fyljysltltslait 113.1926“ a . - Fiirtherhétails Why Maritime Farms Of Young Peo- Have B°°°me Ple’s Convention Deserted 1 - (From the Maritime Merchant) porti f P. B. .l. pgggfiyilig§tlptus lglditgd‘ church A great deal has been said and of Canada held its annual Conven- tlpp for Young Peoples’ Societies in ‘Heart: Hall, Charlottetown on“ n Tuesday last. A large delegation m“ as us.f.*.n“"'"sr “an miller Cklivreg, Montague. mvel :11‘°"l 11°11“ powugl, frryon, Valleyiield. Winsloe York and Marshfield. Many minis- ters, as well as young people of eighteen to twenty-four years of age, less or more, comlpnised (the incidental fiscal policy of Province as it has been to the provinces of Qhebec and Ontario, M. Aitzken, Presbytery ‘Convenor of movement from Miss Florence Stewart. of Mareh- d,,._.,t,lall5n,, _ field W39 1113791111911 399F911"!!- T'119 ii! is within our remembrance mooning session was devoted tolvullen tile country district-s in east- the study of organization lead by em Nova spoils were almost sell. Rev. F. M. ‘Milligan, Maritime Con- ooinmained One who went to ference Secretary for Religious Ed‘ church on a ‘Sunday morning fifty ucation. it was ‘urged that offices years ago would have found that should bo held by young people ubout ninety-five pcr cent. of the themselves rather than ‘by oldenclothes worn by the lllcn werc personsand all members should be made in their own colnlllunity, called upon to take part in‘ the from wool shorn froul their own wm-klu; 01 the meetings. it was sheep and spun by local spinners claimed that some definite, suitable and woven into cloth 11nd dvod pleldge, pgglllafly used, would b3 0f by local weavers and llyers. ‘mum Rey, pr, Rgmglly gugxggted Similarly he would have found that been made by local slloeluukcrs from leather tali- 30 nnnt the“ Sonlenen would lmlned by nearby lanllerie-s from hides produced on the farllls of the colli- n [n [tel-noon ennion, munity. So also with the linen, ‘ tngligragnndfiylnanfleld deligntlon and in fact, with practically cvcry- that more ritual in ‘the formal‘ opcn- the iilmweflr 11111- ing of the meet/lugs be adopted, ai- activo agencies for ‘Temperance. _ thing ill the way 0i’ apparel and had charge of ‘the devotional lper foodstumkmeafly u“ 10d, dgl-lel reports from all Societies represented‘ were given. indicating‘ the most successful features oi their work. Rev. Mr. Miii-igan again written in the last few years about the exodus of our rural population, and hhe politicians have made use it has suited iileir own pur- The 8llli-0Qili'(’il£‘i‘ili(3'>\ have blamed it on Confederation uud the -tllereio. We are disposed to admit that the Canada has not been as beneficial to the Maritime but in our judgment this is not the personnel of the meeting. Rev. E. major can“ n. the exonnn Th“, the land is but 11°11$1°“5 Bimcalkmi P19914311 and part of the evolution of modern in- was grown lor otiherwise produced in iiio coin- .‘lnuniiy or vcry lloar ut hand. Tl'ile., [from outside places. such as i011. Gorden Simpson, Kingston peni tentary convict of the Red Ryan gang, leaving Toronto jali for the aissize court. to face his second |therc were some things brought, ill trial on a charge of robbing a bank 1M i“ dmmsflm’ this “m” o" umsugur molasses, and so fortii, -blli..from the penitentiary In i923. Aims of the Societies and. their pro- gramme. All young peotple should he in Church School; What llilnd oi’ teacher and lessons do’ young peo- prodliccd at lloiilc. of pie deserve? Ail should be at the Young People's wll0lly disappeared. limits ‘be from eight to ‘ten o'clock. purchased. Devotional period should be entire- seivos and not by and can be largely udonsod pylmade article. iod is this year to be particularly the first woolen uiiii. ierence. 1t covers four subjects “himge 101' 91°11‘- handicraft of cloth-making Tho orders, one subject lper’ week. Why is ithere‘! 2. Our ‘part ill find-id's ‘Religious Destiny. 3. How can we get World‘ Peace? 4. Selecting the greatest Canad- ian writer. in the discussion of these pro-1 shoes for the countryside. torie in tlhe big centres is but posed themes. ideas were so‘ freely another cylnnler in the story o, “n msmn. vlennolnn “n.5, nothing that Mmlgan'”kul_dustrial evolution that we cannot PBOPK W011111 1111.911"? . .k__ fake the . gee to liq l {hi5 though it held" the el act of sep- M41114’ m“ mam "ne- Th9 ‘EPW311111 article, buipthe lntchmgdlzrynstage 1115 P901110 1111 1h‘! 1111111 Wflotl was admitted to have a rlxlit-‘wiilch we are now discussing, slam. as commerce revived people slowly only began to leave the expressed that Mr. was tested in keeping the discuss- ful and vital ‘place in the weekly . . meeflng as use“ encouraging on“. ed a movement uli-ich has T111111? Church» Y- ‘P- ‘s- 861161“ gicaliy situatedi factories of the olwlv entertained ‘the delegates to large cent-res For these factories supper in the ‘basement after which required operatives, which Yillulg zillml old went trounce. some for pleasure. some for the exodus fronl tile farms to tho duty, ‘but all for benefit. ‘town began. A large attendance characterized Meantime, the 111° 1118M Inoetins. The ‘Cornwall ment hall for some time been going Ship. The nominating committee flying in early on the manudacuring lows: tHon. President, Rev, F, E, 300m. was a continually increasing call r0yd, Cllglrmm. 0g .p,-egl,ylm-y_ for factory operatives, and consequ- ‘President, Mr. 1.. .1. Stacey. Char- ontlv tho vonns people of Nova lottetown, Austin ‘Smibil, Tryoii. SW11“ W110 11111111611 t0 Bet $111111‘ $00,013,” Ml“ ylorencn Swwnm hand on o. litllc really cash and to see ‘a little more of life than they Marshdeld. Treasure,‘ .341“ Jenn mm’ Cnnncouid see at hoinc. were drawn 1°¢temwn_ away. Thus thousands of people who otherwise would ‘have lived Vice Pres. for Christian Fellow- nnnn .541” Agnes Annonl.’ 1mm“. comparatively unstronuotis lives in M0Mngnc_ the quiet country wcni. out to huip vi- . ‘. ' -. . w rum" h" “madam” M!“ M“ cigu country zliiri ui. tho saiuc time only such things as could not bc ——i— l“ tillage llaysillle 1i they oncc wnrc and we were to other countries the lllit we pro- sumc thorn must, b0 a fairly coil- oue would have hcnrd people speak ‘factory cotton" to distinguislllsurplus pie desire? All yoiwfl ‘P9194119 ‘M11111 it from [he homo-loads linen which 11°111C11111T¢11s¢11°°1i 11° V0111“; .1100‘ was produced from flax grown on stunt proportion oi rurnl to urban Y°1l118 P601919 the farui——ull industry which has Only a little Burt muss production was begin-discuss hcrc. ly run ‘by the young people thom- ning to get under way; Hnzlchincry figures and we shall see that in the minister. was making its first conquests ill spite of the exodus of 1180010 "0111 Business must not be too lengthy the way of driving out the hand- our country 1118111018. 11116 Produc- How it operated is tin oi’ foodstuffs vvlllch our far-ms are work of Executive, Th0 study pel-Jlliustratetl by our recollection of fitted to misc. ‘is constantly on the Shortly illcreu-se-‘for example, dairy pro- dttmctlve as p110 syllabus nmy-lded alfter it was started the rspreselitn- hloht had for 501118 time been going is the fluggggflgn o; ymms people tlves of this mill ulent about -buy- lllclllgelygg ln recent pdglmml gmp|1ng wool from the farmers in ex- Tliul was the] _ and each l5 to be taken ‘n “mi-nun beginning of the end of the local that thcrc is no use in beulolzulng Thc movement of 1. What is the United Church? Wme process wont on with respect "rural population everywhere is 01h‘- to footwear as amnil shoe factor- 113g sprang up in the larger places commerce. and has‘ kept no ovol‘ and commenced to make ‘boots and since. With (‘he decline of the Ro- How mail Enlpire, the colllmunicatlons iihe cloth mills and the local shod also fell lllto decay, and trade lang- iifflctofleg in lime gave way before uislleii, alld then the nianorial sys- the competition of the larger fac- 111111 61111111 into b91118. 11411011‘ PW" exporting, production. tion to u tlistricfs I l the inevitable. ward. it ‘begun turesqilo in its lvny from tlii been accentuated with the expan- Bat-ho!‘ 1M0 10111119» 111111 1111911 the 1111' actor formation. lsiou of the larger and more gm“... vent of the factory system in the the movement was The coilrse of devel- [he opulent through tho ages ‘points to in for jolly countryside was able to supply. Soil flitllro 111 Wh1Ch 111111111 P01111111; élliii last century, accentuated. to grow least tion will Utrlllllllltf |rurni to docrcusc. ui ullti 931119 develop. rurul population reaches tile irrc~ What is needed delegates led in- the Service of Wor- on in the New England ‘States. Be- 1h‘ 1111i 11 “b11111 1° 111° 1111111" 11mm‘ merely kicking ported re next yen“ onlcem and game, may nncflon had become n against ills pricks. but a illovelncnt the Convention endorsed as fol-great manufacturing centre for the 111111 W111 8111119 111111111 growth. mak- tgmwing Unlled sullen and tnm-eiilg the best of wllut we foolishly tiucibic lllinlillulll. meur, which is think is ti had job. The Tired Out Woman ‘Needs the Help of Dr. Williams Pink Pills to Regain Strength. No illotllcl" should allow llfll‘\'0tlfl.cavendlsh (Rmm- ‘"111 have 11° 111m’ ivcukiicss to gct the ilpper llilliil 0i’ ("my 1“ recognizlng mB-“Y 01 ‘he ilcv; if Hill! (lflilli worry will lnurller beaumm scenes that 9° emhmlmd H", mtmntrlnl nxnannlon m. n “In work ill flu‘ ililflli‘. null torlucllt ‘her 'l lin lnuirottllly ill illinlrl zillil llilfly. iri Toronto while he was a fugitive population,‘variable only in rela- ilisiulice from 1119911115 W111“ 5°"- 01 meolhlg of the "factory cotton" was used crowded centres of population. But 1111011111 111111-1797 A11 ngreed the time and but few “store clothes" wereihis is entering another question that we have not the opportunity to Le; us look at tile in the dawn of nowadays. As soon clmnll-y and der McNeil] who preached for muny ‘ms cnssnorrmowu custom: ISLAND, STBRIES BY, y AN ISLAND A WRITER Mr. W. A. Stewart Gives uninteresting Account of the Lifdand Novels of Miss Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Suggests Cavendish Should be made a Literary Shrine to Tourist s._ ' I‘ q- --._ At St. Jullies‘ ‘Literary Soolsty this island ‘Hymn, dsl am mm 11151 evening. Mr. W. A. Stewart rnnsements have been made fab]; load u“ most interesting paper en~ its ‘being sung here tonight. titled island Stories by an island Writer." taking as his subject Miss Lucy ‘Maud Montgomery and her “Amle" series of novels, in which Her Firit Attempt. It 1” 111111- eiflhteeh years since Cavendish and district were featur. Miss Mom ed under the name of Avouloa. iilto u fuil-blognl bkliiisytalllizlil .311; ill tho course of his paper Mr. Hlurllcd the Canadian literary Sicwuvi suitl V li has been said that a country is not a country until it has legends and literature of its owli. world with iior delightful pep plc. lures oi life ili Prince Edward is- lilnd. l-lcr first novel is called Allnc of Green Gables,” and wag (Yauadu will celebrate its Dla- dedicated to the lllcmory of he; nloild Jubilee next your. and it is futhcr and mother. it is interesting 11113111111111; to l-cullzo the import » to record that iiko many other sut» ailce of letting the public know its cessiul writers, Miss Montgomery fertility in the lllnlicr of legendary failed ililscrnhiy in her ‘first zit- alld literary productions. lleililvts to get a publisher for her ill the former, two Prince Ed» llovcl. Silo sent it out again-and ward islanders. Professor Cyriliragzlin in ‘firms iii both Canada. and MucMillan and Sir Andrew M€lC-|thc Liilitoti States. but like the ca . Phaii. have played no mean part. iii tlic fable, ii: only came back the IProfessor with his Canadian Tircd and discouraged Miss Mont- Polk Lore. and Sir Andrew with golncry threw tho mslluscript into his delightful trailsiation oi‘ “Maria a cllpbglu-d and turned he]. energies Ciltlpdcluiile" (which may not in-to less lmpol-mm and more remnn, appropriately be railed the "Aime erativc work for .1 period of two of Green (fables oi Quebec"), “Vine years, The“ one (my whlle Bin-mg. of Sibuinll" ililll the "Book of Sor- 0108mm; She came new“ the o,“ Pfllvn" manuscript. She read it, and was it is nut my intention to deal 11mm lmpmsned than even with with Prince Edward island auth- m; value n3 a story. and ngnlnsent ors ill general; if it were .1 could submit for your consideration a goodly list, including the two 1 have centre already llleniioned, Basil King. a l“ 1lle:1fnf,l.l,,l,tl\{ye,é“gggyfifigifiaigkfig Charlottetown boy. Principal Fal-nnrchnnen by Messrs. ,1“ C Page 8L coner, another Charlottonian. U.S.‘,Co,nnnny_ i-Annnu Woven w be Ambflssad" 50111111114“- a Bedequenan instant success and became out- bW- 1° 11191111011 °111Y 11"“ °1h°“'standingly the best seller of the writers now living who are as wel year; indeed, n hm“ every known and widely known in their respec- new...‘ in novel publication by [We 3111191” a“ L110?’ Maud MM!’ running through seven editions in gomery, on Wllfllll Prince Edward seven mnomn Th," m the ‘n? island looks us its particular, and nmnd nroved no great that every most prized liOV8llSl——-\V'hO is not month from June w December a ‘"11? a“ 1513"“ ‘wvensti but a m“ new impression ilad to be issued. it. out on its rounds. For publish- ers sllc hull to go to Boston, that ducts, potatoes apples and so elist dealing almost exclusively and it continued nigh. “no the two pomln ' with Prince iitldward island and its succeeding yearn, we publishers it nun-t be a-puoront to ovoiyono P°°1’1°- issuing, edition after edition to Most of us older members know. 01' shmlld ‘mow’ the wrmngs o! lltleizt stttilll glilcleflbcf ‘tiligulrrilgst popular Ml“ M°“tg°me"y' and n is wnmpresentation ‘books stored on the "he °b1e°1°f brmgmg them m lheishelves oi’ city booksellers. and 1 “mice M ‘he ymmger members am told that in tile large centres. that lhuve written this paper for mere ls a constant demand n“, n “MEN'S ‘“°°“S“‘°“" at the Free Public Libraries. The Novel itself. 'l‘uduy The Author. B Lucy ‘Maud Montgomery is the daughter of Hugh Jollil MOIlLROlXI- ery 0i ‘New London, and a gvaild- daughter of the lute Senator Moni- goinery; he mother, a Miss Mc- Neiii, sister of the late Rev. Loan- WVhat is there about this uovcl by- a country girl about a country eighteen years? And that question brings me to the story itself. years in St. John, N.B.. and Mr. John F. McNeil! of Cavendish. still liv~ ing on the homestead. Miss Mont- gomery first saw the light of dily at ‘Clifton. n pretty village lyliil; between Stanley and French River. and spent llor girlhood days ill l Cavendish. every lucll of WliiCh slic knows intimately. "Anne of Green Gables." is the biography of an orphan girl who should have been a boy. Matthew and liiekilla Cuthbert wore respectively all nld bachelor and old maid, brotiicr and sister. who farmed in Cavendish, or rath- er Avoniea. One day, finding help scarce, they decided aftcr much and deep consideration, to invite a friend who had gone to visit an orphanage in -Nova Scotia to se- cure for them a boy about tcll. whom they could adopt slid train up to work on the iurm. Their momentus message was sent by word of mouth to the lady in ques- tion. and ‘somehow before it reach- ed her it had been converted from "boy" to "girl," with the result that when Matthew went to the station to meet the boy he was dumb- founded to find instead a red-head- ed, freckled, homely girl. But. if she were not much to look at, if she were shabby ill appearance and for from propossessilig. shc lllorotlmn The Scenery. ‘Need i describe to you tile accli- ery in which she revelled? You are all probably very familiar with it as the scene of her ‘first story. “Anne ‘of Green Gables." covers considerable territory not far from the city. and any of, you who have travelled from Hunter iRiver to vNcw Glasgow, following the Now Glasgow Road to Anderson's Mills. thence through liiayiieid to the Aliuo on llcr drivo from tho sta- tion t.o Avunica. Similarly. those ‘. . , _ _ ofyouwho hav db thl..l blzlgléngllknprytréfigjr and “WNW to tumirlbiltc to thin. itilllllilvxiiy "1 111v hvoiuiuv lions‘ Wilt‘ s’ daily Anne-n n“, ‘us; T‘? wmao 52,112., ulade up for llor deficiency in this ' " y which wu know ill our iilililiffll iii- ‘"11 1* “"""11'11 l" "Mm" ‘l“'1""““”ln“' will remember tho ‘bountiful’ mid 111M166! h)’ tho brifl11111111111 ‘i1 11°‘ lion. Stanley iiydo. Cornwall. Vice Pros. Christian ‘Cllllflililllili, EMSOII Smith, ‘Powrnul, Vice. ‘fins. Leadership 'l‘rainilig. M159 ‘MhTEarot Coburli. Br-aidnJ/bailu. Also ‘Rev. E. M. Aitkorl, lory Convonor lfor Religious lion. Following this olocilon, -t;l|o 0m. (lliSlFiill system. Tho lmlill. ut- ivisll lo iulllrrszi the llniu-atrial evolution of illl‘. silo.‘ Pronhv-wu Ilnrdly uiuiori-lilnd It wlicll it 15411195" began, and ill this tiny when we are getting so far tawny ‘from its bo- g llniu , it is till difllcultto under- ccr“ “'°"“ M51191“ b)’ 11111 011111Plstand allot has inkoli plucc unit-HS 1"a"_"1 prchbYie-PY- l1!"- ‘F. E. ‘we are ubie to truce tho movcmciit B"°i-111‘°Y11- Th" 3111111101- Oi i116 cv-‘to its starting point us wc huvo oil- ouing address was “The Spiritual rioavored to do ill this urtlclc. The Chnllonse to Youth’ delivered by condition is not pocuilur io thc Rev. F. M. Miiligan. Military con- Maritime Provinces in those parts 1111118. itldtlfllrlal FBVOhItIOnB. or edu- of tho New England Slates, Que- 0311011111 Progress do not ‘bring "1160 11nd Oiliario. for example, which 110171111111 Htrength. The world of to-llro somewhat removed from tho day is roudy for a spiritual chai- 15189 0911114111‘ 0i’ P0P11111t1011- i111! lenge. is God going to be really 5111118 11111 Biffht. of (inserted forms God -to us? Not church-going ol- Will meet your eye-nil brought creed acceptance nlone but trim Ibout by the working of the pro- feiiowship with God as a “r5033; cons ofindustriai evolution to which gxpgrjgnce 18 m, present d”. N, we have referred. That it is not lo qulremmyg, Young 900.916 are ln be observed in the prairie provinces the centre of influence In various 1° 11"“ 1° 111° 111v! thflt tho“ are circles. In ‘the circle of Home. in "9" 191m"? oPohod "P 111 0116111- qn, circle n! the commnnuy’ n: the once to l-he same principle of mass flfcle 0g the church’ u” In Inn Production‘ working in relation to Wider circles of untermtlomsl ‘Re- “ 51°91‘ ‘Mme °1 1°“- lationshlp (‘peace or war) in the inter-racial relations (Missions). This great address. while lengthy. was thoroughly interesting and Wwofhli. and Mr. Miilignn was 90.3.1 "iv followed thy hie crowd 0r Wuthful iiltcncrs. __.._.-¢q>_-i. Moi-Mr had come into the child's bedroom to sly good-night. "it's "'11- mummy." said Joan. cuddling “'11- "Yes. delr." ‘replied 'her 111011101‘. "hill. cover up. Th0 u. I'll! will keep you warm." Joan d d u she was told. Then. after l moment's reflection she looked 11D at her mother All n.‘ "l sup- Pflle l couldn't exchange my sn- all“ for a bot-water bottle." she The low seems to work inexor-. 1111?. even when there ls prosperi- ty in the rural sections. For ex- 8111P1o. see how young people are leaving Prince Edward island to- fill’. notwithstanding that there is sufficient prosperity there to encourage them to remain at home. The truth is that country life, with] the advantages it ‘has all its own. cannot hold the young people so long as the cities and towns offer the combined atttrgciions of social "h and remunemtivo employment. Won thoasfl every farm may have its inevitable pull. ‘ After all. the real fest of the sit- uation is possibly not the number 01' PWPIB on the farms. but the WdIIOI-lvs capacity of the farms- l ndl is again show-n in n report lnueri n. mom‘ 9'71 111° CQVB W111 9X9"- by the Dominion BllPPflll of Statistics, billion miles travelled by passengers in that your only i.1 were killed and 128.5 Injured. wem- five of a but i|li.‘|'ll nru other i-ntiscfi. 11h ovcry lllotht-r knows, that fund to wilakcll uild lnuku il"l' lirrvcs l'illl-flil\\'il. i-a that tho Fxullus Wild rrcillnd by twhziugn auld rust might iiil.lIi‘f)Vf‘ ilcr of nil for jaded ivulncil is a course of iii". Wiiliulus‘ wnn brought "In and nmod M she Pink ‘Pills. 'l‘lli:so pills lllnkn now In w“), finch n mngnmmm lmaxl“. blood, rich \vllh tho cinlnruis tmnfion, n, u any wonder “m, “no hcnlill. but. |li‘h'\ \\'lii(.'ll lilo hotly and ill‘l'Vi‘H thrive. iTilc vuluc 01' shown by tlic cxpericilco of lira. (I. \V. Jackson, it. Il. l. tlilroril, Out. who snys:~“iioforii beginning tile ilfil.‘ 0i‘ Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills l was conuliitltcly .i"llilJ(l*0\§'il and could ilaixily wuidt across tho iinor. As tlic motilor of yolltllg chlnrell with (‘he usual household duties to spcrform, my condition was one of serious- ness. l llud seen Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills advertised and decided to try P1'°°1'1‘°°'1°1‘ them. This was a happy; decision as H8111“ Chmmde- l llad not been taking the ‘pills very long before I began to feel better both in body and mind. I continued the use of the pills for a couple of months and now feel like a new‘ woman, able to perform all my household duties. l would not be without the <piils in‘ the house and l recommend them to all run- down. people." Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills are sold by all deciors in medicine, or will be sent ‘by mail at 60 cents R. box by The Dr. Williams’ ‘Medicine Co., Brockvtiile, Ont. (‘ANAIIIAN RAILWAYII DANE. The sufciy oi‘ railway trnvel iu (‘nu- wverinl: tho year i925. For every ,ln other words i ere| pnslicllgrrii killed In I In. mini of AMBIJJM passengers ilr. \\'i‘iiilnis‘ l‘ilik Pills wllcn iilc ‘blond is wciik ulldpliepllo“, 011p young and mlddle. wull-ry. illllfi tlic sysimll l'llil down is dgod? nliild. her kcon uurcontiv“ 1""111' ties. ltor ready wit, iillfi ivciitiliilh overwhelming inlpctuovity. Tile first. (xlnaequenlxt was. when hillt- lllcw. much against his botiur lung‘ monf. decided to bruvn fiiuriiiifn indignation unri lake honlo iiiL‘. girl, sho made u conquest of lllm long before lic had reached his own gate. This personality. so strongly portrayed by illi‘ author, is the keynote of iilc wllulc bl-il‘ liuilt story. thrilling description which she gives of tho drive around tboihlpo liioml to North Rustlco liarhor. ‘it wzu-i- ill surroundings such thcllo tho future island novelist "3 revclled ill her surroundings and peopled them with folks of hor own Daughter of the Farm. It matters not in what prcdicll- ment Anne finds herself, she contcs out without any forced situations such as challenge the credulity of readers of other siorios of a more pretentious character. Miss Montgomery followed tlic usual course of a daughter oi‘ the farm even in our present day; she went to the country school, slic luniriculatsd into Prince of ‘Wales College. took a position as ateach- er and then drifted into Journal- 19111- 1111111111! 1191' 111'" 5th" 11B 11 its Style and Characteristics. on the staff of the The story is free. natural and convincing. and the narrative just ripples to its conclusion as P11101111" and snobantingly as a stream W91 its rugged course. "Anne 0f Green Gables" ehthriills the reader; at i it was there she learned tile art of self-expression. the art of con- deilsation and precise writing. so ]necossary to the novelist who has to cover a period of alifetlnle with- giri that has, made it, in‘ such enor- nfous demand covering a period o! i> Fewer peohio of the right sort ma! hcciilcnts in 1m and all Injured out Produce for more by the applica- tion of modern methods 0f course -—---oc-_...._ A‘ dessert that will he relished oc- nannlly is hot gingerbread served John. or wiiimti mam. 0111' firm were ill as Mi of poo-l (‘laflfli a III I, it would he an excellent thing Hover‘! 81-4 hllllnll distance of l.9i0,700.0|7 one passenger killed to carried nhd one in- Ill‘ in the space of two or three li\ln- dred Pesos. There. too. she start- ed earning her iflrst money as a contributor of’ poems and special articles and stories to various pub- lications mostly in- the United States. As a Poet. A paper byitseif on Miss Moni- gomery as s poet could be written. for she has contributed very large- ly of the Illll! to the periodical press. it is not my intention. how- ever, to devote much time and space to this side of her literary output. but i need hl-rdiy remind you that she is the writer of our mu- nincentisluid ‘l-fy which was ct to music ‘by the is e Mr. Wit on. organist of st. Peter's. lml which is h w pert of the . gniuii care onies st the o plug and clos- ing of school cxhiiii as nonethel- public hinctiolls. A little r. l think you will have an unit! and out of every 111.00 curried. of listening to tic rendering . of times it makes him shout out his laughter. and again it iii-inn h" heart strings, almost brli181118 111111‘! to his eyes, just as the mood and situation of tho heroine swings from gay to grave. The c lricterizaticn in the novel lsexcep anally good. There are not many ‘chit-asters, but each is de- lineated with a touch of genius. a tow suoln hers, s line therc- and you have before you the picture of a person you cannot help but re- oogiilie and get oil friendly terms with-or the reverse. But “Anne of GrcenGabics" has no character without his or her redeeming fen- fure. end as _ vwe mould r along through the simple lnlrica Ion o1 we have, iuiovn iicii NOD19 "1911." livso. and, eves llcil‘ shortcomings QpQQfl tequi- sflnpnthiel more than our “ma. Q, ‘guppy-g ups give a short m”! the llply with llllllble tlic ‘story. wsiioem to discover that Egg-nan?!‘ the buildings; Q . Sir Thomas White as p0 l; "day, extracts to illustrate tile authors style. Arc the Characters Real? Proceeding, Mr. Stewart ggil];._ And now it may be nBkEd. are th( ciluraciers depicted real characters interviewed on this subject several years ago. Miss Montgomery re- plied: "They are real and unreal.’ T111“ 1B. they are composite. The characteristics of different peoplt are taken and worked into one, so that one individual may represent Parts of many." That, i think. you will agree with me. is just the im» pression reading “Aline of (lreon Gables" gives one who knows Av onlea as well as I do. Our author carries the story on through other six volumes. follow- ing the characters and their des- cendants to the third generation. and I think. while Anne is really far and away the best of the seven volumes no one who has read ii will fail to follow the fortunes n1 the people portrayed down through tlic years and new situations which the passing of time brings about The other volumes are: “Emily Climbsf‘. “Emily of ‘New Moon." "Riila of lngleside," “Anna House of tDrealns," "Rainbow Valley." Should Avonlca be Capitalized? Apart altogether from the intrin- sic value of Miss Montgomery's novels, are We as a people capital- right to do? What l mean is this: scenes of popular works and the native places of distinguished auth- ors become shrines to be, visited by tho readers from all parts of the world. This is so with Burns’ admirers. This is so with Sir Walter ‘Scott's ndillircrs. This is so with R. 1.. ‘Stevenson's acliuircrs. This is so with hurries admirers Why should itllotbc so with Lucy Maud lfolltgomcryha admirers? Why do we not seek i0 popularize Prillcc Edward island ill its associ- ation with tile "Aline of Green Gables" series of novels’! An Island Literary Shrine. Think of the prominence this book has given to Prince Edward island, especially Cavendish and other localities therein described. Many hundreds of visitors have been attracted to our shores as ‘a rseuil. of their reading "Anne" and its successors. Many of our citiz- ens have been asked time and again ‘by strangers: Whore is Av- oiliea, tho iiCOllE of [Lucy Maud liiontiznmcrlfls story. "Anne offlroeli Gables"? Ami thoy anxiously Wait for directions. i know from experi- olico that inauy of our automobil- isrs hrivo noted the part. oi tluides. philosophers and friends iu inking piigrinlii In lilo scones which the)’ udmirc. llut what. n pity h" 1111114 and linw Ilistcrll: a spot as (from! Gables roilld not bo preserved for futuru gcuqrutions rnvelilm: ill tho stories. nnl only for the sake of tlic mully llilflili'0(li-l and thousands oi‘ visitors from abroad. but in the interest of our own youths. Tlic rising gcilcrutlou will visit this spot and puritans obtain inspiration to follow the path of literature in the footsteps of tile author. Perhaps aomcoilc will tiiko this 111111101’ 111 hand and start a movement to P0P- ulnrize the ccuntly of "Anne 0f Green Gables." Guard The Children From Autumn Colds Tile Fall is the most severe sen- soll of the year for colds-one day ls warm. the next cold and wet. 11116 unless the mother is on her guard. the iltlle ones are seized.- with 601d! that may hang ou all winter- Bsbym own Tablets are mothers’ best friend in ‘preventing or hon- ishing colds. They act as a 8611-110 laxative. keeping the ‘bowels and stomach tfree and sweet. An occas- ional dose of the Tablets will P16- vent colds. or if it does come on suddenly ‘their prompt use will re- lleve the baby. The Tablets are sold by ‘medicine dehiers or by mail at 25 can/ts a box from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine_Co.. Brockviille. Om. The most brilliant White Way in the country, is the claim now made by the 1depcrtment store f Stile Street. New and; fes-toons outline The ‘While WI is slightly out of the beaten pat of those seek- ing evening di lone, one end joining the end o the ‘Rinlto. i ‘.- "i , wards. izlng thenr-in theorem-vie have a LAmuial Session ~. 0f Grand Vision Sons 0f Temperance Should First Find Work Bald t0 be Abundant Here rom moons. Pnssinswf- rim- use mo LABOR couonna . On Monday Nov. Bub the annual Session of tne Gland Division of f.'.’°tl§§“'l.(furp§§.$§§'l§$ $21.11;: "Em-m *° *""°"' Lon, There were three sessions ON “Hggfiflpeanlu Lo". in all—moruing, afternoon and ev- ening. Quite a large number of the temperance workers from dif- ferent paria of the province were present and a deep interest was manifested. ' TORONTO, Nov. 12.-—"Tho|e ‘in- terests which advocate extensive migration from Great Britain to Canada should first find the work which is said to the aibundnnt. W!“ sa-Ithze following officers were pre- gamers m Canada mud n“ m be John Howard, Grand worthy informed o! the whereabouts o! Patriarch, Miss Lillian Mather-ion, 111"“ 1°1’“-" Grand Worthy Associate. lira Mc- Aay, Grand Scribe, Rev. R. ll. dtavel t, Grand Patron. Officers appointed pro-teal were as follows: day by Prosidiflnk. 'l‘0m MOON. of the Trades and balm- Oongrevl of Canada, to an editorial in the Mot‘- lliug Poet. London England, which J. F. Profit, Grand Coiidlfctor; °11?11"°d 11"" 9- 51F111" °f “flunk Rev. A. A. McLeod, Grand Chap- mmwrLbemi “"34 m” a “ma” ally state of unemployment. could be Arch C. Ramsay, Grand Sentinel. 31111011194 11y a “Vul- IIQW 12111-1118 David Arbiugi. Past Giraud industry whioh 111w sown: no 111 .v0,~tl1y I,a[|'laf[)h_ Canada. comparative to Soutih A!- Tillc following committees were 1108's?’ ppoiiliéfii “The abundance of work ia- the Credential colllmiitce. m. Mc- mining industry oo-n Molly stint 111 lay. ‘Peter Sinclair and Edwin Ed- lhfii 11100 01' 1119 TBP91119<1 119111811415 for Nova Scoiln. miners iiolr special measures to give them employment dluriilvg certain periods of the yea-r." said lilr. Moore. it cannot eflat i! tone considers mho claims of the mili- State of the Order committee: fumes Brodie, J. F. Profit and Rev. i. A. McLeod. Finance conllnittoe: Pcicr Sin- clair, David Arblng and Thus. illg industry for subsidies and pro Jninsay. tection. There is unomployinant Programme conlnlittee: Miss among miners of Nova 800110.. fflhs Ada ‘McKay, Mrs. Everett llasiain ind Alch C. Ramsay. Resolutions comiticc: Rev. R. ii. stuvert. Arch McKenzie and Rev. A. A. McLeod. The reports of the various offic- ers-Joihn liowalti, (l. W. Patri- trch; ira. McKay grand Scribe; .tev. it. H, Stavert grand Patron; ind Walter Clark grand Treasur- .-r were presented. While no great gain has been nade in membership a note of op- Jmism was evident ill all of the eporis. The subordinate divi- sions are carrying on faithfully and are doing good work in gen- lridustry cannot absorb workout n-om Great Britain." ---———{ Railway Merger Scheme On Foot In United States NEW ORK. Nov. 1i.-Tho New York H aid-Tribune says an 4m- portant railroad merger in the wea- tenn- half of the United States, em- bracing the "Hill rouds," the Great Northern, ‘Northern Pacific and lral]. l ‘The outlook for the future Cmaago. Bwnngwn and Quincy. .s r g t. whose wnrbincd capital is more Mr. Geo. A. McLeod of Halifax, .~.'. S. the Most Worthy Associate if the national division of the ions of‘ Temperance of North Am- AFlCB was present and was a. great .ource of inspiration to the local workersf _ . it ‘had been planned that Mrs. Anna Broednn the Most Worthy Patriarch of iihhc national division if the Souls 0f Temperance was to ittend this meeting of bbe Grand Jiviaiop oi‘ P. E. iisland but she was prevented from coming on ac- count of illness, ‘ Mr. McLeod brought the greet- ngs front tl-e National Division and also the Grand Division of Nova Scotia and gave a short ad- dress at the afternoon session. In the evening be told 0i“ the spienil id work being done within tihe sev- eral jurisdictions andgave o-very (snenlnl-‘d- nnén-rai-n) Anitptmtxhgt: 8:32:10? rggsshirllit. quite TOKIO’ Nov‘ 12' 7T“ Japan“ an lnteresiinK discussion was car-‘govemnleul decided to m”! "W'- ied m] daahm mm the “york ornseniatives of tho Pekin govern- nhe dumrem ly-hues or m“: work ,ment to discuss the demands of Short] before the close of ‘this-Mm “mar for a new “ea? be‘ i Y m l u f me tween the two countries. span He“ m‘ “Ten” INN“ 9 S’: thus becomes the first of several was held.“ c occ on rosu e powers who have “my,” with '15 1°11°“'*- China to officially show a wfliilil- new A’ A- Grandmeas to listen to the demands of Whitby 1‘11t11=1r$11~ y _ ‘$5.1'§§’“i§§.'§§§l§l“..i§Z§-§ "a 519K"- ("and '1‘ 0111‘? A” the abolition of cxtraterrifcrlaiity than 51.500.000.000. is under way. Arthur Curtlss James director of the Great Norchenn.‘ and the ingest individual ‘holder of railroad secur- ities in the country, indicated thil yesterday in despatciies received in the financial district. lilo was quoted as saying ‘that the eventual extension of the N011!!- wcst lines into _Caiifornia was James J. Hill's dream and that the came LPLIQ. To Discuss Chinals Dtmand For New Treaty McLeod. °°j1a§‘f~ prom Grand scribe land tho revision of customs dut- Rev. it. 1i. Stalvert, Grand rst-ifs_____ ‘ to our belief in ‘tihe worth or ran. y David Arbing. Grand Cllflplllillloiv" pyohlhlylon 18w and 595m‘ m" Peter Sinclair, Grand Conductomnnonlblnon inspection m“ we u‘. Wohor 0111111- 01111111 Trtu111of-‘stuutliug solidly behind them in all Miss Lillian Matheson. Grand Or- men. ntmmntn to have m“ u. 511111151- strictly enforced. Arch C. Ramsay. Grand Sentinel. 4_ [Benevlng “m. n no” do“ a; 101111 11°“'*11’11- Pa“ ("and intoxicating liquor is now 1V°11111Y Patr-flrch- used for presumably medicinal The officer-s were installed by purnosen and secured “rough ‘he Mr. Geo. A. McLeod. M. W. A., as- “bu” 0g ‘he prlylege 01- 15ml"; ell-lied h)’ 11"- R- 11- siavttil‘ P- prescriptions granted to tihe ineli J- W- P- 81111 511W"! 151111111113 i" in the medical profesion, resolved drflhfi 13011111117101‘ [that we urge upon our prohibition All invitation was received fromfhmmlsyon m0 “penalty 01.1013; Springfield division asking tho a“ n wel,- ymwm- g9 my; m1; 151111111 911451011 t" 111°11'- W1i11 abuse curtoinled and wherever them on the fourth. Tuesday in possiblo to bring she small number‘ January, 1927. ‘The invitation of men l“ mo mealggl pmfuglm was eriiopind- who are now abusing this Inf-Om. At the pilbifr. ntcotlng in tlic ov- brought m jufl|_|ca__and up“; lull; ailing quite l]. large gathering was the Bug-ma of ll,“ albugg o" chi Prfoohl- medical profession as a. whole. 11011 h. That aftcr twenty-five 788,10 ivlccicd Grand Wbrihy Patriarch (yl-pypol-lfllu, ol- ll", bgngfllg o1 P11151119“. 8111i tho 10110111115 Pm“ plohlbiiion. our order should at. grunlnic was wcli cariicd out. 0nd.‘ Qlganlzg p campaign of pub- 1. Owning Chorus. lllc temperance meetings, otc.. ilsr A. A. liicimod the newly 2- Remarks hv Chairman. Rov- tlic purpose of creating a stronger A. A- 111101-0011. (i. W. Patriarch. public sentiment in favor of our 3. Aildifi-“fl of Welcome, J. F. pl-psent prohibition law, This law has been in existence for a quarter of‘ a century and has pro- ven its worth beyond all doubt and we believe that ell iibat is needed prxiii. G. Scribe. . Duei——.\iessrs. Lymlslc, Som- l)lc and Parmenas Phillips. 5. Addressv-Geo. A. McLeod. M. \\'. is that we should have such a 6. Solo—.\iiee Ada McKay. loll-on; public sentiment behind ti. 7. Address-Mr. David 111111118. iaa will insure a mudh ‘more rigid Grand ‘Chaplain. enforcement than exists at iiho B. Solo-Rev. if. Grand Patron. ll. Stsvert. present time. 6. That we convey our thanks in 9. Address-Rev. A. A. Mcbeoil. all who assisted us in making the G. W. Patriarch. entertainment at our public meet- 10. S0l0—ira lllcKay. G. W. As-‘lag such a success. sociate. After all of these resolutions bad 11. Address-July. T. It. Saint. been adopted. Mr. Stavert in a. Offering, short stirllug address summed up the fact-l of the whole situation as it exists today and in the light U! what has been done for us by the heroes of the past in giving us this glorious heritage. in view of whit is being done today by bite faltlfiil workers and realising what gnit workers and realizing vlihnt yet to; mains to be dons to maio fills great Clnadilfi homeland of‘ our; ‘worthy of those who have ill! down their lives for it's be made our appeal w do ill’ their power in crush out from our midat this wont all“ nurses-Alfie cures of the liquor traffic. / » "'- Tiie meeting was clolcti U; the aingin: of the national nntiillll‘, (Pm-log Pious .0059.) ‘ SALT TUXIO. 12. Solo—Mr. Geo. A. McLeod. M. W. Associate Address——ilev. Patron. ii‘n the earlier pal-t of his address ‘Rev. R. ii. Stavert read the follow- ing resolutions commented upon chem and submitted them to the meeting. Those resolutions were then voted upon and adopted ‘by the meeting. They were as follows: 1. Resolved that one officers and members of this Grand Divls~ ion express their gratitude lo the Giver of every mod gift for the privilege or meeting in annual ses- sion on this the national ‘fllisnks- giving Day. 2. That we extend our thanks to those cititens of Keasingtou who in their lllndncsl and [ODQPOINJ R. H. Staverl. vacuums Th-is was the reply made yester- I railroad builder's dreams generally ‘opened their homes and entertain- ed so royally the various delegates Int! whims to the Grand 8. That we reaffirm" our initial-waits‘: Ilcrflflfl" moiill Milli». ‘llllllr feign all the salt coo olk l‘. iii when fly “i: 2&3 When . .-._.--_ r esnfvuqn-m- .-~<—_-_--_.. - _.._._.