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COMMENTING on the Recent Reference in This Column to The COMMENTING ON THE Recent reference in this column to the proposal that the Dionne quintuplets be housed in Castle Loma in the city of Toronto and there be placed on exhibition as a means of enabling the city to obtain revenue from a property now unproductive, Arthur Brusegaard of Gilby gives some facts concerning the history of that remarkable building. Mr. Brusegaard visited Toronto in 1929 and was shown the "castle" on a sight-seeing tour of the city. He writes: "THE MAN WHO BUILT IT, whose name I have forgotten, had been a major in the Canadian Army and had made quite a reputation for himself and his outfit in France. In the fall of 1921, I think it was, he gathered the group of men who had served under him in France, together in Toronto, outfitted them in new uniforms, drilled them an3 took them over to London, at his own expense. Incidentally, he had accumulated a fortune in the market since the war. The reason for the trip was to take part in the Armistice Day parade held in London. King George, seeing the Canadian service men and hearing of the way in which their trip was financed, was so impressed that he knighted the major. Following the knighting ceremonies the major was feted in various parts of the country and also made a trip into Scotland and had occasion to visit several of the old castles there. It was here that the inspiration came to him to build one in Toronto exactly like one of those he had visited. "WORK WAS STARTED THE following spring but when about half completed he went broke. Getting a new start in business again, he soon made another fortune and was able to complete the castle. He lived in it less than a year and went broke again. The city of Toronto acquired it some time later for unpaid taxes and it seems doomed to remain a white elephant. I am not sure what it cost to build but do remember that we were told the stone fence that surrounds the five acre knoll on which it is built cost $60,000. Am not sure of the size but it was somewhere around 120 rooms. It is situated in an exclusive residential section of the city and the grounds are covered with many large trees and a heavy growth of shrubbery. It was rented to a group of wealthy Toronto business men a year or two before we were there, for a club house but proved too costly to keep up and they had to give it up." ORDINARILY WE ARE MORE apt to associate Norway with fishing than with fruit-growing, but there are sections of that country where fruit-growing is a major industry. And the quality of some of the Norwegian fruit is said to be exceptionally fine. From one orchard on the West coast, owned by Elling Stene, father of Mrs. George Morkrid, 1218 University avenue, Grand Forks, apples were shipped regularly to London each season for the use of the royal family. THE APPLES CHOSEN FOR this purpose were Gravensteins, a variety also grown in this country. The Gravenstein is a hard winter apple, at its best in the spring after having been kept for months in cool storage. As with other apples, the quality depends not alone on the variety, but on the locality where it is grown, and the Norwegian area of its 'growth seemed peculiarly fitted to bring out the best qualities of this fine apple. IN THE STENE ORCHARD great pains were taken to insure the receipt of apples in perfect condition by the royal purchaser. The apples were carefully handled in picking^ so as to avoid bruising, and apples of uniform size and perfect form were selected. Each apple was carefully examined for blemishes and each perfect apple was carefully wrapped in soft paper and then in strong coarse paper. The apples were then packed in layers in barrels, each layer resting on a bed of soft packing, with which the barrel was also lined. Thus the apples arrived in London, unbruised, to be stored in the royal cellar. GRAND FORKS BOYS ARE TO have a kite-flying contest, enjoying a most fascinating sport. It is, however, a sport which in these days is attended with danger if proper precautions are not taken. If the flying is done in the vicinity of high-tension electric wires, and our light wires which run through the alleys are of that character, there is the possibility of short circuit by kite strings falling across heavily charged wires. If the kite string is perfectly dry there is slight probability of accident, but if it is damp the current may be conducted to the boy at the other end of the string. This risk is increased if metallic kite strings are used, which is done in some cases. Several deaths have been caused in this manner. It is important that there be no kite flying where there is any possibility of contact with highly charged wires. Obviously the best place for the sport is in the open country, but there are localities in the city where kites can be flown with safety. USUALLY OUR BOYS PREFER the flat kite, roughly diamond-shaped, or with bow top, but there is possible great variety in the design of kites. Chinese and Japanese have flown kites for many centuries, and their designs usually take the general form of birds, and are self-balancing, whereas the flat kite requires the long tail. The box kite is a familiar form, often used for carrying scientific instruments aloft. Then there is the tetrahedral kite, made of two equilateral triangles placed together V-shape and braced apart at the points. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, experimented for several years with this form of kite in attempts to make it the basis of a practical flying-machine. WHILE THE PEOPLE OP THE United States have no immediate interest in the coronation of a British king, the approaching coronation of George VI attracts attention in this country because of the traditions surrounding it and the elaborate preparations which are being made to celebrate it. Thousands of Americans will witness the pageant, and multitudes who remain at home will read of its numerous picturesque features. The event has a certain social and commercial significance which extends into every corner of this country as well as into all parts of the British dominions, for "coronation colors" are now in vogue everywhere, and the coronation influences the attire of the American lady who goes to church or to a party. Manufacturers have adapted their operations to accord with the prevailing fashion, and the goods on the merchants' shelves bear testimony to the far-flung influence of a ceremony on the other side of the Atlantic. APPROACH OF THE Coronation has also brought its note of dissent. Last week I reproduced in this column the text of a protest against the coronation of George VI and the assertion of the claim of Rupert of Bavaria as the law- ful heir to the British throne. That declaration was signed by C. C. Bagnall, of New Zealand, representing a Jacobite society in that country. In the accompanying comment I gave some facts relating to the Jacobite movement, and the publication brings the following letter from Miss Flora Cameron Burr, of Bottineau, herself of Scottish lineage, and an ardent sympathizer of the exiled Stuarts: "That Reminds Me, is always interesting and to a Scottish Jacobite and Nationalist looking forward to Scottish independence, that of April 25 unusually so. C. C. Bagnall of New Zealand is well known to me as an editor and a leading Jacobite. "YOU MAY CARE TO KNOW have in safekeeping a photograph of Robert (Stuart) IV, the rightful king of Scotland, sent around as a fiery cross some years ago; also a copy of last issue of Crois Tara (Fiery Cross, published in Scotland by Theodore Napier, Scottish patriot and Jacobite who later went to Australia where he died. “THE SCOTTISH JACOBITES and Nationalists are today stronger than at any other time since the last gathering with certain Irish patriots for independence, some years after American revolution. Help was once more promised from France but failed through ill-fated circumstances. The affair was stifled in press and textbook as was done after the Forty-five, when the imperialists circulated it was a mere dissatisfaction of a few clans while in reality it was Scotland, renowned centuries B.C., the few years since the last uprising for freedom are as nothing. "YOUR OBSERVATIONS AS TO toasts and challenge are authentic. As to former may say that one of the favorite toasts of Scotland after the death of William of Orange, occasioned by his horse stumbling over a mole hill, was: "To the little brown gentleman clothed in velvet". Stranger things around us are happening than that the "glove" be lifted at coming coronation, (should there be a coronation). Other ways too there are of accepting the challenge, as the attempt of the "Young Scots" seize the Stone of Scone." MISS BURR APPENDS THE following poem which she wrote in 1926, and which has been used in many countries as a substitute for the traditional "fiery cross" which in olden days was carried by swift messengers through the Scottish highlands to summon the clans to battle. On last St. Andrew's day it was published in a paper in South Africa: THE EXILED RACE. By Flora Cameron Burr.
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