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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER l2, 1932

OBSERVING THE DAY

Speech, wrote Carlyle, is silvern; but. silence is golden. 1t is the gold- en two minutes of silence as the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of each year comes around that gives to Remem- brance Day its unique character. In yesterday's impressive services at the war monument here and in Summerside and other centres of the Province this feature was prop- Iiy accentuated, while the re- maining parts of the ceremonies were conducted with fitting rever- ence and dignity.

Two new features of Remem- brzmce Day observance this year in Charlottetown a.re deserving of note. These were the church ‘serv- ices yesterday morning and the short addresses given on Thursday by members of the Canadian Le- giun to the pupils of each of the city schools, It is W011 that the re- ligious significance of the day be emphasized by church organiza- tiOHB; well also that the boys and girls in our schools, to whom the Great War -is not even a. memory, should be imbued with the full meaning of the sacrifice it involv- ed and the destruction and mis- ery it brought in its wake. The day preceding Remembrance Day is an opportune time to give this in- struction, and it comes with added emphasis from men who them- selves have experienced hardships at the Front.

‘iCELESTlAL FIREWORKS

Astronomers are in hopeful ex- pcctation of observing a more than usually spectacular display of cel- estial firetvorks between now and next Thursday. Predictions vary as to date, but according to Prof. D. C. Wylie, astronomer of the University of Iowa, the maximum ‘period of the great thrice-a-cen- ‘tury return of the Leonid meteors, ‘or shooting stars, should occur in the early morning hours of Nov. i216 or 17, and occasional daylight meteors should be visible, especial- ‘ly on the forenoon of November 18.

Whether the Leonids will come (‘hack astronomers say they do not fimow, but Dr. Wylie cites evidence, accumulating since 1930, that once Lmore they are on their way. The jLeonids are a stream so vast that dt takes them several years to pass lithe point in the space where the earth intersects their orbit each ‘November. The "advance guard" of hhcse meteors was seen in 1930: ilast year the count reached three per minute. The years 1932 and I933 are believed to be the most ‘favorable for this return. Hence ‘the enthusiasm aflng the astron- OIIIOFS.

Interesting reference to the Leo- nids is made by "Agricola" in his notes in todnyk Guardian. Supple- menting this reference the follow- lng information, gleaned from the Encyclopaedia Britannica, may bc helpful to our readers:

Space, actually, is infested by a multitude of meteors. On a clear

moonless night one may count sev- erul of these "shooting stars" in an hour. The best time to observe them is in the early morning hours during the inst half of the year. It is computed that twenty millions of meteors enter the atmosphere cvcry day and would be visible to the naked eye in the absence of sunlight, moonlight and clouds, while if telescopic meteors are in- eluded the number would be in- creased twentyfold. Meteors arc presumably cold and invisible when they enter the earth's irmosphe =, and become heated and visible during their passage through the air. They look larger than they are, from the glare and flaming ef- fect of their momentary combus- tion. The finer meteors on entering

or, at most, a few thousand pounds, whilst the smallest shooting stars visible to the eye may probably be equal in size to coarse grains of sand and still be large enough to evolve all the light presented by them.

Meteorites are meteors, or extra- planetary bodies, which happen to fail to the earth. One of the most famous of meteorites fell in Phry- gia in ancient times and was wor- shipped there for many genera.- tions under the name of Cybele, the mother of the gods. It is described

ary craftsmanship the“ Wofke l" deserving of careful study.

Galsworthy as a social satirlst has

been compared to George Meredith. that great Victorian master of prose who mum to obtain spar-flame from the public though he was ac- claimed wit-h enthusiasm by Steven- son and other eminent writer! 01 nu day. G-alswoxthy cannot- com- plain on the score of public appre- ciation, though, to his credit be it said, he has never swap-d W 0°11“ popularity and has invariably put the best of himself into his work- Bom at Coombe. Surrey, in 1361, hl was educated for the bar, but found literature a more congenial occupa- tlon. He did useful service with bll pen in the Allied cause during th! War, and has travelled Rtenstvely in the United States countries on lecture tours.

and other

Possibly the finest thing Gala-

worthy has written is the interlude entitled ‘The Indian Summer of a

Iibrsytc" which appears in “The Forsyte Saga" as a. connecting link

as "a black stone, in the figure of

a cone, circular below and ending in an apex above." lates the fall of a stone iu_'I‘hra.ce about 4'10 B.C. during the time of Pindar, and according to Pliny the stone was still preserved in his day,

500 years afterwards. One of the holiest relics of the Moslems is a reputed meteorite, which is pre- served at Mecca. The oldest exist- ing meteorite of which the fall is known to have been observ- ed is that which fell at Ensisheim in Elsass on Nov. 10, 1492. It pen- etrated the ground to a. depth of 5 feet and was found to weigh 260 lbs. It was long suspended by a

issue features the Sootia: ‘rheinenmark of America." Evidently our Halifax contemporary is una/ware that this phrase has fre- quently been applied to Prince Ed-

between the novels "The Mun of Property" and “In Ohanceflfi" '1“ have achieved such literary excel- lence as is there exhibited is its own reward, but the Nobel Prize will be a fitting recognition of such achievement and of the work generally of its author.

A P. E. I. SLOGAN

The Halifax Herald in s. recent slogan "Nova

chain to the roof of the parish church. The British Museum at South Kensington now contains specimens belonging to 566 distinct

From observations of the path and time of flight it is calculated that meteorites enter the earth's atmosphere with absolute velocities ranging from 10 to 25 miles a sec- ond; but the speed after the whole of the resisting atmosphere has been traversed is extremely and comparable with that of an ordinary falling body. V

The area of the earth's surface occupied by towns and villagesbe- ing comparatively small, the prob- ability of a shower of meteors fall- ing within a town is minute; the likelihood of a human creature being struck is still more remote. The Britannica records only one fatality from this cause, which occurred at Mhow, India, in

Bo there need be no undue anx- iety while, watching the celestial phenomena next weeki

JOHN GALSWORTHY

According to a. recent despite}: from Stockholm,

Nobel Prize for literature will be awarded this year to Mr. John Galsworthy, British novelist and dramatist. Thirty-two names have been proposed for the award, including those of Upton Sinclair, American novelist; Richard Aiding- ton, British poet, and H. G. Wells, British writer.

The committee's choice is a deserved tribute to a man of outstanding importance in con- temporary literature. Galsworthys great achievement is the ser- ies of novels included in "The Forsyte Saga." and “A Modern Comedy," novels which give a re- markable detailed picture oi upper mddle-class society in Etigland dur- lng the later Victorian and Edward. ian eras down to the post-War pet- iod. The series is publshed in two omnibus volumes under the titles above quoted, and is available in this form in the Public Library. These books are, in every sense of

would be sufllcient, in themselves, to establish the reputation of any writer, but Mr. Galsworthy has produced numerous other novels and short giAJIlC-il, as wcll as essays on current social and moral ques- tions and a series of successful

single volume form and are in the Public Library here. To anyone in-

‘Aig air only weigh a, few hundred

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ward Island, and with Particular justice in view of the Island's splendidly organized Cooperative Egg and Poultry Association and the high quality and extensive per- caipite. production of its poultry, ba- con and dairy products. The Her- ald's reference is in connection with the announcement that an order of 1,000,000 pounds of Canadian poultry has been placed by Great Britain. While the bulk of this order will be supplied by Manitoba, Mr. J. P. Landry, Nova Scolia Poultry Hus- bandman, feels the news will be encouraging to poultry farmers in our sister Maritime Province and “should by steadying prices open the way for increased pTOGUOtlOIl/‘l The arguments which the Herald advanc- es, namely, Nova sootlas geogra- phical position in relation t6 British market, and the advantages obtained by the Imperial Conference agreements, apply with equal force to Prince Edward Island. Moreover, we have the advantage over Nova Scotla in that the latter province l! not yet able to supply its own needs in finished agricultural pro- ducts. We must maintain our lead if ive are to benefit to the fullest extent by the opportunities which have now been opened up, and we must also endeavor not to fall behind in the publicity methods

unu- an»

adopted by the press of our ener-

getic neighbours across the Straits. It will notldo for us to allow them

to steal our thunder at this most vital period in our Empire trade

relations.

NOT ALARMING

News reports indicate that Com- munist agitators are at the bottom of the recent street disturbances in Iiondon and if this is the case no-

body need be surprised. But it

would be sururisins. says the Ottawa

Journal, if any considerable number even of London's unemployed were

to fall seriously for Soviet propa- ganda. A few determined men in a. b‘g city can raise a row which, 3,000

miles distant, looks as though it might overturn a constitution. News is the unusual of course, and W1

peaceful ltizens earn no ne

rr

the word. first-class literature. ‘they space while three chucking bricks about attract a crowd of spectators and the foreign correspondents.

In fact the record oi liberty-lov-

ing England is strewn with riots and broken heads, and those who know the English temperament will not be worried greatly by the pres.- plays based, for the most part, on ent disturbances. They will recall ethical or social problems. His plays that in the famous general strike, also have been nubished in handy when a situation existed of extreme

apparent peril, there was not the

slightest trouble but rather cam- terewed in the aner points of liter- plete good feeling on an sides,

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUAR "MN

lllllES BY TIIE WAY

piling facts about present criminal activities in Great Britain, compar- ed with just before the war. These show conclusively, since there is a marked decline of crime amongst men between 40 and 60 years of age, the common inclination to blame modern’ lawlessness on army experience is utterly baseless.- Mos‘. crime is done by people between 21

and so; who obviously suffered through the war conditions at home during their infancy. wo-

men, it is curious to note, now play a predominant part in crimes of violence. A d. with the car bandits and forgets, as well as with the biuklars, are usually slightly younger women, who lend tnem valuable assistance in many ways. It is also noted that the modern criminal tendencies are coincident with far llehter sentences, and 90 per cent. fewer whipplngs 20 We" ago.

Hunters lost and uncertain oi the _ dlreotlons,,may fix North with their watch, thus: place it flat on the hand. upright over the end of the minute hand and tum the watch until the match shadow falls along the hand. A line drawn across the centre of the watch and midway between the end of the hour hand and 12 o'clock runs North and south: North lying on the side on which the hour hand is farthest», from 12. Even on cloudy days the miiivli will show a faint shadow. This is fl Boy Scout stunt. ‘ Then, ls depression‘ in the Ulilifll States but stebling accommodation has been given at Miami, down in Florida, for 1,003 horses to take part in the races there from Jan- uary 19 w March 11, while stables for 820 additional applications Mum n01», be gupplied. The horses come from New York, Illinois, Cali- fornia, Texas and other states.

stand a match

Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler fle- clares the first step toward reform or the courts of the United States is to eliminate all judges from poli- tics by appointing them for life. The judiciary should never have been involved in politics, the presi- dent of f‘ lumbia. ‘University said. as ‘he condemned the elective sys- tem whicp obtains in most states. Canada appoints all its judges. from justices of the peace and p0- licc magistrates, ‘up. The 5W9!" has worked well. We have a judiciary of which the whole coun- try is proud. And the possession of a non-elective Bench has probably done more than anything 915° m maintain a high respect for 1W and order in this oountfv.

Chancellor Franz von Papen of Germany makes it clear that his Government is not interested in the subject of restoring the Hohen- mllerm to power. The Administra- tion, the Chancellor explains, has more important, more pressing. problems on its hands. The Ger- man people alone, he declares, are competent to determine the form of government they want; no one abroad is qualified to decide the point. In other words. the chancel- lor is serving notice that Germany will do exactly as she pleases, eith- er retaining the republic or golliB back to a monarchy, as the occas- ion demands. One of these days. unless‘ all signs fail, Germany will retum to the monarcliical form of government. The German people, it‘, seems, are not iempelamentally adapted to a republic type of ad- ministration. They need some gilt- terin! fizure, lifted higher than the political field, around WllClTl t: ral- ly.

Tribesmen- on the northern frontier of India have a new stunt in trouble the British. In some

way they have got together a sup- ply of old airplane bombs. They are using the explosives to try and blow up bridges and do other da- mage. Just how the tribesmen got the bombs is a mystery, but they are enjoying their new sport of da- maging things. It is especially pleasing to them to have ammuni- tion that makes a tremendous noise. Just to make sure the offi- cials in the fronts-r provinces will be properly impressed, the tribal leaders have sent word that they have many more bombs which they intend to use in their own peculiar manner. It all adds to the rather uncertain business of trying to give India law, order and good go- vernment. '

Th; Christian Science Monitor takes this view of the recent Im- perial Conference: “Looking at the matter from the British point of view, the change so far as the Mo- ther Country is ooncemed has been from free trade to moderate protec- t'on: so far as the Dsminions, In- dia and the colonies are concerned, the change, on balance, appear-s t1 be slightly in the direction of rc- ducczl restrictions. Canada affords

An gngihh expert has been oom-

Bpjunewlievlomllfl- ‘ THE “OSPITAL EOCIAL EEK-VICE WORKER

I often think the governors or boards of mauaiiiment °t hwlllhll would be wise were they, in addi- tion to setting the best roe-ibis physicians, surgeons. and norm. to investigate some of the other offic- ers or employees of their 1105113315- The dietician, the officer in charge of the food and the manner in which it is served, can mean much in helping or hindering the patient to regain his appetite and I strength.

As mentioned before, the clerk at the enquiry desk, the nurse at the admitting room, the porter av the entrance door can all help or hurt the name of the hospital, in the community.

employee, whose work is of the ~

to the patient, and to the patients

He stood, without creation yet Or conscious act Alone, beside the very stones we To carve our heroes on. The bird: Him music, and the sunset brought The mountains, streams and skies 0f all his world; his knowledge yet Aa those small eyes could penetrate

so primitive, so barren he, but first Of one great race, one rising line

The mind of Homer, Shakespeare's For knowledge in theirsons, the The and of all its secret. and the

There is also mother official or within m‘ hum u“ w“! M 9"‘

greatest importance to the hospital, _H‘ my“, m The Sydney Bulletin

PBIMITIVE MAN

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fect man!

‘NOVEMBER 12.19.32

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family.

er, of the hospital.

I refer to the social service work-

What really is her work?

when a patient is admitted she learns all possible about the nature of the ailment, and how long the

patient is likely to remain in the hospital. She than visits the home and learns all she can about the patient, about how he behaved and

how he was taken care ofwhlle at home. She interviews the wife, the husband, or the other children of the home. She thus gets the full knowledge, the complete back- ground of the home. She does what she can to help or correct any un- favorable conditions.

With this knowledge she is able to

of rest the colony is to have ideals. It is to be a. socialist state where the colonists can live according to ‘ the “laws of nature." And when they get together and try to decide what are the “laws of nature" they may find that no two ideas on that

the illusion theyvwould like to get away somewhere for a while. Usu- ally a vacation fixes it. And prob- ably when the communal colonists have had a. long and satisfactory rest the feeling of tiredness will de- part and they will be eager for an- other bout with the world. That is, all except those born tired Or the “timed souls" who shrink from con- tact with the cruel, harsh world.

But in addition to being a haven

return to the hospital and give what assurance or comfort possible to the patient so that there will be no unnecessary worry on the part of the patient.

She then explains to the hospital authorities the condition of affairs in the home, and the physicians or surgeons thus know whether the patient should be returned to the home as soon as possible, should be kept in hospital a greater length of time, or should be sent to another institution for a further stay, rather than return to the home.

In other words, as Helen K. Hill says, “the real work of the social worker is that of an interpreter, for she interprets or explains the work- ings of the hospital to the patient, explains the home life or back- ground of the patient to the hos- pital physician, and explains or tells the family of the patient all about the patient, all about his ill- ness, and chances for health or life ‘itself while in the hospital.

So think of the social worker as the necessary interpreter for the patient, family, and hospital.