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WEATHER BECOMING ‘MILD

Notes by the Way

Why la It that seven of the nine; prtwlnceo of Canada have renounced l prohibition and turned to Govern“

§nient control? There is but one an- swer io the question and that I55 that prohibition had proved to 1:61 iunsatisfactory and both ‘govern- ,ahown cannot be realized throughllllell?! llllll b90018 11111-1 feflflled K1191 001161115101! that government control‘

‘Wtillllll give more satisfactory re-lmsoRDERED_ HElQR-l- Ac-l-loll sll is. - ' ,

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HISTORICUS

. 16v Our famous Island is not behindi Ibis year in keeping up its reputa- tion. The air is. vibrant with the old familiar sounds and the cold winds are retreating. The snow and ice have disappeared and those who come in from the country look cheerful and speak hopefully of the present outlook. Some work is being done on the h-ighwaysand if all goes- well the planting and iroad making seasons willeooabei-n .full blast. The new methods and ‘improvements are all abreast of the times and woli designed to push the operations aliend rapidl)‘.

The‘ inosl (encouraging feature of this important branch of the pub- lic road service is he evidence to

e seen on all sides of a do re i0 make the work more per anent ;th:in heretofore. This is mrticiilnr- ly noticeable in the matters oi’ drainage. ii is felt now that one (lllfs ivork iii tipenitlft and clearing drains is worth ton of tho old style llllslllllll 0f allowing :ilic old drains to choke llllecjup and find an uiiilot fur ilic floods iiiitlillo of the highways.

NURSES’ GRADUATION.

HE Graduation Exercises of the, Prince Edward island Hospital- will be held tomorrow, Tuesday ev- ening. in St. Paul's Parish Hall. . V _ . The gradunmm o! nurses ls llll£lL0\l-2 of freedom is ingrained iii

, l - l ._:froin Quebec, British (‘olumbln or °t me 1m°'e°“ng 3'91"” "r m“ ‘he human “w. ‘ ‘s no at 1 Manitoba wliere the system of Gov. year‘ The Hospital is one or ‘heflufred "om edmmufl“ 0r._lrainf:g:l.ernment control is entirely differ. "em lnslllullolls ol clvlllzutlolLlll is inherent. Ii maybe i.ite_iisi e-. ‘em from m“ which [he Slewarl the nurses are part and parcel tiijby “eslullllllll lllll ll "llllllll lle u“"(I(l\'€l’n|llBlll proposes? That seems ll“, melllcal prolesslom The“. worlllltirely crushed out, and even if it; to be quite dishonest. Our Govern-

whether in hospitals or in privat “M” i" n" place‘ men‘ “Och not propose

io follow

| [the plans first atlopied in Quebec, homes, is a labor of. love as well It is fitting

ionly slaves. l I __ _ u __ _ y_ _ prohibition .l1l0 l‘o<ific and Fiuiiic Ptoiiiices, The culls‘, Ol- lhlj .but to take tho lit-st features of [i110 hpurl llmlon ll-lll, lllmlgm lnta- v l. WIlfll some nit-n regarded as llll i lit-i" finiiiics.

coercion or prohibition.

-_--Qo->-——-— During the "ylvar many hundreds :uien were son; to hospitals from ‘the front line trenches suffering with what was called ‘D. A. H.,,or Disordered ‘Heart Action.

There" did not appear to beany organic trouble in these cases, and yet the action of the heart was no: iioriiinl. ti’. was sometimes spoken of a5 “irritable hénri."

‘With a period of res-i, mental and, physical, good food. and light grail-l ed exercises, gradually increased,‘ mos: of these iiien were able tn return to the front.

‘FREEDOM. ‘3Nhy is it that.tl1e advocates ‘pf [prohibition here draw all their argu-

lments against Government control I

9‘, could it would

disordered ' to ‘be apil l t

WZISI llll {IUPITIPII

no of professional skill. that their formal induction

their profession slioiilil be a matte gmlpml evil but which the great majority

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doubtless 1i Hilton-re illlt‘. l" "llelfk Ontario luw llllil iiiiiirovi- upon izsl strain of sonic kind oinotltiiial .1 l .» ..l

, p iysitn . iDui-iiig their rt-s‘. iii ‘many-wen- found to hnvo tinns of teeth, tonsils. and so forth, and wlili the clearing up of these 1'91‘ 1"'°gr‘*”“' 311"“ a“ glvmg - l i ' O _ conditions tho improvement in the mm‘ ‘mumoll l? ‘he ‘ime 0' mm‘ lienrt actions was most marked. mg m“ mam’ 1“ “'17 11111111111113 And since the wur with its up— “"1 gpmk‘ ‘W11 m" ‘he 119M“ "r lleavlll “l- epely klml "mlly =he lit-pztrtment and the staff all

“asesl ~il - n i '- ii-ittii of irritable heart are finding tlieirlm“ 1° w“ “'5” 1 1*‘ ‘m5 “lake:

way to the physician's office. ‘ham? “h”! every 13915011‘

They all Kl“ a lllslory ol 6mm, ride ill having the highways made tioiial strain, and usually on exam- en “m1 kept i" ‘he 1m“ “m” inutioii there are other conditions, p‘15s11’1“' The 171111111“ "was Me

usually chronic infections that are “n immeme “‘1ver[15e1“e"l 0t ‘he yllnlrlllllllllg loll“, lrmlllle’ ilocal people. The thousands who

[AS yml km“, l, l“ polwlllle Olpass ovsr them take notice of the haw, llll-ecllon Ol leetlh lonsllsl “riots-positions oi’ tho inhwbfiants and llll-ecllol, elselwllem l“ llle iconcludc that if the farms are as

body; -\vith npliarentll’ ho symptoms what-Ewe“ kel“ ‘hey are "1 5°“ "Wes" ever. ‘

When

interest it) the l“ lllu

0! Bfefll h l Much depends upon the ‘Commis- public, and that tlio fiiitctitiii Hllflllllbl“ a“ l ‘lsinn and (Sliilvlillly upon the ffliolr- Tlll-‘l l“ Wlll‘ ll llll1"l1» “llY ll Inustlllltlll of iliiii liody ivlio is t-ntrusied fail wherever tried. fwitli lzirge powers, whether the Men, guoil lllltl bail. have driiiiltilllllly Qllel‘ \\'1l1¢11 1W Dff-"lidfifl 1-“1 ill)" ‘pointed under u prohibitory law or Thpiutitler a policy qf government coil- lzrol. in solcc-"ing l’). iTi. Hanna, for-

’ in: will lie duly registered as iii-o- lllflllfl- all“ '1'“ “"9 ‘m’ “rem """3In@r1y ‘Prcsldeiit of the National ,. ioriu‘. are strong. -‘l"11"<'fl1ll1‘<l11f’l1»;Railways, for that position, Premier fr“. lllpll; ll“. laltpr lll-e Slllvlfll lF(*.l‘[.',llS0ll made a choice which has There is danger‘ egpeclally m7 met with the unanimous approval

_ _ _’ ,0f the press ivpresenting all parties

iii moderate drinkingnil] onnwio because experience has shown that!

ages regarded its :i right.

be given due rci-ogiiilioii by all who _ _ OME day you will stop working- . and earning! You do not know Just when this will be. No mm 110E5- The future holds this secret. You do know, however, that thew are only thrceeinergencies that can render you incapable of earning money. (1) Old Age. When you become old you won't be able to work. (2) Disability. Sickness or accident might make it impossible for you to work.

(3) Death. It is a simple matter to protect yourself

are interested iii the wtelflirie uf llli‘

community. Tomorrow evenlng. Slx young and will drink, some of them in

ladiw who have IWPII under trtiiii- mmlerdmnl‘ “om” m pm“

fessionul nurses. They are to li and will be congratulated by tilt-it" friends on their completion of a strenuous training and The (inur- dlan heartily joins in the congratu- ‘181-10715- ‘ The new temperance law is short-

The usual excellent musical anti becmne ‘mcomrnllahle’ Lxpenenu‘ ly to be put In operation in Ontario. ‘has also shown that neither youngil, wlll have alall. [rial and wlll bel

be froinjutigetl by its fruits. 1t DPOXIIlSE-‘Fsolne kind‘ 11103111115 ext" hours ° ' " work, fewer hours of rest, irregu-

tlie young,

_ llllelll. Then there are he advant- lii other words some iiidividualsages of such ‘wads l0 ‘he 113111979 can can}, lllls load wllllolll llelngland drivers of all kinds of vehicles, cunsclous Ol- ll_ lwhlch are shared by each and an. However, alongcomes a strain off The excenem sysm“ f} gravel‘ liing the roads as much a, possible ldcserves great commendalion. tlflllkillii bl’ RQPDUIK 1119 1101101‘ Olll-i-‘Q he “men heme-r obeyed‘ “Speck larity oi’ meals, no ‘recreation, fillilwrhese “Mk5 are he“ l0 9m)’ and fled and enforced than llie Olllilflfllthljs exm, fill-aim lllls -iOvel-lo,,(1" F111 PYOYE 1111141111171“ 501‘ 1011B Del“- lProliibiiory law ever was and welas it iwere, is ton iniich for nielmls of mmi our “resent "He" are .\\'llI get it ii‘ it is DUSSlIJIG, flllll if do not (louml that me reslm will he doing well iin extending this class

isysiem, including the nervous inc-l ‘ lchanism of the heart. and the irrii-lm 1'°“‘1"mk1“g lmd mus Temavlng

a taste may be acquired which may‘

literary program ‘which character-

he m? prevented

nor old can Pleat: send mo’

izes these functions will V of Tomorrow".

' ,. ,1 your booklet,‘ {The Pail l sented and an entertainment of rare ' - ‘. merit may be looked {my ll will’ oi their teach. if flit-y “out it the, N"...

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we trust, be remembered that con-

work byzt generous collection. and

_ many who

‘commended by the Temperance Al-ja bell-er WW-

‘they coin get ii they will itinke lhlllellgficifll. We are reliably inform-l, The only way io ovoid lIli‘ dangcPi-il lllli-l in no legislature ihai has

1zidopted gnveriiiiiciit control has. the .

siderahle (BXIIGIIi-SQ al\vzi_vs zittonils

these gratiuziiinn exercises and, as

of ilriiik is to impress upon

there is nu ailmission fee ('Ilf.ll'i!.(‘(1.‘ \ . . young its danger, to tcai-li tlieni to; a generous silver collection at ilic

Sil-

ver collections usually are made up _ ‘self-control and insiiliiiess to resist has so far succeeded. .-\nd.oi course

of the stiiallest l _ _ _ imll- lmnlmlgo" ma, may come H, the prohibition advocates me shy

people can getaway with. Let [Iléfeltheln through drink ‘l. (llscusslng lllese lauls‘ this‘ ' 1C1lIIlI in the way

zivoid ii. lii this way niir boys will

door is respectfully solicited. iion in the fi_iture that every real ‘izrow up in inzinltoml with Sllfilfflilflllefforl lo repeal l: l“ all). llrovlllce

silver coins that

“Train up u

be a marked ilepariure front

it sh mild go,"-

rule on the present occasion, and _ l ' _ says the wise preacher: “train As t° ‘he w°ma" WA" ‘he Lo" h.m,, l , l . hi! “ml Jdon Spectator obaerves:—“\\’0in€n I , OI lTlll II II l ' I '

t IL g l do not. vote as a sex, but arc its

halter 1Il‘O\lll(l his neck to prevnnblllucll (llvldul pollllcally us. lllell.

111d! “P6 fathers, brothers and ltiisbands.

let the silver coins be us lurfze and as iiuiiterous as The, Ladies‘ Aid has no funds outside of‘ l __ _ , _ l _ I liim from doing things tlicii caiiiinsa by ullnlt unlil scniuiu“ mlliwll ll- lllere ls a lmllollly cl w‘, for the hospital. cii ills R001‘ _ ,_ _ , ,. . , ., ,, avoid lheso things; if lie has oiilyllm“ "1 *1" °le'-“"“'u" l“ mu‘ no‘ m i/‘velfGZll‘ that ‘they will rule us nicn l , l 11f l . l Xvllmoru than they do now. The mon- , "m w “l n" many 01mm Pm} ‘lsiroug regiment. of women is a fit’.- ,to slip tltclialtcr zizid there lt41llll01lnel-ll Ul- lllelnlaglnallolh “lumen hope for liim. l-HPIFIOTS seldom vote for women tran- ' The claim put forward by udvo-ldlilillefi" Pefllllilfi 11118 11-1 11119 llflll‘ T requires little judgment to iiii- cates of prohibition that seven oflcmle "(mm)" why S‘? m“ “mmen are ‘ lclected to the parliaments and IP11- lisliiturcs.

tiossible.

oi good "for liim; train him

by yo L 1t u. wnnumm the lizilter of prohibition p tir lllTtStlllffl . its I i~ '

and P1casaiit function. ---—---<o>ii CONTROL VS. NO CONTROL.

derstantl that some IIIUHSIIFO obtlie nine provinces of (Jzinaila have

The question is frequently asked ,, . ally true of the liduor irollic. ‘ l):ftéu‘,”ee‘g"llwohil)ilinn and govenp present situation, in fact the Sillliblwfilllil nol be tidvainircti by tiny minimum“ (lonlroly, or vows“ no ma“ tioii for the piisi quarter of ll ceii-‘or woman wlio iliinki-i. The rcccnllllllllws_ The Same (llmsllnn Wm, fury, is tliot wliilc control WZIH aii-ltiiiinpaigii iii (Jiiizirlo, llic 1lll‘l.!ll.‘il~;15]((\d in (l](§(l[i()1ls ll, Olh(\|' llmvlllc. Canada, hug tallgptjcs wlicrc the lt‘.lll])Gl'llll(§G tiiicstion D0llllllesl,‘u'as ilio main issiio. it. was gener- ‘ally impacted among the men that the fietuiiiine vote would he stronti- er for prohibition than that. of ‘their fathers, ltrothers and husbands hut according to the best. information we can gaithcr the difference was impercopiililo. The iwomeit- divided their votes among the candidates very much tlic ‘same as the men did.

control is hotter than no control iiiilii-eii so ticbnuclicil by money and traffic of any kiiiil. This is QHpGCI-illflllfll‘ that ilii-y iiiriictl ilnwii pro- 'l‘lin!liibiiioii is a cliiltlisli Slilllilfil‘ and‘

tempted by u prohibitoi-y law lliorWnrflvitlcc 1n

never has been llllil incl-c is not many vnbiiilils ‘lest-ions- now, a semblance of control or pro- vention. Both political parties have

tried, as earnestly as any political

niniiy of the advocates ‘of prohibi- tion were sincere in their itleri of coercing the province into sobriety party in the fuiurc can he expected but tbc thinking men and women

l)“. knew that sui-li coercion was con-

.to do, to coerce iteoplc into obedience to n law wliicli the maj- ority of them did not believe iii, and which they complaccntly imtiir

ined was only intended for others,

trziry in all the principles of niun- hood and womanhood, and that. for that reason it. would inevitably fail.

We believe the world is growing

Who is not tired of the endless controversy beiween parties as '10 which of the two tried hardest and made the most effectual effort i0 ‘enforce prohibition? When once we gelt ilie new temperance policy in operation t/hat old controversy will be shelved. That will be so far gill- lsfactory. As to the new temper- ance policy the ‘Stewart Govern- itieizi: has courageously assumed a double responsibility, first to get the saitction of a majority of the electorate and then to effectually

and both parties failed. The result belle?» that me" 111111 "Omen l1"?

has been that anyone wishing tn procure liquor could do so, ilie law was continually violated even by openly supported it. "The majority of our people cannot openly and flagrantly violate any law without enizendering disrespect

learning tn do their own thinking and to take the course which they intelligently believe is for their best moritl, spiritual and physical good. We believe it was for this not that they bauclted or bought or wanted to

reason, ivere de-

fol- all l“, get liquor more easily that the men

It is quite possible that with the aid of three special jurisdiction over [ll‘OIlI1)IlI0ll offenders, nine special itroliibitioii

prosecutors backed up by half ii

and women of those seven pro-

vinces declared by their vote that prohibition was not only ii failure, enforce ‘the new law. ‘Hllherlo a

but that it, was the traiise oi‘ other lelnalkallle exlellp "eve,- belore ex. BV11B. many 0i’ them worse than, celled, the Govcruinent has redeem- l ' .

dozen Royal Mounted pullce’ as rethinking, and that they must findlell i111 b8 Dfefibiclllln P1611808 111111

1 They found lt llylmay be trusted to do so in T888111

ll i l. isl Lion. llallce’ a mlgn nl- lerrol. mlglll beloverwlielmirigly accepting Preiriiei" O emperance Pg a l .

Ferguson's Liquor Control System. Evcn Mr. Saunders admits that This province will 815m we feel QEHGOVOFTIIYIOH‘ control in the next beat iflllllg to prohibition. il-ie will give it to tlie people if they want it two years hence! The "next best" can- not be altogether too bad. A-nd why wait two years? iSeven prov- inces iii line from ithe Bay of Fundy to the cific have decided that (ioveriiment control is the _ better plan. That should count for some- thin.

magistrates with

inaugurated and in iviiich all liquors would he banished, but lll which, conceivably, many worse things than liquor and liquor drinking would be found.

Let us be consistent. Prohibition has not and cannot prohibit with- out adopting tyrannical measures of coercion which no country in the world would tolerate. We want legal, sane control, not coercion. and Premier Stewart's proposed control legislation measure is the I "Lgquol- Control," "y mil- hm". only method now in sight f0!‘ 1119 ai prohlbitioniats, "is a delusion and beltemem “mob ‘"11 5"“ "l6" a snare,” yet, if you let us in now m"! “mm” “a 1°°km5 l"- Bllll we'll let you have the delusion and

.sured. ilnil the same better way in accepting Premier Stewart's im- proved Temperance Measure. The day of the big stick has gone by. and we shall look for lnw and or- der. for temperance and modera- tion in all things by reason, train- ing ltnd self-control. '

EDITORIAL NOTES. -—-—-¢-0->—

. M, l . 5 __.. lPercival-lrniz-t was the "most un- kindest cut oi’ all," as the poet says.

iPeneiope~What ' was that? Percival»! showed her one of

Imy boyhood pictures with my fath- er holding me on his knee. all-d she

llllly film-e been nmde l0 l-QSlOfQlCOIIIG chronic invzilids, incapable o prohibition. It bodes ill for pfOlllhl-lgglfi‘

the woman vote as n

able heart is the result. Unfortunately some of these Ill-l ilivitlnals lose their nerve and be-i f‘. sustained mental or physical! it. On ilie other liaiid with zhe ir--' regular mode of treatment. consist- llllg of light graded exercise, mos. leases return to a normal condi- atioii. , You can readily see that the pliy- gs fall handling thele cases has to ‘work upon the -niiiitl as well as the. ‘b011,’. l The desire to get better is u are istep forward in the cure. l iii

l two-oo-ooowoovoooo-o-o-ow

_DA]LY LESSONS I IN ENGLISH

ill

By W. L. Gordon

O-UO1 MISUSED: a false is re-

WTlll-lfi; i) F T I'J\' Don't say “his story was misrepresentation." ‘False’

n isiritoir-xouwcitln; Pronounce bolli 21's second syl-

.'i cc. its in "ui“ and ticccni llililc, not the first.

OFTlI-IN .\ilSSll’F)Ll.l<‘;D : Aero-r lune. SYNONSlNIS: proccctl, progress. advance, lllfWLl forward. push on.

WORlD STllDY: “llse a. word three ‘times and it is your-i. ‘ilet us increase our V(lCtlI)ll1‘tll‘y ‘by inns- teriiig one "word (each day. ’l‘od:iy‘s word: lPlCllldNlPTOfblIrV; positive- lp, ticcisively‘, (liciuinrlnlly. “I-ler commands were givon percnllllol" ily, and lie obeyed."

II

FUR SALES

Messrs. 1C. M. Lampson- Rt Cn- report. thy cable the following:

Fox, ‘(Truss 50% higher than last. winter '

Fox, flluo winter

Fox, White 211% higher than lust winter

Fox, Red. Canadian 25% than last winter

‘Fox, Red, Alaska ti’; Yukon same as last whiter Beaver 25% higher than last win-

'1

5 o higher than last

h lgher

ter Oitei‘, 25% higher than last win- ter Fisher 40% higher titan last winter Lynx, 25% higher than last win- ter Wolverine, 50% higher than 11151 winter Marten, 20% ‘winter Sable, Russian, 25% lilgher than last winter. , . iErmine, 15% higher than" last winter.

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MAY 1s, 1927

higher than last

THE MTZASURE 0F MEfllCY:-— liave tntercy upon me, 0 God, ac- cording -to thy loving kindness; according to the iultitude of thy tender mercies -b ot out my trans- gressions. Psaltn ‘5121. PllAYlEltz-Oh Thou, fboving God, wash me ‘thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from- my sin.

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l.‘|FE’8 SCHOOL.

i sat in ‘the early morning, ‘In lthmatlllool room, bright and

say \ With younz and happy faces. fiolvi-ng the ‘sums of the day.

‘h m” °"1‘°"1°"°° °l ""3 lllll1°l"ithe snare iii July 1929. Consistent... . thenpuople at oaiuula has m" m » ' t >i.'1'».,_-‘- /;‘ g

"m, “u [Ht-rise . .

‘w r1» l ,_

t‘.

said, "My, who is the ventrilo-

~" ct

ilittle iwe thought them tit-trouble,"- Knew of little sorrow oi-fidqgpt; w

l

the old ciiiagiiiires of the days gone bye. .\ln estimate can be given of the damage done ‘by them, or how tiiiich will be averted by grnveling them as far as the means of the lProvi-zice will afford.

()iii- vernal season unfolds itself in sfl iitiany ways it becomes a very extensive subject. when we attempt to describe it. The citizens of to-- day; also have caught up the inspir- ’atioii and whenever Spring looks in titer (‘till lbe nearly all sec-n at work iin oiaizintentiug their premises. The tsinrm-vviiidoivs have got to go at lance and the unsightly rubbish lfinds no place of refuge only in the lciiy "diiinp.“ Tliey are brought llltlflfel‘ lie street-cleaning machinery land some speak eloquently of the cleanliness ‘and refined taste of the ‘inhabitants. The lawns and plots {are also becoming “things of liiemity", the tidmiration of the on- lookers, and the pride of the own- ers, Altogether the trombln-ation speaks izi words of praise for all concerned.

‘it is in the rural centres that the largest number of attractions open out at the advent of Spring The many green clad hills and villa es, the budding trees and the melot ies of the feathered soiigsters all unite in welcoming the bright scones which spread in their grandeur over the landscapes. ‘Later on the tidal streams, the harbour and the Sylvan gladcs ‘of ‘zhe stirrouniling country land s-plendour to the sparkling streams as they mingle in the sun and moon-beams.