‘&% original Mennonites or Anabap- - The Guardien. Charlottetown. Weds Dec. 1, 1965. 17 plow his fields with a horse. “You don’t need change,” says 65-year-old Amishman Dan Borntreger. ‘‘The old-fashioned way is good enough for us. So why bring in the new? “If we keep our faith on what is good enough and let it alone, we'll be nearer to God.” That could sum up the philos- ophy of the Amish, who since the 1690s have fled from country to country in search of a place to practise their religion and educate their children without outside interference. WIDELY PERSECUTED The Amish, or more specific- ally the Old Order Amish, are almost a pure branch of the tists (Rebaptizers), organized in 1525 in Zurich, Switzerland, and persecuted by the governments of many countries. © The Mennonite church bases tts beliefs on the teachings of the New Testament, especially the Sermon on the Mount. The Old Order Amish, whose worship services are conducted in High German and in private homes, recognize no other re- ligious authority than their in- terpretation of the Bible. The Amish came to North America with the Mennonites in bite F * 2 is s i : ie Order Amish in the fastened with hooks and eyes |i ‘ch ’ consequently the “hookers”), baggy denim trousers and broad-brim hats. Beards are worn but not mous |¥ taches. “Buttons are a sign of van- : ity,” an Amishman explains. USE NO COSMETICS ‘ women wear almost an- kle - length dresses, aprons, black bonnets and shawls. They use no cosmetics. The children |} are taught to avoid outsiders. Amish have a dread of having their pictures taken. They say it violates the ‘graven images” part of the Ten Commandments. * The Amish believe an eighth- grade education is sufficient to dren. Three times since 1962 the Amish in northeast Iowa have been taken to court over send- ing their children to schools without state-certified teachers. |4 large numbers after 1740 and years-old problem is sought. Less Money Said Available - For Small Mining Companies TORONTO. (CP) Money faised for exploration by small ~ J mining companies this year is | »year, when Pine Point activity well below last year’s figure, 10- month totals show. To the end of October, $22,600,- 000 had gone into mining com- pany treasuries, compared with oe at the same time in Mining men say there are at least two main reasons: —The public is less receptive to news of mineral discover- “tes than it wae last year; ~Stock exchanges have tight- Aside from the recent spec- tacular boom on the Vancouver Stock Exchange eparked by encouraging preliminary explo- ration in the Pine Point area of the Northwest Territories, there .has been little this year to test the small investors’ gambling instinct. Last year, on the other hand, & $2,000,000,000 copper-silver- zinc discovery by Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. near Timmins, Ont. sparked the wildest trading ever seen on a North American stock market as volume in Tor- onto rocketed to around the 30,000,000-shares-a-day mark: Immediately after the dis- covery was armmounced, about 100 small mining companies swarmed into the Timmins area. STOCK COLLAPSED... One such company, Windfall Oils and Mines Ltd., said it had encountered mineralization and its‘ stock took off to a high of $5.60 from 56 cents. ‘Its collapse 17 days. later to below $1 was investigated by an Ontario royal commission. : Some of the findings of the commission appear to have had an effect on speculators. < The report said that of 100,000 prospects, only one may be classified as likely to become a producing mine. It also said that the means of transferring the money of the investor to the exploration work of a property seems to be ac- complished by “an unreasona- bly large diversion of funds to the benefit of those engaged in fund raising.” w | It may be significant, said one Bay Street analyst, that in September and October this was at its peak, mine financing dipped to its lowest level in two yeors. In September, only $386,- 250 was raised and in October only $603,322, the smallest’ since November, 1963 GETS LITERARY PRIZE PARIS (Reuters)—The Prix Femina, a French literary prize, was awafded Monday to Robert Pinget for his novel Someone (Quelqu’un). The prize, second in importance only_to the Prix Goncourt is worth 5,000 francs ($1,000). But it also ensures the winning av- thor sales of between 100,000 @nd 150,000 copies of his book. CURLER WINS DREAM SARNIA, Ont. (CP)—The curl. er's dream—an eight end—was How much effect new rules adopted by the Toronto Stock Exchange have had on money- raising = is hard to IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS posed restrictions on money reisers—known as underwriters —and demanded that listed companies keep shareholders fully aware of company devel- opments. At the time, stockbrokers said the new rules would kill much of the mine financing done in Ontario, drive mining deals to the Montreal or Van- stock and of mergers, but a number of eastern Canadian brokers have enlarged their western Canada operations or have made moves to establish new businesses on the west coast to take part in the activity there. today at— 111 Kent St. McINNIS Essze : OTO Ch’towni THE CARD SHOP Grafton St. Ch’town SEAMAN’S BEVERAGES Water St. For a_ refreshing pick- me-up over the holiday ‘season or a perfect party mix try Ch’town ‘See the brand new line of Portables at Archer & MacDonald Limited. 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