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ships at Oxford. But German stu- dents st the great universities in Ger-

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1929

now in operation and three more about to be organized. Nearly all the provinces have control oi the or- yletol-ist; 5nd the public generally ganization of local disease, vital that comparatively few ac-, statistics, medical’ inspection of gldents have occurred on our roads; school children, diagnostic laborator- during the recent ‘and present con-f ies, industrial hygiene, child welfare.

pre-nstal and post-natal care of wo-

yested traflic. To motorists accustom- I Id to bowling along at the rate of’ men, pulblic health nursing activities,

foreigners there. Dr. otiessman in r speech in the Reichstag recently de- plored "the dim‘ ' _, number of foreign students who come to study in German universities." Especially is this true, we are told, of the great university of Berlin, where the great mass oi German students are agitat- ing for war revenge.

Berlin university students. on the tenth anniversary of the signing oi

OUR HIGHWAYS PROBLEM

It is somewhat of a tribute to 0w"

vantages of clay roads is fldCiCCI palp- able evidence of Bilvernmcntal neg-i lect, the complaints of visiting: motorists are quite understandable.

It does not help the situation to be‘ repeatedly assured in the Llberali press that our roads have never been in 1 better condition than they are today.‘ Even if it were true, the statemclli=

"f. fifty to sixty miles an hour in some. travelling clinics. care of milk and the pa.” "any. u.’ described as iii n! put sister provinces our clay roads. water supplies, sewage disposal, tour- “wearing medium“ unuonnm Clank. naturally are regarded as roilgh, and ist camps and the like. in; their swords as they sang ‘Deutch- m, necessygy 0g adapting themselves In i919 a Federal Department oi lgaxsnlcllltsuegertggle: garlic ca: obscene m " slower pace may be found m“ Ema“! was cream! m: this depart- ficisls WQIIO they ‘marched in a body ‘owe. when to the “Emmi dj-WF mam has new under m admmstra- Unier den Linden." They “strafe" fol-. f?

tion the following services: Quaranr- ! e18“ students and make it aways um @1119. Public Hi-‘Blth Wm“ A"- F°°d pleasant, if not intolerable for them. and Drugs Laboratory, Proprietary or Patient Medicines, Marine I-ios- W0 "l" "P d"! "°'" highly pitals. Housing, Opium and Narcotic "d ‘my ‘a 5°“ '5 ‘h’ M“ u‘ “y

town oi the size of Charlottetown Drugs, Dominion Council of Health, m“ we know 0L Bu, an exchange

Di"'15i°1‘ ‘if Child w°1f'“'e-D1"!51°n °f ventures the statement that "a druZ venereal Disease Control, and Lab-store on this continent is a place oratory of Hygiene. where less drugs than anything else -is sold.” Whether the statement is

nu... By The Way

President-W. n. liellovof Vioo-rroaioonv-J. l. lotus!» ,- loerotory—lslnat. Col. B. A. lfaolunnon. ll l!- . ldltov us Hunger-J. a. nuvui-n lune-Iota noun-n. n. Corrie. -Slnee the Great Wir German stu- ll.“ not nae uo odvanen nom- us Conan» and United out» den“ hive been permuted to ma‘ lensing Dally (founded isn't) NJI v09 fro! ill aiivooeol delivered. in‘ n“ bflmflg; 91th; Rhodes gchylgy.

many are turning their backs on the

I course the Canadian Provinces, using

has no point. Motor traffic has in- treased enormously in recent years.

and with it the necessity for more‘

careful and more intelligent super-

vision of the roads, such Silpéfvlsiolfi

has been sadly neglected this year,

lspecially on the main trunk lllgll-,'

ways, where every effort should have been made early in the season to put the roads in the best possible condi-i lion. It is extremely discouraging fol‘, the Publicity Association which has‘ expended considerable money in ad- vertising the tourist advantages of‘ the Province, to hear visitors declare‘ that all that has been said about our? climate and scenic attractions is; quite true, but that they do not C8115; to take too many risks or linger too‘. long on our highways. The time has] come for drastic revision and llii-f provement of our whole highway sy- tem. and if expert supervision Ill? place of political strategy is required: to effect this revision and improve-i ment, the sooner the remedy is ap-f plied the better. I '

PUBLIC IIEALTII 1N CANADA

The progress oi public health 1n Canada is outlined in an address by, Dr. Norman MacL, Harris, chief} Laboratory of Hygiene, Department oi Pensions and National Health. Ottawa, which is published as a lead- ing article in the August imue of the, Canadian Public Health Journal.) Modem health measures oi control, i’. is stated. may be said to have be- gun with the famous Broad Street pump incident during the cholera outbreak in London in r2849 when orders were issued that the use oi the pump be forbidden, and in con- sequence the disease quickly subsid- ed. 'I'liis incident led to the promul- gation of the first legislation in Britain for the control of water sup-

plies in 1852. With the passing by the British Parliament in 1875 of the‘ Public Health Act, the foundations were laid for present day practice in all British Dominions. and in due

this Act as a model, began setting up lhelr own legal machinery to con- ierve public health, recasting it when necessary, to keep pace with advance- lnent in medical knowledge,

Dr. Harris furnishes the following labie indicating by dates the periods It which each of the provinces oi- iicially passed health acts and creat- sd actively functioning boards of health:

%f»:lo .-.-..'...in 1882-83

B c ooa . " 1886-81-1915-32 ‘Maniioba 169i

New- Brunswick in 1878

Nova ‘Bootia 1885-93 HAIBEHI 1901 ‘Saskatchewan .....in 1007

i British Oolumbiao..in 100'!

Prince Edward Island in 1008-2’!

~ In the interval since the original

lites asigned in the promulgation of ‘health acts. all tile Provinces, it is Rated, have been continuously eli- iarging the scope of their activities by either passing new acts or adding i0 the originals. This is particularly true of the Province of Quebec, ‘which. so recently as 1022, put upon the statute books the molt up-to-

date machinery for ensuring to iu eitiaenstne utmost measures looking

to coiiservotion of their

health. probably the most notable meiiaiiibeiug tile provision for

l ‘I Marking farther progress in health l

affairs in Canada was the recent sur- vey of the city of Montreal, follow- ing upon the typhoid epidemic of i927. In this respect, Dr. Harris be- lieved that many communities throughout Canada would vastly benefit by following Montreals ex- ample.

Another feature in the progress 0f public health in Canada has been the praiseworthy efforts of some fourteen different voluntary organ- izations. Some of these bodies are finding the struggle for existence, as their activities widen, becoming more difficult. and there ls a growing ten- dency to make appeals for federal government aid. There is also an ap- parent tendency, developing more or less unconsciously, of overlapping in fields of their labor, and of encroach- ing upon strictly government artivi- ties. A representative meeting of tile officers of thes various voluntary or- ganizations under governmental

' chairmanship. ~-has»--been»--suggested.-

when difficulties could be discussed and an effort made to ascertain the manner in which these organizations may best function as an aid t; the ‘official boards of icuian in the several Provinces.

WFilndamentally." concludes Dr.

Harris, the care of tlie public health in all its phases is essentially that of the constituted authority in each province. made up of mem- bers of the medical profession train- ed in lines of public health service and aided by a corps of specially trained workers. allof whom should be paid to devote their full time to their duties. To give this full ef- fect. financial aid ought to be lib- orally given by the province, the municipalities and the federal gov- ernment through the systematic application of a mill-rate on a proportion of the public raised tax- es of each body, rather than by special grants, each year. It is, it seems to me. the present day lack of a carefully considered system of governmental aid that is now hold- ins; back progress in public health. Motor car owners are directly taxed and gasoline is taxed for the special purpose of the upkeep and extension of the public highways. Why not some definite proportion of the general taxes for public health?

EDITORIAL NOTES

Trappcrs in the Northwest are complaining that synthetic fur is threatening the stability of their an- cient industry and that prices for pelts are too low. The trappers, says

true or not is purely a matter of con- 309m between the proprietor and his ‘customers. If he sells other things ,than drugs-candy, tobacco, cigars, lcigaretu and what not, which the 'customer cannot find in a hardware. dry goods, book, or footwear store, he galso sells drugs andmedicines which cannot be found in any of the places just named. In so doing the dugglst renders good service to the city in which he livesand the service is ap- preciated by all,

That each nation controls the air over its territory Mr. Lefurgey, P. E. Island aviator has learned to his re- gret, The principle of such control l5 sound and may be taken for granted. It should be kept in mind by our fly- ers when they cross the boundary line. Canadian air pilots should not forget that when they breathe the air of the United States they are liable to be called to account for who they are, whence they came and why they are infecting the pure atmosphere of "the land of the free and the home of the brave."

-~Solentists are puzzled with the whale family. The whale is shaped like a fish, swims like a fish, but it is unlike to them in that it is a warm blooded creature,‘ breating by lungs instead of gills, and suckles its young. How .long they live nobody can tell. They are diminishing in numbers be- cause of the dlstructlve whale fish- ery. _

A whale, when harpooned, has been known to dive to the depth o: a mile and come up to spout and struggle

tremendous pressure, which at that depth is 400 pounds per square inch of its surface, and, on coming to the surface of the water a minute Or so later, can instantly adapt itself to life in the air is something which the savans can neither explain nor understand.

The Education Commission will easily note some features of our school system that ought to be im- proved. We have tried the consolidat- ed school plan in a. rural section of the country and it failed to work satisfactory. While in Kingston, N. B. and in other‘ provinces farther west. in rural sections not more thickly populated than our own, it has prov- ed acceptable.

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Again, a large majority of our teachers are young women, ol- youn; men. not as carefully prepared for teaching as they should be, and con- sequently. not fitted to control and maintain order ‘and discipline in the school. We need a. larger proportion

the Montreal Gazette, may be unduly alarmed. Never before was there such a demand for fur garments as at pre- sent and furs are to be seen on coats and over shoulders even on the most torrid days. The synthetic fur may be popular, but it is likely that the genuine article will be called for as much as ever.

Halifax, tbs home of a umber of aims prohibition orator: I110 reo- entiy visited this Province (q- m; purpose of instructing u: lion m vols on the liquor plebiscite, has long been notorious for the proeiivitiea es its bootieggers. The latest news from that quarter is the reported discov- ery of a full fledged opium den in the heart of the city. Th. police. while raiding a house on Soekviile street in search of the usu- al bootleg wares, discovered a quan- tity of opium. pipes, lamps and Oil!- nese whiskey. The ‘den’ was’ furn- ished with a number of bunks, tables

"gnu-rive hum; unit; m- county and chairs, and the pipes when leis-

sumi centre's. nine ef which m ed were I011 warm-

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of male teachers than we have, and in that regard the parsimony of school trustees has to be taken into account Too many of them want to get some sort of school st the lowest possible cost, while there are also few worthy exceptions to this rule.

vigorously. How it can withstand the I

BlTInMJsIZ-Jiczhn. MD. WHINGING AND COMPLAINING

A woman discussing a mutual ac- quaintance with a friend 551d, "1 like Mrs. Blank all right, but she gets on my nerves with her constant com- plaining. I hate a “whining" woman. How Mr. Blank puts up with her and with the worries of business is beyond me."

Now this whining business is not confined to women; it is often a part of the make up oi many men,

The cause of this whining or con- stant complaining can usually be put down to one of two things.

First, the way the individual was allowed to develop in the home, or is

Youngsters who are not very robust physically. who have had numerous childhood ailments during which they are petted or pitied, continue to look for this pity and petting when they grow up. They look for it and if it is not forthcoming, Ol‘ even lg 1t 1; forthcoming, complain or whine just the same. It has become a part of them.

However there are other indlvi. duals who whine or complain who may have some underlying reason for it. And this reason is usually fatigue, either physical or mental.

As you know every physical action, every mental action-thinking, war- FY1118. studying and so forth-takes oxygen from the bood and gives back carbon dioxide.

Ii there is a continual physical or mental exertion then the amount of carbon dioxide and other wastes be- come so abundant in the blood, that the individual is really in a poisoned condition.

This makes him irritable and every effort a burden. It makes him whine or complain. _

Any little infection from bad teetli or tonsls, or a slow moving intestine, acts upon the individual in the same’ way. _ Where the individual was not orig- inally a whiner, but becomes one, it is only fair that he or she get an overhauling from the family physic- ian to find out if there is any cause for the tiredness that causes the whining.

Often the regulation of the diet and intestinal habit, with a daily rest of a. few minutes at 11 and 4 o'clock, will be sufficient to get rid or this tendency to complain or whine.

INTO THE TWILIGHT

Outworn heart, in a time outwom, Come clear of the nets of wrong and right;

Laugh, heart, again in the gray twi- light; ' Sigh, heart, again in the dew of the morn.

Your Mother Eire is always young, Dew ever shining and twilight gray: Though hope fail from you and love

decay

Burning in fires of a slanderous tongue.

Come, heart, where hill is heaped upon hill;

For there the mystical brotherhood Of sun and moon and hollow and wood

Arid river’ and stream work out their will.

And God stands winding‘ His lonely horn;

And time ’and the world are ever in flight,

And love is less kind than the gray twilight, _

And hope is less dear than the dew of the morn.

—W. B. Yeats.

“To him who in the love of nature holds communion with her visible forms she speaks the varied lsngu- , age For his geyer hours she has a! smile of giadness, and eloquence oi! beauty, and she glides into his darker musings with a mild and gentle sym- pathy that steals away their sharp- aal no he is aware."

Uo-wrots wiuiiiul ouueii Bryant, of llolaaobuoettl in his Thanatopals when he was but is years oi age. He VII a precocious youth and began "Wflhimhvwhentenyearogage After his college course he studied - iawandwaaeaiiedtothobortbut devoted his life ‘to literature. 81,10 for over-JO yearseditor of the New Y0K’! Imllfll Poet. but . also travelled repeatedly in Iurope, studying the languages and iiiara- ture of the Old World. His poems, addresses. orations and lectures gained for him great popul- arity in America and also in England.

O I Marztlmers All Groin The IMhbridge Hera-id)

The Maritime Provinces have sent out to other parts of the Dominion souls o! the abiest and most dis- tinguished man in the public. educa- tional and financial life oi the coun- try. The brilliant part played by its sons in Canadian affairs has often been emphasised and the recent ap- pointment of Morris W. Wilson, a native of Lunenburg, N.S.. to the po- sition oi general manager of the Roy- al Bank, provides a fresh opportun- ity to point out the high places these men have reached. Mr. Wilson's ap- pointment brings the products of the provinces by the sea, to four. Sir

manager of the Royal Bank, provid- es a fresh opportunity to point out the high places these men have reached. Mr. Wilson's appointment brings the total of bank general man- agers, products fo the provinces by the sea to four. sir Frederick Wil- liams-Taylor, general manager of the Bank of lviontreal, is a native of Monclon, N.B.; John A. McLeod} holding the same position with the Bank of Nova Scotia, comes from Park Corner, P.E.I.; and S. H. Logan, general manager of the Bank of Commerce, was born in Spring- hill. N.S.

In politics the names of Tupper, Foster, Borden. Fielding and Ben- nett have long held a. foremost place. Dr. Waiter Murray, president of the University of Saskatchewan. and Sir Robt. Falconer, president of the University of Toronto, are products of the Maritimes: Dr. Tory, former president of the University oi.’ Alber-

ta and now chairman of Canadas

Research Council, is a native of

Nova Scotia, of which province a bro-

ther is at present Lieutenant-Gov-

EIIIOI.

Hon. H.A. McKeown, former Chief Justice of New Brunswick, is chair- man of the Railway Commission.

and Justice Turgeon of the Saskat-

chewan Supreme Court, a son of New Brunswick. may soon become chairman of the Grain Commission. Two Lieutenant-Governors, Hon. W.D. Ross, of Ontario, and Hon. H. W. Newlands, of Saskatchewan. come from Nova Scotia, while the Lieutenant-Governors of the three Maritime Provinces are native sons. Lord Beaverbrook and the late Bonar Law were ‘notable contribu- tions from New Brunswick to the public life of Great Britain, and the little province of Prince Edward Is- land, can point with pride to the fact that one oi its sons. Dr. Jlwflb G. Schurman, is U.S. ambassador to Germany and another the latc Franklin Lane. was Minister of the Interior of the Cabinet of the late President Wilson.

‘Two outstanding Roman Catholic bishops, Bishop Kelley, of Oklahoma. and Bishop McNally, of Hamilton, al- so were born on the Island.

Scattered all over the United Stat- es and particularly in the New Eng- land States. are Maritimes men, who hold high places in the industrial circles of the Republic. The popula- tion oi the Maritimes has been great- ly depleted since Confederation, but there is the consolation that many of the men and women. who have mi- grated, have been powerful factors in the upbuilding of Canada. the United States and Great Brltfllh- In proportion to population, the Maritimes lead all the other prov- inoes, in the calibre of the men they have sent out into the world, and ii reasons were sought for this record, the very excellent educational sys- tem of the Atlantic Provinces, would be pointed out as the chief. Prince Edward Island, Nova Scoirla, and New Brunswick, have never faitered in maintaining high educational stand- ards frorn the public schools to the universities. With well "equipped minds, its sons and daughters have gone out into the world able to com- peie with the best brains of other parts of the world.

THE WILTON DIPTYCH

P‘ The Wilton Diptych has just been sold. For the benefit of the uninitiat- ed, it may be said that a diptych is a picture painted on two wooden panels hinged together. Diptychs are

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THE LAND WE LOVE a; ram: anon

VANOOUVEIPS SHIPPING FACILITIES

Q. What are Vancouver's Shipping Facilities at present? A. Vancouver's harbor and ship-

vgfy and this particular specimen was probably painted in i871 shortly afterwards. They were used as alter-pieces, and their struc- ture points i0 perilous times when even religious edifices were liable t0 spoiiation: they could be folded up and conveniently carried to IIMY- Thne panels are known as a trifl- tych. _

The Wilton Dlntvch. In exquisite work oi art, is also of great historic

Ding faculties continue to develop to meet the increasing traffic. The total elevator capacity. which was only 1.360.000 bushels in 1W7 will reach 31.600000 bushels when present oddi- Wml In wmnmee. The shipments