The Standard., 21 avril 1906, samedi 21 avril 1906

[" \u2014 \u2014 \u2014p = MEAP =.THEE TIE WEY age 7 = ea = mm gp 2 = tev aa 0 0 0 = ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEME NT he Standard.SECTION NUMBER ONE VOL.II.No.16.The Prince of Connaught\u2019s Visit to Canada; ISIT OF TOGO\u2019S VICTORIOUS JAPANESE SAILORS TO THE METROPOLIS OF JAPAN\u2019S ALLY.\u2014 London\u2019s deplorable fog and Arctic weather acted somewhat as a deterrent to the many thousands who had decided to assemble at the Albert Docks, to give a hearty welcome to the 614 of Togo\u2019s war- worn veterans, who had been selected to come over to England to take charge of the Koshima and the Katori, two more mighty ships being added by Britain\u2019s ally to its already imposing fleet.Still.it was a mighty crowd that, in a fog as yellow as the visitors, cheered with might and main in response to the well-known Banzai that has so frequently stricken terror into the Russian hosts.As the truant Iyo Maru glided slowly into her berth, the bulwarks could be seen, by the little huddled group of spectators who clung to one another for warmth on the dockhead, to be lined with inscrutable countenances, each with a graven smile like a mask upon it.Apparently the Clerk of the Weather had thought that any old kind of weather was good enough for the reception of our seasoned visitors from the Land of the Cherry Blossom; but if he did, it is high time that he was superannuated, for his behavior had a marked effect on the attendance.Those who were privileged to survive, however, shouted \u2018\u2018Ban- zall\u2019\u2019 or, as the elite pronounce it, \u2018\u201c\u2018Bansay,\u2019\u2019 long and lustily.What the sailorman shouted in reply was not known.It was certainly nothing like \u2018\u2018Banzai,\u201d\u2019 and as to what it did sound like, no known English characters seemed likely to be able to cope with it.While this unequal contest was going on, the Iyo Maru had found peace and rest after the inhospitable waves of the Channel, and a little group of Japanese on the main deck were amiably throwing cigars and cigarettes to the dockers who had gathered near.The .present of a cigarette seemg tq be |.the Japanese sailorman\u2019s idea of hospitality.bears a marked resemblance to his father.J MONTREAL, CANADA.EEE à À FIRST OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN CANADA OF H.R.H, PRINCE ARTHUR OF CONNAUGHT\u2014On his arrival in Victoria, B.C., the Prince and the members of his suite were photographed in the grounds of the gubernatorial residence.\u201cThe above illustration Ts\u201dà reproduction of the photégrapttakef oH that otcasion.it shows the Prince sitting-in* the midst-of \u2018his - friends and aides-de-camp, dressed in a lieutenant\u2019s uniform of the 7th Hussars, and wearing the mantle of a Knight of the Order of the Garter.It will be seen that His Royal Highness (Reproduced by special permission of His Royal Highness, from a photograph by Savannah, Victoria, B.C.) ADMIRAL TOGO'S WAR-SCARRED VETERANS IN LONDON\u2014Types of the boys who proved themselves more than a match for the Russian sailors.The illustration shows them smiling at the attempt of a photographer to take their pictures, (Copyright \u201cIllustrations Bureau,\u201d London and New York.) ADMIRAL TOGO\u2019S WAR-SCARRED VETERANS IN LONDON\u2014The arrival of the battleship \u201cKatori\u201d and its crew of 600 at the Royal Albert Docks.The Japs are here represented in the act of giving a British cheer.haps one in ten of the men have slight moustaches, a few, a very few, immature beards, the rest being clean- shaven.It was curious to see some of the officers wearing spectacles.tion, although the crowd awaiting their arrival would have been increased by thousands but for the frost and fog prevailing.The spectators took up the cry of \u201cBanzai,\u201d which was responded to by the crew in cries that were meant for the British \u201cHurrah.\u201d Per- They were delighted with their recep- (Copyright \u201cIllustrations Bureau,\u201d London and New York.) 0GO\u2019S VETERANS\u2019 RECEPTION AT GREENWICH.\u2014The war-worn X=\" veterans of J apan, to the number of about 600, visited Greenwich, which was warmhearted in its welcome; but the weather was freezing and depressing.Union Jacks were to be seen flying side by side with Nippon\u2019s rising sun.The pier was crowded for an hour before the Japanese were expected, and the pier gates were besieged by the populace.The {sailors left the Iyo Maru shortly after noon, and steamed down the Thames in two of the London County Council boats, the Rayleigh and the Morris.All up the river their presence was made known by the sounding of the steam-whistles.But before they came in sight of Greenwich a hail and sleet shower came on, driving half the crowd away in the streets.The crews reached Greenwich before their appointed hour, and to the great disappointment of the Sunday crowd the L.C.C.steamers passed.There were enthusiastic Banzais from the visitors, and the reply from the shore was most hearty.The sailors were before their time when they landed at Greenwich, where they were met by the Mayor, Mr.Pascoe Williams, in his robes, attended by Ald.Soames and the Town Clerk, in robes.The majority of the Greenwich Town Councillors were also present.171 ST.\u2018JAMES STREET.Togo\u2019s Tars in Capital of the Empire GARRIORS STRUGGLED TO SPEAK GOOD ENGLISH.\u2014 Some of the men were discovered to speak English surprisingly well, and not in the least of the \u2018\u2018no, but I have pens, ink, and paper\u2019\u2019 order.They were not particularly communicative about Tsushima, and spoke of it in the usual stereotyped phrases, such as, \u2018\u2018it was very awful,\u201d or \u2018\u201cit was very bad.\u201d\u2019 They said the same thing of Port Arthur, where one or two of them were wounded.Practically the whole of the men took part in the war, and they have been speciallv selected for the trip on account of their gallantry and good conduet.Capt.Sakamoto, whose striking bravery when the Yoshima was sunk in the Japan Sea by a Russian mine, will be recalled, said that several of the men whose lives were saved with his on that memorable occasion were on board.A few of the men have been to London before, and it is a thing devoutly to be hoped that they told those of their comrades who have not, and who gazed a little lugubriously at the Gothic architecture of dockland that London was not what she seemed as seen from the Royal Albert Docks on a cold and frosty morning, not forgetting the fog and the snow.The yellow fog they ecouldn\u2019t understand at all\u2014white ones they knew and respected.Suddenly there came a sharp order from the bridge, and the men formed up like magic on the broad deck of the Iyo Maru.On the bridge stood Capt.Sakamoto, spec- tacled, and garbed in conventional frock-coat, silk hat, and dark grey trousers.Ilis instructions, which he spoke into the silk hat, sounded like a string of muffled Chinese crackers going off.The orders were for the men\u2019s behavior on shore, and as they were translated, they seemed.to be as full of apologies as of orders.The image-like rigidity of the listening crew was something re- {markable,- and if one blinked, -it- was noticeable.ADMIRAL TOGO\u2019S WAR-SCARRED VETERANS IN LONDON \u2014 Japanese sailors leaving St.Paul\u2019s Cathedral, where they deposited a wreath on the sarcophagus of Lord Nelson.(Copyright \u201cIllustrations Bureau,\u201d London and New York.) ADMIRAL TOGO\u2019S WAR-SCARRED VETERANS IN LONDON\u2014The crew of the battleship \u201cKatori\u201d the deck of that battleship at Barrow-in-Furness, preparatory to inspecting the shipbuilding yards at that place.mustered on (Copyright \u201cIllustrations Bureau,\u201d London and New York.) 2 THE STANDARD, MONTREAL, CANADA.The Peter Redpath Library at McGill University Illustrated for Standard Readers McGILL'S STATELY BUILDINGS\u2014The Main Entrance to the Library, showing also the stairs leading to the gallery and basement.The architecture of this portion of the building is singularly attractive, and at once arrests the eye of the visitor.cotting is of marble and the floor is inlaid mosaic of pretty design and fine workmanship.Th woodwork is of oak, stained and polished, while the Romanesque arches are enriched by plastic designs in keeping with the general beauty of the surroundings.The staircase balustrade is filled in with a screen of wrought iron, which lends a light effect to that portion of the furnishings.Handsome chandeliers of classic design, depend from the ceiling of the vestibule, The wains- ETER REDPATH LIBRARY AT McGILL, illustrations of which appear on this page, is one of the finest structures in the magnificent group of buildings which decorate the University campus.Its erection was first conceived in 1891, by the gentleman whose name it bears, and it was publicly inaugurated by Lord Aberdeen, Governor-General of Canada in 1893.Since then a large addition, in the form of a stack-room, has been built on the south elevation, greatly increasing the shelf accommodation of the building.The exterior of the building is constructed of Montreal limestone, and the architectural lines follow the Romanesque style of architecture.The ensemble is particularly pleasing, no matter from what vantage-point the building may be viewed.The interior is bright and cheerful, and quite as pleasing in appearance as the exterior.XX RB BF The Great Reading Room.In the basement or lower floor, which is entirely above ground with the exception of a small portion on one side, studies or seminary rooms are arranged for special studies, fitted up with tables, chairs, and book-cases for books bearing upon these special subjects.These can be reached by a separate door from the campus, or by the main entrance.At the other end of the building is a wide entrance for the reception of boxes of books, which opens into the unpacking room.From here the books are then taken to the cataloguing room immediately above, by a lift in a small projecting wing in which also a staircase is arranged, for the exclusive use of the librarians.The rest of this floor is occupied by the caretaker\u2019s house, lavatories, chambers, and coals.On the main floor the principal feature is the great reading-room, 110 feet long, 43 feet wide, and 44 feet high to the top of inner roof, with a high open timber roof having the hammer beams ornamented by carved heads of grotesque animals.At the further corners are lofty oriel windows with seats round same.In the centre of the S.E.side is a recessed fireplace or inglenook, with a red stone mantel inside, having the following motto cut in relief in a panel: \u201cCease not to learn until thou cease to live.\u201d At the entrance to the heating inglenook is a large massive carved oak mantel-piece about 14 feet high, with the following quotation from the Proverbs, cut on the carved frieze: \u201cHappy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.\u201d On the opposite side of the reading room is a lofty square recessed window with seats round.A large wide level gallery is arranged at one end, which may be used for the display of rare illuminated books, manuscripts and missals in glass cases, and other purposes, and from which visitors can obtain a good view of the reading-room, without disturbing the readers.Below this gallery, the Librarian\u2019s room and the cataloguing room are arranged; contiguous to this is the attendant\u2019s counter for the distribution of books, and from this is the entrance to the stack-room already referred to, protected by steel fire-proof doors.Be- oak, tween the cataloguing room and the reading room are placed the Card Catalogue cases, opening on both sides, so that the cards may be placed in the drawers from the one side, and consulted by the readers from the other.The remainder of this floor is taken up by a well-lit room for periodicals, and by cloak-rooms.In the tower is placed the staircase, opening into the entrance hall and into the reading room by or- THE LATE MR.PETER REDPATH\u2014Founder and benefactor of the Peter Redpath Library and Museum at McGill University.Nett namental arches.The vestibule and entrance hall have marble and oak dados respectively, and both have marble mosaic floors.There is also a special Muniment vault for the care of precious books and muniments.On the upper floor in addition to the gallery are a Professors\u2019 room, and a large room or hall with a high ceiling for architectural casts, sculpture, etc.The fittings of the reading room are all of of a substantial character, and McGILL\u2019S STATELY BUILDINGS\u2014The stack-room in the Peter Redpath Library, showing how the books are kept.polished, the tables being arranged across the room so as to have the light right and left.Round the walls are arranged book-cases for books.reference XR Windows Bear Famous Mottoes.BR RR The windows are glazed with leaded lights in geometrical patterns, having panels in the same for quotations and inscriptions.It is the intention to have all these panels filled in with suitable mottoes painted on the glass as soon as a selection can be made.A few have McGILL\u2019S STATELY BUILDINGS\u2014A view of the interior of the Library, looking to the west, showing the handsome roof of oak, the quintette of stained glass windows in the gallery, the reading-room, and the offices of Mr.Gould and staff beneath the gallery.troliers suspended by chains from the roof, the reading room is lit by standards, with green shades, placed on each table.The walls of the reading room are colored a soft shade of green, relieved with gold, so as to be restful to the eye, and yet not too absorbous of light.The walls of the entrance hall and staircase are colored a dull soft red.All the floors are covered with cork carpeting to deaden the sound.The heating is entirely by hot water on the direct radiation system, which is considered the healthiest, the simplest, and the best.The construction is as nearly fire- its architectural lines.treat.English treatment of Romanesque, which lends itself to the requirements of such a building, as being at once dignified and yet picturesque.The tower rises to a height of about 90 feet.The salient points of the design are accentuated by stone carving, embracing suitable subjects such as the symbolic figures of the four Evangelists, the College arms, the crest and motto of the donor of the Library.The collection of books, for the housing of which such careful and excellent provision has been made, consists of about 70,000 volumes and a large number of pamphlets.Not more than 50,000 McGILL'S STATELY BUILDINGS\u2014Mr.C.H.Gould, Librarian of the Peter Redpath Library, and his assistants.been painted on in the vestibule, entrance hall and staircase, Those selected are as follows:\u2014\u201cCrafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them.\u201d \u201cReading furnishes the mind only with the materials of knowledge, it is thinking makes what we read ours.\u201d \u201cReading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.\u201d \u201cAnd out of olde bokes in good feith, cometh al this newe science that men lere.\u201d \u201cVoyaging through strange seas of thought alone.\u201d \u201cArs longa, vita brevis.\u201d \u201cNature never did betray the heart that loved her.\u201d \u201cBibliothece, in quibus tanquam mausolæis priscorum sanctorum reliquiæ, virtutis plenæ, conditæ sunt.\u201d The three-light window facing the campus, and the five- light window at the other end of the reading room are filled with beautiful painted glass, the gift of Mrs.Peter Redpath.The three light window is specially elaborate, having a number of groups of the men great in art, poetry, and music.In all cases every effort was made to obtain authentic portraits of these celebrities.The five- light window is not so elaborate as the other, and the colors were purposely kept lighter, so as to obstruct the light as little as possible, These windows are respectively dedicated to law, history, philosophy, astronomy, medicine, and have medallion portraits of the great masters in each subject, as follows: \u2014Law\u2014Solon, Justinian, Edward L, Grotius.History\u2014Herodotus, Thucydides, Livy, Cesar, Nicholas Machiavelli, Edward Gibbon, Leopold von Ranke, Charles Simonde de Sismondi.Moral and Natural Philosophy\u2014Aris- totle, Socrates, Plato, St.Augustine, Martin Luther, Francis Bacon, Rene Descartes, Immanuel Kant.Astronomy \u2014Thales, Claudius Ptolemy, Nicholas Copernicus, Galileo, John Kepler, Isaac Newton, Peter Simon de Laplace, Frederick William Herschel.Medicine\u2014 Hippocrates, Galen, Harvey, Jenner.For artificial light, electric lamps are used entirely, and in addition to handsome polished antique-brass elec- proof as possible, and the stack room is entirely so.The whole of the main floor is of steel beams and porous terra cotta arching.The other floors and the roofs, where not of this material, are of solid oak beams, and flooring on the slow combustion principle.The stairs are of iron and slate.Externally, the building is constructed of the Montreal limestone, of a whity-grey color in dressed ashlar work, except the basement, which is of rock-faced ashlar.The roofs are of blue Rockland slates and copper.The doors are of polished oak with wrought-iron grille work and fittings.The style adopted is a free volumes are, however, at present placed in the new library building.The remaining 20,000 volumes are distributed among departmental libraries in the buildings of the Faculties of Medicine, Law and Applied Science, and in the laboratories.A few are also kept in the Museum and at the Botanic Gardens.Some of these departmental libraries, notably that of the Faculty of Medicine, are large and complete.Indeed, it may be stated that the University library is, on the whole, an excellent one for its size: and its books are chiefly such as are required by students.McGILL'S STATELY BUILDINGS\u2014The fireplace and inglenook in the Peter Redpath Library.This is decidedly the feature of the reading room of the library.On entering the room from the street the visitor is at once impressed by its size and by the beauty of On the dull, dark days of the spring and autumn, it is, indeed, a source of cheer to those who are obliged to make use of the reading room, The inglenook especially is an inviting place, and when a fire burns in the grate, it is always a never-failing magnet for the student, drawing him to its cozy re- Above the mantel a well-known proverb of Solomon is chiselled in the wood: \u201cHappy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.\u201d Some Points in McGill\u2019s History (By the late Sir Wm.Dawson.) cGILL UNIVERSITY, like very IN many of the greater universities and colleges of other countries, originated in private endowment.It is, however, almost alone in this respect among the colleges of Canada, and owes much of its prosperity and success to this fact, more especially in connection with the unique position which it occupies as the highest educational institution of an influential, progressive and intelligent minority in this city and province.The founder of the University, James McGill, was born on the 6th October, 1744, in Glasgow, Scotland.He received his early education and training in that country, but of these little is known.He arrived in Canada before the American Revolution, and appears, in the first place, to have engaged in the Northwest fur trade, then one of the leading pursuits in Canada.Subsequently he settled in Montreal, and in partnership with his brother, Andrew McGill, became one of the leading merchants in the little town of about nine thousand inhabitants which then represented our commercial metropolis.His settlement in Montreal, and his marriage with a lady of French parentage, the widow of a Canadian gentleman, occurred a little before the beginning of this century, and from that time till his death, in December, 1813, he continued to be a prominent citizen of Montreal, diligent and prosperous in his business, frank and social in his habits, and distinguished for public spirit and exertion for the advancement of the city.His name appears in several commissions relating to city matters\u2014for instance, that for removing the old walls of Montreal.He was Lieutenant-Colonel and subsequently Colonel of the Montreal City Militia; and in his old age, on the breaking out of the American War of 1812, he became Brigadier- General, and was prepared in that capacity, to take the field in defence of his country.He represented for many years the West Ward of Montreal in the Provincial Legislature, and was afterwards a member of the Legislative and Executive Councils.Mr.McGill is described by his contemporaries as a man of tall and commanding figure\u2014in (Continued on page 3, Supplement.) McGILL'S STATELY BUILDINGS\u2014The Assistant Librarians at work in the office of the Peter Redpath Library - vi y= Wu WW THE STANDARD, MONTREAL, CANADA.3 The Annual Convocation of McGill University and Some of Those Who Will Take Part LORD STRATHCONA AND MOUNT ROYAL\u2014Chancellor of McGill University, and one of its prominent benefactors.a (Continued from page 2, Supplement.) his youth a very handsome man, and becoming corpulent in his old age.He was a prominent member of the association of fur magnates known as the \u201cBeaver Club.\u201d In this connection it may be stated that Mr.McGill's resolution to dispose of his property in this way was not a hasty death-bed resolve, but a mature and deliberate decision.He had taken a lively interest in the measures then before the Government for the establishment of an educational system in the Province of Quebec, and had mentioned, many years before his death, his intention to give, during his lifetime, an endowment in aid of a college, if these measures should be carried by the Government.But many delays occurred.From 1802, when the act to establish the \u201cBoard of Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning\u201d was passed, until the time of Mr.McGill\u2019s death, the persistent opposition on the part of the leaders of one section of the people to any system of governmental education, and the apathy of some of the members of the council, had prevented the appointment of the Board, or the completion of the liberal grants of land and money for educational purposes which had been promised.77 RR XR Burnside Property Was Set Aside.Mr.McGill was apparently weary of these delays, and feared that he might be cut off by death before he could realize his intentions.He had also the sagacity to foresee that a private endowment might force the reluctant or tardy hands of the members of Government to action.Accordingly, in his will, prepared in 1811, more than two years before his death, he bequeathed his property of Burnside, and a sum of ten thousand pounds in money, to found a college in the contemplated provincial university, under the management of the Board of Royal Institution; but on condition that such college and university should be established within ten years of his decease.Three leading citizens of Montreal, the Honorable James Richardson, James Reid, Esq.and James Dunlop, Esq., and the Rev.John Strachan, afterwards the Bishop of Toronto, were appointed trustees under the will.The wise liberality of a good man is often far more fruitful than he could have anticipated.Mr.McGill merely expressed a wish to found a college in connection with a university already provided for by the generosity of the British Government.But the grants promised to the university were not given, and the English settlers in the Province of Quebec were deprived of the provisions for education made by the liberality of the Crown in the other colonies.In the THE CLOSING OF THE McGILL YEAR\u2014Students of the Second Year Arts, McGill University.providence of God, Mr.McGill's bequest intervened to avert some, at least, of the evils arising from this failure.In consequence of his will, a pressure was brought to bear on the Government, which resulted in the appointment of the Board of Royal Institution in 1818, and though, from the refusal of the French to take part in it, it was almost entirely English in its composition, it proceeded to the establishment of nondenominational schools.These schools were never very numerous \u2014 about eighty being the maximum number; but they formed the beginning of the present school system.The Royal Institution, being a Government board, had, on that account, too little of the THE CLOSING OF THE McGILL YEAR\u2014The Graduating Class in Arts, McGill University, 1906.(Photograph by P.J.Gordon.) popular sympathy, especially among the settlers in the Eastern Townships; and the Local Legislature practically refused to acknowledge it, and set up in opposition to it a denominational system of \u201cFabrique schools\u201d in the French parishes; and finally, its functions were restricted to the McGill College alone, by the new educational act which followed the rebellion of 1837.In so far as McGill College was concerned, the Royal Institution at once (Photograph by P.J.Gordon.) Grammar school education, through the action of the Royal Institution, through the services of students and graduates as teachers, and through the McGill Normal school, which, though supported by Government, would scarcely have been established but for the influence of the college.Those who have in these ways received its educational benefits are to be found in all parts of the country, contributing by superior skill and intelligence to the common PRINCIPAL PETERSON, C.M.G\u2014Who presides over the various Faculties comprising McGill University.pation.The experience of older nations has shown that such educational endowments survive all changes, and go on, bearing fruit from age to age.It will, doubtless, be so here also, and the time will come McGILL STUDENTS BRING THEIR YEAR'S WORK TO A CLOSE\u2014Members of the Glee and Banjo Clubs, a couple of organizations which achieved considerable success during the past winter in many of the towns in Eastern Ontario.took action in applying for a royal charter, which was granted in 1821, and prepared to take possession of the estate, This, however, owing to litigation as to the will, was not surrendered to them till 1829.They also demanded the grants of land which had been promised, and received fresh assurances; and, as an earnest of their fulfilment, the Government of the day was authorized to erect a building for McGill College, and to defray the expenses out of the \u201cJesuits\u2019 estates.\u201d But the hopes thus held out proved illusory, and the college buildings had to be begun with the money left by Mr.McGill, and were at length completed only by the liberality of another citizen of Montreal, the late William Molson.RE BR RX Estimated Value of the Property Bequeathed.The value of the property bequeathed by Mr.McGill was estimated at the time of his death, at £30,000; and it has since become much greater, owing to the growth of the city.The sum was not large in comparison with many other educational bequests; but it would be difficult to estimate its value to Canada in general, and to Montreal in particular.Gathering around it the gifts of other liberal men, it has sustained the McGill University, and carried it on to its present point of usefulness and success as a source of literary and scientific culture.Hundreds of professional men in all parts of Canada bear testimony to its value; and the city derives from it much of its higher character as a centre of learning and practical science.Indirectly, it has benefited the cause of common and |! good.If the future may be anticipated from the past, its utility will, in the time to come, go on increasing and widening, growing with the growth of our country and pervading all departments of useful and honorable occu- (Photograph by P.J.Gordon.) when the McGill will appear but as the little germ from original endowment of which a great tree has sprung \u2014 or as the spring which gave birth to a mighty river.McGill Glee and Mandolin Club HE McGill Glee and Mandolin Club is one of the thoroughly efficient musical organizations of the city.During the past winter it visited several of the towns of Eastern Ontario,\u2014including Morrisburg, Brock- ville, and Smith\u2019s Falls,\u2014meeting with a hearty reception at each place.The Morrisburg Leader says it was \u201cthe best thing in the line of entertainment that has struck Morrisburg for a long time.\u201d The organization included twen- ty-seven men, of whom eighteen composed the Glee Club, and the remainder the Mandolin Club.Connected with the Glee Club were many of the prominent choir-singers of the Montreal churches.The soloists were Messrs.W.G.Brooks and David Manny, while Mr.E.M.L.Gould accompanied the party as solo violinist, The programme of the Club was an extensive one, ranging from \u201cThe Three Chafers,\u201d and Franz Abt's \u201cLaughing Song,\u201d to De Koven\u2019s \u201cMy Home is Where the Heather Blooms,\u201d and included fourteen numbers in all.At each of the three tours, the company met with an enthusiastic welcome.Perhaps the most appreciated of the numbers rendered, was Mr.M.G.Brook\u2019s beautiful rendition of \u201cSands o\u2019 Dee.\u201d The possessor of a splendid tenor voice, which he uses with fine effect, Mr.Brooks captivated his audiences.The other soloists also were much appreciated.Mr.Manny, the possessor of a fine baritone voice of great power and pleasing quality, charmed all with his rendition of d\u2019Hardelot\u2019s \u201cAvec Toi,\u201d and Schuman\u2019s \u201cTwo Grenadiers.\u201d The work of Mr.Gould was most acceptable.He is a violinist well known to Montreal audiences, and he made a name for himself in the towns in which the Club performed, Smith\u2019s Falls.The Club was extremely fortunate in that its Musical Director, Mr.Horace O.Reyner, was able to so arrange it that he could go with the boys.Mr.Reyner\u2019s work for Montreal musical circles is too well known to need mention here.especially at McGILL STUDENTS BRING THEIR YEAR'S an organization of considerable promise.- WORK TO A CLOSE\u2014Members of the McGill University Rifle Club, (Photograph by P.J.Gordon.) P vw -\u2014 ae == 2001 nn 2e ee ares 4 THE STANDARD, \u2014 x \u2014 -=\u2014# - = =e.MONTREAL, CANADA.TT \u2014\u2014 \u2014\u2014\u2014 \"| Nf weer = er mr Sms eae RE SRE SES SNS em eens ele A Few of the Latest Fashion Hints for Lady and Gentleman Readers of The Standard A LITTLE BIRD WHISPERS THAT\u2014A new idea from Paris is a moderately large hat of mixed box-plaited straw, trimmed with ribbons in the two colors employed.2 2% see THAT\u2014Plaited malines or \u2018\u2018malienette\u2019\u2019 hats are immensely becoming when flower-decked.XR Re wR THAT\u2014The high coiffure is again encouraged as lending itself better to the disposal of the ornaments for the hair now in vogue.BR ee X¥ THAT\u2014This will be an exceptional season for dainty short wraps of more or less frivolous expression.XR RB RE THAT Slippers and ties in the delicate shadings are worn more than ever before, and the idea of clinging entirely to black for every occasion is considered quite the thing.RE ee RP THAT \u2014Walking shoes with dull kid uppers and patent leather vamps, fastened with rather large buttons set well apart, are among the popular numbers of the high-cut shoe.Re Pere *æ THAT\u2014For rather dressy street wear the pumps or \u2018\u2018Venus ties\u2019 will continue their vogue of last season.X% RR Kr THAT\u2014A decidedly new feature of this season is to have the tiny bows that adorn many of the different models made of the same kid as the slipper itself.CES _ EMBROIDERED ALLOVER AND LACE\u2014This delicate little blouse, made of rose embroidered allover Swiss muslin, has a remarkably well-shaped yoke formed of multiple rows of German Valenciennes lace, The deep front point, separated by a vertical band of lace, is ruffled with a narrow edging, and parelleled on both sides by lace-interrupted tucks, flounced as is the centre band, and attached to the embroidered body by curved application of fancy lace braid.The full three-quarters length sleeves are tucked, ruffled, and embroidered to harmonize with the blouse, and are daintily finished with a ruffled cuff formed of Valenciennes lace insertions and edging.THE STANDARD\u2019S EXCLUSIVE PARISIAN FASHION SERVICE\u2014One of the latest 1906 creations.(Photo by Henri Manuel.) The summer Girls Waists.Tailored Waists Much in Vogue\u2014Laces and Embroideries More Favored Than Ever\u2014The Yoke a Prominent Feature\u2014Sleeves Both Long and Short.EW YORK, April 19.\u2014 Waists and waists, and yet more waists! It used to be only gowns and wraps engrossed our spring attention.But the separate waist came, saw, and conquered\u2014and, spite of all sort of predictions to the contrary, continues to hold a most impor- ~~ Decorators.es | wo Designers, Bell's Galleries Cabinet Makers.Upholsterers.2330=2338 St.Catherine Street.ls if due eu ons EIRE HU el Ril mw = =e id =: === ( = 1 = = = - À == a = 4 Pere PSE M EMA UE NAS = \u2014 ae , i = Ge pr = = = = - = mata F ei iF = 5 15566600\" au Nr 2 à = = D Xt NA A cn : = iB 3 Coll 3 PS | d Al == Rés \\ i = 2 = i ÿ 4 2 \" A = 2.\"> and furniture.furniture.Lowis XVI.Cabinet and Chair from Bell's Galleries.E UNDERTAKE the re-modelling, decorating and furnishing of one room, or the whole house, in any style from the most simple to the most elaborate, always keeping in harmony the key note of refined taste, colour and design.own workshop all kinds of high grade Cabinet Work, such as wainscotting, door trims, mantels We also keep a large staff of upholsterers who re-model and re-cover old We also keep a large staff of decorative artists, paperhangers and painters who execute work in any part of the Dominion the same as at our own doors.submit estimates and drawings for any work of this kind.We always carry a large stock of Fine TRugs and Carpets, Wall hangings, Curtains, Electric Light Firtuves, etc.SHOWROOMS-2336-2338 ST.CATHERINE STREET, MONTREAL We manufacture at our We will be pleased to tant place in the wardrobe of all classes.The lingerie feature is the keynote of this season\u2019s waist, as, indeed, it is of every detail of the season\u2019s fashions.Not that the waist must come under the term \u2018lingerie,\u2019 strictly speaking; it may simply be fashioned in imitation of those soft and fluffy handmade washable confections that rightfully deserve the name, and so we find the dainty summer waist of 1906, \u2018\u2018lingeried,\u201d\u201d \u201c\u2018tailored,\u201d\u2019 \u2018\u201cjumpered,\u2019\u2019 and \u2018\u2018golfed\u2019\u2019 into fascinating representations bearing each and severally any of the foregoing names.The strictly lingerie waist, although the youngest of the company, having aged but a couple of summers, and having, so to speak, been tried out, is discovered to be the one article of wearing apparel suitable for wear with any combination, any material, and anywhere.te ee REP The Outline Must be Soft and Drooping.You may fashion it of mull, lace, linen, batiste, Swiss\u2014no matter which, as long as the outline is soft and drooping ; the surface encrusted with a wealth of embroidery, hand-run tucks and lace entre deux, the seams whipped and hand-rolled, and the sleeves of elbow length and fluffy\u2014these be it known are the 1906 requirements of the lingerie blouse.Valenciennes lace, of the German variety, and the French Mechlins, in widths varying from a half-inch to even two-inch widths are circled around delicate clusters of hand-wrought flower embroideries, forming medallioned motifs upon the soft, sheer lawn or mull bodies.For the woman not particularly deft with the needle, there are shown exquisite machine-made embroideries, so cleverly imitative of the French or Japanese hand-work that none but an expert would note the difference; and these are being made up into blouses quite as effective and far less expensive than the strictly hand-made.RE ORR RR Can be Worked Into Medallion Shapes.These embroideries are shown in combination of English eyelet and solid work patterns so arranged that they may be easily separated for working into medallion shapes.They are used more than any other form of trimming, and will be seen upon many a delicate handmade waist framed with bits of lace, the lace ruffled or in Richelieu plaitings.A model that well indicates latest tendencies has a pointed lace yoke formed of four rows of inch- wide Valenciennes lace insertion separated through its centre by a single vertical band of the insertion reaching from collar to waistband; below the yoke this insertion is supplemented on each side by paralleled clusters of tucks and flutings of lace joined to the waist foundation of allover embroidered mull by a narrow curved application of white lace braid.It will be noted that the yoke is the simplest portion of this waist, the greater part of the trimming appearing on the body portion and sleeves.a ce od & * 2 ov Re R Ps Further Use of the Embroidery Insertions.a This fact is illustrated even more strongly upon the bloused portion of another waist made entirely of heavy allover embroidery introducing Irish lace medallions, attached to the round yoke of allover Valenciennes lace by rows of tiny vertical tucks.Another method of using embroidery insertions is to outline the curved motifs with slightly fulled ruffles of narrow lace, allowing the fulness to decrease as the strips approach either the neck or waist bands.The soft, bouffant effect of puffed sleeves is effectively increased by such ruffle applications.A new method of employing embroidered patterns consists in outlining them with white or colored rice braids, which mark the pattern with telling effect, especially if associated with other trimmings of baby Irish or Cluny lace.All lace waists continue in favor, and are shown in intricate combinations of net, Lierre, Cluny and point Venise lace medallions and insertions.A really sumptuous one with a foundation of white net showed this body material in spots only.The collar formed the nucleus for a series of radiating point Venise and Lierre lace medallions, these joined together with insertions of Cluny and baby Irish lace.The sleeves, reaching to the elbow, had pretty tops puffed and supported by inner lawn caps run with rods of featherbone.The wide bands above the bend of the elbow were formed of nine rows of ruffled Valenciennes lace with a double lace edged flounce of net to define the sleeve edge.These dressy waists are considered quite the correct accompaniment for the jaunty little demi- tailored street suits now being worn, and are especially appropri- GENTLEMEN, REMEMBER ! THAT Light pearl-gray gloves of unfinished kid are the correct thing for a dress glove.XX FR RR THAT \u2014The wing collar, as well as the straight round one, seems to be gaining favor.7 te XBR THAT\u2014The turned-down and fold collars will doubtless be the most generally favored this season, and are cooler and easier for the wearer.RAR Ve RX THAT\u2014The V-shaped opening in front of collars is being revived as the warmer days advance.XX RP XP THAT\u2014 Quarter sizes are quite an innovation in collars, and especially when the standing collar is worn.RP RX XB THAT\u2014Among the novelties is a fold collar, with a pear-shaped tab.Re RR RP THAT\u2014Stocks of pique and cheviot are seen more or less for country wear and golf.RP RR te THAT\u2014Cuffs are to be more and more attached to the shirts, instead of detached, as they have been.AN INNOVATION IN TAILORED WAISTS\u2014Long sleeved tailored linen waists still have their devotees, and will continue in popularity throughout the summer, the shorter sleeved waist not diminishing their apparent prestige.This new double-breasted model will appeal directly as one of the nattiest styles for the summer.The cavalier-shaped pointed cuff buttons with a large pearl button, the same as those making the front fastening.Under the clean-cut coat revers shows a tucked chemisette of lawn, with a simple lawn-banded collar, the whole effect being one of trim, well-tailored simplicity.AAA ate with the short-coated suits of elbow frills with ribbons to match, white, pale blue or hairline striped as is the custom among Southern English mohair and lightweight women.suitings.As almost all of these But these ribbon girdles and suits are made with short sleeves, frilly waists will not do for the the waist will have sleeves of cor- tailor-made girl.While in the responding length, although later, minority this year, she is still a when the coat is discarded, any factor, and has conceded quite a one of the long-sleeved blouses few of her primpets in that she showing handsome lace inserted |accepts her summer linens with cuffs will be found quite correct ; lingerie innovations.indeed, the shops are showing lit-| Her golf waist, made of pongee, tle partiality between the long and or linen, has a bit of embroidery the short sleeves, which is news upon its plaited Gibsonesque front, the too slender armed women will and the square Dutch neck accom- hail with joy.panying, minus any collar, has its te &æ wk edges buttonholed with cream-col- The Tailor-Made Girl i ored silk in very fetching simpli- Is Still a Factor.eity.The waist described has its These waists, fluffy and frivol- sleeve cut short at the elbow, while ous, demand harmonious girdles |a companion waist, made of white and accessories.Handsomely em- Shantung, carries a long sleeve, bossed or embroidered ribbons, reaching quite to wrist and finish- shirred or buckled, are exceeding- ed with a swagger little turnover ly smart and effective for this pur- cuff, buttoned with a red silk but- pose.In one very swell shop, a|ton.A round turned-down collar girdle of pink satin ribbon had its was held at the throat by a splash- long sash ends curved and appli- ing red silk tie, while a row of red qued with five rows of narrow ruf- silk-covered buttons like those fled ribbon.Doubtless the girl used on the cuffs fastened the tail- who selects that dainty sash girdle ored front-band.will see the value of knotting her JEANETTE.NE oR ec @léanliness -_\u2014\u2014\" => \u2014 ap =v = \u2014 -_\u2014- -\u2014\u2014 -__- ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT VOL.II.No.16.Che Standn MONTREAL, CANADA.-\u2014 Sm w= - e ~~ - SECTION NUMBER TWO 171 ST.JAMES STREET.Quebec, Famous Citadel City, Makes Strong Bid for Canadian Atlantic Terminus MEMORIAL TO QUEBEC'S FOUNDER\u2014The handsome monument to Samuel de Champlain, on the Dufferin Terrace near Chateau Frontenac.UEBEC\u2014NEW C.P.R.ATLANTIC TERMIN- AL\u2014In the grandeur of its site and surroundings, in the strength of its fortifications, in the extent and romance of its history, and in the hospitality and kindness of its citizens, Quebec, which will soon welcome the C.P.R.SS.Empress of Britain to its port, stands unique among the cities of North America; and no visitor from Europe or from the United States can be said to have seen Canada\u2014or, indeed, this continent\u2014who has not seen this old capital of New France.It is truly said that the sail up the St.Lawrence to Quebec is alone worth a voyage to Canada to experience.Six times have the walls of Quebec been assailed by armies, and without its gates fell military heroes of three different nations.Every acre of ground about the Ancient Capital teems with history.It was there that the intrepid French voyageur, Jacques Cartier, the discoverer of Canada, landed in 1534\u2014over 370 years ago \u2014and visited the Indian Chief Donnacona, who, from his village of Stadacona, standing where now Quebec is situated, received the first white man with a friendly welcome.On his second voyage in 1535, Cartier moored his vessels in the mouth of the St.Charles, near ~ ee where the Dorchester Bridge now stands, and built huts on the bank in which to spend the winter.Being unacquainted with the climate, he passed a miserable winter, and in the spring repaid Donnacona\u2019s hospitality by earrying him off as a captive to France.History tells us how the Chief died from grief at his detention, and of the distrust of the whites occasioned among his followers by his capture.3 2,3.Le BP al, RR ov Champlain Real Founder of Quebec.The real founder of Quebec, however, was Samuel de Champlain, a man of great courage and high moral quality.Associated with him was a young wife, whose name has been handed down as one of the heroines of Canada.It was a happy augury that the first white lady who set foot in Canada should be one of such winsome manner and pure character, and those who read her story will learn with pleasure that her name is still commemorated in St.Helen\u2019s Island, opposite Montreal\u2014an island which was recently handed over by the Canadian Government to the City Council of Montreal for conversion into a public park.It was on this island that the French made their last stand against the victorious British during the war C.P.R.Will at This Point End Voyage of Their Big New Empress Liners-\u2014Ancient Capital Looks Forward to a New Era of Growth and Prosperity.of conquest which resulted in the cession by France to England of Canada.St.Helen, as Champlain's wife is known to-day, visited the wigwams of the Indians at Stadacona, and attended to their spiritual as well as to their temporal wants, until the simple savages came to regard her as a superior being descended upon them from another world.Years after the death of her brave husband, she, having re- ding of Canada.Ilence the early establishment of those numerous religious institutions which are a striking feature of the Quebec of the present day.In 1629, twenty-one years after Champlain had founded Quebec, Sir David Kirke appeared up the river with his fleet, compelled its surrender, and Champlain and his followers were taken to England as prisoners.The city was restored to France by the Treaty of St.ing to a mortar at his feet.\u2018\u2018Tell your master,\u2019 he said to the representative of Sir William Phipps, who had delivered to him the latter\u2019s demand of surrender, \u2018\u2018that if I surrender, it will be only at the mouth of the cannon.\u201d RR RR RR Notre Dame Des Victoires.In 1711 a combined land and sea expedition was sent against Que- THE CATHEDRAL CENTRE OF THE OLDEST EPISCOPAL SEE IN THE NEW WORLD\u2014Interior of the Roman Catholic Basilica at Quebec, showing its strikingly quaint arrangement.The edifice contains a number of fine paintings, among which is a St.Paul by Carlo Maratti, and a figure of Christ by Vandyck.From the roof of the nave is hung the red hat of the late Cardinal Taschereau.light from the windows in the clerestory has somewhat faded it.work, the understructure being covered with beaten gold.turned to France, founded a convent of Ursuline nuns at Meaux, where she died.BR ee BR Religious Conquest Of Canada.Champlain had been sent out by a company of noblemen of France to open up trade with the Indians, but no less to open up a new field for the Christian religion; and it may be said that the religious idea was the main one in the foun- Germain, and Champlain was returned as Governor of the colony.Again, in 1690, when the proud Frontenac ruled, an English fleet under Sir William Phipps appeared before the city and summoned it to surrender, but Frontenac answered with defiance, and the fleet retired.In one of the niches in the facade of the Parliament Building, Quebec, this incident is commemorated in a statue of Frontenac\u2014 the work of Hebert, a Canadian sculptor.Frontenac is represented standing with index finger point- N\\A THE DUFFERIN TERRACE, QUEBEC\u2014This splendid promenade,\u2014named in honor of the late Marquis of Dufferin, Governor-General of Canada (1874- 1879),\u2014is 1,420 feet long, and extends from the Citadel to a point a little to the east of the Chateau Frontenac.about 275 feet above the river, It is built on the edge of the cliff, rR r\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 = It was once a brilliant cardinal red, but the strong The altar canopy is a magnificent piece of -~ bec by the British, but it failed, the fleet being almost destroyed by a storm, with the loss of 800.It was in commemoration of these two deliverances, which the inhabitants regarded as providential, that the little church in Lower Town, then building, was called Notre Dame des Victoires.Again in 1759, an English fleet and army sailed up the St.Lawrence against the city, and the subsequent capture of the wonderful stronghold by that fleet and army was the most important event in that long struggle which left the British masters of the North American continent.How Wolfe, arriving from Louisbourg in July, landed and attacked Montcalm at Beauport east of the city ; how Montcalm bravely withstood the assault, and drove him back to his ships with great slaughter; how, after two months of manoeuvring and preparation, the British floated up past the city at night on the crest of the inflow- ing tide, and, having learned the countersign from two deserters from the French Army, effected a landing at a place now known as Wolfe\u2019s Cove; how the troops silently scaled the precipitous height, and by morning were drawn up on the Plains of Abraham to the number of 8,000; how Montcalm, disdaining to seek shelter behind his impregnable defences, marched out to meet Wolfe in the open field, and how both Generals fell upon the battle plain, the one dying where he fell, the other passing away a few hours later within the confines of the city which he had given his life to defend; are outlines in a story that makes the most glorious page in the history of the cities of this Continent.A more courageous General than Wolfe never won a battle; a more brave and chivalrous General than Montcalm never suffered the adverse tide of war.It was an admirable impulse that led the descendants of both parties to this combat on thePlains of Abraham to erect in later years a single monument to both Generals.This monument stands in the Gov- CHURCH OF NOTRE DAME DES VICTOIRES, QUEBEC\u2014This church was thus named to commemorate deliverances from British expeditions sent against Quebec in 1690 and 1711, ernor\u2019s Garden, and bears on one side the name \u2018\u201cWolfe\u2019\u2019 and on the other \u2018\u201cMontcalm.\u2019\u2019 The face of the pedestal bears an inserip- tion in Latin, the translation of which is: \u2018\u201cValor gave a united death, History, a united fame ; Posterity, a united monument.\u201d XR ee ee Montgomery\u2019s Ill- Fated Expedition.Only once since this period has Quebec been the scene of war, and that was in 1775, when the United States Generals Montgomery and Arnold laid siege to it.The Unis- tatians gained the heights by Wolfe\u2019s Cove, and advanced by St.Roch into St.Charles and Sault- au-Matelot streets, where they were attacked and dislodged, Montgomery being killed while scaling the precipice in front of the Citadel, and Arnold being wounded.Since this memorable attempt to capture Quebec, and with it the British domain of Canada for the Republic of the United States, the dogs of war, in so far as the Citadel City is concerned, have been muzzled and chained ; the cannons on the ramparts of the fortress have been silent, save for the oe- casional salutes in honor of arriving and departing guests and of royal and national feast-days; and the citizens have been allowed to follow the more congenial and blessed paths of peace and industry.X¥ xR *% Quebec Rich in Romance.But it is.not alone in war that Quebec has a history full of inter- est\u2014the history of the Indians in their connection with the French population, of the fur traders, of the pioneers, of missionary work, and of the settlers,\u2014all have their romances centring in and around Quebec.As may be expected, the numerous religious and other institutions of Quebec are rich in historic associations, and many of them are the .oldest of their kind on the continent.The French Cathedral, the Seminary and Chapel, Laval University, the Ursuline Convent, the Anglican Cathedral, are a few of the older buildings in the eity.The fortifications of Quebec, are among the sights which most interest the tourists.The works were planned in 1720 by M.de Lery, the outlines being much the same as those which exist to-day.They were repaired on the accession of English power in 1759, and again, in 1775, to resist the siege of Montgomery\u2019s troops.Important additions have been made since, the citadel being erected in 1823.From this time until Confederation a regular infantry regiment, besides artillery and engineers, was always quartered there, but the citadel is now occupied by a small body of troops belonging to the permanent forces of Canada.XR XR XR Far-Famed Dufferin Terrace.The Citadel stands on a promontory 350 feet above the river, the face of the promontory being an almost perpendicular wall of - rock.The fortress itself is provided with a complete system of barracks, storehouses, magazines, ete.Some of the old gates built in the early days of Quebec have been taken down, and new structures have been erected,\u2014thus, many precious landmarks have been removed by the exigencies of industrial development.The Dufferin Terrace, which is illustrated on this page, is one of the features of modern Quebec, as the French Basilica and the Church of Notre Dame des Vie- toires are features of Ancient Quebec.It is one of the most delightful promenades in the world, and extends, with the additions made in recent years, from the Cove Fields at the west of the citadel to a point a little to the east of the Chateau Frontenac.SCENES IN QUEBEC\u2014A busy morning in the Champlain Market, Quebec.(Photograph by W.O.Hammond.) Co rere.dar 2 0 de \u2014\u2014\u2014 wv 0 00e mm te \u2014\u2014 er Lg A TE THE STANDARD, -\u2014- \u2014\u2014 \u2014~\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 - -\u2014\u2014 \u2014 _\u2014\u2014\u2014 \u2014\u2014 \u2014 mee = MONTREAL, CANADA.Social Festivities in Montreal Again in Full Swing; Flashlights of Recent Gatherings > Ga MILITARY BALL AT MONTREAL\u2014The hosts and guests at a recent dance in the quarters of the 3rd Field Battery, enjoyable in the long series of similar events held under the auspices of the non-commissioned officers of this corps.So EE 38, i on s$ BE à prs 2.2 8 EH CBT ww vp WE 4e de SORELY STRICKEN IN RECENT GREAT FRENCH MINING DISAS- TER\u2014This old couple had twenty-seven sons and grandsons, of whom the only one remaining is the man in the picture, and he has one arm only.(Copyright \u201cIllustrations Bureau,\u201d London and New York.) GERMAN ENPEROR A TIRELESS WORKER T qualities of the German Kaiser are familiar to the world, his strenuousness and his disposition to meddle in affairs which do not concern him.The second quality has been illustrated in the Morocco affair, and the first is well considered in a book which has recently appeared in Berlin.This book, \u201cDeutschlands Kais- erpaar,\u201d by Hermann Muller, describes at length the Kaiser's business-like life, the author saying: \u201cOne may state without exaggeration that there is hardly a person in the entire German Empire whose whole life is so filled with work, whose every hour is so precious, as we find to be the case with the Kaiser, Indeed, the Emperor may be said to work constantly\u2014even when he is on his vacations he does not Pest, and several secretaries are in constant attendance on his cruises.To form a just idea of what the Emperor accomplishes, however, we must consider one of his ordinary work days.\u201cAt six o'clock in the morning the Emperor is about and has donned his Prussian General\u2019s uniform\u2014a working coat such as is known by the ordinary mortal is not used by the Emperor, for the \u2018Hohenzollern have no smoking jackets.\u201d The Kaiser then takes his first breakfast in the salon of the Empress, and, in spite of the early hour, with his wife.This is almost the only hour the royal couple have together, and in former days, when the children were all at home, the quiet of the morning meal was little ones bounding into the room to give their interrupted by the parents their morning kiss.Now.how- THE RECENT GREAT FRENCH MINING DISASTER\u2014This boy, Vil- cot Joseph, saved the lives of thirteen men.At the time of the accident he alone knew the way to a distant shaft, and at considerable peril, succeeded in bringing the miners to a place of safety.\u2014 (Copyright \u201cIllustrations Bureau,\u201d London and New York.) ever, the time is spent alone with the ! Empress.At eight o'clock the Kaiser his finished his breakfast, and begins his regular day\u2019s work, but this day\u2019s work is not to be performed except by the most careful economy of every | Therefore, it is necessary to order when carriages shall be in waiting, when an extra train shall go to Berlin or elsewhere, at what time the audiences shall take place, and even the order to be observed presentations.minute.in military at.te qe ae a aby te = Many Petitions of a Quaint Character are Received.\u201cThis, however, is the least of the day\u2019s work\u2014in a single day there are no less than three to four hundred letters sent the Emperor in addition to the documents relating to the army, navy, and civil matters.The petitions for help alone would require an ordinary man\u2019s time.Here a young man requests aid for his education, an inventor wishes assistance for an invention that he has spent his whole life in developing, a mother asks for old clothes for her son, a little girls asks the \u2018dear Kaiser\u2019 and \u2018aunt Kaiserin\u2019 for a doll and so on.The great majority of the petitions are carefully considered and investigated by the Emperor, and in many instances he exceeds by his generosity the original request.HR X% ee The Empress Appears ere Work has Progresed Far.\u201cThe work has not progressed far, however, when the door of the study opens, and the Empress appears.The ruler lays his pen aside, and a few minutes later he enters a carriage with his wife,which takes them to the Thier- garten or some other distant spot.Here in the quiet of the trees the royal couple walk for a half-hour or so, and in these hours of intimate communion with his wife, the Emperor draws his strength and buoyancy for the whole day.But the period of recreation does not last long, and at ten o\u2019clock the Emperor is back at his desk, and is ready to begin the series of audiences and conferences.The Marshal of the Court now appears with the programme of the royal household, containing a list of festivities, journeys, and so forth, which must be carefully gone over.After this come the chiefs of the military, naval, and civil cabinets; in the military cabinet alone 90,000 orders have been issued in the last ten years, while in the civil cabinet every year 7,000 documents are passed upon and signed by the Emperor.XR BR XR Officials Come and Go In a Steady Stream.\u201cTo the military, and naval officials succeed the ministers and secretaries of state.civil, Momentous are the decisions which must be made here, and an immense amount of work is required in preparation for these deci- ST.GEORGE\u2019S LODGE, 440, A.F.& A.M.\u2014Officers, members and friends at a recent At Home held in Victoria Hall, Westmount.(From a flashlight photograph by Ihodes & Boon.) Ct i TR at which were present about sixty couples.The hop was one of the most (From a flasalight photograph by Rhodes & Boon.) THE C.A.A.U.FENCING CHAMPIONSHIPS OF CANADA\u2014The team that represented the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association at Toronto.CITIZEN RIFLEMEN.Lord Roberts, addressing a large meeting of the Lads\u2019 Drill Association, recently, in London, said: \u201cIt is my firm conviction that without some system of compulsory training among the youth of the country we can never get a body of men competent to defend the country from the attacks of a foreign invader.sions.Here are new bills for the Reichstag and the Abgeordenetenhaus, each of which is gone through with the utmost care by the Emperor, whose itself in the fact that he only puts his name to a document when he is absolutely sure of the subject from every side.Thus it frequently happens that ministers appear in the audience chamber with a dozen and a half or two dozen measures, but leave the chamber with only three or four.conscientiousness shows \u201cI know something myself of the anxiety of a commander who has to take partly-trained troops into the field.I sincerely hope that some arrangement can be made by which the auxiliary The Kaiser is not sure of the rest, and we may be sure that he does not sign them until he is sure of them.After this mountain of work follow the audiences, and the persons who await the Emperor are countless, those with stars and those without, military and civil officials, generals, artists, poets, engineers.In many cases the petitioners doubtless fear that they will be dismissed with a few words, but in the great majority forces of the country can be trained to proper efficiency, so that in case of need commanders could look forward to receiving troops upon whom they could rely.\u201cThe compulsory training of men after the age of twenty-one years is no part of my idea, but if boys and youths received that training up to that age, scholars, i .oT écailles Eu a i PE Lie Ai, ae i i! .3 a id al THE FOREMOST BRITISH GENERAL AND THE LEADING BRITISH WAR CORRESPONDENT\u2014Lord Roberts and Mr.Bennet Burleigh on their way to attend a meeting of the Lads\u2019 Drill Association in London, an organization in which both are greatly interested.Lord Roberts is on the right of the picture.(Copyright \u201cIllustrations Bureau,\u201d London and New York.) A of instances the applicant is received courteously, and the Emperor considers thoroughly whatever request may be made.\u201cBy this time midday has come\u2014it is one o'clock.At a quarter after one the Emperor takes lunch in company with the Empress and with many other persons employed in the palace offices.As soon as lunch is over, the Kaiser prepares for a walk, although this walk or drive is not one of recreation by any means.At this time visits are made to different artists, expositions must be inspected, congresses opened or closed, calls made upon ambassadors, monuments and statues unveiled, so that it is a good six o'clock before the Emperor returns home.On many days, however, the time of the walk must be cut short, and on these days the lamp in the work-room burns when the noise of the city has been hushed, and the shades of deepest night fill the broad square before the palace in which the royal laborer sits at his work.\u201d then we should have a great citizen army of efficient men.\u201cThe feeling in the country has completely changed regarding national defence within the past thirty years.\u201d lb \"> ADDITION BY TYPEWRITER.A German genius has perfected a typewriter which performs the duties of an accountant through an ingenious arrangement of wheels.By the use of this machine a bill may be made out borious addition being required to arrive at the total, a set of indicators at one side shows exactly the sum of the columns of figures.The adding device is not new, but the means whereby the figures are registered is ingenious, a _-r Some people get a good education with as much result as some people get a fine collection of bait without catching any fish.This pleasant and invigorating Wine Tonic is being prescribed by the leading physicians throughout the country to patients suffering from loss of appetite and general debility.A wine glass full before each meal will soon restore you to vigorous health.FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.ESTABLISHED 1856.If you wish an up-to date Vegetable or Flower Garden the coming season you must have Simmers\u2019 Seed Catalogue For 1906.Because it contains the most complete list of Vegetables and Flowers, together with many striking novelties.Simmers\u2019 Field, Vegetable and Flower Seeds have for over fifty years been staple with the best farmers, market gardeners and critical private planters.When you buy Seeds you naturally expect them to germinate.This is an absolute necessity, but the most important point is the quality of the vegetable or flower produced.Simmers\u2019 quality Seeds cover this, because we buy from acknowledged specialists, and we spare no expense in procuring the best Seeds for germination and productiveness.It tells you about it in our Seed Catalogue for 1906, which is mailed FREE for the asking.Write at once.J.A.SIMMERS, SEEDS TORONTO, ONT.PLANTS BULBS UREAKER STRIP-._ Tire Success of the Auto Show PURE GUN Wi.Xa 8 CUSHION ; 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Mrs.E.M.Liddell, 1st vice- president; Mrs.E.M.Renouf, 2nd vice- president; Miss Barnard, recording se- \\cretary; Mrs.George Chillas, corres- A LAURENTIAN SANATORIUM\u2014Patients at \u201cBrehmer Rest\u201d enjoying the winter mountain air on the verandah of the Home at Ste.Agathe.ponding secretary; Mrs.C.W.Lindsay, treasurer.The Committee is composed of Mrs.S.8.Boxer, Mrs.A.C.Clark, Mrs.Lachlan Gibb, Mrs.Jas.Walker, Mrs.(Judge) Doherty, Mrs.G.A.Mann, Mrs.I.H.Waycott, Miss Ellen Kinloch, and Miss Clark.Dr.A.J.Richer, physician- in-charge.PW.<= FREAKS OF MEMORY.Writing of diseases of the memory, a Russian doctor gives an interesting account of some of the eccentricities of his patients.In the case of a literary man some time previous to his seeking advice, he had been troubled with an absolute failure of memory.When attacked by the disease, he was engaged in writing a novel, which he had half finished.He remembered the first half, but could not tell how he had intended to finish it.In another case the patient tells of his travels, but repeats the tales a dozen times an hour with the same phrases.He would play a game of cards carefully and well; 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the forests being composed of grey THE CLOSE OF THE LUMBERING SEASON\u2014Scene in the woods as the trees are felled and sawn into logs.work is both difficult and dangerous.and black spruce, tamarac, bal- sam-fir, cypress, and cedar.These figures apply to the forests comprised within the actual limits of the province.The additional territory, which forms an area of 116,531 miles, three-fourths of which are in forest.The explorations of the Geological Survey in the region of the lake and river Abittibi have shown that there are workable pine and spruce in that district; and, as this region of the Abittibi is pretty extensive, it will offer to the lumber trade a vast field of operations.ll == DICKENS LANDMARKS ARE DISAPPEARING ONDON is so great, so bound- i less, that the fact of it is constantly undergoing a change.That the changes are, in the majority of cases, for the better, there 1s no doubt, but when the hand of the \u2018\u2018improver\u2019\u2019 falls, it strikes heavily, and there is hardly an improvement of some sort or other which does not rob London of a landmark of importance.And so it is with the London which Charles Dickens loved so well.But really there is very little of Dickens\u2019 London left to us nowadays.The great illusion\u2014threatened times without number\u2014is there, however, and we are wont to fondly gaze at it and fancy that Little Nell really did live there at the Old Curiosity Shop off Linecoln\u2019s- in-fields ; but there is not one shred of evidence to prove that that was the home of that sweet child and her grandfather.The house is doomed, and when it has passed away, one of the great delusions of Charles Dickens\u2019 London will have passed away too, and if we are not the poorer for it in that respect, we shall certainly mourn its loss as a vanished bit of Old London.Lant street\u2014or at least that part of it where Dickens lived as a boy, and where Bob Sawyer held his memorable party, has gone; so has the Marshalsea prison of Little Dorrit fame, but a tablet is still there to record the fact.St.George\u2019s church, where Little Dor- rit slept on the night of her \u2018\u2018party,\u201d\u201d and where she was afterward married, still stands.London bridge steps, figuring in \u2018\u2018Oliver Twist\u2019 \u2014although altered by the recent widening\u2014are still there.The \u2018\u2018curious little nooks in a great place like London\u2019\u2019\u2014the Inns of Court\u2014are mostly still with us.It is true that Furnival\u2019s Inn has disappeared altogether, and a great loss to Dickens\u2019 London it is; for here the young novelist had chambers, and here \u201cPickwick\u2019\u2019 was written.Yet for all that, the remark of Mr.Pickwick that the Inns of Court were \u2018\u201ceurious,\u2019\u2019 and it was here \u2018\u2018up two pairs of steep and dirty stairs\u2019\u2019 that Mr.Perker, the little attorney, lived.Gray\u2019s Inn has not mueh changed since then in outward appearance, but, being somewhat distant now from the centre of legal London, it is not so favored by lawyers as it was when the pages of \u2018Pickwick\u2019 were written.Almost opposite, and \u2018\u2018behind the most ancient part of Holborn, London, where certain gabled This houses, some centuries of age, still stand looking upon the public way, as if disconsolately looking for Old Bourne that has long run dry, is a little nook composed of two irregular quadrangles called \u2018\u201cStaple Inn.\u201d These inns are the only real parts of Dickens\u2019 London left us.Those that are still preserved are almost intact.Staple Inn is no exception.Dickens must have had a great fondness for the Inns of Court, for almost without exceptions we find mention of them.more or less, in every one of his books.Gray\u2019s Inn finds a place in his first novel; Staple Inn in his last.Passing from the outer quadrangle, passing the tree and the birds, we reach the inner quadrangle, where, in the left-hand corner, we find the set of chambers \u2018\u2018presenting in black and white over its ugly portals\u2019 the mysterious in- seription : P J T 1747 which \u2018\u2018might mean Perhaps John Thomas or, Perhaps Joe Tyler.\u201d Here Mr.Grewgious lived.There 1s a mournful memory attaching itself to this house in Staple Inn.It was the last of many London houses immortalized by Charles Dickens.It is the only such house now remaining.Adjacent to Staple Inn is Barnard\u2019s Inn, which Pip described as \u2018\u2018the dingiest collection of shabby buildings ever squeezed together in a rank corner as a club for tomcats.\u2019 In those days \u2018\u2018Barnard was * * ¥*¥ 3 disembodied spirit or a fiction,\u201d\u2019 and even now it is very much the same.There is not much of Barnard left; he is incorporated with a school, and his \u2018\u2018inn\u2019\u2019 is no more.ats RE, RR There is still another \u2018\u201cinn\u2019\u2019 left off Holborn\u2014Thavies Inn, from which Mrs.Jellyby addressed long epistles to the world on the subject of Borriaboola-Gha, leaving her children in general to themselves, and little Peepy in particular, to get his head fixed between the area railings.Tha- vies Inn is still \u2018\u2018a narrow street of high houses like an oblong cistern to hold the fog,\u201d\u201d and there are area railings galore for the little Peepys of to-day to come to grief upon.The \u2018\u2018Golden Cross\u2019\u2019 at Charing Cross has undergone many changes since May 13, 1827, when Mr.Pickwick and his friends started on their memorable journey; the low archway through which the coach passed calling forth the warning of Mr.Jingle, \u201cHeads, heads; take care of your heads,\u201d has been put to more modern uses.Hungerford Stairs have gone, and the blacking factory too.Not far off is the abbey where Charles Dickens sleeps his last sleep in the companionship of Britain\u2019s immortal dead.mil GREATEST OF ALL CRIMES.All the other crimes are virtues beside poverty; all the other dishonors are chivalry itself by comparison.Poverty blights whole cities ; spreads horrible pestilences; strikes at the souls of all those who come within sight, sound, or smell of it.What you call crime is nothing.A murder here and a theft there, a blow now and a curse then.What do they matter?They are only the acei- dents and illnesses of life.There are not fifty genuine professional criminals in London.But there are millions of poor people, abject people, dirty people, ill-fed, ill- clothed people.They poison us THE CLOSE OF THE LUMBERING SEASON\u2014Working the logs downwards to the ice of the river, where they lie until the latter melts and allows the logs to be floated to the mills.morally and physically; they kill the happiness of society; they force us to do away with our own liberties, and to organize unnatural cruglties, for fear they should rise against us and drag us down into their abyss.Only fools fear crime; we all fear poverty.Pah! You talk of your half-saved ruffian in West Ham.You accuse THE CLOSE OF THE LUMBERING SEASON\u2014A typical stable in a lumber camp.As a rule, they are warmer than many similar buildings in populated centres.me of dragging his soul back to perdition.Well, bring him to me here, and I will drag his soul back again to salvation for you.Not by words and dreams, but by 38s.à week, a sound house in a handsome street, and a permanent job.In three weeks he will have a fancy waistcoat; in three months a tall hat and a chapel sitting; before the end of the year he will shake hands with a duchess at a Primrose League meeting, and join the Conservative Party.It is cheap work converting starving men, with a Bible in one hand and a slice of bread-and-butter in the other \u2014G.Bernard Shaw.« 4 DVENTURES OF TWO ROYAL MOTORISTS.\u2014That Royal motorists have at least their share of the adventures of the road is proved by several stories, some of them very amusing, which have appeared recently in different papers of continental Europe.Not long ago, according to the Tribuna, the King of Italy was motoring, when his car broke down close to a small village about twenty miles from Rome.Among the curious crowd that collected around the disabled car were two English tourists, who thought themselves quite safe in making personal comments in their native tongue.\u2018Pretty woman,\u2019\u2019 said one of them, referring to Queen Elena.\u2018\u2018That\u2019s more than can be said of the man,\u201d answered his companion.\u2018\u2018Did you ever see so small a man in so big a car?By the way, I wonder if he can supply me with a little brandy?My flask is empty.\u2019 .\u2018I shall be most happy to oblige you,\u2019\u2019 said the motorist, in execel- lent English, as he handed a flask to him.\u2018And if I can be of any further service, pray command me.My kingdom is at your service, and (with a smile) it is not quite so small as its ruler.\u2019\u201d\u2019 What the feelings of the tourists were when they discovered that the \u201c\u2018\u201clittle man\u2019\u2019 was none other than the King of Italy had better be left to the imagination.Another story told by the Mes- saggiero is even more amusing.King Victor was driving his car one day at considerable speed, when, on turning a corner in the road, he narrowly escaped colliding with a car coming in the opposite direction.The owner of the car, an American, was not unnaturally indignant, and asked the King (of whose identity he was quite ignorant, be it said), \u2018What do you mean by scorching like that?You ought to be hanged and quartered!\u2019 \u2018\u201cWhat, in front of my own palace ?\u2019\u2019 good-humoured- ly retorted His Majesty.\u201c\u2018I don\u2019t care a button where it is,\u201d\u2019 continued the irate American, \u2018\u201c\u2018so long as it is done.Such men as you are a public nuisance.\u201d Some days later the gentleman from Massachusetts presented himself for an audience at the Quirinal.The doors were flung open and, to his dismay, he found himself face to face with the unknown scorcher.\u201cI can tell you,\u201d he said, afterwards, \u2018\u2018I felt as cheap as twopence ; but all the King did was to hold out his hand with a smile, as he said, \u2018Are all Americans as peppery as you, Mr.27°?On another occasion, when motoring in Tuscany, King Victor saw an old woman lying by the roadside.Stopping the car, he discovered that she had been knocked down by a eyeclist, who had ridden away without waiting to see what damage he had done.After administering a restorative to the old lady, His Majesty plae- ed her in the car by his side, and started in hot pursuit of the rascally cyclist, whom he had the pleasure of overhauling and giving into custody at Prato, after which he deposited the woman at her home with a few gold coins in her pocket and the memory of a Royal Good Samaritan which she will proudly cherish to her last day.King Alfonso of Spain has had motor adventures sufficient to fill a volume, but there is only space for one of them.Towards the close of last winter, El Pais informs us, His Majesty was returning from a day\u2019s hunting among the mountains north of Madrid, when night fell.In the darkness he missed his way, and ultimately found himself landed in a quagmire, into which the wheels sank up to the axles.Here was a \u2018\u2018pretty state of things,\u201d\u201d for Madrid was at least ten miles distant, and His Majesty was stranded on a bitterly cold night in an unknown district where there was no sign of human life.characteristic philosophy the King set to work to light a fire, while his companions sallied forth in different directions in search of assistance.Two hours passed before help was forthcoming in the form of some peasants with a number of oxen, who discovered His Majesty placidly smoking a cigarette by the fire in the intervals of whistling an operatic air.Before long the oxen had extricated the embedded car, and just before midnight the King arrived at the palace, where the utmost anxiety and consternation prevailed, covered with mud from head to foot, and full of amusement at his misadventure.3 fae ZN NY ok ov] aa 8 SS RGR A T TS al : 4 BS HP dd THE CLOSE OF THE LUMBERING SEASON\u2014A sleigh of logs being conveyed from the woods to the river, which they are dumped and floated to the mills./ into However, with - "]