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♦vl -J The Leader for Forty Years i^mm A M Mil >««•«• »<â- Â»â™¦â™¦-«â- <â- < "Fresh from the Gardens" R eminiscences The realm of l.aushtir i^ the oori';- â- y ihj pcssin;? on of Wilton Lackaye, latc'd fictor and wit, and cne of the â- .\'-n\rg liphtf ..f that famous Temple >t Humorâ€" The Unibs' ^ lub, New York, l.ackaye was once invited to aiidrcs.; an aniateui dramatic sociely. After listening to a two-hours* intro- iuctlon hy tlio -liaimian. who would up with: "Tb*. gue.,t of honor iviil riow trivc us bjts address." Lackaye r '..se. "Mv address is the lamb'- Club,"' l.e said. And that was all. It was l.aok.,ye who, having lost on.' of e valuable pi.ir of cuff links, iiin:! up the remaining link on the .-/lib bulletin board jver this notic: ••) t.STâ€" The mato to this .-uff link. Will huv or .«cll." • » • Dj.i. g the •-.-ill .i.ar" tour of -'Tre- r.v.nc> of the Wells," in which John ow made hi.« last appearance, I.ack- «ye. a member of the companyâ€" which also inch-dec; .Mrs. Whitfcn, the â- Grand Old Lady of the .Stage," then S'- years of ".cjeâ€"was .utton-holed by two young lady reporters at .Sprin:j- :'i.-ld. Illinois, who a.sked him to what l-.e attributed the extraordin.try sue- '•i'«= -)f the company • » » Somewhat iloored by the nuestion - ch'i^k'e? Peggy Wood, the actress, n her little book, "A .Splcm'id Gypsy; i. i.TT Drew"â€" l.a /kaye suggested that !h 'v ask' Urr.'vv. •'We did," thc-y e.xplainod. "Hut he sfcemad to be in a hurry. Do tell us." Ileluctantly, and after due pau.se, i .".ckaye said : 'Well, I'll tell yoj; it's .Ir-i. Whif- *en's sex appeal." â- Â» • ♦ A iiun.an little story about Queen Victoria, as the young mother of fiRi.. children, is told in Hector Boli- ;. o's fascinating hioRiaph: ot the Prince Consortâ€" "Alb rt the Good." One day, when the royal fiUfily was in Sc. tiand, little Prince Leopold was naughty, and the Queen threatened .0 whip him. The Duchess of Kent - Victoria's nother, who was pres- •rt, pleadid for her .small grandson (.".s grandmothers will) and .said that it mai« her very sad t' hear a child cr. . 'Not when you h:ive eight, .Man.a - that wears off." .said the 'Queen. 'â- V"j'. could njt go through that each ime one of the tight ^'ried!' • • * Which reca Is the repiy given by a mother to a qu.'.ition put to her b a stranger wi>o an across her and l-er brood of nine children, rompinir ill >. field. "Is it a picnic, or are they your 'ildre.i ma'am?" he inqjired, af- fably. They're my children, and It Is .N'O ;>icniL," she replied. Soon aft*r Tennyson's "Idylls or li.e Kii.g" was published, the Prince Consort wrote to the poet, "apologiz- ing for Intruding upon his leisure" -I love that â€" and asked him to write his name in a copy of the book. Ten- nyson paid his patron a graceful com- pliment. He supposed that Prir.ce Albert's api»-eciation of the poems arose from his .seeing in them "un- consciously," an image of himself • • » iVIention of Queen Victoria remind.'^ me t.iat I>ady Duff Gordon, noted dressmaker, says in her lively and charming reminiscences "Discretions «nd Indiscretions," that the old Queen loved to have the leaves in her tca- fup read, and had learnt to read them her.self from an old woman who lived near Balmoral. Occasionally the Queen would hf ner.,v .ded to read the trarups for some members of the royal famllj-, and this was considered - great treat. • • » And here'R a stolen peep at King Alfonso of Spain and his Queen: Al- fonso would often accompany the Queen to a. fitting at I-ady Diff Gor- don's establishment and "took nearly •« much interest in it (the fitting) a.s i<he did." "One thing that I always found very charming about that royal couple »a» their »reat kffectlon for each otber," chata Lady Duff Gordon, "and a/ter many /c«r8 of marriage King Alfonso was still in love with hi« wife • • • "Ha would often ilip his arm through hers in the ghowroom, and •ne of the aaleawomen told me that «B ona occaalon, when the Quaen waa trying on a drees, King Alf. nso im- P'liaiveiy kiss^ her. "'You looked so swee in ii I could not help it,' was his answer, when the Queen reproached him for taking all the powder off her nose." " « never thought kings were »$, ri 1- at ' c OS that,' w«. the «ale»wom- an's comment to me afterwards. 'The Queen of Spain is lucky.' " • « • Once, when visiting in Washington, l-ady Duff Gordon was received by President Roosevelt. "I'm so pleased to meet you. Lady Duff Gordon," said "Teddy," shaking t-,ands warmly, "I've just been read- -iig your "Memories." "Hi talked quickly," shf. recalls, "asking me questions and never -wait- irg to hear my replies, and did not listen when I tried to explpin that the 'Memories' he was taUing about were those of my husband's aunt, Lucy, Lary Goiuon, who had died in the early 'eighties!" • • « Lady Duff Gordon tells an nmnsing tory of how she was utiexjiectedly c.nlled on to speak at an ' Economy Dinner" in Pittsburg, during the World War. at which President Hoo- ver, then United States Food Admin- istrator, was the principle speaker. Mr. Hoover's su'oject -was "Economy in Food" and all the other speakers â€" and there were many â€" had .'tressed "Economy" in .somethinjr or other. .She fc/llowed Mr. Hoover, » * ♦ '"I fear 1 rather seandalizsc the audience, for instead o£ the speech they c-xpected ("Economy in Dress in War- I'ime") I began: 'Ladies and Gentle- n en, the first thing I am going to tell . ou is that I don't believe in economy in dress at any time, and, above all, not in war-time. * * â- * After all, the tren don't war.t to .rome back to f-umps, do they? And just think how fascinating the French women are. You simply can't afford to neglect your appearance." As she went back to her seat, sho apologized to Mr. Hoover for her un- orthodox spe3c... "He b'.irst out laughing and patted me on the back," she chuckles. " 'Never min<;, my dear, you have done very well,' he said. • * • By the way, Lady- Duff (Jordon la .1 sister of 21inor Glyn, the novelist. Both spent most ot their early child- hood in Canada, on a big ranch â€" just cutside Guelph, Ontario â€" owned by ; eir maternal grandparent.^, although both were born in London, England. And you may not know that Lady Duff Gordon made dressmaking his- tory by staging the first mannequin parade. The first male visitor to a dress parade, she recalls, was Mr. As- quith (later Lord Oxford), who ac- companied his wife, Margot Asquith, mid "sat calmly through the shoiiv, though I do not think he gave much attention to the models." Newspaper Rivalry In The Eighties Tn he 1830's (says William Dodg- .son Bowman, in '"The Story of the Times"), William Mak peace Thack- eray, then a struggling and almost unknown, journalist, was on the stalf of the London "Times," whils'. young Charles Dickens was "racing about the c<i'.ntry" reporting foi "The Morning Chronicle" â€" chief rival of "The Times." There was n deadly feud between the two papers. For instance, on lune 13, 1835 "The Times" described the "Chronicle' as "a disgraceful morning print," etc., whils'; in its issue of the same date, li . "Chronicle" lamented that "the poor old 'Times' in its i.mbecile rav- irgs," etc. Am], say, didn't Dickon:* "cash in" en that row when, later, ho immor- talized the feud between the two local I atanswil! papers I • • • Mi)st of the work Thackeray un- dertook for "The Timef;" at that per- iod was book reviewing â€" always poor- ly paid. Wht.n his novels had brought him renown, and his price had gone up, he sometimes looked back half re- gretfully at those early days. "I turned off far better work then than I do now," he said, "and 1 want- er money sadly; but how litt'.e 1 got for .y work! It makes me laugh at V hat 'The Times' pays me now when I think of the old days, and how much better I wrote for them then, and got a "(hilling whore I now get ten." Father had decided that he must ad- minister a item lecture to hts aix- year-old son. The boy had been naughty, but did not soem to appreci- ate the fact, and It was with some reluctance that the parent undertook a scolding. He spoko judiciously but severely; be recounted the lad's misdeeds, and explained the whys and 'Wberetores of bis tolemn rebuke, wblle his wife sat by, duly Impressed, Finally, wben the fat! r paused for breath and. Incidentally, to hear tha culprit's acknowledgement ot arror, tbe lad. hia tace beaming witb admi- ration, tnmad to his mother and Mid: "Mother. Un't father laterestlngT" Gems of Peril liy HAZEL ROSS HAILED. â-º «-•-#>» *^ ♦♦-«â-  ir A •«•• -1 •SY.NOI'SIS. 'Wa.j- Harknens plots to catoli The Kly. whom she belUveK "fraiiietl" tier Lrothrr Eddlf wltli the murder of old Min. Ju- piter, und later Itllled him to keep hlir. from t«lkliiK. .'ihc is uldcd b.v Uowen. of T : Stnr. Hruce Jupiter, abnent many jears, re- turii.s froin Europe with a woman frl'iid. HIh faihfr orders him out and iiiak<s Mary his heir. Uruce .swears to lout Mary. Mary's llaniee, Ulrk Jtuyiher, forbldu Mary to continue the InvcstlKa- tlon, refuslniff to belle\'e In the existejice of The Fly. He tells Mary that people are repeating Hruce's charges and says If she goes to -Miami on the Jui'iter yacht, as will also believe them. Mary i^oes and meets ttount Ue I.oniJ!. owner of The Fly's horse. She promises to dame -.vith him at a hotel fete. CHAPTER XXX. "Nice chap," Bates remarked dryly, as De lx)ma departed. "What is 'neâ€" Frenchman?" His bland gaze rest«-d on Ix)uise, who pretended not to have heard. "Must we stay longer?" she appeal- ed to Bruce, pouting. She put the gleaming carmine tips of two fingers on each temple. "My haadâ€" I must lie down." Bruce paid the check. -As Mary expected, the Countess made 'no fur- ther mention of her race track win- nings. They might be the inspiration of the feast but they would never pay for it. She had been sure of that all along. In the elevalor, Bruce made some low-voiced plea which Mary did not catch, but it was refused with further protestations of illness. Bruce retired into glum sdencc. The- iron of jealousy apparently had enter- ed into his soul and to soothe it he must make his inamorata demonstrat*; her devotion immediately by giving in to his whim. Mary bade them all good night at the door of her room. Hr. Jupiter res- ponded with a grunt â€" he was half asleep already and would not be cur- ious about her comings and goings if .she chose to steal out now and meet Bowen. The Countess would not be leaving her pillow, and Bruce would be dancing attendance upon hi.? dear Louise. The coast was clear. Mary put on dark, inconspicuous clothes and hur- ried out to the rendezvous with Bow- en. The Laurel Tearoom was a small, slutTy atfair with a row of high- backed benches forming booths alon.'» one side. In the first of these, peer- ing out worriedly, she saw him. Bowen looked at his wrist watch and raised eloquent eyes to the ceiling. "If I were married to you," he said, "I'd cut your heart out. Where've you been for the last three hours?" "With De Lonia," Mary managed ?o gasp, her breath still short from run- ning. That sobcre<i him. "De Loma! Whore did you pick him up?" Mury told him as coherently as she could, and that she had an engage- ment to meet him at the fete the fol- lowing night. "Do the others know who De Loma is?" Bowen asked. "No. I'm afraid to tell Bruce, and I haven't had a chance to tell Mr. .Ju- piter yet." "Have you got the necklace here?" Mary hesitated only a second before replying, "Yes." She had lost the complete trust she had once given to everyone. Dirk had planted the germ of distrust thoroughly; hereafter, she would be frank, with reservations, even with Bowen. "What kind of blow-out is that t<.>- morrow night?" Bowen asked, with wrinkled brow. "What is a fete, any- how? Fancy dress?" "I hi»ven't the least idea what the -Ambassador's n<>tion of a fete would be," Mary returned, "I imagine it's going to be one of those ghastly af- fairs where society dowagers go about wearing paper hats and .sucking lolly pop.s. Why?" "I was thinking about your cos- tume. Will you have a chance to wear the necklace?" "Do you think I'd better â€" mj soon?" "Soon?" "Well, I've only just met him to- night. Wouldn't he think I was too trustful?" "You'll Jiave your party with you, V on't you? What's trustful about that?" "That's true. Well-" "What's the matter? Scared?" "Not exactly." She gulped. "He'5 â€" hoirible, though. He gives me shivers when he looks at me . . . his eyes . . . like black coils ..." A shud- der passed over her. "But if I must, I must. That's what 1 came here for." "The .sooner the better," Bowen advised. "The Ambassador won't put him up rent free much longe.'-. They're wise to his kind. He was probably counting on that pony of his to recoup his finances. What a winning that wjuld have been! He's probably spent all he got from the diamond rings and the bracelet he tcok from Mrs. Jupiter, if he has let go of them at all. He may be keeping them still, afraid to turn them over to a fence for fear of being double- crossed. Well, maybe they'll come in handy to pay his board-bill withâ€" di.'.monds are swell security." * » t So that wa.s what the dark little man was summoning De I^oma about ! A reckoning of his bill. "But there's something 1 don't un- derstand," Mary told him. "De Loma and the Countess are old friends. Do you suppose she could be un accom- plice? She's been running around Europe with Bruce for two or three years â€" I've gathered that from their talk of different places they'd seen together. And The Fly has been busy right here in this country, for several years, you told -me. Before that he claims to hail from South .America. He looks Spanish enough. -At least, he looks like Spaniards do in the movies â€" I don't know that I've ever seen a real one. He has those frnny side-burns, and he's brown enough, goodne.^s knows â€" " ''You don't have to go any farther than Rockaway to get a swell tan," Bowen reminded her. "I'm still dig- ging away at his pastâ€" been putting in my spare time here going through the police morgue. I haven't set eyes on anyone yet that looke like him, but I haven't given up hope. He picked up that Spanish lingo some- where, so why not in this part of the country? He may have come up from Cuba, or some of these other islands. They're full of polyglot. "Spaniards' â€" usually about one-third .Spanish blood and two-thirds what-have-you. Not that it matters a damn if he's an Eskimo, but I've got a hunch that he left a nice little record behind in the place he started from. And I â- ft'ant to find it, wherever it is." "But about tomorrow night â€" " "Yes, that's what we'vj got to plan for now. Have you got costume?" "No, but trust me to get one There mus. be .shops here â€" costumers who furnish the society crowd with fancy dress. I'd go as the Empress of .Aill the Russias or Cleopatra The Royal Bank of Canada Ceneral Statement (A ,^Oth November. 1932 1^1 â€" LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid up . , , .„„.„.. RjirrteFund ♦•**-*??i2? JJ Balance of Pioflit carried forward l.^t,»M.« fM,IM,«S4.4S t.<; Mt I l>ivldenda I'nclal'ncd DItldrnd No. IHI at 19% pn annum', payable Ut December, l«i) ^ 875,S I.M Orpo«lfii not bearing Interear Depusi la bcarlnt Inter rat. Including Inlereatsci-rutd to date ot Statement Balance* due to other Banks In Catiada Balancea due to Bankn and Banklnil C^orreapondenta elsewhere than In (Canada Noiea of the Bank In circulation Adiancea under the Finance .\ct Hills Payable I. labilities nor Int-luded in the foregoing. l.etlcr« of Credit Outstandins $I28,«83,U5.53 4*6,391,153.26 M2.9I5.70 t'J.0M<*9(.J* 21,054,»0«.77 «:< fa«4.l43.J» iti 'ii,7<ii.U i<M..i52.tr W5.7»»»3J ib,0»2.«5l.7l |7t5,iW.»M.l« ASSETS (;ol4l and Suhftiiliarv Coin on hanJ Oomlnion Noi«-s un hand Dt-posir In the Central <(old Reservefl I nlre<l States und oibcr F«rcli>n Currencies \otri of other Canadian Banks ••.â- â€¢â€¢ • (Cheques on other Dunks Balances due b> other Banks in <lanada Balances due hy Banks and Bankinft Correspondents f Isewhere than in Canada . Dominion and Provlnrial Governmenr Securi'tes not exret'dlnil market value/ ..'. <:anadtAn Municipal Securities and British. Foreiiln and (Colonial Public ScNTurlties other than Cana- dian ' not exceedinit market value ) Kallw ay and other Bonds. Debentures k..id Stocks not rxceedinft market value > Cull and Short nut exreedlnft tlilrty days) Loans in Can.ada on Bonds. Debentures and Stocks and other Securities of a sufficient marketable talue to coxvr Call and Short 'not exceeding thirty days' Loans else- where than In Canada on Bonds, I>«benture8and Slocks and other Securities of a sufficient mar- ketable value to cover $2f».l«8.'>l3.4S 3.000. OOO. 00 16,012.894.^2 J.0H7.242.18 I8.6fc7.993.6l 3.232.25 »S.645,W7.92 J(5..;-',»i9«.go (Current Loans and Discounts In (Canada less rebate of Interest > after making full provision for all bad 9.nA d.iubtf ui debts $25J,380,972.62 CurtfUt Loans and Discounts elsewhere than in Canada less rebate of Interest' after maklnft full provision for all bad and doubtful debts 104,167.441.69 Non-Current Loans, estimated loss provided for...... 4,013.872.16 ;<i.4W.825.H^ «9.44tt.»44.l3- J»( ;S0.444.4t «,-*8.4»6.4'' .^..400,142.94 Bank Premises at not more than cost, less amounts WTitfen off Real K.state other than Bank Premises Mortitafles on Real Kstate sold by the Bank Liabilities of <:ustumers under Letters of Credit as per contra Shares of and Loans to Controlled Companies Deposit with the Minister for the purposes of the Circulation Fund. Other .\s^et9 not included in the foregoing I3<.2.i86.4? #r.l94.Mt7.8« .7 4J!.601.t»4 «T0.947.7i ?0 ((92.951.71 (1.326. 569.0* 1 .60O.OOO.0(f M»3,760.04 $765.Sr2.920.U NOTE â€" Th« Roya? Bank ot Canada '. i?' ranee) has been incorporated under ine laws of Kramre to conduct the business of the Hank in Paris, and the assets and liabiii:it»* of Tbe UoyalBank of Canada iFrancel are included in the above General Statemer.;. H. S. HOLT, M. \V. WILSON'. President Ceneral Mdtn4iler .\UDiTORS' CfcRTIFICAra To THE SHAREHOtnERS, THE ROYAL BaNK OF CaN'APA: \Ve have examined tiie above Statement of Liabilities and .A,86rt3 at 30th NovetrWr, 193-. with the books and accounts ot TheUoyal Bank of Canada at Head Office and with iht iiertitiei rt-turn« from the branches. We have verified the cash and securities at Head Office at the clo*-^ uf the Bank's tiscal year, and during the year we counted the cash and e\amined :Se becuritif * atsevtral of the important branches. • We have obtained all the information and explanations that we have require*! and in or.: opinion the trans^ftions of the Bank, which have come under our notice, have beet, within thr powers of the Bank. The above statement is in our opinion properly drawn up so as to dirclojT the true condition of the Bank as at JOth November, iy32, and it is as shown by te** ttoks :i the Hack. A. B. BRODIE. C.A.. of Price, WuterhouaC &. X JAS. G.ROSS, C.A.. of P. S. KOSS & SONS. Mootre* . Caoada. 28ih December, 1932. : Co. t fi Lidtora. PROFIT AND LOSS .\CCOUNT Balance of Trofic and Los. Account. 30th November, l»il. Profit, for the year ended 30ih November. 1932. APPROPRIATED AS fOLI.OWSi Olrldend No. 178 at ll^ per annum ,., Dividend No. 179 at 12% per annum .., Dividend No. 180 at 10% per annum .., Dividend No. 181 ai 10':„ per annum .., $4,155,105.61 . ., 4. 861, 849. M t,050,UUO.OO 1.050,000.00 875,000.00 875,000.00 â-  .'M.O' Cktntilbutlon to Officer.' Pension Fund . . „ .^ _ „ „ . . Appropriation for Bank Premises Re«erve lor Dominion tJovernment Taxes, including Tax on lianlc Note Circulation Transferred to Investment Depreciation Reserve Balance of Profit and Loss carried forward .... .^. ... ,. . SJ.850,OO0.00 200.000.00 200,000.00 600,000.00 3,000,000.00 1,166,954.95 ««.ej»,9M.»> U. S. HOLT, President HontretU, 38lh December, 1932. M. W. WILSON. General MaaaAtf The Latest Arrivals gv>f.t.., â-  . Tbe tbiid get of twins to the past five yeatg. That's a leoord Alei. Weller, Jr., «t Woodatock, deflea anyone to beat. The latfst arrlrali are b«yt wbU« tfea otber four were girls! or somebody ailtiict€<J to weaving quart.- of jewels, so that it will seem quite natural to trot the necklace out, and show it off." Bowen m>dded. "That's the girl.' ".'^nd look â€" what do you think of this? I'll tell everyone it's just a bauble from the five and ten and I'll be ju?t a poor enough liar that they'll know I'm lying. It will make people twice as sure it'.s the real thing, if i protest a lot and swear it isn'tâ€"" Bowen nodded approvingly. "Don t over-act now, Juliet," he added. "Take : . easy. Just a shade too much fuss over it, and De Loma will be afraid t' touch it. He's cagey as the deuce, remember. Just because he seems to be eating out of your hand, don't think he's a.sleep . . . just t^iht little coincidence of his acquaintance with your friend Louise is what's respon- sible for his w.Tlking right up to the gun, like that. Her bcin.,r there lulled his suspicions, or he might have high- tailed it out of sight the .itinute he saw you in the hotel." "Well, that's something to thank Ix>uistf for, at any rate," Mi>ry ad- mitted grudgingly. "Othe.-wise, she's a blot. Bates thinks she's a crook. He's forgotten all about The F;y. Too busy trying to trip her up h.to mak- ing some sort of admis.sion that it will show him what her rt>al game is." "Oh, well, Ix>uise is none of our affair. Bruce will give her the boot when he gets his land-legs and looks around this country a bit . . . some of these bathing beauties ought to make him drop his easel and run . . ." "That reminds me," Mary inter- rupted. "I'm supposed to wangle a picture of her somehow â€" for Bates to carry next his heart, I think, though he says it's to send home to the New- York police department. For a man who thinks he's out with the reincar- nation of Catherine de Medici and the Borgia family, he's having a bet- ter time than any college sonhomore I know!" "Maybe they'll take a picture of the notables at the party tomorrow night. She'd be one of *eni, if all you tell me about her is true." "And if ahe has a bad conscience, she'll hide in the background and be unrecogniaable. No, I've j;ot to buy or borrow a camera, and walk right up t« little l«uiw and M^ 'L4t me snap you, darling, for my memor;; book! You look SO distingue!' Uhg!' "Say!" Bowen wa:; struck with ar idea. ''I've got a friend on the papei down hereâ€" frankly, he's been put- ting me up since I cut loose from tli€ payroll and came down here. He has one of these cameras you hide in J our ptH.ket, and shoot when nobody knows it. If we could smuggle it in tomorrow night . . ." "Bring it yourself!" Mary cried delightedly. » * Bov.en bent on her a itiok of unut- terable reproof.' •'Am 1 one of the idle rich?" He threw out his hands. "I hitch-hiked t^ this village, my dear lady, and I did not have a swallow-tail tied up in the handkerchief that served me as a trunk. Just a hobo, that's nie. A darling of the gods like you can't realize what it is to be broke, I know â€" " Mary put jut her banc in quick sympathy. "1 can realize you've doi \ . ' . this for me,"' she said. Lika i fla.sh she opened the bag she carried and took out a roll of bills which .'"b.' thrust toward h'.m. (To be continueu. . In honor of his Oaughter's wedding, a Scottish landowner was giving a din- ner to his tenants. He gave express iust^^ctious that a mo.?niflcent repast was to be served up, and there was to be no stinting of champagne. Two farmers were partaking ot their fifth glass of the finest champagne when one of them turned to the other and whispered, "I say, Donald, I won- der when the whuskey is comin' round. These foreign mineral waters ai"« very lowerin'.' "Mrs. MiQue has just passed with- out speaking. I thought you wer» great friends." "No, we're not o» ihc best of termi just now." "How's that?" "Well, it's like this. You remember the fire that took place at their house about a fortnight ago? Well, I run for a long plank to put up at the window, so that she might slide down before the fire brigade arrived. But how was I to know there was a nail In It?" I ISSUE No. l-*33