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Again the level crossing has “ken its toll of lives, this time in New ere six persons were

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killed instantly and two are in hos- pital, critically ihiurcd. as e "film of a. collision when the castbfflmd Qcean Limited struck a motor bus about eighteen miles east of Mone-

ton on Sunday last.

There is no more deadly menace‘ to traffic in Canada than these level crossings. In this Province, as elsewhere, accidents have occurred which have shocked the-whole com- lnunity, and the continued possi- bility of similar accidents occurring at any time is an intolerable sltur ation. It will be the policy oi the Stewart Government t0 W955 "T" gently iioon the railway and fed- eral authorities the danger of these crossings in this‘ Province and the necessity of adopting safety meas- fatalities liave already occurred. The prob- lem is a difficult one, but surely believe public opinion will be unanimously

ures, especially where

not insurmountable. We

m this gigantic undertaklnw" _

Music in Germllll’ also rmlvw a great stimulus from the exist- ence, in almost every imlltlrm“ town, of opera houses Diff-ll! 6119' ported by the state or civic auth- orities. Good music being thfli brought within reach of all, appre- ciation oi it is very WMQBPlQAd m all classes of the Imlflmmm’

The more one thinks of the cul- tural possibilities of the Bayreuth estival, and to a lesser extent oi the British radio broadcasts. the more dissatisfied one becomes with the situation in this country. In larger centres like ‘Toronto, oi course, there are exceptional 0P" portunities for hearing magnificent concerts; but what of the smaller centres which are largely depend- ent for musical en,‘ yment upon local talent, and which cannotpfaili to be adversely affected by the abominable noises b. ‘cast from high-powered American stations. in which there is neither harmony nor inspiration? Another decade of subjection to Jazz, and we shall have lost even our desire to hear music.

'_"'— .-i II GUARDIAN -.

behind any action taken in this

Everywhere the Federal authorit- icl ‘vIiAIdiuiiius with province m“ municipalities on the basis of loci! needs and circumstances. Those who thc Federal or my

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llrnvlnclal“ government for alleged;- delay in ‘getting the work started

have little appreciation of the mlr nltud of ‘the problems involved. It is th money of the people of Can- ada. which is concerned, after all. and while it will be spent. freely 5nd gladly to meat an emergency" ‘yet it must be spent in a co-ordin- ‘died effort, intelligently directed land carefully developed. ' ’

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Th gangster and thc racketecr are American institutions. The glittering night club where crimin- als mingle with "suckers” flourish- es most. vigorously in the great American cities. They are sin-essen- tially a. feature of American llic that they have come to occupy l. prominent place in the films pro- duced in Hollywood for the edifice..- tlon of the world. It is. a. Kiwi‘- pity, comments the Ottawa Journfll. that Canadians, young or adult, should be subjected to possible con- tamination in manners and morals by scenes representing the Ametlr can underworld.

As "Jim" Thomas (Hon. J. H.- Thomas) steps down and out from the rallwayimens ranks, he severe a, trades union connection that has been a model br its kind. ms .101-

and thin all through the years; they accepted his decisions and itbided by his Judgments until now. And those acquainted with his 6X7

. depletion Ol‘ destruction of migra-

lowers stuck to him thrcllkh thick . '

discussion by ofqncctlcncolialcrllt. Tho

.'- _. l -——o-—- _ , Siiz-‘rherc is a gooddesl of aux iety about the preservation of bird life, especially game birds, but I have not seen much writing about what‘ .1 much feor the con us;

torygamc .birds by‘ tho aeroplane. Quite-recently I observed the tor- ro: of, birds when the artificial flyer came near them. Pigeons, very intelligent birds, seemed tcr- mrstricken.‘ Seeing‘ thql than was no‘ safety for them on the wins. they descended on tho roof of a" building, their attitude show- ,ing them to be in great terror. Sparrows and- crows‘ fled from the vicinity. Thcytako it no doubt for a. monster ~ hawk,‘ ready to lwlmee upon them. Imagine the effect _of one aeroplane meeting or following a flock of migrating geese. Would not those wild but intelligent birds bc likely to shun that vicinity ih the future. with the air, their natural clement, fil- led _-W1.'~ll 139011118. rattllns machines ivhrtt chance will minus, have? I am, Sir, etc, Sport.

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“Ode of the ailments that is inter- fering with tho Nation's ability to workhndcnloyiifc is rheumatism. haul-yet rheumbtism of» bid; and has been so long witnus, that wc_ hgvo obmg to "accept. it as something thatchmiot bchclpcd. _ " . However thcZBijitish- nation, be-‘ cause of the great amount oi rheu- matism than, has gone resolutely to work to control rheumatism lust as thirty years ago s determined effort was begun to control tuberculosis. And so a large Centre for Rheuma- tism has been established in London which treats 500 cases a. day, from 8.30 in thc morning until 8.30 at night. .

Rheumatism in cvery form is handlediand advice on prevention. care, and treatment is given out to tlic world from this centre.

‘the medical stafl is composed oi ; experienced physicians with a good] knowledge oi general medicine and‘ s particular interest in rheumatism. On the staff is a pathologist (one who has specialized on the effects of disease on the tissues), an X ray

Death or‘ Baron Recalls“! \Ea'rly' History

Romantic and stirring page! c! old Canadian history are recalled by the news oi the death oi Caud- ebcc-eu-Caux. France. oi 11-681mm

DfIber-villo Charles Grant, eighth ‘Baron dc Longueuil.‘ The Baron was in his 75th year, and news of his death has Just reached Mm‘: real. I-ie was the holder of tho only remaining hereditary 1'9"“! bsrony of New France, whoscre- prcscntativcs in the olden day! burg o stirring part in the history of Montreal and old Canada.

Tho founder of this house was that great Frenchman, Charles Le Moyne, who came to Canada in i642 with Maisonneuve. This man was the son of an innkeepe: at Dieppe (France), who had descend- ed from a younger branch. oi the old Norman family ‘of Lo mynes. the‘ head of the house b61118 the

Marquis do Longueuil. | In the small colony which settl- ed where Montreal now stands li: proved almost invaluable, and upon more than one occasion he cavcri the little town of Ville Marl: from the attacks oi the Indians. Fourteen years after his arrival in Canada, Le Moyne was given the Seignlory of Longueuil, he Iiuv ing in the meantime amassed = considerable fortune in the gran. fur trade. This wur like old Iza- tlve of Nor-many had a large IJlil-

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became famous. For instance.

specialist, a dentist ,an' ear, nose and throat specialist, an orthopedic surgeon ione who ‘specializes on de- formities of the body), 'a general

Sirf In a ‘recent issue of your

surgeon, and an anaesthetist. One of the general physicians has

Pierre Le Moyne, who was born in ;1661, ' ‘mouth of‘ the iwas in i699 and in 1700 he became

the This

discoverer of Mississippi.

was the

the first Governor of Louisiana.

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So far as the jazz broadcast is concerned, there is nothing we can do except shutiit out of the home as much as possible. But we can exert ourselves in another direc- tion. From time to time the oppor- tunlty is provided of patronizing a. local concert. Occasionally these concerts are furnished by a. church choir or combination of choirs. Let us take greater interest in these cultural entertainments. net us en- courage them in every possible way. They are our bulwark against a vulgarity that has degraded heav- _ en-bom music to a. level never- w,’ “y, m, Amhemgiqewu, hitherto reached by any civilized like lifting our hats to the Yar- country, and against which we must “mum “umii wh° when he‘ c"

He died six years later at Havana. Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, another son, founded New Orleans, and for forty years was Governor oi Louis- iana. He died in Paris in 1768. The eldest son, who was named af- ter his father, was born in 1656 and in recognition of his services at the siege of Quebec and against the Iroquois Indians, was made a Baron of France in 1700 by Louis XIV.

Up to i781 the family remained distinctly French, but in that year Marle_Charles Joseph, Baroness dc Longueuil, in her: own right, married Captain David Alexander Grant. a Scotsman of the 48th Re- I .

giment and eldest, son of David square miles. In the Seigniory dare youl Go ahead! Just hit Grant; or‘ muu-gindy, A younger is included the town of inngueuil once and I'll ha. veyou dragged . brother of the fifth Baron became and the Barony "w i“ 5b Johns fore that red headed 01d fossil of

traordinary influence with. 11.11 army of workers and his place in their affections will best under‘ stand-the significance of this 1!‘- reparahle break: it is an indicl" tion of-the width and depth of the guli ‘between organized . British Labor and the new National Ad- ministration. Ramsay MacDonald is a. Socialist; Thomas is a trade union man. Organized Labor might find no great difficulty in dis- agreeing with a MacDonald or a 5nowden—lbut disagreement be- tween organized Labor and J. .I~I. Thomas is something to think about-Exchange.

plnér f1 "r... 9J1 item entitled "Pro- tection of Black Ducks" slgngd by‘ MT- 3- I- Rflyilmj. and same con- tains some inaccuracies which I feel caled uponto correct. ' -" ‘MY- Music-Ital»; .

"A manfrom WestemCanadl visiting Prince Edward Island g short time 880. thinking u; m- terest the Government in pmldb. iting the shooting of black ducks f" 5W6?“ 5798B. clalixiedthlt the

connection; and the sooner some action is taken the less chance there will beof arepetitionof last week's shocking tragedy in our sis- ter Province.

had a special training in the use of hot and cold baths in the treat- ment of ailments, and another p113- sician has had a training in the curative eflects of electricity. I believe you'll admit that with an all roundatafi such as tho above with the one thought inmlnd that rheumatism must be wiped out. or made less serious in its eflects, that it is going to mean much to the pat- ients themselves,‘ to their families, black duck is getting so scarce and to the whole nation. The econ- that in s.year or. two there will ,omic loss from rheumatism through- be none . . . ” . . out the whole world runs into hund-

The gentleman referred to by m. reds of millionsof dollars yearly. I Raynor was Dr. Lewis, Chief Mig- There is acute rheumatism. ratory Bird Officer for Quebec and chronic rheumatism, f ‘ sore Ontario with headquarters at Ot- tluoats, most heart ailments, and tawa, who was sent to interview the "$5911"! 101ml. 8-11 due t0 Ihel-lmfl- Provincial Governments of Quebec, tism.

TYRANNY OF JAZZ

American civilization, tending as it does to place cash values upon everything, is the worst possible en- yironmerit for artistic development. If anyone doubts this, he or she need only consider the quality of American musical programmes heard daily and nightly over the radio. Magniiicently equipped or-

. A. MacKENZlE, c. L. u.‘

PROVINCIAL MANAGER, — PRINCE EDWARD ISL BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA_..BLQG.—CHARLOTTETO

chcstras, and even pipe organs, are the concoction of hideous noises, pulsating to mad-

given over to

deningly monotonous rythms

hope of getting away from tyranny of jazz. Occasionally

brief programme of real music is heard, but it is too often interlard- ed with sales talk or interrupted by raucous voices from an over- lapping station. This is what we Canadlzns must endure by reason 0f 0'11‘ PPOXimUIy to a land which has no cultural tradition, musical or otherwise, and because we have no central radio stations sufficient-

ly powerful or sufficiently

grammes of our own.

In Europe they order things bet-

ter. Classical selections form

staple of British national radio and modern English composers are heard in composi- to fox trots or bear gallops. But it is in Germany that the cult of mu- sic survives in its purity and true democracy. For example there is the musical festival held annually at Bayreuth, in which the works of Wagner are played for the cul- tural enjoyment of the whole com- munity. In a theatre specially con- structed for the purpose, the per- formances start at four o'clock in the afternoon and close at ten or W" thirty- The singers are recruit- ed mostly from Germany and are of the finest talent. Some sense of the idealism which prevails there fact that the services of both conduct- ors and singers are given entirely gratuitously. “No curtain calls are ever given, yet sometimes the entire audience will stand and applaud for as long as five minutes in ap-

Dreclation, no one, of course, neith-

appear-

ing on the stage." Preparations for

the festival are started two months

before the beginning of the sea-

son and by the time the conduct-

Ofl llTl-VC U10 finest coeordhggtlon

has been effected. Th9 singers sign

themselves up for this time of pre-

paration “as it is considered the

broadcasts,

tions which have no relation

may be gathered from the

er conductor nor singers,

im- ported from the Congo. one turns the dial frantically, in the vain this

inder pendent to broadcast national pro-

COHSClOU-ily oppose all the forces at our command.

ACTION WARRANTED

At its annual meeting at Mur- Yfly Bay last week the Canadian a manner with the Communist men- ace in the adoption of a. report urging strict application of the Criminal Code to persons whose ob. lect is to endeavor to force upon the COUNTY a mode of government, totally foreign to Canadian and British ideals. The authorities have Perhaps been too generous in a tolerance of the open agitationand propaganda of the Communists, who, in consequence, have do.

defiance of law and order. The}: avowed object is to provoke a, class struggle. and stir °DDOsition to law-

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they are Pleased to call a. workers’ republic. The Communists have be?“ lllllck to attempt to exploit economic depression to serve their destructive ends. and, as the report of the‘ committee of the Bar As- sociation points out, in periods like the Present, the Communist pleas may fall on willing ears, which

in normal times.

The Canadian Bar Assoclatlgn would not have given the consid- eration it his done to the subject had not the situation in the coun- try become really serious. The re- solution adopted, says the Montreal Gazette, should make conclusive the demand others have reiterated that a halt shall be called to the evils Communists are constantly committing in the name" of free speech and the liberty of the sub- ject. According to Article 134 of the Criminal Code, everyone is guilty 0f an indictable offence and liable to two years‘ imprisonment who speaks any seditious words or pub- fishes any seditious libel. A sedi-

which tends to ‘raise commotion in a state, not amounting to insur- rec" . but exciting " ontent against governments and stirring

highest honour to be able to share up opposition ta lawful authority.

Bar Association dealt in outspoken‘

would be deaf to the propaganda '

tious utterance is speech or writing

was held up by two colored men this week, was able to wield the monkey wrench with such effect as to knock one of them off the running board and to manipulate the car so that the other WES eliminated. This is the most en- couraging note of this nature for some time. We have no doubt there are oases where discretion is the better part of valor, but we have the. impression that the submissiye manner with which so manykpeo- ple yield to the bandit is largely iresponsibils for his success. .50

Ontario and the Maritimcs. A week or so ago. in company with myself, he visited Charlottetown for the purpose of bringing ‘to ‘thasttent.

Now it may not be possible to es- tablish these Centres for Rheuma- tism in all cities, but thc time has come when cvcry ' hospital of arw siiioshiniltiliive a special clinic for

ion of the Provincial rAuthorltias there the serious situation which 9X15“ it Present in western Canada with regard to» the wild ducks of; the prairie Provinces, it being claim , ed by ‘responsible investigators that flpllfflxlmilifily 90 per cent of tho yollnll ducks hatched this/year has perished due to a-serious and pro- longed drought condition. His ob-.

longas these alleged holdup thugs are able to get all that they want; by simply demanding it. it is very. ‘likely they will continue their. business. 1t would seem that a training in self defense will need ‘tobepart of the regular curricu- lu-m at the schools. . " .

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There exists a manner or ‘man--

‘reierred to as the Oxford accent, but it is universally regardedvas, an

iaffectation. Nor does ‘anyone im agine that all the dons and under-

‘"1 fluthlY-‘lty. for which they would graduates at oxford indulge m this in the shooting seasons , for substitute a dictatorship and what particular manner of speeclfwhich Marmme PT°V1"°°5- I" “'11” WW4‘

is an intonation rather than an accent and is regarded as' the

Somewhat unfairly mimics have been inclined to fasten the affecta~ ticn on curates in particular, but as for the educated Briton re- garding the Oxford acccnt’ as synonymous with the best English, nothing is further from the (truth.

The Mother Country has‘ to a- dopt protection in her own inter-

inua from imports. Oncehaving gone back to the tarifffsystern, the British nation will develop it‘ until it affords domestic workmen an" adequate defence against foreign competition and until it. promotes

trade on an unimagined scale.

Should the British ' financial crisis result in the even temporary introduction of the custom tariff principle it would not be the first time that Britain has ‘been saved a catastrophe, says the ‘Winnipeg Tribune. For it is a moral and ‘economic certainty that should a tariff be adopted as o' temporary and emergency device, its result! upon British industry will be ,s0 striking that it will remain as permanent policy. Britain's crwls may be Britalnk luck.

This is surely the Ila of organi- cation. The civilized world is full of clubs, societies. and associa- tions for doing everything that can Wlllbly be done or undoing every-

est. She has to have more revel‘

the development of intra-Empire‘

lect was not, as suggested, by Mr. Raynor,‘ to bring about a close season but merely to obtaii- an expression of opinion concern- ing the advisability of all the Canadian Provinces co-operating with the United ‘States authoritias

in reducing the present open sear- _ ,

inn of-3 1-2 months to one month. ,It mightbe pertinentto here state.

made such a reduction, as is out- i lined above, in the open season throughout their country but to date no reduction has been mad-e the

"16 Open season in the United States has been reduced to one

been made in our own open season.

~ - I am Sir, etc:

I B. W. TUFTS Chief Federal M‘gratory Bird Officer Mcrlfime Provinces.

Wolfville, N. S.

' I . To memory; a bee sways on the z . stocks

rheumatism." This should include in- struction on prevention of rheuma- tism, carc of the heart during and after an attack, and methods of treatment during and after an at- tack.

sensors. or man-ream. Alwayszi remember the mm.

vekmed a b°1dn°55 mideflllfl llpfln nerlsm of speech which commonly m“ "he United 5'5"“! h!" all°adY QOMFI 0h l- IQNNI-i Tum W"