| TE Eu -- Jou Semi-Weekly by IG PUBLISHING Business Office Editorial Rooms Job Omice SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Dally Edition) Ome year, delivered in city . gus vote uy Bah J uhh Co fe 'SAT, ma 0 rural offices . One year, to United States (Bem -Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash ..,.. Ohe year, if not pald in advan One Year, to United States 1. Six and three months Pro rata. Attached is one of the best Job printing offices in Canada. ud REPRESENTATIVE Church St. ESENTATIVES 225 Fifth Ave. Manager. Tribune Bldg. Manager. ' IND OF THE CONFLICT. A Canadian, who is employed in a munition works in Scotland, having crossed the ocean some months ago in order to meet the demands in the Old Country for emergent labor, is very anxious to return. *[ expect to come back soon," he writes, "'the war will be over before long. Meanwhile I am working on the goods that will but a finishing touch to Kaiser Bill's career in Germany" A greater authority, Lord Derby, who is now Lloyd-George's assistant In the War Office, does not know when the war will be over and he does not presume to know. He says he dies not see the end. "But," he added. "I have always thought that the end will come suddenly. Yet if you wait to the énd of the war to prepare for demobilization you are Boing to have absolute chaos and ruin." Our Canadian recruiting must go on apace, and as many as possible of our Canadian soldiers must be push- ed to the front if they are to partici- pate in the proceedings that must go in advance of peace. In these days when wealthy people want in the home all that is pleasant to the eye and are willing to pay for it, house decorating is a business in itself, * The big stores in Toronto have their artists, and they have the entry everywhere '"'becausé they know." CABINET CHANGES FEW, Therg. are rumors of changes in the Federal Government, and changes that must amount to a re- construction. They have been sug- gested by the Conservative press, which more accurately than the mini- sters appear to read the signs of the times. Both the Government of Ontario and 2 most becoming, thin. But the vacancies--what of them? There Was an understanding that the mili- tary heroes, the men who have been in the war and been retired for physi- cal defects, would be accommodated with places in the public service. Sir Rider Haggard, in the north- west, has intimated that many of the returned soldiers will be located on the land, that to a large extent they will be given a preference in the choice or gift of station, and that they should become producers. He has reference, of course, to the physically fit, for these only can en- gage in the manual labor of the farm, and especially in the work of the pioneer. What about those who have been put out of the run in respect of their former trades and occupations? They should be the wards of the Govern- ment, and for these the commissions appointed by the Government should at once provide. Representative men have 'visited the industrial centres, the technical and other schools of France and England, and have gain- ed information of the Ereatest value, 5 --e Montreal Star, There will be general satisfaction over the announcement that the Gov- ernment at the next session of Par- lament will introduce legislation with the object of settling soldiers upon Canadian land. We should be able to profit by mistakes made when we attempted the same thing after the South African war. In ton many cases the only ones who made any money out of land grants to sol- diers at that time were Speculators. Nickel Must, Saturday Night The situation becomes the more sinister when we are told that the Nickel Trust is but a ramification of a vaster metal trust which has its headquarters in Frankfort, Germany. It is a fact that Canadian soldiers liave been killed with arms manu- v el. our own metal would to-day be en- British race. This is an intoler- or it will be the duty of the These commissions should put the knowledge they have gained to practical acoount. Among the in- valided. and later the pensioned of our army, will be many who will be who refuse to act. LIBERAL PRESS. Mr. Rowell's Position. Globe Mr. Rowell's strategic advantage able to do office work when they are trained for it. The commissions should see that the civil service is re served as far as possible for the men who can be qualified for it, and the Government should establish the schools, provide the equipment, and open the way to a livelihood and a greater uselulness for these men. The Government owes all this, and ore, to the retired Canadian sol- diers. EDITORIAL NOTES, Before the next election comes | around Sir Adam Back may be the leader of the - Conservative party. | With the Union of Municipalities be- hind him, he is the strongest man available. Hon. Mr. Hearst seems to | be preparing for his retirement. | Canada's losses from fire are en- ormous. They are to be reckoned by millions. The money they represent would pay the interest charges on the one hundred million war loan, and $2,200,00 on the principal. Sir Daniel Mann, who has been building railways in the west Yor 37] years, says he never say the crops look as well as they do now. Last year's crops are being moved out at] the rate of 500,000 bushels a day. | ---- | | The Allies are preparing for an ad- vance in the Balkans. The army which is there, an exceedingly large one, supported by the Serbians, is in| a position to help in rounding up the| enemy. The period of German expan- sion has passed, The era of German contraetion has surely set in. King Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, must now be sorry that he entered the ring with the Kaiser and as a repre- sentative of the Central Powers. He is being harasséd on all sides. The enemy is closing in upon him, and his name will presently be changed from Ferdinand the Fox to Ferdin- and (the Fool. | The talk of a nickel company be- ing able to account for every pound of are or metal which leaves its hands does not amount to much, Where is the nickel the Americans are exporting to Germany coming from? Can the Canadian sleuths an- swer this question? | misdeameanor enn ~~ Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." POPULAR MUSIC, Popular music is a kind which can be listened to and enjoyed without using anything but the ears. It has the advantage over all other varie- ties of music because it has a plain, rugged melody which towers above the accompaniment like a red silo on a Kansas farm. The production of popular music which can be played or sung on sight has become one of the greatest in dustries of this country Vast hordes of pre-occupied composers are engaged in turning out sentimental ballads on two themes--spoon and moon--and the supply has become so abundant that for ten cents you can purchase a masterpiece in waltz time, dealing with love "which has not had time to cool off. The introduction of a rag-time has given a tremend- ous impetus to the demand for sheet musie with a title-page showing a self-possessed chorus girl in a fetch- ing pose and pink peignoir. Rag- time is ordinary music with St. Vitus dance attachment, and is one of the jerkiest methods of expressing love and affection that ever taxed the vocal chords of thé singer and the nervous system of the critical lis- tener. No music can now be said factured in part from Canadian nick- | But for the British blockade | tering Germany to provide weapons | wherewith to slay the flower of the able situation which must be ended, ! people | to end the careers of the politicians | is that neither the Liberal party nor the Ontario electors expect him to "rather" compromise at any point with the l'quor = interests. They know he won't. ' And Conservatievs know he won't. Neither this year nor any coming year will he' be tempted to "rather" evade his re- sponsibility. as leader when a great question of citizenship and civil government is at stake. Let Mr. Hearst honor himself, honor the Conservative party, and honor his country by standing up like a man and "rather" do his duty as Prime Minister, A Crisis Is On. Hamilfon Times "The political machine has been running the country, the people be- ing generally regarded as automatic parts of the machine to be cranked at will. While the blame for the present condition rests with the country at large, the time has come when the people are beginning to revolt. They do not like autocracy, br premiers (some without back- | bones, some without honesty), or bribery and corruption in high places, all of whieh they have bad in | the last few years in nauseating quantities. If polticians refuse to read the signs they will have to taste defeat at thé polls. Defeat of such mistaken ideas' of government is good for the country." A Constantinople despatch claims | the Turks captured 6,000 Italian sol- | Qlers and twenty-four guns in an en- gagement in Tripoli. to be really popular unelss it is writ- ten in the hop, skip and jump style. with breathing places eighty rods apart, Next to the popular music is the most able commodity on earth. sands of perfectly good songs are written every year and sent forth on their glad mission C. D., only to pine away in th partment stores and die a guishing death in somebody's nace. The writer of a popular song is said to make a hit when he com- poses something which is able to stand on its feet at the end of thirty days The best form of popular music is the old-fashioned kind which mother used to hum when she was stirring up a batch of bread. Mother did not know how to sing rag-time, but she had a few good old sengs which were not written to make money and which had more music in them than a whole grand opera season. Mother was a little behind the times, though, for she seldom sang about meeting anybody im. thei;park or holding hands on the, river bank. Yet her lettuce, perish- Thou- early head kind of popular music will outlast] all the sickly drivel turned out by all the rag-time factories this side of 'Hoboken. ' ¥ Rippling LEAP "Oh, come ster whispered, . giddy girls, with pearly teeth only asset is their looks, Oh with me and be my beau. and books? getting on? Th Rhymes YEAR with me and be my beau," the spin- soft and low. "Why do you smile at and sunny curls, whose while I am learned, in life I can cook, and I can sew, so come What though in years I'm he foolishness of youth is gone; exper- ience has taught me much, with useful arts I am in touch, and I ca man might gladly rest; n make of home a nest, where weary and I can ornament, you bet, the parlor or the kitchenette, and 1 can wash and knead 'the dough, so come with me and be my beau. I play the harp mer tin, and I can talk of books and art; been considered smart; this gown, whic WALT MASON and be my beau." The invitation w and sane. He rounded up a girl to w there's very little I don't know! yas in vain, for no young man is safe and violin, I carve on wood and ham I've always *h is the smoothest thing in town; then come with me ed, who couldn't make a loaf of bread, | | | | with my own hands I made! . MILITARY TOGGERY Kingston's Cash and One Price Clothing Store $9.00. Special values, $5.5 "by Just Wright Sh Khaki Breech Well made, good ¢ style, $3.50, $4.50, $6.00. Military Rubber Lanyards. Kit Locks Khaki Wales Cord, Officers' Uniforms Khaki Drill. Special value Military Shoes Neck Guards Button Polish Officers' Uniforms ized. Special value $13.50. NN 0. Made oe Co. es ut, peg $5 and Boots mercer- "-- Bibbys Khaki Suspenders 25¢ and 50¢ Khaki Handkerchiefs 2 for 25¢ and 3 for 25c¢. Khaki Silk Handkerchiefs 35¢, 50¢, 75e¢. Officers Trench Caps $3.50 and $4.00. made. Foxe's Puttees Khaki Socks Officers' Khaki Shirts The best $1.25 and $1.50 Shirts in Canada. English J) Limited FOR HOT WEATHER i Or sew or cook or do a thing but look like flowers that bloom in spring. ne . v says ST I 4 Leg, A A AH AAA Pr. rap. Forces in Present -Drive Compared With Five Other Great Battles The forces employed in this great drive and the po- tential cost may be guessed at by what is known of five previous battles on the western front. The totals are necessarily an approximation only. Emphasis should be placed on the fact that in this fight the Allies-- for the DEMONSTRATION first time----exert the whole of their we ight at once. CRE oF Battle of Verdun, | Going About 4 Months, German. French, British. | Forces engaged . . 1,200,000 900,000 ] ! --- a Losses . . 400,000 250,000. Three Sizes First Batile of Ypres. : About Twenty Days. | Forces engaged. . | Losses . . i | No-mo-odo | Mum Ruvia Pompeian Night Cream Champagne and Artois, About Thirty-five Days. All the new Toilet . requisites. and the Governmeat of the Dominion - are subject to Some shake-up, and it| Paul H. Davis, has been urged for strong party rea-| August Photoplay sons, without result. The cause ig | that many of the cinema investments apparent, The premiers are not | have not been paying. Over-produe- masters of their respective admini- | tion in films has led to disaster in strations. | many directions. "This," says Mr. The retirement of Hon. Frank | Davis, "is a mighty good time to go ICochrane, the Minister of Railways, | Pussy-footing into investments in and on account of his ill-health, ig | movies." We'll make a note of this. an edrly contingency. But this one| ee change will not remove all the weak- nesses of government which the press | has so candidly criticized. | ee ! In Ontario the troubles of to-day|'°™8er rules at Queen's Park as it could have been avoided had the | id in former days. When Sir James lieutenant-governor called upon some | F1t the combinatien failed. Hanna senior member of the Whitney gov- {SUN acts, but says ndthing. He is ernment, when Sir James died, to| 20 longer the power behind the pre- select a cabinet, and, if he declined, |" *" Sir Adam has been pushed . 10 pass the honor on until some one| Ut Of the government. would have been free to select his| colleagues and become their MASLer, | Fo ttt ttt tt ttt KINCSTON EVENTS Jot their servant. 25 YEARS ACO Mr. Hearst may, on personal grounds, be the most likely man of The children of Chalmers church held a big picnic to-day at Long Is- them all for the office he holds, but he is not the choice of the lieutenant- land Park. Elliott Bros. are building a large governor. nor of the party, and he suffers in prestige in consequence. extension to their shop on Princess street, $e certainly is not free to strengthen Superintendent Howard Folger, of the administration as he has heen the Thousand Island Steamboat Com- advised to do. ------ At will be amazing if the Imperial 'pany, was presented with a valuable mastiff, Government permits any manipulat- ing of the soldier voters in the mili- tary camps of England The repre- sentations that will be made by re- presentatives of the Opposition wil have their effect. Electric Fans : Toasters : Irons Do not suffer with the heat when Electrical Appliances can be purchased and maintained at a small cost. Moore's Electric Sho 206 eee ne mma writing in Magazine, ( Binsin Street Regret has been expressed in one of the Conservatives papers that the Whitney-Beck-Hanna combination no Phone 815 | mreewwe wvww 1 te te At tas = ' > ye Clark's Specialties ALL THIS WEEK SPARHETTI (with Tomato Sauce and Cheese) PEANUT BUTTER TOMATO KETCHUP SOUPS Their BEANS are already so well khown they need no demonstrating. Jas. Redden & Co. (5 JUST A REMINDER that we fre &ood things / C. H. Pickering Grocer and Mest Dealer 490 und 492 Princess Street. 120,000 60,000 800,000 220,000 500,000 120,000 150,000 60,000 500,000 .220,000 320,000 120,000 We Nominate OUR COAL For Your Approval. Forces engaged . . Losses iia Battle of Marne, Ten Days. Forces engaged . Losses (perhaps) Second Battle of Ypres, About Fifteen Days. Effectives . . Losses . . 20,000 6,000 800,000 200,000 1,200,000 300,000 It is coal with a blameless re- cord -- the best coal to be had at any price. Once Our Coal is Elected to the office of heating your home, there wiil never be an- other candidate Cast Your Vote Today CRAWFORD Foor OF QUEEN STREET #4 700,000 i, 180,000 350,000 90,000 150,000 76,000 at Ve. headquarters for te eat and drink. British. 1,200,000 French. 600,000 'THE GOVERNMENTS ACT. -- United States Informs Mexico of Pur- pose to Recall Troops. EQUIPPED FOR SERVICE. Rollexice City, Jul os of Lae Linn There is a sca of gers, represen Ve of the Amer- hurt Olt. ad to rep] EER iO he Se ] meri- which have net been éxplained. It{can nary forces in Mexico may be that some of the, ivi] ger-| Would be gradually withdrawn from vants---and there is a perfect army|MeXican territory. exican com- them---have enlisted for active ro iren, designated 'to "184° proper, ' questions in : a. ng! This Summer's Drive Forces engaged .. 1,200,000 cLeod's From this brief and confessedly guesswork table the cost of winning or losing a great fight may he seen. © It is St highly probable that in almost every instance the losses ore have been understated. In this summer's fight the Brit- ish are at the top of their strength, and will for the first Brock Street lime be as well provided with big' atid little guns as their Phone 830, = reed adversaries. . 5.8 ; 4 i i --------