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Prelident and Auociuw Editor. Inn A Burnett. Associate Editor. Fnnii Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker" Than the Weakest Ink".

C-IIARLUTTETOWN. TUESDAY. VIAN. 8. 195;! An Encouraging Sign

it is reassuring to note that in spite of inflation and high taxation, Canadians in- dividually are saving more money, to sup- port themselves in leaner years, than they ever did before. This is shown in the re- cord purchases of life insurance which they made in 1951. Some figures just released by Mr. J. K. Macdonald, of Toronto, pres- ident of the Canadian Life Insurance Of- ficers' Association, are revealing. His statement shows that the people of this country bought nearly 352 billions worth of new life insurance in 1951, bringing the amount of insurance in force in Canada to about 3217 billions. another record figure. It amounts to more than d1,200 of insurance protection for every man, woman and child in the country.

As Mr. Macdonald says, Canadians are

benefiting themselves in two ways by their

increascd insurance savings. They are add- ing to their own and their dependents pro- tection at some later date and they are also helping themselves and the whole country at the present time by joining in the battle against inflation. For every dollar that is saved and not spent on unnecessary goods reduces the demand for such goods; and it is this demand, in excess of our productive capacity to meet, that forces prices up.

corruption In Puliiio Life

Canadians are apt to look on rather smugly while Uncle Sam takes drastic steps to curtail widespread corrupt prac- tices which have. been revealed in the pub- lic service. We have, it is true, a high standard of morality amongst those serv- ing the Dominion, Provinces and municipal- ities but that standard will only be main- tained or raised to the extent that public opinion insists.

If we prefer to be able to bribe office holders or if we are indifferent to the at- tempt.s of others to do so, then in very short order the public service would become the haven of venal-parasites. Especially in this day of almost limitless government activity the type of official employed tends to reflect accurately the manners and mor- als of the general public.

It is easy but fatal to adopt an attitude of irresponsibility. -

"Twelfth iiighi" .

Old Christmas Day, or Twelfth Night

siderably, both in export and import. as the shipping of the cheaper inferior Maine potatoes will compete with ours in the

Montreal. and Toronto markets. 0 O Q

The news that didn't happen is the rush ,

to cut prices on the outlawing of retail price fixing by manufacturers. D O O The increase of the Electric Company's rates means the production cost of The lGuardian goes up another M90 per annum. O l D ! Paul Verlaine, French poet, died this date 1896. At first pagan but later Christ- iian, his poetry broke away from the.tra- ditional Alexandrine verse. In melody his .work has no rivals and is often sharply poignant and extremely beautiful. 0 O D A correspondent of the .1-Iamilton Spec- tator points out that Canada, contrary to a very general view, is not without inherit- ed titles. By Act of Parliament descend- ants of United Empire Loyalists were granted the right to the title U. E. r 0 I 9 The Federal Government will administer and pay out of a special tax fund the pensions to persons 70 and over. Approx- imatcly 635,000 persons are expected to qualify for the pension by the end of this month. Cheques will not be received until February. ' I

Report that the price of tea took a .four-cent drop in Vancouver pleased house- holders in that city but, unfortunately for the housewife elsewhere the favorite Eng- lish beverage stood at. the same price. On the average. Maritimers pay 10 cents more a pound than Vancouverites. 9 0 iii

The eyes of the world are on the White House today. No striking manifesto is ex- pected, of course, but the spirit of brothei'- hood and friendly understanding should be strengthened by the meetings of Mr. Chur- chill and Mr. Truman. Whereas it has long been common for Americans to go to old lands from which their ancestors came, Mr. Churchill comes to the new world from

which came some of his ancestors. U it 0

Unemployment insurance will be avail- able to any veteran seeking work after serving up to three years in the regular forces since July 5, 1950. An order-in- council published in the Canada Gazette extends the benefits of the Unemployment Insurance Act to such people. An earlier act by the. government guaranteed their jobs back for any men who enlisted and served up to three years after the same

date.

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A V.C.. M.P., Major-General Pearkes has returned from the United Nations Confer- ence in Paris with the announcement that the policy of sending Canadian infantry to Europe is "wholly unwarranted." He says Germany requires technical troops and more economic aid. Canada, he claims, is not helping to give Europe full value for the amount of the taxpayers money being But the question arises-Will -the

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I()Janua;'1y 6th),t:as itstgtvnfcglebfatgoni 1"'U. S. be satisfied if the other nations re- eV0"5 "'9 "1 9 50” 0. "3 an 2 am' duce their quota leaving it to shoulder the rig for its1a1())plel-1cid:r, the iustonl: gflburden pmcticany alone? ” iarmingt c rc ar s" ias teen an -; -I .. ed down. Local farmers and their men go; The employmcm of tanks against to. their orchards aftei daik on Twelfth Egyptians sniping at British troops is, of Night. Cf11'1'Y1ni3 I gunsfind 21 great Ia” Ofycoursc, only common sense and prudence. Clderg with f1 lalvge V9.99 of tfmst 01 cake It recalls, however, fighting of another H03-tmg .it..IVo gun 15 C025"?91'9d .10. bi-':sort. When the British Raj was respons- l::Ei0t1:(: 1rfm1)Ee15n:ibSlee iito r:1l:LeStltt;1eP1l')'eTt'gi;-'riii;lc fog the debfcnce of India some villages i ' ' ' Yo rai ino tri esmen on the northwest When the party reaches one of the. la1'gest:f,.ontic,. ,:C,.c bombed. A delegation Wang apple trees, the farmer addresses it Wlllleled on the auu,o,.meS to 10, it be known the guns are discharged. The cider is tlienithm unless the British agreed not to use h3”d:d.1'0Ut"dl; anfh T9 SOP gfycatre .9ateflv:airci'aft-the tribesmcn would decline to care cing a en a a god -size piece iS,mak(. fu,.me,. raids. left in ii fork of the tree for the robins, for! o if this left undone the charm has no, 1, ism Clem. whether 0,. not the Deg Enect-lfllglllykihe m9".d1lCm1'"dtft) t1tlC"f1t”';"',fencc Department and the Defence Pro- ousc o rm more ci or an o e aes

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round the fire until morning.

Like many old superstitions, this custom was founded on a practical belief: the shot was supposed to tear the bark of the tree and to quicken the fruiting in a similar manner to the English technique of beat- ing a walnut tree.

EDITORIAL NOI ES

A feature of Physical Training should be snow shovelling-it is both health-giving and profitable, more so than hockey or curling. c 0. e e

Observanceof the Universal Week of Prayer commenced here- yesterday. It would be a callous individual, indeed who did not agree that the world stands in need of prayer. '

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The rise in value of the Canadian dol- lar in relation to that of the United States is gratifying, but" It also means less money

I in the pockets of those selling on the Am-

erican market. V O O O

A ceiling price In the United. States on

ourinaincuTIii:ci-upwiilaffoctuveryeon-

lductioii Department are working at cross lpurposcs. But it looks that way. The Defence Department announced that there wouldn't be any more bare knees in ,the Army. From now on summer shorts were going to be out. But a few days be- fore Mr. I-lowc's Defence Production De- partment had released a list of new defence orders. Included was one amounting to 3142.333, for a Kitchener, Ont., firm. The commodity in question: "Shirts and summer

shorts."

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A number of friends here an: congrat- ulating Mr. Harold'C. Cross as acting gen- eral secretary of Montreal Y. M. C. A. The appointment was made by the Y.M.C.A. metropolitan board of directors following the recent death of Mr. John W. Benton, general secretary for 32 years. Mr. Cross was secretary of the association here for sometime and went overseas with the Cana-

World War. For I7 years he has been a senior member of the staff as metropol-

M. c. A., a history or did association by Mr. Cross was published, entitled. "One Hun- dred Years of Service with Youth.",

dian Y.M.C.A. Military Service in the First

ltan program secretary. Recently, in con- , nectibn with the centennial of Montreal Y.

. ifultry is cooperating in the cum-

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('.I-IARROTTETOIVN

JANUARY 5. 1952

Not So Silent Night.

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PASSENGER LIST

t'ln the Cambria from Boston, at Halifax, on Sunday last. - Hon." C. Young and lady. I-ion. E. Palmer and lady, and Miss Tremain.

"In the Caledonia from Pictou, on Friday -- Mrs. Allan and Miss Allan, Mr. Deane and Mr. Macxay; and 7 in the Stcerage.

”In the Acadia at Halifax from Liverpool. Oct. 5. Robert Bruce Stewart. Esq.; lady and family on their way to P. E. Island.

"By the Steamer Cambrla from Halifax for Liverpool Lady Huntley. three children and maid- servant.

”In the Caledonia (Packet Boat). last: evening the Hon. T. Heath Haviland. Hon. Edward Palmer and Lady. Mr. Robert Haviland. Misses Palmer, E. Tremain, F. Mayne. Mr. John McDonnell, Mr. Griffith, Mrs. C. Dogherty, Master Tremaln and 20 in the Steerage." -Royal Gazette, October, 1846

The Typewriter Keyboard

Replying to a reader who asks why the typewriter keyboard is not arranged alphabetically. the Cleveland Plain Dealer lady who answers correcpondents explains that the lettering has been stari- dardized since the first practical typewriter was invented by Chris- topher L. Sholes and James Dens- more. They found, she says, that in the early machines the type bars would collide and stick fast. when certain keys were struck in success- ion. The lnventors then grouped the keys and bars so as to clim- inate this trouble as much as poslble. The arrangement. was perpetuated because of the incon- venience incident to making a change.

We are inclined to assert, how- ever. that the letters or the type- writer keyboard were jumbled up the way they are for the same reason that the keys of a lino- type are jumbled - so as to pro-

uce faster work. li might be thought. that. the easiest way to find the letters would be to place them in alphabetical order A B C and so on. But an analysis, of words showed that more words, could be produced per minute by' placing near each other the letters that are most frequently used. Thus it is possible to strike sever- al letters with the fingers in rapid succession without. moving the whole hand. If the letters were arranged alphabetically the ope;-. ator would have to do a great deal of wrist. work in order to reach over to the keys. Tm; re. suit is not only a saving of time. but. it. produces more accuracy and reduces mental as well as physical fatigue.

There ls. apparently no hard and fast rule regarding the pro- ximity of c6nvenient lettering. The standardized keyboard of the typewriter and the standardlzetd keyboard of the llnotype machine are different. which board is the more convenient we would not like to say. not having operated a llnotyrpe machine. but we do k"?W I-hat. punching our Iyipg. mile? We let. an aggravating per- centage of letters in the wrong Dlaces. we blame ourselves; not the typewriter

Unfair "I."-oT-isii

(Sydney Po:-i.-Record) Canadian women do not know how to cook fllli properly. That's the verdict of the Home Econ- omic: Section of the Department of Fisheries at Ottawa. The ac- cusation appears to be iultilied. It may account for the fact that Canada is not an ouutanding fich- conluming country. The Miri- timel would be In: dependent upon United State: mu-lieu Canadian: ate more fish-if more Canadians ate fish oiteiier. The Home Economics section has begun I campaign to remedy the :i.tuatlon. Home economiltr are in: unit around the country for I year to demonstrate the proper way to cook fish. The fishing in-

Says it's Spinach

(Edmonton Journal) children the world over will look with mixed feelings on Dr, Charles Hill. He is a junior minister in the British food ministry. and will no doubt be'k.noWn in the future as the anti-spinach man.

Millions of youngsters who have to choke down great helpings of spinach. "because W5 good for you." will applaud the doctor's at- tack on the food value of the green and stringy vegetable. Speak- ing before the Royal society of Arts in London. he said that the theory that spinach is. a good source of iron is just ii myth. The plant does contain iron, but it also contains oxalic acid-the stuff that gives rhubarb its flavor - and this apparently neutralizes the iron in some way so that it can- not be used by the body. If this is true. tlberels not much point in pouring the stuff into Junior-as Junior will be the first to point out,

But then Dr. Hill went on to undermine the dearest. beliefs of another army of children -those who -have been persuaded that eat- ing spinach will make them strong. like Popeye. He claims that this too is a myth: ”t.'.l-iere is no sei- entitle reason why spinach should give anyone . . . strength." Pop- eye's biceps, it would seem, are due to some other cause. and can't be acquired so easily

It's just another of life's early dlsilluslons,

paign. The fish-cooking lessons will be before women's organiza- tions, schools, hotels and restau- rants.

A spokesman for the Home Economics Section said that most Canadian chefs and housewives cook fish too long and do not serve it immediately after it is cooked. "Fish must be cooked quickly at high temperatures." it was explained. "Letting it stand spoils the flavour and produces the fishy odor."

This may be a blow at Canadian pride but ii. is a blow struck in u worthy cause. It may be that Canadians don't appreciate all they have been missing in not being served. fish dishes that have made Iome cities in other coun- tries famous for their restaurants and home late. It is a serious lack from the viewpoint of the great fishing industry of these Atlantic Provinces; All the more deplorable because there are no better fish anywhere in the world than those caught in the cold ocean waters off our shores. some of the most famous restau- rants in the world in such cities ns Marseilles. France; New 01'- leans, San Francisco, New York and Paris, are chiefly famous be- cnuse of the great variety of fish dishes cooked by celebrated chefs, which are served with choice wines to go with them. Why should not Canada have restau- rants of equal fame? Thin ques- tion should not have to be asked of a country whose Atlantic wa- ter: yield the belt sea fish and whose clear flowing streams and

THE THINGS THAT ARE MORE EXCELLENT

As we wax older on this earth, Till many a toy that charmed us

seems Emptied of beauty, stripped

of worth And mean as dust and dead as dreams-

For gauds that perished. shows that passed, some recompense the Fates have

sent: - Thrice loveller shine the things that last; The things that. are more excel- lent.

The grace of friendship-mind and

heart Linked with their fellow heart and mind; The gains of science, gifts of mi;

The sense of oneness with our kind;

The thirst to know and under- stand-

A large and liberal discontent: These are the goods in life's rich

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3'i'he Age-illii story

. 5'93 V I love the Lord, because he hath

Heard my voice and my supplies-

tlolu. Because he hath inclined

his ear unto me, therefore will I

call upon him u long an I live.

W No Oysters

(Manchester Guardian)

As one of the results 1 their visit to Canada. it has n been officially established that Princeu Elizabeth and the Duke of Edin- burgh do not like oysters.

That is important news for their future hosts. and Mr. Casey, Aun- iralian Minister for Extemoi Af- fairs. has been saying that. the ahellflsh will not be served at ban- quets when the Princess and the Duke go to Australia in the Spring. Mi-. Casey has also been saying that Australians are very proud

this discovery of their taste on this point. the visitors mighb have been offered oysters "at every meal - including breakfast".

Surely even the Walrus and the Carpenter mizhirhave fllnched at oysters for breakfast - and what about nftemobn ten?

EIRT ON BOOK

The Rock of Gibraltar is believ- ed to have been rim ieiiied I7!

sparkling lake: contain from wa- ter fish unexcelied.

the Moors in AD. 711.

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hand. .V'll'I.'lLBl'NABY SITIIGEON The things that are more excel- 1e"l' Phone no :3: Formal si. -Sir illl ts . W am Wu on om” non"

of their oysters and that. without ,

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mighi: also be valuable. - Ottawa citizen. -

In Edmonton. the other day. cltlpeno were enjoying 9. pleasant winter temperature of 16 degrees while in Regina, not so very far away, the thermometer registered 46 below zero. Almost. as great disc--”'" were being registered in different parts of Ontario I! Canadians can't. regulate their weather more equitably. how can they expect other peoples to belie” that this country's affair; are well run? - Ottawa Citizen.

The federal old an pension plan has atarted..but.- unlike "baby bonus" 'c- family allowance- there is still no commonly ac- cent-eri name for it. "National pension,” "National dividend," un- iversal pension," all are possibili- ties. yet do nbt hit quite the right note. "(Jnnddadu bonus" sounds fiippent. But no doubt in satis- factory name will yet be devised. -Ottawa citizen.

luhtoon wont: to know If any- one can top its story about a slow delivery of mail. A despatch from that burgh tell: of clergyman who complained that. having of- flciateii at I funeral of: citizen, be received 3 week later. I Christ- mu card the unfortunate indivi- dual had sent. Well. it's not. quite in the some class, but there was the ' ' can of I Bi-amford nun who was given the Christmas cards to mail. put them in the pocket. of 0. light coat he was then wearing, changed the coat for a heavier one when he decided the weather was becoming chilly and discovered the cards when he took out the light coat the following Easter. What's more, friends got Christmas cards for Easter.

An innocent-locking snow dicv- el. oddly enough. can be 9. more deadly weapon of destruction than I sawed-off shotgun that ruled gangster-.' domains in the big U. . cities during the "Roaring Twenties." Or so it proved to bi- in the case of the liquor baron Sam Genna, who with his five brothers. once terrorized Chl- cago's Little Italy district. Sam managed to stay alive in that tur- bulent era when Chicago news- paper readers thought It- was an extraordinarily quiet day that didn't have even one murder. But the other day Sam died in bed-

Maiuben of the House of Com- followed the unacouzoomed ovu. mono are again demanding that exertion of shoveling Inow from a loud speaker system be installed his but porch. - saint John in the men chamber. While this 'reiezraph-Journnh would by uuful. I gadget thrill - ' . '- would - ” "y cut , A 1'10 W City Council on at about the half way marl: P915941 "19 10u0WlllK by law: "No

person shall cell or aupply or pro. vide for or permit the sale or cup. plying of class I liquids to in. public by any self-serve method 1;. any quantity exceeding 4 mi,- ounces." That is. official comm dygood for banning self-serve gas. olene stations in Winnipeg. Tm, prohibition is supposed to pro. mote public safety. Actually ii eliminates pnother element oi competition from the filling sin. tint: and garage trade. Gasoline in self-serve stations is usually a few cents a gallon cheaper than in Or. dinory service stations. - winng. peg Tribune.

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Canada's governor. general. sixty year old Viscount Alexander. slides "fireman 3iyle'

down the brass pole in No. 4 Fire Hall at Ottawa he set: some kind of precedent. He has been doing

that for years. No vtcaroy at 01. tawa has been photographed in in many human interest poses. Non; has given us such an impression of carefree boyish .1019 de vlvre u this breezy Irishman. Prospective governors-general should bend an attentive ear, for Lord Alexander will not be an easy man to follow, would-be successors might do well to consider the Ii-tleu frolic: and Inaouciant gestural which have endeared him to us all from coast to coast. A tincture of Irish blood might help. - London Free Press.

Canadian political life wu dei- lnitely the poorer between 1940 and 1948 for the absence of Ag- nes Campbell MncPhnll, who in the first of those years lost the seat she had held for nearly 31 years in the commons. and did not. get into the Ontario Legisla- ture until eight years later. In 1940 this journal urged Mr. Mac- kenzie King to appoint Miss Mac- Phail to the enate, and we still think it would have been 5 Hood idea if he had done so. But In new even more strongly urge Mi- St. Laurent to take that course. Miss Mac!-lhall has added coloi and a certain civilized dignity ti every legislative session in whlci. she has participated. The color comes from her personality. and the dignity tom the fact that xiii is a woman and ii lady. and con- ducts herself as such. she would certainly add color to the senate, and while that body may be in in urgent need of dignity, still it ii impossible for it to have too

stricken by I heart attack that

inuch. - Saturday Night.

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J. 3. TAYLOR

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