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Nw 5 a Where "Old King Cole" Used To 1} Live Colchester, "the. oMest recorded | means different | things to different people. To the | farmer of the rich: agriexltubal and 4 of surrounding Essex it is an im- | town in Britain," portant market town} 20 the sailing enthusiast the center of a. bow ef «ost and creek where sailing Wi the 'activity; to the historian and "antiquarian it is a rich story. of historical record from. the Stone Age onwand. The artist knows Colchester as an architectiital study and a jump- ing-off place #8¢ Flatford Mill and the Constable dauntry, the soldier as an important garrison town and training center; the. Roy equipped half its submarines in the recent war with Diesel engines made in a Colchester factory, while the gardener gets some of his finest roses and the gourmet the famous oysters from Colchester, writes Arthur H. Whitney in "Christian Science Monitor." There are fifteenth-century inns like the "Marquis of Granby" in North Hill--it has some magnifi- cient carvings--and the "Red Lion" in High Street; there aré fiffeenth,- sixteenth, and seventeenth-century houses in North Hill, High Street, East .and West Stockwell Streets and many other streets; there is a '"Siege House" in East Hill still showing bullet marks made in 1648 when Colchester, held by Royalists, was beseiged by General Fairfax's parliamcntary forces, In High Street you can eat in a restaurant: with a fine seventeenth-century ins terior with painted paneling. Trinity Street leads to the last of the old lown gates still in use, Schergate, Old 'Foundations Going further back into history, Colchester has a huge Norman castle, built largely of Roman build- ing materials and on the founda- tions of a Roman structure, What can be seen now, though half as large again as the Tower of Lon- don, is only the keep of the original castle, and it was originally more than twice its present height. It now houses an extensive col- lection of medieval and earlier re- mains going back to the Stone Age, and including: what is: probably the finest Romano-British exhibition to be seen in Britain. For Colchester- was: the first * Roman colony in Britain and was settled by veterans and their famil- les. Keeping the earlier British mame for it in Romanized form they --ealled it "Colonia victricensis camu- Joduni." It was splendidly laid out a great temple of Claudius, built, by them with basilica, a forum, and according ito! Tacitus, in. A.D. 50. This is believed to have been the building whose foundations and vaults now form part of the castle, What is believed to have been a temple of Mithrasi was excavated in . the castle park in 1852, and can still be seen. Remains of many fine villas of" this Roman town have been un- earthed in Colchester gardens, in- cluding remarkably complete mos- aic pavements. They can be seen ~ in the castle.- Massive fragments of the strong Roman wall which protected the town still stand, and part of one of its gateways, now called the Bal-' kerne "Gate, can be seen, carefully railed-in against damage. In Trinity Street there is a Saxon church .tower still standing square and solid, with a little. pointed door-* way. Beyond these, little remains in position from Sakon or earlier times. Before Christ 'Among the interesting people as- sociated with Colchester's' history are Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" Cunobelinug, ag the Romans rea- dered his name, was a British king who reigned from about. 5 B.C, to about 43 A. D, and Colchester (Camulodunum) was called his capital. Great quantities of his coins have been found in and arotind the town, and smaller quantities in var- fous parts of southern England. Caractacus, his son and successor, was taken prisoner to Rome when _the imperial armies invaded Britain, Tacitus gives an account of it. Queen Boadicea, with the Iceni, tribes 'who Itved in the north of Camulodunum, revolted in A.D. 61, and burned and sacked the town which the Romans had built. It was rebuilt, finer than before: 01d King Cole Colchester was +seat of the legendary * King: Cole, ~ the "Merry: Old Soul" He gave his beautiful 'daughter 'Helena in marriage to Constantius, the Roman general who became Eniperor Constantius 1. Their son was: Constantine. the Great. There was John Wilbye, the great madrigal composer, a contem of John Dowland the lute Li Shakespeare. Wilbye lived in Trin- ity Street. Then there 4 og John. Ball, the Wychffist martyr," Incidentally, Colchester had many other Christian martyrs, including no fewer than 17 in the. reign of Queen Mary. The present | population is over 50,000. Anong its industries are en- gineering, printing, flour-milling and, of course, the oysters, which were popular even with the Romans. It has a lively arts sensé: Its theatri- eal repertory company has an ex- cellent reputation: Navy - - Bla er 4 The wheat is cut and stooked; the wats are - ready for the binder; thr has started in this dis- tric the drought has ended. As a result the shrubs have taken on a new lease of life and the gar- den--what there is of it--has perk- ed up quite a bit. And, glory be, the cistern is full, Those really, are the high lights of the past week insofar as our farm activities are concerned. But I suppose our usual everyday work is still going on. I imagine the cows are still being milked and the hens continue to lay eggs--in fact I am quite sure of 'it because I have the milk pails to wash and the eggs to clean--if it wouldn't know because-- well, we still have. our visitors coming and going _and you know how it is-- you work a little, talk a little, cook'. meals and wash dishes, You take a trip here and there; 80g shopping, © take in' the odd" show, and then when you conte back it starts 'all over again--work a little, talk a Httle, get meals and wash dishes-- so if it were not for the pails and the eggs how would I know what was going on outside? One niece has gone, another is till' here; still! another brother-in- w arrived for the day; and our English visitor will be with us for other week. And, joy of joys, ughter is on her way home, It is eighteen months since we have seen her--and that is a long time. How she is coming we don't know--rail, boat, road or plane' -- she didn't know herself the last time she wrote. But of course we are not worrying how she comes--just so long asishe gets here, that is all that matters. Yesterday I took our visitors to the back of the farm to hunt rasp- berries. We got enough to give us a good feed for one meal, and they wdre 'very mice. Now I am wonder- Ing if'I dare mention a real berry- picking expedition. Daughter .al- ways says--"Just let anyone come around when the fruit is ripe and first thing you know Mother has tiem off to the bush to pick berries." -- Well, why not? What could 'be a nicer change for city folk than a few hours in the bush---that.is pro- viding: they don't step into "a ground-hog's hole or get bitten to death by mosquitoes. Yesterday we heard a queer chirping-noise going on 'in: the trees and my sister-in- Cora WILD. You'll be in fashion with these 'new crocheted handbags! 'Done in! otraw yarn they are simplest ero- shet, Srashable, too! rifty, smart accesories for your -- costume! Patfern 714, direc- tions for three. : Send twenty-five cents in coins! (stamps cannot be accepted) for! this pattern to Box 1, 123' Eigh- teenth Street, New Toronto; Ont. Prim plainly pattern number, your name and address, Answer to Crossword' Puzzle EIARIZTE [AS JUG [anne n a]: [2 Melr] Plaln| vir] 7 o]uls Quoc wor Ear 8] eel : RFR] Sari A Ale) INGER Gwendoline D. Clarke wasn't for that I- ' keep on learnipg--anyt A { law said, "There, that's the noise I have been asking you about--now * tell me what it is?" 1 listened, and while the noise was quite familiar I couldn't. tell her what _insect was doing it. But | kept thinking about it and suddenly remembered that last year there was quite a lot written up in the papers about cicadas. So I looked in the encyclopedia and the description given exactly fitted the noise we had heard. Apparently cicadas are mem- bers of the locust family and are far more frequent in dry weather. Some species take as long as seventeen years to develop, others get-around and do their chirping at various stages of their development. So that is one more little itém to add to our treasure house of knowledge ... and will help to make us young- er. It has been said, hy know, that you never grow old as long as you ing at all, just so long as i is something new. According to that theory two of us here must be at least five years younger than we were a week ago ago because we not only learnt a little about' cicadas but we mastered the art of tatting. Both of us had tried our hand at it ever so many years' ago but had given it up as being: beyond our comprehension-- or maybe our: patience. Now we tackled the job, with greater deter- mination, and, with the aid of oue niece, plus a' book: of -instructions, we 'at least mastered the rudiments ofi the art. So, for the benefit of other discouraged would-be tatters, let me assure you it can be done. Apparently it is ail in the tricky way that. tatters have: of letting - the thread in the left hand twist itself with each stitch that is made. Well, from the sound of things, I think I have been typing long enough for the breakgast dishes to be washed. There are times when this eolumn provides me with a good 'alibil It is also what happens when one has friendly, accommodat- ing visitors to entertain. But I mustn't overstep the mark -- so here's where 1 say "goodbye." You Could Choose From 180 Makes Ever hear of an Abbot, a Crest- mobile, a Kelly, or a, Rabbit? These forgotten names are but a few of the horseless carriages that chugged along. Canada's roads more than 30 years ago. Back in 1915--when 40 m.p.h. was fast, S50 m.p.h. was foolhardy, and 60 m.p.h. was for flying machines only -- there were more than 180 different makes of cars in Canada. You might have taken your best girl for a spin. in a Maxwell, a Moon or a Minneapolis, and it's a sure thing you wouldn't have had much competition for road or park- ing space. Although the automobile industry 'has made great strides in 30 years, the variety of makes has been cut drastically. Nowadays, car buyers have only about 30 different cars, imported or otherwise, to choose from, Of the many makes available during the first world war, "only around ten car names have survived to this day' Juke Box Television--A or those who can't affor "pay as you go" plan is the latest thing in the home television to buy a set outright. This couple, right, simply insert a quar- ter into a new device, the visimeter, and can sit back and enjoy video for an hour. All the money collected in the visimeter, shown in closeup at left, 18 applied against the purchase price of the set. fut TABLE TALKS Corn on' the cob is one of the many good things we look forward to in late summer, and I'm hoping that YOU are one of: the lucky ones to be located in a part of Ontario where the "eating eorn" erop isn't ruined. (I'm not.) And what ia left over {rom that eorn on the cob the night before 1s also mighy good if you serve it as . Corn and Pepper Fritters 2 cups cut cooked com 2 tablespoons sugar 14 teaspoon salt V4 cup cream or milk 2 eggs, beaten ) 14 cup chopped green pepper 114 cups sifted flour 114 teaspoons baking powder METHOD: Combine corn, sugar and salt. Add cream, eggs and green pepper. Sift flour with baking pow- der and add to corn mixture. Beat well and drop by tablespoone into greased skillet. Cook slowly until puffed and browned. Serve hot with tomato sauce, six servings. » » * Now, when I look at the picture that has just come in from the photographer, it begins to look as if this was going to develop into a rather "corny" column. (If some- body in the back row said "Not for evaporated Jane Andrews: } the first time," I choose to ignore n) Anyway, it's a picture of--and - here's the recipe for Corned Beef and Potato Ple 3 Cups 'warm seasoned mashed potatoes 2 cups (one 12-ounce ean) of chopped corned beef 3 cups corn flakes, erushed 1 cup milk Ys cup catsup 14 teaspoon pepper 34 teaspoon salt METHOD: Spread mashed po- tatoes over bottom and wuides of greased baking-dish (8" x 8" x 2'y or pie plate. Combine remaijning ingredients in order given and mix well. Place corned beef mixture in potato shell, letting potatoes form border around edges. Bake in pre "heated moderate oven (350°) about 45 minutes. Yield: 6 servings. * * * And now, just- in case you feel tike--or have to do--a spot of bak- ing one of these days, 1 sugges that you try these: Chocolate Hermits 34 cup shortening 14 cup brown sugar 14 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 cup plus two tablespoons of flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 34 cup cold coffee 1 tea¥poon cinnamon 34 teaspoon ealt 3 cups quick-cooking oats (une cooked) 34 cup chopped nutmeats 1 seven.ourice package checo- late bits, METHOD: Cream shorteni adding sugar and blending well. Add beaten eggs, one at a time. Sift together the flour, baking pow- der, salt and cinnamon. Add to the oreamed mixture, alternately with the coffee infusion. Add the oat- 'meal, and; lastly, the nutmeats and chocolate: bits. Drop from a tea< spoon on a wel-olled cooky sheet and bake for approximately 12 min-: utes at 375°. more) cookies. Want A Lot Of Gold? 0.K. -- Just Dig! Makes five dozen: (or Underneath the earth's crust is a "heart ol gold," says Dr. Harrison Brown of the University of Chi cago. : ' In a recent physics seminar at thie University of California at Los Angeles, Dr: Brown: disclosed his beliet that there is enough gold and platinum to plate the earth's entire surfuce several yards thick in a hitherto untapped source. The prospector seeking these bonanzas will not need the tradi- tional pick and pan? The faithful burro can be put out to pasture pe.manently. But a grubstake of gia. oroportions would be neces- sary It Dr. Brown's theory is correct, a hoe some 1,500 tu 2,000 miles deep world be required to tap these nich deposits. He believes that mos. of the precious metals in the catth were ~oncentrated in the iron- nicxes core of the earth when it was formed. This has been determined, ac- cording to Di. Brown, by the ex- amination' of meteorites which he belicves may be portions of a planet ~ simila) to 'the earth in properties. Should the prospector become tiscouraged at the thought of such - extensive boring imto the earth's centea he may prefer to look for aranium. 1 his newly precious metal, says Dr. Brown, was deposited in the earth's outer crust. By Rev. R. Barclay Warren bestival Bongs: Psalms 105:1.6; 118:19-24 Golden Text: Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the people. Psalm 105:1, To appreciate the life of ancient Israel, one must remember that the large annual gatherings were relig- ious festivals. To our shame, we admit that at many of our great gatherings, exhibitions, conventions, etc, not only is religion not the proovailing motive and incentive, but religion is actually tabooed. Re- ligion ought to have first place in a nation's life, Religion is not a kill- joy. On the contrary, the pure re- licen of Tesus Christ affords life's vf! nlensures. Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter ough, little in its letter, it is exceedingly large in its spirit, for bursting all bounds of race or nationality, it calls upon all mankind to praise the name of the Lord. Psalm 117 is one of the great Hallel psalms which was sung at the feasts, Accordingly Jesus and the apostles sang this psalin after the last supper. Matt. 26:30. Jesus was the rejected stone which was to become the head stone of the corner. We marvel to think of Jesus singing on this night a few hours before His crucifixion, "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." But He sang triumphantly, because He knew that the Divine purpose for the salvation of men would be ac- complished by His giving Himself to bear their sinsc If He could sing those words on such a day, then 'we should be able to sing them any day, for "No cross I béar could be like His, nor could I suf- fer such pain." One man had the verse placed on a cord on placed it where he could see it first thing each morn" ing. It is a good thought with which to begin the day. DOES INDIGESTION WALLOP YOU BELOWTHE BELT? Help Your For Relief That H ke Ye Ra To Go er ho Spt Elect oe 32 eh ENIX on In Rt hm mesded bal to that * Horeca one 's Little Liver Pill d one aks am ar tions, Pa of the 3 main hr Take, Ae rch bslp you dig (gest wha you have YL fw dike PS froma' ihe gee Ca? Harvesting Peaches, Plums, Peary, Grapes, Tomatoes and other Fall frults and WANTED YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG MEN for Apples, vegetables. Accommodation Farm 8ervice Force Camps August 15th to November 15th : C must bring blankets, pr & pillow cases .For further information write: Ontario Farm Service Force 9 Richmond Street East . Toronto 1, Ontario. 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