i re Fan, Sate, gia sient year, by , ca Hi year, to United rer. 8180 and three months pro rata. Attached is one. of the best: printing offices 4 Canada. ny Job 'ATIVE a 8 Sali A ite urch St New York of? ..... 335 Fifth Ave. ho i... te Tuner nk R. Northrup, Mr i A CATALOGUE HABIT. .Our cartoonist in to-day's issue of the Whig illustrates a very common failing. It is the eagerness with whieh some people, about this time Of the year, consult the literature of the mail order department: houses. They seek ideas respecting house decorations and spring fashions. The catalogue habit is the worst. It gets on to one's nerves and he surely cannot shake it. =~ He forgets for the time being that the depart- mental stores have their own artists and printers and advertisement writ. ers, and it is the duty of all these to make everything look the best in printed announcements, The community builder has told in his experience about the way he des ceived himself and the way his wife allowed hersetfto be allured into un- wise inveltments. . He has told how the children were humiliated by having to wear the tllngs that have been imposed upon ; them through the catalogue habit. Tilustrating is a powerful -attrac- tion to the mall order houses. They make great use of it, and it literally carries some people away. Not ex- actly as the cartoonist put it, but lit- erally so and to their great chagrin. When the catalogue can draw peo- ple after it, the evidence is applied that it has - hypnotized them, and there is no telling what they will do. It is a safe practice to cut the cata. logue as much as possible, As an annual visitor it is harmless. As a regular caller it takes possession of the house and the result is costly. ts mn Why should hundreds of thous- ands of dollars be spent or squan- dered in immigration when during the war, and for a long time after it closes, there will be no immigration. Yet the government refuses to econ- omize/by cutting in half its appropri- ationiand so save about $300,000. i ------ CHINESE REPUBLIC, Yuan Shih-kat has abandoned his ambitions to become an emperor with an Indefinite reigh fn China. He profited by the revolt against the Maunochus, and when the people sigw- ly veered towards republicanism, as the form of government: which seem- ed to meet their needs, he became the first president. This was in 1913, He came into office timidly, as though forced to assume a great responsibil- ity, 'and having been duly installed, 'and with considerable pomp and cere- mony, made a serious pledge. It was that he would act with one ob- ject before him, namely, to give the republic the very best government possible. . He had hardly taken Jp his official duties than he treated with great se- verity certain of his former friends: Sots of them were driven into oxile. Ong of these was his forerunner, Sun _ Yat Ben. . Hardly a year passed un: til there was ,talk of reviving the] chy. republi Yaan, Rr r---- ned a political system for wil Was prepared to offer his Jifg; and he seems to have Permitted 'agitation to go along whicl had for its object the crowning of him as the emperor. The Couricil of State, re his influence dominated, and NL at roala be done which © did_not meet with approval, de- _cided'to tablish the throne with apparent that Yaan' touch with public -| moll of the year has not strengthen- the province of Yus- ot should put an end 40 this iB voiaa op; wertul 'was copying its form of government. Yuan Shib-kal at first deferred his 'coronation. . Later he abandoned it because there was not-a unanimous demand in its favor. = The truth seems to be that Japan was opposed to the monarchy on the ground that an emperor was stronger than a : does not want any- will make it a a Ey hile the ; ot me Chinese republi Braataent, the end of his administration, and the tar- ed him with the masses. He has, however, fio visible opponent in the next election, and may be returncd to power. ------ Mr. McLean, M. P., thinks that what Canada wants is not-more judg- es, of the kind it has, but younger men and men who can do more work. He is against making the bench or the wool sack resting places for many of the worn-out members of the le- gal profession. ~ THE PATRONAGE EVIL. Sir George Foster was surely lab: oring under great mental pressure, when, in the Commons, some time agd he denounced the patronage sys- tem, saying that he did not know of ong case tat had been helped by its use, that in ninety-nine cases out of one hundred 'any laxity in public virtue or any corruption is due to the baleful effects of party patron- age." He spoke feelingly "aad knowingly after an experience in public life of thirty-four years. Phat he only spoke for himself has been shown by what followed. Minister after minister intimated that there could not be any abolition of the patronage evil because this evil did not exist, while the records of the house and committees reeked with scandals! " Only the postmast- er-general, under the severe fire of opposition, admitted that his pbre- decessor in office had contributed to the unparalleled deficits of the Post Office Department by giving away unduly to the patronage evil. So far as he could he gaid he would re- trench and economize, and in this way atone to some extent for the bad work of his predecessor. Sooner or later the country will rebel against the most sordid kind of party patronage that has ever been recorded. The seamy side. of political life hag never been more clearly displayed than in Toronto where the Conservative party bas quarrelled over "the question of "pap," where war associations have been riven by disputing factions, and where, as a result, the government has been denounced for its wrong doing. "It does not matter," said, one, at a public meeting this week, "how black is a man's character; so long as he is an influential member of the party he wets what he wants." "The whole party in wrong," said another; "you talk of the graft ih the west, but yet you need not go outside of Ontario for graft. What about the "shell committee?" A third one, whic essayed to defend a | McGarry appointment, was called a sDY, and generally the meeting was against the government. It finish- ed with a large number of those who were in attendance joining the new organization, which is anti-gov- ernment and anti-machine in 'its pro- fessions. Sir Geonge Foster is right. The patronage evil is the bane of all po- Htical parties, and eventually nvust 80. Mr. Hearst and Sir Robert Bord- en must realize this in view of what has.been happening in the last few months, Another war is on. This time ft is between the moving picture or- ganizations. As a result the favor- ites before the cameras are in great demand. Mary Pickford is free to accept a new contract, and has been offered $500,000 a year, it is said. Or is this only an advertisement for Mary? ~ {AN APPEAL T0 LAURIER. H. C. Hocken, the editor of the range Sentinel, writes an open let- ter to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and the 'bingling will have to vito his co-operation. He pr ., to dictate to the Ontanio Sovseament whose wobbling on the sdbject bas been responsible for much of the school difficulty. The federal gov- ernment has to repent of its folly during the last general election 1a Quebec before the recruiting can he | Eyidently the liberal lider may 28% fo. 40 What he can to eal {he breaches: between the races in Can- ada, but he can make no headway so tion show. mo appreciation ef t mistakes and make no effort to rect them. Recruiting has hurt in Quebec by the party. Their's is a legitimate reward of the Nationalist campaign which they conducted in 1911, and of which there hag been on repentance. The school muddle in some of Dr. Pyne's handiwork and he has not yet ex- pressed any sorrow over his errors. ------ EDITORIAL NOTES. The war appropriation for the Present year will 'be $250,000,000. How much of this will go in graft? Fancy Dr. Pugsley, Mr. Pardee, and Mr. Graham, talking back in French to Mr. Boulay upon the bilin- gual question. The Anglo-phobes will have to see that this does not occur again, China, in its changing plans of government, is not making itself strong as a world's power. Japan, on the other hand, now rules on the Pacific Ocean and is determined that no other power shall contest its su- premacy. F Where is Sun Yat San, the 'Chin- ese rebel who conspired to end the Manchurian dynasty and had \to fly for his life"when the president of the republic took office? An exile from his country and driven from it by the man who helped him into power. The prospect is that the civie tax- es in 1916 will be very high. They will be higher than at any time in the history of the city--probably twenty-eight mills on the dollar. "War taxes," some one says. Yes, they are surely that, : -------------- The Mexicans are true to their tra- ditions. They will quarrel among themselves and keep the country in a turmoil. But as 'soon as they are attacked they unite against the com- mon enemy. .. They resent toe the attempt of fhe Unitéd States to ext ploit their 'riches in land and' miners als, About 4,000,000 less acres will be planted in grain this year than last in Saskatchewan. Why? The farm- ers have been discouraged over their failure to get their products, in some districts at least, to the market and the elevators. They have suffered in consequence and to the extent of millions of dollars, helped. The people who sow 0 the, . Wind must expect to reap the whirl-| long ag those who created the fric- § te Atte] The Prince's Goat. The soldiers hiv "mascots, but it looks as if the French at Verdun have the crown prince's goat. i ------ War is Expensive. Hami} Herald.) Hudson Maxim, the inventor, cal- culates that in this wat it costs $15, 000 to kill a man, e wars of the ancients were more economical. | Why Rates Are High. T to Mail.) Two. thousand. merchant vessels of more thn 4,000,000 tons are off the a | 868s a8 a consequence of the war.| There is some excuse for increase in freight rates. . . : 3 Great Selfishness. Prince: Arthur Chronicle.) A Brockville woman has been ars). rested for having three husbands. When so many men are out of the country, this is a peculiarly gross case of selfishness. 5 -------------------- Not For Boarding. (Ottawa Free Press) I" Why should anybody but the jani- tor be given living apartments in the new Parliament buildings? It's a legislative structure, not a boarding house that Canada needs. ------ Why? . Why? Toronto Glabe.) Why are tens of thousands of well- trained Canadian soldiers keen to get to the front held on this side of the Atlantic at a time when the de- mand for recruits in Great Britain is more urgent than ever? Mee -------- "No Substitute For Blood. (New York Sun.) . German chemists may have found substitutes for food, for manganese, for rubber and other necessities, but the waning force of the drive against Verdun indicates that they have not yet discovered a substitute for blood. er ------------ Doesn't Like War, (Montreal Star.) Francis Nelson, former member of the British House, has resigned and come to live in America. He says he "doesn't like war." Does he think the men who have fought and died to protect him during the past year and a half did it because they liked it? ----------ii Canada's Limited Ottawa Journal. Sir Sam Hughes, our Minister ot war, is reported in a cable des) rely from England as saying that volun- tecring in Canada going on at :he Fate of a thousand per day, and that more could be had, but that until Spring there is no place 0 accom- modate them. Other cable despatches the same day tell of Lord Derby telling a dele- | gation that Britain must have every fighting man out, rried or unmar- ried, and must have them How: and the London Riniks dgclares that dan- ger exists to the, Ej rq from Jack of men to keep the British armies ap to needed stremgcn.® "© I& other words, Britain is strain- ing herself to the 1 man; while Canada although sHe has plenty Jjof men, is not troubling to get tiem under arms because she hasn't ac- Commodation or room at present to train them. > + Well--we would" have thought that Canada, ite the size of " Accommodation. Europe," could -mdn: the necessary accommodation if terrible. effort were made. THE BISCUIT. The biscuit is a small, irritable food product composed of flour, salt, milk and luck. A great many wo- nen use the right proportions of flour, salt and milk, but try to get along without any luck, thus intro- ducing into a once happy home se- veral varieties of valve-lifting indi- gestion. . There are two kinds of biscuits-- éweet and sour, The sweet biscuit is one which is made by an old-fash< ioned cook who has spent years at the trade and never took a domestic science lesson in her life. One of the sweetest sights in life is that of an expert wife and mothér making baking powder biscuits by slapping the ingredients together with the careless grace of a cement-mixer, and then have them come out with a .golden-brown complexion and as light on their feet as a ballet dancer. The wife who can do this seven days hand running, without ruining a single batch, should be more highly prized by her husband than an en- dowment policy which is about 'to fall due with a loud cackle. Sour biscuits are the kind which are usually fed to young husbands, RANDOM REELS "Ot Shoes und Ships, and Sealing, Wax, of Gabbages and Kings» causing the. stomach to revolt in tones of passionate entreaty. In making these biscuits the young and fearless housewife follows a set of blueprints furnished by the high- school teacher of domestic science. A complete set of fools is always used, consisting of a yardstick, spirit thermometer, graduated glass, blue- flame retort and crucible, making the pantry look like a volcanic disturb- #hce in a laboratory. The compound is then baked by rote in a measuring oven, and served in the form of dum. dum bullets. Four or five of these bullets, applied internally, will eon- vert a neat and tasty bridegroom into a gloomy misanthrope inside of twenty minutes. The 'biscuit is not ag. deadly in its effects as the doughnut, but it should not be drank to excess. It is always | best to test the biscuit by seeing if | it will hold up a strong man, stand- 'ing on one oat, and if it emerges triumphant frém the test it should then be fed to the live stock. Thou- sands of salsoda biscuits are fed every year to the family cow, as a stimulant, and this no doubt ac- COWSts for the murderous instincts of that household pet, * Conservative press is giving it the ps a widest circulation. Mr. Hocke! recognizes the influence of: the one man in all Canada who can, he thinks, by reason of his experience, his standing in Quebec and his mat- Tonality, restore peace botween the provinces of Quebec and Ontario on the billngdal question. ; The appeal is quite Pathetic, Something must be done to end the racial antagonism which is growide up between the two provinces, an antagonism which mdy lead to seri- |] ous and unfortunate results. The leadership of the French race in Ri i keep the pot we feel, with a forts, we'll land week's work Saturday night. Canada 1s being usurped by 'Mr. Bourassa, and that will not do. Re- cruiting is being retarded in conse- quence of the bilingual trouble. Sir |) Wiifrid, in' Mr. Hocken's opinion, || of his ul their various crimes, but by the ex- ho SATURDAY NIGHT. The days of the week bring labor and care, to out number demanding our living is surely a fright; but let us can care when the while, don't let them refer to the x Jos let them exhibit spri 0 dee ing we wearily hump; and often pang of despai®, that, spite of our ef- at the dump. There are things with- mon, the high cost of done, say "Shoo!" to our troubles, ony If heighbors come over to gossip a wolf at the door; samples of bile, or sprin- on the floor. « Just tell most other times, to listen ish delight, to jump on the peace is your por- Unhappy the man who must Ringworm: ~ Scalp Sores D. D:D. i fi pring Sits We offer our trade the best garments the world's most skil ful tailors can produce. 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