12 PAGES + PAGES 9-12 KINGSTON, 'ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1917 | YEAR 84. NO. 214 SECOND SECTION our honor, and whether we fail in] | Canadians. I know that there have ! | not been more important British bat-| doing our duty at the critical point. | tles than the defence at the Second] On it depends our course in regard | Ypres and tire offence at Vinty Ridge, ! to our sons at the front, whether we "in. both of which Canadians proved shall support them or whether we Ed oui The War Needs of Canada THE NEED FOR DROPPING PARTY POLITICS. By Benjamin Apthorp Gould. Erase The people of Canada have never, Canadian-minded, they may succeed held an election which approached in importance the one which is about to take place, The whole future of the nation and the place of Canada in history will depend upon its re-| ever sacrifice Tk | sult It l essary for! er a candidate is in his heart, as well | the salvation ional soul| as with his lips, ready to assist that | that 4h won by Canada shall remain in the war is) who 3 her he is ready to enforce legis-| of ( which shall make Canada ef-| until the end of the war. The necessity is that there shall be scription of men to maintain the | any other and next to this that there' ious or dangerous. hall be conscription of money and ably be a solid block in the next P 1 y Laey resources to take care of the men at front and their dependents, and render every aid in the war of the countr capable, Beware of those who give lip-s Vice to patriotism, but who in 2 pat-'are looking to winning the election in more than to winning the war. It is impos to accept as satisfactory to true Canadianism any candidate who states that he is in the war until the end, but on the voluntary sy tem, because hy saying this he states that he is not prepared to take all steps necessary to make effective | Canada's centinuation in the war In like manner, it is not possible to aceept as satisfactory any candidate who acknowledges allegiance to Sir | bec. | Wilfrid Laurier, because Sir Wilfrid | otherwise; this conclusion is a nec | has been unwilling to approve of | sary result of political conditions steps absolutely. nes essary to make | effective Canada's continuation in the! his principal strength. A war law is being enforced it must in electing a majority of Parliament. | obeyed. The one issue is of course whether | could take no other ground. Ca end whatever cost and at what-; > one test of wheth-| returned to power he will necessary affirmative steps to enfo the law, nor that will to repeal it. + His followers doubtless in the campaign seek slur over the conscription. issue assuming that since the become law it can at is absolutely me he of our na 3 election those determine thie wall shia and that evade are inada glory name th undimin- Canada shall of her na al duties in this war, I care not In the past these true ( adians have been Conservative or Liberal; I demand that act and vote as Canadians all er concern in the tion that Canada as a nati all that Canada can Canada ought to do, No party has any mon riotism, and every mh ands who feel as weld perhap companat the number of those Nationalists be excepted I hold to selehed be operated no whether any prime ol an- army to ber, which tion like said, "No more men, money," and was not his leader Laurier. be returned, he will be dependent do an in sthe war to continue, no repudiated Oly of unl siblé small themselve Ag tot mpossible for men | of Bour make vely who call em, | in their action on his part. he desirious of enforcing that it is j "ven -should the accept and at the to patriotism Canada have Sale class the LIE heresies tim The put i1 5 the 4s%a any claim Nationalist in 8 into the Anarchists, the ul tra-Socia I.W.W » the Pacifists in other countries They to Canada what imilated liberty has done to] Russia, by refusing to recognize re ibility and by permitting free-| dom to degenerate into chaos | Could we succeed in making clear between- patriotism lack of patriotism ,there would be need to fear for the issue of the « tion. The voters must, however, be ware lest they be deceived Ly pat- riotic words into accepting those as their representatives who are not pre- pared to transform these words into patriotic deeds, The only danger is that if those persons who are de- ceive words are added to the themselve the or would do ol una Bpons since the Military Service Act has be-| of Canada will be dictated issue legislation, but of administration, It | bec, cannot be enforsed vigorously and| I know from direct impartially by any government which) that the British military Is not in full sympathy with it, nor' regard the Canadian army by any government w hich derives ani right arm of their military streng essential part of members in Parliament who are op-| has stated that this army is uns posed to it. Sir Wilfrid Laurier has | accepted the duty of naming one-half of the members of the exemption tri- slackers, the selfish, the pro-German, | buhals, and that is probably asta and those, who Have not yel Dhecome | monnt to saying that so Tong as the MV mn rrr -------- ar men in this war, by sential is contemplated, Sir Doug Of All Gifts to a Bride nothing will give so much pleasure for so long a time as a Beautiful Model Columbia Grafonola and a collection of Columbia Double Disc Records The Grafonola may be had in a variety of lovely Cab- inet finishes to harmonize with thee furniture of the Reception or Living-Room. A Good Suggestion In many homes instead of each member of the family giving a small gift--all members of the family club together and purchase a Columbia Grafonola, and a selection of choice. Records, and present it as a Real Big Gilt from the family to the Bride. « Go to one of our dealers and look over the stock. 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Laurier | | government will beyond the possibil- | It must be clearly linderstood that |ity of denial mean that the policies by the | come law it is no longer a matter of! French-Canadian members from Que-| th. its support from|I know that Sir William Robertson ur- passed by the troops of any nation I know that when an | operation, the success of which is es- | cost and las Haig does not hesitate to rely upon em nn, | their quality. 1 know that Balfour | and other British statesmen are re- | sarding with the greatest apprehen- | sion the political situation in Can- ada, fearing that it may mean that four armies will be allowed to fade {away that and we shall no longer | be a very present help in time of { danger. It rests upon us here in | Canada to see that these fears are | vai "It's al right, if only they | hold" out," says Bill to Tom in the | trenches. "They hold out? Who { hold out?" answers Tom. "Why, the | folks at home of course," says Bill, | and, as usual, Bill is right. | - To win this election we must avoid any decision of the vote of those who believe as we do. Not more than one conscription candidate must run in any constituency, because the only ers is to elect their candidate by di- | viding the strength of those who re- | present the true Canadian spirit, Let our opponents put as many candidates as they wish into the field in a riding; they will only serve to diminish the danger of the election i of them. Let us, on the other hand, | be wise enough to see that the opin- {ions of a man as to the tariff, or as to any of the lesser matters which distinguish the two parties, are in | comparison with the overwhelming responsibility in regard to the war at this time of no importance or mo- ment. Such things can wait until normal times; it is now the crisis of abnormal times with which we must deal. If the electors of any particular constituency can be made to see these | things let them unite upon a single | candidate and return him by accla- mation, without the .danger or bit- terness which would. arise from an election, If in any constituency can- | didates have already been nominated, | let an open union convention be call- | ed of all those who believe that Can- jada must remain in the war, and let it demand of candidates already nom- | inated that they resign their nomin- | ations and submit themselves anew | to such convention. Should a can- didate refuse to accede to such a de- mand, it would prove that he ac- | cepted our principles only with the information | lips and not with the heart, and that authorities | his candidacy should as the be opposed. | Those candidates on the other hand | who show themselves willing.to yield | to such a demand on their patriotism {| would be the more likely to be nom- | inated by such a union convention. Again I say that we must at any at any sacrifice win | election. On its outcome depends tha whole future position of Canada, hope of the skulkers and the slack- | this! shall desert them in their need. On it depends the decision as to whether { We are ready to make those material sacrifices which are necessary to preserve our self respect to do jis- | tice to thgse who have fought for us, | and to do our duty in assuaging as far as possible the grief of those who have been bereaved by demon- strating that the sacrifices of our flesh and our blood have been made on behalf of a nation which is not unworthy of its sons. Win the election by uniting all those who are earnest in their deter- k mination. In union only is there the strength which at this time is es- { sential if we are not to be disgraced dn our eyes and in the eyes of the J world. United we shall triumph and | be to the end worthy of the heritage we have received and which it is our ) duty to hand down to our descen- | dants. If we fail to see broadly and to understand clearly, we may by our | blindness forfeit all that we hold most. dear. We must rise above the narrowness and pettiness of those who.can only look at the immediate effect upon themselves of the course which Canada shall take. We believe that there ought to be at once a union in the government of all patriotic elements, and that this | election /should dedicate the nation anew to the support of such a war government. But even if such a union government is not formed at Ottawa before the election, we mugt demonstrate that there is none the less in Canada a union of the people, and we must demonstrate that there is none the less in Canada a union of the people, and we must send as our representatives to Ottawa in the next Parliament men who are 'pre- pared to tiite the real patriotism of Canada on a plane far above that of party politics, and who will set aside as entirely unimportant and un- worthy questions.of party advantage, party supremaey, or party patron- age. * THIS WAR WILL BE WON IN THE KITCHEN 460,000,000 Jars of Canned Vegetables Will be Contri- bution of Women. Washington, Sept. 13.--Four hun- dred and sixty million jars of home cenned vegetables and fruits will be the contribution of the women of the {country to the nation-wide food-sav- ing drive, according te reports re- ceived by the national emergency food garden, the National Emer- gency Food Garden Commission. "This war will be, won in - the kitchen," declared Churles Lathrop Pack, president of the commission, ig a statement issued here. the increase in canning club-work will be from 8,000,000 cans last year to 40,000,000 this year. From North Carolina we have data showing the Jump will be from 700,000 to $4, 000,000 cans. So it goes wherever werever we are getting figures from the 'hundreds of organizations co-op erating with us." "The women wanted no uniform but the kitchen apron, but they did Yant the best instruction quickly, Thousands of letters have been re &ived by the commission asking for 'expert instruction. Our storage and pickling manuals are' now in the mails and anyone may have them by asking for the information." The commercial éatiner also has Joined in the campaign. Government statistics show that 1,000,000,000 cans of corn, peas and tomatoes will be ready for the market, an increase of 150,000,000 cans over last year's supply. FRESH WHALE MEAT IN BRITISH coLUMBIA Large Quantity Has Been 'Sold in Victoria and Victoria, B.C., Sept. 13.~--~Fresh whale meat is not unlikely to be- come quite a common dish on the tables of Canadians, if proper dis. tribution arrangements can be made. Four tons 'was recently re- ceived -here, and was on sale at ev- ery market in the city, the retailers ~freporting' a ready sale of what is described as most tender and appe- tizing food. The price was 10 cents per pound, and the Victoria Whaling Company anticipate being able to maintain a steady supply. each sale of the meat printed structions are given, and reeipes of the various manners in which it can be cooked. ATTACK ON CURRIE, D. D. MocKenzie - Retaliates and Scores His Adversary. Ottawa, Sept. 13.--A¢ a late hour Dr. Pugsley and A. K. Maclean re. sumed their objections to votes be. ing given te the female relatives of members of the Canadian patrol ser- vice. 'Col. Currie said that the work was of a dangerous character, and shonld be r 'He criticized Dr tions during the session, and describ. ed D. D. McKenzie as a "mud gun." This aroused Mr. McKenzie's ire. Col. Currie, he said, was the last man to talk about actio: "If he. to know his record." : "I shall tell him. He was found to his neck in a dugout ought to have been "In Towa | A Standard of Comparison. A fairly. complete record of the names and performances of the vari. ous great singers may be found in | the biographical dictionaries. There | we may find the testimony of con- temporaries to the power and beauty of the voice and to its expressional color But one will find there also that type of extreme laudation which compares Malibran to the archangels and puts Jennie Lind among the su- perhumdns, There is no means 'of knowing accurately how these notable | artists compared with the singers of | to-day. One must remember that! public taste is vastly better than it was in other days and that a singer | in these times must face a certain $O- | phistication in every audience. For { that reason one is not justified in be- | lieving that the former times 'were | better than these In all probability | the average of aperatic singing now is higher both tonally and expression- ally than it ever was before. | Fortunately our children will have | an opportunity of comparison One of the greatest services to vocal art came with the invention of the talk- ing machine, We have conferred | immortality upot\ the great folk of | our time Marie Rappold, . Alma | Gluck, Louise Homer and a~ hundred | others will sing for gencrations after | they are dead Their artistic stature | will be measured in comparison with the new singers who will arise and we ! shall have a standard of vocal appre- | ciation and criticism which we cannot discover to-day ; Not alone in singing, but in other! branches of music such a standard | will be available. It would be brave | enjoyment, if we could have the op- | portunity to compare a record by | Kreutzer or Pagannii with one by El | man or Ysaye; if we could compare | Liszt's piano playing and that of | D'Albert or Godowsky. Meanwhile | the interpretation of the classics by | our distinguished artists of to-day is being recordgd, and the men of to- mofrow will know how far they must | go before they may be counted wor- | thy for the scats of the mighty, In tH past only the connoisseurs | living in the largest cities had an op- | portunity of hearing the kings and | queens of music. To-day the most hear the Chicago Symphony Qrches- | tra in the Ride. of the Valkyries or the | Overture to Tannhauser. The prai- rie farmer may be as familia with a score of great artists as his brother in Toronto or Montreal. The pho- nograph is bringing music and mu- sical appreciation to the multitude and these who -are inclined to con- | sider it merely as a pleasing toy 'are | making a profound mistake. They | are missing -ene--of the most impor- | tant art-developments the world has | ever known, The Voice of Music. When art comes early in the life of a nation it is the expression of the oeople's emotional interest in beauty. When it comes later and civilization is full-fledged, it is born of a conven- tional appreciation of the world's es- tablished standards of beauty. The early music wells up out of great love, great joy, great splendid response to nature. In the-tatér tife of ghgtion art comes from an appreciation of what it adds to life from a sense of its decorative importance. In other words one is born of an emotion, and one of an idea. Wagner, strangely enough, bined both the traditional and the | modern point of view in his music. He had thé great idea of a new reli- gion for the world, a religion that | could 'no longer be héld in the grasp | of the Gods, that must be re-born.| through the splendor and tragedy of | human love and sacrifice. ! In the music of Strauss, you feel the. pounding of a great idea, you feel suddenly that he is breaking down | conventional barriers that have held | people away from the intoxication and | lox of music. =r { ecthoven had the great idea of | bringing close to the 'pedple all pas- | toral beauty from the beginning of | days. Whatever has been joyous in | pastoral lives, whatever has geen sad | or thrilling or tender or peaceful, | i com- | Beethoven has reproduced for the world's joy and strength, & a | ' poetry, Nero's Fiddling. There is a tradition that Nero fid- dled while Rome was burning. 'A pp- litical writer might make much of this fact at the present time. but even he should know what "fiddling" meant in those spacious times First of all, let it be understood that Nero did not fiddle at all, for the plain and suffi- cient reason that no member of the violin family bad been invented in the first century of the Christian era. It would be an anachronism to draw Nero as a temperamental 'cellist, of violinist He might be drawn as playing on a reed or on a rede flute. Artemus Ward said his son was an ethereal cuss "He played onto the flute." But however cthereal Nero was, it is probagle that his musical performances were not of the wood- wind persudyion His instrument, in all probability, was the kithara or large lyre, invented by the Greeks and transferred to Rome as a thing desirable for aristocratic pleasure, The kithara had eighteen strings, {and thus' was the forefather of the {harp, but its tuning arrangements were crude and it: must have been a fragile mstrument' at best There was no thought of harmony. Only one string was struck at a time and---prob- ably one was enough.. The poet was in the habit of chanting his own verses, not to an accompaniment but with kithara interludes In a word the prospect 'of a little kithara music kept the mind of the audience off the and the prospect of -a brief recitation aided the audience to en- dure the kithara. Ona fifteen-string- ed instrument the notes played ranged from A helow the staff to A above it, treble clef, the basis being what we understand now as the natural dia- tonic scale, e Greek system of music was involve 'Plato said that the study. of music and gympantics would make a perfect man. Against that we have Nero, who had studied both and yet had some points of im- perfection if History may be eredit' ed But he did not fiddle, He harped. An Old War Hymn. When Henry V. went to Agincourt he had in attendance upon him the remote trapper in' the far north, may !ehoir of the Chapel Royal organized by his father, Henry 1V.* Among the members of this choir were such com- poser-singers as Thorley, Wodehall, Dyolet, , Laudewarnake, Waodeford and Hesyll. Probably one of these was responsible for a notable hymn composed in honor of the victory in France on October 24th, 1415. The text of the hymn 18 as follows: Dwre Kynge went forth to Normandy With grate und myght of chyvalry. Ther God for hym wrought maryel- ously Wherefore Englonde may calle and ery Deo Gracias. The music, in triple time, would hot be regarded in these times as a melody of distinction, though wun- questionably, if sung by a large com- pany of lusty men, it ought to have 2 most remarkable effect. Justice Lyman P. Duff, supreme court, was formally appointed cent fal appeal judge under the Military Service Act. The appointment was made on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice. J. T. Day, Conservative nominee for the Red Deer rifling, has retired in favor of Dr: Michael Clark. E. J. Heisler, High Secretary of the 1.OF. for Nova Beotia, died ¢ud- denly in Toronto. -- of Music, Piano, violtn and other stringed instruments; Blocution and Dra- matic Art. Summer pupils may begin at any date. Terms on ap- plication. 216 Frontenac Street. Phone 1610. If!