“SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1959.

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» Past And Present

We live in a world of amazing archaeological discoveries, but we are too busy with our. own affairs to pay much attention to them. They are of great interest to schol-

ars, and should be to’ us; but we lack

the reverence for the past, and -un- derstanding of its value to us cul- ““urally, to appreciate their worth or meaning. Sometimes, however, an item or a picture in a newspaper

brings us. up short, and we realize

how ephemeral is our own: existence, bow old are the ideas and aspirations we cherish as~novelties, and how foolish we are to: suppose that we are somehow of more concern to

“‘millan had a distinguished career

’ a widening circle of readers far re-

— : - _ “Glooskap’s Country And Other Indian Tales” is the title of this at-

than foreign visitors spent here. Before heading abroad, Canadians

amusements of their own land; they

‘might be surprised to find how favor- |_

ably both compare with those else- where,

Glooskap In Germany. The late Hon. Dr. Cyrus Mac-

as educationist and parliamentar- ian, but all who have enjoyed his Canadian fairy tales are aware that he was a gifted writer as well, with magic in his pen which appeals to

moved from his native province and country. Many editions of Dr. Mac- millan’s tales have appeared, the latest being a selection published in Germany, with pages of interesting

tractively printed and_ illustrated booklet, prepared for German schools where English is being taught. In a foreword the editor says that through these stories—

90,000,000 abroad, an ir se of | 5 per cent, or $27,000,000, over 1956. They spent $162,060,000 more abroad

should sample the scenery and |

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posterity than all the ages that pre- ceded us.

_ In one recent issue of the New York Times, for examiple, we came across two stories that open magic casements on the past. One of them

eoncerned Greek laborers who were -

pulling up pavement to repair sew- ers in a busy section of the Athens

- seaport, Piraeus. Their pneumatic

drills exposed two bronze statues, life size, and a marble column sur- mounted by a man’s head. Archaeo- logists came rushing to the site and found these works to be among~the most beautiful art treasurers in ex- istence. All of different periods, they were fashioned long before the Christian era, and had lain buried for many centuries.

The other story concerned the discovery of a Bronze Age village, the size of a football field, on the southeastern coast of Malta. Al- though traces of mans _ habitation

“of Malta since 2300 B.C. had al-

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ready been discovered, very little evidence of the Bronze Age (1450 to 80 B.C.) had been brought to light on’ the island. This is the first prehistoric’ village that has been properly unearthed, with hut waiis intact and a carved siab, nearly nine feet long, which ‘probably stOod in a neolithic temple.

From many bones discovered on the site it was evident that the in- “pabitants obtained their meat from sheep, goats, pigs and céws. Some of the pottery fragments, mainly of cooking jars and drinking cups, were capable of reconstruction. Tools were found of bone, sharpened at the top. A large stone mortar for pounding grain, two querns (prim- itive mills) for grinding flour, a rol-

_ ler and fireplace for cooking were found in one hut.

Yes, civilizations have flourished and gone under for quite a while on this planet—many of them so old, or so completely obliteraied, that we can only speculate about their ex- istence. A little thought given to chese things—say at the Geneva conference or at the stormy dis- cussions in Moscow between the Soviet Prime Minister and the Vice President of the United States— wouldn’t hurt at all. deed be salutary.

“See Canada First”

By the time Her Majesty the |

Queen boards the plane for home this weekend, notes the Globe and Mail, she will have seen more of Canada in six hectic weeks than most Can- adians see in a lifetime. If only from plane, train and car, the Queen. will nave seen the mountains of the West, the spacious Prairies, the rug- ged Northern bush, the pleasant coun- tryside of Quebec and Ontario, the farms and fishing villages of the Maritimes. She will have pictures of ‘this country stored in -her memgry that Canadians are too indifferes

“It i§ deplorable,” says our Toron- to contemporary, “that Canadians

to acquire. ae

know so little of their own land. It

is deplorable that our tourist pro- moters neglect to urge them to see their own country. Canadian travel- Jers in: ever-inceasing numbers. head overseas and to the United Statés. To many of them, the beauty, inter- est and romance, of ‘their own land

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It: might in- | , | {a grow to a height’ of 120 feet. |

anything up to 5 Ibs. A hefty thing. !

_In the U.S. steel industry. It scores

4\_ence_to the consequences, __‘“‘One:’ |

“prepared to buy the story. But the

_deep the- hurt: is tobe.”

new alike to German teachers and pupils—much may be learned about the natural and ethnological byck- ground of an important part of the English-seaking—world. “The child- ren’s imagination,” he adds, “will be kindled—which ‘is all to the good in a world which is becoming in- creasingly practical and which tends to forget that imagination is atthe root of all technical progress.”

The series in which the collec- tion appears, (“Lebensvolle Lek- ture”) contains stories by Walter de la Mare and other distinguished writers. It was a wise choice to in- delightful tales, both for their entertainment and educational value.

‘SHOOT DOGS, RABBIT

INTS SPACE —

— SCIENTIFIC. REPORT

“PUBLIC FORUM

Provincial Hospital Plan, and written by “Interested

EDITORIAL NOTES

‘Many of our citizens, rural and

urban, will have happy memories of being privileged to meet Her Ma- jesty and Prince Philip this week, and many more of having seen and welcomed them at close quarters. This is what the tour was arranged for, and perhaps in no part of Canada was its objective better . achieved than in Prince oe big state banquets, and all the rest of it, were just the icing on the cake. y = e *

It is gratifying to note that the agreement over the Fort Ambherst Historic National Park has finally deen signed at Ottawa and that this lovely area along the north shore of Charlottetown .harbour will be preserved as an historic site. As noted in previous comments, the move to have the Federal Department of Northern Affairs and Resources take over the area originated with the P.E. Island Historical Society, Which is to be congratulated upon the final result of its efforts.

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When cracking Brazil nuts at Christmas, says an exchange, spare a thought for the people who col- 'ect them. They are native South American Indians who live in palm- leaf shelters along the River Amazon and risk death in their avocation.

would not be able to keep their present policies as such, but yet it is voluntary Whether they take

While the writer was correct in his assertion that people with imsurance coverage for basic ward services will not be able to continue this portion of their . policies, it is not voluntary for a very large percentage of our population to participate in the new hos insurance plan. It might be noted that less than 30 percent of our population are now covered under any type of hospital insurance. \

While it may appear unfortu- nate that these people, must fore- go their present insurance cover- age. in most mstances the pro vincial plan costs less and offers many more services than any of the other p'ans could be ex- pected to provide. This, of course is because the provincial plan is operated on an entirely non-pro- fit basis and for every dollar our residents pay in premiums, the Federal Goverment contri- butes another dollar. It does not appear logical that peoplé would not take advantage of such a bar- gain whereby they would, in ef- fect, be paying less for more services.

Point Number Three stated that we are not really paying $48.00 a year for a family, but are actually paying $96.00 a year and that we could get Semi- Privaté hespitalization through Blue Cross for about $70.00 a year with possibly better cover- age in several ways. The state- ment was also made that when the patient is admitted under Blue Cross, the doctor and pat- ient both know the patient is covered, while under the Pro- “vincial plan, neither know until the bill is accepted by the Com- mission. It was also pointed out

Not the least of their risks is the falling of the nuts from the trees

ey: are not realiy-nuts bui seeds, 20 to 30 in a fruit, fitting together with the thin edges inwards, so that they make a balk like the sec- tions of an orange. The outside cas- ing of the fruit is similar to that af a coconut and each one weighs

to fall on one’s head.

TheyNorthern Miner’ Canada’s national mining weekly, sees the possibility of a long and bitter strike

the “barrage of propaganda” which preceded the strike and criticises the disputants for seeming indiffer-

could get the impression,” it says, “that the discussions hardly count- ed—the main idea was to sell a story to the public. Now we'll soon find out whether or not the public is

play-acting is over. From now on the disputants must_ up to the | bard realities of the . And “the nation, whose welfare received such scant attentidn, will discover how

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that the Blue Cross plan will ac- cept the doctor's word when a patient is put into the hospital, but the Commission may not.

In answer to these particular points, I would like to submit the following: The Provincial plan offers many -more hospital services to everyone than do other available hospital insur--' ance plans. The advantages may be found in the Com»ission booklet entitled “Facts about your Hospital Insurance Pian.” Furthermore, other plans do not pay the full cost of services. Both the Provincial and Federal Governments now subsidize hos- pital care which they will not continue to do after the™ plan comes into effect. MW the total cost was to be met by the other plans, it would force their pre- _miums considerable higher. \

Some of the subsidized items

| include: $1.00 per day for each

patient in hospital; laboratory services; diagnostic cancer ser- vices, and the provision of cer-

|_tain_ specialized items of equip-

ment. These sir, are paid for by)

the taxpayer. Moreover, if we do NOT participate in a _ hos- pital insurance plan we would lose the contribution which thé Federal Government would otherwise make toward the cost of hospital care in this province. As far as admissions and dis-

. Charges from hospitals are con- cerned, i will be admitted

+ patients a

in exactly the same way as at} present... Provided the hospital Care is medically necessary there

will be no question about the ef the bhompital bill However,

the new hospital insurance policy. |

- THE SIGN OF REAL, PROGRESS Reds Bore In Latin Americ

Milwaukee Journal

While the Berlin crisis and the constant threats of blowups in the middie and far east attract the major attention of our _govern- ment, there is a growing possibil-! ity of trouble right in our own back yard. Latin America is in ferment and the United States is’ ina dilemma in relation to it.’

John C. Dreier, United States ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), touch-' ed on the problem at a meeting of_ the ambassadorial council’ of | the OAS late last week. He point- ed on the one hand to the dic- tatorships against which there are legitimate attempts at rebellion. But he warned that a rea! danger to the western hemisphere lay in the Communist penetration—eith- er openly or clandestinely — of revolutionary movements.

Many exiles from Caribbean countries, Dreier said bluntly, are “motivated by high ideals of de- | Mocracy and justice’ and seek revolution in their homelands. | Their countries are run by dic- | tators whose policies and tyranny

are at direct odds with the stat- ed aspirations of the OAS for the hemisphere. j

RED POLICY | But some of these revolution-

aries are working either know- ' ingly or unknowingly ‘with poli-

Swans

British shipping. which has had

to contend with everything from

| the Spanish Armada to Nazi sub-

| Marines, faces a new and un- | likely threat—swans.

Britain's swan population has grown rapidly in recent years. The graceful birds are impeding river traffic so seriously that the | | Corporation of Stratford-on-Avon. in Shakespeare's birthplace, has | decided to deport about half the | local swans to quieter streams.

WELFARE ASSURED

Despite such behavior, swans | are much loved in England, and great pains are taken to assure | their welfare, the Nationa} Geo- | | Braphic Society says. The Royal | Séciety.for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals will investi- gate applicants for surplus swans to determine whether they can offer. the birds all the comforts of Stratford.

Successful applicants will only be caretakers, since all British Swans are owned either by the Crown or one of the two vener- able guilds, the Dyers’ and Vint- ners’ Companies. Long ago the two guilds received the priv- ilege,as a favor frem the Crown.

Britain’s Mute, Swan (Cygns | olor) is pure -white. It bas a jong slender neck and b'ack knob at the base of its pink bill. Though almost voiceless, it snorts amd hisses at mating time or when angry. If aroused. it can inflict a nasty bite with its beak.

The swan is believed to have

Hater than-the century Dur- ing the reign\of Edward IV five

there will be checks that mem- ber} of the’ medical profession itself must make to ensure that the plan is not abused. I am sure that the merits of this plan. will be obvious to all our pecple.

Again Sir, space is avail- able, I would appreciate being able to conclude this ‘answer in a subsequent issue of your news-

paper. f \ I am, Sir, etc.. GARTH C. CROCKETT..

Director of Information

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their own sinister designs.”

Menace Waterway National Geographic Society

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tical elements whose interests are far removed from those of any government represented” in the OAS.

“To put in simple terms,” said Dreier, “Communists have attempted, and with some success to infiltrate those revolutionary movements in accordance with their wel! established policy of taking advantage of any sort of disturbance and unrest to promote

A measure of the danger lies in the refusal of Cuba and Vene- zuela to allow an OAS investigat- ing team on their territories to estimate the extent of Commun- ist penetration. This threatens the continuing operation of hemisph- eric security which has existed for half a century.

DIFFICULT PROBLEM

The United States quietly sym- | pathizes with thoose who would | overthrow the dictators. But this country and the hemisphere would be endangered if Commun- | ists succeeded in taking over re | volutionary movements. The prob- lem jis féal arid midst difficult. Dreier has asked for a meeting | of foreign ministers in the OAS ~ amework to face the problem

I squarely. Unless it is faced and

solved the hemisphere may be | endangered as seriously as by | any other existing crisis.

centuries ago, it was ruled that “No person ..except the king's son, should have any swan-mark or game of swans of his own... exceaxt he hath freehold lands and tenements to the clear yearly value of five marks.”’

Thus arose the licensing cus- tom. .For_centuries the right to |

birds, and eat roast swan was an expensive khiwury and a source of viuable revenue for the Crown. Stern measures protected the | birds. In Henry VII's reign the theft of a swan'’s egg was pun- ishable by a year’s imprisonment

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Of course, when the cancer is widespread, the effect of either surgery or radiation, or both, is usually pretty limited.

Atomic medicine has come a long way since 18% But dont think that it’s anything new to us.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

A. F. S.: Can polyps on the in-* testines be reduced in size or is_

Answer: Polyps of the intes- | tines rarely, if ever, disappear | spontaneously. f they, cause sym- | ptoms. their removal is\necessar Occasionally they may become malignant.

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO : (August 1, 1934)

Rev. Patrick McMahon, D.D.. | returned last evening from Rome where he completed two years studies in Canon Law at the Pa-. pal University of St. Apolinaris. | He made the return voyage from | Havre io Montreal on the Ascania. | During the Holy Year, Father McMahon met in Rome a num- | ber of priests and laymen from the Maritime Provinces who were | on Holy Year pilgrimages.

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Fire of undetermined origin bad-

| ly damaged a large garage loca-

ted near Rochford Square some distance to the rear of the res- idence of J.J. Johnston. The blaze was confined to the second storey which was considerably damaged. A quantity of furni- ture stored in the building was saved. It is understood the loss is partly covered by insurance.

TEN YEARS AGO (August 1, 1959)

Jim Hogan, Summerside, sta- |

ted yesterday that final arrange: |

ments ‘have been completed for’ the old timers baseball game be-

tween the Summerside and Char- | lottetown stars of yesteryear at.

‘UPPED ON THAMES : Old traditions linger on. The Thames River is still the scene of a traditional ceremony knows | as swan-upping each July. For | days a flag-decked procession of , skiffs cruises upstream from Lon-

swan masters. Their job is to up, or lift, the swans from the water and mark cygnets with the pro- per symbol of ownership.

The Queens swans are unmark- ed. Each of the two old guilds uses its own swan-mark. A pen knife nick on the right side of the beak distinguishes the Dyers’ swans; nicks on each side of the beak indicate those of the Vint- ners. Ownership is determined by the mark of the ‘s parents. In cases of mixed mating off- spring are divided between the | owners of the parents. \

the High School diamond on Wed-

| mesday evening. A roster of Sum- | | merside players has beén com- pleted and it is expected tha’

Charlottetown roster will be re

leased shortly. |

The Principal. Registrar and Bursar will have new offices on | the second floor, several mem- | bers ofthe teaching staff will | have new quarters and a new lab-- | oratory will be added when the students return to Prince of Wales College next semester. Other im- provements include an addition to the library and the formation of two locker rooms. -

MAXIMS _

Contentment is natural wealth; luxury, artificial poverty.

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in the United States. Fine; but don’t send them ag good-will missionaries, coached to pro- claim that there really are no

the guess that the various differ- ences of opinion expressed by this country have aroused as much curiosity—end therefore travel in- terest—as our differences in scen- ery.—Globe and Mail

per minute. Each bolt contains up to several million volts and as much as 340,000 amperes. The losses this year, the instit- ute asserts, may top by 10 to 20 per cent the 1957 lightning toll of 600 persons killed, 1,500 injur- ed and more than $100,000,000 in property destruction.

TALL OBJECTS VULNERABLE

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general, more | To this side road. They have ee ae oe eee out boughs fe a low one, as positive electric. Abov: in

Sisco ame sere e to hold it and, below, pos- tall objects to be as close as it with stout stems ef elover possible to their negative oppo-| Squirrels proclaim

sites in the storm clouds. For Their rights above it te the care this reason, a house in an open that press

area is more likely to be hit than a house closely surrounded by taller structures, as the highest object provides \a “cone of pro- tection.”

Lightning rods and grounding | systems propériy designed and installed will protect a house from

Into its vines, and deplore es croaching plows

In nearby fields. This road must T ~~ things! The bramble and o 3

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Fight for it; the rabbits stare ie-

‘ : quiries damage by lightning, conducting : a lightning bolt into the ground OF sae. tale Sesstnees Tamm, while

er dissipating it into the air. The average TV antenna, it was point- ed out, is not grounded with a mafficient - sized conductor, nor does it provide enough paths to earth, to function as an efficient —Helen Harringtos in the Christian Science Monitor

H. R. Doane & Company

Chartered Accountants

announce the removal of their Charlottetown Offices . te

134 Richmond Street.

(Second floor, Anderson Building, over the IMT Bus Terminal)

IF YOUR GUARDIAN SLATE... OR MISSED.

Science And Thunderstorms

New York Times

More than 200 years ago Ben- jamin Franklin demonstrated by his famous kite experiment that thunderclouds carry ordinary electric charges and that lightn- ing is a huge electrical discharge,

Re A striking aspect of the experi- ment — an experiment recogniz- ed at the time as epoch-making —was that Franklin was not in- stantly killed, as was the case a year later when an, experiment- er in Russia lost his life doing what Franklin had done. r When water falls through an upward current of air that is violent enough to produce a spray, the larger of the resulting drops usually carry a positive electric charge, while the finer mist carries a negative charge.

the top of huge upward cur- | rents of air, the beavy rain @ @!

| —A-charged cloud attracts an op-

thunderstorm is therefore usually sitively charged, while the mist at is swept upward by the air

current forms negatively charg- |

ed clouds. OPPOSITE ELEMENTS

Posite charge on the earth: The earth and the clouds thus become the opposite elements of a giant | condenser where electricity is | built up until it is strong enough | to jump across the intervening | space. This jump produces~ a.| flash of lightning which sometim- es reaches a length of five miles, and a loud thunderclap. The! sound is believed to be catised by a sudden and violent expansion of the ribbon of air that is heated by the discharge.

According to data gathered by the Lightning Protection _Instit- ute of Chicago, lightning strikes

somewhere on earth 6,000 times | |

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