THE DAILY BRITISH WHICG. THURSDAY, DEC. 15, 1921, '8 THE BRITISH WHIG 88TH YEAR, Pablished Duily and Sewi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED President Editor and Managing-iirector TELEPHONES: Business Office Fditorial Roomg Job Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) One year, delivered in city $6.00 One year, if paid in advance ....$5.00 One year, by mail to rural offices $2.50 One year, to United States ¥ (Semi- Weekly pidition) One year, by mall, cash 1.00 One year, if not pala In advance $1.5¢ One year, to United States o OUT-OF-TOWN REPRE NTATIV ES , Calder, 22 St. John , Montreal i, .W. Thompson ......100 King St. W. Toronto. «243 «329 292 Letters to the Editor are published only over the actual name of the writer, Attached Is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WRIG is authenticawed by the ABO Audit Bureau of Circulatious. Bret rie cmisen nn --_~ The friendliest terms are cash on delivery, A great ere tactful when they liars. are Love: The quality that kids you into thinking you like the perfume she uses, And then, the money saved by dis- arming will come in handy to pay for propaganda. At times there seems to be Ifttle difference between 'a conference and a controversy, ' If a dog or a man fen' worth a darn, he is almost certain to be fashionable. As we understand the theory, the dogs of war won't die until they have a sloking spell, x The people who send you monthly bills show all the fervor of the other collectors of antiques, Any good car would jast three years if thera were po telephone pales along the highway. About the time a hoy gets over being proud of his muscle, he begins #0 think he understands women. As a rule ,the steps saved ig the kitchen are wasted in the lving- oom when the phonograph is start- wed, i ------------ r-- It's much easier to overcome evil {with good if we haven't the cash on d to pay for indulgence in the Jovil. ' A ---------- | Thedrys and the bootleggers agreg in principle, but they don't appear to Se in harmony concerning the de- Rane, Another thing that has been very jective in bringing music © inte Canadian homes is the installment One can buy a metal pencil that will feed itself, but what writing men after is a pencil that will feed family. In this sophisticated age, f scandal in official lite joause any more excitement Fwamber repont, a story doesn't than a ! . You can say one thing for Lloyd George. He can beat any man on arth thinkipg, up ways to postpone "the inevitable, . As the men at the next desk stu- dis the rate of exchange, he won. ders why they don't quote the Eng- lish pound in ounces. Zz i Pho friendship between the Unitod and England is deep-rooted. wasn't, it couldn't survive what cans say of affairs in India. pre's so much bad in the best , and so much good in the worst that it hardly behooves any of Ary to reform the rest of us. ; eep trying, and after 'become so Important 'you deave the car at home ride street car without losing you The only person more obnoxious than the chap who boasts of taking bath every morning is the fellow who boasts of taking a <old bath | very morning. many people think they , merely ! | WHILE RUSSIA STARVES, Lenine and Tr iy deny that the have any inten admitting thelr socialistic iment has ed and of retirin: the meantime mi tunate subjects are and starvation } Jul Lenine ar i felt the pinch of | well clothed, surprising to hear th "extremely optimistic situation. So did the France before the started, ate life their unfor rishing of well ROOM FOR REFORM. A movement has been started in France to eliminate t cough in the | theatre. This syggests another im. | provement that theatre audiences | might bring about wit 1 | operation, not to say seM-suppres- sion. In a musical show directly be hind you there is always gomeone { who insists on running over the tune { which the artist on the stage | ing or playing. No statistics as yer i have been compelled, yet it would not surprise the hapless victims of these | embryonic artists in the audiences to | find that ninety-nine out of every h a little co- 18 8ing- {1 hundred never before have heard the tune they are trying to hum or > | whistle, and that ninety out of every hundred, even if they do know the | strain, have not been especially en- | dowed in a musical sense | suppression have yet to be discover- | looks, stony stares, { twisting around in one's seat so far | have all proven ineffectual. going to Ottawa to turn the world upside down, and 0 revolutionize things overnight, Her own to the point, "My chief espiration is to be in Ottawa whet I am here. ly .to represent the people who are sending me, and of whom I am one." That is her aim, and jf she truly carries it out, then she will indeed have made a notable contribution to the public life of Canada, YOU AND YOUR WIFE. 'Let's suppose you are a business man. You have something to sell. You do not think it is fair for your to sell, to send to distant cities for these things. And you are right. You know that it pays to buy at home. Does your wife do all her buying in Kingston? Kingston business and therefore your business by buying what she needs in Kingston? Let's suppose you are an employed man. You know that employment is increased as the business of King- | ston' banks, stores and factories fs in- | creased, | your children need, the tendency is | to increase the business of Kingston | and therefore to increase the number { i of employers who look for your ser- vices. Let's suppose you are a stock- Means of | holder, officer or employee of a bank. | incompatibility You know that the more money that | ed, since caustic remarks, baneful |gg put into circulation in Kingston i i and a violent {the more money spent in Kingston, the more business the banks will do. Do you and your family buy what you | If the dry, breezy cough and the need in Kingston? { noisy gargle can be eliminated from | | the French theatre, why can we not | in this country do away with the hummer and the whistler and {candy eaters who indulge in the fur- | tive rustling of @ plece of tissue paper { covering the innocent piece of candy? SHIRKING? Good wheat is being burned under | the boilers of the Argentine. In { { | \ Whatever you are, whether it be minister, doctor, lawyer, man, clerk, investor, capitalist, it the | makes no difference. If your interest is in Kingston jt is to your benefit that Kingstonlans do their buying in Kingston. This is merely simple arithmetic. -If 'we all buy out of town we have a half-town. If one tewth of us buy out of town, we lack ten per cent. of being the town we [ parts of the United States corn is a | ought to be. cheaper fuel than coal, Russia, mean- while, enjoys a varying diet of gfass and bark; in spite of which some ten thousand a day die of starvation. It is a melancholy contrast, Could anything show as clearly the breakdown of those forces and ideals which we term "civilization"'? The intricate channels of commerce along which goods used to flow from places where there was a surplus to where [they were needed, are disrupted. With them has gone our sense of na- tional interdependence, act as though the sufferings of others would not affect ourselves, Yet is it so unthinkable that Europe's in- ability to buy from us should, to a large extent, spring from the impos- sibility of selling her products to Russia? ""Help!" ¢ries Russia, "We can't," chorus the nations, with half a mind to add, "It's your own fault." And, for lack of mutual aid, all sink together a little deeper into the mire, For this year's famine areas are likely to become next season's desert--an economic plague spot. But where international goodwill has broken down, the need for pri- vate sympathy becomes s0 much the greater, In Britafh and the Scandi- navian countries the "Save the Chil. dren Fund" is collecting for the sup- port of a quarter of a million chil dren whom they ere feeding in the Sartov area. Several other bodies are also appealing for eid. The Unit- ed States has for months been suc- coring important famine areas. Can- ade, so like Russia is topography and climate, has also heard the call--ana passed by on the other side. -------------- CANADA'S FIRST WOMAN MP, With the shock caused by the sweeping defeat of the Meighen gov- ernment now fairly over, attention fs being turned to the most unique vie- tog, of the whole campaign, Miss Agnes McPhail, the first woman to be elected a member of the Canad- ian parliament, This is indead a signa] honour for Miss McPhail, ana it is all the more remarkable when it is considered. that she is but a siniple daughter of the farm, who taught school for a number of years, and only began to be interested in Political quest'ons during the pro- 80 1 vincial election campaign of 1919. Outside of taking part in local poli- tics, she had never been a national figure until her nomination as the Progressive - candidate for North Grey, and even then she was looked upon more as a novelty than es a serious contender for parliamentary honours. But her blunt manner of speech; and her fighting qualities as a candidate won the day for her, and {how she stands forth as the cham- pion of the cause of the women of Canada in their greatest legislative body. Miss McPhail is more than the member of parliament for South Grey. She ia the representative of the womenhood of Canada, and they will watch her career as thongh she had really hoen elected by all ot them. As she herself admits, what she does at Ottawa will either streng- then or weaken the cause of the wo- men of this country., But Miss Mec- { Phail epparently is gifted with a large fund of 809d common-sense, and she has not the ides that she is | | All of this comes with special force right at this time because this is the very time when doing your spend- ing at home is most needed. A man or woman, in Kingston who thinks business conditions could be improv- ed and then buys several hundred miles away that which could just as wel] be bought right here at home is not helping Kingston at all. The money that could increase the circu- lation of money here, that could pump the life blood of business fas- | 8 e : s gone for d, that we | ter, is sent away and is go B00 Spent here, #t i8 turned over amd over, getting into many pockets, making things easier for everybody. Spent away from home, #t does uo good for Kingston; spent in King- ston, it does not stop its usefulness with that one spending. THEN AND NOW. Frederic Harrison, an Englishmen of letters, writes in a reminiscent vein on the joys of travelling when he was a young man. Since this men's early efforts to see something of Europe date back to the middle of the last century, these remini- scences are interesting because they put side by side two entirely different modes of travel, European provincialism and quaintness are gone, Mr. Harrison tells us. was unlike any other. Many of the little European towns visited were little changed from what they had been for three or four centuries be- fore this Englishman saw them. They had an individuality. In Florence, Italy, thé Armo river flowed beneath the game bridges as in Michelangelo's time, To-day all this is changed, Wall- appointed hotels all very much alike, modern styles of building, the one type but little different from the other, and all the rest of the stand- ardized improvements haye destroy- | ed the essential characteristics which had clung to these little towns from the time of the Middle Ages. Fast. and comfortable steamers take you by them, and trains almost as com- fortable but faster than the steamers now rush you from one of these towns to the other so that there is little time for reflection and medita- fon and observing which in other days were the great delight of travel- ling. , a? There is, of course, another side to this story. At the age of ninety, and in. circumstances which "even now permit his travelling in lutury, Mr. Harrison is likely 'to overlook the fact that the very things of which he complains as being modern have made it possible for Sundreds of peo- ple to travel as compared to a d who travelled seventy Yeats ago. For | our critic this may not be a gain, but for the great number of people live ing now it is & most decided gain. If our object is to keep the world very much as it always has beer, if the past rather than the future is our chief consideration, then of course there is reason in this writer's melen. choly message. But if our concern is the future, then the more we travel the better; then everything that makes possible easy means of social Intercourse between peoples is to our advantage, From a poetic point of view of love for the past, Mr. Har. rison is right, and in a great measure he may still indulge in that kind of state- | pinebi of her aepiafy io uimpie but | creaseth; and there is that withhold- | eth more than js meet, but it tendeta 1 want real- | neighbors, who want what you have | Does she help | 1f you and your wife buy | |in Kingston everything both you and laboring | In 1845 each Belgian town | BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY GIVING GETS: --There is that scattereth, and yet in- | to poverty.--Proverbs 11: 24. {travel if he wishes. But from the | point of view of social progress there jcan be do doubt that the express | { train js far ahead of the stage coach, | ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR | } BY SAM HILL | Common Lament December now is on the scens, | And winter's wailing winds feared; | The bin once more is stocked with | coal, { But ail our kale has disappeared. ~--Anoan, | are | ---- | | Observations of Oldest Imhabltant. { | 1 kin rem®mber when every village | had its town pump and towa drunk. i | | | | { { Meam Mere Domestic War, Though | "1 see they are trying to redute the number of men under arms," remark- | jed the whan. | What I would like to see is more | { &irls surrounded by erms," replied the | | nopeful maid. | Defining It. { Toledo Blade--l.ove is what keeps | from showing before | | marriage. | Hariford Times--Love-<the emotion | | that persuades a girl she would en- | Joy 'sweeping up a man's cigar ashes | for life | Iwve--the hullucination that makes | 4 man think he would enjoy paying | dressmakers' and miliiners' bills for a | | pretty girl . | | Dide a Wee? Nix, Gin ye be buskit like a doll, We dinna give a groat, my giriis! Or gin ye wear no claes at ail! But do your Christmas shopping early! ---Bobby B. Advice. You better start writing 1922 now so you will up on it after January 1, practicing not slip had had A Modern Methuselah, (Pataluma (Cal) Argus) Lugens Horace Cogley, native Iowa, 660 years of age, dropped dead in Santa Rosa Monday evening at 5.20. of Fool Questions. 8 A "What does a 'scrub team' scrub?' Dunno, but as for the teame--it usually gets whitewashed -- She Never Has Any Use For It. "Pa, what is a rhetorical pause?' asked Willle. "Something your mother never uses, my son," replied Pa, as he duck- ec behind his paper. 5. asks ---- "Why the Wedding Bells Didn't Ring, I bought for her 2 A ring of brass, Set with «stone Of window glass, The Joke Is On Them, (Hesdline in a Philadelphia Paper) TOMBSTONE CARGO ARRIVES -- Germany Seeks Outlet Here For Grave. yard Paraphernalia, We fear the Germans have taken too seriously the jokes mbout the number of our citizens who are being killed by drinking wood alcohol and Other "dry drinks since the advent of prohibition. y -- There Are Others. ------ BIBBY'S BOYS' OVERCOATS Big Gift Values A FEW FAMILY SUGGESTIONS : MEN'S BATH ~ ROBES New colorings and designs. See our big $8.50 value. HQUSE COATS New ones. Our big special $9.50 and $12.50 PURE SILK KNITTED TIES See our big values-- 69c., 95¢c., $1.50, $2, $2.50, $2.75. PURE SILK NECKWEAR in Fancy Box; . new colorings, new silks. Our big value 95¢. BIBBY'S MEN'S GLOVES Fine quality Grey Suede Glove -- silk lined. Our big special $1.98 pair LEATHER CLUB BAGS Real good ones -- $8.50, $12.50, $16.50, $18.50, $22.50 N We claim to offer you the best quality val- ues in Canada! MEN'S HOSIERY Pure Silks--in all the newest shadés. Our big special. ... 90c. Pure Wool; fine qual- ity ribbed; in all new shades: Heather, Lo- vat, Brown, etc. Our big special-- ------------------" MEN'S HOSE Penman's Knit Wool Hose. Our big special-- MEN'S SUITS and OVERCOATS MEN'S HOSE 5c. per pair Scotch 2 pairs for 75c¢. AT REDUC ED PRICE BUNT'S Hardware, King St. There was & young man from Spokane Drove his car in front of the train; The Coroner sald, as he picked up his ead, 'I don't think he'll do i again." ---G. N. 8, ---- Daily Sentence Sermen. but never knock your opportunities. News of the Names Club. We have just learned W. E. Fly is a conductor on the L. and N. R. R. We suppose 'he Is in charge of the Flyer. Has Them Going. Just now the ald. - Time diplomat 8 not quite sure Where he is "at." --Cincinnati Enquirer, And candidates, I must declare, Now find themselves Up in the air. | --Hastings Tribune. | in Have Nothing on Us. | "The English law does not permit |8 man to marry his mother-in-law."-- News item. Well, haven't we an amendment to our reat constitutional which prohibits the infliction of cruel and uhusual punishment on any man? Of course, it is. possible to get aroupd the constitution, as tha bootleggerny have proved since the 18th was at-| tactied. but a fellow always takes al Keep hammering away at your job, WHERE SANTA CLAUS DOES HIS BUYING Skates, Hockey Sticks, Trains, Trol- ley Cars, Engines, Packs, Sleeping Dolls, China Dolls, Unbreakable Dolls, KIDDIES' Sweepers, Shovels, Sleighs, Skooters, Blackboards, Games, Sewing Sets. BALLOONS=--all sizes and all shapes, DIRIGIBLES that interest old and young. In fact everything to please all ages, guns till lite seems flat and stale, for he must guard the precious duns that come to me by mail. A sawed- off shotgun on his . back, and all equipped to kill, he thus delivers zt my shack the tailor's dog-eared bill. With his brass knucks and lance and gun he leaves his smoke behind, and he looks like a war lord Hun Christmas Crackers Just come in and look at chance when he does. Walt Mason THE POET PHILOSOPHER | * 4 : ! THE SAFE SIDE. | 'The time has come," said Colon-! el Hays, "when patience halts and | fails, and we shall shoot all locoed | jays who try to rob the mails. Too! long, too long have graceless scamps | defied me to my face, and they have | Stolen postage stamps until it's ay disgrace. And now at last they've spilled the beans, they've shocked! the voters' souls, and I have drafted | the marines to shoot them full of holes. The ocean soldiers are on guard, no more shall bandits scoff, and he who steals a postal card will havé his dome blown off." The Postman comes to my abode, and! tired and sore be feels, for he Nas dragged along the road a culverin on Wheels. And he is loaded down with who has "Der Tag" in mind. Now peace enshrouds my wintry dome and comfort fills my soul, for I can maii a priceless pome, and feel "twill! reach its goal. And when the groc-. er sends his bill with threat of law and jail, "twill reach my cottage n the hill, since gunmen guard the mail, them. They are prettiey than ever. Jas. REDDEN & Co. The House of Satisfaction Phones 20 and 990. of the incoming Gbvernment. 'Most prominently 'mentioned for the appointment is T. Ahearn, presi- dent of the Ottawa Electric Railway and the allied companies, and a dir- ector of Mumerous other Canadian commercial and industrial concerns (including the Bell Telephone Com- pany and the Merchants' Bank Canada." FOR SENATE VACANCY T. Ahearn, of Ottaga, Is Prominently . Mentioned. Ottawa, Dec. 15.--The Ottawa Ci- tizen publishes the following: 'An Ottawa vacancy in the Senate bas been created by the death of Hon. T. W, Crothers, who was ap- pointed a few weeks ago to succeea the late Senator Edwards, Dut died before he had the opportunity of tak- ing his seat. The successor of Sena- tor Crothers--virtually the succes- Sor of Senate Edwards---will be one Of the first appointments in the gift wg iy The trouble with havisg your wife lose-her temper is that sho al- ways manages fo find it again, song sure dies hard, of | Censidering how many people try | to murder it every day, a vopular | YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFT MAY BE CHOSEN HERE FRENCH IVORY is here to stay----it is not a passing fad--- 80 why not start your friend on a set of this beautiful ware or add to what she already has by choosing one of the many datuty articles from our large stock. Our BRUSHES, COMBS and MIRRORS, and all the smaller pleces are of the best, heavy, creamy quality, and the prices are sure to suit your purse. Dr. Chown's Drug Store 185 Princess St. Phone 8438 "THOMAS COPLEY Telephone 987. Wanting anythide done in the en tery ime, atimates given on all Kinds of repairs and new work alse hard. wooed of nil Kinin. AN ordery will receiv: prompt cation, Shop 4 Queen Street. FARMS FOR SALE 1--25 acres, Kingston, six miles from orchard, good buildings. Price $2,200. 2--200 acres, Township of Kingston, about 125 acres 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 bulldings, good orchard, well-watered and fenced. Price $7500, Full list at office. T. J. Lockhart Real Kstate and Insurance 58 Brock Street, Kingston Fo ADDRESS YOUR RAWFORD'S LIX UTA med OU know where our Y place of business 's, don't you? If not take a good look at the 'address below. Memorize it. It will come in handy. Do you re- member our telephone num- ber? If not take another look at it. This place is headquarters for the right kind of coal. Craw ford Scranton Coal Phoue 9. Foot of Queen St.