wymflqflgwfl votition with the Un-iikeiy to continue its warring for e“ an 0mm‘ magma, m. , com, , ‘*6 an“, :3 luring that. that years (o come. THE CHARBOTTEPOWN GUARDIAN _ Happenings of g1”! I The Week obp at Quart; ' By [um W Barton, MD. Notes by the Way 1i E IIHAHLUTTETHWNTBUAHIJIAN, Ilrlllg Dally (halal man asp B! your u. advance) mun-on; i"! '9' ‘" ‘"“"°“‘ 1"""“°"°“' ll-IO 78,101! (in ulvuoo) nailed In Canada‘ and United BQIKQI-‘lfl regard to money, its uses and; I l I l I » . i ERHAPS the roads is mighty,‘ long. _ f Maybe things are going Wrong. ‘ And misfortune seems too strong. Bill Stick ll! 1 i Vlee-Preoident-J. Burnett. anocino manor-b. '5. Currlo l l t ' . o a l Sill background of the Senate was; usi-d- lu the lobby the Isa-ad of the} t;nvcrtiui'-(leriei'al's Foot (ill3l'tl.‘.,= played throughout the Nwlflllltlllt 1lll<1 111" Ralleries were crowded} with ludieil who. In the course of? llu- next few weeks, willtake part, in ceremonies more tllstinctivclv‘ Nriiiiiiriv- at, the annual drawing‘, rnnm following the opening of par- o rndjw. C...“ l “ca,” mlsuses. its true value, the virtul! Bu: “a. n. Bu-nm :0.’ thrift and economy, the folly of ‘waste. the shortsighed loss and. SATURDAY, JANUARY 1. 1928 ~'1°33.‘iliifiiiilfiTldhifiiiiQZJYZ. . .. / garzl to Siorliiey‘ magters thebtn-htolili, iwfiikéilllzgllriatlldlmtg, (llxlllafifelllif; L ona-ronicat. com-t-zsr country ma)’ build as'many war-z; nigvemzjn yialgl-IFB AND Bnoob ranssvnnmlnonow you ma, be glad a“. Ships as she Se” m“ “d ma‘ Gmahhas attained large proportions rnJ A most striking experiment has’ g3)" i At the request of the lntemation- Britain's best policy is to build only the t7nlted Slates under the cu- be” “ma” by 5 chmese Physician-l 5° 511d‘ i‘: ll Oratorical Contests Committee such ships as are really required m Courakement of the Banker's Assa- shouulge 111x31 ‘ _ _ new... n. Gm... u. o... .m.. m. s. Yrs". a» mm- ‘ZZ.}‘§1Z‘$JS”L'I§IIL' I ertaken to sponsor the contests in riwrv. The opinion is generally cs4afigfifinizieifigilfigafgflg g8 sjglggiyéu-pe clinfhim; ,0 me mp ,1ou...}‘ - thisprovince with a View m sending pressed in the British press that of gave" years ago ware $2_0U0_0U0_ blood pressure is lower than that ofi find. ' the Provincial Orntorical Ohamplonhhere is no 9055151111? of war between Last year the deposits made a tot- 32kt? b22322), Zggltgvfifagfie 5° 51191‘ i‘! ‘ m comm with the other Provingig] Britain and the United States and ill of $?3-T'l"'°°°» The lllllllll" "5 ted States is approximately 125 sys-l ' ‘ champions for the championship of that. Whatever the purpose of the lfwm" dfPJ-jfili"? 113i ll“'l'i"~‘-*"" $111,“ 8am ftgmsw“; “$165K? ,.\l.i'c than sue nit-n rcnrerwillilisi Cgnada, The Canadian chgmplon latter cottntry is in building a nary 1mm mlamo" to MUSJam surcnzisree ‘:12 afidseilojreslgectiveiy.) H“ “'~"“‘°' "r 115° '1“ 0"““'“ Pam, m. pm w worms». w m.» i» l»: ,. tartan “3."és‘€.i‘“%¥ “l:2:3:m:;::..:“;:::v.::§::i""= _ take part, in the finals there for the portion to its requirements, it has t-nt educationists in strhool hanks: Ameflcgns “vim; in Peking, _ V‘ H blond“? The recemion was, armorial championship o; me no dgsigng upon Gfgai Britain, has had min-h tn do with i110 f‘.\"tegcsaldaltlis m‘: '25:; iqnmgegilxé held this your in the Senate Chant-f world. And now we have an American »1‘-'““'1"’"_' Pmr‘ (‘nufhji M- 3111“ d, arm,- threé years the“; jbvr whcrt» llis Excellent-y, surroun- was not represented in this contestlof the Year by The New Republic. schodls w nmmnv‘ m‘) ‘asked méyandaunle; fix", per cent Shgwed for pupils of secondary schools. These Newyork. of January 4th. After question --¢\'i1l' has the school in lilggascés the blood pressuré gradjkzv’ Windy apnroam to ‘Qamamenls 11357113110931 0111071931. 391119515 referring to ‘he N813] Disarmament f“? pa“ gnu‘ so mu” "numb" m ually increases with age, thereforedlill in i-xwnd their greetings. (fol-J i0;- pupiis oi gecgndayy “p901; are Conference at Washington six years 1""”""_‘f1“1 1111' 1"“'“11~'4"1" "*1? f“; 311 b1l0ll1d 113"‘ 511mm "- 5119" “For his ln-un aided to thc ut-i-asioifi parqcipaied m by Qamdajgrea; agoand the hopes engendered by the he tilrziilorixilnli’:isTa” were was actually a dc_‘iiiirl<-|~ Loni \i\'illingdon's reginie- ital Britain Pranga Uimeg stares and three Powers agreement between voung. i, would be we“ m rvnlvm crease in_ sixty per cent aftervtlirceguthcr‘ (luvs the levpinw~3sd1eld ml _ . . . - ' ‘years residence in China, “as nat- tho (iuicrncr-(iencrals oflice in the‘ Mexico. The contest is Open :0 GYM! Bflliilii- I119 Ufilied Slams and ber that the genuine miscr is coni- “any surprisinl; “.80., hhwk‘ but this War me Cl,im_ pupfls o; Secondary schooii “inch Japan for a safe limitation, The parativcly rare in t-timparison will". Thafinstt llhOclilghstb£g€ltlllifi bcuthgg‘ include grades nine and ten of or- New Rl-‘Pllbllff proceeds: ;0§“:;l1;i\ii' ‘ft i: Peking is 8m mo. dmary pubhc Schools‘ The Candi’ "The ‘wants OI the pa?‘ year ha“. and properly iniFestetl haslu cunt-u‘ tentubeeramf in“: also. climate could din“ on Fwbn-lar-v 1~ 1928- mus‘ b9 blasted [his nlusion‘ A! [he ‘as! lativc pvnvei- which inn-ensue ralt- noAnd 2:0 2:51:25 does Dr. Tung at-‘ under nineteen years of 38¢ . ssion of Congress the champions idly with increasing years. 11p“...- tribute this drop in blood pres- qre subject for this yea,- wj" be cf the American Navy called atten- all boys and girls should he iu- S“ re? , _ He attributes it to the quieter “Canada's Future" and the speech- 11011 w the aggressive building brv- Smwfefl l" l‘1‘}'_l""a1 lmilt‘:"“*“‘—'“~ "1 life in China. as onpvsvtfild 10s lg" _ , _ __ -- - _ l'8CllSll'll‘I I"'t 'g-' _~ ' ; ‘ ta' as dealing Wm, It must be 11,111.94 gram of the British Admiralty and a": ‘vezliilsg. iirhpt uiiriilfoolcizbwii "i glgglcimlilgg in tie Unie s to ten minutes. After the Provin- Slllilellilflli’ l" .' _ . , . ' h.“ There is no question but that as- , h ' be h ld d t‘ "uisers and insisted on the renewal punks hen-e d “um lfseful pyrpofs’ we look at i110 IRCQS and m31\'1h“'“9“l' lmnwdialely an" me 1°‘ clalaclontests ate en e an ..e -‘ H I in developing the saving habit Tm.- ners of Chinese people. we cannonwm revenue,“ were hem in ma‘ éhampion salami he Wm be Sen-L o. competitive construction by the llinil who has n hank account 1.»; but reanzg that, they have ll Calm‘; lllUsk-j quarto“ o; [he local “mum. in [he United states preside!“ gmiidge natltirallg; pleased witli the fact. rliesgrwgtlliiiargpigiat is not possessed b3 ‘ “m”, Th8 omcers of theregiments’ Canadian finals w be hem in To,“ summoned the Geneva Conference i“ m“ S31'?fa"'°_“ l‘ lmrea-‘lefl a," ‘o; course more details Should be after attending the levee in full mm m. some other centre Th. iii order to put an end to the friction add}: [rllemw m“? “me w “n” forthcoming. because there may bepiress uniforms. turned hosts ' " l5 '56 O0 COmDfllllOHS 50”“ be‘ factors such as food sleep and exer-‘ their Own g . , a . _ . . .. _ quarters for the a winner of the Canadian Champion- and 531E the “Pense- but m5 ad‘ come interested. the matter is talk- cise that also enter into the mat- nom, Menu-er King was at hompi i lllillwillbe entitled 1° B free "ill i0 115°“ mifcflklllaifid I118 Strength 0f ed over oslihey milk‘? imlmfie“ "f tegjlowever me pom.’ fol/us to getiat Lain-fer House throughout thee Eluope in July and “~11; also com. i119 mflilvfis “#111011 Dfolllfll-ed 11W 1111" “m1 01 111‘? 153M191‘ "m" 119'" i. L t his bu”. and won-y of afternoon and received callers from‘ h _A .,t, , “Imus ha 3 4 W“ lawn probabxy in October‘ in British program. Instead of nego- ‘m’ “ mum‘) C" the MPH” m‘ modern life here keeps our minds» two o'clock until nearly six, . . ‘ each opened an account. Othr-r more {er-Asa and increases the, ten. 1773511111810" 1°‘ m9 1170711315 Chan“ nmmg an agreement the comeh, schcols become interested and riv- sion of the blood in the vessels. plonship. once ended in utter and sinister dis- . . n v New ‘Year's caller‘ v t alr_v between schools follow-s. thus: This cOR-“am Q1159“ T111151 be muoh-il-fi V.“ :1 ‘m? » "cnsion The natural result has fo1- ' t' d’ h ' “P311119 P“ the “mug of m“ blow 1 e l encp on ‘ onda)’ e firth“ Parmulars "f ‘he 131°‘ J ' ex en mg g e mmement" vessels. and causes us to get 01d Qially among th'e"'younger vlriclal competitions may be looked wwed- The Preside"! has submit‘ just that much sooner. ‘For you will‘ ' p. l d I C l - ‘of at an e?“ date’ meanwhfle Th" :4 i). on??? a pfggraim Dada?“ duced with the object of improving our b100d\'955¢‘15- Guardian would ask the principals 5 1"” 1°“ w 1° 137°“ 95* 11 a 11°“ the highways’ bu, it speedily b, __ - . _ to bring the matter to ‘he attention building of five 10.000 ton cruisers a that purlhygg. The Ca,- mmumml The Nev; Re- the desire for spend in locomotion. A selections i its overwhelming to represent the Province | H], ftcr-E spof ' people’ who are gradually following in tilt-E 519118 0f their fathers in this old- ltime and pleasing custom- ’ 1 ' 3 l! l0‘ The automobile was not first pro- remember that we are just as old asl of the different schools interested m misceuanews "$55915 for the came the most powerful agent-v mi- of the Lieuuflovernoi- and \i. lleartzia largl-concourse of VlSllIHTi year Ir: zive years." of their students. . L ’ _ L ‘ , ' _‘,>___ public goes on to say that "the pro- ‘weed Sum-u“ “'35 ‘mllil-islhk‘ “T11 FOR I were welcomed during the afternzo i_ _ _ ,, hosed cruisers are not intended. ex- gum‘ comm“ Safe“ o“ 1h," . d Hief-Hi-"lill" “Mill-I allellllell 1!)‘ 111“? INTERAATIOAAL RELATIOSS _ _ 4 toads that existed twr-nLv-iivu Guardian R88. 6Y5 o aides (m. 5p. Jgpkjm; ('01, “U09. , cept indirectly. to safeguard Ameri- ‘ma? , , T,” . l ., . 1.. +l . . , " ' 3am - r d?” 1 795111 “ 1-‘ 11'“ _ _,,,,v_,,,,,,,,,,,,,_,“,-er, ,.\av.il Aide Lient. (LIL Bun- Hllll and private secrclziry .\lr. ll. l.- Palmer" Jlssisting Mrs. llvariz cop's worm EFFECTIVE-All W" MPS- 1.0- Sirwurl and Air-i- A recent. issue of "Punch." the m“ “ommerce- The!’ are “B39915 national and subordinate govern- we" known London periodical‘ for attacking the commerce of an menls thrmighout (funnrlzi and 111'- ‘ enemy‘ The enemy may be Japan Ynitcrl States tit-voted their atten- January 7. 1928 publishes a Carmen representing b t l'kl tn J t m" 1” “"""°"1“g "l" hlfihwll‘ n k' ftl cartl h 1t praise x w \\'t(>ks l t l . _ - ,, 1 n ' ' ‘ ‘ " t in s o ie ‘l s a ;: - - * w Iii pourt-t‘. c. ant President Coohdge as Standing h‘ cu tnge": i eyo 1a épatlc; L: expwmw‘ "““‘1"“1$ ‘l? millions -»f hi». OgLord, when they hear the cofft-t- llllfl Wrs- Uurdm-k Hit-lint‘ fore an audience huluing in his m“ n an‘ “y agmns ma dollars in rho prqgggs. am] 1|,» brds oi,‘ thy mouth-Psalm 138:4. mm, Mm cm the “esp serving “my - B71131“ W911“ n be 1199955313’ t0 better roads in turn multiplied th: tlcmantls for mater cars and truck- This has raised “and 31)l"‘°‘“u on wmch are m t b 1d _ __ ,_ PRAYER_..AU pwple ma. on ilalnty rcfrcshments were Mrs. if. scribed the following words: ° m so many cnmers‘ earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord 1» Piilmlii‘; RIPS- I-‘rI-tl .\IOOI'PZ Mi,- “we lead the world m ,1, weam,“ There is a frank admission on the hi‘ mllllmi-‘i- iii“ with cheerful voice." ‘Doris cm; .\liss Eileen innign-or.:i~ (2) Generosit" <31 Humility r4. Dart of this American Journal and. mw "rublunl m‘ 1“""'i"i"“ “Mk1 "5 ‘311-“3 5ii‘li1i"ii1t-Jl-iikius: Miss .\Izir~ . _,. . - . . ., _ ,. .. .- , .~ ,___. J nuary 8 i928 _ _ whether such a thought was behind span. mr the. this illlllllL, liusint. a ’ garcr JPlll-(lllts; Miss Lorna \\'(.(.k_.; Love of Peace," and the President t ‘ _ hnurs- (Jitizt-ns v-ngngwi in mime. Tm? HUMXLFYY OF GOD __: Miss Mun“, ‘York? m“ In“ remarks, “And what is our logical h° prep§mn°n of the Ameman "m1 """""“"1""“1- '"‘ """l'll"""1-\1 Though the Lord be high. m hath Mlilvlli tins lilsit- nirnn; .\li<s condusmn "Om Lhix my ‘rfcnds.’ program, 1t may be that the wealthy Punliillh‘ ilrivn [yrllll lllPll‘ llllnfl-g i“ h; rgglglrgg-(‘untu ‘gm lluyqlyfjT blliks£lliili Rum “burr/w I . . , ,~ ‘ th- -:-.<'i' v11 .~--v' . l -' '- ‘"01" l" "l'“‘"“ 1 1‘ 11' " -" *‘ ' Obviously. 1t lS that wc must build an" ""?"'"“b1l' werfl“ Umwd ' ' W" " " m" ' ' ' "'1 "1 ‘pupa ' ' ' Iicc<4.sinrv5;:iii1l ‘shops in ilu- mnrll- inu, ruiurn n. their hum»,- for u 'l'ln» sympathy ul‘ many , rricntii. |PRAYER~Blcssctl are the poor in will um gut in Mrs- \V- Chester In‘ States is playing with Dcstinv. more warships. Anti the American dove adds "cock-a-doodlc-do." EDITORIAL NOTES lnirilziy meal, and Ft-pdill llv-sv- np- gpifil. for theirs is the Kingdom tifvv1khnl-c and nHqubm-n- n; bu. fan“ C0mm0ll€lll8 0n 1110 71811111 Dffl- "Tillluiifi iu Ilw ziltcrnurm» A ina- Heaven- ily, on ihr- ilPillll of her fatlifli- .\lr gram oi the United States. "Public Some of our people arr.- heginnina ffm-v L‘: '_1""m 11"" 1' "flrivviiiwii M .1." Axonirn‘ SINGER Hui-hm». which ut-curri-rl in Hfilliilr’ Opinion.“ Published in Londomsays: to worry about their winters supply PM,‘ _!'|H.l. NIH.‘ Eva" ‘hm Wm‘: ‘___ I'm!“ ~‘"'~‘"""1“>' iunriiiim. tui~ .. . . i i . , "f ""-“‘""*=' P-“kllli! 51'1"" 1* 1'“ Sing mi. rival" hvflrl. and lct its heal‘ lmvinu Svvvrul lntrnihs nf illness. The" a" some 1x091‘: “h” “m or "Cwmd and the probablmy “I urgent and int-rousing problem in Some words of hope from far and near-- Tm little far arc words like tliuit- ' “"1” Emblazoncd on the walls 0t timu. . a a .\|l'- \\'- (‘hvsii-r S‘ .\]l'|,lll‘l; “m; Lit-til. (fill. ILA. .\lzu-l\'iilnnti, [LS . =0, sailed from Halifax YPHIPFIIi-Y Let kindred spirits fecl the glow. ‘morning nn a business trip (n Plug- our “cam conngctinn with m, For much they crave to feel antlIaIHL pxpucfing '0 b“ know _ is, ., 4, _ That there are others on life's way. x W“ " Who think and fccl and spook as they. alarmed at the increase in the Am- difficulty in hauling it owing to the ulmngl ..,.,,,._,. vim lamp M. Sum“ i" erlcan Navy; foreshadowed by Mr. scarcity of snow. There is as yetg\iii"i'ir*a. and nu satisfuvluti’ Coolldges speech, coming as it docs no certainty that the scarcity will 11°" 15 3"” 1" ‘mm after the British announcement of a last long. reduction in the proposed new cruis- _ I nmmand from mm, U, mm, mmnq ers. There is a determination, how- It may now be assumed that wint- "m1... (iiscnstiol, when m, (-"\-_n_ ever/on the whole. to fight any at- er has come and seldom have the officials come this way and t-’)lll'='i‘ I linnunierzible ‘lllfnfllléll bridges. lun- rivalry, but that people of this province been better “'11P ""1" 11011111 0f Trade- At sin-h _ _ up f _‘ ‘ Produce has been KlHlPS. after an exchange of comp- be“ 10:? on“ he“ and “e or yclioonei and tlinner parties for the limonts, when the needs mm m- “ - .0. ‘students from the mainland colleg- m to 1 t y _ _ _ That all along lifcs journey s , I i 311°“ may dn“ out o! hand cannot s pped up a mlfch a er dam quirenients‘ of the mterproviiiciul Aye grains pf truth a hidden store, es. who are ])l‘il('fl('£1]|_\’ 311 leaving be gainsald." than 1151131- Whfli l5 Pfvbflbb’ the service are presented it is surpris- So let these flourish more and o“ Tenn-n m the“. After referring in detail to the last cargo leaving the Island for the ing to find the number and vuriegv more“ '“'¢‘@1<- _ great naval increase proposed by the‘ season is now being loaded at Geo-Mm Kaleb vbieoltioua. and lexcusetsThcn some lone Souls shall sure be. Mm “arguht, fin“ I] _ f c. Th Lo a ‘ t and w'll '1 in t a “' ° l e ““ “"‘-" ‘lmcms "8"". blesi _ ' ‘ . ' “ ‘° w“ Amerlclan Govemmen e n on; me Own l Sm a ew ays reafly at hand. Any change or im- Ere yet they close their eyes ill: “pending the hmldflys with her mo~ Dally Express says: for the South. All the other ports pmvement ma, is suggested is death. line,- Mrg, GE, pulp k,“ Tuosdayi "Any idea that Great Britain's in? have practically cleaned up their‘ me, b}. an omcm contention thqti§ins izgiildflfli‘ 1198"- on return to Boston. ‘ , t I “rests would suffer throughagreat- shipments by water and front nowylt is impracticable, or would hlpyour lovely dreams-we like them M!“ Ruth “gain leaves thiai away almuz .- c r . This‘ has ln-i-n a gay week, will] tempt at navy there is an uneasiness lest the situ- prepared for it. sing on and _ d t t m b 1L l tlanlzerous. or would coat too much,‘ ' ll. m‘ American Navy ls so Euro“ onwar p0 a 06S w go y m or that we are not entitled to this‘ “e "Mm whlwhem‘ that it hardly c8115 101' denlfll- Am‘ 1m, m m“ i ---<0>-——- .\lcGill, having spent the holidays crica has the right to look after her The beginning oi the year 1928 j with hoi- pflfgnlm me Lieu¢__(;0ve,._g own business and to have a. big navy‘, finds the world little if any o“, Lin,“ mpruenuflve! i" ModenlEtuluette ll°l B1111 1111i- ljoilrtz; :; .5 m, w“ w pay for it."' homer, and probably worse, Zgtlilllmrlilml"; w allege i’ ""?'j‘:, n; noun-m m: . m, Albert Am,“ has arrive]: s The London Times commenting than that of a year ago. The Gen-_ y e s War 9 ra “m. ‘ ‘I “ y in Summers.“ on a He“ to her ,8" conference of me Hague of officials and the government. They ' °**“***°*“+~ daughter. Mrs. Clarence Harris, She was accompanied from Halifax; hy her daughterMrsl MacDonald,‘ whose guest she ‘has been for the, , _ Should full evening dress be past several month . Australia. South Africa, not tospeakulection oi’ universal peace. In Europefiiio“! llleli‘ ma"! obievi 18 110i illwom by a male speaker at a pub '1 , U l O mharans the (‘overnriient or the |; l ; of l number of other territories. We the relations between France and runway 0mm“; “ma! hope h c occas on? I Al! moreover an island and not a Italy. Italy and Jugo-Slavla. Rou- qn m’ sublect’ n": "trim their wav promising to takal _- _ t - - - | Q. Is it polite to ignore the mis- - ‘Tm Elm-s“ N“? h“ m‘ °"“ 1° iN““°“‘ h" “we “m prwe“ b“ minis or that matter up with the 0t takes in English that a child makes? mormlbilltles overseas; it has to de-‘dts achievements can scarcely bevmwa n,"ho,.me_,,| b," H. may do so’. A I; Li, proper w correct them. fend for instance India. Canadmcalled a perceptible step in the dir-j do it in a haithearted fashion that,” 1“ m“ w" the child 1W!“- A. Y”; aways‘ Wan Pcnnic Morris, of Minudie, there oi’ better things with an 0lll~ Q. Where does the hostess slt at NB" w“ “mo”! ‘he "mm"! 11'9"; continent. however, so that our very mania and Russia. Russia and Po- PM mnflnnuuo" Pvmnng m. rasifli.‘ dinner treble? ~ comed for the Chrintman season. A. At t e foot of th table. F cnictonoedepflidflilvilil we weaves iard- remain l" rdrrrsmlermit’ “l his our u“ "Mm "H" ‘r r'"§‘;"~-~ ~- ---——é°-- j ,,,,,,,,, R,,,,,I,,,,',;,,,, mm ,,,,,,, -- 1 - .nt l? M at w. go on forever w ij Sir Henry Thornt n o r‘ ' ‘ ~ufiwcuon o‘ our trade mu“!- tenswn‘ m Chm“ the “we u tpheutlolnvf-l: at PSackville the nar-i Province la a Pnradlfen- Soyhatuze! the scene o’ I very ‘mjoyable ev" ,‘ A" m; lggding papers in Great tlon shows no signs of enterin! I ' " ' ‘ ‘ mwnuga "Huang, “m, 1cm An Thursday night. Jan. 5th., ‘ .... . u.- fl stage and seems " ‘ ‘Briinlnan . wen ring upon more peace u ..-, .._4 never sob,’ intended ii to be. but the devil llliwhemme me b ' d l l] plum“ c“ expel," when H can] . m ern en ered a mlt. lh, t’ f f d l iii 1 Id ' ' h; dcerslrrogmsltefmeguts zngteaTit-ellaiieoui shower to Miss Eliza’! fhiulnons- i "l p. J '.""Y_°'_"“","?f, _ (co-kiwi: o» m. a.) vc-i'y_ » says ' Ernest AN ATTIC SALT- SHAKER BY W. Orton Tewson All Rights Reserved, Reproduction Prohlbilfld iwqoooowmmoo-ovvb-e-ewvvs; Moody. the famous evangelisndid Enot exactly suggest an “atmosphere iof pervading Puritantc gloom. sayi Gamaliel Bradford (in his sympath- etic biography. “D. L. M006!!! ‘A Worker in Souls?) He was a wit, an inexhaustible storY_ W11"- and- let it be whispered. addicted to prac- tical ioitinz- But. he was BIVWS ready to take one—unllkc most jest- crs of the doubtful order. One day Moody leaned out of a train window at a country station and said to a farmer who 100118?! like a promising subject: , “Do you know that President Lin- oln is on this train? ‘ The farmer bit at once, and ex- claimed: “Is he?" “I don't know that he W85 i119 calm answer, "but I though! Y0" might." r The farmer turned away and re- sumed his walk on the platform. Pretty soon he came back. _ “We've had quite a little excite- mcnt here, lately." he remarked. C “What's the matter?" asked Moody. ' ‘ “The authorities wouldn t lct some folks bury a woman.“ replied the farmeiz. "Why not?“ - __ "Because she wasn't dead. was the adequate ansiver. And M0061)‘ ienjoyed it as much as the farmer did. Also he enjoyed the comment of a lcaustic neighbor who assured him‘ that there was one thing he and Sankey might do which would create a tremendous. beneficient stir. if they would only do it, but he was suse they never could. “Do tell us what it is: we ivant to know." _ "If you and Sankey would nnnu your own business." Edward Fitzgerald — immortalized through his translation of "The Ru- baiyet of Omar Khayyani." had to pay the cost of its publication for the very good reason that he could get no one else to do so. After it was declined by “Fraser's Maga- zine," FitzGerald, in i859, had it printed in Maiden Lane. Covcnt Garden. and issued in a brown wrap- per at five shillings a- copy. The public remained sublimcly in- different to the great event. and the bulk of the issue found its way to the "penny box" of Mr. Quaritch. a famous London bookseller. That despised pennybargain now scllsf its weight in gold! As a boy l-‘itzGeraid went to school at Bury St. Edniunds. It was while living with his father near Ipswich. H. Rann tin Homeland of English Authors",> that At l-Itlgevvater. the lovely residence Ihe made the “cquammnce of 313-101‘ Moor. an Anglo-Indian officer. who took him 0n walks round the coun- try-sicle and so filled his mind with Oriental idcaz; and Oriental imagery that he has been spoken of as “the true begettcl" of the Omar Kliny- FitzGc-rald studied Persian with his friend Professor Cowcll, who had. so to speak, introduced him to Omar. and FitzGerzilcl sct himself leisurely and spasmodically' to translate or transform the stanzas of the Persian poet. written scvcn hundred years before. into the \‘.'01l-kIlO\\'ll English qnatrains. pondering ovcr cvcrylinc before he committed it to paper, polishing and rc-polishint: it before ho turned it into print. How far we now have Omar (comments Mr. Rcmm and how far FitzGcrald is a literary problem that may never be settled. King Etlwnrtl had no great opiiiitm cf tlic poetry of Alfred Austin. Poct Laurcatc at the time hr ascvndcti thc throne. "1 always thought that Mt". Aus- tin's appointment was not a good one." hc wrote to Lord Salisbury. then Prime Mitiistcr. "but as long as lic gets NO pay it would. I think. he best to rt-ncw thc appointment. in his favor." A low months lulcr the King sent Lord Salisbury $01111: vcrscs by Mr. Austin -— Sir Sidney Lcc gives these facts in the second volume of ~liis biography of King Edward ~ and pointedly called his attention to the “trash which the Poet Laureate writes." y At a shoot at Sandringliam, latc- m thr- season. the instruction had gonc forth that only cock birds were to be killed. One of the party, Sir Snmcrvillc Gucrney, misunderstood and brought down it hen. It hap- pened he was placed next to King Edward and the bird Icll betvzecn Instead of reproving Guer- e King laughingly pointed to the hen and called out: "Ali. Guerney. what a man you are for the ladies." 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Charlottetown IIASZARITS BRAIIIVIIN TEA IS UNEQUALLED Sold only in roe. untrue. niflilhl rich!“ ted with homicidal intent. N_o voice was raised above a~ clubroom tone. and to me. a stranger, every one was studiously" polite." During an early performance of “Iolanthe." Arthur Sullivan's fur overcoat was missing from the dress- ing-room at the theatre. later one of the "dressers" called to sec the composer, and told him that his wife having recently given birth to hcr seventh child he had stolen and pawned the coat for 2 pounds 1$70| in order to pay the doctor.‘ The man stood there, a figure of woe. holding the pawn ticket in his hand and expressing his contrition 'I<Icrbcrt Sullivan and Newman Flower relate the incident in their biography “Sir Arthur Sullivan") He expected a burst of anger from Sullivan. but it did not come. Sul- livan put his hand in his pocket and producing a "fiver," 1825) held out. "I'm sorry you're in trouble.“ {he szaid. “But as it happens I'm in need of that coat during the cold weath- er. Hero's five pounds. Go and get it out of pawn and keep the change to bug: something for your wife and baby. and, for heaven's sake, don't say youre sorry again!" On the first night of George Ber- nard Shaves "Arms and the Man." and uftcr the final curtain had fall- cn. the audience cheered andcalled for the author. G. B. S. came for- ward Iwilliam Butler Yeats tolls tho satory in his Autobiography), and obtained silence. but before he could commence to speak. n gallcryltc lct out u "boo." ‘ "I assure the gentlemen in the gallery." was Shaw's answer "that he and I are exactly of the same opinion. but what’ can we do against a whnlt‘ house who are of n coil- lrary opinion?" And from that moment Iadds Mr. Ycaisi. Bernard Shaw became the 10st formidable man in modern 16L- tors. Mr. Yeats relates how one evening he found W. E. 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