PAGE FOUY? , ‘A it X..- .1 1-111: qmlztrm'tc'rowwg_ciirisii_piav corned, adequate packaging is the . . l . v added to which is the matter of being Nut.‘ i I not to. include Perishable SW45 ‘Vllich sPoil in PUBLIC FORUM I I X l PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND- I FEDERATION 01.111110111111111 . PRINCE 0F WALI-S 60115515 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23111.. AT 1.30 and 1.30 0"cLoCK THE BIIARLOTIETUIIII‘ GUARDIAN Morning Dally ll-‘ounded in Ill?) President: lueul. UoL W. Cheater S. Mel-Ila Vice-President: J. B. Burnett, F-Ll. secretary: Liens. Col. D. A. Maollnnon, 0.8.0. Edilor and Director: J. IL Burnett, IJJ. Associate Editors: lranli Walker andjlieal. Ian A Bornrtt. K.U.N.V.B. (On Active bervlool "The Strongest Memory is Weaker I'll; the Weakest Ink." FRIDAY. FEB. 18, I9“ A good rnany people who simply connut, my dear. I731’; the H1118 to = in any mrm of voluntary wur semcc seem to "hove Diem! v4 it at their 11890"! to lullmt fooo stores ano pic: up more than their due share of scarce items. -—.Bl'0¢KV1lle liecorder and Tunes. nlernatlnnal affairs are import- ant, o1 course. But Canada has had small experience of they, and she would do much better to attend to her domestic knittin than Io gspirlng to and conspiring IOI‘ world leader-snip. -Vuncouver Province. Running a llttls ahead of’ fonn, Nazi bcrnocrs attack lures well- lightod and marked hospital ships. sinking one Again it may be 1e- called that a ferocious wild ani- mal never is so desperate as when threatened with extinction. No hu- man instinct appears to be left 111 the Nazi heart. - Toronto Globe and Moll bly Then ls prolsa no truth In the rumor that the United States is planning to issue a counter art ofl British honors lists. but su stitut- mg for our cataloguing of tions in dispatches the number ofl times each general has been n.e_n-' tloned as a possible Presidential candidate. -W1ndsor Dally Star. ' Accordinl to a new order, issued by the Ontario government, mem-' rs of the legal profession d-5sir-' liig to have the dlstigulshliig mark of King's Counsel 1K C.) wail have to make application for thc some. Sort of ha; in hand Procedure which is understood to be foreign to the ethics of law. A danger lies, 111 this. It is that merit may be sidetracked and political activities» associations and alignments given n premier place. -— Winchester Press. Some benefactor of the human race has invented a “silent clion- l nel" for the juke box. You put a, nickel in the appropriate slot andt you purchase silence for the length l of time which would otherwise be consumed in playing Pistol Packiu‘ Mama. The next move will be to invent n gadget which puts the air-conditioner" out of order andl allows u little real ozone to circu- lntcn-Peterboro‘ Examiner. - EDITORIAL NUI ES _ TIIE FARMERS ARE NOT ALL H _ _ _ _ , _ 1151.12121- llic democratic l\8llOllEl1 Convention is fixcd for _]ul_v 19 at Chicago, thrcc wccks after the Republican convention in the same city, on June 26. Sky-Iii the m. 16th. issue o! the Guardian I rend with interest the article headed. "Snow-Plowlns the Country M15". and r h that some the questions uskdd by this Duty- I also have pleasure in statm that at the annual meeting of the Ompaud cresmciy 00-. where a large number of farmers in this section were assetnlbled. title; 111% munlmotisily [Il-aa" e a resou on be forwarded to our tzovfirllment l° have the moinbors look into the mutter of having the road throllflh Bonshaw and Aibiny open. I om, Sir. etc- ANOTIIER FARMER... G ILLEGAL. l! i Ii ll Something to be thankful for. Says Mr. Gra- ham 1*‘. 'I‘o\vc1"s, Governor of t11c Bank of Carl- ada: "\V11ile the interest burden on the federal, taxpayers is 52 per cont higher than at the be-l ginning of the war, yet he said, when figured in relation to the national income it is really less now than 20 years ago." It‘ Ii I Correction Please l)1". Mucllillzm vcry properly drcw attention in 111s :|)t‘L‘\‘1l on t11c Draft Address to t11c Speech from tit-s lliroiic llllllClpLltillg "am early end to 111t- woritl-ttitl: conflict." llc tiecdcd to g0 110 fntiht-t- 111.111 1k.- tfuill pug-c of t11c Liberal o1"- r;.u|, of t11c same lxrllt‘ 111 which the Speech up] u.111'-1. 1111' ctimplctc rcftttaitiuu of this slate- mr-tu |~u1 into the mouth of His llouour the Lfvulvuuu timt-ruur, '1‘11(- grim picture paint- 111 lu t\-1. ‘l. 1.. Rzilsiott, .\lu)/ -.-.;1.- iutcnrlt-tl for 1111- 1 .' t} lklllllla lllt'lil1l(‘l\, but it can CCl'lZilll1_V b1: '"1l'1>\ 1-111" 111111 lcgislzitivc $010115. (‘.01. l1. .11 vuqu gsprcsscd some alarm a1 the way pCl-pit- uere leading themselves to believe the .11: uvurlt over. llis sutumury of lllt’ contrary" vicw, s" ." t11c C2111- . \\:1.~ unt- of the bluutcsi stalcutcuts - let. 11:11" r-zttlwtl. ilclivcrecl rcceittly 11y 2111)‘ L111. ‘ll .\..!1--11.~k"-;1dt-1"_ '1]11-1,- i. tuttclt Quilt-lice. C01. Ralstou \\.1ll!\‘l1. Ilzru lit-rmtut military poucv 11213 dc- .-rc,|».-tl sud ilhrc is 1111 sigili ilntt the Japanese troops hut- ivy, z111v of thou" willingness to fight fllltl 1117.- :-- 11.1111 1111- Ulll|10>l§ \\'1llt‘1l protect their" l-tnut- lost. 1n 111-111 l-Ittmpc and Asia forces of \\£’i1'Il’.i‘l(‘1l t‘lll‘lll\' troop» wcll led and well i . :11'1" l'L'€lt1\' t.» figill-malltl t11c)" do fight. tlttuxittztzr-s liurope. She controls :1 1 of ~ _ c _§_’t),0t>0,000. She draws 011 pructiczillv 1111- nf Eitropos industries '0' "It is unthinkable," says the Halifax Herald, “that year after year and decade after decade lite Island of Cape Breton will continue to bc CH1 Off from the mainland of Canada and left (lcpetideut upon a ferry scrvicc that in its 1110st efficient form must be regarded as uncertain and tmrcliablc." Is that so? Then what about Prince Edward Islaitd u11der worse conditions? ‘U! It‘ 1i l Here is something cvcu our own legislators sliutild make note of. ltfcuibcrs of the I-"rcticli Consultative Assembly will have less comfort- able seats next session. Robbers entered the assembly building Cairo and out out the leather seats and backs of 12 big 2ll'lllC1l£ill'$. Leather is scarce in North Africa and brings Iiigh prices on the black market. i tatlo h A cos-dial lnvl All-sun] “Still-‘ltill?’ loco vvlll be under The Federation la composed of twelve of the lIlln Ifllll organization: of the rovfnce and a number of mallet Branch Assoclailons- ts vnloe ll the WI“ 0! "Bill". a rionnture. Its mission ls to - fur interests anlrl give demand of farm JIIMIIIOQII. daughters arg urged to aocom representing our farmer asaocia one to this central er- ated meeting. . The afternoon session will be ing. Reports covering tha year's work will be received ll also will reports from the delegates to the rodent Annual Meeting oi’ the Canadian Federation. Resolutions, which 1 must be approved by each member hotly or the Resolution | Committee will be presented and discussed. Decisions on future activities will he arranged- This meeting ahollldit full of intensely interesting material. A special program has been arrungcvl for the evening. Two outstnndln guest speakers have‘ been secured. Professor . . Mat-Dunad of St. Francis Xavier Extension sq-vloo will discuss Co-operativg Activities; Mr. P, I). MeAnthllt, one of Canada's outstanding farmers, Prealdentiof the ltllfy Farmers of Canada and n member of the Executive o Ill Canadian Federation. will deal with matters of vltal Inter- est. Other local speakers will be heard to advantage. ATTEND THIS IDIPORTANT GATHERING AND GIVE sunscreen: u tus interests of this r"- ELECE Sir,—Durii1g the tori years that I have been Medical {superintendent of Fnlconwuod Hospital and the Provincial Infirmary", I have taken no active interest 111 political events nor have I tried to influence any voter iii thc way in which he should vote-nor have I committed any ir- regularities connected with an election, Provincial or Dominion. With regurd to the Provincial Infirmary". aiiv order that I have given was to the etfecttliat anyone having the right to vote. and being considered physically and mentallY capable of voting was to be allow- ed that. rightful privilege. With regard 1o Fnlcomvotnl Hos- pital, no lnmalc. us fat" as I am n- ware, has left the premises to re- cord a votc in any election. If such has his-opened, as has been sug- gested. it was surreptitiously done; it was also an illegal procctlurc, and anyone assisting with the same was performing: on tmlatvful act. " I am Sir, etc. A. J. MURCHISON. M1). Medical Superintendent, Faiconwuod Hospital. LIQUOR IN NE DAYS Sin-As there limo been quite a few writing to the Guardian. I think it would not be amiss to state some facts icgardiug prohibition. as rc- ported in the Parliamentary Re- porter. F01" instance. the 1812 ses- sion. First we l-uvc J C. Pope i"c- iercd_tu as leouci" of Opposition, speaking 1o the rcvcliuc bill, on page 411. l-lc sow" tlicrc is n great d c" now carried 111 ,0_ |l.1t1:\~_ '- 4.1 \‘l' 1-11" u purely business meet- ‘sumamside and chsrhtmm‘ '3'“ IJONDON —iCPI— A cant gift of the New Brunswick 1.. 11nd, Women's Attxlliiiry o1 the . ndiun ‘Legion of Uasnpbellton, l1 was presented to the Canadian l4 ion here by Mrs. Vincent =. wife of the high mmmlssloner. 'I'hro h medically gupg diet, too decay among large 1 -.. o! children has been reduce/i udi as 80 er cent, It‘ i Messandro Volta, Italian physicist, born 1111's date 17.15; professor at Como in I774. Pavia in 1771); won t11c Copley Modal in litigkuitl in 1791; was interviewed by Napoleon in 1801, and was afterwards pensioned by him for 111s con- tributions to science; next appointed director of the philosophical faculty of Padua Univers- ity, where he continued t0 pursue 111s scientific studies and experiments; was a pioneer in cit-c- tricily, and it is after him the electric "volt" is named. Ill rum. son-our r0 voon own INTEREST!‘ m THROUGH The P.E. I. Federation of Agriculture ..l1t>1e 1111.1 ccuuolhic 1't‘~-/l1l't'(‘S. She has more than 30o \\'(‘1l"ll‘lt1llL‘t1 tlivlsllillfi. She 11:15 millions of for- 05,211 workers 111 her industries. Last year Ger- 11111111" rc-fo1"11ivtl_ "cc-equipped and raised 11101"? 1111111 60 new t1l\lSlUllS, each with 60o machine- guus 111111 30o l1<_."i\"icr wcupons. In their arma- m-sut wire 110w models of tanks, self-propelled gm», 1"o:k<-"_ guns, and uthct" cquiptneitt "equal in Alltl in some (Z1505 better than I-llyllllllg the Allies luvs." .\ll so divisions lost by the Ger- mzuis at Stalingrad and t11c eight lost in North Airicu lune bct-u replaced. littkittg bark, U11. ltztlslou recalled that it took 3 1-; years to drive the enemy out of Africa. and gvt 111111 t11c fringe of Europe in Italy. 'l'l1c c-uuiueut of l-Iurupc has still to be rctakeu. The suburb fighting of Russia has still to be llllilCllCll. China must be liberated and H0115: Ron; uvcugctl. 1111111111, .\lal;1y, Singapore and i111- Philippines lliilSt be regained and the 5011111- tvcet Pacific clczucrl." .\11 [i115 £11111 more. t11c Dcfcusc Xlitiisler told lkirlizuucut 11s n11 (iffset to easy optimism and fol-c ctmtpluccihjv. l)r. i\l.'ic.\lillau has dis- rliurgt-tl 1111 equally disagreeable but necessary‘ v-"l. 111 the Legislature. by warning against tlic z llllltlc so 111011211116551)‘ zldoptctl 11y t11c Gov- cruuictu in t11c Siwcccli from t11c Tlironv. " . 11:1 .~:~:nrv for 111m to point 011‘. _‘(1§11;1t'\ tttttissitim, 11:1111cl_v any rc- icrcnctg ritltcr to their llztjcstics the King 111111 l_,_1ilL‘L‘il, <1" to Divine lhovidente iii connection with out" 1101111111111 Iinrvrst" I ‘fifh How “Are Your Eyes '1 If you are lsavln; syuiptu strain headaches. 1- dlzzlness - consult s l. n- s- An .-\1i1l1erst, N5, i11ai1, Mr. “fillimn S. Puvvis. who went to Bermuda a numbct" of years ago, and made 11 fortune as a comurssion merchant, has donated $112,000 to provide sglgglgijsliips to Bcrmudu students. llis gift will finance 34 scholarships-y) in Bermuda High Schools and four in universities zibrozid. Utidct" t11c terms of the gift, spacial prefctruicc will be given candidates choosing .\I0tt11t .\11is0u L111- vcrsity, Saskvillc, .\'.B.; McGill University, Montreal, and ‘Queen's Lliivcrsity, Kingston, Ont. 4* i There is another paradox in man's relationship with other creatures. namely. that those very qualities he calls aiilmallan - "brutal." “bzstiaifl “lnhumnn" - are peou-' liavly his own, Susanne K. Langerl writes in Fortune No other animal is so dolibcruts-lyt cruel as man. No‘ other crezuurc intentictially tin-i prisons its own kind. or invents special instruments of torture such‘ 1's racks and thumbscrcws for the rolc purpose of punishment. N01 other animal kecps its own breth- rcn in salvery; so fzir as we know, the lower animals do not commit‘ anything like the acts of pure sad- ism tliat figure rather largely in our newspapers. Thorn is no tor- nriit, spite oi" cruelty for its own szxkc among bGZY-llfi, as illltl‘? is a- at eyes or sprrlalls At your service with m ot experience and a thoro retracting service. Call In and discuss m1 difficulties. Write or phone t appointment; ti. F. llutcheson sup sou I‘. G IIUTCIIESON G. F. IIUTCIIESON Charlottetown Tax Appeals The B0311 0f Appeals from City taxes and assess- ments will meet in the Court Room in the City Build- ing at 9.30 a.m. on Monday. February 28th, 1944, to hear all appeals fi"om Civic assessments and valua- tions, and will continue thereafter by adjournment 111C112 mm _A vat Plays “jillflo if and as circumstances may require. lgllttjllfcbgillilllgfisffllfgbBfltlnltllldlh, Charlouewwnv Feb- H1 1944- ‘ii-‘ii-i ' ‘iii: knows good and evil, ls c-"ucl for ~ ci-vcltyr . " he who has . moral ' i law l5 mo - tiialltiizii: the llfikules, ‘L A' FULLERTONv who llil"f! none; 1c none n Tifis ' suffering on his follows with malice any Clerk aforctliouzlii. lf liifllffsl lllillil lsl , B d rcnlly l], hlg ier fo:1".1 o tic an ma ' ' morality n specialized Now 1| the time to zvlltl again . PIGWC RM By using the must t-ttectlvl remedy on the market. MAGS 1'11: - WORM mind. his TONIC POWDER form of l\_c"1 instinct. thrn whore in the c0 : of evolution did ‘no n will thoroughly abolish all traces of worms and l"! 1C4! the 1‘ 11cm of a clever animal zuitl fall prry to srbjcciLvQ fears? the health of Fm" 221v]? Prl-e 35o per ill- imiilggling o1"1 the sumo "page. A; lic says 1t would 1.10 Dotti: 1.1 cn- CZUY-"liéc the _ c of tut: 1101113 article than the _\)L)l.. 1s iiitpurtod a1"t-| iclc, itiioth 3 themed n11 pro- ‘ 51 lie says tlicvl Jlllflll a largo t l.‘ rs drum lo ' A total of 28,000 pounds of .\ttstr."1li1111 but- ter is in cold stomgc at Blouctott and car-mark- cd for export to t11c Xavy, .\t'n1_v and .-\ir Forcc litstittitc. 'l‘his i11fo1"111ati01t was tabled in t11c llousc- of Conir s 1)_v Ilon. jzuucs (j. (iardincr, Klitiister of .\;_ eullitrc, in response to (p.11-5- tions ztslccd 1J_v ll. H. llzttficld (I’(,'--(jz1rlcto11- Victoria). Mr, Hatfield had asked also ziliuut t11c quantities of meat i11 cold storage in Cat".- adu zit t11c beginning of the present yczir. 'l'l1c answer tabled showed 83,231,011 pounds of pork in storugc. 35,039,828 potturls uf ltccf, t).- 3-143741) pounds uf uutttoti and lamb. >11 i i! *1‘ i Ill c - y l body to Ill‘ ill po . should be cvcltiricd 1'1" .11 l1 try. ton tinge 7) O11 page 123 l. prose-mutant. Mi". ttaffio was a crest families vzcto ru iriakos this SLllll did not know v. cci County bout-c And why should hc take pleasure in torturing helpless memoirs of his own race? - Exchange. It‘ folks refrained from talking about things tlicy do not tinder- Jlllllil, tEic oppressive silence of this worn of our would become insuf- ferable —Kitclicnei" Record. William Joyce, better known as ucnriblc for i1." . 1- _ “"' ‘Haw Haw." ilic renegade ‘1111111 broadcasting for G-ccb- brl. m Berlin. is said by Swed- isli correspondents to be "thor- oughly (lisillttsiouod and homo- slck “ Pcttcd, highly paid mid pampered dulug the first year of tho vmr. "Haw Haw" and other radio quislings have now fallen on evil days. "Plicy are paying the price which treachery always cx- acts —tlic scorn and contempt of their crstwhllc masters. Men they are without a country. utterly de- spised. consclentlousl creatures of contempt. And their future? Shot by their disappointed masters imlf-slnln in a revealing moment of titlcr selfloatlilng, or sneaking home urged by “homesiclines-s" - only to face tral 011 charges of trea- son. Their final epitaph is but one word the classic synonym for all traitors the one word -~lud1\s! — Halifax Herald. PILOT OFFICERS and GIVILIAIIS Are Entitled to Clothes That Fit " - We sell what we believe the best elullics in Canada. SIIIf-‘I-‘ER HILLMANS- We also can mcusl-Ira and delcrlbe your structure or shape to their up-to-tlute cutter. We learned the measuring cutting, making and lilting, which 1s half the battle. .1. 1-. MacPllEllSflll s. S011 166 Queen Street Charlottetown COAL. We have in stock and receiving regularly cars of: bootlcggci"; "ind bro kinds cf suasioii. 1119111011113 ki fcrrtd lo 1i". l’: mciit in tlic direct Wfiliid .,, 1i:- luohbg . _ of what a O tl cargo-mun m 11.11 Amrncan winner ." cl to -l1c cffcci. that ilic tiivcrii lzccpci" should be made 1""- City playgrounds arc not always all they arc cracked up to be. 'l':1kc Ilunlrcztl, for itistzmcc, at t11c City Cutuicil it was claimed 111111 t11c 111:1)"- grotuttls direction is iticomtietcut, in "bad faith.“ that children fled from 1h: parks, and lhzu t11c $50,000 budget last ycar had been spent mostly on salaries. Couttcillot" Savignuc protested 111': operation 0f t11c city's p1a1_\'g1"0".111t1s 111st _\"cur \\'ll5 "tuonstrtuis", wliilc Cotincilltu" Colo clziimcil t11:11 t11c citizctis had not rcccivcd "their 111ut1':_v's worth.” .\la_\01" Rzvvnzuilt 111-111 that the [.11- fotitziiu-s Park playground, which l"'r. (izirit-py directed bcforc lhc city's new systctii wcnt into W “S v _ cffcrt, "klckcri thg clan 111111 cttlliusiusni of “"__- , ‘ _ 1 - childrcti," 11c had tlolicctl 111 prcviotts _vc;1t'.<._ M’ m n "lit °‘"."m'”"i°‘1" Th” ‘my *1! i< ' ‘l! ConaclaYs "Home" Army .\lr. 1l1i\‘.‘fll'll tire-cu. .\I.l'._ fut‘ Yzincouvcr 51-11111, 1121s" bun :1 Jug in t11c llotisu ivhctlter, in liu- cvcut <-| " - cwtuititiiug with _l".1p;ut nftt-t 11111111 ‘ ".u_\_ titqtitbi-rs 111‘ (januthh ll 111- t1r~v<1 in t11c lkicifit". llll‘) an imptnuuu 411111, but tltcrr- is nnuthcr, 1llill'lli_‘_{ ~11 11'..- sqntc force, which is cvcu tiiorc l111i,>'1t'1.t|!. llvrt- it is, 11s pusctl 11_v t11c Uttzuvzl ‘If ' iilu coming" itivnsion of littropc, 1111111 (l'\'l'l'>L'.'l,s .'1r1u_v sluuilrl silllPl‘ 11c:1\_-." \\'l11 111t- “hou1c" army 11c 1154-11 to pro- AMMONIATED BRONCIIIAI- COMPOUND A reliable and rllcrlivc n"; pgpgglon for the lflfflllllfllllfl coughs and colds. .~\ ‘glut relief tor chronic Brant Price 50o oer bottle. M“; you 1'1101"1_11.1;0 WITH LUMBM-O w n _ 11 Mrrit- rozl lmvo done strzzitrtliiuu" cf that kind. in convicting- a man of inau- slaughter". thc man died frcm the vse of tint liquor h: bout-lit Mr. Laird ys mcu ct-‘Jtalu “S01E05 .~_- was simiiai" lo t11c . Cmlll‘ pcnplc _ bi". 1H0 liquor men got; around that, as v/as indicated in later reporters- ho also says that liquor v/cts soirl without license. Wn c..l that bcotlc-ggmg 110v."- ~ Wlllntma .."- tho rcvcnuc .030 ticuuds. thut ' " 1rd would figure about 200.0311 izailotis imported, be- sidcs. according to McAlplfle5 1311-. cctoiy. llicro ivcrc four Breweries in Charlotteto l‘| and two in Sum- sec they were mod with liquor, but d we arc lauuhcd at brewers. baotlcggers and ies iii thc other provinces. mooring has 110111111; on them as far 11s propagatidzt ls concerned Rcv. and Mrs. j. M. Murchison have rc- ccivcd word that their son. john T. l\'llll'C1llSOll- 1211s been promoted to Flight Lieutenant in t11c 1\‘.(,‘..\.1"'. 111- ltas bccn (7\'t‘l‘S("1‘i iu :1 fighter squadron fur gory,- [ililll two _v . serving ill’ Dicppc, Malta 11nd over t11c coittinctit. 1n :1 rc- ccnt lcttcr liq told of being cnlcrtainctl at Buck- ingham Palace. Besides the Royal Fzitnily. (icneral Smuts was one of thr- itotablcs present zmd 11¢ bud a chat with 111m. To use t11c Flight Lieutenant} own words, “fliut nus m1 cdtica- lion in itself." .-\ brother, (jlizirlcs klurchisou, is also i11 t11c R.C./\.l". having received his air ' 11111 11011 1s iiuputizitit for 21 vital ren- 'l‘l1.- 112i '1' 111 1111111)" quzirtcrs that tltz-rc docs ‘z l:':11'|\, ritltrr <I\‘t‘l'.~L"s or 111 Czinzulri, li'.'1llll'l1 lacli 411111)") reserves rfulnrcr Llmxidiun ll'tJI|]1.s on t11c hcztvv m" prnlrnigctl fighting. b: i111.- tltcu. in t11c cvcut of losses in ~11 lif§illiilfl 1‘L' as hcziv_v as c.\'- .t~ 11:1 ill lu- 1 , Czmiuliun corps, r1"i11fo1"cc111':11ts front; BORE ISAC K u 1g we have our "l l1" bu‘ "medics (0 nlfcr d317,": ly. Back-Rite ‘r-"ilvlcls- l-Llfm lolly effective f0r_ l-"l" ‘IL Sciatica. Neurllls. It'll" "l M enlar and othm- rheusnntium which treatments fail to Price 50 cents Dcr ltflX- lI-IE Will 1111195 14B Great Gnome 51ml" Old S_vdnc,v screened. Springhill screened. lnverness screened. Bras D’0r screened. Albion Nut. Dominion Coke. __Wnl§1h Hard Coal for Furnaces Phone us your requirements. Prompt deliveries.‘ <11 H1 11 1111"". 11111-11 ztrup, will l'Ci|ll1l'C its ruuks to 11c t. 11:." [rt-ups frtnti (irrzit lirituin, If pipe-smokers - those norm- ally contented looking people -— hiive a grievance it, is a shortage of 1 ii wire pipe cleaners which 1 am told. prom’; d1" g 1131.111 troops from liven‘. ,. 111111; so-cztllcd "two ‘-- |1_\ i11.~11r|111r."1t.'11;; into it llrilisli 11111;: ll]1t111 hurtl-prcssctl British ninth-tutti" 11- tuiiutztitt a 11i_vt11 which, ltnwcvcr plvu-itv: it 111: v h;- ru 17111111111311 vzu1it_v, is ncvcr- 111 1-». it 11:",tl1. \"-tl 1111-. is living 110111: at i1 111111- 1111-11 "r1".- i. iu this country bctwccu 00.- (r-t» nutl <1 111-"11 in tmiforiii wliosc unique tk-iiurttoii is tiaut t11c-r are not stipposod to figli! \\‘i!l'l'r\ l'_r11tiug i< 111111111 platcr. The cost of 111-11 :11":u". rutnllrt, is 81700004300 a year. '1'11¢ _|1vl' ."u< 1111- titztttt-t" in its tiropcr p(‘l‘r»llk( ~ t 1t tlt-vlztrcs 111111 t11c (iovcru- mt-til}. 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All ovcr the Dominion, thirsty" Cami- (iians found liquor-store shelves bare. boot- 315 for .1 fifth of Scotch), Result: a demand for substitutes. One of t11c most popular: a 1lig1li_V-SC(‘IllCI1, highly alcoholic, highly poison- ous (if swallowed) skin lotion called lilac wat- cr. Canadian distillerics, like those in the U.S., have been convcrtcd to industrial duction. ago falls 011 friends. 11.111011 liquor pcniiiis, and not above bribcry", lhcv frcquctitly get liquor from stores that turn lawful ration-bound "customers away". Sonic (Q11- tirizlintts got results by folding a $2 hill iusitlc t11ci|" The situation has political potentialities. Frus- trated Canadian drinkers, full of wrath and woo. mittirnlly blame the (iovcrtimont. trrm for t11c grcat porch: Prohibition." lnrcc training in Canada aftcr serving ovcr- a it ill i1 1k 'l'his is f1"oiii t11c weekly Time and itidicatcs conditions are 11o better, if not much worse, else- where than herc: "Two were dead in Ottawa, three in Toronto, tbrcc in Ilalifnx, onc in Vztnvotivct", from (lrinking industrial alcohol, shaving lotions, hair tonics, paint removers. \Viimipcg police said that 95% of all flavoring loggers’ prices skyr-liigh (in some instances. alcohol pro- But some of the blame for the short- bootlcggcrs and 111011" political Armed with fislfttls uf illegally ob- quot" permits when thcy ask for whiskcy". 'l'11cir ‘Mztckctizit- King 1111210 5lnvely1~n0lIIC men nre slaves to ll uor. "I trust that at the t will Sliivc owners urt- ou Slavery". brewers bcst FOUL-A. The island c-dgo of the world," nfioi" cnd of January delivered malls, I-icludlnu (fhristmas letters and parcels, and llve tons of foodstuffs. Dangerous {J55 had pre- ylfpéed Wills from renxhu"; the 15. is IUI OUT ‘IIIID ACHII Now I would like to quote from Sllcech of l..o"d Brougham on length me is come wlicii parliament .110 longer near to be told that the best lwivglvers Are we going) to lct and booticgglers e the lfllvilivers on pro lbltion? I um. Sh". ctc. SECOND QUEENS. ISOLATED M DAYS Shetland Island -tCP)- of Fouln, ininwr: m]; ‘the Wfls re loved 44 days‘ lmlntlttt near the when a motor-boat ‘"" s4 are practically unobtaiunble in the shops nowadays. Feathers are on sale as substitutes. but not all smokers approve of them. A friend f mine who succeeded recently in obtaining a packet of the wire cleaners has found to his regret, that they can be pressed into ser- vlcc for other purposes than that for which they were intended. ‘I? oarrfod them home as a sir-sat prize. and put them in what he fondly imagined was a safe place. A few days later. when search- int: for them. he found that his wife had used the cleaners In hair curlers. -Bolfast News-letter. Mr. and Mrs. Garrett. Petilngcll, a pair of sentuagcnarian youngst- ers from Wellington, up in Prince County. took to the air inst Satur- dav morning. Celebrating their golden wedding anniversary, they climbed oboard a T. C. A. liner at Malton Airport. headed for Win- nlneg and a. holldav season spent with their daughtcrrfrrthot city.’ Not very long before their mar- riage fifty years ago. it would have taken weeks to span the continent. for the last spike in the C. P R. was not driven until 1805- Kin!- st-cn Whig-Standard. The Polish Question (Baltic-ore Sum 11m oulckencd interest in the Polish question ought to be '1 flmfil to all elements l0 Elli)" tonzues. Unless signs mislead, no settlement. wllhout hcartburnlntrs l1 po-sible. What then“ Are we to t9 do all within our iaawev ln locally- thnlr m these heartburnings into recrim- invttions and aiittagoziiams which will jeopardize the welturc of urcns and ulatlons many timcs larger staph». involved tn zlie dispute over Poland and -ts people. i The Polish question could be blown up to preposterous dimen- sions. On the ollo hand. we have the attitude which exists in much of the advanced wit of New York and Washington. 111i; attitude may be stated in three words. Russia ls right. On the other hand. we have the Poles and their devoted partisans in whom pride and poll- ilcai incapacity seem to he of the same largo proportions. ‘Io these two groups niust be added con- servatives who do "lot like Russia and are delighted to take up on argument in which they may be- labor her with the least exposure to charges of prejudice. And to all these groups must he added the men who are willing, for domestic I .-‘ ‘u to fish in any troubled waters of any internu- tional dispute. Encourage these ttroupl to full cry. and in o short while relations between the Utnled states. tho British Empire and t11c Russian Soviets might be so disturbed as weaken the whole ntovctnent for international law and peace. Disagreement over one of the tragically unhappy smaller nations might 112mm ,1 hrczrt to nurse- find rllevlale thp h(““lblll'flll1"-\'l Or are we, bv passionate and orc- voeatlvo out s l0 “MM ment on policies 11111‘, would servo the welfare of all nations. W- D. GILLIS 6' CO. Phone 171i. _ ' Mall Orders 61"" Attention. Proteefiiil iiarut SANTA TEBESNS BOOK-MARK l 1 From t11c Spanish of Santa Teresa McLeod w l. BENTLEY K "- s a IIENTLEV it \- lllflllcrs and Auorncys-Il" Law Prince sum Let nothing disturb thee, Nothing nlftlflht thM All are passinli God never ehangeth; Patient enduranofil Atttaineth to oil t lllll; 1”“ oothingd “hffitfilim n no i Alone God stitflceth. Amlteuotw. IIIIIIIER Taxis IN lT- JOIN SAINT JOHN. N. 3-. lVb. 17- (cm- Higher business taxes for Saint John effective until s. Y"! after the war were approved by m; Glty council today. The ln- creases range from 40 to 200 cent _ ______ Blackhe ’ simply dissolve and dlr appear by this one simple. sale and euro method. 1 two ounces of pen-talus powder from ." drug non. on a hot. wet 1.. h, and apply 3-way blselibsad wll be fit P" our .B1uo1No mink-L». .-- ~- lorrolltmi 6011111" ll. F. Alltilllllllll casnseso Aeoolsntll" asmm Trust 801W" Charlottetown """ 1 M, Al 111w PAW‘ It L. 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