fyljysltltslait 113.1926“ a . - Fiirtherhétails Why Maritime Farms Of Young Peo- Have B°°°me Ple’s Convention Deserted

1 - (From the Maritime Merchant) porti f P. B. .l.

pgggfiyilig§tlptus lglditgd‘ church A great deal has been said and of Canada held its annual Conven- tlpp for Young Peoples’ Societies in ‘Heart: Hall, Charlottetown on“ n Tuesday last. A large delegation m“ as us.f.*.n“"'"sr “an miller Cklivreg, Montague. mvel :11‘°"l 11°11“ powugl, frryon, Valleyiield. Winsloe York and Marshfield. Many minis- ters, as well as young people of eighteen to twenty-four years of age, less or more, comlpnised (the

incidental fiscal policy of Province as it has been to the provinces of Qhebec and Ontario, M. Aitzken, Presbytery ‘Convenor of movement from

Miss Florence Stewart. of Mareh- d,,._.,t,lall5n,, _ field W39 1113791111911 399F911"!!- T'119 ii! is within our remembrance

mooning session was devoted tolvullen tile country district-s in east- the study of organization lead by em Nova spoils were almost sell.

Rev. F. M. ‘Milligan, Maritime Con- ooinmained One who went to

ference Secretary for Religious Ed‘ church on a ‘Sunday morning fifty ucation. it was ‘urged that offices years ago would have found that

should bo held by young people ubout ninety-five pcr cent. of the themselves rather than ‘by oldenclothes worn by the lllcn werc personsand all members should be made in their own colnlllunity,

called upon to take part in‘ the from wool shorn froul their own

wm-klu; 01 the meetings. it was sheep and spun by local spinners claimed that some definite, suitable and woven into cloth 11nd dvod pleldge, pgglllafly used, would b3 0f by local weavers and llyers.

‘mum Rey, pr, Rgmglly gugxggted Similarly he would have found that been made by

local slloeluukcrs from leather tali- 30 nnnt the“ Sonlenen would lmlned by nearby lanllerie-s from hides produced on the farllls of the colli-

n [n [tel-noon ennion, munity. So also with the linen, ‘ tngligragnndfiylnanfleld deligntlon and in fact, with practically cvcry-

that more ritual in ‘the formal‘ opcn- the iilmweflr 11111- ing of the meet/lugs be adopted, ai-

activo agencies for ‘Temperance.

_ thing ill the way 0i’ apparel and

had charge of ‘the devotional lper foodstumkmeafly u“

10d, dgl-lel reports from all Societies represented‘ were given. indicating‘ the most successful features oi their work. Rev. Mr. Miii-igan again

written in the last few years about the exodus of our rural population, and hhe politicians have made use it has suited iileir own pur- The 8llli-0Qili'(’il£‘i‘ili(3'>\ have blamed it on Confederation uud the -tllereio. We are disposed to admit that the Canada has not been as beneficial to the Maritime

but in our judgment this is not the personnel of the meeting. Rev. E. major can“ n. the exonnn Th“, the land is but 11°11$1°“5 Bimcalkmi P19914311 and part of the evolution of modern in-

was grown lor otiherwise produced in iiio coin- .‘lnuniiy or vcry lloar ut hand. Tl'ile.,

[from outside places. such as i011.

Gorden Simpson, Kingston peni tentary convict of the Red Ryan gang, leaving Toronto jali for the aissize court. to face his second |therc were some things brought, ill trial on a charge of robbing a bank

1M i“ dmmsflm’ this “m” o" umsugur molasses, and so fortii, -blli..from the penitentiary In i923.

Aims of the Societies and. their pro- gramme. All young peotple should he in Church School; What llilnd oi’ teacher and lessons do’ young peo-

prodliccd at lloiilc.

of

pie deserve? Ail should be at the Young People's wll0lly disappeared.

limits ‘be from eight to ‘ten o'clock. purchased. Devotional period should be entire-

seivos and not by

and can be largely udonsod pylmade article.

iod is this year to be particularly the first woolen uiiii.

ierence. 1t covers four subjects “himge 101' 91°11‘-

handicraft of cloth-making Tho

orders, one subject lper’ week. Why is ithere‘! 2. Our ‘part ill find-id's ‘Religious Destiny. 3. How can we get World‘ Peace? 4. Selecting the greatest Canad- ian writer. in the discussion of these pro-1

shoes for the countryside.

torie in tlhe big centres is but

posed themes. ideas were so‘ freely another cylnnler in the story o, “n msmn. vlennolnn “n.5, nothing that Mmlgan'”kul_dustrial evolution that we cannot PBOPK W011111 1111.911"? . .k__ fake the . gee to liq l {hi5 though it held" the el act of sep- M41114’ m“ mam "ne- Th9 ‘EPW311111 article, buipthe lntchmgdlzrynstage 1115 P901110 1111 1h‘! 1111111 Wflotl was admitted to have a rlxlit-‘wiilch we are now discussing, slam. as commerce revived people slowly only began to leave the

expressed that Mr. was tested in keeping the discuss-

ful and vital ‘place in the weekly . . meeflng as use“ encouraging on“. ed a movement uli-ich has

T111111? Church» Y- ‘P- ‘s- 861161“ gicaliy situatedi factories of the olwlv entertained ‘the delegates to large cent-res For these factories supper in the ‘basement after which required operatives, which Yillulg zillml old went trounce. some for pleasure. some for the exodus fronl tile farms to tho duty, ‘but all for benefit. ‘town began.

A large attendance characterized Meantime, the 111° 1118M Inoetins. The ‘Cornwall ment hall for some time been going

Ship. The nominating committee flying in early on the manudacuring

lows: tHon. President, Rev, F, E, 300m. was a continually increasing call r0yd, Cllglrmm. 0g .p,-egl,ylm-y_ for factory operatives, and consequ- ‘President, Mr. 1.. .1. Stacey. Char- ontlv tho vonns people of Nova lottetown, Austin ‘Smibil, Tryoii. SW11“ W110 11111111611 t0 Bet $111111‘

$00,013,” Ml“ ylorencn Swwnm hand on o. litllc really cash and to see ‘a little more of life than they

Marshdeld. Treasure,‘ .341“ Jenn mm’ Cnnncouid see at hoinc. were drawn 1°¢temwn_ away. Thus thousands of people who otherwise would ‘have lived

Vice Pres. for Christian Fellow- nnnn .541” Agnes Annonl.’ 1mm“. comparatively unstronuotis lives in M0Mngnc_ the quiet country wcni. out to huip

vi- . ‘. ' -. . w rum" h" “madam” M!“ M“ cigu country zliiri ui. tho saiuc time

only such things as could not bc ——i— l“ tillage llaysillle 1i they oncc wnrc and we were

to other countries the lllit we pro- sumc thorn must, b0 a fairly coil-

oue would have hcnrd people speak ‘factory cotton" to distinguislllsurplus pie desire? All yoiwfl ‘P9194119 ‘M11111 it from [he homo-loads linen which 11°111C11111T¢11s¢11°°1i 11° V0111“; .1100‘ was produced from flax grown on stunt proportion oi rurnl to urban Y°1l118 P601919 the farui——ull industry which has Only a little

Burt muss production was begin-discuss hcrc. ly run ‘by the young people thom- ning to get under way; Hnzlchincry figures and we shall see that in the minister. was making its first conquests ill spite of the exodus of 1180010 "0111 Business must not be too lengthy the way of driving out the hand- our country 1118111018. 11116 Produc- How it operated is tin oi’ foodstuffs vvlllch our far-ms are work of Executive, Th0 study pel-Jlliustratetl by our recollection of fitted to misc. ‘is constantly on the Shortly illcreu-se-‘for example, dairy pro- dttmctlve as p110 syllabus nmy-lded alfter it was started the rspreselitn- hloht had for 501118 time been going is the fluggggflgn o; ymms people tlves of this mill ulent about -buy- lllclllgelygg ln recent pdglmml gmp|1ng wool from the farmers in ex- Tliul was the] _ and each l5 to be taken ‘n “mi-nun beginning of the end of the local that thcrc is no use in beulolzulng

Thc movement of 1. What is the United Church? Wme process wont on with respect "rural population everywhere is 01h‘- to footwear as amnil shoe factor- 113g sprang up in the larger places commerce. and has‘ kept no ovol‘ and commenced to make ‘boots and since. With (‘he decline of the Ro- How mail Enlpire, the colllmunicatlons iihe cloth mills and the local shod also fell lllto decay, and trade lang- iifflctofleg in lime gave way before uislleii, alld then the nianorial sys- the competition of the larger fac- 111111 61111111 into b91118. 11411011‘ PW"

exporting, production.

tion to u tlistricfs

I l

the inevitable.

ward. it ‘begun

turesqilo in its lvny from tlii

been accentuated with the expan- Bat-ho!‘ 1M0 10111119» 111111 1111911 the 1111' actor formation. lsiou of the larger and more gm“... vent of the factory system in the

the movement was The coilrse of devel- [he opulent through tho ages ‘points to

in for jolly countryside was able to supply. Soil flitllro 111 Wh1Ch 111111111 P01111111; élliii

last century, accentuated.

to grow least

tion will Utrlllllllltf

|rurni to docrcusc. ui ullti

931119 develop. rurul population reaches tile irrc~ What is needed delegates led in- the Service of Wor- on in the New England ‘States. Be- 1h‘ 1111i 11 “b11111 1° 111° 1111111" 11mm‘ merely kicking ported re next yen“ onlcem and game, may nncflon had become n against ills pricks. but a illovelncnt the Convention endorsed as fol-great manufacturing centre for the 111111 W111 8111119 111111111 growth. mak-

tgmwing Unlled sullen and tnm-eiilg the best of wllut we foolishly

tiucibic lllinlillulll.

meur, which is

think is ti had job.

The Tired Out Woman

‘Needs the Help of Dr. Williams Pink Pills to Regain Strength.

No illotllcl" should allow llfll‘\'0tlfl.cavendlsh (Rmm- ‘"111 have 11° 111m’ ivcukiicss to gct the ilpper llilliil 0i’ ("my 1“ recognizlng mB-“Y 01 ‘he ilcv; if Hill! (lflilli worry will lnurller beaumm scenes that 9° emhmlmd

H", mtmntrlnl nxnannlon m. n “In work ill flu‘ ililflli‘. null torlucllt ‘her 'l lin lnuirottllly

ill illinlrl zillil llilfly.

iri Toronto while he was a fugitive

population,‘variable only in rela- ilisiulice from 1119911115 W111“ 5°"- 01 meolhlg of the "factory cotton" was used crowded centres of population. But 1111011111 111111-1797 A11 ngreed the time and but few “store clothes" wereihis is entering another question that we have not the opportunity to Le; us look at tile

in the dawn of

nowadays. As soon

clmnll-y and der McNeil] who preached for muny

‘ms cnssnorrmowu custom:

ISLAND, STBRIES BY, y AN ISLAND A WRITER

Mr. W. A. Stewart Gives uninteresting Account of the Lifdand Novels of Miss Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Suggests Cavendish Should be made a Literary Shrine to Tourist s._ '

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At St. Jullies‘ ‘Literary Soolsty this island ‘Hymn, dsl am mm 11151 evening. Mr. W. A. Stewart rnnsements have been made fab]; load u“ most interesting paper en~ its ‘being sung here tonight.

titled island Stories by an island Writer." taking as his subject Miss Lucy ‘Maud Montgomery and her “Amle" series of novels, in which

Her Firit Attempt.

It 1” 111111- eiflhteeh years since

Cavendish and district were featur. Miss Mom ed under the name of Avouloa. iilto u fuil-blognl bkliiisytalllizlil .311; ill tho course of his paper Mr. Hlurllcd the Canadian literary

Sicwuvi suitl

V li has been said that a country is not a country until it has legends and literature of its owli.

world with iior delightful pep plc. lures oi life ili Prince Edward is- lilnd. l-lcr first novel is called Allnc of Green Gables,” and wag (Yauadu will celebrate its Dla- dedicated to the lllcmory of he; nloild Jubilee next your. and it is futhcr and mother. it is interesting 11113111111111; to l-cullzo the import » to record that iiko many other sut» ailce of letting the public know its cessiul writers, Miss Montgomery fertility in the lllnlicr of legendary failed ililscrnhiy in her ‘first zit- alld literary productions. lleililvts to get a publisher for her ill the former, two Prince Ed» llovcl. Silo sent it out again-and ward islanders. Professor Cyriliragzlin in ‘firms iii both Canada. and MucMillan and Sir Andrew M€lC-|thc Liilitoti States. but like the ca . Phaii. have played no mean part. iii tlic fable, ii: only came back the IProfessor with his Canadian Tircd and discouraged Miss Mont- Polk Lore. and Sir Andrew with golncry threw tho mslluscript into his delightful trailsiation oi‘ “Maria a cllpbglu-d and turned he]. energies Ciltlpdcluiile" (which may not in-to less lmpol-mm and more remnn, appropriately be railed the "Aime erativc work for .1 period of two of Green (fables oi Quebec"), “Vine years, The“ one (my whlle Bin-mg. of Sibuinll" ililll the "Book of Sor- 0108mm; She came new“ the o,“

Pfllvn" manuscript. She read it, and was it is nut my intention to deal 11mm lmpmsned than even with with Prince Edward island auth- m; value n3 a story. and ngnlnsent

ors ill general; if it were .1 could submit for your consideration a goodly list, including the two 1 have centre

already llleniioned, Basil King. a l“ 1lle:1fnf,l.l,,l,tl\{ye,é“gggyfifigifiaigkfig Charlottetown boy. Principal Fal-nnrchnnen by Messrs. ,1“ C Page 8L coner, another Charlottonian. U.S.‘,Co,nnnny_ i-Annnu Woven w be Ambflssad" 50111111114“- a Bedequenan instant success and became out- bW- 1° 11191111011 °111Y 11"“ °1h°“'standingly the best seller of the writers now living who are as wel year; indeed, n hm“ every known and widely known in their respec- new...‘ in novel publication by [We 3111191” a“ L110?’ Maud MM!’ running through seven editions in gomery, on Wllfllll Prince Edward seven mnomn Th," m the ‘n? island looks us its particular, and nmnd nroved no great that every most prized liOV8llSl——-\V'hO is not month from June w December a ‘"11? a“ 1513"“ ‘wvensti but a m“ new impression ilad to be issued.

it. out on its rounds. For publish- ers sllc hull to go to Boston, that

ducts, potatoes apples and so elist dealing almost exclusively and it continued nigh. “no the two pomln ' with Prince iitldward island and its succeeding yearn, we publishers it nun-t be a-puoront to ovoiyono P°°1’1°- issuing, edition after edition to

Most of us older members know.

01' shmlld ‘mow’ the wrmngs o! lltleizt stttilll glilcleflbcf ‘tiligulrrilgst popular Ml“ M°“tg°me"y' and n is wnmpresentation ‘books stored on the "he °b1e°1°f brmgmg them m lheishelves oi’ city booksellers. and 1 “mice M ‘he ymmger members am told that in tile large centres. that lhuve written this paper for mere ls a constant demand n“, n “MEN'S ‘“°°“S“‘°“" at the Free Public Libraries.

The Novel itself.

'l‘uduy

The Author.

B Lucy ‘Maud Montgomery is the daughter of Hugh Jollil MOIlLROlXI- ery 0i ‘New London, and a gvaild- daughter of the lute Senator Moni- goinery; he mother, a Miss Mc- Neiii, sister of the late Rev. Loan-

WVhat is there about this uovcl by- a country girl about a country

eighteen years? And that question brings me to the story itself.

years in St. John, N.B.. and Mr. John F. McNeil! of Cavendish. still liv~ ing on the homestead. Miss Mont- gomery first saw the light of dily at ‘Clifton. n pretty village lyliil; between Stanley and French River. and spent llor girlhood days ill l Cavendish. every lucll of WliiCh slic knows intimately.

"Anne of Green Gables." is the biography of an orphan girl who should have been a boy.

Matthew and liiekilla Cuthbert wore respectively all nld bachelor and old maid, brotiicr and sister. who farmed in Cavendish, or rath- er Avoniea. One day, finding help scarce, they decided aftcr much and deep consideration, to invite a friend who had gone to visit an orphanage in -Nova Scotia to se- cure for them a boy about tcll. whom they could adopt slid train up to work on the iurm. Their momentus message was sent by word of mouth to the lady in ques- tion. and ‘somehow before it reach- ed her it had been converted from "boy" to "girl," with the result that when Matthew went to the station to meet the boy he was dumb- founded to find instead a red-head- ed, freckled, homely girl. But. if she were not much to look at, if she were shabby ill appearance and for from propossessilig. shc lllorotlmn

The Scenery.

‘Need i describe to you tile accli- ery in which she revelled? You are all probably very familiar with it as the scene of her ‘first story. “Anne ‘of Green Gables." covers considerable territory not far from the city. and any of, you who have travelled from Hunter iRiver to vNcw Glasgow, following the Now Glasgow Road to Anderson's Mills. thence through liiayiieid to the

Aliuo on llcr drivo from tho sta- tion t.o Avunica. Similarly. those

‘. . , _ _ ofyouwho hav db thl..l blzlgléngllknprytréfigjr and “WNW to tumirlbiltc to thin. itilllllilvxiiy "1 111v hvoiuiuv lions‘ Wilt‘ s’ daily Anne-n n“, ‘us; T‘? wmao 52,112., ulade up for llor deficiency in this ' " y which wu know ill our iilililiffll iii- ‘"11 1* “"""11'11 l" "Mm" ‘l“'1""““”ln“' will remember tho ‘bountiful’ mid 111M166! h)’ tho brifl11111111111 ‘i1 11°‘

lion. Stanley iiydo. Cornwall. Vice Pros. Christian ‘Cllllflililllili, EMSOII Smith, ‘Powrnul,

Vice. ‘fins. Leadership 'l‘rainilig. M159 ‘MhTEarot Coburli. Br-aidnJ/bailu. Also ‘Rev. E. M. Aitkorl, lory Convonor lfor Religious

lion. Following this olocilon, -t;l|o 0m.

(lliSlFiill system.

Tho lmlill. ut- ivisll lo iulllrrszi

the llniu-atrial evolution of illl‘. silo.‘ Pronhv-wu Ilnrdly uiuiori-lilnd It wlicll it 15411195" began, and ill this tiny when we are getting so far tawny ‘from its bo- g llniu , it is till difllcultto under- ccr“ “'°"“ M51191“ b)’ 11111 011111Plstand allot has inkoli plucc unit-HS 1"a"_"1 prchbYie-PY- l1!"- ‘F. E. ‘we are ubie to truce tho movcmciit B"°i-111‘°Y11- Th" 3111111101- Oi i116 cv-‘to its starting point us wc huvo oil- ouing address was “The Spiritual rioavored to do ill this urtlclc. The Chnllonse to Youth’ delivered by condition is not pocuilur io thc Rev. F. M. Miiligan. Military con- Maritime Provinces in those parts 1111118. itldtlfllrlal FBVOhItIOnB. or edu- of tho New England Slates, Que- 0311011111 Progress do not ‘bring "1160 11nd Oiliario. for example, which 110171111111 Htrength. The world of to-llro somewhat removed from tho day is roudy for a spiritual chai- 15189 0911114111‘ 0i’ P0P11111t1011- i111! lenge. is God going to be really 5111118 11111 Biffht. of (inserted forms God -to us? Not church-going ol- Will meet your eye-nil brought creed acceptance nlone but trim Ibout by the working of the pro- feiiowship with God as a “r5033; cons ofindustriai evolution to which gxpgrjgnce 18 m, present d”. N, we have referred. That it is not lo qulremmyg, Young 900.916 are ln be observed in the prairie provinces the centre of influence In various 1° 11"“ 1° 111° 111v! thflt tho“ are circles. In ‘the circle of Home. in "9" 191m"? oPohod "P 111 0116111- qn, circle n! the commnnuy’ n: the once to l-he same principle of mass flfcle 0g the church’ u” In Inn Production‘ working in relation to

Wider circles of untermtlomsl ‘Re- “ 51°91‘ ‘Mme °1 1°“- lationshlp (‘peace or war) in the inter-racial relations (Missions). This great address. while lengthy. was thoroughly interesting and

Wwofhli. and Mr. Miilignn was 90.3.1

"iv followed thy hie crowd 0r Wuthful iiltcncrs.

__.._.-¢q>_-i.

Moi-Mr had come into the child's bedroom to sly good-night. "it's "'11- mummy." said Joan. cuddling “'11- "Yes. delr." ‘replied 'her 111011101‘. "hill. cover up. Th0 u. I'll! will keep you warm." Joan d d u she was told. Then. after l moment's reflection she looked 11D at her mother All n.‘ "l sup- Pflle l couldn't exchange my sn- all“ for a bot-water bottle." she

The low seems to work inexor-. 1111?. even when there ls prosperi- ty in the rural sections. For ex- 8111P1o. see how young people are leaving Prince Edward island to- fill’. notwithstanding that there is sufficient prosperity there to encourage them to remain at home. The truth is that country life, with] the advantages it ‘has all its own. cannot hold the young people so long as the cities and towns offer the combined atttrgciions of social "h and remunemtivo employment. Won thoasfl every farm may have

its inevitable pull. ‘

After all. the real fest of the sit- uation is possibly not the number 01' PWPIB on the farms. but the WdIIOI-lvs capacity of the farms-

l

ndl is again show-n in n report lnueri n. mom‘ 9'71 111° CQVB W111 9X9"- by the Dominion BllPPflll of Statistics,

billion miles travelled by passengers in that your only i.1 were killed and 128.5 Injured. wem- five of a

but i|li.‘|'ll nru other i-ntiscfi. 11h ovcry lllotht-r knows, that fund to wilakcll

uild lnuku il"l' lirrvcs l'illl-flil\\'il.

i-a that tho Fxullus Wild rrcillnd by twhziugn auld rust might iiil.lIi‘f)Vf‘ ilcr of nil for jaded ivulncil is a course of iii". Wiiliulus‘ wnn brought "In and nmod M she Pink ‘Pills. 'l‘lli:so pills lllnkn now In w“), finch n mngnmmm lmaxl“. blood, rich \vllh tho cinlnruis tmnfion, n, u any wonder “m, “no

hcnlill. but. |li‘h'\

\\'lii(.'ll lilo hotly and ill‘l'Vi‘H thrive. iTilc vuluc 01'

shown by tlic cxpericilco of lira. (I. \V. Jackson, it. Il. l. tlilroril, Out. who snys:~“iioforii beginning tile ilfil.‘ 0i‘ Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills l was conuliitltcly .i"llilJ(l*0\§'il and could ilaixily wuidt across tho iinor. As tlic motilor of yolltllg chlnrell with (‘he

usual household duties to spcrform,

my condition was one of serious- ness. l llud seen Dr. Williams‘ Pink

Pills advertised and decided to try P1'°°1'1‘°°'1°1‘ them. This was a happy; decision as H8111“ Chmmde-

l llad not been taking the ‘pills very long before I began to feel better both in body and mind. I continued the use of the pills for a couple of months and now feel like a new‘ woman, able to perform all my household duties. l would not be without the <piils in‘ the house and l recommend them to all run- down. people."

Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills are sold by all deciors in medicine, or will be sent ‘by mail at 60 cents R. box by The Dr. Williams’ ‘Medicine Co., Brockvtiile, Ont.

(‘ANAIIIAN RAILWAYII DANE.

The sufciy oi‘ railway trnvel iu (‘nu-