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NIGHTWEAR IN MANY STYLES ACCEPTABLE GIFTS Left: printed over pastel and is lovely as any tea gown with its dram- atic black nylon-velvet trim. Center: a ski-type balbriggan pajama for the gal who enjoys illusion-lace is black ' her warmth: Right: A pert oge~ piece pajama with "trap-door" seat in cotton flannel and strip- ed knit trim. For extra froth, add the knit eap and sleeping socks. SERIES ON ISLE d'ORLEANS Chanteur Sings For Pay-- '75 Cents To Start Day He d'Orleans, a few infles bec City, retains muc ad world simplicity and ShMtm. but New World civiliza- making bbe Lis Hon WE ch singer a rancois and customs in that sh , is one of a series about 'she island. RTRAND TRIBAULY én rs "1 dor oF TRANCOLS, e eans, .' (PC)--Every day in the half- t of dawn, a heavy-set man 8 with ambling step, ine ite book under one arm, to th church of St. Franco! He is Xavier Allaire, the 69-year- - forme hf of the pi the Tr Mayor w oe the Lord rd at the ear ld #8 He receives Setis a day. is chief chronicler 3 lore about St. Francois parish, most tradition-minded on the fe d'Orleans five miles south of Quebec, where honeymoon unknown, where an og) muni- Spal law enforces fire regulations, and wine . made from centuries- SE of the Lon oth ye a and to traps " the children give the day's cate- centres, in around wor. converted tem- pe ot ™ On week-days during the winter, Mr. Allaire sings in the sacristy where mass is celebrated to save fuel. On Sundays, the faithful are insulated against the cold by a stove pipe which meanders around the church's interior, sharing the heat of a large wood-stove which squats in front of the choir loft. From the choir, Mr. Allaire rs from under his thick, grey- Jee eyebrows and chants in a deep voice the "Kyrie Eleison" and "Gloria" of the Gregorian mass. Daily high aes are not unusual in the province of Quebec. For . Allaire to be "maitre- chantre" of St. Francois now is a tradition: His father and, grand: father both held the positi LIVING COSTS UP ' But even his job has its prob- Jens, one ow which--inflation--was ently. oO Siace. last Mach I have re- ceived 75 cents = mass for sing- ing," Mr. Allaire said. "Before that I received 50 cents and when there were two of us singing we split the money." Fos the most part Bis Sorular Soret as_mayor e. However, after some of the stormier council meetings, he a8 found that "sometimes at requiem masses I would emphasize some- - | what the 'Dies (D. to Favorite song at these affairs is '"Beaudoin's ent," which starts "Oh Christian people, here this lament Of an honest mam se recently of |vored contribution towards On the eve of his marriage, a Sunday fine, He went to high mass $e take the Lord's bread." ENDED IN TRAGEDY A folk-song, it tells of the mar- riage in 1787 of Louis Beaudoin, a young St. Francois farmer, to Ag- nes Pare, who lived at Beaupre opposite the St. Lawrence river from the Ile d'Orleans. After a day of celebration in the bride's town, the young couple and 13 of their relatives and friends boarded a boat for St. Francois. A gust of wind over turned the boat and, of the 15 per-- sons aboard, 13 were drowned, in- cluding the bridal couple. The tragic end of the short voy- age perhaps indicates why the in- habitants of St. Francois to this day shy away from ho! neymoon ht 550 parishioners of St. Fran- cois, comprising 80 families, pay for the support of Father Parent with a tithe--a custom started in 1683 by Msgr. Montmorency de Laval, the first bishop of New former | France--in strawberries and pro- duce or the ala in money. aul ioe an serve a tithe, but ik) Si oy of the succulence of the island's berries have made these the > t (mountain sal) Fermented slowly taste of cognac. § aque ie stocks a small amount for special occasions. It may also {be used to "floor" an opponent in a drinking bout, since it is ru- mored that the wine's potency is devastating. The 27-square-mile parish of St. Francois, of which Mr. Allaire was mayor from 1942 to 1946, has no rater system. Each home has a wel 'It probably was this fact which brousut town authorities to adopt the law long ago to protect resi- dents against fire. All property- owners are obliged to give two 30- foot lengths of wood, eight inches square, and two days' work when- ever one of their co-parishioners is burned out. To shirk this duty is to court ostracism of sorts. Names of all Property. owners are on file at the own Hall and those who fail to co-operate have their pames stricken from the list. Thereafter no one may help these persons if tid, monarch ISLAND'S BIGGEST EVENT THE DAILY TIMBS-GABETTE, Wednesday, November 35, 1908 99 Bushy-Haired Fijians Excited Over Royal Trip British consul and agent. He main- i By J. C. GRAHAM Press Ci ent orres| AUCKLAND (CP)--Natives of the Fiji and Friendly islands in the Pacific are plann celebrations that will be among the most color- fu of the Commonwealth tour of |of the Queen. and the Duke of Edin- |be burgh. Arrival the Queen at Suva, capital of oe British south Pacific solos of Fiji, in mid-December the biggest event in the a of De islands which be- Same £2 of the empire 79 years first visit by a reigning caught the imagination of the natives to an edented degree. lans . are under. way for enormous invasion from the out- lying islands to Suva, but it is one town which will mot be worried by an. accommodation problem. ans are content to sleep w. ver théy can spread a mat. BRAVE FIGHTERS About half the population of ru consists of native fiiang, magnif- jcentis built, bushy aired people of Melanesian stock. Almost fanat- ally loyal to Britain, they Proved the finest jungle soldiers Pacific war. against the Japanese and are naw .fighting the terror- ists in Malaya. The other half are Indians, brought in as indentured laborers for the sugar plantations and gold Can mines. Today they control much » of Es colony's business. the royal visit the native Fijians will have pride of place. The two days of the Queen's visit, Dec. 17 18, will be a time of front feasting and rejoicing. High- hts will be the traditional cere- monies of the presentation of a tabua, or whale's tooth, Queen, and the kava ritual. Kava, a drink that looks--and to Ewrpeans tastes--like muddy water, is. made from the yagona root in a rigid and unchanging ceremony. After the powdered root has been mixed in a huge wooden bowl, the first drink will be handed to the Queen in a polished coconut shell by a cup bearer. Enormous piles of gifts--carved island ornaments, great heaps of | woven fabrics and mats, and | scores of suck pigs--will be | presented to the Queen in accord- ance with the lavish scale this hos- | pitable people considers the due | of a distinguished visitor. fire strikes their homes. After two days of feasting and Little Oysters Settle "In Strinas of Shells VANCOUVER (CP)--In Pendrill sound, near the Bute inlet, 130 miles northeast of here, are myri- ads of baby oysters, successful re- sult of an experiment which may ultimately break the Japanese monopoly of seed oysters. The bivalves are only slightly larger than a grain of sand, but next spring they wll be taken to a Pacfic coast oyster bed, there to thrive and eventually land in stew-pot 'or 'frying pan. 'Water and te rature must be exactly right before oysters will spawn. So every year about 60,000 cases of of seed have had to be im- -| orte d from Japan to meet British olumbia and Puget sound de- s | mands. Pendrill sould is one of the few places on the Pacific coast where oysters spawn naturally. Last spring a group of fishers men formed the Pacific Oyster Seed Company to take advantage of the natural seeding advantages of the sound Thirty thousand strings of old oyster shells had to be prepared. At one time 70 adults an ten were kept busy at Ladysmith, Fannybay, Crescent and other oys- ter unds, ing holes into old shells and str ging them on wires. The heavy strings were then taken to Pendrll sound where they were suspended into the water over log rafts. Then came the long wait to" see if adult oysters already growing on the shores would spawn and if thelr spat wotld settle on the shell n set was achieved. An average of about 25 oyster larvae settled on | each shell. Next spring the shells will be taken from the water and delivered to growers for planting in their beds. The yield 1 be about 5,000 cases el wth Japanese imports of 60,000 cases. i284 SIMCOE ST. N. § tr Qur holiday separates get along te- gether like one ily! And like all families, we have our share of country cousins (beautifully styled skirts an casual parties) -- and e¢ity slickers (al 'sparkle and glamour er big on-the- town dates)! HK holiday plans . . up your holiday separates! You'll en- jey dating in th TRY 0 DAY GET-TOGETHERS great big happy fam- d tops that thrive on you've lined up your . eome in and line emi an |dinner at the residence of wd 88. In mid-September "a: successful | PHONE 3-7462 ceremonial, the royal visitors will fly to Nuualofa, Queen Salote's capital in Tonga. Queen Salote, six foot, three-inch dusky monarch who proved such a popular visitor a the Coronation, and members the Songan x royal f at the ing ot stage to "meet the Queen and PALACE FEAST Dancing parties will. present |S! specially Soipased action songs at a feast to be held at the palace. For the remainder of the afternoon the royal party will be free to rest, to drive round the island, or to swim at one of the secluded Ja- goon bays. In the evening thee will be 7 CANDY STRUTTER "Candy Spmutter" doll with plastic, likéseal "skin" and sleeping eyes. "Cindy" has deep- rooted hair that can be washed, combed and dried. She's 26" tall and will walk. | aihe tains the only formal link with Britain, but has kept Tonga a loyal frien and ally for hgif a cen- at night 400 guards, each | GO ca a ted torch, will keep whic h He Queen and' £8 il whic] usicians will herald ihe HE th testis, sym sym- i gh be Sleep ened by Tend Next Girmgias C On | an SEE in tha the Rg Set the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne is aiming to have all stadia com-- hn it 8 year before the big sports meet is due to start. Work on the reconstruction, of the Melbourne C Ground stad- ium, scene of opening and closing ceremonies as well as the track and field events, is to start immediately after the Queen's visit in March. Work on the Olympic swimming 1 has been contracted to be inished by the end of 1955. The site of the swimming and diving pools and the financing and construction of housin, ng for the ath- letes were two thorfly problems. At one time the disputes, with political factions involved, became so heated that the International Olympic Committee considered shifting the 1956 Games from Mel- bourne to another site, a Nerations EY the cricket ground be Py 1955. They include bid creasing the seating capacity from 85,000 to 120,000. GOVERNMENT AID The Australian government has Ly hi idelber al eide berg. So the city ad the a ap committee. Nov. Les of of the New South Wales Gv pic Council said: "For the first time since we the games we can see where are going. We have no wo . And I can speak with the utmost | confidence that I have the supp of all 30 delegates in this rool when I say that we know those in charge are doing a good job for Australia. Plans also are well ahead stage international carnivals in @ states of Australia before and after the games. New Zealand also is planning a series of meets to et the benefit of appearances of al letes returning from the games; Accommodation for overseas vis: iors also has taken a brightef turn, It is likely that at least fou¥ new hotels will be completed in y | Melbourne by 1956. Travel agen- cies estimate at least 15,000 will come from overseas for the games Many will be accommodated on tourist ships .in Port Phillips by, the port of Melbourne. mas Shopping Needs. Here's as large a selection of wonderful items for your son or daughter: ; as you can find . . . Come in end ehack + our store for ALL your Christe" A Small Deposit Holds Any Article Until Christmas of oll sizes and desc PRICED FROM 2.29 to 16.50 Exact Scale Miniature Autos FORD ® PONTIAC ond STUBESAKER This winter stop-sure d of roads. Terms as low as $1.00 weekly B. F. 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