SATURDAY, NOV. 26, 1921, es eS ae Ta THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. BOOK § THE KINGDOM AROUND THE CORNER, By Coningsby Dawson, 864 Pages. Price $2. Cosmopolitan Book Cor- poration, New York, publishers. Mr. Dawson, who trained with a battery in Kingston in the early days the war and who saw much ser- vice overseas, is an Englishman who has lived for some years in the Un- ited States where he has achieved considerable fame as a popular auth- or. He Is also a Canadian favorite, Lis "The Garden Without Walls," "The Raft" and other books having enjoyed a wide sale in this country. iis new books is the kind of a story that plays softly on the heart strings, It {a the story of Tabs who came back from the war to find the kingdom he bullt up in his dreams slipping irom him. But--it is there for every man and woman, the kingdom round the corner. When things look black- est, we may dream of it, for just one more bend in the long road, and it may be waiting for s--the land of fulfilled desires, The theme is similar to that of Locke's book, "The Mountebank." A man of low degree enters the great war . 8s 4 humble private, and, Mhrough unsuspected talents, includ- ing that of command, rises to the rank of brigadier-general, is recely- ed on his merits in thé most exclus- ive London houses. After demobiliza- tion he is dropped not only by the army but by society, In the "King- dom Round the Corner," the man re- fuses to return to valeting and be- | comes an agitator. In Mr. Dawson's novel, the valet is'not even the hero --although by far the most inter- esting character--and many of the other peéple, notably the hero, Lord Taborley ("Tabs") are of equal im- portanee, ! It would be impossible in the space at our disposal to give a just sum- mary of this interesting story. It has enough action to satisfy the most exacting motion picture director, and it is as naturally and truthfully told as if each of the characters had been living acquaintance of Mr. Dawson nd had made him his or her father- confessor. Not only are facts givea but motives explained. We have heard many rumors of topsyturvi- ness in England but for the first time we understand it. Mr, Dawson in "The Kingdom Round the Cor- ner" has done much for his native country besides giving it--as well as us--one of the most charming novels of the year. RALPH CONNOR'S NEW NOVEL Plea for Square Deal in Work of . World, After a silance of two years Ralph Qounpr bls written a courageois new el that has to do with the present social and economic upheaval, "To Him That Hath," which will be pub- lied in November by McClelland & Stewart. It is a story of romande and action that carries with it a great message--a lesson for the man who pays as well as for the man who receives, Against the ragged background of his beloved Northwest, Ralph Con- nor has painted the canvas of "To Him That Hath." He dra vividly and convincingly strong characters Such as those that have made for iim the name of a man who under- stands his" people. He has brought these people closer this time to the économie disturbances of the cities. He buflds his theme around the for- Ces of capital and labor as they play their part in the life of Grant Mait- nd, who goes to work in his father's ills. He asks that capital and labor show a little more mutual consider- ation, For equity he pleads unwaver- ingly, y For world-weary and tired human- ity Ralph Connor holds out two mes- sages: "Let no man think more high- ly of himselt than he ought" and "The Laborer is Worthy of His Hire." He feels that the present up- heaval is but an indication of a new- er and better world that will come with tolerance on the side of the ondelence--Chipperfield, B. Melody-- Keith, M. © ® sjde--Mortgomery, L. M. eClung, N, i le saeror ir ton Right . ns ot, C. B® yi Istering--8tephonson. J. A840, Book Christmas Here are & fow suggestions. Your beo ler 1 show Nao ay Ay You others of THE MASTHR OF MAN-- Rigg Eo Caine one, at 0g | strength and Interest -- 81.70 "= MARTIN CONISBY'S VENGEANCE. © By Jeffery Faraol.. A st Sea in Eflsabethean ayer ae HELEN OF THE OLD HOUSE By Harold Bell Wright. , Probabi ine most popular book 'tute teil bp TE THE RYERSON PRESS "ee ow TP ATE Ty capitalist and co-operation on that of [the workingman, He shows that the | every day work of the world must | be done faithfully by every ome, no | matter what excitement or emotion |has been suffered by the community lin general, 2 With courage and skill Ralph Con- nor has woven this message into fine romantic story. He finds no place for the men of big business who think merely of profit. In Maltfand he has portrayed the far-seeing man who is willing to regard his em- ployees as co-workers, The salvation of Maitland's soul and the future of his business are secured by devotion to the principle of friendship with his men. . Ralph Connor has held his charac- ters to logical outcome. He does not allow the young man to repudiate the business of his father through some quixotic notion of socialism, as the young men of fiction frequently do. He shows rather that a sense ofJudg- ment and calm clear-headedness works best for both parties. The peace and good times that are pre- saged at the end of the story have a strong basis of practicality. The author of "The Sky Pilot" 'and "Black Rock" knows the people he is talking about. He treats them with sympathy and understanding, Rrever holding them aloof from the struggles of the present-day world. With trust, co-operation and hard work Ralph Connor believes the world can be righted. But the every- day world must go on--and a!l must work, The man who pays must be treatéd as fairly as the man who re- ceives. Basic fairness will do much to wipe out economic disturbance and social unrest. This is Ralph Con- nor's message--this is "To Him That Hath." The Ambitious Mouse, If all the world were candy And 'the sky were frosted cake, Oh! It would be a splendid job For a mouse to undertake! To eat a path of sweetmeats Through candy forest aisles-- Explore the land of Pepper-mint Stretched out for miles and miles To gobble up a cloudlet, A little cup-cake star, To swim a lake of liquid sweet With shores of chocolate bar. But, best of all the eating, Would be the toothsome fat, Triumphant hour of mouse-desire, To eat a candy cat! From "Songs for Parents" by John Farrar (Yale University Press.) -------- A. 8. M. Hutchinson, A. 8. M. Hutchinson, the author of "It Winter Comes," one of the no:- able new novels, was born in Indla In 1879, the som of General H. D. Hutchinson of the British Army. Da- fective eyesight prevented him from entering the army until the world war. Hutchinson forsook the medi cal school for Fleet street and had become editor of London Daily Graphic when he igned to join the Royal Eng neers in France, "If Win- ter Comes" i, his first novel since 1914. His first book, "Once Aboard the Lugger," : ppeared in 1908, "The Happy Warrior" in 1912 and "The Clean Heart" in 1914. The Unpsychological Baby, After Dr. Holland Who can tell what the baby thinks When its warm and sugarel pap it drinks, Gurgles and sprawls and stares and blinks, Works its fingers and eke its toes, While mamma wipes its smail snub nose; Gums on its ring and drules on its bib And falls on. its head from the open erib; ~ Raises a bump on its cartilage bald And goes to sleep when enough it has squalled? From "Poems," by Henry Augus- tin Beers (Yale University Press.) ---------- Serious' I know that there are dragons, St. George's Jason's, too, And many modern dragons With scales of green and blue; 8 But though I've been there times And carefully Jooked through, I can't find a dragon In the cages of the 200! "Prom "Songs for Parents," by John Farrar (Yale University Press.) Put Arm Around Woman In. Theatre, Is Jalled St. Catharines, Nov. 25. Nick Uva, a: foreigner, was the first mis- creant in this oity to be convicted of dastardly ecad afternoon a prominent Woman identified him as the man who sat down beside her and put his arm around her. She sald she got up and pointed out the man to the manager, who had Uva Arrested. Ho Was sent @o jal for four months. -------- . Removed the Poles, Because the Kemptville Milling Company ,which formerly supplied bower to Kemptville has failed to re- move its poles and wires ag Instruct. ed by the munieipality, which recent- Iy entered into an agreement with the Hydro for power, the lines of the Sompany are now being taken down by Sir Simpioyess and consumers e will be wi " company thout ser. ------ Your time is mighty poorly em- ployed when you use it to advertise your charity, (CROWD CHEERS CAMPBELL Continued from Page One ghen had the votes gent to Canada where they were distributed irrespec- for whom his vote was intended. Mr. Meighen sent instructions directing how the votes were to be used." The war gcandals were then enumerated by Major O'Flynn and produced Jeers. , "We have heard from Mr. Meighen much about the railway situatton the responsibility tor Which he tries to Place upon the Liberal party, but while $200,000,000 was spent, Sir Wilfrid Laurier placed the whole matter before the people. He went to the country -on that question be- fore one dollar was spent and got nw" Meighen Gagged Parliament, In contrast with Sir Wilfrid Laur- fer, the parliament of Canada was gagged by the Tory government when it put through the purchase of the C.N.R. and the G.T.R. (Voice, "That's right.") The sum of $1, 000,000,000 was spent without con- sulting the people. Major O'Flynn showed that woman suffrage was first granted in the provinces under Liberal government and Meighen only granted it in the federal elec- tions when he had to. (Applause.) He has endeavored to claim the credit for granting votes to women. Major O'Flynn made e vigorous defence of Mackenzie King respect- Ing war service. He had a blind father, invalid mother, crippled sis- ter and a bed-ridden brother to sup- port. His father, mother and sister died during the war. "I want to point this out because of the dast- ardly insinuations that have been "lade against Hon. Mackenzie King," declared Major O'Flynn. (Pro- longed applause.) Mr. Wilkie's Address. In his address GeorgeWilkie, K.C., Toronto, said that it was a serious matter to select the government that would be in power during the next five years. There was an appalling burden of debt, enormous taxes and annual deficits. Ahy government would have had the war debt, but there are many large expenditures. It is a serious matter to finance $600,000,000. There will be this year a deficiency of $100,000,000, "The distrust of the Meighen gov- ernment is general and for this dis- trust the government alone is re- sponsible. The bulk of the people have not and do net trust this gov- ernment. One reason Is that we have not 'a government of the peo- ple, by the people and for the peo- ple," but a government of the people by the big interests and for the big interests. At ts head is Premier Meighen." The speaker told of the clash' of Bennett and Meighen in the house of commons when the latter was putting through a bill giving $45,000,000 to Mackenzie and Mann. The year previous a grant of $15,- 000,000 had been made to these two men and in the year following an- other of $10,000,000. Bennett was unable to swallow the dose, so was W. F. Nickle and they opposed it. Mr. Bennett on called Meighen the "gramaphone of Mackenzie and Mann." "What do the people think today at finding "hese two in the same cabinet?" Liberals and Railways, The speaker showed the growth of rallway development under thé Laur- ler government. The mileage Was restricted to actual demands and in 1911 it-totalled 25,400 miles with the population 7,276,000. Railway building went on only with the in- crease of population, but after 1911 with the population not much in- creased the mileage grew to 40,684 miles while the population today fis about 7,600,000. The population ceased to 'increase but the railway building went on. The railway con- dition as we have it today was not the product of Sir Wilfrid Laurier's government, As an {llustration of the autocratic methods of Mr. Mei- ghen, the speaker told of $160,000,- 000 being voted at the last session of parliament and ne particulars were given to the opposition, and this is supposed to be a government of the people, for the people and by the peo- ple! He told of the jnter-locking directorates and showed how direc- tors of the national railways were also directors of many corporations, some of them car companies, coal mines and steel companies. While sitting on the railway board they give out orders to the companies they are interested in and parliament is denied all information. Some of the transactions have been traced. Combines andl Prices. Mr, Wilkie told of the rapid ad- vance of prices of the necessities of lite immediately after the armistice; of the indignation of the people and the formation of the board of eom- merce. James Murdock, 3 member of that board, has disclosed 10 the public some facts that are disquiet- ing, The investigation of bacon and pork prices led to the man who put. Sir Henry Drayton in the cabinet; Ames, member 3 De h Suveeninant, also interested in. the merger; the paint com .e had a odpital ot $1,600,000 swelled by water to $3 - 500,000 and money. Hox. Mr, Ballantyne was in this merger. An overall concern made 400 pe ple and a clothing tive of where the soldier resided or the people's consent and they gave' that occasion } shoe prices disclosed Sir Herbert | dividends in reat | People were being compelled by re- tall grocers to buy a stipulated amount of goods to obtain one pound Of sugar there was actually held in Storage hundreds of .thousands of pounds of sugar in order to advance the price. While this condition ex- isted the government fixed the price {8t twenty-ome cents pér pound, The i | speaker told how it was compelled to {to twelve cents in one day. "Do you think today that you are safe while | this government is in power? Were | they serving you in this instance or {the Wg interests? When prices were | $5.20 Per ¢wt. in New York you were jSompeiied to pay $8.50. You and I {were charged just $3.30 for being Canadians!" (Applause and groans.) Mr. Wilkfe explained the provisions of the criminal code by which penal- ties were provided to punish twq or more persons who combined to take advantage of the people, but this protection was made of no effect by a "joker" in the act creating the board of commerce and no presecu- tions were made by the board of com- merce. This government has not governed for the people but for the big interests. . No Free Trade Issue, "There is no thought of free trade in the minds of Hon, Mr. King or of Mr. Crerar. Free trade would be so dangerous that nome would attempt |#t. The Fielding tariff of 1897 will | be adopted. We all know what hap- |pened then. In the year preceeding | the election of 1896, 1898-4-5 ocondi- | tions wee bad in Canada. There was stagnation and dipression. IMf- ty per cent. of the gradua'es of the University of Toronto actually went to the United States because there Was no promising ou:look for them in the land of their birth. The Fielding tamiff and the British pral- ence that discontent was driven ou'. It was "he confidence of the peaple in the government and in Canada that brought that wonderful perfod of prosperity. The Conservatives are trying to take credit for bringiug American factories here, but previ- ous to 1896 there was not one branch factory in Canada. The National Policy though in force tewnty~wo years did not bring one factory here, and they did not come until the British preference was put into oper- ation by the urier government. They had tofmeet the competition and they canfe. Meighen in Many Cabinets, Mr. Meighen has been in many cabinets, Conservative, Unien, the withdraw its order and of the drop | erence gave the people such confid-| cabinet after the Unionist and his [present one. Where are all the old | members? Some are in the senate, | |some under the barn and some on | i the bench. If he was so badly needed, | {What do all these men who knew him s0 well mean by abandoning him to feo terrible a fate? (Laughter). it | {the men who knew him so well do | [not trust him why should you and | I who knew him so little trust him? We are not bound to adopt Mr. Mel- ghen. We have Mr. King and Mr. Crerar. I don't know why "here should be so many changes in the name of the party. We did know something of the old Conservative party, but what is Mr. Meighen's 'three headed mongrel, the National Liberal and Conservaiive Party? (Laughter). Liberal Party Best. The Liberal party and #s leader have no past to be eshamed of, nor are they' in need of a new name. I have no reason to be ashamed. (Ap- plause). We have a leader who is best equipped man for his job in America. (Applause). You know his breeding--of the Liberal sock that gave freedom to Canada. This was due to Willlam Lyon Macken- zie. Mr. Wilkie told of Mr. King's record in Canadian' polities, of his rapid advancement to the post of minister of labor in Sir Wilfred Laa- rier's cabine', of the great work Le {has done in settling labor strikes; of his selection by the Rockefellar Institute at a salary of $25,000 per year and of securing the output of shells in 'he Bethlehem Stee! Works that had been stopped by a bad strike during the war. ; In conclusion he made an eloquent plea for a united Canada under a government that would hand out evenhanded justice to poor and rich alike. Qan you hope for this under Mr. Meighen. In the west can they trust him? We will only get such a government from the Liberal Party led by Mackenzie King, a government that knows no preference for farm- ers, nor manufacturers of boots and shoes over the wearers of boots and shoes. "If entrusted with the gov- ernment I believe that we will have a government which will give the manufacturer, farmer and Conserva- tive a fair deal and if we had tha we would have confidence in the fn. ture of Canada as in 1911 and which we have not got now." (Prolonged applause). The meeting ended with the sing- ing of God Save The King. When some people talk we are re- minded of a dictionary with the de- PUBLIC MEETING ONTARIO HALL Monday, Nov. 28th 8.00 p.m. SPEAKERSY MRS. M. C. CARPENTER ==----OF HAMILTON---- PRESIDENT, ONTARIO WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION MR. J. M. CAMPBELL CANDIDATE FOR. KINGSTON TRENEER'S ORCHESTRA ALL WELCOME ° ~ ACCESSORIES Tire Chains. Anti-Freese Solution. Exhaust Heaters. Windshield Cleaners. Mayall Electric Motor Tires. Aili A I, BAWDEN & EDWARDS SEASONABLE Gas. Radiator Hood Covers. Windshield Weather Strips. Radiator Cement. Electric Hand Warmers. Olls. Heaters for Garases. WINTER STORAGE FOR CARS AND BATTERIES, CHEVROLET SALES AND SERVICE © 80 MONTREAL STREET . - PHONE ¢00, ; finitions left out. 'mamma." Constantinople is built in the form of a triangle. A Hottentot boy calls its mother All young fish are cannibals, more or less, éating each other. A real star radiates heat, and ar It cools it shrinks, Farmer, Pa The crops are be from $25,000,000 in Provinces will be put i part of the money to He must Crop money passes N\ < ~ also buy implements, , They will buy A's clothes, flour, E's tea, F's candy, B's gramophone records--a thou- accessories of the home and toilet table. tted with H's electric and ranges, The sand-and-one little Homes will be fi kitchen cabinets to newspaper readers. Give Your Product a Chance To Share- the Crop Millions | Artisan, Mechanic and Merchant Will Buy Familiar Things They Have Seen Advertised in the Daily Newspapers ginning to roll to the seaboard. Prince Edward Island to $400,000,000 in the Prairie n the farmers' purses. *T¥e farmer must spend the greater provide necessities and luxuries for himself and his seed and fertilizer for 1922. - ~ ; on rapidly to mechanic, artisan and merchant, who, like the farmer and. his family, will buy, and are now buying, goods that are branded, trade-marked and otherwise vouched for advertised day by day in : the 'newspapers, From these crops alone amily. > by firms well and truly 2 B's autos, C's pianos, D's sweepers and J's names are all familiar a oa I tet orn, ama mann my