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McLeod Gould\nPublic Stenographer\nCopying, Mailing, Editing, Expert\nJournalistic Work and Adv't\nWriting\nAccuracy, Despatch, Privacy\n1208 Government Street, Phone 1283\nThe Week\nA British Columbia Newspaper and Review*\nPublished at Victoria, B. C.\nHALL fcf WALKER\nAgent*\nWellington Colliery\nCompany's Coal\n1232 Gov't St.\nTelephone 83\nVox,. X. No\nw\nTenth Year\nTHE WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1912\nTenth Year\nOne Dollar Per Annum\nk TONSENSE NOVELS\u2014This is not\n^ an article on the brilliant book\nof which everybody in Canada is\ndw talking, recently published by our\n\u2022eatest humorist, Mr. Stephen Leacock,\ntt a brief comment on the latest produc-\nan of Agnes C. Laut. The lady in ques-\non has achieved notoriety, and possibly\nime fame, by her well-known book on the\nfrozen North.\" Latterly she has declined\nnewspaper and magazine articles. Her\nest effort would indicate an intention to\nak ground in the realm of fiction, which\ners a wide field to writers possessing,\nagination, and that is a gift with which\nnes C. LaUt is endowed. If anyone\n.lbts this, let them purchase a copy of\nronto Saturday Night, of October 12th,\non Page 4, they will find an article\ntied \"Am I My Brother's Keeper?\" by\nnes C. Laut. Presumably this is to be\n.rial, because it is headed Article Number\nNow the proper place to have com-\nnted on this article Would have been in\nBook Notes column, but that it proses to deal with matters of public in-\nest and of the greatest importance to the\nblic. It may be premised that either by\nme unlucky stroke of fate, or as a special\nmmissioner, Miss Laut landed in British\nilumbia in* the Spring of the year, when\nI. W. W. agitators had just succeeded\nlaunching a strike on the Canadian\n.rthern Railway construction between\nincouver and Hope. The article is illus-\nted by a remarkable drawing, which re-\n.sents a gigantic figure, like one of the\n.interred Assyrian Gods or possibly the\nilossus of Rhodes, standing on a soap\nx; at least, the writer says so, although\nfortunately for her accuracy the soap-\nx bears the very visible legend, 0. K.\nuce.\" He is haranguing a crowd, which\npears to include the Kaiser Wilhelm,\n:neral Gordon, and an officer of the\north-West Mounted Police. Of course,\nch a picture would not be complete with-\nt a shack, which peers from the woods,\nso bearing a legend \"Saloon.\" Perhaps\ne spirit of Agnes C. Laut is best illus-\nated by the title attached to the picture:\nWhat the labour agitation in British Col-\nnbia means,\" and underneath it, the fol-\nwing significant words: \"You meet it\norny-handed and on the job, spouting the\n.-construction of civilization from the ros-\num of a soap-box and in defiance of a \u2022\n.liceman's bat; and don't you laugh at the\nap-box either. If it gets spilled, there is\nrthing to lose. If you get spilled with\n>ur fine spun load of civilization, there's\ning to be more than an upset apple-cart\nth curses and wails\u2014my supercilious\nastern critic.\"\u2014Agnes C. Laut. Here you\nive the attitude which the author chose\nassume with respect to this particular\nrike, and it would not be so bad if she\ncl not generalise from it, but anyone who\nads the article through will see that she\n:cepted the I. W. W. at its own valuation,\nd even has the hardihood, in the event of\ny of her readers finding it difficult to\n'allow the story, to refer them to Mr. Ed-\nird Gilbert, of the I. W. W. Hall, Cor-\niva Street, Vancouver. It is rather re-\narkable that a woman of the intelligence\nhich Agnes C. Laut displayed in her pre-\nous work should so easily have fallen a\ney to the officers of the I. W. W. She\nIks of the success of the strike, of the\nousands of men who ceased work in an\nstant as if by the waving of -a magic\nand; she speaks of the gaols all being\n1; she talks of the propaganda of the\nW. W. as if, like Aaron's rod, it had\nsallowed all others and had to be reckoned\nith. She becomes hysterical and rants as\nHows: \"Sounds as if anarchy were a bit\nlearer than over the hills and far away,\nloesn't it? It is a bit more real than the\nIrivel of Boulevard poets drinking ab-\ninthe.\" And again: \"Doesn't sound like\nDilettante Champagne, lily-handed Social\nism\u2014Does it ?\" The absolute reliability of\nthe author's statements may well be guaged\nby the following: \"These remarks were\n\"made to me the day the Tanple of Labour\n\"was opened in Vancouver\u2014a $275,000\n\"structure (!)\u2014to house the Executives of\n\"all the federated labour organizations.\"\nShe does not say a $275,000 I. W. W. Hall,\nwhich alone would give any point to her\nstory, but she does say that \"every man who\n\"is sentenced to gaol is paid $30.00 a month\n\"by his organization in compensation for\n\"the service to the common good.\" Commenting on the bibulous propensities of the\nI. W. W., she says: \"These workers have\n\"as much right to blow in. $1,500 a day on\n\"cheap booze as a certain well-known steel\n\"magnate in the United States has to come\n\"down periodically to New York and blow\n\"in $1,500 a day on champagne.\" Agnes\nC. Laut says, a great many more things in\nthe article under consideration which are\njust as reliable as most of the foregoing\nstatements, but with all her brilliance and\npresumable anxiety to tell the truth and to\nlay bare the ulcer which, in her view, is Undermining the health and prosperity of British Columbia, she appears to have been\nsingularly unfortunate in blundering as to\nall her facts and stumbling in all her inferences. If she was simply aiming at\ntruthfulness, she would have said that the\nI. W. W.'s have been repudiated by all the\nrespectable labour organizations, and that\ntheir anarchistic propaganda has been repeatedly turned down at the meetings of\nthe various Trades and Labour Councils.\nShe would have said that the strike on the\nCanadian Northern was successfully\nsquelched by the intelligent ahd persistent\nadministration pf the British Law at the\nhands of the Attorney General and his\nOfficers. She would have said that a subsequent strike on the G. T. P. between\nPrince Rupert and Hazelton was squelched\neven more promptly, and that today, whilst\nthe recognized labour organizations are respected throughout British Columbia, the\nI. W. W.'s are repudiated, have no status,\nand are regarded as a negligible quantity.\nShe might also have added that this is the\nattitude of many American cities, some of\nwhich have gone so far as to prevent them\nby force from coming within their confines.\n\u25a0No greater \"Mare's Nest\" was ever discovered than the one by means of which\nAgnes C. Laut is seeking notoriety. It is\ndifficult to believe that there is not some\nsinister motive behind such a gross representation of the labour conditions in British\nColumbia. Miss Laut is obviously hired\nfor the job of painting those conditions as\nblack as possible. She has brought to the\ntask the vivid imagination of a writer of\nfiction. The fact that the articles are appearing in Toronto Saturday night leads\none to suspect that that enterprising journal\nintends to extend its activities from the\nMiddle West to British Columbia. Those\nactivities have recently run in the direction\n'of discouraging investment of Eastern capital in Western enterprises. Whilst giving\nSaturday Night credit for exposing some\nwild cats, it is impossible not to conclude\nthat the effect of its work has been to discourage investment in- legitimate ventures.\nAnyone reading Article Number 1 by Agnes\nC. Laut would conclude that labour conditions in British Columbia are so bad that\ninvestment is unsafe. There can be but one\nobject in such a contention and it is one\nto which no self-respecting journal would\nlend itself. It is a policy of misrepresentation which is all the more reprehensible because it emanates from a city which has\nmade more money by \"wild-catting\" than\nany city in Canada, and probably in the\nWorld.\nNO RESURRECTION\u2014There are\nmany things of which it has been\nsaid, \"It's as dead as Queen Anne,\"\nbut probably of none with greater truth\nthan of Reciprocity. The Macdonald election, in the fullest sense of the time-worn\nphrase, both \"points a moral and adorns a\ntale.\" The moral is that the Liberal leaders\nof Manitoba did not know that Reciprocity\nwas dead, and their frantic effort to make\nit a live issue were tantamount to resurrecting a corpse by a series of galvanic shocks.\nThe tale is a lone one, and need riot be told\nin all its particulars; it commences with\nthe ill-starred campaign of Sir Wilfrid\nLaurier in Quebec, it finishes with the overwhelming and almost ignominious defeat of\nMr. R. L. Richardson, the Political Turncoat, in Macdonald. It looked for some\ntime as if Sir Wilfrid were hesitating\nwhether he would make the Naval question\nor Reciprocity the prime issue at the next\nelection. Providentially for Canadians, the\nconstituency of Macdonald was open, and\nhere the prescient ex-Premier thought he\nsaw his opportunity to inflict a mortal blow\non the Conservative solidarity of Manitoba,\nhence Mr. R. L. Richardson was induced\nto turn his coat once more ancl to return to\nhis former allegiance. Reciprocity was\nmade the one issue; the farmers of Manitoba were to be furnished with an oppor-'\ntunity to take their speedy revenge on Mr,\nBorden for his successful onslaught on Reciprocity, but once more has the truth of\nthe old proverb been verified, \"You may\ncall spirits from the vasty deep, but will\nthey come?\" In this case they would not\ncome. Indeed, Sir Wilfrid and his representatives received a reply which was\ncrushing in its effectiveness. * By the increased majority of seven hundred, the constituency of Macdonald emphasized its belief that Reciprocity was not the universal\nheal-all which Sir ]VVilfrid would make out\nancl that it was prepared to line up with\nMr. Borden, even though an opportunity\nwas offered to revive a memory, the record\nof which was said to be engraved upon the\nhearts of the Prairie farmers. The issue\nwas single; the result, unmistakable. It\nonly tends to emphasize the futility of any\nWestern tour for Sir Wilfrid Laurier. As\nThe Week pointed out in its last issue, the\ntimes are out of joint for the advocates of\nReciprocity, with Winnipeg wheat ranging higher than Minneapolis. But there is\nmore than that in the decision of the electors of Macdonald. As Sir Rodmond Roblin says, it is a victory for the Empire,\nfor British sentiment, for Imperial ties, and\na ,re-assertion of the verdict of September\n1911, that Canada is able to manage her own\naffairs ancl to conduct her own business,\nwithout any commercial treaties with the\nUnited States. Those who thought otherwise have shorter memories than one would\nhave supposed, for it is not necessary to go\nback even to September, 1911, to appraise\nthe real value of treaties made with the\nUnited States. The Macdonald election\nought to clear the decks for a straight right\non the one big question which will absorb\nall interest, that of Imperial Naval Defence.\nperhaps more than rumours, that the Premier would take advantage of this banquet\nto make some pronouncement with regard\nto the railway terminals in Victoria. The\nguest of honour himself had made no such\npromise, but it was taken for granted that\nhe would tell the people of Victoria exactly\nwhat arrangement had been arrived at with\nrespect to this all-important question. Men\nthere were, and The Week understands that\nthere were ladies also, who had, in expectation of this announcement, obtained options\non land in the vicinity of the proposed terminals, which options were extended over\nthe evening of the banquet. We understand that real estate clerks were in waiting on the curb ancl that chauffeurs sat impatiently on their seats awaiting that word\nfrom their, chiefs which would close the\noptions. And all this was in vain. Why?\nBecause the man who controls the destinies\nof this Province is a man above the petty\nexigencies of the real estate speculator; he\nis a man who will not move until he is sure\nof the next step, -and he is a man who will\nnot make an announcement until he is sure\nthat what he says is going to be borne out\nby fact. Sir Richard was not ready to\nmake the looked-for statement, and like a\nwise man he said so. Consequently, the\nheathen raged, but a careful investigation\nof the rage discovered the fact that real\nestate was at the bottom of it all. Politics\nand real estate must be dissociated ancl the\nPremier never did a wiser thing than when\nhe refused to be \"bluffed\" into giving details of a scheme which was not perfected.\nHad it not been for the fact that previous\nspeakers were afflicted with the disease of\nverbosity, the banqueters would have heard\nthe announcement which they had perforce\nto read next morning, that a portion of the\nSonghees Reserve would assuredly be set\naside as a public park. This in itself was\nan announcement of more than passing importance, but the evening paper has allowed\nits virulence to run away with its discretion, and in its chagrin at not hearing the\nspeech which it vowed the Colonist had\nalready set up in type, it refuses to acknowledge that any good thing can accrue to\nVictoria from this promise of a recreation\nground which will, in reality, be of peculiar\nbenefit to the dwellers in Victoria West.\nMASTERLY SILENCE-On Friday night last, October llth, a\nbanquet was tendered to Sir\nRichard McBride, K.C.M.G., Premier of\nBritish Columbia, by the Conservatives of\nVictoria. This banquet was arranged as a\ntribute to the genius of the man who had\nbrought the Province forth from the slough\nof debt ancl despondency and led it to the\nhill-tops of affluence and credit. There was\nsome idea in the minds of the organizers\nof celebrating at the same time the striking\nvictories which the Conservative Party has\nwon of late, both in the Federal and in the\nProvincial Parliaments. Above all, however, the banquet was set to be a token of\nthe esteem in whicii Sir Richard is held by\nhis constituents. Rumours there were, ancl\nTHE SEWERS REPORT\u2014There is\nnot much that can be said profitably\nabout the report of the Sewers Investigation Committee. It is clearly a case\nof locking the stable door after the horse\nhas gone. The sum and substance of the\nreport is that the sewer work has been\nbadly managed; that, in consequence, it\nhas cost the City many thousands of dollars which should have been saved. Everybody knew this before. There may have\nbeen some who suspected dishonesty or\ngraft. Such will be disappointed at the\nfindings and will have, perhaps, reluctantly,\nto come to the conclusion that there is more\nstupidity than dishonesty about the City\nOfficials. While the Committee did not\nparticularly specify thc individuals who\nshould be held responsible for mismanagement ancl waste, it is impossible to avoid\nthe conclusion that the late City Engineer,\nis chiefly responsible. The Week has no\ndesire to rub it.in, but of the many gigantic\nblunders committed by the Engineering\nDepartment under Mr. Angus Smith's regime, that in connection with the Sewers\nDepartment is by no means the least important ancl, unlike some of the others, it\nhas been brought home. There is some\nsatisfaction to the ratepayers in knowing\nthat the present incumbent is master of the\nsituation ancl obviously intends to be not\nonly the nominal but the actual head of his\nDepartment. Mis dismissal of Kirby was\njustified on all grounds ancl should be a\nsalutary lesson to disloyal foremen ancl\ninterfering aldermen. THE WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1912\nSome few weeks ago I had occasion, on information received, to make\na comment upon a condition of affairs\nexisting on Mears Street in the neighbourhood of Vancouver Street, and I\npointed out that certain disused\nstables, disused that is as far as\nquadrupeds were concerned, had been\nturned into sleeping apartments for\na party of foreigners. I said that I\nhad been induced to make mention of\nthe matter because the present inhabitants were in the habit of emptying their slops into the surface drain\non the roadway, and that this practice\noccasioned much discontent among\nnear-by residents, because of the offensive odours which arose therefrom.\nI had hoped that, on the analogy of a\nnod being as good as a wink to a\nblind horse, this short reference in\nmy columns would haye been sufficient to put our Sanitary Inspector\non the \"qui vive\" and that further\nwriting on such a nauseous subject\nwould be unnecessary. Alas, for human hopes! My informant, whom I\nhad not seen since my last paragraph\nappeared, met me on the s.treet .this\nweek, and told me that the nuisance\nremained unabated and that the atmosphere in that neighbourhood still\nlacked the sweetness which we are\naccustomed to associate with Cologne.\nI now make a formal plea that the\nSanitary Inspector for the City of\nVictoria enquires into this state of\naffairs for himself, and, if my informant has misled me and there is no\nsuch nuisance as that complained of,\nI am perfectly prepared to apologise\nfor having made a false statement. I\ndo not live in that quarter of the town\nmyself, and I am told that the nuisance is at its worst late at night or\nvery early in the morning. I cannot\nbe everywhere, and I have to rely, at\ntimes, on the evidence of those people\nwhom I consider trust-worthy; I have\nalways played the game; I have made\nmistakes, but when I have done so, I\nhave done the right thing. I will continue in this estimable practice, but\nthough my ancestors were North\nCountrymen, I, myself, come from\nMissouri, and I want to be quite sure\nthat a hot-bed of pestilence is not\nbrewing in the vicinity of the streets\nnamed.\n* * *\nAnd, whilst talking of sanitation, I\nam reminded that last week I wrote a\nfew paragraphs which had as their\nsubject matter those dear little offshoots of our civilization which we\nare accustomed to call \"mice.\" I like\nmice, myself. There is something so\ndelicately beautiful about their composition. Their hair is so soft; their\ncomplexion is so bewitching and their\nhabits are so retiring. But I do not\nplead guilty to the same feeling of\naffection towards their cousins descended from the elder branch of the\nfamily, whom we call \"rats.\" Rats\nare\u2014well, I won't say it, but you\nknow what I mean. Towards the end\nof last week an eating-house doing\nbusiness on Yates Street, just below\nLangley, and known as \"The Cafeteria,\" closed its doors, or, to be more\naccurate, had its doors closed by the\nSheriff. From a brief study of the\nwindows one might think that the proprietors had literally obeyed the in-\n. junction of the Apostle, and had not\nstood upon the order of their going.\nApparently, they just went. They left\nfood on the tables and food on the\nshelves (this is not meant to be a\nparaphrase of a popular comic song).\nAnd then the rats came. An observant pedestrian, who most certainly\nought to apply for a position in some\nstatistical office, took the trouble to\nstand and count the rodents, and with\nthat kind-heartedness which is such a\ncharacteristic of all those who have\nhad dealings with the \"Lounger,\"\ncame up to the office of Th'e Week\nto report progress. He told me that\nhe had counted 37 rats on tlie floor\nand 19 on the tables ancl window display shelves. I marvelled, but I was\ntoo polite to say what I thought about\nhis veracity. However, later, I wandered down myself; I saw no rats;\nthey were probably sleeping off the\neffects of their gormandizing, but I\nsaw their traces. Pies in the window\nwere half eaten, other confections\nwere gnawed and the floor was covered with circumstantial evidence.\n* * *\n\u25a0Now there are rats and rats. I remember that quite lately I read a\nmost illuminating article on the subject of these interesting little animals, and I absorbed with a great\ndeal of interest the information that\nsome rats are plague breeders, whilst\nothers are not. It all depends on\nthe kind of fleas which they carry on\ntheir backs. Unfortunately, I have\nentirely forgotten which rat carries\nwhich flea. I should therefore be inclined to judge it safer to condemn\nall rats to an untimely death, so as to\nbe on the safe side, and I should be\nmost disinclined to let a sheriff's mandate interfere with my crusade, if I\nwere the Sanitary Inspector. I am\nnot the proud possessor of the office,\nbut I can do my little best and I type\nthese lines in the hope that they may\ncatch the eye of the proper official\nand result in a more careful supervision of those restaurant premises\nwhich have had the misfortune to fall\ninto the hands of. the bailiff.\n* * *\nI wonder if 1 am unlike the rest of\nmankind. Some there are, I know\nwho like to keep their \"roasts\" till\nthe end, but I prefer to finish my\ncourse with savoury or dessert, and\nif I have anything nasty to say, I want\nto get it over early in my column, so\nthat I may be free to indulge my\nfancy in writing about those subjects\nwhich give me satisfaction. I now\ncome to 'a more pleasant phase of\nVictorian life, and I want to make a\nfeature of it. I want to give someone his deserts (Joke. Ed. Week.)\nI understand that we have had\nchurches in Victoria for a very long\ntime; I also understand that we have\nhad ordained ministers of different denominations to conduct the services\ntherein. I doubt, however, whether\nany movement in Victoria is likely to\nbe productive of such good results as\nthe series of Sunday evening concerts\nwhich are being held in the Victoria\nTheatre. To me it is astonishing to\nsee the number of men, for women are\nnot numerous, who flock to hear these\nconcerts, and who willingly sing the\nhymns provided in the programme, and\nwho attentively listen to the very\nshort address delivered by the Rev.\nSidney Lindridge. This gentleman\nhas managed to size up the situation\nin a nut-shell. He has realised that a\nlarge proportion of the population of\nVictoria will not go to church; he\nknows that on Sunday evenings they\nare dull and have nothing to do. He\nhas therefore organized these concerts, which he started during the\nsummer months down at the Gorge.\nHe sees to it that an efficient band,\nMr. Bautly's, plays them good music;\nhe introduces a few hymns with\ncatchy tunes and he delivers an address which is well to the point, but\nwhich is not long enough to induce\nyawns. I consider that Mr. Lindridge\nis fulfilling a long-felt want, and that\nthe Sunday evening concerts at the\nVictoria The'atre are very nearly approaching the goal of modern Christianity. I sincerely trust that the\ncrowds which throng the theatre on\nthese Sunday evenings will realize\nthat it is up to them to make a continuance of these concerts possible,\nand that when the plate goes round,\nas go round it must, they will respond\nsufficiently generously to pay expenses and enable the organizer to\ncontinue them throughout the dull\nwinter months.\n* * *\nMore than nineteen hundred years\nago Nathaniel queried whether any\ngood thing could come out of Naz\nareth. For a very long time people\nin Canada have wondered whether\nany good thing could come out of\nthe Old Country, and for this reason\nwe have seen American products holding sway throughout the length and\nbreadth of the Dominion. However,\nknowledge comes to all in time, if\nthey diligently seek it, and we who\nlive in Victoria have now the pleasure\nof seeing a real civic possession in\nuse which has come from Great Britain. I refer to the new motor street\nsweeper. It is British throughout,\nand though a street sweeper in not\nthe most 'aristocratic form of machinery in the market, it is one of the most\nuseful. When the sweeper sweeps the\nstreets, and the milkman goes his\nrounds and the wicked wend their\nhomeward way a glow of truly British enthusiasm pervades the whole being of the\nC&i\netctc^r.\nA SUGGESTION.\nThe restaurant manager stood behind the\ncashier's desk, wearing his stock-in-trade\nsmile for each customer.\nAn old gentleman came np. \"I notice,\" said\nhe, fumbling with his purse, \"that you advertise you make your own pies.\"\n\"Yes, sir,\" answered the manager proudly;\n\"we do.\"\n\"Will you permit me to offer you a suggestion?\"\n\"Certainly sir; certainly. We should be\nmost happy to have yours.\"\n\"Well, then, let someone else make 'em.\"\nLADY, 28, exceptionally well educated and of distinguished appearance, seeks correspondence with a\ngentleman, equally well equipped,\nand of good position, with matrimonial intentions. \"Nemo,\" care of\nThe Week.\nV^'SEATTieC\n'CMS.PeMY, MGJt.\nTiff BESTOr NOTHING\nIN THE HEART OF THE COT\n135RoonsWimBftTH-505AHPuRooM3\nThe Keynote\nof a nerve-soothing, system-\nbuilding stimulant is\nWILLIAM TEACHER & SON'S\nHighland Cream\nIts Virile Strength Is Toned and Mellowed By\nAbsolute Maturity\nThe True Scotch Flavor Conveys the Snap and\nTang of the Heather-Clad Hills of\nthe Homeland\nAt Club or Hotel Insist Upon \"Teacher's\"\nPITHER \u00bb LEISER\nWholesale Agents for B. C.\nVictoria Vancouver Nelson\nA. W. Bridgman\nReal Estate, Financial and Insurance Agent\nConveyancer and Notary Public\nEstablished 1858\nAgent\nCommercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd.\nof London, England\nCanada Accident Insurance Company\nImperial Underwriters' Corporation\nNorthern Counties Investment Trust, Limited\nof Bradford, England.\n1007 Government Street\nVictoria, B. C.\nBlanket Bargains\nat Gordons\nWE HAVE just received a splendid shipment of Scotch wool Blankets. Nothing\ncould be more seasonable than these warm,\ncosy protectors against the cold weather about\nto come. They are of the very best materials\nand represent the results of up-to-date economic\nmanufacturing methods. Our stock is an exceptionally large one and we can sell you your\nwinter's supply at unheard of prices.\nPlain and Twilled Scotch Wool Blankets, Satin\nbound and whipped, sizes 54x81 to 78x94\n$5 to $io per pair\n739 Yates Stre\nTelephone 1391 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1912\nssc-\naim\nri^T]\n<#\u2022*_\nThe Pomander Walk\nNever before has the Victoria Thea-\nIre staged such a dainty little comedy\nIf early Nineteenth Century English\nJfe as on Tuesday and Wednesday\nIvenings of the current week, when\nlouis N. Parker's delightful play\n[Pomander Walk,\" was presented by\ncompany of English actors. It was\nthousand pities that the theatre-\nloing public of the city were evi-\nIsntly not fully aware of the treat\n\"lat was in store for them, as there\nlere many empty seats which should\nlive been filled. The atmosphere of\nle times was excellently preserved\nIroughout the whole of the three acts\nId the manners, customs and conization were all in keeping.\nU Jerome Brooke-Hoskyn, Esq.,\nJid it is necessary to remember the\n|sq.\"), Mr. Albert Gran excelled;\nfacial expression, his dress and\ngestures proclaimed the attitudin-\nin which the part called for. His\n|le of referring to H. R. H. the\nof W. and his repetition of\nlerry's\" jokes were in entire keep-\nwith the style of the \"beau\" which\nstrove so valiantly to support.\n[. Leonard Craske as the Admiral\nared with Mr. Gran the honours\nliongst the actors, combining admir-\n|ly the attributes of the old-time\n-dog and the aristocratic King of\nWalk. Of the ladies the first\n|nours went to Miss Winifred Fra-\nwho gave a charming present-\n^nt of the ingenuous maiden in love\nthe first time.\nPhe whole company, however, was\n|gularly well balanced and I have\n3sen the above names for the most\nIrt because they were in evidence\nJ)re than the other characters,\nlubtless the theatre will have to\nup the S. R. O. sign when \"The\nlocolate Soldier\" arrives; doubtless\nlier plays will be presented this sea-\nIi which will bring in larger box-\nlice receipts, but I am inclined to\nlink that the coming season will see\nIthing on the boards at the Victoria\njieatre which will be on a par with\nfomander Walk\" as far as artistry\nconception and delicacy of acting\n|e concerned.\nThe Sheehan Opera Company\niDuring the last theatrical season\njiseph Sheehan with his Grand Opera\nompany paid a visit to Victoria and\nhsented \"The Love Tales of Hoff-\nlan.\" On that occasion the Itar was\nIffering from a bad cold and the\nlidience was unable to judge of his\nLiabilities; the chorus was weak,\n\"ast Thursday night the same man-\nJement arrived in Victoria again\nlesented \"II Trovatore.\" Mr. Shee-\nIn was in good voice and the chorus\nlis much improved; consequently\n|e performance was a success.\nJoseph F. Sheehan has a fine tenor\nlice; it is not very powerful, but it\n|ited the local theatre admirably and\ninterpretation of the role of\njfanrico\" was all that could be deled. Mr. Joseph Royer is a bari-\njie with a pleasing but not over-\nlong voice and Mr. Francis J.\nlyle, the basso, is well above the\nWage. Miss Caldwell, the soprano,\n|a dainty singer and a good actress,\nher work in the duets and trios\nIs exceptionally creditable, but the\njir of the evening was undoubtedly\nIss Alma Stetzler, the contralto\nlose rendering of the big duo in the\npond Act was really superb. The\nDrus on the occasion of the latest\nlit was well balanced, the staging\nIs good and the orchestra was ex-\nllent, special mention being due the\nfpist.\nThus the first rendition of Grand\nJicra in Victoria this season scored\n|)ig success. People in Victoria are\nvays willing to patronize good\nbws, provided that they know they\ngoing to be good, and it is a\nItter for congratulation that the\nSheehan Opera Company has redeemed itself from the stigma which\nattached to it on the occasion of its\nlast appearance in the Capital.\nThe Empress Theatre\nThe vaudeville house performance\nis not quite up to form this week,\nthere being but two turns which are\nanywhere near standard, and they are\nnot on the plane to which we have\nlately.* become accustomed. The\nThree Italian Troubadours improve\nas they go on, and towards the end\nof their appearance on the stage the\naudience is quite sorry to lose them.\nThe falsetto of one member is exceptionally fine. Collins & Hart are\ncomic acrobats and their turn evokes\na great deal of laughter. Of the resi\nlittle need be said. Mme. Bessee's\nMme. Harriet J.aliadie, who will appear at\nthe Victoria Theatre on Nov. 7th, in\n\"The Great Galeoto.\"\nccckatoos are not as good as those\nwhich were exhibited on the same\nstage a few weeks ago; the Dancing\nMaddens call for no special mention,\nand Arthur Whitelaw is a monologuist\nof no peculiar qualifications.\nPrincess Theatre\n\"East Lynne\" at the Princess Theatre this week, played to very large\nhouses, and gave every satisfaction.\nThe Williams Co. presented a most\nartistic performance, and every character was played correctly. Miss Mildred Page surpassed her former records as a leading lady. Her \"Lady\nIsabella\" in the first Act was natural\nand charming, and in the succeeding\nActs, her emotion was so real and\ngenuine, that it touched all hearts;\nmention should also be made of her\nbeautiful gowns. The other members\nof the company, notably Mr. Aldenn\nas Levison, Miss Rice as Corny and\nMiss Burch as Barbara Hare, all did\nwell.\nThe splendid comedy, \"Are you a\nMason,\" will be put on for the coming week. The management has\nmade an unusual effort to secure this\nup-to-date comedy, and anticipates\nthat it will meet with great success.\nIt had a long run in New York, also\nin London, and comes highly recommended. The cast is a long one ar.d\ngreat attention will be paid to staging it. \"Are You a Mason\" will play\nall next week; Wednesday and Saturday matinee.\nThe Crystal Theatre\nThere is some likelihood of boxing\nmatches being prohibited throughout\nthe civilized world in the near future,\nbut this is not likely to interfere with\n\"Battling Bob,\" who is one of the\nfinest boxers ever seen in Victoria. By\nthe way, he is a kangaroo, but he has\nmade good with many champions,\nand he was the star turn at the be\nginning of' this week at the Crystal.\nThe management secured this wonderful animal direct from San Francisco, thereby demonstrating the fact\nthat they are out all the time to provide the very best in the way of\nvaudeville turns for those of their\npatrons who tire of watching pictures\nall the time.\nThe Majestic Theatre\nThere was an excellent medley of\npictures shown at the Majestic this\nweek. On the opening nights good\ncomedy was afforded by the adventures of a worthy man who was determined not to go down to posterity\nas an exponent of race suicide. Another of \"Mary's\" adventures was also\nshown, and this interesting series is\nto be continued, a fourth picture dealing with the career of this delightful\nmaiden being scheduled for the near\nfuture.\nRomano's Theatre\nThere is something most seductive\nabout Romano's. One always finds\noneself outside this fascinating house\njust when it is beginning to rain, or\nwhen it is too hot to stay out in the\nsun, or when one is tired. And once\ninside, there is no getting away again\ntill the whole of the pictures billed are\nshown, and even then the average\nspectator wishes that there were\nmore. The Government Street house\nhas certainly obtained a hold on the\npublic, and a hold which it well deserves.\nWorld Tour\nThe appearance of Mme. Harriet\nLabadie, at the Victoria Theatre on\nNovember 7th, when she will give a\ndramatic interpretation of The Great\nGaleoto, in aid of the Woman's Auxiliary Provincial Royal Jubilee Hospital, is of interest in that she is making a second visit to the Coast after\nappearing in the Eastern cities of America and Canada under the most distinguished patronage. Her original\nintention to go abroad this season\nhas been necessarily postponed and\nher present plan is to make a brief\ntour of the coast cities in which she\nwill make several return appearances\nand also to visit her ranch in Oregon,\nbefore returning in time to fill her\nEastern engagements.\nIn the Spring Mme. Labadie appeared before the Century Theatre\nClub of New York and later was entertained as the guest of honour at\nthe Astor Hotel. Mme. Labadie is returning with several new plays from\nthe pen of leading English and American dramatists, with the special permission of the authors to use them in\nher repertoire. Her interpretations\nof plays of such high order as these\ncannot fail to inspire a desire for the\nbest in dramatic literature and as an\neducational factor the value of such\na far reaching tour cannot be overestimated.\nOfficer 666\n\"Officer 666,\" who, by unanimous\nvote, has been acclaimed the funniest\nand most popular policeman that ever\nswung a night stick, will soon be on\npost duty at the Victoria Theatre,\nwhere his efforts to extricate himself\nfrom a web of complications in which\nhe becomes entangled, is certain to\narouse the usual whirlwind of laughter\nthat has followed in his wake ever\nsince he was appointed on the laughing squad a year ago.\nThere is no speedier or surer cure\nfor a grouch than paying a visit to\n\"Officer 666.\" If he can't make you\nlaugh you had better see a doctor.\nBought and Paid For\nAmong the splendid list of attractions Manager Denham has secured\nfor his patrons the coming season is\nWilliam A. Brady's greatest play of\nthe century, \"Bought and Paid For,\"\nby George Broadhurst. Never in the\nhistory of long dramatic engagements in New York City has any play\ncompared with the sensational success\nof the Broadhurst play. The play will\n(Continued on Page 10)\nThe Crystal Theatre\nBroad Street\nThe Largest, Best Furnished and Most Comfortable Vaudeville and\nPicture Theatre in the City.\nTwo Acts of Vaudeville, changing Mondays and Thursdays. Four\nReels of First Run Pictures, changing Monday, Wednesday\nand Friday. The Best Music\u2014three-piece\nOrchestra\u2014in the City.\nThe biggest Fan on the Coast, removing 37.000 cubic feet of air every\nfive minutes, insuring you fresh and cool air.\nHours: Pictures from 1.30 to 5.30 and 6.30 to 11.00.\nVaudeville, 3.00 to 4.00 and 7.00 to 11.00.\nFarmers'Ex-\nchange, Ltd.\n618 Johnson Street\nPhone 3318\nThe place where you can get New Laid Eggs\nWEEK END SPECIALS\nIsland Lamb, Forequarters per lb '.' 25c\nHindquarters, per lb 30c\nHome-made Pork Sausages (from an old Wiltshire recipe), 2 lbs...55c\nMilk Fed Chickens, per lb 40c\nFowls for Boiling 27\u00bb^c\nAll kinds of Vegetables and Mints\napril20 S oet 26\nHunters' Surveyors' and\nCruisers' High Top Boots\nWe carry nothing but the best in High Top Boots such as the\nFlosheim Wet Defi which is as near waterproof as leather can be\nmade, also the famous Petaluma High Tops with California oak\ntanned soles. We have sold a great many of these boots and the\ntestimonials of the wearers have always been the best.\nW. CATHCART \u00a3# CO.\nSuccessors to H. B. Hammond Shoe Co.\nPemberton Building\nVictoria Theatre\nNovember 7th, 8.15 p.m.\nSpecial Engagement\nMme. Harriet Labadie\nWill Interpret Jose Echegaray's\nPowerful Play\n\"The Great Galeoto\"\nIn aid of the Woman's Auxiliary Provincial Royal\nJubilee Hospital\nPrices $2.00, $1.50, $1.00\nReserved Seat Plan opens\nOctober 4th.\nCarriages\u201410.15 P-m.\nNote\u2014Patrons are requested\nto be in their seats at the time\nadvertised. Late arrivals will\nnot be seated until after Act 1.\nVictoria Theatre\nFRIDAY and SATURDAY and\nSATURDAY MATINEE\nOctober 25th and 26th\nVictoria Ladies'Musical\nSociety\nPresent Gilbert & Sullivan's\nOpera\n\"H.M.S. Pinafore\"\n60\u2014PERFORMANCEs-60\nPrices\u2014$1.00, 75c, 50c and 25c\nMatinee\u201450c and 25c\nPrincess Theatre\nForaurlr A.O.U.W. H.U\nCor. Yates & Blanchard Sts.\nWEEK COMMENCING MONDAY\nOCTOBER 31\nThe Williams Stock Co.\nWill Present the Amusing Comedy\n\"ARE YOU A MASON?\"\nPrices ioc, 20c and joe\nMatinees Wednesday and Snturdny\nioc und zoc\nCurtain, 8.30 p.m. Matuut-S, 2,45\nReserved Scati un sale at J ^ean \\-\nHiscock's, cor. Broad and Vales Sts.\nEmpress\nWEEK COMMENCING OCT. 21\nThree Times Daily\n3.00 p.m.\u20147.30 p.m.\u20149.00 p.m.\nFALLS & FALLS\nIn Tumbles, Turns and Twists\n\"Just 'Phor Fun\"\nHOWELL & SCOTT\n1'atterers ancl Parodists\nPRITZKOW & BLANCHARD\nIn \"A Mixed Affair\"\nJames F. Clara\nLEONARD & WHITNEY\nIn a Touch of Nature called\n\"Duffy's Rise\"\nEngland's Elite Entertainer\nGLEN ELLISON\nGiving Impersonations of Stageland's\nFavorites and Others\nTWILIGHT PICTURES THE WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1912\nThe Week\nA Provincial Newspaper and Review\npublished every Saturday by\n\"The Week\" Publishing\nCompany, Limited\nPublished at 1208 Government St.,\nVictoria, B.C., Canada\nWILLIAM BLAKEMORE, Editor\nThe Island Arts\nand Crafts\nClub\nBy Bohemian\nFor many years it has been a reproach against Canada in general and\nWestern Canada in particular that the\nfine arts are neglected in favour of\nthe nimble dollar. And until quite recently this reproach was undoubtedly\nwell founded, for Art seemed stifled\nby Commerce, and the minds of our\nprominent men seemed to be so full\nof that pioneer spirit which has carved\nan empire out of virgin territory that\nthere was no room for an appreciation of \"les beaux arts.\" Four years\nage, however, saw the beginning of a\nnew era and when Mrs. C. Bampfylde\nDaniell inaugurated the Island Arts\nand Crafts Club at a meeting held at\nher house, a movement was set on\nfoot which has made steady progress.\nAt the present day Victorians and\nother dwellers on Vancouver Island\ncan regard with satisfaction the talent\nwhich has been induced to show itself. The annual exhibition held in\nthe Capital has shown year by year a\ndistinct improvement, so much so that\nartists who have a reputation outside\nthe confines of the Island have been\npleased to show specimens of their\nwork in Victoria.\nI have said that a marked improvement is observable in local talent, this\nis due, undoubtedly, to the life classes\nwhich have been held during the winter months and the outdoor sketching\nclasses which have taken their place\nduring the summer. These classes\nhave been well attended and their\nbeneficent effect will have been obvious to all those who, like Bohemian,\nhave been privileged to see this, the\nFourth Annual Exhibition.\nBeing a Bohemian and a journalist,\nI had the advantage this year of a\nprivate view of the Exhibition which\nis being held at the Alexandra Club.\nI had been led to expect an increase\nin the number of pictures shown, but\nI confess that I was astounded when\nI saw what that increase really meant.\nAn Exhibition of this nature requires\nmore than a word of general commendation, and I feel that I cannot\ndo better than take my readers with\nme on the tour of inspection which I\nthen made, I made notes of names of\nartists and titles of pictures both as\nthey appealed to me as a man and as\nthey appealed to the artist within me.\nOne of the first pictures I noticed\nwas from the brush of Mr. T. Bamford who is well represented by his\nseries of pictures dealing with English scenes. His art is more noticeable in the water colour division\nwhere a gem entitled \"Conway\nCastle,\" particularly caught my fancy;\nthe colouring is exquisite and the\nwhole conception gave a view of the\nhistoric pile which was most refreshing to one who has been for so long\naccustomed to the sense of newness\nwhich prevails in Canada. The next\npicture amongst the oil paintings to\nattract attention was \"A Bush Fire,\nShawnigan,\" by Mrs. Shallcross, who\nwas also represented by a delightful\npainting taken near Point Ellice\nbridge and most appropriately styled\n\"The Abandoned Sealers.\" Miss\nKate A. Smith is another exhibitor\nwho will undoubtedly gain much\n\"kudos\" for her painting of a dog and\nof a harvest scene which she calls\n\"Midday Rest.\" Mrs. C. Bampfylde\nDaniell is well to the fore this year\nwith paintings executed in the neighbourhood of Victoria. Her masterpiece in this year's exhibit is, undoubtedly, a view of Capilano Can*\nyon. Other pictures shows scenes in\nMetchosin, Goldstream and Sooke, but\nmany of Mrs. Daniell's latest works\nhave been shipped to London.\nThere is a peculiar fascination about\nseascapes and Mr. Eldridge has contributed a couple which show marked\nability. An excellent character study\nwas to be seen in \"Knives to Grind,\"\nby Miss Mills, while Miss W. Chambers' children studies were very pleasing. A characteristic view of the Golf\nLinks was sent in by Mr. T. S. Gore,\nand Mrs. C. F. Walker's \"Santa Barbara\" struck me as being of a very\nhigh order.\nAmongst the pastels I should like\nto make special mention of Miss T.\nV. Wylde's portrait of a child; the\ncolouring is exquisite, and other work\nof hers which I saw in the water\ncolour section fully bore out the first\nimpression 1 had formed of her artistic capability. Mrs. D. R. Harris,\nwith her portrait of Master Lorendge\nand her study of a head excited my\nliveliest admiration, as did Mrs. Rowley, with three charming heads. Before leaving this department of the\nexhibition I should like to say a special word in praise of Mr. V. I. Cum-\nming, whose two pictures of Cornish\nlads were, to my mind the gems of\nthe whole collection.\nPassing to the Water colours the\nfirst picture I noticed was by Miss J.\nCrease, and I was immensely struck\nby the great improvement which is\nevident in this artist's work since I\nsaw it last. Her two pictures \"On\nthe North Thompson,\" and \"A Woodland Trail,\" show a delicate perception of the values of light and shade.\nA beautiful interior, showing the\nSouth Transept of York Minster, is\nfrom the brush of Miss E. Fenn and\nis one of the features of the exhibition.\nMr. Hugh Davis is responsible for\ntwo fine pictures dealing with the\nships that pass in the night, while\nMiss Woodward is represented by a\nsketch entitled \"In the Harbour.\" Another harbour scene, depicting Victoria in the olden days was sent in by\nMiss Kitto, whose work this year is\nworthy of the highest praise. Views\nfrom the neighbourhood of Banff have\nbeen contributed by Mr. T. W. Fripp,\nwhose \"Lake Louise\" and \"Moraine\nLake,\" are amongst the best pictures\nin the exhibition. Colonel E. Hobday has sent down two landscapes\npainted in the neighbourhood of\nCowichan and Esquimalt Harbour.\nIt is easy for a careful observer to\nsee that Whitby has associations for\nMrs. Oldfield, whose painting of\nWhitby harbour is the best of her\nEnglish scenes. A striking picture\namongst the Water colours is a country scene with a horse in the foreground; this is the work of Mr. J.\nSpears and is likely to attract much\nattention. Mr. J. R. Blaikie, the Secretary of the Island Arts and Crafts\nClub, is represented by a characteristic painting called \"The Beach at\nGonzales,\" The Art of Vancouver is\nmore than sustained by Mr. S. P.\nJudge, whose Indian and Japanese\nsketches are in a class by themselves.\n\"Moonlight,\" by Miss Grace J. Judge,\nis a most fascinating study. Two\nother pictures, whicli I should not like\nto pass by without a mention are \"Sea\nGulls,\" by Miss D. Cockeram, and\n\"Lake Louise,\" by Mrs. F. Leather.\nThe last portion of the exhibition\nis taken up with Black and White\nwork and Mr. F. W. Harer of Philadelphia is the contributor of two excellent etchings. Mrs. Blaikie is to\nbe congratulated 011 her drawings of\ninsect life, the study of a death's\nhead moth being exceptionally good.\nMr. Alec McGregor is responsible for\ntwo fine black and white sketches of\nscenes up the Gorge, while Mr. John\nWilson with his architectural presentment of a Tudor residence and Mr.\nJ. W. Morris, who furnishes a drawing of a house at Oak Bay, show that\nthe exhibition is not confined merely\nto those whom we are commonly inclined to put in a class by themselves\nas artists.\nThere is one picture which I have\nnot mentioned, and I sadly fear that\nI have not been educated up to its\nbeauties: I am told that the work of\nCharles John Collings is the rage in\nNew York and is expected to take\nLondon by storm. A picture of his\nentitled \"The Dawn of Spring,\" has\nbeen lent to the Exhibition and can\nbe seen at the Alexandra Club. I\nshould be failing in my duty if I did\nnot mention it, but I leave my readers\nto judge of it for themselves.\nThe Island Arts and Crafts Club\ndeserve the heartiest congratulations\nfor their exhibit and the thanks of\nthe citizens of Victoria for the efforts\nwhich they have made to encourage\nArt in the city and on the Islartd. If\nthe success with which they have met\nduring the first four years of their\nexistence continues in like ratio, there\nis no doubt but that Victoria will soon\nbe in a position to dictate the ethics\nof Art to all the other cities on the\nPacific Coast.\nStories of\nWales\nWritten Specially for fhe Week\nby Gilbert Malcolm Sproat\nThere is, in an old manuscript,\n((\"Mostyn\" collection), an account\nof the visit to London, of the Welsh\nPrince, at Christmas 1277, (before the\nfinal rupture with Edward I), in order\nto do homage for two hundred townships in Wales which Edward then,\nwas, by treaty, entitled to receive.\nThe Welsh dignitaries had large retinues, as the custom was on such oc-\nowing to general use by the dominant\nEnglish people. Finally, \"Ap\" itself\nwas lost by sinking into surnames,\nfor instance, \"Ap Howell\" became\n\"Powell,\" and \"Ap Harry\" became\n\"Parry,\" and so forth, just as \"Mac,\"\n(meaning \"son\" like \"Mab\"), sank into \"Macdonald,\" \"Macpherson,\" etc.,\nin North Britain and Ireland.\nAn important factor, in the above\nchanges, was the following; The\nlineage-rigmarole having been found\ninconvenient, particularly in the\ncourts, was checked, in Henry\nEighth's time (1509-47), notably by\nthe President of the Court of Marches,\nBishop Rowland Lee, who, being\nwearied by the repetition of \"Ap\"\nthis, and \"Ap\" that, in the case of a\njury, directed that the individual's\nname, last appearing, or the name of\nhis distinctive residence, if he had\none, should appear in the panel, in\nfuture\u2014for instance (referring to\n\"Mostyn's collection,\" in the first line\nof my present article), the name,\n\"Thomas Al Richard al Hywel ab\nJeuan Fychan\" had to be reduced, in\nfuture, to the name of his house, the\npoor dissyllable \"Mostyn.\"\nHow slowly the Reformed English\nChurch shook off monastic austerities,\nboth in England and Wales, is, perhaps, not generally realised. In the\n\"Book of rules for country Parsons,\"\nby the brother of the first Lord Herbert of Cherbury, it is stated, that, if\nthe parson be unmarried and keep\nHouse, he must not have a woman in\nthe house, but find opportunities of\nhaving his meat dressed, and other\nVICTORIA\nVisions may fade, but victory holds fast,\nIn glowing radiance, till the reign of truth;\nCleared are the skies from phantoms of the past,\nThus the full morn exults in pride of youth.\nOn castled height, and pinnacled expanse,\nRests the elation of a land's desire,\nIn forms enduring beauty to enhance,\nAnd teach her still in conquest to aspire.\n\u2014W. G. Boynton.\ncasions. They were well treated, and\nhad quarters allotted at Islington, an\/1\nneighbouring suburban villages of\nLondon, but the manuscript goes on\nto say:\n\"The places did not afford milk for\n\"such numerous trains; the Welsh-\n\"men liked neither wine nor the ale\n\"of London, and, though plentifully\n\"entertained, were much displeased at\n\"the new manner of living which did\n\"not suit with their taste; they slight-\n\"ed the English bread, and their pride,\n\"too, was disgusted by the perpetual\n'staring of the Londoners who fol-\n\"lowed them in crowds to gaze at\n\"their uncommon garb. 'No,' cried\n\"the indignant Britons, among them-\n\"selves, 'we never again will visit Islington, except as conquerors,' and,\n\"from that instant, they resolved to\n\"take up arms.\"\nThis littie story, of 600 years ago,\nmakes dry history interesting. The\nWelsh, in those days, seem to have\nrelished honey, as well as milk, four\ntons of honey a year, being, at one\ntime, part of the tribute from South\nto North Wales.\nThere lies before me a letter from\none of your readers (who, I suppose,\nis not a Welshman), asking for some\nexplanation of the former common\nuse of \"Ap,\" in Welsh nomanclature.\nSo far as I know, it is something like\nthe following:\nFormerly, in Wales, and in other\nplaces in the realm, before surnames\nbecame common, the identification of\nan individual was helped by describing him as \"son of so and so,\" who\nwas \"son of so and so,\" etc., etc. The\nWelsh word for \"son\" was \"Mab,\"\nbut some confusion occurring owing\nto the English \"M\" being pronounced\nas \"F\" in Welsh, the \"M\" was dropped\nand \"Ap\" left to signify \"son.\" Then\na further change took place, following the banter of the English in pronouncing \"Al\" as \"Ap,\" which the\nWelsh did not readily accept, but\nwhich became more or less common\nservices done, by men-servants at\nhome, and his linen washed abroad.\nBishop Bellot, of Chester, who died\n1596, one of the English Biblical\ntranslators appointed by Elizabeth,\nwould on no account admit a female\ninto his family. Commenting on this,\nthe eminent Welsh historian, Philip\nYorke of Erthig, writing in 1799,\nstates that there was an odd Divine\n\"not long since living in Anglesey, of\n\"such transparent purity, that he\n\"would not suffer his shirts, either at\n\"home or abroad, to be washed in the\nsame tub with the women's shifts.\"\nNow, on the other hand, the Liverpool Weekly Mercury, 21st Septem-\n1912, publishes an address at Holyhead by an Anglesey Vicar, the Rev.\nJ. A. Rees, M.A., who begins by\nstating that \"it is unnecessary for him\n\"to prove that immorality is today\n\"the greatest curse of Wales, and that\n\"Anglesey, the mother of Wales, is\n\"the blackest spot in this respect, a\n\"matter involving rich and poor,\n\"learned and unlearned, christian and\n\"non-christian.\" I hope Rees exaggerates, but it is a subject I know\nnothing about; Lloyd George has not\nmentioned it. Rees admits that the\nIrish, for their part, retain their high\nplace of purity among the nations.\nBut what, I ask, is the use of stating\nmomentous historical facts without\nsome attempted explanation? We are\nnot all, surely, twopenny-halfpenny\npoliticians.\nThe Tale of Mona Lisa\nA BULL'S-EYE.\nHe was an agent for the sale of books, and\na very smart salesman, too; but this time it\nlooked as though he had met his match.\n\"I have here a work in English,\" began the\nagent.\nA frown settled over the student's face.\n\"I never fead English,\" he replied.\n\"But your friends?\" There was a hopeful\nuplift of the bookseller's eyebrows.\n\"I have no friends,\" came the reply; \"nothing but a dog.\"\nA light came into the agent's mournful eye.\n\"Well, you want something to throw at the\ndog,\" he cried\u2014and sold the set.\nI think I have at last learned thel\ntruth as to the fate of the GiocondaJ\nwrites a correspondent of Londoti\nTruth. It is melancholy news: \"las\nciate ogni speranza.\" We shall nevei\nagain see Leonardo da Vinci's famoui\npicture. One might wish it had beei\nstolen, for then there would have beei\nhope for its reappearance. The fac\nis, I learn, that it never left th\nLouvre; it perished there. A photo\ngrapher's employe, wishing to aveng\nhimself on the world at large fo\nwhat he thought his wrongful dismii\nsal, imagined a piece of sabotag\nworthy of a twentieth century Hero]\nstrates; he spread the contents of\nphial of sulphuric acid over the po|\ntrait of Mona Lisa.\nFrom another source I have head\nfurther particulars. I do not vouJ\nfor them with the same certainty, bl\nregard them, nevertheless, as highl\nprobable. The vitriol outrage on t|\nGioconda was committed a year\ntwo before the world learned of t|\ntheft. The picture supposed to haj\nbeen stolen was, in fact, a copy,\nlong as there was any hope of\nstoring the original the substitute\nleft in the familiar frame under a glj\npane. This piece of plate glass\ninserted a year or two before\n\"theft.\" When all hopes of rested\nthe original were given up, and wj\ncertain visitors were beginning\nwhisper their doubts about the\nture under the glazed frame, the _H\nstitute was taken out and very lil|\nthrown into the fire. Possibly\noriginal panel, a worthless piecj\nwood, met with the same fate.\nAfter the sensational disappeara\nof the Gioconda, or let us say its cc\nGovernment officials were not long\nperceiving the improbability of\ntheft. * The police were allowed, hi\never, to follow this scent, first,\nof kindness to the public, and, seco\nly, because to let out the whole\nwhat is now believed to be the t\nstory, would have compelled resp\nsible officials to admit even more f\nthan they did the slackness and\nefficiency that prevailed high and\namong the Louvre staff. The\ntext, however, was a good\nfor removing several menials\npected of trade unionist procl\nties. The director of the Louvre,!\nHomolle, did not come too badly f\nof the adventure. His resignation\naccepted, but as a compensation!\nwas appointed director of the FreJ\nArchaeological School of Athenl\npost he had already filled, and)\nwhich he was longing to return. [\nAnd, now, farewell, Gioconda I\nI asked a friend of mine, an ail\nority on chemistry, what would |\nthe effect of pouring sulphuric acid|\na picture. \"Burn the varnish,\"\nsaid, \"and destroy the colors. Tl|\nare all the more liable to attack\nsulphuric acid, as they are, as a ril\noxides. They would be turned i\\\nsulphates, mostly soluble. The\nwould not need to be concentraf)\nIndeed, diluted acid would act all\nquicker. It would be all over ill\nfew seconds. A few black and wB\nspots formed by insoluble sulphq\nmight give a sort of shadow of \u25a0\npicture; that 'is, if the paint did\ncome off in rags.\"\n1\nTHE LAST DITCH\n\"So you have proposed to the heiress ?'|\n\"I have,\" answered Lord Barecash.\n\"Have you been accepted?\"\n\"Not finally. I am to call tomorrow\na list of my creditors.\"\nBOOK NOTES\nAt the Victoria Book and Stal\ntionery Co., 1004 Governmen|\nSt., Victoria, B.C.:\n\"The Red Cross Girl,\" b|\nRichard Harding Davis. $i.sc|\n\"The Back Pearl,\" by Mr|\nWilson Woodrow. $1.50.\n\"The Gulf Between,\" by Ann|\nCostantini. $1.35.\nAt Fullbrook-Sayers Stationl\nery Co., 1220 Government St.l\n\"The Blue Wall,\" by Richar|\nWashburn Child. $1.25.\n\"Lives of the Hunted,\" bi\nErnest Thompson Seton. $2.ocl\n\"The Hollow of Her Hand,!\nGeorge Barr McCutcheon. $1.30] THE WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1912\nBUILDING PERMITS\nOctober 9 to 15\nfctober 9\u2014\nW. E. Staneland\u2014Bay St.\u2014Stores 15,000\nA. Gardner\u2014Haultain St.\u2014Dwelling 8,000\nT. H. Fletcher\u2014Myrtle St.\u2014Dwelling 2,500\nTim Kee\u2014Princess St.\u2014Dwelling 3,000\nH. J. Trueman\u2014Linden Ave.\u2014Dwelling 2,500\nWize & Gibson\u2014Lee Ave.\u2014Dwelling 2,300\nJ. R. Clements\u2014Harrison St.\u2014Add. to Dwelling 400\nBungalow Construction Co.\u2014Durban St.\u2014Dwelling 3,500\nBungalow Construction Co.\u2014Carnsew St.\u2014Dwelling 2,500\nBungalow Construction Co.\u2014Durban St.\u2014Dwelling 2,500\nBungalow Construction Co.\u2014Carnsew St.\u2014Dwelling 2,500\nBungalow Construction Co.\u2014'Carnsew St.\u2014Dwelling 2,500\nBungalow Construction Co.\u2014Durban St.\u2014Dwelling 2,500\nBungalow Construction Co.\u2014Clare St.\u2014Dwelling 2,500\niBungalow Construction Co.\u2014Steele St.\u2014Dwelling 2,300\nThornton Fell\u2014Fort St.\u2014New Roof 1,500\nober 10\u2014\nB. C. Electric Co.\u2014Pembroke St.\u2014Store and Dwelling.... 10,000\nReliance Inv. & Bldg. Co.\u2014Linden Ave.\u2014Dwelling 6,500\nIE. J. Chambers\u2014Ross St.\u2014Dwelling 1,500\nJ. Daniels\u2014Bank St.\u2014Garage 2,000\nA. Roberts\u2014Young St.\u2014Garage 150\nT. A. Kennedy\u2014Gorge Rd.\u2014Store and Dwelling 2,500\nH. J. Knott\u2014Irvine St.\u2014Dwelling 1,200\nMr. Noon\u2014Hulton St.\u2014Dwelling 450\nItober 11\u2014\u2022\nJ. Sweethurst\u2014Washington St.\u2014Dwelling 5,000\nG. J. Ryan\u2014Battery St.\u2014Alt. to Saloon 5,000\nB. C. Land\u2014Wharf St.\u2014Stable 700\nItober 12\u2014\nLou Wah-Work St.\u2014Stable 750\nA. S. Beattie\u2014Cedar Hill Rd\u2014Dwelling 2,300\nItober 14\u2014\nW. Barbour\u2014Rendall St.\u2014Dwelling 2,500\nP. Shearer\u2014Myrtle St.\u2014Dwelling 300\nA. MacLennan\u2014Grahame St.\u2014Dwelling 1,000\nC. A. Steele\u2014Maple St.\u2014Dwelling ' 2,500\nH. Palmatier\u2014Seaview St.\u2014Dwelling 3,000\n[tober 15\u2014 .\nE. F. Radiger\u2014Howe St.\u2014Dwelling 3,500\nR. C. Lowe\u2014Beechwood St.\u2014Dwelling 4,000\nF. Perry\u2014Rudlin St.\u2014Dwelling 350\nC. C. Smith\u2014Joseph St.\u2014Dwelling 2,000\nA. Pike\u2014Cambridge St.\u2014Dwelling 4,500\nTHE MAKING OF BANK NOTES\now Crops of East and West Furnish Business to Engravers and Bank\nNote Companies\nIn September and October, the Winnipeg banks are always obliged\nsend currency to the grain fields in large amounts. This year it is\npposed that the new Dominion fives will be extensively utilized, but,\nvertheless, the bank note circulation in Western Canada is expanding\nth great rapidity. The banks are obliged to be forehanded in laying\na stock of notes to meet the fall payments in the West. A large\nmber secure their new notes from the Ottawa branch of the Ameri-\nn Bank Note Co.; some patronize the British American Bank Note\n.; and one or two institutions give contracts to an English company,\nact figures are not yet obtainable for August or September, but in\n: month of July the 27 chartered banks received from the engravers\nw notes having a face value of $5,804,005. The August total is\ntimated as $5,600,000, this being the average of the preceding seven\ninths. It is to be noted that the August government bank statement\n>wed expansion of well over $5,500,000 in notes actually in circu-\nion. The monthly totals compare as follow with the receipts in other\nnths during the past two and a half years.\nNew Bank Notes Received from Engravers\n1912 1911 1910\nDecember $2,155,000 $3,170,002\nNovember 5,350,000 3,939,002\nOctober 4,075,000 7,240,002\nSeptember 2,696,002. 4,299,000\nAugust $ 5,600,000 (est) 2,930,000 2,755,004\nJuly 5,804,005 3,030,005 2,110,000\nJune 7,010,000 3,360,015 6,466,250\nMay 4,560,000 1,850,000 5,673,750\nApril 3,127,333 5,359,000 6,708,333\nMarch 12,233,000 5,773,040 3,410,000\nFebruary 3,775,000 3,085,000 4,505,000\nJanuary 2,710,010 3,460,000 1,895,000\n$44,819,348 $43,123,062 $52,171,343\nGive Your\nTypist Good\nStationery\nand She'll Give\nYou Better\nWork\nBaxter & Johnson Co\nLimited\n618 Fort St. Phone 730\nISht\nTaylor Mill Co.\nLimited\nAll kinds of Building Material\nLumber .' Sash .' Dooi\nTelephone 564\nNorth Government Street, Vietoria\nRoyal Bank Chambers\nVidoria, B. C.\nThomas Hooper\nJlrchited\n522 Winch Building\nVancouver, B. C.\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nContains 252,800,000 acres of rich farm\nand fruit lands, timtf-r, mineral and\ncoal lands. Railroads now building will\nopen up to settlers and investors. We\nspecialize on British Columbia Investments and can tell you about opportunities to GET IN AT THE BEGINNING in town lots, townsite subdivisions or farm, timber, mineral, coal\nlanda and water powers, wholesale or\nretail. Your name and address on a\npostcard will bring you valuable\ninformation FREE I\nWRITE OR CALL\nNatural Resources\nSecurity Co., Ltd\nPaid-up Capital $150,000\nJoint Owners and Sole Agentl Fort\nGeorge Townsite\n6is Bower Building, Vancouver, B.C.\nmay 18 aug 17\nDid You Ever Try\nOur Caramels?\nLike the rest of our candies, they are noted for\ntheir quality and freshness\nDon't Pass Us By\nPalace of Sweets\n1013 Government St.\nVictoria, B. C.\nmch 9 L sept 9\nTurkish Baths\nUnder New Management\nMassage and Chriapody Specialties\nLady Masseuse in attendance\nBaths open from 8 a.m. to 3 a.m.\nPhone 1856 8a 1 Fort St\nFOR RENT\nLarge New Store on Johnson Street, near Douglas\nNew Store in building at corner of Oak Bay Avenue\nand Fell Street.\nMedium Sized Cottage with Small Orchard and\nChicken Houses on Richmond Road.\nAll Kinds of Insurance Written\nRents Collected\nGreen & Burdick Bros.\nLimited\nCor. Broughton and Langley Streets\nTelephone 4169\nTelephone 4170\nRockland Avenue\nHomesite\nCorner St. Charles Street\u2014132x140 fi.\nBeautiful trees planted around edge of lot, entirely free from\nrock; one block from cars and situated in one of the very best\nresidential districts in the city.\nPrice $10,500\nOne-third cash, balance 1 and 2 years.\nPemberton & Son\nCORNER FORT AND BROAD 8TRIBTI\nHOSE m BROOKS CO., LIMITED\nVancouver, Distributors for B. C.\nSchool Days are Here Again\nAnd scholars of every grade should have the assurance that their\neyes are in perfect condition for study I Tired eyes, headache,\nnervousness and holding books\nclose to the eyes when studying\u2014\nshow the need of glasses. Call or\nmake an appointment today\nA. P. BLYTH\nOptometrist and Optician\n645 Fort St. Phone 2259\napl 20 S oct 26 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1912\nThe average per month for the first eight months of 1912 is\n$5,600,000, as against an average of $3,600,000 for the whole of 1911,\nand an average of $4,350,000 for the whole of 1910. As the deliveries\nare usually large in the fall when the Western wheat crop is on the\nmarket, it is likely that the total of bank notes printed and delivered\nto the Canadian institutions in 1912 will far exceed the total for 1911.\nThe monthly average for the last four months of the current year\nequals or exceeds $3,000,000, the large total shown in 1910 will also be\npassed.\nReasons for Present Year's Marked Increase\n. The action of the banks in getting such a large number of notes\nprinted in 1912 has not been due altogether to their expectations of an\nexceptionally big wheat crop in Manitoba, Saskatchewan ancl Alberta.\nThroughout the summer they have kept in mind the possibility that the\nthree prairie provinces might have in the neighbourhood of 200,000,000\nbushels upon completing the harvest. And on that account the orders\ngiven to the bank note companies were doubtless slightly increased.\nThe developments in regard to bank mergers or absorptions have been a\nnotable factor in increasing the deliveries of new notes in 1912. The\neffects of the Commerc-Eastern Townships merger are seen in the large\ndeliveries in March, 1912. In that month the Commerce received from\nthe engravers $5,768,000 in new notes. Prior to the absorption the\nEastern Townships Bank was accustomed to keep on hand about\n$4,800,000 or $4,900,000 of its own notes. Of these about half were\nin circulation and the other half represented the notes carried in the\ntills of the branches. All of these notes would become useless when\nthe bank was absorbed by the Commerce. It would be the duty of the\ndirectors to destroy them as fast as they came in. They would, of\ncourse, have to be replaced by Commerce notes; and it would perhaps\ncost the Commerce from $15,000 to $17,000 for printing $5,000,000 par\nvalue of new fives and tens.\nEffect of Bank Amalgamations\nThe expense in which the Royal would be invo'ved through the\nnecessity of replacing the Traders Bank's notes would be even greater.\nThe Traders had on hand and in circulation at the end of July $7,488,-\n520 face value in its own notes. All of these would have to be\ndestroyed. Apparently the Royal has been laying in a stock of its own\nnotes in readiness to replace the Traders' circulation. In July the\nRoyal received $1,880,000 from the engravers. Its receipts prior to\nthat were as follows:\u2014In June, $1,980,000; in May, $1,220,000; in\nApril, $224,000; and in March, $740,000. Doubtless the August'\nreceipts would bring the supply of notes up to the required amount. In\nthe case of a bank absorption like the two here referred to, the outstanding circulation of the absorbed bank would not come in all at once.\nThe redemptions would be very heavy during the first month. Then\nthe tide would slacken by degrees, and it would probably be four or\nfive years before the country would be cleared of the notes.\nThe West's Big Share\nThe banks having the greatest number of branches in Western\nCanada make the following showing in the matter of receipts of new\nnotes during the first seven months of 1912:\u2014Union Bank of Canada,\n$860,000; Canadian Bank of Commerce, $9,708,000; Merchants Bank\nof Canada, $900,000; Bank of Hamilton, nil; Northern Crown Bank,\n$600,000; Royal Bank of Canada, $6,284,000; Bank of Montreal,\n$7,020,000; Bank of British North America, $1,700,000; Imperial\nBank of Canada, $3,000,000; Bank of Toronto, $1,660,000; Dominion\nBank, $1,400,000; Traders Bank of Canada, nil; total, for 12 banks,\n$33,132,000.\nEvery one of the above-named banks had more than 20 branches\nin the four Western provinces at the end of 1911. It will be seen that\nthey account for four-fifths of the total receipts of new notes in the first\nseven months of 1912. As about $10,000,000 or $11,000,000 of the\ntotal receipts would be attributable to the two bank amalgamations\noccurring this year, it is probable that the greater part of the remainder\nwould be attributable to the Western business of the banks.\nOf course, it should be remembered that some of the banks may\nhave had on hand at the end of 1911 a quantity of notes fully sufficient\nfor the needs of 1912; and those banks would not, therefore, need to\nprocure large new supplies this year. It will be noticed that in April,\n1912, the amount of notes received comes out an odd number. This is\ndue to the Bank of Nova Scotia's business in the West Indies, the\npound sterling being the unit in some of the islands where the bank has\nbranches.\u2014Canadian Finance.\nCRITICISES BRITISH METHODS\nAccording to cable despatches, the action of F. Maclure Sclanders,\ntrade commissioner for Saskatoon, in addressing the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, with the object of clearing away some of the causes\nthat restrict British trade in Canada, has met with considerable approval\nin Anglo-Canadian circles. His letter has been reprinted by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Sclanders expresses his surprise at\nthe inexplicable apathy of English manufacturers, and speaks of \"the\nunreasonable disinclination of your merchants and manufacturers to\ngrant to our solid business concerns such terms of payment, etc., as our\nexigencies demand. Most British houses dealing half-heartedly with\nour merchants demand cash in return for bill of lading, the goods\nmeantime being retained at Montreal. Consequently our people are\nrequired to pay for Old Country goods about three weeks before they\narrive here.\"\nSaskatoon, he says, has as yet not had a single commercial failure,\nand British houses can easily get information respecting the standing\nof its merchants through agents of Canadian banks in London.\nOllaPodrida\nTHE CHOIR INVINCIBLE\nAn old farmer and his wife lived near th\nvillage church. One warm Sunday evening\nwhile they sat dozing on the porch, th\ncrickets set up a loud chirping.\n\"I just love that chirpin' noise,\" said tl\nold man drowsily, and before the cricke\nhad stopped he was fast asleep.\nSoon afterwards the church choir brol\ninto a beautiful chant.\n\"Just listen to thatl\" exclaimed his wif\n\"ain't it beautiful?\"\n'\"Yes,\" murmured thc old farmer sleepil\n\"they do it with their hindlegs.\"\nNO CREST\nOne mother who still considers Marc\nwaves as the most fashionable way of drei\ning the hair, was at work on the job.\nHer little eight-year-old girl was crouch\non her father's lap, watching her moth\nlivery once in a while the baby fingers woi\nslide over the smooth and glossy pate whi\nis his father's.\n\"No waves for you, father,\" remarked t\nlittle one. \"You're all beach.\"\nLEST WE FORGET\nThe shouting and the yapping dies,\nThe Stampede and the Dook depart;\nBehold the constant vaudeville I\nThe aldermen we know by heart.\nGreat Caesar's ghost I they're with us ye|\nSo let us 'gainst them place a bet,\nLest wc forget, lest we forget!\nL'AMENDE FOLLOWED\nAt seven o'clock in thc morning two FrJ\nduellists, who were to fight to the deatl\na place in the suburbs, met at the ticket (|\nof the railway station.\n\"Give me a return ticket, as usual,\"\nthe hist duellist to the clerk, in a terl\ntone, and with a ferocious twist of his n|\ntache.\n\"I\u2014I say, do you always buy\ntickets?' stammered his opponent.\n\"Yes, always.\"\n\"Then I apologise,\" said the other.\nFirst Officer\u2014\"How do you like the hi\nyou bought from me last week?\"\nSecond Officer\u2014\"All right; but he ough\ncarry his head a little higher?\"\nFirst Officer\u2014\"Oh, he will do that as s\nas he is paid for.\"\nALWAYS ON THE GO\nBenevolent Old Lady\u2014\"Poor man, how\nyou become so lame?\"\nPoor Man: \"Over-exertion, mum.\"\nLady\u2014\"Indeed, in what way?\"\nPoor Man\u2014\"Movin\" on every time a p'\nman told me.\"\nTIME IS MONEY\nCook with\nAND SAVE BOTH\nSee\nThe VICTORIA GAS COMPANY, LTD.\n652 Yates Street THE WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1912\nTHE LUCKY NUMBER\nA Charming Tale from the Trench of Roger Regis, a Young French Novelist,\non Whom, Perhaps, the Mantle of Daudet Has Fallen. The\nStory Appeared in Le Petit Journal and is\nTranslated by Helen E. Meyer\n\"Monsieur Duvernois!\"\n\"Monsieur?\"\n\"Was it you that copied this let-\nIter?\"\n\"It was.\"\n\"I thought sol If there is any\nhance to accomplish a stupidity you\nire there! You have copied a let-\ner from the head of this company,\nnd ended it: 'Receive the expression\nf my most distinguished considera-\nion.'\"\nEh Men, Monsieur?\"\nEh bien!\" retorted the irascible\nhief, \"the correct expression in this\nase is: 'Receive the expression of my\nighest consideration.' To end a let-\nr as you have done is to dishonor\nour labors as a secretary. Look out\nhat you do! You will not get off so\n,sy next time.\"\nClosing his tirade in a melodramat-\nvoice, the sub-chief retired* to his\nivate office. When he had disap-\nared, Duvernois doubled over his\n|sk and his four colleagues cried\nt:\n'He, Hippolyte! You have no\n:k!\"\nuvernois raised his denuded skull,\nt a distracted glance about him\nanswered:\nI've had no luck so far, but the\njieel may reverse its motion; wait\ntil next month! If I win the prize\nu'll see.\"\nHis fellow-employees smiled, and\n|aring the sudden return of the sub-\nief, they went to their work. There\nre five clerks in the bureau, rang-\n|g in age from thirty to sixty years.\nvernois had less hair than the oth-\n|s, and he was the oldest. His col-\ngues were Dubois, Durand, Du-\nnt arid Duval. Duvernois was the\ncial scapegoat. Dubois, Duval,\nipont and Durand were good men\nd conscientious laborers, careful\npyists, and excellent bookkeepers,\nose best efforts aimed at the favor\nthe sub-chief. They were grateful\nr crumbs, respectful, contented with\neir lot. Duvernois was conscien-\nus and industrious, but refractory\nreproof. He sneered at the cere-\nbnious rules that fixed the forms of\ne signatures. If he' bowed his will\nthe will of the sub-chief, he did it\ncause he knew that he was old and\nat at his age it would not be easy\nget work. When alone with his\nlleagues he let loose floods of bit-\nxness, crazy dreams and insensate\npes.\nFor many years he had bewailed\ne wrongs of the social organiza-\nons.\n\"If I could tell my mind freely,\" he\nid incessantly, \"I should work rev-\nlution! The modern rich to-day are\nhat they were in the days of Rome;\nke the Roman mob, they have only\nsit in high places and turn down\npeir thumbs. Let me win the prize\nthe lottery and I'll cry my opinions\nom the house-tops! This office is a\nison; we are galley-slaves; the chief\na fop; the sub-chief is a thief.\nhen I win the prize I'll tell him so.\"\nDuvernois had a lottery ticket. He\nminded them of the fact daily. His\nsociates'laughed at him.\n\"You sinner!\" said Dubois, \"old as\nu are and wise as you are, once get\noney in your hand and you'll marry\ngirl young enough to be your\nughter.\"\n\"Not he!\" said Duval. \"He'll buy\nlook in the company and go about\n|ith the swellheads.\"\nDuvernois answered sententiously.\ne laughs best who laughs last.\"\nThat morning they were at their\n:sks. They had worked two hours,\nuvernois had not appeared.\n\"What's the matter with Duver-\nis?\" asked Durand, \"can he be\nk?\"\nDubois slapped his ledgers. \"The\nawing took place yesterday! I'll bet\nis too sick to leave his bed.\"\n\"He takes things hard; one of these\nys he'll die of it.\"\nThe four men searched the morning\npers.\n\"Do you know this number?\" asked\nupont. \"He never told it . . .Ah I\nrawing of the Lottery. Here it is:\n\"ist prize\u2014Osmond, lawyer, Brie.\n\"2nd prize\u2014-M. Kleber, cook, Brest.\n\"3rd prize\u2014(Collected by a Paris\nbank). Anonymous.\n\"Poor Hippolyte! he has no luck.\nNow he dreads to come to the office;\nhe's afraid we'll run him.\"\nAt that moment the sub-chief\nlooked in, \"Where is Duvernois?\"\nNo one answered. __\n\"M. Duvernois has not come?\"\n\"No, Monsieur.\"\n\"Nor sent an excuse?\"\n\"No, Monsieur.\"\n\"When he comes send him to me;\nI'll teach him I\"\n\"Go slow!\" said a voice. \"Go slow!\"\nThe sub-chief turned and found\nhimself nose to nose with Duvernois.\n\"Ah!\" cried the chief, \"you've come,\nhave you? You have defied this office\nfor the last time; go to the cashier,\nget your pay, and clear out!\"\nHands in pocket, smiling, Hippolyte answered:\n\"To the devil with you and your\nbureau! Look sharp, or I'll give you\na kick in the locality provided by Nature for that purpose!\"\n\"Do you know what you are talking\nabout?\" roared the chief.\n\"I'm no fool!\" retorted Duvernois.\n\"I know what I'm about. Keep your\nmoney. I don't need it.\"\nThe manager, dazed by the sudden\nchange in positions, dropped into the\nnearest chair.\n\"You have inherited?\" he stammered.\n\"I could buy you out,\" answered\nDuvernois. \"I've won 500,000 francs\nin the lottery. I'm Anonymous; the\nman that won the third prize.\"\nA long silence! The four model\nemployees who had been flattened to\ntheir desks by fear, craned their necks\nto gaze at the strange man who profited by his good luck to insult his\nchief and revile the administration.\nLittle by little the chief recovered his\nself-possession. He approached Duvernois, and, seizing his hand, shook\nit vigorously.\n\"Monsieur Duvernois,\" he said, \"I\noffer you my sincere congratulations.\nYou should have told your news at\nonce and forestalled my impatience. I\nregret my words; despite my apparent lack of consideration, I have human feelings and sympathies; I am\ndeeply moved by your wholly deserved good luck: With 500,000\nfrancs at his disposal a man is not\nrequired to be strictly punctual. I understand ... I appreciate . . .\"\n\"I thank you for your compliments,\" answered the impossible Duvernois*. \"Your appreciation comes\ntoo late; you have but a short time to\nmanifest it.\"\n\"How so?\"\n\"Because I am about to send in my\nresignation.\"\n\"My dear friend,\" expostulated the\nchief, \"I beg of you reflect, before taking so rash a step. Your life has fitted\nyou to this bureau; your associates\nwould miss you; our work would suffer. To leave us would be to disturb\nthe even run of our routine. Remain\nwith us nominally, if in no other way;\ncome among us as usual, draw your\npay, work as much or as little as you\nsee fit; but remain one of us; let us\nsee your face.\"\n\"I will reflect upon your proposition,\" Duvernois answered with a\nwary smile. \"In the meantime I have\nbusiness with my solicitors. Adieu\nfor the present. Should I decide to\naccept your proposal you will see me\nMonday.\"\nThe following Monday Duvernois\nreturned to his desk. The chief welcomed him with warmth. \"You confer a favor on the office, Duvernois,\"\nhe said, pressing the hand of the\nlucky man. \"Come and go at will.\"\n\"I accept your proposition,\" answered Duvernois. \"The position has\nits advantages. I recognize them; but\nthe grind\u2014\"\n\"Do not make it a grind,\" answered\nthe chief. \"Regulate your labors according to your ideas. In time you\nwill see the beauties ot organized capital; and, possibly, you will find\nmeans to invest some of .your wealth\nwith us.\"\n\"Possibly,\" was the enigmatic reply.\nA strange peace had fallen on the\nbureau where the five D's labored together for the united companies. Hippolyte sat daily at his desk, accepting\nthe concessions offered him by his\nchief. He dozed, read his newspaper,\ndid a little work from time to time,\nand studied his finger nails.\nThe chief visited him daily, pressed\nhis hand, and questioned him about\nhis health. Hippolyte was known to\nthe heads of the association as a valuable coadjutor. Not long after he accepted his changed position, his salary was raised to 300 francs a month.\nDupont, Dubois, Durand and Duval\ndevottd their leisure to brightening\nhis life. In the first flush of his victory he had talked freely of his plans.\n\"I have neither wife nor child; I\nhave no family; I have no heirs. But,\non the other hand, I do not regard\nmyself as a rich man. Relatively, my\nmoney amounts to nothing. Divided\ninto four equal parts, what would it\nbe? A paltry 125,000 francs\u2014hardly\nworth while to speak of!\" . . .\n\"Four parts ... He means to\ndivide it among us,\" thought the four\nclerks. \"Naturally he will have a favorite; the favorite will get the lion's\nshare!\"\nFrom that time the four vied with\neach other in their efforts to make\nthemselves indispensable to the old\nman. If one invited him to dinner the\nother three gave him an automobile\nride, an evening at the theatre, a Sunday's fishing. On New Year's Day\nand on his birthday, the four clerks\nput their money together and gave\nDuvernois a pipe, a pair of soft slippers, and a velvet cap. Hippolyte accepted everything, but he gave nothing in return.\n\"The old one is as close as they\nmake them!\" said Duval.\n\"He is all of that!\" said -Durand.\n\"He is as tight-fisted a chap as I ever\nstruck,\" said Dubois.\n\"He is!\" said Dupont. \"He's a\nmiser, but eventually we shall get it\nall.\"\nTen years of perfect tranquility ran\nby. After a too copious dinner given\nby one of the four postulants, Duvernois gave up the ghost.\nHe was followed to the grave by\nthe United Companies, the four clerks\nbearing the pall.\nThe will read to the assembled employees of the bureau was as follows:\nLAST WILL AND TESTAMENT\nOF THEOPHILE DUVERNOIS.\n\"I did not win a prize in the lottery\nfor the reason, possibly, that I never\nbought a ticket.\n\"To my would-be heirs I leave my\nsystem of logic; and such knowledge\nas they may gain from the experiment.\n\"The best means of gaining respect\nand friendship is to create the impression that you do not need anything.\n\"(Signed) T. DUVERNOIS.\"\nThe Firm of John Bull & Sons\nBy J. Arthur Hill\nA great change has come over the\nsentiment of the people of Britain\nduring the last ten years, with regard\nto the over-sea Dominions. We have\nindeed always been proud of our adventurous and successful sons, and the\nmost stay-at-home Briton feels a thrill\nwhen he thinks of the men who have\ncarried our laws and language round\nthe world; yet it may be admitted\nthat in the later part of the nineteenth century there was a tendency\namong our Liberals to regard the\nColonies as now mature, able to carry\non business\u2014so to speak\u2014on their\nown account, and owing no particular\nallegiance or obligation to the Old\nCountry. The signs of the times\nseemed to foreshadow Home Rule\nand independence all round. Disintegration seemed imminent, and continental historians began to prepare\nmaterials for a \"Decline and Fall of\nthe British Empire.\"\nBut all this is now changed. The\nLittle Englanders have vanished. The\nspecies is extinct. Even the most\nearnest advocate of devolution and\nhome rule now sees plainly that in\nthe arena of world-politics the British Empire stands or falls as one\nthing. There must be no splitting\nup. We must join hands against the\nopposing force. United we stand, divided we fall. This is now the feeling throughout Great Britain. Liberals, Conservatives and Labour men\nare completely agreed. There has\nnever been such unanimity on a point\nof policy in our whole history. The\ncountry is solid.\nI do not advance the argument that\nthe homeland has a claim. Some\nwriters quote the vast figures representing the money invested by Britain\nin, e. g., Canada, and ask \"What has\nCanada done for Britain in return?\"\nThere is, of course, something in this,\nfor it is Old Country capital that is\nbuilding the Canadian Northern Railway, the Grand Trunk Pacific, and is\nfinancing many other big concerns,\nsuch as the British Columbia Electric\nRailway, and the Canadian Mineral\nRubber Co., which is asphalting our\nstreets. But I do not labour this\npoint, for John Bull has advanced the\nmoney as an investment, and not out\nof sentiment. Consequently, as a\ngood business man, he has the sense\nnot to claim any sentiment in return.\nIf he gets his interest (which if he\nholds Trunk Ordinary he doesn't) and\nif his bonds are paid off when they\nfall due, he knows that it is as much\nas he can reasonably ask. It is what\nwas bargained for when he advanced\nthe money. He has no other claim.\nBut there is another side to the\nquestion. John Bull can reasonably\nask for co-operation and help in the\npresent circumstances and those\nwhich will arise in the coming years,\nbecause not only his own welfare but\nthat of the Dominions themselves is\nat stake. He is thinking and will\nsoon be talking, as follows:\n\"My lads, there's going to have to\nbe some sort of a change, Up to\nnow, I've been able to fight my own\nbattles, and yours too, at need. If\nJapan had invaded Canada or Australia, if Russia had invaded India, I\nwas at any moment prepared to fight\nfor you. My ships and money and\nmen were ready to defend you against\nall-comers. The world knew this, and\nknew that my strength was (navally)\noverwhelming. Consequently you\nhave been able to develop yourselves\nin peace, to build the foundations of\ngreat nations, no dog daring to bark\nat you.\n\"But now, things are changing. A\ngreat Power at my own doors has\nchallenged my supremacy on the sea,\nand in a while I may need your help.\nI shall not ask it as a favour, if I do\nask it, but as a necessity even from\nyour own point of view. For, if I\nam beaten, you lie open and helpless\nto an enemy. You have neither army\nnor navy of your own, compared, say,\nwith Japan or Russia. So long as I\nam what I am, you have nothing to\nfear, for I will protect you if necessary against a whole world in arms;\nbut if I am conquered, you are defenceless. Consequently it is to your\nown interest to back me up, so that\namong us we may yet present a front\nwhich shall be impregnable to attack.\nThat is, if you wish\u2014and I think you\ndo\u2014for the continuance of British\nfreedom, British law, and British customs throughout your land.\n\"I do not need much help just yet.\nI am only giving preliminary warning. I have 58 battleships to Germany's 30, and a similar superiority\nin cruisers and torpedo craft: my\nNavy comprises 134,000 men, with a\nreserve of 50,000, while Germany at\npresent has only 66,000. But the new\nGerman Navy Law provides for an\nincrease to 101,500, and you must remember that a large part of my Navy\nis abroad, protecting you. I do not\nwish to withdraw these vessels from\ntheir present stations, which would\nleave you undefended and would\nlessen our prestige; yet it is absolutely essential that the Empire's\nheart shall be protected\u2014that my\nNorth Sea coast shall be invulnerable.\nGermany, having practically no colonies to look after, can mass nearly\nal! her battleships at Wilhelmshaven,\nonly a few hours' steam from London; so I must at all times be ready\nto fight her whole fleet in the North\nSea. This I can do, and hope for\nsome time to continue able to do. I\nam building ships in what seems to\nbe the required ratio, having regard\nto Germany's programme, and shall\ncontinue to build two ships for Germany's one, or thereabouts. But, as\nyou know, this is a costly game. So\nfar, my people are footing all the\nbill, and doing it without grumbling.\nBut I may want a bit of help from\nyou in a while. If I do, you may rest\nassured that it is because it is necessary: and in return for any help you\nmay give, you shall have a seat on\nthe Board of Directors, so to speak\n\u2014shall have a voice in foreign policy,\nprobably by your Prime Ministers being put on my Council of Imperial\nDefence.\"\nThus saith John Bull, somewhat\nsadly. And no wonder! At this time\nof day, nineteen hundred years after\nthe Prince of Peace taught His disciples in Palestine, it is sad to witness\nthe two greatest nations of the earth\narming themselves to the teeth against\neach other. And yet on our side it\nseems unavoidable. To Germany, as\nMr. Churchill has said, a great navy\nis somewhat of a luxury; she is secure against invasion, if she had no\nnavy at all,\u2014for her standing army\nis numbered in millions. But to us,\nnaval supremacy is vitally necessary\nto our very existence. If we lose the\ncommand of the sea, the Germans\ncould starve us into abject submission. The lives of forty-five million\nhuman beings would be in their hands.\nAnd of course the commerce of the\nworld would be disorganized. Wheat\nwould rot on the prairies or mildew\nin the granaries of Canada; fleeces\nwould pile up in Melbourne and Cape\nTown; the tea-planters of India and\nChina would go bankrupt. And part\nof the indemnity exacted by the victor\nwould be the cession of one or more\nof our Dominions, in order tliat Germany may find outlet for emigration\nunder her own flag. The colony\nnearest is Canada. Verb. sap.\nli this disaster is to be avoided, we\nmust maintain our naval supremacy;\nif necessary, by closer union with the\nDominions. I hope that the menace\nwill not end in war, for we are a business people and do not want to fight.\nBut when threatened, it would be suicidal to neglect preparation. 1 am\nconvinced from what my German\nfriends tell me, that the educated\ncivilian in Germany is as much\nopposed to war as we are; but unfortunately there is a strong war\nparty among the officers of the Army\nand Navy, whose only chance of rapid\npromotion is in a war. It is their\ntrade, and naturally they desire that\nwhich will bring them honour. But\nit is to be hoped that \"solid, deep-\nthinking Germany\"\u2014as Carlyle very\ntruly phrased it\u2014will not suffer itself\nto be precipitated into a disastrous\nconflict by this self-seeking minority.\nIn another twenty or thirty years,\nsurely popular opinion will be educated up to insisting on arbitration\nfor the settlement of all international\ndisputes; partly on moral grounds\u2014\nfor, as Sir Oliver Lodge has said,\nwar is now barbarous and irrational\u2014\nand partly on the utilitarian ground\nthat war \"doesn't pay,\" as Norman\nAngell has shown in his book, \"The\nGreat Illusion.\" It is earnestly to be\nhoped that until war is thus rendered\nimpossible, it will at least be avoided\n(between great civilized Powers) by\npressure of opinion of the wiser and\ncooler heads.\nTHE GUM CHEWERS\nI sit beneath my greenwood tree and watcn\nthc girls go by, a-chewing gum wilh ecstacy\nand ardour in each eye; tbey chew their gum\nas though they knew that every bit of gum\nthey chew will take them nearer to the blue\nand angel-haunted sky. They chew their gum\nwith frenzied zeal, as poets write their odes;\nthey chew as though they seem to feel some\nconscientious goads; thc Nells and Alices and\nMauds and other sweet beribboned frauds\nchew on, and throw their chewed-out wads\nalong the quiet roads. The jaws of gentle\nlittle Jill, though wearied, worn and numb,\narc clanking like a coffee mill, upon her\nchunk of gum, her duty she will never shun,\nshe'll chew until her task is done; all other\nthings beneath the sun may go to Kingdom\nCome. The damsels pass my humble cot in\ngroups of one or two; they seem to have no\nother thought than just to chew and chew;\nthey haven't time to talk or sing, lhey haven't\ntime for anything but just to make tlieir\njaw-bones swing\u2014oh, here's a howdydol I\ndare remark that chewing gum is not our end\nand aim; 'tis not the pinnacle or sum of this\nour mortal game; the chewcrs now and then\nshould pause, for they can find a nobler cause\nthan this wigwagging with their jaws until\nthose jaws are lame.\u2014Walt Mason. THE WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1912\nHighway Association\nUnauthorized and Self-Styled \"Dominion Organizer\" Given Warning to\nCease Activities\u2014Has Travelled\nExtensively.\nFrom Winnipeg Tribune, Oct. 5, 1912.\n\"LAND REGISTRY ACT\"\nWinnipeg, Oct. 7.\u2014H. Maxwell\nClark, who has been in Winnipeg on\nseveral occasions during the past\ntwelve months, representing himself\nas Dominion Organizer for the Canadian Highway Association, has no\nconnection with that body, according\nto a statement made at a meeting of\nthe Manitoba Good Roads Association Friday night by Mr. W. J. Kerr,\nPresident of the Canadian Highway\nAssociation.\nMembers have been secured by Mr.\nClark, not only in Winnipeg, but in\nmany other cities from Halifax to the\nPacific Coast, by advancing the argument that he was working in the interest of the Canadian Highway Association, although his connection\nceased on January 3, 1912, as was\nproved by a statement signed by him\nand read* at the meeting.\nMr. Clark was present at the gathering and was given an opportunity\nto present his side of the argument.\nAfter listening patiently to his explanation Mr. Clark was advised to\ncease from his activities and warned\nthat his presence would not be tolerated at the Canadian Highway Association's Convention, to be held here\nthis week.\nIn the opinion of several who have\nin the past come in contact with\nClark, his interest in the cause of\nGood Roads has become an obsession\nand it was considered advisable to\npublicly repudiate the self-styled\nDominion Organizer.\nWhile acting as unauthorized organizer, Mr. Clark has done a great\ndeal to prejudice the cause of the\nHighway Association in many quarters, and has, because of his hasty\nutterances, created antagonism in high\nquarters. The action taken on the\ninitiative of the Manitoba Good Roads\nAssociation was hastened because\nClark had drafted a programme for\nthe convention. He had two speakers\nfor the four-day session.\nIn the matter of an application for a fresh\nCertificate of Title to Lot 3, Block B, of\nsuburban Lot 2, Victoria City.\nNOTICE is hereby given of my intention\nat the expiration of one calendar month from\nthe first publication hereof, to issue a fresh\nCertificate of Title in lieu of the Certificate\nof Title issued to Thomas Shaw on the 23rd\ndaj; of December, 1908, and numbered 19313C,\nwhich has been lost.\nDated at Land Registry Office, Victoria,\nBritish Columbia, this oth day of October,\nS. Y. WOOTTON,\nRegistrar-General of Titles,\noct. 12 nov. o\n\"LAND REGISTRY ACT\"\nIn the matter of an application for a fresh\nCertificate of Title to Lot 9 of Lots 2 and\n3, Block \"H,\" Fairfield Estate, Victoria\nCity (Map 903).\nNOTICE; is hereby given of my intention\nat the expiration of one calendar month from\nthe first publication hereof to issue a fresh\nCertificate of Title in lieu of the Certificate\nof Title issued to Robert Hetherington on\nthe ioth day of October, 1910, and numbered\n24347C, which has been lost.\nDated at Land Registry Office, Victoria,\nBritish Columbia, this 9th day of October,\nSgd.) S. Y. WOOTTON, \u2022\nRegistrar-General of Titles,\noct. 12 nov. 9\nA BAD SPECIMEN\n\"Yes', I still have the first half-crown I\never made,\" said the grey-haired passenger.\n\"Good gracious I\" exclaimed the travelling\nacquaintance. \"And how did you keep it so\nlong?\"\n\"It was very imperfect, being my first,\nand I'd have had trouble in passing it!\"\nPROOF\nthe teacher\nsatisfied with\nFond Pa\u2014\"Is\nyou?\"\nWilly: \"Oh, quite.\"\nFond Pa\u2014\"Did he tell you so?\"\nWilly\u2014\"Yes. After a close examination\nhe said to me the other day, 'If all my\nscholars wcre like you I would shut up my\nschool this very day.' That shows that I\nknow enough.\"\nNAVAL SERVICE OF CANADA\nNotice Concerning Tenders for\nTimber Supplies\nSEALED TENDERS addressed to the undersigned, endorsed \"Tenders for Timber,\"\nwill be received up to noon on Tuesday the\n12th of November, 1912, for the following descriptions of timber, Birch, Cedar, Spruce,\nPine, Oak, Fir, Teak, all being for delivery at\nH.M.C. Dockyards at Halifax, N.S., and Esquimalt, B.C. Forms of tender may be had\nby application to the undersigned or to the\nNaval Store Officer at either Dockyard.\nUnauthorized publication of this notice will\nnot be paid for.\nG. J. DESBARATS,\nDeputy Minister of the Naval Service.\nDepartment of the Naval Service,\n\u201429529. Ottawa, October 8th, 1912.\noct. 19 oct. 26\nCANCELLATION OF RESERVE\nNOTICE is hereby given that the Reserve\nexisting over Crown Lands on Lasqueti\nIsland, formerly covered by expired Timber\nLicence No. 40779, by reason of the notice\nwhich appeared in the British Columbia\nGazette of the 27th of December, 1907, is\ncancelled, and the said lands will be thrown\nopen to pre-emption only, on Friday, November first, at 9 o'clock a.m.\nROBT. A. RENWICK,\nDeputy Minister of Lands.\nDepartment of Lands,\nVictoria, B. C,\n19th July, 1912.\njuly 27 oct. 26\nCANCELLATION OF RESERVE\nCANCELLATION OF RESERVE\nNOTICE is hereby given that the^ reserve\nexisting upon Crown lands in the Kootenay\nDistrict, formerly held under Special Timber\nLicences numbered 4481, 5255, 5256, 5832,\n8534, 9081, 9082, 10259, 10260, 10261, 10262,\n10499, 10500, 11249, 11347, 13824, 16727, 21907,\n22661, 23116, 24432, 26737, 26926, 28182, 28183,\n28184, 30358, 31180, 3\"84, 31185, 31201, 31208,\n31212, 31213, 31308, 3>33o, 31481, 32022, 32654,\n32655, 32?\", 33406, 334H, 33449, 33459, 3346o,\n34221, 34273, 34310, 34311, 34386, 35631, 36502,\n3*5553, 3*5554. 37580, 37993, 37994, 39011, 39202,\n39359. 40406, 41078, 4'344, 41426 and 4.V76-*\nby reason of the notice published in the British\nColumbia Gazette on December 27th, 1907, is\ncancelled for the purpose of offering the said\nlands for sale at public auction.\nROBT. A. RENWICK,\nDeputy Minister of Lands.\nLands Department,\nVictoria, B. C,\nloth October, 1912.\noct. 19 jan. 18\nNOTICE is hereby given that the Reserve\nexisting by reason of the notice published in\nthe British Columbia Gazette of the 27th of\nDecember, 1907, over a parcel of land situated\non Texada Island, formerly covered by Timber License 22841, which has lapsed, is cancelled ; and the said lands will be thrown open\nto pre-emption under the provisions of the\nLand Act, at midnight on Tuesday, October\n15th, 1912.\nROBT. A. RENWICK,\nDeputy Minister of Lands.\nLands Department,\nVictoria, B. C,\n16 July, 1912.\nJuly 20 oct. 19\nSYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING REGULATIONS.\nRENFREW LAND DISTRICT\nDistrict of Jordan River\nTAKE notice that Alvin W. Steinmetz, of\nOakland, California, occupation Stationer, intends to apply for permission to purchase\nthe following described lands:\u2014Commencing\nat a post planted at the north-west corner\nof Lot 77, Renfrew District, being A. W.\nSteinmetz' south-west corner post, north 40\nchains; thence east 80 chains: thence soutii\n40 chains; thence west 80 chains to place\nof commencement, and containing in all 320\nacres more or less.\nDated August 26, 1912.\nALVIN WOOLVERTON STEINMETZ.\nBy W. W. Steinmetz, Attorney,\nsept. 14 nov. 9\nCoal mining rights of the Dominion, in\nManitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the\nYukon Territory, the Northwest Territories\nand in a portion of the Province of British\nColumbia, may be leased for a term of\ntwenty-one years at an annual rental of $1\nan acre. Not more than 2,560 acres will be\nleased to one applicant.\nApplications for a lease must be made by\nthe applicant in person to the Agent or Sub\nAgent of the district in which the rights applied for are situated.\nIn surveyed territory the land must be\ndescribed by sections, or legal sub-divisions\nof sections, and in unsurveyed territory the\ntract applied for shall be staked out by the\napplicant himself.\nEach application must be accompanied by\na fee of $5 which will be refunded if the\nrights applied for are not available, but not\notherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the\nmerchantable output of the mine at the rate\nof five cents per ton.\nThe person operating the mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the full quantity of merchantable\ncoal mined and pay the royalty thereon. If\nthe coal mining rights are not being operated, such returns should be furnished at\nleast once a year.\nThe lease will include the coal mining\nrights only, but the lessee may be permitted\nto purchase whatever available surface rights\nmay be considered necessary for the working of the mine at the rate of $10.00 an acre.\nFor full information application should be\nmade to the Secretary ol the Department of\nthe Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or\nSub-Agent of Dominion Lands.\nW. W. CORY,\nDeputy Minister of the Interior.\nN. B.\u2014Unauthorized publication of this\nadvertisement will not be paid for.\nsept. 21\nVANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT\nDistrict of Coast, Range 3\nTAKE notice that I, Susan Conkey, of\nVancouver, B.C., occupation Married Woman, 1\nintends to apply for permission to purchase\nthe following described lands:\u2014Commencing\nat a post planted near the mouth of the I\nNossasock River, marked South West Cornerl\nPost, thence east 40 chains, thence north 10 J\nchains, more or less to South East Corner ofl\nIndian Reservation, thence West 40 chains,!\ntnence South 10 chains to point of commence-f\nment.\nDated August 28th, 1912.\nSUSAN CONKEY.\noct. 5 nov. 30|\nRENFREW LAND DISTRICT\nDistrict of Jordan River\nTAKE notice that Elmer E. Crane, ofl\nBerkeley, California, occupation book-keeper,!\nintends to apply for permission to purchase]\nthe following described lands:\u2014Commencin.\nat a post planted at the north-west cornel\nof Lot 77, Renfrew District, being E. E\nCrane's south-east corner post, north 41\ncnains, thence west 40 chains; thence soutl\n40 chains; thence east 40 chains to place 0\ncommencement, and containing in all 160 acre'\nmore or less.\nDated August 26, 1912.\nELMER EVERETT CRANE,\nBy W. W. Steinmetz, Attorney,\nsept. 14 nov.\n\"LAND REGISTRY ACT\"\nIn the matter of an application for a fresh\nCertificate of Title to Lot 10, Block \"P,\"\nOak Harbour, Victoria District, (Map\n848).\nNOTICE is hereby given of my intention,\nat the expiration of one calendar month\nfrom the first publication hereof, to issue a\nfresh Certificate of Title in lieu of the Certificate of Title issued to Simon Prins on the\n24th day of March, 1910, and numbered\n22812C, which has been lost.\nDated at the Land Registry Office, Victoria, British Columbia, this 17th day of\nSeptember, 1912.\n5. Y. WOOTTON,\nRegistrar-General of Titles,\nsept. 21 oct. 19\nCANCELLATION OF RESERVE\nMISSED IT\nA clergyman made an interminable call\nupon a parishioner.\nHer little daughter who was present grew\nweary 01 his conversation, and whispered in\nan audible tone:\n\"Didn't he bring his amen with him?\"\nWATER NOTICE\nFor a Licence lo Take and Use Water\nNOTICE is hereby given that Gordon River\nPower Co., Ltd., of Victoria, B.C., will apply\nfor a licence to take and use 1200 cubic feet\nper second of water out of Gordon River,\nwhich flows in a southerly direction through\nPort Renfrew District and empties into the\nsea near Port Renfrew. The water will be\ndiverted at about 100 yards below Newton's\nNo. 1 Camp and will bc used for power purposes on the land described as within a radius\nof 100 miles.\nThis notice was posted nn th? ground on\nthe 3rd day of October, 1912. The application\nwill be filed in thc office of the Water Recorder at Victoria.\nObjections may bc filed with the said Water\nRecorder or with th_ Comptroller of Water\nRights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C,\nGORDON RIVER POWER CO., LTD.,\nApplicant.\nBy Lorenzo Alexander, Agent.\noct. 12 nov. g\nVICTORIA LAND DISTRICT\nDistrict of North Saanich\nTAKE NOTICE that The British Columbia\nElectric Railway Company, Ltd- of London,\nEngland, occupation Railway Company, in*\ntends to apply for permission to lease thc\nfollowing described foreshore:\u2014Commencing\nat a post planted at Union Hay, at the southwest corner of Section Thirteen (13), Range\nOne (1) West, North Saanich District; thence\nwest (ast.) Twenty-eight hundred (2800) feet:\nthence north (ast.) two thousand six hundred\nand forty (2640) feet; thence cast (ast.) One\nthousand six hundred and twenty (1620) feet,\nmore or less to high water mark, and thence\nin a southerly direction along high water\nmark to thc point of commencement, comprising one hundred and thirty-seven (137)\nacres, more or less. ,._.\u201e\u201e._-\nTHE BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC\nRAILWAY CO., LTD,\nArthur O. Noakes, Agent.\nSeptember 14th, 1912. ,\noct. 12 dcc* \u25a0\nNOTICE\nNavigable Waters' Protection Act\nTAKE NOTICE that the Hinton Electric\nCompany, Limited, of Victoria, British Columbia, are applying to His Excellency, The Governor-General of Canada in Council, for approval of the plans of work and description\nof the proposed site thereof to be constructed\nin Victoria Inner Harbor, Victoria, British\nColumbia, and being part of and in front of\nthe lands known as Lots Ten (10) and Eleven\n(11) of Lot Ten (10), Block C, Constance\nCove Farm, Victoria District, according to a\nmap or plan filed in the Land Registry Office\nat Victoria, British Columbia, and there No.\nEleven hundred and sixty-five (1165), and\nhave deposited the area and site plans of the\nproposed works anu a description thereof with\nthe Minister of Public Works at Ottawa and\na duplicate thereof with the Registrar of Titles\nat Victoria, British Columbia, being the Registrar of Deeds for the District in which such\nwork is proposed to be constructed and that\nthe matter of the application will be proceeded with at the expiration of one month\nfrom the time of the first publication of this\nnotice in the Canada Gazette.\nHINTON ELECTRIC\nCOMPANY, LIMITED,\nBy Jackson & Phelan, their Solicitors.\nDated this first day of October, 1912.\noct. 12 nov. 9\nCANCELLATION OF RESERVE\nNOTICE is hereby given that the Reserve\nexisting by reason of the notice published in\nthe British Columbia Gazette of the 27th of\nDecember, 1907, over a parcel of land situated\non Proincess Louisa Inlet, New Westminster\nDistrict, formerly covered by Timber License\n30564, which has lapsed, is cancelled; and\nthat such lands will he thrown open to preemption, under the provisions of the Land\nAct, at midnight on Tuesday, October 15th,\n1912.\nROBT. A. RENWICK,\nDeputy Minister of Lands.\nLands Department,\nVictoria, B. C.,\n16 July, 1912.\nNOTICE is hereby given that the Reserve\nexisting, by reason of the notice published in\nthe British Columbia Gazette of the 27th December, 1907, over a parcel of land situated\non Stuart Island, Range One, Coast District,\nformerly covered by Timber Licence No.\n17652, is cancelled and that such lands will\nbe open to entry by pre-emption under tlle\nProvisions of the Land Act, at 9 o'clock in\nthe forenoon on Friday, November 29th, 1912.\nROBT. A. RENWICK,\nDeputy Minister of Lands.\nDepartment of Lands,\nVictoria, B. C,\nAugust 27th, 1912.\naug. 31 nov. 30\nVICTORIA LAND DISTRICT\nDistrict of Renfrew\nTAKE notice that I, James Horace Wilson\nSalmon, of Victoria, B.C., occupation Clerk,\nintends to apply for permission to purchase\nthe following described lands:\u2014Commencing\nat or near the S. E. corner Post of T. L. 396 i\nthence south 44 chains; thence west 80\nchains, more or less, to Cheewhat Lake;\nthence north 4' chains, more or less, along\nLake Front; thence east 80 chains, more\nor less, to point of commencement.\nDated uth August, 1912.\nJAMES HORACE WILSON SALMON.\nLouis C. Y. Doerr, Agent,\naug. 24 oct. 19\nWATER NOTICE\nFor a Licence to Take and Use Water\nNOTICE is hereby given that The Portland\nCement Construction Co., Ltd., of Victoria,\nB.C., will apply for a licence to take and use\n0.2 cub. feet per sec. of water out of China\nCreek, which flows in an easterly direction\nthrough Lots 73, 118, 143 and 144 and empties into Saanich Inlet near opposite Tod\nCreek. The water will be diverted at 100 yds.\nwest of bridge over China Creek and will be\nused for Industrial purposes on the land described as Lots 118, 73, 74. 75, 95, 127,\nAPI. I __ ___,_____.!______ _,_,_,_\u2022_\u25a0 _-_\u00ab___- ___J __.___, __.l_.__. ______ _\u25a0-_ ______\nThis notice was posted on the ground on\n... . . \u201e . ^he\n n the office of\nRecorder at Victoria,\nthe 18th day of September, 1912. The application will be filed in the office of the Water\nObjections may be filed with the said Water\nRecorder or with the Comptroller of Water\nRights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C.\nTHE PORTLAND CEMENT\nCONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.,\nApplicant.\nBy F. A. Devereux, Agent.\nsept. 21 oct. 19\n\"LAND REGISTRY ACT\"\nJuly 20\nIn the matter of an application for a fresh\nCertificate of Title to part 10 acres of\nSection 35, Esquimalt District.\nNOTICE is hereby given of my intention at\nthe expiration of one calendar month from the\nfirst publication hereof to issue a fresh Certificate of Title in lieu of the Certificate of\nTitle issued to Kate Jenkins on the 28th day\nof October, 1908, and numbered 18932C, which\nhas been lost.\nDated at Land Registry Office, Victoria,\nBritish Columbia, this 23rd day of September,\n'9'J\" S. Y. WOOTTON,\nRegistrar General of Titles.\noct. 191 sept. 28 oct. 26\nVICTORIA LAND DISTRICT\nDistrict of Metchosin\nTAKE notice that I, Amy Travers, of\nChateauguay, Que., occupation Married Woman, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:\u2014Commencing at a post planted at the north-east\ncorner of Section number one, Metchosin\nDistrict, thence along the boundary of said\nSection N. 73 deg. 15 in. W. (Ast.) eighteen\nchains and fifty links to the shore of Lagoon, tnence following the shore line of the\nLagoon and Parry Bay to the place of beginning; containing ten (10) acres, more or\nless.\nDated September 16th, 1012.\nAMY FLORENCE TRAVERS.\nCharles Herbert Ellacott, Agent,\nsept. 21 nov. 16\n\"LAND REGISTRY ACT\"\nIn the matter of an application for a fresi\nCertificate of Title to Lot 9, Block 2, cf\nSub-Lot 71, Fernwood Estate, Victory\nCity, (Map 420). ,\nNOTICE is hereby given of my intenticl\nat the expiration of one calendar month froj\nthe first publication hereof to issue a frea\nCertificate of Title in lieu of the Certificate I\nTitle issued to Lilian Goward on the 7th dJ\nof February, 1895, and numbered 97C, whiJ\nhas been lost. J\nDated at Land Registry Office, Victor!\nBritish Columbia, this 23rd day of Septemba\n1912.\nS. Y. WOOTTON,\nRegistrar General of Titles!\nsept. 28 oct_f\nWATER NOTICE\nFor a Licence to Store or Pen Back Wa]\nNOTICE is hereby given that The Portia\nCement Construction Co., Ltd., of Victol\nB.C., will apply for a licence to store or T\nback 31 acre-feet of water from China Crel\na stream flowing in an easterly direction a\nemptying into Saanich Inlet, near oppoJ\nTod Creek. The water will be stored in thi\nsmall reservoirs, of 8,500,000 gals, capacil\nbuilt or to be built on Lot 144 on China Crd\nand will be used for Industrial and Domes!\npurposes under application for a licence f\ntake and use water mentioned in permit No.|\nposted herewith, on the land described\nLots 118, 73, 74, 75 and 127, 95.\nThiB notice was posted on the ground\nthe 18th day of September, 1912. The appliij\ntion will be filed in the office of the Wa\nRecorder at Victoria.\nObjections may be filed with the said Wal\nRecorder or with the Comptroller of Wal\nRights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B]\nThe above reservoir sites are situated\nfollows:\nNo. 1\u2014Half a mile N. W. of bridge on\nChina Creek. [\nNo. 2\u2014Three-quarters of a mile N. W. |\nbridge over China Creek.\nNo. 3\u2014Five-eights of a mile N. W.\nbridge over China Creek.\nAnd all on China Creek.\nTHE PORTLAND CEMENT\nCONSTRUCTION CO., LTDl\nApplical\nBy F. A, Devereux, Age!\nsept. 21 oct.\"\nVICTORIA LAND DISTRICT\nDistrict of Metchosin\nTAKE notice that I, Amy F. Travers, of\nChateauguay, Province of Quebec, occupation\nMarried Woman, intends to apply for permission to lease the following described lands:\n\u2014Commencing at a post planted at the\nnorth-east corner of Section number one,\nMetchosin District, thence S. 61 deg. E.\nAst., 9 chains, thence N. 57 deg. E. Ast., 12\nchains; thence N. 61 deg. W. Ast., p chains,\nto high water mark, thence following high\nwater mark to the place of beginning, containing 11.0 acres, more or less.\nDated September 16th, 1912.\nAMY FLORENCE TRAVERS.\nCharles Herbert Ellacott, Agent,\nsept. 21 nov. 16\nCANCELLATION OF RESERVE\nNOTICE is hereby given that the Reserve\nexisting on Crown Lands in the Peace River\nLand District, notice of which bearing date\nApril 3rd, 1911, was published in the British\nColumbia Gazette of the 6th of April, 1911,\nis cancelled in so far as the same relates to\nTownships in, 113 and 115, Peace River\nLand District.\nROBT. A. RENWICK,\nDeputy Minister of Lands.\nDepartment of Lands,\nVictoria, B. C,\n22nd July, 1912.\nJuly 27 oct. 26\nNOTICE OF CANCELLATION\nNOTICE is hereby given that the Reserve\nexisting over the lands included within Special\nTimber Licences Nos. 393>8 and 393'9; \u2022i'u-\nated on the North Thompson River in the\nKamloops Division of Yale Districtj by reason of a notice published in the British Columbia Gazette on December 27th, 1907, is\ncancelled and that the said lands will be open\nfor entry by pre-emption on Thursday, December 19th, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon.\nROBT. A. RENWICK,\nDeputy Minister of Lands.\nLands Department,\nVictoria, B. C,\nioth September, 1912.\nsept. 14 dec. 141\nCANCELLATION OF RESERVE\nNOTICE is hereby given that the reser\ncovering the parcel of land formerly hel\nunder Timber Licence No. 40026, situated i\nthe Columbia River in the vicinity of Arrol\nPark, by reason of the notice published in til\nBritish Columbia Gazette on the 27th Decerf\nber, 1907, is cancelled: and that the vacarl\nlands formerly covered by the before me!\ntioned licence will be open to pre-emptiol\nonly on and after the 28th day of Decembef\n1912.\nR. A. RENWICK,\nDeputy Minister of Lands.\nLands Department,\nVictoria, B. C,\n24th September, 1912.\nsept. 28 dec.\nCANCELLATION OF RESERVE\nNOTICE is hereby given that the reser\nexisting over the lands included in Sped\nTimber Licence No. 14830, situated on Upp\nRendezvous Island, Sayward District, by r>\nson of a notice published in the British Colu\nbia Gazetter on the 27th of December, .191\nis cancelled, and that the said lands will\nopen for entry by pre-emption on Janua\n15th, 1913, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon.\nROBT. A. RENWICK,\nDeputy Minister of Lands.\nLands Department,\nVictoria, B. C,\n25th September, 1912.\noct. 5 jan\n\"LAND REGISTRY ACT\"\nIn the matter of an application for a fre\nCertificate of Title to part 24 acres,\nroods and 9 perches of Section 16, Ran\n2 East, North Saanich District, and S\ntion 92, Victoria District.\nNOTICE is hereby given of my intenti\nat the expiration of one calendar month frc\nthe first publication hereof to issue a fre\nCertificate of Title in lieu of the Certificate\nTitle issued to Caroline Elizabeth Wh\nBirch on the 25th day of July, 1910, a\nnumbered 23643C, which has been lost\ndestroyed.\nDated at Land Registry Office, Victor\nBritish Columbia, this 25th day of Septemb\n'9IZ' S. Y. WOOTTON,\nRegistrar General of Titles,\noct. 5 nov THE WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1912\nf\u00ab>G00DsV\n^W_____\\^____i___l\nTelephone 2J6\nWHAT DO YOU READ?\nNo matter what you read, when you read, or how you read, we have\na stock of Books and Periodicals from which you cannot fail to find\nsomething which will afford interest, pleasure and profit. We would\ncall particular attention to the latest arrivals on our Bookshelves.\nIn Fiction we offer you the works of the World's foremost writers\n\u2014the best of the old and the pick of the new. Our prices\u2014like\nBlue Seal Goods\u2014are right.\nSuccessors to Standard Stationery Company\n1220 Government Street\nCorrespondence\nThe Week accepts no responsibility for\nthe views expressed by its correspondents.\nCommunications will be inserted whether\nsigned by the real name of the writer\nor a nom de plume, but the writer's\nname and address must be given to the\nEditor as an evidence of bona fides. In no\ncase will it be divulged without consent.\nFARMERS' TROUBLE\nA REMEDY\nHill Island, Victoria, B.C.,\nOctober 15, 1912.\nthe Editor of The Week,\nVictoria, B. C.\nSir,\u2014The fact that B. C. with all\nbroad and fertile acres does not\npw anything like all the produce she\njuires is now becoming so widely\nown, and is a matter of such comin remark that it is to be hoped a\nly out of such a deplorable condi-.\n[n will soon be found.\nThe farmer of British Columbia in-\nIriably attributes this condition of\nJfairs to the difficulty of finding a\nlarket and to the low prices ob-\nlined when such market is found,\nlupled with complaints of the enor-\nlous profits squeezed out of the bar-\nfin between consumer and producer\nthe middleman.\nI Now this last complaint upon inves-\ngation proves to have but a small\n|undation, and the reputed extortion\nvindles down to a charge of a small\ntrcentage rarely reaching double\nKures.\nI The main excuse, the market, can-\nJ)t be a serious hindrance, as it af-\n|cts the American producer as much\nit docs the farmer of British Col-\nhibia, and is intensified by larger\n(eight rates, distance, and duty, with\npne of which is our local settler ham-\nered.\nJ A good many years ago, in the\nlenultimate decade of the last century,\n|i the '8o's to be precise, a similar\nDndition of affairs prevailed in New\ntealand', particularly in the province\n|f Canterbury, in which there are\nnany small farmers, locally known\nIs \"Cock-a-toos.\" But a way out was\n|ound by means of co-operation. A\nfarmers' Co-operative Society was\njitarted at Ashburton, and another at\nIrimaru, and yet another at Christ-\nphurch, and no sooner were these\nptarted than they flourished. They\ncollected all the produce that was\ngrown, sold it, and imported the groceries, machinery, etc., that the far-\nIner needed and sold it to him at a\nlittle over the wholesale cost price,\nlo that he actually gained both as a\n|eller and buyer and was relieved of\ngreat deal of bother and worry.\nThe co-operative societies were also\nnost successful financially and paid\nIheir shareholders as large dividends\nIs their rules allowed, the surplus being devoted to lowering the prices\nIt their stores, and here again the\nlhareholding farmer benefited, and all\nlustomers of these societies had to\nlave at least one share in the con-\n(ern. The shares were issued at a\nJery low price. If my memory serves\nne right they were one pound ($5.00)\nlhares and were issued at 2s. 6d. (60\nJents) and no further calls were\nriade.\nThere is no economic reason why\nIhis system should not be applied to\n\"British Columbia. It would embrace\n[very form of farming, including fruit,\nVegetables, hay, grain, roots, hops,\nlattle, sheep, pigs, goats, honey, and\n111 other things that are got out of\nlhe land except of course increase of\nTallies, and it is waiting for these and\nliot trying to farm that is the real\nfeason of our short production.\nIt need hardly be said that if the\nto-operative system is tried, its working must be placed in the hands of\ncapable and honest men, even if such\nhave to be imported from New Zealand where there are plenty.\nSome trivial and half-hearted attempts at co-operation have been\nmade by the fruit growers, but they\nhave failed chiefly by the initial requisite just mentioned not being attended to.\nI am, etc.,\nCHARLES ST. BARBE.\nTHE COMMON PEOPLE\nPrince Rupert, B. C,\nOctober, 1912.\nTo the Editor of The Week,\nVictoria, B. C.\nDear Sir,\u2014Referring to an article\nheaded \"Industrial Peace,\" under date\nof October 5th, 1912, relating to the\nvisit of His Excellency the Duke of\nConnaught, the following phrase:\n\"The common people have seen him\ngladly,\" seems to gratingly arrest the\nattention.\nI was born in Canada, lived on this\ncoast for 27 years and subscribed to\nThe Week for over one year, and do\nnot know any common people. Would\nit be too much to ask vou to kindly\ninform me who they are and all about\nthem?\nYours sincerely,\nENQUIRER.\n(If our correspondent were as familiar with\nhis Bible as with Canada, he would realise\nthat the words to which he takes exception\nare, to all intents and purposes, a quotation\nfrom that book, Mark 12: 37. Here we are\ntold that \"the common people heard him\ngladly.\" The words in the original Greek,\nwhich are translated \"common people,\" are\n\"ho polus ochlos,\" which might more accurately be rendered \"the whole crowd.\" Seeing\nthat a crowd is made up of all sorts and conditions of men, our correspondent need not\nimagine that any invidious distinction was intended to be made by the use of the expression, to which he refers, in the Editorial of\nOctober 5th. If fault there is to be found, it\nshould be visited on the bones of those\neminent scholars who presented the Authorized Version of the Bible to His Majesty,\nKing James I. Ed. Week:)\nMoving Pictures in\nCanada\nBritish or American Films?\nFrom the \"Times,\" London,\nAugust 20th, 1912\nTo the Editor of The Times:\nSir,\u2014On previous occasions you\nhave been good enough to refer to\nthe Americanization of the moving\npicture business in Canada, and to the\nsteps which tbe Overseas Club has\ntaken to counteract that evil, through\nthe instrumentality of its branches, of\nwhich 75 are now in working order in\nthe Dominion.\nI therefore think that the following\nletter which I have just received on\nmy return from Western Canada may\nprove of interest to some of your\nreaders. The -writer, Mr. H. C.\nRawle, is president of the Lloydminster (Sask.) Branch of the Overseas\nClub and a squadron sergeant-major\nin the 22nd Sask. Light Horse.\nDuring my recent tour I found\neverywhere in Canada a genuine demand among the proprietors of moving picture halls for suitable films of\nBritish Empire scenes, but there still\nappears to be very great difficulty in\nobtaining them.\nThe Overseas Club has been in\ncommunication with some of the leading British film manufacturers from\ntime to time, but so far, I am sorry to\nsay, with very little result.\nThe Canadian public has been surfeited in the past with American films,\nbut the enterprising American manufacturer is certainly not to blame, as,\nnaturally, he pushes in his goods\nwherever he can find a market.\nThe following is the actual programme provided in one of the moving picture establishments in Edmonton (Alberta) as copied down by myself in June last:\u2014\n1. Norsemen in Chicago celebrate\nnation's birthday.\n2. American Ambassador to France\nreaches Paris.\n3. General Sherman leaves Portland\n(Oregon) with U. S. troops for\nHonolulu.\n4. Methodist Church people foregather in Minneapolis.\nGay week in Los Angeles.\nAll the prominent Canadian politicians with whom I had the privilege\nof discussing the question fully realize\nthe widespread nature of the evil, and\nwhen they think of the extent of\nthe British Empire and the wonderful material provided in it for moving pictures, they cannot understand\nwhy more British films sliould not be\nseen throughout the Dominion.\nThe Overseas Club will gladly furnish information to any who may be\ninterested or can see their way to\ngive assistance in this matter. Communications should be addressed to\nthe Overseas Club, Carmelite House,\nLondon, E.C.\nYours faithfully,\nEVELYN WRENCH, Organizer.\nCarmelite House.\nMr. Rawle's Letter\nIn Camp, Military District No. 10,\nSewell, Manitoba, Canada.\nTo the Organizer of the Overseas\nClub:\nDear Sir,\u2014Although I am so far\nfrom our own active branch in Lloydminster, I still have the welfare of the\nOverseas Club at heart, and I have\nnot missed any opportunity of making\nits objects known here in camp, where\nthere are something like 3,500 troops.\nI am sure that you will be delighted\nto know of the action I and a large\nnumber of comrades in my regiment,\nthe 22nd Saskatchewan Light Horse,\ntook here in camp last evening (June\n27).\nThere is a moving picture show being given in the camp by some private\nfirm, and it came to my knowledge\nthat almost al! the films contained\nAmerican military actions and the\ncontinued flying of the American flag,\nin fact about every, two or three\nminutes the Stars and Stripes were\nshown upon the screen.\nI felt that something must be done\nto mark our disapproval of such an\nexhibition, especially in the very\nmidst of a British military camp, and\nin view of the efforts which the Overseas Club has taken in this matter in\nthe past I felt it my duty to make a\npublic protest.\nAccordingly, I and about forty of\nthe members of our regiment attended the exhibition and watched the\npictures. I need hardly say that immediately the American flag appeared\non the screen there was much uproar, which was continued every time\nit was shown until at last the operator had to stop. I at once rose, the\nlarge tent being now full, and addressed the audience in the following\nterms:\u2014\n\"Comrades and Gentlemen,\u2014As a\nBritish subject, a member of the 22nd\nSaskatchewan Light Horse, and particularly as president of the Lloydminster branch of the Overseas Club,\nI and my comrades have attended\nhere tonight to protest publicly\nagainst the continued exhibition of the\nAmerican flag in the very midst of a\nBritish military camp. We have come\nhere tonight to take active steps to\nhave these moving pictures discontinued, and if the management do not\ngive us their word of honour that they\nwill be discontinued we are determined as British subjects and members of the Canadian Militia to make\nrepresentations to the proper quarter.\"\nThe operator thereupon mounted a\nseat, and it was some time before I\nwas able to restore order and obtain\na hearing for him. He at once made\nan ample apology, and promised that\nthe pictures would not again be\nWe Offer\nA first class stock of\n. Apples, Pears, Cherries,\nPrunes, Plums, Peaches,\nApricots and small fruits.\nAlso Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, decidioua and evergreen, Roses, etc.\nThe very finest quality and best assortment grown in B. C. Catalogue\nfree. Personal inspection invited. Now is the time to order.\nLAYRITZ NURSERIES\nCAREY ROAD, VICTORIA\nBRANCH AT KELOWNA, B. C.\nPHONE MaoS4\nshown. He gave as one of his reasons for exhibiting these pictures the\ndifficulty he had in obtaining films\nfrom British makers.\nThe pictures of their Majesties the\nKing and Queen were thrown upon\nthe screen, and I called for the singing of the National Anthem, which\nwas rendered with much gusto. I\nthen recited the Overseas Club verse,\nand all present joined heartily in singing it. I thanked them all for their\nattendance and told the audience that\nI would take care that their action\nwas duly reported to you, and that I\nfelt sure it would be made known all\nover the British Empire\u2014in fact, in\nall parts of the world wherever there\nwere any members of the Overseas\nClub\u2014that our friends in other parts\nmight follow our example and take\nsome action along the same lines.\nNext morning the Canadian flag and\ntwo Union Jacks graced the entrance\nto the tent of the moving picture\nshow, and have remained there ever\nsince.\nI may add that our action had the\nentire approval of all the officers of\nour regiment from Lieutenant-Colonel\nG. C. Hodson, who, by the way, is a\nmember of the Lloydminster branch\nof the Overseas Club, down to the\nyoungest subaltern.\nYours faithfully,\nH. C. RAWLE,\nPresident, Lloydminster Branch Overseas Club, Squadron Sergeant-\nMajor, 22nd Sask. Light Horse.\nDeath of \"Tom Brown\"\nOne of the most famous fights recorded in fiction is recalled by the\ndeath on Monday, September 30, of\nthe Rev. Augustus Orlebar, vicar of\nWillington, in Bedfordshire, at the age\nof eighty-eight. Mr. Orlebar was the\noriginal of Tom Brown in \"Tom\nBrown's Schooldays,\" and the result\nof his fight at Rugby with \"Slogger\"\nWilliams as described in the story\nhas been the subject of endless speculation.\nJudge Hughes, the author of \"Tom\nBrown's Schooldays,\" left the result\nof the fight open. \"The Slogger,\" he\nsays, has the better at first, but condition tells afterwards in favour of\nTom. \"The Slogger\" is put down for\nthe third time, and both boys are on\nthe knees of their seconds waiting for\nthe signal to restart when Dr. Arnold comes in and all is over.\nThe fight, of course, actually took\nplace at Rugby. The combatants were\nthe Rev. Augustus Orlebar and the\nRev. Chancellor Bulkeley Owen Jones\n(\"Slogger\" Williams). Although he\nwas undoubtedly the original of one\nof the contestants, the Rev. Augustus\nOrlebar was uot drawn upon by\nHughes for his hero in any other respect.\nGiving his opinion solely on the\nfight as recorded in the story, Mr.\nEugene Corrig, the well-known boxing authority, decided in favour of\nTom Brown, who won on points. The\nopinion of the Rev. Augustus Orlebar\nwas that neither could claim the victory because, when Dr. Arnold entered the hall and stopped the fight,\nboth combatants were so badly dam-\nGet it at Bowes' and\nBe Safe\nYou Might\nnot Think\nSo-\nbut it really is so because\nBowes says so.\nFerrated Emulsion of Pure\nCod Liver Oil, Hypophos-\nphytes, Lime and Soda cures\nChronic Coughs ancl is as\npalatable as it is effective.\nNot only is it the most wonderful cough cure we have\never sold, it is also a splendid\ngeneral tonic and body builder.\nBottle $1.00\nCyrus H. Bowes\nChemist\n1228 Government Street\nTels. 425 and 450\nRoy's Ait Glass Worka amd Stars\n915 Pandora St., Victoria, B.C.\nAlbert F. Roy\nOver thirty years' experience ia\nArt Glass\nLEADED LIOHTI\nSole manufacturer of Steel-Cored Lead\nfor Churches, Schools. Public Buildings and private Dwellings. Ptaia aid\nFancy Glass Sold. Sashes Glased by\nContract. Estimates free. Ptuwe594\nBlue Printing\nMaps\nDraughting\nSurveyors' Instruments and\nDrawing Oflice Supplies\nElectric Blue Print & Map\nCompany\n214 Central Bldg., View Street\nPhone 1534 VictorU, B. C.\nMrs. D. B. McLaren\nTeacher of Singing and\nVoice Production\nTerms on Application Phone X2308\nP. 0. Box 440\naged about the fact that he did not\nrecognise them. \"Slogger,\" however,\nwhen interviewed in North Wales last\nyear, maintained that he won because\nwhen Dr. Arnold caught them Tom\nBrown had fainted. 10\nTHE WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1912\nSociety\nMrs. Percy Roberts of Kuper\nIsland, is th-e guest of Mrs. J. W.\nMackay, Stanley Avenue.\n* * *\nMr. and Mrs. James Phair and their\ndaughters, who have been visiting\nabroad, have taken Mrs. W. E.\nGreen's house, 1140 Bute Street, Vancouver, for the winter months.\n\u00a5 \u00a5 *\nMrs. E. E. Blackwood, of Linden\nAvenue, has left on a visit to Chatham, Ont., and other Eastern points.\nShe will join her daughter, who is at\npresent in the East and they will visit\nNew York, Boston, Philadelphia,\nWashington and New Orleans. They\nexpect to be away from Victoria until\nthe end of the year.\n* * \u2022*.\nMrs. Horace Duncan Hume, formerly of Vancouver, B.C., but now\nresiding in Victoria, will receive for\nthe first time, Friday afternoon, October 25th, at \"The Chimneys,\" 436\nMichigan Street.\n* * *\nThe marriage of Miss Emmie Kent,\ndaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kent,\nto Mr. Robert William Whaley of the\nB. C. Telephone Company, was celebrated on Thursday of last week at\nChrist Church Cathedral. The bride\nwas married in a travelling costume\nof white broadcloth with large picture hat, and she carried a bouquet\nof white bride roses. Mrs. F. Dobhy\nWright, as matron of honour, wore\npurple velvet, while Miss Gertie Gordon in a dainty white dress was her\nbridesmaid. A reception was held at\nthe home of the bride's parents, where\nthe happy couple received the congratulations of their friends. The\nhoneymoon is being spent in Vancouver and the Sound cities.\n* * *\nOn Friday, October nth, Mrs. J. A.\nLindsay, Rockland Avenue, was hostess at a charming bridge and five\nhundred party. The house was very\ntastefully arranged with flowers for\nthe event. Among those present\nwere: Mrs. Ambery, Mrs. Frank\nBarnard, Mrs. Butchard, Mrs. Brett,\nMiss Butchard, Mrs. Bowser, Mrs.\nDunsmuir, Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. Flumerfelt, Mrs. W. S. Gore, Mrs. R. W.\nGibson, Mrs. Tom Gore, Mrs. Griffiths, Miss B. Galletly, Mrs. J. Hunter,\nMrs. Douglas Hunter, Mrs. A. W.\nJones, Mrs. J. Irving, Mrs. Little, Mrs.\nArcher Martin, Mrs. Pearce, Mrs.\nPrior, Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Stuart Robertson, Mrs. Fleet Robertson, Mrs.\nRaymur, Mrs. Rithet, Mrs. McCallum,\nMrs. Spratt, Mrs. Savage, Mrs. C.\nTodd, Mrs. W. Todd, Mrs. Kirk, and\nothers. The bridge prizes were carried off by Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Raymur,\nand Mrs. Stuart Robertson. The five\nhundred prize was won by Mrs. Dunsmuir.\n* * *\nA very fashionable wedding took\nplace last Sunday at St. Andrew's\nPresbyterian Church, Ottawa, when\nAnna, the fourth daughter of the Hon.\nFrank Oliver, former Minister of the\nInterior, and Mrs. Oliver, was married to Mr. Julian Garret, C.E., of\nEdmonton, Alta., son of Mr. and Mrs.\nEdmond Garret, of Boston, Mass. The\nbride, who is a great favourite in social circles, looked very lovely in her\nwedding gown of soft, shimmering,\nivory Charmeuse satin, made with a\nvery long train; the bodice and skirt\nwere beautifully draped with soft brocaded velvet and Chantilly lace. Some\nvery handsome pearl and diamond embroidery appeared on the robe. Her\nlong tulle veil was very prettily held\niu place with orange blossoms. Her\nonly ornament was a beautiful diamond crescent, the gift of the groom.\nMr. and Mrs. Garret left on a wedding trip in the Adirondacks, whence\nthey will proceed to their future home\nin Edmonton.\n* * *\nMrs. Berkeley of \"The Angela,\"\ngave a very pleasant tea party last\nTuesday afternoon at the Alexandra\nClub. Among the invited guests\nwere: Mrs. Aikins, Mrs. Rykert,\nMrs. Hasell, Mrs. Robert Wilmot,\nMrs. E. M. Johnston, Mrs. I. W.\nPowell, Mrs. Gresley, Mrs. Jennings,\nMrs. Guy Goddard, Mrs. Frank Davie,\nMrs. Phillips, Mrs. Luxton, Mrs. Pike,\nMrs. Charles Wilson, Mrs. Piggott,\nMrs. William Monteith, Mrs. Home,\nMrs. Rant, Mrs. Arthur Gore, Mrs.\nNorman Rant, Miss Hickey, Mrs. W.\nS. Gore, Mrs. McCallum, Mrs. Roger\nMonteith, Mrs. Campbel! McCallum.\nMrs. Griffiths, Mrs. McKenzie, Mrs.\nFleet Robertson, Mrs. Raymur, Mrs.\nStuart Robertson, Miss Raymur, Miss\nAgnes Robertson, Mrs. Spratt, Mrs.\nBecan, Mrs. Shallcross, Mrs. Blaiklock, Mrs. Rome, Mrs. Gaudin, Mrs.\nKeith Wilson, Mrs. Richard Jones,\nMrs. Irving, Mrs. Good, Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Page, Mrs. Troupe, Miss\nSweet,. Miss Dodwell,. Miss Battle,\nMiss Kate Devereaux, Miss May\nNewcombe, Mrs. Weston, Miss Page,\nMiss Troupe and many others.\nA very pretty house wedding was\nsolemnized last Thursday week at\n\"Dingley Dell,\" the home of Mr. and\nMrs. Edgar Fawcett, when their eldest daughter, Blossom, became the\nwife of Mr. Walter Charles Shiner,\nR. M. S. Empress of Japan. The Rev.\nG. W. Gladstone officiated. The\ndrawing-room had been beautifully\ndecorated for the occasion with pale\npink and white flowers, while the\nmarriage ceremony was performed beneath an arch and bell of ivy and\nwhite flowers. The dining-room was\narranged with masses of white flowers. The bride was given away by\nher father and looked excessively\npretty in her soft white dress of white\nDuchesse satin, heavily embroidered\nin pearls. She wore a very dainty\nembroidered tulle veil caught in place\nwith orange blossoms. Her two\nbridesmaids were her sisters, the\nMisses Olive and Bessie Fawcett,\nwho were charmingly gowned in pale\npink and mauve respectively. Mr.\nFrank Bird of Vancouver supported\nthe groom. The groom's present to\nthe bride was a gold wrist watch, to\nthe bridesmaids jade brooches and to\nthe best man gold cuff links. Only the\nrelatives and a few intimate friends\nwere present to congratulate the happy young couple, who left later in the\nafternoon for Seattle, the bride travelling,in a navy blue suit with large\nblue picture hat with a band of\nOriental embroidery and a black\nAigrette. Mr. and Mrs. Shiner will\nreside in future at the Royal Alexandra Apartments, Vancouver.\nBoy Republic Elects Its\nMayor\nThe youngest mayor in England,\n\"Ben\" Stevens, aged seventeen, was\nelected a fortnight ago, \"Republic\nDay,\" at the Boy Scouts' farm at\nWadhurst, Sussex. The farm is a self-\ngoverned Boy Scout state founded\nnearly a year ago for making Boy\nScouts efficient agriculturists and\ngood handicraftsmen generally, with\na view to them putting their knowledge to advantage in the Dominions.\nThe farmstead of a hundred acres\nand a large mansion was given to the\nScouts by Mr. Benjamin Newgass, of\nFrant, and the boys in residence receive practical education in farming.\nElection excitement ran high, the\nwalls of the Scouts' school and farm\nbuildings being thickly plastered with\nmanifestoes by the rival candidates.\nThe Chief Scout, Major-General Sir\nRobert Baden-Powell, was present,\nand amid a scene of great enthusiasm\nhe declared the result of the poll. The\nsuccessful candidates, Frank Stevens,\nsecured 29 votes, against 14 by E.\nHart and 4 by another lad. Each of\nthe fifty boys at the farm colony had\na vote.\nSir Robert Baden-Powell, after reviewing the lads and inspecting the\ncolony, said he was confident they\nwould make the farm as successful as\nsome he had seen during the Colonial\ntour. The lads would find no difficulty in securing good situations on\nover-sea arms as prosperous Colonial\nfarmers would be only too glad to\nhave them. The boys afterwards gave\na scouting display and a number contributed a Wild West sketch.\nThe mayoral banquet was a high tea\nof cold meat and cake and jelly.\nAmong the guests was the clerk to\nthe Court of Honour, which is held\ntwice a week for the trial of defaulters. This court consists of seven\njudges\u2014patrol leaders elected annually to thc council by the citizens\u2014and\nthey are addressed by counsel for the\nprosecution and the defence.\n\"One of the most serious offences,\"\nsaid the clerk, \"we consider to be\nslacking, such as rising late and neglecting to make one's bed. A prisoner found guilty is 'gated' sometimes for several weeks\u2014that is, not\nallowed to go beyond the bounds of\nthe farm.\"\nGossip from the Stalls\n(Continued from Page 3)\nbe presented precisely as seen at the\nBrady Playhouse when it arrives at\nthe Victoria Theatre on October 28th\nwith a cast of unusual excellence and\na complete production.\nThe Littlest Rebel\nEdward Peple, the author of \"The\nLittlest Rebel,\" which comes to the\nVictoria Theatre on October 31st,\nvvith Dustin Farnum as the star, began writing plays in 1906. His first\neffort was \"The Prince Chap,\" which\nwas quickly followed by \"The Love\nRoute,\" \"The Silver Girl,\" and \"The\nCall of the Cricket.\" He also provided Mrs. Leslie Carter with \"Vesta\nHeme.\" Like all authors, Peple had\nhis usual period of hard luck. He\nwas a book-keeper in New York and\nwrote his plays, stories and novels by\nthe light of the candle. Recognition\ncame after eleven years of grinding\nwork. Now he works by electric\nlight.\nA Butterfly on the Wheel\nThe difference between careful stage\nmanagement and haphazard work is\nwell illustrated in the case of \"A Butterfly on the Wheel,\" which was produced in New York last season by\nLewis Waller, the English actor-manager, under Shubert auspices. This is\na drama by Edward G. Hemmcrde,\nK.C, and Francis Neilson, M.P.,\nwhich had a long run in London with\nMr. Lewis Waller in the leading role.\nWhen Mr. Waller came to New York\nto appear in \"The Garden of Allah\"\nhe brought with him the American\nrights for \"A Butterfly on tlie\nWheel,\" and early in the seasoi\nbrought out the piece at the Thirty-\nNinth Street Theatre. Its success was\nimmediate. Now that its long run in\nNew York has come to a termination Mr. Waller is sending the company on tour and it will be seen at\nthe Victoria Theatre on November\nist and 2nd.\nCURTAIN\nA young man, calling on a supposedly very\nprim young damsel of liis acquaintance, noticed a parrot in the room, and being at a loss\nfor conversation, remarked on the parrot's\nquietness.\n\"Miss Jones's parrot, in an adjoining street,\ncan imitate numerous things, can say good\nmorning and evening, and can even imitate\nthe sound of a kiss.\"\n\"Sir,\" replied the lady, freezing up at once.\n\"It is quite impossible for this bird to imitate\nwhat he never hears.\"\nAwkward pause, in which Polly remarks:\n\"Jack, dear, please carry that bird into the\nnext room.\" (Tableau.)\nIMMOVABLE\nA cab-owner bought a new horse and entrusted it to one of his best drivers for its\nfirst day's trial. In the evening, when the\ncabby returned, he found his master waiting\nto hear his opinion of the animal.\n\"Well, Bill, what do you think of the new\nhorse?\" he was asked.\n\"I think it bears a resemblance to Tommy\nAtkins.\"\n\"What makes you think that, Bill?\"\n\"Because,\" said Bill, \"it will die before it\nwill run.\"\nSHOCKING HOURS\nCity Merchant (to applicant for situation):\n\"How long were you in your last place?\"\nApplicant\u2014\"Seven years.\"\nMerchant\u2014\"And why did you leave?\"\nApplicant\u2014\"I wasn't given a day out the\nwhole time.\"\nMerchant\u2014\"Dear me, wherever were you\nemployed?\"\nApplicant\u2014\"Dartmoor.\"\nHOUSEKEEPER, English Lady, age\n30, of good education and skilful\nexecutive ability seeks engagement;\nno objection to children, or to country. Highest references in city.\u2014\nF. C.\nDoes your Grocer Consider\nYou a Satisfied Customer ?\nDoes he have so much confidence in the quality of the goods he is\nserving you that he feels he can always rely on you to say a good word\nfor him? Does he know that the service he is giving you assures him\nof your entire grocery trade? Why not have just such a grocer\u2014a\ngrocer that has a grocery store complete in every line? Give a trial\norder to our Grocery Department or our Liquor Department or our\nFruit and Vegetable Department or our Butcher Shop and you are\nalways assured of supreme quality and unexcelled service.\nAre you open to conviction?\nH. 0. Kirkham & Co., Ltd.\nGrocery Store\nTell. 178, 179\n741,743,745 Fort Street\nButcher Shop\nTcL 3678\nLiquor Stor*\nTel. 3677\nThe Union Steamship Company, Ltd. ot B. C.\nS. S. CAMOSUN for Prince Rupert and Granby Bay every Tuesday.\nS. S. CHELOHSIN for Skeena River, Prince Rupert, Naas, Port Simpson, and\nStewart, every Saturday.\nTHE BOSCOWITZ STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD.\nS. S. VENTURE for Campbell River, Hardy Bay, Riven Inlet, Namu, Ocean Falls,\nBella Coola, Bella Bella, every Wednesday.\nS. S. VADSO for Skeena River, Prince Rupert, Naas, every two weeks.\nJOHN BARNSLEY, Agent,\nPhone 1935 1003 Government Street\nmay 8 (S) oct 19\nThe Royal Cash Register\n$50.00, $60.00 and $75.00-Less 10% for Cash\nNot in the Trust\nFor Sale at\nVictoria Book & Stationery Co., Ltd.\n1004 Government Street Telephone 63\nChu. Hayward\nPresident\nReginald Hayward\nSec'y-Treas.\nP. Caselton\nManager\nThe B. C. Funeral Co.\n(Successors to Charles Hayward)\nLate of 1016 Government Street, have removed to their new building,\n734 Broughton Street, above Douglas.\nPhones _.__, 3236, 1337, 3138,\nEstablished 1867\nJAMES BUCHANAN & CO., by Royal Appointment\nPurveyors to H. M. King George the V. and the Royal Household.\nDistillers of the popular\n\"Black & White\" Scotch Whisky\nUnsurpassed in Purity, Age and Flavor\nAH Dealers\nWhat you want, the way you want it\nAfternoon Tea, Dainty Luncheons,\nSpecial Teas for parties by arrangement. Do not forget\u2014We always\nkeep on hand guaranteed\nNew Laid Eggs.\nThe TEA KETTLE nw douglas st.\nMISS M. WOOLDRIDGE, Proprietren Opposite the Victoria Theatre\nTHE JOY OF \"DRESSING\"\nis greatly enhanced by Kleinert's\nGuaranteed Dress Shields, which\ninsure the daintiest gowns\nagainst damage by perspiration.\nWashing in hot water removes all\ntraces of odor and destroys germs\nand they can be instantly restored\nto store newness by simply ironing.\nEvery shield guaranteed. Many\nshapes and sizes to choose from.\nWrite for our Dress Shield Book \"C \"\nI. B. Kleinert Rubber Co.\n84-86 West Wellington St., TORONTO\nIf lhe name \"Kleinert\" is nol on Ihe shield\nit isn't a Kleinert\u2014The Guuruateed Shield.\nI\nBiNCWBtOW* \u25a0\u00ab_*_\u25a0\u25a0_!-. THE WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1912\n11\nti\nSotto Voce\nThe Week's Rumours and\nHumours\n(By The Hornet)\n99\n. That the Balkan States do not seem\ninclined to go into \"baulk.\"\n* * *\nThat \"monte\" is not a popular game\nJn Turkey at present.\n* * *\nThat there is a lot to be said for the\nfcorrespondent who said that the Mussulman always got the thin end of the\n(tick.\n* * *\nThat a differentiation in vice should\n\\ot cause a mal-appreciation of virtue.\n* * *\n: That the Progressive Club ban-\n|uet in the Westholme Hotel was a\nreat success.\n* * *\n[That Mr. Lively's speech partook of\n\\_ nomenclature of the orator.\n* * *\n[That the Club scored heavily by its\ncitation to this authority on Com-\n|inity Building.\nThat one speaker remarked on the\n|set which Victoria has in its charm-\nladies.\n* * *\n|That this gallant gentleman was,\nmight be imagined, an old sea-dog.\n* * *\nI That it was not the Admiral from\n[e \"Pomander Walk\" company.\n* * *\nI That the truth of his remarks was\nlidenced by the outburst of applause\n|hich greeted his toast.\nIThat events tread on each other's\ntels so fast in the States that a man\npesn't even have to gain the Presi-\nbncy before he becomes a candidate\n|r the assassin's bullet.\n* * *\nI That it is daily becoming more dif-\n}_ult for the man in the street to\nlake up his mind whether he would\n|ither be the Czar of All the Russias,\n' the President of the United States.\n* * *\nThat both positions are fraught\nirith peril.\nThe Clothes You\nWill Eventually\nWear\u2014Why\nnot Now\n?\nWhat does our constantly\nincreasing business mean to\nyou?\nDoesn't it suggest public\nconfidence ?\nDoesn't it emphasize the\ngoodness of HOBBERLIN\nClothes?\nDoesn't it suggest the wisdom of you yourself becoming\na customer of ours?\nAll we ask is an opportunity\nto show\u2014our strength is in\nthe showing, not in the talking.\nThe\nCommonwealth\nTWO STORES\n606-608 Yates 720 Yates\nThat now that candidature is on a\npar with success, there must be a\ngreat many people who are glad that\nthey live under a Limited Monarchy.\n* * *\nThat whatever one may think of the\nColonel as a politician, his worst enemy must admit that he showed grit.\n* * *\nThat it is a great mistake to argue\nfrom the general to the specific.\n* * *\nThat history can only support one\nWinkelried.\n* * *\nThat it is out of fashion for an individual to gather the shafts aimed at\na system and bury them in his own\nbosom.\n* * *\nThat it is hard to feel any real sympathy with the real estate speculators\nwho got \"stinged.\"\n* * #\nThat it is to be hoped that they\nwere not paying their chauffeurs by\nthe hour.\n* * *\nThat ladies ought to keep out of the\ngame.\n* * *\nThat Victorians have once more\nshown that they don't know a good\nthing when it comes near them.\n* # *\nThat perhaps some people got\nfooled on the title, and thought it\nwas connected with the \"Turkey\nTrot.\"\n* * *\nThat if this were so, more shame to\nthem.\n* * *\nThat \"Pomander Walk\" was the\nbest ever.\n* * *\nThat the local \"kiddies\" are to have\na show next Friday and Saturday, and\nthey deserve all the support they can\nget.\nThat there is more fun in watching a bunch of \"kids\" acting as\ngrown-ups, than in seeing a lot of\ngrown-ups acting like children.\nThat the Carnegie Library is steadily increasing in popularity.\n* * *\nThat under the capable management\nof the lately appointed librarian the\nstock of books is growing larger.\nThat it is a curious thing how hard\nit is in Victoria to get a copy of an\nancient classic in the original.\nThat the local police force place\ngreat value on the cups presented in\nconnection with the St. John's Ambulance competition.\n* * *\nThat they are so afraid of foot-pads\non Government Street that they prefer to convey the silver plate away in,\nthe patrol waggon.\n* * *\nThat this makes an excellent advertisement for the jeweller, but hardly adds to the dignity of the force.\n* * *\nThat the explanation is probably tT\nbe found in the fact that Victoria is\nsuch a law-abiding town that the\nhorses needed exercise.\n* * *\nThat, at the same time, a plainclothes patrol is badly needed at Beacon Hill.\n* # *\nThat automobiles are not the only\nthings to be caught there.\n* * *\nThat there are men\u2014with slouch\nhats and of a furtive demeanor.\n* * *<\nThat these may be waiting for a\nlikely victim to hold up.\nThat it is probable that they have\na more sinister purpose in view.\n* * *\nThat as concealed weapons are contrary to the law, there should at least\nbe concealed policemen.\n* * *\nThat the sea wall will now be put\nto the test.\n* * *\nThat if it survives a few more\nnights like Wednesday all will be\nwell.\n* * *\nThat there is no reason why it\nshouldn't.\nThat the B. C. Telephone Company\nis rapidly becoming a refuge for Americans.\n* * *\nThat at one time Canada was looked upon as the natural habitat of the\nEnglishman who couldn't make good\nat home.\n* * *\nThat time alters all things.\n* * *\nThat after twenty years work a\nhorse is entitled to live his remaining\ndays out on grass.\n* * *\nThat if more people walked, and\nfewer people wore coats, there\nwouldn't be so much complaining\nabout the inclemency of the weather.\n* * *\nThat there would be a smaller crop\nof colds during the winter.\n* * *\nThat it is said that William Ewart\nGladstone never wore a coat.\n* * *\nThat he lived to a ripe old age, and\nwas never a back number.\n* * *\nThat when the Hibben Block is\nfully equipped, Spencers' might use\nthe temporary buildings on View\nStreet as a warehouse.\n* * *\nThat they would surely have no difficulty in obtaining the necessary permit from the City.\n* * *\nThat no authorities which allow the\nuse of the sidewalk would be so narrow-minded as to permit the use of\nwooden buildings erected within the\nfire area.\n* * *\nThat nobody can say that inconsistency is the hall-mark of the Victoria\nCity Council.\n* * *\nThat they have been most punctilious in always doing the wrong\nthing.\n* * *\nThat Harry Barnard, is \"Johnny on\nthe spot\"' when\" \"Bill\" doesn't want\nhim.\nThat it shows a nasty disposition on\nthe part of the latter to enquire as to\nthe former's whereabouts when there\nis nothing particular for him to do.\n* * *\nThat when it comes to a showdown, one man has to hide in his\ntemple.\n* * *\nThat this is the first time that the\nTimes has ever been connected with\nreligion.\n* * *\nThat it is surprising to see how old-\nfashioned family papers still cling to\nthe iniquitous patent medicine advertisement.\n* * *\nThat the game isn't really worth\nthe candle, because the prices paid\nare low and the \"kudos\" gained is\nlower.\n* * *\nThat the , Sunday concerts are a\nboon and a blessing to the men who\nwould otherwise have to hang about\nthe streets till bed-time.\n* * *\nThat there are far too many nickels\nin this world.\n* * *\nThat a good band performance, a\ncomfortable seat and an interesting\ndiscourse ought to be worth a quarter.\n* * *\nThat they are worth it,\u2014but ingratitude still reigns in this sphere.\n* * *\nThat \"Hornet\" last Sunday was sitting in the Victoria Theatre.\n* * *\nThat he was at the end of the front\nrow, and the row was filled.\n* * *\nThat when the plate reached him\nthere was one nickel and one dime\nin it.\n* * *\nThat the other occupants of the\nrow were all respectably dressed persons.\n* * *\nThat they must have left their\nmoney in their week-day clothes.\n* \u2022 *\nThat the only other explanation is\nthat they were married, in whicii case\nthey ought to have been at home.\nORCHESTRA EVERY EVENING, PROM 6.30 TO 12.30, MR. M. NAGEL MUSICAL DIRECTOR\nBalmoral\nCafe\n_\nThe Management Begs to Announce\nthe Opening of the Balmoral Cafe.\nYour Patronage is Solicited\nOpposite Opera House\nDouglas Street\nA. PETCH\nThe Douglas Street Watchmaker\nBegs to notify his customers that he will be located at 707\nPandora Avenue, just around the corner from Douglas Street,\non and after the 4th October next, where he will be pleased\nto meet his numerous customers.\nKEEP WARM!\nYou can if you wear Wool Underwear. We. can attend to your\nUnderwear wants with laegcr Pure Wool, Britannia,\nStanfield's, Penman's, Goldflcccc, and many\nother lines to choose from. Prices\nto suit everyone.\nF. A. GOWEN, Managing Director\n1114 Government Street\nBrain Workers of all classes Delight in It\nRelieves that Tired Feeling\nUPTON'S TEA\nSustains and Cheers\nThat there is something rotten in\nthe State of Denmark when a daily\npaper in Canada takes up two columns\nof the front page with base-ball news.\n* * \u00bb\nThat base-ball is not our national\ngame, and even if it were, the front\npage is not the place for sporting\nnotes.\n* * \u00bb\nThat it would be a good thing if\nEdward III could be reincarnated and\ngive a one-man show in the Victoria\nTheatre.\n* * *\nThat all he would have to do would\nbe to hold up a garter and say \"Moni\nsoit, qui mal y pense.\"\n* * *\nThat his crown would draw a\ncrowded house, and his words would\ndo more good than many sermons.\n* * *\nThat we have a slogan\u2014and it's not\na very good one.\n* * *\nThat we do not live in an American city and do not need such an\natrocity at all.\n* * *\nThat it's the climate\u2014tut-tut.\nBUST AND HIPS\nEvery woman who attempts\nto make a dress or shirtwaist immediately discovers\nhow difficult it is to obtain\n) a good fit by the usual \"try-\ningonmcthod,\" with herself\nfor the model and a looking-\nglass with which to see how\nit fits at the back.\n\"HALL-BORCHERT PERFECTION Adjustable Dress\nForms\" do away with all\ndiscomforts and disappointments in fitting, and render\nthe work of dressmaking at\n| once easy and satisfactory.\nThis form can bc adjusted\nto 50 different shapes and\nsizes; bust raised or lowered, also made longer and\nshorter at the waist nne and\nform raised or lowered to\nsuit any desired skirt length.\nVery easily adjusted, cannot get out of\norder, and will last a lifetime.\nWrite for illustrated Booklet containing complete line of Dress Forms with\nprices.\nHall-Borchert Dress Form Co.,\nof Canada, Limited.\n158Q Bay Street, \u2022 Toronto, Can.\n\"1\nFOUND\u2014Gold bracelet, on night of\n30th September at Parliament\nBuildings. Owner can have the\nsame by proving property to Head\nJanitor, or Inquiry Office, Parliament Buildings, Victoria. 12\nTHE.WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1912\nEDITORIAL\n''Continued from Page i)\nGRAIN ROUTES--One of the greatest problems confronting Canadians\nis the development of their various\ntransportation systems at a sufficient rate\nto keep pace with the production of the\ncountry. Indeed, of all domestic problems;\nit is by far the greatest. The most serious\nbranch of transportation is that which deals\nwith the conveying of the grain harvests of\nthe Prairies to tide water. So far all Canadian grain has found its outlet by way\nof the Great Lakes, but the funnel is congested, and by universal consent, there must\nbe diversion to some other routes in order\nto relieve the pressure. The first alternative route thought of was by way of Hudson's Bay. It was natural that this should\nbe so, because it would furnish the shortest\nroute, for Fort Churchill is about the same\ndistance from. Liverpool as is Montreal,\nwith a difference pf considerably more than\none thousand, miles of rail haul, 'in, its\nfavour. That project is being rapidly carried out and. although the, engineering difficulties are considerable, it may be taken\nfor granted that the route will be available\nfor traffic within four years from date.\nThis route must be regarded largely in the\nlight of ali experiment because it has never\nbeen tested for grain carrying and the many\nconditions which will have to be contended\nwith are new and may prove disconcerting.\nIn any event, it seems improbable that the\nshipping season can last for more than\nthree months. There are two great questions which present themselves in connection with the Hudson's Bay route: Will\nthe.insurance rates be prohibitive? and will\nit be possible to attract tramp steamers to\nFort Churchill, furnishing them with freight\nboth ways? Experience on the St. Lawrence renders the former question one ot\nspecial importance, for it must not be forgotten that the high insurance rates are\nworking so disadvantageous^ to the premier Canadian Port, that shipments of grain\nare falling off every year and within the\nlast three years have fallen from eighteen\nmillion bushels to twelve million bushels.\nThis difference has gone by way of Buffalo\nand the U. S. Atlantic Ports. The question\nof freight for tramp steamers is equally\nimportant, for it is obvious that unless Fort\n'Churchill can be made an importing point,\nfor European goods to be distributed\nthroughout the prairies, tramp steamers\ncannot be attracted except at rates which\nmight be prohibitive. No doubt it is such\n.considerations as those which led Sir Donald Mann to speak of the Hudson's Bay\nRailway as an experiment. Naturally Bfit-\n. ish Columbians regard their Pacific Coast\nPorts as the proper outlet for Prairie grain,\nand believe that with the1 opening of the\nPanama Canal, Prince Rupert, Victoria and\nVancouver will become big shippers of\ngrain, but if they believe this they are\ndoing nothing to realise it. The first step\nwill have to be the providing of suitable\n] harbour facilities. It is true that a small\nappropriation has been made for this purpose in Victoria and Vancouver, and that\nbehind the first small appropriations stands\na promise of greater things, but it certainly looks to The Week as if the problem\nhad not been grasped and that instead of a\nfew million dollars, it will be necessary to\ntalk of tens of millions if these ports are\nto be equipped with the necessary facilities,\nfor shipping grain. What is half a million\ndollars in Victoria.and a million dollars in\nVancouver for harbour works, when the\nCanadian Northern have undertaken tq\nspend ten million dollars in Vancouver on\nterminals alone? But there is something\nmore serious still in the background. The\nWeek hinted at it long ago, and that is the\nenterprise of our American cousins, who\nare already surveying the Columbia River\nfor the purpose of ascertaining the practicability of shipping Canadian grain down\nthat great waterway to Portland; and if\nit is feasible, nothing will prevent it. Dol\nlars will not be counted; it is all a question of practicability. The people of Victoria and Vancouver cannot too quickly\nrealise that what; is happening in the East\nmay be repeated in the West and that our\nown prairie products may be diverted to\nAmerican ports; The only way in which\nthis can be prevented is by waking up before it is too late.\nHYPNOTISM UP-TO-DATE\u2014The\nMayor of Victoria and the Chief\nof Police must have been hypnotized when they caused Barnum to be\narrested for giving an indecent performance. The hypnotist in their case does not\nappear to have been Barnum, but a Mr.\nAndrews, who deposed in court that his\nwife, doubtless troubled in.a dream, had\nurged him togo to the Mayor and insist on\nBarnum's performance being stopped. After the experience of the trial, in which the\nMayor and the Chief of Police received but\nlittle sympathy, they will probably conclude\nthat petticoat government does not pay; at\nany rate when it extends beyond domestic\naffairs. The Mayor has to pay $1,000, and\nthe Chief of Police $50, with joint costs\nprobably amounting to another $1,000, for\nthe luxury of falsely imprisoning an innocent entertainer. The Chief of Police is\nto be pitied, and Barnum showed a far finer\nappreciation of fair play than either of his\nprosecutors when he asked that the Chief\nmight be dealt with as a tool of the Mayor.\nThe request was humiliating, but, as the\njudge and jury seemed to think, not undeserved. The Chief gets off very lightly\nwith his $50 fine, especially, if it has purchased him, as it should have clone, $50\nworth of wisdom. He ought to know by\nthis time that he, and not the Mayor, is\nresponsible for the administration of the\nlaw, and that not even at the request of the\nChief Magistrate, is he bound to make a\nfool of himself. If he had followed his\nown judgment, and refused to do what no\nman in his senses' would have done, he\nwould have spared both himself and the\nMayor the ridicule which has been heaped\non them in the course of the trial. As to\nHis Worship, one hardly feels inclined, out\nof respect for the Mayoral Office, to speak\nas freely as the circumstances warrant. It\nis gratifying to know that the jury was able\nto exonerate him from any imputation of\nmalice; indeed no one doubts, that it was\nsimply a colossal blunder; unfortunately, it\nis hardly possible now to doubt that he allowed himself to be made a puppet of, and\nthat the strings were pulled by well meaning people, who have added one more to\ntheir long list of blunders in the name of\n\"Moral Reform.\"\nSOMEWHAT PREMATURE-What-\never may be the politics of the millions who inhabit the Continent 6:\nNorth America, all will join in a feelinj\nof wrathful indignation at the cowardly at\ntack which has lately been made upoi\nColonel'Roosevelt. Things are coming to\npretty pass on the other side of the Lin\nwhen assassination stalks abroad, trackin\ndown men who, so far from occupying tli\nPresidehtial Chair, have only a remoi\nchance of attaining to it. Doubtless tl\ncrime will reflect upon itself, for it eann\nbe doubted but that the Colonel's action\ndelivering his speech after he had receivi\nthe bullet in his body, will favourably r\nact upon a number of impressionable votei\nThe Week has never pretended to be\nsympathy with Colonel Roosevelt's cane\nilature, jbut it cannot withhold the admi\nation which is the due of every brave ma\nwho can force himself to continue on h\ncharted course in spite of physical di.\nabilities. There are thousands who ar\nopposed to the Roosevelt policies and th\nRoosevelt methods, who will, nevertheles:\ngrieve to hear of the attempt made upo\nhis life and who will hope that his robus\nconstitution will enable him to -keep hi\nhand ori the new Party's helm, though tlie;\nmay desire that the vessel which he is steei\ning be wrecked on the rocks when it com.\nto the final race for the Presidential troplr\nLIKE\nPUTTING,\nAN\nROOM\nINTO YOUR.\nHOUSE\nPre-eminently\nThe Home Furnishing Store\nof Victoria\nOffering you furniture only of renowned goodness\u2014cutting loose from a lot of\nold-style methods and merchandising\u2014placing Your interests first instead of last\u2014-giving\nyou what you expect for your money\u2014and then adding a little to that.\nSeeing that you get satisfaction in every way\u2014selling nothing on the basis of\nappearance only\u2014not asking what we think we can get but what we know things are\nworth\u2014a great buying power and capacity that makes moderate pricing a reality to you,\nthe customer.\nAll these are some of the many reasons why this store has done, is doing, so much\nin the furnishing of Victoria's homes, both large and small\u2014why you should get better\nacquainted with it, its merchandise, its way of doing business, its reasonable arrangements.\nA great building, housing an enormous stock,'it's one of Victoria's sights as well as\na busy mart of trade.\nInterior Decorating\nOur Interior Decorating Department is equipped to take the house in hand as the\nbuilder leaves it and make it ready in every detail, for the owner to step into. The scope\nof its service embraces the designing ancl installation of wall hangings and window\ndraperies and the assembling and placing of the furnishings.\nYou are heartily welcome to consult with this Department regarding any decorative\nor furnishing work you may be planning for your home this fall. Your problems will\nhave our careful consideration and any ideas we may give you will be cheerfully at your\nservice, without cost or obligation.\nWINDOW SHADES - DRAPERIES - ETC.\nVICTORIA S\nPOPULAR\nHOME\nFURNISHERS\nTHE STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY\nWEILER BROS, Limited\nVICTORIA'S\nPOPULAR\nHOME\nFURNISHERS","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"Publisher changes in chronological order:
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