The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-10

| ing. II is large building. but al
ready, the officials say, it is made
! Quate.
Visitors see only the halls and
the library on the first floor. Once.
good deal more was displayed 10
, the public, and valuable documents
shown But tourists insisted on
handling the fragile papers. and
this resulted in crumpled edges,
torn places, and dirty spots. So
gradually the officials have become
less hospitable.
only last week" the guide re-
marked in disgust, "a woman poked
painting" And he pointed to an
obviously patched place She just
wanted to show her friend some
thing in the picture"
The library of this building con-
tains few of the old Canadian his
/ toric papers-protected under glass
and watched by a guard There
are souvenirs OF General Wolfe
here, notably his baby shoes and a
letter written by him. And there
are many tattered old flags OF Can
adam wars.
Plans for a MUSEUM
A few exhibits of what Ia some
day going to be a fine Canadian war
museum are here, too Canada's
war trophies and souvenirs are now
packed to the roof OF a specially
built warehouse AS yet no plans
are going forward for a museum.
not until the war and its financial
burdens are laid aside.
OF the war things here the one
that strikes the people as being es-
peciaIly interesting is the military
headdress OF Prince Joachim, one
of the SONS of the former kaiser
The cap is gray, of Australian
opossum, with scarlet WOODEN flap
across the top and osprey feathers
sticking up in front
It is difficult to see Ottawa with
out comparing and contrasting it
with Washington Rideau hall,
where the governor general or Can
ada, nov Lord Byng, lives, Is very
different from our White house. It
is an old farm house, set far back.
in a park of nearly 80 acres a
long avenue Of Canadian naples
leads I'D to the mansion Between
the dense foliage and a high fence
all around the grounds, visitors can
only glimpse the house through The
trees.
Only by special permission or by.
invitation do the gates open to
strangers. The duke of DeFonshire.
former governor general. did,
however. establish a precedent IN
this connection He opened part
~ o-nr-1dc tn the chill
dren of nearby homes. Slides,
swings and a sand pile are install
ed for them in a corner OF the
lawn, the only stipulation being
that they must go no closer to the
house than a set boundary
The governor general is an IN
teresting institution He is appoint
ed by the king to represent the
crown in Canada Yet he Is pfac-
ticaIIy a figurehead. 1t is his bus
mess to open the Canadian parIia-
ment sitting on the throne in the
senate chamber of the big parlia-
ment building And he signs bills
passed by the legislature mere
Formally, Canadians say.
Outside Of this, his real, onerous
duties are social Ottawa, and all
Canada from a distance, looks to
the governor general and his lady
to set the fashions, lead the winter
sports, give garden parties, dedi-
cate new statues, and be honorary
officials of organizations.
Canadians hold that Britain would
not send them a governor general
who would not be honestly regard
ed as congenial to Canada. Cana
dian sentiment is tested out before
the kings choice is announced
Lord Byng, the hero of Yimy Ridge,
is regarded as a happy selection
He is greeted everywhere with
great enthusiasm. He is good
speech maker, and is regarded as
a great asset
Canadians in Ottawa seem to be
very well satisfied with things as
they are. I'VE have as much indie
pendence as any country ON earth,
one Canadian said, "and besides We
don't have the burden of main
tanning an army and navy. Britain
bears that"
Having heard of the project to
urge a Canadian flag for Canada,
probably with the Canadian maple
leaf as the emblem, we inquired
about it, but could get only the
answer that the British flag vas all
right, There is such a project, but
governmental officials in Ottawa,
clinging to government jobs, are
not interested.