~ rustic JFQRUM ' no Mill! 1v, we W cslirnu fillAiiillAii . . ‘PQELNQQ/‘l been foilwlilid With u“; “tum/the various otters Non... to your river ieiierdiiie convention. Some writ- in favour ‘of Responsible Government. other: for the Com- mission Government. others for confederation with Canada and yet a mu others {enjoining with the United States. I am glad to read .i| these letters. (18 it “"1"” i‘ IQ-ocn interest on the P81‘!- °t U" wyjiers in our own country and its welfare and it is only b setting i» know mo thoughts d ideas of other people through he medium of the Press that. We can r0801! I11 ultimate wise decision on this vital urstlon. q First of all. with regard to Re- sprillsiibla Government, we had home good men as leaders of our country when we had Responsible Government. They made mistakes o; Course, but then what worth while person hasn't made mistakes. mu it is only through our mistakes that we learn. I would my that if “'5 could procure some men who “cu-s more interested in their Country than in lining their own pockets it might be the solution to our problem. We would went honest men who are above "hav- ing their paws greased". if l may he permitted to use a vulgar Nlld. pxpressldn; men who would not be afraid to stand up to their coh- \'lL'iiDl'lS. and who would put coun- try first and self last. We have lots of mon in Newfoundland, so if Re- sponsible Government ls thean- SWF)‘ those are the kind we must scrl; and vole f0)‘- There is a lot of talk about Con- federation with Canada. and may- be that is the right answer to our qugstiun; but. does Canada want usi-and without knowing that how can we consider Confedera- tion? How would we be governed under Confederation, and would our taxes‘ be greater or less than now, and would our local industries be opened up more and would our highways be increased. thus bene- fitng the people in the outlying districts. and would it really and truly be better for our country. and by our “country" we don't mean St. John's and the Avalon Peninsula only. but the interior and all the coasts of Newfound- land? These are a few of the things we would like to know. and I'd like very much to see some letter writ- len by someone who could tell us in part what Newfoundland would be like under Confederation; and not written by someone who thanks that Confederation might be 1n- iurious to his line of work or pro- ession. We want an unbiased opin- ion. as it is the truth we are seek- ing; so come along fellow-country- men. and write more letters lo the Press. and thus help us to decide for what. and whom to vote when the time comes for us to do so. I am. Sir. etc. ' BADGE]; CORRESPONDENT. JAP NATIONAL BEVERAGE in taste, sake. the national bever- age of Japan, resembles madeira or sherry wne. It is made from fer- mented rice. or; are BIRTHS WALSH-At the Kings County Hos- ital. Montague. P. E. -. on May 8_. i946. to Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Walsh. Elllolrale, P. E. L, a daugh- for. (jlLLlS-At the Kings County Hos- pital. Montague, P. E. I.. on May 30. 194G. to Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Glllii. Baldwin's Road, P. E. I.. a Oi‘! I . WALSH-At the Kings Couniy Hos- .tal. Montague, P. E. I.. on May .2. 1546. to Mr. and Mrs. Walsh (nee Frances Dunn). Elliot- valc. P. E. I.. a son (stillborn). (‘KQKEN-At the Prince County HQ5Dllfll. on May 6th, i946, to Mr. "id Mrs. Alovsiumorolren, Borden. a son. Charles Wendell, EVANS-Al. the City HdsipltaLMny 1s, 1946. to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas gviiiisdl (race Agatha hMcGulgau) rsca e rcss. a da ter. SMITH --At the ‘gharlottetoivn HflpiiaiwMay 28. 1046. to Mr. and Mrs J. Wilfred Smith a daughter. MOORE-At the P. E. Island Hos- Pml- May. B5. 194d. to Mr. and Warren Moore. Bradalbane. a 5 . MacNElLL-At the Kings County Hilii-ital. Monta ue. P. E. I.. on Mai’ 33; 1946. to r. and Mrs. John MnrNeill (nee Amy Brehsut) Mur- "Y Hflfbvilr. P. E. 1.. a daughter. naarna KIPGINB — Died suddenly in Bani. John. Mrs. James Kiggins. fomrlvh of! ghsriottefcwn. Fun- P o e s r. QANNIGAN- At Wiikie. Basic. FY Z3. 194d. Mrs. Terrence Lan- glifgllvpglileévtlicgéltiilen). formerly i'. . . . MaoPllEE_ y“ on gt emit? infill-aid‘ ‘ “ " l" ‘Yr Y . . Eihei J. Robertson. widow of ‘ho ii‘ Isl-old Mscrhea in her 40th ,7°"- The remains will arrlvo in friiéirlottetown Wednesday evening F“ will be taken to the Macliean ‘eriéilirai Home from where a short m ce will be held on Thu 6h‘; thence to Central vlcemi It Dunstaffnaga f c it I804 Interment in the hurt-h cemetery. < In Magjsrlam -‘“-'i-"ti..“::";.".at' - -» e-i-i- ~ -- l .‘".""..3£.'"E‘...':.{“if.l°‘.l" w" IW"'|""'°' ‘gflnFul olsaailsaa maybe‘ intarlll- T" c""l°‘“h‘." st oassls a word. strictly III!- Guardian (so-ohm 9w I able in advance. grmwuu‘ I COOK'S for Photographs. ooannua-r o us - mzwro . ° “N summon, ' N i m The following letter is copied by u! M113"? m Poflznh request 0H1" mgfiglfleafims." WADE. ciooisetvs Jewellery. u. n" ll "I ‘that Ihgeee. ‘ n, . iii-ii‘; pm‘: wit... 1' a?“ WINS CHEST OI SILVER-dire. William. Bevin of I Passmorc Street. Charlottetown was the lucky winner of a chest of sliver offered by the Crockett. Jewelry Store to mark its first anniversary, Bhe won with ticket number one. The drawing was made by Con- stable N. McNevin. The win rime at an appro riato time asit was understood t at Mr. and Mrs. Bevin were just celebrating the 25th anni- versary of their wedding. ATTENDED WASHINGTON CONFERENCE — Mr. J.W. Boulict‘. sideint of the Horticultural 0111x011 of Canada and chairman 1 from at; eren o epres atives of‘ Canadifn anld Unlizd evfafies hortlouisfial‘ industries at "hjnamm p, an“... was wporfcd asing revision of the UC-Casioriian Trade Agree- svntent provisions affect; fruoiésiand 8 . . Boul n n a. position to give any parilcitlsrs but coups-eased sia/tisfac on that greater sswmsmuuismsrm one held in (Jhlcago a few months ago. At. present horticultural trade is largely in favour of the United States. which exports over $80,000.- 292. esteem mwmo...‘ ni°i“?§“i‘.i% umwo one... n. addition to Mr Boulfter the Canadian delegates at the Waishinglczt Conference ivere l-iion. New Brunswick. i _.. w. k fruibs d etabl Fed- finad or?“ do“ Afiflaldtiifé, tos- of fruits and vegetables, Was-- time macs representing and veget- eibe industry of the Ontario Pen- insula; AK. Lloyd, president of the ‘Iiree mulls. Kelowxia. 13.0. Dave McNair and Mr. Stevens. 0! the some ‘him. Frederick Newsom. and Mrs. Leslie Prowse. all of Bmcklwflei-iiriied recently from Wolfvllie. wnere they attended the closing exercises of Acadia University where - Pmiwses dnugznicr. Miss Alta F‘ Browse received he: Bachelor of point-too degree in Home Economics. GLAMOUR GIRLS GROW PLAIN. TOO ' In Chicago the other day. 15 ex- Zlegfleld Follies girls got. together for a reunion. The group picture of these once dazzling beauties looked startling- ly like that of the members of Mrs. server. There was nothing the ial observer could see to indicate that the Chicago reunion was comPOSB-‘l having a try at fame. Twenty Years 0n ‘Twenty years from now. nobody will be able to tell by looking at them whether or not they once led exciting lives. Twenty years from now. iiivy will be middle-aged ivomeii slid will look it. ivhether they devde .to become housewives at the start or career women first and house- wives later. The only difference is that mid- dle-age might be a little harder .01" them to take if they could rewiem- ber their youth as a time when they had both beauty and fame. One of the former Follies beauties said to a reporter: "We wont tell our ages or how many n ilffmd" children we have-if any. The woman who has been l! housewife all her life might be ro- luotant to tell her age. but you can't imagine her ever being ashamed to admit she is a rrond- mother; ..___-__-@— A blend of the first shoots ril chlvgi, young onions. parsley. basil and summer savory ii QHPPWN“ 30nd in gpfhii omelets or scram- bled out. “OLA 3008135 LITEMZ Soviet Russia claims to have booskd its literacy "le- 39 V“ cont-to si per cent in teas-in ii v doaen years. I Ehorthorn prize place l-n the district show H WCU Judging ab Canadian Sermons Union err - t Ottawa, no. Chiambers. sdmintstrst ‘sifeggfip mend for a system of three eight- hour watches present two 12-hour watc es. cha and-Ted o f its ships with desertion. i 'l5on saw - l rm: cnnimojrjrgzgown ‘consonant ___ KARL MaoKINNON Glenaladale, P. m. r. who won .. '7 $10.08!) third prize fr/t" juniors in an essay contest otn the atomic age conducted Montreal Standard. Earl.‘ l3. is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Klmwll. of Glenaladale. and is a member of the local area calf club recently by in; John Mac- st year he owned and showed d calf that took third . B first for showing and Dozen Lake Ships Tied ilp By Strike l iesen to potato indu - *- 6“? mp . n. footie and Mas]. IeQB§QNTO~S M"; Ql-(Cmd- A'- mi/‘m- "m" 5W4“ "W" "ms" dozen llallamfggahtiersg 31rd.) i: Col. Wibeeler, head of the mar- Great Lakfhpo a wmafl u emu ii the Capnladian lnes to enforce its de- a. day to re lace the The tie-u came amid threats gtf a general s rike "in a matter hours’ by the C.S.U. which had set Jwie 3 as its strike day and a do claration by the 0.5.1.. that it would e every Union man who walk- woalvansssmzrrcm. lhglgnd __ (OP) — IL. Oliver owns a 45-year- old slab of chocolate lulled to e01. dlers in the Sou/til African Was‘. 400 Late To (Jlassily £03 SALE — 1M6 RCA YICTOR Radio. long and short wav . Phone 8l9-J. 5-71-21 FOB. SALE — HOUSE. BARN and lot at Emerald. Apply Mrs. Celena Murphy, 1o Havlland Street. Charlottetown. 5-27-20-1 CAB .LEAVING FOB TORONTO June 1st. Two seats available. G, Baty, Emerald R. R. No, 1 . 1 b -,. .1 u, FOR sass: - 1941 PLYMOUTH alibmrggcgneliylssaglnted "figs: Eiiist sedan in good condition. Serial Lad in the White House. The No. 982-3143. John C ll. clot es. the hair styles. even the MontaElle 0'1‘ P110119 55; 5-71-31 iiizdldtesiliglsiitriigsfwo gnu!” Wm ‘ma sass - uoovsm, TABLES. Tlfe women pictured in both highiboyi. chest of drawers. roll- gatherings looked ‘like successful top desk. china. etc. 81 Fitzroy housewives. which is. 0f willie. siffiei- 547'“ just what they are. writes an ob- WANTED _ To RENT “b mediately apartment or small house. Furnished or unfurnish- ed. Apply R. Guardian. 5-27-li "l ‘°";‘§§‘y,he ‘3y;gi,*;,,,,,,§,}““‘;1f i more sacs - 1 15 room usvan geurlemslixlfige of typical small-town 533F111?! Halghmv-Lzzlfieegine 3 homemaklng bridge-players mm“ l” “@- That ought to be a comfort to few bushels of two rowed barley. the girls to-day who are glvirii; 11D A1101)’ D- 8. Catniobell, their personal career dreams w, . marry and settle down without “ANS BICYCLE excellent condition. PhoheBigqB-gl. FOR SALE m. farttL-fibulldlng, Lees 45 than 56 mile from Mon o. 82 acres in good ‘glitlllrullngziab; anoe under- wood loesr spot for. a heme. 0n main highway. Apply 5. D. REID. ‘ Montague. O44 OOO-OO-O-O§OO-OOO-O-OQ-O-O+OO 5-27-2l. FOR SALE kinds Ali of Renfrew Cream Separators. KEBER MacLEAN, Clyde River i 5-27-21. Junior Boards 0f Trails End Sessions HALIFAX. Mny 26 - ._. Oonstimtion for s new Mqaglime ‘Prado 0on- here. I-ld J. Guirchili. retiring pres- of the Halifax Junior Board e, was named regional di- ecwr and mrresentatlve to the Do- minion Juno: Chamber of Com- marce. Sims. Halifax was the ocnvcsstiorrs nomination for eastern v en€ of “tn “Dazninlgn body. ec to ra ca on by e XETJOITII convention at Edmonton un e. Object of the new Ma-iitlme organ- ization is to provde an avenue for I. muted voice hi. national conven- tzlons, to deal with moiems mutual infcitcst to time Boards and to direct duicusions at an an- nual conference. delegates said. Some 40 delegates from Saint ohn. Musician. Charlottetown and Halfax attended sesstmis. A tenta- tive invitation fiom W.A. Gaudct, lChaflottefnwn. to hold its 194v convention at Ckiarlot/tctown, was ‘mated. Tragedy Strikes At Local Organist Tragedy struck at Mr. Roy Min;- Pau1‘s Anglican Church, Charlotte- town. yesterday when af l0:35 in the mortnl-ng he received a cable- gram stating his K-year-old wife had died on Saturday at the Luton Hospital. Bedfordshlre. England. The shock of the news was fur- ther increased by the cablegrams disclosure that Mrs. Mugford died in childbirth and that the twin- babies also succumbed. Pour child- ren. the eldest eight, and the youngest. two years and two months survive. Mrs. Mugford, it is learned. had had regular pro-natal medical at- tentlon and the doctors had assur- ed Mr. Mugford some weeks ago before he left England for Canada that there was nothing to worry about and that his wife and family would soon be able to join him. If ls understood that the many friends of Mr. _Mugford in the City are going to use all the in- fluence they possess to expedite the brlngino over of Mr. Mugfordb children to Charlottetown. r. Mugford was stationed at 1 Air Force training school here for s time during the war. ° . Bonferonce 0f iiortioulturists At Washington WASHINGTON, Ma. 25 _ Rep- resentatives of Can and Un- "ited States horticult industries concluded a vwu-day conference here on the ndmwpoeed revision of m“ tvgovtsionsflm 5%! ?§‘.§’im.?f"°' mm cc and vcggta es. bsfrantial progress was report- ed by industry representatives. Fur- ther conferences now will be held bgatmelr commodity groups. during i neolt few months. to develop ithe proposals advanced by the two h-ldzleitrv groups. l United States representatives were selected from the membership of the Horticultm-al Industry Advis- thee on Fbreign Trade of tuxe. ego than, lwadfll by Mr. A.K. Loyd, of Keiowna. BC . represented the Canasirlan Horticultural Council. This series of conferences rel ofaiemdaiooiofatiyde LATE CLAIMINT; nartmn WlN-NHPEG. May 26 - (C?) - A Tacoma. Wash.. woman has finallv got around to claiming a reifund on an $8 railway ticket she bought in i918 and never used. "I have been searching Mr the ltzoket for a long time.“ she said in a letter to railway officials here. enclosing the unused por- tion of a Vancouver to Camrosc. Alta._ return ticket. Officials found [the records of the sale and sent her a cheque. i CANTERBURY. England -(CP) . ~—T‘he referee at a football match i between deaf-anci-dumb teams used . a ierzidkrrchicf inrtotd cf a \"l'll?"". Ifrunr/liul pisr/lnrzl ll'/1('iisi/lg-(f/lukfrlg‘ GETS FAST RHIEF , Don't let choking spells frighten you any more. lf you are a victim of infectious Colds, use Polsoifa Cough Syrup at once. It acts as an internal antiseptic, and thins out the mucus or phlegm that causes the gas ing and choking. The strain . over-wrought condi- tion in the muscles of the bron- chial tubes is relaxed, and the- tient should be able to resthe more freely a sin. Hundreds say that olson‘s Cough Syrup brings better health and strength to those who suffer constantly from Colds; tit scents like a heaven- on-esrth to many a sufferer who wants to t quick relief for a Cop h or ‘Slims: Aliment due to Co d. insist on Polson'a ford. newly-arrived organist of St. hol Sermon Preachod iin “The Lost Weak-End’ (By Rev. Arthur Organ 3.1), "flmfly of Summer-side). ian Chane! Juli-ain't; novel of isn young an alcoholic. It. that I immediately Pela- A qiiiek reimiiis of the book ea _me to suggest the picture ra- ther than the book. Flor one needs W} we a human-lacing in the “fleeiiislv degree-mg lnvolments of BtCOhOlLbIIi he is to understand terrible plight o1 its visthn . i o c §3fi§“‘?$§“e..é§.“oii‘°n§‘§§ii‘ 1323i‘. retails inii. which are very irtforcn. for a week-end 1S unwilling to go, m, excuses. But the rea- srrin fog“ his unwhurignesc 1g a homo °_ w kY siwpentled outside the uindcwattheendof 5,1‘ _1;15 there because his bromerfwtclr _ anon-drinker, has been fighting for 51X “mars to save lion from also. ; eve o destroys‘ Ty mp e can find he Wick discovers and destroys the Think The Dlvilure int-w. two brothers ll"l Th? liquor outside the ivindorw. . "18 (l. Don is now safe till t-rain Ulric. he and Helen g0 to the Sym. phony. He tells Dc to be sure and ' m5 iyveivrirc for he is sure that up in the country Don will be able at last to write a novel he °°"°¢1V°d B 10118 time before. Assoonaathefzwogoougnon Hinges in a frantic search for liquor in each of the tilding places; put Wick has removed everything. The scrubwoman calls m fix u the “Partment. Don tells her 82 call Biievher day. Slie says she would like her my. Don tells her he hasn't ii-iiy money (for he is su rted by Wick) so the woman tel-s him it is usually in the cover of the sugar bowl. Don finds it there out tells g1‘: wmaein lklle CflilllOttgllltsil it. After 5 e goes arm's bar and begins to dijzuk. Then he bin/s f/wo bottles to time home and drink at leisure. As the liquor drugs his mind. he tells Sam what ht- means to do. He will write a novel called ‘The Bottle". about a mans exper- ience from the time hie first learned to drink. It. is Sam's business to sell ilquor. but he is uneasy about Don's drinking and asks why he does it. D0" 5W6 it is because he is differ- em- 111411101‘ makes him see the Nile —a.tid Cleopatra Waiting on nor barge; makes hm. smell lilacs in Ohio. l-le tells 8.1m that he (Sam) is quite content l0 get. up with the alarm clock, get to work and quit when time is up. But he (Don) is going home to write He arrives home _t-:o late for the imam and finds Wick has gone to the country-Helen to her assi n- mcht on "Time" iria-gazine. So n hides one bottle and settles doom to write. But he must have just one drink to start him off. and that means another, another, and on. other. until he is in drunken sleep. Next day he cannot remember where the ot-hcr bottle is hidden. So he borrows money enough to go to Jacks’ a supposedly fashionable place where there are many quiet obecenlitles. Needing more money for liquor he steals a lady's handbag, but is detected and hhroiwn oult. another scene we see his des- perate walk. block after block, to pawn the typewriter his mother gave him with which to become a. writer; only to find it is YOM KIPPUR. the Jewish Day of Atone- ment. Hesc, indeed. is a man in the torvums of hellish thirst, enough to make the onlooker weep and also gnach his teeth in desperation at what. happens to human kind. Don borrows from a met in a bar-roan. Wh descend- ing the stairs he falls. He wakes in the alcoholic ward of a city hos- pital. The place is full of men in itlllfiils stages 0'. alcoholism; some sis-Lire from the loco taxi of vener- eal dlsease; others mutter. mutter, mutttcr. The Orderly‘ fclis Don they all come back. that a vziill have the d.i..'s, and that what is to be feared ls the little animals he will see in his ell-slum. In the night are fearful scenes as men get the d.t‘s (delirium trcmens) and Don man- agss to escape. In the early morning he is seen in hls pyjamas ivalking towards a Church. One hopes he will go in and make s new start. But across the street. he sees e. liquor store opening up. He gues in and makes ifle salesman give him a bottle of whisky. He goes home and drinks himself into the old state; then he accidentally comes 0n the bottle he had hidden. and that, too is con- sun-Ed. lttght comes on and he emper- iciices d.t.'s. l-le sccs a large mou-se came out of a well. Bats flutter out. of the ciutains. One seizes on the mouse and blood streams down thr- .wall. This drives Don delirious. 4mm which he is rrscued Helen's nn-lvai with the skeleton -ey. She also saves him from shoolln him- self. Then the Picture, unli e the book. shows him resolved to s drinking the first. drink. which the only cure to this condition, and 1 to write his story. beggtnicililgis. i.n brief, "The lost Wear-End". Why do men drink like this? What kind of men and women em- bark 0n it? "They were the loved ones (usu- ally) oddly too. the well-favoured. As children they were loved of their parents, their mothers espec- ially; and if the were one of sev- trai, they were t .e ones most loved (I've wept over you more than any of the others-but all they felt was o guilty pride and pleasure at their power to damage). They were the brightest in school (usually). the intelligent, the quick to learn, never the studious... They do but not good enough work on t e paper and dream of the novel they're certainly going to get Around to some ds ...througlwuf. whole eve- nings wth sinkng heart they sit. watching their wives over the edge of a boc-s and wonderin bow. howit. had overcomes t ..they est. of and are eaten of ui (tboredom), with no relief om in their periodic plunges frcrn oria tu dspsir or their ettph rapid rice back to the tog again .. enduring what others ca and call a hummer-that funn word Am- ericans will joke about oriever, even when’ the morning-after is the (l0!) is the‘ Rlfill ll ht I sftfiphls lirrt igmldun: ,_--..---__ _ __.--_-__‘ l. Otrintb s x. 12' "Let him - u; , i persons of talent, personalzty. 1o - legihmliie ‘m?! he otendeui take heed able qualities, gifts, brains, assets l. 1‘ mmmians vm w “I! all kinds; why were so many briii. mg, broth . w ‘(mend 15191111: lent man alcoholic? (2:21). mt 1.0% 198,9} make m km?‘ It was-at because he was thirsty time i " seems .‘3“i“.l‘eo°'.‘§.“.* . C '15 i’ 1B0 Ill mflflfinuflflzffliz- gvfigli be ever- miiriry was dreadful t. tn. paisley; m, e suiw-l a an 1 hr allowed at once to get h, down or“ ~>= ma‘ " in. ti. ice“ , - .1 3 y i ' 1°“ “l” "m led” i) sd writt n cut‘ a voluntar Tggngflmmltfltflieaégmceesae. . Mlent and on. lsed his my‘ “n” is the movie vfiflon o; ...s.. with it l s lY Psychiatrist krob lIIhGlClB/Sh h. equivalent i the wine. Odd that he of people should ever have turned to s. dtirtker. he who had been btrcd out actuall imp... t in the chapter on 51C evils 1001101 and viihat it did to the e brain-calls, in the sixth grade Sygiehic boob-la atient because stuff woul certainly never. agrply b0 him I Thousand year; and iwasawas-taofdzneforthem all and not very nice. (190) “Why were drunks, almost always §§§§s; cl... he called him. who never saw why he ) like ' I feel the urge to drink l agree I shall then remain in the house two days . I agree that if under the influence of alcohol I fail to oo-operaie I must be forced to oooperat ve by any measures m doctor finds necessary. I wish ths agreement to hold until I and my dgzttor decide ii; should be dissolved" The urgent and tragic resolves all of us make who find ourselves i311 u}? grip 0d habits other than al- o . Here he ls. a man “who will do everything that the drug-addict will do but one: and that is murder. Cut off the drink,_he'l.l lie to get it begafialead, wheecle, borrow. stea the crimes in the catalogue" ‘There was no depending on him for tihc immediate afternoon, much less for dates ahead; he wasn't to be believed; not a word ‘he said was to be taken seriously . he had de- veloped into a crafty, sly, masquer- ader. artful and elusive. presenting a. front so diffwesit from his real self that iihey pretended to believe out of sheer embarrassment, as much to save his face as their own" (47). Such is the pitiful man depicted 0n the screen and in the bookl. 3. Which brings me to some re- as AUDIENCE REACTION S So many in the audience when I was there could laugh at this poor 110w. Behind me mt two men their remarks, were en- many bottles to which Don had access. They had many a good laugh Wt his frantic and idiotic atbem to to find more liquor in favori hiding-places. In such. laughter, wming from all over the theatre (1 do not. mean “from all ' theatre" by any means) was of what for wont of a m on for tihis man. no sense that e and they were the same stuff and that any of me onlookers could have been in his shoes and terrible t. How is if. that thouadnds o! our fellows can see such a spectacle as a "funny" sight. We have like- wise become hardened by sigiht of defenceless ineee bombed merciless Japanese planes, piles of hiunart cor sea with distorted and blackened aces. hosts of wounded men. of hopeless, hotne- iess women and chldren wanderng about e and Asia. And like- zvisenigse ive us‘: the sillfeflnfis 0t! he nor-possess . Strange this: we wouldn't laugh at a person in the last stage of cancer, would we’! Nor would we at an emaciated victim soon to the of tiuiimculmls. But so many of us P "rubbry-dub" (and urban club. too, no doubt.) and have o, “dun good laugh" (to use the vernacular of modems). I tin-had ilip the comment of fine American tiuuker regard mm people in another connec on: "laugh-loving America found its moral judgment defeated by its amusement". An alcoholic is a hllmlli Nlflfli very likely as the novel has him, a brllii rich personality. with man gifts. whose tragedy is that wha in his best. moments he would be he cannot be because of this one weakness. B. eoiple amused. Some it was uneasy laughter. In from. of me was a grey- m-orl man with ruddy counten- ance who started laughing in fine style at. the beguining. But as the icvurre went on he was often on the edge of his seat and leaning for- ward, and his laughing hau become uneasy, guilty-lute — somethmgv like a man who knows he ousT-illt 110 lnugih at an obscene story because others l-ziiigh. 0r. Perhaps uneasy because he was a drinker not as able to keep control of his drlnkinfl as much as he boasted he could. Oi‘ agan. perhaps because his son or daughter had started w drink. just a, cocktail each eveninfl. and WOW‘ lng himself. he was not. so sure they would be able w keep control of i and would fnlsh uP (is bl“ o! time" uq-eckage. Manv a man cannot oontomplate for his children what he is repared to face hunts/elf. n well), this 'C\)llLiCl€DC€l0€S mind is part of the modern problem- If» is at the mot of many prr0blfl1i5- Those who lack sensitivity towards the noods o! n pihful alcoholic may be insensitive to all the fine mora- itios on which human society is based. NOW a worm as r0 OURSELVES The Attom General of this Province receniy made rather bit» ter and contemptuous relefbnfie i0 ‘O mo sin-called “prohlbltionists" who are no help. according to him. any constructive measures to con- troi the consumption 0f UQUQT Ml’- llaclcwell should see this picture and in seeing it realise that it is because the moderate use Qt llqi-IOT lead to ‘this wrecking of the can best there is oi manhood and womanhood ‘hot an increasing nitlmbcr c! i‘ ‘m0 coll-id ml“ and do not. w to be classed as "prohibftlonlsts" nre bcoomtnll de- termined that something much more imaginative and restrictive be de- vised w Kgep the ever-greedy liquor imisinss from making victims of human beings for its Pmllk The the is it drag‘ ‘Ilgtomeyfineral should wake up to rosliu that .. corner is 60mm over our 1e. and that electors of all kin s are caliinll for centre! that. is contml snr. restriction that res-luv is restriction. without caring who; bottling” the liquor interests hgvg iven _clecl.ion camvllfifd th financial su it. As t affects w». '- l "9"" 5"‘ i,“ flu we can in any . M. l’. hsbi l rwi welpsglgililt Li? s in cxistenogn what is ltngzn as ‘ “b. . 85M gfo 1:211 who Hi. been able in b"!!! thLs habit and are ready i0 othns break it. According to a nflvs hoadcast last week there is an of women. More pom to bo smiles. Yet We W" m5 stop". k But not all the laughter was from “m 76-78 Kent Street ANNOUNCEMENT iii After having received his discharge from mili- tary service we are pleased to announce that G. Has-old I-lessssessey has again assumed the mllnagemeni of TliE A. A. iiEiiNESSEY Funeral Home lie will be assisted. as in the past, by his brother, J. Brendon Hessssossey TliE A. A. iiEiiiiESSEY Funeral iiome PHONE llfl — DAY OR NIGHT fAGE FIVE Charlottetown, P. E. l. prove of their habits. It is in Christ.- lans that such people should find sympathy. "If any man be over- taken in a fault” said Paul "ye that are spirit/rial, restore such a one in thesésgirit of meekncos, considering thy , lest thou also be temgtgd‘. Each man should say to h elf “Thlenre. but for the grace o,f God. (eel that they can take a dnink or leave it alone. . take it u at even th tonal drink is helping to a nefdariotis liquor businessWt an eoent l o vl . o 5M’ nozhing of Lllgn Chxietiaflw point of view, we are our brother's keeper. What, after all, 2.3 our little drink compared with the welfare of a human being? 5o I implore any of you who may bc occasional drink- ers, and even then quite moder- ately. to arft yoaseives seriously to see by your sfoprplris yell We helping to stop this w . About meats (Mil this principle for Christians of day, who felt that their buying and eating of such was their own concern: ‘if moat moketh my brother to offend I will eat no flesh lest I make my brother to offend’. 'I‘hat. situiel should .be the least thata. anisreadyfodoln regard to ! mus“ “Let him that Last is thi . tliinketh he standcth take heed lest he fall". If I vie-re able I should take to see this piciiure every child of twelve years of age and as the pio- tuxe went on I should point. out mo of liquor on the bril- liant victim. And I should saiy to the child “Nobody is able to say that he will not end up like this vrhen he starts to drink - And that I say to everlyvnehhefe- especially to ‘QUITE D6099 W 9, $69 so much gr enacted in films. who have it o ercd to . 195' perhaps at wtiidlngs, or in nvatorles amund fastball grounds and hockey rinks “Nobody can say or sure that he will not end up like this if he starts l0 drink" In the ctum the grief-stricken Helen saw fine i‘ eoniywaywswliisw ‘Phat is what Alcoholics Anonymous has found out. And the best tine to stop is before one starts. I have worked iii a great factory and also on the civilian End of naval work and I can think of noimn batter to say than ‘that. STOP RE YOU START’ God help those who are week God hel those who are strong God hep the stsong to 1191i? the And if’ we cause one of Lhesefl: stumble it were better that a mill- stone were hanged about our neck and we were hciiged in the devil‘- of the sea. 15mm) MAN FINED mmriax. May 26 — 1UP‘ lvfartlin McPherson of Neiwlflfl- P.E.I.. was fined $10 and costs for "uniowitui possession" of iioiwr i1 Citadel Hill Saturday. Unemployment (Consumer; 1L5... Page i) Commission. New Feature This new feature of Rovcrn- men-t control of empiyment. was deemed necessary by the Minis- ter of labour and the U.I.C. when in March. for the first time bene- fits paid vicrkiess. from the un- employment. insurance fund ex- ceeded contributions mild iii by employers, employees and the Dominion Government. By plugging these ioon-iiolrs which for months have been wide open particularly in the cities of Montreal and Toronto. it is ho - ed to keep (she fund in llEI-l financial condition. Whether m either Senate or Cnmmnns will pass the measure which is regard- ed by some as a lorm of regimen- iation. is probiematicai. Account- ants of the U.I.C. and senior of- ficials of the Labour Department say the only alternative to pass- tributions made to the fund hi‘ employers and employers. Members from the Mariiimcs. the Prairie Provinces and British Columbia carrlcd on the Govern- piaying truont and leaving ascent 110 members of the present total liquor business YIBVGT helgfismié) o. m With brief-cases and cluh bags. Ontario and Quebec members de- serted the Commons on Thursday. those east-bound taktna the four o'clock train to Montreal Those heading west stayed in (he l-lnuse a little later and then w-cnt down to take the night train for Tor- onto. All Prince Edward island members were in their seals when division bells rung in the Cham- ber hlclay on Opposition leader Jchn Brackcns proposal io lift the ceiling prices on farm pro- ducts in Canada. W. Chester S. McLure. Progressive Conservative heir mqnber for Queen's voted for (he Bracken amendment and it was omoae by J. Lester Douglas. Li- beral for Queen's and Dr. T. v. Grant. Liberal member for Kingfi- “i e and tiiihttlsik Nolqio?‘ 556mm- Lltt til do not a9- ii’...."."‘.o’fi“ii‘oss"'.ifi. not be contemptuous towards L ‘ though we J. Watson McNsughi. was bailed with C. D, Covle. Progressive Con- servative. r for lilin sod did not vote. ing the bill is to increase the con- . i | i . . . i I i ment of Canada on Vicwrin Dav,‘ with Ontario and Quebec members ' I Truman Seeks (Continued from Page i) rules for a year. The settlement was com- pleted three minutes before the 5 p. m.. E.D.T. deadline the ' President had set for strikers to give in. Otherwise. he said, he would use troops to run and protact trains. Boidiers were standing by at railroad centres lo do just that. The Civilian Production Admin- istration said it would take days to estimate how much the two- day strike cost. and then the fig- ure would be nowhere accurate. A. F‘. Whitney, president of the trainmen. glumly declared "we inst our case." In San Francisco. P. t). Peterson, general chairman of the engineers on the Southern Pacific Railroad told a reporter:- Our position still is that the President has just betrayed Amer-i. can labor-and the American public as well." - Mr. Whitney. in explanation oi the strike settlement. declared in a statement dictated to reporters:- We took this course in the in- terest of the public. realizing that a strike could not be continued in- definitely because of the need of foods and the _many other prov/jg. l°lfir"?@551il‘y in tziurtheconomy." _ . ruman sai e tem ora legislation should:- p W _ 1. Authorize institution of in- Junctive or mandatory proceeding; against any Union leaders. forbid. dink him from encouraging or in- flliiis members of the Union to cave lherr work or to refuse to re- turn to work. It also would sub- ject them to contempt for failure 11> obey any o-rder of the court made in such proceedings. 2, Deprive workers of their sen. iority rights. "who Vwithout good cause. persist in striking againgi; the Government." 3.4 Provide criminal penaltiog BFYBlTlSl employers and Union lead. errs who violate the provisions oi t e nCf. Re-Dedication 0f Mt. Herbert Church 7-5789 congregations attended Wm morning and evening ser- vices at the Mount Herbert Unit- ed dChurch yesterday which wgi-g con ucted b in t s. R. Msovlcsne p“ or’ the M“ The morning service was a re- dedlcation one following the alterl otlohs and renovations which have been carried on for the past Several weeks. The text for the K119171111»? sermon was appropriate. lv_taken from Matthew 16:18. "I'll build mv church." The text for the evening sermon was from Ro- mans 1:7, "Called bv saints." A ne wconununion table. furn- ished bv the Ladies‘ Aid Society of the Church. was dedicated at the morn-int! service. Miss Kathleen Raynor gong i; solo at the morning ceremonjgg and‘ Mr Ralph Raynor rendered a violin solo at the evening tirorship. Tho church ovcr WlllCll Mr. MBCVlEBY Dresidcs is 80 vears old, liavinz hrsn built in 1865. Yso‘ Theatre rrs A PLEASURE SONJA KENT M TCHA EL O‘SHBA TECHNICOLOB TUESDAY — 8.30 MATINEE -- 3.80 MT. STEWART see m uwvtn Starring OLSEN & JOHNSON And the Show-World's top Song and Dance Stars Plus Serial MacDONALD BROS. THEATRE '