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Rt. Hon,. Leslie Horeâ€"Belisha, Minister of Transport, opened the first cyclists‘ safety track at MWestern Avenue, Greenford, England, recently, It is two miles long and is designed to provide greater safety for both cyclists and motorists. At the sam e time, the Minister handed over to V. P. Chant, a service man, the bicycle that was presented to him when he opened the cycle show at Olympic. This picture shows the first bicycle over the new track â€"a "pennyâ€"faring." Frances Drake, film player, featâ€" ures this trailing velvet robe of light and dark green, accented by large dull gold buckles studded with green carochons. A new and delightful study of H. R.H. Princess Elizabeth, elder daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York. The fairyâ€"like frock is the one worn by the little Princess at the reeent marriage of her uncle, the Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina, when she acted as bridesmaid. : 7 Bewitching Hostess s y _2 00¢ s & _ The King‘s CGranddaughter New Bicycle Track Opened In England Unusual action scene as Park race track in California. C. "We shall reside at the Old Manse," said the bride. And the reâ€" porter wrote. ‘"When they return from their honeymoon, the newlyâ€" weds will live with the bride‘s father. Begun as an experiment four years ago, the students‘ "home" has developed into a permanent institution. It is now located in a snug little brick cottage on the campus and it is the only thing of its kind in Canada, with the exception of a students‘ house at Acadia. u the girls‘ love it! For at least one month in each of their last two years girls have to "keep house" with all the myriad duties it entails. They take their turn at planning and cooking meals, mending, tending babies and generally making the home machinery run smoothly and making both ends meet. Home management is not a mere academic course of studies for girls taking the Home Economics Course at Manitoba Agricultural College. We feel letâ€"down.â€"One bright suggestion is go out and buy a new hat. Colorful it must be. = , My advice is change the furniture around in your living room. Dig up some bright material and hang at your windows. Quickly the atmosphere changes and the holiday spirit is supplanted with a bit of your own individuality. You begin to feel normal and more capable of handling January bills. the field comes down the home sttrech with madly pounding hoofs at the opening of the Santa Anita V. Whitney‘s "High Glee," with Jockey Coucci up, nosed his way to victory. We have all splurged during this season of goodwill and now January with its cold, tweaks our noses and howls in our ears. _ The window panes are airily decorated with frosty pictures. The fire roars up the chimney. ~ > New York Broker Dies In Crash STUDENTS "KEEP HOUSE" AFTER HOLIDAY BLUES A Thundering Finish A LAUGH Off for the Saar to vote in plebiscite. Som e of the 320 former residents of the European sore spot who sailed to vote for its return to Germany, Hans Diets (center), in charge of group, is shown talking to reporters. 20 22 aus L e 0. O CO,¢ 12CF VO VUIICVGSUT, WAQ Was iNCNLUONEG in tie confessions of Loeb and Leopold as their intended victim, is pictured with his bride, the former Marjorie Friedman, after their wedding at Waukegan, II1, Intended victim in Loebâ€"Leopold case becomes victim of Cupid‘s darli‘. John E. Coleman, 28, of Chicago, who was mentioned in the namLrautail. e pae s 1e n WeW 2 NC 1 Succumbs To Cupid Mrs, Stella Riddell Talbot, 35, a former movie‘star, who piayed the lead in "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" as Stella Day, is being held by St. Louis, Mo., police for questioning in the slayâ€" ing of Albert Frankenstein, restâ€" aurant owner and her employer. Former Star Ho!ld These Chinese were a wise people. They put themselves into slippers and slowed down the tempo of their world, for who can be hasty in act and speech when he is in slippers? To run then is hard, and comfort is an enemy of anger. But the Chinese have become westernized now â€" and the slipper is going with their teachâ€"= ing of ethics. The smart oxford and technical education are replacing them, and we hope we in the west will not live to regret it.â€"Hamilton Spectator, Watch for a blonde strand on heads of the most smartly coiffed women. It‘s becoming a fad in Lonâ€" don, where Gertrude Lawrence hat introduced the fashion. â€" The erstâ€" while golden brown locks of the chic Gertrude have undergone a changeâ€"to the extent of a becomâ€" ing ribbonâ€"width across the frontâ€" of bright, let us call it platinumâ€" blonde, which is attentionâ€"getting if not startling, at first sight. â€"It is an, illustration of the present skitâ€" tish mood of Londoners in regard to fads of fashion, that such an exâ€" treme one as this has already begun to appear among the gay young night club frequenters. The fact that the platinumâ€"strand coiffure was seen aboard ship coming from Europe, make us point out this fashion as one to expect to see more on this side. THE ROYAL RING . . In the case of royal brides Welsh gold is generally used to fashion the allâ€"important ring. / The Princess Royal wears a wedding ring of Welsh gold. _ So does the Duchess of York,. And expert workers in Wales were responsible® for the precious metal. which went to the making of Princess Marina‘s weddirg ring. Platinum Strand In Upâ€"toâ€"date Coiffure: Before the end of the century the plain, unadorned hoop of gold had returned, and it has remained first in favour ever since. The Puritans frowned on the exâ€" change of even the plain, unadorned wedding ring. (It was a heathenish custom, they maintained, and it was not until the Restoration that the custom returned to popular favor. Then the unpretentious hoop _ was again discarded, and the jewelled wedding ring made an appearance. Engraved inscriptions were popuâ€" lar at this time. ‘"Keep fayth till deth," a typical one reads. More quaint is the inseription, "Pray God to make us such a pair as Isaac and Rebecea were." While he must have been a charming lover who conceivâ€" ed theâ€" words. ‘"Many are the starrs I see, yet in my eye no. starr like thee." In rather different vein was the inscription of that 18th century Bishop of Lincoln, ~who inscribed the wedding ring of his fourth wife with the words, "If survive, IlH make them five." Very often the Gimmel was worn on the thumbâ€"a reminder this of the ancient wedding ceremony, where the husband would place the ring on the top of the left thumb with the words, "In the name of the Father" then on the forefinger, saying, "and of the Son"; then on the middle finger, "and of the Holy Ghost," and finally on the third finger of the left hand with the solemn closing word, "Amen," ANCIENT CEREMONIAL One of the most fascinating of those old ring was known as the Gimmel, a name which, literally, means "twin." This ring consisted of two flat hoops, which could be fitted together to form a completa ring. Each of the halves was enâ€" graved with a name or motto, one: half being carried by the man and oneâ€"half by the maid. At the wedâ€" ding ceremony the two were symboliâ€" cally joined, and so became the bride‘s wedding ring. ORNATE.FASHION Then fashions became npore ornate, and in the days of the Tudors and for many years after it was ecusâ€" tomary to embellish the wedding ring with precious stones. A mystical significance was attached to ~the choosing of those stones. Thus the ruby indicated glory, the emerald tranquillity and happiness, the sapâ€" phire â€"hope, and the â€" amethyst humility. Originally the ring was used as the pledge of betrothal, and these engagement rings were in use for centuries before the wedding _ ring seems to have been thought of. When the wedding ring did first appear in the days of our Angloâ€"Saxon â€" anâ€" cestors it was made indifferently either of silver or of gold, and ofter, heavily engraved with figures of thy saints to ensure good fortune. In the news the other day there was record of a wedding ceremony where the customary ring was dis. pensed withâ€"a reminder this that the placing of a gold circlet on the third finger at marriage is, strictly speaking, one of sentiment only, How Fashions In The Marâ€" riage Circlet Have Changâ€" ed During The Centuries Influence Of Slippers Ring Lore