need not go out today. I shall be able to finish this work, and then I can have a long read by the fire." I rise to heap more turf upon the smouldering embers. Suddenly there is a ringing peal at the bell. "That is either a telegram of someone with a begging letter," I think. "However, neither the one or the other will be for me," so I sit down again, but just as I begin to write the maid enters with a telegram. It is addressed to me. I open it and read, "See me at three, Theatre," signed by a name I know. It is a royal command to me. I am an actress "resting"; the telegram is from the manager. I hasten upstairs, dress in all my best things, and turn out into the chill, winter daylight. I have to walk some distance along the partially blocked pavement before I met a hansom. Considering the state of the roads, I think that I ought to ask the driver how much he will charge to take me to the Theatre, a distance of three miles. So away we go. As we get into town the road becomes better, but there is a thick yellow fog. I arrive, nevertheless, without any mishap. I inquire for Mr. H. at the stage door. The hall porter regards me somewhat suspiciously; but on the production of my card he shows me into a small room, where there is a fire, while he retires in search of Mr. H. I am in a lady's dressing room. I warm myself at the fire and unbutton my coat. Presently the porter returns and informs me that Mr. H. will see me in a few minutes. I look around me, delighted to be reminded of the art which I love so well. What memories the sight of this little room awakens. The costumes covered from the dust by a clean sheet; the i ressing- table with its wooden make-up box and its dusty looking glass. The washhand- stand, with a piece of rose soap placed upon a cracked saucer, and the combined odor of cokl cream, powder, brilliantine and wig-paste, which pervades the atmosphere with its subtle perfume. There is a shabby black bag upon one chair, and a man's overcoat on the other. These I do not connect with the owner of tho room, but suppose they belong to one of the stage hands or to the gasman. Meanwhile the time passes somewhat slowly; the fog thickens, and I begin to fear I shall have some difficulty in getting home. A distant clock strikes the hour. What irresistible power makes an actress put up with being kept waiting hour after hour, until she is weary in body and mind ? Suddenly the door is roughly opened by a young man. He stands upon the thrcshhold looking at me as though I were a curiosity. I rise somewhat embarrassed. "I am waiting to sec Mr. H.," I remarked "the stagc-kccpcr showed me in here." "Well, I want to put on my boots," he says in a familiar tone ; "it's bad having wet feet." "It is," I reply. "Beastly weather," he says, closing the door, and then stooping to untie his shoes, "Hope you don't think this is a liberty," he continues in an insolent tone, probably catching sight of a somewhat cynical expression on my face. "No," I answer frigidly, as I straighten myself up and wish my father were beside mc to put the young man's boots on for him. As he stoops to put on one boot, Miss 0. enters, nearly knocking him over; how fervently I wish she had quite. "Oh, I did not know you were here," she says, addressing him, and then shaking hands with me. He docs not offer to go, and my friend is fetched away. "What a silly fool 1 am not to see that I am not wanted," he says. "Surely that is where your cleverness begins," I remark, looking him straight in thc eyes. He is somewhat staggered; he half grasps his coat and black bag. I gather my forces for a part ing shot. Walk ing across the room slowly, I remark, "I hope, sir, that, having put on your boots, you will also put on your manners. Good afternoon." I shut the door, and find my way back to the stage. "However," I muse, "I ought not to feel angry with the person; he does not know any better; he is one of the bandmen or the gasman, though why he should change his boots in a lady's dressing room I cannot understand." Miss 0. and the manager, Mr. H., are on the stage. He has never seen me play comedy, and asks if I would mind reading the part to the author and the stage-manager. The footlights are turned up. I am conscious of the presence of my unknown judges in the stalls. I had read the part over some days ago to Miss 0., who was delighted. I begin, she reads the other roles. I am on my mettle. I do my best. It is over. It has not taken over ten minutes to read the two principal scenes. I am glad is was so short a time. It is a most nervous thing to read a part from cues in a play of which you know nothing, and then be judged upon your performance. There was no applause; no one spoke a kind word, excepting Miss 0., who whispered, "Splendid, dear," as she disappeared into the stalls to hear the verdict. I sit down near the prompt table. The assistant stage-manager is very kind. He sympathises with me; he understands how hard a thing I have accomplished—successfully, he thinks. Then we talk about the weather and the size of the theatre. Finally, after packing up the play and several loose papers, he hurries away, bidding me, "Good afternoon." I have been waiting now some ten minutes. I hear the sound of a whispered conversation taking place in the stalls, but I can wake out nothing definitely until I am suddenly conscious of a fat, lisping voice saying: "I thay, that ithn't at all the thort of girl I want for that part. I've been watching her from the thircle." Miss 0. interrupts, and tries vainly to silence the worthy gentleman, but she fails. It is evidently quite impossible to check his wordy discourse. Lithen to this. I'm the head of this Syndicate. I want a showy girl, one with golden hair; bethides, the author tells me that the girl's stuck up—I won't have that. I'm paying for this show, and I know what I wanths, you bet." A long pause, during which I wondered why the author should say I was stuck up. I had never met him, and did not even know his name. Presently, after a little more whispered conversation, Miss 0. returned, looking rather flushed and somewhat disappointed. "They cannot settle now, dear. The author knows a young woman whom he wants us to try; the old story, you know; but you shall hear for certain on Monday, and I hope it will be as I wish it to be," she says hurriedly, as Mr. H. comes out of the stalls, followed by none other than my boor of the dressing room. "Let me introduce you to Mr. D., the author, of the play," says the manager. I bow slightly, understanding at once why the engagement had not been settled. "We have met before," remarks the author, with a cynical smile upon his face. "And I took you for the gasman," I reply, looking him straight in the eyes. "Let me apologise for doing the gasman an injustice." I am still disengaged. THE SOUL OF THE 'CELLO. (Written specially for The Week.) EACH IN HIS OWN TONGUE. A fire mist and a plnnet— A crystal and u cell— A jelly-fish and a saurinn, And caves where cavemen dwell; Thou a sense of law and beauty, And u face turned from the clod, Some call it Evolution, And others call it God. A haze on the fair horizon, The infinite, tender sky, The ripe, rich tint of the cornfields, And the wild geese sailing high- All over upland and lowland The charm of the goldenrod, Some of us call it Autumn, And others call it God. Like" tides on a crescent sea-beach, When the moon is new and thin, Into our hearts high yearnings Come welling and surging in- Come from the mystic ocean, Whoso rim no feet has trod— Some of us call it Longing, And others call it God. A picket frozen on duty— A mother starved for her brood— Socrates drinking the hemlock, And Jesus nn thc rood; Aud millions who, humble and nnmeless, The straight, hard pathway plod— Some call it Consecration, And others call it God. —Prof. Herbert Carruth. It was Zeradi night, the theatre was packed; even the wings had been requisitioned by late comers eager to see and hear the great 'cellist. Society, fashion and art were represented in the throng which greeted the virtuoso, as he stepped to the centre of the stage, bowing in that nervous, jerky manner which seems to have become natural to him. Still there were two vacant seats near the front, a circumstance noticeable in the crowded state of the theatre. Zeradi boldly attacked the opening bars of Saint Saen's Concerto, and the audience began to feel that subtle fascination which only a master can exercise. Ladies ceased their whispers, and with a sigh of content surrendered themselves to the magic of those subduing tones which followed the sinuous wanderings of the bow. Escorts found opportunity to relax their conventional attitude, and turn toward the charmed strings which now throbbed with emotion. The Concerto passed from the florid to the more subdued passages, in minor key, the audience was hushed as if in obedience to a spell which deepened as the sensuous melody unfolded and revealed its subtle charm. Still the two vacant seats obtruded themselves, and try as I would I could not help speculating as to why, on such an occasion, they remained unoccupied. They must have been sold, because the house was sold out. It could ha.lly be a case of late comers—the commencement had been delayed twenty minutes to enable everyone to get comfortably seated. Of course, it might be accident, or it might be sickness; these were obvious explanations, on that account I discarded them as too commonplace to be satisfying. The conditions seemed to demand something out of the ordinary, and in the present state of spiritual exaltation my spirits refused to accept a prosaic explanation. The Concerto came to a stately and triumphant conclusion, and the audience was indulging in the relief of relaxed tension when I noticed a man quietly moving towards the vacant seats. He was in evening dress and hore himself with a certain dignity and reserve noticeable at a glance. His face, albeit healthy and vigorous, had a settled cast of seriousness, verging on sadness. His straight nose, firm mouth and square jaw bespoke strength of character, his blue eyes and ample brow denoted artistic emotionalism.—altogether a man of intense feeling and marked in- individuality. He was alone. Placing his hat and overcoat on one of the vacant seats, he sank into the other, without so much as a single glance around, and gazed straight in front of him. Henceforth, by some strange magnetism, for which I am utterly at a loss to account, I found my attention rivetted on this man. Song followed, but he heeded it not, nor moved a muscle when the audience uproariously applauded. I had an indefinable feeling that something strange Tould happen. When the applause had died away, Zeradi returned, and at once plunged into the Adagio intricacies of the Boccherini suite. Then I noticed a movement, and the man seemed alert. First he straightened himself up a little, involuntarily extended his hand towards the vacant seat on his left, and leaned over ever so slightly, but did not turn his head. He almost instantly withdrew his hand, but his body seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, and assumed a recumbent position, his elbow resting on the arm of the seat. When the tempo changed, and Zeradi glided into the firm, deep tones of the Allegro, the man's face relaxed, and one fancied him taking in deep draughts of soul satisfying melody. His lip quivered; I noticed that the blood coursed more quickly through the veins that showed so clearly on his temples, and his eyes moistened. Suddenly the jaw appeared to set, the mouth became firm again, and a faint smile stole over his face. Then his hand moved slowly towards the seat. jR So on to the end of the piece, and so with Boellmann's Symphony, which did not seem, however, to appeal to him. The climax came when the final suite was reached. It opened with an area by Bach, at once dainty and poetic, which would appeal to every instinct of an aesthetic nature. It gripped the man, and he yielded to its charm, only I saw now that a change had come over him, as if the profound depths of his nature had been stirred, as with barely a moment's pause the master glided into the sweet, low rhythm of Schumann's Abenlied. I found myself now excited almost beyond control. Some mysterious influence was emanating from the soul of the 'cello. The man was no longer half immobile— he was alert, with head turned towards the vacant seat, and hand outstretched and clasped tightly, he seemed oblivious of the surroundings. A soft, sweet light shone in his eyes, a look of deep contentment overspread his features, a smile so kindly and yet so grave just spoke of happiness broad and deep, that the world could neither give nor take away, that life could not weaken, nor death destroy. It meant the annihilation of time and space, and the eternal triumph of love. Schubert's Berceuse broke the spell, and Popper's Papillon dispersed it. With a sudden start, as if returning from the land of dreams, the man recovered himself. He seemed alone again, and the seat once more vacant. Even the smile had vanished, but the sombre look did not return, and as he gathered up his coat and hat and walked firmly up the passage, before the crush, I noticed that his brow was serene, and something of that peace which passeth understanding had settled in his soul. Week of April 30, 1906. To Aid the Judges. A solicitor in a Provincial town, who openly prided himself on his knowledge of the law, was one day proceeding to the local court with several ponderous law books under his arm, when he met a friend. "Why, P , "exclaimed the latter, pointing to the books, "I thought you carried all that stuff in your head." "I do," quickly replied the lawyer, with a knowing wink; "these are for the judges." COAL J. KINGHAM & CO. Victoria Agents for the Nanaimo Collieries. Best Household New Wellington Coal: Lump or Sack, per ton .... $6.80 Nut Coal, per ton $5.00 Pea Coal, per ton $4.50 Also Anthracite coal for sale at current rates. Office, 34 Broad St.; wharf, Store Street, Victoria. 'PHONE 647. Buy Your Wife A Gas Range For use during the bot summer months. It will save her a lot of inconvenience and hard work. VICTORIA GAS CO., Limited. 35 Yates Streeu. M.J. HENRY'S Nurseries, Greenhouses & Seed Houses VANCOUVER, B. C. Headquarters for Pacific Coast Grown Garden, Field and Flower Seeds. New crop now in stook and on test in our green houses. Ask your merchant for them in sealed packages. If he does not handle them, we will mail £0 assorted 5c. packets of vegetable and flower seeds (our own selection, suitable for fi. C. gardens) for $1.00. Special prices on your bulk seeds. B. C. Grown Fruit and Ornamental Trees now ready for spring shipment. Extra nioe stock of two and three-year Apple Trees at $20 per 100, $180 per 1,000; Maynard Plums, $1.00 each; Italian Prune, two year, fine, $25 per 100; Sugar Prune, two year, fine, $30 per 100. Full list of other stock at regular prices. No expense, loss or delay of fumigation or inspection. Let me price your list before placing your order. Greenhouse Plants, Flor Work, Bee Supplies, Fruit Packages, Fertilizers, etc CATALOGUE FREE. M. J. HENRY 3010 Westminster Rd., Vancouver, B, C Grand JOHNSON STREBT. Management of ROBT. JAMIESON. PRICES i Evenings—Lower Floor, 25; Balcony, 15c. Matinees—15c Any Part of the House. Doors open 2.30 and 7; Performances 3 and 7.30. RAPOLI World's Famous European Juggler. GEO. YEOMAN German Comedian. LbWITT & ASHMORE Comedy Sketch, MILDRED MANNING Serio-Comic. FREDERIC ROBERTS Illustrated Song. Real Hair Switches Pompadours, Curls] all of the latest style, at MADAME KOSCHE'S Hair Dressing ] Parlors SS Douglas Street Sinclair & Spencer General Contractors and Builders, Civil Engineers. Estimates Cheerfully Furnished. 612 Sixth Ave. E., VANCOUVER, B.C. Gents Suits Sponged and Pressed 75c J| By the month $2.00 or cleaned thoroughly and pressed to look like new for $1.50 LASH'S 1 Cleaning, Dyeing, Tailoring 03 View Street, Victoria Phone A1207 HOTEL IRVING 1523 Second Avenue, Seattle, Wash. Hot and Cold Water in every room. Return call bells. Reasonable rates to permanent guests] and transients. WM. P. KENNEDY, Prop.j Hotel Leland. WELLMAN, Proprietor. Rates $2.00 per day. A nice quiet! hotel to stop at while in town. HandyH to trains. Hastings street, near Granville VANCOUVER, B. C. COMMERCIAL HOTEL W. D. Haywood. New, Modern and strictly first-classjl Steam heated, electric light. Sampltj rooms. Rates, $2.00 and np. Corner Hastings and Cambie Sts. VANCOUVER. HOTEL GUieHCN J. E. CREAN, Manager The Leading Hotel of New Westminl ster. All Modern Conveniences. Goal Sample Rooms. Rates Moderate. New Westminster, B. 6. Grand Safe Afternoon Teas a Specialty. REGULAR MEALS. HOME COOKING. All the Luxuries of the Season. 77 FORT STREET! THE WEEK, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1906. Kootenay Letter. Nelson, B. C, April 23—With the playing on Easter Monday of the first cricket match of the season, the Nelson summer may be said to have fairly commenced, especially as the fishermen are already * bringing in long strings of trout, and some big ones have already been caught, the , biggest this season being a fourteen pound- 1 er, caught just below the Bonnington falls, by the mining recorder, Dudley Black- 1 wood. Indeed, the cry is that too many I trout are being caught, and there is some I kick as to professional fishermen catching Ifish for sale to the hotels. The hotel men I say, of course, that to many of their guests [the fine flavored game fish of the Kootenay |svould be unknown unless they can be bought in the ordinary way, and that, just las long as the fishermen catch lawfully [with flies, there can be no legitimate ob- I jection raised. As, however, it is regarded [by many that the trout are in danger of [depletion, and as they may be considered 1 one of the chief attractions of the tourist, ■the defence is considered inadequate, and fan attempt is being made through the Board,of Trade and the Twenty-Thousand Club to prohibit the sale of fish altogether. Another scheme which has for its object [ the augmentation of the trout of the lake is to have fish ladders placed at Bonning- ' ton falls. This, while it may lead to more fish coming up the river, may, on the other hand, it is held, result in depleting the excellent pools below the falls, where season after season good catches are made by 1 those who know the ropes. Nelson was not fortunate in its first match of the season at cricket, the game being with the fruit ranchers of the west arm of Kootenay Lake, with headquarters at Procter. A majority of the team were young men fresh from the Old Country, men who have come over here with a capital of £800 to £1,000 or more, and who [' are now laying the foundations of something more than a modest competence They scored a victory by 55 runs, but as Nelsoon cricketers were a bit over-confi- I dent, it is possible that on the return I match, which will be played in Procter about July next, the result will be reversed. The game next scheduled is with Rossland, which will come off on Empire Day, although it is probable that a local match ' may be arranged for some date in the in- I terim. The fruit ranchers here are getting very busy, and from now on until such time as | the strawberries are harvested they will have very little- time to spare. Raspberries, which grow freely enough here, are not planted in such abundance as the ' strawberries, the ranchers having had trouble last year with their fruit. This was because the. fruit of the season of 1904 I was not readibly saleable, there being no I refrigerator car, as now, in service, and the unsaleable quality of the berries being , partially due to to bad picking and worse | crating. This drawback, however, will be Tovercome as more experience is gained by ' the Fruit Growers' Co-operative Association. This is one matter, however, which is a serious drawback, and that is the lack ' of unskilled labor. John Chinaman now '. says he is as good as a white man, and wants as high, or nearly as high, a recom- . pense for his services. This, of course, I cuts two ways. It will certainly attract \white labor here, the fact that Chinamen are no longer advantageously competing, and the result of the Chinamen going out lof business will also, in time, give the j rancher the market for vegetables, from [which he is at present almost cut out. And such a market is highly important. [Most fruit trees take from three to six or [even seven years before they bear at all [well, and neither strawberries nor rasp- [ berries bear well the first season. More- lover, it is just as well that the ground has •a crop of nitrogen creators, such as clover, Jthe first year, to be turned in later on. [Altogether the rancher has to wait several years for his returns, and unless he can bell vegetables, he can do little financially [for his first year, and must therefore fall back upon his capital. But the more capi- [tal is needed the more is settling restricted. ■ Victoria has had a great experience in this regard, and the pinch is felt in the Kootenay by exactly the same class of people. |However, there has been so much process made in fruiting of late, as the returns will later show the public generally, (that one of the old-time ranchers, Harry Hlliams, has started a nursery, importing his stock, however, from Washington Care will have to be taken as to the inspec. |tion. The lack of men is being felt everywhere. The Rossland mines recently were obliged to raise the pay of their muckers, a raise which led to the disastrous strike of a few years ago. Everywhere the cry is that more men are wanted. The difficulty eannot be long felt, as there are no places in the West where more than $3.00 a day for unskilled labor is paid, as is generally the case in this district. It is too early as yet to speak of the mining increase. This has been much marked, but until the snows have gone and the men get into the hills the big increase which is still expected is hardly likely to be very obvious, although daily more and more mines are developing, and more and more are joining the list of shippers. Partaking in the general prosperity of the Kootenays are the churches, and the pro-cathedral in Nelson is now raising a fund for a new chancel, the church being uncomfortably overcrowded on occasion. The rector, thinks he will have little difficulty in raising a sufficient fund to begin building next year, when also a new pipe organ is being dreamed of by the music- lovers of the church. THE NIAGARA RECESSIONAL. God of our fathers, known of old— Lord Who hast given us dower divine— The richness of the harvest gold The strength of crested hills of pine— Lord of the Waves be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forgetl The tumult of the waters dies— The glories of the scene depart; We sell with eager Sacrifice Our country's beauty in the mart. The barter's not completed yet, May we regret—may we regretl Unmourned the splendour fades away, A bargain for the alien's hire— The nation's pride of yesterday Is flickering like a dying fire— Judge of the Nations, may we see The loveliness we hold in feel If, drunk with sight of Power, we UB6 The mighty stream, once held in awe— And boast of every mean abuse By which we sell within the Law— Lord Who that majesty decreed Give us to know our sordid greed! The heathen heart once put her trust In Spirit of the thund'rous wave— But we have bowed us in the dust And called on Mammon's power to save For thankless heart and faithless word, j Thy mercy on this people, Lord. -J. G. A Mosquito Theory. It is a well known fact that there are no mosquitoes in Hedley. But there may be some this summer. During the exceedingly hot days of last week The Gazette met three. They didn't look as if they were at home, hence a little speculation as to their origin is apropos. They were not branded Twenty-mile, but there is little doubt that the larvae laden water pumped off the muddy bottom of the lake and discharged at various taps about town needed only the warm rays of a Hedley sun to blossom out as full-blown, booted and spurred, voracious Twenty-mile mosquito. So if you get a bite or two this summer, remember that The Gazette "told you so." —Hedley Gazette. NOTICE is hereby given that 30 days after date I intend to apply to the Honorable Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on the following described land, situated on Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands: Commencing at a post planted on the south side of a river, about two miles east of its mouth, which is about one mite northeast of Frederick Island, thence southerly SO ohains, thence westerly 80 chains, thence northerly 80 chains, thence easterly 80 chains to the point of commencement. Located 4th January. 1006. GORDON M. GRANT. Dated this 18th day of April. 1906. NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date the Canadian Industrial Co., Ltd., intends to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a lease of the following described foreshore lands: Commencing at a post at the northwest corner of Lot 450, New Westminster District, thence southeasterly along high water mark to the southwest oorner post of said lot, and extending westwards to deep water, at right angles to a line drawn between said posts. CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. March 28th, 1006. NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days from date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following land: Commencing at a post marked "J. L.'s N. W. Cor. Post," being situated on the left bank of Skeena River, 20 chains above its junction with Lakelse River, thence east 20 chains, thence south 20 chains (more or less) to Lakelse River, thence west 20 chains to the Skeena, thenoe north 20 chains along the Skeena to the point of beginning, containing 40 acres (more or less). JNO. LITTLE, Locator. GEO. LITTLE, Agent. Little Canyon, Skeena River, B. C„ March 19th, 1906. NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land, situate near Maple Bay, on Portland Canal: Commencing at a post marked "N. H. M.'s, N. W. Cor."; thence east 20 chains, thence south 20 chains to the north line of Lot 490, thence west 20 chains, more or less, to shore line of the small bay, north of Maple Point, thence northerly along shore line to point of commencement, containing 40 acres, more or less. NORTON H. MORRISON. Staked Maroh 7th, 1906. NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase Section 14, Township 8, Range 5, Coast District. Bulkley Valley. JOSEPH DUBOIS, Looator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vanoouver, B.C., Marc!. 28th, 1906. mh29 AUCTION SALE OF LOTS IN KITSILAS TOWNSITE. NOTICE is hereby given that there will be offered for sale at public auction, at the office of the Government Agent at Fort Simpson, on Tuesday, the 1st day of May, 1906, at 11 o'clock ni the forenoon, the following lots in Kitsilas Townsite, situated on the Skeena River, at the foot of Kitsilas Canyon: Lots 1 to 6, inclusive, in Block 2, Lots i to 12, inclusive, in Block 3. Lots 1 to 10, inclusive, in Blook 4, Lots 1 to 10, inclusive, in Block 5. Lots 1 to 12, inclusive, in Block 6. Said lots will be offered for sale subject to reserve bids. Terms—One-third cash, one-third in three months, and the balance in six months, with interest at 6 per oent. per annum on deferred payments. Crown grant fee, $10. NEiL F. MACKAY, Deputy Commissioner of Land & Works. Lands and Works Department, Viotoria, B.C., April 5,1906. ap7 NOTICE is hereby given that a meeting of the shareholders of the Victoria Chemical Company, Limited Liability, will be held on the fourth day of May, 1906, at the hour of four o'clock in the afternoon, at the office of the Company, at their Works, Outer Wharf, Victoria, B.C., for the purpose of considering, and, if deemed advisable, of passing the following resolution, viz.: Resolved, That the capital of the Company be, and the same is hereby increaced from $100,000.00 to $250,000.00, by the issue of 3,000 new shares of $50.00 each, ranking for dividend and in all other respects, as the directors may determine. J. W. Fisher, Director. F. Moore, Director. John A. Hall, Director. Dated the 24th March, 1906. NOTICE is hereby givenfthat 30 days after date I intend to apply to the Honorable Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on the following described land, on Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands: Commencing at a post planted at the northeast corner of land staked and appled for by Gordon M. Grant, thence northerly 80 chains, thence westerly 80 chains, thenoe southerly 80 chains, thence easterly 80 chains, to the point of commencement. Located 4th January, 1906. WM. DEE. Dated this 18th day of April, 1906. NOTICE is hereby given that 30 days after date I intend to apply to the Honorable Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on the following desoribed lnnd, on Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands: Commencing at a post planted at the northeast corner of land staked and applied for by Gordon M. Grant, thence northerly 80 chains, thence easterly 80 chains, thence southerly 80 chains, thence westerly 80 chains, to the point of commencement. Located 4th January, 1906. E. COATES. Dated this 18th day of April, 1906. LICENCE TO AN EXTRA-PROVINCIAL COMPANY. "Companies Act, 1897." Canada. Province of British Columbia. No. 337. THIS IS TO CERTIFY that "The Colonial Assurance Company" is authorised and licensed to oarry on business within the Province of British Columbia, and to carry out or effect all or any of the objects of the Company to which the legislative authority of the Legislature of British Columbia extends. The head office of the Company is situate at the City of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba. The amount of the capital of the Company is two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, divided into two thousand live hundred shares of one hundred dollars each. The head office of the Company in this Province is situate at Victoria, and Albert E. McPhillips, Barrister-at-Law, whose address is Victoria, is the attorney for the Compnny. Given under my hand and seal of office at Viotoria, Province of British Columbia, this 15th day of March, ono thousand nine hundred nnd six. (L.8.) S. Y. WOOTTON, Registrar of Joint Stock Companies. The objects for which tile Company has been established and licensed are:— To make and effect contraots of insurance or reinsurance with any person or persons, bodies poli- tio or corporate, against any loss or damage by fire, lightning, tornado, oyclone, hurricane, or hail Btorm on any houses, stores or other buildings whatsoever, and on nny goods, chattels or personal property whatsoever; and also to make and elfect contracts of insurance and re-insurance with nny person or persons, body politic or corporate, against loss or damage of or to ships, boats, vessels, steamboats or other craft or against any loss or damage of or to the cargoes or property conveyed in or upon such ships, boats, vessels, steamboats or other craft, and the freight due or to grow duo in respect thereof, or on any timber or other property of any description, conveyed in any manner upon all or any of such ships, boats, vessels, steamboats or other oraft, or on nny railway or stored in any warehouse or railway station, and generally to do all matters and things related to or connected with marine insurance or re-insurance; and also to ro*>ke und effect contracts of insurance and re-insurance thereof, with nny person or persons, body politic or corporate against loss or damage by death, disease or accident to horses, cattle and all kinds of live stock; and to cause themselves to be reinsured against any loss or risk they may have incurred in the course of their business, and generally to do and perform all other necessary matters' and things connected with and proper to promote those objects. mh22 NOTICE is hereby given that 00 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase Section 33, Township 8, Range 5, Coast District, Bulkley Valley. W M. H. WALKER, Locntor. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vanoouver, B.C., March 28th, '906. mh2B NOTICE is hereby given that 30 days after dat I intend to apply to thc Honorable Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on the following described land, on Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands: Commencing at a post planted at the northeast corner of land staked and applied for by Gordon M. Grant, thence easterly 80 chains, thence southerly 80 chains, thenoe westerly 80 chains, thence northerly 80 chnins, to the point of commencement. Located 4th January, 1906. W. B. McMICKINQ. Dated this 18th day of April, 1906. NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase Section 26, Township 8, Range 5, Coast District, Bulkley Valley. JAMES COOPER KEITH, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vanoouver, B.C., Maroh 28th, 1906. mh29 NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase Section 2, Township 7, Range 5, Coast District, Bulkley Valley. A. O. WALKER, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vanoouver, B.C., Maroh 28th, 1906. mh29 NOTICE is hereby given'that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase Section 4, Township 9, Range 5, Coast District, Bulkley Valley. MARY ISABELLA KEITH, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vanoouver, B.C., March 28th, 1906. mh29 NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to tne Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the south half of Section 8, and the south half of Section 7, in Township 9, Coast Range 5, Bulkley Valley, B.C., said to contain 640 acres, more or less. A. B. DIPLOCK. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vanoouver, B.C., April 3rd, 1906. apS NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the southeast quarter of Section 23, Township 8, Range 5, Coast District, Bulkley Valley, containing 160 aores, more or less. JOHN EDWARDS POWIS, Looator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vanoouver, B.C., April 3rd, 1906. ap5 NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Viotoria, B.C., for permission to purchase the southwest quarter of Section 23, Township 8, Range 5, Coast Distriot, Bulk- ley Valley, containing 160 acres, more or less. J. W. EVANS, Looator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vancouver, B.C., April 3rd, 1906. ap6 NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the south half of Seetion 32, the northwest quarter of Section 32. and the southeast quarter of Section 31, Township 4, Range 5, Coast Distriot, Bulk- ley Valley. Dated March 19th. 1906, G. L. HARMON, Locator, mh 29 JOHN DORSEY, Agent. NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase Section 11, Township 11, Range 5, Coast District, Bulkley Valley. Dated Maroh 19th, 1906. H. C. HARMON, Looator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the northwest quarter of Section 23, Township 8, Range 5, Coast District, Bulkley Valley, oontain- taining 160 acres, more or less, A. L. NEWSON, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vancouver, B.C., April 3rd, 1906. ap5 NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands nnd Works, Viotoria, B.C., for permission to purchase the southeast quarter of Section 13, in Township 6, Coast Range 5, Bulkley Valley, B.C., said to contain 160 acres, more or less. F. J. SCHOFIELD. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vnncouver, B.C., March 28th, 1906. mh2B NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase Section 27, Township 8, Range 5, Coast District, Bulkley Valley. ANNE JANE KEITH, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vanoouver, B.C., March 28th, 1906. mh92 NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase Section 15, in Township 8, Coast Range 5, Bulk- ley Valley, B.C., said to contain 640 acres, more or less. C. WENTWORTH SAREL. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vnncouver, B.C., April 3rd, 1906. ap5 NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to tlie Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase Section 22, in Township 8, Coast Range 6, Bulk- ley Valley, B.C., said to contain 640 acres, more or less, ARNOLD E. KEALY. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vnncouver, B.C., April 3rd, 1906, ap5 LICENCE TO AN EXTRA-PROVINCIAL COMPANY. "Companies Act, 1897." Canada, Province of British Columbia. No. 341. THIS IS TO CERTIFY that "The Ocean Acci- dent and Guarantee Corporation, Limited," is authorised and licensed to carry un business within the Province of British Columbia, and to carry out or effect all or any of the objects of the Company to which thc legislative authority of the Legislature of British Colombia extends. Tiie head office of tho Company is situato at London, England. The amount of the capital of the Company ia £1,000,000, divided into 200,000 shures of £5 each, The head office of the Company in this Province is situato at Vancouver, and Robert Ward and Company, Limited Liability, whose address is Vancouver, is the attorney for the Company. Given under my hand and seal of office at Victoria, Province of British Columbia, this 29th day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six. (L.s.) S. Y. WOOTTON, Registrar of Joint Stock Companies. Thc objects for which the Company hus been established and licensed are:— The granting, either in the United Kingdom or abroad, of policies or other instruments of assurance against or assuring compensation or payment in case of death or injury to health or limb by railway, coach or carriage accident, shipwreck or other perils of the land or sen, or any other accident or misadventure or violenco during any journey or voyage by land or water, or during any other limited or specified period. And the doing all such things as arc incidental or conducive to the attainment of the ubovo objects: The granting, in the United Kingdom or abroad, of policies or other instruments of nssurnnco of any kind (excepting such policies of assurance upon the life or lives of nny person or persons as are intended to be comprised in the Act of 33 and 34 Vict., cap. til, whicli is commonly known as "The Life Assurance Companies' Act, 1870"), and the doing of ull such things as are or mny be incident or conducive to the attainment of the above objects: The granting, either by themselves or through the ngciioy or medium of any Company or perse n, in the United Kingdom or abroad, of policies, tickets, or other instruments of insurance, assurance, guarantee, and indemnification of any kind (excepting such policies of assurance upon the life or lives of any person or persons as are intended to be comprised in the Act of 33 nnd 34, Vict., cap. 01, which is commonly known as "Tho Life Assurunce Companies' Act, 1870"), And the doing of all such things as are or mny bo incident or oonductivc to tho attainment of the above objects: , , To make any deposits and give any securities required by any law in force in the United States of America, or in any other country, colony or settlement, to enable the Company to carry on business there: To promote and procure the incorporation of any company or companies in the United State, of America, or in any other country, colony or settlement, formed for the purpose of carrying on any business Which this Company is authorised to carry on, and to subscribe for, hold, and guarantee all or any of the shares and securities of any such company, and to deal with and dispose of such shares and securities iu sush manner as tho directors think fit, and to employ any such company as the agents of this Company: (a.) To undertake and exeoute trusts, administrations, agencies and receiverships, and any other offices or employments of trmrt or confidence, either in the name of the Company or by any of its officers, or other person or persons nominated in this behalf by the Company, and to indemnify any such officers or persons as aforesaid, and to carry on in the United Kingdom or any Colony or Dependency thereof, the Empire of India, the United States of America, or in any foreigncountries, any other business which may conveniently or advantageously be combined witn the business of the Company as desoribed in the original Memorandum of Association scheduled to the "Ocean Accident and Guarantee Company, Limited, Aot, 1890," as extended by Order of Court, dated the 8th day of July, 1893: (b.) In particular, to guarantee the payment of money secured by or payable under debenture bonds or stock, contracts, mortgages, charges, obligations or securities of any Company, or of any authority, supreme, municipal, looal or otherwise, or of any persons whomsoever, whether corporate or unincorporate: (o.) To guarantee the title to or quiet enjoyt ment of property, whether absolutely, or subjeo- to any qualifications or conditions, and to guarantee persons interested or about to become inter ested in any property against loss, and against aetions, proceedings, claims or demands in respect of any imperfections or insufficiency or deficiency of title or value, or in respect of any incumbrances, burdens or outstanding rights: (d.) To contract with leaseholders, borrower!, lenders, persons whose fidelity ie or is intended to be guaranteed and others for the establishment, provision and payment of sinking funds, redemption funds, depreciation funds, endowment funds, and any other special funds, and that either in consideration of a lump sum, or of an annual premium or otherwise, on such terms and conditions as may be arranged: (e.) To furnish, provide or guarantee deposits, and guarantee funds required in relation to any contract, concession, decree, enactment, property or privilege, and the carrying out of the same, or in relation to any tender or application for the same: (f.) To appoint and form agencies by means of Local Boards of Directors, or otherwise in any city, town, or place in the United Kingdom or any Colony or Dependency, thereof the Empire of India, the United States of America, or in any foreign countries, for the purpose of enabling the Company to carry on any of its business at home or abroad, and to discontinue and reconstitute any suoh agencies: (g.) To purchase, take on lease, or otherwise acquire any undertakings, business, goodwill, assets or properties real or personal, whether belonging to incorporated bodies or otherwise in the United Kingdom or suoh other places or countries as above mentioned, whioh may bo considered conducive to the more efficient or economical carrying on of any of the businesses or objects of the Company, or which may conveniently or advantageously be oombined therewith, or any shares or interests therein, and as a term of suoh acquisition, to undertake, endorse or guarantee nil or any of the liabilities or policies or other obligations of any Company or person in regard to any businesses or other property so acquired: (h.) To pay for the acquisition of uny business or other property which the Compnny is authorised to acquire, either in cash or in bonds, debentures or shares, to be treated aa cither wholly or in port paid up, or partly in cash and portly in bonds, debentures, or suoh shures as aforesaid, or in such other manner as the Company may deem expedient: (i.) To npply for and obtain such statutes, laws or authorities in tho United Kingdom, the Colonics or Dependencies thereof, the Empire of India, or from any foreign Government or State aa may be deemed requisite for promoting the objects of the Company, or for securing its rights, or giving it a legal position, or for limiting the liability of the shareholders elsewhere than in the United Kingdom: (j.) To add to, extend and improve, and to manage, develop, sell nnd dispose of, or to let on lease or otherwise turn to account any of tho lands or other property of the Company: (k.) To sell or otherwise dispose of the under, taking and goodwill of the business, and the assets and property of the Company or any part thereof or interest therein, to any other company or persons, or to amalgamate such undertaking or or business with that of any other company, and to promote any compnny or companies for the purpose of acquiring all or any of thc undertaking, businesses, assets, or property of this Company, or for uny other purpose which may appear to be calculated to benefit this Company: (1.) To borrow or raise money, and for suoh purpose to niortgoge or charge the undertaking, or all or uny part of the property of the Company, and to muke, druw, accept, endorse, execute and issue on behalf of the Company, bills of exchange, promissory notes, and other negotiable instruments; (in.) To re-issue or otherwise provide for all or any risks of the Company, nnd to effect counter- guarantees: (n.) To do all things which mny appear to the Compuny to be incidentul or conducive to any of the objects of the Compnny. np5 NOTICE is hereby given thut 60 dnys after date I intend to npply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the northeast quarter of Section 23, Township 8, Range 5, Const District, Bulkley Valley, containing 160 acres, more or less. B. S. BROOKS, Locutor. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vnncouver, B.C., April 3rd, 1906. apS NOTICE is hereby given thnt sixty days after date 1 intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following desoribed land, situated in Skeena River District, near Kitsulus Canyon, ou left side of Goltl Creek : Commencing at u post marked "A.E.M., S.W. Corner," thence 40 chains north, thence 40 ohains cast, thence 40 chains south, thonoo 40 chains west to point of coliimeccinent, containing 160 acres, moro or less, A. 10. .MACDONALD, Locator. A. 10. JOHNSON, Agent. Dated .March 13th, 1006. NOTICE is hereby given that 00 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase Section 33, Township 8, Range 5, Coast District, Bulkley Valley. M. H. WALKER, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vancouver, B.C., March 28th, 190G. mh.29 NOTICE ia hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lunds uud Works for permission to purchase thc following described land, situated on Observatory Inlet: Commencing ut n post planted at the Northeast corner of Lot 30S, Group 1, marked "W. R. F.'s S. W. Cor."; thence north 20 ohains, thence east 20 chains, thence south 20 chains, thence west to shore lino, and along shore line to point of commencement, containing 40 acres, moro or loss. W. R. FLEWIN. Staked 3rd March, 1906. NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to tho Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase Seo- tion 5, Township 9, Range 5, Coast Distriot, Bulkley Valley. L. DUBOIS, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vancouver, B.C., March 28th, 1906. mh29 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, APRIL a8. 1906. * A Lady's Letter^ Y By BABETTE. y Few things are more extraordinary than the way in which our eyes and our taste accommodate themselves to the incessant changes continually taking place in the forms and coloring of our feminine attire. By those accustomed to study these evolutions, such alterations may be almost confidently predicted. There is never anything sudden—from what is voluminous we descend very gently to what is flat; from what is plain to what is elaborate, whether in design or decorations; and thus our eyes are gradually accustomed to the different shape or color, and our taste educated to appreciate what otherwise we could not have tolerated. Very notably is this the case in the matter of hats, in which we are now passing from the sublimity of the large capeline to the ridiculousness of the continually lessening small hats. Fortunately the large shapes are not yet forbidden, and a wide latitude is accorded to all who have the wisdom to wear what suits them best, so long as it does not flagrantly clash with the dictates of "La Mode." A delightful hat which I pine to possess is in a light cherry-hued tagal straw, trim med with deep red ribbon velvet, the color of a very red, ripe cherry. Three of the new uncurled ostrich feathers trim it very stylishly, and the "peacock's eye" of black plumage on each, just supply the resolving note which a study in cerise seems to demand. Before I forget it, I must tell you of a gown that has been lately described to me by a lady who had the pleasure of seeing Miss Alice Roosevelt's wedding outfit. It is a gorgeous evening gown of silk bestrewn, with raised embroidered butterflies, in which so many exquisite lines are blended that, I am told, it looks as if Joseph's coat of many colors had been unravelled in order that the threads might be utilized. The design is not merely decorative, but emblematic, seeing that such a frock is essentially of theonce-seen-never- to-be-forgotten order, and so is appropriately predestined to a career of ephemeral brilliance, not unlike that of the butterfly itself. As to the popular colors of the moment, mauve and violet and greys are greatly worn, and especially a certain shade, called, "minuet," reminding one of heliotrope, and combining extremely well with rose tints. In flowers, the question of colors is also extremely subtle and complicated. Few fair dames succeed all at once in finding and choosing what really suits them. There are brunettes to whom pale blue is more becoming than rose; also blondes to whom rose gives an added charm. In the general way, it may be safely said that red reduces and lessens a too rubicund complexion, whilst blue gives to it a tinge of violet, which green again but accentuates, greatly to its disadvantage. Only in very rare exceptions can a blonde wear yellow, and with a sallow, rather colorless skin, green and pure white are most trying. A red rose, when worn in light brown hair, should always have a few green leaves between it and the hair, as red and brown, "kill" each other, Apropos of the female form divine, Hether Bigg, F.R.C.S., tells the women of Great Britain that they are right in wearing corsets. He says that so far from their being detrimental to health, they are an advantage. In the aboriginal races whose women do not wear corsets, or indeed anything else beyond a few beads, there may be girls perfect in form, but later, as they age, as a rule they become women who are hideous objects of disfigurement. The ease with which English women change their figures to suit thc fashions is astonishing. The latest decree of fashion is that, though waists are still to be small, hips have to be reduced, and elegance achieved by a back that curves inward at the waist. With a view to meeting all these requirements, a corset cut upon a new model has lately been placed upon the market, and is selling well. It is made with straight fronts, and is toned so that it does not yield at all over the hips, while the back is boned with very flexible whalebone, that can be bent almost double. The new corset is finished with three separ' ate laces; one between thc shoulders, which is left loose; a second at the waist, which is pulled tight; and a lower one, which can be worn as the wearer chooses. Whenever I reach this stage in my week- j ly causerie of fripperies, I am reminded of the writings of an eminent Japanese authority on clothing from the hygienic standpoint. This moralist contends that Western civilization has not yet solved the problem of underwear, at once artistic and hygienic, and contends that nothing short of this double virtue in the texture of the covering which is privileged to caress beauty's form can satisfy the aesthetic soul. He foresees the day when for such purposes laundries will be a thing of the past. The innermost garment will be made of some fabric not much unlike the soft, silky papers now made in Japan, so that it can be destroyed as soon as it is taken off. It is not in the least likely that so insanitary and degrading an occupation as that of the washerwoman can survive in a civilization really advanced. To all of which I fervently say, "So mote it be.' —"BABETTE." VICTORIA SOCIAL Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor and family leave very shortly for Halifax, at which place Mr. Taylor was been appointed as manager of the Royal Bank of Canada. Mr. Taylor has been here for several years, during which he and his family have made many friends, and they will be greatly Miss V. Ssholefield is visiting her brothers in Victoria, having come out from England with Mrs. Innes (Vancouver), with whom she intends to spend some months. * * * Mrs. F. Marlin, of New Westminster, is visiting Mrs. Fagan, Pleasant street. * * * The Garrison sports given by the officers of Work Point Barracks took place yesterday (Friday), a full account of which will be given next week. * * * Mr. and Mrs. F. H. and Mr. and Mrs.F Barnard returned on Wednesday night from a trip to Europe. * * * Mrs. B. Dodge, of Halifax, is staying at the Driard. * * * Mrs. J. R. Anderson left on Tuesday night for Vancouver, where her sister, Mrs. M. Thain, is very ill. * * * Mrs. Ross and daughter, of Vancouver, are visiting Mrs. E. C. Baker, of Sissen- hurst. * * * Mrs. (Judge) Harrison, Miss Bernice Harrison, and Mr. H. R. Harrison returned on Wednesday from San Francisco. At the time of the earthquake they were staying at the St. Nicholas Hotel. They saved all personal property, with the exception of one valise. * * * Mrs. J. W. Troup gave a most enjoyable picnic last Saturday in honor of her little daughter's birthday. A large number of guests went up to Shawnigan Lake by train. * * * Mrs. Piggott entertained at bridge on Saturday last. * * * Miss Elsie Bullen has returned from a visit to friends in Duncans. * * * Mrs. R. Barclay, who has been visiting at Burleith, returned to her home in West- holme last week. * * * In Peterboro, Ont., on Wednesday, 24th, St. John's Church was the scene of a large and fashionable wedding, when Miss Mane Edith, daughter of the late George Barker, of Peterboro, was married to Mr. Robert H. Swinnerton, of Victoria, son of the late J, Swinnerton, of Belfast, Ireland. Canon Davidson performed the ceremony, assisted by Rev, Walter M. Locks. The bride was attended by Miss Olive Bradburn, and given away by her brother-in- law, Mr. Parker, Montreal. Mr. Hazen Ritchie was best man, while Messrs. F. C. Smallpiece and A. Hollingshead of Peterboro, and Gerald Krackham and H. Grubbe, of Toronto, acted as ushers. After the ceremony a reception was held at Mr. and Mrs. Bardley-Wilmot's, after which the bride and groom left on a trip to Boston and New York, before coming to Victoria to reside. The bride is well known in Victoria, having visited here often. * * * Mrs. Marpole, of Vancouver, is visiting her mother, Mrs. (Col.) Holmes, of Esquimalt Road. * * * Mr. James Gaudin left on Tuesday for White Horse to resume his duties in the Y. N. Company. * * * There have been very few social events this week, owing, I think, to the anxiety over people in San Francisco, there being such a number of people here having relatives and friends, and a very few having heard any news of their friends. So far the following have been heard from, and are safe, although a great number have lost all their clothes and personal property: Mr. R. P. Rithet, Mrs. and Miss Bell, Mrs. H. D. Helmcken, Mrs. W. A. McGuirc, (nee Miss Chrisite), Miss Jenny Lawson, Miss Carr, Miss Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Mat- law and family, Miss Phyllis Oreen, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Worlock, Mrs. Lees, C. E Renouf and family, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw Miss Chase Going, Mrs, Findlcy, Mrs Hamilton (Vancouver), Miss Baynes Reed, Mr, and Mrs. A. Cotton and family, Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. Burke, Miss M. Little. I MUSIC AND % I THE STAGE | With the exception of the Magpie minstrels, who gave a performance on Wednesday evening, and are to do so again on Saturday night, the Victoria Theatre has had no company playing on its boards during the past week. On Sunday last, in the afternoon, Mr. A. N. Marshall, who is the pastor of a large church in Southern Australia, and Mr. Walter M. Parsons, the field secretary for the Northwest of the International Y.M.C.A., addressed a large number of Victorians, which he did again on the following night. Mr. Marshall is a born orator, and his remarks were listened to with the deepest attention. On Wednesday evening the theatre was packed to overflowing by an enthusiastic audience, when the local singers, known as the Magpie Minstrels, gave their services on behalf of the Anti-Tuberculosis League. Local hits were numerous, and provoked the utmost mirth. Mr. B. H. T. Drake acted as interlocutor, and the end men and women were Messrs. Earle, Beauchamp, Tye, Richardson and Goward, and Mrs. Lampman, Mrs. Tye, Mrs. Courtney and Miss Newling. The performance was good throughout, the dancing of Mrs. Simpson's pupils being particularly well received. In the intermission Dr. Fagan spoke on the question of consumption and the scheme which was in hand to erect a sanitarium in British Columbia. The performance is to be repeated tonight, when those who were unable to witness it on Thursday should certainly attend. The profits in this case will go to the San Francisco relief fund. ies, distinguished himself as the leader of McKillican's Band at the Magpie Minstrel show. It is the best thing Fred, has ever done, and stamps him as the most versatile female impersonator in Victoria amateur circles. A Desirable Resident. Mr. James Vair, of Barrie, Ontario, who conducts one of the largest wholesale fruit and commission houses in that Province, and who is also prominently interested in other business enterprises, is at present visiting in the city, a guest at the St. Francis Hotel. Mr. Vair may in the near future take up his residence in Victoria, and he will be welcomed here, if for no other reason that he is recognized as one of the most public-spirited and enterprising commercial men in old Ontario—and Victoria needs a few more of that kind. He Knew. "Papa, what is a sober fact?" tight money market, Johnnie." "The Shadow Vanished When Life Ended. Next week the Victoria Theatre will be After the Lord Mayor's show comes the donkey-ccrt, and after several weeks' splendid shows at the Grand Theatre, Victoria, comes one which must be styled weak. With the exception of the balancing feats of the Fowler Brothers, which are certainly something very much out of the ordinary, the turns are poor. Evans and Evans are fair clog dancers, and there are one or two funny things in the comedy sketch. Next week, however, there is the promise of a strong bill, as Manager Jamieson has received notice that Rapoli is coming. Rapoli has the reputation of being one of the best jugglers that has ever appeared on the vaudeville stage. Juggling has to be very good and original these days to attract the attention which Rapoli has undoubtedly attracted. There should be a sufficiency of the comic element to wake even the most sedate into laughter, as Geo. Yeoman will appear as the German Comedian, and Mildred Manners as a seriocomic. In addition there will be a comedy sketch, presented by LeWitt and Ashmore. The illustrated song will continue to be sung by Frederic Roberts, who has never failed to please his audience, and the moving pictures will, as usual, be changed. VANCOUVER SOCIAL On Saturday night Blanche Walsh appeared at the Victoria Theatre in "A Woman in the Case"—at least the shadow of Blanche Walsh did, for it was not the reality at all. Nothing, not even genius, could redeem this latest Fitchling from vulgarity. There is some justification for taking the public into the precincts of the charnel house, if there is a lesson to be learned or a problem to be solved; there is none for thrusting on them the banalties and lubricities of the underworld for no reason but to familiarize them with the seamy side of life. "A Woman in the Case" is devoid of purpose, interest or utility, and, besides being pernicious, marks the lowest depths of American dramatization. If Chicago can tolerate this, it can tolerate anything. It was a pity to see an actress of Blanche Walsh's parts associated with such a play and such a part. It furnished no opportunities for her great gifts, and only served to suggest one of the worst features of syndicate companies, the eclipse of a star. It is to be hoped that before long Miss Walsh will be seen in something worthy of her powers, but obviously she will have to look beyond Clyde Fitch for the vehicle. The free use of Victoria Theatre for two nights is no mean contribution to the cause of charity. Manager E. R. Ricketts is deserving not only of the thanks of the commit tee, but of the recognition of the community, for his timely generosity. Fred Richardson, as Creatore the feminine, in abbreviated skirts and lace fripper- Mrs. F. J. Noble, 849 Helmcken street will not receive again this season. * # * Mr. A. J. McMillan. Managing Director of the LeRoi, is in the city. Mr. D. A. McMillan from Newmarket is on a visit here, at the Hotel Vancouver. Mr. A. C. Burdick, who has been visiting in the city, left yesterday for his home in Lacombe, Alberta. * * * Mr. R. J. Kennedy, passenger agent of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, of Denver, is in the city. * * * Hon. R. F. Green, Chief Commissioner, is at the Hotel Vancouver. * * * Mr. G. G. Hobson, of Messrs. Hobson & Co., Ltd., insurance agents, returned on Friday from a business trip to Toronto. * * * Lieut.-Col. English, who has been in charge of the forces at Esquimalt, stopped off in the city on his way to England. * * * Col. A. Markham, of St. John, N.B., is visiting the city. He is vice-president of the Tourist Association of that city. Mr. R. P. Butchart, managing director of the Vancouver Portland Cement Company, which has its works at Tod Inlet, near Victoria, has been in the city this week. * * * Mrs. Seul has gone on a trip to Dublin. * * * Mr. C. B. Harris, of Moncton, N.B., is in the city. * * * Mrs. McLagan will remain in town at her residence, 1159 Georgia street, until May. * * * Miss Anthony and Mrs. Wall, of Nanaimo, are in the city on an extended visit. * * * Mr. F, T. Salisbury, paying teller of the Bank of British North America, will be married to Miss Jessie Lawson at an early date. * * * Mr. Joseph McCourt, who has been spending a few days in Nanaimo with his son, Mr. Samuel McCourt, has returned t Vancouver. * * * Mr. G. Silvester, of the Keremeos Land Co., is in the city, and is registered at the Metropole. In the course of a lecture before the Psychotherapeutic Society, Dr. Ward announced that Professor Elmer Gates, of Washington, D.C., who has been experimenting with light rays, has found about five octaves above violet a form of rays similar to "x" rays. Under these rays living objects throw a shadow only as long as there is life in the object. A live rat was placed in a hermetically sealed tube, and held in the path of the rays in front of a sensitized screen. So long as the rat was alive it threw a shadow. When it was killed it became suddenly transparent. "Here," said the lecturer, "there was a strange phenomenon. At the very instant the rat became transparent, a shadow of exactly the same shape was noticed to pass as it were out of and beyond the glass tube and vanished as it passed upward on the sensitized screen." Words That Will Not Rhyme. The English language is a wonderful, living growth. With the single exception of Latin, it is the most majestic vehicle for blank verse and poetry.. There are many words in English that have no rhyme. As given in the "Rhymers' Lexicon," by Andrew Lang, they are as follows: Aitch, alb, amongst, avenge, bilge, bourn, breadth, brusk, bulb, coif, conch, culm, cusp, depth, doth, eighth, fifth, film, forge, forth, fugue, gulf, hemp, lounge, mauve, month, morgue, mourned, mouth, ninth, oblige, of, pearl, pint, porch, pork, poulp, prestige, puss, recumb, sauce, scare, scarf, sixth, spoilt, swoln, sylph, tenth, torsk, twelfth, unplagued, volt, warmth, wasp, wharves, width, with, wolf, wolves.'-'-, V.x ./i.-£ty Not the Same. Mr. Leonard Hastier Leigh, until recently a very popular resident of Victoria West, paid this city a business visit during the week, in the interests of the well- known firm of Gavin Bros., Vancouver. * * * Mr. and Mrs. F. B, Pemberton have returned from England, after an absence of three months, during which Mrs. Filton occupied "Mount Joy." * * * Hon. R. and Mrs. Hood are staying at the Balmoral, and will remain there until they leave for England in May. * * * Mrs. Piggott, Stanley avenue, entertained on Thursday evening last in honor of her guest, Miss Humphreys, of Vancouver, the amusement of the evening being the popular "500." Mr. and Mrs. Taylor won the first prize. A one those present were: Mr. and Mrs. . Taylor, Mr and Mrs. J. S. Gibb, Mr. and Mrs. A. iggott, Mr. and Mrs. T. S. ore, Miss Ar- buckle, Mr. S. iggott, Mrs. Barkley. * * * Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Gore spent a few days at Cowichan Lake this week. * * * The news of Mrs. Few's death in Monterey has been a great blow to her many friends in Victoria, where she has been for about five years with her two little daughters. The eldest (Doris) was with her at the time of her death. * * * Word has been received from Mr. Ernest Stonham, formefly of the Bank of B. N. A. here, but now in San Francisco, to say he is in Berkeley, but has lost all his personal property. First Old Sport—Lord bless me. You don't say you're moving again? Second Ditto—No, old chap, we don't say so; but, as a matter of fact, we are.—Ally Sloper's Half-Holiday. Mamie—I believe in woman's rights. Gertie—Then you think every woman should have a vote? Mamie—No; but I think every woman should have a voter. A wedding that does not to some extent expedite prosperity, or visibly increase the Federal census, is lacking in a very essential particufar. : &".; ,, igjfe fl Uneasy Passenger (on an ocean steamship)—Doesn't the vessel tip frightfully? Dignified Steward—The wessel, mum, is trying to set hexample to the passengers. —Chicago Tribune. "There is no happiness like domestic happiness," she sighed. "True. That is the reason I'm never going to marry," retorted the Bohemian. "It don't pay to be kind to pets," said Jounny. "I filled the goldfish globe up with milk one day, and the fish all died." Sentimental Youth (to partner, shaken by a passing tremor): "Oh, I hope you don't feel cold?" "Not at all, thanks. Only 'the grey goose walking over my grave.' " Sentimental Youth (with effusion): "Happy goose."—Punch. An old hen was pecking away at some stray carpet tacks in the back yard. "Now what do you suppose that fool hen is eating those tacks for?" said Homer. "Perhaps," rejoined his better half, "she is going to lay a carpet."—Pick-Me-Up. Q.—Why has Mr. Tree recently dispensed with his body servant? A.—Because no man is a Nero to his valet.— Punch. TO-NIGHT, SAT. APRIL 28th THE MAGPIE MINSTRELS Will give a Performance In aid of the San Francisco Relief Fund Easy Prices Heaps of Fun Come sad See
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Title | Week |
Contributor | W. Blakemore |
Publisher | Victoria : The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices |
Date Issued | 1906-04-28 |
Geographic Location | Victoria (B.C.) |
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Language | English |
Notes | Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) ; The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) ; �The Week� Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) ; publisher not identified (1918-1920) |
Identifier | Week_1906_04_28 |
Series | BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2017-03-21 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0344372 |
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