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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1929

A Suggested Pilgrimage

The Canadian Legion of the Brit- ish Empire Service League, accord- ing to recent press despatches, is ‘considering a gigantic pilgrimage to . lznttle areas of France and Bel- {gium during 1932, the pilgrimage to b’: timed so as to reach the war area the unveiling of the process

at Memorial now 10f construction. Various dates have been considered and sub- mitted to the Department of National Defense for approval and selection. The pilgrimage will be ar- ranged to take into consideration especially former service men, fam- ilies and near relatives of men who feLl h the field during llle war. There are few ell-service men or people who have lost near relatives on ‘the battle-fields who would not be grateful for the opportunity of vis- iting the war areas of France and Belgium during the memorable oc- casion of the vlmy Memorial uri- veiling, if it were placed within their means. For such a pilgrimage the co-operation of the French and Bel- gian Governments as well as tile Do- minion Government would be rc- quired. Tlie suggestion seems to have met with a favorable reception at the recent annual convention of the Le- gion in Regina, and it Will doubtless be referred to during the coming ses- sion of Parliament. Of course, any arrangement in which tlle Govern- mvnt takes pal-i will have to lncc: with the approval of Parliament. It need hardly be said that the pilgrim- 886 ‘VOI-lld in no sense be a glorifi- ctaion or justification of war. In- deed. it would be the most impressive peace demonstration ever seen ln in the world's history.

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An Australian Viewpoint

Much has been said in the Liber- 1'»

l1 press since the passing" of thei Australian treaty about the pal, rioilic duty of giving our sister do. million a fair sllarc of the Canadl Ina butter market. In this connec-W tion it is interesting to note tihc‘ Australian reaction to a similar sug-l Kestion thao "a fair share of the" Australian market" should be given? 0e the British wool textile mdustryl by permitting the importaion of cer- tain classes of fabrics which" can-, not be made in Australia owing to the limited market. This was the‘ suggestion made recently by mem- hers of the British Economic Mis- sion to Australia, and this is the yomment of the Sydney (Australian bulletin upon the proposition: ‘

‘The British maker, “"1151 11L; lﬂrkeﬂocal and export market, can no doubt afford to produce e- larser variety oi patterns and so on than the Australian mak. er with his small local outlet, “P9913113? while he allows out- siders to have so milch of his market. But why not do with elwh ‘rallies and classes of fab- rics’ as can be made here till the situation improyes? 1t, is more likely to improve ii our market is preserved for our own Pmducts than if more imported wares are Bdlnltfed to reduce such chances as there are. If there is a breed of Ailsralian who feels that he simply can't exist without a particular brand C! “waistcoat or panis which the Australian manufacturer is as Y“ lmeble to supply. the cost should be raLsed rather than lowered. If he can't stand the strain. the silent tomb is always available."

The idea behind the above com. mantis interpreted by the Manitoba free Press, a strong supporter of the " “M”? K1118 Government in Nvastem Canada. to be “that the ‘Australian citizen should by law be wmlielled to dress himself in such mien weds as it is possible I01’ Australia to produce." who can doubt that any attempt to invade the Australian market with Canadian lgrlculural products would meet with the same determined opposition? Yet the King Government L; indif- ferent to the welfare of e. great Canadian industry when threatened more sriirly than the textile in- d"?! by the import-

ation of British goods, and says in effect to our own dalrymen what the Australian newspaper says to those who feel that the)’ “can't ex- ist" without a particular brand of good which the Australian manufac- turer is unable to supply, that "the silent tomb is always available." There is however another way out which the King Government has not indicated. It will be presented It U10 next federal election, when the op- portunity comes to vote for a Can- adian policy that will safeguard the home market for the home producer.

Analyzing ‘the - Newspapers

An ever-fresh interest pervades the old controversy as to the habits. outlook and mentality of the Brit- ish and American people. An Am- erican news agency recently decid- ed that, a. careful examination of the contents of the newspapers of the two countries would reveal the true character of both, and accordingly an, investigator studied, classified and measured over three hundred papers as to news—ail arresting hap- penings of the momennlocal, na- tional, foreign, sponiing, financial", social and dramatic; special matter -weather, radio, photography, per- sonality sketches, current articles, lctilers and miscellaneous topics; ed- itorials; and a fourth group compris- ing fiction, womenlr, rpa/ge, comics and miscellaneous features.

Out of this examination some in- terestnlg conclusions emerged. As Americans give 1'7 per cent. 0f their editorial space to local events com- pal-ed with 8 per cent. in the Eng- lish papers, the former are thus re- vealed as primarily provincial, while the British are internationally mind- ed. But even more significant ls the fact that this American local news, though still double that of the Eng- lish, has waned about 300 per cent. in that time, owing no doubt to the rise of the small investor, and partly “because America has gone sport mad." The investigator interprets

| the increase of sporting news and the

decrease of local news as meaning that the Americans are learning to forget. business and are acquiring the habit of lelsurellnesv.

The figures show that British pe- pers have ll per cent. foregn news as compared wth the Amercan 3 per cent... while American comic strips occupy six times as much space as those of England. The American comic strips, women's pages, and miscellaneous features occupy 2O per cent. of tihe "editorial content,"

. which is more than three times that

of the English papers. These facts are taken as warrant for the con- clusion that America wants enter- tainment more than news. On the either hand, American papers devote twice as much space to social news as the British press, a circumstance in which the investigator discovers a “drift towards aristocracy."

The main English interest is in national and foreign issues, to which the papers devote "23 per cent. of the entilre editorial content," with sport a good second at 14 per cent. Another broad generalization is that “England still prefers first-person articles, which are practically extinct in America, and impressions and ex- pressions of all individuality." 0n.

[the other hand, "the American press

tends dncreasingly to standardize

and lmpersonaliae."

Editorial Notes ‘

Another record for Prince Edward Island~this time a. world Cham- pion milk producer. Mr. A. M. Ag- new‘s two year Holstein heifer, Craigalee Princess Abbekerk, won me coveted distinction by a small margin over the previous champion in both milk and butter fat. This re- cord together with the success of our dairymen and foiunen at the Royal Winter Show, places Prince Edward Island definitely on the map as the lending agricultural pro- vlnu of Canada.

Notes By The Way

i ‘ 0f the 13 prises offered for spring wheat at the Royal Winter Fair at Toronto 10 were captured by "Re- ward" wheat. The 0th., 9th.. and 12th., went to Marquis wheat all being of Canadian origin and production.

In growing seed potatoes in New Brunswick by G. C. Cunningham is awarded the palm. He had 200 acres under certified seed, the yield being about 30,000 barrels, selling at $5 u barrel, and netting $150,000. There was one shipment of 5,000 barrels to the state of Maine.

The time for taking the next cen- sus, the seventh since the Dominion was formed, will arrive a, little more than a year hence. It should settle a number of doubtful or disputed ques- tions, notably as to the number 0f Canadians who have gone to the States or returned therefrom within tenyears, and also how many of the immi- grants who have come to this coun- try are still here when they shall be counted.

Just now with uear prospect of a general election, the powers that be at Ottawa and in Liberal newspapers sanctums show a marked tendency. to broadcast every symptom of national properlty that exists or can be imag- ined, without, or with little notice of anything that detract:- therefrom. Both the lights and shades would op- pear in a true picture.

That there is money in Prince Ed- ward as well as a deep and generous sympathy for the afflicted has been shown in full measure by the great success of the drive in aid of the Sanltorium. It is something of which our fair Province may feel justly proud. ‘

After holding 18 different jobs, and having failed in them all. Edgar Rice Burroughs, of New York in sheer desperwliion and to keep the wolf from his door set out to write a story. He was then 35 years of age and- knew nothing of story writing. l-Ie rapidly achieved fame in America and 1n Europe and wealth followed fame. Of 31 books he has written 8,000,000 copies have been sold and they have been translated into l5’ different languages. A recent por- trait shows Mr. Burroughs still ap- parently young.

The p0em of Dr. Bridges. British Poet Laureate, published on his 85th., birthday has created a. sensation in. literary circles over there." It is of great length. covering 190 pages, and is dedicated to the King. It is said to contain passages of great force and beauty, and is revolutionary in the matter of spelling. Silent letters are dropped from each word. Captive is "captiv," will is “wil." and so with all other words. The poem has given a decided impetus toward reformed spelling in the English language

which has long had many advocates.

Should it come into common use, il- literate persons will probably spell better than heretofore and educated persons may spell worse.

Several p. ‘ l " I‘ P119915 are amused by the fact that a paint- ing for which a $500 prize was award- ecl was hung with its wrong side up, at the recent exhibition of the Na- tional Academy in London. The error was at. length discovered and the painting reversed, but critics aver that it looked quite as well and its meaning was as clear when in one position as in the other.

Another sun-spot. so large as to be visible w the naked eye. is reported by the Cleveland observatory. The spot is said to be located a little t0 the right of the centre of the sun's visible surface and covers at least 85.- 000 square miles. Poor radio reception and magnetic storms affecting the operation of telegraph and cable lines are expected to follow. The heat from the sun coming to the earth will be somewhat diminished so long_as the spot remains visible.

President Hoover opened the De- cember session of Congress on Tues- day last, advising only a. moderate increase of the tariff on farm DIO- ducts. also proposing o. reduction of one percent in the income tax. Per- haps Canada's new Finance Minister may now conclude that the time has come when the Canadian in- come tax should be Leduced to some- thing near the American standard. The high income tax on this side has induced quite a few wealthy Cana- dians to remove to the other side of the border.

Lloyd George now 06 years old, has added a new role to the many he nu played in his time. He has been Solicitor, Chancellor for the Ex- chequer. Minister of Munitlonl. Minis- tel- of war. Prime Mlnlater and lany- nallst. since the death of T. P. O'Con- nor he ‘has become the "Father of the House of Commons."

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THE CHARLUPTETOWN QARDIAN l

By jnmu W . Barton. MD. DANGER 0F THYROID EXTRACT

when examining the entrants for the last. Wrigley Marathon swim we came across a. boy of sixteen who weighed 230 pounds. He was a bright good-looking youngster and had done a considerable amount of swimming.

On questioning he told us that he

l.. fact.

Now while dieting and exercise may he of help here, this is really the type of case where the thyroid extract is especially indicated. The juice of the thyroid gland, situated in the neck, is, as mentioned before, like the draught in a furnace-it makes the fuel burn. If there is too much juice-too much draught-the fuel burns up too quick- ly. and hence we ﬁnd these thin indi-

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The Public Forum

Hall column u open for \hr discussion by correspondent» of questions of Internet. Th: Lharlottetewn Guardian doc.- not necessarily tar‘ opinions of correspondents.

HOTEL ABEGWEIT

Sin-I would suggest for the new

our beautifully expressed Indian name, is applicable to Prince Ed. ward Island. and to no other place.

I am Sir, etc, C. A. MESSERVY

The centenary of the song that, made John Peel a world-famous name , was celebrated at the liuntsmana old , Cumberland home at Caidbeck last‘ month. i

Wherever English hunters have‘ gone in the world the air has made?

viduals with rapid hearts.

If there is not enough Juice or, draught then thE, fuel does not getl used, and get-sstored as fat in the: system. i

The fact that the thyroid extract; helps burn up the fuel and prevent overweight. has come to the eats of many of our overweight folk, and without consulting a physician they commence using it.

Now this is a most dangerous prac- tice and physicians all over the world are coming across cases where the heart is beating rapidly and irreg- ularly and on close questioning ﬁnd that the thyroid extract has been" taken to reduce weight.

If you are overweight why not g0 at the reduction 1n a. sensible man- ner? If you have always been over- weight, or becalne overweight at pub- ¢r!-Y-—13 to 17 years of age—see your family doctor alld he will_iikely pre- scribe cxtract and by watching its ef- fect kecp you within safe limits.

If you were thin as a youngster, and even past puberty, and then be- gan to put on weight, you can look after the job of reducing withoutl much advice from your doctor.

First ﬁnd out from the usual ‘tables’ 0f hBlBht and chest measurement Just what you should weigh. If you 51-515 Der cent mlerwﬁizht cut down own your food intake that much-cutting down about 30 to 35 per cent on fats, bread, and vegetables, and about 15 to 20 per cent on meat and eggs. Meat and eggs keep up your strength during the re- duclng treatment.

In addition to this, gradually in. crease the amount of exercise taken, and in a few weeks you can graduallyl increase your food intake again and still be slowly reducing. I think you are wise to reduce your weight if you are more than 10 or l5 per cent; 0v“. weleht- but why not so about it in a safe and sane mannpr, '

0:12’ 01/1101. THE WAITING ._§__i I wait and watch before my eyes Methinks the night grows thin and E753’? I wait and watch the eastern skies

‘To see the golden spears uprlse Beneath the oriﬂamme of ilayl

Like one whoseilimbs are bound in trance

I hear-the day-sounds swell and grow,

And see across the twilight glance,

Troop after troop, in swift advance,

The shining ones with plumes of snow!

I know the errand of their feet,-

I know what mighty work ls theirs;

I can but lift up hands unmeet

The thrashing ﬂoors of God to beat, And speed them with unworthy

prayers.

I will not dream in vain despair, The steps of progress wait for mo: The puny leverage of a hair

The planet's impulse well may spare- A drop of dew the tided sea.

The loss, if "loss there be, is mine; And yet not mine if understood;

For one shall grasp and one resign. One drink life's rue, and one its win‘. And God shall make the balance good.

0, power to dol D, baffled will!

O, prayer and action! ye are one. ' Who may not strive may yet fulfil The harder task of stendlng still,

And good but wished with God is‘

donel‘ -.1ohn Greenieaf Whittier.

tions and has been brought to tlv notice of the Prime Minister. Th: demand for work by men thrown ou‘. of employ does, not blendhennon- ously with the broadcast shout o." prosperity which has been raised for months past. And the cold

m only beginning.

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its way. Since it was heard at the] Sledge of Lucknow it has been chant- l ed on many a battlefield. Many a‘ mother has lulled her baby to sleep with its strains. Alllthc world. indeed knows of the fame of the hero, but there are comparatively few who~ could name the author of the song.

Like John Peel himself John Wood- cock Graves was Cumberland born and bred. He was cradled in the house adjoining the ancient Market Hal] in the High street of Wlgton, in the year 1795. Joseph, his father was a plum- ber, glazier and lron-monger, who seems to have won sufficient compet- encY to Rive his only son a good start in life and sufficient leisure to follow John Peel ln many a hunt.

For some years John Graves was connected with the woollen mills in Caldbeck, but his affairs did not pros- per. the outcome, he believed, of'the disloyalty of his associates, "1 was cheated and robbed and galled to such an extent by those who ought to have | been my best friends," he recorded,| "that, I resolved to 30 to the farthesti corner of the earth." So leaving suf-i fieleni; money to provide for his two, eldest daughters, he took ship with‘ the rest of his fanllly for the AntipO- ' des. He landed in Hobart Town, Tas- mania in the year 1833, with his wife and four children and ‘about teni

pounds. I l It was-some time before he couldl, win a place roi- himself in the -.llfe of i the young colony, but afterari in- terminable succession of travels, voy- I ages, iindadventures, he at lengthi found scope for his inventive turn of 1 mind. He brought to perfection sev-I eral mechanical devices, notably cnei for “use in the preparation of New; Zealand flax. l-Ie died at Hobart in the year 188B, and in the ninety sec- ond year of his age. '

~Of the genesis of his poem, Graves

contributed a full account when the, ll verses were published by Sidney Gil-

pilz in his "Songs of Cumberland." It was inthLs collection that. the firs:

authoritative text, and one which dif- ii

now generally sung appeared in 1806. "Nearly forty years have i .,

fers considerably from the lines

Orlgln now wasted," he wrote "since I of the John Peel and I sat in a.

Song snug palor at Caldbeck in’ -

the Cambrian Mountains]

We were then both in the height of '

manhood, hunters of the olden fash-

ion meeting the night before to ar-_ ‘

THE LAND wE LOVE,

By FRANK YIIGB

SAULT STE._ MARIE

Q. Where is Sault Ste. Marie?

A. There are two towns of this name on either side of the St. Marys river near the outlet of Lake Super- ior. The Canadian Sault dates back in history to 1820 when Brule is said tohave visited the spot. Jesuit mis- sionaries followed in i641 when they gave the rapids and river their pres? mt name. Nearly all the famous ex- plorers of ‘the seventeenth century made their way to and beyond this settlement, which socvn became a fur- trading centre. A Jesuit mission was founded in 1000 by Marquette. Today the Sault is an important industrial centre and the gateway tn a country of rich resources running far inland.

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hotel the name “l-lotel Abegweit," as. being local, historical, and highiy' distinctive. "Cradled "on the wot-cg"

Johnnie Peel

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"the mist, while fashionable hunters merit and entertainment.

i forced itself upon me, and thus was

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range earth-stopping. and in the song was sung many times; in fact morning to take the best part of the there was a. contest asto who could skirts of Caldbeck on November l: hunt, the drag over the mountains in ‘sing it best, affording both amuse- l_-- '

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lay still in their blankets.

"Large flakes of snow fell in the _ evening. We were seated by the fire- side hunting over again many a good run and recalling narrow neck-break ‘scapes. when a, flaxen-haired daugh- ter of mine came in saying, ‘Father what do they say to what Grannic sings?’ Granule was singing to sleep my eldest son-now s. leading barris- ter in Hobart, town-with a very old rant called ‘Bonnie (or Cannie) Ann- ie.' “'I'he pen and ink for hunting ap- ' pointments being on the table, the idea of writing a song to this old air .

The Bridge of Sighs

ATtbeganaofacemeuei-ytlierelsaeermm brldge—-“A Bridge of Sighs". Many a widow pauesover ittoreunrntloahome from which Death has taken husband and father.

DeathlsnotatrageiLTragedyet-rilmthc

one who are

living—th reft of their natural

provider. Nollfeinsuranoepolicycanuketheplacc ofa husband and father, but the proceeds of it will relieve a family from distress until they are able co adjust themselves to new conditions.

We invite enquirlu from men who desire advice concerning the rlghttypeoflife inaurmcePro- tection. Wrlee for our pamphlet entitled No "Mattie: What: Happens". It is most interesting.

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produced 'D’ye ken John Peel, with hi5 coat so gay?“ Immediately after I sang it to poor Peel, who smiled through a v stream of tears which fell down his manly checks; and I will remember sayingio him, in a joking style, ‘By Jove, Peel, you‘l1 be sung when we're‘ both run to earth!"

Like the poet who immortalized him John Peel lived to a ripe old age, being in his 79th year when he was laid to" rcst in Caldbeck Church-yard. I-Ie had a numerous family, most of whom were blessed with their father's length - of. years. _

_ At the Caldbeck centenary celebra- tion and hunt of the Bleneathrafooi; Pack the successor to Peel's Pack last month, the crowds were greeted with . the sound of horns. Before the hunt ' moved off, the memory of

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Peel was tested and the old

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