9 PAGE FOUR ,, THE GUARDIAN u Booond Class Mall ran omen Depnrhnent. Ottawl. The Ilium Gunnilln Publishing Co. Prdlldent ma Associate Editor. lln A um-um. Associate Editor, Frank Wuker. cincu1.A'rioN "Coven Prince Edward Island like the dew" Authorilod flho Strongest Memory is Weaker "ml tho Weakest Ink". CIIAKIAJTTETOWN. FRIDAY, AUG.. 1, 1952 Historic Beauty Spot If one were asked to name the most im- portant historic site on the Island, it would undoubtedly be that of Port la Joie, beau- tifully situated at the mouth of the Char- lottetown harbour, which was founded in 1720 a few months after the arrival of the first colonists from France. Ilere, in 1722, was built the first Christian church on the gregarious migration to the Atlantic shores, evidently feeling stronger bonds than those, for example, existing between the people of Toronto and Ottawa, Ont. For the rest of the country, here is a problem in assimil- ability, different only in degree from that posed by the Doukhobors. A Maritimer may become an Ontario merchant, or pres- ident of a Western university, but he still considers his origin to be his primary dis- tinction. ”Nor will the Maritimers keep their in- fatuation to themselves. They want every- body else to share it. They lure the tour- ist with booklets boasting of game-crowded hills and trout-packed streams-North Am- erica's Scottish highlands and "most scenic drive"-sandy beaches, and salty fishing villages that delight the artist-historic towns, and farmlands twhere ploughshares have been whispering to the earth since 1605'-a country where beauty has had time to grow, where memories have gath- ered.' The Grand -Banks Special bears wit- ness that all of this may bettrue." Island, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, and here were centred the administrative, and military headquarters of the colony until British times. In the same vicinity, in' 1758, Lord Rollo erected Fort Amherst, the remains of which can still be traced. Our first Governor, Walter Patterson, re-' sided here during his term of office, in a fine rcsidcncc on which he expended i8,000. Later it was leased under orders of the Bri- tish Government to Frederick dc Calonne, Finance Minister under Louis XVI, who was then an exile in England. This was after the French Revolution, and Calonne planned to bring a number of his com- patriots here and found a Royalist settle- ment. This scheme was abandoned but his brother, the Abbe de Calonne, remained in possession for some years. Then the land passed into the hands of Governor Fan- ning and later of Lady Cumberland. For many years it was a favorite picnicing re- sort for Charlottetown citizens, as well as a camping ground for Indians. It is still visited by large numbers of people every year, and has been kept in excellent con- dition by Mr. J. O. Hyndman, on whose arm the property lies. As will be noted from an advertisement. in today's issue. Mr. Hyndman is now of-' fering "Farm Lajoie" for sale. The acquir- ing of the area as an historic site might well be taken into consideration, as the op- portunity is not likely to occur again. Cer- tainly every effort should be made to in- sure the maintenance of its associations with the past, and to preserve it unspoiled for posterity. coronation Trees Tu commemorate coronation year, and in honour Queen Elizabeth II, the Scottish Tourist Board has planned a great tree- planting program for 1952. There are two chief motives: First, to replant small wood- land areas in many parts which were clear- cd during the war to produce timber, and second, to brighten up odd and dull cor- ners. In 1937 when King George VI was crowned, the Girl Guides of Edinburgh planted 400 flowering cherry trees, which now bloom and beautify Edinburgh Glen, a splendid example. The London Free Press makes the time- ly suggestion that here in Canada similar programs might be planned as a salute to Her Majesty, and also a supplement to our own conservation activities. Incidentally it may be noted that much of the beauty of present-day Charlottetown is owing to its tree-lined streets and avenues. Arbour Day used to be a great occasion for tree planting in this city years ago, when not only the school children, but leading citizens turned out en masse for this purpose. Perhaps we have all the trees now that we require in Charlottetown, but there are many sections of the Island where the old Arbour Day custom could be revived beneficially in hon- out-.of Her Majesty's Coronation Year. 4: The Homing Instinct 1- Watching the Grand Banks Special pass through the Federal capital recently with its freight of home-bound Maritlmers, the Ottawa Citizen wonders, somewhat envious- ly, what it's all about. the organizer, Mr. J. V. Dodds of Edmon- ton, happy ln the bustling town of his adoption? Under what compulsion does he go every year, and take with him a gath- ering of the clans from all across the estern plains? Though Westerners love the prairies, no Winnipeg special is chart- ered by those who have once escaped. To- rontonions who have strayed from their so- called Queen City may dutifully visit there, but hardly, en masse, Vancouvei-ites in.ex- lie remember the mountains and the sea, and yet they are not observed swarming together for a ram night. Not even ot- vtawsns trek-homeward in droves. ;"Appsuntly," our Ottiiwa contempor- ary-..oon,c1udas,- '(Mlritimers have a. homing lnitlnct as strong as that of pigeons. Like tlna..letniiilngp.,of-Norway (or Canada. for VjtlIll'i;.tlIlti3f'l. they join periodically in a 4 , . . -inandy town experimental farm is claimed Why, it asks, isn't ' EDITORIAL NOIES Bernay, France, is in the running for dairy honours. A milch cow at that Nor- to be a world champion by French author- ities. Within 339 days she gave no less than 2,429 gallons of milk which also help- ed making 1,648 pounds of butter. 0 D I The Reds seem to want to let Korea settle into something like the permanent war predicted by novelist George Orwell in his "1984". United Nations forces, on the other hand, eased up a bit in anticipa- THE CUARDIAN. W 5. ICHARLOTTETOWN Needed: More Room Below - . &eG0sme90-24 tion of successful peace talks but have again, started to "hot it up." 0 O 0 While there are many distinguished Is- landers abroad, the United Naions recog- nizes that there are among those who re- main in the Province men equally worthy and capable of taking their place with world leaders. Prince Edward Island is proud of the honours bestowed upon its Director of Education, Dr. Lloyd W. Shaw. 0 Q 0 Count Cavour, the regenerator of Italy, was born this date 1810. He secured the absorption of Parma, Modena and Tuscany into the kingdom, but to appease France, was compelled to allow the cession of Savoy and Nice. The same year, 1860, the states of Central Italy came in and the Papal States were secured by Garibaldi. The following year the first Italian Parliament met at Turin. o O Q The off-again,-on-again reduction of Cd N. R. section-men illustrates both the ad- vantages and disadvantages of public own- ersliip. A private company concluding that economies of operation were possible could have carried them out, to the advantage of its balance sheet. On the other hand the C. N. R. must answer in matters of policy to its stockholders-the Canadian people. 0 O (D It is a pity to see the International Red Cross conference, like so many institutions today, being made use of as platform for propaganda. Communist charges of germ warfare may seem ridiculous to the Amer- ican people but they could not go unanswer- ed. The fact is, however, that no country could engage in bacterial warfare without the whole world knowing about it as quick- ly as about the first atomic bomb. 0 O I The joint Canadian-United States air de- fence exercise Signpost last week demons- trated, according to a New York Times mil- itary analyst, the enormous and growing difficulties of successful air defence in the age of long-range bombers and super-sonic flight. It pointed up the need for new equipment. Offence is still the best defence but defensive methods call for an early warning of enemy attack through a far- flung system of radar stations. 0 O O Ireland's newest swimming poolAlo be built near Sligo- town-will be heated all the year round by free piped heat which will come from a nearby cold storage plant owned by a local businessman, says a re- port from Dublin! The latent neat which mpumped out of objects placed.ir: cold stor- age has, up to the present, usually gone to waste, but a way has now been found of utilising it with the res t that Sligo swim- mers will'be able to e joy all-the-year- round bathing in warm water. 0 O O The .work of Federal and Provincial veterinarians is generally unspectacular. They attend to livestock in various condit- ions and diseases and not infrequently have to order the destruction of animals. Since the Foot-and-Mouth scare in the West. however, they have had to cope with pub- lic concern over the possibility of other new diseases being introduced. The waiting period while any outbreak is being invest- igated and identified is apt to take on an air of tension which the record of the in- troduction of new diseases" certainly does x Old Charlottetown (Ami P. E. I. ) .4. ('()NllITl0N OF GAOLS b From a despsitch to Lieutenant Governor llarvey from Lord Glen- elg, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the condition of tho gaols of Prince Edivnrd lsliinti, 20th June, 1836: . "it. would appear from the re- port submitted that the -existing buildings are more than sufficient for the average number of persons confined in them: but I observe that the regulations established for their Internal arrangement are deficient in some very important particulars. Thus it is stated, in answer to my inquiry on that point, that tthe several gaols con- tain separate rooms for debtors. and cells for criminals, but there are no particular rules establish- ed fsr their clzissificiitionf This, however. is one of the most es- sential principles of prison discip- line, 8 principle, without the strict observance of which, all other reg- ulnlions must be nugntnry. "From the answer which I have quoted above, I am left in doubt, whether there is even any separ- ation in the sexes, or any seclus- ion of those who are merely com- mitted for trial, from those who have been convicted. I intro to desire that you will lose no time in taking the necessary steps for enforcing the strict classification of all prisoners within the gnols of Prince Edward Island; and con- sidering the facilities afforded by the size of the buildings for el- fecting this important arrange- ment, you must allow me lo ex- press my regrct that it should have been so long nelgected. . . "It is stated that no provision is made for the instruction of prisoners-that there is no chap- lain to the gaols-and that there are no Miigistriites specially ap- pointed for visiting them. From the silence of the persons who drew up this report, I should be further led to infer, with refer- ence to the latter point. that the Magistrates of the Colony have not been in the habit. of inspecting the prisons; but I am unwilling to believe that so essential H rlul.V can have been hitherto neglected. "I wish, therefore, to receive '1 further report from you on this subject. If the existing law in Frince Edwnrd'Islnnd does not commit. to the mngislrnry thc superlnlendcnce of the prisons, ll lency should he brought before the Legislature nt its next meet- ing. If the supcrintendence is al- ready entrusted to the niaglslrnry, I feel confident that those gentle- men will only require to be re- minded of the Importance of the subject, to ensure a frequent ex- ercise of this part of their func- tlons. "And I would moreover observe. that the occasional inspection of the prisons by the Administrator of the Government, would at onet- offer A useful example to the subordinate magislracy, and would ensure a strict attention to prison discipline. But it would be es- sential, with a view to the hitter object, that those visits should not be at any regular or stated per- iods, or when they could be for: st-en. On the ruiestlon of provid- ing for the religious nnd mornl instruction of the prisoners. I must refer you to the Colonial Legis- lature. You will at their next session, suggest to them the pro- priety of making some provision for that service." Two Tails To The Dog (Vancouver sum it Harold Winch has the lnrzesl group-in the BC Legislature after the recounts are finished the lieut- enant-governor could call upon him to form 3 government. But he doesn't have to. As At.torney-Gen- oral Wismer properly observes, Mr. Wallace might. decide that though Winch has most supporters he hasn't my hope of getting a major- ity for his socialism-tinged plans from a House predominantly antl- socialist. The lieutenant-governor could therefore k Mr. Bennett. is lender of no social Credit fac- (Montreal Exaggerated Defensiveness Gazette) would prove adequate.- Hamilton Spectator. Two men were fined heavily in Halleybury because they tortured is female moose until she died of exhaustion. To get ii picture, in a boat they the ' ' animal around Lake Terplskamlng for three hours. The cruelty of some men is incomprehensible. yet it exists. This animal of the wilds wasn't doing anybody harm, and even a closeup picture wouldn't have done the men much good. In- stead uf lines, it might have been a. good idea to let someone, in a car, chase them, on foot, along a road for three hours to see how they liked it.-Windsor Star. The Ukrainian Commentary, we must admit, appeared a sober pub- lication when it. reached our desk but it charmed us with a'story of the Englishman who determined to court. the goodwill of Henry VIII by writing a book comparing him to Alexander the Great. The Com- mentary reports the historian wrote one line, "There is a river in England, and there is I river in Macedon," and, finding no compar- ison beycnd that, wrote no more,.- Ottawa Journal. . Seated next to each other, the two strangers remained silent as their train roared on mile after mile. Suddenly one of them, on old codger. turned to his neighbor and shouted, "Blast ill I klnow I'm get- ting deaf. You've been talking to me for half an hour and I have not heard in word you said." "Relax, mister." answered the other chap, "I've been chewing gum." -Tracks Magazine. For years one has listened to complaints about the disappear- f.Notes By Tlie"Wa)';I. AUGUST 1; 1952' Ml ii A revolving fork has now been in this country of Dutch lmmi. invented for consuming spaghetti, that dish which can be more elus- spots of dissatisfaction about oum Ive than a handful of young eek. Defeated diners have always felt ways have been fine that nothing short. of g hay-bnler grants whereas there have been immigration. And -the Dutch .1. lminl pr ,, good citizens of theun.:: homeland.-Windsor Star, New Ensland smile nowerl u. keenly interested in exploring uh, possibilities of a new canvas chum designed for use in picking mm Already being tried out and pro: ' B on the large fruit. orchards of the northwest this seems to be much more than a gadget-a real, time and labor saver which likewise saves the. fruit 31'0"! W111! bruised and scarred. The chute is. suspended from . branch of the tree and extend, to i-fly! On the ground or even dli-. ectly to truqcs which take it to the sorting and packing sheds. A ser- ies of baffles, made from the sum mlterlal, checks the descent and permits the fruit to roll gently, without jarring. Sponsors claim 1, ellininates damage to the tender skin and at the same time is the greatest saving in man-hours and labor yet devised. It can well cut prices to the consumer and xiv. greater profit to the orchardlstk... Boston Post. 7&2 . ?oed' &-uwt THE SKY LIES OVEI Over and over our heads and over the trees. I over all beasts and birds, all earth: and seas, What do we hear from the Farther Than Far away In the still, star-crowding night, in the blaze of day? A rcniarkuble number of Amer- men; designed ta wake up Canada 16311 magazines are Publishing SP&- and to enlist the federal govern- will be necessnry that the defi':- ill .ln California, have much in common with Illin- -of a couple of months on P.E.I. cial issues about Canada. To such issues Canadians are often invited to contribute, together with Am- ericans who have some knowledge of Canadians. Any one reading such special issues, at least where they deal with Canadian culture or national sentiment, is likely to be left with the impression that Canad- ians aie a people desperately seeking to defend themselves from "American influences." One may wonder to what. ex- tent this is a healthy or a neces- sary attitude. It. may be true, to some extent, that Canadians, in order to develop an independent. life. must. be un-American. But does this mean that they must al- so be imti-American? To read some of these articles (as well as many published in Canadian mag- azines) this almost. seems the conclusion. But the question may be. asked: Do Canadians really understand the "Amerlcaiiism" to which some of them seem so bitterly opposed? It is true that there is II. stock charge that Americans do not un- derstsncl Canadians. As one of the writers to a special issue on Can- ado says: "Canada is still the un- known neigbour to the vast. ma- jority of Americans: A vague, un- charted area up north, important mainly for red-cdnted Mounties, outdoor scenery, and libidinous moose." O 0 Even if this sort. of "Cliche" is true, does it follow that the Unit- ed States is well known to the vast majority of Canadians? Perhaps it. might be said that Canadians are also largely ignorant. of the United States, and often hold ideas about Americans and their ways that bear only a strained relation in the reality. i'l'he weakness of Canadian state- ments about the Americans is seen in the sweeping and crude generalizations. These Canadians, whose uii-Amerlcanism is close to anti-Amcricanism, speak of "the American culture," and so forth, as though there really were such a. clear-cut, concrete thing. But the United states is very far from being monolithic-a na- tion cast in a single rigid mould. Perhaps in no country on earth are there so many distinct region- typcs and outlooks. Certiiiiilv the traveller in New England is not likely to wonder whether lie is nor does Florida ols, nor would a Virginian be lit.- ly to see eye to eye with a New Yorker. This infinite variety of the United States is reflected in the largely regional character of American litci'a.t.urc. w a Yet many Canadians seem to take their ideas of Americans from the movies, or the most "popular" magazines. But. these are only the outcome of mass production. They are an effort to overcome differences in a vastly diverse na- tion by maklng something that is so simple as to have some connec- tion with all Americans. But. just because these products are extreme simplifications, they represent very little of the infinitely distinct ways of American life. Yet for many Canadians the movies and the magazines are the main basis for their conceptions of American life. To some extent the Royal com- mission on Arts and Sciences, de- spite its many admirable features. has served to stimulate an im- pression that Canadians are to save themselves " lly only by sheltering themselves against the winds of American influence. A very wise American writer. Prof. J. B. Brebnsr, has noted with re. gret this defensive tone. Ae he writes: "liven in n docu- o to decide how for he couldidepend on Liberal and Conservative sup- part -But such an an ngemem, might move an unsatisfactory to Mr. Bennett as it would on Mr. winch. it would mean in effect that the Liberal and Tory tolls would wag the social Credit dog.'ons an do. me the wosginii is bad enough: tlon. to consider forming a govern- not warrant. .Underhlll, wrote very sensibly on ment...lt would have been heal- thier and more realistic to subor- dinate the negative and defensive to the positive and the outgoing." . . - If Canadians came to really know the United States, they might be surprised to learn how very much they have in common. A Canadian professor, Frank II. this point less than ll. year ago in The Canadian Forum. "If we will only be natural," he said, "and stop going about in this eternal defensive fear of be- ing ourselves, we shall discover that we are very like the Americ- ans both in our good qualities and in our bad qualities. Young Icah- adlanr who are really alive make this discovery now without going through any great spiritual crisis." Certainly Canadians want to be Canadians. But there is no future in a dry, bitter, brooding fear of the United States. Only as we drop our exaggeiuted defensiveness and become more positive and outgoing will we have less to fear and more to give. . IPUBLIG FORUM This column ll open to the discussion by -.oi-respondents of questions of interest. The G artlinn does not necessar- lly I3 ' the opinion of correspondents. LARRY DOYLE'S 'BALLAD Sir,-In the column of Central Guardian, of your July 16th issue there is B. brief note headed "Old Island Ballad"; the note states that Miss Joanne Melanson of Cambridge, Mass. had forwarded The Guardian in copy of Prince Edward Isle Adieu, clipped from a Massachusetts paper. The writer of the note goes on to state that the poem has been id'entlfled as the work of Larry Gorman; so again someone is trying to snatch a feather from the cap of Larry Doyle to deck the crown of Gor- man. It. is now over a year since I got unintentionally involved in s con- troversy over this some question, nntl thought at. the time the ques- tion wos pretty conclusively set- tlcd. Since that I've had it Visit and a great part of it. was spent at St. Peter's where Larry Doyle lived and died. While then re- viving old friendships, and par- taking of the boundless hospital- ity of old friends and new, it was my privilege to. meet. and talk with both friends and relatives of Larry Doyle. I had -the pleasure of hearing from them several of Doyle's omposltlons of which I was unaware when living at St. Peter's around the turn of the. century. Let. no one be in the least doubt as to who wrote Prince Edward Isis Adieu; it. was Doyle, of that all my rest assured. If Miss elanson is interested in the author of that particular poem, and in the pastoral beauty of P. E. I. aha would find at St. Peters Bay folks who knew Doyle. and who know much of his verse. Besides that if she makes her visit; on a calm summer day she will have the pleasure of ' ”' , on one of the most. beautiful of Canada's sheets of land-locked water. ' 1 am sir, etc... ' r ' G. L. McINNIB. Vancouver, 3. C. The Ago-old story uvDOODO so few: came again into Cons of Galilee. when he mule the wotar wine. And there was roar- tcln nobleman. whose son was sick atgtlsparnanm. When be hand tlntuouowuoomeontotinaun into Galileo, he went unto him. l'Nl"b0I0III'M him Charm would- two would be confusing. nnd mu ment. But Mr. Bennett would have irattn: some down. and heal his son: for ance O1 mg 50.9311” "old-fagfp Nothing at all. It never utters I loned summer," the kind of sum- mer made up of unending days of extreme beat. well, we've certain- ly got hn old-fashioned summer this year, and we trust that the heat. lovers are getting their fill of it. However, right about now, this summer is a bit too oid-faslf- ionecl for local vegetable and fruit growers who woefully predict. poor crops unless the lieathets up a bit. We'll go along with the farmers in preferlng the more "modern" sum- wor All that we ever hear is the cry of I., r Or the scream of a dying star, or B. crawling plane Presumptuou in the vault, then lost again. But nothing from sky. The sky lien over these, ., And the stars that hang like fruit from heavenly trees, Shine always under I void and voiceless thing me , that is the more moderate sui;imer.- Brockville Recorder and Sue” mrev" W" 9"” min!- Tlmcs. ' ' - Alone in the night I send a thought IO X' It cries in a dreadful dark when no stars are. Beyond all death I know it climb! to die, But. the sky lies over, always higher high. Purchase by the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines of three big Con- stellation aircraft has direct in- lerest. to Qanadlans. They will be used to carry Dutch emigrants to Canada, Austi-alia' and New Zea- land. The Dutch Government is one European government with I constructive, helpful approach to emigration. It apreciates the coun- try is over-populated, so encour- ages emigration. It also co-opeiu ates with the governments of re- cipient. countries so the emigrants be of 3. high calibre and easily es- tablished and assimilated. Thai: is one reason, of course, why there has been practically no criticism Saturday Review. PROFESSIONAL CARDS- J. A. McGuigan M. Albun Farmer, O.C. iuicnisrnn. soucrron. me. " u"B' NOTARY, Etc. Barrister and Solicitor B k Cume Bundhu an of Commerce Building Charlottetown Gander & Huszurd . Money to Loan Palmer & Haslum GILBERT A. GAUDET, B.A., LLB. Barristers and Solicitors A. J. IIASLAM, B.A., LLB. Money to Loan Barrister. Etc. Canadian Bank of Commerce Bldg. 331.1,; .3; Nov. gm", Chump". Charlottotaown, P. Eivl. MONEY T0 no Dell. Muthieson 8: SP6? MucPIIee i& Truinor ilurliten. sollcitoi-.. Etc. is. F. iu-crniui, B.A.. 0.0. 3' B. BELL, Qgg E. SOMERLED TBAINOB, EA. 1). L. MCTHIESON. 1.1.3., Q.C. G. in. FOSTER, 1.1.3. ”"'”""" '5'” Loam on City and Farm Properties J' s' Taylor OPTOMETRIST lilo Richmond Street h I .E.I. C It onemwm P Eyes Examined, Gluuel Pitta! Corner Kent; and Queen Sta. Office Phone 1950--lioulo loll Byron J. Gronl'.'O.D. OPTOMITBIST than I walk in the fields, I hold to tho anchored trees. And my waking words are prayer: of love for these. And for simple creatures of earth that live and die Within the ignorant orbit of my eye. Aliric Wilson Barker. in tho Frederic A. Large. 0.6. Bari-Inter, Solicitor, Notary Royal Bank of Canada Building Charlottetown. P. E. I. Loam on City and Farm pmpenul 120 Kent street" ulglglno I79 Mullieson. PCGIIC 8: - 'Nichol;Qn Allison M. Glllis. LLB. BABBISTEII, SOLIOITOB. Etc. 180 Blchlnond St. - Chlrlottahwl I. W. MATHESON. Q.Gi A. II. PEAKE, B.A., LLB. Phone 600 JOHN P. NICHOLSON LLB. m'-t'm'-r-'?j-C” ' Dr. W. R. Carson llsrrlsterl. lite. .- CHIBOPBAOTOI Collections -- Money To Loan V " Palmer Graduate , to Grant Gear 9, Street cnAnno'rn-.'rowN Ct lotto wn Phone 1012 :01 Prince St J. A. c.n.l",h.n' mo. DP. A. L. MGCISQIC ' I DENTIST OPTGMETRIST ' - Dental X-BI! 128 Kent Street Phone 19!: (lLoluA HUILDING (Null "5 Slllllllolfl Annoy) I79 qrnftnn St. Phone 10' 1 H. II. DOANE 8: COMPANY, OlIAll'llIl!.p ACCOUNTANTS '14! Gun Gmn st. cimiocom Plionn uu - M41 - Box 247 n .RANnoi.i-ii w. MANNING. 0.A. - nm 1-. mernsnsoir. 05' Other omen It luluur. Monsoon. so aoiura. Amherst. nmmouth. . KWWWW Liverpool, Now Glasgow and Ti-uro. . MGDONALD. CURRII In C0. oiwrrnirn sooommnu-s munmi. Quebec. mam. Toronto. salnllolnn, she:-lnoolm VIIIMIIVGF. Kirkland lake, Houston. Hamilton, Charlottetown he was at the point 0fadOI"I- Currie Bldg. otmiommvn. Telephone wit, u