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The Niagara peninsula presented a beautiful spectacle to thousands of visitors as millions of blos- soms turned the Ontario fruit belt into a virtual fairy The people have paid a heavy price for these gains. They have lost their free right to sneak their own minds, which is highly cherished in this country. Great national debts have been incurred, which some day must be paid. These ideas deny the principles of free- dom. But it has to be admitted that Ger- many and Italy have on the surface made progress under these dictatorships. Their military power is enormously increased, until the world fears their armies. They have been able to largely get rid of unemployment, and Italy in particular has seen an enormous improvement in public health, education, and business efficiency. _ _ They argue that with a free press, so manv things will be said against the efforts of the government for public welfare, that the power of the nation will be paralyzed. The eyes of the world have been turned on Rome, Italy, where two of the world's most formidable leaders, Adolf Hitler of Ger- many and Benito Mussolini, have been ex- changing fraternal greetings. In a world that a few y ars ago felt democracy was th. sav- iorpf the human rate ,'i;ii;,itit,)i:di'lh9liiili,'i;2". tors say democracy is a Tailure, that the people ean't be trusted to elect their rulers in an untrammeled ballot, and that free speech and freedom of the press cannot be tolerated. Every day and every week in the year should be Clean-Up Day. It is easier to take care of refuse as people STO along, than to al- low it to accumulate. If it has accumulated, then people should go to work on Clean-Up Day with a cheer. The town that looks out most carefully to supply the needs of the neople in the near- by territory is the one which will see a grow- ing trade. A town with live merchants and sales-people, who inquire of every visitor to their stores as to what kind of supplies they are using, what success they have with these various articles. and what they want in fu- ture, is the one that will meet these needs the most satisfactorily and draw the best trade. Success in business comes to those who study closest the needs of the people, and make the most intelligent effort to supply those needs. The salespeople and dealers who do this are goin'g to be the most popular in their trade and go ahead the fastest. Modern life produces a great deal of household refuse, much more than in former times. People formerly bought in larger quan- tities, and it came more in boxes and barrels, which were useful about the home and could be burned for fuel. Now an enormous amount of goods comes in paper cartons, which make a great deal of refuse. A stream of tin cans is all the time flowing out of the kitchen. It is one of the bad habits of people, that they tolerate disorder. Many of them seem to think that if they keep the fronts of their homes looking fairly well, any old thing will go in the back yard. The back yard is much more visible than people realize. The near neighbors can see it, and frequently it is con- spicuous both from the street in front and the one next behind. Clean-Up Days and Clean-Up Weeks have become a Canadian institution. Count- less cities and towns are now having these useful occasions. Ebitorials, Moms anb CEomments NEED OF THE PEOPLE WAR CHIEFS MEET CLEAN-UP DAYS BLOSSOM TIME ON THE NIAGARA PENINSULA land of delicate colors. This young lady was photo- graphed as she admired the blossoms near Grimsby, Ontario. "Keep to your shop and your shop will keep you", said old Ben Franklin. Won't probably keep you very abundantly, unlessfyou keep an ad in the paper telling what the shop keeps for sale. The person who says "Good morning" as if he was mighty glad to see you, is the one who is greet- ed with a cordial welcome whatever he tries to door wherever he goes. Someone asks how to write good poetry. Ap- parently the prevailing opinion seems to be that you have to write it so no one understands what it means. The girls who get all the partners at the dances aren't always the same ones who waltz up the aisle to meet the bridegroom at the altar. Children are told they must learn to share. They are willing to share the lawn mowing job which Father has put over on them. Children gulp down their food too fast. They will probably say they are doing their best to beat out Father. _ Anyway the dogs don't share the human pre- judice against- digging in the garden. The small boy's principles against early rising vanish the day the circus comes to town. The girls shouldn't get their cheeks so red that they, get sent home because they s_eem to have scar- 1attererc1 .f I. _..' I _ . r V ', j ( A good fisherman should be able to do other things well. If he will observe the facts of his trade as well as he studies the actions of trout and salmon, he should know how to lure customers to his order book. If he mere- ly likes to fish because it gives him a chance to ruminate in an unthinking: way in some secluded spot, he will probably feel more at home under a meadow tree than in the active marts of business. Anyway most men are better natured after they have worked off their ill humors at the fish pond. Many philosophers have found moral benefits in fishing. They say it induces a calm and contemplative habit of mind, and thus counteracts the unhealthy rush and strife of the modern world. While the patient fisherman is waiting for the fish to bite, he reflects on the meaning of life, he reviews the events of the days, and meditates on their meaning. Thus he becomes more intelligent, and more likely to shape his conduct after correct models. This may seem a too imaginative view of this ancient art. Yet coutnless men, harassed by the cares of their work, have found that this pursuit refreshes their tired nerves. 7 A person who is careless about the ap- pearance of his house, who maintain dis- order and does nothing to clear it up, will have the neighbors watching him, and asking each other why he does not improve these run down appearances. If he wants his neighbors to like him, he should clean up and improve such disorderly conditions. In former days, people were curious and watched their neighbors incessantly to see what they were doing. In these active times, they are not so curious about their neighbors' affairs, but they are very keen to watch whether those neighbors maintain nice look- ing homes. WATCHING THE NEIGHBORS PHILOSOPHY OF FISHING Editorial Notes THE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENT "a place where there are reeds"; Chicoutimi, meaning "further in it is still deep"; Gaspe, a Micmac word meaning an end; Hochelaga, the Indian town on Montreal Island visited by Jacques Cartier; Kam- ouraska, meaning "where there are rushes on the other side of the river"; Maskinonge, the Indian word for a "big pike"; Matame, meaning "beaver pond"; Mata- pedia, Micmac for the "river" that breaks up into two branches"; Megantic, Abenaki meaning 'where they preserve fish"; Quebec, a Huron word meaning "strait" or "narrows"; Rimouski,. a Micmac word meaning "haunt of dogs"; Saguenay, Indian for "water that flows"; Temiscamingue, Indian for "the place of the deep dry water"; Temiscouata, "deep lake forming the shores of a river"; and Yam- aska, meaning in Indian “where It was on this date (May. 7) in 1792 that the province of Quebec was divided into 50 counties and 21 electoral districts, in order that elections might be held for the first assembly which met at Quebec the following December. It is interest- ing to note how many of the names. of these counties are of Indian ori- gin such as: Athabaska, meaning If sincerity in human relation- ships is the basis of happy citizen- ship, willingness to let live accom- panies the right to work and to as- sert individuality with self reliance. Promotion of such ideals may not be a distinctive prerogative of the weekly press but its field is res- Canada is a good place in which to live because it is not yet over- whelmed by individual and collec- tive barbarities. Perhaps more than any other class of publications the weeklies can strengthen the ideals for human betterment by keeping the virtues and their means of ex- pression in the foreground. The audience to which they appeal, pro- moting the finer instincts, can con- tinue with the aid of press leader- ship to be the nation's defense against the vices in high and low places. The weekly has an opportunity through its community service to keep alive the spark of human sympathy and interest, antidotes for greed and repression which are responsible for so much despair. Church, school and home are with- in the range of its interpretation. A large proportion of its readers has $133 yhp}esow privilege of living closé’: tit tttd, man8s inspiration and model. an the weeklies do more to cultivate an understand- ing of these advantages? If "to be honest, to be kind, to earn a little and to spend a little less, to make upon the whole a family happier for his presence," if this is the test of a man's life and work, as Stevenson says, making Canada a better place depends up- on the character of its citizens. "What can Weekly Newspapers do to make Canada a better place in which to live and work?" The question correctly implies a special sphere of influence, for the week- ly collectively goes into the homes and is close to the hearts of hun- dreds of thousands of people where the basic factors of a congenial ex- istence should be found. SCOTTS SCRAP BOOK cr1r, )?l --- lt i'gifmii.E- - RUSSIAN ll" A 'tl! 'lil? 1mm» GENERAL wmmqu; m . I . '. AN 'x-tei-f-tis DEFEAT Re --. I 'tie Soviet, tst;UE.D “5 Iti WORLD'S CRUELLES‘r -t'isys-- own tythretps FROM ms anmq. Futrtrfiuvruk amps wane. SEVAS’fo Po). HEADQUARTERS V IMPRI$ONEJ> m (H255 1811* cam’upx IN 1919 M~mnmn In). - ltAYIIDEQ merfoha-YS Yo MAKE. Mies, MOVL WMMAN SKIN WAS USED "fo amply“; BOOK OF " "frtle TRIAL OF MAL/AM o:uuaexr'h, 0:29.052. WAS EXECLH’ED FOP. A MuRDER 1N ENGLAND: EgEtr:kCalMll IN [828, AND “is sxm WAs USED ill'gTa)riiNtlg FOR (an Bmomq MAKING CANADA . . -. A BETTER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE AND WORK Specially Written for Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association HERMAN SKIN A Series of Letters from Distinguished Canadians on Vital Problems Affecting the Future Welfare of Canada C.t.)'aiiiki'tQi5lptytpijn sses-s""'st., itll FRED WILLIAMS 'less:,.-.,-,:,-:,:,;;-:;.-:-:;;"--"'""" thi Dhts Date ' Klm mamas SYNDICATLJx'A The other names are souvenirs of either personages who played their part in French Canada or of seig- niories founded in the early days. "What's in a name?" has often been a study worthwhile. It is in- teresting as well as valuable in all the Canadian provinces, and it is worth noting how many places in western Canada, including British Columbia, bear names of the early explorers who set out from Quebec, Three Rivers and Montreal and made the true Canada known. The origin of the counties with English names is also valuable: Bagot, after Sir Charles Bagot; Brome, after a village in Suffolk, England; Compton, after Lord Compton, Marquess Townshend; Dorchester, after Sir Guy Carleton, Baron Dorchester; Drummond, af- ter Sir Gordon Drummond Hull, at... ter the Yorkshire city; Hunting- don, after' the English county; Richmond, after the Duke of Rich- mond; Shefford, after Shefford, England; Sherbrooke, after Sir John Cape Sherbrooke;, St. Stan- stead, after an English village of that name; and Wolfe, after General Wolfe. there is grass at the bottom of the water." Let us be patient with Ireland. Any social exper.iment is good for all mankhind. No nation on earth ever was more desirous of service to the common people than Eire is to-day. Let us think of her sympa- thetically and give her credit for sincerity and genuineness. Some day we may take a leaf from her biography to guide us into some path of peace and prosperity. over-regimhntAtton. Canadiwould be a better place in which to live if the tendency to centralize were re- versed, the smaller communities provided with a greater share of industrial activity, enabling more people to enjoy the neighborly in- tercourse which seems to be denied to a great extent in the impersonal atmosphere of the more congested area. . Toronto, March 22, 1938. ponsive. Respect for individual capacities ya being endangered‘by viiTti?%bT9trP" QUE-EFL WArJ‘ ' ' MEMORIAL‘ Alypewan’za susonourtTfrui AGLERK's 4RANE. "144E rfALnAu A. A. MCI NTOSH A. A. McINTOSH, Editor-in-Chief, The Globe and Mail By R. J. SCOTT. King George is pictured with his daughters, Princess Margaret Rose, LEFT, and Princess Elizabeth, heiress to the throne, on the oc- casion of the latter's 12th birthday recently, when they enjoyed a horse. back ride in the grounds of Windsor Castle. The King requested that this photo be made. His Majesty also requested that Princess Margaret Rose he included in the picture when published and not cut out to spot- light her more important sister. Any civilized people on earth should rejoice at the enactment of such a pronouncement. It is an old law in the philosophy of greed and exploitation that the father shall be fired and the wife hired because she is cheaper and then the wife shall be fired and the child hired because the child is cheaper. America's long battle for a child labor law is That too is good social gospel. It does not deny to women the pri- vilege of a public career. It refers only to mothers and not to all wo- men married and unmarried. It does not forbid any woman to en- gage in any industry, vocation or profession she may choose. While leaving that a matter of personal option the state promises to lend a hand to mothers who prefer to be the queen of a home rather than a slave in a linen mill. Undoubted- ly many years will pass ere this domestic ideal is realized in Eire. Writer's View Logically therefore, under the new Irish constitution, "the state guarantees to protect the family in its constitution and authority." To be more specific the constitution goes on to say "the state recognizes that by her life Within the home, i',tglrti'iP,'Jiti $9 fly? SF??? , 'y#'ee,',t. thihft which the momma: good cannot be achieved. The state shall therefore endeavor to ensure that mothers shall not be obliged by economic necessity to engage in labor to the neglect of their duties in the home." Article 41 of the new constitution is devoted entirely to the family. It "recognizes the family as the natural primary and fundamental unit group of society." And that is good orthodox sociology. No longer does that fictitious charac- ter, John Doe, alias the Average Man, stand as the social foundation on which all society rests and from which it springs. As the family stands or falls society stands or falls. Thus teach the colleges to- day. There is no average man. Personalities and temperaments have no average. Each man is as distinct and individual as Orion in the heavens. Divorce will be in the class with snakes and there are no snakes in Ireland. An American Commentator on Ireland Dublin.--iere will be no Reno in Eire. Many of the old customs and modes remain in modern Eire. This lad with his donkey is bringing home a load of peat to warm a little thatched cottage where, despite government orders, pigs are sometimes allowed to enter and lie by the open hearth. New Constitution Does Not Permit Divorce; Separation Possible But Not Other Marriages NO RENO IN IRELAND! By Dr. Alexander Cairns AT HIS MAJESTY'S REQUEST Moreover I have it on the best authority that the constitution will in nowise conflict with the laws of the church. The new constitution will be civil law strictly and only. The prerogative of the pope to dis- solve a marriage by declaring it in- valid will still remain. The Pro- testant churches have never exer- cised such a power and probably never will and have no desire to do so. Nor could this be called favoritism since all churches and religions are equal before the law and provision is made to prevent ecclesiastical favoritism. May Separate But Not Remarry But that is not the whole story. Married people may be legally separated and will not be obliged to live together in the perpetuation of a living hell. But being separ- ated they may not be married again until the other party dies. There will be fl no Reno in ‘Eire. Gentlemen from America, wh o have been divorced in Reno, must keep their hearts in leash while visiting Eire and be careful not tt fall in love with a soarkling colleen. The Irish girls will have the first Lohengrin or none. There is no beating about th bush in that statement. The inter stands out as clearly as the Empir State building- fun a sunny 3-11; "The state pledges itself to guard with special care the institution of marriage, on which the family is founded, and to protect it against attack. No law shall be enacted providing for the grant of a disso- lution of marriage. No person whose marriage has been dissolved. under the civil law of any other state, shall be capable of contract- ing in Eire a valid marriage during the lifetime of the other party to the marriage so dissolved." Now listen to the new constitu- tion as it applies, to divorce: When Mother Goes 'o Factory The Dail of Eire knows very wen that when the mother is driven to the factory the boys often wind up in the alley gangs and marital felicity is shattered beyond repair. As in New York's east side or London's east side. Eire of course will be opportunistic. She will get what social justice she can as the years go by. But her goal ulti- mately will be the absolute realiza- tion of her ideal. eloquent of that truth. Eire pro- poses to sprag that wheel of evil industrialism. Thursday, May 12th, 1938.