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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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Ilurnlng Dally tlpudod In inn) hnlulrtud on Demand can loll Poof Oman luv-nu-nu. Ottawa The Island ourdfu Publloblug cu. editor and Ifuuaglng Director. J. I. auuu Aonrluto Editor, frank Wilbur.

'.'The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

CHARl..O'l"l'ETOWN. WEDNESDAY. MAY 11. 1950

A Well lion Institution

Next to an inherited good constitution the best thing in life is ordinary good health, free from anxiety and forebodings. This can be pretty well assured today through the medium of modern medical and surgical sciences, together with the facilities pro- vided in the way of medicine, hospital ac- commodation and nursing. These are all being organized in the interest of frail hu- manity, so much so that today practically from the cradle to the grave man in this re- spect, is provided and cared for, if not at his own expense, at least at the expense of private charities or State endowments. Flore in this delightful Province, so free from catastrophies and disasters, man with ordinary care should have no difficulty in attaining the alloted span of three-score- years-and-ten with a minimum of physical discomfort. This conviction must have been realized by those who attended, or read the report of the P. E. I. Hospital annual meeting. Tile host of public spirited men and women who reported on their welfare efforts during the year is almost amazing and certainly to the credit of Charlotte- tonians. There seemed to be committees for every possible need, emergency and contingency, working quietly and effectively during the year, and proudly, but not boast- lngly, recording the outcome of their ex- ertions "doing good."

The Directorate of an institution like a public hospital is no sinecure. The late Mr. S. A. MacLeod, one of the ablest and most diplomatic of the City's public spirited citizens, and for a long time chairman of Trustees of the P. E. I. Hospital, used to declare that the administration of that in- stitution took more time and attention than his own flourishing business. In the na- ture of things it must be so; there are so many interests, officials and employees in- volved independent altogether of the pub- lie at large, the friends and relatives of the sick being treated, and the generous finan- cial supporters and backers of the organ- ization. Fortunately, for many years, at least for the past thirty years, the director- ate has been filled with a fine type of men. unselfish, disinterested, able, "seeking not their own", but spending themselves for the benefit of the public weal. Naturally on the chairman falls the burden of responsibil- ity and direction, and at. present the Board is very fortunate in having Mr. Neil D. Mac- Lean in that capacity. The record he sub- mitted at the meeting showed merely an outline of the work accomplished by the Board, but sufficient to indicate to those who know what administration implies, the amount of initiative, effort and diplomacy displayed in order to have everything run so smoothly and satisfactorily in the inter- ests of all concerned.

Government "ilaollslllollors"

Government. budgeting was once almost an exact science as well as an art. Deficits there were, of course, in Dominion and Pro- vincial budgets as well as in those presented to the Mother of Parliaments, but the re- sponsible minister would have been consid- ered incompetent if actual revenue and ex- penditures, particularly the latter. varied at all materially from his forecast.

Today Government is a much more com- plicated affair and budgeting has so far fal- len into decay that a finance minister is actually proud of surpluses greatly ex- ceeding the official forecast. One of the factors in producing these surprises is the habit of Government employees "cushion- ing" their departmental estimates in an of- fort to provide for unforeseen needs.

The secretary of the Treasury Board at Ottawa, Mr. Robert Brice, recently gave the Commons Public Accounts Committee an insight into the practice and the pro- blem of remedying it. In the interest of

nlismlin public accounts, as well as to gnu;-age economy, such "cushioning"

l be done away with even if it is neces- , guy to provide instead. recognized contin- funds to take care of such require- limits.

EDITORIAL NOTES ' A-cemlon Day. Holy Thursday.

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' of the proposed Federal bulld- who seem to be holding up con- ' hardly be said to be acting as manner. The point in dispute, something other than hay.

some 50,000 Federal civil servants throughout Canada will be rejoicing today at the prospect of immediately getting salary boosts from p90 to 5120 per annum retro- active to April 1-no Fool's Day for them! 0 O 0 It seems that the Town Planning Act not only has teeth but they are to be used. If the problems had been squarely faced generations ago many of the worst head- aches of civic administration would not ex- ist. 0 it used to be considered that a large turn-out of voters at an election boded ill for the party in power, but the Ontario by- elections show that in this day of numerous Government employees the opposite may be the case.

Cancellation of some train schedules for Souris does not seem very important at this time of year when highways offer such ready means of transport. If not restored later in the year, however. the loss of train facilities would be serious.

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Spring-time fires, unlike many that plague communities later in the summer, are very largely man-made. This is depres- sing so far as it indicates widespread care. lessness, but it also offers admirable scope for Safety First efforts.

Men and women of goodwill are respond- ing wonderfully well to the appeal for funds for the flooded-out families in Manitoba, the proceeds of which will be used to re-estab- lish them in their homes when they are able to get back there. The Red Cross and other agencies will provide for present needs; the fund which The Guardian is as- sisting to collect is to be donated to make good the losses sustained for which there was not, and could not be coverage by in- surance.

The new name for the provinces by the sea, suggested by Newfoundland, viz., The Atlantic Provinces, should meet with gen- eral approval. The inclusion of the 10th province does complicate matters, for few for the next generation would think of the

The Atlantic Provinces is both true and descriptive, and no time should be lost in adopting it. It is not altogether new either. Not a few will recall that the Halifax Her- ald, then under the late Senator Dennis, used to publish a weekly edition called "The Atlantic Weekly Herald."

George Meredith, English novelist and poet, died this date 1909. The first of his great novels, "The Ordeal of Richard Feve- rel", appeared in 1859; then followed "Evan Harrington”, "Adventures of Harry Rich- mond", "Beauchamp's Career”, "The Ego- ist", "Diana of the Crossways”, "One of our Conquerors", "The Amazing Marriage." His poems include: "Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of the Earth", "Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life", "Jump to Glory June", "Se- lected Poems", "A Reading of Life”, "Short Stories." Meredith is an acknowledged master of the art of fiction, especially great as a psychologist; his poetry also has won a place not less assured, and the great se- quence of sixteen line poems, "Modern Love" stands alone of its kind. '

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The reorganization of the Children's Aid Society on a voluntary basis deserves hearty support. It had a long record of successful work to its credit. and ran on the rocks simply because it gave up its voluntary con- stitution, and became an organization as an adjunct of the School Board to enforce school attendance and receive Government financial hand-outs. Latterly there was lit- tle personal efforts to keep the organization operating purely on Christian charitable lines-it had drifted into the hands of "of- ficials" without the personal backing and support of men and women anxious and willing to be of service to those little ones whose lives are cast in perilous circum- stances. Good luck to those who would bring-about a revival along the original lines of the Society's constitution. Cold charity is more or less anathema.

Still they come. Yesterday the Minister of Veterans Affairs received a delegation of the National Council of the Remembrance Association who presented him with the fol- lowing resolution adopted at their annual meeting in Toronto in January: "Resolved that Section 33 of the Pension Act be amended in such manner as to provide for the payment of pensions of 575.00 per month to all single parents and of b125.00 per month to all married parents of de- ceased members of the forces provided al- ways that such parents are in a depend- ent condition within the meaning of the Act, and Further Resolved that the dependency of such parents shall be determined by the sworn declarations of the parents themselves and supported by sworn declarations of two reputable responsible parties having personal knowledge of the circumstances of such on-

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Ii: Oludhn od- minll. two retired and four act- in, at graduation col-omonios at aoyoi Room. must have made many Oonulioao at up. Thin in a non country. as In as popula- tion is concerned. our navy ex- cellent u for as it goes, in small also. We I0 llmlli our Admiral: never go to on. We lnvorrt. any flagchlm. our Idmlrlll more jobs. or are retired for enri- lcr in life than most men. so that commanders and commodore: may

rctironsdmircimwoseemtobc rm headed for a navy 0! M- ath-sls. The question naturally

hiIoundwittl;recpecttot.booll- Canadian mu . Mr. I-Iowdo anlwof. as recorded

3."... oppooltlon bender Dre-w read I now; account of the incident to an interested Home of Commons iut night. bearing I hudlino "Minis- mr recommends unusual source for official information."

commented Mr. Drew: "Under um iuullno. which -uuelb that the official information was to be sought in other than Itrictly form- 11 channels . . . ."

"Is this when they usually 36?- their info. I-tion?" asked the Rev. Stanley Knowles (CCF - Winni- peg North Centre) curiously.

The Leader of the opposition "- plied that in view of the occupi- tion of the Member who had uk- od the question. he would not van- tnlro to "speck as an ex-pert' in this regard."

Prime Minister St. Laurent in- quired if the nether regions pre- sided ova by his ntsnlc majesty was the "unusual source" to which Mr. Drew had referred. Mr. Drew nodded.

The Opposition Leader ,resscd mild surprise at Mr. 1-Iowe's curt dlsmiuui of the pipelines issue on its home stumping ground.

"mm is the way in which the Minister who must. ustnne ultim- ate responsibility in this matter, subject to the approval of the Government (which he usually obtain: as the Minister of Justice, Mr. Garcon, knows) deals with those people in British Columbia -who are so greatly concerned about the location of this pipeline," he

PREPAID POSTAGE

From I letter to Lieutenant Gov- ernor Dundu from the Duke of Newcastle. Secretary of State, Downing Street. London. 30th Nov. 1859:

"I have communicated to the Postmaster General your prede- cesor's deapobch of the lfth May. reporting the failure of his en- deavors to procure the concurrence of the Government of Prince Ed- ward Island in the establishment of the system of compulsory pre- payment of postage on letters pass- ing between this country and the colony.

"As Prince Edward Island i.I the only one of the North American Colonies between which and the United Kingdom pl-e-payment is not in operation, Her Majesty's Government are anxious that this exception from the common rule should cease; and it will. there- fore. be desirable that you should invite the Legislature to recon- sider the subject . . .

"If the Legislature should wish. in some zneosu c, to qualify the compulsory nature of the Ir- rangement. with respect to letters sent to this country, there would be no objection, in the part of the General Post Office, to waive the detention of letters for non- payment. Viovided that all unpaid and insufficiently paid letters should be Charged with the amount of the deficient postage, together with the rate of ad. in addition. as a fine.

"If that proposal should be adopted. the postage collected on either side, on the delivery of un- paid letters, would of course be divided in the usual proportions of one-sixth to the Colony and five-sixths to the Mother Country;

and the receiving office, after de- ducting a sufficient proportion to satisfy the claim of id. or 5d.. the single rate (as the case may be) from the postage collected on the delivery of insufficiently paid letters, would account for the re- mainder to the despatching of- fice. - the fine: on these classes of letters to be equally divided bo- twcen the two Post Offices."

False Values Denounced

(Ottawa Journal)

A book by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police entitled "Law and Order in Canadian Democracy" had this to our about children and movies: "Much has been,nld ro- urdlng the bad influence on juv- oullco 0! movies featuring crime and violence and of 'oonlicn' having the same theme. But of real evid- ence for or Against. this conten- tion there appears to be little."

It In interacting to find confirm- ation of this point of view in the

of A committee which flu been at the cinema and it: prob- Iblo feet on young mindl. The

majority of the committee took the no t that "number" film! "do-lcu harm to children than to generally " and more no looting mansion on them.

The commlmo did. however. find plenty wrong with the movies. It won critical of some "terrifying" unilncnd oortoono and described no "deplorable" the "honor tach- nlquo" in certain urlllo shown at chlldmra instincts. nut in

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report to the British Government, common, on no my, to common

from criticism win! on more len-

about passing from the darker halt- ycar to the brighter is that one must bid temporary farewell to a real thick soup. Though the small pre- liminary bowlfuls which appear in restaurants and at banquets will continue to be served and are well- mesnlng appetizers. only in domes- tic soup is the true quality of greatness apprehended.

f'It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.” Burke tells us; and certainly there should be noth- ing exnct, in quantity, definition. or consistency about the finest specimens of soup that in winter rejoice the home. Every sell-re- specting family has no doubt its own tradition in this vital matter.

Those who plume themselves upon a rarefied taste may write him down a vulgarlan who looks with miagiving on the julienne: yet the denser the mixture the more exciting. and when it come: . thick and slab, so that the indie? stands almost upright, when one. knows that the piping tureen isl not being drained to supply ollei platefui apiece but is ardent wlthl desire to disgorge its further riches, soup surely has the value of half a meal. It surpasses alike the dish of herbs and the stalled ox. It is taken in perfection at the kitchen fireside after a hot bath late at night.

The clwldrom of the secret, black, and midnight hugs, the conglomer- atlon of delicacies which newspa- pers sometimes relate as found in the stomach of an ostrich; the fierce ingredients of the White Knight's pudding. which began with blotting paper; all these but patter It mixtures in comparison with the ideal soup. In colour it should suggest a sea suffused by all the dyes of the ocean.

Amid isles of potato and sub- merled reefs of barley will be cruis- ing chopped carrot, scooped onion, convoys of peas - a whole navy in the gravy. to transform the line in Bette Davis's song, To take bMId separately 1.: gross insult to In honest. broth. which con- tains In itself the stay as well as the juice of sustenance. soup trains the virtue of restraint. for the greedy burn their tongues. It

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"We are convinced”, sold the re- port. "that. the regular portrayal of false values is more pervasive and dangerous than the depiction of crime or impropriety". And. ex- plaining its cue, the committee declared there was "3 sort of con- tinual preaching from Hollywood that the only thing that nutter! is to be auloricr than your noun”- bor". There was cm; the ll:cyikn'of films nutoblouacv c l-on unphuil on :- lcunl vslIlaI?'tnd rum. lama happy lIll.I'l'1III and families. l

'muo we have the official stamp of o oovornmont. committee on In lmpuuion of the movie; that to

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genre violent exploit: as something u nnioto from life on not who won 3 Giant-xlilor. But the per- lodlcol animation to what tho lrltlnh coumittu colic "ulna vul- uol". to the Ichovno of life on tnnlioud by Hollywood for its box-office appeal, can but in- nidloua and dangerous effocto on character. A film need not be "bad" in the literal come. no showing crime or immorality, to have on unwhoiuomo influence on the im-

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oc W 4, t ' - He p O” Chmlonetown Valedlctlon For SOUP 7 - (AW l'- 5"-i (The Times. London) one of the minor disadvantages

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A MAY MORNING Mid the squarlderd colour idling as I lay Reading the Odyssey in my rock-garden I copied llho clllsterd tufts of Cheddar pixin Burgeoning with promise . of their scented bloom All the modish motley of their bloom who

on I May morning!

Then felt I like to one indulging in sin (Wlhcreio Nature is off.

so enioyed the nu! Thoreau. I lay along

idling with my thought: Reading on old poet

while the busy world Toil'd, !nol1'd, fuss'd um nan-pigd

worried t and sold Plotted. stale and qus.rnl'd

fought and God known what. I had forgotten Hcmer

dallying with my tihoughts Till I fell to making

these little vcrua Oommunlne with the flowers

in my rock-garden

on a May morning.

-moon: Bridges.

Howe had auggcncd "a moat un- usual place" for the reporters to gotnoouchofthedototheyro-

'But the not is that if anybody here has access to that particular locality it will be the first place anybody has got my real informa- tion," Mr. Drew ilbed. amid laugh- ter "because we have not got. it how. I do not know whether the Government is waiting for the in- formation to come from that source or not. but most certainly if the Government has the infor- mation. they on not taking the noun into their confidence."

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for posterity. was 1 tel-so "Go to

crises -4109: the Canadian my, need no may uimu-sis? sum, the naval establishment at 35,", ml": 53! m in Gllalbllllhmegi small in men and ah1p.s.. com, f ” dull-0 Idaiuliely with . commander or commodore 1, clloarge. - Vancouver Newsaget ad. -

Bsult Ste. Marie will weloon. the coming of the SS Norggm. new flagship of the Owen sound 'f'ranoporta.tlon Company, to, many reasons. it is a brand nu Great Lakes pasaenger vent capable of csrrvlng more than la pauengers. in addition to can, 1 is of the latest naval design, anq its fire-preventive and fireqlgm, mg equipment was sufficient to plus the rigid requirements of til. Dominion Transport Department - sault Ste. Marie star. '

fl is now being sllggeaied 5 formats that the old custom a Fall plowing in one that mlm better be discarded. ' Agrlcllltun experts claim that erosion, wlq consequent loss at valuable soil can be prevented by planting a winter cover crop which plowed up in the spring. Tm. cover crop not only conserve: the soil during heavy rains, but also prevents it from being rarrleq away by high winds, like those experienced in this district in week-end. -tbrockvlllo Recorder and Times.

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Bloomville is In Ohio Yilllgq with a population of -150. many or whom are reported having fun with the unusual situation which exists there at the women: There: no law in Bloomviilo, Somehow or other the village ordinances sot lost. Perhaps when old papers were cleaned out of village records. And the mayor figures that nobody can be give) a summons for violating a in of which no written record exisu. As a result, motorists are oonsid. ering themselves lucky for being able to park next to a fire-plug or on the wrong side of the street and in general to make dim- spectful gestures at the local call- atabulcry.

The marked reduction in ulna Lallty since the turn of the cen- tury has benefited both sexes. but the gains have been much more pronounced for women than for men. Among the women, more- over, the married have done beltd than the unmarried. Thus, 1 ages 20 and over, the death Tali for married women has been out in half-from 16 per 1,000 in ml to 8 per 1,000 in 1948 - wheml for the unmarried the rate drop- ped two-flfth. For men. the de- oline was less than one-tlllld among both the married and un- married. -Metropolitan Life Bul- letin,