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Ladies’ Wash Skirts _
$1.65 to $6.50 .each
for 98c
'l`WO DOZEN LADIES’ WASH SKIRTS: We
are clearing out today a lot of two dozen. Some of these we carried over from last season, made from a good quality of linen and repp, and regular values run from $1 65 to $6.50 each. Going on sale today for 98c each. Full line of sizes.
Ladies’ Dust Coats
at 1-2 price
_ TWO DOZEN LADIES’ DUST COATS: going
on sale today at exactly one-half price. Full assort- ment of sizes, made from a good quality of linen and repp, ranging in price from $4.35 to 10.00. On sale now $4.35 for 2.18; 5.00 for 2.50; 6.25 for 3.12; 8.00for 4.00 and 10.00 for 5.00.
Ladies’ Dresses
1-2 price
We are placing on separate racks today all the
dresses carried over from early spring and the past season. These go on sale today at one-half the price: $1.35 for 682; 1.75 for 880, 2.00 for 1 00; 2 50 for 1.25; 3.00 for 150; 4.25 for 2.12; 5.00 for 2.50. Just 38 dresses in this lot.
Boy’s Wash Suits 1-3 off Regular Price
The balance in stock going on sale this morning for l-A less, the regular value $1.00 suits for 66C; 1.50 for 1,00; 2.00 suits for 1.33 and 2.50 for 1.67.
Ladies’ Hose 35c
for 19c
We have placed on the counter 25 dozen ladies’
hose in all the different colors, regular values 35c. We are clearing out the lot now for 18c per pair.
S. A. McDonald
ade to Measure Suits
$15.00
Leave your measure with us and get a suit made-
to-orderi-a suit we guarantee to fit and give good satisfaction. _The regular values run from $18.00 to 22.00, made to order now for $15.00 a suit. -
10.00 Suits
Our special $10.00 suit is made from an all-wool
serge. good quality Italian Lining, in all sizes from 34 to 44 at 10.00 per suit.
Raincoats
We have just received frorr. the manufacturera
large assortment of mens’ rain proof coats, in tweeds and paramettas--special value, 54 inches long, made military style, all sizes at $5.00. Other lines at $6.50, 7.00, 8.00, 10.00 to 12.00. '
New Idea Patterns 10c
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The only difference between the New Idea and
other Patterns is the price, the New Idea costs only 10c, all kinds.
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Charlottetown Guardian
is out of the_ up$t],pn‘\uywa . ihsogmee
have population of If‘Ltlftll, , im-
bued' with the old northern spirit. ‘United they would make e, formidable opponent. Theywill be lucky if they lascape war's devastation. Their statesman are wise ln their endeavour to maintain an honourable neutrality.
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SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1915.
CONSCRIPTION
We hear much these days about conscriptlon and the
need of il. It has been seriously discussed in Great Bri- tain; it has been hinted at in Canada, but neither in Great lirltain nor in Canada has it received uiueli favour. '
The Lirltish Empire is built on the voluntary system;
willing allegiance is in the British blood and the idea of compulsion is abhorreiit. It is this willing allegiance that to-day knits the British Empire together with builds sizonger than steel; that has made loyal subjects of peo- ples once estranged; that will curry the Empire triumph- antly through the fiery trial that it is undergoing at pre- sunt. '
Yet we talk siiiously of eonscriptiou, and why? It is
because the burden of the war is being unequally dis- tributed; because the true British blood has cheerfully taken hold ot` the burden and at the cost of life, of comfort, of home ties, of everything that has made life worth liv- ing, while many of the human parasites that are fattening on the blood and the labours of others refuse to take their share. ln all ages the willing and the honourable and the red-bioodcd have carried the burdens of civilization and progress and these others have sncaked along in the slielter, batlening and fattening on the labours and the sacrifices of others. It is because of this that patience often ceases to be a virtue und conscription and conipul- sion are talked of.
We see it in our own province. Many have done their
duty nobly; so many that the name of the province stands proudly in the Einpire’s honor roll. But there are even here ii few shirkers, a few oi' those who. by every standard of duty and of honour, should have gone to the front and who live not; a few of those who by every standard of duty and of l\onour.~..sliould---have contributed of their wealth ami who have not. it is because of these, here and olsi-wliero throughout the Empire, that conscrlption and coinpulsion are so oi`ten discussed.
And yet no man can teach another his duty. No man
is really doiibtful what his own duty is. If he is true to hiinseli’. and that is the first necessity of it satisfactory life, hc counts the \vorld well lost if duty be fulfilled. lf, because it is hard and unpleasant, he runs away' from duty, or sliirks it, or makes excuses for his shlrklug, he I-nn never again be ii comfortable companion to himself, and lic is himself the only companion he can never avoid. llc may shun others, and they will undoubtedly shun him, for they know him, but lie cannot get away from himself. The man \vlio skulks when he ought to be fighting, who re- fuse.s.to give when others are giving their all, has lost his honour and his soul-and “what shall it profit it man if lic gain the whole world and lose his own soul?"
The min-iilne gun fund now in progress of being raised
has, in the few days since it was opened, brought out a most creditable response and we feel sure will, when com- pleted, be such as to bring further credit to the province. lu coiuieetion with the funds previously raised some people lost their opportunity, proved themselves untrue to them- selves, proclninicd themselves parasites. The opportunity is again open.
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SCANDINAVIA
While all the great powers of Europe are at war, the
Scandinaviiin countries have in a measure united to mnin~ tain their neutrality. Despite the agreement, there are some European observers who are asking the question, is Sweden to be drugged into the debacle? That king- dom, together with its two neighbors, has long been sus pielous of thc intentions of both Prussia. and Russia. The t1zar’s Empire has been ilie one most feared,'and for some time previous io the outbreak last summer the Swedish people were preparing for ii possible attack. Under the leadership of King Gustav, the army was increased and the term of service lengthened, Measures were'aiso taken to strengthen the navy, nnd the policy of the King found general support. There was opposition, of course, bitt n great procession of 30,000 citizens marched to the palace to show the national feeling. When war really came, it was felt that the Germans might strike at Sweden, but the apprehension died out as the days passed, and it was felt that with Russia and Germany at grips, the Scandinavian kingdoms were safe. so long as they were united in the determination to defend their neutrality. Recently there have been hints that Sweden at least was in danger. Pre- mier I-Iauiniarskjold, in addressing it peace congress, ex- pressed a sincere hope for continued pence, declaring at the sanietlnio that it was as dangerous to believe that Sweden favoured peace at any price ns that she favoured war. This started discussion as to which side the great- est of the Scandinavian lands would aid. It was recalled that Sven lledln had issued n warning against Russia in 1912, and again in 1914. The Queen was also quoted as saying that her heart was with the Germanic forces. On the other hand it was pointed out that the Swedish people had on more than one occasion expressed disapproval of German methods of conducting warfare, especially with regard to submarine attacks on neutral shipping and pas- senger stenmships. There the matter rests.
Sweden has won fame in the past on the field of war,
ami has carried warfare into Germany. in the summer 0|
1630 Gustavus Adolphus landed in that country to fight for - Protestantism, and after a series of successes met his death at Lntzen in November, 1632. His armies remained in the country for sixteen years and played a deciding part in ending the Thirty Years' War. At that time Sw.- den dreamed nf ii world-wide Swcriisli empire.” To-day
Many of our readers will remember the name of Misa
Jane Addams of Chicago, who made a good deal of noise about peace since the present war began. She even en- 'glneered a peace conference at the Hague, to which she ' invited the Patriotic Society of Canada, an invitation which that Society, with becoming dignity and great. common sense, declined, mentioning among other things the fact that there were some things to settle before peace could
be discussed. - ,_,
Miss 'Addams has since distinguished -herself. , In a
speech recently delivered in Carnegie Hall she declared that soldiers ln the British, German 'and French armies 'are made drunk before they go to battle. _,She said; _“In Ger- many they have a regular formula for lt. In England they use rum, nad the French resort to abalnthe. In other words, therefore, in the terrible bayonet charges they speak of with dread, the men must be doped before they start."
Nothing more contemptible, says an exchange, has been
spoken from any platform slncel the -war began. Moreover, the statement is as untrue a`s`it is unfortunate, Miss Ad- dams forgeis that from France abslnthe has been banish- ed. So in Russia vodka has been suppressed. Among British, Canadian and Australian soldiers there are drink- ers, but few drunkards. Rum has been served ln the Brit- ish \Army only as a medical measure, to prevent the ex- haustion caused by cold, snow and standing in water in the trenches. Never in the world's history has there been so sober a wer. Indeed, this war seenis_llkely to be the greatest prohibition movement of the agw. ln France and Russia olii habits of the people seem likely to be destroyed. in Great Britain rigorous suppression of the liquor traffic luis been begun. in Canada the training camps are free of liquor. flow could a woman like Miss Addams, who has so much ol’ good service to her credit, have pronounced such ii cruel and baseless slander?.
ln a letter to the New York Times dealing with Miss
Addams’ statement, Mr. Richard Harding Davis says: “In this wnr the h‘rencii or English soldier who has been killed in a bayonet charge gave his life to protect his home and country. For his supreme exit lie' had prepared himself by months of discipline. Through the winter in the trench- es he has endured shell, disease, snow, and ice. For months he had been separated from his wife, children, friends-all those he most loved. When the order to charge came it was for them he gave ills life, that against those who destroyed Belgium they might preserve their home. might live to enjoy pence. Miss Addams denies him the credit of his sacrifice. She strips him of his honour and courage. She tells ills children, ‘Your father did not die for France, or for England, or for you; he died because he was driink."’ It is doubtful if the cause of pence can be served by slander, or Carnegie I-lull honoured
by libel and insult. , _
MILITARY CRITIC’S VIEW
this war is Hillaire Bclloc. Ile is peculiarly well qualified to express an opinion as to the various military move- ments, their significance and ultimate value. Of French birth, and military education, he has lived many years in England, and was for one term it member of the British House of Commons. Ile states that the Germans and A\ts~ triixns could put in the field in the first year of the war n total of 12,000,000 men. Of that 12,000,000 men, 6,000,000 are now in liospltals, or prisoners or dead. The Austrian and German prisoners alone amount io nearly a million ami a half. Tile dead of the German army must be not less than 500,000. whereas tho number of British dead is only about 50,000. Ile further says: "In the German army the professional officers wounded or captured cannot amount to less than seventy-five per cent. Britain and her allies are enormously more numerous in potential man power than the enemy, and on the West our rate of wastage has been far less. On the South our wastage has only just begun.' On the East even among the Russians, the wastnge has been not quite equni to that of the enemy. The Russians have lost altogether perhaps three millions. The enemy has lost about fifty per cent. of his total poten- tial man power. So far we linve lost but at the rate of about twenty-eight per cent." Mr. Bclloc declares his ut- most confldence ln the ultimate victory of the Allies.
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NOTES
The essence of the relations between the United States
and Germany arising out of the Lusltaula incident, is that the United States cannot buck down. It cannot stand still. It must, therefore, go forward. Germany will not be able to write another note which will be acceptable to her own people without being offensive to the people of the United States, und particularly to the Wilson Governmentl
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One of the exhibits at the coming Toronto fair will be
it captured German gun, wlilch the enterprising directors have' managed to secure. The field-piece should prove a fine attraction. Probably a more pleasing sight for visi- tors would he an enemy general, but that, of course, would be out of the question.
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licr hows lies the home-port all but veiled in sil\'cr§' lizizc; no
.sign of danger is seen, heard or iinagiiied.
'l`lic ciusliiiig shock of an explosion! liceliiig iindcr the blow, the leviatlinn swcrvcs, stops-:uid ,
lists. In st-colitis ineiisiircrl by lieartlicaifs, :unidst the hissing of stezun :ind the sliricks of the lost, she plunges to licr doom
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your veins may pulse ilic life-flood of riiilily licnlili.
llui :tt any iiislnnt the llirlrlcn lliinil may strike, and <lo\\'i1
you ni:t_\' go--torpcdoed ‘wit/ioiif :tfar1ii'n_r/.'
'l`iicn what of the passeiigcrs? \\"li:it of the nioilicr, the
sister or the wife who relics on your skill and strength to keep
1 her afloat? \\-"init of the helpless cliildrcn? Arc they too.
to be struggliiig uiixilidcd :unidsi the wide waste of wntcrs--
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fir, will you provide iliciii 11010 with tlic only life-belt that
can innkc their future sxifc-an adequate life assur:uice'policy?
llccidc today. 'l`oiiiorro\v ilic torpedo may strike lioniel
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Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada Assets $72 .000.000|Insurance force $250.000.000
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s G O F F B R O S .
` _ ' Now is your time to buy White Footwear. Ladies’ White Suede_a\ld Canvas Pomps at 25 per cent Discount. _
There is a long season yet of warm weather, you will need a pairloflwhlle
J Pomps. We have a window full at 25 per cent Dioc_ount.
the mornlng's rays, ., I; ,
Finsses-
-on ini. win .ing .mi om, When out shopping come in and look over our Bargain Tables