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CANADA NATIONAL.
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Aug. .Sept.� '2. t3o to, 7
Empire Year
Scores of planes in an epoch-making
Carnival of the Clouds featuring air
races.. to and from the United States.
Friendly invasion of Canada by the pur-
suit squadron of the United States Air,
Force from Selfridge Field , .. Air parade
and "aerobatics" ...stunting, , formation
flights. Aeroplanes, sea planes and am-
phibians in a thrilling, impressive epic'
of the air, vividly portraying the atnaz-
ing advance of aviation..
OTHER LEADING FEATURES
Opening of the new $i,000,000
Automotive Building . Fourth
C.N.E. -Wrigley Marathon ;Swire for
$5o,000 prizes and world championship
Aug. 23 (for women) and Aug. z8
(open) , .. rhe Goldman and other noted
bands.. :four concerts by the renowned
2,000 -voice Exhibition Chorus (Aug.
24 and 29, Sept. 3and 7) ...Thaviu,
Master Musician, his Band and Operatic
Ensemble internacional sports pro-
gram with outboard motor boat, yacht,
track and field events...Monster milit-
ary and naval grandstand spectacle each
night. • .14 days of Education, Recre-
ation, Pageantry, Agriculture, Industry,
Sport, Music, Art and Science.
FZeservations for ExhibitionChorus,
and evening Spectacle in front of the
grand ,Stand should be made now.
PRICES: GRAND STAND SPEC-
TACLE General Admission -1z5c.
Reserved Seats $i.00. Boxes $1.50.
EXHIBITION CHORUS, COLI-
SEUM — General Adniission z5c.
Ground Floor 75c. Box $eats $f..00.
Write Moodey's, 47 King Se. West,
Toronto, or Canadian National Exhi-
bition.
Reduced Steamship, Airways,
Coach Lines and Railroad Rates.
THOMAS BRADSHAW,
President
H. W. WATERS,
general a1fandger
BIRTHS
Orr—In Turnberry, on Sunday, Aug-
ust 4th, to Mr, and Mrs. Wit, Orr,
- a san."
Hingston—In Wingham, an Wednes-
dhy, August 7th, to Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Hingston, a daughter.
THROUGH OLD WALES
Interesting Letter from Mary R.
Findlater
New inn Hotel, Bideford,
N., Devon, England,
July 5th, 1929
Dear I1ome Folk:—
Here I am in Bideford Cornwall,
(pronounced 13idd-e-ford). I d'aane
yesterday and quite the coldest 4th
of July I've ever seen, with an almost
steady all day rain fall. The weather
up to the present has been very cool
but dry, but Cornwall is evidently go-
ing usha • can doto
to Sl what it a
shows
nawsty' weather..
I think 1 wrote you from Barmouth
on the West coast of Wales. From
there I went inland through the hills
and valleys to Llanidloes, where I
stayed until 'Monday, Llanidloes is
a small place, surrounded by hills and
very beautiful "It has a`13th century
market -place built on posts, it is kept
as an antique, > of course. I stayed
at an old hotel, in the family for years;
"The Trewythen Arms," renovated
and equipped with electricty, etc. ' I
went to -the Episcopal Church Sunday
to attend memorial service for those
who died in the Great War. The
Ghurh is old, the ceiling running up
to the apex with many dark oak raft-
ers and at the curve in them are carv-
ed figures of wood, representing an-
gels—I, counted, 24 on one side, and
I couldn't ; see all to the end. The
service was the usual Episcopal ser-
vice and the sermon not very inspir-
ing—the remark the minister most
emphasized was for Wales to uphold
those two services which had kept
Great Britain free—the Army and the
Navy, and now the Air Force, I was
talking with an elderly woman who
in speaking of the War. said, "Ali, if
our Ring Edward had been living
there would have been no war—but
King George was just driven into it.
King Edward would have put his foot,
down on it." A perfectly otew idea
to me, and reminds me, too, of what
the average citizen of Great Britain
thinks of the power of the Sovereign.
Wales, as I saw it, isphenomenally
clean, men, ,women and children, all
with clean faces and hands and shoes
shining. I never saw cleaner, well
dressed 'children going to school any
place, than throughout Wales. This,
notwithstanding the unemployment
and the "dole" -13 sh. per week for
those under 17, 15 sh. for those over
17, and 25 sh. for men with families.
How they can dress on it, let alone
eat, is more than I can see. Naturlaly
they all have a good word to say
of Lloyd George—and deny most em-
phatically that he ever' said "Hang.
the Kaiser."
1 went on to Qintern, down the
beautiful Wye Valley, and stayed at
the Beaufort Arms Hotel, just across
from the old, Abbey, standing majes-
tic in its ruins, the placid Wyeat
its feet and the everlasting hills all
about it. Rich and powerful it was
when Columbus landed in America,
and nowit stands a momento of what,
changes have come • over Merrie Eng
gland since' Henry VIII, 10 suit him-
self, declared for the Reformed faith.
It is a ,most beautiful country—well
wooded yet, notwithstanding the de-
mands of the War, and through the
'Welsh valleys the Government is re-
foresting all the bare hillsides. I
wish every lamer in Huron County
could be induced to re -forest his bar-
ren hillsides -they produce nothing,
ONTARIO
After - harvest
c ftiv
Now is the time when weeds can be
skilled ` most cheaply and effectively
It is easiest to kill perennials like twitch grass
arid sow thistle now because their vigor has.
been somewhat eithaelsted by growing a crop.
The hot sun and . drying winds will work
for you.
Thousands of weed seeds may be caused to sprout by
light cultivation. These young ptants will afterwards be
killed. For this purpose it disc is effective—a i arig plow
or cultivator may be used.
Economize in manual labor. Use four horses and large
implements if possible.
Cheapen your Cost of killing weeds, Place after.hervest
cultivation on the list of jobs that MU'S'T be done. Do
'not leave it until you "get time." Do it NOW!
ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OIC' AGRICUL UIE
Parlament Eui1din, s, Toronto
Hon. JOHN S. MARTIN 3. A. CARROLL
Minister Director: Crops, Cooper -
tion and Markets Branch
429
Bold no moisture against droua,lit, do:
hisrrr
not add to the. v i e oflar ,
a u
Leaving Qintern I headed for
I3ath, This city is built at the foot
of an imnseecse hill, and today the
houses have climbed clean to the top
and then some. It was a city of im-
portance of the early 13ritons, when
Julius Caesar led his armed forces
there in 55 B.C. The Romans re-
'pained conquerors of Britain for 400
years then were called home, Today
there is still in use a large bath 40'x
70', which they constructed, floored it
with lead, and piped into it water
from the hot springs that bubble up
in ma Y
places. During the reigns
of George II, George III and Wni.
IV, Bath was a place of great impor-
tance, visited by royalty and all the
cele'Fities of the day. , Here 'i t was
i
where Beau Nash establisher.. his
"Grand Pump Room and Assembly
Hall," They bathed and drank of the
'hot mineral waters for their health,
then undid it all with their abomin-
able gluttony.' I spared my stomach
a glass of water—why not leave "well
enough alone, The Avon Road winds
in and out through the City, every
scrap of ground has)its garden. Flow-
ers everywhere, no little ::outage hut
has its flower garden. .I liked Bath,
its cool grey stone buildings,
the high
i
.
walls, the narrow streets, the oldAb-
bey at the foot of the hill close to
the River, all make a very' beautiful
picture. From there I canis on to
Bideford, having to give up going to
see Wells and Glastonbury owing to
the rain. This is Cornwall—the home
of that Elizabethan hero—Sir Richard
Grenville,' of whom Tennyson writes
in The Revenge—"The sun went
down and the stars carie out—far ov-
er the summer sea -And never a mo-
ment ceased the fight of the one and
the fifty-three." Sir Richard's father
built the present bridge of 24 arches,
no two arches the same size either,
he died in 1,381. Is there any struc-
ture in Canada that will be able tc..:
represent its age 1600 years hence?
Is it any wonder Great Britain or
England, largely, at that time, Ted the
world them
Well it is pouring rain today °that's
why I am writing in this Old inn
Made New with gas and electricity,
instead of touring the beautiful coun-
tryside. I go on to Clovelly tomor-
row. More anon.
Affectionately,
Mary R. Findlater.
BOWLS: A GAME
OR A FROLIC
Though not a regular, duly appoint-
ed, and certified Sport Writer; I have
on occasion, at duty's prompting,.` or
for sake of the Public -weal, or the
country's welfare, or for whatever
other momentous responsibility fur-
nished an' urge, written short articles
on Sport.
I have written these without, regard
to consequences; and I do here now
assert and declare that had I had pre-
science of the appaling consequences
that in some instances, stupidly en-
ough ensued, maybe I. would have giv-
en duty, and the other things alluded
to the cold shoulder. However, in-
stead
nstead of the cold shoulder I proffered
the warm -heart, and wrote as it dic-
tated.
With regard to the Game df Bowls;
my conscience is clear:. I' am guilt-
less of having written anything con-
cerning it, neither have I divulged
aught of my opinions of it, even to
my closest friends.
Abundant assurance having been
vouchsafed me, however, that no per-
sonal chastisement would be visited
upon nie, in the event of my writing
what I REALLY thoe'tght of Bowls,
(as I' might indeed write of what I
thought of Brown or Jones) I have,
consented to take my pen in hand,
and use it, either as an Artist or a
Demagogue: Whither I use it as a
Brush or a Cudgel, I fear I will incur
the gracious favor of a mighty few,
and the everlasting enmity of a might-
ier many.
Howsoever, 1 will proceed, fearless-
ly and constantly bearing in mind
that I am trying to oblige a friend,
and btioyed' by. the .hope that I may
be able to do so.
The Game of Bowls; the Game; ?
?. ?. But for the strenuous assevera-
tions of my friends Mason and Craw-
ford, whose words are as good ,ifnot
better than their bonds, 1 :night be
tempted to, remark, that in lieu of
the word "Game" Bowls might bet-
ter be described as a "Frolic." In-
deed 'the
n-deed'the more I think of the proper
declension of Bowls, the faster I dis-
band all show of timidity, the closer
1 stick to niy gulls, and, in the <aoe
of all opposition shout "FROLIC."
Bowls is NOT a game, it .TS a
FROLIC; a delightful, and -e tcrut-
feting frolic, if not to those who par-
ticipate hilt, at any rate to those who
onlook, But they who onloolc are
really pursuing an unlawful calling..
They have no business to onlook, no
moral right to do so. They do riot
pay a spectator's' fee, they onlook at
their peril, anis believe me their peril
is 'great.
I have known cases where stiercp-
titious onlookers have been visited
+v' � �
with Lockjaw, and 1.; a . ]a v, and have
k.
been spirited away from the precincts
of,tlre Lawn in Ambalaeces or Black
IV/arias, as their cases required, or de.
served:
The fact that no accoriuuodatioe is
provided spectators on our 1,e wet
surely accredits niy declaration that
Bowls is riot a Fame, and goes far 1
should thank to substantiate the Frol-
ic hypothesis.: However, most of
those who play Bowls, can you but
engineer them into a corner, (a haz-
ardous, though not impossible Mall, -
0 CUVre,)
ianoeuvre,) will admit, at first warily,
o joyfully and reluctantly; but anon and
even jubilantly, that it is a frg is they
play.
'Yes, T am thoroughly convinced it
is a frolic, one too in which the
fro
-
1icers get either financially fracti us
,
or fearfully- funny,
This fractiousness and funniness,
the players themselves do not feel.,
they are indeedunder a spell, and
for the time being hypnotized; but the
onlookers see these manifestations,
and d Perforce titillatedby them.
But whether a Frolic or a game, I
Fave. undertaken to say something of ._
it, and I: would immediately proceed
to overtake my undertaking, but that
I perceive T have reached the space
limit. Our Editor will undertake to
print two kinds of contributions only,
short and sweet. Mine, so far has
been sweet, and 1 do not wish to
jeopardise' its chance of publication`
by transgressing the Editor's "short
Commandment", so .I will not now
add another word.
Next week, however, 1 will, give
my views on. Bowls. These may be
perfidious, perhaps degenerate, but
such as they are, they will be all mine,
own, ,y., •
•: J. G. Webster.
MARRIETD
Gannett -Johnston — At the United
Church parsonage, Lucknow, on
'Tuesday, August 611i, Annie, dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Tohn-
ston, to Mr. Jas. H. Gannett, :young- f
est son of Me and Mrs, Whir. Gan-
nett, of Wingham, Ont. Rev. Mr..'
Craw officiated. The happy couple
will reside in Guelph:
J. D. McEWEN
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
Sales of Farm Stock and.Imple
ments, Real Estate, etc., conducted
with satisfaction and at moderate
charges.
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO''
University Course In Medical
Science consists of six years' MI -
dent work. Two years are devoted to
Arts and Science end four years to pure
Medicine,
Not more than fifty students are per-
witted to a :roll for the first year.
n The Medical School has the best -
equipped plant of its size
on the continent, Lon. ----"
don's' Hospital and dint -
cal facilities, are excellent.
The ,School of Medicine has
made itR reputation through the
quality and nigh training of its
graduates.
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For additional infor-
mation, virile:*
S. P, i2; Nerd l le, Ph,D.,
Registrar,
London, Ontario:
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IT'S fETTE.f. BEC ,D
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Optfeipaat,s Crieto,te� !Irntenavy qN
Flietebr Uraf'et.ee
Tills yea: opticians are tzelc'.br'a'in$
the tei•coiatena.r'y of their oldest craft:
guild, the Worsrripfut Canteens- of
Sete (nee In i410,1J, rss, whose reeur•ds are
kurriong til rrtust In or -,--ting of the an-
cient City Ouild., of London, •,r' are
informed in an article by "W, i . He"
in John o' Lonclori'i Weekly. Its
charter was granted in. 1629 by 1l,i,rig
Charles 1., "for the be.ter order, 'rule,
and government of those using the -
Art or Mi,'try, of Spectate Milting."'
Powors which now appear' unusual--
ly drastic arid autocratic.' were thea;
vested In the court, ,Searetr could be
made ofpersons s andpxemises engag-
ed
ng-ed
ixi the trade of spectacle malting.
and selling, in order to find "deceitful
or eoenterfele ware. . . whether
made in this country' or beyornd the
seas." The assistance of all Mayors,
Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, bail-
iffs, constables and other ofAcer•s
could he enlisted if necessary. It watt
not lawful for a spectacle maker hav-
ing no apprentice to : possess et one:
time'crtore tsitan thirty pairs of spec
-
Howon his premises.
How valuable a commodity glass
must have been three centuries ago
Is' revealed in a by-law which ordered
that: "None to bay glass . . . till
it is first brought to a place to be
appointed, wlieu it may be converted
to the use of the whole company,
ex-
cept it bein asmaIl quantity ft for
six pais of spectacles.
No spectacles could be bought or
sold unleas previously shown to, and
approved by, the Master and War-
dens. If a spectacle maker were ad-
judged guilty of selling imperfect
spectacles, or if he sold frames with-
out glass, or vice versa, the truly
staggering fine of £40 could ;be in
flitted. Any "bad or deceitful wares"
found could be destroyed,' a process
usually executed by publicly stamp-
ing the faulty wares to powder on
London pavements.
The trade'br"mistry" of spectacle
makingwas jealously guarded. Entry
to it was by way of a seven years'
apprenticeship, followed by two years
as a "journeyman." Before becoming
a master workman the candidate was
rgcLu reel to exhibit his work to the
Master.
The company as it exists to -day is
mainly concerned with examinations
for opticians and the issuing of diplo-
mas.. Its ancient powers have never
been revoked and, presumably, still
exist. But the Master and his War-
dens do not now sally forth on dark
nights in search of "bad or deceitful
wares"
Unfortunately for optical historians
—and few histories are so packed
with romance, as that of optics — the
Great Fire of London consumed not
only the hall of the Company, but its
movable property, title -deeds and
minute -books. The hall has neer
been replaced, and the minute -books
now in existence date back only to
1666. Sir Osborn Bolmden is the
present Master and the headquarters
are in Temple Avenue.
BECOMES CONCERT SINGER.
Former Dancing Girl In the Seraglio
of Tukojiras Makes. World ".Pour.
A former dancing girl in the serag-
lio of Tukojiras, ex -Maharajah of In
lore, Munrtaz Beguni, made her de-
but recently as a concert singer in
the Royal Opera House, Bombay. She
is going to make a world tour. She
says that she refused an offer of a
three-year contract at $40,000 a year
to appear in films for an American
company because she desired no oth-
er career than singing.
In 1925, as a girl of 20, she escap-
ed from the household of the then:
maharajah and took refuge in the.
establishment of a Bombay merchant,
Abdul' Kadir Baala. Nine men at-
tempted to kidnap herbut failed
when some British officers interfered.'
Baula, however, was killed in the
fight, and Mumtaz Begum received
knife wounds on her face which dis.
figured her for life. Ensuing action
by the British Governni:eat led to the
maharajah's renouncing his throne
in Favor of his eldest son. The for-
mer maharajah is the husband of
1 Nancy Niftier, former Seattle girl. -a
AT LOGGERHEADS..
What Happened 'When Two Actresses
Dined Together.
Two theatrical stars who were•
none too friendly towards each other,
were invited to dine with a certain
manager, who, for business reasons,
wanted them to be good friends
again, Over the fish he said, address-
ing them both: •
"Come ladies, snake up I"
"But Thais," said the blonde star,
'is already made up:"
Thais, the brunette, bit her lip and
waited her chance. It came with the
desert, when they started to discuss
a mutual acquaintance.
"She's a spiteful cat," said the
blonde star. "She said I was a frump .
and couldn't act."
"Very rud.el" remarked Thais
sweetly. "Still, my dear, it's better
than: having her tell lies about you•"
Howls and Owls,
The popular British Sim, star, Miss
Anny Ondra, tells an amusing story
of a friend of hers, living in the heart
of the country, who engaged a little
London lass to act as a sprt of under,'
study to her own personal maid.
On the morning atter her arrival,
the girl said: "Couldn't Bleep a wink,
tt um; didn't you year the howls?"
"Howls,', said the mistress, per.
embed.
"No, mum.; it wasn't any ody
ing, it was the howls."
Has 0,4.50 Branches.
The Midland ?lank (England)
Which claims a world's record for the
actual. ntitiber of officer, has alto -
Other 2,450 branches.
14erge'St Wooded Area In England.
England's largest wooded area le
the New Pox!edt, which consists o>~'
Gp000acres.
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