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Northern Advance, 6 Apr 1911, p. 11

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forty andvfty choristers trooped. `back on the stage and took the star of her feet with their congratula- tions, insisting that Mias Victoria re- turn the compliment by being their guest at the Arena. The spirit of`t.he music halls per- vaded the air, for several choristers walked into the theatre smoking cigarettes and cigars, but immediate- ly recollecting that they were in a. new place, Where customs might be 'di'erent, they enquired if smoking was the privilege and threw away the fags when informed in the negative. NOTICE IS HEREBY GI_VEN that I____!____ - _- AND TAKE Ndwr that af_ter the 11-..]. .1... .. `Ml --- 1!\1-I LL, , ISTRATHY & ESTEN, Barrie. Qntfnrc Qnr fhn nvnnn5n-4 LtLLJ.J.L.l. sv .14kJ.L..l.`AJ.V, .IJlllllUu Solicitors for the executors. z4'(H\ ;\I1's. Johnston quoted fo;r1ner_ In-`I Spector of iP1-{sons 1\'oxon as saying tint immorulit_v and drunkenness was` Mr. James Noxon, former P1'0Vm' cial h).<}vw?t0l" of Prisons and ties, the speaker c0ntend8`.1g _ ma the stntelnmlt that immorallffy 9:. dr1.111l were distinctly n_ t e . , . 'n 011` lnC1`(`H~'(' zunongst W0mn 1 - A -tux-io. The 'l`u1'0ut0 Globe _says--- Mrs: Blanvhe .l0l1nstOn of Barrie, who has been for nmn_v years engaged in'socii11 rescue wm:k, made :1 startling address` last .\\'el11esd:l_v afternoon at the meeting of the Womeu s Home Mis- f:'i0n.'n_\' Society, held at the'Grosveno,rl Street (`hu1`L-ll, Toronto. H ' T ` The 1ltl(ll'9Sb' dealt with the Social evil, the white slave t1'al fic and the t1'unsl'-1' agencies. Mrs. Johnston 'orou_{_vht the question home to Can- mllzuxs by telling` of Conditions` which she l1:1>: (ll.~:('OV01't`(l in variousl parts of the ('0ll1ltl')', including 'I`or'out'0. She then made some s11ggestionsi for-__ tlle rmnmhilug of the evil. . I Mrs. Blanche Johnston Tells The Social Evil-Action. ls"De- manded-Missionary Society Called Upon -To Give Aid. DANGER sunmouunsj (ms or CANADA! White Slave Trafc and Transfer Ag-1 encies in Ga.nada.---Sixty Thousand ` Girls Must be Recruited Yearly Owing to Short-lived` Careers. say that you nd 1:11.658" 'thing_s i over I V I ss3.ooo.ooo Total .Assets_ SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SOLICITED $8.650.00_0 Capitdl and Reserve. ` for and caoim d . . . Reserve_Fund. . . .` .' ~. T$5,`5ao,,ooo Head -Oic, Halifax, N.s. Ggneral Ma_na"ge:- s (')"f'ce,'V. To:-oi1_td.V= Gnetal Battking Bqinsinesv.-3. Trdtasactd The. Books arid` Statements of this Bank are annually. submitted to a .strictly independent audit. Barrie Branch -_ Five ,_-Points S.McADAM, Manama I asked Inspector `Archibald his; opinion on the subject and he bears.` out the" statement that the . earnings 4 of Toronto shop and factory girls are conlparatively high. `The. great caus- es of faolling, A he says,_`are environ- .-ment and heredity. i Conditions in Toronto. - E They say there is no white slave I t1'a`ic in Toronto. Do you know that here, within ten minutes. walk of_this `very church, a clergyman, who was in plain clothes,` was accosted by two ;pretty. girls, one of whom handed him `a`card and asked him to call and see I; jher. He looked at that card, and, iwould you believe it," there was an address on it but no name-only a. munber. I visited` that house at the minister s request, and my worst fears `were realized. The house was run by - : a mVan--a white slaver. "A`What' Shall _we do-with these imoral .lepers`?. We: must keep our own da1_1ghters' pure, and it is_1'1ere, that the `reform-home comes in. Help _thefn we must, for 1'en11nber Christi `th`1'oughout' his ministry never con- `demned a woman!` _ V V some suggestions} How can We help to prevent `this iawfui traffic? May .I' make one. -or two" suggestions`? V i Let; our women's societies _enter, into the work, and_ engage in an ac- tive propagand1,- u?1'g'i-`ng xnotlxers and `guardians to safeguard their` girls and i point out to them gently the pitfalls iwhich encompass them, } Then a strangers Secretarywou1d ibe appointed Jto care for the young igir1s- in their districts, and visitors who would make the care of foreign women in their jurisdiction their spe- I cialo care. Then let this society petition the Government to _grant protection to weak and feeble-minded women, as other women s councils have done. Six .years ago the Government prom- ised to do so`, but up till the present l have taken no action. I ' In conclusion, let us. 9.11 show reali ;Chr:istian sympathy to those women who have fallen, but ago; trying earn- yestly to refo,rm, so that no such wo- }man shall be cast back to her1 shamlal {by the cold shoulder at the _`go.odE lor segreg_ate vice _byVtl1ei1"`action, or ! rather i'naction._ " ' V ," The opinion of a local deaconss is that immorality doesnot resnlt to lany great extent from a want of suf-` cient money to 1ive-`a fewe mayi sell theirechasteness for their very? `existence, seysthis ladyvbut as a -general rule Toronto girls earn quite sufcient to allow them to live moral. l lives. e _ , Potent causes of the ebove ate the existence of permitted vice inany loca1ity, as too many oicials tolerate A.. ......_._.._L, (-eterywhere; in the miningtcamspsf-in city and` country, under-the cultured lveneer` of reneinent or in theblack `fstreets of the` slums. ` ' '- T T V` '1`heAOa.us'ees. Now for the causes of me fall_of women. There are three great causes.| Perhaps the -greatest is disappointed] love, where simple trust has been violated, and then society and fel- low-women have regarded the un-] lfortunates as outcasts, for so few are Fready` to` help the fallen. A V If you would learn just what kind of ware "I,)pos-Art.'.Lls-howJre`ally beautiful it is-drop in and seg our stock. L It includes sevral~.novl- de- lien! that .0179 .09rl.t.%1,.I;l $03 inttatu. _ Remarlable, first ofall, for its un- usually graceful lines; and doubly beautiful by reason of the _b.rtis`t,l_c V ~-*.. 1.. ...m..1. n-`m anla hsin-Iben Deaulllul Dy rcuauu `VA Iuonv 7--u.-.-`,.__ manner in which the gold has5=b'ee -'-~~~A-n--am an, H: I-nHIz-1lrhIf sin-. l_uuuu\:s J51 u deposttd"` A.-- This]: one. 61." a remrkgble set of T'h-11keadi|:- aewe;1ez.: A AT. -,%._. Set 91 i Exceptional Beauty % .----_.:---.-.' Incorporated "1832. Ft- . `jnspasgqnr NIIIU-ll I-IAV gvau cow- --_-_ on its milk-white sixt- DlDN T wm T0 SAY GO0D-BYE on tlw im-re:1se among the women Of; Ontario. - | I '-In the course of his address Rev-.' Dr. Grant said: We have a distinct national. problem, the like`. of which never confronted any other nation in its infancy. 4V-ast multitudes of oth er nationalities are pouring into Can-' ada, and,` with all their various be- liefs and prejudices, planting them- selves in littlepgroups in the very. transmute these people and `bring them to learn` of the spirit of Christ, we shall have a- great problem to face in the immediate future. We must stamp our civilization, our edu- cation, our nationality and our mor- ality upon` those who are coming to] our land. There" is a large niultitude | `of ' foreigners ewho will never be reached by mere preaching. We must ;heart of our nation-. Unless we can I get down to work anddo missionary work amongst them. 1 E Rev. R. G. Scott of Wakam spokal {on the Ruthenian race,an_d the diffi- cu1ties_attending"the missionary work gamongst`-them in the west. `Herbert Meehan, Just After Gettingl ` Sentenced-To Two Months, Broke Away And Has Not Yet \ e Been Caught. DI?-3.-Sheriff Simith was on his way bac _to the jail with his prisoner and when in `the hallway of the Court House. near the front door, the lame man gave a. jump, and was o like _a deer, before the astonished o_icer_had time tousay ._Good-bye. Round the Court House ran the .pri`s- oner, : up the hill past the old cemet- tery and 0E for the country. Mr. John- ston, V of t__l1e_oE1 ectri`cu Light ,Dept. was was" attending ;to` fa ` light on the `hill ,;but~ `meghnn _ did _` not` `stop, for h_ any nonigirsatihon .with _hi1nt.'r)(no :1-_dot:lbt,. " n _ e.:,.m;g;,..a4 _nn1_,e : Egan, _w an. k%?:6f;v6rs's `,1:!i# gan. Mghin, `who hail ffom Stratfofd, ;_j}played a9 pretty .successf1il- '-Apart; a n`d % : t V `G mm p Little did `His Honor Judge Wis- imer think, as he _sentenced Herbert I Meehan to two months in jail that the apparently badly crippled man who stoodpbefore him on Friday noon would be doing a Marathon stunt across the country within a few minute_s after `receiving the "sentence. Such is fate,-and for_all the author- ities l;nc'w he may be going yet. \f--1._,_ `l-_.`I.`L--, ! Neehan had" been tried on a charge i of.tlu-ft t'rOm- an"Ori11ia merchant, and remanded for sentence. He was tak- en from the County Jail up to the Court House on Friday and did a ,c1eve1j.piece of acting by feigning a `very 'badly_inju1,'ed leg. He limped` along as if in pain, aendihad to be iassisted intb the dock. {His -Honqr passed sentence of` two months, and out 015 consideration for his sxipposed injuries, dated "the sentence. from iMarch 14th, the day on which he was Hirst placedzin jail. ' \ A strong plea for Anationalizing and [Christianizing the `thousands of im- migrants pouring into\ this {country was `made at the Tuesday evening ses- ision of the-society by Rev. Dr. A. S. `Grant, Rev. D. `D. McTavis`h,` pastor of Grosvenor Street .Church,`. presid- dr ` - V I V At the morning session yesterday it was announced that the -sum Vof $4,- 000.was set aside for the building of an additional home for Galician child- `mm in Teulon. ' This address was followed by a !b1'ie.f`spee c.l1 from Rev. R. G.~ Scott `of, Saskatchewan, who bore out Miss Be1l s state_men-ts. ' In the l'nited States,`said Mrs. Johnston, there are 300,000 fallen` girls in l1(m..~:es bf shame, got `ther by: tri:} 1-y and the faults of society. On the average the life of these girls is only tivo years. That is't o -`say, that 6(),OU0 girls must be recruited from the ranks of shame in America an1111uH_\'. 'J`hi.- works out at the rate. of one hnn_11'ed and Seventy a week, 01' that :1 }'0llllg` gi1'T s life is blasted There- are: always those who ca -help these `people ` in theirj small way,e said Miss Bell. You never [know wl1ere'your work will end`, You cannot all _be leaders, but you can Q0 your share. It isltime now that `we ;should be up and doing. Monitoba Gzilicians are all vpoor, it; was said, and their homes are wretch-4 ed- The mothers are left at home all through the winter in huts heated to 90 `degrees, about 12x16 feet in size and with earth floors. The child- ren, run.abo_ut in . the winter in these 'houses_cld "in ,1: single cotton gar-! ment. There is no fresh sir, and] they are fed o-n_co1 d corn bread and- black coffee. -._ . -I i . "ol?"hVe'o:o;tx_1_:1`,v`_s_`sio4`<>n r'rork"f":. ; *the' _=Rnths2iiafin `9c"gir1's-fin` region, `-Manitoba; `wasthe subject of `Miss Elizabeth Bell. s ,address._ Miss Bell is the `Bus Aperintendent of. the work in Teulonf and `mode a most. eloquent and enter- tgining appeal` for her` charges. Wo- men and 'girls,. she said, have not got their right place in the Ruthen- ian household of to-day; they are al- most regarded` as useless, but this idea is s1o"w1"y dying ~ out and the girls position becoming bettet._ Miss Bell ihopes that _.a, girls home will soon be, established in the west. e 1 her; The Evening V Sessiog. n NORTHERN ADVANCE Nlcuous SUMMER ; HOME FOR SALES ;ParkIands. the Magnieent Coun- : try Estate is Being Offered- { _ A Fine Property. ` | Mr. Frederic Nicholls is oering his beautiful summer home, Park- [landsA for sale, the advertisement {which appeared in Toronto` Saturday! lNig'ht describing the property as fol! 3 lows: One ofthe nstcountry estates` fin Canada, situated on Lake Simc0e,l `about three miles from Barrie. About. 85 acres in extent-; beautiful resi- `deuce, gardener s lodge, bungalow, extensive _wall and drives, -terraces, tennis courts, croquet lawns, private wharf and harbor, large boathonse, etc. Private scientic sewage system, iwater works and electric light plant. 1. Good bathing beach private railway `flag station. Distance from Toronto '65 miles and good motoring the en- tire distance. ` ' V l ` S e\'er_v ciglxt minutes. [ . If this the condition in ~ the tates what about Canada? `How man_y (':madiun girls are there who have gulxv to the States :'1nd`disa.p- puun-.!. How mzuly of these; are liv- .. 1 is Cuts of the ,residence and terraces,` the approach from the lodge, the private harbor, boathouses and light- nouse,, and the. gardener s lodge and gbungalow are shown in the advertise- yment, displaying but faintly the beauty of 'this, magnicent summerl home. ` ' ` ' I Even a good man ovefdoes it when he knows that somebody is looking. te outwit ._the Judge and all the 015-! cials. A reward has been oered for his apprehension. He isaabout 6 ft. tall, 24 years af age, with light hair and clean shaven. He wore a brown fedora, faded coat and vest and blue 1 pants. - ~ - I A A man answering his description` ` was seen near Johnson s hill, Kempen- ifeldt, about three o clock on Friday] afternoon, but up _to the present hef has not been apprehended. ! BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! The Canadian Century are sending 20 Canadian Boys on a ve weeks trip to England during the coronation. Their advertisement appears in this lissue and will be read with interest by our boys. ` ' t a}l'he.hC'anadia,n Cerlftury will - C!I1):t}l ian`B3:ft swzeks `.'$ tZ 3 `*:i* V J an GONTEST MANAGER, GANADMN BENTUHY MONTREAL Please send me 1ll information how I can go to the Coronation with all expenses paid b}/"you. Name ................................ ........... ..Agc.. 9 Street - ..................................................... .. Post OfIice..; ................. .................... .. uooooonoouuu ----------- no i A -_1 -_ o 20 Free Trips To Coronation % The Century will. * vavooallgheo 9?. `Y"?F> send me full information how , I!Ro'Gn'i:'ss BRAND) % cwnunc '1 . ALDERSON, FIVE Pomrs, CI.O FI1IN(: STORE Not that I have found the Mont- real audiences cold, for I have not been better received any place outside of England than I have here, con- tinued the comedienne, and they are picking\up the songs now as soon as I they can get on to them, but the visiti [of the choir certainly did my heart ; lgood. They not only sang the chorus, {but the whole of the songs as well,! I and with such a voice that I couldi Ihardlyhear myself. ing ]i\'`~` of slmme, uncardfol Unluxwl on the OH)?!` Side`? The White Slave Itrade; _.__ __.,..,..-_.- Though the Englishman at home is not generally given to demonstrative} outbursts, it was a revelation to anyll mere Canadian that happened to be, ;in the audience yesterday afternoon; [of the degree `of sympathy that was) immediately established between the. vaudeville star and her compatriot`! singers, exiled like herself for the time being from their native Albion. The entire house was in an uproar `from several minutes before she ap'-' peared until long after the regular closing time, and Miss Victoria was compelled to go. through almost her entire "repertoire, including Wait-I ing at the Church, g which she had` discarded from her repertoire some! years ago. They sang, and they clap- 1 iped, and they cheered, while Miss` Victoria continued responding until she was fairly fagged out. Led by: a pronounced type of London English- man, the choir clapped in unison, the: long, slow, resounding clap peculiar to the London music halls, while others shouted good-Vhumoredly, dear old girl, and other endearing epithets. They soon got the native-born mem-g bersrdf the audience going with their infectious jollity until the uproar was deafening. ` LEA," nu . A ' I `Sheffield Singers Joined With Vess i ta Victoria In The Chomses At Montreal. ENGLISH anon! ; IN VAUDEVILLE [ The Montreal Herald of March 30th [says: It seemed like the dear old ' Empire Theatre transported bodily to `Montreal, and everybody singing the -1 ichoruses, said Miss Vesta Victoria, after the visit of one hundred and {fifty members of the Sheield Choir r_to her performance at His Majesty s Theatre yesterday afternoon. ll\`I'-L LI ,1 -r MAfft;;u'the' V performance I between __-- -- ..-_.--..v`.\-- vw us5\.|K.lI\l\'I . _[ ' >"' ' Coat. Cut. 1:) motor style, szzes 36 42. $9 0.3 Other lines at $11.00, $15.00 and $22.00, Last call T for` Special Order Suits" to be de- livered befofe Easter. Drop in and lezwe your IT! 63.5 L! 1'6. Men's Fin Impoftecl English Par;-lmaltz-1 \. \"utcr- 0 - k . , , proof. Coats. thoroughly rubberxzed m a fawn shade, an all wool material and self-linecl. seams; sewn and taped, and a guarzmteed Waterproof {`(\.|f Pin? 0-1 o4sr\O-'r\-A AI-.-l,` .....-..- -/ - - 1" =~ishot'1ld"draW, your gittention to the need of 21 eV'W.terproof~ Garment. Better `buy a Coat` now thanfwait. until after you have caught cold 'th"rou'gh getting wet. Men's lniportetl English Covert Cloth Rain- coats; in` Dark Oxford Grey shade. Thor- oughly proofed by a chemical process. Can lpe worn as alight overcoatin fair weather and as -a protection from the wet in rainy weather. cut loose and roomy in Single-breasted Style. 50 inches long. lined with ne lwilled` Mohair Lining. size 36-42. $10.00. Other lines at $9.00. APRIL snowens 'l11;\mc1'iv:1 there are agencies Whit-h vtylluvt gil'1S and send ethem thmuglmut the world. It may be that. mar (.`:1n:uli:m lost ones have `been so tI':L1`.%p<))'It'Il, and may be as far off as ~\,'hung}1:ni or the Argentine. Semi-ready Tailoring i ecmnun aendwme full information I the Coronation by'you. Notice to Creditors `all persons having any claims or de- mands against the late Thomas Young of the Town of Barrie, Retired Farm- er, who died on the eighth day of IFebruary, 1911, are required to send by post prepaid or to deliver to the undersigned solicitors for Albert Young and George Young, the execu- ,tors of the said Thomas Young, De- ] ceased, their names, addresses and full } particulars of their claims. nuvuu --.-no.-. .--.~-_..._ A _. 1- Occasionally those who say but little talk too much. Miss Victoria opened on Monday night at the Princess Theatre, Toron- to, to capacity business. !. Miss Victoria said last night she was immensely pleased with her first | visit to Canada, and will certainly [come again. I m an ardent Im- 'peria1ist, you know, she remarked, and I m going to make a tour of the whole Empire, beginning with Australia, after my Canadian engage- ment is nished. It s a ne country, this Canada, but just don t you let `the Americans force their reciprocity on you. I d take up a gun myself and ght with you if they ever tried to annex this country." `gnu .LL1.I.x1_a .LV\J.|..l.\./ILA uuae d.1l.aCl. IIIIU \First day of May 1911, the said exe- R cutors willdistribute the assets of the [said deceased among the persons on~ titled thereto having regard only to {the claims of which they` shall then have had notice and that the said exec- utors will not be liable for the said assetsor any part thereof to any per- son of whose claim they shall not `then have received notice. 1 DATED at Barrie th7e3Z0th day of ;March, 1911. r\a-us-. A --o---- Q --..~_._.._.. __ ' 14-17 "}"it'tvm1_Ve:u';~' ago I `visited i*.ou.~m in 1\'eewatiu, and the "Woman who \v:1s in ('h:11'ge of it told me that the .s:_vs-tmn of transfer and transport of the u;_rencies was so prfectthat it. would be impossible fo,r me to trace- Uny pzn'fioulu1' girl I might "have Wi8_h- ed for. This existed fteen yea1',5' Mu. How much more does it exist to-Ju_\:. How much greater must be its ruvx1i[i(':1ti0ns? ' `

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