Samimphay, ne an, [---- SC 1001, STUDY SPORTS THE JUNIOR BRITISH WHIG BIGGEST LITTLE PAPER IN THE WORLD IRON-WORKERS -- REAL DARE-DEVILS | Dick Baird Shows Writer Around Sky-Scraper Skeleton and Spins Yarn of Quebec Bridge Tumble If you have ever stood on-a high fire escape and looked over the railing to the street far below, swarmed with Street cars, automobiles and humans, You have a faint--very faint--idea of how it feels to: climb to the top of huge fron skeleton of a big-city skyscraper in construction, worm your way out on a foot-wide girder and look down. The sensation is just / f 1% IL ia shaky. Straa dling a girder somt two hun- feet In the air, the writer care- fully slid back to the little wooden platform spread across the corner Skeleton of the tenth floor. Jack Baird, structural fron-worker | and obliging guide, held out an assisting hand with a grin on his face. Cold Day "Ret me give you a lire." "Whew! I mopped my brow, for even though the day was a cold one and stow of the night before lay un- melted on the girders, perspiration had forced its way out; being high In the air is rather breath-taking, if You are unaccustomed to it. Then a moving thing across an open Space caught my eye. 1 had sup- posed correctly. It was a human-- his honor, the riveter, shifting from one girder to another. But of all the careless shifting! Actually, if that man had walked any faster he would have been run- ning. You will realize more fully the danger he placed himself in when I tell you the girder he traversed was no more than twelve inches wide, and that there was nothing more hetween him and the hard earth ten stories below than a few frail planks, Aceldents Always "But, don't any of you fellows ever I turned to Dick Baird who Was much amused at my open- mouthed wonder, "Ob. laughed Mr. Baird, "It's shaky business till you get used to it. But these fellows dre used to it. course, every building has its casualty list. Always somebody gets hurt, A finge "Oh, weight. into the water. "Seventy-eight of the men who worked on that side were killed." Dick Baird paused, He seemed to see again in his mind that horrible disaster, "But, there was one man named Ingvald Hall," brightened Mr. Baird. "He took the longest fall of any of "Killed, "Cheerful what was the Saw anyone take? you've ever taken all here and seem in good shape." Mr. Baird has been an iron-worker for twenty-two Years, I fell Once but it didn't amount to much. Why, the bigg: iron-worker take happened on August 29, 1907, at about a quarter te eix in the evening. and one side shore of the side on the other shure. fellow never knows when its his turn. work," I replied. 'Weil, biggest fall yoy ever I don't suppose any falls; you're about sixty-five feet est fall | ever saw any We were erecting the dge across the St. Law- <." It was a cantilever trpe, "The job was Then, one day the ing on got too heavy to hold its So it just let } was being built on one river, and the other ridge Falls going along nicely. side I wasn't work- and fell eighty-two He was working at the highest rs point of the bridge, and when the bridge fell, the river He fell about four hundred feet." "And wag killea" Dick Baird's face nothing," he said. 'Two broken, was at low tide. wreathed in smiles. THE DAILY BR HUMOR PLAY WORK ONE REEL YARNS OUT OF THE ASM BARREL "Thrown in the ash barrel Just cause I'm chipped," . people were made happy by my beauty, and now that is all over. My life is ruined." Even as the vase spoke, he feit himself be- ing lifted up. "Gee. sce what I found," called a shrill voice. "Ain't this swell? In take it home to sister." The next thing the vase knew, In- stead of sitting on the mantel in a lovely, mirrored room, it was sitting on a rickety shelf, looking down at a dirty, squalid room in a poor section of the city. An unkempt gir! yas 1dbking at it thoughtfully. "It don't geem to fit here, somehow." She looked passied, She began to straighten the room up litte. Its untidiness seemed to be accentuated by the broken vase, so tall and beautiful. The more the girl tried to straighten the worse they finally went for cloth and gave the § such as it had not had for many a day. And the vase caught the rays of the sun and was more lovely than ever, 80 that it faifly dazsled the girl. hem pictures look sort ** sald the girl. She hesitated a minute, and then tore down in dis- gust the things that lttered That was the beginning. The vase wonderingly saw, as the days went on, that there was a change coming in the 48 in her room. Once 80 clean and tidy, she pride in her own ap- combed her hair neatly. holes, and stains, her room was began to take pearance. She She began to notice and buttons off. And the vase did its best, showing most beautiful colorings and shadings. One day a frie with the girl " "It isn't spoiled," sald the girl. '1 keep the cracked side out of sight. Just look at the pretty side!" And the colors on the vase danced in the sunlight, -------- TODAY'S puzZLE In four moves change the word * to "man." Only one letter may Be "moved," or changed, at a time, and each must make a new word, Answer to yesterday's: Life, dle. Answer to today's: Boy, toy, tem, ! tan. man. Copyrighe 1921 Associated Editors THE PLAY MAN'S GAMES llustrated by C. H. Wisner CAGE. BALL PURSUIT RELAY Dear Sneexy: i PH LES He: i ill] 5 ? ef ] E FEfE} if if § "Cage Hill Pursuit Relay" 1 a game that may be played in the &ymnastum or out-of-doors. In his sete Chip writes to Sneezy IIE TIE Giant did, ob ture London home of Prin oe { ON COAST OF LABRADOR {Dr. G. W. Parmelee Gave In- teresting Address to the Rotary Club. ter of public instruction, Quebec, the guest of the Kingston Ro Club, at the weekly luncheon on Fri- { dey, and delivered a very interesting | |@ddress, dealing with some of his | | personal experiences on the coast of Labrador, There was a good turn- out of the members of the club, and the address held the intense interest of all. President "Joe" Stewart pre- ! sided, and introduced the speaker, | "ho by the way, is a persona) friend | of Rotarian Arthur Lyster, Dr. Parmelee, in his opening re- marks, referred to the luxuries the people had in Canada, and compar- ed the situation with that of the con- ditions on the coast of Labredor. He paid a warm tribute to the work which is being carried on along the Labrador coast by the Quebec dio- cese, The speaker gave a most interest- ing account of the life of the-fisher- men along the coast. He stated that the fishermen could not keep any domestic animals or, fowl as thoy could not be cared f, there, The fishermen wer P against it as they were un {0 grow vege- tables. One fis Jhad on one Occasion told the speaker that he had a magnlificient crop of potatoes, and when asked about the yield stat. ed that be had expected to have ten bushels. Along educational lines, this dis- trict suffered, as it was impossible | to get inspectors into the district and during navigation schools opened. The people also sus | fered from lack of medical attention. | One doctor would cover about two hundred miles of coast, But the wonderful part of it all Was that these people loved life on the Labrador coast. For people liv- ing in Canada, this life would be un- bearable. People Hving on the La- | brador coast for years loved it, and | many who had been given good posi- {tions In small cities, gave up their | work and returned to their old home, [They did not want to be removed from the old conditions, Dr. Parmelee told of one man who had been on the coast and had been given a good position in the city of Sherbrooke. He stayed in his new job for a short time, and then re- turned to the coast, stating that Sher- brooke! was too quiet a place, and that he must get back to his old home, Shipping vegetables into Labrador from Quebec, the maritime provinces and Prince Edward Island, was very | expensive, Fish, salted beet and pork were the chief items om the vided some of the extra dishes. Cheese, eggs, and butter could not be secured. There was milk but it was in the form of condensed milk, and only used when the minister or 6 honored guest happened to be aking a call, and it was then re; garded as a great luxury. themselves to farming. There were no farm lands, and thus the people had no opportunity, The depart- | ment of public instruction had been able to get teachers, but it was very |nard to secure teachers during the winter as they would not serve under the conditions. It was not at all a question of salary to be paid, but the teachers did not care to go into this country during the winter time. | Teachers were secured from New- foundland and religious instructors were also secured from Quebec, qs in these two places, the conditions on the coast were not regarded es so appaling. The people in Labrador regarded it as the duty of the church and the state to look after their wel- fare. All the mien had to depend on was fishing, and if they had a poor season they had no other means of making up their loss, Dr. Parmelee said the people along the Labrador ©COogst were very quiet people. They did not talk very much and did not enter into discussions The speaker also told about his hav- ing two small school houses built in Quebec and shipped to the Labrador coast. This was before the war, but since that time this work had been discontinued. The school houses were shipped as there was no lumber t0 be secured on the cost. Dr. Parmelee spoke a t the dog teams used by the people on the |! coast, and told some interesting stories in connection with the part they played in the life of the people, The speaker also referred to the work carried on at Dr. Greafell's mis- sions, Perhaps the most outstanding point of the address was brought out by Dr. Parmelee in his closing re- marks, when he pointed out that the people on the Labrador, coast only worked four months { year, as this | was the length of time the fishing | was carried on. The speaker stated | that something should be done to en- courage the people to carry on some industry during the winter, and sug- gested © weaving.» There had, the speaker sald, been no effort put forth to get work for the people to do in the winter, and they had been doing to work during the winters for so long a time, thet now they felt that all that was required was for them to work four months in the year, Rotarfan Arthur Lyster moved a | vote of thanks to the speaker and it | wag carried amidst much enthusiasm. I Club Business, The members of the club decided | to have a special night for tHe ladies. Rotarians "Tem" Milo and "Syl" Grace proved themselves noble cham- plons of the fair sex and after they had made their plea, the by & unanimous vote, decided to have A special event for 'the ladies. It will be arranged for early in the)! - ITISH WHIG. new year, mittee will look after the details. the kind | that |D. P. | the ; | Rex Stock Com otarian Rex Snelgrove announced the Trans-Canadq Theatres Litd., | Branigan, the local manager of company, New Years was {for the patients of all the local hos- tary | itals, On motion of Rotarian 1. E. Pense offer, was accepted with thanks, and the ®lub wii co-operate to meke the event a great success. The following guests were intro- duced at the luncheon: F. 8. 8. Johnson, United States Con- éul; Warden Ponsford, David Nes- bitt, of St Claude, | Houghton, School Inspector J. Ruo- | sell Stuart, Rev. C. C. Whalley, rec- | i tor of St. Peter's church, Brockville. | Man., Stephen -- SAKELL'S MUST CLOSE. In Order to Make Extensions to Meet The Demands, After twenty-one years of success- [ful business, during which time im- | provements have been made at inter- vals, Sakell's Ice-cream parlour and confectionery store is compelled to close its doors for extensive altera- tions and improvements, The : de- The entertainment com- at the Grand and the | pany had agreed to co- | operate with the Rotary Club, and | > em |8ive a special matinee on the Friday | r. G. W, Parmelee, deputy minis- | between Christmas and } | | | | | Alwqys Ready to Serve You Morning, Noon or Night will find us ready with good pervision of first-class cook. are always kept Come in any time and you meals red under the su The sp ndings and our table linen clean and in A1 condition, CROWN CAFE OPEN FROM 7.30 A.M. TILL 2AM 203 Princess Street. FH Phone 13038 PHILIP TOY, Prop. | mand for Sakell's ice cream and the | increasing numbers of their custom- jers make it imperative that they enlarge if the business is to satisfy the wants of all who patronize it. | Before closing the present stock {ot holiday candies and confections must be disposed of and in order to During the Christ- season their whole large stock of boxed and bulk candies will be placed on sale. After the alterations completed the sfore have been will be twenty feet longer, with a tiled floor of plain | but attractive pattern. | windows will be completely rebuilt The show | | {speed up the clearance, the meana- | gers of the store are cutting their || prices very low, there were no (mas shopping | | to display the fine wares sold and | an entirely new lighting system in- tween Halifax and Vancouver in ex- cellence. Local labor and materials are be- ing used exclusively in the improve- ments to be made to Sakell's, The siruggle between the National volunteers and the government auth- orities still continues in India. Bigh- ty arrests were made on Friday In Calcutta. Impaired reserve is given as the reason for Merchants Bank by winter bill-of-fare, Flour also pro- Bank, the absorption of tae the Montreal Pain in the Loins That dragging, Pain makes life a people. sive inflammation of the | tissue. The inhabitants could not devote | because it Nerviline gives a wonderful More powerful because five stronger, more strikes through soft Driven Out This pain is due to Because every drop rubs in, penetraies so deeply, result. times Penetrating because it tissue, more healing to pain, Nerviline Liniment should be always everywhere in large | on hand. Sold 35 cent bottles, Ford Give your family a Ford Sedan N thi . Quickly wearying sort of misery to many a pas- adjacent | stalled. Settees of clear mahogany | | with beautiful upholstering will run | | down the sides and centre of the par- | lor and the owners promise that their | new store will be second to none be- ==BLUE GARAGES nn, BLUE Important Re Your Storage Battery Now that the cold weather has set in we wish to announce tna We are prepared to look after your BATTERY for tho Winter, TELEPHONE or WRITE and get full particulars as to what is needed to be done to your Battery, Experts on Generators, Motors, Magnetos and Lighting systems, Giye us a try-out. We guarantee our work. Willard Service Station, I. LESSES 19 BROCK STREET, PHONE 13840. | BLUE - WEATHER will soon be 'here and open cars will be put away until Spring. Do not store your car in a little outbuilding--1{¢ is bad for it. It is hard on your varnish, upholstering and tires, Store it with us, in a building which is fireproof- with an even temperature all the time. 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