0 4 THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1919. THE THE BRITISH WHIG RS Semi-Weekly by ma i ORLISHL NG President, Editor and Managing- ~Direector, J. G. kidott .. oes .e ' Leman A, Guild .. 'Telephones: . Business UBICE .. oi. civ po vo sesB288 Editorial Rooms ., » esd Job Office .. J. +29 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) year, delivered in city .. year, if paid In advance .. year, by mall to rural offices $2. One year, to United States .. ..$3.00 (Serni-Weekly pitiony One year, by mail, ome $1.00 One year, If not Brg AN advance $1, 63 Une year, to United States $1. Six and three months pro rata, . wiRCIAL REPRESENTATIVE Thompson, 57 Mail Bldg. Toronto 5 Hiroe pan: 138 Bt. Peter St, Mont- , One ' One One ¥. Northrup, 235 Fifth Ave, New Yorkle F.R.Northrup, 1510 Ass'n Bide. Chicago mae f.eters to the Editor are published only over the actual name of the writer, . Attithed Is ol printing offices 4 of the best job Canada: Kaiser Bill has been beaten in his advince on "Paris by President Wilson. The American got there with much acclaim. y ------------ If the kaiser, as Harden says, was a"mere tool in the war, then we Suppose the crown price was a mere monkey wrench! _ "Come. along, boys, the swim- ming's fine," is the way Sir Wilfrid now approaches his old-time Libe- ral friends. The New York Telegraph sug- gehts that the ex-kaiser be set adrift in a dory and guaranteed the free- dom of the se@s. © William has been on a yacht before. 'Harden admits that the 'Germans committed atrocious crimes d no longer wonders why she has 'no friends, He is abowithe only Hun who has shown ay, evidence of ¢ con- trition. "Welcome, wanderer, 'welcome home," pleaded Sir Wilfrid as uis mind recalled the large army cof Liberals wim supported Union Gov- ernment; And forthwith George P. Griham wandered back. ¢ Capital and Tutor must be recon- + elled as brethren before either can +. do satisfactory service to humanity. The modern tendency is strongly to- 'ward a basis which is much more | social than our present order. rtp Phi nto doctor in? th aging asserts that they rend - ne spapers over there. Which 'presupposes that some reporters and compositors' must have got across when no one was watching. The Board of Education selected as its chairman F. R. Anglin, the son of Samuel 1886-7-8-9. He ia a worthy son of | 1 'sporting spirit as well a» \ chairman in {Baily becoming mote restricted. | London {reach {through the air instead of over ths 5 ~ A BRACE FOR THE POLE. upon the - announcement that Capt. Bartlett will make an at- tempt to fly to the north pole next spring comes fhe information from that the British Northern Exploration Company is contemplat- simpilar enterprise at about the Close ing a same time This would make a more or lesa sporting event of the endeavor to the point fartherest north surface of the earth or under the| gea. It might take the place of the | America's cup race, for which challenge has been. sent by Sir Thomas Lipton and declined by Am- erican yachtsmen on the ground {haf such an event would be pre mature this year. The serious purpose of the Bri- tish for sporting honors to under- take the attempt to Ty to the pols on their own hook, however, will have at least the effect of adding to the certainty of Capt, Bartlett's ad- venture. With two nations reach- ing out for the honours, there should be no difficulty in appealing to 'he he - to al otic impulses of both nations Thiake the enterprise a success It ought to be remembered, in pase- ing, that Capt. Bartlett, upon whom the Americans pin their faith, is aj native of Newfoundland and an in- trepid and experieneed Arctic ex- plorer. THE GIFT OF PREACHING. What is called "no man's land" in a 'church--the empty front pews ---is said to dampen the enthusiasm of a preacher. But is it nécessarily so, one is led to ask? Is not the man who can preach foreibly to the scattered congregation. a bigger man than the one who loses enthusiasm because the front pews are empty and there are also vacant places over the rest of the audi- torium? , Is it not written that "where two or three are gathered together in My name-there am I in the midst of them to bless them?" A writer who visited a leading Toronto church has set down his impressions in an interesting way. He found that the preacher--a quiet appearing, clean-shaven young man ~--had a knack of saying tremend- ous things in apparently the most césual manner; that he took Serip- ture texts that have been worn thin by preachers who never sensed their true inwardness! and handed them to the people in a quiet way, hut they seemed "to explode with terri- fic force." There was® compelling power in the way the preacher pre- sented his subject. The preacher who can present of. dinarg truths in a convincing man- ner and hold the attention eof an audience as closely as a leading ae- tor on the stage is endowed with the artist's gift. This type of preacher does not present an essay to his hearers, 'but the plain gospel truth in a compelling way, and it is this Kind of preacher that one will want ta return 10 hear again and again. many MARRYING A PRINCE. Apparently, the writers of the leaders in the London newspapers | whe are urging this or that prin- cess, or even an American girl, up on the Prince of Wales, believe that marriages should be made not in heaven but in a newspaper officé In the case of the Prince of Wales there seems a disposition to attach more political | importance to his nuptials than they are likely to warrant, Having no American dy- nasty, the United States shall hard- ly be committed io anything more than friendly interest in case the prince does marry an American. In the case of the other reigning houses of Burope the prince's ehoice if The Italian princess is a Catholic and theréfore ineligible. Rumanian affairs are not at the moment in such a radiant state of prosperity Iregard to all jtion the promot- have econ- is to coma et a wise and | matter works ba the best having the ques- | forgotien to be paid for of the taxes, every citizen at the nt, 1 'may safely say, ax bills reduced rather increase, Even pal- cannot Indefinitely evil day of payment.' our municipalities are hampered by the load of in' "former eras of. falling prices ers, however Bp r to sidered from where By ma ew of prevail, anc undertaken interasts of t states the lic dre in ommunity, ol But let not be that ave sooner #nd the present uch works or lute r ut hope ¢ mor is to see his than largely lie borrowing postpone the "Bome already debt incurred prosperity, cate any this tine Dominion terest rates in case of such has also to be considered, and al- though the outlook as-to the value of considerable increase at] seems probable that the current rates in England are held below na- regulations, and restrictions are that when removed rates may It is clear that the" importance of i , saving and eckiomy in personal ex-| penditures as a public duty will not be lessened by the ending of the war but, if possible, increased." All money expended on recon: struction work should comé out of savings and not be obtained by the creation of new credit During the days approaching our civie elections there were many ex- pressions of impatience respgeting improvements to the ¢ity, hut it apparent the foregoing the present is not an opportune time to finance extensive works, but a time to go slow. This advice should be heeded not enly by the city coun- cil but by other public bodies as well, This, of course, does not ap-| ply to revenue producing works, where efficiency must be maintain-| ed. is from REPATRIATION _ OF SOLDIERS. they do? THE OUR What will For four and practised those principles activify and conduct petuliar to life in the army under service condi- tions, principleg which are forthe most part on Syential to the more conventional eivil life. For four years and more they have jeopardiz- 'ed their careers as successful eciti- Zens, as masters of trades, practi tioneers, as able followers of some calling 'or ether. Laying aside their studies, students have respond- ed to the most pressing needs of the times, and apprentices afld approv- ers have likewise answered slogan. This willing sacrifice 'ny indivi duals, great and small, of personal comfort and individual gain in. the' interests of impersonal national ideals---a sacrifice which will re- dound to the glory of the British { Empire and of Canada--is not with- out significance; portents lie ahead. Like other phases of enlightened moral and spiritual expansion, it brings its countefpart in the nature of greater" responsibilities, 'especi- ally 'to those hose office it is to and no one would advo- | in the ratignal debt of the] The burden of high in- jare to him but an event in the span works {of life, of money after the war is uncertain, {lost valuable time, tural level at present by war-time |More gspec fally in Ts wider ap pre-| these | ciation of the blessings tend upward rather than downward. Jeels the potential that | 'all years and more they have imbibed | of | the trust the continuity civilian enterprise .and It is pot in the sense of that provision needs to be the tion from the attempted th: uncouth and degenerate sys of autocracy, - but rather it of reclamation for pu national'. health and security; ta gather the flotsam citizen army withdrawn from the life of the nations; to make possible without let or hindrance the retury of these men' to positions in life the equivalent of those they have relin- guished. Soldiers, hold in well-bein reward made Tor men who have rescued civilize aldom of an spir rposes of | the eivil of by their very experi- ences, have a quickened justice; to them nothing is more nauseating than maudiin:favor. So far as he knows himself, Ye is an economic unit of the pre-war daya: The "pre-occupations' of the moment sense of an event certainly prolong- not of immeasurable dura- In a personal : sense, he has but he does not: régard: it assirremediable: rather he | {has in some ways a sense of gain, jed, but [tion andy eom- forts of prosperous civil life. He power to make 'good his "position in mufti, and ai! {that he desires is a fair opportun- ity to re-qualify for his place there- in, ' . Assuming 'that these for who the soldier has done actual combat have the grace of their obligations, the vexed problem is how to so ap- ply his energies as to supply the soldier with a maximum of asgist- ance with the least show of char\ty The returning sqldibr does not w charity He asks only that he given a fair chance to return to his former avogation, or to some other j useful ocguphtion or profession. OF the associations, with the pem- exception of the veterans' as- | sac iations, none have in their con- {stitution the value that is likely (o | be engendered in any system of edu- leation that might bé applied in Lhe larmy to the army. The army of to- |day is the most virile part of the ination. If, then, the army is to ie {educated against the days of its re {turn to civil life, who shall try to refuse it this education? The ob- vious and bounden duty of the eivi- I1ian 4s to provide, directly or indi- rectly, the necessary funds, and to take an interest in the laudable en- deavor now being made within tha ranks, and by the repatriation com- mittee of Canada to span the void between military and civil life, SA tutti Adee anton After-the-war Problems, (London Advertiser) Canada's after-the-war problems will disappear, if Canada's civilians face the problems of 'peace as nobly as Canada's soldfers faced the pro- blems of war. he | sible The Fly in the Ointment. (Ottawa Journal) However, the worse mess the German people get into the better pleased most of the rest. of the world would be but for the attend- ant uncertainty about the speed of extracting from Germany the full amount of the damages which as- suredly Germany will have to pay soon or late. Rippling at i UPL NO EP Rhymes -- Once more more my shoes for' I'm dresse "knees; 1 ho that a marriage there can offer any 'prospect of peace or glory. On| the whole, we should be inclined to} Teuts by cutting down the wardrobe bills, 1 gladly!" wore my cowhide boots, my ginghams, ¢ ' 'twills, BRACED UP I've had my trousers pressed, once ré polished bright; I feel_quite nifty as well as any gent in sight. When war was on the people looked with scorn ont those who (fi wore good rags; zooked, and talked of trdason to our flags. And sg I wore a seedy coat and pamts that wrinkled at the to get the Prussian goat by wearing|- mildewed duds like these. I bought cheap gingham dt the store, Fwith other patriotic men; the stovépipe hat my father wore was put in service once again. And when 'I squinted in the glass, I was a wondrous 4 Shah 4 to see; I often wept and said, 'Alas! No wonder horses shy at me!" But while I thought I'd whip the they derned, dodgasted and 'gad- er eS ef Vil - | |. STYLE HEADQUARTERS "Style'Headquarters™ is a legend that you will - see in this store. It means headquarters for the premier styles represented in Society Brand clothes as sell as latest models in post things to wear. : EXTRA SPECIAL VALUES IN > MEN'S SUITS THE BROCKTON SUIT Plain brown cheviots, plain or belted. Extra special, $22.50. * THE BRUNSWICK SUIT Fancyepatterned cheviots, newest coloring, plain or belted. Extra special, $28.50. Li .... THE BUD SUIT Scotch and English tweeds and worsted; neat plaids, pencil stripes and overplaids. Extra special $35. "BIBBYS F OR OVERCOAT ELEGANCE ~~ We will be pleased to show you: these new comers. 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