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-Editor and Managing Director. Ian A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

CIRCULATION "Covers Prince Edward Island like the dew"

"Tho sirongosi memory is weaker than the weakest Ink".

CHARLOTTETOWN SATURDAY, JULY 25. 195!

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Three papers were read on potato aphids at the recent Maritime convention

by research men from the Field Crop In- sect Labor'atory at Fredericton, N. B. The control of these insects, unlike many other pests, was initiated by the scientists with- out a direct economic demand by growers, for growers at first were not aware of aphids either as an entomological or a virus problem.

Research uncovered the role that these insects play in spreading potato virus dis- eases and extensive studies have been car- ried out in connection with field population and control. It is of interest that differ- ent varieties predominate in New Bruns- wick and Prince Edward Island. The com- mon aphid in New Brunswick is the green peach aphid, which develops rapidly, re- produces quickly but produces few young per day. It is believed to winter on the wild plum and is a highly efficient vector of roll leaf.

The variety common in this Province is the potato aphid. which develops and re- produces more slowly but produces more young. It is less efficient as a virus in- fector but far more mobile than other vari- eties. It is believed to winter on rose. Un-

of food supply. Very large surpluses have

of the Agricultural Institute of Canada, all.

be'en available, partly resulting from a ser- ies of good crop years, partly from a re- markable development of mechanization en- couraged by the growing scarcity of labor, and partly from an equally remarkable up- surge of scientific aids to farming, which many farmers have been prompt to take advantage of. It is probably correct- to say that among Canadian producers of livestock, poultry, fruits, cereals and vege- tables, there are numbers of the more pro- gressive farmers, who are substantially ahead, in producing ability, of the place our universities and experimental stations oc- cupied in 1937. This, too, despite the nor- mal 20-year lag between the discovery and the application of scientific truth.

Unfortunately, this is not true of the majority, many of whom have failed to realize that production per acre, or pei man hour, is the real determinant of net income. It is idle to suggest, as some have done, that the farmer should produce less because prices are falling: on the con- trary, he should produce more-of some- thing. It may be that he would be wise to produce less wheat or milk, or fewer pigs or poultry, in one year than in an- other, but his net income is bound to in- crease, in relation to current prices and costs, as he raises the volume of his an- nual production and lowers his costs.

Today, long hours and plenty of muscle are not enough. The science of economics is gradually placing a sounder business foundation under farm management. Other sciences-botany, chemistry, physics, en- tomology, bacteriology and nutrition-all of the sciences which meet in the production of healthy animals and plants-are in- creasingly at the service of farmers who will use them, to produce more per acre, or per man hour, including profit. The art of farming and the science of the farm meet in successful farm management to- day, as never before.

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THE TASTE OF CLAM

On the worn palimpsest of sea Expunged, ropenclled ”' The word of origin can be Constructed only fitfully. But captured in a taste. the secret Is clamped essential in a locket, House lnfrangible and hinged And with the earliest tincture tinged.

Omen of color, small ens-ample Spread over aged ridge and rimple.

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From such a casket still is wrung Archaic ichor for the tongue. The birthright kept. uniquely clam, '

Savor which clearest says. I Am; Out of the salty deep abyss

The living clue to genesis.

-Louise Townsend Nicholl, in New York Herald-Tribune.

Curious Mystery

(Montreal Gazette) ”

A curious mystery surrounds a king's chair in Laurier House, the home of the late Prime Minister King in Ottawa. Visitors to Mr. King's home, now a museum, will see this old stralgbtback chair. They will read an engraved silver plaque upon it. The plaque says: "In this chair James II was crown- ed King of Scotland in Stirling Castle. Purchased by Right Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King from the curator of Stirling Museum."

Nobody seems to have questioned this statement until the other day, when some visitors from Scotland went through Mr. Kingls house. No doubt the sentiments of Scot- tish nationalism burned within their breasts as they beheld this historic relic. They apparently took the matter up with their member of Parliament when they returned home. Questions were asked as to how this precious na- tional possession got from the Stirling Museum to Ottawa.

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Investigation followed. It was proved that no such chair had

like other varieties it tends to feed on terminal areas, the fast-growing parts of

ever been in the Stirling Museum. It turned out that one day Mr. King had gone to the cottage in

plants so that spraying provides protection for a much shorter time than, with other types. This is particularly so five weeks after the crop emerges, at which time growth is at a maximum rate.

Parathion or DDT emulsion sprays give very good results against the pests, prac- tically 100 per cent for 24 hours at least. DDT wettable powder also shows excellent results although not so effective as the oth- er two.

New Jot llsslgns

British and French officials have an- nounced development of new, light fighter- planes which can still maintain the high performance standards required in today's air war tactics. Two major factors have made the development possible, notes the Montreal Gazette: new jet engine designs which are smaller and lighter than earlier 'models; new structural designs, new and lighter metals, which cut airframe weight.

The matter of weight is aviation's con- stant dilemma. of non-flying equipment, such as a seat cushionfroughly ten pounds of aircraft must be added, to maintain the same per- formance. Since '- the Second World War, new equipment such asradar and auto- matic firing mechanisms have added tons to the weight of the average aircraft. The result is that both size and cost of fighter planes. have continued to spiral upward.

Today's fighter-bomber is about the size of a medium bomber of the last war, or -.12.: of a commercial aircraft carrying 25 pas- sengers. The cost has jumped from about 550,000 to about d500,000. Aviation ex- ;,-..., perts knew that the trend had to be halt- ffj ed somewhere, but where? With the urgency of defence production pressing hard upon them, they have little time to stop and wonder. But research, fortunate- ly, still goes on, despite the needs for pro- duction at the moment.

The production of smaller, lighter en- gines, of simpler, lighter airframe designs, can mean a great saving in the man-hours, A the materials and the dollars required for air defence.

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3 One of the major problems of our era isgdue to the fact that world food produc- tion has increased only ten per cent since ;.g;- 1937, whlle-lndustrlal production has in- 25:,” creased by 75 per cent. An increase in -world population of 15 per cent during the 35;! same period makes these figures a wani- llw of coming danger. They underline, too, the importance of such organizations as the Agricultural "Institute of Canada, whose I A ago in Charlottetown this week have byril concerned particularly with improving "scientific farm production in the Mu-itimes. As.polntad out in an arrastlu prtiole Guide. lino: the close of

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EDITORIAL NOTES

Festival of St. James. 0 O '0 Tomorrow, 8th Sunday after Trinity,V, 9th after Pentecost.

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Parkdale is taking .steps to meet the problems of street lighting, paving, water and sewerage. A community cannot grow without being faced with these necessities as well as policing, fire protection, educa- tion and a- hundred and one other matters- of community life.

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The massive Prairie section of the Trans-Canada Highway will be completed by 1956, and the Northern Ontario and British Columbia stretches by 1959. For hundreds of miles, its 24-foot pavement will traverse virtually unsettled country, across swamps, granite hills and moun-

tains.

.Great strides have been made in agri- culture in recent years including knowledge of how to use a variety of fertilizers to obtain particular results. From Temarks of the experts, however, at the recent Agri- cultural Tnstitute of Canada meeting, old fashioned barnyard manure is still needed to maintain fertility in addition to the

chemical fertilizers.

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Debating ability is not confined to any one part of the Jslaud. Since 1950 junior farmers from Bedeque-Freetown, Bear Riv- er and Sherbrooke have won the Simmons and MacFarlane Trophy and now Tracadic has won the honour. The fact that winners come from various districts augurs well for the development of future political leader- .ship. '

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Arthur James Balfour, first Earl, Eng- lish statesman, was born this. date 1848. His work as chief secretary for Ireland cov- ers one of the most exciting periods of Irish history. He was aided in the pacifi- cation of the country by the Parnell Com- mission and the 0'Shea divorce case which wrecked Parnell politically. He presided at the first meeting of the council of the Lea- gue of Nations. The enunclatlon of gov- ernment policy on Palestine in 1917 is giv-

en his name, the Balfour Declaration. O O 0

Safety experts claim that most drown- lng accidents can be prevented and that carelessnesris the greatest cause of trag- edy. The All Canada lhsurance Federa- tions recommends that: motor boats be equipped with fire extinguishers, and life preservers; it is not advisable to take non- swlmmers in water craftof any kind; fish- ing from or sslllng,csnoss is dangerous; if a boat overturns, stay with the boat; it is dangerous to swim alone. when tired or averhostsd, after dark or after eating; make atpoint oflosrning artificial respira- tion; and that speeding in motor boats

may be as dangerous as in cars.

Perthshlre where his great-grand- father had lived. There he had taken a fancy to an old chair. He had offered to buy it. But the peo- ple ln the cottage gave it to him. This, it appears, is the chair now on display at Laurler House.

The New York Times has pub-

lished an item on the chair and .onders whether Mr. King may have had a. partner in a hoax. But is there not another explaination? Deep within Mr. King's heart was a romantic feeling for old relics. It was not always necessary for him that they should be genuine. It. was sufficient if they served, in his imagination, to summon up remembrance of things past.

All this is seen in the "ruins" which he set up in the grounds of his country estate, Klngsmere. They were fragments of buildings. sometimes he might notice that they were tearing down an old Ot- tawa house. He would buy a. por-, tion of it - perhaps a, stone bay window -- from the demolition squad and have it transported to Klngsmere.

These ruins were so arranged on a hillside that they, to his mind, gave the appearance of having been there for centuries. In the moon- light he would sit there alone, watching the long shadows from their walls and windows. At such times, no doubt, he felt himself away on some hillside in Scotland, dreaming among the rnouldering ruins of mediaeval lore, and might fancy that he saw "the moon on royal tombstones gleam."

To the literally minded it ,may all seem t ,rehensible. But it might be well to remember the ruins at Klngsmere. If a touch of moonlight could make a Melrose Abbey of the Ottawa. ruins at Kingsmere, perhaps a. trick of lamplight could make it king's throne of the old straight-back chair in Laurler House.

such things may have been Mr. King's own way of finding escape into the far realms of the roman- tic psst. out of the grim realism of the political present.

Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Jos- eph. And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: come on, let us deal wlsoly wltlrthsm: lest they multi- ply, and it come 'to pass. that, when there falleth out arw war. they Join also unto our enemies. and fight against us. . . . And the Egyptlana made the children of Israel to serve with rigour.

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A Massachusetts man has I clock that has run for 22 years without his fixing it. That's prob- ably why it still runs.-Hamilton Spectator.

A perennial complaint on the part of French-speaking Canadians is thut their English-speaking fellow- citlzens tend to ignore French and insist on speaking English even in Quebec public places, hotels and restaurants. But Le Drolt admits something which many Anglo-Cam adian people of good will have long experienced. Frequently. when they try to get pr ctice in the French language, in taken kindness or perhaps a desire to practice their English impels the French-speak- mg to answer in English.-By Press Information Bureau.

Walter Psvlukoff was a classic example of the self-pltyinx crim- insl psychopath who blames his misfortunes on an imagined plot of society against him and who retallates with violence. . . . Mur- derers kept alive in prison could be studied. Valuable knowledge which would help remove indi- vldual and social pressures that lead to murder could be obtained. But the hangman snuffs out all chance. Society uses the barbar- ous noose to frustrate its chance of preventing barbarous murders. -Vancouver Sun.

Men, who normally wouldn't touch the stuff, switch to the beer bottle for their thirst in the heat waves of the Summer, not stopping to realize that their systems are sensitive to the effects of alcohol. As hotel managers frown 'on at- tempts to pick up 40 winks in the beverage rooms, the drinking mo- tor vehicle driver has no alterna- tive but to go and climb into his car. Having got.-that far be de- cides he might as well drive home and pick up the 40 winks behind his own four walls. That is when he risks an encounter with the law. "If you drink-don't. drive" is a slogan we hear at the Christmas- New Year holiday period. But so many people seem to think it doesn't apply between-times.-sum bury Stir.

Billy Rose is a good showman. His "Aquacsde" at the New York World's Fair in 1939 was an extravaganza of beauty and color. He runs one of .the- glit- ter clubs of New York. He has produced some of the best Broad- way shows and has written some of the best songs, and has made a fortune in the process. Now he has been to Stratfoui, Canada's theatre centre this summer. and seen Alec Guinness and a talent- ed troupe of Canadian actors in the festival production of "King Richard III". "It is the best show I have ever seen under canvas." exclaimed the little showman who was once a champion typist and dictation stenogrspher for Bern- ard Baruch. The Stratford Festi- val productions this summer would not be suitable for the kind of tours that Mr. Rose has arranged for other shows, but he thinks that this kind of serious drama is becnmin. popular in

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"There is nothing more exhilar- ating. more joyous and more full of sheer zest of living than the sight of pigs eating."-James Thor- burn on BBC).

Every summer it happens. A youth was killed by lightning the other day when he took refuge under a lone tree out in a field. probably the most dangerous spot to be found. Cattle in groups are often killed in the same way, seeking shelter under a tree.- Stratford Beacon-Herald.

The world's first scheduled com- mercial passenger-carrying heli- copter servlce will he opened next month by Sabena, the Belgian all line. (British European Airways operated a passenger-carrying ser- vice in Wales for a time some years ago, but it was experi- mental and not a commercial proposition; in non - scheduled "taxi" service is being introduced between New York's three alr- ports). Sabena will fly three seven-seat helicopters from Brus- sels to Lille, France and Rotter- dam, Holland, and will extend the line later to Cologne and Saar- brucken, Germany. Because Ham- ilton-Malton is considered a logi- cal first route for scheduled heli- copter servlce in Canada .the Belgian venture is worth close study here. Sabena will charge the same fare per mile as

could also be done on Hamilton- Mslton is not clear-the distance is only half that of the Brussels- Lllle and Brussels - Amsterdam stages-and might depend on the volume of, and rate paid for, air mail carried on the fllghts.-l-iam- llton Spectator.

Old Charlottetown (And r. s. x.)

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"Mr. William Henderson will, tow morrow, commence the erection of a rustic pavilion on Victoria Park. for the use of the Phoenix Cric- ket Club, as well as the public. Judging from a plan of the pavil- ion, which we. were shown today, we must say that it will not ht-l only a. credit to ”the club. but an' ornament to the Par and an ad- 'vantage and pleasuge to citizens generally. The building will be 36 feet long by 26-U2 feet broad. and will contain three rooms, viz., a refreshment room, n. club-roonl.

and a baggage room. On the southeast side, adjoining the bullding. will be constructed a

grand stand with a seating capri-

sons.

"The pavilion will the west side of the fold now used by the club. It will be com- pleted on or about the first of Aulust. The funds for its crec- llon have been raised by sub- scrlptlon of the members of the Club. Any Person wishing to as- slst, financially, in the work, will pass in their respective amounts to the energetic

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Whenever! am tempted to be-. lieve that 1-lomo Saplens is getting less and less rational all the time I recall the sad story, of Mary Smith as it was told to me-by an American friend who remembered the young lady well. Since I board

have forgotten some of the details but I think I can report the gist of it., ,

In the summer of i899 Mary Smith was stricken with I. malady which the doctors (there were no psychiatrists then to speak of) diagnosed as Cullnamsnio. Incid- entally, the disease was not quite so alarming as the word would seem to indicate. For those who may be unfamiliar with the bad looking word and who are much too busy to look it up. perhaps I should say that it comes from I Latin-Greek combination mean- ing 'kltchen msdnesr.

Almost every woman suffers from it'at some time or other in her life but. fortunately, it is in most cases a mild form and does no permanent harm. In, Mary Smith's case, however. it was real- ly serious. It seems that the young lady had just been married. Noth- ing unusual about that. of course. Nor was there anything unusual about the fact that trouble devel- oped between the bride and. groom even before the honeymoon was over. The unusual thing was the cause of the trouble, an illustrated cook-book.

o 0 0 , Many times in the human story Ihe use of cook-books has had un- happy results. This is the only case I heave heard of where the book itself has driven a. young wo- man, or a. woman of any age, to out and out madness. But to get back to the story.

The cook-book was taken on the honeymoon trip and the bride de- cided to study it diligently so that for the rest of her married life she might be in a position to deligh the heart of her husband by sur- prising him wlth all sorts of tasty vlands. Up to this point she was, of course, to be commended. The trouble began when she became so interested in the recipes (or "re- ceipts" as they were usually called in those days) that, in the words of the specialist who was later call- ed'in for consultation, "they oo- cupled every minute of her waking hours.”

Naurally, the groom, very much in love, was somewhat disconcerted by the way things were going. Being a native " t

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The first real sign of madnm showed itself the'nlght tile coupl. attended the , ailon or "; Midsummer Night's Dream". in. sooner had Lysander in Act. 1 e:-:- claimed: "Ah moi for ought that i could ever read, could ever heal- by talc or history, the course oi true love never did run smooth!" than Mary Smith. cried out; "Would anyone in the audience like me to read I-lepzlbah Brad- ford's recipe for brown bread and baked beans?" The story as it was told to me did not relate.Just what happened then, but-snyone who knows anything at all about lh. soul of Boston can well imaging the pangs of distress that mus: have gone through the whole assembly. '

There followed hurried visits in Montreal. Toronto, and Winnipeg in that order. It was all .no use. Changes of scenery is beneficial for many ailments, but for Culin. amania-especially the severe type that afflicted Mary Smith-it is no better than "the same old thing day after day". The lady kept on pandering her recipes, committing them to memory, exclalming at their artistic qualities, murmurlng about them in her sleep, although never at any time did she think of putting one to practical use. It was all theory. no practice.

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Finally, in desperation, the un- happy groom who by this tlme was bordering on melancholic, decided to take his bride to Prince Edward Island. where a friend had assured him, the clean air and the leisure- ly manners of the people would bring her back to whatever sense she had had at the beginning. Alas. that. too proved unavalling. It simply added the best potatoes in the world (Mr. Karsh had not yet been born) to the long list of theoretical culinary delights.

That ended the jaunts. The couple returned to their little place in Connecticut. the husband in live as best he could on canned goods and baker's bread. the wife to spend the rest of her days in pondering the Eleuslnlan myster- ies of an illustrated cook-book.

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.The obvious moral of the story is that no one should sver give a cook-book as a wedding present. that.

vagaries or perhaps because of them, is representative of a. large t of ' t t

ion, though then domiciled Connecticut, he decided to

that the mospllere city would check her embryo rnnce before it got completely out of hand. Sad to say, the

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in which includes most of us to a very take considerable extent, although his bride to the Hub in the hope course Cullnsmanla. or some var-

of that ultra-clvillud most people in the severe er- that Mary experienced.

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form

Much theory, little practice, is n

plan habit that is well high universal.

t- The easiest thing in the world is for ed the young lady within the hall- to become obsessed with good and nxed.w,,,, an-craft. whether thgs owed precincts of Boston were gracious living. The hardest thing and is to convert the obsession into R.

practical day-by-day . syllabus of

innate culture of the Proper Bos- affairs.

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