Toe nw. Job | manifested on the subject. Owing to [before them the great opportunities { the mild owtiweak of smallpox in the | for religions work at this time &nd | Queen City, 'ablished Daily snd Semi-Weekly HE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISH 6 ; CO. WMITED | V. G. Elliott .....: cxpfaessts President Leman A. Guild ... i and Managing-Director TELEPHONES: . RARE A A AR o8g. Office. rif] ROOMS .ovesranrrrree Office ......ovauid avers : SUBSCRIPTION RATES One' year, doris Cur One year, if One year, by mail tor One year to La (Semi-Weekly One year, by mail, cash ...... EAR One year, if not pala in advance One year, to United States gix and three months pro réta. OUT-OF-TOWN EPRESENT TIVES R. Bruce Owen, 82 St. John Bt, Montreal F. M. Nii va Lumsden Bldg oro F.R Northrup, 225 Filth Ave. New York ¥F.R. Northrup, 1510 fh Bldg. Chicsso Letters to the Kditer are published only over the wctyal name © Writer. Attached fs ome of the best printing offices in Canada. | The circulation of THE RT | WHIG is authenticated by the job it i © Audit Bureau of Cirgulations. If the coft coal-striks continues much longer we would suggest that the government arrange to import several ship loads of the wood that the ex-kaisér has been cuflting at his _ Holland residenge duripg the past year, Wd . If the people elect H. C. Nickle ns mayor will he retyrp the compliment by giving us'a fvé-mvinute car ser- vice ? _- The rate of exchange between Canada and jae States is go- ing from ba , It is & con- stant drain upon Cangdian trade gad eredit. Sir Henry Drayton declares that the guickest and best way fo , equalize the rate is for Canadians to buy less exepensive luxuries from the United States. But these are days when our people seem: more than ever determined to revel in luxuries of all kinds. i -------------------- Northern Ontario wants to break away from pld Ontario andy form a new Canadian provines, one of the reasons advanced heing that. she sends only ten members to sit in a house composed of 111 members. But haven't we too many governing bodies in the domdnien, in respect to population, as it §8 # Great Britain requires far less mashinery to gov: erp 45,000,000: people that we have to govern 8,000,000 people. The Ottawa' Citizen Suggests that the time may be pear when public school buildings will be used for polling places and. the teachers fur- nigh the personnel of the state's elec- tion machinery. The local teachers " and parents'/association have pointed out that the schools belong to the public all of the twahty-four hours of the day, and that they ought to be more generally used. Their use for election purposes would save Lhe pros vince considerable expense. THE HOTEL PROPOSITION, / The proposition or considera- tion for the erection of a new first- class hotel in Kingston, ss outlined by Ald. Peters at the meeting of the , Retall M ats' Association the offier evening, nds a very good ope. There are a few points in it which. may cause controversy, but one thing stands out very clearly. That is the fagt that Kingston will never get a new hotel unless the cap- thal to build it is subscribed locally. It is hopeless to expect an outside concern to.come into Kingston and Build and operate a hotel. No com- pany hes yet Been found which fs willing to do this. But the: United has i rs the Hamilton Spec- | explain the sfraitness of resources. attention: is ;Jbedng | ~ the law | ¥ tator, increased given to the observance passed 2 fey years ago making vac- | cinption compuigory for the pro-i7% vince. Oppoments of the measure---- | : # one speaker placed at eighty- | Why Do Somé Things Bend and Oth- five per cent. of the por i | ; os Break??? agitating for the reveal o io Wien 4 Gutaide ores fe Angled citing many distressing cas¢ sub- | bend apd thors oar. "H - x Hips port of their arguments of suffering ithe fact that in some things the par- and disease, and even death, as a icles have the faouity. of sticking to- conseguence of its operation : ae on oA apBging on to pach of When we find dootors themselves | 200 Jt 8 very ditfienlt to break them at variance as to the efficacy and de- |stances, as dn the case of a wire the sirability of vaccination as a preven- | article will Wend when we apply the tive of smallpox, it certainly seems | POWer to it and it will not break, { because the particles which make up a t i most arbitrary proceeding to force | the wire have the faculty of hang- People to conform to the particular ling on 40 each other. A piece of Views of wa certain section of prac-! glass, however, can be broken right titioners 'who happen to enjoy the in Loy the abpiisation of Bo more redomd . : HR : | force than was used to bend the wire, Pp ical anes ut he Se mG | because the particles which make up Medical science is a vacillating 8. {the glass haven't the faculty to hang What is the honored specific to-day | on to each other. If you continue to may become the discarded nostrum | bend a wire pack and forth, however, " The Reason Why on are ct, | was threshed ont, and a compromise | effected dy the introduction of a "conscientious objectors' "' clause in ference of opinion gmong the ex- | perts, who is to affirm positively what | is right? ! ™ In these matters, one goes by ex- | perience, and here again there is a | clash of evidence. The doctors point | triumphantly to the elimination of | the smallpox scourge following upon | the discoveries of Jenner, and to the i resuts achieved in the war through | inoculation. = Oppopents © attribute | these things to improved sanitation | and fo better Mying conditions; they are also able to give concrete in stances where vaceination has proved | { i ing in long, painful, illnesses, some- | times terminating fatally. In Eng- | land, years ago, the same problem | the act, whereby exemption could be obtained from the proper legal auth- opities. In the existing state of pro- fessional and lay opinion, the very least concession that should be made to the public is liberty of action similar to that prevailing in the old country, A WORD FOR MOTOR OWNERS. | A good deal of unprofitable ealcula- | tion ge from time te time by statistician Owners of motor cars are the subject of much mathematical enquiry. The secretary of some so: clety organized for philanthropic pur- poses is almost sure to figure on the cost of buying an automobile, ac. quiring a sufficiency of gaseline and paying for repairs. Then he is like- ly to arise with fire in his eye, sum up the amount "spent for pleasure' in Canada, and ask why his partien- lar pet scheme can coax ¢nly two cents a head from a reluctant people; Thousands of motor cars ape bought primarily for business reg- sons. Competition in modern bugis can bring his delivery problems to their lowest terms is justified in making a suffieient capital outlay for the purpose. ' No one thinks of cons trasting the sum paid for horses in Canada with the sum contributed io hoapital maintenance, 88s are required in men's work of making a living." Motor cars are a modern ne- cessity. 5 At the same time there is much 'extravagance among motor-gwWners--- as among horse owners, Some people spend money for the sake of spend- ing, or with the hope of astonishing their neighbors. The same motive impels a fifth rate actor to display a three carét diamond in a soft shirt front, and the wife of a war proliteer 10 go to the grocery store in a four thousand dollar motor car. People of that type are not likely to be in- terested in philanthropy or in patri- otic projects. The supporters of such projects are found among peo ple of common sense, who wait to be persuaded by facts and figures and then meet the nead of the moment. Church members, Anglicans, Bapt- ists, Congregationalists, Methodists of Presbyterians, own many motor | cars, but it js pnfair to mateh their missionary giving against their bills: for gasoline. The needs of the mis- sion fields at home and abroad may never have been fully explained. The facts presented by the denominations may not have been buttressed with sufficient care. Constructive testi. mony may have been lacking. Howe cials may inspire, their appedls need reinforgement from outside sources. All the bisliops of the Anglican church declare that the missions to the Lto-morros. Sinbe there is this dtp | brittle. ness life is keen, and the man whol ever much respect the church offi: : at reak apart, because you eventually overcome the ability of the particles in the wire to hang on $0 each other It all depends upon the hangings on ability. Sometimes in undergo- ing different processes, an article which will ordinarily only bend will become very brittle or breakable. A steel wire may bend but if you make 8 steel wire very hard it becomes On the other hand, glass is very brittle ordinarily, but ¥ you make it very hot, you can bend it in- to any shape you wish, and thus the glass-worker makes different shapes to various dishes; lamp chimneys, ottles, etc., hy heating glass and then bending it. When it becomes cool again, it also becomes brittle or the very reverse of beneficial, result- |#reakable as before. TEENY First Consolidated School. Brockville, Nov. 24.--~The Depanrt- ment of Education has approved of plans for the erection of the Con- eolidated Scheo! at Mallorytown, the first in Bastern Ontario @nd one of the first in the entire province, to be built under the provisions of the Con- golidated School Act. Jt will be e- quipped with modern appliances in every particular, and will cgmbine architectural beauty with a splendid situation and extreme practicability. Government assistance to the amount of; $8,000 is expected, and work will be started on the bufiding early next The opening of the school in the fal of 1920 will mean the elim- ination of three schools in the Towan- ship of Yonge and one im the Town- ship of the Front of Escott. The site purchased comprises six acres, and will be laid out in playgrounds, garden plots, ete. the same point, it will finally | Dominion Happeniugs of Other Days. Zl The Hon. W. 8. Fielding, On the 24th of November, 1848, | the Hon, William Stevens Fielding, | for many years Fisance Minister eof | Canada, and still a member of the | House of Commons, was born at Hal- | ifax, N.S. He was of English birth | and educated at the schools of the! Maritime Provinees. Since Qe bey | came a nationed figure in the Domin- ion many upiversities nave bestowed their academic honors on him. For career he chose journshiam be- ginning his work when sixteen years of age on a Haldax paper. Like his\ predecessors on the journal lie be | came called upon to talk im public. | So rapid was his developmemt in| oratory that in a very short time | he was a frequent speaker on the | political issues eof the time. Al} though once defeated he entered the | house of his province ultimately be- coming the premier there, Kis in- | fluence was so great that when Sir | FW rd Laurier was elected to power in the Federal House of Commons in | 1896 he summoned the Hon, Mr. | Pielding to quit the Pprosmcial | sphere and became his Finance Min | ister. He inaugurated the British | preference in trade and was the agent | in bringing into 'being the Franed- | ' Canadfan treaty. He was a slaunch | supporter of his Liberal chieftain and fell with him dn the defeat of 1911. At the last election he re-entered | Mr. Pieldind, as a journalist, suic- | ceeded in securing ope of the gread- | ost mews 'scoops' ever obtained: in the Dominion, The "Atlantic" went | ashore and an officer off the ship | dame to land Lo Secure AFSLSIANCO, | While he, was off the ship the ves- sel slipped into deep water and went i down on the Nova Scotia coast with | a loss of about 700 lives. Mr. Fieid- ing found the officer, gol the entire story, tied up the wires in such a way that his message was the only one to get through to the news syndicates and beat the continent with his story. The Ontario Government warned eye specialists against the housa-to- house practise of their rofession. Lt.-Col. Hurcule Barre has been appointed Canadian Trade Commis sioner at Paris. Constipation is Cures Yy HOOD"S PILLS 28¢, / f : Be MELANCHOLY DAYS Rhymes | On this bread continent, somewhere, the warmth i of spring is in the air, and doodeds are. in bloom; | but where 1 live heavens leak, and allvis wrapped in gloom, where the skies are blue and bright, apd moecking- birds sit up all night to sing their sweet refrain; but here the north wind has an edge that pierces like an fron wedge, and frost is on the plain. will be long months of snow, end many weary storms _ will blow, before we see the son we behold when blossoms and umpty-doodles sing. And so, distressed, upon a time, I heave a sigh for some bright. clime where skies are always bright, till 1 reflect, "In such a land y files are never canned, and chiggers always if 1 am prone to grumbling here, I'd be dis- traught where skies are clear, and balmy breezes blow; 1'd grow accustomed to the sights, to perfect days and scented nights, and tr up some cheap Woe. the bite!" 4 WV the winds are bleak, and drearily the io, Sene- And there ring, before that sea- right adorn: the weld, N. -- BX Christmas Cards from RAPHAEL LONDON, ENGLAND (Publishers to their Majesties) We received a choice selection to-day Sample-Book ready Jor your British Whig Job Bepartment AL Yi aN TUCK & SONS ; 4 BCOUCOC TOL OE . : ~ A ; ela i & E THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG _ 3 1 SUNRAENEREENEEE | Comda-Fast_ and West | 4 i reg © MONDAY, NOVEMBER, 24, 1919, HATS [BIBBY'S HATS | Kingston's One Price Clothing House Where Society Brand Clothes Are Sold Your Suit And - Overcoat Is the Commons but aa « Uniopist. } 3 Soriety Pea) Clothes, One of the most widely discussed sub- iects nowadays is that of high prices. Everything you need has still advancing. This store has always enjoyed the repu- tation for being a safe i value. We intend to live-up to that repu- tation at all costs. We pledge ourselves to protect you against inferior merehan~ dise at high prices. We offer you clothes made by an insti- tution nationally known for its stalwart allegiance to the highest code of quality. BIBBYS "SOCIETY BRAND" CLOTHES To men and young men these clothes should make an especial appeal at the close margin prices we sell them for. gone up and is place to get full ~The HEATH, $32.50. ~The PRIMROSE, $85.00. «~The ADMIRAL, $87.50. ~The BWANK, $40.00. $30.00, ~The OCHESTER-~$85.00, REAL OVERCOATS ~The EMERSON at $30.00. --STORM ULSTERS, $18.00 to $45.00 ~The GUARDSMAN, $28.50, ~The CHAMBERLAIN, $35.00, $28.50, NOBBY TWEED HATS . $2.50 and $8.50 MEN'S FINE $3.00, $1.00, $4.50, $5.00 to $8.00 MEN'S SILK SCAR¥FS Paisley Squares----beauties-- $2.00, $2.50, $2.75 MEN'S WOOL KNIT BCARFS $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50 YOUNG MEN'S SUITS (Hand Tailored by Experts) The RAND, $85.00. y ~The D'ORSAY, $87.50. ~The "BUD," $40.00. ~The "RAVERHALL, $45.00. Other Suits; $18.00, $22.50, $25.00 up UNDERWEAR per Sanit SHOES BIBBY"S SHOES CARREREERED 7880-82-84 PRIN CESS STREET i NAAN EEE ANN NERNEY { HERRING BONE METAL LATH METALLIC PLASTER BEAD Phone 888 ri ttt a EL DAVID SCOTT -. 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