6 THE BRITISH WHIG 88TH YEAR. Published Dally and Sew.i-Weekly b THE BRITISH wHiG CO., LIMITED . J. G. Ellery "ee t di 1] dLemau A. Gullg Sr-------- TELE Business Office ..... Editorial Roomg Job Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES, (Daily Edition) year, delivered In city ......$8.00 Year, if paid in advance ... year, by 'mail to ruraj offices year, to United States ..., (Semi-Weekly Edition) year, by mall, cash Year, if not pala in advar e year, to United States RESENTATIV ES ' HONES;© One »One One One One One One OUT-OF-TOWN REF ¥. Calder, 22 St. ¥. W. Thompson Toronto. Letters to the Editor are only over the actual name writer. of th Attached Is one of the printing offices in Canada. of PUBLISHING cecennna.. 243) Year's, 24 se sex 32 December, would .$6.00 | Leap Day would be inserts 2 50 +0.8.00] Joha St, Montreal | o 100 King St. W | satisfaction of .| and all other holidays published e The circulation of THE BRI1ISH WHIG is authenticaced by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations. He covets cars who never paid a gasoline bill, A lot of tax burdens wil] go down #0 the sea in ships. 5 A grave situation naver discour- Ages the live ones, The female after specie knows how to work the male, ---------------- Home: A dwelling house where broken toys litter the floor, If you must.bet on the races, put your money on tiie white race, Among other things gradually get- ting back to par is idealism, It will also a few ambitions fleets, be necessary to scrap along with the i -------------- A little nonsense now and then creeps into the speeches of all great men, Nations didn't learn to play their cards face up until they were hard up. as nants Frequently the only funny thing about a 'comic strip jg the cartoon- | ist's spelling. ete, Let us hope- that the only man hereafter to speak of "my navy" will be Davy Jones, o™* ---- The more we sce of "Sractical" . Jokers the more we thank Cod for being an idealist, -------- Nations will find it impossible to bury the hatchet while they keep-on using their hammers. When the bride promises to obey, she waliv her rights; but it isn't & permanént waive, -------------- "Let us then be up and doing" is a good motto if we don't add the Words '"'one another." About the only thing some men | have to be proud of is the fact that their beards are tough, ------------------ Every once in a while you meet a fellow who thinks he is a big gun, but is only a smooth bore. -------- When" you meet a girl whose Breath smells of onions, you know her heart is innocent of guile, There should be at least one effici- ecy expert on the job to keep the 'system' étraight while the others do the work. There will be an awful din of snor- ing in Heaven if some of the regular church attendants continue their present practice. -------- When you hear @ man continually 'addressing his wife by pet names, remember that all the actors are no on the stage. -------- Those who claim eredit for inau- gurating the disarmament movement t are a little late. The movement was | begun 1,921 years ago, ------------ : Men who won't join becanse they do not wish to assoelite with hypo- .orites in the church may have to as- soeclate with them later on. -- "The income tax permits us to de- duct what we give to the Lord. Now it It would only permit us to ded what we give to the landlord. | +) FORMING THRE CALENDAR the RF It is inte that eleven 5 of | were dropped; | 3rd of September | 14th, Disturbances f I ple shouting to be giver eleven days, but with A possible method of te shall fall always on t | week-day is to Tr game "drop" one day out ex- the year, making 264 days or | actly 52 weeks. The 36 {not count as a week * glven a special nam | "Leap Day," and fall ju Thus, th day would Sunday, be | "Leap Day" and that {January 1st. In Leap Yair a second 1 between Monday, June anl July. . | Those who forgot th | calendar is equally arbitrary shocked at the idea of taking sucn liberties with Father Time Bu: the at our prozent will I and anniver- | saries falling on the same day of the | week should, in time, reconcile e ven best job | these. ------ | THE SCOTCH AND THEIR POR | RIDGE, . | "Enormous stocks of oatmeal have 'accumulated in Scotland, b working classes have given | Ing porridge, say the dealers f There is a suggestion lin the above despatch wk | ly came across the cableg old land. Scottish people in this coun- {try, and there are tens of thousands (of them, will hardly credit the | ment. "The Scotch giving up their | porridge," they exclaim, It hardly | Seems credible. It would be almost |as reasonable to expect the 1 | give up their potatoes and [ pigs, or the English to give | Toast beef and beer. But there is the | despatch, and there are many who will see in it a sign of national de- | generacy from physical _ stand- | point, | Scotland bred splendid men | | ecause the up eat- ich recent- from the state- their a has and women. They have been pioneer leaders in every part of the world. | Their physique has for | been the wonder of the world, nave given strain of hardy blood which has built up the very best type of citizenship. "Scotland's sons) in their tartan kilts and highland bonnets, have led the van on many a hard fought battle- | tieta. They have endured the hard- | ships of the polar seas, and the boil- Ing rays of the sun of equatorial Af- | rica, In every clime they have led [the way, and their strength of bone | and muscle has carried them through Where other races have failed. How did they do t? Because from their very earliest days they were reared upon the homely oatmeal por- ridge. Because on this simple fare they developed the bodies of physi- cal giants, and .8s their bodily strength developed, so dig their men- tal equipment. It "was on oatmeal that such men as the cottar of Burns' poem raised his family to be men and women of rare strength and charm. Tt was Bn oatmeal porridge that the | soldiers were fed who chased Napol- jeon from the battlefield of Water- { 100. It was on oatmeal porridge that the Highlanders of Sir Colin Camp- bell built up the strength to enbale them to withstand the terrible win- | ters in the Crimea, Oatmeal porridge | was the staple diet of the Séottish | pioneers. who 'conquered the forest wastes and the rocky places of Can- | ada in the early days. The oatmeal porridge of Scotland has become tra- ditionkl, almost like its whiskey, and it is somewhat of a shock to find that the people of that hardy little coun- try giving way to the more luxur- fous, but less energizing foodstuffs of modern times, Perhaps the new gen- eration do not find the same neces- sity for sturdy bodies as did their forefathers, but it would be a great | pity to see the traditional hardy | highlander pass away, as he is like- | ly to do if the plain fare of former | days is sacrificed for the more tasty, perhaps, but less nourishing dishes of the present day. They | | | | { " MAN WITH WINGS, "We have fiot wings, we cannot | Soar," is the way a poet puts it in telling how we may reach the | "cloudy summits," but we are not sure that the poetic statement is not an error, Men have soared, not in a motor-driven aeroplane only, but | without engine "and with only air | currents and the skill of the opera- tor supporting a *'glider." In experi- | ments conducted in Germany a man | kept in the air for thirteen minutes {and travelled six miles, circling and | soaring like a bird. Others have re- mained in the air even longer, { though not covering so great a dis- { tanee inthe flight: Then, i§ it sate | to predict that man cannot tie him- | selt to wings and fly? The develop- { uct | ment of the motor-driven aeroplane | {had a stage not more promising of having Master fixed | of tragedy | rish to up their | centuries | 10 many countrles a | suceess than that in flying without motive power than that of which a skillful op tor may avail himsels in t g vantage of air currents. It may seem incredible that the weight of a mangcould be supported for long by any system of he than afr planes and at the san be propelled in any desir by the operator, yet we same thing of the aergpla ever, we have become" c: condemning as possible the fan the most extravagant Too many * impossibilities" come realities to make it safe to fore- cast failure for the dream of 8 through hitching one's self to Flying in that manner would 1 lard work, It would volve greater instability the motor-driven machine it would have much less driving power to lift it out of bad situations flying would not get himself f enough to his destination the man of to-day, amusement, but would not attract on bractical grounds, though that does not imply that the device be perfected to the point where who. wish Bay not take a fiz} ever they choose 0 ras AKin the ught utious ima ¥ir probably, than because may ING THE WIND. wind has always been a good €ervam of mankind. €St times jt hag be our ships, 'and it has also bee | ployed, notably in | milig In that country windmills | engaged principally in | marshes and in.grindin of earth useq in cement, | have ere {pump w the manufacture of In Canada not a few farmers cted windmills with ater from wells. But the wind js called upon to do many kinds of | for which it was ne heretofore; {of for a way has been found it into electrical will be applicable to of a great variety of converting { energy, which the operation | machines, sible to store ti energy and use it at times when t} The announcement | after two ye is made that, ars of experimenting, en | glneers of two | have succeeded in perfecting | atus which generates electricit | winds blowing at rate to thirty miles an ho for use when needed | | [and night without attention, | 1 | appar- y from s of from seven The avy fifty-foot topped by a large equipment includes a he steel tower, | Whee], | battery. It has been demonstrated | that the outfit will furnish enough electricity It will provide 'the cur tric lights, irons, washing machines, cream separators and other apparatus. The importance of this invention hardly can be exaggerated, It opens up vast and inexhaustible sources of cheap power. It will permit saving of fuel. It will bring comforts and | conveniences within the reach of many to whom they have heretofore been 'inaccessible. Much of the hard manual labor, which has made farm | life repugnant, wil] be unnecessary, | for the wind, converted into electric- { ity, will do it. rent for elec- vacuum cleaners, Walt Mason THE POLY PHILOSOPHER BUY AT HOME. From Jinks, the tinsmith, honest man, I bought my super-three sedan. I might have bought a car by mail, and got good value for my kale; but Wwe have lived next door for years, and we have mingled Emiles and | tears; when Jinks would grind a snickersnee, I turned the grindstone cheerily, and when my cow is sick he's there, to take the edge off my despair. And when he wished a noble ode to advertise his new abode, fie came and offered me the chance, and paid five kopecks in advance. We stand together in our town; we do not turn each other down. Now I might go to some big place and have a barber Mow my face, and get some frills I do not know in Punk- town, where my whiskers grow. Our barber shaves me with a saw, and now and then the blood he'll draw; but he's a good and thrifty lad and helps to boost our little grad; he's built himself a handsome shack, with roses climbing up t e back; at home he bought the jo .and rails, and local workmen drove the nails, And 'when he wants a stirring song, to help his growing trade along, he comes to me, the home grown bard, and buys the hot stuff by the yard; nor does he haggle at the price--he's handed me a rouble twice. We stand: together for the town, and no one turns a neighbor down; thus Punk- town grows, thus she expands, and | she'l) be famed in many lands, | ~--WALT MASON. -- i Drowned in River, Carleton Place, Dec. 6.--Mrs. Wil- liam Ingram, aged thirty-nine, a wid- OW With four ohildren, was found | dead in the Missismippi river basen | Findlay's foundry on Sunday. She is i believed to have committed suicide i while despondent. Mrs. Ingram wore | only a coat over her night attire. The husband of the late Mrs. Ingram died iduring the influenza epidemic in| | March, 1919. ---- | Yes, a dear little wife u sually is | & very big expense. > which now exists | ther | ad- | avier | ction | How= | in | | What I ain hankerin' BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY: WISDOM: to number apply our] Psalm $0: 12. i PRAYER FOR --S8o teach us {our days, that we may | hearts unto wisdom. ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR | BY SAM HILL Popular Ambition. I wouldn't want to be a Czam Nor yet a bloody Nero to be | Is a big fillum hero in- | Observations of Oldest Inhabitant. I kin r ember when folks would be busy.at this time of year polishing | up their old sleighs. | mre | | | (From an Such | f fast | {23 N to please | It might do for | not | those | 1t when- From the earlj- | en used to propel | n em- | Holland, to run | are. | draining the | g trass, a kind | which to | now going to be | work | Ver appropriated | Moreover, it win be 'pos- | hb) : : ie wind itself is jnert_ | | no fleas in or about the place.--D. P. electric companies | ur, stores it up | » and works day | find 4 geperator, switchbourd hp. { for ordinary farm needs, | | | | iz | Daily Sentence Sermon. | | | | | | | mate." to establish my | ity." We Prefer a Less Painful Skin G ad. in Jacksonville, F Times Union) I will peel the face of one woman free, as an advertisement jaye Oma, "la, Ocean. If this kind of thing hurts ag badly having your face peeled with a razor the ladles are welcome to the offer. We'd beg to be evcused. { Beinn Isn't This Tearable? "I just cannot afford these groaned the Bookkeeper I can afford clothes," growled as dull high | The only those 1 get the Clerk. rents are in my Couclusion Reached After Seeing a Girl Dressed for Winter, . | The smile she wears Must keep her warm. Nothing Doing. "Come fly with me," warbled amateur aviator. "Not on your tintype," retorted the | Wise Flapper. "I'll wait until you! have learned to handle 'the airplane af little better." | the | | Mere Husband Is. (Wisconsin Rapids Tribune) A number of friends surprised Mra. ! M. Hafenbrack at her home Satur- | | day evenfng, the occasion being the ninth wedding anniversary of Mr and | Mrs. Hafenbrack. Although Mr. Hafen- jee. Ra still in a Michigan san'tarium la good time was enjoyed by all. f Showing Just How Important a | | G Good News--For Anybody Who Wants | { To Go There. Dear Sam: F. F. Flee keeps id hotel | {at New Vienna, Ohio, but Fool Questions. { R. T. asks: "Can You put anything lin a vacant stare?" Well, [it 1s full of malice | | Seeking Domestic Peace. 'Marks has gone to the Peace Con ference." "You must he wrong; I saw him on the street this morning." "Yes; and you will find him in the | He is suing his wife | Courtroom now. | for divorce." Democracy? Bah! There's no true freedom in this lana, One thing should surely be allowed, | The right of any guy 40 kill The peanut-eater n'a crowd. | ~Cincinnati Enquirer. | well, if upon this hapless guy Death penalty you would bestow, What's left £6r him Who loudly reads The titles In a picture show? --Newark, Ohlo, Advocate Whe Wants a Home Any More? { "More garages than homes were | built in the United States last year" | | --News {tem.. The family can shift | | for itself, but the automobile must | | be taken care of. It used to be ladles | first, but not since the motor car ar- | rived. Shucks! | | i Why Overlook am Automobile and a Million Dollars? (Camden (Ga.) Beaeot"Journal) We have had a light shower of rain, and would be glad of a general rain, | then cooler weather, and a fat pig to eat with our sweet potatoes. Hitting a man when he is never makes a hit. News of the Names Club, "Wilson Curst." Sounds like echo of the war, but It isn't llves at New Independence, Mo Will B.. Lucky, of Jeffersonville, | Ina, Is hoping there is something in & name, Perfectly Simple, Eh, Watson? | "It would be easy to save that | $10,000,000 Congress voted ;to enforce | the dry laws." | "How's that?" | "Just let everybody obey the | hibition laws." pro- | | | Aha! and Aha! Bays a news {tem: "The mint in- | dustry is gaining in Oregon because | of the superior conditions of the eli- | Of course, they may eat a| fot of spring lamb up in Oregon, but } Just the same we are willing to wager & few simoleons that a climate that is 80 good for the raising of mint is | also mighty good for bootleggers. Will £og Volstead please express his opin. on? ' ' -- Boy, Get 'Em an Alarm Clock. What a lot of ola fogies our Gow. ernment statisticians are. They still class automobiles, chewing gum. face | powder and soda water ag , luxunty Why don't 'they include telephonks, railroads and Street cars? y -- News of the Names Club. Jackson, Ohio, hag an attorney named Frank De Lay. Is he any relation to the Law's delay? -- We All Do--Now and Them. "They cite one case of George Wash- ington refusing to tell a lie and then | Set him up as a model of truthfulness." "Wall? 2 "Oh, nothing. But I occasionally te! the truth myself, but I doubt if my biographer will go to the trouble of | hunting up the occasions in an effort reputation for verac- -- The Worst of All Guy Haythorn writes: "I often have THE DAILY BPITISH WHIG. ! ---- -------- ae . TUESDAY, DEC. 6, 1091. KNITTED TIES Our Big Special 69c. each [BIBBY'S SILK TIES Our Big Special 69¢. each For "His" Gifts Come to a Man's store for a Man's Gift. We're all aglow with a fine Christmas display. 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Manicure Rolls, Stationery, Perfumes, Thermos Bottles. ' If not prepared to buy we will set aside any article until required. Dr. Chown's Drug Store ry 185 Princess Bt. rn 1HUMAS COPLEY Telephone 987. Wanting anything do the carpen. ter; Esti; es given on all a . of ri » a Ww _ wor hard. wood floors all kinds. AQ orders prompt ajtention. Shop ~. Queen Street. SE FARMS FOR SALE 1--25 acres, Kingston, Six miles from orchard, good buildings. - Price $2,200. 2-200 acres, Township of Kingston, about 125 acrec under cultivation, large maple bush and a lot of val- uable timber. Price $9000, 3--100 acres, ten miles from Kingston on leading road, first class buildings, good orchard, well-watered and fenced. "Price $7500. Full list at ofthe, T. J. Lockhart * Real Estate and Insurance 58 Brock Street, Kingston Pr a. nn. wondered how a murderer feels when on trial. I have found out. 1 lost my check in a Cincinnati cafeteria. Has Any one ever had a more harrowing experience than this?" Well, if he hasn't, let him lose his weekly pay en- velope and go home and tell his wife about it. It is too terrible an experi. ence for us to dwell upon -- ) A Modest Vielet. "The trouble with you is you cannot recognize your limitations," angrily declared the Friend. "Of course 'I cannot r&pognize what I never have had," calmly replied the Egaotist, I Ina-- Here's Mary Ageain. Chicago psychologists have come to the conclusion, after exhaustive re- search, that sheep glands are the thing to be fed to thoge who are "Shy" in the "think-tank" fn order to force their return to mental '"nor- malcy." Therefore I am moved te in- dite the following to a lambskin . of world fame, for the part the family is to take in thé rejuvenation of the race. "Pass the mutton," Parson, Mary had a little lamb, She took it with her to college. Merely wanted its glands, she said; In order to improve her knowledge. --Mark Tyme. -- I' kin remember when the ladies t Let us recharge Your Ford Magne- 08s. 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