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Notes -by the Way

Tun m» vumnt Manny ~ 1* rqglrd his office of Min-

IluddsIO-I’. Glad- l. Sol-IO. ‘ laundry-Ishm- ca. Illegal lungs-I. l. Quanta.

Yloo-honldnnl-I. I. was“. D. A. Ifinllbl. D. I. 0. Associate lifter-D. I. Ouch

15m- Plgnlpotflllulf] for Canada at Washington as important to the Dominion is quite in the uapected order of things and all patriotic Canadians will no doubt be dis-

SATURDAY, J A

NUARY 29, 1927

posed to wait patiently for thc de- velopment of his diplomatic acti- vities. and in due time when his

mun. onoza eusmsss.

HE informatma-Te-cture by Judge

Stewart on "TheiPeril of the Mail Order Business, and bow bog; to deal with it," in the Caledouisn Club Rooms and reported in yegtgr. day's Guardian, elicited a prolong- ed and interesting discussion by merchants and others. The two sides of the question were freely discussed and - many suggestions were made while some mild critic- ism of business methods was in- dulged in. The airing given to the whole question of dealing abroad and the service at home should have a-wholesome effect on busi- ness generally.

Before beginning his address.

haps not an unmixed evil. as they uindoubtodiy may exert a correc- tive influence ou trade. but mer- chants here and elsewhere. mer- chants doing business right under the shadow oi the largest oi them. have successfully competed with them and made money.

The merchant. like man who succeeds, is “the captain of his soul" and oi his business. it isfor him to so order his business that the gates oi the mail order; business shall not prevail against) it. Quality, honesty, courteous ser- vice and publicity have succeeded elsewhere in the face of the keen- est competition. The merchants and the buying pu/biic must culvi-

any other

Judge Stewart read a letter recelv-i ed from an anonymous correspond-i ent after he had completed the pre-i paration of his lecture. The writer complained that the service given‘ theI

by employees in many oi

stores was not as satisfactory or, as courteous as it ought to be. cs-i peclally to the poor, and this, the’ writer declared, was a large factorl

in inducing people to deal abroad

vate a closer acquaintance and a fuller faith in each other, realizing that each needs the otherand that neither can succeed without the other.

The mail order house is not the cheapest in which to buy; the home store is, and. if it is not, the fault is with the store and must be cor-

irecled. All things being equal the

great majority" of our people prefer

gto buy at home. It is quite possible Tthat occasions may arise when a commodity may be more conveni- ently purchased by mail than other-

rather than at home. This letter opened the way fora d‘ ussion on the general service

given in stores both in city and country. Some mild criticism was

indulged in but the general opinion expressed was that the speakers had not experi-

enced any of the discourtesy or in- attention “referred to. Neverthe- less some admissions were made that, particularly closing time, some clerks exhibited more

near

impatience than was conducive toi

good service.

Judge Stewart had stated in his lecture that the mail order peril was increasing and that. if not checked. it would injuriously affect the general business of the pro- vince. As a remedy he suggested a tax on the mail order business. and claimed that it was within the power of the federal parliament to impose such a tax. This tax. he in- timated. should then be rebated to

the different provinces in propor-

tion to the mail order business done in them respectively.

This suggestion was concurred in by some oi the spellwl‘! 111111 °b' Jected to by others. 111B 1111161‘ 111" guing that if we, as a province. on- joygd the privilege of collecting a tax from other provinces. they in turn would claim the privilege of collecting a tax on the potatoes and other products which we shipped to them.

in the last analysis the whole question of trade centres around the inherent right of humanity to "buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market." The 11118811011 111811 ls, what is the cheapest and what ls the dearest market’! 1i we can save a_ few dollars. and it is not de- nlod that we can. by buying 0111' requirements from the mail order houses, why not bu)’ 111 11111111319111 quantity to put our retail stores out oi business? What would this mean for Prince Edward island? There are several thousand men and women who are dependent up- on the storos, retail and wholesale ——for the latter would have to B0.

too-for the support of themselves‘

and families. if we put our stores out of business these thousands would be obliged to Join the "de- plorable exodus"! Would this vcv? . _

Clearly, if carried to its logical conclusion the outside mull order‘ house is not the cheapest market to buy in. We might directly save a few dollars on our pllrflhll" 11111 loco indirectly not only many I110"

wise. The man or woman who is loyal to their own will take advan- tage oi it when it cannot be helped. Let us be loyal to our own. let] the merchants be loyal to and pai- ronize the industries in their own city and country; let the people be loyal to their own merchants and their own institutions and the mail order house will be nomenacc to our prosperity.

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ANOTHER "SOLE SURVIVOR."

work begins to show wilt appre- ciate it according to its worth. in his recent address before the Cana- dian Club at Toronto he made no claim to having accomplished great results as yet. -nor did he indicate any particular line" of work for the

now in hand or to which he intends to devote-his energies.

a That much of the duties of the British Embassy at Washington has to do with Canadian affairs. as he told his hearers, had long been well known to them. He gave full credit to successive British Am-

tribute. thus frankly paid was no doubt justly due to the British diplomats and their worth. But if their work was so well and skil- fully periormcd. one naturally in- quires wherein existed the neces slly to transfer it from trained and skllf-ul hands to another who was untrained in the arts oi diplomacy?

We mustnhowever. accept Mr. Massey as a diplomat, at his own estimation in aspiring to his pre- sent office, and at the govern- ment's valuation in appointing him. IAnd there is hope that experience in office will impart to him valu-

He has already iYflllCe. clusiou that "we must look to dis- plomacy not only to solve problems but to prevent them from arising."

Canada has many and difficult problems already —- problems of debt. finance, and over-raiiroaded country with the people clamoring ior new mileage. problems of freight rates, of equal rights bo- tween rprovinces-—-these are ‘but a few oi many internal troubles that nrc awaiting a solution. _And there are other problems that are inter- imperial and international. Shall Canada take part in British wars What provision shall Canada make

survivor" of the Charge of the Light Brigade in the person of Ser- geant Major llughes, who. accord- ing to official documents. appears to hold the coveted distinction. He has recently celebrated his ninety- sixth birthday. and bids fair to be the "sole survivor" of this immortal adventure, until the next turns up in some unexpected place.

lt is a curious fact that history abounds with the names oi “sole survivors”. of historic battles.asad commentary perhaps on the re- tirement into obscurity of men who participated in some of the most glorious events in the history oi the world. Their honorable vice. once acclaimed in the press of the world. modelled and titled by their sovereign and _banquctte-l by their grateful fellow countrymen -—these all over, the gallant soldier, his pay over. returns to earth to look for work. Sometimes he finds it; sometimes he starves. Some one accidentally remembers that he had taken part in a historic battle and a glorlouii victory. The mun is at once designated as a "sole survivor" of the great adventure, although, later, it usually trans- pires that there were others equal- ly unknown and equally obscure. This undoubtedly accounts for the considerable number of "sole sur- vivors" of the Charge of the Light Brigade," and of notable battles, the dates of which permitted of the possibility. it was only the other day that, in a neighboring province, a sur- vivor of the Great War, not by any means the "sole survivor." with the proud distinction oi M. M.. and the D. S. 0.. and the record of an honorable service, perished ofcold and hunger while looking for work! "When shall their glory fsdef" asks the poet. The glory of tbs collective achievement shall never

Sill‘-

THE London, England, obflervefhfOf her ‘own defence? 1How shall has discovered another "Bolelwater-stealing by our neighbors

from the Lakes be prevented? And how shall the enormous smuggling trallflc across the border. both ways. be dealt with?

For all these and many other problems, past. present and future internal and external, domestic or foreign. Mr. Massey has prescrib- ed one soverelgn remedy in diplom- acy. ‘it is to be the principal ‘func- tion of our entire governmental system, centered at Washington and Ottawa with iii-r. ‘Massey as its prophet. >li so, we must say great is diplomacy. And may the fond- est hopes of Canada's only disting- uished diplomat for liie success of his panacea be fully and speedily realized.

Cold waves in winter usually come to us in this eastern section from the ‘far ‘Northwest. ‘in the average Canadian winter they come in sucession at varying intervals. and are usually most seivere dur- ing January and the first half of February. it is almost invariably true that as the cold wave passes toward the east the intensity dini- lnishes and the vary low temper- atures of the Far West is not ifully realized in the Maritime Provinces. ‘it is from no fault o‘f tho people of the lPrairio Provinces that unwel- come temperaoures come to us from lthelr homeland. They do notvwiiiully ship their cold waves and dips to us. '

One of several important matters brought to the notice of our feder- al representatives iby the Council oi the Board oi Trade was that of the drastic curtailment of thevall- way workshop in this cit-y. The case was forcefully presented as a pitiful deprivation to the city. the Province and the Railway itself. Charlottetown must lose heavily in employtmentand wages and The railway must suflfer from deisy in urgent repair work which ought to be done on the spot but must here- after be sent to Moncton. ‘These losses and delays are decreed for us by the management over whose- decisions even the chosen repre- sentatives oi the people have little

4°11."- bi" 7' "m" 5'19 1° "M fade, but alas! that of the individu- oui Ions sud M11851!" 015917119" nl in many cases fades lamontably

for a living. l only to flash up in a flickering We have hither of the mail ill- ilame when it is learned that he is

i I , .- goo lenses. flavors an evil; per the only known “solo survivor." -. . _ - .. ..

. rkqe. w.

influence. vAud what has been de- creed is carried into effect as re- lentlessly as if an enemy had done it.

bend“ or Quads wmch he haskiliforent to those of the majority

_ You may remember how mental have its oil, "‘“"““'°' “h” h“ i“ 1°“ 18”“ cases were treated in former days. idle delisht to tempt one every- past and down to the present at-wphe pane,“ was removed “om m; where. tended to Canadian aiifalrs with home. placed in an institution, and A liie upon the i-‘ross- To 11111111 conscientious carefulness. This “Q1119 8 091141111 911109111559 P911911‘ amend‘

alble lessons from which the Dom- lnion may reap benefits hereafter. made some ad- llle has reached the con-

That British interests in- Ofiina

I

con THE sonar noon

A SERIES 0F LITERARY QUOTATIONS FOR IOOK LQERI

Eliot

inlay of .

your:

‘B; [elm W. Bordon. MD.

0

Saturday, Jan. 29th 8ONNETB ON L'IFE.—

Those myriad days. these many thousand hours.

A man's long life. so choked with dusty thiflifl.

How little perfect poise with per- fect powers,

Joy at the heart and Beauty at the springs!

One hour, or two. or three, in long years scattered. .

Sparks of a smithy that have dired

of your fellows you are thought to a thatch. -

be “queer" or peculiar," or perhaps Are all that life has given am! all

a genius. that mattered.

Or the way you meet a difficulty The rest. all heaving at a move-

or problem in life is now considered! less latch.

as reflecting your mental health. For these. s0 1111111)’ V6111‘! 01 "#111998

The mental or nervous "break- ‘ toil,

down" is often due to a wrong train DQ811811‘. endeavor. 81-111 888111 419B-

of thought. rather than to over-

work, mental or iphysical.

M ENTAL HEALTH

Did you ever think that there are varying degrees oi mental health just as there are varying degrees oi physical health? ‘first. there are “few "of us who are not touched“ in some degree however great or small." -

in fact if you have ideas that are

pair. Sweat, that the base machine may

cred. nevertheless being sent to the T171199 1111-1111115 1119111911“ that the asylum simply meant that the in- 111111111111"! 91111112

dl id lh d“ ' final“;- aallitigoiliifirizhht ln- the Therm o“ the daflm-ned deambed- dies the ‘brain

f iii d’ i8] if d i’ bit‘; owérzuilsaem? bar; Drfnvilg, That flared three’ several times in of Montreal says "such methods of seventy- years"

Nor speak. nor sing. it neither? sees nor hears.

And muililled mourners put it in the ground .

And then] go home,and in the earth

ies

back with a broom. the inroads oi the sea."

And what is the treatment now? To use Dr. Viner‘s expression it is simply cleansing the patients Ei‘;3..’.l3.‘.“.“.’?§.lii1il;‘.J‘€‘L‘i"$.i‘.li;T” *1:;';;,;1;,,;{='°" l8 011 the patient’! mind." ‘ The million cans that made a good And it is not just what is on hi!!! ma“ W185

°°115°1°1111 m111<1 11151 needs 1° be Yet ior a few short years an infill- spllled out. else a priest might be} Gum Bu"

01' B16111- 116111- 11111 1116" 1B 111 admflA sense or wraith or essence ol- tion a huge tangled skein to his him dead‘

unconscious mimi- that the physir-ywhich makes lnsensate things its ian can help him to untangle. ministers

By careful handling the "twists To those beloved. his spirits daily and "kinks" in the patients mental broad;

lifetime are straightened out. and Then that, too, fades; in book or he is at last brought to realize the deed a spark

cause of his symptoms and theyglaingers. then that, too. fades; then melt away. . 1 all is dark.

This method of treating these,’

the difference between extracting Dear.

an abcessed tooth. and painting Are bright in heaven the gum with iodine to dull the throush the sky. pain."

in these days of speed and hurry. when mental cases are increasing,

marching

his year.

sands are being saved 'l‘ron1 lnstitu-| tional treatment by this method of removing the tangles in the mind.

z OO-OOOQ-O-O-O

DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH

By W. L. Gordon

WORDS OFTEN MlS-USED: Don't say "The boys ran every ' '- ,"- - “in -|l (lilect ons." . “)<l)li*"1rg§yii1i¥noxou~ivcian¢ nst- Fm“ .f§f,ds§','l“;§“f;;‘_k"‘g '1'” a lonal. Pronounce first a as in “at." New ma’ new mm 1101 11B 111 "am" with, new wings.

OFTEN MYSSPEIJLED: bazaar.

.S.l'N\ONl'.\iiS: pretend- Pfeflllnle-it may be so with us, that in the assume. affect. feign. postulate. dark,

WORD -S'I‘U~DY: “Use a word when we have done with Time and three times and it is yours." Let us, wan“,- space’ increase our vocabulary by mastei-‘Some meeting of the blind may ing one word each dsy- TWBYB. strike s. spark. word: lMP-OSTURIJ; deception by And to Death's empty mansion means of false pretenses. “The im-' give a grace. ’ posture has hem discovered." 11 may ‘be. that the loosened soul

may find are moat seriously lmperliled Some new delight of living without is apparent by the calbles b

from London which tell that the v complete eventual surrender of alLPeace like a. sky where starlike

sees The sun, that irunned,

than -it was. Less noble still, until -by dim de-

grees. No spark of him is his glass. Then blind and dark in heaven the sun proceeds. Vast. dead and hideous. knocking on his moons. Till crashing on his like creation

speckllke in}

breeds. Striking such life u constellation ewoons.

ill s. Bodiiess Joy of flesh untrammelled mind

English concessions in that coun- Bplrlt swim!- "y is to be proposed to the vlcwr, Ilt msyfbe. that the million cells o sense.

ious armies of tho south that are now threatening the great com- imerclal port of Shanghai. Rein- forcements are being sent from lndia, the nearest station to the seat of danger at which military forces are available to reach there sooner than they could be trans- ported ifrom England.

Leased from their seventy years‘ adhesion, pass

Each to some joy of changed ex-

. pe ience,

Weight in the earth or glory in the

871159; it may be‘ that we cease; we can

not tell Even if we cease life is a miracle. -.Iohn Mansfield

PRAY1ER:—~O ilonl. Thou givest grace to, the humble nnddiftcst up all that bow down.

The trouble from dogs, supposed to bo rabies. which ‘has come to Charlottetown for the first timo this winter is more widespread about the world than ever beifore.

TWO JOBS

“So you've finished with school. my

LLAA

Daily Selections ron Guardian Readers

“One calls for sight hours’ work

Ill-IE HEIGHT 0F FDLLY:— each day

Shall he that oontendeth with the And weary will you be,

Almlshly instruct him‘! "He that re- But it will give you some time for prove!!! 00d. let him answer it. Job- play.

vwvw

Eager, and clean and true, But here is a thought to dwell upon.‘ There are Just. two Jobs for you. ‘ Andi now you must make up your mind which one Of them you will choose to do.

40:2. _ , h Your sweetheart you may see, , And many an evening‘ you may stay PlliA'YliiRz— With your mother and mo.

v "And when that day of iqbor ends And homswnrd you have turned. g You may wall: the street with your laughing friends ‘ ‘; By no one scorned or sprurued. JOB woastnrm-rrnm Job sn-‘And be proud mt you are a man swered the Lord. and said, l iknowl ‘m. a that thou oanst do everything. andYOuIy what he nu earned. that no thought can be wltliboidsn mm ‘thee. Job 42:1,).

‘ll-lere. Lord, I give myself to Thee; "filo all that l can do.”

1927

January N,

'.'Now on olhcrjob pays no such ,- '. .. w" ._.-,.m 7" ‘; , .1.1.§ -.

\

y.

TBaturdhy afternoon list the first- . skating party under this regime

treatment was like trying to brushl lt-canuot lift the silly hand again.

Hlpliflllillfi-Qi ‘ The Week ‘---\ l I There was nothing lacking in the warmth oi welcome by "Canada's Governor-genera] Viscount Willing- don and his charming wife. 0n!’

was held, and there was an attend- ance of over 1:200 guests. Their liixceliencies received their guests in the Rink lllouse. members of the staff making the presentations“ _Outside on the large rink "many. availed themselves of the oppor-

tunity of an hour or two at skst-. ‘ing, the weather being ideal. This’ was the first time the Government. House ballroom was thrown open. for dancing on the occasion of a: skating party. Altogether it was .a uniquely pleasant gathering, fav-

ored with informaiity. Doubtful it

is if ever before such articles or‘ apparel as brogues and breaks on

the men, or spots and sweaters: were ever seen worn by members of the Nair sex at a dance in this historic ballroom. But such were in evidence, though not general on Saturday. Many who skated first.‘ went later’ into the house for aY dance. Her Excellency was much admired in a gown oi printed crepe the predominating tones of which were yellow and green. A felt hat

PROVINCIAL

x

ornamented vwitli a green‘ brush feather. was worn. When re-i

Qgirymg in the ma]. iroum Ladyl— i

Wlllinstiom also wore a. s-martiy modelled coat of taupe chiffon vel-i vet trimmed with brown moleskin.‘ O O O Miss "Helen Hobkirk entertained: very delightfully on Wednesday ai- ternoon at eight tables of Bridge