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FEBRuARY 7 % Derby, Cane and Cigars Leopold Macaulay, the "Happy|smoker, only gave the fat box of Warrior" of the Ontario Logislalurc.l cigars a passing glance. is now the owner of an autographed | Cartoon Recalled. brown derby, a cane and a box ol'nlnb making l'lh(('l presentation Mr. in R £ ; j epburn recalled the famous car-- expen.s.l\e tIgatss repreaenlm'g paygloon his party used in the 1937 ment in full of a wager which h"i Provincial election campaign, show-- won last week in a tilt with Attor--« ing Mr. Macaulay and other promi-- ney--General Conant during discus-f""m Conservatives in a wabbly sion of the Succession Duty Act| rpwlyoat which seemed in danger of sinking any moment. amendments. | a * & s | *"This presentation will undo the In one of those lighter moments| preat injustice I did my honorable which relieve the tension of bittcrlfrinnd at that time," said the debate, Premier Hepburn, who un-- Premier. "He was depicted in the dertook to pay the bet, made the caricon as woan'pg a large hat'. not presentation in the zzouse yesterday. | of his own choosing, and smoking a Mr. Macaulay womt wear the derby, | big cigar, although I have since won't use the cane and happens loglcnrnod that, like myself, hf: does be a non--smoker, facts which the""ot use lobacco.. Nol?ody in the smiling Premier mentioned in the| P°8t had a walking stick for they course of his remarks., were all afraid of st'a.mdmg up lest The Premier had to search| !NCY be Pitched out, the city before he found the kind| "I am very glad to accept these of hat he wanted to present to his\flrli(?les-" said Mr. Macaulay. "But opponent. He thoughtfully had the with all these signatures on the members of his Cabinet autograph (lorby I think I had better send it the derby before replacing it in the out to 'the Pioneer Laundry and hatbox. If the member for South| have it fumigated." (Mr. Macaulay York didn't want to wear it, sug. won the hat on an argument in--| gested Mr. Hepburn, he could hand volving a Privy Council decision in it down as a memento to his chil.| the Pioneer Laundry case.) dren and his children's children. "Just to clear up the Premier 'The original "Happy Warrior," ex-- | about that rowboat," said the Con-- Governor Al Smith of New York,| servative member, a twinkle in his made the brown derby famous in eye. "In these days when boats, the United States and Conservative| big and small, are being sunk in Leader George Drew remarked that|large numbers, even a rowboat is the title of "Happy Warrior" was par--| pretty valuable, and I want to tell ticularly applicable to the genial|the Premier this rowboat is still and hard--hitting member for South |afloat, and likely to come into York. harbor soon, especially if we get a "I never look a gift horse in the| few more of his corporation taxes."' mouth," said Mr. Macaulay amid| (Laughter.) | laughter as a page boy carried the "It went down like the Graf derby, cane and box of cigars across ' Spee," interjected Mr. Hepburn, as the floor and placed them on his| the House roared. desk. He tried on the hat, which| "Well, you notice I struck out and seemed to be a tight fit, briefly'swam to shore, anyway," flashed twirled the cane and, being a non-lback Mr. Macaulay.