The Standard., 7 avril 1906, samedi 7 avril 1906

[" * ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT be Standard.SECTION NUMBER ONE VOL.II.No.14.MONTREAL, CANADA.171 ST.JAMES STREET.Canadian Picture of Albani; French Mining Horror; Prince of Wales as Tiger Hunter LBANI.\u2014 The Standard is able this week to present to its readers the latest photograph of Madame Albani, Canada\u2019s Queen of Song, and the only Canadian picture of the great cantatrice that has been taken in recent years.By a singular coincidence, it was taken in the city nearest her childhood home, and in a building not many miles removed from the convent in which she received a part of her early musical training.The room depicted in the illustration is one of the studios of the McGill Conservatorium of Musie, and the photograph was taken during a recent visit of Madame to that institution.After the visit, she expressed her delight at the existence of such an institution in Montreal, and her gratification at the care which was taken therein to impart to the rising generation of Canadians a thorough knowledge of all that appertained to musical art.The picture shows Madame Al- bani with smiling countenance, her hand resting on the lap of another promising Canadian vocalist, Miss Eva Gauthier, of Ottawa, who is a member of Madame\u2019s present concert Company.Seated on the right of Miss Gauthier is Mr.Ernest Gye, Madame Albani\u2019s husband, and a former manager of the Covent Garden Opera House, London.Mr.Gye was married to the great cantatrice many years ago, and their wedded life has been singularly happy and beautiful.In many respects their home-life resembles that of the late Queen Vie- toria and the Prince Consort.And to Madame\u2019s Canadian up-bring- ing, as well as to the graciousness and lovability of her personality, must be attributed much of the charm and beauty that has characterized her domestic life.As issue of her marriage with Mr.Gye, Madame Albani has a son, of whom she is deservedly MADAME ALBANI, CANADA'S QUEEN OF SONG, AT THE McGILL CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC\u2014This is the only Canadian picture of the great cantatrice that has been taken in recent years.Reading from left to right, the figures in the front row are: Dean Moyse (of McGill), Mr.Ernest Gye (husband of Madame Albani); Miss Eva Gauthier, Madame Albani, Principal Peterson, Dr.C.A.E.Harriss.Standing in the background are Miss Lichste nhein, and Messrs.F.H.Blair, and A.Letondal, of the Conservatorium.(From a flashlight photograph by Homier, Montreal.) proud and to whom she is intense- lv devoted.This son is now a young man, and it is said that he inherits much of the musical ability of his parents.He is, however, following a military career.Among others in the group illustrated herewith are Principal Peterson, of Me@Gill, who is seated on the left of Madame Albani; Dr.C.A.E.Harriss, director of the McGill Conservatorium, and a Canadian composer who has achiv- ed distinction not only in the land of his birth.but in Great Britain as well; Mr.Frederic H.Blair, organist of St.Andrew\u2019s Church; Mr.À.Letondal, organist of the Church of the Gesu; Miss Lich- steinhein, of the McGill Conserva- torium: Mrs.Richardson; and Dean Moyse, of the Faculty of Arts of McGill University.Madame Albani is at present on a farewell concert tour of her native land\u2014a tour that will extend from Halifax on the East to Van- been in Canada four weeks, and it is expected that eight or nine weeks will elapse before she again sails for England\u2014the land of her adoption.Her \u2018\u2018farewell\u2019\u2019 concert, in so far as Montreal is concerned, will be given in the Arena next week, at the conclusion of which she will bid adieu to a city which witnessed many of her early successes, and in which she has a large circle of intimate friends.It is not her intention, however, to retire from the concert stage at the expiration of her Canadian tour.On the contrary, she is to sing at several of the English musical festivals this year, and in November next will start on an Australian tour.Madame Albani achieved very wonderful successes at London and Paris (1872); the United States (1874); St.Petersburg (1878) ; and Berlin (1884).She is the greatest soprano voecalist that the \u2018\u2018British dominions beyond the seas\u2019\u2019 have given to the operatie, oratorio, and concert stage.yp SES sr RENCH MINING DISASTER \u2014Three of the illustrations on this page will give readers of The Standard a vivid idea of the horrors associated with the recent colliery disaster at Cour- rieres, France \u2014 a catastrophe without a parallel in the history of underground mining.Upwards of 1,200 miners lost their lives as the result of the explosion, and hundreds of wives and children were bereaved of their bread-earners by the appalling mishap.After being entombed for upwards of twenty days, fourteen of the miners were taken from the pit last week.They were alive, but all were greatly emaciated.All attempts to rescue the entombed men had been abandoned many THE RECENT MINING DISASTER AT COURRIERES, FRANCE\u2014Funeral of twenty-two of the victims, only a few of whom were identified.(Copyright \u201cIllustrations Bureau,\u201d London and New York.) their minds.- cod Ren iabl.i THE RECENT MINING DISASTER AT COURRIERES, FRANCE\u2014Women and children waiting for the husbands, fathers, and brothers who will never come back.Their faces vividly reflect the terrible anxiety that preys upon (Copyright \u201cIllustrations Bureau,\u201d London and New York.) _\u2014_ m4 ae \u2018days before, \u2018and the sudden appearance of the little group of fourteen caused stupefaction.A gang of salvagers had just completed their night\u2019s work, when they were startled to see the group, terribly haggard and exhausted, appear from a remote part of pit number 2.The strongest of the party stated that they had broken out of a distant gallery where they AO had been entombed since the disaster of March 10.When the rescued men were taken to the surface they were unable to see owing to the dazzling daylight.The men were able to talk sensibly, though feebly.They all asked for news of relatives or friends, and wished to go to their homes immediately, but were taken to a hospital instead.THE RECENT MINING DISASTER AT COURRIERES, FRANCE\u2014Funeral of a number of the victims at Sens.(Copyright \u201cIllustrations Bureau,\u201d London and New York.) THE PRINCE OF WALES AS A TIGER-HUNTER\u2014During his visit to India, His Royal Highness participated in a tiger hunt in the Nikonda Forest, and succeeded in running his game to earth.The tiger is shown in the illus- tration, and the Prince is represented in the act of sizing up the animal.(Copyright \u201cIllustrations Bureau,\u201d London and New York.) OYAL TIGER-HUNTER.\u2014During the royal tour of India, which was brought to a close recently, the Prince of Wales participated in a tiger hunt, the result of which is illustrated in one of the pictures on this page.His Royal Highness had the extreme pleasure of \u2018\u2018bagging his game,\u2019\u201d\u2019 which consisted of a par- ticularly large and beautifully marked \u2018\u2018man-eater.\u2019\u2019 One of the scenes depicts a group of \u2018\u2018beaters.\u201d\u201d These people, during a tiger hunt, precede the hunters and locate the game, afterwards driving it for them into a certain area.When thus corralled, the hunters sally forth, and with gun or rifle despatch the beast.This sometimes takes a considerable time, and is by no means an easy undertaking.The other scene shows the Prince and the members of his hunting- party surveying the trophy of the chase, which lies at His Royal Highness\u2019 feet.The latter is seemingly pleased at the result of the hunt.THE PRINCE OF WALES AS A TIGER-HUNTER\u2014Previous to the chase in the Nikonda Forest, His Royal Highness and his party were preceded by hundreds of \u201cbeaters,\u201d who succeeded in restricting the movements of the tiger to a limited district.This illustration depicts the \u201cbeaters.\u201d (Copyright \u201cIllustrations Bureau,\u201d London and New York.) \u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 a couver on the West.She has now.mes = 2 THE STANDARD, MONTREAL, CANADA.Bank of Montreal\u2019s Headquarters in London; Wall Street's Black Friday Reminiscences CANADIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ABROAD\u2014Interior view of the new building of the London Agency of the Bank of Montreal on Threadneedle Street, London, Eng.The Bank of Montreal in England.London Agency Now Handsomely Housed in a Splendid New Building in Threadneedle Street.> HE Bank of Montreal especial serise representative of C Canada, and every Canadian who visits England this summer will is in an be pleased to find iis London agency housed in a manner well fitted to symbolize the financial and commercial status of the Dominion.For thirty-four years the leading Canadian banking institution has been represented in London.It started in a very humble way in Lombard Street, and after successive moves to Birchin Lane and Abchurch Lane, it now finds itself in the first banking street in the world, to wit, Threadneedle Street, in a new building of its own, as fine for its size and purpose as anything of the kind to be seen in the metropolis of the Empire.The staff, which thirty years ago numbered only twelve, now numbers fifty.and it is no exaggeration to say that the London business of the bank shows a more than proportionate increase.on La 2.aR ary => a ei 2 \u20ac æ ë Al Filled the Position Of London Manager.One cannot speak of the London agency of the Bank of Montreal without also speaking of Mr.Alexander Lang, who since 1893 has filled the position of London Manager with distine- tion to himself and much advantage to Canada.Mr.his post on a year's leave of absence.As the Canadian Gazette pointed out in à recent issue, Mr.Lang during the last twelve momentous years of Anglo-Can- adian commercial history, has worked Ja the closest co-operation with Lord Strathcona and Mr.Thomas Skinner, of the London Committee.His sound judgment and ripe experience were at the command of every bona fide Anglo- Canadian Lang is still away from cause, and his unvarying courtesy and large-heartedness have won him the esteem of all who know him.He is a man of many activities\u2014 not always confined to his own particular banking sphere, as witness his representation of Canada, in company with Lord Strathcona, on the Pacific Cable Board\u2014and it was his untiring devotion to this large conception of his duty which was chiefly responsible for the impairment of his health, and the complete rest for a year which has now It is the hope of his colleagues here and in Canada, been enjoined upon him.and of his many friends and associates outside the Bank, that he may have many years of usefulness before him.XR XR RR Mr.Thos.Skinner a C.P.R.Man.Mr.Thomas Skinner, of the London -\u2014 MR.ALEXANDER LANG \u2014 London Manager of the Bank of Montreal.Committee of the Bank, is also a Canadian Pacific director, and is, of course, well known among the leading men of Montreal.In London he is one of the most active and prominent of Anglo- Canadians.Whether it be a dinner of the Canada Club, or a meeting of the various committees charged with the promotion of Canadian objects, everyone feels that no gathering of the kind would nowadays be complete if Mr.Skinner failed to take a prominent part in the proceedings.a rs æ 2 a À, Le ~ XR & Interesting Facts Regarding The Handsome New Structure.Mr.F.W.Taylo,, who is Acting Manager in Mr.Lang\u2019s absence, has had an invaluable experience in the service of the Bank Chicago, and other North American centres, and now fills his difficult position in London with marked ability, tact, and good sense.He also takes a most useful part in the life of the Anglo-Canadian community there.The photographs which accompany these notes give a good idea of the commodious and handsome character of the new Bank of Montreal building in Threadneedle Street, and the following official details of the building may also be of interest: \u2014 in Montreal, RAR Bank Lighted By six Windows.The entrance door is at the west end of the Threadneedle Street front, and leads through a lobby with double swing doors into the public vestiblue, 14 feet wide, and paved with marble slabs, which is continued along the north side of the bank as a corridor, 7 feet wide.A mahogany with carved trusses and bronze grille, faces the vestibule and corridor for their entire length.Entering off this corridor, on the north side of the bank, are the man- counter ager\u2019s room, assistant manager\u2019s room, and waiting room, lighted by skylights in the roof.and separated from the bank by a mahogany and glass parti- MR.F.W.TAYLOR\u2014Acting London Manager of the Bank of Montreal.tion; while light is admitted to the back of the bank by means of a glass cove above the level of the roofs of these rooms.The bank is lighted in front by six large windows overlooking Thread- needle Street, with the arms and name of the Bank embossed thereon.The walls of the Bank are lined with a light green American marble, with a dado of petit antique, while the iron stanchions supporting the super-structure are cased with fluted columns of Tinos green marble with carved Ionic capitals of English alabaster.The ceiling and cornices are of plaster, the for- \u2014 om By Dexter Marshall.WALL Street broker and an out- T1 of-town visitor to New York's financial district were standing at the head of Wall Street.From the swinging street door of the building on the north side of the money thoroughfare cornering on Broadway there issued hastily a spectacled, mid- dle-sized, thick-set, red-headed He was nattily but not foppishly dressed, and he hurried to the Wall street entrance of the Stock Exchange.\u201cWho is he?\u201d asked the visiting stranger.} rather man.3 te æ & a æ a Making Both Ends Meet May be Tight Squeak.\u201cHoward Percy Frothingham, the most famous loan broker in the world,\u201d was the reply.\u201cHe\u2019s getting rich, help- \u2018ng us make both ends meet down here.30 are a lot of other men who have adopted his profession within the past few years.Since 1893, when the Clearing House had to step in and issue over $40,000,000 in certificates to get the ends together, the loan brokers have increased rapidly; perhaps there are fifty or sixty of them now.Frothingham is the dean of the profession, though, and the wonder of the Street.What he doesn\u2019t know about borrowing and lending money in big sums and the resources of Wall Street financiers isn\u2019t worth knowing.\u201d Making both ends meet in Wall Street isn't a job for boys even when Se So & Ko & \u201cNNT ps 3A po .2 ; CANADIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ABROAD\u2014Exterior of the new building of the Bank of Montreal in Threadneedle street, London, Eng.mer being divided into compartments by panelled ribs.The whole of the fittings are executed in Spanish mahogany.The board room and visitors\u2019 room are approached by a passage leading from the end of the corridor mentioned above.Opposite the entrance is a stair of Sicilian marble with orna- MR.THOMAS SKINNER\u2014Member of the London Committee of the Bank of Montreal.\u201cmental iron balustrade leading up to the \u2018first floor, which provides accommodation for the transfer and coupon departments.This stair.continued down to the basement.leads to a book-room, à strong room lined with steel, an additional office, and a room for the messengers.A book-lift from the basement to the first floor is provided at the back of the staircase.Another stair leading down to the basement against the east wall of the bank gives access to the clerks\u2019 luncheon room, with windows lighted from Treadneedle Street, and to some vaults used as store-rooms.The warming of the various offices and the luncheon room is effected by a hot-water low pressure system.everything is tranquil.With money scarce and high, as at present, the operation is often a mighty tight squeak, even if the country is prosperous and the outsider can see no reason for trouble.Twice last December the interest rates wert away up, once past 100 per cent.and once past 120, from sixteen to almost twenty-one times the legal rate.Jacob H.Schiff proclaimed from the housetops in December that this phenomenon was mainly due to defective currency laws, and many bankers of repute throughout the country agree with him.College economists and some others hold that the ruinous rates were caused by undue and grasping speculative tendencies on the part of the banks.Whatever the cause, the fact remains that under present conditions, to all but the most conservative who do business in Wall Street, making the ends meet may change in twenty-four hours from a well organized and simple daily op- cash.m3 èce XE RP How the Loan Brokers Do Their Business.Having an excess of assets over liabilities doesn\u2019t always insure the Wall Street man against trouble of this kind; he may have a million dollars of surplus represented by gilt edged securities, and find it impossible to turn them into cash enough to bring the ends together.In such a-state of things, even the common run of loan brokers can\u2019t help much, but ordinarily they are a highly convenient set of men to have around.They get one-thirty-second of 1 per cent.\u2014one-fourth of one-eighth\u2014on each loan they negotiate, or $31.25 on each $100,000.The loans negotiated in the Street every week foot up many millions, and the brokers handle a very large proportion of the money; in a year their rake-off is worth thinking about.\u201cWhen I wanted money before the loan brokers were so numerous and well recognized,\u201d said the stockbroker, \u201cI had to go about to bankers and other When the Loan Brokers Save the Situation.aration to a frantic scramble for ready Making Both Ends Meet in Wall Stand the Clearing House Pw > money lenders myself with what securities I had to put up as collateral in my pocket and my hat in hand and bow down to them.I generally got the money, but often it wasn\u2019t at the first place I applied, nor yet at the second.It used to take hours right out of a day when I hadn\u2019t an instant to spare.\u201cNow the brokers come to me.How Do I For What are my securities?want some money?much ?how long?o~ BR HA HR & The Borrower Doesn't Have To Scurry Around.\u201cI tell my needs, exhibit my securi- maybe, head no more about ties, and have to bother my it.The broker knows just where to go for the money, and presently my loan is arranged.All MAKING BOTH ENDS MEET IN WALL STREET\u2014William Scherer, Manager of the New York Clearing House.the loan brokers have their own clientele among the lenders.First thing in the morning they go or send clerks to their lending clients and find out how much money they can command that day.Perhaps a dozen call every morning at a bank I know about, not one of the biggest ones, either.\u201cNext, they circulate among the borrowers, of whom there are scores every day in this town.When money is tight, however, as it was last December, you may have to go to the broker's instead of waiting for him to call upon you.But, even at the worst, when interest rates go soaring skyward\u2014unless there is a real panic\u2014the borrower doesn\u2019t have to scurry around from bank to bank, from lender to lender, in frenzy, finally winding up, perchance, at the office of one R.Sage, or some of the others who, like him, devote their entire time and energy to making the hoardings of years double themselves through exorbitant interest charges as often as possible.\u201d tete BR BR In the Fight for Control of Northern Pacific.It is when real panic is threatened that H.P.Frothingham, who might be termed the King of the Loan Brokers, becomes the instrument, specially chosen by the powers of finance, by which the ends are brought together.These powers don\u2019t object to a little stringency now and then; one or two small failures will not bother them.But + - > + - v + \u201cze they don\u2019t want a general smash at any time; it would cost them too much, and when such a thing is seriously threatened, they call in Frothingham.One of these occasions was on the famous 9th of May, almost five years ago, when James J.Hill and E.H.Har- riman were fighting for control of Northern Pacific.You may remember that during the contest the quoted price of Northern Pacific went up to figures so high that men found it profitable to charter special trains to forward stock which they had held for years, and that Hill and Harriman each declared himself at one MAKING BOTH ENDS MEET IN WALL STREET\u2014Jay Gould, whose desire to keep gold up brought on the phenomenon of Black Friday.time in possession of a majority, and honestly thought he was right, so close was the contest.It was then that the late Daniel S.Lamont refused to increase his fortune at the expense of Hill.Though Lamont\u2019s holdings were not large, comparatively, still they were sufficient to turn the scale.Harriman knew Lamont was Hills man, and wanted the stock so badly that he offered 1,000 for it.It was said that had Lamont sold, he would have made $2,000,000 or $3,000,000, but he rejected the offer flatly.No such buying of millions of Northern Pacific stock at the prices paid by Hill ang Harriman could fail to make money scarce in Wall Street, and, early in May, it was clear that something must be done.Nobody had any cash.Everybody began to go frantic over the situation.The interest rate went up 31 fold, to 187.The Clearing House Association did not choose to issue certificates, and then in Europe and friendly to Hill, was cabled to.Morgan, The result was a compromise between the contending forces and a decision to turn Frothing- ham loose on the Stock Exchange with some millions of money to lend at fair rates.XE BR te His Entrance was Greeted With Immense Relief.The present Stock Exchange building was then in course of construction, and the Exchange occupied temporary quarters in the Produce Exchange building, nearly half a mile to the south of Frothingham\u2019s little fifth floor office, at No.2 Wall Street, instead of less than half a block away, as at present.In those days he used generally to make the trip from his office to the Exchange in a puffing steam motor car of a type not often seen now, with a bustle and rush that attracted general attention.Whether he went down to the Exchange with the millions on that big day in 1901 by motor car or not nobody mr MAKING BOTH ENDS MEET IN WALL STREET\u2014The New York Clearing House.great sky-scrapers, and is one of This Temple of white marble is sandwiched between two the sights of Gotham.MAKING BOTH ENDS MEET IN WALL STREET\u2014Howard Percy Frothingham, the King of the Loan Brokers.A seems to remember, but the Street remembers that his entrance and whole his progress to the post near which he stands when he has emergency call loans to put out was greeted with immense relief.It is understood that he loaned $5,- 000,000 on that day, $1,000,000 less than he did on the day in the previous year \u2014or was it a year earlier?\u2014when what is known as the Whitney panic came along.Whitney had been squeezed pretty hard then; so hard that he had to appeal to Morgan for help, and it was Morgan's decision to help both Whitney and the entire Street, which was unavoidably affected, that Frothingham the exchange with money to lend.He was so wrought up that day that he sobbed all the way from the Clearing House to the Ex- sent to change, his cheeks were wet with tears when he got to the post, and he wasn\u2019t ashamed of them a bit.2% BX Merely a Memorandum On a Piece of Paper.Frothingham takes no actual money into the exchange on such an occasion, merely a memorandum written on a piece of paper, or in a little book, of the does he carry on his negotiations with the de- amount he has to lend.nor liberation usually characteristic of big financial operations.He simply shouts out that he has such and such sums at his disposal, and the rate at which he will make the loans.Those who must have money yell back, saying how much they will take, he makes brief notes in MAKING BOTH ENDS MEET IN WALL STREET\u2014William C.Whitney, from a photograph taken just after the Whitney panic.N\\A his book or on his piece of paper\u2014so brief and like hieroglyphics that you'd have a hard time trying to make head or tail of them\u2014and this goes on till all the money is lent.There\u2019s no time for deliberation when the situation is tight enough for Froth- ingham to give out call loan money, though later all the deliberation you'd look for is carefully observed and acceptable collateral, exceeding the loan so MAKING BOTH.ENDS MEET WALL STREET\u2014Edmund Clarence Stedman, Banker Poet, from a photograph taken at the time of his IN reverses.A at the ratio of 4 to 3, 75 per cent.being railroad stock to 25 per cent.industrial, has to be surrendered.There has rarely, perhaps never, been a failure on the part of the would-be borrower to produce the required collateral; no broker would think of asking for a loan in such A (Continued on page 3, Supplement.) \u2014__ THE STANDARD, MONTREAL, CANADA.3 Close of the Canadian Winter Season; Snowshoe Champions; Successful Hockeyists NN THE CLOSE OF THE HOCKEY AND SNOWSHOE SEASONS\u2014Four holders of Canadian Snowshoe Championships.These are all members of the Montagnard Snowshoe Club.From left to right:\u2014W.Reid, one mile; worthy, cross-country; F.Shipman, three miles; and A.Hardy, one mile novice, ee WORLD NEVER SLÉEPS : WORK GOES ON FOREVER on which is posed to take repose has set and evening has merged into .dark and silent night.It is a fact little realized by those whose good fortune it is to enjoy nightly their downy couch that, to enable them to do so, hundreds and thousands must work on through the hours of darkness, never kncwing what it is to sleep at night; that there are innumerable businesses be kept going the twen:y-four hours of which must throughout day and night from one year\u2019s end to another.Were it those willing to turn night into day to otherwise, were there not earn their living by keeping their busi- mankind's If the workers of the night struck, the whole world nesses continually going, wants could never be satisfied.would te thrown out of gear, very simple things that we now enjoy would hecnme high-priced luxuries, millions Hf money would be lost, the ~~ MONTREAL SNAPSHOTS\u2014Mr.A.E.Ogilvie, of the Montreal route from his favorite Club to his Hunt, en office.tt cost of living would be increased to an extent too great to contemplate.We should be thankful that such an occurrence is practically impossible; that the days of the curfew can never be re- vived.for industry and would be paralyzed.Though darkness descends, the work | of the world enveloped in night\u2019s mantle must continue as though broad daylight reigned; commerce and continue it does, Above the howling of the wind and the moaning of the sea, while the passengers slumber soundly, with a sense of safety and security undisturbed by previous accidents, rise the rush and roar of the train, as like a fiery serpent it speeds through the blackness; rises, too, the incessant throb of the liner\u2019s mighty engines as she hurries across the trackless waste of water with all the speed that thousands of horse-power can impart to her.Bright eyes\u2014green and red\u2014shine for the man in the engine-cab charged with the weighty responsibility of driving his train-lcad of dozing humanity in safety to its destination; bright eyes whose optic nerves are the men behind the glistening levers in the signal- hoxes, who never for a moment must think of aught but the glowing pupils that shine along the miles of track.Bright eyes of many colors; eyes that are still and shine continually; eyes that flash long.gearching rays and disappear, greet through the blackness the look-out man in the vessel's bow and the steersman on the bridge, telling of rocks and danger that must be avoid- ; ed; and their optic nerves are man and mechanism that dare not sleep nor ever be still.Down in the stokehold the sweating firemen toil, feeding incessantly the furnace that can never be appeased.Under the glow of electric bulbs, a storey above, the engineers watch with keen eyes the numerous valves and indicators, with ears alert for signals from the man at the wheel.London Markets By Night, So goes on through the night the locomotion of commerce on land and sea.Trains tearing through the country into the towns that we may have fresh mail-news, milk, and eggs for breakfast; ships ploughing the restless sea to port that we may have those things we require for comfort in the shortest possible time.On sea and land, too, the world\u2019s food 1s being won and taken to market, while those who will eat it rest and dream.The trawler drags its nets astern, gathering in the harvest of the deep; while the lumbering market cart is dragged slowly by a sleepy horse, often under the charge of a sleeping driver, through the deserted roads of the country into the busy markets of the town, to deliver in the early hours what it has brought of the harvest of the land.| jority sleeps.The great markets of London never - \u2014\u2014 F.Nose- \u2014 close.When solitude and silence reign elsewhere their life is at its full, their busiest hours are those when the ma- And to see Covent Garden selling its vegetables, fruits, and flowers, Smithfield its meat, Billingsgate its fish, they must be visited ere the sun has thought of rising.Then are they real pandemoniums.Auctioneers, shrieking and shouting in their endeavors to sell their wares at the highest possible prices; bidders doing the same in their endeavors to get the most and best for their money; por- ters staggering hither and thither un- night air makes one very hungry and thirsty; and so in the neighborhood of the markets there are, in addition to the coffee-stalls, which are not on duty the whole twenty-four hours, cof- fee-shops whose doors are as wide open throughout the night as throughout the day.So, by a sort of Box and Cox arrangement, they dispense refreshment only during the night, and during the day are given over to the pursuit of other business.XR RR 27% The Baker is a Very Busy Man.Still connected with food, we find the baker a business man at all hours.He must bake his bread at night to sell by day\u2014his bread, cakes, muffins, crumpets, hot-cross buns, and the like.His shop, it is true, gives no sign of life after, say, nine o\u2019clock in the evening, but at the rear, in the bakehouse.an animated scene is to be witnessed.There the flour is flying down the shoots into the troughs, to be stirred and mixed with the ingredients necessary to transform it into the staff of life.Then the loaves have to be shaped and moulded, while the oven is being heated to receive the batch; and tne baking bread needs to be watched with a careful eye, so that it shall not be too crusty or burned, when it is drawn out, ready for the baker's cart waiting to start on its morning round.Considering that we get our bread so cheap and so new, considering the baker is a slave of the night in a temperature that soaks him with perspiration, it is doubtful whether the public appreciaté him half as much as they should.If they had to make and bake their own loaves, even by day, they would not find it the light and easy matter it strikes them as being.ee Newspaper Press A World in Itself.aly [Fd a a 2æ a 2, al, After food for the body, food for the mind; and our capacious minds, curious as to the doings of others, take a I i THE CLOSE OF THE HOCKEY AND SNOWSHOE SEASONS\u2014Officers and members of the Montagnard Snowshoe Club, from a photograph taken after the annual races of the Club.night, with nights so long as London nigh:s are, and fogs so numerous, there is naturally a tremendous demand for artificial light, so electric-light stations and gasworks never cease their manufacture of the necessary illumination.Ugly, and a cloud of smoke by day, the gasworks are weird and a pillar of flame by night to the outsider, and, to the insider\u2014the slaving stoker, grimy with sweat and dust, who is half baked at his work before the blinding fur- nace\u2014it is a veritable inferno.Though branch post and telegraph offices close, there is no such thing as rest at the great buildings in I.ondon known as the General! Post Office in St.Martin\u2019s-le-Grand.Mail-vans are entering and leaving the yard, and also the yard of the Parcels Office at Mount Pleasant, at all hours, coming loaded with mail-bags and parcels from the railway-stations, going to them in THE CLOSE OF THE HOCKEY AND SNOWSHOE SEASONS\u2014Members of the Hockey Team of the Mount St.Louis College, an aggregation which was quite successful in the season\u2019s series of matches.der heavy loads, bringing them in to the sellers, taking them out to the buyers.It is a crush and bustle in which apologies find no place,for time is fleeting, the hours lightening, the world will soon be clamouring for its food.It is in the day that the only night the markets know falls upon them, but not a night of rest and silence\u2014their life\u2019s blood flows more slowly, that is all; for there are always buyers, and so there must be always sellers.Money must be made while it can.Naturally the wants of these all- night workers must be supplied.The THE CLOSE OF THE HOCKEY AND SNOWSHOE SEASONS\u2014Start of the three-mile open event at the annual races of the Montagnard Snowshoe Club.tT rump.ES ee re es mn meme owen ooo (Photograph by Lapres & Lavergne.) lot of satisfying:.Of the world that is always working, the newspaper press is a world in itself.Its labor is never finished.Night and day are editors in their chairs, telegraphists at their machines, copying and despatching clerks at their desks, messenger-boys on the trot.Our telegraph and telephone are never silent; the central telegraph office remains open morning, noon, and night, and it is the same with the offices of the cable companies.Fleet Street, London, has no counterpart in the world; it is the hub of the world\u2019s journalism._ Within its few hundred yards are represented all the great newspapers of the globe\u2014 within it or in close touch with it.There compositors work day and night at the case, and operators at the linotype machines; there telegraph-instru- ments in some office or another are always clicking; at any hour of the night and day it is safe to say you would have within sight a messenger-boy, a newspaper-cart, a penny-aliner, and a journalistic wreck or two! RR RR Without Beginning; Without Ending.22, 222 In the newspaper world it is always day, inasmuch as day means work.Without beginning,it is naturally without ending.One staff of wWurkers relieves another, and the work goes on, The rumble of wheels is never absent from Fleet Street, for as the last \u2019bus passes westwards newspaper-carts appear from everywhere, the hum of machinery fills the air, the offices disgorge papers in their thousands of quires,the newspaper-boys who were selling last editions till one in the west are running on Fleet Street at three with the \u201cDaily Mail,\u201d for they also never seem to sleep except it is to take forty winks over a crust and a cup in a two-o\u2019clock cof- fee-shop.With so much work being done by like condition.The flow of correspondence never ceases.It converges at the G.P.O., to be sent onwards in its proper directions; the sorter is always busy; the tap of the cancelling-stamp is incessant; the wax that seals the mail-bags over their precious contents never cools, No big city ever sleeps, least of all the biggest, grandest, busiest in all the world\u2014London.It knows no night, though it cannot escape Nature\u2019s sombre mantle.The steady tread of the policeman rings continually in City and suburb; the watchful water-police glide stealthily through the shadows on the quiet river, as invisible in the darkness as they are visible in the daylight.For those who cannot afford a cab there are the all-night trains.And day and night the great city is A being scrubbed and cleaned and generally tidied up.The washers are out with their hose at midnight, and wash till dawn brings the dustcarts.Then the scavenger- boys appear, in company with the road- sweepers, watercarts, and mudcarts, to continue the hopeless, endless task of polishing up London's face, that never closes its eyes in sleep yet never wears a tired look.MAKING BOTH ENDS MEET IN WALL ST * (Continued from page 2, Supplement.) ~~ circumstances unless he knew he had the collateral to back it.Frothingham takes the same percen- | tage\u2014one-quarter of one-eighth of 1 per cent.\u2014on all time loans that he makes and on all bond sales that he brings about, but his services when called upon in dire emergency by the ! monarchs of Wall Street to help get the ends together are always given without charge.Making the ends meet in Wall Street Is sometimes too difficult a task to be compassed even by sending H.P.Fro- thingham to the Stock Exchange with millions to lend.It is then that the Clearing House Association of Banks issues its certificates.Sometimes the ends can\u2019t be brought together at all.Then there is real panic.The Clearing House Association was organized a little less than fifty-three years ago to make it an easy thing to bring the ends together every day in times of no stringency.sometimes Previously it took the banks, working without co-operation, all day long to straighten out their balances of the previous day with one another, the consequent expense and delay finally becoming unbearable.Of the way it performs its useful functions it need be said only that it works like a perfectly oiled piece of machinery under the immediate direction of William Scherer, manager.Most of the big cities, Boston, Chicago, Pittsburg, St.Louis, Louisville, etc., maintain similar clearing houses.The New York establishment is esteemed so highly and respected so profoundly by the New York bankers that they have built for it a veritable marble temple, on the outward form of which the best taste that architecture could furnish has been lavished, while within there is always a dim, religious light and the solemnity that is looked temples.for in all The Clearing House Association extended no relief in the troublous times of 1857; enough.perhaps it wasn\u2019t strong It issued certificates in 1860, 1861, 1863, and 1864 to relieve the financial strain incident to the civil war, the largest of these issues being only a little under twenty-two millions in 1860; but the present generation remembers nothing of them.The issue of Clearing House Association certificates has never failed to relieve the situation when resorted to; it is more powerful in its way at such times than the Government itself.Being a \u201cvoluntary association,\u201d it is, in a sense, above the law, and able to do what it could not do as a corporation.The latest and greatest issue, which began on June 21, 1893.lasted till September 6; the last certificate was con- celled in November, the total issue was MONTREAL SNAPSHOTS\u2014Mr.W.R.Miller, Master of the Montreal Hunt, leaving the St.James\u2019 Club on a recent occasion.$41,490,000, and (he maximum of certificates outstanding at any one time was $38,280,000.It has been preceded by no vast, spec- no glittering bubbles of speculation had suddenly collapsed; no extensive thefts of public money or private funds had been unearthed.The trouble was mainly lack of confidence only, but there were many, outside New York's financial district as well as in the Street, who couldn't have made both ends meet for many a day had not the certificates been issued.tacular failures; BLESSING KING EDWARD.The Coronation was completed, the enthronization, with its stirring address to the Sovereign by the Archbishop followed duly, and there remained only the homage, which, according to the arrangements for the curtailment of the whole ceremony, was to be tendered by the Archbishop, both for himself, as the first subject of the realm after the blood Royal, and also for the other prelates.the age and At this emotional point the deep feeling of the Archbishop mastered for a few moments his iron will, and he sank on his The King, in his own serious weakness, affectionately helped the Primate to rise, and so this most touching episode ended, so far as most of the onlookers were But when the Archbishop recovered his erect attitude, he laid his hand upon the crown on the King\u2019s knee, unable to rise again.aware.head, and, in a voice of deep emotion, said, \u201cGod bless you, sir; God bless you; God be with you.\u201d The King caught his hand ang kissed it.\u2014\u2018\u201cMemoirs of Archbishop Temple.\u201d + EE EE a he.A THE CLOSE OF THE HOCKEY AND SNOWSHOE SEASONS\u2014Finish of the three-mile open event at the annual races of the Montagnard Snowshoe Club.meute ere s ST mmr mee i 4 THE STANDARD, THE STANDARD\u2019S EXCLUSIVE FASHION SERVICE OF THE LATEST PARISIAN CREATIONS \u2014 A Princesse gown of point d\u2019esprit trimmed with embroidered Valenciennes lace, with gold ball trimming finishing edge of the sleeve.(Photograph by Henri Manuel, Paris.) The Tailor-Made of 1906.=\" Dressy and Artistic, Yet Practical\u2014Grays in High Favor\u2014 Trimming Schemes in the Cut\u2014Coats Shaped to Display the Waistline.db we street costume, it must be trim-fit- ting, and in order to conform to the requirements of the present modes, must be artistically trim- EW YORK, April 5th.\u2014Al- TN though frills and furbel- lows are to be very much in evidence upon all of our spring frocks, let us not be misled into med.thinking that this fact disposes of the tailor-made girl too conclu- a x *% sively.While the butterflies of Difficult to Pick Favorite society seem to consider that the prom so Many Shades.extreme short-skirted, mannish gown which they don for their breakfast constitutional should never be seen after 12 noon, yet A strictly tailored gown along the usual lines of interpretation is a thing of the past; not that past they demand an equally comfortable gown for the intervening hours before calling and tea, and one that shall be neither too trim nor too dressy for comfort.Of course, it must touch the ground, thus calling for lighter weight materials than are used in the striet- ly walking suit.As it is to be a which frivoled in dolmans, polon- aized skirts, and voluminously skirted coats, but just the few years within the memory of our present debutante.She, of course, thinks loose-fitting coats with wide, foolishly heavy skirts, together with thick, mannish boots, severe sailor hats and other such ac- Millinery Galleries Telephone Up 4086 Bell's Galleries Fre making a Special Exbibition of Easter \u2018IDillinery and hand Embroidered Linen Ullaists, Coats, Parasols, Belts, &.W.HENRY BELL, INTERIOR DECORATOR AND FURNISHER, 2336-38 St.Catherine St.West.Decorating Galleries.Fn our Furnishing and decorating Gal levies new and exclusive designs in Furniture, Wall Papers, Carpets, Curtaing, Cretonnes, &¢., have been received.Tel.Up 972.cessories, quite the most fetching garb she can utilize.And so it is for her, but, not for the elder sister who has been \u2018\u2018out\u2019\u2019 some years and whose carriage and style must be carefully studied to prevent the loss of her best points.Color is the all-important point in the street gown this spring, and so many are the shades of color presented, that it were difficult indeed to pick the favorite.No sooner are we accustomed to one shade, than another, quite opposite in tone, is advanced for our admiration, and we are left to choose for ourselves, bewildered a little it is true, but fancy free in every event.Those wise in advance information predict no cessation of the popularity which grays of all tones now enjoy, although blues, greens, noticeable in straight-end styles.XP THAT Folded ties continue and rather striking combination.X% three years ago, there seems to be raspberry, and tan shades are so exquisitely toned that they will give the grays a hard running for favor.A gray, however, woven with an invisible self-colored plaid or check makes up to splendid advantage in these new spring suits, especially if the skirt be cut with | GENTLEMEN, XR THAT\u2014The limit of extreme length in sack coats has been reached, and, although still long as compared to the styles of two or deney is settling in the other direction.XX XB THAT\u2014The cutaway is one that many conservative men especially favor.It is being cut a little differently, showing the front a little more open and the lapels broad.In closing the jacket, the lower button should always be left unbuttoned.cleverly inverted plaits at every gore, and stitched flat about the hips.The \u2018\u2018biasing\u2019\u2019 and goring of the fashionable stripes and checks play an important point in the trimming schemes of the tail- or-made.A smart wooltex suit seen recently had the skirt cut after the fashion described, the soft tones of the cloth well complemented by the introduction of five small, flat.amethyst - centred, gold - rimmed buttons that apparently fastened the cut folds, applied on the foot of each gore.More of these buttons placed in the centre of tiny loops of gray soutache-finished curved folds upon the coat body and sleeves, harmonizing beautifully with the fold of amethyst moire silk with which the vest and collar were decided.BB RR RR Will Show Their Beauty Equally as Well.A circular-eut skirt will show the beauty of these invisible checked materials equally well, as those circular skirts invariably have a front seam which would naturally be bias.In a Fifth avenue shop, more severe in tone than the rose wallpapered and soft-lighted abodes of the lingerie gowns, was seen a gown of the new shade of delft blue in invisible plaid, eut with a circular skirt, fitted smoothly about the waist with ray-pointed tucks.Upon the band was the green and white satin ribbon trademark of the famous house of Pa- quin.Wide box plaits in front and back added to the foot flare of the skirt, which was finished with a narrow velveteen binding matech- ing the darkest shade of the cloth.The bolero coat, finished about the edge with dark blue braid, showed the Eton rolled collar and pointed vest, outlined with pale green fancy braid an inch wide.Buttons SNAPSHOTS IN DOWN-TOWN DISTRICT.MONTREAL CLUB-MEN\u2014Mr.A.Allan leaving the St.James\u2019 Club after luncheon.Hugh REMEMBER ! THAT\u2014The fashion in neckties shows no signs of change, other than that of a return to narrower four-in-hands, and even this is only R¥ in vogue, and one of the exclusive haberdashers has recently been exhibiting some bright-colored silks in broad diagonal stripes, in shades of purple and yellow, a peculiar XB some reason for belief that the ten- XR with green cat\u2019s-eye centres set in old silver rims completed a very subtle color scheme.The coats of the tailored suits, in order to show well-corseted figures to best advantage, seem to cling closely to the short bolero and Eton types.Sleeves, however, are given MONTREAL, CANADA.A Few of the Latest Fashion Hints for Lady and Gentleman Readers of The Standard Latest Standard Illustrated Fashions for Gentlemen coat shown in one of the accompanying illustrations was undoubtedly taken from that of the morning coat, and from the coat of plain grey fabric or Oxford mixture.It was but a step to the suit of mixed pattern and UT model of the walking ; .NES NN, 5 j oh à, EY CoA RNG S A 4 À « A .> à N $ , 3 LL § .PE 3 = A = a at N ca 3 .3 2\u201d ; = | AN Non = se I î \u201cLo g À or ce, =.Nae Fe s Na Ÿ i 1 Gon Bos .: x \u201c3 Ni > Fe BR NÉ ES LR 2 OU Load s = Li VE N AN 5 1 ss CN 3 English Walking Coat.color material.But such a costume would not do for formal dress, and so many of the finish details of the sack were given it, and it took the place as a suit for informal day and business wear, almost immediately became fash- \u201coo ionable, and has now become a standard style.Generally speaking, it differs from the morning coat suit in that the coat, waist- Waistcoat showing new cut in Lapels.coat, and trousers are of similar material, whereas the latter is worn with trousers of a different fabrie, but it is by the kind of material used and by the finish that its distinctive style is most clearly defined.Although black and dark blue cloths are never used, almost all the worsted, cheviot and tweed mixtures are suitable, and not too striking overplaids, herringbones, and other patterns, in greys and browns, are especially well adapted to it.Like the morning coat, the walking coat has a waist seam; but the cut is a bit fuller, the waist not quite so well defined, and the skirts less decidedly cut away from below the waist seam.The buttons are of bone, not silk covered like those of the morning coat; there are rather large side pockets with flaps, and often a small change pocket, in addition tq the outside breast pocket\u2014a finish quite out of the ordinary for the morning coat\u2014braiding is more used, and last, the appearance of the garment as a whole is less formal in lines and less dressy in effect.The waistcoat illustrated has nothing especially distinctive about it, except its cut of lapels, and this is by no means a general fashion, but, on the contrary, ra- Folded Four-in-Hand and New Stock Ascot.ther an exception, and shown as such.Of the neckties published herewith, one is a style of Ascot recently seen at a shop of smart reputation, and the other a folded silk four-in-hand.The first would seem to indicate a return to the stock effect band that was more or less in vogue a number of years ago, but it is hardly probable that the idea will become really fashionable.The folded four-in-hand, however, is undoubtedly a fad of the season.greater license of shape and are correct in style finished either above or below the elbow or even reaching quite to the wrist, though this latter is the exception.None of the sleeves are absolutely plain, nor would they be consistent with the prevailing fashion idea if they were.Cuffs are upon all sleeves, those showing narrow bands being piped with contrasting colors, as on the wooltex gown, made of peach-colored cloth, with its light creamy tones well brought out by the dark brown velvet buttons, braid motifs, and silk pip- ings.Wider cuffs cut with faney scrolled edges need a haireloth lining that the trim tailored effect may not be destroyed in service.A bit of hairecloth is noted as an interlining in many vests, helping to retain the masculine trimness, even though its surface boldly proclaims its femininity in elaborate embroidered designs.JEANNETTE.gauze with silver embroidery.A LITTLE BIRD WHISPERS THAT\u2014Foulards are again to the fore in charming guise.ee RR RY THAT\u2014Crepes de chine\u2014plain, embroidered, or printed\u2014are among the new summer goods.ee *% THAT\u2014Wraps are to be loose and of soft taffeta cloth and moire, but not the stiff moire usually seen.The new material is of silk and wool mixed, finely ribbed, and as soft as crepe de chine.FH RB ææ THAT\u2014Smocking is revived, and nothing is prettier than smocking on such fabries as mousseline, the soft Liberty materials, crepes de chine, and eoliennes.RR XX XR THAT\u2014Silk gloves embroidered with tiny sprays of flowers are to be seen.BR BR BR - THAT\u2014Handkerchiefs with colored borders are abundantly displayed.RR ee XR THAT-\u2014Chiffon, with velvet brocade, is one of the season\u2019s novelties in evening materials.à * > ; | À % * THE STANDARD\u2019S EXCLUSIVE FASHION SERVICE OF THE LATEST PARISIAN CREATIONS\u2014Evening gown of white Brussels net, embroidered in shades of pink, panels of rose-point over silver gauze, sash of rose-pink (Photograph by Henri Manuel, Paris.) - _\u2014__ A ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT Che Standan 0.SECTION NUMBER TWO VOL.II.No.14 MONTREAL, CANADA.171 ST.JAMES STREET.Charming Devonshire Landscapes; Old St.Gabriel Church; Snapshots About Town THE ROMANTIC CHARACTER OF THE QUAY AND SEA-FRONT AT LYNMOUTH, DEVONSHIRE.(From a photograph taken from Mar\u2019s Hill.) PRINGE ARTHUR WAS BADLY HOAXED ID ARTHUR OF CON- ! naught, who is now touring Canada, according to a popular superstition, went to Ja-' pan at an unfortunate time, this, under the old calendar being \u2018\u2018The Year of The Kicking Horse,\u2019\u2019 when disasters innumerable are to overtake the land.Already there have been several great fires.Recently there have been several earthquakes, several buildings collaps- SNAPSHOTS IN DOWN-TOWN DISTRICT.MONTREAL SNAPSHOTS\u2014Mr.Rene Bauset, Assistant City Clerk, as he appeared on a recent occasion while passing the Court House.SNAPSHOTS IN DOWN-TOWN DISTRICT.MONTREAL SNAPSHOTS\u2014Mr.David McNicoll.First Vice-President of the C.P.R,, leaving the St.James's Club for the general offices of the C.P.R.ing, but only a few people were wounded.) The quick succession of shocks, however, set the entire city on its nerves.For some time past the professors in the University have been prophesying that sooner or later Tokio would be largely destroyed by an earthquake or tidal wave, and they pointed out that it was now Japan\u2019s turn in the cycle of events.These statements have not been forgotten, and consequently the minds of two million | of residents were ready to receive almost any rumor.BR TE ee | Told to Look out For Earthquake.During the visit of Prince Arthur, the entire population of the | eity, including the Emperor and | Prince Arthur, were made the vie- | tims of an elaborate hoax.Some | people representing themselves as | the Central Observatory, telephon- | ed in all directions that between | two and three in the afternoon or , the same hours next morning, ter- | rible shocks involving the demolition of Tokio would oceur, adding : \u2018Be ready.\u201d Within a few minutes the whole telephone system of the city was going, the newspaper offices were besieged by inquirers, people warned their friends and relatives, the observatory was invaded by an anxious throng asking exactly what time they might expect the crash of doom.The report soon reached His Majesty, who was also somewhat alarmed until he had sent a special messenger to ascertain the facts.Meanwhile, Prince Arthur and his suite, with a brilliant assemblage of the Diplomatic Corps, were attending a concert at Uyeno Park, where Japanese performers were carrying out a programme of Western music.A trio was being rendered, when the Master of the Ceremonies of the Imperial Household received a mysterious and ominous message.He communicated it to the British Ambassador, who proceeded to the platform, and whispered to Professor Yunker, the director, to hurry through, as a terrible disaster was about to happen.In order to avoid a panie, it was decided to conclude the first part of the concert as soon Set we .#-.3 wa, SF ; 1.RUINED CHAPEL AT MONKLANDS, QUE.\u2014This building was part of the Mother-House of tte Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame, which was destroyed by fire a few years ago.Lord Elgin, Governor-General of Canada, at one time lived.Near by is located the house in which (Photograph by M.M.Mitchell, Westmount.) as possible, and some Russian and Bohemian choruses were given.In the meantime, only Sir Claude MacDonald and Professor Yunker knew of the impending fate hanging over the city.XR XR RR Programme had To be cut Short.Then Prince Arthur quietly left, the remainder of the company fol- SNAPSHOTS IN DOWN-TOWN DISTRICT.MONTREAL SNAPSHOTS\u2014Sir William Macdonald, the well-known philanthropist, benefactor of McGill University, and founder of the Technical Training College at Ste.Anne's, Que., now in course of erection.lowing, and the second part of the programme was left unrendered.The whole affair was splendidly managed, and only a few people were aware of the reason.\u2018While this was proceeding, however, in other quarters the city was terrified.The awful prognostication was announced by the Speaker to the House of Commons which was sitting at the time.Immediately all fires were extinguished, IN THE PUBLIC EYE.FATHER GAPON\u2014The only authentic Photograph of the great Russian revolutionist.It was taken in London recently.(Copyright \u201cIllustrations Bureau,\u201d London and New York.) and the members of the House, in the confusion, seized the wrong hats, and rushed into the open spaces.The same thing happened at the conference which was taking place of the great political parties.Merchants left their shops and went into the streets.some people packed up their valuables and prepared to fly, others ran from their dwellings and rode about the streets on tramecars until the vehicles stopped.Then seeking the safest places for the night.watches were organized, and a air in the Hibiva Park.Professors ceased lecturing, employees were ordered to leave the factories.from the Finance Minister\u2019s residence all the valuable furniture was carried out into the garden, many of the teahouses refused guests, and the geishas declined to dance.2 222 22 RY er woe An Unprecedented Practical Joke.Although extra editions of the newspapers were issued containing an authoritative statement to the effect that while it is always necessary to be ready, there was nothing scientific to warrant the report, it was not until the city awoke the next day that it was realized that the whole scare was a hoax of magnitude quite unprecedented in the history of practical jokes.Much indignation exists, and it is suggested that possibly the report was started originally to facilitate the work of burglars.But even if this was the original plan, the scare must have succeeded beyond the wildest dreams of the burglars\u2014sueceeded to the extent of making the people wateh- ful and alert, and consequently it | good many people slept in the open | THE PRETTY PANORAMA THAT RIVETS THE TOURIST'S EYES AS HE NEARS LYNMOUTH, DEVONSHIRE.SNAPSHOTS IN DOWN-TOWN DISTRICT.MONTREAL SNAPSHOTS\u2014Mr.Clarence l.de Sola, one of the enthusiastic supporters of the Zionist movement among the Jews.would have been even more difficult to plunder on a large scale.Since his arrival in Canada on Tuesday, March 27th, the Prince has had a merry time.At Victoria, B.C., on the 28th, the first Canadian photograph of His Royal Highness was taken at Carey Castle.Later in the day he played golf on the links of the Victoria Golf Club at Oak Bay, where a pretty incident occurred at the close of the play.As His Royal (From a recent photograph.) Highness was entering his coach to drive back to the city, four or five little girls, who had been gathering wild flowers, ran forward and presented him with an armful of wild lilies.The Prince greatly en- joved the incident.After leaving Vietoria, Prince Arthur enjoyed a couple of days\u2019 fishing in the Cowichan River, subsequently passing through the Rockies and spending a few days at Banff.Then the long journey across the wheat belt of the North- West was commenced.The Prince will reach Montreal on May 8th.ro SNAPSHOTS IN DOWN-TOWN DISTRICT.MONTREAL SNAPSHOTS\u2014Mr.R.G.Starke leaving the Bank of Montreal.Court House.THE OLD ST.GABRIEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MONTREAL\u2014It stood near the Court House, and was over a hundred years old when it was demolished two years ago.On its site now stands an imposing addition to the (Photo graph by M.M.Mitchell, Westmount.) he.9 -\u2014 ae.EE THE STANDARD, TIN TITRE aac MONTREAL, CANADA.Progress of Music in Dominion of Canada: Lord Aberdeen as a Ranchman in the West TRANGE WAYS OF MAKING MELODY.\u2014An old corned-beef tin does not sound altogether promising as a basis for a musical instrument.Yet an enterprising musician was recently seen in the streets of a large Midland town performing upon a fiddle which he had fashioned from the aforementioned article with the aid of a piece of rough wood and four catgut strings.This novel violin was played with a stick in the place of a bow.The man was evidently proud of his ingenious invention, and had made no attempt to disguise the materials used in its construction, for the edge of the tin was Jagged, as when first opened, and the label even had not been removed.He was wise in his generation, for the cleverness of the making of the instrument would be far more likely to bring him in coppers than the \u201cmusic\u201d he might produce from it.Another instance of an article in everyday use being turned into account for the manufacture of a musical instrument is a banjo made from an ordinary cigar-box, with parchment stretched across, and a wooden handle.This was very ingeniously fashioned, the bridge and screws being in their proper places, and the correct number of strings used.ee RR RE Music From a Human Skull.An explorer tells the tale of a weird musical instrument which he saw among the natives of the West Indian Islands some little time ago.It was composed of a human skull cut in half, the skin of an animal being tightly stretched across the upper part; to this was fastened a human thigh-bone, from the top of which a single string of gut was drawn to the far side of the skull.The method of playing this gruesome instrument was to beat the drum part with a stick, and at the same time twang the solitary string, thus giving some crude resemblance to a banjo and a drum.As an accompaniment to this, another native kept time by banging two large pieces of wood together.As can be easily imagined, this produces rather a doleful dirge.The fact that the explorer witnessed this upon several festive occasions shows that it was considered by the natives as perfectly serious music.A few years ago, in a side show of a country fair, a man was playing \u201ctunes\u201d by hitting himself on the head with a small wooden mallet, and altering the sounds by the position of his tongue and cheeks, although this would be rather painful for the ordinary person to do.Some idea of this way of producing different notes can be obtained by opening the mouth and hitting oneself sharply on the cheek with a pencil, when, as the tongue, lips, and cheeks are moved, different notes will be heard distinctly.RX ee XR Hands may be Attuned to Music.The head is not the only part of the human frame that can be used for note-producing, for by making a hollow of the two hands, and blowing into it, a clear note is heard, which can be easily altered by extending or closing the hollow ; and a much larger range of notes is possible by this method than that of hitting the cheeks, and, by practice, anyone can play simple tunes in this way quite easily.High notes are produced when the palms are close together, and get deeper as they are extended.Also, by raising the fingers one by one, a scale can be played.Another impromptu musical instrument that is within everyone\u2019s reach to try is that of filling a number of tumblers or wineglasses with water at different heights, and then tap the glasses with a pencil, or with the fingers, when different notes will be heard, according to the height the water reaches, A clever way of playing tunes was thought of by a man who cut some smooth reeds of different lengths and stuck them firmly in the ground; then, with a pair of gloves which had been resined, he drew his fingers rapidly down the reeds, which gave out a separate note for each height from the ground.Patmore Keats\u2019s phrase: sation.j= EL LE Tano® vo rrreth Dinecs® \u2018 sR.ott\u201d 8.[RY te \"587 S'CarneginE 5 TENNYSON ONCE LOST HIS TEMPER Tn TL latter often sank into a sort of gloomy reverie, which would fall upon him, in the \u201cSudden from heaven, like a weeping cloud,\u201d and put a stop to all conver- \u2018While they walked the streets at night in endless perambulation, or PROGRESS OF CHORUS SINGING IN MONTREAL\u2014Directors and Members of the Harmony Glee Club, one of the best of the smaller vocal societies of Montreal.man feeding his soul on long silences and deep musings\u2014almost, like his own Arthur, given to visions\u2014with few friends, and those immensely dear\u2014but always following \u201cthe gleam.\u201d But, then, with marriage and prosperity the picture changes.Will Waterproof, the rough Bohemian of London taverns, changes to the successful man of the world, flattered, caressed, even hunted.He is still a \u201cBohemian,\u201d but also an ar- istocrat\u2014an aristocrat to the Bohemians, perhaps, and a Bohemian to the aristocrats.A man who loved the simple and yet hated the multitude\u2014who des- So skilfully did he do this, and play if a little harsh, were unmistakable\u2014that he reaped a goodly harvest of coppers for his novel music.many well-known airs\u2014which, 5s #45 54 LIEUT.-COL.E.W.WILSON\u2014Com- manding Officer of the 3rd Regiment Victoria Rifles, who has been appointed Commandant of this year\u2019s Bisley Team.while they sat together over a single meal in a suburban tavern, Tennyson's dark eyes would suddenly be set as those of a man who was in a vision, and no further sound would pass his lips perhaps for an hour.It is a singular picture that we gain from such memories\u2014the picture of a LORD ABERDEEN AS A RANCHMAN\u2014A view of the new Viceroy of Ireland\u2019s ranch in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, one of the most fertile districts of Western Canada.pised conventions, and yet cherished dignity\u2014with doors always open to his friends, but apt to show the lion\u2019s teeth to intruders.There are many stories about those leonine moods.\u201cMr.lives near us,\u201d said a Surrey host, mentioning a famous critic.\u201cI hope to bring him over - TK : 3 je = DLE 3250 DEP HOR 100 4, = = °° QL ji 7 7 he £ FASTER AOLIDA we IN THE PUBLIC EYE.MR.A.P.LOW\u2014Who has been appointed Director of the Geological Survey of Canada.next Friday.\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t bring the fellow near me,\u201d snapped Tennyson; \u201cI can\u2019t bear him.\u201d \u201cI hope you have been comfortable,\u201d said another host, more obsequious than really attentive, \u201cVery uncomfortable.\u201d Suchard\u2019s Cocoa is different from other Cocoa.Taste 1t and you will notice the difference at once.The flavor wins your favor.Insist on having Suchard\u2019s, Frank L.Benedict & Co., Montreal.Agents, Ny, WHAT DIGKENS WAS REALLY LIKE S we are getting gradually fur- T1 ther away from Charles Dickens, his \u201cpresentment\u201d begins to fade out, like one of his old photographs.Only those who have known him and been much with him can really convey an idea of what he exactly was, and how he looked.His wonderful face was so mobile, changeable, and Protean\u2014like Elias Munden\u2014that there is no fixity or certainty in the matter.knew in his last days.Truly remarkable, with a touch of sadness presently changing to brightness,the mouth fashioned into a humorous expression of enjoyment, the cheeks crumpled up by the same sense of pleasure.The Boz that appeared on the platform to read was not the Boz of private life \u2014\u201cThe Life of Charles Dickens,\u201d by Percy Fitzgerald, M.A.ili \u2014\u2014-\u2014r FORTUNES FROM SEAWEED.The debts of whose holdings lie along the seashore have been paid in recent years by the Norwegian farmers a did was sold last year.I confess that, for myself, the typical Boz is not the glossy-haired, well-colored, smartly-dressed, dapper- looking figure the public knows, but the gnarled, deeply-delved, well-worn, but most keen and striking face which we YIELDED AN INCOME OF $110\u2014From this cherry-tree, which flourishes in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, fruit of the value of $110 income arising from the sale of seaweed ashes.The gathering of seaweed in the southwest of Norway has \u2018ssumed the proportions of e large industry that has surpassed fishing and agriculture in fortune-building.Farmers collect the apparently worthless growth, burn it, and sell the ashes to agents of British manufacturers.The ashes contain wvalu- able chemical properties, including iodine, but the use to which they are put is not known in Norway, Old debts have been paid, and small farms that were isolated and surrounded by unproductive land have had their boundaries extended by the drainage of marshes and clearing of rocky wastes that have not been utilized or productive since the stone age.Twenty years ago there was not a mowing machine in a certain district, while now there are mowers, hay rakes, harrows, and other modern machinery on nearly every farm.Modern dwellings and barns for grain and stock have replaced the ancient hut.THE LATE WM.KISSOCK\u2014Whose funeral took place in Montreal this week.deparate Skirt With a dainty waist is following the dictates of fashion, so place your order with us for Kilt, Sunburst, Tunic, Accordion and Box Pleated Skirts.N.B.\u2014A good dressmaker and competent help in our employ ready to give you best of attention to both SKIRTS and WAISTS made from your own materials.Ask for catalogue.Tel.Up 1271.Featherbone Novelry Co, Room 16, Birks Bldg., 14 PHILLIPS SQUARE, MONTREAL.2e eee wr mem TTI TT EM ST OS et, em a ce mer re 0 te - THE FRIENDS AND DIRECTORS OF THE BOYS\u2019 HOME\u2014This institution recently commemorated the goodness of the late Mr.Charles Alexander, by placing a memorial tablet in his honor on the walls of the Home on Mountain st.FABULOUS SUMS SPENT ON WEDDINGS F wedding gifts on a scale of re- 3 gal magnificence can add anything to a bride\u2019s happiness, surely the daughter of the American President, and bride of Representative Longworth, must count herself one of the most fortunate and happy brides in the world to-day, says an English paper, as she reviews the thousands of costly presents which have been showered on her from almost every part of the earth, and which are said to be worth something like £200,000.But the United States, which prides itself on beating all records, weddings are conducted on a scale which puts our own modest efforts into complete eclipse, for it is no uncommon thing to lavish as much money on the ceremony alone as would keep any in MR.JAMES SIMPSON\u2014Past President of the Montreal Caledonia Curling Club.reasonable couple in luxury for the rest of their days.A typical American wedding was that of Miss Louisa Pier- pont Morgan, daughter of the multimillionaire banker, to Mr.Satterlee.The ceremony lasted just a quarter of an hour, but every minute of the fifteen represented an expenditure of £1,500, a year\u2019s income of a successful lawyer or doctor, the toal cost being put down at £22,500; while it was attended by 2,500 guests, whose aggregate fortune was said to be \u201ca billion dollars\u201d at least, approximately £ 200,000,000,or ten times their weight in gold.For the re- ception which followed, the house of the great financier in Madison Square had been transformed into a veritable Aladdin\u2019s palace, the tapestries with which the walls were decorated alone costing £100,000, while a further £2,000 was spent on flowers.The decoration of the church cost Mr.Morgan £3,000; the bride's gown, a creation of marvellous beauty, was valued at £1,000; the bridal trousseau, THE LATE PROF.NICHOLSON\u2014Of Queen\u2019s University, Kingston, Ont.which included several gowns trimmed with cloth of gold, precious stones, and rare antique laces, accounted for £10,- 000 more; and the officiating clergyman was made happy with an honorarium of $1,000.The bride-cake, which was described as an \u201cold-fashioned one,\u201d turned the scale at a quarter of a ton, and contained two costly rings, one for a maid who was to marry, the other for a bachelor for whom a similar happy fate was in store; 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World\u2019s Biggest Lift Lock : Prominent Canadians THE NEW MONASTERY OF THE TRAPPIST MONKS AT OKA\u2014The former home of this Order was burned to the ground three years ago.present monastery is built on the site of its predecessor, and is a large and well-ordered building.and the monastery proper.SOMETHING ABOUT BRITISH WAR MEDALS ERODOTUS mentions the DO interesting fact that certain tribes of Secythians had the pleasing habit of taking their enemies\u2019 scalps.This connecting link of our own aborigines with Asia also marks what was probably the first instance on record of what are known as \u2018\u2018war medals\u2019\u2019; the medal in this case being the section of the scalp which was taken off in a circular form, the hair forming what is now the ribbon.Although undoubtedly of leather, these medals conferred great honor upon their recipients, or rather upon those who helped themselves.Of no great intrinsie value, they often cost considerable to get, and indicated martial enterprise of a high order, and the wearer of one of them was in a position to substantiate his claim.Of quite different nature are the latest medals granied by the British Government.By bestowing the CANADIAN W.McILROY, en CANADIAN MAYORS.AIME GUERTIN, Mayor of St.Hubert and St.Bruno.A South African medal upon all the ' troops who got as far as the Mediterranean, the value of this medal to those who really earned it is sadly discounted.It is true that the word \u2018\u2018Mediterranean\u2019 replaces \u2018\u2018South Africa,\u201d\u2019 but in every other respect it is the same.ee XE te First War Medals Were Roman.The first medals for valor in war appear to have been issued by the Romans.The Chinese come next, about the year 10 A.D.As far as England is concerned, although individual medals had been granted previously, the first general distribution of these trophies took place in honor of the defeat of the Armada in 1588.Queen Elizabeth also gave handsome jewels, some of which are still in existence.The unfortunate Charles I.introduced the systematic giving of medals for war services.A medal was given to everyone engaged at Waterloo, both officers and men, up to that time, and af- Mayor of Peterboro, Ont.The Standar INDIAN MUTINY MEDAL, 1857-1858, Obverse, INDIAN MUTINY MEDAL, 1857-8.CHE Indian Mutiny commenced at Meerut on Sunday, 10th May, 1857, and rapidly spread through many of our Indian provinces, until Delhi, Lucknow, terwards till 1848 they were grant- NN tant stations were in the hands of the mutineers.Various causes have been assigned for this outbreak, but it is now generally believed that for several years previous to the mutiny there had been uneasiness and discontent amongst various sections of the native army, arising from circumstances over which the military had no control.During the mutiny, the Sikhs remained loyal, Afghanistan was neutral, while several of the powerful States, although taking no part in the revolt, made no effort to assist in quelling the insurrection.The most stubborn fighting took place at the Siege of Delhi, the Defence and Relief of Lucknow, and in Central India.A medal was granted for the Indian Mutiny, and was conferred on all who had borne arms in any of the operations, or were engaged in any of the battles against the mutineers in India in 1857-8, and also upon civilians who acted as volunteers in quelling the revolt.The medal has on the obverse the diademed head of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, surmounted by Victoria Regina.On the reverse, a figure of Britannia is standing, holding a wreath in her outstretched right hand; and on her left arm is an oval shield, with the crosses of the Union on it; behind her stands the British lion; the word India is above, and the date, 1857-1858, in the exergue.Cawnpore, and many other impor- The ribbon is scarlet and white, The The illustration shows the guest-house, the chapel, (Photograph by C.Power Cleghorn, Montreal.) ed to officers only.In 1848, tardy recognition was made of the old heroes by issuing one called the \u2018\u201cGeneral Service Medal,\u201d dating back for naval services to 1790, and for the army to 1793, covering the Indian, Peninsular, 1812, the Nile, Trafalgar, and other wars ly enough, to our brave Indian allies during the War of the Revolution.They also received medals in 1812, as did our own militia, with the clasps, \u2018\u2018 Chateauguay,\u2019\u2019 \u2018\u201cChrysler\u2019s Farm,\u201d or \u2018\u2018Detroit.\u2019 In 1812 the \u2018\u2018Lioyal and Patrio- tie Society of Upper Canada\u2019\u2019 was AN OPEN-AIR MARKET AT QUEBEC\u2014The Ancient Capital affords the tourist many opportunities of witnessing scenes and sights widely removed in interest from those ordinarily seen in North American cities, but few of these appeal to him as strongly as the quaintness and primitiveness of out-door market life, The costumes of the habitants, their vivacity, the manner in which their wares are offered for sale, the \u201cfragrant\u201d pipes of the women, who sit and chat and smoke \u201ctabac\u201dbetween sales, and the general air of contentedness which pervades the scene, strike the tourist as something different from what he has seen before.\u2014\u2014\u2014 and actions.Since then, all ranks have been recognized alike.The earliest Canadian medal was struck by order of Louis XIV.to commemorate the defeat of Sir Wm.Phipps before Quebec, Oct.16th, 1690.XP Medals for the War of 1812.The next issue by the Canadian Government was granted, curious- 2) a 3.eR XR?ni INDIAN MUTINY MEDAL, 1857-1858.Reverse.J.Cameron, the British Consul at Europeans who were resident in er A, formed at York, \u2018\u201cto reward mer- 1t, excite emulation, and commemorate glorious exploits, by bestowing medals for extraordinary instances of heroism.\u2019 On June 12th, 1813, £1,000 sterling was appropriated for the purpose of striking 200 medals.The first lot were rejected for not being up to specifications, and remained for many years in the possession of the late Alex.Wood, of Toronto, but were at length defaced by a blacksmith named Paul Bishop, and the gold sold to a watchmaker of Toronto, named J.G.Joseph, while the silver passed into the hands of another jeweller by the name of T.MacMurray.In 1866 the County of Welland struck a medal to commemorate the defeat of the Fenians, but only two were finished, as the authorities objected to the issue.On the obverse of this medal appeared a cannon and the inscription, \u2018\u201cFort Erie, June 2nd.1866.\u201d\u2019 The reverse has, in a circle, \u2018Presented by the County of Welland.\u201d\u2019 The regular medal for the Fen- NAN CANADIAN MAYORS.MICHAEL MUIR, Mayor of Westville, N.S.1an Raid and the one for the Riel Rebellion of 1885 complete the list of Canadian decorations.*% XR BR Precedence of the Various Medals.The distinguishing feature in connection with war medals is that they are always worn upon the left breast.Certain other decorations carefully specified are also worn on the left breast, but the number is limited.In the first and most honored place is the \u2018\u2018Victoria Cross.\u2019 The list of decorations and the order in which they must be worn is as follows : 1, Victoria Cross: 2, Order of the Garter; 3, Order of the Thistle; 4.Order of St.Patrick; 5, Order of the Bath; 6, Order of Merit; 7, Order of the Star of India; 8, Order of St.Michael and St.Market.George; 9, Order of the Indian Empire; 10, Royal Victorian Order (1st, 2nd.3rd, and 4th class) ; 11, Distinguished Service Order; IN THE PUBLIC EYE.MR.J.E.MERCIER\u2014President of the Road Committee of the Levis, Que.Council.12, Royal Victorian Order (5th class) ; 13, Badge of the Order of St.John of Jerusalem in England ; 14, Conspicuous Service Cross AN LIFT-LOCK AT PETERBORO\u2014This is the largest lock of its kind in the world, and forms a link in the Trent Valley Canal project.Some time ago serious defects, demanding a Government inspection, were discovered in its construction.War Medals Awarded by the British Government for the Indian Mutiny, 1857-8, and Abyssinian Campaign, 1867-8.in alternate stripes.given as follows :\u2014 The Siege of \u2018\u201cDelhi,\u2019\u2019 30th May- 14th September, 1857.\u201cDefence of Lucknow,\u201d 29th June-25th September, 1857.\u2018\u2018Relief of Lucknow,\u2019\u2019 17th Nov- ber, 1857.Siege of \u2018\u2018Lucknow,\u2019\u201d\u2019 2nd-21st March, 1857.\u2018Central India,\u2019\u201d\u2019 January-June, 1858.Clasps were Gil ABYSSINIAN WAR MEDAL, 1867-8.CHE Abyssian War, 4th October, 1867, to 19th April, 1868, was caused by the imprisonment of Mr.Massowa, and others.King Theodore alleged that Mr.Cameron interfered with the internal affairs of his kingdom, and caused discontent among other Abyssinia.The release of Mr.Cameron and \u2014\u2014 em A _\u2014_\u2014 ABYSSINIAN WAR MEDAL, 1867-1868.bel way aT iH Obverse.other British subjects having been demanded, and refused, an army was sent there under Lieut.-Gen- eral Sir Robert Napier (late Field- Marshal Lord Napier of Magdala) in 1867.A brief and almost bloodless campaign followed, which resulted in a complete victory for the British troops.King Theodore, in the moment of his utter defeat, resolving never to be taken alive, shot himself through the head.The medal awarded for the Abyssian Campaign is smaller than and entirely different in design to those usually issued.It is said to have been designed by H.R.H.Princess Louise.Another special feature about it is, that instead of the name and regiment of the recipient being engraved or stamped on the edge, they are stamped, in relief, in the centre of the medal.It is altogether an unusual type of medal, and the design is very fine.It was awarded to both Army and Navy alike.On the obverse is a crowned head of Queen Victoria, with a veil covering the back of head and neck, within a beaded circle.It is surrounded by a star of nine points, the inner angles of which each contain a letter, as follows: A.B.Y.S.S.I.N.I A.On the reverse is a laurel wreath, within which are the recipient\u2019s name and regiment, or ship, stamped in raised letters, TOWN RESIDENCE OF McGILL UNIVERSITY'S FOUNDER\u2014It stood at the south-east corner of Jacques Cartier Square and Notre Dame street, and was recently razed to make room for extensions to the Bonsecours To the left of the picture may be seen the Chateau de Rame- zay, the oldest gubernatorial residence on the American Continents.eA (naval); 15, Albert Medal; 16, Board of Trade Medal for saving life; 17, Volunteer Officers\u2019 Decoration; 18, Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers\u2019 Decoration; 19, Kaiser-i-Hind ; 20, Imperial Service Order; 21, Queen Victoria's Jubilee medal ; 22, Coronation medal; 23, conspicuous gallantry medal (naval); 24, medal for distinguished conduct in the field; 25, medal of the Royal Victorian Order; 26, medal of the Order of St.John of Jerusalem in England; 27, British war medals in order of date; 28, medal for meritorious service; 29, long service and good conduct medal; 30, militia long service medal; 31, Imperial Yeo- CANADIAN MAYORS.SAMUEL C.HOOD, Mayor of Yarmouth, N.S.NN manry long service medal: 32, volunteer long service medal.R% 2% R3% Canadians Have Good Collections.There are several good collee- tions of war medals in the Dominion, one of the most complete of which is in the possession of Major Hendrie, of the 48th Regiment.Another splendid collection belongs to Capt.H.R.Wyatt, of the Queen\u2019s Own Rifles, who has amongst others, a fine specimen of the Armada medal.One of the largest collections of Canadian medals is owned by Mr.C.E.Be- langer, of Montreal, who also has a fine collection of British and foreign war medals and decorations.d\u2019s Illustrated Series of Army and Navy Medals of the British Empire ABYSSINIAN WAR MEDAL, 1867-1868.Reverse.within a beaded circle; an imper- lal erown and a large silver ring for suspension surmount the medal.The ribbon is broad, crimson, with broad white edges.No bars were issued with this medal.M.A.J.and C.E.B."]