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Happenings of ‘

The Prince of Wales ‘recently ivalked unexpectedly into St. Mar- tlns-in-tbe-lfields Church ior the usual "service forthe people?‘ He joined ill the singing oi the hymns

the Rev. H. R. L. ‘Sheppard, the

Ploaldelt. W. Chooser b. lehurel Seontury. lilent. 00!. l). A. Iloelflnnq. l)- S

J. R. Burnett elk IloIIeoentatlve-JI-rolk R. Ollelqo Rcpnocltutlvo—-Il I. PovIeI

Idltol and Manager, HOW

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Anon-late Editor, Northrup

SATURDAY,

MARCH 22, 1924

THE CHILDREN'S FRIENDS

Considerable progress has ibcen

made with the -bill introduced by the H011. Di‘. lMdMlllan ‘In the legis-

lature, dealing with the children of unmarried parents. (it should be pointed out that this is a private measure introduced .by Dr. McMill- an. more in his capacity 8e Presl-

NOTES BY THE WAY

This in ‘the latest. ‘A scheme to get Maritime support for the Hud son Bay Railway. It irolllcs irolll Yorktown, Saskatchewan. The En- terprise newspaper of that town tclls about it. _’I‘he Board of Tffldi‘ there liiis ‘taken it up and passed u long resolution. The said- resolu- tion is being sent to the liicmiler-s

It. tnuleul

b. K. oiii-m.

vicar.

ial to 1,240 members oi the Prince of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles Wilt! Wales, colonel-in-chiei. in the square at Somerset House, Strand. recently. The ceremony was a very simple one. The Prince secul- ed to ilriip nil formality when, llnv Lin; taken the royal salute frolll a. picked guard oi the regiment, lli walked along the ranks, stoppint to speak to a number of nlen. Af- tcr s hymn and a few prayers the Prince's voicc rose strong and clca as he unveiled the memorial ‘to the glory of God and the mcmory of

the Week -

and followed closely the address oi After the service he spent

some minutes chatting to Mr. Shep- pard ln the vcstry. A war memor-

unveiled by the Prince oi

run: cmnnommrows commas

HON. G. P. GRAHAM

He admits that envoys of Soviet Russia have been received by the Government at Ottawa, and that Canada is “on her own hook" so ‘ar a: negotiations for trade are ioncerned. Russia has never been a customer of much importance to Canada, in pre-war days her pur- zhases being less than a million

I oi the Leader of the Opposition on i the draft address, he is quoted as , stating that the Bell government

of Parliament, Boards of Trade and Chambers oi Commerce of tllc lead- ing (rcntres in the lidaritiulr Prov» inces- The Yorktown Board of Trade urges these organisations to use their influence to press for the completion oi the Hudson Bay Ruli- way upon your federal representa- tives “in every way possible."

ills fallen comrades."

I I I St-_Patrick's Day, with its Sham- rocks and green ribbon which adds s0 much to the brightness of thc festival, was royally celebrated 0t Monday notwithstanding the in clement weather. The parade to St

dent oi’ the Children's Aid Society, than as a memiber of the govern-

ment. Members are at liberty to express thcir opinions and to take such action as they deem well and prudent in regard to supporting or opposing theblll.

We are pleased to note that a large proportion of

lug was exceptionally good. lll tin evening a splendid play put on in the theatre by tllc Charlotte- towll Dramatic Club, "The Irish Attorney" was the hit of the silusol; and greeted with crowded houses. I I I

The annual G. W. V. A. tea was another happy occasion and a large patronage was extended to this worthy society. The tel. was artistically arranged and each do- tuil reflected credit on the efforts c.‘ the Ladies Auxiliary under whosi- auspices it “as held.

' Fish will not bite at a naked hook, wherefore the Yorktown hook is baited. Here is some oi the bait as set forth in the resolution: With the completion of the railway your industries will have a decided ildvantagc as compared with Ontario and Quebec, over a large portion of the Prairie Prov- inces, owin to the cheaper water transportation. Your trade area will be greatly enlarged parti- cularly in such industrial pro- ducts as cunncd goods (fish fruit

the members are in entire sympathy with the llill which is a step in the right dir- ection and one greatly needed for the advancement of the interests

of those unfortunate children usher ed in-to existence without the bles-

sin-g or otherwise oi unmarried par- enthood. Th9 ibili is not a new and untried experiment. ll is the law ill Ontario and in several oi the Stat- es of the Union, Mr J. C. McKen-

drlck informed The Guardian yes "n" "Ggemblcbd “Ioouemb boots o a a ‘$113113’ that BCCOITIIHE t0 fl letter an“ Show’ hardware‘ stoves‘ Prince and Princess Erik, of Don- filrnittlrc. sugar and products

Houston's Cathedral in the nlorll- -

received from his son it l5 the law in Norway and Sweden whore it l-s found to work with splendid effect.

ISureIy this province does not want to lag behind other progress- ive countries in its laws for the protection of children. lt~is cer will ninety per cent i»: on. think- ing people especially the women who now have a. say as to who shall be their representative, are behind Dr. McMillan and oi. clin- dren's Aid Society in seeking to put this measure on‘the Statute hook,

A correspondent of the Patriot

thereof and in such natural pro- ducts as apples alld other fruits.

Another and purely patriotic in-

ducement is that, “apart from the benefits to be derived from dcvcl- ‘opment it will tend to bring all the‘ interests of the East and the West into closer relationship."

mark (formerly lliiss Lois Booth. of Ottawa). who dincd with the King and Queen on Monday night. at Buckingham Palace, are to short- ly pay a visit to Queen Alexandra at SandrlnghalmQueen Alexandra is an aunt of Prince Erik.

light of the contention that business and "agricultural slack in'Canada, and in a speech

1nd a half- Now she intends makino aroe purchases of farm implements which may prove welcome con- tracts to Canadian manufacturers.

HON. E. LAPONTE

Minister of Justice, who makes

conditions are

Hudson Bay is the principal allure-a

Who can doubt that the Solid Fli-

tcll of the ilelightiul holiday shci

where they met many former

"W"! he"! Olll- B11! lct that pass friends "m! are “ow "ismng we planner ill wilicb night clubs are [or the moment" We shun remridprmcipu] points of luteres‘ i“ Bfiiililing overhauled is with a view to to it. Why offer any inducement oilush Cdumbim ytho influx of visitors. any sort to the federal repl-esenta- . lives from the Maritime Provinceiff}

at!

morning on a visit to New York allii|

' ' ' , in English, before the Dominion Letters irom Mrs. W. S. StewartLl-Iouse, attempts to dispel pessim- ism.

3"“- J- s‘ Jenkins‘ M“ Tlmrsmuiiit is expected that among those who

‘ that a teacher could qualify in my

sire your child to be able to do.

ly the product of the teacher, no other hand ill their tuition, PPEISOIIGIHY safe- to trust your child

* The Public, Forum

This column. in. open for the dlacualion by corru- pomtenta o1 trunnion; of In terstc The Charlottetown Guardian does not necoasan lly endorse tho opinion o» preaaod by its eorroapon dents.

l

WANTED, SOOPOLAMINE

Sir,—ln the report of tile Speech

inlported 3,600 tons of fertilizer, saving thereby $15,000 to $20,000 to the farmers. Now the- Potato (irowers Association claim that they imported this fertilizer. Docs it not look its ii’ some one should import a few tons of Scopolsnlillc for illlmediatc use? This drug, your readers will remember, is ad- ministered to negrooiii in the south to compel them to avoid prcvari- cation. I um, Sir, ctc, PUZZLED READER. .____.~<a->_.%__ MUSIC INSTRUCTION. Sir,- You have asks-d mo the question, ll__VPl’y important one ill- dciltl viz, "llow can l choose a tcuchcr of music for my children," and l will try to answer it as clcur- ly and as definitely as possible. ill spite of the general uncertainty which prevails regarding these matters you will no doubt be sllr- prisoil when I assert that there really is a definite and positive way to select such a teacher. Now this assertion, will I11 all probabil- ity ilwakcn a good deal of interest In the minds of those who arc pay- ing out good money for the in- trucilon of their (Jiliilifklll. Es- DGCIIIIIY in such cases wllcrc they are unable to tell whether the pupil is advancing as rapidly along the desired lilies as their‘ age and talent would seem to warrant. Now tllcro are at least three ways

estimation, and while they vary ill ilegriee, as to their certainty, one or luore of them properly employed should enable you to decide as to the teacher's abilities.

Thu first and most satisfactory method is where the teacher can on ri-qilcst produce five or six llllpils, who, suppose it is a case of piano, can sit down and give an ilrtistic pcrforlllancc of onc or nlilrc compositions-playing them ill such manner as you would de-

lf tile-sis five or six pupils are rcal-

instructor having bad ally then» it is

Rumor has it that the very strict‘

ncclion it may be mi-ntioni-il lhnl

will go from Canada are many li-n-

l" Mid‘ djup wit" "rriiflfland h" slam“ Mrs‘ Jones um haffifronl every part of the Empire is believe. me if you lake l from the Maritime: to Churchill inJllB- The)’ have 1113119" Cflmllflll-l growmgmqqk,“ u“ Pjngnsh MPIHL ,1 11-19,,“ 1,10,"; m,“ Si; down and carefully

You may say you are

sixth year of llcr age.

ilny of her

ilrounil the llonle in health. Hardy, a native of York. sons, Joseph A., at present visiting his old home; toria; Wnltcr of DcSablc; Frcd on the homestead and one daughter, Adn in Boston remain to mourn thc

inning. "GIG y Ami There

Sales and removals frplll the Province are becoming very corn- mon affairs. Leonard Caseley oi Crnpaud whose sale had been post- poned ironl the week before last Monday hud a removal sale. He has rented his new farm for a term of years to his neighbor, Mr. l-‘oy and he is preparing to move South to the land oi Uncle Sam. He sold his horses, cattle. machinery. etc, and is closing up the home, so there will be another vacant property. Two neighbors were (Iiscussing his situation and said, why Lilonaril is a good carpenter. ilo can casily i-arn $10 per day for night hours‘ work at his trade. How many hours would he have to work on a farm lo uurn that amount‘! His fricntls“ llopo Leon- ard and Iris wife may do well and return to their home, ior living conditions on P. E. island may be better than ill a cramped home in u city in a tenlpcrziture of 100 dc» grccs and no fresh air. How illucli bett-cr ls it to have your own llonlil on sunny I’. E. l?

A farewell gathering in honor of liir. J. A. incc of Anchorage, Alaska took place Monday evening at illi- ilonic of his brothel", ltlr. Fred inc-c of Hampton. Mr. lnce who has been visiting his old honlc for tllc past three months expects to leavi- next wcek on return for the far West. lic has ilecn home twice in thirty-two years and he thinks this may be his last visit. A lllllllIN-l‘ of irlcnds (about twullty five, though tile evening was stormy) had collie to spend u sociill t-vieniug and an, appropriate ilii- iircss accompanied by a gift of il iwutltiftll lllblo was ilri-scntcii i0 him. The ilildlce-s was read by Mr. Warren Vilict. The exciting was well spent and passed too quickly in music, g-illlifil-l and coll- versution. Thc ladiesIscrvt-d re- freshments ill that style for which tilc Hampton ludios have been fav- orably known. Mr. Inca will bc greatly lllisscil, for during his home visit he has ulade llinlsieli‘ vcry helpful. lie has bccn of great assistance ill the Service of praise ill the churches near his home, for he has a good voice and is ll will- ing helper ill every undertaking.

llirs ltollsrt lncc of Hnnlptondioti Wctlncsilay morning iu- the eight-y- Up to tile llud Ilcon bcr usual Silo was formerly a Aliss- Four

ilcatll shc

Hammond oi‘ Vic-

oss oi‘ a loving mother. inter-

note the

are singularly (louse lake in_ cntlugil to enable you to lllilko n‘.

ili-cisiilu. Now you say, but howl

, . -. 3‘ . 1.‘ '. students, as guilt ill (‘rupnud umt cry on rl

they g0 about their tasks, their de-I manor‘ "w" finger actmn’ ‘Mir been ilttcnilillg Business (‘illlcge in 1 u - , iaffnfifl? at}? ',nstr“'.';l*"" lefi" m“ ,Cllltl'i0II.i?lO\VlI came n lis ion» i,cln.l.l risut you wl un cs» you “Mk1”! ileum“, m- imwsbh

a . Clifton Int-c of DeSablc who has

homo this

Young H. Taylor, ten your old son of iVlrs. E. ll. Wright of Vic- toria hns hild ii. serious time as n

Charlottetown Branch

Character

SELF-INDULGENCE is admit.

ted to be aeign of a weak, and self-denialof a strong character,

, Are you building up both your char- acter and your Savings Bank account by thoughtful economics and the de. posit cf all your surplus wages each pay day.

We welcome accounts, large or small,

THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE

Capital Paid Up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund $20,000,000

60B

C. Liomer Miles, Manager

Why, Daddy, Why?

(F. Ii‘. llurnu, in Ycunlnn Hull-Id)

Daddy, it‘ you know we're hungry KNOW 1H3! W6 IFG very POOI‘,

it must break your heart in heaven 'Cause you never did ‘Insurei

Idamnla wonders why you didn't Save the dimes you threw away;

But you felt too stronil if"! imam‘? l-or Insurance, people say.

You were taken without warning Leaving us to fight alone;

You'd have taken out insurance Daddy, if you'd only known!

'Twasn't that you didn't love us. i recall how dear you were;

But your little girl must Suffer ‘ 'Causc you failed to save for h"-

Malnffla just can't make the living! - She is wearing out, she said!

I shall have to miss some schooling For the sake of daily bread.

when ‘he-s 90M, | gun; they'll take me

To a place of Charity, To be clothed and fed; b"! Daddy. It can ne‘cr be home to me.

Mary's Daddy left Insurance.

And their home will still be theirs, Thgyq-g not hungry arid sometimes Mary Giygg m; cast-off clothes she vii-oilfi-

They dun’; have to take in sewing, Mary's mammal doesn't cry, For her Daddy left insurance;

eiit you didn't. Daddy-sadly?- lf Interested in securing the best in Life Insurance at

lowest cost, vii rite

HYNDMAN & 00., LIMITED

Branch Managers THE GREAT-WEST LIFE ASSURANCE C0.

Offices, 61 Queen Si-

"Conecrve the Home and Stabilize the Nation"

" lb .12 ISLIJQZI- —

Charlottetown, P. E, l.

-lpi,A_ 01! 7-w-

Inves men Gounsei

t

about n llcw ti-ilchter, who is newly-n‘

suit. of an ulcerated film-o.

Au

teen from Nova Scotla. the Solidlifl 11.91‘ ""91" i" (7°""e°’1""'-~ Four from Prince Edward Island| ' ' ' and four or five more supporters‘

who hides his identity ‘behind a

nom.de guerre asserts that the

The scvoral meetings of the Dio-

perineum

intention of this bill is to provide n; the King- Goverxlmeut from Ne“.

jobs for government heelers. The Patriot knows, if its correspondent does not, that no private measure can provide offices, the incumbents

oi which are to be paid out of the Public Treasury. The office of Pro-

vincial Guardian will be an honor- airy one and should the occasion arise when a sufficiently public spirited citizen cannot be found to discharge the duties of the office, as an honor, it is provided that til-e duties shall devolve upon the Att orney-General.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL- TURE

The report of the Department oi Agriculture ior 1923 has bcon tab- led by l-lon. J. H. Myers, Commis- sioner oi Agriculture. The report deals as usual with the year's agri- cultural activities, Dairying, Ex- hibitions, School Fairs, the Agricul- tural and Technical School, fur farming, and the different farmers’ organizations.

The details oi the various cheese and butter factories giving the quantity of milk manufactured. the quantity of butter and cheese pro- duced. the percentage of butter fat,

v the cost of hauling. the gross and

net value, lc. make interesting reading and give many details in comparl which farmers would do

" vmlr to study carefully- The net

value of milk varies in different loiialitioa and the cause or causes of these different values can be trdoed ill the report. A study of than differences and their causes would do much tolessen the cost production and Increase the value of the mllilo the patrons. -—--—-o-oc--—- coirenmt nor-l ’

y {the winter troubles of the carter Visually lam than‘ the loo al-

‘ , lo about is dislodged by the of lllrlll- The ho of the Mv-“lfll pore lion- ma; iofofnlid A m: not trouble will m

t I: - l,

ject however costly that the Gov-

I Brunswick will vote ior any pro‘ ernmellt proposed? They have ne- ver iailed to do so yet, and with h lively hope ill the beneficence of the Government towards them- selvefi Personally, and with such rich plums as GovernorshlpsJndgc- ships and Commissionorshlpl, rip- 9m"?! rapidly and almost ready to be plucked, are they likely to do so now?

But as 1o the value of that cheap water carriage from Maritime ports to Churchill, we have our doubts. From l-iaiifax.‘ around the eastern coast of Cape Breton. northward along the west coast of Newfound- land. through the Straits oi Belle isle and along the northeast coagt of Labrador to the entrance to Hudson Straits is a long and per“. 0"" Vliyflge. Arrived there the Maritime voyager finds himself in the latitude of Greenland with tho most dangerous part of his journey still before min. Hlltlsbfl sti-nii iii 40° miles long and Packed wmi I08 iroln nine to ten months of the year, but it is the only outlet to the sea from (‘burchill and the only in- lot from the sea to the railway terminus. ice-breaking ghlpg pug]; as artfuqetl here in winter are the 911')’ carriers. in the far North and they are notglieap carriers, iii. we

now. What does it coat m i-iih "i" C" Fe"! 0n her nine mile route in winter?

Multiply the nine miles of the c" F9"! route by one hundred and you have some idea of the 900 mile trip from the Atlantic entr- ance of Hudson Strait to Churchill. Your ice-breaker leaving Hallfgg at the and of August must needs carry enough coal in her bunkers not only for (he going, but the re- turning trip. How much Bpucu, m» carrying c8980")! would be left for the fish, potatoes, fruit, canned 800d: and so on from the Mari- tirnes? And what would be the

freight charts: and insurance? it must also be home in mind that because oi the exigencies of arctic

navigation, the brevity of the time

cesan Society of the church of Elli-f, land, this week were largely attend ed, cielcgates collling iroln different parts of the Province for this im- portant‘ branch oi tile churches work. The social side included a

in St. Paul's Parish Hall and the latter in St- Peters, pieslded over by the ladies. I I I The dedication service at St. Peter's Cathedral on Wednesday evening was one of the outstanding events oi the week and was vc-ry largely attended by all ilenonlinn- tions who wished to honor thi- memory of the lute beloved Canon Simpson to which the lovely edif- ice has been erected. I I I Miss Beatrice McKlnnon, who spent a short time ill Montreal, has returned to Ottawa. She had as her guest over the week-end Miss Eliza- beth Iiollson, of Montreal, forlner- ly of this city. I I I Rev. George A. Grant of St. Step- hen's Church, Black River, N. S" has accepted a call to the pastor- ate of Orwell Presbyterian Churcll. and is to be inducted on April 2nd, I I I Many friends will regret the con- tiluled indisposltion of Mrs. S. Ii- Jenkins, I I Mrs. G. V- Mclnerlley and Miss Grace Mclnerney, iwho are visiting Mrs. John O'Brien in St. John, were week-end visitors in Newcastle with Mrs. J- D. Creaghen. I I I For a dinner pilrty novel ice- cream holders consist of big crepe paper roses, each containing in the centre‘ a pleated paper Ice casket, which holds the ice-cream. These paper blooms make a most attrac- tice table decoration. A trail of leaves is attached to each rose. I I I Miss Stephenie Jenkins and Miss Helen Jenkins, who went up to Montreal for the graduationioi their sister, Miss Hilda at the Royal Vio- toria Hospital. and later went on