The Standard., 25 novembre 1905, samedi 25 novembre 1905

[" ILLUSTRATED | ON & SECTION SUPPLEMENT SAY, wovetrone VOL.1.No.10.MONTREAL, CANADA.171 ST.JAMES STREET.- A at Zon oc 309 A 2 22 bX 2 4 ; 46H65 a œ cs ro.AT SYA eT \u20ac, THE DEATH O TA, 7 2 «, A 33 P / 7 Len: XI [/ A , he \u201c 10 pe LAM > (\u2019 \u201d 4 ~ - 5; 4 > Te Pat 0 Ce AE as a z 2.5 .a \u201c/ - 2 \u2018 oA ÿ | Ÿ Zn es tT ; Zn or MA ) 2 NAN y if) ORE À \\ z fH JA 4 igs A uA NS ve 7 5 4 QUES x Wy J 7 D Fe NS Veo.118) e, 0 ANA SOF ISX NADIAN Seay 025675 MO THE FO GIGANTIC MOOSE SHOT ON THE NORTH-WEST MIRAMICHI, TWO DAYS IN FROM NEWCASTLE, NEW BRUNSWICK.(Exclusive photograph for THE STANDARD.) Copyright.2 4 LM Lo La à ë n YR .~ si PTI ; ; - a EE a A j Ë ThAA GS ths 3) Be hii add iin 2 KING HAAKON VIL, OF NORWAY, AND HIS QUEEN.Formerly the Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark.Prince Charles is the grandson of King Christian X., of Denmark.The Princess Charles is the second daughter of King Edward VII.and Queen Alexandra, of Great Britain, and is better known as Princess Maud of Wales.The Danish Royal family, although at one time one of the least important of the reigning dynasties of Europe, has given, in comparatively recent years, a Queen-Empress to Great Britain, a Czarina to Russia, a King to Greece, a Grand Duke to Cumberland, and now a King to Norway.The father of the latter is heir to the Danish Crown.1 THE FOUNDERING OF THE SS.HILDA OFF ST.MALO.The Tomb of Chateaubriand at St.Malo.A view of the rocky ledge, in the immediate vicinity of which the frightful wreck occurred.THE FOUNDERING OF THE SS.HILDA OFF ST.MALO.THE FOUNDERIN 3 OF THE SS.HILDA OFF ST.MALO.- The Casino and thie hai bor at St.Malo, which the Hilda was The J acques Cartier Gate at Cote d\u2019Emeraude, on the outskirts of Parame.attempting to make when she struck.Cartier was born in the house on the extreme right of the picture.0°\" OF THE GREATEST MARINE DISASTERS of recent years, resulting in a deplorable loss of life, occurred on Sunday morning last near St.Malo, France, the port from which Jacques Cartier set sail on his voyage of discovery to the new world.* The South-Western Railway's cross-channel steamer Hilda, which left Southampton, Eng., for St.Malo on the previous Friday night, when approaching the latter port, ran into a severe snow-storm, apparently missed her course, and at length foundered on the rocks off Gardin lighthouse, three miles from St.Malo.Upwards of 100 persons were drowned.Only six were saved.- -_ es An Illustrated Story of Life in th I ESQUIMAUX SEAL HUNTING.Watching an air-hole in the ice which has been filled in temporarily with loose snow.(Written for \u201cThe Standard\u201d by A.A.Chesterfield, Sweetsburg, Que.) FTER about three years spent amongst the Esquimaux where they are living 2, in their true aboriginal state on the north part of the east coast of Hudson's Bay, one must conclude, as I have, that one of the most interesting parts of their daily life is their way of killing seals.The flesh of the seal forms the chief food of men and dogs, while the oil and the blubber gives them light and heat; and the skins, or those of them left over from making boots and summer dwelling tents, are traded at the nearest trading post for some of the few things the Esquimaux require from the \u201cwhite man.\u201d One cannot help being filled with wonder at the remarkable patience, perseverance, and endurance exercised by them almost daily during the months from November to April inclusive, when, with the thermometer often at 40 or 50 degrees below zero, the seals have to be hunted in the manner illustrated by the five accompanying photographs.Let us in imagination follow one of them as he starts from his \u201cigloe\u201d or snow house, which may be built just on the shore or out on the ice, miles away from the land; for where the seals are, the Esquimaux has to follow.It matters not whether the house is on land or on ice, for they carry everything necessary for their winter life on the \u201ccomatis\u2019 or sled wherever they go, and in these northern regions, when everything is frozen and snow covered, the only difference between land and sea is that at the land the whiteness rises into hills and mountains, with perhaps a few dark spots where the wind has blown the snow off the bare rocks.So we need think it no hardship for the Esquimaux when he has to follow the seals and live out on the ice, for it is the same as the land,\u2014dreary and ever- THE STANDARD, MONTREAL, CANADA.HOW THE ESQUIMAUX EARN THEIR DAILY FOOD ON THE EAST COAST OF HUDSON'S BAY.what hunting implements he has with him.His clothing is like that of every in these northern regions; made from hairy deer-skin and consisting of a sort of \u201cjumper\u201d or but- tonless coat made to slip on over the head, and which has a close-fitting hood.The weather is cold, and so he has two of these garments on, the inner one with the hairy side turned inwards, and the outer one with it turned outwards.He has also on two pairs of trousers which reach to below the man we meet knee and are worn in the same manner as the coats.His mittens are also made from the deer-skin, but in these only the skin from the shins or lower part of the legs of the deer is used, as it is remarkably tough, and, notwithstanding the shortness of the hair, also very warm.His clothing is completed by boots made from seal-skin with the hair scraped off and beneath these he has on stockings made from the same material as his mittens.Really his only hunting implement is the harpoon, which is made as follows.Into a wooden stock, about two and a half feet long, is fastened a piece of steel rod three-eighths of an inch in diameter and about three feet long, which is worked into a rounded point at the free end, on which, by means of a corresponding hole in the top of the shaft, works the harpoon proper.The harpoon itself is about three inches ls UE tata ee II ESQUIMAUX SEAL HUNTING.Signs of activity beneath.lastingly white, bar that it is comparatively level.HR Xi RR The Dress of the Hardy Esquimaux.But our Esquimaux has started, and we must notice how he is clad, and MEMORIAL TO THE LATE HON.JOSEPH HOWE AT HALIFAX, The great Nova Scotian statesman, which was unveiled recently.long, and has a hole bored through the middle of the shaft, by which it is fastened to the end of a piece of seal-skin line, on which about three feet from the harpoon is sewn a short piece of the same kind of line, with a hole in the end made to slip over a bone button let into the lower part of the wooden stock.The whole is easily and quickly put together by placing the point of the steel rod into the hole at the top of the harpoon shaft and stretching tight the first three feet of the line by hooking the end of the small piece sewn on over the button in the stock.The remainder of the line is held in a coil in the left hand.The whole harpoon is well shown in the illustration (the spike on top being only a piece of square rod steel let in for use as an ice-chisel), and how it works will be seen when our man is lucky cnough to get a seal.RE RE RR A Natural Love for Smoking Tobacco.Besides the harpoon, we notice that our Esquimaux carries a strip of wolf, : trading-post, bear, or dog skin, a snow-knife, and, if he has lately been visiting the nearest perhaps three hundred miles away, or has seen friends from there, he may be able to take a short clay pipe and some black plug tobacco, together with a flint and steel.The Esquimaux seem to have a natural love for tobacco, and when once they have tasted its joys, will travel three or four hundred miles and exchange their whole hunt for clay pipes and tobacco; anything else they can do without.2% RR XR Hunting the Seal Through lce-Holes.The seal hole at which the Esquimaux watch for the seals is usually an open hole about a foot in diameter, although it is larger for the larger kinds of seals, and is kept open by the seals continually coming up to breathe.As the ice thickens, and consequently rises, and as the hard, wind-driven snow lodges on the ice right up to the edge of the hole and absorbs moisture from it, thereby forming a layer of porous ice on top of the real ice, the water, which keeps at the original level, gradually recedes from the ice level, and when it has got well below the slight ground drift of hard snow or ice crystals, will gradually bridge the hole with a layer of hard snow, thus, with very little help from the seals, keeping the water in the hole from freezing and forming the roof of the air space to which the seal comes to breathe.These holes may be found anywhere in the broad expanse of frozen sea, but are usually most numerous along a crack in the ice, and the Esquimaux soon locate them.Our man has evidently located one the previous day, for on leaving his igloe he proceeds straight to it, although helping to keep his feet warm, this also assists to deaden any sound he may happen to make by moving his feet.With a glance at his harpoon to see that it is all in working order, he takes up the position shown in one of the photographs, sitting on the skin-cov- ered snow block, with his harpoon resting over his knees, and in as comfortable a position as possible.A seal may come to breathe at any moment, and the least movement of the feet at the time a seal was near would cause it to pass on to another hole; consequently, when once an Esquimaux starts to watch a seal hole, he knows that no matter how long he may have to stay there, he must keep his feet perfectly still.There he sits with all his senses on the alert for the expected arrival of the seal, for probably an hour or more; and then we may see him take the harpoon in his hands, and with as little movement as possible, slowly raise himself to the position shown in another illustration, in which he may stop nearly as long as in the former, ever on the alert for the moment of action.Re FR XB Wonderful Endurance Of the Hunter.In these two positions, the change from the one to the other being all the rest he gets, the Esquimaux frequently watches for from thirty-two to thirty- six hours, and I have often known them to do so for from twenty to twenty- four: when one considers that during all the time he must be ready, that he must not move his feet for fear it may be just the moment that a seal is coming, and that the thermometer may be 50 degrees below zero, it will be conceded that none but an Esquimaux with his remarkable capacity for endurance and patience could stand it.IIT.ESQUIMAUX SEAL HUNTING.Getting ready to harpoon the \u2018\u2018 cause \u201d of the activity.to our unaccustomed eyes there is nothing to distinguish That particular spot from any other in the broad expanse of snow.We observe him plucking a tuft of hair from his coat and placing it on the snow where he knows he will strike the seal when the right moment arrives.He then takes his snow knife, and, going to the nearest band of hard snow, cuts out a block about two feet square, which he places about three feet to windward of the mark we observed him place; over this he puts the strip of skin which he brought with him in such a manner as to cover the snow seat and hang down with enough space to make a mat for his feet.Besides DOMINION SQUARE, MONTREAL.ON A WINTER'S NIGHT.This photograph was taken at 9.30 o\u2019clock through the sole aid of the electric lights on the Square, there being no moon that night.Exposure, 20 minutes.Should a seal come within the first hour or so of waiting, they think they are lucky; and should it not come in that time, they know that it is sure to come in the end, and so go on expecting it every moment, and though they should have to wait \u201ctwo days and a night,\u201d as they express it, they will go into camp with their capture, and tell of the long wait with smiling faces.Rarely do they abandon a hole after once starting, until either they have missed the seal in the harpoon stroke, which they seldom do, or take the seal back to camp with them.But we must return to the man we left waiting, and we notice that slowly but firmly he grasps the harpoon in his right hand, and with as little movement as possible, raises his arm and straightens up, with the point of his weapon directly over the small mark he placed upon the snow on his arrival.He has heard the noise made by the bubbles in the hole, caused by the seal emptying its lungs a few seconds before it comes up to breathe\u2014a noise so slight that amidst the swish of the wind and the creaking of the ice it would be missed by unaccustomed ears ; but the Esquimaux makes non mistake, and now he has to be even more on the alert, as the seal is almost noiseless when it does come, and consequently he may miss it, either by striking too soon or by waiting too long, for the seal only stays a short time.This knowing when to strike is what makes the accomplished seal hunter, and is what the young Esquimaux has to endeavor to learn.I have often tried it, and can only say that it was chance when I got my seal; but with them it seems to be an extra sense which they develop, for a good hunter seldom if ever misses.At last he strikes\u2014one swift, strong blow, which drives the harpoon deep ¢ Far Canadian North Set Forth for Standard Readers IV.ESQUIMAUX SEAL HUNTING.The \u2018\u2018 cause \u201d coming into view.into the living seal.A sharp pull with his left hand unfastens the line from the button of the harpoon stock and so enables him to withdraw the harpoon rod, leaving the seal fast to the end of the line.Probably it is not hit in a vital spot, but, sticking the now free harpoon handle in the snow beside him, the man has both hands free, and soon hauls the seal\u2019s head up through the hole, the roof of which has been broken by the struggle.Then, holding the seal firmly with his left hand, with his right he takes the harpoon stock and kills the seal by driving the iron into its head.Our Esquimaux is happy now, for he has sufficient food for men and dogs, and also blubber for light and heat, for the present, and the future has no cares for him; so, gathering up his belongings, he starts back to the snow-house, dragging his capture behind him.Should there still be an hour\u2019s daylight remaining, he will probably harness his dogs, and start off to look for another seal hole to watch on the following day, while his wife, or wives, as the case may be, will cut up and prepare the seal-meat for the evening meal.The five photographs illustrating this article were taken by A.A.Chesterfield, of Sweetsburg, Que.v 5 ESQUIMAUX SEAL HUNTING.The hunter and his \u2018\u201c bag\u201d homeward bound.LINES es (By Michael Fairless.) Lord, IT am small, and yet so great, The whole world stands to my estate And in Thine Image I create.The sea is mine; and the broad sky Is mine in its immensity: The river and the river's gold: The earth\u2019s hid treasures manifold; The love of and great, creatures small Save where I reap a previous hate; The noontide sun with hot caress, The night with quiet loneliness; The wind that bends the pliant trees, The whisper of the summer breeze; The kiss of snow and rain; the star That shines a greeting from afar; All, all are mine; and yet so small Am I, that lo! I needs must call, Great King, upon the Babe in Thee, And crave that Thou wouldst give to me The grace of Thy humility.Only Independent Greek Orthodox Church in Canada, situated in Winnipeg.(Photographed by K.M.Sermon, Winnipeg.) Scenes and Incidents in Church Life in the City of Montreal on the Lord's LE EE REV.JAMES BARCLAY, D.D., DELIVERING A DISCOURSE IN ST.PAUL'S CHURCH, (Photographed for THE STANDARD.NEW BIBLICAL NEASUREMENTS A Remarkable Discovery by the Rev.W.Shaw Caldecott.F THE results of an investigation 3 into the system of measurements employed by the ancient He- br=ws, recently completed by the Rev.W.Shaw Caldecott, an English student and Assyriologist, prove to be correct, all modern ideas as to the size of men and articles and buildings mentioned in the Bible are incorrect.It is asserted by Mr.Caldecott, for instance, that instead of using one cubit for measurements the Hebrews employed no less than three, each differing in size from the other.Until now eighteen inches has been accepted generally as the length of the cubit mentioned in the Bible.According to Mr.Caldecott, such a cubit was employed only in the measurement of open spaces, the cubit used in measuring buildings and the height of men being fourteen and four-tenths inches.It was from a careful study of ruins at Ramet, in Palestine, that the author drew most of his conclusions.These ruins are supposed to be those of \u201cthe altar of Jehovah that Samuel built in Ramah\u201d about 1050 B.C., and which preserved the measurements of the first Tabernacle.The result of this work is set out in a book, entitled \u201cThe Tabernacle: Its History and Structure,\u201d written by Mr.Caldecott.Biblical measurements have been always more or less obscure to the gen- MONTREAL.readers by any periodical in America.) eral mind, but it has come to be accepted that the cubit of the Bible means 18 inches.When it is read, therefore, that the giant Goliath, whom the stripling David overcame so valiantly, was \u201csix cu- Probably the only illustration of its kind ever presented to its a \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 0 tmm\u2014\u2014\u2014 THE STANDARD, MONTREAL, CANADA.-_ Haman was hanged upon a gallows \u201cfifty cubits high,\u201d which he had erected for the execution of Mordecai.Under the old system of measurement this meant 75 feet, but, according to Mr.Caldecott, it was only 60 feet high\u2014 mY += pe Ih = \u201cMURRAY BAY.\u201d (Photograph by Miss Pelletier, Quebec.) STANDARD Prize Competition.Ne bits and a span\u201d in height, he is generally regarded as having been nearly 10 feet\u20149.9 feet\u2014tall.According to the Rev.Mr.Caldecott\u2019s revised table, however, Goliath was only a trifle over eight feet tall THE OLD MILL, THREE RIVERS, QUE.(Photograph by Pinsonneault, Three Rivers.) ttm re a ne ee \u2014 rather tall, it must be admitted, but not the lofty structure for former fancy.So with the bed of Og, the giant mentioned in Deuteronomy, iii, 2: \u201cFor only Og, King of Bashan, remained of the remnants of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron, nine cubits was the length thereof and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.\u201d Instead of being 1314 feet long and 6 feet wide, this bed was 10 4-5 by 4 4-5 feet, accepting the measurements of Mr.Caldecott, of course, as being cor- \u2014\u2014 a rect.Giants of to-day must be accommodated with beds of that size.Again, the English clergyman\u2019s conclusions have a striking bearing upon the accepted measurements of the Temple erected by Solomon and the Tabernacle set up in the wilderness by Moses and Aaron at the direct command of the Deity.In fact, it was the study of Tabernacle measurements, following the readings of the secrets of the famous Senkereh tablet, that led to the publication of the Rev, Mr.Caldecott\u2019s book.RR RR XB Solved the Hieroglyphics.Senkereh is a small Arab village in Southern Babylonia, in which a number of ancient tombs were discovered more than half a century ago.Baked clay tablets and pottery, inscribed with rude cuneiform characters, were found in these hiding places of the ages, but the most valuable, from the students\u2019 standpoint, was a \u201ctable of squares,\u201d or a mathematical table.Believing that this tablet could shed much light upon the ancient system of measurements, Orientalists have toiled over the inscriptions ever since.It was the Rev.Mr.Caldecott who solved the puzzle, according to the claims made in his book.He it was who learned of the existence of three standards of measurements, all called cubits, and he it was who proceeded to prove his theory by applying his newly discovered system to the ruins at Ramet.These ruins, measured according to the new scale, gave exact results when compared with ancient Tabernacle fig- THE REV.A.J.MOWATT, D.D.Pastor of Erskine Presbyterian Church, Montreal.plied by four.In other words, the \u201caltar\u201d erected by Samuel \u201cat Ramah\u201d\u2014a reproduction of the ancient Tabernacle\u2014was just four times as large as the original structure, or the Tabernacle in the Wilderness.\u201cThe growth of the nation in the centuries that passed between the great Law-giver and the last of the Judges would make such an enlargement necessary,\u201d says the investigator.Not stopping there, however, Mr.Caldecott applied his interpretation of the Senkereh tablet to an elucidation of the scarcely less famous Scale of Gu- dea, and the result of every effort seemed only to prove his assertion of the use of three units of measure, or three cubits, among the Semitic people, In his early life as a clergyman the author of \u201cThe Tabernacle: Its History and Structure.\u201d served a long pastorate in South Africae during which he hit upon what he suspected to be a clue to the metrical difficulties of the Bible.Taking up the study of cuneiform, he gave up his pastorate, returned to England and set to work in the British Museum.XB X% XR Variation in the Cubits.The three cubits of the ancients, he came to believe, varied with the nature ures, except that they had been multi- _ of things measured, just as to-day gold and silver are reckoned by troy weight, drugs by apothecary\u2019s weight and other things by avoirdupois.As a result of his investigations, Mr.Caldecott arrived at the conclusion that a cubit of eighteen inches, the accepted length, was employed by the Hebrews, but only in the measurement of ground space, such as the Tabernacle Court, For measuring building work, objects and persons, however, the cubit used was fourteen and four-tenths (14.4) inches, while that for measuring curtains, veils and other hangings and precious things was equal to ten and eight-tenths (10.8) inches.Thus the fourteen-and-four-tenth- inch cubit appiled to the stature of Goliath and the bed of Og made these men large, but not of marvellous size.The contention of Mr.Caldecott that there were more than one cubit appears to be borne out by the description of the bed of Og, in Deuteronomy iii., 2, which states explicitly that the cubits mentioned were \u201cafter the cubit of a man.\u201d This discovery of the existence of three different cubits seemingly dissolves many of the puzzles hitherto found in attempting to work out, upon the basis of modern measurements, the dimensions of the Tabernacle of early days, the Temple erected by Solomon and, in fact, nearly all the buildings and objects described in the Bible.\u201cAnd the house which King Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits and the height thereof thirty cubits.\u2014I Kings, vi, 2.It would appear, therefore, from the new system of measurements, that the Temple was 72 feet long by twenty-four feet wide.The porch of the Temple measured ten by twenty cubits.Mr.Caldecott reduces these measurements to feet upon the basis of 14.4 inches to the cubit, instead of 18 inches, as has been generally accepted.RR XR XR How to Work Out Estimates.Considerable confusion has arisen in working out estimates of the size and shape of the Tabernacle by the amount of space apparently demanded by descriptions of the curtains and hangings.Practically a tent\u2014the Tabernacle was built so that it could be transported from place to place\u2014curtains composed the greater part of this early holy structure.\u2018 When one reads, for instance, that there were thirty curtains, each thirty cubits long, it was difficult to reconcile the size of the Tabernacle with the space of ground it inclosed, provided all the cubits were of the same length.This ground space was 75 by 150 feet.According to Mr.Caldecott, however, the ground measurement was based upon a cubit of eighteen inches, while the curtain cubit was only nine-tenths of a foot, or little more than half the length of the other.In the same way he works out the other details of construction\u2014of the measurement, for instance, of the for- ty-eight boards, or planks, that, placed on end, formed three of the four sides of the Tabernacle.All these seem to agree with his new- \u2014 AFTER CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING.One of many similar scenes which take place each Lord\u2019s Day in Montreal.(Photographed for THE STANDARD.) rr td 4 .§ 4 i\u201c CO a Te Ta 7 3 .; ST.PAUL'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, DORCHESTER STREET, MONTREAL.ly discovered scale, and from them he works out his plan of reconstruction from the architectural as well as a Biblical point of view.According to the triune of cubits discovered by the Rev.Mr.Caldecott, not only are all pictures and models of the Tabernacle out of proportion, but the Out in the upland places I see both dale and down, And the plowed earth with open scores Turning the green to brown.XX RE kor The bare bones of the country Lie gaunt in winter days; Grim fastnesses of rock and scaur, Sure, while the year decays.(Photographed for THE STANDARD.) ~~ building itself was considerably smaller than has usually been supposed and as it is pictured.In fact, almost the whole system of ancient measurement, as generally understood, must undergo a change and, in most cases, a shrinkage, provided Mr.Caldecott is correct.AFTER CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING.The congregation of Erskine Church, Montreal, dispersing after divine service.(Photographed for THE STANDARD.) BACK TO THE LAND.(By Violet Jacob.) And, as the Autumn withers And the winds strip the tree, The companies of buried folk Rise up to speak with me.ut RB RP RR From homesteads long forgotten, From graves by church and yew, They come to walk with noiseles tread Upon the land they knew, Natt REV.JAMES BARCLAY, D.D.(From the painting by J.Colin Forbes.) AF dome == a oo ed SC SE.Zk.À | a 4 DAME FASHION AND THE WEATHER MAN Several Novel Modes That Are Eminently Practical \u2014Wooltex for Winter Wear\u2014 Clever Cut the First Importance\u2014 The Closely Fitted Gown- The Loose Separate Wrap.Cl >=» EW YORK, Nov.24 \u2014The first really cold days of winter will acclaim those novel separate wraps that the best shops are holding in reserve for just some such opportunity.For some winters now the fashionable girl\u2014she who follows all of the whims and caprices of fashion, and garbs herself invariably according to the very latest conceit\u2014this same girl has put in the winter in a wooltex tailor-made that was all right when the thermometer was in a happy mood.But when its spirits began to drop, hers went with them, and sweaters, knitted blouses, golf jackets, and other addenda of her outdoor toilet had to be called upon to make that tailor-made suit sufficiently comfortable to meet the chilling blast.Xe RR 2% Variety of Winter Wraps.This season, however, there is to be no such necessity.While the wooltex tailor-mades are seen in numbers\u2014they are far too smart and too fascinating to be lightly ordered off the calendar\u2014there are any amount of so-called separate wraps that are especially designed to meet the cavortings of old Boreas, the caprices of Jack Frost, and all the other unexpected things that the weather man may\u2014and undoubtedly will\u2014have up his sleeve.There are some extremely smart-fitted coats that the well-proportioned woman will look at with interest, and linger over with delight.The cloths in those are heavy enough to be comfortably warm, and yet rather more than a trifle too heavy for skirt purposes as well.As a means to the employment of the many odd skirts that accumulate so, the separate wrap will prove a welcome mp ar er +t THE STANDARD, MONTREAL, CANADA.A Few of the Latest Fashion Hints for Lady and Gentleman Readers of The Standard innovation; and with a smart shirt waist or blouse either of the lingerie persuasion or of the later conceit, embroidered henrietta, will make a costume that will meet all the requirements of the present mode.RAB XR RR Paddock Coat a Special Favorite.The fitted overcoats are vastly like those that well-dressed young men wear with such a swagger alr.The paddock is an especial favorite, and the Chesterfield is not far behind.Both of those are preferably of the double-breasted kind; and the broad shoulder, the smart incurve at the waist, the full skirts, all go to accentuate the charms of figure and proportion that are so necessary to the wearing of such designs.Quite the opposite are those equally smart wraps that are built upon long and loose lines.That the wraps of this winter time are to be all long has already been taken due heed of by the fashion-wise, even though the favored mode in costume or suit coats may be more or less abbreviated ; but the choice 1s quite open as to whether they shall be fitted or loose.One thing, however, is settled in advance, and that is that there is to be no compromise.Either the coat is fitted or it is not; and when the former is decided upon, then it takes all of the tailor\u2019s art to produce the result.XR XR RR Charming Models of Empire Cut.Some charming models of Empire persuasion are developed in rich broad-cloths, lined throughout with a padded and quilted silk, that is so soft and light that it gives not a hint of clumsiness or bulk.In some of those the quilted silk is employed in the characteristically short body portion only, the coat skirts, long and full, having but the usual silk or satin lining.Other separate wraps are of the godet order, set well across the shoulders and then hang in full folds from there.At no point except the shoulders do they touch the figure; and indeed, one might refer to many of them as sleeved capes, so full and flowing are the lines.Those take the wadded lining well, and delightfully comfortable they are sure to prove when occasion offers.(Continued in General Section, page 8.) FOR THE FRILLY, FLUFFY DEBUTANTE, No better illustration of the bouffancy of the present modes could possibly be presented than this model of a debutante\u2019s gown from Philipsborn.White chiffon, Irish crochet, narrow Valenciennes and gauze ribbon are the materials, with the new silver tissue swathed around the waist for a ceinture.The plisse corsage is festooned with ruffled Valenciennes mounted upon gauze, and the motifs of Irish crochet are appliqued in each festoon.The skirt is plain and full to the knee, where a plisse flounce is applied, and the panels of lace and shirred gauze ribbon form a festoon that comes down over the flounce.The edge\u2014there are some thirt elaborately trimmed with ruchings of the auze ribbon and lace.Crom -_\u2014\u2014 y yards of material when pulled out straight at the hem-is richly and À Little Bird Whispers THAT\u2014T'ailors are showing some very attractive trotteur suits in plaids of very dark shades.FR ee XR THAT \u2014A graduated row of opals frames the upper half of a large diamond in a handsome ring.XR de XR THAT\u2014The graceful dragon fly, carried out in diamonds, emeralds, and platinum, forms a taking little ornament.XR HR HT THAT\u2014Fans are smaller than ever; the frames of mother-of-pearl or of light tortoise-shell are elaborately decorated in gold or silver relief.XR *% REY THAT Bracelets are more than ever in demand, with the short sleeves of dressy gowns.Among costly designs are chains of diamonds set with opals.RR XR HR THAT \u2014A beautiful possession is a necklace of pearl daisies, connected by diamond chains.FR XR XH THAT\u2014Bar pins, in sets of three, for collar and cuffs, are much in use.A bar of green tourmalines has a cluster of three pearls at the top, bottom, and at each end.RE Re RR THAT Buckles and slides for the soft leather and silk belts and ribbon bows, now much in vogue, are in square, long or oval shapes.Some new shell buckles are shown.Dainty slides are traced with a row of pearls.RR te XR THAT-\u2014The orchid shades will be much affected for evening wear, and the deeper shades, merging into plum, will be seen frequently on the streets; greens, of the olive cast, will be ubiquitous, and the blues of all shades will be quite as popular.XE XE RE THAT\u2014 \u2018Frisson radium\u2019 is a new silken material which is to take the place of crepe de chine.XR RE RE THAT\u2014A handsome knife-plaited sleeve ruffling 1s in white mull with ecru insertion and edging.BR BR XR THAT \u2014A Japanese kimono of pale pink crepe de chine is faced with white Japanese silk, and has an all-over design of hand-embroidered flowers.RE RR RR THAT\u2014Pink and white glace kid are combined in a stitched crushed belt, which has embroidered eyelets and the buckle covered with pink kid.Gentlemen, Remember ! THAT\u2014It is a very much debated question whether gloves of unfinished reindeer skin, in slate gray shades, are more stylish than the light tan finished, or the heavy suedes; but they are at least as much so, and their greater cost makes them somewhat less common, which, other things being equal, 1s an extra qualification for smartness.FR ee de THAT\u2014Smart dress is dependent more on good shapes and good materials than on any one exact shape, or any exact material.FR XR XR THAT Both the single and double-breasted styles are standard fashions in the sack suit, and their finish is equally so standard, that if there is any departure from the outside breast pocket, strait-set flap side-pockets, hard buttons and single or double vent in the back, it is an exception.EE XR XR THAT\u2014One sees occasionally a coat with diagonally set side-pockets, or turned-back cuffs on the sleeve; neither is to be recommended.HR HR RE THAT\u2014 Waistcoats for the sack suit are of the same fabrice, and single-breasted, medium low in eut, and with, or without, lapels; trousers are moderately full; straight in line; and without noticeable taper towards the bottom.Re Re vec THAT\u2014A few men of good style still wear the white waistcoat slip or edging, but it seems to be going out of style again\u2014a thing rather to be regretted.XE RR XR THAT\u2014The newest feature of the present waistcoat is the collar made without notches; and, while there is nothing new about the idea, it serves to give a touch of greater individuality than the usual notched cut.REP RR RE THAT The standing and wing collar seem to be gaining in favor, although the high-band, turn- down is still good style, especially if of the very straight and sharp-pointed cut.X% *% RP THAT Spats of light gray cloth are quite as much in fashion as ever.ee XR RR THAT\u2014Buttoned calf are more in favor for street wear than are patent leather; but the latter are so much worn by men of refinement and good style, that it would be mere quibbling to charae- terize them as other than correct.\u2014\u2014\u2014 a \u2014 EE I pr EE ILLUSTRATED | SUPPLEMENT VOL.1.No.10.be \u2014\u2014\" \"ge \u2014\u2014 = em Fandard.SECTION NUMBER TWO | MONTREAL, CANADA.171 ST.JAMES STREET.\u2014 Scenes and Personalities That Have Been Caught by the Camera Throughout A SOLILOQUY.STANDARD Prize Competition.(Photograph by Win.Ide, Ottawa.) THE SEARCH AFTER TRUE HAPPINESS Happiness thou\u2019lt find in doing, In earnest striving, in pursuing, In onward moving and in chancing, In overcoming and advancing.Happiness as joy elate, as bliss ecstatic and complete, who knows thee, or as yet who ever knew / Happiness as exemption from all ill and pain, from care and trouble and harrowing need\u2014il that were all to make up happiness, such happiness who would long for or desire / It is happiness to live\u2014to feel the life blood pulsing in one\u2019s veins! To bend with zest while making headway against the wind.To sense the stir and strength of the mighty ocean.To press for- \u2018BLOWING THE STANDARD Prize Competition.ward amid obstructions ever gathering in our pathway; to cast aside besetting fears and stand erect as free men and women \u2014self-reliant, strong and self-con- trolled.Thus, it is happiness to be\u2014to have one\u2019s being firm, yet plastic, capable of evolving mould after mould, each lesser hinting of the greater form still to come; the man or woman of such noble proportions as shall bear the stamp and dignity of human image patterned after the Divine Ideal ; the fulfilment of a promise ever made to those who behold the vision \u201ceye hath not seen;\u201d who listen to and obey the voice \u201cear hath not heard ;\u201d who yield gladly to \u201cthe power not ourselves,\u201d that pervades the spiritual atmosphere, operating and regulating the moral and spiritual forces of the universe.BUBBLES.(Photograph by W.H.Fox, Toronto.) It is happiness, nay, resplendent realization inexpressible, to see the whole in every part ; to come upon centering unity amidst seemingly distracting diversity ; to feel, to know oneself a necessary palpitating part of the all-embracing whole.No unalloyed joy, like this consciousness of universal kinship.And this intelligence of our rela- A CHARMING SUMMER RESIDENCE AT THREE RIVERS.(Photograph by Pinsonneault.) done, to be able to greet as welcome guest, one\u2019s own soul.To have no cause to fear nor shun self-companionship.Happiness, notwithstanding the world\u2019s frowning or displeasure as our reward, when, turning to the Judge within, we ask: \u201cThou my best, my inmost self, what sayest thou /\u201d and find there approval: for to stand acquitted before the tribunal which none may evade, to be worthy in one\u2019s own sight of the countless opportunities for helpful service\u2014the abundance of Joy to be found in an active and aspiring life\u2014is happiness.BERTHA HIRSCH BARUCH.2-2 FAMOUS GHURGHES IN GREAT PERIL Twofamousold English churches, Winchester Cathedral and Cripple- gate, the burial place of John Milton, are in danger of becoming ruins, and are suffering from old age.The dean and chapter of Winchester recently engaged a trio of architectural engineering experts to examine the edifice, and their report discloses \u201cdanger which threatens one of the grandest and most historical cathedrals in the country.\u201d Mischief is most serious in the south wall of the presbytery, and is of long standing.During at least four hundred years there has been from time to time a settlement of the east portion of the building, and the movement has been of late more marked.This 1s attributable partly to the untrustworthy foundation.Its bed is of soft marl, only ten feet below the surface, and permanently washed by water.The other walls also show signs of subsidence, while the spires and pinnacles of the west front are in a dilapidated, if not dangerous, condition.To effect the requisite repairs at least £30,000 ($150,000), probably more, will be required.But, as the dean and chapter possess no fabric fund, they appeal to the nation for help in assuring the safety of what is a national possession.The church contains the bones of Saxon kings, and in mm tionship to every created object, to every living organism, establishes a line of contact reaching from the dim bottom of the briny sea to the celestial heights of the starry firmament.Through this intelligence we come to recognize as friends and neighbors, as partners in the joys and sorrows of life, the birds of the air: we learn to interpret in terms of our own experience, not alone the experience of all mankind, but also the weal and woe of the animal inhabitants of land and sea.It is happiness to be able to say \u201cthe life for all mankind created shall be in my inmost being tested :\u201d not, however, in Faust's sense of wishing to taste every experience on the low plane of grovelling and revolting sensuality ; but in the sense of touching life broadly, deeply, tenderly and intelligently on as many sides as possible, never resting content until every kingdom accessible to the human mind be in some measure made to yield its treasures to the patiently wait- spirit Happiness is to harbor no under- | mining thought of others, to let no poisoned spears of vengeance lie hidden in the heart, to be thrust forth to disable or to wound, even those who have caused our hearts to bleed.It is happiness, when all is ing, working, hoping,loving human ! su + Bue % ~ = \u201c PIGGIE AND ITS FOSTER-MOTHER.\u201d (Photograph by R.R.Sallow, Goderich.) THE OLD ELM, One of the most perfect trees to be found in Canada.150 years old, and is the pride of the villagers.STIRLING, ONT.It is upwards of Beneath its spreading branches many love-matches have been made.(Photograph by Claude H.Church, Cambridge, Mass.) Canada ROCKS AT HOPEWELL CAPE, N.B.(Photograph by Notman.) wealth of historical associations and architectural beauty is almost without a rival.Bells in Cripplegate Church cannot now be rung without causing such vibration as loosens stones and shakes them out on the roadway, to the danger of passersby.The tower is nearly eight hundred years old, but the damage is not considered anything like so serious as at Winchester.Still, a great deal of money will be required to save from ruin what is considered an historical city monument.\u201co> IMG.A REAL ESTATE The Y.M.C.À.as a body ranks among the largest estate owners of the country.Four hundred and seventy-five buildings are owned by the Association of North America.Many in the larger cities are worth several hundred thousands of dollars.Philadelphia has a building worth $800,- 000; the Twenty-third street branch of New York, recently opened, is valued at $750,000 ; Miss Helen Gould presented a naval branch to Brooklyn, of which building and lot alone cost $413,000.Even the smaller towns have valuable holdings, Scranton\u2019s building costing $310,000 ; Troy's, $100,000 : Bridgeport\u2019s, $125,000, and the grand total of Y.M.C.Areal estate foots up to the comfortable sum of $26,260,870.But as most of the buildings are used entirely by the associations, the revenues from rentals and other sources are very small.\u2014Pearsom's Magazine for November.\u201cTHE YOUNG NIMROD.\u201d STANDARD Prize Competition.(Photograph by Wm.Ide, Ottawa.) 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Es \\ Portugal.The extract from the Peruvian Cinchona Bark used in this pre- i paration is specially ; prepare! by expert cherusts and according to the world's greatest lrarmacopæias.y All Druggists 3 Look up from the path of sorrow That measures itself in years, And read in the blue above you The peace that is ever nigh, While over the troubled city The clouds of God go by.ROBERT CLARKSON TONGUE.THE TWO BEST PRINTED PUBLICATIONS IN CANADA \u201cThe Standard\u201d & \u201c Resources\u201d are now being printed on our presses.No further arguments as to our ability to do fine printing are needed.Our every day work is Fine Catalogues and BooKlets Prices are reasonable and promises as to deliveries are generally fulfilled.Would advise our customers and the public to send in their printing orders early, as we are often compelled to refuse work on account of not sufficient time being allowed me GUERTIN PRINTING Co.1674 NOTRE DAME ST.- MONTREAL ANTIQUE HALL CLOCKS We have a Collection of ANTIQUE HALL CLOCKs that interests all admirers of the \u201cGrandfather\u201d Clock.i No.1.\u2014Eight Day Clock, with Calendar.$125.00 THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM OF DALHOUSIE COLLEGE, N.S.No.2.\u2014Eight Day Clock, with chime on eight bells.200.00 First Canadian organization of its kind to play a game with the Harvard team.(Photographed for THE STANDARD.) No.3.\u2014Eight Day Striking Clock.250.00 This Clock was owned by a famous Canadian \u2019 hero A.D.1750\u20141813.NEW W ARF AT SOREL which slept a farmer and his wife, We have also a Louis, a Bourbon, a I in order to be early on the mar- Holster Repeater and other old timers.ket next morning, and which BADLY DAMAGED.155 on the opposte side of the||| G.SEIFERT & SONS, Jewellers, \u2014_\u2014 Richelieu, was hoisted twenty-five .Part of the Government dock at feet and placed high and dry on 16 Fabrique Street, QUEBEC.Sorel gave way last week, and, as the river bank.a result, the country sustains a loss of about twohundred and fifty thousand dollars.Happily, the accident was not attended with more serious results.As it was, three ® © ; .hundred feet of dockage, carrying O0 1C 1 ra r y u 'ni U re 850 tons of coal, belonging to the R.& O.Navigation Company, slipped to the bottom of the river.° The break is attributed to the In Early English Oak undermining influence of water from the River Richelieu.Three vessels were attached to the dock, a _ : namely, the Government steamer NN SNS EEE y \u201c Alphia,\u201d the \u201c De Levis,\u201d and the \u2014_\u2014 ; \u2014 \u2014 i - \u201c McNaughton.\u201d As the crews of : == = SEE the three were aboard and asleep | at the time, there was intense | 2 excitement, and it is believed that had the dock fallen towards the vessels instead of away from them, there would have been a genuine catastrophe.The \u201cAlpha\u201d was submerged shortly after the crew THE DAMAGEDUWHARF AT SOREL, QUE.escaped in a row boat.The force caused by the displacement of the water may be judged from the fact that a boat of vegetables, in ( TEST CRÉES Z \u2014 CEA TS The illustration shows the extent of the landslide which caused a loss of $250,000.(Photographed for THE STANDARD by C.Desjardins.) 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A Ne \u2014\u2014\u2014 © .OGTOBER PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION .EFORE beginning my task of discussing the merits and demerits of some of the prints sent in for the October competition, I may be permitted one word by way of preface.It is a common enough belief that a critic is invariably a disagree- ~ stimulate endeavor, not to discourage it.And yet one knows how hard it is\u2014that dash of cold water\u2014when one has produced some work which, for a moment, seemed to us so fair and good.But, courage ! for the work of yes terday is not the work of to-day.Nm tm nr « A FIELD OF DAISIES.\u201d (Photograph by Grace Clark Murray, Montreal.) \u2014\u2014 ~~ able sort of person, who delights to glorify himself by splitting hairs, picking flaws and generally exposing other peoples faults and failings.Well, perhaps, critics of that order are to be met with, but I prefer to believe that when a man offers me advice, he hopes to benefit me ; and while I may or may not agree with him, I am, nevertheless, grateful.After all, knowledge is merely a relative term ; we are all of us students, and the more we learn the more we are impressed with the immensity of our ignorance.Some, however, have necessarily been longer at school than others, and so we go to these more advanced students and are not ashamed to accept a helping hand over the rough places along the road to a better understanding.Any remarks I may have to make, therefore, are, please remember, intended in that spirit.They are meant to help, not to hurt; to NN me One of the old towers in the grounds of the Montreal College, Sherbrooke Street.(Photo by J.A.Whitaker, Montreal.) \u201c« CHAUDIERE FALLS,\u201d OTTAWA.(Photograph by A.Tuck, Ottawa.) Ve \u2014\u2014 M - - THE STANDARD, MONTREAL, CANADA.EE f Ne NN What nearly contented us a year ago is now merely fit for the rubbish pile.Learn the lesson of discontent; Le your own most critical critic; and the goal will be the nearer.The crown of the artist, as some writer recently put it, is a crown of thorns ; the disappointments outweigh the successes a thousand to one.Yet who, having once set his hand to the task, would turn back.The blessing is in the strife; the struggle to attain, and our failures, if we will but recognize them as such, are but mile posts on the way, forward and onward.THE EXCELLENCE OF MR.CARTER'S PHOTOGRAPHS.I have already expressed my appreciation of Mr.Sidney Carter's truly charming portrait and figure studies, to which the reproductions here given do but scant justice Unfortunately, it has been found impossible to reproduce by the half-tone process the print which won for Mr.Carter the first prize in this competition, as since this artist works in so low a key, he overtaxes the limits of this mechanical method of reproduction.The charm of Mr.Carter's work em CEA GER SA nn a hic icié Contributed in The A \u201cPINE TREES IN WINTER.\u201d \u2014By A.I.Goss, TORONTO.(Awarded Second Prize, October Competition.) \u201cTHE OLD VIOLIN MAKER.\u201d (Photograph by J.Hamilton Ferns, Montreal.) \u2014\u2014\u2014 \u2018 : | ; : : Ya BO CHG OHH HHH RL, The Standard, in this issue, publishes the principal photographs entered in the October Prize Competition.A few of these have appeared in previous issues of this paper.Their republication at the present time is for the purpose of allowing The Standard\u2019s photographic critic\u2014through their agency\u2014to more convincingly illustrate to the readers of The Standard and to the contributors of its photographs, certain features that tend to mar the artistic ensemble of each.\u2014 Ed, Standard.CC TO CHOHHHOHH HY : : | ~~ is not dependent upon technical qualities, which, as a matter of fact, are not by any means always what should be, but upon the feeling he manages to instil into everything he attempts\u2014a feeling for form and tone.It is essentially promising work, showing contempt for the commonplace and trivial.In the portrait of the girl in a low-cut gown, there is much that is admirable in the pose of the head, while there is a suggestion of something sad and tragic in the half-closed, tired eyes and drooping mouth.There is a call on our sympathies.On the other hand, I am not sure that I like the rather undue prominence given to the muscle in the neck, while the line of the left shoulder is not altogether happy.The other portrait reproduced is from a print technically imperfect, with the hand work rather too much in evidence.Hand work on the plate is often necessary and desirable, as affording the artist the means of controlling his final result and impressing it with the force of his individuality, but it should not be conspicuously apparent.One can, however, freely praise the unaffected and thoughtful pose of the model.In the reproduction the tonality of A COUNTRY ROAD.(Contributed by R.Sissons, Jr., Montreal.) Sr THE BROOK.(Photographed by Miss E.F.Anderson, Chaudiere Basin, Levis, Que.) STANDARD Prize Competition.~~ the picture has been lost to a considerable extent.OTHER WORK OF A HIGH QUALITY.Mr.A.I.Goss, the winner of the second award, submitted three examples of his work, two landscapes and a figure study, all displaying talent and a decided sense of decorative arrangement.The picture selected for reproduction possesses several good qualities.First and foremost, it contains \u201catmosphere.\u201d One feels that one could walk in and out between the pine trees.The artist gives us, in fact, a true representation of woodlands in winter\u2014something of the feeling such a scene usually inspires.Note, too, the delicate reflections of the tree trunks on the ice in the foreground : and the snow is real snow, not merely white paper, as most photographers represent it.1 also like the winding, ice- covered ditch, leading the eye into the picture from behind the most prominent tree near the centre.The arrangement, as I have sald.is decorative: but just a wee bit disconcerting, as if the composition wanted pulling together.My eye is being constantly drawn to the patch of snow, which constitutes aearly the strongest high light, beyond the two dark tree trunks on the left: and it has Standard AAA A0 -.-\u2014 no right to travel there at all.Thus, take a piece of paper and cover first one side of the picture and then the other.I think you will find that each half is a pie- ture in itself.And that should not be.A really successful picture must be a harmonious whole, every part of which is essential to and dependent upon every other part, so that if you took one part away the loss would appear irreparable.Still, there is much work ahead of many of us ere we reach Mr.Goss\u2019 level.MR.WILLIAM IDE\u2019S PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFORTS.Mr.Wm.Ide\u2019s \u201c A Young Nim- em Competition TNA a wage Tee Teg v 1 PORTRAIT STUDY\u2014By SIDNEY CARTER, TORONTO.(Awarded First Prize, October Competition.) a much a picture as an illustration.It would probably serve well the purposes of a trade advertisement of sporting goods; but pictorial art demands more than that.1 am rather puzzled, too, by the lighting of the figure.The photograph 1s evidently taken against the light, yet we find strong high lights on the back of the figure of the dog, on the dead bird.The barrel of the gun, which appears to have been drawn in by pencil, is placed at a rather unfortunate angle, and is also out of drawing.In the other picture, the pose is somewhat less obvious, but the blouse and apron of the figure is, despite the pencil work, too white rod,\u201d is, in a sense, a not unsuccessful essay, its most commendable feature, however, being the rendering of sky and distance.Mr.Ide is evidently a lover of fresh air, and lots of room to weather it in, but his work does not show very deep poetic feeling.\u201cA Young Nimrod\u201d is not so A SCENE IN MIDSUMMER.(Photo by J.Y.Parker, Petite Cote.) UL AN and insistent, and the background spotty.Mr.Ide has, however, seemingly obtained a sufficient mastery of the photographic technique to be able to now devote time to the serious study of the art side of the matter.(CONTINUED IN GENERAL SECTION, Page 10.) \u201cTHE PATH IN THE FOREST.\u201d (Photo by R.Allan Phillips, Montreal.) "]