need ------------_--.--., | - r THE BRITISH WHIG . 88TH YEAR, aR ory Published Daily aad Seas: Weekly by THE BRITISH Hoa uals ING lo Elllott .... +. President AA a Gulia Editor --- siness Offi08 ....... 3 torial Rooms fab Office cesrrecanns . > s RIPTION RATES UBSCRE ha ' in olty ...... a adv new 15 gard Cau} : Tons deliv EEE nite a: sees 243 "ne rep Brg lt Fear: to Umiivd states Tones 1.50 'WN REPRESENTATIVES '=OF TO Calder, 23 Si. Johan St, Montreal n .-....100 King St. W, 0 W. Thompso: Toronto. {Letters to the Editor are publishen over the actual name of the FE eg Rod Soe beat job The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the o ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations. "Most peqple are 80 eager for peace that they prefer to fight to get it. Lenine is going 1s start a bank | that cannot but startle the balanced | but who would risk a deposit in it? | mind. In recent crime news there is | It's strange but true that the faces | ust astound. Crime is something | with most paint usually have a va- cant look. Success comes only to those who lead a life of endeavor.--Theodore Roosevelt. Half the time you can't tell whe- ther Rev. stands for a preacher or a revemue collector. We wonder what would happen it the Wives' Union should strike for an eight-hour day. 'When the swords are beaten into I Plowshares, spiral puttees might come in handy as substitutes for golf - stockings. 3 --------------------------. It might be the safest plan to dis- ii &Mm at the beginning of the confer- ence and discuss Pacifie problems at the last. ---- The world can find new oil wells when the old opes run dry, _but Where will it get another H. G. Wells? It is hard to tell whether the sleep- ing porch enthusiast really likes it is just-too stubbaern to imselt licked, t------------ If Columbus hadn't discovered America, what would the world do for tobacco, and chewing gum and relief kitchens? i ---------- A Joliet, il, girl, who recently i* advertised offering herself in mar- | ¥iage for $3,000, is now a wife. "It ~ Pays to advertise." Our idea of a courageous man is one who tells a woman her baby E isn't pretty or who tells a man his home brew isn't fit tosdrink. The British Commons has given | Premier Lloyd George a vote or con- fidence of ten to one. They might . Weil have made it unanimous. 'There are two classes of peonle: Those who feel abused because they have to work, and those who feel ab- ued because they have no jobs. + H-y /The old-fashioned young man couldn't mike love without turning Nn tre ga:: the moderna one can't make love .vithout stepping op it. Admiral Beatty should be a good : ess at the Washington confer- ence. He saw upwards of a billion 80 to the bottom in twenty- ir hours, [1s robbing a Montreal butcher 8 thieves locked him in his refrig- | 8Rtor, observes the Guelph Herald. Ni doubt he was hot enough to keep i @imself from freezing te death. Why worry about the price of a1? asks the Rrantford Expositor. will be enough campaign lit available to keep the heme burnigg until afte¥ December f A Sissi maar . Michael Clark is to be in the Bit after all. It js announced that 18 10 be a candidate in the Li 8. He would, observes e tock Bentinel-Review, be lone- ut of political life, and it must I that public lifo would without him, Direetoe | over, the effect of such prayer "(crease in the number confess | { SIMPLE PRAYER BEST. | In these days wi it : j common to hear a minist +1 because of his by "beautiful" ness of phraseology, it is Tulroshiug {and timely that & clergyman has | seen fit to declare pia | ers, like that taugh lot Christianity, are best | 'Prayers hardly are a fit subject f | studied oratory. { from the hcart not infre | marked by unconscious But it és cantrary to th COhrisitianity chat ove { pose supplications to the | with regard rather to what think of them than to how ths D will viow them. And it is to be fear- ed that it is the effect on the cong €ation rather than the effect on Go | ' Which is in the minds of the authors | ot some of these elaborate prayers | against which we are warned. Mores the | congregation is likely to be other "hex bel Those Almight men re- on § | than what the minister intended; for the very complexity of the language may divert the listeners' haughta from God to the orator, Christiang have been counselled by the Sypreme Authority on such mat .- ters not to pray ostenatiously, as the fypoorites do, "that thoy may be seen of men," but to address God in the simple, earnest way in 'which a child would preseat a plea to father. And it would seom that that gdvice was intended to apply to pui- lic prayers as well as to those spokan in she secrecy af the closet. GOING BACKWARDS? Thoughtful people must be struck --and saddened--by the current news dealing with crime. For a time the compelling fact was more in- his acts. Later events are tending to | show that the character of the deeds of violence is changing in a manner evidence of a degeneration which j mare than a simple violation of the legal code when it descends into such i depths, We who have long prided ! ourselves upon the fancied difference { between the people of our country | and those in older nations have been | given something to think about that { is worth while, | The eriminal brutality demonstra- | ted by proofs of degeneracy hitherto | foreign to our records cannot be { winked at. Whether we have touched | the right causes may be matter for | doubt. question that we are swinging far from our old mental landmarks. But | in making a brier survey of the dif- | ference between the new and the old fashioned psychology, the diserimi- nating observer sees much more than { 8 mere difference in the degrading i acter of the acts of the criminal- | d. He sees a startling change {in mentality everywhere. If among | the changes he notes a cold-blooded indifference to old standards of the | value of. human life, he may set that down as merely incidental. For he has only to plot out his observations | to see that mental operations are | different among all men and women | ---and even children. The average mind is no longer | what it was when the generation just | passing off the stage held it as its | breath of civic life. The old code has j gone. If we are startled now by the | difference we may look for other changes that may develop into per- | mancies, the reverse of what was {once a rule of conduct. But at the { | { | moment the amazing thing which | commands attention is the degenera- {ey apparent in the acts of crime' [winx that perched upon the topmost { point mere crime increase becomes secondary, | THE CANADIAN THANKSGIVING. Thanksgiving day is not indigen- ous to Cavadian soil. It began not In | Canada, but in the New England States. It was, among those early | pilgrims, who sought a new home on {the hospitable <hough strenuous | shores of a now world, a rocognition { of the goodness of God, for the mere- | les and mysteries of a bountiful har- | vest. Later, it took on a national | significance, and when its obsery- j ance became general in Canada these | elements were always recognized: God had beem good to the people in a pientiful harvest, and His madifola blessings were abuadantly evident in national life. It has remained to Canada 0 add still further to this significant re- ligious feast. With the proclamation | that places Thanksgiving dey on the Monday nearest the day on wljch the Armistice was signed, the govern- ment is now giving i an internation. al significance. For Armistice Day does not belong 40 Candda alone, It is a world day--and a day of good will. Coming this year upon tho very threshold of the conference in Wash- ington ooking to the reduction of world armaments, it is not only a day of thanksgiving = for nationai blessings, it is a day of prayer for in- ternational peace, If the war had been fought for the acquisition of new territory, and for economic sup remacy, & would not have lasted for four and a hall years. Because the great lesue was a spiritual deal, ra. ther than a material one, #t took so long and the victory was at torrible cost, Though the war is over she i | prayer. Ly [of old time, surrounded by family But there is not the least | same spirituil ideal is still thro | ened. This day, this national Than iving day, like the coming confer | ence, is fraught with world destiny. K is now preity generally recog | nized that nothing short of a Oh ian civilization of the most thoroug!- going kind ean save the world r | world must becdme a veritable k {dom of God--in which men will liav {a common fatherhood of God and a { common and muinally helpful broth- erhood of man--if another dead " even race-exterminating, war is to averted. Thanksgiving day is there- | fore in & new and imminent sense a | religious day. It 1s" special day of But it is also a day when, |end friends, with the table piled high { with the fruits of the field and the J forest, the good man of the house ro- membered the poor, and made lis own turkey and pumpkin pie more appetising by sending some of his surplus stores to the widow, the poor and the unfortunate. It will be woll for us, in our celebration of a bounti- ful harvest, and in the enlarged sig- nificance we shall give to shiz new international day, we stil! remember that around us, this year ospecially, there is abundant opportunity, of do- ing, very unobtrusively, but with lavish gemeroéity, a neighborly kind- {ness for some poor family whose | Thanksgiving dinrer would other- wise bea but bitter reminiscence of bettar days. BEST SELLERS, "I never read best sellers," says | the high-brow when he is asked whe- | ther he has read this or that recently { published book of wide circulation. | The tome in which this rejoinder is | delivered is supposed to make the | unfortunate victim of it feel that it of eriminaltis best not to read books which have | a wide cireulation, From remarks recently made be- | | fore the convention of the American Library Association it seems, howev- er, as if the high-brow is not alto- gether justified in disposing so eas- ily of the matter. It was brought out at this convention that even among best sellers there are distinct classes, and that a wide sale of books is not | | necessarily a sign that is is trash as [is commonly supposed in some ecir- | cles. | It was admitted that of course | there are best sellers which wil] not { live beyond the passing moment, and the sales of these books often reach into the millions, They make a wide appeal, they live their little day, and then they are gone. An author who has not been writing more than {a few years boasts of a sale of 7,- [500,000 copies; and this figure, exceeded by that of Gene Stratton | Porter, whose total sales amount to more than 8,000,000 copies. With all due credit to these pas- sing fancies on the book shelves, it must not be forgotten, however, that Mark Twain's sales during the four years just passed reached 750,000 copies a year; and that Kipling sold | to the extent of 2,000,000 copies last |year. In 1920 Rudyard Kipling's sales were ten times as great as they were in 1908; and if this writer should lay down his pen to-day his books would go on selling. The de- mand for them is not a transient one, mor is it artificially created by advertising. Joseph Conrad's sales were thirty-six times as great last year as they were in 1911. Surely this writer does not write merely for the moment, From the generous sale of recent hooks for popular novelists it is safe to conclude that thé best seller in fiction is not to be taken so lightly as it was years ago, and as it still is by some. We have put on the best seller list recently some distinctive contributions to literature. It is no longer possible to put aside a book as not worth reading merely because a lot of people want to read it. Walt Mason 1 THE POET PHILOSOPHER SURPRISE VISITORS. When I decide to visit friends I write and 'tell them so; and if from them a roar ascends, I wilt, and do not go. "We have the flu to beat the band," my cousin wrote me back. when I informed him that I planned to visit at his shack. "The small pox has ps in its grip," replied my loving niece, "so do not make your threatened trip, but let us dle in peace." And thus I give them every chance tododge impending woe, when I, in pomp and circumstance, to their abodes would go If they desire to have me there, they'll let me know, I wot, and if they don't 1t isn't fair to camp upon their lot. For I detest the giddy guys who visit a Hi | erlasting Iife.--Jghn 5; 3 reached by Harold Bell Wright, is! "| ABLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY THE LOVE THAT BAV- | ES: --Por God eo loved the | world that he gave his only begot- en Son, that whosoever believeth in {him should not perish, but have ev- 18. { unawares, who think it cunning to | surprise poor victims in their lairs. {I have a grist of ancient aunts who {play this ghastly trick, and when they come my spirit pants to do {things with a briek. Oh, one must © {rall at spiteful fate, and wring his {hands and rant, who sees a taxi at | the gate discharge a withered aunt. | She has a birdcage in her hand, and | earmuffs 'on her ears, and well he knows that she has planned to stay | for seven years. If she had only | written him that she was breaking | loose, he might have had a broken limb, or other good excuse. If you invade another's home uncalled, un- advertised, there is a puncture in your dome that should be' vulcan-| ized, ee --WALT MASON, | | | ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR | BY SAM HILL Ne Closed Season For Them, The swatters of the diamond now | Give place to football champs, | But still the easy marks I vow, { Are vamping with the vamps. | | | Obaervationg of Oldest Imhabitant, 1 kin remember when the only, way the fools had of getting into troubla | with gasolire was by using It to start a fire. Sound Toe Much Alike, 'Why are you so opposed to bill boards?" asked the friend. 'They remnind me too much of my board bill," answered Hardupp. We Answer a Question. | It is our aim always to be as helpful | as possible, and whén the question ¢: mes from a br.degroom we Are more than wilang to get him the information desired. "Just Wed" sends us this qiery: "I have been marr! three days and my wife plans to make bis- cuits for our first meal at home. I am troubled with an acid stomach. Deo you think I would be safe in risking the | biscuits?™ We wired him as follows: "Acid will dissolve even a stone, Think you would survive the biscuits, But den't send us any." es No Chance. This marriage game is getting flerce; If you but hint to shake her, | Your wife will ghoot, and all need Will be the undertaker, you'll What's the Difference © "Did I understand you to say he was in good spirits last night? " z "No, they were in him," Fool Questions, asks. "What kind of musle who play on % R. EG. ia gnade by the people words? i Lending, When you hear a brother calling Or perceive a fellow falling, Lend a hand. --8t. Louls Star, Should it chance your brother's busted, And declares he can't get trusted, Lend a dollar, --San Francisco Chronicle. When, you hear a brother bawling, An ercelve he is not stalling-- Lend an oar. How About the Landlord, Is He Friend iy, Tee? (Classified Ad. in St. Louis Paper) FOR RENT -- Friendly hall room; heat, bath, telephone; very reason- able. : He Wasn't Superstitions, Anyway. "I don't take much stock in signe, do you? asked the Friend. "Not unless they are put up by the Automobile Club," answered the Moto@ Fan. ---- Just a Feot Nete, Shoes are down---on the ground. Geod Advice, When Lioyd George comes to Wash- ington Teo scan great problems there, He would do well to hook up with Your Uncle Jonathan. It All Depends. "Ridnaping is & terrible crime, isn't 1 "Oh, I don't know. There are times when we are tickled to death to see our kid napping. -- ¢ How Were They, Tender? (Belleville (Ark.) Democrat) - The John Hicks had Mr. and Mrs, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. SATURDAY, NOV. 5, 1921, : oY ---- NEW ENGLISH HATH The $7.00 quality BIBBY'S SPECIAL $4.73 |BIBBY'S NEW ENGLISH HATS Thé $7.00 quality BIBBY'S SPECIAL $4.75 OUR OVERCOAT SPECIAL at $37.50 is bound to please you; all Rew garmemty; mew color ings, new models, Coats made to sell for $37.50. BIBBY'S BIG SPECIAL $27.50 Men's and Boys' Wear The Best is the kind we sell. BIBBY'S BIG Our entire store is now ome Have you been in lately? MEN'S HOSE Pure wool ribbed Hose regular 65¢. value. Special at 80c. pair; 3 pairs for 75e¢. MEN'S TROUSERS Good; strong, well made Worsted Trousers, Sizes 31 to 44. Special $1.75 per pair -------- en SEE OUR SPECIAL $53.00 TROUSERS Neat stripes in Worsteds and Cheviots. Sizes 32 to 50. MEN'S FINE SHIRTS Arrow and Tooke make; meat patterns. Sizes 14 to 1634. 92.00 and $2.50 value. BIBBY'S BIG SPECIAL - $1.48 SEE BIBBY'S IMPORTED ENGLISH ULSTERETTES ; New plaided backs; silk lined; hand-tailored; pure wool Irish Cheviots. The $02.50 and $65.00 qualities. BIBBY'S BIG SPECIAL Bibby's 4 good time to stock up. SPECIALS "Bargain great Counter." MEN'S HOSE Silk and Wool; new two tone effects; all new shades. Regular §1 and $1.25 values BIBBY'S BIG SPECIAL 75¢. Per Pair LA OVERCOAT SPECIALS Our $18.00 Overcoats Men and Young Men are truly wonderful value; mew slip-on, Chesterficlds and Ulsterettes. You may see this quality Coat elsewhere 'at $22.50, $25, $27.50, BIBBY'S SPECIAL $18.00 for A HALF SEE OUR ADVT. ON PAGE 4 MOORE'S 206 Wellington St. \ PAGE sold anywhere. McClary's Quebec Heater with Oven - Also supplied with water back. Best and lowest priced heater BUNT'S Hardware, King St. Bert Lyons for dinner Sunday. Daily Sentence Sermow. It is a good thing to leave foot 'prints on the sands of time But be careful where you leave your finger prints, : -- Say Am Reveir. N My old straw hat ; Has passed away; It is defunct Until next May. -~Ball Crank. News of the Names Club. A. Hunch, of Ft. Meyer, Texas, writes us that a con man fecently at- tempted to play him fo¥ a sucker-- and lost the bet. -- Another Sad Tale. As I was strolling along the shore, I beheld on a well-worn stone, A big and grizsled seafaring man And he laughed in a cavernous tone. Oh, I've buried by thirty-fourth wife, said he, And I'm looking for thirty-five, But i beats the deuce, and he slapped his thigh, I ean't make "em stay alive. I feed "em on herring and water, cool. And on Sundays we have some bread, But with all my kind, indulging ways. The whole thirty-four are dead. kh 8 & SPECIAL FOR be "eas Hamburg Steak ................... D. HOGAN A fossil animal in South America has reproduced without changes for 3.000.008 years, 3 MARKET SQUARE ~ KING STREET || ~ STOVES Quebec and Fire King Heaters and Ranges. Nickle Plated Showers Basins and Toilets Lumber, Cement and Corrugated Iron. lL. Cohen & Co. 275 Ontario St. Phones 836, 887 New Sweet Cider, New Tabls . New Table Figs, New Californias Walnuts, Dromedary Dates, Taragona Almonds, Gre- noble Walnuts, Sicily Ffiberts, Jarge Washed Brazils, Popping rn. Jas. REDDEN & Co. THOMAS COPLEY Telephone 987. Wanting anything done {3 the crrpen. tery lime. Estimates &iven on all de hard. of repairs w_ work: wood floows eof an hin A ohare ro tion. hop Seraer, Alten 5 a isselv, 1--50 acres, 6 miles out; frame dwelling and barn; 35 acres un- der cultivation. Price . . . $1800 2___25 acres, Glenburnie, good buildings; orchard. Price 8--60 acres, 7 miles out; 40 ae- Tes tillable. Price. ..... $8750 #200 'acres, To cot | Kingston, about 125 aeres un- der cultivation; large TT bush and a lot of valuable tim- ber. Price . $9000 T. J. Lockhart Real Estate and Insurance We have removed our office to 58 Brock Street, Kingston Beautifl large bulbs for Christ. mas, has indoor bloom or spring blossoms in the garden. £ Hyacinths Tulips Narcissus Freesias Daffodils Paper White Narcissus Dr. Chown's Drug Store 185 Princess St. Phone 848. Everything for the sick and sek FINE TTR GAIN we post a notice Aw the effect that cold weather is coming. We want to call your attention to two things. One is that you'll need a bountiful sup- ply of coal this winter and the other is that we've got the very cos! article you're in need of. Crawford Scranton Coal Phone 0. Foot of Queen St.