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NOV. 7, 1957 ,87th YEAR, No. 45

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PRICE TEN CENTS

Bert Beaver-WEEKEND

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A PLEA FOR LOCAL INDUSTRY

Y OUR editorial, "Something to think about", in the Aug. 15 issue suggests a condition in this Kootenay district that I have been thinking about for the 40 years of my residence here.

The industries here are mining, smelting, lumbering, transport, and agricul­ture. The latter is chiefly carried on at Creston, some 40,000 acres, but much good fand in this old settled district is not used at all. Creston area produces thousands of acres of a soft wheat unsuitable for bread. Hundreds more of alfalfa almost all shipped out, fruit which only pays a profit during war booms, and a few hundred head of cattle shipped alive over the Rocky Mountains to Alberta packing plants at very little gain to the producer.

On the other hand great quantities of meat are expressed in here weekly from the same source. Every law of economy, soil conservation, and local finan­cial benefit cries loudly for the production, processing, and delivery to the well-paid consumers here, within two hours' trucking distance in both directions, of fresh meat and dairy produce. I have arlVQji;At.-l- this idea for years in the local papers with the net result mat old friends will barely recognize me on tb~~ none of them have ever given a logical reason why this profitable

- industry should not be established. For its size Creston probably supports more lodges and religions than any olher like area in Canada, yet ships prime animals away while the aged pensioner and the widow raising children can't purchase sufficient nourisliing meat for their support.

I was born and have· lived 14 years in Canada, and Creston district is the only farming area I ever heard of that didn't supply the local village with a meat supply. As Canada's largest agricultural publication perhaps you might be interested in an inquiry as to why the chiefly British population of an area larger than Switzerland and immeasurably richer, flatly refuse to profit by feeding local people from local land, rather than shipping raw material out and processed material back in with all present day charges added.

The land policy of the Kootenay people badly needs an agricultural reformer to show it up. A two--bit European dictator would cure this economic and moral disease in six months yet no one in B.C. will otoucb it with a long pole.

That's the difference between politicians and patriots.

• ..--TEACHER'S HELPER We teachers appreciate your articles

on Canadian authors and painters such as the sketches on Stephen Leacock and

ellie McLung and would like \O see other features of this nature in future issues.

-TEACHER, N.B.

IRREPARABLE LOSS

Your Voice of the Farm is must read­ing for me. By way of comment on the article "On Paper Farming Doesn't Pay" and the ensuing letters I would like to point out that according to the U.S. De­partment of Agricultur<? 40 percent of American farmers hold second jobs in ~ and cities to assist in meeting up-

-EARL A. LASHER, Yahk, B.C.

made in city life is not a full measure of our civilization . . . If there is one lesson taught by history it is that the permanent greatness of any city must ultimately depend more upon the char­acter df its country population than upon anything else. No growth of city, no growth of wealth can make up for a loss in either the number or the character of the farming population." '

-D. P. W., Ont.

ANOTHER BACKFIRE

M. G., Ont.. (Bargain that Backfires) bas my sympathy as the same thing hap­pened to me. The sales talk was differ­ent but the outcome was the same.

,Y"' surging operating costs on th~ir farms. I think the words of Theodore Roosevelt are appropriate in this case: "I warn my countrymen that the recent progress

-MRS. LLOYD CAUGHILL, Tillsonburg. Ont.

NOT HIS PONY

There appears on page 8 of the Sept. 26 issue of the Family Herald a photo­graph of ·a pony allegedly owned · by Frank Verroche of St. Catharines, Ontario. We are requested by our client the above Mr. Verroche to notify you that at no time has he been the owner of the pony pictured therein. However, our client informs us that he bas some very valuable prize ponies. If you wish to insert a picture of any of these he would be pleased to send yQu the pictures of some of his champions.

Taking his cue ·from some cat he once chased is Toby, '""ito climbs to the barn roof via ladde:.·. Owner is Edith Wyman, of W-adena, Sask.

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-FREEMAN & FRAYNE, St. Catharines, Ont.

FICDON IS TOPS We have been enjoying the fine read­

ing provided by your magazine for years and I think your choice of fiction tops. We are farm folk and find your mag­azine answers many questions regarding farm work and problems.

-MRS. KENNETH TEED, Duncan, Ont.

SUNFLOWERS FOR THE NORTH

I am giving this information in hope it may be of help to small farmers in the northern parts of all our provinces. Giant Russian sunflowers cut just before they come in bead make good green fodder for horses and cattle. A yield of six to 20 tons of green fodder can be ex­pected. In districts when: it is too cool to grow com, sunflowers do well. They will survi'Ve spring and fall frosts that will kill com. If you have 60 days free of killing frost you can grow sunflowers.

The advantages of th:is crop for green fodder are that a small acreage will give a large amount of feed, and the crop can be cut in weather too wet to do any harvest work and left in stooks in the field until needed for feed. One draw­back is that sunflowers are a difficult crop to harvest; but any handyman can make a sled cutter to handle them. Of course the best method would be to make them into ensilage. Again, the seed may be bard to secure.

Only one variety is suitable, Russian Giant. Sow 10 to 15 pounds per acre in rows like com. The thicker the stand the better the feed. If you want them for green fodder be sure to cut just before they bead out.

-GORDON McLAREN, Pipestone, Man.

FAMILIAR SCENES

My husband and I enjoy the Family Herald very much. We especially like the "overhaul" job you gave it recently.

I read with great interest your article on the Anglican Church at Moose Fac­tory. I spent a year there as a teacher for the Department of Indian Affairs so the scenes -ail looked very familiar. Reading your article brought to mind many inter­esting experiences I had there. I -bad the good fortune to make one of the last crossings of the Moose River before break-up, when I returned from my Easter holidays. It was an exciting ex­perience.

-PHYLLIS SCHNEIDER, .-." Massy, Ont.

MISPLACED SYMPATHY

can't understand all this ado about necessary butchering. Most men are as caref\11 as possible. Sure, Jet us have better methods if available. But why not say something about loosing a pack of bounds to chase a terrified fleeing crea­ture until it is exhausted and torn to shreds? Or about little woods animals caught by a paw in traps, suffering for days, till they starve or freeze to death? To be sure, a bouse cat cuffs a wounded mouse about to amuse her kittens, but after all :a cat has only a eat's brains.

----'SYMPATHY, N.B.

TEMPERAMENTAL MACHINE

The recent article on the plight of city maidens marrying farmers was interest­ing. Just after the war we Jived on a farm for a year or so and what a year for me. We bad a cow, a pig and several chickens. As my husband was establish­ing a business in town I was supposed to look after the critters; and I was scared of them all--even the chickens.

However, the worst part was the lack of electricity. I bad an electric washing machine, toaster and iron but none of them were any good. My husband put a motor on the washing machine but even then it would just run when it took the fit. One morning I stepped on the §tarter and the washing machine took. off around the kitchen and beaded for the door. I think it wanted to leave the farm.

One lives and learns and soon I could churn butter, do up pickles, can meat and generally make myself useful. But I never lit the hurricane Iamp--I was afraid it would blow up.

-MRS. G. SHAW, Hartland, N.B.

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IN THIS ISSUE

The Royal ·Visit 4-9

Agriculture The Last Of The

Ladder Fiil>ermen 10 O'Leary's Out In Front - --.....__ -...l6-­The Midnight Sun Is

Fine For Haying 18 Worth A Pound Of Cure 20 Farm Engineering 22 Consultation 23 Commercial Review 24

Home Department Home and Fireside 14 What's Your Question? 39 Needlecraft 41 Old Favorites 42 Quiet Hour 43 Recipes . 48 Juniper Junction-Red Ryder 60 Just For Girls 61 Maple Leaf Page 62 Children's Page 63

News Of The Week Editorials Summary Picture Parade

Fiction

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Caged-Serial 30 Born To Be A Stockman

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This Week's Cover

For the first time in Canada's his­tory, the reigning monarch opened the Canadian Parliament on Oct. 14, 1957. From the steps of the Centre Block, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, with Prince Philip, takes the tradi­tional salute.

-Photo by Bert Beaver

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0 NE of the beliefs very generally held by most of us a generation ago was that it was man's invention or dis­covery of fire that really started him on the way up from

the brute beast. It .is known now that man had fire long ages before he had

figured out any wp.y of creating it. Fire was a commonplace wherever there was lightning to ignite it and the type of forest

AMONG its last acts the Liberal government provided a multi-million dollar grant towards Canadian culture. Per­haps it was merely political policy that caused at least one

of our party leaders to attack it as "canned culture." Perhaps some are of the strong opinion that culture is not a thing that can be underwritten by monetary grants. I have heard people worrying lest the money be wasted on those who really will not produce the desired results at aU, while the real creators of culture, possessing too much pride to appeal for assistance, go right on with the heart­breaking struggle.

Nevertheless, I believe that this is a step in the right direction. I notice that Gisele Mackenzie, an outstanding Canadian home grown voice, had to go to the United States. "Canada," she expl-ained, "does give recognition, but the country is not big enough to support the fuU time professional singer." Hers is a statement that has been endorsed, in many forms, by numerous novelists, dramatists, actors and entertainers from one end of Canada to the other.

I believe very strongly that the Canadian people,-farmers, f"lshermen, housewives, officeworkers: millions of ordinary people everywhere, appreciate culture, especially when it isn't offered as such! They enjoy the contents of their magazines. They sit absorbed in a play on television. They hum the songs of the Hit Parade; those elusive fragments of melody captured by songwriters they never know. It is a treat for them to get out to a high school drama.

What most of these people do not know, I'm afraid, is the cost to every creative artist who perfects his talent and offers its riches to the world. We enjoy The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Montsarrat; we are not aware that, years before he wrote it, he composed adver­tisements for London restaurants so he might eat.

We think of our artists as moody, temperamental, perhaps lazy

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growth to nourish it. Some anthropologists are busy working on the theory that the more advanced tribes and early races of man were found in regions where there were good atmospheric and geographic conditions for forest fires: good lightning storms and good tindery forests; whereas the more backward races were found in jungles and deserts, where natural fire was not always at hand for man's use.

All primitive mythology is full of reference to "magic fire." I would suppose that for countless ages of time, the smarter human tribes accepted lightning as a magic gift, and it was their sole source of fire. In my boyhood, I knew an old Indian named Solomon Aissance who told me that his grandfather was one of the two "fire carriers" of their tribe. I had imagined that all Indiaos knew how to make f"lre with rubbing sticks or with flint and iron. But according to Solomon, the family fires in the tribe were not allowed to go out at any cost; and when the family or tribe moved, it was the duty of two old men to be "fire carriers." They transported living coals in clay pots carried on. a litter. And their cunning was to know the woods tllat made the most durable coals for a day's journey.

It W'Ould be better for our pride if we continued to think that man had invented fire. But man has been given a great many breaks by nature, in his long history.

The chief difference between him and the brute creation is that he has been quick to see the breaks and grab them.

He saw a log floatin.g down stream; and, seizing upon it, and thinking about it for six or seven thousand years, it became a boat.

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or effeminate. How long, I ask, would it take the average person to sit down and simply type out the contents of a novel? Then bow much time does it take the author to sit down and, paragraph by paragraph, bring it to life; rewrite it, polish it; type it; make the revisions suggested by editors; retype it again and again and again?

Yet Agatha Christie, a modern day detective writer, has written a book in ten days! Robert Louis Stevenson, haemorrhaging on his &ick bed while he wrote, turned out the first 30,000 words of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in six days! And if drat appeals to get-rich­quick enthusiasts, let them consider the perseverance and endless patience of Donald Culross Peattie, who spent 20 years gettin.g ready to write Flowering Earth and two years actually writing it!

It is a fact, as J. B. Priestley pointed out recently, that the average business executive would drop dead merely trying to follow the average creative artist around!

What has that to do with cultural grants? Wasn't all great work produced through sacrifice and the terrific expenditure of self?

Actually, cultural grants are not entirely new. The early Church, recognizing the importance of music, drama, research and inven­tion, not only educated but financed such talent. Queen Isabella, when all the world scoffed, sold her jewels to send the sailor Columbus out to try his luck.

Some of our best English literature was subsidized. Shakespeare, history hints, "fronted" for noblemen who believed his pen was mightier than their sword. Proud though he was, Dr. Samuel Johnson was reduced to such poverty that he tried to get help from Lord Chesterfield for his great Dictionary oj the English Language. Chesterfield was the outstanding patron of literature of his day, but the uncouth appearance of Johnson made him hesitate.

When Johnson's work appeared in 1755, however, Chesterf"leld sought to share the glory, and that drew from Johnson tile most stinging rebuke in the history of English letters.

"Seven years, my Lord," wrote Johnson, "have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; du~g whi~~ time I have been pushing on my work through diffi­culties ...

We will be proud of the culture Canadians produce. But we might learn from Lord Chesterfield that the time to help is now.

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• Louis Jaques-WEEKEND The Queen and Prince Philip pause on the steps to· greet a cheering crowd, before passing on into the Parliament Buildings.

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A gracious, radiant Sovereign brought new meaning to the

oldest traditions of Parliamentary government in Canada

- FAMILY HERALD-Nov. '1, 195'1

N THE century since Queen Victoria chose the little backwoods settlement of Ottawa as the capital of the new Canadian nation there bas been no occasion to rival the 1957 visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. There have been other Royal visits, true, but this was the fi·rst during which the Sovereign has presided in person at an opening

of a session of the Canadian Parliament. In her own words this great-great-granddaughter of Victoria attested to the sig­nificance of the occasion: "This is, for all of us," she told the bushed gathering in the Senate chamber, "a moment to remember."

F or more than 16 million Canadians, their television eyes and radio ears focused on the capital, the moments of the 92-bour Royal visit ticked swiftly away. Yet that brief time left with the nation a rich store of memories of their young

en. From the moment the great silver plane touched down at Uplands Airport until it left four days later to carry the Royal couple on a goodwill mission to the United States, the Queen and Prince Philip carried through a rigorous schedule of ceremony with grace and charm and disarming informality.

Whether kneeling in prayer in the Ottawa church where her father, grandfather and great-grandfather had prayed be­fore her, or mingling among guests at state receptions, or listening to the memories of veteran soldiers, the Queen dis­played a simple and unaffected dignity which won for her anew, thousands upon thousands of admirers.

Throughout the visit, the pageantry and pomp accorded Royalty was liberally sprinkled with instances of warmth and friendliness which were not bOrn of protocol or planning but came simply and directly from two persons who take a lively, kindly interest in aH their fellow humans. There were people from all positions who could bear witness to this. There was the postilion, on the ceremonial coach-and-four which carried the Queen to the opening of Parliament, who found JPs off horse so spirited that it took all his might throughout the pro­cession to control it. When the procession wa~ vver, the Queen came and spoke to him at length, revealing once again her great interest in horsemanship. There were the air force officer and the Montreal broker who rose at 4 a.m. to go duck bunting with Prince Philip. There were the scores of veterans at the National War Memorial Service who were thrilled by the personal interest the Queen showed in their units and battle decorations. And there were the hundreds of working newspapermen and their wives who were amazed by the unprecedented informality of the Queen and Prince Philip at a press reception, where they mingled and talked freely with the guests.

This 1957 Royal visit, more than any other, marked a maturing of the relationship between the Canadian people and the Crown. With the Royal couple setting a relaxed and easy atmosphere, an indication of their view of the role of modern monarchy, Canadian people, for ·their part, reacted in a more restrained manner than on earlier Royal visits. There was no lack of enthusiasm, but it was bel'ter controlled.

It seemed now that Canadians had become more fully aware of the role of the Sovereign in their government. This Royal visit was not a spectacular oddity, but rather evidence of a continuing link between the Commonwealth and the Crown. From the outset of the visit, every emphasis was placed on the fact that the Queen was here as the Queen of Canada. The Queen herself furthered this concept when she pointed out that Oil her visit to the United States she would go as "the bead of the Canadian nation to pay a state visit to the bead of our great neighboring country."

It was in this role that the Queen met with members of the Canadian Privy Council, and gave Royal assent to an order­in-council. In the opening of Parliament itself, the Queen lent a new touch of dignity and solemnity to time-honored ritual. Parliament Hill had seldom seen such pageantry. The route from Rideau Hall to Parliament was lined by thousands of cheering spectators as the state carriage drawing the Queen and Prince Philip moved slowly along behind a mounted escort of 45 Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The red and gold Senate chamber was athrob with color, enhanced by the scarlet and navy' blue uniforms of the em­bassy _s:orps and the pastel shades of formal gowns. It seemed impossible that one person could stand out here. Yet the Queen did. Under the withering glare of television and news­reel lights, her white .satin, gold embroidered, diamond studded coronation gown gave the crowning t01;cb of resplen­dent monarchy to the occasion.

In this setting, the Queen read 'the Speech from the Throne setting forth intended legislation for ibis session of Parliament. This was a new session of Parliament with a new government in power, yet the long-awaited contents of the Throne Speech became secondary to the occasion itself.

While the Queen carried out her state and ceremonial functions with the greatest · dignity and calm, it was her appearance and manner on less formal occasions that brought her even closer to the hearts of Canadians. It was true that on this brief trip the numbers of those fortunate enough to see the Queen in person were (Continued on Page 6)

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Rosemary Ci IIi at After opening Parliament the Queen, with Prince Philip at her side in the open Ianda , pres~s :. gr::.cicu!! pich1re as she starts on the colorful return tri~Rideau Hall.

LouiS )aque,._WEEKEND Accompanied by the Minister of Veterans' Affairs, Hon. Alfred J. Brooks, the Queen sets out to greet war veterans after laying a memorial wreath to the dead of two wars.

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limited. Yet through the medium of television, hundreds of thousands of others were permitted a close-up glimpse of the Royal visit.

Indeed, the Queen used television for a close personal message to the nation. In this appearance she had a particular message for young Canadians. She said: "This is a wonderful and exhilarating country, worthy of your very best service when you grow up. We hope that one day we shall be able to bring our children here to see it."

k]!J[C":;-.,..{¥~---m<Ll}'..a.~te~rinign the address, she added: "Industry and CQmmerce 11. wealth to a country, but the character of a nation

The exciting moment of arrival. Prime Minister Diefenbaker and Governor-General Massey greet the Royal . couple as they alight from their plane. Mrs. Diefenbaker is at left.

<.....:remonial state carriage with mounted RCM:P escort took the Royal pair from Govern­ment House to Parliament. It was the first time a sovereign had attended opening in person.

is r~.-~ .• ..-·~~•h••r fa::tors. Race, language, religion, culture and tradition all have some contribution to make, and when I think of the diversity of these factors in Canada today and the achievements that have grown from their union, I feel proud and happy to be Queen of such a nation."

Indicating her awareness of the dual nature of Canadian culture, the Queen twice during her speech slipped easily into French to speak to Canadians of that language. For many Canadians, it was their first knowledge that their queen was bilingual.

While much of the limelight of the visit was focused on Queen Elizabeth in her role as Sovereign, Prince Philip, in his pleasant, unobtrusive way, gave the Queen his easy, natural support at many public gatherings. His already well-known wit was much in evidence at public functions and his friendly manner smoothed the way for many who were nervous or tongue-tied in the reception line.

On his own, in a more serious vein, Prince Philip gave a report to a national radio audience on the Study Conference on Human Problems in Industry which was held in England last summer under his sponsorship. In this, Prince Philip ap­peared as a serious-minded young man, well aware of and concerned about the problems caused by our modern indus­trial production system.

"It's the people that come first," Prince Philip said, "their life in and out of working hours is the only really important thing, particularly in any country that professes to be dem­ocratic . . . Man has simply got to remain in charge of the industrial monster which he is building."

For this Royal visit, it seemed that Canada's autumn weatherman had put on a special display. For almost all the period of the visit, the sun shone brilliantly and there was the brisk tang of autumn in the air. The flag-bedecked capital cradled in the junction of the Ottawa and Rideau Rivers had seldom been lovelier. All the tree-lined boulevards of the capital as well as the hills around had taken on their annual splash of autumn color. During the course of her visit the Queen remarked repeatedly on the exceptional natural beauties of the area.

This time, somehow, the Royal leave-taking was different. When the Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, had last left Canada in November, 1951, the people of Portugal Cove, Newfoundland, as they bade her adieu, sang, rather wistfully, "Will Ye No Come Back Again?" And perhaps at that time there was some doubt that she would return.

This time, there was no doubt of a return. The Queen herself mentioned in her television address that she would be returning in .two years to officially open one of Canada's greatest projects-the St. Lawrence Seaway. She hoped then, she ~aid, to be able to revisit a much greater part of the country.

Thus the link binding the best traditions of Canada's her­itage to her hopes for an even brighter future becomes steadily stronger. No longer, to Canadians, is the role of monarchy distant and strange and mysterious. This most recent Royal visit has given it a meaning and vitality in tune with the present and future life of a leading Commonwealth.

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Honor g~ard of Royal Canadian Air Force personnel was inspected when the Queen arrived at Uplands. Throughout, she c:batted with escorting officer.

At War Memorial ceremonies the Queen took time to chat individual­ly with war veterans. Her informality put her slightly off schedule.

Solemn moment comes as the Queen and Prince Philip Jay a wreath on-the Nation­al War Memorial in Ottawa. The weather remained almost idea) throughout visit.

At a govfi'I"Jlment reception, the Queen greets the Usher of the Black Rod, traditional figure in Parliament bpenings.

Prince Philip escorts the Queen into Senate Ommber for official opening of the Parliamentary session.

Beneath portraits of her parents, the Queen attends a state dinner at Government House. Head table guests include the Diefenbakers, Mr. Massey, Olief Justice and Mrs. Kerwin.

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By T. Atherton Brown The royal family visited South Africa in 1947 in HMS Vanguard. King George VI, veteran of Jutla:nd sea battle, sets example of Commonwealth travel for Princesses.

Today British Royalty travels widely, bringing peace, not the sword

Princess Elizabeth enjoys gay infonnality of a square. dance on her visit to Ottawa in 1951. Square dancing sWept England on her return.

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EACH visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Canada seems such a fresh, exciting experience to Canadians

that similar events in the past tend to be forgotten. Yet her coming here is the continuation of a policy begun long ago when her great grandfather, Queen Vic­toria's eldest son· who later became King Edward VU, visited this country in 1860 and set a precedent of outstanding im­portance.

The British royal family has been accustomed to travel since Richard Coeur de Lion went on the Crusades, hut the purpose of the royal journeys has happily changc;d. In ancient days, if an English monarch set foot on foreign soil, he usually carried a drawn sword at the head of an invading army. Then the shrewd Tudors, from whom the present Queen is descended, forged the subtler weapon of diplomacy; but it was a weapon still, though Henry the Eighth rode out in· peace to meet the French king at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and to bargain for the future of England. His daughter, Elizabeth I, never crossed the Channel; she flirted brilliantly from her palaces at Whitehall and Hampton Court with her potential enemies, and ptayed for time; until her sailors and

soldiers had built her island into a for­tress and opened the New World for immigration and trade.

Then the Stuarts made their journey of sad exile to the French Court, and pondered the hard fact that the English love royalty only so long as the royal personage keeps the rules. Later the Dutch and Hanoverian royal relations came grumbling across Europe in their coaches to assume the crown and curse the English climate. Queen Victoria, like the first Elizabeth, stayed sedately at home while her writ ran around the earth. But her son Edward, the first of_ the modern monarchs, began to move about the world and appreciate both Its problems and its potentialities.

During the last fifty years, wars and domestic c~ tended to keep the royal family at li'ome, though George V travelled the world as a young sailor; but George VI. even in his years of failing health, had the courage and imagination to embark on what he hoped would be a series of visits embracing the whole Commonwealth, when he took his family to South Africa in 1947. Since then, with that continuity of purpose which is the basic strength and chief advantage of hereditary monarchy, they have fulfilled

Queen opens Victorian Parliament in Melbourne, Australia, in 1954, where roya'l party covered 15,000 IJiiles by train, ship, air, in 2 month'S.

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