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THE BRUSSELS POST
N 1.3.
LONDON - ONTARIO
Se tember 1 n th to 18th
lfl erosfieR,exhibnts of the finest of Canadian Agriculture and in-
dustrial products, Entertaining Grand Stand Performers, An Amusing
Midway full of •Fun. '4
Everything in a larger anti higher clans scale than ever before.
$40,000 in Primes and Attractions
Prize List and full information on request Closing Date September 2
Roduced Faros on all Railroads.
J. H. SAUNDERS, President W. D. JACKSON, Secretary
London, Ontario
Canada
l'e.�L
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ated
(From the Ottawa t'iti:co)
The country is waiting for an ano
ogy from the Hon,Arthur 11;i•::t
to the Hon. Erneet 1.xpuinte. 'I t
cenntry is waiting for an :mems,
to Canada from C-..t.:d;i s prim • tui,
lacr.
In the Maritime nrm'in lin n. At'
thur 11 t h •t.., prime 1e n,'t ..t 0f Cain
ada, sat on the plat rorut amt evil
tacit approval heard his follower. Bir
Doneet, former Cnns, nv:,ttiv,e meth
her. broadcast to Canaria and to ;.he
world th alleged tory of a trots,
made by th government Alp "Mar
'aret" with the Hon. Ernest Lapoiet
on board.
The details of the story are Munn
t
retial. To all Canada was given th
antpressiou tht the former minister o
justice participated in an orgy of
"trine, women and song" of the ail
est character. It was even represent-
ed that as one of tate guests on the
ship there was present "the reputed
proprietess of a supposed famous es-
tablishment in Montreal." Nothing
more damaging, if true. or more
damnable if untrue, was ever circut-
ated concerning a public man 0r con-
cerning any man.
'This damnable story was t..ld on
Mr. Meighen's platform and in his
presence, not once, but on several oc-
casions. It came to be a regular part
of the performance. It is hardly
credible that it was told on the first
occasion without Mr. Meighen know-
ing something of it in advance. When
it was told a second time in ]lis pres-
ence, Mr. Meighen was equally re-
sponsible with his follower Doucet.
It will be no excuse for Mr. Meig-
hen to say that he did not know the
story to be untrue. He did not know
that it was true. Anyone who is
party to the circulation of a story
such as this without being n_ ositive
that it is true is guilty beyond words.
Further, Mr•, Meighen knew Mr. Te ip-
ointe. He knew that Mr. Lapointe i,
an honorable man, the devoted hus-
band of a talented woman. Mr. Mei-
ghen knew without any evidence that
.the story so far as Mr. Lapointe was
concerned was untrue. Notwith_tand-
ing, Mr. Meighen, prime minister of
Canada, uttered no protest. Night
after night he sat on the platform
and heard hie follower slander away
the reputation and happiness of an
honorable man. He did nothing to
stop this vile thing. When challeng-
ed by Mr. Lapointe, Mr. Meighen's
statement was not a repudiation of
the scandal, but was of such a char-
acter that the position was worse than
before.
Now the story of the '"Margaret"
its denied and disproved by the sworn
evidence, not only of Mr. Lapointe 1
and of Mr. Bureau, but of the cap-
tain of the boat. Not only that but
the whole matter was investigated by.
Mr. Calder, e
1 r the government c
g t ounsel
,
assisted by Mr. O'Connor, an ultra -
Tory lawyer, appointed by the pres-
ent government, and by Inspector
Duncan, and after such investtgatinn
Mr. Calder made the following state-
ment:
"After having examined all
documents and after Mr. Dun-
can, Mr. O'Connor and myself
having taken note of all relevant
evidence and the crew of the
Margaret having been examined,
I wish to declare publicly and
categorically that no incident oc-
curred aboard the Margaret
which could be reproached
against the persons named, who -
tiler Mr, Lapointe, 'Mr, Bureau
or any of their companions." ,
Mr. M'oigdlen can never make re-
paration to MU'. Lapointe for the Tet-
i_ etre 'One tel hire.
t ; Mia M iahen can never malt! re•-
arclt:en to th people of Canada for
h,• wrong done to them.
- J Every than who lives a clean devout
life• will put himself in the place er
_ lir. Lapointe and con;itler the shame
end hnmili:ttion tltttt he would have
.suffered hacl thie story been told cf
him, and circulated from one end of
C'anmia to the other.
Every woman who is the wife of a
, decent and honorable man will put
r- herst-if in the place of Madame
itt,ittte and staffer in imagination the
>maller part of the agony- and sorrow
_ elm wnuld haye experienced had this;
c, s`nl•v been told of the amu she loves
Or
and honor's.
This story was told of a public ser-
- vast—a mtmister of justice—and the
people of Canada have been humilimi
ted and wronged by what was said o{'
their representative.
The responsibility for the story
rests not with the miserable Doueet. 1
it rests with the prime minmster of
Canada, who is as guilty as if be
had utterer) the words himself. The
people of Canada were humiliated
and outraged by the action of their
prime. minister. '
There is only one thing blit'.•Meig
hen can do. It will not make r'par-
ation, but it should be don,. never-
theless. Mr. Meighen should apolo-
gize humbly and abjectly to Mr. La-
pointe and to the people of Canada.:
This will not excuse Mr. Meighen.
It may help to save the honor of the
Canadian nation which has been deep-
ly injured. The apology should cnme
without delay and without rorei•en-
tion.
WESTERN FAIR, LONDON
Sept. llth to 18th .
Exhibition time will soon be here.
Already hundreds of entries are
pouring into the executive offices of
the Western Fair and space for ex-
hibitors and concessions are being
taken• up rapidly. Workmen are busy
on the Fair Grounds, which resound
with the ring of hammers and sounds
of industry and construction.
.Never before has such interest•
been shown in the Western Fair and
never before have so many entries
been r,ecei,/"l so far ahead. The
1925 Exhibition promises to far sur-
pass any previous year.
Many improvements have been
made both in buildings and g•'ounds
and everything possible is being done
to increase the attractiveness trill in-
terest of Western Ontario's largest
exhibition.
Exhibitors are busily engaged in
erecting booths and displays and are
vieing with each other for beauty and
artistic results.
The Western .t
set Fair t a t � corneas Brei
g prize
list is attracting exhibitors from far 9 -
afield
afield and many . interesting• mitres
have been received from Ended 1
States and all parts of Car�t.c,
The Grand Stand perfo•mncee and t
ever popular fire -works display will n
he enlarged on and improved and time m
midway, with numerous superior tit- h
tractions, will be the largest ever seen \
here.
An exceptional attendance is ex- e
petted and the Fair Board are, busy
making arrangements to oare for a
crowd larger even than the record
year of 1925.
The 'Secretary, Mr. W. D. Jack-
son, requests that all entries be ssnt
in a$ soon as possible to avoid the
rush emf the last few days, A n;; nuc:
wishing a lnlz0 list or any informa-
tion should write hint at once,
Life's Fullness
By VICTOR REDCLIFFE
There had been no romance aim
the marriage of Wynne Peyton to N
Bet Price, yet for the most part s
was sweetly content, Ile was a ul
any woman night respect and ester
There had been no love making a
his choice of Nellie had conte alto
through impulse, Peyton was engag
in business In a good way. He had
his employ tt ratan who had been hop
keeper way back to the time his f
ther had smarted the business. Jot
Price died, leaving a inothrrlees chug
ter. Peyton exerted himself to pay t
due respect to the memory of this fait
ful old b11S1sUew' servant. This h;
brought hitt in close contact with tl
sorrowing daughter. Peyton felt it
duty to make some mewl:lnn for th
lonely orphan, lie aekcd her to b
come his wife. There was a spirit
Patience and gentleness about t
young girl that wen his nrlmh•atio
He had no brae for love, he told his
self, but he surely needed someon
to make a holm. for himself and thus
dependent upon hint. Nellie fitted int
the situation completely. to his wt
of thinking, She Cluttered, and h
eyes wore a beseeching expression a
Peyton told her of his wish to marc
her, The man did not read in th
same the earnest longing of an nntrei
ed heart for love, ane tenderness, an
appreriutiwt. She was lonely she w'a
glad to be offered a home, bat, mor
than that, she crave) for affection.
"I will give you everything that
aught to make a woman happy," Pey-
ton told her. "The'r'e is my mother,
old and railing, and the two little
orphan children of my sister. Would
you feel it too burdensome to become
mistress of my boon and look after
these helpless ones?"
"You honor roe greatly," replied Net-
tie, "hat am I worthy of, or equal to
the occasion? You were a good friend
to my father, Mr. Peyton; you have
done everything possible for me to soft-
en the blow of his death. Who would
int feel bound to yon and to your in-
terests after that?"
"'Then you are willing to rest ;teem
lest in with mine?" asked Peyton plain-
ly.
"Yes, Mr. Peyton," and Nellie be_
tame the mistress of the old family
home. It was trying at the first, f- •
old Mrs. Peyton was loath to give um,
to old age and feebleness. The chil-
dren, too• at first resented the geld -
once of a stranger. A month after
they were married Peyton came home
one evening with news that troubled
Nellie greatly. His firm had a branch
In Brazil; its manager had peculated
and absconded and had left the busi-
ness in a complicated condition. Some-
one must go and straighten nut af-
fairs, or the entire inrestnlrnt would
be lost.
"I have decided that the Brazil end
of our business needs the more than
this end," be told her, "and I shall
leave tomorrow night."
"I hope it will not be a long ab-
sence," said Nellie, and his heart
warmed at the manifest sincerity of
her words.
"1 fear so," he replied—"at least a
year. I shell leave you apply provid-
ed for and I want you to sustain no
onerous duties. If the entre of moth-
er and the children becomes too slren-
unns, promise me that yon tell) mol:e
s0m8 arrangements to lighten the
burden.."
"Your mother, the children," cried
Nellie, her true eycs4bctnkening the
genuineness of her emotion. "Why,
bey have become half of life to me 1
really think they are beginning to
ove me as I do them, And the other
elf Is—you," and he quivered ns her
hand rested upon his nwn and be
realized the sterling worthiness of the
woman he had wedded lovelessly.
Atthe endPeyton of a year ey ion was still
t the remote coffee plantntion, the nf•
sirs of which he was whipping bade
oto shape. livery week their reached
im a letter from Nellie. Its tone was
ifely and affectionate, but mainly do-
nning infornmtion that he as a busi-
ess man would appreciate. Once a
oath be replied. Mang a time, \then
alt i1! front elinintic conditions and
vorn ant with overwork, at the thought
of home and comfort be was half mine-
d to east business and gain to the
ands. He was buoyed up, however,
by photographs Nellie sent frim of itis
mother and the children, NIPPY faked
and healthy, and by a leiter from his
mother telling of the trenmure of the
household, Nellie, who seemed to pos.
sess a magic for making everybody
contented.
At the end of two years he left the
pinntallon like a men released from
e prison. He would surprise the folks,
mai be reached )tow at dusk to find
his mother alone. She greeted him
with joy, &tiniest Immediately begin-
ning to extol the angel in the house
who laid made an earthly Eden of the
pretty home,
"And oh 1 we have a wonderful sur-
prise for you," sire began, and was
Interrupted try theappettrllnce of Nel-
lie and the two little ones.
"I have something to show yell.," elle
flystererl, and she led him into n little
room where a cherub farce smiled up at
him from Its baby crib,
The strap„ man fairly reeled et tie.
rnvislting Presentment of tbn moment.
Husband and father, a new soul seeltt-
ecl suddenly Bern within him, Ile
clasped hie 'devoted wife in his arms,
fairly tearful for joy,
"Good -by buiiness," he "aid. "Now
I have time forealove1"
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Builders' Supplies
WE HANDLE
All Kinds of Lumber, interior
Gyproo Fireproof Waliboard,
8, C, and Quebeo Shingles
t,"°' All goods delivered
Phone at our expense for prices
Finishy Doors. Sash
Limey Hardwall Plaster
Brantford Asphalt Roofing
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ot)trFiil„ - ONTARIO
Here and 1 here
Following a recent tour of weet-
ern Canada, W. L. Snaith, former
editor of the " ]+'arreter's Sun", writes
that he will be surprised if the
aggregate wheat eretp of the Prairie
Provinces falls below 400,000,1100
bushels. "It will not be surprising
if the 500,000,000 mark is pearly
reached," states 01r. Smith, ,
Eleven hundred farms will be
needed next year to accommodate
the British settlers who will be
brought to western Canada, ac-
cording to Major E. J. Ashton,
commissioner of the Soldiers' Sett-
lers Board. So far this year 1,430
families were placed on farms in
the prairie provinces by this or-
ganization.
Hops to the value of $400,000 were
shipped from the Prince Albert dis-
trict in 1925. This sum was far in
advance of that received the previ-
ous year and the increase was due
to a considerable extent to the activi-
ties of the agricultural society boost-
ing hog production. This year the
hog raisers' slogan -is one million
dollars worth of hogs, and from
present indications this nark 15 more
than likely to be attained. •
Arrangements for the export of
large quantities of British Columbia
seed potatoes to California are be-
ing made by a potato grower of that
state. The British Columbia pota-
toes are desired in California for
seed purposes because they intro,
duce new strength into lihe south-
ern strain. Experiments were
made with Canadian grown seed
last year in California and growers
were well satisfied with the results.
A flock of 46 sheep, comprising
35 ewes and 11 rams, has been pur-
chased by an official of the Domin-
ion Government under -instruction
from the Soviet Government for dis-
patch to Vladivostok, as soon as
arrangements can be made for their
shipment. Last year quite a num-
ber of prize-winning cattle were
shipped from British Columbia to
Russia and this new order indicates
that previous shipments have been
satisfactory.
Many valuable shipments of furs
from the great trapping areas of
the Hudson Bay Company are ar-
riving through the Dominion Ex-
press at Montreal. These unim-
posing hales, piled high on the
trucks often represent a total value
of $200,000. After being collected
at the various Hudson Bay posts
along Hudson Bay and Jaalea Bay
the furs are brought down by canoe
in summer and dog team in winter
to the northern terminus of the
T. and 0. Railway.
Remarkable expansion of passen-
ger traffic into and out of Mont-
real has been reported during July
and August by the passenger de-
partment of the Canadian Pacific
Railway. The "Red Wing" and the
"Alouette" on the Boston run and
the "Rideau" and "York" to To-
ronto,' four new trains de -luxe
placed on these routes early in the
year *have been running with capa-
city loads. Eastward to Quebec
there is heavy traffic for the An-
cient Capital, while trains running
north into the Laurentians, it is
stated, have never been so filled as
it the case this summer.
A muscalunge„ 35 pounds in
weight, with a length of 50 inches
and a girth of 21 inches, was taken
from the French River near the
French River Bungalow Camp re-
cently, according to information re-
ceived by the tourist department of
the Canadian Pacific Railway. 'phis
fine fish was taken by E. A.
Farintosh of New York with a 30 -
lb. silk test line and using Chub
Minnow bait. To date this is the
largest fish caught this year to be
entered in the anneal Frencli River,
Bungalow CanpeTrophy competi.
flop. I
Ventilation of tbt Apple Warenouso
In order to provide the necessary
ssary
.ventilation for an apple warehouse,
direct tight outlet flues from the col-
ing of the room to be ventilated to
the highest outside point in the roof
nr ce sttary, It is estimated that an
apple storage house should have, for
each 1200 cubic feet of storage -room
volume., ono square foot of outlet,
The intakes are of equal impor-
tance and one square .foot of tar in -
talc! is necessary for each 700 cuiiie
feet of storage volume. In a ware-
house measuring 100 feet by 40 beret
there are usually rive to sire doors,
and if these be furnished with lattic-
ed openings they will provide the
neeessary intakes, The peed for
leaving, doors open at night has not
been fully appreciated. Were, larger
outlets provided much of the diltatil.
Memorable Events in, the
histortg of tire Empit'e.
ty ehan'eS Con
Drake's Voyage Around the World
'three hundred and forty-eight
years ago, on the 21st Augu: e .1egg,
Sir Francis Drake soiled into the
Strait of Magellan, the pal:: te'e of
which was the prelude to tie. great
outstanding event of his adventurous
career, namely the circumnavigation
of the globe,
Dr'aper's father was a country cler-
gyman, who entrusted the education
of ]tis son to a kinsman, Sir John
Hawkins, one of the most fatno. s of
the great Elizabethan mariners, and
at an early age the boy accompanied
his relative to sea, where be speedily
proved a daring and skilful sailor,
He became the captain of his own
ship at the age of 22, and during th:-
next ten years he led many expedi-
tions to the New World, where he
att'uck terror into the heart, of the
Spaniards by his bold attacks on
their posses; ions :uk1 shipping,
ITe was only 32 when he • embark-
ed on the most memorable of his
many voyages. He left England on
the 13th December 1577 on hoard
"The Golden Blind," and was accom-
panied by four other smxil vessels
from which he 'soon parted, after
passing through the perilous Strait of
Magellan into the Pacific Octan,
where he carried the British Rag for
the first time, lie sailed northwards
and waylaid and plundered several
treasure -ship+ homeward bound with
cargoes of gold, silver and precious
stones from the Spanish possosions
in Chili and Peru. His booty amount-
ed to neatly a million pounds in val-
ue, so he very prudently decided not
to run the risk of returning home
through the Strait of Magellan,
where he knew the infuriated Span-
iards would be lying in wait for him,
and he proceeded northward up the
-nee
Ameriean coast in the hope 01' finding
a pa—:.me hack to England 1lu�,tt,ih
the Arcntii' seas. Failing in 1t'; yileet
he boldly
steered his ship w,•.,tw:u,1
across the unchartered water: of the
Pacific', and after passing trough the
Aridity Archipellio and the Inds: n
Ocean he rounded the Cape of Good
hope, arriving• safely in England
with his spoil after an eb:senec of
two -years and ten months.
Shortly after his return Queen
Elizabeth, wearing the jewels which
Drake had presented to her, visited
"The Golden Hind" and upon the
deck of the sturdy little shin see eon-
ferrcd they honor of knighthood upon
its gallant commander.
The romantic daring of Drake's
vayagr around the• world, the first
made by a British mariner, and the
tremendous value of his booty, Darn-
ed for hint undying fame, and the
fact that Magellan, the Portttgesa
sailor, who had left Europe in cont-
ra:tad of the only other ships wh:eh
had up to that time circmnnavigated
the globe, hod died during the voy-
age, stave Drake the additional hon-
or of being the first commander to
roil his ship completely around the,
world. •
In 1585, when the coasts of Eng-
land were threatened by the formid-
able Spanish Armada, Drakm was that
vire-admiral of the little British fleet
which played such havoc with the
mighty galleons of Spain, and he sub-
sequently commanded several ftit•ther
expeditions against the Spanish pos-
sessions in the New World, It was
in the course of one of these voy-
ages that he died on hoar,) his shin
in the West Indies at the age of 50,
and he was buried at sea, leaving be-
hind1'
I nn a thrilling record of daring
deeds which helped to make the reign
of Queen Elizabeth one of the most
glorious in British history,
tyt now experienced in keeping apple DEFEATED BY RIDICULE
storage -houses cool would be over-
come,
The outlets and intakes indicated
will provide for an air -movement
equivalent to three complete chang-
es of air per hour. If air is entering
a room at 44 degrees and leaving it
at 50 degrees it is estimated that a
volume of air 1000 times the vol-
ume of the apples is necessary to
cool the apples from a temperature
of 60 to that of •50 degrees. This in-
dicates the importance of placing the
apples in storage in the cool of the
morning, rather than when they, are
warm from the day temperature.
Records at the Dominion Experi-
mental Station at Kentptville for a
period of twelve years show a differ-
ence between the average daily mini-
mum and maximum temperatures or
20.3 degrees Fahr. for September,
16.75 for October, 11.79 for Novem
ben and 10.43 for December, with
mean minimum temperature of 46.-
92
6:92 degrees for September, 40.7" for
October, 30.69 for November and
19,51 for Deretttber. This indicates
that a imitable storage tenperatttte
is possible if all possible ventilation
is provided during cool nights, and
the warehouse kept cosed during t.hc
warm part of the day.
STITCH PLEATS IN
Pleated skirt,: of jersey and den -
net have the pleats stitched part way
usually to a point just above the
knees and they retain their lines
more successfully than whoa• the
pleats are merely pressed in.
SILVER AND MIST
For the young girl a dance •;ccs;
of silver lace and white tulle is a
suitable expression. of her youth and
innocence. The simple round reel:
line and bouffant skirt is a strictly
debutant style in this type of frock.
GREEK WOMEN MAY NOW FOL-
LOW FASHION'S DkICREL.
Police Arrested Daughter of a Judge
Because She Wore Short Skirt—
Society Forced Gen. 1'angatos to
Rescind Edict.
Recently a young woman was ar-
rested in the streets of Athens be-
cause her. skirt was fifteen inches
above the ground. She was tried and
sentenced to twenty-four hours' im-
prisonment. A few days later the
decree under whose provisions she
had been detained was rescinded, It
had been passed by Gen. Pangalos,
formerly military dictator and now
President of Greece. It has been
Bald that anything can be done by
act of Parliament except change a
man into a woman. Dictatorships,
however, seem unable to prevent a
woman changing herself into a man
if she chooses. Eton crops, abbreviat-
ed kilts and boyish figures are evi-
dently phenomena beyond the control
of any form of man-made authority.
The latest fashion in skirts can defy
the latest fashion in Governments.
The dressmaker is the real dictator,
says the New York Times.
Gen. Pangalos, in all that ordinar-
ily constitutes a dictator, was a
Balkan Mussolini, While he stayed
in his own field he was adequate, if
not Olympian. But this austere man,
confronted with the spectacle of
modern women, looked on her work
(which is herself) and found it bad.
He decided to alter her. In the mat-
ter of dross the Greek
woman
G ak take
s
second place to none; She wenas
Paris frocks and London sport's
models, and these are always the
fashions of to -day, not of last week,
When. Paris decided that waist lutes
must be moved, Athens fokowed suit.
When the feminine skirt, like some
great tide actuated by whatever mys-
terious planet 0011t1'01S such filings,
ebbed from ankles Io Pelves anti
from calves to knees, the Greek
woman also proceeded to reveal more
of herself. Gen. Pengalos, like King
Canute, thought to May the tide. It
is not known whether he took coup-.
eel With his a,lvisrt;K in the greet, skirt
INOTICb TO CREDITORS. ---In the
matter of the estate of Oliver
Harrier rote of the Township of
Grey, an the County of Huron, far.,
mer, deeennerl
\ur u•'-,+ln, I t tt, d P'n•-anon to '"i'ho lie
v,+ul -tort f Untn,in," e'hnptnr Up,
ILnr,l It ,•.d,t•,e, hail ,ohms halving nielli
nvnin•.r (to. ,,.rot" or tit, ..n1,1 Ohver fiarris,
tt 11, .I„+i „n en• nl:"ht the Ntnr•ternth lay
eI'Joiv, 1 t into, arc rrquirrd on or heron.
th. "i'e.,n• ! ,.t day ,r ,august, A, 17_ 001,
t by !wv-,,3,11,1 rir1 v I t1111 ; l«
Harriq Pn thr. w•,t t th, fawt
w 111 mud '+ htn,.^ t .• d. th [r I'hrts-
!Inn non sn , la I, nod allNoilptiOng,
Dv- roti e••e,n a I,t- t to Ir ,ichor, t1, ah,te-
u„n.t eh.u, .-per nod ih” a lt.n•e nr their
•eeUl'U irn ir,ulci h, td tv tern, fluty vnrait•d
by n*1,0,at• ltrnftto Ino.
ut Anl,� • it„•'ni��L•1• ',otter Ihnt sit-in nneb hart
thu ,.aid wlx,entrlx will i,e,t
NIL ere,eQ to d,•r,Y , t. t 6r „( the denears
among rhe• r ,t,•r ona11•.1 11,0ra40. lurvinii.,•
rettnrd orale to ,he eitthn•, nr eteet 1 ,.hall
then hese.a"t,L•.•, and than Ihn .nki Exna itrrx
Will to,, t•,• Dahl,• for Ute •mol n:•-mr r any
marl terry t t'•,:n\ pt.r'on ul'scnpus of whore
clammy asst i, ,• -1 11 pot hnv. L,•rn rnrelved by
her n , d sorb di-1.mm...
Dated nt Lee' 1,, Ontario, this 2nd day
of Augnnt, ,t D. t:r:+t
W t slNrLalit
`-uttottur for Dia' t':YtTntt14.,
question. i'rnbabir h did, mace the
deur•,• that was to st,111, ihe• matter
for ail time, as originally drafted
fixed a maximum i, n..nh of 30 crnli-
nteters, n 12 ht ii •.i, front the
ground: This was all( real before it
was put into effect, to avow a height
of 35 centimeters or 11 inches. Clem
Pangalos' (Titles, with unbecoming
levity referred to it as -11,• conces-
sion of live points.,'
The mollified dee e•,t carne into
force nu danutlry 15. It utade fathers
responsible for the lenetli of their
growing up daughters' draperies, and
husbands for that or their wives'. It
provided that offenders during tine
first few days should he warned; that
they should later become liable to
fines ranging from t 1.2.1 to f i 1. The
new decree was not welcomed by the
police. The head of that excellent
force warned the Government that be
must have female assistance,
"Measuring the skirts of ladies,”
he declared, "is not a suitable em-
ployment for men. His representa-
tions resulted in the apitointnlent of
two women inspectors, Gen. Panga-
los, having put Fashion in her place,
decided that while he was about it
he might as well regulate morals and
suppress sex. Hard upon the heels
of the skirt decree followed an edict
closing all dance halls and ordering
, premises of any and all kinds to
shut by 1 a.in. Another regulation
forbade girls under age and children
of both sexes to walk in the streets
after 10 at night, The good citizens
of Athens seemed in danger of being
regulated to death. lfeanwhile, In
Paris and New York skirts were be-
coming shorter and shorter. They
had long said good-bye to the wear-
er's ankles: Fair Athenians decided
to let the law go hang.
This was no more titan the pollee
(who, after all, know something of
human nature) had expected. They
winked at it and apparently did no-
thing for as long a time as they
dared, When they were finally urg-
ed into action (for dictators must
have their way sooner or later) the
police acted summarily Indeed. They
arrested no less a person than Miss
Vogiatzi, daughter of a judge of the
Court of Appeal in Athens. Was it
blundering and ineptitude that
prompted the police to choose a
horrible example from such an influ-
ential class. Or was it? At any rate,
Miss Vogiatzi had been arrested. The
arrest had occurred in broad [111Y -
light and caused a sensation. Her
skirt was undeniably more than four-
teen inches from the ground. It
might have been urged, of course,
that this garment was not so very
brief after all. It was full, pleated
and plaid, New York would have
called it old-fashioned. Still the law
hacl been broken, and justice must
be done, Miss Vogiatzi was taken to
a police tribunal and remanded in
custody for twenty-four hours. She
was then found guilty.
Hisses from the large eaidienie in
court testified to the unpopularity of
the decree. There was an outburst
of indignation from Athens society
over this indignity that had been
visited on one of Its members, Gen.
Pangalos not only became unpopular
tartlIn
inwthetIs life oftlandgicttator) new o1 butstood
in grave danger of being made ridi-
culous. Dictators can brave any-
thing but ridicule. Eight days later
the great skirt decree was rescinded.
The edict closing Placers of ai»lise.-
nlent also went by the board.
Athenians again became masters 01
their morals and their wives mis-
tresses of their wardrobes. , The
police threw away their measuring
tapes. As far as the law is concern-
ed, Greek women ntay now walk
abroad happy to the knowledge that
their skirts need be regulated only
by the exigencies of the climate and
the prevailing abode.
Women Have Larger Feet.
'Woven have larger feet and
hands, on the average, than they had
five yea's ago. The difference is be.-
lf vecl to be due 10 the increase in
sport.
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rvesters
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