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NEWSY

BY AGILICOLA

NOTES

REMlNISQENf/‘FS 0F LONDON ‘ (9)

The original South Kcnsingion Museum was in existence when I used to visit London about half a century ago: the present magnifi- oent suite of buildings, housing the Victoria. and Albert Museum, the Natural History,‘ Science and Geological Museums, were oom- pletecl in 1909. on the site of the ode!‘ structure. The old S. K. Mggeum was rather higgledy-plg- glfldy in the order of its contents. being even thefvovcrcrotvded; so that, one often found objects from the animal. vegetable, and mineral

klngdmfls in closer juxtaposition than they are likely to be now. There was a department for

models of engines, and machinery, which could be set in motion by pressing a button. However, I do no; think electricity was employed w motivate the models because it was a comparatively new science: they were probably worked by a drive-shaft from a stationary steam-engine.

1n the Natural History section ma” was a collection of Cater- piiiars that attracted a lot of ho- uce. They were of all sizes and colors. with as much diversity of form as these humble insects were capable of. They had been evls-i aerated till nothing was left but the skin, which was then inflated to its natural size and dried in a ipeclfll oven. They retained their color, for it is the putrlfylng con- tents of the body ihnt alters the hues of insect specimens. This- collection was oftch consuffed, 1| was told, by scientists who wished! to identify caterpillars,

In another section there were two organs --reed organs. i thlhk they were-that deserve special mention. 0n the ordinary piano or organ, the flats and sharps are played on the black keys, and are considered identical: that is. C sharp and D flat are supposed to have the same sound, and are play- ed on the one kcy, and so on. This makes for a keyboard with 13 keys to the ociava. Actually, C sharp ls not lhc same as D flat; there is a slight but appreciable difference. and some e x p e r t musicians can produce both notes. The organs at the Museum had been constructed to give their pro- per sounds to all the sharps and flats, and so there were 18 keys to the octave. It would take a sPry man to play that organ. but the music must have been wonderful! The dictionary tells us that the present system of timing the tones of a fixed-tone instrument (as the piano) is "equal temperament."

Another noteworthy object was a clock said to be from Glastonburg Abbey. It was going, but was a very crude affair, with some of the roughest wheels I ever saw» It looked as if constructed from the remains of old hay-mowers, but it had gone for -four hundred years!

After sight-seeing all day. v15“?- ing one of the numerous theatres was a change, and a rest. The plays of the period were su- pernatural in action but humorous in tone. and would have interested Buck Rogers of the comic strips. My friend and I saw “Mrs. Jarramys Genie." the "Man film! Mars,” and “Niobe in tears." among. others. The latter will 81W an idea of the prevalent style. Nlobe. readers may recollect. W!“ Queen of ‘Thebes, and so proud that she neglected the worship of Appollo and Diana: the former slew all the males. and the 10th?! all the females, of hcr family; whereupon she mndc such an out- cry that it annoyed the rest Of "N! gods who turned her to stone to get a. little peace! The nlerlvrlcht had made one addition to the old story: if ever she resumed her mortal shape, she was to fzill in love with the first man she Saw!

when the curtain rose (in tlw Bhaftsbury Theatre) it revealed the entrance-hall of Peter Amos Drmns mansion. Peter was a rc- tired draper, with plenty 0i‘ money. and he win having his mall-QIOH wired for the electric light-mt that lime Just coming into use, Work- men were coming and going all the time, lugging cables etc- A vlslwr enters: he is Sir Somebody or other, (I forge!) the noted explorer and archaeologist. and a friend of Peter's, Would Potcr take charge of a statue he'd dug up in Greece? He. was going nvvny again .to the East. and did not. wnnt to hand ll over to the British Museum fill he returned. It was a valuable statue. nnd the inscription scorned to show that it was an image of Q0843}! Niobc. Peter is g‘nd to Olflgv hi5 old friend, and a buhclrof meh bring in I huge upright pack-ill" case and leave it in the hall. A man-servant is culled in lo Opel! the cusc. which reveals a sintuf‘. l" classic garb, of a fall, good-looking woman. When Peter and the ex- plorer go away n. workman runs B cable in from the outside. drolls "- ovoi- the toes 0i the statue. call! lf. a day and lravcs, as the curtain goes down,

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When the curtain rises it is next 10013108. and as Peter gives a look to see if the statues all right. the workmen arrive. One of them switches on the current: just what W85 needed to bring the statue to liiei Niobe comes down from her pedestal. and smilingly aocosts Peter to hi; treat consternation. She asks a whole lot of questions: where is she, and how did she get here, whose house is that? and on Peter replying. she says she is go- ing to stay, and marry him. Peter objects that he has a wife already: but is told that makes no differ-

"enbe, it ls easy to get rid of her-

“in my country. we should “ahead her!" The worried draper gets her mind away from this dangerous topic by suggesting that she is not dressed “in the fashion," and proceeds to measure the JIIlIJCYlOlIS Iady for a new dress-a very comic scene. because Peter is up against several consequences. l-le cannot turn Niobe out of the house, since he has promised to keep her safe for his friend: she cannot go about in classical costume because 116°?“ would think she was goofy: and he must. smuggle in the new dres". himself as quick'y and as quietly B5 pcssible_ And what. will MYS- Dunn say on her return. when she finds a strange woman bossing her house? She is not likely to believe in the revival of the statue. will!“ Peter, as he looks forward to a bod quarter of an hour. ‘Niobe in the meantime. does several things which amaze the neighborhood‘. one be- ing an ascent to the roof to wor- ship the snrn-“Phoebus 51301103’ When Mrs. Dunn comes hvmv- Peter introduces Niobc as the 110W governess whom Mrs. D. had ad- vertized for. Mrs. Dunn proceeds to question her and gets some WY!’ superciiious replies. Did she know any lansuaoPS? “Yes, Greek! not was rather dismflymg "V! find a governess who spflky GTE?“ Arithmetic? Geography? blobe B"-

swered haughflly. "1 WWW "om".

lng about them-we keel) 515V°5 t“ study such subjects!" The whole situation now gets out of hand, but it is saved by the retHrnVOf the QXPIOPCI‘, who has been reca led by Peter. When Nlobc is told that he dug her up, and spent o. lot 0f

money over her. she ¢0n¢ll1d°5 she is his properly. "id 85 the curtain fails she is deciding f0

marry him»

1n this you have a fair sample of late Victorian plays: they awn-t ed excruciatingly comic to‘ us. P!!!‘ of which was clue to the 1MB that we had no opportunity w m m“ performances in our Northern homeland. There were i-WQ ‘Manes in Nervcnstle, but the train service was poor ",the last train outward being at mo P. M- —iust as the theatres rang up the curtain!

“NEW rtaurs" (s)

Professor J. Mama's list of is- land plants continued :— Potamoileton PEYTUUM-“s L"

Glasping-leavcd Pondweed. (Dunk River, found by Prof. H GrOh-l

‘ Ruppla marltima. h. ‘ l Ruppla. (Found at Brackiey B941" by Prof. J- Adflmi-l n

Sudedia linearls (Ell) Moo. To Sea-Elite. (B. Beach and Surn- merslde-J. Adams.)

Suoediu maritima (LJ Dilmfillh- 10W Sea-Elite, which was con- sidered of doubtful occurrenca. has now been confirmed from 511801- mens forwarded to Ottflwfl b?’ Dr- W. L. Holman.

1-1 nnuus (l...) Peril-- Drfisygerlgllzabgme (B. Reach J. Adams.)

Solidago nemoralis Alt. Gray Goldenrod m‘ Dye“! weed- (Cnw Aylesburg. Lot l8.) s. semtlna

Alt" which first appeared in Join: Macswaiws list. and W95 c?“ e on 1m» the novel Ciiflajlll"; I?‘ stltutc check-list, is said ay Fernald. to be an error. It mus n r remembered that 01"‘ B“ £5 botaniststhad very veer fart-b” k rom. wTvivlgltea Vaillantli Willd.. Pigmy- weed. (Tracadie, accordlnZ m Churchill) Perhaps not $P¢¢"l°*"’l' distinct from '1‘. aquatlca L... mygpcly appears in Macsumnre “u. Vnccinium VitLs-Idaea it. ° berry, or Foxberry. Sand‘ dimes Tracacile~Church1ll. Mentha rubra H1105- accordlng 90G Ch‘urchlli. Britten nor rfly- _ Th‘. confines“ the survivor; {Qfy list of Island Plants to dfl '-

Tracadie. fNot in

Cooperatives in BTW!!!"

I am always interested in U“? spread oi Co-opcrntive Socicticshli: “fatter where. Every c°j°p succeeds is an obJcct-icsstgnme other biwee- and ‘"°°“““§ (mo. Glasgow pry-operative ifcvvww the Bflmm is 8mm fill/o“ ‘facts ‘from way. Here are u ~ “$6.5. were 1.242 co-ODOFRMW 5°‘

ieties in the British Co-operatlve Onion and 7.851.904 members ill “$.80 did cssosvenoo of

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°".‘,‘.}f,1'§,9_L°-,qyc§..snns employed the societies earned E4O-93B-2OI salaries and “r8205 _

m mat-nil": members -—-\\'ns ilfliltfinéd Em My the reserve funds to a - ' ‘.231. _ ‘The Co-ops are divided luio R0-

tions. Plildumv" and“, 8'” wholesale Societies. ore £93319. u 1; and service 5°" flit? giifiilgi-Jo as. mid employfld C90 5 workers whose wag‘! hm w” 15133911 Thclr trade return-i amounted; ‘Zignffgzilililofi. with a surplus 0 l -' - . _

m ma- “l” swleues “mbflfi asp :51 tributivc trade of 9 r u- - w

The British co-oPP" V“

i tics show a Brawl“? ‘nflea e c eth in. membership and in trade. E3. the healthiest sign is the svlld reserve fund. Attempts at 508%: in Canada have always n98 9

trouble when they Reflected "l" port of their book-IMP!“-

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VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING

MABSHFlIl-II.

C ONSER VA TI ON

A WEEKLY COLUMN OI‘ PRACTICAL OPINIONS 0N ‘XIII

THE USE! AND ABUSIB 0f

NATURAL IBBOUIDII BY III- LUDIDW JENKINS, 1

THE EXCLUSIVE "STORIES" OF WILD LIFE

Bmne people declare that the “Conservation” of wild life now is a thing of the past, and that the magic watchword is “restoration? Oh. yes! What Joy for the game! It is now high time for us to deal with grim facts instead of silly hallucinations.

For two months and more we have been waiting. to see what would emerge from that enigmatic Washington Conference on wild ,Life. Today we are able to analyze the grist that has come from that mill, and estimate the practical results to our unhappy North Am- erican game.

Out of that mixed crowd of 2.- 000 floaters there have emerged four perfectly distinct groups of game “managers?

Group No. l came from the ori- ginal 6.000.000 hard-boiled and - thick-skinned game-skillers, 90 per cent. of whom are as rapicious as hungry wolves, and uncompromis- ing in the protection of their "shooting privileges"! Thanks to Group No. 4 We now have that whole assemblage thoroughly on the defensive; but always they push and fight for "more." ‘There- fore, we of No. 4. must constantly be on guard. to repel their coun- tor-attacks, and hold what we have helped io win. They want "more game," "more" shooting, no bans on baiting, long open seasons. and plenty of live decoys. They also want the sale of flying game in the commercial clubs; bigger hag limits, and more surplus ducks "to give away to guides, boatmen. and other friends." This group covers our country from Duxbury. Mllfiiflchllsetl-i. to San Francisco . Bay. and it is strongest and most ‘ defiant in the shambles of central California.

Group No. 2 consists of the noble Army of Assistant Destroyers of Game. whose first purpose is to fight all the advocates of less Slivvtlhil. and thwart them as far as possible. Mighty fe-w of them have ever been known to make "More Game" by les shooting. lower bag limits, no baiting or no live decoys. _Thelr pet method of making "More Game" is by count- ing hldden waterfowl from alr- planes, and adding up the millions on paper. Of course they are terribly opposed to hawks and owls. and want ALL of them kill- ed—-by pole traps, poison, or in any other old way. And they d0 love to make "refuges" for water- fowl, even at some expense! Jack Miner gives 10,000 Canada geese i a. big feed twice as year, and it is i so nice and easy to see Jack do it!

It is fine to get gunfodder game for nothing. Do they not give Jack some money for com? Ask him and see. And then the “En- vironment." the good society, and the educational advantages that this group urges other fellows to provide‘ liberally. It's great!

Just now there is great rejoicing out West over the fact that 264 new waterfowl p0nds have been made throughout the Middle West. To read it, one would think the millions of waterfowl are “restor- ed", and safe, But are they? xxx For a hundred years Minnesota has had a. thousand pond and lake "refuges" for waterfowl. Have they "saved” her duck and goose populations? Not on your life. 100k on the Sal-cry gra-ph, and see where they all are today!

Great work (in game "counting"! may be expected from the More Game BirdsFoundation. the Game Development Association of cali- fomia. and the American Wild Life InstituicluflJusutdctand by an tally the results.

The Third Group, fronted by gallant and self-sacrificing N. J. Darling. we take up reluctantly. At its best. it is a. nebulous and densely ignorant group, wandering aimlessly through space. We fear that it will ‘:2 beyond human pow- er fo mrike it coalesce. fight intel- ligently. and snatch victories from the bloody jaws of defeat. Gladiv would we give Mr. Darling our best shirt to help him achieve the success in game defense and wild life protection that he yearns to accomplish. His motive are good and pure, his ambition is great. and he deserves the active help of every American man, woman, boy and girl who cares one iota about the saving of wild life, and the Great Outdoors.

Will he get it. or any of it? In effect, Mr. Darling hils invited mil- lions of organized, but ignorant, citizens to come forward, singly or on masse. and help him to save some wild life. l-lave a million of

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Insure n large crop of healthy. vigorous pups this year by feeding

ROYAL FOX FEEO

Results during former luwnl shows that the use of Boyll will! I good meat ration ll the most poli- tlvg way known for the rancher W secure but breedlnl "Ill"!-

lnsial on RoYIL

Auk your dealer why or write

direct t0

the Si. John ithag Bompany Ltd.

Saint John N8! Bflllllflll

‘waokers who fear none of the

them the spunk even to try to re- spend?

Group No.4 is studiously ignored by all officials who are afraid of losing their jobs. and it is hated by all the game-hogs of America. It contains those bands of Bush-

enemles of wild life, and are ever ready to attack any kilier or bunch of killers who are due to be fought and vanquished. This group, small as it is, contains practically all the men and women of Amer- ica. who have sufficient courage to go out and fight game-hogs, and

carry their war into the enemyst

camp. we will not pause here to enumerate the hard fighting they have done, or the better game pro- tective mcasures they have won,

TIMELY NOTES 0N TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming

Roy Woadside. Malpequc, was a l visitor to the Royal Winter Fair and gave a helping hand to Bob Humphrey in showing his foxes.

You have heard the old expres- sion, “bringing coals to Newcastle"; l well it is bringing foxes to Prince Edward Island now. W. B. McAr- thur, Kensington. who is one of

pup of the Royal Winter Fair fox show that he purchased her from I. F. E. MoCague of Alliston, On- tarlo, and from reports she is a zeal beaut. It may be that she is from McArthur strain. as i under- stand tho Ontario breeder bought some foxes from W. B. in recent years.

QThe Islanders present at the show were well taken care of by

since 1904. This group intends to support

Ontario exhibitors, who took pleas- lure in showing them around the

MF- Darling. as long as his efiort ranches at Alliston and Keswick.

continues, and it has now to offer some perfectly definite

proposals 1

A friend who has a flair for sta-

regarcling certain pressing issues '_ tistics-told me the other day that

in wild game defense and maln- tenance.

To us, the probabilities of big results from the late American Game Conference and its off- springs look none tco great.

CORNWALL-YORK PT. WOMEN'S INSTITUTE

The annual meeting of the Cornwall-York Point W. I. was held at‘ the home of Mrs. Aubrey MecPhall on November lst with 27 members and six visitors present. The meeting openedwith the Ode and Creed. Minutes were read and adopted and the roll call an- swered by the name of an Island apple. Reports were given by the president, secy-treasurer, and the various committees. ,

The following is the new slate of officers for the ensuing year:

Honorary president-— Mr. l-Iazen Howard (re-elected).

President-Mrs. L. H. Drake.

Vlce-Pres-Mrs. Hazen Howard.

Secy. 'I‘reas.—-Mrs. Peter Scott.

Directors-Cornwall: Mrs. George MacMillan; York Pt., Mrs. Wesley

Bell; Meadowbank, Mrs. Frank Boylyen. Auditors-Mrs. Fred MacLaren,

Mrs. Victor MacPhail. Convenors-agriculture, Mrs. Gif- ford Bain; national events, Mrs. Bert Warren; home economics, Mrs. Frank Howard; better schools and education, Mrs. Fred Mac- Laren; peace education, Mrs. Haz- en Howard: legislation, Mrs. Vic- tor MacPhall; Canadian industries. Mrs. Gordon MacMillan; publie health, Miss Katie Murchison.

Commlttees—school; York Pt..

Mrs. Aubrey lviacPhaii, Mrs. Wes-

ley Bell, re-elected; CornwalLMrs.

Mack Vickerson, Mrs. Seymour Scott: Medaowbank, Mrs. Norman MacFadyen, Mrs. Robert Jewell.

Sick~York Pt.. Mrs. Wm. White. Mrs. Colin MacPhail, re-elected); Cornwall. Mrs. Frank HowarcLMrs. Bert Warren; Meadowbank, Mrs. Frank Boyle.

Hall secretary~Mrs. Frank How- ard. re-elected.

Mrs. Bert Warren invited the members for the next meeting at which the roll call ls to be an- swered by a Christmas verse and the paying of fees. It was decided to have a. weighing party at this meeting instead of the annual ba- zaar.

The program committee forncxt meeting is Miss Muriel MacDon- ald. Mrs. Seymour Scott, and Mrs. Gordon MacLean.

It was planned to dispose of as many Christmas Seals as possible at the next meeting.

Mrs. Gates. convenor of public health for P. E. I., spoke briefly on the Christmas Seals sale and the work which the T.B. League is doing. »

Thc meeting closed by singing the National Anthem.

__'.l‘AIL-PIECE

A farm girl wrote to the New

Jersey Department of Agricul- tore:- "Please can you tell me which

way a pig's tail should curl?"

Agricultural professors got busy. found they disagreed. Majority said a pig's tail should curl t0 the left

Then they consulted forty pigs. found that the majority cork- screwed to the right.

They decided to ask n man who has driven more than 1.000.000 pigs to a sausage factory.

He said pigs. tails curl to the tight and to the numbers.

Finally they asked pig farmer; and they said:—

"It doesn't matter which way a pig's tall curls‘, but if it's straight there something wrong with that P18

Indians of the westxm deserts were enterprising enough to dig wells for water. and sites of ihesc Indian wells are still known.

Macliinnows Fox Worm Capsules

Ara used by leading breeders and prize winners such n: George A. Callback. Stewart l: Lenin, Brenton Hovutt and otherl. They contain rom- edieo for hookworms and round worms, together with a laxative that expel: the dead mutter within 48 hours. Price $1.60 per box of 50 cnpmleo.

Sold by ll. J. Mabon, Mon- tague

Jenkins Pharmacy, Char- lotfetowh.

Taylor’: Drug Store. Ken- oington. or by

Lit-COLONEL

D. A. IVIACKINNON, Charlottetown. P. l. l.

- market later.

left in equal‘.

he estimated the total fox popu- lation within a radius of five miles from the centre of the city of Charlottetown as over 20,000 on November 1st. The figures seem high, but when you take into con- sideration two large ranches bc- tween them can account for 7.000 they can't be very much astray.