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Morning Dsily (Founded II III?) lutlmrluil Is Iisooud CIIII Iloil Post ome- Dspnrtmus. Ottawa The lslond uuInl.III :'ubIIIialIg Co. Editor Ind Ilnuging Director. J. I. Ins-nil A-nodule Editor, l'rInk Wuhan.

”Ths Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

CIIAIILOTTETOWN. THURSDAY. APRIL 20. I950 The Late Mr. Holman

The late Mr. Harry T. Holman, for many years president of the firm of. R. T. Holman Limited, was recognized as one of the ablest business executives in Eastern Canada. He also took a leading part in community affairs, particularly in connection with the Summerside Board of Trade and Prince County Hospital. He was an omniverous reader and a keen student and appreciator of the arts. To every worthwhile cause he gave very generously of both his time and means.

Quiet and unassuming in manner, Mr. Holman never sought public honours. These he might easily have achieved in view of the respect and esteem in which he was held. His name was indeed a household word for scrupulously honest dealing and conscientious discharge of every responsib- ility. Those privileged to know him intim- ately were inspired by his example, and not infrequently surprised by the wide range of his interests, his keen insight and under- standing.

To the bereaved widow and family The Guardian tenders sincere sympathy in the loss of one of Prince Edward Island's finest citizens.

Student Employment

Each summer a host of young people from our colleges face the problem of find- ing employment, some to enable them to continue their education another year, oth- ers for more permanent positions. It is fortunate that this wave of job seekers co- incides with the season of highest demand for labour and help of all kinds, both be-

. cause of peak activity and the need of find-

ing substitutes for workers in the holiday season.

The predominance of veterans in this group is now lessening and most students will be comparative youngsters without fam- ily responsibilities so that it might appear that providing them with jobs is not so much of a patriotic duty that it was in the immediate post war years. To these young- sters, however, summer employment is just as important a matter as to their more ma- ture predecessors. They receive no assist- once from a grateful nation and the present high cost of living bears just as heavily on them as on others who have twelve months in which to earn a living.

From the employer's point of view their availability should be a Godsend. This army of keen and intelligent workers presents no problem of the unpleasantness of laying off men in the slack season. When that time comes they will mostly have departed of their own accord to resume their studies in preparation for more responsibilities in the future.

Jargon or ilfflolaldom

in his excellent address on the misuses of.English before the Teachers” Federation last week, Dr. G. D. Steel opened up a sub- ject which has wide ramifications. He con- demned the jargon of the radio and ,the comic strips; but what about that peculiar form of language which has come to be as- sociated with politicians and bureaucracy? One can find indigestible masses of it in al- most any issue of Hansard or any depart- mental publication. It is not bad English in the sense of being ungrammatical, but it is bad because it is insufferably dull and monotonous. Parodists have done exquisite jobs in taking off famous bits of fine Eng- lish and rewriting them in this style, and the results are highly educational. The fol- lowing examples are from an article on the subject in the Political Science Quarterly:

Hamlet's soliloquy, as rendered into bur- eaucratic terms by Sir A. T. Quiller-Couch: "To be or the contrary. Whether the former or the latter be preferable would seem to admit of some difference of opin- ion, the answer in the present case being of In affirmative character according as to whether one elects on the one hand to mentally suffer the disfavor of fortune, libel! in an extreme degree. or, on the other hand, to boldly envisage adverse conditions

v '2 Ii the prospect of eventually bringing them

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Iconclualon. ., . . , -' Writing on "Politics and the - English c ". George Orwell (author of Ani- Fsrinl quotes the w'ell-known verse in 9 tea: "I'returned, and saw under y ,.thsttlierasslsnotto,thsswift. ,.' little to the strong, neither yet

.pt.hewlse,nox-yet richestomenof noryet favor to men of skill;

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In Orwell's version of how a writer on poll- tics might endeavor to express the some thought, the verse becomes: "Objective con- sideration of contemporary phenomena com- pels the conclusion that success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate with innate capacity, but that a considerable element of the unpre- dictable must invariably be taken into ac- count."

According to A.' P. Herbert, Nelson's fa- mous challenge to his fleet at Trafalgar. "England expects that every man will do his duty," -would have become, if drafted of- ficially: "England anticipates that with re- gard to the current emergency, personnel will duly implement their obligations in ac- cordance with the functions allocated to their respective age groups."

Professor S. E. Morison gives some ex- amples from the Bible. Isaiah, xxii:5: "For it is a day of trouble, and of breaking down. and of perplexity." The modern political writer would not feel that he was giving a reader his money's worth unless he. wrote: "It is an era of agitation, of a progressive decline in the standard of living, and of un- certainty as :6 the correct policy." Or Ro- mans xi:25, "Wise in your own conceits" would become "Expert within the limits of your own fallacious theories."

After long doses of this kind of jargon, the language of "Lil Abner” and other comic strip favourites seems almost Shake- spearian by contrast

EDITORIAL NOI ES

The early session of the Legislature had one unforseen advantage. The Government cannot be tempted to follow the trend in other Provinces towards that perpetual nuisance, thesales tax.

0 O O The financial statement of the New Brunswick Liquor Control Board lists under "Bottling Department" an item, Sundries 52,282.27, in addition to providing for wages. fuel, and labelsi. Who would have thought that the water rates would be so high? 0 O I

Capt. Howard L. Quinn, director of Naval Reserves and party, making the an- nual inspection of H. M. C. S. Queen Char- lotte, will probably be quizzed as much about the long promised new premises for the Division as they will want to learn about the training carried on.

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Irish Moss jumped suddenly into an im- portant source of revenue a few years ago for Island fishermen and their families. At long last the valuable agar is being used commercially in the Maritimes to produce a new desert instead of being invariably ship- ped abroad in its raw state.

The newly elected vice-president of the Young Progressive Conservatives is Mr. J. A. (Bill) Stewart, brother of Councillor J. D. Stewart of Charlottetown and a son' of the late Premier Stewart. Bill is office man- ager of Kemp-Edwards Lumber Company, Ltd., and is widely known in the Federal capital.'

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The secrecy about the exact direction of the proposed trans-Canada Highway is un- derstandable from the point of view of avoiding pressure from localities not bene- fited by the chosen route. What appears in- comprehensible are the statements of Pro- vincial and Federal ministers placing the onus on the otherlor insisting on such se- crecy.

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Citizens generally will applaud the good work being accomplished by the Girl Guides Association in this Province. To the officers and all volunteer leaders go congratula- tions. Mrs. J. G. MacDonald who is retir- ing at this time after three years of office as Commissioner deserves much credit for the advance of this youth movement. Best wishes for the continuance and growth of the Guides will go to her successor, Mrs. F. G. Hutcheson.

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Adolf Hitler born this date 1889. Leader of National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) Party. became Chancellor of Ger- many Jan. 30, 1933, elected to Reichstag March 5, which by Enabling. Act of March 24, 1933, virtually set aside Weimar consti- tutlon and gave absolute power to the Chan- cellor and his cabinet. President Paul von Hindenburg died Aug.' 2, 1934, and on that day a law waspubilshed in which the offices of President and Chancellor were united in the person of Hitler who expressed the wish to be known as "Fuhrer and Chancellor.” The federal German states were centralized by Unification Act April 7, 1933, the sear reunited to Germany March 1, 1935, after intensive propaganda campaign. the Rhine- land occupied March 7, 1936, union '0! Ger- many and-Austria announced March 13, 1938, Sudetenlsnd qcdupied Sept. 1938 after Munich meeting on the 28th and Poland in- vaded Sept. 3, 1939. Hitler committed sui- cide Mey 1. 1945, and Germany uncondition-

-Iliy. surrendered on June 5, -1945.

THE GUARDIAN.

VI5H555N55 E PUBLIC FORUM

:' This column is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily en'dorIo the opinion of

: correspondents.

ASSISTANCE APPRECHATED

811'.-I Ihall. be gratefully ob- 1-lxtd if you will spare s little space in your valuable psper to publish this inadequate letter of

thanks: I first came to Prince Edward Island with the R. A. 11 in 1941

where I met and married the lady ofmy ”' . Subs enttomy discharge in England in 1945 I re, turned to my wife and family on "The Island". Now. 511-, I'm I "Cockney" born within the sound of Bow Bells, London. so imagine my predicament after trying to live for three years settled fanning Prince Edward Island. I was I misfit and showed it.

Then the Department of Veter- ans' Affairs. Charlottetown. .f4Dk an interest in my case and through the untiring efforts of the Depart- ment officers who. with the as- slstance of the R. A. F. and R. O. A F. benevolent funds, the Pro- vincial Rcd Cross, the Provincial and Federal Departments of Health and Welfare and other orgnnlzations have now made it possible for me to return to my native land taking my wife and family with me.

, Thanks again D. V. A. and all other kind friends, and I think the best way to show my sppreciation will betobtrlngmyfsmllyupss useful citlscna of this great Oom- monweelth of Nations in the land on their adoption. I am. sir. etc.

ALEXANDER F. BARKER. New zealand. P. E. 1. April. 19.

BOOZE GLOEIFIED

S'ir.-The beauty and attractive- ness of advertising has. these last years. greatly improved and of- ten now with more than a touch of humour. The great brewing in- dustry has discovered real artists. The attractiveness of their adver- tising is unsurpased in skill and ingenuity. Even the most ardent temperance crank can hardly re- train from gazing at those artistic pictures, running in all the mags- zines. Lord Calvert, in his various poses. repfcsents the blue-blooded gentleman who always knows when to stop. His very looks shed a glamour over the social glass. But the story does not go on to tell of the "lords". the "remittance men", who have had to be shipped out of Britain to Canada and Aus- tralia to save the family from fut- ther disgrace, because they didn't know when to stop. We have no pictures of the bleary-eyed men who stumble home after midnight whore In ill-clsd mother and three bootlesa children have their dwelling. These pictures are too realistic as Ids for selling booze.

All the fine words of our lan- guage are pressed into service to set forth the inspirations of the- social glass. That clean and beauti- tul word ..Icious". is now used to impress the public that drink adds "grace" to the company. Speech and behaviour L more "gracious". it erupts in songs and hilarious lsughter. At the dance one can easily tell who is becoming "sweet". When himself, he is always sh Ind retiring; I few drinks has sd him up, mollowed him. Is it were. its has become the exponent of "gr ;ouu'? livinl. unless. indeed. for reck- less driving he enters the cool hoapitsllly of thy policelistion. We

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ROYAL GIFT!

"We had the pleasure of seeing I splendid diamond bracelet which His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, on the occasion of his visit here last week. presented to -Mrs. Dundas, Ind which she wore It the Ball. It consists of I gold strap. On I medallion of blue enamel Ire the Prince's Coronet and Plume in diamonds. We are informcfd that H. R. Highness pre- sented Mra. Dundas with engrav- ings 'of Her Majesty, the Prince Consort Ind all the Royal Family.

"His Royal Highness also pre- sented Lieutenant Colonels Gray and Swabey each with s picture of himself. He left the handsome sum of C150 to be disposed of in charity, Iccording to direction left with the Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Dundss."

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All the paths of the Lord In mercy Ind uuth. unto such so keep Ills oovensnt Ind Ills testimonies.

hIve known Itch cases to the sorrow of the widowed mother and the rest of the fnniiy. but for the honor of the booze barons and their business it would never do to publish pictures of such tragedies. It would not be "gracious" to do so.

I am, Sir. elc.

W. l. GREEN. Murray Harbour.

, RICKY PASTIME

EAST IDNDON, south Afrlco- (OP)-Bwimming in South African water: has its drawbacks. N. H. Wright recently wsstbitten in the leg Ind hand by a ahsrk, but he struggled to the beach and was taken to hospital.

FMVHLY LETS GO

business site owned by one family. for 52 years has finally chsnged hsnds. A Brandon company has purchased the Uouphln hotel prop- erty bought in IUB by the lstc William H. Wal'Ice.

BOREHAM WOOD, l-lertfordahiro. niglsnd-(O!).'rhe British Iq- ion women's darts championship was won by I Mn. buck.

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George Bernard Shaw. when Ilk- Id what. he thought about tel:vis- ion. answered: "i don't know. I am afraid to look."-Cavalcade.

Men In never sotlsfled. They're always looking for": home atmos- bere in hotels and hotel service It ome.-St. Catherlnes standard

- , to cut down your income tax. There sf.ilLrenuins but one sure way - okra less! -London Free Press.

hlisdelphis specialist warns people to keep their hands off their eyes, except to wash them out with ordinary tsp water if splashed by I fluid. We accept. his advice Is sound, but did he ever get I cinder in his eye?-Windsor Star

We eIn't get excited about oom- plsints of certain Toronto brokers who have been denied use of the mails by the Post Office Depart- ment because of suspicion were being used to extract money by misrepresentation. "there is I lsw Igainat using the mails, or at- tempting to do so, to defraud. There is no reuon Toronto brokers should be exempt from it. -Windsor star.

An interesting Idvsuoe in the study of Basic English has mode in New York schools for dis- , placed persons, from young

dren to old people. The two prin- cipal teache so were themselves dis- Dlsced Perlonl. Otmen Sprah and Hugo Oom. who lesmed this mm- osted llntllllo in mgland. and as I result of their own 9 peilencew, hsve reduced Basic Engll 5(1) words. This they are teaching to other teachers, and York schools for diaplsced persons are tesching it to people of twenty nationalities.-at Thomas Times- Journsl. -

The CInIdi.I.n Press Innouuced the other day that Canada had con- sented to the complete military con- trol of three important armed bases on the Atlantic coast in Newfound- Tho solution involves no difficulty. It is part of the

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.a'n-ongement of the Image. eluded between Canada u.a'?;,”.' United States. . . . The very 1.” that such I sins of IffIirs gym" noting showspnow i'Ir slang an road a have gone in some yg in our conception of Mao". sovereigntynwe have Simply bud to the exigencies of I new 5152: Hon. . . . whoa matter; , everything else is our notion” curity. In the eyes of the 15,: government and of gang"; mm mon sense the United Btltgg no ' the sinile sihlo guumte. the clrc 3.... . . . Unsbla dofecnd ourselves alone suing; a eventual attack, nothing 1; " natural than to link out fsto 1:?” that of our more powu-m1 mm? bors. There is no Injury don. ' our national pride in this alum" thOpl.l;:?l601WhichlJom- mm mm since and nag; Canada, Montreal. W" 4”

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gloves into canads stpa:-te:'lIht.-hm” 1948, four Csnsdisn glovs plulh have had to close and more 1). u 700 Canadian workers have their jobs. '1'he'rlsing ad; of J glove lmports' into Canada am: 1949 reached a total of mono (1 en pairs, which was equu '30 he? ly half of all Canadisn producti: and one third of the tot.Il Canndi I market. While fixed values for du'gl purposes were in effect during mos: 051949. thesovnlues were imum lent. to stem the increasing now 3; Jan clove lmpom. csmalm .10., manufacturers assert um, um”: prompt action is taken, ..;.,.,,,,,, mills must close and more emplo ' es will be thrown out of work 101' ated chiefly in smsll towns. ' Canadian knitted -glow; consisted of 12 plants, yum cm. played over l.l0o peoplg ",4 pm. duced 247,Mn doun pan of um. less gloves and mitts during 1943 In that year imports totalled 190135 dozen pairs. But, in 1949, 3. J,p'uh ese gloves were impomd gg pm" which were well below the cost as manufacture in Osnsds, cgngdgu production dropped 95 1-mwo 4”. en pairs.-Canadian Textiles.

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Forgive the poet poeoyl

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Are d-ull-attuned: his hopes and foam

Are those same running dogs that .1,”

The moon. and bury bonus I: o1Iy'

'Plhn' he on OHIJI. too. who Red. Tho' in his heart. and in his head The imute doth slsver, yet he can Banish the brute from of! the men. The men from that beyond the man.

He gave I song. I win. to words That they might fly Ind sing like

In love, who cannot too much slog The heaven, the earth. Ind every-

thing; And love, the It: thot buoys along The wing, the singer. and the song

Yet. wonder is that he huh done. For all that is beneI.t.h the Iun By msgio he to

A better sound. I finer view: And-'l:'vcliost tale of all thIt's

' el He tells that you some to the amine And that the spring return: to you. - i...rum stcphena FROM DAVYS LOUIE!

l , somerset, England -(0P)- A soldier who lost I wrist watch, pen. ring, Ind lucky mascot when his ship was mined ' more than nine years ago has had them returned by a trawler owner

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