HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-03-26, Page 3FIIURS'., MARCH 26, 1936
WHAT CLINTON' WAS DOING' IN :THE
GAY NINTIES
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING THT4 LAST DE-
' 1 CADE' OF THE OW CENTURY?
From The Clinton News -Record,
Mar: 25th, 1896:
The Wingham Advance says: The
to of. Clinton recently fell heir to
the snug sum of $10,000, and now
the council of that town don't know
what to do with it.
Citizens were pained on Monday to
learn of the death of Mrs. Thos.
Jackson, Sr.
At a meeting of the boys of the
Collegiate on Tuesday evening the
football club was reorganized, the
following list of officers being elect-
ed:
Hon. -President: Mr. J. Houston,
M.A.
President: J. W. Treleaven, B.A.'
Vice: F. Biggin.
Sec. -Treasurer: E. H. Cooper.
Captain: P. Campbell.
Committee: R. Baird, - G. Irwin,
R. Jeckell, M. Nesbitt.
Last week's storm was one of the
most severe while it lasted experi-
enced for some years. Thursday
night's train for the west was can-
celled at Stratford and no mails were
received from Toronto until late
Saturday afternoon. The. London di-
vision, while still blocked, was not
so long delayed. The storm was so
heavy in eastern parts of the Pro-
vince that railway traffic was not
resumed in some instances until,
yesterday. (March storms are not
a novelty at all, it seems).
From The NewE Mar. 27th, 1896:
Mrs. Wm. Cooper has gone to
Toronto owing to the illness of her
eldest son, John.
The annual meeting of the South
Huron Liberal Association will meet
in Brucefield on Saturday, April 4th,
at 1 p.m., sharp, for election of offi-
cers and the transaction of other
business.
One night last week a load of
young people drove over to the tea -
meeting at Varna. Just after get-
ting started on their return the rig
broke, dumping the party in the
snow. One of the . party, Miss M.
Washington, had her shoulder dislo-
cated, but it readjusted itself. The
arm is still pretty sore.
Arthur McRae, son of Mr. A. Mc-
Rae of town, has. recently gone in-
to the drug business in Detroit and
is doing well. His brother James
is now with him.
Chas. J. Wallis is buying up hor-
ses for the English market.
The Dominion Parliament has just
twenty days more in which to live.
The collection taken in the Bruce -
field Presbyterian church on Sunday
for the relief of the suffering Ar-
menians amounted to a few cents
under sixty-five dollars.
Holmesville:—We understand that
Mr. James Ford intends leaving, for
Manitoba next Tuesday, the contrac-
tor for whom he worked when out
there having made him an offer.
The Holmesville parliament will
miss Jim, for he is one of the lead-
ing members of the opposition. But
we hope to see him back again be-
fore many months.
When The Present Century
Was Young
From The News -Record, Mar. 23rd,
1911:
Mr. J. Lewis Evans of Louisville,
Ky., paid a flying visit to Clinton
this week.
Mr. Fred' Mutch is suffering from
a severe attack of inflammatory
rheumatism, his many friends will
regret to hear.
The moving picture show, under
the management' of the Boys' Asso-
ciation; has been well patronized dur-
ing the past • week. Apart from the
pictures each evening localtalent has
been brought into requisition and a
pleasing program put on.
Mr. Robt. Cochrane, on of Mr.
Geo. Cochrane, of Stapleton, leaves
next Monday for .Victoria, B.C. Dame
Rumor insists that he will not go a-
lone and the fact that he has pur-
chased two tickets gives color to the
report.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Sweet have been
visiting Hensall and Exeter friends
for the past few weeks.
Col. Hugh Clark, M.P.P., will be
the next speaker at the Clinton Club.
Miss Lillian Agnew of the teach-
ing staff of the Central Business Col-
lege, Stratford, was a week -end
visitor at her home in town.
Mr. Harvey Colclough of Wycliffe
College occupied the pulpit of St.
Paul's church on Sunday and preach-
ed excellent sermons.
Rev. Richard Whiting of London
preached morning and evening in
Wesley church on Sunday, it being
the ninth anniversary of the opening
of the present church.
An interesting meeting of the
Clinton Club was held on Thursday
last when Mr. John A. Cooper, edi-
tor of the Canadian Courier, Toron-
to, delivered an address.
Our worthy citizen, Police Magis-
trate Andrews, went across to St.
Clair, Mich., last week to attend the
funeral of ,a relative, and on his way
home had an unusual and unpleasant
experience, the. Canadian Immigra-
tion officials at the border holding
him up. They finally, and apparent-
ly with reluctance, allowed him to
step upon the free soil of his native
land once more. Imagine the feel-
ings, if you can, of this staunch Can-
adian, descendant of Empire Loyalist
stock, at being so detained!
On Thursday last after a few days'
illness Public School Inspector Robb
of East Huron, passed away at his
home in Brussels.
From The New Era, Mar. 23rd, 19-':
Judge Holt is holding court m
town today. . •
The editor tried to celebrate his
birthday in a pleasant way, even
though it carne on a Thursday and
everything was going along nicety
till press time. After running off
some papers and making a change
we started again, when all of a sud-
den page 5 fairly flew off the press
and a "Pi" of the worst kind was to
be seen. No one spoke and a sort of
"Blind' staggers" hit everyone. We
were indeed thankful that we had
over four galleys of good, readable
type standing, so that we soon had
another .page made up. Only those
of the "Fourth Estate" know what
a funny feeling itgives one to see a
page of type spill on press day.
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING
JUST LIKE HIM
We have listenedto members of
the legislature take up a whole after-
noon •in jangling and rag chewing,
and some duller one take as much
time drivelling to no purpose at alt.
Meanwhile legislation, the intelligent
discussion of our real problems, could
wait. But the, short, deliberate, im-
pressive address of W. Angus Dick-
son, a week ago was of another class.
Forestry isn't his pet hobby. Prob-
ably he knows little more about it
than he does about mining, and cer-
tainly.far less than his grasp of agri-
culture, of munipical and county ad-
ministration, and of ,plain common
sense practical finance. Yet his ad-
dress was impressive for several rea-
sons. It wasn't abusive of anybody
to begin with. It wasn't unreasonab-
le in any way. It was also .construc-
tive, ' and, finally, it was short. But,
because of all these qualities, it was
impressive. He made a favorable lin-
pression upon the wholeassembly, of
both and of all parties, and a lot
more who have read and approved,
who didn't hear it at all.
-,-Listowel Standard.
POOR OLD BRITAIN
The head that wears a crown may
be unhappy, but no more so than 'a
country like Britain,to whom the
world looks for guidance. Now it
has been suggested that Britain sign
a treaty with France and Belgium
guaranteeing to come to their aid if
attacked by Germany, and another
treaty with Germany, guaranteeing
to come to her aid if 'attacked by
France or Belgium. In this way it Is
hoped to appease the fears of both
countries:: Poor old Britain! In
case anything at all turns up, it
looks as if she is in it.
This is the part .a world ' power
pays for the privilege of being a
world power—unless they dodge their
responsibilities the same as one big
nation we know.
Despite what many of our pacifists
say, it is impossible •for. Britain to
keep out of world affairs. While the
European situation appears to most
of us as crazy, there has been little
of this .evidenced by Britain in deal-
ing with precarious situations. Bri-
tain is for peace, first, last and all
the time, and with her is linked up
every part of the Empire. If Britain
falls, so falls the Empire.
Recently a .prominent Member of
Parliament made the statement over
the radio that if Canada cannot, stay
out of a possible war and at the same
time stay in the Empire, then she
should stay out and let go the Em-
pire. We imagine his following' Is
small. There are some, no doubt, who.
will agree with him, but to Canada
the greatest thing in the world Is
the British Empire. If. we are sates,
fied with the Empire . in times of
peace we should stay with it in time
of war. If Canada really agrees with
the radio speaker, the manly thing to
do is to get out of the Empire before
any trouble starts.
Durham Chronicle.
IF IT DOESN'T ALREADY
Lord Roseberry once said: "If the
Government does not control the
THE CLINTON
liquor traffic,: the liquor traffic will
control' the Government." And he
was right.—Stratford Beacon -Herald.
TEN YEARS THE? EDITOR
Ten years ago this week the pre-
sent editor of the Journal -Argus ar-
rived in St. Marys from Walkerton to
take over the active managership of
this paper from his father, the late
John Wolfe Eedy, who had for thirty-
one years previous to that time been
associated with newspaper publish-
ing in'St. Marys.
—St. Marys Journal -Argus.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
There is always some person ask-
ing embarrassing questions, 'to wit:
the Algoma -Manitoulin member who
told the Ontario legislature: ;"If ev-
ery member of the i•Iouse who has
broken the liquor law was made in-
eligible to sit in the House, how many
of us would be here?".
The Speaker_ of the House is said
to be "clamping down" on women
who click their knitting needles, while.
sitting in the visitors' gallery. At the
same time, however, members chat
among themselves, write letters, read
novels and rustle newspapers while
their opponents pour forth oratory.
—Hanover Post.
FIRST GIRL TRAMPS MAKE
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APPEARANCE
pI
Two nineteen year old Midland
girls will appear in 'police courtto-I
morrow morning to face a charge of
vagrancy. They were arrested , byi
Chief Church on Tuesday evening,
when they entered the police office, 1
in company with a young man, and I
asked for a meal and a night's lodg-
ings. They were arrested, when Chief
Church discovered, after investigation!
that they had given fictitious names.
The girls were dressed in men's
clothing and they told the Chief that
they were on their way to Parry
Sound where Helen O'Leary's father
was ill. They said that they were,
from Midland. When the Chief tele -I
phoned Midland he found that the;
girl's father was in Midland and was
not ill.
The Chief said that the girls were
not warmly dressed - and that their,
feet were wet. They were taken to
the county gaol at Barrie to await
trial.—Orillia Packet -Times.
NEWS -RECORD
THE SAP IS IN THE MAPLE TREES
Maple Products Manufacture One Of
Canada's Important Industries
The sap is running in more than
70,000,000 maple trees in Eastern
Canada and approximately 50,000
farmers in an area extending from
Western Ontario down to the Atlantic
seaboard in Nova Scotia are engaged
in harvesting the sweet and succulent
product. When the sap is in the
maple tree Spring is round the cor-
ner, no matter what "Old Probe" may
say.
Though there are over 70,000,000
producing trees on Eastern Canadian
farms, only about 24,000,000 will pe
tapped, but these will return to the
farmers a sizeable amount.'' The rev-
enue from the sale of maple sugar
and maple syrup for 1935 was $3,522,-
420, '
3,522,420,' an increase of $481,820 over
1934.
There appears to be no sound rea-
son why far more than one-third of
the trees in Canada should not be
brought into production. Officials of
the Fruit Branch of the Dominion
,Department of Agriculture say this
could soon be changed if the public
would realize that maple syrup ands
maple sugar are not merely seasonal
products but good all the year round.
Neither deteriorates by time in any
way if kept properly sealed or cov-
ered and in cool storage.
Just as the genesis of practical
agriculture in Canada is associated
with the French, for in 1605 de
Monts and a party of settlers did
some planting at Port Royal and in
1617 Louis Hebert established the
first farm at Quebec, so the French
were the first to lay the foundations
of the maple syrup and maple sugar
industrty in the Dominion. It, is
true•the Indians from before the first
recording of .history knew of the del-
ectable -,products of the maple trees.
As early as 1673 the French priests
visualized the commercial advantages
of the sap from the maple tree for
they made a report accordingly to
their superiors in France. But there
is no record ofcommercial production
until 1706 and it was six years later
before the first consignment of maple
syrup and maple sugar was shipped
to market. This went from Sault
au Recollet to Montreal, ten . miles
away. There has been a veritable
Niagara of sap drawn from the
trees since that epochal event 230
years ago and the business has grown
and developed until it is now a sub-
stantial industry and guarded by a
special Act and Regulations to in-
sure the purity of the syrup and
sugar when offered for sale. As a
matter of fact, the amount of adul-
terated maple syrup and sugar sold
is practically negligible so vigilant
are the officials of the Department
of. Agriculture. Of 310 samples se-
lected . by Fruit Branch Inspectors
here, there and everywhere, five
were found not to comply with that
section of the Act dealing with pro-
per identification of imitation pro-
ducts and seven were found adulter-
ated. In all cases, convictions were
obtained. In addition 23 storekeep-
ers and four restaurant keepers paid
penalties for failure to mark correct-
ly imitation products.
The Province of Quebec is the cen-
tre of the industry, for 75.3 per cent
of the Canadian production that b
marketed comes from there. Produc-
tion is heaviest in the counties of
Beauce, Brome, Mississquoi and Shef-
ford, south of the St. Lawrence River
and along the north shore between
Montreal and Quebec City: Ontario
accounts for 24.3 per cent. The
greater part of the Ontario supply
comes from the counties of Lanark,
Leeds and Glengarry. The Provinces
of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
produce the remainder.
Up until a few years ago the me-
thods employed for preparing the
syrup and sugar were very primitive
and there was a more or less "fine
disregard for cleanliness.. The bark
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FAIR TO THE RAILWAYS?
"When the blizzard spell was at its
worst, roads all over the Province
were blocked. In spite of all the snow-
plows could do, road traffic was prac-
tically
raytically at a standstill. But thru it all
the old faithful railroads were open.
True, some of the trains were ;run-
ning a little late; but they were run-
ning. From several places came stor-
ies of threatened 'starvation or suf-
fering from cold because the roads
were blocked and the regular supplies
of food and fuel could not be brought
in. And in every case it was mention-
ed that the town or village was
"without railway accommodation."
With a good many of them that was
because truck and bus competition
had been too strong and the railways
had been forced to discontinue opera-
tion.
"But how long will that be remem-
bered? It is safe to say that, as soon
as conditions become right forroad
traffic, the railways which served so
well when every other means of trans-
portation was tied up will be forgot-
ten and the people will go back to
the trucks and busses. .
"Is that playing the game? Is it
fair to the railways to let them stand
the expense of bucking snowdrifts in
order to keep communication open —
and then forget all about them? It is
not."—Owen Sound Sun -Times.
WHAT'S TO BE DONE
Over there in Europe some nations
have a profound respect for their
pledged word. Germany by its ac-
tions declares that it will keep its
word only so long as it is convenient
to do so. Germany has torn up every
peace treaty without so much as say-
ing "by your leave." It'slatest ex-
ploit has been to violate the most sol-
emn of its international pledges say-
ing, meanwhile, this violated pledge
did not 'suit us. Come, let us make
another pledge!" What is Europe to
do under such• circumstances?- Men
like Stanley Baldwin and Stalin and
the President of France and the 49
nations associated with them must
act. What is there, for them to do
when Hitler is, rubbing their noses
morning, noon and night. These na-
tions do
a-tions-do not want war, but Germany
is goose -steeping over territory she
pledged herself to keep out of. What
has Canada to say of a nation proving
herself the wild boar• of civilization?
Germany has made up tier mind as
to her course of actien. What of the
rest of the world?
—Exeter Times -Advocate.
MURDERED MAN'S RELATIVES
LIVE: IN HURON
Edward Stonehouse, who was shot
by bandits at. Markham and later 'pas-
sed away and whose son was also ser-
iously injured: by being shot in the
stomach, is a distant relative of
Mrs. Harry Hopper of town, Robert
Stonehouse, of Belgrave, Jim Stone-
house of Dungannon and Joe Stone-
house of Westfield.
—Wingham Advance -Times.
10 GRANDPARENTS
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Curran, of Crewe, near
Lucknow, is more fortunate than most
people in the fact that she has ten
grandparents living. The great grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hac-
kett, of Lucknow, Mrs. Robert Tre-
leaven of Dungannon, Mr. and Mrs.
John Menary, and Mrs. Sarah Saun-
ders,.all of Ashfield, and the grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Herb. Cur-
ran, of Crewe, and Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Treleaven, of Ashfield. There are
four generations on both sides of
the family, -Kincardine News.
'DOG KILLS DOE
A big doe met its doom when it
wandered into the barnyard at Ar-
chie'Mc'Intyre's farm 'a few days
ago. Upon sighting the deer, the
dog attacked it and in the battle that
ensued the canine was vi c t o r-
Gerald Wanger, who is employed by
Mr. Macintyre, was working nearby
with the team, but could not leave
them standing and by the time he
reached the 'scene, the battle was ov-
er, Constable Moore was notified
and brought the ' animal to , town.
At this time of the year, deer are
not so good to eat and the carcass
will be disposed of rather than cut up
for meat—Lucknow Sentinel.
of the trees were cut with an axe, the
spiles and buckets were of wood and
the boiling was done inopen iron
kettles in the bush. - The resulting
products were dark in colour with a
decided flavour of smoke, with usual-
ly a fair percentage of impurities
that came from ashes, bits of batk,
moss or whatever the wind whisked
into the contents of the open kettle.
It is still more or less popularly be-
lieved that the best maple syrup
should be dark in colour and strong
in flavour while as a matter of fact,
the best and purest is amber in. col-
our and free of any caramel or smoky
flavour.
In those pioneer days maple syrup
and sugar was made primarily for
family use to augment a somewhat
limited menu. In other words fam-
ily necessity was the principal fac-
tor behind the industry. Cane sugar
was a rare delicacy to the farmer liv-
ing some distance from cities and
towns, moreover, it was too expen-
sive. About 1850 the commercial pos-
sibilities of maple syrup began to be
appreciated. In 1851 the total pro-
duction was about 13,500,000 pounds.
Forty years later it had jumped to
22,600,000 pounds. Lest anyone should
think that racketeering is a modern
practice, it is interesting to know
that it was fairly well developed more
than 40 years ago in connection with
the maple syrup. and maple sugar
industry for the market became glut-
ted with adulterated products andit
appears little was done about it. In
1915 it was decided that it was time
to step in and protect the public and
also to see that these essentially
Canadian products should be pure and
unadulterated, so legislation design-
ed to curb the racketeering was pas-
sed. To some extent this was sne-
cessful but time disclosed even more
effective measures were required, so
in 1930 the Maple Sugar Industry Act
was passed and this, put the crimp in
the racketeer. The industry is now
well established and organized on a
basis of integrity.
The restrictive measures of the
Act prohibit adulteration of maple
products, forbid the use of the word
maple or any derivative of the word
in the description of a syrup or sugar
which is not a pure maple product,
require the proper naming of the in-
gredients of syrups or sugars resemb-
ling pure maple products, and the in-
dication on menus or bills of fare in
public eating houses, restaurants and
hotels, that where such is the case an
artificial maple flavor is used to
flavor foods.
The constructive features of the
Act include the establishment of
standards for maple products, which
are descried as .products prepared
directly or indirectly from the sap of
the maple, the, establishment of sani-
tary conditions under which maple
products may be prepared, provision
for the registration and licensing of
sugar bushes, and manufacturing
plants and the provision of voluntary
grades for maple syrup and sugar.
Maple syrup must weigh not less
than 13 pounds two ounces per gallon,
and contain not more than 35 per cent
wetar. Maple sugar must contain not
more than 10 per cent water; maple
butter, maple cream and maple wax
not more than 15 per cent water.
This legislation is intended to be
beneficial to the industry by creating
in the minds of the consuming public
that pure maple products are assur-
ed to them.
While modern improvements have
come with the commercializing of the
industry, such as the suastituting of
metal spiles and pails with covered
tops, with scientific evaporators re-
placing the open iron kettles, the ro•
mantic association when the sap is
running continues. It is then that
the impish young demi-god Cupid is
all set for a busy time, for then, with
the vernal sun beginning to'rejuven-
ate plant life, a young man's fancy,
and a young maiden's too, lightly
turns to thoughts of what is not
merely mundane. Young people who
live in' towns and villages within easy
distance of a sugar bush get a thrill
at a sugaring off party. There is
the walk or drive to the woods on a
sunny day' in Macrh, the sampling of
hot syrup and the tasting of "wax"
that has been allowed to harden on
the clean snow and then the trip home
perhaps in the moonlight. What bet-
ter setting dould Cupid have for his
work.
Sap running time comes at a per-
iod of the year—about the middle of.
March -when there is little other ac-
tivity . on the farm and the harvest
provides the farmer with money to
buy seedsand other necessities tor,
his busy season just, ahead.
There is a 'ready' market for what-
ever amount of either syrup or sugar
is produced. If the majority of, per-
sons living in the urban centres of
Canada really knew of the excellent
food value of maple syrup and maple
sugar, a food which in addition to be-
ing •notably delectable also has pe-
culiarly valuable medicinal qualities,
the demand would increase as it
should. The average annual per caps-,
to production of maple products, as
expressed in pounds of sugar, is 2.2
lbs, and the average per capita ex-
port is 0.7 lbs., which represents an
average yearly consumption of only
1.5 lbs. of sugar per person in Can-
ada, a rather discouraging figure.
In recent years there has been
some increased demand for maple
products for flavoring by the confec-
tionery
onfecttionery industries but the biggest in-
crease has come from-tobacco'manu-
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"Yes. that's what I work for, and I'm, the
most willing worker you ever hired!
"Every hour of the d'ay, seven days a week,
I'm at' your service, ready to run your
errands, keep you in touch with friends, pro-
tect you against, all kinds of emergencies.
"Give me a chance to prove my worth; you'll
never want to be without me again."
IIAVE YOTJ A TELEPHONE
IN YOUR HOME ?
Our local business office will gladly
supply information..
facturers, who use maple sugar to
'
sweeten the weed in preference to mo-
lasses. One large cigarette making
firm in the United States is a heavy I
buyer of Canadian maple sugar.
Not more than 35 per cent of the
stand of maple trees in Eastern
Canada is exploited. Therefore the
possibility of development of this
industry is plainly evident. With 80
per cent exploitation, as is the case in
the United States, the Canadian crop
would exceed 60,000,000 lbs. in an
average year. A quickened demand
would naturally stimulate the pro-
duction.
The sap is running in the trees now
and the resulting syrup and sugar
will be on the market in a short
time. It will be good then and equal-
ly as good at any time throughout
the year and what has been said o2
strawberries is just as true of Cana-
dian maple products, that doubtless
God could have made better products
than maple syrup and maple sugar,
but doubtless he never did.
Along The Air Waves
(continued from page 2)
the Canadian Radia Commission pro-
gram, "Forgotten Footsteps," on Sun-
day, March 29, at 9.00 p.m. EST. A.
metal bit, once used to curb the ,frac-
tious amount of a noble warrior of the
Orient, and which now reposes in the
Chinese collection at the Royal On-
tario Museum of Archaeology, is the
treasure which inspired the story.
The play is titled "The Horse of
Destiny" and tells of the adventures
of a high born Chinese prince who ,in
order to win the hand of a lovely at -
mond -skinned maiden, forsook hts
rank and disguised himself as a com-
mon soldier. Luxury and fine living
meant nothing to him without the
object of his adoration, so he mount-
ed his fiery steed and rode forth for
adventure and the romance he desir-
ed more than life itself,
COMMISSION FEATURES
DAY BY DAY
(All Times Eastern Standard)
Thursday, March 26:
10.00 p.m. Organ Recital by Dr.
Chase Courboin—
International exchange program from
New York.
10.30 p.m. Gene Fogarty and hIa
Chateau Laurier Orchestra—
From Ottawa.
Friday, March 27:
9.00 p.m. "Acadian Serenade"—
Soloists with orchestra. From Hali-
fax.
10.00 p.m. Cleveland Symphony Or-
chestra—
International exchange program from
New York.
Saturday, March 28:
8.30 p.m. "Let's Go To The Music
Hall"—
Froni Toronto.
10.30 p.m. Don Rester and His Or-
chestra from' Mount Royal Hotel—
From' Montreal. -
Sunday, March 29:
5.00 p.m. "Vesper Hour"—
Choral music under direction of Ar-
thur MoPayden with Herbert Sadler
at the organ. Address by Rev. Canon
Henry D. Martin. From Winnipeg.
9.00 pin.. "Forgotten Footsteps"—
"The Horse of Destiny." From To-
ronto. 1
,Monday, March 30:
9.00 p.m. "Melodic Strings"—
Orchestra direction Alexander Chu-
haldin. From Toronto.
10.00. p.m. "The Youngbloods of
Beaver Bend"—
Rural dramatic skit. From Winni-•
peg.
Tuesday, March 31:
9.00 p.m. "No Mournful Numbers}'
—Comedy team with orchestra. From
Winnipeg.
9.30 p.m. "This is Paris"—
Soloists and orchestra. From Mon-
treal.
Wednesday, April 1:
10.00 p.m. "Club 13"—
Orchestra and novelty. 'From Cal-
gary.
10.30 p.m. Mart Kenney and his.
Orchestra—
From Vancouver.
GRAIN OF LUCK
By Vincent Cornier
Miss Penelope Mallet smoothed
those errant curlinesses that would
persist in flanking her temples, de-
spite the discipline of the rest of her
iron -grey hair. And, having smooth-
ed these back, she put on that patient
and slightly wearied expression she
adopted as a shield against the mat-
ters distasteful.
"This," she said to Mr. Joshua Ber-
ker, "is the bureau I wanted you to
see."
Mr. Joshua Berker was tall and
hatchet-faced and habitually saturn-
ine. He played with his heavy gold
"albert" and seemed to forget that his
nails were long and dirty and his
skinny fingers were Red Indian -ed
with old French polish.
"Well, I've seen it,"he'replied..'
Miss Penelope Mallet started and
her hand touched her overall .pocket
wherein was a handkerchief already
crumpled and oddly damp.
"But—but, I mean to say, you
haven't been in the house more than
a few minutes,and--"
"Quite long enough, mums totell
you that this piece isn't a bit of use
to me." He smiled, and Miss Mallet
forgave his manner, his fingers, and
his general air of satanical smugness,
for that irradiating and charming
smile; and, what good teeth he had
"Forgive me if I've seemed abrupt,
mum. But it's always been my way."'
"I—I thought you'd have examined
it, at any rate."
"What's the use? Antique furni-
ture 'scouting' gives one a nose that
smells wrong. As a bureau—this is•
a first-class piece of workmanship.
As a specimen of old cabinet-making,
it's a wash-out."
"I know it's a hundred and fifty
years old," Miss Mallet bridled, "be,
cause there's a bill for it, receipted
pasted underneath one of its drawers..
It—it cost forty-five guineas in 1782,
at Levick's of Albemarle Row—"
"Never in this world! Never, mum'
-never! John Levick of the Albem•
-
arle never made an oak bureau In
his life. He worked in closest mahog-
anies and whittled bone and--"
"I don't care'— forgive me, won't
you, Mr, Berker—If he worked in deaf
and knuckle bones...`. John Levick.
made this bureau in 1782. Apart front•
the receipted bill, with his 'signature
on it, I chance to have a day -book of;
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