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rhat Ah Tosee it me! - '9 10L” Good seed is very necessary. When we have a choice specimen we are in- clined to save the seed from it without tions are necessary to get the flowers to reproduce themselves ' exactly from the seed. 0n the professional experi- ment plots and on the farms of large seed houses each type b kept widely sepmated and many times the indiv- idual flowers are protected with net- ting. Bees and insects carry pollen from one flower to another regardless of color, hence the need of great care if you wish to preserve the seed. Most flowers, too, when they start to seed deteriorate very rapidly and suc- ceeding blooms are very small. It is therefore, advisable to depend on seed from reliable merchants. When you go through the woods this spring make up your mind that you are going there to admire the beauty of the flowers only, and not to destroy them. Unless more precautions are taken trilliums will become extinct. When we pull the trillium the plant dies because all the foliage and blos- soms are on one stem and without the foliage the roots cannot survive. Never pull every flower you see, but be con- tent to take only a few, leaving suffi- cient plants to thrive and increase. If you have a shady place in your grden it might be advisable to trans- plant a few trilliums because it is a plant that is easily transplanted. There are many more plants in the SOME FLOWER GARDEN ITEMS Come in Chat Awhile â€"Ruth Raobnrn. At Home Thursday, A]!!! 18, 1929 mweassistnatureinthéworkofre- growingplantstensusthatseedsand cuttings should be propagated in poor soil and in small plots and shallow boxes closely planted as young plants plants grow, repot, giving stronger soil at each planting. Cuttings should be takenwlthasharpknife,cutona slant and not. too many leaves left on domot thrivefion too much food. As Inmakingarose-bed,seethatitis located where it will be surrounded by high-groWn plants obstructing the free circulation of air. In planting the roses, place some of the fertilizer at the bottom of the hole and cover with a little dirt, and then place in the root. The rose is a raven- ous feeder. Do not expose the root to) the sun and air before planting, but merely remove it from its wrapping, immerse for a few minutes in a pail of water, place in the hole, spreading the roots out in all directions and be sure the earth is made firm around the roots. This avoids cavities Take no- tice where the lower branches begin and place two inches below the surface of the ground. George Simpson, of the Ontario Horticultural Association, ad- vises that the earth for filling in around the rose roots should be sods, heavy loam and well-rotted cow man- ure well mixed together. After plant- ing, water thoroughly. During _ the growing season apply a handful of bonemeal about once a month, but do not apply any fertilizer in the fall, as green growth should be discouraged then to avoid winter killing. In pruning roses, leave about the same number of eyes to each branch, and leave the last eye outward, and not inward. Cut slantingly ‘with a Y. “but sharpkniteaboutaninchabovethe That the present day sports section of the American newspaper, as well as much of the slang which sports writers have inserted into the language. is due to an Irishman who £10in in London more than a hundred years by William Henry Nugent and con- fided to the readers of the Amer ican Mercury. The f9untain_ head wa§ Pierce Egan’s “Life in London and Sporting Guide,” published in 1824, and Corrected by Pierce Egan.” In and a year earlier the same author had produced his “Francis Grose’s Diction- ary of the Vulgar Tongue, as Revised the latter there occurs the definition, “The Fancy: One of the fancy is a sporting character that is either at- tached to pigeons, dog-fighting, boxing, etc. Also any particular article univer- sally admired for its beauty; or which the owners set particular store by, is termed a fancy article, as a fancy clout, a favorite handkerchief, etc.; also a woman who is the particular favor- ite of any man is termed his fancy woman, and vice versa.” Commenting on this, Mr. Nugent says that the England and America for boxing. Baseball borrowed it and shortened it to fance, fans and fan. Where We Get Fan ' This derivation seems to us as far- fetched and improbable as another ex- planation that the word, as applied to baseball, came into use because of the habit of bleacherites using fans when the weather was particularly hot. The more reasonable explanation is that the word fan is an abbreviation of, ifanatic. Ted Sullivan, author of “Stories from the Diamond,” claims to have been the author. This, too, we doubt, since it strikes us as being pre- cisely that sort of word that would na- turally occur independently to thou- sands of people. The word fancy in its old sense remains in both England and the United States unchanged. We speak of fanciers of live stock, and we divide poultry, for instance, into fancy and utility breeds, the former denoting Much Spotting Slang A Hundred Years Ago racket or rig was. a particular kind of . “Last of the Mohicans" as one passer- fraud or robbery} To cheat was to by remarked during the filming of the trim or sting. An honest man was a production. square cove, a flat while a crook was a “Speedy” details Lloyd’s thrilling sharp. Even stephen was even money, and laughable experiences of running and stephen was money. Pony was the horse drawn vehicle through the another slang term for money, hence city’s streets to save the franchise the expression pony up. Youkel, stifl, 'owned by “Pop” Dillon, grandfather of booby. squealer and sucker had the Ann Christy, with whom Speedy is in same meaning a hundred years ago love. He does so with many handi- COME HERE FOR BARGAINS FRIDAY and SATURDAY n'ngipj-v ‘ Smallwares Ladies’ Wear China Glassware A China Man’s Chance ' These words have survived for they are more or less pungent, but such uns- gainly synonyms for head as knowledge box and tea canister have vanished while block has lived. W'e retain .beak and bugle for nose, but have discarded snuffer tray, snorer and smeller. We nolongerspeakofablackeyeas“a touch of the blue bag under the peep- er” which reeks of the lamp. Here is a specimen of the kind of reporting which appeared in Bell’s Life in 1857 when Tom Sayers defeated the Tit Tipton Slasher for the championship of England: “Sayers danced lightly out of harm’s way, and then stepping in, popped a tidy smack on the spec- tacle beam and got away laughing. After dancing around his man and eas- ily avoiding several more -lunges, Tom again got home on the snufier'tram re- moving a piece of the japan and draw- ing a. fresh supply of the ruby. The Tipton, amazed, rushed in, missed 'his right and also a terrific uppercut with his left, and Sayers again dropped in upon the smeller.” It is worth reading the article '11 only to learn that our modern saying about one not having a Chinaman’s chance comes from the remark of a boxing critic upon a fighter who, he predicted, would not stand up under punishment, being‘ too fragile, in fact, 0. china manâ€"J. V. McAree‘ in Mail and Empire. ° WHEN TEA WAS Tea-drinking -is now so universal a custom that it is hard to believe that at one time tea was an tepicurean lux- ury, and sold at from ten to twenty- five shillings a pound. Nevertheless, as late as the mid-Victorian era a tea caddy filled with a pound of tea was :a very handsome present. In the eighteenth century tea-drinking was considered a fashionable pastime, and Sydney Smith, in “Lady Holland’s Memoirs,” quotes her as saying: -V-v-â€"â€"'â€" -- “Thank 66a ‘for tea! What would the world do without teaâ€"how did it exist? I am glad I was .not born be- fore tea.” -v-v vvâ€"- It was the custom then to keep tea in handsome tea caddies. In a recent article in the “London Daily Express” the folloWing interesting account is given of the origin and importance of the tea caddy. v--v 'v-' v â€"- The old-fashioned tea caddy was in- variably beautiful in its proportions and intimate in its-associations. It is, moreover, a rare thng today to find two tea caddies alike. The prettiest and most charming were made between 1775 and 1801. At first they were made of mahogany or of satinwood, inlaid with other choice woods, and sometimes painted with flowers or scrolls. Later â€"â€"- A: LA“ rwâ€"uvvâ€" -._ on they were made of lacquer, of tor- toiseshell, of silver, or of ivory, some- times inlaid with silver and gold and mother-of -pearl, and with borders of tortoiseshellâ€"caddies fit for King Sol- omon’s palace, if, Solomon had known the blessing of tea. Some of the fin- est cabinet-makers of the period, in- cluding Chippendale and Hepplewhite, exercised their talents to design tea caddies. t Imagine Harold Lloyd piloting a horse drawn street car through the :busy streets of New Yorl; City} _ Cross and short-sighted Old Lady in antique shop: “And here, I suppose, is another of the horrible portraits you vwâ€"q “Excuse me, madam,” said the shop- keeper, quietly, “buf. that’s .9; mirror. ” NEW LLOYD COMEDY HAS MANY NEW “GAGS” Such in substance is the chief highâ€" light of Harold Lloyd’s newest comedy coming next Monday and Tuesday to the Star theatre. Every Harold Lloyd comedy is known wherever film fans. are known to delight in the situations and “gags” enacted by the popular film comedian, as standing ,. head and shoulders above anything previously seen on the silver screen. New comedy situations are synony- mous with Harold Lloyd, which pro- bably is the secret of his popularity There is nothing duplicated in any new picture he produces. Imagine then, the climax wrbught by the many new funny situations in “Speedy” with Harold Lloyd gayly drfiving 2‘ horse MOMIES SafetyPins,2doz. ............ 5c. SHILLINGS A POUND THE VARIETY STORE Dun-hum, Ont. ofllclals whom desirous of obtaining lt, although legitimately. “Speedy” marks the introduction of Ann Christy, who plays opposite Har- old.to tostardom. She was chosen a Baby Wampas Star for 1928, as the result of her performance, which is the same as stamping her definitely as a future queen of the movies. Bebe Daniels, Mildred Davis, and Jobyna Ralston were successfully introduced to screen fame by Mr. Lloyd. “Oh Kay!” has been developed into a. screen farce seldom surpassed in the Colleen’s saucy personality dominating the humorous action throughout. “0h Kay!” brings home the truly amazing versatility of talented Miss Moore, for. her appearance in this gay comedy follows an equally successful excursion into the field of serious drama, during which she made two ex- ceptional pictures, “Lilac Time”, a dramatic romance, and “Happiness Ahead,” a wistful love story. From the moment of a decidedly clever in- troduction of Colleen until the novel fade-out, “Oh Kay!” otters entertain- 4 ment plus for the whole familyâ€"from baby to grandfather. It easily ranks with the best comedy-dramas of the past two seasons. The central situation of “Oh Kay!“ provides an amusing structure upon which the director Mervyn LeRoy, the .scenarist, Carey Wilson, and the title- writer, George Marion, J r., have built an edifice of laughter. Colleen Moore, as Lady Kay Rutfield, is being forced into a distasteful marriage, and in a sulk goes sailing in her tiny sailboat. A storm arises, and she is picked up by a rum-laden schooner, bound for America. Rather than re- turn to England, she escapes from the ship when it anchors off Long Island to cache part of the cargo in an empty mansion, and is chased by a revenueI officer into the empty house, where she is confronted by the young owner. The subsequent acting takes place in this Setting, with Kay and the young man hopelessly in love, despite plans for the boy’s marriage the next day. The humorous high-point of the story is the preâ€"nuptial luncheon, at which Kay ofliciates as serving maid in order to explain her presence in the , boy’s home. The manner in which she and a tipsy butler interrupt the . orderly procedure of the luncheon is ~, both original and screamingly funny. . Miss Moore’s supporting cast in “Oh “Speedy” marks the introduction or an Christy, who plays opposite Her- .d. to stardom. She was chosen a aby Wampas Star for 1928, as the zsult of her performance, which is I8 same as stamping her definitely as future queen of the movies. Bebe !” is unusually good. Lawrence Silk Bloomers ..................... 31.00 Glass Fruit Nappies, 4 for 19¢. Silk Vests to match .......... 75c.‘ Glass mm, 4 for ...... 19c. Cotton Vests with silk Efifi COMBINED ELECTRIC RADIO . and PHONOGRAPH ANN OUNC IN G H. LSNELL , DURHAM ONTARIO iniNiFr’fi B‘ss Gmlngwater and Julianne Johnston in other prominent roles. “Oh Kay!” was produced for first National Pictm'es by John McCormick. Gray plays opposite the stun with mired "RED, WEAK. 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