FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1923. THE DAILY V 13 foe 3 BRITISH WHIG Royal Ycast Cakes have been' used and recommended by Canadian housewives for over - S50 years. Time is the test of quality. Insist on "the kind mother used." that § * SUNNY TALES . IN SUNNY LANDS 4 The Samoan Islands here the tree-ferns grow in glory, nd the ancient mountain rise, Fitting "Finis" to a story, Told beneath those azure skies." 'Tonight, Teddy," said Uncle Frank, as he lit his cigar, "we are to visit in thought the last resting place of a most sincere friend of boys. Robert Louis Stevenson, who wrote Treasure Island for gou all, lies buried at Vaillma, a very beauti- ful place. Vailima'js about three interested in the story, The Bottle Imp, that thure was a big demand for every issue. The story was latterwards published in English, I {am teiling you this, Teddy, to give vou some idea of the Samoans." | *"You told me that you classed |tham next to the Maoris, Uncle, bus 11 did not think that théy would be interested in a newspaper. 1 puu {them down as better class savages." "About eighteeg mils from Apia is tho town of Luelumoenga, and the Fale Fono, or Parliament House, ot the Tamasese party stood, close tu {the mission bungalew when Steveun- son visited there a week after-his arrival in Samoa. Tat was in 1889. He was lunching a a a a " Duke of York and His Fiance A a a a a) Good wishes which were showered upon Princess Mary when she chose for her husband an English soldler of an old Yorkshire family will be as freely extended to the Duke of York who will marry Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. These marriages and that of Princess Patricia of Con- naught to a commoner indicate that the time is past when British royalty will' choose its mates at foreign courts, and increases the hope and the belief that the Prince of Wales will wed a British girl when the time comes for him to take a wife. So far Scotland has been favored above England in this matter. Lord Lorne married Princess Louise, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. He ne of an old Argyleshire house The Earl of Fife married Princess Loulse Victoria, eldest daughter of King Edward. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon is a Scottish girl, and Captain Ram- say, husband of the Princess Patricia, is also a Scot. Lady Elizabeth is twenty-two years old. The Duke of York is twenty- seven. She is described as a brunette with a faintly tinged complexion and an admirable figure. She and the prince have known each other almost from childhood and it is saia that they met first at a children's party. According to popular rumor the prince proposed. three times. The first time, it is said, was when they . were dancing at Princess Mary's wed- ding, which will girike the average person as being an extremely uncon- ventional; not to say awkward, mo- ment. As a proper rebuke the young man was refused. He next chose a! moment when they were golfing, and | was again rejected. Then ne came to the intelligent conclusion that the A GENTLE POETESS. Susanne Maria Smyth Was Not Very Widely Known. One of Canada's minor poets who wrote verse of exceptional beauty passed away a short time, ago. . . | Miss Susanna Maria Smyth -- for | that was her name--was born in | Falkenham, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England, on February 8, 1848. She was, therefore, 74 yeurs old at her death. She was the eldest of five { children, three sons and two daugh- | ters. Her father and her grandfather | ere farmers, and all her young life | as spent in rural England. She was educated at home by a governess, and latér at a boarding school at. Ips- wich. Miss Smyth came to Canada in 1873 with two of her brothers, | wha settled on a farm in Norfolk | county, Ontario. Three years later she returned to England, and, after the death of her parents and sister, she came baek to Canada with her | younger brother in 1892. After her | three brothers Were marired she | made a home for herself and adopted | a little girl, who was still living with | her at her death. After residing for several years in' Toronto, Miss Smyth | moved to Simcoe to be near her brothers. Always of a frail constitution, the last few years of her life had been spent more or less as an invalid. She was a great lover of nature, and !iothing delighted her more than to watch a beautiful sunset or the spar- kle of raindrops on flowers and shrubs when the sun came out after a storm. + She had many warm friends, and maintained her. correspondence with her girlhood acquaintances in Eng- land unti] her death. A friend in writing of her after her death said: | "The dear little lady was the soul of | hospitality and gave one such a warm | welcome that you always felt you | were quite at home." Miss Smyth | very fond of good literature, as well as writing and painting, and al- | though she took life seriously, she had a humorous side as well. She took to writing naturally, and com- | { | fashion without the support of some | well known designer. THE KERCHIEF FAD) Accessory Is Now Used to Dec- orate Dressessand Hats. Batik Printed Squares for Blouses and | Head Bands--Fashion May Reach Resorts, Paris has gone quite mad over the printed silk handkerchief and is using It for decorative purposes on dresses and hats, writes a correspondent in the New York Tribune, , } The big shops are selling the batik | printed squares for blouses and head bands. A prominent shop with a win- dow full of lovely printed styles shows a handkerchief bracelet. Thus none of its value as a decorative note is over- looked. So serious are some manufacturers about the Importance of fhe vogue that they are beginning to slacken their efforts on printed linen handker chiefs and will concentrate on silk. Many of the best designs are in batik print, but there is, of course, much printed from hand-cut wooden blocks of oriental origin. The present vogue for- the handker- chief as a trimming is an interesting example of the difficulty of creating a It also illus. trates the fact that great designers very often receive credit for originat- ing a fashion which really emanated from the brain of a practically un- heard-of dressmaker, A year ago the handkerchtef was used, especially In girdle form, as a trimming for out- door clothes and also as a connecting link between the sweater and the skirt, which were often in contrasting colors, in which case they were brought together by a handkerchief in In the Realm of Women----Some Interesting Features <tr Its Sale is Phenomenal Its Quality is Irreproachable "SALADA" TX A Is the Purest and Most H259 Cleanly Prepared Tea in the World a a 1 Lace For Wedding Gowns. | From London comes the report that the wedding gown of Lady Eliza-! beth Bowes-Lyon. is to be of lace, largely made in Nottingham. and it is to be hoped this will revive an im- portant British industry. i One of the most famous fashion authorities in New York tells us that lace is to be the favorite choice for the spring bridals and that it will supersede the white vélvet which re- placed the traditional white satin, | Among the first frocks to be sel-g ected by the bride-elect of the Duk® |of York was a lovely dress of fine Brussels lace, made by one of the best known Paris designers, and a bride scarf of the same lace was also| ordered. For her boudier wraps al-| ready chosen Lady Elizabeth selects ed satin and orepe d4 chine adorned | with Malines or Carrickmacross. But | for others pink or white maribou is| the only trimming. Lady Elizabeth has been kept very] busy sitting for portraits. Sargent] has just finished a fine crayo ne of Lady Elizabeth, which may after- 'wards be presented to Dundee. Many of Lady Elizabeth's wedding presents will take the form of old furniture, of which she already has a small coljection. A cabinet given her by Queen Alexandria was of old English oak, and a joint present now being arranged for her from her girl friends by the Hon. Diamond Hare dinge "also will be. furniture, which Lady Elizabeth {is to pick out herself. A practical wedding gift was givea to the Duke of York this week when he visited ' the British Industries Fair, It was a complete set of alumi- num household utensils, presented by the British Aluminum Hollow- ware Manufacturers' Association. The Eastern ©aznada Trap Shoot- ers' Association at a meeing in Ham- ilton, awarded the championship tournament to the Hamilton Gun Club. It will be held on August 6th, 7th and 8th. While no appointment is likely sketch, and Mrs. W. Lee-Hankey i for some time, the name of Hon. A. painting a miniature of her. Eoui§| K. Maclean is suggested as that of a Roslyn has been commissioned by, possible successor to the late Sir miles trom -Apla, the chief town or |December the island Upolu. An extinct vol- gano, Mount Vaea, overlooks Apia and . Vafllma, and with mountain ranges, luxuriant thopical vegetation fine seascape, and everything to ae a color to match the skirt. These ideas were advanced by smaller dressmakers last midwinter, but at that time received little notice. It is likely that the present craze for handkerchief trimmings will have a time to propose to Lady Elizabeth | posed stories and poems long before . she could spell the words. She had was. when she was not doing some-| thing else st the moment. So. hb | several manuscripts published in the seised an opportunity ier they had | EVELED Beers Defore whe came to kas Sa Losuher, wud this time WOR, and reserved about it that only a Lord Strathmore, the father of | few intimate friends knew that she the Society of Natives of Dundee] Walter Cassels on the bench of the with the gdod missionary of the place now living in Torquay to do a bust | exchequer court. the Rev. A. E. Claxton, and he was interested in the ale Fono, which .had been spared from destruction by the Maligtoans, the opposing par- ty, becuse they were afraid the a Sa BN a rdly think of a more suitable rest- g place for such a man as €teven- jon. While at Vailima, Stevenson wrote for a periodical published if Apia, the "O le Sulu-Samao," a ms- ponary paper, and the Samoans: are -- vo a BETTER COOKING It is wonderful what a help Oxo is in the kitchen. Oxo means good food every day and good health all the year round. : i the heart of an artist, one can Qicdsi Ri AT¢ 18 noves Grease mission bungalow might be set ou fire. He was greatly struck with the consideration shown by the na- tives, and he could hard.y believe that they held a truce every Sun- |day, when the missionaries were invited out to the respective camps to preach, There was a civil wat raging, but the so-called savages fought like gentlemen." "I have read somewhere, Uncle, that' Germany, the United States and England took charge of the islands sa as to stop the Mratives fighting and I cannot help laughing at the aea of Germany trying to teacl savages tc refrain from fighting It seems to me that quite a number of civil- ized races could learn from the Sa- moans." "There is some truth in that, Ted- dy, Now I think that I shall tell you that there are thirteen ilsanas in this group, but the islet Rose is just a coral island, uninhabited, and seventy miles away from its nearest neighbor, so I do not know whether it should be rightly included. Some of the islands are small, and three of them are without inhabitants, I understand. There names are: Savall, Manono, Apolima, Upolu, Famistapu, Manu, Nuutele and Nuu- lua, Tutuila, Anua, Ofu, Olosenga, Tau, and Rose. The last six belong to the United States and the others were German before the war. Some of the islands are thickly populated. If you look at your map, in a north- easterly direction from the Fiji Je- lands, you will ind the Samoan Is- lands lying between 13 deg. 30 min. and 14 deg. 20. south, 1st, and 189 deg. and 173 deg. west long." Tomorrow's tale is about -- i -- JIUMANS SWALLOW TIN MIXED IN ACID FOOD Yew much tin can the ° humap system assimilate without suffering from rhe effects? Ia the househo'd scienco darts ritut of the University of Toronto M.es }elen Coartwortu has 8>:1.1y herr <ngaged = scudyiayg the amount aud nature of the meta' dissolved fiir food from enamcl cooking ute) sils. The result of .tis investi- gation has shown that when acid focde are cooked in an enamel dish a deposit of tin is to be found in the *a.d. Your drad and unwteresting id. of stewed rhubarb is r:saly en- { nvened with touches of metalic trimming. Every year we swallow uough tin to make the fab «1 efforts if 'he suburban goat look small and : Waieurish. "The interesting part of the in- ¥<. tigation is that whila there is practically no deposit of tia in the ft od the first {ime the enameo. vessal is used, the deposits increase in size every time tlre food is cooked in it,' eaid Miss Coatsworth. Experimenters in an American «~riege declared that anu.couy was deposited from enamel vessels. bat A 13s Coatsworth has been unadle to verify this. The presence of tin was proved, however, when vinegar was boiled for half an hour In <a enamsl éiuce pan, and the conten s analyzed after evaporation had taken place. "ls. tin dangerous to "e human systemj 7" - + We haven't been ably ' to dis- cover yet," Miss Coatswosin replied antimony uncoubtedly is polson- our but we have never foard anr antimony in derosits duriiig this ser {es of experiments." Sn There is nothing difficult in the world---the, only fear is that men will lack perseverance. Even the Mar himself has noching Samoa. a but contemnt for tha other liar, Lady Elizabeth, wouches for the statement that the young péopl settled the affair for themselves] without parental advice or assistance on either side. prince is a fine fellow; and that they | will comply with the Queen's wishes! and become man and wife within] six months. The Strathmore family is not wealthy as great families go, much of the fortune of the house having passed to another branch, Lady Strathmore was a. member of the.ducal house of Portland. Her sons fought in the war and one of them, a captain in the Black Watch, was killed. Lady Elizabeth was a war worker, but in this respect was not different from most of the-other fine girls in England and Scotland. | The Duke of York himself was jn the navy, and was on board one #% the ships in the Battle of Jutland.| Later he transferred to the flying force and is a skilled aviator. As a| royal prince, he is, of course, pre-! cluded from following any other oc-| cupation than that of arms. Other-| wise, it is believed that he would | make a successful man of businéss. When the Prince of Wales was abroad on his travels much of the work that would otherwise have devolved on | him was discharged by his younger | brother. He was especially happy in| the numerous addresses he delivered | before business bodies, addresses that! were the result of his study of bual- ness and economic conditions. Like the Prince of Wales ne 1s fohd of sport. He rides to hounds, plays! polo, and tennis and racquets as well! as golf. Lady Elizabeth is also fond | of outdoor sport and much of the] companionship of herself and her futuré husband has been on the tennis court, the golf links and the covert side. Lady Elizabeth's ancestral home is Glamis Castle, immoftalized by Shakespeare. Ome of her ancestors was_a hostage to England for the ransom of James I. Another ances- tress, Lady Glamis, was burned to death as a witch on Castle Hill, Edinburgh, in the sixteenth century. A third was slain in the Jacobite rebellion. Glamis Castle has quite its share of dark legends. One is to the effect that there is a secret room which nobody is permitted to enter save the lord, his heir and the steward. As each heir comes of age his father takes him into this biood- curdling chamber and then unfolds the family secret. It is believed that at one time there was an heir infirm of mind and body and of strange appearance. He lived a great many years but was kept to a single room and nobody was permitted to see him. This probably constitutes the family skeleton of the House of Strathmore. % William the Third. Is the Salvation Army to become a kingdom? Three generations are usually more than enough to estal- lish a (dynasty. The Salvationists have had two Booths, first, William Booth, whom the London Times used to call "General" with emphasis on the world-wide organization, and the third is William the Third, now on a tour of India with his ta. too, is an army officer, and is right in the line of succession. * Dry Australia. In parts of Australia, where avérage rainfall is not m He says that the! | papers. He, | ed States Church, was their eccles- wrote at all. Miss Smyth was buried lip St. John's Cemetery, Woodhouse, orfolk county, near the grave of a { much-loved brother. Over the course of years many of Miss Smyth's delicate little composi- tions were published in Canadian They reached publication in a sort of shy, fugitive manner, cor- responding to her persomality, as has been described. They had no accom- panying letter, usually no signature beyond ""S. M. 8.,"" and were written in a shaky, weak hand that indicated a frailty of body far remote from the cultivated mind behind it. The last poem by Miss Smyth to appear was called October," and was published on October 12 last. It was as follows: OCTOBER. A tang of woods, a soundiess calm, A mellow distance soft and grey, And the ripe sunshine's sifting charm; All through and through a perfect day. Sy And in my heart a memory dear Of one supreme October day, When heaven came down to me 80 near It never wholly 'went away. S. M.. S. This reference to Miss Smyth and her work, so inadequate for her ac- complishments, might well conclude with one of her unpublished poems,-- GOOD NIGHT. The eager work is dune, The final fight; The "last post" is won-- Brave heart, good night. The low winds moan and sigh, The snow falls white, The rolling bugles cry--- Dear heart, good night. The wrong is put to rout, The cross gleams bright; The last lights are out-- Good night, good night. 8S. M. S. A Red-striped Sheep. Discovery of a species of a moun- tain sheep with red stripes on their backs and with straight horns has disclosed that the Indians in the vil- lage of Musroikuk, 150 miles north of Fort Yukon, though now in United States territory, still regard Queen Victoria as their ruler. Archdeacon McDonald, a pioneer missionary, translated the Bible for these Indians in 1864, and taught them to pray for the health and happiness of Queen Victoria. The late Hudson Stuck, -archdeacon of 'the Yukon in the United States Pro- testant Episcopal Church, 'tried to persuade them that the boundary line between Alaska and Canada had shifted, and that they owed alles- iance to the "Great Father" at Wash- ington. They did not seem to under- stand. : When the new kind off goats was discovered, the Indians planned to attest their loyalty by sending spect- mens to Rt. Rev, I. O, Stringer, An- glican Bishop of Yukon. When in- formed that the Rt. Rev. Peter T. Rowe, Bishop of Alaska, in the Unit- iastical head, they decided to send goats to both prelates. Log Output of B. Oy Log output of British Columbia last year showed an increase of 164, 000,000 feet over the total for 1921, according to returns completed here. The 1922 returns show a scale of 1,645,000,000 feet of saw logs. The total for the previous year was 1,431,000,000. Forests In Britain, avout 8,000,000 seedlings have been planted in the crown forests of Britain during 1922 and 12,000,000 'plants supplied from them to 'the commissi . forestry on. 5 strong influence on fashions for South- ern wear this winter and that pictur. esque effects will be worked out, as in this type of costume the designer has practically no restraint in regard to gay colors and s*Aking patterns. IDEAS FOR SPRING WARDROBE Many of the stores throughout the country are beginning to show touches of spring in their displays, as a lure to those who are intending to go te winter resorts. The practical-minded maid, although she will stay in her clime during the colder months will gather ideas for her spring ward robe. and can set her dressmaker af work. The coat shown is made of white honeycomb eponge and is bouné at sleeves and bottom with scarlet flan. nel, which is also used for the collar." 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