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PAGE EIGHT THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE 'Songs of the Wandering Minstrels Brought to Life by Gifted Singer Delving into the days when knighthood was in flower, Mar- guerite Horne Craigie brought sto light some of the vivid characters that roamed Europe as wandering minstrels and some of the songs they sang for an entranced audi- ence yesterday afternoon. She was addressing the members of the 'Lyceum Club and Women's Art "Association, and her own charm illuminated the romantic era she was re-capturing, Of all the songs she sang the most surprising was that written by an Arab in praise of a French knight killed in the First Crusade. A song known tq the Egyptians that became lost for five hundred years, then turned up in Paris as Malbrouck (Marlborough) s'en va t'en Guerre" and now is familiar to all English speaking peoples as "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." Mrs. Craigie said that the trou- badours were the news-gatherers of stheir times. Tney were first. men- "tioned at the end of the 11th cen- tury and continued to flourish un- til the 13th. They supplied the only form of indoor entertainment, apart from eating, drinking and love-making and sang of war, poli- tics, satire and love, and in those hard, fast and unrepressed times the songs of Jove were in greatest favor. There were between four and five hundred known troubadours whose exploits have been recorded, she said, and among the most famous were Gaucelm Faidit, whose lament for King Richard Coeur-de- Lion brought tears to the eyes of the ladies of the Court of Barce- Iona. Another was Peiri Vidal, called the greatest singer and the great- est fool of his time. He followed Richard across Europe and married a Byzantine princess "whose un- timely death drove him to mad- ness. 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That these songs have survived since the middle ages is sufficient to command a place for them in the world's literature and music. Mrs. Craigie was introduced by Mrs, R. A. Wallace and Mrs. Wil- liam Taylor expressed a vote of thanks. Irene Besen Is Wed To David G. Wragg The marriage of Irehe May Be- sen and David George Wragg, both of Oshawa, was solemnized on Sat- urday afternoon at Northminster United Church. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, T. A. Wooller, of Surrey, England, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Wragg, of Osh- awa, Spring flowers formed the set- ting for the ceremony performed by the Rev. H, A, Mellow. The wed- ding music was played by Mr. E. Kelvin James with Mrs. Maurice Love as soloist. The bride who was given in marri- age by her brother-in-law, Mr, Dav~- id C. Willett, was gowned in a pink crinoline of brocade over satin and net, Graduating net frills added interest to the front of the gown from the waist to the hem. A pearl tiara held her pink shoulder- length veil and she carried a Vic- torian posy of pink rosebuds and carnations. Long matching mittens completed her costume. Miss David Willett, sister of the bride, was matron-of-honor wear- ing a turquoise brocade crinoline with headdress to match. The jun- jor bridesmaids, Miss Gillian Wil- lett, niece of the bride, and Miss Marion Ritzie, niece of the bride- groom, were both in turquoise sat- in crinolines with overdresses' of white net trimmed with turquoise bows. They wore matching bon- nets and long mittens. All the at- tendants carried Voctorian posies of pink carnations and white gar- denias. : Mr. Charles Smith performed the duties of best man and the ushers were Mr. Gordon Wragg and Mr, Maurice Love. A reception was held at North- minster House.- The bridegroom's mother was in blue crepe with pink accessories and a corsage of pink roses. Following a wedding trip to an undisclosed destination, Mr. and Mrs. Wragg will reside in Oshawa. For travelling the bride chose an aqua wool two-piece dress with pink accessories. Pink rosebuds com- prised her corsage. ' Eight cablegrams were received, seven from the bride's relatives in England and one from the bride- groom's' brother in the United States, Tobacconist Says Most Women Smoke -- Cranbrook, B.C. --(CP)-~ Cran- brook's mayor, Robert S, Sang, is a tobacconist who doesn't smoke, but he's always willing to toast the ladies. He estimates that 70 per cent of the women around here smoke and that is the largest single factor in trebling cigarette sales in the last 20 years. , Plug tobacco, pipe tobacco and cigar consumption is down and he doesn't know why, but he doesn't blame the women for it. Want to buy sell or trade? -- A classified ad and the deal is made. WASHING'S NO PROBLEM NOW | "Mummy fook Auntie's advice" 'It takes seven colours to make true white,' Auntie said. 'One of them is blue. That's why you must use Blue in your wash. Just swish Reckitt's Blue through the rinse. It prevents that yellow tinge and you avoid taking chances with anything that may damage fabrics." Reckitt"s Blue costs so little, mummy says, 'and out of the blue | comes the whitest wash.' B.1-R Groups Qwaliarues. QUEEN MARY LODGE The regular meeting of Queen Mary L.O.B.A. was held in the Orange temple on Wednesday with Sister Essex acting as Worthy Mis-+ tress, assisted by Sister Elsie Price. Sister Beatrice Foote of Victory Lodge was extended a hearty wel- come. Various committees gave re- ports. 2 A draw, donated by Sister Blake, was won by Sister Louise Owens. Refreshments were served and a game of bingo played. 10TH GUIDES-BROWNIES AUX The regular meeting of the 10th Guides-Brownies Mothers' Aux- iliary was held on Thursday after- noon at Guide House with nine members present. Mr, Arthur Gladman presided. Further plans were made for the mother and daughter banquet which is to be held on March 30 at 630 p.m. at Guide House. Mem- bers were asked to remember the gift for next meeting. Mrs. Norman Hurst won the door prize. OVER 20 CLUB A good time was enjoyed by the large number of young people who attended the Over 20 Club Dance at Adelaide House on Saturday Night. Winners of the Spot Dances of the evening were Miss Margaret Thomp- son and Mr. Peter Wilson, and Miss Joyce Power and Mr. Percy Possel. CALVARY BAPTIST WA. The Calvary Baptist W.A. held its regular meeting on Thursday afternoon with the president, Mrs. R. W. Wighton, presiding. The meeting opened with the singing of "More About Jesus Would I Know," and prayer by Mrs. R. Wighton. The minutes "of the pre- vious meeting were read and ap- proved. Lettérs from Miss Gladys Midgley and Mr. Roy Hions, mis- sionaries, were read by Mrs. Shar- rard. Mrs. O. Sharrard and Mrs. C. Lainson sang a duet entitled "What Have I Done For Jesus." Mrs. A. R. Alloway gave the Bible study from Hebrews 11, and spoke of Abraham's great faith. The meeting closed with the sing- ing of "Abiding, It So Wondrous Sweet," and a time of prayer and benediction by Mrs. Wighton. Toronto Models Form a Union Toronto, March 13-- (CP) -- Elev- en beautiful artists' models, have taken their troubles to a union or- ganizer. Russel Harvey, AF.L. Canadian organizer, agrees that their situa- tion is shocking and says they're victims of the economic system. The 11 joined the artists' models federal union and hope to sign up the rest of the 50 artists' models in Toronto as well as fashion and pho- tographic models in the city. The models sald they are paid $1.25 an hour and haven't had a raise since 1947. They said they must be on call seven days a week and average only $20-330 a week. They sald they must pay all their own expenses, including transporta- tion and, in some cases, baby sit- ters, since most of them are marri- ed. And posing for artists is tough work, they said. It is just as fatigu- ing holding a pose for three hours as it is to work seven hours, say, behind a department store counter. 1 stitutes y MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM DINGMAN of Kenneth Avenue who are quietly observing their 63rd wedding anni- versary tomorrow. lived in Oshawa for the past 24 years. They were married in Whitby Tabernacle and have Mrs. Dingman is the former Miss Ann Farrow of Clarke Township, and Mr. Dingman is a native of Bowmanville. Weekly Planning Helps to Lessen Spring Cleaning London -- (CP)--With the annu- al spring-cleaning- threatening to turn the house topsy-turvy any day now, a woman expert here says a lot of the fuss can be avoided by planning properly. Kay Taggart, supervisor of home furnishings for the Women's In- Branch of the Ontario Agriculture Department, says many housewives now do a thorough cleaning job week by week, leaving only a few annual jobs for the spring. \ But if this happy state of affairs doesn't exist, a routine for extra weekly cleaning makes it possible. She suggests that on the weekly cleaning day one week could in- clude taking down, dusting and washing all pictures. Another week the tops of doors, windows and woodwork could be given special at- tention, and so on around the calen- dar. This would leave only a few spec- ial jobs for attention in the spring. Window washing is one of these, and a good time to remove the win- ter's grime is when the storm win- dows are taken down and: screens put on. Apart from commercial cleaning preparations a good home- made cleaner is obtained simply by adding coal oil or vinegar to water. A chamoie cloth is best for polishing. Furniture Too Miss Taggart says modern furni- ture also needs at least one good cleaning a year. A good way to clean table tops and such is to use a solution made of a quart of hot water to which has been added a tablespoon of turpentine and three tablespoons of boiled linseed oi}. After such wood surfaces have been cleaned a thin coat of wax helps a lot, protecting the surface and making the daily dusting eas- fer. A rapid, light motion in pol- ishing gives a high gloss. It is the heat of friction that gives the shine to the surface. Polish of course may be used on furniture every week. A home- made polish of equal parts of vine- gar and olive oil serves well, It should be well shaken and a small amount applied with a duster. To Address Club A DAVIS LEWIS Who: will address the University Women's Club tomorrow evening at Adelaide House. Mr. Lewis who is currently giying a lecture series on The Situation in Europe, has chos- en for the theme of his talk here "A World Divided Against Itself." Educated at Montreal schools and McGill University, Mr. Lewis is also a Rhodes Scholar and was the first Canadian president of the Oxford Union. At present he is practising law in Toronto. Accounts of social events and of visitors to and from the city Social Department. TELEPHONE 3 Mrs. Oakley Crawford, Nassau Street, entertained in honor of Mrs. J. W. Patte, Dearborn Avenue, at a tea on Sunday when Mrs. Patti was presented with a christening gown for her two weeks old daugh- ter, Patsy Eleanor. * + Mrs. L. V. Disney, Simcoe Street South, has as guests, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilson and daughter from Halifax, N.S, and Mr. and Mrs. Earle Armour and daughter from Toronto. i La * Out-of-town guests at the Wragg- Besen wedding were Mr. and Mrs. G. Wragg, Shelbourne; Mr. and Mrs. 8. Pringle, Schomberg; Mrs. D. Wright, Niagara Fills; Mr. and Mrs. Melrose, Mr. and Mrs, C. Yates, Mr. and Mrs. R. Carlton, all of Toronto, + + Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Taylor, Olive Avenue, had as guests during the week-end, Mrs. Taylor's mother, Mrs. Thomas Bruner and her two sisters, Mrs. Albert Bloomfield and Mrs, Edward Leclair, all of Wind- sor, Ontario, who had attended the funeral of Mr. George Reid on Saturday at Hampton. * + * Mr. and Mrs. Irvine Salter were hosts recently at a housewarming at their new home on Cadillac Av- enue South. About 22 guests were present including Mr. and Mrs. Ar- thur Key and Sharon of Scarbor- ough and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elder of Toronto. On behalf of those present a presentation was made to Mr. and Mrs. Salter by Mr. 'Bob' Vickery. Music Students Give Enjoyable Program Increasing interest is being shown in the after Church Musi- caels at the Y.W.C.A. Three talent- ed young musicians delighted the audience with their outstanding ability on Sunday night. The {following is the complete program; Piano groups by Ailvars Stasko: Study, Czerny; Parade of the Grasshoppers, Prokofieff; Prelude in G, Handel; Sonatina, Clements. Vocal group by Donalda Creasser: Come Unto Him (Messiah), Han- del; Homing, Piego; Pale Moon, Logan. Piano groups by Bertha Colville: Arabesque, Debussy; Prelude, Cho- pin; Arabesque, Schumann; Over- ture to HM.S. Pinafore, "Gilbert and Sullivan." The program closed with the singing 'of The Lord's Prayer by Malotte by Donalda Creasser. Trinidad "Queen" To Visit Montreal Port of Spain, Trinidad -- (CP)-- Montreal and other eastern Cana- dian cities will be hosts in June to a representative West Indian beauty. &he is 17-year-old Christine Gor- don, Trinidad's "Queen of the Car- nival" for 1951, who was selected by a panel of seven judges on Car- nival Sunday, Feb. 4. Miss Gordon is Trinidad's sixth carnival queen and the most popu- lar choice since Fraka Anderson held the title in 1949. 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The judges included Grant Ma- jor, Canadian Trade Commission- er in Trinidad, o/° Flowers, Bees on In Jhe C . Easter Bonnet Will Stir Many a Young Man's Fancy By the Canadian Press Two bees on the bonnet may lead this year's Easter parade. At least Ottawa hopes so. While Montreal fashion experts frown on knee-peeking hemlines and stylists across Canada salaam before the new public suits--Otta- wa has the hat with bees. This model was one of the most daring uncovered by the Canadian Press in a survey of spring fash- fons. Of navy blue and natural straw, it's as perky a pillbox as has been seen in a bee's age. The two bees-- of natural straw--cling to 'the crown. The creation, bees and all, sells for $35. This year's hats--and hemlines-- will inject enough oomph into the 1951 parade to make shy women bolder and cause strong men. to straighten their ties. While Montreal, Canada's old lady of fashion, poo-poohs the idea of a changing skirtlength, Toronto style Sipe are pushing the rising hem. ne. At Saint John, N.B,, they're back- ing the Ontario-style centre, In the Maritimes the prediction runs that dresses will be 14 inches from the ground and coats as much as two inches shorter as lest year. Suits with "nipped in" waistlines and dressed with "dolman" sleeves make this years fashion notes sound like a page out of -grand- mother's diary. Those are the sedson's main trends. There are chances, too, that hubbie will notice a touch of mauve in the little woman's spring get- up. It may be lavender gloves, a hat swamped in violets, or a purple dress. The mauve tones are an import from New York via Europe. Paris and London fashion gave purple the nod last fall and New York translated it into "lilac" for spring. 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