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lim A Burnett. Walker.

nutrient and Auociuo Editor. Auoolnia Isdlbor. Frank

CIRCULATION

"Coven Prlnco Edward Island like the dew”

f'Tho Strongest Memory is Wcakcr lhau tho Weakest ink".

3HAB.LOTTETOtVN.

Joli Well Done

Almost forgotten are the broken streets .vhich faced Charlottetown citizens last spring. From having what must have been the worst sti'eets of any city in the Mari- times we have now streets which will bear comparison with any in the country. it nust have been a difficult decision to make, to proceed with more than eight miles of paving. In civic government, far more than in Provincial or Federal affairs, the taxpayer is acutely conscious of there- iationship between spending and tax' rates.

The work, however, was essential to the fapital and the street committee and the Council as a whole proceeded with it in the most efficient and businesslike way. There will inevitably be complaints at the cost but the fault, if any, was in permit- ting the streets to reach the deplorable condition that they did. Councillor Storey can well be proud of the way in which city employees carried out their share of the task. The Warren Paving Company also may be proud of accomplishing all that it undertook with satisfaction on all sides.

The streets are a most valuable asset of

THURSDAY, OCT. 16, 1952

proper care will be taken for their preserva- tion so that citizens may get full value for their money. The city cannot afford to permit anyone, whether its own employees, - those of the Provincial Government, or pri- vate individuals to damage the pavement.

-Still A Killer

Popular opinion to the contrary, whoop-

ing cough is one of the deadliest of child- hood diseases. Among children under the age of two it takes a higher toll of life than polio, diphtheria, measles and scarlet fever combined. This startling fact is pointed out by the Health League of Canada as proof ., of the need for immunization. I It is in the younger age group that high mortality in whooping cough occurs. Eighty- fivc to 90 per cent of deaths from this dis- ease occur before the third year of life, and more than half of the total whooping cough deaths occur in infants under one year. ' .

The Health League, which is sponsor-

ing the tenth annual National Immuniza- , lion Week now in progress, stresses that I whooping cough vaccine must be admin- " istered early in life (by six months of age or even earlier) if it is to do the most good. And recall or booster doses must be administered during pre-scliool years to maintain immunity through this dangerous period. .

To make protection easier for both par- ents and children, a combination of whoop- ing cough vaccine and diphtheria and lock- jaw toxoid (xiii now be given either by the family doctor or at public health clinics. It is the clear duty of every parent t0 S00 that no child runs the needless risk of death from one of these preventable diseases.

, the National Research Council is given the credit for developing what is probably the

and Lower Canada, Macdonald was faced with the breakup of that Province into its two parts. His alternative was the proposal for a larger union in which the two could play their parts.

The Maritimes were already proceeding with plans for a local union when the Mac- donald proposals were received. The author credits the Prince Edward Island represen- tatives with blocking that scheme by in- sisting that Charlottetown must be the cap- ital in any Maritime union. In any case Macdonald was listened to. "We shall not be New Brunswickers, nor Nova Scotians, nor Canadians, but British Americans,” he declared, "under the sway of the British sovereign". g

At Quebec, notes the author, the Mari- time delegates wanted larger representa- tive in the Upper House. Mr. A. A. Mac- Donald, an Islander, hinted at the right to equal representation based 'on provincial sovereignty, but unfortunately this and other proposals failed to gain the united support of the Maritime delegation.

lio Privacy At All

A brilliant young electronics engineer at

world's finest underwater television camera. It is now being tested by two Canadian Wildlife Service biologists on Lake Minne- wanka in Banff National .Park. They sit comfortably in their boat, manipulating the

THE AGUARIIJIAN. CHARLOTTETCWN

camera perhaps 100 feet beneath them, and they can see every detail of the lake bot- tom as clearly as if they were actually down there.

The benefits to science-and in turn, to the angler-may be substantial. underwater television technique holds great promise in a field of biological study where the ordinary handicaps are formidable. Ob- servers will be able to glean precise know- ledge of the natural shelters of game fish, their food," spawning habits, and so on. "But it all seems rather unfair to the fish,” comments an exchange. "From now on, even these species that dwell in the murky depths will be no inore secluded than the iinfortunate types that spend their lives in a glass bowl."

EDITORIAL NUIES

Blueberry pickers in Newfoundland using mechanical pickers have been picking 25 to 40 gallons per day. That is enough to make veteran blueberry pickers turn green with envy.

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The Declaration of Human Rights should be accompanied by a Declaration of Re- sponsibilities. If duties are performed, rights will take care of themselves. That

is the view of Dr. Jlia of India. expressed in

at an international conference of teachers.

There is not much sign of it in this Province but a farm revolt seems likely if the price of food continues to fall while the price of everything else continues to rise, according to the Letter Review. The retail food index, as reported by DBS, now stands at its lowest point since March, 1951. While the general cost-of-living index felli five points in the first eight months of 1952, the retail food index fell 12 points.

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Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, English statesman, was born this date .1863, eldest

JohniiAiinaiidcrvmziiinmaid

it was an Islander, Sir Joseph PODe. Who nearly sixty years ago published the "Me- moirs of the Right Honourable Sir John Alexander Macdonald. G.C.B., First Prime Minister of The Dominion of Canada". Now the vast mass of the Macdonald correspon- dence which Sir Joseph transferred to the Public Archives of Canada has again been sifted and a new biography ”John'A. Mac- Donald the Young Politician" written by Donald G. Creighton, professor of history at the University of Toronto and published by MacMillan. "

Many other sources have been tapped by the author both in this country and in Eng- land to bring to-life the career of the real Father of Confederation. Written as though by a journalist recording contemporary

. events, the volume follows John Alexander from his Scottish birthplace to British North America and his supreme achieve- ment of bringing about Confederation. A second volume yet to come will carry on

' the story of the. early days of Canada as a nation.

i Macdonald is shown as askiifui lawyer and politician and at the same time ii stu-

' t dent, reader of learned books reviews. a theoretical conservntlvefwlio had ground-

. gfhia beliefs on history and philosophy.

'ni';re'wu 3 another side: He obviously

.p'oli co and every -other part or

t vi-mamgxubcniit-gaiety and

i good lpltitl was

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I perialism. l”the last reminiscence of Victorian correct-

son of Joseph Chamberlain, exponent of im- Sir Austen, who has been called

itude,” held many cabinet posts but twice missed a chance to be Liberal leader-in 1911 and 1922. He received the Nobel Peace Pi'izc in 1926 and wrote his auto- biography in 1935.

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The national health insurance question is high on the long list of resolutions to be studied by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce'-Canada's national business or- ganization-at its annual meeting in Tor- onto next week. Few issues are more con- troversial at present than the matter of health insurance. ,Tl3e solution, ,of course, will not be either complete government con- trol of medicine or withdrawal from the field of public health. The exact nature of the compromise is all that is in doubt.

The Federal Government is completing a health survey-termed by authorities on Public Health in othercountrics the most important study ever undertaken-which will show what medical attention costs the average citizen. This stlI',V9Y together With reports of the various provincial commit- tees will provide the guidepost for future action in the matter of public or private health insurance. some'1o,ooo household- ers acrosc Canada agreed in 1950 to sup- ply the necessary iniomiationl and the de- tails concerning accidents and illnesses as

"For this -

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I Endorsed

FROM "NATURE"

10 Nature! I do not aspire

To be the highest in thy choir,- To be 5. meteor in thy sky,

or comet that may range on high; only ii. zephyr that may blow Among the reeds by the river low; Give me thy most privy place ' Where to. run my airy race.

In some withdrawn, unpubllc mead

Let me sigh upon a reed,

or in the woods, with leafy din, Whisper the still evening in.

-Henry David Thoreau,

9-co-cw Old Charlottetown (Am! r. E. 1. 1

MARK BUTCH-El'L'S FACTORY

"The furniture Illctory of Mark Butcher is situated on King square. corner of Hlllshorough and Kent Streets. It is the oldest and one of the best; pstablishments of its kind in the Province, and was established by the present proprietor in 1830. We learn that commencing business Mr. Butcher employed but few men and ran his machinery by horse- power. In 1852 the demand for his manufacture of furniture increas- ed. and to fill orders he was ob- liged to lit up his establishment with steam saws, pianers and labhes. etc. In 1869 he purchased, his prcsent stand from Mint Gcorze Douglas. and has con-5 tinued to do a lucrative business in it up to the present.

”The premises occupied by Mr. Butcher consist of a building three stories high, forty by eightyt feet, adjoining which is H. three-t storey wing eighteen by forty rcet. Enbcrlng the main building from Kent street is 5 spacious and well-lighted showroom. -con- tziinlm: specimens of furniture manufactured. and all work done

chiefly of mahogany, walnut. ash. birch and pine, and commonly sell at the following prices; Bedroom. from its 1 3400: parlour from sic in 5300; dining room. from 314 to s109..By this scale of prices it will be seen that furniture can be pur- chased from Mr. Butcher at. pric- rs and quality to suit all classes of buyers. All work in the establish- ment is done under the supervis- ion pf Mr. Butcher and his son. and only the best material is used: and that. the furnltiii-6 gives sat- isfaction is proved by the ready sale it commands in the markets of Newfoundland and New Bruns- wick, us well as at the branch stores in Georgetown and Card- igan."' .V

-The Examiner. Mai-ch'12. 1001.

view of the weedy vacant. lot the other side of the street.

is. feels in social jeopardy, perched

on Western Canada ranges. These ranges will produce a beef or mutton per than they will horsemeat. eat; A great deal more grass than cattle of the same size. and hurt the range that

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"Canada! only triple Mill- ttary Cross winner in World -war I." That statement is incorrect. We know of one prominent North- ern Ontario reaident who also holds the honor of being I. triple Military cross winner. He in col- onel W. W. Johnson, Dso, Mc, who won the.Military Cross three times in me First world war and received this decoration at: Buck- tngham Palace from the hands of the late King George V. The popu- lar Colonel Johnson is general tourist agent for the Ontario Northland Insilway. -Norhh Bay

7. Notes By The," Wax;

-A.-.. ' In Windsor the police caught 1 an, was wrestler driving his convertible with his feet.-sitting on the back of the drivers seat: and steering with feet on the wheel. He has ten days in jail to ponder on the mer- its of the orthodox wsy.- Ottawa Journal.

About this modern picture win- dow craze. we don't know. It's true they afford an unobstructed

on But they work both ways, and a gel.

in the living room in shirt-sleeves, Nugget, Wiilh his boots off and his feet up .L on it chair. -Ottawa Citizen. so-:.s,w.-txaszco-&c

It does not pay In nine horses p The

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Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, where- unto thou art also called. and bust professed n good profession before many witnesses. . . . Charge them that are rich In this world, that Hwy be noirhighminded. nor trust In uncertain riches, but in the liv- Int God. who giveih up richly tall things to enjoy; that they do good. that they be rich in good works. ready to distribute, willing to communicate: laying up In gtofe 101' themselves I good foundation against the time to come, that they may iny hold on ctemnl life.

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they much more by comparison. It's Just. about time the fad passed out. of the picture. We never could hear to think of Dobbin on the grid. - Lgthabridge Herald.

A recent story from Frederic- ton commenting on the results of the New Brunswick provincial election mentioned that one oft

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, rounded by noise of one sort and

if Mpny of the news items that mnke the headlines these days are gnythin but encouraging. Almost oil of t em reveal symptoms of a. sick world and some of- them seleiii to indicate that the human race is accelerating its drive towards extinction. Incidentally, one his.

might be the best. thing that could happen, on the presumption that some other kind of beings

W0 19"? Off. and perhaps make something worth-while out or this terrestrial sphere.

Now and then, however, there appears ii. news item that makes sense, like the one that appeared ii. week-or so ago to the effect: that-in a certain American uni- versity a determined scientific ap- proach to the problem of noise is being made. The hope is that with- in the next. half century this men- ace may be removed from the earth.

What the scientists may be able to do remnins to be seen, but it! is clear that modern man is sur-

nnother from the cradle onwards What in worse, there is much evi- dence to show for many people familiarity nu bi-ed not contempt but admiration. Witness the pop- ularity of the iuke box. It seems Elmost. impossible nowadays. even to grab n sandwich" in I public eating eating place without first of all coming to terms with what is perhaps the most formidable of all distracting noises.

The irony of this is that rescali- rants. originally, were meant to he places of restoration and refresh- ment. Not; that the men and wo- men who run the restaurants are in any Why to blame. One such businessman-confided to me 't.hnt he was sick and tired of it. "But", said be, "what can I do? A rest- aurant, like any other place of business, must try to give the customers what they want, and most. of them want noise and plenty of it".

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some any that the more noise in politician can make the greater chance he has of winning popular support. Ceruinlydhere have been classic examples to substantiate this nllegation. The late and un- lamented Herr Hitler seems to have proved it beyond question. My personal opinion is that it serves 3 politician's purpose up to 9. point, beyond which it. tends to ticks on the character of subver- non.

At. the some time. I I.m well aware that many well-meaning men put; A great; deal of trust in the loud voice. Recently I listened to such a. man for whom. in every other particular, I have the high- est. respect. What he had to any was full of good sense. The way he said it, his voice booming louder and louder with each 3 :- ence, was to me. at any rate. a sad and regrettable circumstance. I wanted to tell him that convic- tions do not depend for their strength on "the earthquake, wind, and fire". but thought better of it. The man is well put. middle age. and disillusionment comes hard to the elderly. Moreover, a man who

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iionnl labels. ft m3nY B good also Spoiled by the Drgactliier. t a ii no ed divi man..bv the may) die amgriiiiamii young men about to begin um. ministerial duties: "There are omx. twg ugipardonable sins, mumbliifi an s outing. The - - - tolerate either." Lmd M" "M Perhaps he was right, Young preacher naturally human as well 'as dlvin and it is unfortunately a great. many peopl on noitse irliihother seem 0 re s it i , - In fact.I knew one 'iari:iiiiiiiihy'o.i'f,”t preacher whose softlbut well mods ulatecl voice was his undoing H had been invited to preach bl-rm: 8 Congregation who were i00i(iilg fl” 5 MW -Daator. He thought ha was being well received, but tn.- expeoted call did not materialize,

do n . ed why. It. tumedmout tehiiaiin ili;ftl1t:1nt.liI: member of the Congre-

been ll. little displ because. the young man djdeaisg pilsigavliis voice and pound the

it I pity that 011758 has been loudness or me

but the

COYEYS e favour, true that e. brought. up environments,

It is 1 bit man 9

all the creature: ofutheuriithmirigg is the only one who indulges in noise for any but protective or self-inreservlnz purposes. Noise for the sheer fun of it. would seem in be unknown in the animal world, with the exception of the dog who bark: at everything he sees, Bug even in this lone instance human influence is mainly i'esponsjbie,p,, eivejrymriog isfnnboiin milmlc and h, e g in o own t. e e 1 of his master. 3 mm” The scientists will not find it easy to persuade men to be less noisy for the habit is apparently deeply rooted in our basic in. stincts. And, when the race was young there was some excuse for it. It was the only protection prl- mttivev man had against natural forces he did not understand, Imagining the gods to be far up above the earth it was ngtuml that. he should cry as loudly as he could to attract their attention to the dangers that confronted him. Fear of his environment gi-a,i-iually diminished but, by this time, th. loud voice had become settled in his emotional behaviour. Like all other instincts it has persisted through all the ups and downs of his growth towards maturity. The scientists, who have worked 1 great. many miracles thus far,

may be able to find some solution to this pressing problem. If so, they will be doing generations yet unborn 3 very great. service.

has always regarded noise as 3 good tool would almost: certainly resent the sort of friendly advice I had in mind.

And, who knows? Perhaps if he were to suddenly cease from hawt- lng his constituents would take l: as 1 sign of approaching decrepit- ude. and that would be the begin- ning of the end. Public opinion.Al- ways 1 bit unpredictable, has been known to turn against: 3. man for no better reason. '

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The saddest. thing of all is that noise has often received, or ap- peared to receive, solemn sanction of preachers of many denomina-

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