‘dual meeting of the Society which takes

, sos Avenue in Topeka, the state's lawmakers still

' "senseless to talk about delaying the next war,"

A real hope" of an eventual settlement without war.

. ily the only forum left for peaceful discussions

I ' liioadcost from the Westof England. Ruth Pierce

. It was to cost seventeen shillings, of. which each ‘i would pay fear‘ and tirrsepeece. A Mftillldailt-

gsen.......-.--- THE GUARDIAN

lleerllll] Dill] (Iuhldld ll Ill") letharlvel ea rleroiiit Clnee llell. Poet Offlee ' Department, Otseirin. The Island (Iuersllee Publishing Co. litter and lleheglng Dlrsrfllbl‘. J ls. harness. Aeeasilnfe Itlltssr. Frank Welles. u . _ The Strangest Memory rs Weaker Than

the Weakest Ink.“ DBABLOTIETUWN. SATURDAY, MARCH 19. 194a

‘ The Red Gross

The annual appeal for funds by the Prince coward Island Division of the Red Cross Society is once again with us. The provincial objective is $33,000. ‘

Co-irrcident with the campaign is the an- places

at the Charlottetown Hotel today.

The reports presented at this meeting will give some idea of the vast amount of humanitar- Ian and educational work carried on in the Pio- vince by the Division. We» doubt if a parallel could be found anywhere.

Among the miin-y splendid projects advanc- ed by the Red Cross are, Aid to Crippled Chil- d-nn, The Junior Red Cross, Swimming and Water Safety, the establishment of First Aid Posts, Women's Work Committee in overseas relief and local causes, Aid and Comfort to Hospitalized Veterans, Nutrition and First Aid Courses, Home Nursing, Sick Room Supply Loan cupboards, Home-makers, and a Blood Transfusion Service. These are all part and parcel of the every day activities of the Red Cross. In times of disaster the Red Cross springs into action to relieve suf- fering and save lives.

To re-coin a Churchillian phrase, never in the history of humanitarian endeavour do so many owe so much. to any one society or organi- zation.

We feel confident that the Red Cross cam- oaign for funds will once more go over the tap.

Kansas Goes Wet

The State of Kansas, one of the remaining three Prohibition areas, has followed this Pro- vince's example in abandoning the bone dry policy. Recording this, Newsweek says: "In vain Carrie Nation, the Amazonian hatchet wielder, had battered‘ bars, mocked judges as ‘your dis- honor,‘ and gibed that the government, ‘like dead fish, stiniks worse at the head.‘ Not even her frenzied crusades half a century ago could make Kansas, the first state to adopt constitutional prohibition (in 1880), as dry in fact _as_it was in law. Most Kansas went right on drinking wet and voting dry. They refused _to repeal their state prohibition in ‘I934 and rejected the drip- ping-wet Democratic candidate for governor, Harry H. Woodring, in i946. But Woodring ac- complished one thing:_ His drive forced the drys to agree to a public referendum. Last Nov. 2 Kansas, to the amazement of the drys, repeal- ed its ‘noblb experiment.‘ But though pocket flasks bulged more blatantly than ever on Kan-

lrod to pass a new liquor bill to make them legal. For two months the legislature wrestled with the problem. One dry-as-dust state senator, Elmer E. Euwer, admitted: "l don't know what a fifth is." A more experienced collea-gue quip- ped: "It's a short quart." There was nothing short, however, about the law that finally em- erged. It was 3,500 words long. Legalizing only liquor sales by privately owned package stores, it was red-taped with controls. Samples: (i) Drinking is banned on public streets, alleys, roads, or highways, or in beer parlors, taverns, pool halls, or places to which the Qelleml P115‘ lic has access.‘ (2) Opened bottles of liquor may be carried in an auto only in the loCked 19¢" compartment, not in the glove compartmenh (3) Only one small sign, with letters 4 inches high, in the corner of a package-store window or door, can identify its business. Last week the legislature sent the measure to Gov. Frank Carl- son, a teetotaler, who promptly OIWOII-"Wd he would sign it. His signature would end 69_yeflr5_ of Kansas prohibition, leaving only MISSIWPP‘ and Oklahoma dry out of the 48 states.

ll. ll. ll. lllrc Prophecy

It is a commonplace "not to prophecy un- lass you know." On the presumption that he "knows", the prediction of the end _of the world g5 we "know“ it by Mr. Trygve Lie, Secretary" General of the United Nations deserves more than passing notice. He warns us that the pres’; ent East-West conflict is too dangerous _to last. If the present "game" of hostility continues in- definitely, he told a_General Assembly atuthe University of Maine, it would result inna war that will end civilization as we know it. lt was

said Mr. Lie, "because if there is anything cer- tain about another war it is that the passage of time will not make it any less deadly." The United Nations, he asserted, offered the "only

Although the U. N. could not break down the "serious and fundamental" differences between East and West, Mr. Lie admitted, it was virtual-

of them. . The. North Atlontlc Pact ls therefore but a

means to an end — to prevent the total destruc- tion of Christian civilization as we experience lt.

.. ‘ Alil She Dlil ‘ .___

- Aliblical experience repeated. "Let me drop down dead if it isn't true!" isa phrase many people have heard. Iiit when Ruth Pierce said so in De- vixen Market iii Wiltelilre in i753 she did drop down dead, as Arnold Hare recalled in a BBC

and time other wamen- arranged to buy a sack of corn‘ in the market from Farmer Alexander.

nationwide hilrrd 4n the market placsfor ‘when

Pierce was exceptionally‘ vehement and swore that she wished she might drop down dead if she had not paid her fair share. And drop she did, dead beyond ‘all question, with no mark on her body to account for her demise. An inscribed stone was set upon a wall near the scene of the incident and when a new market cross was pre- sented to the town the whole story and the moral was inscribed an one of its faces and can be read there today. "lt's interesting to note," said Arnold Hare, "that this inscription, after telling of Ruth Pierce's death, adds the phrase ‘having the money concealed in her hand;' which certain- ly adds point to the story, but of which there is no mention in the inquisition or any of the‘ contemporary reports; and it may be an example of the later embroidery of the tale as it was hand " down by local tradition." Whatever the truth of the story may be it is certainly an awful warning to liars.

./ EDITORIAL NOTES]

Spring begins at 6:49 p. m. Sunday when the sun crosses the equator for the vernal equi- nox. i i .

Tumults in Parliament may precede tiimults in the streets. It is a bad example for the mak- ers of the laws to set to the breakers of the laws as in ltaly.

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A Reuters report of a scientifically compos- ed “soil structure" which enabled tropical bam- boo to be grown in England opens the field to all sorts of speculation. The time may ‘soon be in sight when markets will determine what crops are produced, soil and climate being merely min- or problems to be overcome.

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The compulsory features of the Town Plan- ning Bill are certain to bring objections from those who have deliberately built beyond the limits of incorporated municipalities for the pirrpose of avoiding the cost of proper water supply and sewage system. For the many who could find nowhere else to build, the prospect of improved conditions will prove welcome.

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The floor price for butter having been fix- ed, Agriculture Minister Gardiner told the Com- mons the Government‘s policy on ceiling prices for the next dairy year will be announced before May i. Replying to R. E. Drape (PC-—Northum- berland), he said the policy normally is on- noun-ced before the dairy year opens May I. That procedure will be followed this year.

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The North Atlantic Pact means just that the Allied Nations will go to one another‘s assist- an-ce in the event of a threat of war on the part of the Soviet nations. The main difference be- tween the twoalliances is that whereas the Allies are scattered on three continents, the So- viets are concentrated on two, and all adjacent. The Atlantic forces will have to depend upon the atomic bomb to help thern in the event of hostilities.

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Britain's Royal Navy is carrying out import- ant experiments which may greatly improve fly- ing conditions for naval aviators. An aircraft carrier has been equipped with a flexible deck which provides safer landing for fqst planes in a limited space. Information on preliminary tests was given at the end of February by the Ministry of Supply. The flexible deck is made of special materia-I consisting mainly of rubber. A iet fighter is fitted with skid-s in place of wheels and the undercarriage is dispensed with. This gives a much improved performance to the plane in the air. It is catapulted from the deck and when returning to the carrier it lands on the special deck an its skid. _

Provincial Government assistance to schools in Saskatchewan has increased about I20 per cent since i944, Education Minister W. S. Lloyd told the house during the throne speech debate. In i944, government assistance to schools was $2,765,693, compared to $6,063,720 estimated for i949. In his rebuttal of opposition criticisms of the government's education policies, Mr. Lloyd said the government's contribution per pupil was now almost double the $20 paid during the last ye-ar of Liberal administration. Normal school attendance had jumped from I80 in i943 to 598 in i947, Mr. Lloyd said. Average salary paid in Saskatchewan to teachers in one-room schools was higher than that paid in Manitoba and just $30 per year less than that paid in Alberta.

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The discussion in the Legislature Wednesday indicated veryforcibly that health and sani- tary conditions in the vicinity of the City are not all what they should be. Attention has pre- viously been drawn to the danger of having private wells and sewage tanks in close proxim- ity, and a demand made for remedial measures. It would seem the most practical way would be for these outlying suburbs to be absorbed by the city in order to benefit from madernwat- er supply and sewage outlet. lt is for the peo- ple in such places as Parkdale, the City Council, and the Provincial Town Planning Committee to get together and devise ways and means of mak- ing our environs in this respect safe for a healthy democracy, and, like Caesar's wife, above eur- picion. . ‘ .

David Livingstone, medical missionary and explorer, born this date i813. As a youth in Glas- gow he had a vision that he was destined to be a missionary to the heathen, and prepared him- self accordingly. He went to what was then known as Darkest Africa, and spent a lifetime in enlightening the natives, and opening up the country to Christian civilization. At one time he was thought to be lost, and the New. York Herald‘ fitted out on expedition under Henry Ston- ley to rescue him. He succeeded, but no one was more surprised than Livingstone to find. himself so famous. He determinedJo continue his explora- tions, and when Stanlsyleft on return to Eng- land, he continued to complete his explorations, and proceeded along the east side of lake"l’an- ganyiira, reecliln "a village called langwfiole ‘where/he died. ‘ ls remains were tdkerriieken

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0 PUBLIC FORUM

This oolnnin 1e open to the dleaunlon by earreepondea ot guest-lens at interest. The Gnerdlen does not ueueeeer- ily endorse the oplnlirn‘ ut correspondents.

GOOD PUBLICITY ANIWVAY

Sir-Quite e lot has been written about Mr. Price getting the nom- ination for Prince County. One cor- iespondent put it very nicely when he said those who live 1n glass houses should not throw stones. It seems to me that a number of years ago a gentlemen was unseat- ed for corrupt practices in winning an election to the local Legislature whose initials were very similar to some correspondents who wrote such sarcastic letters on Mr. Price being nominated for Prince County. Maybe they areflshlng for the job of teaching Mr. Price up-to-data methods of using those other things which they claim he ls to briiig from Montreal with him to win the election.

The biggest compliment the Lib- eraie could pay Jack Price is the noise they are making over him getting the nomination; it hhows plainly they are afraid of him. One never: howls unless one is tilt.

I am. Sir, etc.

- JOHN P. C. MacDONALD. Monticello.

INFORMATION WAN TED

Sin-I enjoy reading your daily column “How Cain I?" and wonder if I may submit. a. question. A pair of blank kid gloves which have e special value to me have begun to turn grey end I would like to know how they may bl cleaned and restored to their former colour. The leather is still iai good condition. Please publtsh this question and your suggestion toi- cleaning with- in the next few days. I will be watching the columai. I ism. Sir, etc" READER.

Ed. Note,-'I‘liLs feature is not prepared locally. Readers may sub- mit questions which will be ens- wered In due course. but as this may take considerable time per- haps other readers may have im- mediate suggestions which may be helpful to our correspondent. >11 any ere submitted we will be 21M! to pass them on through this col- uirnn.

THE PUBLIC ‘ACCOUNTS

Sir, - In your editorial of 14th inst. you say ordinary expense 1n- cludes a payment of $331,800. Sinking Fund, quite correct, see page 11, P. A. So tew expenses were looked upon as ordinary that there was a. large surplus on ordinary account. notwithstanding the above payment. The object is to show is large surplus on ordinary account and call much - " -

Old Charlottetown (And P; l. U

ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY

"At the lest meeting of the City Council permission was granted the manager of the Electric Light ste- ‘tion in tlils city to transfer his cori- tract to the Electric Light Company of P. E. Island, to whom the works would be sold. We understand that the aisle has been completed, and after today the station will be in the hands of the new company. So for, we hear that only four or five gentlemen in this city have taken in the enterprise. Bothwell, Esq., of Halifax ls presi- dent of the company, and R. R. Fitz- gerald, Esq., of this city, secretary. Mr. Berg, of Montreal, is expected to arrive here in a few days. James Weddell will be the local superintendent. Although only hav- ing the experience of a few months in electric lighting, it is suld that Mr. Weddell is now equal to the best hands In the Maritime Prov- Mr. Starr leaves this evo- rrlng to take a responsible position in the electric light station at Boston."

—Weekly Examiner, March 3, 1887

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FIRST LINE 0f- DEFENCE.

ON THE BEACH

Wind whines end whines the shingle. K

"Ptie crazy piei-etakee groan:

A senile sea numibers each single

Siimesllvered stone.

From whining wind and colder Grey sea I wrap tiim warm

And touch his trembling ilrielboried

' v shoulder

J_ R_ And boyish arm.

Around ue fear. descending Darkness of tear above

And in my heart how deep unend- Mr. l"! Aidhe of lave!

—.1emee Joyce. YOUNGSTER. TO GET MONEY

TORONTO. March 18 — (C?) — A youngster who found a can tuli of money while playing will receive $1.430 when he is 21, Chief Justice J. C. McRuer ruled today. The boy. 15-year-old Donald Bird

to 1t. But when total and capital expenditure is to be shown the total deficit is made smaller by putting the $331,800 back Into revenue, page. 19. Wonderful ec- countrincy. '

A5 a matter of fact the $331,800 is not on expense, ti: was used to buy hands to put into the bond receivable account (sinking fund) page 26, and the bonds are there yet. Also the account was never put into revenue as per page 19- One error in P. A. riuilities an-

other. I em, Sir etc.

IS IT WISIIFUL THINKING?

Sir. -- It has been stated in the Legislature (by the Oppositloiii that the present. Liberal Govern- ment would not be in power in

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and this not; at. all probable that Mr. King, the late prime minister, would have increased the mem- bership it it was to be to the rid- vantage of his opponents. increase in membership will “sake numerous changes in the bound. cries of constituencies sci the; 11w predictions Brindle: Price pro

Dhel; iii-e purely wishful think- ing. '

m ACCOUNTANT V

of Mr.

SPRING SAMPLES NOW IN

1. P. MaclPherson 8. Soii

Men's Mlde-to-Meesure end- Sfack Clothing

of Fort Frances, Ont. sued the town of Farr Frances to recover rhe money which Chief Constable Gaston Camerimd turned over to the town treasurer. Donald found the money in 1946.

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0. MILTIIII FRAZEE

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Drew and and our local Fire - Auto - Life I em, Sir etc. F. w. , Representative

Manufacturers Ute insurance Goirrpariv I79 Queen St. Phone 7H

Charlottetown, P.E.I.

1951. No authority was given tar _ such o. prediction so that 1t may be presumed to arise simply from wishful thinking. Examples of SUJII predictions from the same source may be seen 1n the result of the last two provincial elect.- ians. Theii the slogan of the 0D- positiori was “We ute going to 1 win." They proclaimed it, on every 1 platform but the results of both ; those elections showed there WES i’ no justification roi- their foolish l claims. In fact. the outcome of the i 1947 election was very similar- to the United States election o1 last November. but Truman won out contrary to e11 predictions because the people were behind him; and so ii is today in Canada. notwith- standing the predictions of Brigadier Price, George Drew et iino.

Prosperity abounds in our laud. Contentment 1e evident every- where. Savings bank accounts are Increasing and the social security and economic measures put inio operation by the Government to- gether iivitii the very generous treatment. of vederiins are greatly appreciated by thousands at beneficiaries and disprove any suggestion the! e change of gov- ernment is likely.

I listened to e broadcast over the CBC network on the Sunday following New Years. It wee e round-up of several commentators from several world cepitele. The speaker- eir Ottawa choee es his subject the political condition and outlook, in Cn-nede. It. was not e partisan review. His eon- oiusion was that the consensus of opinion was that the present gov- ernment would be returned with

about the some number ll et e- lmt. that no Peri! could arm e government

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den where hsyriis buried In Westminster

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ARE BURNING,

During the ten year period from i938 to I947, there

were 26,000 church fires in the United States and Ca-

Fire Protection Association, international

nada, according to statistics published by the National

non-profit

educational organization devoted to fire control. Other

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properties, such as schools, institutions, stares, wore-

os-irroesi i .~ - ‘fairs-reach '-

Every citizen shduld do his utrnostto eliminatqor at least greatly reduce this terrific waste and also-safe- guard their financial interests bycarrying adequate"

houses, factories and homes are also burning by the Insurance in ‘strong rslidrls Composites. ' 1

thousands. During the year i948 the aggregate fire losses were upwards of a Billion Dollars in United States and Canada, besides the tragic loss of life.

Many sudh losses were dire common hazards and human error, including delayed alarms

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Lerrten Meditations » I The 11:; tendon ssrmnv

When seal was e boy in Tlrlul he must often have admired the Roman sentrier who stood. fully armed, guarding some important building; nor‘ did his admiration for them ceeee when in later year's eeritrlee in tiresome Imperial ser- vice were eet to Klllfd him I11 Pl‘!- eon. ' Even there he could recall his boyish delight in breutplete, hel- met, ems sword. f

He new in the Roman seritries a quality which he desired tor him-

lty of steedfeetnees. It was from prison that he wrote to his friends vin Ptiilippl, "rem posted here for the defence of the Gospel” (Phil. l. 17), arid declared that the peace of God should stand sentry over their hearts and thoughts. (Phil. iv, 7-) In the description of the Christ- ian soldier's penoplynwhlch forms pert of the Epistle for the Twenty- firet Sunday after Trinity, it is not only of eccoutrerriente that he is thinking. They ere important ln- deed, end if one pert of them ls missing ell the others may prove of no evell. The breeetplete of right- eousness is not-enough without the ew rd of the Spirit. ui. the operative word in the delcrlptlori is the verb which de- scribes the entry's essential duty. “Stand therefore." Conflict there must be egrrlrili. evil; a defeat of its mysterious forces by the mys- tery of the Gospel. But when the weapons rent from use the sentry ‘ reet._ It ls his duty "having done ell, to eterid."