AFTER four and one-half years with the Lethbridge store, Miss Annie Hurst was presented with a pair of Hudson's Bay blankets and linen towels prior to her marriage to Mr. J. Wilsoncroft on January 17th in St. Mary's Church of England. A reception was held in the evening at the home of the bride's parents. MRS. MARS, manager of the ladies' ready-to-wear department, recently had the pleasure of a visit from her sister, Mrs. Carney and Dr. Carney, of Great Falls, Montana. +-------------------+ | NELSON, B.C. | +-------------------+ THE Nelson "STORE BABY" is leaving very soon. She is supposed to be going into another branch of work, but there are those who think it is another style of work altogether. A little bird claims she is a good cook and excellent housekeeper. THE HUDSONIA SOCIAL CLUB is continuing its good work of last year. Several card and dance parties have been held. A big evening open to the public will have been held by the time this goes to press. Last year, a similar affair was the hit of the season. ============================== FEATURING BONNIE BABIES _They Are All Deserving of Prizes and Deciding Winners Was Difficult_ PROMISING people indeed are the little pink-toed, plump-jowled babies of H.B.C. fathers who occupy the centre of our interest this month. They are a "full-stage" attraction in this issue of _The Beaver_. Find them over the page in bonnie _ensemble_; all at that happy stage of life when affectation has utterly no power over dress, expression or gesture. None of them has been specially posed for the occasion; some were snapped at most unconventional moments. There is no sign of race suicide here. Yet this showing is only a partial one; we publish only those winning prizes or deserving special mention; and in the limited time allowed for photographs, there was no opportunity to hear from a great many points in the far northern districts. If we could have got them all in this group, surely this would be a "Baby Show" to evoke the plaudits of the greatest "baby experts." Weaklings are notably absent amongst H.B.C. children, and the judges of the group of H.B.C. infants presented in this issue are firmly inclined to the opinion that H.B.C. babes of the types shown score just a little higher than babes ordinarily pictured. The limitation of the prizes to three in number proved a real hardship for the judges, as it was considered the lot of them possessed prize-winning qualities. Deciding on the winners was difficult, but awards were finally made as follows: _First Prize_-- Silver mounted comb and brush set awarded to Miss Bettie Everitt, daughter of Mr. B. A. Everitt, of the H.B.C. land department, Winnipeg. _Second Prize_--