, reaches him in the Elysian pastures." PAGE roux - THE GUARDIAN Authorized as Second Class Mall Put Office Department. Ottawa. The Island Guardian Publishing Co. President and Auoclnto Editor. Inn A. Burnett. Auocinto Editor. Frank Walker. CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Edward island like the dew” "Tho strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink". CllARl.0TTETOH'N. SATURDAY. FEB. 14, 1951 Electoral Reform Amendment of the Election Act in recentl years has been chiefly in the direction of; increasing the deposit required of a pro-i spective candidate until it is now no less than 5200. During the last election cam- paign, however, a great many candidates of all parties spoke in favour of reforming the Act and now a public hearing is to be held on Wednesday by the select standing com- mittee of the Legislature for the purpose of receiving recommendations and suggestions from interested citizens or groups. An incongruous feature of the present law is the difference between the elector- ate who vote for the fifteen Councillors and those who vote for the fifteen Assembly- men. Fnr the latter there is practically a universal adult suffrage while for the elec- tion of Councillors we have a properly vote with the addition of ex-service men and women. The veteran votes for both one Councillor and one Assemblyman, while a property holder, by a judicious distribution of his holdings can theoretically vote for one Assemblyman and as many as fifteen Councillors. Unlike the Dominion Elections Act, the Provincial Act does not provide for an of- ficial roll of voters. Each political party, of course. compiles its own list and stands ready to challenge those whom it has reason to believe are not "entitled to the ballot. Time, however, is lacking on election day to investigate claims and there is at least the possibility that unauthorized votes are cast because the workers at the various polls do not wish to antagonize an individual who may well take the neces- sary oath and cannot then be refused a. ballot. l Some Prpvinces have experimented with complicated voting methods, designed to overcome the objection to a candidate be- ing elected by a plurality vote although the majority is divided between his opponents. The systems have not proved successful, however, being cumbersome and not under- stood by the voters and sometimes result- ing in the election of a candidate whom no large group wants but to whom the real supporters of other candidates have less' objection than to their respective oppon- ents. - A curious and perhaps insular feature of the law is that it is an offence for anyone not a resident of the Province, unless he is a voter, to take part in an election cam- paign. This effectively discourages national leaders from visiting during a ,campaign unless they happen to own property here. Horses in The News l'he Manchester Guardian, impressed by the cable despatches that horses were out the pay-roll of the Canadian army, com-I ments that this undoubtedly proves that thei VCanadian army's system of accountancy stands in need of grooming." The pun, of course, is modified by the! explanation of Prime Minister St. Laurent that horses were. not on the army pay mill What actually happened was that any in-I dividual, now in jail. charged the Canadiam army for horses and teamsters in combina-, tion as if they were bricklayers. I The Guardian recalls the further in- tercsting fact that another horse "basks in the news of financial prosperity as it "Man O'War" says the Guardian, ”died in 1947 and his late owner's will, under which about 53,773,000 is said to have been left for the upkeep of his (Man O'War's) grave and memorial, is still being disputed by the relatives." ' 7-'l:lie7l(oroan Front Commenting on reports that the United States will press its Western allies for a big- gervcontrlbution to the Korean war, the Hamilton Spectator points out bluntly that the Americans' complaints are unfortunate- ly too well founded. They have done and are doing much more than their share. Canada has every right to take an in- "tends prideln the quality of its manhood in Korea. The 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group has the morale and the dash which come from voluntary enlistment and excellent leadership; its record is superb. But Canada. has no right: to take pride of - any not-t.ln the quantity of its manpower In ficiency; three destroyers, however well used; one R. C. A. F. transport squadron, however startling the record flown-these add up to a painfully paltry contribution when set beside what the Uni- ted States is giving, regardless of what standard of proportionate comparison is used-whether the one-to-11 ratio of pop- ulation or the one-to-18 ratio of gross na- tional product between the two countries. Nor is it fair, argues The Spectator. to justify the Canadian effort by comparison with that of European countries which are sharing in the Korean war. Britain has half a world to police; Canada hasn't. France has a big and bitter war to fight in Indo- China; Canada hasn't. All the European countries are trying to rebuild economics shattered by the world war; Canada isn't. Assuming that Canada can only pro- duce the manpower for a one-division Army at the present stage of history-and it is an assumption which is hard to justify on any grounds except those of political expediency -it seems fair at least to suggest that the manpower be used where it is most needed: At present there are a brigade in Korea, a brigade in Germany and roughly a brigade. at home. In fact a tiny army is spread over a surprising stretch of the world's cir- cumference. Perhaps there are logical rea- sons for the 27th Canadian Infantry Bri- gade Group being in Germany and enjoy- ing what the men of the 25th Brigade refer to acidly as "the conducted tour." But there would seem to be far more logical rea- sons for it to be alongside the 25th in Korea, fighting. EDITORIAL NO IES Valentine's Day. Tomorrow, Quinquagesima. I O 0 King's County has stepped out in front in the value of its fishery according to a reply to a question in "the House. The East- ern county has natural advantages, of course, in the way of open harbours but in particular the improved position reflects the increasing use of modern draggers. 0 Canadian lumbermen are looking for- ward to a good year in 1953 due to the prospect of increased building in Canada. High prices have restrained intending build- ers for the past two years, but the levelling off of costs and the removal of some re- strictions should give an impetus to the building industry. 0 4 z I 0 Children today may expect twenty-one more years of life than those born fifty years ago. It remains to be seen how they will be distributed among theseven ages of mewling infant, whining schoolboy, sighing lover, bearded soldier, capon eating justice, lean and slippered pantaloon, or the last of all "Sans teeth, sans dyes, sans taste, sans everything." 0 I O The civic delegation which met the Pro- vincial Treasury Board yesterday is one step in ”a wide effort to rectify the financial ar- rangements between the City and the Fed- eral and Provincial Governments. There has been a growing tendency for the cost of modern public facilities "to be borne by the municipality while revenue from the area concerned goes in large measure to other Governments. The report to the Agricultural Council that a number of small lots of potatoes have been.brought to the Island wlihout.author- ization is very serious. As specialists in the production of Certified Seed Potatoes our prosperity depends upon maintalning a disease-free- product. Unsupervised im- portation of potatoes could ingoduce dis- eases which would deprive the rovince of its present advantage as a seed producing area. 0 Captain James Cook, English navigator, died this date 1779. He ran away to sea and found rapid advancement. He charted the St. Lawrence from Quebec to the sea and also the coast of Newfoundland. The Royal Society employed him to make astronomical observations at Tahiti. pn the same voyage he sailed around New Zealand, visited Australia, New Guinea and Batavla. Subsequent voyages added great- ly to our knowledge. of geography and his accounts are a fascinating record of discov- ery- and adventure. 0 . We are reminded by President H. H. Hainnam of the Canadian Federation of and oldest forogetharvestlng machine on the market. Syhe ll equipped with n mower and grinder on,one end and o. manure spreader on the other. In between in an extremely complex and highly efficient manufacturing plant specially designed for thnaonvenlon of large quantities of posture, -silage and my into, noturok moot nearly brlsldti and it! -urportinr Simon xi-out tin--rlgnung .1. perfect food-milk.” of hours I l l rug. GUARDIAN. (ZHAR'.OTTlEiT()WN Occupational Grievance l l PUBLIC FORUM This column In open to the dincuulon by correspondent- of question: of interest. The Gunrdinn door not necessar- Ily endorse the opinion of correspondents. NIJGLI-ZCTED LIBRARY PLOT Sir. -- As noted recently in "Old Oharlotzteiown", in I884 were begun the beautiful gardens we still see surrounding our public buildings knomm than as Queen Square. The fulfilment. was nouns it-rest. as in the case of the Halifax Gardens on airing Punk Road which were up- held as the ideal at that time, .. "though Queen Square Garden; had its high iron fence, hath decorative and, more particularly. protective. Never, since its erection almost twenty-five years ago, have our City Council or citizens tiakcn tahc4 slightest tzhougtht. of the outward appearance of tube Library and Gal- lery. I must. give credit to Miss Jean Gill, librarian. for the flour- ishing and attractive window boxes in the summer. But. in comvzcm-lson with Queen Square, the grounds (if one can call the small plot that) are desolate. A subscription list might well be started and our Library Committee inaugurate in transform- ation to the entrance and precincts of an institution more frequented iihan any other public building in our Oity, children and parents will be more proud and happy to call at our Public Library, Within its small concreted con- fines the Library plot. can have shrubs and vines growing close to get vain ., (x11IlIll'l7'-1””V Azn Old Charlottetown , an r. I. 1. 3, ye MECHANICS INSTITUTE "On Monddy evening last. At the Mechanics Institute, the Rev. John Knox delivered a highly interesting and instructive lecture upon 'Reai Education. At a meet.- lng of the Committee, held on Wednesday evening. it was resolv- ed that Mr. Knox's lecture be published in pamphlet form, and that a copy be forwarded to every schoolmaster in the Island gratuitously, and that. the remain- ing oapies be sold on behalf of the funds of the Institute. "Two votes of thanks were un- unimously adwledwxie to . Sidney Dealey, 12511., for his val- uable present to the Library, of an Encyciopaedia of Arts and Sciences, and the other to Lleut. Colonel Roderick C. Macdonnld of Castle Tioram. for the handsome collection of marine productions, sent by him from Bermuda, for the Museum of the Institute. It was also determined that a room ahbulri be obtained for the Libra- ry and Museum, to be opened daily. and which should also em- brace the character of a Reading Room. where gentlemen could spend an hour or two in reading the literature and news of tho day-n place of resort very much required in this flourishing town.” -The Colonial Herald, July 17. I841. ...c.....j......m....... to his family: "From now on we will live by that. book." looked up at that shelf, and dllly that book rt-proved the way be its walls with bright. flowers and -hedges in its borders. The scales perhaps, the bus-stand too; out small beginnings are best. . The patrons of the Library are all used to seeing tihinez-I neat. and attractive in their home surround- ings, so surely they will all be will- ing to help our Council and the Library Committee and come for- word with small oont.riabution.s to remedy its present bleokness. I am, Stir, GARDENER Abvibr: E - .-.. ON GIVING Sir.- Advice is like castor oil, easy to give and hard to take. It is surprising how generous people are in giving advice. It comes out of the goodness of their hearts. They want to help. For the touch of arthritis I have. four different home-made remedies have been suggested. one of which win to soak myself in hot cpaom salts. I did soak myself for a neck but it. did no good. Before going to Trinidad, a kind- ly old minister. a missionary for many years in that island. Mi- vlscd me: ”Ncver go into the pulpit without. your Prince, AI- bcrt. coal." The first time I preach- ed there was in a. large crowded church and of course it was a warm night and to raise the tempera- turc the church was lighted by twenty kerosene lamps. 1 had on my Prince Albert coat, padded for winter wear in the north. I will not forget. that. experience. I hope I may never be in such to hot place again. Minintern are very fond of giv- ing advice: sometimes given grac- iounly and with good effect. corne- tlmea incuutlously, as when the minister warned the boy: never to smoke. but on the sly he himself smoked. Minintors ho.vc.to be extremely careful about giving advice. Lot no mlnhtar call his people to prayer unleu he himuli is definitely 1 Agriculture that "the dalrycow ii the best 3' praying man. we are too apt to give off-bond advice. lot-getting our own falling: or taking for mind we have none. Nothing will blunt. the edge of our mu- nu like fnllncority. Joruat words rang true. He liv , uttlrly what he prucbod. " 0 common people hurd him gladly." Ho III on dliilorsnt -from the noun Synagogue preacher who 3 even iOfldO,I"lllI advise loud living to to . no truth of tho liblo oppoob to our mind and oonooionoo. An old ohinhv mandarin no given 1 N t. lid told it. but it hgusc one day will be removed and.l was living. He was untrue to his Fellows in other jobs their mail to-uia.gg.' Daily he ' on Ines in A safybki ll loving-' ( 9 I013 SHEEI x seeing it country churchyard. when the grey Monuments walked, I with at sec- ond glance, Doubting. postponed the apparent Judgment day To watch instead the random slow advance bllng sheep, And yet these tombs. half fancied and half seen In the dim world between -waking and sleep, Time headstones browsing on their plot of green, were sheep indeed and emblem of all life. For man grass. and grass Grows wool and feeds The butcher's knife works magic. and the ephemeral sheep forms pass Through swift tombs and through silent tombs. until the h -Aldous Huxley. W-loft-bi.-comdb-s&rGOsj'0Of y The Age-Old Story - v v --as-as-so-Q-or-3-to-t-w.. This know alto. that in the int lwiic. He was severe with his chil- drcn. lie said to himself: "I must destroy that book Or clnmgr my life.” The story goes that he changed his life. i The Bible speaks to us out of I 'genulnc cxpcriencs and calls us to lllvc what. we know in be right. i I am, Sir, etc., i w. 1. GREEN. Stanley Bridge. UNI-ZMl'l.0YF.D PLOIV , OPERATORS Sir, . . We often hear people con- "demning our Government. and its ldlfrcrent. departments, some with !;;ust. cause, and name without. But. I, the Department of 1 live on, than to have to pay all U181 lreally think Public Works now comes in for crit- iclsm Willi regard to our snow- plow operators. 'Ilhe.sc men are ex- ,perlc-nccd mulntaincr and plow op- iernlors, and when the first snow ,cnrnc this winter, they were ap- lpointcd and all went to their jobs. some of them driving miles nlgilit. and morning. Most. -plows are kept at. garages in some town or i'll34.'lgc on the Island: so, 'to eliminate this long drive. they rented rooms or ncnr their plows. As the weather has been very unusual, there has been no snow to plow. Therefore the men were paid the large sum of 32.00 per dny. what. the Dcpartmcift called "stand- by pay.” Take a man's rent. food. clothing, etc... out. of this, and what mu he? Also please keep in mind that this amount was paid to men who have worked for the Depart- ment. for years. The money was paid until January lbllh. at. which Mme they were told they should add their names to the long list of unemployed, and drinv unem- ployment insurance. which would pay them off with approximately M00 not thy. How does my department 00" Government expect to get hold of palm: or mdlntzolnor , t who are really good men. with ouch mdnucrnlnt. ll Nut? Good mlohlne operator: are rm plentiful. and thcyoonrntlodmtoopaatonplml or mdlntioinor in 310w hour: or (Inn. To prove this all anyone has todoiotskooa-ivonltoroome covers Anowotorrn, and take notloe of the plowing of different. notion: of road under dicta-ont. operators. The name applies in the ounmar rnontlu to tho nu-oping of roads. Demo operators may as wall be borne loopinl. for all the good they do on the roads. Lot us this into consideration that cost of operating all plow: and cw Tsunami up on the kltdhon shelf and told I rnnlnulnm in me event of I norm, ;homes for the winter months to bcl (lays perlloun time: shall come. . . flint continue thou In the things lwhlcli thou hut losrnod and um ,ln-on assured of, knowing of when thou but turned them: and that from,-,3 child thou but known the holy scriptures. which are able to mnlm thee wile unto Inlvuuon through faith which in in Christ Jesus. paying a draw of men fighting snow. day and night, not 'ncludlng the extra expense of fuel, oil, parts nnd maintenance of all machines. Let us ask all fair-minded taxpay- ers of the Province, would it. not be chenper to pay uheir pioyeea I weekly wage, at. lean enough to lcxpensos of fighting snow, as these men cannot. take a. job elsewhere lfhd report. back to work for every snowstorm? It It is a cure of being tlm-ifty, wlvy did -the Department convey coal from Ohnrlobtetown. to all these garages from Kenalngton to Tlgnlsih, by truck, with coal dealers in Kenxington and summerslde only too ready to supply and deliver such corfl? How can the Department expect to get. machine operators and hold them under such treatment? What do our local representatives think? Do they thing of President. Eisen- hower's nlocan. "Time for it change", would be 1 good idea? I am. Sir, etc.. I DIBGRUNTLED LIBIIRAL. Kemlnaton, P E I FESTIVE DAY, KNOXVILLE. Tenn., (AP)-Prh dry the lath, was a iutivo day in the John Borden houuhoid. The Bordenr two children oblotvod birthday nnnlveruriu. Daughter rrnncu in 17 and son David to la. The Bordon were married Much II. 1988. Furthermore. the was born on July II and he on June II. OOMPLETE VISUAL namaprion AND ANNALYSII o. r. HUTCI-IESON g. son I Optomotrilto B8 Grafton Street 0 FEBRUARY 14. 19 Time is one of phone" intangible things in life that are not easily defined. About all we know about it is that it comes and noes we uomotimeo apnsk of having "time on our huids". but that of course is A mere figure of speech and not a particularly intelligent one at that. Wlhnlever the essence or time may be, there are only two things we can do with it. we our use it or waste it and, as in the case of a lot of onliec intangibles, time wast.- cd is in total loss. "Believe me when I toll you. wrote Gladstone. "t-halt. tihrift. of time will repay you in after life with s usury of profit. beyond your most sanguine dmuns. and i that waste of it will mute you dwindle alike-in intellectual and moral stature beyond your darkest reckoning", That. this is true enough will be accepted by my thinking person. and yet there is probably nothing with which most of us are lam thrifty or more wasteful. If we were able to compute the time we have wasted one way and I another. the figure arrived at would be almost. imboilevablc. And ohnt would be true not only in the cue of me dhronlcslly idle but also in that of tihe hwblbually busy. The foot, that It man is nl-ways busy about something or other is no indication that he is making good use of his time. . . Tb the very young t-ime travels slowly and leisurely. This may be :due to Nature's special sympathy for tzhe joys and wonders of child- hood. Any adult person will say. for ' that the summers were longer when he was young. And so they were. The first swore.-nus of Time's fleeting man- ner comes with adolescence. From there on it seems to gather ac- celeration. and tihc testimony of the very old Ls that time has soamely any meaning at all. The increasing rapidity, it. is all very proper, no doubt. It is all very mystifying. 600. Perhaps one reason why most. of us are inclined to be careicm and unmethodicll in our use of the speeding moments. days, months. and ymns. is that we give too much need to the common expression, "blierels plenty of time". Aotunlly. Mro” the down 0, R hundred mbg so for as the inpllvlduals ooncarn be purchased - long kid witth it Hoes.-lime is a scarce com- modity, nothing more so. 0 I 0 Even the full span of life is but a speck on the horizon. the twink- panslng of it watch in the night. Old people will frequently any that it seems like only yesterday that Inn of it. as ymterday. Such is the swiftneas, tihc neuneu in remote- nem, of Time. Tnking the historical. which is the only possible one to take in once more God; new gems across this rspect, oven the periods cov- gloves. ered by known civil-lza-tlons, both the extant and the extinct. are as yeotcrdby. today, and tomorrow, in ralaltion to the movements of life on the earth. to any nollhlng of the movement: of the Universe before my den of life appeared. In this sense, the ruins of aubmenged Pompeii, while they. are of great archaeological interest, are in reality but it mtxnent in time Ilway from on old Abandoned in-niqtead in this port of the world. . o . It seems to be 1 human trail to bhink of other times, other eras, other doys. or having been much more interesting. romantic, and heroic. than the present. Each genemtlo i.n its turn has assumed that its at was cast in prosaic places. Criticism of this limit has been I. favourite tinane of poets and phllooovphera. nnerson was aware of it in his day. "one of the illusions of life". he wrote, "is bhnt the present hour is not tzhe decisive hour, write it on your heart. um every day you live in title but day". Perhaps if we oould bring ourselves ttrdo that we should be a bit more careful in our use of the passing moments and days. If every day be the best day. than today is as good no any. There is beauty in it. and more in glory in it. It would be a shame to waste either. It is this that Time brings many changes. But when one considers the matter one is forced to the conoiuolon tzhat. llhere are many tfhirnu in life. including some of the but things.” that do not change. They remain the same yesterday, todnywnnd for ever. 'Ihe song of I bird on the wing or'rest- ing in Cllle, tree-too is on it has hem for munitions thousands of Ihe Passing Scene Hy Observer ling of a star in the universe. the where A young lady: T SOME THOUGHTS ON TIME years. lngale ”No ' him"? KCli0'ftlll0IlS thee down; The voice I hear this Mzht was heard, In ancient days by emperor W clown". Tho flowons.- "the grass, L.” thicket. and the fruit-ltrcc uild" have been exhibiting um, M grancos and their niystcm-5 N," since ma first slzirrlnsn of me amt grandeur on the earth. The ,,,,,,l, of a new born bmbe, the plum. nr little children, one bright, i,.,,,,.', ,; youth. the good dreams of m, aired, - those IIINB never rh.m;m from one gene:-Iat.lon. to Another As Keats said or the mgm. lrrazl lliissing That indofimble something v... the spirit. of mm hhnt makes mm forever look uprsmrd to the lmglin has weathered all the stonns M the centuries and remains as con- stant u the stars of liesvcn 'nlmc "divlner feelings, kindred Wm, the &lS". of which cardinal Newmln wrote, are now, as they have .1. Ways been. 5'YmI?C0III.s of uuuir deep longing for somethln-,1 lu,;i,,, and better than himself. Belief in immortality has none through many intellectual versions slm man that began to reason Mmm his destiny. but. in its essence it in.- remained unchanged. The philosopher Plato spoke 9,, unnumbered generations below in. time on well as for all the gen. ontdono since. when he wrote: "Wu cannot suppose that moral imvem. ment. the beginnings of Much wl see in the world and in oin-sell:-t will cause when we leave bills llfll": Swain: Sent Gloves As Early Valenlinm (Exchange) Guy and often lacy cards. rillilll and flowers are standard symboln days and years oome and go with of affection on this st. Valcnunei day, but an ancient and more durable taken was a pair of gloves. A gift. of gloves once was a fun- ly serious thing. notes the tlonal Geographic Society. dlcated at least that the younr man was willing to spend money on his intended. and it made ll first rate valentine. Today valentine gloves can .:I:l llllllri with small hearts arranged on their backs. or red-stitched white gloves. Red gloves also are avail- able, but they do not. carry llu niessane they once did in Sicily, hand will available if it. were gloved lll rerl. Gloves had other meanings and significance. A , medieval knight to dust dust turn! to tzhey did this or that. It may hnvr: often carried his lady's gloves in- ' been fifty or sixty years ago. but 4:; tournament of battle to estab- ou K,-nu U13! M0 Perfectly right in tl'iink- llsh his affection. Young men mm presented in slave to ll'tlllet'a-ln- law as guarantees of proper cm for dnuzhtsru, and the brldexroonn mother often wecomod her new daughter with R pilr of air. some ancient peoples vlassrtl gloves an ornamentation null wu- mcn were not allowed to sun them. The wearing of gloves by women. however, was . made essentully fashionable in the lath century bv Catherine dc Medici in I-lrnnrt and Elizabeth I in England. It the queens wore them, naturally Ill women wore them. The ill fit of the gloves worn ll Queens Cntherlne and Elizabeth would horrify it modern unlimi- who can thank Xavier Jouvui of Grenoble. France. for the smooth- ness of the kid or suede she now wears on her hands. Jouvin nim- ured thousands of hands of hu- pltal patients before perlccun: lh! basic glove cutting die in IBM- A pair of gloves now in Iho Smithsonian Institution rmlll an incident in the early l'l5Wl' of Baltimore. They were warn ill a belle when the Marquts do 14' fayettc visited the Mlarylsmd rift- Whent hr met the lady, the Min- Qllll bent gnllnntly to kiss her hand, only to halt short of it'll lormonce. There. staring him in was hla- own portrait. worked on the back of ti glove. Imyfivvette could explained, kiss his own likrnrsk Many of today's cloves uu murh more than serve their bn.-;r pose of wnrminni and drr""l"O": the hands. Special gloves me it made for, llpecllll piirvo-W name a few. there nre inept gloves. rubber gloves for wrote": and electrical workers. nnd riff, trlcully hunted gloves. A Aurrrnnl clove impregnated with leml ":5 been perfected to allow (lftt'lfll'S1V work with their hands relbllllllv exposed to x-ray. ie liuivl not, ill ,- . PERII. In our modern life war no llntlon. uruonlu omm. ,cnAnLo'n'IrrowN "Annoy r. lllcI.lAN. o.i.t':.. w u why we employ the ayutom of lmuunoo to protect in il- Wo on in I position in provider and mloome your Ingnlrleo for adv cc and information. M 0 4.1 On the on. on land. in the air. pt-ril'of fire. llxlIh1'Ill- "'""' hlrordft. of uutornobllol, of accident. of sickness. anal final if I . surrounded by part: mum” complete Insurance .-u:rvlr'l": & CO. LTD. llldllflllcd Sllldd ll" . uusmunsinic J M0Nl"'""" District Manner of 2-lunum-rrM'- OYIUI A. I.(l!IAW. c.I..lJ.. Iliutrlco Manager at nonfunc- Alnnto throughout tho Proving. AL Halal A