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THE CH ARIXYITEPOWN GUARDIAN’

The Charlottetown Guardian’

President, Limb-Col. W. Cheater B. llcLurO Vice-President, J. B. Burnett, F. I. I. Ieeretnry UeuL-Col. D. A. llneliinnon, D. l. 0.

Editor nnd Managing Director l. B. Burnett, I‘. J. l. Anodute Editor-o, Frank Wagner end l). K. Cnrrh.

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llnrnlng Dull] (founded I881) ‘$.00 Der 78B!‘ (Ill liiVlllfll!)

delivered in (flly. $4.00 per your tin advance) will?“ 9'

Ptinoe Edward Island. “~00 l!" 3'3“ U“ “yum” IILIIQNI l0 Cllllldl M-IIO l/llllttl hilllflfl

SATURDAY, JANUARY, 2, 1937

The New Year

OpflllliSm is the (keynote of the numerous ar- ticles appcaring in The Guardian's year-end edi- tion 0i Dec, 3i, The improvements noted in agriculture and other industries during the past year are cited as good auguries. If followed by further improvements this year. we shall indeed have cause for thankiuliless. Since the bottom of the (leprcssititi was reaclled in 193.2 Canada has been making slow but steady recovery. Ag- ricultural prices, being the last t0 react to the favorable uptreiid, arc at last beginning to move in the right direction. Let us all trust, as lllS lloilour l.il-;r"i"i-: .\.\'i' tiovialtxolt Diclliols stated in his .\'c\v Ye i"s inc-sage, that the progress ttiade has been built on a solid foundation “and that with the rising tide iii all branches of coin- mercc and lll(lll>tr_\' we may ivcll take courage and go fl)I'\\'ZlTll into the New Year with forti- tude and TUllt‘\\'(‘(l faitll lll our Province, Dottiiit- ion and limpire."

Neiertlieless, let us ff‘lllt‘|lll>(‘l", as PREMIER C_-\.\ll'lfl~jLL rcmiilds us ill his greetings to (juar- (llllfl reader» that there are itian_y wllo have not been able to enjo_v the renewal of prosperity 'l,'he llllt‘lll]lltl_\'lllL'lll problt-iil, while lessened in

partinetit along lines thatZwi-l-l pay greater at- tention to the disposal of farm products both at home and abroad. Fate of the Natural Pro- ducts Marketing Act and seven other statutes whose constitutional status was challenged, will probably be known early in February. It is ,utt- (lCTSIODd the Marketing Act will have little chance of passing this test, and that a new one will be ready for presentation at the forthcom- ing session of Parliament. Ratification of the tiovcrnttienfs action in connection with the ab- dication of King Edward and the enthronemenl of his successor, George VI will be an early subject for parliamentary action when the House gets down to business late in January. Other subjects likely to take leading positions on the agenda will be defence, the Canada-United Kingdom Trade Agreement, legislation arising from the textile and coal inquiries, air services, and possibly constitutional amendments. .____________ Editorial Notes

Remember to write 1937. ii- x at

\\'ofe was born this date, 1727 v x *

Our customary January thaw came a day too

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Our next Holiday is not till March 26, Good Friday. i 11 l , This is the month of billet doux, or rather billics due. a a m A happy New Year wish accompanies this, our first, issue in 1937. u n e lllcmbers of Parliament are already arriving

this Province, has ll_v no means been solved; and in other parts of Lillllllllll c0llllltlllll$ 1111f illCll H5 to bring the total nneiilployetl in December up to a figure even ltigbci- than that of a year ago. Let our optiniisiti be tempered also by the rc- flclction that some of the prosperity lie have enjoyed ll1t> been due to war scares ill litirojlc and to crop <hortagt- iii other parts of this con- tinent. .\ctli.ill_v. while illiproveniciit in con- ditiotls in this country has been evident, it has been a continuous uphill light which has left‘ tis no time m’ oppoi-itinity to nlztlte permanent ad- justments iii our fatilty economic systciti. The real problems of the (lcprcssioti years ltave still to be met. (hie tenth of the [Wllllllllllflll of this country cannot continue to subsist on tincinpltiy-

in Uttaiva for the next session. x it (lid-time visltations were observed yesterday, beginning with the Governor's levee. a =- x Roth the sinner and the saint had to confess to the slipperyness of the foothold on Thursday. ii i‘ 1'

Tomorrow the first Sunday in the New Year of a new monarch but the same Christian reli- giou.

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The City. and the Dominion from tall ac counts have done well in tax collections. Can the province say the same?

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nieilt relief without serious consequences; and that is the situation today notwithstalltliug oilr comparative prosperity.

The year now in its infancy may sec great economic as well as other changes tllrougltout the world. Let its hope that a brvathiilg spcll from war rumors and alarms will be ztfftirrltrrl, enabling govt-rittneilts to apply their whole en- ergy and resources to constructive jiurposcs. The need for stich (‘lloft is more tirgcllt today llittil it was when llcrnzirrl Shaw ivrtlte these terrible} words:

“What. you call crime is nothing; a murder here and a theft. there, a. blow now and a ciuse

then: what do they itiatter? they are only the accidents and illnesses of life; there are not. fifty genuine professional criminals in London. But there are millions of poor people, abject people, dirty people, ill fed, ill clothed people. They poison us morally and physically; they kill the happiness of society; they force us to do away with our own liberties and to organize unnatural cruelties for fear they should rise against us and drag us down into fllfil‘ abyss.”

Even if partly true, wllat a damning indict- ment of otir boasted civilization. Silrcly, for all democratic govt-rinuctits and peoples, the great problcut of the _\'t-\v Year is to lace this menace of poverty and unculployimeilt iii the midst 0f plenty, before it overwhelms us.

“The it... l. Silence"

' These are the last words coinmoitly itttribiilerl {to the dying llamlet. A writer iii a ntainlitntl exchange cites thcm in connection with the poign- ant silence following lilnvAlliiIs “(iod save the King" at the close of his limpire f.'tl'c\vell l)l'0'.'l(l-’ cast. Tlhcy have been quoted on tiiaily OCCllSlOllS. Bu it isidriitbtiul if $lll\l\'li.\'l'l£.-\ltl“. ever inlcntl~ ed Iatliucr to interrniit in llllfl~>('lllt‘lll‘l1 his own dying speech, ztpproving the election of “Young

that llt)t

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sense requires. surely. attribute tliesc words to lllllt.\'l‘l(l, HAMLET. Il.-\.\ll.l-.'l' says. f:tlteriitgl_v—— “He has my dying voice:

6o tell him, with the oceurents, ntore and less,

Which have sollcitcd——~"

And l-lokivrio add» its ll.\.\ll.lj'l‘ dies:

"The rest. is silence. Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet , prince,

And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!“

ltlndcrn editors of Sllaklc. HARP. liaic adopt- bd this reading, ivhich is so far superior to llll‘ one found in school textbooks and older ed} tions of the dramatist that it should carryt gen- eral ilpprnvlll. SIIAKl-LSI'I-Z.\RI-I, it imist he re- ntctnbercd, was careless of fame, and his per- soilal revision of any of the proof-sheets of his published plays‘ is highly jirilblctiialiral. "'l'bc first quartos of Rnlilcn and Jillirl, Ilrllryl V, '17:." lllcrry lViragr of Il"'iiltl.v0r, and Ilullllcl," says the lilwycltipetlia llritziiinica, "scem to bi: mainly based, not upon written texts‘ of llll‘ plays, but upon versions largely made up out of short- hand notes taken at the theatre by the zigcitts of a piraticzll hook-seller." In the circunlslatlces, transposition of lines or phrases might easily occur. The point would perhaps be tiilimporlant but for the fact that the line quoted, in its dramatic context, is one of the greatest in Eng- lish literature.

Activities At Ottawa

‘with the ;tp|ll‘<l,'|l'l1 of the opening of Parlia- ment. Finance Minister Dunning. with heavy refunding due next year, has opened negotiu tions in New York for a bond issue there, to met-t a $oo.tx)o.otx) maturity of tax-exempt war bond.- due for rcdciliptiou next March t Most of the-t‘ scctiritics are held in the United States and arc payable in New York. llon. (i. Gar- diner, Minister of Agriculture. was busy through the holiday- on new iitarketing arrangements ill

kseoinz with his teem; n muesli! his. d0-

bcr of the (YLcary- family sl-‘lllvll lllt‘ (illIc-‘lerl Fire. died Christmas tiight. dlYS. .l.cllwcll

Now Jerry I\IcGce. ex-hlayor of Vancouver, has inaugurated an investigation into the city's jubilee celebration expenditure.

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l “Only a Christian (lemocracy could have ac- complished the revoltitioti 11S England did," was I the Danish continent on our nlonarcliial crisis.

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Are there any of our Provincial Govern ment, .\la_vors or .\lililia Officers going over for the Coronation? ll is time preparations were being made.

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“livcir in quiet Prince Edward Island there was a _|all riot on Christmas night. \'\’hich scents to tnalt-e the holiday disturbances pretty gcilcral.’—'loroiito (ilobe and Mltil.

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lliltter prices have been strong on the Mon.-

trcal market. tidvaucing to a new high for the year. Light offerings- and itiiprovemeitt iii de- lltrlllil were factors cited for the advance; N()_ 1 iii czirlots or l.‘£‘.l. lots was generally quoted firm i“ 36 3%?- Vvllli some zlskiilg up to 27c. Small lots to the retail trade were advanced 1-20 on Tlicsilziy by jolilliiig lllmstg5, bgcgnling 27 14C for solids and 28c for prints, x x x Special courses of instruction in breeding sil- vcr foxes are tn be inaugurated at the St ll_\'JtCllllllC Dairy School, it-is auuotinccd from the ljtiebcc‘ lleyiitrtmeiit of Agriculture, T]... courses which will be for itiembcrs of the Fox lrecdcrs .'\s's(l(‘l.'lllllll of the Province of Oile- . . i -"' llw- “m 0W" "ll lfillllflry ll. Diplomas will be .'l\\'Ell‘lll'(l at the end of the courses and prizes of bl will be given the best five participants {they examinations to be held January 22. x r a

Mrs. Catherine O'l.eary Lcdivcll, 7o, Inst mcm- WlIUSt‘. cow some 53y

T Illways denied the legend that the ( Leary cow kicked over a lanlp Ill their barn and touched off the grczit blaze of i871 flit- declared lltey‘ first learned of the fire at 8 o'clock \\heil l).'lvi-< btillivan, "the (lite-legged drqvmm, from next door" (lislttivereil it in tho harm “'f‘|1;|l‘5 tho tlrst we l\’ll(.‘\\' of the fire," she always said, ._\o one had been tip. l know mother didn't milk the cow after t, tfclock.” 1K >ll IF .'\ new speed indicator which will flash 3 rm} iliulgt-l‘ signal on a speeding motorist just a5 a railroad eilgiitcl-r get a "slow"? or "stop" semap. lllllifi‘ was exhibited before tbc Ailiericait .\,\ socialion for the .‘\(l\'1ll'lL‘(‘lll(‘lll of Science. The (levicc. >llll\\'l'l by the ltallin Corpoizttion nf ,\m ci'ic:i._ nltiltes use of two photo-electric cells, or electric eyes, spaced about a half-itiilc apart and connected by as iltiplc electrical circuit. The elec- tric t‘_\'l'SvlllL‘_-’l>llll’(f exactly the speed at ivhicli all automobile is moving and if tho gpcgd i; ex. fivsslvt: it may either flash a red ivariiitig signal . ' , I > Y0" "F6 tlllvlllg too fast’ ahead of the driver or send a policeman in chase if the ivarning is not heeded.

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A noted Catnbritlge character has passed away in the person of Zllr. (fiustzlve David, who for many years has held a bookstall on the market place tlwre- Mr. David was known to lllllllfl- philcs all over the world atid to several genera- tions of Cambridge tinrlergritiluates. His lmgi. iicss connections extended far litrytitrd Cambridge for he was in totich with hook centres on the Continent and the United States. He had sup- plied books to the University library, where his potrait was hung some years ago, A; n mark of their appreciation of his services a number of prominent members of IlICTUIIlVCTSllly enter- tained him to luncheon iri Trinity College some years ago. He had met many famous nlen in his time, including Statiley Baldwin and Sir j. .\'l. llarric. David, who was born in Paris, 76

and bookseller there. He settled in Cantbridgc game for?! 199M axe-

llotes liy Tlie Way

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Grow old along with me

The best is yet to be.

The last of life. for which the first made"

was .

Our times are in His hand

Who saith, ‘A whole I planned, .

Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid.’ "

The new olty o! Komoomellsk on the Amur nowhas its own giant metaiturglcal plant practically oom- pleted. About 5.000,000 tons of coal

p, I18 WSDHJJEYS

years ago, was the son of all antique dealer,

are being mined tn that vicinity this year; 23 new electric plants have been opened up within the last. two years: hundreds of miles of auto- nioblle roads have been constructed, and an especially large number of railroad trtmk lines built. The Far East now possesses its own ammuni-

' tlon. aviation and cement plants as

well as numerous industries which have never been publicly announced. —Bu.slness Week.

We have not been able to keep up with the motor vehicle in our road buildings and traffic regula- tions, but at least we have not given up in the race. We could put all the unemployed of North America to worl: at. building road enough to satisfy the present. demands of the motor-Lat. (if we knew how to pay for the job) and. as far as emper- ience goes, we should still need more and better roads as soon as we got. them bilil-t. We are not going to be able to keep up with the motor vehicle for some time yet, but we are going to keep on t.rying.——Va.n- oouver Province.

The very stock from which our British settlers sprung was the pro- duct of a. crucible into which had been poured Britain. and Normans and Danes; Romans, Angles and Saxons; Cots and Picts. to say nothing of later immigrants; found- ers of New British families within comparatively recent times-a. mat- ter rely of a few centuries. The min ing of much blood had to go into the milking of the modern Briton, And that is the process which is being repented here in Canada-Calgary Albertan.

If you are one of those who thought luriat and lasso meant the Sfllllf! thing you have been badly fooled. One ls a noun and the other a verb in the cattle country. accord- ing to Don McCarthy. of Montana, in his book of “cowboy lingo, rorleo terms. dude ranch jargon, range profanity and other Western ex- pressions" published for the benefit of posterity. A “lai-lat," according to the author, 1s a rope often used to “lusso" various animals. A "paint" is a horse "spfashed with several colors" while "rotten loggln” has nothing to do with a lumber camp. It means "'$l)R1‘kl1l"' in the moon- lightL-Wall Street Journal.

Because most of the important in the United States were opposed to Roosevelt's re-elec- tion. it does not; follow that news- papers have lost their influence, that newspaper editorials are not read. There is evldenoe that; news- paper comments nre just as widely read as ever, if not more widely, and the influence thus exerted by editorial opinion is still great. In such an election as that of the recent presidential efection there happened to be, however, enough mtg-est to attract to the polls mil- 1103-5 of people who never read newspapers 01‘ who. if they do, read only those portions of them devoted to entertainment-Ottawa Journal.

Soviet. Russia has started on its new policy of converting big funns into small ones. According to re- ports from Moscow 1t ts breaking up the vast State farms in South Rus- sia. the Caucasus. and Siberia. and 4.000.000 acres of them are to be redistributed among little groups of small farmers. These wlll work the lnnd for their own profit ilvhile giv- ing a share of the proceeds-to the farm laborers. Farmers are reported to welcome the idea of again oper- ating their own provided the Gov- ernment. does not try to compete with them on land it still will hold.

In the midst of the strain and stress of international affairs in Europe. a subject of tremendous importance that has been almost unnoticed, especially in recent months. is the determination of the German churches to assert their independence of the state. Chan- c9110?‘ Hitler and his government have made very strenuous efforts to assert, control over the churches, both Protestant and Roman Calh- olic, but so for they have failed to subdue their independence-Brant.- ford Expositon.

If in nature we are discovering new elements. new powers and 110W distances. lire we supposed to believe that in the reulm of the spirit. we have discovered all? Far from it. In that. realm there are still new depths and new powers to be re- vealed, and it ls not too much to hope that the message of the Incar- nate Christ, will so prevail that. this universe wlll yet. see fulfilled the Son; of the Angels with a redeem- ‘ed humanity in an unforttfled world .—London Free Press.

A. l). While of ll tlngdon, West Vlrglnla, has piled 5.400 matches on top of o. beer bottle, thus surpassing the record of 4.200 set by Dr. H. B. Stnggers of Cleveland. And yet. they say people nowadays attempt to shtrk their responsibilities and re- fuse to grapple wlLh realities.- Wlndsor Star.

A firomlnent resident of the Uni- ted States recently remarked: "All the money that. Americans spend in Europe only helps them to increase their armaments and I don't think we ought to do it," the same oom- ment would also apply m the United States visitors to. as Uncle Sam ls going just ea heavily Into prepara- tions an any other p0W6T.—Bf‘flnt- ford Expoatton.

The Nlum of Hyderabad ls hy far the wealthiest man on earth. By universal reckoning the Nlum l» worth at least. one billion dollars f-lc has 800 tons of gold stored up ln the strong room of his palace-- more gold than the Bank of Eng-

ln-s Ina-mum. THE nrsrtiamna covert or cnouw nvanvo. TI-lli.‘ incur

Those of us with children are not likely to forget. the chill that struck titrough us when we heard the barking cough of our youngster in the darkness of the night. Visions of our youngster choking to death with diphtheria crossed our minds. The fact than; the ordinary croup—- spasrnodic croup-is not really dangerous was unknown to us.

The symptoms of croup are a loud, hard, cl-ry, hoarse cough-no cough just like 1t. The youngster may have had a slight cough or nose sniffles in the afternoon, but lri the evening, usually’ between 9 and 12, the youngster wakes sudden- ly and struggles for breath. This difficulty in breathing frightens him and his sy-mptloms get worse. The breathing is loud and noisy and the volce is hoarse. After two or three hours the attack passes over but, returns the next night, and may occur for several nights becoming less severe each night. While in many cases there are no further symptoms after two or three days, this form of cough or croup may be just the beginning of some throat or bronchial affection that; ls attacking the body. ‘These require a few days or a week to run their course These attacks of croup seem to run in some families; enlarged ton- sils and adenoids seem to invite this type of cough. _

The treatment during an attack is to ease the breathing by steam- keeping an ordinary tea kettle boll- ing. "A large bath sponge soaked with winter as hot; as the child can bear Bpplifld to the throat, is al- most as effective its a poultlce and more easily managed. Vigorous rubbing with hot camphorated oil also helps to relieve the spasm. "Making a tent of an umbrella with a sheet. thrown over it, and the steam placed under it is a simple method of getting moist air down the air passages. A few drops of creosote, or a half teaspoonftil of friar's balsam 1n the ordinary jug or vessel of boiling ‘water is more effective than the steam alone.

In severe cases Dr. Emmett Holt recommends ten drops of the synip of lpeouc until free vomiting occurs. Remember, the above describes symptoms of ordinary or spas- modic croup Where the symptoms are due to a membrane on the throatF-dlphtherlaahe symptoms. while coming on more slowly. are practically the same, so it would be wise to call a doctor in all cases of croup its delay when membran-

may prove serious.

FROM “OLD FORTUNATUS"

"Dis I that tumble Princes fiom their thrones,

And glltt false brows with glittering dlarlems.

’Tis I that. tread on necks of con- querors,

And when like semi-gods they have been drawn

In ivory chariots to the capitol.

Circlert about with wonder of all

eyes

The shouts of every tongue. love of all ltcnrts

Being swoll’n with their own great.- ness, I have priclCd

The bladder of their pride, and made them die,

As water bubbles. without; memory.

I thrust base cowards into honour‘:

chair,

Whilst the true spirited soldier stands by

Bare headed. and all bare, whilst at his sears

They scoff, that ne'er durst view the face of wars.

I set an Idiot's cap on virtues head,

’I‘urn looming out. of doors, clothe wit tn rags

And paint ten thousand images of loam

In gaudy silken colours: the backs

Of mules and asses I make asses ride

Only for sport. to see the aplsh

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woild Worship such boosts with sound idolatry.

This Fortune docs, and when this is done.

She sits and smiles to hear some curse her name,