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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1933-06-08, Page 3THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1933, SOUVENIRS, (Three ,centuries 'ago the Lnldiatils .stone scalps as s'o',uven+irs +o1E happy moments spent am'on'g the settlers., A 'century later the amore Oe ulterpriising settlers were seizing ships. By !s'ome. they 'were' clalll'ed pirates, by dthers petriolts. A hundred years ago there Popu larStal I o ns was great oda about C ongreIs+s , and so museum was convlete without at bast one 'Senator iii ,effigy, . , SEASON OF 1933 in Ibis generation, the ,descendants.'af the re'a'41'y • settlers .were 'tailing long liatrls.'from.the tail of :IPlah'wa'h, the white ele'aleant. The ab 've history of ,souvenir 'hunting In. and( a'b'out New ,York ' ' does not show decadence. ilt nshows In '.the first instance, that ;there 'fare,' ,mit-city - no. More ,tinclianis. The early `settlers ,were better 'h'unters than they. But just ars three centuries 'ago no well -kept tepee was icorrtlpllete with- ,out at least ,apse Noarda1 ,scalp, no maid - ern nnd'seuip is 'compl'ete iwithoutt a hatdhet.,an'd six aretoiwbeads. Ian the 'second place, the •seizure of slh'ipis has, only 'passed •o'ttt Of private enterprise. There are laws that pre- vent a reslpoctable mid -Western .church warden from walileing off _with the IB•reimen—event' through ;he can .slip s'anne of the \Brethen's silverware into. 'hits pocket, But from reports re- garcl'img one thing and anloith'er the s'eizu.re. of ,ships still goes on..T'here ms 'ndw, 'indeed, a 'conference about shi'p's which mlay ,nil by 'making. souvenir ;hunting .even harder ' 'th4an it was. ITltirdly, the problem: of 'Senators is not new.. There 'have always been Senators, ' just •as +there leave, always been 'heretics wthlo wanted to take them to museums. ,Sdme-af 'the. here- tics have Ibeetu .moire active than the: others; :they 'have stuffed 'elieir repre- senhtaltives, burned • them and them keJptt the charred remnants. That was fair eno'ugih—a.sowvenir and a 'onus eu.m ,p•ieoe of note. :But no one does it any snore. ,Perlsiapls, as it has 'been said, they knaw about Senators now. jTo 'fix definitely the time Of the final phase' of INow York hunting it Was early in •491217 'that Pah'wah came to this country, ;It is riot every �couns try ,thait 'oar 'boast as visitor a white. elephant, But then the public 'began'i to. hear .about it and :long pilgrim- ages were 'taken to; the ibasemetit of the Garden. Pallewlalh's 'fine tail 'Elis aPpe'ared a'hnlo's,t over night, because a hair from the tail of a 'white ele- phant •is an excefptionad.,prire, 101E course, -souvenir-hunting is /not dineited. to the metropolitan area atone.i Napoleon 'grandly 'seized the - haul.; Branae 'horses that pranced majes tidally+ 'before the ;facade ,of St) "Mark's in Venice. Earlier nn life these; same htanses had been pilfered •by -the Venetians 'holm unhappy. Constantin- ople. Another 'horse, a gift sou venni. 'from 'the, 'Greeks, is likewise., known. 1Qapbain Kidd and Ali :Bslba and his ,ferty.tli:ieves were in the upper'' brace ef. hunters. They made some arrors in judgment, however. ,So did the vnlan wh'o wanted souvenirs s!o badly 3hati he tico'k a de'tective's ;pistol at a banquet. Natural coves are The happy 'hunt- ing ground ,for ,private ,museums coil-; lectors. It is lair to suppose that scarcely a 'hunter exists who has not carefully ; garnered 'a stalactite or a stalagmite, They ,linger' under glass in home's throughout the' world; they are occasionally used .for paper weights' on 'the desks of the mighty. ;Pieces of the :Robert E. Lee and' the Natchez, which raced up the Mississippi in the 118701s, are still (the objects of coll'ledtors. !Rails split by ILineo'ln are at a high pnrium. Chunl.s' of Yale goal 'po's'ts hang hap- pily from a thousand Harvard ro'o'sts. (During -the "Hall Sfilia murder . in- vestigation and the sulbsequent trial, group's of small, (boys toured New Jersey selling pieces o'f wood, This was despite the fact that the famous crabapple 'tree had gone. 'Plymouth Rack has 'been chi!p'p•ed ' and torn u•n- til it was necessary to pet up a fence anld, guards. Flags hove been cut and wooden olhjedts have been ' whittled and carved. !Lees'than a minute after Lindbergh landed in Paris peo!pdc were 'busily cutting pieces from the, fabric Of the, Spirit olf 'St. 'Louis. ;How many. ban- quet programs the flier 'has auto- graphed as me'ment'os cannot even The Handsome, 10holeely Bred Olycfesdale !Stallion "F1LAlSIH,1OIN No. (15022) (20596) Imported Approved klolen P'Enrolmenrt No. 209,6 'Monday noon. will leave' lz'is own' stable lot 23, conn. '5, Logan, ,and pro- ceed to Peter Hligneil's, lot 14, con. 5•McKillop, ,for ,night. T,uesd!ay— To `'fibs. ' Flannigan's, lot 6, con. 7, ;IvLdKildop, for noon, thence to Rock Bros.; 'Brodhage'n+ . for night., Wed- . nesday -To Thos.. B'ohbou'si clot "19,. con.' 10,. 'MdKilllop, for noon, then to Geo. 'Bennewies, 'lot 8, con. ;I1'2, bLc- illop, for - night Thursday—To Amos Wicke's, 'ldt 29; 'cost. 114, - Lo- gan, for ••-noon, thence . to Geonge ISiemon's, lot 24, ;don. 111, Logan, for m•iglht..FridayHT'o his awn stable (for mwoo,,where 'he will remain' •until the +following: Monday noon, This route will' ''be continued throughout the season, health: and weather per- Terms-012 er-Terms 1L to insure, due Feb. flirt, 1934. :JAICOB FIIPGNIELL, Proprietor and Manager. THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE TFPR.'EE 'but how alloy one could carry away a ,where the three have been cut to two. co3llalps•i'ble. 'bench^stroll as w'as taken 'Probably there are so'me corks from Irani a hotel, not long 'ago—must. re- other bottles, mystery, - ' man a, lather exhibits o8 this period will In ;the old clays the lap monis , of in'clude clusters o; flora that leave hotels provided the eon ntry with leen sanctified by ,co vitae t with ,Her, Steins; saolw the country. is ,provided and small sections of goal posts. The witlu p'onceleiav oanldilesll'icks.. These goal past 'hast: secen'bly 'become one of ere nridldubtedly acceptable as sou- Ithe •most profitable sources of am- venirs. The 'hotels also set into cir- 'ntttnition for the collegiate souvenir cttlatlon countless ,thousands Of coat drunter. Occasionally same undergrad- Ihangeds, calendars, clothes presses land uate boasts a hat or clulb taken from snial'l. mirrors. •Und'ou'btely .many hitt- alt officer 'who vainly tried to protect c1re'd copies 'off IGlainslloaiotegh''s "Blue the 'honor of the goal posts. Bio.. "—fortunately a dimiiiishiivg stook (Eater in life the fruits .of hunting Bo y cease to be s ectecudat- and become in trade at every hotel—have gone the ' ! p i are sections Of Of the china. ' Mare varied. 'There !Oc!dasdon'allly—inose than occasion- Mas'o'nry from 'Eurolpe, and the bark, ally—some housewife with the h%pipy, of redwood' 'trees from • the West. gift 1 tt o1E kleptomania Visas New York !Pieces' di pwd'd!le.iwheets are side by o alid stooks up .on linen. 'Sheets and side with empty cartridge shells an i sill s go, and' itntunserable th e first eight -hand drawer, 'oh the pillow. p r etelein neidt::In library. desk. Tuc'ked' in the back are towels 'fro!y 'holtels r g• atttogtap !he'd pro,grams 'o1A banquets almost every ptrivaite home across the P P' g' q land is at least one Pud9'nt'a.ti- towel. and public affairsgeneral, { vi., * ,Some, of course, have been taken,'by f souvenir- main' bears ens.' have been wrapped a- The scroll o s h g error; : curlier -and cast several great records, 'First of all is round wet shaving b the field gun that 'wes taken, carrot- only hearted -slush. l from the u'bt c green of ' ire•ho'6e'1 dining rooatis 'Have also nage and all, P g T .the a small town in 'Connecticut. This givenrmore than their share to donein the dark olf night, a fact service of bhe n'atio'n. Thousands o df was 'u , little groan.. the 'bu'tte'r ,ehilps-they are small-.disap- that detracts just a l ear eadlt Month; and 'the items that 'glory of the achievement; 'b'ut it was P done so tkorou h1 that myslesy stilil are,'Demoved inilnde such diverse ob- ' g y sects as siii'ver tea pots and carving surrounds. the event. "Rn the same knives. How they are rendoved set- cesslfully Is a major .mystery. 'The 'begiinningand the end of a hotel's life when the souvenir bunt- ers '.hunt most strenuously. They do it at the- beginninig so as to be able to show their friends they have been at'the '"n'e'west"; •aril they do it at the end in order' to 'poss'ess a lasting mem- ory. The old 'Waldorf was more torn apart by souvenir hunters than it was by the wreckers, Eve'rytthieg went. It is sometimes cusboanary —.over the first few days and the last -oto substitute forehe usual china 'arid s'cl verware\a •secosid grade collection. Th'is does not stop the hunting, but the hotel does not 'at once lose everything ole value. And although the 'through lack of careful preparation. hotel, itself, may wish to keep jl best The Zoo authorities and etre police up things, the hunter seems to be just about as happy with;t'he second best. 'Provided, that is, that a name is on it; or a picture, or something which may act as prooif of its original ide'n- tity, [Clydesdale :' Stallion lEhAIIIG (2d15163) Enrolment No. 411t6 Approved. Form 1 Monday leaves his own stable, lot .22, con. 113, Hibbert, goes north IPA miles and, .west to Ell. Sl0dKay'a 'for'. moon. 'Thence west and south by way of White school to Walter QGPadge's for night. Tuesday—West to +bhe 2nd concession of Hay, • then south to Earl 'Campbell's for noon, then*south to .Leo Johns for night. ;"Wednesday—(East to Larry Taylor's ifor'noon, then east and north to jack' Simpson's for night. ,Thursday --Korth by way of the boundary to. this own stable where he will remain un,tfl 'Saturday morning. Saturday. — IN'arbh and east to Donald M'dR'in'- non's for noon, then south 'to the 12th concession and, west to his own s'ta'ble where he will remain lentil the following. "Monday 'morning. This •route' will the continued for the sea- son, health and weather permitting., (Terror $10 to insure. WM. 'COME (Prop. :Farm and Home Week at 0.A.C. June 19th to 23rd Inclusive )811,' +As usual the Ontario Agrichlturel farm athome to the will be College g 'fa1ks Of the province for one special. eek in June. 'This year it has been ranged for Jane '19th bo 23rd in- ,oiuusive, and although many visitors !find it passible to remain for only of e day, provision is now .evade for those who wish to remain 'for from two to lfive days'' -at their convenience — and lthe week's program is prepared with this in view. A special low rate of $1.00 a day lfor room olid meats,- has been at• tran{ged for those who remain over and they should, if ,possible, send not- ice to the college in advance, and should register for their room's im- 'mediatelly out 'arrival. The program includes practical de- into;Ii'stra!tionS and tours of ',inspection 'Ifior 'both omen and women each day, as well as :en'ter'tainment in the'bVen; lig, and visitors are allowed to choose what most MItereslts them' in the pro - ;gram, Noon -day lunch will be free. 'to all. 1Mosttof the members of the faculty wdi!1 be let the college for the week 'and ,will do everything plossi;ble to assist visitors to have an enjoyable and .prolfi!table.'tiane. Itis the wish of the college that as marry as possible of !the faran folks ,sho,uld arrange to stay for two or (more 'days. This will give filen a 'chance to enjoy the early mornings and eve'n'ings on the campus in com- parative"quietness, or to ,ramble about the gardens; fields, paddocks and huildliugs, ,and 'thus to get something of th'e'spirit and ettn sphere• of the place as .well as to get,information on .various .farts prdbinnia . ahtout which (they - noay wish to enquire: town,• a year before, souVenir hunters took some two dozen ;Revolutionary plumes, the pawnbrokers the three. War cannonballs. golden pills of the Medici family. iAs'd then there are the nature love : Such, however, are used' by the vari err Who sedk their souvenirs in the ons trades as a whole, but bankers Bronx zoo. Only recently the author- and publicans have their individual ities were faced with the disaplpea'r- signs, ance oif a three -Soot crane. Two days IThe origin of this custom is very after the bird was taken there came a old. In clays when few people could telegram reading that it was "b'orro'w- :read it was essential for houses to ed by 'a lover oaf 'birds"—presumably have some means whereby they could as the tangible recollection of a visit, 'be .recognised. Indeed, signs Were 1ht was Tater returned. used ,by the ancient Egyptians - and Some years ago there was another 'Greeks, wh'ils't in Roman days the startling event at the Zoo, Some one, widely recognized bush indicated a 'in the dead o!f night, bored .a hole into tavern. A number of factors govern - the back of the cobras' den- and tried ed the choice' of a device. In some to get a cdbra. He failed, but not cases a coat -orf -arms would be used, in others it 'would be some sign rug, Restive of the business carried on in the house, whilst in others it would be, some-+simiple but easily identified Object such as a Blue Pig or Cat and Fiddle. [Signs are used by the banks in •various ways. Not only do they hang outside the banking house, 'hut they are used to adorn the cheques and other documents of the (banks con- cerned. The Black Horse. of Lloyd's Bank is thought to have been used es a sign originally by a goldsmith called Stokes, a friend of Pepys, who carried' on business at 53 Lombard street in 1677. It was also used a '62 Lombard st., by the firm of Messrs I land& Barnett, now L'loyd'e Bank. beehive is also adopted by Lloyd' !Bank, but this is understood to of provincial origin, being first used liontruts OfMar- tin's ds Thee a in the M <. Bank, although granted so re- cently as 1023, are rich in histori- cal association. !The upper figure will ,be easily recognized as a grass - +tapper, but the lower one may be Mote difficult to identify. The bird. in fact, is the liver—a mythical crea- ture supposed to haunt the estuary can knock off one of the gilded .icicles; he merely buys a replica df the eii- tire building. Instead of stealing , a stallactilte he acquires a piece of stone labeled' ",Stalactite From 'Giftie 'Sho,p,pe,a. OLD L!ONIDION'lS BANKS t, SHOW CURIOUS .SIGNS Nlot since the Great Fire has 'there been such a complete rebuilding of !th'e City of London as that which has !taken place during the ;past few years around the [B'an'k of 'England. The Bank itself now tawerls, a bright new building, above Soai s low but dig- nified oivter 'walls, .. ile the great joint-stock banks, usuranee com- panies and commercial ' tin•de'rtakings have vied with each other In the erec- tion Of palaces. They are the last word in modernity. Yet on some of them are touches that bring the con- nections of med'iev'al days. (What ds that prancing ,horse •carved. upon the wall of Lloyd's Bank ? Why does a large ,golden grasshopper hang outside the newt ,premises o'f Martins Bank ? .These are the signs which mark the houses [where Ibaalcheg ns :conducted, To -day bankers and publicans are the only men of business who ` display their own particular ;signs. Other trades have emlblems. Barbers have their poles, chemists their fascinating colored ligh't's, undertakers their Services We Can Render In the time of need PROT'ECTIOI is your best 'friend. Life Insurance —To ,protect your LOVED ONES. Auto Insurance— To protect you against LIABILITY to PUBLIC and their PROPERTY. Fire Insurance— To protect your HOME and it CONTENTS. Sickness and Accident Insurance— To protect your INCOME Any of the above lines we can give you in strong and reliable companies.. fr interested, call or write,: E.C: CHAI1BERLAJN INSURANCE AGENCY Phone 334 Seaforth, Ont ,Of the Mersey. The Grasshopper which appears in the arm's is indeed one of the mast famous figures in .history. It is the sign of the old Martin's Bank, one of the very oldest banks fn (London. The date of its foundation is not known, but it was certainly in exist- ence in 116163, and this date appears together with a really neagn•ifsceset golden Grasshoper, ou'ts'ide .Martins IB'aak's new palatial premises in TDonv- Ib•ard street. tAno'thee historic sign used. by a bank is that Of the Golden Bottle, wh'ic'h hangs outside the premises of tMessrs.' Hoare in Fleet street. Hoares' is unique amongst ,b'an'kin:g insti- tutions. For three hundred years ft has ca'rrie'd on its private banking, business, and has effected no amal- gamation with any other (bank, The bottle, originally a leather one, is sup- posed to represent that carried by the: founder of ,the firm: when he• first: came to London to 'seek his fiertune.. Near neighbors oh Messrs. Hoare are - Messrs. 'Child & Co., the ancient firm: of hankers Where ,Nell Gwynee kept: her account, and ' which has been im!m'ortabized by Dickens as ,Telson's 'Bank hi his ''Tale oe Two Cities." Here business is tarried ' on under the sign Of the Marigold. tAlso in Fleet street is the old Gos- lings IBank, established in the seven- •teen'th'century, but now merged with IBarclay''s Bank. The sign of this bank is still preserved, and conlSists of'ehree squirrels, and, although the. original sign 'was moved inside the- , building some years ago, the de-• vice' continued to be used on the cheques of the branch. A little fur- ther westward in the (Strand is the old aristocratic banking house of •Coutts & Co,, where generations ' of kings and princes have kept their acco.unts.. Above the entrance to the bank are three crowns, and these also appear on the cheques of the bank, surrounded by the words, "At the Three !Crowns in the Strand next: door to the Globe Tavern" Interest in Smaller Cheeses Registered in Great Britain iBai•tis'h cheesetn• l:ers are recog'niz- ing the need for small cheeses to meet ,popular demand, according'to the`On- tario Marke'ting Bound. 'Alt the recent allUtiaal meeting of Ithe "Cheshire Dairy Farmers Asso ciation"'.it eves suggested that makers ,sh'ould consider the production of cheeses wetiighlt two, three, ,fci'ur or (five pounds. T'h'is item is of interest because, it gives',dtretc't evidence'olf a Invade not being •solicited div Ontario !oheese patrons, despite the fact' that (Canada as one df the world's largest oh,ecs'e ':exportin,g:countltries, * 1Vl%.Iri1e 'souvenir hunters are oF all ages, perhaps the most spectacular of the species are between 12 and 20.: This explains why the rooms at ltorensv'ilile and 'Oivo•ate are 'lined with signs bearing suet breathless' titles as "Do Not 'Feed or Annoy the Ani- mals," "No 'Smokk g," "New York 24 Miles" and "No Hei]Ip 'Wanted." 'Painted wooden signs are valued above tin, !although either will do A glance 'into any room at Prince- ton, or Cornell, or Yale wilt show how the art ,of souvenir hunting has advanced. Where, three years before, its occupant had been content with "No .Smoking," there is now the blase "Quiet Is 'Requested for the` IBenslftt of Those, Who Have Re- tired." O:n the mantelpiece over the fire there is an eldenly bottle wcith. tthusee stars, area a scar on ,the ,bottom 1 Despite (the n•ntiverselity of souvenir - hunting, g, :ie is said that INow York is probably the greatest stamp tn; gnotted /of them. alt. NNe!w York is''sueh a !large place ,that a stranger going there' la •a 'little reflective hunting ite nediadely loses his idenlbt'ly among all the othens. 'Back home in °,Indiana he would not think of carting -a :piece of china away in his grip, but on• aI visit ,there i't breasts nothing The hotels are ultimately the big losers" Even a 's'ouvenir hunter is fat- ed 'by' quite a'proble.m when he tries there are still w'onderitg, what any one would do with such a dangerous pet. No one could exlp'lsin it. In Cambridge, Mass., some two and a hall :year'sago, three young met saw an armored car standing empty in front of a bank. That seemed a fit- ting i ting souvenir of something—sill of gh just what is not •clear—so they got in and drove off. the armored 'car was never reco•vered. (Having been face to face with the souvenir urge Tor so long, those 10 authority at banquets, in hotels and in buildings are now developing methods Of crimp prevention: Gideon Bibles are oftentimes chained to their tables, and caterers make sure that a sitting memento' is given to each guest. Whereas in the old days the n now he f darer tool: a s ddparl ng d P ,takes a'ueatly designed spoon, program or a cigarette ho, Or, perhaps, a bit of sh'rub'bery. • at has been found, also, that the roving population of the country can be persuaded to buy souvenirs. A visitor to the tap of the 'Woolworth Building no longer wonders have Ilse Persian Balm—the unrivalled toilet requisite. ,Essential to every dainty, woman. 'Invparts rare charm and beauty to the complexion. 'S'o'ftens and. beauti'fie's the skin, Makes hands refreshes. 'Swiftly flawlessly white. Cools and r 'S'wiftly absorbed into the tissues,. leaving no stickiness.'Persian B•al'm in- varialbly creates 7a subtle elegance and. charm. OMB to carry away a -section of, say, the 'Woolworth Budding or - Grant's Tomb. But'eh,e objects in dile 'hotels are smalli,slh•, al?d ='they"fit handilya'4to Iblaggla'ge• Tiny cakes of soap and ntatdhes•, :go as a'matter oaf' course; .".'.. t:'bt.iu`a'G 4s li^"??''fwt"h,:r 49i,v. 71.;.,..,r'��. • We are Selling Quality ry� ooks Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily. styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices' as Low as You Can Anywhere. Get our Quotation on Your Next Order. The Se e All Get: forth News SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. Yn'