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WIEDNEDAY, JULY 11, 198d.

_ THE’ CARNEGIE BOOKS

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Few of our readers would care t_o devote themselves to serious reading during such magnificent summer weather as the Province is now en- joying. Nevertheless, the reopening on Monday next of the Charlotte- town Public Library, renovated and equipped to accommodate 4,000 ad- ditional books from the Carnegie Demonstration Library, will be a- waited with much interest. Many have looked forward to the oppor- tunity of participating in the advan- tages of this province-wide library movement, and many more will be converted to the scheme after view- ing the splendid selection oi books available, free of charge, to our citiz- ens.

Of particular interest are the sec- tions which will be devoted to child- ren's books, to Canadian literature, and to practical trades and handi- crafts. The children especially, to whom have been allocated over 1,- coo magnificent volumes, should find Q3 Library a source of inspiration Hm delight.

Zblder readers, whether their pen- (Rnt be for the classics or for mod- fi, will find an almost overwhelm- E variety of authors and subjects @iting to be studied, casually or ‘sjélously as they choose. 1r they Qe aditional works of a non-iic- H35 kind, they have available, on re- Est, the wider resources oi the Province-wide Carnegie library, in which over 20,000 books have already been catalogued. These in addition

f _-; fxfthe resources of the former Pub- " liciuibrary, to which, with the Car-

riégle books, there have been added

, tlrqservices of an assistant librarian.

Jilsewhere in this issue Miss Bate-

7955 describes’ the splendid response

to the Demonstration Library move- ment from all sections of the Pro- vince. The proportion oi non-fiction

‘works read in the ten branch lib-

runes now established is about so per cent. The registered member- ship is over seven thousand, with an average circulation per month of I0,- 667. Several additional branches will be established this summer, and next

. fall a start will be made to bring

the library advantages to the public schools. There is no doubt that be- Ifore another year passes, the inter- est’ and enthusiasm will be still greater, as the benefits of the move- ment are more widely participated in and appreciated.

MR. KING’S TRIBUTE

It is unusual for the federal Opposition leader, Mr. Mackenzie King, to approve of any appoint- ment made by the Bennett Govern- ment, which gives unique signifi- cance to his remarks in seconding the appointment of Colonel John Thompson as Commissioner for the Dominion under the new Franchise Act, with authority over the prepar- atlon of the voters’ lists. Hansard reports the mover and seconder o: the motion as follows:

Right Hon. R. B. Bennett (Prime Minister): "Mr. Speaker, before you leave the chair I would like to make a motion now that the fran- chise bill has been disposed of. I move:

“That John Thomas Connolly Thompson D-S.O., of the city 0f Ottawa. in the province of Ontario, one of His Majesty's counsel, learned in the law, be appointed 13°‘ mlnlon Franchise Commissioner in accordance with the provisions of an Act respecting the franchise of

‘who died at Windsor Castle whuel on a. visit to Queen Victoria, He has been chairman of the Pensions Board ever since its inauguration.

EDITORIAL NOTES

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Tomorrow is the one-time “Glor- ious Twelfth."

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Welcome, twice welcome, "the

Soldiers of the King" in our midst.

N. B. new potatoes are on the market already-in limited numbers however,

‘head, oi a veteran Plctou High- lander like Col- MacKenzie ex- pands these days,

No wonder the chest, if not the] l

Notes By The Way

Philadelphia Inquirer: Undoub- edly something of value ha; been accomplished under the New Deal and whatever has proved valuable should be retained, but the tenden- cy to ever-advancing governmental regimentation nevertheless is pro- ’. So far we have been work- ing under “emer-gency" legislation, and the delegation to the President of autocratic authority is temporary. The new Congress will pass upon permanent policies. Surely the Am- erican people will insist upon send- ing men there who will be capable of discussion and determining fut- ure policies with intelligence and sanity.

Glam insulators on telegraph poles are little things, but enough of them were broken last year on the Canadian National system to cost the company, otherwise the people of Canada, exactly $23,562.45 for their replacement. The insu- lator costs seven cents, to install it eight cents, and a mere fifteen cents for one job runs up to a large sum when 157,000 such jobs go into the maintenance column. The ex- perience of the Canadian Pacific in this regard no doubt is very simi- lar.

It is appropriate the final hear- ing oi’ the Maritime Claims should ‘ "be fixed for August 1. That is the, anniversary of the freeing of al1' slavesin the British Empire.

Once upon a time John D. Rockefellers birthday was an annu- - al front-page feature. On Satur- day he pased his ninety-fifth milestone, and the event was scarcely noticed.

The City Council in authorizing improvement work to help out em- ployment has done so in a spirit oi faith "in things unseen", for so far the financial help from Ottawa has not materialized.

When our Provincial Exhibition comes round it is to be hoped Pre- mier Bennett's words at Calgary stampede will be borne in mind. "It is a good thing for people oi all classes to be able to meet in a man- ner such as this each year"

It is a ‘criminal offence in France -

for a member of the Government to. "sell his influence." It is so here also, _but as in not a iew instances it is necessary for a. candidate to buy votes before he attains a status to influence a minister, Beauhar- nois scandals do not appear to be so terribly heinous.

If our fishermen want to give evidence on the spread between what they get for. their fish and what the public pay for it lrrOtta- wa or elsewhere, they will have to go to Ottawa and tell the Stevens Royal Commission about it. Perhaps Premier Bennett has put his foot down upon the proposal to make Mass Buying investigators Roving Commissioners at the public ex-

pense. The temptation “to rovs“ the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts in July and August might be too great.

The fact that Sir John Simon will once more lead the British delegation to the League of Na- tions is proof positive that a satis- factory accord has been reached with France. It was due to serious difference between Sir John and M. Barthou which necessitated the British Government substituting Captain Anthony Eden, then as- sistant Foreign Secretary, for Sir John es pienlpotentlary-at-large and raising him to the status of a Minister in the capacity of Lord Privy Seal. Evidently the hatchet has been buried as the result of the "conversations."

electors at elections of members of ‘the House of Commons. “I was going to ask my right hon. friend to second the motion.“ Right. Hon, W. L. Mackenzie King (Leader of the Opposition): " Mr. Speaker, I have much pleas- ure in seconding the motion which 'my right hon. friend has just moved. All who know him must regard Col- ‘oncl Thompson as a man of the highest probity and integrity. l-iis honesty and ability cannot be ques- tioned. I for one am prepared to ‘believe that the qualities of char- acwr which have made him some- what rigid in the work of adminis- “ti-atlon oi the particular commis- sion over which he presides are characteristics of a strict impartial- ity and honesty of purpose which may give him n. special fitness for this particular post." Mr. Stewart (Edmonton) : "May I draw the attention of the Prime Minister to the fact that the legis- lation provides that the salary be fixed as well?"

lfences. A feeling is growing that

Interest in the fortunes of thc P. E. I. Potato Growers Association is general, and there is much dis- cussion on the subject over line

I the only hope of salvation is to fol- low the practice in the old country , and convert the Association into a f limit-ed liability cooperative organi- jzatlon where the members would ‘never be liable for more than the value of the shares for which they have subscribed. That is, if the membership fee were fixed at one ' share at least of S10, the member I would not be responsible for any g more, whether or not the associafl i tion got into financial difficulties. I Perhaps it was excusable for tile i llnotype operator to set, and for the ,proof-reader to pass, the phrase ,"Pathology 'I‘ripes" in yesterday's’ _Guardian seeing it, had evident re-. ‘ference to anatomy. All the same! -we hasten to assure readers that‘ Pathology ‘Iripoe was intended. The word has xcluslve reference to Carn- bridge scholastlc honours, the ex-

Though it will easily pierce your finger, the ordinary sewing needle appears anything but sharp under the microscope, and the diameter at the point usually measures several thousandths of an inch. Now en- gineers have produced a needle with a point one ten thousandth oi an inch across. The actual point is a diamond set in the steel, and it is used to test the smoothness of pol-

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VACATION FOR THOSE 0F MIDDLE AGE

I believe it would be good sense for all middle aged or elderly indi- viduals t0 have I. little talk with their physicians before starting on a vacation.

As far as young people are con- cerned there is really nothing to worry about because they have plenty oi reserve strength and even if they come home exhausted they will regain their strength in a few days. '1he fact that they have had a good time and have done the things they had planned Lo do has made their vacation oi great help to them.

However it is the middle aged man or woman that really needs ad- vice as to the best and safest way to get real benefit from a vacatloil.

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POLITICAL IIISIDBY N0. I

PM viously stated the s‘: p" its fifteen yen-g of government avoided link- erlng with policies. Havlns 89' propriated without scruple the Conservative policy. lwlun bolll-i- H"! finding it the best available, they

bandoned their old election crlu one put their whole faith in the borrow goods. It was a master move and proved a valuable suPP°11 6° long as they adhered to it. - But abuses, that eurse or poi-lei in power, were creepifl! 1"- Th‘? grafter was busy. Hungry heelers were mom prgsflng. That greatest oi all blunders, the Transcontinent- al Railway, was showing disastrous effects in the country. Apart from the premature folly of building so ivs a line, competitive in measure with the C.P.R.. 8t 80 "l" ormous a cost, and the "wrfllpilvlls incidental with the spending of

To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall

As ii he grew there house and all Together. '

Within that house secure he hides,

When danger imminent betides

Or storm, or other harm besides Of weather.

Give but his horns the slightest touch

His self-collecting power is such, He shrinks into his house with much Displeasurc.

Wher‘er he dwells, he dwells alone, Except himself has chattels none, Well satisfied to be his own

Whole treasure. ‘

Thus hermit-like his life he leads,

Nor partner of his banquet heeds,

And if he meets one, only feeds The faster."

As suggested some years ago, owing to the fact that the middle

when starting his vacation, the rirst thought is to obtain absolute rest the first two or three days of vacation; no exercise except one or two short walks.

Sir Humphrey Rolleswn, Cam- bridge Unlverslty, says, "The ordin- ary nealthy person leaves the selec- tion of the place of his yearly holi- day largely to chance; whereas skill- ed medical advice might effect a good deal in preventing failure in

ished steel.

The New Yorker: Consider the recent campaign in the incompar- able state of Kansas. One candidate for the state legislature boasted of

holidays. An individual whose work is mostly a1. a desk often suddenly starts on active exercise at the very beginning of the holiday without any preparation in the way of train- ing heart and muscles for the in- creased strain thrown upon them.”

his honorable discharge from a local madhouse. In every stump speech, he waved the documents triumph- antly. "I have papers here to prove I'm not crazy,” he would cry. “Can my opponent say the same?" PS.- l-le got the job. .

The strangest dictionary ever compiled, listing not words but the 518115. is being completed to rescue from oblivion the Indian sign lang- uage that once was North Americas "universal tongue" from coast _to coast. Hundreds of signs and their word meanings are being listed on cards by Smithsonian Institution scientists with the aid of Richard Sandervllle, 70-year-old Blackfoot Indian, one of the lastof hls race who knows the sign language. Al- most forgotten today, it once was the wordless speech by which the red man made treaties with other tribes, carried on trade and parleyed for war and peace around ancient council fires. Smithsonian scientists consider the signal langu- age “one of the most remarkable systems oi communication ever em- ployed by mankind."

It is possible that Great Britain may eventually embrace the "cor- porative state“. and take to castor oil and black shirts as political equipment. But. the Fascist meeting in Olympia Hall on Thursday even- ing, so graphically reported by Mr. Emmart in yesterday's paper, makes it plain that the English people are not going to submit without a struggle. Fighting and howling swept the great auditorium from zenith to nadir and Sir Oswald Mosley, "the Leader,“ had rough going.

Montreal Herald: Why does the chicken cross the road just “head of an auto? Farmers report that [Qwl are cultivating a traffic sense and stop, look and listen before entering the highway. One man says he saw a pheasant look out from a hedge and deliberately wait for cars ap- proaching from both directions to PB-Ss and when the road was clear walk across at its leisure.

About 150 members of General Hermann Wilhelm Goerings spec- 18-1 Police guards were confined to concentration camps last week be- cause oi lnsubordination. These special guards. recruited from the ranks of the storm troops. had been doing guard duty before the Prus- sian Premier's ' residence. Among their duties was a daily drill executed with military pre- cislon-

The kernel nf the whole difficulty is that the people of the United States have been allowed by their rulers for years to live in a fool's paradise. They have been encour- aged to believe that the pretence of war debts being something different from and independent of repara- tions was one which could be indef- initely kept up: they have never been informed of the practical dif- ficulties of transfer; they have never been made to see that their high tariffs prevented payments being made in the obvious way-by in- crease of imports; and they have been permitted to regard Europe's obligations to them as possessing a peculiar "sacrednessfl-Mr. Roose- velt's own word-which did not per- tain to any other obligations aris- ing out of the Great War. A pro- cess of education on these matters was inevitable. The British Govem- ment has attempted it several times

Now at middle age there is not the reserve strength possessed by young folks, and over exertion may possibly cause heart trouble.

Another mistake is made by those whose blood is thin-_—anaemia——in that they think that vigorous exer- cise while On vacation will give them an appetite and build up good read blood. As a matter of fact a heavy demand for red blood in those who are “run down" physically can- not be inet by the blood making ap- paratus in the body (the bone mar- row) and further weakness and fatigue will result.

The best plan for the middle aged is to rest the first few days of their vacation, gradually increase exercise, and then take a. complete rest again for‘ the last three days of the vaca- tion; Often when the individual first gets outdoors he feels like talking lots of exercise and eating a great deal of food, before he is ready for these two things. This causes a great in- crease in fatigue products from the exercise, and a great amount oi waste products from the overeating.

Both fatigue products from exer- cise and waste products from food cause tiredness in the whole body.

The‘ Pageant Of Summer,

(Montreal Gazette)

Just why July should be named after Julius, Caesar let those answer who can. And again, why should this month be linked up with the so-called "dog days"? Here is an- other poser. The St, Swithin leg- end comes nearer the mark, for it hints of the ralncloud. But the Anglo-Saxons were quite right in calling July “meadmonthfl which has nothing to do with quaffing tankards of ale, save perchance by reapers in the hayrlelds. For July does give us the first herb-fest when the hay is ripe and the rushes everywhere crowd the ditches and the lanesides and the streams, and have that sappy touch and green scent which bespeaks the meadows in full bloom, and carries the es- sence of the waving grasses and tangled shrubs, steeped in the beauty and perfume of a myriad flowers, so that the stream of the atmosphere lingering in the hedge- rows becomes a lyric oi soothly appeal, gentle as it is generous, and made musical alike by the nodding blooms, the hum of the bees, the songs of birds, the prattle of the brooks. which seem to be telling their travels to the pebbles, and the trees which lift their matchless chorus of innumerable leaves to the air- It is the bladed soil embroid- ered with varied hues oi’ softest ver- dure, and summertime in its pride and glory.

Leigh Hunt tells us that July is “a dumb, dreaming, hot, lazy, lux- urious, delightful month for those who can do as they please and are pleased with what they do." The adjectives somewhat criss-cross each other. however. July may be dreamy, but it is not dumb; and hot, but it is not. lazy, Luxurious it is and delightful also and the essay- ist rights himself in saying that: “lf nature reposes, it is the repose of affluent power and sovereign beauty." And when he tells us that‘ the gardens are in purple and gol-

den and white splendor, this dlcturn' be applied to the!

might equally whole landscape, and, in truth, is much better than his own hint that a siesta upon the sofa near a tree-

shhcea window, book in hand, is thei

—in carefully elaborated arguments addressed to thc State Department. But the facts o.‘ the casc-and es-

pecially the OfgLlllC connection be. tween reparations and war debts-M never penetrated beyond a limited] circle of educa'cd people-Glasgow Herald.

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ter to his speech; then to the sheet

proper regimen ior a July day. Not so. Booklore is all right in its place.

Yet it drops back very lame and; short when, as Richard Jefferles| Th,

says. the white pollen grasses growing on the streams is dusted from ses each time the hawthorn boughs, are shaken by a thrush. And neither Jefferies nor any other lover of nature could ever get the impres- sions that “taunt a teller heart snd

of early

these gras-

aged individual ls likely to be tired,

vast sums of money. began to leak out. The road was costinz too much and public suspicion was aroused as to who was pocketing the big rake off. Other questionable expenditures were in the lime light, to which that famed rejoind- er oi Tarte, Mlnisfier oi Public

Who seeks him must be worse than blind,

(His house and he are so combined), If, finding it. he falls to find Its master.

—Vincent Boume.

worlss-"Electlons are not won with prayers," took prominence as a political classic.

Laurier and his far seeing col- leagues felt the weakening of the party in the country and some new scheme must be devised to distract public censure from the railway and extravagance muddies. After a fifteen year lapse from fiscal pol- icy maklng they decided to make another venture. Reciprocity was alwaysa popular card. the best men of both parties advocated it. This seemed their golden opportunity. Reciprocity with the United States.

Han, W. s, Fielding, Minister of Finance, an editor by training, a financier by virtue of his oflice; f-lon- Wm. Patterson, Minister of Customs. an expert in biscuits and

__}________ Medicinal Music (Eirchahge) The use of music in the treatment of mental illnesses is a practice wihicih has remained full of mys- teries for the average layman WhO has not had an opportunity to learn the truth about it. The tendency of some explanations of ilhls medical use of music, on the other hand, is to generalize, or treat the idea. as though it were a great scientific dis- oovery. In hs address under the auspices of the New Yonk Welfare Council Dr. William Van de Wall was admirably irautloils in telling how such treatment is applied. He admitted that it is "as old as tho pyramids." "In fact." he said, "the