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The Huron Expositor, 1937-08-20, Page 1t• eie A Latatslatitu,Nutnattetatatalet.........tttattte.t.41..,.•.L..tomaltwolt.atognatttut.urtattoLtra.matxttattuu,.......tuttaidocat.• ottt, , t ...,,,,,;;,,,ily,;•1.,te;:ene4'' ' . • li3144.411101.7..1.0411.:).111.41F1,434111.....1102.1011.7.41,41.30140.104114.111...11111.1.08.11.11.11.10.11.6.4.14....941..41.` .......tortmarit.,,tot/ts.w • soltaavtarlosototnnt,tattitutttatiti.watttiattwstAttettoutat tax. ; 0 • ; 4_ nee . neninnoa, ).f t • 4Inievente-Seireettlennealt ' Who& Number 163.6 COUNCI IW T CONTRACT , . nEntiTlFele. SEAFORTH intliEENS' Work on West Side of Main Street Will Commence Shortly. P. U. C. BUILD LINES The contract for the building - of mew sidewalks on Seaforth Main Street was awarded at a special meeting of council on Monday even- ing to H. Edge, Sintforth. His tender was $2,585.00-. Four firms tendered on the work at prices ranging to $3,900.00. The suc- cessful tender was the lowest. The contract calls, for the laying of esPeroximatelY 1,411 square yards of cement Pavement at an average width of ,ten feet. PJIe pavement will be reinforced with en -inch rods and 'will be 'surfaced_ by_broiniang_ - -- Work will be started within a week er so, it is expected, andie depend- ent upon -work which will be clone by 'the Bell Telephone Co. at the same linte. Meanwhile engineers have located • the new ornamental street lights and the Public Utility Commission is go- ing ahead at once with the construe- -tion of the bases. P.U.C. workmen have nearly oom- ple•ted the erection of new pole lines vequir' ed when the present lineir' are xennoved from Main -Street. Will Spend Year In Study Abroad Dr. Carl Aberhart, eon of Mr. 'tend Mrs. Charles Abenhart, of town, left last week for Moetreal from where he sailed for the Old Country, where lie well spend a year in special ob- servation in the hospitals of Great Britain and on the .Centinent. Dr. Aberbart is a gold medalist of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and is the second Seaforth boy 'to gradUate with that distinction, the -former being the late Dr. Charles Mackay. • St. Columban Folks Honour Bride-to-be A miseenaneoue shower was held at the home, of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Johnstone in' honor of Miss Mary Bart, bride-to-be of this month. She eeceivii many useful and pretty gifts. A similar shower was held on Tues- day evening in honor of Miss Mary Imre, at the home of her mother, Mrs. John' Lane, MeKillop, at which she arceived many useful and loirely gifts. Miss Mary Coyne, of St. Peter's • .Serninary, London., spent the weeic- - teed' at her home. Miss Marion McIver returned to -resume her duties in St. jesephts Hos- pital, London. Threshing is the order of the day. n The gene friends, of Miss Mary Lane gave her a shower Tuesday night. A large shower was heed for Mies Mary Hart last Friday night. She rieeived many useful presents. A lawn social is, being held in. St. Columbian on Wednesday, August 25, with open air dancing. Many vain - .able prizes will be drawn for during the evening, with other amusements. Recent Visitors: Mr. and Mrs. Jas. 3Nuepliy, of New York, with the for- ener's mother, Mrs. Frank Murphy, and with Mr. and Mrs. Jcilm Devereaux ; Robert McGrath and son„ Bobbie, of Detroit, and Mrs. Hubert Millar and children, of Kitchener, with their, mother, Mrs. F. V. McGrath; Jim Shen, Toronto, with his parenet, Mr. and Mrs. John Shea. Mrs, John Dalton and Mrs. John Downey are spending a holiday with ;their respective sons in Milwaukee • and Chicago. Miss Emily Downey and little niece, Ann Christopher, left last week to vis- it Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Christopher, of Sudbury. Mr. and Mrs. Mork Miles visited with their daughter, Sister Annacleta, :at Stratford Loretto Convent last Sun- day afternoon. Winthrop Shop Changes Hands 'fr John Bullard has rentedhis lilleitsMith then to Mr. Cockson, -of Wentrestoeks. :who takes possession next - Veen. Mr. Hulloed lime not been very end feels unable to do the heavy , Week. Mr. and Mtn Pero*. Inulla.rd and Mr. Untie Bers. Dien of Seafontle spent a fen days on a tettritig ,trip througle enteletreal and Quebft. Mr; end Inks. Serseph Dolatiegte and !Misses Ciate, anti Viola Damage spent, enie Week -end at Niagara 'Palle.- Ur- Mood y Holland pent the Week lank IncL uoydirto, of Pus.rit4- 4end at Mend- Head. . The splendid greens of the Seafo rth Lawn Bowling Club, scene on Wednesday of the Club's annual finetiture tournament, in which 160 bowl- ers took part. 40 Rinks Take Part In Annual Furniture Tourney At Seaforth Bowling Club • • • • • Receives Medal Mayor A. D. Sutherland was honored in the distribution of the medals to mark the Coronation of Their Majesties King George and Queen Elizabeth. The medal, which is sneer, has a profile of King George and Queen Elizabeth, on one side and a crown on the other with the words: Coronation of King George and Queen Eliza- beth, on the other. The ribbon is red, white- and blue. • • • • Bi*LEGIONZARDEN PARTY -NEXT TR Splendid Program is Ar- ranged For Popu- lar Event., Always a popular event in town and country alike, the fifth anneal Legion - Baud Garden Party, which is being held in Victoria Park on Thursday evening of next week, is assured of a large attendance, given favorable weather. The Seaforth Highlanders Band and the .10 -cal branch of the Canadian Legion make but one appeal each year. The program will include selections by the Clinton Concert, Band and as a special attraction, the small Tuck Sisters of Palmerston, popular win- ners at a score of amateur shows throughout this district, will appear in dancing and singing numbers. In addition, booths of every descrip- wtien will be in operation, and for those who wish to dance a well known orchestra will pldy throughout the evening in, the Oddieliowsi Hall, ad- jeining the Park. Lirabs Blown Down As Storm Breaks A .eunden wind and rain storm early Thursday afternoon resulted in loss or several large limbs froia trees on Seaferth streets. Telegraph wires were endangered on Main Street whoa a large tree ad- joining the Dick House split in ewe, one portion failing over the wires. • Walton Couple Receive Gift On Wednesday evening a large gathering of friends, numbeling two hundred, of.. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bennett mei at the hall at Winthrop and presented them, with a beautiful chesterfield. Mr. Gilbert Mee Callum read, the address, and Mr. Jack Buchanan -made the presentation. The affair was sponsored by the football boys of Walton and BrueseIs. A pro- gram, consisting of the following, was rendered: ,litildred Sellers on the gui- tar; solo by Ed. Rowland and Mr. Geo. Evans. Following tins dancing was enjOyed. Visitora in town: Fred Rutledge, Toronto, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Retledge; Mrs. Kenneth Rutledge and daughter, Evelyne, To- ronto, with ber mother, Mrs, Charles Drager; Miss Maureen 'Martin, of Blyth, with ter grandmother, Mrs. Thomas Marsihael. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lewington and family have moved to Intlerkip, Ont. Miss Kathlyne Parquherson spent a fele days With her aunt, Miss Ivy Henderstne, Seaforth.Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bennett, Ronnie and Menne Mrs. Wee Kelly and Man, JIMmy, and Miss Pearl Petersen Of 14eaterth, motored. tit e0120 •en, itati MO; W.t.Pothetelettlt•Weielt. Stittday. Lit 4i1 e • • Record Entry Competes Here on Wednesday; Mc- Millan Trophy Goes To Clinton Rink. LADIES' CLUB SERVES SUPPER A record entry of 40 rinks took part in the annual furniture tourna- ment' of the Seaforth Bowling Club here Wednesday. Play did not finish until •three o'clock Thursday morning. Bowlers from Owen Sound to De- tente and from Gorier/ok to St. Cabh- armies enjoyed the play. • Arranged by Tournam,ent Secretary E. Willis, who has been buy for weeks preparing for the event, the tournament was one of the most popu- lar events staged by the club. Sup- per was served in the club house by the Ladies' Club. r ' The McMillan, Trophy and ,oceasion- at cl'eirs went to A. McCartney, E. A. Pines, Fe B. Pennebaner . and J. L. -Pieatet -Clinton, 4 -in' phis -34. John Feattie's rink of Seaforth, composed of H. E. Smith, M. McKellar and H. Mellen, 4 wins plus 2, came second. Other prize winners were Rev. Pol- lock's rink of Wiiigha.m, composed of 3. H. McKay, Wally Miller and E. B. Corbett, 4 wins plus 25; W. Mohr's rink, of Mitchell, composed of A. Welk, Dinty Moore, C. Woodley; 11. Seldom, of Exeter, W. . Taman, W. Middleton and D. Creech; J. E. Willis' rink, of Seaforth, won sixthprize, R. E. Bright, Dr. Burrows and H. Jef- req. A .mestery prize went to Orlando Moxley's rink of Dorchester. The games were as follows: Dr. P. J. Benhely-, 2 wins plus 12; J. Beattie, Seaforth, 4 wins plus 24; R. E.- Bright Seaforth, 3 wins plus 24; E. H. Close, Seaforth, 3 wins plus 20; H. Carey, Exeter, 3 losses; T. Campbell, Listowel, 2 wins plus 10; Jas. Cutt, Goderich, 4 losses; Carl Draper, Clin- ton, 3 wins plus 18; W. H. Downey, Southampton, 1 win plus 5; Fred Debug, New Hamburg, 1 win pus 2; -P. McCallum, "London Thistles," 3 - wins plus 18; Wally Forbes, Forest, 2 wins plus 8; Dr. Graham, Goderich, 1 win plus 10; A. Hofforth, Hanover, 3 wins plus 20; Wally Hunsberry, Jordan, 3 wins plus 19; T. G. Hemp- hill, Wroxeter, 1 win plus 10; Len Heard, Clinton-, 4 wins plus., 34; Fred Hunt, Goderich, 1 win plus 10; Chas. Iredale, Preston 1 win plus 2; John Johnstone, Goderioh, 3 wins plus 22; E. C. Krantz, Ayr, 2 wins plus 12; J. A. Logie, Paisley, 1 win plus 10; L. Moxley, Dorchester, 1 wet plus 10; A. E. Millson, Stratford, 2 wins plus 16; -W. j. Mohr, Mitchelle2 wins plus 20; W. Moise, Exeter, 1 win plus 15; - Ed. Nash, Wingham, 1 win plus 6; Rev. Pinlock, Wingham, 4 wine plus 25; G. B. Kilbourne, London, 3 wins Was. 16; IL Porterfield, ,Mitchell, 1 a -in plus 7; Don Rem, Win,gharni 1 win plus 6; C. P. Sills, Seafortle 2 wine plus 19; R. G. Selden, Exeter, 3 wins plue, 25; R. J. Sproat, Seaforth, 1 win plus 15; W. Steep, Clinton, 1 win plus 4; Geo. Thompson, Owen Sound, 2 wins plus 9; T. Taylor, God- etich, 1 win 'plus 1; R. G. Winter, St. Catharines, 3 wine plus 19; J. S. Weir, Detroit, 1 wie phis 2. • News of Varna Several from this district attended the ,anniversary of the United Church in Hayfield. Mrs. John Rathwell is spending a few days with her coueire Mr. James Reid, and sisters, Bayfield. Mrs. Woods, of St. Helens, wes re- newing acquaintances in this com- munity last week. Rev. and llere Paull, of Windsor. returned home after calling on their many friends here. who were pleased to meet them agaill. Mr. Goings Beatty, Sr., Mrs. M. Beatty anti Miss E. Moseop, spent Tues Vieth Mr, Janareil Reid and sidettio, lane and lett. • • • • . . . %q4.4, • , • : • • ., ' 'Penn it tine '-eneitiee eit •..,. •,-,.:-.-,••••• ' •-•••4'."' • Wiqk )(AM 88 Per Cent. For4V Pupil Are Successitl in e Sidewalk Work Will ;Be Paid Out of *vinAe and Accounts For Raise in OUT ON TIMSDAY Rate. The following are thielJPPer School remitsof tbe Seaforthi Collegiate lei stitute. Certificates tienen• been mailed to all candidates. Application forms ter appeals may be obtained from the Principal. Eighty4ight per cent, 'in the pupils in Form V were suceeinful in all papers written, according to G. A. Ballantyne, Principal of 'the S. C. who on Thursday anninieced the re- sults of the Upper Seneel examina- tions. H. Arcriustrong---Ele. c, ILF1. c, A'g e, Trig. I, Bot. I, Zool. eir, P.A. c, F. c. c. . M. Beattee—E.C. c, Bot. IL Zool. c, Chdm. , M. Broadfoot—E.C. Alg. II, Geom. I, Trig. II, Chem., III, L.A. II, LC. III. Th Cluff—E.L. e, F.A. 11, P.C. 111. C. Dale,—M.H. c, Alg. c, Trig. c, L. A. III, L.C. c, F.A. 111, *. er. J. Devereaux—Trig. ceF.A. 311; P. C. c. E.' Dexter—E.L. c, A1 c, Trig. HI, Zool. c, F.A. III, P.C. ler/ • D. Drover—Geom. c, Trig. c, Bot. e, Zool. c. P.A. III, P.C. Heie E. Drover—M.H. 11,Ain II, Geom. I, Trig. I, Phys. I, Chem. L F.A. F.C. 3. Drover—.E.L. c. • 'R. Duncan—E.C. ITt, E.L. II. • I'Eckert—M.H. II, Alg. c. Geom. III, Trig. I, Phys. II, Chem. II, F.A. c, P.C. e. - A: Finnigan—M.11. 11, Geom. II. Trig. II, Bot. 31, Zool. le, P.A. II, P. C. II. • F. Palm:tee—FA. c, S. Geddee—Alg. c.Go HT; Phys. e, Chem. 13, P . IT, Trig. .311, P.C. L M. Holmes—EC. I, M.H. c, Alg. 131, Geom. III, LA i I, L.C. 11, P,.A. I, P.C. I. A. Hudson—EC. c, M,. e, Alg. c, Trig. II, Bot. 31, Zool. c, P.C. c. M. lohnstone—L.C. P.A. 31, F. C. I. -M. Keating—E.C. Ir.;Wee. D. Lawson—E.C. c, ELL.' if, M.H. c, ,Geone 111, Trig. II, L.A. IR L.C. F.A. ITT. P.C. II. J. McDonald—E.C. ITT; E.L. 31. M. MoIver—L.C. c, P.A. c, P.C. TI. e 3. Mill—E.C. E.L. 3, Trig. II. R. Pryce—E.L. c, M.H. c, Geom. II, Trig i c, Bot. c, Zoo!. II. R. Rennie—E.L. 11, F.A. e. A. Scott---E.C. IT. P. S•ills—EC. cGeom. I. Trig. I, Zool. III, Phys. II. F.A. IT, P.C. Ile E. Smith—E.C. c, E.L. 131. R. Smith—E.L.11. D. Stewart—M.H. 11, Geom. c, P.A. c. P. Stewart—E.G. 31. ' V. Sttoreye--F.A. c, III. 3. Watsone-E.L. TI, M.11, II. Alg. fl M. Zool. c:„ L. Wright—E.C. c, Met c. Geom. c, Bot. 11, Zoo!. II, Chem. P.A. c. •C. Carmichael—E.C. c. A. Love—M.EL c. • 0, c, Bring Home Fine Catch Returning from an 800' miles, motor trip through Northern Ontdile, Mr. W. A. Crich and Mr. C. Glew on Saturday stopped at Tobermory and in four hours caught nine lake trout, averaging about 10 pounds each. The largest fish measured. 361/2 inches in length andi weighed 15 pounds, • County Highways Payroll Double July payroll of Huron County road commission was $25,700. or $15,000 more than for the same month a year ago. An increased appropriation for the construction of permanent roads in the county is responsible. The August payroll is expected to be aboht the same and the increased cir- culation of money from this source is playing its part in the improved economic conditions prevale,nt • Rain Delays _ Manley Harvest The late rain has again bold up bar - vesting and threshing operations and much damage has been deine,to grain growing in the stooks and, by- the breaking down of grain uncut, which results in loss of grain left on the ground. Mr. F. Eckert spent Snnday at the home of Mr. I. Dottglierty, who is hi a prer,arioias condition. Sister Eclithe, from Sudbury, is spending her vacation with her bra- n:ter, Mr. Serry O'Hara, Mr. Vincent Eckert, ef th e Bliziliall College, Toronto, in s8nd1ng nelideenteith 1118 parents, Mr. and Min. tenet Mart. REIJEF ESTIMATES DOWN ih MILL Seaforth ratepayers will pay taree this year based on a net rate of 43 mills for public school supponters and, 42.5 mills for separate school Sup- porters. The gross rate will be 1,mill higher- in each case, the deetection, being made possible by the perevintial 1 mill subsidy. The rate was set at a special meeting of council on Mon- day evening. The net rate is an advance of 1 mill over 1936, which is accounted for by Main Street sidewalks which are being laid this year and which are being paid out of revenue rather than by issuing debentures. In this way the council is able to save the rate- payers a large sum in interest and other costs. • An encouraging feature Of the esti- mates is the reduction of le radii seen in expected relief expenditure. Dun ing the past year the monthly outlay for direct relief has been greatly re- duced. Indigent hospitalization costs, however, show a tendency to in- crease. Estimates as presented provide for a total expenditure of $55,314.26. Band Concert Programme -0 Canada"; March, "Royal Es core" by W. H. Kiefer; Sacred March, "Shall We Gather at tile- River," by Henry Fillmore; Grand Medley, enu.perba," by C. W. Dalbey; Over- ture, "Spirit' of the Age," by Al. Hayes; March, "First Battalion," by A. J. Crosby; Sacred Overture, "Hal- lelujah," by W. Lewis; Overture, "Daughter of the Elan," -by W. L. Skaggs; Overture, "American Pedera- ilea" by W. L. Skaggs; March, "In- vincible Pidettye by A. Fradeneck ; Overture, "Extempore" by AL Hayes; Overture, "La Cescade" by Will Huff; Hymn, "Tell Me the Old, Old Story"; "God Save the King."—E. H. Close, Bandmaster. • 0144 10-. II :0 •• WHERE YOUR TAX*: 01: T 1 • * • LIR.1S WILL GIVE-. ,CARASMAJORPRIZE Midsummer Meeting is Held At Golf and Country Club. Mernbers of the Seaforth Lions Club held their midsummer einner and meeting at the Seaforth Golf and The club is again offering `a cox as major prize in the Hallowe'en draw, • Special features and increased accom- modation are being planned which Conntry Club Me Monday evening. Lion President Stewart nieind- ed and announced plans for the club's annual Hallowe'en Frolic. Lion C. M. Smith was named •general chairman with Lions G. D. Ferguson and M. A. Reid as assistants. Zurich Firm will make the 1937 frolic a record one in many ways. Builds Warehouse The meeting was devoted entirely to business and included reports of the recent summer carnival and of I the Lions Park and Swimming Pool. • .Bank Collapses Messrs. J. Haberer & Sons, well known, local honey producers, are having"a large storage house erected in their bee yard at the south end of the village. Owing to the increas- ed busnaeas of this firm itivve,s found that additional space was needed and the new building when completed will be utilized. A number of the Liberals from the village attended the meeting of the executive committee held at Hensall on Tuesday evening to make arrange- ments for the corning nomination and election for a member to represent the riding at the Ontario Legislature at Toronto. Rev. E. Tuerkheim, who has been on an extended trip' to the Western Provinces, returned to his honae here this week. He also attended a con- ference of the United Lutheran Church held at Edmon-ton, Alta., while out west. Mr. and Mrs. C. Ie Smith and daugh- ter left on Wednesday for their an- nual •holid-ay and will visit points in, New York State and Eastern Ontario. Mr. Quimby Hess has joined h aunt, Mrs. E. Taggart, at South Bend, Ind., and they intend to take a motor trip to Los Angeles, Cal., leaving this Igkek. Quimby expects to return to his home here at the end of Septem- ber. Rains and damp weather are hold- ing back the farmers in the work of storing and, stacking the oat crop. Al- though somewhat injurious to the oats the rains are helping ether crops, es- pecially the corn and root crops. Rev. E. Becker, wife" and children, of. Morriston, Ill.. are spending their holidays with relatives here. Mrs', Will MVP, Mrs. J. Reddinger, and Mrs. J. Swarz, all of Detroit, are spending the week at the home of Mrs. A. Fuss. Mrs. E. Guenther and children, of Buffalo, N. Y., are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fern Flaberer this week. The winners of the trophy beld by the Huron -Perth Baseball League will be decided during the next few weeks. The play-off games will start next week, the teams taking part being Goderich, Clinton, Crediton and Zur- ich. Home and home gamee -win be arranged. Zurich bas 'held the trophy for a number of years. • "The world is my oyster, Dad." "Well, thee, why don't you get busy' on it?" 6 "Viihat her? There's se '11' In the atennten ntentbet," • eienetiett. .1L, L alienteneen Man in Hospital The collapse of an overhanging bank of a gravel pit near Seaforth, whef'e a Huron County rock crusher is in operation, resulted in one man, William Farquharson, suffering a broken leg, and serious injuries caus- ed to a horse. The bank of the gravelpit had ale „ LA, ; • With • an et3100' ' fall a 4:*6,4.1411t,Sf-rOGC4eV.P.A4.,,r axe conaineva*Ig nninneer stent nee leek nreatinee, dates. , Hunereneilietale wili ILb nate on Septet:Ober estn decided at eeeting Tuesday evennege TheAlateena„aei is only tentative. -It ie 4tie Hon. Harry er. A. R. Doug1.a,a. iii'eal.04•* the Western Ontario Coneervetive, sociatien, will .teddreee Huron litberntle Conservatives, When they meet Resettle on Friday night to inine,•a candidate. Seven names have - been mentioned as poesible candidates, eluding the president of the eigitelet,e Ale association, James W. Morlee, Eneterneenne lawyer. In Huron -Bruce 'the Conservatives ' will meet on Thursday night to sei lect a candidate when, Hon. Leopold. Macaulay, Lc.; M.L.A.,- Miniseer of • Highways in the Henry adininisinae tion, will lie the special speaker. • ' There -will likely he a contest fez' the nomination as Mayor John W. Hanna and W. Cecil nenox, of Tonne to. a former Wing ite, are in thee field. Ex -Warden. Robert Bovernane Reeve of Brussels, is also prominent- n. ly mentioned as ee James McCetcheint of Grey. Huron -Hi -ace Liberals will held • -their nominating convention in Wing- ham on Aligniet Nth, to select a. eine didate for the forthcoming provincial , election. e • - 01..M1.4••••71.•I Friends Honour Bride -TO -Be A very pleasant afternoon was •• spent at. the home of neeene,eW. „lee ieee Archibalci and Mrs. Archibald in Tinck- ersmIth when a delightful trousseau e tea was held Tuesday in honor of the bide -elect, Miss Isabel Grearson Archibald whose marriage to Charles George Sherwood; of Toronto, takes place this month. Mrs. A. Archibald poured tea and, her assistents were Mrs. Paul Doig, Mrs. Clifford Broad - foot, Misses Dorothy Reinke, Cora Sherwood, Alice and Jessie Archibald, sisters of the bride -elect. parently been undermined. On it steed steel crushed -rock bins and these were precipitated into the pit direct- ly in the path of three men and a team of horses, engaged in loading op- erations. Two of the men, slightly' injured, jumped to safety, but Mr. Farquhar- son and one terse were caught in the slide. Mr. Farquharson' was taken to Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaferth. The !horse, although injured, was not destroyed. This is the first and only accident county road construction this sea - on. Special insurance is carried. No. 10 Downing Street Westminster, though but a small part of mighty London, is a royal city in her •own right, the ancient seat of •the Kings of England, says' Selwyn Banwell in "Inmerial Life Guard.” A splendid and noble city, she possesses stately homes and lordly palaces, the Houses of Parliament and the majes- tic buildings which house the great offices of state. If leaving Trafalgar Square, yoo were to walk down Whitehall, a short distance, and turn off to your right through a short and narrow street, you would presently come to a smalt and narrow house A weather-beaten, smoke-stained, three - storey house, built of brown brick, so inconceivably insignificant in appearance that you would wonder what it is doing in Whitehall at all. Semi-detached, and hardly that; just one of three dwel- lings built together. In a land where a house of any pretensions at all bears a name, this house has none; nothing but an anohymous number: No. 10. No. 10 Downing Street It stands close to the pavement, from which a plain iron picket fence separates it. Its facade, its doorway and windows, are quite destitute of ornament or grace. Yet No. la Downing Street is with- out doubt the most interesting, the most fascinating, the most romantic dwelling house in -the world. So it is now; so it has been for over two hun- dred years. Each of its last fifty -odd tenants, without exception, has been, the chief servant ef the Crown of England and the nen of the kilig's enbjectst Upon the door of into. 10 in an old - &shifted brentei kiettektere 'td abbe*. Lk ',AO:000 1VIPPeiVit, Ludt Lsti'e tliKe tItt, •/tt„ al. it a name -plate with an old-fashioned inscription: "First Lord of the Trea- sury"—the old-fashioned title of the Prime Minister of the United King- dom of Great Britain and Ireland. The house was built by George Downing, a colleague of Sam Pepye, and described by that accurate ob- server as an "ungrateful villain." At the Restoration, he betrayed to their deaths bis former Puritan comrades - in -arms, and was. rewarded by Charles II with a grant of land in Whitehall, where he built Downing Street. Curiously enough he was a gradu- ate of Harvard, having spent his youth in the American colonies. The property passed into the hands of the Crown, and was eventually bestowed by George II upon his prime minister, Sir Robert Walpole, who dedicated No. 10 in perpetuity as the residence of the First Lord of the Treasury. And so it came about that the other day Mr. Chamberlain had to pack up and move into No. 10 with his house -- hold goods. He did not have to move far for he was living up to that time at No. 11, which is the official resi- dence of the Chancellor of the EX - chequer. It must be remembered that No. 10 Downing treet, though en much ine portant state business is carried on there. Is not a government Office Ort any sense. It is the Prime Minieseet's - private house where be lilies and ' makes his- home With Wife family and invites his Mende to Vie „. him. There is a little garden .bn Vei it, where oue enle Wenn* Mn. ninIntif6,4 sitting and einoe 004' entailer evening. • Ote feefintate etietinh-tn-A thtris vir6id, as the deniren • ntetteitittredotiPitivi4 . , .;„ • dtt