Evening star., 1926-11-12
BUFFALO TO TORONTO.


|. Buffalo was reached by nightfall.
It was windy evening. and the
flags of the many Rumanians who
had come out in their white, emDrolo
cred costumes to meet us waved III
the breeze in billows OF color. The
mayor of Buffalo was very i'll. so ne
could not receive us. but Mr.. Moore,
the deputy mayor. replaced MIN WIN
splendid heartiness. He accompanied
me In my car in solemn process,
sion through the streets, panH
marching before us. followed by our
Rumanian flags and all. Mr. Moore
and got on splendidly together. es-
pecially when we discovered that we
both were suffering from the same
ailment, a horrible couch, which
wheezed up, choking us each time
we wanted to talk.
With my we'll known frankness.
told Mr. Moore not to he afraid OF
coughing. because if he held in he
would be sure to burst This set h1m
at his ease once and for all. and
made the dinner which might have
been a real ordeal for both Of us quite
a pleasant meal by whispering 20 him
in a confidential tone that If he did
not make too long speech l would
not he Obliged to make long an
swer. and If we agreed to do this we
| would probably come through II with
out making a public confession Of
what we were both suffering from.
Another amusing little incident Of
the evening was that, turning to my
right hand neighhor. / asked him
what he was called. modestly he pass
cd me over his card. saying that If
once I read his name I would never
| forget it, he was called Mr.. Love.
Needless to say his prediction has
come true. / shall never forget Mr.
Love.
Given Charming Souvenir.
Buffalo offered .Ine charming
| souvenir in the shape Of an exquisite
| carved Jade bangle with a little golden
Rnffalo hanging at the end. There
were. however q few heroic people
who had a really had time Of 1t at
this banquet. These were some excel
light our ears with their perfect
voices which. alas. were drowned by
the huhbub of those talking beneath.
On the way to and from the hotel
l saw the Mckinley monument, erect
ed there in memory of a sad event.
One thing none of YOU realize is how
heroic it is of me to write these arti
cles during such an Oyerfilled pro-
gram. 1t means giving MP every second
Of rest which others enjoy when they
go into their cabins to snatch a half
hours sleep. to read an interesting
hook or to beauty themselves for the
contact with our ever-cha nging hosts.
But / sit and write these little remi-
niscences because I was told that you
would all he eager to know what were
my personal impressions of your great
America.
Visiting Niagara Falls was our next
experience. We got up early in the
morning, and although 1t was our
pleasu to see many affahle and
agreeable people, we found 1t rather
difficult to sit at q big table eating
an over-good breakfast in their com
pany. while somewhere Just beyond
roared the eternal waters each one
has heard of from his earliest school
days. Though l adhere strictly to
duty and unfiinchingly try to carry
out a program others have elaborat ed
on me. 1t did make me feel impatient
to sit at brea kfast when was afraid
that when it actually came to seeing
hustled AS. alas Is generally the case
when my time is doled out to me by
the five minutes
Educated to BE Punctual.
II YOU let one Of those Ave minutes
drop YOU can't pick 1t ur again. l was
educated by the most relentlessly
punctual mother. This alone enables
we to follow up so obediently other
peoples distribution Of my time.
Talking about the way in which
was brought up. II we dared to he late
when we We're to drive with our
mother. when at the last moment We
came rushing down a second after
The time appointed. she would proudly
drive away in front Of our noses and
leave us standing there to bemourn
our sins.
But now to return to the waterfalls
Finally. accOmpa MED by two mayors
the American and the British. did
At last actually succeed In seeing this
sight of sights. There they were
those marvellous water masses. tum.
tiing and rolling down. casting up
clouds Of foam upon which a fairy
rainbow had been painted, was it by
the ha ands Of the gods? As crossed
the bridge the English mayor took the
place of his American confrere at my
side in the car. Here / had a good
demonstration Of the terms on which
the United States lives with it's Brit
ish brothers. I feel that it ia really
uSeleSS to attempt 10 0oSCflDe the
Niagara Falls.
Are they not one of the sights of
the world? And have they not been
| described thousand times over by
ahler pens than mine? That afternoon
We arrived at Toronto. Canada. The
sight Of the Union Jack alwavs causes
me emotion. Was not horn under
| that sign? Here the name Of Queen
Victoria met me At every turn.
was exceedingly touched when I un-
| derstood how much l was taken up
into Canadian hearts because Of that
link with my beloved grandmother
Everywhere ! was reminded of being
one Of theirs. granddaughter Of that
magnificent old lady who helped 10
make history for England and not for
| England alone.
Place Like English Home.
The Hon.k. and Mrs. Cockshutt
the governopend his wife. are charm
| ing people. and the Toronto govern
ment house had the feeling Of an Eng
lish home about it which was delight