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T-Auihirrihhd In Second. Clan Mail Post Office Deparhnent; Ottawa. The Island Guardian Publishllll C0-

Editor ;..a Managing on-com. in" A. nu.-mm. Auocim mum. Frank wnum.

CIRCULATION "Covers Prince Edward Island like the dew"

"The strongest memory is wpakor than the weakest ink".

CHAELOTTETOWN TUESDAY. DEC. 29. 1953

TE"2?i:oii:erts It is easy to'unclerstand why the allied

”explaincrs" are trying by every means at their command to pcrsuade the handful

drynsnow will melt as it falls and ice will be prevented from forming. The extent of the project is indicated by the fact that more than 200 tons of iron pipe will be in- stalled.

Boston already has one of the longest heated sidewalks in the country. extending around a large insurance building. This melts winter's snows and drains off the water. In nearby Belmont is an experi- mental roadway heating system which melts snow off narrow paths just wide enough to accommodate an automobile. Experience with these projects led to the decision to try snow melting on a larger scale on the new aerial highway.

Speed And More Speed

of American soldiers and one Briton who have been converted to Communism to change their minds and return home. A 100”; repatriation would be an impressive advertisement for democratic freedom, es- pecially when it is added to the many thou- sands of Chinese and North Koreans who have turned their backs on their Com- munist-directed homelands. Moreover, it is only natural that the families and friends of these men would like to have them home, and it is the duty of the government

That there will be no more announce- ments of air speed records from the Un- ited States is to be regretted. The reason given is the rather lame one that informa- tion of military value to the Communists might be revealed. It is understandable that the top speed of new models should be classed as secret information and so it has been in the past. A blanket prohibi- tion on attempts on world records, how- ever. is another story.

It means that whenever the world re-

to assist them in every way possible.

At the same time many people are be- ginning to feel that matters have now reached the stage where further attempts at explanation would be a case of much ado about nothing or, at any rate. about very little. Whatfvcr has happened to the twenly-three converts over a period of two or three years is not likely to be eradicated in a few months. And, after all, while the dcfcction of twenty-thrcc young men out of the many thousands who served in Korea is unfortunate. it can hardly be cal- led alarming. In any large and assorted group of human bcings there are bound to

. . Y be a few who for one whimsical reason or

another will fall for the artful ways of the :unning propagandist. Like the ancient -Xthcnians they are ever ready ”eithcr to tell or to hear some now thing." "he young men were pcrsuarlcd to renounce their new attachment there would still be no guarantee that Communist indoctrina- tion had been removed from their thinking. Failing that, their repatriation would be an

unmixed l)lc.ssing neither to their familicsi

nor to their communities.

whonihe Delight To Honour

lilac City of London givcs (ilSllllglllSllO(l men and women its freedom at ceremonies at the Guildhall. notes the Ottawa Journal, making a case for Ottawa to adopt a similar practice; and inrlccd there is merit in proposals to extend such courtesies to distinguished visitors and those who have rendered special services. True, titles of honour are the prerogative of Her Majesty, but there is nothing to prevent others, in- cluding institutions of learning. from show- ing their marks of appreciation.

Prince Edward Island could well bestow zuch a distinction either on former Island- ers who have carried the name of their native Province to the high places of the world or upon others who by their efforts have served the Island well. The procedure involved could take the form of an amend- ment to the Election Act. Very properly non-Islanders are prohibited from taking part in Provincial elections here, and it miclil, well be provided that certificates of exemption bc awarded in suitable cdscs.

These might specify that notwithstand- ing the recipient does not reside within these shores he shall be privileged to tell Islanders what he thinks of their politics either at election time or between elections and that anyone who tries to silence him shall do so at peril. Such a "Freedom of Prince Edward Island” would be 11 source of pride to its recipients and pos- sibly of some slight value to the electors. It could not be guaranteed, of course, that anyone would pay attention to the exercise

.of the right. upon the intrinsic value of the advice ten- dered.

Steam Heated Highway

Boston appears to be leading the con- tinent in experiments with newly developed melting equipment for roads and sidewalks. The city is building a 25 million dollar "aerial highway", which uses an elevated roadway to get through congested dis- tricts. Anticipating traffic trouble when cars try climbing the access ramps in win- tertime, engineers ordered elaborate instal- lations to melt snow and ice on the in- clines. This de-icing project will be the largest of its kind in the world.

There are to be seven main access ramps leading up to the elevated highway in the central area of the city. Buried in the concrete paving of each ramp will be a maze of iron pipes, carrying anti-freeze liquid. When snow or ice threatens to start wheels slipping and skidding. steam pipes will heat up the anti-freeze and this in turn will keep the pavement warm and

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That would have to depend-

,cord for any particular type of aircraft is .mentioned there will have to be the ex- ,press or implied reservation that American 1figures are not available. In the past such lrecords have proved invaluable to the air- icraft industry of the country making them. iA relatively small-scale industry that can turn out a record-breaking aircraft soon ,has orders which place it in the forefront. . The Soviet Union imposed such secrecy Eon its aircraft and other industries and lentcred the Second World War far behind ;the other major powers. They have since made considerable progress by taking over ,a great deal of work done by German scien- lists and by acquiring designs and aircraft from other countries. There are few, how- ever, who would claim that they have bene- fited in relation to others by the policy of strict sccrccy.

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Like Scotsmen. postal workers look upon New Year's Eve, rather than Christmas as the time to celebrate. Not visions of sugar plums but mountains of mail danced in their heads during the earlier festivities.

Hectic as things were all over they were worse in Fredericton, N. B. The Gleaner reports that a customer placed snow-covered gloves on the'counter of the ,stamp wicket and left a pool of water where stamps were being passed out.

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For the first time more than fifty mil- lion passengers were carried by air in one wear in 1953. Figures released by the In-

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The Passing Scene

Iv observer Inn-cnnnmr HUMOR

- 'llllllliillll..t . ring to the "chest tones" of 3

t did people find to laugh T singer of the fair sex. Unfortun-

with about in Christmas week 153

Well. those. who lived in the only, the printer was not so well larger cities. and could afford it. posted and printed it "breast probably wont to vaudeville or I bones." "What branch of educa.

tion do you have chiefly in your school?" "A willow branch. sir; the master has used almost a whola- willow tree."

The scaly inhabitants of the bring deep lately held a meeting to rejoice over the! failure of the Atlantic telegraph. The prince of whales presided, and the cashier of the grand bank acted as see. retnry. A military paradox-a dis- orderly orderly sergeant. Why is an egg like in colt? Because it its not fit for use until it is broken. A little boy, being sent to a neighbour to borrow some tea. de. livered the following message- "Mother wants to borry a llttl of'yer tea. When she gets some she'll pay ya. If she had it now she'd pay ya now."

A Baltimore paper talks of ”a, vast table. very much like a. hypertrophied piano. having a per. fectly flat top, of marble general- ly, covered with a green cloth, raised edges, etc, etc." It nit-ans billiards. "Father. have you seen anything of my bonnet? I must have left it in this room." No. my dear. I haven't.,but. I'll take the microscope and look for it." Passing along, a youth tore his coat on I nail in A barrel. Seeing which, he struck an attitude, nnd exclaimed: "See what a rent the envious cask has made!" (only those familiar with "Julius Cae- sar will appreciate this one.)

Why are pretty glrls' eyes like an oatmeal cake? Because they are apt to cause heartburn. it is

burlesque show with about a fifty- fifty chance of hearing or seeing something really funny. (People who make .1 busl on of tracing the influence of h mour any that nowadays about' one humorous moving picture a year is the average; there is no reason to suppose that the rating for 1&3 comedy was any better.)

For most people all the time and for all people most of the time the family magazine was the dispenser of humour. We happen to have in our library a copy of a fashionable periodical published exactly 100 years ago. A monthly. it contains IN 133895 Of WW small print, as was the fashion in those days. Four of these pages are devoted entirely 10 10k"- lfunny sketches, and riddles. all of which. according to the editor: ,had been taken from the "best sources and presumably W9” fairly representative of mid-19th rt-ntury. humour. For loda.VS COP umn I have selected a few sP9Cl' lniens at random. I must COMES! limit for my part I can no very little to provoke laughter in ml! of them but. then. I don't laugh too easily any.wn.y. .

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mam; times you. can do it t.Il you

A certain aristocratic lady won:t take a newspaper because its lmade of rags. To cure the tooth- ache let an omnibus run over your font. When may two WT" son! he said to he half-wltted? when they have an understand-' ing between them. "What do 5'0”

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THE FAIR CIRCASSIAN Forty Viziers saw I go ll-p to the Seraglio, Burning. each and every man. For the fair Circnssian.

Ere the mom had disappeared, Flvery Vizicr wore a beard: Ere the aflernoon was born. Every vizier came back ahorn.

"Let the man that woos to win Woo with an unhairy chm”' Thus she said, and as she bid Each devoted vizier did.

from the beards a cord she made, Loop'd it to the bolustmade.

Gilded down and went away

To her own Clrcaasia.

When the Sultan heard. wax'd he Somewhnt wroth. and presently In the noose themselves did lend Every Vizler did suspend.

Sages all. this rhyme who read, Guard your beards with prudent heed, And beware the wily plans of the fair Circasaians.

-Richard Garnett.

iternational Civil Avia-tion Organization in- .i

dicate that the rate of increase was slight- ly greater than the increase between 1952 ,and 1951.

The Attorney-Gencral's campaign for a isafe holiday was greatly assisted by per- fect driving conditions over Christmas. Since then the situation has completely changed and it appears that New Year's :Evc celcbranLs will have to cope with

streets and highways in winter condition. I O 0

ii The increasing interest in the improve- lment of school properties noted by the Deputy Minister of Education is certainly not unconnected with the admission of wo- men to school boards in recent years. Oth- er factors have played a part in arousing public interest in the schools but giving the ladies a direct say in the matter was prob- ably the most effective influence. 0 O 0

Sir William Osler, Canadian physician and humanist scholar, died this date 1919. A wanderer by nature, he held his first chair of medicine at McGill University, go- ing from there to college in the United I States and Britain. His famous "Principles and Practice of Medicine" was the most popular text book in the English language with several generations of medical stu- dents. He inaugurated the new standard practice of the student concentrating on..the patient and using books and lectures mere- ly as tools. He wrote a great deal on

medical subjects.

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"Chad", the queer, war-time face that keeps appearing, peeping over a well all over the world, much like Kilwy, has been -something of a mystery. The picture was invariably accompanied by some remark like, "Wot? No leave?" and was a pungent commentary on the current beefs of troops and civilians. It seems, according to a Scottish historian; that the old 90th regi- ment, the Scottlsh Rifles or Camermians had an officer called. Furford. who was bald; a brother officer took to drawing caricatures of him. It became the custom for the regiment to draw this little pic- ture on all buildings captured in India from the mutinc.-is. up

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ORWELL SETTLEMENT

all of whom took up land on the north bank. They were soon fol- lowed. in 1818. by the Macdonalds from Scotchfort, who had received their grant. several years earlier.

On their way to their new home they blazed a trail from Head of Vernon River through Uigg to Orwell cross-roads, thereby egg. sblishing the course of the present Uigg road. Others soon followed. and when in 1831 the whole ter- ritory from Orwell bridge to Kin- rosn was taken up by the Macbcods. Mncdonnlds and Stones. the district had definitely emerged from the forest stage.

Farmers came from miles around to cut the marsh grass along the river with scythel. They built a "stance" an upright. posts above the hillh water mark. and there they built their stacks. In the winter, when the marsh was frozen over. they hauled these stocks to their bums, when it. was, for the early years of the settlement, the chief winter food for their cattle.

Wild geese, ducks brant, upland, plover, curlewl, yellow legs. snipe, sand pipers. and other forms of wild game birds nboundod to an extent. that seems incredible today. Sea trout were also in Abundance,

as well an other varieties of ex- cellent fish. About the suns tum Donald

Nicholson moved to Orwell from Orwell Cove and took up the form through which the Orwell River winds for over I mile.

was soon made. Margaret Mscbeod (Pour Nell) recalls the orlgiml dwelling house than built. near the river on the north bank. It won a ions. low. comfortable house of several rooms. Between it and the river was planted an orchard of plum, and apple trees.

h ill-or. in this house. modern whil-

pnper was used for the first time in the district. being then I. grant curiosity. for many years the fam- ily lived on this site. After the milling business went down a home was built by I son, Peter. to the west of thtf road near the site of the present bridge, and beside a spring that still pours out in cool- ing waters.

--From "Skye Pioneers and The Island.” 1929. by Malcolm A. unc-

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1; Notes

A Judge says some wives are of- when they want. spending money. Isn't that often enough? -St. Thomas Times- Journal

Just about the time you accumu- late a really impressive collection of lights and gewgaws for the Christmas tree, the kids marry and

start buying trees of their own -Hamilton Spectator The .news that-Canadian air

lilies carried 1.5-18.237 passengers on scheduled flights last year with only one fatality --a pilot-should make the motorism feel ashamed of themselves. It. is getting to be a lot. safer up in the air than down on the highway. -Vancou- ver Province

A friend of nun: who recently visited Ireland swears he saw this notice in a railway station there: "When trains moving in an oppos- ite direction are approaching each other on eqarate lines. drivers and guards will bring their respective trains to a dead hall. before meet- ing and will not proceed until each train has passed the other." -Saturday Night:

Do modern city dwellers marry neighborhood sweethe-.art.s',J .7, R.

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complained of Shakespeare that; he unnecessarily murdered I-iami let. but he has been well psi for it. A great many Hamlet h a v e murdered Shakespeare, "Thats what I call capital punish-

propose to take for your cold?". said an old lady to A sneezing gentleman. "0. I'll sell it very cheap," he replied. "I won't hall"-' about the price at all."

I An English paper states: "Yan-

ikee steamers are so light that merit", as the boy said when his

they can jump over a bar, float mother shut him up in the clusel: arbitrary demarcation that divide: ensll.V 0" W" l"”- "M '"'” '""”"3 we p"5"V"' tomorrow from today. It is some- nbllzed '0 "9 ll lnch” ""h'" - - a

there is a heavy dew!" An ignor- ant minister having remarked in the presence of Dr. South that

thing we too often forget about in figuring out the time of occur- ences in world news. Tomorrow is continually dawning at some place on the round vmrld. The new day begins at sunrise in ones awaken- ing concept yet everyone knows that the new day by the calendar

The oddest curiosity is that it woman who never knows her own,

,, h d d f - age knows in half an hourl that: lgrfnkglhd phi", ",?,,,';:' d.3,,,,m';':, of all her neighbours. What lied "still less has He need of P399” Mi my d”5k 5"? W” b"'"' gmnsl ,"omm,.. The um, m ing there?” cried Mr. Smith thd

said in be to hard in Halifax. N. 3:35”t::Yp::e:ll:,hiifgafifiigilv;

. . . . . h . dlt f th begins immediately following the '1'p:,:"tpu'h,:sh?,;'o”,:"DSML thii sir; HIV hnint touched the cl:-nit, stroke of midnight. -Sydney sumo cm". wk-mg it by turns, ones. The lair Dr. B - - -. who Post-Record. HI.” men from me bu. to the died very rich. coming into the bench" qlhat u what . hwy" bedroom of I patient a few min- -Th” Nmm" akin" Wind said on quitting the profession "I," dhn" he thgil exp"fS'! pf”

1 b m t 5 2 .cevxe some rig g ern

easly mama E hex senemmns Md "kn" up sh"'m'km8 through the clenched fingers oi

wealthy cattle ranchens. All tliatln needed to transform them from wards of the government to a well- to-do people is proper establish- ment of the reindeer industry. Op-

"Your's is a hard case." said Law- yer Fox to his client Mr. Oyster. "Doctor, what do you think Is the cause of this frequent rush of blood to my head?" "0. it is no-

one hand; he gently opened them. took out the guinea and put it in- to his pocket. observing: "That was certainly intended for me!"

(rho biographer of a certain

position members at Ottawa have thing but an effort of nature 1 H h k -3-; m; -g;--1;-n no 33051.55 - .2. .::'::.: 2:3 mu 9” er 9” 9 reserve M” ' returned thanks with the exnc

A lot of fellows. teasing a large fat companion. remarked that if all flesh was grass he must be a load of hey. "I suspect I am." he said, "from the way the asses are nlbhllng at me." A newspaper editor desired to show his know- ledge of musical terms of refer-

Aklnvik. Resources Minister Les- sage said there are now only 7771 reindeer in Canada's Nort.hl.and Vancouver's Howard Green quoted from an article stating the area could support 40 million. Forty million of em is a lot. of men". and t.here'd surely be some for export from the north to Canad- ion cities. Then there might be two snowmobile: in every Eskimo igloo, and I gold-plated radar to match it. -Vancouver Bur.

ness of an assessor. A newshoyl meeting a man on Christmas Ev

said to him: "Have it paper sir?' "No." said the man lnughlngly. '

cant' read a word." "Well. I dldn

think you could," said the boy, "but I though maybe you might like to look at the pictures."

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

Marches of the University of Maryland and Gus Turbeville of the University of Minnesota re. oenily examined the marriage statistics in the city of Duluth and reported their findings in the A- merican Journal of Sociology. Ana- lyzing 300 marriage licenses. they found that 56.7 per cent. of the

It is believed that the first set- NC.”

tiers on the Orwell River were - I per cent lived within twenty blocks. the Macrlougalls and John Currie, ..g-;.,9,,m,c Amermm

couples lived at the same address, twenty per cent lived within five cl each other, forty-two

Instead of standing with supine lethargy before the pressures of "l.ra.shy” reading material (and we want to be sure what. we mean When We clll it "ti-ashy") there is a crying challenge to approach it constructively and with some sense of balance. Censorship can check. and should check. ulac. tons and corrupting literature, but in can't ellminwte "trash" nor zulde children to the boot anoi- dote of All-good books. -Hamil. ton Spectator

Th! MW! in correct in sht- lnd hho Queen would arrive in New Zealand on Wednesday, Dec. ember 33. Exactly that happened. Th”? W38. however. I catch to ii. in our sense of timing. when "10 ltnmshlp Gothic bearing Her Mhletty and the Duke of Edin-

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fmblems of acceptable teen-age behavior which have been plaguing parent: and teachers alike. and crushing the headlines are get.- tlng constructive attention all :- crtxss the country now. From Wash- ington, D. (3.. comes news of the distribution of a set of "Guiding Principles" by the Association of

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