"heroic effort" to cope with over-popula- tlon.

Typical of the 1930's was the association of poverty with large families and higher income status with small. Yet there is ample evidence that family fashions on this continent have been revolutionized in the interval. This can be seen not only in the dramatic popuiationiadvance of the United States but all around us. . For whatever reasons people in reasonably comfortable circumstances now favor families which by the standards of the 1930's would be ac- counted large. The resulting growth of the high income North American population, The Legislature lwith its voracious demand not only for

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The Mallicson Government faces its firstihlefll. PlZS!Sl3lld (l8l1IV Pl'0ClUCl5. lS fact 01' session of the Legislature on the 2nd uflhlgh significance for Cfanadian agricultural March. It is largely, of course, the sanielPT0dUC0F5i and One Which Should hot be 95' Government that was previously in office, -icureld by ah exaggerated obsession with only the Hon. B. Earle MacDonald having lihllhlfhl N109 Dh9h0m9h3- to give his first account to the House of Ill 'E-"mEm”vtp'r'

Government Department. The Hon. Mr. Burns: Dr "omhook Hughes has been added also but he has had Zg previous experience as a riiinister. The All emmlaihing Sequel to the Bums

Premier. lhouili -"lllPf"ci1'lllK loll lhP- flI'5tlallllli'0l'Sali.V celebrations this year is the time in his Pl'9-Will l'0lPv hah 0" 59i'9l'3l Och news from Edinburgh that the Tarbolton CaSi0hS Pelilolimeil the dimes of HW59 Bachelorsl Club, of that city, are to'erect leader. la stone and plaque on the east side of the it used to he that tho liringiiig dowll 0liAnnbank-Galston road, at a point between the hlldghl W35 lhP hi?-'h llflihl Oi lhe 59S'lTarbolton and Willie's Mill (locally known sion but any tax Changes that ma.v be d9"as "The Seat"), to mark the reputed scene termined at the present time will obviously.of the encounter referred to in Burhsvs he of minor importance to island citizeiis.-lpoeml Npeaih and Di-hnornhhohlvi Instead attention is l'lil'PCle(l l0 llllahdali The original Dr. Hornbook was John agfeemehls Wilh lhe Federal G0V9Fhnllehll Wilson, the s-choolmaster of Tarboltoii who, and to the actual activity of the variousjio eke out a scanty existence, opened a departments. grocer's shop. Having come by some med- Although the House rules and standing ical books, and "become most hobby-hors- orders mainly affect members there should icaiiy attached io ihe Study of medicilleln be considerable interest in the revision on he added the 5319 of ii few medicines to which Premier Matheson and Other m9m- his little store, and advertised that advice hers have been working. The fairness andon common disorders wouid be given free efficiency of House procedure determines at the shop. not Only lhP Piff'CliV9h955 iii lm'llVidllal, Burns was at a Masonic meeting in the members but also the extent to which the viiiage when the liommie made a too osieri. public is able to follow developments in. tatious display of his medical skill. After Provincial affairs. parting from "this mixture of pedantry and Rural electrification is a perennial prob-lphysiclu on his way home to Mossgieil he lem facing the legislators as is the provis-,hari the idea fur the veilsesl ion of other services for a growing urban Laierl wiisoh iaught. a school in G135. D0PUl3li0h- Last September Premier Math" gow for many years, and also held the re- eson announced ll Goverhmeht P0liCY hi-lsponsible and fairly lucrative post of session- volving the construction of some 500 mileslcierk for Gm-hais parish, Often in his hit. of rural lines, to be built at the rate oflter days he was heard, mm. a howl of slightly over 100 miles each year, with thelpunch, to mess ihe lucky hour, when, as principal suppliers erecting plants where re- dominie of Tarbolton, he provoked the casti- quired to provide electrical power. He esti- gaiiori 0f Burris. He died ill 1339. mated the cost of the line construction at: between iS2,000 and 343,000 per mile. Not,yet acted upon is the recommenda- tion of the Commissioner looking into sub- urban Charlottetown water supply that the Th” QU99” may Well l'0E11'0l Sh0Wlhg area concerned should be incorporated into,raV””1' (Of the Sk.V”.B03l 50hE lh New Zea- the city. This may prove a controversiall anfl-l The Royfll mplhla-9 many months T9- question but the Commissioner's report is almalmlm-' and if muslclails at .EV9l'Y Stop very lmpmlaht one and should he giW.ll,play it even once I-Ier Maiesty will have her fill of the refrain "Over the Sea to Skye."

EDITORIAL NOTES

careful attention. While. the Opposition members are few o e a in numbers. they h&V9 all 9559htlal Tole '0 It must be hard, living under a dictator- pla.V.- and they Can do this best by C0"' ship, benevolent or otherwise. Spanish stu- centrating on constructive criticism andrdems apparemly are dismayed because the avoiding partisan politics as much as D05-Toiriciai Students' Union instructed them to Silvie. This applies. 01' C0U1iS9- l0 both Sides stage "spontaneous" demonstrations before of the House. There has been an improve- the British embassy and then the oequally

ment generally in this respect in recelltofficlal police beat them up for doing so. years, and it further benefit would accruei -

if members kept in mind the virtue of brev-l ity and curtailed the formal debates to: matters of current public interest.

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The Scandinavian-Airlines' flight across the north pole from Los Angeles to Stock- holm by way of Edmonton, Churchill, Fro- rbisher Bay and Greenland may well mark the opening of a regular service. The 6,- 1000-mile course, however, is nearly twice las long as the distance between New York land London.

Agricultural Prospects The recent. limited decline in farm in- come on this continent does not warrant the pessimism oxpi'esscd in some quarters. says the Winnipeg Free Press. In fact. l there would appear to he the strongest rca-i Tm q"eS',m" "I Mm. Should mic 1" ii." Sons ml. l.,.L,al.dlnl, lho l0llg,il(,l.m pl.0speClSlcoi'poraied villages, which was raised in of Canadian iigrii-ultiii'e as most Pllt"Oul'flg-isprmg Park depends uponlwhi) af? ted” lngl nically ratepayers. There is provision for ll ls l.l,lmrl(,,l hi, ll”, lsnhulalllm Rel-el.;I(l0nlmlSSl0llOl”S at ll'l(-Ell: discretion imposing ence. Bureau. a reliable llnited States organ-1” general 90” tax 1'? he" of a, tax 0" pen ization, that in 1953 the world's populationl5O"a1,pmpeNy' . It Is 8 question of sum. increased by 2.'),0()0,00(l. The signifieaiicciitory 'me"pre,tat'0", whether a perm" P35" of this figure ma.V be better appreciated lflmg W" "'x '5 or '5. not a mmpay" imder the matter is stated in somewhat different the Amt terms. Given the current trend, the excessl of births over deaths adds each year to the

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P l I ll. d h , l l. l,in peace as well as in war was emphasized c2355., f..'.l.?." ..t..?E.5ff”Z2.'..lZ?JI?2.ii L”?-.3. i by P'- 0- is Mackenzie. retired chief of the msenlallve ..Mld(llc l,ml'.m,.. ls only 15-000.lN&il0nal Research Council and Atomic 300). The same excess adds every twolE"ergy of Canafia Lid" A balance betwee," yum appmxlmalelv lhe populallon ol. ll government assistance and freedom of pri- Gnn Power (the iunlled Klngdom Counkvate experiment would seem to be ideal for

lng roughly 50,000,000 lnlmbllanlsll the advance of scientific knowledge. It may of course be argued that, while ' ' '

this is true, the increase will not be mlrror- Benoit Constant Coquelin, French actor, ed in effective demand for our farm pro-ldied this date 1909. It was intended that duets because it is the poor countries otlhe should be a baker but was perinltted South Europe and Asia which show thezto go to the Conservatoire instead. In 1864 greptest population gains. But our Wlnni-'he became ”societaire" of the Comedic piijontemporary argues that on the one Francoise and for 22 years played with con- lfg the birth rate in such traditionally splcuous and well-deserved successthe lead- irtlh areas as Italy and Pucrlo Rice has in: roles of over forty new plays. His most failing, while the rate in advanced famous role probably was his creation of has been rising. India is the elas- the inimitable Cyrano de Bergerac by Ros- ' of the pressure of population tand. Rostand is said to have written means of subsistence, yet the "Chantecler" solely for Coquelin. A young- out that nation for special er brother also achieved high success on due of the 6ovemment's the stage.

That effective national science is one of the essential activities on which the strength

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Possible Untoreseen Developments

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. The Navy, making great strides in its efforts to make life in that Service more ehticlngli, pleasant (i-e. v.ztm.a's new Style barracks), mag find one or two traditions die hard. .'

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Thin eolumn is open to the discussion by correspondent: of questions of interest. The Guardian does not neeeae tly endorse the opinion of ..u.. pondenta.

SNOW FLOWS COMJVIENDED

Sir,-May I take up A small Ipsca of your valuable column to reply to Reader from Kenslngton. May I ask how far that man lives from Ii doctor. If he was fiftceiii miles from one like the iwrmlc of North Lake and vicinity I'm sure he would sing ll dintftll. .. We are thankful in sex we llLIY"l wiser heads in our government than his. Vile are also fiflccii miles from a hospital. Train ser- vice, indeed! he must: have a train daily. We have not. How it illness came we must. drive old dobbln three miles to the depot to get a train leaving at 6.30 am.. Nice jaunt for l sick or suffering per- son. I was on a train leaving Elmira at 6.30 am. and arrived in Charlottetown at 11:45 a.m. Fast, eh! I think that render must. be P. very old person, who is content In sit. by the fire on cold winter days. I say more power to our snow plows, and their hriive driv- ers. Our plow driven by Mr. Pet- ers, cleared a road for the doctor to come to a man with ii heart. attack, and that in the middle of the night. Would old dobbin do. it or the train? No, flint job was up to our wonderful plows, so again 1 say' more power to our snow plows. To hear them coming after a storm lsa most joyful sound.

' I am, Sir. etc. ANOTHER READER North Lake. P.E.l.

THIS QUEEN BEAUTY FAD

Sir,-Choosing and exhibiting 1. beauty queen has become a fad taken up in every city and town across the country. Human physl. cal beauty is something to prize and be thankful for, a talent like music to be cultivated for the highest moral ends. It. has been said that we are descended from not the monkey but another branch of the simian family, and I suppose those who are beautiful

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Edinburgh aover seem! Quit! i-esl. Perhaps it ll the hssr. drifting in from the sea. will floating freskishlY lbmlt "3 ” hougetops, that makes it at all times of the V0" 3 WV which despite its Ant-Nu"? Ind Halli"?- glves the idea that it mliht. a; any memailtl dissolve into one o its own ms s.

Edinburzli is peopled by W shades from its past-shades "10" genuine, on occasion more visible. than the actual folk who throriz and tread its atreets today- 1" dark slant: of WYYN5 h0”d ' thousand romances. To walk in Edinburgh-Old Edinburgh - is like turning the pages of some ancient book. The past. not the present, possesses it.

Helyrood is s house of ghosts. Behind the elusive beauty of the fated Stuart Queen loom the dark countenance of Bothwell: the fair, foolish mask of Darnley; the brooding stars of John Knoll: the inscrutable fnlce' of the slain Italian, whose blood is on those haunted boards. Any one of this group may he met with on a dark stair even in daylight at Holy- rood today.

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The grim place. holds the laugh- ter of the four Maries, the rustle of hooped skirts. the trend of men-at.-arms. stealthy whispers of conspiracy. murder, plot. Mary herself. that unsolved mystery, that eternal puzzle. that fascinat- ing riddle never to be answered this side of time, was fitly set against the background of Holy-

lrood'ii shadows and green dusk.

Even in the broad glare of Ii summer's morning, Prince Charlie seems to walk Old Edinburgh. His bright head held high, his bonnie face set towards London and the triple Crown, it is in Edinburgh that his reign is never-ending.

He gsllops in at the city gates from the camp at Duddlngston. or wflts upon some fair adherent at at tiill house off the High Street. --brave. debonalr, I prince of hearts. The shades of his fierce Hlghlsnders, mounting guard or thrusting up and down the lean slope of the Canongate. tread at his heels.

think they belong to an advanced stage of evolution. This "beauty queen fact ill unseemly and does harm. perhaps much harm. caus- ing jealousy and ill-will. especial- ly among the i!'rl" in the running and the parents tell: and grouch when the winner .. . ...viicil and paraded before the public and in magazines.

But this fad misses the point. As every one knows it is n. we- man's personality and character that counts. If she looks that her beauty may be only a trap to catch unwary men to the sorrow of both.

Homellness. if there be such a thing, need be no handicap to a girl of strong personality and character. Mrs. Roosevelt is said to hsvve passed in society as a homely girl, "the ugly duckling"

has turned out. to be, a great and famous woman.

Many of our great writers, have been called homely. George Eliot, author of sun Warner. one of the great. writers in literature. was sold to have had "the head of A home”. Many years ago I heard a woman crudely remark that when N. was born she was a pretty child t. she grew up ugly as a slump fence. That same girl married a minister sndhsa made quite good in the mama and in the eongregatlon. she takes her place acceptably in the pulpit when necessa ,y. She has held one of the highest office: in the gift of the women of our church. Ac- cording to beauty queen standards this lady is not beautiful. one is squint.-eyedfand her hair la so scanty it is no omamsnt. but there is no discount on her poise and ability. .

solvsry much depends upon the women of our country fol-its moral stability. more than upon our men. King George V said some- ttilng like this: "If the mothers of

assured:

The solid Castle. whose gar- rison he never conquered. still looks down upon the old and the new city, its , windows at night. ylellow jewels, Its dark square high and proud against the wet skies, the past and the present gathered within its walls, hugged to its heart.

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Edinburgh never laughs. She hides her face behind the veils of hcr lien-mists. and all her thoughts, proud. Inward, are bent upon the past. She tells you noth- lng, admits nothing, reveals no- thing. She is Ii city of a thousand secrets. a thousand lovers. a thousand 1 s, and high-coup aged deaths.

Who is the tall youth with homespun garments and burning. ardent Wes. making his way,

of the family. but. see what; she iiliyly but surely. about the city

of his long dreams? Ilsntones are hard to the feet of genius. as poor Robert Fergusson. another pale shade. once discovered, yet Burns found the heart-and love of Edinburgh. though today she is so unmindful of him as to leave his monument in obscurity.

when you stroll down Castle street. it you listen long enough, you may be so lucky as to hear the drag of a lame foot when ownerwlelded the pen that be- came a magic wand. Not only real ghosts of once-real people are to be seen in ldlnburgh. One goes in expectation of meeting Jeanie Deans any minute, or Rob Roy. or young Waverley. er poulbly Catriona. or David Balfour.

For all that he mocked at hu- wsys and shuddoi-ed from her

wft-spoken queen of the home is the moat. wholesome. and powerful influence moulaliu the moral life of this country. I fan this baauiiv lad is doing nothing? to elevate our girlhood. so rm important any nation. i -

our children are wise and truly ”i am, sir, ete.. good the future of our country is W. I. ORIIN That. quiet, modest. Stanley Bridge. . gr I i .. s. "ii

pinching out wind. Stvvensonl was a true child of Edlnburgh,l and his dying thoughts travelled thousands of miles from islands of burning sun to picture her grey streets once more. His shade still wanders about the older Edin- burgh, his gaze turning over to his Delectable Mountains. the "Hills of Home." ,

Jovlal Judges, lean lawyers, canny ministers halt under the enclosing walls of you narrow wynd to crack a lost or exchange an anecdote, and their ghostly rosrs of laughter might be heard now above Edinburgh's sorrowful wind.

Hark! Was' that the thump of the chairmen setting down my Lord Braxfleld before the Par- liament House door? And that awlft shadow, gliding by with a glint of keyes? Who but Deacon Brodie, master-burglar by night. respected craftsman by day, and following him the fair, frail Kath- arine Nalrn, whose escape from the grim Talbaoth made much talk over Edinburgh's tea-tables. There is many an odd jest to be found amongst Edlnburg's ghosts.

Auld Reekle is a grim strong- hold but she is faithful to her servers. The heart of Edinburgh never changes. You may. be nwgy from her for 20 years. and come back to find old houses turned to converted flats, and cinemas and multiple stores defacing some beautiful thoroughfares, but the soul of Edinburgh stays unaltered. She will welcome you with in. different mien and probably atrocious. weatlicr, yet there is no town quitel lke her. One joy: to think in future centuries of oft. ""195 Nllimlnl. ii modut shade. to revisit her in the unnumbered company of her other ghosts and lovers.

i Old Charlottetown ll will r. a. 1.)

COMEDY 0! ERRORS

Glanclng over his English exchan- ges for the month of Nov.. 1&5. the editor of the Royal Gazette came across the following curious item, from the London Globe and Traveller, dated Nov. 14th: "Mr. MeCsnn. of the Irish Bar, has been appointed Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island: this makes ll vacancy in the Chairmanship of Wextord." The same London pa- per, on the succeeding day, carried the following obituary from the Dublln Register: ”John Mccann, Esq., Chairman of the County of Wexlord. died yesterday. He was a gentleman, the tenor of whose life insured to him the deep and affectionate regard of all within the sphere of his influence; one whose administration of the law was ever marked by a sound dis- crimlnatlon and "a fearless Im- partlsllty."

The sequel to this news was re- ported in the Royal Gazette here of Jan. 19. 1&6 as follows: "Some sensation was created here yester- day. by a rumor that very gener- ally nprevslled. of I new Chief Justice for this Island. How the present Incumbent (E. .1. Jarvis) is to be disposed of. does not yet ap- pear. His Lordship good humano- ly alluded to the vsircumatance in closing the Court yesterday. On looking over our London files by the packet, we find the following allusion to the subject, extracted from an Irish paper:

""rhero is no fouhdatlon what- ever for the report of the death of Mr. Mccsnn. Chairman of Weir- ford, which appeared in the Horn- lng Register of this day. The loarnod gentleman read the report at tits on death this morning at

the auto ofihls own -. is now lleved that Mr. Ilccnmi has accepted the Chief Justiuahlv of Prince Edward Island. so that the Assistant Iarrtltorolilp Wexfoni will still on vacation"

1'ho.tlnalo was nibllsbel In the Revel Gazette of by 17, 13. as

follows: "By a despatcb-received other emcee at llamas. Q I i .

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A friend tells us that modernis- tlc furniture eoilueea him. The other evening he was visiting a friend in an u1t.rs- modern setting mom and couldn't tell a chair from o. tslble until he aised where snash tray was. Imagine his embarras- ment. wihen he was told he had been sitting on it for I. half hour. -Niagara Falls Review.

One for the life-gets-more-couh plex department is bhe opening sentence of an article in the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission's bul- leiln which reads: "spleiiectomi ed and non-splenmomlsed dogs given 100 rivrk 3: radiation show-