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- Eden 5- K.l'lllCS At Ulla stage two iiicu in in luez Canal crisis stand out with certain clearness: (1) President Nu- ger is as determined as ever to re- nist international control of the waterway; (2) The British and French Governments have modified 31... a;;:i'c.x'sii'v stand which they giloplerl uhcli the crisis arose. Even the use of military force as I last ",5-m-q (pPl1”lS V0 l'lRVQ been ruled out. The emphasis is on economic measiirixs uliivh may or ma)' not help to rcstilve the issue. This much B clear: there will be no war. bar- ring snnw ricvelopiiienl which is n01 djgcernjhlp at the moment. It-comes as no surprise to hear Hint British Labour Party leaders are taking the credit for this retreat from ivliat they have been P1935?” to call ”sahrr-- rattling" (I it ill. Of course. was not the right name for it). at least as for us the British Government w as concerned. No doubt. as retlocting I considerable section of public opinion. the Labour- ites did have something to do with the change of official policy. whether that change lie for th? l'lPttPli or Mr the worse. But they can by no means set themselves up as sole architects of the change. Secretary -of State l'VIilles' diplomatic vnriegations had something to do with it: so did lb? impending election in the United ltntes: Ind so did the warnings and Istonisbments expressed 5?? Prim? Minister Nehru of India. But per- haps more persuasive than any one of them wasthe threat of dissidenco among -Conservative members of Parliament. One report says that 80 of them informed the Prime Minister that in no circumstances would they support military htorvention un- authorized by the United Nations. Whether the new policy will prove to be better than the one it replaced will, of course. not be known for some time. it may rosult in some gnrt or workable compromise. or it may merely postpone I clash of arms in the Middle East. But. in any event. there is no- assurance that it will for tons: Have the Eden Govern- ment from its critics and foes. There is said to be another sizable group of Conservatives. perhaps as strong niimerically as the advocates of I hon-military policy. who are unalter- ghly nppnswi to my further conces- sions to Nasser and who see in I reference of the disputt to the Pnited Nations nothing but I waste of lime and effort. l.et's hope they will prove to be mistaken.

An Alger Story

Ellltlllvdll critics oi American tuliuie lhl9ll l1lHK8 iun ui vuiui. LUV) call the "Horatio Alger” concept Ul luccesi. I boy starts out with noin- in; but pluck and perseverance, amt in due rlillllse becomes I very suc- cvswlil man of affairs. II lthming ex- Imple for youth to follow. Actually. this sort of thing WIS never as com- mon. statistically spesklng, as the story-tellers have made it out to he. Nevertheless, it occupies In import- Int place in American tradition-4 fine pla re, fob. the supercflious criticisms notwithstanding. Nor has It gone out of fashion with the wide- spread expansion of educstlonll op- pnrtunlty. Every now and an-

other true story in tbc.Al& judi- tion is written. j

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- portance is that. ever

l1QI,&IyOl!'Il.HIl'hhldm

mg career, he received his tint Ir pojnunent as plant msnllir in tho Nebraska-Dakota area. Other pn- niotions followed. Ind in 1966 It became President of the Wfll-N1! Elecu-jc Company. There ht stsyod until one day last week, when bu Wu glected President of tho Ameri- can Telephone and Telegraph Com- pgny, said to be the largest-business corporation in the world.

Tm; is perhaps the outstanding Horatio Alger story of our time. AI if to make sure that nothing nio- vlm 3. lpn out. it is recorded t Mr, Kappel still finds time to help we in religious Ind chu-itublu or- ganizations and to Visit llll I394 Ind proud parents in Minnesota 00131!- ionally. An added postcrlpt of tin- sinco he wss xiv," his fire! managerlul outgo- ment hp has made I practice of working long hours. often fl! into the night. Man) lhflusmdl Gt MP- uble and ambitious young men start: out .5 fpIpphI'lllP linesmen (or the equivalent in other trades) without the slightest prospect of ever be- coming 3 mi-poration president. But the fact that it is possible Ind does happen Once ill in hundred years or so i5. gomphnu, a pleasant thing to think about; although. of course. there are many finer things in life than going from one promotion to another.

EDITORIAL NOTES

it has been established that visi- turn to any given area drink Ilco- holic liquors in much less quantity then do the natives. This probably reflects the natural desire of most zllests to he on their good behaviour in the company of their hosts.

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A research study among 500 hllsiness e.xe(-utives. most of whom fell tlwy were in good health. re- vealed that all but 40 of them had some disease. Doctors. no doubt. will see in the revelation support for their recommendation of periodic examination.

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A list of methods for dealing with skunk odor on grain, clothing and machim-ry has been compiled by the

- Plant industry Branch of the Sn-

katchewnn Department of Agricul- ture. It started last. September when some farmers put skunks through their combines. and wanted to know what to do with the grub rejected by elevators. O O I

Dr. Tuug Pi Wu. President of the Supreme Court of China. is either a very brave man or 1 very foolish one. He told it meeting the other day that China's laws need strengthening in both content and administration. He added that since the Communists came to power in l949 contempt. for law had lI'l('.Tf'rlK'f'(l considerably: and he intimated. although he did not say so outright. that the "Party" was largely to blame for it. i

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it seems that even hurricanes have their good qualities. When I meteorologist. announced mine time ago that this season's prevailing wind conditions make hurricanes on the American mainland unlikely. the news was received with little en- thusinsm hy snmo inhabitants of the east coast of Florida. They felt that without at least one good hurricane and its accompanying heavy rain no relief could he expected from H10 serious drought conditions which have been present for several months.

0 O O

Peaceful used of the rocket be- gan about the middle of the 19th century. From then on it was ill!!! for such varied purposes as carrltinl lines to ship: distress. tbrowlnt muaain-nu in bridge Mid- lnc operotlal. Iii! Wins telllllml lines in dimailt terrain. It. will

WISE MOVE

India-Ceylon Ciinal Scheme

National tlnogrnplilr Society

The considering I K'lI'0)Prl to cut in hur- Illlp canal irmip at -xrlzimls rlriuc. In one of the unrlrl':- most sacred and legend sin-miiiillrrt areas

A narrnu chain of rocks. rrrlb and shoals stretching: hetviccn in- diu and the northuest coast of the Adams ridge is about'2tl miles long. its warm: arc too shallow for any but small rraft lo nav- igatc.

The rurrrul prtIptIx;il calls for it deep channel and lock canal to join Pnlk Strait on the north with the Gulf of fiiannar on the south. if carried out. the proicct will save shipping the long trip around Ceylon. anti lu'inl.l inoticin coni- mcrcial traffic to a rcgiiiii long associated with religious rites Ind

pilgrimsgex. At the western end of Adam's ridge lies India's temple-dotted

Rlmeswaram lslzinrl. a hnl)' plncc tn followers of the civic hcln Rama. revered Is the incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu.

According to ancient Hindu my- thology. In army of monkeys in Rama": service hiiilt a caiiscuav from this Island to (icvlnn. The god in mortal form inmthed over it with legions of monkeys and bears in rescue his wife from Cey- lon's ten-headed giant kinl.

Religious traditions it I l l n w Adam's Peak. which rises in

south-west Ceylon about 170 miles .

various other names. this peak is from Adam's Bridge Known by

various other names. this peak is . I flmnul pilgrtmagr -tie for Mos- i

lon-is. Hindus. Buddliuts. and to I leaner degree. Christians.

At the narrow summit of the spectacularly beautiful mountain. 7.35 feet high. is a slight depres- sion resembling I huge human

Gr-veiiiiiievit of India N.

footprint. Moslems say the im- print was made by Adam. Hindus attribute it to SIVI. third deity If- ler rabma and Vishnu. in the Hindu trinity Buddhists believe it while some Christians have held that the mark was left. by St. Thomas. on In apostolic Journey to Ceylon

l.il000-YEAR STAND

The Western world. beginning Wllh Portuguese explorers. adopt- ed the name Adam for both peak and "bridge." Behind the geogrIp- lilc terms lies the picturesque Mos- lem account of the dawn of the human race.

Adam. having been cast out of Scvcnlh Heaven. says lslam. land- ed on one foot stop the Ceylon peak. There. ll pensnce for his sin. he stood for I thousand years thence the footprint). until he was reunited with Eve near Mount Ars- rat. The first couple. the story continues. crossed lndis Ind fin- ally entered their chosen home of Ceylon by the rocky causeway to be known as Adam's Bridge.

Apart from religious hark- giound. the passageway between lnrila and Ceylon has its own geo- logical and blologlcll interest. The

' cnntinentsl shelf extending from

India at thtstpolnt drops in pine: to precipitous depths. Here Ind there along its rocky bunks grow colorful masses of corals. sea fans. and sponges where bottom-feed 'ng fish find good hunting.

Ceylonts rich and ancient pearl hanks extend along the coast of the Gulf of Msnnsr. soutliesst of Adam's Bridle. in the out cent- ury B.C.. it is recorded. the is- lsnd's first king. having success- fully invaded the region. sent back A gift of pearls to his fIthor-ln- law in India.

Canadian Books Reviewed

By The Canulhu Prose

Out of ill years in Canada's lor- .

eign service. R. A D, Ford has woven A book of verse in whirli his Canadian hmkground hlcnrk with his 0blf'l'lalllllI of life in Russia Ind South Amt.-ricI.

In A Window On The North tfluerson Pressi Mr. Ford places translations from Russian and Brszlllan poets beside verse writ- ten tmm his own keenly-felt cx- perience. I

His cool amt unimpnssumed method is illustrated in the open- lnz lines of his one poem:

The whole landsclpe dulled

away to the north.

Tn Moose Fm-tnry. hundred: of

miles, to the pole

And beyond. to the Arctic end!

of the esrth.

sullen. Siberian, Gray. Mb the

bills Ind

Humps of snow, and the fright-

enlng black

Of the evergreens before us. . .

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Mr. Ford. formerly of Iandon. 0nt.. is head of the European di- vision of the department of exter- nal affairs. Ottawa. He served in the Canadian embassy. Rio de Jsneiro. Inter going to Moscow where for I time be was charge d'IffIli-en.

THE HAFRIFICI

A reception ususlly rosurved for the works d well-established Ill- than has been accorded The Sar- rtfire. I first novel by I-year-old Adcle Wlseman nf wlnnl .

Critics in Canada and the nit:-d Stains have llllled the biblical-like storv of the Jewish immlgrnnt Abraham II I fine. mature novel.

The setting is Wlniil although the city In not ldentl by Mmo. - Abraham. the proud. devout

butcher. moves from tr edy to tragedy-the slaughter of is two oldest IQ! in E . the deilh of his wife Sarah. his youngest son Issue. then his own violent net

of me . edy iii Inf th full of The ifire tbfunlillnl. for

MAXIMS

Patient endurance of sufferings. bold resistance of power. forgive- ness of injuries. bani-tried Ind faithful friendship Ind Ielf-sIcrlf- icing love. are seen in beautiful relief over the fill uniformity of life. or stand out in steady and bright grandeur tn the midst of the dark deeds of men.

OUR YESTERDAYS

From The fiusrdlui Files

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (September as. 1031)

Major L. T. Lawther was elect- ed president of the Charlottetown Branch of the Canadian Legion at the annual meeting presided over by retiring president James J. Lciglitizer.

A shipment of 29 Burn bred Ill- ver lox pups arrived in Montreul from this Province en route to Scotland. They were shipped by Mr. W. K. Rogers.

TEN YEARS AGO (September 2!. 1046)

The Souris Exhibition drew In excellent entry list Ind was held under ideal weather conditions. it was officially opened by Lieuten- Int Governor J. A. Bemsrd.

'The Rocky Point ferry '1'."-. view" was back in operation after several days layoff due to dam. aged floats in the Rocky Point wharf.

Penn Jew in North America.

l"Few fictlonsl tragdles In en- richd by such bustling wlrmlh and contain so many expertly-P01" frayed characters."

Toronto Tele am critic June. Scott writes tat "there is no doubt that in this book I new author has moved on to the Can- disn scene who already has de- veloped considerable stature."

I Another first novel of CIiIIdiIn Intorolt ls Follow A Shadow by WIuIce Rayburn.

A New Zenlander who came to ('InIdI before the Second world War. Rayburn worked for I num- ber of Canadian publlcstlons. was .1 uurcspondent overseas with the Canadian forces during the was and now lives in London.

Follow A Shadow tcssselll stuns from the drsmstic attempt

by Dsnlsli Capt. Kurt Carlson to bring the crippled United States freighter Flying Enterprise to port in the winter of lml-52. Rrvbum. who reported one stsry at the time for I British pub- l llcslion. hm given it A romantic twist In his flctlousl veflibl.

A record l0.50tl Visitors from st:

A large freezer. of course. will keep food frozen longer than will I small one.

The type of foods stored also will determine how long they remsln frozen. Frozen baked foods. for in- slanre. will absorb but much more rapidly than wiu frozen masts Thus. your menu will lIst longer.

WliIt should you do to your freezer when power stops? The Health Emergency Planning Office of the Public Hesltli Service Id- Vises that you keep freezers closed. Open them only to add dry Ice or to transfer the food sonewhere else.

While Idditlon of dry ice is In. vissblo to keep the foods frozen. or- dinu-y too can be used if nothing better is Ivslluble.

ORDINARY ICE

But don't Idd ordinary ice until the foods begin to soften. Tempera- ture of regular ice. you see. ususlly is Just below 31 degrees. Frozen foods. on the other hand. generally are stored in tempentures of about zero. '

If all these precautions full to keep the food in you freezer solidly frozen. you but better tske other mess BI of prcurving it. During freezlnl. you must remember. the cellular structure of foods is rup- tured. Consequently. frozen foods deteriorate much more rapidly If-

.ter they tlnw out than do fresj

foods.

You cut preserve these thawing foods by csnnlng. cooking. smok- ing or suiting.

QUEQTION AND ANSWER

D.V.: I am thinking of painting my babyls furniture. Is there any paint that is lend-fuse? 1 Im Ifrsld in night get lead poisoning from the paint.

Answer: Practically Ill enamels now uud for interiors of houses In laud-free.

BOY DRIVING COW! He turns one csrtwl-ieol. then turns two. As if with nothing eli-r to do. But need is on him bend to loos To an the my I brown bay goes Who has to bring the red cows k.

bsc

I-II cutwbeeis down I rabbit's tuck.

Uncurls to climb I chestnut tree.

Noting I squlrrsl's not he must see.

Tries to scoop up I Iilvur perch the cheek bunkis

dark blue Ihsde. with such I strslglit

course nude. . He sets his heels down to begin 'Ilo bring the patient zed cows in. -Anabel Amour.

lhe Ago Old Story

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Iruskly. we tliisk the people of dioosliig their senators wisely. And Cumin Ire perfectly capable of ifallowingthemtodoloillhn but- mum of putting the Sent: on its feet. the sooner ti!!! Mill! the better.-lieihbrldu Hersh

V An elderly mu down last he

predicted I bad winter Ind I cold spring for 1956-57. What I miscr- Ihle thought for most Canadians. who have experienced a miseri- ble spring and siunmer in ms!- Stntfnrd Beacon Herald

Hon. Ruul Martin says he wIs once introduced Is "the minister of wealth Ind hell fire." Reminds us of the English clergyman who called on I fellow minister Ind said to the msld It the door: "I beg your pardon. is the bent dizzy.'."'-Niagara Full: Review

lion. Walter llsrrh took the and of the Parliamentary session to urge the Ciuisdisn people to be more careful with their spending. Mr. Harris would be more honest Ind realistic if he tendered this advice to his colleagues.-Ottawa Journnl

According to I lpuilsll paper. the world's first serial wss discov- ered recently in Egypt. Archaeolo- lists found I long inscription on the wall of an ancient temple re- cording the exploits of one of the Phsnohs. it broke off " ished. At the bottom was I note: "Con- tinued ln the next teinple."-8trsl.- ford Deleon-Herald

Refrigeration Repairs To All Mskns

IPPLIANCEB SALES it SERVICE

lftlltllls . luwlnding mi llepdn ELECTRICAL Repairs Palsm Electric

CIIDMOII3 DRY CLIANIRS

IZIZH P13!

. reminds us that summer. short in

provide II in Is pog. siblo for their own not. For it believe tlut Govern. menu have ever dons for people might IIIVC done for It I saving to the people for whom it was done -- Moutreal Gazette.

Till AUIPEIIS ll IR pin.-e to go to avoid catching colds. according to In Australian polar expert. who says: "A Person would not even catch cold if he had I hot bath and went walking in the Snow straight after. . .you would g.. blue Ind shiver for awhile." AM Itter you freeze solid you are lm giune to everything! - Toronto

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Cool weather is certsluly much better for sleeping-but when it

it was. is Ilmost over and then must be It least 10 more months of chilly westher befre we can ex- pect another wsnn In e p... out of time is out .5. vious. The summer of' as. late in coming. but obviously in u liui-. ry to luvs. could almost be con. slderod I lost seuou-so uiyumu lnstore for next yur,would certain- ly be thought an lmpmvemenll- lrockvllle Recorder Ind Times

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