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The Huron Expositor, 1936-11-13, Page 711 0'0 ei 1 Stitiede'S 7.7,77,U7,77.!..• ,,,77747- '47,721471P, f..7,4N,V,,P7.7.i:71: ;',•777.;417'..;;7'7,77,7;71.77:4,04,4 i47,747 -7. 1,, ee...:,..t'aSt.f.stetethe reA: stiert"('(!•sitr"'••" • - 11AYS IV, El Ft Slioceeding 8. HaYld _ • Barriaters,''SOUCitor(6. Cdad'adadders and isiatarias PubSolicitors tor tlae-1)0mitfion-Bank: 't•- Office 111- 1'00or- the Deng/lion Brant Seaforth, Money to lottn;- • JOHN IL BEST Law Office 1'. J. BOLSBy' Associate in Charge Barrister% Solicitors, Notaries, Me. Beatorth, Ont. Telephone 75. ELMER D. BELL, B.A. Barrister & Solicitor Office of late F. Holmsted, K.C. (Next A. D. Sutherland) Monday, Thursday and Fridays. • Over Keating's Drug Store. :Wales VETERINARY JOHN GRIEVE, V.S, Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin- ary College. All diseases of domestic animals treated. Calls' gproixtptly at- tended to and charges moderate. Vet- erinary Dentistry a specialty. Office -and residence on Goderich Street, one door east of Dr. Jarrott's office, Sea - forth. • A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S. Graduate of Ontario Veterinary College, University. of Toronto. All diseases of domestic animals' treated by the most modern principles. Charges reasonable. Day or night calls promptly attended to. Office on. Marin Street, Hensel], opposite Town Nall. Phone 116. Breeder of Scot- thsh Terriers, Inverness Kennels, Hensel!. MEDICAL ' DR. GILBERT C. JARROTT Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario. Mem- ber of College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Ontario. Office, 43 Gode- rich Street, West. Phone 37. Successor to Dr. Charles Mackay. DR. W. C. SPROAT Physician - Surgeon. , Phone 90-W. Office John St., Seaforth. • • DR. F. J. BURROWS Office and residence, Goderich St., east of the United Church, Seaforth. Phone 46. Coroner for the County of Huron. DR. HUGH H. ROSS Graduate of- 'University of Toronto Faculty of Medicines member of Col- lege of Physicians° and Surgeons of Ontario; pass graduate course in Chicago Clinical School of Chicago ; Royal Opthalmie Hospital, London, England; Tdnidersity Hospital, Lon- don, England. Office—Back of Do- minion Bank, Seaforth. :Phone No. 5. Night calls answered from residence, Victoria Street, Seaforth. DR: E. A, McMASTER Graduate of the University of Toron- to, Faculty of Medicine - Members of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; graduate of idew York Post Graduate School and Lying-in Hospital, New York. of - See on, High Street, Seaforth. Phone 27. Office fully equipped for X-ray diagnosis and ultra short We've elec- tric treatment, Ultra "Violet Sun Lamp treatments, and Infra Red electric treatments.. Nurse be attendance. DR. F. J. R., FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat e Graduate in Medicine, University -of Toronto. Late assistant New York Opthal- mei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos- pitals, London, Eng. At Commercial Hotel, Seaforth, third Wednesday in each month,' from 1.30 p.m. t 04.30 p.m. 58 Waterloo Street, South, Strats ford. DR. DONALD G. STEER Graduate of Faculty of Meditine, University of WeStern Ontario. Mem- ber of College of Physicians and Surgecine of Ontario. Full equip- ment, 'including an ultra short wave yet. „ Office King Street, Hensel'. Phone ;Rasa 56. Papp DENTAL DR. J. A. McTAGGART Graduate Royal College of Dental ASurgeorae, Toronto. Office at Henault, Ont. Phone 106. AUCTIONEERS HAROLD DALE Licended Auctioneer Speeialist in farm egad household Sahel. triter; reastelable. For &dee mad inforMatfola•, efrfte or Phone Mr. Gid Dale, Phtele, 149, Seedertily or apply at The litiPdigitOplififee. .4.477,,,,„:4,7,v1V4,0.7,4,777.777g“.'Alli01;0414' sh " • - • (Centizraedi damn last we*) CHAPTER, XIX A cases eciesrentienel Eaglisla tea - tables' and . among club armchairs, talk was waxing satirical over the Story, in morning papers, of the Melincourt Monies. With such, a fortune the young Dielincoureefellow could well be charitable — eliarity, with the licit and atteestatal, was . the. corner stone i the 'building of good form; hut to •relinquish the lot on tbesPuritenical ground's, it was hint- ed, of improper war-preitts, and in the belief that the 'good things of lifer should be earnedand not inherited, was merely to turn yourself into a social nuisance. Vows of poverty, to be harniless, should proceed, from ,the peer. Happily one cranky deed did not make a social winter, any more than an single swallow a golden .sum - tater, but this young Melincourt was setting an example of false and quix- otic behasecnir which was the last thing England at that moment.— full Of wild . men who might expect . such conduct of eyerybddy, except of themselves when they were in a posi- tion to perPetdate it—was wanting. Let him joins the •Doukhoboors, or at least postpone his ostentatious chari- ties Until 'he was dead. Death 'can- , celled any number of absurdities and fanaticisens, but for a man who had had the good luck to be born rich vol. unto -rile to be walking English soil in the guise of a comparative pauper, 113 a holy. martyr to the prickings of eis • commercial conscience, ' w a s damned nonsense in the clubs and too ridiculous for Words over the tea - tables. In houses where the quixotic was always viewed with alarm, heads were shaken soreowfully .ever the damag- ing influende of Ruskin. rt was he, after all, who had waved the red flag first. He was the pioneer of all these pervereions. No doubt this young Melincourt had had just such an idealistic father as Ruskin, himself, Soho had left his seas that £ 200,400 Which. had so s,peedly been disbursed in all sorts of madness. Still, .Eng- land. could not be lostspe long as ev- ery year fatii r $ ers Sent th,e4r sons to Oxford with gust the paternal ideals that had heaved the heart of the wine inerehant: "Take all the prizes, John, every year, and a double first to finish with. Marry Lady, Clara Vere de Vere; write poetry. as good as' Byron's, only pious; preach sermone as, good as Bossueds only Protestant; • be made et forty Bishop of Winchester, and at fifty Primate of England." There was a father ear a man, to Itave—there ,wes a perfect perception of the English ideal, and the clean English ambition, Lady Clara ,Vere de Veres wet;e. not, perhaps, what they were, and . certainly the word Protestant had fallen a little from the haut ton of good' society—sermons as geed as Bossuet's only Anglo -Cath- olic, was the politer e,mendation. If earthly news reached either the heav- enly sunshine or the nether shades -- one's end was, always terribly risky —Father .Ruskin and Father Melia - court ,should be united in a very close, if bitter, bond of sympathy; Roy sat in the smoking room of his' father's big London house 'absolutely snowed under with appeals. He made an effort merely to .start to read them —if he ,had money to distribute would, he remember the harse-breeding in- dustry which, for want of funds, was rapidly going -to the devil; the so- ciety for the conversion: of the Jewe —very few Jews eadeed Were being converted; the British Zionists and New Jerus,alem‘ers; the Anti -this and Pro -that, impecunious institutions, in every country, and—Roy wondered' if there was a church anywhere whose heating apparatus was' adequate or a single organ which'was not in, need' of repair. Every now and then he was disturbed by a servant Who came to tell him that a representative of one of the penny papers was being more truculent than the rest in demanding an interview, or a mountain: of tele- grams was brought to him on a tray, or he was besought to answer an es- pecially urgent call on the telephone. Indeed, could not an order be sent round"for the telephone to be cut off altogether? It had' never stopped ringing since the, morning papers were on the breakfast tables. Life in that house was, altogether integer - Ale. So Roy thought, and slipped out of it by the back door. To-nahr- env, with two or three. dozen of the •appeals that had reallyIpreese'd him .he would go, down to amela. But the next morning's 'paper contained details of the will of Mr. Twig, the great connoisseur, with a list of his bequests teethe Hardingham Art Gal- lery and South Kensington and two or three French. Mus,ees, while the rest of his substance, was left, it was annoanced,' to a Miss Mallassy, a girl native of "the midland town 'of Car - wick in which Mr. Twig had settled when he gave up residence in Paris, •And then—the deadly Ciampetenee of the English newspaper -man — It was announced, too, that this Mise Mal- lassy, Mr. Twig's heir, was engaged to be married to Mr. Royal Melincourt the whole of whose fortune was about to be invested in the, philanthropy of the Melincourt Monies, So when uoy went down to Samela he found a roar of 'little ears and all the. Carwlok contrivances, at tuts parked In the High Street, while a number �f 'young men were arguing with +Mrs. 'Crahe, red and very ble,s,ph- ein,ous, on the outside steps, with the ,cloubbs4 doors locked behind her. One little car, ..the earliest bird of all, was already posting with repor- torial prey, back to London., for its aectipaht, in gieat Inck, had caught SaMeloddierself, titteotiociesis of every- thing, bb sy at her bureau with her Morning letter -bag. She had' looked UP, end Watt iiiintetliittelv aware lees M. ATTgNaPROVOH. • of a mail than- of a human slot who, In retura-for his penny, emitted sena Station, "Geothmorning," said the slot, "you are Mies Mallassy?" His eyes were all over her. • . "Am I?" Looking at him gain Seines felt that she was just what ever this human slot *said she 'was. Out of such passive receptivity much news has- -been mad, "oh t yes, you ar certainly Miss Mallassy; and you are engaged to Mr. R. Melincourt." • "Am I?" said Samela again. "Oh yes, certainly you are." Click went a camera. gamete jumped up. "Oh dear; 'this is just what Sir Matthew Thomas said would happen," "Sir Matthew Thomas?" echoed the sibt. , "No," cried. Samela ' shaking her bead till her 'brain was full of blood, "No! no! me" "You certainly said Sir Matthew Thomas. I heard you." The slot looked round him; working his eyes like legs on a 'push bicycle, letting nothing escape, while Samela, seeing how he was occupied,. picked up a cow -bell and rang it violently. She expected Mr. Diffon, but Mrs. Crane appeared., • ."Oh, Mr. 'Crane," Samela ran to her and whispered. "I don't wish to see this gentleman any longer. Why did you let him in?" "What's wrong with hien?" asked Mrs. Crane in no whisper at all. "Oh, nothing's wrong 'with him, ex- cept that be represents a newspaper, and I only like a ttewspapee, that dOesna"have any news. He's making me into news, Mrs. Crane." -• "Making you into noos, Miss Sam- ela?" With Mrs. Crane noos was concerned primarily with police courts. Miss Samela, of all people, must be kept out of it. She raised her -fist. "I'll make you into something If you don't make yourself scarce." The slot replied to Mrs. Crane with lea- nt-. "Shut your ears, Miss Samela." cried Mrs. Crane, but though.. Samela shut as hard as she could, no shut- t.lng could shut out Mrs. Crane's C041 - went of "you blasted imeudence." The human slot, well stored with proyender, was racing back to Lon- don in his little ear, and going straight; to Sir Matthew Thomas man- aged. to get hold ,of elm by a superb effrontery. "1' think," said Sir Matthew, "you are confusing me. There is a Sir Matthew Thomas et la Lancaster Gate." The newspaper man bounded on to Lancaster Gate. That Sir Matthew was out of town. Was his address known? Yes, he was recuperating, after illness, at St. Leonards -on -Sea. The little car bounced, on to St. Leo cards, "You must just lock the door and stand in front of it, Mrs. Crane," said Saraela. "But please be gentle with them, and don't say anything dread- ful." • "You've got to do a job in yourown way, Miss Samela" • Mrs. .Crane re- plied. "When I scrub I've got to 'old the brush 'ow I like it not as you do --so there." She took up her position on the doorstep, while Tuscan ranged himself behind her. "What a superb cat!" said one of the newspaper men. "Is that Miss Mallassy's? Is Miss Mallassy fond of eat's?" _ "What's that to do with you?" said Mrs. Crane.' "That cat boites." The next morning it was coinmuni- cated, in all the picture •papers that Miss Mallassy, who was going to' marry Mr. R. Melincourt, who was relinquishing tffe Melincourt fortune, was the possessor of a very fine, but unfortunately, a very fierce cat. "Do you want to speak to me, Ad- rienne?"' said Isabel as she saw one of her own _sixth -form girls hovering round her office. Adrienne held out the portrait of a girl whose veld and unusual beauty had emerged even from the subtractions of a, half -tone black. "Is this your sister, Miss Mal- lassy?" Isabel took the picture -paper, "Yes," she said, "that is my' sister, Samela." No hint of vexation ruffled the cold culture of her speech. "We all think she looks •too sweet fcir words," said Adrienne. "Won't you have her down to visit us. 041. Mips Mallassy, please do!" '• "-To• visit lis?" Isabel repeated queryingly. • "We had Sir John Mi11 the other day." "Sir John came on a tour of inspec- tion—and was very pleased with you all," Isabel added with a smile of con. gratulations more for herself than for ienne;,"but I could hardly ask my young sister to inspect you." "Oh, but we want to inspect her. The story in this paper of her engage. ment, and succeeding to some told cur- iosity shop, is so thrilling that we just dOn't know what to do about it." "Why, Adrienne, 'you are a sixth - form girl and you are talking quite childishly. Lett me beg you to ex- prees yourself in, better English." "Won't you ask her to cense, Miss Mallassy? Oh please, Neese' let us see your beautiful young sheet tvho la engaged. We didn't know you had a sister. You must be fearfully proud of her:" s • "Go up to your, class -room, Adrienne. In a moment the bell will ring." Isabel went into her office and, sat d,owtl, at her bureau in great bitter- ness of heart Even here, in her own klegeleta ttif her untlisputedl academie glory, Samela, with no academicism at afl, had enerdaehedis and Waded The great bell sounded and SU put oh- Ifer, jown to go to read prayers to . • ;0 '' ;;,_askiw,;;;; g.04;,;;;:;;dd ..13.4,1:;!9•Aad41,41i.,40E,t461i.o; ;,7; 7°,7A, lit.77;771'4441A74;7 't.tiAiiidiVAr774f;4" A ;t1,3;07t70,04;k 7,14.44;AL.77_7_71, 4 : A ..„;0.4;t104.a. !••^411.. 'I," fi; 4.14;;.. $Ai 101610' %AA" '1 ilia ,.° r ree Mel& "44451.04441:1*,° .N?Vl''.4.4411`Vg'n1P444144litt'lAi'"040411'140' • tde serried rank s of fdris, ftenhed, let the Cheat Hall, by the_liongliabel's ne of Is aoIlegues, Her pave was get- ting rather shabby. Something must be done to It. It was net very old, but Isabel wore her 'Nodfli a dere- great deal. She loved herself in it, and She had always believe& ft im- pressed the girls, since ler colleagues, in the precious interest of their Head's segregation, wore their gowne on hi h gdays only. Yet Adrienne had just made it as clear as ,sunlight that a gown, even when an M.A. hood was worn. over it, had, in the estimation of High Sch,00l girls, no value at all when laid in the scale against the heavy, palpitating prestige of aft en- gagem'ent. Nothing in the whole world should induce Isabel to have Sammie' to Readford. That would indeed, be the last -straw in the burden of this silly sentimental tale. Kneeling down for her daily pro- clamation of three collects after the "portion" of scripture, a little break crept even into Isabers finely Con- trolled voice as she intoned, in her high academie chilliness, "Grant. Lord,. we beseech thee, that . these girls here assembled may have grace to withstand the, temptations of the world, the fleah and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds may fol. law thee the only God, through Jesus Christ our •Lord;" The girls,' Arneti was sung very faintly' iedeed. Isabel Mast tell Miss Metcalfe, the music mistress, that she must really insist on more adequate response. The next morning there were two letters in, Sanaela's, post -bag which turned the violet of her eyes to a lovelier hue, and sent the carmine of happiness mounting to her cheeks. One was • a note of 'congratulation that, though it was a very fine note, still managed to have "too sweet" in it four antes, from the sixth -form girls of Readford High School, The other —still 'smaller in its content—was en- closed in an envelope of great maj- esty welch made Samela feel that she should bow to tt. "Dear Child," the Bishop wrote to her, "I 'should like to pronounce your marriage blesse Samela would have 'liked to take Roy into a corner and whisper and less over the Bishop's letter then and there. but she disciplined herself as became a femme d'affaires, slipped it into her dress, and, instead, sumraon- ed him with Mr. Diffon, Mr. Twig's right hand who was going to make her tri -dexterous too, to a consulta- tion over an Adam mirror. "It's about as much-Adarn. as it -was Eve's," said Mr. Diffon with a big wrinkle in his little nosee, "Mr. Twig Would do no more have touched that mirror than he'd, hare started to scratch the ,black off Satan." "Then l'affaire est finie," said Sam- ela to Roy, and after giving instrue- dons for the powderingetand to be sent to Sir Matthew. Thomasthey plunged into a long discus,sion over an Italian catalogue. It was evening before they were really alone in tee Remembrance drawing room. "Roy, what do you think — the Bishop wants to marry us," at last she was able to whfdper. Roy was rather stunned. "I'd never even thought of being mar- ried like that," said Samela—"of hav- ing what MreTwig and I used to call a Bagg wedding." "A bag wedding!" Roy repeated. "Yes, two g's and a capital to the Dagg. Wait a minuted She ran into the little library where Mrs. Remembrance was writing. (Continued next week) [Russia, the Home (Continued from Page 6) to go through all the delays. One department which interested us was the shoe section. Here was a• busy place! Generally speaking, the shoes of the people were poor and many children, as well as adults, went barefoot. What they did in winter I could not say. The problem of shoes is a serious one and the fact that many people are without them is quite easily understood. The present pro- dUction of shoes in the Union, is about 70 million pairs a year to be distributed among 170 millions of People, which accounts for the short- age. The situation is improving rap- idly, however, as more shoes are be- ing made every year. Following our call at this store we sauntered around the sdaets and fin- ally found an open-air cafe which eur American friend 'had mentioned to us. It was only recently that a few of these cafes had been opened. It was extremely hot and the sunshades' ov- er the tables were most welcome. We picked out a table and sat down to rest and watch • the passersby. A waitress attended us and after some trouble, much to the amusement of the local people atertearby tables, we were able to make her understand what we wanted. To me this Rus- sian language was ,hopeless, even the alphabet being different from Eng- lish. We must have stayed there nearly an hour until nearly 5 o'clock, when some of our cruise friends pass- ed. our way t -o visit Lenin's' tomb in the Red Square. We decided to fol- low along. The Tomb was open to the public from 5 to 7 every evening. Lenin was born in 1870 and died in Janu- ary, 1924. He Was the founder and guiding spirit of the Soviet Retaule lie leader of Bolshevik putty, and brganfzer of the October Revolu- tion in 1917. Extaustion brought on by excessive hard work over a per- iod of years ruined his IMalth. The Russian people, despite the hard- hit* which fell •to their lot after hie Remo da,rk where rns;ill aceaaot, are wekarne" 'had ssfeedded ill s?vate an your Ho mei Look over your house as a guesi would look at it, note what is needed and do it now! You can have the money for: *Needed additions *Painting, papering, decorating *Repairing walls and ceilings *Carpentry work *Insulating, to make the house warmer in Winter, cooler in summer *Installing better bathroom and other fixtu4s • *Installing correct and more convenient electrical fixtures *Repairing roof, and rain pipes *General repairs. The Bank of Montzeal is co-operating with the Government by making loans, repayable on 'easy terms, for repairs and renovation of homes under the Dominion Home Improve- ment Plan. We would welcome a call from any home owner desiring funds for such work. BANK OF: MONTREAL Established 1817 Clinton Branch: H. M. MONTEITH, Manager Hensall Branch: W. B. A. CROSS, Manager e Brucefield (Sub -Agency): Open Tuesday and Friday MODERN, EXPERIENCED BANKING SERVICE THE OUTCOME OF 119 YEARS' SUCCESSFUL OPERATION - , • . •,••• "•• .74 •., and gave hi life 1. the conscientious service of his coUrtry. tie holds the love anthrespect of the entire nation. Two sentries stood guard, one on either side of the doorway. We filed in twa abreast and passed down the marble stairs. At the bottom of. the stairway was the large glass case, like something in a museum, that held the embalmed body of, Lenin.. There were four sentries, ane at eaoh corner of the case. We filed round the case and out and up through the opposite side of the tomb. The face of the dead man gave one theim- pression that he was only sleeping.' There was no sign of decompositioa, even after twelve years. Manyy of. us pondered on the thought that it was a wax figure, but our guide was definite in her contention that it was the real Lenin. It was quite cool in- side as compared with the outdoor atmosphere which. was very hot and sultry. We returned to the hotel for dinner aat, 7 o'clock and during the meal an announcem.ent was made that we were to be the guests of the hotel at the nearby picture show. This was to be our last meal in the country and 1 was rather pleased, as I can't say I enjoyed the rich food. One of our dishes was called "hazel hen a' la mode"—a most peculiar name for what I would have called stuffed guinea fowl. Well, anyway it was too much for me and so was the caviar which was served out in large helpings. At 8.30 we went to the picture show. The theatre was bpstaird and was not very large, seating not more than 300 people. The first picture was a short reel, covering the funeral of Maxim Gorki11 Who- had died about three weeks prior to. our visit 'to the coun- try. He Was a famous writer and journalist, a world celebrity. He sup- ported the Bolshevik movement and after the Revolution became the of- ficial government spokesman for cul- ture. He was loved and respected by the people and had a very elaborate funeral which was attended by Stalin „arid other government officials. The feature picture was called. "The Circus." It was of a very ordinary calibre of Russian production and dialogue in Russian. The acting•was none too good and we did not stay to see the finish as we were nearly' suffocated With the heat. It was a relief to be out in the open air again, although we did feel that we were scarcely being polite by leaving a show put on especially for our bene- fit as guests. We returned to the hotel and sat around till 11. I had hoped to see my American acquaint- ance againd but he did not turn up., I left a note for him to call on rne in London on his way home, but I haven't heard from him yet. At 11 we were taken to the station CONSTIPATION By arousing the torpid, sluggish liver to healthful action, you elimm ate the cause of constipation and chronic indigestion. You can depend on this time -proven treatment, CHASE'S Kidftelr Liter *sills to catch the train back to Leningrad. •It left at midnight and the return journey was uneventful. I was sure most of,us were happy to be return- ing to the ship, although we had • found Moscow very interesting. We arrived at our destination at ten o'clock on Wednesday, July 7th. We were met at the station and trans- ferred he car to the... Hotel Astoria for breakfast. At 11.30 we left to do some more sightseeing in Leningrad. It seemed to look more prosperous than on the day of our arrival. ' We drove out of the city a distance of about 25 miles t Detskoye Selo where the Royal Palaces were situ- ated. The country through which we passed was flat and uninteresting. There weren't many housed and those we did see were of frame construc- tion and in need of paint. We first visited the Alexander Palace which had been ,the residence of Nicholas II (the last Czar) and ' was built on the lines or a large country house: It was the normal summer residence of the Czars and had been kept as it was when Nicholas' was taken 'to Ekaterinburg in 1917 where he was assassinated in July, 1918. As we wandered from room to room we could see that, everything appeared as though the occupants had left !catty a day or se before. The Czarina's gowns of silk and, satin still hung in the wardrobe. The Czar's desk look- ed as though he had just left it, It was covered with family photographs for which he had a passion. In the billiard room were spread out on the tables maps on .which -the Czar and his generals worked, out their campaign in the Great War, The maps were still there untouched.' There was also a room in which the Czar had a small swimming pool made of highly colored tile. °There was a play room for the young Czarevitch and in it was the Miniature automo: bile he used as a play toy in which he could pedal about the palace cor- ridors. After seeing over this .palace we had a five-minute motor drive to the Catherine Palace. This was the resi- dehce of Catherine II where.she lived in glittering, splendour. It was a huge ,place with literally hundreds of rooms. There were 40 drawing rooms walled with amber, silver and Price- less stotes. During the reign of Nicholas II this palace was only used for visiting monarchs. Both palaces are now public museums and there were gratips, school children passing through with their teachers, while, we were there. I asked our guide why it was that all these things reminiscent of the Czarist regime were allowed to remain and her reply was that it was the desire of the Government that they be kept intact in order that the young- generation would know what has gone before. We drove back to Leningrad, ar- riving at 2.30 and, went to Hotel Eur- ope for lunch. This hetet was the headquarters in this city for the In - tourist Bureau. We left at 4 and drove back' to the quay and the ship. Many of our party spent some time in the shops buying souvenirs.' I looked Around also but everything was so expensive that I bought only same post cards. We were supposed to turn in all our films at the office of the Intourist there for developing and then. censored. They would be mailed On to Ile. 1 had about .alk rolls in ail but decided to leave only line and trust to luck to get the rest on' board without trouble, I Was suc- cessful and •wasn't even asked if • had ani oo hie, The roil t 'did leave coat 'me $L25 for develoiok *Web was their charge. 'The negatives - reached me 'here about a month lat- er. We went on board about 5 and sailed at 7 for Helsingfors. I a. way I was happy to be on the ship again for while 1 saw a lot while . ashore, still -it • was not particularly enjoyable. • Since arriving home 1 have had many inquiries from friends about the Union and how I enjoyed ray vis- it there. 'My .answer is given in four words: "Itaterestirag, but net enjoy- able." 1 would really hay.e liked more time there •in whioh to get more in- formation about the life of the people and the- Social organization. . 1 have ' been asked whether the countryis actually progressing. That is a very d'ffieult question to answer for one cannot judge the dountry by: our stan- dards. I would say that the country ,has progressed in the past 10 years. It is a big task to modernize a nation cf their size, but I do feel they are getting somewhere. The populatiori is increasing at the rate of three mil- lions a year, which doesn't make their problems any easier. Travel in the Union is becoming very popular and I venture to say, that there is an increasing number of visitors going. there 'every year. The social orgenizations• of the coun- try is a big experiment and viewed with interest by everyone. The peo- ple there are -proud of their doings and are very pleased to have visitors. It is quite true that when one goes .. there he is only- shown special. things,. - but then one must. remember when we have visitors e only show them objectsof speci interest of .which we are preltd. I is only human nee ture to do so. On the other heed, it one wishes to look around on his own in the .Union he can do so and see Whatever he pleases. I know a Cana- dian friend of mine sailed:from New - York some months ago to tbe Black Sea and landed at one of the sea ports. He then travelled '-'north through the country to MoscoW and 'eventually( left from Leningrad, 11 ant certain he was an 'his own and saw - everything without any interference. I hope I have given you a fair idea of conditions in the Union. It is a big subject and there are books and books to read on it. My visit to the ceiuntry was a very short one, but I figure I made the best possible Use of my time. It would be very inter- esting to visit it again' in, say five years, to see how the country is pro- gressing, but maybe by that time 1 will be back in Canada and won't have the sa,me opportunity for travel as I am lucky to have here. • 77 e' • ,k1 • Quiet Weise etelentitiabi 0.0Netelneta 10141)1i4 ifr ROOM Ittitit.-U5 twitter root *otAwst10,,1 YAK* .ii at M1;0-1 titbit '6030.* tit *eft tett, all feel that he Was their Mali tatiasktiaillistri 14,'P77:"•?,f,