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Sir Robert Borden's Visit to England.
Fifty years ago the proposals for a the war, was invited to attend a ses-.
Confederation had just been submit- Sian of' the Cabinet,
ted to the people of British North ! The Final Authority,
America, and in 1866 the statesmen a A journey by Sir Robert Borden to
of the colonies assembled m London• England at this time was natural and
to settle with the Imperial Govern -
anent upon the terms of the agree- ; dhan troops whether iner. He wished ptr inspect
amps
meat which was to establish the
or at the front, to cheer his wounded
rui:;ian of Canada. They accomplish- ;
ed their mission. The scattered and the Imperial
countrymen, to discuss with
disunited colonies were withdrawn to- the Imperial authorities the measures
wether and the new community was which all parts at the Empire should
endowed with the largest powers of adopt in discharge of the common
selz-government. By effecting this obligation. His presence in London
result the London meeting in 1866 was a sign to our friends and our
completed one stage in the develop- enemies of the unanimity of the Em-
meat of the Pritisl Empire. A house- pire• Still the most significant epi -
hold had been set up within the Em- ode in his visit was the invitation to
pire. managing its own affairs. When attend meeting of the Cabinet. All I
A+rstralia argil South Africa were pre- ; the other functions he could have dis-
pared in like manner to direct their charged and yet have made no ad -
own conce.•as they followed the pre- , ounce beyond his predecessors in
cadent sal; izn 18d0, and secured from taping the institutions of the Em -
the Imperial Government their free pn'e- Other episodes during his stay
were certainly more dramatic, the
meeting with the rulers of the Allies,
The Growth of Empire, the visit to the Canadian battery in
France, the great review of our sol-
Yet, tineestablishment of these diens at Shorneliii'e. Yet no incident
PcAmn ne'n, while certainly a mile- compared in importance with the
stex.ne in thu. 'progress of the Empire, gathering of a few civilians, unherald-
left a loug road still to travel. The ,ed, unattended, surrounded by no
pomp or ceremony, to discuss around
a table in Whitehall the common busi-
ness of all the millions of their fel-
low -citizens. No colonial had ever be-
fore entered this Council Chamber.
The final authority which the Cabinet
exercisedhad not been shared with
any citizen of the Empire from be. I
yond the seas. There now remained
no council of the Empire from which
a representative of the Dominions
e
constitutions.
new communities took charge of their
local affairs, but they bad as yet no
voice in conducting the business com-
mon to the whole Empire. Such com-
mon concerns were left to the Gov.
4 rnment at Westminster. It adnrinis-
teresi the great dependencies, it con
duzeta;d the foreign policy of the Em-
pire, it decided finally upon peace or
war, it retained a finial authority over
all parts of the British Common-
wealth. The authority of the Donna- should be kept aloof. One by one the
ions WAS thus restricted within certain t ante -chambers had been opened. Now
boundaries; and a citizen of Canada !
enjoyed a less ample prerogative than ,as li olonial time arc tnadiin mpeliie iii n nmoesopen be-
t
a citizen of tb. United s+;inFtclom, sir cc fore him. The limits to his autonomy
the latter alone elected the repre,en-
had yarn n ssed. I3c could now feel
taboo, who determined the ultimatehimself tci be, in as complete a sense
i.s-aes foe thin whole Empire. This asi >zn,•one else, a citizen of his world-
oifrereree coi,ld not be permanent, z wide state,
The Ila reunion. once in control over
their own btesieess moved inevitably . An Imperial Cabinet.
tewards .a l;irtter participation in the, It is true that the Prime Minister
l':isiness common to the Empire. of Canada attended the meeting of
Hence the 90 years since Confedera- . the Cabinet by invitation, through the
tion have witnessed a series of meet-' courtesy of the British Government.
i .gs in London no less significant than He was enjoying a privilege, not ex -
that of 1r'.:,+. Colonial .statesmen have • ereising a right. The distinction is
visited the Metropolis of the Empire immaterial. What matters is that a
to take part in Imperial Councils and " representative of the Dominions
gradually to assume a share in Im- shared in the final council of the Em -a
perial responsibilities. The Fathers pine. His right to be present will ne-
of Confederation have been followed ver be urged, There will be no need!
by the Premiers of Canada, Sir. John of urging it, since no one will call it
The=arson, "Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and in question. His presence on one
now Sir Robert Borden. great occasion is a sufficient prece-
The Imperial Conferences+dent. We proceed in our British way i
from fact to fact, rather than from
Suitable occasions for the meeting one claim to another. The fact is un -
d'
the Empire's counsellors were pro- assailable. All the counsels of the
vidod by such great Imperial cere- Empire were disclosed to a represen-
monies as the Jubilee of 1887, the tative of a Dominion in person. Sir
Diamond Jubilee of 1879 and the Cor- Robert Borden may 'not attend an- j
onation of 190, attended by repre- other Cabinet meeting. during this .
sentatives of every community visit. It would be difficult indeed to
subject to the British Throne. These make such attendance a practice. A
in the outward aspect typified for visitor could only catch snatches of
great multitudes of Imperial citizens the business passing before the Cabi-
better than any other agency the net. The one case is enough. It has
unity and variety of the mighty accustomed British people every -
State to which they belong. They also where to the idea that the delibera-
served to bring together around a tions of the Imperial Government,'
council board British Ministers and which affect all the Empire, can and .
representatives of the Dominions. must be shared with representatives
The Colonial Conference first assem- of the Empire overseas. The idea
bled in 1897 and developed into the will take shape much more quickly
Imperial Conference of 1002, 1907 than we should have thought possible
and 1011, as it became firmly estab- a few months ago, in a Cabinet truly
Fished. The scope of its meetings Imperial, not restricted to citizens of
widened. From discussing trade and the United Kingdom, but including re -
communications the representatives of presentatives from all the Dominions.
the Dominions went on to consider Common to the Empire.
Imperial Citizenship and Imperial De-
fence Schemes for common defence The invitation to Sir Robert Bor-
were submitted to them, and, though den has prepared the way for the
not always adopted, conveyed a lesson formation of such a body which will
in Imperial patriotism. In 1911 the deal with matters common to the
foreign policy of the'Empire, which whole British Commonwealth. The
justified common preparations for de- work of the Fathers of Confederation
fence, was disclosed to the statesmen will then be complete. They gave
of the Dominion. It is true that they Canada control over her local affairs,
were not asked to join in shaping the but those concerns which affected
policy, still they were given every op-
portunity of studying it, and such a
schooling could have only one ultimate
purpose and result, that of preparing
them for their part in an Imperial
Government which would determine
the foreign policy of the Empire.
All the Doors Thrown Open.
Meanwhile the Imperial Defence
Committee was taking shape in order
to co-ordinate the defensive arrange-
ments of the Empire and upon it
Colonial Ministers were allotted their
place. It was only an advisory body
to the British Cabinet, yet its mem-
bership was so representative and i
poxtar_t as to give its decisions great
weight. It proved really an ante-
chamber to the Cabinet; those who
gained admittance to it were close to
;he innermost councils of the Efnpire.
Finally, the great war threw all the
doors open. It showed as no logic
would have done, how decisions taken
at Westminster affected the lives and
property of British citizens every-
where. It proved the quality of those
citizens beyond the seas who were
not yet full partners in the Common-
wealth. It showed that their strength yet it is broader and more eompre-
and goodwill were necessary' to the hensive than a purely Canadian pa=
safety of the, common flag. It placed triotism• It is a conception, vague
upon their shoulders a .share of the enough in form, but powerful in its
burden and found them able and glad effects, of a vast community which
to carry the load. It made - necessary we cell the British Empire embracing
their participation in any settlement many races and creeds, but at peace
which would' follow the struggle and with itself, strong, but not brutal,
in all subsequent policy. It opened united and yet toleranttowards all
the way for the Dominions into the the different elements.within, and to-
Imperial Cabinet. Sir Robert Borden, wards the nations outside it, large
the Prime, Minister of Canada, the enough to,be free from envy and bit -
fent of the Dominion Ministers to,terness. How their conception should
visit England since the beginning of 1 be expressed in constitutional forms
•
Canada together with the rest of the
Empire were still left in the care of
the Imperial Government. Canada
will now have a voice in determining
the policies which in any way affect
her and will at the same time partici-
pate in the Government of the Em-
pire as a whole. The meeting of 1866
led inevitably to the meeting of 1915.
The Imperial convention such as
must follow the war will crown the
efforts of all the Canadian statesmen
who since the Confederation of Can-
ada have joined in securing for their
country her true place in the British
Commonwealth:
The Fruit of St. Julien.
That Canada should come to her
full stature in these .days is a natural
consequence of the glorious part
which she continues to play in the
great war. The heroism of her sons
could have : no other outcome. To-
gether with Australians, New Zea-
landers and their fellow subjects from
the dependencies they, .havegiven
eheie lives for an ideal. The ideal is
in one sense Canadian, for it includes
a devotion to their own country. and
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may* have concerned these heroes
little„ They died for much that we
real, but much also that was a hope
or an aspiration. It remains for
those of their fellow -citizens who are
responsible for the conduct of our
common affairs to give shape to their
ideal through the necessary institu-
tions and laws.
Sir Robert Borden's attendance at
the Imperial Cabinet is a sign that
the statesmen of the Empire will not
shrink from this duty. St. Julien
quickly bore fruit. The Premier of
Canada moved into that council cham-
ber escorted by his mighty dead..
They will attend him and other lead-
ers of Canadian opinion until the
Commonwealth for which they laid
down their lives is well and firmly
established. Like the Athenians over
whose graves Pericles spoke, "They !;
gave their bodies to the Common- !
wealth and received each for his own
memory, praise that will never die,
and with it the grandest of all sepul- I
clues, not that in which their mortal
bones are Iaid, but a home in the '.
minds of men, where their glory re-
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mains fresh to stir to speech or etc-
tion as the occasion comes by. For
the whole earth is the sepulchre of
famous men; and their story is not
;.graven only on stone over their na-
tive earth, but lives on far away,
without visible symbol, woven into the
stuff of other men's lives."
Parasols were used by the ancient
Egyptians.
Ninety-seven out of every hundred
words in the English Bible are of
Anglo-Saxon origin.
In after years the perusal of a love
letter that he wrote his wife before
marriage makes a man feel like a lead
nickel with a hole in it.
"I believe our climate is changing,"
"Think so." "Our winters seem to be
getting warmer." "Well, the women
wouldn't wear enough clothes. The
climate had to change. The women
wouldn't."
-A. out the Household
.,Dainty Dishes.
Tomatoes Fried in Cream,—This is
a German dish. Peel and cut fresh
tomatoes into thick slices if tomatoes
are large, or if small let them remain
whole. Season, flour, saute in hot
butter, then sift a little more flour
ever them (if needed) and add a cup
of cream. Stew all together until the
cream is thickened and the tomatoes
are well cooked.
Orange Mint .Salad, --Sprinkle the
carefully skinned and divided pulp of
four oranges with two tablespoonfuls
of powdered sugar, two tablespoonfuls
of finely chopped, fresh mint leaves
and one tablespoonful of lemon juice.
Chill thoroughly and serve in glasses
ornamented with sprigs of mint, If
the oranges are very juicy, pour off a
portion of the juice before serving.
Fruit Charlotte. --Use what fruits
in season you like best. Make indivi-
dual eases of light puff pastry. Whip
up two cups of thick cream, sweeten
and flavor to taste and have the fruit
ready, raw or stewed. Put :a layer of
fruit in -the case, then a layer of
cream, then more fruit and top with
cream. Decorate with bit of cherry
or other bright fruit..
Apple Cake.—For apple cake sift a
pint of flour with a teaspoonful and a
half of baking powder and half a tea-
spoonful of salt. Add two tablespoon-
fuls of butter, rubbing it in thorough-
ly, and then add a beaten egg and
milk enough to make a thick batter.
Spread the batter in a buttered tin to
the thickness of an. inch. Over the
top spread quarters or eights of peel-
ed and cored apples, and sprinkle
with sugar and cinnamon. Bake in a
hot oven.
Cream of Rice Soup• -- Rinse two
tablespoonfuls of ride in a sieve un-
der running water. Drop into a pint
of boiling slightly salted water and
boil for 20 minutes. Then add a
quart of scalded rich milk. When it
boils add two teaspoonfuls of corn-
' starch rubbed smooth in a little
smooth milk, a teaspoonful of salt and
• onion juice and pepper to taste. Two
teaspoonfuls of grated cheese may
"also be added and will much improve
the flavor to most tastes, Cook for
three minutes and then add a tea-
speonful of butter and serve.
Lemon Rice Pudding.—Wash three-
fourths of a cup of rice and put into
a double boiler with three cups of
, boiling water, adding more water if
needed. The rice should take up all
this water. When cooked set aside to
' coo]. Add three lightly beaten yolks
of eggs, salt, a bit of butter and three
tablespoonfuls of sugar, grated rind
of lemon and milk enough to make
very moist, Bake forty-five minutes.
Beat whites with liberal half -cup of
granulated sugar until stiff, add juice
of one lemon, spread over pudding,
and brown slowly.
Carrot Soup.—Two cups of peeled
and chopped carrots, one-fourth cup
of rice, two cups of scalded milk, two
cups of water, two slices of onion,
two tablespoonfuls of flour, four ta-
blespoonfuls of butter, sprig of pars-
ley, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of
salt, pepper to taste. Cook carrots in
water until tender. Press through
sieve, saving liquid. Cook rice in
milk in double boiler. Cook onion in
butter, add flour and seasonings. Mix
carrot pulp and liquid with rice and
milk, and pour upon butter and flour.
!Bring to boiling point, drain and
• serve.. If too thick, thin with cream
or milk. Garnish with chopped pars-.
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Leg of Mutton in Blanket.—Make
deep, narrow gashes in the thick end
of a clean leg of mutton. Crowd in a
mixed seasoning of salt, red and black
pepper, Add a little minced onion, a
little dry mustard and powdered
herbs. Brush all over with melted
butter or soft bacon fat. Then sprin-
kle lightly with salt, set' on a rack in
I a roasting pan. Put in a very hot
oven. Let brawn, then rub over it a
tart jelly melted in a little hot water
.and envelop in a crust of°flour and
water, made very stiff and rolled half
an inch thick. Pinch the edges tight
together, lay back in the pan, cover
and bake in a hot oven. Take up,
break the blanket carefully, lift out
the meat and pour the gravy from the
envelope into a small saucepan, Add
to it either hot claret or a spoonful
of tart jelly, a drop or two of tabasco,
boil up and serve in a boat,
Household Hints.
Slice tomatoes with a bread knife
with saw teeth,
Wash yellowed linens and bleach
them in the sun,
Never put away a garment in need
of mending.
Wrap cheese in a cloth moistened
with vinegar if you would keep it
moist and free from. mold,
Lunch sets of large and small doil-
ies are one of the best ways out of
the tyranny of the tablecloth.
Use milk instead of water for mak-
ing pie crust, which is to be served
cold. It will keep crisp longer.
If rice and vegetables have to
stand after cooking, it is best to co-
ver them with a cloth under the lid
to absorb the steam and keep them
from becoming sodden.
To utilize the tops of old stockings
and also prevent the color of your
preserved fruits from darkening, wash
the tops and draw them over the jars
after sealing the fruit in them.
A milky jug should always be
rinsed in cold water `before being
washed in hot. If the hot water is
used first, the curd becomes set and
the surface is not so easily cleansed.
Fold a piece of emery paper in the
centre and draw the knife rapidly
back and forth several times, turning
it from side to side. This is en ex-
cellent sharpener for paring knives.
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A Tremendous Offering of Peaches to the
THE JORDAN HARBOR PEACH
RANCH WILL COMMENCE SEPTEM-
BER 1ST TO PACK AND SHIP 100,000
GALLON HOSPITAL SIZE SANI-
TARY CANS, EACH CONTAINING
61/2 TO 7 LBS. OF SUPERB BRAND
PEACHES FOR DISTRIBUTION
THROUGH THE CANADIAN RED
CROSS SOCIETY TO OVERSEAS HOS-
PITALS IN BRITISH ISLES, FRANCE
AND BELGIUM.
This undertaking is of ' such magni-
tude, representing fifty car loads of
FRESH FRUITS and theemployment of
over Two Hundred men and women dur-
ing the PEACH SEASON, PACKING
DAILY 5,000 LARGE HOSPITAL
CANS.
These peaches' are peeled, pitted and
halved, then packed in large HOSPITAL
SANITARY CANS, in HEAVY SYRUP,
then crated (six cans in each crate), to
be forwarded to destination through the
CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY:
The total cast is FIFTY CENTS per
CAN (50c). this charge includes all ex-
pense's. These fruits are packed EX-
CLUSIVELY for the CANADIAN` RED '
CROSS SOCIETY AND ' CANNOT BE
PURCHASED by the GENERAL PUB-
LIC, as they are prepared and delivered
to the CANADIAN RED CROSS SO-
CIETY AT, ACTUAL COST.
By remitting 50 Cents through the
CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, or
direct to the JORDAN HARBOR'
PEACH RANCH, JORDAN STATION
P.O.,' Ontario, it insures one of these
Large Cans of BEAUTIFUL SUPERBA
BRAND PEACHES going forward to
our sick and wounded soldiers.
Don't delay in accepting this OPPOR-
TUNITY. THESE FRUITS are UR-
GENTLY NEEDED and will be much
appreciated by our Gallant Defenders .
All SUBSCRIPTIONS will be duly ac-
knowledged, and should be completed by
September :1st: Remit now.
Contributions are being received from
all parts of Canada. THINK OF OUR,
SICK AND WOUNDED DEFENDERS
IN OVERSEAS' HOSPITALS. It's UP
▪ TO YOU TO "DO YOUR BISV?' AT
ONCE. WI AT IS YOUR ANSWER?
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