: AY 4 5 THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG thologist 4s already of sufficient ] re ' size. "CANADIAN VIEWPOINT | comes) THE TOWN *~ Amthologles--Part One. | which .are only marred by a: bom- WATCHMAN A nation owes a debt of gratitude | bastic tendency of the period: > Ms first anthologist mo matter | "0 fleaven-cradled mysteries! SATURDAY, OCTOBER is, 1924. ------ 7 The Moderation League of Ontario By WILSON MACDONALD. poor the anthology of his mak- So it would be well to be leni- ent with tite selection of Edward Bartley Dewart even if it were leks than it fs. Nor should wo compare his anthology with the ork of later symposiasts for almost of them have paid tribute to the of Dewart by transplanting in- to their gardens many lyrics of his "discovery. The anthology of Edward Hartley Dewart appeared in 1854. When it came from ihe press Blass . Carman, Charles G. D. Roberts, Duu- ean Campbell Scott, William Wilfrid Campbell and Archibald Lampman were all under the age of five years and Theodore Harding Rand had not _ published anything. Prior to the ~ Pirth of Dewart's book there nad liv- sd in Canada but one poet whose work bore the severe mark of auth- entioity and that wriker, Charles Heavysege, is well represented in wur first anthology. Sangster, the next best of our early poets, is given a deserved though somwhat uneven inclusion. The greatest weakness of this an- . thology arises from the religious and "patriotic nature of 'its compiler. The woret verse in the world may com- tain excellent advice and immortal poetry -mey play loosely with con- ventions. There was a day when : was considered meritorious if it contained the name of God. In this iconoclastic age we have gone 20 the other extreme and now the passport to the favor of certain crit- soal circles is blasphemy of every- thing hitherto wonshipped.. It is equally diffieult, for an ardent "hurchman and an agnostic to be utterly cacholic in his spirit of ar- 'tistic eelectidn. Our 'gruesome _ fiymnals and the atrosious verse of the Freeman, the Nation and other radical journals are proof of the ' double contention. 'We might con- tinue our criticism even to the cule of many inclusiéns in Dr. 2 want's book but the courtesy we feel toward a prodigious and honest labor forbids us. Instead of weeding the garden we will note the fairest of ts flowers. Happy is the appearance of ' Sangeter's imaginative , lines ~ Doesn't hurt one bit! Drop a little "Freezone" on an aching corn, in- \ that corn stops hurting, then hortly you lift if right off with our druggist sells a tiny bottle of pr geist unl) cents, sufficient. every hard corn, soft corm, between the toes, 3nd the it te w! mi » and What sacred paths we've trod: Bright, jewelled, scintillations from The chariot wheels of God." and equally happy 16 the inclusion of the musical: ' "Hurrah for the rapid that mer- rily, merrily Gambols and leaps on its treach- erous way. Boon shall we enter it, chetrily, Pleased with its freshness and wet with its spray." The strongest of Heavysege's son- nets finds a place and the publication of the book was not a vain task had vothing meritorious appeared in tho pagos save the immortal: "Open, My heart, thy valves; It' is thy master calls. Let me go down and, curious, cheerily, ruddy trace Thy labyrinthine halls." Canada, to our earlier poells, was a land" stretching from sea to sea." They delighted to speak of her "mountains grand" and her "rivers broad." To them che was ever "a land of British justice and freedom." So we can scarcely blame Dr. Dewart for much of his book when, apart from Heavysege, no poet of his day had broken free from a provimcial- fsm of ideas amd expression. The mediocrity of much of our first an- thology is indicative of the period in which it was compiled rather than ithe selective taste of its compiler. The task of Willlam Douw Light- hall, whose "Songs of the Great Do- minion" appeared in 1889, was re- lieved of much pioneering by the trail alréady blazed by the anthol- ogy of '64. Canada of this period found her genius centralized in four or five men of real power lustead of being dissipated in a vast choir of minor voices. Thus Lighthall could find in four volumes what Dewart could not obtain from forty and the fact that his anthology is infinitely superior to that of his forerunmer is less to his credit than to the credit of the period. The narrower form of patriotism afflicted him: even more than it did Dr. Dewart and there are not a few pages of 'his book that suggest a dilletantic appraisient. He includes Susanna "Moodie's '"Hunt- ing Song" which possesses only the virtwe of rhyme and a poem on Can- ada by "Fidelis" which possesses no virtwe at all. Could a line like: "From the Atlantic stretching wide to far Pacific's strand." find the pages of anthology did the compiler not sometimes nod?" We can almost vouchsafe for robust snoring when this one made its en- trance. But we can forgive an occasional evidence of dilletantism and a pat, riotism that was at least in accord with the spirit of the"times when we tabulate the rich discoveries of this anthologist. There was no flaw in hie selective taste when he um- earthed the magical lines of Logan: "A blood-red ring huag round the moon; ; Hung round the moon, ay me, 8 1 heard the piping of the loon; A wounded loon, ah me." One of the finest tributes to the taste of Lighthall is the continued inclusion in our recent anthologies: of so many poems of his selection.' His anthology 'was the first to in-' clude *"At the Cedars" by Duncan ending: "Baptiste, he had two daughters: One is Virginie. What God calls the otiyer 1s not known to me." The good judgment of our Moat- aghin evidenced What the Watchman would lke in the way of flowers is to see vio- lets growing outdoors in December. But what you like and what you get are different things. It does seem queer that juries, which are sworn to deliver a truc verdict on evidence, should be lock- ed up. To place a guard on a jury simply means that its members are not to be trusted. It that not a nice state of affairs? It is generally agreed tha: more patients are medicinally - treated In the west end of the city buildings than in both city hospitals. The prescription patients are not fit for bed though. Joh -- If R. J. Bushell is chosen mayor he would be chairman of the civic finance committee. Then. the Xing- ston industrial exhibition could come into its own. _-- If the exhibition's directors wish to get the goodwill of the merchants they must not-sell space on the grounds to clothing and jewellery concerns to do business. Perhaps the jewellers might not mind, as one of Kingston's goldsmiths re- marked that the outsiders were not selling "jewellery." : A theatre started out with a "military night" and a church goes it one better with a "missionary night." Kingston has surly been well evangelized this week. There should be very little left for the preachers to do during the week-end, although a little scolding -of their flocks will perhaps do no harm. ~ There were 108 infractions of the gpeed law dealt with in . Frontenac last year, but there were perhaps ten thousand other cases that were not heard of. When it comes to a display of roses in the late autumu Wwe must take off our hats to "Archie" Stra- chan"s Killarney rose bed in the customs house garden where there are splendid blooms until the middle of November, - - In the history of Kingston only two mayors have had three succes- sive terms. These chief magistrates were John Creighton in 1863, 1864 and 1865; and' John Breden In 1866, 1867 and 1868. Mayors who have sat for two terms have ben William Robinson, James D. Thomp- son, W. M. Drennan, Dr. J. H. Bell, John McDonald Mowat, Daniel Cou- per, John M. Hughes, H. C. Nickle and the present mayor, Thomas An- grove. Whether it is 'possible .to gain a third term in these times is 'to be seen, The last mayor to try for a third term was W. M. Dren- nan, but he went down in a three- cornered fight, Dr. John Herald be- ing elected. An O.T.A. Meeting. o Elginburg, Oct. 16.--A very en- joyable meeting in favor of the O. T.A. was held last evening in E. H. Stover's hall.. Mr, Shaw acted as chairman, Mrs. John Right and Dr. McFadyen, Kingston, were the speakers of the evening. Miss Katie Barrett, Ottawa, hal been visiting Mrs. Walter McFadden. Mrs. A. L. Stover. accontpanied relatives on, a motor trip to Brockville on Sunday Nast. Mrs. Thomas Bearance, King- ston, and Mrs. Rose Bearance, To- ronto, have been visiting at A. L. Stover's. Mr. and Mrs. H. Johnston and family, Kepler, spent Sunday at W. B. Cordukes. . Po P. Gordon Osler, Treasurer President, I. F. Hellmuth, K.C It's Time Fo y r a Change In an 'advertisement dated January, 1916, the Committee of One Hundred (where is that Committee now!) stated that Ontario "wasted" $33,000,000 annually on liquor and that would be saved. In glowing terms it was Machine Guns, Men, Supplies, and if Prohibition were adopted this told to us how many Rifles, Separation Allowances this money would pay for, if only Prohibition were made law. : It was made law. We have had eight years of so-called Prohibition. "If the 'aw had been enforced --if Prohibition had been a fact--we should since then have saved $264,000,000--call it two hundred and fifty million doHars. It is quite pertinent 's to ask. Where has this gone? Has the Government had it? Have you had it? Has the farmer had it? Has Do you know anybody who has had even course, the Bootlegger ? the business man had it? a share of it--excepting, of In the meantime other Provinces under Government Control have had definite --not visionary--sums which were applied in reduction of taxation. ' It is not proposed nking bar. by the Government of indulgence will be dealt with, the Province and reduce the profitable, whereby our young men and women will be treated as such. T We have had so-called All that the Moderation a system of control whereby to 1016.. There is no proposal League ask for is the adoption the excesses arising from over-, whereby the revenues from the sale of liquor will go to general taxation, whereby lawlessness will cease to be back to the days prior will not be tempted: and whereby decent and law-abiding AT IS GOVERNMENT CONTROL. Prohibition long enough. It is now time for a-change. 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