M .1-sci: roux ,. ,.'rH1-: GUARD l A N AIAIIIHDI II Second Cllllllll Office Department, Ottawa. . '.I'lnlalll.IdGu.snilaIIPIIbIlIlIlIIgCo. - ' CIRCULATION Total Qty Zone ' Retail Trading Zone All others Total Net Paid and Managing Director, J. B. Burnett. Associate Editor, Funk Walker. .......................... 3.165 ....... 3.457 .. I27 13,019 :'TIIe Strongest Memory is Weaker Then the Weakest Ink". CIIAILOTTETOWN, FRIDAY. AUGUST 3, 1951., The llayoralty Issue The issuing of a writ of mandamus out of the Supreme Court to the City Clerk and Council to require the holding of an elec- tion for Mayor is a matter of keen constitu- tional interest. The contention of the ap- plicant of the writ, Mr. Alban Farmer, is that the office of Mayor automatically be- came vacant after Declaration Day, May 4 last, when Mayor MacDonald was return- ed as a member of the Legislative As- sembly. The Cityls Act of Incorporation undoubtedly provides that a Mayor or Councillor is disqualified immediately from holding office if he becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly. It is Mayor MacDonald's contention, however, that he is not a member of the Assembly until he takes the oath which will not be admin- istered to non-government members of the new House until it meets. Lawyers, apparently, are divided on this question, but the point is that the situation is an anomalous one and should have been clarified immediately following Mayor Mac- Donald's election. The question of the ad- ditional cost of holding a by-election at this time, or at any time prior to the next ' general civic election, should have nothing whatever to do with the case. It is im- portant that all our citizens obey the law 3 in letter and spirit. Public men have a re- ' sponsibility for setting an example in this respect. If the law is obscure, the Courts are here for the purpose of interpreting as - well as enforcing it. In the past, the law 2 requiring the holding of a civic by-election .within a certain time was violated on the . pretext of economy, and subsequent legisla- tion was put through to give this action "an appearance of legality: The present case is somewhat different. The Mayor having been advised that no irregularity ',exists. the onus of clarifying the issue "rested with those who held a contrary view, particularly with the members of his '. Council, the validity of whose public duties was directly involved. Now that the ma- chinery for determining the issue has been -set in motion, the sooner it is disposed of lthe better. ii Warm Scottish Welcome All classes of our citizens, but partic- ularly those of Scottish birth-and more particularly, of course, those bearing the -honoured name of MacLeod-will extend a cordial welcome to Flora, Mrs. MacLeod of MacLeod, 28th hereditary chieftaln of her clan, whose brief visit is one of great interest, personally and historically. Her ancestral home, Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, must have been a familiar landmark to the 800 settlers who arrived here under Lord Selkirk in 1803 in the ships ”Polly". ”Dykes" and ”Oughten", and settled in what is now the prosperous dis- trict of Belfast. Most of them came di- - l rectly from Skye, although a few were from Ross, Argyll, Inverness and Uist, They 'were followed in the next thirty years by many more sturdy Hebridean pio eers,' ;.who have left their mark on this Province Hand country for all time to come. But that is not the whole story. Wher. iChief MacLeod sets foot tonight on Prince Edward Island soil, she will be visiting the ;very first landing place of Highland set- tlers in Canada. Three years before the more famous arrival of the "Hector" at Pictou, when Nova Scotia received its first contingent of Highland immigrants, the ”bhlp "Annabella" brought settlers from Rintyre to Malpequc, P. E. I. That was in - -.1770; and in 1772-still a year before the f'l-lector"-the "Alexander" arrived hefe -gwlth 210 settlers from South Uist, landing int what is now known as Scotchfort. That lwes a MacDonald migration, under the Laird of Glenaladaie and Glenfinnan-but even so It is to be hoped that Chief Mac- Vilcod will have time to visit the historic ;spot, now marked by a handsome memorial ?cross, as a tribute to a memorable High- land achievement. -'7'. Until comparatively recent times, Gaelic was spoken -more. fluently than English In many of our Scottish settlements, and the .-old traditions are perpetuated even today '.In such events as our annual Scottish gath- '-erings. 'i'he'Caledonian Club is the custodian ' - these tnillotll M33! ll ll-"I2 continue them, and may Chief Macneodh A CI..,lljI occasion mark th ” ' ' tin between the old ' , all who cherish-their in i In iaaprovcd storage Battery One of the most significant discoveries: of recent times is an improved version of that humble but extremely useful inven- tlon, the storage battery. The University of Michigan Engineering Research Insti- tute, under the sponsorship of the United States Army Ordnance Corps, has develop ed a lightweight battery which operates ef- fectively at extremely low temperatures and maintains a constant high-power out- put over a long period of time. as well as being able to stand idle for long periods of time without losing its charge. A new principle in the construction of grids enables lead to be replaced by alum- inum, brass, iron or copper with very great saving in total weight. This particular battery may not be the answer to the many needs which exist for the efficient storage of electrical energy but it is certainly a step in the right di- rection. EDITORIAL NOTES Everybody is more-or-less a MacLeod when the Chieftain visits us. Hail to the Chief! Even as variety lends enchantment to the view, so multitudinous sport and other engagements make this holiday season more enjoyable. ' O O O Drowning accidents are so often avoidable by simple precautions that it is surprising so many bathers continue to take unnecessary risks. With the wide choice of location here it is especially im- portant to'stick to safe or protected areas. 0 0 I Victoria Nyanza, the source of the Nile. was discovered by John Hanning Speke, English exriorer. this date 1858. He was to meet a former associate, Burton, in pub- lic debate as to whether the lake was really the source of the Nile but died while out shooting. 0 Our July weather was abnormal both as regards rainfall and heat, the former 5.82 inches compared with an average of an 2.98; the latter was 67.6” against an average temperature of 66.3”. This meant good weather for both farmer and tourist. It is interesting to note that a new memorial to Members of Parliament and officials of the U. K. House of Commons was dedicated at St. Margarets Church. Westminster--Parliament's parish church -last Sunday. It shows that 21 M.P.'s lost their lives in the First World War and 23 in the Second. 0 The question of the hour in Washing- ton, London and Ottawa is the choice of the .300, .303 or .280 rifle. Other Atlantic Pact countries probably hope for the adoption of the newest weapon so that large quantities of the older types could be made available to them at an early date. C O O The release this week of the itinerary for the tour of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh will inevitably cause many heartbumings but although it is physically impossible for the Royal couple to visit every community, there should be a reasonably good chance of every citizen being able to see them within this Prov- ince. I Good taste is not an inheritance. though antecedent influence may, and often does, count. One must first discover what gives. him pleasure and delight, and then refine and discriminate his experiences. -When he has done that what is left is his conception of good taste. Otherwise he will always be worryin'g whether what he thinks, says and does is good taste, and thereby fail to en- joy anything at all. This is in accordance with what Lord David Cecil says in a BBC programme on "The Pleasure of the Eye." While the bridegbooin may refuse to believe there is an "average" bride, jewel- lers are being taught otherwise. Accord- ing to Modern Bride magazine, the bride has five major characteristics: (1) after three to four months' engagement, she weds at age 21 to 23; (2) she favours two- ring ceremony; (3) she spends 31,750 over 3-year period to set up house; (4) she selects house needs as follows-quality, price, assortment and style; (5) she loves charge and budget accounts and averages three of each.- O I ' His Majesty's brother-in-law, lord Har- wood. has taken up musical joumalism. His appointment to the Board of Directors of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. was announced recently. The 28-year-oil Earl is music critic and editor of the mag- azlne "Opera". and also writes regularly in the national daily press.' He gained his academic musical knowledge from his read- ing during hisyears ss.a prisoner of war in Germany. Among other books he read all the volumes of Gnove's massive muslca: dictionary. THE GUARDIAN. cHARLo1'raTom7-c l . I Somethin I ought todo HOT TIP FOR A SLOW sport or iilngs -- llr A giitieils me some winning W0flel"hea.vct.. in . '10 We PUBLIC FORUM This column in open to the discussion by correspondent- of questions of t Tlll Guardian does not necessar- lly en the opinion at correspondents. CONCBIT I: THE MODISBATE DILINKEE Sir.-Only recently have I come to know the chief reason why young men are caught in the meshes of drink. It is their sci: conceit. When warned by con sclence or a mother they reply. "I. can take care of myself." He is quite sure of that. "Others may make fools of themselves." he says, "but not I. I will be another man of distinction. who knows when to stop." One in ten is trapped into alcoholism. and sinful pride paves the way. And this sinful pride governs the attitude of the average mod- erate drinker who says, "I am my own master. If my neighbour doesn't know when to stop that is his business." The majority of drinkers are more or less moderate; and upon them the liquor traffic is built and depends The alcoholic is a shame to the trade: and every- thing possible is done to encour- age drinking but always in mod- eratlon. "Copy the man of dis- tinction." they say. But the drinker is lamcntably ignorant of the effect of alcohol on the human brain and -body, from the scientific point of view His science is not taught in State Is Given Burnett Castle With Ghost (Edinburgh Scotsman) Sir James Burnett of Lays. Bart-. mts handed over to the National Trust for Scotland hll lll-5l0FlC Klncardineshire home. Crallles . castle, with an endowment for its upkeep. Situated on Royal Deeslde. 14 miles west of Aberdeen, Crathea dates back to the late sixteenth century, and is one of the finest early Jacobean castl in Scotland. This gift. made un er the Trusts AIA .TN'fGOC0O30OCbtl-7? Q Old Charlottetown X (And P. I". I.) -:: VICTORIA PARK PROJECT! The first forty acres of the pre- sent Victoria Park were transfer- red by the Legislature to the City of Charlottetown in 1873 "fur the sole purpose of I park, promen- ade and pleasu a ground: for the use of its citizens. the i Hsbitsnta of the Island and all Her Majes- ty's subjects.” Sixteen additional acres were added in 1905. but in country House Scheme, - the ca.stle's renowned gardens and policies. with certain llnd woodlands. and also its historical furniture and family l)lCW"55- The Burnetts of Leys have lived in Klncardine since Robert Bruce granted lands in the ancient Royal Forest of Drum to A'exsnder- Bur- nard in 1323. O,-1g1m,11y the family occupied a "lake dwelling" in the now van- lshed loch of Leia. and the Pre' sent castle was not founded until 1633. Crathes. which l-00k 40 YBITS to .bulld. retains the traditional 1..- shaped keep form. The solid appearance of its ex- terior and the notlcable lack of windows near ground level. except for more modern alterations, are a. reminder of the days when self- defence was the primary consid- eration in bulldlns. 3.l'l0llB9- The main door of the keep, un- used for many years will be re.- opened to admit the public next year. It is, at present. guarded by school, or college. The beginner thinks of alcohol as a stimulant which, of course, it is not. re- moving his shyness. stlnwiuting his flow of speech and wit and helping him to have a good time", but he is ignorant of what al- cohol ls doing to him. I am here reminded of the great Scottish poet Burns. in several of hi: poems he praises Scotch whisky to the skies; b In his biography we find that many a time drink made a fool of him and lost him good friends. He died at 37. Drink shortened his days. He was never very ro- bust and one night in the Globe Tavern in Dumfries he got drunk, started for home about midnight and, falling in the snow. lay there till daylight. as never got over that chilling and died soon after. Burns was the type of man who becomes an alcoholic: but he never had any idea what alcohol was doing to him. A thousand pilles he ever drnnl: liquor, for he was one of the greatest men Scotland ever pru- cluced. Oh, if only our boys and girls could be taught in school from as modern text-book-that alcohol II a narcotic poison. a dangerous drink. that had better be left alone! I am. Sir. et:. W. I. GREEN. Stanley Bridge. , Z7oea6mu SPAI'l.lOWl ON Till Will! I ....j Sparrows allobl on these uut. w u Silver in the evening sun. their eager speech A tangle of inslgnlflclnl duh-es. And caught in the long shadow of a tree My thoughts migrate along invis- ible wires Loeped into A. rainbow of eternity. These never hum with the world's fever. . Nor glint in sunlight. nor mun; pearls of rain. Yet they transmit the language of men and of angels. ' Perched on r live pnyex the spur- rows sing. ' Their bead ey..s turned away from the hungry earth: . And when one foils my sombre heart tnkel wing ., Nllfrtd in. Bartlett. an ancient "yen." of interlaced if-on bars, and directly above, three storeys high. is the aperture from which earlier retainers of the fam- ily poured boiling oil and pitch to discourage uninvited visitors The stairway from this main doorway will take visitors into the Tower Room, which was the ori- ginal Great Hall of the Castle. Res- torations on th' part of the in- terior were begun when sir James and Lady Burnett took up residence in 1926. At that time Victorian panel- ling completely concealed the early character of the rooms. Now the walls have been stripped to the original bare stone. and lofty vaulted ceilings, with their orna- mented lighting pendants are again revealed. a In this room is preserved the most treasured possession of the Burnett family, the famous Horn of Leys. Carnage, or the service of the Horn. was employed in early days to mark the handing over of lands. . Experts deduce that this was the horn which marked the ori- ginal gift ofclands by Robert Bruce. Made of ivory. the horn is decorat- ed with four lllver-gilt rings. and is the only one of its kind owned by 0. Scottish family. A green silk bsldrlc, preserved with the Horn, dates from the time of Charles II. and is now so ff-all that it would crumble to dust it touched. rho horn has ndi: been' ' fiinthe gift to the Trust. but sir James has stipulated that it should never be taken from the castle. Another feature of the Tower Room is the uh-d'a Lug in the corner adjoining the outside stair- case. This was I primitive form of hidden listening-post used by the lsird. during his absence from the dinner table, to keep In touch with the current trend of loyalty or treachery among his guests. ' Although long galleries are reasonably common in Scotland, Crathu is the only house In the country which om bout of one with an oak-panelled calling. it is made even more interesting by the series of finely carved heraldic shields set into the .psnels. Probably the most vivid spec- tacle In the entire castle is the bril- ilanl decoration of the ceilings in the rooms of "The Muses." "The Nine Nobles." and -11-; mun Indy." These painted celllngedste back .to me. and were redlscatma towards the end of the last cen- tury when lsyeyh of lath and pin. 3:-.were Tbomlustre of 0 colors p tag a . tlona have-retained all their org- glnsl clarity. Lldy lumstt states that there the ” many imp. t to the rounds were made and End many in were in contempla- tion. In an editorial in The Examiner of August 1. 1871 it is pointed out that "Victoria Park is proportionately larger for char- 'ottetown than Central Park isfor the'0lty of New York". and that no pains should be spared to de- velop ft artistically and otherwise. The editorial concludes. "We shall here mention a few of the objects of ' t t and or- nament which may, through time. find a place in our Victoria Park: those which we conside too cost- ly and on a scale beyond our reach and space, at least in our present incsptive state, we shall leave for some future writer to describe or recommend. let. the keeper's lodge; 2nd. the carriage drives and pedestrian walks; ard. the statues of some notable men: 4th, the fancy pond; 5th. the museum of arts and curlzsitles: 6th, the children's summer house: 7th. the boys' playground: 0th. the esplansde or green; 9th, the mall; 10th. the music stand; nth, trees planted by notable visitors; 12th, the vlnery: 13th. the casino or ledies' refectory; 14th the lake -to be formed at the west end by admitting the waters of the York River; lath, the boat house: 16th, the fountain: 17th. the laby- rinth; lath, the pubilb newer gar- den snd shrubberles: 19th. the nursery and green house; 20th. the various game and play grounds. There are many other interesting details for which we have not space to " ” just 4 A Oelumbla U. survey reveals that the pig is smarter than the horse. and much smarter than man. who really ianlt smut at all or he wouldn't bet on horses. Ottawa citizen. 1 Notes By It out: the American people 83.600300 to pay : ident Truman and run the White House for I year. It costs the British people 81, 7811.600 a you to pay. the King and the royal family and to oper- ate all the royar establishments. This comparison is made on the basis of the United States figures just relelrd. and solely for the purpose o answering constant Am- erican criticlam that the royal family is I tremendous drain on the Bltlsh subject. The direct sal- ary of Mr. Truman is s1oo,ooo I year. His staff numbers 051 per- sons. - Vancouver sun. We cannot but admire the at. titude of William (Red) Hill to- ward the matter of going over Nia- lsn. Fall: in I barrel. We must commend the rejection of a sug- gestion which would put his pro. iected trip into the class of a cir- cus stunt. A New Yorker. trans- . AUGUST 3, 1951 ii The f; . V V 3 make a race of it. "Pub 1: . er." says am. and wmnchivleuniftg 5”” i” "Y W05 lvtctacle. w, thinklrlghtly so. If a man wants to go over the Falls in I barrel 1,, him do it quietly and pi-lvaiely without ostentatlon. Why my all about it and bring thousand; 0; people around? Hill isnit l0Cking for a reputation as a stunts: or anything like um. l-Ie intends '.., ride over the Falls "just becaugeu He's always wanted to, and H-5 n'0 fault of his that people have found outvsomehow when he lnmmu to do it.,or the sort of oontrapuon hes going to ride. Publicity, 5:0,. ice in the newspapers, whooping and hollering over the venture, is the last thing he wants. For which we admire him more than we can say. -Montreal star. gs.-4-.-la-.-.4-.-.-i.n.-l.-.-.-i.-i.-.-.-4-Lac.-,., . e -: Ellie Age-(lid Storyg h5WJw g. ieEchllw:ricm:hythlylIt:l..". 0 thy truth. and teach me; for than are the God of my salvation; on parently motivated, would like to thee do I wait all the day. practice of Medicine and T4 ANNOUNCEMENT DR. J. L. F. BURGE will open an office for the Surgery on , MONDAY, AUGUST 6, AT 123 KENT STREET, Charlottetown. Phone 266 PROFESSIONAL CARDS Joseph R. Macmillan. LL. 3. BARMBTIB. soucrroa. no '15 Queen Jtreet PIIONA 7'10 Money to been C FREDERIC A. LARGE. K. C. Barrister. Solicitor. Notary Royal Bank of Canada Building Charlottetown. P E, I. LOANS on cf-rr AND FARM PROPERTIES .- p . J. S. TAYLOR Optometrist Eyes examined. glasses fitted P Ocelot Beat A Queen sts. Office Phoro I956-llouse loll- m Ilr. John E. stern: VETEIHNAIW - SURGEON Phone 329 238 Pownsl St. - office Iloun By Appointment ngjmv-I-. Allison M. Giliis. Ll..l. . IAIIISTIIR. SOIJCITOII. Etc. 180 Richmond St. - Chllowu Phone I00 . 1- now." are almost certainly more p t- ings of this kind hldder in 0 er rooms. "rhe Green Lady's Room" take! its name from the family ghost of C1-athes-a legendary figure of a woman in a green shroud with a baby in her arms. Although sir James and Lady Burnett refuse to believe in ghosts they admit that the skeletons of a woman and baby were found when alteration were being made to the fireplace of that room in Victorian times. In the gardens. massive yew hedges. planted in 1700. now stand 12 feet high to their ridged tops, partitioning the grounds to the south of the castle Into a number of separate and spaclou. gardens. There are, a camel Garden. with its small bump in. the middle, the Trough Garden, laid out round an old stone farm tough: the mountain Garden. the Rose Garden. the tip- der, and the June Border. Although Crsthez is now under the ownership 1” the Trust. air Jsmu and Lady Burnett will con- tinue to live there. and the gardens will still benefit from their wide knrwledge and experience. .I.P. lhulhelsos I In 151 GUI!!! er. hllond-to-Ileasuro Olohlu nu lite. Dr. A. L. Module ii onus-uni ' N" owns column no man. It nu. II n ..r IYIIOI J. BRANT 0.0. per Pool Garden. the White Bcr- , 0P'l'0ME'l'll.l ST 12096 lent sum PHONE 810 Adjoining North American Hotel Ohulottetowi ' Italltn Moueton Amherst New Glasgow fruro Iontvmo 301 Prince St. - Mot-.Phee & Trainer ll.F. MMPHEE. B.A., LC, 8. SOMEIILED TEAINOB. B. A. Bart-men, atg, Chas. I. Me-(puqid - an BARBISTER, SOIJCITOB sonny. am, Eastern Trlst Building cnaawrrarown Phone I'll! : Palmer .8. l-luslum A. J. IIASLAM. 8A., LLB. Bu-I-Inter. Eta. Bank of Nova Sootla (lumber: Chlrloltetowll. P.E.l. MONK! T0 LOAN Dr. W. ll. Carson Chiropractor Palmer Graduate ClIAlll.0'l'fE'l'0WN Phone I07: Matheson. Peaks & Nicholson A. w MATHEBON a.c. 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