iECEMBER 2o. 1949

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“numerous PARTY-TIME

The Morning ls Near lls

By Susan Glsspell

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Mexiean? He gave a start and looked at the women with the two fOFNZII children. But she was 10r- elgii too. Or - was she? Not foreign to him were those quick movements which yet had so much grace, nor foreign the dark eyes so alive. With poise she stood there amidst confusion - expectant, eager, a ilttle timid; waiting. He heard her say, lii voice not foreign to English or to him: "We'll just stand here a moment."

H8 Bttililed up. "Hello, Lydia." She turned suiftly and smiled in on eager remembered \vay. “War- rPll!" Hands oul, she just held

Jr's-TE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

Wonderful Response To Blood Donor ' Clinic Campaign

Undoubtedly the Christmas spir- it prevailed in Charlottetown on Thursday when 285 ‘men and women kept up a perpetual stream goin-g through the Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic held at the Canadian Legion, The staff of the mobile team from Halifax said it was one oi the busiest and most satisfact- ory days they had ever had and were loud in their praise of the response from the citizens of Charlottetown and the surround- ing areas. ln glancing over the lists oi those who attended it was found that there had been repre- sentatives from manv districts in-

Ilative Islander Honored By ' Pope Pius

Most Rev. M. M. Johnson, Bish- op of Nelson, B.C., announced on I his recent return from Rome that 1 the Holy Father, Pope Pius Xll was pleased to raise to the ran'.: of Dommtic Prelate, Rev. W13. MaeKei-izie, Pastor of Kelowna BC. Monsignor MacKenzie is n native of Vernon Bridge. P. l‘..l He studied at Prince of Wales airi St. Dunstans Colleges and taughtl school for several years here. He made his theological studies st Halifax and was ordained in 1919. His years in the priesthood have been spent in British Columbia where he has been pastor at Sal- mon Arm. Holy Rosary Cathedral,

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mom sh an instant, as if not to let cluding Mum, North MHWL Vancouver, rang ilor the pgistlclgh; Yilver Server and Cover. , - .~ . ' e lllonlelll- no by. "Let's see! Is York. E st, C. t l d W s‘. eeiPyciirs a _°°“'f“a~ e "39 ,\ g3)’ mlCI gala flklll‘ foi the holiday meal m She mughert m, and as ,, noya,ty_agrook,"iz,gf‘ N12,,‘ w,°,,_ parish in the interior of ac. Ho‘

looked forward to as much as the turkey it-

SUIT l8 it"? (‘Peanl- BC Sure you have a Supply be true they were looking at each. Since large numbers of the ffinbga]; “Rqmig- “Pd raga“ m‘; ,

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h“. qocond hclptng§ of 0m (lalden Clty Spemal otlioi ‘I Well. he bloke it. Welcome TTFSTISIUSlOTIS‘ in our hospital arc S‘ D I ‘ Crnen/ie, ec or o _ g A I _ _ V _ _ _ home. He kissed her, not with- given to residents from rural cnm- ~ “n” m“ ‘t °g°~ ' "

('ill‘l$1l'll1l5 Bl'icl\—'made fTQm our delicious 1C9 out embarrassment; she put her munities, it is gratifying to have j; & C

ciream with strawberry ripple and luscious

I I > ffllll’. CPTHTE in V8110“! COiOPS. llcr eyes “ﬁrm weicomlm; Assisting’ at the clinics iii Clinr- , "Wm FTIEHCES MGET Cﬁd SE13? Ff? Christin!!!" i tears. She was still 5n Him, 5Q iottelown were members of the i “A delicious dessert for the holiday meal" Smlgilt- R°d.C."°55 Cm?‘ “d “Uh” “Si” i ' "I'll bet you can still run like Attxlllalv n! the Canadian Ilsslnn- The ﬁrs, “mung U, me Chap a-—»—- - - — ~- i Zgrcuvfgce lighted 1m pleasur ﬁegicra-galseuigiiftizliugzigﬁizixy; lottetown Board of Trades com- ' . w 9' i ‘ 3 ‘ttee on national affairs was held E ,_ r , . has bee g .l ld I, n“ . l i UU. “- lilrlcfirmiiihtcileregildy QTSE-egfiﬁiqtifllﬁex: J-T- Molgrsieézblﬁﬁﬁlliiillgrliblillf u)»: f???” °,“,§“;‘=,“‘ mkhgmjigf" l liililiwdl I WONDER IF sciizmiere | “wait m, We get 110mg _ be,“ you R.C.A.F. showed their interest in “O26 gglréhmkiorro ﬁgs?“ ‘o? I I i t EVER NO-HCED THAT TH. \ i GTEZIT. Uellrga Si. PHDRB 101M105 tencel amll Sglppgrt ofdihe scryice, not evemngg discugsionwasgwen t‘) the / i l ONLy qHiNeg THAT DON'T l ‘”______ 'Chll(iI‘€Ili" She turned to them. °n ybe y 9mg mm“ " large possible effects of the amendment / [i \ l PAW, CLUTCH, GRABMKNV i-‘“‘ “This l5 your Uncle Warren." “mm” “é gmbsiam“ m, sum“; of the Canadian constitution Ch PULL EVERVTHING 515E , . . mers u . , _ ___~ Unclt. Vvarien seemed at a loss ﬂy a ‘lame amoﬁnt agaigirgenilood Prince Edwld Island‘ Rewmmelb \ 71 DOWN Wn-H IEM l5 1 i" . _, _ for the owner zravtlne- . .. datlons were forwarded to the ___, N65 q-HA-r HAVE “Yrs, ycgf’ She laughed. Mthese Rack to Halifax. Maritime Central Board of wade‘ - \ \ TH NO RANQ, I are my children. This is Koula bywzlasﬁgazggoEgifdalgeﬁii‘“x51: The problem of law enioicenient _ 8 ‘ T" Qk“‘wnli“

ES, Bras d'Or Coai is CLEAN Coal . . . thoroughly oil-treated at: our

Big Modem Colliery. This moans

tion Bras d'Or gives you MORE HEAT

For Ton.

Bu! of all, because it is DUSTLESS,

ant those days!

ives MORE HEAT and has a LOW ASH CONTENT, Bras d'Or moans real ECQNQMY-narid that’: mighty import-

So bc warm this Wintcb-buy Bras d'Or|

Ask your Dealer for Bras d'Or the BEST in Stoker Coal

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“W95 the yearn to come, this “MY nlverplate will tnlu it's niece among your cheris-

ed treasures -- Crested by. skilled craftsmen to bring you the highest in quality at lownf price. Choose the pattern you . Prefer tomorrow.

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l We l\*'\';“:n_f;',';§§“’,,, "@5111 teasing? “i151 Lgtgritfcicrft $131K BVETI u sincere effort to offer real service to all patrons of Charlottetown h u E‘: 23:36:32?‘ '“"'b'° "l: iuixnui-r gzxtelioprf: irmizes“em‘§yiv§ll.fimliiff (Ind of the some time co-operute with the large number of employees t at serve yo '3 l ‘ “ ' ‘ c o o I

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delighted. “Ycs!"

Tiltli‘ stood there as if it couldn't

slender bl'!ll\'l1 hands on his shoul- ders and l: FYVI him uarmly. in

- KOula Chippman, and here is your nephew, Diego Chippman." Warren fouild himself gazing at a young Indian \\'ho seemed quite unmoved by the encounter. And as Lydia laughed, in spite of his dismay Wilrri-n u-as thinking her laugh was just; the same, it was low and clear and pure _ like a

shire, North River. Hunter River, Uizg. Vernon, Si. Peters Bay.

more and more donors volunteer- ing from those localities.

Halifax to ihis province free charge.

Since there was such an excell- ent response to the appeal for don- ors _ over 700 - the province can now be assured of a sufficient SUPPLY to meet the needs of our hospitals for the next three months.

running stream and always as l1 It came or itself. "We'll get ac- quainted as time goes on," she said. “A nice thing is, one doesn't have to get acquainted all at once."

from the top of the bus. "This yours ma'am?"

Yes. indeed: orhat do we do now, Warren thought. Perhaps it was better to let her sec the place at once, see for herself she couldn't stay there. It would he tough for her - but could ile- hclp that?

"tvr-‘ll go right out home, won't we, Warren?"

"All right," he said, "if you'd

Aild in that time he would tele- phone Ivy. toll her it would be inlpossible to come homo for lunch. She'd be pretty upset. but she

say much over the phone hut he would say there was no cot and no parrot. That ought to let her know there was something worse than s parrot.

"Oh, that's all right." said, Lydia agreeably. She seemed to think evcijvthiiig was going just beauti- fully!

After they had crossed the creek and were in the giilley he slacken- ed speed - he hadn't. been sblo to resist showing off the car.

"Lydia." he began, "I should have told you more about the place. I - I hadn't thought you would come."

"I was glad to come," rho cold simply.

To be continued

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Maurice Block & Co.

158 Kent Street

A straw crate was handed downi

ought to be grateful. He couldn't

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Making The Foot '

Biy F‘. H, MacArthur

b iqiiﬁd"; s? ‘Limes t” he‘ , "Mekinglhe ftwtf- t" it is called at all. Notwithstanding all the “l'v°rlxll-uy_ l" <1 “t! 0 110W. in China, is_a foolish custom still misery i; caused, China} 01d- a n!‘ Carried 0Y1 "i 50"“ Pa!“ °t ma“ fashioned mothers insisted upon

country.

The binding is said to begin when a girl has attained the age of five years. The reason it is not begun sooner is because the child's foot must be allowed a few years of vigorous growth. The operation used to bc done by women who made this their business‘, although

is forced downward and forum-d. This done, a stri-p of cloth four or five feet long and three inches wide, is wound back and forth in a figure of eight over the folded toes, along the length of the foot, across the instep and around the heel. The bandage is wound tight- er s-t each operation. which grad- ually throws the instep out of place. This practice hinders thr- development of the calf muscles and the is: tuners fiﬁWTHVRFd until the whole limb loses it! elasticity. - o .

The entire process requires about four years, at the end of which time the bone of the hccl and the large toe is about all that remains of a once perfect fool. The heel being higher than the great toe. a block od wood is plac- ed in the back part o! the shoe to give it support. This is said to give the Chinese women the appear- ance of walking on their toes. Some ladies with very small feet used to use canes to keep them from falling over, or sometimes they leaned on the arm of their servants which wc are told, was a mark of especial gcntiilty,

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The ugly deformity of the ankles were hid by wide bottomed trous- sers. The length of the shoe worn was s matter of taste, the most fashionable, showever, was a shoe of three incihea.

This crucl custom was mostly carried on among the wealthy classes u feet bound in this man- ner were practically useless for any kind of lalbor. All work per- formed in the homes of the wealthy was done by males or fe- male patients who had normal feet.

At firat the operation is very painful. Travellers to China in those days tell us that they often heard the cries of litlic girls un- dergoing their daily torture.

Girls often grew thin and spirit- after

O I I At the and of three or four years the feet become numb and ceased to cause pain. But all through life the binding went on in order that

the foot would keep its shape.

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is a brother of the late Monsignor J. C. MacKcnzie who died in ‘

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so we are repeat-

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in connection with the Dominica's new act banning crime comics was also discussed. It was unanimously agreed that a. major challenge was the need for greater cncourixzcmcnt of the reading of good literature in the homes, schools and libraries. It was felt that; more encourage- ment should be afforded libraries in their efforts to bring good liter- ature to the children.

Another ipﬂllli’. discussed was the problom of encouraging hook pub- lishers to produce cheaper books oi a classical nature in pmper covers for the young people.

and to enable_the victims to walk

carrying out the cruel operation, and little girls bore the misery often urillingly, because it was considered fashionable and prop-

er.

But then, women in other coun- tries have undergone much torture in tho name of Damc Fashion. To- day, however, much of this has

Brighter Homes, Offices, Cisssrooms, Churches or wherever rather. You and - you and the the mother frequently took a hand been Qhanggd and women are get. Bras ‘d'Or is used because THERE'S NO DUST and no lcllllﬁfet" ‘mill h": "dl"! tntll 8° ah "t1; bltlldlntl I" ti" 11:51 PM“; ting away from tight shoes. cor- h k a lac o res auran nn ge 1cm a e oes excepmg c iii-en sets ¢i¢_ CA3“: T‘ m“ o" ‘Sm ‘J 3a.“: h b t . F b tn put up some stuff. It will take toc, are folded under the foot, Bug 01d cilsioms iike Did tfadi. up ,,,,,,tu.,,,,,n,m_ " I ""9 PWPWY 9" 9 l" ° k 9 95 5'1" °' "l" l!" a yew mifmtpg _- ‘chili; the flcghy part hr the hgpl 130,15 die ham . us" "W" $§‘l"<=',_"£.____.._.. ...<_. /

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MOORE 8! MeLEOD ‘METROPOLITAN S. A. McDONALD

HOWARD McINNIS

To avoid confusion and for the conveni of Charlottetown the shopping hours as

Stores will remain open on THURSD December until 9 p.m.

Stores will remain open until 6 p.m. SATURDAY 24th. December (Christmas Eve).

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Stores will close of 6 p.m. Stores will be closed on MONDAY Stores will close at 6 p.m. ' Stores will be closed on MON

The above Business periods have be

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SATURDAY 31 .

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SHOPPING

FOR THE MCNTH 0F DECEMBER

ence of the patrons of the following merchants , listed have been agreed upon by the stores v l

HOURS?

Stores will remain open on WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON during December. AY and FRIDAY EVENlNGS—the 22nd and 23rd.

SATURDAY 24th December (Christmas Eve). and TUESDAY, 26th. and 27th. Dec. December (New Year's Eve). DAY 2nd. January ‘I950.

en agreed upon and announced well in advance in

WRIGHT SHOE CO. R. T. HOLMAN LTD. LePAGE SHOE CO. MILLER BROS. SIMPSONS AGENCY MeFARLANE BROS.

retail business

ROGERS HARDWARE LTD. AGNEW-SURPASS STORES STANLEY SHAW & PEARDEN LTD. FIT-RITE SHOE CO. LTD.

The Charlottetown Board 0i Trade

RETAIL MERCHANTS COMMITTEE

‘Open Tuesday 27th December.

2a gag/g, p_ ,__ ,_-,'€

GROGKETI‘ di STOREY LTD. TOOMBS MUSIC STORE

REAL VALUE

P" symbol of your Iovc and dSVOCIOII-I- Magnificcnt biidal ‘girth lnnd-scui turcd in _ l old. Mquntc Vltb lawllu diamonds.

PRCCLAMATICN

By order of the City Council, Boxing Day, Dec- ember 27th is hereby declared to be o. Civic public holiday in tho City of Charlottetown.

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