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ACCORDING to the letter of Mr. John Streeter in the Public For- um today, the city_of Halifax has taken on new life. Many millions of dollars are being scent in city imp. ements, some of which are “m; pamper! with governmental assistance. The Canadian National

Railways is doing well by 3511151‘- ong other things. B

magnificent hotel, which ranks with Admiral Beatty, in_ St. John, also fin- anoed by hi; ol-lcn. ranks with the the finest of its kind in Canada. Apart from the accommodation to visitors ‘nor-ties by this palatial hostelery.

A the prestege incidental to the fact

thatltgis a Government Railway hotel and that it is in the interest o! the latter" to advertise them both at home and abroad. gives the city of Halifax an exceptional opportunity to develsp prosper. .

The ac ities reported in Halifax t... in striking contrast to the con- ditions which hile prevailed in

t Charlottetown for the past several

years, and especially at present. The loss oi the Victoria Hotel has struck a heavy blow to the business inter- ests of the city. We understand hat it is not the intention of the Charlottetown Hotel Company to re- build the Victoria, and the entire fin- ancing of such an undertaking by in- ‘dividual enterprise is out of the question. The Canadian National Railways has been approached on this subject by a commit-tee of busi- ness men, and it is understood that full consideration of the matter has “been promised. It is earnestly hop- ‘edthat the Railway will see its way clear to give to this city and Pro- vince some such opportunity for ex- pansion as our sister Provinces have received .

The Canadian National Railways owes us something. We have on our hands a narrow gauge railway which has proved 'a liability rather than an asset. We are charged, unfairly we claim, with the maintenance of transportation to and from the Provincwa service which has been a very proiitnbw feeder for the Rall- way. We have claims on account of freight rates and passenger service which have not yet been satisfactor- ily adjusted. we feel, élicreiorelbat we are not asking too much when we solicit for our city and province at least the same consideration that has been given to the requirements of Halifax.

Our Provincial Government should immediately interest itself in this matter. The fact that it would be in line with the Federal Governmnnt was one of the slogans used by Lib- eral candidates at the last election. So far there has been no evidence of any kind of advantage to the Province in this line-up, nor has there been any evidence that our Government has sought any advan-

‘tags from it. The need of suitable . hotel accommodation in Charlotte- town furnishes an excellent oppor- tunity for a move on the part of Premier Saunders and his colleagu- es. If action is taken, it should be taken at once, before the final deci- sion of the Railway authorities is mode. -

CIVIC MATTERS

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reports p at the an-

nual meeting of the City Coun-

o0 published in The Guardian of yesterday and today, will be read with interest by our citizens. The report of nu wortbip on Mayor u an slunmary of the year's was. sin oilkirman oi tat Flfilhoo in submitting nit report. , " mt bewai pellets to Ill-

totbo fact that some m.- aotu an outgtand-

most has been done with the nuanc- es in hand, is for citiilens to fudge ior themselves. We have many comforts and. conveniences in our well lighted and“ well kept streets, our water and sewerage system, our city schools, our squares and Park. our Fire Department, and our Police Force. These necessarily cost money but if the money. has been judic- iously expended no fault can be found. We cannot dispense with our public utilities, nor can we econom- ize beyond the point of efilciency. A careful pérusal of the reports will throw much light on the whole sit- uation, and enable our citizens to judge with comparative accuracy how the public funds are being disbursed The various committees have spar- ed no pains in placing matters fully before the people, and in just- ice to them their reports should be carefully and impartially scrutinized.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH "

THE medical inspection of schools

inaugurated some years ago ' by the Red Cross Society, has proved, and is increasingly proving, of much benefit to the people. Slight physi- cal defects in children which threat- ened, if unchecked, to overshadow manhood arid womanhood, were dis-

covered and corrected. The parents

' of aewemic and under nourished chil-

dren were" consulted and advised, with the result that great improve- ment has been effected in the lives of many children.

Other revelations discoveredby the Red Cross nurses are not so credit- able. For instance, at the last an- nual meeting of the Society it V was statedpthst over ‘Ti per cent of l tile children attending schoolsare un- vaccinated. The law demands that no unvaccinated child shall be per- mitted to attend a public school. The attention of school trustees has been directed to this and there is no reason why the law in this respect should be so flagrantly violated.

In this city, also there" are unpar- donable breaches of the law. It was pointed out at the annual meeting of the City Council on Wednesday night that quarantine had been broken in several cases of wutageous disease, and that other cases of this kind had not been reported to the City Board of Health.

Looseness in the observance of health regulations should not be fol- erated. Charlottetown is one _of the healthiest cities in the world. We have a supply ~of pure water. the purity of which, we understand, is tested every three months or even oftener if circumstances oi any kind should seem to make it desirable. We have also a ‘rigid milk and meat in- spection. This is as it ought to be. Are we so sure that our ice, which is almost-as important a factor in_ food supply as water, is equally sanitary? The sources oi olir ice supply. as well as oi our water and milk. should be officially inspected and the public informed as to the actual condi- tions. ' _

In the Market Building there are conditions which are not only a menace to health but a disgrace to the city. We rei_cr to the lavatory on the lower fioor. This matter has been openly discussed for sometime, but nothin , so far as we can learn. has been done to remedy it. If it is irremediable, then the thing to do is to close or remove it. '

These matters are pointed out, not in a spirit of criticism, but in tile interests of health and the fairname d the city.

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EDITORIAL NOTES

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sleep around the concrete corridors. because of insufilclent accommoda- tion. is a matter which uhould be looked into. These people are law- breakere, and should be dealt with according to the law. There is no iustification for making fish of one and flesh of mother. neitnpr fathers any excuse for delay in providing decent accommodation. At the op- ening oi the present term of the Su- preme Court the Grand Jury re- ported the Jail to be very much over- crowded, and suggested alterations whereby certain cells now closed on account of dampness from outside leakage could be converted into liv- ing quarters. Why has not this rec- commcndation been complied with? The report on conditions inpubllo institutions by a Grand Jury issome- thing more than a mere record of official inspection. The Court never fails in its duty of pointing out the great importance of the Grand Jury‘s report, and it has hitherto been the practice to give to this report the prompt and serious attention which it‘ deserves. In this case, where the Grand Juryk recommendation was specific and where urgency was em- phasised, it should have been the business oi the Government to take immediate steps to make the requir- ed alterations. It seems impossible to stir the Saunders Government into any line oi action without incessant prodding.

By far the most striking of the constellations that form a pageant of unrivellcdsplendor in the winter evening skies is that of Orion. the Mighty Hunter. who, equipped with shining belt and sword, raises up his starry shield as if to protect himself from the golden horns of Taurus, the Bull. Youwlli sec him well up in the southern sky any clear night now as he appears to lead the "starry host’ from east to west. Close on his heels follows the Great Dog, Canis Major, whoa gleaming eye is the well-known Sirius. the Dog Star, sl- most as brilliant as a planet. Besides containing two stars of the first mag- nitude, Betelgeuse. glowing like ared military decoration in the right shoulder, and Rigel, the blue-white star in the left knee. this constella- tion has also four stars oi the second magnitude. three forming the belt, and Bellatrlx in the left shoulder. Astronomers find perpetual delight in Orions wonders; the great nebula. visible through a telescope, and star- streams, star-clusters, variable stars and stars that telitheir age in color. The Hebrews thought of Orion as the Nunrod oi the Old Testament. In a much-later era admirers oi Napoleon wished to have thiswon- stellation rechristened in his honor.

some who wished that Erlglaud‘! hero‘ might be commemorated by this heroic figure in the skies. Mr. H. G Wells, in a chapter of his lat- est I.‘ mance. headed "The Unchrls- tian Stars." reminds us that Chris- tendom has not had the "peace and pause" to rechristen the stars after "converting. them to Christianity." He has Mr. Blettswortily meditate upon the night skies in this wise: "The Wounds, the Nails were there; the Sacred Stream, the Pleiades like a Crown of Thorns, and Orion, the very Son oi Man coming again in Glory." But the pagans and their legends are deserving oi lasting me- morials, and fortunate are we that they are recorded so brilliantly in the golden hieroglyphlcs of the stars. All true Scoichmon will agree with the Mayor of Baltimore in his ap- praisal of bagpipe music as express- ed at a recent Burns celebration in that city. The pipe band of the Black Watch arrived for the occa- sion and filled the corridors oi the City Hall with the martial strains that have added glorious pages to the Enlpirds story. Like one be- witcbed tlic Mayor listened to the ravishing strains, and when the last note had died away pronoupced the music of the bagpipes "an art in- gieed." No doubt-there are some who would dispute the judgment of the Mayor in this weighty matter,‘ but assuredly not one who drank to the "Immortal Memory" that evening bad the slightest doubt that the Mlyor oi Baltimore has the soul of a music- ian and amappreciation of art in its ugliest some.

Commenting on the meat confer- enee at Ottawa between groups of American and Canadian officials to discuss liquor smuggling problems. tlielvew York worldsumsuz-N "The Canadian border constitutes a major problem for the United States in an era of prohibition But pro- hibition in the Unltod Station- ltituteo a males owbiem for Canada. For we have whbod onto that nation a criminal watts thrives

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era dt present incarcerated, have to _

Lord Nelsons name was proposed by "

“mlfllfllllhiscartosrliend motorist warned the borrows;- that “steered hard." _

After driving a few blocks the bu. i-owei-iouaaibistoben-tiespp. stowed at the first service station. A Jest of the sir pressure showed Wfronttireclsupnoeeatocerrysn pressure had but l’! pounds each. After inflation the car steer- ed easily."

I read the above item recently and could not help but compare it with many individuals and their idea oi health.

‘Ihey tire easily, seem tohavelost some of their power oi concentration, have not much enthusiasm for play or work. but as they are losing no time from their employment they Just think ‘that the degree of health they manuals aboutw ttiieycan expect at their partic i- age,

Now liie fs-steering p, little hm; for them. very often because some. thing is interfering with the smooth. nose, or the real health. that should be theirs. _ ~

Thflt something may be g1 g pm. ous nature that is slowly developing in the body. but in the majority of cases it is something that can be re- mwed- ""1 they can get the body to run smoothly, w steer easily, mp cause of the hard steering m me W!’ 1* always iheasme. that is poison. ‘

58 Y0" knew the hard physical work creates e great deal of poison in the muscles, which is cgflled

RWY during sleep by the blood and .

thrown out of the body by the skin, kidney!» lunar. and intestine. n You do not get sufficient sleep you don't get rid of all these poisons and b68111 to make more poison the next day, hence you will feel tired all the timeJ

‘In fact, anyone losing sleep will feel the same way because they do not give their bodies enough resting time to have poisons carried away.

The individual who eats more than he needs and dou no. work, will ‘also have poisons from unused food in the blood. and will {eel tired and heavy.

1'11""?! infection anywhere in lest-h. tonsils. intestine and so forth, by further poisoning the blood. will give the tired feeling. The thought then is not to feel tired all the time to feel that life is hard to steer, but to understand that life or health “meld be easy steerine. and if it isn't, then the cause should be dis- covered.

I Modern Etiquette . BIIOBERTA LEI Q. Is it always necessary for wo- men sitting in boxes, or the orchestra seats/at "an opera, to "wear evening

AL Yes. .

Q. What do the initials P. P. C. mean, on a visiting card?

A. It is a French phrase which means, "to take leave."

Q. Is it still proper for a host- ess if she so desires. to use the large array of flat silver, formerly used at formal dinners?

A. Nopit is no longer the cust- om.’

_ The p Poet's Corner

Tim HOME LAND I've travelled this land from sea to sea From where the Atlantic bests his To where the Pacific laughs in glee, And saw tho place where the stran- ser comes.

Found his light on the lonely plain, Stood neath the mountains crested with snow, That mock the shafts of the sun and the rain, Saw fields when food for the na- tions glow.

Waitod oft at the crowded street, Sew Progress build her shelves in ' “ml Stoodst a point where the world's ' lendsmeet "Al- the human processiodgoes marching by. "

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BUT WHAT ABOUT NIGLICTID ' CHAIIDTTITOWNT

Sun-Thinking flsat your renders would be interested in knowing whet isgoingoninaneighboring city,I begiostaietlutlialifaxisontlie eve of a wave of prosperity such as it has never experienced before. With the" opening of Spring. building op- erations to the extent of between ‘l and 8 millions of dollars will be in progress here. First, there is the new passenger station hotel, cold storage plant, radio station and grain ~..clevator for the C. N. Railway, the T. Eaton Co. building now being erected andTanotI-ler -one of them intended. two new schools anddm- provements to others. Kings College building started. museum and Shir- reff Hall for Dalhousle University. An addition to the Court House, new theatre, oil-room apartment building, two additional stmies to Roy Office building and improvements therein, new exhibition buildings, an addition to the City Home, a new. R. C. Church, Canada Cement Co. ware- house, three large garages and two filling stations, a bridge across the harbor, Young Women's C. A. blfild- ing, an Art building.._new Telephone building, a large cafe. air port, s. number of new dwellings, Labor Temple, new C. N. R. warehouse, Iso- lotion Hospital, Sundry manufactur- ing extensions. Business good all over Nova Scotis, the New Glasgow car works in particular, having or- ders for 1800 cars for the C. N. R. and C. P. R. which indirectly will help Halifax regular steamship ser- vice to Great Britain and West In- dies. " ""

I am, Sir, etc, JOHN STRIWTER, Halifax, N. S.

RE TEACHERS’ SALARIES

Sin-I have been an interested reader of letters appearing from time to time in‘ your paper dealing with the above subject. My interest is duc_to the’ fact that I was once s member of that long-suffering, ill- paid organimtion- the Teaching Body of Prince Edward Island. I well remember the struggle involved in trying to eke out an existence by teaching school. I likewise remember the penury that obliged me after some years of service to forsake the profession and try something else." I do not forget when I arrived in the States the veiledtsarcasm and pretended surprise of former Island- ers because I gave up my lucrative position down home. Teaching _school on Prince Edward Island as a means oi livelihood was so openly derided that I was almost convinced there must be something radically wrong with persons who engaged in it.

The fact of that most eritlal and arduous work, school-teaching, not affording its laborers a living wage scemed- strangely inconsistent even years ago, but viewed in the light of present day conditions, it is to say the least, intolerable. Considering

s the. changes and upheavels that have

occurred in the world during the past ten years I wonder there are. any teachers at all worthy the name still functioning on Prince Edward Island. Everything has advanced by leaps and bounds, progress and ach- ievement have been marvellous, the cost of living has incredibly increas- ed, salaries and wages have been regulated to meet the demands, pro- fcssional fees of all kinds, even re- muneration for domestic hire has trebled. Teachers’ pay alone remains pitifully inadequate.

Whythis, exception in the general onward and upward trend of affairs? Is it because education is no longer considered a. very necessary or de- sirable qualification? On the con- trary an ever-increasing plea for education and still greater education becomes more and more insistent each year. It is the most engrossing and widely discussed topic of our day, andmngages very extensively the at- fantion of both press and people. I note that the educational system on the Island has been criticised, revis- ed and reorganlaed from time to time. Conferences, councils, and conventions are held for the flu-tb- erance of the greet cause, various innovations ‘and improved methods in teaching have been introduced. ‘ileacbere are dictated in and direct- ed, advised to get together in study groups and procure educational lit- erature. are supposed. in fact are ob- liged. to devote nearly ail of their time outside of school hours in pre- paration for ‘the performance of

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loudly advooatsd- M111 HM- ing to tbellettelnont of education rseeivla due consideration 080099 provision for teachers’ snow" ll"! summaries. No serious. sensible or practical attention is Dlid to this matter.

rt is indeed a diatoms sense of fair play. and a doleiul knowledgeof the proper value and fitness oftbinofl that. govern the pecuniary 1100m- pense offered Prince Edward Island Teachers for their work. Are not teachers the main force bsek of edu- cation-its backbone without which such supplementary iids as school buildings, school boards, tax-pew“. text books and other eqlllbmlnt would avail nothing. Yet a teach- ersfisalary is simply a slur on his profession, a stigma to the fair name of-the province, more detri- mental to its dignity and Wilmin- ence than is the abbreviation of its name, over which a WW0“ 0* u" public concern themselves at pres- ent. If Prince Edward Island wishes to maintain arflionorable not so say an enviable place on the map. and in theminds of outdders thoro BIB certain adjustments to be made. chief amongst which is that of teachers’ salaries.