TO-DAY JOAN BARRYMORE WESLEY BARRY Se YEAR 89; No. 65. GIRL KILLED _ BY A BOMB "252.55 Sovating femed i Nt 'That Laurier-Fielding Turi! er a Quiet St. Patricks Day. {FIUME IS KEPT UNDER 2% ee CLAIM MADE | jconviction of a constitutent assem- {bly to-day for the election of a new | government in succession to the de- | Posed Zanella.edministration, Fiume {was kept in a state of siege, under | "military orders, A court-martial has Belfast, March 18.--The terror- [Deen instituted. ists, who had remained under cover | A Rome despatch Friday announc- wll of St. Patrick's- day, resumed |©d that military occupation of Flume their activities to-day. Shortly after [has been ordered by the Itdlian gov- the curfew hour, @ news vendor, pro- ernment. The step, dt was stated, ceeding homeward on his bicycle, | Was considered necessary to ap- was shot through the breast, and a | plication of the treaty of Rapallo, man was shot and killed in Newton- | Which charges Italy with the polcing ards road, jot Flume. In sending troops into it wags the duty of a provisional gov- A bomb wds thrown in Thompson [the city, it was added, Italy aimed ernment to appeal to the imperial street, the missile wotinding several | Only to secure the election of a legal | government. 3 ' persons, A girl, who was wounded |g0Vernment capable' of maintaining | Sir Henry Drayton, Conservative by the bomb, died after being taken |OTrder. | for West York, said that the redie- = | {tribution bill should be brought to hospital, . { Smee Newtonards road was in a turmoil |*®* ® #92 60006400000, attacked Hon. James Mur- | t * | dock, minister of labor, and Sir Lo- after the breakfast hour. } SAN ENTRN OR i Two men dashed into Thompson i Gaxpiy TEX 10 mer Gouin, minister of justice. He | street, in the Sinn Fein district, and [ : a me : threw a bomb through an ypstairs |, Ahmedabad, British India, window of a small dwelling wheve|, oo, 0°00" sone de kK oar an elderly woman, Rose McGreevy, lop bi, the Indian non-cooperation- end her niece, Mary Mullen, were ist leader, who was arrested re- sleeping. Pedestrians who forced cently on charges of sedition, entrance found Mrs, McGreevy seri- was sentenced. Today to six ously wounded and her niece mortal- years . imprisonment withQut ly hurt, one of the young woman's hard tabor - ' legs hdving been blown nearly off. : : The two women were taken to hos- ! rim | Fiume, March L 18.--Pending the | » ¢ Force. 'm pendent, continued the debate on the | { MacDonald, Liberal, Pictou, who de- clared with regard to the I. C. R., »took away the rights of the provinces 3 r jing tariff was higher than the tariff | of the late government. |adjourned until Monday afterno ! + In the senate, a committee whAs + |appointed to investigate the New | » | Brunswick oil shales, Senator Brad- | |bury gave notice of a bill amending % [the cold storage 'warehouse act. Per- | mission was given the divorce com-, | mittee to sit while the senate ads] +* + 0900000005000 0000 aily 3 ritish Whig ALLEN TO-DAY JOHN BARRYMORE "THE LOTUS EATER" AGNES LIKELY TO ASK KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1922, "3 Rilinon A GREAT DAY Indemnity From $4,000 BY DR AYTON In the Er Ottawa, March 18.--Judging, from | Mac- | of | i | theast Grey, is not likely to meet Higher Than That In oo any success in her fre: venture | Miss MacPhall, | so the story goes, will ask parlia- Ottawa, March»18.--In the Com-| ment to reduce the members' ses- ons yesterday, A. W. Neill, Inde- |Slonal indemnity to $2,500 instead Miss Mac- |address, He was followed by E. M.|Phall, who is a former school teach- ¢ | er, takes the ground that since pub-| { lie school teachers in Western Can- what one hears, Miss Agnes ] Phail, the Progressive member as a bills sponsor. of $4,000, as it is now. | management that if any government | 2da get around $1,000 a year as sal- lary, and as that this sum is a fair | remuneration, members of the fed- should be satisfied indem- eral parliament to receive $2,500 as nity. It is, their expense of herself and her eagues. porters. This would not n The house |the situation, but that is Dw alll she will ever get. Dr. Herridge Takes Methodist Pastorate, however, doubtful if she will even find a seconder in her efforts to | economize the public money at the coll- On a vote she may secure, pointed out that the Laurier-Field- | Perhaps, some twelve or Bteen sup- anger FOR IRELAND Vigorous Campaign in Sup- port of Peace Treaty With Great Britain. Dublin, March 18.--Celebration of St. Patrick's day throughout the southwest Ireland was markea boy | in the status of Ireland. The trooping of the Union Jack at Dublin castle, which since 1800 had been an im- pressive ceremony of the day of lre- land's patron saint, was omitted for the first time. Instead there was a trooping and blessing of the republi- can tri-color at Marlborough 'hall which was transferred some time ago by Crown forces to the Irish repupo- lic army. The national festival was utilized with Great Britain. the great St. Patrick's da that Erin stood on the threshold of freedom. Michael Collins, head of the pro- visional government, went straight to the heart of the affected area. South Cork, where he addressed several pital, where Miss Mullen died short ly afterwards. Early this morning the body of a man was found in Claremont lane with a bullet through the head. WOMAN JUROR FINDS HOME JS HER RIGHTFUL PLACE 1s Excused From Duty After Being Locked Up Over Night. Suppress Local Bodies, Belfast, March 18.---The Ulster home office has in the last forty-eight hours suppressed five local bodies in the six county area, all having Sinn Fein majorities regarded by the northern government as recalcitrant. Commissioners have been appointed to discharge their duties. The bodies suppressed were "The Magherafelt" (county Derry), the Guaradians,.the "rural councils of Cookstown (county Tyrone), Down Patrick (county Down), Lisnaskea (county Fermen- agh), and the city council of Ar- .magh, Boxer Dies After A Knockout Blow Trenton, N.J.,, March 18.---After being locked up for two nights on two mixed juries, Mrs. Anna Cun- ningham, mother of five children, has come to the conclusion "a wo- man's place is in the home." | She was excused from further jury duty by *Judge Martin yesterday on her own application. "A woman's place is not on a jury, particularly if she is married and a mother," Mrs. Cunningham said, ar- ter she had been excused. Her ex- Journed and" while in session. The senate adjourned until Wednesday afternoon. On Monday the debate on the ad- dress in the Commons will be con- tinued by William Irvine, Calgary West. A TWENTY PER CENT. INCREASE 28,403,000 Acres Sown to Wheat in India This Year. Washington, March 18--The area sown to wheat in British India is placed at 28,403,000 acres in the second annual forecast cabled to the Department of Agriculture today hy the Department of Statistics, British India. This is twenty per cent, more than was shown in the cor- responding estimate for last year when 23,663,000 acres. was esti- mated, and five per cent. less than the corresponding five years, 1915- 16 to 1919-20-average of 30,072,000 acres, periences in heing locked up over night and her worry over leaving her | family alone had greatly wrought her and rendered her unfit to give her best services, she said. Omaha, Neb.,, March 18. -- Terry O'Mallary, Omaha boxer, died last night shortly after be- ing knocked out by Ray Carter in a preliminary match. Doctors examining O'Mallary declared that a blow on the neck had cut off his wind. DUNDEE IS DECLARED WINNER OF BOUT Given Decision After Fifteen The final estimata of the area for hast year, as given August 10, 1921, was 25,722,000 acres, and that of the five-year average, 30,499,000 acres, ' VANCOUVER VICTORS, Defeat St. Patrick's in First Stanley . Cup Game. Toronto, March 18,--The Vancou- EX-CANADJAN SOLDIER Rounds With Charlie White PLACED UNDER ARREST of Chicago. | ver millionaires got away to a fly- ing start in the opening game of the professional hockey series here last night when they defeated St. Pat- meetings of his constituents. The of a demonstration at Skibbereen. Last evening creeds and factions buried the hat- chet at the annual banquet of the bourne Hotel, Dublin, where Ulster- men and Sinn Feiners sat down to- gether In peace for at least one day in the year, Republic#h followers of Eamonn de Valera were equally busy throughout the holiday. The former "president-of the Irish Republic," be- gan a tour of the south. He address- ed anti-treaty gatherings at Water- ford City, Thuries and other centres near Tipperary during the week-end. Demonstrations were planned for Dublin by treaty opponents. LIQUOR IN ALBERTA Government Dispensaries are to Be ai Opened in Province. + Edmonton, March 18.--A commis- sioner is to be appointed by the al- berta government to administer tne Liquor Act, on™ the autharity of amendments to the act tabled in the legislature yesterday. Government dispensaries are to be opened at certain points in the province, at which doctors' prescriptions for liqu- or will be honored, and upon their advent drug stores will be limitea to the sale of six dunce bottles on pres- cription. The maximum quantity which may be provided by prescrip- REV. DR. W. T HERRIDGE * Winnipeg, March 18.--Rev. W. T. Herridge, Ottawa, former moderator of the Presbyterian church in Canada, and an un- compromising advocate of church union, has accepted an invita- tion to the pastorate -of Grace Méthodist church for an "'inde- finite period." "This," said a prominent official of 'Grace church, "is, we believe, a real- To Tell What He Knows About Film Director Taylor's " Murder. dor, film director, voluntarily sub- mitted to arrest in Lower California, and is on the way back to this city in custody of two local detectives. ! This soldier, whosé name was not :3°¢'s rushes. The verdict was popular made public by the officers, admitt- ed that during the war he served with Taylor in the British army. The unnamed soldier denied any knowledge of Taylor's murder. His arrest took place after he had been identified as one of the two men who told an automobilist, who gave them a life, that they were going to "get" a former British officer. residing in California. | ./ Dundee, New York, ju Chicago, at the end of their fifteen- Los Angeles, Calf, March 18. round bout in Madison Square Gar- . {den last night. Dundee forced the in Ee a adian lier ranted | netting from the start, while being _ | content to stand back and use his the murder of William Desmond Tay left to ward off the Italian's attacks. The Chicago boy landed cleanly with his left on numerous occasions, but seldom did it appear to stop :Dun- wi WILSON'S APPOINTMENT Claimed That He Will rick"s by 4 to 3 in the Stanley cup series. The victors from across the continent earned the verdict. They had speed to burn and they laid down a checking game which held | March 18.--Johnny was given the dge's decision over Charlie White, New York, ly practical step in the direction of church union." YOUNG GIRL SHOOTS such stars as Cameron and Nobie | helpless in its grip. If anything, they were better than the score would indicate," and the winning players predicted immediately fol- lowing the game that they would win three straight games. AMERICAN ARCHITECT | Niece of Well-Known French Singer Is Placed Under Arrest. FUJI ISLANDS' PLIGHR, Nice, France, March 18.--George Carol, an American architect, aged 50, was shot in the face and serious- ly wounded by pretty 18-year-old Claudine Nickel, niece of Esther. Le- kain, a well-known singer. He is in a dangerous condition at the hospit- al here today. The girl ¢harged Carol with entic- ing her to a hotel at*Beausoleil, near Nice, on the Rivierd. Her father went to thy hotel and shot at Carol th the crowd. Insufficient Labor to Harvest the Sugar Crop. London, March 18.--An Indian political delegation from Suva, Fiji Islands, « 0 came to London to en- quire ini. the possibilities of emi- gration to their country, have con- cluded, their labors here. It is beliey- ed they will report unfavorably to STIRS UP THE SOUTH Be More Concerned With Or- tion may .be set by order-in-council. At present 40 ounces may be pres- cribed:: There is a general stiffening of penalties which' may be imposed for violation of the act. Imprisonment for first offences as an alternative to a fine is provided or both fine and a jail term may be given. STEER HUSBANDS TO JAIL Modern Woman's Craze for Finery is Conscienceless. New York, March 18.--"I have found after many years on tlie Bench in New York City that the greed for diamonds and furs is the curse of the time," sald Judge Louis D. Gibbs in Bronx County Court today in im.- posing a suspended sentence on Saul Zukor, a Bronx millinery store proprietor, charged with criminally (URGES PROSECUTION | | | LAST EDITION BIG OPENING OF THIS BUCKET SHOP i "SRIEFWE FOR PERJURY lacti c » we i several features denoting a change actions on this exchange were simpy |often tricked, "Imagine the chances, therefore, for a vigorous campaign throughout |of the so-called customers when tne Ireland in support of the peace treaty [same Is often reduced to a wager Speakers everywhere declared this [5°05 | y Ire-| land had ever known, and declared | fighting Irish leader was the centre | Irishmen of all] Knights of St. Patrick, at the Shel- | {English literature at Cambridge, New York, March 8.--Chiet City | ™\ 5 ' ag | Far am Neados, via vs ln Taling Evidence at Mon- treal in Stillman Divorce |econduct of the American Cotton Ex- | {change, held yesterday that the or- | | ganization was a bucket shop, and | e. lurged that the officials of it and some of the members be prosecuted. 'The evidence shows," he said "that the largest part of the trans- New York, March 18.--Ex-Chiet |Justice Almet F. Jenks, counsel for |James A. Stillman, characterized as { "a fishing expedition" the proposed wagers made on the fluctations of | spen commission to take testimony the cotton markets obtained by tele- lin Montreal, Canada, for Mrs. Anne phonic communication as to the act- | U. Stillman in her defense of her fvities and actions of other ex- husband's action for absolute dive | changes, following which false repre- orce, when arguments opened be {sentations were made to those wno fore the appellate division in Brooks |risked their money in these illegal f)y, yestérday on the appeal from jtransactions." {Justice Morschaucer's order author- | The magistrate found that custom- {izing the commiission. : ers of firms in this organiaztion were | Isaac N. Mills, who appeared as a and he continued: {new member of Mrs. Stillman's staf lot counsel, contended that the com- | misston® was absolutely essential to | the prosecution of the defense of his | client, A decision was reserved. Mr. Jenks declared the shifting of {bearings to Canada would open a | "whole world of perjury," because witnesses who perjured themselves {in the dominiop/could not be punish- THE TOTAL ABSTAINER IMPERFECTLY EQUIPPED = i= Nev oe" wisi \h@" charged, in seeking Canadian (hearings, and he intimated that her |action was "to bring more delays, with dishonest and irresponsibl per- |For Higher Literature Be~ cause This Demands To- tal Manhood. London, March | forced prohibition, | will never produce the United States a great literature, [1s the deduction that could be drawn [from the controversy between tne | president of the Wesleyan conference {and Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, novei- list, known as "Q" and professor of if one believes the latter's arguments. The Wesleyan president asked: | [*"Am I, 'because I am a teetotaller, | | | | cut off from understanding all that is good to understand in Swift or in other writers? Is Shakespeare u | closed book to me because I am a | total abstainer?" "Yes," answers Sir Arthur Quiller- | stainer Is in the nature of things im- perfectly equipped ture because high in its creation literature, both and its rull | viously a modification." "I speak only of literature," pro- ceeds "Q", 'because that, and not omniscience, is the one worldly) bus- iness in which I can pretend to any | competence, but I might widen my i position to a national one and ask | what kind of civilization our one postitively teetotal nation in Europ}, the Turk, has." He then cites Turk- | ish rule in Armenia, and mentions | Russia as another example of prohi- | 18.--Under en- Couch, "I do hold that the total ap- [thing in this case.' enjoyment, demands total manhooa, | of which a teetotal manhood is | |thereby lengthening the number of | months before the end, as each' {month she received $7,600 tempor~ ary alimony, With these statements (Mrs. Stillman's lawyers took issue. Judge Isaac N. Mflls of Mount | Vernon, a newcomer in the case be- cause of the illness of Mrs. Stille | man's leading counsel, John J. Bren- nan, said that even if the evidence {to be adduced in Canada from fifty- |one witnesses were meagre, a com= | mission to hear it was justified be- cause of the effort to defend a wos man's honor and the birthright of a child. Regarding testimony {at the Stillman summer northern Quebec, of conduct camp 'fia he reminded the court that "the unconvential life in . a very important He saftd™Mrs. "denied under oath" that country is Stillman had for high litera- her guilt." Both sides said the evidence against them had been gathered in considerable part by eavesdropping, both in Canada and in 'the United States. JUSTICE LONGLEY CALLED BY DEATH Was Former Attorney-Gener= al of Nova Scotia and Historical Writer. 18.--After N Halifax, N.S., March -- a re ig. | S€VEral months' illness, Hon. James bition. "My postion," he says, "Is Wilberforce Longley, Justice of the that man is in the world to enjoy -ll | Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, since that thisgworld can give, so long a3 | oc" ga 0 private hospital hers {late Thursday afternoon. Deceased leaves a widow, who wes he uses it temperately; that tempta- tion to excess inheres in every pleas- ure, and that man's business fs 10 ly ois E. Fletcher, of Norfolk; Eng- understand this and regulate his life {land accordingly." i : ¥ Mr. Longl attorney- Quiller-Couch cites passages from r. Longley was attorney-general Milt i i ¢ dofate indul of Nova Scotia from 1886 to 1898, ..ton 'n pra.se of modera a ndul-| when he resigned to run for the Do- gence .in wine and asks why "Christ | y {minion house. Being defeated in tne Eladacned The feast by turning Water | ceneral elections of that year, he - again entered the Nova Scotia gov- Finally he calls upon the Wesley. (E00 = under Premier Hon. G, H. an president to name six great poets | Murray, and held offices of attorney. and Six critics who have been total general and commissioner of lanas abstalners, : and mines until he was appointed to _--_------ the bench in 1906. 20 While a member of the legisia~ LADY LAURIER S WiLL | ture, Mr. Longley was the author ft | many important acts, including the {act to abolish imprisonment for IS FILED FOR PROBATE lac. As a scholar, writer of histories |cal works, orator and after dinner ganizing Orangemen. Indian immigration for labor pur- poses, as the Europeans on the Fiji Islands are strongly opposed to any proposal for equal status. The out- look for the sugar crop on the islands is gloomy, as there is not sufficent labor in sight to harvest it. Sugar is one of the chief exports of Fiji. Duolin, March 18.--The bitter- ness of the south against the north Pover the present series of sectarian outrages in Belfast, has been inten- sified by Sir James Craig's speech at the opening of the Ulster parliament and his intention of giving General Sir Henry Wilson, former Chief of Staff of the British army, the task of restoring order. : Picton News Budget. Picton, March 17.--Mrs. D. Boles has beén a recent visitor of Mrs. W. A. Spriggs, Belleville. B. B. King- ston's, Picton-Trenton bus, will re- sume trips on March 19th. It will Le hoped by then that the roads will be in a fair condition. Mayor Newman was in Toronto on Wednesday at- tending the Hydro-Electric meeting." SEEKING NEW TRIAL ! For War Veteran Who Is Convicted receiving stolen goods. . "Modern women," Judge Gibbs | continued are using the dollars mark | to steer their husbands into jaf, In| these days of furs and diamonds tho | wife or daughter does not. stop to | ask the husband or father where the $123,819, of which $76,726 is situ- dirty dollar is coming from--furth- | : ermore, it makes no difference to |'°d 10 the province of Ontario, was |left 'by the late Lady Zoe Laurier Shem. Just as Jong ag the man of the |p. J yy 150 gir Wiltrid Laurier, who died at her residence on Laur- ler ave., east, on November, 1, 1921, four times, missing him each time. He was arrested. Mlle. Nickel herself then procured a revolver, returned to Carol's bed- room and shot him in the face. She also was arrested, : ---------- | hii of 8ir Wilfrid's Late Res- | idence Made to Premier King. Ottawa, March 18.--An estate of family brings home the money, ro questions are asked. |speaker, he enjoyed considerable | distinction outside his native prove { ince. { NOTE OF WARNING Canadian Mining Ventures Are Not Always Safe. = London, March 18.--"A note of warning" is sounded for British 1n- vestors in Canadian mining flota~ tions by the Daily Mail. "While Mr. and Mrs. Waghorn have retuin- The south Las no confidence in for Murder. "The trouble with the man of to- Goneral Wilson. It frankly predicts that he will be more concerned with organizing the Orange side of the feud than in a general round-up of gunmen, ' The press asserts that the murders couid have been stopped by the de- claring of martial law, and argues that lhis was not done because the preclamation would have been en- forced impartially by the military. Both in public and private discuss- fon the trouble in the north is re- 'garded as being fomented for the | purpose of causing the Treaty to be | broken by aggravating the south to py | point of conflict. Talk of civil 2 ir 18 nothing uncommon. Sir John Eaton's Conition. o change" Toronto, March 18. was the bulletin this morning in re- gard to Sir John Eaton, whose con- dition has been extremely critical for a week or more. At the same time there was on the strest a dis- tinct feeling of hopefulness and . "confidence that the nt had pass- When my husband fries eggs, heled the danger Fane always throws the shells on the floor.--M. A. W. : ed from the overseas trip. P. McNal- ly, Cherry Valley, spent the weex- end with John Kelly, King street. Col. Adams and Rev. F. L. Barber attended the Masonic banquet in Brighton last week. The home of the late Mrs. G. C. Currie, Queen street, lias been sold te TT. J. Connor: HUSBAND AND WIFE. i ret Mgr. Hubert Oliver Chalifoux, died Ottawa, March 18.--A determined effort is being put forth by the Great War Veterans' Association to secure a new trial for John F. Gallagher, Carbon, Alta., who was sentenced at Calgary on January 21st to be hang- ed for the murder of John G. Uow- ard. It is claimed that Gallagher 1s totally deaf and that the trial pro- ceeded without provision being made so that the prisoner would have tall lagher is a returned soldier, who served seven years with the Imperial forces. ---- C2240 000200%00000 09 > X * + VISCOUNT PEEL BECOMES +¢ + SECRETARY FOR INDIA ¢ * ---- - + 2 om, March 18.--Viscount # > » former undersecretary of + # the war and air ministry, and ¢ 4% chancellor of the duchy of Lan- ¢ " caster in the present ministry, ¢ ® has been appointed Secretary of ¢ % state for India, succeeding Ed- ¢ Friday afternoon at Sherbrooke, Que. What Does Your Husband Do? knowledge of the proceedeings. Gal-| day is he is too eager to make money to supply his wife or daughter with J diamonds and furs. He is bound to get it somehow--honestly or by cri- minal methods." CONVICTS SYMPATHIZED Subscribed to Refund Money Stolen From Old Lady. St. Louis, Mo., March 18.-- There are crooks and crooks, but inmates of the Missouri state penitentiary do not want to be classed with the | | "meanest crook on record", the man {who disappeared from Union Station, '| here March 2nd after borrowing $93, her life savings, from the 60-year- jold woman he had engaged to ar: as his housekeeper in Danville, Tis. The nt of his treachehy was published March 3rd, and today Miss Elzabeth Sutton, living at the Chris- tian Old Peoples' Home, 6600 Wasn- ington avenue, retrieved $62, of he: loss from a fund contributed by the convicted at Jefferson City after they had read her story. 4 emi m-------- Seagram horses of Waterloo, held on account of 'Who has elected presid of the' Ontario Bar Association dent of One million members of the Ku Klux Klan are pledged to see Matt- hew Bullock brought back from Can- ada, says a Hickory, N.C., despatch. Field Marshall Wilson, General Sir Nevil MacReady and Gen. Came- ron are to hold an im confer- ence Saturday at $ there is hope for the employment of and whose will was filled for pro- bate at the courthouse this morning. The will makes thirty-five be- quests, among which is the giving of the home of the formed premier and Lady Laurier to Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, $1,000 to St. Jos- ephis OrPhanage, $1,000 to St. Pat- rick's Home, and $500 to the Sisters of the Precious Blood, of Ottawa. In addition the nuns of Ottawa General Hospital, receive' Lady Laurier's gold tray which is valued in the will schedule at $1,500, Will Change System Of Dispensing Liquor Fredericton, N.B., March 18.--A surplus on the financial operations of the province for 1922 will be shown when the treasurers' estimates are presented. There will be some men- tion made of a change in the system under which liquor is sold, and one new form of taxation to augment the depression in provincial revenue will be presented. That was the offic- fal forecast which Premier Foster made today on the budget speech, Which is to be delivered in the pro- vincial legislature here. British capital in developing Cau' ada's mineral resources," says the Mail, "it cannot be sald that British investors have fared at all well wita Canadian mining ventures in tne past, and caution is as necessary us flotations are being prepared tor we hear of people being circularizeq in vague terms to arouse interest." EASTER IN ROME London, March 18.--Canadian teachers who are teaching in London under the exchange system of the Empife E spend the Easter holidays in a visit to Rome. effect that the conditions under which they were required to work 1a London were very unsatisfactory, have now been disproved. It develops that they were allegations by an in dividual, an unsupported by the experiences or the opinions of the majority ever. Several Canadian gold mining submission to British investors, and Teachers' Association are to Statements made by one teacher in a letter home to Canada, to tne :