I-lipcyclulnlnnoo)

Plodlnlt-I. Glade! l. lalllor and lamina-Ii‘:

Iullun. Onl- D. A. lltwliinnun, l). B. . llllnclv. Auuchuo Billion-l). II. Currlo

l""'1 i 3 i F i -_..| “$4 l_|'_l q I i Z i i i i i 2?.

Inning mu; mum 1887) 00.00 p» ytct (In ulvnloo) mum“.

Vloo-Pl-onldunt-J. IL. Ilnrnall. 0

THURSDAY, F

EBRUARY 23, I928

ous summer. Thomson, who wr of all the seasons. found much

darken and littlc to brighten the§ picture he paints of winter scenes Short hours of clay, light and sunshine alternating with‘ =l0ng ‘hours of darkness. cold undo

and incidents.

APPEAL ma SCHOOL LIBRARI

AS-STATED in former issues

rew, a native and-during

a library for the country schools

ready exist. The proposal wasgrat

mission appointed consisting of Ho Duffy. K.C., and Mr. J. R. Burnet

intendent of Education. as advise and Mr. R. H. Rogers, treasurer. izing and making plans fur th drew‘s ideas which al"e briefly these Mr. Andrew contribution towards the prelilnin ary organization. and purchased

the Commission

with successful Islanders at hom

subscriptions for one or more book

books so donated will bear an in

the name of the donor.

The Commission reserves to it

the Commission.

over the province. The School Days Library Cum-

having a great many more ll|)])I1t.‘i\- tions for libraries than means for

providing them. and we are sure this only requires to be brought l0 the attention of successful Island- ers at home and abroad to have th.» money forthcoming.

The Guardian appeals to men anl women who remember the days of their youth in the country school. t0 send their contributions without

in both the Patriot and the Guanl C1181]. _l supplying a long felt want through-ll out the province.

Mr. Andrew is to be highly com- mended fol" setting such a worthy

and will do lnuch towards

l

example in this connection. The Guardian feels sure therc arc many others waiting for the oppol-J

tunity to follow in his footsteps.

IIIIKI

. .._a..a_.¢+>. _. . HOME AND SCHOOL

HE complaint that we are not receiving value for the money we expend on education is not con- fined to this province lllone; it is world Wide. Even in Great Britain. which is regarded as having the best educational the. world, this complaint found voice a few years ago when an additional appropriation for the public schools was asked for. It was pointed out that the expenditure at the time was five times as great as that of twenty years before. and the ques- tion was asked: Are we getting five times more education than we were twenty years ago? We cannot measure ln fcct and, inches or in pounds

system in

\

value by comparing the living con- ditions in .a country which has an educational system with those in a 1a country which has no such system d; and no schools. By such n. com- parison we shall also be able to m fen-m an idea as to what we mennysh syutqn lnflqllted or up to date. we Lfii-VQIIIO, Ind naturally the

The Guardian. Mr. Adam And-‘ school days-a resident of this pro- vince, has made a generous contri- bution for the purpose of providing the province. where they do not al-"

‘in the province. antiquated or up-

fully accepted by the Government, and the Board of Education; a com-

with Ml‘. l-I. H. Shaw. Chief Super- secretary’

The Commission has beenorgan- successful carrying out of Mr. An- made a substantial limited number of books. and tasked to get in touch

and abroad with a view to getting

scription on the fly leaf indicating

self the right of selecting and pur- chasing teh books so that contri- butors must forward money only to

In order to ascertain the desires

of the school districts in the matter the Commission advertised for ap-

mission is now in the position of‘

delay. These will be acknowlcdgedI

wercd. “Wandering?

t" 10115 1110 w be 0. definite purpose. 11 there value of the education of a coun- p;

try. We may form some idea of its betterment’

dences of it. The movement. movement: it may be

W “Immnu "Iue- 5° m" s°h°°1 "that divine event to which the

stone wall.

ES best produces

products. of

_ ‘overlook, namely. that some getf {value for the money they I fellow-countrymen

‘ieducation; others do not?

I “and the latter do not.

c“.

Ii.

ccive very little or no value. Tl

F.J.N'l"l.*'.'t:l—l .,,'","__ . . , ‘ S] unumm on C Gm“ fault for no value received lies wlt.l

those who do not receive value.

‘I’ apathy of the home and of the con

C

such an influence in the con1l11t1—l'°If111"15» m“, n3 w compel m0 llamas and who have abundant means and have

(I

by example and precept and infiu ' cnce. hearty co-opcration betwec the homes. the community and th

S school. If

l'(‘f]llll'(‘S personality.

locks-the charm

conduct which compels respect andI

friendliness. We

and inexpcricncedf‘; many ytfurs

and inexperienced teachers hav- whole communities and their tro-optrrzltioil with the school

__ _ _ IICTS. that cx menu! reductions in the ‘ 1i wc arc to have mflucntlul teachg I I

{make the school the

'I'llere is one thing we must not‘

Every school

Yto-date. has its one or more pupils‘. 111111111??- twho Bet the best that the schoolImle 11105‘; of sundry ‘Yompeilsatlons -—1cmc ires winter recrea ions in ' . lCl.'Iltt '. Fb. 21 t, 1928. "or out of d0o":s—tl1e effort fails to .V°111' Qverwebgllt 15 (1119 1° 19~¢1< 0f n‘ 0 c mm e s convince us that winter is other glandula" acno“ or to the overheat’ than the least enjoyable of the four

can give; it also has those who rt»;

The latter condition is ducuothc

the community and in the homes.

the community to see the value of‘ JGIIUIUOH and eullilrt- and compelnme 1M0 D1. .

of liianncr and

often used complainingly. “young.

securing

ers. teachers of‘ a calibre that wlllib

1e accompaniments of winter Ihigh northern latitudes. .

n We are not speaking of the pr u

WhyHBbSIfiiCI. idea of winter, in general. I . . . Because the former go after valun. As such its coming ls welcomed by r9

, regard its

1's‘

591150118.

0t‘ course. therc are those wh ,_

‘we have always with usyeven in ou

tic‘. yet contributed to remember tlr ;Coal Fund, . J. T. Jenkins. Jbcen of untold value n past winters. I

It

llI I

'h

lWIlICh forty or more members oi

II It seems to he admitted that the lIwocllen industry in Canada

BISLIIICI‘ increased hardships under

proved thv-u. value m conquermqI the readjustment oi‘ diltics and therc

1S disappointment in Nova Scotizl

1

utcs: on cigarrttt-s and liquors, to 101k the (lxten . .. sluuggling that

centre antLhcs Iret-n lanvpunt. did not nulter- ‘pride of we community; they “um ialize, and were not even mention-l

bc paid a reasonable salaryfa sul- ed by M“ Robb '

ary that will increase as the years go by and with a pension in sight after a certain number of years of

‘service. We arc now educating" Ileachers and scholars for other pro- Ivinccs. Let us educate them for icur own. and let us give them a ‘ary that will enable thelntolivc resnectably in our own pvovinca

I511: I <0}

A FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY HE Toronto Globe cites statistics which show that Nova Scotill

and Prince Edward Island have far.-

mnre people of the age of 70 years

provinces. "’I‘hcre are believed." it.

jsays. “to be 112,514 of thcnl in this] jprovince. 70,000 iii Quebec, 27.000 in ' 'Nova Scotia. 7.000 in Prince Edward Island, 11.000 in Manitoba. 0.000 1n “Y's 111X1111°11S “m1 “I Washmg‘ “m”

Saskatchewan. 0.000 1n Albertaand‘

I 10.000 ill British Columbia. Nev/I

Brunswickls figures are not avail-I

At that timcI r-z and ovcrI vithin the Dominion."

---<o->-~__._ EDITORIAL NOTES

I

"Whither are we

1 t The question ls I

however,

I1 definite movement towards

there are but. few evi-.t

called. rgcly individualistic and for in- vidual, not. world, betterment. In

om. ilwandcrnngn'flay‘tl we n“. ma], warm for llvrllllllillg boards, 11H does not Wflllrll-s vl-ry qufckv-Iy.

g along at lm aeroplane pace-

all get somewhere. whether to

lDistrict Court Judges claim that

I court business t

fin box whole creation mgyegf m- agalnggg, round the. outside of lhl- jin- ptisie

|a strip of sandpaper on whit- "scratch Illo nlatchoa. .

But friends of‘ the Government claim that a full revision of the tariff is only deferred, not dropped. The slim budget of this year pres:- ages a pre-election budget next session with dissolution and an clec- tion in tlldAlltlllnll. of 1929. Mr." ltobb has saved many attractive {tariff and taxation proposals for .e1ection purposes. He will have fol" his next budget the abolition of the ;sales tax. the removal of double in- Iconle taxation. bounties for steel and iron. seasonabprotection for fruit and vegetables. and a substan- tial cut in the cigarette excise tax.

I

Ivllat is there after alLin his bud-

.gcf that will give ".11 day's cmploy- : and upwards. in proportion to thcirnncnt 01" wages to the working mall? ‘ vpnpulaunn‘ ma“ any of me other What to stay or rcducc the exodus?

What to rcducc the cost of living which has gone up from year year and is now higher than ever before? and Tokyo. added to Vincent Mas-

ton. what will they effect to better 5

“Notes by the Wa“;

‘ ' INTER has a bad name, an un-

savory and cruel reputation in. the literature of all the ages. Shak-; quid ll 00nd- ul IJIIMI Silt»- espeare made it a symbol of dis-i

content in comparison with glorl-I

Ipitiless storm betlmcs, are inevit-t the most valuable 3b

‘sent winter, which has been a tluc 1111<1111911|one compared with the winters of f1’

approach with disfavor C911‘ c1111 131111119 Iand heartily hope for its early dc‘- Tl"y as we may to make

may regard it differently. qmostl, _ 111111111)’- Ami 11811? i5 Wherfi l11‘-"ycl1lig' persons who cnjoy- vigorous qulw 5mm at puberty‘

yemhel-js usefulness and influenqg,hl3a1th, and comfortable homes with d manifests itself. He or she is notjplemy 01 ma‘ BM the cold season I‘

l t .h I U I l I t fir." a trying time for the poornvhoul l-flkiflf’. fictive exercise cny to eac n 1e scioo m lI'l

[favored Province. and especially to It is a good time for those

established years ago by has

An Int-resin; volume of criticism “1 _ g . - . 1 .. - - " . .. . vpromises to be of the greatest. util- ~ t. much ‘york n. 1L ls doing lessvmvn best, 1n thl lntllests oi tht. Wtst .t-»>_

the Opposition arc cxpectcdto take

have but liltll-fpllrt with probably as many more I .

sympathy \vi.'i1 the expression forum‘ me GOVeITImI-‘nt 51d“-

‘ I OO-QQO-O4Q-Q O§§§ QW§44QO'O§‘Q§' I

'0 not. say “a near-by tree.“ though

rcct. His newcmbassies to Paris p, 5pc

at

ote

tor‘

‘ By Inmu W’ Barton. AID.

I

It would seem that this matter

in at thiswime. _ As you know some cases of ove weight are not. P- of glandular action in the body. Accordingly solne

rid of the surplus weight.

oveatirlg and. ‘underexerc deaves then about 20 per ican blame the glandular ‘their condition. Now how can

C811

ing and tuldelrxercising? Where the gland is at fault. th individual has practically been a little overweight for o Hc WflS likely a baby of go v stout throughout childhoo

On the other hand the other t oes no get really heavy until is late twenties. when he

._. away into his lif‘s work. However

, exercise if your gland is at fault. Accordingly a basal

member is the actual amount

at perfect rest. In proportion to your eight. the body should bc do

mt-

l‘. I l "‘ ti‘ I I"t . . to be added to the proposed librarv ._ _ l .1“ ( we one‘ mu. l.‘ n“? yo” Ih-VIIMI $1M“ L“ 11°‘ 111111111139" This has been done and (ran blgstatelncnt and proposed tlnlfl wring anon“). flukr u- “ i; d011,..- 1" the" 131d $91100“;- Each of 11"" don“ n mqnil-es pol-hom“ nmm._'cllal1ges, which have rcstllted in the too much. fhcn this gland is. mmlu-

What has this to do witl weight?

If your body tissues arc doing less than the normal amount of work you would be justified in taking the thyroid extract under the direction of your physician.

Remember then that at least four

I 0V9)‘-

‘Um of every five cases of overivefghtarlwI

due to oveleating, combine

_ d usually ‘W111i underexcrcising.

ovcr the failure of the Government “*¢v+4+0+0+o+»++»o+0"3+l

. . . " to implement the rccoiruncndntiolts ' + li ti - i lit u: . .

p ca ons or l llrlrlna 1nd VH1 Ag" and ‘fxpornqui. um “mum/fly, Qf Ihf‘ Duncan Report in regard to HOUSEHOLD z flgreeably surprised by Ilu- very not m be digrcgardeti‘ 1th.. COM and an...‘ mdustrmg The“, ‘ great response l('f_'t'l\'l‘(l iruln .1]! n is mt ntmpgwry w and “uni. (1l.“{1]J])1)1Illlll(‘l'|l lll other quar- 9 B)’

ROBERTA LEE

O O-OQQ OQ-OQO O §§"Q-§O—§-§—O-9Qf§

Spiders

To rid the house of spiders. sbak pieces of cotton wool in oil of pen- nyrcyal and place them haunts of the spiders.

Cleaning Vases

A slender vase can he cleaned on the inside by fastening a piece of. an old sponge to a stick and push-i mg it down into the vase.

I

A Delicious Salad I

I I

Mold tuna fish into the form of a.

ring and fill the center with mixed

vegetables. Either mayonnaise 0r

French dressing can be used. -*——-'

DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH

By W. L. Gordon

§ I 0

O

§9§fO

H.

l wonns OFTEN MISUSED: .1201 ‘hem- by" used adverbially is cor- "A girl that sat near by arose ak.“ OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: in-I

t , a

Pronounce in-er-shi-a. four yllabltes. not. in-er-sha.

_ _ OFTEN MISSPELLED: nlastlfl; conditions for Canadian farlners (WU fr‘ and artisans? Will big salaries. at SYNQNYMS; Spjcy_ rat-M rich, Ottawa and abroad. increased be- flavorous. 11111189111-

WORD STUDY: “Use a word

able. These are estimates based onIYOnd 1111 Precedent 11111101‘ I119 K1113 the census of 1921. Ontario had 41 per cent. of all pe sons of seventy years

regime, help to reduce the increas- ing burdens upon Canadian ta payers? \\ d

Judges oi‘ the higher courts

King's that up

s t

1

colleagues insist

hey do lnorc civil

him the Judges and‘

not answered nor can it be ans-‘must huvc their pay increased. s...‘

p; it_gocs all the way round. Salarlcskf . . ‘And the great mass _ of Canadianttl

Buggesuva Thom does not appear workers on the farms, in the forcstshclll- WhP-“I 1109f 11*‘ 111 111° 141111 hI-‘i

.or engaged in the mines and t|1cjG“d‘—P'“’“ln1 146's"

‘fisheries. who pny the taxes that?

he notables

{C} - (‘old wall-r in lllll('Il Iu-ltt-r fIlnll‘ II Iw

sink Info

Keep loose nnlfedius in a ('0VQI'l‘tI‘ or UOVPVPII glllsu jnr. A-

1

i1 It“ ing one word each day. Today's

in proved a. lC-anatla want more pay because the. cost of living is going up. Ministerial wpndgfing?" their salaries must be jacked This question is asked by Sir Philip P1°P°1I1°“““Y- And "1" C°“"‘Y“"d Gibbs in his latest book "The Day After Tomorrow.“

1404 OO-O—OO-GOQ§Q§Q OOOOO4 i0 ‘t

, O and crhnlhill; +o+++e¢oo+o+o+o+++0+o+e+

PRAYER-Blessed is the mnn un- fl11<1 11110116 5111814011 to whom the Lord imputcth no ini- if lucky ones-they never had a dollar quity ‘and in Whose s is hilt wlmt. they earned by honest. 11° 131111" Ilubor.

the womL and whag,

l would have been more gentle and

And tried to give you gladneas

irec times and it is yours.“ Let us icrcasc our vocabulary by master-

'0rd: DISILLUSION (noun); free- mh from illusion. o1" deception. “It bitter djsillusion." ----<o>—-—-—

Daily Selections FOR Guardian Readers

February 23, 192B

TRUE HAPPINESS—HaPPY is he lat hath the God of Jacob for his

1<+§ II" I IIAD KNOWN

lf.I had known hnt troubles you were bearing. griefs were in the silence of your face,

more caring,

for a space,

h foil would hav brought more warmth, ‘ l lula<'la"i~nma ._ . - " ~

i

What $011!’ I

£00m

WHY ARE YOU OVERWEIGHT.

verweight is occupying the utten-Ip ion of many thousands of people’

due to overeatin ‘and underexcrcising but to a, lac

However it has been estimated byfccmrm S11“ and °n terms that search men that in every 100 ov-Iemmnabler few compared with the many who erweight individuals, over 80- per-ISIIQ“ ha“? 1‘='°°d pmmunem " , me common (m for the money expended upon it:

151mg. Thisland we shall have a tentre of 1n- twho formation and culture of mestlm- System fordlble value.

you tell whether‘ '

lnetabolis1n‘1111"@ dem-Ved , test La Inade. which as you may l-(“IPIIIYISOD Bay Route until the great" Ofrailway debt of Canada, caused by to many in work your body is doing when it 1511"‘ bmmmg and Imrchasc OI the C3

V Snlever. \vc mus‘. all now

wl-

around the I

* $§§Q>§Q+NO+OQ—O-O'Q-OQ-5+O+OJ

was entitled The History of Emily Montague.

(military admirers 1111760 and con-

‘l ‘O4 O¢O>§O#§-§O-O-§ OQ-OOQ-OQ-O-O O-O I O

QO-OOOOOQOOQOQO'O-§OO-OOQ§Q-OI

while the hostess receives?

the hostess. but his chief duty is to? keep a watchful eye on his guests. and see that each one is being cn- tcrtained.

ter a. hotel do they both register?

be seated side by side at the diuncl" table?

atc them. '

.A-/‘ pirit. therc is‘

The Public Forum

This column is open for the discussion by correspondents ol questions-oi’ interest. The Charlottetown Guardian does " not necessarily endorse, the opinions oi‘ correspondents.

I

1v =:

of

ope that arrangements

r- g: or this province and city. k rovincial Government

continuing

,bili1ding' should be erected i

and economical w

alu

I um, Sir. A CITIZEN,

IIUDSON BAY RAILWAY

(‘

Sir»Ynul" c alvway

S‘ Westerner“ thinks

espondent

"our Great West and Great Britail

YDBand Europe can be carried on by: inithat routeunore safely and cheaply‘ stopslthnn by the C. P. R. and the C. N; and settles R. via Montreal. Quebec. St. Johnt ‘and Halifax the cost of the Hudson. a real scientific test is Bay Railway. with steamship £00?- now kcinr made as to Whi j- the uections, etc, will be justif ab e.

In other words he or she mtist exert those who are both aged and short can“, min." particular 3115c? be_ Bu; m,“ has ye; to be mot/ML cause it is hardly fair m 1m“- mstill think that. although both part-| cut down on food and take a lot 1111195 111 P31531119"? Wtfid 101' it. ffilll-j \vou d‘ the opening of the

son and common prudence

0'1‘ the Blast. I um. Sir. etc. A CANADIAN;

_ . , , I: ‘I tf.l ‘i’ , F11. 213i. 1921i. uvcncsq__we do "m “wan éocwhiillllfflldlflellt moved by. Mr. Ctlllall. 111611111112 1H0 11111011 thyroid IHIfPH- cm O p Om H s |A prolonged debate will follow, ln

-___----40>-_- PUIILIC DEBT INCREASES

‘ S11.‘,———SO it appears that the Min- ;isl.cl" of‘ Finance did not tcll the ‘whole story about the public debt fol‘ the people of Canada, and that -that debt svas ihcrczlsetl last year-- Inot (ICCIGIL. ,. The National’ Ptailwayfis account was. it appears. set aside froln the general financial! "statclntrllt sublnittt-d to Parliament Iand the country will have to ac- cept the full responsibility for pay- ing last years liabilities of the Na- tional R11IIWIIiVSw-fllllfilllllllllg’ tc. $l89.000.000! _ Of‘ course the railways have tot be wcll lllflllltfllllfftli and the people‘ lof Canada have to ulaintain themz} But the Government, by their ‘Min ter 01' Finance rxhoilld 11ot iryl

lf l had known.

If I had known I

What thoughts zlcspuiring drew you Why do wc never ilndcrstanrl? would have lent a little friend-