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PAGE 2. Sixty years is not a very long period even in the life of a country in this New World of America, and yet it is Curious how comparativel few oNhe towns of Canada go bac to Confederation, and how few even of these were places of any import- ance in 1867. The growth of Cana- dian towns since Confederation is not the least important measure of the development of the Dominion. Obviously Quebec, with its long history, counts several cities that were already ancientâ€"once more from a New World viewpointâ€"in 1867 such as Montreal, Three Rivers and Sore]; but the latter, although its history goes back to the middle of the seventeenth century, was not incorporated as a city until 1889. Sherbrooke also goes back to the beginning of the last century; and Hull was founded about the same time. The more recent towns are pretty well confined to a few indus- trial centres such as Shawinigan Falls and Thetl‘ord Mines.- Ontario‘sproâ€"Confederation towns number Toronto. Kingston. Ottawa. Hamilton, London, Kitchener (Ber- linf‘: and several others. Toronto was a small town in 1867. It now numbers over half a million. Ot- tawa has grown in the same period from a population of less than 20.000 to 110,000; the growth of Hamilton has been even more rapid. The uwv u '__ same is true in greater or less de- gree of nearly all the other towns of the province. Fort William, Port Arthur, Kenora, Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay, Haileybury, Sudbury. and many other Ontario towns had not been thought of when the Do- minion was born. In the Maritime Provinces, condi- tions are somewhat. like the pro- vince of Quebec, though the only town down by the sea that compares in age with Montreal and Quebec is Annapolis Royal, founded under the name of Port Royal in 1605, and therefore three years older than the city of Quebec and thirty-seven years older than Montreal. Maritime towns have grown considerably since Confederation although not at. the same rate asthose of Ontario, Confederation and After-- [11C Pul“\' Luuv “b ll‘lvvv v When we reach Western Canada. however. we find an amazing growth in towns and cities. In 1867 Winni- peg was nothing but a straggling line of small buildings, nearly all of wooden construction. strung along what is now Main street. Its fame rested then only upon the fact that it was still an imporant centre of the fur trade. Probably no one, standing then at the corner of what Sixty Years of Progress TOW'NS OLD AND NEW needs and provide himself with the comforts essential to decentlixigg: VVuaav~ 'v- -____ The absence of any record of im- portant musical doings during Can- ada’s infancy does not imply that Canadians are not essentially and nationally musical. 'Art, whether as exemplified by the dancer, the painter, the poet, or the musician, is not the exclusive birthright of cer- tain divinely-favored nations or races. The gift of artistic expres- sion has been active in man even :long before he adorned the walls of Ihis cave with drawings of the hairy. Primitive man turned his natural home into an art gallery and all through the history of civilization man has naturally and passionately sought to satisfy his craving to em- body in visible and audible forms of his love for things and thoughts which are beautiful. __ .V-- “-v Busy with the endless endeavor to satisfy the claimant needs of ex- istence and the sacrificial service incidental to empire development, Canada has had little time or op- portunity to make any serious con- tribution to the growth and devel- opment of musical history. But during this time the burdens of the pioneers were lightened as they plied their task to the accompani- ment of son and heightened the pleasure of t eir hours of rest as they danced the steps taught them by their fathers. _The Habitant of Quebec sang the same chansons as his forefathers sang when Canada was under the French regime. Drummond’s picture of the French- Canadian boatmen and raftsmen “Singing some old chanson ’Bout girl on de reeverâ€"too bad dey mus’ leave her, but comin back soon wit’ beaucoup du a‘rgent.” ‘ is but a picture of the provincial life'of Quebec as it existed long years ago. In other parts of the country the Englishman was simul- taneously singing his traditional 'folk song or the passing favorite of music halls brought out to him by the latest immigrant from his island home while the Scotsman was sing- ing "Annie. Laurie” and the Irish- man his "Minstrel Boy”. Perhaps a still greater inspiration than all these would be that which came to them when on the sabbath they sang the majestic hymns of their church to the praise of the common God UULI. With the coming of the years the vivifying power of music has as- sumed proportions in Canada which compel attention and admiration, Canada has given to the world one of the greatest singers of all time and some of her sons and daughters hold an honored place among the foremost of living singers. At least two violinists have achieved world- fame and one of the world’s best concert-organists is a Canadian. Much might be written about Can- ada’s important musical organiza- tion but it must. suffice to state that the highest authorities credit this country with having the finest chm-a] society in existence and an eminent English musician wrote one of our male-voice choirs as being “the best inAthe world.” 1 0_ ‘ 7'1“ ’34 I-"~ MW” 42!: F aslnon F anc1es Ensemble fer Street Wear of Jersey and Velvet. The popularity of the ensemble has not waned, and many different fabrics are combined effectively in making up this well-liked costume. Here, a jacket of tan jersey has a tailored collar and novel hip yoke, which also forms the pockets above the belt of brown leather. It. is worn with a skirt, of brown velvet that has box plaits effective- 1y stitched. were booked fora long journey to a placeAc'alled England. _ THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Intoshes in my box, GI bringing a little of Canada’s sunshine and, also quite a lot of happiness to some poor children, because I figured that the club where we were bound for would be one that was in the habit of dispensing Christmas cheer to those who needed it. So I was just a little impatient to get gomg; and I did not have to wait long. That very evening the box that was now my temporary home, along with a dozen or so more, was moVed down to the station and was A“ - Ala-an 4hr)“ put. in the care of a chap they called the Express Agent. There were eight boxes of us altogether and we took _the afternoon train _â€"_A “.A“‘ to Montreal where we were to board the steamer “Doric”, of the White Star Line. Our quarters on the boat were very comfortable. Ev- erything had apparently been ar- ranged whereby we were to have what is termed in Express circles “top stowage,” and with twelve hours to spare, I found myself in a very comfortable part of the hold with nothing to do but to wait for the time of sailing and my subse- quent arrival at Liverpool. I had never been away from my orchard before, much less taken a voyage and as the time of sailing drew near, I found myself getting nervous. But as the big ship pulled out and proceeded down the St. Lawrence to Quebec and the ocean beyond, this feeling of nervousness passed and I began to look around from my little whole in the box and found that those of us who had come. from St. Catharines were not the only members of the Apple fam- ily travelling on the “Doric”. There were no less than eighty boxes in the hold. Several cousins of mine were in the shipment. Cousin Stark and Baldwin from Nova Scotia, and Cousin Spy from far-away British Columbia. They were all going to various parts of Great Britain, but none. I don’t suppose, could have felt as happy _\as I did. because I 1‘- A-.. 1C“; a: .uaypj \u? A um“ .v ______ was gomg to brmg cheer to those in need of it, not merely to add to existing joy, although that is all right in its way. By this time we were on the open sea, but so nicely had we been packed and so comfortably housed on the big vessel, that we felt very little effect of the ocean ride, and after six days’ travelling, we land- ed at the Princess Landing Stage, Liverlimol, a place entirely foreign to me. nevertheless interesting. I was taken of)” the boat immed- iately after the passengers, and hav- ing said goodâ€"bye to my cousins and brothers who were going to other parts‘of the country, I was put on the baggage car of the London boat train. Being in England now, 1 shall have to substitute “luggage van” for “baggage car”, as that is what they are called over there. It did not take us long to commence (Continued on‘ page 6) {ESE DO YOU WANT TO ENJOY YOUR WESTERN TRIP? Western travellers who have been “over the road” make regular use of the National. "The National” provides them with a fast interesting trip, leaving and arriving at convenient hours; it allows a valued, though short, step-over at ‘ Winnipegâ€"k a . fine _ A‘AA QUVIJ'_UVVL u-v . â€"-_-7 . v . chance to work. 1p some bugmess, and an entertalmng pause 1n the long Journey to the far West. LQJV 'wv-vâ€"â€"â€"â€" nightly at 9.00 p.m., arriving in Winnipeg 10 o’clock the second morning. 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