A great deal of loose talk goes the rounds from time to time that Canada will eventually become Americanized that the Dominion will cease to be truly British, and that, thinking as Americans think, Canadians will "cease to be the proud members of the great British 'Commonwealth that they are to-day. This talk naturally is the outcome lof those who have some axe-grind. ing to indulge in. As a Briton who has travelled a great deal in Canada, and who, in a trans-continental tip recently' went over some of the old ground en route to the Pacific coast, I would like to give the lie to these absurd claims. "Canada is first truly Canadian; and then, allfembracively, she is British to the backbone. No Briton, snoreover, jean £0 to Canada without feeling that indefinable something that one finds all round the world wherever the Union Jack waves, which one can only call the "British spirit,"
firmly rooted in Canada as to render her immune from the attacks. fof time. It is true enough that one finds throughout Canada much of everyday life that is the duplicate of typically American life, but when one has dismissed this' quite natural factor in the Dominion's national life, he finds that Canadians are infinitely more allied to Britons in their mode, of thinking than to their neighbours across the It ig nothing short of marvellous that in all the ups and downs through which Canada has passed: since its cession ky France in 1763, such a strong typically British spirit should be sustained in that'wide territory. It is a phase of British imperial life, moreover, of which Great Bri-by rail through the great open spaces of this vast Dominion and allows his imagination to conjure up for him pictures of the possibi lities of the future, no Briton can help feeling that this British spirit:
imperishable as it ever wa The Canada of Yesterday As a class, however, Britons—no matter where they are found, either: in Great Britain or elsewhere in the world—do not know as much about Canada as they should. No country in the world—to-day stands forward with such a prominence and confidently bespeaks future success from every of view as does Canada. The derivation of the name of Canada is obscure, but it is believed to have its origin' in an Indian word kan nathe, meaning a village or collection of huts. The supposition is, 30 my references show, that Jacques, Cartier, hearing the term used by. the Indians—but only in connect with their settlements—applied the! been unfavourable Padding. ton, the time would hav been even shorter. "At one point on the journey, a speed of 80 miles per hour was attained. On the same day, the new "Torquay Pullman"
de its first run and covered the miles in 3 hr. 40 min, Beauty Doctors' Difficulties 'The unfortunate thing for beauty doctors is that, if they make a suecessful operation, the patient does not advertise the fact, because of her vanity, and if he' should fail, not only does the whole world hear about it, but he is often sued for damages as well, The cate of the Chicago typist who has been granted £8,000 damages for the loss of both legs as a result of an. opera. tion to straighten them, has been hailed with joyous satisfaction by the Press and all opponents of the idea of beauty specialists. Public opinion in London has been so alien: ated by the gruesome accounts in ie Press of one or two operations that failed, that there is very little work of this kind done over here to-day and most women who are brave, ugly, and vain enough to want "some such operation carried usually go off to France or Germany for it, This, of course; has other advantages. They can ralesence in private and return, slumphantly after-a suitable inter Mee term to the whole count originally comprised th Fange of territory as far west fs the Mississippi, "including the Great. Lakes, which, was. ceded. Great Britain by Branee in. 1769, Subsequently, at the termination of the War of Independence, it vag Jimited to the region now occupied bby She provinees of Ontario and Quebec, "described prior to 1807 35 Upper and' Lowes" Canada tespeee tively.
What is known as the Dominioti of Canada is a confederation of thd colonies of British North America, constituted in 1867 by the. Britistt North America Act of that yea, Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were the first to unite under the provisions of that statute, The Hodson Bay Territory was acquired from company. of that nomic, a. portion of it formed into the province of Manitobs, the remainder designated the North-west Territories, and Doth were admitted into the cone federation in 1870. Past North-west Teretovies was subs sequently divided at various. times into provinces now well-known, and 1871 Boitish- Columba in' 1818 Prince Edward island became part of the union.
And what unsitten romances have Seen" enacted nce thong Between countries situated as arg Canada andthe United States, it~ was inevitable that' the relation Should" be close, complicated and delicate. "Specialy troublesome werd ally adjusted in 1903), the Behring! the Alaska" frontier diffeuity" (me
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