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Morning Daily (Founded In I881) Author-lied as Second Class Mull, Pout Office Department. Ottawa.

President, Inn A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. It. Burnett; Sccy.-'l‘r1-as., G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Dlrector, J. R. Burnett; Aasuclufe Erllwn

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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the IVeali-vst Ink."

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A Poor Substitute

The following editorial from the Ottawa Journal touchcs on u matter of general public interest:

"On the radio this week Progressive Con- servative leader John Bracken made a good poli- tical speech, rccf . c, bell-documented, per- suasive. l~ioiv ntny pcoolu remained in their homes on a Siinvrricr cvcnmg to hear it? We doubt il one in a hundrcd did.

"Nearly all cur public mcn seem to imag- lne that if tlicy c:n..;un:e tl'.:ir appearance be- fore a mizrsphcn: ' pzfulli regardless of time

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or circumstc ‘xk by their radios Io ncar thorn. won. Radio spccchcs Jt this tint: cf ur, rind unless given undsr cirrurrv:tfin;_ ...:.:l sticss or excitsment, mean l.t.» .'.t..:\..; iulilily.

"Eur f“; t all. More important, cer- tainly mcsc inipcrtant fci politicians with a case fcr the pLDllC, is tlic tact that radio is no substitute for t‘ i platform-never has been, and ncvxr i. Ill b:-~ z"! trot an Opposition party if It hop-cs to cct:li iii: public ear and imcgina- tion, must curry irs massage directly to the peo- ple through the medium of the hustings.

"We are not Mr. Biackcn's adviser; presume no advice. But if w: \\'_‘i'2 the loader of an Op- position party, p: cssctl of the case against rhc Govcrnmcr-t vrmcn l/ir. Bracken statcd on Wednesday night, and vcnted to drive it into th-e consciousness of the people of this country, we should tckc it to tixc pilztform, spcok it directly to audiences from czic ‘2nd 0t the land to tll other.

"People, even if they listen, cannot be aroused by some impersonal voice coming from u radio studio; they can be stirred only by per- sonal contact, by the zense of urgency which comes from crowds, by the contagiousness of their excitement. It is the roar of the multi- tude, the voice of the orator, the slash of the heckler, which whip up the zest of political con- test. We doubt if without such things any Op- position porty can galvanize public attention on a Government's evils, whether real or imagin- ary. It is simply o matter of phychology."

Revived In Scotland

Ceremonial of medieval chivalry not seen In Scotland for four centuries marked the re- vival and reconstitution of the Priory of Scot- land of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. The order, dissolved in Scotland by Mary, Queen of Scots in I554 and sequestrated in England by Queen Elizabeth five years later, received a royal charter from Queen Victoria in I888.

The Duke of Gloucester, as Grand Prior and representing the King, formally revived the Priory of Scotland, appointing the Earl of Lind- soy as Scottish Prior. The ceremony was held in the oak-panelled throne room of the Palace of Holyrood House. Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey ol Dinnct, who later wns 1o be appointed dir- ector of ceremonies for the Priory, entered first, carrying his black wand of office tipped with a small gold cross of St. John and wearing the black mantle of the order with the white cross of St. John sewn on the left side. He was fol- lowed by the Earl of Lindsay and other officers and by St. Giles’ Cathedral choir.

As members of the procession took their places the Duk-e of Gloucester and officers of the Chapter General were ushered in. Beneath his block v:lvet mantle th»: Duke wore the kilted uniform of the Gordon Highlanders of which he is colonel-in-chicf.

The choplain—Vcry Rev. Charles L. Warr, dean of the Thistle and Chapel Royal—-read the customary prayers and the chancellor of the Grand Priory, Col. Sir Edwin King, then asked Mai. John Forrest Hamilton, vice-chairman of the Scottish Committc: of the Order, to i-eod the petition for revival of the Scottish Priory.

lt set out the following as among the ob- jecfs of the Priory of Scotland: The formation of medical comforts depots, particularly in out- lying districts; provision and operation of travel- ling clinics; collection of funds and the founda- tion and mcintcnancc cl the Ordcr of St. John Foundation Hospital, Glasgow.

The Dominion Political Situation

A sp:cial dispatch from Ottawa to The

Montreal Grrzcfte says that talk nmcng prom-i

inent Liberals concerning on early change cf the leadership of their party, has almost ocmpletely died away. During a ccuole of months in the early pnrt of the rcccnt session, when Mr. King was absent because of ill-health and 9n en- fmcod long vriczticn, speculation became rife os to his successor, the three prospects most generally discussed bring Mr. St Laurent, Mr. Abbott and Mr. C:r.iin:r. Thcrc vas a growing impression at the time that Mr. King's resigna- tion would be anncz-nzcrl to his party before the end of the prxsznt ycur Fortunately, however, the Prime Miixistcr has male a definite come- bock, and rcent reports soy he now appears phy- sically lit to hold the fort for at least another your. Mr. Kinrfs improvcd health, and the win- ning by the Gzvernzncnt of three by-elactions alter an alcrming series of reverses have appur- anfly given him new heart of grace; and it now secms not improbable that his resignation will bl dofcrrcd till near the dissolution of Parlia- ment, which may not tam place before the end 4 I949.

Common Sense Dathlng Rules

"Drownings can be almost completely stop- 'p-zd if we take common-sense measures to pre- vent them," stutcs Safety Director W. T. Davies, of Manitoba Department of Labor. With the peak of the swimming season in progress, Mr. Davies makes the following suggestions, in on leltfort to keep down the number of drownings tnis summer. They‘ are of general application, "'10 We" W°Ith noting und remembering:

I. Never go bathing alone;

2. Swimmers, as well os non-swimmers, should kecp in known safe places and within depth unlcss accompanied by a boat;

3. Allow two hours bcloro bathing after o meal, and never bathe while overheated;

4. An inflated rubber tube or a wooden plank, 2"x8"x8‘ should be easily available at ‘evcry bathing place; _

5. Children should be accompanied by adults ‘of watched at all times, and bathe only in pro- ‘tested orcas;

‘ 6. DIv: only where dcpth of water and char- actcr of tire bottom IS well known;

j 7. Non-swImmsrs should keep out of canoes,

und oven good swimmers should have an inflat- ed tube handy.

_ EDITORIAL NOTES ._

The Queen Mary will be wclcom-ed back to trcm-fiwlantic 5: i Irtniorrrwv, Her familiar ‘three stacks will be dscked out in the Cunard ‘hcus-e colours.

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Ottawa is going ahead with an extensive city beautification program while Toronto up- porcntly jealously fCulS that it is more import- ant to crcan up wash-room facilities first.

Before the war, autoists had the choice of three tire grades, but now all tires'are "first tine." The Financial Post does not expect tho yintroduction of second lin-a tires for some time.

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Now it slian't be long (we hope) before the new Cur Ferry makes its belated appearance. It is a long, lcng time since Senotor McIntyre first stood upon her, and pradictcd her early deliv-

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Night racing at the Exhibition Grounds, while it lasts (the season is short) will interfere with the attendance at the movies and other indoor entertainments.

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According to Lloyd's Shipping Register, Brit-

ain is building more than half of the world's

shipping now under construction. They are not clown and out by a long shot. .- x v< a

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None so blind as he who will not see. As o man" Mr. Gaspard Fauteux spied u young lady in the gallery of the Housc of Commons in shorts, but as "Mr. Speaker" he had no eyes to even see "strangers," the House not having so directed him, so the lady disported herself un- molested by the attendants.

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With ample production of rubber selling at prices lower than those jmzvailing in I939, with- in two years of the end of a world wcir that com- pletely disrupted the rubber trade, the bvious conclusion (says the Monthly Letter of t e Can- adian Bunk of Commerce) scerns that, while ud- ditional quantities of rlze natural material are welcome, the growth of the synthetic industry in Canada and the United States has placed these two countries in a less dependent position

upon distant sources. They may, therefore, never again be denied sufficient reasonably priced rubber of one kind or another. fi P: I i Walter Horatio Pater, English critic and

historian, died this data I894; early came under the influence of Keble and Ruskin, and as a result of a prolonged visit to Italy published Studies in the History ol the Renaissance which revealed him as a penetrating critic, and as a writer with a beautiful though highly elabor- oted style. He published several other books including Marius the Epicurean, Imaginary Por- traits, Appreciations, Plato and Plotonism, The Child in the" House, Greek Studies, Miscellaneous Studies, Gaston de Lufour: "All other ways are wrong, all other guides are false. . . There is but one road that l-aads to Corinth."

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According-to Time, most U. S. citizens are living better, housing shortage and all, than in any other cra. The ni-tional huvgsr for new automobiles is insoliablc; in every city in the land people are paying secondhand dealers from $300 to $300 over lift prices for curs which had been made "secondhand" by bz-ing driven around the block. Housewives keep on buying axpens iv= cuts of meat. Baseball IS having its biggest season. The nation is cni "nously rich, enorm- ously productive. Empioymenr is at a record 60 million lcvcl. U.-S. farmers pay off their mort- gages, roll in money anJ contemplate more fine ycrcps, more high profits. In Duttan, Mont, a ‘farmer outbid professional buyers for $93,000 in municipal bonds. In California's Imperial Yal- ley, a flax farmer bragged of a profit of $84,000 on his last crop. U. S. business, except for some struggling new ventures, is more vigorous than ever before in its history.

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A correspondent writes: "Fredericton seems to have more of what it takcs than Charlotte- town us for as telephone dial service is con- cerned. In a report from the President to stcckhcldcrs it is stated: ‘In Fredericton, u fine lnew Exchange building is under construction Iin which dial equipment Will be installed, also a ifoll board of l2 positions. In addition to this, | the outside plant is being rcuewcd and extensions ‘IIIITIIE to the aerial and underground cable sys- tem. When all wcrk is completed the present congestion In Fr-zzierictcn will be relieved. Addi- tions to the buildings at Mcncton and Sackvillo are also required, and, ct the latter exchange,

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Eastern Ontarlo II In the mldfl of an apldemlc of bank robberies, This newspaper believes that the big bulk of a bank’s money should be kept behInd heavy lacked doors lln a basement, where bandits could not reach it as they do when they gather up the bundles a/bout the mane exmsed teller‘; cage, Amount; for and from each customer could be carried m and from the secure money rooms 1n tubes, as money 1s carried in the department stores. — Port. Arthur News-Chronlclg,

Rest? Rest comes from adapta- tion to work. not avoidance of It. The mountains are at rest. In their eternal labors. The sea has deep faLhoms of motionless calm. The tempest is hut a passing breath of the silent flrmament. And man, poised and balanced by his con- scious mlnd in the mIdst of a. world of action. can find hls rest 1n hls uark m harmony with the throb- bing, pulsing llfe of nature In tire- less and eternal DTOgrBSS. -Chat.- ham News.

Hucksters went quietly crazy this week when a quarter-page ad In B. daily newspaper announced a new radio gadget-a IurIer-outer. De- vlce, selling for $2.95, Is ballyhooed as the last word In listening pleas- ure. and in advertising agony. Two- hutLon gadget permits a cut-off during commercials. One button 1s for eliminating "short singing jin- gles." The other ls to wipe out longer, spoken commercials. Ac- cording to the ad, the radio auto- mnticnlly‘ goes back on when the commercial ends and the program

again gets under way. -- From Variety. Bubonlc plague has broken out.

In Halfa, the chief seaport, of Pal- estine. Fleas from rats are blamed for the appearance of this plague thcrc, again evidencing what u menace to health the rat Is. Wherever these rodents are, and particularly In their laIrs, the rat. flea may be found, using the rod- ents as carriers and blting human beings. usually on the bottom of the foot, when opportunity offers. "Hamilton Spectator.

The wave ‘ of traglc alrphne crashes has boosted purchasing of flight life insurance policies, says Pathfinder‘. Today seven times as many policies are belng sold as were sold a month ago.

People who IIve by the lea In this country do not have to be told that the Newfoundland delegates must. have encountered a good many In the Fisheries Department. who do not talk the authentlc language of the fisheries at all: the sort of "fisheries experts“ who "think a codflsh Is flat." -Hullfax Herald.

Perfection Is not. l0 much to be desired as some people thlnk. At; Ieast that Is the contention of Dr. Earl D. Bond. University of Penn- sylvanla professor of psychiatry, who estimates that about one In every 140 Americans Is “perfer-t’ He says those who have reached that stage have no anxlety, no fears. no prejudices, no attractive VICLS, no weaknesses and they w111 probably have long llves. But he chums that. like the completely In- snnr~ persons. they are not Interest- ing They dont’ seem human. They are n11 perfect, well rounded and eqna‘ "like a string of zeros." The hopes and fears and quirks that made us Individual personalities are to be preferred. he contends. — Kltchener Record.

Flelghl. can call from reinforc- en concrete are belng produced In Ifeideliberg. Germany, according to thr- Office of Technical Servlcss. ll- S. Department of Commerce. All putts of the freIght. cars are made of cast concrete. except the wheels, Srrllllgi and drawbars. The com- pany has orders on hand for 1,000 cars. The mold for casting such a car 1n the United States would cost about $10000. .

The old belief that lIfe In the IropIr-s was detrimental to tho health of whlte people has been ex-

Phoenix. United States scientists and doctors have Investtgated 1.1m offer-t on American troops of tropi- rnl environment In the Paclflc area. Their research turned up Ilttle evI- rlencc that there was any more deterioration of physlral flI-ne-SS 0|’ morale than In a temperate cl!- mate. They agreed that. where de- terioration does occur It Is more disabling. They found that the nutrltlvo value of food whether fresh. frozen or packaged ratlofis, wns good. and the standard of health and morale among the sol- dlers was hlgh. MInor skln Irrita- tlon and u moderate loss of wefgnt were the only comptalnts. The ef- lIc-Ient. way In whlch U. S. troops manoeuvred In their Island nop- pinr: opc atlons under adverse jungle flg tlng condltfonu Is evi- denco of the adaptability of man to cnvlronment.

When you put. l new blade In your razor and get a poor shine. the odds are at. least four to one that. the fault. Ia yours. not that. of‘ the razor blade. There are only nlne things that. can be wrong with your razor or blade. But some l Ihlrty-slx other fuctoruw-the moat Important of whlch are controlnble ihy the uhaver—ent.er Into gettln; n satisfactory shave, states Elbrfdzo J. Casselman. whose researches over the last flfteen years havo made hfm an outhorlty on ahuvlnq. lflaste Is the greatest enemy to smooth fthuvlng. states Mr. Qual- ms-n who has conducted shavlnx research [at the Mellon Inutltute laboratories In Pltbsburgh and the Ever-sharp labor-storm In New York Cfty. Temperature of

the water. angle of sllcln; stroke. aun- burn and wlndburn. mean. halr d1- lmeter and wrinkled condltlon of

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PUBLIC FORUM

Thll column In the dllclllflon by corra- lpondenu of quonfonn n! Interns. The Char‘ n Guardian dou not necessar- fly endo the oplnlon of relpondaalls

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SlFr-I am taking the liberty of rvnrltlng you. and asking If 1t muy be possible foi- me to obtain pen friend-s in your counlry- 1 Bm 2o} years of age, interested In sport, denoting, classical music. especially operas, and stamps. I would 11ke to hear fro-m both sexes, between 20-26.

Hoping to receive a favourable reply, '

I remain. Yours faithfully, MISS F. ADLARD. P.O. Box 654, Johannesburg. S. Africa.

LIBERAL CONVENTIONS

Sir. —— I mote In your Issue of July 21st an edltcrial on probable election dates. B151) a latter sign. ed "Elictor“ an conventions which I IP91 requires an answer from this soctlon although I SUSpv-Pf. It was written more In the hope of ab- talnlng Information than anything else.

So fal us the 1st and 2nd Dis- tricts of Prince are concerned the trouble traces buck to the resigna- tion of the Hon. J.L. Ralston from Fbdcral pclitlcs ‘and he short time given Mr. J Watson Mc- Naught 1o contact the Wctors he- fcre the election; fihen the unfor- tunate Campaign 0g Mr. Sylvere DesRoche, KC, Summerside as he was not wail enough ircquainted with his people. At our annual

piocted, says The Saskatoon Star- '

meetlng last Summer 1n II-‘Leary, a motion from the floor of the Housi‘. that a convenbon be czillnd In Alberfon al some time before the Winter months was dried upon and represenV-Mives chosen to con- test. the next provfncm election whenever that mfght be.

At a meetl. 1g cgf the West Prince Liberat executive hold early ‘In

July, it vms decided on motion of‘ John W. Palmer, Freeland. to call a convention at Ellerslto On July 19, 1947.

Anyone at all familiar wlth the bye-laws and constitution of the West Prince Association knnWS that all meetings and conventions are at the cal] of the President on orders from hls executive. and our‘ constitution makes no mention of the Premier 01 expectvnt candd-j ates being consulted. Those con- ventlons are Aft solely in the deI-t egates assembled to make their choice o! suitable Candidates and to my knowledge those conven- tions In the 1st and 2nd Districts have never been manocuvred In eny way and the delegates are at all time's their own mastexs. There was no Intention in any way of ullghtlng our Premier and 1f this buslness was to be done even t0~ moi-row. It would be done exactly In the same mnnner.

Regarding any suggested changes In leadershlp, I can assure Mr. Elector that none are conv-mplated and that Mr. Jones enjoys the confidence of the P9010“ OI this sectlon In s. manner far vndreamvd of In the first years B1! 1115 1990"‘ 5111p; and we reel assured that he is quite capable of handling the affuIrs of thls Province with I15 In- creased revenues and eXiiefldil-"Tei without even getting 11D 1" U" mornlng on Daylight BBWM TI-me- As Lo future election dates. Mr Jone! Jld not say that he would go the IIve years but that. the Elec- tion Ac. would allow 121m to go five yard. Bu‘. 1 can see no dif- ference to n Conservative as to when the elullcn Ia held and II- ranlnds me of the story of the Dog, thb Bone and the Shadow. Hold on u, W1,“ you have and be thankful. u nusht be We“ 1W =1- ter on election.

To sum up: The IAb-rral Party 1n those DIshviz-ts are well pleased with Mr. Jones a; Premar and Mr. Barbour as Mlnlster of Publlc Works. as Mr. Burnout Is handling t. i Department In a very credit- 1-‘1~ "vncr end with Izsrrneus Io n11 and no rifts showing up In any IIIJIIIIB. Rumors are at m] times. just the idle wzi-iunzs of a vmml mlnd and unyrne rcpeaung those ftmors runs the rlsk of beInS gounted In with the vacant. mlnd- ed_ so 1 53y, bgware Q1 P11111011.

I am sorry Slr. that You are nob In the Libera- runns and that our views an podllml mortars vary in nmes- bu: you M Print a good nswsy paper and I read 1t. all, even taht-hwrEdlll/UYIBI-I- And W"

d un mg i. b .0 I am. Sr. 01¢- WM. Dluclflf-NDRICK Prudent. West Prince LIberuI Asooclaflon.

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RANK IN CEYLON

COLOMBO. Ceylon - (OP) An Interest In 53 olnemur ‘in thls country has been acqulrod by the ,1, Ay-Llmr Rank crganlzutlon. Th1: ‘Is another move In the world ex- pgnglon of United Klmldnm fllmu and Rank has entered lito purl- nershfp wlth Ceylon ‘rhnvtres Ltd.

_Z_,_______ BOWMAWS LUGGAGE

yumyrl-LAM, YOIKDIIIIO England .409) - Szuflonmaster J. ‘Prow- mnn stlll hm In use a property register. duttlng buck to I939. In wihlch one of the earliest- entrles concernr one bow and 1W0 IRWI-

four Ifeml whlch affect ahavtng ,r.omfort are largely matters of In- dIvIduaI preference. Au for the per- formance of the blade. sharpness u dulled by prlor shovfng In wItb- In the shaver‘: control. sharpness ‘of the manufactured blade. wrong angle at edge, .900:- durubfllty duo to use of loft. metal lhd poor pol- Ish cauulng rough edges no evlll that olmolt never happen today,