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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-08-15, Page 4TA -GE 4 aimenliannuessersavemannesiameamsesa THE CLINTON. NEWS -RECORD COOPER'S XCflLLA Dress Patter Guaranteedas to Style and Fit IOC,. 15c ri 25c Fall Quarterly 10c WE ARE AGENTS FOR . �. LANCa1L...I1L..I l•, �'si-rCleaners Satisfaction Guaranteed A. T. COOPER. Phone 36w. Variety China Dept. 1st floor Phone 36j. .House and Men's Furnishing Dept. and Floor So Marg Peop a Want2.d It Again PARKE DAVIS ANTACID TABLETS 25 _l. Use them fc ..your Stomach's sake, PARKE DAVIS WONDER SHAVING 'CREAM It's in a class by itself and kind to your 'face 35c PARKE DAVIS TOOTH PASTE Nothing Better at Any Price 25e. To .The Members of the New Disbanded 16Iet Rattulion--- Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part—Happy to Meet Again. S. L HOLMES PHI B. n ase CLINTON, ONT PHONE 51 Assaimanimmemmemsammer THURS., AUG. 15, 1935 BAYFIELD $uron's Popular Miss 'E. Reid of Toronto is visit- ing her sister, Miss M. Reid, and other relatives in the vicinity. Miss Hilda King , of London ts. sfending this feek as the guest of Wire. E, Atwood. Dr, ane Mrs. Harvey Reid of To- ronto came on Saturday to occupy their cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Tarnbling who have been in the ea:.tage since Junereturned to their home in London on Friday, I' Mrs. Bartholomew and Miss Jean Bartholomew of Washington, Pe., are the guests of Mxs: R. H.• F. Gairdner. Mr. and Mfrs. R. W. Bristol of 'Washington, DCC., arrived on Wed- nesday df last week to spend a va- cation at their cottage. Mrs.. Lumsden and family return- ed to their home in Royal Oak, Mich., after paving spent a fortnight at tho Lakeview +Hotel.. .L Mrs. . R. L. Bassett and babe of t Montreal came on Saturday to visit her parents, Mr. and errs. H. R. Me - Kay. • Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Neelin and E. A Neelin went .to Seaforth o'n Tues• day to spend a' few .daysat their home there. Mr. Weir Ertvood, of Taronto re spending a vacation with his moth- er, Mrs. J. R. Castle. Nies. C. L. Guest and family of Sault Ste. 'Marie are visiting her sister, Mrs, M. L. Toms. Mrs. Oliver of +Strathroy is the guest of Mrs. Edgecombe at the Log Cabin. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Mustard who have been in Ottawa this sum - utter are at their cottage for the re- mainder of the vacation. Mr. Ivan Steckle met with a very painful accident on Thursday of last week when he was cutting grain with the tractor for Lindsay Smith on the Cameron property on the flats. In some way his trouser leg caught in the machinery and he was dragged down. One leg was' badly lacerated about the ankle. The accident might have been very serious had it, not Well dressed, Yes! ---but Nonchalant! A Sophisticated Fall Suit! It avoids the smooth perfection of the fashion plate. It doesn't fit like the paper on the wall , instead it tits easily and naturally, and has the essential fullness here and there to allow freedom of movement. Its lines are trim and athletic, but never artificial. In short, it reproduces aceurs,tely the quiet yet unmistakably dis- tinguished clothes turned out by only a few tailors for their discrim- inating trade. We believe a Ire of men, Troth young and mature, will be delighted to know that it is now possible'to have such a Unit—at n ready-to-wear price. DAVIS'R HERMAN CLEANING, PRESSING AND REPAIRING AGENTS FOR GILLESPIES CLEANERS & DYERS. SE.AFORTE RICE AND JAPAN'S ECONOMIC LIFE In view of the prolonged negotia- tions between Canada and Japan, the following" extract on the Japanese economic conditions of agriculture front the 1933-34 reportof the Inter- national Institute of Agriculture may be of interest. It is needless to repeat here, says the report, than the whole of Japanese agriculture rests in quite a patticular way on two products enly: rice and silk. Al- though there has been evidence In Japan in recent years of a certain tendency to emerge from the "rice growing- economy" characteristic of its economic structure hitherto, it is unquestionable' that rice remains, neve(ibheless, the most important trroduot of the whole economic life --of Javan, It must be added, in order to seo -the problem more clearly; that when we a speak of rice, 'we mean Japanese rice, that isto say, rice produced in Japan properly so-called. The Jai -panese people find that foreign rice liar not the taste of the home-grown article, and this explains why the production at lower cost of Indo- ' Chinese or Siamese rice can in no Tway supplant home-grown rice nor •ccm+pete' with it. 'Only in famine years, when the price of rice is tea high, are .the poorer classes of the population 'constrained to replace home-grown rice by, importer rice which, +becauseof its lower price, is within their power to purchase. In recent years the Japanese colonists have succeeded, in intprovin'g the quality'of the rice peedueed in Korea and.,Formosa and the pressure of colonial dee .production has already begun to be felt' on the domestic • market: On account 'of the preference of the Japanese people for home-grown rice, the;importation of rice from •a- ` broad is practised only in so far as it is necessary to stake up for the de- ' kciency of the home production and it has no influence on mar- ket, rice'. i h ket, In the family budget, the pur- chases 'of rice represent the largest "item ' :+being 'often as much as 23per cent o the totalexpenditure, among xP o mng the poorer classes of the o uI t P o P P .axon ^"Titus, `tltereie no room for wheat. LONDON ROAD' firs. T. J. Lindsay of Eensali, for - newly of the London Road, aecom- pai ned by Misses Georgina and Mar- ; garot Murray of London are visiting' ' their sister, Mrs, Jennie 0. Ellis in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tadfield and baby .Marion of Gerrie spent. Sunday + with Mr. and Mrs. George Falconer. I Mrs. W. C. Brown and daughter Muriel of Montreal 'and Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Moffat, Choctan, Ohio, spent a I few days last week with Me. and Mrs. Will Mroffatt. Mrs. Boxall and Janet and Jimmie of Cleveland, Ohio, spent the week- end, with the fornt.er's sister, Mrs. Will Moffat. Mrs. Boxall and Janet returned home en Monday, Jimmie re-.' ntaining for a longer stay. Mr• aatd' Mrs. Anderson and family spent Sunday with friends in Hensel]. Ma L. Lebeau of Windsor return- ed home on Sunday after spending two weeks with his :nether, Mrs. A. Lebeau. He was accompanied by Miss Georgie and Muster 'Billie Mac- Donald. Mr. and Mrs. George Jacobs of New Dundee spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs of The.County. Horne. V'ARNA Airs. "Langford of Toronto has re- turned home after spending a. week with +Mrs. ,Elizabeth; ;Beatty. +Miss Winnifred Thompson of To- ronto is .Spending a few days as the gnest .of her sister, Mrs. L. Beatty. +Miss Gladys Beatty of London is spending her holidays at her home. There was no service last Sunday evening in . the United Church as Rev. .• Me. and Mrs. 'Bandy are enjoy- ing their holidays just now. 1VIr. Cobert Engle', Jr., Miss Dor- othy Elgie of Toronto and (Miss Irene ' Elgie of Vancouver are spending their holidays at the home of their aunt, Mrs. A. R. Foote. A pleasant evening was spent on Tuesdaylat Ne1 on's ast, s Beach an the shores! of -,Lake 'Huron when a. beach pa rty W a s he ld ,,,,by. b y , a sma l l igatherin of the Elgie fanilyfr nc Vile drsrrc. r ,hon0ur. heir yisit- 'ing velati.ee. ' 'Summer Resort been for the prompt action of Mel- vin Davison and Lindsay Smith in extracting' him from••the machine. He Was taken to Clinton Hospital and was able to be taken to ,his 'home near Zurich in the evening. o ' avrwe. Ford of Clinton and Wilbur Ford' of London are 'occupying. the Flock cottage. Mesdames .Brownell, Rum'ball and Acheson are with them. Dr. and lers..P. R.- Miller •of To- ronto- •are occupying Mrsi Tanner's cottage. Mr. and 'Mrs. George '•Stanbury and family of Exeter aro at their cottage in the village. Miss' K. R. Parke returned to To- ronto on Friday after having visited her brother, Rev. J. F. Parke and Mrs. Parke; at the old: home, "Para- dise." Rev. ,R. G. Pitts of Hlayesvi1le,� a former rector of this parish, spent Sunday in, the village. Mee 'Agnes Currie has returned home atter having visited her daugh- ter, Mrs. McBride, in Kitchener. Thos. W. Castle has commenced to build a house, on the sante site as their _ former shom.e, which was burned down in Jeaivary, stood. Mn and .Mrs. Robert Scotchmer and Miss Isobel Kien returned home on Saturday after a most enjoyable motor trip to Alberta." Miss Kirk, who went an by train to Vancouver while Mr. and .Mrs. +Scotchmer visit- ed the farmer's daughter near Ed- monton, left on Monday night for her home in Glanworth after spend- ing the week-e"nd in the village. A most enjoyable bridge tea was held on the beautiful lawn at the Ritz Hotel on Thursday of last week under the auspices of" the Bayfield Golf and Country Club. There were abmat twelve tables. • Airs. A. Elliott of Mitchell is spending a vacation in the village with Mrs. J. R. Pollock. Miss Rae W'eatherwax of Orillia is the guest of Cathleen Cuningham this week. 'THE WEEN IN OTTAWA + By Frederick Edwards Seven government appointments were announced Saturday, but the new Senators, personnel of the re- vamped Bennett cabinet and the el- ection date remain es much a mat- ter of speculation as eves. Hrowcver, since formal dissolution of the Seventeenth Parliament of Canada must come this week, it is a reasonable guess that those who have been indulging in the pastime of appointment guessing ducting the past month will have to turn to oth• er .forms of speculation, one of which will undoubtedly be as to the result of the reneral election, Three cabinet appointments are re- garded as certain—W. G, Ernst, K. C. M.P., to be'Minnste • of , > t J. Earl Lawson, K.C., ALP., present- ly resen ly Dominion Conservative 0!rganF,p- or, to be Minister of National Rev - smile; Sam" Gobeil, 'M.P., to be one of two appointments from the Province of Quebec. ,Of the seven new appointments, that of particular interest in East- ern Canada is the elevation of Char- les H, Bland from a commissioner - ship to be chairman of the Civil Ser- vice Commission of Canada. For some time it was 'thought this ep- pointment would go to Picton, On- tario-born James H. Stitt, who has been Conservative member. for Sel- kirk, Man., since 1930..But Mr. Bland got the nod from the Cabinet , and Mr. Stitt has been appointed to fill the vacant 'commissionership oc-! caa'ioned by the promotion of Mr. Bland. Mr. Bland is enative of Pembroke, but moved to. Ottawa in 1909 when he joined the staff of the Commis' sion. After the war he rejoined the Civil Service ConSdnission • and his promotion was rapid roan 1019 when he was appointed assistant secretary. His appointment is highly popular en civil service ranks. The other five App ointments er,- no,unced were: ' P. H. Gordon: R.o gins, to be judge of the .Saskatehe wan Court of Appeals;• A. E. Bence, Saskatoon, to be ,court judge for North Battleford judisial distrist; A. M. Patrick, Yorkton, to he judge for Iliioosomin, sask., judicial dis• evict; S. P. 'Bryant, Regina, former Saskatchewan Minister of Public Werke, to be judge of the Saskatoon judicial district; Robert J. Ilamilton to .be president and chairmen of the V,aneouver Harbour Commission. ,Ohtrtria's trekkers' spokesmen re- ceived short 'shrift from Prime. Min- f'stet R, B. Bennett, and members :of hip ,Cabinet Saturdey morning,.when aria preliminary to their other, de-. mends they asked that the Dominion Government provide them food and shelter. Likewise they cannot get to first base with the municipal am thorities here. In a subsequent statement to the press, Mr, Bennett tt laid: The march has been an en- gineered procession, and if any good eurpcse would be served I could name the chief engineer—a man . in Toron- to." I3o added that its purpose was to create chaos if possible, to embar- rass the government and if possible to arouse public opinion in favour of the marchers. He blamed 'Com- munists for seeking to destroy the. relief camp system and bring about chaos for revolutionary purposes. Minister: of Labour Wesley A. Gor- j don believed that within two or three months all unemployed men, able and willing to work, will be employed. In a special interview to the peeve Col, the Hon. Gordon S. Harrington, new head of, the Employment and Social Insurance Commission, out- lined a scheme to care for Canadian workersfrom the cradleto the grave. Present at the interview were N. R. Beaudet, and Tom Moore his fellow crnmissioners. One interesting fact he mentioned was that besides the setting up and administerni,g of Un- employntent, Insurance they were al- so charged wth giving consideration to a ech'erne for national "stealth in- surance. It was quite, clear, Col.' Harring- ton emphasized, that the Commission had nothing to do with the dole, but purely with an'insueance scheme on an actuarial basis. It was still im- possible to format when the act would be proclaimed, +but the skeleton of the machinery had been almost r. greed upon for submission to the Cabinet, which wouldbe within a few days, Col,' Harrington said. As far as contributions ' are concerned, it is improbable that the act will tomo into force before fall; and 'since contributions most be paid for forty no money is likely to bepaid out of Weeks before 'benefits can be drawn, the, fund for about a year., and a half. To this fund the employee pays two. fifths, the employer two-fifths and the government . one-fifth together with administrative costs. One of the Commission's tasks will be a nation-wide survey of melee - meet, Chainivan Barrington declar- ed, so that there will be an accurate picture of, conditions the insurance schemewill be obliged to meet. ";It Will be the most comprehensive' ever undertaken. • Administratioh will be front< thel central office in Ottawa and five,•regioffal headquarters) one eaett fortebeC cit O , n tarioMaritime Provinces, ethe Praieiee Provinces, ane{ 'Brieish : Co+lumina,; Migratory, Birds Act The National Parks Service of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, has just issued the Regulations re- garding Migratory Birds for • the current year. •A !summary of the -Regulations as they apply to Ontario follows, Open Seasons Ducks, Geese, Brant, Rails, " Coots and Wilson's or Jack -Snipe -In that part of Ontario lying north and west of the French and Mattawa Rivers (including the District of, Manitoul- in. September 15 to November 30, both dates inclusive. In that part of Ontario lying south of the French and Mattawa Rivers: October 1 to November 30, both dates inclusive. Eider D'uc s= d r k North of the Quebec, Ccchmane, Winnipeg line of the 'Cana- dian National Railways: 'Septem'ber 15 to November 30. Woodcock-Septeinher 15 to No- vember 30. , Closed Seasons. There is a closed season through- out the year on Wood Ducks, Swans, Cranes, Curfew, Wiillets, "Godwits, Upland Plover, Blackbellied and Gol- den Plover, Greater, and Lesser Yel- lowlegs, Avocets, Dowitchers, Knots, Oyster -catchers, Phalaropes, Stilts,' Surf -birds Turnstones and all the shore birds not provided withen op- en season in above schedule. There is a closed season through- out the year on the following non- game birds:. Auks,. Auklets, Bitterns, Fulmers, Gannets, Grebes, Guillemots, Gulls, Herons, Jaegers, Loons, 'Nurses, Pet- rels, Puffins, Sheamtvaters and Terns; and Terns; andd there ,is a'closed sea- ean throughout the year on the fol- lowing insectivorous birds: Bobolinks, Catbirds, Chiekadees, Cuckoos, Flick- ers, Flycatchers, Gosbeaks, Hum- ming -birds, :Kinglets, Martins, Mea- dowlarks, Nighthawks 'or Bullbats, Nuthatches, Orioles, Robins, .Shrikes, Swallows, Swifts, Tanagers, Titmice, Thurshes,. Vireos, Warblers, Wax- wings, Whip -poor -wills, Woodpeck- ers, and Wrens, and all other perch- ing birds which feed entirely or chiefly on insects. No person shall kill, hunt, capture, injure, take or molest any migratory, game• birds during the closed season; and no person shall sell, expose for sale, offer for able, buy, trade or traffic in any migratory game bird et any time. The taking of' the nests or eggs of migratory game, migratory insectiv- orous and migratory non -game birds is prohibited. The killing, hunting, capturing, talking or molesting of migratory insectivorous- and migratory non - game birds, their nests or eggs is prohibited, The possession of migratory game birds killed during the open season isallowed in Ontario until March 31 following open season. �ng P Bag Limits Ducks (exclusive of mergansers) 15, Geese 15, Brant 15, Rails, Coots and Gallinules 25 in the aggregate, Wilson's or Jack4Snipe 25, Wood - dock or 150 ducks (exclusive of mer- gansers) in one season. Guns and Appliances The use of automatic (auto -load - int ), swivel, or machine guns, or battery, or any gun larger than num- ber 10 gauge ie prd» bited, and the use of any aeroplane, power -boat, sail boat, -:wounded live birds as. decoys, night light: and shooting from any horse-drawn or motor vehicle is for- bidden. Persons using blinds or for decoys' eco ys hunting migratory game birds are urged to consult the Regulations fee details of the restrictions upon this method of hunting, Tho .shooting of migratory game birds earlier than•sunrise or later than sunset is prohibited. The penalty for violation of the migratory, bird laws' is a fine of not more than three hundred dollars and not less than ten :dollars, or impris- onment or a term not exceeding six months, or both fine and imprison ment. BRUCEFIELD Miss Jessie 'Cameron of Clinton is visiting at'the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Aikenhead this week. Mrs. Margaret McKenzie's grand- sons, Beverley and Douglas McKen- zie of London returned to their home last Sunday after spending a week in Brucefield. Divine service will be held in the United Church next Sunday morning at a quarter to ten, 'Sunday School at a quarter to eleven. +Miss Mildred Achison of Roxboro returned to her home last week af- ter spending a week with her cousit„ Miss Helen Tough ,in the village. Mrs. Alex. Mustard is visiting, at the home of her sister, Mee. McGil vray of Tiyerton at present. Mr. Card Kaiser of 'Detroit visited friends' in the village last week. Mrs. H. Zapfe returned to his home In the village last Sunday after spending a. week with friends in De. trait. Te funeral of Katherine. Burst of Toronto, widow . of the late A. D. Cameron, took place Monday from the residence of her niece, . Mrs: Hugh Aikenhead of Brucefield. JIrs. Cam. eron, who bad been in ill health for the past four years died at her 'sum- mer home at Kasha, Lake Muskoka, Mrs. Cameron was in her 77th year end is survived by one son, Allen Cameron, and two daughters, Mrs. John Hain and Miss• Donah all of Toronto, who are left to mourn the loss of a loving. mother.One sister also'snrvives, Miss McLaren of Clin- ton is a niece and Hugh Cameron of Clinton, David Cameron of Kippen are nephews. The Service which was private was conducted by Rev.,"Me- Kemrc,ll of Toronto, assisted by Rev. W. A. 'Bremner of Brucefield. The pallbearers were : David Cameron John Hain, Hugh Cameron, Hugh Ai- kenhead, Abe Zapfe and Frank Ai- kenhead. GLASGOW WILL BUILD 70,0Q0 ROUSES IN DECADE Elimination of slurps has been tak- en up by the United IKingc)om with the detet•nrination to have the work, completed at the .,earliest possible date. Scotland will see builders busy during the next :pew years car- tying out the schemes drawn up. The corporation of the City ;of Glas- gow will build 70,000 houses in ; the next 10 years and the Paisley cor- poration 2,000 according to the In- dstt•ial Departmentof the Canadian National Railways. Canada ranks second as a source of supply for soft- woods for the Scottish market, ex- cepting pit props, box boards and sleepers, ere., 'Latvia. being the .larg- est source of supply. STEEL INDUSTRY BUSY IN WEST OF SCOTLAND Steel workers in ;Scotland are en- joying good times these days, pertt- erilarly in the West of .Scotland Where they are busily occupied sup plying the demand for ' heavy pro- ducts. Not since the immediate pose. war boon have conditions been se. good Pros`pe o and ccs so eh courts in g g, 0 e states the Industrial Department of the..Canadian Aautisinal •Rruilways.• YEOMAN Or GUARD SAVED KING THRICE King's Body Guard Mu'st Wear Beards and Inspect Cellars of Par liament—Once Made King's Bed Served His Food and Supplied Ills Wine. Annually in June King George's uncle, the Duke of Connaught, in spects the King's Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard. It is the oc casion taken by some newspapers to tell the history of this curious corps and to warn tourists that, in spite of their similar uniform, they are no identical with the "Buffetiers," the Beefeaters, at the Tower of London These are old soldiers who still weal the handsome costume which was made for their at their institution by Henry VII. Tho corps's historian, Corporal - major R. J. T. Hills, has .been induc- ed by nductcd'by Tho Morning Post to describe r and sketch, fromits ar- chives, the 450 years of service. He begins: "The Ring's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard is not only the oldest Royal Body Gr'ard, but also the oldest military corps new existing in this or any other country.. "'When the guard ceased their daily duties at the royal palaces early in the last century, the members were permitted to liye in their own hones, to be summoned when required, and i" yearly roll -call instituted. This in Queen Victoria's reign, developed in- to an annual inspection, the first one being held by Ring Edward VII, then Prince of Wales, "The guard, it should be emphas- ized, must not be confused with that other gallant and ancient carps, the 'Yeoman Warders of His Majesty's Tower of London.' "Though the appearance of the two: bodies in full kit is similar, it is not identical. The Yeoman of the Guard is vastly proud of his embroidered cross -belt, which the Walder has not. The belt, which, was designed to sup. port the butt of the harquebus, still bears the swivel hook from which that terrific weapon was slung on the march. Yeoman Must Be Bearded "Finally, while the Yeoman Ward- ers may, if they wish, shave every nothing,. every Yeoman of the'Guard is still, like his. Tudor prototype, "bearded like the ;parol.' "Henry Tudor .was a Welshman, and it is said that many of leis yeo- men came from the principality. Yet the earliest extant warrant, dater September, 1485, appoints no less a personage than one William Beowne.to,he a member ,ofthe guard. Ste, like the rest, was: a .yeoman or. gentleman just below; the rank or esquire. "Solely respontlblo for the King's safety, the yeomen accompanied him; mounted' of dismounted, forty by day and twenty' by 'nig-ht. They served his food, supplied his wine, mid made his bed. Tricky work, thi's bedding down of the Tudor. .Monarch. The hmnhle .basis of strew was plunged through' and through with a dagger. On the bed of down a yeoman must 'tunvble up and dawn foe the eeerch thereof, and beat it and lay ib even and a modth.' There were sheets anti `liustiees' and `panes' of ermine and 'marten to be spread. "The frnal.cluty of the yeoman was to 'stick angels aboutout the sate beck Whereaftei err usher hariged the' '"For Tow ConvMience. ARROW BUS SCHEDULE Effective May 5, 1935 LEAVE EAST BOUND 8.00 a.m. 5.30 pm. WEST BOUND 1.15 p.m. 7.60 pm. {Standard Time) LEAVE NORTH POUND 2.45 p.m. 8.00 p.m. SOUTH BOUND 11.05 awns 5.30 p.m. Itineries planned to all points in Canada, United States, Mexico CONSULT LOCAL AGENT Hotel Rattenbury Pitons 50. CENTRAL ONTARIO BUS LINES TORONTO 24-18. Water. Meanwhile the yeoman i tired `without the traverse' in -co pony with 'a loaf of .bread, a pot o ale and another of wine.' Today a gainst Certain names.' in the roster 1 placed the initials `Y,B.G.'— ,Yeonia Bed Goer . and `Y.B.H.' Yeo.m Bed Hanger. "The total establishment of th guard is one captain, one lieuten ant, one ensign, one clerk of th cheque •and adjutant, four exon some eight: sergfse(nt•lmajds, an ninetyetwe " yeomen. Ex -regular sol diets of twenty-one years' service they must stand five feet ten inches be of not less+rank than sergeant and not over 50 years of age on join ing. Organized in four divisions one division parades every fortnigh for roll -call, and is responsible fo any .duties that ensue. William, III Saved Thrice "It is. recalled that three separate attempts on life of King. William III. were abandoned because of the vigil- ance of the guard. When mad Mar- garet Nicholson in 1786 made to stab King George III, it was , a yeoman who warded off the .blow, and anoth- er who snatched the, weapon from her hand, In 1800 again, one Hat- field fired at the King in Drury Lane Theatre. The shot passed between two yeomen, who seized the malefac- tor. Until recent years two of the guard always 'stood before the royat box at the play. "Most picturesque of remaining duties today is the search of the Houses of Parliament cellars before the State opening. Today the cel- lars are brilliant with electric light, and thickly populhted 'with police and postmen. Nevertheless the stal- warts of the guard still descend with little oil lamps, lest some mod- ern Guy Fawkes should plot destruc ficin of the representatives of the '. nation above, There is a sad r . cord of one portly yeomen who fail- ed to negotiate the trap-door . by which the guard proceeds to its search. "Formerly the guard had its stand- ard„ bright with the Red •Dragon of Cadwallader and the leek. It Avas ; lost, with mach else in the fire of 1809 which destroyed the guard headquar- ters at St. James. "Few realize that the yeomen have their own battle honors, reaching from Therouenne in 1513 to Detting- en in 1743. They have loosed the cloth yard shaft of old England, pushed the sixteen -foot pike, sal- uted the sacred cause of progress with the harquebus. Now they have slipped gracefully into history with. the halbred and short sword. LUGKNOW: A pleasant time was. spent at the home of Mrs. Jack Gar- diner, Ashfield, Monday, when about 40 lady friends of Miss Ada Helm gave, her a miscellaneous shower 10 honor of her approaching marriage on August 24. The gifts were brought into• the room on a decorated wagon wheeled by Phyllis and Philip East- man and with Marion Gardiner dres sed as a bride. As they entered the room M%s. Wesley Ritchie played rite the wedding march. After the gifts were received and Miss Helen expres- sed her appreciation she displayed her trousseau to the guests. 'A very dainty lunch was then served. HENSALL: The funeral of Alex- ander Buchanan was held from his late residence Monday afternoon at two o'clock with Rev. A. Sinclair of the United •Church aissisted by Rev. W. A. Young of Carmel Presbyterian Church, -conducting tie. service. Dur- ing, the service Dat. I. Smillie sang a, solo. Pallbearers were John Wood,,. James Serillie, John T. Mitchell,' George Hawkins, Fred Mann and James Simpson. The remains were interred in Hensall Union Cemetery. AIr• Buohanae, 95 years of age, was one of Hensail's best known resi- dents. Respite his advanced year,' he had maintained all his faculties and took an interest in every, latest' political development keeping in touch with all current events. He was D, nrerly a suctessful'farmer in Tuekensmith Township and retired to Ilensall some years ago. He took an active interest' 'in church work and 'was the last su'rvnvina m sabot of the A. angina:ll`^'building ' committee of the curtain and an esquire'"sprinkled h011! flenta11 United Church. • •