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Iii".-iitLori'i:'rt)w.V. sarunoar. SEPT. :9, i351

Rural Beautification

The keenly contested plowing niatchesl at Dundas this week have been followedl with Province-wide interest. A less dram-I atic form of competition-which does not hit the headlines until it is all over-ist that which has been so ably initiated and! developed by the Rural Beautification So- city. The results of the Society's 1951 competitions appear in today's issue, and, while it is the winners only who are men-! tioncd-individually and by communities-- the others who competed are also to bei warmly commended on their efforts, andi congratulated on their success. They liavei all won something, and have contributed; not only to the improvement of their owni homes, schools, and surroundings but toi the Province as well.

Great credit is due to Johnstonc, president of the Society, which he was chiefly responsible for bringing in-i to existence and to which he has given! such inspired leadership. His own beauti-l fui farm grounds at Long River are among the most attractive in the Domin-, ion, and draw hundreds of admiring visi-l tors annually. ;

As time goes on, rural beautificationf will pay greater and greater dividends. It is something our pioneer forefathers could not undertake because they had more: pressing duties to perform, in hewingl homes out of the wilderness and providing' the bare necessities for themselves and families. Today we are in a more favored position. and have a duty as well as oppor- tunity of making this Garden Province a scenic paradise as well. By doing so our farmers are finding that charm and utility go hand in hand, and that it is profitable as well as pleasing to have onels home surroundings beautiful.

Colonel E. W.

Priitestant orphanage Drive

Once a year the Protestant Orphanage makes a drive for funds in aid of the work being carried on in this essential institu- tion, and invariably the response is prompt and generous. This year the appeal is be- ing made on Monday next, and it is to be hoped, will meet with a still greater mcas; ure of success. Under present conditions the problem of financing is most difficult, and can only be met by wholehearted public support.

It should not be necessary to labour the point that without voluntary support, solicited through voluntary workers who year after year devote their time and ef- forts unstintedly to this humane work, our orphanages would have to be taken over by the government. and run at the cost of additional taxes. The result would be more bureaucracy and-we venture to say-con- siderably less efficiency than has been dem- onstrated in the operation of both our orphanages in this Province for years past.

A Christian democracy that leaves no scope for benevolence and charity is a misnomer. These virtues are essential to the Christian way of life, and they can be exercised in no better manner than in aid- ing the less fortunate children of the com- munity, by providing for their proper care and upbringing. It is a privilege as well as a responsibility to contribute to Mon- day's campaign, while on a strictly cash basis it represents an investment in human lives of incalculable benefit to all concern- ed.

British Health service

The United Kingdom Information Of- fice has made available some figures in con- nection with the National Health Service which is doubtless being warmly debated in the general election campaign now under- way. According to these figures, one would assume that Britain is a nation of people who require a great deal of medicine, spec- tacles, dental service, other medical at- tention and supplies.

For instance, prescriptions dispensed by the pharmaceutical service to'the people of England and Wales alone up to the end of May this year number more than six hun- dred million. An estimated 19,500,000 were supplied with spectacles and more than 23,- 600,000 received dental treatment, with an estimated 7,000,000 dentures supplied.

The report reveals that approximately 41,200,000. or about 95 per cent, of the

. population have joined the lists of about .,'19,m0 general practitioners (88 per cent of the total) in the National Health Serv-than in .1950.

ice. Virtually all the pharmacists working in the service, and 95 per cent of the dentists.

It is obvious that the National Health Service has reached down to give a great many people medical, dental and pharm- aceutical -attention who had either neglect- od these important health branches or were unable to afford them before the national scheme was put into operation. But wheth- er the country will be able, financially, to carry it on indefinitely without consider- able curtailment, or revision to a partial jcontributory basis, is a question time alone ,will answer. In the meantime it is likely ithe whole scheme will be given a thorough public examination during the campaign.

LDIIORIAL N0ll;S

Tomorrow, the 19th Sunday after Trin-

The St. Laurent Government prefers to pay off old debts with its huge accum- ulatcd surplus than relieve the unfortunate taxpayers who have their own burdens to bear.

The special session of the Legislature called for Tuesday, Oct. 23 will see the end of Mayor Earle MacDonald's term of office. Who will succeed him is now the question in municipal circles.

ii. iii. Queen Marys needlepoint carpet scheme realized 9510-1,350.00 foi' Britain. This money has been cabled in dollars to the British Carpet Committee in Great Britain by the Imperial Order of the Daugh- ters of the Empire.

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The expansion of Pictou's steel plants isi matter for congratulation to our neigh- bouring Province and also for satisfaction here. The prosperity of nearby commun-p ities is a most welcome stimulus to our,- Oil'l'l.

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Emile Zola, French novelist, died this date 1902. His work is powerful but some- times repulsive and depicts the seamy side of society, heredity, drink. disease, the people and church. He took a prominent part in the rehabilitation of Captain Drey- ms.

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The largest aircraft carrier in the world

will be joining the British Navy before the

end of this year. It is now being completed at a cost of S42 million, excluding guns H.M.S. Eagle as she will be named, Will carry 100 aircraft and have a crew of 2,570 officers and men. 0 Canada's National Industrial Design Committee, which met this week in Ottawa, is again trying by competitions to stimulate activity in this field and to uncover talent. There is almostno aspect of industry which could not be benefited by the application of the principles of good design.

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Fateful words for a handbill deliverer. Down in Wichita Falls, Tex., Mrs. Ollie Gray, 72, had distributed some religious handbills and was 'walking home when she was struck and killed by a train. On the handbills in big black type were the words: ”How long would you like to live?"

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The number of tourists is increasing but the amount they spend is down accord- ing to a late report. The trend should not be discouraging for if it were a case of few- or of them finding that a Canadian trip involved spending more, then there would be something to worry about.-

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it was ever thus. The Electricity Board of Northern Ireland has spent :65 million bringing power to farmers, on the under- standing they would buy milking machines, electric cream separators, etc. Not a few farmers bought radios and toasters instead, with the result that the board new threat- ens to cut off power

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The parliamentary restaurant (says the Gazettels Ottawa correspondent), normally used by senators and M.P.fs but reserved for NATO's top brass during the session, is checking on its food stocks. Delegates

were heavy eaters. Waitresses reported that some took on two or three main courses at a sitting. "They ate", said one

waitress, "as though it were their last square meal." There was -a big run on eggs by delegates from countries with scarce supply and tight rationing.

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.More nonsense has perhaps been talked (says The Letter Review) about the price of milk than about any other item in the cost of living except rentals of dwellings. The facts are that, at present prices, con- sumption of milk is increasing while pro- duction falls. Clearly, the Canadian people are not being deprived of milk owing to high prices, but, on the contrary, are in grave diingcr of going short because of low prices. Sales of fluid milk iind cream in June were 31;. hlrziier than last year; for the first six months of 1951 2ft: higher

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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-The Lordly Potato

lS)(ill0y Post-Rccordl Inter-Island co-operation is demonstrated in a practical way when Ciipc Brctoners go to Prince Edward Island to help giiriicr the potato harvest. Around 100 men from the Glace Bay area ill'C now being recruit-

cd for this purpose by the Nn- can display proudly not their new- ilontli Eniploymeiit Service. This est. death-dealing machines, but is an annual chore which will their progress in me arc, and

keep potato pickers busy in P. E. I. for the next month. Bless- nizs on them all. llowcver you

like ll--ll0lllC- iricd, l-li'cncli-fried, chipped. in a suliid with sliced row onions or baked in the skin-the potato is :1 lordiy fruit of the earth. What isn't sufficiently appreciated is that the potato boiled or baked in the skin rind served with skin on. tops all other forms of this wholesome dish. Only the fragile need four the skin of the potato which has a tasty flavour and probably food mine as well for those of discriminating palates.

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!Rl:Jl”0li.llEIlS AT SIIBIAIEIESIDE

"A special train lelt Cliz1rlotte- town for Summcrside on Thurs-

the newly organized Summersidc Reform Club. with D. Brinks Mc- Kenzie iii. their head, and the whole cnrtegc, preceded by Cal- braith's Band, marched through the town, which was all ablaze with the lights of the illumin- ntions iind temperance torches. It was one of the most. magnif- ir-cnt sights ever witnessed in the island.

"After niarrliing round for ubout .-in hour. they were led to the Ludlow Hall, where n splen- did rcpiist was spread out walt- lng for them. After all were re- frcshcd, they procecdcd to the up- stuir room. which was soon filled to ovcrflowin;.:. Never in the memory of the oldest inhabitant was witnessed such a tremend- ous crdwd. rind such quiet, order- ly enthusiasm. Without doubt, 'Trmpci':incc Rcform' has taken an effectual hold in Summcrsldc. "Spccclics were delivered by Messrs. A. Sims. A. McDougall. D. Brinks McKenzie. Theo. Chap- pcll. S. D. Fitzgerald, A. P. Mills. W. Bi-cnan. C. Hunt. Mutcii Mc- Kcnzic. J. R. C.-ilhnun. M.P.P., Mr. Simpson. rind the Rev. Neil Mc- Kay. One or two excellent chor- uses were sung. The band at in- tervals played selections. and Messrs. Jackson iind Regan also favored the audience.

"After spending a very plcusant evening with their Summerside brothers. the Charlottetown Re- form Club bld good-bye, and took the train for Town at 11 p.m., and reached home at half-past one-safe. sound, and sober." -The Examiner. Nov. 10. 1877.

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For. brethren. yo lisvo been called unto liberty; only use not libel-ty for on occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one In- otlicr. . . . This I say then. Walk In the spirit, and ya sbsll not fulfill the lust of the flesh. . . . Now the works of the flesh sro manifest. which are these, Adult- ery, fornication, unclosnness. In- clviousness, idolbfry, witchcraft. h s t r e d. variance. crnulstlons. wrstii. strife. scditions. lieresics. cnvylnn. murders. drunkenness. revclllncs. Illfl such like: of the which I fail you before, as I line also told you in time put. that they which do such things shall not inherit the ldngdom of God. not the fruit of tho spirit is love. joy. peace. lmigsuffarlng. gentle- ness, goodness. faith. ' mcchiels. G:-rmveriincc: against such there is no luv; . . . If we live in the

play out on by American fighter aircraft. What a happy day it will be when

sciences, in their measures for the good of biimanlt.y.- Ottawa J0lil'-s rial.

Canada Air Lines, one of our porters spent a week of his vaca- tion on an holiday. He flew clean across Can- ada, in both directions. The whole trip took him seven days. He veiled no fewer miles during the trip which start- ed at Montreal, took him west Vancouver then and finally west to Toronto. He now is in Toronto where he he is ”restlng up" from the whirl. wind tour which kept him on his reportorial toes for about 12 to 14 hours a day for seven days. object of the whole trip was to graphical- ly show how easy it is around in Canada, cut it down to size. By flying. the reporter man. 21 Monclon, Montreal, Toronto, Fort. William, Winnipeg, Calgary

day. zit 3:25. with about two hun- . mg .

drecl of the Charlottetown Reform E1,::f:uVel' Owen sound Sun" Club, to take part in ii grand ' g

demoiistriilion illid torchliglit pro- -

ccssion with their Summersitlc Dr. C. wmet Cunnlnglmh M brethrcn. They were met at the London. has completed his menu- train by about four hundred of menu” work, --msmry of Underg

Middle Ages. but the British did not adopt the idea, Dr. Cunningham, until the eight-

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Rome was "thrilled" by .s dis. Jet

the nations

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With the co-operation of exhaustive, busman'a

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lhan 7,000 air to east to J-ialifax

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to get

ged to stay over in Halifax.

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clothing," at the age of seventy- two. The reason that the Pilgrim Fathers shlvered as they set. sail for America 331 years ago was that they did not wear underwear. Italians and French were it in the

according to

centh century. He thinks the knights in armor may lmvc been the first to wear pants or petti- coats because of wind whistling through chinks in the metal. Am- erica's two great contributions to- ward undergarmcnts, says the au- thor. have been the one-piece HD1011-Suit. and. more recently, the pioneer use of nylon in that de. pai-tment. -New York Herald Tri- bune.

Rural exodus is one of the grav- 05i- Droblems of our times. Notably in France there is it movement of countryside desertion against which it Bppears to be difficult to react. In Canada scarcely an agrl- cultural congress or meeting is held that someone does not begin UV deploring the abandonment of the land by the sons and daugh- ters of farmers. In French Canada in particular the population which was rural in the proportion of 70 out of 100 in 1871, has become ui-. ban in the proportion of so out of 100. according to statistics com- piled from the census of 1941. Mbre

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disquieting verifications still are expected when the results of the census which has just concluded 15 made public. The painful spectacle of abandoned forms should cause an uneasiness. It represents ii one- sided economic evolution which, here as elsewhere, brings about more and more quickly the disln. tegratlon of the whole human structure. - Le Droit, Ottawa.

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The happy an it the height. of Queen Victoria's reign is detailed in a book called the Home Cook Book. Published about 1535. which went beyond recipes and house. hold hints to provide a. guide to Proper manners for every social occasion. it is a. warm reminder of quieter, gentler days when a. list of "economical dinners" recom- mended beef on four days oi the week. They were great. eaters in those days-those who could af- ford it. Breakfast might include beefsteak and creamed potatoes and scrambled eggs. The book took it for granted that its reader

had is large income and 3 great capacity for work. She was "the woman of intellect . . . talented

. . .useful in the church or socie. ty." Her daughter studied music, languages and philosophy and he,- home staffed with maids and 391'- vants, was the scene of gay and gracious dinner parties. Her sit. ting room was always clean '-be. cause she sweeps it with tea leaves and sponges the carpet with ox gall." The ideal housewife could also "set a pane of glass, put on a door knob and hang a gate in the best: style." and yet, on her ap. pointed visiting day. guests always found her busy with some elegant trifle of lace or woolwork, writing letters. or touching a sketch, to be laid aside on the entrance of visi- tors." -Barrie Examiner.

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A GREAT TIMT

Sweet. Chance. that led my step: abroad,

Beyond the town, where wild flow. er: grow-

A rainbow and s cuckoo, Lordl

How rich and great the times are now!

Know. all ye sheep

And cows that keep

on staring that I stand so long

In grass that's wet from heavy

rain-

A rainbow and I cuckoo's song May never come together again! May never come

This side the tomb.

-W. H. Davies.

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Regardless of whether you ap- proach Oxford by bus, by rail. or by the river Isis, you will be re- minded of the line from the poem in the old school book: "The still, grey spires of oxford against the pearl grey sky". And as you drive up the streets you will meet Ox- ford”: merry gentlemen in cap and gown, gentlemen who are re- spected by thc people as well as by the students.

Oxford puts you in an inquisit- ive frame of mind. There, noth- ing is taken for granted. In teach- ing any subject. they explain the theories and views of the various experts, writers and philosophers, and then, after I close and de- tailed discussion. let the student make up his mind.

In Oxford, I met. my friend, Walter Kontak, from Antigonisii, who will complete his studies there next year. We made a tour of some of the colleges. the lib- raries, the museums and the town. It would take weeks to inspect it all carefully. I had dinner in the old. high dining room of Christ. Church College, founded by Car- dinal Wolsey in 1542.

Christ Church is just one col- lege in Oxford. It is full of all those things of stately beauty

which makes Oxford different from any place else in the world

The fireplaces, the lovely wide tables, the high oak-finished walls

are still the same. Over the en-

trance gate to Christ Church Col-

lege, is the tower which contains the old bell known as the "Great:

Tom", which came from Osney

Abbey after the dissolution. This

bell weighs over seven tons and at

9.15 every evening, penis a curfew

of 101 strokes,-the original num-

ber of the students. The great

quadrangle, 260 feet square. is the

most imposing in all Oxford.

In the south east corner is the

exquisite college chapel which is

also the cathedral for the diocese

of Oxford. In addition to Saxon, and Norman work, this chapel has

a. beautiful fan-triicerled roof, and

Burns-Jones windows. In the Lady

Chapel is the bomb and the shrine

of St. Frideswide, the patron of

Oxford, and behind it is the four-

teeenth century Latin Chapel. The

chapel house is entered from the

clolster through a Norman door-

way.

The line Pickwater Quadrangle

entrance is surmounted by statues

of Dr. John Fell, who is remem-

bered especially through the old

rhyme, "I do not love thee Dr.

Fell", and Dean Lydeil. for whose

little daughter Lewis Carroll, then

tutor of Christ's Church, first told

his immortal story of "Alice in

Wonderland". Carroll's rooms are

still there.

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On our visit there. pwaltcr and I

saw a couple of seventeenth cen-

tury playii. acted in all their

splendor and pageantry in the

open air just at. sunset. These are

presented every spring by the

under-graduate students of the

colleges, usually played in the

gardens, under the trees and amid

the fountains of their own college.