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PAGE FOUR THE GUARDIAN

V Authorised as Second Clue Mali Post Office Department. Ottawa. The Island Gulrdiln Publishing Co.

Editor and Managing Dircclior. Ian A. Burnett. Anocigu Editor, Frank Wllku.

CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Edward Island like the dew"

"Tho strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink". ,

CHARLOTTETOWN THURSDAY. OCT. I. 1953

Tyrant or Emanclpator

The alarm clock to many seems a hard task-master, a thief of time and a destroyer of sleep. There is another aspect to its ordered life, however. The housewife who uses a timer to let her know when the eggs are done or the roast cooked does not re- gard the inst1'ument as a slave-driver but as a release from the task of clock watch- ing. She can make what use she wishes of her time, knowing that she can rely on the faithful time-keeper to call her atten- tion to the stove when needed.

In the same way the alarm clock re- lieves the tired man or woman of the re- sponsibility of waking at the right time to be ready for the tasks of the day. With- out it his last thought would necessarily be the determination to wake at the proper time. He would require to be his own alarm clock and work at it throughout the night. Some people can readily do this without showing apparent fatigue, but for most ordinary mortals it is just too much to ask. How much more satisfactory it is to throw all the responsibility onto that ingenious machine.

There are many "alarm clocks" in our lives which we tend to dislike and consider to be rocks on the footpath when in reality they are more like stepping stones across places in which we would otherwise get wet. To many people the reporting of disaster and crime, disagreements and folly seems to be something they could well do with- out, whereas it is the things themselves that they object to and would be very much more concerned about if a blanket of silence were to descend.

Regret is frequently expressed at an in- dividual being admitted to hospital or be- ing under medical care when, in point of fact, the victim and his -friends are only too happy that such care is available, much as they may regret the circumstances that require its application. For the most part these slips of thought and expression do little harm but it is well once in: a while, at least. to consider what we really think and mean, if it is only to avoid disliking the well because of thirst. ;

Abuse of Privilege

There are many circumstances under which special privileges are extended to particular groups. Usually it is because in line of duty they are placednin excep- tional circumstances, whether because of service or civilian travel. membership in a particular firm or organization, or profes- sional responsibilities. The concessions are made both in the interest of the individuals concerned and of their efficiency.

What happens all too often. unfortu- nately. is that a minority of those enjoying public or private privileges use them to an extent or in a way that. was never intend- erl and the result is that the privilege is withdrawn from all or else hedged about with all sorts of annoying restrictions. Em- ployees who make use of discount privileges for other than their personal requirements, farmers who burn tax-free gasoline in their cars, servicemen who bring automobiles into the country as personal effects, all are apt to play havoc with useful and desirable privileges which make life easier and gen- erally fairer.

Scrviccmcn in future will be limited to H000 in the amount of goods which they may bring home duty-free, a limit which it would never have been necessary to im- pose had the privilege been used only for it.s proper purpose of bringing-back ordina'ry souvenirs and household effects when ap- plicable. Because of this restriction it will be a costly matter for a serviceman to be posted back to Canada after setting up a domestic establishment abroad.

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Engineers ln.New Zealand bored 2,020 feet into the earth and released a. jet of super-heated steam that rose 400 feet in the air with such violence as to shatter all recording instruments. The immediate pro- posal. according to the Port Arthur News- Chronicle. is to use this heat in power tur- him: for atomic development and other Pul'D0598- i l . i . l

Heat being so easily availabls,ln quan- tity it .will-. naturally add greatly to the potantltlltles and wealth of that down un- der country. It wilibe lnmutinc to other cf the world; -which llaowlugrnay use be obtained from the

than elsewhere. It is known as a country of boiling springs.

The boring in the. enterprise referred to, released a great volume of heat at less, than half a mile depth. In Canada and other countries mining is' carried to more than twice that depth before the heat be- comes too great for further work. But

given to the possibility of using interior heat on the surface. The prospects are un- doubtedly less than in New Zealand where it seems it can be had at half the depth and in the form of steam that could easily be carried through pipes. How to. go deepei and get the heat in a form that would per- mit distribution is the problem for en- gineers in this country and, probably on ac- count of the differences, the solution is much more distant than in New Zealand.

"iiaii" cricket can

A letter to The Sunday Times, of Lon- don, recently inquired if any one knew why cricket balls are red. One reply said the explanation was simple: The Russians invented cricket. As proof, the writer noted that cricket is definitely an ”un-American activity."

It is very likely that the Russians have claimed, at some time or other, to have invented cricket, comments the Montreal Gazette. In the last few years, they have claimed credit for almost everything else. The latest Russian declaration of this type concerns "3-D” movies. To publicize the showing of their first production of this type, Russian Government newspapers have hailed the three-dimensional technique as just another Russian development.

”Students of contemporary Russian his- tory might be inclined to accept this view," says The Gazette. "Russian Government circles, at least, have been making three- dimensional statements for years. First, there is the story they tell the outside world; then there is the story they tell the Communist world; then, belatedly, there is the truth, which the world has to find out for itself."

EDITORIAL NOTES

The law on lotteries is expected to be reconsidered at the forthcoming session of Parliament. Those who feel that the present law should be changed and those who are convinced that it is exactly as it should be should let their views be known now rather than later object to officials enforcing its provisions.

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Early movement. of potatoes is heavier this year than,last. Unfortunately those who held on last. year took a loss as a re- sult. It would be ideal if potatoes could be kept moving regularly throughout the year and that, indeed, is' one respect in which the pool has a distinct advantage over individual sales.

With the value of national fisheries down in August from a year ago but up in this Province in the same month, fisher- men here may well be thankful. The in- dustry is undergoing a revolution through increased lobster sizes and the introduction of modern methods of catching and handling other varieties.

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The world's scheduled airlines, as (1 result of the International Air Transport Association in Montreal, may adopt some- thing very like the gold standard for book- keeping purposes. it is proposed to use some such unit as the international postal gold franc for the purpose of simplifying international fares.

Canada's exchange air cadet. to Sweden, Sgt. Alan Massey of the Charlottetown squadron. was highly honoured by the re- port from the Minister of External Affairs for Sweden. The minister has written that he had conducted himself in a manner that reflected much redit on Canada and the Air Cadet movement, arid that he had cer- tainly proved himsclf a splendid example of Canadian youth.

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It is not altogether correct that a pro- posed amendment to the Criminal Code will result in all the crimes for which a person may be chargedbeing contained in one statute. Common law offences will no long- er be crimes in Canada unless also provided for in the Code but Dominion statutes, Pro- vincial statutes and numerous reguiatioiisg made under statutory authority will con- tinue to provide for punishment for their infraction.

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Sir Alfred Munnings, English painter, was born this date 1878. He studied art at Norwich and Paris and first exhibited tat the Royal Academy in 1898. His "Ep- som Downs" is his best known work. pur- ing the First World War he painted a series

nicnt. An uncompromising critic of certain

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tendencies in modern art, he became p'resi- f

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FROM AUTUTVBT

0 Autumn. laden with fruit, and stained

With the blood of the grape, pass not. but sit g Beneath my shady roof; there thou may'sl rest. And tune thy jolly voice to my

'es pipe.

And all the daughters of the year shall dance!

sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers.

"rho narrow bud opens her beauties

to

The sun and love runs in her thrilling veins; Blossoms hang round the brows of momlng. and

Flourish down the bright cheek of modest eve,

Till clust'ring Summer brpaks forth

into singin

And feather-'d clouds st.re'w flowers round her head.

The Spirits of the air live on the smells

Of fruit: and joy, with plnlons light. roves round

The gardens, or sits singing in the trees!

Thus sang the Jolly Autumn as he

sat, Then rose. girded himself, and o'er the bias Hills fled from otlr sight; but kn his golden load.

-William Blake.

Old C ha rlolletown

NEW ianunswicii woorzns

"The traffic between Prince County and New Brunswick is rapidly increasing, and on the u-. rival and departure of the steam- 911 quite I. stir exists at Summer- side in landing and taking in pas- sengers and goods: and what. 15.. lenders don't like to see, but can't well help, the New Brunswlckers every week taking Away the hmd. somest. of their women. These foreigners have heard that the daughters of the Island are very fair and beautiful. and they come over and go through the country to see what. will turn up.

"They fonri an acquaintance, and are invited. to partake of the hospitality of the housepnnd by degrees the old man takes a. ilk- lng to the stranger. who excels in farming, hunting, shooting and fishing, and with his stories and music he in a few days becomes a favorite. He tells them of the forests and rivers, the mountains, the prairies and wild scenery of New Brunswick. He accompanies

and at night. on his flute he plays to the household and the gathered- in neighbouri, the limo! his nu-i tivc land, while the daughter lis- tens as if dreaming: Soon the old lnI.!1'l consent is sought. who smokes his pipe a while and than consents. The Minister, taking his warrant from a Bible. with trom- ulous and earnest. voice, "qua- tlolll. exhoru. Drays, unites dud blesses; and thus one by one the daughters In led away to the steamer. leaving their fuhgn standing at the doorway. and their ctrterl and mothers in. Mar and an born: of! for the distant sin."

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one relson for smoking 1 pipe is that it goes out so often that it's the next best thing to giving up smoking. Which makes that Dutch pipe-smoking contest. in which the winner kept puffing steadily for 8994. minutcsmlook rather poinl.less.- Hamilton Spec- tutor.

An honest newspaper Is I lens which focuses all the complicated happenings of the world each day lnto- an understandable p;icture. It is s. summary of how men are thinking and acting for good or bad, of what industry is achiev- ing. of what. city and provincial and national governments are do- ing. for their citizens. And because it reports the bad as well as the good it ls- a weapon against evil. A wrong cannot long stay -unrighted if it is publicized: government cannot override the wishes of the people as long as a free press dis- passlonately reports its actions and its policies. For the young man or woman who is beginning to take an interest in the world outside the boundaries of home and school and neighbourhood, the newspaper is an essential textbook. It is living history; ii. is a report on the

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ideas. iduls and customs of the times; it brings far places near; it is a study of human achievement, human foibles and the sometimes strange workings of the human mind. Charles Lamb said: "The newspapers always excitg curiosity" -and W'thout. curiosity. without the inquiring mind. there is no wisdom.-Editorial for Young Peo- ple, Hamilton spectator.

The ucqulsltlon of the Jet on- gins plant at Melton by the A. V. Roe Co.. of Canada indicates that the great. Hawker-Siddeley group is convinced that Canadian avia- tion has ii. great future. e pur- chase price is about 317,500,000 and brings the total investment of the purchaser: is this country up to 340,000,000. The Multan lat engine plant builds the Orenda engine. That engine is used to power the CF-100, Canada. unrivalled all- weather day-and-night fighter which will be used for intercep- tion purposes in the Canadian north-west. It also is used to power improved sabre Jet fighters which made an exceptionally good showing in combat in Korea. More and more British money is turn- ing to Canada as a place for pro- fitable investment. The ,Hs.wker- slddelcy ooinipnmlec represent the largest single investment mode in this country by British interests.

-Toronto Star.

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It is fitting that the first atomic Iubmarina to be put in service has been named "Nautil- us '. No doubt it is a complicat-

nuutllul is as complicated in de- sign and structure as any fish that.awlms. Its shell in divided into chambers ranging in num- ber from twenty to fifty, accord- in to the size of the fish. each chamber being larger than the one preceding it. The creature it- self llves hr the newest chiimber. It may not be scientifically ac- curate to say that one chamber after another is abandoned as the "life" of -the fish moves for- ward, but that is how it appears to the casual observer and that is how it must have appeared to Oliver Wendell Holmes when he wrote his famous poem "The Chambered Nautilus". Most liter- ary critics say that this poem is America's greatest. Some have maintained that it is the finest piece of poetry ever written in the English language. It.may be that the namer of the submarine had the poem in mind, as well as the fish, when he finally settled on the name. ' , n 0 c There is I tradition among sall- orl who frequent the South Seas that one species of the fish known as the "Paper Nautilus" (so-called because of its thin, paper-like tentacles) hoists its fins on windy occasions and makes them serve as sails to take it along the surface of the sea. Like many another tradition this one has not ,recelved scientific affirmation. No matter. in their own way and within their dwn limitations old traditions, even if they happen to be without foun- dation, are just as valuable as those things that can be scien- tifically substantiated. It will be a sorry and glamoriess day when everything will be compelled to stand the test of science. Somewhere in his travels in the South Pacific the poet comes on a wrecked nautilus. He re- calls the life of the strange cre- ature.

"This is the ship of pearl which. poets feign.

sail: the unahsdowed main.

The venturous bark that flings

On the sweet summer wind its purple wings . . ."

But the true poet is concerned with other things beside life. and the following lines, who ver else they may contain, cer lnly give a soulful description of the contrast between what. was and what is: '

"Wrecked is the ship of pearl!

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And every chambered cell.

Where it: dim -dreaming life was wont to dwell

Before thee lies revealed

its irlsed ceiling rent. its sun- leu crypt unsealed."

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All this is charming language, but the poem rises to its cres- cendo of glory when it goes on to speak of the strange growth of the nnutiius in its many chain. bers and of the "heavenly me”. use brouizht. by thee, child of the wandering sea." s

"Year after year beheld the silent toll

That spread his lustrous coil;

Still, as the spiral grew,

He left the past. year's dwell- ing for the new."

This is a picture of patience. of progress (not without toll), of adaptation to the new. Little by little. cell by cell, step by step, dream by dream, the nautllus goes on to fulfill the purpou for which it was created. Not without much effort. and probably Iomin. pain, was the transfer from one chamber to a larger one complet- ed, but never is the final destiny forgotten. '

I I 0 Can man of his own frccwill and choice do that which the

nautlius must do in obedience to law? Can he outgrow his mortal shell by reaching out to the im- mortal? As one season or one phase of life succeeds another is the change for the better? Can the human soul keep marching on from one dwelling place to an- other with iissurancs that each one will be better and more spacious and more beautiful than the last? ;

These questions and others like them make up the theme of the poem which ends in language so lofty and in hopes so courageous that comment on one or the other would be out of lace.

"Build then more stately mansions, 0 my soul,

As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past!

Let each new temple, nobler than the last,

Shut than from heaven with a dome more vast,

Till thou at length art free.

Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unrestlng sea!"

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