The Washington herald., 1913-06-28
Court Gossip of Interesting
Epents on THO Continents

den. on the death of her husband the
rector of Ancaster. The bereaved woman.
accompanied by her little granddaughter.
aged six, received the resolution in per.
son and said she hoped that the patriotic
| spirit of her grandfather would descend
| upon the child.
Then and there the little girl was made
an honorary member of the society, and
MRS. Fessenden was so struck at the
child's delight In her badge and the
maple leaf she wore that she thought.
Why should not all children be stinu-
lated in the same way?' Mrs. Fessenden
at once set about her endeavor to realize
this vision of intoxicating patriotic senti-
ment. and in August, 1885, Empire Day.
was launched and Incorporated in the
Canadian school system, and from the
Dominion 1t has spread over the British
Empire.
Threatened for many years past, Eye
Dick Whittington,'' the picturesque old
tavern in Cloth Fair. City Uondon)
seems to be doomed at last. Its license,
which dates back to the fifteenth CEN
fury, is about to be abolished under new
excise compensation scheme. Standing
in the northeast corner of Cloth Fair,
the quaint old hosiery has long been a
notable building in a district remarkable
for its relics OF Old London. Its project
ing upper story Is a particularly inter-
esting feature. a curious bracelet sup
port projecting at the angles of the
building
There have been modern changes in
Cloth Fair. but the neighborhood retains
much of the appearance IL had when the
ancient cloth fair was held there, ana
wealthy merchants from Flanders and
lily came to sell their costly fabrics.
On the south side OF the narrow street
the houses were built so close to the
eastern portion of Smithfield Church as
almost to touch il. Only a narrow alley
separates them, picturesque backwater
similar to many others to be found at
every turning.
About a century and half ago Liver
pool boasted of an Ugly Club" the
motto over its entrance door being,
i"Tetrum ante omnia vultum:" that is,
An ugly face before all things" The
club records cover only a space Of eleven
years To become a member one had to
be a bachelor with something odd. re-
markable, droll, or out of the way about
him in his ''phiz," as in the length,
width. or narrowness thereof. or In the
complexion, cast OF his eyes, or the
make of his mouth. lips. chin. &c"
which was to be judged by a majority
of the society members, the president
to have the casting vote. Fines seem to
have been the chief source of the clubs
revenue. which was spent in food and
drink at the Exchange Coffee House,
where they met.
On his admittance to the Ugly Club"
short descriptive sketch OF the new
member was entered in the minute book.
and among them we find another claim
ant to the title of the ugIiest man on
arfh in, "a r1t - yrh0
description reads as follows: Little
eyes. one bigger than We other; long
nose; thin lanthorn jaws, large upper
lip; mouth from ear TO ear, resembling
sharks; a rotten sett of irregular teeth.
which are set OF at great advantage by
frequent laughing; his visage long and
narrow; his looks upon the whole ex-
traordinary, haggard. odd, comic, and
out-of-ye-way. In short, possessed of
every extraordinary qualification to rem
der him the phoenix of We society, as
the like won't appear again this 1,0oa
years"
FLANEUR-