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: ' f / . .- British Columbia's Leading Weekly tattetk Industrial, Financial Political, Social Vol. V., No. 47���Established 1911. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1917. Price Five Cents Bowser And The Standard ��R. W. J. Ilowser, leader of the opposition, cascaded al "few thousand words in attacking the Civil Service I'-ill last Saturday, complaining that as drafted il rendered the civil service commissioner absolutely powerless io act independently, and that the measure was mainly framed for 'lie purpose of satiating Liberal job hunters. Of course itobody���Mr. Bowser least of all���expected that lhe Civil Service Bill would satisfy the ex-premier. Xo hill brought in by the Liberals can do this, .Mr. Bowser is "agin' ihe government," first, last anrl all the time, and if he cannot find ammunition to his hand, he will manufacture il. This ji the practical side of Conservative politics, and always ���^lias been. * Mr. Bowser is sitting on a tack*, right side up. *.' The former premier paid us the compliment of reading a Standard editorial to the members in the course of his -peech. Thc Standard, very properly we maintain, had expressed the opinion that Prof. Adam Shorn was not the right man for the chief commissionership, and pointed oui die advisability of appointing a British Columbia man. \\ e lid not advocate naming a Liberal or a parity supporter; as Mr. Bowser would like to insinuate: we used plain English which no one could misunderstand: *| "Discarding altogether the idea of patronage, there i< no reason why the office should not be vested in a llritish Columbian." c Not a Liberal, not a Conservative, not a Labor man. not i Socialist. A British Columbian, a man familiar with local conditions, That surely is a reasonable thing to ask. '[ There are men in this province fully qualified to assume the responsibilities that go with this important office, .Main- names have been mentioned. One recently brought forward is that of 1 lis I Lonor Judge P. \Y. Howay, of New Westminster, a man of scholarly attainments, profound legal experience, and withal thoroughly practical and well fitted to cope wilh the many complex problems that will ^'fiine up before the civil service commission. \ Tt was not considered necessary to go beyond the boundaries ��f this province to secure the personel of the Workmen's Compensation Board, and there has been no reason | to be disappointed with the work of Messrs. P��� II. Winn, t)f Rossland: Parker Williams, of Newcastle, and Hugh Ciilmour. of Vancouver. There are other British Columbians equally callable; give them the preference. That is not patronage; that is good business. AN EASTER WISH May the glad dawn May Easter Day Of Easter morn. To thine heart say, Bring holy joy to thee! "Christ died and rose for thee'.'' May the calm eve May Easter night Of Easter leave On thine heart write, A peace divine with thee! "O Christ, I live to Thee!" EASTER Easter flowers are blooming He, then born to grief and pain, bright, Now to glory born again, Easter skies pout radiant light: Calleth forth our gladdest strain, Christ our Lord is risen in might, Glory in the highest. Glory in the highest. As He riseth, rise we too, Angels caroled this sweet lay, Tune we heart and voice anew, When in manger rude He lay; Offering homage glad and true, Now once more cast grief away, Glory in the highest. Glory in the highest. ���Mary A. Nicholson. ' Moving Pictures And Recruiting ��HERE is an anomaly in the use of moving picture ' slides for recruiting purposes; when a few minutes later the patrons of the theatre will be "entertained" with a film showing the horrors of war. In many of the war pictures, the official films not excepted, far too much stress is laid on the sorry side of the great conflict. Pathetic scenes depicting the work at the dressing stations, with sad faced nurses hovering over the mutilated wrecks of what once were men, are flashed on the screen. Long processions of the halt, the lame and the blind are part of the program. The hideousness ot war is "played up" to the limit. If Why? These scenes of horror are not elevating. They are not instructive. They merely cater lo the morbid and the curious. No one is the better for seeing the sorrowful faces of wounded men flashed on a canvas. They serve no good purpose*. On the contrary, such pictures have a deterrent effect on recruiting. They tend to keep able bodied men from signing up. The normal man has no desire to become a cripple; and frequent visions of the wrecks of the battlefield arc apt to so prey on his mind that they will blind him to a sense of his duty to thc Empire and the cause of freedom, and make of him a callow and selfish -diirker. This is regrettable, but it is true. fi There is only one remedy, and it resls with the moving picture censor to apply it. Let all morbid scenes be cut out; the world is sad enough as it is. Conscription Is Overdue ��ANY months ago Sir Robert Borden, speaking in England as prime minister of Canada, solemnly promised that this country would contribute half a million men to the fighting strength of the Entente Allies. This promise was later repeated in the Canadian parliament, and it has had practically unanimous endorsation from the Atlantic to the Pacific. \\ As matters stand today, Canada faces national dishonor. Only three-fifths of lhe required number of men have been recruited, and for some lime recruiting has been almost at a standstill. This is deplorable, but unfortunately il is true. Canada is almost disloyally apathetic. 1; There is only one way in which Premier Borden's pledge can be fulfilled, only one way in which Canada can hold the proud place she gained in tiie heart of the Empire in the firsl dark days of ihe world war. Conscription is the only solution of the difficulty. The time has passed when theatrical methods and barnstorming*' can-induce men to sign up. Half measures such as.*-the recent National Service chemc are useless; they are all but ridiculous, viewed in ,, in "Vou Should" must per If There are tens of thousands of husky young Canadians, withdut ties or responsibilities, whose mental vision is so restricted lhal they cannot sec that lhe great fight for freedom is any of their concern. They have no patriotic perspective; menially they are atrophied. These men cannot be coaxed into khaki, they must be shoved into il. The day or moral suasion is passed, fl Napoleon's dictum: "Coil fights on the side of the *-������*-*���*������ *���*���**- �����������������-������- *-.��� ���������- y ��������� ihe light of alter events. '1^w_$l,<*gan 'A give wav to the imperative "\du Must." What Do Demonstration Farms Demonstrate? ��\2(\ \'M\ once in a while, or oftener, we read glowing ac- ^* counts of the splendid results obtained at the various experimental farms located at selected spots between Halifax and Vancouver, Leaflet*-, pamphlets and books are published, by order of the minister of Agriculture, giving details of the work accomplished, the success of the various experiments, and conclusions to be drawn from the season's work. The books are usually adorned with beautiful pictures, which add to their attractiveness. ��� ' These farms are undoubtedly accomplishing a great ideal; in the opinion of the unimitiated the}" are an almost indispensable asset to the farmer. But the farmer, stub- j bom creature that he is, refuses to enthuse. He is obsessed With the idea that the demonstration farm is a business | managed in a manner that would send him to the poor I house in twelve months, if he attempted it on his own broad i acres, lie thinks the government system may be all right for a gentleman's garden, but is not practical for the hon- ! est-to-goodness farm, where the capital is largely brawn,' ' not brass. I M Mr. Parmer is particularly interested in growing something for profit, whether it be cattle or foodstuffs* and to get a profit il musl be done at the minimum cost. This is I where the government station differs. Tt may show that ! alfalfa can be grown in a certain section, but when the work incidental to the raising of the crop is analyzed, the farmer throws up his hands, lt can be done on a small experimental patch, but on a fifty-acre field the cost would be [prohibitive. 'Ihc farmer cannot afford to tickle the soil around each plant morning after morning, or tO instal a complicated irrigation system, or do any of the other "sci- lentific" and cxpcnsive.labor required to produce results., ! The game is not worfti ihc candle: he would spend a hundred dollars for a return of twenty-five. ' li is almost impossible to secure from any experimental ! farm an estimate of what it has cost to raise any particular crop. The business, apparently, is to demonstrate thai it | can be done, but the practical man looks deeper. He is not on the land for his health, and before he follows the governmental lead he wants to know the price he must pay. And he also wants to know about the failures of previous years, for wilh him one success mayj.e ai: accident, or due strongest balallions," holds vears ago. md today as il did a hundred .":.../'.. : "" ' Miilllflllllliil! Pheasants And Farmers ���QHEASANTS and partridges have from time to time ���^ been introduced into the Fraser and other valleys, usually without the farmer being consulted in the matter. The province has paid out large sums of money for the edification of city sportsmen, and new and costly schemes of I increasing the bird population are frequently tried. The "latest proposal deals with the slaughtering of horned owls and crows. If But here is where the farmer has something to say. The crow is his friend, and he is willing to tolerate the horned owl because of that wise bird's appetite for rats, mice and skunks. Any plan which aims at the killing off of these biftds will be strongly opposed by the man on the land, who loudly protests that the pheasants and partridges dip him a great deal more damage than he suffers from what the city sportsmen call "pests." ���iiiiiiiiiiniiiin If There are rumors that Austria and Bulgaria are about to make peace proposals. The Entente Allies are too happily busy to listen just now. lllllllll Hydro-Electric Power ONTARIO'S Hydro-Electric Commission is rapidly developing into the biggest institution in that province. A few years ago all electric power in the province was in the hands of monopolists and industry was at a standstill. The province, through its Commission, went into the power development business on behalf of the municipalities. It has been a wonderful success. Just now tlie power developed by or for the Commission is 200,000 h. p. ll is all in use and the demand is for many thousands of h. p. for immediate delivery. The investment to date is forty million dollars roughly, and the profit to the municipalities last year was $999,000. The plans now are to increase the investment immediately to a hundred million dollars and the available horse power correspondingly. In fact, plans are on foot to place ai the disposal of ihe public two million horse power. 1f Electricity is the great power and the country with an available supply has ils neighbors so badly handicapped that there is no comparison. When British Columbia really wants to develop its resources and increase its industrial enterprises, increase agricultural production, improve transportation, protect its forests, in fact when the people want to get away from wildcat booms and possess an honest desire to live and prosper legitimately, there will be a demand for electrical energy developed by the province and controlled by the municipalities who will be responsible for the payment of interest and sinking fund. ���Omineca Herald. lo unusttal weather-condition came from Missouri. Tiie farmer oripinallv* ...... Amateur Gardening .!_!:!,. Mii; If It rather took the wind out of Mr. Bowser's sails when Attorney-General M.-A. Macdonald invited him to name a judge to conduct an inquiry into the alleged election irregularities at Fort George. Mr. Bowser is a great deal fonder of insinuation than of investigation. IT Mr. S. Wellwood. bookkeeper for William Dick. Ltd., is the artist who drew the striking picture on the front cover of "The Country Gentleman" of this week's issue. The picture shows a young lad holding a pup in his arms, and is one of the best carried by that widely circulated publication for some months. J^HE indurated city lot and the sod bound suburban plot ^"-' are to he relentlessly attacked this spring by-tlie amateur who has a hoe and enough ambition to strike at the fundamental cause of the elevated expense of existence, more familiarly known as old 11. C. of L. There is an instinct lying dormant in every human being to plant something. I7 In the municipalities nearly every resident has a back yard Or a front yard, according to the location of the house on the lot, and a great majority of these are utilized for the cultivation of "garden sass" instead of being devoted to lawns, tennis courts and croquet grounds, such as prevail in the city, where not so high a percentage of the residents are Working people. ' The intrinsic value of agricultural education and school gardening especially in city schools, is the subject of much discussion and there is a wide divergence of view apparent. Some consider thai school gardening is largely a fad, such as might well be dispensed with in favor of the usual school routine and text hook studies; others would go to the opposite extreme and push the matter so far as to cause interference with the regular and necessary work of the class room. ' Everyone should strive to produce something in the line ol food stuffs which after all may come to be the nation's greatest need. Even the least possible from each of thc 65.000 boys and girls of British Columbia would mean a great amount in the aggregate. | In the spring of 1915 special regulations were adopted bv the education department with respect to school gardens and in that year 100 schools took up the subject, 80 of which qualified for the grant. In these SO schools the work- was conducted by 115 teachers with approximately 2500 children. School boards received $4052 and teachers $765. JJ Tn the last analysis it is the land which supports all. The science of the working of the land as aU the. subjects which appear and re-appear upon the pages of books have their source either in nature or in human experience is valuable. If education is worth while it must lead to an enrichment of that human experience. ..lias illillllllllilllllll! �� Premier Brewster has put the quietus on rumors that he was approached by Mr. P. C. Wade, editor of the Vancouver Sun, a Liberal newspaper, with a view to securing a $25,000 printing contract. Surely, oh surely, Mr. Wade would not do such a thing: certainly Mr. Brewster would not tolerate it. ���r TWO THE STANDARD SATURDAY, AI'KIL 7. 1917. I ' MISS ETHEL HOLLIS MORRIS One of Vancouver's Fairest Daughters. Miss Morris is the 19-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Morris, Kensington Place, and is one of the most popular candidates for the Throne of the Queen of the War Dance. She is being supported by the firm of Messrs. Todd and Manning. Among the anny of tier friends are the members of the Elks' fraternity. There Are Two Sides to Every Story The Nigger in The Woodpile Read This After the War News Analysis of the broadsides issued daily from the headquarters of the eight "altruistic" dentists, the gentlemen who are buying newspaper space by the yard purely and simply "in the best interests of the general public" and not in the least���most certainly not���in their own personal interests, discloses that the sum and substance of their complaint is this: that by various means the B. C. Dental Council limits as far as possible lhe number of practising dentists in British Columbia for the pecuniary benefit of the dentist body in this province, thus constituting a "dental trust." This allegation is contained in four principal statements which, if true, would go some distance to support the contention. But they are not true, and their reiteration in bigger and bigger type day by day does not make them any less untrue. s THE ALLEGATIONS (1) "The number of dentists licensed to practice in Hritish Columbia is less, in proportion to population, than iu any other province of Canada or in any state of the United States." (21 "Licenses to practice dentistry arc granted only on the passing of examinations which arc held by the Council only semi-annually." (3) "Is there any reason why a dentist operating under a license of thc Dominion Dental Council in Halifax, St, John, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary or Edmonton should hi' denied the right to practice in Hritish Columbia?" (41 "In Hritish Columbia the percentage of candidates who failed to pass on thc examinations, controlled by the B. C. Dental College during the past five years is from 80 to 85 per cent." THE ACTUAL FACTS (1) The number of dentists practising in British Columbia per capita is second only to the number practising in Ontario. The number of practising dentists in Canada, per capita is 1 to AM); iu Ontario, 1 to 2800; in Hritish Columbia, 1 to 2900. (2) Thc examinations are held by a board of examiners appointed by the* government. The papers ami ment offices and are open for in- a'nswers arc on file at the gove spection. Any unfairness would therefore be promptly exposed. (3) the H 0. Dental Council has expressed its willingness to accept Dominion Dental Council qualifications anil is asking the necessary power of the Provincial Government; Following negotiations extending over the last two years. (4) Over 40 per cent, of all appli' cants have been granted registration in thc past five ycais. a percentage that compares favorably with those of other provinces antl states. Asserting that more dentists arc needed I'or thc rural districts, thc al" paAOJiklE jo soicnpciii tn pauiciS oq siiuu.ni __ji_.ioiiui.-i) ibi|1 puiuuDp (,sisiiui colleges, but��� They require that the dentist holding such a permit is to be allowed to practice only in the office of a registered dentist. This might enable registered dentists in the cities to make money out of the work of unlicensed assistants, who can.be obtained at less than half the salaries paid to registered men, but it would not send dentists out to the country districts. This series of statements is published by the authority of a special committee representing the B. C. Dental Society, the Vancouver Dental Society, the Victoria Dental Society, and the B. C. College of Dental Surgeons. THE GOSPEL OF EASTER "He is not here: For He is risen, as He said. Come, see the Place where I the Lord lay."���Matt. 28:6. Canadian Northern Railway TRANSCONTINENTAL LEAVESVANCOUVER 9.00 A. M. SUNDAV WKDNESD.VY FRIDAY, 9.00 A.M. SCENIC ROUTE BETWEEN VANCOUVER AND TORONTO. SHORT LINE TO EDMONTON AND PRAIRIE POINTS. NEW AND MODREN EQUIPMENT. ELECTRIC LIGHTED STANDARD AND TOURIST SLEEPING, DINING AND COMPARTMENT OBSERVATION CARS. DAILY LOCAL SERVICE 7.00 p.m. Leave VANCOUVER Arrive a.m. 11.00 0.45 p.m. Arrive Chilliwack Arrive a.m. 8.15 11.00 p.m. Arrive Hope Leave a.m. 7.00 Full particulars may be obtained from any Canadian Northern Agent. DISTRICT PASSENGER OFFICE ��� 60S HASTINGS STREET WEST Phone Seymour 2482 THERE is no indication of the ob- Bervance of the Easter festival in tlic New Testament or iu the writings of thc apostolic Fathers, The sanctity of special times was an idea absent from the minds of the first Christians. "The whole of time is a festival unto Christians because oi the excellency of the g 1 things which lime been given." says one ol the early writers. Hut thi.-. docs nut preclude US from celebrating in ;i very especial manner, the Resurrection of the once despised ami rejected I N'azerene, In these times, tlie most serious in the history of the nations ni tlie earth ii behoves all Christian people t" seek the face oi our Holy Coil. Wc have failed to recognize the greatness of the gift bestowed upon the world ill thc form of Jesus tlic Saviour, The power of His death ami resurrection has not gripped humanity as it ought to have done, ami as it can do. if given free course in the hearts anil lives oi men. These days of repentance antl prayer give us opportunity for meditating upon the significance of this greatest of all world events. The Mystery of Death There is over the nations at this moment a great death pall. Thousands of the noblest of suns have died battling in this great struggle. The mystery of death is perplexing thc minds of all thinking people. It seems so strangely wanton in its waste. Thc graves of these young heroes challenge our deepest thoughts. Why is all this carefully collected store of noble manhood. precious beyond calculation emptied on the ground? "What'a mystery of mysteries is this life," cried the grcat Cobden, when the nc'ws of his son's death reached him. "That one so young anil bright, around whom our dreams ami hopes had been twining themselves for many years, should': be in a few hours struck down and withered like a weed?" Is There Any Hope? Ami in these war days we could multiple many instances. Almost every family in our Empire lias Inn! this sad experience, antl around ill- most every family hearth these same questions have been asked; Nor can fine writing, or grand eloquent ora' tory answer the heart yearnings o( onr bereaved; Have we in our religion any sure wortl of hope for the breaking and broken hearts of men, or can we only bid them brace lliem* mIvcs it, hear as best they can? Have wc any gospel with which io overcome the sharpness of death? Death Has Been Abolished Men had llieir intimations ol immortality before Christ came, as many poets ami philosophers have had them since, ami we can with greal cblllforl listen lo all that our own minds antl hearts tell us I'm' the fortifying of our faith. Hut that which took thc dark dread out of immortality ami shetl a radiance upon all human relationships ami tlie per- nicuacc of human love anil took ihc terror out of men's eyes as they looked into, tlie face of death was and is llie message of Easter day.��� "Christ has abolished Death." The faint flickerings of hope were fanned into the glowing assurance of a life beyond on that first Easter mom when His faithful followers heard from the lips of the angel at the open tomb'the good tidings. "He is not here: for Ile is risen." One mightier than death had been met and had been overthrown! / Cod's great word to His children is not now death but life. This is the Gospel of Easter. Comfort���The Easter Message Our comfort is in this assurance of ihc living Christ. In the tremendous fact that He is risen from the dead, and in the calm supremacy which is lifted far above all the accidents of change and time, we can trust our dead to Him. What power can lie like this to help us bear the burden of life? For those who sit ami think of thc quick step, the ringing voice, lhe bright vision of happiness, that have passetl beyond their ken. because of this terrible scourge of war, there is, and can be, but one voice which has power to soothe ami bless. ()ur risen Saviour will keep those whom we have lost safely in His love, lie will imt suffer these lives of such splendid promise am', glowing courage ami enthusiasm t-1 he poured like water mi thc ground. In a way which we may not clearly understand He will bring, life anil immortality to light. At this Raster DOUKHOBOR JAM FACTORY Tliis factory is located at Brilliant, B. C. ami is one ol lhe largest in C, ada. Some little lime ago lhe Doukhobor colony donated t" the govct nicnt a large supply of jam for the use nf lhe convalescent soldiers. 1251 RETURNED SOLDIERS The Provincial Returned Soldiers' Commission, with headquarters al Victoria, gives the total number of returned soldiers on ihe commission records as 1251; undergoing treatment at their homes, 82; diverted lo other provinces for treatment in hospitals anil sanatoria, 53; total under treatment, 43K. .Men listed for employment by the Commission, 630; men on files waiting for employment, 49. INCREASED PRODUCTION A call has gone out for increased production in 1917, aud townspeople are urged to cultivate every acre of waste land. If everybody who can will tin bis bit in this way it will help keep down the cost of living antl the title let us think on these things. Let us cheer anil strengthen our hearts with thoughts of Him who has .conquered death. Let us give thanks to Our Rather which are in Heaven, for Him who is (lie first ami the last, who livetb ami was dead, and is alive for evermore. "Comfort the Easter Message." exercise itself will add in the general health oi those who employ t spare hours in cultivating a garden or in raising poultry or in any other way that produces foodstuffs. I.""'. about now antl see if you cannot help others by helping yourself. Self hei] is more blessed than self-denial. An Ail. in The Standard pays. Estd. 1904. Phone High. 285 READY ��� NEW SEASON'S APPLE CIDER BOILED CIDER & APPLE SIRUP from our factory at Vernon, B.C. Also, New Season's LULU ISLAND CABBAGE, made into the finest Sauer Kraut at our Vancouver factory. B.C. Vinegar Works 1365-7 Powell St., Vancouver. s THE BOOK SHOP WE HAVE A GOOD SELECTION OF EASTER CARDS Ready For Your Inspection. ra G. S. FORSYTH & CO. ���sa Corner Homer and Hastings St. HOW ADVERTISEMENTS PAY "Xo advertiser expects every reader, or even a tenth of the readers, to answer directly the ad," says Farm and Fireside, the national farm paper published in Springfield, Ohio. "He is satisfied if the reader simply gives his advertising message consideration and remembers part of it so that in the future when the reader wants the particular advertised he will know what brand to ask for, and where to get it. In other words, the chief thing thc advertiser hopes to get is good-will, because business ex* periencc shows that people eventually patronize concerns for which they have a friendly feeling. "If the advertisement is in a paper toward which he feels kindly, the advertisements in it are introduced to him, you might say, by a friend. That is about all there is to the whole matter. Thc editors try to deserve your friendship by helping you in your business and by entertaining you. The advertisers ask for your friendship because they know you will buy your necessities and luxuries from concerns you like or which arc well recommended to you." "The worltl turns aside to let any man pass, who knows whither he is going."���David Starr Jordan. C.P.R. Military Medal Hero DRESS UP ��� The well-dressed man commands respect and attention. Ihe number ot really well-dressed men is limited and principally because too many neglect to insist upon their clothes being made by a skilled organization such as is found in the 20th Century Brand tailor shops. Don't make that mistake this season. Demand. "20th Century Brand" Step in and look over thc new Spring Styles and the new fabrics. SOFT FELT HATS ��� The new style flat brim, bound edge, in pearl green and slate arc now on display CLUETT SHIRTS The latest designs including the wide stripe in finest fabrics, are now on display NECKWEAR Plain and fancy neckwear in great variety, including the new Paisley designs. ODD TROUSERS The largest stock in thc Province to select from, including plain and fancy worsteds and tweeds from $3.00 to $9.50 HOLEPROOF HOSIERY in all qualities and shades PUTTEES Fox's Spiral Puttees $2.75; Superfine $3.25. Corporal Ralph G. Murrow, who tor four years previous to the outbreak ot war was tn the Passenger Department, C.P.R., Liverpool, hat won the Military Medal. Corporal Murrow joined tbe K.I_t. R. tbe day war was declared and went to France In February, 1915. Before the war he was a well- known member ot the Harrowby Football Club and it Is interesting to record the tact that the act which won tor him the coveted medal was performed in the rescue ot t% club mate, A. H. Robertson., who had been seriously wounded. Cor- ipor&l Murrow picked up bis l companion* and carried him some 500 yards under a heavy tire to the British lines. BOYS' DEPARTMENT BOYS' SUITS If your bov needs a suit���try us. Our stock is large and varied enough to suit all tastes���and moreover our PRICES'ARE REASONABLE. Sweaters and Sweater Coats in all colors and sizes from 20 to 34. Assorted prices. Shirt Waists in white, stripes, etc.; sizes from 5 to 16 years. Prices 50c to $1.25. CLUBB & STEWART Limited 309-315 HASTINGS STREET W. '>:.. SATURDAY. ARKII. 7. I9if. THE STANDARD THREE fr*' (BY LAURINA.) It has been said that "In Spring i young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." That may be so, we will not venture to doubt it, but it is equally true that in the Spring woman's fancy turns most determinedly to thoughts ol replenishing her wardrobe. And spring really is coming, though the fact is a hard one to grasp, antl it will conic upon us quite suddenly, too. when we are all unprepared for it. if we are not very careful, for there is no sunshine like that of the early spring, the sunshine that calls to the birds to sing, the branches to break into bud, to the crocuses anil snow drops to lift their pretty heads,' but, alas! a sunshine tliat makes doubly apparenl any signs of wear or tear in a woman's gown. All through the 'huh dull days, <lays of rain, or snow, or biting winds, we have wrapped ourselves ill our big coats, huddled ourselves in furs, and felt thankful even for rubbers, but with the first real spring ���day, with its gentle warmth, and sweet earthly smells, all this is altered. The furs, the coats, the rubbers are flung from us. something lighter, prettier, daintier, younger, is what we want, for does not the advent of spring remove years from our shoulders, put new blood into our veins and fill our hearts with hope and song. So. let us to the stores, ami find out what fashion decrees that we shall wear, and how ii is to be worn. It Is more than ;t whisper that the "'barrel" skirt is the newest drape, that is the skirl which has jusl a little less fulness at the bottom than at the top, the greatest flare being just about the knees. Still if any of us diject to anything quite so up to date, there are skirls with straight lines, ,a trifle longer and narrower than heretofore', still sensibly short, about .-i*. inches from the ground is the recognized smart length we arc told, hud it really was quite time to call a "halt." was il not? The newest coats do not reach much below the hips, antl are more inclined to the straight lines than the flaring ones, and most of them are -still belted, and the possessors of pockets. As to materials, a wide field is offerctl for selection, il is a matter to be guided nol only by individual taste, but often by the length of thc purse. Of course for good workman-like utility, combined with smartness, there is nothing to beat thc heather mixture tweeds, which can be had in varying weights and all manner of shade*, some with just an inclination towards a soft mauve shade being quite specially chic. Buttons of all sorts arc still much in evidence as trimming. Black antl white check, preferably in the rougher makes, invariably looks well. Likely to be one of the most useful models of the year is the tunic blouse, which iu some cases reaches well towartl tlie knees, ami is made of soft satin. Georgette cr.pe. taffeta, crepe tic chine, or any other softly hanging material. The color should either match the skirt, or blend with it in some subtle ami artistic manner. These tunic blouses .ire quite the newest and most effective affairs for afternoon wear in the house, and later on will be much seen for street wear. Stripes promise to bc again with us, many of the taffeta silks are showing them, both in dark shades, blues, greens and browns, and in the delicate pinks, niauvcs, blues antl yellows, so eminently becoming for summer wear. But the spring is not to be appeased with thc purchase of a new- suit only. Oh, no, there is the hat to be thought of. Ami here the largest variety again offers itself, for there are' big hats, small hats, tilted hats and straight hats, whichever suits you, wear it, but when you choose it, do be careful that the profile view is equally as becoming as the front view, a most important de* tail, but one which so many women are apt to overlook when choosing the new ch'apeau. Some of the newest hats are made of silk, either plain or shirred, and the rougher, coarses straws are smart. Very little trimming is used, metal flowers are new, or those curious Oriental looking tassels and ornaments, or even a large boldly worked spider or butterfly is all thc Vancouver's Native Candidate MRS. BROUGHAMS CONCERT I 1 toe. feeling quite sorry for those I unfortunate people win, missed the ��� i rt given in aid of the Rei i ~ol licrs by Mrs. Brougham, mi Wednesday evening of last week. I hi-, singei does not often appear on the public platform and when she dbes, it is :i treat nol to be missed appreciators of inn art; for Mr-. lughani combines this with her splendid contralto '. tiie. Though the audience ca- compara* lively small Mrs. Brougham received quite an ovation, in fact it is a long e since appreciation has been so niy shown to any singer on a Vancouver platform. Some of thc songs given were truly charming and should recommend themselves to singers of any ability There was Sibelius' "Roses Fune bre.s" (Black Roses I: this Mrs. Brougham sang in French, but it can he hail with the English version of the words by William Wallace, a very beautiful translation-, there was also "Dawn." by Spencer Dyke, and "At Dawning," ami "The Land of the Sky Blue Water.' both by Cad- inan; also one by a local composer, 'Mr. beane Wells called "In Hauler's Fields," which possesses both charm antl appeal, antl should become popular. WRITING FOR THE "MOVIES- JUST LIKE SHOWING GOLD TO THIEVES Of the I!. Dance, is tive Sous. C. News Service a native-born gii I ler friend- a Iter as their Omen. MISS MAUD SIM . who is one oi the entrants for Queen of ihe War I. She is receiving hearty support from "The \a- rc appealing io the loyally of Vancouver to select trimming needed, whil.c the veil of thc moment is Undoubtedly the shori "lie. reaching jusl below the nose. Draped veils will also become popular, iintl always look smart when will worn. .With regard to thc dressing of thi hair beneath the hat, the tendency .is towards ;t simpler mode than formerly. Soli waves, pull's antl curls, high on the head for evening wear, lint the wise woman knows just the style of hair- dressing which is becoming to her .own features, and general type, anil having once found out she will adhere to that style, in yspitc of anything that fashion may say lo the contrary. The modes of the moment can always be modified aud suited to ones own particular style, and one can still be well dressed ami up-Io- the minute, anil yet preserve one's own individuality. To run to' extremes, we will go from thc head to the feet, and cast a glance at the prevailing modes in footwear. For morning wear, the heel must be rather low anil of the flat order, and can be a high sfhoe or an oxford, many of Ihem being fancy slilchetl. in black or Russia leather, or again the morning wear shoe may be of while buckskin, or a combination of white anil black or tan leather. For afternoon the decree goes forth for the higher Louis heel, in a pump, or high shoe, in black, bronze, grey, or any of the ch:iruling shade's now obtainable. The favorite evening shoe is the silver or goltl cloth, while satin, red. bronze and grey suede arc also worn. By the way, as thc spring sunshine has thc nasty habit of calling attention to any spots and discoloration upon our clothes, anil especially light colored ones, here is a formula which was given to mc some time ago, for removing them: Mix thoroughly five ounces of pipeclay, and one ounce of pulverized French chalk, with two ounces of spirits of wine to form a paste. Shape into a ball. Dampen thc material to bc cleaned with warm water, rub the ball well in, leave to dry for some hours, then brrush out the powder. Three sections of the original manuscript of the "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." were contributed by Sir CanonvDoyle to the sale of gifts held at Messrs. Christie's in London last month, on behall of the British Red Cross Society. From the Ads of the Future- Foreman Wanted���Must be outside the ages of sixteen and sixty, a total physical wreck, and incapable of doing any work of any importance. Splendid prospects for efficient man. UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB CONCERT Whal a charming entertainment was the concert given by the University Ladies' Che Club antl held in the Auditorium of that building mi Friday evening last. There always is a great charm aboul these university students' performances, and 1 have come to the conclusion that it is the general air of youthful" ness that pervades them, that gets into tnie's .system, and takes one back to one's own school days antl gives one such a feeling of sympathetic appreciation of the efforts of thc young performers. Then again. the .performances are always worth attending for the work is done with earnestness ami the conscientious objective of giving of their hest. anil the training is in gootl hands. On Wednesday last the singing of the Glee Club was delightfully pleasing, im work was attempted which was more than the small bodj of singers could execute well, and good taste was shown in the renderings. The same may he saitl of the university orchestra, which as yet is small, consisting only oi ten piece-. hul they play carefully and with due attention to intonation ami tempo, and so are paving the way for more ambitious work. Mrs. Huntley Green, the clever pianist from Victoria, who has already charmed lhe hearts of Vancouver audiences, scored another success, playing splendidly, and there, too she fitted so well into lhe general scheme of youthful charm. Another young artist was Mr. Frank Brenchlcy, who is the possessor of a most unusual baritone voice, of good quality, ami tremendous power and which, when he has made a study of singing, ami is able to combine it with true art, should place him high in the ranks of singers. The songs, composed by Mr. Dich* mont, who has been invalided home from the fighting line and who on Friday evening played their accompaniments, to Mrs. Walter Coult* hard's singing, were full of charm and sympathy, and should not be beyond the powers of the amateur vocalist, the one called "Falling Asleep." was specially pleasing. From the Novel of the Future.��� Lady Helen in her most becoming dress of coarse calico strolled up through her vegetable park to the thc house, where she toyed daintily with her lunch of turnip antl potato stew, flavored with portions of her late Pomeranian. The room was tastefully decorated with pots of luxurious onions antl lettuce, etc. A number of prominent writers in llritish Columbia have banded together to petition the government to liar from ihis province any in iviilg picture film based on a stolen idea��� provided the author who claims to have originated the idea can adduce satisfactory proof of his claim. The names of the writers who arc back of ihe movement have not been ascertained, hut some prominence is given to their proposal in recent issues of magazines devoted to the moving picture industry. There are scores of men ami women in this province who have at sonic time or other written scenarios, hut not many are numbered among the successes of that comparatively new branch of authorship. Many of these writers are "graduates" of mail order "schools" which teach the arc of writing scenarios, for anything from five lo twenty-five dollars. These schools may nol turn out very brilliant graduates, but they certainly get the money. Nol all the 11. C. scenario writers [are nf this class. Men who have made a Success in journalism and short story writing have tried their hand on a few scenarios, and it is irom tliis class that the provincial government is about to he approached. Some of these writers allege that their scenarios have been kept for weeks by moving picture promoters, anil finally returned as unsuitable. Later, films based on lhe plot of their scenarios have been released, the scene oi action ami possibly some of the minor characters being changed. Men who are in touch with the moving picture industry acknowledge that there is a great dearth of good scenario material at the present time, tine largely to prominent authors refusing to continue writing .or lhe producers, partly because the prices paid have been too low. anil partly because tlie siorics they submit are hashed ami altered by what they term "ham-fat directors." Even iu the palmy days when a large number of well known writers were supposed tu be producing scenarios, mosl of the actual work uas done by "ghosts." or stall men. the author's name being used to give the Stoty i literary kudos. Rex Beach is one oi lhe lew big men who is still producing scenarios, and he is said to he doing it because his artistic temperament revolts at the professional presentation o' his novels in film form, when prepared by staff men. Beach has sold the movie rights of all his novels, antl can now only get satisfaction by turning them into scenarios. He is at present working on a new dramatization of "Thc Barrier." Moving picture producers profess to bc willing to pay from $30 to $1000 for a scenario, and say they will do even bettc. for a high-class feature play. A Vancouver man who ha., attained some success as a writer declares he has refused $1500 for a five- reel story, and he has the scenario to prove it. He is holding out for $1800. believing the market is rising. But he apparently has a corner on optimism in thc ranks of B. C. writers. Others merely get a polite note saying their manuscript has had a careful reading, but is not just what the director wants at present. Then they commence watching for the appearance of the film which will give them all the pride of authorship, without having experienced the pleasures of financial remuneration. B. C. Commercial Travellers' War Dance Benefit icianes RED CROSS MATERIAL FUND RETURNED SOLDIERS CANADIAN PATRIOTIC FUND BRITISH SAILORS' RELIEF FUND Endorsed by VANCOUVER CITY COUNCIL - BOARD OF TRADE ROTARY CLUB TRANSPORTATION CLUB SWIMMING CLUB NEWSBOYS' ASSOCIATION B. & P. O. OF ELKS, No. 1 B. C. MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION ROLL QF HONOR Several thousand officers and employees of the Canadian Paeifio Railway Company enlisted for active military duty with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, and the majority oi' them are now iu Europe, bravely battling for Canada and the Empire. This list of those who have given up their lives for their country or been wounded in action does not include the Army Reserves. Alexander, Geo. B. Laborer sllingham, J. R. E. Brakeman Armstrong, Albert P. Brakeman lialley Artaur Clerk Beggs, P. J. Switchman Bell, Gerald Joseph Clerk Ben net, John George Nut Tapper Bibby, Lawrence Wiper Biddlecombe, Geo. A. Constable Bishop. Gilbert Clerk Blois, George Loco. Engineer Bov.den, Chris. J. Checker Brown, John Aylmer Trainman Buckle, Thomas W. Loco. Fireman Campbell, George Fireman Chaffey, Joseph Waiter Chapman. George Checker Clark. Chas. Branch Clerk Colley, Vincent Loco. Fireman Copping, Ernest Noc'Insttrumentnian Corbln, Harold John Steam Fitter Cornwall,.Chas. W. Crt.gg, Joseph Crouch, Jack Cumine, Butler P, Davidson, Henry Davies, John Thos. Decker. Archie Delaney, Martin Dickinson, Chas. E. Dove, Andrew Dubois, John Edgar, John Fawcett, Archie Gallagher, James W Gammon, Lee Gordon, Harry Gray, David Green, John Greentree, Geo. V). Guyot, Alfred Gwinn. Cecil Hall, Joseph Harrison, Robt. H. Henderson, John Hern, I.oftus Roy Hill, Albert Hiriton, Thomas Jenkins, Alexander Johnson. \V. Kay. Robert Keay, George Ness Kinne. Hudson I'. Lamourie, Peter Lawson, Frederick Leonard, Frederick t/ewis Arnold Longmire, Harold Loverldge, Harold D. Laborer Lowe. George Loader McDermott, Charles Bell Boy McKenzie, Alexander Cook McNlcol, James Trainman Marr, Lionel Gelded Gardner Buffer Tinsmith Porter Night Watchman Appr. Carpenter Brakeman Apprentice Loco. Fireman Mach. Apprentice Machinist Janitor Painter Clerk Checker Loco. Fireman Wiper Loco. Fireman Wiper Rodman Bollermkrs. Appr Wiper Storeman Trimmer Loco. Fireman Clerk Car Repairer Car Repairer Clerk Pantryman Cook I_oco. Fireman Trainman Switchman Lineman Specialist Conk Transferman Mead, Mark Morkill, Francis E. Newman, George S Norton, Cecil Herb. Parkinson. Alfred 0. Parnell. Reginald R. Pone. Christopher L. Queenville. Stephen Renton, Sidney C. Robinson, Alfred Robinson,**John R. v'ook Trans. Student Clerk Draftsman Brakeman Laborer Stakeman Sectionman Loco. Engineer Leading Handler Cook Roughton, Clifford G. Baggage Checker Sexton, F. J. Spencer, Kenneth M. Sweeney, James A. Todd, Arthur Wade. Robert C. West wood. William Wood. W. .1. Woodward, Fred'k. Laborer Clerk Purser Brakeman Loco. Fireman Chef Waiter Car Repairer I 'algary Medicine Hat Cranbrook Outremont Glen Yard Winnipeg Winnipeg Calgary Vamcouver Montreal Reglua New Westminster Regina Brandon B.C. Coast Strs. Montreal Vancouver Angus Mlnnedosa Wey burn McAdam Jnef.. Angus WestToronto PortMcNieoll Glacier House Winnipeg Moose Jaw Coquitlam Outremont Winnipeg Winnipeg Regina Brit. Col. Dist. Moose Jaw Montreal Wharf Cranbrook Medicine Hat Brit. Col. Dist. Mlnnedosa Strathmore . Angus Dunmore Montreal West Toronto Kenora Edmonton North Bay Windsor. Ont. Montreal Chat. Frontenac Montreal Cranbrook La Riviere Winnipeg Revelstoke Angus Montreal North Bay Glen Yard l.ethbridge Winnipeg Montreal North Bay Duncan Montreal Toronto Winnipeg Montreal Red Deer Muskoka Koot. Cent. Rly. Green Valley Lethbridge Montreal MoDtreal Calgary Winnipeg Cranbrook B. C. Lake Strs. Laurentian Divn. Winnipeg Montreal B. C. Cost. Strs. Cranbrook Wounded Presumed dead Presumed dead Wounded Wounded Wounded Wounded Wounded Wounded Wounded Presumed dead Presumed dead Suffering from shoci Died of wounds Killed in action Died of wounds Wounded Died of wounds Killed in action Wounded Killed in action Presumed dead Wounded Died of wounds Presumed dead Suffering from shock Wounded Killed In action Wounded Presumed dead Killed in action Presumed dead Wounded Wounded Presumed dead Wounded Presumed dead Wounded Wounded Killed in aetion Suffering concussion Wounded Presumed dead Wounded Wounded Presumed dead Presumed dead Killed in action Died of wounds Killed in action Wounded Wounded antl missing Wounded Wounded Wounded Presumed dead Wounded Died of wounds Wounded Wounded Presumed dead Wounded Wounded Suffering from shock Died cf wounds Killed in action Wounded Presumed dead Killed in action Wounded Presumed dead Wounded Presumed dead Wounded Wounded Presumed dead Wounded Killed in action Died of wounds Diet! of wounds Killed in action Believed dead Presumed dead Killed in action MoxTiu-Ai. March Vth, 1917 (List No. 15). Note.���Where "presumed dead" appears abtfvp, the employees rpferrcd to have been missing for long ueriods, and their death is presumed by tlu Militia Department, POOR CONSOLATION NOW The Standard editor searched his Bible for consolation over thc dreary prohibition outlook ami found the following the day the count finally went wet: "Awake ye drunkards and weep and howl all ye drinkers of wine because of the new wine for it* is cut off from your mouth.���Joel 1:5." FOUR THE STANDARD SATURDAY. APRIL 1917. "Hot Stuff on Cold Subject"--*'Blue Books and the Blues"--By Gadsby : Ci OTTAWA. April 6.���Tin* Minister of Labor's announcement that the hi^h enst of living regulations had been in force for three months came as a great surprise. Nobody in Canada seemed to know that tlic ruk-s were* working, least of all the unfortunate consumer. The theory is that tho regulations arp>p*subconscious blessing like the laws of nature which operate but do not advertise. .Mr. Crothers is in receipt of a report on the coal I situation from which he expects many benefits to flow. Not that it will reduce the cost of coal to Ihc consumer by one nickel, but it is an interesting report and Mr. Crothers thinks it will tlo a Inl of good by furnishing instructive reading to tlic public. The narrative will take people's minds off their troubles, In short, it is a blue book that will relieve lhe blues. .Mr. Crothers, be it understood, does not promise tn put coal in llie cellar or build a fire in the empty stove but lie docs guarantee a volume lhal will divert lhe, mind and lake lhe chill off people's feelings inward the Borden government. Of course the book has lo be read properly or its comforts will be largely missed. When people who are so cold that their noses are blue and their lips are blue start in to read a blue book they must read it under proper conditions if lhe story is going to warm them up. For this reason tlie Department of Labor, when it issues the blue book to lhe general public will append a suggestion that it be read in bed. The more quilts tbe better the result. With canton flannel sheets, double blanket, a quilt or two, and an eiderdown spread the effect is almost immediate. The reader forgets that it is winter outside. The book is said to be long enough to put him to sleep and the sounder lie sleeps the less be cares about the coal situation. And when lie passes into that last long sleep to which all coal consumers must finally succumb be may find the heating problem solved for him in perpetuity. Mr. Crothers' entertained until he goes where he belongs. Anothr advantage to he gained from reading the coal report in bed i*. that a rest is as good as a meal. I le who reclines warmly antl at ease has the substitute for a gootl dinner. If sick people can go without food for days, living simply on their own adipose tissue, why can'l healthy people tin it? Besides a man's fat will last longer ii' he stays iu bed. Ile doesn't wear it off hustling for a living. Mr. Crothers reckons tliat with this fascinating coal report in his hand the consumer will go lo bed ami give up consuming. He will be able lo snap bis lingers at the empty coal bin. also I at the high cost of living. It won't cost him anything lo live because he won't need lo buy anything. W'e lmdersiantl from Mr. Crothers that lhe blue book mi coal gels right down to bed rock. It follows ihe adventures of a lump of coal right back to the carboniferous period, when lhe ichthyosaurus and the deinosaurus 2nd tlie pleiosaurus ami other the prehistoric prototypes of our soulless corporations wallowed in the primeval mud and watched lhe trees grow, decay, totter, fall and ultimately become that anthracite which is now retailed at $10 a ton and as much more as the coal barons can get. __�� Tbe story shows how the vegetable mass came under tremendous pressure, such pressure as the packers sometimes put on the llorden government, and bow it gradually became tbe condensed lorm of light and heat which we see now. Passing lightly over the contention that this energy stored by providence should be thc property of the people especially in a cold country like Canada, the story dwells on the enterprise which has dug up this treasure of warmth from the bowels of the earth, lt follows the coal through a'l the stages, from mine to coal bin, incidentally showing bow precious and more precious it becomes as it goes along, until finally people take some of tiie harder forms of it and surround it with gold or platinum and idea is lhat llie blue bonk on coal will keep lhe reader wear it in public as an ornament. All this is very thrilling. One looks forward to the day when a man with a ton of coal iu his cellar will take it tn lhe jeweler's shop and have it properly set. .Mr. Crothers tines not say lhat the coal report brings brings down the price of coal, bill lie doc . rclv Oil il to create a diversion which will soothe llu* savage breast until summer comes along and cases the situation. Similarly Mr. Crothers puts great confidence in the sedative effect of a report mi cold storage which lells the public everything except what it wants In know, The cold storage report is another masterpiece of equivocation. It gives everything about cold storage except what one ought to do about it. As our old friend Hamlet would remark, "words, words, words." It is a beautiful feport, and it is stuffed full of some of the finest mouth-filling words in the English language. It seenis a pity that a word which fills the mouth does not also fill the belly. If it did we could eat and grow fat on a diet of blue books and Hansard. The main thing, now that tbe poor people have parted with all their money to the food forestalled, is to feed them without giving them anything to eat. The government relies on the cold storage report to fill tliis want. The report makes frequent mention of food so lhat anybody reading il will presently find liis or her mouth watering. If the supply of water from this source is abundant the city water can be turned off and lhe rates saved and applied to the next war loan. The cold storage report not only tells about cold storage and the beautiful sanitariums philanthropists like Mr. Flavelle have prepared for the fresh egg, the spring lamb and tbe milk-fed chicken, where tliey can rest up until Christmas or later, but it gives a full account of distribution, freight rates, middlemen, and other means employed to make the dish too expensive- for anybody but a king. It also tells about the apple ami tbe*potato. The potatoes have been making eye- laiely at thc oBrden government A potato simp!. can't make its eyes behave when it sees Mr. Cmiher- handipg out all this guff about cold storage. Some impatient people ask why the Borden government doesn't bring the food forcstallers to time, but anybody wlm has come in contact with the Bordeil government knows what a foolish question ihis i.-. The Borden government is iu the hands of the f ban his and would be the last to do Ihem harm. Thc Borden governmeni has no more desire to hurt the fund monopolizers by a cold storage report than it has to raise an army by the registration cards. The cold storage report, like the Registration cards, is inst another bluff. The sugar lords don't take the Borden government's question seriously. They know that all they get from the llorden government is a love-pinch so when sonic months ago, questions were sent out to all wholesali grocers asking for specific information as to whetlv or not there was a trade agreement to keep up the price to the consumers the dealers all answered blithely that they handled the sugar for a small discount from the price charged to the retailers. Tbis meant, of course, that the refiner fixed the wholesale price and the wholesalers stuck to it. but it didn't say so. The sugar fellows said: "Another little game, eh? Well. we'll show the government that we can play too. Rut really their answer was a little too saucy. It presumed on friendship. The government has sent out another batch of questions, to its sugar friends ami this time it expects a respectful answer. It isn't information the Borden government yis requesting much as polite replies. This meypy badinage can carried too far. RUSSIA WHO BANISHED VODKA HAS PASSED AWAY ACHIEVEMENTS "There is no life of a man faithfully recorded, but is a heroic poem of its sort, rhymed or uiirhyincd."��� Carlyle. There died not long ago in Russia a man to whom the nation already owes a large debt of gratitude, and ���will undoubtedly owe more and more as time goes on. It was an idea that made the name of Michael Tchelislicff known thc worltl over, and made his' life an eventful one for his country, instead of an incident limited lo one Russian village. Thc idea came to him by chance from a book he found in tlic hands of a Russian peasant. Books and papers were matters of importance to this Russian in his younger days, because they were his only means of education, lie was thc son of a middle-class family, and there were no schools in thc village 'where they livet^. Later the fortunes of his family improved, and he finally became wealthy, but that was not what made his life great. It was the idea. The momentous book he found thc moiijik reading was one treating of the harnifulness of alcohol; and the special statement that struck him so forcibly was that "vodka is a poison." All around him people were drinking vodka, and he wondered if the statement of the book could be true, lie put thc question to the liirst physician he met, and was tohl that it was true; men drank it, the physician said, because it gave them a pleasant sensation of dizziness. Instead nl trying it himself. Tchelisheff began to watch its effect upon others. He observed that when famine came the men who tlrank I,hnsc inc.v' vodka were clamouring to the au-l ,"'"'.-' thorities for food wlr.ie the men whol did not drink it, did not get out of| food. Thus he discovered by his own observation the relation oi drink to poverty. Later, when he hail begun to acquire property antl had become an alderman in Samara, one of his ten* ants, while drunk, killed his wife. This made such a terrible impression upon Tchelisheff that he decidetl to fight vodka with all his strength. He first induced his city council to appropriate to the imperial government the sum it would "lose in revenue by closing the vodka shop of his city. But the proposition was refused by the government. The idea was, however, firmly lodged, and after serving his city as mayor, he became a candidate for thc Duma on an anti-vodka platform. Tly this time he had studied his idea in its wide relations. He believed that the chief cause of the Russian disasters In the war with the Japanese was not so much thc fault of the government as of the people. They were vodka-sick. As a member of thc Duma he attacked thc system of a spirit' monopoly'for national income. His qualifications for gaining a hearing were not despisable. even though his education had been self'acquired. His figure, garbed in the national costume,, was stately. His voice was powerful, his manner serious and earnest, if not polished. Some here and there in thc Duma and the Ministry laughed, The finance minister of that time, Kokovsoff, contended \ himself with a few words on the ne-j cessity of the alcohol income. But thc peasant of the Volga district did hot let the matter rest. It came out in his speeches, at length, and "ill season and out of season." Finally he gained a heating. He formed an anti-alcohol group in thc Duma, lie worked out a pian for thc reform of the monopoly, and after long struggling succeeded in getting it forward for consideration, lt passed the Duma, but was tabled by the imperial council It was then that the peasant sought the czar. He was received with kindness as the one man who could point out to the czar tlic relation of drink to the revolutionary and socialistic outbursts that caused so much royal anxiety and was listened to with interest. The idea had reached "higher up." The czar went out among his people, and saw for himself thc havoc wrought by vodka. There is scarcely to be found in literature a paragraph of more thrilling simplicity than that which thc czar of all the Russians told his minister the results of his first-hand study of the effects of drink: "Thc journey through several governments of thc Great) Russia, which 1 undertook last year with God's aid, afforded me an opportunity to study directly ihc vital needs of my people .' . . With profouiulest grief, 1 saw sorrowful pictures of thc people's helplessness, of family poverty, of broken-up households, ami all italile consequences of in- \Yc cannot make our fiscal prosperity dependent upon thc destruction of tlie spiritual and economic powers of many of my subject " "What has Borden Done?" is the standing interrogation for twenty answers supplied by the Tclry pro- poganda headquarters in Ottawa. Well, one thing thc premier has done that should cause his party more regret than all its blunders of omission and commission is the insulting of the respectable element in thc Dominion by the presence in London, with the Premier of the Minister of Public Works. That is one thing the electors will not forget at thc proper time. GRAIN AND CHAFF CANADA'S HIGH COMMISSIONER Word comes from London that On- position uf High Commissioner for Canada is to bc tilled by the appointment of lion. Robert Rogers. This honorable gentleman stands today with thc verdict of "no credence" pronounced upon him for making statelnents under oath which a judge of the Supreme Court of Manitoba refuses to accept. His debaucheries brought disgrace upon one provincial government; surely tlie Dominion is sufficiently humiliated having him as a minister of the crown without seeing him appointed to. this high anil honorable position. The high commissionership for Canada, in London, with, tlic right of entree into all thc inner official circles of the Empire must not bc entrusted to his care. BETTER CONDITIONS FOR YUKON TELEGRAPH MEN SCHOOL CONDITIONS MUST BE MADE MORE AGREEABLE Tchelisheff did much by his numerous lectures ami thc pamphlets he circulated to ensure the success of the czar\s prohibition orders. He followed the scientific investigations, and greeted joyfully every new finding concerning the dangerous eifects of alcohol. At any other time than thc present his death would have given occasion for a national memorial. Now his native city, at least, will do him honor by naming a street after him, putting his portrait in- the city hall, antl founding an anti-alcohol museum in his memory. Tchelisheff did not live to sec thc momentious change in the forui of Russian government that is in a large measure directly attributed to the sobering of thc moujik. It is one of the ironies of fate that Czar Nicholas should lose his throne as a result of the reform brought about by his insisting on the banishing of vodka. It was one of the few occasions in his life when the Little Father showed any strength of will; it brought about the end of the Romanoc dynasty. But the czar's loss was Russia's gain, and both for the loss and for the gain, the world will be better a hundred years hence. Strong representations will be made to Dominion officials before next winter comes around as to the necessity of making better provision at points north of Hazelton for the welfare antl safety of the telegraph employees on the government telegraph line to the Yukon, lt has been the practice to leave only one man, summer antl winter, at these cabins. The line follows a route through an isolated country antl frequently a pack train takes in supplies oply once, a year. Three old cronies, a doctor, a lawyer, and a taxcrdimist, always have lunch together in a Granville street cafe. Thc other habitues call them the skin specialists. I Ine swallow may not make a spring, but three of the right kind will make you jump around, and half a dozen are good for a fall. Pal O'llallagan is a devout Catholic, and a good judge of whisky. Recently his priest threatened to transform him into a mouse if he ever took another drink. "Bcgorrah," says Pat, "Oi belavc in pripayrad- uiss. Oi'm going to drown the cat." lie had been arrested for loitering around the stage tloot of thc Rex theatre, and the policeman was telling Magistrate Shaw about it: '"K was pretty well muddled, your worship, ami 'e 'ad a big bunch of roses in 'is 'antl, 'I''. said ,c was waiting to see Mary Pickford 'ome." A husky recruit complained to the Canadian Engineers' mess officer that the bread was stale and the meat old and tough. "No wonder," retorted thc officer, "it's been waiting for you nearly three years." Because of the high cost of paper, Luther McQuestion, a California publisher, printed an edition of his paper on five tlried leaves, pinned together with a twig. If this substitute becomes general, and thc cost of dresses keeps on rising, the daughters of Eve . . . (.That will do��� Editor). Germany's new song: Another Little Crime won't tlo us any Harm. Women' with high have high ideals. heels cldoni Impressions made upon thc young mind are lasting. This is especially thc case in school life. Ph agree that, until about twelve years old, boys are entirely taken up with their own interests antl have not begun to recognize the need of group efforts. It is, therefore, in the early age that the child forms his individual opinion uf the school antl teacher. In later life his interests become more associated with his school fellows and this memory offsets any deleterious effect which an unattractive school may have caused. According to a recent survey ot cilucatioiial conditions in the county of Dundas, 'bit,, by the Commission of Conservation, 98 per cent, of 400 farmers ami 92 per cent, of their wives attended public Bchool only. Their education, therefore, must have been completed at an early age. Thus the impression created by their public school surroundings must bc indelibly written upon their minds ami remain there during life. Every consideration, civic ami individual, rentiers il essential, therefore, that school conditions be made agreeable and that thc teacher be suitable to the work. Greater attention must he paitl to making our schools attractive, to bring the scholars to them, and make life pleasant lor them while there. Wc arc continually urging greater ami higher education* al facilities fur our children, but arc we making the best use of existing opportunities? A prime requisite tp this end is initiative up the part of the teacher. In his or her hands much I needed improvement can he maile in building ami grounds. Any expense entailed mn readily bc secured, through lhe medium of sonic form of entertainment, ami it is nut hard to amuse the enthusiasm of the pupils in such undertakings, EVER BUY A PUMP? Mosl women believe flirting is thc tfi|rfst step (towards marriage. But there are many stop-over privileges LEGAL NOTICES liANII IMC-.ISTUY ACT (Sei-llon 1.14.) in THK matter ,,( Application No. :M842T and IN THK MATTER nt Lots flftec'll (15) and sixteen (HO, Block five if,), r, subdivision of South Hull' of itlo.i; flva (ll), District Lota 891 and 3!i_. Municipality oi' South Vancouvtt Map 1118. TAKE NOTICE ihrtt the above application lutH been made lo register Tht British Columbia Lil'o Assurutii > Company us owner in fee of the abovt lands, itml I'or the Issue lo Iho Bald The British Columbia I.ile Assurance Company of a Certificate of Indefensl- bel Title thereto, and thai In support ni such application there has been produced ii mortgage In fee from Honrj Oscar Appleby lo Ihe said The British Columbia Life Assurance Company, dated Uth August. 1112, and registered under Nn. 06416 If; antl an Order In :. Foreclosure Action In the Viinrtnl.it Registry of the Supreme Court ol Brltlah Columbia, between the s-u<i British Columbia Life Assurance Company. Plaintiff, anil Henry Oscar Appleby, John l'alon, Douglas S. Dow and i.Tiwrence Berry, Defendants, whercb. you (the registered owner of Lot in') are absolutely debarred nnd foreclosed of antl from all right, title, and Interest, anil equity of redemption In and to tlie said lands, AN'D FURTHER TAKE NOTICE lhal retrlslrntlon will he effected iii mir- nuance of the above annlicntlon ami Ft Certificate of Indefensible Title lo ,he said Innds. issued In Iho said The British Columbia Life Assurance Comnnn* afler the lapse of thirty (3D) days fron the service upon yon of this'nut''���. unless vou shall take and profleetit. the proner nroooedtnfs lo f-stsbll-tii your claim, ir any. lo lhe snld Innds, nt to nrevent such proposed action on mt part. Tinted at tl,,. T.nml Po^lstrv Offlet Vancouver, n. c. this anth dav of December, a.d., torn. ATlTHI'Tt Cl. SMITH riNtriet Registrar of ti To .101IN T'ATON. I.AMI REGISTRY ACT. (Section,. :!(! mid i:m.\ He Application No. 30800 '!'. TAKE NOT1CM that application has been made to register SHOHEI OSADA as owner iu fee under a Tux Snl Deed from Collector of Corporation i ' Diatrlct of Soulh Vancouver, bearlm. date the 11th day of December, lOlti of ALL AND SINGULAR that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying, and being In the Municipality of South Vancouver, more particularly known and described as Lots ���me ll) and Iwo (2), lllock four 111. District Lot seven hundred and ten (Tin), Map 17:i7. You are required b contest the claim of lhe tax purcbu.-'1 within If, days i;rom the dale of ll.i servico of this notice which may hi effected by publication in five consecutive Issues ol' a weekly newspaper pul' fished in South Vancouver, and your attention is called to SeVtlon 30 of tht "Land Registry Act" \ tijf amend- An observant clerk in a hardware store says that nearly everyone that conies into the store illustrates his request in some way. lie has classified a standard list of moving pictures to indicate scissors, hammer, hedge shears, lawn mower, paint brush, brace and bit and cork screw. It is suggested to the reader that he watch himself making the proper motion when he goes in to buy���say an augur. This hardware clerk told of an isolated peculiarity. A frequent visitor to the store would pick up almost any article on the counter and ask: "How much is this?" and when the clerk told him his invariable second question would be: "What's it for." No man who has a money ever tries hard honestly. passion for to make it Many a woman calls on a specialist for stomach trouble, when site should really pay a visit to her cor- seticre. There are only two kinds of women: Those who want men, and those who want to be men. The eminent American philosopher, Josh Billings, used to' say that the most reliable kind of a prophet is an old hen, for she never prophesies an egg until the egg has really happened. RAISING THE STATUS OF THE DOMESTIC SERVANT The engagement is announced of Edith Jardine Macfarlane, second daughter of Mr. A. K. H. Macfarlane, Thorley Park, Point Grey, to Lieut. Warren Livingstone, Royal Engineers, eldest son of Mr. Livingstone, 529 Seventh avenue east, the marriage to take place shortly. WHAT EDISON THINKS This brainy American has lately focusscd his attention on Britain and the British, as revealed in the limelight of the war, and according to thc "Observer," this is his summing up: "I analyse thc British character as cold, unsentimental, brutally practical . . . willing to endure too many benches full of barons in parliament " Some of the wisest arguments yet written in favor of ennobling the status of the domestic servant, are tliuse accredited to Lillian Bcynon Thomas, in a marvellously embracing I article in "Kvery woman's World" for March, under the heading, "Dignifying the World's Most Undervalu- ! ed Job." "Housework,' she says, "is the only work that degrades a woman when she does it for wages, but ennobles her when she docs it for nothing, lt is the only profession in the world for which no training is required and in which the worker may bc called on for service at any hour, and from which she must slip away through thc back door, lt is also the only profession ill which the workers are designated as servants and called by their first name, irrespective of age or respect." The writer then proceeds to give a clear ami concise outline of the constitution and aims of the Housekeepers' Association in Calgary, organized solely for the purpose of raising domestic service to a profession. ments, und 1 herefrom:*��� "and In defaulftpf a cate of lis iieiid ''"��� regthtraUoh son entltledXtnd penunslso sarved niidXhofce clalmln themVijfia all inlire\N_^.tli unregl; personsVlui ltind by\dei exli" certifi- d before of the pet sale, tt'.l It notice, .. ��� urough or under ns claiming any by virtue of any trument, and all uny interest In the t whose title Is net registered binder the provisions of this Act, _thajl be for ever estopped and debarred from setting up any claim to or in respect of tho land so sold for taxes, and the Registrar shall register the person entitled under such tax sale as owner of the land so Hold for taxes." AND WHEREAS application has been made for a Certificate of Indefeasible Title to the above-mentioned ._ lands, in the name of SHOHEI OSADA Jl and whereas on investigating the tith^M It appears that prior to the 23rd day of duly, 1915 (the date on which the said Ian tis were sold for overdue taxes), you were the assessed owner thereof. FURTHER TAKlif NOTICE that at the same time I shall effect registration in pursuance of such application and issue a Certificate of Indefeasible Title to the said lands in the name of SHOHEI OSADA unless you take and prosecute the proper proceedings to establish your claim, If any, to the paid lands, or to prevent suh proposed action on my part Dated at the Land Registry Office, Vancouver. B. C��� this 28th day of December, A.D. 1910. ARTHUR C. SMITH, District Registrar of Titles To If. l.lpsln. ��� NOTICE OP EXAMINATION FOR ASSISTANT FOREST RANGER Examination of applicants to fill tbe position of Assistant Por��st Ranger will be held b.v>(li% iJttuls Department as foi lows ~^jT V ���____T **^~ "Vancouv��nW>''illlHrarid 12th; Alert Ray, April llfh^hoal Bay, April 16th: Campbell Rl��er, April 17th; Powell River, April 19th" For Information regarding the ex- I aminatlon and application forms apply to the District Forester, Vancouver _____ toili -^���mmtmjtt^mm_____ SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1917. THE STANDARD FIVE IN HIS GLORY HOW TO BE A GOOD TELEPHONIST SPEAK with your lips close to the mouthpiece. That is the whole secret ni successful telephoning. When ymi do so. talking requires less effort and listening calls for less exertion. Tliere is no need of voice force when you talk INTO tlie telephone. Everything you say is heard plainly and distinctly, when spoken in an ordinary tone. B.C. TELEPHONE CO. LTD. Tin: Street Car- Pays hot ween 5 and 6 per cent, of its earnings lo city. Cives regular service in aU'weatlier over long dis- tances and short. (iives free transportation to civic officials, |ioliee- men and firemen and half lares to "children. The Jitney��� Pays less than 1 per cent. of its earnings to city. Runs when it like, where it likes. Takes the short paying haul anil leaves the long, non-paying- haul to the street ear. AN EXPLANATION I Joe Martin Running True to Form In Mr. George M. Murray, tin pnb- the British House of lisher ami editor oi Tin- Standard Commons. i- a member of the South Vancoi ei Canada's scrappiest Joseph i- Hoard of Trade, and justly proud of Iright in his element since he resumed belonging to that institution. Ili- [his teat in the Imperial parliament as ll:"l>' friends in that district will member for East Si. Pancras, Lon- readily understand that certain don, A radical oi the radicals, Mr. ments regarding that body, made in Martin semaphored his presence in la*' " :'- "South Vancouver I the House hy voting against iu- ments and Affairs" in no ��*ay re- part)', mi the day oi his arrival a;:'': fleeted lii- views; they were the extinct thai time he ha- kepi some- pression oi opinion of a . - where mar ihc centre of the spot- whose zeal For criticism apparently light, exceeded hi- discretion, and through On Monday evening he ca- rebuk* an ���'"'���^'' were printed , l ed hy Hon. Andrew Bonar Law for Mr' Murray a cognizance. I asking critical questions conccrnin the attendance of ovei is n preset tatives at ihc lrrvcri.il ��� nferei ce. I Mr. Martin asked the prime miner ii In- would state how much Ilonger the representatives oi Canada at the Imperial conference would he kepi away from home, where "'.hey are much needed at the present time in connection with ihc prosecution HOT SLUGS ENDORSE DOGWOOD AS CIVIC EMBLEM ipBH____QHHMMMHMMHMMl llllffllil ��� I Privileges Without Obligations Compare the obligations on the street railway with those on the jitney. Which bring YOU most benefit? The school In.anl at its meeting "ti Saturday evening, endorsed the proposal of the board oi park commissioners that the dogwood flower lie adopted as the official civic floral emblem. As the cit) has no official floral emblem yet. ami the dogwood was considered a worthy one in every respect, the park board will be so informed. Mrs. Irene 11. Moody. chairman of the sclinol board, thought the choice a specially suit" iblc one. as the dogwood, she said, is a most charming flower ami also a Standing tribute of the balmy nature of Vancouver's climate. This is the first endorsation of the dogwood announced as a result of letter sent out recently by Supt. W. II. Rawlings of the parks board, asking the endorsation of various public ami semi-public bodies of the city for thc proposal of thc park commissioners to adopt the dogwood as the city's floral emblem. THE MELANCHOLY SPRING JOE MARTIN He eats em alive! of the war and other important business." Mr, I'.onar Law answered for the premier. The chancellor of the exchequer saitl that this did not seem a proper question to pm to the British government, at whose invitation the representatives ni ihc Dominion arc now in London attending the Imperial war council. A llritish member then asked Mr. Martin: "Why don't you go hack !- British Columbia?" Mr. Martin, again rising, asked: "Is ihc right honorable gentleman tiware that ihc Canadian premier ami other representatives arc here, imt because the Canadian people want it. hut because the Imperial government invited them?" Mr. Bonar Law: "Xo. I am not aware of that fact. I think there is plenty ni scope for ihc members nf this house to criticize their government ami leave the i> ions' government alone." nW n lim it is estimated that $250,000 a day is spent over the bars of Chicago eviry day. hat! These bc the melancholy days. The saddest nf all the year; A little too hot for whisky. And not cold enough for beer. A little too close for .voolens, Not cool enough ior 'summers It's far too breezy for dresses, N'nt calm enough for bloomers A little io bright for bowlers, And too .lamp i r stimuli Tin dirty for dolly foot.vear, Ami Ion dry for fancy spats. A little in" la'..- ��������� spooning, In ihc parlor's when it's dark: A little ton Mum i'or f';rtiiig, ' 1 In thc henches iu ihc park. \ little too dull for pleasure, A little mo fine t" fret; A little ton late for winter. And too sunn im- summer yet. ��� i-uri*. Archbishop Mundelein, of Chicago has decided that henceforth he will ordain no priest who will not sign a pledge to abstain froin the use of intoxicants for a pcrior. of five years. Germany i- very short "i fat Naturally, it's in the fire. A i endor ' ��� 'i clay images tri] am', fell nu Haro street the other day. Surveying tin- damage ruefully he tned: "T - ��� Mary M. ill a St. John lhe Baptisl ;��������� mi Don Juan ���all gone to h ." A vegetarian is advertising I W iif in ihc agony olui I Pro- ;i i V\ hal i r< ally "ant- ia a grass ������ After having tin- liar] n !'���' into tlicni. whales arc inflated hot air to keep them from sinl Politicians exude Imt air tn avoid having lhe harpoon thrown into them and SO manage t" keep afloat. Xot what In- says, but what he doesn't say, i* making I Imi. Mr. .Meighen. Dominion solicitor-general. quite popular with thc Conservatives] on his Western trip. Extra���President Wilson declares that a state nf war exists with Germany. It has taken a long, long time for that fact to penetrate the] schoolmaster's consciousness. Thc difference between a state ol | war and actual warfare is that the | ex-neutral hopes to share in the glory of victory, without incurring the pains of battle. Woodfow Wilson, tn the Allies over the long distance telephone: "Go to it, we're backing you now." The Allies: From a h of a long way back. at that." Woodrow: "Tush, tush." Mrs. W. McConkey. speaking at thc People's Forum on Sunday, -aid it was not an easy thing to gel married nowadays. We'd attach more importance tn that opinion ii it came from a spinster lady wh,, had, really tried hard, and was willing i i admit defeat. The Standard will be dee* lighted tn'publish human documents ahing these lines. Detectives' Testimony A bny arrested int- ;���. fir-i offence was sn beaten and abused lhat he invented a lot oi false testimony rather than meet that "200 pound i:-t with his battered lace a_.ain," That is the I third degree which produces the con ��� fessions that send men to :������ il'< The. is why every citizen who may be drawn mi a jury should swear tn himself that he will never believe a (Word of testimony given by a polic2- man nr a detective. Sonic day ihis terrible travesty called the third degree may lie visited mi you and yours. ��� Felix Shay m "The Fra." COR STOVES RANGES, or FURNACES Visit the PACIFIC STOVE & FURNACE CO. 856 GRANVILLE ST. (Between Robson and Smythe) CANADIAN PACIFIC Through Tickets issued to all parts of the world. THE POPULAR ROUTE to the Old Country, Alaska, China and Japan. S For full particulars apply to any C. P. R. Agent ADVERTISERS ARE NOT PIRATES Here is a nut for every housci. cr to crack: The price of comm .di" tii s v. hich arc advertised im" sate I - risen much less than thc price "' thti.g- never advertised. If you haven't a hammer handy, I shall crack that nut for ynu. When any concern has spent thousands for advertising it cannot afford to throw ��� away business in a species of piratical charges. Not sn with the vendor of a head, of cabbage or a hag of potatoes, lie is restrained by nothing except the contents of your pocket. Pays full dalnage in case Pays up tu $1U00 in case of injury. l)l" accident le a person; nothing nu* damage to property. I f vmi want tn continue lo receive these hene- fits of regular service from the street .railway, see Unit il gets vour entire support. Mllliil ;..,;V:^: ':,' ...'-���-''-''���':���'-' ���' JAIL IS USELESS Bastile In Exclusively Negro Town Is Falling Into Decay. His name is Booze, but he can't help that. He has no use for booze and is Mayor of a dry town; a town, by thc way, that has not a white person in it. ' E. T. Booze is Mayor of the exclusive negro village of. Mound Bayou, Miss. Mayor Booze says his town has a population of 1200, with an outlying population of 10,000. No white man owns a bit of property in or near thc village. The Mayor is authority for the statement that the village jail is falling into decay, never having had an occupant. x Severral black fox skins were among a lot /if furs purchased lately at Quesnel by fur buyers. As high as $150 each was paid for some of these skins. THE SOLDIER PROBLEM As for the Old Country soldier taking up land the provincial legislature is not concerned except in an ordinary immigration way. Past experience has been that thc great majority of Old Country immigrants are in no way fitted as husbandmen, and soldiering does not increase their adaptability or desire to go on the land. That is far from solving our own soldier problem anyway Omineca Herald. A Cubist Fad.���I'm told that tin latest society charm in England con sists of a lump of sugar, set in gun- metal, gold, or platinum, according to taste; imt of course, ladies K'eep the real lump locked away in their safes and only wear the imitation in public. The labor people of Australia are preparing for a federal election in thc near future. Thc Labor party having a majority ' in the senate can force an, election whenever it sec- fit. THE FACTORY She must have Food THE FARM for her Armies in the Field- for her Workers in the Factory���in the Munition plant-in the Shipyard���in the Mine. THERE'S DANGER IN SIGHT-BUT YOU CAN HELP Do You Know��� that the rapidly rising price of food stuffs means that the World's reserve supply is getting small ? Do You Know��� that a world-wide famine can only be averted by increasing this supply ? Do You Know��� that a " food famine " would be a worse disaster to the Empire and her Allies than reverses in the Field ? You Can��� help thwart Germany's desperate marine thrust on the high seas. tub- You Can��� do this by helping to make every bit of land in Canada produce���the very last pound of food stuffs of which it is capable. and Remember��� that no man can say that he has fully done his part���who having land���be it garden patch, or farm, or ranch���fails to make it produce food to its utmost capacity. BRITAIN appeals to CANADA THE NEAREST PRODUCER OF STAPLE FOODS India and Argentina are more than twice the distance away and Australia more than four times. Canada to Britain India & Argentina to Britain Australia to Britain _������_���_���_��� 11500 MILES THESE FARM PRODUCTS ARE NEEDED F0R_EXP0RT WHEAT, OATS, BEEF, BACON, CHEESE, EGGS, BUTTER, POULTRY, BEANS & PEAS, WOOL, FLAX AND FLAX FIBRE, DRIED VEGETABLES "No matter what difficulties may face us, the supreme duty of every man on the land is to use every thought and every energy in the direction of producing more���and stUl more." Martin Burrell���Minister of Agriculture. The Department invites every one desiring information on any subject relative to Farm and Garden, to write��� INFORMATION BUREAU DOMINION DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OTTAWA ���1 SIX THE STANDARD S VU'KDAV. Al'kll. 1017. I:! i;'.' ft!:' g: I M I Ii i: i!' I! . (Ulie ��>tattfoar& Published every Saturday at 426 Homer Street. Vancouver Telephone Seymour 47C I Registered at the Post Office Depa'tment. Ottawa, ����� Second Ours Mall Matter. SUBSCKIPTIOr* RATES To all points In Canada. United Kingdom, Newfoundland New Zealand and other Hritish l-ossesslons: $2.00 Pottage tu American. Kuropean ana other foreign enuntrlat It.00 per year extra. - The Standard will be delivered to any addreaa In Van* �����uv*r or vicinity at ten cente a month. Member af the Canadian Preaa Association. Tta�� Standard, with which Is Incorporated the Saturday Cklnook, circulates In Vancouver and the cities, towna, vll> lajrea and aettlementa throughout Brltlah Columbia.' In Mllttca the paper If Independent Liberal. Pabliahera Tha Standard Prlntera Phone Seymour 9086 WE INVITE YOUR . FIRE INSURANCE BUSINESS We Write Insurance in Sound, Reliable Companies. Dow Fraser Trust Cp. 122 Hastings St. West. McKay Station, Burnl t> ONE OF THE LARGEST INSURANCE OFFICES IN WESTERN /. > ^ CANADA / A^y Address: 414 Pender St. West Vancouver, B. C. B. a MUNICIPAL BONDS \/ Have proved their Safety and Stability as a Profitable Investment. We offer a variety of thoroughly safeguarded bond issues, sold to net 6l/z per cent, to 7.'i per cent. Consult our Bond Department by letter or in person. Canadian Financiers Trust Co. Head Office: 839 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B.C. Patrick Donnelly, General Manager. MASSES IGNORANT OF THE FUNCTION'S OF A BANK SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH THIS MAKES MIDAS' STORY TAME RECITAL New York. April 6.���Total gold imports since January, 1915, reached $1,398,200.000 with the arrival from Canada of $20,000,000, half of which has been deposited at the Philadelphia Mint, it was .announced here. Gold imports for 1917 to date amount to $260,- 700,000. ��� ��� . v S. "P. EARNINGS The Southern Pacific railway earnings for January totalled $14,235,704. This is an increase of $4,397,736 over the same month last year. .-. ^ ������i PRETTY GOOD The net profits of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana for the year 1916 was 100.15 per cent, upon its capital stock. The fire losses of the United States and Canada for the month of February aggregated $29,588,000, compared with $21,771,000 same month last year. Canadian Car lias closed another' order for 2000 freight can for the Russian government. ��� !___. I The Rank of Hamilton has opened a branch at Stanmore, Alta., under the management of Mr. H. C. Jones. 1 __. i������ Canada's stock of flax seed for this year is reported at 1,568,000 bushels as against 915,400 bushels last year. "T" IHC following address wa-. delivered before the Canadian Mining Institute at lhe annual meeting of the Institute held in Montreal, by Frank D. Adams, F.R.S., dean of tbe faculty of science at McGill University: "One of the most remarkable and perhaps, unexpected results of the great war is that there has been in every country of the English speaking world a sudden awakening to the importance of scientific research, and a recognition of the necessity of applying it to tbe whole range of problems which present themselves in both war and peace. "The reason for the awakening is quite a simple one���The Htm is at thc Gate. Great llritain developed as an industrial nation long before Germany had achieved any success in this sphere of effort, and tbe llritish system of manufacturing and her industrial expansion was developed by tbe independent and competitive efforts of a multitude of relatively small enterprises built up on the basis of the artificer and trader, and in methods of the olden times. In the last decades, however, Germany, having realized her national existence through successful war based on study and good organization, became possessed with thc <Mea that she could become equally successful by the application of similar methods to the more insidious warfare of industry and trade. The note of her success was, as has been said, knowledge and organization, both to a national extent. By knowledge obtained through research on a most extended scale, and by wise organization of all, her powers, she proceeded to take from the other nations one after another of tlic productive industries. From the earliest times woad was cultivated in England. It constituted, we learn from the popular histories of England, in these times a not inconsiderable part of the national dress. i j k With the opening up of trade with the East, the European dye could not hold its,own with tlie cheaper indigo obtained from tbe Indian plantations, and these until recently, controlled the markets of tlie world. The German chemist, Adolf von l'.aeyer, however, in 1880, found that indigo could be made synthetically from toluene. What has been the result? In 1896 India exported indigo of the. annual value of over ��3.500,000. in 1913 her exports of this dye were worth about ��60,00, while the export of indigo from the German factories was valued at about ��2,000,000. Moreover, in the above period the price of indigo fell from about 8s. to about 3s. 6d, per pound. Forty or fifty years ago, over the whole of southern Europe and eastwards to Asia Minor great tracts of land were devoted to the growing of the madder plant. In France alone 50.000 acres were devoted to its culture. From it was made the bright red dye still known as Turkey Red. These madder fields have now all disappeared, for the chemists now make it cheaply, and instead of 750 tons of alizarin extracted from madder roots in 1870, over 2000 tons are now annually manufactured in chemical works. The glass industry of Great llritain was stolen away slowly, but in a large part. At the outbreak of tlie war there was being made in England only a couple of dozen kinds of optical glass, while over one thousand were being made by our enemies. It was found, in fact, that the very sighting glasses of the llritish battleship:? were made of German glass. Many new industries such as the production of the great variety of new chemical compounds used for various purposes in industry, arts and medicine, were also built up mid secured as complete monopolies by the Germans. The most spectacular ease of the transference of an English industry to Germany is afforded by tlic great analine dye industry. The method of making these analine colors was first discovered by an English chemist, Perkins, and the manufacture was actually started in England, but was gradually taken over by the Germans, and developed to its present enormous dimensions, yielding" annually about ��20,000,000. so that at the outbreak of the war it was found tliat England was hardly producing one tithe of thc various dyes needed for her textile industries which have an annual output valued at ��250.000,000. This successful competition, however, was not confined to such products as those mentioned, for in 1895 Germany passed England in the production of steel, and with this advance came tbe immense development of the manufacture of iron and of machinery of all kinds and sorts. This devastating war, the band to band struggle for the actual right to live, however, at length aroused llritain to the realization of the fact that wc have reached a new age, and thc old cannot compete with the new. Now it is the application of science to industry and the organization of the activities of life that tell���the nation which does not recognize this must fall out of the race. "War," as remarked by Sir Wm. McCormick, "is as much an art as ever, but its instruments, originally the work of the craftsman and artist, are now not only forged by thc man of science, they need scientific training for their effective use. This is equally true of the weapons of industry. The brains, even the very processes that today are necessary to thc output of munitions, will be needed tomorrow for the arts of peace." "Coming to our work in Canada���on June 6, 1916, a committee of the Privy Council, consisting of the Right Hon. thc Minister of Trade and Commerce (chairman), and the Hon. the Ministers of the Interior, Agriculture, Mines, Inland Revenue and Later, was formed by the Privy Council" to take charge of all measures "to further the scientific development of Canadian industries in order that during and after the war they may be in a position to supply all Canadian needs and to extend Canadian trade abroad." \ On November 29, 1916. there was constituted under this committee of the Privy Council an Honorary and Advisory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, composed of eleven members representing the scientific, technical and industrial interests of Canada. "The Council liasxthus been in existence but three months, and has devoted this time, in addition to developing its organization, to a careful general study of the wide range of problems coming under its purview. "ll uas found that there were certain matters which could and should be taken up at once. ()n these the Council at once proceeded to act. -Others were subjects which required more careful thought and longer study, since it was of vital importance that no mistake should be made through precipitated action leading to false steps which would have to be retraced. "The matters on which the Council bas already taken action are the following: "(1) It has drawn up and has had printed four sets of questionnaires for distribution to the following: "(a) The Managers and Directors of Canadian industries. "(b) The members of scientific, professional aud technical societies, "(c) The Universities of thc Dominion. "(d) The Government Departments both Dominion and Provincial. "From the answers to these questionnaires the Council will obtain tlic information required for the completion of the studies set forth under heads (a) and (b) and to a certain extent under head (d) in the schedule given above. "(2) It has advised the government, in order to encourage research, to establish twenty studentships each having a value of $600 to $750 per annum, and several scholarships each having an annual value of $1500 at the Universities or Technical Colleges of the Dominion. These will be given"to men carefully' selected for the promise and capacity which they have shown in the prosecution of research work. "The Council aims at training through these studentships and scholarships a body of men such as is to be found in European countries, wdio are fitted to undertake research and obtain results, and who will be available for such work in connection with the industries of the Dominion. Relatively few men of this class are now to bc found in Canada. "(3) The Council have recommended lo the government that assistance be given to tbe provincial governments, local industries, or other recognized bodies, should they desire to establish local institutes or bureaus for industrial research at important industrial centres in Canada. "(4) Tbe Council is also completing a very careful study which has been taken up in connection with lhe officers of the Federal/Department of Mines as to the possibility of producing a suitable supply of good cheap fuel for the eastern plains, more especially in the Provinces of Saskatchewan and Western Manitoba. "While the high price of coal is felt in alflparts of the Dominion it is a very serious menace in this region, since at the present time all the coal used there must be brought either from the Rocky Mountains or from distant points in the United States. If these in-, vestigations, which will be completed within the. next three or four months, confirm tlie evidence which is now in hand, the Council will recommend that the government put a trial plan on a commercial scale for tlie manufacture of such fuel by the carbonization and briquetting of tlie lignites which underlie great areas in the eastern plains and whicl] do not themselves supply a satisfactory fuel. It seenis from the evidence now in hand that a good high grade fuel suitable for domestic purposes can be produced from these lignites at a comparatively low cost: "In this way the first large special project on which tlie Council will probably embark is one connected with tbe mining industry of the Dominion. "(5) The Council having in view the very serious depiction which is taking place in thc forests of eastern Canada, has, after a careful survey, and on the recommendation of the Foresters of the Dominion, advised the government to make at once a very considerable grant for the purpose of beginning an investigation to be carried out under the Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interior into the best methods which can be adopted from among tbe various well known plans of forest management as practiced in Europe for the purpose of bringing the forests of eastern Canada under a regular system of cultivation similar to that under which the European forests now, yield to tlic respective governments or lo their owners a large and regular annual return, while the capital represented by the forest itself remains unimpaired or is actually increased in value. "Among the various subjects to which the Council will address itself in the immediate future may be mentioned the best method of tabulating the natural resources of the Dominion so that all the information which exists concerning them in various government departments and elsewhere may be made readily available. This is a task which it is one of the functions of the government to carry out, and which can only be accomplished satisfactorily by government agencies. "In conclusion, gentlemen, I would remind you that the encouragement of research and thc application of science to all out* industries and undertakings is a great national work which must be carried forward along many lines and in many ways. The members of the Council will use their best and most strenuous efforts to secure results commensurate with the importance of the work, and they ask you one and all to aid and/assist in every way in your power this great work with which the future of our Dominion is so largely bound up." ( By Truman A. DelVcese.) SIIF.KE are many institutions- that might make profitable use of newspaper advertising which are slow In appreciate and utilize it-- benefits. Among these are banks and churches. It should) be the legitimate function nf a newspaper tn educate lhe merchant*- in its community to advertise. The newspaper is a medium of publicity. It lakes'the lid off things that should be exposed to public view, ll throws lhe while light of publicity into the dark places in society, in state and municipal government ll drags domestic skeletons forth from lh'' closets of secrecy and holds them up in all their nakedness until moral crookedness is made repulsive. . It also gives publicity to the civic, religious and educational movements that contribute to tlic progress of well-ordered society. If publicity is good fur the promotion of those enterprises that are closely related to industrial thrift, why isn't jt good for banks? Wouldn't it make you rush into the first bank you came across and deposit therein all your savings? After reading one of these bank advertisements do you know any more about banking than you did before? Does il give you a clear idea of tbe functions of a bank? Is there anything educational about it? Of whal does the average bank advertisement consist? It usually gives the total capitalization, total deposits, assets and liabilities, and tliis is flanked by a formidable list of officers and i board of directors. It is true that these flames stand 'or much that is solid and conservative and they inspire confidence. They impress tbe public vvith their financial responsibility. Tbe members of tbe board become classified in tlie community as "men of means." P.ut does such an advertisement give any idea of what a bank is for? Does it advertise anything except tbe wealth of tbe members of the board of directors? To be sure, thej are nice, genteel old fellows who came to the town in the early days and who became wealthy through the natural growth in value of real estate or through the manufacture of things that were needed for homes and tbe development of agriculture. Everybody respects them���but does the publication of their names teach the non-banking clement how to use a bank? Now. what is the function of a LOSS OF SHIPPING OVER MILLION TONS New York, April 6.���Thc Associated Press says: "Germany's destruction of merchant ships during two months of unrestricted warfare has amounted to mop. than one million tons, or mor: thap one-fifth as great as the total losses during the previous thirty months of warfare, according to figures published here today. The destruction of tins class since the war started totals approximately five and one-half million tons, it is indicated by this summary, It showed thai during last month at least 27 ships of more than 5000 tons each are known to have eluding two American vessels.'' been lost, in- bank? Briefly defined, the function of a bank is to make a dollar work overtime. It is to employ idle dollars in all sorts of industrial and mercantile activity. It keeps a dollar rolling along the channels of tirade, ll pulls the idle dollar out of boxes, of stockings and other places of hiding and puts it to work for tbe prosperity and progress of tha community. It pays you and mc an interest on savings and places those savings at lhe disposal of local enterprises that need short-time loans with which to meet obligations. An Up-to-date bank advertisement should do something more than advertise the financial standing of the officers and ihc board of directors. It should perform two functions: firsl, it should educate the people as to what a bank is for; second, it should encourage frugality and thrift by inculcating the habit of saving. Tbe great mass of people arc not only shiftless and profligate, but they arc entirely ignorant as lo the functions of a bank. They look upon a bank as an instrument for increasing tbe wealth of the wealthy. Wc have in several cities of this country Wonderful monuments to the efficacy of modern up-to-date haul, advertising. They have cultivated the saving habit among the people and have carried on a popular cam paigri regarding the uses- and functions of the bank Until their deposits have gone beyond lhe dreams ol the average old-fashioned banker. These institution- are too few and far between. There's no reason why every bank shouldn't be made a valuable institution for all the people through educational newspaper advertising. CANADIANS THRISTY The splendid response of the people of Canada lo the thrill campaign is emphasized iu a memorandum issued by the department of finance, lt is as follows: "That tbe thrift campaign is proving eminently sue cessful in^hown by the returns of savings in chartered banks and the number and amount of war savings certificates and debenture stock issued by the department of finance. The total savings in Canadian chartered banks at the end of February amounted to $1,300,000,- 000 in round figures. For the same month in 1916 the amount was $1,100,000,000 and for 1915 it was one billion. Tbis shows an increase in the savings of the people during the last two years of no less than three hundred million dollars. In addition, nearly eightv thousand war savings certificates have been sold aggregating $5,500,000 and 5 per cent, debenture stock aggregating $8,500,000. To this there'should bc added the amounts of the two previous war loans. Orders-iu-council prohibited appear from these figures that over $500,000,000 bas been saved by the people of Canada during the 4ast two years." ��� _��� ��� CREDIT MAN'S HARD LINES When the credit man makes a mistake it is good night But when a plumber makes a mistake he charges twice for it; when the lawyer makes a mistake it's just wdiat he wanted, because he has a chance to try the case again; when the carpenter makes a mistake its just what be expected, because the chances are 10 to 1 he never learned bis trade; when a doctor makes a mistake be buries it; when a judge makes a mistake it becomes the law of the land; when a preacher makes a mistake nobody knows the difference and wKen an electrician makes a mistake he blames it on the induction, the meaning of which nobody knows. Put the poor credit man has no excuse.���Pittsburg Credit Bulletin. FRANCE'S EXPENDITURE DURING WAR $16,000,000,000 �� At the end of June France will have spent during the war, in round figures, 83,Q0O,OOO.OOO francs, according to a report made by Raotil Peret. repbrter of the budget committee of the Chamber of Deputies, in bebaf of thc committee, on thc provisional credits asked by the government for thc sicond quarter of the year. The resources of every nature realized during th same period are estimated by M. Peret at 73,408,- 000.000 francs. \ SATURDAY, AI'UII. 7. 1917. THE STANDARD SEVEN "Save the Borden Government"and the "Win the War" Propoganda (I'.cintf the resume of some remarks addressed to the Liberal Association, ami also to tlu- members ol the Jioiinl of Trade; t.. those��otber clubs and amateur political associa* tions who are trying to help tlie government by means ami agencies OUt- siih- of tlic constitution, and tu that far larger and equally patriotic public, which tliey do 11����t represent.) Gentlemen,���You are to be stampeded it should seem, if possible, into the service of the latest plan to save the Bordcri administration. Clause 7 ol the report our board passed recently (not unanimously) says this: "III our opinion tins reorganization can and should be carried out with* out an appeal to the electors." And I had the honor to .second the adoption ol the minority report in these terms. ;iucl i..r these reasons: "That the objeel sought by a national government can best be "b- tained in, Canada by party governmeni and an early ami prompt ap* peal io ihc country ior a war man* ���hue." Because no governmeni should exist without tin- consent ol lh' . erned. Because the people- all the people���"should decide how they Uhould bc governed, nmi rot boards of trad,-. Canadian . l'.ilis or other select classes | Oui Party System In our great democracy���under our boasted parliamentary system, party 3B Serve Save Produce E VERY ONE CAN do something for his country Some can bear arms Some can produce food Some can make munitions Some can give money It is the privilege of all to help. Y OU CAN SERVE by Fighting���W orking��� Saving���Giving This is NATIONAL SERVICE Are YOU doing your part ? A LL EYES turn now to J^\^ the Canadian Farmer, for he can render the Empire Special Service in this sternest year of the war. But���our farms are badly undermanned���25,000 men are needed on the land. With insufficient help, the Man on the Land fights an uphill fight to meet the pressing need for Food. CITY and TOWN can help. Municipal Councils, Churches and Schools, and other organizations, both of men and women, can render National Service by directing all available labour to the Land. Farmers themselves can exchange labour. School boys can assist. Were you raised on a farm ? Can you drive a team? Can you handle fork or hoe? If you can't fight, you can produce. Spend the Summer work- ' ing on the Farm. Let every man, woman and child in the Dominion who has access to Land, no matter how small the plot, make it produce Food in 1917. For infprmatlon on any subject relating to the Farm and Garden write:��� INFORMATION BUREAU DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OTTAWA DOMINION DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OTTAWA, CANADA. HON. MARTIN BURRELL, MINISTER. government i* tin- crown and gloo ��� if tin- liriti..li constitution. It is __ system which all the world envies ii-. And tries t<> imitate. Let US nut lightly abandon it for a government by Canadian chili-; nor Hy chun nor by amateur conventi uis mi sup- ' i.; ti' ir liy m".\ spapers; nor evei by boan - ..��� tradi . .1- [>_ op iscd bj 1 i lull .ho hi 'll ������ ;r sympa" thy; In- .-in .��� lie belli ������- .>ll In li. This i- noi iln- tin:,- 1 11 methods. N'or for revolutions. This i-. the time ior woi I . I he i|ucstiou uf good government is all very well, li i.-. our duty, but the first question is t.. Bee tllat wi- have a c tuntry at all fbr which to make any form of gov ernment. Our Reasons for Dissent Our reasons (or supporting the minority report arc these; The war is [ar from an end; we arc going to win 'it. And wc continue talking in nur Byzantine way; while the enemy is thundering at the gates. Kirst wc talk ol national census. That takes six months. Then we talk national service. That takes six months more. Then we talk national war government vaguely. That is to consume half of this year. And nothing done. And then, through llawkes and God- frey and the brave, sincere, unconscious Col. Mnlloy. we launch a ureat inter-provincial convention al Montreal. It was horn of their success in conciliating the French-Canadian, hy their tour of ihc Entente cordiale. Hut that was breaking in an open door. The polite and hospitable French-Canadian received them with open arms. Aud so we are told, that on their return they conceived this convention. And the friends of the governmeni now think lhat it might help some. They are to tell Sir Roh- erl how to govern. They are to he the "slates general" of the French Revolution. Xow, iu the words of Louis Qua- torze, 10 his ' designing courtiers: "Who are wc trying to deceive here?" Qui trumpe-t-on ici? corrects ir. hut 'parliamentary extension engenders it. So does coalition. Hut 1:1 election is reviving, lt is rejuvenating. ll is stimulating. N'o one should lie afraid of il. ll IS Soon over. In les- time than the) lakeu to talk about the convention. These c msciei tiou 1 little .'.ar tin:.' election ima lias mm k ' ': 1 man; ai then 1.1.- him our temperament nor our traditions. - ience of . The assumption that it involves is a says there is no sci< -ce re<juiriii peculiar ..he. li it that tl:. re are'much educational training ..- 1 two greal prin iples in publi. policy, ence of legislation; ami none in uiii 01 which ever) a ill adopt thai preparation 1- so ncglccte. Hut it a thai in no despi .1 d Our Timidity Am, yet, thai oalil tab]; fathei ��� I, hi r. ere. Bul -it 1- born of a timi nfidence, i themselvi or in thi . lei torate, .-r in .mr institutions, or iu our destiny. I: 1- cousin-german I . the policy lhal i- loo protl. t, We were told by ihc distil guished seconder of the report that an election turmoil in Canada would be an outrage and a scandal. Docs iie not exaggerate? \re we -1 II uncivilized? How can a simple appeal to the electors be elevated into the pi..portion of a national calamity ? No Party Monopoly of Talent I know some Liberals who blame the government altogether for pres- lent conditions. They arc wrong. VVe 'are also to blame. We should not have given them their extension la-t year. And they should nuw go hack ami plunge once more 111 the pure .source of power; and refresh themselves at the spring of all authority. I have some friends who say that no party hut lhe good old war-like Tory party can ever he safely en" trusted with the conduct of a war or of any vigorous external policy. Well then, they can he returned and tiny can he authorized. Qui vivra \erra. Party Government lt is contended that an administration hy two parties would he twice as .strong as an administration hy one. [The only trouble about that theory i- ���as a scientist would say���that when you come to examine il closely you j will find that it is not true. Government hy parly i.-. as we have seen, the crowning gl"ry of tlu- British constitution, and we have invited the whole world to copy it. And I they do so as best they can. with I divers fortunes. For they have not ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� . ��� ��� Vet 1 ' is what) e cai ' ' two horse: m ippositi Vnd es* ..i r horsi 0 we mu ��� ��� 01 ; ��� ..1 ��� Coiisci itivi Eitln motor or the brake. Either ii.- ���, or ��� ���' reststen No Mandate ' ii e might be ratcly ditionally favorable to this pri |) ii. n if the mandati of this house had u< t already expired. Hut il is m.w without authority. It is moribund. It would be a dangerous experiment and arbitrary. Ami urn... ->:i it' 01 al And the rcsoun es of tin- conslitui 1 are :i"t exhausted. W'e are not in the position ..i the home government.! j Wc have n..t ordered conscription.] |\'..r military law. Xor the Sllspell* I ion ..f habeus corpus. N'or resortedIbetrayed it Our Indifference .. '1,. . ��� . man) worse tl Just as thei e art ��� ��� I..:.. ��� ��� ������ ��� an war. < M,. them 1- -t:,-' - :, . . . A.iy lie- That .' ay lie- 'lis':.ill: .���...��� lies national demoralize. lion. Thai .-. a) lies exc utive par* party i io��er v.it indatc of the country behind it 1 in 1,,' coi trar) def) anyone to -ay. rea .:.. :- ;ii-i .ry ai min tl ur : :.; t) g.". ernmenl ou the whole ' ..- ��� it ,.-' . 1. ��� ell; or better thai: .. ; ��� ��� form in any other country. It is not. ;.- . 1 are told by political neutrals, and often by the press an.' ��� dpi; ami platform ami soap lio.x* orator, an unmixed evil. Ami it parliament ever abandons it in favor of such a substitute as that which is proposed then it -hall have nstituents. It shall to any other course which would call nave abandoned healthy party gov- for ahritrary measures. Is there any- ernment for faction., and balances ami thing here 10 justify us iu abandon- BrouPs and interests, and all the ills ing representative government? '" * " h -'���'''" makeshift government Ilem..cracy has not failed. has degenerated in Spain. The Old Lion ''UI the devoted man and tbe able What is the matter with Canada? "������'���"��� :""1 -1"' honest and disinterested What should we do? What did Bri- '������'���'' ���" ,"' f"'-"''l '" both parties and tain nee.!* We are told that she *"' ' necessarily tn be sought for needed a coalition government. Mo. beyond the hounds of either. That was not what she needed most. i And such remedies, and such re- \m! -he had that for a long time. Ami form- and such sacrifices, as are still she blundered. What did need then? She needed one "i things���either an election mam ..r a man. So do we. For a coali of two parties was no better than part). It was worse. Ami I he worse now but that she has fotti d at la-t the Napoleonic man. iJ., you suppose the) found him jn some miraculous amateur get-to* gether convention of super-citizens without parliamentary experience: - e urgently required, if pToperly called ,'. ��� ���' -. arc ii"t heyond the resources of ite. Canada, and are not beyond the ca- ion pacity of her statesmanship. 'ne And ihey are not to be found by ul an) : ew forms or conventions beyond md the free existing parliamentary institutions of this .' nintry. No they did not. shall, lie had Ion Am RABELAIS A Lecture Given by Mr. R. W. Douglas at U Library on Saturday, March 24. Carnegie (Continued from last week.) In 1546 appeared the "third hook" protected hy royal privilege; and on its appearance leaving his enemies to do their worst, he went once 111..re to Rome with du Hellay. Through the influence of Diane de Poitiers, he obtained a privilege from Henry 11 for his "Fourth Hook." It vvas print* ed iu 1552. hul prevented hy tllc Sor- bonne from appearing till the following year. In April, 155.1, he died. Nearly all students of French literature know the story, which reads as if it were true, of his last words: He is lying at the point of death. A page enters the room with a message from some great man. "Tell my lord," says Rabelais, "in what a pleasant frame you found me. I go t" seek the great Perhaps." Then .1 lev moments after he says with his latest breath, "Draw the curtain: lie farce is played." When the first hook of Pal tagruel was written the author was ':' vears old. It was not ihc work of . voung man: there was no justification ior its faults on ihc score of youth, and no inexperience to plead in modification of its judgments. The wisdom of a life-time spent in study was to he expected: the fruits of many 1 year's toil: the results of observation of many men and many manners. Gargantua is the giant son .f a giant father. Grandgosicr. The first part indicates a disposition to write a burlesque on the romances of the day, full of giant knights, and tales of enchantment, lt tells of bis education, which is a satire on the earlier teaching and an epitome of thc new humanistic education. There is a description of the ideal Abbey of fhelema where everybody does as he likes, established ou a model the exact opposite of tbe degraded raoii- asticism which Rabelais, so devoutly opposed, lie impresses upon his readers the fact that his book is not one of entertainment only, not as Montaigne carelessly termed it. "simply amusing." Referring to Ak-biades' comparison of Scjcralcs to certain boxes, called Silcni, which were painted outside with wanton- figures to stir people to laughter, but contained within precious drugs, such as balsam, ambergrois. musk, civet, be says that in the same way the matters treated of in his book are not so frivolous as the title indicates. Just as a dog knows and sucks a bone in order to extract from it the marrow, j so he bids his readers by careful . reading and frequent meditation to! suck the substantial marrow from his book. So they will find in it high | sacraments and dread mysteries as j well concerning religion as concern* ing public polity and private life. ll is significant enough that he should have been from the first a, great moral and literary inflence and the delight of the wisest and soundest minds the world has seen. Shakespeare read him, ami so did Montaigne, and Hen J ihnson, and Swift. To Sterne, ami Balzac and Moliere 1 he was a constant inspiration. Hundreds of authors have studied him: j ami ids meanings are sought with ah | mosl religious devoutuess; while his I phrases have passed into the constitution ..f a dozed languages, and the. greal figures he .-crawled across the face of the Renaissance have survived tin- movement that gave them be-1 ing, ami are ranked with thc monuments of literature. Rabelais' first hook, as I have said, is a burlesque on extravagant romances. Gargantua rides a great mare to Paris, which hy the whisking of her tail knocks down wlude forests: he robs Notre Dame of its bells; he combs the cannon halls .ut of his hair after a battle: he eats up six pilgrims in a salad, who live for some time in tbe valleys and recesses of his mouth, with other diverting incidents. The satirical element is vers strong in this book, though it is worth while to note that be nowhere satirizes the institution of royalty, or the profession of healing, the two things in the world for which Ile seems to have had the greatest respect. Gargantua's education is at first confided to sophisters and schoolmasters. With them he leads tbe life of a clown On rising he combs his hair with a German comb, that is, his ten fingers, his teachers instructing him that to wash and make himself neat is to lose time in this world. Then he gorges himself at breakfast. After breakfast be goes to church, where he. hears six and twenty or thirty masses. These dispatched, be studies for a paltry half hour, bis heart being in the kitchen. After a huge Gargantuan dinner, be talks and plays with his attendants. sleeps, drinks, reads a littl limits; study Is real, and yet not ex- goes io i.cl and sleeps nil eight. Jcessive; ... there are nc. vain dispu- I'oiiocrates, his new tutor tatioi cea injj t,. the forms of a ail this, and by dint ..f ;.;,:: n . .... ��� i.- ,,-,,��� logic. On lhe whole, ihe ceeds in making him forg I his Id schi - is remarkable for ils large- he begins the day with prayer 1 indi ��� .--. ���.- g . cl sense, its "free- habits, lie now rise- at four, ' don; ��� .:. tl fads and prejudices Holy Scripture, and spends tin to which 1 iti alists of all ages morning in lectures and philosophical havi beei . . e, rather than for any discourse Then to tennis, and after subtle or deep insight into the hu- which, dinner. During the meal a man mind. A figlm-r in the van- book was read, and everything on the guard of humanism yielding to 110 table was made a subject for instruc- one in his veneration for antiquity, lie tion, passages from ancient authors was yet wise enough to remember bearing on the subject being learnedjthal the aim of education is not so by heart. Card- are brought in after mud to fill the student with learn- dinner, not for gambling, but for the ing is to train both his mind and his purpose of learning the science of body. numbers; and with these are ilia* I (Continued next week.) grams and geometrical figures for the stud) of geometry and astronomy. LEGAL NOTICES Then they sing part songs, or play ' ,- .1 LAND HI.I.INTHV AIT. music, i.aigantu:, tor his part. 111,. (Section* :iii und 184) standing now to pla) on the lute, tl.,- ,.,. .,,,.,,���,.,,������ x��� .,���.���., .,. spinet, the German flute, the violin1 TAKE NOTICE that application Ir - and the sackbut. Then came har, fecKcoV^fo^nV Vlo^t Study again fcr three hours. \'exl '''' :' ' ���''���*��� Sale "'''' :,""> Collector , ', , in.- ."1.nn .ri. 11. .11 .���: ih- pistrli 1 they botanize in the meadows, \lter -South Vancouver bearing date the 21- supper, more singing and playing, ?HV\hU^?tbaTn J>arce.��orft,t!ra^o^ , wiih feats oi legerdemain Later in I*tid premises situate, lying and beJ �� ;,-';. , . _ ihi the Municipality of South Vanuon- i; it be a clear night, ver, more p&rticuia_i\ known ana t_.*-- ,: the house tol?rl,be? ** Lo1 J ��� ,;"" u <"���' DlBti - I , , , I-"1 ��� Map V. 2 i. B, 1 ou arc i, ��� ui learn the Quired to contest tin* claim of tho lax r-. - ni thn n1mn��rfc Then witli purcnaser "-1-1'1- 15 days from the date 11 ol llU PIa"e". men with or til, ..,,-,,���. ,,,- ,. tice n%hi,.tt liis master, Gargantua briefly re* way be effected by publication for one month In a newspaper published In Vancouver), and ymir attention Ifl call- ��� S�� ".I.*-, ::<; of th. "Land fteglatry the event thej mount t the stars capitulated what he had learned during the day, This program was for fair weather; for rainy days . ent course was follow nl. for then they cut wood, threshed the c irn, Act" m Ith -on. !,,!���������. i i and to tho follow InR ��� .tract erefi om:��� "and In defaull ol a i avcat or certtn* cati oi lis pendens bein ~ filed beforo the registration aa owner of the per* i Mm entitled under such tax sale, all practised painting and sculpture,! persona so s< rvi d w m. notice. . . and those claiming through or under them, and :i I persona claiming any Interest In tlu- land by virtu.- visited workshops and factories, went xo hear lectures, and finally used greater temperance in eating and drinking. Sometimes they would take holidays and go to the country where the) would remind each other of what Virgil, Hesiod or Politian had said oi country life, Observe that the education which Rabelais /prescribes for' a young prince embraces every kind of knowledge and almost every sort of exercise. No trade or handicraft is too humble for him to learn or practise, I which tht said lands werb t '. -���; 1 . overdue taxes), you were the assessed Xo single moment of the day is lo!t unemployed; no faculty of the body or the mind is left untrained: play is rational, and confined within fair unregistered Instrument, nnd an persons claiming any Interest In the land by descent \v hose htitle is no*" registered under the provisions of tlu.s Act shall be for ever estopped" and debarred from setting up any claim to or In respect of the land so snld for taxes, and the Registrar shall register the person entitled under such tux sale as owner of the land so sold for taxes." ANT WHEREAS application hasbeen made for a Certificate of Indefeasible Title to the above-nuntioned lands, in tb�� name of WlIiLTA.M FRANCIS Sii:- CORD; and whereat on Investigating the title it apears that prior to th>> 27th day of July, t.'l.. (the date on AR0UC1 owm't* th, reel FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that nt tin- same time I shall effect registration in pursuance <��r such application and 1.-..-..H- ._ Certificate of Ini>_- feasihle Title tn the said lands in the name of WILLIAM FRANCIS SECORD; unless ynu take and prosecute the proper procecedlngs *u establish your claim, if any, to the said lands, or to prevent s.ich proposed action on mv part. Dated at the Land Registry Otfiee, Vancouver. B.C.. this 17th day of November. A.D. 1(116. ARTHUR O SMITH, District Registrar of Titles. To Mlw A. C. IlilliiiKH. NOTICE OP CHANGE OP NAME This Comp_*iy,-i*|tenBs applying; t�� the Registrator Jloiit St*k Conv^-* panies for afpcoviil m changing its name to Mill ftnff Mine Supplies Ltd. widdess, Mcdonald company Ltd. 5 w., I f ������).��� m ��� it v EIGHT Wit SATURDAY. AI'ltlL 7, 1917. WILL YOU GET YOUR EASTER SUIT AT WM. DICK'S? /-* It it easy foi anyone ti> write a story and say they have the best -uii- in the world. Lead pencils work aboul the same everywhere, Bul it is tii> to the man who buys a suit to (ind out which man lias iln goods, and which ones have only lead pencils and imagination. PINCHERS, NORFOLKS, 3-BUTTON SACS $15, $18, $20, $22.50, $25.00, $30, $35, $40 WM, DICK BUYS OVER FIVE THOUSAND SUITS A SEASON Thai is twice as inaiiv as anv two stores in Vancouver have i<ir the whole year. HE PAYS CASH AND GETS THEM CHEAPER He sells them for less than anv other store in town. For $25 he will give you GENUINE WEST OF ENGLAND WOOLENS, made by the hest tailoring shops ill Canada. And they will have all the jtyle the men ir the magazine pictures have. WM. DICK LIMITED The Greatest Clothiers in the Great West Two Big Stores for Men 33, 47 and 49 HASTINGS STREET WEST OLDEST AND LARGEST IN WESTERN CANADA -+BEST SERVICE LOW CHARGES- PHONE^SEY 73 60. STORE YOUR HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE In "Campbell's" Big Security Fireproof Storage Warehouse. Safe from Dust, Dampness. Meldew, Moths, Rodents, Vermin, Burglars and Fire; Silver Vaults for the storage of valuables. The cost is trifling considering the freedom from worry and responsibility. Phone Today���Sey. 7360 "WE KNOW HOW" SECURITY FIREPROOF STORAGE 4 MOVING COMPANY LIMITED CHAS E. CAMPBELL, Manager Fireproof Warehouse: 786 Beatty Street Phone: Seymour 7360 At the Orpheum The sketch hilled for lle\t week has a notable cast, headed by Hex- t mine Shone, is called "Marty Ann." lit is a poetic fancy depicting sewn episodes in the life of Mary Ann. 111 ermine Shone, who plays Mary Ann, is one of the hest known actresses in vaudeville, Her portray jals of a numbe'r of roles in a number lot' one act plays, have placed her among the vaudeville stars fi'oln whom the public expects much, and in In r present acl she more than justifies their expectations. Horace Wright and Rene Dietrich will have twenty minutes in a new and somewhat different offering of song. Mr. Wright possesses a tenor voice of pure tone, splendid range and quality, and Miss Dietrich is a soprano of equal attainments. They are well known vaudevillians, and prior to their advent iu the two-a-day were successful in musical comedy. An old favorite is Harry Tate's Knglish Comedians who comes to Vancouver with that absurd and rip* roariously funny sketchette, "Motoring." This is a satire on automohil- ing. and there are seven characters at work on the stage for fifteen minutes. It is genuinely funny as performed hy this company of Knglish comedians. As long as comedians are funny and make an audience laugh they have done their part. One doesn't expect consistency in two comedians working in "one." Herbert Ashley and lack Allmaii in "The Dawn of a New Day," have a duologue that is really funny. This is their first partnership anrl the mihlic is taking to it kindly. Ethel MacDonoiigh, known as "The Boston" Girl," will be here in a repertoire of exclusive songs, also songs of Yesterday and Today. She is regarded as one of the most beautiful women of the stage. She is a comedienne and singer of fine ability. Olivetti, Moffet and Claire have just recently returned from Australia, where their oddity in music scored a grcat hit. On their way here they tarried al Honolulu and became acquainted with the music and dance of the Islands. Two members of the trio arc dancers. They have revived the cake walk so excellentl> that it becomes a new delight, and their Spanish dancing is uncommonly good. Two men and a young woman compose the trio. Hilly Kinkaid, who appears here next week, is known as Scotland's Novelty Artist. He makes entrance in kilts, and in the course of his performance he dances, juggles and does manv versatile turns, one of them being the tossing of several sixty pound cannon halls in the air and getting jthem pit the nape .of his neck, lie |afTota_s.a great deal of amusement iwitjf the audience. j The pictures next week will be of Mlic usual entertaining and instruc- [ tivc kind, showing thc World at Work an dat l'lay. The musical programme which is a feature of all Ornhenm offerings will be one that is bound to please from beginning to end. THE CARD GAME OF 500 |!Cf=_fS As this appears to be about the most popular caul game parts, and because we have notl eu when playing with different pei that the ryle covering a "No Trump" hand is not generally understood bj all alike, we quote herewith thc rule dealing with this point, according to the authority of lloyle. lu a "Xo Trump" hand the joker is the onlj trump card. It can be played in any suit, provided the player has no card of the suit led in his hand. If the joker is led tbe player leading it has the privilege of naming the suit be wishes played to it. and the players must, if possible, play a card ol the suit called for. SWEET SEVENTEEN 1817 In days of old. of long ago, Maids were demure and shy They moved about, sedate and slow, And never winked an eye, Like modest buds they bloomed unseen And when they'd meet a beau, They'd pass him hy, with downcast mien, A hundred years ago. 1917 Sweet Seventeen now shows some speed, ' For openly she smokes; Amusement is her only creed, She smiles at risque jokes; At Cabarets she spends her nights, (Mayor McBeath swears at this) She's happy under the bright lights, Is the present day Miss. ���1-IJ PP. BRAIN HASH In its report on the labor market the X. Y. State Department of Labor says the average earnings for a week of all employcss, both male and female, was $15.26 in January, as | compared with $15.5.'. in December. LEGAL NOTICES ri ���limit SAI X Soil SEALED TBNDEIIS will be received by Ihe Minister ol' bunds not later Ihiin noon on the Kith day of April, 11117, I'or tlie purchase ol' Licence X '���".il. lo out (ilili.OOO feet of Douglas Fir and Cudnr, on un area adjoining Lol 2.108, Jervls Inlet, New Westminster District. One (1) year will be allowed for removal of umber. Further particulars of the Chief Fore.sler. Victoria, B. C��� or District Forester, Vancouver, i>. C. 1-17 Give the Kids Lots of Buttermilk The health-giving qualities of PROPERLY GENUINE BUTTERMILK have been proved over and over again by prominent medical authorities and scientists. We do not wish to add one word to the testimony of eminent men All we want to say here is a word about SOU-VAN BUTTERM ILK. Tliis splendid product is churned daily by our dairy experts, from fully ripened cream���made according to the original recipe. No old skim milk used, no artificial methods employed, no dirt impurities or human hands ever tpuch it. Healthful, satisfying and higher food value, a delicious spring food for adults and children���a truly economical food. Phone Fair. 2624 or Ask Our Drivers. ]L>' SOU-VAN MILK^il (SOUTH VANCOUVER MILK COMPANY) SCIENTIFIC DAIRYMEN 29th and FRASER Tbe editor of The Standard won two beautifully decorated and he- ribboned waste paper* baskets in a South Vancouver raffle this week. Send on your Spring effusions, ye budding poets; your lines will be cast in pleasant places. "Xow that prohibition is lost." sighed a bartender at the Lotus, "I've gotto stay with this job, and pretend I'm being entertained by a lot of offhand alcoholic comedy." Hon. Mr. Meighen, solicitor-general for Canada, vvas in an Irish mood in his speech last week when be said: "I miss many of tbe old friends; many of the old faces I used lo shake hands with are not here now." The poet who wrote about "The Cup That Cheers But Does not Inebriate" could not have known of Tango teas or Cabarets, lu this erudite conclusion wc have the spirited support of Mayor McHeath. John McCormick, the Irish tenor, has renounced allegiance to the llritish flag and become a naturalized American citizen, for which llritain has every reason to be truly thankful. LAND HI.I-ISTItV ACT. re Lots 7 and 8, Block 1, North half V/i) Hlock 4, District Lots ;{;> 1 and .'1!I2. Mai) 1686, .Municipality of South Vnncouver, WHEREAS proof of loss of Certificate of Title No. II1-10-I E, to the above mentioned lands, issued in the mime of David W. Elliott, has been filed in this office, notice Is hereby given that 1 sball. ill the expirallon of one month from date of first publication hereof, issue a duplicate of said Certificate of Titie, unless in tlie meantime valid objection be made tn me in writing. DATED at the Lund Registry Office, Vancouver, B.C., tllis Kith day of March, A.D. 191- ARTHUR Q. SMITH. District Registrar. ���u* 'WATER ACT, 11M4." Ili-fore the Ilourd ot* IitvPHtlffntlon. "VERBOTEN' Phone Highland 137 Grandview Hospital 'E Vi 1090 VICTORIA DRIVE VANCOUVER - B.( Medical : Surgical : Maternity Rates from $15.00 per week Classified Advertising FLORISTS BROWN BROS. & CO., LIMITED, Seedspien, Florists, Nurserymen, 41 Hastings S,t. E��� and 782 Granville Street, Vancouver, B. C. WATCHMAKER 10,000 WATCHES and CLOCKS wanted to clean and repair at tht factory, 438 RICHARDS STREET. Revolution in Germany during the period of the war is "verboten" by order of the kaiser. There is no danger of the German working man disobeying .the order for, as Irvin Cobb says, "militarism has made of him a thing with muscles of steel and a wooden headpiece. REWARDED AGAIN The German Crown Prince' has been promoted again. Which reminds one of the way the boss' son "starts at the bottom" in a factory, and by his own unaided efforts becomes vice-president of the concern in six months. In tbe Matter of Rig: Creek, Britannia Creek, Canyon Creek, Chaster Creek, Clowhom River, dates Creek. Clieakanius River, Explosives Creek, Fairy Falls, Mamquam River, Mellon Creek, Mineral Creek, Olson Creek, Powell River, Potlatcli Creek, Rainey River, Squninlsh River, and all other streams flowing Into Howe Sound (except Furry Creek and streams soulli of tl). into tlie various arms of .lervls inlet and Into Malas- plna Klrnil, .and Including all streams on island in Howe Sound. A .MKETINd of the Hoard of investigation will bo held at the Court House at Vancouver, on Tuesdav, tlie 2-1 tli day of April, 1017. at 10 o'clock in tlie forenoon. At this meeting all statements of claim lo waler privileges under Acls passed before the 12th day of March, lilOH. on any of these streams, all objections thereto, and tiie plans prepared for the use of tlie said Board, will then be open for inspection. AH persons interested are entitled to examine those, and to flic objections therein In writing; If they doom fit. Objections will he beard forthwith If the party objected to bus received sufficient notice of the objection. The Board at the said meeting vvill hear the claimants, will determine the quantity of water which may be used under each record and tbe further works which are necessary for such use. and will set dates for tiie filing of plans of such works and for the commencement and completion of such works. And whereas there may be persons who, before the 12th day of March, 1900, were holders of water records on the said streams and yet have not filed statements of their claims witli the Board of Investigation, sueh persons are required to file, on or before the 15th day of April. 1017, o statement as required by section 201 of the "Water Act, 1014." The forms (No. 50 tor Irrigation and No. 51 for other purposes) may be obtained from any Government Agent In the Province. The claims of riparian proprietors who have filed, as required by section <S of the "Water Act, 1914." statements of claim to waters of any of tbe said streams will be heard at tbe same time and place. Dated at Victoria, B. C. this 17th dav of March, 1017. For the Board of Investigation. . _.T. F. ARMSTRONG. mh22 ���'I4.& Chairman. FISHERS OF MEN Seven Princeton theological stu dents admit never having kissed ; girl. How do these chaps ever expect to become successful fishers of men unless they learn to handle smacks?���Ottawa Citizen. COMPANIES ACT. TAKE NOTICE that the Hendry Crossman Electric Company. Limited, intend at the expiration of one month from the date of the first publication hereof, to apply to tbe Registrar of Joint Stock Companies that its name be changed to "Crossman Electrical Machinery Company, Limited." DATED this 14th day of March, A.D. 1917. W. D. CARTER. Solicitor for Applicant, 413 Granville Street, Vancouver, B. C. Revision of B. C. Dental Act The public knows that the dental demands of British Columbia are not being properly met at the present time. The public knows that, as matters now stand, prompt dental service at reasonable rates and at convenient locations throughout the province is not being offered. What the Public Did Not Know Before this Campaign of Publicity was Started was that the Dental Council Was Responsible for This Condition of Affairs. This responsibility is now admitted by the Dental Council through its defense of the present Act and its plea to members of the Legislature to refrain from altering the present legislation. Is It Not a Well Known Fact That, in the sections of the province outside of the coast cities, residents are obliged to travel many miles, and often take this trip many times in order to receive dental attention. And Yet the Dental Council Tells the Public that British Columbia is Well Supplied with Dentists Today and Seeks to have Legislation Continued Which Has Been Used in the Past to Prevent Dentists from Locating in the Province and Thus Come In Business Competition^Ath Dentists Now Here. Is this Treating the Public Fairly? The only way in which existing conditions can be remedied is by a revision of the Dental Act such as will curb the powers of the body which admits its responsibility for the present condition of affairs. Write Your Representative in the House Today, Asking Him to Support the Revision of the Dental Act When It Comes Before the House. RAIL TICKETS TO ALL POINTS General Agency Transatlantic Steamship Lines C. E. Jenney, 0. A Phone: Sey. (134 "Pr 0. Connolly. C. P. f, A. 127 Gnnville Street / This Is a New One "She called ine a bottle-nosed thief, so I lifted her rome under the ear;" was a prisoner's way of describing an assault upon his wife. PHONE: SKY. 900 MacDONALD & HAY Barrister!, Solicitor!, Etc. 1012 Standard Bank Bldg. r Vancouver, B.C. "Stocks and Stockings" is an apt title for a play these days. People with 'fat rolls can show the war stocks, and girls with skinny legs show tllc stockings. \y
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