The Axe, 20 octobre 1922, vendredi 20 octobre 1922

[" Fe hog = # Sal - TOW Case.In rendering judg- \"called uvon to decide whathera ~* .whether or not Sir Montagu : Allan had violated the law in :\u2026.signing that report-Wesubmit : \u2018- that à judge who has already rendered judgment to the ef- * tion was not false should not , An that he had alreadymadeup \u201c* _ his mind on the question of the + basie charge.+.\u201d We pratest in the name ot .-libarties may be endangered if the administration of justice .\u201cceages to be a strictly impartial function, who have à right to -*demand that no judge shal! sit me CRITICAL PLAIN COMMENT SPEAKING WITHOUT CONCERNING FEAR OR PUBLIC FAVOR.A JOURNAL OF ACTION AGAINST REACTION QUESTIONS.EDITED BY JOHN H, ROBERTS \u201cLAY THE AXE AT THE ROOT OF THE TREE\" Ne.41 MONTREAL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 1932 Anaual subseription Two dollars, Price: 8 comis, CHIEF JUSTICE DECARIE SHOULD NEVER HAVE PRESIDED IN ALLAN CASE Had alreauy decided that no False Return had ever been made from Merchants Bank in Macarow charge \u2014 Justice must be done! The trial of Sir Montagu Allan has just concluded and the| be - judgment in the case is announced to be delivered on November 9th.We have neither wish nor desire to see Sir Montagu Alian convicted.In fact, we would prefer to see him honorably acquitted.But, whether he is acquitted or not, his trial before Chief Justice Decarie constitutes one of the most glaring prostitutions of justice and disregard of constitutional law that has ever come under our notice, We believe it so grave a scandal that it is our deep, earnest, solemn conviction that the Minister of Justice should intervene, cance! all the proceedings before Chief Justice Decarie, and ordér a new trial to be held, \u201cChief Justice Decarie was the sitting judge in the Macamen in that case he decided that no False Return to the Government had been made in The Merchants\u2019 Bank case and, accordingly dismissed the charge against Mr.Macarow.\u2018We have no quarrel with that decision, We accept as bevond cavi) or dispute that Chief Justice Decarie\u2019s judgment was his honsst finding on the facts placed- before him, Rut in the Allan case he was .False Return had been made to \u2018the Government and, if so, fect that the Return in ques- be allowed to sit as a judge and determine in another case whether that Return ig true or not, the common people whose very servants judges are and must The Minister of Justice cannot ignore this issue.If Chief Justice Decarie rulesagainthat the Return in question was not à False Return an appeal must be entered against the judgment.If he decides that the Return was a False Return then, in that case, an appeal must be entered against his judgment in the Macarow caze.The Peopte of Canada look to the Minister of Justice, Sir Lomer Gouin, to see that there is no violence done to the im- REVELATIONS OF LON WACES HAVE NOVEDNONTREXL Girl Employee of Montreal Department Store upholds THE AXE and calls herself a \u201cvictim\u201d Our feature article in last week\u2019s issue under the caption, \u201cGir] Slaves at Goodwin\u2019s\u201d has created more interest and discussion, and produced more favorable comment, than any article we have yet printed.Three large editions of THE AXE were printed but we failed to fully satisfy the demand for copies of the paper.Not one word of condemnation or partial administration of aw] disapproval has reached us, in this case and they will expect him to act.which is one of the most re- DEPARTMENT STORE SLAVERY ism.ce in the conduct of this journal.We believe we have struck a blow for the square deal for women and girls greater than any ever struck in this City of Montreal.It is the moral question involved in the under-payment of giris and women that ap- pealg to the people who have read and discussed our article.We take high ground and say that no employer can justify the paying of wages to girls and women (we leave men out of the discussion) upon which \u2018they cannot live decently and markable facts of our experien- (continued on page 8) What The Man Who is the Uptown merchant who has in addition to his wife and children one private wife in Montreal, one in New York, and a deserted \u201cprivate wife\u201d here also?x Is it not a fact that the latter was induced to become his mistress under promise of marriage and that her mother died of a broken héart on learning of her daughter\u2019s position?- Does not thig unholy animal display geographical catholici, ty in having his real wife in Montreal, picking up one private wife at Sherbrooke, getting another from Ottawa, and having private wife No.8 in New| Companies?York?\u2019 \u201cx * .* Would the folk at home not| How many more wives has he got, anyhow?= = Why dont the Montreal! Tramways Company heat the street cars this cou weather ?Are they guided by the thermometer or the calendar in heating the cars?x x # Who is- the St.Catherine] latély discharged one girl to whom he paid ten dollars a ax and ranlanad phi an- 0 gir: at seven dollars per] week?en ur Ta Care 5 dal Street West merchant who is in trouble because of his at- x the name of his son, a minor?at local cabarets and with Taxi the pace he is travelling at?my\u201d responsible and is it wise to trust \u201cfraternal\u201d so much?In The Street Wants To Know | Is he realising that money, cannot buy a decent woman's silence?*%-% XK Who ig the Bank Manager in Hul} who owns a beer shop in % 4 % And who is the Bank Manager in the same city who is financially interested in a house of bad repute, also in the same city, the \u201cmadame\u201d of which has beén figuring in the Courtz lately ?\u2019 4 nu Who is the M: P.s son (habitat, Montreal) who ning up some pretty big bills be terribly cut up if they knew OW OW _ How much is hiz pal \u201cJimbrothers .x Who ig the laundry proprietor in Quebec City who has! is run-| .Is it true that the first would not do what he wanted her to do?n Me HK kK Who operates the crap shoot- ture theatre in Huil?mu x Who are the three Federal Government employges (father and two sons) who hang around the Chateau Laurier, at Ottawa, so much and so long?; # ur : - Why are they so much in- rested in the ladies who register at the said hotel?- = hk ox Are they Government detectives or only amateurs, seeing that they spy on the help at the Chateau and report \\ittle peccadilloes to the manager?* # + Who is the Montreal lawyer responsible for a little French gir] being an unmarried mother?* WX Is he standing by her and, if not, had-he not better beware THE AXE?\u201cx How much did \u2018the theatres of Montreal gain by advertising so lavishly in every paper but THE AXE for \u201cGo to-the Theatre Week?\u201d +, ee » \u2014 =, Soing game over a moving pic-| a a Le .WE a et ge JORN H.ROBERTS, AXE EDITOR, ARRESTED AGAIN ON LIBEL CHARGE Logan and Bryan, American Stockbrokers, Prefer Third Charge in Attempt to Silence Axe Critic Tate on Wednesday afternoon I was informed that another warrant had been sworn out for my arrest by the local manager of Logan and Bryan.At the time the paper is going to press on Thursday morning I shal; We giving myself up to the High Constable.Not having yet seen the complaint I de nt know what I have done this time to excite Logan and Bryan so much, But I do know, that their various prosecutions of me begin to look very much like persecution and an attempt to silence the free criticism that they have been subjected to in the columns of THE AXE, Well, I do not fear them and cannot be silenced.Other papers in Monteal have reported the proceedings of the libel case in their columns far more spaciously than has THE AXE yet T am charged with libelling them, who have not said half so much.Why! This is the answer: They seek to still my pen and silence my | voice, Thev cannot.JOHN H.ROBERTS.A HARD CASE A returned soldier, McDo nald by name, rented a fiat at zoy St.Antoine Stieet Irom a Mr.and Mrs.Martin, paying two months in advance.Un or about Septefiber 2nd or 3rd he gave notice to leave the premises at the end of that month.Towards the end of September, while McDonald Was away working at St.Agathe, the Martins put a seizure on the McDonald furniture, Mrs.McDonald being at the time confined to her bed following child-birth, her baby being then five days old.As a consequence of the upset and Shock Mrs, McDonald has since been unable to suckle her baby, the milk in hep breast: having dried up.\"McDonald and his little family are still occupying the flat but he has to pay rent on another house which he had taken in view of leaving the flat at 269 St.Antoine Street.He is contesting the seizure in the Courts.The only comment we make fis, \u201cThy Kingdom come 0 God\u201d, : Le mA ET w, \\ quickly, .vo dT a WC \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014- - wa.Yao x\u201c à } \u201cte 4.SL Me dé 7e ir À at pe eg = dN Fage 2 = ms - THE AXE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 1922, Why | Publish The Axe Reading an obituary notice of Marie Lloyd, the English Music Hal} comedienne, in this week's Variety, I came across this fine tribute to her: \u201cHundreds of stories have been related of assistance given by Miss Lloyd ¢) needy professionals.She never stopped go inquire if the occasion was a needy or deserving one, Impulsive, she acted first and thought afterwards.\u201d I could not help contrasting this with a story told me by a poor woman in my office last Saturday morning, She had gone in her trouble (no need to specify it here) to The Family We)fare which (I don\u2019t say, \u201cwho\u201d, because who implies the possession of a soul) first of all told her it could not help her because she lived in Verdun and then that it could not help her because she was a Roman Catholic.And I came to the conclusion that although Marie Lloyd had a reputation as & singer of risque songs, and lived the life of a Music Hall artist and possibly was far from being a saint, I had rather take chances of eterna) salvation with Marie Lloyd than with the smug hypocrites of organised charity in the Day of Judgment, Day by day, people come to the office of THE AXE with their troubles and tragedies (and the troubles of the poor are real tragedies).I could fill the columns of the paper by the mere telling of their stories.And, somehow or other, they come believing they are coming to friends.Scores of them have told us of the cold, hard official aloofness of the bureaucrats in charge of the organised charities of this city; how they have been refused help because of their religion or race; how one has been sent to a Protestant organisation only to be referred to a Roman Catholic organisation, and the latter has refused to help because the person went to a Protestant organisation first, and many similar tales.My heart gets sick when I hear such stories, Then I read that poor oid Marie Lloyd \u201cnever stopped to inquire if the occasion was a needy or deserving one; she acted first and thought afterwards\u201d, And I thank God for the spirit that was in Marie Lloyd, which is not in our charity organisations.I have no doubt that weof THE AXE get taken in by many who come to see us in their trouble, although I know of no such specific case.And, doubtless ,there must be some sort of inquiry by organisations existing to relieve distress and suffering.But, while investigators are investigat ing, people are often starving and I had rather see many thousands of dollars wasted than one wo man or child, or man for that matter, go hungry or have excuse for sin.I hope that as THE AXE grows and prospers there wil! be money and means to help the poor folk who must inevitably be in a city like this under our rotten economic system.I want to be able to help them but I never want to appeal to my readers to do it.The best help to give them is to change the vicious conditions under which they live; to stop their exploitation, and we have this ideal ever before us.But while working and waiting for the better day that\u2019s coming the burdens of the poor must be eased, lame dogs helped over stiles, and the weak given a lift on the way.My -associates and I have this thought in mind al] the time.The readers of THE AXE are helping us to get into a position where we shall be able to help those who suffer and are in need.I look for the day coming when no one shal] call on us for help and go away empty-handed.In the meantime all who come to us for help and advice soon discover that we give them understanding, sympathy and friendship.We may not rise to the heights of Marie Lloyd of the big heart but we shall be none the worse if we ever do giow into her likeness ih the way she helped those in need.JOHN H.ROBERTS.3 FIVE CENT FARE IN OTTAWA - WhY NOT IN MONTREAL?E, A.Robert, Tramway President Sir:\u2014 We presume that os have seen the report fure nished to the city of Ote tawa by the experts eme ployed to determine where the city should stand in reference to its street railway transportation problem, and that Mr, R.M.Feuste] has reported that a five cent tramway fare provides an adequate revenue for the street railway company.If this is the case in Ottawa, will you come forward and explain to the people of Montreal why your company insists in maintaining the present seven-centse per-ride standard?Will you tell us why it is that we are forced to hang on to straps by the skin of our teeth, morning, noon and night while you and your directors and shareholders revel in high salaries and fat dividends?Will you tell us why your great public utility company through its influence at Quebec and the splendid (from your viewpoint) chare ter which it has wrung from the people of Montreal, wil} not permit the South Shore cars to have access to the downtown business district ?And will you tell us just what part the tremendous ability of your attorney, Mr, J.Léonide Perron, Minister of Roads, has played in assisting you to put it over on us for so long?Its almost time the other fel'ow got a chance for a while, Mr.Robert, The five cent fare is coming, so you'd better make ready for it.THE AXE.AN APOLOGY We apologise to the thousands of people who were disappointed in not being able to buy coples of THE AXE last week.Three large editions were printed and were eagerly bought up, On Monday morning it was practically impossible to buy a copy of the paper anywhere, We are printing a larger edition of this issue and shall try to cope with all demands.But we advise our friends to place their orders with their newsagents so as to make gure of their getting THE AXE regularly.THE AXE PUB, CO., LTD, LAW OFFICES J.MacNAUGHTON 120 St.James St.Phone MAIN 3977 4 Send Your Subscription TO THE PUBLISHER, \u201cTHE AXE\u201d, 20 St.James Street, Montreal, P.Q.SIR, Please send me a copy of \u201cTHE AXE\u201d every week for one year, teginning with the next issue after date.I enclose Two Dollars in , TT ! STRANGE CASE OF DARE PERRON 0 Messyg Power and are raising a] Quebec, 1\u2019, Q.Railway Directorate.We suppose are considering resigning Board for if they do not believe in| which must come eventually word of it.We think if you RANKS OF LABOR come down from the throne, Leonide, and can be coerced novelist, has been chosen as| on your political merits, if any.land.The fact is interesting| the last Liberal election up in on your political merits, if any.Roads with your position on by the Traymore Cafeteria.In| like a man.We dare vou.purchased by The Traymore|' RAILWAY THIEVES them to their customers at \u2014\u2014\u2014 of holding up the people, not|ing: \u201cI told you so\u201d, which was which showed an operating deficit We have just read a list of Montreal Herald, for instance, talks and pedestrians passing our|millions per year But if we have 600 automobiles pass the the Raïlways are surely working Notre Dame.At Bleury and|steal your railways and hand them erine there are 65,000 pedes- unfortunate foot passengers 25 Tons Prime Front of by traffic cops and motor aren\u2019t all dead.It simply gces owner, Incidentally it wouldn't crossings in London, where | : RUN IN MONTREAL of Quebec | row because no Quebec man has! Dear Leonide:\u2014 they are among the men who decry| your seat in the Legislathe people owning their own rail-| despite The Czar\u2019s efforts to have your way you will stay in into contesting a seat, why, the Lalor candidate for the| away to the back stretches of because it indicates that the| the backwoods, Come to Mont- FOUR HUNDRED PER Come and tell the people about your great efforts in the public behalf (for the Tramways The Public have an oppor-| the directorate of the Cement the window of the Montrea THE AXE.Cafeteria.These peacheg were TWENTY CENTS EACH.A| The Railway Steal Press is n a with a gun | but with peaches.[presented by the publication of the of ten and a half million dollars, figures about traffic in Mont-[daily about the Government Railbusy street intersections|only lost ten and a half millions in corner of McGill and St.|themselves into a paying proposi- Craig Streets there are 75,200{0ver to an American syndicate.Get trians and 7,200 autos each attempt to dodge 32,600 auto- drivers if they don\u2019t dodge to show the greater degree of be a bad idea for our local the pedestrian gets something CANNON & POWER | Cannon, | Hon.J, L.Perron, eral Parliament, been appointed to the Government! We have reaa with aome- Government ownership of the rail-| tive Counci] to contest a seat ways?postpone the Day of Judgmentthe Legislative Counci: until The cables inform us that] come to Montreal, where every.London University in the aext| Labelle, just because the boys old time parties have no mono.| real where the people will have shareholders).Come and tell | ul of accurately guaging| Company.Come and tell the Public Market on St, Cathon offer at SIX for TWENTY.profit of FOUR HUNDRED |bad way these days.It has jumped Canadian National Railway figures WHY NOT FORM A We seem to remember something, real streets which shows the|ways losing ten thousand dollars an daily, For instance, each day,|seven months it is evident that the James, 14,000 cars and 83,- tion.Don\u2019t believe the Railway people a day and 8,800 cars,|that, quick.day.In other words, at mobiles every twenty four fast enough.The great won- intelligence possessed by us volice to see how it is done on more like an even break with , payment.! (Signed) Name.vous 4000 noce veus CEOS S00D SAIS S000 ere SoGS 2000 000 SOGt S000 City or Town rene sons sous Sees 00s IID G000 vé06 600 0000 S000 Pees | Province.sees toss noue sess sees SIGE 00s save ve 0.0.eons ene Date.\u20ac500 9000 C000 Sous COOP SINE Cree 0808 4000 : United States and abroad, $2.50 per year.| 100 All cheques payable at par, Montrealworl the Fed-| Minister of Roads, representative on the Railway thing akin to joy that you ways, What do they want a Quebec|in the Provincial elections \u2014_\u2014 Frankly we don\u2019t believe a BRAINS IN THE your dying day.But if you do Mr.H.G.Wells, the famous| body knows you, and fight it parliamentary election in Eng-| 80 succesfully \u201ctelegraphed\u201d poly of brains.an opportunity of judging you CENT Al IR AYMORE us how you combine so succes- fully your job as Minister of the percentage of profit made | people the tale and fight it out erine Street West appears the announcement that the Show- KEEP YOUR FYE ON Ing of peaches has been FIVE CENTS.Traymore sells PER CENT.A method surely|for joy over the opportunity of say- for the seven months ending July,.( AR DODGERS UNION about an annual deficit-of seventy-| two millions which the Railway Steal Press was talking about.The average number of vehicles/hour which would be nearly ninety 117,600 pedestrians and 12,-|decline has been arrested and that 000 people pass McGill and Steal Press, folks; it is hired to while at Bleury and St.Caththese four corners, 341,400] hours and are cursed roundly der of it is that we pedestriang as comnared to the rich car- Fifth Avenue or on the busy the motors than he doeg here.EXTRAORDINARY VALUE IN BEEF AT MARTIN'S STORES.\" 10%ec.Ib.Round and Sirloin at Special Prices.2 CAR LOADS OF POTATOES.TO BE SOLD CHEAP.BUY THEM NOW, PRICES MAY GO UP These Choice Potatoes, 10 lbs.12%c, , When you are in town, visit the Great Quarter Million Dollar Food Emporium, 365 St.Catherine St.W.(Near McGill College).Most up-to-date phone system\u2014no waiting\u2014order board for all departments.\u2014 Uptown 7726, A.MARTIN, Limited CANADA'S GREATEST CHAIN OF STORES = ° BRANCHES EVERYWHERE Beef, Tender and Juicy, cata UE THE AXE, I'RIDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 1922.rage 3 \u2014 AE \u2014\u2014 ler st men * LOVE STORY OF A PRIVATE WIFE THE IL HHO TOOK THE WRONG TURNING = cried the pretty wife, \u201cbecause 1 spent a dime for carfare instead of wal\\ng and bought ten cents\u2019 worth\u2019 of candy.told him what to me, tress, had happened He was in great dis- We talked the matter|| BIG SENSATION! before I was married three years ago last August.One I made out of a dollar's worth of maline and over f .- cussed over mod meer Cant: Next week THE AXE \u201cHe told the judge, | had twelve N what we must do.Chartes did will print the Biggest hats and four pair of shoes.I have.not want me to go through the|| Journalistic Sensation ||Some of those hats, though, I had ordeal of motherhood or to | of years.We ask our suffer the ghame and\u2019 misery readers to order co- Summary of preceding \u201cTnstalments: \u2014 Agnes Marchbanks came to Montreal a girl of eighteen, and after taking training in a business college for six months, secured em- .ployment in an insurance company\u2019s office at ten dollars per week.Aftwo or three evenings every week and always his Sundays if he were in town, which he was for most week-ends, In the evenings he would often take me out to places to dine, sometimes to the Corona, or the Oc that an unmarried mother must bear.He urged me to try to find some way of escape from my awful position, We talked of drugs that it might be possible to get \u2014 he was pies from their newsdealers early to make sure that they will get a paper.The story that is coming in next week's ten cent\u2019s worth of flowers.\u201cThe blue velvet which caused the neighbors to call me an extravagant hussy, I made out of two hats, morning, my mother bought.The one I wore in court this ; ter six month, she got a similar] cidenta!, or to the Chateau Du- poor hotte en AXE will shake Mont- \u201cRobert White, my husband's position with a large commercial! pere out in Longue Pointe, or| operation could be performed|[ real and all Quebec ||'awser, said: \u201cThis young lady \u2018 should be in Paris.She is a lady + ; le company through the efforts of her friend, Elsie Munro, who also worked there and whose place she took as private stenographer to Mr.Brudenell, the manager of the concern.The mother of Agnes Marchbanks had been left poorly provided for at the death of Agnes\u2019 father and there was a younger sister to be educated.Learning of the struggle Agnes Marchbanks was making, Mr.Brudenell offered to help her to pay the expenses of bringing Mrs.Marchbanks in from the country village, where her home was, to be operated on in-the Royal Victoria Hospital, in Montreal.He has previously told her of his unhappy marital relations, his wife being a social butterfly and he a home- loving man.Mr.Brudenell\u2019s kindness led to other places.Then home to my apartment for a few hours together, happy in our love for each other, which seemed to strengthen and deepen as the days went by.No wish did 1 express but he would seek to gratify.He was always buying me clothes, or giving me the money to buy them.I had chargg accounts at the big stores and Mrs, Erskine could walk into Birk\u2019s, Morgan's, Ho!t Renfrew\u2019s or any of the high class stores and order anything in reason to be charged to her account, All this was pleasant enough and I had little thought for the morrow Yet the morrow was coming sure enough.HER UNBORN CHILD that would avoid the trouble.Finally he left me, promising to come back early the next day that we might devise some plan.I had neither rest nor sleep that night, The horror of my position seemed to be greater not less since talking things over with my lover.Perhaps it was his helplessness in the crisis that made me feel more hopeless, There was the dread of discovery, the fear that my mother and sister would find out what had happened to me and learn of the life I was living as the \u201cprivate wife\u201d of Mr.Brudenell.And all the time \u2018therewas surging in my heart the feeling that I ought to be proud to be the mother of the child of our love, Charles\u2019 Province.Watch for it.Out next Thursday at me in my trouble, A day or two later she and I went to see a doctor.We suggested nothing to him or he to us.He believed me married and I never disillusioned him.But 1 now knew the worst beyond any doubt, I can say no more here.My friend, Elsie, helped me.A month later my mind was freed from the terrible nightmare and I was a free woman again, but at what a cost! Se!f respect, mother love, the deep fine spiritual quality of my love for Charles, all these had of leisure\u2019 were the steps between the dishpan and the stove.\u201d The only leisure I had Quinlan was ordered to pay $10 week until the case is settled.closer friendship and finally ended slo WW on by his asking her to give herself to| I heard from my mother and| and mine, And how proud I suiferes ma 1 a cuite tre GO TO THEATRE week him, to become his mistress, which, | 8ister constantly as the winter} should have been were it not same for me, Its a terrible|| Engagement Extraordinary loving him, and being grateful to him, she found hard to refuse.The previous instalment ends with Agnes Marchbanks installed in a rich apartment on Esplanade Avenue, where she had become the \u201cprivate wife\u201d of Charles Brudenell, her employer.There Was no use in repining.He had been good and kind to me; he loved me very dearly, and I loved him as the light of my life.I offer no ex-| mother and could easily have| night.A startling change of -Hollinger cuses for myself other than| afforded the money to mak@ viewpoint had come to him.around a near hay now Dome s those I havemade.Into that the trip to see her, but how to| \u201cDarling\u201d, he said, \u201cWhy never y po\u201d verve when fl = { Melntyr life that was to bring so much) explain my ability to do go on| should we even think of using| \u20ac We i to deceive.\u201d cintyre of shame into many lives I[the small salary which she| any wrong means to cover up WCT had hi dden/ the truth Teck-Hughes went with my eyes open leav-| thought I was earning was a| our sin, if sin it be?You know from my mother and saved her|| - Wasapika ing the Tomorrow of my life to care for itself, happened.Bear in mind that| wife refuses to bear children.> And yet, if I had but known! I was only a girl.I had little| Let our child be born, dear; it grace I feared; that comforted|| __ ng the other leading all that life held for me, the| knowledge of the facts of life.| will cement our love for eachj Me.gold mining companies.pain,the shadow,the suffering, not only for me but for those others, innocent and trusting, that were to be crucified with me and because of me I would have turned back even at that moment.Oh, girls, who read this, speaking from the depths of bitter experience, I plead] with you to never give to any overjoyed to have come about.'y now of my life, my sin, was \"Ha ssid Ee wes = tuner before change Tod giv x nai ht Prete Roars to © ouné before me, and I could notlye were married, and after the/[ 84-90 ST FRS.XAVIER ST, Pure Eee Lai a right.The lite ; ai in 8 ocr bring myself to consent.marriage he thought he could use MONTREAL of a \u201cprivate wife\u201d may mean comfort and luxury, idleness and pleasure.but, as sure as there is a law of retribution at work, and there is such a law, so surely shall you reap in tears and blood what you sow in love.and pleasure as a \u201cprivate wife\u201d, HAPPY IN OUR LOVE Life now became for me a differqni- thing than it had ever been before, It was a life of leisure, of comfort, nay, more, one of luxury.Instead of the daily grind behind a typewriter I was now free and my own mistress, with always sufficient money to spend on my Pleasures, Charles insisted upon my having a maid and I had a discreet French girl, about ten years my senior, Blanche by name, Charles months came and went.The change to the sunny South had done mother great good and every time I had a letter from her carrying the good news of her recovery I felt more and more grateful to my lover for hig kindness to me and for the way he had enabled me to save my dear mother\u2019s life and give her a chance to get well and strong again.The Christmas and New Year's holidays came and went.I was longing to see puzzie to me.Then something Living with my lover as his wife I had taken some precautions to avoid undesired re- suits.But seemingly, in my great ignorance, perhaps I should rightfully say innocence, I was unable to prevent happening to me what as a trea] wife I should - have been only to be informed by him that I might expect to become a mother in about eight] month\u2019s time.My distress can be imagin- £d.I suffered all the torments of Hell.Charles was away from the city at the time and in the days that intervened before his return I was wel nigh distracted.He came to spend the evening with me the first day of his return to Montreal.Always he came to me first now and never did he go home to his wife before seeing me, after a trip.As he entered my sitting room he must have seen that I was il) and undone, for he rushed to my side, exclaiming, \u201cWhat is the matter, aweet- heart?\u201d For reply I sobbed out, as he clasped me in his arms.Oh, Charlie, dear, I.am in Ha lee TY reas Le à terrible trouble,\u201d and then I es mee for the fact of our relations being outside the law and in defiance of the moral code.For I loved this man with a deep, unquenchable love that not even the fires of Hell could destroy.Morning came.I was too tired and sick at heart to rise.Blanche, my maid, brought my breakfast to bed to me and an hour later my lover rang up and came to see me, His attitude had altered during the I have no children, that my other and bind us more closely together than ever.\u201d BIRTH CONTROL If I had known then What I know now I would have agreed to my lover's proposal but always the thought of mother .and her broken heart if she Charles was greatly disappointed but he simply said: \u201cAY right, little woman, it shall be as you dy.\u201d After lunch that day, I went \u2018down town to do some shopping, Outside of Henry Morgan\u2019s store, on St, Catherine Street, as I - came out from there, I met my old friend, Elsie Munro, now married as I have already told.We had not seen each other for a good while and naturally we were glad to meet again.Here, I felt, ig my opportunity and I determined to take Elsie into my confidence.She had the afternoon free and taking a taxi we drove up to my apartment, There I told her the truth, except that I did not disclose the name of my lover.Elsie first chided me and then, like the true friend she had ever been, promised she would|ary.thing to be an unmarried mother, or that a child be without a father, what a tragedy! But when I realise what I have suffered through.my conduct ip this matter I say unhesitatingly now that never again would I, in similar circumstances, do as I did then.My health has never been so good as before, my conscience is seared, and there might have been two little baby hands entwining themselves the pain and shame and dis- (To be continued) WIFE BECOMES PUNCHING BA me for the punching bag.\u201d Twenty-two-year-old Mrs.Catherin Quinlan of No.15, Gilky court, Watertown, wept in despair ag she told a Boston American reporter about the trouble which led her to have her husband, Francis Quinlan summoned to court on charge of desertion and non-support.\u201cThis trouble isn't one of too much mother-in-law.- It\u2019s one of too little ambition on the part of the man.My husband thought my mother was Queen of America until she told him ghe was going back to Waltham for the Winter and was going to take the furniture, which is hers, CARFARE \u201cEXTRAVAGANT.\u201d .\u201cHe was frightened and made an awful fuss becausé he knew he couldn't support the baby without her.Before we were married he told me he got forty dollars a week.Divide that fn half for his rea] sal- do the best she could to help + MURIEL STRYKER Premier Danseuse With ZIEGFELD FOLIES Dancing Cabaret 9.30 Each Evening to Closing 602 ST.CATHERINE ST.W.ALL THE LATEST INFORMATION ON Kirkland Lake Become authentically posted and determine for yourself the merits of the securities.Your inquiry is no obligation to order.Phone : MAIN 4960 Bryant Brothers, Ltd.Members Montreal Mining Ex- \u201c \u201cHe called me extravagant,\u201d rs Ji £m LAVERY & DEMERS Barristers, Attorneys and Solicitors.19 ST.JAMES ST,, Montreal.Tel.MAIN 4472 Commercial, Civil, Criminal Law SALLUSTE LAVERY, B.C.L.2041, Hutchison Street.Tel.Rock.3178.; MAURICE DEMERS, .LLL 1180 St.Hubert Street, Tel.St-Louis 679.296, Papineau Avenue, East 1678, Branches: Ste-Agathe Monts, P.Q.; Longueuil, P.Q aN = Page 4 WHERE PLAY THE AXE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20th.1922, == see es 2e Le Ty Jy PRINCESS THEATRE R.F.KEITH High Class Vaudeville Next Week, Starting Sunday, October 22nd MARYON VADIE Famous Dancer and OTA GYGI Violinist to the Spanish Court Assisted by The Portia Mansfield Dancers and Mary lzant, Pianist In Their Repertoire of Dance Poems and Musie, AILEEN STANLEY \u201cThe Phonograph Girl\u201d VALERIE BERGERE and her company | Present \u201c0 JOY SAN\u201d | A Dainty Japanese Comedy- Drama SHAW & LEE CLAUDE & MARION THE HARTWELLS Harvard, Holt & Kendrick OTHERS VAUDEVILLE AT PRINCESS OF TOP QUALITY Tho program this week au the Princess is high cla:s vaudeville with three outstanding items.Madeline Collins is a Prima Donna from the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London, with a delightful voice which she uses to good advantage.Her rendition of \u201cIl Traviata\u201d leaves the audience in no doubt as to her position in Grand Opera.As an encore she offers \u201cAnnie Laurie\u201d : which she sings in a most sympathetic manner.Her reception on Monday showed that she was en rapport with an audience of music lovers, Mrs.Sidney Drew in \u2018\u201cPredestina- | \u201cBurning Sands\u201d | Is Worth Seeing tion\u201d proves herself to be as delightful on the stage as og the silver screen.Harriet Hoctor although billed as the tail to the Snow and Columbus dog, is a case of the tail wagging the dog.She isa \u201cBurning Sands\u201d this week's feature picture at The Capitol is a strong story lucidly depiet- ed in appropriate settings, and presented by a strongcast.The story is not an original one.but the narrative is gripping and is woven in manner which holds attention throughout.In particular the acting of Jacqueline Logan and Milton Sills is worthy of comment, while Wanda Hawley makes the most of a part which is extremely distasteful, It is another desert picture produced by the man who did \u201cThe Sheik,\u201d and he has called it \u201cA Man's Answer to The Sheik\u201d; why, I don\u2019t know The musical settings with appropriate atmospheric effects reflect great credit on Mr.J.J.Shea, the versatile Capitol orchestra leader.Arnold Becker and Honry Thompson sing with customary good effect and Miss Genevieve Finney,|in all a good show and worth AT ALLEN NEXT WEEK, IN \u201cKINDRED OF THE DUST.\u201d the new premiere danseuse is| the money.artistic and nautch-like, Alll|u:- | J.M.OVER MUCK \"FEMALE FORM DIVINE\u201d IN Another Good Show at Gayety \u201cIFolly Town\u201d at.the Gayety this week is good fare; fine production, handsome dressing; smart dancing chorus, lots of genuine burlesque comedy, and singing and dancing of burlesque high water mark.Gus Fay, the Dutch comedian, is as funny as ever, which means much.His wit has not lost its cunning, Harry Kelly,a sterling actor and a Montrealer to boot, repeats his former success a3 \u201cThe Dreamer,\u201d though we could wish his topica) ong had either local or Canadian references rather than U.S.A.stuff.Miss Lucille Harrison shines in her singing and stepping, as do Helen Andrews, Mildred Ho\u2019.mes, and Dolly Rayfield, the latter a statuesque, golden haired beauty, with pleasant mannerisms and much rea! acting ablity.Mildred Holmes gave xylophone selections to the evident pleasure of the house on Monday night, The other men include James Holly, William Blett, George Wink, Harry Heinly, and Lester Dorr, all capable, and excelling in team work.The Snappy Trio harmonises well, the whistley being espe ERS AND PUBLIC UE great dancer fit to rank with Genee and Lydia Kyasht.Joe , and Willie Hale give \u201cBits of Starting Sunday! Vaudeville.\u201d I am glad they Night, Oct.22.| are only little bits.Glen and) I suppose I am somewhat] ficult to write with calmness.\u2019 Richards can dance and they, old fashioned but old fashion The show on the whole has Helle Good class musical comedy, dresses and whole cnsemble being remarkably fine.With lots of side-splitting comedy, good singing, sprightly danc- ling, and \u201cGus Fay Himself,\u201d burlesque patrons will get mo- : RUBE WELCH SHOW AT FRANGAS 55: iit So would be well advised to stick; ed or not, there are several much to commend it.There is to that and leave out other) features in Rube's Welch's a comedian, Eddie Dyer, who NS TEN 300005 gpg epee py Iker: Times items.Carleton and Ballew sing Jazz Songs with the piano.They both had colds on A Tuneful Fun Laden Revue of Opti-' mism, in 2 Mastodonic' Acts and 10 Magnificent Scenes, with a Superb\u2019 Cast, Headed by Nat (Chick) Haines and a Classy Collection of Comedy Choristers.Monday and I accept their apology.Al Fields and Van Sheldon are humorists of the furioso robustio tvpe who cause continuous laughter whilst on the stage.Derkins European Novelty is very poor J, M.LAST PERFORMANCE SYSTEM THEATRE (ST.CATHERINE, AT PHILIPS SQUARE) NOW PLAYING \u201cALF\u2019S BUTTON\" \u201cTHE BIGGEST SCREAM EVER SEEN ON THE SCREEN\u201d DON'T MISS IT! , SATURDAY NIGHT.A Wonderful à Ne MR ny Playing beloved \u201cUncle Josh.\u201d entertainment Memory Forever.WEEK STARTING SUNDAY, OCT.22nd that will Cling to your offering at The Francais that is one of the best Hebrew T do not like.With the years| comedians I have seen, his there has come to mie much! work in the ghost scene having greater tolerance than I had| almost a tragic quality, Thel' formerly and I try to-day to; burlesque, \u201cA Trip to Hades\u201d make allowances where indays| the scene being laid gone by I would have blazed nether regions, in indignation and wrath very| done, Majesty Satan, excels evening of| self in this, his elocution and quickly.Sitting in The Fran çais on Tuesday in the is capita!ly Rube Welch, as His him- this week I confess that my| manner stamping him as a ability to \u201cblaze\u201d kindle.There is one incident a disrobing scene, that comes] The topical scene were eagerly taken hold perilously near the dange began to] actor of parts hitherto unsuspected, by me, at any rate allusions in this line, almost vieing with the/of by the audience which strip poker bit in \u201cThe Demi| greeted with thunderous ap Virgin\u201d which led to official] plause references to the un action by the authorities in| derpaying of girls by em New York.One of the come.| ployers of labor.Many songs dians holds several people up, enlivened the show, Henri Le with a gun.One of them is a| Grand\u2019s rendering of \u201cI found woman.First he makes her, a rose in the Devil's Garden\u201d surrender her hat, coat, then her skirt, then her and the presentation of the leaving, song scena, \u201cA Picture with- her with just one garment on,| out a Frame\u201d by Carolyn Jose apart from rolled and shoes, the minus tights.that the wou'd-be-robber has no more cartridges left in his| Suez, stockings| and other members of the lady being| company being very good, in- On'y the faci d eed.Kipling sings of East of \u201cwhere there ain\u2019t no gun saves her from having to| ten commandments\u201d, and The take off this remaining item| Français is East of the Main of clothing, The woman is af Street where there are plenty fine specimen of pulchritude| who have no use for the ten and the whole scene is worked commandments, at least in up so that the plav on im-|the immediate vicinity of the pressionable emotions be great in many cases.mustiold Théâtre Francais and that explains, perhaps, why There is another \u201cbit\u201d that| the appeal to the eye and the of \u201cdusting the.butterfly\u201d,| lustful ear is so prominent in the butterfly being a buckle] places 1ady\u2019s lower| like to see Rube Welch do fastened on a limb, three of the male charaë./ some intimate reviews dience rolls the tasty bit over| Stanley Streetin this show.I would in a He and his in its mind.I don\u2019t like the| company are too clever to suggestion in it.Then there] waste on some of the stuff are bits with artist\u2019s models,| they are doing down Eastnev\u2019s worth for money at the Garety this waek.JAY AITCH.T00 MUCH ROBINS AT THE ORPHEUN \u201cEast is West\u201d is well conceived, well/staged, and reflect; the greats est credit on those responsible for the settings, Yet the Famous Robins Players played to a house barely half full.To me the reason is obvious, We have too much Robins and too little real acting.When first I saw Mr.Edward H.Robins, I thought him a great actor, I don\u2019t think so now.In this play he takes the part of Lo Sang Kee, a wealthy high-caste Chinese merchan.t He portrays this character with dignity and declames his lines impressively, but not with the dignity or impressiveness jof an Oriental.He was always the English speaking gentleman playing the heavy father or the strong philanthropist suffering from disappointment in an early romance.Edward H.Robins is a - great elocutionist, but as a char acter actor, unconvincing.Miss Claiborne Foster presented the ; part of Ming Toy with a sympathetic appreciation, Robert Craig as Billy Benson, won out in an extremely difficult character.He had the audience with him in all hig excellent work, The Famous Robins Players confine themselves to putting on plays with.™ in their capacity they may continue to play to half empty houses.Greatest of all Character Actors.; Montreal lovers of the legi- ters each \u201cdusting her butter-| smaller house farther West or the leg .> ; - i timate are understanding and THEODORE ROBERTS |fly\u201d for her, while the su-|such as the old Empire on discriminating critics anc until - > especially that of \u201cFrom! I have written this criticism JM £ he the knee to the hip\u201d which] with much restraint, not that ue i would be better cut out.Also| I fear giving offence to actors) ==\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014e\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 {07 7113 HE the daringness of the attire or| or managers, but that there lack of attire of the lady mem-| is the danger of what I say bers of the show, especially] defeating its real objeet and Mlle Pelletreau in the closing| packing the theatre to see and scene, in Hades.I find it dif- ge a a Er hear what I attack.But I x take that risk, believing that in the long run my protest wil achieve the resujts I aim at, Ta JOHN H.ROBERTS.~~ MEET THE AXF.FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 1 \u2014 ee Page 5 922.AS PARTNERS ALL Rubini Act Good at The Imperial A truly good vaudeville performance is provided this week at the Imperial Thoatre.Jan Rubini and Mlle Diane provide 8 real musical treat.Mile Diane renders her items with all the chic to which one looks forward in a vivacious French Chanteuse possessing a charming voice and beautiful in herself, Jan Rubini is a great violinist, His rendition of \u201cI 1 ear you calling me\u201d is magnificent, A a conductor he is superb, His handling of the Imperial orchestra was that of a master and the result most gratifying.Nei! McKinely is an original humorist and singer.He is like no one else.He is just Neil McKinely, and as such makes good with every item, Wheeler and Porter are good dancers.Faber and Bernet are athletes, their work clever, Ethel Hopkins, a soprano, has a pleasing voice.Monroe and Grant, having troubles of their own, are sometimns amusing, but not often.The feature picture starring Mae McAvoy in \u201cThrough a Glass Window\u201d has a stupid story, badly photographed.affording no opportunity to the star nor anyons else to show what they could do.\u2018 7 J.M.\u201cRICH MENS WIVES\" CANT BE BEATEN A great story, a great picture, and a great cast go to make up a most interesting and soul-stirring picture of \u201cRich Men's Wives\u201d, the feature film this week at the Allen Theatre, The story told ig so powerful and so wel] understood by the star cast that never once does there occur an exaggeration to mar the beauty of the picture.I frankly admit that tears repeatedly welled up into my eyes as I viewed the distress of a distracted mother separated from her beloved child, and the poignant suffering of a strong man compelled for honor\u2019s sake to put away his wife whom not for a moment did he cease to love, These two clmracters so carefully portrayed by Claire Windsor and House Peters standout cameo-likein the cast and never cease to retain their hold on the audience, The acting of Baby Heedrick is marvelous and he is rightly regarded as one of the most talented children in the films.Four years of age he is already à swimming champion, a violinist, and ga screen star, yet With all he remains a sweet, beautiful baby.\u201cRich Men\u2019, Wives\u201d is an original story written by Frank Daisey and Agnes Christine Johnson, whom Î heartily congratulate on their work.In addition to the artists already mentioned, Rosemary Theby, Gaston Glass, Myrtle Stedman, Mildred June, Charles Clary, Carol Holloway, Martha Mattox and William Austin, all stars themselves, shed lustre on the production.I do not propose to give even a résumé of the story more than to say it raises the question whether \u201cRich Men\u2019s Wives\u201d are to be pitied, scorned or envied?Obviously there are many answers to this question but a most satisfying one ig contained in this great film story.I heartily recommend everyone to pay a visit to the Allen Theatre this week for with- \u201c out doubt there is a great treat In aterefor all so doing: ~ J.M.» +, ~~.- STARS OF \u201cOLD HOMESTEAD\u201d AT CAPITOL NEXT WEEK.iA Exotic Dances, ¥ À 4 A 4 % ; A RETR: Something Exceptionally Start- IRS ne \u2018 penicpren bill tr et ri ling.Theodore Roberts, Fritzi Ridgway and Harrison Ford in the 215 Two Shows Daily 8.18 Lo Paramount Picture \u201cJhe oi Homestead, ! Afternoon, 28c.Evening, 18¢c., 50e.=== \u2014 BE SURE AND GO TO THE Théâtre Français (COURT) Beginning Sunday, October 22nd A GRAND NEW BURLESQUE \u201cSEASIDE BELLES\u201d A riot of exotic colorful scones and a \u2018super-abundance of feminine beauty.\u201cA French Pantomime\u2019 New Songs and Wonderful CRITICISM OR PROPAGANDA?in theatrical circles in There hag been much discussion together which showy to knock and which to boost, The existence of such a coterie of critics has been denied, many man- left to believe what it likes.It may be well to state or re-state the position of THE AXE in regard to the criticism of shows, be they plays, pictures, vaudeville, burlesque, or what not.In the first place al} criticisms are written by members of our staff, after having seen the performance criticised.We do not print any criticism to give frank, sincere, honest criticisms, whether the theatre concerned advertises in THE AXE, or not.If occasion demands, we temper justice with mercy, and make allowances where such should be made, such being done only where we believe the word of encouragement may help to achieve better things and the public be better served than would be the case if we slated the show ruthlessly.In the second pleca, no crit icism of any show ig paid for.An official connected with a lo cal theatre said to a member of our staff lately, \u201cHow much did The Orpheum epay THE AXE for the review of its opening show?\u2019 The full significance nf the question coming from such a source cannot fail to impress itself on our readers.The answer was made and is made here again that not one cent was paid for that eritique nor could it b> paid.nor wil] any such criticism in THE AXE ever be paid for.We can conceive of no greater or meaner form of dishonesty than for a newspaper to present to its readers critiques of plays which the readers naturally believe are the independent judgment of the theatrical critic of the paper g agement to write.And that there are theatrical critics who degrade themselves and the position of theatrical critic by accepting retainers from theatrical managers we are in a position to know and to say is the case.In the third place, we do not discriminata in our reviews between theatres that advertise with us and those that do not make use of our advertising columns.In our last issue we \u201cpanned\u201d the play, \u201cThe Bat\u201d at His Majesty\u2019s Theatre and praised \u201cThe Brat\u201d at The Orp hum.Neither show advertiseg in THE AXE.In theatrical criticism we serve the public; doing that we shall serve the best interests of the theatre; ultimately, if not at the moment, If we \u201cpan\u201d à show strongly the public will stay away from that show; if we say the show is deserving of support the people will patronise it.In two instances, at \u2018east, that weknowof, shows that had an increasing attendance dur ing the first four nights of the week {al] theatrical criticisms in the daily newspapers having been favorable) did a \u201cflop\u201d on tha Friday.There was no explanation other than that THE AXE told the truth ad the shows in question which other papers did not.On the other hand we know of many shows getting quite an impetus to! business after the appearance of this paper on Thursday containing our deserved friendly criticism, It works both ways ag it should.In the long run, the Theatre gains.But in any case, our first concern is that the public gets value for money A word about advance notices.These as they appear ini THE AXE are al! written by our gtaff from material and press matter supplied by the press agents or managers of theatres.They are not vaid for ; nor can they ba paid for.If wa happen to definitely know anything of a play, picture or performer we say so and we take every possible means of |§ knowing something aboutthem before we writ: them up.Where we personally know nothing we depend on the matt>r supplied to us and we say the best we can s0 far as we honest'y believe game to be true.Someti mes wa err but that is human.The first and only aim of THE AXE is to serve the public.It will never drviata from that course in its theatrical section ay more than it wilt in its other editoria\u2019 departments, \u2018 _- To Le a .- \u2018 a BE , _.- ce ; WERE SORRY TO SEE New York over the question of dramatic criticism.Somebody |Thespian elip away from them when, or other made a statement to the effect that there was a|Mr.John Maurice Sullivan left the | ring of critics attached to the daily newspapers who agreed{company and returned to Yorkwhich Mr.Sullivan played with Roagers of theatres have pooh-poohed the idea, and the public i:|bins we venture to ry to see Mr.Sullivan go, and are surprised that the management al- supplied by press agents or managers.The policy laid down js|lowed him to leave.When we say, that we hope he'll be back, we feel, sure that Orpheum patrons join us' in the wish.There are others who! might better be spared.but which the said critic has been paid by the theatrical man- .SULLIVAN LEAVE US.\u201d \u2018The Robins Players let a real .Théatre Francais (COURT) Friday Evening Oct.20 In addition to usual burlesque New i During the few weeks say that his acting contained more balance and show, there will be a / steady display of ability than did.GREAT WRESTLING that of any other member of the CARNIVAL | company at that time.We are sor.2 Bi g Bouts 2 CHARLES CUTLER vs GEO.DESLONGCHAMPS John LINDFORS vs | Frank SAXON NO INCREASE IN PRICES.| ALLEN STARTING SUNDAY ANOTHER BIG ONE ! KINDRED of the DUST PETER B.KYNE'S FAMOUS STORY \u201cKindred of the Dust\u201d, has more human _appeal than any picture you have ever seen before.: \\ A PICTURE YOU SIMPLY MUST SEE SPECIAL THURSDAY NIGHT AT 830 OC.\u201c JAZZ .NITE \u201d SPECIAL MONDAY NIGHT AT 8.45 OC.~ Allen Symphonic Concert _- 35 \u2014 MUSICIANS \u2014 35 SPECIAL FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8.30 Second of the Series « NATIONAL MUSIC NIGHT\u201d ~ == A on pan ae \u201cem \u201cRe von armes a ee Page 6 FEATURE EVENTS OF AND THE P NOTICE TO THE \u201cPUBLIC : URES FOR NEXT WEEK Fill: ANE, F Lat SYSTEM NEXT WEEK, BROADWAY ROSE » ot THE SHOWS TUE ANNE'S advance notices of shows aid enteriainments ave written by members of its staff from material supplied by the management of theatres, supplemented as far! as possible by facts within the writer's personal knowledge.The AXE ) docs not print any advance notice supplied by press agents, does not criticise any other papers which do so nor condemn the system | sucht notices to papers, of supplying \"THE PRINCESS Maryon Vadie, the famous dancer, and Ota Gygi, Violinist to the Spanish Court, assisted by The Portia Mansfield Dancers and Mary Izant (at the Piano) wlil headline at The Princess next week, They Will present a Program of Dance Poems and Music of high calibre, and a rich artistic treat should be forthcoming from them, Aileen Stanley, so well known on account of the many phonograph rccords she has made, will also be there in a repertoire of her newest songs, and \u201cif she gives hulf the pleasure personally that she does in \u201ccanned music\u2019 next week will be a notable one at Abbie Wright's house.A dainty Japanese Comedy- + Drama.\u201cO Joy San\u201d wil] be presented by Valérie Bergère and her com- \u201cpany; this holds high promise, too.Others assisting to \u201cwhile dull care away\u201d at The Princess will be \u201cShaw and Lee in \u201cNature's Gifts\u201d.Claude and Marion, who will be heard \u201cStill Arguing\u201d, Narvard, Holt and Kendrick, playing \u201cThe Big Game\u201d, and The Hartwells,who provide a sensation on a double swinging rope.That looks like good, big time vaudeville and Abbie's \u201ccustomers\u201d should be out in full strength next week.LOEW'S THEATRE At Loew' next weekthefeat- ure picture will be \u201cThe Siren Call\u201d which features Dorothy Dalton and David Powel, and a large cast which includes several players who have already established a reputation in similar roles, \u201cThe Siren Call\u2019 is a story of the Frozen North in which gamblers and politicans, prospectors and protligates rub elbows over the faro tables.Dance halls reminiscent of the early Klondyke days where painted ladies, Chinamen, thieves.and beggars make night hideous with ribald song and raucous laughter in the eternal quest of pleasure are all there, There is alzo Mitchel; Lewis, mushing into the scene with his dog team.The vaudeville program numbers amongst its members the Mabel Blondell Revue, a syncopatzd cocktailof song, dance and pep.Carle & Inez in a skit entitled \u201cA Doorstep Romeo,\u201d Senna & Stevens in \u201cA Chinese Laundry,\u201d Cliff Bailey Duo, eccentric funsters of the silent order and Nick and Gladys, a Happy Couple from the Sunny South.THE IMPERIAL Manager Conover seems to have an enticing bill of fare at the Imperial] next week.The program reads like high- toned Vaudeville, than which there is no better entertainment on earth.Richard Kean, long a favorite legitimate actor in England wil} present some of the best-known characters in drama, making many lightning changes from one part to another.His offering should prove unusually_ acceptable, Lowe and Stella wil] offer a musical comedy novelty, the - features of which will be .{praise is due the Allen management songs, dances and costumes, .Ross and Foss bring to the Imperial a unique instrumenta! a el novelty and Mabe] Berra has stepped out of Grand Opera to show vaudeville lovers how zhe does it, Her voice is said to be of wonderful range and her ordinary, F.Kel'v and Emma Pollock in \u201cVaudeville: Past and Presont\u2019, and Damerel and Vail in a musica] zatire, with Dustin Farnum in the photoplay.\u201cMoonshine Valley\" to make two hours at The Imperial un- ! forgettable.Ç THE GAYETY The show at the Gayety next week, will be (Hello, Good Times\u201d, described as a fun laden Revue in two acts and ten scenes.Nat (Chick) Haines, who heads the show ia a recruit from Vaudeville, in which he has Jong been an established favorite.Bella Belmont, a contralto, is the prima donna and is to feature her specialty, \u201cMy Gal, Sal\u201d, Fay Tunis will present her characterisation of a French vampire lady, while Louise Wright will be found the Wright girl in the right place in delivering syncopated songs: \u201cA little bit of allwright\u201d.Then there\u2019s a chorus of eighteen dazzling beauties who are promised to \u201cpervade\u201d al] the scenes.This with the tunefulness of the melodies, the completeness of the production, and the altogether pepful- ness of the whole darn show ought to spell good times for the gayety- loving patrons of Montreal's Palais de Burlesque.THE FRANCAIS Rube Welch has determined to stage something startling and entirely new to Montreal at the Theatre Français, next week, There will first of all be \u201cSeaside Belles\u201d and secondly \u201cA French Pantomime.\u201d We are to have entirely new songs and dances in the first part of the program, and the latter presentation is billed as one which will be most startling even to those who fancy that they have seen everything, The Theatre Francais has made good under its new management and has made for itself a permanent place in the hearts of al' amusement lovers.THE ALLEN If the picturization of Peter B.Kyne's \u201cKindred of the Dust\u201d, observes the plot and continuity of the story, then \u201cKindred\u201d will be a good picture and one which will justify a visit to The Allen to see it next week.The book is a wonderful tale which runs the whole gamut of human emotion in gripping fashion.Miriam Cooper plays the role of \u201cNan of the Sawdust Pile\u201d and it is about her person and the young,son of the \u201cThe Laird\u201d (who owns the mill which made the sawdust pile), that the story centers.It is the tale of a great love, a love which burns brightly through many vicissitudes and which comes to the sort of conclusion which all true love should ultimately reach.Our only hope is that it won't be a case of \u201c another good book gone| wrong\u201d.En passant 8 meed of for the class of \u2018musical entertainment which is being offered.The men oe « , out peer, has been cast in the big part of RIDAY, OCTOBER Rodoiph Valentino and Mae Murray, co-stars of \u201cThe Delicious Little Devil.\u201d ability as a vocalist more than|Monday Evening Symphony main- Then there's James|tains a very high standard, while the Thursday \u201cJazz-nite\u201d, supplied by Martucei\u2019s orchestra from The Venetian has already won great public support.THE CAPITOL That character actor with- Theodore Roberts, Uncle Joshua, the role which Denman Thompson played for thirty-two consecutive years in his own creation, \u201cThe Old Homestead\u201d, which will be presented on the screen by Paramount at The Capito} next week.From our knowledge of the play and of Theodore Roberts, no better actor could have been chosen to portray this important character part.The history of this famous play and part is of great interest.It was first presented by Denman Thompson, then a vaudeville performer at Harry Martin\u2019s Varieties in Pittsburgh, as a sketch called \u201cUncle Josh\u201d.Mr.Thompson then elaborated his Uncle Josh story into a three act play which was produced at Haverley\u2019s Theatre, New York, in 1877, only to fail dismally.After an unsuccessful tour in the east the play went to the Pacific Coast where it went over big.The play then toured the United States for several seasons during which time it underwent many revampings, and it was not until 1885 that it first appeared in Boston under its now famous title.It met with instantaneous success despite its former failure in New England, and from that time until his death Thompson toured the United States with the play which has only been exceeded in length of run by \u201cUncle Tom,\u201d \u201cRip Van Winkle\u201d and \u201cWay Down East\u201d.The picture presentation should be of great interest.SYSTEM THEATRE more 220 = \u2014\u2014 The System Theatre reverts next week to the \u201ctwo-a-week\u201d idea, and will offer for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday\u201cThe Delicious LittleDevil\u201d starring Mae Murray and Rodolph Valentino, The picture has been seen in Montreal before, but it is well worth while.On the occasion of our last review THE AXE had the following to say about it.Crowds expressed their unqualified delight and appreciation of \u201cThe Delicious Little Devil\u201d, the picture of the week, featuring Mae Murray and Rodolph Valentino.The chic and entrancing situations give opportunity to Rodolph Valentino to play the gallant as only he can.Mae Murray in the role of the \u201cgood girl\u201d who seekg to advance her fortunes on the reputation won by the girl who lost her reputation, plays her part with dash and verve.The setting was decidedly good and the photography all that one could wish.Need we say more?.| public, at \u2018cast \u201cwhich were turned away from | Loews in the early part of the , week can be considered a crit- 20th, 1922, TURNS EM AWAY There is no gainsaying the fact that \u201cBroadway Rose\u201d, Mae Murray's newest picture- ' vehicle, has caught on with the if the crowds erion of popularity.It is a good picture to see, somewhat along the line of \u201cPeacock Alley\u201d and \u201cFascination\u201d, perhaps, but an interesting picture nevertheless and one which is quite capable of holding attention throughout.Coupled with this feature, film, Loews are offering a first class vaudeville bill, Mamie Smith and her Jazzhounds provide almost a complete program in themselves, and Week October 22nd WILLIAM FARNUM In \u201cMoonshine Valley\u201d A Thrilling Story of a Man's Regeneration.6 Acts B.F.Keith Vaudeville.MABEL BERRA Accompanied by Albert Vernon in Song Program.AL ROSS and OLGA FOSS Present \u201cJust Music\u201d GC.DAMERELL & M.VAIL Assisted by Miriam Allyn, is \u201cA Musical Satire.\u201d RICHARD KEAN Distinguished Legitimate Acter Characters from Famous Plays.LOWE & SELLA Sea Lots.Jas.F.KELLY & E.POLLOCK Graduates of Glee, present Vaudeville, Past and Preseat.stopped the show for at least ten minutes on Sunday.Fletcher and Pasquale, another instrumental turn are better.if anything than the Smith act Barton and Sparling sing pleasingly, and the playlet offered by Lillian Steele and Co is very we!l received.A first- class athletic tupn provided by the Clara Theodoras tria roundg out an excellent, bil.\u201cALFSBUTION MAKES SYSTEM CROWDS LAUGH STRAND Today, Friday and Saturday BIG DOUBLE BILL CHARLES RAY in 2 Minutes to Go Gareth Hughes in \u201cI can Explain\u201d The management at the System Theatre did wisely when they decided to present as their feature picture \u201cAlf\u2019s Button\u201d starring Leslie Henson.It is one long laugh from start to finish, caused through the inimitable manner in which the star artist deals 8t.Catherine W.& Mansfield with situations which in Jess capable hands would be banal.The story is based on the Aladdin\u2019s Lamp fairy tale brought up to date and which becomes a potent force as a button on the tunic of a British Tommy.There is sufficient romance and pathos, though not too} much, to make the picture one appealing to everyone, and although sometimes one feels we have had enough War Stuff that does not apply to this ultra-comic English.production.There is also a good sound comedy picture, as well as a Wild West production.The show is well worth seeing and affords a wonderful relaxation.BOUTS AT FRANÇAIS On Friday evening, there will be another wrestling car nival in addition to the usual burlesque programme without increased prices at the Théâtre Francais, sometimes known at The Court.There will be two big bouts: Charles Cutler and George Deslongchamps; and John Lindfors and Frank Saxon, There appearg to be a great revival of interest in wrestling and these contests are finding favor with Francais Patrons, \u201cTHE SIREN ALL DOROTHY DALTON DAVID D POWELL wpe HELL LEWIS A big, human picture \u2014 romance and thrill \u2014 swept action in the frozen North\u2014 with the most daring climax ever filmed! also MABEL BLONDELL REVUE And Four Other Vaudeville Acts Afternoons, 18c.Evenings, 25c., 40c.Except Sat, Sunand Holidays.\u201cTHE DELICIOUS (ST.CATHERIN DON'T OVERLOOK with MAE MURRAY AND RODOLPH VALENTINO SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, AT THE SYSTEM » AT PHILIPS SQUARE), \u20187! LITTLE DEVIL \u201d Bt, James | Stréet, \u2018Montreal, aha outre ar a at re BLOSSOM THE\" YOU TALK LIKE A I À RARE TREAT REAL NAN, MR ROBB mat arte .lt is à long time since any-, thing 30 charming as \u201cI!os- som Time\u201d has graced the boards of the Guy Street Theatre.With delightful touch the story of Franz Schuberts\u2019 unrequited love has been blended with the immortal melodies ot the great composer in an operetta of great beauty.All credit must be given to the cast for much of the quality of the piece, In the hands of mediocre talent \u201cBlossom .Time\u201d would suffer, but the production is in the hands of a thoroughly capable company.- Hollis Davenny\u2019s Schubert is exceptionally well done, and Roy Cooper makes an excel- «ent Baron Schôber.Messrs Titus, Mendelsohn and Fitzpatrick as Schubert's friends Vogl, Kupelweiser and Von Schwind round out a quintette of very fine male voices.Miss Laurel Nemeth is a charming, Ingenuous Mitzi and Miss Edna Temple's Bellabruna is full of dash and verve.Mis Dorothy Seegar who plays the part of Greta is a young lady of charming manner and sweet voice.Mr.Teddy Webb as Kranz js a fine comedian whose work enlivens the show, but , his buffoonery should be cut out of the last act.A thoroughly capable supporting cast and chorug round out the best travelling company which has been seen in any musical performance at His Majesty's for a long time.I have no hesitancy in recommending \u201cBlossom Time\u201d as a performance which though high in price is also high in merit.L.M.R.FICHE À MONTREAL SEAT, TASHEREAU Hon, L.A.Taschereau, Quebec, Dear Czar :\u2014 You wil) read in another column a challenge to your friend (?) the Honorable Leonide Perron to come and face \u201cthe electors here in Montreal in the event of his seeking election, and we pass the same dare on to you.You have got te go to the province soon, Taschereau, to receive judgment for the hopeless muddle you have made of your job at Quebec.It wil] be your last stand, Mr.Premier, and we challenge you to come out and make it a good one,to gird up your loins like a man and die fighting, if you know how to do it.Come to * Montreal with Perron, and face the music.Don\u2019t fun away to any one-horse down-river constituency where you can be sure of reelection.We suspect, however, that when the fata! day comes it will find the Honorable Lucien Alexandre Taschereau occupying a safe seat on the Bench, with a nice fat job, and a comfortable salary, But if you dare to face the electors, we challenge you to come to Montreal and take your medicine, ; \u2019 THE AXE.+ The Axe is published by John H.| Roberts and printed by The Axe Publishing Company, Limited, 20 MILITE A TE \u20ac Fun i se \u2018required so much attention.THE AXE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 1922.W.D.Robb, General Manager Grand Trunk Railway.Dear Sir:\u2014 We congratulate you for the work you have done in restoring the pension rights of the Grand Trunk men who parti- cipated fn the strike of 1910.It marks you as a man who considers the men who work| under him as men and not merely as animals from whom so much work can be extracted at the lowest possible rate per hour, It is quite easy to see.that you are a man first and a boas after, and that you haven't forgotton the fact that you have come up from the ranks yourself.How different is your action from that of the Canadian Pacific Rai'way which has just thrown fifteen BIG SENSATION ! Next week THE AXE will print the Biggest Journalistic Sensation of years.We ask our readers to order copies from their news: dealers early to make sure that they will get a paper.The story that is coming in next week's AXE will shake Montreal and all Quebec Province.Watch for it.Out next Thursday at hundred men out of work, sacrificed on the sacred altar noon! of the annual dividend.We had a letter from one of your men this week- and this is what he said \u201cGod Bless Robb and the road he represents\u201d.It will be a long time before any C.P.R.man has the same to say of his bosses, we fancy.Again, our congratulations, THE POPPY FUND AND LADY TAYLOR Lady Willlams Taylor, City.® Dear Lady Taylor: \u2014 We understand that you have severed your connection with all Poppy Day Funds, past, present and future, and that your name will not be used in future in connection with any further efforts of this nature.Believe us, our sympathies are all with the returned man, and anything which can be done to alleviate the suffering of any of them meets | with the complete approval of THE AXE.But we are not satisfied with the manner in which the last Poppy Day Fund was disbursed, and we hope that the step which you have taken in severing your connection with these funds is your protest against the methods which have been used in distributing the thousandg of dollars which Montreal\u2019s gave so generously on lart Armistice Day which have not yet Page 7 { MCCRAE MP RAVES TO THE PLOUEHVEN F.N.McCrea, M.P,, Sherbrooke, P.Q.Dear McCrea: \u2014 The fact is dawning on us more clearly every time we read one of your speeches that you cannot open your mouth without putting your foot in it.Your effort on the occasion of the Sherbrooke Ploughing Associations banquet is about the most futile of all the puerile utterances credited to you to date.It is à very simple matter for you to round @1 miners and railwaymen who ask a living wage as compensation for their efforts, for you are not faced with the prospect of bringing up your family on the wages reached the disabled men.If this is what you have done, Lady Taylor, we congratulate you.Mr, Robb.THE AXE.THE AXE, \u201cBLOOD TEST\" TO SETTLE PARENTAGE Can a test of an Infant's blood be taken to indicate who is its father?Upon the answer to this question largely depends the issue of a sensational domestic drama.The four principals concerned in it are a! husband, his unfaithful but: now repentant wife, her lover, and \u2014 her baby.The husband) Professor Johy P.Tiernan, of South Bend.Indiana, declares emphatically that the child ia not his and alleges that its father is his erstwhile bosom friend, Harry Poulin.Mrs.Tiernan confesses she has been untrue to her marriage vows and declares that the man who found a place in her affections was Poulin, It was she in fact, who urged her husband to institute the suit now down for hearing.Pouiin stoutly denies paternity of the child which he is being asked to support, The husband is now holding up hig sleeve what he believes to be a trump card.This is the evidence of a \u201cblood test\u201d This test will probably play an all-important part in determining who is the father of the child.Professor Tiernan has made arrangements with Dr.D.Thudicum, of California, an analytical expert, microscopically to ex» amine the chemical character of the blood of the two men and of the child to prove the paternity.The evidence is believed to be legally admissible and Professor Tiernan is saving it for the coup de grace in the legal battle.But Poulin asserts that blackmail is the motive of the charge against him, and has engaged a prominent criminal lawyer to uphold his statement.The story underlying the case may be briefly told.Seven years ago Prof.Tiernan and his wife were a happy newly-married couple.She was very proud of her husband, whose future appeared a promising one.She became engrossed in building a comfortable home, and in preparations for motherhood.A daughter was born and the young couple - appeared to become happier than ever.Then a second daughter came.Mrs.Tier nan found herself bound by home ties and rarely had a chance to go out into society.The domestic round began to chafe, Five years passed.Mrs.Tiernan\u2019s children no longer ~ nN 5 The years of constant care, however, made her life a period of semi-imprisonment, Day after day she had been meeting the same people and had gone through the same old routine, cooking, washing, making beds\u2014Professor Tiernan\u2019s work had progressed.He was the author of several books on lega] subjects and was engrossed in another, He had begun by this time to take his charming wife and children as a matter of course.Having wooed and won her he consider his attentions should cease, He forgot the axiom that a husband should be a lover first, and that nothing is sweeter to the ears of a wife than continued avowals of love and affection.He did not realise that, although love is of a \u201cwoman\u2019s entire being.\u201d He failed to notice the restlessness which seized his wife, being buried in his work and books.When he required diversion there were always his friends, the club, his pupils.content to spend every evening at home by the fireside.One evening his wife asked him to take her out to a ball, because she dearly loved dancing, That night she met an interesting man of 30, Harry Poulin, who did not at the time impress her particularly.She noted, however, that although he was married he danced with other women because his wife was recovering from a recent operation.By the time another vear had elapsed constant loneliness from her husband had forced Mrs.Tiernan to seek companionship elsewhere.man\u2019s life \u201ca thing apart\u201d it a fondnesg for dancing gave her something in common with Poulin.who became her constant partner and companion.HUBBY AT HOME A friendship sprang up bet.He was| and continued neglect: by Mrs.Poulin, who, with her two children, went away for an extended period.During her absence a series of parties were held at Poulin\u2019s residence, at which drink and \u201ccheek- to-cheek dancing\u201d were a prominent feature, Mrs.Tiernan\u2019s companion promised to marry her when his wife died.Her days were regarded as numbered, as she suffered from consumption, Mrs.Poulin, lived long enough to retury home and hear from neighbours about the lively midnight parties which had been held in her home, and about the fondness of her husband for the attractive titian-haired wife of the professor.She thereupon told the unsuspecting husband the whole story.Mrs.Tiernan confessed her guilt, and when her baby boy was born in November, 1921.she declared that Poulin was its father.Calling upon his rival the professor confronted him with the story and the allega- | tion of his guilt.He intimated that he was willing to let the \u2018matter drop however, to save the reputation of both families and their children, provided Poulin paid the medical expenses of the mother\u2019s illness.Poulin then denied that he was responsible and refused to pay the doctor\u2019s bills, declar- i ing that it was an attempt to | blackmail him.Then came the climax.Nearing her lover emphatically deny her statements Mrs.Tiernan was seized with remorse.Hastening back to .her husband she urged him to ' make the man who wronged i her but who denied the parentage of his child pay the penal.Hey| tv for his sin.The professor at first was averse to publicity and did not vress the charges against Poulin.After careful reflection, however, he declared he was convinced that the best thing for his wife, the ween the two families which| child, and the community at made it possible for her to ask him to accompany her to theatres and dinner parties whilst her husband stayed home.Professor Tiernan was then working on à book, and had almost forgotten hig wife and her love of dancing.Poulin, however, had not, and after several years friendshin ripened into love.Mrs.Tiernan regarded Poulin as her ideal man, and an intimgey ensued.large was to prosecute Poulin.He accordingly instituted proceedings.\u201cMy fight is for the integrity and morality of the home.\u201d he declared.\u201cIn my mind the sanctity of the family is the very basis of our life.I have no desire for vengeance, but the question involved in vitals of our whole system of \u2018This was unconsciously aided LE Ned AR 1 - | life to.- this case reaches into the very vestigators.of a coal miner or a railway trainman.If you had to, we imagine that your tune would be pitched in a far different key.Furthermore it cannot do you much damage to round on miners and railwaymen out in Sherbrooke County, for you do not numbep many of either amongst your constituents, But remember this, McCrea.When you ask railway and mine employees to work as the farmer does don\u2019t overlook the fact that the farmsr is working for himself, while the other fellow is working to pile up dividends for the C.P.R.or some other predatory concern.You must realise this.There\u2019s plenty of \u2019em working for the Brompton Company.Your mouthings are such putrid poppycock that they wouldn't even make decent fertilizer for the doughty ploughmen of Sherbrooke.\u2018 THE AXE.SOCIAL SERVICE OHTA Professor Dawson of Me- Gill University has been saying that the members of our city churches should go in for social service and that those interested \u201cin this phase of Christian activity\u201d might well attend a series of classes on the subject at the university.We agree with Professor Dawson that Christians should go in for social service, but call attention to the fact that series of lectures in order to learn how to help one\u2019s fellow men in trouble.All one needs for that is an honest and decent desire to help the needy, What's wrong with most of our so-called social service organisations is that their leading lights have been taking too many courses on the subject as it is, with the result that they regard any social service organisation with which they may be con- nectad as a combination Limited Liability Company and Detective Bureau.What we need is less swank, abolition of the card index and Sherlock Holmes stunts and a little rea] effort along the lines of decent Christian Charity.Most of our charitable societies in Montreal at present aren\u2019t providing much but the firing systems and special in- \u201cFinancial\u201d Federation is a right good \u2018name for it.: PIT -£.it isn\u2019t necessary to take a- \u2018 + 1 | a A \"brutally frank, the sin and immorality of such girls are,inour : ne able, starved souls of the men Puge 8 REVELATIONS OF LOW WAGES HAVE MOVED MONTREAL Girl Fmployee of Mont- THE AXE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 1922.I who profit by the payment of | F [and trusts, giving away the people's | \u2018heritage of water powers, ete, we | may confidently look forward to.\u2019 As for the common people, Taschereau, Perron and Co, have no ure for them except at election time wages that force girls into lives of shame, If we were God it would go hard with such in the Judgment.The practical issue to be faced ip this matter is how to put an end to this state of things, The pe6ple have it all theip own hands.Organisations like the Committee of Sixteen, the Social Service Council, and the Pepartments of Social Service of the various Churches should inveatigate real Department Store upholds THE AXE and calls herself a \u201cvictim\u201d ployed, The whole of the facts \u2014\u2014 (continued from page 1) respectably, that the payment of low wages, wages that do not provide for subsistence according to a proper and reu- sonable standard of comfort, 1s either going to send a girl to \u201cthe River or the Red Light,\u201d or to live an immoral litf> somehow and some way, and that every feeling of justice, honor, and conscience should combine.to compel the payment of wages which would place our si ters and daugbters bevond temptation, so that if they go wrong morally it shall not be| because of low wages in a, country so rich as this, \u2014_\u2014 \u2014 Watch for Next Week\u2019s Axe ! ! Here is a \u2018etter from a gin working at present in a Department Store in Montreal, which store she does not say i= \u201cSir \u2014 You Lave done nobiy to draw attention to the nuser-, able wages paid to girls working in departinent stores.1 am one of the victims.My parents are dead\u2019 and I have had no one to help! me.It is impossible to live right and dress myself properly on the money 1 earn.1 have a \u201cfriend,\u201d like so many other girls have.We live in one room as man and wife, but are not married, He does; not earn much nor do I, but putting together what we both eavn we are able to live better than alone.But it should not be, I do not love him: I like him al] right and he is a good pal.I don\u2019t care much about myself now, but if you can do something for the other girls it'll be a good thing.Keep after the men who wrong us, Mr.Roberts, and many girls will bless vou.\u201d BREED VICE We could tell many stories like 1s toid in that poor girl's letter.Even from Quebec comes a letter from a girl slave of low wages telling her pitiful gtory of her struggle to main- fain decency and self respect vn a meagre pittance, Like the girl whose letter we print above there are hundreds, if not thousands of girls in Mont.! real who have their \u201cfriends\u201d with whom they live, sharing humble lodgings, their union unblessed by the Church or legalised by the State, or whose \u201cfriends\u201d contribute to their support in return for \u201cfriendship.\u201d And \u201cfriendship\u201d in this connection has a hideous meaning.There are plenty of good well-meaning people who will hold up their hands in holy horror at the thought of girls living in this unholy attachment with a \u201cfriend\u201d but,to be judgment, not one thousandth part so unspeakably vile as that of the companies and individuals who pay them wages upon which they cannot live, indeed, cannot keep body and soul together, their jack of means forcing otherwise decent and pure girls into illicit unions.God have mercy on the miser- wage conditions amongst girls and women employees in Department Stores and other places where female help is em- should be ascertained and wages compared with the amount of money necessary for Mr, E, F.Grable, Grind Presi to demonstrate that they are {dent of the Brotherhood of Malatenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers, has lost his job.The men wanted to walk out recently and expressed themselves strongly as so desiring.\u2019 Grable practically \u2018ignored their wishes and instructions.Now they have put a fighting man at their head, That's what Labor wants today, fighting leaders ! 4 girl or woman to live decent.Iv upon, A minimum wage of decency should be arrived at and then Parliament should be called upon to cnact legislation embodying such a minimum wage in statute law and making it a criminal offence for employers, fo pay less than the \u201cSEASON OF TALK PENS ATQUEBE The Provincial Legiclature will legal wage, There iz probably little, if any, help to be expected from: such organisations as\u2019 we have indicated.Those bodies are supported by the contributions of the peopie who nay the \u2018ow terest of the people at large.Legis- sadly mistaken.meet on the 24th inst., when the usual programme of talk, more talk, and more talk still, will be carried out.We hardly dare expect ary real legislation in tae in- The Biggest Journalistic Sensation of Years.PLACE YOUR ORDERS TO-DAY AND BE SURE YOU'LL GET A COPY NEXT WEEK'S FEATURE IS THE BIGGEST WE HAVE HAD YET\u2014 AND THAT'S SAYING A LOT!!! Don\u2019t Miss \u201cTHE AXE\u201d Next Week lation In the behalf of combines when their votes count.If the Liberal Party of Quebec tn reality a People's Party let them do just one thing, bring in a Bill providing for the restriction of profiteering in house rentals, in other words, let them give us a \u201cRent Restrictions Act\u201d, as is in ef- feet in England, which would authorise any tenant to go before a judge in such cases as the tenant thinks the rent charged is too high and get the rental fixed Ly the judge on a fair basis provided for by law.Such legislation is badly needed, would give the people, especially here in Montreal, reason to respect and be grateful to the Provincial Government, and entitle the latter to a rencwal of power, At the same time, the Government should give us a Five Cent Street Car Fare, abolish the Liquor Come mission, and return the Liquor Trade to private hands, and give Montreal Home Rule in Montreal affairs, But it won't, or we are, wages and that fact would of itself paralyse action on their part.Moreover, suchbodiesare usually uninterested in secur-! ing better wages for working people; they are palliating effects mainly, not removing causes.What would be best would be for Department Store employees to organise themselves into unions for their own protection, for only in union is strength, and power, and the victory over wrong conditions.If girl and women workers in any kind of employment wish to organise for self- protection THE AXE\u201d stands ready to help them to do so.Our columns are at their service free of charge, our material help also will be given to the best of our ability, and we would gladly.make the sacrifices to see thoroughgoing and effective organisation amongst women and girl workers of all kinds.The publiccanbreak the backs of those who pay low wages.Let them consistently refuse to patronise any business where girls and women are underpaid and a speedy change will be wrought.In this maiter, we are our sister\u2019s keepers, Let none of us be found wanting or so selfizh- ly shape our course that even one girl or woman may be able to say, \u201cI might have kept straight if the people who cared had cared enough to protect me by insisting on the firms they shopped with paying the wages of decency.\u201d COURTESY AS IT 5 STANDARDIZED The Montreal Standard has a remarkable sense of the fitness of things.On its -front page of Saturday, 7th, inst, it reported that the Hon.J.A.Stewart, former Minister of Railways, was dead.On the next page in a series of bitter jibes at Sir Henry Worth Thornton it almost chuckles with delight at the fact that \u201cthere are two Ministers of Railways in the Hospital right now.\u201d This sentence follows immediately after one which says that the chances are that Sir Henry's intellect .or his health may crack before the nut (of the C.N.R.) does.What miserable depths has journalism sunk to in these latter days.CLEAN UP ST.ANNE DOCTOR BEAD If Governments are capable] of holding honest investigation, it would be an excellent idea Which is enough for the present.Leelee for the present one at Ottawa to lopk very \u201ckeenly into thel ad Ley .Co 1 i nr > peared treatment accorded to returned men at the Military Hospital, St.Anne de Bellevue.A great many cases of complaint against the methods employed at this hospital by doctors and staff have been brought to our attention, many of them so utterly disgusting, that, if true even in part the whole medical staff should be turned loose The main trouble with St Anne is that the young doctors who are in charge out there are not men of experience either in medicine or war.Not being returned men they de not understand the peculiar psychology of the soldier and being embryo doctors they are learning their medicine and surgery at the expense of the poor fellows whose health has been wrecked in their coutry\u2019s service, Clean up St.Anne Dr.Beland! AS \u2018THE STAR\u2019 WOULD PRINT IT A headline in the Montreal Gazette of October 12th, read \u201cPolice Used Axe to Break in Door\u201d, Had this ap-| in Lord Atholstan\u2019s domestic journal it would undoubtedly have read \u201cPolice Use a Weekly Publication to Break in Door.\u201d Isn't that so, My Lerd 2 ; .C4 WHAT THE MAN IN THE STREET WANTS TO KNOW.(continued (rom page 1) Is it not a fact ttas certain \u2018\u201cladies\u201d in Quevec are making .great preparations for a re- viva] in trade when the Provincial Legislature opens this month?+ ® % Who was the keeper of a \u201cresort\u201d in Montreal who bit a piece out of the arm of one of her white slaves a few nights ago?x x What is the name of the palicoman who does police duty by night and works as a carpenter by day?x OF When does he get his sleep?x #e % Does it not begin to look as if THE AXE's declaration of belief in Father Delorme\u2019s innocence may yet be fully justified?x MN Why did not the Jewish Eagle and Jewish Chronicle take up the question of the discharge of Jewish employees from Goodwin's, Limited, on alleged religious grounds?Why should a matter of that kind be Jeft to a journal edited.published and owned by Christians?¥ « * Why should the money of the Province of Quebec be spent with American Detective Agencies when there are plenty of Canadian ones equally efficient ?x x What was the reason for the Eastern Townships lawyer spending two nights in town lately, seeing that he had no (legal) business here?If New York with seven millions of people counts So citey with a big S as \u201cThe Four Hundred\u201d would Montreal with seven hundred and fifty thousand people be right in speaking of its High Society as \u201cThe Forty Five\u201d?- x om Are all their pictures in \u201cSociety\u201d?WM OW Ww If so, is it not true that there is plenty of work for beauty specialists in Montreal?Why does the merchant in the West End always occupy the same seat in a St, Catherine Street picture house one afternoon a week?Bod om And why does a certain lady always occupy the adjoining seat at the same time?\u201cx Does the milkman find the racing news service more profitable than the sale of milk?\u201cx Is the Bank manager as fond of his little swastika as ever?% 4% * Does anybody know.a more contemptible cur than the writer of abusive anonymous letters?.x OW # How many Montreal book- mékers have been stung through \u201cPast the Post\u201d bets based on information from Collartown?x How many big Montrealers subscribed heavily to a book of personal histories of Montreal business men not so long ago?, x % A Is it true they paid more to keep their names out than to have them in, and is it also not a fact that the book never ape peared?- .- » Sp fem CE \u20ac mE eve UTD i "]