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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1924

“COLD FIIIDAY"

Friday, February 8, 1861, has ems-down in tradition and in the eooiiection of those who experi-

at day in the memory of those liv-

like all other cold waves it came rom the north and west. The pre- ious day is still “remembered in Intel-Io and Quebec as Cold Thurs- ay. Throughout the area affected be cold wave followed a thaw and eavy rain; the change came sud- enly with a fifty to sixty mile ale of wind and the mercury fell rlthln a few hours from 30 above 1 28 below zero in the Maritime rovinces, the low temperature and erce gale continuing for twenty- llll‘ hours.

Lumbermen related that scores

‘l . l woodpeckers. the hardiest of our

arthern birds, were frozen to aath and found lying on the iow; trees frozen into brittle ems of ice were snapped off by e gale; orchard trees were split

to uselessness by the frost or

ncsd it as Cold Friday, the cold-‘

may happen again for there are others pouring their products into the same market that we are.

In these circumstances to "be sure you're right and go ahead" with it is a more difficult contract than it looks on Ibo surface.

In this province where we can grow successfully any product that can be grown In this latitude, the safe course appears to be not to confine ourselves exclusively to any one line of production. Mixed farming. governed of course by an intelligent grasp of market condi- tions and of supply and demand, may be regarded al absolutely safe. It’ is true, there isaganiblei-‘s chance in any one line that has al- ready proved successful but it is only a gamblers chance to win or lose. Some may take it; our ex- perienced. calculating farmers will not and if they do not make big money they do not lose heavily and. while few of them have amassed a fortune, they have lived comfort- zibly and have been able i0 lay aside a little yearly for the prover- bial rainy day.

lapped off like pipe stems. Al‘ getber the day was one never to‘ a forgotten by those who had the: isfortune to be abroad in it. 5 Fortunately the experience has! it been repeated and there is iom to hope that it may not be; i low temperature is rarely ac-I Impanied by high wind and the ctual temperature of Cold Friday.‘ "ith little or no wind, is not alto- ether unknown in those latitudes.

-—<<0c- THE SURE WAY

While the advice, “Be sure ou're right, then go ahead," is un- uestionably the best that can bei iven, it, like much else that is 00d, does not meet everybody‘s ase in every emergency. How is he to know whether the course be‘ mntemplates is right or wrong? »_ is may be absolutely sure of his heory, his plan is mathematically =orrect and he can prove it by ac- ‘ ual figuring and then it may trove a failure. In our province today and for

i.-¢-o>_-- OUR STANDARDS

"Make money, my boy, honestly if you can, hut make lt," was thc advice of a father t0 his sou as the latter was going out into the world

‘to make a living. “Wicked, demor-

ilIIZPtI, ilchased man!" So suy we all but WIIZII do we of this enlislit- sued. chrisliuiiizcil and uiuderriiaeai

they go out from themselves?

to do for If we do not add “honestly if you can,” we tell them. iii effect, that if they do not "make

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standard of, success today. make money is to be successfu‘, tn bi- honored, as honor goes, to be placed iii the fore front among the Who's Whos. >

The standard is an unfortunate one and is of recent growth, an ex- crcsence of modern commercial- ism. it was unknown in Europe before the present generation. On this side of the Atlantic it sprouted

.everal years past there “has been ronsiderable controversy over the} iuestion, What line of agricultural rroduction can be most profitably- "allowed? The question is a broad, ins and can no more be deflnitely| answered than could the question, which card should I lead in a card! ‘Jame? One man has made a small‘ ‘ortune in growing certified seed! é Iotatoes. Another has been pheno- fnenaily successful in hog raising. mother in fruit. another in some other line. it does not follow from his that all the neighbors would ucceed in taking up some one of hese. Nor does it by any means ollow that success in any one of £ hese may be continued year after i fear even by the most successful. Times change, the markets change, he diseases and pests that haunt iur animals and plants change, or .t icaat are uncertain. To the man who made good aoney out of 25 or 50 acres of seed otatoes there is a empi-atlon to plant o 00 next year. I-le may ‘rake a small fortune: on the ther ‘band disease may attack his “rep, the market may be off or pmething equally, caiamitoua may appon and. having no other crops 5 fall back upon, he practically ' use his year's work and all the

strong

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earlier and had its origin in the new rich Maggies anil Jiggses of a couple oi generations ago. It blew into Canada where it found fertile soil in some of our new and more lucrative industries. Today money is the hall mark of success. Brains, talent, intelligence count for notli- ing until the size of the bank ac- count is disclosed. This satisfac- tory, brains. talents and intellig ence commensurate with thc size of the bank account are automatic-

-ally ascribed and the Maggles and

Jiggscs land. Make money, my sou, honestly if you cnn and if you can't make it honestly don't make it. In that case you will at least have your own respect which is worth much and that of other honest people which also is most desirable.

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—<o>——-—-- JUST A HINT

We note by a New Glasgow, N. S.. exchange that the Rotarians of that progressive city have complet- ed an open air rink for the free IiBo of citizens young and old and that

the Electric Light Com pan y in- stalled free of charge an arc light sufficiently pow-

erful to light the. whole rink.lt is mentioned also that several hun-

ibor and money he spent upon it. he some thing may bsppeil ‘in any ‘thar exclusive line, in any case ._rI|on all the eggs have been placed I one basket. ' ~It is quite true that a man must Ike chances, chances with wea-

IOI’, with markets, with ylisoaae night expressed themselves as fav- dd. fortunately. in this province ourable to making use of Govern- lere is less to fear fromjny of meat Pond as a skating rink. Cau- aeeo than in any other Iirovlnce not‘ something be evolved out of 7i Canada. Yet while our weather tbe combined Rotarian action iii 5n never failed us, we havoylen New (linux01 llld 1M it!!!" 0f 0i" > markets gooft until there was prospective councillors? This is" cumin oi mar mi "uni m; moral! n hint-

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tired citizens enjoyed ri delightful ‘evening's skating on the night of ‘opening, with band music 'n every- thing.

Nearer home. we note that some of our prospective City Councillors ‘at the public meeting on Thursday

Notes By the Way

It has been objected that the Commissioner of Agriculture should be styled and spoken of an the Min- sler of Agriculture. Even so small a point of objection may be considered for a moment where a charge of “vanity and display," forms a part of the objection. What is a Minister in his connection with governmental affairs? The first moaning of the word in The Stand- ard Dictionary is: “The chief of an executive department of a govern- ment." Every such chief is a min- ister and may be properly address- ed as such if he holds office in the British government, the Canadian

government, or any provincial gov- ernmcnt in Canada.

Every government throughout the British dominion: ha: a prime minister at its head ‘and his collea- gues are ministers of the several departments. The Dominion and every Province of the mainland in Canada has each its Minister of Agriculture. There is not ii. Com- missioner of Public Works. or of anything else in all the provincial governments, excepting Prince. Ed- ward Island. The title is antiqu- ated, a misnomer and should bi- dropped out of use. British and Canadian usage and common sense alike demand that the title 0f Min- ister be substituted for that of Commissioner and if legislation is necessary to legalise the change it. should he promptly enacted.

So many commissions have been turned out by the authorities at ttawa, in recent years that the name Commissioner has fallen in- to disrepute. It is by no means BlIFDrlsing that any seifrespecting Minister should desire not to be called by that name. And every re- potable gilt-letter artist knows how impossible it is to place that word of twelve letters in print of read- able size across an office door in a. single line. The word Minister

is shorter. more fitting in every wny and it better expresses the 0f- ficial duties and functions of the official chief it is to designate and to whose presence it is to guide- the visitor.

There are sound reasons for urg- ing the claims of the Charlottetown

world today say to our sons aslmspensary am’ ‘he c°a| Fwid 1""

now. .'I‘he mild weather with which the present winter began has n; late turned much colder and the ab-

sence of any considerable depth of snow enables the cold to penetrate

it" they are failures. This is the many ‘homes that would be much

Tolmore comfortable if they had the iusual outside snow protection. Last Iwintcr was unusually cold but the

Show was deep and afforded pro- tection against the penetrating frost. it also gave very consider- able ellliilflyment to labor at fair wages. There has been little to do

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l Lest We Forget i O 9§Q§r EDWARD DE PALIOL

King of Scotland, grandson the founder of Baliol College, Oxford, after being driven from his Country by Archibald Douglas, re- gained his throne with the assistan-

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ce of Edward III of England, February 9, 1334. GEORGE ADE

Amenican journalist and play- wright, known for his humorous writings, was born at Kantland. Indian. February 9, 1866.

PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

American negro poet, who engag- ed in Journalism in his home town of Dayton, Ohio, and in New York, and was employed in the Con- gressional, Library at Washington,‘ died February 9, 1906.

CAPTAIN ROBERT FALCON SCOTT

English naval officer and ex- plorer, who discovered the South Pole, perished with his four com- panions on the return journey. Word of his tragic fats was brought to New Zealand by the crew of his ship the "Terranova" on February 9, 1813.

U. 8. CLAIM OREGON

On this day in 1848 the United States passed a resolution notify- ing Great Britadn that the joint occupation of Oregon would cease in twelve years, and "thereby hangs a tale" of an International struggle for the state of Oregon. There was uncertainty as to the right of either Great Britain or the United Statoa to the territory and its ownership was left in doubt under u joint ownership arrange- ment. There-after it became a patriotic duty of American, to settle the area to advance their rights to it. Britain in the mean- time regarded it as a land in which fur trading would soon be exhaust- ed and the settlers would aink to a state of aemi-babarity. The United States laid claim-to the entire Pacific coast to Alaska; on the other hand, flritaln proposed the forty-ninth parallel as a bounds . and it was finallybgreed upomrIt was at this time that the U. S.

slogan, “fifty-four forty. or fight" originated, referring to their claim to the entire cont.

Happenings of Week

THE SONG OF THE OUILL

i remember, ladies fair, Crinolines and powdered hair, III those days I held full away Upon quaint desks of ladies gay. Then for many years I lay U89I888—-0Il9 might say passe, Others held my-honored place, I felt that I was in disgrace. No lover's notes by me were penn- ed, , I did not have a single friend. But once agaiin I am rage Used by Poet, Statesman, Sage. You'll find me resting all serene Upon the desks of King and Queen. For once again I hold full sway On the desks of ladies gay. I match their gowns of every hue- Pink, yellow, green, and Heaven's blue. ' O O O

It is understood about the Court

that the King and Queen of Italy

will visit London during the spring in order to return the vilsit that King and Queen paid to Rome last year. The date for this visit has yet to be fixed, but it is understood that it will extend over about a week, when a round of entertain- ments in honor of Their Majesties would take place. They wtill be accommodated in the "Belgian Suite" at the Palace, and this is shortly to be prepared for their reception.

O Greatest interest centred around the home of Mr. and Mrs. F‘. Fred Booth, Ottawa, this week, where many formal functions were held to introduce Prince Erik of Denmark and his father, Prince Valdlmnr of Denmark, to Canadian society. Their Exceilencies the Governor General and the Lady Byng of Vlmy. will represent King George and Queen Mary, and the groom's father will represent the King of Denmark, who is his broth- er, at the marriage of Monday next. it was announced some time ago that thc Danish king objected to the marriage. Quite the contrary condition has prevailed and he ha-s not only given his consen-t but,his royal recognition, as well, at the ceremony. Prince Viggo, brother of the groom-elect will be best man. The matron of hpuor will be Mrs. W. D. Herridge, sister of the bride- elect, and the bridesmaids will be Lady Elizabeth and Lady Mary Byug, daughters of tho Earl of Stratford and Miss Marjorie Cook and Miss Betty Henderson. Besides tho many functions in. anil nround Ottawa there were many at Rideau Hall for the entertainment of the royal guests prior to the wedding.

O O O ‘

Mrs. C. L. Miles’ miscellaneous shower for Miss Constance Warburton yesterday afternoon wag a novel affair and a charming- Iy pretty one. It was a Mociety wedding, the iiittls folk taking part in their own inimitable way and entering the drawing room to the strains of the wedding march play- ed by Mrs. Cosli. The dainty little bride was Constance Hyndman. who looked very wilnsome in her white dress with Mrs. Miles’ wedd- ng veil. which is over a hundred years old artistically draped around her. The young groom was little

Pete Cosh, and the bnidesmaids Jessica and Joan Jenkins; the groom-sman Guf Allenby and Matron of honor Budd-is Miles. The gifts conveyed by the party were such as would charm any young bride-to-be. Later in the afternoon tea was served, Mrs.

Warburton pouring and Mrs. J. Morris cutting the ices. Assisting were Miss Alice Cox, Miss Rose Longworth, Miss Lorna Weeks, Miss Stephenie Jenkins and Miss

Dun-bar, ‘Miss Minnie Owen, Mrs Misc Nellie G-ililsple.

burst entertained at a shower for Miss Constance Warburton. on Tuesday afternoon. O O O

Mrs. S. R. Jenkins was hostess on Wednesday afternoon at a Valentine Bridge of ten tables which was most enjoyable. Assist- ing at the tea hour were Miss C. Hornby, Miss Nora Lyons, Miss Riley and the Mince; Jenkins. Mrs J. Morris cut the ices.

e Q e Another musical treat was afford-

ed those who attended the concert in St. James Hail on Thursday under the supervision of Mr.

Watkis. O O O

Mrs. R. Morals who is here on a visit to her parents Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Watson, is being pleasantly an tertained by her numerous friends, before going to her new home in Moncton.

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Helen Jenlklnsflidiss Holklrk, ‘Mrs. O'Donnell, tMiss iB. MoKinnon and

Mrs. C. H. B. Longworth, Hill-

The Public Forum

This column. la. open for the discussion by corros- pondanfe of question; of In tel-oat. The Charlottetown Guardian don not nausea» ily endorse the opinion on

ing address at the meeting last night is reported saying: “We are told lby some-people ‘that if we had not collected our street and sidewalk assessment of 811585.55 we would have had a deficit. Cer- tainly we would have a deficit in that tease-If we did not collect the poll tax we would ‘have a deficit; if we did not collect the personal property tax we would have had a large deficit; and had we not the real estate tax we would have an appalling deficit."

This sounds all very fine and is a good example of the art of cam- ouflaging but. it is not such an ex- planation as the tax payens had a. right to expect from the person holding the honorable position of Mayor of our city. ‘It smacks too much of thimibierigging to be re- assuring. -Mr. Jenkins knows very well that the permanent street and sidewalk payments made by citi- zens are entirely different from the poll, personal property and real es- tate taxes annually levied upon all citizens. These undoubtedly come under the category of ordinary rev- enue as they are levied and collect- ed each year but the street and sidewalk payments when once made are ended and can never be collected again from th-e same per- sons. They are in no sense ordin- ary revenue but are in the same category as it‘ the city had sold Queen's wharf or any other part oi its fixed property and had 11566 the proceeds in place 0f Paying OIT or reducing its funded debt, lior or- dinary revenue.

The iMaytor boasted that n0! 0H6 dollar of the money received frvm Ottawa for permanent streets had been used. "lt is all to the credit of the permanent works in the Royal Bank. But there is not the slighlefil (iiiference ‘between this money 80d the money paid in by the ordinary

pruned by its correspon- donta. 4e - 7 a c View‘ ' TiHE CITY'S FINANCES

Sir,—<Mayor Jenkins in his open-

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By Jamar W. Berlin. ILDJ

DO YOU LOSE YOUR YOICE SOMETIMES‘!

You feel a little dryness in the throat with a tendency to cough at frequent intervals.

The throat seems to burn, and again there is a sort of tickling sensation which causes your cough. You are able to eat your food us- ually, but sometimes certain arti- cles of food cause a little pain iii swallowing.

Then you notice that your voice is a bit husky and you find your- self trying to clear your throat very often. You try to expectorate but‘ there seems to be nothing to come from the t roat.

A little later the voice becomes very husky, and you find it ex- tremely painful to talk at all. What's the matter?

It simply means that's slight cold from the nose has travelled down to the throat-to vocal cords which- stretch across the top of your windpipe just like the band of rubber over the wooden portion of the noisy toy baloon.

Perhaps you have been singing or talking too much.

Sometimes due to some obstruc- tion in your nose, you are breath- ing through your mouth, and so the throat gets dry due to the air go- mg into the lungs taking its mois- ture from your throat, instead of from the nose.

Any of these things you can read- ily see would slightly inflame the little fleshy ribbons or strings which we call the vocal cords. It is called Laryngitis.

it is not usually serious but is very inconvenient when one has to use the voice.

An! tho i118 factor is curing or Pelievllli-l this condition is right there namely, in keeping absolutely quiet and not using the voice what- ever. Where it is absolutely nec- essary to use the voice, the very sill-thirst whisper. and tho fewest possible words should be used.

citizen ‘liar similar work. It‘ it was good ‘business management and the right thing to use the citizens pay- ments as ordinary PGVQYNIQ the same reasoning would justify 9- similar use of the money paid by the Dominion Government. ‘But such a use can u-cither be excused or justified and its continuance as- suredly points to tinancis-l trouble‘