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Sn J -- a SAMUEL FARMER. Editor and Publishes. / 14th, 1942 ORT PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY Woteh your babel; it tolls whea your sebowription expires $1.50 § canis 8 single yl per year in advance. py EDITORIAL fl a "Such is the patriet's boast, where'er we ream: His first, beat country ever is at home." FEN MORE POINTS We have béen presented with an Atlantic Char- ter by" President Roosevelt and Prime' Minister Winston Churchill, That Charter dealt with mat- ters of International importance. a Now Beverley Baxter is proposing "ten points" that will affect us individually. These "points" appeared in his letter to Maclean's Magazine of May 16. They are so pertinent to the thought of the day that we reproduce them here: . 1. Rights of workers must take precedence over rights of shareholders. 2, In basic industries there should be a triple partnership consisting of management (which includes finance), the workers and the state. 3. Employment of a definite section of the po- pulation must be a primary responsibility of each basic industry, in conjunction with the state, 4. The only limit placed upon production shall be the limit of consumption. The whole world must be organized to:carry this into effect. 65. Gambling in commodities should cease, It should no longer be possible for a speculator in London, Paris or New York to determine the price and movements of essential raw 'materials, 6. The profit motive shall be maintained, sub- ject to the priority claims of workers. As far as "possible there should Bs profit sharing, providing trdde unions will abandon their present hostile attitude to such practical encouragement. 7. There must be family allowances so that more children will be born and parents will not have to endure so much sacrifice. 8. Finance shall be made the servant of the state and not its master. 9. Subject to overriding industrial policy laid down bythe state in consultation with manage- ment and workers, the principle of competition ~ should be maintained and encouraged. The power of chain stores should be curbed and the rig! -of the individual trader restored. 10. Primary producers must come under state control with definite, guaranteed minimum prices that will ensure a fair return and security, for the future character of the nation as well as its very existence depends upon the primary pro- ducer, . ; 4] don't know how this will read to you in Can- "ada. It will not please the die-hard reactionary and it will certainly not win the approval of left It may be that' other countries wing extremists. will take a different road but over here I firmly believe the British are moving steadily forward." 'These points will require serious thought as * Consider the first point for instance "The Rights of workers must take precedence over the rights of shareholders." op That is the most revolutiphary idea that has been put forward in many years. Can it be- come a fact? * * . . CAN YOU SPEAK IN PUBLIC? In the "Double or Nothing" radio program put on by the Maher Shoe Stores, a new feature has been introduced by which 'the contestant is re- quired to speak for thirty seconds upon the sub- ject selected by the announcer at the moment. . While the attempts of the contestant are in some sense laughable, there is an unfortunate side to the picture. When a young lady-is asked to speak for thirty seconds upon the subject of "stockings", it seems too bad that "Er! Er!" oc- cupies so much of the time. That same young lady could likely talk by the hour;with her girl friend, about stockings. Runs, colors, materials, prices, ete, would give topics of conversation for very many half minutes. ; The trouble comes from nervousness, of course, Fear of criticism, fear of the microphone; and fear that some blunder may be made--these fears tie the tongue and confuse the mind. Our schools are helping to correct this defect in our education, which is most fortunate. Young people are becoming better fitted to meet such situations. While stage fright plays a large part in this inability to speak for thirty seconds upon a given subject, it is not the whole story. The fact is that very few people take the trouble to prepare themselves to speak in public. In the first place the mind is not stored with the useful knowledge that comes into our homes daily through the printed page. Nor is the wit sharpened by con- versation about matters of serious importance. The consequence is that the thoughts are not put into orderly fashion fit for clear expression. The final hindrance is our own poor opinion of, ourselves. We do not think that our ideas and opinions are important; and so we make no at- tempt to express them, y There comé times when it is essential that our people should not only be well informed; but should be able to express themselves clearly in public. ' © =A We have had many evidences of ability among our young people in recent years, and that ability should be fostered in every possible way. Think- ing people, who can clearly express their thoughts SN they will greatly affect our lives if put into ac- . tual operation. - readily enslaved will not easily be led astray, nor will they be by dictators. WILD FLOWERS OF CANADA A Paper Read by Miss Eunice Harris before the W. A. of Port Perry United Church One writer says -- "Wild flower" study ig a pursuit fraught with plea- sure and with Health that mocks Ahe doctor's rules." : It does mot require any special in-, struction to become acquainted with the more common wild flowers. Every door-yard and field, wayside, mountain and valley, from the polar regions to the tropics, and from ocean to ocean, abounds in these free-born gifts of nature. There is no reason why every one should not become acquainted with and enjoy. them. Scarcely a reminder is left at the unbroken forest area which once stretched from the Atlantic seaboard westward to the Pacific. In the course of destruction made necessary by lumbering it is gratify- ing and rather marvellous that so many of the native wild flowers have _ persisted and often against great odds hayé held their own in the restricted "areas left to them. These woodlands of ours are' not merely growths of trees. They are the protection, the home and the sustenance of a wonder: ful variety of wild life. In different sections there is a great difference in the wild flowers. This is explained by the difference in" soll, climate, length of season, and the ~moistive plants which require the un- disturbed cool recesses of the forest have in most igstances become rare, On the other hand many plants which prefer open woodlands and open fields have prospered amazingly and we find a great abundance of wild flowers of this_sort. - : Many of our wild flowers are very attractive. Care should be exercised not to injure the roots or leaves in gatheririg those which are scarce or easily destroyed. Some of these are - becoming so 'rare that they should never be picked. * | The trillium, our national flower, is one of these. When-yoy take the three leaves of the trillium with the flower. you destroy the whole plant Nothing is more beautiful than a whole bank covered with trilliums. You often see people picking whole armfuls of these and in a few hours they are dead and often left lying on the ground. If this goesion in a few years there will be no trifliums left. Where they formerly "grew in the woods, their beauty may never again delight the passer by. Thus have many of our byways and. woodlands formerly so at- tractjve with native wild flowers be- come the abiding place of weeds, Some other flowers which are very rare and should never be picked are-- Twin-flower, Trailing Arbutus, Moc-| casin Flower, Lady's Slippers; Gen- tians, Columbine and Cardinal Flower. flower. On one Island it is 'so abun- dant that it covers the ground like a carpet. '1 have tried to transplant it without success, I have seen the closed gentian around here but never the fringed gentian. These grow in abundance on Manitou- lin Island. This lovely Gentian has been considered one of the choicest of our wild flowers. It likes low, moist woods and is a late bloomer--flower- ing in September and October. It is extremely difficult to cultivate. Bryant wrote "Thou waitest late and cometh alone, i When woods are bare and birds have "flown, i (ASI And forests and shortening days por- tend : The aged year is near his end." - Artists consider that the gentian is Port Perry Young : Py . People's Society . The banquet put on by the: Port Perry Young People's Socjety last | Thursday evening was a credit to the young folk in every particular. The banquet, for whith the young people did their own catering, was most enjoyable--one of° the best, George Channell was the master: of ceremonies in the kitchen, where he is an adept at the culinary art. No one appreciates this fact better than the young people themselves. At the conclusion of the meeting he received something of an_ovation, The toast list, with Miss Margaret Day presiding, revealed the care with which the young folk had aptly pre- pared their addresses of proposal, Miss Day's welcome was most cordial and timely in its appreciation of the auspices under which the banquet was held, and the debt the young people owed to the church which made their Society possible. The Toast List The King--presented by Mr. Ralph Hansen, with the National Anthem as response. ; The Church -- Proposed by Miss Thelma 'Crosier, and responded to by Mr, S. Jeffrey. Our Guests -- Proposed by Miss Dorothy Balfour, and responded to by Mr. S. Farmer. In an eloquent address Mr. Stephen -| Saywell, of Oshawa, presented his topic--"Wanted--A Man." Mr, Say- well was introduced by Rev. W. C. Smith, as a young man intensely in- terested in young people's work, a fact which had been recognized by the United Church at large, as he had been elected to many high offices in this department of the church's work. In his address, Mr. Saywell pointed of the highest and most courageous character in this world of unrest to- day. The challenge of the Church is for the very best service to humanity. Recitations. were given by Miss Dorothy Tristram and Mrs, I. R. Bent- ley. Vocal selections were rendered by Mr. David Nasmith and Mrs. Jas, Cawker, Miss Helen Willard, accom: panying; and a piano solo was given by Miss Niddery. On the following Sunday the Young People conducted the whole evening service in a most helpful and enjoy- able manner. ! Those who took part were: Miss Margaret Day, Mr. Ralph Hansen, Miss Dorothy Tristram, Miss Thelma Crosier, Miss Clare Glass and Mr. Emmerson McMillan, Letter from Garnet Weir, of the R.C.AF. (We publish this letter through the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. John Weir.) Dear Mother: Yesterday I received a letter from you that you addressed to Halifax. It contained an article about the car- nival and you mentioned that I might be on the ocean when you wrote it-- you were right. By the account in the paper it sounds as though it was quité an affair,'and I would have liked to have been there to see it. I just got back on the night of the 30th of March from a seven day leave which I spent in and around London. I spent the week as a guest of a Others as--Goldenrods, Asters, But- the nearest approach to the colour of | Mr, Thackeray and his mother. tercups and Violets can be gathered the sky. There is something classical In the town or city where I am now, without fear of extermination. The ghout these erect, bright blue flowers. the Knights of Columbus have a hos- preservation-of-our-wild-flowers-de--They "are finely fringed around the pitality "club and: members "of ~ the pends upon. the co-operation of all edge and are sensitive to the light.' Forces can go there and arrange to those who wander through our fields They open and close with a twisting he put up in private homes by the and forests. - I think that children should be taught 'not to pick flowers thought- lessly, x -~For-the last few years, my sister and I have catalogued all the wild flo- wers on an Island in Whitefish Bay, in the North Channel of Lake Huron. We got about 80 different varieties and then we missed the early spring and late fall flowers. | There is a great deal of rock there, also marsh land, gesture. The closed gentian never o- pens. They are shaped like the thick part of a miniature Indian club A common and most attractive wild flower. especially around Little Cur- rent is the Canada or Nodding Lily. It has up to 16 flowers on long pe- duncles at the end of one stem. They are yellow or red and thickly spotted. . The pointed blue-eyed grass grows almost in the water, It belongs to the Iris family. The flowers are a deep I will tell you of violet blue, One flower is not so beau- some of the rarer varieties we found.!tiful but when you see a large. bed of The last of June and the first of Ju-|it, this violet blue colour makes a ly there is the beautiful Twin-flower | wonderful effect, They grow about of the Honeysuckle family. I have|18 inches high, never seen it any other place. It is a I have only once seen the Indian trailing, slender, vine-like plant. .1t{Pipe or Corpse Plant, . I saw it near has small shiny opposite leaves and an old Hudson Bay Post. We were pink fragrant bell-shaped flowers in wandering around looking at the re- pairs This is. why it is called Twin- (continued on column five) ,K. of C. for their leave. I was told to report to the K. of C. secretary at Canada House in London and from there I was sent out to Greenwich for lunch, the first-day as a guest of the Rotary Club, Then I was sent to Bexe- ly Heath where I was met by my host and 'taken out to his home, where I was to stay while on leave. I had a perfectly marvelous time and saw al- most all of the points of historical in- terest in and around London. On dif- ferent days different members of the Rotary Club' called and took me around London. I visited on these tours, the Royal Naval Academy and Gréenwish Park and Observatory. In London proper, I visited the Tower of London, London Bridge, St. Paul's Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, Downing Street, the House of Parlia- ment, Trafalgar Square, Hyde Park, out the great need for young people |' Big Ben, Strand, The Mall, Pall Mall, Piccadilly end. mother, are English people who have lived in South Africa all their lives until coming to England about nine years ago. They took me to numer- ous shows and also to visit Madam Tousard's famous museum, [I think you might ask dad to tell the Lions Club of the hospitality of the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs over here in Eng- and. I have no doubt that the Lions Club will be' glad to hear of if. I know that the Lions over here are do- ing the same work but I just happen- ed to strike these other two service clubs, . 7 You might ask dad to read the chapter about my London visit to the Lions Club at home. They will no doubt be glad to hear of the work being done by the service clubs over here in Great Britain. It might also interest the L.LO.D.E. to know of this also. Please tell them about it, I would like to tell also of the bomb damage in and around London, but all I would be permitted to tell has already been told in the Canadian papers, and told much better than I could possibly tell it. I do hope that everything is going well at home and that both you and dad are enjoying good health. I am being posted to a squadron somewhere: in England and I will write when 1 get there which will be soon. All my love, Garnet. Canadian Lions Aid British War Orphans Sponsored by the St. Catharines Lions Club a movement has been fostered by Lions throughout Canada to bring comfort and 'pleasure to the war orphans in Great Britain. Queen Interested - By designation of "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, monies raised by the Lions Fund are forwarded to the Waifs and Strays Society of Britain, an undenominational organization in wartime, which {is providing food, shelter, clothing, recreation, and edu- cating young Britons who, because of war in their "homeland, are without parental care. . Thus far £11,000, which will finance the care of 400 children for one year, has been cabled overseas. The Waifs and Strays Society, founded in 1881, maintains a child for one year at a cost of $120, $10 per month, or $2.60 per week. Shelter 6,300 Children The Waifs and Strays Society, which in peacetime is directly as- sociated with the Church of England, has at the present time 6,300 orphaned or' semi-orphaned children under its care and 2,600 of these youngsters are under five years of age. To provide good care and attention for this latter group the society at present maintains 100 nurseries, and 60 additional nur- series are under construction in com- paratively secure spots in the British countryside to harbor the exodus of small children from London and other target cities for Nazi bombs. Wild Flowers of Canada (continued from column three) mains of the old fort. The two big fire places and chimneys were still standing. The lilacs and roses which had been planted years ago were still there. Then we went into the woods close by and almost stepped on the In: dan Pipe.- They grow In clusters from a mass of matted, brittle roots attach- ed to partially decayed logs. They grow 4 to 10 inches high. They have : : | ; : Leicester Square, The Royal Mint and stems, They are entirely white and We drove over all the have no odour. I think these may be famous London streets such as The found in the woods around here. The Cardinal Flower or Red Lobe- Avenue, St. James Street, etc. etc.!lia grows in-low wet ground." It pos- In all I had a glorious time and was | sesses the most gorgeous glowing red only too sorry to have it come to an colouring imaginable and because of its unsurpassing vividness and bril- My hosts, Mr. Thackeray and his liancy it is a target for every hand that can reach it. It is rapidly be- coming exterminated. I have grown them but it is difficult to get a place damp enough for them. The Blue Lo- belia is not nearly as striking as the Cardinal Flower. oT The first wild flower of spring is not the Hepatica but the lowly Skunk Cabbage, It is a common plant of low wet woods, meadows and swamps. It has a rank odour froin which it doubtless derives its name. . The next to appear is the Bloodroot The juice of the roots and stem is red. They have a very attractive, small white flower and a large leaf, I have grown these for years. They multi- ply quickly and are as effective as ma- ny of ithe spring-flowering hulba as snowdrops and crocuses, The woods on the lower road to Oshawa is full of these. They even grow out on th roadside . This woods is also full of Dog-tooth Violet. The Hepatica flowers about the same time as the Bloodroot. The old lea- ves do rot, wither and dry 'up: like those of most wild flowers. = They protect the flower buds from frost. The new leaves appear after the buds form. Their colour varies from blue, ¢ [260 species in North America. Golden Rod grows in greatest pro- fusion. Most people seldom realize that the Golden Rods they pass on the roadside are made up of several wide- ly differing species. But if you exa- mine them you Will find this is so. During the winter, the seeds of the Golden Rods are sought by the birds. One of the largest, showiest and most common is the Canada or Rock Golden Rod. It looks like a feather duster of glowing gold. 4 Another common one is the Bushy, Fragrant or Flat- topped Golden Rod. The crushed leaves and flowers are fragrant. It has a flat top. Its slender, leafy green stalk branches widely at the top. The Blue-stemmed or Wreath Golden Rod is probably the latest to bloom, - It has a very slender, curving stem and has a top-heavy appearance. The Asters are the last flowers to bloom. Without them the glorious autumn would lose much of its lovely charm, for every roadside, fence cor- ner, meadow and hillside is covered with their brilliant radiance. They are subject to great variation--big and little, short and tall, dense and sparse, ragged and tidy. There are The word Aster is derived from the Greek meaning "Star". The flowers are white, pink, purple, blue violet, lilac and lavender and usually have a yel- low disc in the centre. One of the most common is the large leaved As- ter. land Aster, The showiest is called New Eng- I would again like to emphasize the lavender and pink to white. The flowers close at night. The leaves are heart shaped with three distinct lobes, Hepatica is from the Greek meaning liver-like and alludes to the shape of the leaves. Indeed formerly the leaves were used as a remedy for torpid liver. I have gone through many woods around Port Perry with- out finding any Hepaticas. They like a hillside of open woodland where it is partially shaded. The Bellwort is very effective when cultivated in the garden. A plant will soon develop into a large clump. They grow from 12 to 18 inches high. They have an erect stem which droops the bell-shaped lemon-coloured flowers. fact that everyone should help to pre- vent the destruction of wild flowers whether by fire or vandalism. Plea- sure seekers need not fill their cars with armfuls of flowers that are not worth anything when they reach home. Wordsworth says: God made the flowers to beautify The earth, and cheer man's careful mood: . And he is happiest who hath power To gather wisdom from a flower, And wake his heart in every hour To pleasant gratitude. Van Dyke has written: Here are the early flowers That lingered on their way, Thronging in haste to kiss the feet of Xr rare. Jack-in-the-pulpit and the wild Calla belong to the same family. The handsome solitary flower of the Moccasin Plant possesses a gorgeous tropical air and is becoming more dif- ficult to find each year. The flower with its tip curiously developed into a hollow pouch hangs from the top of the stem like a shepherd's crook. The Showy Ladies' Slipper is the largest and most showy of our native orchids. They are found In swamps and wet open woods. any wild flower surpasses this in beauty. It is one of the plants that above all others needs protection. per is another very beautiful variety. In April or May on rocky hillsides in rich open woods you will find Dutchman's Breeches or Wild Bleed- ing Heart. The Pitcher Plant is found in bogs or marshes. It has not a beautiful flower but ita leaves are pitcher shaped and usually. coritain water in which are numerous drowned insects which furnish food for the larvae of a fly which is instrumental in the cross-pollination of the flowers, There are several different honey- suckles. - The Trumpet or Coral with long scarlet flowers and scarlet ber- ries "in- the fall. - The. Swamp. Fly Honeysuckle has flowers in pairs and fruit consisting of two fleghy bright- red berries. There is another variety The Smooth-leaved Honeysuckle. Heralding the advent at the final and most gorgeous floral pageant of the year the monotoned Golden-rods literally romps over every thing. They form a most corspicuous and truly regal escort for their consorts, those bewildering hosts of starry actors which in eager haste strive to over- take them. Thorean wrote: The sun has shone on the earth, And the golden-rod-is his fruit. The stars too have shone on it And the Asters are their fruit. They say there are over 100 species of Golden Rods, . One hundred years ago, the Golden Rod was regularly exported td China, wher¢ it command- ed a high price. no green leaves or grgen colour in the The Yellow or Downy Lady's Slip-|- Then there is the Orchid family to May, , which belongs the showy ladies' slip-| Entangled with the bloom of later per, Yellow Lady's Slipper, Moccasin hours, Flows -and many other beautiful | Anemones and cinque-foils, violets orchids. These are becoming very blue And white, and iris gleaming through The grasses' of the meadow, and a blaze : Of buttercups and daisies in the fleld, Filling the air with praise, As if a chime of golden bells had pealed. - Lead me deep into the Spring 'divine That makes amends for all the wintry past. : It is, doubttul if | GEE £ | Loo MADELEINE CHARLEBOIS Madeleine Charlebois is the charm- . ing 'youfig lady behind the pleasant voice now heard from CBC's. Ottawa studios announcing the BBC News and other important network origina- tions from the Capital. Miss Charle- bois" was born just outside Ottawa; her parents are French-Canadian, and she has taken special courses in modern language at the Ottawa Uni- versity, speaks 'French, English and Italian. Donations to the 'Red Cross Fund May be Made at ; the Canadian Bank of Commerce. gr as, Yo TI er oe re RE end *, 27, re. rz 8 7 Zr oe