- « ders in C PACE FOUR The British Whig 82ND YEAR, and Semi Weekly vr WHIG PUBLISHING LIMITED Published Dally THE BRITISH Co. J Elllott Leman A. Gu a Telephones: OMca R Business Editorial Job Office St BSC RIPTION RATES $6.00 $56.00 $2.50 00 One year One year One year vi] One year ted 8 $3 $1.00 nths pro ra of the best Job TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE E. Smallpiece > Church Bt } 3 I UESENTATIVES 225 Fifth Ave Manager Tribune Manager Yorthrup Bla N oF rthrup WORTHY EXAMPLE Toronto uffered a udder the in the s He a Wis lessing graduate trained choc ope in knowledge that ess wellectually sentia to 104 commercially, socially, he became a force he publie life of Toronto He first talent in time and fh established concentrated his the up-bullding « He and firm foundation pon own busines upon a 4 Then he decided safe certair affairs | he Soy municipal ii however, to give a measure of his time to public of the City He for As a member Count showed his ability did not 1 He ceed in plans reforms accepted appoint philogophically as But told in the ment the average refofmer must do he had the qualities that long and these were shown his persistence discussed nified way run and penetration public in dig He people questions a made his points Gradually the were coming around to his point of view Armin 0s respect ing Toronto' Death « eve of ame when he was on the expanding power. and useful $s the regret accord Wickett the said, Great 1 Ald been ness ingly ( things have of all is the differed from him in many thinggand to the effect that he was zealous, sin What his worth What ny )f kindest and the best admission of those who cere, and honest better testi mony to could language express"? better tribute can be paid passed to man when he has away? VERY PRESSING NEEDS M.P.P., efficient He ar Mr the Rowell has been one af nost recruiting offi hi there anada began at tivities with the w and has been no cessation in them things 'he emphasized Woodstock bes In a recent speech at One that there should more leadership in the Canadian forces that there aggression and the second was should be more system and n the production of mu nitions Some of Ministe the the Federal rs heen mahood have appealing to young of the country, but these appeals have been more or less inef- fective, as the service of the British Ministers was iueffective until Derby the behind the movement In like manner the Shell Comurit work was originally not satis and it will not be satisfac- tory even now under changed condi tions, the Chairman of the Commission, who is a capable man, Is given large, or even extraordinary, powers such as Lloyd-George had conferred upon him by a special Act of Parliament 3 The war may end soon and sud- denly, but the end will be the more happily contemplated when it is known that contributing to the movement in that direction there is a power that is both direct and fo ceful As for the profiteers by war supplies, they must be treated in no uncertain way. { Mr. Rowell may became one directing force tee's factory, | unless stir up some : sharp criticism by his incisive speech, but he has been courageous in his utterances, and he will be thanked by every well-wisher of his country. CHANGES IN THE FUTURE. Thé Board of Education at its fingl meeting for 1915 discussed the ac- complishments of the year, and look- by | He | Two | was | efficient | organization of the | Lord | attendant ATEEr a 1600 mat that chool in harmony and tulatior the trustee been working with nterested in thi plendid addi school accommodation last addi- I'hough there was a 1 to the is evident be that other Lust made in the early fu the is the and among improvements contemplated onversion of a certain building from its present uses offices Domestic Science these and De the tinto board rooms and quarters for the all plans ted partment in public will be deeply interes and when the time for expressed approval comes it will no doubt be cheerfully given POWER POLICY to Its « EASTERN Withent giving any bias om ments, in view of the fact that there is a difference of opinion with regard to the action or accomplishments of Hydro-Electric Commission, the the Whig plea gr the significance In bigger for SOS at ofsthose who demand a sgheme of electric development The appeal of Mr the « Ontario M.P Eastern Hepburn, Picton, for 0 operation of the municipalities in the east is especially forceful manner of the time being the the d ganization through effected, is of The of need of some For the power evelopment, or or which it is 410 be secondary importance point greater moment is the powerful coalition which the Hydro Sir Adam will impress itself Electric Beck says he upon Commission his very best and that The Progress has done he next to carry out his plans handicapped the by some understanding, | between the Hydro-Ele the has been probability of which is not point is impossible, Commission and Seymour Both the east to advantage The Hydro-Electric power it wants on the Trent without lan arrangement with the Seymour Company, and the latter has a tre | mendous amount at stake, about $9, [000,000 Cannot the Hydro-Ele tric Commission purchase the power from the Seymour Company, it was willing to buy its power from the Waddington Falls Company, and give under Hy-| tric Company cannot operate in cannot get the as at cost and supervision to the muni-| the that want it? Mr. Hepburn's proposal is worth con- | sideration in the interest of the big- ger scheme which he advocates It! is that the municipalities in the east] it practically dro-Electri cipalities in east which want cheap power and cannot | get it under present cire umstances, | should get together by meeting some- where make their influence felt | | upon the public and private and vendors of hydro power EDITORIAL Britain NOTES, bought out many of The Whig's liquor men has the saloons of London putting the business without | idea of of out grievance | There is less hardship with compen a sation The present Review of Reviews sees in the of the War in the attrition enemy hy the Allies The the gods grind slow, but they Boedios sure War a American Civil ot mills grind repetition the war He wants | The Kaiser now says that the | will be over in February | darn." {labor till you're dizzy, THE DAILY Sleepytime Taies Ew HE CHRISTMAS GIFT CLUB ne 1 And, to make and found just what family the poore happy om hristmas da out, « the wotild [hen had ide ow to gel 1 stocking needed each {hey another meet ] ex 18 mony ttens, caps and h they kiddies decided to 11d be people the necessary mone went the florists neighborhood and each one would them flower were lef the fore Chr the mi shoes whi to the were Lo give poor They 1 h a fair and 1 flower fair Id buy and tt ave wou to Saif give Oe } t over day be found by which ars for each of the afterr to the shops you » it was a busy nth tores around the the thing In the father ontained girls wanted to buy th broil unters that the evening, CATTY h visited the it the ers and | baskets, the ilar fam f and ight The and them their | them- | n the even Ww the partic take « Oh how ng rls ea are del th y were to ted the gifts the poor people ed with grat shook hand m with tea poor children began LO put « too happy to hanks due tl ther wert rs cr efulness » fathers thanked th while the at once prese the iseful thinks * "Low Cost of Living" Menu | Menu for Saturday BREAKFAST Orange Julce Creamed Li Hashed Brown Coffee r Potatoes LUNCHEON Naked Mushrooms Bread and Butter Pinenpple Marmalade Cookies Cocon DINNER Tomato Soup Lamb Chops Surprise Potatoes Dutch Spinzch Lettuce Salad Baked Apple Ice Cream BREAKFAST Cremned Liver-- Cut the li pieces and in minutes and to the add a tablespoon mer until tender milk stirring all liver and simmer utes ver ii small simme butter twenty plate, hot pan sim Remove to a butter In of flgur and Add two cups of the time Add the together five min the LUNCHEON Mushroom -- Peel from large Ie and mush Baked the move stems hie tolks, add | f bi bread a lit tea ittered ju and a Place the on a but fill the cen Bake in tes pool onion ce sterghire sauce, hopped parsley de down baking plate and the mixture a wen fifteen mir DINNER Surprise Potatoes t ength a cup of sweet pare d fr brown ablespoon of cl and possible opped pepper the easoning Serve hot as dice brown. two table beaten egg, into fry Dutch slices Spinach-=-Cut of bacon and this while hot, of vinegar, one two tablespoons of milk, and stir un- til thick Season with pepper and vIt and pour, while hot, over the spinach, which has been cooked ten der and chopped fine Baked Apple Ice Cream and quarter ten tart apples Sprinkle well with sugar and the of one lemon and bake tender juart of rich milk and, add to the apples and four Add poons to Pare, core juice Seald a when cold freeze pling Rhymes The friend the end borne away, Judgment Day sad Some hills of Spain was young, ecstatic view xe per, because he viewing, doing, he dreaming lads were plant his soul of 0 and not youth, like kettle WALT MASON N Oh, a golden get make the hoil toil fruitless, but not backed by KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO E. Scutton was elected president of Leicester Lodge, Sons of England The death occurred of Augustus Thibodo, the city's oldest resident W. Carson is canvassing Frontenac Ward for the council. There are 65 inmates in the House | i i | this in order that the marriage of his|©f Industry. | youngest son may take place accord- ing to programme Of course, what! he wills he must have One af the Kellys of Winnipeg's [notoriety has gone to the Old Land,! lvia New York, in order to enlist tor | |active military service, If all of! the boodlers followed his example | they might be forgiven of some of their sins | Thomas Kelly, the exiled Winni- Peg contractor, fighting extradition in Chicago in order to evade criminal prosecution, and his lawyer in Winni- peg, defending his cause and sueing for damages, presents the spectacle of the hour. If innocent of wrong- doing why does he not return to Canada and defend himself? | Mr. Roosevelt severely criticises Mr. Wilson for his alleged demand for the rights of others, while fail- ing to protect the™Belgians and to Insist upon reparation for the Lusi- tania and Ancona outrages. Mr. Roosevelt is looming up more and moré every day as the prospective Republican candidate for the Presi- dency. He is the man that Mr. Wilson must contend with in the next election. {philosophiscal over the | expedition recently met a repulse, is { PUBLIC OPINION | SA A st liebe ttt Two of a Kind. (Brantford EXpositor) Coxie's army and Ford's seem to be two of a kind. What Does It Matter? (Toronto Mail and Empire) 1 Germany «an afford to be very! loss of al Dreadnought by a mine in the Bal-! tic. What use is a Dreadnought to] her? Guarding Eden. {Montreal Star) In Mesopotamia. where a British | | the traditional site of the Garden of Eden. Well, it isn't the first time we got into trouble there. pb Monument of Money. (Montreal Herald.) A hundred million dollars a week coming to this continent! What an opportunity Canada has missed by having a Dominion Shell Committes who turned away manufacturers and contractors and frowned on competi- tive bidding! Ottawa's Plight. (Ottawa Journal) : This town needs a nurse, in the another blithesome swain, When hind the old grey woundn't work of fortune wouldn't wealth scheming to swell their bank accounts busy, grandad's brindled steers fo to civic line. We of Ottawa ought not THE PAUPER and his life has been improper, for a nears nas no one and now it frosty morning will see him awful warning, to sleep till once he was as gilded as any and palaces he builded among the He had his golden vision, when he vou; the future was elysian, in his they have laid the pauper be- kirk, they'll say, "He came a crop Fair visions he was but when it came to He took it out in while t'other And barn seedy pauper cold and And and renown, buckle down In vast amounts, system behind this old stone has missed him, and no one cares a while possess the years, and Yield not to visions hootless which are aux Maen you r visions all are Copyright, 1916 hy dams Newspaper Service out alone and unprotected broad daylight Any old bunko game works on us, and the only wonder that the rate-payers any clothes left at all A bill extending the maximum life the present British parliament from five to six years is before the Commons The term of the present Parlfament expires early next year. Amt be let even in is have ol | 8 hi i RN Fd he Ed Be WE Can't Afford to Sell You Inferior Coal YOU Can't Afford to Buy It! COAL That Burns 'Brightly with: the least gives the most only kind we sell. It's the best coal for you to buy attention and heat, is the Jas. Redden & Co. Craton BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915. Limited { HIGH CLASS GOODS AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES XMAS SHOPPING MADE EASY FOR ,YOU HERE. J { J Useful MEN'S SWEATER COATS, 2 00 to $7 50 MEN'S TWEED SUITS, $15. Good honest Tweeds; new fanev Grevs and Brown Checks; sizes 34 to 406. RAINCOATS FOR MEN. See our English Par- ametta Coats at $12.00, Other lines, $8.50 to $18.00. SEE OUR TWEED RAINCOATS Raglan shoulders, full skirt, medium length, very English, $12.50. REAL SWELL SUITS FOR MEN, $20.00 Special. Fine Blue Cheviots and Worsteds. Grey Pin Pick Worsteds. We fit stouts, slims and regulars and fit them perfectly, DENT ENGLISH GLOVES, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00. {| Fur Lined Gloves, $2.00 to $3.75. {{ -- BOYS' SUITS, for Age 3 to 7 Years, $25 50 to $6.50. BOYS' SUITS, for Ager. 10 Years to 16 Years, $3.50 to $12. BOYS' OVERCOATS, Presents For Men and Boys MEN'S BLUE SUITS For $15.00. Hand-tailored perts, new three model; sizes 34 MEN'S UNDERWEAR COMBINATIONS, °' $1, $1.25, $1.50 to $4.50 MEN'S OVERCOATS Black Beaver or Grey Vicuna; special $12.50. Silk velvet collar; good length. hy £X- button to 46. MEN'S REEFER COATS Sheep lined, lar, snap heavy duck outside, knitted wrists, Special $4.75, far col hooks, SEE BIBBYS $18 WINTER CHEVIOT OVERCOATS Storm collar, shawl or two-wav stvle, Chester field stvle. The best $18 Overcoat values in Can- ada, we think. REEFER COATS FOR WORKINGMEN Cordurov on one side. heavy duck on the other mav be worn either SEE BIBBYS side out. Special price, $20.00 OVERCOATS $4.50. Genuine English Mel- NA -- tons, raw edge; Silk vel. | .. yup BIBBYS $10 BT ary ark gre OVERCOATS and blacks; all sizes. Tr rire Ulster, with shawl col lar; plain and grevs, with col- lar. blacks velvet YOUNG MEN'S OVERCOATS New slip on style, full backs, shield lined; heavy Scotch T'weeds and Kersey cloth. Prices $15, $18 and $20. Very garments, MEN'S FANCY VESTS See Our $2.75, $3.75, $4.75 Specials. classy BOYS' REEFERS, $2.50 to $7.00. BOYS' TOQUES BOYS' MITTS AND GLOVES, Be AA AAs A A nn - BIBBYS SILK SCARFS FOR MEN Large Squares, new Paisley Pat terns; all colors. Special, $2.00. mg KNITTED SILK SCARF, $1.0, $1.25 to $2.50. 52m to $7.50 BOYS' Bibbys OVERCOATS, Sizes 27 to 33; $5.00 to $12.00. SWEATER COATS, Pure wool, hand sewn buttons, hand made button-holes, genuine horn buttons. A beauty for $5.00. Limited Men's and Boy's Wear CHRISTMAS GOODS Arriving Daily, We are just in receipt of our CRYSTALKER FRUITS Glace Cherries, 1 Ib. boxes Glace Cherries, large boxes Crystalized Cherries, 1 1b. boxes Assorted Fruits, 1 Ib. boxes Crystalizsed Pineapple Angelica Crystalized Rose Leaves Crystalized Violets Phones 20 anti 990. A Staunch Defender. AMontreal Gazette ) The Civil Service Commission, it is announced, is to grant special | Kingston's Electric Store. Our Electric Canadian Beauty Tron is a dandy, only $3.00. You may have it on trial for 30 d: iv 8 and if not satisfied vou can return it. Tungsten Lamps, best makes, 30c. Nitrogen Lamps. Let us serve vou. H.W. NEWMAN ELECTRIC 00, Phone 441 79 PRINCESS ST. po fete privileges to soldiers in the atiomg for positions in the public service. The government is surely looking after the interests of the men who don the uniform, both d their term under arms aad after. -- to Montreal has discharged four wreck enterprises connected with thousand men who were employed ir or Sued by the Allies in Spain. paving contracts. Albert Sevigy, M.P., is to succeed The need for Belgian in the Canadian' Commons. greater than cover. Germans are now. conspiring relief" is