-i v ...;i.-- F fru-1-3 GUARDIAN ,. Auum-nan on scans Uluc mu rm unlu- Dupnrlnnns. ocean. The lnhnd Guardian Publishing on t.'llUUI.Atl'ION tolni city hue .. .... ....,.................................. sacs Trading zone us: All Olbcrn .. ..,, ,. at Total Net fold .......... um- Edltor and Managing 'llMotor. I. It durnolt Auoclato lidltor, Frank Wllhdr. "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Then the Weakest Ink" IJIIAIILOTTETOIVN SATURDAY. Tip. :4. 1951 lllstorie sites Threatened The Premieris recent reference to erosion both of topsoil and of our shores was gloomy enough, although there will be standing room on the Island for a long time yet. Much more pressing is the danger to historic sites which are for the most part around our shores. A report from Georgetown indicates that the sea is rapidly encroaching at Shaw's Point or Point De Roma and that the location of many of the buildings erected by De Roma. is in danger as the cliff face steadily falls away. There is no doubt but that this was the late of many early pioneer landmarks as witness the old French gravestones slipping into the sea at Priest Pond. It is bad enough that countless relics of early is- land history should have been carried away by appreciative strangers but it is worse to have our historic sites consumed by the sea. Emergency Powers All sides of the House have shown their support of the Government in proposing to take sweeping powers to deal with what Prime Minister St. Laurent calls a state of apprehended emergency. The controls bill which will give effect to the general -res- olution of the House provides for author- ity to control wages, prices, trade, exports, imports, production, manufacture, rents, communications, harbours, territorial wat- ers and all forms of transport. . Included also is control and suppres- sion of plans and photographs but not cen- sorship of publications and writings. No additional powers of detention or deportation, nor spending of public money are given by the bill. Oddly enough it is set out that the authority granted would be subject to parliamentary veto on each measure launched by the Government. It" is one of the few limitations on Parlia- ment, apart from Provincial powers, that it cannot limit its own powers for the fu- ture, Whether specified in the controls bill or not Parliament can always revoke the authority it delegates. The bill, however, though sweeping, is less so than was considered necessary for the prosecution of the Second World War and if the apprehended emergency be- comes real it may well benecessary for Parliament to grant even wider powers to the Government charged with the re- sponsibility of dealing with it. career llnder Flrei The late Mr. Kingis political career -is the subject of an article in the American Political Quarterly which is reportedly cre- ating a furore at Ottawa. The author is Mr. John A. Stevenson, who for many years represented the London Times in the Parliamentary Press Gallery. Steven- son argues that the latelamented Prime Minister's entire political career was dom- inated by an intense conviction that he must always be respectful to Quebec opin- ion. He charges him with scuttling the old Leaguc of Nations by his refusal to support sanctions against Mussolini, with speeding the disintegration of the British Commonwealth by the uncertainty of his stand on matters of Commonwealth secur- lty and interest, with maintaining the tariff policy of a Tory protectionist while pro- fessing to be a Gladstonian Liberal, with showing a shocking disregard of personal liberties in the Russian spy scandal, and with being completely wanting as a Lib- cral reformer in his failure to do anything to mend the decrepit Senate. There is of course nothing new in these charges, but they indicate that Mr. King is still a storm-centre of opinion and that there will always be conflicting views as to his mo-, lives and policies. , . . . ',tnkIuialLmms p n to asubmlsslon to the Fed- , f hy"I.the Canadian Federation ' i ,' Canada's farmers tire ready WNW, in" meeting this year's gehtpr.profluction. They ex- ) licy to take account of the ,5 percent lenn.Iast .n1oli”pcr.c'antiuntnln x point a competent body to determlnelthe relative fairness of returns among various economic groups, recommending that if con- trols are. enforced, wages and profits should be controlled as well as prices. Noting that the volume of agricultural production is 20 per cent larger than be- fore the war, while the farm labour force has declined by 170,000 since 1946, the O!- tawa Citlzen says: "These facts move the Canadian Federation of Agriculture to argue that essential materials like cement and hardware must be assured to them in quantities that can meet their greater needs. Because costs have risen faster than farm prices, farmers want a basic formula worked out for the application of the Agricultural Prices Support Act. Its pur- pose would be to give effect to the accept- ed principle that they should have a parity of economic returns with other groups. . . .Their submission to the Government is a plea for more effective management of the economy, and their case for 'fair eshares' implies a full recognition of the interdependence of all groups. Their views will give valuable guidance to parliament- ary deliberations." EDITORIAL NOI ES Tomorrow Third Sunday in Lent, O O C One need not be particularly malicious to enjoy reading of West Coast cities, with their fabulous climate, having to direct children home because the youngsters can- not see anything over the snow-banks. O 0 C Thomas Bowdler -died this date 1825. His "Family Shakespeare in ten volumes; in which nothing is added to the original text; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family" (1818) has given us the expression "to bowdlerize." O I I Polio has certainly not behaved accord- ing to form recently. Last summer's heat went by bringing scarcely a case. It in- creased to serious proportions all through the early winter months and now, after a phenomenally mild' spell the incidence of new cases drops to nothing. 0 O O The first jet aircraft to cross the At- lantic! without refuelling, the British Can- berra bomber, failed to keep pace with the sun, but it came close enough to doing so to make it obvious that it will soon be possible to leave the United Kingdom at noon and arrive on this side of the At- lantic at noon. ' I It is gratifying to learn that the film "Johnny Belinda” which was so well re- ceived here has won for actress Jane Wy- man the British Picturegoer gold cup, the Netherlands Hetlaatse Nieuws Film-Refer- endum statuette and the Spanish Triunfo magazine bronze pillar. o 0 , It seems only the other day that ships were being laid up and Canadian and Am- erican seamen urged to "swallow the anch- or" or face unemployment. New President Truman is told that during the last thirty days 142 ships were delayed in sailing be- cause of crew shortages. O O The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is reportedly going ahead with huge ex- penditures of public money on television stations for Montreal and Toronto. Mean- while more important Government pro- jectsiall across Canada are being held up on the plea that they are not essential to our defense programme. 0 O O 0 Prince Edward Island is not the only Province interested in the Newfoundland livestock market. A shipment of 396 horses-reported to be the largest single consignment ever made by one Nova Scotia shipper-was recently made from Middle- ton, N. S., for delivery to a large pulp and paper company at'Cornerbrook. The ship- ment included somc Western horses, but according to an official of the Federal De- partment of Agriculture's production serv- ice, the majority originated around Middle- ton. A writer in the Saint John Telegraph- Journal warns the New Brunswick PC0913 -a warning equally applicable to us-to get busy in obtaining a share in prepared- ness expenditures. He says the Federal Government is pouring billions of dollars into a rearmament program and the indica- tions are that this money, except for a tiny fractlon,iwill be spent in Ontario and Que- bec, with complete disregard for the claims of other provinces. If this is done Canada's economic stability will be undermined by in even greater degree of industrial cen- tralization than there has been in the PO89 --and the future of this region will hit blank. The only comfort to he found in the present outlook is that it is me, at furnace. to try to um-do Fed- eral authorities to change their. attitude maguoptqpollcythetwmenceungsdr centrnilutlon,.r-other than centrnlhstionr true GUARDIAN.” icnnnnorrsrowlv . I pursue roruln This column is open to the dlccnnlon by call of questions of interest. The Guardian does not nonsu- uy ennenu the opinion of correspondent. SINGING INSTRUCTION of the usical Festival Association have cc 3 questionnaires to applic- an-ts for allotment to be filled out and returned. There was n good response from Queen's and King's Counties. We wonder why none have been received from the west- ern part of the Island. Could it be that their music teachers are paid by the Department of Educa- tion? The allotment committee exists for the purpose" of helping districts finance instnction in their schools and thus have I chance to participate in the Fest- ival and get the benefit of advice and criticism from thae highly trained musicians, the adjudicat- ors. We are. Sir. eic., P. E. I. MUSICAL FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION Per Mrs. J. J. Hayley. TEE POTATO LEVY Sir,-May I be showed to make a few comments in your Open Forum which seems to be attract- ing a. lot of attention these days. The subject of course is potatoes. I was struck with the tenor of a letter in your paper last week by Mr. Jerome O'Brien of the Co- operative Services. He finally ad- mitted that his organization had not paid its levy in 1949 but the admission had a feeble excuse at- tached to it which we who have paid tihe tax reg-ularly object to strongly. He says that since some one else didn't pay he does not intend to. In plain Words two wrongs make a right. A bad philosophy for either personal or business life. . Along the same lines was his challenge to'iihe dealers recently formed organization to be respon- sible for the back payments of dealers and he would pay his. To call such an angument absurd would be putting it mildly. It is a perfect example of bravely setting up a nice looking straw man and lihen vigorously proceed- ing to knock it down. He knows full well that an association such as the dealers recently formed could not carry out such a sug- gestion and that his offer to pay on that condition would not like- ly be taken up. While we are speaking of Co- operatives. Sir. the manager for that organization might give us some information on its works. is it true that about 739:. of their last year's potato business was marketed through other firms such as H. B. Willis, Associated Shippers Inc. and other dealers he is attempting to discredit? Why is it that most of the co-operative associations are allowed to ship without either a dealer's license from the Marketing Board or the Federal Department of Agricul- ture? And the Government potato warehouses which are often being run in such an autocratic and in- efficient manner: how much are they paying back to the Govem- ment and how much responsibility does Mr. O'Brien take for these people directly within its folds? The potato dealer in this Prov- ince is usually one of our own working with Island capital, of good standing. competent and with the interest of the farmers at heart. The number who have ac- cumulated nny worthwhile means from potatoes is very few. They have served the farmers well in their v a r I o u 3 communities throughout good years and bad. and have pioneered new markets for this Province. Many of them have had their ups and downs with the farmer and for a few people to try and work up antagonism is indeed very presumptious. To suggest that the Marketing Board -has served any useful pur- pose is just deliberately shutting one's eyes to the facts-the lowest prices for years. If they fully un- derstood what could -happen to the farmers under certain cir- cumstances they would never take a chance on tampering with the potato market. And this is only too well realized now by many of our r istered growers. I am. Sir, clc. CURIOUS. Ohnrlotleiown. ."Bl-I NOT AFBAID" Sir,-Fear is perhaps our great- est enemy. We dread the winter or the possible bad weather in store. We fear that our hear: all- ment may get worse. and the very thought affect: that organ. We fear that our money will be gone before we are. We fen old age. we fear to see our name in the newspaper. We fear our neighbor-'s opinion. The wife is afraid that her hucbend is unfniohful. We fear war and hope it does not come to Canada. We do not can-c,so much about it going on in Korea. if it is just. some one elce'a boys who are in it. There is plenty cause for fear and always a way of ccphsg with the problem and one particular way much better than any other.--For instance the trlvcllor on slippery roads. if sober, drivu carefully. Or tbd little child. knowing that hot iron burns. protects himself. In fab: trifling annoyances of every day life I find people well agreed that we on ourselves to blame when homes are divided, neighbors diulree. or poverty comes. We any that sin is at tho bottom of It. But when won comes and gbqpbogiab; begin lo'f!nlli, rem: my line I c on there would be it must he an planning. Ar! talked with I buy business man. who had been a school teacher. hojsvn as it 1 ti . . "lap.-xrelrllen the Sir.-The allotment committed ' K0-ht 50?-tll,l'fl.uandlu's . -bu-we ' ton-mad. ulerynunnsc that he'll catch it! . A Last Lllgl Sea Take Toll Of Coast of Britain An engineer lecturing before the Royal Society of Arts quoted a figure about coast erosion: he said that the Royal Commission on the subject in 1911 had worked out that. over a period of 25 years. the sea had swallowed up 31,000 acres of land on the British coasts -most of it good agricultural land. and quite n fair proportion of it lnnd with valuable property on it in towns nnd villages. In return. the son had given back only a few acres less than the stolen 31.000 in barren sand and shingle. The scar take: most of its spoil from the soft coasts of eastern and southern England and gives back its load of shingle indiscriminately all round our shores. but mosilv on the west. coasts of Cornwall. Wales. and Scotland. where the cliffs are hard grnniie. The only reason the British Isle exist at all, at this date. a .".ooioglsi: told me. is because the hard rock is on the west side and the soft clay on the east. If the clay had faced the Atlantic roll- ers instead of the North son. Eng- land would zhavc disnppcarcd centuries ngo. The Government can now com- pel landowners and local authorit- ies to net, and to act in the most enlightened way. Since 1947, the estimate of Government-aided work which has been put in hand is worth I2.F0:).03n and the work done without Government aid comes to nbout 2750.000. .....j.......:jmj..j. I would say that ithe bank robber, the sneak thief, the pcrjurcr and the alcoholic are all doing lhc will of God. which is absurd. A5 lihc days bass I notice more and more that the work accomp- lished in Korea is measured, not in the square miles cleared of the enemy. bull in the numbers that W0 Ca-Dlure. wound, or slaughter. It seems a hopeless task. and we are run-ni-nag a terrible risk. Mr. Hoover sees the danger when he speaks of us jumping off the deep. end. and getting into war with Russia. He feels that we can not win a-nd -survive. if we do. We are now back to the Sermon on the ' Mount. "Agree quickly with iihlnc adversary. wvhile thou are on the way, lest he hale thee b9I0N3- W9 Judge. he deliver thee to the officer and thou be cast into prison. till thou hast paid uhe uttermost farthing." To come to terms reaching an agreement we would certainly '11-We .10 make some sacrifices of material things. We would have to make restitution as it were. And in this we would "lose face", which the natural man holes to do. In private affairs, we approach our antagonist and say-"The favult has been mine. as much as yours and I am sorry." It might be M. C8-953iI'.l' for us to say in the words of Znchcus: "Look here, the half of my good: I give to the p00Il..Be'I'i0ld a block of land I give thee in Canada. of 100 miles square. sufficient to" support a million souls and bodies." one sensible neighbor of mine said. "I am will. ing to live on two meals per day to bring peace." I agreed, one who has a chance to know, says, that they mean to get what we have. even if it takes twenty years. We arc the "haves". They are the "have npis". Are we afraid that we will lose our souls if we bring them in? That is the only way in which we can save our souls. "Iihen shall I say to those on the left-Cane. dlans. I was hungry. thirsty. dirty. sick. and in prison. and you gave me no help, you simply butchered me." (see Matthew Chap. 25.) "He that wlohholdeth, lendeth to poverty." The question is. who will be the ambassador of good will? Why. some one who loves and pilles iihose people. Let us ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mr. L- P-” POOHOH. to receive my tea from their number who have counted not their lives deer unto them by giving service in China and Korea for ten to forty ycbrs. We mllht ask him to listen to their idea ofwhnt we are willing to give in exchuuc for peace. Al. the time. this missionary delegation could mike elr plea for n chnnce to nerve onger in their chosen fields. Or if denied is we could use them in our aim Mission fields that Are eve new undnnuffed, . - The door In notgyet cloned". Canada can lend the Wentern powers. into a sacrifice of mater- ial thinga-1-into poles and good will. but pines with honor. -we would not than be hanging our heads in lit. but holding them bingo in in Inlf.cou-nu. . urn; Sift lid. " x ,,i .v. A. mencnzm. Ifenpiollon. 9.3.1. (Rene Outforthin London Calling). ,Qev0QeGOamdOMOOMrOO3 Old Charlottetown (And 2. r. 1.) A FEMALE PREACHER "Among the marvel: of the week, one not the least remark- able is the advent of 1 n Female Preacher, who has been holding forth to crowded, and we have reason to think, admiring audi- ences. She preached on Thursday evening in the Methodist Chapel; and on Sunday afternoon, in the Market: House, she delivered a. dis- course to in numerous auditory, while the Church in the vicinity was nearly deserted. - "We had the curiosity to go to hear her on Thursday. when we entered the chapel it was nearly full, and such crowds continued to pour in that in a short. time all the passages were blocked up, and sevasal persons, alarmed for the stability of the building, went out. Way was however made for the preacher, who entered soon nfoer. she was decently but plainly dressed in a napt cloak and black bonnet, which she kept on during the service. I-Ier countenanceihnd nothing in it peculiarly intellect- ual, neither could it be said to be devoid of expression. she appear- ed io us. to be about twenty-five years of age, and altogether rath- er an ordinary looking personage. She mounted the pulpit with the greatest composure, and without betraying the least appearance of embarrassment, gave out the hymn, which commenced as fol- lows: , " ishall I, for fear of feeble man The Spirit's course in me re- sl.raln?- Or undlsmny'd in deed and word, Be a true witness for my l.ord?' "A prayer followed, delivered with considerable fervency of man- ner, in which she suppllcated for aid to enable her to reveal the iwiiclcl council of God. She then commenced her sermon. choosing for text. I Timothy. chap. 1, v. 13. We cannot pretend to report her sermon, which was delivered with astonishing volubility of utter- ance and with consldehble energy and effect, but had it' been deliv- ered by a preacher in the usual hablliments of a Divine. it would. doubtless, like many more learned discourses, have been devoutly listened to, and then thought of no more. "The name of the devotee is Martha Jaxo. she is a native of Devonshlre. and came to this Is- land last spring. in a vessel from Plymouth, and has since been liv- ing in the humble capacity of I domestic servant, first at Bedcquc and subsequently at. Tryon. The distinguishing name of the sect to which she belongs is 'Bcienitaas,' so called after their founder, and rr” said to be very numerous in the counties of Devon and Com- wnll. They are a species of en- thusiasts who , no Chapels Cr stated places of worship, but go about preaching in fields, barns. market places, etc., and female preachers are by no means rare among them. . "The success of Miss Jago in this place. we hear. has been re- markable; there has been no small degree of religious excitement, and many flock to hear her who scarcely ever, in the memory of man, were known to go new a place of worship before. We have heard even of gentlemen of con- siderable literary attainments be- ing amongst the train of her ad- mirers." -Prince Edward Islan Register. Feb. 94. I829. 72: ..-.659 'e?oe&' Qmec cuonus none ' POMPIIY can open Mln IS. n sacred city. built of mar- vellous earth. Life was lived nobly here to give this body birth. Something we: in this brain and in this color hand. Death in so dumb and blind. Death cannot understand. v Death drifts the brain with sun iandmolln the young llmbr - glory. , Death makes women 3 mm our man u. traveller! story. Death driven the lonely soul to wonder under the sky, a Death opcht unknown doors. It is most stand to dis. . F I nomneuu Aurtillld -lino settled ana- The Hon.) A. At the first session of the Bell Government. a Bill was brought in which not only substantially in- creased all exlstuig taxes but in- uoduced new ones. In fact, Mr. J. J. Johnston. the Attorney-Gem ernl. candidly admitted that the Government was taxing every- thing "tangible and intangible." In 1918. while I was Premier. 1 received notice from the Bank of Montreal that Che interest on our overdraft would be raised one per cent. Such an increase did not involve n great deal of money but in those days we had to watch the dollars. With an in- come of in: than 8700.000 a year. a one-per-cent increase in our in- terest rate wan something not to bc llgptly passed over. As I had business in Ottawa. I resolved to stop off on my journey and call on the General Manager of the Bank of Montreal and dis- cuss the interest rate with him. Some lime before mnklno up my mind to call on sir Frederick William Taylor, Mr. Fred Nash. the Editor of the Charlottetown Patriot. and a very Rood friend. had related an Incident to me which had occurred when Sir Frederick's son had been killed overseas. Fred Nash's Ion had been in the same unit with this boy and had told the incident to his father upon his return from OVQTIEBI. The death of his son had been a areat blow to Sir Frederick. and, during my conference with him. I told him the story as Fred Nash had told it to me. He then ploduced lame souvenir; which his son had sent him before he was killed and spoke of him In? some time. By this time. Si? Frederick was. in a very mi-inmv mood. Turning to me. he said. "Mr. Arnennult. we have raised our mg, or Inter-en with all other Governments, but I am a Marl- tlmer and have a soft. place. in my heart. for little Prince Edward 15- land and your financial difficult- ies. Just don't think any I'M” nhout it; we shall let the Interest stand up it is. But don't mention it, pg 1: might raise difficulties with other Governments whose in- terest rate we have also raised. On-thin trip to ONIWI. I had been accompanied by the Rever- end Doctor P. C. Gauthier (now deceased). an Island priest WM was then President of the PHn'-I9 Edward Island Farmers' Associa- tion. Dr. Gauthier was on All! way to attend an agricultural con- ference in Ottawa at which H0"- W. R. Motherwell. Minister of Agriculture. presided. In order to help plan the mm on the train going to Ottawa. I had told Dr. Gauthier the story about Father Doyle who was the beloved pastor of Vernon River. On a hot July day, Father Doyle had been out on a sick call. He had been forced to walk because his horse was being used at '4'"! time by the hired man. on his way back from the call. a min with a horse and buggy overtook Father Doyle and save the priest a drive. They started to talk and Father Doyle laid. "1 kn0W it great many people in this neigh- borhood. but I am sun. I never saw you before. Would you mind telling me your name?" "MY name in Murphy, Father." the men said, "and I'm a Protestant." "Oh, that's all rilht." F5019!” Doyle replied. "I have a lot 0! friends. and many of them. es- pecially in Charlottetown and Summerllde. are Protestants and I think none the less of them." When they arrived in front of the parochial house. Father Doyle got out and, turning to his new ecqualntnnu.-. sold: "It has been very good of'you to give me a drive on this hot: day and I don't know how to thank you. But perhaps as some slight token of my appreciation for the drive, I might be able to tell you some- thing which may help you. It is this. You, as I, are getlinz alum: in years. It. cannot be so many years away when you will have to say good-bye to this world and when you have to stand in front of St. Peter at the salon which open to Paradise. he will say 90 you. 'My good man. what might be your name? My advice to you in that you just any 'Murphy' and stop at thatl". Dr. Gauthier made a fine im- pression at the conference when he told the gathering of the pi- oneer work that had been done In Prince Edward Island with re- spect to the organization of egg circles and of the neat benefit that had accrued from the circles since the Inland one now soltl readily on the Montreal market on their reputation alone. At a luncheon given. to the delegates, there were several speeches. and among the speak- ers was a Mr. O'Donahue from Ontario. He. too. Ipoko of the progressive lpirlt. of Prince Ed- ward Inland and ended by saying. "It in remarkable that the Prov- ince of Quebec. being an agricult- ural Province. should purchase on many eggs from Prince Edward Island. But Qunbec in Catholic and no such ohurvu, fut-days and Friday: on which no or t In eaten. and that. no doubt. expl Ins the reason for her turn on con- sumption. I. myself. am n Pre- tentwt. but I always observe Fri-g speaker. opens hll speech by no Inn HWIM O'Do , fun new ibout being omission; butmlwltr observing or, re- mlnan ritvvry told Mr ll. this Irenllst of; Prince Mwsf Island on the way on here." , hr ton, final: E ,l' We I. . I no out iii? in" the Idlht that lllli no me. Ilthbuafflhe Corninonweelrb r: not formed ism. that. ratltu beylg 5 . . I. ---.- 9.FlIl3RUARY'i2;4, (95135-. Me.u19irs--0fi - Former Premjerlcnd Retired Justice Supreme Court "of Prince Edward Island" W (Cgmtlnued). ny. . , Dr. Gauthier. who was the next :” nlhlioitnig ' me. Potts)":-e rngklrn he butt!!! I you O'DennhIIc' Ind let it In , ,,'. 4. ti .,.", . it I: Arsenaull Irish ' frlendfn:ndw::um:f'h,'":3'50dYe the thousands. He had he... " ' priest in Summer ide and lima kora rliefore going to vuno: NV er. - ' - and loiedvhi: leln '.mH""' expense. 5 h" ""1 He was driving on, d, Augustus and came to Corner where Michael (comm ' known as Mickey) McGuirk my Mickey had recently bum "m' chimney which wen; up 0,: "I" corner of the house to the. "m' then along the cave to the u,"" the roof so that it xor....4"' angle. Mickey was out in g" yard splitting wood and I,-.u:' Doyle. who knew Mickey ,,"' llolllled. and after Inquiring .l,:,l,lt' his health. uld, "Mickey a your chimney ' ”" Father. it does." said Mlcke us" draws the attention of everyy'.1.,,,h 1001 that rassgs pug way." " - O In FIIIll;r Doylet, was n w ow who Mrs. Mulcahy fthatxltvlanllroll Em name). She had raised a pit " thinking very much of l,EA,':'t Doyle and almost as much of H-.' P13. she had called it "Doylg" - pl: hnd . habit when huh. ' knocking on the door wmfliiy of snout. Hearing .- knock one 1"" she sang out, "Get away 7' av.- that door. Doyle, 19, not '3)” feeding time and the dlvll lheyeli: Yollil e now, Ul;ttd0E0l't.'' 50 w "my "W" in her Do I w”'"” W” YR: ?;:lliI;:9dl'8,nnst::dtl1T she couldn't spuk, --W: 1' rllght. Bridget," the priest nfdl " 'm thirst , and I - ' a glass nfymilkg. 1"" "med 1”? Off went the widow and re- gl&r:;d with. a whole pail of milk, - Mwv the priest said, ".1... Spell a good Pull of milk? 15,"; Want a Klara of it." The widow still fiustercd, passed the NH .' Fnih" Doyle and said, "nk T: Father Doyle, take M. I." jmiv have to give it (.0 Po”, mywly... parish um, While Father Doyle wg. pain, l" S"mznEl'!lde. the old Presby- terian church building got, W. its usefulness and its member. ,1; cldtd to tear it down and build 1 new 0M. More for a joke um, for a subscription. the solicitor: met Father Doyle on the "m. We 58! and told him they Wm going to tear down the old chum. and build a new one. "We know," they said. "how interested you In in religion. Father Doyle, and m Wan” W" i0 help us out." "well: replied Father Doyle. "it in against" the tenets of my faith to propa- Rate a Protestant religion. I can't "Ell? you to build your new Church but here's ten dollars 10 help scar lhe old one down.". Milton Berle. the comedian... claims that there is no such thin as an original Joke; he 11... .s-,,-. brary of -25.000 of them. I am inclined to believe him fo1',1hc next day after writing this story about Father Doyle. I picked up the current issue of the Reader; Digest and read the some slow about a Father-'I:ltzpntrlck. C It was in the days when Mr. Scamon- was principal of Prince Street School. On an Empli-e.Day he invited me to attend a concert Sivan by the pupils and after the performance asked me .to adorn: them all. This I did by com- plimenting them on their enter- tainment. I said that I anlom being among children. that I had eleven of them at home and till! as a Vice-Chancellor of the Court of Chancery. I had to look sf!!! the welfare of the lunntlcr, the widows and the orphans and or such I was acting as father to about one hundred orphull throughout the Province. Among the Pupils present that day was the young daughter 04 If. R. Stewart. then Deputy 396 l retary-Treasurer. She went ham! , from school and was havinl her , lunch with her father and mother. , Usually Joan was talkative but 1 this day she was silent. Her: father asked her what she W" I thinking about. "Well." she raid. 1 ''I with thinking about what Judi! , Arsenault told us today. Do I” know Dad. Judge Arscneult. is I very remarkable rncn., He " eleven children at home and hi said that he was father to about 100 more icstlered throushollt W Island." Joan had not. appreciated ill? distinction between children I orphans! When I" sat at the table "M my wife and eleven children p carved and served and by "':x time I had finished with the illp one three or four of the firs , served were clamoring for a ".1 cm! portion. and I was f0l'l""' I if ghcre was anything left for W” sol . (To be continued)