I 77:9 Guamflan

itcunn Pruaca Edward lnluil uu the Dew" , bluhed every week - My numm at its 'Pnnca strut. nrlottatown. P. E. 1.. by the Thomson comp-ny Ltd. 44 Kin: st. W.. Toronto. ' Mlmlu-al (Mitre. :25 University Toner am. Hdilur. Frank Wllker tietu-ml blunatlcr. Inn A. Burnt" Member Canadian Daily Newspaper Publisher! Association

Member vi The Clllldilll-Prell xq..ni,.r Audit Bureau Ill Clrtlllalmnl

nun-it uttu-n at Sumnu-hide. Monluue and Ali-oiinn Autnonmt as Slltund ("lass Matt by the Post Office

I I)('p.IIfiIIt'nl. Ottawa. r by (anwr I'h.ult-itrltmii Sunitnursitle Siam per an- my... Em-uherr III P.l'1 59.00. Other Provinces and

Its. Il2.l)0 Per nnnum.

I... In-I .r

'"Tbu strongest memory II the weakest Ink."

t-.r:'.r

-IIIIVIIIITTTIAN. Vlti. I936

-. Employment Campaign

lilll t-iyic atitliorittcs. htistiirss I'll'lIll-. Bttitrtl of Trade, Caiiatlian i.PglUll and other orgaiiizatioiis are oooperating with the National Em- ployment Office in its annual cani-

-. n-I-ml)-e-v.

sident certainly took I subtle and uncharacteristic way of conveying information which the little word ”yes” could have conveyed ever so much better. and which that great part of the population which lacks statistical talent. especially In the field of esoteric photography, could have utiderstood much more easily. Somehow, it does not tally with Mr. Eisenliowei"s reputation for frank- ness and sincerity.

Music And Statistics

The head office of the Royal Bank of Canada, in its Monthly Let- ter. gives some interesting remind- ers of the use and value of statis- tics. And a most important science it is. in this day and age, its aim be- ing ”to discover methods of con- dciisiiig large groups of allied facts lliln liricf and compendious expres-

paigii In ease the seusoiial tinctu- ploytiiciit xlltlilllull locally. 'l'lit- cattl- paign is lwiii,-4 launched acittss t'.;iti-

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I aria at this time, when there is a . woII.fiIlwl l;tlmi' market axaileilile ' and when tmtiiy iiiaiiitriiaiiice and

repair jnlis t'rIll be attended to which I in funnor ytnirx were Iltlid oxcr Illi-

til the Spring. With iiiotlcrii lkicilitics hi'ickl'.iy- I ers, ctirpctitt-i's zuid roofcrs are able to work tltiriir: El great pziri (II the winter nioittlis. nhile painting. tie- etiratiriz anti interior reniotlcllinfi can he citrrictl out just as expedi- tiously as under Spring conditions. Householders with small chores to be done can be served in the same

I : manner. when employment is most 1 needed. Apart from the advantage this provides to the workmen. it I benefits all concerned to have the -I work djstrihitted more 9 v Q n l y I7I1FOllgIl0Ill the 3""?- 'i Thcicampaign, which opens to-

day, was conducted last year with satisfactory results. and it is hoped

f. i that all our citizens will cooperate , I in -making it a success on this oc- ' -2 Iasion.

I

800,000 New Homes

Since. the end of the war, and not including the completions in 1955. approximately 800,000 new homes have been built in Canada. In the current year, housing starts have numbered around 135,000 with 125,000 completions. As a result, completions at the turn of the year should reach around 925,000. after which it half year more would be ample to rearli the million total.

in the period since the first post-war house was constructed, ap- proximately one-fourth of Canada's nopulatioii has moved into houses which did not exist in 1945.

But. thotttzh this new c-otisti'tic- lion-has eased a difficult situation. it represents merely It hcginniiit: in lionie-building to keep pace siith Cahadal-I slmirly growth. Bctiu-cit

now arid lflT3, it Ls estimated that Canadians will build more than 2,000.fll'l0 new homes.

Strangely-Based Fiction

A will kiiowti Aiiiericati statis- fltllan has stated rate;.:orically: "if no Lttil'oi'sct'ii evciit happens. lli'esi- Writ Eisenliower will be rcn0minat- ed and re-elected in 1936." On what

'inly has not told anyotw what it except pnsstlily -'tHllll.V. lntlnorl, if one

'ett rm the SLlIJ)C(.'i, one would al- Wist zct the impression that he is ilIllSIIt'tI with politics for good. thoittzli that. too, would he a pre- carious guess. Neither does the stat- istician base his prediction on any- thing the President's doctors have said. One day. they seem to think a second term might. be too arduous for their distinguished patient; an.

other day, they are less dngmatic p, about it. .. On what then? Strangely en-

ough. on photographs taken of the President in recent weeks. When he bounded the plane at Denver to re- turn to Washington, "he ran up the I. - ramp at young colt and waved i 90 "R I190Dl9". according to the Dtatiltician. If he had been thinking .0! retirement-so our statistician believes-who would. haw. had-him- self wheeled into the plane in ii g wheelchair. By entering the plane Ulilded. And by doing the same thing at other airports subsequently, in was trying to tell the people of Iltvlltcd States that he was as Outing I: ever and "rat-in' to go.”

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evidence does he base his cock-sure pt-edit-tioti." Surely not. on anything llr. I-2iseiilimvei' said either before or since his autumn illness. If lie has i"l'fWl.l' made his decision he cer-

the mcinlm-5 of

stun suitable for discussion." Its litisls is the law of large numbers. suiiictiiiies called the "law of aver- tiue-" it enables experts to cope ! llllil piuhleins conccriiiiitg people. I L1tllitIxIllTI.illCCS, and so forth and its iii-tilts have been of ti'emendotis ' ialtte ll) science. l Rttt there are limits to the stat- istit-;tl method of 'd.I)pl"OLlt'Il. An ziiiittsiiig, example of this kind is cit- HI ill a London paper, of a sym phony review written by an effi- l'I("Ill') t:xpei't specializing in method vrigtiiecriiitz. After a concert in the

li Royal Festival hall, the specialist K reported: I ”l-'oi' miisidei'able periods the

Itittr oboe players had nothing to do. The number should be reduced and lhe work spt'ead more evenly over

the whole of the concert, thus elim- inating peaks of activity.

”All the 1': violins were playing trleiitical notes. This seems unneces- sary duplication. The staff of this section should be drastically cut. If larger volume of sound is required. it could be obtained by electronic apparatus.

”Much effort was absorbed in the playing of demisemiquavers. This seems an unnecessary refine- ment. It is recommended that all notes should be rounded up to the nearest semlquaver. If this were done. it would be possible to use trainees and lower grade operatives extensively. '

"There seems to be much re- petition of some musical passages. Scores should be drastically pruned. No useful purpose. is served by re- pctiting on the horns a passage which has already been handled by the strings. It is estimated that if all redundant passages were elim- inated, the whole concert time of twt) hours could be reduced to 20 miiiutes. and there would he no need for an intermission."

EDITORAL NOTES

"A 7-cent stamp, honouring: the late Presideiit Woodrow Wilson, went, on sale at Staunton. Va., one day last week. The. sale took place, however. not in a post office. as is

ctistoniary, but in the bedroom in the great man was born. This. presumably, will add to the

value of the stamp. pliilately-wise. I I I

Ptiltltcatioiis from Moscow vir- tually admit that. the first year's re- sults front Agriculture Secretary lx'lit'ttslicIiev's' grandiose corn platit- ing and virgin land programs have l)('PIl disappoiiilintz. A good crop

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wt're tn . ycttr in the Ukraine has only barely .tJ-,.;t- mlt-ly by the few hints he I15-IS

covered crop losses in the Siberian areas which were to have produced great II1f'l'PF-ISPS. O O I The Defence Research Board, in its annual year-end review, reports a pei'i0dic test of precipitation to dctcrmine radioactive content. Even though it does not mention the ex- tent of the survey, there is some room for encouragement here. in that at no time has the" count reached an amount likely to prove harmful to human beings. or to animal or vegetable life. 0 O O J. Edgar Hoover, famed head of the F.B.I.. wants the word "cop" thrown out of the American lan- guage. He calls its use "degrading to law enforcement and the stature it has achieved through long years of dedication to responsibility." If is -I foolish little word. when you come to think of it. And it. hasn't even a universally recognized derivation. With the English "bobby" now. it's quite different. It comes from Sir Robert Peel, who did much to make the London pollen organization efficient

Rae. itw,41n'!.15i5t9b

OTTAWA REPORT

Ptegyotne M I-IIS CASE HQ

” The Gtiat Couldn't lake It

Ry Patrick Nicholson

tliitariois Mtiitslm oi lltL'liuH.VR is believed to be the tIlII' rahtnel minister ulio has ever been an ac- cessory in rattling a son! in death.

This unusual SIHIIEIIIFF recently occurred ulicn a poor nlri lady ful- filled her wish to acqiiitc a pet which would also Ill.1Illt"n her cost of living. Living alone In her cab- in thirty miles from Ottawa, she asked a lawyer in buy her a suit- able UIIII-(llIL', goal. and have it sent to her home.

The selected aiiinial uas purchas- ed in the Ottawa f:irmcrs' market. It was shipped off. in a vehicle perhaps less pnetimatically-uphol- stered than a Cadillac. but never theless providing a well-sprung ride and cautiously driven

At its destination. the goat uas welcomed joyfully by the expectant owner, whose thrill rapidly chilled when she discovered that the pnnr anim ' had been rallied to death on the jntirney

The old lady fIlfi tint lite till Jllli hack cnncessioti (in the rniiit'ni'y the. II ride was down the most-

V. C.'s Invited (Tanadian Press

More than 400 til the ('tiiitiiitiii- wcalthls heroes are being iiiviu-rl lti London next June.

All siirvivint: lioldcrs of IIII' Vic- toria (Truss are being imitctl In t-clebrate the t-t-tiit-nary or IIIP In- stitution of the medal by Queen Victoria in Illfit;

They will ("mite lrtiiii all mt-r the world to wait on their snvcrt-i;.'n, the first reitziiitiu queen Sincp Vic. ltiria. They uill attend a littckin;:- ham Palm-c um-tion party. and stand in silent lribtttc at .1 cliurch

rommemnijalinti service in war dcad. LONDON I'ARlIbl'7

They utll 1i.'it'.'ttlt- III I,utitltm'c

Hyde Park wltere the first lit-tnria Cross uns prewtilt-ti A total tif l.Il-t7 Y('s hair Imnn

' ttsml Illtlllkl lit.-l-I-at leading dir- l I ecllxitti Ilits it.iii-vial rapllal front I the . iiitiilran hrtrtlri g

be Iz-ilI- I in-pr not finally

lcavo tlir Iieroatt-ri uv tier at a new addrvw Grit-yeti in this untoward dcatli til .1 pct uliirli cost her her last sfiti of ready folding money. she was at last report in 8 mental home.

N0 VIJLVET-SMO()Tll RIDE

This story is said to anvnne l wlitise wins flow IIIIILIIIS mill; of human kiiidiicss. rather than with calculatint;-maehiiie lubricant. But the crux of the story is its reflec-

tion uptin the main tourist approach to this captial city. Alas. this road is not tiiiittue.

This tmtrist Meet-a is most frequ- ently approaclicd by Canadian and one of three routes. The first is front Toronto through Peierbtr rough the other tun turn off the No. 2 llitzhway. uliich runs from Ttirtintti in lllonlrrnl. alongside the SI l..'iwi't-nee 5'ill.'IlliI)' and the Aniertctiii bnrtler

(hie nf IIICSIH lIlt' Pi'cscoti I'IlIZIl- way. is the goat-lx'illei'

The tithcr. the tilclcalfe Hiizhuay, for its last 12 miles into Ottawa is a real rorrltiroy i'n:ul. and I dnii'I iiit-mi pinwliale-t-tirtlitmy cillict' It luis inn: had a tznvr-rnment ntiticc

”rottL'li road for I2 without any government rciiietlial action

The Ttirniiio-Petcrlinrottgli rti.irl I5 II.'ii't of the tinder-dcveltipml 'I'r:iiis-('.'iii;itl;i lliuliuaiy, Lona stret- clics of it Il&ll.l' ItII' loin: been It I'.'ilIlin;1 grmtl test for even the iiitist rtiutzcd slinck-ahstirlit-rs. Obscrvanl. and slowed-driwii travellers have hecn ll1lfIEIl('fI by a notice in these terms:

”Plcasr tlrivc slowly for the next lli miles. TIlI'fIlll1II the t'lIlll'I- esy of the Ontario Dr-pztrinient of lligliways we are littilriinx: a bet- tcr road for you "

Puzzled by the yitird

'rniti'lesyl the ltiny:-sitfferiiit:

l taxpayer and K vtitcr utiii(leI's uhcllicr the ctiitrl- I My is not his. Ill f1IlIlIIlS!”llI) uilh

llin int-tinietiietirv Illlfi in Ititiilllg the bill

OTTAWA I)I-JMANIIS IIl(;llV6'.-H'S

As the most poor ' 'ct

bit: cities in the matter of ronrl ap- prnaclies. our n:itttin.1l capital may

awarded They went to. (treat ' Britain. 999: Illfililn arnti. ill; Australia 87: t':ittad:t. 79 South Africa. Qtl. Next Ztialzititi. '.'l Vcw. foundlaiitl I . Fiji. l: I-x'iiid's African lfilics. l

The Aim-i'it-titi titikmniit stiltlier of Ilir Virsl Vltirld War also was awarded the l'it-tnrtti ('rn.s.s

The tiet-nrnltmt is ut-rit un the left hr:-t-isl liclnt-v ;ill tiII1PrrIFt-ttlla- lions ttnrl flnliklslk nf a 1', inch

Maltese cross in hrnmc its crown is SlIl'I1tfIIII1If'(I In a Itnn mu. um Innrriiitinn ll-'t-i' l'altir" tinder- neatly

KINGS SAl.l'I'I'I

Even kings and gt-it:-r:-il officers are bound to salute ll itlieiievcr a holder passes by. even If he is the Iovvliest private.

Early crosses were struck on Queen Victoria": orders. from stuns captured from the Ittissians in Crimean War of IIIS4-56 When this source of metal Cnt'IN'I Ill I942

production rlianeed In tlic Royal '

mint. London

There were 500 xiii-vinn: VC holders In Ill-ill. Non-Brittsli cil- izens have won the cross. includ- ink :1 mine he was Major Lar- son. who fought with a British commando In Italy in 1945

A New Zealnnder. Capt CH. Upham. won the decoration twice -In Crete in 1941 and main In the western desert in year later.

have sttlfercd from the fuel that it is entirely stirrt-ittitlt-tl by It-rrlttiry under the jtii'is(Itrtititi of fun non- l.ilier.'il lil'Ul'Ill('lilI gnvernnicttls.

Wliatcrcr the i'c;isnn. the motili- 'I('I'lnI: Mu tracks leading rtttxtzcrlly Ill nut" mnilal linvc inns: been a iiatinnnl shame. They have certain- ly f'flilIl'IIlllIOfI to the cttoiiomtc Ins: that tnitrtsts have stayed away by j by the million.

At last the Ottawa Board nl Trade has stepped in to demand action. It has invited all members of the Ontario Legislature repre- senting the Ottawa district to meet with It Their purpose would be to consider means of persuading the lintarlo Minister of Highways to mprovc these approaches to our capital, from their present habitanf quality to the standard expected by the 1956 niolorist.

This wnrfhy rattse could lead in many Canadians at. last daring to visit this city. without fear of do- ing permanent damage to their cars. It could lift the jinx which hells 60 many American tourists IWIY.

Unless the Advocate: can find I

I better fll ment. I comment to ' their attention the sorry story of the battered goat.

Public

On the advice of the

maternity and pediatric sections of the Charlotte- town Hospital and the Prince Edward Island Hos- pital are closed to visitors until owing to the current epidemic of gastro-intestinal disease. Cooperation of the public is requqested.

PIIINCE EDWARD ISLAND l&P'l'l'AL WN HER

0 Notice Department of Health. the

further notice.

AL

The Age Old Story

Ye are not as yet come to the rest and In the inheritance. which the Lord your (Sod glvoth you. .

Age of Speed

ITIIE PRINTED WORD)

A recent article on "speed read- ing" mentions vsith approval that "a sales trainee taking a course in speed reading jumped from 300 words a minute to over 700 I min- ute without losing 1 fraction of 1 percentage point in his original 80 per cent Luiiiprchension." A

Whether that. sentence is read quickly or slowly. there seems to be something wrong. Presumably a sales trainee in 3 person being trained to sell something to some- body else, and the fact that he understands only 80 per cent of what he reads is unimportant so long as he makes the sale. Yet. salemen and customers being what they are. there in n chane that the salt.-sman's first prospect

- will ask Iiim something covered by ' his 20 percent of incomprehension.

and that, rather than confess ignor- ance. he may make claims for his product that his company cannot back up. Thus lawsuits arise. Spoon in reading. as in other activities. is something that in- creases with practice, but it in not necessarily a virtue in itself. A doctor can act the gist of a med- ical article on something in his

own field in less time than a lay- -

man would take to puzzle out the mcaiitm: of the unfamiliar words. and a lawyer can quickly take in the tzcnernl meaning of a contract: but the doctor will not treat it patient iior the lawyer advise a client on the basis of one hasty reading. when important matters are at stake. care. not speed. is re- quired. and rare moans time.

The few layers of literature that are left iii.a world of television may also have some objections to rctxtstcr nbntit the fad of speedy reading. Take. for example. those lilies of Meredith: "Lovely arc the curves

uhilc owl sweepim: Wavy in tlic dusk lit by one large

star."

It is pus-stlilc In read the lines so quickly that the owl seems to move with the speed nf a iet plane, but in that case the fastidious might justl.V iomplain that some- thing had been lost. and nothing xztiincd.

of the

Medically - Speaking

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PREVENTING THE DANGER 0! FALL! IN THE IIOME

Winur may turn out lobe a dangerous M.-uon.

Nelrlwono-fifth of all accidental deaths are due to falls. Nearly half of the home fatalities are the re- sult of falls. most of which occur during the winter.

Strangely enough. many of these fall: occur in the house. not on slippery walks and streets. Tramp- ing snow and slush into the house will not only subject you to the homemaker": wrath, it will also make the floor slippery.

Under most conditions. shoes with rubber heels will grip a floor better than those with leather heels. If the floor is wet. however. rubber may slip more easily than the others. Soft-soled slippers are as bad on slippery floors as stocking feet.

Most housewives want the floors to be nice and shiny. and. as a rule. it's safe to wax them. In fact, tests conducted by the Underwrit- ers' Laboratories show that some floor waxes have less slip than the surfaces on which they are used. The secret. of course, is in doing the job correctly.

CLEAN FLOORS

Before applying the wax. make sure he floors are completely clear of soaps or detergents. Then apply the wax in a thin coat. Use only self-shining twatcr basel wax on asphalt floors and on all but the highest quality rubber file.

All scatter rugs should he lacked down or equipped uitli good slip- proof underlays such as specially treated paper on rttblier paddintzs.

Stairways present special prob- lems. A hall light. or a small light installed near the baseboard at the head of the stairs. mitzht save someone from a bad tumble.

Donii place a l1lIrl'liI' at the foot of a stairway: it mitzht he mis- leading. And above all else. don't leave anything lying nn the stairs. Get a basket or has and place it in safe place at the foot of the stairs. Then. instead of runnin: tipslairtt wih various items several times a day. place them in tlir-"box tinlil you can take all in a single trip.

If you do feel yotirsr-If falling. relax and go limp. don't tense up and try to resist the impace Then. try to roll as ynit hit. This may prm cm A severe lnjttry

If you're subject to fainting spells or loss of consciousriess from I physical defect you may be able to avert a fall by sitting down at the first sign of an attack.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

A. P. R; Can fractures occur without injury?

Answer: At certain times. frac- tures occur due to bone disease in which the bone is eaten away. so that in the normal process of walk- ing and moving. the bone may break or fracture. A

I7,-t..T.3-'.2."';.t

SNOWY AFTERNOON

with snowflakes ticking at the windowpanef.

I know the happy time has come again

To clean the Iibrary...Ilils is a task

I save for such a day. when I may bask

in leisurely delizlit timid the hooks.

True. if I did the cleaning just for looks.

it would he quickly done But I must stand.

Holding an old. loved volume hi my hand.

And read a line or tuo4nr just in touch

A book while dusting it invites so much

Of reawakened pleasure. I must see

If lines remembered winged In me.

By night. the snmi is high upon the sill .

The too is bright. my thoughts Ire brighter stilll

still come

. -Lee Avery in the Christian Science Monitor

EARLY CHECK Children may develop dental caries as early as three years of age. when the firtil dental check-

ups should start.

NOTICE

On the advice of the Department of Health owing

t

to the current epidemic of Gastro-Intestinal Disease. the Children's Ward of the Orthopedic Centre, will be clos-