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The Huron Expositor, 1931-07-24, Page 3the kiddies' evening meal you couldn't serve a better dish than Kellogg's Corn Flakes with mall' or cream. SQ easy to digest. Extra good for hildren lecee0 CORN FLAKES 3- 8 0 f ,e 1- >f of :e of ry at elf ch of )le Cie its Lch is ire Ise We of rer ire, hat any 1rth * Sold by all grocers. Served by hotels, restaurants, cafeterias — on diners 4'J 0 ED no hor- of rhite ueen hich duc- nim- 's Or lots nent, !arch ex - his the dreds visit. 73 of inch their 168. had 1 red were pulled about with like d him Lssage ceding -as a nd a !ds of arough reeder, Lnd 21 in and 'wo of gly to came s with rang- iigh as 'en or eed," I Cullen. Ane day ash one Bible, if litters rl For reeders. a cages want to 1 o'clock ;ht late a better rd Bea- ( It must the sig - Ottawa and re- reaehed ? an Times ante at ►. Band. SPANISH-( PEOPLE TO ENDORSE REVOLUTION Alcala Zambora is hoping that what happened to George Henry recently will happen to him on Sunday. For some months past, in fact since the April revolution, he has been prime minister of Spain. On Sunday the elections are to be held which, it is everywhere expected, will confirm him in, his position and give him and his colleagues full authority to proceed with Spain's new constitution. Broad- ly speaking, there is just one issue which the elections will decide. They will either approive the revolution er demand the restoration of the mon- archy. It is to be remembered that in his final manifesto Alfonso said: "I renounce none of my rights. I am waiting to learn the real expression of the collective opinion of the public and until the nation has spoken I de- liberately suspend the exercise of the royal power, and depart from Spain, thus recognizing that she is the sole mistress of her destinies." When the palace halberdiers gave him the final salute of "Viva el Rey," he replied, "Viva Espana," thus suggesting that he might have been on the point of Becoming a republican. But he nevertheless announced that he considered himself King of Spain, to which an anonymous American wag retorted that this was the limit in minority reports. The fact remains that it was the result of the municipal elections which caused .Alfonso to leave the country and brought about the proclamation of the republic. The government which has been in existence ever since has been aptly called the dictatorship of the aldermen. For since there was Xao parliamentary government or par- liamentary opposition, it fell to the aldermen of Madrid, the capital, to take charge of things when the peo- ple surged into the public squares and demanded that the king should abdicate. The municipal govern- ments of the country, as a matter of fact, constitute about the only legal government that has been in exist- ence since April, for there was no par- liament, no chamber of deputies, merely a dictator acting with the king's authority. When this authority was removed there remained the mayor, reeves, wardens, aldermen and county councillors. The voters on Sunday will have the power to express the sovereign• will of the people. But we have not heard that there are any monarchist candidates in the field. The choice of the voters will be among various shades of republicans, conservatives, communists and socialists. It is un- likely that in the new assembly which will convene a few weeks hence there will be a single man to rise and call for the return of Alfonso. There will, in fact. be no more evidence that there is a popular demand that he shall lead the nation than there was on Wednesday that Sir Wm. Hearst Should lead the Conservative party. This is ensured not only by what is believed to be the temper of the Spanish people but by the fact that the election machinery is in the 'hands of the Socialist -Republican coalition which has established Zam- ora. Moreover, if there should per- sist any monarchist sentiment in the Villages, it is likely to be engulfed by the new redistribution measure which for the first time gives the larger towns and cities of Spain their proper share of representation. The old parties, the Liberals and IConservativ'es, have been practically dispersed. Their machinery is on the junk heap with the monarchy. Their members are looldng for new political hones and they will natur- ally divide between Republicans and Socialists. There are those who would try to establish a, Socialist government after the pattern which Ramsay MacDonald would no doubt form' if the Labor party were in the majority. There 'are others who rather look to Russia for inspiration. Probably something patterned upon France will e the outcome. This will be the important business of the new chamber which will occupy most of the Summer, The work done by the provisional Coyerntnent will be Formally approved, and finally Spain's 'first president is likely to be elected. • Fn all probability he will be Manuel jBartolome Cossio,. 'Profess'or of Edu- Cation at the University of Madrid, land one of the most famous educa- tors in Spain. ,He is better known Ito the outside world as the man who brought to its atention the art of Orem after it had remained forgotten for ages. But perhaps the most important emblem that the•new 'Parliament will `'have o settle is the relation Of iChurch and State. The anti -clerical' Ammemismismiel, outbreak that -,accompanied the revo- lution was practically the only vio- lence that marked that extraordinary national upheaval. There are those who thought it representer the effort of a Communist minority. But there are others who say that for a long time the Spanish people have been as anti -clerical as they are anti - monarchist. In their simple minds the monarchy and the Church have been almost identical. They know well enough that the impulse that overthrew the dictatorship did not come from the church, but from the universities, and the universities, rightly or wrongly, have been long suspected of extremely secularist not to say agnostic leanings. It is in any event taken for granted that the disestablishment of the Church will follow, and that all religions will be put on an equality before the law. AS THEY ARE AT HOME Here is a picture of three ,women, ,he French, the German, and the Am- erican. To appreciate La Francaise to her full worth you must see her in the family circle. Such hospitality is not commonly extended to foreigners in France. That is why, outside her own country, the Frenchwoman is so widely misunderstood. Marriage in France is a weighty undertaking. It s an arranged affair and the laws favor the married state. Marriage gives a French girl dignity, and she never forgets it. She prides herself upon what she calls "mon interieur" ,—the fireside—less from the point of view of luxury (French homes ar seldom very comfortable) than of management, her organizing skill. She e, usually an excellent manager; Ma- dame knows both hrewon dame knows beth her own job and hat of the servants as well. She is lot easily imposed upon. She knows how to buy well, whether it ik a hat or a poulet a rotir. And she inostly ontrives to look charming into the bargain. The Frenchwoman is a little cynical about men. She is rarely under any delusions about her husband. She has a strong sense of duty toward him as the breadwinner, but she also •ealizes that to keep him she must re- main attractive and keep him com- ortable, too. The French wife invar- ably keeps something in reserve from her husband. She knows men; and ets no man win her quite. She is an admirable and sympa- thetic mate; to her the husband takes his worries; and he invariably re- spects her and treats her with a de- ightful courtesy. The French chil- dren are seldom spoilt, although they dominate the family circle. French larents make friends with their chil- lren, and take them on jaunts with them, have them with them at meal times. The most gadabout mother would count it a shame to abandon her ha'bies to the exclusive charge of a nurse. With all hersterling quali- ties, the French wife lo've's to relax. to be gay, to show her smart flacks at the races, to be admired. Her husband will sit by and smile indul- gently while his firends flirt outrage- ously or carry on one of those inimit- able French conversations in which every snetence has a double meaning. The Frenchwoman is not over -frivol- ous; -she makes herself as pretty as possible' merely because she knows her husband likes her to be chic. And there are probably more happy mar- riages in France—in the smart set too—than anywhere else in the world. Now die Hausfrau. Ever since the war a great gust of modernity has gone sweeping across Germany. Lumpy figures, "reform" costumes, cotton stockings 'have vanished into the Ewigkeit. The German woman of to -day is slim, and well groomed, quite up to her sisters of London, Paris, or New York. Of course, the husbands have to pay, for what a German al- lowed his wife as a dress allowance before the war would not keep her to -day in bust bodices. But though the modern German Hausfrau can shake a cocktail and drive a ear, she has remained firmly domesticated. Her Mann, her children and her house are still her major interests in life. It is most surprising to find- the German woman of to -day, improved out of all recognition as to their personal ap- pearance and charm, discussing the same old subjects as in pre-war days, their husbands and what their hus- bands like to eat, their children, their seeVamts, or lack of servants. `The Gernrdnman, notwithstanding - the invasion of long frocks and gos- samer etAclrings, is still very much the lord of ereettibn in the Fatherland. This incidentally, is none of hie do- ing; it is because the German woman iegn%s ,it. She hap 'brie vote, she has Multiplied heti inteetgand activities arc 1 4,I norat ws1Yt t 4 'WO aV0441Ve round the map, IA the ire i the ex -J aisei's day', the major. s: faces were made for the iotas-.4:oen- able theme to prepare. fpr .a Gavern- inent career, or to -serve in expensive regiments of the old Prussian Army. ;(Ander the pressure of the hard times. which. Germany has 1,-nown since the war, however, the necessary of equip ' ping the girls to earn their own living instead 'of waiting patiently at home for a husband has somewhat readjust- ed the.'balance. Rich and poor, whether she. goes out to business or minds the home,: the German married woman to -day is still pre-eminently the Haus frau she has always been. Wealth has nothr ing to do with it; in all classes the German wife takes an active pride in her house and household possessions and personally supervises the meals, if she does not actually 'take a) hand' in preparing them herself. The Ger- mans are a highly strung race, and in the German home the grownups are apt to frown upon the clatter of youngsters. As a rule it will be seen that German children are kept strict- ly in their place and noise is disap- proved of. The duty of supervising their health and upbringing falls chiefly upon die Mutter: Papa has the controlling voice in their education and (perhaps the most noteworthy feature of modern German life) their physical training. Finally, the American woman, Mod - the regiment of woman. Herbert ern America is the willing victim of Hoover is President of the United States; but woman is the queen. She is the absolute autocrat of the home; she sways legislation. The whole of American life has adjusted itself to this conception. Critics who have nev- er visited the States impute this state of affairs td the craven spirit of the American male. But this is not a matter of character, it is a national attitude of mind. American life rests•s upon the convention that the entire male part of the population is in a permanent posture of revehent adora- tion before the female. Whether the rule of women in the United States is a fruit of American liberty or whether it springs from an eraticable tradition surviving from pioneer days when the men outnum- bered women by twenty to one, and, amid the hardships and dangers of ex- istence the safety of the women was the men's unceasing care, is neither here nor there. The fact is that mod- ern America is a woman's country. And 'another fact is that the discon- tented wife has become one of the clearly recognizable figures of the American scene. Marriage is servi- tude for the American man. He bows his neck to the yoke gladly enough (at any rate at first), but he is a slave. His job is to earn; his wife's to spend; and if life in modern Amer - 'ca is as standardized and monoton- ous as her novelists represent it to be it is because the American hus- band works so hard that he does not •know how to play. Anyone who knows the Americans knows them to be a nation of idealists, and knows hat to represent the dollar as their god is calumny. But in a country virtually lacking in social castes mon- ey becomes a criterion And the habit of many American wives of whipping their husbands • on to greater efforts in business by pointing to the more luxudious homes of their women friends undoubtedly leads American husbands to regard money lavished on heir wives as part of the necessary window-dressing. The Latin girl is lovely in her teens but withers early. Is there some- hing in the American air that pro - dues the same effect on American women? The United States is the and of exquisite young matrons, vi- al, beautifully gowned and radiant vith health and good spirits; but it s also the land of prematurely aged women in middle life, placid or rest- ess according to their nature, but al- most all vaguely dissatisfied if not plainly bored. Life is very full for he American woman. But she has arge•ly to make her life for herself. However happy her marriage, she ees little ofher 'husband. At the iterary functions—which are so pop- ular in the States, at lunches and ocktail parties, at the country club, voman are mostly her companions. Home life as it is understood in Eng - and, is growing increasingly rare in America. High .rents (and the Am- erican will pay as much as a quarter of his income in house rent as com- pared with one-sixth or one-eighth n England) and the dearth of dom- estics are the principal contributary causes. The buffalo and the stork, as an American humorist proclaims, are be- coming extinct in America. THE FIRST LADY OF ENGLAND Gleaming silver hair, •clear tbluel eyes, an exquisite complexion that younger women often envy, a rich deep voice. an air of graciousness, quiet dignity, and friendly interest combined—Her Majesty Queen Mary. Standing before her golden throne at court, occupying the chair of honor at some great function, no woman present is more brilliantly dazzling than the Queen. ' Her tall regal form and her natural bearing enhance her gorgeous gown and magnificent jewels so that all the (vivid pageantry of State seems a fitting background for her imperial figure. But there is another aspect of the Queen that only her family and her intimate friends know: There is a lady wearing a simply -made house, dress of her favorite blue, her only ornament a string of pearls that were the King's wedding gift: A lady contentedly sitting at her own fire- side with some knitting or embroid- ery. A practical mistress who really understands the running of her own ldtchens and who can discuss the day's domestic work with intelligent appreciation. A (charming hosrte,ss, generous and sympathetic, delighted to entertain her children and grand- children aroundher board. Famous artists have painted Queen Mary in her robes of majesty with the ribbon of the Garter across her shoulder. Unfortunately they cannot limn her when Princess Elizabeth comes to tea and props up her fav- orite dell at the table while 'Grand- mother Queen" supplies an extra pink and gold cup and inquires how Geraldine has been behaving herself • Men --Here are Suit. Values you Should Not Miss. Made of the famous Dublin twist Worsteds and Tweeds in fancy stripes and checks in all the wanted shades, at the special clearing price $19.50 DRESS SHIRTS 1 Every Suit guaranteed to be of the best linings and trimmings and maele up to the standard of clothing always sold by this store. Sizes 34 to 42. Come In And See Them. Good quality Men's Broadcloth Shirts with or without collars, in fancy patterns or plain white; full roomy make. Sizes 14 to 161/2. • SPECIAL 95c 0 SPECIAL SHOWING OF SMART SUMMER DRESSES. Never before such tremendous re- ductions! Never before have we of- fered such delightful styles at such ridiculously low prices. WHITE DRESSES Cellanese or Crepes in beautiful quality made in sleeveless, short sleeve and jacket styles, with pleats or flares. SiAes 16 to 40. DON'T MISS THESE. PRICES $3.25, $5.95, $7.75 VOILE DRESSES Made of finest Voiles in lovely flor- al designs; made sleeveless or short sleeves, with capette and Bolero ef- fects, frills and pleated and flare skirts. Every wanted shade is gen- erously represented. All sizes. PRICES $1.95 to $5,95 Clearing of all Men's Fine Straw Hats HALF PRICE' Every Straw Hat in the store has marching orders. There is no tre- serve in this clearing sale—Sailor, Snap Front 'and Fedora styles. Siz- es 6:;!1 to 7%. HALF PRICE MEN'S BIG »SILO° WORK SHIRTS.. Dark blue, blue dots, grey check, fancy checks, plain grey, chambray. All Big B, the best work shirt made. Sizes 14 to 18. SPECIAL PRICE $1.00 STEWART BROS. SEAFORTH of late. The life of the first lady of the British Empire is no leisurely one. When the Court is at Buckingham Palace eight o'clock every morning sees the trim maid opening the silk curtains is the Queen's room. Im- mediately after breakfast the Queen must go to her office, where her Sec- retary, Sir Harry Verney, and her lady-in-waiting are arranging the day's correspondence, there are of- ficial documents, invitations and noti- fications of future functions, appeals for charity, and a host of other things- A•l1 receive her personal at- tention and she dictates on what lines she wishes each letter answered. Then the Queen goes' to her boudoir, where she receives the housekeeper and gives instructions about the day's meals and its work. Answering her personal letters in her own round up- right handwriting keeps her fully oc- cupied until luncheon. At half -past two one of the big plum -colored Royal cars is waiting at the door. Very probably the Queen has some public engagement to fill, a hospital to visit, a charity set- tlement to inspeet, a bazaar or a matinee to patronize. If not she goes for a drive just the same. Fre- qu@Aptly the car stops at sod private picture gallery or a little antique shop where the Queen goes inside, She has always been deeply interested in rtiques of every kind, and as a child studied innumerable books about the ancient arts and crafts. The Queen has an instinctive understanding of artistic coloring, which she attributes to her Hungarian ancestress, the Countess de Rhedey. The perfectly 'balanced rooms of the Royal residences. every treasure displayed to individual advantage and yet making an harmonious composite picture, are all the personal work of Her Majesty. At Buckingham Pal- ace she has collected the more modern of the Royal possessions. Even in the State Apartment the golden fur- niture is light and graceful. Par- ticularly beautiful is the Queen's Blue Chinese and Chippendale drawing room, with its oriental 'bowls and vases and the cabinets in Which are kept the ivories and jades and small china models of which she is an en- thusiastic connoisseur. In the imposing apartments of Windsor Castle the Queen has been able to indulge her taste for eight- eenth -century arrangements. There are Gainsboroughs and Reynolds on the cream and gold walls of the draw= ing room, which has inlaid Houle tables and rare Georgian plates. In the dining room are enormously elab- orate pieces of Italian silver and fine marbles and massive oak chairs. The Queen's part in the work is not limited to instruction and superintend- ence. Confronted with an array, of packing cases at ,with Palace of Holy - rood some years ago. Her Majesty donned an apron and commenced to lift out the contents herself. A fam- ous statesman often describes how he once called at 'Buckingham Palace anr, being ushered into a reception room, found the Queen at the top of the ladders hanging old prints. Modern flower pictures have an es- pecial appeal for the Queen, since she is herself an enthusiastic botanist and gardener. At Sandringham she often works among the terraced beds. With a linen overall and stout gloves she plants and weeds and trims her shrubs in thoroughly practical fash- ion. Tea -time is a short oases of restin the Queen's busy day. Sometimes the, Duchess of York, or Princess Mary, or one of the other Royal lad- ies joins her, otherwise Her Majesty picks up a novel and reads for half an hour. She frankly admits her ap- preciation of • well-written romantic fiction and she also enjoys a good travel book or a volume of those homey little poems of everyday life. Sonestimes, of course, the Queen must entertain officially at tea -time, in which case she goes to the white and gold state drawing -room. It may be necessary to welcome a foreign ;Royal lady or some other distinguish- ed feminine visitor to London, or to receive the womenfolk who have ac- companied overseas delegates to an important conference. When the Queen goes to her room to dress for dinner she always has her daily consultation with her priv- ate maid about her wardrobe. Eti- quette forbids the Queen to do her sown shopping personally, so patterns and designs are sent to the Palace, and when the Queen has made her choice, her maid visits the dressmak- er or the milliner or the famous West End stores to give the necessary or- ders. Then, after dinner, the Queen goes to the office once more, signs her let- ters and peruses any official papers 'that have been laid out for her at- tention. These include reports and balance sheets and so forth of the many charitable objects favored by the Queen's interest. Her Majesty never gives her patronage to any- thing without first assuring herself that it is thoroughly worthy in ever way. From nine till ten the Queen at last .,finds leisure. Usually the King joins her in the blue drawing -room and they sit in easy chairs listening to the wireless or the King°% portable gramophone. Very often the Queen crochets as the music is being p1 &1 though it does not serve to diStrikit her attention. The Queen is eite - ingly fond of music of eleeit desert* tion.iin Chopin and Se1mbert n of her favorite cornpteera, and to hear a classical pianoforte ree1tal gi • ' her the keenest pleasure,