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No. 4, Tenth Year THE WEEK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Tenth Year One Dollar Per Annum NAVAL DEFENCE "No policy will be satisfactory to the people of British Columbia which does not include a substantial and prompt contribution and THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FLEET UNIT ON THE PACIFIC COAST." ■k TAVAL DEFENCE—The two inci- ■ \| dents of the present week which have emphasized public interest in 'ie subject of Imperial Naval Defence are ne masterly speech of the First Lord of he Admiralty at the Guildhall and the tatesmanlike interview with Sir Richard /IcBride reported in thc Eastern papers. n the former Mr. Churchill reiterated his revious warning as to the danger which :ireatens the Empire from the accelerated rogramme of the German Navy, and the ecessity for an even more generous expen- iture by the Home Government than has een authorised. Mr. Churchill's speech, oming as it does after the lapse of several nonths since he made the one which tartled the Empire, must be regarded as lie sober second thought of a Minister eighted with the responsibilities of office nd keenly alive to the necessities of the ase. It is all the more impressive because shows that his views have survived the verest criticism and remain practically un- ltered. At the same time as the report of |Mr. Churchill's speech came to hand tele- raphic information of the Budget of the erman Government reached Canada. The letails show an increased expenditure over ast year of $74,000,000, of which $4,000,000 represents the increase in ordinary naval [expenditure and $5,250,000 the increase in non-recurring expenditure on the Navy. Also an addition of $5,000,000 for submarines and $14,250,000 increase in the Army estimates. This latter increase is required by the new military Bill, which calls for the organization of nearly one hundred machine gun companies. No one who masters these figures will question the soundness of Mr. Churchill's policy. The second Incident of the week affecting this question has hardly been appreciated at its full value |by the people of British Columbia, because the telegraphed reports of the interview which Sir Richard McBride gave to the Eastern papers were very meagre. Now that those papers are to hand it will be seen that once again the Premier has voiced the opinion of the Province in no uncertain [manner. The Eastern dailies recognise this fact, but they go further and show quite clearly that they regard Sir Richard as the Ibne man in the Dominion who has had the Ibourage of his convictions on the most Tyexed question which has ever agitated the public mind. Four years of consistent, strenuous and impassioned advocacy has [effected its purpose, and today Sir Richard's lis the voice which not only the West but the past would gladly hear on this great Imperial question. He once, more made it |tlear that the question was not one of party, but of National importance and he reiterated his oft-repeated statement that 'the Government could not do too much to* satisfy the people of British Columbia." It was the one strong note which caught the bublic ear, and the one strong expression of opinion which has seized the public imagination. All the leading Canadian Clubs in the East invited Sir Richard to address them, and it is to be regretted that the limited time at his disposal prevented him from doing so in any single instance. But it must be gratifying to the people of British Columbia to know that the man who has championed the cause so dear to their hearts, with such ability and consistency since it first became a public question, is now regarded far beyond the limits of our Province as the leader in a National movement. He has endorsed the policy of the British Columbia Navy League, which voices the unanimous opinion of the people of this Province. That opinion is set forth at the* head of this column and it will stay there until it is accepted in the fullest meaning by the Dominion Government. If their proposals fall short of this requirement the Province will not have far to look for a champion. ' AMERICANIZING CANADA— While The Week is under no apprehension of the Americanization of Canada it is not out of place to direct attention to some of the agencies which are employed for imbuing the Canadian mind with American anti-British ideas. The Week has on several occasions called attention to the work of "Collier's Weekly" in this direction. Everyone who reads "Collier's" knows that it is an American publication, but the younger generation is not as well posted on its record as those who are grown up and whose opinions are formed. Whether the policy of the proprietors was purely commercial or commercial and propagandist combined, The Week does not know, but it does know that, although called "Canadian Collier's" and published in Toronto, the paper is conducting a campaign which aims at lowering the Canadian estimate of England and Imperial affairs. It hardly touches a subject without some innuendo in this direction, or some cheap sneer at the expense of British ideas and British policy. For instance, in its latest issue there are half-a-dozen editorials on diverse subjects all containing some slight upon England. Take the one on "The Future Party," in which it t_*kes the ground that Canada should refuse to sanction , a contribution to the Imperial Navy without representation, and that representation in an Empire-wide political fabric is not feasible or wise to attempt. It supports the party which demands "a Canadian Navy, Canadian built, because such a Navy would stimulate the ship-building industry." It points out that "many who hold these views are loyal to the Throne of the Empire, but not to the manufacturing interests of the United Kingdom, and that true loyalty can as well find expression by frankly placing 'Canada first' as by deputizing the greatest function of manhood and statehood—defence—to a central body supported by a political fabric which will fall to pieces by its own weight and be consumed by natural and unavoidable friction." Presumably this is the point at which Canada will become an adjunct of the United States. A little lower down is an editorial on "Bobs and Kipling," in which the writer says: "Lord Roberts' well-meant ebullitions about war are nonsense and poppycock. The dear old general has been looking for a war for the past six years and he is peevish because it hasn't come. To hasten it he utters inflammatory statements. What is this ranting of the old soldier and a poet- who-would-be-statesman, but an endeavour to inflame the minds of the people when there is no need for it?" Neither "Bobs" nor Kipling is immaculate, but what shall be thought of the good taste, to say nothing of the competence of an alien journalist, who has the gall to characterize them in such terms in the editorial columns of a Canadian paper. Then there is an editorial on Canada and Germany, in which a comparison of English and German methods is made, greatly at the expense of the former, and commenting on the trade methods of Great Britain winds up by saying "The German manufacturer has built up a reputation for enterprise, ability and probity and is gradually outbidding the British manufacturer for Canadian trade." Perhaps the most objectionable article is one on "Saving Turkey," which opens with the truly loyal observation, "The splendid, statesmanlike hypocrisy of British statesmen" and goes on to create the unfounded and false impression that England would intervene to prevent the victorious Allies from reaping the fruit of their victory, the very thing that these "hypocritical" British statesmen have decided not to do. Then the number, after all this twisting of the lion's tail, for that is what it is intended to amount to, winds up with an editorial note on "The need of flag-flapping," in which it denounces the Union Jack for use in Canada and demands the flapping of the Canadian flag. Now all this would be very amusing if one could guarantee that it would be read only by grown-ups who have lived in the world long enough to know something of the history of the Empire; but it must fall into the hands of thousands of children and young people whose ideas are undergoing a formative process and who, thanks to our defective school curriculum, are not taught the history of the Empire in the public schools. It is therefore permissible to hope that the sober judgment of the Canadian people will show their- resentment for these anti-British sentiments in a practical manner ahd that some of the numerous organizations, such as the Defence League, which has for its object the cultivation of British sentiment, will devise some practical means of counteracting the pernicious influence of hireling publications like the "Canadian Collier's." MR. G. H. BARNARD, M. P.-The popular Member for Victoria left for Ottawa last week in order to be in his place when the important Session of Parliament, to which he had been summoned, opened on Tuesday last. A few months ago some people who thought they knew everything, were complaining of Mr. Barnard's absence from Victoria and were trying to make out that the wants of his constituency were being neglected on that account. Such people allowed no privileges to a man who at great sacrifice to himself and his personal interests had sat through every day of a lengthy Session at Ottawa, followed with the utmost detail every item of British Columbia business laid before the House, and taken up with the various Departments an endless number of matters which had been referred to him by his constituents. Apart from the claims of his family upon his time and attention, which surely entitled Mr. Barnard to a rest and a European trip, The Week believes that every member of the Canadian Parliament, if he can afford it, should visit the Motherland. We are urging upon members of the British Government and the House that it is their duty to visit Canada, and surely it is not less necessary for Canadian members to make themselves acquainted at first hand with the Mother of Parliaments, ivith the Old Country and with the men who lead in Imperial affairs. Since his return to Victoria three months ago Mr. Barnard has laboured incessantly in the public service. He has given up his private practice entirely and to the knowledge of The Week has devoted practically the whole of this time to investigating and dealing with local matters which require Departmental attention. The result of his energy is already seen in the letting of the breakwater contract, in the double shifting of the dredges, in the enlargement of the Post- office accommodation ancl in the verv con siderable extension of the post-box service and the number of suburban offices. Mr. Barnard has also secured the creation of a new position of great importance to the Harbour works in Victoria, that of Assistant-Resident-Engineer. Heretofore Victoria has suffered severely through being a mere adjunct to the Engineer's office at New Westminster. To say this is not to reflect af all upon the late Mr. G. A. Keefer, or his successor, Mr. Worsfold. It simply means that the work of the Department has outgrown its staff and now Victoria will have an Engineer of her own, acting, of course, under the direction of the Chief Engineer. A gentleman of wide experience in Harbour and Marine works has been selected for this position. He will have charge of the Inner Harbour works and also of the breakwater, and Victoria cannot fail to benefit greatly from his service. Altogether, Mr. Barnard has proved himself to be one of the busiest of members. No detail is too small to receive his attention and there is little doubt that in Ottawa he will enhance the reputation he has already established as being one of the most active and energetic members in the House. FREE SITTINGS—Rarely has a vexed question upon which men felt deeply and which arrayed them in two opposing interests been settled with more credit to all concerned than that of free sittings in Christ Church Cathedral. It is mainly to the Bishop of Columbia that the settlement is due. With admirable skill, with the truest Christian spirit and with not a little of the arts of diplomacy he succeeded in reconciling the conflicting interests, and in bringing about a compromise which established "peace with honour" and practically concedes the principle for which the party of progress was contending. On and after the first of January next all sittings in the Cathedral will be free for early Communion and for the evening service, the pew-holders agreeing to exercise their rights only at the morning service, although they will continue to pay the full rental for their pews as before. There was much to be said on both sides and it was well and charitably said, and while The Week maintains that there is no possible argument against free sittings, it freely concedes that there are a great many arguments against instituting the change in an arbitrary manner or without the fullest possible consideration for those who have for many years worshipped under the old system. It is simply a case of "the old order passing away and giving place to the new," and the manner adopted, which follows on the lines of the leading Anglican Church in Canada, St. George's, Montreal, is fair to all parties and considerate to a degree. The controversy has not been without its benefits to the Anglican community. It has showi that the parishioners are united by one desire to maintain and to advance the interests of their church; that they are capable of subordinating their personal wishes to the general good, and in showing this they have demonstrated their fitness, to be entrusted with the future of a great historic church which has never exercised the influence in Canada which its adherents had hoped for, but which, during the last decade has manifested signs of greater enlightenment in its general policy and a closer approximation to those democratic principles which are generic in the sentiment of the Dominion. The Church of England in Canada is throwing off the trammels of tradition; it is losing much of its exclusiveness; its dignitaries are today among the most practical and hardest worked of Christian ministers; it has drawn nearer to the hearts of the people and The Week looks forward to the consummation of a policy which is the natural outcome of the recent controversy (Continued on Page is) THE WEEK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 I often think that the two most amusing books that have ever been written are "Manners for Men" and "Manners for Women." Of course they were not written with the idea of causing amusement, and I daresay that they fulfil a very useful place in the world, but for myself I have had more solid fun out of those two tomes than out of all the humourists of the professional type put together. Another book of the same type which has its comic side, as well as its useful, is a little pamphlet which is published at Cambridge, and presumably at Oxford, entitled "Don'ts." University ethics are so strange and bewildering that it is not to be wondered at that ninety per cent, of the Freshmen each year purchase this valuable guide to "Varsity behaviour and learn to cut the tassel of their caps, to eschew wearing a cloth cap at the back of the head and appreciate the niceties of college calling by studying its pages rather than by acquiring the correct attitude through experience. "Don't" is a useful little word and though it smacks somewhat too much of the nursery it has the merit of being terse and to the point. Modern children, especially in the West, have little knowledge of the weight which this word had with their ancestors, and not infrequently have to learn in later life that existence on the terrestrial globe is compassed about with many "Don't." * * * Such apparently was the opinion of a gentleman who lately "blew into" the office of a newspaper published not a thousand miles away from the headquarters of The Week. With the guile, or shall I say the gall, which characterizes the truly successful man of affairs hailing from the other side of the Line, he represented himself as a "journalist of metropolitan experience" and so impressed the proprietor of the paper in question that he was unhesitatingly accepted at his own valuation and immediately placed in charge of the News Editor's desk. Ensconced therein his metropolitan mind quickly realized that things were not as they ought to be, and believing that it is better to build on a clean foundation rather than on the debris of a faulty one, he issued in pamphlet ' form to the members of the repor- torial staff a primer containing many "Don'ts." A particular man as to grammar and the correct use of English he cautioned them against the wrongful use of words, a most admirable thing to do, though it is generally held that the star reporter gets the news and the News Editor licks the English into shape; he begged them not to confuse the values of the comma and the period and warned them against the sin of verbosity. So zealous was he in this respect that he even dared to test his power by enclosing a marked copy of his pamphlet and sending it to the Editor-in-Chief of the publication for which he was doing so much, and appeared to take it more in sorrow than in anger when his communication was returned with the curt intimation that the Editor-in-Chief of a paper of standing might be supposed to' know all that was required of English, of Grammar and of Punctuation. However much critics may differ as to this, one can hardly fail to sympathize with the outraged Editor, who just now has other tribulations. * * * But the man with the metropolitan mind was not content with mere exordiums; he showed his knowledge of journalism by the way in which he wielded the blue pencil. On the staff of this paper was a man of mark, with a long string of papers on which he had served with merit and distinction, whose copy was of that privileged character that it could go straight to the operator without the intervention of the News Editor. But that was before the new arrival had taken his seat. He knew better and showed his sagacity by blocking out those portions of his correspondent's copy which contained news and running what was merely padding. Of another man, whose name is known on three continents he said that his copy was "slush," an unpleasant word and one which I should not have expected from a man with a metropolitan mind. Of a third member of the staff, whose reputation stands as high as that of any man in the Dominion, for this paper has in consideration the size of the town in which it circulates a larger proportion of first-class men than any other publication in Canada, he said that he was a "loafer," Dear me, metropolitan journalism does have a deleterious effect on the vocabulary; it is quite ill-bred to call a man a "loafer," and so the object of the epithet thought, for within a short time the News Editor was considering the Universe from the level of the floor. * * * Practically speaking that was the end of the matter. The proprietor, being a man who in the main combines shrewdness and common sense with a* keen appreciation of the proportionate values of men and things, came to the conclusion that his paper could better spare the man with the metropolitan experience than his staff of star reporters and so peace reigns once more in the office of his paper and the book of "Don'ts" has found an abiding place on the rubbish heap. It seems to me, however, that a lesson might well be learnt, from this episode and it is this: "Don't employ foreigners to do the work which your own countrymen are perfectly capable of doing as well as, and often better, than any other people in the world." * * * I have had something to say in previous issues of The Week about the growing inefficiency of our local telephone service. I have said that we are gradually getting to that low standard which prevailed for so many years in Vancouver. It is a fact that "Central" is getting slower and slower, both in answering calls and in disconnecting after one of the parties has rung off. Victoria is not a large city; it is not half as large as it will be. I am compelled to speculate rather gloomily as to the nature of the telephone service which we shall have in a few years when the number of instruments installed has increased. Ever since the Company moved from their quarters on Bastion Street to those which they now occupy on Blanchard the service has gone from bad to worse. Not the least annoying part of the business is the tired "ennuyed" voice in which "Central" asks what number you want, when she has kept you frantically ringing for a time that seems measured in minutes instead of seconds. * * * I am glad to see that the work of laying out the boulevards on Dallas road has been commenced. It is now up to the public to help in this work to the best of their ability, and they can do a lot—in a negative manner. I notice every morning, that though the city workmen spend hours each day in carefully raking the earth down from the sidewalk to the curb, leaving it smooth, the pedestrians persist in walking across the mould, ploughing it up witheir big feet and undoing in a minute what has taken hours to do. This, is the result of sheer laziness and crass "cussedness." Sometimes I think that it is absolutely useless for anything to be done for the citizens of the Capital. They seem to be incapable of thinking or of taking any trouble to help things out for themselves. Every street which possesses a boulevard shows at the corners the thoughtless conduct of those who, in order to save three steps, wilfully dis figure that grass with their clumsy hoofs. A suitable penalty would be to send every offender to the blacksmith and have him shod with asses' slippers. * * * I should like to know what can be done about getting street cars to stop for passengers on wet and dark nights. Last Saturday some friends of mine were down in the neighbourhood of Esquimalt and on their way home into the city were stranded in a car from which the "juice" was cut off. Apparently something went wrong with the works inside the car itself, as other cars on the line were able to continue running. My friends eventually alighted with the intention of walking along and getting picked up by another car. Deluded people! Though they waited at a recognised stopping-place and though one of them was wearing some light coloured substance two cars dashed past them and were swallowed up in the darkness, with the result that they arrived home late for dinner and in a villainous frame of mind. It is improbable that the motorneer deliberately ignored their presence; the most natural thing to suppose is that he did not see ithem. If this was the case, what are we going to do about it? Next time it might be you, gentle reader, Or it might be I, who would be left waiting under an angry sky, because we failed to attract the attention of the man at the wheel. I would suggest that the cars be fitted with a powerful light higher up on the car so that the motorneer would have a better chance of seeing what lay ahead of him, and less opportunity of missing such a desirable fare (for he still pays) as the q£i e-k**^?, One day little Tommy's mother missed him for some time, and, when he reappeared, she asked: "Where have you been, my pet?" "Playing postman," replied the "pet." "I gave letters to all the houses in our road— real letters, too." "Where on earth did you get them?" questioned his mother in amusement, which changed to horror when he answered. "They were those old ones in your wardrobe drawer tied up with ribbon." WHISKY A record holder for six generations — WHITE HORSE WHISKY. HOSE & BROOKS CO., Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. DISTRIBUTORS FOR B. C. 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The ictoria theatre has drawn big houses see the pictures and the manage- ent professes entire satisfaction with e manner in which devotees of the ovies" have responded to the in- litation to see the British films. Next eek there will be a change of pro- ramme starting Monday and lasting 11 Wednesday. On Thursday night he boards will be occupied and a resh batch of pictures will be shown igain on Friday and Saturday. A.mat- nee performance is given each day nd two whole performances every vening starting at 7 p.m. The Princess Theatre "The Wolf" at the Princess Theatre his week is giving splendid satisfac- ion. It is put on with the same :are and attention to details that marks all of the William's produc- ions, for so they can be called new cenery is furnished for all plays put n at this house. The outside public an hardly realize what an under- aking this is. Traveling shows have Ithree or four sets of scenery made (to fit their particular play, and then he matter is settled for an entire [season. But at the Princess, every week an entire new outfit is painted, and the work and expense called for is very great. Next week that much talked of play "Paid in Full," will be put on, and it is sure to give pleasure to the patrons of the house. It is still on the road |as a high priced attraction, and being able to see it at popular prices, should ensure for it a great drawing power. Mr. Belasco, who is playing the part of McDonald in "The Wolf" this week, will be seen as Capt. Williams in "Paid in Full." He has played the part many times, having been with one of the New York companies in it, and his press notices on it are most flattering. The play will run all week, Wednesday and Saturday matinees. The Empress Theatre A very fair all-round bill has been offering this week at the Empress vaudeville house this week. Carly's Dogs, which open the performance, prove to be exceptionally clever little animals and have given immense satisfaction to crowded houses. Eli Dawson has been here before, and most people who have seen him this week hope that he will come again; hc is a fine type of black-face comedian with the happy knack of being able to write his own songs. The playlet, "No. 44," is sufficiently original to be popular and the illusion at its conclusion is well staged. One of the most amusing and attractive turns which has been seen of its kind for some time is the turn contributed by the Brooklyn Harmony Four and the lugubrious humourist on the South side of the Quartette is a comedian of exceptional merit. The bill closes with a brilliant display of club work by the Morton-Jewell Troupe. The Crystal Theatre Ralph Ermey, the star vaudeville turn at the Crystal during the early part of the week, is a gymnast far removed from the average; his balancing and arm work are marvellous and his appearance at .the Broad Street house was a matter for which, the management deserves congratulations. The presentation of Rip Van Winkle by the Vitagraph Company was a big success and gave an excellent idea of Washington Irving's famous story. The Majestic Theatre The Majestic started the week with one of the best all-round bills they have ever had. All the pictures were good and interesting, the story of a court intrigue at the Court of Milan being, perhaps, the most notable. Another big feature was the reproduction on the screen of the late Mr. Hay's poem entitled "Jim Bludso." Romano's Theatre A fine line of pictures has, as usual, been on view at Romano's where the wet weather and the certainty of au entertaining hour and a half have driven many people during the recent dull afternoons. "Treasures on Wings" was the title of one of those absurd little comedies which are so ridiculous that one laughs unconsciously and feels all the better for it. The Lambardi Grand Opera Company In view of the fact that "Conchita," the new and sensational opera by Zan- donai, has only been produced in two European cities—Milan and London— and that Mme. Tarquinia Tarquini is the only living artist who has ever sung the leading role, it will be interesting to know how the London dramatic writers received the work when it had its premiere in the English capital early the past summer. The critic of Tbe London Daily Express had the following to say: "Haunting music. A whole evening's attention fails to fix one bar in one's mind, yet one goes away with the impression that the music teems with sensuous melodies. It certainly palpitates from start to finish * with haunting, living rhythms, and shimmers with rich and varied orchestral tints. If it is not actually inspired it is one of the cleverest musical canvasses London has seen for many years. "The beautiful intermezzo before the second act, with its exquisite suggestion of the still dense atmosphere of a suffocating summer night with its sound of the castanets and a thousand other human echoes, should live apart from any fate of the opera. The delicious prelude to the last act, with its effective violin solo, is also a remarkable orchestral episode." The opera is in four acts, with two superb scenes in the final one. Ric- cardo Zandonai, termed, since the opera's premiere at Milan, "the Italian Wagner," wrote the lyrics. The story is from "La Femme et le Pantin," by Pierre Louys. The scene is laid, like Carmen, in Spain, and the environment is similar to that which lends such fascination to the ever-popular Bizet opera. There are numerous pleasing places which delicately suggest the Spanish atmosphere. The Lambardi Opera Company visits the Victoria theatre for three nights and matinee starting December 5; "Conchita" will be played on Friday, December 6th. Hartmann's Close Shave Arthur Hartmann, the famous violinist, who is touring the United States this season, has encountered many interesting and amusing adventures during his artistic globetrotting, but none appeals to him with more unction than the experience he had with a certain gentleman on the way from Liverpool to London. It was Hartmann's first tour in England, and he boarded the train at Liverpool on the evening of the day he was to make his debut in the British capital at an Albert Hall concert with Adelina Patti. As the violinist rushed out of the station platform, followed by a porter with the hand baggage, the train was on the point of pulling out. Hartmann rushed at the door of a first class compartment and drew it open. "Hi there," shouted the chief guard, running to where the artist and the porter were pulling the former's belongings into the moving train; "You can't go in there, its reserved." The protest was too late, however, for already Hartmann had jumped into the compartment and pulled the door closed. Inside he found a quiet looking, clean-shaven gentleman with a monocle in his eye, and to him, Hartmann offered profuse apologies, explaining that he dared not miss the train as it was the last which would take him to London in time for an important engagement. "I had reserved this compartment for myself," said the passenger with the monocle, "but under the circumstances, I shall be glad to have you make yourself at home, Sir." Hartmann availed himself of the invitation to such an extent that when the train was only an hour from London, he said to his travelling companion, whom he had found a charming man, extraordinarily well-informed on all topics: "You'll pardon me if I shave myself now, as there will be very little time between my arrival in London and the filling of my engagement. So saying, the violinist produced an American safety razor and to the extreme interest of this vis-avis, started to put it into practical use. "I've never seen an instrument like that before," said Hartmann's new-found friend; "here in England, we still stick more or less closely to the old-fashioned razor. And you are amazingly skilled in its manipulation—almost like a professional." "I am one," answered the violinist, smiling. "What—a professional barber?" asked the Briton, his proverbial lack of humor coming to the fore. "Yes," answered Hartmann, by a mischevi- ous impulse. He was vastly amused to see his monocled acquaintance draw himself up stiffly, and drop the conversation then and there. Finished shaving, Hartmann took his violin from its case and unconcernedly began to play, running through the difficult passages of the pieces he was to perform that evening. As the runs and roulades of Mendelssohn, Paganini, Wieniawski, and Vienxtemps rolled out from under the artist's sure fingers and bow, the other occupant of the compartment first listened in surprise, then with interest, and finally spluttered in utter uncontrollable amazement: "Upon my word, that is marvelous. You are a talented artist of the highest order. And to think of your wasting your life as a barber. Vou have positive genius for the violin. My dear young friend, you must let me do something for you." With a straight face, Hartmann accepted his auditor's praises, and gave him a fictitious name and address. "I'll look you up without fail," assured the music enthusiast as the train rolled into the Eustace Station. In the hurly burly of arriving, the violinist hardly had time to thank his would-be benefactor, before they were separated, and each hurried on his own way. After he had played his chief solo that evening, and fairly divided with Patti the rapturous applause of the vast Albert Hall audience, Hartmann finally broke loose from the encore fiends and retired to the artist's room behind the stage. He was talking to Patti when a knock at the door interrupted them, and a gentleman in evening dress followed the great singer's request to "Come in." Patti, in surprise and delight, started forward to greet the newcomer. Her astonishment, however, was no greater than that of Hartmann, who recognized in the tall, monocled visitor, his fellow tourist of the afternoon. "So you fooled me," he remarked to the violinist, "and my gifted young barber friend turns out to be the The Crystal Theatre Broad Street The Largest, Best Furnished and Most .Comfortable Vaudeville and Picture Theatre in the City. Two Acts of Vaudeville, changing Mondays and Thursdays. Four Reels of First Run Pictures, changing Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The Best Music—three-piece Orchestra—in the City. The biggest Fan on the Coast, removing 37,000 cubic feet of air every live minutes, insuring you fresh and cool air. Hours: Pictures from 1.30 to 5.30 and 6.30 to 11.00. Vaudeville, 3.00 to 4.00 and 7.00 to 11.00. Victoria Theatre, Monday, Dec. 2nd ARTHUR Assisted ANDRE HARTMANN * DORIVAL The World's Greatest Violinist Celebrated French Pianist Prices - $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, Box Seats, $2.50. Mail Orders will Receive Prompt Attention. 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"I'm sorry," began the offender, now truly contrite, "I really didn't mean—" "I should have known better," interrupted the visitor; "It serves me right." Laughingly he told Patti the story of the ride from Liverpool to London. The diva looked from the older to the younger man. "Do you know whom you succeeded in hoaxing?" she asked of Hartmann. "I have not had the pleasure of an introduction," replied the artist. "Then allow me," continued Patti. "Mr. Hartmann, I have the honour to present you to the Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary of Great Britain." Hartmann looked hard at the other man, and then it was that he suddenly recognized him from his pictures, clean-shaven face, monocle, and all. 'Really—" began the violinist, in thc utmost confusion; but the Colonial Secretary broke in with hearty laughter and an emphatic assurance that he enjoyed the joke on himself most hugely. "Just to show you I mean what I say," he declared, "I'm going to keep my promise made on the train, and do something for you, after all." And he did, for a few days later Hartmann played at Chamberlain's house, then twice for Their Majesties thc King and Queen of England, and Princess Theatre Formerl-/A.O.U.W. Hill Cor. Yates & Blanchard Sts. WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY NOVEMBER as The Williams Stock Co. Will Present "PAID IN FULL" Prices ioc, aoc and 30c Matinees Wednesday and Saturday ioc and aoc Curtain, 8.311 p.m. Matineei, a.45 Reserved Seats on sale at Dean & Hiscock's, cor. 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THE WEEK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 The Week A Provincial Newspaper and Review published every Saturday by "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited Published at 1208 Government St., Victoria, B.C., Canada WILLIAM BLAKEMORE, Editor Blonde Esquimaux By Boh eman I am not sure that an article on "Blonde Esquimaux" should not carry a sub-heading "Eugenics up to date"; for if anything could give point to the 'theory of the cult which is seeking to demonstrate the first principles of this new science, it is the discovery which made-Stefansson's name famous six months ago. I never think of the "Blonde Esquimaux" without being reminded of the "Ursus Kermodei," both being apparently blossomings of nature amid uncongenial surroundings. The little fluffy, white bears, so skilfully and artistically treated in our Provincial Museum are like the efflorescence of animal life, when compared with the huge, black, ungainly creatures by which they are surrounded ' in their natural habitat. One wants to stroke and pat them, to take them home and make pets of them. Whatever their origin may be, apd who cares what the naturalists have to say on the subject, the imagination pictures them as the poetical crystallization of a beautiful idea in animal life. I hope my comparison of Curator Kermode's bears with the "Blonde Esquimaux" will not be considered disrespectful to the latter. It is not to suggest a parallel, but merely a kinship of ideas, for it must not be forgotten that the advocates of Eugenics base their theories entirely on natural selection as the key to physical perfection. The discovery of the "Blonde Esquimaux" has set me thinking and wondering how a. race bearing the marks of a higher physical development and a higher civilization could have existed unknown and unheard of in the midst of the most uncongenial surroundings, the most adverse climatic conditions, and the most uncouth companionship. But it is there; it has preserved its most distinctive racial characteristics, and it presents an interesting problem, which, if no problem to the naturalists, is at once both perplexing and suggestive to the philosopher. It is not the first time that fair beauty in one form or another has been discovered isolated from its kind and framed in squalor and blackness; nor is it the first time that representatives of a "lost race" have cropped up in the most unexpected places. Not only the pages of fiction and romance, but of travel and adventure tell of fair faces glimpsed by the intrepid voyageur and of fair forms carefully hidden from the vulgar gaze. No doubt there is a perfectly rational explanation; as for instance of the existence among the Incas of the "Fair God," whom Wallace has immortalized. For an explanation I would rather turn to the pages of romance or the stanzas of the poets than to the prosy scientific explanation of the naturalist or the eugenist. I would rather take the explanation of William Cullen Bryant, whose apostrophe on the surpassing beauty of Absalom is probably nearer the mark than any abstruse calculations of Eugenics. But I would carry the idea further and remind my readers that the "Blonde Esquimaux" are but a type of hidden beauty; of the flower born to blush unseen; of the fragrance which perfumes human life even amid the most sordid surroundings. The discovery of Stefansson was unexpected, surprising, startling. These people were out of their metier; he could not place them and he was filled with amazement, but not more so than the student who comes across a beautiful trait in a degraded character, or an act of kindness among outcasts and criminals. And yet these are far more common than we know, and hidden because of shame-facedness. Philanthropists know that in the darkest corners of the earth violets bloom and the violets of character cannot be crushed out even by life's ironies and fate's cruelties. Seeds planted, not necessarily in one's own infancy, but may be in the generations that now sleep, will suddenly germinate and a streak of nobility, which has not characterised the family for many years may suddenly develop, but always from the planted seed. Every prison chaplain knows how true this is, and that is why he never despairs of the most hopeless case. He is like a skilful organist, always running his fingers over the keys to find the "lost chord" which shall awaken harmony. With inimitable patience he studies the characters of the men. and women committed to his charge, and gropes blindly amid the evidences of degeneracy for the one nerve which will vibrate to his touch and arouse a hidden quality. Nature is no more full of surprises than life, and a recognition of this fact makes for the true optimism. It is said that we have explored the whole earth and there is nothing left to find out, and yet we have only just discovered the "Blonde Esquimaux." With the North'and South Poles no longer goals of unrewarded ambition, with the heart of Africa opened up to the snortings of the Iron Horse, with the wilds of Siberia yielding harvests of golden grain and with the dark recesses of Brazil "open sesame" to the intrepid explorer, it may be true that the physical earth hides few secrets. But there are still "Blonde Esquimaux" to be discovered in the illimitable ranges of human nature; there are many tabulations to correct and many labels to re-write. Where those men who judge their fellow have mapped out large areas with a black brush there are pin-points of light, which the sympathizer with his fellow-man is not slow to discern. There are not a few quiet but loving students of their fellow-men who find much more of beauty and of fragrance even in "submerged tenths" than the world wots of, and every day the number is being added to of those who, like the prophet in Lowell's fable, after seeking the beauty of flowers upon the mountain top of exaltation find it in the modest violet blooming at their own door. If a Man Die, Shall He Live Again? Written Specially for The Week by J. Arthur Hill A friend of mine tells me that psychical articles are always interesting, "because so many people die and go somewhere." Presumably, those who remain here feel a natural curiosity as to where the departed have gone, partly for the latter's sake, and partly because they themselves would like to know, so that they will know what to expect when their own time comes. The teaching of religion on this point is admittedly either rather vague, or, if definite—as with the Au- gustinian theology—no longer credible. We have progressed in sensitiveness and humanity, and can no longer believe that a good God will inflict everlasting torment in a lake whicii burnetii with fire and brimstone, even on the most wicked of His creatures. Still less can we believe in such punishment being inflicted for the "sin of unbelief," for we now know well enough that "belief," being the net outcome of our total experience and character, is not under the control of the will. Consequently, a God who punished creatures for not believing, when He knew all the time that He had so constructed most of them that they couldn't believe, would be either wicked or insane. This inabil- ity'to believe "to order" is plainly.perceived if we reflect on what our feelings1 would be if a Mohammedan implored us to believe in Allah and in Allah's Prophet, as the only way of salvation. We should decline, saying that we knew better; but the real reason of our disbelief would be that we couldn't believe in Mohammedanism if we tried. We have grown up in a different climate, and have taken a different form. But, putting aside the vindictive hell-god of Augustine, Tertullian, Calvin and the rest—for not even an earthly father would punish a child for ever—and taking Christianity at its best, we do not find any very specific eschatological teaching. And I think that this very absence is a good feature. If a man tries to be good merely in order to avoid hell and gain heaven—in other words, because it will pay—his goodness is not much of a credit to him. It is only selfishness of a far-sighted kind. Religion, on the other hand, when at its best, seeks to influence character, not by threats and promises, but by encouraging moods and attitudes and habits of thought from which good actions will flow spontaneously, without any profit-and-loss calculations. Modern Christianity is therefore right in touching much more lightly on the future state than was customary in earlier centuries. Nevertheless we cannot repress a little curiosity. People die and go somewhere, as my friend says. Where do they go? Religion having rightly avoided definite answer, we turn to Science. And Science, much as it would surprise such fine old gladiators as Huxley and Tyndall to hear it—has an answer, and an affirmative one. Psychical research has, in my opinion, brought together a mass of evidence strong enough to justify the following conclusions. I do not say they are "proved." You cannot "prove" that the earth is round, unless your hearer will at least study the evidence. You cannot even prove to him that 2 plus 2 makes 4, if he refuses to add. Therefore I do not say anything about proof. I say only that after many years of careful study and investigation, I am of opinion that the evidence justifies the conclusions. (1) Telepathy is a fact. A mind may become aware of something that is passing in another mind at a distance, by means other than the normal sensory channels. The "how" of the communication is entirely unknown. The analogy of wireless telegraphy of course suggests itself, but is misleading. The ether-waves employed in wireless telegraphy are physical pulses which obey the law of inverse squares; telepathy shows no conformity with that law, and has not been shown to be an affair of physical waves at all. I believe that it is not a physical process; that it occurs in the spiritual world, between mind and mind, not primarily between brain and brain. And, if so—if mind can communicate with mind independently of brain—the theory of materialism at least is exploded. If mind can act independently of brain, mind may probably go on existing after brain dies. (2) Communications, purporting to emanate from departed spirits, are sometimes so strikingly evidential that it is scientifically justifiable to assume the agency of a discarnate mind. For example, in a case known to me, a "spirit" communicating through a non-professional medium— a lady of means and position—referred to a recipe for pomatum which she had written in her recipe-book. No one knew anything about it; but, on hunting up the book, the deceased lady's daughters found a recipe for Dr. Somebody's pomade, which their mother had evidently written shortly before her death. They confirmed that "pomatum" was the word which their mother used. The points to be noted are: That the medium was not a professional; that no one who knows her has doubted her integrity; that she was not acquainted with either the deceased lady or her daughters; that the knowledge shown was not possessed by any living (embodied) mind, and is therefore not explainable by telepathy; and, finally, that the case has, been watched and reported on by one of our.ablest investigators—a lecturer at Cambridge —who finds no flaw in the evidence. I repeat that I do not claim this to be "proof." I give it merely as an illustration, and will probably give a few more detailed cases in a later article. For the present I must be content to say that the mass of evidence known to me justifies the belief that minds survive what we call death. The question then arises: What is the nature of the after life? And here we are faced with great difficulties. We can ask the returning spirits, but we cannot verify their statements. If my uncle John Smith purports to communicate, I can test his identity by asking him to tell me intimate family details which I can verify by asking his widow, who still lives; but I cannot thus check his statements about his spiritual surroundings. Still, if he has proved his identity—particularly if telepathy seems excluded— we may perhaps feel fairly safe in accepting his other statements as true, or at least in admitting their possible truth. And, of course, we can obtain the statements of many different spirits, and can compare them. This has been done. The result is a striking amount of uniformity. The various spirits agree, on the main points. First of all, they are surprisingly unorthodox! They tell of no heaven or hell of the traditional kind. There is no sudden ascent into unalloyed arid eternal bliss for the good—who, as Jesus pointed out, are not wholly good—and no sudden plunge into eternal fires for the bad—who, similarly, are not unqualifyingly bad. There is much of bad in the best of us, and much of good in the worst of us. Accordingly, the released soul finds itself not very different from what it was while in the flesh. It has passed into a higher class of the universal school—that is all. Tennyson has the idea, exactly: "No sudden heaven, nor sudden hell, for man, But through the Will of One who knows and rules— And other knowledge is but utter love— Aeonian Evolution, swift or slow, Thro' all the Spheres—an ever opening height, An ever lessening earth." The Ring I have said that this view is unorthodox, and so it is, if compared with the orthodoxy of early days, say, the orthodoxy of Calvin or Edwards or Tertullian. But it is pleasant to find that orthodoxy today is a different thing, and that the Tennysonian notion is backed up in high quarters. The Bishopric of London is the highest ecclesiastical office in England, after the Archbishoprics of Canterbury and York, and we find the present Bishop of London (Dr. Winning- ton-Ingram) speaking as follows: "Is there anything definite about death in the Bible? I believe there is. I think if you follow me, you will find there are six things revealed to us about life after death. The first is that the man is the same man. Instead of death being the end of him, he is exactly the same five minutes after death as five minutes before death, except having gone through one more experience in life. In the second place the character grows after death, there is progress. As it grows in life so it grows after death. A third thing is, we have memory. 'Son, remember,' that is what was said to Dives in the other world. Memory for places, and people. We shall remember everything after death. And with memory there will be recognition; we shall know one another. Husband and wife, parents and children. Sixthly, we still take great interest in the world we have left." The good Bishop gets all this out of the Bible, and quite rightly. We hope no heresy hunter will accuse him of "selecting" his texts and ignoring the hell-fire ones. So far as earth-language can go, the foregoing represents the probable truth regarding the after life. If we inquire for details, we shall get nothing very satisfactory. If we ask a spirit concerning what he does—how he occupies himself—he will either say he "cannot explain so that you will understand," or will tell about living in houses, going to lectures, teaching children, and the like. All this is obviously1- symbolical. Any communications that a discarnate entity can. send, must, to be intelligible to us, be in human earth-language; and this language is based on sense- experience. After death, experience is different, for we no longer have the same bodily senses, and eyes, ears, etc., consequently no explanation of the nature of spiritual existence can be more than approximately true; yet such expressions as living in houses, going to lectures, etc., may be as near the truth as earth- language can get. If a bird tried to describe air-life to a fish, the best it could do would be to say "it is something like water-life, but there is more light and ease of movement." Of the beauties of sound—sky-lark's song, human choruses, instrumental orchestra—no idea could be conveyed to the fish. Probably those who have gone before, have, in addition to the experiences which they can partly describe, other experiences of which they can give us absolutely no idea. They have been promoted. Their interests and activities have become wider, their joys greater and purer. Yet they are the "same" souls, as the butterfly is the "same" as the chrysalis from which it has arisen. But tc know exactly what it feels like to bc a butterfly, the caterpillar and chrysalis have to wait Nature's time. S'c must we. THE CENTURY'S CALL ty Margaret E. Sangiur Deep unto deep, it calleth, The century's dominant cry; Over the desert and over the plain, Over the peak and the mountain chain, Under the thrilling sky, The voice of mighty peoples, And the tocsin of war and woe, From East to West 'tis sounding, And a man must rise and go. He must leave the hearth of his mother, And fare to the Northern zone, Traverse the waste and dare the dearth, Know the moods of the desolate earth, Live in his tent, alone. For the century bids him hasten To find her hidden wealth, The lore she guards and the treasure She only yields by stealth. A man must fear no peril, He must ride like a knight of old: To tourney and tilt, with a good right hand, That cleaves to the hilt for the love of the land, And here's to the soldier bold! Who is pure of thought and action, Who is ready to serve his age, Who cares for tlie thing he doeth, And not for the soldier's wage. Deep unto deep, it calleth, The century's urgent cry Splendid and strong is the century's song, Valor and love to the battle throng, And it may not pass you by, From East to West 'tis sounding, The call for the brave and the true, 0 lads with pulses hounding, That cry is meant for you. Wherever the need is greatest, Wherever the ill is worst, Over the city's thousands thick, Over the deserts of stone and brick, Over the lands accurst, The cry for help is pealing, Bitter with want and woe. O brother, if you hear it, A man must arise and go. —The Fruit Magazine. "Perhaps it is best, after all," remarked the rejected suitor as he lingered in the hall. "A man of twenty-five would soon tire of a wife who hovered round the thirty- two mark." "Why, Mr. Ardent," said the woman in the case, "how very ungallant of you to insinuate that I am thirty-two." "Well, perhaps you are not," he replied, "but it certainly struck me that you were somewhere near freezing point." He—"I hate a man of one idea." She—"Naturally. No one likes to be excelled." BOOK NOTES At the Victoria Book and Stationery Co., 1004 Government St., Victoria, B.C.: "The Long Patrol," a tale of the Mounted Police, by H. A. Cody. $1.25. "A Man in the Open," by RogerPocock, the frontiersman. $1.25- "The Cove-Seeker," by Maud Churton Braby. $1.25. THE WEEK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 BUILDING PERMITS November 13 to 19. November 13— Thos. Ormston—Belmont—Dwelling $1,800 F. Waddington—Dallas Ave.—Garage 125 C. H. Harrison—Fell—Dwelling 250 J. Brown—Glasgow—Dwelling B,EJ J ovember 14— G. W. Mcintosh—Amphion—Dwelling 2,500 G. W. Mcintosh—Rear of Work—Garage 200 Wm. McGibbon—Graham—Dwelling 3,000 W. H. Caulfield—Fernwood—Garage 150 Mair & Caney—Jay—Dwelling 3,000 R. Hetherington—Oxford—Dwelling 3,500 R. Hetherington—Chapman and Howe—Dwelling 3,000 R. Hetherington—McKenzie—Dwelling 3,750 fovember 15— H. M. Cowper—Chapman—Dwelling 2,500 H. Tinnion—Cedar Hill—Dwelling 2,000 Mrs. J. White—View—Office 100 F. Taylor—Andrew—Garage 100 ovember 16— H. Blundell—Young—Woodshed 80 Miss Carr—Government—Alterations 500 F. G. Wyatt—Second—Dwelling 900 Alfred Chas. Chislett—Prior—Dwelling 2,500 ovember 18— T. McLennan—Carnsew—Dwelling 2,500 Island Sheet Metal Co.—Graham—Machine Shop 2,000 C. J. Brown—Hereward—Dwelling 2,500 M. G. Clark—Hollywood—Dwelling 4,000 ovember 18— T. Alexander—Prior—Stable 250 Wm. Ashton—Benton—Temp. Dwelling 400 H. H. Twigg—Chamberlain—Garage 300 J. Lucas—Macaskill—Alterations 250 ovember 19— W. H. Hall—Robertson—Dwelling -. 2,800 E. Rogers—Simcoe—Dwelling 400 Deacon & Son—Alpha—Dwelling 2,000 F. J. Schroeder—Chapman—Dwelling 2,500 T. A. Procanier—Walton—Dwelling 2,500 Wise &Gibson—Lee Ave.—Dwelling 2,000 E. Blomquist—Sixth—Dwelling 1,500 MUNICIPAL ECONOMY Many Canadian municipalities are experiencing difficulty in selling their securities. Municipal development being an important phase of Canada's life and responsible for the raising of big loans, the situation is worthy of analysis. Since January, 1910, the municipal bond sales in Canada, as compiled by The Monetary Times, have been as } follows: 1909 $31,532,960 1910 29,043,325 1911 30,295,838 1912 (to October) 17,681,002 Total $108,553,125 In addition to the sales in Canada, a large number of our municipal debentures have been sold publicly in London. According to "Capital Investments in Canada," a volume published by The Monetary Times, the municipal flotations ovearseas since 1905 were as follows: 1905 £ 78,000 1906 1907 822,942 1908 3,930,521 1909 2,109,500 1910 3,079,400 1911 5,323,749 1912 :.... 4,330,049 Total £19,674,161 In addition to the debentures sold in Canada, and those in England through the medium of public flotations, there have also been numerous private sales in the United States ancl England, the majority of which are not easily traceable. New Westminster's $2,000,000 loan, for instance, is in the hands of a London house which has not yet made a public issue of them. The aggregate municipal borrowing is heavy. A further analysis shows, as one would expect, that the Western provinces have been the greatest borrowers. Of the total municipal flotations in London since 1905, Western Canada was responsible for £14,000,000 and Eastern Canada for £5,550,000. 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The comparatively heavier municipal loans of the West, therefore, is not an unnatural condition. With these figures, we may seek the reasons for the present trouble in selling municipal bonds. There appear to be three leading causes—the congestion of securities of all kinds in the London market, the impression that some of our municipalities have been over-borrowing, and the desire of the investor for higher returns. The condition of the London market has been discussed previously in these columns. So far as it concerns municipal, the fact that the responsible underwriters were obliged to take 50 per cent, of Saskatoon's issue, 82 pet cent, of Edmonton's, 25 per cent, of North Vancouver's, 84 per cent, of Calgary's, and 73 per cent, of Winnipeg's, is significant. Canada is only partially responsible for the London market, and by now seems to have learned the lesson. Few, and only the best, flotations, should be sent to interest the British investor. Regarding the opinion, heard here ancl there, that our municipalities are spending too much money, that a grain of truth seems to exist for the opinion. Mr. E. R. Wood, of Toronto, who makes it his particular business to keep well posted on bond issues, stated at the end of 1910 that Canadian municipalities were realizing the importance of placing their finances on a sound business basis, and adopting a conservative policy in regard to all expenditures. "For some years past," he added, "the rapid growth of Western Canada placed the progressive cities and towns under the necessity of making heavy capital expenditures, in order to provide those utilities demanded by modern standards of health and comfort. To the conservative investor these frequent loans were not always acceptable, but today the credit of our Western municipalities stands high. There is a growing public sentiment in Western Canada against extravagance in municipal finances. Nothing is more indicative of the high standing of Western municipal securities than the growing favour with which they are being regarded by the British investing public. A few years ago only the obligations of the largest centres in Western Canada could be placed in the London market, while, during the present year, the British investor has taken in quantity the debentures of those smaller cities and towns whose locations and natural advantages give prlomise of rapid and permanent expansion." —The Monetary Times. VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE NOTICE that I, Archibald Paterson, of Vancouver, B.C., occupation Gentleman, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about two miles west from the western extremity of Nahlouza Lake, marked S. E. Corner, thence north 80 chains; west 80 chains; south 80 chains; east 80 chains; to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 13th October, 1912. ARCHIBALD PATERSON. Percy Gadsden, Agent. nov. 9 jan. 4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that I, John Friers, of Vancouver, B.C., occupation Baker, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about 5 miles distant and in a north-westerly direction from the north-western extremity of Sigutla Lake, marked S. W. corner, thence north 80 chains, east 80 chains, south 80 chains, west 80 chains, to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 21st August, 191a. JOHN FRIERS. Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 Jan. 4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that I, Albert Boyce, of Nanaimo, B.C., occupation Rancher, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post ?ilanted about six miles in a westerly direction rom the western extremity of Kwalcho Lake, marked N. E. corner, thence south 40 chains, west 80 chains, north 40 chains, east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 320 acres, more or less. Dated 25th August, 1912. ALBERT BOYCE, Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 jan. 11 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that Thomas Bone of Luton, England, occupation Postmaster, intends to apply for permission to purchase t the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about one mile east from the north-western extremity of Sigutla Lake, marked S. W. Corner, thence north 80 chains, east 40 chains, south 80 chains, west 40 chains to point of commencement, containing 320 acres, more or less. Dated 12th October, 1912. THOMAS BONE, Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 Jan. 4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that I, Alfred Hills, of Vancouver, B.C., occupation Laborer, int-nds to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about one mile west and one mile north from the western extremity of Nahlouza Lake, marked S. W. corner, thence north 80 chains, east 80 chains, soutii 80 chains, west 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 13th October, 1912. ALFRED HILLS, Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 jan. 4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that Hubert Lee Harris, of Bella Coola, B.C., occupation prospector, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about three miles distant and in a north-westerly direction from the north-western extremity of Sigutla Lake, marked South-west Corner, thence north 80 chains, east 80 chains, south 80 chains, west 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 20th August, 1912. HUBERT LEE HARRIS, Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 Jan. 4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that I, Manley E. Marsh, of Vancouver, B. C, occupation Mason, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about two miles distant and in a westerly direction from the Western extremity of Kwalcho Lake, marked N. W. Corner, thence south 80 chains, east 80 chains, north 80 chains, west 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 25th August, 1912. MANLEY E. MARSH. Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 jan. 4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that Charley Don, of Vancouver, B.C., occupation Labourer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Comemncing at a post planted about 7 miles in a westerly direction from the. western extremity of Kwalcho Lake, marked N. E. Corner, thence soutii 80 chains, west 80 chains, north 80 chains, east 80 chains, to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 27th August, 191a. CHARLEY DON, Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 Jan. 4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that Annie Charlotte Gadsden, of Bella Coola, B.C., occupation Housewife, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted one mile distant and in a north-westerly direction from the northwestern extremity of Sigutla Lake, marked S. W. corner, thence north 80 chains, east 80 chains, south 80 cliains, west 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 20th August, 191a. ANNIE CHARLOTTE GADSDEN. Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. g Jan. 4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that I, Robert Boyce, of Vancouver, B.C., occupation Rancher, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about 6 miles distant and in a north-westerly direction from the northwestern extremity of Sigutla Lake, marked S. W. Corner, thence north 80 chains, east 80 cliains, south 80 chains, west 80 chains to point oi commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated aist August, 1912. ROBERT BOYCE. Percy Gadsden, Agent. nov. 9 Jan. 4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that I, George Brinkley, of Vancouver, B.C., occupation Bricklayer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands [—Commencing at a post planted at the western extremity of Nahlouza Lake, marked N. E. Corner,. thence south 80 chains, west 80 chains, north 80 chains, east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 12th October, 1912. GEORGE BRINKLEY, Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 Jan. of! VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that Robert Beveridge, of Vancouver, B.C., occupation Miner, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at post planted at the western extremity Nahlouza Lake, marked S. E. Corner, thence north 80 chains, west 80 chains, south 80 chains, east 80 chains to point of commence ment, containing .640 acres, more or less. Dated 12th October, 1912. ROBERT BEVERIDGE, Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 Jan. VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that I, Edward Smith, ol Vancouver, B.C., occupation Laborer, intend, to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted on the north shore of Nahlouza Lake, marked S. E. Corner, thence north 8c chains, west 80 chains, south 80 chains, eas' 80 chains to point of commencement, contain ing 640 acres, more or less. Dated iath October, igia. EDWARD SMITH. Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 Jan. VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that Frederick Dodds, of Vat! couver, B.C., occupation Laborer, intends t. apply for permission to purchase the follov ing described lands:—Commencing at a po planted about 8 miles in a westerly directh Irom the western extremity of Kwalcho Lak marked N. E. corner, thence south 40 chain west 80 chains, north 40 chains, east 80 chai to point of commencement, containing 3 acres, more or less. Dated 27th August, 101 a. FREDERICK DO_DDS, nov. 9 Percy Gadsden, Agent jan. VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that I, Robert J. Baxter, Vancouver, B. C, occupation Gentleman, i.' tends to apply for permission to purcha the following described lands:—Commencin! at a post planted two miles west from tl western extremity of Nahlouza Lake, marke; N. E. corner, thence south 80 chains, we; 80 chains, nortli 80 chains, east 80 chains point of commencement, containing 640 acre more or less. Dated 13th October, 191a. ROBERT J. BAXTER. Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 Jan. LIQUOR ACT, 19:0 (Section 42.) NOTICE is hereby given that, on the fin day of Decemher next, application will t made to tlie Superintendent of Provinci: Police for renewal of the hotel licence to se liquor by retail in the liotel known as tli Parsons Bridge Hotel, situate at Parson; Bridge, Esquimalt District, in the Province <: British Columbia. Dated this 25th day of October, 1912. RICHARD PRICE, Applicant, nov. 2 nov. 3. THE BEDROOM —Its Temperature and the Remedy for an Evil ^j^URING the Winter many people suffer from severe colds, bronchial f\J and neuralgic affections, brought about by first sitting in a room ^r with a temperature between 70 and 80 degrees, and afterwards retiring to rest in a bedroom at about 45 degrees, and in severe weather still lower. None but the strongest constitution can stand the strain. A GAS HE A IER will obviate this risk, as, by lighting for an hour before retiring the air of the bedroom will be warmed, the risk of cold averted, and life generally made more comfortable. The VICTORIA GAS COMPANY, LTD. 652 Yates Street Phone 2479 TELEPHONE SEYMOUR 6400 W. J. SANDERS GENERAL MANAGER SKEENA LAND CO.. LTD. AGENT GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC TOWNSITE OP SOUTH HAZELTON 62-63 LEIGH-SPENCER BLOCK 853 GRANVILLE STREET VANCOUVER. B. C. November, 16th, 1912, To Whom It Hay Conoern:- On November, 2nd, the Railway Commission handed down the final order in the South Hazelton ease. South Hazelton won a oomplete victory and litigation ls finally settled , the Commission approving of plans for South Hazelton and refusing any other re-hearing or re-opening of the question. There have been so many delays in getting this question finally settled,that I feel that lt would not be fair to demand of the purchasers of the lots at the Auction Sales,that the conditions of the Sales should be Striotly adhered to. I THINK THB TIME FOR THE DEFERRED PAYMENTS SHOULD BE EXTENDED AND I WILL, THEREFORE, EXECUTE THE AGREEMENTS OF SALS ON THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THOSE OF DECEMBER 19, 1911, WITH THE CHANGE THAT THEY SHALL BE DATED NOVEMBER 15, 1912,THUS GIVING AN EXTENSION OF ELEVEN MONTHS. THERE MAY BE SOME WHO HAVE BEEN INCONVENIENCED BY THIS YEAR'S DELAY,AND TO THOSE WHO WISH IT WE WILL MAKE REFUND OF THE MONEYS PAID IN. I think you will grant that this is fair and just and should be satisfactory to every purchaser. If you were a purohaser at one of the Auotlon Sales, I would be glad if you would let me know as soon as possible your wishes in'the matter. Yours very truly, sCmj Ja^^I^? Sole Agent for Grand Trunk Paolfio Townsite of South Hazelton, W.J.S./ L.J. THE WEEK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Making Good Much has been said and more has been written about the opportunities afforded a capable and energetic man to make a fortune in British Columbia by taking up chicken farming in a scientific manner, but few settlers who have taken advantage of these opportunities have made such a success of their undertaking as has Mr. L. F. Solly of Westholme, V.I. This gentleman has made it his aim to produce the most vigorous and profitable stock of poultry farming, and the best paying breeds of poultry have been chosen. The farm itself is excellently situated on sloping ground; water is piped everywhere and special foods are grown for the birds. A large tract of land has been set apart for range and the twenty odd poultry houses have been placed far apart, thus ensuring long runs. Only picked birds are bred from and Mr. Solly has a stock which he is only too pleased to show to visitors, who are welcome at all times, though preferably by appointment. All persons within the Province who are interested in poultry farming should write to Mr. Solly at Westholme, asking for his catalogue which besides containing a full list of valuable birds is full of useful hints to the intending egg farmer. THE WORKER Mark, all at ease, the peaceful toiler stand, The staunch supporter of our western land; Within his hand that mighty tool of earth,— The simple shovel, still his sign of worth: For wheresoe'er man is by care opprest He's taught to shovel, and his soul's at rest. "But not his body," plead the toilers au; "Must democrats to manual labour crawl? "Shall all the victories, by strikers won, "Descend to this beneath our rising sun? "Not so! Nor shall the rich exploit those lands "Tnat are by nature framed to hurl commands." Tis thus the genial pickets hurt and feel, Who cripple workers at their midday meal, While, blatant wide, the tactful toiler spouts, As argument to all the world he shouts: And though he gain three dollars day by day He still is clamouring for better pay; Yet in the land he left, this soil to seek, He barely managed to reap that per week: Still on he blusters, and, with gestures proud, Orates the dark and ever massing crowd; Until, at length,, our wistful ponce arc sent To mollify the rising discontent: The hostile bands are thus dispersed in quiet, And drown their feelings in a bar-room riot. —W. G. Boynton. THE WASTER See, all alert, the wealthy "waster" stand, And commerce widens through the quick'ning land. Though deemed to be a drone amid the bees, How full awake the thriving chance to seize! Such is thc "spoiler" of a thousand hands, Whose industry the restless world commonds. So deem the toilers of that nervous life, Thus ready keen to face the human strife. Yet mark how fortuune smiles upon her pet, Who even seems her favours to forget; As each new day asserts its pressing need, And method combats lust of human greed. Within the limits of his genial home Domestic cares still strenuously roam; The rising children must their tasks fulfils The mother meet each ever-growing bills For due economy provides alone The guarded grandeur of his scanty throne. Is this the monster that our toilers dare? And threaten yearly, all his wealth to share?" Can this be he, who, hating half his race, Would men by vile machinery displace? Who knowing little, and yet caring less, Promotes for gold each fould financial mess? And speculating, wild, on human toil, With wholesale murder would his conscience soil? This is the man 1 who, innocent at ease, In restful comfort would his fellows please; Who claims the guilt to run a motor yacht; Nor will his life with baser joys, besot. This is the fiend, who heads the gen'rous dole To those who render med'eine to the soul; Who dares to dabble in the Christian creed, And even helps it by each timely deed;— 'Tis he, thc "waster of the "workers" world, That, losing him, to Anarchy is hurled! —W. G. Boynton. CORRECTED A wealthy American girl was attending a social function at a country house in England. "You American girls have not such healthy complexions as wc have," said an English duchess to the girl. "I always wonder why our noblemen take a fancy to your white faces." "It isn't our white faces that attracts them," responded the American; "it's our greenbacks." A SPECULATIVE TERM First Bachelor—"Why do they say 'high moon' when applied to the time of a wedding?" Second Bachelor—"Another way of saying a 12-to-i chance." "That young Galey is a chip of the old block, isn't he?" "Rather a tooth of the old rake I" WATER NOTICE I, Samuel McCullough of Royal Oak, South Saanich, in the Province of British Columbia, give notice that on the 18th day of December, 1912, I intend to apply to thc Water Commissioner at his office in Victoria, for a licence to take and use four cubic feet of water per second from springs on Section 87, Block 1, Lot 8, on Section 86, Block 2, Lot 20, on Section 86, Block 3, Lot 4, all of Range I East, Lake District, Province of British Columbia, Plan No. 1373, and to form a reservoir for storage from said springs on that portion of Lot II, lying within Section 86, Block 2, Range I East, aforesaid. The water is to be taken from said reservoir and is to be used on Section 87, Block I, Lot 4, Lake District aforesaid, for domestic purposes and also to irrigate land in the above mentioned Sections 86 and 87. Dated and posted this 16th day of Novem- ber' ""' SAMUEL McCULLOUGH. nov. 21 °ec- '4 LIQUOR ACT, igio (Section ig) NOTICE is hereby given that, on the 12th day of December next, application will be made to the Superintendent of Provincial Police for the grant of a*, licence for the sale of liquor by wholesale in and upon the premises known as Radiger & Janion, Ltd., situate at Victoria, B. C, upon the lands described as 1318 Wharf Street. , Dated this 12th day of November, 1912. RADIGER & JANION, LTD., * Applicant, nov. 16 dec. 7 NAVAL SERVICE OF CANADA Notice Concerning Tenders for Metal Stores SEALED TENDERS addressed to the undersigned, endorsed "Tenders for " will be received up to noon December 3rd for the undermentioned descriptions of Metal Naval Stores. Brass and Copper Sheets, bars and tubes. Zinz and Lead Sheets. Steel Plates, Sheets, angles and Bars. Steel Wire rope. Solder, Spelter and Tin. Babbit Metal, Copper and Steel nails, Steel Files. All for deliveiy at H.M.C. Dockyards at Halifax, N.S., and Esquimalt, B.C. Forms of tender may be had by application to the undersigned, or to the Naval Store Officer at either Dockyard. Applicants for tender forms are requested to state clearly for which article or articles they wish to tender. Unauthorized publication of this notice will not be paid for. Deputy Minister of the Naval Service. G. J. DESBARATS, Department of the Naval Service, —30564. Ottawa, November ist, 1912. nov. 16 nov. 23 "LAND REGISTRY ACT" In the Matter of an application for a fresh Certificate of Title to Lot 1874, Victoria Town (now City). NOTICE is hereby given of my intention at the expiration of one calendar month from the first publication hereof to issue a fresh Certificate of Title in lieu of the Certificate of Title issued to Edward Truran on the 8th day of September, 1863, and numbered 1345, which has been lost. Dated at Land Registry Office, Victoria, British Columbia, this 13th day of November, ,gl2' S. Y. WOOTTON, Registrar-General of Titles, nov. 16 dec. 14 WATER NOTICE For a Licence to Store or Pen Back Water NOTICE is hereby given that Sirdey Watei 6_ Power Co., Ltd., of Victoria, B.C., will apply for a licence to store or pen back one acre-feet of water from a well on Lots 6 and 8, Section 7, Range 2 East, District ol North Saanich. The water will be stored in a reservoir of 300,000 gallons capacity, built or to be built at the well, and will be used for municipal purposes as authorized by Water Record No. , Water Licence No. , or under a notice of application for a licence to take and use water, posted herewith, on the land described as Lots 6 and 8, Section ,*, Range 2 East, District of No.'th Saanich, This notice was posted on the ground on the 18th day of October 1012. The applica tion will be filed in the office of the Water Recorde' at Victoria, B.C. Objections may be filed with the said Water Recorder or with the Comptroller ot Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. SIDNEY WATER & POWER CO., LTD. Applicant. By Bert D. White, Agent. oct. 26 nov. 23 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that I, Mark Smith, of Vancouver, B.C., occupation Laborer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted on the north shore of Nahlouza Lake, marked S. W. Corner, thence north 80 chains, east 80 chains, south 80 chains, west 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 12th August, 1012. MARK SMITH. Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 jan. 4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that I, Edith Bone, of Luton, England, occupation Married Woman, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about one mile east and two miles north from the north-western extremity of Sigutla Lake, marked S. W. Corner, thence north 80 chains, east 80 chains, south 80 chains, west 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 20th August, 1912. EDITH BONE. Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 Jan. 4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that Annie Peterson, of Bella Coola, B.C., occupation Housewife, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about three miles distant and in a westerly direction from the western extremity of Kwalcho Lake, marked N. IC. Corner, thence south 40 chains, west 80 chains, north 40 chains, east 80 chains, to point of commencement, containing 320 acres, more or less. Dated 25th August, 1912. ANNIE PETERSON. Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov.9 jan. 4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range j TAKE notice that Margaret Harris, of Bella Coola, B.C., occupation Housewife, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted at the north-western extremity of Sigutla Lake, marked S. W. Corner, thence north 80 chains, east 80 chains, south 80 chains, west 80 chains, to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 20th August, 1912. MARGARET HARRIS. Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 jan. 4 COMPANIES' ACT TAKE NOTICE that the Grand Trunk Pacific Land Company, an extra Provincial Company, registered under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, whose registered office is situate at 918 Government Street, in the City of Victoria, B.C., intends on the 17th day of December, 1912, to apply to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies for the change of the name of the said Company to "Canadian Land and Securities Corporation, Ltd." Dated at Victoria, B.C., this 8th day of November, 1912. BODWELL & LAWSON, Solicitors for the Company, nov. 16 dec. 14 NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the Order- in-Council, approved August 17th, 189s, reserving and setting apart for the sole use of Her Majesty's Government for military and naval purposes that portion of the Sand Spit at the Lagoon, Esquimalt, which is the property of the Province, is rescinded; and that the lands described in the aforesaid Order-in-Council are reserved for Government purposes. ROBT. A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands. Lands Department, Victoria, B. C, 29th October, 1912. nov. 2 feb. 2 LIQl'OR ACT, 1910 (Section 19) NOTICE is hereby given that, on the 7th day of December next, application will be made to the Superintendent of Provincial Police for the grant of a licence for the sale of liquor by wholesale in and upon the premises known as Turner-Beeton & Co., Ltd.. situate at Victoria, upon the lands described as 1232 Wharf Street. Dated this 7th day of November, 1012. TURNER, BEETON & CO., LTD. Applicant, nov. 9 dec. 7 "LAND REGISTRY ACT" In the Matter of an Application for fresh Certificates of Indefeasible Title to Lot '596, Victoria City. NOTICE is hereby given of my intention at the expiration of one calendar month from the first publication liereof to issue fresh Certificates of Title in lieu of the Certificate of Indefeasible Title as to an undivided half issued to Robert Edwin Jackson on the 5th day of March, 1867, and numbered 3456, and of the Certificate of Indefeasible Title as to an undivided half issued to said Robert Edwin Jackson on the 18th day of July, 1904, and numbered 10205C, both of which have been lost. Dated at Land Registry Office, Victoria, British Columbia, this 4th day of November, '9I2' S. Y. WOOTTON, Registrar General of Titles, nov. 9 . dec. 7 "LAND REGISTRY ACT" In the Matter of an application for fresh Certificate of Title to Lot 306, Victoria City. NOTICE is hereby given of my intention at the expiration of one calendar month from the first publication hereof to issue a fresh Certificate of Title in lieu of the Certificate of Title issued to Adelina Phelps on the 13th day of October, 1885, and numbered 6610A, which has been lost. Dated at Land Registry Office, Victoria, British Columbia, this 6th day of November, 1912. S. Y. WOOTTON, Registrar-General of Titles, nov. 9 dec. 7 WATER NOTICE For a Licence to Take and Use Water NOTICE is hereby given that Sidney Water & Power Co., Ltd., of Victoria, B.C., will apply for a licence to take and use one cubic foot per second of water out of a well on Lots 6 and 8, Section 7, Range 2 East, District of North Saanich. The water will bc diverted at the well and will be used for Municipal purposes on the land described as Townsite of Sidney and adjacent lands. This notice was posted on the giound ou' the 18th day of October, 1912. The application will be filed in the office of the Water Recorder at Victoria, B. C. Objections may be filed with the said Water Recorder at Victoria, B. C. Objections may be filed with the said Water Recorder or with the Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Vic toria, B. C. SIDNEY WATER & POWER CO., LTD., Applicant. By Bert D. White, Agent, oct. 26 nov. 23 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that I, Ralph Sweet, of Vancouver, B.C., occupation Carpenter, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about four miles distant and in a north-westerly direction from the northwestern extremity of Sigutla Lake, marked S. W. Corner, thence north 80 chains, east 80 chains, south 80 chains, west 80 chains, to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 21st August, 1912. RALPH SWEET. Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 Jan. 4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that George E. Hartshorn, of Vancouver, B.C., occupation Logger, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted one mile west and one mile north from the western extremity of Nahlouza Lake, marked S. E. Corner, thence nortli 80 chains, west 80 chains, south 80 chains, east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 13th October, 1912. GEORGE E. HARTSHORN. Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 jan. 4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that I, William A. Walton, of Vancouver, B.C., occupation Laborer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at __ post planted about one mile distant and in a westerly direction from the western extremity of Nahlouza Lake, marked S. E. Corner, thence north 80 chains, west 80 chains, south 80 chains, east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 13th October, 1912. WILLIAM A. WALTON. Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 Jan. 4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that Percy Gadsden, of Bella Coola, B.C., occupation Farmer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about two miles distant and in a north-westerly direction from the northwesterly extremity of Sigutla Lake, marked S. W. Corner, thence north 80 chains, east 80 chains, south 80 chains, west 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 20th August, 1912. PERCY GADSDEN, nov. 9 Jan. 4 SYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING REGULATIONS. Coal mining rights of the Dominion, in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and in a portion of the Province of British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one years at an annual rental of $1 an acre. Not more than 2,560 acres will be leased to one applicant. Applications for a lease must be made by the applicant in person to the Agent or Sub Agent of the district in which the rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal sub-divisions of sections, and in unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by the applicant himself. Each application must be accompanied by a fee of $5 which will be refunded if the rights applied for are not available, but not otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents per ton. The person operating the mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay the royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights are not being operated, such returns should be furnished at least once a year. The lease will include the coal mining rights only, but the lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever available surface rights may be considered necessary for the working of the mine at the rate of $10.00 an acre. For full information application should be made to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. W. W. CORY, Deputy Minister of the Interior. N. B.—Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will not be paid for. sept. 21 NOTICE OF CANCELLATION NOTICE is hereby given that the Reserve existing over the lands included within Special Timber Licences Nos. 39318 and 39319, situated on the North Thompson River in the Kamloops Division of Yale District, by reason of a notice published in the British Columbia Gazette on December 27th, 1907, is cancelled and that the said lands will be open for entry by pre-emption on Thursday, December 19th, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon. ROBT. A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands. Lands Department, Victoria, B. C, ioth September, 1912. sept. 14 dec. 14 CANCELLATION OF RESERVE NOTICE is hereby given that the reserve existing upon Crown lands in thet Kootenay District, formerly held under Special Timber Licences numbered 4481, 5255, 5256, 5832, 8534, 9081, 9082, 10259, 10260, 10261, 10262, 10499, 10500, 11249, 11347, 13824, 16727, 21907, 22661, 23116, 24432, 26737, 26926, 28182, 28183, 28184, 30358, 3"8o, 31184, 31185, 31201, 31208, 31212, 31213, 31308, 31330, 31481, 32022, 32654, 32655, 32711, 33406, 334H, 33449, 33459. 334*5o, 34221, 34273, 34310, 34311, 34386, 35631, 36502, 36553, 36554, 37S8o, 37993, 37994, 39011, 39202, 39359. 40406, 41078, 41344, 41426 and 43176, by reason of the notice published in the British Columbia Gazette on December 27th, 1907, is cancelled for the purpose of offering the said lands for sale at public auction. ROBT. A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands. Lands Department, Victoria, B. C, ioth October, 1912. oct. 19 jan. 18 WATER NOTICE For a Licence to Take and Use Water NOTICE is hereby given that Henry Clark of Cobble Hill, V. I., will apply for a licence to take and use one cubic toot of water out of Mill Stream Creek, which flows in a easterly direction through Shawnigan District and empties into Saanich Inlet, near Mill Bay. The water will be diverted at its intersection with Sections 8 and 7, R- VII, and will be used for Irrigation and Domestic purposes on the land described as Shawnigan District Easterly 00 acres of said Section 8 and 7, R. VII, Shawnigan District. This notice was posted on the ground on the 21st day of October, 1912. The application will be filed in the office of the Water Recorder at Victoria. Objections may be filed with the said Water Recorder or with the Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. HENRY CLARK, Applicant. By Henry Clark, Agent, nov. 2 nov. 30 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that Thomas J. Williams, of Vancouver, B.C., occupation Laborer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about one mile distant and in a westerly direction from the western extremity of Nahlouza Lake, marked N. E. Corner, thence south 80 chains, west 80 chains, north 80 chains, east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 13th October, 1912, THOMAS J. WILLIAMS. Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 Jan.4 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that I, Susan Conkey, of Vancouver, B.C., occupation Married Woman, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted near the mouth of the Nossasock River, marked South West Corner Post, thence east 40 chains, thence north 10 chains, more or less to South East Corner of Indian Reservation, thence West 40 chains, thence South 10 chains to point of commencement. Dated August 28th, 1912. SUSAN CONKEY. oct. 5 nov. 30 CANCELLATION OF RESERVE NOTICE is hereby given that the reserve covering the parcel of land formerly held under Timber Licence No. 40026, situated on the Columbia River in the vicinity of Arrow Park, by reason of the notice published in the British Columbia Gazette on the 27th December, 1907, is cancelled; and that the vacant lands formerly covered by the before mentioned licence will be open to pre-emption only on and after the 28th day of December, 1912. R. A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands. Lands Department, Victoria, B. C, 24th September, 1912. sept. 28 dec. 28 CANCELLATION OF RESERVE NOTICE is hereby given that the reserve [ existing over the lands included in Special Timber Licence No. 14830, situated on Upper ' Rendezvous Island, Sayward District, by rea- , son of a notice published in the British Colum- j bia Gazetter on the 27th of December, 1907, ! is cancelled, and that the said lands will be < open for entry by pre-emption on January 15th, 1913, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon. ROBT. A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands. Lands Department, Victoria, B. C, 25th September, 1912. oct. s Jan. 4 "LAND REGISTRY ACT" IN the Matter of an application for a fresh Certificate of Title to Lots Nos. 182A, 182G and 1294, Victoria City. Also part of Section XIX, Esquimalt District, Brit- . ish Columbia. NOTICE is hereby given of my intention at the expiration of one calendar month from the first publication hereof to issue a fresh Certificate of Title in lieu of the Certificate of Title issued to Donald Fraser on thc 6th day of December, 1872 and numbered 698A, which has been lost. Dated at Land Registry Office, Victoria, , British Columbia, this 28th day of June, 1912. S. Y. WOOTTON, Registrar-General of Titles, nov. 16 dec. 14 VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that I, Hannah Jane Gadsden, of Luton, England, occupation Married Woman, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted about one mile east and one mile north from the northwestern extremity of Sigutla Lake, marked S. W. Corner, thence north 80 chains, east 80 chains, soutii 80 chains, west 80 chains, to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 20th August, 1912. HANNAH JANE GADSDEN. Percy Gadsden, Agent, nov. 9 Jan. 4 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of North Saanich TAKE NOTICE that The British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Ltd., of London, England, occupation Railway Company, intends to apply for permission to lease the foUowing described foreshore:—Commencing at a post planted at Union Bay, at the southwest corner of Section Thirteen (13), Range One (1) West, North Saanich District; thence west (ast.) Twenty-eight hundred (2800) feet: thence north (ast.) two thousand six hundred and forty (2640) feet; thence cast (ast.) One thousand six hundred and twenty (1620) feet, more or less to high water mark, and thence in a southerly direction along high water mark to the point of commencement, comprising one hundred and thirty-seven (137) acres, more or less. THE BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO., LTD., Arthur 0. Noakes, Agent. September 14th, 1912. oct. 12 dec. 7 CANCELLATION OF RESERVE NOTICE i« hereby given that the Reierve existing, by reason of the notice published in the British Columbia Gazette of the 27th December, 1907, over a parcel of land situated on Stuart Island, Range One, Coast District, formerly covered by Timber Licence No. 17652, is cancelled and that such landa will be open to entry by pre-emption under the Provisions of the Land Act, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon on Friday, November 29th, 1912. ROBT. A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands. Department of Lands, Victoria, B. C, August 27th, 1912, aug. 31 nov. 30 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 For the Christmas Offering You want something just a little out of the ordinary—just a little better in quality—WHITNEY'S. . This name immediately comes to your thoughts. Visit them; look through! You will expect much, still you will be dazed by the wonderful assortment gathered from all corners of the globe. We mention a few articles that may interest you: Bracelet Watch, Brooches, Necklets, Bracelets, Scarf Piiis, Cuff Links, Watches, Chains, Ear-rings, Lockets, Hand-Bags, Umbrellas, Cut Glass, and a host of articles which, only a visit can satisfy you. THE J. M. WHITNEY CO., Diamond Merchants, Jewelers, Silversmiths S. E. Corner of Yates and Broad Sts. Victoria, B. C. The Iron Heel Plutocracy in America (By Hector Macpherson) To sincere Democrats, America has Ibeen a bitter disappointment. Never |had Democracy a better chance than vhen our American Colonies, freed from the trammels of monarchial government, began to work out her political salvation. Sturdy Radicals like Thomas Paine looked with pride and lope upon the great experiment be- lig made in popular government. I'hey saw Democratic progress in the Ild country checked at every turn by Iistitutions which were deeply rooted In feudalism. Monarchy in England lit that time was little calculated to tvoke the loyalty of our kin beyond (the seas, and the aristocracy were Dent upon preserving their selfish privileges from being encroached up- Dn by the people, who were crushed .aider the iron heel of a ruthless llespotism. In a new land, where freedom prevailed, surely Democracy vould justify its claim to be the best torm of government, the one which Inade for equality and fraternity The Ijreat French thinker, De Tocqueville, vho visited America half a century ligo, saw black clouds on the political |.orizon—plutocracy. We know what lavery brought to America, and to- llay Americans are realizing, in face l_f the overwhelming influence of plutocracy, how far they are from the fulfilment of their Democratic aspirations. De Tocqueville warned the Americans that the new aristocracy of capital would be a bitterer foe to freedom than the old aristocracy of land. The warning came too late. The leaders of Democracy in America made the great mistake of imitating some of the worst features of England's economic policy. By adopting Protection they laid the foundation of plutocracy, which today in America is drawing the life-blood of Democracy. Under Two Men Some time ago a Commission was appointed to report on the subject of the concentration of capital in the States. We are now told that by means of what is termed the "interlocking" system more than one-third of all the active capital and resources Df the United States have come under the control of two men—Mr. Pierpont Morgan and Mr. J . D. Rockefeller. The joint assets of these two interests amount to eight thousand million sterling, of which, roughly, two-thirds are in railway, industrial and public utility stocks, the remainder being in oil and mines. This state of matters, which under Democracy is a perfect scandal, is clearly due to Protection, which originated in the plausible idea that it was necessary to institute prohibitive tariffs in order to foster native industries to grow to maturity. Even John Stuart Mill was captivated by this idea, much to the grief of Cobden and Bright. The absurdity of the idea is seen when, after industries have reached the giant stage, they are still being petted and patronized as if they were still in the cradle. Tariff Reformers in this country try to delude the average man with the same plausible suggestion of a time limit to Protection. There is no time limit. Protected industries never seem to reach the stage when Protection can be dispensed with. The reason is obvious. Protection is simply another name for monopoly, and the monopolist is not born who advocates Free Trade. In addition to the other evils which flow from it, Protection is a corrupter of politics. Presidential elections in the United States simply reek with corruption. Behind the scenes sits the busy plutocrat, intent on preventing any lowering of the tariff, regardless altogether of the effect of high prices on the toiling millions. Labour Conditions Deplorable And what is the outcome of all this? Simply this, that in America, with its 'boundless fields of natural wealth, labour conditions are deplorable. The despotism of aristocracy is bad, but it contained at least some relics of the paternal* system. Friendly relations existed frequently be- twee the squire and the peasantry, but plutocracy, solely bent upon money- making, ignores the personal equation with the result that in America the gulf between Capital and Labour is wider than in the Old Country. Industrial unrest is the natural outcome of a state of things in which at one end of the social scale there is enormous wealth, with debasing and demoralizing luxury, and at the other end slums, with all their hideous squalor, wretchedness, poverty and despair. In face of this can we wonder at the spread of Socialism? The worker of today is no longer ignorant. He is educated, and is intelligent enough to suspect that there is something seriously wrong with a Democratic government which fosters conditions which reduce to mockery the good old watchwords, liberty and fraternity. The worker is intelligent enough to see the absurdity of the Tory party endeavouring to introduce into this country a system which in America has reduced Democracy to the farcical stage. In the old land we are gradually getting rid of aristocracy, and we must be on our guard lest its place be taken by plutocracy. In regard to this foe Democrats will need to be watchful. Here, too, capital is becoming concentrated in the form of syndicates, all powerful and ruthless, and influential enough to leave its mark upon legislation. We must take care that for triumphant Democracy we do not substitute triumphant plutocracy. Correspondence The Week accepts no responsibility (or the views expressed by its correspondents. Communications will be inserted whether signed by the real name of the writer or a nom de plume, but the writer's name and address must be given to the Editor as an evidence of bona fides. In no case will it be divulged without consent. we venture to subniit to you the enclosed announcement of the work planned for the coming winter, in the hope that you will co-operate with us as in previous years, to forward its publicity, and therefore its range of usefulness, among the fruit-growers whom your paper serves. R. M. WINSLOW, Prov. Horticulturist. RE FRUIT PACKING SCHOOLS November 7, 1912. To the Editor: Sir,—The Provincial Department of Agriculture, through its horticultural branch, will continue this year its policy of conducting practical schools of instruction in fruit packing throughout the fruit districts of the Province. The work begun three years ago in a small way has been very much extended each year to meet the requirements. The results in the improvements of the fruit packing methods throughout the Province have been very gratifying and amply justify the continuation of thc work. At the present time over 80 per cent, of the fruit packed commercially and for fruit exhibits in this Province, is packed by pupils of Government packing schools. As this work has thus developed into one of considerable significance in the progress of the fruit industry, ANNOUNCEMENT OF FRUIT PACKING SCHOOLS The Department of Agriculture, in accordance with its policy of the past three years, will continue the fruit- packing schools during the coming winter. The packing schools proved even more popular in 1912 than previously and we expect, from the number of applications already in, that there will be a great growth in the work this winter. It is hoped that this year schools will be placed in every fruit district of the Province, where a sufficient number of pupils can be secured. The class of instruction furnished by the experts, employed by the department, in previous years has demonstrated its efficiency in meeting the competition of Oregon and Washington in fruit-packing. The experience and standing of the instructors secured and the confidence reposed in the.-n by the department, guarantee to the fruit-growers the highest class of instruction. As in previous years the local administration of the packing schools will be placed in the hands of a responsible local body, such as the Farmers' Institute, the Fruit Growers' Association or the Board of Trade. The Department of Agriculture provides the instructor and pays his expenses. The department will also bear the cost of the packing paper, the fruit and all other legitimate expenses except that of the secretarial work, which it has been found most satisfactory to leave to local arrangement. The responsible organization in each case will be required to guarantee a minimum of twelve pupils, but not more than fifteen, with the proper qualifications, at a fee of three dollars each, to take the twelve lessons of two and a half hours a lesson, the school extending over one week. In a limited number of districts a double packing school can be arranged for, in which the minimum guarantee will be twenty-four pupils, but not more than thirty, for the same number of lessons. The guaranteeing organization will also arrange for and bear the expenses of the ahll, its heating and lighting. The hall for fifteen pupils must be at least 30 ft. by is ft., and well lighted. It must be heated sufficiently to prevent chilling of the fingers of the packers, and to prevent freezing of the fruit at night. The department will, as far as pos sible, use local fruit. At the time of making application for the packing school, you are requested to reserve fruit at the rate of 2 1-2 to 3 boxes per pupil. The hardier varieties, such as Ben Davis, are preferred. Fruit must be in good condition, but need not be graded and none should run under 2 1-2 inches in diameter. The department will pay the legitimate market price for this fruit. If local fruit cannot be secured, the department should be expressly notified and will undertake to secure same. The instructor will bring with him the necessary packing tables and fruit paper. The department expects that he will be met on his arrival by some responsible person, who should provide him with all necessary informa tion, so as to get the school under way without loss of time. It seems hardly necessary to present to you the important advantages to be gained from the packing school, particularly in the way of practical and thorough instruction in actual commercial packing. Pupils will learn in addition, a good deal about the methods and equipment used by the most progressive associations, will also learn a good deal of the interpretation of the Fruit Marks Act, and will learn a great deal of value about exhibition packing by attending the packing school for instruction. Pupils who gain a score of 75 per cent, for efficiency in the packing school, and who put up a creditable pack for the department prizes the following year, may secure a diploma certifying the same rrom the department. WM. E. SCOTT, Deputy Minister. Provincial Council for Over-Seas Club Composition of Executive Discussed at Meeting—Effort to Secure Co-operation The first meeting of the winter session of the Over-Seas Club was held last evening in the K. of P. Hall, with the president, Mr. William Blakemore, in the chair. A number of interesting matters came up for discussion. It was decided after the passing of a formal resolution that all members should be asked to pay the sum of soc a month or $5 a year towards the renting of permanent rooms for the club, and a committee was appointed to collect the dues in this connection. The president announced that he had received several letters from different branches of the club throughout the province in regard to tlie formation of a provincial council. As it has been found impossible to hold a meeting of delegates, this body will be nominated by mail and will consist of a president , two vice-presidents, five members and a secretary-treasurer. It was also announced that three members of the local Overseas Club had been appointed to confer with delegates from other patriotic societies in the city with a view of their working together. A resolution was also moved that a letter be written to Manager Denham of the Victoria Theatre, expressing lhe pleasure felt by the club at his patriotic action in bringing to the theatre the All-British moving picture films. In this connection the chairman pointed out that it was the Victoria Over-Seas Club whicii had really started the movement against American moving picture films in Canada, which had spread throughout the Dominion, and as a result of which a number of American films had been eliminated from the moving picture show houses of the Dominion. The offer of Mr. Gelston to give two or three magic lantern lectures was accepted with thanks. Thc secretary, Mr. D. B. McLaren, was asked to write a letter of condolence to Mrs. Mohun on the recent death of her husband who was an active member of the club. The meeting closed with the singing of the National Anthem. —The Colonist, Nov. 20. Protect Your Throat Against trouble by keeping at hand a box of our splendid Antiseptic Throat v Pastilles We know they're good, and after trying them, you'll agree with us. Only 25c Box Cyrus H. Bowes Chemist 1228 Government Street Tels. 425 and 450 Roy's Art Glass Works aad Itart 915 Pandora St., Victorin. B. C. Albert F. Roy Over thirty years' experience ia Art Glen LEADED LIGHTS Sole manufacturer of Steel-Cored Lead lor Churches, Schools. Public Build- int• and private Dwellings. Plain and Fancy Glau Sold. Sashes Glased by Contract Estimates free. Phone 594 [*w Hotel same Cms. Pour, mol Till BESTOrmmfTHHW iNrnworiMiY 135RooHsWifflEtoH-505mftiiltooii3 SCENERY UP TO DATE You gaze upon tlie passing scene, On mountain, mead, and river j And see that "Popple's Purple Pills" Are famous for the liver. The sky is blue, the grass is preen, Thc day is bright and fair— Rut, if you liml you're growing grey, Try "Thatcho" for the hair. You see the lambkins in tbe field, So blithesome and so frisky; And then vou see (some six feet high): "Drink Weary Willie's Whisky." The bloom may be upon tlie rye, Hut that will not avail; Unless you're taking "Rnddygore" Whenever you feel pale. In fact, when travelling by train, 'Tis really most surprising, To sec the way Dame Nature has Gone in for advertising! —Ada Leonora Harris. "Going abroad again?" "No," replied the indolent citizen. "What's the use of bothering with railroads and hotels when your friends will send you post-card pictures that look better than tbe actual scenery?" A canny Scotchwoman who wanted to get rid of some visitors said, at the morning meal: "Now, make a good breakfast, for I don't know where you'll get your dinner." 10 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 1 Mrs. W. Bundock, of Duncan, B. C, is registered at the Empress Hotel. * * * Mr. Jack Sweet, of Vancouver, was a week-end visitor to the City. * * * The engagement is announced of Mr. Graham-Graham and Miss Drake of this city. * * * Dr. and Mrs. Cameron, who have been visiting their son in Seattle, have returned home. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Ro.bert Grant have left on an extended visit to Los Angeles and Pasadena. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Gar-ewe Gibson, Vancouver, have been sptndihg a few days in Victoria, the guest of friends. * * * Miss Dorothy Langford, from Vancouver, has been staying with friends in Victoria during the week. * * * Miss Maud Scruby has returned to her home in Vancouver after making a short visit to friends here. * * * Mr. Arthur Lane has left on an extended trip to the Old Country. * * * Mr. J. Payne, from Saturna Island, has been making a short visit to Victoria. * * * Mr. R. Garrett, of Vancouver, has been among the guests at the Empress Hotel. * * * Mrs. Kinlock was hostess during the week at a small tea given at the Empress in honor of Miss Jessie Prior. * * * Mrs. Henderson, of Vernon, B. C., •has been staying with friends in Victoria. * * * Mrs. F. M. Reade has returned to Mount Edwards after several months spent in an interesting tour round the world. * * * Mr. C. A. Thomas, of the staff of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, has been transferred to the branch bank at Kamloops * * * Mr. Singleton Wise and Mr. Edward Cartright have returned from a cruise on the yacht "Chaos" to the North. * * * 'Mrs. John Irving, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Weston and child, have left for England via C. P. R. and Empress of Ireland. * * * Mr. Geoffrey Hyde Williams, who is well known in building circles in this city, left on Thursday last for an extended trip to his home in England. * * * Miss Walbran of Beacon Hill Park, entertained between thirty and forty guests on Wednesday, the 13th inst., afternoon and evening, at her pretty home, with her usual hospitality. * * * On Monday afternoon last Mrs. R. S. Day was hostess of an enjoyable Bridge and Five Hundred party; her pretty drawingroom being tastefully adorned with chrysanthemums and greenery. Some of those who attended were: Mrs. Brett, Mrs. Bowser, Mrs. Eberts, Mrs. Troup, Mrs. Law- son, Mrs. Hood, Mrs. Hedly, Mrs. McCallum, Mrs. D. Ker, Mrs. Phipps, Mrs. Griffiths, Mrs. Jones, Lady McBride, Mrs, Mackintosh and others. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Ker and Mrs. Hedly. * * * On last Saturday afternoon Mrs. John Irving entertained a few of her friends at a small tea given in honour of Mrs. Arthur Weston, who left during the week for England. Among those present were:—Mrs. R. G. Monteith, Mrs. Maur'ce Cane, Miss Phipps, Miss F. Drake, ■ the Misses Dunsmuir, Miss Newcombe, Miss Monteith, Miss Mason, Miss Combe, the Misses Pitts, Misses Lawson, Miss N. Lugrin, the Misses Page, Miss Dickie, the Misses Eberts, Miss Prior, Miss Wilson, Miss Little, Miss Bodwell, and Miss Phyllis Mason. ♦■5 * * The marriage was celebrated recently of Mr. Richard Parry, Grave- send, England, and Florence, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Whatman, late of Rochester, England, which took place at the Metropolitan Methodist Church parsonage, Rev. Dr. Scott officiating, At the close of the ceremony the bridal party repaired to the home of the bride's parents where a buffet supper was served. The honeymoon is being spent in the States and on their return they will take up their residence at 920 Caledonia avenue. * » * Last Saturday morning a quiet wedding was solemnized by Rev. C. C. Owen, when Miss Freda Smith, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Stephen Smith, of Turville Grange, Henley-on-Thames, and Mrs. Smith of 1562 Thirteenth Avenue East, Vancouver, B. C, was married to Mr. H. Wyburn George, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivory George, of South Norwood, Surrey. The bride wore her travelling suit of grey with hat en suite trimmed with cerise, and was given away by her mother. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. J. L. Matson of Vancouver. They left during the day for Victoria, where the honeymoon is being spent and on their return to Vancouver will reside at Holly Lodge, Davie Street. * * * Mrs. E. V. Bodwell, Rockland Ave., gave a charming tea recently in honour of her friend, Mrs. Crawford. Some of those present were: Mrs. Paterson, Mrs. Thomas Pooley, Miss Rowan, Mrs. Maurice, Mrs. W. C. Berkeley, Miss Butchart, Mrs. Hugo Beaven, Mrs. Bowser, Mrs. George Courtney, Miss Dupont, Miss N, Dupont, the Misses Dunsmuir, Mrs. R. S. Day, Mrs. Doull, Mrs. D. M. Eberts, Miss Eberts, Mrs. H. Gillespie, Mrs. Gresley, Mrs. Jeffries, Mrs. Genge , Mrs. Heisterman, Mrs. A. Jones, Mrs. Lampman, Mrs. Little, Mrs. Luxton, Mrs. Jay, Mrs. Herrick McGregor, Mrs. McCallum, Mrs. Campbell McCallum, Lady McBride, Miss Potts, Mrs. Chater Payne, Mrs. Stuart Robertson, Mrs. Fleet Robertson, Mrs. Alister Robertson, Mrs. Raymur, Miss Raymur, Mrs. Rithet, Mrs. Shallcross, Mrs. Savage, Mrs. Sampson, Mrs. Pemberton, Mrs. A. W. Harvey, Mrs. Talbot, Mrs. Wasson, Miss Stuart Robertson, the Misses Lawson, Mrs. Herman Robertson, Mrs. Lawson and others. * * * On last Friday week evening the Connaught Club held the second of its series of dances in the Connaught Hall on View Street. The spacious ball-room was gayly adorned with colored bunting. Among those present were: Dr. and Mrs. Herman Robertson, Mrs. Harry.Pooley, Mrs. Stevenson, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Eliot, Mrs. Chas. Gore, Miss Little, the Misses Dunsmuir, Mrs. McKay, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gore, Miss Monteith, Miss Mason, Miss Bowron, the Misses Page, Miss Newcombe, Miss Troup, Miss Rochfort, Miss Sweet, Miss Lawson, Miss Mowbray, Mr. Pollock, Miss White, Mr. White, Miss Rickaby, Mr. and Mrs. Clute, Mr. and Mrs. R. Wilby, Mrs. A. Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. F. Sehl, Miss Battle, Miss Kent, Mr. P. Walker, Miss Tuck, Miss Angus, the Misses Mesher, the Misses Rant, Miss L. Holden, Mrs. C. Wilson, Mr. Dickson, the Messrs. Barton, Scott, Jones, D. Martin, Dewar, P. Ogden, J. Bridgman, W. B. Monteith, Captain Farber, K. Raymur, H. Brown, T. King, John Arbuckle, N. Rant, Tweedie, Simpson, Kent, O'Grady, Nixon. Meyerstein, Mason, Bailey, G. Codd and Cambie. * * * Miss A. McDowell, Mr. Douglas Bullen, Miss Agnes Robertson, Mrs. Harry Pooley, Mr. McCan, Mr. McLeod, Mrs. Cecil, Miss Mason, and Miss Dodwell. * * * A wedding of interest to Victorians was solemnized at Christ Church Cathedral by Very Rev. Dean Doull, on last Monday afternoon, when Miss Marguerite Louise Holden was married to Lieut. Roland H. Bury, R.N., of H.M.C.S. Rainbow. The bride, who looked charming in her wedding gown of ivory satin with overdress of pearl embroidered ninon, and honiton lace trimmings, was given away by her father, Mr. F. C. Holden. She was accompanied by Miss Elsie Dodwell, her maid-of-honor, who wore a quaint frock of shell pink satin with mole-colored hat faced with pink and trimmed with a huge pink rose; while Miss Lillian Holden and Miss Ruby Fell made charming bridesmaids, wearing pink satin dresses of a brighter shade veiled with marquisette, their black velvet hats also being trimmed with pink roses. Little Miss Bessie Phillips made a dainty flower-girl in pink satin with a quaint pink satin bonnet trimmed with roses, she carried a large basket of pink roses. Masters Norman Fell and Geoffrey Morgan made two gallant little pages. The bride's mother looked very well in a becoming dress of wisteria satin trimmed with dull silver lace and cut steel beads, with this she wore a hat of black panus velvet trimmed with a large black plume and osprey and faced with silver lace. The groom was supported by Staff-Paymaster Jinkins. After the ceremony the guests repaired to the Alexandra Club where a reception was held in the ball-room. Mr. and Mrs. Bury left on the afternoon boat for Portland and Southern cities where they will spend the honeymoon, and on their return thev will reside at South- gate street. Something of Canada's History Collecting Old Records Mrs. Alexis Martin was hostess last week of a very smart and enjoyable dance given in the ball-room of the Alexandra Club, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion with Chinese lanterns and flags, etc. Among the numerous guests were Judge and Mrs. Lampman, Miss Phyllis Mason, Mrs. Thomas Pooley, Captain Feuber, Captain Harker, the Messrs. Wardless, Mr. Earle, Mr. W. B. Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Basil Prior, Miss Moresby, Miss Newcombe, Mr. Westmorland, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Monteith, Mr. J. Dunsmuir, Mr. Darcy Martin, Mr. John Arbuckle, Mr. Carewe Martin, Mr. Jack Cambie, Mr. Barton, Mr. R. Scott, Mr. Derrick James, Mr. R. King, Miss Eberts, Miss Mabel Eberts, Miss Raymur, Mr. K. Raymur, Miss Grace Cross, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rome, Miss Rome, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Cane, Miss Monteith, Mrs. Garnett Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rant, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Harvey, Miss Jessie Prior, Miss Lucy Little, Miss Bodwell, Mr. Patterson, Mr. Wise, Mr. Silver, Mr. R. Matthews, Mr. K. McCallum, Miss McCallum, Mr. Hudson, Miss Dickie, Mr. J. H. Gray, Captain and Mrs. Olmoncl, Miss Wadmore, Miss Gaudin, the Misses Devereaux, Mr. Thornton, Mr. Bromley, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Jessop and Miss Jessop, .Mr. Garrett, Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston How Dr. Roche has been taking a keen interest in the archives since the transfer of this branch to the department of Secretary of State where it properly belongs. Just why it was ever kept by the old government under the Minister of Agriculture was always a mystery and its connection with farming was never explained. Dr. Roche has personally interested himself in the work of the archives and the collecting of valuable historical documents and manuscripts. He found that several years ago a manuscript commission was formed, consisting of members from various parts of Canada to assist and advise the minister and Dr. Doughty.the archivist. This commission had practically never been called together and no use had been made of its services. The Minister re-organized the commission ancl added to it a number of well- known historical students. The first meeting was called last week and a systematic campaign to gather early Canadian documents of interest to students was inaugurated. The commission also authorized the publication of a valuable volume of a thousand pages containing the records of all early legislation in Western Canada. This promises to be the most valuable publication of a historical kind in Canada for years. Prof. Oliver of Saskatchewan University, has been at work for two years collecting the records and he has discovered many documents which were long thought to have been lost. The commission also authorized the publication of a catalogue of all western documents and another catalogue of the 10,000 maps in the archives. The work of this commission in collecting and arranging Canadian historical records promises to be of great benefit in marking out the earlier stages of development in various parts of the Dominion. Delicious Odor- Delightful Taste Those are the sense-appeals that you want your Christmas cooking to make. No matter how skilful you are as a cook, no matter what pains you take nor what thought you give; no matter if you used Grandmother's Recipes for every dish, you could not expect full success UNLESS YOUR MATERIALS WERE RIGHT. That's Where We Come In We are carrying now the largest, purest, cleanest stock of Christmas cooking requirements in Victoria. Pure food is a craze with us. No matter what you need, we have it and we have it in its best form. We would advise housewives to place orders for turkeys as soon as possible to insure getting the best birds. JUST ONE TRIAL ORDER TODAY H. 0. Kirkham & Co., Ltd. 741, 743 74s FORT STREET Grocery Store Butcher Shop Liquor Store Tels. 178,179 Tel. 3678 Tel. 2677 First Instalment of Xmas and New Year Cards now on sale at Victoria Book & Stationery Co., Ltd. 1004 Government Street Telephone 63 Raphael Tuck's Calenders will be opened up next week What you want, the way you want it Afternoon Tea, Dainty Luncheons, Special Teas for parties by arrangement. Do not forget—We always keep on hand guaranteed New Laid Eggs. Ihe TEA KETTLE m» douglas st. MISS M. WOOLDRIDGE, Proprietress Opposite the Victoria Theatre The Theatre Season has opened and is now in full swing. We can outfit you in evening clothes, at a most reasonable figure, in the famous Fashion Craft Brand at $30.00 and up. We can also supply you with everything else pertaining to evening wear at our large and up-to-date STORE OF F, A. 60WEN, Managing Director 1114 Government Street We Offer A first class stock of Apples, Pears, Cherries, Prunes, Plums, Peaches, Apricots and small fruits. Also Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, decidious and evergreen, Roses, etc. The very finest quality and best assortment grown in B. C Catalogue free. Personal inspection invited. Now is the time to order. LAYRITZ NURSERIES CAREY ROAD, VICTORIA BRANCH AT KELOWNA, B. C PHONE MJ054 Little William one day approached his grandmother and ' inquired— "Can you crack nuts, grandma?" "No, dear. I lost all my teeth years ago," she replied. "Then, grandma, please hold these for me," he said, extending both hands full of walnuts. "I'm going for some more." AN EXAMPLE "Mamma, teacher says we must bring an example of an 'awful predicament' tomorrow. Can you give me one?" "Yes, dearie. Going into a shoe store with a hole in one stocking, and not being certain as to which one." The old gentleman from the country was about to see kangaroos for thc first time in his life. On being told that they were natives of Australia, he remarked: "Why, my sister married one of them 1" "That's a purty good pictur' o' them country folk-a-loadin' hay. How much is it?" Picture Dealer—"Seventy pounds, sir." "Seventy pounds for those common people? Why, I've got a pictur' o' the Royal Family at home that only cost five shillings." THE WEEK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 11 99 "Sotto Voce The Week's Rumours and Humours (By The Hornet) That the latest Gilbertian opera was staged in Victoria this week. * * * That it is a pity it could not have been advertised, for there would have been a crowded house. * * * That the picture of naval police arresting a city policeman and a city fireman as deserters created the most humoruos situation in the history of comic opera. * * * That the original warrants for their arrest, handed out to the police five months ago, still repose safely in the office at the police station. * * * That it will not be necesary to serve them now. * * * That the responsibility for this broad comedy farce rests on—the system. * * * That a new $60,000 picture house is being built on Yates Street adjoinging the A. O. U. W. Hall. * * t That it will be the finest building of its kind in the West, and a notable addition to Victoria's attractions. * * * That the Resolution pased by the Over-Seas Club recognizing Manager Denham's action in the matter of British films was timely and well deserved. * * * That the sequel shows that when an agitation is started along right lines, it is sometimes successful. * * * That The Week was the first paper in Canada to protest against the Yankee anti-British films which have been abolished from our picture houses. * * * That it is not every church-goer who keeps a record of his contributions to pew rent and plate for forty years. * * * That in this day of the commercialization of religion it is instructive to know just what it costs. REAL Harris Tweeds Donegals and Bannockburns tailored to your individual measure by Real Tailors in Real Tailor Shops • □ The Commonwealth New Tailoring Store 720 Yates St., above Douglas That after the Editor of The Colonist has delivered his promised lecture to the Y. M. C. A. we shall know whether Christianity really pays or not. * * * That some people have a sneaking suspicion that it depends on the individual. * * * That one would have thought the Y. W. C. A. a tolerably safe place in which a poor girl could leave her wardrobe. * * * That it took some miscreant about five minutes to "swipe" the entire belongings of a new arrival this week. » * * That the Committee has decided to make restitution to the full value of $7S-oo. * * * That they could hardly do less and maintain their self-respect. * * * That the private ailments of respected citizens may not escape the uncleanly wit of a satyr. * * * That spectacles are cheap at the Fifteen-cent Store and there is at least one man in Victoria who would do well to invest in a pair. That when Rothus turns professional he will give Joe Bayley the fight of his life. * # * That J. L. Beckwith will be in the field for a second term as Mayor of Victoria. . * * * That his defeated and discredited predecessor will also run. * * * That the argument in favour of a two-year term does not apply when you are among the "outs." * * * That the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers would be well advised to go slowly in certain matters. * * * That while close corporations may have some good points they are not popular with the public. * * * That the only means by which they can maintain their privileges is by exercising them prudently. * * * That The Week has done its duty in connection with the Champain episode and it is now the duty of the Pacific Coast Cricket Association to call for a report from the Selection Committee. That now that a "Cause celebre" is temporarily disposed of, the civic authorities might look into the question of lighting Fisguard Street. * * * That the total absence of lamps induces a condition of gloom after nightfall which might account for many things. * * * That this not unimportant matter seems to have been overlooked. * * * That when the City Engineer has graded his men according to merit he may find time to weed out some who possess neither credentials nor manners. * * * That it is an ill bird that fouls its own nest, and a "bum" engineer who belittles the members of his own profession. * * * That the police are still lax in regulating the travel of motor cars and horse vehicles where people are getting on or off street cars. * * * That once and for all they should put their foot down to prevent vehicles forcing their way through at such a time. * * * That the Western Union Messenger Boys are garbed in a neat and attractive uniform. * * * That the other messenger services should follow suit. » * * That once again the Fifth Regiment has proved itself to be the crack Artillery Regiment of the Dominion. * * * That this is one military institution of which Victorians have every right to be proud. * * * That there are others which shall be nameless. YOU CAN'T CRUSH THIS It's a Cravat that will not Wrinkle An exclusive weave of rich silk and fine springy wool. Pre- j serves its shape and j newness j. for months ; after the ordinary ; cravat has \: been I discarded. ! Will slide" in the tightest collar without drag or rip, and does not show pin holes. Until experience makes it necessary always look for the gold trade mark that identifies "REID'S" quality. Twenty-four rich shades in all the modish shades, at from 50c to $1.50, according to shape. Procurable at the better shops— if not yours, write us. A. T. REID CO., Ltd. 272 King Street W., Toronto That all-round congratulations are due to Gordon Smith on his appointment to an important position under the Provincial Government. * * * That he will be missed by the Colonist staff and it will be a long time before the Marine Department of the paper is as well served. * ♦ # That the accident to the conductor at the corner of Menzies and Niagara emphasized the dangerous character of this corner, *. * * That it is easily the most dangerous corner in the city, and calls for special protection. * * * That the best two-bit restaurant in the city is the Windsor, and the proprietor advertises it with his wares. * * » That when the "Maryland" is reopened, "Pete" intends that it shall be an eye-opener for Victoria. * * * That the protest of the Vancouver Rugby team against Dai Thomas begins to look very thin. * * * That tacitly to agree to his reinstatement without pressing the matter to a decision lays them open to the suspicion of sharp practice. * * * That in some minds there is still a confusion of ideas as to whether a thing "lays" on the table, or "lies" on the table. * * * That the question is of far less importance than whether one "lies" about the incident. Frost—"How your little daughter's musical education progressing?" Snow*—"Finely. At first she could play only classical stunts, but now she can do ragtime." After Theatre— SUPPER AT THE BALMORAL - CAFE ■ ORCHESTRA EVERY EVENING 6.30 to 12.30 MR. M. NAGEL, MUSICAL DIR. OPPOSITE THE OPERA HOUSE ON DOUGLAS STREET It Satisfies Millions of People- Worth Your While to Test it LIPTON'S TEA Sustains and cheers Skating Boots at Cost Men's Black Lightening Hitch Hockey Boot, with skates attached, at $4.65 Women's Tan or Black Lightning Hitch Hockey Boot, with skates attached at.. .$3.95 Ben's Best Black or Tan Skating Boot, with Goodyear welted sole, at $3.85 Women's Black Skating Boot with Whitetrim stays, at $a.8s Women's Tan Skating Boot, best quality, at $3.35 Women's Best Black Skating Boot, at $1.50 Misses Best Black Skating Boot, at $2.00 Youths' Best Black Skating Boot, at $1.33 Men's Black Lightning Hitch Skating Boot, with tan outside, counter tan trimmed and with padded ankle support at $3.35 W. CATHCART £? CO. Successors to H. B. Hammond Shoe Co. Pemberton Building JAMES BUCHANAN & CO., by Royal Appointment Purveyors to H. M. King George the V. and the Royal Household. Distillers of the popular "Black & White" Scotch Whisky Unsurpassed in Purity, Age and Flavor AM Dealers Farmers'Ex- change, Ltd. 618 Johnson Street Phone 3318 Our Potatoes Are The Very Best to be had in Town They are not the kind that almost boil themselves away; they come out of the pot light and mealy. We guarantee them to give best of satisfaction; if they don't, we return your money. They're even superior to the famous Ashcroft—$1.50 single sack; $1.35 sack if you buy five sacks. Let us have your potato order at once. The Union Steamship Company, Ltd. of B. C. S. S. CAMOSUN (or Prince Rupert and Granby Bay every Tuesday. S. S. CHELOHSIN for Skeena River, Prince Rupert, Naai, Port Simpson, and Stewart, every Saturday. THE BOSCOWITZ STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD. S. S. VENTURE for Campbell River, Hardy Bay, Rivera Inlet, Namu, Ocean Falls, Bella Coola, Bella Bella, every Wednesday. S. S. VADSO for Skeena River, Prince Rupert, Naaa, every two weeks. JOHN BARNSLEY, Agent, Phone 1915 1003 Government Street may 8 (S) oct 19 12 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 EDITORIAL ''Continued from Page i) and of the solidarity of spirit which it has demonstrated to exist, in the speedy erection of a new Cathedral, large enough to house all those who wish to attend, and in some degree adequate, not only to the requirements but to the dignity of a great historic Church, which was never more truly Christian than it is today. CURFEW BELL—The ladies of Victoria in council assembled have decided to petition the City Council to establish a Curfew By-law. Realizing that the subject is beset with difficulties they have asked that it receive special consideration at the hands of the City Solicitor, in order, if possible, to evolve something that can be worked out. The idea is one that has been advocated by The Week for five years, and appeals with far more urgency to-day than at any previous time. It is a fact that while the general conduct of the children is good and the administration of the law is- better observed than in most cities, there is in respect of the control of our young people a growing laxity which has developed conditions of the most serious character. The subject is a big one and would take many columns to discuss in detail. Briefly, the laxity complained of is due first to the indifference of parents; next, to our school system, and further, in no small measure, to the large amount of money available for purchasing those luxuries which have always been a lure to girls. A Curfew By-law would not stamp out this evil, but it would minimise it, and to that extent would be a step in the right direction. As the Colonist very properly pointed out, it must not contemplate the imprisonment of children who defy it. Experience shows that the number of young boys and girls who will actively place themselves in defiance is few. However, no one who has studied the subject will deny that so far as such a law can be made effective, infringement must be made to touch the pockets of the parents. Only by fining them heavily for failing to take care of their children can the law be made effective. This is the only alternative to the Reformatory, and not many children would drift that way. A Curfew By-law, if enforced along these lines, would lead to greater strictness in the home, to the re-institution of the "tawse," that time-honoured instrument of torture with which, unfortunately, the present generation has little acquaintance. It might also lead to the investigation of the question as to whether professional chauffeurs are the safest escorts for young girls after midnight. THE FUEL QUESTION—When the Victoria Times leaves politics alone and writes on other subjects, it is sometimes right. When it recently dealt with the fuel question on Vancouver Island it was entirely right, although, as a matter of course, it had to be contradicted inside of twenty-four hours by its rival. The Week has made a little investigation on its own account, and finds that, but for the exceedingly mild and exceptional weather we have been enjoying for the last month or six weeks, there would have been a coal famine in Victoria. As a matter of fact, there is not three days' supply in the city and no means of increasing that supply. With the first snap of cold weather there will be a howl and every expedient will be resorted to to obtain a little warmth. But unless the Government intervenes to divert the coal supplies for local purposes,: there will be, much complaining on our streets, and much shivering in our 'homes. •; During the last few* weeks the output of one of the.largest mining companies on the Island has been diverted from the local market and sent almost in its entirety to San Francisco, and this at a time when there is on every side a shortage. The Week does: not believe in unnecessary interference with private enter prise, but it does believe that sometimes a point is reached at which Government intervention is not only desirable but necessary and a study of the fuel question will undoubtedly demonstrate that the point has now been reached. It is regrettable that it has not been found possible to give effect to Dr. McGuire's resolution of last session in favour of a Royal Commission to enquire into the whole matter of fuel supply. if IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT — I The Week is authorized to announce that the Western Fuel Company of Nanaimo has changed hands. It has been acquired by a London Company, which has just issued a prospectus setting forth the record and prospects of the Company and announcing its future policy. The capital is $7,500,000, a very moderate amount and one which compares favourably with the capital of the Canadian Collieries, Ltd., especially when one remembers that the output is practically the same. Mr. Thomas Stockett, who has been General Manager of the Company for nearly ten years, is being retained and promoted to the important position of Managing Director. Mr. Stockett is a gentleman of the highest professional attainments and personal character and has well earned the honourable distinction conferred upon him. Under his guidance the future of the Company is assured. LIFE'S LITTLE IRONIES—In June last three men deserted from H. M. S. Shearwater. On Monday night, the 18th inst., they were arrested in Victoria by the naval police. As long ago as June 22nd warrants for the arrest of these deserters had been issued and placed in the hands of the local police authorities to execute. At the time of their arrest the three men were employed as follows:— William T. Elder, in the City Police; Reginald Coleman, in the City Fire Brigade, and Albert Courcha in private employ. No doubt this single, statement of fact will be found interesting by the average reader, who believes that warrants, when issued, should be executed, and that five months is sufficient time to do so, but the interest is increased when the occupations of the deserters are taken into consideration. No doubt the local police have a perfectly satisfactory explanation to offer, because they sometimes execute warrants within a few hours of their issuance, and as a rule are noted, much to the chagrin of criminals, for their promptness and despatch. But it is a strange irony of fate, which in this case has made a usually reliable department the butt of Gilbertian humour, that two of the deserters should have been employed by the civic authorities for some months without their identity being discovered. If this could be regarded as a rule and not as an exception, it would be hard to resist the conclusion that the safest sanctuary for deserters is the civic service. ICE HOCKEY—In a week from date the ice hockey season will have commenced and there has been great curiosity among the thousands of Victorians who are eagerly looking forward to the great winter sport to know how the local management of the Arena would "make out" in their struggle with the Eastern magnates.' As far as The Week can judge, they have "made out" very well. The Messrs. Patrick are sportsmen; they neither "bluff" nor take "bluff." Their stand has been firm and determined from the first and reminds one somewhat of George Mc- Dermott's great war-song, "We don't want to fight, but, by Jingo, if we do." No doubt it was natural for the Eastern magnates to resent the action of the Messrs. Patrick in taking away their best players for the West, but they probably did not know that nothing is too good for the West. Fortunately for us the Messrs. Patrick do know this and they are determined to give the West the best there is. They gave it us last winter; they are giving it again, and The Week ventures to predict if possible, an even more successful season than the last. s ee ese Automobiles, Wagons and Baby Walkers On Our Balcony It is only a few days ago since we announced the arrival of these new goods for the children, and since then we have sold a great many. To be sure of a nice gift for the little tots this Christmas come and secure one of these before they are all gone. The Automobiles are all the go with the kiddies just now and they will be delighted with one of these, because they are made just like an auto and they are made strongly and will stand lots of knocking about. Just come and select yours today. Don't put it off till tomorrow because the one you want may be gone. Many designs and colors to choose from on our balcony, first floor. You are welcome to inspect these at any time. The very latest Automobile for the children, built of good material, made to last. Select from a splendid variety. Eeasonably priced, at each $10 and $9.00 The best and newest Baby Walker. Same as this "illustration. Come in and see them, see how baby would like one. Only each $4.50 A splendid made wagon, the same as this picture, in different sizes and many colors to select from. Prices from $4.00 THIS STORE IS OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS TILL 9.30 VICTORIAS POPULAR -■ HOME FURNISHERS THE STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY WEILER BROS, Limited VICTORIA'S POPULAR HOME FURNISHERS
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