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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1939.

Dr. Manion’: Proposal

The Moulrctil Daily Star gives high praise l0 the Hon. Dr. h. Manion, National Conserva- tive leader, for the admirable address he de- livered before the Canadian Club in that. city on problems connected with Canada's participa- tion in the war. The Conservative ‘leader, Tin? Slur says, gave his hearers substantial food for cogitatiim. .'\t the outset Dr. bfaniorl justified Canada's entry into the war in ringing tones, and aroused enthusiasm by his declaration, that “Canada cannot take full advantage of the as- sets of the Empire in trade, in prestige, in dip- lomatic affairs of one kind and another, in peace time, and, as soon as danger threatens. turn around and run."

He denounced Germany and Russia for hav- ing reverted to barbarism “much more terrible than anything those in the barbaric ages knew in the past." llc declared that there can be no peace while tlicrc is in power in Germany a man like llitler, “who has not shown any respect for his word, a man who its committed every crime, from petty larceny to murder, in order to at- tain his ends, all in the name of Germany."

The substantive proposal put forward by Dr. hiauion, which elicits the hearty commendation of The Star, is that a voluntary board be setup constituted of men representing the best brains. in the country, its business interests, labor, agri- culture and ctlucatioti, “to study what no gov- crmtient has time to study, namely, the prob- lems of tlic future, and to help whatever gov- crnnient may be in power to make proper plans for enabling Canada to attain the destiny wc all wish her to attain." The Conservative lead- er stiggcstctl that the initiative in the launching of a national movement of this kind be tinder- taken by the Catiadiati Club, or the Chamber of Commerce, and other bodies of a similarly rc- presentative character. l-le asked the business- men of Montreal to remember the tens of thous- ands of young men who are offering their liyles for their country, and in turn to offer their services and a portion of their money for the purpose of setting up and maintaining such a co-opcrative body as lic had suggested.

“This,” tile illonlrcnl Star says, “seems to us to be a sound, practical proposal, which may very wcll engage the serious attention of the citizens, not of Montreal alone, but of Canada in general. That we must plan for the future is admitted on all liaiids and there is nothing in- congruous in starting early. The wise country is that which looks farthest ahead in war time, as in time of peace."

R. L. S.’s Birthday

The New Yorker recalls andbrings up t0 date the story 0f how Robert Louis Stevenson gave away his birthday——to a little girl whose own birthday fell on Christmas Day. The little girl was Annie Idc of Vermont, now Nlrs. Bourke Cockran, widow of a New York Congressman. Shc has been keeping her birthday on Steven- son's birthday, November f3, for the last forty- eight years. This year it was the eighty-ninth anniversary of his birth.

He heard about her when hcr father was Citi- tcd States Commissioner in Samoa, how his lit- tle girl Annie, back in Vermont, said she never had a proper birthday or a proper Christmas Day, because she had been born on December 25. Robert Louis‘ deed of gift to Annie is still noving:

"In consideration that. Miss Annie H. Ide. in the County of Caledonia, in the State of Ver- mont, United States of America. was barn out of all reason upon Christmas Day, and is there- fore out of all }u.stice denied the consolation and prom, of a ‘prcpef birthday And considering that I have attained an age when I have no further use for a birthday of any description I do hereby transfer to the said Annie H. Ide all and whgjg my ﬁghts and privileges in the thir- teenth day of Novemberno have, hold. ex- ercgse and gnjoy the same in the customary tran- ner, by the sporting of fine raiment, eating of rich meats, and receipt, of gifts, compliments and ccples of verse, according to the manner 0i our ancestors."

“it was quite tlic nicest thing," say?’ kits. Cock-raft, “that ever happened to me. Shc lays she expects to make over the deed to her niece, with instructions to carry on the tradi- tion. It was a good deed that has not been lost in the remorseless years, and that still makes a Little shining in the world.

Why Give Them To Russia’?

The Dominion Cabinet, says the Glolm mid Mail, ought to consider without delay the ad- visability or recalling the two Canadian ice- breakcrs which are now en route to the Soviet Rcptiblic for the purpose obkceping the nor- mally iCEbOUHd port of Vladivostok open dur- lug the winter months. h _

Vladivostok is a fortified port and tiaval base. With the assistance of iccbrcﬂkcfs it <78" be used all the year round by enemies of ills Allies. ' _ __ _ , _

Inasmuch as Britain is sending attl_to Fin- land in the form of fighting planes, it scents "anomalous. tosay the least, that Canada ‘shoal: for\vard the sinister scheme toftiakc Vlndlvﬂsl" a year-round naval base. Military experts re- gard with stispicion any move on the part of Stalin in the Pacific. It is inconceivable that tlic normal winter activities 0f the 9°" M‘ Vladivostok would be _increa_sed unless thcrc was evil and ominous businessun contemplation.

Considering that the United States has decilit- ed it prudent to forestall the Soviet ReP“ ‘C by imposing a moral embargo against the ex- port of military planes to RIISSM: Pit" ti" ac‘

tlon of Britain in sending fighting’- pliinc; to Finland, is there any valid reason" which would assist a diabolical policy of aggression? Stalin's promise that the Canadian icebreakers will not be used for military purposes is just another scrap of paper.

The Canadian icebreakers have not yet been turned over to Soviet crews and will not be un- til they reach Seattle. They have still to pass through the Panama Canal and could easily be intercepted. The Government, suggests the Globe and Mail,. should order their im- mediate return to Canada. Any compensation that might have to be paid would be trifling in comparison with the potential menace to the Al- licd cause.

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-= EDIIURIAL NOTES

"Shop early" will soon be out of date. _ n: x it 1k

Only four days until Santa Pal list closes for one more year.

t at n: w e The street crossings-oh, aren’t they just too bad for words!

a n- it We are now fully set for the coming session of Parliament with itwo home and two absentee members. n: i: 4i it Turner, English artist, as a man, unattractive and eccentric, as a landscape painter, equal with Claude and Corot, knowledge of nature tinrival- led, his water colours superb for delicacy and brilliant execution, died this iiate, 185i. at i: a

There is a division in the present City Coun- cil over the question of administration, Some are in favor of carrying on as at present, sortie want radical changes, while one at least favors city management. Perhaps after the new year they may find time and opportunity to lay their respective views before the tax-payers. 4t x x

A reader protests vigorously against the action of the Government in supplying soldiers in uniform with liquor at the vendors. There was a regular line up last pay, each soldier with the necessary script. Now as the scripts are only for medicine, why were these soldiers allowcd out of barracks if they were on the sick list? And if they were not on the sick list, how come they were in possession of scripts?

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Initiative and enterprise characterize Britons in these days of black-outs, etc. Seven miles from home in the blackout, an empty tank and all his gasoline ration coupons used didn't \vorry a Westoii-siiper-biare driver. He poured a bot- tle of whiskey into the tank, and by coasting down hills managed to reach his destination- at least, that's his story.

at It it n- How these bureacuracics do multiply and ex- pand! Creation of a control board to handle the Dominioifs agreement to provide the Bri- tish Government with at least 4,480,000 pounds of bacon and ham weekly is receiving attention of the Government and an official announce- ment of the board’s personnel is expected short- ly. I-lon. J. G, Taggart, Agriculture Minister for Saskatchcivan, is understood to have been tentatively selected as head of the board of four memibers which will work with an advisory coni- niittec. To maintain a constant supply such as the Doinitiioii has undertaken will require sup- ervision and regulation of the hog-raising in- dustry.

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Notwithstanding provincial political upsets, Hon liric Cross, Ontario Minister of Welfare and ‘Municipal Affairs, zlnnotinces that only $2,- 607,303 of municipal debentures in default in the province, remain to be dealt with in the coni- ing year. There was more than $105,000,000 in default five years ago, the hlinistcr said, but arrangements have been completed for more than $102,000,000 of the amount. l\lr. Cross reports that $62,620,662 0f indebtedness has already been refunded. An additional $40,119,407 has been submitted to the Ontario Municipal Board for approval with consent of debenture hold- crs’ committees. Of the remainder plans are pending for dealing with $i,o03,544, and pre- liminary surveys are being carried out in re- gard to $I,603.759 of debt.

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Referring to expansion of bureaucracies. just lct us look at our own Tburist Bureau. Time was when it was not a government institution but carried on by voluntary subscriptions, most of the money being raised by the Association from citizens of Charlottetown and the Town of Sumniersidc, with no paid official except the energetic and enterprising secretary. The Tour- ist Association is now no longer anything but a name, and the Government rims the organization. First fruit two highly paid officials sent to New York to distribute from May to Novem- ber a few thousand propaganda circulars; and now we have the alinouncetncnt thatapermanent paid official has been added to the Provincial staff, presumably to discharge duties fiil- filled voluntarily in the past. But who cares, so long as money can be borrowed to foot the bills? . n» n- n- 1-

Wc are told that the poor stock brokers are so hard hit by diminished volume of trading that they have decided to take a cue from thc banks, and charge their clients for services ren- dered over and above their customary commis- sion. included in the proposals made are: A monthly minimum of $l on securities held for safekeeping. A charge of I0 rents a coupon in the collection of interest. A charge of one- quarter of one per cent of the dividend for divi- dend claims on securities, not held in the brok- er's office, with a rate of i0 per cent on col- lections nf less than $20. A minimum of one cent a share and l0 cents a bond for transfers of ownership where documents other than stock power of attorney are required Also proposed were charges on deliveries of securities on order of the customer, transcripts of statements and other special services. Brokers have been cast- ing about for ways to make ends meet in the present reduced volume of trading and to put brokerage litisiness on a basis of payment in accordance with service rendered. Some brok- ers contend demand for specialized services in

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Salem’: policeman cqu be found my night» under street lights. scribbling furiously in their n01:- books. City Marshal Oharlca C. Harklna hu ordered them to keep track of every street. they patrol, what time they patrol it, wlhere they eat and how long it fakes them.

In on unnamed Scottish town Princesses Bltzabam and Mur- garet Ruse, whom the war has kept. from the public eye, began last week their Christmas mopp- ing. ‘Ihey selected decorations for n ma, toys, brooches. handker-

Judlth Loo Walter of, 8 month: of age has survived more trouble than most people encounter their entire lives. A month after birth she was carried to safety from a burmlng building. Another time she rode in a crib in her flamers automobile which turned over four times. Judith Lee was in the crib when the car stopped. She had only minor scratches.

William J. Kelley, real estate man, was offered $50 a. day to pes- tlfy as an expert in litigation over u right of way for a highway through Dania. He turned it down because be was studying law at tho University of Miami and did not want his classes interrupted, The other day a. policeman handed him a. summons to Jury duty on the same oa-ze -at $3 u day.

On Dec‘ 24, 1889, George C. Hayward wrote a letter to his brother, T. Daniel Hayward, in the town now known asRidgeland S. C. Seventy years later, Gecrge C. Heywam Jr., a son. got the letter back, via London, England. Joseph Cv. Wiggins received it in response to an order to a London stamp dealer and turned it. over to Hey- ward, minus the stamps which Wiggins retained for his collection.

You may be hearing more about an ultra-novel system for reduc- ing family meat costs through use of private cold-storage lockers. R. B- Woiifkram, a former butcher ln Beaver Dam. Wis, has started renting locker space for $10 a year,

fresh a full twelve months. His sales talk ls that even the normal family of two eats about 500 pounds of meat a year and, by buying it, v/holrsale instead of retail, can save many time; more than the cos: of the locker. He agrees to cut. off steaks, chops, etc. as custom- ers want them. _ Newsweek. New York

Spiders‘ threads are used in making certain fine measurements which cannot be obtained with man-made tools. A New York fac- tory concern which sbecallzes ln meisllflﬁg intniments keeps a staff of 23o spiders for this pur- pose. The spider is left. suspended on hits own thread towards the floor, yet never actually allowed to reazh it: the other end of the thread is wound arcund a slowly revolving bobblmwhen the threads are of‘ suifflclent length the spiders’ working day is over and they are placed in apeclal boxes containing a good supply of fresh flies. - -Fliegende Blatter. Munich.

Flying clippers may replace troop- shlps if there is ever again a mass movement of armies across the At- lantic. The big transatlantic planes

service could carry three soldiers for every two txarrled by ship in‘ the same time and at. the same cost ln transport equipment. The S.S. "America," largest American. built steamer, now under construc- tion, will have cost $17,000,000 and could carry 4,000 soldiers across in two weeks. For the same sum, Willy-dive flying boats like the ‘Atlantic Clipper" could be built, and in two weeks Whey could ferry

6,000 solders. -- Popular Mechan- ics, Chicago. American Medical Associa-

tion publishes in its Journal an eight-plank platform which at- tempts to solve the medical, eco- nomic and administrative problems raised when catastrophic sickness lncaipacltates millions who are now unable tn pay a. doctor. Such has been the scientific advance ln

tioner is no longer able to render the best, medical service. There are X-ray photographs to be made, body fluids to be analyzed, tissues to be examined microscopically, bacteria to be identified, mechan- ical and electrical tests to be ap- plied. Only a well-equipped hos- pital has the necessary facllites. Apart from the economic issues raised in attempting to rid the needy sick, medical reform in called for becau-te the present ‘sys- tem of private practice cannot ap- DlY even to the more important discoveries that science has made. This iwue the American Medical Association's platform ignores,

Rotary winged uircrlfi of the au-togiro or helicopter type will usher in the third stage of growth in man's conquest of the air, Igor I. silkcrsky, noted pilot and design- er, told the meeting of the Phila- delphia chapter of the Institute o! Aeronautical schemes recently. Mr. Slko-itky forecast, n brilliant future for planes with rotary wings, particularly in the field of private ﬂylnﬂ, to add to lighter-than-alr and heavler-fhan-alr transporta- tion, t/he two earlier stages of man's aerial transport. By rotary wings, Mr. Sikorsky said, private flying can come into its own, for planes of’ this type overcome tlhe main handicap of private flying, which ls lack of ability i0 bike off and land in small spaces. ft is this

o! speed. lock of safety or even high cost of operation which has linuted bﬂcmtc aviation For mill- inry use. Mr. Sikorsky forseea the day when rotary wing planes nt- twhed to the Navy will be used fcr rescue work at sea, the laying of

recent years has increased without correspond- in ex ansion in revenue. s P . . _ __ m ,

that are now in regular passenger ‘i I . , ‘j. '1 ' a 1.1 Y i ‘l. '_. ‘j ‘ Christmas Specials

1 Lb. pkg. Tea - _ _. 2 Lbs. Lard — -- - - 2 Lbs. Shortening - -- 3 Lbs. New Dates — — 2 Lbs. Seedless Raisins Hard Wheat Flour — - - - $2.69

We have a complete line of toys, also gifts for any member of the family.

Store will be open Evenings until Christmas

cease-legume!

medicine that the average practi-_

handicap, he feels, mum than ma‘

~ He ied In Bed (I. A. ll. in the‘ Winnipeg In! Pun

) . ‘Douala hirbmh should have Inn out of life u he did in one oflils flkm...with an in- fectious grin and l. shrug of the shoulders. marching along the clouds to meet good 5t. Peter. As it, was, he slipped out qulctlyln the middle of the night, with only tbedolefulcryofndogtomark his . For Douglas Fa" nks was so bursting with life and vltullty that even the stars in their courses must have ntopped to marvel. Bronzed face. white-teeth, u lithe figure, everything he did wu spectacular. He hunted llona and

' royalty with equal fervor, he gave

an acrobatic twist to life, and even

in courtship and murrluge he was

as headlong u: a. Windstorm.

But. Douglas Fairbanks died in

bed. Something fate has no sense

of the dranutic. O O

O O Douglas Fairbanks epitomized u Hollywood era. . an era. of bouncing abandon when money

flowed like water and there was little or no income tax to prevent any of the screen darlings from Living like feudal barons. Like Valentino and Marie Dresler, he has no modern counterparts. There may be carbon copies. but the original hlrbanks had a lusty en- joyment of life that the Errol Flyinns and the other athletic gentlemen will never quite catch. "You'd think the stage was go- ing to collapse, every time he leaps across it." the veteran Broadway producer, William A. Brady, once said. That was in the days before Hollvwood claimed him. And when he did arrive on the screen he had Just what. it. wanted. Somehow he caught the tempo that. was America .a lusty, carefree approach to life. He was the spirit of the pep talk and the answer to the plea for speed and more speed. Doug. Fairbanks didn't. start in films at a pittance. like him to jump in of. $2,000 a week. And he earned every cent of it. He went around the world on strips of celluloid and the na- tives of China and the caster- mongers in London clapped when they saw him.

When he decided to produce his own films, Fairbanks threw his money lnbo lavish sets and cos- tumirig that would rival the bril- llance of Babylon's court . .But even giant. backgrounds did not dwarf him. There we're castles to scale, pirates to fight, and chairs to Jump. -, e mighty Douglas never walked as other people walked. He made a bound, and there he was.

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Princes and professors called on him when he reigned at Pickfalr became Hollywood's social mecca and you just weren't. accepted un- tll-you h-ad made a pilgrimage there. But Plckfalr, once Holly- wood's answer to the charge that. there was no married IIBPDHTES in

the movie capital, didn't last. There, Fairbanks reached his climax.

He made other pictures after he left it. of course, and he travelled the world with a pofo stick and a grin. It. was in England that he made his last. film, far from the sun-baked shores of Hollywood. The film was The Private Life of Don Juan, and it. presented to the world an ageing rake, dominated by a ahrewish wife, trying b0 re-

It was Just -

‘l’!!! SLAVE ‘ They m the Ill-VG free, ut-riklnl of!

Then he was u inilcbof a hhvo if OVER '

Ho was still chained to aervllit . He was still muscled to lndoenco

and sloth, - Ho was still bound by fur and superstl on, By Ignorance, umicfon, and uv- IIEYY - - . , Bl: slavery will not In the clulnl, But In hlmaelf . . . :

‘llieycmonlyaetfreomeuﬂoe...

And there In no need of that:

Free men set them-solve; free. -Jumea Openheim.

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peat. his earlier successes, »

Just. what made hlin make that picture, nobody knows. But. then it was, and a public grown to de- mand a. leaping playboy yawned and turned its head.

‘ﬂiers was talk of more films, of course, but. Fairbanks must, have known that. his day had passed. He was never u good actor ln the real sense of the word, and lie could not slip into character mics. '

He left a brilliant splash on Hollywood's book, and it won't. be erased in a. hurry. Douglas Fair- banks was an individualist. There are plenty of exhibitionist; down cinema way, but individualist are as rue as laughter in a public library.

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A uioc llnc of Cipro Cigar- cite: m: Tobnccos, all Christ- rnu boxed (10 to 50). All loading brundl,

AIIO Plpel. (used or not). Tobacco Pouches, Humidors, Cipro and Cigarette Cases Ind Holders, All: Trays, etc.

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