" y - PAGE EIGHT ome The British Whig S4TH. YEAR. 4 [} ul 7 Ni Semi-Weekly by Published and WHIG PUBLISHING LIMITED. THe "Srv {9 Silloit sssbevannsse «+++ President A. Guild ... Managing Director and Sec.-Treas. SUBSCRIPTION KATES ly Edition) 7 = | FREEFORIRLLS IN COUNCIL. Lt.-Col. Mulloy has become a cap- | tivating leader in the win-the-war | programme He! unreservedly threw | himself into the recruiting emmpaizn Yat the beginning. He gave very pro- posal or suggestion a fair trial, and it is no ®ecret that he has for some time been discontented with the pro- gress of events, He is not willingly or knowingly interfering with any man, govern- | ment, or policy, but, with his soul on [ tire he is helping to launch a new movement, and must be given much of the weredit if it displaces the jethargy of the times with something like the life for which the situation calls. Surely something will come out of this win-the-war or free-for-all con- vention. It has not been ear-marked or labelled by any political party. All the men of cautious ways may look askance at it, mot knowing or realizing 'what it may bring forth. But this much is expected--an ex- pression of public opinion so loud, insistent and forceful, that the men at Ottawa may, if they have their ears quite close to the ground, hear something that will startle them, The men who are going to Mont- real next week for a three days' con- 90! rerence are unpledged in any way. wens $2.50 al- Weekly Edition) { One year, by mail, cash $1.00 One year, if not paid in advance $1.50 One Year, to United States $1.50 x snd three months pro rata, MONTREAL ATIVE R. Bruce Owen St. Peter Bt. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE F. C. Hoy, ... 1006 Traders Bank Bldg. UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE: F.R.Northrup, 326 Fifth Ave, New York F.R.Northrup, 1510 Ass'n Bldg. Chicage Attached is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. circulation of THE BRITISH The WHIG Is authehtionied by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Pr -------------- REASON IN RELIGION. The preachers are attracting atten- tion--and eriticism. - They are just now worried about the sanctity of the Lord's Day. They want the Sabbath Observance Act to be impartially and effectively enforced. Incidentlly, they are exhibiting a petty and divid- ed opinion, In Montreal the representatives of the Protestant Churches met and dis- approved of the receptions that were accorded to Marshal Joffre on Sun- day. The greal warrior's visit was limited to a certain number of hours. His time was not his own. His mis- sion suggested greater things than the regulation of Sunday events. Perhaps the masses gushed a little too much over him, and allowed their admiration: to encroach upon the Sabbath" Bit "Yo "gredl' Harm' 'was done. The sacred cause of the Al- lies received from him an uplift which will be felt for many days. In the west there was some talk of Sunday labor upon the farms, and the presbyteries of Startford ahd Lond solemnly met and fulmin- ated Brat it. These leaders in re- ligion might have learned something from the attitude of the Archbishop of Canterbury. He was asked if it were lawful to hurry up the seeding by work on Sunday, and answered that it was a question of conscience. It was lawful to perform acts of ne- cossity and mercy "on Sunday, with- out sin, In these days of extraordinary things, it is, of course, expedient to avoid compromises cf any kind. The Church cannot sacrifice anything to pretentions. Gréat principles must stand. But we canaot be too punctil- tous, The sanctity .of the Sabbath must be maintained reasonably. Rival cabinets or governments in Russia! Only one can survive, the government which commands the support of the soldiers. The other will only .in their minds figure on the field of the cloth of gold. PURELY A MILITARY PARTY. Major-General Carson, of Mont- real, who was for a time the per- sonal representative of the minister of militia in England, when Sir Sam, Hughes was in office, is said to con- template a political career. He is very wealthly. He is the principal owner of a silver mine at Cobalt whith has yielded of its treasures to the value of millivas of dollars; and he, willingly accepted service in the army when the toscin of war was sounded. He suffered some displace- ment in the shuftie which followed Sir Sam Hughes' retirement from the ~ militia department, - Later he was 'supposed to be to a position - which would placate him. But, ap- parently, he is disgruntled. He is slated for a political career in Can- ada, and if there is to be an early election he will bw jn it. "A cable- gram to the Montreal Gazette, and} from its resident correspondent in Londou, announces that the Major- General ; ral "may come er of a new with imperial sympathy, They are free to say what they think about anyone or any party, and their criticism ought to be both whole- some and helpful. = The next man who enters the Whig's sanctum 'and poses as an apostle of pessimism will get the axe. Nothing surer. The crops are all right. For goodness sake stand off and let them grow. A_POLITICAL INCUBATOR. There has been a vigorous discus- sion of the women's place in the next election. The premder has dis- couraged the idea of an .edfly elec- tion. He probably hugs the delu- sion that all he has to do is to sug- gost an extension of the phtriamen- tary term and it will be granted. Hence he says that the women will probably have a voicé in the next choice of political = representatives, and the franchise wiil be the same all over the Dominion. A'new fede- ral list, for men and women, is de- sired. Prepared by the 'usual party machine it wil show the influence which can be exercised by a voters' court. The only thing that has been settled, however, is &e proposdl to enfranchise the women of all the provinces, and it is Mkely that all the women will havé the ballot. + The minister of justice has declared that the women voters on" the provincial lists will have no status in thé fede- ral elections, and it Way be that tHe only way t¢ settle the question is to refer #t to the courts. Meanwhile there is what is called in political parlance "a hen on," and one is curious to witness the kind of chick- en¥ she will hatch out, EDITORIAL NOTES. The federal government may sub- mit the question of women's fran- chise to a plebiscite open to women. And if it did not receive an over- whelming endorsement from the wo- men? Would that be the end of the question? & colonial Railway for service in the United States, is a competent man with large engineering and manager- ial ability. But he was not non- political in his Canadjan service, and he landed in trouble. The Toronto News, which ought to know, says an election.in any consti- tuency in that city, costs all the way from $10,000 to $15,000. ¥ the fin- ance minister could only tax all this for war purposes. It represents the excess profits on something. 3 When one refers to a "person" hereafter he must refer tp.a male. have decided that this fs the meaning of the word in the that the women will: look into parliament. ven a It is rumoréd that a fedegal pho- hibitory measure The folks who 'ape' the Express Companies dors of liquor at Montreal for their hesitates. Why? Should is permit of iis SAhling at any. time? Itis a isgrace t Canada forward as lead-\Tney tion law, and § | { Mr. Gutelius, who leaves the Inter-fi The legal experts of the Commons]. scandal to use a soldier of the King) in this fashion. Who is guilty of the wrong? | The explanation of the minister of militia from respecting the delay at! Ottawa in soldiers' pay in allowance es | competent help." Here is a chance for the retired soldiers. Those inca- pacitated for physical service may with training be fitted for clerical service, and if there is a place in public life into: which they could fit; it is the militia department. Sir Ed- ward Kemp should give this phase of | the subject his most earnest consid- eration. | puBLic_opmion | A Great Boost. (Exchange) If Henry Ford's plant could only guarantee to sink one submarine a day the earlier boast that it could make one a day would be gladly for-| gotten, { Question of the Hour. (Limdon Advertiser) Why should we give up pies and g¢akes while grain and sugar are} readily available for distillers and brewers? This is the question ask-| ed by housewives and it is pertinent. Picking the Man. (Windsor: Record) The Municipal World wonders who will be the director of munici- pal affairs. If_the job goes to the best qualified man we should say K. ------ is that there Is a "difficulty in getting! ® | their fellows. there should be ne voting till the war | of conscription. "W. McKay, "editor of the Municipal World, has a pretty goed chance. re WHY SHOULD THERE BE DELAY?. Toronto Workl (Con.) i The men who have borne the bur- den and heat of the day should have had some relief during the rigors of the great campaign. But there is no rest or relief possible for them. Our government is careful of its own exis- tence, alarmed by fears of what the} selfish and the weak, who remain at ji home to vote, might do if they were| asked to go abroard and fight with As far as votes go is over, and when the men who sur-| vive return to tell their tale and vote on their own account and that of their fallen comrades, the govern- ment may find that it would have been better to support the brave and | strong than to consider the timorous and fearful. Democracy means equality of ser- vice according to ability, and this is what it meant by any fair measure The selective draft, as it is called in the United States, takes those of suitable age, healthy, without dependents, ®t the selective draft, nor the farmers engaged in productive labor. The men who. are needed at home remain there. the front go there in due course. But why should there be a moment's lon- ger delay? ------------ Don't forget Dr. Black's sale of farm stock and implements, Tuesday, May 22nd. THE SLOW PUNCTURE. The slow puncture is something which happens to an automobile when the last inner tube has been used in propping. up a blow-oht. If can be detected without any difficulty by a low, mournful hiss which allows one of the rear tires to lie down on its back and die a natural death. Slow punctures are caused by a wire nail secreting itself in the tire and assuming an alert attitude. The nail always holds the air in the in- ner tube in a firm grasp until the car is on a side road in the country, when it exhales eighty pounds of free at- mosphere from the garage in a pleas- ing diminuendo. As air is the only thing in a garage which is free, the financial loss is slight. Some automobile drivers outwit the slow puncture by carrying a col- lection of boneless inner tubes under the rear seat. As these tubes have all been given a 16¢al anesthetic or two, and carry more scars than an In- dian fighter, they give way at some vital spot with great rapidity and serve as an effective check upon the speed mania: One of the saddest ex- periences in life is'to carefully insert a paralytic inner tube by hand after dark, and then after pumping sev- Random Reels "Of Skoes and Shipe and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." el enty pounds of air into it with the ! small of the back, have it explode four feet from the valve with a loud and joyous gurgle. Slow punctures can be located eas- ilv before starting on a long drive| 1] by removing the tire and placing the tube in a tub of water. to the bottom of the tub, it has either been perfqrated by a pop bottle or is made of roofing paper. Sometimes an inner tube is inserted with its legs crossed by near-sighted | who do piece work. This results in raising a series of blisters on the ® mechanics face of the tube which are of no value to the owner and cannot be used as eyidence in a lawsuit. Slow punctures are more preval- ent in some communities than other: In certain parts of the country, where reckless tourists make a practice 0" running 'down the shy Buff-Cochin hen, indignant farmers strew the right of 'way with long-fingered tacks and discarded glassware. This causes many a kind-hearted driver who never killed anything but time to pause In his flight and jack his car up with protuding tongue. If there were less poultry killed on the public high- way there would be fewer cars at one side of the road with their left hind leg elevated in the air: 7 or Rippling Rhymes heaven falls. in this and all formed maid, gowns and shawls! THINGS 8y GENE felt my opposition fade, and huts and halls, the girls are wearing overalls. And they look smooth, I must confess, without the old accustomed dress. They say it is the best of boons to trot around in pantaloons, when they are doing household chores, when dusting chairs and sweeping floors. Their gowns are hanging on the walls; the girls 'are wearing overalls. thus far, these epoch-making damsels are; thus far they lack the nerve or heart to spring their garments " in: the mart, but soon they'll bid their fears retreat, A, and we shall see them in the street; and all of us will then agree that they're a charming bunch to see.. THAT NEVER AN INNOVATION The girls are wearing overalls, and vet no startled The men who deal in hand-me-downs, adjacent towns, are selling now to "dumeels fair-the kindof -duds- their. brothers. wear. When first [ heard i schemes I've always mocked; but when I saw a trans- it In cottages It's only in their homes, Farewell to aprons, The girls are wearing overalls. ' --WALT MASON. HAPPEN | BYRNES THE CHAMPEENS WELL WERE GONG TO PLAY TO-DAY AMD Don aONaT a -- The men who are needed ati} If it sinks | HH See Bibbys $2.50 Hats. | Bibbys | See Bibbys $2.50 Hats. Saturday & Monday a not oceu-| Hi { pied with an essential employment. | The munition factories need not fear|} \ Neckwear Sale 25 dozen silk flowing end Ties, 50c and 75c values for 35¢ Eaeh All new silks, newest colorings and designs. See Bibbys Youg Men's Suits The Yale -- Expert Tailoring, choice patterns, newest design. - Special Value $22.50 See Bibbys Balmaroon Raincoats, good rain or shine. Special value $14.00 King Hats, $2.50. Tea Tablets From Pure Tea Leaf 100 Cups of Tea for 40c. An ideal overseas package. Horlick's Malted Milk Tablets Convenient and nutritious] A day's ration, 25¢, DR. CHOWN'S - DRUG STORE 185 Princess St. Phone 343. Im W. R. BILLENNESS Specializing Store Frouts and Fit. tings. Remodelling Buildings of all ESTIMATES EXPERIENCE Carpenter and Builder I n Address 272 University Ave. \ Pure Clover] Honey ' For Sale First-class farm of 374 acres, 4 miles from Kingston main road; good buildings; land all deep clay loam in high state of cultivation; a. very desirable small farm in splendid location. T-J.Lockhart Clarence St. Phone 1035 or 1020. The" plas Where" all auto troubles are made right. Auto Phosatetn um, 20c1o PE ao: Toralates Es - . i Our' pi 7 "Th. | 138 Princess St. | It is a pleasure to deal! with a man or store fair in its methods, square in its dealings and prompt in its delivery. This ser- vice may be had at the UNITED GROCERY, Phone 267. The home of choice groceries. : FRESH LAKE ON- TARIO WHITE. FISH AND TROUT All Kinds of Fresh Fish. Dominion Fish Co. I -------------------- We Have a Nice Assortment of Pure Cora Syrup In 2-Ib. tins, 5.1b. pails, and 10-1h. pails, which we selling for one week only at the old price. E. H. BAKER Cor. Montreal and Charles St, Phone 1263.