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E V Well, possibly nine-tenths` of the tvounglings are rejoicing and take no ' U {heed of the sneezes which herald the ;approach of catarrhal troubles. The iwriter is told by the most distin- Eguished medical authority that this ; sort of weather is prejudicial to.-health in the coast cities. A plague on man iwho made that statement! There is something to be commended `in the iereed of the higher thoughtists iwho insist -that you can invite most iof the ills human beings are subject `to merely by taking it for granted ?that you will be their next victim! -n , ,,,L LL -2- ALIIJ By Lally % Bernard THE ORANGE GRAND LODGE OF ONTARIO WEST . Do you remember, fe11ow-towns- men of _]3---- those crisp, winter mornings" when the world, _ to. a youngster, at any rate, was a frosted cake of zwhieh he .or, she `was to `eat the plume. Buckwheat cakes "sent 9. delicious aroma .throng1_: 1 ;-the --_: house; and the` its ._eraekle t,_li in, the ! greet hell,` atove,,_i,no =deAn`ee' ofgjthe hicly? .e`t`S.`1=ldaT`1~`-` ioiitiiid; % 5 5 From a Chinaman comes the graphic` description of tobogganing: S- wish, walkee, backee two mile. Well, he was right;vbut the walk ac-- complished, you found yourself almost too warm while the thermometer stood /below zero. You realized _in full the `experience in winter sport! A superb consciousness of your . own vi- tality, which dwellers in modern steam-heated houses can never know." Possibly the ability shown by. many Canadians in [stolidi_ly"c1imbing up hill . after they have ` ` S-'-wish fedownx hill is the outcome of their youthful hool school when the hill was in prime _condition. .,~ Never-to-be-forgotten Slide. ' But there "is a story, which Vperhapsl some staid citizen of Vancouver -can! remember} of a party of boys and girls' lwho, just as the dusk of a winter_ s nightiwas settling on the town, camei yingpdown the hill on an Indian to- boggan. How a pair of slow jogging horses, hauling a sleigh laden with a' pile of cordwood came -into their line of .vision at one of the cross streetse came when it was too late D swerve. The cry of the stearers duck hea ds!i was the sole effort he `could make to prevent a serious accident. The cry was so loud and so sharp that the affrighted horses. stopped on the in- stant, and the. toboggan, withr its closely packed freight of human` be- ' ings, passed directly between the legs of the startled beasts! It may sound a ta1lstory,-. but the writer was one of those who duck- ed their heads at the critical moment, and the wrath of the driver of, the team, later on, fell upon that head, as well as upon the heads of the rest of the `party. He wanted damages for the injured nerves of his `breasts! .`S`ome Prominent Men of the Order Who Will Be Present at the Big Convention Next Week r JVUI ,,- __--_ _-__, 7 l Canadians who spent their` child- ;.hood in one of the eastern provinces %should be so warmediby the glow of ;memories which this snowfall recalls, [that they should be impervious `to 'any of its undesirable accompani- _ ments. I The -writer wonders if there fare many citizens` of `Vancouver who `were once residents of a `little town _e situated on the shore of a beautiful {bay in Ontario, which lies sorne_sixty_ {miles north of Toronto. If there are, '_ let them look forward to some pofpthe Esnowfalls in that pparticixlarly beauti-V Eful region. .There_ is` one long}_street_ "which runs from the ~-shore`, yline, crossing at least `three; _str'eets', `fp,lII8iIpi84, `an old graveyard, I's_l_:i_`1-tinge" _p1'7e45 ,cin'cts of the courthouse .~andf:jb.il-.7 A turning eastward onvgfthefilt 36! -high 'id_8i ti11..'i`.E";....ei.9-1"iE`..'V` Pi. . fgroves atithe _('t `L 4-,, E t I E old days, -when to rnnn DARE _. V % Deputy. Grand JOHN `HEWITT ' Grand Treasurer. _ Yes, and does your mouth water when you remember what was sizzling in the oven, awaiting the crunch of ` your strong young teeth. Slices of homemade bread, _blankete with butter, and topped with a thick layer of-. nice, Asticlgy old-fashioned brown sugar, not too rened. No modern .slices "of _cri_`spedI `delicionanes_!. It, _;was ' no or-aamery butter :1 V _; it d: ; ve o_ c1`ock-` tea confection can have ' . the. `-appetiging, aroma of ,those huge` w I Have you no memories of the warm kitchen, into which. you were sometimes allowed to penetrate, when you had to be thawed out during a long afternoon on the hillside, when mitts and comforters hung steam- ing by the stove, and of that curious and never-to-be-forgvotten scent which `came from "a great basket of freshly washed table linen, brought in from the yard Twhsre it had been airing and gfreezing/`into fantastic stark shapes? How would a scientist dene . that stimulating odor. _ of freshness ` and piquant suggestion? Ozone possibly. I Can you conjure up the time when !the empty liobs, held together` with Ethe long. and most slippery of `poles, turned countrywards again, at `the hour when the schools` were dis- charging their pupils who had " not played hockey! Can you recollect `how you,'in common` with a score` of other boys and girls, yelled Give us a ride, mister, give us" a ride, and `tumbled -pell mell. on the low bob, I `crowding your weaker comrades 011,] and scattering bags and school books [in your wake? How the driver (if surly) whipped up his tired horses and you clung like `young limpets, one or two achieving the diicult -feat of balancing on the long slippery pole. between the -bobs as the sleigh curvetted over the cradle holes in the road! I _ It was Charles Mair who wrote of` the aching intensity of silent fro`st,* and he knew it well, a man who pe.c_~ ed untrodden ways of the far north, `where never a trail was found. Yes, and that piled up loads of cord- wood, topped by the shapeless, muigd-I up. gure of the driver, who `loomed large against. the snow whiteness of the landscape, motionless, save for the `automatic swing of the arm,_to keep `the circulation going. " I`, n. Was Best Boom in the House. THE NORTHERN %ADvAN%c1=. Vancouver Daily Province. Snow is falling gently in Vancouver; hiding the muddy streets and making the sea turn a sullen grey in contrast to its whiteness. It is possible that `nine-tenths of the adult population 5 are cussing! the downfall of snow, 1 mindful of fuel, chemist s and doctor s bills which are said to be the after- math ofawintry weather on the Pacic coast. ma GRAND arm; nousz Where thejlleetintgs are Being Held. DB. 1'. s. srnounn, M;1>. V Grand Master _ British North America I And ` what, about the snowshoe `tramps towards Shanty Bay! The rhythmic. toad-in stride ; the _fences that had to be vaulted, long `arms {serving as pivots, swinging`, the `body. and; the treacherous: snow. shoe . clear of the top ra; the gale`-5`of_. Ian/ghter v_when**S0!11e .nnl'm-;ky`~.1n(_nrifee_ the. "rit~o`n~;th e*n1`-t ` sida>...v:ell ort; But back to the snow and its mem- ories. Do you, who now y about the city in expensive motor cars, re- call how on certain winter nights a farm sleigh would draw. up at the `door, padded thickly with clean straw |-(excellent to tickle your neighbor s ear with)--boards laid across to serve as seats; ' horse blankets and mall genuine buffalo robes to cover the knees? And how a merry group of young people would- pile in, and the youngsters nd absorbing interest in the irtatious couples who appeared to prove that two and two did not make four, but dwindled down to a mere unit in the space they ocupied; how he nally drew up at the en; trance -to some hospitable farm house and stamped -into a warm" \room, crowded round the big stove until the ddle tuned up, and - then how we danced away the remnant of cramp and stiness. And that oyster stew," hot coffee, delicious` cake, and a tay pull to wind up the .evening. And the Plate Glass Bay. Have you forgotten the week, usu- `ally in January, when"the great bay lay like a sheet of plate-glass between the snow-bound` shores ;` when `long lines ` of skaters, with locked arms swung down . its length, -`jumpi_ng `at ` the word of warning, the `I cracks and f air, holes, V a ringing whoop, to ` mark the achievement, and warn those ` who followed; g the.-_ long swinging pace, the spice` of unknown-perils ; ahead, `and the `_ marvellous `elasticity '1 of that g_reatj'-_sh eet bio: glare" ice-.-_a` 1 sensation wh_ich- nof*m_er.e `_rink _er t can if aewrsknw-~s ` : L ; `sin inated the kitchen. The local weekly! ipaper had awhole page printed in' that language, mysterious to our young ears, in its` gutterals` and singing vowels, and this was longbefore the days of the Celtic revival! And some [of our butter hailed from the muni- Icipally named townships `of Tiny, F]os or Tay named after the lap dogs of one of the wives of our governor-genera]! Oh you women of] rural, frost-bound Canada, what bricks _ you were`! . How that old market became the medium through which we` studied intrepid human character and exchanged more than! mere traickings in goods and money. 1'1; l_,,1 ; I I J. 8. LEIGKTON Sec y Orange Insurance Dept. and aslhilll " W ~` sad lif f`g le _s114q_1:I_vv` a.kes ' Further back in childhood, can you recall the chilled slate, held out of the window to catch falling snow akes, while you caught cold; those `wonderful geometrical designs, so perfect and` like so many perfect things,_ so evanescent; the only geo- metry the writer ever studied; but one yvhich revealed a ` mystery far deeper g than that . connected with triangles, and circles; the omnipotent po'w'_'I$1_'_JV l1ich.1ii`e8V7at the `root of what atnre"s`_-wonders. The keen breath of a real winter '3! day has brought these memories ing-5 dewnjgqtds in akes , of soft` i`gj.e` '_gI.."z":ow` ~\z9;qo;iea `which, ,to Reminiscences of By-gone Days, By Former Barrie Resident--Whn Tobaggoning Down Hills Was Popular--Loaded Sled Passed Under Team of Horses. shoes in a 1-linlg, ` and sang choruses and `catches of old Quebec. And what about the snow pancakes ready for us when we got home again; -eaten -1.....-..vu. vu. Uull with maple syrup which came from Qu`inlan s bush or from some-I math applied, and the curling ame ,shot upwards, as we squatted on our shoes ring, and sang choruses! The musical portion of was rendered by the 1 Trinity choir, Barrie, who accepted the invitation o. Ihgfr. Paget, Rector of Inn A new Estey organ having been re- cently purchased by the congregation Iof St. Paul s, Innisl, for use in their church, a dedicatory service was held on Thursday the 23rd inst., the church being.` lled to its utmost capacity `by a devout congregation anxious _to hear the new instrument and to join in the special thanks- giving service which had been arrang- ed. ' A mm: NEW ORGAN 1 FOR 51. PAUL S; F Large Congregation Attend Dedicat-l ory Service--Recital and Musi- ` Program at Innis- fil Church. | i I I i 5 W. M. -PIT_ZG-EBALD. ` """" Grand ~8ctt:1_1-r. capacit .'mvRsvAr,LM;ams:a~:t 4 .on the servicei members of I na... 1..: ~-* 1* ..-vunucd 6 UL 10 had gladly oi_' the Rev. Vrvl 351.15 VI Ad-(I CIDAULI. LILLIJ '-' There was such a sound of eculing and tramping in the hall that the `mind-reader paused, and lowered his .gaze.e The men were eeing, and ithe boys were moving up towar the [.n` ~ / \.IllIalll.IAIlA\Jbl \IL A.I.|LLa\A Lvuuxzlen There is a man in this hall, he said, gazing at the ceiling for inspira- tion, whose mind I can read like a book. He means well, is a good father and a kind husband; active in the church and all town aairs. He -has only one fault that I can see- he is forgetful. . - ""I"`n:n Q-pniuo O|:lD`|` 1.3:: -\t|J-:1nunL `I.__.`l ""`5"i*h`i'v"a'1"i1ight his` patien1 working -wife asked him- II...-4. 1-can aunt an nA.....'.I -J V- As `One Man. _It was a stormy night, and the audi- ence of Professor Cheatum, mind- reader and prestidigitator, was com- posed exclusively of men and boys. The lecture had begun" at half past seven, and it `_w`as nearly an hour later when : Professor Cheatum began his exhibition of mind-reading. urm.....- :- .. mu. :. n..:... 1...'n n 1... I The Canadian Pacic Winnipeg Express leaving Toronto at 10.10 p.m. Daily carries Colonist, Tourist and Sleeping cars for Winnipeg and Pacic Coast. The Colonist cars, in which berths are free, are new lea- ther-seated cars and are exceptionally comfortable. This is the only train from Ontario points to Western Can~ ads. and runs the entire distance through Canadian territory, making the fastest time between Toronto and Winnipeg by several hours and ensur- ing a fast and comfortable journey to the West without change of cars or transfer troubles. IJVIJLJ I LUCIA uuu \lll\IAln ' After service the visiting choir were hospitably entertained by the Rector and Mrs. Paget at the Rectory, ere returning to Barrie. ` Organ Recita1.. . . . . . Mr. Doward Benediction . . . . . . ..Rev. E.` A. Paget Recessional-Now Thank We All Our God . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. The congregation very highly appre- ciated the helpful, masterly address of Rev. E. R. `J. Biggs, and the rever- ent rendering of the anthems and ser- vice by Trinity church choir, under the able leadership of Dr. H. T. Ar- nall, and all look forward with pleas- ant anticipation to a return visit of both Vicar and Choir. _'L,',, ,. ,I.-3__ The full pvrogram was as follows: Processional Hymn Onward Christian Soldiers Psalms . . . . . . . . ..Robinson, in E fiat 100 . . . . . . . . . ..T11rnor, in A Magnicaj; . . . . . . . ..Mornington, in D I Nune Dimitts....Beethoven, in B flat; Anthem--` `The Radiant Morn. . . . . 1 1 1`.V,;':`-`V prayers were said by the Vicar of Trinity (the Rev. Ernest R. J. Biggs) who also preached the sermon on The True -Elements of Worship and the Place of Music in the Worship of ithe Sanctuary. r-III n :1 n 11 DIRECT TO WESTERN C.ANADA. E. T. BSSERY ) Past Grand Master. Past Grand Master his` patient, hard 3 1.8-nA!! "\'\32{oL1'v'vm1 DR. J. J. WILLLKMS nnv. JOHN oonunn` Grand chaplain. A SNOWFALL OF MEMORIES Associate D. G. M.