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HEIRS WAST t E ,',
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Missing Heirs are being sought t
t ;rougliout the world. Many people
mrd to -day living in comparative !pa-
nty who are really rich, but t: . net c
Etnow it. Yon may be one of them. f
Send for Index look, "Missing ;:°.airs c
and Next of Kin," containing care-
Eully authenticated lists of missing
heirs and unclaimed estates which
have been advertised for, here and c
abroad. The Index of Missing airs t
we offer for sale contains thousands t,
of names w'eh have appeared in
American, Canadian, English, Scotch,
frisk, Welsh, German, French Bel-
gian, Swedish, Indian, Colonial, and f
other newspapers, inserted by lawy- t
ers, executors, administrators. Also y
contains list of English and Irish e
Courts of Chancery and unclaimed a
dividends list of Bank of England.
Yotlr name or your ancestor's may be t
in the list. Send $1.O0 (one dollar) i
at once for book. =
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FARMS FOR SALE ,
qq ACRE FARM FOR SALF OWNP '
s U" will sell on reasonable terms for ankh
Gale. Apply to R. 3. HAYS, Seaforth, Out, I
2965•
RARM FOR SALE.—FOR SALF LOT 2, 1
Concession 7, Tuckersmith, oontaing 100
aeras. On the premises are a brick house
and bank barn with cement floors and water
In the barn. Would exchange for unimprov-
ed farm, near Clinton. Seaforth. Dublin or
Brucedeld. For further particulars apply to
D. SHANAHAN, Seaforth. 2934-tf
VABM FOR SALE.—FARM OF TWO HUN
dred acres adjoining the Town of 3e
forth, conveniently situated to all churches
schools and Collegiate. There is a comfort
able brick cottage with a cement kitchen •
barn 100x56 with stone stabling underneath
for 6 hare. 75 head of cattle and 40 hap
with steel stanchions and water before all
Meek; litter earrier and feed carrier one
two moment silos; driving shed and plat
fast scales.. Wateredby a reek well and
windmill. The farm is well drained and la
•a high tote of cultivation. The crop be all
is the ground—choice clay loam. Immdt
ate para ,Ion. Apply to M. BEATON, I
,t 2. ',, Sei f rth. Out. 1761-tf
WARM FOR SALE.—IN HURON COUNTY,
6 miles. from Seaforth. Lot 16. 6th Con-
cession, McKillop, 100 acres of first class
farm lands. The land is in a first class state
of cultivation and there are erected on the
premises a good frame dwelling house, with
kitchen attached; frame barn 76x54 with
atone foundation. stabling underneath and
cement floors and water throughout. driving
house, pig pen and hen house. Also about
ten acres of good hard wood bush.. The
property Is well fenced and well drained and
convenient to good markets. churches end
schools. For further particulars apply to
MISS LILLY J. McGREGOR, R. R. No. I,
'Dublin. or on the premises, or to R. S. HAYS,
Solicitor. Seaforth, Out. 2925-tf
WARM FOR SALE.—FOR SALE, LOT i
Concession 11, and, west half of Lot 0
Concession 10, MKS.. Tuekenmrith, eon.
tattling 150 acres. There are on the pr'smlaw
is good two-story brick house with slats roof
'large bank barn 100x69 feet with first elms
.tabling, water in the barn. drive shed S6zt1
pig house and hen home. Two geed aprlhg
wells, also an over -flowing spring. The
term le all cleared but about 20 aeras. The
good hardwood burp, prin0ipaily maple. Ail
well fenced and tile drained. Waist sere
of fall wheat sown, 40 acres ream for &Drina
crop. The farm is situated I miles from
$3eafeels and 4 miles from Haman, one-half
silo hem school; rural mail' and phone. Will
he sold on easy terms. Unless sold. Eby .Sarnia
ft will be far rent For further particulars
apply on the premises, er address R. it. No
B. Miriam. ANGUS McKINNON. 1959-t1
rACRS 'FARM FOR SALE.—.OTS 26
and 27, Concession It. McKifop, four
wiles from Walton, 6 miles from Seaforth:
convenient to blacksmith shop, schools and
church; 9 acres good hardwood bush, balance
under cultivation. The farm is the drained
and has all woven wire fencing. There are
on the premises a good brick house. 7 rooms
and kitchen, cellar under whole house with
.cement floors, slate roof. Bank barn 64x62
with line shaft running lip to barn door,
straw shed 35x45, engine room, driving shed
and garage; hen house and bog house with
cement wall; I never failing wells. All the
buildings are In first class repair, and the
farm Is free of weeds. This Is one of the
best farms in Huron County and will bo sold
on reasonable terms. For further particulars
apply on the premises or address Walton P. O.
JOHN G. minim. 2910-tf
DRO D. Iia MCINNES
C':; IROPRACTOR rt,, `
of Wingham, will be at the
Commercial 2 otel, Seaforth
Monday and Thursday
Afternoons.
Adjustments given for diseases
of all kinds.
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JUNK DEALER
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Weal sad Ytreyt Will pay geed psis
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HEAD OFFICE-EEAFORTn, ONT
OFFICERS:
J. Connolly, Goderich - - President
Jae. Evans, Beechwood, vice-president
I). P. McGregor, Seaforth, Sec. -Tress
'AGENTS:
Alen. Leith, R. R. No, fl Clinton;
W. E.. Rinchley., See'for,[yt�}a; John. Mn*.
Sey, Egnioaldvil'lai; J. W. Yea, Gude.
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t'a'a9 Selection helps 1R 'One
.Yeas -•-.Large rias p: S eSeT7.7c
Soli Fertility Reperieleat Ore la -
Wresting G's eatillt9sdalFeCdiiq 050Rves.
Coutrlbuted 4y Oeteurlo tee +stIont of
Agriculture, Tome'gall.
During the yeitr 1928. the Field
iusbandry Department of the On-
ario Agricultural College supplied to
!early 2,000 farmers pure need and
tiler material, with instructions and
u11 information for conducting taste
In their own farms.
One hundred and twenty-one dis-
tnct experiments were conducted
luring the season on the Field !l us -
Baldry area.
election of Seed llinipol'tan1.
Different selectio� of seed of vari-
us classes of grain have been care-
uily tested at the Ontario Agricul-
ural College for from six to nine
ears. The average resultseehow that
ven one year's selectioff of seed
;rain has a marked influence on the
esulting crop. In evePy instance.
he large plump seed gave a greater
-field of grain per acre than medium
deed, small plump, shrunken or
iroken seed. In the average of the
IIs classes of grain; the large plump
urpassed the small plump in yield
if grain per acre by 19 per cent., and
n the average of the three classes
f grain the plump seed gave a yield
)ver the shrunken seed of 20 per
;ent. It should be understood that
qual numbers of seed were used in
his experiment. The results through-
ut show that a large plump seed will
produce a 'larger, more vigorous and
more productive plant than is pro-
iuced from a small plump or from a
shrunken seed.—Department of Ex-
tension, 0_A. College, Guelph.
IL FERTILITY EXPERIMENTS.
ollowing Up the Soil Survey—Lime
Phosphate With Wheat—Ex-
periments With Potatoes.
The three demonstration plots that
pare been started as follow up work
!n connection with the soil survey are
now giving interesting results. The,
outstanding feature so far is the
proved beneficial effect of lime anal
phosphoric acid. On the light sandy
soil of the Norfolk County plot th,e
Increasing amount of decaying or-
ganic matter is beginning to make it-
self felt in the improved texture of
the soil and increased crop yields. On
all three of these experimental plots
certain mixtures of fertilisers are
giving paying results, while other
mixtures are not.
cine Phosphate Experiments With
Wheat.
The lime phosphate experiments
planned to discover the effect of lime.
lime and acid phosphate and mixed
fertilizer on wheat and the succeed -
ng crop of clover, have given Inter-
esting results. Each experiment con-
sisted of four half -acre plots, and
these were laisi down on three differ-
ent farms in eight different counties,
twenty-four experiments in all. As
these experiments were started in the
fall of 1922, only the wheat crop has
been harvested. The clover, however,
shows marked difference in develop-
ment in the various plots and inter-
esting results may be expected next
season. The outstanding results so
far obtalne`d is that acid phosphate
increased the yield of wheat in every
experiment. The average for the
check plot was 22.2'bushels per acre,
and the acid phosphate plot 34.34
bushels per acre, an increase of a
little over 50 per cent. Assuming
that the addition of the acid phos-
phate at the rate applied on these ex-
periments would have given the same
results on the 717,307 acres of fall
wheat harvested in Ontario in 1923.
the value of the crop would have
been increased by nearly eight mil-
lion dollars, at a profit over the entire
cost of the acid phosphate of over
four trillion dollars.
Experiments With Potatoes.
The Triangle experiments with po-
tatoes have demonstrated in every
county where held that legumes may
be used to gather all or nearly all the
nitrogen required by the potato crop,
and that phosphoric acid and potash
in proper proportion may be used to
increase both the quantity and qaul-
ity of the crop with profit.
This work is being extended to
eight additional counties, and is be-
ing carried on by the Chemistry de-
partment of the Ontario Agricultural
College in co-operation with the Agri-
cultural Representatives.—Dept. of
Extension, O. A. College, Guelph,
!Feeding Calves.
it is considered a good practice, in
teaching calves to eat grain, to begin
by feeding them a little ground corn
Or sifted ground oats. This kind of
feed may be given for a few days, and
then they may be given either whole
oats or whole corn, or a mixture of
equal parts by weight of both. This
whole grain may be fed to the calves
until they are six 'to eight months of
age and then they should be fed
ground feed. When a calf reaches
eight months of age it does not chew
its grain so well; consequently a high
percentage of the grain will be lost
if fed whole. The theory of feeding
calves whole grain when a mouth to
eight months of age is that they chew
the grain better, which stimulates
the Sow of saliva.
off taotQ `in load ti atimea_ alivin `ls
'very careful algid; considerate of O ars
on the read, .lu►ta� that unless he'.
is that the other .drivers will suffer
the same as he often glees, because of
some discourtesy, on, the part of an
approaching or parked' motor par's
driver.
Among the -most annoying and even
dangerous conditions met with when
drilvng cross-country are improper
fueusing 'Of lamps, fleshing on and off
of dimmers and bright lights, driving
on theewrong aide of the road, park-
ing,, op concrete paving, especially at
turns or on the peak of a hill.
Parking at turns and on top of hills
is very common, especially through
the mountains where it is the most
dangerous. Tourists are attracted by
a beautiful view off in the distance
somewhere and" with absolute lack
of consideration for other drivers,
stop right at the peak or just around
a turn where they cannot be seen for
more than a few yards ahead.
Let me suggest that should you see
a beautiful spot you wish to enjoy
that you drive clear off the roadway
or on to a stretch where your automo-
bile may be seers, for several hundred
yards by an approaching motorist.
It would be a case of playing with
suicide should such stops be made at
night.
Lamps that have their bulbs focus-
sed properly and their beams directed
improperly are as annoying as the
others. When setting lamps in their
proper focus it is a good idea to have
somewhere near the load in the car
that you expect to carry on the trip.
Tilt the headlamps as far down as
you can and still have a good driving
light. When satisfied that the lamp
bulb is focused the best possible,
drive out on a dark road, get out and
walk down several hundred feet ahead
of your car. If the lights glare they
will have the same effect on the
driver of an approaching car. Tilt
your lights a little lower and feel
that you are being considerate of the
other people driving on the road.
A number of American states do
not require that you use dimmers. It
is the custom to leave the bright lights
'on both when passing other vehicles
on the open highway or in the city.
Just because you do not happen to be
accustomed to driving under these
conditions, do not flash your lights.
The sudden glare on and off is more
blinding than the steady beam you
are forced to face. The practice of
flashing lights quite often causes ser-
ious accidents.
It is well to have a few fuses along
in case your lights blow out, in addi-
tion to ten or twelve feet of No. 14
gauge wire and a full set of lamp
bulbs. A few spare parts, according
to what your past experience with
cars has been, are as handy as a
rear-view mirror. Small town gar-
ages don't often have a complete line
of parts.
If driving for the first time in hilly
country, never attempt to pass an-
other car that is approaching the
peak of a hill. and never get on the
wrong side of the road when making
a turn. If your car is faster than
other , cars on the hills, do not at-
tempt to pass another car on the
wrong side of the road when ap-
proaching a turn. This is the point
where most collisions occur. The
safest rule is not to drive your car
into any place on the road where you
cannot see where you are going.
Many drivers are thoughtless of
others that use the road. We should
all try to remember that our place is
on the extreme right of the road,
thus leaving ato all times•room for a
faster moving vehicle to pass in the
centre 6f the road. Immediately after
passing another car always pull over
to the front of it so that the road
will be as clear for someone that is
in a bigger hurry than you are.
if new wheat, which is frequently
damp, is thoroughly mixed with dry
old wheat from the previous year and
put into bulk storage for a few days,
experiments show the dry wheat ab-
sorbs a sufficient amount of moisture
from the damp wheat to improve both'
kinds for Milling purposes.
• Keeping the 'animals inactive with'
good feed is not. a kindness. Hard
worst all the tint'e, with good care, is
r.ueh more so.
•
Ottawa, 'Ont --prominent surgeons,
doctors and medca1 afthorities
from
Creak Britain,the United States and
ell: parts of Cene ,
expected to nun!..
ber nearly 1,001*9
will, gather here
late
this fnr:tle a It meetings Of
the Canadian edteal Association and;
the Gntaritl' p Ohl' Adsoeiation.
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streee it` eZeiperiority over •the liqui
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Ti 'i , ^r CANCER BY NE*
' ' METROD 1
ile Scientific ntific medicine is, bending
ever efkat 'to devise some Method: of
controllillig -*pricer that will be even
moTe certain than early diagnosis,
colnplete. `olfMoval and control . by .ra-
diuni arida*? X-ray, newspapers con-
tinue to egOry accounts of new meth-
odsof tatment which 'are being.
made thebjects , of experiments by
individual physicians or investigators
throughout,the world. Almost, every
week there 'appears the announcement
of some new method of treatment, and
sufferers "With this devouring disease
frequently . become the victims of ire
rational, overenthusiastic or unprins
cipled exploiters of new methods.
Recently newspapers carried the an-
nouncement that a certain physician
had ,discovered a serum for cancer,
that his work had been or would be
reported to the American Medical As-
sociation, and that it promised to be
the long sought specific method for
this disclose. At the time of this
writing the headquarters of the Am-
erican Medical Association have re-
oeived no articles concerning this
method; a search of scientific litera-
ture fails'to reveal any scientific arti-
cle concerning the method; and occa-
sional rumors indicate that the phy-
sician is trying his serum out on
persons with cancer in various parts
of the country. To use the scientific
rubber-stamp remark for an opinion:
"There is not at this time available
the slightest scientific evidence that
he has discovered a specific method
of cure for. cancer.”
Newspapers have also carried re-
cently the announcement of a curative
serum supposed to have been discov-
ered by Dr. Fichera, of Italy. For
more than ten years the scientific
contributions of Dr. Fichera on the
subject of cancer have been appear-
ing in medical publications. The
evidence has been considered of in-
terest, but so far as we know, there
is not yet any warrant for the belief
that Dr. 'Fichera has been successful
in elaborating a 'curative serum for
cancer. .
And thus hardly a week passes but
what some new method of 'treating
cancer is welcomed as the achieve-
ment of a long sought goal. Some
day, perhaps the world will he hap-
pily surprised by an announcement
concerning'a method as well substan-
tiated as the insulin treatment for
diabetes. But the method will have
to be at least that well substantiated
to receive the credence of scientists.
At this time the great hope of _the
patient with cancer lies in early diag-
nosis, such as can be made only* by a
well trained physician, thoroughly
conversant with the symptoms of can-
cer in their earliest stages as they
affect various parts of the holly.
Once the condition is diagnosed it
is possible by the use of modern sur-
gical and other scientific methods,
either to remove the growth entirely,
including the glands into which 4 may
spread, or to destroy it by radium and
X-ray and to seal up the gland chains
leading from the affected region. But
no honest scientific physician will
guarantee a cure, and' if he is using
a method that is not established and
wholly experimental he will inform
the patient or his family of the facts.
In no form of cancer is quick ac-
tion so necessary .or desirable as in
cancer of the breast. In a recent dis-
cussion of the subject, Dr. Joseph C.
Bloodgood points nut that more than
seventy-five per cent. of women with
lumps in their breast will find that
they do not have cancer if they will
consult their physician immediately,
and if the lump does prove to be can-
cer more than, seventy per cent., if
given prompt attention, will have a
chance for permanent cure.
If the doctor diagnoses the lump as
a real tumor or growth within the
breast he will consult a competent
surgeon. An operation which is not
dangerous to life may be done im-
mediately, and if the surgeon finds
that the lump is not a cancer but
only a benign, or non-malignant
growth, he will remove the lump only
and save the breast.
If, on the other hand, the lump is
cancer, the entire breast and isle of
the surrounding tissue must be re-
moved, but in the large majority of
cases, this will be the means of saving
the patient's life, which would other-
wise be florfeitto the disease.
Evidences of rouble in the breast
such as irritation of the nipple, a
discharge from the nipple, a pain,
hardness or fullness of the breasts, a
dimple, or an area of redness in the
skin of the breast, may be a suspici-
ous sympton. These facts are men-
tioned not to cause women to become
cancer phobiacs, or to hasten unraces-
eerily to physicians, but to save fives
by calling attention to dangers when
there is yet time•to avert them.
CURRENT WIT AND WISDOM
"Texas girl is on her way to Lon-
don to show Englishmen how to
ride."—Philadelphia Ledger. But a
Calgary girl of stampede fame is al-
ready there, so that's all.—'Ottawa
Journal.
PESTS OF THE' POTATO CON-
TROLLED BY SPRAY
Spraying, in order to be effective,
must be timely and thorough, and
should be commenced when the
potato beetle eggs are just hatching,
which is usually about the time the
plants are from five to eight inches
high, and the foliage should be kept
covered throughout the season, spe-
cial precautions being taken to see
that it is well covered during wet
weather, so says Prof. J. E. Howitt,
Department of Botany, O.A:C. Never
put off spraying because it looks like
rain, for once dry the spray mix-
ture will withstand rain and be on
the plants at the critical time. Bor-
deaux is by all means the best fungi-
cide for potatoes. For the first
application use four pounds copper
sulphate, eight to twelve pounds
hydrated lime and forty gallons of
water, and 11 pounds of arsenate
of lime to each forty gallons of the
liquid spray. Paris , green and
arsenate of lead may be used as a
poison instead of arsenate of lime,
but are much more costly and no
more effective , in keeping beetles
under control. Repeat spraying with
the Bordeaux Mixture often enough
to keep tine foliage covered. Add
a poison to the Bordeaux only when
required for beetles. No stated.
number of applications of the
Bordekux can be recolnded;
The number depends on the
veatherr,
. the Wetter the weathi
larger
ther the'If li
n ',liber,the
seri Orli ale . favorable kola blight and
tot dorftinue s ra *ail the
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Sante p ' have finished
thele.growth
,and .died. This is :neeee trr pi&
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are
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Watt .Essex,.:l+a�ton,
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mil Ncl�l shave giveal a'ttenti
,certain broad' aspec s. of ,agrieu ture.
With r00.4of. Township.. s :'t Clerkf
the fourteencounties above namedT
over triyfr,W.rds • oif," the tot* of 187
township cler s , ving• coroperatedr;--
solne facts�.ha,'ve eeir secured which,
it is claai red„not without justification,
indicate a arked' endency towards
reduction iliim,the nuiber cif' Western
Ontario's !Wiled agriculturists active-
ly engaged in productive work. ' The'
farmers of the present generation are
of course, growing older and in many
instances farms pre growing larger,
as the most likely purchaser,of farm
propeet , is the neighboring farmer
and 'the figures which follow show
that there is an obvious tendency to-
werds increase of cleared but idle
land:
The figures . secured must be ac-
cepted at: face value. They are ob-
tained from over a hundred independ-
ent sources and compiled merely with
a view to ascertaining actual condi-
tions. They show that of the fauns
of the fourteen counties of Western
Ontario, 212,607 acres are known to
be 'for sale; farms actuallyvacant,
not including those abandoned, have
together 76,000 acres and there,is re-
ported also 100,000 of cleared land in
pasture over necessary requirements.
According to statistics secured 'from
the Provincial Department' of Agri-
culture's Crop Reports (1922) '100,000
acres in general field crops yields $2,-
000,000 annually. 'Of course it can
quite justly be said that an increase
in the demand for beef cattle would
reduce the unproductive land in pas-
ture; that farms offered for sale may
be cultivated by the present owners
for many years and that increased
production if the land were fully
cultivated, might adversely affect the
already inadequate remuneration of
agriculture lit present prices for pro-
duce of all kinds. These are, of
course, circumstances which should
not be lost sight of, and there are
possibly other phases of the matter
requiring consideration.
,alEl..owever, the area reported to be
for sale, or in vacant farms, or in
unproductive pasture — with one-
third of Western Ontario yet to
hear . from—approximately 400,000
acres or about one -sixteenth of the
total cleared land of the fourteen
counties of Western Ontario—indi-
cates a well defined tendency toward
reduction in the number of Western
Ontario's skilled agricultuitists land
this if admitted, is, it is claimed, a
basic condition striking at the roots
of ,prosperity which cannot be disre-
garded without risk.
"Members of the United Boards
are asking where skilled agricul-
turists are to be' found to buy and
cultivate the farms now offered for
sale and those of other farmers who
may in the natural course of events
be expected to retire. If there is a
tendency detrimental to the interests
of Western Ontario, it is considered
folly to ignore it and Western On-
tarians should, it is submitted, get
together and see what can be done to
check it.
A WESTERN ONTARIO PROBLEM
Townships and municipal councils,
boards of trade and clambers of com-
merce of Western•Ontario will prob-
ably be asked to send representatives
to a meeting w ch will be held some-
where in the p l(liiisula, this Fall to
discuss ways anal, , Means to counter-
act t clearly d " ned' tendency which
if unchecked . ;• 'it is believed,
threaten the prosperity of this part
of the Dominion.
Prosperity in.. t e fourteen! coon-
ties of We'steiei ntario, as age -
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lacgeXy upon ag ltutt..and .it will
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HONOR AND ORDEAL IS PRES-
ENTATION AT COURT
Presentation at court is n• 'honor
that has come to many Canadian
ladies in the past and will be extended
to more in the future. It is one of
the things they might justifiably
boast about. Indeed, apart from se-
lection as bride of the Prince of Wales
it. iiperhaps the distinction most cov-
eted by English-speaking ladies. We
include Americans who are quite as
keen 'as their Canadian cousins, for
in their own country there is no simi-
lar honor. Practically anybody can
be invited to shake hands with the
President , or attend a White House
ball. To be in the smart set in Wash-
ington is probably not° more distin-
guished than to be in the smart set
at Spokane or St. Louis. Bat to be
presented at Court ii3 something quite
different from being socially prom-
inent in Manchester or Chorltfon-cum-
Hardy. It may be said to correspond
to the grant of a title to a man. In-
deed, it may mean more. When one
has been presented at Buckingham
Palace one has received the entltee to
English society. One who is good
enough for the King and Queen is
good enatigh for anybody else. One
might not prove congenial to lesser
hosts and hostesses and so might not
be invited, but is regards social
standing, a reception at Couryt settles
that matter.
• Four courts are held each year, as
a rule,' and though hundreds of
girls entering society and matrons
who have previously entered are pre-
sented en these occasions there are
thousands of otherswhose applica-
tions are, declined or postponed.
Hundreds of, American women now
in London ale ambitious for presen-
tation at the next Court., but we learn
from an article by Klathiess Wood-
ward in the 'New York Times that
only forty will be given the honor.
These ladies are presented through
the American Ambassador. He be-
comes personally rehponsible for
theft eligibility, and could hardly
commit a graver fault in the 'eines of
society than carelessly to present a
young woman who Was not fit for
the honor.
Says the New York Times writer:
• "Present ytiori et Court' is an oc-
casion to show e , and to show off,
in a superb netting. ; So , the Mord
Chamberlain. s's
ld
to
lila gilded eoattails as'Is .the habit
of Lords Chaitiberiaiii tin"'hese,.days,
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and
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%m 1 11( alta ai•
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holding a
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et �1
� ilii .dii lies.
S rill
.tWho
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tare
h
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;
does yer roissusknow.. f el out?' The
heralds wear their crowns and tab- '
ards;: the peers assume their coron-
ets; and all the valeta in the Temple,
chambers get busy livening up the
scarlet and ermine robes of . the
Judges. I shudder to think what
my companion of the curb might
have said had she pusued the matter
of presentation far enpugih to know
precisely w'h'at makes an Englishwo-
man eligible for becoming 'one of us.'
To begin with you must be high born
—'orribly 1gh born,' as Mir. Pecksniff
would say. Your father simply must
have had a college education, and be
duly labelled 'Oxford or Cambridge';
or must hold a commission in one of
His Majesty's services. Your honor
and reputation must be impeccable;
no' breath of scandal must have come
within a continent of your name, or'
the name of your' family. You must
be rich; but not sensationally so. You
must have ancestry—not the mere
Somerset House ancestry; but one
that Whattaker, Debrett or 'Who's
Who' notices. You come out at • 20,
sponsored by one of the Queen's
Ladies of the Bedchamber, or an out-
of.court dowager, and'after the Lord
Chamberlain has meticulously exam-
ined your credentials' and proofs."
The really' terrible part of the or-
deal, acording to this authority, be-
gins after the long -sought invita-
tion is received. One then becomes
the writhing victim, ' of the Lord
Chamberlain- He prescribes costume
and behavior to the smallest detail,
and no variation is •permitted. There
is not much scope for personal ex-
pression in the ceremony. One must
be dressed in just such ' a manner,
must behave in such a manner. Un-
married girls appear in diaphanous
white of costly simplicity. Pearls and
diamonds or 'other jewelrw are tabu
fgr the girls, though they are per-
mitted to their elders as some slight
compensation for what the girls have
that they 'have not. This year, we
learn, shot silver tissue is fashionable
and so are lighter .trains. Colors for
matrons include nile green tints, apri-
cots, grey and yellow and a goodly
show of gold. Ornate Byzantine ef-
fects are permitted in the trains of
dowagers, while the light train speci-
fied for debutantes this year is to
facilitate the curtesy. The person
being presented walks at a strictly
regulated pace up a long aisle formed
of other_royal guests to the presence
of Her Majesty; curtseys kisses her
hand, and withdraws humbly, the
mien being 'a complicated • one of hum-
bleness, reverence, self-respect, tri-
umph and casualness.
A dowager who used to make a
specialty of drilling debutantes was
heard to say: '"My dear, looker after
your legs and knees. Any court
dressmaker can clothe you; but your
legs! . . Don't sprawl over Her
Majesty's hand. Touch it lightly
with your lips °' At least one
unfortunate girl fell over her train
as she was betaking herself from
the royal Presence.' What happened
to het subsequently is noii related,
but it was probably suicide. On an-
other occasion as a perfectly well-
bred and ,thoroughly vouched fat•
young woman was kissing Queen
Mary's hand,, she . seized the oppor-
tunity to make a little speech re-
ferring to some suffragettes who
were in jail: The Queen was non-
plussed, and the dowager responsible
for the presentation had to be revived
with sal volatile. Sipce the Labor
Gove>0ament came into power, King
George has somewhat relaxed earlier
restrictions, and the' Wives of•'Cab-
inet Ministers have been, granted a
privilege previously reserved for for-
eign Ambassadors. They and their
wives may present a friend at Court.
WHAT IS A BLUENOSE? AND
WHERE DO NOVA SCOTIANS
GET NAME?
Although4 Canadians who live in
Nova Scotia carty the sebrigpet as
proudly 'as the old Kew York bears
the title of "Knickerbocker" very few
have the least idea of its meaning or
its origin. The fleet use of the Word,
as applied to natives of Nova Scotia,
is found in 'H'aliburton's Clock raker
where that immortal character Sant
Slick has the following conversation:
"Pray, Sir," said one of my fellow'r'
passengers, xccan you tell ,me *lir N Wthe'
Nova co�tians are called: Tlu ✓ Me
y s,
is
"It :the .name Of • a' • dad" said
i,
r
f 1� t ' ro n e.t.' ;
'wihl ii (�e d a {yy,r
f�ect'ion airs! banal'. irr 13tI' - e est in
the "p e
world. It A, � s Agit in
ri
co ' e e
"tea tr e �e�t . 'titiiirll of
Bltt .. i.
f{� ' 1t iib to,"" sofi
I, "which they produce in great per-
fection
ewfection and boast to be the best in,.te
world. The American$'' have in con-
sequence given them the name of
Bluenose." :-
In a dictionary of slang and collo-
quial English, I .found the following
definition of Bluenose:, 'Blileni ,
natives of 'Nova . Scotia, ing a'llusien .'it
is said, to a potato of that name whiplt
Nova Scotians claim to be the best
in the world. Procter, however, haz-
ards the suggestion that the nickname
refers to the blueness of nose, result-
ing from the intense cold:" 'I may
add, this definition carried the date 'of
,,1837, at which time the climate •of
this province may have been such'. da
to have given an aristocratic tinge to
our proboscis. These are really the
pnly recorded definitions of the word
now available which can be credited
with a degree of authenticity.
There is a legend or tradition ,that
when the Loyalists 'were expelled
from the United States ae the r'eyeWe
tion progre$sed, they called them-
selves the "true, blues," which Yan-
kee derision soon corrupted.into
"Bluenoses." This corruption, con-
sidering the source of its origin, was
accepted by the Loyalists as 'a very
honorable nickname, as in our time
we have treasured the Kaiser's phrase
"contemptible little army," abbreviat-
ed and endeared to us into the 'term
of "old contemptibles," as ' the affec-
tionate title for the vanguard of the
British forces in 1914.
CREAM CREAM CREA.N.N_
al
Mr. Cream Producer:
Send your cream to us; we are
are
here to give you the very best pos-
sible market for your cream.
We beg your support and co-opera-
tion, Send us your No. 1 grade
cream and secure top prices; inalii#
this your Creamery.
.Cream paid for on a grade basis.
Do not produce cream that is not of
a high standard of quality, it does
not pay you.
We will pay a premium of 8 cents
per pound butter fat for sweet cream
delivered at the Creamery. Bring ht
your high grade cream.
Cash paid to any patron wishing It.
• Creamery open on Saturday nights_
THE SEAFORTH CREAMERY.
"Leveleen" Tooth Paste
AND
Antiseptic Mouth Wash
Specially designed; by its alkaline
and cleansing properties, to neutraSss
the acids of the mouth, thereby pre-
serving from decay, removing tartar,
and gradually whitening the teeth.
while; as a real antiseptic, it keep
the:gums and mucuous membrafia''of
the "mouth in a healthy condition to
resist disease. These -are being more
generally conceded to be the moat
important functions of a modem
dentifrice.
Use it every morning and (very'
important for many) just before toes
tiring, as it removes particles of feed
or confectionery lodged in the teeth:
causing injurious fermeneation, mouth
sores and, .possibly, infeetion.
Those who have used it constantly
for a few months can best bear testi-
many to its efficiency in this regard.
It' sells at 25c per tube, wholesale eat
retail, at
"THE PHARMACY,"
Seaforth, Ont.
For Sale or Rent
Bengali "Warrener Livery Barn"
—also—
East Half Lot No. 11, 6th Con•
cession flay►. . Easy terms. For
particulars apply to
A. M1URRDOCif,
2142 -if )Kansan.
JAMES .ViATS014
Main Street
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