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- - THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, APRIL 2OTH, 1939 Establiîhed 1854 A Weekl Newapaporedevated ta the interensaof the town o1'Bwmanvll and murrunding country, Imu.d at King Street, Bowmnanviiie, every Thureday, by M. A. James & Son*, ownersa ndi pubilhers. The. Canadian Statemman la a member of the Canadian Weeklr Newmpspers Association, aima the Clama "A" Wemkl et of Canada. GEO. W. JAMES, EDITOR SUBSORIPTION RATES Anywhere ln Canada $2.00 a year when paldI si- vance; SOc extra lninInted States to caver potage. ingie copies, S. THURSDAY. APRIL 2OTH, 1939 The Joy of Havlng a Hobby They tell us everybody shouid have a hobby for diversion and recreation ta rest his mind and body from regular routine thoughts and action. It was our privilege recentiy to be a guest of Harold Guily (Scribe G) at the Arts and Letters Club in Toronto an the occasion of their annuai Hobby Night. It was a de- iight and revelation to us ta see the enthus- iasm with which these prominent and suc- cessful big business and professionai men divulged and described with a youthf id zest their pet hobbies. Onie had taken up landscape painting; another vras a collector of oid and rare brassware; stili another was a carver and designer of marionettes. The last cailed on was Scribe G who in his char. acteristic style said his favorite hobby was hay fever. We read the other day where Sir William Mulock, retired Chief Justice of Ontario, now in his 95th year, said his hobby was treeis. He went on ta expiain, "As I grow aider, I find many of my oid friends have dcparted, but my trees only grow, more beautiful and stately. It is not possible to have any difference of opinion with them." With these experienees it is quite possible that in years ta conte many young people in this community wiii rise up and bless the Lions Club for their foresight in hold- ing a Hobby Show in Bowmanviile. This takes place next Saturday, April 22nd, in St. Paul 's School Room. Already over anc thousand entries have been received front boys and girls ail over the country. You'I1 see hobbies you neyer thought of at this unique affair. Don 't fail to take the whoic family ta this gigantie play house of "H:obby-lobbies." Jo8. T. Clark Memorial Trophy Every s0 often anc hears somcbody blurt out in a nonchalant manner that there is no sentiment in big business in this modern age' of speed, 'mass production and million- aires. But just as often anc sees or reads about kindiy acts and deeds gaing on every day which disproves. the careless and thoughless remark that every successful business man is a soullcss hard-boiied lier- man. Many examples couid be related ta prove aur point but we '11 just comment on anc that came ta qur attention whiie read- ing iast w eek 's Statesman. It was in reference to the advancc notice af the Ontario-Quebec division of the Gan- adian Weekiy Newspapers Association Con- vention ta be hcid ini Ottawa ncxt week. Ânnouncement was onade that J. E. Atkin- son, President of the Toronto Daily Star, who was for some years secretary-treasurcr of the one-tiinie Canadian Press Association when it inciuded bath dailies and weeklies, had donated a trophy ta the weekiy assoc- iation. This beautiful trophy is ta be known as the Joseph T. Clark Memorial Trophy, eomemmorating the former editar of the Toronto Star, who in his cariier days was editor of a weekly paper in Pickering, and who neyer last his dclight in the incidents of town and country life. Yes, there is StiR sentiment in big bus- iness, and the weckly fraternity are greatiy indebted ta Mr. Âtkinson, who has always been a truc fricnd of the rural weckliis, for this further gesture of gaodwiil and friendliness. A Retrograde Step in Church Flnancing Aftem two suceessful years of financing on a voluntary giving basis it looks like a retrograde step ou the part of the cou- gregatian of St. John 's Anglican Church ta returu ta the aid system of aising moucy by concerts, suppers, bazaars, cooking sales and similar methods. When the people af St. John's announced their intention ai raising ail funds by vol- untary giviug two years aga, the move was hailed as a step in the right direction, and other churches prepared ta foilow suit. Thraugh pubiicity given the seheme in The * Statcsmau, the plan was commented upon favorabiy throughout Canada, and scores of editors have urged the churches in thcir communities ta foiiow the icad started by St. John 's. We arc given ta understand St. John's wili shortiy sponsor a couple of eveuta.- ta raise amoney for church purposes. Why tMs is uecessery is hard ta tell, in vicw of the suecessi of the voiuntary giviug scheme over a period af two years. t was hoped tiiet within a few years ail Bowmanvilie churches wauid givè up the questionable iethoda of church financing, and get down t». the oniy Christian method of support- *free wil gâving. W. hope for the sake of the whole cam- mnunity that St. John's will reconsider the * zove it. is making, and that it will continue to set the worthy example of the past two Y""r in church financing. This congrega- tion has shown that it eau be donc, and everyone knows that it is desirable that it' should be doue. So lott-go hope St. John 's continues under the -1937 incd 1938 plan, aud that this historie congegàétipu will be the in eams of leading other churches into sim- lier Christian paths et fiu.ning. The Beauty of Loyaity This is "Be Kind ta Animais Week" - April 17 - 23. To those who knaw the editor intimately and his fondness for dags they wili net bc sunprised if wve use thia as an excuse ta devote anc editariai ta this subjeet. Sa wc are going ta honor aur faithful aid black spaniel "Dusky" who has been aur devoted campanion for the past ten years. Like hi& master he is get- ting a bit rotund, he is iosing the curi and lustre as his hair turns grey and he finds it diffteult ta keep up the paue of the young pups about tawn. Howevem, he has a host of friends who greet him with a kiimdly smile and an cncounaging word as he daily trudgcs his way fmom the James' domicile ta the Statesman office. The foiiowing "Tnibute ta a Dog" which we ciipped from last week 's Simcoe Re- former pretty wcil expresses aur senti- ments. "We have a dog. He came ta us as a pup, and se we taught hini the rudiments of gentlemanly canine conduct But these things we have taught him arc in sinal measume indecd to the things we have leamn- ed from that smail black dog. Hie taught us how ta play again - ta throw off came and womry in the exhilaration of a good romp. He taught us ta iaugh whoieheart- edly, without reservation or cynicism. "Much that we know of bcauty has came ta us because of him - the glary of an early sun; its slanting ays just touching the tops of the tallest elms, and setting them on fire; the 'magie of a full moon, poised mea- mentarily betwcen twin steeples; the gentle, gmowing ioveliness of saft ain on anc 's ha jr and uptumned face - these and athousand other phases of the warld about us we have found because theme was a littie black dog bcgging for a waik. " But most of ail we have ieamncd the beauty of loyalty that lies in a pair of wor- shipping brown eyes." Durham Member Afraid Oranges Push Appies Off Market In the Hous- of Comniùns last week, WT. F. Rickamd, M.P., ior Durham County, ur- cd that the period of free entmy of oranges in this country be shortened in the interests of the appie growers. Our mesuber stated that oranges seliig for anc cent each was unreasanable, and that they should nat be sold for iess than two cents each. Mr. Riekard has forgotten two important factors, and it is interesting ta note that fellaw Libemals in the houçse opposcd his suggestion. The first factor that should be remembered is that oranges cannot be grawn in Canada, and that no duty should exist an any commodity that is nat a competitar of a similar comiodity in Canada. The ather important factor is that Can- adians nced a reduction in food prices. Tariffs should neyer exist when they serve ta increase the cast of food. Heavy taxes are paid on tea and sugar, bath of which are not poduced in CQtnada, and yet bath are cansidered necessities today. The un- fartunate thing about food taxes is that it hits the poor man hardest. The average low-salanied worker spends the greater pro- portion of his moncy on food, while the mare fortunate people spcnd considerable on* other things' which are not necessities and which are flot sa severeiy taxcd. If Mx. Riekard and other apple growers in Ontario wiii cqnqentrate on an apple educational and niarketing campaign, such as is now bcing urged in these parts, we don 't think they need fear any compotition from oranges. It is aur honcst belief the apple is the king of ail fruits for deliciaus cating as weii as health-giving qualities. Observations and Opinions One wonders if the m.easles epidemic iu tawn would have been sa widcspread if a Sehool Nurse had been on the job. Here 's hoping the town will engage a nurse before another epidemie breaks out. The quest for truth and justice, in a spirit af toierance, free inquiry and human isyompathy, is basic toalal education. If this shouid be lost, the democratie way afi lue, bascd upon reasaned participation in gav- emument ýby a people made intelligent, me- spansibie and cooperative through educa- tian, will 'disappear in this country as it has disappeared cisewhere among peoples wha once lovcd frecdom and justice and mercy, and now sccm ta know them no mare. In the wcekiy field af joumnalism acros Canada there arc muny aggressive and brul- liant editars who are serving their com- munities weli. Oue is Adam Sellar of The Gleaner, Huutingdon, Que., who is a past president of the Canadian Weekly News- papers Association. This xnanth Mm. Seliar Iaunchcd out inta a uew venture by editing and printing a tabloid weekly in Canada for circulation entirely in the U.S. This paper is the Graphie-News which is published for the Village of Malone, across the barder from Huntingdon. Though Huntingdon is #t place of only 1600 people, the Gleanen is fully justifie(l in claiming that it is an un- usual publishing centre. "It does nat baast a daily newspaper" séys the Gleaner "but iast week, Monday, saw Revue Ayrshirc Canadienne enter the mails; Tuesday saw nearly 10,000 copies of Montreal Y.M.C.A. News printed; Wcdnesday the Huntingdon Gleaner; Thursday La Gazette de Valley- field and ounF'riday the firat edition of Graphie-News was printed. On Friday of thia wcek La Circulaire Hebdomadaire miakes its debut." Our hearty congratula- tions are extended ta aur geniai, goad nat- ured, rosy-cheeked and bald-headed uews- paper friend, Editor Seliar in his variaus successful journalistie endeavors. CHARACTER SKETCH DYZ SCRIBE G Editor James is often aaked next ta the. service station with where we liVe ... 8a 'I'm telng his sister Mayr. you'. Our place is one concession He wiil finl your can with coal south of Thornton's Corners, ail . .. build you a new stone-boat which la on Highway No. 2. We or hay rack . . . fix a fiat... will be on the new 'four-lane' sharpen an axe, scythe or knife highway when it la completed. for the reaper . .. change your ail Our mail cornes from Whitby... tow yau out of the ditch .. aur Hydro bill fram Oshawa . .. or put you Up for the night. in and we are near the lake. his spare time he collecta eight Thia haa been a hard wlnter for cents a gallon tax on gaa for Mit- getting ini and out. It's a good Idea chell Hepburn. ta have a horse andbuggy or an Mr. Boddy has a 1924 Hupp. aid automobile that la hung hlgh The speedometer wcnt wrong at enough ta go thru heavy snow 116,000 miles so he's lost count. and deep ruts. Samne time ago we Wc made hlm President of the .od aur buggy-horae. Her naine 'Hundred Thausand Club.' The was Nellie. And w'll scen the man who sold him the 15 year old buggy if you press ua very hard. Hupp said, «"You may get tircd of Sa when the roada are bad we it in twcnty or thirty years, but 'leave aur car at Gregg Boddy's. you'll neyer wcar it out." Thorntan's Corners consists of This )s the phaeton that Gregg two cemeteriea, Williams' gracery uses to take us in from the high- store and the White Rose Fillfrg way. It la as good as joining a Station. That'a Gregg'a place. You Health Club. When Gregg gets can stand on the roof of the mehis his pipe lit and $he windows clos- privy and throw a snow bail esat ed good and tight, you get a cam- or west. Il wiil light in anc of the bination of vapor fumes, magnetici gravyards. vibrations and massage that equali Grcgg and I went ta schaol t<> anything they've gat at Suiphur, gether. Wc finlahed the horse- Springs. Yau stcp out of the phac-j shoeing course. Then went aur ton a different man.1 separate ways. Thometim when yau're paasing1 ThrtnsCorners and your bus ï Hec owna the corner property . . acta as if she's thiraty . .. drive in 1 renta the grocery ta Williams. lHe the yard and hank your horn.i turned the ban into a workahop Grcgg la wilhing to wake up any-i . . put ini a couple White Rose time. It doesn't matter when. leic pumpa . . and dug a haie ta change doesn't dlimb on the runningi the ail in. He la our local Capi- board and offer to cdean youri talist. tecth. He cames out of the officec Gregg la a good Canadian ... a andi asks you what you want. Ift bachelor by choice wc imagine, he charges you too little, juatE rather than necessity . . . lives mention aur name.r BY THE OLD BOX STOVE BY HIRAM Baek on the Seventh Concession e Some tume ago thene appeared a Alas, experience teaches it docsn't letter in The Statesman from a work that way. The second answen Clanke lady. It was a veny intereit- was that the man out of the church i5 se irrelisious that its almost use-1 ing letten because of its simpîicity less bothenng about bum. I wonder and humaness. She expnessed the what wouîd happen ta the Saîvation wisb of her heant in fine simple Armny if that thing i5 true. language but she proved how buman The man on the street is a nelig- she was when she told how full of [ous being. He will taîk about spirit- fear she had been before she finally tial thinls. intelîigently and syni- put ber views on paper andi sent themni athcticaîly but se often the religiaui out ta be rcad by othens. We are leaders wan't talk witb bum. Per- mosly aIl like that. Thene are sa haps it would be better if the cbunch niany thingi we nealîy believe and could forget its intelleçtualism and1 sanie of the thingi are really instruc- get back a lot of its best evangeiism.i tive but we are afraid of wbat 2. Why are we letting the aid, aIdi othens will say, on that we niay be hvmns slip. Sanie churcb leadersE misunderstood. The membens of the would be surprised ta learn if theyr gang have been taîking about this wouîd niake it their business ta find fean element and, althougb they out bow niany thousants listen dailyE sometimes "slip in whenc angels fear ta the singing of these fine aIds te tnead" thene are sanie thingi they hymni aven and aven again. Why alk aven araund the f iendliness nfelt try it out in youn church sen- the aid box stave. but hesitatet vices. Sing an aId hynin of the say tbem out loud. Weil, taking Sankey-Moody type and see haw the courage f ran thc good lady here are people will respond. A service was twa thingi.. lWd oj sne months ago and the bynins 1. Why is it that there is net the' were "Whiter than Snow, "What same relationsbip between the in- a Friend We Have in jesus," and dividual and the chunch like there "Jesus. Saviaur Pilot Me," and the was just a few years ago? I know people were reniarking what a grand ome will be quick ta say thene is, service it was. Why? It wasn't but that's net the opinion of the mian the sermon. it was punk, it was net on the street. In the days gone by the choir. there wasn't any, and I he church sought the outsider but know it could net have been the col- bere i5 not thc sanie keen concern lection. I neyer knew a congre- oday. We asked sanie leaders gation ta enjoy that yet. It was the about it and here are two answcrs hynins. The people knew thern and we gat. First, that the conditions wene able ta sing theni and were able of if e and of Ratbering knowîedge ta take part in the service thb«em- have changed and today a mnan selves. I wonden if this gang of knows what he needi, he knows the bayieeds dare suggest ta sanie of hurch is there ta supply that need, aur dignified preachers ta try this and all he bas ta do is ta go ta aut. Whv net adventize it ta put it :burch and f ind bis need supplied. -ta the test. IN THE DIM AND DISTANT PAST - FROM THE STATESMAN FILES PIPTY YEAIRS AGO - tory f rom Miss Brent for $600. They are likely ta buy the Trinity manse From The Canaïlian Statesman, property also. April 17, 1889 Only 12,000 imigrants sailed f rom Mapi Groe: osep KikpatickLiverpool iast week for Anierica. bas been very sick. .. The young ladies ta whom the pastor bas spoken TWENTY-FIIVE YEAxS AGO 50 many times ougbt ta know enough to keep quiet in cburcb or stas' at Prom The Canadian Statesman, home. April 16, 1914 Tyrone: Sami Bingbam's factory dam bas been repaired. .. Walter Sauina: Miss Georgie Langmaid is Emerson is down with congestion of improvinz rapidly. . . Mr. and Mns. the lungs. . . Farmers are busy seed- Blake Stevens entestained friends ing. Don't expect them in town until and relatives April 4th, it being their f air day. l4th weddinR day. Kirby: Henry Powers and Thos. Caurtice: Mr. Happs. Pickering, is Henderson tapped a number 'of trees settled in his new home formerly in the latter's woods and made some owned by F. W. Rundie. . . Mr. very fine syrup. Fleck. Toronto, i5 occupylngz the Married: McGill-Graham-By Rev. place formerly ow.ped by M. Mc- H S5. Mathews, April 4th, at the Kensie Penfound. Methodist Parsonage, Mr. Samuel Enfield: Mr. and Mns. Fred Or- McGill of Manvers. and Miss Mary miston have moved ta their farm on Matîlda Grahami of Blackstoclc. the town uine. The local minstrel entertainment Robert Grandy, Cavan, is home on Friday night was a financial suc- froni Scotland with four superb cesi, receipts, $115. The Town Hall specimeni of Clydesdales. was well filled. The prograni was Rev. and Mns. R. Hindi and Mr. full of intereit throughout, the music W. J. Jones returned from a plea- being by no means the least menitor- $ant trio ta Cuba and British Guiana, ious. Some good hits were made by South America. the end men that caused great Water in the harbour i5 141 inches laughter. above the average level. At this time What might have proved a des- lait year the water r.egistered 30 tructive f ire occurred in the kitchen1 inches above zero. of J. Rankin's residence. Thursday Boys playing with matches Mon- night, had it flot been discovered. A day set fire ta grass in the orchard clothes rack laden with newly laund- of James Pearce on Liberty St., near ered clothes upset on the stove and a Lover's Lane. As a result the un- big blaze ensued. Fortunately it was accupied house was set on f ire, but seen by Miss Milne who was sitting was saved bv the prompt action of un with Mns. Rankin. who is very neighbours. The young trees were ill. andi the alanm given. Mr. Rankin considerablv damaged by the f ire. Mr. Prower and Rev. Mr. Mathews Married: Frise-Wright -In Bow- succeeded in extinguishing the blaze. manville, at the Methodist Parson- The boys nightly homeward plod aRe, April 9th. by Rev. H. B. Kenny, their weary way with strings of Mr. Arthur Frise and Miss Elizabeth fish. Wright, bath of Bowmanville. Citîzens were much pleased Satu'-- Public Sehool Honaur Roll: Sr. day ta sec the cheerful face of S. W. IV-..,Dorothy Johnston. Doris Cour- Sanders on Kiniz St. after being con- tice. Jane Grigg; Jr. IV-Greta fined ta the bouse for 18 months. Muir. Eileen Cousins, Emma Cole- Froni aIl indications this town is man. Cecilia Lowe, Enid Souch. Ina goîng ta be the f irst in Canada able Burns. Marian Moorecraft, Ina Pcth- ta boast of a ladies' band. Mr. Ruse ick, Mary McLillen. Winnie Varcoe, should have aur heanty co-operation .jiellen Worden, Garnet Richards, in this work. Eva M'oyse. Marjorie Westaway, D.O.&P. Ca. have baught the tri- Kenneth Purdy, Ethelda Hazlewood, angular corner juil east of the fac-- Elton Manning; Sr. III-Philp TiI- Iir it Ise ei fil th th yE 17 il, id c: ni ha cd st co ia ley, Alice Stendeni, Lorne Pummer,' Ruth Martyn. Mildred Lawrie, Ted Pethjck; JIr. III-Herbert Goddard, Prower McMurtry, Britton McCabe, Eva Corden. Cecil Dudley, Gladys Downey. Vera Veal. Agnes May- nard, Laurie Van Nest, Mary Fin- lay. Helen KniRbt. Rhea Deyman. West indies and South Amerîca B7 Mift Elsie Carruthers Number 5 S. S. New York March, 22, 1939 At 6.30 a.m. on March 21, I sleepily arase, determined- ta see the harbour af Havana and to get a picture of Marra Castle, the beautiful ancienit fartreas which guards it. It was rcally worth the effort, for as the suni broke thro' the clouds, (the rainy season was juat bcginning) Havana in all its green and white lovdliness lay before us. I bdlieve the Ameri- cana are largely responsible for its present-day spotlcss cleanli- ness, havmng made a grand dlean- up of the city after the Spanish- American war, which resulted in independence for Cuba. But I thmnk one must give the Cubans the credit for dcsiring and de. signing those wide avenues with boulevards cleaving them. And when I say boulevards, I don't mean a strip of earth six feet widc whcre grass attempts ta graw; I mean a tilcd promenade provided with plcnty of benches, far every- onc in the tropica likes ta sit and think, or just ait - and ts shad- ed by life-size trees and sur- raundcd by beautiful flowers. Cuba, Uic largest of thc West1 [ndies, was discovercd by - yau1 don't nccd thrcc gucsscs - Colum-i bus, of course, on hla firat voyage in 1492 and hie thought it Uic most beautiful land hce or anyonc eise had ever acen. We saw no-i thing of Uic country itacif, spend-t ing al aur time ini Havana and ita suburbs, so wc cannot agree or disagrce from what wc actually î saw, but it la known now Colum-N bus was inclincd ta cxaggeratc ever s0 littie. Howcver that may b be, I'1l still take Jamaica. But 1I would venture ta say that Havana1 is probably thc most beautifulo city in thc West Indies. .v Up until 1902 when Uic Cubans il irst electcd their own president, v the island was anly once out of xm the handa of thc Spaniards in 400 e, cears. This was during Uic ycar r 762-3 whcn Uic English occupied E t, then cxchanged it for Uic Flor- G la peninsula. Havana has scen ci anough revolutians silice 1825, and rr rmore particularly since 1895, to p .ave left ita buildings pock-mark- ir ci or tottering, instead of white, tl iatcly and beautiful. And of o mursc anc result of ail thase val- C ait attempta ta gain indeperid- ir ence fnom Spain, was innumcr. 1able hcroes and liberators whc had ta be honoured (fartunately for tourlats like us) by raisinfi well-dcsigncd white statues tc Uicmn all over Uic city and sur- rounding these with littie parka. Sometimes Uiey are in Uic centre of a large square, whcre struc- tures built in Uic sixteenth cen- tury rub shoulders with modemn edifices which look as if Uiey cost millions, and posslbly 'did. The Cubans are lavlah spenders on civic buildings but masses of moncy almost neyer result inyul- garity, fan Uic Spanish love af bcauty kecps Uic balance, with, graceful inca which achieve a quiet dignity. In Uic crectian af Uicir Capitol, which cast sixteen million dollars and, af which thcy arc justly proud,. s farcigner might; Uiink that Uiey came with- in an ace of being a littie too elaborate. But more af the Capi- toI later. Through thc klnd intereat af Mr. J. J. Brown, District Governor af the Lions, wc were met in Havana by Dr. Ramiro Cailazo, District Govemnor of that city. It scems the two met in Oakland, Calif.* last ycar at a Lions conven- tion. How these Lions get around! Joki aside though, wecectainly Uiought wc wcrc vcry fortunate and we did sincercly appreciate it. Dr. Collazo, the epitome of Cuban graciousnesa (which inci- dcntaliy la vcry noticeabie in Ha- vans, and absolutcly genuie) taok us for a drive around Uic City. Wc went first along Uic Prado, said ta be the most mag- nificent avenue in thc warld, and built in 1902 during thc periad when the United States toak aver thc gavermaent aftcr the Spanish- Ainenican war. This used ta be a residential district, but la now flankcd wli fine shops, shaded by laurel trees and in the middle is anc af those beautifully land- scaped boulevards I mcntianed. The graundwork of Uic avenue, be it knawn, la of mosaic marble, and Uic whaic praject cost some- thing like $300,000. The Prado leada ta the Malecon (thc word means sea-wail) which [s a lovely drive beside the occan whcre Uicy spray dashcd aven the wail and anc looka out ta aid Mvor Castie on ita rocky point. On Uic Maîccon is the National Eiotel, fineat in Havana and anc of thc scenes of skirmish in a me- volution not so long aga. Retuna- ing ta the heart of thc city again, wc wcnt inta thc Cathedral, which vas bult in 1704 and which houa- ed Chnistopher Columbus' me- nains for a time. We saw also El Tempîcte, a amali building af ncecian design, erected in 1519,ta commemorate Uic site of the first nass said in Cuba. This formsaa Part of anc af thc aldeit squares in Havana, Plaza de Armas. On the north is O'Reiily street, vcny old, vcry narnow, and whene. Dr. Collazo has his office. The build- ings are sa aid,,Uicy look moth- eatesq, but inside everythlng la shinlng and modemn. We met Mrs. Collazo, a charm- lng and good-looklng Cuban lady, who took us ta lunch at Uic beau- tiful Havana Country bub. lier *husband could not acc1!many us, havlng ta attend a Li ns lunch- con. One drives out FMUi Avenue, anather lovely avenue wlth a magnificent boulevard w h e r e grow clipped ycws and flamlng flowcrs, for several miles thro' a residential district wherc Uic hauses are palatial. The Club buildings and grounds, not 'ta mention Uic tiled swimxnind pool, E are truly beautiful. I know IL am over-worklng that word, but I can't help it, for that la Havana. We had a delicious lunch on Uic Lterrace ovcrlooking Uic g ol1f course. Mrs. Collazo was accom- panicd by a fricnd of hers, Mrs. Arrango, whosc husband la awner of El Mundo, anc of thc two larg- est ncwspapers i Havana, and- whom wc met befare hc too, dluh- cd off ta Uic Lions luncheon. Mrs. Arrango could speak vcry Uittle English, but that was more than wc knew of Spanlah. In answcr to Mrs. Collazo's question as ta whcther I spoke Spanish, I said apologctically that I knew only two wards: adios (good-bye) and manana to-morrow) which Is whcn Uic Spanish are always go- ing ta do somcthing. She ws highiy amused. Oh, I musn't for- get, for dessert we had cocoanut ice crcam i half a cocaanut shell In Uic afternoan, we vlaited La Mcrced, Uic wcalthiest and moat beautiful church in Uic city, and incldentally where aur hostess, Mrs* Collazo, was married. Then ta Uic famous Capital, white, pure and lovcly i line, and gracefully tapped with a dame rcscmbling that of Uic United States Capital. It la set amid formal gardens and fllghts of steps lcad up ta its im- pressive entrance. AU Uice rooms have gargeous hangings and are rlchly furnishcd and the halls with their graceful columns and wonderful paintings are a joy to thc cyc. But Uic Hall of Lost Steps (intriguing narne) is most magnificent of ail, with its native and Italian marble, its nichly dcc- oratcd ceiling. Hene ini Uic floor is set the much talkcd of dianmond, mankmng the starting point of Uic Centrai Highway, which runs for 600 miles ta Santiago de Cuba. (Continueci on Page 9) Time Table Changes Effective Snnday, April 3Oth, 1939 Pull Information tram Agents. T.116 Canadian National Railways PAGE TWO 1k ji 2 1 - 1