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erage. ‘In return, the executive of the. national Labou- party has given notice to‘ Sir Oswald that he is no longer a member of the Laborite

A shake-up in the portfolio seats

o! the Provincial Government is said to be seriously occupying the atten- tlon of Premier Lea at the present regiment. To this eileet they have time. The new line-up. rumor liasjrwtlfied the Smethwick branch of It, will take place between the proro- ethef party. ivhieh is the constituency gation. oi the House and the opening in Birmingham he has heretofore o; the gang“) glgcflpn Qgmpglgn, represented. _In like manner the elec- The Premier. it is reported, will va- tome o! Lady Cynthia Mosley’: eeri- cafe the Ministry of Agriculture in stltueney have demanded her mir- favor of his friend, Mr. Horacc 11811101’!- Wrlght, and will himself take over Whit, 68KB the Miilitféfll Gillette. u“ Mmhh-y "o; pubnc works, whue is likely to be the effect of this cash- ML Mhyrk M¢Gu1gm win be ap- ierlng decree? Report has it that Sir pointed Attorney General, This re- Olwald can count upon five adher- arrangement, it will be noted, would enis ul the Mosley group. this tally give two portfolio seats to Prince 111011101118 hi! 0WD W36- It ll 110i It county and, in the probable event of present any strong hand. Further- Mr. McGuigank nomination, as a mo". it is l question Whether the cmdldaw 1n ghys count“ one clientele of new recruits will work portfolio to Queen's. 1t would leave together. Judalns by thelrhames and King's unpmvlded for. It would also their Yflirme!‘ l-flillflllvlil. it 8661115 my. m,‘ h“ Mcmtyfe w; 1h the that they are far more oonseutient eold. But since the Government has ilpon being Rflvely diNIti-ifled with 11m, pram; of being returned, things as they are than upon the “u, o,- wnhou; M; McIntyre, ‘he prospect of good teamwork. At the "pa-god pmpecgiv, mum, W111 no; same time, Sir Oswald has money. m“, a great ,4“; o; mfgerence to and also he has talents far above the anyone, at least after the election is “vemie- He h" lmlmlmed hi! 1"" over. tentlon ‘of putting four hundred can- didates in the field at the next gen- eral election. The Laborite journals naturally enough are content to dub the Mosley crusade a nzzle, which will have no more effect upon their stronghold than letting off a cannon cracker beneath its battlemehts. Yet political alignments in these days change with amazing rapidity; and it is too early for prediction as to whether Sir Oswald will or will not be able to implement his programme so far as concerns getting it boldly advertised at the hustings. The fact that remains is that there is a ser- ious rift in the Laborlte lute which ~r.t. all the music out"; and the scrannel of discords is augmented the more painfully by this episode, which anew bwpealu the parlous plight of a Labor Government which has lost the confidence of the coun- try at large,

Unemployment Relief

, ‘nae Bennett Government has ful- lfi-q its promise to provide work for the unemployed. This is clear from the statistics furnished by the var- ious provinces, railway companies and departments of the Government which are co-operatlng under the Unemployment Relief Act of 1930. The Joint expenditures approved by the Minister of Labor up to Feb. 9, amounted to $64,975,519. The complete figures c! employment thus provided cannot be given as in the Province of Quebec. where unem- ployment relief work is being carried on in about 1,000 municipalities, the provincial authorities find themsel- ves’ unable to furnish a fullstatelnent because many districts respond slow- ly to the request for statistics.

The details available show that, at least, 100,492 individuals in Canada had been given employment for 2,868,168 man-days from the com-r meucement of operations under the Act until the end of January, 1931.

In Prince Edward Island, 1.143 individuals had been employed up tbvrebruary zath, a. total of apes amsxmwr: 2:2‘: n; Si; V1253] ed tonight and tomorrow night at had been given direct relief. Arid m’ Pm” “w”! “m” by u“ this ‘despite the statement in the lo- cal Government organ that there was no unemployment in Prince Ed- ward Island.

u... Scotia reports that 30.462 individuals were given work for 403,- 300 mau-Qyl. The number of famil- IU receiving direct relief up to the and of Pbbruary was 2,831.

The figures for New_ Brunswick show a total of men employed to iiebniary 28th of 24,041, who were given employment to the extent of 101,179 days. No direct relief has yet been given in the province of New Imawiok.

Work to be done by the railways wis approved to the amount of $11,- 514,000 for the Canadian Pacific and 814,159,408 for the . Canadian Na.- tional. The extra employment actu- ally furnished amounted to 4,205 by the former and 2,589 by the latter.

As alreadyustated the records are izzcompletel ' A ‘considerable portion of the relief wort. is being carried on In outlying and-unorganized districts but enough details are available to show how earnestly and efficiently thefilovernmentljias grappled with a iistressful problem.

Worth-While Entertainment

Local theatre-goers invariably look forward to the St. Patrick's enter- tainment as one of the treatsofthe year. The performance of “My Irish Cinderella," a noted Broadway dra- matic success, which will be produc-

versary entertainment. The produc- tion is under the experienced direc-

Acts as well as special Irish music by the orchestra. Local talent of a high order has been secured; the play is rich both in comedy and dra- ma and the cause is onewhich dc- serves the widest patronage. We need say no more to our readers than to remind them that it is de- sirable to purchase tickets early- rush seats are at a. perium at worthy entertainments of this kind.

Editorial Notes

"They know their ‘spuds’ in Prince Edward Island," comments the Van- couver Province, citing our record potato shipment for last season.

The Prince of Wales is doing a good deal of travelling in Latin-Am- erica by air, and there is a purpose behind it all. Por weeks consign- ments of airplanes, air engines iid accesso y equipment left Great Bri- tain at intervals for Buenos Afres, where he opened the British Em- pire trade exhibition on Saturday. Before he left lnudon the “nnpirefls best sl‘ caused a telegram to be sent to the British-ambassador in Argentina. askingthat one day, or the greater part of‘ a. day, be set aside during-his stay In finance Airs: for a visit to the Bi Palomar flying field, near that city, to inspect the anti-t new wow r no.

Mosley Given Notice

Sir Oswald Mosley has intimated Fiat he ls no longer in sympathy’ . "m. he policy of the British Labor (Jn-vrnrnent. which he abcuses of

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Benevolent Irish Society, promises to be even better than the usual anni-

tlon of Mr. J. Austin Trainer, and there will be specialties between the

itbotes by the Way

In a booklet published by -the Department of Trade and Commerce nt Ottawa for distribution during the British empire exhibition at Buenos Aires occurs the following paragraph. "Canada originated Mur- quis and other more recent wheais. which have built up the commerce of the West both in Canada and in the United States. A Canadian invented the telephone and the first long dis- tance trials of that instrument were made in Canada. Canada pioneered in the field of electro-chemistry, with the discovery of calcium carbide by a. Canadian. Canada originated the idea of standard time, which has since been adopted by every civilized country in the world-Canada built and demonstrated the first submarine telegraph in the history of the world. Canada originated and demonstrated train telephones making possible telephone communication‘ between a passenger on a moving train and an individual withirrreach of land telephones. Canada operates the largest steam or diesel railway engine in the world. Canada demonstrated the first practical electric railway in the history of the world. Canada originated the idea of electric heat- ing. Canada built the world's first electric stove. A Canadian scientist discovered insulin"

The Toronto Telegram remarks in the course of an editorial: "Many guesses have been made as to what President Hoover said to Premier Bennett and "what Premier Bennett said to P. sldent Hoover on that historic visit to Washington." It is probably safe, however, to hazard another gums that it was not along the same lines as another historic conversation, that between the Governor of North Carolina and the Governor of South Carolina. '

r-usecutor Krylenko has demand- ed death sentence for five of the Menshevik, or Social Democrats, charged with plotting against the Soviet Government: The accused made speeches criticising the pres- ent ordeir in Russia and their fate seems to show that "free speech" is not allowed 1n that country. There they execute the “free speechers" if they go too far, which ls rather more drastic than the method employed 1n less advanced countries of having policeman make arrests perhaps with a prod or two of the baton. In the Union of, Socialist Sovlet Republics the "freedom" is all on one side.

The Kansas City woman who shot her husband because she did not like his style of bridge-playing has been acquitted of the charge of murder. With that precedent in mind, it will not be surprising if husbands begin to show a. marked dislncllnatlon tc- wards playlng bridge with their wives.

_In the secondary schools in 1hr: United States more than a quarter of a million scholars are studying Spanish and the large universities also have faculties o1’ Spanish. The aim of all this of course, is to ex- pand national trade in the South American field. If Canada expects to extend her trade ‘in that direction she also must be prepared to send south representatives who can speak Spanish.

The Manchester Guardian est;- mates the cost of the great war as follows: In the four years of war 11-000,000 people, found death-one for every 13 times the clock ticked. Over 19,000,000 were mutilated-just mough to repopulate Spain if it were suddenly wiped out. With the war coqts-—£l00,000,000,000- accord- ing to the German statistician, it would have been possible to present every family in the United States, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany and Russia with a £500 house standing in a five-acre plot and containing £250 worth of furniture, besides providing for each group of 20,000 families hospital, university, and schools, in- cluding the salaries of teachers. nurses, doctors, professors. Lastly, if those little crosses over the graves of the nations‘ dead were placed side by side they would stretch from Paris through Europe and Asia right to Vladivostok, and the last would be washed by‘ the waves of the Sea of Japan. The burden of sacrifices for wars necessities has, perhaps, never been more graphically stated, butthe calculations" are so elaborate that no one has ventured to check or chal- lenge them.

Paderewakl was quoted u saying: "I ‘ understand the meaning of most of the music that is being written today." Dr. Von Kuuits pro- teats against "this age of staged-up sensations and of contagious‘ hypo- crisy," and shows how so much mo- dem compcsltionfls but a travesty on music because of its lawlessdis- regard of key-iopality, counterpoint. rhythm. melody, and every other ee- eential requirement." The lawless re- sult "is no music at a1!- This is far too ugly, too coarse, too incoherent,

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Many individuals suffer ‘with a pain or weakness in inner side of knee Joint. In most cases they can remember that the pain first oc- curred durlng the playing of some game-football, tennis, golf and so forth, or to slipping on pavement or ice. Other cases cannot be traced to any definite injury and the suffer- ers are apt to call it rheumatism.

Now why does the lnner- side of the knee be the most frequent seat of pain or weakness about the whole knee Joint? , .

Because the big bone of the upper leg slants inwards towards the knee and then the bone from knee to ankle slants outward again, thus the entire weight of the body is thrown on the inner side of knee joint with Just the fibrous ligament to hold this weight. When an injury occurs and this inner ligament gets stretchedor torn, the-fibrous disk in the knee joint (which forms a cushion be- tween the two bones forming the joint) is allowed to slip toward this weak spot 1n inner side of joint and may actually slip out far enough to "lock" the joint. If this occurs often only an operation can render the knee safe and strong again. However for the ordinary pain or feeling of weakness, using strips of one inch adhesive tape about six inches long, from the knee cap in front across the weak Joint, to a point at the back of the knee joint, about four strips overlapping one another slightly, will brace the joint almost as well as his own ligament. This adhesive tape should be chang- ed every four or five days for three or four weeks.

In more severe cases, a plaster cast is applied and allowed to remain for five weeks. This prevents the knee from bending and the torn or stretched ligament gets a chance to heal.‘

Where these measures fall, and the cartilage or disk between the bones continues to slip out, locking the joint, then operation 1s necessary. Just a few years ago this oper- etlon was dreaded. as it gave satis- factory rcsults in only about half the cases. However Dr; M. S. Hen- derson, Rochester, Minn, reports 239 case's of this operation and the re- sultshuve been thoroughly investi- gated; of this number 183 were re- lleved of all trouble; 34 improved and 21 are not improved, thus 91 per cent were cured or markedly improved;

This certainly takes away the fear of operation, that formerly prevent- ed many sufferers from undergoing

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A new vogue in floral offering I5 reported from Poland. The fashion- able flowenls the cactus. But before examining the qualifications of the cactus as the flower of compliment, good luck and festivity, it is necessary -—yet once more, O ye pot-plants, and once more, ye wlndowstands and sldeboards ever dear to the Victorian age-to remove certain misconcep- tions about that age and its favour- ite plant, the aspidistra. The aspidis- tra is a. vcry worthy vegetable; sober, trustworthy, tidy, durable; and more- over, as one of the liliamae, it must be allowed to have a measure (but not more than is decent) of roman- tic and poetical association. But never, at the height of its popularity, never even in the days when it seem~ ed to usurp the place, properly be- longing to the primrose, of the flower nearest to the great heart; of the public. never was the sspldistra either worn on the bridal veil or carried as a boquet at weddings, the laying of foundation-stones, or the launching of ships. When a report from Warsaw, therefore, compares the cactus with the aspldistra, it overlooks a profound differenze. In Poland the cactus performs the do~ mestic duties of the aspidistra; but it also does a great deal more. It 1s sent, as the report implies, from friend to friend, from lover to lady- love, as carnatlons, lillies, roses are sent in England; and a cactus has been borne by a bride at her wedding.

The explanation given of that bridal boquet was that the cactus brings good luck. That is the kind of explanation which makes folk-lorists fume. Orangirblcasoms are lucky at a wedding, says the general public.

The orange-tree, say the folk-lorists (unless by now they have invented some othcrreascn), bears fruit and flowers at the same time; and there- fore this "buly plant," as George Herbert called it, is worn at weddings because it means that the bride will both have a family and k her looks. Cactuses in their tum mus_t produce some reason for theirclaim

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The Public Forum

This column Ia If!" "I “N! dfgcuaalma by ourrelptludenta of questions of Interact.» This Charlottetown Guardian duel, not necessarily undone the opinions of correspondents.

I CALENDAR REFORM Sir-Could ‘you give the readers 0i your paper any information regarding ‘the proposed new Calendar. Last year Mr. Moses B. Coatsworth came to United states and Canada to consult President Hoover and omclals at Ot- tawa. The people did not act very much information regarding the con- sultation. About the most important thing to kllcw is: whether the new calendar would have the duy begin in the morning or at midnight cs we now have it, which is against nat- uri- and common sense. The only way to prove this, would be for Mr. Coatsworth to work it out. Let him begin in the morning (as the day was made.) He will come to the thlid hour, the sixth hour, the 9th hour and the 12th hour. Then he will have ‘i2 hours to sleep. New I do not ad- vocate that Mr. Coatsworth sleep 12 hours because we are told that drew-- einess will clothe a man with rags. Neither do I advocate that he should work 12 hours. According to the par- able those who came to ‘the vineyard at the 11th hour received the same wages as those who worked all day. So Aeevening and the momlng was the first day; or from morning to morning was the first day, which means the same thing. I do not ari- vocate that Mr. Coatsworth should work too hard on the sixth day; be- cause that day was the preparation for something better (the Sabbath) which began at six o'clock on the ev- enlng of the sixth day. From even- ing until evening shall ye celebrate your Sabbath. Levi 23. 32. The first 12 hours of the sabbath (which was made for man) was for real sleep, etc. The remaining 12 hours of the Sabbath Day should be devoted to [the worship of the Maker and the ‘Lord of the Sabbath Day. Now Mr. Coatsworth will have 12 more hours yto complete a full week. Those will be found (after the sabbath is pass- ed before the first dayof the suc- ceeding week) which makes 168 hours for the whole) or 7x24 equals 168 hours. g Mr. Coatsworth reccommends 13 months for a year. I am not struck on the name of his 13th month (Sol) We have too much Sun-day, or sun- day life-worship -now. The seventh day (was) the Sabbath of the Lord. Thy God; in the world that "was" when man was created perfect. ‘The seventh day which still is the Sab-

cant of good in the future. They are (at any rate some of them are) prickly. The bride, then, will defend herself against marital ill-usage, and her husband and home against the ill-disposed outsider. Most forms of the cactus make a very little nourish- ment go a long way because of “the thickness of their skins." Here, 1n material affairsfilles the promise of ,thrlft and amtemiousncss, and of {good management of small means; and, in the deeper region of psycho- logy, the assurance that the bride is going to be equable and placid, not touchy, nervy, and thin-skinned. The cactus, again, 1n most varieties flowers rarely, but with great splen- dour; and some kinds, like the prickly pears, bear delicious fruit. The significance of that is that the husband will not be pampered; but that, when his wife is good to him, she will be very, very good-much better, for instance, than the mod- est violet-wife or the delicate lily- wife would have power to be. The cactus-wife, it is true, might not be to every one's taste. such cactuses as grow wild in Chile, gaunt poles many feet high with a flaming, red flower atop,Do not suggest domestic amenity. But that is to judge by the outside; and there is no suggestion

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