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CIIAUTAUQUA

THE series of—le_ctures and enter- tainments by Chautauqua op- ens this afternoon in the Y.M.C.A. hall. This aggregation of artists eq- uals in strength anything that has preceded them in well remembered entertainments by Chautauqua in Charlottetown. As will be seen by the advertisements in another part oi’ this paper, the opening perfor- mance is at 3.15 this afternoon a concert by the Clements Radio Or- chestra. This orchestral company in its personnel comprises some of the leading artists in their line and the entertainments will undoubt- edly be one of the best heard here.

Tonight in addition to the orch- estral performance there will be a humorous lecture by "Cure-the- Blues Leon." This lecture has been given elsewhere and judging by the comments regarding it. it will cure all the blues past and prospective. It is pure humor throughout and every one should hear it.

The remaining numbers in the series are all of very high merit and like former performances of Chautauqua will no doubt be well patronized. The Y.M.C.A., under whose auspices the series is being conducted will have the financial benefit of the entertainments and those patronizing them will have the satisfaction of knowing that they are supporting a worthy local institution.

CANADA ABROAD.

IT is announced that the Cana-

dian Pacific Railway purposes to build next summer a hotel in London and one in Antwerp. These

hotels will be on a palatial scale if

we are to judge by the York Hotel now in course of construction in Toronto, which, completed, promises to be the finest in ‘the British Empire.

This proposition cannot fail to be of immense publicity value to Can-

when

ada provided they properly repre- sent the Dominion in these old world cities. Europe in a general way has regarded Canada as almost entirely devoted to ture and lumber. The dustrial side has never been recognized in the oid land. The proposed hotels if built in Canadian style. equipped with Canadian fur- niture, hangings, ‘mural decorations. carpets, etc.. will represent the in- dustrial side of Canada and this side requires considerable emphasis in the interests of immigration.

In other ways also the hotels should be of great value to Canada. They will form Canadian centres, create an interest in Canadian af- fairs and will let the world know something about this country. To find in those cities hotels owned by one of the largest railway corpora- tions in the world in countries where little is known of Canada, will be a revelation which will con- tinue to grow upon the people of Europe generally.

Whatever the Canadian Pacific Railway does it does on a large and magnificent scale, and we may con- fidently look forward to these Euro- Wflfl edifices being a credit to the Railway and to Canada.

CANADA'S PROSPERITY.

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N times of stress our Liberal friends quote voluminous figures

to show how prosperous we are. That Canada is prosperous no one doubts for a moment. because her Dfwperlty cannot be checked even by governmental mismanagement. The claim is made by Conservatives not that Canada is not prosperous, but that we are not as prosperous‘ l8 we should be, and the Hon. R. B. Bennett has shown this very clear- ly. Pbrthishehanbooncaileaa pessimist and a blue-ruin artist. In In endeavor to offset anything he Ill! My during his coming four u. the West the Liberal pulp-pm In busy anticipating yhpf he g;

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itiiin. l-le will do no such thing. He will tell the people the truth as it is sh n. in (iovernment official statistics. Out of their own mouths he will condemn them, not by Wily of blue ruin cries but by way of correcting an evil the existence of which Liberals cannot but admit. He will show them by statistical figures prepared by the Government that during the last fiscal year our imports exceeded our domesticex- ports by $78,000,000. He will pro- bably also quote from American government statistics to show that of the total emigration into that country for the year ending June 30, 1927. Canada contributed 41 per cent., while for the year ending June 30 last the percentage had grisen to 42. He may also mention ythe fact that during the latter pe- riod 'l3,l54 Canadians sought per- ,manent residence in the IJnited ,States. i These are damning facts which no Liberal shouting about prosper- The fact that we our

iity can cover. ‘cannot give employment to lown people and that they are still leaving us by thousands shows that we are not as prosperous as we ‘ought to be. and mention of that fact is not a blue-ruin cry. V, The |blue-ruin end of the argument 'would be if the present fiscal policy Icontinues much longer. There must ,be a change in the fiscal policy and ‘also in our emigration. Otherwise iblue ruin may have a deeper mean- »ing than it now has.

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l RUM-RUNNING SCANDAL.

HE Toronto Globe, the leading

I Liberal newspaper in Canada, is ,still thundering at the door of the Mackenzie King Government and .demanding "a clean-up of the 'whole nauseous condition" -- the rum running and smuggling busi- ,11es:; at the border. f "We cannot continue," says the iGlobc, "to shelter and 'aid great gangs of rogues and thugs without ‘contaminating our own life. We ;cannot import Chicago gangsters: iand gunmen without also accepting ‘their kidnappings. gang-fights and murders."

While admitting that l-lon. Mr. ‘Euler had effected some valuable changes in the Customs Depart- ment, The Globe still holds him responsible as a member of the “l-Ie is forced to watch his Department act as the aider and abettor of international criminals for lack of an amendment to the Customs Act. It is Mr. Eul- er's misfortune rather than his fault that the King Government, of which he is a member, is itself re- sponsible for the failure to intro- duce such an amendment at the last session."

The Globe insists that the King Government should stand behind a law to end the rum-running dis- grace. It points out that the Prime Minister is himself morally bound to such a course "On the eve of the last election, Mr. King person- ally pledged himself in a full-page advertisement in The Globe: ‘To continue relentlessly the investiga- tion of the Customs Service, andte carry out without fear or favor the necessary reform.’ The Commis- sion appointed under that pledge was forced to spend three-quarters of its time investigating the illicit liquor industry. Chief of its recom- mendations for dealing with liquor cargoes bound for the United States. The Government cannot ignore the Prime Minister's pledge. It cannot forever extend shelter to bandits and bootleggers without perpetuat. ing a debauching ‘ iluence in the life of the Dominion."

-——-—-oo->__ EDITORIAL NOTES.

Government:

Carriages and all wheel vehicles, including bicycles are still being driven without lights, adding very greatly tzq the road dangers. These, with the full glare lights so com-

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Till-I birthrate in England and

Wales shows a slight rate of in- crease over that of last year and what is equally important is the

infancy. So far these facts are satisfactory from the humanitarian point of view. But the London Btar declines to be elated owing to the lack of employment for many of the adult population. who are said now to number 1,300,000. Other facts bearing on the subject are mentioned by the London ally Telegraph and other newspapers. Last year the marriage rate showed an increase, which in the elapsed period of the present year has de- clinccl. Also the proportion 0f ille- gitimate births to those born in wedlock shows an unfavorable in- crease.

England and Wales have a large redundant population as the em- ployment situation now stands. That is a main cause of the vigor- ous efforts of the British Govern- ment. to settle its surplus popula- tion overseas, preferably under the Flag of the Empire. The Canadian Government has so far not respond- ed to the Home Government's plans and desires in any effective manner, and so many immigrant settlers of alien birth in proportion to the British-born that loud pro- tests have been made in Canada. It has also given rise to a feeling of opposition in England to Canada as a place for home-seekers. Our Dominion appears to be the only one in the Empire which is harshly criticised in that regard by any sec- tion of the British press.

A general election in Ontario fol- lowing the next session of the Leg- islature was foreshadowed in a des- patch from Toronto to The Guar- dian of Monday last. lt is said t1 be the usual Conservative practice there to call an election one year in advance of the expiry of the leg- islative term. Be that as it may, the principles and policy of thc Ferguson Government are now well known and established and its re- cord so far has undoubtedly met with the approbation of a majority of the Ontario people. All the by- eiections held since the Ferguson Government was formed confirm its claim to popularity.

Preparations are already made for extending the clearing of main highways in Ontario and Quebct for motor cur traffic during the coming winter. Hitherto the high- way from New York to Montreal has thus been kept open from tht American metropolis to the Cana- dian border, but no further. Next winter it is intended to do the same on the Canadian side and give tht cars a chance to run from one big city to the other. The work is done by tractors and snowplows. Last winter some 800 miles of highway in Ontario were kept open to auto- mobiles all winter. In the coming winter the intention is to provide for car traffic all winter on 120C miles of principal roads and for c considerable part of the winter on less important roads.

The estimated cost is $80 per mile, but very much depends upon the severity or mildness of the winter and the amount of the snow-fall which varies from year to ‘year Only a rich province with a full treasury could afford to spend a million dollars a year for this pur- pose, but the advantage of having open highways for all kinds of ve- hicular traffic all the year round is very great. It facilitates trade and social intercourse, gives better and more prompt mail service in coun- try districts and is useful in many ways.

Much more might be done in our own province than has hitherto been attempted to keep our roads in better order in winter by the use of tractors and snowplows. It is true that provincial revenue is not very plentiful, but it would be sound economy to have our highways cleared more promptly after big snow-storms, and made passable for our ordinary winter driving and hauling on runners. The common practice of breaking fences and driving promlscuously over the fields should be abolished. To that end preparation should be made by the Government in good time. be- fore the winter sets in.

It lo now evident that. the people residing south of the river must wait for a year or two longer before the railway from Charlottetown to Murray Harbor shall be standardiz- ed. The worst of it is that they don't know how long they may havc to wait and are saying to them- selves, "It may be for years and it may be forever]? Young boys have grown to manhood and young men to middle life since we got. the Car Ferry, but the‘.n_ w gauge still

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%u lame: W. Bayou. MD WHAT CAUSES THE COMMON COLD? ,

There is no question but that what is known as the common cold, and the light form» of infiuenza. are more prevalent during the cold wea- ther.

What is known as the summer cold is frequently a catarrhal condi- tion or‘ nose and throat due to some irritating substances somewhat simi- lar to those which cause summer hay fever.

It is not hard to trace the com-

mon cold as something that follows errors of diet, and quite naturally many physicians blame these colds on overindulgence in rich foods. Physicians in charge of the health of industrial workers will tell you that there are more of these “colds" on Mondays, or days following holi- days, than at other times. Now as these industrial workers, and other people also, make errors in the amount of, and kind of food they eat, just as often in the warm weather as they do in the cold wea- ther, why are the colds so frequent during the cold weather.

This would certainly tend to prove that the cooler weather is really a factor in causing more colds in the _cool weather.

. Dr. J. J. Van Loghem tells us that these common colds, bronchitis. and light cases of influenza, are caused ill ‘the first place, by disturbances of the heat regulation of the body, in consequence of which the body be- comes less able to resist attacks of ‘tiny organisms which seem to give the body no trouble Just as long as the heat of the body is maintained.

You will remember that with these attacks of “cold" or influenza there is often a chill or a chilly Zeeling before the attack.

l-lis thought then is that if we are to prevent colds the body should be kept at an even, vrarrn. temperature. That. if you pile on too much cloth- ing. perspire freely, and get a cold wind striking you, that if you have been eating too much or are con- atipatcd, the helpful organisms in: your body cannot withstand the! harmful ones and the cold, bronchi-l J5. or influenza, gets a chance to‘ give you trouble.

The thought then is that we should keep the home and the body at the pirbolper temperature as far as pos-, Z 8, v

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Daily Lessons ‘ III English |

By W. L. Gordon .

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WORD OFTEN MISUSED: “Bac- crium" is singular, "bacteria-Y 1S. olural.

_ OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: mal- cc. Pronounce the i as in "kiss," not vnal-us. \

OFTEN MISSPELLED: detour (a woid we see too frequently, but‘ often IIIISSPCUJ)

SYNONYMSI impel. induce. .iuencc, instigate, actuate.

‘h 0RD STUDY: "Use p word K. ree times and it is yours." Let us, Vncrease our vocabulary by muster-J mg done word each day, Today's wim‘ r fulpABl-Yg Dlainly; ob- glgégl§f~ It W115 Dfllfmbly common-

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Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee

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Q. What is the proper number of Pages a social note should occupy‘?

A. Not more than one page.

Q. If a hostess introduces two persons who are on unfriendly terms, what should they do?

A. They should nod politely.

Q. Are strictly formal dances with elaborate suppers fashionable?

5- N0. they are passe.

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FALSE IDEAL8—W0e unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Which Justify the wicked for reward, and take away the right- eousness of the righteous from himl -Isa. 5:22 and 23.

PRAYER-lord. keep us from presumptuous sins,1et them not have dominion over any one of us.

PULL 0R. PUSH , _We cannot stay still in this world If we wish to get along, But must silent as a statue be Or break out into song. We must pull or push. one of the

two,

Not stand up like a lath, For if we do. we'll get run down and swept from of! the path.

And keep ourselves in motion‘, Till we reach the goal we're striving i

for, .

rheprotnised land of Goshen.

This world's no place for idle folks That bring no grist to mill,

We'd betfer kill ourselves with work Than be, fpr ever still.

Those who are strong can pull the‘

beat; "~ But all can help in push; Keep going is what we have to do. Not hide behind a . No man that’: made himself a name l-laa ever idle been.

News and Talk

(By R. J. Deachman in Ottawa. Citizen)

Every little while a controversy breaks out 1n our papers on the subject "What is News." The dis- cussion arises when the irate sub- scriber announces that his morning mental breakfast food contains nothing but disaster by land and sea. murders, robberies and speech- es by Jas. Woodsworth, M. P.,o.-1 the trials of coal miners attempt.- ing to make a fortune by pitching sheaves at $5 per! The subscribe intimates to the Editor, in manner most chaste. that his desires centre on higher things. Give him a. lect- ure by Sir Oliver Lodge on "A Soul in Flight on the Adventure of Eter- nity." Let him have the story of the work of the League of Nations in suppresing the opium traffic. Away with Gloria Swanson and D0- lores del Rio. He will rush to the deck of the Il-e de France to greet a returning Kellogg or a MacKenzie King—a movie queen is of no in- terest to him. Pulchritude of .mincl and not of body is now and always has been the apple of his eye.

THE WEEDS ARE INTERESTING.

To all such the Editor replies that news is something out of the ordinary. If Jones is true to his wife that is normal and natural. Didn't he promise to love, honor cherish and obey? But let Mr. Jones feel the impulse of the cave- man. let him feel too good to be true to her. then you have a devia- tion from normality-a news item —a happiness worthy of record. The good shepherd goes after the lost sheep-even so the good

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[ling Leaves

SPECIALLY WRITTEN roa THE GUARDIAN

Crimson and tawny and sere. the leaves once more cast down their mantle upon the bosom that bore them, and the domlnions of the bough paid back their due to the kingdoms of the root. In withered clouds and companies the flvins legions hurried through air and over earth. The rustle and whis- per of them was as the murmur of little ghosts; and the heart of man. according to its mood, read sorrow into the sound. or the seemly music of obedient multitudes hastening to pay a debt. The flights of the leaves were scattered in constella- tion above the forest and blown breast-high along the channels of the lanes; they were caught by the rivers, and their ruby and amber argosies danced in masses to’ brighten foaming waterfall and silent pool; they were drifted against the trunks of ancient trees and banked along the hedgerows; they filled the rabbit-holes and made nightly work for the concys. Like children to mother earth they returned and nestled in the lap of her who had known the end from the beginning; who had waited through bourgeoning and bud- break for the fall of the leaf; who had ordained the destiny of every glade and dingle and laughing can- opy of green. The leaves were pay- ing for the pageant of the year. heaping their sweetness upon the earth and returning the precious things garnered at tree-top to the hidden workshop that lifted and

Editor "goes after" the erring sheph- erd. A farmer watches unmoved the primrose oi’ the river's brink. It IS to him a pr1mrose—nothing more, But let primroses becom as bad as‘ sowthistle, wild oats or ouch grass and they are in the news so far a". he is concerned. He fights weeds.| for a weed is a plant out of place.‘ He repeats to himself the words of I Wordsworth:

“To me the meanest flower That blows. can give Thoughts that do often lie Too deep for tears."

Parentihetically he adds — “or? curses!" l

Now the Editor has up his sleeve a weapon he has never used. It would be extremely funny if he. turned the table on the man in the street by making inquiries as

r") What i119 gentlemen talks about/ed the whole forest and written a |Il1 other Words. if We were t0 take new thing there, whose name was

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the sum total of human conversa-I tions in the Dominion of Canada-

g,‘ h-‘nmmflt’? Pu"? "$11011 $31K." ihflfi is‘ Now in wisps and canopies they ' ' ' ' ' "””“”“$iEditors' talking news. clerks puff-ilcapt or fell, ruddy and pale. They

ing their wares and other purely,

iprofesslonal discuss/ions and an-fwho passed me on the street a few

alyse the balance of human con-. versaiion among Canadian “grownJ tlpst" what would be the main. subject under discussion?