lubs on the Hull side is the County Club, an
idyllic place that has made the very best out of the rather rough
plain, and stands looking through the trees to the rapids of the Ottawa
river. It is a delightful club, built with the usual Western instinct
for apposite design, and, as with most clubs on the American Continent,
it is a revelation of comfort. Its dining-room is extraordinarily
attractive, for it is actually the spacious verandah of the building,
screened by trellis work into which is woven the leaves and flowers of
climbers. The ceiling is a canopy of flowers and green leaves, and to
dine here overlooking the lawns is to know an hour of the greatest
charm.

The Prince was the guest here on several occasions, and dances were
given in his honour. For this purpose the lawn in front of the
verandah was squared off with a high arcadian trellis, and between the
pillars of this trellis were hung flowers and flags and lights, and all
the trees about had coloured bulbs amid their leaves, so that at night
it was an impression of Arcady as a modern Watteau might see it, with
the crispness and the beauty of the women and the vivid dresses of the
women giving the scene a quality peculiarly and vivaciously Canadian.

IV

The circumstances of Monday, September 1st, made it an unforgettable
day.

The chief ceremonies on the Prince's program were the laying of the
corner-stone of the new Parliament Buildings, and the inauguration of
the Victory Loan. But something else happened which made it momentous.
It happened to be Labour Day.

It was the day when the whole of Labour in Canada--and indeed in
America--gave itself over to demonstrations. Labour held street
parades, field sports, and, I daresay, made speeches. It was the day
of days for the workers.

There were some who thought that the program of Labour would clash with
the program of the Prince. That, to put it at its mildest, Labour on a
holiday would ignore the Royal ceremonials and emasculate them as
functions. The men who put forward these opinions were Canadians, but
they did not know Canada. It was Labour Day, and Labour made the day
for the Prince.

When the Prince had learnt that it was the People's day, and that there
was to be a big sports meeting and gala in one of the Ottawa parks, he
had specially added another item to his full list of events, and made
it known that he would visit the park.

Labour promptly returned the courtesy, and of