Evening star., 1952-03-05
Readers Clearing House
GAsRE PENINSULA.

From S. M. L., Washington
v. D.. Silver Spring: This is in
answer to your query for informa-
tion regarding the Gaspe PENN
Sula. I drove around the PEN
inSula last July while on vacation
in Canada. It is very beautiful
drive as are most of the drives
and excursions into Canada.
Their highways, up that far. are
not comparable to those of the
United States. When you get
nearer the larger cities the high
ways are pretty nice. Up in the
peninsula area the main high
ways are mostly paved, two-lane
roads. If you get off the main
roads you are very apt to find
yourself travelling on some i'm
proved dirt roads and some that
are not so very improved.
The weather at the time of the
year we were there was very nice.
1t was not too hot nor too cold.
The days were comfortable and
the nights were moderately cool.
AS you probably know, the sum-
mer is the tourist season anyway.
The night accommodations
varied. We stayed at motels on
five different nights. The price
was low, 81 at one place, and
the highest we paid for twin
bed or double bed cabin was So.
These cabins will vary in comfort
and size. The majority of them
are pretty nice, although we did
have one that We had to heat
with wood stove. On the aver
age, though. they are not as fancy
as those in the United States, but
they will be comfortable enough.
The people are friendly, mostly
French up that far, would say.
The meals were just about the
same as here in the States. as far
as prices go. OF course, you must
realize it will depend on where
you desire to eat and also on the
amount you have to spend for
your vacation. The menus were
in both French and English.
If you would like more infor-
nation on this place I suggest
you write to one of the following
addresses: Publicity Burea
Tourist Branch, Parliament
Building, Quebec, Province of
Quebec. Canada, or Imperial Oil
Touring Service, Imperial Oil,
Ltd, corner King and Toron-
to streets, Toronto, Canada. II
hope this may have been helpful
to you.
BUTTON COLLECTING?
(From Mrs. w. Mel, Washington
My sisters birthday is coming
up soon. Since she has always
been interested in button collect
ing. I would like to know some
thing regarding buttons as a.
hobby. How does one conveniently
store them, keep them ordered out
and tabulated? Could some one
suggest any books written about
collections that I could obtain toI
send to her?
When she was little girl she
happened to find in a field a but
ton from a Union Civil War uni
form. She treasured this as an
exciting find but has since lost it.
Where would it be possible to OBJ
tain another and also other inter-
esting buttons?
In her assortment of buttons
she has two beautiful metal ones
about the size of a quarter. They
have an exquisite design Of a
mountain scene with a lake and q
fisherman in the foreground. On
the back of the buttons is en-
graved AP and Gle, Brevete, Paris.
Can any one tell me anything
about this. I presume it might
refer to a store in Paris. IF so,
what kind of store?
HINT.
(From Mrs. M. M. p, KenSington)
I have enjoyed your Clearing
House for many years and have
received so many helpful sugges-
tions from it that I would like to
pass along something I recently
learned that has been of great
help to me. I thought I was al
lergic to wool and had given up
knitting because every time tried
I was itchy for hours afterward.
A friend of mine told me she had
had the same trouble and had
found that by washing the wool
before using it she did not have
any trouble. I have been doing 1t
since then and can knit to my
hearts content without any i'll
effects. I have talked to several
people who were glad to know this
secret, so I hope some of you
readers will benefit by it.
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