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Royal Nomenclatures

A correspondent in toda y's Forum columns writes feelingly of his plcasllrc in revisiting his native llrovitwe after an absence of thirty- four years. He is warm in his ex- pressions of appreciation. but sug- gests that we should do away with the names of Royal personages at- tached to our squares. high school and other institutions and choosc others ”more deserving of honour" from the standpoint of our Island history. .

The suggestion is well meant, and doubtless we have been negli- gent in not sufficiently honouring those responsible for our early settlement and progress. But it is worth remembering that the Fath- ers of Confederation in this Prov- ince, who were among the leaders in the fight for Responsible Gov- ernment. saw nothing objectionable. in the names of Charlottetown. Queen Square, and other reminders of Royalty. and were indeed very strong in their expressions of at- tachment to the (frown. At the Con- federation Conference in Charlotte- town to which our correspondent refers. it was stated. as an angu- ment for the union of the I-iritish North American Provinces. that it would not only elevate the position of these colonies. consolidate their influence and advance their inter- ests. but at the same time would en- able them to ”continue their fe.a1ty to their Mother Country and their Queen, which fealty is the glory of us all." These sentiments were re- ceived with applause. and we have never heard them seriously ques- tioned since.

Flarly colonial gricvanccs were by no means confined to Prince Ed- ward Island. and were due to causes far more complicated than our cor- respondent assumes. Certainly we view thcm ivith no inferiority com- plex today. any more than we do the i'nion .Iack we still fly at our mastheads. or the National An- them we have sting for so many years. We are proud of the grand old names of our public squares, streets and institutions, which serve to remind us of our heritage under Rritish rulc. Fully aware of their liistnrical associations. we are proud particularly of the names bestowed upon our fair Province and City, upon Victoria Park and the Queen Charlotte High School. If this be

attributed to our stubborn Island trarlitiorialism in some quarters. well and good. We can think of

other faults of criticism.

much more deserving

Pig Nursery

The most interesting animal ex- lllllll we have heard of for many a day is that described in a recent re- port from Chicago. A business man in that city, evidently bi'inging an unusual imagination to bear on what is ordinarily a routine matter of commcrce. has built a special de luxe nursery for piglets. (Not for all the piglets in the Midwest, of course. but for a few selected for their assumed ability to imbibe citi- tuiie and appreciate luxury). The fortunate animals are taken to the nursery when they are a week. old, before their habits have been ir-

revocably established. There they are ensconed in lspotless, sanitary, and air-conditioned mom: with

automatic washing facilities (no private baths as yet, however), I daily menu especially worked out by highly - paid dietitians, sterilized drinking water, constant. medical at- tlentiotf with up to date hospital facilities. and individual beds, pil- lows ahd all. The floor is heated radiantly, and the temperature is kept at. the scientifically approved

level; notion ainglc draft is allpwedi

to gain entrance. The little animal! on encounzed in my and plny to . hgu-qt content, and wen to and scrap--within rcuomblc

Officials at no nursery lay no

animals appear to be "perfectly happy”. What else would they ex- pect them to be? Any piglet that would grunt at a set-up like that would be an ungrateful little scoun- drcl. There is usually a hitch. though, in the very best way of life; and the trouble with this one is that it lasts only a month. At the end of tat period the pampered animals are returned to the farms whence they came, presumably to set a good ex- ample of decorum and contentment to their less fortunate brothers and sisters. It is questionable, however, wlwther it will work out quite as happily as that. The littleiiigs that stayed home are almost certain to resist any new-tangled ideas intend- ed to make them more culturally inclined: and. as the late lilr. Freud so wisely pointed out. nothing worse

than that could happen to the social '

fabric of any community. As for the others, will they not find life on the farm intolerably tedious and dull, after having wallowed-if that is the right word--in the luxury and ease of a ('hicago utopia? Of ('0ill'S0 thcy will.

A Fine Gesture

So many dcrogntory things are said about professional baseball and other athletics these days that it re- freshes one to read something fine and noble about an individual player of distinction; such. for example, as Phil Riz'1.ulo's reaction to a move by his friends and neighbours to do him honour. Anyone who follows the big games even in ii casual inan- ner. to say nothing of those who can think and talk of nothing else, knows that Mr. Rizzuto is a very important man in New York Yan- kee circles. and, indeed, wherever folks gather to discuss the wonders and the mysteries of baseball. There are rumours that the 37 year old shortstop is headed for retirement, although neither he nor any one else who might be expected to know what's going on has confirmed them. Anyway. his neighbours took it into their heads the other day to present the distinguished player with an expensive automobile, an assortment of other trinkets, and a cheque for a substantial sum.

As soon as Ri7.'I.uto heard of it, he told the committee in ch.arge of the affair that, as much as be ap- preciated the generosity and kind- ness. he could not accept anything for himself: he would, however, be glad to accept a cash amount to be put into a fund to provide scholar- ships for needy and descrving col- lege students. And that is how the mattcr stands at present. There is to be a Phil Ri7.7.uto Scholarship Fund, started by a cheque from his neighbours-no doubt a substantial one-and, -doubtless, to be added to by thousands of contributions from people near and far who will admirc the unselfish deed of a good ball player.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Archaeologists believe they have unearthed the famous temple of Diana, godrlcss of the chase. near Newport. England. Existcnce of the temple was established in the 17th century and a tablet recordint its

building in 26!) A.D. has already been found. I C I Wilkic ('ollins. English nove-

list, died this date it-IRSI. lie is best remembered for his classic thrillers, "The .Vloonstonc" and ”'IIhe Woman in White". lie collaborated with (Tharles Dickens in writing ”N0 Thoroughfare", which appeared as a Lfhristmas story in 1867.

Chivalry is not yet dead in Argentina, else revolutionary lead- ers would not have permitted Juan Peron to leave the country and take refuge in Paraguay. Many will say that the act of mercy was much more than the dictator deserved. At all events, he can consider him- self most fortunate.

O O I

Chief Justice Patrick Kerwin will be one of the speakers next Satur- day in Cambridge, Mass, at a con- ference entitled "Government under Law", marking the 200th birthday of the late John Marshall, the 4th Chief Justice df the United States. Other speaker: will be Chief Justice Earl Warren, Sir Raymond Even- Ihcd, Mutunof the Roll: of Eng- land. Sir Owen Dixon of Australia, Hill Dr. Nltliln M. Pllcy. President 8 Udn-ah.

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so-. ---'I'lux simmicr I rclurncd to P F I. my birtliplticc. for the first time in thirty-four years. Al- though I had. on unnumbered pre- iiotls occasions. in a d e detailed nlans to return to the island on a vacation. the press of business can- tinually prcrcnled it. and forced me to "put it olf until next year''--- a "next year" which did not come until this summer.

This year I was all set to alter my usual plans. in the hope that the future would provide a time less inconvenient. until I learned that, during this summer. Char- lotlctown was celebrating its hund- redth birthday. lily decision be- came irrevocable. No considerat- ions. business nr other. could inter- fere. My return visit tu the Island had ”tnp priority.” So it was that, after an absence of thirty-four years. I returned to spend three of the most delightful weeks of my life on the inviting red soil of my own ”Spud Island."

On my return in Toronto IT slirink from calling it "home", for that is a term of endearment which I reserve for P.E.l. alnnel I often sat alone in the evening thinking of how much the Island had chang- ed since last I saw it and ImarvcIl- ed. at the same time, at the way it has. (Icspilc superficial change, remained substantially unaltered by the passage of the years.

In these nostalgic evening re- vcrics I could not help but be con- tinually imprcssed by the unchanK- able character of the Island and its carcfrec inhabitants. Faces. landscapes and names had indeed changed. but that certain precious something that makes an Islander an lslantlcr---that unknown and intangible quality that makes Is- lalitlcrs Ibc friendliest. most ami- able and most practical-minded people of uncompromising princi- pics that you will find anywhere- thls had not changed one jot. Little wonder that ”the Islander" is a legend for his quict, mirtbful. pene- trating ivu, his love of life in the true. full and simple sense of the term. his awareness of. but im- munity to. the mad whirlpool of sm-tiling activity in which peoples from across "the Strait" have drowm-tl all that goes to make up the sterling character of the Spud Islanricr; qualitics which cannot bill charm the rest of the world into a sincere respect for. and delight in him.

indeed. the Strait of Noribuniber- land. like a mighty moat. has rend- ered the red shores of P. E. I. unnssailable to the pernicious forces which have so easily rc- duccd so much of the "outside world" to the debris of inhuman autnmatism and loss of human dig- nity nnd respect for the individual as a person. P.E.l. has profiled by the good and has preserved its sacred immunity to the evil that has been generated in the past thirty-four years. Canada's ”Gar- den of Eden" is indeed "in the world but not of it."

As you may have gathered. I am probably one of the Island's most as.-lduousi advertising agents: It Is, then. in that capacity. that I make bold to offer a suggestion that I feel will emphatically bring before the eyes of the world and thus further enhance the name. traditions and character of my lslnntl home. Particularly in this the centennial year of your capital's incorporation.-u and indeed in me- cecrllng years. for each year is the centennial, bicentennial or lemon!- cnnlal anniversary of some notable event in Island history--in these years I feel you should turn your mlmla end your Island ingenuity to the task of brushing the dust from the rich Island traditions old It- cnmplishmenls that have no long been condemned to the dark annul- mlty of history”: cloth-bonld prison. ft in time that Inland biliary-Ill fill! is truly "of K Island" in the put-was expand

PUBLIC FORUM

ON REVISITING THE ISLAND

hu..licI. The world st.'in(l.s Ill llN'tl oi the inspiration which Ilic past of P.i:2.l. can provide

To this end I suggest that you should neglect no opportunity to parade before the world---and all Islanders---the splcntlnrs. the trage- dies. and the accomplishments of the Island's past. I was. for ex- ample, : bit disappointed to find no majestic monument in bronze and stone---other than. of course, the Confederation Chamber itsclf--- immortalizing Charlottetown as the flrst meeting place of the Fathers of Confederation and as the Cradle of Confederation. 1 had hoped that perhaps the name of Queen Square (an unimaginative name devoid of all Island gorlginalilyl part of Charlottetown's centennial celebrations. and as is the custom during similar celebrations in other cities. have been hanged,-w per- hapl to Founder! Place or Birth- place Square. I had thought that perhaps your beautiful city park"- Victorla Park---might have b c e n renamed, as one of nalurcis beauti- ful monumenis. in honour of some of the early TOUIIdEFn or discoverer: of the Island. or indeed Confeder- atinn Park, or incorporation Park. in honour of the Centennial itself.

I was disappointed to learn that your impressive new High School had been named after the wife of the tactics: sovereign who, in a sinlzlc day. disposed of the whole Island by casting lots among his court favorites, and who subjected the Island in the mcrcilcss tortures of a tyrannical absentee landlord- ism. from the cffects of which the Island had not completely recover- ed a full century later. Charlotte- town was not named by Islanders but for Islanders by royal favori- tes in hone nf courting the royal whim with the resulting (liVl(lNIflS

I in land and exported tenants' rents.

Let our capital's name. then. be our only reminder to the world of the abiect tyranny to which we ucre subjected in our past. Let us not make a farce of our history by. two centuries later, honoring this royal noncntity. as far as the Is- Iandlx history goes. by naming a school and a naval training station after her.

Search your Island history. There are those who are far more deserv- ing of such an honour---Islanders tried and true. What of the number- less Islanders who have helped shape the destiny of Canada or who have led the island along the heart-

-breaking path from abject coloni-

alism in the blessings of its pre- sent state? Are their memories to be overshadowed by the ghost of the wife of a monarch whose con- tributions to the progress and de- velopment of the Island are some- what less than nil? Are we to for- get all that has gone to make P.FI. I. the most dazzling pearl in the Canadlan jewel chest?

Nowhere on the Island did I see a fitting monument to Cabot or Verrazano, who both---an well as Cartier---had a hand in the dis- covery of the Island. And what of the name Port la Jole and the ruins of the old Fort? Who knows of the contribution of the Sleur Doublet through whose far-seeing plans the population of the Island in the century following im rose to some 10.000? And what of a plaque to remind us of the Treaty of Fontaim ebleau, by which instrument the stem Doublefn work was undone by the stroke of a pen in 1763 and the Island's population reduced to a little more than 300'! Are these persons and evenu not worthy of having their name: brought before the eyes of all who visit the In- land?

I could an on indefinitely a M n I c u m. an Island Historical Society. etc.---for, the volumes of Inland history are bright and Illin- in; example: of courage. auteu-

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Tips To Spqcemen Routers Agency. London

Astrononicrs are busy finding out what the world's first space cxplorcrs can expect to encounter once they are able to venture to thr- planets.

Thcv would do well. for instance. to take a few ”no smoking" signs to erect on Venus. For the indica- tions are that the seas which can be seen on the planet are vast ocean: of oil.

If the first men on the moon do not tread warily around the lunar seas. or "Maria." they may find themselves sinking to an uiiplcasant death by choking. For it now appears that what once was thought to be volcanic lava on these surfaces is really deep accu- mulations of dust,

These tips to spaccmen emerge from "Frontiers of Astronomy." iwilliam Iicinemann Ltd.i. a book by Fred Hoyle. one of Britainls most notcd astronomers.

He believes Venus is the planet most closely comparable with the earth. the two being built out of almost identifical material But there is one big difference. Venus has no water. because it is nearer to UN! sun, and an excess of oil remains.

In previous writings. Hoyle ex- pressed the opinion that the thick white clouds which perpetually covcr Venus were made up of fine particles of dust. Now he has changed that theory. He thinks that the clouds may consist of

oil. In other words. Venus is draped in a kind of perpetual siting.

Turning to the moon. Hoyle dis- misses the old theory that the craters were formed by lunar vol- canoes. They were the giant dents made. he says. by various bodies in space crashing into the moon and uiplotiing.

The first explorers of the moon will find it n depressing place. Tlirougli their space helmets. they

land in the world" and who have made no mean contribution to mak- in): Canada ”the most promising nation in the world today."

I trust, Sir. that I have not been prcsumptious. I have invoked my right as an Islander to express through critical suggestions the hope that the glories that are set like precious stones in the pages of Island history will not be per- mitted to go unnoticed. Let their names be attached in street! bridges. buildings. public places. institutions and all else that will serve in do them honor and bring them before the eyes of the world.

I leave within the week for the West---farther still from the home of my birth---and will probably not see the Island again for some years. if at all. In saying farewell it is my earnest hope that the suggestions I have offered will be accepted in the amiable and con- structive spirit in which they were offered----from a restless Islander in exile for the benefit of his care- free fellows at home.

I am. Sir. clc.. DAVID MncDONAl.D Toronto. Ont.

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Medically Speaking

by Herman N. Induce. I. D.

KEEP CALM AT MEAL! Don't quarrel at the dinner table! The roast may be burned, the

potatoes may be lumpy and your mother-in-law may announce the plans to extend her stay-but don't quarrel at the dinner table. Fre- quent argumcnts while eating dis- turb your digestion as well as your emotions.

Experiments have proved con- clusively that the emotional state of a person profoundly affects the blood supply. the secretory funct- mils, the motility and the sum- ach'5 emptying time.

if you are nervous. anxious. wor- ried or otherwise excited, the per- vous mechanism controlling your digestion usually is affected. In a state like this, you are apt to wind tip with nervous dyspepsia, or ner- vous indigestion.

siren and overwork

This ailment is caused not only by cxcitemcnt at mealtimes. Stress, overwork and strong emotional dia- turbancea at any time produce ner- vous dyspepsia.

In addition to stomach distress. you may have headaches and be- come weak. You might be unable to concentrate and unable to sleep. Nausea and lack of appetite are frequent symptoms of nervous in- digestion. -

Many persons aggravate the con- dition by smoking or drinking more alcohol titan usual.

Your stomach will rcturn-to nor- mal only when your nervousness subsides. Plienobarbitone or amy- tal may be advised by your doctor to take the edge off your anxieties. Alkalics frcqucntly rclieve any sym- ptoms calmed by gastric acidity.

Sm-ill. dry meals. with only a Iitllc liouid. somctimcs help. Don't drink coffee or tea excessively. Us- ually. a long restful holiday will do more good than drugs or diet- Illi.'.

II is iiiipurlmit, of course. that you wick treatment from your doc- , tor, lie can do more for you than just give you drugs or maybe put you on a restricted diet.

He can help alleviate many of your worries by proving to you that your ailment is not caused by some serious organic disease. And you know as well as I do that most of us secretly fcar there is some- thing seriously wrong the moment we not stomach trouble.

QL'ES'I'I()N AND ANSWER

M. M. 5.: is there anything that will help help a person get rid of liver spots?