Come Early > FOR FIRST CHOICE OF COM. ING SEASON'S NEWEST SUIT. INGS, NOW ON WAND BEST VALUE IN CITY, Ashby the Tailor 78 Brock St, 'Phone 1513 AX ADDHESS GIVRY iY PICT. ROBERTSON {On Tait Subject at the Roard | Trade Banquet in Grant Hall Wednesday Evening: of on Wednesday evening, Dr. James W, too miudh, the byes oh Pahian men nid the people generally exclusively upon some local rampie. 1hé vocational Da oi ra the people to be eoh- \ ne DR. DeVAN'S FRENCH PILLS | Khiaung | Pill for Worhien. $5 & box of threo for Slo, aid, &4 all Drug *tores, of mailed to sony addres on peeeip of rice. Tir copies. Devo NOL Onario rr nl PHOSPHO OL FOR MEN, iors o ~Vim sna Vitality: for NOL nd Med; inéreascs 'grey matier' uo Tonic will bulid yon up. $3 & box ap two for $. At drug storen, or hy WAL an receipt of price. Tes Scopril Deva Co, St. Catharioes, Ontario FRESH Eggs Ara a luxury. Why? Beecansé the hens won't lay. Why? Be- cause they need Poultry Pan- acea to make them. 25 Cents a Doz. would be a goad price if all the hens were doing their duty. Make them earn their keep. A big package of Hess Poultry Panacea costs but 35 cents. Mix a little with their feed and get real fresh eggs. BEST'S true that bifocal fiaster were troublesome, and We Grisa the Lenses. 8 Doers Above the Opera House Changeable Weather, But Prices Sel The Goods The BEST UNDERWEAR ---- AT ent Price TICES Tarnbull's, "Penman's, Tiger Brand, nearly all sizes left. | Overcoats getting less évery day. Best Coats in Canada at 1-4 off. Any Hat ir the store. $1.50 Only 2 days left of sale. fributing carficks, ood citizens, Had the world's greatest movement at the! present (ime. All the foremost nh tions feel the ardor of its Ewoep In the [reshriess and eo 'of ita vouth, Canada turns readily tb ques ment. Canadibns feel thai they dre coming into their own. Yet their at- tention and imaginaiion ate cRprivat- od By wealth in things mofe than their henrtz are stirred the posers sion of power with kno and d- sire fo use it wisely. With all the finn attributes which belong to youth, tho country has many of. it% handicaps and dangers. Hence the urgenty {or educational (rainiig which #ill be adequate not only for material pro gress, but for the | enjoymbne of its achisvements, and for the vaal ad- vancement of intellectual, social and spiritual interests and outlaok. What There is to Develop | The chief ohicet of development (n | rather: omniBils blanket work) is to secure the host use of things for tha present and to leave them in the hest | én condition for the future, to' attain the heat characters in the peoplp and pro vide the best quality of le and on portunities for their successors. The query may be asked, "Whit has FRstern Ontario tos develon ©" Only a few impgriAnt things can be enn- merated ons ANY one octasion. In what may be called material resources it. his farms, mines, forasta, marfatas tures, commerce and transportation: and with,and above the material and immaterial it has the making of homes and the earrying on of housekeeping. The development of labor for the carrying on and earrying out of un- dertakings in connection with the na- tural resources is the most important duty and at the presefit time pressing. upon the people for * discharge. It presses upon the people as individuals and communitiés and in their capacity ras an organized provincial govern- ment What is required is that the indi- vidual worker shall possess intélli- gence, practical ability and co-operat- ing good will. These are not inherit ed, they are acquired by education and technical training they always have béen so acquired sifice. the he- ginnings of civilization. In recent yveara changed and changing condi: tions have reaguiréd new. means afd the use of new instrumentalities. In modern literature these means have been galled {'woeational training." Examples of Recent Progress i At the Board of Trade banquet, oo. hertgon, of Ottawn, &poks ns follows 348 worthy members of the rade, is really t F tions of material growth and hd op- | hh Ary BRI IAN VOCATIONAL TRAINING (7-00 54 Is whnt as they I Sunn provisions in the way of secondary {dustrial and technical cdueation for thoss who can &btinue at school from 12 to 16. Fourth--Uontinuatioh clidses to be attended while young people are fol- = h lowing gomme occupation to earn their wing, Fith--¥votkng classes for workmen nd workw. ma le toehiied schools to women can come back for periods of from #i% 'months'to two yelirs after shay have "Hen working for some In addition th thie 'the wilhessis presented ihe olnims of the rural pop {wiation and fishing population - for schools specially adapted to (heir noedd. All werd agreed upon (he neces- dity. for Ahd certdin of the henefit . from classes and schools jor Houee- {keeping occtipations, Many witnéstes recommended the éstablishment of cor. respondende Study classes by 'eeniral istititions in Canada. Fducation for Occupations In regent years. considerable addit- ions have beeh made to ible, dit education hy the introduction of man- ual training, domestic science and na- ture stildy with school gardens. These are fo cultural purposes, have refer- ence to the ocbupations oi the pupils and aro eartiéd 'on with advantage to their progress in other studies. The benefits. claimed for pre-voeational elnased in other countries age as fol- lows : 'They sustain the interest of tha pupils in' school work, they discover to pupils, teachers and parenis the {bents, tastes and spitades of the scholars and they, develope a prefer- for following some skilled em-! They make children desire further education after they hdve be gui to partly earn their living. They do\ not hinder = progress ih other sub jects of édheation. lixamples of pfe-voeational schools in othér couliiries vere mentioned. Within the last seven or c¢ight years the movement hus taken on a ven wide dweep im 'Ehglaad. Childgen from 11 to 12 who. are to leave school . at i' ployynent. ing what fis called an industrial bias, housekeeping Mias," ete, At thesa schools from one-third to one-half of the time is devoted to manual con- constructive work jor the learning of a trade immediately after the children' leave school. What Countries Are Doing In England, Scotland. Ireland. the United States. France and Germany such classes or schools have made re- markabie progress within the last ten years. In Stotland the growth has n from 162 schools with 3,281 pu- pils to 1,945 schools with an attend- ance of 43.287 pupils. Its growth has been over twelve fold in ten years. In Furopéan countries these schools or clusses do not displace general edu- eation. The classes themaelves jee called 'supplementary courses." Tha is the term also used in France where boys of twelve give about filteen hoes a. week to general subjects and twenty hours to manual and constructive sub- | jects. . Girla: in France enter these Vocational 'education is the oldest form of eduction and it is still thei highest. form of education. It may be, professional as for clérgymen, lawyers, ! doctors, civil pngineers, ete., or &t may be agricultural; industrial, marine, commercial, or for housekeeping occu: pations. The consideration of a policy invol- vés the examination of a plan or means whecoby development can bol immediately carried forward along de-| sirable lines. In a general sense the word education includes vocational training, but in the more specific menn | ing of the term modifications and ex- tegsions. Hitherto the so ealled edu: ! cationpl Tddder had only -oné place fot | its top and that, where only a. sam. | paatmly small number of 'men of, required in the public interest. Hove. after the top ol the ladder will be in every kind of institution wherd a man or woman js needed for efficient ecei- vice .in agricultural work, in industri- al work, commercial work, or house keeping work. The institutions this development © are ~ elementary schools, seoondary schools, and the! higher institutions duch as colleges | apd universities. In the process oil to be affected hy | development all that is good shall he | vinees accepted the responsibility conserved, only what is should be added and provisions mude for all the people and all the occupa; tions. Ucoupations have wulways play-, ed a large part in the drama of civil: ization.. 7lhat refers to the occupn-! tion of plain people as well as the' training occupations of great person Alii, In [litérattive the.groat names | 8- recorded with a statement also of the occupatfon which was part of tho experience "of preparation for greut, and enduring social sevice, When one thinks of Abraliam, Moses and David, one ig reminded the farmer and keeper of sheep 'and how the race has - been somfofied and bevefited by the words of the poem, "The Lord is My Shepherd. * Shikespénte was an a by oceupation .hefore he was u Burns was a ploughrhan before ow ~ came the voce of the soul of a na! tion, Our whole civilization moves un- der the inlluence of the fishermen - | Galilee, the tent-muker of Tarsus, and above all the Carpenter of re when propeily trained for his one of the first effects obaeevatile that the workman understands it, has ability to do it well, and therctare is sure of Shain. | ing rv oh ood returns. e fin- ~ i A wt such developments oo. in the character: of the man, on his. managing ability, and on the dpirit and methods of co-operating with his fellows and others in the community. "The Judgment of Canada The Royal Commission on Industrial Training and Technical Education vis- ited 10 places in Pagedn, 5 sessions to receive testimony and made transcripts of the evédence of 1,- hi Some of thos Chage n- oping, 'The needs of Yikes his hh : schools at about twelve years of age and give one-half of the school time to general subjects and the other hali to fo work in some form of voca- tional work. After the hand work for boys was introduced into the schools! of Munich; of the 3,200 boys who leit school the first year therpafter, no less than 2,150 went at once into hand work in dkilled employments. Such clagses have so much increased | the interest of boys and girls in their own cofiiinued education that in the city of Halifax, 'England, more than sixty per cent. of all the boys and girls who lefl school at fourteen vol untarily came hack for continuation classes in the evenings. In smallor places the attendance at these con- tinudiion Voce, ational ¢ lasse PR is ag miueh as five per cent. of the total pepula- | tion of the town. ¢ Dominion Grants in Aid The cost of carrying on such newer branches of education as expeirimen- tal science; manual training, domestic science, nature. study, and pre-vaca- | tional work with. tobls -and materials | is rolatively high. These subjectsiare not in fight or contemplated at the time | of confederation, whén the pro oi necessary [prov iding and maintaining education. In view of these facts of the public benefit which would result from such studies and of the indispens whi pra- paration which they would vive for technical instruction, t i com- miggion recomménds that a fund | lof at least $350,000 be provided by . the dominion government and paid to the soveral provinces pro rath on the Badia of the pdpilation. i That amount is separate from and in_addition to the sum of $3,000,000 which the commission recomments should be provided Py. the dominion parlidment to al%sist' the provinces in providing: induuteinl training. and tical education jor the vouths af Disheartening \ It is mot only the Iehing and stinging of piles that is to be dreads led, but also the depressing dnd de- I bilitating effect on the whole system. The victim of piles cannot do Alitient work. Tiere {s an uneasiness and {th discomfort by day, and at aight the distress from itching prevents sldep and rest, and undermines the gen- eral health, From aimost the first tion of Dr. Chase's Ointment you get relief from the ammoying itchitig and burning, and' gradually the ulcers are healed up and the disease thor- oughly cured. Do not make the mis- fake of discontinning treatment soon as relief is . obtained. applica- but it depends on you to persistently until a cure is tea. Even the most severe cages of 10m, ion of Canada sanding yield to th withing, h being influence of Nitnuases may 13 or 14 go to schools or classes Hav- | ffect of Piles; as Dr. {nical Education 13 order to be of the ase's Ointment is a iat iy oft to t the teen. og ite. enquiries a Toi! pug t to learn all that would he itseful to ¢ without expact- . Ia or Te Countries; intimate disoussions" with the ta of edn- [¥ no ro Eh : sl the commidsion endeavored bic, ite ine in the recotim (egy as FRET nto vel t Polioy for homhii These prov at some | o intimated that ' hy 'inférestéd in the {yo of _ commission could obtain a 'copy. of the report for themselves on application to the minister of {alor at Ottawa, to wham the report had been presented by the sion... -- Example From Ireland While the intrease of attendance at continuation classes in Scotland has been sixty-threée per cent. in eight years, the development of vocational education for industrial workers has been still more notable in Ireland. In 1899 there worse only ! about 2,- 000 pupils in industrial continuation achools, chisy in the north of Ire- land by! 1910 there ware 65,909 pu- pils enrolled under the schemes of the technical instruction hranch. Be. gids these there were many thous- ands attenkhing ClasSes under the inti ribrant instructors of the axtieahur al branch. : The amount of government funds davbted to this work in 1909-10 whe $1,201,000, in addition to the sum of $182.000 raised by loeal rates. 'Fands from imperial sources pay practically seventy-five ver vent. © the cost of maintenfince. De in Farming As an example of what is practic- able under Ontario conditions jor the improvement of agriculture, Dr. Ro- bertson cited some. specific cases from the illustration farms carried on under the Committee on Landa of the Uoni- mission on Conservation. These illus- tration" farifs were chosen by groups of farmers themselves. The illusira- tion farmer is the one of themselves who has agreed to carry on his farm work for his' personal advantage and for the improvement of the farming of the neighborhood. He receives about six visits per year from counsellors employed by ths Commission of Con- servation. The members of the Neigh- borhood Improvement Association of | the locality also go over his farm twice a year and discuss with him the methods of . growing erops and the! 'management of the business. From Wiaterlob cdotinty, as the result of after-harvest cultivation carried out as advised, (he illustration farmer reported a yield of fifteen bushels of ofits Per dere mote than the yield on the other part of the sam# field man. aged in way. He reported an increas of "they tone of sligar beets per acre, 'wolth $16. Other illusita. tion firiners tefl intrendes of oats of from eight 45 ten hushels per acro. One farnicr in Ea¥tern Ontario réport- ed that his crop of roots jor stock feeding phirposes wak' two-thirds great of on the part of the fold managed ori Hhs to the "wiggestions of (le | Commission of Conservation than on the remainder. of the field. In brief, taking the illustration farms in the) province of Ontario, the reports show that the isrmers themselves, on the preas which they managed aocording to the recommendations of the com: mission; obtnindd an average of about $10 por acre of profits above what they were making by the old methods | =¥10 per acre ol inerease in profits not in rosa revenue, 1 ! Provisions Recommended The report recommends special provi- 'sions for industrial training and tech nical education under three main head- ings--*For those who are to &ontinue at school. in urban communities'; "for those wha have gone to work. in uch an communities, a and * 'for rural com- mutities." : Soma of the provisions al- ready eid in thé day and evening technical classes at different places throughout the provides. The pro 'posal ja that such ad these are to be | enlarged and extended to meet all the {ndedd of all the occupations. In all the provinces there is evidence | of progreks.. The provincial govern- | ments are .not only responding to the | | derhands made on them as far as their revenues permit, but 'they are leading, ! esicontaging and ghiding the loc: al | communities. Where most progress has been made in general education, there the advancemént of vocational education is the most wanted. . The needs are chiefly three--Money,. spe- cifit information, and enlightened pull lic opinion. Hitherto: support. has tome from local rates, county' grants, and prov incial grants. The Reval Commission recommends thai bereaf- ter these should he supplemented by a substantial . apnual, grant from the dominion {reasiry for the specilic pur- pose of the devil, pment of the people of Canada through' industrial training and industial Rican, The ons of those who appeared before thd commission were unanimous as to tho need of financial asdistahoe ifi -somtié idrin from the Dom eriment. The form in he atest was not fon between pole a A the provinces mi he yg ay wpb tHE least int a Foe ae 5 the provi ; ed for by the BFitish Nofth America act. diet pel which the or miskion: stated a9 goverming their recommendations were' av follows a Tyas Phiaciples | ch it sould but the an outline of a that wt THQuaRTIAT 1 Tretitin greatest ben to in- dustrigl devEiopmiént, to 1oealities, to he severdl and ho | commid / |The veteran 'Mason; It | velirs ago the deceased was horn at th "birth Mr.. "moved iffiol gov- | commission is the nio reimg # the opfuion, 2s itnre, wo Lion, ularly hotaek eep- fess and organized edycai- "n 1.4 , It should provide ~oducationat!: , bpportunities for those WHO have | 1500s jo. work and also for thode who en to return and devote thelr' a hi a tomo m hBRihs or Tiare, ad ta & coursé Bf cour- id of Toren and trainings 5. It should take provision to en- sure, as far as practicable, Squality oh Shhartumity for all preparing for nee RSing ov agriculture and hones; oteupaticns And for Wotkers| HY uel decupations @. §t shoid he earrid out in cor- 'dial eo ration: with existing sys items of education, and in anch a wav al the getanags of the use} of sbin, 1} BES, Sat pment apd thar ehing En go far aH th sé may sultatite gnd dvsifahle As Applied to Ontario. Under. the policy recommended be the commission there would be two dofiinion development funds for tech. nical instruction and training, one of $450,000 a year to promote pre:vocs- tional training by means of experi- mental ecdenes, manual training, draw- ing, dothestic science and nature study and the other, of $3,000,000 anual to supplement local efforts in provid ing vocational educdtion for {hose Who are past public school age. The people of Ontario could draw from these funds to the extent of over x million' dollars annually, he- sides receiving from Dominion author- ities thes co-operation and advisory help of highly trained and experienced volth=dlley in starting new kinds of schools, as for example, for textile workers, andidn the development of new industries. In Ontaiio thers ara 39 towns and cities, each with a population of over 3,000, Thess coitain a total popila- tion of 953,806. It is estimated that within seven years there would ba in these places about 30,000 pupils in the schools for the vocational train- ing of thosé over fourteen years oi age I'hesey "towns and cities could draw irom the dominion déveloprmient funds to. $380,000 & year. The following hst indicates in round figured what each city and town in eustern Ontario might receive to as sist in the maintaining suitable class es. | Pop. 87,062 18,874 9,876 Up to Ottawa $34, 800 annu 'ly Kingston ... 7,500 Belleville ...... I'rockville . Cornwall Smith's Falls 6,730 Pembroke ..... 5,626 : ih conclusion Dr. Robertson said: The carrying out of the policy would mean not only the development of manufacturing industries, of com- mertdé of ndtional resources, but the development of indviduals, of com- munities, of provinces and of the whole dominion. The fruits would He found in the circumstances and homes of the people and ih the resi- dum of intetMgence, practical ability and good will. From the wise use of (ever widening opportunities and «rowing prosperity there would come greater pawer and deeper satisfact- ms, Canada would have entered upan the path which shinéth more and more unto the perfect day. CENTENARIAN HONORED > jg I'rancis McManus, Probably Oldest Mason in Canada "Chaired." * Brockville, Jan. 29.--On attaining lijs 100th Birthday, Francis Mec- fanus, who resides at Maitland, a small village east of Brockville, was waited upon by a delegdtion of St. James' 'Masonic Lodge and presented with a handsome chair. Mr. MeManus was the first candi- die inftidted (the lodge in 1854. In (those days Maitland was a historic Magonic centre. Craftsmen jourtiey- oil thither from all parts of the Unjt- ed States and Eastern Canada to re- ceive high degrées. after reaching the century mark, retains all his facilities, umimpaired and is. strong and "healthy physically. = He relates many interesting stories of early days 'along the St. Lawrence, and of am- using Maszonie experiences with old- imers OLDEST OLDTIMER Was Born Where City of Winnipeg Now Is. Edmonton, Jan. 29.--Alexander Me- Donald, the oldest old-timer in West- orn Canada; died in an Fdmonton hospital, and his body was shipped Wabaum for burial. Ninety-four 29 e place Where Winnipeg now stands, and was the son of the first white people who came west and located at the future Manitoba city. Since his McDonald has fémained in the west, and came to the Edmbvnton district about ten ;years ago. Three years ago he took up his residence at Wagaum, and lived thers ap to the time of taking ill, when he was re fo the hoapital in this city. The parents of the dead man were na- tives of Scotland, aud crossed thé At- 141i to Canada in one of the old- time ships. Opposed to Woran Suffa\ge Winnip Jan. 29. Straight from the shoulder Premier oN Rodmond Rokilin told a delegation women that hé js oo eiately 0) hf to wo- en the ne het that itic is igh i that in thirty years' political" expect he had never obtained know! of the fainteat shadow of corruption. On the other hand he said that in the Umit- led Sates eutranchised ih from the polls as from a pestilence, Sir Rodmoud's nt vas quite unequivocal. Woman's was the her. du i doy ment of the child character, and women shrank | Showers to-night. Friday Jorn' westerly 'winds * and becoming, muéh colder. : i § | | is proving a huge sue- cess and delighted the visited hundreds who our store yesterday. Tomorrow rare going fo offer Wo 5,000 yds. Embroideries. of and 99 ~~, Many widths Edging and! Insertion worth from 10e¢. to Sale price 3,000 yds. French Val. Laces' dnd Insertions; 1 regular 8, 10, 121-2, 15, 20 and 25¢. - All marked in plain figures 8. Sale price New York Underwear A large and beautiful showing -- at once- a-year saving prices. Inspection invited. STEACY"S "The Busiest Store in in Town" ale Of Dinner Setts For a few days only, 79 piece set, best English porece- Fain, with neat floral decorations. Just the thing for a small family. . + i $6.28 Also a very pretty sett of 97 Pisces, with gilt handles Don't miss these snaps. ROBERTSON'S, LIMITED CHINA AND GLASS. Our Tungsten Lamp Will Save You 66 23P.C. : House illumination our spec- ity. Tt is cheaper in the long run to have electricity in the house than eoal oil. Ask us for prices. H. W. NEWMAN Electric ¢ Coit "Our Shoes combine dressiness, "comfort and long ® : neatness and solidity, vet you can'wear them with the oa fort of an old shoe. Remember we carry boys' and ag shoes, wear like iron. Highelans repaiting ay