Be et ee ee ts lr + THE BRITISH WHIG | 88TH YEAR. { ian, | which {ly perfect? When one pauses | sider the qu t Published Daily Semi-\Weekly by THE BIITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO., LIMITED J. G. Ellery . Gulla Managing-Difector ---- TELEPHONES: Business Office , Sm .. Editorial Rooms Job Office is a-- SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Bdition) One year, delivered In city One year, iT paid in advance 5 Ona your, by mail to ruraj offices $2.5 One year, 40 United States .... «3.0 (Semi- Weekly Editon) One year, by mail, cash One year, if not paid in advauce One Y year, to United States . QUT-OF-TOWN RI E Calder, 22 St, . W. Thompsen .... Toronto, Letters to the Editor are Only over the actual npame of Writer Sa 0 $1.50 SPRESENTATIVES John Bt, Montreal 190 King St. E published the Attached is one of the best job printing offices in Canada, < The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticaied bv the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations. NA tin The garment that reveals most is & divorce suit, - ' France hopes. Heinie's promise is the last lyin' of defence, "Sugar" is no longer rated as a term of endearment. The sins of the children are visited on the fatherland, Recipe for preserving peace; First ¢an your diplomats. He laughs at scars who was never at the wrong end.of a price cut. . The more stable Heipie's govern ment, the more stallifig he can do. Every married woman will agree that the man is the bonehead of the house. The back-to-the-wall movement is | assisting greatly in the back-to-the- | | When the British North America | Jarm movement, Carnegie didn't quite achieve his | 0 As Chesterton says: "In an the { Agrarian | way necessitated the making of any | | change in the electoral | tions; candidates have made their appeal [2 few years ago. In some ridings it is for votes representing many differ | not unusual ent. parties and ticketed with such | Which the opposing cand:dates appear designations as Socialist, Independ-{to be held at a number of points and Veteran [in this way the electors gain a good Aooey PERFECTION. There iz an old sayinz the the sion has been disagreed ly 'of late, and yet aside from the the waywardness makes on earth best possible world sa unpiea is not the world 1 to stion, he m it is To prove it from it any gingle deta or instance, there were fio trees lack of that one. detail would be questiopably ghastly SUDpose ware no grass; what a hon {it would be to walk bare, brown ground; how we miss the soft, green carpet it we are how ustomeqd scarcely notice jt eo rivers; the inland reaches | ba uninhabitable. Suppose there Lo sea; one .would be parched death by the lack of rain Supp there were no babies; we would re- ivert to selfish lawlessness and bitter always 50 ac Suppose there we wou »se intelligence could have <onceived | fuch perfection thae"a sing detail would go utterly whole, That intelligenc€™we call God. mive ruin a without God, there would be no room for men WOMEN IN POLITICS Campaigns and Elections. . The history of the feminist move- ment both in Canada and aboard, the qualifications required of women vot- (ers and the fundamental {on which our systéms of Federal aud Provincial Government founded have already been discuss {lous articles, The next sub sequence is the machinery tions and the processes oi campaigns ing and recording of votes. As a rule methods followed are in force in the Mother Country where existing practise has been developed after years of experience and trial. For many years after tion the political world wag divided into two are ed in prev- > t in the of elec- those of great camps, | composed of the menibers of the two political parties of the Dominion. The (entry of a third party into the field, known as the Farmers' party or the Party while it has in no has somewhat complicated the pres- entation of the political issues direct- ly and tended to cut away or at least to modify the old strict party lines. | | 8 | thyough the action of the Gove » missing | the | i been ¢ p v his party is - | ! been chosen by his party is put for | it may be that old things were worse | principles | One member is to ve e) {sion of the electoral division under Confedera- | Canada | machinery | | savagery in a decade. Only unlimited | the votes given to his opponent when | | HE at the end of jts five year term or} yr - General on the advice of the govern ment in power, election writs are is sued. Those writs are nothing more | than proclamations in the name of the king stating the day on which nominations for candidates will be received. The writs are sent to spec- ial officers who are known as return- ing officers who are appointed in ev- ery electoral division to have charg 'f the elections. ' On the day set for nominations the returning officers must be pres ent in some designated public as- sembly place between the hours of noon and two o'clock to receive nom inations., These must be presented to | Hm in written form and each must bear the signatures of not less than | 'wenty-Nive electors In addition to this a deposit of two I indred dollars must be made to the re turning offi- cer, This sum will ve r turned to the | candidate after the elections unless | he fail to receive at least oue half of | the sum is forfeited and the unsue- cessful candidate is said to have "lost § kis deposit : | It is natural that at (hese nomina- | tion meetings there are few surprises ! for the candidate that has previously | | ward. It happens sometimes, however | is nominated who | z- | a candidate the support of any recogni that lias not ed political party an Independent two It at the hour of | o'clock ons candidate has | been nominated there is one | | | | | ony where vacancy or in places where more than ected the num- ber to Le chosen cot respouds with the | number of names noniinaced the can- | didate or candidates proposed are de- clared to be elected If there is to be a contest then the campilgn begins in earnest with the nomination of the candidates, Meet- ings are arranged in every subdivi- the chairmanship of the local leader of the party and the candidate and some of the leading men of the party Giscuss the maip issues and criticize adversely or favorably the record of the Government according to the po- litical affiliations of the speaker. In addition to this the candidate so far | as possible makes a personal canvass of his riding asking for the suffrages of the voters and hearing their views 1 | | | { | | | | | {and complaints, | all candidates While the joint meeting at which | meet on a common | Platform is not a new thing yet there In some of the recent provincial elec- | notably in British Columbia ents, Labor, Return Soldier, and others. | is no doubt that such joint meetings | are far more common than they were | for joint meetings at idea of the personality and the ability of the respective candidates. Such 1 i i} i 1 i | sweep the refuse and the | heap as in the saintly time. { Was young a damsel wept if perad- | | she displayéd; she knew the gossips | | all would hoot and give to her a wide | | repute as bold and naughty maid. | | and soothes the savage breast. When | | I was young the woman | and he appeals as! 2 Act was under discussion the dura- | joint meetings however have this dis- tion of Parliament was given consid- | advantage that they favor the candi- erable study and it was finally decid-| date with a talent for rhetoric or re- Ambition, but the tax collector didn't | Baye free rein in his time. {ed to follow the New Zealand system 5 tt i-------- | and give the Canadian Parliament a Japan is entitled to her sphere of | jife not exceeding five years 'from | Influence if she doesn't insist upon | the day of the return of the writs for | making it a hemisphere. | choosing the House" (B. N. A. Act TT | Section 50) The Governor-General, The figures on a freight car adver- | however has power to dissolve Par- tising its capacity ar» getting to | liament at any time under the advice Beem a little bit ironical. of the Privy Council of Canada and TT - | with or without their approval. For The annual report of the Utilities | example the first writs were issued Commission for 1920 will some day | on August 7th, 1867, the last writs | Be presented, it is to be hoped. | were returned October 24th, Parlia- oe - ment assembled in November and dis- . i } The melting Jot never beging 10 | golved on July 8th, 1872, having sat function until the immigrant makes | ne full term of five years less 108 the personal acquaintan-e of soap. | A | days. During the period of the Great War | 's give thanks. The ¢ y ne- Jet Ee Hank The Souhiry ae | when the Government of Sir Robert | Br 0 14 than he in Syopa mor Borden thought it would be unwise in oy day. » ge ih « the then state of public opinion and At any rate, you can ask for a nie. | unfair owing to the large number of kle's worth of something Row with. | absentees, 10 hold an election, an 'out getting a reputation, as a humor- | amendment was made to the British ist. . { North America Act by the British | i 3 = | Parliament on the request of the Ca- | Under the beneficent rule of self- [Padian Parliament extening the lite | 'determination, a small' nation can do | °f the parliament to six years. Anything a large nation wants it to| Before the issue of the writs of el- | | ection the several political parties { have generally decided who will be | their standard bearer for in every | constituency there ig one or more po- | litical organization which in some | cases remain quiescent until the eve | | of a general election but quicken in- | of The remarkable thing about alto life and activity when there are | Small boy's appetite is its hankering | signs of approaching dissolution. On | 80 many things that cause a date fixed upon by the executive of | tummy-ache." these political 'organizations a nom: | Le -------- | inating convention is held when the } The charge against profanity ig | names of praspective candidates are | t when it isn't necessary it is sup. | Submitted to the assemblage. In 'erfluous, and when it is necessary it | S0me cases the competition is parti- inadequate, . | cularly keen and it is necessary for $ the supporters to adopt some compro- mise candidate when neither faction is willing to withdraw its support for its chosen representative, In the ma- Jority of cases however the nomined who has a clear majority when the ballots are counted is given the un- animous invitation of his party to be- come the candidate. In the past there Eas been a noticeable tendency for the delegates to conventions to ac- cept the suggestions and choice of the party leaders in the same way that in the United States candidates for office have been largely chosen by the "party machine". Such proce- . The people who claim that prices aven't declined much evidently don't the store advertising published the Whig. In the past the world used to ad- ce by saving labor, but now the is to make jobs for two men out OF the things one man did before. -- coi "Every normal boy of the 80's ed to be a pirate, "says a writer. record of war profiteering indi- tes that many of them achieved the mbition. * ld. Sargent raised such a "hol- *' says a newspaper report, that Board of Works decided to re- the roadway on upper Johnson . Now, it other aiderrtien will | the same kind of hollering, we be able to get the city's streets d in some kind of passable con- All honor to Ald. "Harry" Tor cratic and an attempt on the part of a party committee to dictate to a party convention is more likely to cause harm than to help the propos- ed candidate. : ; After Parliament has been dissolv- at the polls which organizes its wo- { all building trades unions to take ten dure is recognized to-day ds undemo- | against present conditions, » Jed either through the atflux of time | partee or a pleasing matter as against the man with more soliq attainments 2 greater capacity for work, greater energy and a firmer grasp of the fun- damental questions of the day. With the obtaining of the franchise women should lose no time in every constituency in organizing and pre- paring for the election that is bound to come some time. There is much to do in the matter of education, and in giving instruction as to new duties and new responsibilities and the elec- tion campaign 'with its heat and its passions is a poor time to learn such lessons. That party will be successful men and conducts a long campaign on the main issues of the day. i i-------- The senate has granted Mrs. Addie Gilbert a divorce from Dr. W. L. Gilbert, Toronto. She resumed her maiden name, Addie Woodrow. Toronto Builders' Exchange wants per cent, wage cut. Perect a $7,500 home for himself : AILY BRITISH WHIG. SAIURDAY, JUND 4, 1921. EE cite ms ce mama 4 Walt Mason THE POET PHILOSOPHER LONG AGO, When I was young the women wore great spreading gowns that swept the | floor and gathered dirt and leaves; | that raiment of a bygone day is out | BIBBY'S of date and done away, and how my spirit grieves! The sidewalks now dre just a sight, with rubbish lying | left and right, an eye-sore and , a | crime; the women's dresses do not | garbage | Warm Weather Specials When I} MEN'S FINE SHIRTS Outing styles, Negligee, and etc. Plain Whites, Tans: neat stipes. Sizes 14 to. 17. The same quality Shirts is being sold elsewhere-- $2.30, $2.75 and $3.00, Our Price ... $1.98 --ee YO MEN'S COMBINA. TION SUITS : UNDERWEAR Athletic style; sizes 34 to 46; sold in many ° stores $2.50. OUR SPECIAL PRICE $1.50 per Suit HATS Genuine Panamas. The $3.00 and $6.00 qualities, OUR PRICE irons] $3.75 - : See window display of these BITS OF BY-PLAY {if | = "li v By LUKE McLUKE . NEW STRAWS Copyright, 1920, by Newest styles--Rims, Crowns, The Cincinnati Enquirer. Weaves. Made to sell at $4.00, and $4.50. OUR NEW PRICE $2.75 and $3.00 venture, when she stept, her ankles | And now such modesty is lost; the | old ideas are a frést, a Foorback and | a jest; the well turned ankle is a | sight that gives artistic souls delight, { aced until | she had an insect"s waist, a fragile | thing to view; you'd think that if a! zephyr came and caught her fairly on the frame, she'd surely break in two. And now the ladies in our | grad have waists like Mrs. Venus had { an armful, more or less; and, 1 am | told, they do not feel the armor plate | of bone and steel that used to cause | distress. And so, although we vip | and bray about the fashions of the | day, and say they make us sore, al- | though the modern styles we curse, | than those we now deplore. : --WALT MASON. -- | | | PURE WOOL IN. DIGO BLUE SERGE SUITS 1,37 HANDTAILORED These same qualities have been and ave being offered at $45.00 and $47.50. . 2 OUR NEW PRICE $35.00 Men and Young Men Models, All sizes. See Our $25.00 Greut Suit Value Fox Wool Serge, Homespun in Grey, Brown or Greens, Sizes 35 to 44. Y All ¢ two- v We have good Suits for Gen- eral Purposes at-- $15.00 and $18.00 | OUR MEN'S Hosiery Department will interest You---special values, ~ SUMMER SUITS Real swankey ones. breasted styles, OUTING "~ $2.50, $2.75, $3.00 OUNG MEN'S he newest style Kinks, new buttons, single Jr double. 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Things To Worry About, And yet they say the English have The luxury tax of 30 cents oh each Nt sid gallon of beer having been lifted. the or lunch to serve at a the A breakfast will surely like Post Toasties come moments notice, Sealed taverns in Montreal, Canada, are again selling large three-masted schooners of the real old stuf for | five cents per skoon ---- Come on and Add a Verse. "1 want some cotton for my tooth," 8aid suffering Mr. Baker; 'T think that I will need enough To cover a whole acre" : ~--Luke McLuke u -- The dentist peered into his mouth, His patient's need to /Berve, . He saw the little tooth that ached And said. "I like your nerve. ---~Detrolit Fred Press. | J | | | | | 'ith a steam drill he went to-bat, The pain he did but double; And, boring deep, said, "We'll get at The root of this here trouble. --~Newark Advocate. | | w -- The Joe Miller Minstrels. "Mr. Bones, have you anything new for us this evening' "Yes, Mister Interlocutor. 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