- have been eenjoying spring . Weather. _bye-election in Wales by a handsome family and his employees. . complished something worta while ings "x upliftery he should have ey say the female feet are grow- splendidly as women commence 0 Susie shouldn't eventually hope to feet as most men have, and she'll shall be forgotten att. N 6 THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. ennai THE BRITISH WHIG | A SHOWDOWN WANTED. SSTH YEAR. i Mayer Nickle demands "a show- down from a hydro official who certain statements regarding the capacity of some of the local clals of the civic com sion. ade in- offi= utilities | mands' a showdown regardis the lack of efficiency in the commis | operations. The Whig gave voice to this demand in an editorial published last week. Chairman Elliott seeks to draw 'a herring across the trail by complain- ing, not against the accuracy of the Whig's statements, but ainst our commenting on the commission's mistakes while they still far from being rectified, If the commission ousted the city auditor and his very necessary check on accounts, if faulty specifications residents | Of the gas tank were drawn up re- 4 | sulting in delay and additional ex- pense, if the account of Davis & Far- num was overpaid to the extent of jaHorial Roos cesreres Soy | nearly $7,000--if these and other | mistakes were made by the commis- SUB TN RATES, {sion or its officlals--then, is it not year. delivered nycity o-oo: $848] time that the ratepayers knew what year, by mail to rural offices $2.50 was going on ? The fault lies with Fear, to Linited State ?| those who made these blunders, not One (Seml-Weekly 100} with the Whig which called public d One year, by mail, cash One yea®, if not pald in advance $1.50] $150 | attention to them. Chairman Elliott One year, to United States OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES | should set his own house in order Fw Thompson. 300 King St '£ | before he attempts to criticize the Toronto. | press for doing jts duty. If these things had not come to ass, would theecity be paying $2.00 a thousand for gas to-day ? Com- missioner McFarlane is right in pro- | testing against present day profits | being used for the payment of exten- | slons and improvements to the ser- | ston's ln a Published Dally and Semi-Weekly by | THE BRITISN WHIG PUBLISHING vw LIMITED J. G. Elllott Leman A. Guild TELEPHONES: | Business Office 3 ! One One Onna Letters to the Editor are published | only over the actual name of writer. i f+ rapt Attached is one ' of the best Joby printing offices in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticaied by the ganda om its merits were put before | 1f the idea | The public, on the other hand, de- | ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations. It is a very easy matter to pick | out the good men. They nearly al-| ways brag about it. | that procrastination is sleo the chief | of good intentions, | About the only way to make a night of it now is to sit up and read | Bobby Purns and old Omar. The cheapest and surest way to| get rid of a bore is to lend him al small sum of money. The next five years should deter- mine whether tLat affair in Ireland is a revolution of a rebellion. Some movies are realistic, and some contain righteous heroes who recoil from the beseeching arms of fascinating vamps, The prize of oil used in gas mak- ing has fallen from 20c. to 11c, Will the price of gas now be reduced in Kingston ? Give it another generation in which to complete the destruction of its civilization, and tie white race will be whining for racial equality. A Wisconsin woman tried to keep hubby home at night by buying him a whiskey still. Now he's in jail. Well, at least, she knows where he is 'at night. New York city is digging itself out of the worst blizzard in years, while | up in this part of the continent we like One hundred and ten men were arrested at a cockfight in Toronto early Sunday morning. That's why 80 many were late for church, re- marks the Montreal Star, Lloyd George will soon be ferced out of the premiership, announces his opponents. Next day he wins a majority. The people love a bonnie fighter, and Lloyd George is one. The Renfrew Mercury is fain to say: "Whence all this marvel that an untitled Canadian girl &hould be chosen as the bride of a British no- bleman ? Is it mot rather to be wondered at that so few of the no- bility exercise so wise a choice 2" The provincial government is to be commended for its good roads policy. Gord roads inean, better country schools. They mean lower prices to the city man for country produce. They mean a vastly im- proved social life to the farmer, his Thonias 'Arf Edison 'has worked sixteen hodtd"A day for sixty years. He is stil Vigbrous and has the satis- faction of knowing that he has ac- in the worl" According to the find- 10 Use them. The Toronto Star says; Now that she's going into business: #nd athletics and all that sort of thing, there's no reason why Sister bitve as large and as well developed need them as the years pass if she's going to stand up for herself in the batille of life in an age when chivalgy { When the auditor's report is is la few weeks from now more details | degress of success. . a» vice, instead of this cost being borne, in part at least, by the future gen- tions who will also benefit thereby. Again, there is the question of the advisability of maintaining an up- town office for the utilities while plenty of space is available in the 3 1 1 | the girls in every school. were made to appear attractive, then I i [therein lies its only chance of suc- | cess, | --_---- | PUBLIC OPINION | | 8 | | Gem of Verse. } (Byron) | Here's a sigh to*those who love me i And a smile to those who hate - And whatever sky's above me, Here's a heart for every fate. ---------------- Rest After Labor. (Arthur J. Burdick) If we never had to labor, We could ne'er enjoy the rest, Don't you think that toll and trouble After all, are for the best? Remains of the Rhino. (Punch, London) It is understood that the mammoth remains recently discoveréd in the foundations of Cox's Bank are un- claimed deposits of the Rhinosaurus. The Ringside "Complex". (Syracuse Post-Standard) Making a newspaper, like bther lines of business, grows constantly more tomplex. Who would have thought that it would become neces- sary to send the society reporter to {prize fights to describe the gowns | worn at the ringside? Brand Your Goods. (Farmers" Sun) either in town or city to mention the names of autos, soaps, underwear, | shoes, hats, plows, razors or any oth- |er article. Ten out of the dozen will {name several American articles be- {fore they will name a Canadian com- modity. That is the fault of the man- ufacturer who refuses to brand his ran: and advertise them. | Praise For Mr. Rowell. (Hamilton Herald, Ind.) | ye believe that the withdrawal of Mr. Rowell from public life will be { {it would be taken up eagerly, but | | Ask the first dozen med you meet | n his desk 1AvVe WwW t he but she found thig note "Teacher--I have wrote en 100 times and I have | ! Oueh! 1 Dr. O. C. Hole.' | Dentist, | Danville, 111 | Oh, Joy! | Whatever else may happen i Since our-ecountry has E { The sailor still will have his port The farmer have his rye; | The cotton etill wil} have Its gin, | The seacoass.have its bar; [ And each of us will have a bier, No matter where we are. --C.. Lafayette, ne ory Ind. Names Is Names. May Fish lives in Buffalo, W. Va. Our Dally Special. Most Of The Hero Wershippers Are Their Own Heroes. Walt Mason THE POET PHILOSOPHER y uted SIMPLICITY. Our thoughtful president-elect has wisdom in him by the mile; he does not think it quite correct, in times like these, to put on style. And when to Washington he goes to cinch the presidential chair, he wants no costly turbelows, no bunting swishing in the air. "Cut out the pomp," says Warren G., "to all vain fuss attach the can; simplicity looks good to me, for I'm a common, corn-fed man. At Marion, where I abide, I do not travel on a float, or in a circus wagon ride, when I go forth to seek my goat. I am no-Caesar, I'm no king, {I do not head a captive train, and | I won't ride around, by jing, upon a | gaudy, gilded wain. I do not hail { with snobbish glee the plans that hint of pomp and state; my fliver's | 8ood enough for me---three cylinders | are hitting great. To Washington eft- i soons I'll track, and march along the | storied street, a gingham shirt upon | my back, old fashioned gaiters on m | feet. I'll wear my long iy | coat, the same I wore when I was | wed; I will not ride upon a float, or | have punk garlands on my head." | And over all the smiling land the | | voters say, "He's safe and sane! His | jeep pip---- city buildings, where all branches of regarded throughout the Dominion | sentiments are fine and grand! There Delay in treaty - aking reminds us civic administration should be cen-| 2s a public loss. He has enemies num- | are no cinchbugs in his brain!" For tralized. There has beén lacking that co-operation between the commis- sion's and the city's officials without which the maximum of cannot be expected or secured. Tha Whig has touched only upon some of the most outstanding matters.that call for explanation and adjustment ued will doubtless, come to ligki, A STANDARD DRESS FOR SCHOOLGIRLS. The spread of the desire for the ultra-fashlionable in dress to school- girls is agitating the minds of edu- cational authorities In several parts of Ontario. In London the agitation has taken concrete form, and the whole matter is to be threshed out by the Board of Education at an early" meeting, when a proposal to adopt a standard form of dress for girls at- tending the Londom collegiate will be under consideration, The proposal will be introduced by Mrs. J. L. A, Hunt, a woman member of the Board of Education, and if adopted, it will mean that every girl student will be required to wear a dark skirt and a white middy blouse. This proposal is by no means a new one, It has been tried in vari- ous cities and towns with varying Two years ago it was put into effect in Peterboro, and for @ time it was popular, but the call of fashion was too strong and after the novelty passed away it gradually fell into disuse. Last fall the students at the Owen Sound col- legiate adopted a similar idea volun- tarily, and it has been very success- ful. Its success, of course, depend- ed entirely upon the willingness of the ihdividual girls to fall in line with the idea, and so long as the group instinct prevailed it worked well. it is vely doubtful, however, if such a proposal would meet with sucs cess if it were made compulsory, as is suggested in London. The argu- ments in favor of it are reasonable. Mrs. Hunt claims that it would elim- inate the costly competition which now results in a daily "fashion par- ade" of girls in the collegiate. It is claimed that the daughters of the working classes, untble to meet the competitions of the girls of the weal- thy, in many cases refuse to continue collegiate studies after a certain age, because of their dread of appearing shabby In comparison with their chums. To try to eliminate this by compelling the girls to wear a stan- dard uniform, however, {s certain t3 cause trouble, unless the girls can be persuaded to accept the idea as a commendable one, and adopt it be- cause they want to. But the idea of a restrictive regulation is distasteful, and would result in stiff opposition to the plan. One opponent d that a standard dress would make the schools resemble penal institu. tions and would drive many students into private schools. ' Whether the scheme will be adopt- ed or not, it has, to a certain extent, its good points. It would help to teach modesty and moderation In dress, and would keep many girls from acquiring habits which might later on become expensive and unde sirable. it themselves, it would be a splendid thing, and it might not be a bad idea if a little educational propas efficiency | It the pupils would adopt : | erous and bitter, but the reasons | why he has earned their enmity are {entirely creditable to him. His ser- {vice as a High-minded, patriotic and idealistic statesman has been of very great value to his country. BITS OF BY-PLAY By LUKE McLUKE Copyright, 1920, by The Cincinnati Enquirer. EH RA Proposing. When he proposed, blunt Oswald Mills Said .this to Bertha Box "If you will let me foot your bills, I'll let you foot my sox." Betcha! "Is there any sure cure for temporary insanity?' asked the Newspaper Man, "Yes," replied the Allenist. "An acquittal usually dogs the work" Advice. Read this, my son, for itis so: Let it be understood That if you'll just pay as you go, You'll find the going good Mean Brute! sighed Miss Oldgirl, and marriage is the con- "Ah," "love is the quest, quest!" "Yes," growled Mr. Oldbatch. divorce is the inquest." -- The Widow's Mites. The widow's raising poultry now, And she's had fifty fights; The neighbors kick and howl because She has 80 many mites, "And Ouch! "Do you know that radium will cure hardening of the arteries?' sald the Ola Fogy, as he looked up from the newspaper he was reading. "Maybe it will," commented the Grouch. "And the treatment will also cure hardening of the pocketbook." Light, A million bucks I'd like to raise, 4 I certainly would bet one That, though a hair is Mght, it weighs As much as a Brufiette one. What's His Name, Dear? Ive Brother lives in Gallipolis, Ohio. Some Wet Towns, Dear Luke: .I know that you are al- ways hunting for a wet town. You can take your pick of these: Watertown, N. Y.; Watters, Penn; 'Waterloo, Iowa; Raintown, Ind; Waterville, Md.; Waterford, Ohio; Clearwater, Fila.; Coldwater, Ohio.--Billie Wood. Gobs of Gloom! Ida Mae Dye, Marietta, Ohio. Dr. H. J. Death, Franklin, Ohio. L. H. Doom, undertaker, New Car- ¥sle, Ohio. We Know Everything. Of course they wouldn't think of wearing them. But I'll bet a nice warm petticoat would feel pretty good these cold mornings---~Luke MecLuke. How do you know? Besides, who you luddin to? And how do you know they don't?>--Warren (Ohlo) Tribune, Improving His Grammar, There fs a twelve-year-old optimist in the Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati His name Is Alex. Fall, and his home is in Nashville, Tenn. He was in- Jured in a football game last fall, and his leg was amputated above the knee a few weeks ago. In Bpite of adver- Luke a st the other day about a boy in sehvol who was always what the country wants and needs is | thrift in every form and guise; econo- | my! the nation pleads for that with i wet and woozy eyes | --WALT MASON. | | Taking Out Many Logs. The Black Donald Company have | this winter taken out 3,000 logs on | their own lands and the timber has | been banked on White Fish Lake. As | soon as the lake Is clear of ice the | logs will be floate. Lo the company's | sawmill at the mines and there cut | into lumber. This will be used to build a large warehouse at Calabogie pto replace the one destroyed by fire | some time ago. It is estimated that {the 3,000 logs will cut over 100,000 | teet of lumber, Will Build Addition. J J. B. Teevens, proprietor of the | Hotel Pembroke, 1s planning the | erection of a 90x40 addition to the | building. The ground floor will be | devoted to a billiard room and twen- [ty addtional bedrooms will be pro- { vided on the other floors. | | The government of China i plan+ ning to make some 10,000 postoffices telegraph offices. THE "FLU" Dare Not Return The "Flu" will eertainly get a 'warm reception this winter if it dares show its ugly head in aur peaceful midst for the people ate eonfident now that they can deal it such a smashing blow it will never survive, In every village, town and city in Canadas, families are fortifying them- selves with the greatest "Flu" am- munition known to science--Buek- ley's Bronchitis Mixture, Colds, coughs, ete.~the advance guards of Flu--arg met with withering fire, and relief Trom these troubles is sure every time. One hundred thousand dians are only too willing to tes; tify to the great healing power remedy contains. It has conquered coughs of 35 years' standing. It ean- not fail to do for you what it has done for others. 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