The Week H British Columbia Newspaper and Review Vol. XV, No. IX—15th Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, October 6th, 1917 5c a copy $2.00 a year Russia NOT tlie lenst of Britain's blunders during the great world-war was hoi' tactless refusal of passports to those desiring to attend the now fnnions Stockholm Conference. The full extent of that disaster cannot yet be fully estimated. It is indeed doubtful if it will ever be known. But if it can be even approximately guagccl by the quantity of wreckage then is it safe to argue a disaster of tho first magnitude. The first result of that refusal was the withdrawal from the Ministry of Arthur Henderson, the trusted representative of Labour. The second result, flowing naturally from the first, was the alienation of the sympathies of the great toiling masses in the Old Country. And the third result has been the detachment of Russia from the cause of the Allies. Many persons, chiefly those of the old-fashioned Tory school, view with perfect equanimity the departure of Henderson from the war-cabinet. They argue, and with perfect truthfulness, that he lacks the education, the training and the ability for the efficient discharge of the onerous duties of high office. But a somewhat similar charge could with equal truthfulness be levelled against Lords Milner and Curzon—two of his colleagues. These indeed may not .lack education but. they do lack ability and their training is such as to unfit them for high office in a democratic country. Milner is a Prussian by training and instinct, and Curzon is tho pampered child of an aristocratic school. At the back of Henderson stand the millions of the industrial nrmy upon whose activities the success of the war depends. At the back of Milner and Curzon stands the handful of privileged plutocrats whose activities during the past twenty yenrs made the great world war possible. Lloyd George did not choose any of these men for their outstanding merit. He chose Henderson because of the confidence it would inspire amongst the masses, and he chose Milner and Curzon for reasons which have never yet been made public. Henderson's reputation for carefulness and stability have never been higher than at this moment, whilst neither Curzon nor Milner have had a reputation to loso since their records in India and South Africa respectively. When therefore Lloyd George lost the service of Arthur Henderson he lost the confidence and support of the great masses of Britain. Since thnt date his ministry has existed by will of his foes. Newspaper editors are openly boasting that they have the power to dismiss him at will. If they lack the will it is only because they are not yet reconciled to the only possible alternative—a democratic ministry, containing mi even stronger labor element. Bnt the most disastrous result of Britain's refusal to allow delegates to attend the Stockholm Conference is the paralysing effect it, has produced in Russia. Russia is now a democracy. Kerensky, the Dictator, is but an instrument of the masses. He is there to register the popular will. He exists by consent of the Social Democrats and the Social Democrats constitute the vast majority of the people. These are the men who willed the Stockholm Conference. They boldly and pghtly proposed to stop the insane massacre of innocents by agreement amongst the warring peoples. Like President Wilson they recognised a distinct difference between the Prussian rulers and the German people. They refused to believe that this war is willed by the great toiling masses of any of the great countries now engaged in bloody strife. Therefore they wanted representatives of the peoples to have a frank heart to heart talk. They believed they could succeed where secret diplomacy had failed. They at least wanted to assure themselves that the ghastly toll of human life was unavoidable. A more statesmanlike Premier in Britain would have instantly assented. Why not ? Is there any fear that international Socialism will assent to the perpetuation of Prussian autocracy ? Not in the least. Socialism and autocracy are the bitterest of foes. Consent to the conference would have assured the revolutionary forces of Russia that Britain is fighting only for the vindication of human rights. Agreement between the two great democracies would have sounded the death knell of junkerdoni. But alas I The British missed their golden opportunity. Prompt consent to the conference would have wedded Russia to the Allies iu the bonds of an indissoluble union; whereas Britain's refusal shattered once and for all the bright hopes of a Russian offensive in 1017. Did not Britain's action confirm the clever suggestions of Prussia's paid agents ot Petrograd ? Had not Prussia spent money freely to convince the Russian Socialists that Britain had turned her back on democracy ? Wore not the Russian statesmen already doubtful of the war aims of the Allies ? From the moment that Britain declined to allow the workers' representatives to attend the Stockholm Conference, all chance of active Russian co-operation disappeared. That colossal blunder cost the Allies thousands of lives on the Western front. It enabled Germany to withdraw hundreds of thousands of men from the East and hurl them against our own boys in the West. It destroyed the last chance of bringing the war to a successful conclusion during 1017 and made a long and terrible Winter campaign inevitable. All these disasters could have been avoided by allowing British Socialists to exercise their undoubted rights to confer freely with the Socialists of other countries. The Canadian Northern Steal IN 1014 the Canadian Northern Railway was practically insolvent. It applied to the Federal Parliament for assistance—and obtained it. Tho huge sum of $45,000,000 was advanced, It was then represented that that sum would enable the company to settle all their claims, meet all their liabilities, complete the enterprise and make it a going and prosperous concern. The Government took every mortgage possible upon the assets of the company. The stock was increased from $77,000,000 to $110,000,000 by a. stroke of the legislative pen. Of this the government took $40,000,000 and a mortgage on the balance. In addition the company bound itself to grant fixed, specific and floating mortgages upon the undertaking of the company and its properties, assets, rents and revenues and its rights, powers and franchises present and future. It was stipulated and agreed by tho company that in the event of default the mortgage would be foreclosed and everything would be lost to the company, including their equity of redemption. The policy of the present government in 1914 was to take over the line absolutely and without further payment in the event of the company defaulting in its payments, but no provision was made for nationalising the concern if it became a financial suocess.. The opposition insisted that a clause should be added reducing the capital stock of the concern to $30,000,- 000 and giving the Government the light to expropriate the company at that figure even if it proved a big financial success. That point is important in view of recent happenings. The arrangement then advocated contemplated that if tho venture failed the government should nationalise it without further outlay and that if it succeeded the Government should have the right to take it over for a further sum nol exceeding $30,000,000. That was in 1014. What is the situation which confronts the Canadian people today ? The Canadian Northern has'hopelessly failed. It has been unable to meet its liabilities to either the public or its private creditors. The Canadian a: 3i HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran than that this universal frame is without a mind. And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince Atheism, because His ordinary works convince it. It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to Atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no farther; but when it be- holdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity. Nay, even that school which is most accused of Atheism doth most demonstrate religion — that is, the school of Leucippus, and Democritus, and Epicurus. For it is a thousand times more credible that four mutable elements, and one immutable fifth essence duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions, or seeds unplaced, should have produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal. Francis Bacon nation has the right to foreclose thc concern and complete it in the public interest, without further payments to Mackenzie and Mann. Yet the Borden Government has actually forced through the House by tbe use of the closure a bill to give millions more compensation to the C. N. R. freebooters. The vital interests of the lation—at a time when we are engaged in a great world war—are to be sacrificed for the sake of unscrupulous Toronto magnates. These magnates met in 1911 and formed a compact for the advancement of their private interests. Following the election they forced one of tlieir number on Premier Rorden as Finance Minister. That man, representing private vested interests, still holds tho position. Today he is the servant of those who secured him the appointment. Of the remainder of the noble eighteen, it is important to notice thnl Z. A. hash, E. R. Wood, and W. K. George are Canadian Northern directors; W, J. Christie is a C. N. R. shareholder; Sir Edmund Walker, Z. A. Lash and E. R. Wood are directors of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. The Bank of Commerce is, of course, the pledgee of lhe Canadian Northern holdings. Another concern intimately related is the National Trust Company. Some of tho above mentioned gentlemen (?) are directors of this concern as are also Sir Joseph Flavelle and Sir John Aird. The two latter may nlways be relied upon to be active whenever an opportunity for robbing their fellows presepts itself. Thus we see that a government which has dallied for months on the simple question of doing hare justice to soldiers and their dependents has rushed through the House with indecent haste a bill to proteot their financial friends. Thc cheque from Borden to the private syndicate at Toronto amounts to $(145,000,(100, whilst the cheque to tho man who risks his all for his country overseas amounts to but $1,10 per day. Oh, that some of the Wiii-tlie-Wnr orators would cease orating and face some of the hard facts to which Sir Wilfrid Laurier is inviting the attention of his fellow countrymen. The National Anthem SOME day, perhaps, a real poet-iiiusician will receive an inspiration which will enable him to produce a national anthem that will be a national anthem, not n mere jumble of words set to music entirely undignified. Till Ihen we must, be content to make the best of what wo have, and try to make up in patriotic fervor what is lacking in poetic language. Canada is singularly behind in this respect. The Maple Leaf, while it may have endeared itself to many (especially to the boys who have gone to the Front), is decidedly lacking in anything that can give it claim to the title of "anthem." It is a school children's song, pure and simple; and the painful accept invariably thrown on the second syllable of the word "maple" in the last line of the chorus makes it sound like "The may pall leaf for ever," and effectively bars it from ever becoming a classic. Oh! Canada has far more merit, both in the matter of words and music, and will in all probability ultimately take the place of The Maple Leaf. In our British national anthem we have a better combination, but here again we are a long way from perfection. "God- save-our-gra cious King" with a long "gra" and a short "eious," when the words call for the reverse, and "Long-live-our-no ble King" with the same defect, is not a nice arrangement of words and music. Compared with the dignity and beauty of the Russian or Austrian national anthem it makes a very poor showing. With all its imperfections, however, we love it. There is no doubt about that. Every Britisher feels his heart stirred at the first, few bars of "God save the King"; but why—oh! why—do we still include that awful second verse, at all events when used in church? The whole thing is a prayer, and can only be used as such, but tho words "Con-found- their po—li-tics, Frus-trate-their kna—vish tricks" sung on the high notes and with the vehemence the sentiment naturally calls for, are so far removed from anything like a prayerful spirit, and show such an utter abandonment of the virtues of forgiveness and humiliation that their use amounts almost to blasphemy. Of course the meaning of each word may be taken separately and the whole verse analyzed so as to show that it is quite right and proper. In prose this sort of analysis may lie all right but in poetry we must take the sentiment as a whole and no amount, of dislocation or explanation will hide the fact that no one can sing those words in a truly prayerful spirit. The Week suggests, for the sake of the many who never sing that verse, and who feel its utter inappropriateness during a crisis that calls for deep national humiliation, that it be omitted at all church services. The noble sentiment and dignified wording of the last verse would not then bo lost in counteracting the revulsion of feeling caused by being obliged to listen to tbe other, and the hymn would in reality lie the better for its omission. Soon, we hope, some world renowned-'-munician will bestir himself and give us something that will combino all the good points of the various national anthems with none of their bitterness—something that will be a grand international-anthem of peace, in tho meantime let us keep just ns far away as we possibly can from the spirit of the "Hymn of Hate." The Forthcoming Mission IF the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man aviiileth much, great good should result from the forthcoming mission. The preacher may be as lacking in tact as Vancouver friends allege; he may be just as uncharitable as they claim in his judgments of those who differ from him; and his theology may lie as narrow as the strictest Colvinists; yet if his appeal to the hearts and consciences of men is reinforced by the earnest, prayers of righteous people, much solid work for moral and spiritual uplift is sure to result. The soil has been prepared by home training; the seed has been sown by devoted parents and teachers; the crop has been well watered by effectual prayer. Would it not be strange indeed if the harvest were entirely barren ? All thoughtful men will wish the mission much success. (The above was unavoidably held over from last week.—En.) The Position of Austro'Hungary COl'NT TZERNIN, the Austrian Foreign Minister, bus just admitted that the millions of soldiers engaged in this war have a right to know why pence is delayed. They desire peaee and the world desires pence. Why does it tarry? If the Premier's plain statement of his country's war-aims is as sincere as it appears to lie. there is much thill should receive recognition from lhe Allies. Me desires neither to oppress or lie oppressed, He desires a genernl acceptance of the principle of negotiation and pence by agreement. He believes in an all-round repudiation of territorial ambitions and lhe evacuation by all parlies id alien soil. These aims are certainly not at variance with lhe declared war-aims of lhe Allies. The Allies should certainly lie prepared to concede his point thai Austria has convinced lhe world flint she is not a dying stale subjeel to dismemberment. There can be no harm in allowing that concession to Austrian national pride. Even his reservation of the right to revise his country's war-aims, if present terms are refused, need not create discord. Intimations of future demands for compensation if present terms are rejected mny be regarded as a soporific to appease Austrian jingoes and junkers. Surely the Allies, with iheir present undoubted ascendancy, can afford to assess such words at Iheir true value. He was not threatening the Allies, lie was making his position sure al home. The opprobrium wliich he has had to bear for bis plain speaking is a sure indication of a willingness to climb down. He has displayed courage and is seeking the support of the rank nnd file against the militarist parly. Surely the Allies should do everything possible to make his tusk as easy iis possible. Why not allow him to do so with nt least a semblance of dignity? Humanity demands ihat nothing be done tn discourage this spirit if it genuinely exists, nor anything lefl undone that will tend to encourage ami stimulate ils development. The Count's foreshadowing of the world ruin which will result if unrestricted armaments are persisted in should give pnnse lo nil belligerents nnd his vision of lho beatific condition Page Two THE WEEK Saturday, October 6 * BOOK AND BOOKMAKERS of the world when the curse of armaments shall have been removed is an auspicious sign. Future generations will have reason to thank Count Tzernin for his present attitude if he carries his point that both big armies and big navies have outlived their usefulness. Dominion-Wide Prohibition THE movement to secure Dominion-wide Prohibition of the liquor traffic is gaining strength daily. Present indications aro that within two years John Barleycorn will be finally banished from British-American soil. The obstacles to be encountered and overcome are certainly not greater than those already surmounted in the Provincial field. All the Western Provinces have declared unmistakably in favor of the suppression of the traffic. The movement in the Enst is gaining strength day by dny. Only yesterday the City of Quebec went dry by popular vote. The politicians from Victoria to Halifax are only too anxious to make peace with the party of reform. A few years back none were so poor as to do it reverence; today none are too rich to bow the knee. The politician in Canada wdio would announce himself as opposed to prohibition would he inviting certain defeat. Temperance reform has reached the popular stage. The flowing tide is with us. The friends of the movement should see to it that they sweep the whole Dominion while the tide is flowing strong. Many of the weaknesses of the Provincial legislation can only be remedied by entering the Federal field. Only the Ottawa House can suppress tho nuitmfacturc of the poison. Prohibition cannot effectively prohibit until liquors can neither be manufactured in or imported into our fair country. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR National Anthem To the Editor of The Week. Sir.—It has been intensely gratifying to me as a loyal subject of His Majesty King George V, nnd us one who is firmly convinced, in view of the present European situation, that England is destined to play the controlling part in the future affairs of the world, to observe an incrensed interest and respectful altitude on the part of the public whenever the National Anthem is rendered. Yet there have been times when this could not be truthfully said. I happened to be in the Home Products Fair one day while tlie orchestra was playing the National Anthem and wns not a little disgusted to note the nbsolute disre- gnrd displayed by .the majority of those present. Now, sir, this is a mutter to which I attach grave importance. We hear n grent denl nowadays of the big changes which will tnke plnce nfter the wnr. Some would hnve everything turned upside down mid nil our time- honored institutions destroyed. Herein lies a very grent danger. If we allow Socialists and other vulgar persons of revolutionary leanings to influence the mass of the people, then goodbye to the Empire and its glorious traditions. Away with tbis idle talk about "democracy" so-called. Are we to entrust the government of the country to an ignorant rabble? Surely not! There are certain institutions which we must preserve, at whatever cost. Chief among these I would place our hereditary governing class. We must teach our people and especially our children to respect their betters and to impress them with the supreme importance of discipline nnd obedience. They must lenrn that some are born to rule; others to obey. The supreme head of the governing body being the ruling monarch, it is incumbent upon every loyal and law- abiding citizen to show all due respect while the National Anthem is being played and to encourage a like spirt in others. In my own family circle we observe a custom which I venture to think worthy of emulation in every home. At the conclusion of each meal, we all rise in our places nt the table, preserve silence for a short space, and at u given signal—a tap on the table with n knife or spoon—from myself, we solemnly repeat the words "God save the King." Even my youngest child, a boy of two years, lisps a hearty "Dod thave the Ting." Let us ever remember that we must perpetuate the traditions of our glorious Empire and bnnisli from our minds false notions of democratic rule which must, be nbhoi-niit to nil true Englishmen everywhere. "God save Ihn King." Yours, ele, "RULEBRITTANIA." to join the cadets—now they order that as their name is legion any inter- them to do so. ference with present systems would If the women of the world do not amount to a disaster and is therefore learn from this war to end war for- inadvisable. He advocntes nn nbstin- ever then they are more shortsighted ence from what we can no longer nf- than they appear to be. . ford to buy, and suggests a voluntary It is said thai Jesus used a word economy, in things we have long been which had wonderful power and that compelled to forego. He concludes if that word could be recovered it with the impotent whimper of an iu- would change the world in no time, efficient and blames the perverse na- I once heard a lovely American lady lure of the people who being barred say tlmt it was revealed to her while from producing on the land come into in deep and prayerful meditation, that the cities to help to consume. REWARD REWARD thai word wn ' Peace.' J. WOODWARD. We have been getting somewhat restive and now venture to suggest various means to solve our national problems. We mention an adequate pay to soldiers and a reasonable and proper support for dependants to stimulate recruit ing and provide need- id reinforcements, but we nre assured Hint conscription is the only logical nielhud consistent with the traditions of n free people. We think it is time we wore consult oil but our manage- ^ j -.. I'll ' • l' 1 "w 'UBHOwm "I-' 'V ,",»"i miiui " -"-i um competent help nnd obsolete methods, "lent decides to enact conscription and ^ ,o be clnJme(1 (m Hri 8h,engtl] decided to tinker up his machines nnd ■■■»'**■»!> "•*< <*■*•. ^hey nlso deem it of ment8 tlmt meime 0U1. free retain his inellicient help and* worse l»'st f°r patriotic reasons to extend If you can buy a more practical, convenient and efficient telephone intensifler than our 1917 Baryphone at any price. Increases the sound wonderfully. Mokes bad connections good. Conversations as distinct as in the same room with you, distance no matter. All noise excluded. Allows the hard hearing the use of the telephone. Permits two persons—or more—to hear a message simultaneously. Always adjusted and ready. Leaves the hand free for annotations during the conversation. Indispensable to all telephone users. Founded and based upon scientific principles. Lasting longer but guaranteed for 3 yean. Sent by Insured mail for VI and tnli ad. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Particulars free. The Junk Heap To lhe Editor. Sir.—What would be the judgment passed by a community of average minded people upon n business man or mnniifiictiirer who finding himself confronted with an undertaking of the greatest magnitude and being equipped with only worn out machinery, in- AGENTS WANTED Everywhere! PORTLAND, OREGON STREET THE BARYPHONE 00., 174 FRONT in this war as champions for the free expression of democracy. Is the expression of it to be merely a pose, nnd in reality directed by a group of political inellicients who hnve fniled lo measure up to their trust? Is our JAPAN: An Attempt at Interpretation by Laf cadio Hearn Probably more books hnve been written about Japan than nny country, but nmong these—to quote Hearn himself—the really previous volumes will be found to number scarcely a score. Hearn's own book ranks high among this score, is, perhaps, the best single book, not a work of reference, on Japan. Here the author gives us the result of his many years of reading of Japanese life aud books. It has been called the best interpretation of an alien people in any tongue. Hearn stands for the spirit of old Japan, nnd loves and understands it even better than the Japanese themselves. More specifically, "Japan, an attempt nt interpretation," is an attempt to interpret the Shinto and Buddhist faiths in the light of Spencer's evolutionary philosophy, and to show that the history and character of the Japanese can be understood in this way and in this way only. The original Shinto or ancestor-worship of the Japanese is studied ns the religion, lirst of the clan, then of the larger family or class, then of the whole nation regarded as the family of the Emperor. From these three aspects of the faith, Henrn proceeds to explain the social habits, the temperament, and the government of the Japanese. Two chapters are devoted to the Buddhist faith, which passing from India through China, was engrafted in strange fashion upon the original ancestor-worship. Outwardly, the author tells us, the Japanese are Buddhists, inwardly, and to the core of their being they nre ancestor-worshippers, and this is the key to their character. They are ruled by the dead, individuality is not known tu them. Their religion is a religion of loyalty. Occidental civilization is only a cloak. Ethics and custom are one. Japan is slill in the pre-Homeric stage of evolution. Hearn fears for her in the onslaught of modern economic forces, and thinks her safety lies in conservatism, He says, however, that the statesmanship which has already guided Jnpnn through so many storms, should prove able to cope with this gathering peril. To fully appreciate Hearn's style his other works on Japan should be rend in connect ion with tbis, Ho is generally more subjective. Here his method is scientific, and he subdued for il a good part of what he felt to lie himself. His aim is nol to catch the render by a striking phrase bul to give just nnd artistic expression to the phase of life or aspect of nature lie is studying. Someone has snid of him, "He is n dramatist who paints his own scenery and composes his own music, and he will not hnve a tone or tint that docs not harmonize with the nction. But with him the colors are aptly chosen words, lhe music the rhythmic phrase." Like all good stylists, Hearn had a reverence for words but with him lhis feeling amounted to an ecstnsy. Of his style generally it tuny be snid that it is delicate, sensuous, haunting, ghost-like. "At his besl he equals Lote ill his evocation of the mystery that encompasses us. ii mystery Hint has been sounded in music, seldom in language." Hearn's letters to his friends will probably be ranked with llie best of his work, will si and high among letters generally, "lhe most entertaining, sclf-rovealing literary correspondence published since the denlh of Stevenson." support. methods because his management ml- tlie franchise to the widows of dead vised that changes should not be heroes and withhold from some who mnde at such a critical time? hiin livi"g husbands. Yet this is precisely the advice thnt The election approaches, and the is being tendered to the Canadian nn- lirst government candidate to throw lion today in all seriousness by certain his hat in the ring in Vancouver, has j , party politicians and some sections of sounded his election cry. If correct- " ' lhe press. Can wc expect that a policy ly reported by our local morning paper that spells certain and deserved fail- of September 22nd last, his cry is ure lo an individual would have any that present methods should continue, other result if followed by a nation? present management remain in con- A gigantic war comes upon us. Our Irol and the present staff disturbed ns management appoints political col- little as may be until the big job is onels to wave the flag and recruit ad- triumphantly completed. A little fur- venturous spirits. It will be settled in ther tinkering up of the present nin- six months I Business ns usual!-Wnr chinery is claimed as the true part of continues to rage—our management wisdom till the big strain is over, decides to help make munitions, and The possession of Imperial conlid- votes loan upon loan to pay enormous ences by his leader, he says, should dividends to profiteers. command for said leader and follow- Meanwhile the cost of living nearly ers the loyal support of all true pa- doubles from avoidable causes for the triots against even the greatest most part. The resulting economic efficiency to be found elsewhere, pressure brings in recruits for a time. What an appeal to a long suffering This effect ceases after a time almost nation! What a measure to take of entirely and no effort is made to ob- the intelligence of free electors who tnin more recruits because the pittance have had three years of such imposi- paid is insufficient for the necessary lion. Is it really too late to use our support and the provisions for widows own common sense and scrap the old and orphans is quite inadequate. machinery? Is it too late to call in Our management appoints one of efficient help and install proper sys- its admirers as food controller. He terns? reports that nothing can be done with- The Imperial Government has ont involving hardship to an eminent- neither power or wish to influence our ly respectable class of middlemen, and votes in nny degree. We are standing gin judgment? Is there no political junk heap among our free institutions where such ttiiacronisms may be dumped ? Can we (Ind no public spirited economists to come forward and fear- put our house in order? Or direct the nation's affairs? PUBLIC W0BKS or CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA DBEDQIBO FLEET. BEPAIBS TO DSEDOE Mo. 303 ("PBCHLUtO") Healed tenders will be received by the undersigned until 4 p.m. on Wednesday, loth October, for repairs and general overhaul of tlie Departmental Dredge No. 303 ("Pruhllng"), Each tender must be sent In in a sealed envelope endorsed "Tender for truly patriotic business organisers to Repairs to Dredge No. 303 ("Pruhllng")." "specifications can be seen at the office of A. P. Mitchell, Esq., Acting District lot 0,,nl, Ino.Wa ut„„,l fni-ll, ,,t this Engineer, Victoria, B.C., and at the of- Let such leailcis .stand toitli at tins flce ot c Ci Worsf„id, Esq., District time of crisis in our history, and thev Engineer, New Westminster, B. C„ and at . „ , , ,, ,.',. the office of the undersigned, 014-18 need tern* no luck ot following or Birks Building, Vancouver, B. c. Each tender must be accompanied by an accepted cheque on a Chartered Bank, payable to the order of the Honourable the Minister of Public Works, for the sum of $800.00 (Eight Hundred Dollars), which will he forfeited If the person tendering decline to enter Into a contract when called upon to do so, or fall to complete the contract. If the tender be not accepted, the cheque will be returned. The Department does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. By Order, C. C. WORSFOLD, . Acting Superintendent of Dredges. Department of Public Works, Vancouver. B.C., Sept. 24th. (Newspapers will not be paid for this advertisement lf they Insert It without authority from the Department.) H. H. HOLLINS. Rheumatism A Home Cure Given by One Who had it Id ibe spring of 1893 I was attacked by Muscular and Inflammatory liheiimatlsm. I suffered as only those wbo havo It know, for over tbroe years, t tried remedy after remedy, and doctor after doctor, but aucb relief ae I received was only temporary. Finally, I found a remedy tbat cured me completely, and it lias never returned. I bave given It to a number wbo were terribly afflicted and even bedridden with Rbeuma- tlem, and It effected a cure in every case. I want every sufferer from any form of rheumatic trouble to try this marvelous healing power. Don't send a cent; simply mall Sour namo and address and I will send It •ee to try. After you have used It and It has proven Itself to be tbat long-looked-for means of curing your Rhoumatlsm, you may send the price of It, one dollar, hut, under stand I do not want your money unless yon are perfectly satisfied to send It Isn't that fair? Why Buffer any longer when positive rjllef Is thus offered yon free? Don't delay Write today. Mark U.Jackson, No. HSSpGurney Bldg., Syracuse, N. T. Mr. Jackson Is responsible. Above statement true —Pub. Militarism Sept. 3, 1017. To the Editor. Sir:—Alice M. Christie's Article strikes a chord in my heart. Tf women do rule the world they pay dearly for it. I am reminded of the words of Jesus, "Would ye be baptized with tlie baptism wherewith I am baptized?" Only mothers can appreciate the terrible, the exqtiistie mental agony of mothers. Now thai "we arc so deep in blood" perhaps wo may have to allow the war to go on until the Allies obtain victory, but cannot we trust our intuition and cry to those concerned, "At least spare our younger sons from all sliggestiou of militarism"? Is it advisable to teach boys of ten how to use a giin, and the horrible bayonet, as is being done in our public schools? And we can see the effect of militarism on tbe masters them selves. At first they asked the boys These Men Will Help You Decide Are you liable to be selected lor service under the Military Service Act ? The answer to mis question is being made readily available for you. Remember that the first class to be called includes only men between the ages of 20 and 34, both inclusive/who are unmarried or widowers without children, those married after July 6,1917, being deemed single for the purposes of the Act. Medical Boards are now being established throughout Canada. These Boards will examine, free of charge and obligation, all men who wish to be examined as to their physical fitness for military service. They will tell you in a very short time whether your physical condition absolves you horn the call or makes you liable for selection. It is important that you obtain this information as soon as possible. A certificate of unfitness from a Medical Board will secure for you freedom from responsibility under the Military Service Act from any Exemption Tribunal. A certificate of fitness will not preclude an appeal for exemption on any ground. In order that you may be able to plan your future with certainty, visit a Medical Board as soon as possible and find out if you are liable to be selected. Your family and your employer are interested as well as yourself. Issued by The Military Strvice Council. Ml DEPABTHERT OP MTU SEBTICE HOTICE OF SALE Sealed tenders addressed to the Naval Store Officer, H. M. C. Dockyard, Esquimau and marked "TENDER FOR OLD STORES" will be received up to 12 o'clock noon on Tuesday, October 2nd, 1917, for the purchase of any or all of the following:— Approximate Quantity Iron and Steel Scrap. 110 tons Old Files and Tools 1.930 lbs. Zinc, old 4,034 " Lead, old 8,000 " Rope, Steel, Wire, old 6,500 " India Rubber, old 2,110 " Cordage, old 21,000 " Canvas, old, Painted 2,600 " Canvas, old, Unpalnted 4,600 " Bunting, old 200 " Rags, old 2,100 " Leather, old 230 " Cord, old 110 " Cable, Electric 2,423 " Cable, Electric, lead covered. 3,000 " Electric Lamp ends 7,389 No. Cables, Electric, with Terminals 2 " Hawser, Steel Wire, luted... 1 " Baths, cast Iron 0 " Tanks 2 " Blocks, id ton 3 " Carpets, various 8 " Dresses, Diving, old 9 " Boats, unserviceable:— Cutter. 28 feet 1 " Steam Boat No. 474, with spare gear 1 " Skiff, Dinghy, 18 feet 1 " Motor Dlnghys 2 " Colls, Electric, firing 47 " Coats, Jackets nnd Tunics... 108 " Coats, Watch 25 " Trousers, Serge nnd Cloth... 92 pairs Suits, Serge and Cloth 7 No. Vests, Serge 24 " Caps, various 190 " Oilskin Jackets 23 Oilskin Trousers 20 pairs Oilskin Sou'Westers 20 No. Flannel Vests 90 " Blankets 20S " Bags, Kit 20 Beds 12 Bilk Handkerchiefs 00 Silk Hat Ribbons 144 No. Helmets, Sun 10 " Boxes, tin for Caps 71 ' Tobacco. Chewing 50 lbs. Cooking I'tenslls, assorted.. 223 pieces Cutlery aud Silverware, assorted 330 Crockery and Enamelled Ware, assorted 109 Linen, Table Cloths 0 Linen, Table Napkins 80 flour 1S.0JI3 lbs. Pickles MM bott. The Slores may be seen on application tn the Foreman of Stores at tho Dockyard, . , Terms: F. o. B, Dockyard. 26% cash on acceptance of tender, balance on delivery. Stores to be removed within fourteen dnvs of acceptance of tender. Tho right Is reserved to reject any or all tenders. O. PHILLIPS, Navel Store Officer. Esquimau Dockyard, 24th September, 1917. BOOT REPAIRING HIBBS 607 Yates Street Th* Btrt of Workmanihip Guaranteed INCBEASED PRODUCTION COMMITTEE OWNERS of vncant land In the city who nro willing to lend same for cultivation during the year 1918 are requested to notify the SECRETARY, Increased Production Committee, City Hall. Saturday, October 6 THE WEEK Page Three At The Street Corner BY THE LOUNGER ■sa^ -»jg^ ^^m. ^jS) [ri]^. ~frlfr*«>" -o-ii Yes, I may ns well own up that I bluer nose, a hollovrer cheek, a slacker did not go to the Home Products Fair, gait, with the same old story (still il sounds had, I know, but there you" unvarnished), the same old lies, and are. A fellow can't take in every- the same old humility that is akin to thing. As a matter of fact I knew the brazeiiuess. Author, journalist, man tiling would be a success without me. of parts, it was thought at one time The editor also knew it and took pains that David had a future before him. —I was glad he took something—to Now lie has a future behind him. . . .. tell mc so. And, of course, the editor He lives on the past, trading on a rep- himself was there. That in itself was utation he made and lost long ago. A enough—too much—for me. I am not born fatalist, he refuses to discuss a cub reporter, anyway, although I what might have been. I would like can write up anything, i once wrote to get Dr. E. French Oliver after him, up King Edward, the King of Belgium, hut God knows where lie is by now. the King of Greece, the King of Por- Try to get him on to practical things, tugal, the Kaiser, Kitchener, Lord suggest a job, and he is off into the Koberts and about twenty-live other clouds, and only the jingle of coins great men in a better paper than The or the rustle of dollar bills will bring Week. I was told I had boiled them him back. When he has achieved the down very well. I am sorry I didn't object of his visit, and thanked you boil down one man a little more. No thickly, with returning lustre in his matter. It is written that he will stew washed-out faded eyes, you have not in his own juice yet. Stewing may the heart to follow him round the not be boiling, but it is slower. corner to his favorite bar, where he The Fair of course was not perfect, will promptly forget you in glasses of I have questioned everybody very par- foaming near-beer. You don't like to ticularly about this. Even the editor encourage the drinking even of near admits that it was not perfect. In or faraway beer, but David is an old answer to repeated inquiries he said friend (if a bad one) and there is no that to his certain knowledge—and he cure now, save death. And so, some |, thought he knew an infant when he clay David will be found ljing cold and saw it—there was no section for home- stiff by the roadside, or in some low- grown babies at the Fair. I am loth class lodging, with his pool* soiled book to believe this, but I suppose it must clasped in his hands aud a wad of be true. 1 shall not linally believe it greasy testimonials in his pocket— until I obtain corroboration from killed, not by lack of help or apprecia- ■ somebody who sings in Dr. E. French tion, but because he was a shiftless Oliver's choir, somebody I can trust, man. While I have little use for children — o— until they are able to behave and con- The absence of much verse in these trol themselves, I am prepared to back and other local columns would seem the infants of Victoria against the to indicate a decay of poetic talent in whole civilized and uncivilized world. Victoria. Whether this be the case or Finer specimens of lusty young in- no, only the editor, poor fellow, could fantry do not exist. I ara at a loss to say, nud I ara not going to ask him. understand why they were not given Time wns when no local newspaper a look in at the Home Product Fair, was considered complete without its Let us assume that it was a mere over- weekly complement of love lyrics and sight and that the matter will be rec- what not. Now only at very rare in- tified next year. I have no private in- tervals does anything of the kind ap- tcrests to setve iu this matter, for I pear. It looks as if the love-lorn poet shall not be un exhibitor. had fallen on evil days'; His great —o— fault was that he laid it on too thick. It was demijohn night in the bus, Nobody wanted to know how he got nnd a pretty sight it was. Everybody on when he went for a walk on Beacon was taking home gasoline, coal oil, Hill with his arm around the waist of turpentine, ammonia, wood alcohol, some unexampled vision of female varnish and vinegar. And everybody loveliness. If he hadn't dragged the carried demijohns. I wns glad not to scenery in and insulted the very have missed this most interesting anil flowers it wouldn't have been half so beautiful survival of more primitive bad. It was hard lines on poor Na- times. It was just like the old days hire that she should be penalised to back on the farm, when everybody help him out with his rhymes. When journeyed to town for the winter's he began to rhyme "socks, love" with supplies on the first of October each " foxglove,""" others besides botanists year. I could not but admire the per- felt that they had a real grievance, spicacity and foresight of the good Either this type of poet is quite dead, people in the bus in thus preparing for or the editor, knowing his public, will the cold and rigor of winter. There stand for it no longer. And it is well. is nothing degenerate about a people Many true poets have never written who enn tnke time by the forelock in. a line, simply out of consideration for this manner. 1 hnve nlwnys admired other people's feelings. It may be the demijohn. To me it is the thnt the locnl poet now confines him- apotheosis of plenty and warmth and self to prose. Of, ngnin, it may be good cheer. It is a line comfortable thnt, feeling the rebuffs of the edi- looking vessel. It is symbolic of nil loriul world, he now tnkes his poems Hint is truest and best in British wilh him on his evening walks, to hospitality. Moreover it is ensy to recite them nl the proper moment into handle nnd will stnnd n lot of knock- the ears of his radiant Angelina. In ing about. It is a marvel to me that lhis way there is certainly less pub- none of lhe great poets, such as Keats Unity, but there is nlso no chnnce of or Burns, ever immortalised the demi- criticism, nud Angela, Ihe fount and John in sonet or ode. Surely a demi- inspiration of it, can have it nil to John is as full of inspiration ns a herself. Grecian urn! Thinking of the display 4^ ertoH*tfrt> WAR ROADS AND ROAD MAKERS By F. W. WARD demijohns in Hie bus, these lines of Wordsworth came into ray mind: "A poel could not bul be gay, In such jocund company." Certainly, had there been a poet in the bus, oiie to whom the simple and homely things of life do appeal, he must hnve been well-nigh overcome by the excess of inspiration spread before him Ihere I felt oul of il with- ,.,. ■HI toie mm tneu. ± ien « T|le problem of transport bus been, out a demijohn of my own, but it com- ' ' ' forted me to think that there were so *"*'■ stl11 ls' «>« 8™at problem of the many careful, thrifty people in the armies in thc fleld, no matter where world. I shared their joy, even if I the front may be. Without ronds, tlie ' might never share their demijohns. I difficulty of getting food, ammunition cannot remember a night when I left und other stores up to the lighting line Ihe bus with so much regret. is nlmost unsurmountable. So the —o— making of ronds and of various routes Periodically he comes to town, just, has to be carried on on the heels of ' as he says, to look you up, to have armies in the Held, no matter whore n chat with you about his book (pub- the difficulties or dangers may be. As lished twenty yenrs ngo), and inci- a matter of fact, it is almost ns ensy dentally lo extract from you tlie in- lo he killed with a pick or a shovel in evitable dollar. Some three yenrs hnd your hands ns if you were currying a flown since his last visit, and I had ride. The only difference is that it begun to think thnl David would come j8n 't quite so exciting. , no more. I often wondered whether AVhen we landed our force on Gnlli- the trails or the booze hnd got him or poll, of roads there were none. Otil- whether he had struck it straight at lies, yes, but in many cases the cliffs last. But it I nkes n lot to kill a hobo, ran sheer down to the sen, or at such even if he is gentle-born ns David was. an angle that to get any kind of And so David turned up again todny, wheeled transport along was absolute- looking a litlle older, perhaps, with n ly impossihle. For the ronds hnd to be made, and the only way was to blast and quarry them out of the face of the rock. The surface was roughly graded, inequalities were made ap as well as might be by means of the smaller fragments of the stone thrown out by blasts or picks and drills, and it answered the purpose. It wasn't an ensy road to travel over, and there weren't any pneumatic tires on the wheels of the limbers, but the mules could drag their loads along. That was all that was necessary. In the desert, on either Egyptian front and away in the Sinai Peninsula, ronds had also to be made by the British forces ns they pressed out and on, day by day. On a picture postcard I am well nwnre that the desert looks quite a delightful place; the Bedouins camped round the wells, the palm tree drooping overhead, all this is very nice in a photograph. The real thing is very different. To begin with, the desert is not flat. It is full of little hills and little valleys, tn get a level stretch is rather a novelty. That is why roads have to be cut and made whenever there is any necessity to get stores up to any base from a distance. A wheeled vehicle simply sinks into the sand up to the axles, and there are sharp rises and sudden drops that will smi'sh the strongest poles. - Once, I recollect, I was transport officer to my company. Everything was packed in toolcarts and a G. S. wagon. These were drawn by teams of six mules apiece. All went well for about ten miles. Then we found all kinds of trouble, nnd finally the wagon, trying to get over the top of n ridge, snapped the pole by which the mules were harnessed in their' places. There wns only one thing to be done. A guard had to be left with the wagon and a double team had to be sent out, as soon as dny had dawned ou the following morning to bring it in. That is why roads have to be cut and leyel- ed in the desert as everywhere else, if things are to be got up to the front. Where there were no roads or caravan routes in the earlier days, well east of the Suez Canal, practically everything had to be sent out from the bases by means of camels. These animals carried everything, from blankets to entrenching material. Now, the camel is an animal that will go almost anywhere in the desert. But in scores of instances I have seen them jib at some of the slopes they were set to face, for the sand would slither away from under their feet and their legs are not calculated to assist them in sliding down something like the roof of a house. A mule or a horse would tuck his hind Tegs under him, and take a chance, but a camel —very decidedly no. So, right on the heels of the advance* forces, roads had to be made. In this respect a good word should be snid for the Egyptinn Lubor Corps under tlieir white officers. They made excellent roads whicli stood the heat, the flies aud the sand. Back in France, and there was still the difficulty of road routes to be faced. The French roads were possessed of magnificent surfaces in times of peace, hut no road ever made would stnnd for long the amount of wear and tear of war time. Think for a moment what would happen upon the Canadians ronds were hundreds of heavily londed motor lorries, carts, and mounted troops passing up nnd down them day after dny, week after week and month nfter month ns has been the case in France. Naturally the existing roads wore into holes, and quite as naturally these roads, ns they ure shewn on the prewar maps, proved to be quite wholly inadequate to take 'the amount of traffic that was put upon Ihein. So new ones had lo be made, aud that is why such routes as Northumberland Avenue (made by the Northumberland Fusiliers) Pioneer Road (made by lhe Pioneers) Russell Road (supervised by Sapper Russell, R.E.), Rotten How (laid out by an erstwhile dandy from the West-End) are to be found todny in Franco, but as yel unmarked upon any map. Keeping a route in a proper stale of repair is harder llian to make u fresh one. There is n constant stream of Irnllic every moment of the dny, material is not nlwnys ensy to get, and the German has a habit of searching for roads in preference lo lhe open fields. The drivers of the A.S.C. hnve done grent work, hy the wny, in bringing up road metal, pit props, in fact anything and everything thnt hns to be used in ranking or repairing a road. Slenin rollers from old England, bearing the names of District nnd County Councils, nre lo be found today all over France and the men ranking these ronles have been drawn from nil over the world. Engineers hnve come home from Hiirmnh, the Argentine, South Africa, Egypt and other far-away spots to do lhe job. Engineers who had drifted into oilier paths of life ten years ago, came back at the call, and many a man who could command u big income, in n pre-war nnd softer job, is today currying on wilh a second-lieulennul 's pay. These are lhe men who have made it possible for Tommy to get his shells, rifle ammunition, water and food at all times. And these men are never beaten, either. They have spent years wrestling things from nature, and if they are short of material—well, they go and find it. They have used the material of shell-smashed houses, and they have lived on their jobs until they have finished them. They have got tlieir men under a friendly bank when the shells have been falling all round them, aud they have come out to get on with their jobs again when the shelling has ceased. They have been beaten to the world, with a smile on their face, and they have stuck it to the end. If there were no roads there would have been no victories. They have kept the former going, that the Intter should be possible. CONSERVATION OF LIFE By Dr. M. Raynor BABY CLINICS A long felt walit hns nt last been provided by the City Health Department in the nature of a "Well Baby" clinic. It is sincerely to be hoped that mothers will avail themselves of thus having their children under six years periodically examined. The old saying "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," is especially applicable in the case of sickness und disease. A great deal of needless suffering could be prevented and thousands of lives mnde efficient if all children were periodically examined from birth. Minor defects easily corrected if taken early are permitted to become chronic and often incurable or if curable only at great expense and inconvenience to the individual later in life. Childhood is the best time to correct defects. The well baby clinic is a decided advance in preventive medicine. It has given and is giving splendid results in other cities where it has been established. In some cities infant mortality has been greatly reduced nnd in all better babies and healthier children are to be found. Dr. Price, the City Health Officer, is splendidly qualified to examine children. He is deeply interested in child welfare and possesses the patience and tact essential in the handling of children. It is the duty of every parent to see that the child has a healthy body to start the journey of life. The community is beginning to recognize tbe economic value of healthy citizens, and is seeking to do its part. The well baby clinics and other kindred organizations are not philanthropy, nor charity, but an honest endeavor on the part of the city to discharge a duty to the citizens in developing healthier men and women. Lloyd George proved himself a wise guy when he promised to give Ireland any form of government that the Irish will agree to. John Wanamaker, the millionaire merchant of Philadelphia, has startled people by using his advertising space in the daily press for advertising single tax methods of taxation. To thwart Prussian military domination of thc world is our immediate aim.—The Public (New York). Germany can lick any army that stops to talk socialism. GRAY HAIR Sr. Trtmala'i Natural Hair Bsstoratlvs, used as directed, ls guaranteed to restore gray hair to Its natural color or money refunded. Positively not a dye and non- injurlouB. Price f 1.00, post-paid. Write Tremala Supply Co., Toronto, Ont. On sale in Victoria at Data sj Hlseoek* Drug Itorr ---—*- Yit»- ~«.i H 1 -• - New Wellington Coal We Have a Large Supply of Our Celebrated WASHED NUT COAL, per ton, delivered $7.50 LUMP COAL and SACK LUMP COAL, per ton, del'd, $8.50 J. KINGHAM & CO., Limited Pemberton Block, 1004 Broad St. Phone 647 Our Method: 20 sacks to ton and 100 lbs. of coal in each sack 643 Yates Street, 1009 Government Street 556 Johnson Street Best of Food amd Service Economical, Absolutely Sanitary Collegiate School PHONE 62 1157 Rockland Avenue. Victoria, B. C Private Day and Boarding School For Boys SMALL CLASSES-INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION Christmas Term Commences Wednesday, September Sth . PRINCIPAL - A. D. MUSKETT. ESQ. 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HAYWARD, President REGINALD HAYWARD, Secretary FREDERICK CASELTON, Manager LAND REGISTRY ACT (Section 24) ■TKOPtH or goal unmet *equ- &ATIOHB Coal miniiik rights of the Dominion in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and ln a portion of the Province of British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one years renewable for a further term of twenty- one years at an annual rental of tl an acre. Not more than 2,560 acres will be leased to one applicant. Application for a lease must be made by the applicant In person to the Agent or Sub-Agent of the District In which the rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal subdivisions of sections, and in unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by tho applicant himself. Each application must be accompanied by a fee of $6, which will be refunded If the rights applied for are not available, but not otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on tlie merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents por ton. The person operating the mine shall furnish tho Agent with sworn returns accounting for the full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay the royalty thereon. If tho coal mining rights nre not being operated, such returns should he furnished at least once a year. The lease will Include the coal mining rights only, For full Information application Bhould be made to the Secretary of tho Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. W. W. CORY, Peputv Minister of the Interior. N.B.—Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will not he paid for. April 2nd. IN THE MATTER of Lots 4 and 5, of Section 10, Esquimau District, Map 1248. Proof having heen tiled of the Ions of Certificate of Indefeasible Tltlo No. 21257 I. Issued to Walter II. CJ. Daverne on the 18th day of October, 1915, I hereby give notice of my intention, at tho expiration of one calendar month from the first publication hereof, to Issue to the said Walter H. O. Daverne a fresh Certificate of Indefensible Title In lieu thereof. DATED at the I*nd Registry Office, Victorin, B. 0.i this 18th day of August, 1 III 7. J. C. GWYNN, Registrar-General of Titles. aug 25—Sept 22. NOTICE TAKE NOTICE that 1'opham Bros., Limited, Intends, at the expiration of one month from the (list publication of this notice* to apply to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies to approve Its change of name from I'npham Bros., Limited, to "Ormond's, Limited." Muted at Victoria. B.C., this nth day Of September, Hi I 7. GEO. A. MORPHY, Sollcltor for Popham Bros., Limited. Sept. U-Nov. 13. INCREASED PRODUCTION COMMITTEE INDIVIDUALS wishing to cultivate vacant lots In the City during tho year 1018; are requested to notify the undersigned, and If possible give definite Information as to Hi" particular lots required; if the lots desired are not listed, efforts will he made to secure the owner's permission to use same. SECRETARY, Increased Production Committee, City Hall. NEW METHOD LAUNDRY LOOTED "QUALITY LAUNDBBSM" 1015-1017 North Park Km) Phont MOO. MADRONA NEW-LAID EGGS are famous for their flavour and their freshness PUBLIC MARKET STALL 9 omaaov * oautorvxa sax&boad OO. OAAXT LABPI Title to same revested ln United States by Act of Congress dated June 9, 1911. Two million three hundred thousand acres to be opened for homesteads and sate. Timber and Agricultural Lands. Containing some of best land left In United States. Now Is the opportune time. Large map showing lands by eec- tlone nnd description of soli, climate, rainfall, elevations, etc., postpaid, One Dollar. Orant Lands Locating Co., Boa 610, Portland, Oregon. Page Four THE WEEK Saturday, October 6 ***************** $ S0TT0_V0CE * * BY THE HORNET ijb * I *************** WThnt it's a long time between drinks— Thnl. this may bo beneficial lo many of tlie readers of The Week. That it may incidentally also help to keep their loose change in then- pockets. That this, in turn, may enable them to pay up their subscription. That the Hornet hopes it will have this effect. 9F"That some of Victoria's prominent citizens have laid in a big stock of the " unnccessity." That one of them is reported to have put $24,000 worth in his cellars. That it took four of a certain wood dealer's trucks to deliver it. That that amount of booze ought to last a long time for "entertaining." That it probably won't. That the same sum of money would wipe off nearly all the church debts in the city. That the use of it for that purpose would have done more to popularize thc giver than all lhe "entertaining" he will do iu a lifetime. ST. That many other well known citizens took home large quantities last. Saturday. That what was not carried internally was for use as medicine. That they evidently expected to be pretty sick—pretty often—and for long periods. That one of them had enough, according to his own estimate, to last at least fifty years, allowing one stomach ache for each member of the family every twenty-four hours. ST Thai certain ladies ordered tlieir "medicine"' lo be sent home after dark. That others wauled tlieir bottles packed up iu "square" parcels. That one had a very large parcel made up to look like books. That she left it at the house of a friend who rang her up later in the evening to tell her to send for her hooks at once—Ihey were leaking. ■VThnt the Citizens' Educational League meets next Tuesday evening at the Victoria Club, Campbell Building. That they will discuss plans for the Winter's work. That their object is to make "good citizens." That the Hornet approves of it. Thai as soon as they have made one he would like to hear of it. That he has frequently stated that there is room for two iu Victoria. That the League would do well lo get into touch with Mr. Walter F-st-r. That he could tell them quite a lot of things. PT Thai Fletcher Bros, is making a very fine showing of October leaves— nnd October records. That one of the records in the window should be "censored." That il MIGHT he interpreted as being intended to interfere with the enforcement of thc Prohibition Act. ST Thai lhe Summer styles iu dresses have worried Ihe Hornet. That thc lop line was gelling so low and lhe boltom line so high, he wns afraid Ihey would soon meet. Thnl be didn't know whnt would hnppen then. That he decided the only thing he could do was to buy a pair of dark glasses. That the advent of colder weather lias saved him that expense. ST Tliat the cartoon in the last issue of The Week was the subject of much favorable comment. That the cartoonist is working on a number of others wliich will be published shortly. ST That in a certain large real estate olliee less than a mile from the Times Building, there are two interesting documents on view. Thai one is a Roll of Honor. Thnl it has many names on it. "Thai the other is a Boll of Disgrace. That it has no names on it. That the owner of the olliee would act wisely if he refrained from giving publicity to a document that he evidently is NOT prepared to sign. That the Hornet will ask the Editor to have something to say about this next week. ST That the Returned Soldiers made efficient policemen at the Home Products Pair. That their handling of the crowds was characterised by alertness and courtesy. ST That the Red Cross netted $18.40 from the sale of Mr. Peirce's poem. ST That the Pood Controller's salary could be better spent. That it might be used to increase the allowances of war-widows and orphans. IWThat a certain local parson is preparing a sermon to prove that Jesus would don the khaki. That the said parson would be better employed sticking to his job. That war nnd religion don't mix. IWThat the Government is running the last liquor joint in town. war party and discourage the democratic movement in that country. This would affect the duration of the war since our immediate success depends on the discouragement of the military party and the encouragement of thc democratic movement.'' Regarding the Pope's peaee proposal, Mr. Bryan said: "It is not likely that any of the belligerents will accept the terms proposed, but they will undoubtedly be considered seriously and with great respect and the various replies may indicate acceptable terms in such a way as to provoke discussion. Discussion may lead lo a definite exchange of views." mmffiMMM DAVID SPENCER, LTD. Wffim®mm&§ Three New Styles in 'SOME" DIPLOMAT Down in Connecticut n man wns driving a guesl lo his country home. Suddenly he pulled up his car to lhe side of the road and stopped. "John, I'm going lo show you one of the most wonderful things in the world. Watch now." Down the streei came a poorly dressed man and was beckoned to join the pair. "Sam," said the host, "here are two coins." From his pocket he took a dine and a nickel and laid them in his own palm. "Now, Sam, you can have either the big coin or tbe little coin, but you can't have both. Which one will you take?" Sam looked at them both and then pointed to the nickel, which was given him. As Sam shuffled away the host said to his friend, "John, that's the most ; wonderful thing of which I know. That man isn't crazy, be can read, write and tell time, but just because a nickel is larger than a dime he'll take it every time. I've tried him time after time and so have a lot of other people and he always takes the nickel." The next day the guest was out walking along and ran into Sam. He ] tried the same stunt and Sam, after ] some hesitation, took the nickel. ■ "Sain," said the visitor, "don't you , know tliat a nickel is only worth live | cents and a dime is worth ten cents— I twice as much?" I Sam paused and then replied, j "Well, sir, as you are not coming here again, I'll tell you that I, do know . that. But tell .me this—if T ever took | the dime how many more chances I would T ever get to take another I one?" That several thirsty ones have already been refused. That one soldier lad called for a bottle of whisky. That he was asked for his prescription. That his face looked gloomy. That it brightened like n flash with the coining of an inspiration. That he asked the vendor confidentially: "Can you recommend a GOOD doctor?" , That the vendor promptly obliged with "Try Dr. Hall, Campbell Building." Thnt the soldier has not been back with the prescription. How Many Were in the Party? Mr. 0'Flaherty undertook how mnny were in the party Boy's Overcoats Destined to be Very Popular this Winter The Trench Model The Raglan The Mackinaw Although there are other styles in Boys' Overcoats being shown, yet we believe that these three styles will take the lead. They are new models—different to those shown in previous seasons, and their smartness will at once appeal to both boys and parents alike. They are splendid value coats, too, well tailored and very neatly finished, from good serviceable materials, both warm and durable. Other details follow: THE TRENCH MODEL OVERCOAT Is tailored in a smart double-breasted effect, with belt at waist line; big convertible collar and patch pockets. Also semi-pinch back. A very warm, comfortable model, selling at a popular price: Sizes 3 to 8 years, special at $6.95 Sizes 9 to 16 years, special at $8.95 THE NEW RAGLAN OVERCOAT A smart new model we had made up to suit boys 2 to 17 years. The sleeve of this Coat is made in the new Raglan style, and finished with gauntlet ouffs, slash* pockets, convertible collar. This model can be had in two different weights—the lighter weight for Early Fall and the heavier weight for cold, stormy Win:er wear. Beautiful grades of woolen coatings, fancy tweed mixtures, in greys and browns, also gaberdines. Prices according to weight and size, $6.95, $7.95 and $15.00. NEW NOVELTIES FOR MACKINAWS This is the style of coat always popular with boys, because of its short length, big pockets and great comfort. A Coat boys can wear when cycling, skating, walking or at play. It is not too heavy or cumbersome. These Coats are most beautifully made and finished; piped seams inside and all buttons are reinforced inside of coat with a small button. The pockets are in novelty shape, having one large enough for carrying skates in. Your choice from five different patterns. Better come and see these Coats, boys. Sizes 3 to 16. Priced $5.75 to $8.95 —Boys' Clothing, Main Floor. IsiMffiSfiiSiB DAVID SPENCER, LTD. i^tfi^Hi^Hi^ai^aiS to* tell The ..„ ,, ...... > r...-,,. - - its presence felt as a mighty two Cragons was one, mesel was two, power for victory. A letter recently Mike Finn was three, and—and—Who received at Association Headquarters was four? ... Let me see." Then in France from Brigadier General counting on his finger: "The two Victor Odium, expresses most elo- Cragons was one, Mike Finn was two, queutly that officer's convictions, and mesel was three, and bedad! There also those of the General Staff as to was four of us, but I couldn 't toll the its worth and status. The letter in name of the other. Now it's mesel full is ns follows: that has it! Mike Finn was one, the' two Crogans was two, mesel was three —and—by my soul, I think there was but three of us after all. Yet these blessed eyes of mine saw four os sure as St. Patrick banished snakes from ould Oireland!" WILLIAM J. BRYAN NO LONGER A PACIFIST Peace enn come only through the overthrow of Germany, says William Jennings Bryan, who has just been in Chicago to deliver a Chautauqua address. "The more prominent a man is, the more important that ho should avoid anything Hint can be construed us a violation of n citizen's duty lo his country," he continued. "My idea is Ihal any dissension among us as to the prosecution of the war will have a tendency to prolong it and make it more costly in money and men. The more nny one fnvors pence, Ihe more loyally ho should support the Government ns the only means of hastening peace. "There can be but one end to the war—Ihat is the overthrow of Germany. I Hud the desire to support the Government practically universal. If a different impression prevails anywhere, it is based on the fact that newspapers report the exceptional thing rather than Ihe ordinary thing. If one man of a thousand utters some disloyal sentiment the disloyalty of the one man is announced, while Ihe loyally of Ihe 99!) is not emphasized. "We shall, of course, win the war, whether Russia is able to hold her position or not. Any end except in our favor is inconceivable. If Russia is overwhelmed, wc shnll merely have n new situation to cope with. But I havo grent faith in the ability of Kerensky, though I nm not informed ns to the difficulties he is facing. "Failure of Russia lo hold her own would probably encourage the German Hth Can. Inf. Brigade, Somewhere in France. "Senior Y. M. C. A. Officer, Canadian Corps. "I want to let you know how much I was impressed with the work done by the Y. M. C. A. during thc recent ,. ,. . , . , . operations. It was simply magnificent. Motion pictures are being used to ,, . , „ ,, , ,. , , . , ,, , * . i Almost before the place was consoli- tcach improved methods of ogricu - , , , , ,- , , ,. , , ,. »T v dated, your representatives had a dis- t ure to natives of India. . ., ,. , ... . ,„..,,.. tributing centre at the top of Hill 145 —the crest of Vimy Ridge—and was serving biscuits nud chocolate to the men. All ranks are enthusiastic. I have taken the liberty of recommending one of your officers for a Military Cross and I sincerely hope it goes through. "The Y. M. C. A. has endeared itself to the soldiers in France as no other institution has. "Very sincerely, "Sgd. VICTOR ODLUM, "Brig.-Genernl." The above testimony from one of own British Columbia men who To help in picking fruit, a Cali- fornian has patented a thimble with a knife blade at the end. w. ■«, -m -hi*, *■*'«. -ft.'* m i* ■* m * THE TWO Y'S. J ■Mk»-»»*ft»l,*«1l*|l**»1l By R. G. Howell As we daily scan the bulletin boards of our local newspaper offices, for the latest word from the Front, and from time to time read of "British drives," of new ground taken and .. consolidated, with hints of the cost has obtained such signal honor as his to Empire in precious life which the high office in the Canndaian army be- progross entails, we are apl to feel speaks, mny very littingly be read with depressed in spirit, picturing the oper- the tribute recently paid the Asso- alions ns being wholly devoid of hu- elation by Grent Britain's statesman, mane features to redeem them. Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, who described The dictum that war is hell we all it as "The finest thing in Europe." concede to be true. The Hun has for- Doubtless he is right, ever settled that question. Y'et wc may still encourage our hearts by the fact that wherever the powers of evil are most deeply entrenched and active on the battle line, there also may ^m^^mm^m^m^^^^^m be found the agencies for good, ever ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^™ pressing forward, regardless of danger DEAFNESS AND NOISES IN THE .i,„, .,,„, „ , .ii HEAD cut now be moet certainly cured that they may render acceptable ser- by then,wly d„C0TOTrt .,Prench 0r,e„,... vice in sustaining nnd saving life un- Thli new remedy goee right to the toiler conditions which suggest its ut- tual teat of the trouble, and effects a ter impracticability. Daily are we complete and lasting cure In a few days, hmnirlii *nln nmitn»l grin, „.„ ,„i,„ One box Is ample to cure any ordinary OlOUgllt into contact with men who ca„, R„d has given almost Immediate look part in the famous Vimv Ridge Ttlitt [n !"">llred» of caees which had , ... , , . , ,, been considered "honelese." battle, and from unimpeachable Mr. D. Borthwtck, of Dalbeattie, N.B., sources we learn of the glorious work writes: "Your new remedy, which I re- ... ,-, ui ... ,, reived from you some time ago, HAS which our Canadian heroes did there, completely cured my hearing, work which will fiirevor hlml Hmli. AFTER MORE THAN TWENTY woik wmen win t.nre\ei mini then YBARS. deafness. I win be pleased country S name with that of the sup- to recommend It to all my friends." posedly impregnable hillcrcst, lo cap- T™'b„xht^rwhlcTcWfor- lure whicli so mnny thousands of warded securely packed and postpaid British lives had been previously laid Sff tTtT "f &2WSX£ «} down, but which wns wrenched from "' "">' "rll: