The Week With which is incorporated Veek End A British Columbia Newspaper and Review. Vol. XI, No. 2--Eleventh Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, Feb. 22, 1913 5c. a copy, $2.00 a year IT is generally admitted that tlie mass meeting in the Drill Hall on Tuesday night under tho auspices of the Over-Sens Club was the largest ever held in the City of Victoria. There were between two and three thousand people present. Many hands had made light work of converting the spacious hall into an auditorium, and in spite of its defective acoustic properties the arrangements were so good that the Hon. G. E. Foster, the orator of the evening, was distinctly heard by every person present. And what they heard will linger in their memories for many a long year, for it was a masterly, statesmanlike address on the subject of "Canada within the Empire." It was distinctly non-political and only at one point touched on a controversial subject when reference was made to the possible effect of tho Eeciprocity Treaty in 1911, heading in the direction of annexation and absorption. As the address will be published verbatim in the next issue of The Week it is only necessary to say that Mr. Foster traced the growth of national sentiment in Canada from Confederation to date, showing how at various stages the Dominion bad declared for independence in commercial, in industrial and latterly in political life; and bow thus developing into a nation within the Empire it had come in these latter days to a point'where it was assuming Imperial rank and taking part in the discussion and settlement of Imperial affairs. The scheme of the address was one of evolution, culminating fitly in the mission on which Mr. Foster has gone to the Antipodes. The speaker proved.himself to be, as ever, cogent in reasoning, incisive in analysis, and brilliant in diction. He | held his hearers from the first sentence, and, vast though it was, not a sound disturbed the unchecked flow of language except, when enthu- I siasm burst its bounds and the audience indulged in hearty applause. No part of Mr. Foster's address was moro highly appreciated than [ that in which he touched upon' the subject of Naval Defence. Tie handled this delicately and without offending the susceptibilities of tho hundreds of Liberals who were present. He declared tliat the. people of Canada had made up their minds that the time for action had come; he urged that the action proposed by Mr. Borden was well considered and timely, and that it was unfair to criticize it, as some I had done, as if it were tho whole Naval policy of the country. He regarded it as a first instalment to be followed by a well digested scheme which would satisfy the aspirations of the people, and meet J the specific demands of those who had not seen their way to approve of the present policy. The plea for a suspended judgment until the whole policy is laid before the electorate was a reasonable one, and unless The Week is greatly mistaken the cogent arguments of Mr. I Foster on this point will materially influence tho minds of those who heard them. Reference to what is really an historic meeting would be I incomplete without an emphasis upon its splendid representative I character. In the audience and on the platform were many of the Heading citizens of Victoria irrespective of party, and none were Imore hearty in their endorsation of the vote of thanks to Mr. Foster Imoved by Sir Richard McBride and seconded by the Hon. Col. Prior, Ithan those who are usually found ranged in opposition to the party lof which he is sueh an able representative. The Over-Seas Club is Ito be congratulated on having entertained one of tho greatest orators lin the Empire; on having secured from him an address so entirely lin keeping with its policy ancl propaganda, and on having success- Ifnlly managed a gathering so huge that success was only possible by lthe co-operation of many good friends to whom The Week is author- I ized to tender the heartiest thanks of the Club. Not In Public Interest PREMIER McBride conferred a signal honour upon thc delegation of Suffragettes who interviewed the Government last week, I by committing his official reply to writing. No doubt this Idecision was prompted by a profound knowledge of the complexity lof the feminine mind, and its proneness to confuse tho meaning of tlio IKing's English in tbe form of the spoken word. The statement Imade on the floor of the House on Wednesday is .simply that the iGovemment is still of the view which it has consistently adhered to Ifor ten years, that it would not be "in the public interest" to bring Idown a bill embodying the principle of woman's suffrage. The Suf- Ifragettes do not love The AVeek, and one of them (only one) has Icancelled her subscription because it has told the truth fearlessly on |.'i matter of public concern. They may, therefore, not appreciate its comment upon the decision of the Government, which is that they ought to be very thankful that it has intervened to save them from lthe turmoil and strife of political life by refusing to give them what Ithey ask for. Before now children have cried for the moon; not ■because tbey really wanted it, or would have known what to do with lit if they had it, but simply because they wanted something and did not know what it was—and the moon looked just as appealing as lanything else. It is even so with woman's suffrage; those who have lit do not use it, and thoso who are clamouring for it would be no more (satisfied, if it were granted, than they are today. They would simply Ibegin to howl for something else. The ground on which the Govern- Inient bases its refusal are unanswerable; "it is not in the public linterest," and it is the business of the Government to set the public linterest before anything. A word of advice, if it bo not too bold a Itbing to offer advice to Suffragettes: "If you would secure any •measure of public confidence in the 'bona fides' of your propaganda, land any measure of support from a sane Government, you should Ifirst purge your ranks of 'militants' who openly advocated violence in JEngland and as far as is known have not undergone a 'change of ■ heart' since cominc to British Columbia." British Columbia Fruit AMONG the many deputations which waited on the Hon. George E. Foster, during his all too brief visit to Victoria, by no means the least important was that whicli interviewed him on the subject of the fruit trade of the Province. The deputation was an influential one, consisting of the Hon. Price Ellison, Minister of Finance ancl Agriculture; Mr. W. E. Scott, Deputy Minister, and Mr. Ricardo, manager of the celebrated Coldstream ranch. These gentlemen presented a written statement, Showing among other things that there is now invested in the fruit-growing industry of the Province no less a sum than $25,000,000. The industry is developing and thriving, but it suffers st all times, ancl last season received a 'solar plexus" blow from the unfair competition of American fruit. This fruit is graded differently from the Canadian, and its label "Choice" while sounding very attractive is really only equal to our No. 3. The fruit is neither packed nor marked as required by the Canadian laws, but is shipped in enormous quantities on "on- signment. One clay last Fall the almost incredible quantity of 117 ear-loads reached Calgary over the Soo line from the States for distribution in the Canadian West; most of it was sold hy auction at less than it cost the growers to produce, and at figures whicii made the Prairie market an impossibility for Britisli Columbia fruit. REV. J. G. INKSTER, B.A., The newly appointed pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Victoria, B. 0. This is a distinct and conspicuous violation of tho anti-dumping principle which has been endorsed by tbe trade policy of the Dominion. Of course, Mr Foster promised that the matter should receive attention and that he would communicate with Ottawa before leaving. As he will bc away for several months, tbe Hon. Martin Burrell has been asked to give liis most careful consideration to the representations of the deputation, ancl there is no doubt that hc will do so. Principal Wesbrook PUBLIC curiosity has been allayed by the announcement made on tbe floor of the House last Monday by Dr. Young that Dr. Frank Fairchild Wesbrook has been appointed Principal of the British Columbia University. As Dr. Wesbrook comes here direct from the University of Minnesota and as the daily press did not feature his Canadian and Britisli experience, a false impression was created that the1 Minister had fallen into the error of selecting an American professor, a choice whicii would have been deeply resented by the people of Britisli Columbia. Fortunately, Ibis is not a fact. Dr. Wesbrook has only been at Minnesota sixteen years, during which time he has specialized in the medical faculty. Previous to that bis experience was cosmopolitan and almost world-wide. ITo was born in Brant County, Ontario, in ISfiS, and received bis early education in the public schools of London, Ontario, and Winnipeg, of whicli city his father was Mayor in the early 'eighties. Subsequently he passed on to Manitoba College and thenee to McGill whore he took a course in medicine. Later, always specializing in pathological studies, be took a post-graduate course in Ibe Medical School of Montreal. Tn search of wider experience be crossed the Atlantic and spent three years in the laboratories of Cambridge University. He passed from Cambridge to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and from there to the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, where he practised as resident physician. Before returning to tbis side of the water he look a course in pathology and physiology al the University of Marburg, in Germany, From tlie above il will be seen that Dr. Wesbrook has travelled far and been in touch with the best university influences and authorities, and while he has always specialized in his own science of medicine, his numerous titles show that he is an all-round scholar. It was recognized by the Government that one of the most essential features to be sought in the Principal of the University is organizing ability, and in this direction Dr. Wesbrook is said to excel. He is a man barely yet in the prime of life, robust, affable and energetic, and while there will be many who will regret that it was not possible to find a professor actively engaged in work at a Canadian or British University, who would satisfy the requirements of the .position, everyone will be willing to give Dr. Wesbrook a fair chance and to estimate the value of his services by the result. Canadian Lawn Tennis THE daily press has made the bare announcement that Canada has formally entered for the Davis Cup Competition, which takes place in England during the coming season. Thus for the first time the Dominion lines up, as she has a right to do, with the States, with Australia and with the Old Country in competing for what is perhaps the most important trophy of the game. While the official entry was made by Mr. W. F. Summerhayes, of Toronto, the Secretary of the Canadian Lawn Tennis Association, it was first suggested by two Victorians, Capt. Foulkes, a Canadian ex-champion, and Mr. R. B. Powell. The latter gentleman is one of the most brilliant players whom Victorian tennis has produced. Today he has a wordl-wide reputation, ancl had the honor of competing in the' Olympic games in 1911. Nedless to say our own local champion, Mr. Schwengers, is also of the highest rank, and if it is at all possible for Mr. Powell and Mr. Schwengers to form a Canadian team, the Dominion will be well represented. As far as it is possible to judge on the form of last season, none of the Eastern Canadian players would appear to be in the same class as the men from the West; indeed, this opinion is confirmed by a letter recently addressed to Capt. Foulkes by Mr. Summerhayes, who has already sent forward Mr. Powell's name to the English Committee at the request of the President of the Association. A Prosperous eompany ELSEWHERE in the current issue will be found the official report of the annual meeting of the British Columbia Life Insurance Company, of which Mr. L. W. Shatford, M.L.A., has just been elected President, in succession to Mr. Jonathan Rogers, of Vancouver. The company has special claims on British Columbia because it is entirely a local organization, with local directors and managers. The balance sheet for the year shows that a large and profitable business has been transacted, the amount written being $1,800,302. In moving the adoption of the report, Mr. Shatford stated that the assets of the Company were sound in every respect, and that there could be no doubt as to its ultimate success. He said that the experience of the last, two years had shown that the people of th West were loyal to Western institutions, when those institutions were "bona fide." The balance sheet shows a capital stock paid up of $97,497; a surplus, excluding capital, of $30,999, and a balance to credit of $41,803. It is extremely gratifying to be able to chronicle the success and prospects of a Western insurance company which cannot fail to gain ground year by year under the control of such a strong board of directors as that of the Britisli Columbia Insurance Company. The Liquor Laws FOR two years Britisli Columbia has been able to boast of the best liquor laws of any Province in the Dominion. At that lime great pressure was brought to bear on the Attorney- General to introduce a Local Option measure into tho House. Instead of that a plebiscite was taken whicli fell short of the necessary majority. The Government did not favor local option, believing that the new law whicli Mr. Bowser was introducing would be far more effective in minimizing the evils of the drink traffic and would be more generally acceptable to Ihe electorate. Tho result has proved tlio wisdom of this view. A strict, enforcement of the law has nearly wiped out the grosser evils complained of, and has greatly reduced drunkenness. Tlie most signal successes have been scored in connection with the 'interdict," the supplying of liquor to drunkards and minors, and the illegal sale of liquor, especially in thc form commonly known as "boot-legging." Now, in pursuance of his earlier promise, the Attorney-General ia introducing new legislation, which will -ntill further strengthen lhe bands of those whose business it is In control the traffic. Ono of the most important features of the new Act is that there will be a uniform hour of closing throughout the Province. The anomaly of varying hours in different localities, some of them adjacent, will be done away with, and hereafter eleven o'elock will be the universal hour of closing instead of midnight.' Another important amendment is a prohibition against selling liquor to nny person who is apparently under Ibe influence nf previous libations, or to any dipsomaniac, or any person who lias acquired the reputation of being a drunkard or is openly and notoriously of drunken habits; or any person who openly or notoriously wastes liis money in drinking liquor and in riotous living to the detriment; of those dependent upon him, any vagrant or tramp, or any chauffeur as defined in the Vehicles Act. All this is excellent and tends not only to the betterment of the individual but to the protection of the Page Two The WEEK, with which is Incorporated the Week-End. Victoria, February 22, 1913 public. There arc many other restrictions of a minor character, but perhaps one of the most important is a provision which states that no "writ of certiorari" shall be issued for the purpose of quashing any conviction obtained under the provisions of Hie Aet, unless the party applying therefore shall produce to the judge an affidavit (rendering him liable to prosecution for perjury if foresworn) that he did not by himself or any other person with his knowledge and consent commit tlie offence for whicii he was convicted. Tliere have been too mam* cases in which convictions havc been quashed, and the public will heartily endorse this new proposal which should have the effect of rendering conviction less liable to reversal on appeal. On the whole the Act may be described as far-seeing, thorough, practical and humane; it is consistent with the attitude whicli the Attorney- General has always assumed on this important question, and it should be as satisfactory to the temperance people as to the trade. Tt certainly advances the propaganda of the former and materially improves the position of the latter. Judge Lampman's Commission THE Government has acted wisely in appointing a Commissioner of the experience and ability of His Honour Judge Lampman, to investigate the School Board scandal at Nelson. For several years rival factions have produced a condition of affairs whicli has made the meetings of the Board resemble nothing so much as pandemonium. Neither side would yield; the result has been not, only a public scandal, but recently a line of action in connection with the dismissal of a Principal which is calculated to bring the Educational Department into discredit. This is undoubtedly the last straw. The Government was obliged to move in the matter; it could not have acted more wisely than in appointing Judge Lampman, who can be trusted to get to the root of the evil and to make a pronouncement which cannot fail to lead to determined action by the Department. As usual, wherever trouble is brewing, it is a case of "cherchez la fonime." Reduce Canadian Tariffs IT is far from tho intention of The Week to suggest that the Borden Government should forthwith enter upon a policy of reducing tlie tariffs, indiscriminately, on competitive manufactures and other products, simply because their predecessors, with the usual irrational impetuosity of new converts, debased the doctrines of Macdonald. and prostituted them to purposes which that beneficent light of Canada's industrial life never intended. But it is well to remind the Leaders of the Government today that many of the conditions whicli mado the national policy essential in tho time of Macdonald, have entirely changed in tlieir complexion and their general character, or else have been reduced in the poignancy with which they once retarded the industrial development of the Dominion. Our population has more than doubled since Macdonald's regime, and many of our industries have grown with correspond ing strength; but the Tariffs whicii were imposed in the eighties and early nineties for not only protective but for fostering purposes, have been increased almost without an exception, at the several revisions which they underwent in the hands of Sir Wiiirid Laurier and his Government. That. course of conduct was inevitable in order to impart a plausible sincerity, at least, to the neophytes who almost up to the very hour of recanting their own theories and adopting the policy of Macdonald, had denounced and reprobated its principles in every species of invective nnd declamation. Laurier had likened Protection to the old slavery system, and the people who tolerated it as dupes; while Cartwright declared that Protection in any form was "legalized robbery." The sudden revulsion from this could only find a condiment in excess and extravagance. The revisions of the Tariff under Laurier were all on the ascending scale, and made with the object of reducing imports to a minimum. It is a notorious fact that the great revisions of 190B-7 were instigated by, and were solely in the interests of thc manufacturer. The consumer never entered into the consideration of the once ardent advocates of the rights of the masses, except perhaps the farmer who secured a slight reduction of the import duties on agricultural implements from the United States. Not only excessive protection but the most extravagant of bounty-largesses wero given to the manufacturer and producer, who in return replenished the campaign funds. The Week now suggests that the time is opportune for a complete investigation of the conditions which the Government of Mr. Borden have found; that there are many industries which would be strengthened by a remission or reduction of duties; and that there are several revokable or discontinuablc bounties which should he effaced from the annual financial statement. Moreover that the bounty system, except in very special cases, should be abandoned. The resources of lhe country are so vast, and the potentials of production so accessible, that industries grow witli enormous rapidity from tlieir infantile state to such an advanced stage cd' maturity thai all the protection they require is protection against unfair i petition, ll is at this juncture that tho interests of tlie consumer and the country become dominant, nnd the fostering cari! of the Government gradually recedes from view; and there are many possible curtailments of the tariff which would operate beneficially to the producer, the consumer and the country, AN imperial Hying squadron. fln Imperial Plying Squadron TIIE construction of national navies will certainly be a distinctive part of the formative features of the Empire; and it is remarkable how quickly those features are moulding llieni- selvcs into unity. A harmony of outline is even now evident; and all that seems to lie necessary is for the latent powers of each national entity nf tin- Empire to be brought into activity. The suggestion is now before ns Ihal with tho fleet-units in Ihe Nortli Pacific ami in the Australasian Seas, there should concurrently bo established an Imperial Flying Squadron, which would not only keep those units in closer touch, but be a potent factor in aiding their evolution into national navies. The suggestion is one whicii commends itself to those who realize the aim and object of fleet-units. They are uo moro than the preludes or precursors of the scheme of national navies built and manned by each of the Empire nations. A Hying squadron passing from ocean to ocean around the world-wide orbit of the Empire, and not only visiting the fleet-units and the national navies. but remaining with them for more or less prolonged periods, would be a cohesive force in itself; but its beneficial effects would extend in many other directions. It would be the means of solving to a large extent the problem of manning the national navies with the men of the nations to whonj they belonged. It would be a centripetal force, which in the magnificence of its equipment and its potentials, would bo irresistible; while its ambulatory movements would be imposing, attractive and highly instructive. Many a recruit for the home navy would thus be won for the service; and so far as the North Pacific unit is concerned it would soon be manned by Canada's sons. The Week is glad to lend its support to a proposal so completely in harmony with the fleet-unit and national policy programme whieh it has consistently advocated. Vilification of Public Men RARELY has an abler or more timely leiter been written to the press than that whicli appeared in a recent issue of the Colonist from the pon of our respected townsman, Mr. Oscar Bass. It was a brilliant piece of composition, and rings true iu every sentence. His protest against the vilification of such honoured public men as Sir AVilfrid Laurier and Mr. K. L. Borden will be re-echoed by every fair-minded man. There is no more regrettable feature in Canadian public life than the proneness to belittle an opposition leader. This is despicable and revolting; it discredits Canadian journalism; it is resented by public opinion and in one conspicuous instance at least has brought about the practical annihilation of a political party and the relegation to private life of a very respectable and well-meaning old gentleman, who secured universal sympathy when he frankly acknowledged that lie was "no politician." AMAEEIAGEOF CONVENIENCE Review. Dumas (liis). It would be going n Ions wny lo say that no purely French comedy could be perfectly satisfactory to nn English audience, but it is not going a hil too fnr to sny Hint no English company, even with so capable a star ns Mr. Waller nl its head, could give nn entirely satisfactory delineation. The comedies of French playwrights arc like the wines of thai delightful country: they contain the sparkle of its sunshine nnd lhe bouquet of its atmosphere. These nre hist in the piny if it is not interpreted by Iho intelligence, the intuition and the "elan" of the race whose most intimate traits it pictures. French plots nre admirable beeatise so ingenious and intricate. Thc British stage lins chronicled mnny of its successes with classical French plnys, but it has never yet been able, with n conipuny of English actors, to dislil the pure aromn and interpret thc lightest nuances of an ideal French comedy. And this is as true of Mr. Waller's compiiny and "A Marriage of Convenience" ns of mnny of its predecessors on Ihe same lines. The presentation is enjoyable; it is amusing; it is even comic, which perhaps it should not be, but the atmosphere even so faultily reproduced is strange lo nn English audience, nnd forces one to regard it ns n farce rather than as a humorous illustration of French life nml French character. Al llic Comodie Froncnise "A Marriage of Convenience" would bc in ils setting, and would lil in wilh its surroundings, nml wilh lhe genius of Ibe people. In Canada it is, at the best, a borrowed vehicle in wliieh a compnny of exceedingly clever actors and nclrcsscs endeavor lo convey across lhe footlights nn impression of French A Special MB. BICHARD SAVAOK, llic well-known theatrical entrepreneur, hns recently waxed wroth in tho columns of the New York Times tit what lie regarded ns unjust criticism of a popular play. His loiter was sent to mc, because exception was I nken to my own adverse remarks about "Thc Return of Peter Grimm," which appeared in these columns a few weeks ago. Jly renders will remember tliat I found no fault with lhe work of Mr. Wnriichl and his company, but Ihe criticism was directed solely towards the unsiiilnhilitv of the play for presentation upon the singe. Mr. Savage look lhe ground always appropriated by producers of plays wliieh nre financially successful, viz., that packed bouses and uot the personal opinions of more or less blase, disgruntled or incompetent critics should hc accepted as I lie standard of opinion. Of course, this is not lhe place to enter into a lengthy argument on sucli a subject, and f only cite thc incident because il has a hearing on Lewis Waller and "A Marriage of Convenience." Mr. Robertson tells ine Hint the compnny lias played lo packed houses everywhere, nnd Ihat in Vancouver during a full week's engagement there was nol a vacant scat at the lirst night. On lhe strength of Ihis Mr. Savage presumably would demand the cachet of endorsation for Mr. Waller as one of the greatest netors of tlie age and for "A Marriage of Convenience" ns one of the greatest plays. And yet, in all sober seriousness, nud in the honest judgment of crilics neither disgruntled nor blase, they would bc wrong. "A Marriage of Convenience" is n typically French comedy by Alexander life and character of a bygone age which can only be correctly described as a burlesque. For the sake of Mr. Waller, who is 0 llrsl-class actor, and in the interest of his splendid support, I can only hope that we may some dny see them iu a Shakespearean play, or at nny into in some English play worthy of Iheir powers. For it, I may he permitted a Western expression as to "A Marriage of Convenience," there is "nothing to it," except the fun, nnd Mr. Waller and his company are loo big to be fairly represented by Unit. Now, a word as lo their work. In Mi*. Waller I was disappointed. When 1 last heard him many years ago, hc was doing good work ill Shakespeare and while wilh ability and training, his slug'.' knowledge and splendid elocution, he could uol I'nil to score in any play, il must be admitted Ihal he is entirely unsuiled for (he part of lhe Comic de Candalc. Hc was loo heavy, loo histrionic, nud, if 1 may bc pardoned for saying il, n Utile loo self-conscious. His movements were si iited, nnd nl limes suggested Iho cumbersome. The role, lo hc effective, should hc iu the hands of n much younger man, a veritable "jeune premier," especially wilh such a dainty Comtesse as Miss Tilheradge. 1 tliink Ihe truth of Ihis criticism was demonstrated by Jir. Waller himself when iu response to nn enthusiastic recall he recited those never-to- be-forgotten lines from Henry V. Thut wns bewis Waller; Ihe Lewis Waller of tradition and I raining, instend of lhe mincing French gallant who hnd si rutted through four nets of "A Marriage of Convenience." Miss Tilheradge was perfect in her part: enchanting, playful, bewildering, yet suggest ing in a thousand inimitable little touches the womanliness which she personified. Her work and that of Mr. Reginald Dane, as the Chevalier de Valclos, came nearer to the French ideal and nearer to the true spirit of Dumas' play than that of any other members of the company. But the acting honours were really curried olf hy Miss Annie Hughes, whose elocution, verve and acting revealed her great powers and showed how invaluable she would be in a really strong part. Dear old Charles Dodsworth, whom 1 llrsl saw al Ihe Lyceum nearly forty years ago, gave a clever impersonation of Jasmin and if Edward N. Ryder suggested a retired Indian officer rather thnn n French general, one could forget il in his clear enunciation and finished execution. "A Marriage of Convenience" wns so well staged, dressed nnd played Unit the only justification for criticizing it adversely is that with a splendid English company wilh Lewis Waller at the head, lhe public has a right lo lie critical and a right lo expect something more worthy of their powers than n dramatic "souffle." W. B. Helping the Game. "BallI" exclaimed the socialist, "money is filthy lucre." "Well, I've done the best I could today," replied llic man who dabbles iu slocks. "I've cleaned up $1000."- Lippiucott 's. your Own Photograph BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT with Mr. W. Poxall, whose artistic photographic studies are familiar to all Victorians, THE WEEK is enabled to offer free to all its subscribers a special sitting and a handsome large-sized portrait by Mr. Foxall. This offer is open to WEEK readers for TWO WEEKS ONLY. 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Thrashing docs not always separate | a boy from his crop of wild oats. Carnival Ml fluo. 4 to 9, \% "THE LAUNDRY OF QUALITY" 1005 NORTH PARK STREET PHONE 2300 Vancouver Milling & Grain Co., Limited. VANCOUVER CALGARY VICTORIA The more you appreciate pure, Substantial Food, the More you should realize the necessity for NANAIMO 1 ut Advertising \M Waste! l| C^^l| 7-i.oo ,190.86 ,li!)7.SS .434.07 ,841.07 500.00 If DM 1 ■% 47,659.08 16,fi3L20 Por Renewal Premiums $ 10,974.36 Less Premiums paid for reassurance 848,16 Interest Receipts • 8,306.12 Calls on Capital Stock 4.IIMU1 Premium on Capital Stock 34,(i00.:ir, Miscellaneous 054.13 $113,138.84 We have examined tho Balance Sheet herewith, together with the books and vouchers of the company, and certlfv that in our oniuion same is drawn so as to fairly show 'the position of the company as at December 31, 1012, as disclosed by the books. „„„,„, , „ „„ KENDALL, SWELL & CO., Chartered Accountants. LIABILITIES Reserve on Policies in force Premiums paid in advance Sundry accounts outstanding Taxes due and accrued Capital stock paid up Surplus, excluding capital DISBURSEMENTS Taxes, licenses, etc $ Salaries and expenses of head offices, officials and employees Commissions, salaries and other expenses of agents nnd agency employees 41. Advertising, printing, stationery, etc 6 Medical fees 5 Legal expenses Office furniture 1 Rent, light, telephone, etc 2 Balance 41 t 40,002.00 317.-17 1,540.07 401.Ill 07.407.10 80,000.08 J 76,!>'IS.!S 312.07 !_,_!! !U!!I 9S2.4S 160.90 :::u.!<*i :*:!._:__ rilS.46 201.24 .Miii.nr, $113,138.84 I beg to report that I have valued tho Insurance outstanding as at December 31, 1012, and have found that the net reserve, after deducting the allowance for expenses authorized by the Insurance Act, amounted to $40,002.00. The valuation was made on the basis prescribed by the Insurance Act, namely, the Om (5) 3 1-2 per cent table. The insurance in force amounted to S2.25O.S70.O0. C. C. FERGUSON, F.A.S., A.I.A. February 10, 1913. As president of your company, l take great pleasure in moving the adoption of the directors' report, nnd, in doing so, would like to draw the special attention of tlie shareholders to the business done, as Indicated in the reports just read, and, when compared with other companies' reports, the business stands very high Indeed. Our investments give us a return of over 8 per cent, which is very satisfactory, as we hold first mortgages ou Improved real estate for all, except that which we hold in municipal bonds with the Government. The high standing of the business done Is indicated very clearly by three points, i.e., the rate of premium, which is $34.90 per $1000, and, I understand. Is equal, If not better, than any other company In the Dominion; also the low lapse ratio, and. speaking with Mr. Ferguson, who has cheeked the actuary work of our company, he gave expression to the opinion that he considered it remarkably good showing. Another point which Is very important—tlie getting of new business. 1 looked over the reports of eight other Canadian companies, nnd there are only two out of the eight who secured their new business as cheaply as your company, and, when we take Into account that this ls the first full year we have been doing business, 1 think Mr. Sanford S. Davis, our general manager, deserves great credit and the hearty thanks of the directors and shareholders of this company for the careful way be has managed the company's affairs, and I can assure you that economy has been tho watchword of Mr. Davis throughout the year. Another point I wish to speak aboul is the medical referee, Dr. Brydone- Jack and his staff, who have handled the medical side of the company's business wonderfully well, as we have had no death claims so far. which speaks volumes for the careful and scientific way our medical staff hns guarded the interests of the company, which Is a very important item. Now, let us turn and glance at the future, and the possibility of developments. I do not think it was pussible for any company to start at a moro opportune time to build up a strong and prosperous company, when we consider the tremendous growth of this Western Canada. The population of the flve Eastern provinces only showed an increase of 16 per cent at tlie last census, but the population of the four Western provinces Incroased 187 per cent, while last year wo find that the Immigration into Canada (chiefly to the West) was over three hundred and ninety thousand (300.000) souls, nnd the Increase in trade has been on a par with the increase of population. In the Prairie Provinces we find tliat the wheat crop increased 130.000.000 bushels in 191 Li over 1911, and, coming nearer home, In British Columbia, we find thnt the mineral output of 1912 exceeded 1011 by eight million dollars. Willie taking Canada ns a whole we And most satisfactory development along all lines, tho railway earnings are a very safe indication of the country's progress. What do we find there.. We find an Increase of twelve million dollars for last year over 1011, and the Increase ln the foreign trade of the Dominion In the same year was over one hundred and thirty-five million dollars, so, gentlemen, when we tnke nil these developments into consideration, and the new avenue for commerce soon to be opened for Western Canada through the Panama Canal, I believe we are on the eve of one of tlie most phenomena! development areas that any country has ever experienced, therefore it Is our privilege and opportunity, first as Canadians, second as British Columbians, to build up a strong financial company of this, the first life assurance company, for the Canadian Pacilic Coast, and, with tlie economical and energetic management, we will have a company whicii all shall be proud of in a few years. Mr. L. W. Shatford, M.L.A., in seconding the adoption of the report, spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen.— In seconding the motion for the adoption of tho directors' report, whieh I now do with a great deal of pleasure, I feel that It is my duty as well as my privilege to refer briefly to the very satisfactory financial state of our institution and to the business-like manner in which Its affairs have been conducted during the past year. Insurance to the extent of $1,800,302 was written by our agents last year, an amount which Is undeniably satisfactory, considering that our company has been scarcely two yenrs In existence, and I am able to say with confidence that no difficulty whatever should be experienced in writing at the very least two millions during 1913. It will be noticed, in scrutinizing the balance sheet, tliat tho surplus has been reduced from $05,108.70 to $30,847.20, a total reduction of $28,321.44. This diminution lias been incurred in obtaining insurance of which a large percentage should later prove a source of revenue. The assets of the eompany are sound hi every respect ,nnd the debenture Investments and mortgages on real estate have in every instance been well placed. A glance at the disbursements will show that a sum of $41,98248 was paid to agents and others In securing business. I would like to remark that the percentage of disbursements to amount of new business Is proportionately no larger than that of other life Insurance companies. 1 wish to refer to the very energetic and capable efforts on the part of our agents in securing business, and I )iuve' every confidence tliat their efforts will he even more successful during the present year. Our directors have been indefatigable In lending their time and energies to furthering tho interests of the company and Mr. Davis our general manager has proven himself to be an efficient and conscientious ofllcer, who hns at all times taken a very deep interest in tho company's affairs. As to the ultimate success of the B. C. Life, there eau be no doubt. The experience of the past two years has shown us tliat the p ■oy-le of the West aro loyal to Western institutions, when those Institutions are bona tide ones. People the world over are coming more and more to realize the necessity for making some provision for protection. In case of dentil, of those dependent upon them. The future of our company Is bright indeed. We have deevlopment and prosperous conditions on every side and in every walk of life. Tlio cities and towns of the West are growing, uud the expansion of ihe country Is becoming wider each succeeding year. Ked by. and yet contributing to, this expansion, our company's success Is assured. T once again express my pleasure In seconding the motion for the adoption of the report. Dr. W. D. Brydono-.lnek, medical director, snid: Mr. President and Gentlemen,—The medical report for the yonr 1012 is one that your company mny reasonably congratulate Itself on. We have practically completed the second yenr of existence without a single dcuth amongst our policy holders, numbering 001 and representing a total business of nbout S2.250.S7ii in force, making each pollcv average about $2.5oo. If we consider that, taking the average age of up applicnnt for life assurance nt 32 yenrs, the uverage premium for this age for S1000. amounting to about $84.00, tho uverage number of deaths at this ago amounting to nbout S.I0 per mon, your death claims would have amounted to about $18,000 if the average mortal!ly had obtained. We may well look backward with some degree of satisfaction at tho result. Tho applications received during the year 1012 amounted tu $1,956,050. Wo declined or postponed judgment on about $70,000. There are outstanding policies amounting to about $24,692, and tho policies issued during the year represented nbout $1,3«0,35S. It has been a great pleasure, and, indeed, an honor, to havo been associated with t company that has acquired tbe enviable position that the B. C. Life Association has during tho first two years of its existence, both financially nnd in tho high esteem in wliieh it is held by the investing public and its policy holders. Your directors and manager have exercised a wise, conservative policy in dealing with the company's affairs, and the results, as shown In the various reports whicii have been placed before you today emphasize the wisdom of that policy. Your company is ns yet in its Infantile stnge, and requires careful nursing and good judgment in tiie administration of Its affairs yet before you attain tlie excellent results which you may reasonably expect from the foundations already laid. In connection with the work Incidental to the position of medical director lo your company, Iwould like to pay tribute to the loyal support which has been afforded me by your medical referees, your general manager, Mr. Sanford S. Davis, your actuary, Mr. Stiver, and the office staff generally. Each application has received careful consideration, necessitating in some cases considerable correspondence, not only with the medical examiners, but also with some of the shareholders, as wo believed that they would In some cases be able to give us valuable information ns to the desirability or otherwise of certain applicants. The class of risks which had been placed before us for approval or otherwise spooks well for the discrimination which has been exercised by your agents, and apparently they have always considered the interests of the company as occupying the first place when soliciting business. Your medical examiners hnve been faithful In the performance of their work nnd hnve not hesitated to give the compnny the benefit of any doubts which might arise from the examination of an applicant. ln conclusion, I think we may safely prophesy that within a very few years tho B.C. Lifo Association will occupy nn enviable position among the leading lifo assurance companies of Canada. W. D, BRYDON I0-.IACK. A hearty vote of thanks was extended to Mr. .Ionathan Rogers, the retiring president Voles of thanks were nlso extended to ihe general manager Mr. Sanford S. Davis, the head office, medical und field staffs of the company. The following gentlemen spoke briefly; Mr. E. C, Wade.K.O.: Mr. D. G. Williams, Mr. J. T. Phelnn, Mr. J. N. Ellis, Mr. T. E. Ladner, Mr L, A. Lewis and Mr. R. R. Barrr. Tho following directors were unanimously elected for tlio ensuing year: T, W. Shatford, M.L.A., Vancouver; T. E. Ladner. Ladner, B.C.; L. A. Lewis, New Westminster. B.C.; F. C. Wnde, K.C. Vancouver; D. G. Williums. Vancouver; L T. Phelan. Vnncouver; .1. J. Banfield Vancouver; .1. N. Ellis. Vancouver; E. A. Cleveland, Vancouver. At a subsequent meeting of directors the following officers were elected: President. L. W. Shatford, M.L.A. Vice-Presidents, T. E. Ladner and L. A. Lewis. General Manager. Sanford S. Davis. Secretary. C. F. Stiver. Medical Director, Dr. W. D. Brydone- Jack, L.R.C.P., etc., Edinburgh. T\ ETA I LS ttre being' shaped up *~* nicely for the grand rally of tlie Club in the Vietoria Theatre on the evening of the 26th. What is wanted now is more work front every member of the Club. If you are a member of the Progressive Club you owe it to the Club to bc something other than a drone. Get busy. You need not neglect your business to do good Club work. On the street car, at luncheon, anywhere and everywhere, mention the Club and its objects and tell about the rally tir the 26th. Send in lists of names of those to whom you desire to hnve invitations extended. Address these communications to the Secretary at 410 Central Buildiug, City. Many inquiries have reached the Progressive Club during the past month from points throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, British Columbia and the Western United States. At least ninety per cent of these inquirers intend to move to Victoria ami desire specific information. Several of the inquiries referred to Vancouver Island as a whole and these were turned over to the excellent Vancouver Islnnd Development League. Mr. W. W. Baer, first president of the Progressive Club, will be one of the principal speakers at tlie Grand Rally in the Victoria Theatre on the evening of the 26th of this month. The Grand Rally is open to all those who wish to attend whether members of the Club or not. As admission will be by invitaion, however, all who desire to be present and who are not members of tlie Club are requested to notify the secretary at 419 Central Building, as soon as possible. Don't fail to attend the next regular weekly luncheon of the Club at the Balmoral Hotel, Tuesday the 25th inst., at 12:30 sharp. This will be the liveliest luncheon of the series to date. The thanks of the Club are due to Mr. Clifford Denham, lessee of the Victoria Theatre for his kindness in allowing the Club to use the theatre for the Rally without charge. Favor Royal Bank THE famous case respecting lhe dispute bond money in connection with the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway has come to an end. The Privy Council last week gave judgment in favor of ihe Royal Bnnk of Canada and the railway against the province of Alberta. It is interesting to review briefly lhe history of the matter, ihe beginning of which dates bnck to "lAW), An issue of .$7,400,nfl0 5 per cent fifty year first mortgage bonds of the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway, guaranteed by the Provincial Government, was made in London at 110 by Alessrs. J. P. Morgan & Co. in I lecember, 11)00. The proceeds were placed on deposit in three Canadian banks. The route ami length of the road were: Edmonton, uorthoasi of Athabasca River fo Port McMurray, 350 miles. The Government pressed the railroad agreement, a crisis occurred, and the provincial cabinet was dissolved. A royal commission was appointed to invesfigafe ihe deal. Their roporl was of little value, matorinl witnosses not having been summoned to gi evidence. The provincial government cancelled tlie railroad agreement, alleging that tlie company had defaulted bond interest*. The provincial govern ment sought the proceeds of lhe bond money on deposit. Tlie banks refused to hand it over without an order of court. Comox District VANCOUVER ISLAND. The largest and finest agricultural district on the Island. We have the finest selection ot cleared farms, bush lands, water and river frontage property in the district for sale. Also lots in thc rapidly growing town of Courtenay. We have some splendid 7 and 15 acre tracts on thc main road 2 miles from Courtenay. This is a great chan'ce to be independent. Agents for E. & N. Lands, Notary Public. BEADNELL _ CALLIN. Real Estate, Financial and Insurance Agents, Courtenay & Comox, V.I. Write for information. —Fire Agency— The Liverpool and London and Globe Company, Limited Canadian Investments $4,000,000 Losses paid promptly on adjustment and without discount. RICHARD HALL, General Agent 1232 GOVERNMENT STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. Telephone 3074 and 2864 P. O. Box 417 The Morris & Edwards Building and Investment Co. HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS BUILT BY CONTRACT OR ON EASY PAYMENTS. 213 Sayward Block and 1212 Douglas St., VICTORIA, B. C. Cordova Bay District 15-AC BE SNAP—$25 per acre below assessed value. Price reduced $50 per acre. This land is situated on the crest oi' the hill between Elk Lnke and Cordova Bay, nnd close to where the C.N.R. will pass. Half this acreage is nlmost rendy for Ihe plow, only n few stumps remaining. The olher half is covered wilh beautiful evergreens nbout 12 or 15 feet high. A splendid view is afforded from this point of Elk Lnke and the Sooke Hills in tlie distance, und, on the olher side, of Cordova Bay, the Islands in Ihe Gulf, nil passing bonis en roule lo Vancouver nnd northern ports and Mount Baker beyond tlie Gulf. City Lots in the adjoining corner section sold at $250 each. We can deliver this at only $650 per Acre. PEMBERTON & SON Corner Fort and Broad Streets CONFIDENCE— That's What Counts! What has forced most of our leading men to the Front? Nothing more than that intangible something that engenders self- assurance—plus applied brains. What helps in forming that golden spirit of sturdy independence? Why-A Bank Account Here is where we stand ready to help. One Dollar will start You. We are a Home Company with an authorized capital of $1,000,000. Four per cent allowed on deposits. Cheque withdrawal privileges. President D. C. Reid References Merchants Bank CANADA WEST TRUST CO. (Corner Yates and Douglas Sts.) Fire Insurance, Employers' Liability & Contractors' Bonds Written See Us A hut Real Estate Investments Green & Burdick Bros. Limited Cor. Broughton and Langley Sts. Telephone 4169 Telephone 4170 A. W. Bridgman Real Estate, Financial and Insurance Agent Conveyancer and Notary Public Established 1858 A _.„*_I Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd., rigenl of London, England. Canada Accident Insurance Company Imperial Underwriters' Corporation Northern Counties Investment Trust, Limited, of Bradford, England. 1007 Government Street Victoria, B.C. Victoria, February 22,1913 A Rritish Columbia Newspaper and Review Page Five 1 IT IS not until one has seen some of the world's great dancers that one is able to realize to the full the meaning of the term "twinkling feet," but certainly none of the many who crowded tiie Victoria Theatre last Tuesday evening to sec Adeline Genee will be able to say in future thnt lhe term has no meaning for them. Her dancing wns exquisite mid her portrayals of the dances of long ago were unique. A feature of the evening was the arrangement of the various tableaux which preceded each dance; these were all from old prints and each served to introduce the typo of dance which followed. Another welcome treat was the music provided nnd for n whole evening the Victoria Theatre was an auditorium for the hearing of real music with no jarring Crane is what is known ns "top- hole," und his performance should not be missed. Next in order of merit come the Three Cleirs who are gymnasts possessed of decided skill and talent, while Marie Fleming provides a very fair character turn. The Sailor Comedy Four and Messrs. Morrissey & Hanlon complete a bill whicii is quite worthy of the Ire- opening of the Empress Theatre. • « * TT IS not often that one can expect ■** to see for the modest sum of a dime an artist like Leon DaWald, who is rightly termed the Julian Eltinge of vaudeville. His impersonation is first-class and the management of the Crystal is to be congratulated on having secured such a turn for the opening nights of the current .Tohn Lange of Warsaw, Poland, and her mother who wns Ida Auwerde, a famous singer of Holland. The organization includes tlie special "Rose Mnid" orchestra, the mischievous little group of "Kute Kiddies," and the "Rosebud Garden of Girls," as the chorus has been called, to be seen nt the Victoria Theatre, February 27th and 28th. STAR DREAMS. These charming verses are the work of Mary Carolyn Davies, a talented British Oolumbia girl, now studying literature at the University of California: WHEN the stars come out at night, And the world is very still; When the moon is wan and white And the far-off whip-poor-will Sings its plaintive, mournful note, Here in my canoe I float; And, the solemn evening through, Here I dream of you, of you. When the waters, mournfully, Sobbing nt the paddle's dip, And the moon's pale form I see, As n-down the stream I slip; When the world is all asleep, I, alone, my vigil keep, And the summer evening through, Denr, I dream of you, of you. olden music and ancient fragrance. Those who had the exquisite pleasure of hearing last Tuesday night the music to which Genee danced so divinely, conjured up many a pleasant vision as the quaint airs of Lully, Ra- meau, Gretry, Mozart, and other old- time composers sounded forth in horn and string. It was a charmed hour. All WEEK subscribers are entitled to a free sitting and big cabinet photograph at the FOXALL Studios. See Page 2. Save two dollars and a half by reading THE WEEK'S plan on Fage 2. For two weeks only. MISCHA ELMAN 'Emperor of Violinists," at the Victoria Theatre, Saturday Evening The Musical Department will gladly publish all items of interest concerning concerts, musicales, recitations or other musical affairs or concerning other activities of the musical profession in this city, if these are in the office by Thursday forenoon. Phone 1283 or address "Musical Department, the Week." AN INTERESTING innovation in •^* entertainment advance publicity was the record recital given at the Gideon Hicks' Piano Co.'s parlors last Saturday, by invitation, to the ollicers of the several local musical organizations and the critics of the Victoria press, in order that these might enjoy a foretaste of the pleasure reserved for the evening of Tuesday next, when Leo Slezak, the great Bohemian tenor, appears at the Victoria Theatre in his first Canadian concert. Slezak, who now occupies the place of premier tenor of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, will be, in his Victoria engagement, assisted by Miss Florence McMillan, pianiste-accompanistc, formerly Hilling a similar position with Mme. Schumann-Heink, and Miss Florence Wagner, a brilliant young solo pianiste of whom the Western American critics speak in terms of most cordial praise. The programme of the tenor will be sung in the German, the Italian and the English, and is divided into four groups as follows: 1. (a) Ungeduld Schubert (b) Stnndchcn Schubert (c) Lotosblume . ..Schumann (d) Voilchen Moznrt (e) Aria from "Thc Magic Flute" Mozart 2. (a) Tom der Beimel* Loewe (d) Aria from "Gioconda," Pouchielli Mr. Slezak. ft * • N3W YORK is still talking over the stupendous success achieved by that master of the violin, Mischa Elman, when he made his first American reappearance after an absence from this country of a year and a half last Saturday in Carnegie Hall, New .York. That occasion, declare exports, will be long remembered. Even conservative music lovers assert that they do not remember any such reception as Elman received, having been extended to another violinist. Max Smith, music critic of the New York Press, in pnrt said: "A great crowd flocked to Carnegie Hall to hear the popular Russian virtuoso. Its enthusiasm swelled into vociferous acclamations when Elman granted final encores after the grand piano had been rolled to the rear of tbe stage and the lights put out. It became apparent yesterday that Mischa Elman is all that lie has been in the past, and still more. "Who can resist the full, vibrant, and soulful beauty of Elman's tone? The swelling emotionalism of Wagner's melody, proclaimed with an intensity throbbing with rod blood, gripped the feelings and stirred the pulses." Mischa Elman will bc heard in Victorin, Saturday evening, March 1, under the direction of the Vietoria Ladies' Musical Club. a * • ENTERING upon the second half of a successful season, the Choral Society of this eity is now preparing new music for the concert to bc given early in Mny. A number of excellent works arc being practiced note of modern melody from start to finish. Iu her closing interpretation Mile. Gcnee betrayed a sense of humour which was as delightful as it was artistic and her Hunting Dance to the strains of "John Peel" will long be remembered ns n beautiful illustration of the dancer's power of characterization. * * • QN MONDAY NIGHT lnst as clean *-^ and wholesome a piece of real comedy was presented nt the Victoria Theatre by Cohan & Harris, when Mr. George M. Cohen's farce "Broadway Jones" occupied the boards. As Jackson Jones, otherwise known ns "Broadway," Mr. Ralph Morgan excelled; ho combined in due proportion the vacuity of the gilded youth with tlie shrewdness of the heir to bruins nnd his work with "Peter Pembroke" in thc third act was really clever. "Broadway Jones" is a highly amusing production and well deserves the success which has attended it. » • * PRESENTED by n capable eom- -1 pany there is a possibility that "The Girl From Tokio" might be amusing. As presented, however, by the troupe which appeared at the Victoria Theatre on Wednesday night it was a painful travesty of comedy. With a leading lady who affected a pronounced drawl, possibly assumed to win a Victorian audience, n me- chanicol comedian and a support of third-rate performers, the play was beneath all criticism. It wns a thousand pities that it was sandwiched in amongst real attractions such as those which have been seen in the local theatre this week. MOMOS. * • a 'T'HE STAR ACT at the vaudeville •** house this week is to be found in a den of mystery where presides one Lawrence Crane, also known os the Irish wizard, As a magician Mr. week. When to a feature of this nature n full line of Al pictures is added, it will he seen that the public certainly gets its money's worth at the Broad Street house. a a a .*IN WYOMING," a comedy West- •*■ crn drama, is the attraction this week and is evidently scoring a hit nl Ihe Princess Theatre, judging by the large patronage. The company nre very much at* home in tlie different characters, and it would he hard to say to which of them belong the most credit. Next week the Williams Players will put on the beautiful society comedy hy Bronson Howard entitled "Young Mrs. Winthrop." It is a fine play, and the story differs from anything Hint thc company has yet staged, as it has for its theme the effect of fashionable life and society nn two young married people. They drift widely apart, but arc brought together through the influence of a little child. • * » AN OPERA-LOVING public has •*'*■ grown to expect casts of singers nut of the usual run in comic opera from Werbn and Luescher. Last season they sent Mfzzi Hajos, the famous little creator of '' The Spring Mnid,'' to the West with a splendid company. Now they have provided for "The Rose Maid" an organization which is with little doubt the most brilliant and expensive that comic opera has known in the West, headed by Alice Lloyd, the most celebrated of English comediennes. Leo Stark, who is really a Bavarian of title, will bc remembered for his impersonation of the droll strolling actor in "The Spring Mnid," and be bus a long record as the principal comedian of the London Gaiety Theatre Company. Juliette Lange is a young Russian prima donna who inherited her musical powers from both her father, LEO SLEZAK The Great Bohemian Tenor, Who Sings Here Tuesday Evening (b) Die Trane Rubinstein and arranged. One of these is "The (c) Aria from "Africainc" ... Swan and the Skylark," by Goring Meyerbeer Thomas. It will be accompanied by Mr. Slezak « f*-1- orchestra. 3.Piano Solo: * * " (a) Rhapsodie, E Flat Brahms p-ANNOT music have fragrance. (b) Ballade G minor, Op. 23, Chopin of ,||e ol|, Pavano or pas8pjed of Miss Wagner, France, 's bygone courts, the Rignu- 4. (a) 0 komm in Trunin Liszt dou danced long ago by Camargo, the (h) Wiegcnlied . .. .Ilumpcrdinck Colinette which charmed Louis XIV, (c) Plnisii* d'amour Martini bring tn the fancy a pleasing savour (d) Stamdchen li. Strauss of roses from a Watteau jar? "Fast- Si (a) Moonlight Song Cnclinun failing vinlcls covered up in leaves" (b) Dearest Homer ami "That strain; il had a dying (c) Come to the Gnrden, Love, fall," arc Iwo familiar lines of henu- Suiter ty which show llic kinship between We are Joint Owners and Sole Agents of Fort George Townsite on the main line of tlie G. T. P. Transi'ontinentti! ami tlio Northern Terminus of the Pacific and Great Kastern Railway. -Mao on tlle line oE all Railroads building or projected through Central B. C. and tho Peace Biver District. And at tlie Junction of over One Thousand Miles of Navigable Waterways. FORT GEORGE Is the natural Gateway to the Peace River District, being closer to Iho very heart of the Peace River Country than is Edmonton. FOBT GEOBGS will be the wholesale supply point, the manufacturing and railroad centro for the Great Inland Empire of Central and Northern B.C., and the Peace River District alone contains over One Hundred Million Acres of rich agricultural mineral, timber and coal lands. There will be some cities nnd many towns and villages In this vast rich territory, but large or small they must all pay tribute to which fact will be apparent to all who investigate Intelligently. Many fortunes will be made in business and Investments by those who write or call today. For special pricei on inside business lots, maps, plans, photos, etc., see Natural Resurces Security Co., Ltd. Fald-np Capital $250,000 624 VANCOUVEB BLOCK, VANCOUVEB, B.C. Victoria Theatre Saturday, March 1 MISCHA ELMAN World's Greatest Violinist Prices, $1 to ?4. Box Office Opens Thursday, Feb ruary 27. - Mail Orders Now Victoria Theatre February 27th and 28th Webra & Luescher Present the Celebrated English Singing Comediene ALICE LLOYD In the Famous New Viennese Opera "THE ROSE MAID" Prices, SOc to $2.00 Seats on Sale February 25th The Princess Theatre Week Commencing February 24 The Great Social Drama Young Mrs. Winthrop By Bronson Howard Empress Theatre Week Commencing February 22 William— HALLIDAY fe CABLIN —Bobert In a Nautical Traveity* "The Battle at Bay Sun" By Ed. Oalla-rher Staffeland'i Clevereit Oirli Alberta—Moore ft Young—Myrtle In Dance and Song X'rivolltiei Juvenile Character Impersonator BITA BEDFIELD In a Seriee of Character Studlee Sada—Wander ft Sone—George In "The Beauty Shop" MeCONHELL ft AUSTIU In a Study on Wheel! ENGLISH OAUMONT QBAPHIC PICTUSEB EMFBESS CONCERT OBCEESTBA The Genuine HEINTZMAN ft CO. PIANO—an instrument of quality—is sold only by GIDEON HICKS PIANO CO. 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Victoria, February 22, 1913 Changes In Religious Ideas By J. Arthur Hill, Bradford, Yorks. (Written specially for Tlie Week.) disbelief in witchcraft was quite good vind, believe in Christ?" begged tlie are slaves tu money as few wretched enough to draw down the accusation well-meaning Norse king, after phtc- men are to their vices. A CLERGYMAN friend of mine was recently informed of two very estimable ladies who, through various troubles, hod utterly lost their faith. So great hod been their trials anil sufferings that tbey were driven to Hie belief Ihat either there wos no (ind. or Ihat tic wus a wicked one, torturing mankind as children kill flies. My friend wished lo help these ladies, so he and his wife asked Iheni of atheism from the zealous witch burners and torturers. God made man after His own image says Genesis. Man makes God after his own image, said Chateaubriand. The latter is true enough, however it be with the former. Tlie Calvinist was merciless to those wdio differed from ing tlie pan of red hot coals on his victim's body, which burst asunder. The methods of propagandists have fortunately changed since those days, at least in civilized countries. Livingstone, however, describes a rather similar example. Said the friendly Sechele, chief of lhe Buwkains, among V. FORBES-CARTER. The Equality of tbe Sexes him in theological opinion, and he whom the traveller was living: made his God equally merciless. And not only is tlie God of Calvin and SI. Ignatius dead or dying, but the God of even Erasmus and Moliuus is almost as moribund. With each ad- living iu a new and wider universe; if is o new earth, and requires a new immortalized hy the pen of J. M. Barrie. A finer prose epic has not been written for many decades; the canvas passed. James' Bay district lies to the left; with the incomparable Parliament Buildings in the fore-ground and was small but the painting was like a hundreds of beautiful homes filling in Tcniers or an Hobbema, every detail the mop—homes which will soon van- finished with a vitality which only true artist could emulate. Many of us have learnt to love Margaret Ogilvie from the sweet portrait delineated by her illustrions son and many of us received our most lasting impressing of a Scotch village and its narrow life from Barrie's story. ish and give place to the evidences of industry and development—and in the furthest distance are seen the snow-capped Olympics, the everlasting sentinels of the Straits of Juan de Fuca to which we are at all times to lea. They replied thai lhey liked vnoce i» knowledge, we find ourselv him, but did nol liko his God, evidently meaning by Ihis vigorous bill rather iinplcasing remark, Ihal they beaven to match, supposed he wished to preach at them. Each generation hummers out ils My friend replied, "Conic all the God-shape. At least, the working snme. (lod will not be present. He is sculptors do it, with agony and bloody not invited." They went and great sweat. Tlieir contemporaries cannot good resulted. admire the new God, their perception I confess that when I heard this being inadequate; they crucify or story, I was somewhat astonished, and burn that sculptor, and thei:' descend- a relative of mine who was present ants canonize or deify him! was visibly shocked. At first sight Some of us stand half way between it seemed rather blasphemous, yet the prophet and tbe crowd. We see there sat my clerical friend—for it the nobility of the former's conccp- wos lie who told the story—quietly tion, and the meanness and blindness sipping his tea, and apparently almost 0f the conservatives and journalists, unconscious of what I lie reporters coll Yet,we ore so influenced by environ- "sensation in court," which liis yarn ment and early training that we can- had produced, I say "almost" uncon- not break away altogether from lhe scious, for there was a little gleam in 0]d ways. Locking the prophet's his eyes which meant that he relished vision, we hover timorously between thc humor of the affair and the fun the old aud lhe new. We half dis- of repeating tho story, while re- trust lhe new revelation; cannot quite strained from a smile by tlie thought believe that it is divine. Like the of the trouble of those two afflicted Jews, we do not recognize the divine human souls. And, on reflection, his astonishing you imagine these people will ever believe hy your merely talking to them? I can make them do nothing except hy thrashing them, and if you like I shall call my head man, and with our litups (whips of rhinoceros hide), we shall soon make them all believe together. '' Evidently Seehele's notions of the psychology of belief wcre of a somewhat crude order. We know now, that belief is not a mutter of will; we can only believe that whicli carries its own evidence on its front, and is good enough to be believed, worthy of all acceptation. The God of the future will be Jesus' God of love, not the capricious and ferocious deity of the strait and Pharisaic sects. Victoria, Feb. 14,1913. To the Editor of The Week. Dear Mr. Editor:—I wish to scud ' Do you a few lines re the argument as to correspondence the equality of the sexes, not with a view to appearing in print, but by way of stating the case to you personally, from a point uot hitherto discussed as far as I know. My contention is that if girls and boys arc brought up and educated with similar training, the girls will show quite equal abilities and attainments. I have been led to form tllis opinion from the fact that since the days when university education became possible for girls, in the exams the latter have come out usually ahead of their brothers ond rarely much behind them. The question of equality is very much in Ihe bringing up and education. Medical men will tell you that superiority of intellect does not depend on the size of the brain, but on its convolutions, and I tliink I have heard or read that the brain of an ordinary well balanced woman has more intricate aud finer convolutions than that of the ordinary mau. High class education hriugs out the qualities. If you take two children, boy and rejoinder lost its first alarming appearance, and became not only a truth, but just the right, truth to say, in such circumstances. The devil-god of the two afflicted ones would not be present: was not invited. My friend's grateful as presenting a lovely pano- God wl|0 presumably was present, wos ronui conveying not its least dis- of „ (liffc,.ent vnriety. I wish there were o Barrie to sit tinetion on the fairest city of the Pa- Atheism is much more worthy of at the window through whicli I am cific Coast. TOspect than theism, if the god of the now looking out at a fairer prospect Truly a city in transition; a city ]atter is a false god. And he is a false than ever gladdened the eye of the aroused; a city which is rapidly „.0() jf ]ie js below the level of the watcher at the Window in Thrums, crowding out the evidences of pioneer -worshipper's ideal. Calvinism's God The exquisite picture tbat I can see days and replacing them with an air was below the level of good human is one to whicii neither a Sargent or of modernity and bustle, by no fatherhood, for no human father a Turner could do justice. meons grateful to the old-time dweller Would punish any of his children with I nm living up four storeys above wll° found in Victoria his "dolce far everlasting torment, however wicked the heads of my fellows. They crawl niente," but full of hope and promise (hey might hove been. And, in fact, along tbe Causeway like ants moving j*01' the new generation which has vis- Calvinism's God did not, punish for slowly. At this time of the year they inns of the fi>il' eity .V«t to be, in wickedness, but merely capriciously, begin soon after dawn; the early t'le building of which the sons are having ordained and elected this ves- labourers are succeeded in an hour taking the place of the fathers. I A Sympathetic Sojourner Corrig College, Niagara St., Victorin, B.C., Feb. 15. Dear Bohemian: After four months sojourn in Canada, the last three weeks of which have been spent in Victoria, I have girl, train them ond teach them just met something like intellectual sym- ns girls were, some forty years since, pathy, and hove met it in your little by the time they are twenty, probably columns, and tliere only. Let me you would find the boy was a—well, incarnation. I know this attitude well, one of those who—half awoke, so to thank you for your courage iu ex- not a particularly brilliant specimen speak—dimly see the beauty of the pressjng yolu. views upon life, and of humanity, and would turn out ail new God, yet without fully accepting expressing them in an artistic and in- utter failure, while the girl, though linn. I sec the inferiority of tlie old teresting manner, in a country almost she would be the girl of her period God, and con criticize His shortcom- un;formiv ignorant of how to live, (forty years, ago), would show some ings; though in the act of making this al,d blind to the possibilities of life, latent ability and gumption that or two by the well-dressed clerk or the little tripping stenographer and a little later by the more staid civil servant wending his way to the Parliament Buildings. But the morning has advanced and noon draws near. On this mid-February day, which B. W. Leader has perpetuated by his rea! series of gloom pictures whicii tell of what cloudy England is, I am looking out into a world of glorious sunshine THE CHARGE OF THE BRIGADE 'NIGHT' Beii (With Apologies) very inhuman document sel unto honour and that unto dishonour. Neither wns the punishment corrective, and therefore ultimately for the good of the punished: it wns brutal, unreasonable, arbitrary. Calvinism's God thus fell below human ideals, and therefore stands revealed criticism I feci a certain shame, wbicl no doubt is the outcome of inherited conservatism with its sinfulness of heresy attitude. It is also partly due to the feeling flint it is presumptuous en my part to make a better God thou that of my forbears. Their's ought to be good enough for me. But I ought to think, it is God in me that protests against, the picture of Him which others have drown. Thus tun I strong with all God's strength. Instend, however, of feeling liko this, my early religious teaching warped me into antagonism not yet outgrown, nnd 1 think of God as their God, a God who is angry with me anil will punish me eternally for not holding orthodox opinions in theology. I must learn that the capillary column balances the sea, my private soul is as strong as any other or all others: if God is in them, In all my weary wanderings through would guide her through the dilficul- Cannda I have searched in vain, either ties of life, were she thrown on her from the people, or from their papers, own resources, for any appreciation, or even knowl- From my point of view there must edge, of the artistic standpoint, be an immense amount of stored up Your lilies enable mc to recapture, if brain power and useful energy in only for nn instant, some of the at- sex that could evolve itself into the mospherc of that intellectual, literary state of liberty and prominence that and artistic world some six thousand women hove today from tbe centuries miles away, and to feel that the of repression they lived in formerly. Boulevard St. Michel and Chelsea As for votes for women, I think it exist after oil, and are not the vain would he a crying sin if ALL women fancies of a dream. were enfranchised, it would be dupli- Most sincerely do I thank you for eating the mistake your own sex have your courage in defying the enemy, made iu giving universal suffrage to and in maintaining, ngainsr. countless men, of whom so many arc totally un- odds, a little cornei' where 1, and such lit mentally, morally or intellectually as I, can turn grateful eyes, drcaried lo record a wise or logical decision, wilh the blindness of o people who FEMININA. translated from the Greek of Molesta ns a false God. A true God will prefer H(J .g n]so in me_(;0 t*ie extient) if no Sewer-Rat:, and suggested by the Uy mog"nifieent ™yU-0-<«-<-'«1 cl»ssio of Jason ond the Golden Fleece. pIGHTY miles, eighty miles. Eighty miles onward, which might, but for the least sus- All in the holly old "Mary," picion of a chill in the air, be a raid- summer day. Thc Inner Harbour is dotted with launches. In its centre two huge "Princesses" are lashed to their moorings, awaiting the signal to cut loose and race with their hundreds of passengers to Vancouver or Seattle. Nenr to them ore moored three other "Princesses" which shore with their twin sisters the traffic of these Western waters aud nose their wny into more Northerly regions. On the side is a Grand Trunk bont just in from Prince Rupert, the Northern metropolis of the New British Columbia. Near the "Rupert" is lhe sturdy little vessel, the "Venture," which plies weekly between lhe Capital ami Bella Coola. Steaming into the harbour is tho "Sol Due," wilh ifs red funnel, bringing on early party of passengers from the American side of file Line. Several Ings are visible hauling their booms of logs and n lit- palod „•■ lMr flicc9 b lie launch is swiftly cutting its way ,,„■,,,* ,,s ,k,v fought fm. ^ through the channel i„ ihe Quarantine Strllgg]ing with -*,„,,, ,,, mt. Station. The Inner Harbour is a for- Foeding (,|c |ishes while est of masts, cordage and hulls. Across the harbour I look straight to the Songhees Reserve where less Sailed the sick hundred. Forward lhe "Night" Brigade Charge for Clo-osc THEY said Into the darkness of night, Sailed the sick hundred. Forward the "Night" Brigade Each Son-of-n-Gun obeyed, E'en though they quickly knew Someone had blundered. Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but lo boo and buy, Into the galley of death Rushed the sick hundred. Surf to the right of them, Surf to the left of them, Surf in thc front of them, Volleyed and thundered. Stormed nt wilh "swot" and swell, Dreading each mournful bell, Fighting ench foggy breath, Wishing the ship in h 1, Heaved tho sick hundred. to bc disbelieved altogether rather than have evil qualities attributed to him. Nearly two thousand years ago Plutarch snid that he would much rnthcr people said that no such person ns Plutarch existed or ever had existed, than that they should say untrue and disgracing things about him. The atheist or agnostic of the better sort usually disbelieves in the orthodox God because He is below his own ideal; and he cannot yet believe in more, of my own virtuous aspirations. Trust thyself, for in trusting thy best self, thou art throwing thyself on God. He is with thee, not against thee. Transcend the barriers which theology has raised between the soul and God. Look within, and find Him. Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands or feet. Forget the God of Calvinism. Ho is dead, ond wc sing the doxology over his unlnmcntcd decease. The great prophets are fundamentally the God he could conceive, because it at one _viUl one]l n|liel. T| is theil. foi "seems too good to be true." But- lowerg wh0( misunderstanding, intra* thanks be-the atheism of today is (]uce m.01. The followcl.s jiave „, the religion of tomorrow. The early Christians were called atheists by their pagan enemies; and tliere wos a lime, only three centuries ngo, when vision of tlieir own, and they drag down to tlieir own level of materiality and woodenness the supernal vision of their Teachcr"Wilt (hou now, Ey- YOU HAVE READ ABOUT THE Great New Studebaker Line (just in) COME IN AND SATISFY YOURSELF THAT IT IS WHAT WE CLAIM IT TO BE. MOORE AND PAULINE Oarage and Showrooms: Broughton and Wharf Streets WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOUR INSPECTION. than a year ago the remnant of n rjaniich All the crew wondered. Plunged in the foggy Sooke, Right through the waves lhey broke, and Yankee, Four Passenger Torpedo, $2800 F.O.B., Victoria Six Passenger $2935 F. 0. B., Victoria Heeled from tlie sorry joke, Baltoreil ond blundered: Then they sailed buck, bill not Not the old hundred. tribe "squatted" in tlieir shacks. It has only just been delivered into the hands of lhe modem fashioner of railways, terminals and docks, and if I they arc not yet visible to the material eye I bove only tn conjure up Gnles to the rigid nf I hem, tho completion of plans which hove Gales lo the lefl uf them, been well laid, lo scc before mc in Gales too behind them, two or three years an imposing nrray Volleyed and thundered, of modern structures whicii will con- Tossed up with roll ami swell, All in a heap they fell, They who had fought so well Cnme—so the paper siiilh, Buck from the mouth of All that was left of them, Of the sick hundred, inte vert a deserted Indian Reserve a modern transportation centre. Will it add to the beauty of thc .picture? Maybe nut. But il will strike the modern note of progress nnd development and while lhe painter would perhaps be glad lo brush it out of tbe picture, wc should bc When shall their story fade? content to chronicle as a true artist Whiskey ond lemonade! thc aspirations ami prospccls of thc Sherry and bitters! people. But nothing will ever blot out the beautiful background, the wooded hills which shut off a complete view of Esquimalt Harbour and the line of well, Sandwiched and "hun'Mcred. What wos the charge THEY made? "Lois" for the "Night" Brigade, For the sick hundred. We told you that orders for nearly every 1913 Cadillac would be placed before winter was half over! Four Passenger Phaeton, $2800 F.O.B. Victoria. The CADILLAC has enjoyed mnny great seasons. This is the greatest. The new car has taken the continent by storm. The CADILLAC factory guarantees ils cars for a year from time of purchase. Wc will be glad to show you our line at any lime at our garage. Roadster, $2750 F. 0. B. Victoria. Four Passenger Coupe, $3250 F. 0. B. Victoria 1CK2 FORT STREET . J I ONE 2058 Seven Passenger Limousine, $4500, F.O.B., Victoria Victoria, February 22, 1913 A British Columbia Newspaper and Review Page Seven Motoring and Good Roads (OOD ROADS may seem a dry nnd lifeless issue—until one hns hud Uie privilege of attending such a gathering ns the pro- gressive convention held in Vnncouver. New Westminster and Victoria, last week by the Rond Superintendents of British Columbia, together with some of the West's lending 1 which must be used efficiently and economically. "Nothing," he said, "does so much bulk today in the pub- lie eye ns good roads, which loom now ns great ns the railways, to which they are of vital necessity in supplying traffic." Discuss Strathcona Park W. 0. Wheeler, Director of the Alpine Club, then told of the Alpine areas of Strathcona Park, his remarks, as well ns those of E. H. Thomson, who followed with nn nccount of the preliminary surveys in the reserve, being illustrated with slides. The evening closed with all listeners iirmly convinced that Strathcona Park wns in nble hands nnd thnt it would be developed in the largest nnd best way. After a very fruitful reading and discussion of the superintendents' .,,,, .,,,,, . , _ , , _ .. . , . treatises on Friday, one more event- *~^\ OOD ROADS mny seem a dry Business and Banquet He showed thnt n definite route could M Hoad Congress drew to a close I y nnd lifeless issue—until one Returning to Westminster another not yet be fixed; that the road should .^j, a i6Cture on "Road Oiling Ma- '"'" ■'•"' '' ;,;l '' ,,f inspection was made. Papers by City really be called Canadian Highways, chinovy '' by Mr. Percey of the Road Superintendent Furness on because nt first it would pierce Yel- st_nrin,'_i (,__ r*.„„n„„„ street building, by City Engineer lowhead Pass and Inter other alterna- Blackman on laying out of cities, nnd tive routes would be ndded. The ster- nddress by Mayor Grey, were eopticon views were excellent, heard. At the banquet that evening Thursday morning wus spent in the Russell Hotel no less than rending nnd discussion of the various way exponents. Then it is that this twenty-two toasts were proposed. superintendents' papers, ln the nf- subject takes ou a romance and a Embarkation for Victoria was mnde ternoon session Hon, W. R. Ross took color of its own; it becomes again the Wednesday morning; and the rest of up the modern methods of rond-mnk grent doctrine for which Romnn em- thut dny was spent hy the party in ing used this yenr. He emphasized perors spent millions in gold and untold human lives; for whieh Napoleon, the greatest emperor of them all, brought Europe to tribute. It is part of the epic being lived in Canada today by the hardy mon who nre driving the level ribbon of commerce nnd civilization through the mountains nnd dark forests of a reluctant new world. Good roads is vital: it is nn issue of modern life. Convene in Terminal City Last Monday the superintendents met in Vancouver nnd listened to addresses by Mayor Baxter nud F. L, Fellowes, Cily Engineer. The Mnyot emphasized the importance of roads in lowering the cost of living nnd ill breaking down Ihe barriers between cily and country. The latter discussed different types of roads for urban and rural traffic. By the courtesy of the Vancouver Auto Club, the delegation, in a procession of motors headed by thnt of President Ross of that body, then visited various interesting public works, including the cily bunkers, yards, crematorium, and stables. Tho horses caused much comment among interviewing tlieir respective mem- the superintendents, all of whom havc bors as to coming local appropriate tenm problem as one of their chief tions. cares. At tbe Progress Club luncheon, Alexandra Club Session Interesting Mayor Baxter, aldermen and reeves Four intensely interesting addross- of various neighboring municipalities es were made at the Alexandra Club spoke. session, Wednesday night. In his in- View Municipalities traduction Hon. Thomas Taylor, Min- In the afternoon n lon" motor run 's*-er °*f Public AVorks, showed the criticism of road-work heard in some was taken down old Granville Street tremendous increase in rond expense, pnrts of the country, hc thought, wns the first bituminous highway lnid by In 190G, he said, the Province spent largely due to the difficult nature of Ihis Government, to Kerrisdnle, where ten thousand for road mnchinery Standard Oil Company. Mr. Foster was warmly congratulated for his success, and the gathering adjourned. Tour Our Roads A tour of the city's paved roads, in the cars of the Victoria Automobile Association, was made Snturdny morn by the Convention, which, under the guidance of President A. E. Todd, was taken out by Dallas Road to Ross Bny, 1 nek ngnin, nnd through Esquimalt to Hillside Avenue nnd back to the top of Fort Street, next on to Uplands and afterwards crossing the country by the Cedar Hill Rond to Maywood, from whence they mnde their wny to the Goldstream Hotel where lunch wns awaiting them. Speeches were mnde by Mr. W. W. Foster, Deputy Minister of Public Works, Mr. J. I_. Beckwith and the Chief of Police, as well as the president of the Automobile Club, Mr. A. E. Todd. Warm thanks wcre tendered the Association for their kindness by the road-builders, many of whom remaiu- ed in town over Sunday. INFIRMARY FOR AILING TIRES. STRATHCONA PARK Whose Alpine Scenery Was the Subject of Director W. 0. Wheeler's Paper. the value of I ravel from city to city, as his audience were doing, in broadening the viewpoint. The immensity of the work confronting the superintendents impressed him profoundly; indeed, he felt it next only to the construction of the railway lines in importance to the Province. The Reeve Churchill showed the new '' Oil- crete" work. Municipal Engineer Johnston, of Point Grey, then read a paper on construction in that municipality. Still on Granville Highway thc caravan swept on to Eburne; to Luln Islnnd, where the fire brigade thousand for This year tlie bill amounted to fifty thousand. Instead of costing four hundred and fifty thousand lnst yenr ns they did in IDOG, good roads represented an expenditure of five millions. Seven millions might profitably be spent on the Skeenn District the mountainous regions and the trouble in securing dntn, which iu a level prairie country could be had more easily. Sir Bichard Congratulates Builders J. G. C. Wood, M.L.A., gave an excellent talk in which he took up local rond work and Strathcona Park. The Hon. Sir Richard McBride, K.C. M.G., then addressed the meeting in a few well-chosen words. He expressed I gnve n display of efficiency, nnd to "lone- However, the Government is the Eburne ' Hotel, where Reeve now ranking every effort to assist the Churchill graphically described thc raads programme; working on the progress of his thoroughly modern policy of good wngon roads for the his grntificntion at meeting the field municipality. outlying districts, and of permanent force, and spoke vividly on the won- See New Westminster "Sights" paving for the city neighborhoods. He derful effect their efforts would have Through the kindness of the B. C. spoke interestingly of the coming de- in opening British Columbia to the Motorists with sick or injured tires on hand will lind K. W. Macrae and E. J. Morley, of the Aulo Supply Co., at 1115 Blanchard, good and sympathetic surgeons. Their lire hospital is lilted with every appliance for the restoration of tubes, inner nnd outer, thut may be imagined. Besides this, the firm hnve arranged for a fine line of accessories, including Ajax tires, one of the greatest makes on the market today; Black Eagle plugs, Autocrat oils and greases, Davis chamois, Delhi motor gloves, Klean-all and Klondike polishes. Prest-o-lite tanks, Premier lire covers, Schrader valves nml lire gauges, Tollman's pumps, etc. Mr. Macrae bus been in tho motor business for nine yenrs, beginning in Glasgow with the Daimler people. Coming to Cnnndn seven yenrs ago, he was with the Russell Company two years ut Toronto, then wilh Hie Tire & Rubber Goods Co. of Hamilton, being secretary treasurer of thnl corporation nt the time of ils absorption by the Goodyear interests. Since then until the lirst of this year he hns been wilh the Goodyear Company, latterly ns mechanical mnnager of Ihe local branch. J. h. Mather, nlso formerly of the Electric Rnilwny, n speclnl enr wns tnken next morning to New Westminster, where the party were met by I City Engineer T. W. B. Blackmail land his staff. Numerous civic nnd overnmental improvements including the Fraser steel bridge, were inspect- Ioil. and train wns tnken tn Coquit- llain. Here the Government Colony iFjirin proved u source of intense in- [leivsl. wilh its fine cattle and horses, part Iits modern arrangements, and ils week Icom-rete silos and oilier buildings. On coi'iraging the tourists to come here. Ibehulf of the Provincial Secretary, President W. J. Kerr of tbe Canadian I Dr. Doherty welcomed the superin- Highway Association, was unable to Itcndents nt luncheon: olher addresses be present; hut Deputy Minister Fos- Ibeing by Alderman O'Kell nnd Dop- ter ably supplied his place, nnd made luty Minister of Public Works W. W. a strong address on the Canadian IFosler. Highway "From Alberni to Alberta." velopment of a trunk route which world. It seemed to him that perhaps Goodyear Company, is Hie firm's city would open the Similkameen country the people of the Province did not al to a remunerative tourist trade; and emphasized the fnct thnt the Government would do ull in its power to assist the road-plans of municipalities. Tell of Trunk Highways President A. E. Todd, of the local salesman. Business is progressing very rapidly, and lhe commodious quarters on Blanchard prove nn emergency nlre for motorists wilh disabled Automobile Association, mnde a brilliant address on Iho Pncifie Highway, of which we reproduced lnst lie brought out tlie need of oil- ways face their problems such as this, adequately; which was unfortnnnte in view of the fnct thnt the pnst, its problems and results, was nothing to nnd ailing I ires. the nenr future. Hc impressed his henrors wilh tlieir grent responsibility Save two dollars and a half by read* in spending vast sums of public money ing THE WEEK'S plan on Page 2. Phone 4747 Victoria's Tire Hospital Successful Operations performed on ail makes of Tires and Tubes. Permanent Cures Guaranteed. Auto Supply Company "Ajax" Tires — Accessories 1115 BLANCHARD STREET VIOTORIA, B.C. Over 43 Years' Experience in the New McLaughlin OVER forty years of that time have been spent in making McLaughlin carriages and buggies. McLaughlin carriages bore a good name. They earned it. It was won on sheer merit. A customer bought a McLaughlin carriage when he had the price simply because it represented the best he could get. He could buy cheaper carriages, but hc could not get McLaughlin service. Service can't be had for nothing. It costs money and it's woith it. But here's the point! The same standards that made the McLaughlin carriage famous are still applied tn the making of McLaughlin cars. Each 1913 McLaughlin car is the product of over two generations of successful effort directed solely along one line. Semi for catalogue of out .0). i-lacli lender must lie accompnnled by . .„,. ., .,. ,...., vr-n Mnmaret hi Manitoba, Sasuatchewan and Alberta, an accepted bnnk cheque or eortillcate Slnmion r Senltle Wash n'gton oecu- tlie Yukon Territory, the Northwest Ter- of deposit on a chartered bunk of Can- SlmpBOn, 01 Seattle, Wasmngton, oecu , „„„,,„„ „. ,|,„ „.„„,„„_, ada. made luiviililo tn I Via Honourable >l,i TAK 10 notice that pntlon Married Woman, Intends to ap- riUjrles nnd in a portion of the Province "IV'.','.V?!10J"l'v.^'.'.1?._t0-il,_0_Hon21,_rnble the ply for per lowing descrilied iutlds:- l.n.inrl_H.r a.A rBlliai O*" Will nlv for nermlssion lo nor bn "e Hie fol- of P-ltlsh Columbia, n-ny be leased lor a Minister of Public Works, for a sum fovig les' bid ands ^Commencing term of twenty-one years at an annual equal to ton (10) per ce„t ot hla jender, I nt a post planted on .west boundary and ™&_*. IL^J_____ ___a.«iSf _^!_.V^\!l ,0&0,t_!S_!.f tt_.?alH_i!!!_ about 18 chains south of northeast co ner of Lot 800; theuce enst CO chain' . tlicnro norih 10 chains; thence west Sn chains, moro or less, to enst -share *. Nit hint Lake; thence southerly followine shore to nnrth boundary of Lot 300; thence east nnd south following boundary of l'*ot 300 to point of commencement; containing about 320 acres. Dated December Oth, 1012. MRS. MARGARET SIMPSON. William Simpson. Jan. 11 mar. 1. VICTORTA LAND DISTRICT District of Renfrew, TAKE notice that Arthur Sykes, the rights applied Cor ure 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. Tbe person open* ting the mine shal' Huddersfield, hhigland, occupation, Wool- furnish the A sent with sworn returns len Manufacturer, intends to apply for accounting for the full quantity of mer- ,r»iio acre.- will bo leased to une appU- 'loring decline to enter Into" contract I cam when called upon to do so, or If ho fail m dlcations Tor a lease must be made lo complete the work contracted for. The I o applicant in person to the Agent ''beqnos or certificates of deposit of un- ; sub Agent of the District in which successful tenderers will bc returned to | Iho rights ipplled for are situated. tllCI11 "Pon tho execution of the contract. in surveyed territory the land must be Tenders will not he considered unless ] descni 1 by sections, or legal sub-dlvi- romta out on the forms supplied, signed I sions oi . ectlnns, and In unsurveyed ter- wit" tlie ncttial signature of the tender-1 rltory the tract applied for shnll be er- a*'o enclosed in tho envelope fur-1 stnked our by tlie applicant himself. nlshed. Each application must be accompanied Tlie lowest or any tender not neces- by a fee of $5 whl h will he refunded if sarily accepted. J. E. GRIFFITH, Public Works Engineer. Department of Public Works, Victoria, B. C, 211th January, 1013. feb. 1, fCb 22 permission to purchase tlio following descrilied lands:—Conimencing at a post planted about 40 chains east from the northeast corner of Lot 40; thence north GO chains; thence west 80 cliains; thence south 60 chains; tiience east SO chains to liantahlc coal mined and pay the royalty thereon, IC the -oal mining rights are not being operated, such "-yturns should be furnished at least once a year. The least will Include the coal mining rights onl;., b'it Lh.' lessee may be per- point of eommeneement, containing -180 milted to purchase whatever available surface rights may 1 e considered necessary for the working of the mine at the rate of $10.00 an ncre. For full inform.it iuu application should be made to the Secretary of the Depart- n eni of tlie Interior, Ottawa, or to auy 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, 31, acres, more or less. Dated December 8. 1012. ARTHUR SYKES, Applicant. STANLEY WOOD, Agent. Jan. 11. mar. ! LABOUR COMMISSION MINERAL ACT. NOTICB. Qulnte mineral claim, situate In tho Victoria Mining Division of Sooke District, about one-half mile southeast of East Sooke P.O, TAKE notice that I, Henry B. Thomson, Free Miner's Certificate No. G7823B, Intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to tlie Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim, SITTINGS of the Provincial Labour Commission will be held as follows:- Nanaimo—Monday, February 17th, at 8 p.m., Court-house. Cumberland—Wednesday, February 10, at 8 p.m. Alberni—Monday, February 24th, at 8 p.m, Ladysmith—Tuesday, February 25th, at 3:30 p.m, Steveston—Monday, March Srd, at 2:30 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT. District of North Saanich. TAKE notice tliat Andrew Cox, of p.m. Union Bay, North Saanich, Sidney P.O., Chilliwack—Tuesday, March 4th, at farmer, intends lo apply for permission 2:30 pm to lease the following described foreshore:—Commencing at a post planted at the northeast corner of Parcels 2, Ami further take notice that action, Section 11, Range 1, West; thence north- New Westminster—Thursday, March llth, at 11 a.m., City Hall. west two hundred (200) feet, under section 85 must be commenced before the issue of such Certificate of Im- west one thousand (l"000) feet, provements. Dated this 14th day of January, A.D, 1013. H. B. THOMSON. thence thence Vancouver—Friday, March 7th, at 10 m., Court-house. The Commission Is empowered to in- jan. 18. southeast two hundred (200) feet more quire into all matters affecting the Conor less to high wnter mark, and thence ditions of labour in British Columbia easterly along high water mark to point All persons interested are Invited to at VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Renfrew. TAKE notice that Joseph Martin, of Clo-Oose, B.C., occupation rancher, Intends to apply for permission to lease the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted at the northeast corner post of Indian Reserve No. 15, on the Nitinat River; thence soutli 40 chains; thence east 80 chains; thence nortli 40 chains more or less to Nitinat River; thence following river in a westerly direction to point of commencement, comprising 320 acres, more or less. Dated February 5th, 1013. JOSEPH MARTIN, Applicant. WILLIAM JOSEPH MacDONALD, Agent, feb. 15 ap. 12 VICTORIA LAND ™RTRICT. District of Renfrew. TAKE notice tliat James Cartmel, of Victoria, B, C, occupation miner, Intends to apply for permission to lease the following described lands:—Corn- mar IB of commencement, Dated December 16th, 1012, ANDREW COX. feb. 22 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT. District of Nortli Saanich, TAKE notice that Day Hort Macdowall, of Victoria, gentleman, intends to npply for permission to lease the following described foreshore:—Commencing at a post plnnted at the northwest corner nf Block 3, Section 11, Rango 1, West; thence northwest two hundred (200) feet, thence northeast five hundred (500) feet, thenco southeast two hundred (200) feet more or less to high water mark, and thence southwest along high water mnrk to point of commencement. Dated, December Ifith, 1012. ANDREW COX, Agent for Day Hort Macdowall, dec. 28. feb. 22. tend and give evidence. H. G. PARSON, F. R. McNAMARA, Chairman. Secretary, fe')- 1. feb. 22 VICTORIA LAND DTSTRTCT District of Renfrew. TAKE notico that John A, Stringer, of Mltcham, Surray. occupation Government Officer, intends to npply for LABOUR COMMISSION. Sittings of the Provincial Labou Commission will bo held as follows:— Niinulnio—Monday, February 17th, 8 p.m., Courthouse. Cumberland-— Wednesday, Februar 10th, at 8 p.m. Alberni—Monday, February 24th, menclng at a post pianted about five permission to purchase the following cbalns more or less from the S.W. cor- described lands:—Commencing at a ner post of Indian Reserve No. 15, and post plnnted nt the southwest corner of In a S.W. direction therefrom, thence Lot 580, being T.L. 1727: thence north east to the S.E. corner post of Indian Rft chains; thence west about 00 chains Reserve No, 15, thenco south about 40 to the southenst corner of Lot 5(1; chains to tho boundary line of Lot (10, thence south SO chnins; thence enst 60 -Tuesday, February 25th March 3rd, March 4th, Ladysmlth- at 3,80 p.m. Steveston—Monday, 2.30 p.m. Chilliwack—Tuesday, 2.30 p.m. New Westminster— i uursday, Marc 6th, at 11 a.m.. City Hall. Vancouver—Friday, March 7th, at 1 a.m., Courthouse. thence west to the Nitinat River, theuce chatns to point of commencement"con- quTrMn^iM '" following the shore line of the river taining 480 acres more or less. di tons of b our in i rltlih ('ii.?mbin to the point of commencement, contain- Dnted December 10th, 101*. All peiwns interested a?e Invited to it lng 240 acres, more or less JOHN A. STRINGER. tenTand igvevidence inVlted t0 at Dated, February Bth, 1013. Applicant. H G PARSON JAMES CARTMEL. STANLEY WOOD, Agent. Chairman fo». IB ap. 12 Jan. 11. mnr. 8. P. R. McNamara, Secretary. ' ' Victoria, February 22. 1913 A British Columbia Newspaper and Review Page Eleven Sports of All Sorts THE HOCKEY WORLD IS The Work Point grounds were like* to Victoria. What a differ- wise in rather bad shape, makes: a winning team, a . . . ALL "iking nee it great team. The eyes of the whole Dominion centred on Fort Ca- raosun. Lester and his bunch did it. Let this bo a lesson to the doubter who says athletics aren't important iu bringing a cily before the world. Thc Carnival people have a good North Ward upper Beacon two Beacon Hill. The Empress and * * * teams played at the ANXIOUS FANS will rejoice at Hin Grounds, the score being Ihe tidings that the baseball bug will „n. Objection wns taken by the his anguish for nothing atones! And buzz hy the 17th of next month. Only ^.js to the referee, an unofficial they cart him away in the dawn cold twenty-three more dull days for the „,lej anA tlley have entered a protest and g^ t0 the place where they with the proper authority, bury cheap bones. Don't bum 'V HERE'S trouble in store for the 1 gent who never salts down a red cent, who looks upon cash as the veriest trash, for foolish extravagance meant. Since money comes easy today, he thinks 'twill be always that way, and he burns up the scads with the rollicking lads and warbles a madrigal gay. His dollars are drawn when they're due; and rather than salt down a few, he throws them with jests at the robin redbreasts, with riotous hullabaloo. I look down the scurrying years—for I'm the descendant of seers, and the spendthrift descry when his youth is gone by, an object of pity and tears. I see him parading the street, on weary and ring-boney feet, a-begging for dimes, for the sake of old times, to buy him some sauer kraut to eat. I see him abandoned and sick, his pillow a dornick or brick; and the peeler comes by with a vulcanized eye, and swats him for luck with a stick. I see him when dying; he groans, but it is dross, and regret not its loss, it'i a comfort and staff in the end. feverish ones to check off in their note-hooks before the sinewy lads President Wattelet and Manager Mike idea i„ asking Patrick to open the b„ve gnlhored together will be out at nnk during the big fiesta. Should he lind it possible to do so, we will have one of the greatest attractions imaginable to offer our hundred-thousand odd gnosis during Carnival Week. Think of the dried and parched Easterner, fresh from burning prairies and sunstroke news-stories, tho Cnli- fiirninn with the burn of a Southern snn deep on his cheeks, entering the |coolness of our vast Arena and join- ! the throng of happy skaters which Eoyal Park, tying themselves up into picturesque knots nnd sending the liorschide "whack!" into glove; "plock!" into mitt; "crack!" against the willow; "bing!" into the fence. That's the kind of conversation one hears from the thirty-third degree initiate of baseball. Evidently the rest magnates are a of the league little worried bj J will sweep around on wings of steel Wattelet's activities. He has been of- |ovcr tlie midsummer ice. It would be fored all kinds of trades for such men lie sensation nf a decade! ns Burrell and Meek; hut he is ob- , , . durale. We will have a good nine. PLAYING THE MUCH-TOUTED * * * nl uninteresting six-man gnme, the IN THE INTERMEDIATE series I Royals thrashed Vancouver last week '■■' Island Soccer League last Sntur- llive lo three. Of course there wns 1 it— Ille nf lhe fascinating combination I play Unit the seven-man game makes ■ possible. Lehman and Rochon stur- |rcil for New Westminster; Frank Pnl- ;, Kendall and Taylor for the Ter- lininal Town. It was something of a Iningli-himse, Johnson's leg being cut fnastily by a skate and Lehman receiving a hard blow in lhe head. Six- |iuan hockey is no good and we don't | want it hero. • • • LOVERS OF DOGDOM WILL | unanimously regret the differences opinion whieh led to the split be- Jtwcen local fanciers und enthusiasts lnnd resulted in the formation of two | kennel eluhs. No good can come of Isuch a condition of affairs. There ■ will be nolliing but ill-feeling and llVid inn. The host of dog-owners is ■now* divided into two camps, the old lvh-lorin City Kennel Club and tho ■new Victoria Kennel Club. The new Igroup propose holding a show April |i(i, 17 and IS. » # « AVONDER WHY the Winnipeg |\'ies changed tlieir minds about com- out on the Const. Perhaps the lirand of hockey we use is a little loo swift for the effete East? • • • JOE BAYLEY and his manager, lUorris Condon, nre trying to arrange |or a light with Reilly. Joe has been Ininiug up rapidly of late. He has lhe good wishes of every sportsman |ii this town of sportsmen. « * * A BRITISH COLUMBIA BRANCH If Ihe ex-cadets of the Royal Military |.ollege of Canada was organized iu plencoe Lodge, Vancouver, lnst week. • • • THE WESTS BEAT the Sous of lingliind last Saturday six to one at lie Royal Park, cinching for a while Inywny, their plnce at tho top of the 1st. The Held was a slough, and the lintch was a good test for the R. L. Whyte, Prevost, Pettierew and linbertson, did extra well for the [ictors; while King, A. Kerley and 'iiicent showed up excellently for the Ions. I North Wnrd and Jnnies Bay post- ned tlieir game. Garrison and thistles tied one all. Garrison earn- II honors in the first half, while Ivors were reversed in the second. day, the Empires bent Y. lhe score of two goals M. C. to on • by at WHAT GASOLINE ARE YOU USING? Shell Motor Spirit beats anything you ever used. You don't need to believe this— prove it for yourself. Spragge & Go. Warehouses- 710 Caledonia Ave. Old Esquimalt Road. Phone 1044 comparisons Are But often serve a useful purpose, Ever notice the difference between your hair and the other girls, or the other fellows hair? You've noticed that healthy living look about some folks' hair, besides which yours seems dead and dull. BOWES' HAIR TONIO Is just what you need.. It not only inparts life and beauty to your hair, it really stimulates its growth, yet costs only 60c per bottle. Cyrus H. Bowes The Old Established Drug Store 1228 Government Street Phones 425, 450 Arena Skating 3—Daily Sessions—3 10 to 12 3 to 5 8.15 to 10.30 ADMISSION Evening—General Admission 50c Morning—Children 15c Adults 35c Afternoon—Children ... 25c Adults 35c R. G. Rowland's Band Every Evening The Victoria Wests forged to the leod, winning their match with the Regiment by default. up your money, my friend; don't squander or foolishly lend; though you say The Best Is None Too Good The Best is also the Cheapest—We have the best in Surveyors', Cruisers' and Hunters' High Top Boots. They come in black and tan and are made of the best leather obtainable ancl by the best workmen in the land. These lines are from such well known niantifacturuTs as Florsheim, Slater, Copland Ryder, and Nolan, Earl, makers of the Petaluma Boot. Ask to See the Jefferson Boot. W. Cathcart & Company Pemberton Building 621 Fort Street Victoria Carnival Week, Aug. 4 to 9, 1913 "IT'S THE BEER." L E M P S Pleases Everybody Wholesale Agents Pither & Leiser, Limited Victoria Vancouver Nelson, B.C. BUCHANAN'S H -a < ffl o O H O X X I—I 01 RADIGER & JANION, LTD., B. C. Agents Boy'i Art Olaii workl ana Ston 915 Pandora St., Victoria, B. C. Albert F. Roy Over thirty years' experience ln Art Glass. LEADED LIGHTS Sole manufacturer of Steel-Cored Lead for Churches, Schools, Public Buildings and Private Dwellings. Plain and Fancy Glass Sold. Glazed by Contract. Estimates free. PHONE 594 Phone 3097 JESSE M. WARREN Architect 503 Central Bldg., Victoria, B.C. Turkish Baths Massage and Ohtispody Specialties Lady Masseuse ln attendance. Baths open from 8 a.m. to 3 a.m. Phone 1856 - 831 fort St. We do not Sell AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES AS A MERE SIDE LINE We devote all our time to giving the Best there is in Accessories at the Best Prices. We're Specialists The Motor Accessories Co. 930 Johnson St., Victoria Phone L3700 The Taylor Mill Co. Limited All Kinds of Building Material Lumber, Sash, Doors Telephone 564 North Government Street Victoria Evans, Coleman & Evans, Ltd. HIGH-GRADE BUILDING MATERIALS. MANTLES, GRATES AND TILES RUBBER ROOFING AND SHEATHING PAPERS LIME, CEMENT AND PLASTER' Telephone 272 613 Pandora St. Victoria, B.C. W. J. Hanna F. L. Thomson HANNA & THOriSON Funeral Directors and Embalmers Lady Assistant. 827 PANDORA Phone 498 Men and Women Only Tula* notice that wc guarantee llic best tailoring in the city, and that from our stock you can't make a poor selection. CHARLIE BO Ladies' and Gents' Tailor, 1605 Government St. Next Oriental Importing Co. The Alberni Hotel ALBERNI, B.C. American Plan Kates, $2.50 to $3.00 per day. Guests notifying proprietor in advance may liave served any variety of fowl, W, M. G. McAllister, Prop. WHEN IN SEATTLE Make the HOTEL PERRY YOUR HEADQUARTERS The Perry Caters to exclusive Transient and Permanent Guests. Absolutely Fireproof; Furnished in modern Luxury, Comfort and Refinement. Magnificent View of Puget Sound, the Cascades and the Olympics. European Plan, with Bath, $2.00 and Up. Madison St. and Boren Ave., SEATTLE, WASH. B. H. BR0BST MANAGER SEATTLE cUROPEAN-rlOMPiffE MODERN-CONVENIENT 225 Outside Rooms- 135 With Bath. THE "RESTMORE" ROOMS AND GRILL. Faber & Faber, Props., The best luncheon rooms north of Victoria. No Bar. COURTENAY, B.C. P.O. Box 432 Phone 29 "KINO GEORGE'HOTEL V. BONORA, Prop. The most up-to-date hotel in the city. Newly furnished throughout. Best brands of wines, liquors and cigars. Dunsmuir Avenue, CUMBERLAND, B.C. THE Strathcona Hotel Douglas, near Broughton Is FIREPROOF, LUXURIOUS COMFORTABLE, HOMELIKE. American or European Plan. Rooms with Bath or En Suite. Special Weekly or Monthly Rates. Phone 4073. J. E. SMART. WM. WOOD. Hotel Washington Annex Headquarter! for th* Automobile Tnd* EUROPEAN FLAW Located at the corner of Second Avenue and Stewart Street, A minute's walk from the business and shopping centre of the city. All outside rooms and strictly fireproof. Street cars pass the door. Auto 'bus meots aU trains and boats. First-class Cafe under the supervision of the hotel manage- ment. "A Homelike Place" J. H. DAVIS, Proprietor Strathcona Lodge Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island, B. C. Special Winter Rates $3 to $4 per day. $17.50 to $21 per week. Recently remodelled and refurnished; rooms with baths, hot and cold water in every bedroom. The house heated throughout with bot water, elec* trie light, English billiard table, horses to drive or ride, boating and shooting; garage. Proprietors: THE MOLLISON SISTERS, LTD. (H. Cancellor, Mgr.).. PHONE 4148 JOHN P. MATHEWS CANDY CO. THE FINEST HAND-ROLLED CHOCOLATES. 928 Johnson St. 1009 Government St, Page Twelve The WEEK, with which is Incorporated the Week-End. Victoria, February 22,1913 purity" League should he carted to (lie Sewerage Department. • * » That few people would care to touch it, even with a pair of tongs. one of Lloyd George's villas, she ought to be called upon to explain her reason. By the Hornet HAT no explanation has yet been offered ns to why Ihe Socialists and thc Suffragettes foregather in the same Place. . . . That for the lirst time in its history New York "Life" has stooped to vulgarity, not to say indecency, in its pictorial illustrations. • • • That this is so different from the usual policy of "Life" that Victorians have not yet stopped rubbing their eyes. • * # That some apology is due to the public, and "Life" is big enough to make it. • • • That the two principal advertising agencies of the city, the "Hutcharm" and the "Newton," have endorsed the new WEEK as an advertising medium. • • • That tlieir own personal advertisement is the best evidence of their appreciation. • • » That it is not every fly which gets $50 for walking into a spider's "Webb." • * • That it was unkind of "Life" to publish a picture of Leander before and after his dip. • • • That thc crudest cut of all was the figure that Leander cut when the garments clung. • • * That the captain was heard to say "Alas, poor Yorick! He was a jest—er.'' « * * That the captain told the truth when he said that one crop could be raised tliere—umbrellas. • * • That the Carnival clock neither moved fast enough nor far enough. • * « That $12,000 in promises is not very much for a hurricane campaign which lasted a week. This is not to discourage the promoters hut to suggest new methods and a spirited "try again." • • • That it would help matters if a few old-timers were added to the Committee. » • • That of the late Chnrles Arthur Kea there will he nothing hut tho kindliest remembrances. He was a man without an enemy. » • • That the anonymous campaign sheet being circulated by the "Im- That then legged anim hage, but a such a taste That the quench the thirst. That it w road-houses which let us j is in Canada a four- al which revels in gar- two-legged animal with is a novelty. * * # new Liquor Act will joy-riders, if not their ill practically put some out of business, for hc devoutly thankful. That a retired naval olllccr in Victoria made a very original suggestion for solving lhe Suffragette problem, but it is hardly printable. * * * That "Hornet" considers it excellent, especially as a means of recruiting for the Canadian navy. • * • That the Mexican revolution is a serious check on "evolution." • » • That it is very kind of The Times to inform ns what price Caesar paid for his mutton chops. * # * That Cicero was not the only lawyer who was compelled to resort to politics to mako a living. « * * That having made such n success with Mile. Gcnee, the Ladies' Musical Club should try to secure Maude Allan. ♦ • • That she is said to have made a great success in London and is still nn attraction. » • • That The Times seems to be very much worried at what it terms the silence of Mr. Barnard. • *» » Thnl unlike some politicians, Mr. Barnard has learnt to "sny nothing and saw wood. • * * That the Bankers' Trust will have the most luxuriously equipped office in Victoria. • • * That the Hon. William Templemnn did not occupy n seat on the platform al Mr. Poster's meeting. . » . Thnt Bishop Roper has completed his first year of service in the diocese of Columbia. * • • That he is firmly established in the affection and esteem of the public. . . . That as Mrs. Pankhurst has ns- sumed responsibility for blowing up PORT EDWARD (Continued From Page 10) timber, furniture, fish and, in fact, for anything that can be manufactured at Port Edward or Prince Rupert. The Queen Charlotte Islands, not far from Port Edward, are developing rapidly and will contribute much to the prosperity of that town and of Prince Rupert. Moreover, the entire country tributary to Port Edwnrd and Prince Rupert, north and and also Alaska and the Yukon, will bc supplied from the (I. T. P. terminus and its industrial annex, Port Edward. The northern trade can be supplied from the points just mentioned some two days quicker than from Vancouver and other southern ports. This will undoubtedly be the means of attracting large bonded warehouses from the United States as well as general distributing warehouses as centres for Eastern Canadian manufacturers. More and more grain is being used in the Orient every year. China is only just awakening to a realization of her possibilities. Japan is progressing every year. Grain and herring from Port Edward will find an infinite market in the Orient because the route from that port to the Oriental ports is shorter by many miles than the route even from Vancouver. One Hundred Per Cent Efficient Port Edward is pretty nearly 100 per cent efficient as an industrial townsite because its founders saw what was wanted and, using the excellent materials Nature afforded them at Port Edward, they laid their work accordingly. Bearing in mind the enormous profits that early investors in Prince Rupert lots have made already, it will he very interesting to watch the first purchases at Port Edward. The sale will begin in all parts of Canada this spring. Messrs. Harrison, Gamble & Co., Prince Rupert, B.C., and Messrs. Hnll & Floyer, Douglas and View Streets, Victoria, B.C., are joihl directing sales agents. ri.ifljmiiJllH FINEST OLD HIGHLAND WHISKY BOTTLED•IN SCOTLAND THE HUDSOlfSBAYCOMPANY Phono 3412 J. W. ■Bright, llgr. Vancouver Island Collection Agency 309-310-311 HlSben-Bone Blag., Gover-ame-at Street, Viotoria. . HALL & WALKER Agents Wellington Colliery Company's Coal 1333 Government St. Phone 83 The Union Steamship Compano, Ltd. of B.C. The Boscowitz Steamship 60., Ltd. COAST SERVICE Sailings every Wednesday for. Campbell River, Hardy Bay, Rivers Inlet, Ocean Falls, Bella Coola, Sailings every Saturday for Namu, Bella Bella, Skeena River, Prince Rupert, Naas, Granby Bay,. Stewart. JOHN BARNSLET, Agent, Phone 1935 1003 Government Street Guarantee Our We guarantee this garment to fit you perfectly.. We also guarantee that the cloth, the linings, the trimmings, have all been thoroughly shrunk by our modern process. That it is cut and made from your individual measurements by our staff, entirely on our own premises. If you find any defects and will notify us within thirty days, we will make any necessary alterations or you can have another choice, or your money refunded without any questions. THE HOUSE OF HOBBERLIN Limited 3 to 7 E. Richmond St. Toronto This Week You Can Make Your Floors L,ook Their Best Without Going to H Price^^H Extremes Exclusive Agency The 608 Yates Street, Next to the Imperial Bank LOTS of exceptional values are to be had in this Department. Short lengths have accumulated and we are determined to clean them out in a very short time. The lengths start at about three yards long and many of the pieces are large enough to make a large pair of curtains. This is your opportunity to save money on excellent drapery materials. REMNANTS OF: CREAM AND COLORED MADRAS MUSLINS; CREAM AND ECRU ALL-OVER BUNGALOW NETS; CRETONNES AND CHINTZ IN USEFUL LENGTHS. MANY OTHER DRAPERY AND CURTAIN FABRICS. INLAID AND PRINTED LINOLEUMS AT PRICES THAT WILL CREATE RAPID SELLING. Bring the measurements of your room and we will find you a length that will suit your purpose. There is a host of different patterns and colorings from which you can choose and as the lines are all drawn from our regular stock, you can depend on them giving you entire satisfaction. This is a special inducement to clean out our odd lines. IN ORDER to make a clean sweep of a quantity of our regular stock of carpets, linoleums, and remnants of all manner of drapery materials that come in comparative short lengths, or are patterns that we cannot repeat, we offer you a substantial concession on the prices. Remember that every one of these lines are taken from our regular stock, and being the products of the foremost manufacturers in the trade, you can depend on their sterling qualities to give you entire satisfaction. This affords you an excellent opportunity to secure a floor covering of a recognized standard of value from a firm whose reliability is unquestioned. In some lines we can offer you both body and border carpet and in others the body only. AXMINSTER CARPETS in a variety of designs and attractive colors. Price, including sewing and laying, per yard $1.50 WILTON CARPETS, ready sewn and laid on your floor, at, per yard, $1.50 up to $2.25 BRUSSELLS CARPETS in choice patterns and colorings at from $1.00 to $1.25 The Store That Saves You Money Weiler Bros. Limited Victoria's Popular Home Furnishers All are reversible carpets and they come in a variety of useful colorings and artistic patterns. Just the thing for bedrooms and the den. SIZE 10% x 13 feet are marked down to $10.00 SIZE 12 x i_Y_ feet are marked down to $15.00 SIZE 12 x 15 feet start as low as $12.00 and range up to $18.00 A VERY FINE VALUE IN WILTON RUGS Size l\Y2 x -Yi feet, and are to be had in a variety of two-toned and Persian designs. They are finished with a good fringe and their velvety pile is pleasing to the touch and gives them a very rich appearance. Only 72 to be sold at this price. YOUR CHOICE AT $3.75. ANOTHER GOOD LINE OF RUGS AT $1.75 THESE ARE REVERSIBLE AND COME IN THE HIT AND MISS PATTERN You can depend on this line serving you well. They have a deep pile and have a very attractive appearance. Sixe _\_ x 5 feet and finished with fringe. ■k-, J