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U . ‘FALCONWOOD PLANS

Premier Macmillan, in a recent address in Charlottetown, made l strong point in connection with the expenditure at Falconwood when he pointed out that ,the plans for a complete mental hospital system. including accommodation for treat- ment of convalescent patients, coat only $5.000 more than the plans for

Y _ the Prince Edward Island Hospital.

Our contemporary contends that the two cases are not parallel, in- asmuch as the architect's fees for the new Prince Edward Island Hos- pital were $22,592. and the addition- al $7,493 was the cost of engineering and electrical plans. But the oill in both cases was for plans. More- over, our contemporary has‘ main- tained that the complete Palconwood plans provide for buildings of the value of a million dollars or up- wards. On this argument the arch- itect's fees, on a percentage basis. must have been considerably less than the fees paid for the Prince Edward Island Hospital plans.

The fact is, of course, that in both cases it was necessary, after the or- iginal plans were drawn, to make changes because of present inability to finance the undertakings on a scale adequate to the requirements.

The Opposition propaganda against the Falconwood plains is therefore Just as applicable to the Prince Edward Island Hospital plans. and would be as unfair and misleading in the one case as in the other. 'I‘hat was the point of the Premier's statement, and we submit it was a point well taken. Indeed, tho Opposition is on record as as- sociating the hospital trustees with the Government in their condemna- tion of alleged extr vagance in the matter of plans.

We recall, for example, an. incident which took place during the budget debate in the legislature on March 28, 1933. The Opposition criticism at that time was directed to the Government for not employing a local architect, and Mr. Heath Strong pointed out that the Prince Edward Island Hospital trustees had found it advisable t0 enleke an architect from Ontario.

What was the Opposition reply? It was given by Mr. B. W. IePage. His answer was: “TM! h"! "d!" heads too!"

“swelled heads!" ‘rhis was the thanks. the trustees of the Prince Edward Island Hospital received in the legislature from an Qlilwfiii-ifill spokesman for their zeal and initia- tive in building an institution which is a credit to the Province. Is it sur- prising that the same abuse should be levelled at the Government for incurring similar expenditures .in connection with Fa‘ nwood Hospi- hl, when the attitude of the criiiu a still further warped by Political bias and prejudice?

‘rhefaotofthemstitensofaras jllgloonwood Hospital is concerned, is that the Maoldillan Government operated the instituti , rebuilt the lhst Wing and paid all the con- struction costs-including the ar- chitect's plans for a complete men- tal hospital system-end came out with a surplus over Liberal. Falcon- wood expenditures of more than enough to purchase outright the old Prince Edward Island Hoeuitll 1f they so desired! It is unnecessary here to review the cost figures under each administration. These were thoroughly covered in the recent legislative debates, and the state- ment above made was Drmd @011" clusiveiy by Hon. Mr. BharP- MW‘ ally the Conservatives effected a. maintenance saving in three rem. over Liberal expenditure! 1°!‘ n" some period of time, of 0108.099.

If this be “extravagance? the ol- octors will devoutly desire to have

'A SIGNAL TRIBUTE

y The condition of the Prune Min- ister's health makes it tltiil uncer-

w ggmwhetherhewlilheadthollon-

mauve party in its awed w the gaunt” in the coming federal elec-

csmoaign. 1t is the sincere

hm or all'who realise u» value ‘of

., . Bennett's icadershiP-ln‘ they

‘iuuéthethinklnomwhelfll

rifiarties-thstbowiiibeabletodo , mtuttaoonsioseuioununm

cd when with one accord the mem- bers ou Monday showed unmistak- ably their respect, admiration and sympathy. The House of Commons loves a lighter and s worker. and it paid unforgettable homllo to the loafer who gave unselfishly his abilities, his talents and his health to the service of his country. In acknowledging this remarkable ova- tion tbe Prime Minister sold: "mere are many things that nan forget. when I say to you, my follow-mem- bers of this House, that I shall never forget this moment, I but state the simple truth.’ The incid- ent is a memorable om in the his- tory of the Canadian Commons. It ennoblm politics. It places the House on a new elevation."

CANADA'S FUTURE

The Inndon Bltirrday Review quotes an English author, Mr. BaslPPuller, as predicting great things for Canada. "He goes so far." says the Review, "as to anticipate a time when the Dominion will be- come the economic centre or the British Empire, with the capital of that Empire automatically shifted to Ottawa. And further ‘than this, he thinks it quite withlnthe range of possiblities that Canada some day may begin "a peacefu annex- ation" of the United States. who “have 1m the sum ‘grip’ thatwas once their boast."

“Such anticipations," says the Saturday Review, "may perhaps raise a smile. But apart fmm these particular predictions Mr. miller seems to have good ground for his beliefln Canada's future prosper- ity."

EDITORIAL V NOTES

1t is definitely settled that Hon. H. H. Stevens will be in the re- constructed cabinet when the Gov- ernment goes to the country.

Many members of Parliament

to carry Mr. Bennett's mantle as party leader but he, too, is in Door health and probably will accept a congenial oivil service appointment at Ottawa.

0m of the busiest men at pres- ent (nnd always. for thI-t matter) is Premier MacMillan who is trav- elling nom practically last Point to North (bps attending conven- tions and other gatherings in the Party's interest. Everywhere he goes he is received with acclaim.

The upward trend in Canada's trade which began in May 1933, continues. The Dominica's total trade for April 1N6 amounted to 874,083,000 compared with $40,709,000 in ma and 0003081000 in m4. The increase over 1088 was $33,164,000 orkflepercentandoverlastyear “M1000 or- 12.1 per cent.

m General Assembly or the Presbyterian Church in Canada in Montreal next week will have u one of its futures. a "heresy hunt." lit is a long time since such ahunthasiakcnplocmthcpresent victim being one of the theological professors d the Presbyterian Col- lege, Mocill, who has been charg- ed by some of his students and others with being unorthodox in his views.

Hon. W. A. Gordon, Minister of Labour. has been mentioned as a

Notes By The Way

The Mini lllicawbpr was far- evor believing that something would eventually "turn up." Nothing much ever did. but that did not mm t0 dampen nu ‘ nal faith more that and. Except we are shadowed by faith. as we go out each day to

taekl.

for, if we would reap a rich and. abundant harvest of satisfaction out. of life. Ihitluoncesecurelymado one's own, acoompllshm wonders- and sometimes, Miracles!

ailments or even o; sleep each night. gives met to all the organs and

sues of the body. Sleep does not gi “complete” rest because during

In the opinion of “Ralph 0on- nor", as expressed to an Auckland audience the other evening, the world must either make the Lea- gue of Nations a success or pre-; pare for a more terrible war than ever. It is well that the alter-

working just the

would have liked Hon. B. H. Rhodes ‘

native should be put so b " r vbweifitho‘ cally, and the plain word about the need to make the League a. suc- cess is as important as the truth that between its cfllcicncy and a drift into a. war o! the first mas- nitude the present -generation stands.

Old age may be a disease that medicine can retard. United States physicians tell the American Psy- chiatriq Associati . But old age in most cases is not a disease at all. There are many old folk much younger in mind and spirit than others many years their juniors. What would be more useful would be a specific to prevent hardening of the mental arteries in people young or middle-aged-‘London Advertsier.

Charles Warren in Foreign Af- fairs says: Americans at the pres- ent time seem deterinined to re- train from joining other countries in attempts to avert war, and equal- ly determined to remain neutral and to keep out of any war that may occur between other countries. Per- sonally, I believe that the United States should not so refrain; and I fear, moreover, that it will be irn- possible to remain neutral to any war between Great Powers result- ing from a violation of the League covenant or of the Kellogg-Briand Pact. But so long as this country holds to the opposite view, it ls of immense importance that Ameri- cans who hope to keep out of war should be made to realize the burd- ens which they must probably as- sume, and the rights which tliey must probably yield, in any attempt

to fulfill their hope.

when removed from y0ur car." _ This then is why sleep is so valu- able; it mans no energy is be

able of doing your work.

he to find out why you don't sleep. Is the bedroom noisy, ill ventilated.

or do you drink tea, coffee, alcohol before going to bed? Are you wor- ried, anxious, over-tired from work. or not tired enough to sleep?

Is there any physical condition

or intestine that may prevent sleep?

To prevent sleeplessnes sand invite sleep anything that can be correct- ed in your bedroom or yourself should be done at once so that this "nagging"a.nn , ce is removed.,As worry is the most frequent cause of sieeplessness and worry about not sleeping further creasm that worry, remembering that complete relaxation is "almost as good" as sleep itself should enable you tore- lax and so, go ofl to sleep.

mncush overdoing itybrings on a "natural

The eve of the annual spring ap- pearance of the mmon housefly seemed the right time for Profes- sor stanley Barron Ilreeborn of the University of California to report the color preferences of that ubiqui- tous pest. It appeared that fly pap- er should be bright orange, a shade all flies like best; that tablecloths should be pale green, the least lik-

any other method cf inducing sleep

ed color. Dr. Heeborn. specialist in sheep and poultry parasites, -‘ don-y ‘g; ducted his housefly ballctmgigbr '.

THE GRAY SQUIBBEL

Like a small gray

exposing a big rectangular board coflee-pot divided into squares of different sits the squirrel. colors, counting the number of in- 11¢ 15-110; sects which alighted on each.

all he should be,

Ono cannot predict how longjbe 31115 bl’ 1107i!!!

trees, and eats his red-brown cousins.

The keeper, on the other hand .

who shot him, is a Christian. and

loves his enemies,

present dictatorship; may continue, but there appears now no immed- iate danger of dictatorships or Fas- cism spreading. Freedom and per- sonal liberty are again emerging, as ideals to be fought for. from the black night in which men cried only for safety and order at any cost.

into sleeplessueu. They’ fear tdhire hm b infill l! B! don't get a certain number of hours

Now sleep is valuable because it m-

all the processes of the body keep same except that they are wonking at a slower rote. Thus some hours after the evening rmcal and digestion is completed ' the heart rate is slower, tho blood , ‘ - low- er. and breathing slower. "In other words although all thus processes are working the slow rate at which they are working allows all the till- aues to gather energy lust as a bat- tery can be recharged overnight

Now while nothing can take the place of real sleep, with every mus- cle relaxed. it has been found that if an individual is unable tcslecp but can relax _body and mind to a point almost approaching sleep he can st- tain as high as B0 per cent of the m3 value og sleep. It is estimated that 2hoursslcepinthe24wiilireep anyone alive, so that with complete relaxation for 4 hours and say 4 hours sleep you might be fully cap-

However the first thought should

too hot or too cold? Areyou hungry.

such as cough, pain, gas in stomach

outdoor exercise without need" for sleep that is better than

populorreodinlthdoanflloduot ofaoootomlwrary 's

m... m who chested death in its most viol- cot forms and who’ now faces that

same death in a prosaic, peacetime guho. But

A Versatile Canadian

(‘Ihronto Globe)

The eclectic}: of Edvard Johnston for the posit " sger of the ‘ Opera As- sociation of New York honors not .only the famous tenor but his

i118 Gm févf; ftumt’ 3"“ “mm i‘ m“ “."‘°“ limo than a few years now 3:511 fimifnt igd m o, urg t we may theworldodnnrsiohasregarfimuuttlodownma l!

m. Johnston as among the grea

And amom those privileged come in contact with him in private life hi“ has shown himself a charm-

inished his mOdQBW. ~

one of the most Dosi-

tioaiiby than one commonly as- sociates with artistic talent, a with a rare combination of ad- ministratlye and musical ' man. in short. of whom all Carla- dians should be proud.

want“, 9mm o! m, q contentment with our “mm 0:: than attempt the impossible.

mm who“ m, oration, has

tions m the field of the arts on mu venous matters continent reveals another Edward M10" Cohfederfllivh Wl-l , Johnston-a man with more prac- IiBhBd-thfli 1B i0 883'. What t00k

AIINDINGTIIEDLLACT

our all incentive tc work . \ _ i

and living would be gone, and we - iufla-‘IJR ‘ can“ T”? “mg. “PM. mum,’ o; m, “h.” would live drab, colorless and de- 3514x5110}; “uggguyuu, an“. “an”! ' Airman“ “my mp“; o; m, wmg, 9cm. spondent lives. Faith is the stai! of 531,! Ag- gap ' ab.‘ c‘ m‘ ma, M‘, fink“ “M,” w“ "mm; “u” 4n lifetothemindandthoonothing _.__.. mumm“wod_mammu quggtiqgbygggnggponfintlnthdl that assures sustenance t0 the Nui- Bc much has been written about ‘ mun o; mom,‘ m. mowréyh’ Patriot newspaper. I replied in rbitb is something that we must the value of sleep that many nor- m m “ma” u, "om . M m . those columns, showing. that the plant ourselves, cultivate, and core voua individuals worry themselves Minority Report was based upon

public statements of reg

alltheProvincesaswollasofthe Dominion must first be obtained

w," 0mm,’ ‘m h“ Mnhpho,’ before P. E. I. could expect an at-

tainment of its rights; and as

tactically impos-

coudition of lot rather

Thirsubject, or what is called

"compact" theory of confed- ‘beon discussed by a number of writers. It has been pointed out that the proponents of

Now, however, his appointment to the “compete? theory have may --- am- o ~

’ with. If the which took place

place at the conferences, the

man Quebec Resolutions. the London

Resolutions. and the B. N. A. Act

, a itself-if these or any of these ro-

sulted in a "compact," the question arises, between whom was the ..

Women In Agriculture

(Canada Week by Week) During the last half century women have greatly extended their activities in the business and in- .,dustria.l world and have demons- trated their albillty to efficiently perform innumerable duties that were fomegly regarded as man's

rig t.

Keeping pace

sister the Canadian farm woman is not tent to restrict herself to household dutls bug is apply- ing her efforts with markedsuc-

agriculture.

According to the report of the activities of farm women in Que- bec. there are 212 women farmers’ clubs in that province with a mem- bership of 0,877. and the agenda of these clubs is not bridge or social activities. They are farm clubs. a

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tune Provinces of Canada, however. have no mace. In the House of Representatives at Washington the speaker has a sliver mace as the symbol of his authority.

In Parliament, there is an etiquette of the mace which seems exaggerated and foolish until one

pprecla‘ what is behind 1t. The mace comes into the House on the shoulder of flzreergeant-at-arma at the head of the Speaker's pro- cession. When the speake takes his seat, the mace goes on the table, and the‘ house is in session. If the Speaker leaves the chair, the mace

~ At times. when hills are being dealt with rapidly at stages when there is little or no ‘ ‘ dit ‘ the mace moves

That, as I take it, is the contribu- which shows

tion made by 1934 and the hopeful the squirrel was not

augury of 1965. Much still remains one of those.

to bo done in reforming and rc- —-Humbert Wolfe. bu“ the economic and political _ '

life of the world, but there is again ‘ The Mace

a‘??? of“; in which it will wo w c for a free in- dlvidusl to live and breathe-Ame iaiggiwlt the I“ i: I‘ _____ British m twerfi mo“, Wbltmiulcter o

A“ m“ “u” “logleotthexingandqueenupon death walks to the electric chair the weak,“ of the“, Jab“ u“ unassisted and meets his fats calm- '°' ly. It is sdid he wished to "die like a man." Those are words that have been spoken before under the same

dwelt upon the while that his cour- age is remembered. But each time that manlineee is so called upon in the last hour there must be some who wonder why some of these H could not have found the courage to live like a man-New Ybrk Bun.

No rustic how due a mild. or a character one may have. there is one quality that endear:

g.

rnoces of the two Houses‘ went ma?‘

from the table to the resting place

f‘.

Elfded as

Quebec Resolutions spoken of in relation

"' made? Who were the parties to it? » The Act was passed in 1867. Be- fore its enactment, what after- wards became known as the Do- minion of Canada, did not exist. The Dominion was called into be- ing by the Act itself. The-s Do- minion of Canada, whichwas nev- er in existence until aftpr the act was passed, could hardly he re-

garded as a. party to its enactment." with h“ urbm Certainly it could not be regarded

as a party to the Quebec Resolu- tions or to the London Resolutions which preceded the Act. ~ “

Ontario and Quebec, as lnces. were notin existence when

m‘ 1" “"7 “m” Phm‘ °‘ the n. 1v. x Act was passed Prior

to i807. what are now known as Ontario and Quebec, flassalarge accretion of territory which‘ they have since received), together formed one united Province known as “Canada? This was the Prov- ince of Canada, not the Dominion of Canada. The Province of Can- ada. after 1887, ceased to exist. The names Ontario and "\ ‘- replaced the names Upper Canada and Lower Canada, and instead of the one province called Canada existing before Confederation, the two separate Provinces of Ontario "Id Quebec came into ‘ tence, The name “Canada" then ceased to be the name of a mere Province and became the name of the Do. minion or Union of the Provinces. Can it be claimed that Ontario and Quebec. which were not in exist- ence as separate provinces prior to the Union. are to be regarded as Parties to the Confederation "com. pact" or treaty?

What provinces then could b, considered as parties to the com- Dect? British Columbia did not come in until later, Mpnltobg, w,“ not in existence as a province, A]. gs?" 941d Saskatchewan were not N"! "m" T191111!’ 40 years later.

ova Scotia and New Brungwkglg

tative

a‘ statesmen both before and since this incident of the career of one 00am“ ‘mun, ma m“ m. ab I

upon the theory that the of confederation were em- in what is called} "oom- and that this" compact" or _greement is in its effect a. treaty. is claimed that the making of any alteration in the amount of thesubsldyofapuuvlnoewouldbe a violation of such treaty or com- pact; and could mot be effected without the consent of all who I