M ofrT *_ pati l` he ‘ -=' ,ai ..- - (1118 Jan E and A Jan ._ ,. tlor 3 e2i; 5 ::: l )\:i.l r mill i1,~ . 171 >'tiir vial .-1 rim iliir ind, .' il. I-:iii <4 1 .siilc - _ ~ :: 1'. _ - 15|) < : i .1 '~ i ii _ff _ iii'-1 ». i-;l~ ,' _ iii'»r ' pill, siili .’ and Ili'-- \ Km 1 _\ _ min ` . lint: _ li _ ~‘ -If - i' _ hole 'P' _.___ 'l _ - A Per 1. 000. Both in lirance and Great Britain the birthrate 11111\“» 1'” 11 '"ff11’1° “"1” 01 1111111' £`*_» ,.011 n has been declining for many years. Similar condi- ""1 ‘°"'~' “`“" ‘“" f°""“""‘s "”“‘” 1 Z: It has been observed in _Great Britain, France, 1, Ili Yi-ar ll 'il 1‘i1ii\fn\fis e1»S<‘“'1\fi°'\-IS in 111-' out ‘in intelligent and widespread education of the young 1'" an 1 people of to-day, lies this continent’s best protection _ft __ J. 'against the political and social dangers which threat- Sy 1";-11111: en _all conimunities. This boon is only obtainable by hi paying teachers a wage which will at least place fivilfirili' Of 'iw Dwiilc time had ‘ them on a parity with other callings that require less 11”?" "1"" 11"" th” °°“"1 °"‘“f‘?"` capacity and less preparatory training. Too many ,;:”"" “"‘”"‘ “"" """“°“"‘ ‘° '°""` boards of trustees seein to think that the reward ofl the teaclici' should chict`l_\'~ come from the supposed 'gentility of the calling in comparison with other _forms of work; and that education, while undoubt- °°1"“ ‘11"1"“1‘1' 1" 111111111111 1111115911 .sr-1'- fx; ,_ edly desirable, is not worth paying for.” Pm V. ` rv 1 Y Y ~ 1 ~ 1 1 1 “H (11111 I ll lu \\ li\ .\N I) \\ lllull l‘.i'0Rl*.. 111 :_-4; _ Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King says: “Is it not sig- ;1"’ B’1“fS“ ‘1‘“’1‘1"°“ 13 “11 ‘11‘1"°1" Vnificant, indeed, that there is not a political happen- “fi ’““"' O" ‘"8 °°”"“" h” im' ' ing of first importance since the death of Sir Wilfrid 311, _ Laurier which has not afforded unmistakable evi- that ahi~ih_g hhii hai-i~ ihh hiicouh- I th _ dence o_f his political \visdoni_" One of thc political 'ef ills 1l1"11>" 11~°11=1l'1-<1 S-‘1\Si1>1>'- A 1 11 g Am .happenings (says our contemporary the St. John *1'"‘1”‘111‘""_“""‘ B"°`11€“ 1””-V 1*' ; will Standard) has been the rise of the Farmers’ Party,, fum ‘hat “S MSE did “M °°’“e which according to Mr. King himself is an “evidence .1 of Liberal thought and feeling” operating __,», -.--f.. ».<._a ,»_-_`,.,._-_ $13 O onclusion that Laurier had led the Liberal to lead it back into the straight and narrow wa _ , other political event of first importance has 1 the liquidatioii of the Grand Trunk, a course imposed lm "5 is §‘\’,;“‘°`l;’“l;;11\t1""li“‘E;"t"' I1 ~ ' ‘ ' . _ r upon the Government by the _disastrous results of ,,"”“ t a Y 9° ° mg “ - pening of some interest has been the sowing of ' hapsriii the estimation of Mr. King the only political 1; _ _ t happening of first importance since the dea _ Party has yet to be proven. it llli{'I`i! _\Nl) l)i‘].\'i`ll R.-\'l`l‘l. - i I _.___ l' “Unless some startling change tal=\i'1*1vn-" Milling lf” 1 dinary observer as if the farmers had come to the 11"" °`1‘“’1'* X11' 111” "‘”“"“'“ ‘lf Party “ld ’ . ' _ ’ e astray, and that the new leader was not to be trusted 11,»,11`§.S_ _ , ,Ge,,1,,, 11,111 ,101 be AH- nioro iiniiiislukablc. Being in that been line iiiyself, l was under no illus- Y - Lauriei-’s Grand Trunk Pacific policy, “the crowning @11111i@s h1i11ht he ghihg 1.1 his p1,11_ chievement of his career." Another political hap- wh; but ghhihh is genius all the Seeds same in victory or _defeat." The of division in the Liberal ranks in Quebec. But per- f`““"‘ “f H" ""“"""1" °" "“` gm' h Of tier deliglrteil in it, and waved his Laurier has” been his ascension to the leadership oi ` ,` the distracted Liberal Party, though in that case the political wisdom of Sir Wilfrid and the whole Liberal e_ the ling and ii iiiissive British colossus Wl“€Sl` against Beckett, who appeared Pirsifal" or l3ecihoveii’s Ninth irsie tliciiisclvvs by hetliiig. _ A Senzible Appearance liven ilic l’rinci~ of '\\'ali=s liuil Yieard when he made ii brief speech, in account of the clieeriiig. Tile stinguislieil repni'ic~_r iris close to ckett wlirn he entered uiiil con- raiiicls thc cominon belief that esscd Shaw as being a very sen- le looking mziii, and lic observes his aid i;i time to make him odzc ii iiifitcli with Carpeiitier. Shaw i~ofcr_- to Carpcniier as “an .e North. “I have seldom receiv- =o \lv111an inipresslon,' h ut to be Peter the Great, and that riiors was noticeably iliffereiil. eckett ap; eared nervous. Carpen- liiinils and ici.-‘sed his fingers to iriciids whom he picked oiit_ Ile was obvioii"_l_v ii iiiiiii born tp doin- liisitc asseiiiblics. No Str'p!ing is Carpcntier Shaw say: rlial thc stories of re- poi'ters iibrii` a frail French strip- rc iiltcr noiisense_ On the contr- ry, the physical omens were all trained too fine. “He had ii com- pact figure, ii hoxllkc chest, stout unipy iiriiis,iiscful only for punch- nil, and n. ihilckish iicck, too just wlivrc tho wi~i?,lit should bc. lie has it loin: cheat, ii long reach, long, iic.\ilhii»_ iii-ck, and lust, but ss Beckett ooulil wear him down md outstay him, and stand a gpg) it." Shaw ihcii makes tlie curi~ Daily Selections For Guardian Readers Furnished by W. S. Louaon Q-Q-Q-§y¢o< ~ sooo#-64000094 uffvov o "QQ‘f'°"~’. Q V 9 U&‘¢ O-¢¢.'§‘O'Q'O » 0 . ¢ ‘ ' _ v *O WHY HE DROPPED THE HOE AND STUCK THE FORK To fathers uiiil inotliers on ilie farms of Priiico Edward island. If the cap doe:;n't fit. pass lt on. W. S. LOUSON. lad? 'hy did you boil and leave your dad? hy did you heat it off io town And turn your poor oiil fnilier down?" "i left 'ny diid, his farm, his plow. Beraiise my mir lieciuiie his cow; I lofi my fliiii, 'twiis wrongpoi’ course. ilocaiiso my coil bccnnio his horn.. At Diana iWatts announced that she ‘ one of the hmm and by no lent Greek gymnastics, and repro- ineans the most commonplace duced with her own perm” the roam of George Bernard Shaw gms pose and action of the Discoholus reDort the Beckett-Carpentler ?;gnlth?naT;2°;;”;itgehlieraclessei wrt! the higgmt yea, In history ht ln London.1le attended in the or wmchchad up ti) tha\:s;l::;’ hge” lor the mbm Last year 11111-;y.|\v9 terests of a1~t. science. literature considered physically imposbiblo minion Camus were som and 51511-1. d 'he L°“d°“ `N3u°“‘ and nm Her method who 10 move 111111 |,11'1'_ buted in the United States. and-this oduct was about two thousnud1 ords it was to have heeii expect Qmce the body on ms ban of the ye b A Bible c-an be bought for ' ' . im er. that Shaw’ as an Irishmani, not without using the heel, and to '11 recalls tliat some years ago a Mrs had discovered the secret oi' anc- ,cornbine this with 'a certain tech ould bo iutcrcsted in such a noi- ,mqu f th _ ' ` te e 0 e diaphragm To tho 1` e hickeriiik as that staged be- M. C , 111 th 01 _ , 1 _ .h usandth year it is st B In B ore tlio niost disliiiguislied gather- cr lc "pcm er appeared to bu ` 0 moving on the same principle ing thiit ever attended ii prize iight ` we d. moreover, as the author of Th G ml e reek Athlefe A icn tliougnmi y1;»;1-5 0111; 1115 Q.,-,105 with the ’Blble. You think you havo_ i-i~t that his si-at cost him ten Sw ummgh “Une wms_ and his 1-1.1111 11 1111, Go through its pages ning \\-pat he has paid for seats Fxpwssion or imPnse,y collcomru again ,ms Gvenim 11111] 111111 501110 W _ 1, _ .i lcd \\ill fr' h ' 1 [1 > .11 - ii(-_~ inphoiiy, ziiiil as lic looked about. hull 0x,,,,p1_gh1;Ilj,1;;,;,IZ,:)Ie1330112; so ni the thought occurred that the for too busy to uftcnil io :such cur- iosiiies." 'i`lierc was really no flglil, For a few inoiiicnts Beckett stuck close to his man; llien hc was or. ilored lo lii'e:ik; and from that ino- iiivnl thi- bzitilv was lost. Tlirvi- liines (‘iii'p:~iitii‘i' came iii. struck with the impact of it ho;-5o'g kigk 211111 K0! 1\W1l.V before the Briton 0011151 1111' 11 glove on him. The lillliilg was amazing, and 011 this point Shaiw corrolioriites -the pru- lcssloiizil ciitlcs. Then C:-ii'peiitit‘r's I'1l»’,'iit found that mysterious spot _.ill uiniouuowii iiuiniil lima S111 '1sf=f-fs-==‘°-= 11' f1°'f°»‘=‘-of 1-= "1t““1f““1»"~T“;""°" i ers iew oin *OO-*O-O-O-O-O04 TH E BEST SEL-LER _ (Froin the Haverhill Gazette) The American Bible Society re- if-0'# ai-'s circulation will exceed that twenty-live cents. We know no bei.- biirgaln. In its three or four popular book. When we were a boy lived in a house with a wonder- old attic in which were stored toys and old books and old let- e ace time and again we always always seemed new to US. S0 consol.i..oii. S0I\1<‘ “CW Y-Cml, inc new wisdoiii, some new ex- _imple of iiiutcliless English. Thus, this other day a friend of ours wan- _loriiig through his Bible discover- oil ii rich ircriiiure of wisdom in Ec- clesiastes. Like the boy, searching among ti-casurcs iii the old attic, he iiiiil oviwlookcd it on previbus ex- plorations. Suppose you trcut your- si-if to n chapter oi’ Ecclesiastes before you go to bed tonight. It is well worth while. bm 0-004+-¢ o»v+~vf-Q4 ¢¢v¢-O-90 which is in ev<=ryone"s jaw, but so` rarely reached hy a fist, and downl went Beckett. ln an old-flshloiiedl llifht, says Shaw, his seconds would I A imvc Cf11'l`if‘il hiiiflo hfs corner :infill 'ii half ri minute would have liadl _P1111 PC1111? to continue. But underi modern rules there was nothing for l it hut for the referee to count' Beckett out, thus contradicting thc! asstrfioii so often made that 11 1111111 11111:' be our dawn but is never 11111,, Carpentler vs Dempsey 1 i l The seventy-four seconds passed 50 Quickly thai it seenied to Shaw that only ion seconds had elapsed. Cfffveniier 1‘~>ceiveii his iriiihiph- with thc same unaffected deilghtl that he had received the cheers of his backers on entering the ring. lie was klsacilf by broken-nosed` pugllists, held Yu' his heels while ii Indy foiiclled hiiii and otherwise given reason to envy Beckett, but his hoyisli enthusiasm remained the simc. I\1i'_ Shaw coiicludes his :ii‘|ii'iP bl’ il ~'lll‘L‘uluiion as io thi. rcsult of ii iiii-etiiig between Deinp- scy and (‘urpiriiilcr. The [ceiling ol’ °"“1`>'1>°f1v \\'lw -saw tmpeiiiihr boat Beckett was that he wanted to see the Aiiirricaii and the Europ. Pun cliaiiiplnn clash. Siiiiw ileicci- cd one \vi~'.‘_kiiess iii (iirpciitier's at- tack. He has ii habit of leading off from his toes without stepping 111, and if his opponent was quick wit- ted enough and nimble enough to get out oi' the way in 'time ho lllishf wcll full on his nose. A photograph of (`ai‘pmitler and Back. ott in ii c!»_’iii'_li bi-urs out this critic- iiin liiihsou win l WHAT CAUSES THE DIF- FERENT COLORS OF THE 'RAINBOWT _l 1 The colors of the rainbow, which are always the same, and arei shown in thi: order-red, orange. yellow, iqreeu, liliio Qpyl violet - are sunlight liroinen up into "its origiiniil colors. if tiikcsiill of those colors in the proportions in which tnry are mixed in the rainbow lol make the pure sunlight. These1 are known as the prlsinnlic colors. As shown in another answer to one of your puzzling questions. the rain- bow is ciiiiscil by the rays of the nun passing into drops of water in the air and reflected buck to us with one part of ,the drop of water acting on it lu such a way as to brook up the pure sunlight into these priematic colors. When a ra'.nb0w appears at ii time when their is a great tical of sunlight, you will geiieriilly see tivo rainbows. The inner rainbow is formed by the rays of the sun that enter the upper part of the falling raindrops, and the oute1- raindrops is formed by the rays that enter the under port of llie riiiiidrops. In the inner or pr'_uiiiry bow, as it is called, the colors beginning at the outside ring of color are red. orange, yel- low, green, blue and violet, and bo- lng exactly reversed in the -outer or secondary how. The secondary bow is also fainter. You may some- iinicg see sinnllcr rainbows, even if it has not been raining, when looking at a. fountain or waterfall. These are caused in exactly the same way, ' . 1-_mia Only One “BROMO QUiNlNE" To get the gi-nuinc, oiill for ful] nanieHLAI\'A'l‘lVE ‘BROM0 QUIN- INE iiiblvls. Look for signature of _ lsni_ ‘ hi .americans last fiscal yea, 000 Df 1101' Droduotei in the U CHAR LOTTETOWN BRANCH ' 'fr '- 'f :_-_ ;r;_~vf'.T_T____:;-_€_. __ :-T, _,_:_a_-__ -l ~ iso-soo Branches-1919 nu iionii uiiiii oi oiiiiiiu The following doggerel is not all, t 1' humor; iiistcn11 I-.t is brim full of 1 _ J* __ _ _ _ ri i hi fih which hhoiiio mm that from 60,000 at the time of thgl cessipn tge c1;f,,.§°11r11.11y hiiis iii hiiuh and :ahh ~~" _ ' French have become two and a half ini ion; t att e 11 French population has doubled during the present ‘..W1,y ,M you ,me the ,,,,_m_ my _ vi w the credit oi' your s'on‘o Savings Do tiiiii rogularl for i _ ions i>iiy_ :loin +**"+°+°**“**‘****“*‘*‘*"*“**’“‘"‘"°°”'”""“ ° ‘ " ._....__.__-T-> _ > i ii _ _*___ ______,_____,_.__ Canadian-Amefi¢-an :T " ‘*"`T"""` A Trade Relations there o7oo,ooo,ooo ' ' ' °“"°h“°°d gt (?aa;.nadlan-Americigif §ii§)dtbs'v'r5[`d.l: Baéf;b1t2c?'ol??'2;(l)12 uc ations in O ._ .cf _ , o a. - - °f1°,;",gg° Femisn is-'§'5hi§'1i`»;é'” E21i»‘Z.’$'é'11`°'.’.'...X.Y.°1.1’§I‘1‘I.i1~“.1”§.i.” Winiipgg ‘;l;1"dN“;;’n§ ('?L1l`1,¢éI§»%I;_l;ll;J1n‘ Montreal, 'i_‘oront0. fullest measure of uesistanoo Ln 0236?! 13.0 03°F' 7°” th’ You Will Not Miss the Small Monthly Amounts Oo the first day of every month draw ii cheque for $10 for it y (s. y) n years. Your laoy will then have 81,387.42. He can own n farm when other boys are still working for wages. ' ri. w. ouovi-:_ cum 11 Coin ih rCanad ld 400 ._ S Ma.rL:tB‘but$ 'O00' Y u ada financing. |011 "1._§ll_1.1_l_.____ 1,1110; 1 - Give Your Bo 1 | -\_ » zsnnusnm ovu no runs y a thance. Account. te - Capital and Reserves- _ Total Resources . . . . . . . . ._ .Il ....... ss4,ooo,ooo@ ....... saas.o41,oss I lefi my dad io now and reap, The Yellow and Brown peril is a real one and for 11*“""'1"' 1"." 111111’ 1>°°‘"“° 111° the causes stated. When the white races _become 1 outnumbered by the eastern races, then, as Sir Rider B nlivep: 1 dropped the hoe and, stuck the fork, I eciiuiw my 11'.; becaino his pork; Haggard has pointed out, “the teemin hordes of the 11,. ,,,,,,1,,,, 1,1111, 111,, 1 ,,,,,,1,, ,,,.,,,., East, ancestral worshippers and oiygamists, will W over Europe”-and 'Canada -aide; " » ‘ CHAR LOTTETOWN Branch V uuuciiis iN i>. ii. Ei Siimmerside, Tignish, Tyne Valley, Hunter River, Welling- / A. W. HYNDMAN, ‘ ' » Manager isuuio uso in 1 99-0-O-1 l‘@O9~O-G 09,09*-O-OOO-O-Q-O-§§< _ ` ` - un iiousi or oiiiiiir. _ -l05TH BAT TALIUN C.E_F. REUNION I Charlottetown, Wednesday, January Zlsi, |920 Will Pay ou to Buy These High Class Overcoats an Suits li onovoo-oo 00000000 OOO-00-Qu »im.` ` _ \ _ ",‘ .- TJ* if l _.fr-_‘ I -»_‘_ ‘ 1-»1,‘_ _ - f"-11~"~_- _- 1' l."',-_~=»‘1,."<"*§ 1 _ »;,_,_.w_ _ _` ,_"___ _ _,.1 $1; . I g " I .“' :` ' , . 1 17;: _-.- ; ' ; f T \4'f¥.;»_- /I = ' ‘ ,, if , -,f1// ._ ,~ _ 2' 1 _ , -11”;i11_,5fé;.;i<;;r;;i1 ,rw '/1-1\¢f'~‘tl»~rifi‘_-’_ _ 1 -_‘-1 .115-if.:- . -1- >=_ ~ ;» -1 » ._..-.i_‘.-#Jw "4 \-= 1. ""‘ __-_\ 'T>‘-‘~‘L*~' \_.l_»,¢1 1- 1;* ,.5 _ .__ 111, .-at _ _i-tn;-,»‘i P 1 -. ' _ ~»_.1_:.~ *="/~§';.-*_._»‘. fir _-ff -Em "~1.--ff J i/;` _- $-? -.-71-"--6-'_“-'-~ --1- 1~ - -»',v»1"?'.-1 -_ '"1" ;5?_=§~"f1 '1_"l"f"“1-'='§1~`_ 'J1J’4~“ . I . » 1 .. . A ffffyj, ,if--_1\1i'_;',r ..¢1_ 1%'-of _rf "~i;',_»j‘°»" vzxfég,-§__ ,.V,,§,'_ 11,1,-fl j.f7,l‘ii;.L..1, ‘-1 ~ 1. e___». _ ~_,_‘° _ _'__' J-w _g ‘:ra`;>(:f7_._~ ~__. "l`?_»f*‘ `f" __ 5'.. 0-44-99 #06000 en!" ‘i_g_.f 1 _ss »:’;;_;"`.-Q* \\ _ Q 0'* O 00* .aff K im” -1s.»,.,sg, _-l " ht, "T ` ` élxjwf *'.{'O'O O 0%.* N "_ .;51.;'_:-.5 W _ U* if s..- 3 ,os 5. '-.’ _ ‘f`;“____.,':",1~¥._i___, _. ,___ ..___,,___,,,..}. qi ‘___ 113.1: 3,111,151 E “i....._i';~A..._14.\‘.2ia......;`.i_. ,_'vg_.-- ‘Sl _,M_._._', 1 1 ,-aa~*““‘0' t'-ii ,/ 6 Men’s Grey Frieze Overcoats _ _ _ _ _ . . _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ . _$1519.00 8 Men’s Heavy Tweed Overcoats _ _ . _ . _ _ _ . _ . _ _ . _ .$20.00 - l 7 Men’s Heavy Tweed Overcoats . _ _ _ . _ _ . _ .$21.00 i 6 Men’s Heavy Tweed Overcoats . _ _ . . . . . _ _ . _ _ .$22.00 10 Men’s Heavy Tweed Ovei-coats . . . . . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .$124.00 ' 9 Men’s Heavy Tweed Oveifcoats . _ . . _ _ . _ _ _ , _ _ _ .$25.00 - 6 Men’s Heavy Tweed Overcoats _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .$27.50 10 Men’s Heavy Tweed Suits, all sizes. _ _ _ _ _ .$25.00 9 Men’s Heavy Tweed Suits, all sizes. _ _ _ _ _ _ .$28.00 12 Men’s Heavy Tweed and \iVors’t.ed Suits. _ _ _ _ _ _ .$22.50 This is the Farmers’ Week in Charlottetown, P.E.I., } iff#-0 ('l 044'* Visitthe Big Poultry Show on January 13, 14, 15, 16. At the same time visit- To s LT .1 IS THE PLACE. NOW IS THE TIME GOOD QUALITY CHILDREN’S BOOTS AT UNEQUALLED PRICES 1 Child’s, sizes 4 to 71/3, good and strongt for._____ _ . . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . . _ . __._.....__.$1.79 Child’s, sizes 8 to 101,/Q, good and strong, for _ . . _ . _ _ _ . Clll ` _Little Gents’, well finished, heavy box kld Sizes8to101/_1 Girls’ Cl() _ _, _ . .V . . . . Buy now, for this quality of boots at these prices will be a thing ot the past in a few .__..._»-- _......___--- l--il-é --1-_v_-;~:~;,-;Y~_--;,_-_-1 -~~~~ ' :rf __ : tion of every line SECURITY of Jewelry marks Deeds, insurance Policies, our stock. _ Securities and other vaiu- ° _ abies should be kept safe We will be pleas from fire and theft ed to have you call. A Sag! Deggit Boxes in W. N. Tanton -the vaults of this Bank may be rented at a moderate charge. ‘ NERO YFIC MNTIIIA Q A fi, hih in qi-ii_hhih1i11alh him." '°“' M°“‘" s“""“"' M" '"1' “'"_"' °“"‘"5““' E1"°”~ E. G. COOMBS, Manager, Charlottetown Branch GOPF BROS LIMITED ` days. iretul--»»sele<-I-~-~-_ I. I I l 1 `z l l i