The Axe, 17 février 1922, vendredi 17 février 1922

[" va a a ES a x v - .I \u2014 +\" a .PUT AND .\u2018 .TAKE _ Competition 5 A JOURNAL OF ACTION AGAINST REACTION Page 3.À EDITED BY JOHN H.ROBERTS .\u201cLAY THE AXE AT THE ROOT OF THE TREE\u201d ; .| | MONTREAL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17h, 1922 A mabeeri po | THE DEVIL AT QUEBEC a ty \u201c| Satan fully satisfied with Quebec Govern- Fr .*- - ment and conditions in Quebec, EE .Especially Montreal NO VOTES FOR QUEBEC WOMEN! THE CZAR REFUSES The Premier, Hon.Mr.Taschereau, received an influential deputation of Quebec ladies last week.The Indies asked for votes .They had good arguments in their favor.They merely asked provincially for what been conceded Federally.Their 5 ed it, after a fashion.A more supine exhibition of indifference to hux man rights was never given in Quebec City.The dreary piffie Mr.Taschereau uttered would have sounded fitting on the lips of the late Czar of Russia.Well, Ladies, the Czar has spoken.But don't forget there is a way to deal with Czars \u2014 dethrone them! Get EE.5 i \u201cWell, what do you think of the Province of our \u2014 CR Majesty?\u201d asked a representative of THE AXE.Quehea ¥ | Bo , - = The interview took place in an ante-room of the Parliament TIMES UP, To to 3 fo dis at Quebec, where His Satanic Majesty was \u201clobby- MR.SIMARD! gx - sem ti .oo - CE.\u201cEine, fine\u201d, was the Devil's reply, ially Montreal.Ii} \u2014\u2014 She.panetimeman tide Toe] | M4 11 ST PU RU, Since my \u2018ereau is crowd have|l We gave yeu until torday, À ve | | \u2018Goverment ownership of the whisky business; Tf Mr.ard in tigate EE regard the Province of Quebec, especially Montreal, as one of my] the Summer Garden UE - beat territories.Yes, my mind is easy about the old province now.]] We shall now feel perf B .If every other part of Canada and the United States was in such || free to go shead with our ap.BB ; good condition, I could take a well-earned vacation for a whilelf plication to unseat you and CE and let the Government represent me\u201d, - |{ whoever of your colleagues A At this juncture \u201clong distance\u201d called -trom-Below.|| Yere responsible for grant: Jo à = bit: fare rea herd Him any a bi end 3 of the Hane \"Ce another || ing licenses to the Summer CURE 0 bounds in Quebec, especially Montreal, and re Bo ne ck of sik || Allsop Crus La France.3 \u201cYou | pe 7 _ co 4 \u2014\u2014 THE AXEMAN \u201c00 | \u201cOh, yes\u201d, said the Priend-of-the- Government.\u201cLook at the murders, hold-ups, apartment house trage dies, shootings, robberies and the whole crime wave in general in the ; Province of Quebec, especially Mont- 1 real; why should I not be pleased ?.aus LE To have the Gôverhment doing my: 7 & .© work, when it looked as if my day 3 \"© was over in the province; sure, I'm RU pleased.Look at this Merchant's \u2019 affair, too, Gee, I've got some of the blue bloods of Montrea! on my list now\u201d and His Underworld Majesty laughed long and loud.Be.40 .- tween the laughs and chuckles (\u201cHe © «s+ chuckled and laughed, Ha, Ha\").> .THE AXE-MAN could hear the words, \u201clooted and robbed\u201d, \u201clooted .- and robbed\u201d, evidently a quotation.mes \u201cOur readers would like to know | - why you are\u2018so glad the Quebec ~~ 7 Government has taken over the sale of \u201cliquor\u201d, .~~ old devil with a leer.\u201cIts like this, \u201c74.Whisky and rum were aways >, aide of mine.But in the hands of | ©; private dealers they were not half so «useful to me as in the Government's ~~.hands.The individual liquor dealer \u2018had some conscience but the Govern ment has none.The hotel-keeper - - \u2026 had to watch his steps or lose his Ii- cense.The Government can lift the = Mad off Hell and nobody can.say a .darn word.Do you get me?! And .< then they have made the liquor trat- \u201cÎle respectable, Everybodys a saloon \"keeper in Quebec now since the Gave +\" ernment turned out the liquor-me ; Cn waves.Even the Pro \\ ET conan où Page TEE vA cm \u201cWell, PH tell you\u201d replied the] P° IMMORALITY IN our men-folk pledged to vote < ike your sisters of the other prov- 0 .inces of Canada and as you have in : : : Federal Elections.That's your best oo NC plan.Turn out the men who deny 0 SE dh you votes.You are quite as capable Is immorality confined to the Red Light District, to the flats and partments of the demi-monde?By no means.Consider another angle of social vice \u2014 the use of business offices for questionable purposes.In the best Office Buildings in Montreal, strict watch and ward are kept on the comings and goings of the tenants outside ordinary business In one such modern building in the heart of the financial section the employees have strict instructions to check carefully the en: trances and exits of everybody accompanied by a lady at such times of day as are known as \u201coutside office hours\u201d.Should the suspiciong of the building employees lead them to imagine that all is not as it should they are under orders to telephone immediately to tha manager of the building who quickly hies himself to the building end takes charge of the situation.th In more than one instance this watchful manager has discovered ladies of donbtful virtue visiting pominent tenants of the building and has raised Cain about it.Of course business men, lawÿers, stockbrokers, etc, have to work late, and on Sundays, sometimes, and equally, of course, if they have lady clients orcustomers it may be most convenient for the latter to be granted interviews at unconventional times.Such occasions may be perfectly correct and in many instances are undoubtedly se.Yet it is undeniable that more than a \u2018few business men use their business offices as places of assignation and have given ea and sufficient reasons for.the vatchfulness of office-building man.ve so CooL =e wat of \u2026 | / YSTENOG.™1S FAIR GAME - + \u201d a p\u2014\u2014\u2014 A A 5 A \u201cIn one notorious\u2019 cade, where - the a.:- tice to quit and had to find new of.pher who becomes .and took over thé business -them- Iman concerned was a.well-known The \u201croman La ie case\u201d.Far be it bition Léad- |\u201cman-about-town\u201d, he, after several from our thoughts to malign \u2019steno- srnings, Was given summary - no- lgraphers, as a claw.Morally they Caen me - CEE om Sobel OT el LT : LR ve\u201d Fe ss wy 25 AGE à Lo we ?= fices quickly.In other cases ft is the [he as other Canadian women and as the women of Britain.: Yoù can get votes for women if you are in earnest and mean business.What are the Premier\u2019s real reasons for refusing votes to women.We .wonder.Here are two that strike us: First, because he thinks there are enough \u2018old women\u201d in the Legislature already; and, second, he knows that the women of Quebec will not tolerate his Government-owned liquor traffic for one day after they get votes and the opportunity of .using them.Lu Go to it, ladies.Take off your kid gloves, and fight.You'll win.compare most favorably with any other class of the community.But there is a certain type of downtown business man who regards his stenographer ag fair game and sets every trap his ingenuity can devise for her unwary feet.And, poor- girl, she often falls for it.,; The boss, may be, askg her if she minds working late some night.Naorne she cannot refuse.At the rdinary closing time he suggests that they dine together.Probably presses wine on he Imeal and when they foturn to the.nopgspher Bas Just BY Continued on Page De Li \u2018and attractive ste- : : t imbibed enough 06 gfe Cad NY THE AXE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 117th 1922.Chips from the Editor's Axe \u201cHew to the line, let the chips fall where they may\u201d.Page à Wills PAYS FOR BRITISHERS - garly brawl, on the respective merits The Délorme Case cerned in the matter of whisky- \u2014 smuggling into the United Stsles.(of Church and Stage, then the less After long delay, the Crown has |This enables the Niagara River said about either the better.Both Motion Picture Theatre Manageat length acted in the cage of the |°Pérators to load their craft in [institutions are highly necessary.| ments should be Bound to peace, the only trouble being in [Both do excellent work; and there is Show British Films ,Ç murdered Raoul Délorme, and the Coroner\u2019s Jury has caused the haif- brother of the deceased to be brought to book on a charge of murder.The Reverend Father Délorme, who will shortly be placed on trial, has, since his brother\u2019s death, been the subject of gossip galore, gossip not without slander.Despite how circumstantial evidence may point let us always remember that under British law every man is innocent until proven guilty.We prefer to believe that Father Délorme is innooent and do believe so.Let us hope he may =o be proved.Annexing Quebec.Senator King, of Utah, has conceived the brilliant idea of taking over certain portions of the Province of Quebec and adding them presumably to New York State in pay- room for improvement in the members of either calling.| UNBUSINESS-LIKE BUSINESS.From \u2018information in the p:ess it appears that the Provincial Government at Quebec in making loans to various municipalities in the province has issued cheques payable to the Secretary Treasurer of the mu ticipelity.It has been alleged in certain cases that these funds have been used by the individugls for private ends.Whether these reports is the man to unite old forces, prob- [8!\u20ac true, or otherwise, and we since- 'ably bringing the Asquith Liberals rely trust that the latter is the cate, back to the fold and thus forming a [10 U8 it sceme most unbusines: ¢ new ministry on the tottering found.[ON t'e part of tre Goyerrment tnat ations of the present Government, [they should hand'e the peoples\u2019 mo.This gossip would bring Milner, Az.|D\u20acY in this haphazard fashion.And tte Government at Quetec Yas el- qui an rE eo aloden back to ways patted itself on the back for its at the Washington Conference \u201cbusiness administration\u201d Ve be - marks him as a man who, though on |t0 differ.landing at the American side.Thus a game already enticing and profitable to many will become more enticing and more profitable still, As it stands to-day, the movi picture industry in Canada in al most entirely an alien industry in so far as films shown and ownership of lour big first-run theatres are con.erned.To a large extent this statement also applies to the theatrical world in general, ~~ Of these imported fidms a great .nany are utter drivel.They are not * ducative, instructive; nor are they - vq), amusing.Great swaths of drovling bunk are flashed on the creen with childish \u201cart titles\u201d.To ; end \u2018pep\u2019 to an utherwise slothful \"4 rerformance it has proven necessary eu 0 show pictures of the heroine in be he course of taking a bath, disrob- / | ng for the night, or attiring herself for lunch, for in the American-made + movie, very few heroines can be persuaded to arise in time for the ordinary work-a-day breakast.; Balfour as Premier ?Comment very favorable to the Right Honorable Arthur Balfour occupies no mean space in British papers, A feeling appears to be abroad that with the star of the Coalition in the descendant Balfour Shes wil \u2018incur in\u2019 th anatstion In years, is by no means finished | H F D EV | | SILLY SEX SUBJECTS oi of the St.Lawrence.Under the new EF rome St Lambert mou er Wheto] Shere?po ocidratle ple in mde Lo Amevian isn ony have to rts ays menor ot what nwo | | (| |) F BE (ithe view to excing th aa: ; the Free to the Home of the Spree.bp scheme of things.It is known the-bank-clerk and Sertrude from: : ) + The worthy Senator\u2019s brand of home in many quarters that the Prime of us are old enough to be able to brew, like the senator, must be full of hop.This sounds like the sort of discussion one hears on almost any drunken party.The St.Larwrence Canal Minister would well-earned rest, but it is doubtful if (Continued from Page 1) rs, the clergy (Oh, you Methodist parsons!) they're all selling whisky.Its a Government utility\u201d.\u201cJust how does that help your Majesty?\u2019 asked dur representative.\u201cExcuse me for one moment.I want to suggest to the Chairman of like to retire to a the Motherland could get on without his talents in these trying times.Although a great section of the press has turned on Lloyd George it is extremely doubtful if the people have.If the project goes through to link the Great Lakeswith the Atlantic for ocean-going vessels by the development of the St.Lawrence canal scheme, benefits to the United States will at least be equal to those If he goes to the country on any definite issue, he is almost bound to return to power.the Liquor Commission a few more suitable places for Government Liquor Stores\u201d, and he took up the phone.After a brief talk with someone who was evidently impressed Pleading for Fair Playwith the recommendations made by stand these things, but it makes one ; shudder a bit to consider the aston- $ ishing amount of this so called stu- » pendous, dynamic stuff one is called #0 upon to witness in the name of 3 amusement, oo With the British films, however, 25 a subtle difference is plainly visible.; As a general rule the British production ig a clean cut affair with none - of your silly bath-tub and nightie \u2018 twaddle about it.For this reason in itself we feel that there is sufficient | justification to urge theatrical pro- ra ducers to bring on British films to a - greater extent.This is a British country.Our amusements should be 2 more British than they are to-day.Take Montreal\u2019s first-run picture houses, par example.The Capitol is oo owned by Famous Players, an American Institution.The same orga.(Continued on Page 4) of Canada, and any mooting of a scheme whereby the Dominion will pay her neighbour to the south for any share which the United States may be have in the development of suc a scheme can be classed as nothing, but the utmost drivel.His Majesty, the unworthy potentate of the nether regions took up the discussion where he had left off.EVERYBODY HAPPY.\u201cYou asked me how this Government Ownership of liquor helped me, Well, its this way: The Provineial Government gets a big revenue, so they\u2019re satisfied.Sitnard gets a big salary, so he\u2019s satisfied.The citizens EXPECT lower taxes, so they're satisfied.The Americans dump all their drunks on Montreal, so they're satisfied.The Red Light District has a Government label on every bottle of whisky it sells to inflame its patrons\u2019 passions, so its satisfied.The bootleggers find Quebec Government-labelled liquor commands very high prices in the U.S.A.and (in other parts of Canwda, so they're satisfied.The Drunkard can get drunk on Government booze and help the Government raise the taxes, so he\u2019s satisfied.And as for me.I'm getting Hell so filled with drunks from the Province of Quebec, especially Montreal {Government-labelled) that I'm more than satisfied.\u201d \u201cWhat about THE AXE?\u201d queried THE AXE MAN.\u201cDo you think THE AXE is satisfied?\u201d i \u201cOh, to Heaven with THE AXE.\u201d Then he left hurriedly saying he was late for a meeting of the Cabinet.Çî{ Thirty men and women of Los Angeles prominent in the Moving Picture world, have issued a plea for Fair Play from the Public, as the result of slanderous gossip which has gone about during the past months following various unfortunate incidents in the lives of important screen stars.These people of the silent drama, courters of publicity as they are at all times, should look to E themselves more and to fhe public xaggerating th .\u2018-:3, There has been not one incise Ing Me News uent but many of late which have read badly to the theatre-goers.Doubtless the majority of cinema people are normal individuals, bub it is up to the decent element to clean out the rag-tag and bob-tail crowd.A lot of rotten, suggestive pictures would be better scrapped at the same time, too.In Canada, however, we recognize but one King, who at last report was domiciled at Buckingham Palace.As yet we have no need to look to Utah to provide another.Twenty Five Years Hence The District Attorney of Los Angeles recently had reason to refute practically in toto a report attributed to him by the Examiner, Hearst\u2019s Los Angeles paper in connection with the murder of William Desmond Taylor, late movie director.This official stated that practically the entire \u201cinterview\u201d was manufactured from whole cloth.Soon it will be \u201cHearst for the hearse.\u201d : ./ .(Editor's Note; \u2014 It is a common practice on the part of some newspapers to feature the principal news items of twenty-five years.ago.THE AXE goes one better.We show here he news of twenty-five years hence,) Montreal, Feb.13, 1947.\u2014 Ex- Judge St.Cyr in a speech before the Kewrious Club here to-daÿ, declared that the Montreal Tramways Company was not yet able to pay the City of Montreal the money owing to it-so that there was-no immediate prospect of a five cent fare being restored.; Quebec, Fek.14, 1947.\u2014 St.Valentine\u2019s Day was observed here \u2018by the Legislature deciding to consider whether or not Montreal should receive back any of its own taxes, - .| Montreal, Feb.14,.1947.\u2014 Mayor .a Martin to-day refused a knighthood =~ / Most lawyers know the trouble- [at the hand of His Majesty saying Padre vs Producer.Last Sunday's hectic pulpit argu- The Customs and Rum-Runners.ment between Dr.James Roach Strat \u2014_ \u2018ton and William A.Brady, thea trical producer, makes good reading and little else.If the time has come when two men high up in their chosen callings have nothing better to do than to, we almost said, vul- A news despatch from Buffalo earlier in the week, stated that Canadian Customs officials have inaugurated a policy of hands-off in so far as preventive measures are con- CUT ME OUT! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Plegse send me a copy of \u201cTHE AXE\u201d every week for one year, beginning with the next issue after date.1 enclose Two Dollars in payment.~ | |you advice me to do?\u201d TWIN dend My bil in: due.course?\u201d 1.some rich man who, having an eter- \u201cHe has threatened to pull my nose whenever he meets me.What would ss that the honor of having been Mayor To TRE ang TER, ; - nal grievance, insists on taking the [of Montreal for a longer period than ' \u201c 104 Coronation Building solicitor\u2019s advice on every possible [any other man had ever been Mayor \u2014 121 BISHOP ST.occasion.Such a one entered the |of any city, wag sufficient honor for Ne Montreal PQ.office of a busy man of law the other [him or for \u2018anybody.SIR, es day.\u201cJohnson of Mudtown has in-|_ Toronto, Feb.15, 1947.\u2014 A-mosulted mél\u201d he announced, loudly.|vement wag started here to-day hav.\u2019 ing for it's object the liberation, of ~~ * the oppressed English minority in ./ Quebec Province.(Signed) Name.cu sire ie sere vovo vous sens sags sine sass ster sete arse sere P TOWR coos coe tase sri sree se sen sess ssbesons suns vue The busy writer did not look np| Montreal, Feb.16, 1947.\u2014 Alead.- City or : Lo from his writing.\u201cIf he really |ing detective agency has started a = County cou son are aw sane vous vous S080 Shes Cole ses tree threatened to do that,\u201d he said, ju- |determined hunt for the .oppressed PrOVIRCO.csr cvs suse cre sus vote urs cof ene sure srs ur ena dicially, \u201cmy advice is that you soap {English minority.It is rumoured Dantd.one seni vese stun sete ove sare 00e ave 8 your nose well: then it will slip that one has been found \u2014 a \u2018blokey\u2019 ~~ nes OR +, -|through his fingers.Good-day ; * T |who got three months for spitting on.\u2019 a RENE RER & street\u2019 car.\" + 4 : .wild ; À enly on t CF printed in \u201cThe Axe\u201d ni A .A = i .i Yo.TRESS 0008 couv abon avve onse nent cos 00ND PUT AND TAKE Competition Number 1 $100.00 MUST- BE WON! First Prize Fifty Dollars Second $2500 Third\u201c $10.0 Three other prizes of $5 each.HOW 10 WIN \"All you have to do is take the phrase.WHEN BILL KISSED MARY.and make a naw phrase by substituting for each word another word with the same number of letters.You \u201ctake\u201d sway the old words, and \u201cput\u201d new words in their places.Thus: Take out WHEN and put in another 4 7 rss ve letter word.Take out BILL apd put in another 4 Co \u2019 letter word.Take out KISSED and put in_ another 6 a letter word.Take out MARY and put in another 4 \u20ac letter word.- The new phrase must have some bearing on the phrase given.Contractions such as \u201cdon't\u201d \u201cit's,\u201d \u201ccan\u2019t\u201d can be used as words.: ese examples will show you the idea.POOR GIRL NEARLY DIED, FRED SHOT LOVERS DEAD.BOTH FELT CUPID'S.DART.When you have thought out your phrase write it, in ink, on the Coupon below, and sign your name and address.\u2018Then cut out the Entry Form, and post it, together ~ with 25 cents, in.stamps,_currency or money order, to arrive not later than Monrad March 18th, 1923.Address your \u201cenvelope :\u2014, \u201cPUT and TAKE\u201d No 1, x 7 THE AXE, 108.Coronation Building, Montreal.\u201c You may make as many attempts as you like, but ach attempt must be written an .\u201cja separate coupon and accompanied by #6 cents, Competitors who are unable to obtain extra copies of the paper to make ad- - ditional attempts may copy the Coupon on to a piece of notepaper.Use a separate sheet for ench additional] attempt.- The prize of $50 will be awarded to the sender of \u2018the attempt which is considered to be the best by the adjudicators, by whom originality of idea will be taken into consideration.The remaining prizes will be awarded to those competitors whose attempts are considered next best in merit, \u201cIn the event of a tie the first prize will be divided, - : All ¢ompetitors must comply with the general conditions printed below.Lo Enclose 25c with this Coupon.\u201cPUT AND TAKE\u201d No; 1.Sa .em FL CWHEN) wos vs vn vie vos ie iio oe | © (BILL) Luis dans wove side sven wise sess uni 0 (0:45:11 1) YORAM | (MARY) .wu.sone wn vn se doctléE * pubrished in es peak t it as final, and I enter understanding, and 1 td\" abide A the conditions \"and to ace Bigned RT IY sos trs, : Address seer essr®enne og ew oer ne } ©, (ieee vrlia cieasigi THE AXE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 117th 1922.THE GAS HEATER MENACE - The need for a civic self-contained and if anything goes inmates of the house concerned are apartment house, however, the gas technically correct, may invade the the serious peril of the occupants.of the building mentioned where the We trust our civic fathers will What The Man In The Street would Like to know If the Big License Scandal now being investigated by a Detective Agency; won't start something?Who is the Stockbroker who prefers the Forbidden Fruit of Esplanade Avenue to \u201cali the comforts of home\u201d in another part of the city?.- If a Divorce Court drama soon to be staged at Ottawa, will not provide a sensation for the city of Suebec?Why are residents of Ottawa with no domicile in Quebec Province able to secure licenses in Hull, while residents of Hull are denied them?Isa boy of 21 the best type of license holder for a city like Hull?- What happened in the Ogilvie- Martin case?Is #t another case of shielding the rich from unenviable publicity?+ GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR \u201cPUT ard TAKE\" COMPETITION.1.Where entry forms are provided, these must be used by competitors.2, All names and addresses must be written in ink by the person competing.¢ 8.Any competitor competing under a false or assumed name may be disqualified, ; 4.Solutions themselves may be typewritten or printed, but under no circumstances may they be written in pencil, B.Any coupon or entry form on which an \u2018alteration has been made Will net be admitted.\u2019 8.Each competitor may make any number of attempts.Esch such attempt will be judged independently, but all attempts may be sent in the same envelope.The stipulated entrance fee must accompany each attempt.LS 1.The Editor ¥ill accept no responsibility in regard to the loss ar non delivery of any attempt submitted.Proof of posting [will not be accepted as proof of receipt or, .delivery.-~ 8.No correspondence will into in connection with the compstition ani] telegrams will be ignored._ 9.The Editor reserves the right to dis {qualify any competitor foy reasons which \u2018he considers good and sufficient, and the).Editor's decision with regard to all questions relating\u2019to the competitions, whether before or after the award, will be abso- _ standing.serves the right to divide the prise, or the be entered, lutely final and legally binding \u2018Competi-| | {tors ean only ester on this distinct under-| 10.In the event of ties, the Editor re-| F Ey IN APARTMENT HOUSES by-law te protect the tenant.Tr The recent tragedy in the GroveApartments when two people were asphyxiated by the fumes from a gas hot water heater \u201cattention to the urgent necessity for some preventive action in the interests of apartment house dwellers.In an ordinary house a gas burning heater of this type may be quite safe.The house is more or less as drawn wrong with the gas heater only the affected thereby, In the case of an itself, or the fumes, whichever is other apartments of the building to It might easily be that the whole of the inhabitants of such a building might be the victims of the carelessness of the occupant who through carelessness, or on account of a drunken spree, so neglected the heater as to allow the gas, or its fumes, to permeate t gas entire build- It seems to us that it is time for the City Council to adopt a bye-law forbidding the use of gas heaters in apartment cooking purposes.There should be in the building by-laws a provision that in every apartment house an abundant supply of hot water is to be furnished from a boiler placed in the basement, or elsewhere if convenient.This would do away with the necessity for each apartment hav- \u2018ing its own separate gas heater for securing hot water as in the case buildings, except for dreadful tragedy occurred.give attention to this matter and suggest to our readers who may live in apartment houses, that they would do wisely to bring it to the notice of their aldermen.IMMORALITY IN ~ DOWNTOWN OFFICES Continued from Page 1) of the \u201cjuice of the grape\u201d to have become more likely to yield to her employer's advances.Withal, she is probably somewhat flattered by the attentions of her boss.In a weak moment, she surrenders.May be the fear of losing her job renders her more quiescent.A SEXMANIAC at are past masters of the art of seduction.If such moral monsters received their just due they would have to submit to a surgical operation which would forever unfit them to gontinue their sexual criminality.We in particular in saying this.We know him and have investigated him.If we can put our facts in such shape as to justify our taking the risk, we shall not hesitate to expose and denounce him by name.This person is not content to seek to entrap his own girl\u2019 employees but inearly every girl employed in the building in which his offices are si- jtuated, is the object of -his carefully planned attentions.Many of them he has ruined.He is a Sex Maniac, his whole criminal desires being centered on girls of tender age, fifteen or sixteen, or thereabouts.\" : In dealing with the question \u201cwe ihave just merely touched, the high.Spots \u2018of one phase of immorality in Montreal.While our police and reformers are ~ busy controlling or crushing social vice in the Red Light District here is\u2019 one segment of the sex evil it would be worth their while to have regard to.Many of the inmates of the houses of ill-fame took the first downward steps that ~ \u201cNo votes for Women\u201d, sayy \u201c Taschersau.- refused to listen to the plea of the Quebec Women that votes he was asked to do so by-a - large and representative depu- _ tation of Quebec tadies.The wo- -men of Quebec already have votes in Federal elections and one woman has been elected to {value of the prise, but only one prize, or share of a prize, will g9 to one sompetitar, |.the Federal Parliament, Some of the men we are striking speak of one well-known man Page % ODE TO MY DENTIST.lis office is next door to mine, And often as Î sit and write, 1 bear his buss-saws whirr and whine, ile clients ooze great beads of brine, A thorough shap.Be-! indite An Ode te My Dentist.He labours carly, labours late; Plugs tooth, unplugs them, serapes and files.And then | heavy the tweesers grate As he pulls molars by the crate.I serawl (while he thus time beguiles), This Ode to My Deontist.Deutistry\u2019s painless, for him yoo.Bui net for me.It makes me ill, Yet, though my jaw's an awful mess, He has bad moments tee, | guess, For he must worry o'er the bill Owed te My Dentist, Leslie M.ROBERTS, The Editor's Mail To the EDITOR of THE AXE.Dear Sir, Have you read any of the billboard signs placed all around town the past few weeks.This is one of the many we have read.This is our country, yours and mine, We fought for it, mow let us work for it.Signed: : Rotary Club Members.We know that the soldiers fought for our country, yes, while they fought to lose lite and limb for a dollar a day, while Mr Manufacturer who has made many promises to the boys to get them to turn out.Fight and protect, protect what?the soldier and his family, or the manufacturer and his riches?Many of these manufacturers are members of the Rotary Club who made enormous profits out of the war and grew fat.They want to stay fat by for getting their promises and let the tag days, supported by the general public, do the trick.What do we see all around us?Unemployment and distress among 1,100 soldier families and 960 single men.On the top of this tragedy we see these signs spread about town giving advice as what and how to make us prosperous at these times, What an awful joke, let us work for it, as the signs read.It must mean to work and boost the beggarly tag day, the avenue of escape for the slacker employer, Why don\u2019t Mr.Manufacturer and Mr.Employer employ these ex-service men, the war profits can stand it, and not mock them and their families\" with this billboard stuff.| What is it?Hypocrisy.J.A.B.NEVER SAY DIE! ~ It was the busy hour at the Birmingham restaurant, and the ex-sergeant major who was doing himself well became the centre of supercilious interest among the othér diners through his futile efforts to harpoon the solitary onion pickle at the botton of the bottle, At last the waitress proferred her assistance in securing the elusive veg: etable, \u201cIt\u2019s orright, miss, thanks,\u201d replied the burly one, prodding determinedly.\u201cI'll get the little blank if I have to strip off and go in after him.\" \u2014 London Opinion.landed them where they are (to wear the livery of The Scarlet Woman), through the cajolments and enticements of their office employer -o» manager.Perhaps this article will \" \" .> .-LOOK ON THIS AND THEN ON THAT \u201c \u2026 The Premier of Quebec has | \u2018shall be given them, although] help to save some, LC \u201cWins shops for Wemen\", says - Tachereau's Commission.Montreal, Quebec, Jan.29.\u2014 The Quebec Liquof Commission is planning to open a wine.shop | for women, managed Ly mem- _ bers of their own sex.NT Wine will be the only beverage sold.The place will be in : the heart of the sho ping dis- | srict.\u2014 (From a w-York a ; Vea eo eS TT dT eg bt ee ep opp me dae Sl pide Page + \u201cSplinter of Humour The Alle: Theatres are to pass into the hu ::lu of Famous Players.Will they now be known as the Alien Theatres?Some girls are like \u2018Polar Bars\u2019: sweet as sugar on top, but pretty darn cold otherwise.William Randolph Hearst of journalistic fame, takes for the motto of his papers \u201cAmerica First\u201d.We fancy that Hearst runs a fairly strong second, however.The Millenium had arrived.Mr.Taschereau was no longer premter of Quebec, the Liquor Commission had passed away, and Simard sold only Red Pills.All the ex-soldiers had found remunerative jobs, and many ex-slackers had starved tof death.Houses and offices were rent free.The Merchants\u2019 Bank affair had been cleaned up to the satisfaction of the local public.The Great Powers had finally agreed that war could no longer be possible.Brotherly love had become the rule without exception.Then someone in Ireland found an old musket.WE MEAN IT.The Liquor Commission (Quebec) Run by Simard, is in for a peck Of trouble, unless He'll clean up the mess.And if ke won\u2019t then we will, By Heck !! William Jennings Bryan is to stand for election to the American Senate.Will hig \u2018Grape Juice\u2019platform cause him to -be known as the Fighting Welchman ?$100.00 in Prizes must be wen.See our \u201cPut and Take\u201d Competition, No.1 on Page 3.\u201cLaurier worked for Racial Unity\u201d, says headline.Has anyone the hero, on his steed, slightest idea of what Mr.Tasche- |things; all day, while toiling at my reau is working for, and if so, why?task, I thought about that book, and \u2014 how at evening I would bask in some By the looks of Ireland's morning |shug, quiet nook, and read about the hangover, a Collins ig just what is|hero bold, and of the villain punk; and, here is evening, and, behold, my hopes are merely junk, needed.We note by the press that John Smith iz dead.Which one?gowns have the \u201cwaist line in the proper place.\u201d This reminds us of a great many men we know, pyjamas to carry.A local Department Store advert- ises, \u201cNow for the biggest February {spend a joyous day; and most of us Beg pardon, is this|are feeling flip, our hearts are light and gay.But one, alas, soon shows that he is Killjoy in disguise; he A monstrous earthquake shook (promptly queers the party\u2019s glee by means of moans and sighs.\u201cEight | stri It was only the echo of what miles an hour is fast enough,\u201d he in our history.\u201d Leap Year?this continent, said a Montreal paper.happened at Quebec when The Axe struck it.spreading in England.Same here.Men walk quickly as their feet will Mouth Diflease\u201d ! The production of eyeless pork has suffered a slump.A number of blind-piggers have been jailed.Recognition of the Irish Republic} has informed Michael Collins that movie star (of oppesite sex).} mi CE NOUSTROUS volume fit for kings, in which the until it faces mine, and there he aits, \u2014_\u2014 to my despair, and springs a dreary Discussing Princess Mary's trous- whine; he talks about the price of seau, we have read that none of her|wax, disarmament and prunes, the Volstead law, the income tax, and buccaneers\u2019 doubloons.He talks of captains, courts and kings, of ban- \u2014 \u20ac dits and their loot; Report says a man was fined $2,-|about a million things for which 1 000 for having two suit-cases onjcare no hoot.He talks of bootleg train.Perhaps he had two suits of (gins and ryes, he speaks of Henry Ford; and he must see, if he has eyes, how badly I am bored.by all his chidings roiled, \u2014\u2014\u2014 though we make the old bus romp, The American Association for the |our pleasure has been spoiled.- | and winds are keen as knives, old they favour majority rule in Ire-|Killjoy says that good fresh air will * land.How Kind!!! save our drooping : .| windows that the breeze, smowflack- In Filmdom, it seems that Life is{ed, may saunter through, just one movie star after another | glad if others freeze, or have the 5 Leh A nf AXE, FRIDAY, FEBR UARY, 117th 1943.Why I Publish The Axe Will you please notice that thi struck out at the suggestive burlesq theatre closed down on burlesque.\u201cThe Axe\u201d struck strong and h Hells.Two weeks later these pl course.ngs are happening?\u201cThe Axe\" ue at the Orpheum.Next day the Coincidence, of course.eavy at the Côte St, Michel Dance aces were raided.Coincidence, of Last week we demanded forcibly that action should be taken in the Délorme murder case.Action was taken four days later, Coincidence ?Sure.But there will be many more of these coincidences, mark our words.I do not want to claim for one such a power that it has only to act stroy that wrong immediately.rm moment that \u2018The Axe\u201d already is against some vested wrong to de- not such a fool as to believe it nor such an ass as to think I could make anyone else believe it.Evils are tenacious and cohesive, It takes a long time to wipe them out.No man knows better than myself that it takes years of hard, discouraging and disappointing effort to overcome social injustice.And often when you slay an evil it has a resurrection.But I publish \u201cThe Axe\u201d because I know beyond all preadventure and doubt that an evil boldly attacked, ex the job is done well, much quicker that was ever thought poss ed and denounced, can be overthrown and, when ble.Take a case in point and proof: \u2014The old Theatre Royal tn Montreal was a moral cesspool for years.Preachers declaimed against it.Reformers denounced it.The Roman Catholic Church banned it.The newspapers.campaigned against it, This went on for years and years.Then one fine day I swore out warrants and arrested the m and the whole company, but two, secured their conviction, except that of the manager, who skip and finally, so strong out \u2014 pleaded for clemency for the actors, d aroused public sentiment become, the owners closed the place and it has remaineddark ever since, except for an odd show now and again.The point is here.When the smoke of battle had cleared away and the total cost was reckoned up, I found it had cost under twenty: dollars to close up the Theatre Royal.From this and many a similar nite conviction that \u201cThe Axe\u201d, | AX experience, I have reached the -five though not as large as it might be, can exercise a salutary influence and get things done.Dan\u2019t under-rate \u201cThe Axe\u201d, friend.It is going to accomplish mighty things.JOHN H.ROBERTS.MR KLL0Y By Walt.MASON.I have à corking book to read,a ; does superhuman For Mr.Killjoy wheels his chair he drones We start upon an auto trip, to shrieks, when Lizzie speeds; \u201cI'm{ gloomy cloud or down on all this speed-fiend stuff, on 7 \u2014_\u2014 _jreckless stunts and deeds.The \u201cFoot and Mouth Disease\u201d is|here an auto load was spilled,\u201d we hear this Killjoy bawl, \u201cand seven I1| delegates were killed, two years ago carry them to the Government Li-|next fall.Now, honk your horn and quors Stores and gtart killing liquor [slow her down, your starboard tire with their months.Then their feet [has burst; I would that I were back get unsteady and their mouths are |in town, where there is Safety Firstfilled\u201d\u2019with language.\u2014 \u201cFoot and {Why swing so fast around\u201d the i curves! For heaven\u2019s sake, go slow! You seem resolved to wreck my nerves, the reckless way you go!\u201d \u2018Twas ; F { Ë f 1 protected the weak against the bully; you have never defended your owa rights against n; you have never been a te for municipal or parliamentary honors, and last, but not least by any means, you have never been an editor, © man Who knows no enemies should be ashamed of it.-\u2014 High River Timesround him groan; it fills his breast with glee; be says, \u201cBy jings, this pure ozone is just the stuff for me!\u201d This morn I gaid, \u201cI'm feeling blithe, I bear my years quite well; the wellknown reaper with his scythe won't get me for a spell.\u201d And 50 I dressed in brave array,gput on my bonnet green, and gayly went upon my way, all cheerful and serene, .' I But | soon I felt pe ages weight, p a lagging leg; Killjoy waited at the gate, to take me down a peg.\u201cGood morrow, gossip,\u201d said this gent, whe hates the human race; \u201cyour shoulders daily grow more bent, and furrowed is your face.You're bresking up quite fast, my friend ; full soon will come the crage, and you should contemplate the end, and get your house in shape.\u201d I smote him roundly with a brick, but little did that pay, for he had left me feeling gick, had spoiled a happy day.And that's what Killjoy ves to do, wherever he may be; to draw across the skies of blue a three.\u2014 Judge (New York).A BSH PLAYS - FOR BrTISHERS \"(Continued from Page 2) We dump this Killjoy in a ewamp, [chain.The pictures shown are more When there is winter everywhere, lives.He opens and he is and [than ninety per cent American informative influence of thefr origin.Loew\u2019s is controlled hy the syndicate of the same name in\u2018 New York.These people are to be omplimented on their business en- erprise and foresight but not en- frely on.their choice of films.> \"lus E LEGITIMATE .With the exception of Mr.Geo Oriscoll\u2019s Trans-Canada enterp A \"MF 40 dag\u2019 ittle has been done in Canada tole STUER ha 2 > \u2026- AXE IS BARRED BY MR.TANGUAY Ameriacn News Co.Manager says Soldiers cant sell.THE AXE was not on the Sol diers Newstands of the Disabled Exservice Men's News Agency, last For the past three weeks, knowing the soldiers to be in difficult straits, the management of this publication has been assisting the disabled men\u2019s agency in no indefinite manner.On Friday afternoon, Fobruerr 10th, the business Manager of T AXE was informed over the telephone by Mr, Woffenden of the Agency agency, had forbidden the sals of e paper.\u201cOver the telephone THE AXE confirmed this in conversation with Tanguay.The local manager of the American News Company stated that he did not like the tone of this.paper and that so long as he had any voice in the Soldiers\u2019 Agency affairs, that agency would sell no yondividual members of the sol- ers\u2019 agency, knowing assistance which the publisher of this paper had gladiy rendered the agen- q offered to place our paper on eir stands.The Management of THE AXE refused to\u2019 move in any way which might affect the \u201cbread and butter\u201d of the men.We cite these facts for the benefit of our public.THE AXE is British and British to its very core.If we remember correctly some ef the p distributed by the American News Company, and published by Mr.Hearst, were at one time barred from Canada._ We thank Mr.Tanguay.There are also a number of publications imported by The American News y the tone of which WE don\u2019t like: propagate things British in the Canadian Theatre.Here again we are under the complete influence and rol of the American magnate.anada has gone a long he wever, remedy our trou nd Mr.Driscoll has brought really xcellent shows to Montrea! in the bind the Mask\u201d and \u201cIrish Eyes\u201d, \u201cThe Dumbells\u201d, Miss Marie Lohr,\" jand Percy Hutchison\u2019s companies, realise the great erence be: tween the American road-show and Trans-Canada\u2019s efforts, .=~ - In Big Time vaudeville aloite, as prom 2.the ve doce.there seem anything com- endable in the American theatre as it functions in Canada.And Keith vaudeville iy.good.No doubt about it.But we need the British influence more both in the movies and on the peaking stage, Particularly do we jy eed it in the former.There should be a statute compelling picture theatres to show a certain strong jPercentage of British productions.aggressive public.opinion on- the - reate.LL À \u201cA British subject I was bord; a\".nisation is about to absorb the Allen{British subject I will die\u201d, said old.J ir John Macdonald.So great is the : the, Theatre icanizing of Gir amtsements cot- i - .gites - in ,; PE et .\u2018\u2019Fhe Axe\u201d 5% puléishod by John } ast two or three seasons, One has.224 put to compare such shows as \u201cBewith \u201cThe Maid of ¢he Mountains\u201d, © \u2018o get this we need a strong healthy uestion and this we \u201cshall try, fo.hat we are in danger of dying \u201cAme p erican citimens\u201d rathér than \u201cBritisk subjects\u201d, if this constant Ames.\u2018a i I ; Cys Ja Ÿ \"LF ER \u2018 CLE a .ja drop Who gis Ari ad WE eT £5 am + À .Yo * "]