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The Week A British Columbia Newspaper aad Review Vol. XV, No. 22-15th Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, November 24th, 1917 5c a copy $2.00 a year How Would the Kaiser Vote? A GOVERNMENT party advertisement asks the pertinent ques- f\ tion How Would the Kaiser Vote? The answer, of course, is that the Kaiser'would doubtless vote for his friends. And his friends are those members of the Borden mis-government who are now holding to office like leeches. The Kaiser would vote for those who, according to Sir Sam Hughes late Minister of Militia, were more successful in holding up the proper equipment of the forces than the-most ardent agents of the German Government could have been. He would vote for those who persisted in ordering untried and unsuitable trucks at retail prices against the advice of the military authorities. He would vote for those who by incompetence and dishonesty blocked the necessary equipment of the forces until the heart of the Quartermaster General of the Forces turned sick. He would vote for those who sent medical units to the bloody fields of Flanders only half equipped and thus sacrificed noble Canadian lives. He would vote for those who lost the sum of $302,575 in the purchase of useless horses. He would remember to the credit of the Borden Government that they purchased a knee-sprung horse for $150, a bone spavined horse for $100, a mare — rejected as too old during the South African war — for $130, a horse — previously traded for a duck and two drakes — for $90, and a horse which fell down unless supported for $105. The Kaiser would doubtless vote for the party of grafters who sent Canadians to war mounted on knackers wliich had to bo slain by the hundred by tbe British authorities. He would 1 vote for the Borden conspirators who insisted on buying Webb equipment— as supplied to the British Government — for $5.50 each from one of their friends, when they could have purchased from the manufacturer direct at $4.40 each. He would vote for those who refused to listen to the manly protest of an honest manufacturer against such hare-faced public, corruption, and who spent thousands of dollars on the Oliver equipment in order to spite him. The British Government proceeded to pitch this Oliver equipment on the scrap heap and on their own initiative furnished the Canadian boys with tbe proper Webb equipment. This would be gratefully remembered by the Kaiser as a friendly act on tho part of the Borden Government. Ho would surely vote for those criminals who sent Canadian troops to tho trenches in hoots made of cardboard, and in which pieces were glued together and the faults covered up by varnish. The boots in question contained no water resisting dressing and were so misshapen that they gave no room for the free movement of the toes. All those boots were purchased from those who at one and the same time were friends of the Government of Canada and of tho German Kaiser also. The Kaiser would vote for the Government which allowed six middlemen's profits on the purchase of binoculars and even then purchased glasses of poor quality, low range and inferior efficiency. He would vote for those who placed at the head of the.truck purchasing department a man who had previously been guilty of selling his influence with Sir Sam Hughes to the firm of Wyllie Limited for lhe sum of $1,200. The Kaiser would vote for those friends of his who sapped the financial resources of the Canadian people by purchasing clinical thermometers, field dressings, drugs, medical supplies, from party hacks at fancy prices. He would vote for those who allowed Mr. W. B. McGee to make a rake-off of $1.25 per thousand on millions of feet of lumber for the erection of soldiers huts. He would vote for the fools who allowed the Germans to obtain an. ample supply of Canadian nickel with which to blow into eternity thousands of British and Canadian lives. According to Col. Sir John Currie, "the Germans fired shells at the Canadian troops made of Canadian nickel and chrome steel. The rifles which the Germans fired at us were made from Canadian nickel steel. That is the sort of thing the Kaiser would vote for and every Canadian who votes for the Borden Government will be voting for the same thing. It is but a solemn and literal truth that a vote for Borden is a vote for the German, Kaiser. The Kaiser would vote for Borden and his party in grateful remembrance of the fact that they sent the flower of the Canadian nation into tho trenches armed with a rifle which wouldn't work. Bight until the crack of doom the curses of tho Canadian people and tho profuso thanks of the Kaiser will rest on the heads of those Godforsaken conspirators wdio now brazenly ask the question How Would the Kaiser Vote? Thousands of tho best and bravest of the manhood of Canada were sent by a shameless government to their death unarmed, unpitied and unsung. Surely the German Kaiser would remember this fact to their credit when deciding how to cast his vote. But the Kaiser would have still further reason for supporting the Borden Government. He longs for a disunited Canada. He knows that a nation divided cannot stand. Therefore he would support a Government which proposes to alienate the sympathiesof the most populate of the Canadian Provinces. He would like to see civil war in Canada. That would make him rub his hands with glee. Therefore he would vote for the party which proposes to dethrone reason and allow its actions to' be dictated by invincible ignorance. Laurier stands for a united Canada and Borden stands for a disunited Canada. The. Kaiser and. all his friends would vole for Borden. And. as German sympathizers they would be voting straight. Pussianlsm A NEWS item in the Victoria daily Times states "that squads of *A city police, each consisting of four men, last night paid sur- prise visits to various poolrooms, dance halls, and hotels in search of likely evaders of the Military Service Act. Sixty men were interrogated, and eight men were taken to police headquarters, where their answers were considered satisfactory. Of the eight mot thus taken to the station, five were Indians . . . all of whom staled they were married, some Itavintj families. Of the remaining three one went to his home and produced his certificate, one lives in Saanich and has toproduce his certificate today, and the other is a United States citizen who claims that he has the regulation card." Surely such an incident as this should not be allowed to pass without emphatic protest. In the name of justice and British freedom we are compelled to inquire whether it is lawful to arrest peaceful citizens without a warrant and drag them to the police station without a charge being laid against them. If these acts are illegal, and we believe they are, have the Indians in question any redress before the courts of the land? If, however, the Military Service Act permits and legalises such wanton assaults on the time-honored rights ancl privileges of British subjects, the sooner it is wiped off the statute book the better. If it is legal to violate the personal freedom of Indians in this manner, it must be equally legal to violate the freedom of others. Perchance by this time next week we shall have to record that the police raided the Victory-bond Ball, placed His Excellency We Should Like to Know WHETHER any Munition manufacturers assented to the nomination of "Win-the-War" candidates? WHETHER Sir Joseph Flavelle's "Win-the-Dollar" league assented also? WHETHER advice to make "Win the War Bread" is given to assits the sale of corn meal, rye flour, and other substitutes at high prices? WHETHER the milling interests are pleased at the prospect? WHETHER we have not been given too much advice and shown too little example? WHETHER the fact that more automobiles are said to have been sold in Victoria this season than for the past three or four years is evidence of economy? WHETHER a well known shipping contractor's hearty approval of the "Victory Loan" is related to expected contracts to supply munitions of war? ■ Whether the Food Controller knows if there is any waste in Military kitchens, and if it exists? WHETHER he has an Order-in-Council up his sleeve to check it? WHETHER an honest difference of opinion as to the method of obtaining recruits is evidence of lack of loyalty? WHETHER all loyalty abides in the "Flag-Waving Tub- Thumping" brand of polititions? WHETHER it is good business to investigate the theory that a high freight rate precludes the placing of war orders in British Columbia? WHETHER if this is so we would not be wiser to keep our money at home to help foster agriculture instead of financing munition factories elsewhere? WHETHER the hiring of Tug-boats to the Dominion Government is profitable—to some well known Victorians. and His Honour under arrest, and hailed them off to the station without the formality of a warrant. If the police acted within tlieir legal rights in the case of the mifortunato Indians, there is not a citizen of Victoria whose personal freedom may not at any time be 'violated at the whim of an officer of the police force. Either tho police acted legally or they acted illegally. If they acted legally then surely the Military Service Act is tho most iniquitous piece of legislation which over disgraced the fair fame of Canada. If the police acted illegally it is time that thc Police Commission exercised better control over tho movements of its officers. The Enemy Within r' was the sagacious Johnston who shrewdly observed that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Therefore is it that Tiik Week is always just a little suspicious of the super-patriots. The super- patriot is a man who "doth protest his loyalty too much." Now take the Colonist, for example. Of course we are not about to suggest that dear Auntio is a scoundrel. Oh dear no! Such an idea has never once entered our head. But we have observed how neglectful it is of the injunction "Abstain from tlio appearance of evil." Now it is natural to assume that if the Kaiser has any paid agents and spies in this country, they will be numbered amongst the super-pal riots. In the role of patriots they would enjoy greater freedom than if they posed of Socialists and Pacifists. Of course there are patriots and patriots. Some are food-profiteers, others are munition grafters, whilst still others are spoon-fed government pap consumers. Therefore wo take quite kindly to the amiable suggestion of tho Colonist that persons suspected of pro-German sympathies should bo carefully examined as their sources of income. Our eon temporary is suspicious of the Pacifists and we aro suspicious of the Patriots. Lot, therefore, Pacifists nnd Patriots alike bo compelled to divulge their sources of income. Suppose a beginning is innde with, say, Sir Joseph Flavelle. Now wo know he bus been helping the Kaiser by creating a famine throughout Canada, although caution should be exercised in accepting the statement attributed to the Kaiser "That Sir Joseph is worth more to us than a hundred submarines." It is also known that one of Sir Joseph Flavelle's side-lines brought in a profit of some millions of dollars. Now let an investigation be held into some of his other side-lines and —in due course —into his main sources of income. Another gentleman who might receive attention is E. F. Green —the Canadian saint. The ramifications of Mb activities are Dominion-wide and are reputed to be quite lucrative. It is known that Green's associates — the Burdicks — are interested in the Crescent Shipping Company. It is also known that the Dominion Government hires a tug from that concern for a nice round sum. Has Mr. Green participated in the dividends while sitting as a member of the House of Commons ? Wouldn't such a transaction explain some of that gentleman's patriotic activities ? Who wouldn't be a patriot when it pays so well ? AVhat does it matter if the boys in the trenches suffer hardship and the folks at home have to live on the hope of a next meal ? But there are still other gentlemen whose incomes should come under review. Certain newspaper owners within easy roach of Broad Street should not be overlooked. A transaction involving $100,000.00 of public money was once brought home to the gentleman in question. He got the best of the deal by quite a margin. The question arises, "Has he retained his erst-while ability of making advantageous deals with supine legislators ?" What sums of money is he now receiving in official advertisng? Was he quite satisfied with the results of his last trip to Ottawa ? These are a few of the investigations which should undertaken forthwith. In the meantime the Pacifists will assemble tlieir accounts owing and once more wish that they were paid. The Contest IT is unfortunate that the foes of Pnissianism should enter the forthcoming contest with divided forces. The Week wishes that an arrangement could have been made whereby Mr. Wells would withdraw in Victoria and Mr. Stewart in Nanaimo. But that is now out of the question. Both gentlemen are fighting for high principles and both are in tho fight to a finish. The Victoria electoral contest promises to be one of the keenest on record. Mr. Stuart Henderson— tho Laurier Liberal candidate — is well and favourably known throughout the Province. He is an excellent public speaker and has had previous parliamentary experience. Ho has a natural gift and inclination for public life whereas his Conservative opponent has no such aptitude. Mr. Henderson's handling of the record of the Borden Government will bo trenchant and unsparing. The Week trusts that the public will make a point of hearing for themselves each of the candidates in order that only intelligent votes may be cast. Tho contest resolves itself down to a battle royal between British Institutions versus Pnissianism, with Mr. Henderson and Mr. Wells as tho champions of British Institutions. President Abell—Rotarian PRESIDENT ABELL of the Victoria Rotary Club has made a speech. In all probability it was a characteristically able speech, for it is generally conceded that tho gentleman in question is most appropriately named. Bnt even able men make their "breaks," so occasionally P. C. Abell makes his. Speaking to his fellow Rotarians last, Thursday he said, "Let us thank God that we live under a flag where men are ashed, not ordered, to pay." Surely Mr. Abell must have known that those wicked Socialists, and other pestiferous fellows, would begin to draw comparisons. Some of these are already engaged in the nefarious task of doing their own thinking. Of course this should lie rigorously discouraged. Any man who thinks is a traitor, and a pro-German, and a sedition monger. But unfortunately we have such misguided men amongst us. And with this fact in mind Mr. Abell should lie more careful when delivering his after-dinner speeches. One of thoso Socialists, speaking with biting sarcasm, was heard to exclaim, "Thank God we live under a flag where men are asked, not ordered, to fight." Another godless and irreverent fellow was beard to remark, "Didn't you know that money and property are holy and sacred, and that human life is damned cheap?" Really Mr. Abell should not give occasions of stumbling even to Socialists. Let the nioniod interests bo treated with tenderness by all means, ami lot human beings be Bent to the shambles without a blink. That's as it should be. But Mr. Abell should know better than to give the game away to the unitiated. Freedom Must by Freemen be Upheld A GOVERNMENT advertisement informs us tlmt In Canada f\ there is no Prussian autocracy to reach out and take the Possession of the people by force. There is no tyranny of the All-Highest to make Ihe people fight and paAj. The people of Canada themselves decide to do thc fighting and the paying. What a relief that advertisement must be to tho hundreds of thousands of Canadians who havo applied for exemption from what i.s euph istically called Compulsory Military Service. How delighted these Canadians will lie to learn that all iheir fears have been without foiuidatior.ii An official government notice now assures them thai there is in Canada no tyranny of the All-Highest to make the people fight. The people uf Canada themselves decide lo do llie fighting ami thc paying. Tbnt is ns it should be Until Ihe people, of Canada themselves decide tu do the fighting (here is no tyranny of an "All-Highest" overlord with "divine right." to mako them, But if the Government has ohangod its mind on lhe .subject of conscription since the passage of the Military Service Act, instructions should forthwith be issued to the Exemption Tribunals informing them of the fact. Page Two J THE WEEK Saturday, November 24 ! 4i.il The Woman's Window ALICE M. CHRISTIE HE ■SB" its =">*.b= =116= sab =a^ =511- 2m The published speech of Lord Roberts, wliich appeared in Wednesday's Colonist, contains sufficient information to open the eyes of the blind to tlie real cause of this world conflagration. Speaking of Germany's methods to win national greatness, Lord Roberts said in part: "Germany strikes when Germany's hour has struck. This is the time-honored policy of her Foreign Office. That was the policy relentlessly pursued by von Molke in 18(i(i and 1870. It is Germany's policy today. IT IS AN EXCELLENT POLICY—the policy of every nation prepared to play a great part in history." (Hear, hear.) "Under that policy Germany lias within the last ten years sprung as at a bound from one of the weakest of naval Powers to the greatest naval Power save one on the globe. . . .'. "Germany always advances towards complete supremacy by land or sea. She has built a mighty fleet and still she presses on. . . . How impressive is this magnificent unresting energy. It has the mark of true greatness. It exhorts admiration even from those against whom it is directed." (cheers) • • • It is evident that Lord Roberts and his kind look upon a great army and navy as the only emblem of true national greatness, therefore the Kaiser is merely imitating his neighbors when he exalts the majesty of the mailed (1st, the doctrine of might above right. From the vantage ground of spiritual realities from whence Lord Roberts views the present conflict which convulses the world he must surely realize his mistaken ideal, and know that such methods are but the mark of the beast slill controlling a nation and not a mark of true greatness. Speaking of Great Britain, lie said: "Hon* was Great Britain founded? By WAR AND CONQUEST, (cheers) When we, MASTERS BY WAR of one-third of the inhabitable globe, proposed lo Germany to curtail her navy and army, Germany naturally refused, pointing, NOT WITHOUT JUSTICE. TO THE ROAD BY WHICH ENGLAND, SWORD IN HAND, climbed to her unmatched eminence. "Germany declares openly or in the veiled language of diplomacy, THAT BY THE SAME PATH, if by no other, Germany is bound to ascend." • • * If a pacifist expressed himself in terms similar to the above Ihe Government nnd the press would necuse him of I reason. Lord Roberts' words clearly show that Germany is only following England's example; she is as truly fighting for freedom as we are, it is simply a spectacle of two great Powers fighting for world supremacy on land and sea for mercantile and commercial wealth. « • * Continuing, Lord Roberts snys: "There is one way in which Great Britain can have peace with Germany and with every other power, namely, to present such a hatllcfront by sea nnd land thnt no other Power or combination of Powers dare attack her without certain disaster. That is the only reply worthy of OUR PAST and wise for our future. Either we must abandon our Empire and with it onr MERCANTILE WEALTH, or be prepared to defend it. . . . "A paramount navy wo must possess whether two keels to one or three keels to one that is n self- evident truth. H you onee permit any one Slate In be your superior hy sea nr hind, in thnl hour, even if mil n shot is fired, you isn to he n free nnlion. V ire no longer an em- piro.' Your COMMERCIAL GREATNESS vanished, you hold your very lines by sufferance." If thai were true, then England would he lhe only free nation in the world. All oilier peoples would only hold tlieir lives by sufferance. All must bring homage lo England. Can w(! wonder al Germany's nmbilion? Can we wonder nl the Kaiser's hale? • « • \\'i\r hns always flourished in monnr- chiul countries and always will; each nnlion wails its turn lo seize lhe reins of world power. Imperialism has been lhe curse of the world, for it is ftinii''*"! cm pride, ambition nnd jealousy, on world domination. » • * Lord Roberts goes on to sny: "Assert your rights ns Britishers by demanding ths grcntesl nf all civic, of all national rights—lhe rights lo defend your own honor as Britishers nnd your liberties ns citizens of this Empire. Thus nud thus only will yon be worthy nf Hint Empire's great post nnd the dignity THAT PAST confers on every man of you whatever bo your station in life." (Prolonged cheers.) It is this kind of oratory that makes the nation drunk with the lust of battle. The war lords and the press will have many sins to answer for on the day of judgment. Today this kind of eloquence would excite no enthusiasm in the hearts of the common people, no prolonged cheers would greet the speaker who openly boasted of wnrs and conquests witli weaker nations. We have advanced a little nearer the light. The people who are being sacrificed today are beginning to realize that such ideals are not worthy of an enlightened Christian people. They are dimly beginning to see that national greatness does not depend upon a great navy or army, on cannons or guns or empty titles of honor: but on justice, on mercy, on righteousness; these are the only things that exalt an nation. * • * The only self-evident truth that Lord Roberts' speech reveals is that England's sins have found her out. She is reaping what she has sown. His words plainly reveal the truth that she, alas! founded her greatness on wars and conquest and climbed to a place in the sun over bleeding bodies, a place of "unmatched eminence" through the power of the sword. Since reading Lord Roberts remarkable speech, I no longer wonder at tlie Kaiser's viewpoint. Not only he and his war lords, but all the German people expected to win a similar distinction of unmatched eminence through the same path of glory, the war-path. The sin is not wholly theirs, it looks clear tliat if Germany has sinned against humanity, England has in the past likewise transgressed, but because she has triumphed it has been counted to her as glory. All our great statesmen glory in lhe fact that Great Britain is a lighting nation; they glory in her wars of conquest. How can we any longer talk about a war of righteousness? * • « Hon. Lloyd George calls it a people's war, but it is only a people's war in so far that it is tlie people who are being sacriliccd by the millions, who are bearing lhe burden of the war upon their shoulders. The lives of the people are being poured out like water —they are not considered of ns much value as empire possessions. Alsace-Lorraine is of more value in the eyes of the rulers of France than lhe lives of her people. * * » The speech of M. Cleiuenccau is another warlike effusion published on the same page with Lord Roberts warning nnd Lloyd George's speech. They nre all truly remarkable in their way and show the military spirit that is seeking to control and dominate humanity. If we fight to a finish until Germany is crushed, the life-blood of millions more must be sacrificed, and tlie life-blood of humanity will be shed in vain, for it is being shed not so much for democracy but for world domination. * * * A nation like Germany could never be permanently crushed. In some oilier age they would rise up and over- throw their conquerors and lhe life of lhe common people would again deluge the earth wilh rivers of blood. That is lhe price that the masses must pay until Ihey awaken to a new nnd stern enthusiasm for peace. The power to prevent wars lies in the hands of the common people. A crushed and bleeding nation, under lhe yoke of another Power, would be an eternal menace to civilization. II would uursi' ils wounds, its broken pride; ils hale nnd animosity would silently develop through the years, until nl last il would hurst into flume. Do we wnnt such a victory as thai? " Forgive us our trespasses as we fin-give Ihose who trespass against us." Thnt shnuld be England's prayer in this crisis, for according to Lord Roberts she needs forgiveness quile us much as Germnny. » • • All lhe nations nf earth are beginning lo realize, or at least they ought lo be able lo recognize it, for it is being mnde plain to every eye, thai "A king is not saved by the multitude of nn host, or a mighty mnn delivered by much strength for power helongeth unto God." » « « I will close with n prayer by Waller Hiiuschenhusch: "Bring'to an end, 0 Lord, the inhumanity nf lhe present, in which nil men nre ridden hy the pale fenr of want while lhe nation of which they nre citizens sits enthroned amid the wealth nf their making; when lhe Get Posted by Attending Meetings and on Election Day you will Vote for STUART HENDERSON The Straight Liberal Candidate Think Before You Vote Attend Meetings Before You Finally Make Up Your Mind DON'T WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION TO THINK manhood in some is i ived by helplessness, while the soul of others is surfeited and siek with power which no frail son of the iliisl should wield. "0 God, save us, fnr our nation is at strife with its own soul and is sinning against the light which thou aforetime his kindled. Thou hast called our people to freedom but we are withholding from men their shnre in the common heritage''ilbout "which freedom becomes a.hollow name. Thy Christ hast kindled in us the passion for brotherhood, but the social life we have built, denies and slays brotherhood. Mny we, who now live, see the oncoming of the great days nf God, when all men shall stand side by side in equal worth nnd renl freedom, all toiling, all reaping, masters of nnture, bul brothers of men, exultant in the tide of common life, and jubilant in the adoration nf Thee, lhe source of their blessings and lhe Father of all." SOCIALISM SPREADS AS THE RESULT OF WORLD WAR The Philadelphia Public Ledger comments ns follows on Socialism:— "The war hns produced a movement towards Socialism which, bad peace lusted, would not have risen for fifty yenrs. The wnr hns proved strikingly Hint the strength-of a nation is dependent not merely on its population, wealth nnd nnturnl resources, but also on the degree to which these elements of strength are mobilized for socially beneficial objects, and not for mere private use or gain. "Thai Germany's power lo endure the stresses of the wnr is largely due In the fact Hint she hns Inken over in Into many nf the economic doctrines of Socialism, and although her state Socialism is perverted today, she needs little more than political freedom to be a complete Socialist slate. That similarly France, England and Italy, which have long possessed political freedom, have been forced by the stress of war to take immense strides toward the utilization of every resource for the social good of the whole. That the Russian revolution bas placed the feet of that great nation also definitely on the path of Socialism, although the entire mechanism of Socialist organization hns still to be constructed. Such prognostications insist that this wave nf Socialism is now aboul In reach America. Bul Hie goose flesh which the word Socialist once raised on most Americans is no longer felt. And this is but natural. Fnr it is impossible lo keep on having a horror nf Socialists when one regards the Socialists of Germnny as the only progressive peoplo in Hie empire of Ihe Holicnzol- lerns and when one hns rejoiced unreservedly nt the overthrow of the Romanoffs by the Socialists of Russia. Collegiate School PHONE 62 1157 Rockland Avenue, Victoria, B. C. Private Day and Boarding School For Boyt SMALL CLASSES-INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION Christmas Term Commences Wednesday, September 5th PRINCIPAL A. D. MUSKBTT, ESQ. For Proa pectus, giving full particular!, apply to the Principal WAR MENUS Ingersoll described hope ns "n universal liar." A cheerful liar, though, nnd one that encourages the sons of men to persevere most hopefully in their ages-old search for the truth. The Golden Rule was not meant for n ynrdshick with which to measure profits. Even Ibe free air und sunshine nre denied th\poor who nre huddled together in Ibe cities. Breakfast Corn men 1 Porridge Milk Sugnr Liver nud Bacon Brown Brend Pear Marmalade Ten or Coffee Luncheon Cream of Corn Soup Bran Gems Sen Hoped Potatoes Coddled Apples Tea Milk Sugar Dinner Roast Beef Cauliflower Pared Roast Potatoes White Bread -Gingerbread Honey Coddled Apples: Pure and cut in quarters nny firm cooking apples, Mnke u syrup of one cup of sugnr nnd one cup of water. Add a little cinnamon. Put the npple in the boiling syrup, and cook until the apples are clear but not broken. Remove from syrup, nnd boil the syrup down until thicker. Pour over the-apples and serve. A fnt kitchen makes a lean will. A fault confessed is half redressed. Say you saw it in The Week. A friend iu need is a friend indeed. After dinner sil a while; after supper walk a mile. SYHOPBIS OF COAL 1JIHIN0 EEOU- ^ LATIOKS Coal mining rights of the Dominion In Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Albarta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and In a portion of the Province of British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one year* renewable for a further term of twenty- one years at an annual rental of $1 an acre. Not more than 2,560 acres will be leased to one applicant. Application for a lease must be made by the applicant in person to the Agent or Sub-Agent of tlie District In which tho rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal subdivisions of sections, and in unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by the applicant himself. Ench application must be accompanied by a fee of Jli, which will be refunded if the rights applied for aro not available, but not otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents por ton. The person operating the mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for tho full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay tho royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights nre not being operated, such returns should bo furnished at least once a yenr. The lease will Include the coal mining rights only. For full Information application should be made to tlio Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ottmva, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. W. TV. CORY. Deputy Minister of the Interior. N.B.—Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will not be paid for. April 2nd. Saturday, November 24 THE WEEK Page Three m LETTERS TO THE m EDITOR m m m m °5^-^3ggg= ^4M- ^jf^. ^.jfql At Tke Street Corner BY THE LOUNGER |7ilEgg-^ps~=53l4- -ti^.-M^ ~*4^ ~^I51 Well, I have seen and heard and talked with the Duke. While I am all for Democracy—thank God for the I new Democracy—the love of pomp and circumstances, of forms and ceremonies, of hereditary law and order, is ingrained in my very flesh. I want a square deal for everybody, with favor and privilege for none; but I am only human. I am sprung from a land and a society where there is an enormous respect (I had almost said worship) of the rich, and a corresponding pity (I had almost said contempt) for the poor. Hence my inborn reverence for the picturesque standards and usages that still survive in the Old Motherland. I am a Socialist at heart. I love all men. And * while I am sentimental over the things , of the past I believe in the consum- [ mation of the Universal Brotherhood : ;dea that would inevitably sweep [ away those ancient survivals that ap- f peal with such peculiar force to me. 1 I would resign them all gladly if for j hatred were substituted love, for evil I good, for the hideous wrongs of this I world redress, for war pence, for the [ benefit of the few the good of all. I Sentiment is well, there is far too > little of it in our dealings one with fanother. It cannot possibly prejudice that blessed sense of justice and equity that should he the central guiding force in our lives. The Duke appealed to me. As a notable figure, symbolic of the best traditions of the ruling clnsses Hint hnve made the British Empire what it is, he interested me. As a Caven- | disli he interested me and had my re- 1 spect, for the Cavendishes hnve pro- i duced many great, and honored men. f As the representative in person of ■ the Crown and all that it means, he i commanded, my humble recognition, i even my homage. I am not so sure (yet, you super-Socialists, that a f moderate, well-behaved Monarchy is not better than nn autocratic Republic. (Thnl, however, we shnll leave , to the editor.) The Duke is a very lino gentleman, with courtly manners, nn admirable command of llie English tongue, and that indefinable something nbout him thnt cannot be put into words but which is the birthright of such as be. . I do not deny that there have been courtly villains: history is full of them: but it is safe to say that none of them have possessed that -subtle 1 something which is the distinguishing characteristic of the highest type of the English gentleman. I tried, years ' ago, to acquire this subtle, evasive something myself—without success. I'm not a Duke: I'm a pleh. I do not use the best English: I use slang. I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth: It wns n two-penny horn one. 1 did not hnve a train of nurses: I had only a mother. Pot* tutor I had Johnson's Dictionary and a father. My friends were not of the Peerage, but of the common people, Ibe shepherds and ploughmen on the hills, llie grooms and strappers at the stables, Ihe gardeners, footmen nnd servants round a grent house. 1 did not live in n mansion of three hundred rooms. I lived in a whitewashed clenn sweet cottage in the midst nf n garden heavy with Hie scent of musk nnd cabbage roses and lnvendur nnd rue. And I never wont nu the grand tour to jomplote my education. 1 came to Canada instead. I would nol have had it otherwise. I am not connected in any way, however remotely, with the Cavendishes. Bul I hnve seen Tlolker Hull. I snw it through a hole in tlie fence with my own eyes. I have seen the splendid tombs of the Cavendishes ill the ancient priory church at Carlniel hnrdby. The peculiarity of the great tower of tlie Priorfy is that the upper story is set diagonally upon that of the lower. I wns nbout to hnve n yarn with the Duke about that when lie wns spirited away to have presented to him a small man who wore a red tie and appeared to be a bundle of nerves, but had nerve enough immediately to introduce the subject of lhe"AdmiRAIity." * ♦ * It seems to be a primal instinct, inherited no doubl from our cave- dwelling ancestors, lo write our names or draw the lineaments of our friends or enemies on nny inviting surfnee, such ns n 'clenn wall ill any public plnce, Schoolboys have it down to a lino art, but they nre not the only exports at it. Give nny idle fellow a pencil and a blank wall, and there you are. I want this habit to be curbed. Iu some quarters this practice has become a nuisance, a madness, a sign of degeneracy, and strong measures should be adopted for its suppression. Smith, for instance (we all know Smith) thinks nothing of inscribing bis name or something worse in a score of different places, generally in public resort where all the world will see and remark it. Empty-headed fellows like himself follow suit, and then we have a collection of autographs, sketches, caricatures, clever or obscure remarks wliich one would imagine could only be found within the confines of an insane asylum. Thus we realize the truth of the old saw: "Fools' names and fools' faces, Always seen in public places." One readily excuses the boy who with laboriously joy carves his initials on a rode or tree (which of us hasn't done it?). With him it is second nature, a very simple and innocent matter. One can even excuse tbe poet who, like Burns or W. E. Pierce or myself, writes under pressure of sudden inspiration on Hie wall of an inn or a bus. Such are quite excusable. But there is no excuse whatever— there can he nothing hut the severest condemnation—for imbeciles who wantonly disfigure public and private property with vulgar or offensive drawings and remarks. Tbe police should come down hard on such offenders, for hardly anybody's property is safe these days from the disfigurations of the lend pencil fiend. An obviously young woman who does not wish me to give her nway writes me a letter that is meant to deliver the Lounger a knock-out blow. She reproves me in hysterical sentences for the "amusing and sarcastic" way in which I will persist in referring to "her" sex. (I didn't know, by the way, that the sex belonged to her. She's welcome to it. I'm sorry for the sex.) She has enough natural courage to sign her name to her letter, but I am man enough to respect her wishes. I shall not give her nway. From the impression I have formed of her she would be an expensive present. Even if I were n grocer I should think twice before giving her away with a pound of tea. . . . This much I will sny, how- eyer: her first name is Anne. I have known a few Amies in my dny, nnd they have all more or less been pretty hard enses. They have invariably left tlieir mark. Anne's letter is lengthy, abusive, and very badly written. So fnr from achieving its purpose, which is distinctly Prussian, it leaves me cold. The only part that moved me was Hie statement by Hie writer that she had so little use for men that nothing in the world would ever induce her to marry. I thank Anne for that blessed assurance. Even if she should change her mind she will never marry me. She will never be able to throw dust in my eyes. 1 may inform her that I can read bolh a person's character and intentions from a letter, and my rending of this letter is not favorable. The signs indicate that Anne is the sort of young thing who, after marriage, would sil around in clubs nt night discussing the conversation nf child-life while her poor devil of a husband sat al home trying to wring lhe necks—1 mean trying lo pacify Iwo or three squalling kids. . . . No, Anne, it's nn use. You cannot frighten me. As for my age. I'm no older than I look, and am just ns young as I feel. 1 am not married, or if I am I have forgotten it. I will not alter my tone in these columns for yon or for anybody else. The only redeeming feature nbout you is that yon rend The Week. You are therefore not entirely hopeless. I -___ Tht Week Invites letters from Ui reader! on all subjects of public interest. Letters need not be signed by the writer but a nom de plume may be used for publication, and they must be accompanied in every case by the name and address of the writer as a guarantee of good faith. This will be treated by the Editor entirely In confidence. The Editor also, reserves the right to withhold publication of any letter without having to give a reason for so doing. A Local Hero To show the quality of some of our "wastage," I give the following npreciation of the late Lieut. Bernard Shipton, who was killed November 2nd, 1917, at the Front. In thinking of him I am reminded of Shakespeare's lines: He was a man, who, take him all in all We shall not look upon his likes again. In politics he believed in the Brotherhood of Man; in religion he left theology alone; "Music satisfies me,' 'he said. To praise God was his religion. He was a man of insight, one need not be attractive, neither mentally brilliant, nor personally beautiful to gain his loving sympathy and complete understanding. He stood for principle against his personal interests. He defended the absent whenever a word was said against them. He was a man of quick wit. A Quaker relative, hesitating to mend a pair of gloves for him on account of his being a soldier, he remarked, with lips twitching with amusement, "Well, this is relief work." She mended the gloves. ft was characteristic of him when one said, "I can hardly believe you are going" to answer "I'm only one, and I joined for this." He was always so jolly that it was quite a surprise on the night before he left his home for the camp to find that he had, in the course of his three years in Victoria, gathered together many beautiful poems from various publications. These he read with evident pleasure, taking it for granted that nil appreciated them as he did, or else wishing to help them to realize the beauty of good poetry. As the* Princess Alice moved out into tlie, stream bearing him nnd the other boys away, many forever, his face was literally transfigured as be waved, farewell to his beautiful young* bride. Perhaps it was the effect of the electric light in his yellowish curls or the imagination of the writer, but it would seem like leaving out the truth not to record that a beautiful light appeared around his head. F. WOODWARD. shirkers, I considered it my duty to take steps to impress my boys with the dire consequences of desertion. Accordingly, tke other day I conducted a "court martial," the culprit being my youngest child who was supposed to have been arrested for desertion. Having been convicted on evidence as "guilty," he was removed by the guard, placed against the wall and blindfolded. The only privilege I allowed him was the disposal of his teddy bears and other property. The other boys, who formed the "firing squad," were equipped, in lieu of rifles, with yard lengths of water piping, iu the end of each piece being placed a fire-cracker. At the command "lire," given by myself, the crackers (previously lighted) went off. The pallor on the cheeks of the victim clearly bore witness to the salutary effects of this excellent object lesson. Thereafter, I had them all, including my wife, stand at attention while I addressed them at considerable length on the duties of obedience and the virtues of military discipline. We of the governing class must combat this spirit of sedition and lack of discipline ou the part of the working people. As their rulers, we must govern them with a rod of iron, t would suggest placing them on short rations as an initial warning. If we allow them too much liberty, our cherished power, handed down through the ages, will be snatched from us aud our glorious Empire will end. God Save the King! "RULE BRITANNIA." P.S.—I have been reluctantly compelled to dispense with the services of a man, to whom I have given occasional employment, having heard that he was present at the revolutionary meeting.—R.B. 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Better cut out thin notice and show it to any others who are ruptured—you may save a life or at least stop the misery of rupture and tlie worry and danger of an operation. nov24-mar30 ofa rtotc^r, The renl anarchist is lhe capitalist who acknowledges no law, either oi^ nature or of man, except that of lhe survival of the wealthiest, the ernft- iesl, the greediest nnd lhe most unscrupulous. Tn the capitalist's lexicon conservation means the conservation nf privnle profits and private privileges. National Dangers To the Editor of The Week. Sir,—Certain things have occurred of late which lead me to believe that the Government does not realize the terrible danger which confronts the nation. On Saturday of last week an uncouth mob of working people met, so I am informed, in a loonl hall, presumably to further the interests of so-called "labor" candidates. These persons, who evidently belong to the vulgar agitator class, made most disgustingly disloyal and treasonable statements without interference by the authorities I There wns nlso, I believe, distributed nt the snid meeting what purported to be a "manifesto"—a rabid revolutionary document inciting the common people to defy their rulers. A more preposterous piece of impertinence on the part of the working class it would be dillicult to imagine. If the military and police authorities are fully alive to the situation, they will adopt Hie most drastic measures in dealing with llie abominable nnd dangerous characters who are responsible. They possess the necessary machinery in the form of the establishment nf martial law. They ought to put il in inutinn immediately and punish offenders wilh the ul most rigor nf the lnw. I would suggest Hint the ring-lenders be immediately arrested and convicted for high treason. This would doubtless form a sulntory lesson to those Socialistic aud anarchical mnl- contents—low persons of perverted nnd treasonable ideas—whose presence is a distinct menace to law and order, besides exciting a decidedly pernicious influence over lhe simple minds of lhe ignorant. Another matter which bus aroused indignation within me, almost to boiling point, is the open defiance shown hy llie many miserable cads in our midst lu the Military Service Law. These cowardly nnd disobedient fellows ought tu be punished wilh Ihe utmost,severity. They are deserters, and everyone knows how such are treated on tho battlefield. They ought lo be treated no less severely ul homo. In n former letter In you, 1 briefly oul lined a system of military training which I hnve adopted in my home, I mny sny Hint, ns n resull nf lhe delimit attitude ul lhe undisciplined / NOTICE TO CONTBACTORS Esquimau District — Highway Bridge over the Sooke Biver, near Milne's Landing Sealed tenders, endorsed "Tender for Sooke Bridge," will be "received at tlie Department of Provincial Public Works, Victoria, B.C., up to noon of December loth next, for the erection and completion of a bridge over the Sooke River, near Milne's Landing. Drawings, specifications, and form of contract mny be seen at Room No. 7, East Wins, Parllument Buildings, Victoria, B.C., and at tho office of the District Engineer, Court-house, Vancouver, B.C., on and after the 22nd instant. Each teneier must be accompnnletl by an accepted bank cheque or certificate of deposit, made payable to the Provincial Public Works Engineer, for a sum equal to twenty (20) per cent, of the tender, as security for tlie due fulfilment of tbe contract, which shall be forfeited If tbe party tendering declines to enter Into contract when cnlled upon to do so, or if be fails to complete tbe work contracted for. The cheques of unsuccessful tenderers will be returned tn them upon lhe execution of the contract. Tenders will not be considered unless made out ou llio forms supplied and signed with the actual signature ul* the tenderers. Tbe lowest or any lender not neces- surlly accepted. Also separate lenders are required for lhe Btltlr'e t'oflToval nt llie superstructure of Hie existing span ol* tbe obi bridge, and for tbe entire removal of tbe superstructure of the approaches thereto; tlie whole of tho material from ibis bridge when dismantled to be piled on either bunk well above the line uf high waler. Tho substructure (piles and braci of this bridge to be left standing. A. E. FOREMAN, Public Works Kngli Department nf Public Works, Victoria, B.C., November 17th, 101' nov24-lt B.C. Apples For B. C. Boys Dan W. Poupard THE FRUIT SPECIALIST BALMORAL BLOCK 1105 DOUGLAS STREET Mass Meeting OF Labor Candidates Princess Theatre s. Saturday November 24th, at 8 p.m. Speakers: A. S. WELLS, Federation Nominee J. TAYLOR, Federation Nominee Nanaimo W. E. PEIRCE, President Canadian Freedom League COMMITTEE ROOMS MONA CAFE, BROAD ST. God Save the People Victoria's Watch and Clock Repair House 1124 GOVERNMENT STREET ALL WORK GUARANTEED. 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SHCREJTARy, tncrciined Production <"ominlttPP, City Hall. Page Four THE WEEK Saturday, November 2 | S0TT0_V0CE j £ BY THE HORNET *J> JWThat Sir Joseph is praying for the success of the Borden Party. ST That ALL tlie grafters are offering the same prayer. BW That nevertheless they are frankly nervous. WThat public sentiment favors drastic punishment for Borden and th"e victory Loan BaTl. his profiteering crew. ' ST That Borden. Sifton the altruist is for ST That Bob Rogers is for Borden. DC" That Bob Green is for Borden. W That Tolmie is for Borden. SWThat evil communications corrupt good manner. SWThat Flumerfelt tried to save Bowser from destruction. BV That Tolmie is making a similar effort on behalf of Borden. SWThat they are all quite willing The D——. B . Hanna to have the source of their incomes in- are surely the Humorists of the Hour! Iff vestigated. —o— i —— So the men of Trail are not the ST That in some cases it would re- men they were said to be. Theyi are quire a microscope to do this. just ordinary trailers like the rest of us. ST That nevertheless they are men —o— whoso opinion carries weight. The "conchy" baiting Colonist and the virtuous near-beer Times are anx- 3W That they are all good citizens ions to warn us against some pacifist and just as patriotic as the Old Lady, fellows they have met in their - dreams somewhere. Next thing you ST That they hold their convictions know they will be telling you. and I and are prepared to stand by them, that the Laurier Liberals and La- borite candidates have no money of IWThnt Christ talked of "recon- their own, therefore Alvon Seleben ciliation" all through his ministry, must have sent them word where to find the tin box whicli he buried on ST That The Colonist evidently this treasure island. thinks lie was wrong. The greatest pro-Germans I have heard of so far are the managers of ST That after carefully considering this country of ours, who have mud- the two authorities the Hornet decides died the war and made tlieir friends to stay with the Christ. rich while doing it. Thirteen dollars allowed to buy each discharged man ST That he has no doubt that event- a new civilian suit and somebody in iinlly the Colonist (and others) will the East is said to have a contract come over to his way of thinking. to supply the same beautiful shade of Bannockbui'ii tweed suit for $8; That the Hornet did not go to take it or leave it, and ask no questions about the missing five spot. That is the kind of thing that has produced ST That in spite of his absence, it the three hundred thousand exemption was a "great" success. applications. To blackbawl some pa- triotic peace man is just camouflage SW That there was no reason why it to hide the real stumbling blocks to shouldn 't be. victory, namely, the stealers who steal —i— from a nation in distress, and be- SW That it was about the easiest way seach you'and I to write to keep their possible for some people to give vent parliamentary tools in power so they to their feelings of patriotism. can continue to "carry on"'the pro- Steering business. 3T That $7 for two was dirt cheap— —o— if you had the $7. Here is a little prayer for peace which perhaps will please The Colo- ST That the cost of dresses with the nist. Grandma might teach it t*- necessary et ceteras would make the Master Robert, it may not be exactly $7 the smallest item on the bill. what King Henry said, but it Is as near as I am able to quote. iW Thnt the probability is that for „ , , w_ <f»; ^aSfi^MiSfiiriaS DAVID SPENCER, LTD. Hfi^HSSKSi^ MEN'S CLOTH TOP I i Rubber-Lined | Coats I At $20.00, $22.50 and $25.00 m SWThat Tolmie will discover that the load is more than he can bear. every dollar raised for Patriotic purposes, at least five were spect in raising it. By and in-direct SWThat Laurier will Premier of Canada. be tho next SW That he will do more to win the war in one month than Borden has done in three and a half years. disgorge their blood-money. SW That a vote for Laurier is a vote for war-time efficiency. SWThat the Old Lady on Broad Street has found a new enemy. IWThat while we are talking "war time economy," and "food conservation," this sort of thing doesn't look good to the man in the street. what by-paths crook'd ways, I met this crown .... of union; Therefore, Be it my course to busy giddy minds With future quarrels; that action hence borne out, MAY WASTE THE MEMORY OF » ,„, , « • ii. r, , THE FORMER DAYS. ST list on the morning the Duke ^ j ^ fey ^ ^ Q ^ ^ smmsmm ... arrived, the sidewalk in trout ot the . ThBti!ie:W1ImJak„eJh„:Pr0fiteerS impress Hotel was covered with ^ ^ my ^ me in h,e worms' _ peace live. "* —o— Respectfully dictated, I mean dedicated to the union boss by , , U AND SWThat they didn't look good to His Excellency. SWThat the Hornet would like to know where they came from. —Some of the best and most approved Coats made for men to wear... They are beautifully tailored in the season's smartest styles from all-wool cloths, which have been perfectly proofed to withstand heavy showers. There are fancy tweeds in new overplaids; self greys and brown mixtures. A splendid variety of models and all sizes. Coats that will give several seasons good wear. CLOTH TOP RUBBER LINED TOP COATS $15.00 —In a smart Balmacaan style, with convertible collar, storm cuffs and conductors. Your choice from two shades of grey in Donegal effects. This is a very handy Coat for business men, and is offered at a most reasonable price. MEN'S WOOL TOP PARAMATTA RAINCOATS —A Coat specially tailored and finished to assure the wearer keeping dry during the wet, rough season. Each model is in a smart style, finished with storm cuffs; conductors on sleeves and around bottom of coat. Set-in shoulder or Raglan style. Excellent values at $10, $12, $15, $18 TO $22.50. —Men's Clothing, Main Floor ^fiis^ffi^HSfiii david spencer, ltd. immRgnmismi I. THE VICTORY LOAN BALL SW That it rejoices in the wonderful name of "Boloism." IWThat it has been suggested they j ^.^ d() my m in t])e trenoheg DEAF PEOPLE of Germ-an origin I shy at my country's loud call ■ That apparently it exists in every ^ ^ ^ ^ hfld bete get Fd-j-r trip Bjjg withies country except Germany. SWThat nevertheless its evil machinations are all manipulated from Berlin. SW That Boloists are men (or women) who use such fearful language as "peace negotiations," "no conscription" and "reconciliation." iWThat President Wilson must have been a Boloist when he made his celebrated "Peace Without Victory" speech. SW That the Pope must be a Boloist. WT That Sir Wilfrid Laurier is also DEAFNESS AND NOISES IN THE HEAD can now be molt certainly cured by the newly discovered "French Orlene." This new remedy goes right to the ac- : The boys out in Flanders are dying tual seat of the trouble, and eflecta a That the November number of _, } h am] freedom of ali complete and lasting cure In a few days. Whilst I salve my conscience by buy- busy nnd hnve them all labeled, aw The Island Motorist is a peach. ST That its editor, Chas. L. Harris, is a live wire. "That what he doesn't know ing. A ticket for two to the ball. The cost of existence advances, ., War widows are sent to the wall about magazine production isn t worth Whj,st j tafee in a]1 of thfl danoea knowing. SUB ROSA Around at the Victory Loan Ball. I live on economy messes But I'm not getting thinner at all And my wife wore the finest dresses. That was seen nt the Victory Loan Ball. of December 17th. ST Tliat the Old Lady on Broad Street wants to have them all jerked you say to tMi: Not a feeble Saviour up short and labeled. SW That if tbis is done about every second mnn or woman in Canada will have a label on. (im. This column is not a success. I hnve not received a single letter from ■ SWThat Boloists will be as thick as „ maddened subscriber. Is there no-As a win-the-war talker 1 m fluent, Z in Summer between now and body who will quit buying this paper And my faith in the lib Ms is small "™° nM(1 R0 get me fired off the job! From the trenches, however, I'll be _o_ truant— Now you religious readers, what do I'd rather assist at the ball. The Office Boy from a future hell, but a fierce Saviour from the hell in which they are now in is what millions want. The sentimental Jesus of the comfortable churches is not thc- Jesus of the New Testament. —o- Well, if you do not like to discuss serious questions, just read yourself this little joke: "Toronto, Nov. 15.—The executive officers of the Canadian Northern Railway will not apply for exemption notion that he is overworked and un- for ally employee in Class One regard- dei'paid." less of the capacity in which he is Suppose we turn around nnd say to employed, according to nn official cir- j.j,j capitalist who is asking for "rea- onlar signed by D. B. Hanna, third sonnhlc" profits: "The man in the vice-president, sent to tho heads of all treriebes works for VM a month." departments in the service. Wouldn't that be a fine thing for the "The policy of the company is thnt capitalist who has such a "notion" to while it is essential thnt thc railway benr in mind? 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SW That if she wants to stop people talking "pence negotiation" and "reconciliation" she must get the censor nt work on the Bible. SW That Jesus Christ would have a hard time if lie landed in Victorin today and the Old Lady had a free hand. A TWO-EDGED SWORD The Kansas City Star quotes, with evident approval, the following editorial paragraph from the Indianapolis News:— 'The man in thc trenches works overtime and Sundays.—The state fuel administrator. 'That's a good thing for every mnn to remember when he gets the TAKE NOTICE that Popham Bros., Limited, intends, at tlie expiration of one month from the first publication of this notice, to apply to the Registrar of Joint Stocl; Companies to approve its change of name from Popham Bros., Limited, to "Ormond's, Limited." Dated at Victoria, B.C., this 6th day of September, 1917. GEO. A. MORPHY, Solicitor for Popham Bros., Limited. Sept. 8-Nov. 13. 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I have given lt to a number who were terribly afflicted and even bodrldden with Itbeuma- tlata, and It effected a cure In every case. I want every sufferer from any form of rheumatic trouble to try this marvelous heal* Ing power. Don't send a cent; simply moll your name and address and I will send It free to try. After you have used It and It has proven Itself to bo that long-looked-for means of curing your Rheumatism, yon may send the price of It, one dollar, but, under* stand I do not wnnt your money unless you are perfectly satisfied to send It. Isn't that fair? Why Buffer any longer when punitive rJllef Is thus ofTcrcd you free? Don't delay Write today. Mark H. Jackson, No, KfiTtturncy Hldg., Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. Jackson la responsible. Above state* ment true —Pub. ^Mi^^fmi^^^^^^s*m^^ i t i l i NOTICE! Having moved to more commodious premises (rendered necessary by the large increase in my business) I have now ample room in which to display cloths, etc. You are invited to inspect a choice selection of new Fall and Winter goods, including Donegals, Serges and Tweeds. Come — you will not be importuned to buy. H. H. BROWN Late of Jay's Oxford Circus, Society's Tailor Graduate of London Academy 730 FORT STREET TELEPHONE 1817 him crucified before Ho had been here to decide. , THERM VVll/l. nwcek' T1IK COUNTRY'S INTEREST BY NOT JEOPARDIZE WThnt some of our clergymen would help mnke a pood job of it. The Socialists are crazy enough to PUTTING THE COMPANY'S IN- believe that if the workers ore nble TERESTS FIRST. As a precaution to build fine houses they ought to live to prevent Ihe employment of those in them. ignoring the lnw, nil male applicants ■ will be required to show The paper solo on your shoe is n nronciliation," the Ihat their services have been consid- mute tribute to the glorious "effl- to supply a dozen cred by Hie country's representn- ciency WThat if Ibe Old Lady is really anxious to secure information of men hereafter who dare to say Hornet is ready nnmes at once. lives. ' of n system that makes things lo sell instead of lo use. NEW METHOD LAUNDRY LIMITED "QUALITY LAUNDERER8" 1015-1017 North Park Stout Phone 2300, MADAME KATE WEBB, M.I.S.M., PRINCIPAL , DOMINION ACADEMY OF MUSIC 1146 Fort Street (Near Linden Ave.) Instruction in Singing (Italian method), Voice production. Pianoforte, Theory of Music. Preparation for the Assoc. Board, R.A.M. and R.C.M. exams., London, Eng. Madame Webb offeri a Singing Scholarship (one year's free tuition). For particular! apply personally at the Academy. RES. PHONE, 3060.
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