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threaded” ‘along those of York to|
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7 “London, August 24,1924.
The ‘lord mayor, of York: ‘began
work early on Monday, July 21,
and with receptions and lunches
to two separate. parties of visit-
ors, was a yery busy man ali day.
It was just after nine when we
assembled in the state room at
Mansion House, where he and the.
Sheriff cut short their speeches
so that we might have time to
see as much as possible.
Here, as at every city we visite
ed in England and Seotland, the
heads of the various municipal or:
civic bodies got out their most
precious treasures for our’ inspec-
tion. These were of the greatest
We saw old charters,

(gold and silver), quaint whist-.

whistle for more liquid), pictures
and jewele, and “other articles
too numerous to mention.”’

Ripon possesses unique frea-
sures, such as the great horn
given to the city by Alfred the
Great, and. the baldrick with the
names of the jung line of Wake-
men, an office which, in modern
times, has become the mayoralty,
There is still. a Wakeman, who
keeps watch over the sleeping
town and winds his horn at 9 p.m.
He blew on it, for our edification,
a blast which lasted nearly a

Everywhere, also,. there wag in.
attendance, some officer or anti-

these carefully-guarded posses-
sions, and so brought one into
touch with the age-long history
of these towns, all of which are
interlinked with English: and
Scottish history since the dawn
of our civilization.
In the Guildhall at York, afew
days previously, H.R. ‘H. the Duke
of York had unveiled a.tablet,

sented to York from ‘her ‘‘yod-
child”, New York,. On'the day

there a large party of Americans
who had been attending the Ad-

_ York’s beginnings go back to

‘| A.D. 70, when the Roman legions
founded it. We saw many Roman
: antiquities, after - viewing the
Most

ruins of St. Mary’ s Abbey.!”
of these aré’ coffins: af stone, but}
one rare and: unique exhibit ° ‘waa

buried: some \‘ei hteen “handed
years ago. - ARATE

in England. © We had: walked: ‘on |

én. the ite cof :the “old: ‘Roman
temples.

jawed. :

ae ee saQage -

m oshoes of

-|where we inspected the apart- |
ments of. Mary, Queen of. Scots, ||” »

with accompanying: flags, ’-pre-'

of our visit the city entertained

‘a'Phera are only two: walled cities

You may “Battie an idea

of {ti glorious west front and of
. fea Besined. glass ‘when you learn.
that the east window is-exaetly’
j dirionsions “of” a. ‘fall-eized

thoymhts of old. inyadions |:

junichecn, and sir in Neradith White

shire Newspaper Society, is tell-
ing--us how . Canada’ 's. gift: of
$60,000.to Scarborough (hia home)

bombardment is till remembered
with gratitude, - York, he said,

was one of the early homes of the
printing press. He showed very
clearly how the municipalities of
England were the birthplaces of
democracy of the ‘modern world:

the north and, through Durhatt:
and Neweastle and Berwick, we

Edinburgh, a four hours’ run, **
“Tt was ‘a chilly: welcome Scot-
land gave us—rain ‘and cold which
‘were reminiscent: of the polar
regions. ‘However, the next day
the dourness had abated -so0 that
we could get a part of the glori-
ous view from Edinburgh Castle
and, by afternoon the aun shone
brilliantly.

Our morning went all too swift.
ly exploring the-castle with its
armor and crown jewels, the old
parliament ° buildings, and the
church of St. Giles nearby. . Bes
tween these last.a small. square
plate, right in the street, exposed
to the indecencies of traffic, marks
the resting-place of John Knox. |
We drove down the ‘royal mile’ |

taker, for our hosts, the ‘York-|[-.”

for those who suffered from the ie

_Amid cheers we ‘left York for oy

sped across the border and:on to ‘ "

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“When the “weather is to to be fine the two. “children will be outi’

when ‘the stormy weather is Prsin or the witeh will! come:
rain or 610

“The house is “made of hardwood, ia Swiss. cottage a
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and heard.again the bloody tale of |

Sir John Findlay, of The Scots-
man, presided at-‘the luncheon

can advertising delegates, jointly,
at the Music Hall. Afterwards
wa'were free to wander about
this beautiful city. The fame of
Princes street is world-wide, Its
architecture is. reminiscent ‘of
Paris. On. one side. are shops.
On the other slope: glorious par-
dens, and in them, fronting the
street, are monuments to Scots
land's famous men. -There’ sits

canopy of towering architecture;
A feature of the gardens ia the
floral clock... The dial is all! of
growing. flowers; soare the hands:
It-goes, and-by it-one might learn
that it:was time to join-the throng
listening tothe Coldstream Guards jf
band. : ‘It -was a, large.threng, for
this was holiday week and every~
body appeared to: have: -gtopped
working.-.; Some’ of ‘our-party dis-
covered thi: fact when. attempt-
ingto, .haye:bome, washing done.
The: lspndies. ‘had Slosed; down | -
‘for & week! -: oy

But,’ here ia akirling: of. pipes
and: a mile’ -of children, many:
barefoot,’ Along the pavements|{
-elinking boxes. are. thrust at you
to ‘help:to-give: ‘the: poor. children,
of ._Edinburgh:.a: holiday -away

ME.

ity, now-the haunt of. dwellers in

past his house to Holyrood Palace,

assassination within. their walls. ;

tendered to us and to the Ameri=|}

“Summer Steamship Service

8.5. PRINCE’ RUPERT or. PRINCE: GEORGE will.
sail from Prince Rupert for VANCOUVER, VIC-’
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Monday, Thuraday and Saturday at. 11.

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