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SCHOOL-BADGES AND OTHERS.
A football cap, with its gaudy braid, its vaunting embroidered dates, and, above all, its swinging tassel, is essen tially a helm for the head of youth. It would be out of place on the head of a Bailie akirk elder. Very few-of-us ean live up to its tacit challenge: we, growing up and realising our limitations, and the surprising effectiveness of other
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A few days ago I renewed acquaint- with a distinguished Chinaman whom I had not mat for a good many years. He was a picturesque figure-not. however, because he sported a pigtail-or Epiyarron, April 9th.
were robes of padded silk, but because the garments he displayed to the world Arumour was started to the effect that were a handsome furcollared overcoat Mr. James Brown, Labour MI for Ayr and a school cap, little braided, tassolled shire, would be practically boycotted by and crested. Separately, these two items Scottish Society during his period of of apparel were commonplace but asso office at Holyrood as His Majesty's Lordciated on the person of a Chinese gen High Commissioner to the General Astleman, head of a Chinese household, sembly of the Church of Scotland, but it they were noteworthy to say the least. has been quickly and emphatically squashine cap, you see, was not che that could ed. It was traced to careless wards atter he had just for the buying What the ed by a few shopkeepers afflicted by dull guilt spurs of knighthood meant to the aess of trade and fearful of a poor shop lads of the age of chivalry, that cap ping month of May Jamie-Brown; signified to the boys of the school at miner, in fact will be strongly supported which my Chinese friend was educated. by some of cur leading Presbytering arts. Scholastic honours were despised in com tourats. Mr. Brown as The Duke of parison, for, of course, it was the cap Atholl has been very kind offering to worn by members of the First Fifteen... help me. He was Lord High Commis sioner for three years in successign, and he knows the ropea. He offered to give me advice in any shape I wanted and any help. Actual help is not necessary but I was very glad to have his advice, and it has been very valuable to me, being
novice at the job. The Duke has a official position at Holyrood. I think it in Keeper of Holyrood He will be pre sent, of course at the levee The Duchesspeople's competition, content ourselves of Atholl has also very kindly put her sporting rosettes or badges on our
watch chaing, or perhaps on special otra knowledge at the disposal of Mrs. |sions a rose, a thistle, or a leck, or an Redwn. Mr. Brown has been made enamelled clover leaf in our coat lapel. Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Ayr, But there was my hero from the Flowery and will wear the unifonu of that office. Land facing the cold gaze of the upstart There will, of course, be a general levee, Occident with the gallant oriflamme and n number of receptions to synods, above his skull. He must have preserved which may or may not take the form of it with care, for its condition was excel- dinners. Two garden parties have been lent, its velvet lustrous, its silver bright. arranged, and there will be held in the Pride in it had survived the shock of Palace grounds..
leaving school and finding that even its Mrs. Brown will also be strongly sup First Fifteen was not universally greeted ported. The Marchioness of Ailsa is to with wreaths and trumpeta; sarvived too act as Lady-in-Waiting. The Marchioness the, disillusion of growing to manhood, nud Mrs. Brown belong to the same the years of separation from others county, the Marquess of Ailsa being Lord brought up in the same cult, the return Lieutenant of Ayrshire. The Hon. Vic-to the atmosphere of the brooding East. toria Bruce, third daughter of the late Certain of our agitators would like to Lord Balfour of Burleigh, who was one abolish the ceremonial of public life, its of the most prominent figures in the uniforms and ritual. The wish is a vain Church of Scotland, and Miss Fleming. hope. Even the medicine man of a can- daughter of the Rev. Dr Archibald Flem-nibal tribe in distinguished.
by particular ing, of St. Columba's. Pont Street; Lon-[paint patterns. The first thing a man don, are to be the Maids of Honor. does who wants to smash the organisa
tion of the big society called the nation, It is quite characteristic gesture on is to join a society with like ideals, and
very
likely wear a special button or the part of the Marchioness of Ailsa tbadge or bomb to show his pride in it. have encourage Mrs. James Brown to Some of us learned the value of this appoint her her lady-in-waiting during the
love of distinguishing badges during the forthcoming historic Fortnight at the Palace of Holyrood House. For. of war. Men put up service stripes and course. it would not have occurred to wound badges not only because they were Mrs. Brown, even if she had been a proud of having served and having been
·duchess and not Mrs., James Brown, to wounded, but also because they folt the have suggested the thing.
exhilaration of belonging to a big brother. As a rule, even a minor peeress does not take up a hood of veterans who had lost at the position in the suite of a Lord High cast a little skin for a cause. Man seeras Commissioner's wife, and. a marchioness to want a label to be proud of. Men of is not a minor peeress. But Lady Alisa regiment are sure it is the best in iw many things in addition to being a the army: each battalion boasts of its marchioness. She is a kindly woman, superiority each company locks down a woman who moves with the times, a de little on all others, and in each platoon mocratic woman in the best sense, and you find a healthy contempt for nil the frst as well as last a true Christian.other platoons compared with itself. Her attitude and that of the Dichess of APK. VIEW OF SCOTLAND'S POLITICS. Atholl will do everything to reconcile The present political representation of yomen of lesser degree to the iden of Scotland is boing, used by the Propar-) having to pay respect to royalty through tional Representation Society to show that the person of a plain Mra For the Scottish national. will is not finding although the talk of boycotting Mrs. reasonably true expression-in-Parlia Brown was absurd an the face of it, there ment. It is pointed out that the Socialist is no disguising the fact that some of the and Co-operative Party, with 559,500 votes Indies who are in the way of atteriding out of 1,501,000, have 3 seats, while the the General Assembly functions were a Conservative, Liberal and Independent little nonplussed when Mr. Ramsay Mao Parties, with 942,53) votek have only 32 Donald's choice for the position of Lord seats.
THE MARCHIONESS OF AILSA.
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High Commissioner was made Enown NEW LAILD OF ARSAGE Now, taking their cue from the Duke and Duchess and the Marquis and Mar- has purchased for £21,000 the fine estate Mr. Robert Paterson, of Turriff, who chioness, they think Mr. and Mrs. James of Ainace, in the Buchan district of Brown will be quite all right" The Aberdeenshire, may not unittingly be. Marchioness of Ailsa, daughter of a mis described as a typical representative of sionary in India, met her busband under somewhat romantic circumstances, GLASOOW THE "LED" CAPITAL VAAN
BIR JAMES BARRIE
the new generation of Scottish Inieds. He has risen from the bottom ring of thes Indder has been auctioneer, dairy An intensive campaign by the Socialists farmer, timber merchant, and various in (flasgow and district has been started other things besides During the war he A Labour M.P. stated recently that for handled a large number of timber con- their summer campaign the Independent tracts for the Government. Mr. Pater- Labour party would have 05 speakers in son, however, is best remembered far be Glasgow, and in all 160 sneakers in the yond the hounds of Aberdeenshire as the West of Scotland. - Indeed " Glasgow is owner of the famous white coo o' Turriff. coming to be known as the "Red"
Mr. Paterson, in the early days of the capital.
Insurance Act, was strongly upposed to certain provisions of the scheme, and Sir James Barrie, the well-known showed his hostility in practical fashion, author and dramatist, is to receive the He refused to pay, his white coo was freedom of the Burgh of Durafries. After poinded," and incidentally provided a his more youthful years spent in Kirricaine days' comedy for Scottish newspaper mair (brus", he attended Dumfries readers. ̧* Academy preparatory to entering Edia- THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S MOTHER. burgh University. Even then his silent Mrs. Haldane, of Cloan, Auchterarder, Lord manner was a characteristic. He was a mother of Viscount Haldane, thember of a local literary society, and at Chancellor, enters on her 100th year to-| the meetinga listened patiently to what day. Notwithstanding her great age sha his fellow-members had to but never enjoys good health, and takes a keen in- ventured to expresa, any views himself.terest in the events of the outside world. His first contribution to the Press, he Sho keeps up a daily correspondenca has stated, took the form of a letter to with Lord Haldane when he is away from Dumfries newspaper, signed Pater Cloan.
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familias, protesting against the excessive amount of home lessons given out, to the pupils at the Academy, Sir James Barrie's first public speech was delivered at Dumfrica about 30 years ago, when he performed the ceremony of presenting the prizes to the pupils of Cuntries Academy- At that time he wax beginning to come into wide fame as an author, his "Auld Licht Idylls" and "A Widow in Thrums having been published. He stipulated, in Faccepting the invitation to present the prizes, that ho should not be required to
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