MAY 15. 1950

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLUITETOWN

PACE THREE

. 3 Thoughts For Our Time.

' By His Eminence Cardinal McGiiigca "ii (Conn-iciio

optimism is not in vogue today. Perhaps we have too many sad mum; to think about. Certainly. nu easy to arrive at a rather migtby list of terrifying prob. lems. There is a threat to peace inherent in the political situation. more is I fear od extermination rowins out of recent fantastic iclentific progress. There is the lmrmg persecution of religion in

mujy lands. There is the totter- .

mg world economy. the fearful shiftlni of populations, and the (llstiirbing need for more and mr more social welfare. All mega calamities are real. when the human mind dwells upon mm, and fails to see beyond them, it is bound to be overcome by a foreboding pessimism.

pessimism. like physical and mental inertia. is a disease. It is a mm of laziness which refuses to penetrate beyond the surface of a human problem. The normal methods of penetrating human pgeblanis are by the exercise of reason and by prayer. Neither is pg-splat: both are hard. But un- 3.3. we proceed by reason and by prayer. beyond such patent facts as that H-bombs exist, or that nalinnallstic politics are dead, we amply cannot avoid the depths of human despair. To put this ll.'i';)iji' and in another way: If se- rurlir is my God, and there is no ;i;c',ir:ly, then there is no God: or, l! business is my God. and business mug bad, then God looks bad. For only too many in our day. itlhcr there is no God. or else nod looks bad This is contem- poraigr l:essiml:im.

Men are capable of seeing be- fund their problems-both by rea- lon and by prayer. If we make our superior activities the most important part of our life, then the terrifying things around us suddenly hccolne but so many rarrainents of the present mo- ll'l0.l'iY. but so many occasions for ilith and hope and charity. Per- haips it seems strange to invite men to regard the discovering of boiiibs or economic chaos. or per- aerulmli of the Church as mo- irieiitarv occasions of virtue. Yet if we are convinced that it is the human soul that is alone impor- ikni. they very quickly became so and there is no way of being sure whether the human soul is better oil with or without bombs, in or our of persecution. during dc- prmlon or prosperity. ,

Must Look Beyond

Do not mistake me. I am not advocating inaction in the face of pruhlcnis. I am not standing bo- hiiiri any "best-possible-.....ld" rihtlosophy, We certainly do have to resist false doctrines like Com- munism. and exploitation by a rt.-rdr Capitalism. We clearly do bare to find food for hungry. work for the unemployed. and homes for die homeless. The neglect of limo things is a crying scandal. Bill as long as our efforts cease with these problems themselves. as long as they fail to carry us beyond them to the oonten-ipla- film of the truth and goodness of God. we must be inevitably cast. into despair and left helpless in tile throes of pessimism.

There is an optimism which is author blind nor complacent. It is the optimism not of world- ling.-. but of saints. were we to lose all we have. were we to be utici-iv ruined by the invader, a

Quarter of an hour's prayer ought; to be enough to restore us to tron. nullity. Because, aicamgi, 11., ,, true that we are here on earth for Ollfselvel. we are also here top Whtmu II hikher than ourselves. W0 In hen. for example, for the pu-'ectlon of the universe. And we are here for God.

Trneoptilnian

A5 that celebrated Christian op- timist, G. K. Chesterton, one. Wrote: "The pessimist thinks everythint bad, except himself." The ootiinist does not thin); Wefvthinc 1- sood. but he has a "Dl'i.mIry and supernatural loyal- ty to things." Above all. he in. such I loyalty to institutions like the Church, the Family. the school and the Country. because they are lovable in themselves and in relation to God. He is far more zealous to defend them for the 800d they do than to fear the shadows of the times for an. harms they may bring.

True optimism depends upon true knowledge if this ia go, it really matters very much what, we know or (what is not totally dlx. ferent) what we believe. we must know and believe in God as a loving Father, as a personal Pro- vidence. if we are to find consola- tion in the face of the world's diseases. Walking down the street. or standing in a crowd, we can see in able people about us, and feel lost and desolate. But when we recognize a particular friend somewhere in the vast throng. we are filled with gladness and a. smile illumines our face, It la the knowledge of persons which gives deep delight. And so, on a larger scale. in the realm of ideas. Until they are enlivened by the pre- some of Ii Person. they somehow lose their terror and we can face them with fl, deep felt Joy. Pessi- mlsm, is shalluwness, distrust of things, failure to find a personal God in the universe. optimism is profundity. love of the things of nature, and awareness of the liv- ing reality of God.

IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of a dear hus- band and father. Gus: P. Arlen- ault. who passed away May 15th, 1949.

Awty In the beautiful huh of God

In the valley of rest so fair

some day. some time. we knew not when

We shall meet our loved one ihere..

Always llemembned by Ilia Wife and Sons.

AMAN'SAMANl'OBALL'l'llilT

oxrono. England. May 14 - (AP)--Lord Lawson oi Bealmish was a coal miner and laibor leader for 42 years before the King made him a baron last Fcbniary.

They get "this lord and lody business" all mixed up. the as- year-old peer confided in a. qseech here. For example. he said:

"People come along to me and say 'well. you see my Lord.' than they let to "'it's this way, Mr. Lawsont then it's "bell me. .yohn', and in the end We 'see here, Ja ."' i

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Personals

Mrs. Harold Jenkins of Chas- lottetown was a recent visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Muttart and family, North Tryon.

Miss Olive 3. Durant returned home from Charlottetown after spending a very pleasant visit with relatives and friends.

Mr. La-wrerice Durant Jr. and brother Clifford Durant of Char- lotteotwn, spent Sunday with their Dlrents, Mr. and M11. Lawrence Durant Sr. of Ciermont.

Miss Eliza Campbell and Miss Nellie Montgomery of P.W.C.. Charlottetown. motored to their homes in Park Corner. Wednesday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Dinxwell MacFad- yen and two children. Joanne and Edward of Charlottetown, and Miss Lorraine Coffin. Morell, were via- itors to Park Corner last week. the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Campbell Ind Mr. and Mrs. Heath Montgomery.

Describes Scene Of Destruction Along Redliiver

WINNIPEG. May 13-(CP)-A tlireeqnile boat trip along the flooded Red River unrolled a monotonou and depressing riv- er-eye view of destruction to a Winnipeg Free Press reporter. Sam Street and photographer Dave Bonner boarded the power boai. at Elm Park. south of Win- nipeg. and passed through the worst-(flooded section along the river through Winnipeg and its suburbs. l

Street lid they followed the middle of the river's normal course. now almost impossible to chart. Dodging debris and buck- ing I violent current. they saw Kingston Crescent and Victoria Crescent where houses are all de- serted. most with water at least as high "as the window-tops.

"rho keynote was monotony." reported Street. "Home after home had been taken over by the torrent. - only the Canoe Club looked in its element."

Houses of the rich and poor had received the same trcatrnent. ”The flood didn't care whether they had cost their owners :25,- ooo or a fifth of that-it Just mov- ed in."

Edging in occasionally so Bori- ner could take pictures, the boat passed over dikes-the river had mbmorged. One place that looked like the mouth of a Red tributary tuned out to be a list Garry street. Greenhouses. summer- houaea and small dwellings had been dumped on their sides.

Pathetic clusters of people work- ed at ruptured dikes protecting ii few homes. They had done all they could and were watching the water take over.

"there was plenty to ace." Street summarized. "it. was all dliiri-V-9' lag.” '

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Canadians Boost U. K. Buying. To New High

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OTTAWT, May l3-tCPi-Ca.nn- ciia.ns, with a keen eye for goods labelled "British-made," went on a buying spree during March that splattered the Dominlons'a over-all foreign-trade lodgers with red ink for the first time in almost a year.

Although spending 91,100,000 less for United states products than in the corresponding month last year. Canadians boosted imports from the United Kingdom to an all-time monthly high of asc.7oo,ooo. The net result. tne Bureau or Stat- istics reported today. was that Canada had a debit balance of trade with all countries of t5,'fco.- 000 in March-the first adverse balance since April, 2049.

There was one bright side to the March debit balance picture. The 5.700.000 figure represented a sharp reduction from the tid.00o.wo debit written into the lodgers in Match, 1949.

Imports from all countries in the month under review were val- ued at S2M.400.00o compared with s2oo.aoo.ooo in the preceding month and &6.900.000 in the i.urreq:ond- trig month a year ago.

March exports, announced earl- ier by the Bureau, totalled 3:23,- 200,000 compared with Sl9D.500.000 in February and s20ii,8o0,000 a year earlier.

In the quarter. imports totalled aeeasooooo compared with ease.- 700.000 in the same period of 1949. while exports for the first three months of ieoo were eess.9oo.ooo compared with

With Canada striving to divert some of her heavy imports from the United States to the United Kingdom to both conserve her own supply of U. S.'uoiiarii and at the some time aid the U. K.'s exchange problem. U. K. imiporta soared to an all-time high of 832.700.000- about a, .000 above the previous high of .l00.00o recorded in Ap- ril. 1910.

The new high compared with eos.aoo.ouo worth of goods bought from the U. K. in March last year. At the some time exports to the U. K. fell to 330,100,000 from me,- 800.000.

llbr the quarteiz. U, K. Imports role to SM.500.000 from t76.7(Xi.000 in the first quarter of me, while exports dropped to Sl09,lo0.000 from aiso.4oo,ooo.

The United states remained Canada's biggest customer and larg-

est import source. so: in direct contrast to trade with the U. K. imports from the U. 8. tell during the month and quarter, while ex- ports rose sharply in the same per- lads.

Imports from the U. s. in March fell to 8l00.900.000 from aieo,ooo,ooo in the corresponding month" last year. while domestic exports rose to siss.aoo.ooo from elm. mil in the quarter, imports totalled ues.wo.ooo as against 032,500,000 and domestic exports aggregated 04.14.000.000 compared with 33413.- memo.

Health Conditions Good Atgabano

HEALTH CONDITION! ..

RIVII-SHE DU IDUP. Que. Ma ii -- (OP) - Dr. su-to sirois, medical officer in charge of Rive lei-e Du nonp health unit. said to- day health conditions remain good in lire-ravaged Cabano, 80 miles away. but medical supplies are badly-heeded.

Dr. Birols. who returned last night from the wrecked t miscon- ata County milling town when 1.500 are homeless. said so far there hlve been no cases of in- fluenza. typhoid or dysentery

Ieoreiary. Board of Trustees.

though yesterdays drenching rains .

may have clnscd colds among ref- ugees from the are

BLILLETINS FROM

THE FLIES BEGIN

How we dislike fly season. and avoid the woods from now until at least the end of June! Yet flies mean an influx of certain birds which. though belonging to quite diffenent species. have some char- acteristics in common. The ma- jority wear whidu-is to entangle the prey. their bills are flat. and their mouths deep and wide to en- able them to scoop up dinner as ihgy wing their way through the 1

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Migration is comparatively easy for these flycatchlng birds be- cause they are able to feed as they advance towards their breeding grounds. Some of them migrate by day. and have all night hours for rest. Ere now the different kinds of Swallows wili,have ar- rived - in fact. the Purple Martin and the Tree Swallow may have been here since shortly after mid- April. even though they must have flown miles out of their way as they zig-zaggcd northward, chas- ing flies. Chimney Swifts feed the same way. Except when "at home” in a chimney, they keep in the air continually. not even perch- ing on wires as do Swallows. Nightliawlos and W-hip-poor-wills are particulary well equipped to trap high-flying night insects. They come about May 24.

Several species. grouped under the heading "Fiycaichers". are mostly greenish grey and noted for their upright percbing posture. A broad. flat bill tapers to a point; little round nostrils near the base are partly covered by bristly feathers; the big gape has brislles at its corners. The boldest of these is the Kingbird; the largest is the Credied Flycatcher. notorious for keeping a snake-skin in its nest: the Phodoc is often the first to get here. These and all the rest of their kind are night travel- iers. Also journeying by night are four flycaiching Warblers known to breed in Canada east of the Rockia. They are rather lightly built. with bills differing from those of other Warblers. being flat- tened and whlakered. The Hooded. thou-gh rare. is sometimes found in Southern Ontario: the Canada, that little fellow whose yellow eye- ring gives the illusion of gold spec- tacles, both catches flies on the wing and gleans among the leaves. The Black-capped. with butterfly- like actions. waits unLIl near the last of May to arrive. Conspicuous in black and flame. the Redsto-rt is one of the earliest Warblers. Constantly spreading its fine fall. it flutters about and darts rapidly after dying insects.

If we really wish to see all these birds. we must endure the files.

What a distinguishes a Ba-ant?

Literature And Life

By BOOKMAN 3"-Eicililrllllirf ATMOS Pilllll h

There is the atmosphere which has to do with climate, but we re- member that life has climate too, and it is of this latter thing that I now propose to write. We begin life in the home and it has a cer- tain atmospheie. I heard a teacher of a collegiate in Ontario say that their best pupils came from homes where books had a place-csipeciab ly from the homes of professional men. samuel Johnson surprised the professors of Oxford when he want there aifd he owed much to the fact that books were found in his home. He acknowledged his debt to his father's library, If the home talks of little but "getting on.” in the ordinary acccptution of that term, then you need not ex- pect much idealism there. The "prodigal" of Luke iii was saved by the memory of his old home and the sight of his fathers table, laden with good things."

To have a h.-aithful aisnospbaro we need to have rreih air and D have fresh air we need to have the windows open. Daniel. in the Bible story, climbed the stairs of his exile-home and opened the window. Away beyond the horizon was the old home. where 'pa-ayer was wont to be made. it kept him loyal to his God. I knew a man who sail he never felt comfortable when he spent sunmy in play. for he xe- callcd the way his mother regarded it. Literary men. like Browning, and Sir James Barrie told us often what they owed to their homes.

Besides there are places in the country which have certain atmos- phere. "Cari any Rood thing come out of bhlereth"- that question

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tells its own tale Not much was ex- pectcd from that quarter. There are areas in Canada of which not very much 1; expected. Honesty is at a low ebb, people used to be bought at election time so the re- -port goes.

on the other hand. we know places, far from lines of communi- cation with the outer world and from almost every second house came a. scholar who carripd the name of the little school far afield. Of course we help to create at- mosphere. I know an iniistry where because of the respect even the coarsest man had for a fellow workman. speech especially when he was around was "seasoned With salt." The rank and file of these labourers had such respect for this man that they would not 101' amy- thiiig say a word which might of- fend him-speech was clean when he was near. Have we ever thought what we owe to our deference for woman? On the other hand. if she does not hold our respect, how We fall in the scale of respectability!