'its timt‘. PéSiElQmUR TIIE BIIABLOTTETDVIII GUARDIAN Morning Dill] lPuunded In I887) Premier: ucm. Cal. w chute: i Mal-m Vice-President: J. B. Barbells IJ l. Qgcmllry: Ueut. CoL I). A. Mufinnoll. 0.8.0. Editor and Managing Director; .l. IL Burnett, FJ-L Associate Bdiwra: Frank Waller and UQII- Ill A Bunion. R.C.N.V.B. 10a Aotlvo Ber-flu) “The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.‘ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21p 1945 Shelved Again M Parliamuit has prorogucrl and the Can- adian flag uucstiun has been shelved oncc tnore. \\'h.n was the UlllfiCl of the lotig-winded debate on this question, and whose interests were scrvcd by thc shzuloiv-boxing Prime ;\lin- istcr [Qing \\{l.\ tloitig", (luring lllr,‘ heal of last June's Fctlvwtl t-lcction, in promising Canada would have a itational, distinctive flag? The issn. was of small importance to this lection of Canada, where thc opinion is prcttv general that tlu- Union lack i. good enough to gut itlnllg nniitr, at lcas: until more prcssiitg pruhlcnls lli1\{' hct-n solved. But that was not Mr. King's idea. So, as soon as Parlizunciit nict, he appointed a Sen- zttc-tlnnnmns connnilwc lo pass on designs for l ncw flag. suiibolic of thc Canada of today. Mcatiwlnlc, 11> a gcsturc of some kittd or other, Mr. King nrtlt-rcd the .\l9l‘CllZ\Ill Marine en- sign flown fruit. the Peace Tower, even though the full lfnion lack was flying from other gov- crnmcnt buildings in (lttawa. The committee would seem to have wasted (lnlv a minority cvcr considered rc- moying the Llnion Jack from the Canadian flag, and the zirgumcnts, pro and con, were concern- ed not aboti‘ a flag, but about the symbol for the Hag. 'l"hc connnitttic is now disbanded, with no conclusion rcachcd. Probably it doesn't mattcr an_v\\‘a\. liut to people scriotisly c011- cerncd abou: the state of national affairs,- the timc wasted in Parliament over this farce was truly lamentable. Subsidized Too The Central Provinces are complaining that the Maritime coal industry is subsidized out 0f the taxes of the people of Canada. The Sydney Port-Record has a good answer to that. “Do those people who givc vent to these cries,” it asks, "ever remember that there are very heavy subsidies paid lo the production of electric pow- er? It is estimated that the failure of the Do- minion Governmctit to impose taxation on the Hydro Commission in Ontario, on the same scale that taxation is imposed on coal-produc- ing companies. means a loss to the Dominion Treasury of some $25 million a year. As for Quebec, a contrast between this situation in Gjntario and the taxes paid by private power companies of Quebec has led to the Provincial Government taking over onc of the large power companies, so that. it will save Dominion taxa- tion. The savings are estimated at $8 million a year. “Now, the ability of Eastern and West- em Canada to sell coal in Central Canada, after paying transportation costs. is much affected by the price at which electric power is made avail- able in Central Canada. Obviously, if the Do- minion Government subsidized electric power production, while failing to impose the regular amount of taxes on it, the subsidy goes in the direction of limiting the market for coal from other parts of Canada. "It is just as well to keep this in mind, when the cry is raised that coal production is being subsidized by the Dominion Government. So, for that matter, is the production of elec- tricity, whcrevcr the Provinces have decided to run this production on Socialist lines." Sealing Playing Out The sealing industry of Newfoundland, punctuated with a long history of adventure and tragedy, apparently i.s fading into the rug- ged past of the island. An explanation of its virtual disappearance is the cost of ships which, with 111C C-Wehlivn of the stecl steamers first uscd in I003. can be employed only two months and not bc l‘.\'"ll in other work during the rcst 0f lhfi Ycllli Ylhc last flcct to sail for the ice- fields was m 1941, That 91¢ industry is practically obsolete is obvious from the figures 0f ships and men employed-An 1006 thcrc were 25 steamers and 1,460 mcn. ln 193!» thc catch was about 150,- 000 scals, vilucd at around $200,000. Whcn scal hunting was one of the import- ant factors in tlic itidustrial life of St. Iohn's. in I355, the St. lolurs Seal~skinncr§ Union was formed. ll is lhc oldest trade union org- anization in Newfoundland, and one of the oldest in the New World. ln those’ days, when a man could skin 300 or (450 seals in nine hours or so, Ne\\foundlzlntl was exporting 44o,- 828 sisal skins zinnnzilly. The gradual decline of tho industry i.- >lltl\\'ll in the figures for seal skins crcporlcd. ln I805 tlp; numbg] was 81,. out); 440,828 in i850; 203,858 in 1900; 133,- 689 in 1936. The largest figure is for the Earl" Ycar of I331, when £186,836 found outside markets, and the lowest fjgure was in 1920, with 33,985. Franklin Centennial The hundredth annivérsarv of the ill-fated Franklin expietlition was commemnrated by the Dominion Government this year. The fate of the intrepid exnforer is discussed by Mr. W. Q. Ketchum, feature editor of the Offaiva Journal, In the December, number of the Canadian Geo- graphical Journal, who had visited the Polar tfgions about which he writes. Last September the ,,l':'.|atern Arctic Patrol on board the Nas- i bfbult,’ impressive‘ cercmonv in i? overboard. Captain Sir lohn Franklin. "1111115 third quest fur the “Northwest Putin‘? . sail- ed with a complement 0f over a hundred men. in the two Royal Navy ships, the Efcblls and Terror, of 37o and 240 tons respectively. These vessels were last seen in Disco Bav. Greenland- On iluly 26, i845. a whaler had received on ‘board at Melville Bay ten of the Chiflf Officfl-S of the expedition who reported all wcll. Noth- ing was heard directly of the leader or any mem- ber of the expedition after this, but a record m the handwriting of two of the captains was sub- sequently found, reporting the death of _S|r John on the 11th 0f lulle- 1847. 35 Wcll 35 "me officers and iftcen of the men. A5 the cenolaph erected at Beechey Island records, these Eallant “P101113 “Wffered and perished in the cause of science and the serv- ice; of their country. . . . They issued forth t0 conquer difficulties or to die." The name of “this heroic satilor soul” will ever be kcpt in grateful memory by all who admire the virtues of fidelity and courage. —l:l)l IURIAL NUI [IS- v Now practically only two days till Christ- mas, time for eleventh hour shopping. i ll‘ 1K 1k The Conservative powcrs-t-hat-be in Sum- mcrsidc must now be sorry they did not follow their‘ lcatlcrS advice and contest the by-clcc- tion, The First Distiicadid and W011 out. Thcrc is no guarantee that l\lr, Morley Balk the new I\I.L..»\., will replace Mr. Fred Large as Attorney General. The matter rests entirely with the Premier, who is supreme in the choice of his cabinet and portfolio holders. It is customary to choose these from members 0f the Lcgislaturc, but not necessarily so, and if any other titcmber of the Government objects, all he can do is himself to risign. ' 1F “If we really wanted social security, most of us could have made cur plans accordingly years ago, (says Tlic Printed Word). There is no reluctance on the par: of insurance agents to show us how we can build up an estate, pro- vide for our old age, meet the cost of unforc- seen accidents or illness. lt is true that to pav the premiums for a risk free existence entails for most of us the renunciation of some im- mediate pleasures. In time the voters may realize that there are premiums to be paid on state plans of social security, and that they en- tail the same renunciations” a: *- x y St. 'l'h0mas's Day, falls on the winter's solstice, the shortest day in the year, as expres- sed in the coupler: Sit. Thomas gray, St. Thomas gray, Thcdongest night and the shortest day. The seven days preceding, and the _sc\'en days following the shortest day, were called by the ancients Halcyon Days, as expressive of a period of tranquility and happiness, the term being derive-l from the fable that during that period the halcyon bird, or kingfisher, breeds, and the sea was always calm for the purpose, she hatching her eggs on a floating nest in the midst of the waters, Dryden thus alluding to the notion: Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be, As halcyons brooding on a winter's sea. w i: i: w The European demand like that of the rest of the world is mainly for essentials such as textiles and household goods, and British manufacturers are turning out these goods as fast as they can. At the same time industry is showing a. remarkable versatility in meeting the widening demand for non-essential, luxury goods. A flying horsebox is the latest pro- duct designed for a specializcd market-racc- gocrs. Intended for the transport of racc- horses, it has been developed by a United King- dom aeroplane company as orie of the many uses for their new plane. A prototype will be shown this month and the plane will be in pro- duction by the new year. The flying horsebox opens up the prospects of the runners for next year's Derby or Grand Prix being flown from their stables to the course on the day of the race. This system of horse transport will probably prove very popular since horses do not suffer from air sickness. The idea is not a new one-mules and pack horses were trans- ported by air to Burma t0 assist the British Fourteenth Army in jungle war. It! 11 i1 1i Sweeping charges that graft, corruption and intimidation in the Montreal Police De- partment have permitted racketeers to realize a $10,000,000 a year net profit from gambling and prostitution in Montreal for the last 2o years were contained in a petition for a iudicial probe of police affairs submitted to Acting Chief Justice W L. Bond. The Grief Justice took the petition, signed by 7o qualified elec- tors of the city and presented on their behalf by jean I. Penverne, K.C., under consideration, and will decide early ncxt week whcther- he is iustified in ordering a'iudicial inquiry into vice conditions generally and the municipal police administration since 1925. The petition charges thabwcll-known members of the local gangland and underworld have conspired with certain polices officials to insure profits for all; that guns seized by police'wcrc later found on bandits arrested in bank holdups; that certain detectives did not attempt to stop robberies which they knew would be committed; that bribery is a common institution in the police department; that_gambling and prostitution houses have the opcn protection of police; that the real/operators were never arrested and that promotions are often bought. The petition also requests an investigation of the ambulance set-up in the city. The probe is sponsored by the Citizens’ Vigilance League, a non-racial and inter-religious organization which has, as honorary presidents Archbishop losepb Char- bonneau and the Right Rev. John Dixon, Lord Bishop of llfontreal, while the active president is Mrfjustice Edouard Fabre Surveycr. Dur- ing its campaign to clean up vicc. the league, whose lawyers will be Ieau l. Penvtrne. K.C.. and John Crankshaw. K.C., has received the » humilit- Sound. in honour of hi; fallout companions, with a lilo dipalltlm of a wreath official support of clubs and organizations hav- im a total membership of 200,000 citizens of Montreal. . .1"\i ... \ THE CI-IA_RI4.AOIT_ 519W" 61145911“ 1 Notes By 77w Way So often It ll the case flint "l0 person who asks your advlce does so because of the opportunity thul afforded to tell you his troubles. _.Kltchener Record. growing at 55. lint. his sense of hearing also begins to fall off a- bout um time. 8o why develop lugs like an elephant when they don't. mean a thlngll-Ottawa Cltl- zen. From the great mass of figures presanted to the food production conference one thing stands 0ut— that. ‘Canadians are eating today more of almost everything than they did before the war, and thls despite rationing, In other words. considering the country as a whole- ratlonlng is n0 hardship. 11111 15 an effective means of even dis- trlbutlom-Ottawa Journal. Is respect for the law to be ex-i acted from all citizens, or are prl-l vileged groups to ,be entitled tn disregard so much of the law ‘as does not. meet their approval, with» entire indifference to the rights of others? It ls up to the provin- cial government to take such steps‘ as shall leave no doubt. as to what. constitutes lawful picket- lng and what does not. Strikers must. be lflllliiflfifl that they are not above the law.—-Toronto Tele- gram. Coal is front. page news today. -It fs difficult to reallze that .here was a time when coal was highly unpopular. Legislation was intro- duced to prevent its use, In the reign of Edward I coal was rc- garded with the deepest suspicion and disfavor. Its use was forbid- den in London. The penalty a- gainst infringement of this law was most. severe-n large fine or even the suspension of a busi- ness. O.ne Londoner was convicted and sentenced to death for break- lng it. —Toronto Saturday Night. Through permlttlng sub-normal persons to marry and have fami- lies, we are merely increasing our social problems, us well as crout- ing conditions which are danger- ous to the general public The frr-edom of the lndlvldual—one of our so-called prized POSSPSSZOIIS in this country — of course, is brought intdquestion and chnl- longed by any suggestion that the privilege of marriage should be denied any individual, HDWGVGLI there may be times when freedom] should be considered tn its broad-‘ est sense; and certainly freedom and protection for normal per-l sons as a common possession ls.‘ undoubtedly threatened when l physically or mentally diseasi- l persons are allowed to marry and propagate their species. —-Guolpl1 Mercury. Enough has been done, mostly by individual effort to prove that edible fruits can be grown on the Western Prairies. Apples. crabnp- plesfplums and several nf the small fruits have been established for years ln small orchards. Somc are [town on official experimen- tal fprms, hut many more have, flowered and borne fruit in mime gard ns in both city and country. Now omething much bigger, lmldq int: reat promisg for the futurtgl ls a, ct. ‘ prehensive plan for the breedmgl l to the prslrle west. has been pre- sented to the Ottawa authorities by the Western Canadian Society of Horticulture, The program would embrace thirty testing stations and blanket all sections of the three Prairie Provinces. Edmonton‘ Journal. I We‘ must search the whole rang» of human emotions and motives tn' discover whaLmakes a man wnnf. to bé a policeman and, after he becomes one, what qualities pro- perly|mlxed make hlm a great de- tnctl , says The New York Times. He ust have a taste for danger, or at least be subllmely careless of lt; an nblllty to think in de- vlous ways as the criminal would thlnk; a faculty for hard sustained work, mental and physical, and the restless, curious, tenacious mlnd that can plgeon-hole a small, seemingly irrelevant detail for months and even years until it luddenly takes on meaning, The good copper knows the right peo- ple fn the underworld; how to talk to them and to make them talk- and suddenly he gets the one ll- lumlnatlng tlp that later intro- duces a solution with the familiar words, "Acting on Information ob- tanled." It lppenrs that although Brit- ish girls married to enemy allcns are allowed to retain British na- tionality, those with Polish hus- bands are automatically deprivvd of their proud birthright. Amazing but true, as the following case will show, says The London Times. An English girl, a section officer ln the W.A A Force, married to a Polish flight lleutenant ln the RAE, has just been released from war service with the lnfoi- maflon that she ls no longer a British but a Polish subject (what- ever that may mean nowadays), and that she must register herself n: an allen. Presentlng herself ac- cordingly at the police aliens office and after walling thr e hours‘ ln a herd of nondescrlp relgners, the necersa y formalltles were completed, and she received In- structions to report her future movements to the police. She very naturally feels that she hagluffer- ed gross lndlgnlty and cruel ln- justice. There ls l move afoot by two national associations of bedding manufacturers to provide more deep acreage for nix-footers, It l: suggested that an addltlqnnl ltandard length of 78 Inches-the present la 74 inches-for bed: and mattresses be established to im- prove sleeping comfort: for bnk- etblll centers and their liken. Thin come: an mighty good new: to those of ul a fraction of an Inch over 74 Inches. 1n the winter es- clally we have to sleep cat fuh- on or take the chancu of hnvfnl our pea tweaked by Jack Frost. We once knew a nix-foot down- lhlner who blanketed hi: feet In heavy wool rock: and jurt let ‘cm hanl over the and. Mlb-IGPO. tom- pernturu notwithstanding! Strange u lLJIllY mm, the ho fa lg the o e who la really pulling for this j-lnch bed. Ono‘ wlfo who» It’; said that a man's earl B10? i d under the impression that ‘parents before them: pursue ronun (It RURAL POST OFFICE HOUR! Bin-Ir the owner of a country store, ln which the community post ofllce ls located, justified ln closing the post ofllce to the pub- llc on Wednesday afternoonslwhen he closes his store? Thls ls the practice ‘in the communlty in which the writer lives. The writer ls of the oplnlon that. the post office may be closed on all holidays sanctioned by aw. Is he right? I am, Sir, etc., OBSERVER. O O (The postmaster ls within his rights ln closing on Wednesday afternoons lf this ls the general busincss practice in his commun- lty. He has express permlsslon to do so, but he must not neglect his duty of receivlng and dispat- chlng malls.— (Ed. G.) . Mr. jiggs Observes An Anniversary (Time Magazine) It was a party Jlggs would have mightily enjoyed. Into the lofty grand ballroom of Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria, shirt-sleeved waltz- ers, sweating, bumping against chairs and calling hoarse warn- ings. ferried outslze trays of com- ed beef and cabbage. Powers mod- els swlrled among the 1,081 guests. handing out clay pipes. On the stage, aging Funnyman Arthur ("Bugs") Bser cracked wise, a line of Bloomer Girls pranced through a dance routine, Bing Crosby crooner! Tbo-ra-loo-ra-lno- ml. and then Morton Downev sang it again. When ll: was over, the guest of honor, a fat, button-nosed oldster who is regarded by his cronies as the splt and image of Jiggs, nustled buck to work. George Mc- Mimus was a lltt-le worried at taking two hours for lunch, even ll Mr. Hearst was paying the blll. The Waldorf-Astoria luncheon celebrated a comic-strip mile- stone: McManus had started Bringing Up Father ln the old New‘ York American exactly a third of a century ago. Its durabil- lty was a monument to the public! tolerance of a stereotype endlessly repeated. and to Publisher Hearst's taste in comics. Most readers were Jiitss had never changed ln all the years they had read lf. But lt wasn't so: the women's dress styles 1n Jfggs had advanocd to circa I928, and Jiggs himself looked qulte differ- ent from his first appearance 1n 1912. O I I Silk-batted Jfglzs had made Mc- Manus a “tell-dressed millionaire —and had chained hlm to a seven- day week. In Manhattan last week to attend the lunch and to sign a contract for a series of Maggie and Jimzs movies. McManus borrowed an office. There he and assistant "Zeke" Zekley scratched away to k-eap up to date on the daily and Sunday strips for which more than Nobody who reads Bringing Up Father can be sure whether Jllzrts is a flrsl name or a last (Mc- Manus doesn't know either), or how Jlggs made his money (Mc- Manus thlnks he must have been an Irish contractor. since so many of his friends are liod carriers and steel workers). But of some thlruzs they may Ir sure. like their Jlgfls can't stand his wife's friend-s. lives 1n daily fear of her well-aimed rolling pln and crockery, but. will never hlt back. And there will never be a contlnued story in Jlggs. ‘Says McManus: "I g1 day." The first strip McManus dld was a slapstick called The Newlyweds. Last. year old Mr. Hearst. got to Icmemberlnaz 1t — even though he couldn't. remember its name — and ordered the artist. to resume "that strip With the baby." S0. since January. the Sunday Jigs: strip has had Snookums and the Newly- weds at lts top. Hearst once told McManus that "rushing llrowler" was out, since subscribers ln dry states might be offended to see the characters lugging cans of the beer. Pretty won came a wire from Kansas: ‘I fold you to take out the liquor.’ Sometimes I think all he looks at ls the comics." Drop That Shovel! (widen Ema Prue) About this time of your the fur- mwe and coal-bin take on a. oom- mmdkig aJ-r. So far me householder attain-fit fats that possibly wt . tlhlec and almost cartalnly wftibh continent can have atomic wlrtlt coal develwcnt mlc power ls in but may delayed by eoonom 00m ' a b0 and war m- Aigrou of calcium In New York vxprmsedlslm view! B800!!! IIIOI b“. ‘Pm Malls-lint!" a f. m burn nnnkod All!“ {Jllllfl “RI vecmagagsbe ""- reality loam OM10 WIMQ fonln l” a. - feed» HI!!! “l _Y° And will!" Iél a m mu- inns. mncmcycllmiivd flwiilhhll Anotherlsthanlfvealntamo. 1 wftihlin the sons’ forever 1on8 my‘; hold fut: gll); God, {binary all» will llsl. u, ma, fotr lffe: and now bh W111 kiss um very w» o! M11» iii-sis: "n" "r "W " As poppies vnmlnc 10"!“ "l1- finial-bub’: ‘i131? u $01”, 12$ W601)! _ Baunrd S. 1., in The N"? my York Times. Cash For Potato“ (Winnipeg Free Pren) As trade negotiations begin among the important. trading nap tlons of the world much will be heard of multilateral trade as dls- tlnct from bilateral trade. These are formidable words and the man on the farm or ln the towns ln trying to understand] them will receive little aid from a standard dictionary. An excellent explanation of both was given by M. W. Mflflkenllfl. deputy -mlnlster of ‘Trade and Commerce, in a recent address at Montreal. "When a farmer takes a load 0! potatoes to sell at a market," said Mr, Mackenzie, "he sells his produce for cash. With thls cash he can 8o to the grocery, the dry- loods store, or to the lmplement dealer, and use hls cash to buy what he needs. He can spend his money where he wishes. "He doesn't have to spend lt with the man to whom he sold hls potatoes; and with money In hls purse, he doesn't have to dlo ker with each merchant from whom he buys to flnd out how many pounds or bushels of pota- toes he must trade ln for aplouqh or a baa of flour, or a pulr of shoes, or anything else he needs. Because he has cash that ls gen- erally acceptable he is ln a posit- lun to carry on what ls really multilateral trade." Put Canada in the position of that farmer and the various nut- lons of the world ln the position of the various merchants and storekeepers and the meaning of these two trade terms becomes clear. Under multilateral trade, the money of the various coun- tries ls interchangeable, The pounds sterling receivcd f0!‘ our exports to the Unlted Klvuz- dom can be used to pay for goods bought ln Belglum, China. the United States and so on. Under the bilateral system, our trade with each Indlvldualcountrywould have to be balanced separately just as the farmer would have to make separate deals PY- changlng hls potatoes for what he needed from each merchant. The advantage: of the multilateral syl- tem are obvious. Employer ‘Sittlown? (Financial Post) 1n both Canada. and the United smec recently, an increasing num- r of privately-owned. old fam- ily businesses have been sold. Sometimes the orlglxial meat continues for a while, but eventually disappears 1nd with ft the initiative on which that pur- tfcular enterprise was founded. In one of its rare editorials. Standard and Poorc Corporation. puts its finger on a imlor reason for this new trend ln owner-shin when ft says: " of dollars are now comma 111w the stock market from men who. discouraged by the seem- lngly endless flght wlch labor and bvgr- _ the Government. have uletly sold The“ W1 R- wwt on a trln." their mdlvldual entemr u. the sald McMzmus. “I kept on with major corporations that. are beb- teroqlllnnedtocarrlvontkutonc- aided flaht. This fa not. hear-my: we see ft ln the new accounts com- lmz tn our attention. "Many qf the returning who had planned Y to o service- ao con- lnto busfnus for themselves meet tahe some dis- wuralzenwn . Favored tn tremb- mqn-t and my credit for small bmlnemnon are well and mood. but. when the sure reward of suc- cess ls to b0 made a tnrlet for ceaseless lmbor attach. the entre- peneurfnl lnouwlve Ls considerably reduced. ‘This la no sympathy for actlonnry employer. but uveot of a t. ' wow r tbemhfde-botmd i:- n unto- . ll ful. whether lt be unemployment from economic camel. uiforcummf. of “feaMwx-DedAInR" ruler lonl, monwolv rutrfotfonl by er lmllnel or labor olllnflntfonl. or failure to utfllre fully the country's ll tulmt. 'umn n l ulna no fn 1f they entail econ- rom my than nouns. Labor and the connun- lnfl‘ publlc generally. will DI . of er fn higher D1100! or to achieve price reduat wall u induced who bmfem might wofuh mounnda of pleura 1n this wiountry who an vrhotht It worth wbflo to mour 0 tan flew 71014. 011cm: W699! ' m . lonlu. v cs1- 4 LOAD, 01- Tm: 01200206....- OECEMBER 21. 194s 1= a:~._—__—,§ rm m r/cnim u; 8W0» o 'R00!k0 m? son XMAS ear-rs ‘nou. voun. Owens’ wlu. APPRECIATE - ’ an, rtmuiem? qden ‘s c ll" ‘IO llIll-Dll-IOIITIIII TO IIOII ISOLATION TIME SHORTENED TORONTO. Dec. 19 — (C?) — Reduction ln lsolatlon period: for scarlet. fever and Dollomyelltls (ln- fantile paralysis) have been ord- ered by the Ontario Department of Health ln reluflatlons now going out to health officers throufthout. the province. Scarlet fever isolation him been cut from 28 w 21 days and polio from 21 to l4. Prlnclpal reason given ls that ft has been estab-' llshed that neither dlsease la communicable after its first clin- lcaJ wnpearunce. The move fol- lows the practice adapted ln New York State where polio now is treated ln public hospitals wit-b- out Isolation. NEW Tim-m xnscnou mourns: wru. "THINK" LONDON -Unlted Kingdom scientists are hoping m produce what, will be the most wonderful calculator 1n the world-a mach- lne that can "think". Ilixperl- rncnts are now being carried out by the newly formed Mathematics Dlvlslon of the United Kingdom Department of Sclentlflc and In- dustrial Research. If the expert- ments are successfw-and Mr. Wormesley the Superintendent ml: add, subtract, multiply and dlv- lde, but from instructions pnevl~ M15117 nut into lt the machine will be able to decide what lt mould do in different circumstances without any outside help. t. F. infirm» a son OPTOMETRISTS “Specialists tn the flf- ting ‘of glasses for tho correction of ocular de- facts.‘ 53 Grafton Street For Foot Ailments cousuur if. J. A mm“ \ Orthopedic BIIIRUPODIST Ill Grout Goons SW00! (‘JIIARLOTTITOWN P.l.l UV SIBELIUS HONORED BY‘ BIRTHDAY CONCERT IONDON. Dec. 19, — A 00m cert in honor of the 80th birthday of Sf us, dlttlngiushed women to the Albert Hall Sutur- day night Blr ‘Thomas Beecham conducted with such vigor that he broke a collar stud. ‘Professional Bards Q I I ' Neil W. Higgins Chartered Accountant 144 Richmond St. Charlottetown TO] 589 Box 6' PALMER c; HASLAM A. l. HASLAM. 8A.. LL‘ BARRISTER. ETC. Bllk of Nnvn Scolla Chnmbofl Charlottetown. P. E. I. 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