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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-6-5, Page 6f., 'sapaukTIONEitITTEUTZEiS COMP ORATION LIM.I 1) ESTABLISHED 1901 HEAD OFFICE: 26 KING STREET EAST - TORONTO MONTREAL LONDON, E.C., ENO. JUNE BOND OFFERINGS WE shall send upon request a copy of our June List of Bond Offerings: Government Bonds to yield 496. .Municipal Debentures to yield 596 to 6%. Railroad and Public Utility Bonds. to yield .5% to 5X96. Proven Industrial Bonds to yield 696. CAMADIANGOVERNMENTMITNIdlYAL AND QMPORATIONBONDS 7% Profit Sharing Bonds Profit Sharing Bonds form a new class of invest- ment destined to become highly favoured. The nominal percentage of yield is positively assured to the purchaser, who will then participate with the issuing Company in any further earnings. Write us for particulars 'regarding a bond issue of this class which we can highly recommend. Interest cheques mailed to investors twice a year. National Securities Corporation LIMITED CONFEDERATION LIFE BLD©., TORONTO, ONT. 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Miss Seawell, glancing out of the window, rose nervously, and then sank back into her chair with the manner of one hopelessly trapped. "Sarah Williams is coming," she said. From the portly lady coming up the path Miss Seawell's niece Jes- sica shot one glance to her aunt's white face; then lifting her small aunt from her chair, she swept her out of the room and up the stairs. "You are not going to see any Sarah Williamses to -clay!" she de- clared. "Sarah Williams always uses you up, anyway, and to let her descend upon you when you have a headache would be plain murder! You are going to lie down on that couch, and let me tuck ,you up and d arken the room, and then yen are going to try to take a nap. Now mind! I've been longing to have a t ete-a-tete with Sarah Williams. I want to see whether she tllinlrL5 I inherit your genius for sympathy 1" bliss Seawell's pale face looked up anxiously from the pillow. It dict feel good to lie down, and still better to escape Sarah Williams, but she had her doubts of Jessica, "I wouldn't have Sarah Wil- liems'e feelings hurt for a dozen headaches," she said, anxiously. Jessica, already at the dbor, nod- ded reassuringly. "Trust mo with her feelings, Aunt Alice," she said, blithely. "I'm so sorry than Aunt Aliee. isn't able to see any one this after- noon, Miss Williams," she was say- ing a moment later, "She has a headache, and is lying down, Will you except a very poor substitute 1" "Headaches!" Miss Williams . re- plied. "I know what they are ! I've suffered with terrible head- ethereal' ead-achesall my life, but I didn't know Aliceeven' hlpd' them." "(luras in a while things get too much for her," Jessica replied, and her voice WAS full of a wicked sweetness that would have put her family on guard at once. "Do you knowo at thank the tr ublo n what i n 1s 1 c 4 Peaillre simply use her for a dump- ing -place for all their worries. The day r eteme aha had had a caller who stayed .for two hours and "Papa, why do brides wear bong shaved. all her troubles on peer, veils!" "'Po oonoeal their tattier Aunt .Alla, She described all the taetson, presume, nay son," Mario G. Hommel. The President -Elect of Cuba. agonies of at,a11 of neuralgia (of course Aunt Mice never said who it was, so I am not telling tales), and how the dressmaker had ruined her last dress, and how the cat she'd had thirteen years had died, and about twenty other things. Wasn't it omen "And of course people like that never want to hear your troubles; they simply want to dump. Now I have a beautiful plan. I like to be sympathotic,—it runs in the family, —but 1 like to let other people have the privilege, too; so when anybody tells me' her'trcirbles, I al- ways tell thein some of mine i.n re- turn. Don't you think that's square f" Miss Williams was very red. She glanced sharply at Jessica, but that young person wan the picture of in- nocenee, Rigs Williams rose. "I guess I won't atop this afternoon," she said., • "I ain't feeling well—I mean" ---she flushed with confusion —"I'm sorry Alice ain't well, Give her my levo, please."—Youth's Companion. fe. TORRID CORRESPONDENCE I INTERESTING BITS OF GOSSIP FROM M 1'HE QUEEN CITY. TM TWO BIB Political meetings—New Pr0- vinoial Treasurer—Empire Loyal- ist Association. The month of June will see the city turning its attention 10 non•politloal 90e- 7801,0ns and gatherings of religious .or.. gauizatious, chief .of whioh this year will be the General Assembly of the Proeby- terian Ohurclt or Canada. It is with a, Reeling akin to relief that titin year We 'turn to these more placid functions after an orgy of political discussion and meet ings. The climax Dame with the demonstra- tions in honor of the loaders of the Fed- eral parties, As Indicating the height to which partisan feeling has risen, it maY be said safely that there never has been in the history of Toronto or of Canada t wo meetings held at a time when no election le announced or even in eight, that have been as large, enthusiastic and tempeetuoue as the meetings held this month in honor of 81r 'Wilfrid Laurier and Mr. Borden respectively. It 18 indeed doubtful if any city in Canada at any time, either during an election campaign or otherwise, has seen two such meetings. An observer could not but be impressed with the high feeling, approaching bit- terness, which displayed itself to a great- er or less degree at oaoh of the meetings. At.eneh there was ,a, fair sprinkling of the opposite party to that holding the demonetratlen, but there was no sign of disorder, and indeed lntorlections of even a -harmless character were tabooed with a severity which boded ill for Persistent repetition. Won't Tolerate Heckling. This point illustrates a great difference between a Canadian political meeting and one held In Britain. In the old country every speaker, no matter what his rank or standing, from the Prime Minister down, moistexpectto put up with heek• ling. In fact they expect it and many, of. the most succeshrtvo n The heckling sful is generallyspeakerstto rhoo Point, but to an unexperienced speaker tt must be disconcerting. However, in England he has to get ueod to. it, But in Canada the audience itself will not stand it in the apparent belief that it seems to reflect on its own loyalty to the spetker. There were two significant incidents in connection with the visit of the Prime Minieter. One was the fact that the coachman who drove his carriage on the night of the meeting had on a simile: occasion performed the same office for the late Sir John Macdonald, His name is John Barnes, and he is, of course, now quite an old man. The carriage, too, was the one used for Sir John.. The Famous Red Parlor. The other feature was the 'fact that the Premier's headquarters for a portion of his stay was made at the Royal suite at the Queen's Hotel. including the famoue red parlor. This famoue room is situated on the first floor overlooking Front St. and the garden. It has undergone no alterations in the last forty years. The gilded Royal coat -of -arms on the outer door proclaims with pride the rank of some former occupants of the suite, in- cluding the late King Edward on his visit to Canada as Prince of wales, the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia. Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne. On the walls hang portraits and signed photographs of some of the former notable occupants, Including side by side those of Sir John Macdonald and Sir Wilfred Laurier, and amoug others those of the Countess of Aberdeen, Madame Patti, Madame Al- bani and the Countess of Derby. The stair- case leading from the Royal suite to the ground floor was built specially for the princess Louise in order that she might enter the dining room unobserved, Hon. Isaac Benson LusaS. The new Provincial Treasurer, Honor- able I. 5, Luoae, is personally one of the most popular members of the Legislature. Mr. Lucas has found it necessary to ex- plain that his initials I. B. do not stand COT Ieaac Brock, but for the family name of. Isaac Benson, Apart from its lack of veracity he has no objection to the Brock reference, although' Mr. Lome is himself not noted for bis Pugnacious or comba- tive qualities. That is not to say that he shuns a conflict. Quite the reverse. But he is not ono of time who are con• tluunlly looking for trouble. In manner, he is one of the pleasantest men one could wish to meet. That he has natural ability his friends confidently assert, and they have little doubt that he will make a success of his new positiou. Mr, Lucas was originally a Lambton County boy. When•he entered the Legis- lature in 1898 he was described as -the "boy crater," but fifteen years have brought him up to the middle age stand- ing of forty-six years. U. E. Loyalists at Luncheon. • Once a year the Empire Loyalist Alms elation. of Toronto. gathers• together for a luncheon party. The occasion is al- ways an exceedingly pleasant one,. with ladies generally in the majority. Mem- bership in the Associationis confined to those who can trace descent from tbo original Loyalists who migrated to Can- ada during and following the war of American Independence. At the lunch- eon this year one of the guests was His Lordship the Bishop of Toronto, who be- moaned the feet that while he ens as loyal, he thought, as it -was possible for anyone to be.he was not able to trace his ancestry to a U. II. Loyalist source and was therefore deprived from the pees sibility of membership in the dem:ela- tton. Prominent in the organization are re• presentativee of such families as the Denisono, Nevilles. Ryersons, Merritts, Ifeefere, 8trathys and Dicksons. The most prominent -figure of all is probably Col- onel Denison, who thinks, and le not afraid to eay, that all that was beet in U nited States citizenship left it when the T.J. E. Loyalists made their Creek to On- tario and the Maritime Provinces. Only the siftings, he says, were left for Uncle S am. Among the guests at the luncheon this t. John, whear o desoribodnel l how wh hole countiesLean of in that province were settled solidly by Loyalists, their descendants still tilling the eon. One church congregation had moved bodily from New York city to St, John. Tho cathedral Under Way. Work on the eanetrection of a real Anglican Cathedral for Toronto is at lust well under way. As hart been previously s- erfbeddasua,. cathedral, the reale cathedral of the diocese being that of. St. Alban% the Martyr, the Bite for which was pur- chased a quarter of a century ago toward the northern end of Howlalid Ave. Only the choir, however, has been constructed,. and in that curious, unfinished' edifice the . religious. ceremonies have boon car- ried on for many years, Now, however, the real cathedral le be- ing eonetructod. The excavations have been completed and the work of laying the foundations of the nave and transept well begun. When the. Cathedral has been completed is will have coat hall a million do)1ar8 5119)uslve of the land which was puroltaeed in 1884. To the amount re. quire(' $166,000 has already been'seoueed, subeeriptlone to make up the balance are being received by Rev, Canon Morley, who hue been Dueled' in charge of the work. It to tho hope of the Maltop and mchapter that the cathedral ail p mashed in /916, so that it Will be ready for tho great Anglican Church Congress which wi)1 be held in Toronto in that yo,ar. An Impressive Building, Completed, the cathedral will probably be the Most Impressive building to the oitq, impre&aiee iu ito maaelve design, the simple dignity and beauty of Ito propor- tions, It will resemble, on the whole, Ilereford Cathedral In -England. The length of nave 160 feet, the height of 011210 6e feet and the width of nave 69 feet being practically identical in the two cathedrals, But the mighty tower which will bo only eight feet lower than Big Harry" of Oanterbnry has been patterned after the great tower of Derham Cathe- dral. The nave, eroa8lug and transept of 8t. Albans, which will oover 200 square feet moro than nave, oroesing and tran. sept of Exeter Cathedral, rvtllbe exaetly the same area es that portion of Here- ford cathedral west of the chanoel Groh. TIM interior will be simple and severely classical. It is recalled that the Archbishop of Canterbury with his oompantan, the late Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, worshipped in the completed portion or the cathedral, The Bishop Of London has also preached there and on that oacemion left a enb- stantial persoual contribution for the building fund. LONDONER THE LAZIEST 111AN. jams Douglas Claims Atmosphere Causes Lassitude. The Londoner (England) is the laziest htuntan being in the world, according, to the dictum of James Douglas, a well known litterateur, in the course of a discussion on the effects of metropolitan conditions upon human energy, The -London atmosphere, it is agreed, produces lassitude and lethargy. Provincials achieve suc- oesa in 'London. Nearly all the men at the top in London are not READ THE LABEL Na , l'0R THE PRO-TEGTION' OF THE CON- •r(y q SUMER THE INGREDIENTS ARE PLA•Sfi PRIBEL, IT ONLY WELL-KNOWN NLY PRINTED ON THE ICEDBANGPMEDIUM- PRICED CANADA THAT noes NOT CONTAIN •r F ALUM AND WHICH HAS ALI.. THE s INGREDIENTS PLAINLY STATED ON THE LABEL, ?r.kad%1{A' rionLU" MAGIC BAKING POWDER CONTAINS NO ALUM ALUM it SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS SUL- PHATE OF ALUMINA OR SODIC ALUMINIC SULPHATE. THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT BE MISLED BY THESE TECHNICAL NAMES. E. W. GILLETT COMPANY LIMITED WINNIPEG TORONTO, ONT. !MONTREAL Londoners born. "London in our time," said Mr. Douglas, "has produced few men of action, few organizers of indus- try, few statesmen. It would be a miracle i4 the nation did not pro- duce some famous men. But Lon- don is unique in its lack of civil spirit, in the feebleness of its muni- cipal Iifo, and in its intellectual apathy." Flies and Typhoid Fever. The health authorities in Jack- sonville, Fla., by enforcing sani- tary ordinances and making war on flies, reduced the mortality from typhoid fever in 1911 to a little less than one-half the figures for the previous year. It is held than everywhere fully 85 per cent, of the typhoid deaths could •be prevented. MONTREAL IIISMIIIMIIMMID The Ste La rccc I vest and Trust Company (Incorporated"by the Quebec Legislature In 1895 and granted Investment and Trust powers AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, 85,000,000. , Present Issue $1,00.0,000 in Shares of $100 oaoh. in 1905.) (of which about 0300,000 is already privately eubsoribod.) Payable 10 per cont. on application. 20 per cent. on allotment. 10 per cont. on 9 June, 1913. 10 per cent on 9 July, 1913. Balance by calls of 10 per cent. on 30 days' notice. NOTE :-6% Interest will be credited where calls paid in advance. CANADIAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS: PRESIDENT. Sir Alexander Lacoste Director. Liverpool, London & *Globe Insurance Co. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Hon, N. Curry, President, Canadian Car & Foundry Co., Director, Bank of Nova Scotia. Director, Montreal Trust Co. DIRECTORS. G. M. Bosworth, Vioe-President, Canadian PaoiRo Ittailway, Director Provincial Bank of Canada. W. A. Black, Vioe•Presidont, Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Limited, Director Molsons Bank. Fayette Brown, • ■ ■ a Montreal. J. Hubert Bierman&, General Manager, Bclgo-Canadiaa'Baper Go.. , Director, Acadia Ooal Co. Hon. J. P. B. Casgrain, President, Birnam Realty Co., Limited, John Findlay, President, Findlay & Howard, Limited, . . . Hie Worship, Is 0. Lavellee, K.O., Mayor of the City, . . . . BANKERS. Royal Bank of Cdnada . SOLICITORS. Meredith, Macpherson, Hague, Holden and Shaughnessy, . NOTARIES. Fair and Cameron.. . .. . .• .. . AUDITORS. Robson, Hill and Ritchie, C.A., . .. ,. . ' VALUATOR. A. C.-Hutehleon, of Hutchison, Wood and Miller MANAGERS, Findlay & Howard, Limited, 211.213 Notre Dame Street Welt . . Montreal. . Montreal. Montreal. Montreal. Montreal. . Montreal. Montreal, . Montreal, Montreal and Branches. M ntroal. Montreal. . . Montreal. Montreal, . , r `'Montreal. THE ST, LAWRENCE INVESTMENT & TRUST COMPANY. was incorporated by net of the Qnobeo Legiolature, 6 Ed. VII•, Chop. 78, in 1906, having for its object the ex- tending and absorption of the St.- Lawrence Investment Sooieby. This Society, formed in 1896, carried on a euooeseful business on a small scale, paying regular annual- dividends varying from 6 per cent, to 15 per Dent., and the assets gate the shares of the Society a value of about 0160 at its absorption. The Charter under which the new Company is organized is a very valuable one, it beteg difaoult to obtain a Charter of like ohm. - miter. The po8ere conferred by it are wide and give an opportunity for the transaction of a'profltablo bust Mee FUTURE OF THE COMPANY. The new Company will do business on a much larger scale than the old Company, will operate largely in the owning of, buying and selling of well selected real estate, in the development of tracts of land in the City and. Ste suburbs by selling same as Faotoiy Sites and building lots, and in the purchase of agreements. of sale, a boldness vary profitably engaged In in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Vancouver and other pities. .The purchasing of Agreements -of sale has not, to Guy extent, been carried on in Montreal, and it is intended that thie Company pay particular attention to this Branch which shows even hotter aP- portunities of profit, with N larger margin er safety, than those of the West, inasmuch as the values of Real Estate in Montreal are more firmly based. FIELD OF OPERATION. . . - The operations of the Company will be oonfined chiefly to the City and Diotrlot ot;. Montreal, ,and there ie no City whieh offers the same advantages to Investors seeking safety with large returns. Montreal's commercial supremacy In the Dominion ie universally known. The population in 1901 was 260,826, and in 1912, 611,397, The assessed valuation of Real Estate in 1912 allowed an increase of 1126,000,000 over the pre- viove year. Montreal is an Island, therefore its area le fixed. Real Estate values, though increasing, are still low and leave room for groat expansion. The City proper covers an area of 18 square miles, the' smal- lest area of any city with the sumo population in Dither Canada or the United States. - MANAGEMENT. Tho Company have appointed Findlay & Howard, Limited, Managers. Mr. Findlay is recognized as one of the foremost judges of Real Estate in Montreal,and the Firm's success is showp. In tho results of the following Companies managed by them, which in addition to placing substantial amounts to reserve have paid dividends as follows:— Applemount Land'Compsny, Limited, Birnam Realty Company. Limited; . Drummond Realties, Limited, Kenmore Realty Company, 'Limited, Lindoreo Realty Company, Limited. Lorne Realties Limited, .. Park Realty Company, Limited, Tayside -Realty Company, Limited, Wentworth Realty Company, Limited, Inoorltorated 1909 paid 65 per cent. 1910 80 per cent, 1912 33 1.3 per, cent, 1009 "4 87 1.2 per cent.. 1910 ' 156 per cent. 1910 " 96 per coni, 1908 " 140 per gout. 1911 - " 80 per :Dont. 1910 " 160 per cent. APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES. St. Lawrence Invettmont & Trust Company, .. 211.213 Notre Dame Street West, Montreal. I hereby i pply for.,, shanea (or such lege number as may be allotted to -mo) of 0100 each at par in the above Company, and ngreo to pay for seine es follows: - 10 per cent. onaoplication, 10 per cent, 9th Juno, 1933. 20 per cont on allotment. 10 per conte on 9th Tiny, 19m and the balance when required' by the Directors in mills of 10 pet cent. with at least 30 Cay& notice prior to each ball. Signature .,.. „ ,.. (State. whether Mr,,. Mr&, or Mies.) Oconpatton 8ubstriptions may bo paid to ally 1nek doe the Credit of the Cotnpany'lf Aeooui)t Witle the Royal Bank, 69 Canada, Montreal; or mailed direct to the Company who .mill bo glad to furnish further particulars. • St. Lawrence Investment and Trust Company 211-213 Notre Dame St, West, MONTRF;AL, P.Q. „ FEATS OF DARING AIRMEN OPERATOR •111 US'L' RETAIN CON- TROL OF MIS.C11INE. If the Aeroplane G is Out of Hand the Aviator's Fate Is Scaled. If an airman once loses control of his machine' his fate is as good as sealed. Yet there are some tnen so plucky, so wonderfully full of re- source, that even in the angst aw- ful dilemmas they never lose their heads, but will snatch at any des- perate chance and somehow man, - ago to come out unhurt. Satiating is such a man. In July last he was flying with a pas- senger and had reached a height fully a thousand feet when a gust of wind caught his plane, There was a sharp snap, One of the lev- ers controlling the planes had bro- ken.. Sablating acted on the instant. Scrambling swiftly out of his seat, he crept forward' and operated the planes directly by hand. The ma- chine volplaned swiftly earthward, but, though 18 was Smashed on landing, neither of the men was hurt. One of the Egbcrt Brothers, acrobats, was on the top of a coach near Liverpool, when a wheel' came off and the vehicle upset, It came quite natural to hien to wait till the coach was half over, then jump wide, landing on his feet. ' It was exactly in this fashion that the well-known airwoman, Madame de Laroche, saved her life at Rheims. Her machine'was brought down by the "wash" of another aeroplane passing too close; a-nd she managed to keep her head mid jump clear. Monster Le Blon, by his quick- nese and cleverness, on one occa- sion, saved not only his own life, but those of a number of other peo- ple, This was at the Doncaster flying week three years ago. It may be remembered that the weather was very bad. Lo Blon was flying in a gale when a heavy gust surging be- hind the monoplane swung it broadside on, heading off to the right. He tried to regain his line of flight, but the machine refused to coma round. Then he descended quickly. But by this time he was almost on the rails bordering the course. He touched earth at 40 miles an hour. Immediately in front .were the white posts and rails fronted by a ditch,- Le Blon was Equal to the Emergency. He jerked forward his elevating le- ver, and, like a horse rising at a Banco, the plane jerked forward and over the obstacle.. But now a worse peril confronted him. Ile found himself charging at the speed of an express train straight for the peck- ed ranks of spectators. Again he threw himself on his steering column, and sevung it over, leaning his body forward, With a great swoop the plane again leaped into the air. So close 1005 ib 'to the crowd that the wind of its passage sent hats flying this way and that. But it rose—rose to 50 feet, and then 051016 hurtling down. The, wheels crumpled, the propeller flew to fragments. But no one was hurt. Spend Less Than You Earn. Save a little every n'eek, and when you get an increase of wages or salary continue to. live within the former limits and save the increase. If you find it difficult to save, go in debt for a home or undertake some other obligation in the way of in- vestment that will compel you to save. In these days, of course, the average man has better opportuni ties to win. success in salaried post - tints than in individual enterprises. The big enterprises pay big salaries at the top, and close application will win promotion toward these bigger rewards. It is nob necessary for a man to; get a. big salary before lie begins to put money aside.— Henry E. Huntington; Financier, Woke tile Nigger. Three Irishmen were stopping at a second-rate hotel, and one of them had imbibed so freely at the Mbar that the had to be carried to Ids room, in which also slept a negro in a separate bed.. His comrades, es a practical joke, proceeded to paint the Irishman's face black. Isi the morning, when awakened by the proprietor, he got up, and hap- .' pened to catch sight of himself in the mirror, "Oh, bejabers I" he exclaimed, "what a lot of blamed idiots, shure they havegone and woke the nigger by mistake 1" And he drawled back into bed again. Unalterable RS n Rule. "Does your wife ever change her mind r, "Only on some minor matters,": replied Mr. Meektoti, after eareftd. thought, "I believe; I recall that she once expressed an intention to love, honor -and obey, or something Ile that."