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Defence Money Goes

The Defence Department White Paper announces that Canada will spend $8 mil- lion during the coming year on the de- velopment of a new jet fighter and of air- to-air guided missiles with which to arm it. The _]t‘l plane prograin is expected to take some six _\cars to complete.

Tins, says the Montreal Gazette, gives the Complexity of modern armaments, the time and the money it takes to develop them. In this case, the first model of the projected (‘E-103 will cost approximately $30 million and seven or more years to perfect. \\'hat accounts for such large cxpcndilurcs of time, work and money'.’ The jet ago is entirely new. Though an amount of knowledge has been accumulat- ing, the development of jet-p0\vc;'cd aircraft is going through revolutionary changes every year as the jet power plants become

"‘ I more and more powerful. The immense speeds attainable today have radically changed basic design principles. Enough has been learned about the “sound bar-

ri.er". for instance, for several (‘ountrics to make aircraft which can fly through it and beyond it safely.

The next problem has been called thc "thermal barricr”, the point. at which the friction of air against aircraft surface: raises their temperature to heights which seriously affect the qualities of the metal “skins". l\'c\v alloys are being perfected which retain their characteristic.-a at high temperature.

, Besides all this, Canadian air defence in- _i _ l. volves special requirements not met with in ‘‘ most other countries. Operating in the great distances of the Canadian North, where few comnumities exist, our defence aircraft must be almost self-contained units. They must, be capable of great distances, be unaffected b_v Arctic temperatures and carry the completest of communications equipment. That is why Canada develop- ed her own first long-range interceptor, the (‘F-I00, because no other country had de- signed a craft which satisfied Canadian

needs. The cost is casicl‘ to understand. When a country is going to build at least several hundred aircraft worth a half-million or more apiece, the $30 million it might talk‘ I to develop the design is a wise investment.

The Great Pyramid

\\'lin -«hall dmiht "tho urcrel hid l'ndcr <‘hcops' pyramid" was that the contractor did Chnnps ntlf of st-vcrnl millions‘!

- Rudyard Kipling

'l‘hc atlcntion of the world is focused again on the Great Pyrhmid of Cheops a‘ Giza. Egypt. because of the remarkable dis- covery of funeral ships in a passage-\\'ay blockcrl by massive stones. The disC0\'el‘_\' ll‘l\‘allflalf‘.< the poet's cynical conclusion in the lines above quoted, accentuating what Sir Thomas Browne called the mystery of “thosc huge structures and pyramidal im- mcnsitics, of the builders whereof so little is known, who seemed not so much to raise scpulchres or temples to death as to condemn and disdain it, astonishing hea- ven with their audacilics." How the Great Pyramid was erected is the subject of an in- fcresting article in the l\'ew York Times. Built 5,000 years ago -on a square base of which the sides differ in length by no more than an inch or so, the structurr towers abovc its base platform 45-11 feet 10 inches, the average side being 775 feet 9 inches. The core masonry is laid in level courses of limestone blocks, the whole ,c_ascd in fine while limestone from ancien'. quarries near what is now Turrah on the Ix-r east side of the Nile, twelve miles away. Engineers who have studied the Great '—~'Pyramid have marvellcd at the way the I. big blocks were fitted together. It has been established that bedding and side faces of blocks were smeared with a film of plastcr. which served as a lubricant, so that a block could be pushed into place The final fit was made with the aid of a long copper saw. about a quarter of an inch thick. After the blade was worked between two stones to finish the faces, a stone was ..; plished against its neighbor. The result ':—Was a remarkably close’ fit. The blocks '7 came from the quarries in the rough state, .7. with the name. date and gang name of § quarriers painted in red on one side. Sincc ; the blocks arrived unworked. there was :1 ‘“ good deal of stone dressing on the site. ' is suppose that a modern city like‘ New ‘ York decided to reproduce the Great ‘ Pyrnmfl ln.ona of its public parks. How

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Times writer quotes on this subject an en- gineering firm which had a hand in build- ing Rockefeller Centre. Twenty years ago, the firm figured that it would then have taken five and a half years and $156,000,- 000 in money to erect a solid stone facsimile in Central Park, assuming that stone could be quarried within a radius of t\velve miles. According to Herodotus, who visited Egypt about 2,500 years after the time of Cheops, it took twenty years to construct the Great Pyramid, with 100,000 men who worked three months each year. This means 180,000,000 man-days. Today it would probably take less than five and a half years to build the pyramid of stone, but the cost would certainly be nearer half a billion.

Whatever the cost, there would doubt- less be a fat commission for the contractor. Kipling's lilies suggest that the same con- ditions prevailed in ancient Egypt, only more so. But Sir Thomas Browne should have the last word. “Of their living hab- itations,” he wrote of the pyramid build- iof them as but ‘hospita', or inns, while they adorned the sepulchres of the dead, and,

.crumbling touches of time and the misty vaporousncss of oblivion. Yet all were bur Babel vanities. Time sadly ovcrcometh all things, and is now dominant, and sitteth

and old Thebes, while his sister Oblivion reciineth semisomnous on a pyramid, glor- iously triumphing, making puzzles of Titan- ian erections, and turning old glories into dreams. History sinketh beneath her cloud The traveller, as he paceth amazedly through those deserts, asketh of her, \-Vho builded them? and she mumbleth some- thing, but what it is he heareth not."

EDITORIAL NOTES

The chicken barbecue at the Experi- mental Farm is still a month away but appetites are already being whclted by descriptions of the “hroilers" that will COH- stitutc the bill of fare.

The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps has a Royal colonel-in-chief. The Queen has approved the appointment of the Queen Mother who is already colonel- in-chief of the Black Watch (Royal High- land Regiment of Canada).

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Enrolment for vocational training in 1953 was 250,165 in Canada compared with 124,770 in 1948, a 100 per cent increase in five years. Canadians are very obviously keen on taking part in the training pro- gramme. the increase being especially no- table considering that the earlier figure rep- resented a large proportion of veterans.

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Next year some 300,000 Canadians will be carrying pencil-like instruments which detect and measure atomic radiation. The director of civil defence plans to issue these "dosimeter" to one in fifty Canadians to enable them to measure radio-activity in the event of atomic attack. It may be suspected that many of them will be used before any emergency arises in the hope- ful search for uranium deposits.

Life underwriters are holding their an- nual sales conference in Charlottetown to- day. Their particular branch of insurance differs from all others in a most important respect. Generally speaking insurance can only be effected to protect against loss from an insurable risk, coverage to a great- er value than the property concerned be- ing discounted as a form of gambling. Everyone, however, is presumed to have an unlimited insurable interest in his own

life.

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The approach to business development must be creative says the monthly news letter of the Royal Bank of Canada. “Many business people operate in a limited field because they do not see the extent of their possible markets. They allow some arbi- trary geographical line, or some feeling of timidity, or ignorance of their capacity, to fence them in. The insular, fenced-in, at- titude has no productive place in business development. thinking." * The whole article is most valuable to anyone interested in

business expansion. I

Robert Bruce, the national 1.

Scottish liberty. He was crowned at Scone in 1306. Many stories are told _of the fol- lowing years. The victory of Bannockbum in 1314 put an end to efforts of any Eng- lish king to conquer Scotland. He married his daughter Marjory to the steward of Scotland, from which union sprang the Stuart‘ dynasty. The reign of the Bruce is notable for many advances in law and government. ,'

‘ers. “they made little account, conceiving ,

planting thereon lasting bases, defied the

upon a Sphinx, and looketh unto Memphis

hero of Scotland, died this date 1329. In his early years, as a rival of Baliol, he fought some- times for and sometimes against Edward He served with the popular Wallace in the War of Independence but was on the English side at the siege of Sterling. There- after he always appear: a champion of

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i "The money the other follow Inn is capital. Getting it away from him in lAbor."—Mooae Jaw Times-Herald.

In Non. Scotln I drive has been underway to curb reckless driving and in so doing reduce the acci- dent toll. At. I joint dinner meet- ing of Truro Service Club: and Boards of Trade. attention 01 the guests was attracted to I safety slogan, “Sing While You Drive", printed on n smnu piece of blot- ting paper and placed under each water gl-nu. Here‘s how it reads: At 45 miles per hour aing— "Highways are Happy Ways"; At. 55 miles sing-

"I'm but a stranger here, Heav- en La my Home"."

At 65 miles sing-

"Nearer My God to Thee".

At. 75 miles slng——

"When the Roll is Called up Yonder, I'll Be Thcre"_

At 85 miles sing-

"Lord I'm Coming Home".

In other words "Keep under 50 and live longer."—Nova Scotia Farm News. ‘

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Men who are fashion-inclined, even some who are fa5lnon-dis- ' inclined, will be interested in the news that. experts have now pro- claimed tattersall weskits to be a “stzindard men's accessory." Slau- dard men are_ of course, a little hard to find in this individualistic area, but: the wcskit, which gener- ally is of a checked and rather brush pattern, does pose a number of problems to the conscientious male_ It‘: puzzling to know, for instance, why the wcskit should be regarded as an accessory rather than as a st.rnight.forward article of clothing. No one would dream of describing a pair of trousers as

Old Charlottetown.

and P. I. 1. ISLAND REVENUL

"In a twadding article in the Halifax Free Press on the l.'itl\ inst., on the disputes between our Council and Assembly. the sapicnl Editor of that paper announces to the inhabitants of this Island that. ‘the present dispute claims not his sympathy!’ Under this deprivation they will, we dare say, sit very easy: but as he has thought fit. in addition, to trumpet to the world, that the whole a- mount of the yearly revenue of the Island falls short of two thousand pounds. we must be candid, and tell him he lies under a mistake. It is true, as was announced by the Lieutenant Governor in his speech on open- ing the last Session, there was a falling off’ in the trade of the Is- land last year, from the great de- pression in ii leading branch of our exports: still the net sum paid into the Treasury was exactly £5,180 l6s. ll‘-dd."

»P. E. I. Register, May 20, 1828.

Sir Winston Praises Royal Pilgrimage

(The Scotsman) The Queen's tour of the Com-

monwealth was described as "a Royal pilgrimage" and as "an event‘ without an equal in our

records" by Sir Winston Churchill when. in the House of Commons, the leaders of all parties added their welcome to the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on their return to Britain.

Sir Winston was moving that a humble address be presented to the Queen, assuring her of the House's "loyal and affectionate welcome" to her and the Duke.

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Sir Winston declared that when the background of this formidable century rose in their minds the gleaming episode of the Queen's journey among her peoples con-

sututed an cvcnt. which stood forth without an equal in our records and cast a light. clear,

calm. gay. and brntgnant, whole human scene.

"The Queen's journey of nearly six months has reminded all the nations of the message we have brought. and the causes for which we stand: the constitutional mon- archy surely founded in the hearts of its people, the Crown the ser- vant not the master of the State’. a harmonious reconciliation of the past with the present, the spirit. of individual freedom, tolerance. and fair play, the capacity at the same time to change and to en- dune.

"All these facts and themu have been presented as was never be. fore possible for all the world to see. From the beginning to the end this Royal pilgrimage has ren.sscrt- ed human values and given new

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pre-eminence to the grace and dignity of life "All over the globe there has

been a scmc of kindly feeling and zenerous admiration. Even envy wore a friendly smile".

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Mr. Attlec, Leader of the Oppo- sition. referred to Saturday’: dcm. onstration of the people‘: feelings, and added:

‘The people saw not only . ruler, but. I friend. They saw ., young and beautiful woman and her husband symbollslng the kind of family life that we all love ma respect."

Mr. clement. Davies. the Libgra] leader. mild that. he believed that "we of the commonwealth arc, in our gracious Queen and Royal Family, the envy of the rest of the world."

BLACKPOOL, England (CP) ... RAF dental expert: demonstrated I pninleu ultruonic dentist drill in the British Dental Association‘: annual conference. The inventor claims the drill works too fast. to rellsler on the human nervous system. '

(cp) ._ Mayor Tom Yeoman presented the tint televilion not to be installed on n lithuhlp serving the British Isles. It went to the breakup lighiship Itntiancd of! the GIn’mor-

Flower

(Jacob Deschln in lh

Well timed for season and\fill- mg a real need for a useful book on the subject, ‘Photographing Your Flowers" (New York:

edition, $1.951, deserves wide ac- ceptance by amateurs and semi- professionals as well. Authorita- tive and based on years of experi- ence in photographing flowers. gardens and similar material, the book is the work of John P. and Mary Alice Roche of Caldwell, N.

Subtitled “A Practical Guide for Indoor and Outdoor Use," it is this and much more. for the authors have approached their subject imaginatively and with a desire not merely to give infor- mation and counsel. but at the same time to communicate their enthusiasm and to inspire a like responsiveness in the reader. “There are two general aims in flower photography." they write.‘ “One is to be nature’: in- terpreter -— an inspired one, let us hope, but still an interpreter --to recreate her beauties and her strangeness in such a fashion that they bring a new thrill of recogni- tion or discovery to the beholder. The other is to use plant material purely as a medium with which to create one’: own designs. Both aims are seldom achieved in the same picture. For the second, only the principles of good design need be considered; while in the first, those principles may be used to show nature strikingly, but al- ways truthfully." OC 0 O ‘

The authors constantly strive to push their point that apprecia- tion and knowledge of nature. must invariably precede actual photography. This quotation from their’ chapter on close-ups out- doors is typical of their attitude: "In a clnsc-up of a single flower the wonderful order and design of nature herself is revealed. The

trive visual paths leading to a central axis; each flower is

tinuance. of the species. He need no longer strive to create balance

duce. the balance and harmony present in every plant."

In discussing practical mat- ters, the authors are specific and give detailed instruction. giving exactly the information the read- er needs to make successful photo- graphs of the material in question. They take no knowledge for grant- ed. assuming the reader to be a beginner, and spell ulll. the need- ed know-how with the zeal of teachers anxious to make them» selves thoroughly understood and to assure good results. For ex- ample, from the chapter on “Bringing I-‘lowers Indoors."

"To be sure all matcriaI'rc- tains its freshness during extru- sive handling and under

subject according to its type.

clicked. A hardening

ter, is the best preparation;

along a carrying case. wooden box with a tall containing glass jars full it-r. as soon as we pick them. 0 I O

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not only be soaked in water. but they also should be properly cut. Plant: which ‘bleed.’ that is. whose stems contain a liquid which is apt to be lost. when they are cut. must have their stems sealed immediately after they are cut and before they are placed in water. We use a " to near them. ‘if any sign of wilting oc- curs. we recut the stems later. in the house, rcburn them in the gun flame. and put them in very warm :vnt¢'r. then cold. for a long soak- nu.‘

With such attention to detail. the authors explain how to photo- graph outdoor urdcnl in color and in black-and-white, the use of color indoors and out. and differences in handling urloun flower specimens. [a matters relating to color bar- mony. compo . exvoiuro. :- slm and the important mine! of Pfwtr illumination by ny-

upmhiro cont.

Greenberg: Publisher. $3.75: Paper

photographer need no longer con-

an inviting path to its own heart. to insure its pollination and the con-

and harmony. but only to repro-

hot light. you have in ‘condition’ each It may look fine until the very last. then droop just as the shutter is period of two or three hours in deep wa- but any length of soaking is a help. When we go out. foraging. we take a narrow brindle.

We put the flowers in these

"To remain fresh. flowers should

an accessory, and yet. the fashion experts seem to equate ucskiis with trousers as a necessary ar- ticle of male attire-I’-‘rom the New York Herald Tribune.

Hitch-hiker: who stand beside the road to thumb rides to save

Pictures

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t ' hing fl wer arrangements

a‘ii‘rlaii'indo\v (gardens is hclpfu1lymFm59lVt‘-5 “Om \VflllilnX -1 it-‘W

discussed in .<cp;irate chapters. m1lt35- “0UldH'f« Ulldcfslillld .1111: The more than 100 illustrations mental mnkeup of a 63-year-old

Toronto woman who Victoria Day night finished her annual birthday hike on schedule—n mile for every year. Nor would ahe—Mrs. Brandt Johnston——comprehend the think- ing apparatus of at sturdy youth who waits by the roadside I long- er time for a ride than it would

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by the authors, with adequate captions to explain the point. made, constitute a valuable fcature‘of this short but. comprehensive “coursc" in flower photography. To assure understanding, both good and bad examples are shown.

‘ The book should be an excel- lent companion for the budding flower photographer and could be consulted to advantage also by some advanced workers who arc dissatisfied with the results they have been getting so far.

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l -, noo LOVE

Wee Shemus was at misdropt man Without. ti shoulder to his back: lie had the way to lift in rann. And throttled rabbits in a sack.

And red-haired Mary whom he wed,

Brought him but. thirty shillings told:

She had but one Eye in her head,

But Shemus counted it. for gold.

The two went singing in the hay, Or kissing underneath the clues. ‘And where they chanced to pass > the day

_']‘hen- was no need to scare the

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But. now with Mary waked and laid As decent as she lived and died. Poor Shemus went to buy a spade

To dig himself a place beside. —shane Leslie.

The Age Old Story

l‘nto the upright there nrisetli light in the tlnrkncs-'. he in gracious. uml fllll of mmpnnslml. and righteous.

PAKENHAM. England (CF) - Residcnts of this Suffolk village. recently provided with tap water. still use a 50-year-old pump. "Tap water may be more hygienic but it docsn‘t taste as good," said one

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, -“" take him to cover that datum. he wants to go. if he set forth on foot without I dilly or daily "Walking keeps my figure 3003.; she explained. And no doubt he‘, mind alert. It can be accepted that Mrs. Johnston really knows whn, the world looks like. u it. can 1;, of other observant hiker: who rec. ognlu I blue bird on the win: when they see one.—sydney Post- Record.

Northern Affairs Minister Lg. sage has offered “a rue kind or challenge" to Canadians. Like mo‘; challenges, it. carries rewards. A new job has been opened by 11,, department and the Xlllnl-MCI‘ 1; asking for Canadians. and their families, to all it. The post 0, Northern Service officer: has been created to develop the abilities and the resources of establlshd Eskimo communities and their people. 0;. ficcrs will be pooted at Aklam “here the Mackenzie River nears, the Arctic; nt. Coppermine on C0,. onatlon Gulf; at Coral Harbor on Southampton Island; at Port Hzu. rison on the east’. coast of Hudson Bay; at Froblsher Bay on Bafim

Bay. This is pioneering. The M”, them Service officers will ease um change from old to new ways 01 living for the Eskimo. his lnnnb‘ and his comniunlty. -— l\’lUllll'L.ll Gazette.

Our passion for putting peup]. in prison is such that in 1950 um equivalent of one out. of every 139 Canadians spent some time in ,. cell, during the same period, Eng. land and Wales together sent only one person out of every 2,095 in Jail. What. we are doing, of mu;-5,_ is hardened criminals, creating an evcr-growing army of "repeats,-5'v_ costing ourselves a lot. of money and wasting a good bit of our most. precious natural resource- men and women. In some pails of the country a start has been made on n more enlightened treat. ment of law-breakers particularly of youngsters who have slipped from grace. Pro)aably the giratpsy, single thing we could do would be to organize a system of probation similar to that in Britain; in would be far more constructive 5 step than moaning about the in. crease in crime and the need lor more and bigger jails.-—Salurday

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