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Published in the Interests of Mount Pleasant and Vicinity.
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Subscribe to the Western Call $1$(> Per Year 6 Mos. 50 cents Published in the Interests of Mount Pleasant and Vicinity T. J. Kearney J. M. Mclntjrce Funeral Director T. J. Mearoty ft Co. Ftuural DliMtoa snd HnbAlmsm At your service day and night. Moderate cbai-gwa. 802 Broadway Wert .Pbone: Pair. 1068 VOLUME VIII. VANCOUVER, BRITISH GOjiUMBU, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1916. 5 Cents Per Copy. No. 4. IADLY MADE SUPPLIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED The Canadian Red Cross Society in its monthly bulletin calls the attention of Red Cross workers to the necessity for careful attention to details in all their Red Cross work and explains that owing to the lack of space on ships they are approaching the time when they will be obliged to refuse supplies that are hot properly made or packed. Following are the instructions issued by the supply department: "We have received from England some complaints as to the quality of the goods which are being shipped, especially of the quality of the socks. We. therefore, ask all our workers throughout the Dominion to remember that socks which are badly knitted are really useless. We would also ask all heads of committees and societies to watch carefully the socks sent in by members, and to refuse to send forward those which have hard seams in them, especially at the toe and heel, or which are hard and rough to the feet, or which are obviously too large or too small or too misshapen for any normal soldier to wear. "We would also draw the attention of. workers to the "fact that it is useless to send forward large quantities of supplies made of very poor materials. We have had some shirts, for instance, sent in to. the society of such wretched material that 4hey~ are really useless. "We are afraid that in some places there is more anxiety to send forward large quantities for the sake of appearing well in reports than to consider what would be the feeling of a patient if he were asked to wear the garments sent. We call upon all workers to remember that the object of the Red Cross is not to provide materials for working parties and to occupy the time of the workers, but to provide garments which are really more suitable for sick men to Xwear-.Moreover,..as our^transportation is limited, we cannot send forward goods which take up space on the ships and which are not of any use when they arrive at the hospitals. "Surgical supplies made of, anything but hospital gauze, absorbent cotton and non-absorbent cotton, are useless, and not worth tlie carriage or the time of makers. We do not want ordinary bandages except a very small number which should be made only by men and boys and persons who cannot make other supplies. "We are quickly approaching the time when for lack of space on the ships we shall be obliged to return to the senders supplies of goods which are not of the right kind or of sufficiently good quality to warrant our forwarding them to England, as we do not care to incur the responsibility of disposing of them on this side of the water. "During the canning and jam- making season, we took pains to request from one of the largest fruit growers and canners in Canada definite instructions as to packing fruit and jam. He kirid- },y sent these and they were inserted in "Suggestions for Work" and "War Work," and we received much beautifully prepared and packed fruit that was much appreciated in our hospitals. Some was not so satis factory. Here is the description of one very large shipment when it arrived at the shipping warehouse in St. John: "This jam was packed in five- pound paint or lard tins, which were not air tight. The action of the acid in the fruit combined with the air in the tin has caused a heavy, black corrosion on the inside of the tin and cover. Furthermore, this shipment was very badly packed, being put up in various kinds of cases, little or no attention being given to the packing, as a considerable number of the tins were packed upside down, the cover having come off allowing the contents to dirty the other tins and penetrate the cases. Also, in nailing up the cases, nails were driven through quite a number of the tins. "I have had this jam examined by two of the leading confectioners and they are of the opinion that on account of the corrosion on the inside of the tins, that the entire shipment is unfit for food, as there would be great danger of ptomaine poisoning. I have, .therefore, arranged to: have the entire shipment, consisting of 400 tins, destroyed." And the worst of it all was that the freight of this shipment cost the Red Cross $68!00. GIVES ELOM) WARNINGS Giving ample warnings of flood possibilities on the Fraser River, F. Napier Dennison, superintendent of the Victoria observatory, says that this season has -been abnormally cool throughout this province and the snowfall has been unusually" heavy on the mountains, From daily river gauge readings obtained from special observers stationed at Kamloops, Lytton and Yale the following abnormally low readr ings were obtained on the 27th of this month: At Kamloops the level is two feet four inches below the average on that date during the last six years. ;At Lytton it is six feet eight inches below the average. ; At Yale seven feet five inches below the average of the last seven years. :.^Under these conditions should there be a pronounced warm spell in; the interior during the next t-#o weeks, dangerous floods may p|cur, which from the 16th to the 19th Of June would greatly be increased by the highest tides of the year. EARLY CLOSING OF .BARS WENT INTO FORCE JUNE 1 WORK EXPLAINED -The members of the Prisoners of War Committee have been asked many times, especially just lately, to explain just which is the Information Department of the. Red Cross. It is an enquiry department for missing and wounded men. The following is from a British Red Cross report of April 29: "During the past fortnight we have received 685 enquiries and have collected 1,- 806 reports. We are now issuing a monthly printed list, which is sent to Basra and Bombay, of enquiries for men missing or wounded in Mesopotamia. The reorganization of the searching in the hospitals of the United Kingdom has proceeded without interruptation with excellent re suits. The work is now concentrated on the first line of hospitals, which receives convoys direct from France. In each district a head searcher is appointed, who is responsible for the selection (subject to the approval of. the department) of the necessary number of assistants, and for collecting and forwarding to this office the reports obtained. The system is found to work well and the officers commanding the military hospitals have been prompt in giving all necessary facilities. '' It has now been definitely decided to include in our enquiry list the names of all men officially reported missing, withot waiting for private enquiries on their behalf * * * and the War Office have further undertaken to supply us with the daily official communique of casualties, from which the names of the missing will be transferred to our own list as soon as they appear. "We continue to receive an increasing number of enquiries for men wounded and missing in Mesopotamia. We are now issuing these in a monthly printed list which is sent to Basra and Bombay and also to Egypt, in view of the possibility that some of the wounded may be sent there. ������ The amendment to the liquor act imposing new closing regulations on the hotel bars in the province went into force on June 1st. Hereafter, or at least until after the war, in the event of Prohibition failing' at the polls, the bars must not open before 11 a.m. and must close promptly at 10 p. m. Inspector James Reid has given official notice to all hotels and cafes affected by the new amendments, inasmuch as, although the new regulations came into force on Wednesday night, they were not rigidly enforced, some of the bars which hadinot been notified^ remaining open till the usual hour, while others closed at 10 o'clock. . : . . The police on duty in the city have instructions to watch that no, infractions of the new regulations take place, and to report any such infractions. The question as to who will be responsible for the enforcement of the law as regards clubs is not yet decided, as the latter are operated under a provincial charter, and> in Inspector Reid's opinion, may come under the supervision of the provincial police. The argument is put forward, hpwever, that* as soon as a club sells . liquor after the regular hours named in the licence, it becomes an illicit business and would come under the head of the "blind pig" list, the round- ing-up of which is part of the duties of the city police department. Hotel keepers in the city complain that a large percentage of their business is done between the hours of 10 and 11 in the morning, and that until the drinking public become conversant - with the new regulations there will be a considerable falling--off in the returns from the bars. Inspector Reid pointed out that under the new act in no hotel dining room shall liquor be served on Sundays as has been the case heretofore, nor during hours when the bar should be closed. This will include cafes as well, while the sale of liquor on Sundays is also prohibited in clubs. METHODIST CONFERENCE CONCLUDES LABORS G00P WORK BEING PONE IN MANY MISSION HELPS The twelfth annual meeting of the Woman's "Auxiliary- to Missions of the Anglican Church, Diocese of New Westminster, opened Thursday morning in Christ church and will be continued until Saturday night. The meeting promises to be one of the most interesting in the history of the Auxiliary. A communion service in the church conducted by Rev. C. S. McGaffin opened the meeting. The sermon at the communion service was preached by the Ven. Archdeacon of Columbia. Mrs. Harold King gave the address of welcome, to which Mrs. Barton of Camp Slough replied. The president, Mrs. Wm. Godfrey, in her annual address said that despite the war several of the branches are stronger than they were before, but she reminded them that there was still a vast amount of work waiting to be done, and as the strength of the auxiliary is depending on the zeal of the individual, she urged them tb put their best efforts into the work. She pointed out the necessity for thoroughness and reminded them of their text "The Love of Christ Constrained Us.." Letters of greeting were read from the General Board of the W. A. in Canada, from the dioceses of Ruperts Land, Calgary, Saskatchewan, Huron, Frederic- ton, Keewatin, Algoma, Quebec and Caledonia. The recording secretary, Mrs; Balfour, in her report stated that there was now a total membership of 2841 on their rolls. They have 93 life members, 43 senior auxiliaries with 1069 members, 210 members in girls' auxiliaries, 773 in the junior branches, and 789 in the babies' branches. She referred to the death of Mrs. Thain, one of their oldest life members, and to the absence of the bishop and asked the prayers of the members for his safe return. Interesting reports were read from the branches throughout the diocese. St. Mark's, Kitsilano, reported the largest junior membership, and St. Paul's the greatest increase in membership, while Broadview, which had decreased to one member, had paid its pledge of. $5 and is still a branch. The treasurer's report showed the receipts for the year to be $4,094.31. Though this sum was not less than that raised in other years, there was a small deficit owing to the fact that larger obligations than usual were met this year. The corresponding secretary reported having written 188 letters and 217 replies and notices in which she had had much valuable assistance from the bishop, whose guiding hand they are now missing. She impressed upon the members the necessity for loyalty to their cause. The sessions of the annual conference of the Methodist church were brought to a conclusion on Wednesday evening with the reading of the final list of station and the election of chairmen for the various districts. The stationing committee were in sessioi* most of the day in an endeavor to bring in a report that would be satisfactory to all concerned, and the results of their deliberations are shown in the following list: Several reports of committees were discussed by members oi conference, one of. the most important being a supplemetary report of the board of directors of Columbian College, which asked the Methodist church of the province to raise the sum of $5,000 for the support of the college this year. This the conference unanimously agreed to do, and a hearty vote of appreciation was tendered to Rev. Dr. Sanford, the principal, for his unflagging earnestness in the conducting of the institution and the ability he had displayed in managing the business affairs. The stationing committee recommended that theological work be discontinued for this year; and this was agreed to by the conference. It was found that the majority of. the students had enlisted for overseas service, and those who remained were not able to enlist for various causes, but could be used in the work of the. church on the mission fields. Academic work will be carried on, and a few students will be helped by correspondence, but no theological teaching will be done by the college staff. The conference,.accepted this proposal as a contribution of the church to the call of the Empire. A committee was appointed to prepare a conference honor roll of those who have enlisted, and this will be done at once. Church Taxation -The subject of church taxation came in for consideration on the report of the committee on memorials, and a committee, consisting of the president, Rev. S. S. Osterhout, Rev. R. F. Stillman, Mr. George Bell and Mr. William Savage was appointed to press the vieAvs of the conference on the authorities during the year. Following is the final stationing draft as pertaining to both Vancouver districts: Vancouver West District Vancouver (AVesley) ��������� Ernest Thomas; Robert Whittington, D. D., superannuated: John W. Saunby, B.A., missionary in Japan; Eber Crummy, D.D., Principal Wesley College, Winnipeg. Mt. Pleasant���������Wil ford J. Sipprell, B:A., D.D. Oak Street���������To be supplied from Fourteenth avenue. Sixth Avenue���������Wesley E. Kerr. S. S. Osterhout, Ph.D., President of* Conference, 1454 Fifth Ave. West. Kitsilano���������J. G. Brown, M.A. W. Pascoe Goard, supernumary. Fourtetnth Ave.���������Win. S. A. Crux, B. A. Tolmie St.���������To be supplied from Fourteenth avenue. Kerrisdale���������Charles F. Connor, ���������M.A., B.D. Norwegian Mission���������Emanuel j L. Nanthrop (Matsqui). Chinese Mission���������-Lay Evangelist, 531 Beatty St. Steveston (Japanese Mission) ���������R. Misumuna. Richmond���������G. B. Ridland (R. R. No. 1, Vancouver). Howe Sound���������Robt. C. Scott, B.A., Gibson's Landing. Cape Mudge (Indian Mission) ���������To be supplied. (J. E. Rendle), Quathiaska Cove. Valdes and Cortes���������To be supplied by SS. Thomas Crosby. Alert Bay���������To be supplied. Salmon River���������To be supplied by SS. Thomas Crosby, Capt. J. G. Gibson, Chaplain, C.E.F. Dawson and Klondike���������To be supplied. Marine Mission���������To be supplied, S. S. Thomas Crosby, under superintendent of missions. James Stoodley to attend Columbian College. Garnet Gibson, enlisted, by permission of conference. Officers���������Chairman, S. S. Osterhout ; financial secretary, W. J. Sipprell; S. S. secretary, E. Thomas; E. L. Secretary, W. E. Kerr; temperance secretary, J. G. Brown. Vancouver East Distriet Central���������Arthur E. Roberts; James Turner, superannuated; Goro Kaburagi, left without a station, at his own request. Grandview���������-Elitiu Manuel; F. W. Langford left without a station at his own request to pursue post-graduate work. Dundas���������William J. Beamish. Vancouver Heights���������To be supplied. South Hastings ��������� To be supplied. Trinity���������Osbert M. Sanford; Wm. Pearson, superannuated. Robson Memorial���������J. C. ������wit-i zer, B.A.; Henry J. Miller, superannuated. Grace church���������J. Wesley Miller, U.A., KD.___.__._.__ Mountain View���������Chas. B. Sing, B. D. Sanford���������Thomas H. Wright. Ferris Road���������Arthur N. Miller. Wilson Heights���������W. P. Ew- ing, B. D. River avenue���������To be supplied from Sanford. Japanese Mission���������M. Mut- sunaga. Beaconsfield���������To be supplied. Wm. Boulton left without a station at his own request. Collingwood E.���������Robt. Wilkinson ; E. Wesley Morgan, B.A., B. D., missionary in China. North Burnaby���������To be supplied from Dundas. North Vancouver���������W. Lash- ley Hall, B.A., B.D. Lynn Valley���������To be supplied under superintendence of- North Vancouver. West Vancouver and No. Vancouver, Robt. R. Morrison. Maple Ridge���������John Pye, Port Hammond. Mission City���������John R. Butler. Agassiz���������To be supplied. Robt. C. Wilkinson, supernumerary. J. S. Weir, enlisted, by permission of conference. Officers: Chairman, E. Manuel; financial secretary, T. H. Wright; S. S. secretary, O. M. Sanford; E. L. secretary, R. Wilkinson; secretary, A. E. Roberts. THE WESTERN CALL Friday, June 2, 1916.*] =5\ Joseph Olenines Cloak (Translated from the French by Aimee, for Western Call) >������ In spite of German critics I consider as very estimable Salvolini 's commentary on the papyrus of Turin and the campaigns of "Rhameses the Great. I had planned to make use of it for my great -work on the sojourn of the Hebrews in Egypt, When urgent business affairs summoned me, at the beginning of last autumn, to my estate in Bukova, in Little Russia. I set out, taking with me my precious Salvolini; I expected to find, in the solitude of my woods, the long hours of study necessary for finishing my work! Every proprietor in tne district of Pereiaslaf knows that there are three relays from Kiev to Bukova; they know also that this road is marked on the district map���������ten years ago it is true���������as one of the worst in our dear Ukraine, and that last autumn in particular, the commonest prudence commanded the traveller to avoid the imaginary bridges with which it is embellished. In spite of a combined movement, of rolling and pitching which made the hieroglyphic signs dance in front of my eyes, I persisted in reading the commentary, without a glance at the sorry landscape of stubble-fields and tilloge which was fleeing behind me. At the relay of Tachagne���������one of those poor hamlets, lost in the furzes of a pond, called "Khoutres," in Little Eussia���������I was distracted from reading by the voice of my friend Stephen Ivanovitch, the postmaster, who invited me to take a cup of tea in his house. Two hours later my carriage entered the lime- tree avenue to Bukova, and the shadows of night which were falling from my old trees stopped me at the beginning; of Ehameses' expedition into Nubia. A few minutes later I continued it in a dream tortured by the fantastic jolts of a war chariot rolling over the Libyan sands. The next day, at dawn, I was recalled to the realities of earth by the steward who came to take me in his "drochki" to visit a distant farm. Our early autumn mornings are colder than noontide in winter; over the benumbed fields creeps a heavy gray fog, the vapor of those marshes which form, as is known, the greater part and the most picturesque ornament of Our beantiful country. I ordered my servant to bring to me my pelisse, a wide, warm, fox-lined cloak, which had cut a pitiful figure in the cloakroom of an elegant ball at Petrograd; it was the uncouth companion of my hunting expeditions and of my jaunts through the forest, one of those solid and modest country-friends which one presses to his heart on returning to his country lodgings and which one no longer salutes when one meets them by chance at the court wharf. Ivan appeared with empty hands and scratching his head with an embarrassed air. "Pardon, baron; but * * * the cloak cannot be found; it must have slipped out of the carriage, goodness knows * * * on the road, nofc far away." "What, fallen on the road! You have lost my cloak then?" "You wanted it thrown over your feet last night, as you were anxious to read your big book; you would not notice it, we were getting such a shaking! The accident has possibly happened at the Tachagne Eiver when we were passing over the bridge. * *��������� * Good Lord, I thought we would roll over into the precipice! Ah! the roads are badly neglected, baron; happily the cook of his highness, the marshal, told me yesterday that this year the zemstvo * * * I cut short my faithful servant's ; digression, ordering him to send a .-.'.���������.������������������ GENUINE BARGAINS Sacrifices that are not made from choice. HOUSES WEST END���������9rroom strictly modern house on Barclay St. -'������������������;,vWy&tff Denman.St. on full lot 66 by 131 ft. with a gar- _ age. House has.hot water heat, finest selected pannel- r ling on. liying room and dining room, hall burlapped j and pannelled, reception room in expensive paper, the ***'''' '4bedrooms have washbowls with hot and cold water, .-.���������..- the large front bedroom has artistic fireplace. Property . was formerly valued at $22,000. Today's price, $8,900. "���������'-: ' On terms. HORNBY ST.���������Semi-business, 25 ft., in the first block "' *. off "Pender St., closest to Pender, with 10-room house, ''*- ��������� rented; clear "title, old time price, about $22,000. Today for $8,300. Tterm.s "PAWVIEW���������Fully modern 6-room bungalow, just off 12th Ave. and East of Granville St. on lot 62% by 100 ft. and garage. Has hot water heat, hardwood floors, fireplace, buffet and bookcases, full basement with cement floor. Assessed at $7,0(JO. Sell today for $5,8001 Mortgage, $4,000. 7% per cent. Balance arrange. KITSILANO���������8-room modern house on Dunbar St. north of Fourth Ave. hardwood floors, buffet and bookcases, furnace, fireplace, bath and toilet separate, gas and electric light. Sold for $7,500. Today for $4,500. Mtge. of $3,500. 8 per cent. Bal. arrange. GJ&ANPVTBW���������$450 buys equity to'mortgage in 6-room modern house on Bismark St. Has full basement, furnace, laundry tubs, pannelling, chicken house, cement walks, erected 1911. Mortgage* $2,400. 8 per cent. House was - sold for $4,500. KITSILANO���������Most attractive 5-room bungalow, new, on 10th avenue, on full 33 ft. lot., has hot water heat, hardwood floors, beam ceilings, pannelled walls, bath and toilet separate, fireplace, basement cement floored __ ^nd_jBxtra_toilet, _stone__pillars in_front,..cement-walks, best hardware. Price $3,500. Mortgage $2,000. 8 per cent. Balance arrange. GRANDVIEW���������On Third Ave. near Commercial St., 6-room modern house and small house on rear, both rented, $20 a month, lot 33 ft. Today for $1,800. Mortgage, $1,000. 8 per cent. Bal. arrange. ' KITSILANO���������3-year-old modern house on 8th Eve. on large lot 66 by 132 ft., has hardwood floors, furnace, fireplace, bath and toilet separate, valued at $6,000. Today for $3,150. Mortgage, $2,100, 8 per cent., Bal. arrange. LOTS STRATHCONA HEIGHTS���������A full 50 ft. lot in this glorious location, as a homesite you can't beat it. Formerly held and sold here as high as $2,500, but owner hard up sell for $600. POINT GREY���������On the brow of the hill near 22nd and Balaclava, a great view, full 33 ft. lot, cleared, for $250 GRANDVIEW���������2 lots on 8th Ave. ner Burns St., cost owner $3,150. Sell for $1,500. FAIRVIEW���������50 ft. lot on 10th Ave. near Laurel St. for $1000. FOURTH AVE WEST���������.*?3 ft. near Trutch St. dirt cheap at $1,300. Also 50 ft. between Fir and Pine Sts. for $2800. Formerly held at $17000. HASTINGS ST. EAST���������25 ft. between Dunlevy and .Tack- son for $7600. POINT GREY���������Beautiful high corner cleared oh 34th Ave. Strathcona Place cost $4000 for $1500. A splendid homesite. KINGSWAY���������33 ft. near Nanaimo St. for $450. SOUTH VANCOUVER���������33 ft. lot near Wilson and Knight for $75. ACREAGE SURREY���������152 acres near Port Mann about 12 acres cleared on Hjorth Eoad for $37 per acre. BURNABY���������31/, acres about one-third cleared near Central Park Station. Good location. Valued at $9,500. Today, $3,000. GIBSON'S LANDING���������10 acres between the Landing and Roberts Creek 2 acres cleared, 2 slashed balance alder and small fir creek through one corner. 3-room house finished in beaver board, sink, water in house, 20 fruit trees, 3 years' old, assorted and small fruits. Fine view of Gulf. Price $1000 or will trade for clear deeded lots or house not too far out. ALLAN BROS. REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE AND MINING. 510 PENDER ST. WEST PHONE SEY. 2873 post-boy on horseback in search of the cloak and to tell him not to return without it:* That urchin returned at nightfall; he brought back from Tachagne a large packet wrapped np in the greasy numbers of the "Journal de Kief." I was just returning from the frozen fields, cursing\ the rough roads, the zemstvo and the stupid Ivan, when the post-boy brought back in triumph the recovered cloak, kissing my hand as it rolled him a rouble. I tore off the paper and my fingers, numb with cold, became gently buried under the caress of/ something soft, delicate and warm as a child's breath. I unrolled the object; judge of my surprise and of my ill-humor on seeing unfolded, in place of my old cloak, one of those short pelisses which I believe ladies call polonaises, of great blue velvet lined with sable, which looked very costly. The garment was ancient in style, such as was worn formerly in Poland. " Ah! now, what kind of a joke is this then?" I shouted, detaining the post-boy. c "I do not know, Osip Evguenitch; it was the postmaster himself who gave me. the packet at Tachagne, tell-1 ing me that it was the fur cloak lost by our father and desiring me to carry to our father his wishes for good health." "But, you ninny, it is not mine!" "I did not know, Osip Evguenitch." I sent the stupid fellow away, knowing from those decisive words that there was nothing more to be got from a Russian peasant; and spitefully throwing the strange garment on, the divan at the corner of my desk, I lay down, musing on the odd transformations which cloaks undergo in Ukraine. Next day I awakened very late; a radiant September sun filled with its golden smile my old room with its furniture upholstered in faded chintz. The first object which struck my eyes was the polonaise, spread out on the divan. Light puffs of breeze, blowing through the open window, made ripples in the pretty fur cloak. In the dazzling light, the sable quivered with golden chestnut reflections like those which play on some Titian heads. Mechanically I stroked that silky down, flaming in the noontide light; little sparks quivered along my fingers, the same as come from stroking a young cat's back as it sleeps before the fireplace. From the crumpled, cloth rose a strong perfume; I have a very keen memory for perfumes; yet I could not recall any analogous sensation; unless perhaps the feeble, enervating odor of the linden-trees of Ukraine, when they blossom all around the house in June. In short, that pretty little piece of goods breathed a secret grace, a provoking maliciousness; I stopped to play with it, to drape it in the light in order to set it off fully, when \ noticed the Salvolini wide open on my desk, waiting for me. I was ashamed of my childishness, and I plunged into my favorite reading. I must say I found it less absorbing than us-, ual. The garden which extended beneath my window, adorned with the last coquetries of autumn, attracted my attention often; it invariably returned to the sables which smiled near me. ' Ivan entered, bringing in my breakfast, and made a movement to pick up the unknown and put It away. The hands of my valet bore the trace of a conscientious struggle against the dust, accumulated by the summer months on the furniture of Bukova. On seeing that great black hand taking the delicate blue velvet brutally by the collar, I felt an indefinable sensation of irritation. "Go. and finish your work, Ivan, andXhon 't _soj___that thingnwhichjloesn't belong to us; that is right, you may put it away later." In the evening, Ivan came back to the rescue. I had sketched the plan of the first chapter of my memorial, and I paced up and down my room with that irregular and absent-minded step so favorable to brain-work. Every time that I drew near my desk, my eyes fell on the polonaise; it was lying on the divan in the subdued light of the lamp, with those fantastic and animated postures which clothes, long worn, have in the evening. Sometimes ifc seemed to me that it stirred, rose up; it assumed caressing attitudes, . and a passing light brightened the golden chestnut reflections with more movement and life than in the morning, as if the frolicsome curls of a Venetian head had appeared in the obscure depths of my great mirror. Again I sent Ivan away unceremoniously. The poor fellow looked at me in astonishment and went away with respectful submission, tlie last legacy of servitude in our worthy servants. The next day I invented some of those ingenious pretexts which our slightest caprices find so quickly in order to persuade Ivan that he must leave the strange visitor where it was, until sueh time as it niight be reclaimed. In reality I did not Jike to anticipate that moment. It seemed to me that the joolonaise had always been there: it had entered on the same footing in my intimate life, as those familiar and indispensable things amongst which the old. boy��������� even if he is not very old���������does not allow any change to be made. In the midst of my faded pieces of furniture, in my severe workroom, it was the only young and gay note, the only luminous touch. With its half-living appearance in the evening, it was a little less than a dog and a little more than a flower. My obsession for that queer little thing increased hourly. Those people only can understand me who have known the prodigious mon. otony and the formidable weariness of a solitary sojourn in our Russian plains. Left alone in that silence, crushing to men and things, the imagination attaches itself to tire most trivial objects and ascribes to them proportions out of all bounds. . According to the interesting heads of our houses of correction, it is to Russian sailors and proprietors that Sil vio Pellico's spider must be dedicated The polonaise���������I beg its pardon for the comparison���������became my spider. Soon its influence seriously balanced that of Ehameses. I watched it live its mute and secret life. It was a body without soul, it is true, but like those bodies which the soul has just left and which maintain after the abandonment an expression of great intensity. I looked for the soul, naturally, and my imagination, idle, let at liberty, spent its best hours seeking for - the causes and effects by which chance had brought the wanderer to my home, . on the eternal feminine which had lately become incarnate in that wrapper. I reconstructed all the types of women with which my rich memory could furnish me, in order to adapt them to my cloak. Finally, tired of groping in the dark, I decided to make investigations with a scientific strictness worthy of a laureate of our Academies. If Cuvier, thought I, was able to resuscitate the antediluvian monsters with a little bone, an insignificant'' fragment of their vast organism, why should I not reconstitute a woman with a raiment, which is half of a woman, if it is not the whole? I hung the stuff up, allowing it to take its natural folds; they at once gave evidence of a light, vaporous'gtace; but that was not enough. , One day, I found the farm-hands about to macerate the last harvest of hemp. I secretly carried away a few armfuls; not without blushing a little at my childish amusement, I began to stuff my cloak, buttoning the garment over that improvised mannekin and being careful of all the breaks in the velvet made t>y much wearing. The result was completely convincing. I saw appear a long and flexible neck, rich and proud features,, a slight figure, supple as a young birch. Some affinities, familiar to all who have studied design, helped. ihe to establish, with __ the half thus acquired, the half still wanting, the height of the statue, the shape of the head. I had never been in doubt as to her hair, whieh was of the golden chestnut shade- of the sables; it was also an axiom long since arrived at that her eyes had the dark reflections of the blue velvet. One single point troubled me, the nose was lacking, and I had no models by which to reconstitute it; until better informed, my statue would have no nose. But' why! Had I not madly loved formerly, that ancient head of Ephesus which the barbarous Turk deprived of that same ornament? In a word,/ had I not loved greatly my beautiful compatriots under similar circumstances? And so the soul of my cloak being recaptured, its form became henceforth invariably fixed in my imagination. It brought great peace.. From the day on which my visionary companion was created, she became alive. I grew so much the more attached to that piece of goods in that it was the visible sign of my creation. I no longer entertained the thought that I might be deprived of it. I had not the slightest curiosity to see the lawful owner of the cloak; that might mean disillusion, and what I had invented sufficed me. Once a very simple idea came to me, and which ought to have come sooner, that there might be something iri the pockets to indicate its origin. The idea was very unweleome; I made^several unwilling attempts to put it into execution. At last I plunged my slightly trembling hands into the little pockets; it was with inexpressible relief that I drew them out again empty. My steward wanted me to go to Tachagne to wind ,up a business matter of importance. I found a pretext for sending him in my place, fearing, atiove all things, an explanation with the postmaster which might oblige me to make restitution. On the loth of October, wo had our first frost of winter at Bukova. I saw, on awakening, the melancholy horizon of our fields all wan under its first white sheet. I was to go that morning to superintend some wood-cutting quite a distance away. Ivan brought to mo in triumph a coarse peasant's mantle, swearing that it Avas very cold. I was well aware of it when I opened my window and felt the icy breeze. My hand rested on the soft sables; they' always preserved a certain intrinsic and mysterious tepidity. Brr * * , thought I, how good it would feel to wrap one self up in that warm, fur befor������ facing such weather! I repulsed that foolish idea with shame. But it is well known that foolish ideas haA'e a singular manner of making their way and haA'e special arguments at their serA'ice. "What is the use?" said the temptress, "of getting inflammation of the lungs when one can guard against it? Do you think that any manner of muffling will astonish your worthy peasants? Those simple people noticed nothing, and eA'en if the A-illage girls did smile a little, what's the harm?" I struggled, lovers know |o<y struggles with foolish ideas end. After a few minutes' hesitation, I threw the fine cloak abruptly OA-er my shoulders and went out. An entirely new felicity penetrated to my inmost heart. The steward shivered and I did not feel the cold. I was a long time in the woods; it seemed to me OFFICE TO RENT The accommodation and service that we are giving is of: the best. It is shown by the number of offices that have been rented during the past few months. There are still some to be had whieh we would be pleased to show you by applying at the Rental Department. North West Trust Company, Limited Seymour 74'67. ' 509 Richards St. at Sovereign Radiators Artistic in design. Perfect in finish. Made in Canada. Taylor-Forbes Co. LIMITED Vancouver, B. C. w ESTABLISHED 1886 Ceperley, Rounsefell & Co. 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I now spent all my days outdoors, rambling through the forest in my magic garment; the first sensation of delight did not wear away; on the contrary it seemed to me each day that I was a little less I, that the metamorphosis was nearing completion; a world of delicious things, of subtle enjoyments was reA'ealed to me; I had changed my? soul with the cloak and cast off the old man; it seined to me I had become the * * Ah! no! To tell the truth, it seemed to me I was running mad. At this critical moment of my moral existence, one evening, at nightfall, on the 24th of October, I received a telegram from my friend X. He informed we that he was on his way to Kiev the next morning ahd begged me to go and see him there for a moment, to confer with him in a matter in which I could be of great assistance to him. I no longer cared for anything except my solitude which was peopled with my love, and I cursed this importunate friendship; but there was no way out of it, and I ordered horses put to the carriage. Ivan came up in the jocose manner which he had for some time been affecting freely towards me. "The night may be wet, will Monsieur take a wrap with him for the journey?" I "had "to overcome one of those little feelings of shaine which returned at intervals, but I had already overcome so many of them!" "The fur-cloak,' I answered, turning my head aside, and, a feAv minutes aftenvards, the carriage bore me aAvay, trembling with pleasure in my dear sables, which expanded an atmosphere of love over my being, indifferent to eA'erything else. The night was far advanced when my carriage entered the courtyard of the Tachagne station-house. An unharnessed stage barouche Avas aAvait- ing exchange horses. "I am going to waken Stephen Ivanovitch," said Ivan to me. "Attend to the horses at once and don't disturb those avIio arc sleeping," I answered ill-humoredly. You may Avell believe that I Avas possessed of only one idea, that of avoiding the postmaster. For fear of meeting him I even AA-ent into the tearoom.; I rolled a cigarette, and began to pace up and dOAvn tho Avooden gallery of the lean-to Avhich reached all around the yard. The night was dark and Avet, as Ivan_ had predicted. An evil-smelling oil lamp, on a. doorcase, threw a feeble light at one of the turns of the gallery. I had been walking for some moments when that door opened and gave passage to a traveller who began to promenade in the opposite direction to me. Her profile struck ine from the A-ery first; there was about her a peculiarity which made it impossible to determine to which sex theunknoAvn belonged. What, puzzled me more was that it seemed to me 1 found in the figure, the gait and the manner of my Avalking companion A-ery familiar memories; but those memories Avere so much the less easy to specify in that they corresponded to two evidently A-ery different persons; without being able to put a name to these A-ague analogies, I was certain that I had becime familiar with that silhoutte during my intim acy with some one of my friends and with that carriage of figure and gait during my intimacy with some other i friend. Very much perplexed, I stop-, ped under the lamp to wait for the walker to pass. Into the lighted space j stepped a woman's two litt.r. feet, protruding from beneath a man's long cloak; my eyes dwelt on that cloak; it was mine, my old fox-lined pelisse! . You may guess at the throng of'l disordered thoughts which burst, forth in m-y brain. I began walking again like an intoxicated man. Chance brought it about that, in the next' turns, we met each other right under the lamp. My first impressions were explained withoiit lessening my agitation. When I looked at the cloak I thought I was looking at myself in a mirror, and beneath that borrowed personality, I divined another which I recognized as if I had left it.the moment before. The face of that woman���������it was decidedly a woman���������was muffled up in a black scarf; but judging by the fixity of her look, I felt myself the object of an attention equal to my own. The.promenade continued; a sharp feeling of anguish' took possession of me Have you ever come across a face in a drawing-room which was well-known to you? You realize that'you ought to speak to it, fraternize with it, and for want of being able to give a name to that face, not a word comes to your lips; you diA'ine that it, on its ^. part, recognizes you; and every moment of delay increases your discomfort. Suddenly, after a last turn, the lady stopped right under the lamp, threAV back her veil abruptly, and a peal of laughter, long restrained, burst forth like a~ rocket; the" young "and" fresh A'oice which that laughter bespoke was raised and said to me in French: "Sir, will you return my cloak?" "I ^remained motionless, dumbfounded, seeking for words with which to stammer: '' Goodness, Madame, I was going to make the same request of you; but will you deign to explain to me how?" "Ah, as to that, I am incapable. . I only knoAV that you have my pel- 'isse, and it seems to mo you have adopted it without too much ceremony." "It is true, Madame; but are you yourself not giving me the example?" "This cloak is yours* And it is I who oavcs you explanations? Come, I am willing; besides, it is very simple. A month ago, in passing through hero on my way to a neighboring district, I lost my fur cloak. When I sent for it, they brought me this in its place. I haA'e been away longer than I expected to be. The cold weather caught me unawares, far from all resources, . and, my faith, I made use of the one which ProA'idence deigned to leave me in exchange for my sables. That necessity will seem to you sufficient justification, I hope. What is less so, is why- a man should need to wrap himself up in a woman's mantle in the manner of a young clergyman; without taking into account the fact that it seems to me to have got somewhat out of shape on your shoulders, my poor cloak!". Oh! certainly not, madame. I swear to you. It is on the contrary I who haA'e become * * *" "In a word, sir, since it pleases you to think our Avrongs are recipif*- cal, let us say no more about them. We are both about to re-enter npon our property and to get back the attributes of our sex. But as two people who haA'e worn xor a month each other's mantles seem to me to have had sufficient introduction, I inA'ite , you to haA'e a cup of tea with me Friday, June 2, 1916. THE WESTERN CALL iilst we are effecting the change." L^nd the stranger opened the hall >or, shoAving me the way. I'l followed her reluctantly. I had fcovered reflection. I saw only one ting, the near and inevitable separ- fcion with my well-beloved compan- in. I felt no gratitude to its mis- less, for having revealed herself. I las little concerned about her, it was ler pelisse I was interested in. Yet, rhilst my heroine was taking off my poak, I gave myself up to that summary scrutiny which is the first at- ention due by a man to a woman kith whom he has anything to do. It was not to be disputed that it was Viy statue who appeared to me, sta- |ue such as I had guessed at from its Wrapper, only with a nose in addition. IVas it that, nose which disconcerted we? I sdo. not know, yet the apparition gave me no pleasure and remain- l?d for me quite distinct from the real soul, that which lived in the pe- iisse. The golden chestnut, hair was Ithere, however, and the great blue [eyes. She asked the servant for IHome tea; by the accent of the first [Russian words which she uttered, I recognized that she was a Polonese. Everything, besides, betrayed in her that race, particularly formidable in the feminine nature; the electrical ! glance, the venomous perfume, the serpent-like suppleness, the unconscious provocation of each gewgaw, from her heels to the curl in her hair. Whilst she was pouring the tea, Stephen Ivanovitch entered, bowed to us, and smiled. "I suppose," said -he, "that the error is now explained to the countess. The same day on which she -visited my house and forgot her pelisse, M. Joseph Olenine lost his. cloak near here. The next day, when the messenger from Bukova came to reclaim the latter, my stable-boy brought back the garment which he had picked up. A few hours later, a passer-by brought back M. Olenine's cloak and found at the door the courier who was asking for the pelisse, of Countess * * ska: the courier did hot verify the object, and I heard no more about it." The .postmaster had thrown some .light on my romance. The name of the Countess * ���������*��������� *ska was well-known to me. She had just left Varsovie at the time at which my regiment was garrisoned there. People talked then of her beauty and of her seconds marriage with the old Count * * * sky, one of tbe richest nobles in Poland, formerly high in favor at court, and who had even been, governor-general for a moment during the preceding reign. For some time the count and his wife had been living in retirement at their beautiful estate of Bogonostzova, on the confines of Podalio, a hundred versts from my place. I knew that they passed at rare* intervals:through our district on their way to another estate situated nearer Kiev. The countess dismissed Stephen Ivanovitch, begging him to have the horses ready soon, and -the conversation was resumed by us with the ease which the assurance of belonging to the same society gives to a new relationship, even when people have not exchanged cloaks. "Well! Monsieur Olenine, the introduction is completed, and in quite a romantic manner. My friends at Varsovive have often spoken of your exploits of all kinds, when you were with the hussars, but I did not know that you carried your disdain for common morals to the point of ap: propriating sables lost on the highway: "You may even add, countess, to the point of not returning them.!" "Why is; that?" -/ "I declare that that pelisse will be wrested from me only with my life." "Indeed! and why?" "Because * * because I love it." "That is what all the heroes of the police-court might say." '' No, you do not understand . me, you .cannot understand ine. It is too subtle a thing to explain what it is exists between that garment and myself. 3Tet, you, too, are a Slav, consequently more or less spiritist, believing in the transmigration of the soul and in a lot of similar things. Well, a month ago that piece of goods came into my life; it has, little by little, driven out my own self and intro- 3 WHY ENDURE THE CRUEL TORTURE OF TOOTHACHE- WHY GO ALONG FROM DAY TO DAY WITH UNSIGHTLY, DECAYING TEETH WHICH ARE A MENACE TO YOUR OWN HEALTH--AN OFFENCE TO YOUR FRIENDS ? If the dread of pain or your inability to meet the exorbitant prices charged by other dentists has hitherto prevented you having your teeth attended to, listen to my message. DENTISTRY AS I PRACTICE JT WAB.80^^ Be the operation simple or complex, it makes absolutely no difference to me. < . ORALTHESIA, THE SIMPLE, SAFE AND HARMLESS REMEDY WHICH I USE THROUGHOUT MY PRACTICE, HAS ABSOLUTELY DRIVEN PAIN FROM THE DENTAL CHAIR. 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But it is to be remarked that this severe air has never succeeded in being an astonished air, a circumstance which, leads to the belief that women are always expecting that word as a natural result of a conversation with them. "Oh! do not mistake my meaning," I resumed. "Far from me be the intention of offending you. Your, person does not count in all this, it is absent, ot does not exist, there can exist in that pelisse only the ideal foirm called forth from its folds at my invocation." "That is not flattering to the material form which has contributed not a little to those folds. In short, I am willing to enjoy your originality, but I am none the less obliged to again make a formal demand for my cloak." "Never, my life rather! Why did I meet you? Come, go away," I cried in despair, '' but do not ask me for my soul!" "I am only asking for my fur cloak. Ah! now, but you are the Tartufe of the pelisses, my dear sir. With all my desire to oblige you, I repeat to you that I am going to appear in a few hours before my legitimate lord, who would betray a just astonishment if ho saw me landing in a man's cloak. I intend to return home in my own form and nature. So much the more as these furs are a family inheritance to which we have a thousand rights of possession.?' "But you are asking for me myself! How would you have me render myself to you?" 1' Come, I enter into your mad idea. Am I not leaving you one consolation? This cloak, yours, which I have been wearing for a month will undergo a slight metamorphosis in your favor. You will find there, according to your theories of the adaptation of cloaks, a little of yourself, a little��������� of another.," And with an air of superb authority which, I must say, suited her marvellously, she took from my hands my beloved cloak, threw it over her arms and reached the door. There she turned around, doubtless to have a little laugh at my expense. But, I looked so heart-broken that she cried to me with a shade of sympathy in her voice: "There, I will take pity on your madness. You love this polonaise! Well,, you will see it agahr-at Bogonostzova. I promise you that it will always hang on the first coat-peg in my vestibule. Come then, and consider yourself always welcome under our roof, M. Olenine. You may say, modifying the proverb: For one lost polonaise two are found." I will pass over the details of an inward struggle the issue of which has already been guessed. The first souud which restored joy to the house was that of the bells of my trotters, the d<*iy on which .they brought to the steps the sled harnessed for taking me to Bogonostzova. The road seemed long and the approaches to the place rough; great frozen ponds, fir forests, and an old castle of the time of Elizabeth, with prison-like outlines; one of those wearisome jails in which the most mediocre companion must be welcomed by the captives as a Prince Charming' in the castle of the Beauty of the Sleeping Forest. Today, restored to a more healthy state of mind, I scarcely dare to "recall-the ridiculous emotion with which I set foot in the vestibule of the manor of the * * *skys. My polonaise���������the fur-lined one, of course��������� glistened on the first eoat-peg, radiating light like the Golden Fleece, more caressing and more animated than ever. I ran to the dear object and covered it with furtive kisses. The countess who spied me, appeared on a doorstep, laughing heartily., ., "Come," said she, "I see that the case is inveterate and that it must be treated energetically if necessary, with cold douches." She graciously did me the honors of the house and introduced me to her husband, a glorious invalid of the Caucasian wars, confined by sciatica to an easy chair, in front of a table, at which his young wife and his steward kept shuffling the cards, each in their turn, for his endless game of preference; a fine-looking old man, for the rest, on whose white temples the wrinkles crossed their furrows with those of tlie Turkish Yataghans; a rubicund nose and a cheerful disposition gave evidence of the consolations which a cellar well-furnished with Hungarian wine brought to the aged soldier. My hosts gave me a great welcome; but, during the whole of that sojourn, I gave them only what strict politeness would not allow me to'"deny them. Whenever I found an opportunity, I would make my escape in order to join my well- beloved and lose myself in contemplating it. It was soon evident to me that Mme. * * *ska followed with impatience that conduct which had at first amused her. Her good graces where I was concerned, grew visibly cold. The last occasions on which she caught me engaged in an intimate dialogue with her fur robe, she passed on shrugging her shoulders, and I heard her murmur between her teeth: "He is a madman!'' Being recalled to Bukova for a week, I could scarcely wait for my second visit. My disappointment was great when I no longer found the pelisse in its "ustomary place. I rush ed into the drawing-room, and reproached the countess bitterly for that violation of her pledged word. She answered me, with a curl of scorn on her lip, that my incoherences had no longer the merit of novelty; then, ringing a bell with a nervous gesture, she ordered her waiting-woman to bring in her "old rag." During that second visit, Mme. * * * ska's manner, testified a real hostility towards me. She scarcely veer addressed a word to me, and all my infatuation was needed to endure an attitude which I. was obliged to attribute to the disdain inspired by my deranged mind. The"'old count alone, ignorant of my foolishness, welcomed me with the traditional cordiality of our provinces, and urged nie to return and abridge the long winter leisure in his * society. I returned indeed, although feeling that my presence was hateful. I returned for the Christmas festivals, tortured by my passion. This time again, the polonaise was missing; but I was not a little surprised to find the countess wrapped up, shivering, in "our" pelisse. Her good humor seemed completely restored, and she received me with a smile on her lips. "My faith, my dear neighbor, I am very sorry for this on account of your habits; but my doctor finds I am not well, and on account of the cold weather, he ordered me to wear some furs in the icy halls of our old ruins. You, doubtless, do not wish me to die; for, I warn you I would not bequeath you my cloak. Resign yourself to looking at it on me. I regret that my uncouth person disarranges the folds draped over my ideal twin. Try and get accustomed to it." "Alas! Madame, you are depriving me of many sweet and very innocent caresses." "Oh! I know that on ine the magic cloak loses all its virtue! So much the better, you will get cured, unless * * unless you find a compromise./' Magis cloak, indeed. Since my hostess had put it on, it seemed to me that she became each cay a littje less alien to me, that she was a little less herself, a little more it. With the strange power of absorption which I had so often established, the pelisse metamor phosed it's mistress and brought her to the proportions of my vision. The Countess * * *ska' had disappeared; there remained only my polonaise with the unique world of seductions which it had been holding out to nie for three months. Insensibly, naturally, I arrived at the point of no longer separating- one from the other. It was all the easier for me because the chilly young woman no longer went without that which she had one day so disdainfully called '' her old rag,'' and I, who could not tear myself from that beloved object, became riveted to the footsteps of the one who wore it; I followed her everywhere like an ani mated shadow. The countess could not have invented a better strategem if she had wanted to enchain me to her person; far from me the thought that there was any calculation in that; that regular soul was incapable of it. Henceforth, I went .with the lady in all her walks; I accompanied her to the park, receiving with an eager hand, the frost pearls which clung to the sables, (when they grazed the low branches of the birches; I followed her over the ponds where she amused herself skating; when she stumbled, in running rapidly, I was behind her trembling lest my treasure might get torn in some fall, ready to receive it in my arms to saye it. If she got into a sleigh to go for a rather long trip, I sat beside her; I blessed the jolting of the road, when, in the shaking of the narrow vehicle, it brought against my shoulder and on ~my~haiid "the sweet blue velvet, its warmth and its perfume. One evening, the wind of the steppes, blowing in the direction of the Carpathians, roared in the courtyards; the moaning pf the village mills died away on the black panes. This din of the elements carried a vague feeling of terror to our country- houses, usually so calm. We were silent; the " old major-domo entered, bringing iu the tea; a . shutter broke loose, and the barking of a dog, or of a wolf faded away on the air. On withdrawing, the major-domo said sen- tentiously: "It would bo well for your ladyship to lock up your jewels this evening; it is on such nights that the Lady returns." "What Lady?" I inquired of my host. ,-trWhat, you do not know what kind of a visitation threatens you? Do not smile, you sceptic, and listen to a story in which my servants believe as firmly as in the miracles of Our I ady of Czentoschau. A long time ao, in the reign of King Stanislas, this house was the scene of a domes- tie tragedy; one of my ancestors, betrayed by his wife, took the law into his own hands, after the violent manner of his ancestors, and hurled the guilty woman into the great pond. Since "then, the condemned soul wanders with the water-fairies, beneath the rushes and water-lilies; at long intervals she returns to" her dwelling and visits the very wing in which your room is; her light sighs can be heard, she can be traced through tho corridors, by little drops of water, sprigs of moss and of iris; some have seen her walking, a tall reed, clothed in green gauze, with a head-dress of seaweed. She appeared twice in my grandfather's lifetime; after each of her visits, an object of great value is missing in the castle; she always carries off whatever is the most precious possession of the master of the house. It was she, the rascal, who led away my old battle horse, on the evening on which he disappeared san THE TELEPHONE MAKES EVERYONE YOUR NEIGHBOR Where is your neighbor ? 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I took leave and went up to my quarters in the tower, a little nervous, my thoughts dwelling on the story which I had just heard. I lay down, my eyes fixed, as usual, on the pelisse hanging on the fastening of the window. For I must confess to a last childishness, after so many Others: I was so distressed, every evening, on leaving my polonaise, that I became emboldened once to say to the countess: "Madame, you have allowed me to seek a compromise; since you are monopolizing my well-beloved all day, at least allow me to take it with me at night in order to have it near me and to look at it on awakening." Without waiting for Mme * * ska's assent, I took possession of her mantle, as she threw it on a chair when retiring. Since then I carried it away lovingly on my retreat; on moonlight nights, the pale velvet and the sables stood out in relief against my window-pane, in a halo of rays; I do not Know words sweet enough to describe their grace, the divine sym- .phony of which delayed my sleep. That evening, the full December moon was obscured every moment by tlie black clouds driven by the wind; the storm raged and penetrated into my room through the old badly joined casements. An idea came to nie which turned mo cold; if the Lady were to visit me and carry off my treasure, the most precious object in the castle1? Might it not be her property besides? These sables which I was^told were a family heirloom, that cloak of ancient style, did they not belong to the unhappy ancestress? And that mysterious soul, which evidently dwelt in the haunted pelisse, was it not her soul? You who have trembled for a beloved being, may guess what terror took possession of nty brain, making my heart beat and my temples throb. My eyes wide open, looking at the polonaise I saw it stir, with human movements, at the breath of the wind, doubtless, hide and appear again, at the caprice of the moon and the clouds, of course. There was a longer eclipse; the light again filled my window; the polonaise was no longer there. I heard light sighs and a silken rustling in the hangings, like reeds cleaving a boat. Distracted, I rushed towards the door, I fell on my knees, crying: "Leave, leave me my soul;. "Western Call, $1.00 per Year. do not go away." When my arms closed, they were clasping the sables; the latter stirred, a vague form palpitated under their folds, a warm breath grazed my brow. ' A mad feeling carried away my sense of realities; I uttered a loud cry, I lost my consciousness * * * and memory too, for I cannot tell what happened next; there remains only a confused feeling of great rapture the next day. On seeing my hosts in the morn, I intended, at first, to announce to them that the ancestress had appeared to me; but a false shaine restrained nie, and an .indefinable fear of displeasing the mysterious being whom I would have liked to see again. Would the Lady come back again? She has returned. It is she who brings mo back and enchains me to Rogonostzova. My life and thati of__ my "friends is flowing away, in an even and peaceable manner. Count * * * sky, much inconvenienced by his seiatica all that winter, no longer allows his only partner at cards and chess to leave .him. Everyone knows that the Russian government, in its paternal solicitude, anticipates the slightest desires of its subjects, and that the most secret wish formulated by a person under its jurisdiction is immediately realized by the administration. I have recently had fresh proof of it. The road to Pad- olia, which separates our two residences, was opened in January; I am now only two hours distant from my neighbors. In vain my .acquaintances at Petrograd and my colIea-_ gues at the Academy write letter after letter to me, filled with question mjirks. Losing my patience, I answered them, once and for all, th.it I was busy with some furs. I have not yet been able to find time to go and see them, and I even missed the last congress of the Orientalists. How was I to appear there, anyway? My grcat work has not advanced one line. Tho excellent count sometimes jests with m.e about it, asking mc why my studies in the Hebrews stopped at tho chapter on .Joseph. To save my amour-propre, I had to tell him that I was deciphering, in a papyrus, some very difficult passages, which were destined to revolutionize history, and according to which it seemed to me that the Israelites must have recovered his cloak. "Ah, bah!" answered the count, with that large laugh, the secret of which the people of olden time have preserved. "I hope, dear Egyptologist, I hope nothing vexatious has happened to my ancient and illustrious colleague, the governor-general of Phar- aeh!" '** < "My dear," interrupted the countess, with her peculiar laugh, the laugh of the "other,"���������my dear, you should never make fun of your colleagues nor of your contemporaries." * '1 THE WBSqBBN CALL Friday, June 2, 1916. THE WESTERN CALL PUBLISHED EVERY. PEIDAY *;:" By the ���������'��������� % McConnells, Publishers, Limited Head Office: 203 Kingsway, Vancouver, B. C. ' Telephone: Fairmont 1140 Subscription: One Doll-ax a Tear in Advance. $1.50 Outside Canada. Evan W. Sexsmith, Editor THE DETERMINATION OF THE ALLIES The increased agitations for peace, within the last month or so, on the part of Germany and the neutral nations, have served to demonstrate one fact very clearly"���������that the allies are determined to prosecute the war until they have achieved a decisive victory over those inimical to a lasting peace. As Rene Viviani, the French Minister of Justice, said when at Petrograd recently: "The Allies stand for a fight to a finish. They intend to break Germany's heavy sword. They owe this to unborn generations." And Germany's heavy sword cannot yet be said to be broken.. With one foot in Belgium and another in Poland and Serbia, and with the richest territory of France temporarily under their sway, it would be a most advantageous moment for Prussians to procure peace. They would still have enough resources left with which to build up a more formidable , military power than ever, and, in the light of past experience, they would proceed to do so at once in defiance of all terms of peace, which to them would be only "a scrap of. paper." There is nothing for it, then, , but to completely exhaust Germany's resources, and this the -allies are resolved to do, no mat ; ter how accumulatively great the burden of war is becoming, nor how ard^t the intematiohardiBT sire for peace. It will be no vie tory, indeed it will be no peace if Germany still remains a menace to the future. And now that the latter country is showing signs of financial weakening and is faced with the steadily increasing difficulties of providing for the people, the end of the real issue of the fight is appearing within sight. For more reasons than one international disarmament is the one and only solution of, the biggest problem the world has ever faced. The sacrifice of life has been appalling; every precaution must be taken against any repetition of such wholesale slaugh- xter in futurer The- question of liberty, of civilization is at issue. It must be ensured at all costs. The rights of small nations must be guaranteed and protected. All this can be accomplished only under the favorable eonditions of a world peace which is to be obtained by the removal of all future menace. Otherwise the nations would be faced with the well-nigh impossible question of having to continue their military preparations for defence upon an unprecedented scale���������impossible because of the enormous expense. But the cost would have to be met, at whatever sacrifice to permanent debts, if the allies failed "to break Germany's heavy sword." Just what that cost would be approximately may be deduced from the figures in connection with the financial condition of Europe which came before the notice of tlie allies at their recent Trade Entente conference Avhen they formed an offensive and defensive alliance in the future interests of commerce. The figures are as follows: At the beginning of the Avar, on Aug. 1, 1914, the combined debt of. the five great belligerents, England, France. Russia, Germany, and Austro-Hungary. was $19,600,- 000000. The combined debt of these powers on August 1, 1916, will be approximately $62,500,- 000,000x They:;have increased their indebtedness by $42,- 900,000,000, which represents the cost:of two yeirs of war. These figures include -the permanent war loans, which up to May 1 had amounted to $25,525,000,000, and added to that currency expansion and floating debt in the form of treasury bills. Such a burden of expense would sap the vitality of the nations involved and incapacitate them for the higher work of .civilization and progress. The backs of the taxpayers are bending under the load they already have to carry. They would break completely if the additional cost of continued and greater armament were added to their burden. The cost of maintaining Europe as an armed camp has, as proved, been enormous. But it is nothing to what it would be in the future if Europe is still menaced with Germany's heavy sword. For the nations would all be obliged to live up to the new standards of fighting efficiency which have been established by the immeasurable extravagance in the use of men and material. England and Russia could most certainly not afford to be again caught unpre- prepared, and France would have to redouble her efforts. Under such conditions life generally would become unbearable. It is an alternative not to be thought of. The allies realize this and it is against such a contingency that they are fortifying themselves to carry on this war to a finish, and to secure a peace that will be both sure and permanent, in order that the future may not be fraught with the danger of another war and with the burden of increased expense. It is only by breaking Germany's sword that the allies will be enabled to lay aside their own swords. ALL FOB FRANCE The special correspondent of The London Times at Paris writes: Behind the strong characters and commanding personalities who direct the work of the French Army stand dozens of men hitherto unknown but equally efficient, equally devoted and equally strong. Yet one and all they seem to feel that in this great war men hardly count. The cause and its triumph are everything, the individual instruments of triumph nothing. France is grateful to her heroes, as they are whole-heartedly loyal to her. But no French soldier seems to imagine that he can_ have any special claim upon his country's gratitude or that he can deserve a higher enconium than that of having done his duty. It is this that lends sublimity to the whole attitude of the French army, which is indistinguishable from the French nation. France is, in many respects, the heart and the brain of the allied cause, at least in the west. No country was ever worthier of. its work and none ever fitter to do. The members resisted this attempt to prejudice the future, and, on thte question being put to the, vote-r rejected the memorandum * of * -the directors byJ* ��������� a large majority. Thereupon -- most of the directors resigned, and the present election has been held to fill their places. There were twentyrfive: candidates for twen- two seats. Of the - twentyrtwo elected eighteen are definitely pledged against Free Trade with Germany after the war, two are in favor of it, and the remaining two are not committed either way. Such; is the result of putting the question to the test in the citadel ������of Free Trade. '! It proves conclusively that Mr. Samuel has rightly gauged the current of public opinion. It it is running so strongly among the business men of Manchester, it must be strong indeed elsewhere. It is a very plain hint to the government, and coming on top..,of the recent action by the Associated Chambers of Commerce, from which Manchester was absent, it has a cumulative effect. The plain truth of the matter is that this country as a whole has definitely made up its mind, on the broad principles of our future trade policy, and that those principles are diametrically opposed to these' which still find favor with a small but powerful section of politicians.���������The London Times. FIGHTING A NATION People who consider. "What Ought To Be, instead of What Is, are asserting that only the Kaiser and the Junker class are in favor of the war and that the! great mass of the German peor pie have no grudge against Gt. Britain or other nations of the allies: That notion is a false one. It is blown to dust byiMr. J. W. Headlam, whose article, '' ' Peaceful' Germany's Real Aims," appears in the current and treatment of the pedple^jof captured lands after the mariner of the Assyriiah ;fcings of old;-Consider the French; the Poles and the Walloons going into -captivity as the children of Israel did thousands of years ago! In the face of this immense mass of documentary testimony, Chancellor von ^Bethmann-Holl- weg said in his last speech: "Who can seriously believe that it is lust or an extension of our frontiers that inspires our storming columns before Verdun and makes them accomplish even more heroic deeds? It is not for a piece of foreign territory that Germany's sons are bleeding and dying." Pungently, pointedly, Mr. Headlam says: "The united voices of the responsible and elected representatives of the people give him the lie.'' Let no man think we are fighting merely a mad aristocracy. We are fighting a mad nation. WEATHER REPORT Week ending May 30th. Rain. .07 in.; sunshine, 43 hours, 24 minutes; highest, 73 deg. on the 25th; lowest, 43 deg. on the 29th. SOUTH VANCOUVER FIREBUG ARRESTED A NEW TRADE POLICY "There is undoubtedly at this moment throughout the nation a widespread and intense feeling that after the war we shall not be able to enter again into friendly equal trade relationships with those Avho are now our enemies." This statement made by Mr. Herbert Samuel at the dinner given on Wednesday to Mr. Hughes, has been promptly confirmed by the result of the election to the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. We may remind our readers that the election Avas due to a split in the Manchester Chamber on the question of our future trade policy. About a month ago the directors sought to commit the chamber to the maintenance of our previous policy of free imports, Avhich is conA-eniently but Arer>- inaccurateh' termed Free Trade. number bf The Nineteenth Century. Tavo manifestoes Avere issued in Germany during the spring of 1915. One -was signed by The Farmers' League, the German Peasants' Union, the Christian Peasants' Union, the Central Association of German Manufacturers, the Union of German Manufacturers and the Imperial German Middle-Class Association. The other Avas signed by the "leaders of German thought." Together they represented all the Avealth and intelligence of the Empire. The manifestoes, after the ordinary preambles demanding the continuance of the Avar, dealt with after-Avar arrangements xip on Avhich Germany insists. First, it Avould be necessary to extend the Western frontier of Germany to include the main part of the French Channel-coast. The population of the annexed districts Avould be expropriated, and compensated by France. Then the territory, Avhich includes all the iron and coal districts, Avould be colonized Avith Germans. Concerning Belgium, nothing but permanent annexation Avas considered. "We Avould lay special stress," says one of the manifestoes, "on the inhabit<ants being alloA\red no political influence in the empire and on the necessity for transferring from anti-German to German hands the leading business enterprises and properties in the districts to be ceded by France." Tyx-anny and robbery! Nothing less! What is to be done Avith Great Britain and the British Dominions is of similar type and* the annexation of Poland is taken for granted. The AA-riter, after explaining at length the manifestoes, quotes from statements issued by the German political parties to sIioav that not one even considers the surrender of Belgium or Poland, that eA'ery unofficial speaker and Avriter of any standing demands extension of German frontiers Because he liked to see the fire department in action, and loved the excitement of a fire, is the reason assigned by Abe Craib, an 18-year-old youth, for starting the $650,000 Avaterfront blaze on Sunday evening, Avhich '. blotted out the Alberta-Pacific Grain Company's elevator, the New England /Fish Company's premr ises and destroyed the greater portion of the plant of. the Canadian Fish Company. Setting fires is evidently a mania Avith the youth, who also confessed to having applied matches to the Coast Lumber Company's preim? ises, Victoria drive and B. C. Electric Railway tracks, as Avell as a stable on Porter road, South Vancouver, on Monday night, and Avho boasted in a note of warning he left iii the fire chief's auto of having been the incendiary Avho fired the Kalenberg Hall, main street, a couple of Aveeks ago. It Avas nothing of a malicious nature, apparently, whieh caused the young felloAv to commit such crimes, for he returned to the scene of the blaze in each case and aided the firemen in extinguishing the flames, and on Sunday night he risked his life in returning to the blazing waterfront to rescue twenty frightened horses Avhich Avere locked in a stable close to the burning grain elevator. Chief Lee, of South Vancouver, suspected the lad from his actions around the fire last Monday night, and,on Fire Chief Les ter giving him the note-forBid in the auto on Tuesday morning^rhe took it at once, to Deputy Chief McRae of the city force, who|$e- tailed Crewe and Imlah,-^o "act with the South Vancouver fire chief, they having successfully' cleared up a case of incendiarispjj' recently.*- . ��������� * XX-;'" /-'���������������������������.; '' v..'' In the South Vancouver Spolice, court on Wednesday Craib't. was, committed for trial on two charges of incendiarism. A third charge is pending. EINDERGARTNERS MAKE APPEAL TO PARENTS from the secretary of1 the asaocia-j tion. ' '-'% :0' "Th|e/fkiriderga,rten is%p_*ead-j ing itss^ideacis all over the^jvorld] It sings,* f'jplays arid illustrates them through the free creationd of little children. One of the fore-i most educatorc in the Unitec" States has said: "The kindergars ten has preached, sung, ���������played! and lived, itself into; the hearts of I the American people and from] America it shall go forth to free-] dom and bless childhood all overi the world." The folloAving appeal issued by the Vancouver Kindergarten Association, will be read with attention by all interested in the Avork being carried on among the children of the city. ."Every little boy will work for his living some day. Whatever he does, in business or profession,* he will depend for success on skill' of both mind and hands. "Every little girl will have just as much ��������� heed for skilled mind aud hands, Avhether in a home, office or profession. To give every boy or girl the best start both mind and hands must be trained from the time they are first used, trained with regard to their powers and the demands of child nature/ not ovenvorked but helped to be usefully active instead of merely heedlessly active. The kindergarten aims to train the Avhole child Avithin the limits of its age and capabilities; the body to resist disease, to enjoy life, to make efficient; the brain to think, plain, originate; the hands to be useful, helpful, skilful ; the heart to be kind, true, sympathetic. "The kindergarten trains the child by example, influence, experience ; through Avork, play and .association. Its method is withihtHe child's ability and bridges from the age of four to six, the sometimes difficult stage from home training to school training. X X " The kindergarten is not a fad to be taken up by untrained people, though this is often done to the detriment of a correct understanding of the system. "The kindergarten system is based on sound pedagogical principles, the laAvs of mind development, and a knoAvledge of the inter-relation of the physical and mental activities. The study of child nature is a science, the application of which to the eduea- tionof-the child during his most impressionable years, needs care study and insight on the part of the. kindergartner. '' Information Avhich it is hoped Avill be of value to mothers, children's nurses and students wishing a professional kindergarten course may be obtained THE WHITE LADY \ Kaiser Wilhelm may fear no man on earth, but at the very mention of one woman's name it is. ��������� said his cheeks blanch. ��������� < ' In fact, there has been no Hohenzollern for many a century past who has not held this formidable female in dread. Even Frederick the Great, fearless man as he was, would never allow her name to be mentioned in his presence; while his neurotic nephew, Frederick Wiliielm II., once fell in a dead faint when be was told that she had been seen in a corridor of his Berlin palace. And, indeed, the Hohenzollerns have good cause for their fear; for yrhenever ''Bertha," known as the "White Lady," has been seen she has always been the harbinger of death or some great calamity to their house. The evening before William. I. drew his last breath, and the -Very night on which his son, Frederick III., died in agony, she was seen by more than one, wandering through the rooms pf the palace in which they were lying. Clothed in White On the latter occasion it is said the intruder, challenged by a sentry, walked up to him with such fierce eyes and such a menacing aspect that he uttered a piercing shriek and fell unconscious. Those who have looked on this apparition . that haunts the Hohenzollerns describe her as an old woman, clothed from head to foot in white, with black eyes blazing from a deeply- furrowed, corpse-like face, and carrying a broom���������a circumstance from which the" irreverent and sceptical have dubbed her the "Sweeper." But the Hohenzollerns have no monopoly of White Ladies in Germany. A similar phantom haunts the palace of Hesse-Da rmstadt���������indeed, it was from the legend of this palace that Wagner borrowed the subject of his Lohengrin; the Grand Dukes of Baden are haunted by , a third; and there are few ancient castles in the whole of Germany which are not the haunts of other varieties of this spectral Avomari, mostly bent old crones, carrying a heavy, tapping walking stick, which heralds their approach. Ghost Foretold a Shipwreck But the most attractive ��������� or the least unattractive���������of them all is the White Lady who, for centuries, has foreshadowed calamity to the Haps- burgs���������"a pale young woman," she is described, "marvellously beautiful, with a long, flowing white veil." She was seen by many in the Castle of Schonbrunn the night before Maximilian, Austrian Archduke, came to his tragic end in Mexico; and in 1889, immediately before Crown Prince Eudolph died so terribly. and mysteriously in the Mayerling hunting lodge. -She was- the^ herald- of-"the "ship-" wreck which closed the romantic career of the Archduke Johann ('Mohn Orth"), and at the very time a cowardly assassin struck the Empress Elizabeth her death-blow in Switzerland, a sentry on guard on the Schonbrunn Castle saw the same spectral White Lady slowly walking in the room where he was stationed. Western Call, $1.00 per Year. 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The front page by "Bruce" will always . find many friends .and interested readers. _: McConnells, Publishers, Limited 203 Kingsway, Vancouver, B. C/ -:- W. H. Carswell, Mgr. J Friday, June 2, 1916. THEWESTERN GALL 5 he in ��������� Itli s A splendid variety of Summer Offerings are now being displayed. Give the Progressive Merchants ''On the Hill'' the support they merit. A trial will convince you of the low prices. Do it now. The goods are all right, the variety is good, and THE PRICE CAN'T BE BEAT. We .know this- -WE'VE TR.IED IT OUT. You'll .know it, too, if you give these stores a fair trial. Here ar$ A FEW OF THE GOOD SHOPS on the Hill. They'll treat you right if you buy from them. You would be surprised to find what a fine selection they have. . ' 4 , ' BE A MEMBER OF THE BOOSTERS' CLUB. 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WITH THE 'JOCKS' AT WAB ARMSTRONG, MORRISON & CO. LIMITED Public Works Contractors Head Office, 810-15 Bower Building Seymour 1836 VANCOUVER CANADA TRY A WESTERN CALL AD. Phone Fair. 1140 Few people will deny that Scotsmen are good fighters, but it is questionable whether they were appreciated at their real worth before the present war broke but. Eighteen months spent amongst them gives an Englishman a -fair opportunity of studying them and of comparing them, favorably or unfavorably, with their English comrades. It so happened that on joining Kitchener's army, I was posted to a battery in one of the Scottish divisions. Most- of our artillery were English, but the infantry who were to share our fortunes in France at a later date were "all Scotch." We had battalions representing all the famous Scottish regiments���������Catnerons, Seaforths, Gordons, Argyll and Sutherlands, Black Watch, and others. Yet we were not satisfied. When we met them on parade we turned up our haughty English noses; if we heard the bagpipes wailing, we wished the division had been supplied with proper soldiers, English soldiers. . But Scotsmen! How should we show up in respectable society in years to come when we confessed that we went to the front with a Scottish division? To be English among Scottish was surely a bitter fate. But, believe me, as the months sped by and the time for embarkation drew, nearer, .we began to think that, after all, we shouldn't do so badly with Jock as a travelling companion. We1 began , to boast in our letters home that we were on the eve of departure for France���������in a Scottish division. A Charge at Loos In the firing line the spirit of mutual friendship grew apace. If I live to be a hundred, I shall never see a sight so fine as the Scotsmen's charge at Loos. That day a strong link "was forged in the chain of the love that Tommy bears for Jock. We saw the Scotsmen leave their trenches with an alacrity that Englishmen can hardly equal. Intoxicated with the frenzy of battle, they swept on in a rush so irresistible that the German troops fell back two miles in less than sixty minutes. We of the artillery, following in their wake, traversed a stretch of open country littered with kilted bodies; at three o'clock next morning, in a field behind the battery, I saw the remains of a battalion of-Royal Scots Fusiliers- falling in for roll-call. It was the same old story of decimation. The "battaion" numbered considerably less than a hundred. These are the things that thrill you and heighten your love for your comrades. It is not until the war- clamour has died away that you can sum them up. The Scottish Temperament The Scotsman in battle.has a greater advantage over the Englishman in that he is less emotional. In this re spect, in fact, there is as much dif ference between the two nationalities as there is between English and French. In peace time the Scotsman's imperturbability is less noticeable. But automatically with the assumption of kilt and Glengarry somehow he seems to don a still more placid bearing. Compare Englishmen and Scotsmen at the moment when both are waiting to mount the parapet and take part in a charge. Of all moments in a soldier's career, that surely is the one when he sheds completely any artificiality that formerly cloaked his soul. I have seen them both at that moment. The Englishman is no longer his typical self; he carries no characteristic swagger, no self-satisfied expression on his face. He loses all his outward nationality, and becomes, but for his khaki, a nondescript human being, believing in his luck and anxious, desperately anxious, to put it to the test. But the Scotsmen's behaviour is altogether different. There he stands with bayonet fixed, and, as you watch him, you cannot help noticing that at this supreme moment his nationality, outwardly expressed, is uppermost among his feelings. A Scotsman through and through, more so now than ever he was before. If he turns to right or left in his impatience, he will swing that kilt of his as he used to do in the streets of Edinburgh, though he may be painfully aware of the change in his surroundings. The chances are that his last coherent thought before the charge is one of pride in his native land and of his own responsibility for-its fair name and reputation. Cling to the Picturesque ... Again, it is of no concern to the Englishman that the old-time bugle call no longer sounds the charge. He does not regret the change from the picturesque to the colorless; rather he makes the worst of it by using for the words of command a plain "Go ,6ver" or "Qet over. Not so the Scotsman. If he cannot have a bugle call, he will at least cling to the old resounding. "Charge" as the best available substitute. And in that thought you may read a better comparison of the two nationalities at war than were possible by any other means. This partiality for the picturesque, distinguishing him as it does from his English brother, is the chief cause of his popularity with men of English regiments. Jock is inordinately proud .of; his distinctive uniform. It is no uncommon thing in the trenches to see a Scotsman, though caked in mud from head to foot, and wearing such self-effacing articles of clothing as fur coat, woollen cap and waders, flaunting a dirty ribbon or two( to let you know his regiment. Everyone is dirty in the trenches, but it takes a Scotsman to defy the fashion of " nondescriptiveness," and for love of regiment and nationality, to hoist his [colors in a land of mud.���������N. B. Simmons in Edinburgh Scotsman. ;., /. Another Rebel Jtoight Sir Roger basement's defection is not the only instance of a titled Irishman serving Britain's enemies in, the present war. Henry Taaffe, who holds itwo Irish peerages, being the twelfth Viscount Taaffe and Baron of Bally- motte, as well as holding the title of Count in Austria, was an officer of JV.Mcis Joseph's army at the outbreak of the war, and as captain of the Aus triau First Dragoon regiment served for a time on the western front. His Irish titles date from 1628. Count Taafte was born in Vienna forty-four years ago, May 22, 1872. His fa ther, the. eleventh Viscount Taaffe, was a distinguished statesman in Austria, and was for many years prime minister of Austria-Hungary, while his mo ther was a Hungarian, the Countess Csaky von Kereszthszeh. Although they retain their Irish honors, the Taaffes, through-long., residence .in Austria and inter-marriage with Aus trians-have had their Hibernian blood diluted. The Taaffe estate is in Bohemia and is immensely valuable, while the Castle of Ellischau, the family seat, contains a remarkable collection of portraits of English monarchs. The Taaffes .also own Kol- inetz Castle in Bohemia, and a beautiful place in Vienna. The father of the present Count Taaffe, a descendant of the powerful nobleman who proceeded from Ireland and made a great name for himself in Austria, was brought up as a close' companion of Emperor Francis Joseph. He held the premiership of Austria-Hungary from 1880 until 1803, when he was compcll ed to resign because of opposition to a bill he had fathered and which provided far-reaching extensions to the franchise. He died in lSf*;*>. LAWN MOWERS SHARPENED BIGHT We make any mower cut. Wa call for and deliver. Call Fair. 2526. Vancouver Hollow. ��������������� ��������� BROADWAY WEST Grinding Company ���������' . We have a display of Outing Hats ���������which will interest you. Prices ranging from $1.25 up. Also Stamped Corset Covers (new designs) to retail at 35c each. Miss McLi :?ss jnci^enagnen 2410 Main Street Don't Experiment Witt Heir Chick Feeds DIAMOND CHICK FEED has been tried for years and produces An* healthy chicks. Hade and sold by VERNON FEED CO. Fair. 186 and Fair. 878 We carry a complete line of Poultry Supplies, Pigeon Feed, Canary Seed, Etc. Two Branches: South Vancouver, 49th Ave. & Fraser Phone Fraser 175 Collingwood, 280 Joyce Street Phone: Collingwood 153 Quaker Oats at Pike's 30c Package (with Tableware) this week 24c 518 BROADWAY E. (Nest Dairy) =r= FAIRMONT REN0VAT0RY Fair. 172 753 Bfway E. Ladies' and Men's Suits Sponged and Pressed ,... 50c Sponge Cleaning and Pressing 76c French Dry or Steam Gleaning and Pressing ............���������.$1.60 One of the soldiers was asked what lesson he had learned from the attack on the Dardanelles and his reply was "that a strait beats three Kings." ������ ������ * * Officer.: How is this, Murphy���������the sergeant complains that you call him names? , Private Murphy: Piaze, surr, I never called him any names at all. All I said was, "Sergeant,'* says I, "some of us ought to be in a menagerie!" * * * * Civilian���������Hullo, old man, home on leave? How are things going with us out there? Soldier���������I couldn't tell you; haven't seen a newspaper for months!���������London Opinion. * # * * "I'm going to decorate you for bravery, Mr. Wadeleigh. Put this French war-orphan medal on your coat.'' "But I haven't performed any deed of heroism." "But you will when you give up twenty-five cents." at the punt nmm iwm mm (Cor. Tenth Avenue and Quebec) Commencing Sunday Morning, June l\, at 11 o'clock. Conducted by the |0Y PREACHER iOPIWGEQN ioy singer i \ankey / |0Y CONDUCTOR? U0USA / The "Billy Sunday" Hymn Book will he used. Great chorus led hy boy. Great Mass Meeting, Sunday, Junu 18,3.30 p.m. Each evening at 8 (Saturdays excepted). Who's Taylor? "SiSS."* Tbe Mount Plusanl Picture Ftaner Home Journals Pictures framed from 7i3c; Battalion Photos from 95c. Over 1000 assorted picture, postcards to choose' from. Postcard Frames from 10 cents. A NUMBl'R OS UNCLAIMED PICTURES AT LOW PRICES. Come in and look around. Being Legal Finally the^killing of 'American citizens on the Lusitania has not been disavowed, and as long as it is neither disavowed nor some remedial action taken as a consequence of not being disavowed, Germany and the United States will be divided by a guilty feeling of common complicity in a terrible crime. As the situation now stands, Germany is cocking a pistol, pointing it at this country and declaring she will shoot unless wo balance tlie aid rendered to her enemies bv aid rendered to her.. ���������> The Aineri- can government pretends not to see the pistol, reproaches Germany with its bad manners and reaffirms its own immaculate and scrupulous correctness. Though the heavens fall and the mouth of hell yawns, we Americans always have one fixed star with whieh to guide our course. We can be legal; we can be utterly legal; we can be nothing but legal.���������The New Republic. Not Such, a Fool Those whom we are pelascd to look down upon as "under-witted" are not seldom very much better equipped with native shrewdness than we realize. Tn a Scottish village lived Jamie Fleeman, who was known as the "innocent," or fool, of the neighborhood. People used to offer him a sixpence or a penny, and the fool would always choose the big coin of small value. One day a stranger asked, "Do you not know the difference in value that you always take the penny'" "Aye, fine I ken the difference," replied tbe fool, "but if I took the sixpence they would never try mo a train." ia** m t 1 liX: X "X THE WESTERN CALL Friday, June 2, 1916. 1 1' I P If1 1 i *: i; It will be the aim of the Editor of. this department to furnish the women readers of the WESTERN CALL from week to week with a series of practical and economical recipes for seasonable dishes; and incidentally to suggest any new and attractive methods of serving them. We will welcome any suggestions from readers of this page, and will gladly give them publicity in these columns if received not later than Monday of each week. X CROQUETTES AND FRITTERS Rice Croquettes Put a quarter of a pound of rice into a pint of milk. Let it simmer gently until the rice is tender and the milk absorbed. It must then be boiled until thick and dry, or it will be difficult to mold. Add three tablespoonfuls of sugar, one of butter, one egg, and flavor to taste with vanilla or cinnamon; beat thoroughly for a few minutes, and when cold form into balls or cones, dip these into beaten eggs, roll lightly in bread-crumbs, and fry in hot butter. # ��������� * # Hominy Croquettes To a cupful of cold boiled hominy (small grained) add a tablespoonful of melted butter and stir hard; moisten by degrees with a cupful of milk, beating to a soft, light paste. Put in a teaspoonful of white sugar and a well- beaten egg^ Roll into oval balls with floured hands, dip in beaten egg, then in cracker- crumbs, and fry in hot lard. # * # * Potato Croquettes Season cold mashed potatoes with pepper, salt, and nutmeg. Beat to a cream, with a tablespoonful of melted butter to every cupful of potato. Add two or three beaten eggs and some minced parsley. Roll into small balls; dip in beaten eggs, then in bread-crumbs, and fry in hot lard. . # * # * Oyster-Plant Croquettes Wash, scrape, and boil the oyster-plant till tender; rub it through a colander, and mix with the pulp a little butter, cream, salt, cayenne, and lemon juice; mix the ingredients thoroughly together to a smooth paste, and set the dish in the ice-box to get cold; then shape it into small cones, dip them in beaten egg, roll in crumbs, and fry crisp and brown. # ���������# # # Chicken Croquettes Add to,the quantity of. minced chicken, about one-quarter the quantity of bread-crumbs, also one egg well beaten to each cupful of meat; pepper, salt, and chopped parsley to taste, add the yolks of two hard-boiled eggs rubbed smooth. Add gravy or drawn butter to moisten it, make into cones or b^lls, roll in cracker-dust or flour, and fry. in hot lard. '���������'.������������������'��������� '* ' ������������������'.���������' V������aal Croquettes Make these the same as chicken croquettes, by substituting for the chicken cold minced , veal and ham in equal parts. The salt may be omitted, as the ham usually supplies it sufficiently. Turkey, duck, or the remains of any cold game or meat may be used in the same way with very satisfactory results. # # # # Oyster Croquettes Take the hard ends of the oysters, leaving the other end for a soup or stew; scald them, then chop fine, and add an equal weight of potatoes l'ubbed through a colbnder; to one pound of this combination add two ounces of butter, one teaspoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful of pepper, half a teaspoonful of. mace, and one-half gill of cream, make in small rolls, dip them in egg and grated bread, fry in deep, hot lard. # # # # Chop the lobster very fine; mix with pepper, salt, bread-crumbs, and a little parsley; moisten with cream and a small piece of butter; shape with your hands; dip in egg, roll in bread-crumbs, fry in hot lard. # # * # Plain- Fritters Take one pint of flour, four eggs, one pint of boiling water, and one teaspoonful of salt. Stir the flour into the boiling water gradually, and let it boil three minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from the fire arid stir in the yolks of the eggs, afterward the whites, they having been well beaten. Drop this batter by large spoonfuls into boiling lard and fry to a light brown. Serve hot, powdered with white sugar. # # # # Bread Fritters Grate stale bread until you have a pint of crumbs; pour a pint of boiling milk upon these, a' tablespoonful of butter having been dissolved in it, and let the whole stand for an.hour. Then beat up the mixure and flavor with nutmeg. Stir in gradually a quarter pound of white sugar, two tablespoonfuls of brandy, six well-beaten eggs, and currants enough to fla; vor the whole. The, currants should be washed, dried, and floured. Drop by large spoonfuls into boiling lard and fry to a light brown. Serve with wine and powdered sugar. Potato Fritters Break open four nicely baked potatoes; scoop out the insides with a spoon, and mix with them a wineglassful of cream, a tablespoonful of brandy, two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, the juice of one lemon, half a teaspoonful of vanilla extract, and well-beaten yolks of four and the whites of three eggs; beat the batter until it is quite smooth; drop large tablespoonfuls of the mixture into boiling fat and fry to a light brown; dust them with powdered sugar and sent to table hot. # ��������� ��������� # ��������� Corn Fritters Scrape twelve ears of corn, mix with, two eggs, one and one-half cups of milk, salt and pepper to taste, and flour enough to hold all together. Fry in hot fat. # * * * j Hominy Fritters Two teacupfuls of cold boiled hominy; stir in one teacupful of sweet milk and a little salt, four tablespoonfuls of sifted flour, and one egg; beat the white separately and add last; drop the batter by spoonfuls in hot lard and fry to a nice brown. *���������'���������'#*.' Rice Fritters Boil a quarter of a pound of rice in milk till it is tender, then mix it with a pint of milk, two eggs, one cup of sugar, a little salt and cinnamon, and as much flour as will make a thick batter. Fry them in thin cakes and serve with butter and white powdered sugar. #���������**���������'-.��������� Parsnip Fritters Boil four good-sized parsnips in salted water until tender; drain them, beat them to a pulp, and squeeze the water from them as much as possible; bind them together with a beaten .egg and a little flour. Shape into cakes and fry in hot lard. # * # # - Fruit Fritters . The following recipe will serve for many kinds of fruit., or vegetable fritters: Make a batter of ten ounces of flour, half a pint of milk, and two ounces of butter; sweeten and. flavor to taste; stir in the whites of two eggs well beaten; dip the fruit in the batter and fry. Small fruit and vegetables should be mixed with the batter. ���������.##.*#' Apple Fritters Take one egg, two tablespoonfuls of flour, a little sifted sugar and ginger, with milk enough to make a smooth batter;-cut a good sized apple into slices aud put them into the batter. Put them into a frying-pan, with the batter which is taken up in the spoon. When fried, drain them on a sieve and sift on powdered sugar.; Currant Fritters Take two cupfuls dry, fine bread-crumbs, two tablespoonfuls prepared flour, two cups of milk, one-half pound currants, washed and well dried; five eggs whipped very light and the yolks strained, one-half cup powdered sugar, one tablespoonful butter, one-half teaspoonful mixed cinnamon and nutmeg. Boil the milk and pour over the bread. Mix and put in the butter. Let it get cold. Beat in, next, the yolks and sugar, the seasoning, flour, and stiff whites, finally the currants dredged Avhite with flour^ Thei_.b^.t^-;sho.uld^l).e_.thick.-- Drop great spoonfuls into the hot lard and fry. Drain them and send hot to table. Eat with a mixture of wiiie and powdered sugar. # ** # # Oyster Fritters Take one and one-half pints of. sweet milk, one and one-fourth pounds of flour, four eggs (the yolks having been beaten very thick); add milk and flour; stir the whole well together, then beat the whites to a stiff, froth and stir them gradually into the batter; take a spoonful of the mixture, drop an oyster into it, and fry in hot lard; let them be a light brown on both sides. # # , m # Clam Fritters Take a dozen chopped clams, one pint of milk, three eggs. Add liquor from the clams, with salt and pepper, and flour enough to produce thin batter. Fry in hot lard. V * # # '# Cream Fritters Take one Cup of cream, the whites of five eggs, two full, cups prepared flour, one saltspoonful of nutmeg, a pinch of salt. Stir the whites into the cream in turn with the flour, put in nutmeg and salt, beat all hard for two minutes. The batter should be rather thick. Fry. in plenty of sweet lard, a spoonful of batter for each fritter. Drain and serve upon a hot, clean napkin. Eat Avith jelly sauce. Do not cut them open, but break or pull them apart. Marriage Rate in- Germany Falling From the published statistics of various large towns in Ger- 3iiany it is seen the Avar has very unfa\-orably influenced the marriage rate. In Berlin, between March and December, 1915, the number of. marriages Avas over 20 per cent. beloAv the number for the corresponding period of 1914, and 25 per cent. beloAvthat of 1913. In Frankfurt 1915 fell behind 1914 by 30 per cent.; in Hamburg* 3*2 per cent.; in Dresden 32 per cent.; in Breslau and Leipzig 35 per cent. Munich seems to have the lowest rate, namely 45 per cent. beloAv the figures for 1914. The advertising columns of the big daily neAvspapers, however, shoAv little falling off in the number of persons seeking this gate of entry into matrimony, and no diminution of the indelicacy employed in describing their Avants. In the Berliner Tage- blatt of recent issue three or four columns Avere occupied with those advertisements. Here is one. of these: "Bertha Brunberg seeks marriage for a count. The count a Avidovver, 44 years, Protestant, of very respectable and handsome appearance, and owner of large entailed estates. Also for a count, Rhenish Prussian, 27 years, very rich. Also for a professor, a manufacturer, bank directors and merchants. In all cases the ladies must be the possessors of corresponding fortunes." BURNABY BOND ISSUE UNAFFECTED BY SUIT The attempt of Messrs. Spit- zer, Rorick & Co., purchasers of $1,250,000 AA-orthvof Burnaby treasury certificates to block the recent sale of $1,000,000 Avorth of serial bonds to Messrs. Wood, Gundy & Co., is finding expression in the courts of'New York. On Thursday an application was made before Justice Donnelly in Supreme Court chambers by Judge Wehage and other holders of the securities, for a permanent injunction restraining the Equitable Trust Company from delivering debenture bonds held on se- surity for the notes. It Avas stated by counsel for the applicants that the municipality Avanted to pay up on May 17 in order to avoid payment of another six months interest, the notes not maturing for another six months. The judge expressed his surprise that there should be any- Ayhere a municipality that Avanted to pay up in advance. The municipal solicitor, Mr. W. G. McQuarrie, explains that Burnaby is not appearing in the proceedings in NeAv York and does not propose to do so and that in no Avay do they affect the recent sale of .$1,000,000. of serial bonds to Messrs. Wood, Gundy & Co. That sale has been made and the money paid. The Equitable Trust Company in New York held $1.- ;750,000 of1 the old debentures as security for the'-..million' and a quarter treasury certificates certificates Avhich Avere- sold through Messrs. Spitzer, Rorick.& Co. The treasury certificates, on the face of. them, are redeemable at any interest paying period after the end of December, 1914, provided the sale of those hypothecated debentures Avas made and certain notice given. A sale Avas made of these hypothecated debentures to the Royal Bank of Canada and sufficient money Avas. tendered to the Equitable Trust Company to take care of the treasury certificates and refused. Burnaby's contention therefore is that it has done eyei\y^hing it could under the terms' of its agreement. Burnaby does not, hoAvever, propose to enter into any fight in the courts of New York. Burnaby is not repudiating payment and the money -will be deposited at the various branches of the Royal Bank of Canada ready for payment to the holders of the treasury certificates. The debentures held in NeAv York are the long term debentures which Burnaby council decided had become less attractive to the market than a serial bond issue. Sir John French's Pipe Sir John French's favorite relaxation from the stress of the campaign is a quiet stroll iii what is left of the leafy lanes or gardens of the district Avherein his headquarters may be situated. Walking meditatively along, and smoking a smoke-broAvned pipe, the brain of- the British Army in Northern France looks anything but one of the main master-spirits in our shares of the vast struggle. Although he appears to be alone, he is- really well guarded ���������sometimes eAren against his OAvn Avish-r-a feAv trusted "Tommies" being told to see that no one, not even though they appear to be harmless peasants, approaches within hundreds of yards of his doiee far niente. Now is the Time To Buy Your Printing Supplies The time to put your best foot forward is when your competitors are showing signs of weakness. Strong impressive printing is more valuable to-day than ever, because business men are on the alert to detect the slightest indication of unfavorable conditions, and for this very reason every suggestion of strength and progress is doubly effective. Your Printing should bring this to your customers' attention not only in connection * ! with your office stationery, but with all printed matter and advertising. WE PRINT CATALOGUES MAGAZINES BOOKLETS FOLDERS COMMERCIAL STATIONERY Carswells, Printers, Ltd. PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS PHONE FAIR. 1140 203 KINGSWAY Friday, June 2, 1916. THE WESTERN CALL ABLE ADDRESS BY REV. DR CHOWN BEFORE CONFERENCE The part the Methodist church lad taken and. is taking in the present war, the question of pro- Ihibition with particular reference Bto compensation, and the* matter [of the union of the churches in {Canada were the themes that [were dealt with last Friday at the Methodist Conference in Mt. [Pleasant Methodist church by Rev. Dr. Chown, superintendent of the church in the Dominion, in a vigorous address of a most interesting character, for which he received the thanks of the conference. Dr. Chown expressed himself as strongly opposed to compensation to������ the hotelmen, and said that the Methodist church was always ready for the union of the churches in this country, and spoke in eulogistic terms of what members of the church had done in the great conflict in Europe. Prefacing his remarks with the statement that he liked to be back oh the coast as he admired the climate of British Columbia, he brought greetings from Rev. Mr. Powell, formerly of Vancouver, and now of Toronto, and who, he said, was doing a good work in the eastern city, as Avell as greetings from Dr. Crummy, of Winnipeg, to Avhom their hearts, he remarked, went out in his great sorrow. He Avent.on to .say that he found himself going about nowadays Avith a feeling of detachment. He did not like to feel detached from the world; he liked to feel that the tendrils of hiis heart Avere twining their way into the hearts of everybody, and that he had a warm interest in their hearts, but oav- ing to the trend of the war and the consequence thereof, he found that he was moving about with a feeling of uncertainty. ., Many Members Enlisted ' /'The Methodist church," said Dr. Chown, has reason to congratulate itself on the part it has taken in this. War. It is probable that we have not. been represented correctly in the returns of the military authorities of, the country, but I do. not know that I need go into that. I have felt that it makes no difference Whatever Avhether we get credit for the full number of our enlistments or not.. It . does matter, however, that Ave should make enlistments and help to bring this war to a successful termination. We are fighting for freedom, for the supremacy of the Empire, and all that the Empire stands for. " Three hundred of, our ministers are in khaki; three hundred of our probationers are serving at the froht, or are training to go overseas. There are three Methodist majors of the same name���������Williams. There is Major Williams, the Welshman, who is in charge of Nos. 1 and 2 recruiting divisions, and there is Major Williams, the Englishman, Avho is in charge of another, and there -is Major Williams, the Irishman, who is.: in charge of Nos. 4 and 5 divisions, so that if we are not represented in quantity to the extent of doing us full justice, at least Ave are represented in the quality of the men who have gone into , the army." Referring to the much debated question of amusements and the position of Methodism thereto,, "Pride of the West" X PRANP OVERALLS, SHIRTS, PANTS and WAORJNAW CWMWNG WtANWAOTURBO IN VANCOUVER By MACKAY SMITH, 3UJR & CO., UP. "Buy Goods Made at Home, and get both the Goods and tne Money." PJiones: Nortn Van. 323 andl03. Seymour 336. WAUACE SHIPYARDS, LTD. ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS Steel and Wooden Vessels Built, Docked, Painted and Repaired. North Vancouver, B. C. Phone Seymour 8171 STOREY & CAMPBELL 518-520 BEATTY ST. VANCOUVER, B.C. MANUFACTURERS OP Light and/Heavy Harness, Mexican Saddles, Closed Uppers, Leggings, etc. A large stock of Trunks and Valises always on hand. BUGGIES, WAGONS, Etc. Leather of all kinds. Horse Clothing. We are the largest manufacturers and importers of Leather Goods in B. C. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL." Dr. Chown said that Methodists liked fun as much as anybody else, but they had always in their history stood for efficiency. Today society was plotting all sorts of amusements that were striking at the moral energies of the people, and the Methodist church was realizing that if their people were to be efficient they must really be on the basis of a war footing and that had been the aim of the Methodist church in all its history. Question of Prohibition As regards the liquor traffic, Dr. Chown said that the Methodist church had been abused, that the maturity of their intellect had been Avanting on many occasions and it had been charged that they belonged to a loAver order of ecclesiasticisni because they had stood uncompromisingly oh that great issue, they bad stood at the top of the stairway beckoning other people upward. "I notice," he" proceeded, "that there is talk about compensation in the province of British Columbia, that a commis- i* sion is to be appointed to consider the whole question, and the only answer that I have heard in opposition tos compensation is that it never has been done before. That is not an answer- that is satisfactory to intelligent persons. . The state has sanctioned the liquor traffic, and if a man obtains a license which holds the privilege of selling liquor for one year, that man has had that privilege and he has got everything he paid for. "The government and the people of British Columbia have a right to say to the liquor people 'We have decided to go out of the business of selling licenses, ' and what right have they to turn round and say 'You must give us compensation because yon have decided to go out' of the business?' The thing is perfectly absurd. They talk about the increased value of their premises. If there be any increased value of licensed premises it is a fictitious . value as created by the action of the lav of the country* by the action of the law- makers of the country Avho are responsible for having created that fictitious value and who therefore have a right to destroy it. All that has to be taken into consideration is what is in the public interest." The historic position of Methodism had, said Dr. Chown, been vindicated tvith regard to revival meetings. What Avere these" recruiting meetings but revival meetings? They were bringing out the patriotic feelings of the people. He had never said that everybody had to enlist and go to the front, but he had said AA'hen a young man stood up and looked at the great issues in tlie Empire today lie is not bound to stay at home. If he turned aside from the duty then his-foot Avas in hell. That is Avhere a man consigned himself if he did not stand up for the Empire and every man avIio Avas of military age and had the strength was bound, he declared, to give an account of himself to his conscience, to the Empire and to God. Church Union On the question of the union of the churches, Dr. ChoAA-n said that there were people j who thought that t he Presbyterian church was going to give its sanction within a limited num ber of years. If that were done in a way so that Ave could de pend \ipon union and so that Ave could go forward he did not knoAV that he Avould object to it. "In this matter," said the speaker, "the Methodist church has played a strong hand and Ave have had that testimony from many of the leaders of the Presbyterian church in Canada. At the same time Ave have been misunderstood. By those a\-1io have opposed union Ave haA-e been re presented as a people standing with our mouths open waiting for the sugar plum of union to drop into it. "We are a church with over forty-one million dollars' worth of real estate, in Canada, we have more members than any other church in the Dominion, we have more theological students in our colleges and we have a larger Sunday School roll than the Anglicans and Presbyterians put together, and yet some ' people imagine that we are -staggering along anxious to be taken into union. We are not in that position at all',-'*- said the speaker with emphasis. "We are a strong church and Ave will get stronger." TIMBEB RETURNS SHOW INCREASE The timber returns for the month of/April ,issued by the Minister of Lands, show that the total scale of. saw-logs for the province amounted to 55,061,- 261 feet board measure, in addition to 309,678 lineal feet of piles and poles, and 21,990 cords of ties, shingle bolts, etc. The saw-logs scaled in the various districts include Vancouver, 37,613,742 feet; Island,' 9,804,994 feet; Cranbrook, 4,491,277 feet; Vernon 1,001,379 feet; Nelson, 998,604 ft.> and Prince Rupert, 620,711 ft. In the Vancouver district there Avere scaled 117,945 lin: ft. of poles and piles, Isand district 58,- 937 lin. ft., Prince Rupert, 42,- 680 lin. ft., Kamloops 36,974 lin. ft., and Nelson 32,077 lin. ft. Timber sales recorded during April cover an estimated total of 2,234,000 ft. B.M. sawlogs, to produce a revenue of $3,927. MANY SOCKS SENT TO FRONT FROM HERE During the month of March the Vancouver branch of the Red Cross Society forwarded from Vancouver the following comforts: Day shirts, 190; khaki handkerchiefs, 990; hand knitted socks, 2645 and kit bags, 10. It is interesting to note that of the total number of socks stint to the front from England fbr March, Vancouver, Avomen contributed almost one-sixth. In a letter to Mrs. Mills, of the Central Red Cross Society, Eleanor McLaren Brown, - hon. secretary of the ladies' committee of the C. W. C. A., pays a special tribute to the Vancouver ladies Wd says it" is often "noticed what particularly nice socks the Vancouver society forwards. In reply to a request made her for any information Avhich Avould assist in the Avork here, she says: "I Avould like to say that perhaps the people of Canada, do not quite xmderstand the nature oC the things Avhich constitute com- foi*ts. As you knoAV, this 'association provides every unit Avith our 'comforts pads,' a sample of Avhich is enclosed. When anything coming under the heading of 'comforts' is. Avanted, the officer fills in the form and forwards it to us, Avhereupon Ave at once bale up the particular thing's asked for and send them off. .If Ave have not the .particular things in stock, they are purchased. "The demand for other things besides Avoolies is very great. Socks, of course, are ahvays needed, and yAve send out many thousands of pairs a month. The call for other Avoolies is not, of course so heavy, but if you kneAv the quantities of such things as tobacco, confectionery, cake, gum, soap, etc., Avhich Ave send, you Avould see that these tilings are really asked for more than anything else. "When a man leaves his billet to go to the trenches, the equipment Avhich he. must carry on his back weighs .about 60 pounds. Naturally, he is not. going to add to it-by carrying things that he does not need. When he leaves the trenches to go back to his billet, it is unlikely that he will occupy the same, billet as before, so that he has to carry all his belongings with' him, or else if he leaves them behind he runs the risk of never seeing them again. The men get a change once a week, unless under exceptional circumstances, and therefore they do not ask us for much in billets, or whether in the trenches, they ahvays like extra tobacco, extra food, extra gum, These things are light and easily carried, and therefore the demand for them is incessant and insistent. I have talked to many soldiers back from the front, and all of them have the same tale to tell. A man cannot Aveigh himself doAvn Avith more clothing than he .actually needs, but he Avill ahvays find space to carry comforts for the inner man, and these of course, he stores inside him. Money Most Acceptable "It is for the above reasons that the Association is ahvays glad of money wherewith to purchase commodities which cannot, excepting at great expense, be forwarded from Canada, but for which there is a great demand. There are other commodities such as tobacco, confectionery, and cake, which can be forwarded from Canada, and I may say that these things are sent from Canada in large quantities. Though 500 pounds of tobacco and 1000 pounds of gum may sound a great deal, it does not go very far among tens of thousands of men. We supplement by purchase what we get from Canada, and in that way keep pace with the demand. As you know this association equips and maintains the Queen's Canadian Military Hospital, which has been most generously supported by our friends in Canada. This is the only Canadian hospital Avhich is not under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Red Cross. However, Ave were in very close co-operation with Col Hodgetts, and any surplus Ave may have at any time is ahvays at his disposal, and he of course would do the same by us. We are ahvays glad to receive contributions in kind for the' hospital such as tins of cocoa, malted milk, confectionery. We like to be able to tell our patients that these come from Canada. Of course, Ave can and do buy what- ever is necessary, but the sentiment counts for something. On the Whole,' and I"have" many sour ces of information, I think it can be safely said that the Can adians are extremely Avell look ed after." The Manufacturers' Association received Avord last Aveek from Ottawa that an order for service clothes, amounting to $75,000 had been alloted to this city. Several firms will be benefitted by the order. Western Call, $1.00 per Year. Married Beneath Them According to a telegram from Vienna the Archduchess Isabella, daughter of the Archduke Frederick., Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian Army, is engaged to Professor Paul .Albrecht, a Viennese doctor. Austrian arch- esses have a curious habit of marrying beneath them." There was Elizabeth, the only daughter of Crown Prince" Rudolf���������, who wedded a mere Prince��������� Otto Windisch-Graetz���������in 1902. A year later a second granddaughter of the Emperor, Archduchess Elizeth of Bavaria, married Baron voncSeefried, a penniless Bavarian lieutenant. Then a third Elizabeth made a misalliance with her brother's tutor, Count Waldburg, a man with no property and no prospects. Phone Seymour 9086 SOMETHING TOU NEED For the Safety of Tour Valuables and Documents A PRIVATE BOX In our Safety-Vault $2.50 Per Annum Dow Fraser Trust Co. 122 Hastings St. W. =���������? Ottawa, Canada PRINGLE & GUTHRIE Barristers and Solicitors Clive Pringle. N. G. Guthrie. Parliamentary Solicitors, Departmental- Agents, Board of Bailway Commissioners Mr. Clive Pringle is a member of the Bar of British Columbia. Citizen Building, Ottawa ; SYNOPSIS OF GOAL MINING EEGUI^TIONS Coal mining rights of the Domin- on, in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the North-west Territories and in a portion of the province of British Columbia,'! may be leased for a term of twenty-one years renewal for a further term of 21 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 the district in which the rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal sub-divisions of sections, and in un- surveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by the appli- / cant himself. Each application must be accompanied by a fee of $5 ^hich will be refunded if the rights applied for are not available, but not otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate^of, five_ cents^per-ton.- The person operating the mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the* full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay the royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights are not being operated, such returns should be furnished at least once a year. The lease will include the coal mining rights only_ rescinded by Chap. 27 of 4-5 George V. assented to 12th June, 1914. For full information application should be made to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. W. W. CORY, Deputy Minister of tho Interior. N.B.���������Unauthorized publication of this .'idvertiscment will not be paid for. ���������83575. LEGAL ADVERTISING Get our Rates for Advertising Legal Notices, Land Notices, Etc., which are required by law to appear but once a week. We can advertise your requirements at a satisfactory price. THE WESTERN CALL Si, THE WESTERN CALL Friday, June 2, 1916.' ii I'l *'������ I? IS)? I' -���������&''��������� | It ��������� fr m ��������� .?**! iff p.' 161 1 w ,i a SOUTH VANCOUVER The secretaries of all Clubs and Associations (whether social, religious or political) as well as private individuals, are invited to send in any items of general interest each week for publication in these columns. Copy may be sent by mail or phoned in, and should reach this office not later than Thursday noon to ensure publication. Finds His Own Tomb It is given to few men to be absent from their own funerals, much less to carry around the tombstones erected to their memories, as souvenirs. This, however, is what Lieut. Arthur Grindell, a transport officer, Avho left here with the first draft from the Irish Fusiliers, is doing. Lieut. Grindell, in writing to a friend in South Vancouver, tells of a unique experience. He was looking at some of the headstones and crosses erected over the graves of the brave boys who fell in the battle of a year ago, when he was surprised to see a neatly lettered cross dedicated to his memory, and marking a grave where he was supposed to be at rest. "I got after the Graves Registration Committee," he says, "and explained to them that I was not dead. They took a lot of convincing, but finally were satisfied that I was very much alive. I asked permission to take my own property���������my cross-���������as a souvenir. They, could not give me any official permission to do so, but intimated that if. the cross was missing they would make no enquiries." Continuing, the lieutenant says that he has his "cross" with him, and is looking forward to getting leave ; so he can take it to England and send it home. "I have been 'officially' dead for 12 months, and I did not know it,*" he concludes. 0. f. R. JKay Assist The damage done by the floods last spring on Manitoba street near Marine Drive was examined on Friday last by Councillors Russell and Grimmett in company with Mr. Cambie of the C. P. B., who advised that the matter be discussed with Mr. Newton J. Ker and the advisability of. constructing large open drains to carry the water from the C. P. Ii. property may be considered. Mr. Cambie did not commit the company in any way, but hinted that assistance might -be secured- from' them: The matter will be allowed to lie until the company can be interviewed. Want Fraser Street Oiled The dust nuisance on Fraser street is really becoming serious, and numerous requests have been made that the street be oiled. The people have even requested that if the municipality will furnish the necessary labor and the sprinkler that they will furnish the oil. The matter was brought up in the board of works committee on Friday last and was laid over for further consideration. In this connection the question of making general repairs to the street was discussed, and the engineer was instructed to bring in an estimate of the cost of ditching, grading and rocking the street. Gray's Park Opened Gray's Park, situated in Ward III., which was recently given as a gift to the municipality by Mr. David Gray, was formally opened on Friday last, Eeeve Winram performing the ceremony of turning the first sod in the presence of members of the council and a large number of ratepayers. The new park, whieh comprises 2% acres, is bounded by Windsor and St. Catharine streets, and by 33rd and 34th avenues, and will take but little work to put it in .shape for the purpose for whieh it is intended, a playground for the children of the neighborhood. Reeve Winram and Rev. J. R. Robertson made brief speeches, in which they expressed the gratitude of the people of South Vancouver at the generosity of Mr. Gray, Mr. Robertson pointing out that the donor had also presented the ground on which St. David's Presbyterian church is built. Several members of the council, including Coun. Pollock, of Ward III., also made brief speeches. Mr. Gray, the donor. Engineer Bennett and many other prominent citizens were present on the occasion. An interesting patriotic service attracted a large congregation to St. David's Presbyterian church Sunday night. Mr. Yates, military secretary of the Y.M.C. A. at Hastings Park military camp, gave an address of unusual interest in which he described the work done by the Y. M. G. A. among soldiers in Canada, England and France. Three members of the 231st mattalion, Seaforth Highlanders, Lieut. Beat- tie, Private Hutchinson and Private Jenkins, sang solos, which were greatly appreciated. With appropriate ceremony 12 additional names were added to the honor roll of the church, which is now the largest roll of honor possessed by any moderate-sized church in the Vancouver district. It now boasts of 87 names. The names added on Sunday were: Sergeant D. Robins. (invalided home), Lance-Corp. Irving, formerly a member of the So. Vancouver police force, now with the 121st battalion, Western Irish; Corp. William Atkinson, 29th battalion (killed a,t St. Eloi a few days ago); Pte^ Colin Crawford, 231st; Pte. W. J. Campbell, 158th; Pte. Edward Todd, 158th; Pte. Robert Leece, 121st; Pte. W. R. .Walling, 121st; Pte. John McMillan, 131st Westminster Fusiliers; Pte. Andrew Love, Western Universities Battalion; Pte. Bain . Drummond, 6th Canadian Engineers; pte. James E. Barker, 6th D.C.O.R. Private Walling1 has been Sunday school superintendent of St. David's church for over four years, and Private John McMillan has been clerk of the session of the church since the congregation was organized. -This service was followed by a grand concert in the church under the direction of W. W. Robertson, on Monday night, Avhich was enjoyed by a large and enthusiastic audience. Left Without a Charge The British Columbia Methodist Conference has left Rev. William Boulton, at his own request, without a charge, in order to give a free hand to conduct his campaign as Conservative candidate for the provincial legislature for Vancouver south. The committee has also left his present charge, the Beaconsfield Methodist church, without a pastor, arid Mr. Boulton will continue to supply the pulpit there until after the election. May Use Sewers Jointly A delegation from So. Vancouver council attended the meeting ��������� of the city council on Tuesday afternoon and discussed with the board different matters pertaining to sewerage and road paving. It was felt by the municipality that some satisfactory arrangement could be made with the city for the joint use of a sewer in Ward Eight, but upon the matter being taken up with the Joint Sewerage Commission, permission was refused. City Engineer F.-L. Fellowes was instructed to take up the various questions with Mr. Bennett, the engineer for the municipality, and report to the board of works later. Glee Club Will Sing This, year is the centenary of Sir William Sterndale Bennett, one of England's most gifted musicians. One of his best known and most beautiful compositions, "The May Queen" will be given by the King Edward High School Glee. Club, accompanied by the orchestra of. the Vancouver Musical Society, on Friday, jurie 9, at 8.15 p.m., under the baton of Mr. Geo. P. Hicks. The work' has been thoroughly rehearsed and the club assures their patrr rons a musical treat.1 ' This is believed to be the only attempt . to commemorate xtJhe centenary of this eminent musician in Vancouver while it lias been very generally observed in England, and in other parts of the Empire. The club is therefore to be commended in their endeavor to fittingly observe the event. And doubtless the music lovers of the city will show their appreciation of their efforts. THE EFFECT OF THE BLOCKADE Women Enter Protest At a meeting of the South Vancouver Women's Forum, held at the home of Mrs. Woods, 1400 34th avenue, a strong protest was made against the action of the provincial government in extending the franchise to soldier minors through the recent amendment to the Election Act, while at the same time they refuse to give the vote to women without first getting a mandate from the the people. It was argued that there was no mandate from the electors for the extension of the vote to soldiers under age. A resolution voicing the protest was passed unanimously. A talk on "Co-Operation" was given by Mr. S. P. Jackson at the close of the meeting. The speech caused an interesting discussion and it was decided to arrange for a debate on the same question at the next meeting of the Forum. The meeting will be held in "the evening and if the interest manifested Wednesday is any criterion it will likely attract a large attendance. A very pleasant surprise party was given Wednesday, evening at; the home of Mrs. A. Milton, 855 Broadway- west-in honor of Miss Frances Grogan, who for the past three years has been deaconess of Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian church. The following guests were present: Misses Story, Robertson, -'Smith, Stroul, Mitchell, McCallum, Beatty, Riches, Hill, Wallace and Knight. Messrs! Moore Kelsburg, Story, McCallum, Nixon, Sproule, Mennie, Watkins and Paxton. Miss Grogan left last night for Tre- herne, Manitoba. Shoe On the Other Foot Germany has complained bitterly of tho attempt of England to starve out her civil population in order to bring the war to a close. This suggests a very pertinent question. Suppose that Germany, instead of Great Britain, had had command of tlie sea at the very beginning of the war. It has been stated many times that the home supply of food for Great Britain would not last over six weeks^ if her imports of foodstuffs were stopped. Is there anybody so silly as to believe that Germany, in case she had had command of the sea, would not have cut off Great Britain's supply of food instantly and entirely and brought her to her knees by starvation within two months after; the institution of such a blockade? It must be remembered also, as to Germany's complaint (that the Allies are trying to starve the civilian non-combatant populaton), that every bushel of American wheat going to Germany releases a bushel of German wheat to feed the army. Any importation of foodstuffs into Germany for the civil population is therefore simply an indirect way of supporting the German army.���������The New York Outlook. Some of the most notable men of France in the world of letters, the world of science, of politics ,of commerce and. industry, of military affairs, have formed an association, the object of which is to keep the public authoritatively informed on all matters of moment regarding the war. The significant motto of the association reads: "Patience, Effort and Confidence." The "Letters" of the association so addressed to the nation are distributed through the agency of well-known magazines, in leaflet form. The most recent letter has for subject matter: "The Control of the Seas." Under the first heading: "The Allies Control the Sea," the superiority of the allied sea-power is explained in detail. The second division tells of the loss of the enemy in colonial possessions. The third, the blockade and effects on German commerce. Division four sets forth the various' consequences of the blockade. The conclusion shows how the land held by the central power* in Belgium, France and Russia is more than offset, territorially, by the allies' gains in China and Africa. Bear-Admiral Degony gives a clear account of the results, present and future, of the blockade. He says: "The reduction of Germany's importations has deprived her of industrial resources indispensable to the support of her economic life. Her commercial fleet, destroyed or closed in for the last eighteen months, and the chief agent of the importers, and the manufacturers, to whom she brought raw material and supplies. The list is long: Minerals, cottons, flax, wool, textiles of all sorts, raw hides, leathers, fats, oils, petroleum gasoline and rubber. Any of these materials that now reach Germany from the outside world, are necessarily very high in price, therefore, many enterprises have been affected seriously. "Since the beginning of September, 1915, cotton-weaving establishments work but one or two days a week. Iron and steel are manufactured for military purposes solely. With leather the story is almost the same. "The reduction of the industrial output has sensibly increased the cost of living. We have some time since ceased to listen to the exaggerated accounts that told of imminent famine. The. increase, however, has caused the government no little alarm. In order to remedy the situation there are many cases in which a maximum has been placed, with the effect that the product-* thus tariffed have been with drawn from the market. X '.'Notwithstanding these facts, Germany, at present, has no idea of looking upori herself as conquered, but it would be useless for her to argue that her power of resistance has. not been seriously diminished. 'Ihe allies have every intention of rendering the block- aide yet more effective and stringent. . ''Germany has often boasted that her territorial gains have been so important that when the time for the signing peac-3 contracts comes, she will be able, by reason of these, gains, to dictate terms to the allies. Nearly all Belgium, a good slice of France and sortie Bvesiah territory are in our hands, they triumph. X "Germany forgets the mortgage we have on her holdings! "Jn first rank come the colonies we have taken from her. In Africa alone, according to the German official reckoning, we hav-e now possession of 452,- 082 square miles, which is almost equal to the total surface extent of Germany, Austria-Hungary and France. "As a result of the blockade, the seas that Germany covered with her fleets, merchant and marine, are free of--all her vessels.--And in consequence an embargo is put on her foreign commerce and the products necessary for trade. "This sequestration of German commerce will last as long as Great Britain finds it necessary to the end she has in view, in conjunction with her allies. No matter what might be the military events, eontinentally speaking, as long as Great Britain keeps the sea superiority, she could, of herself alone, restrict German contact' with the sens and oblige that country 'to live her own.' "Thus the allies hold the control ling odds, which are considerable. The German colonies, the external commerce and all the industries dependent upon importations and exchange." ���������Tne London Free Press. QUIETLY, QUICKLY, SMOOTHLY, YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS ARE MOVED Without any fuss, any disturbance, without breaking or losing _ valuable furniture or bric-a-brac BECAUSE CAMPBELL MAKES ��������� A BUSINESS TO MOVE GOODS THAT WAY. The big CAMPBELL "Car Tans-'' are heavily padded inside . completely enclosed, affording absolute protection! Only skillful, int. gent movers handle your goods. AND the charge is surprisingly i Phone Seymour 7360 for full particulars. QvMPB.OI^roRACE^MP*N^ QlEEST AHD LARGEST7 JN WESTEgrTOANADA f T^one Seymour 73(50 Office 857 Beatty JSmm Office Phone: Seymour 8765-8766 DIXON & MURRAY Office and Store Fixture Manufacturers Jobbing Carpenters, Show Cases Fainting, Paperhanging and Ralsominlng Shop: 1065 Dunsmuir St. Vancouver, B. O. Banish Corns and Sore Feet in Leckie Boots When your feet slip into a LECKIE they feel at ease at once. The style is there, too, and wear! well just make your next pair of boots LECKTES* and compare them with any boots you have ever worn before. LECKIE BOOTS come in all styles and sizes and your shoe dealer will be glad to try them on your feet. Don't forget���������they're made in B. C���������name stamped on each pair. AT ALL DEALERS GEN. TOWNSHEND FORETOLD WAB According to a writer in the London Daily Mail, General Townshend, who surrendered to the Turks at Kut- el-Amara, with almost uncanny prescience, actually predicted the date of the outbreak of hostilities, and many of the events that have occurred in thf present war. He say3: "Four years ago, when the possibility of war -with Germany was derided as empty talk, he not only knew that it was inevitable, but he predicted that it would break out suddenly in the autumn of .1914. "He spread out a map on the table in his rooms in Paris and traced out the course which Jthe opening stages of war -would take. This was to his friend, George Grossmith, who was in Paris playing with Eejane at the time, and Mr, Grossmith is an amazed witness today to the absolute accuracy of his forecast. He told how the Germans would pour over the Belgian and Luxemburg frontiers, how their heavy artillery would batter down the forts in their way> how with incredible swiftness they would spread a wide front across Belgium, and sweep the fated country clear, making Antwerp and Brussels and Ostend in their rapid southern descent, so as to strike a great, ;l}jpjw! at the French defences while the French preparations were yet incomplete. "He even laid his finger ur on the map and marked the region to which the British expeditionary force would be sent and told bow inevitably it would be outflanked and overwhelmed by numbers and forced to retreat to escape annihilation. "He was exact also in his predictions that the first real trial of strength between the attackers and the defenders would occur in positions far behind those originally chosen and that the British troops would fight their first pitched battles in defence of the French channel portsX"" ------ " Maybe there was nothing in these predictions of his that any other qualified and studied soldier might not and did not foresee, but there was nothing more than an expert's deductions from military and geographical conditions in another prediction that he made with confidence and conviction and which he consistently maintained, unshaken by all contrary opinions. For he declared time and time again that in spite of all the German early successes, France would be saved, and saved by the new and wonderful spirit of the French people. "This was inorc than expert anticipation. It was the insight of a prophet. He knew and understood and loved the French nation and people. He speaks French like a Parisian, his devoted wife is a French lady, he had studied French military history with an enthusiast's application, had followed French army manoeuvres, had reconstructed on the spot the battlegrounds of the past and had examined with German thoroughness the positions in which the future battles that he foresaw would take place. He was aware���������he served for a time as ' military attache in Paris���������bf the weaknesses and difficulties of France and of French politics, but for all that, with the eye of faith he foresaw the great and commanding fact twenty months of war have proved and the morale of the French soldiers that no German mechanical superiority could overcome. "His heart has been in France since the war broke out. General Charles Townshend is the heir presumptive of the Marquisate of Townshend and he is the great-great-grandson of the Townshend who fought with Wolfe at Quebec." Embarrassment Germany is- now in a position to sympathize with that fellow who wanted somebody to help him let go of a bear.���������Boston Transcript. General Smith-Dorrien General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith Dorrien, the distinguished British officer, who last February relinquished the: command of the British" forces operating in German East Africa, . was Jjpirja';.,-fifty-eight years ago, on May:, 26, 1858. JBarly in the war he commanded the British second army in Flanders, but he retired from that posi*1 tion last summer "and returned to England, where he remained until December, when he went to South Africa to take charge of the expedition to be dispatched against Germany's East African colony. He remained in command there " until about three months ago, when he turned over, his authority to Gen. Jan Christian Smuts, who was a Boer leader in the South African war. General Smith-Dorrien's retirement was said to be due to ill health. Smith- Dorrien began his military career in the Zulu���������war of ,1879, and afterwards _ fought in the Egyptian war and the Soudan campaign, receiving high honors in all and has no patience with suckly in India and on the Nile he went to South Africa to fight the Boers. In that war his command included a Canadian contingent, and he became a favorite with the Canadian soldiers and returned their admiration in full measure. Gen. Smith- Dorrien is a younger brother of the '' Dorrien-Smith'' Mi������o is known as "King of the Seilly Isles." The family seat of the latter is in Tresco Abbey, on the largest of the Seilly Islands, a picturesque old edifice which dates from the tenth century. General Smith-Dorrien phayed a conspicuous part in the early part of the war, when his masterly retreat before the overwhelming force of Teutons saved the British force from threatened annihilation. 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