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001C963C November 30, 1928. Buy Her A Hat for Xmas! Favors for your parties from 60c to $ 1.25 a Box. Dry Ginger Ale in large bottles Fancy Boxes of Chocolates from 25c to $ 1.60 C. 8t M. STORE Next B. C. Electric Office. I'HOSE iVEST 65 NORM ANDS'ROCERY 14th and hiarine For Everything a Grocery Store Should Carry. IIEAL VALUE FOIL YOUIt hION EY IVe Deliver GUIDE TEA A SUCCESS r The Artist's Tea given by No. 1 Company West Vancouver Girl Guides at St. Stephen's Parish Hall last Saturday afternoon, was a very successful and enter- taining affair. The stage rep- resented a studio, displaying many pretty hand painted Christmas cards. The novelty booth and candy stall in charge of Maudie Lambert and Evelyn Dickinson were very attractive, and the cup reading booth had a waiting line. The girls looked charming in their colored smocks with black berets and ties. Cap- tain Ruth Jackson assisted by her lieutenants, IIIarjorie Crick- may and Jean watson, received the guests, while Commissioner hIrs. ~V. B. Small and Assistant Commissioner Mrs. lV. Burton- Forster, presided at the tea table. District Captain Villa Mc- Lean had arranged an enjoyable programme, those contributing being: !IIiss Joan Durbin, Cap- tain of No. 2 Company, song; Miss wilson, piano solo; Miss Beatrice Hodgson, violin solo; and the Brownies, two songs. THE WEST VAN NEWS GIRLS'HOIR TOWIORROIV The girls choir--leader Prof- essor James i%I. Morgan--will meet tomorrow, Saturday, morn- ing at 10.15 in the Hollyburn School. Any who wish to join the choir should endeavor to be there a few minutes earlier for enrolment. The concert given by the girls last week showed so plainly the value of the lessons that it is expected other young girls will want to join. ORANGE DANCE FAVELL ATTENDED There was a large turn-out at the whist drive and dance given by the Orange Order in Dundar- ave Hall on wednesday evening. The hall was prettily decorated with evergreens and flowers, and the music supplied by Barry's Orchestra kept the floor crowd- ed with dancers all the evening. The winners at whist were: ladi- es first, 51iss N. Harron; second, Mrs. D. Dewar; consolation, Mrs. Harvey; gentlemen's first, Jim- my Ferguson; second, F. Len- nox; consolation, AiIagnus Ross. midge 22nd ANDMARINE DR. Gas & Oil Service Station I'it for changing Oil and Greasing Cars. Free Service. Ladies'nd Gents'omFort Station and IVash ltooms. STORE IN CONNECTION Xmas l)ecoration and Favors. Hikers'upplies. Fruits in Season Ice Cream all year round. Phone IVest 613-0. N. S. BASEBALL LEAGUE HOLD BOXING S~IOKER The North Shore Baseball League is giving a boxing smok- er tonight in the drill hall, North Vancouver, starting at 8 p.m. Cups and medals will be pre- sented by Mayor Morden. A good programme has been ar- ranged and a capacity crowd is expected. There will be fine boxing bouts; the chief one be- ing between Young Stevens and Battling Nelson. Ladies are in- vited. CAPILANO TIMBER COiiIPANY LIAIITED ".I~rem FOrest tO You" SUNDAY'S FOG QORST Ib TEN YEARS Sunday morning s fog was the worst that Chief Signaller H. Cox of Prospect Point, has seen in the ten years he has been on the station. The mist was al- most thick enough to wear the paint off a vessel as she pushed through it, he declared. Two British freighters and two Japanese ships anchored in English Bay until the fog lifted at noon. Coastwise passenger and freight ships made their trips without mishap, but some of them were slightly delayed on their schedules. PRAIRIE AIR iIAIL TO SAVE ONE DAY 4 ancouw er to-~Iontreal marl will be expedited by more thatr twenty-four hours by the exper- imental air service between Win- nipeg and Calgary via Regina, and between winnipeg and Ed- monton via Regina and Saska- toon, which will be in operation between December 10 and 29, according to announcement by J. F. Murray, district superintend- ent of postal serv ices. The planes, which will fly from AVin- nipeg to Calgary in eight and one-half hours and from AVinni- peg to Edmonton in a little over nine hours, will make connec- tions with fast trains. First-class mail prepaid at air- mail rates of postage--5 cents for the first ounce and 10 cents for each additional ounce or frac- tion--wil] be carried on this ser- vice. Registered letters and special-delivery matter bearing the requisite amount of postage will also be accepted. Letters must be plainly mark- ed "Via Air iAIail Calgary to winnipeg" or "Calgary to Re- gina,'as the case may be. Persons interested in air-mail covers who desire to have their envelopes bear an impression of the special cachet prepared to commemorate the inauguration of the first official air-mail ser- vice,may hand letters to their postmaster, who will forward them to the postmaster at the point where the letters will enter flight. SPECI ALS FOR Saturday lI Monday Magic Baking Powder..... 27c Aunt Jelnima Pancake Flour 16c Ensign Peaches, 2Q's 2 For 46c Royal City Pork and Beans .. 2 for 22cPearline....... 2 For 15c hfalktns Best Tea per lb 58c "...'..S".i'A.7 I~ igl„"II„'. ~g'( Phone %Vest 318R3. %Vest Bay PROilPT DELIVERY Ask to see Home -Made Cakes I'OPPY DAY COIDII rrVE HOLD ANiVUAL iliEETING 3Irs. Adair on behalf of the directors of the Horticultural Association presented to the council on i~Ionday night the handsome silver cup won by the association at the Spring Flower Show, Vancouver, on May 4th, and engraved with the names of its late president, Major 4V. B. Basis and other directors. The clerk was directed to convey to the association the council's pleasure in accepting the cust- odianship of the prize. The Poppy Day Committee held their annual meetrng at Lawson's residence, 22nd and Bellevue, on Tuesday even- ing at 7 p. m. The accounts for the year, which had been duly audited, were presented to the meeting by the secretary-treas- urer, and adopted. Mrs. David i&Iorgan was re-elected chairman and F. F. Lovegrove was again elected secrtetary-treasurer for the ensuing year. It was shown that the sum of $ 131.74 had been collected for poppies this year by the ladies of the Duncan Law- son Chapter, I.O.D.E. HORTICUI.TURAL ASS'N PRESENT CUP TO COUNCIL Pire ..ou ui t ing a ~garage. GARDENS AND GARDENING VE HAVE ON HAND A FEW ITEMS SPECIALLY LOW PRICED AS SHOEVN BELOW, THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR SUCH Ao JOB OR ANY SIMILAR WORK. FOR REGULAR HOUSE CONSTRUCTION, OF COURSE, AVE ALWAYS CARRY A COAIPLETE STOCK OF BOTH FIR AND CEDAR. PHONE OUR MILL DIRECT. 1x6, 8 or 10 CEDAR SHIPLAP, OUR No. 4 GRADE ........... $8.00 1x3 or 4 GOOD FLOORING (Shorts) ............................. $ 16.00 1x6 DROP SIDING (Fair Grade)....................................... $16.00 r/gx4, 6 or 8 CEDAR SIDING (De Grade)...................... $ 14.00 I I I ...&e "a)i ano '..iIII ier O..-I:C. i I PEMBERTON AND iVATERFRONT PHONE NORTH 305 NIGHT PHONE NORTH 549L SPECIAL--Cedar Radio Poles, 35 to 40 feet long. FIRE WOOD DRY CEDAR PLANER-ENDS, SMALL SIlE. JUST THE THING FOR THESE FALL DAYS. REQUIRES'NO CHOPPING. STARTS YOUI'IRE INSTANTLY AND GIVES A QUICK HEAT. One Cord, delivered - $8.60 Phone North 304. Night I'hont., North 304K Many of our readers are no doubt familiar with the peony or "piney" as it has been quite commonly called. It is one of our most attractive and showy spring and early summer garden perennials. There are two groups of peon- ies speaking from the cultural standpoint, the shrubby or "tree" peonies and the herbace- ous. The latter group is the one with which most flower lovers are familiar, and it is of this group we wish to write. The herbaceous peony blooms each spring, the blooms appear- ing on shoots sent out from the cmwn. The flower of the peony resembles the rose more than any other, both in fragrance and delicacy of tint. They are one of the most hardy and easiest grown perennials. They stand severe weather splendidly, al- though that is not a necessity in our mild Coast climate. The best and by far the easiest method of propagation is by div- ision of the clumps of roots. This may be done at any time from about the end of August until spring; but we have found fall t ohave a little advantage over the spring for this purpose. In breaking up a clump first cutofI'll the leaves, and make as many divisions of the root as there are eyes. If by chance a piece of the root is broken off without an eye, plant it anyway,as quite frequently it will grow, althougn this may not happen until the second season. This character- istic of the poeny accounts for the volunteers which keep com- ing up after one thinks all the roots have been dug up. Peonies may be gro»w from seed, but it is a rather tedious undertaking as it takes two years for the seed to germinate, and three more to produce good bloom. If you want to try it, gather the seeds when ripe, keep them moist until about Novem- ber, when they may be sown in the same manner as other flower seeds. A rich sandy loam is the soil in which they do best, although a clay if properly drained is sat- isfactory. The ground should be spaded to a depth of at least two feet, and large quantities of well rotted manure should be spaded in as peonies are heavy feeders, especially during the blooming period. A good mulch should be put over the plants in the fall and spaded in around them in the spring. Give them lots of water during dry iveath- er. Liquid manure liberallv ap- plied will produce wonderful re- sults in profusion of bloom and growth of roots for propagating purposes. In planting, place the eye about two inches below the surface. NOTE--Tho rrttor rtu cwshlor lt a ploasau ~ to aasrer guestteas cwcoralag tho sordes ta tb4 caracas. The questtws should ho addrsssod t ~ tho rrltsr ls caro ot tho Editor. Tho ~sorer rill appear la aa early 4suo or tt a persoaal reply 4 desired a staispod. ~ eltaddressod earslopo shoald ho enclosed. By 5IINA G. BUTT, Landscape Architect Graduate In Ladscaprns V. of C Arnerlcaa School of Ladscapo Architecture aad Gardening. ltcaber Natioaal Ladscapo So&co.