we. The Hiditorials see ” RAYON WUAAADY SPRING AND THE DRAINS AND CATKINS ~ Na very few weeks now spring will be upon us in full -.... & glory... Streams will be gurgling their way to the sea, ., Sewage will chortle its way. to the ocean, through the new: ‘government drains, the settling process of the excavations will be complete, the roads will be resurfaced and all will «. -be -well with the village. The catkins tell us go. Languid, they hang limpid in the trees, snowdrops are in the gardens, _ violets in the-hedgerows, ... the story is there for all to see. There is little doubt but that for residents of Sidney, and indeed, for residents from all over the North Saanich Peninsula, the surfacing of Third Street, Bazan Avenue and Second Street, will be one of the most important of the government’s spring-time chores. We have watched the unsightly mound in the centre cf these thoroughfares too long ... we have grunted in sympathetic understanding as the “soft centre” has claimed the unwary motorist. : Many have bogged down by running too close to the . centre. The reconditioning of these roads will mean much to the businessmen and the residents of the district. When this last chore is done, an excellent work will be completed. Already some citizens have had their connections made with the government drain, this spring will doubtless see many more connections made. When all connections are made then the unsightly and dangerous open ditches may be closed and wide pleasant thoroughfares made available. . . Yes, spring will soon be with us. The sap is rising, the “willows are golden. “Green-up” time. The time for poets J... and painters... . but almost as.important for us, the time for |... drainers and road-resurfacers. The catkins tell us SO,, |. IT IS OF INTEREST : T may come as a terrific surprise to many, but The Review, your own local newspaper, which we insist, with touching modesty, is the finest thing in weekly newspapers, _ does want local news. Too many of us feel that our small happenings are of no consequence. These are the things we would have. It is a difficult thing to cover well the -. large territory we serve. We could say that for years we have tried to train our own special staff of reporters each v with four eyes (an extra set gazing rearwards), oversize ears and supersensitive nostrils. They have the nostrils; and the ears, the extra eyes bother ‘us (but we are still experimenting). We must still rely largely upon those good people, who, realizing that others will be interested, ~ telephone.-or. write us of their local happenings. » aside, such calls are.much appreciated. ~ trivial’... it may seem so to you, but your friends like to know. of your whereabouts, who is visiting you, if little Johnny really’ did’ break ‘his leg. when he jumped. off the Nothing is too garage roof. ~ co, a : a Doe, |): Please telephone us at Sidney 28, or contact any of our ‘local correspondents, we will be pleased to record your citems, eee oo Flere’s a help! When you are. 8" Sracking your brain about missing oo articles, eall the B.C. Eleetric: Lost . 6 Property. Department. Chances are that) you: have. mislaid or forgotten | | ~ them on-a street car or bus. 9) “© Phandreds of things reach the B.C. Electric ~! Lost-Property. Department that way . 2's... Gloves, books, luggage, sports equipment, “pareels, lunch kits and jewellery: are only afew of the items. So if you have been travelling by street ear or bus and find you have lost something, give this Department a call. Remember the Lost Property Department iss a opnblie service maintained for your ~ benefit. iM RegReas An : East Saanich Road, on coe Fe commencing at 7 p.m. cr cenainemanaaamniansnimasmmeiaiianneeiammameananmahtnalialides intimated ccrtce CC a" TAGE TWO. Joking | repairs. future in it.” . , other me J 1 te eh SEE EE RAC NEON else ote By BARNACLE We have a large grey visitor this week. She is the Fairmile from Coal Island. She slipped in on Sunday with hardly a ripple and would have set a wonderful example to many boats half her size who come in earrying all be- hind them, if they had only been here to see. Rain and mud seem to be the chief topics of conversation round here and in spite of many loads of gravel the mud seems to win everytime. In reply to several inquiries, we are NOT starting a hot dog stand or even a beer parlor on the floats. The new building is a battery house which we hope will save much labor. “Jabalo” is still on the big ways. “Barbara” has been hauled again and “Breeza” hit a dead head and is up.for inspection and We.had almost a-record winter - . crowd out at the week-end includ- iIng.several people who “have not “ been out since the ‘last: weeks of =. summer. _ and. Billy Davis were: out. and Mr... Burt Smith‘and family, Mr. Clark, Mr. Walker, the Kaltenbachs. and: ’ ‘of: course ‘those: ardent: fishermen: My.:» Hart) Henderson Messv's: Mara:and : Lindner.*:‘rhese two: came...back’ with:-a) beautiful 5-pounder.: which™: was: - weighed with: due..ceremony-:in: the. 'store.., :. : Here™is. a: story’-we heard: this , week:. Two. sailors:.were: busily. en-_ -- -gaged in: scrubbing:.the ‘deck... Said “one mopping. ‘his. -brow,.. ‘Gee 1: “wish I-were an Admiral.” . “Nuts?” replied. ‘the other, “theie’s.' no “THE CHRISTIAN, DEFINED © Dear Sir;—Christianity is best “illustrated by the parable of the “Good Samaritan: Luke X: 25-87, Any person: who renders”: an- a kindness whenever : the opportunity occurs is a Christian, no matter: what their race, creed,” “color, occupation ‘or social. status: “happens to be.-.There are millions ‘of. them scattered. all ‘over. the, world, They are the salt. of the earth and the saviour of mankind, 5 . C. G. BRIDGMAN. Green, Valley Parm,: RR. 1, Fulford Marbour, ‘B.C. COMPACTS Tn attractive colorings Dainty Plastic From $3.50 | ROSE'S p HEWELERS IN OF “LOLA ST phone E-6oyql 317 DOUGLAS ror weak oon qaetommesee nactee atten a ane een PrSroe mb irdny AamosNerona rte ame ‘econ neneteal teeeenePN SOU EORIN ETS PANO NePEN OH aRDe PASE SaNIreIeansIERNNSt SO) PRURPRHD RE RE bY TEREEEEHOCRER ETE DEHEEDESEDREGUMEDFOTALES OF eKEROFORDEOTHEDTBLEURGoNOCHIRES TUAYDSTOREENDECE ODE ROA gE BaD APL EES: _ A Cordial Invitation | is extended to all residents to meet their Member of Parliament — -MAJ.-GEN. G. R. PEARKES, V.C. ata reception to be held at the Masonic Hall, - MONDAY, JANUARY 28 . Mr, J. Bracken, leader of the Opposition: will he fe the guest of Maj.-Gen, Pearkes. Oo | none CORRESPONDENCE. Fly fishing on an Island lake. Theatre Of Fashion By JAMES LAVER During the Second World War England was more completely cut off from France than at any other period since the abdication of Napoleon at Fontainebleau. Be- tween 1802 and 1814 there was a similar period during which cul- tural exchange became impossible, and, for a dozen years English- women did not know what ‘was happening in France. When they flocked over to see they were astonished to be confronted with fashions which had diverged wide- ‘ly from their own. The result of this rencontre, amusingly depicted in the caricatures of: the period, was a complete victory for the French mode. The French fash- _ions were immediately -adopted with enthusiasm and reigned with- out a rival for the next hundred years. oo ‘During the recent: conflict estrangement from. France has mattered less than it might have: done if so many, Englishwomen, in the course’ of: our. total war effort, had not adopted some kind © of. uniform. ~ Fashion’ has diverged because it has been at a Standstill but there -is none the ‘less. an ‘avid; curiosity to‘ see: what . France has béen ‘doing,’ and ‘so. there has -been: a ‘warm: weleome not ° forthe ‘little. creatures ‘on whose. /slim:and -fragile’ bodies. the. latest = , inventions» ofthe. great: French: fashion -houses: are. being -revealed put the audience in the right mood to receive their message. Among those who have designed the «decors are such well-known names as Dignimont, Touchagues, Beaurepaire, Christian Berard and Jean Cocteau. What could be more enchanting than Berard’s pillared terrace backed by a sky of stars, or Touchagues’ Place Vendome, or Dignimont’s Palais Royal? What could be more al- luring than the curiously Victor- ian interior of Geffroy, or more disturbing and evocative than the strange vision of Jean Coc- teau? The little figures themselves live with a curious’ intensity. There is nothing conventionally pretty about the little faces. They are withdrawn and _ mysterious like the faces in a dream. And the legs on which the mannequins stand are merely schematic, as if only the outline had been drawn, as on some plan for a Future alarmingly unknown. ‘This is less disturbing when the figures are | clad in the long evening dresses which Paris seems to have-decided on. : ' They.are none the less shod with “exquisite care by the best. craftsmen of Paris, coiffe by the: best: hairdressers, adorned. by the best’ makers: of accessories, . cha- -peaute ‘by milliners of. world-wide. ‘reputation, and: clothed: :(I select: During the Japanese occupation of Malaya, when all Boy Scout and Wolf Cub activities were for- bidden Scout Troops and. Cub Packs continued to operate in the internment camps camouflaged as recreational activities. i ed Wedding Ring together. Diamonds . . are now ready for your s PHONE E 7552 DRE Special values in better lines. Small size only. a. few. resounding.:names-at.:haz-.- > ‘ard) :by.-Lanvin and > Worth;. Bal- © _-eneiaga: and. Patou, Lucien:-Lelong:’ and Paquin, “Maggy .Rouff, :Shia=- “parelli,”. Gres,» Heim, Hermes, [| Bruyere,”:Molyneux:.et: que ‘saisje?s:) fh - -hostilities: -is’.no. longer ® possible. Nor “is. it-;possibleto.- organize a" ’+ grand: tour;of!mannequins: of -flésh® “cand blood.’ «So it-was“decided to. “"present=the. world: -of:'Fashion: in ‘miniature—a:display. of a - hun-": dred:and fifty dolls each:less than 52. inches: high: with':faces care- ’ fully ‘sculptured, but’ with. bodies made of wire.so as not:to distract attention * (a ‘thoughtful ‘touch, this!) from:'the dresses them- ‘selves, °° It is not a new idea to set dolls travelling’ as. ambassadrices de la: mode. . In fact, before the inven- tion of fashion journals, it) was ‘the normal method of ‘bringing » the whole of. Europe: into touch: with le dernier eri. Byery year the’ big: berline é@f Maric-Antoin- otte’s dressmaker rolled along the highways: of Europe, visiting .al) the German courts, little and big, pushing’ as far distant as St. Petersburg, and even venturing across the Channel. Inside was not only the redoubtable lady herself but a collection of dolls clothed in = miniature reproduc- tions of the Queen’s toilettes, But the practico was very much older than this. As carly as the fourteenth eentury we find Isa- henu de Baviore sending to the Queen of England a number of dolls dressed in the Inteat Paris fashions. Tlenry of Navarro sent others: to Marie de Medicis, Por. haps the doll which Louis XV sont to the Spanish : exhibition ; which > delighted... Paris: -at' «the | Pavillon de Marsan is now to be. -seen -at-the -Prinees. Galleries: in ‘London. All those who“ are’ in. ° terested. in’ the’ most sensitive of the. arts—the art of dress—will “welcome. it, ; For Fashion is no frivolity, It is the very barometer—and, some-. times, the . scismograph—of . the age.” Least of allvis it a frivolity for Franee.. When we gaze upon: these: delicate flowers pushing their heads into the sunshine amid the ruins” of Kurope, let us remember: all: -the unrecorded “heroisms: that made them possible, Por the Germans were determined that: Paris should eense to be the centre of Fashion. First they tried with bribes and enjolery to entice the principal designers to Berlin’ or Vienna, When this failed thoy tried to carry off tha skilled workers, and when all these attempts had broken down, they issued an order, in July, 1944, that In haute couture must come to an end, The liberation of Paris came just in time to savo it. Vashion is vital to TFranee, Tt _is ono of her principal industries, and, liko all. the world, she must ‘export to live, Well, Ideas ave nh. commodity calso, and. perhaps tho moat precious of all, ‘And: it in, surely a heartening things for all humanity that the Tdoas of Franco .are still so tenacious, xo frosh, so full of the eonfidenes that,.after ally Tifa ean bo a hanu-: tiful things, so full of the corti: tude that it is.worth whilo.-to sexs. pond: n- world . of. artistry. on tho | » Shape of a buekle, the tilt of a. hat, the drossing of a doll, woman. can without anew exhilaration. mn-. ning: up cher apino, a new: faith. lightenin Boo dt without foaling ‘at lonat ‘a toneh of. that doliclona. nquiotyde which is tha mystery of woman, tho lure of, lifo—and the wholo meaning. of Washion, No 37e PHONE G 719) SAANICIT PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW.” SIDNEY, a he ‘ creations, “these” geo. thide exhibition.” hor heart; no man can. ~ Black leather, - Special values. @® RITCHIE | | MASTER BUILT “HEADS @ GREBS. 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