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They talk of their love for the French mation and the French language. They are British in senti- ment and ambition, but they are re- . strained through that unheroic na- tionalism which Bourassa and men of his type have préached. The result is seen in the recruiting. Quebec has disappointed the govern- ment and the people in the number of men that have been supplied for military purposes. Now it is felt that the fault lies in the manner with which recruiting has been conducted, and an experiment Is about to be tried. Gen. Lessard is a French-Canadian. He is one of Canada's best officers. No other has a career more distin- guished. Can he fire the enthusiasm of his people as the leader of a new division, as the man who will go to France with it and command it in the war? The movement is a little late in its suggestiveness, but it may sue- ceed, and if it does the credit of Can- ada will be sustained and a reproach will be removed from the French- Candian people. Von Bissing has driven the Bel- glans ott of their country, into cap- tivity, because it is easier to care for them abroad than at home. The brutality from which these people suffer in being transferred from home into oblivion is beyond de- scription. THE GARBAGE QUESTION. A great many people, and several of the churches, protested against the taxation for garbage collection. The rate was high--a mill on the dol- lar. There was a demand for a re- duction of taxation, or a reduction in the cost of administration, and with this result: that only one church and one charitable institution put in ap- peals against the assessment of this year, and the assessment is the basis of taxation for next year. In these cases there were slight changes in the assessment, but not in the rate. It stands in any case, and it Is said to be too high. Of course | were disposed of at 30¢ per 15 and The questions whieh the Nationa! less. In Pittsburg the selling price Service Commission will requ vas 5c per 1b. For once the women every man unenlisted to answer have taught the food jugglers a lessen. | been issued. They are designed ! mree------------ a specific purpose, namely, to ca Dr. Miller, of Ridley College, St out the information with regard industrial and other engagements the men. later this information wi! be tabulated by the commission, and if the record be complete, it will have reliable data on which to act. \ There will be some difficulty in not coliecting the facts. Every man will one side of the country to the other, not be disposed to answer the ques- therefore they should not be com- tions printed on the slip and handed at all, 'That is Dr. Miller to him. It will not be incumbent up- argument, The school master knows on' everyone to answer the questions.| more than the mariner about tran- There is Nothing compulsory with re-| portation. gard to the service, and the post of- fice officials cannot, unless the staff be amazingly large, linger over the delays in certain cases, After the commission has complet- ed its tasks, and got (as it hopes to do) a fairly accurate registration of the people in each electoral district, there will still be a need of some force to make the recruiting effec- tive. ~ Registration in Britain did some good. It stirred up an interest in military service. It required con- scription, however, to bring some men, and the larger number of them, into the ranks. The same experience STIRRING UP THE MEN. , refers to the expenditurs to $60,000,000 'elland Canal, as useless , be- » waterway is not deepened, | | the | 0,000 » Canal, all the way to Because 'great works can- be completed at once, and from pleted | PUBLIC OPINION | Germany Winning . (Toronto News) The German mark fell yesterday to the new low level of 17 1-8 8 eompared with 24 at the beginning of the war. A Drab World (Hamilton Time With the new Governor-General in mufti and the new Minister of Militia in mufti, and Sir Sam Hughes in mufti, this must be a rather drab world. i | on | | Women's Boycott. (Ottawa Free Press) In New York the women have started a boycott to bring down food prices Over f here it's a so of a forced boycott on many food is anticipated in Canada. The labor men of Australia deser- ted Premier Hughes upon conscrip- tion; but they failed to humiliate him with a vote of want of confidence. As the strongest man in the Com- monwealth he should not be pun- {shed because he is true to hls vis fon as to how the war should be end- od. lasses of werner e-- President's Present. (Montreal Her The Kaiser is sending a Christin gift to President Wilson. Imagine . the visions of blood and horror that A will be conjured up in the White WARDS OF THE GOVERNMENT. |House every time the President looks The report of the Bruce Commis-jat it! sion is being made the subject .of an unbiased review by another com- mission of medical men with a Brit- ish expert at its head. The whole re- port will be examined and re-valued, and as a result Canada will know, as it has a right to to do, whether the serious charges that have been made against the \ hospital services are Justified. One feature of the report has been made apparent by passing circum- stances. The press has mado it clear that many men have been enlisted in Canada, have been clothed and drill- ed, and then, after a lapse of months, been rejected for medical reasons. It appears that many of these unde- sirables, medically, reach England, and are then objected to and turned back, after thousands of dollars have | & been spent upon them, in clothing; in pay, in separation allowances, and in patriotic funds. 'It is a crime," says Dr. Bruce, "a shame, a robbery, and the doctors who are responsible ought to be made to pay for the cost or be sent/to the Kingston Penitenti- ary for life." Several cases have come under local attention, and a searching ex- Rajiistioh by de mile donut nt willing to do for meney it's a wond- " er more people are not millionaires. have been sent to Kingston, invalid- Very few men appreciate how ed, who have not been in the war, much a woman appreciates real mas- who have not seen the enemy and Culine appreciation. smelt their powder, and are now ' ald) Properly Classed. (Exchange) Hon. Thomas Crothers quite correct in classing munition plants as public utilities. The pub- lic needs munitions these days just a3 much as street carg, only in a different way. seems to be Does It, Indeed. (Montreal News) A Montreal alderman [says that one advantage of the present high cost of living is that it makes people economize. Does he refer to those who buy foodstuffs, or those who sell them? KINGSTON EVENTS 26 YEARS ACO _ A farmer was robbed of $100 on thie market today. A. F. Newlands, has been appoint- ed to teach writing at the boys' night school. Mayor Drennan went to Ottawa to- day, to enterview the Minister of Marine and urge upon him the !a grant towards lighting the - city clock for marine purposes, Considering what most people ara 1as | tion allowance, and then add expenses, and see | to be made to pay NO REASON COALI- TION WILL NOT WORK (atharines Standard (Con), Because the Coalition Government! Britain or any of the Allies may | h theif troubles is mot an argu-| ment against coalition. We will} never see a government in power in! . free country when there will not ticism and plenty of it, perhaps. | But it will not be partisan eriticism, | designed to put one party out of | office and another in. There has been talk of Ministerial changes in Britain--talk of Asquith or Balfour or Grey or others going out and Churchill or others going in, but no-| body talks of abandoning the coal-| ition principle in Britain while the war All parties have agreed to sink their party differences in the face of the great world crisis, and of have he cr lasts. our Canadian statesmen, we are con-| Un-| vinced, are equally as patriotic. til victory is won, our Empire is at stake--our Deminion Is at stake. The Cause for which we are fighting is greater than any question as to whether Conservatives or Liberals should rule. Questions of party strife or party existence we can well put aside while we devote every en- ergy to winning the war AFTER THE MILITARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS EB rR SB Bs i « Commission Iisa shame the number of medi- cally unfit men the doctors in Can- da have lef pass, and it is high time sovernment took steps Lo stop i Figure out what it costs at $1.10 per day and $20 per month separa- the cost of equipment and all incidental how much is being thrown into the scrap-heap, It is a crime, a shame, a robbery, and the doctors who are responsible ought the cost or sent to Kingston penitentiary for life. You want men in Canada for munition plants, then why not call home all the unfit soldiers and put them where they would be of some service to the country by replacing the single men now employed there? There are hundreds of these men here just drawing their pay, sapping the life out of the Canadian treas- ury. Why are they not put to work on munitions in Canada? the The Duke of Devonshire, Toronto News, The Duke of Devonshire's visit re- minds us that his uncle, the late duke, was a deeply religious man, who followed the good old practice of having all his family and retainers in to prayers before breakfast The late Duke of Cambridge, who was Queen Victoria's uncle, and mu given to strong language, spent a week-end at Devonshire house, and was much im- | exercises {he might have been greatly improved |are surprised at the small hats they lwear. pressed with the brief devotional as wholesome in their in- fluence. The person who knelt next to him heard him mutter to himself: "A damned good! custom, this." necessity of the government giving | Many a selfmade man looks as if with a very little outside assistance. And a mean man deliberately talks in his sleep for the purpose of keep- ling his wife awake to listen, After hearing some men speak we wn ranked as wards of the government. | Those who have been wounded in battle are entitled to great considera- tion, and the recipients of it have a way not #lways present of showing | their appreciation. Those who have Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." ! not been wounded in the war, who have become a burden upon the gov- ernment, without having rendered any service, should be given to un- derstand that they have no claim up- on the continued bounty of the coun- try. THE FRONT HALL CLOSET The Front Hall Closet is a piace where people put things which other members of the family would give one year of life to locate. Despite the great advance in archi- !técture during the past century, thic dark, hump-backed dungeon is in- serted into almost every home by architects who do not care what hap- pens after the contract is let. And what is the result? We see it all about us In the hopeless, despairing look of husbands who afte hunting through every room in the house for CI a pair of last spring's rubbers are The officer who conducted a con-! obliged to carry to their daily work tingent of sick men, nearly thirty, 2 pair of cold, moist feet and a nose {which trips a sneeze every thirty and suffering from tuberculosis, to] How husbands maintain | seconds. the Mowat Memorial Hospital and heir temper and standing in the EDITORIAL NOTES, The wards of'the government--the soldiers sent to our hospitals-- soldiers show their appreciations and gratitude, and some of them appear to be shockingly deficient in these virtues, terior with shelves and hooks, so that when a near-sighted husband goes to look for his fur cap he will run into them head on and back out thirsting for revenge. The Front Hull Closet is never lighted by anything but the kitchen window, whigh makes it a handy place to crawl into on both knees and look for a pair. of gloves which are good for another winter. Many a rich man has started to find something in one of these subterran- ean racesses and got so tangled up v th rubber boots and shcet music and ball bats and raincoats that he had to be hauled out, feet first, by a reproachful wife, If we had any laws in this cou :- try that were worth two whoops in a stiff breeze, the Front Hall Closet would be abolished and it would be a criminal offense to put any male $3.75 Suits | Sizes 30 to 33. Bibbys REA $7.50 Blue Suits Sizes 28 to 34 ee Em--------------ttm--) | Men's and Boys' Wear To Do a Little Better is Our Constant Aim. Our Clothes Are a Badge of Quality. 7 Our New Overcoats Are Prizes. Newest Comer, The Alton $22.50 Beautifully tailored, young men's Ulster, heavy, soft, Scotch tweeds, pinch back, two-way collar, knee length, rich colorings, smart de- signs. Sizes 35 to 39. We invite you to see these coats. Then buy if you wish. A a A a NINA NAS NNN NINN The Regent at $20] Young men's overcoat, full back style, cuffed sleeve, silk vel- vet collar; shield lined; fancy chev- jots and vicunas. Sizes 34 to 39. ~~ The Broadway $1500 Young men's style, form fit- ting coat, knee length, double breasted, soft roll reveres, silk vel- vet collar. Navy blue, brown, grey, and fancy cheviots. \ See Bibbys $20.00 | Young Men's Suits Pinch back style, new fancy worsteds and chev- ots; good tailoring shows in every seam. Sizes 35 to 39. See Bibbys $22.50 Blue Worsted Suits Pure Indigo dye. A a i AN A ANN See Bibbys Yourig Men's Suits---the Collegiate, at $15.00 Smartly cut garments. fabrics are fancy tweeds, plain grey and blue. Sizes 33 to 38. a a a See Bibbys Nobby $2.50 Hats. New wide leaf style. See Bibbys Classy $5.00 Men's Shoes Tans, blacks and patents See Bibbys $1.25 Fur Band Golf Caps. Shop THE SHOP of MANY XMAS GIFTS EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL SEE our new Mahogany Parlor Lamps. RR Chocolatta then gave them permission to go church, under such a handicap is wearing apparel out of sight. But The ready to use choc- y the revenue must equalize the ex- penditure,- and the incinerator has been eating up a lot of money as well as garbage. Something has been saved of iate, The visit of a Toronto man, who can"be reckoned as an ex- pert, led to sme changes in the fur- nace, and now more waste can be consumed with the use of less fuel, and the running expenses have been cut down in other respects. | Gradually there Is an approach to the minimum of cost, but at the best the institution is an expensive one. It is certainly in the wrong place. At the dump, and with a run-way on one elds which would enable the home, deserves more than a gentle reprimand. Jacob Schiff, New York, differed! with his countrymen some time ago' as to how certain benevolent work should be conducted. Now he is ac- cused of conniving with the enemy in the interest of peace. Jacob needs to be borne again. Dr. Bland 'addressed the Grain Growers, of Winnipeg, and counsell- ed them to send a delegation of twen- ty odd members to the parliament at Ottawa. All model men, of course and absolutely guileless, All hand- picked, as it were? . BL The Mowat Memorial Hospital will be a very expensive fore the war is over. Provision is one of the unfathomable mysteries of life. ! The Front Hall Closet is always constructed about two feet wide and runs back to a neat peak under the stairway. The architect lines the in- Rippling Rhymes OUR DESTINATION The poorhouse has no Pe an rugs, no chandeliers; and there we'll dwell and chase t so long as Congress continues to cringe before the woman's suffrage movement, husbands will have to keep on digging around for their clothes and going to the office in a loose negligee. r - and pie, there's an uuholy price;- the - gone so high the poor are burning used to give away the liver of the cow; today Wrap Jt Up and say, "Cough up a yusrter no do we drift?" The po or open cars; and there we'll dwell and swat | olate. Add only. milk required. land milk. i No cookin iling water 2 ade from the finest chocolate 25¢ and 50c Tins. An ideal package for erseas. JAS. REDDEN & CO. ADVERTIS OUR i: TT . z