MONDAY, JAN. 0, 1988, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. Theatrical Why Girls Leave Home, "Just because a gir! prefers =ilk to cotton, you call her wayward! in- fignantly says Anna Haedder to her stern father in a powerful dramatic scene in "Why Girls Leave Home', | the stirning heart interest photoplay which comes to the Allen theatre £0- day and in that sentence is revealed but one reason, and there are many others, why many danghters Have left their family roofs and s'ruck out for the Ives. Rie 4 tunaat @hotodrama reveals with the clearness of a seatchlight mot only the reasons 'Why Girbs Ieave Home" but is also points in a direct manner to' a solution of the |. problem which many girls and their parents are called upon to face at some time or another. "Why Girls Leave Home' is above wll, one of the cleanest and most thoroughly satisfying entertainments the silver sheet has offered us in gome time -----Advt. At The Strand. © Thomas Meighan, who grows in favor with the film tans of the world appears at the Strand to- day, to-morrow and Wednesday in "The Basy Road," a Paramount pic- ture adapted from a brilliant short &tory, "Easy Street," by Blair Hall. Leonard Fayne, played by Mr. Mei- ghan, trod bravely the thorny path to success, He reached the goal, married to an heiress, and becamc an idler. His wife left him. He de- termined to commit suicide, but abahdoned his cowardly plan in or- der to save a helpless girl, who proved the means of saving him. His wife returns to find him his old gel once more, and all ends well Gladys George, as talented as she Is Peautiful, plays opposite Mr. Meigh- an, and Lila Lee, another charming mctress, is also in the cast. Like all Paramount pictures, "The Easy Road" is a feast for the oye, and Thomas Meighan himself sustains his reputation as one of the most winning and gifted of screen actors. Several exceptionally fine features will be presented at the Strand dur- fag the rest of January, foremost among them being "The Sheik," which is making such a stir in the large cities of Canada.--Advt. steadily CEFF PPP P PPR PENN + #% BOLSHEVIK DEATH + SIGN IS PAINTED *» -- # Port Arthur, Jan 9.--The # death sign of the Russian Bol- # shevik hammer and sickle, cal- # culated to terrorize the hearts # of persons on whose premises it # appears, was found painted on # the walls of the interior of the # Bank of Hamilton building, # the Iuiperial Bank building and % the doorway of the office of-the # Finnish vice-consul today, Sp RTH PT EPSPS * SPF PHIPPIPIB IGS SPORTING NEWS Win for Napanee, ' The curling match between Belld- and Napanee four rinks a side, very close and exciting. The e was won by Napanee by the stone curled by Skip Maybee. The t{ was an open one and when the stones came to rest Napanee countel #ix, and winning the first of the C.O. C.L. games by four points. With the Curlers. One match in the Whig trophy ser- fes was played at the curling ring on Saturday, but the decision is under dispute and the winner has not yet been announced, ' . It was expected that some matches in the C.0.C.L. series would be play- ed on Monday afternoon. The ice is + in fair condition considering the mild weather, Hockey Results, N.H.A.--St. Pat's 65, Hamilton 2; 'Ottawa 4, Canadiens 2, .. O.H.A.--Toronto Granites 6, Hams fiton Tigers 4. -- To Conduct a Class. Harry Haunts will conduct a class in boxing, wrestling and jiu-jitsu at She K.A.A rooms Thursday evening, at seven. Selections will be made for '& boxing and wrestling tournament at the club rooms on Saturday, 14th. "Portsmouth Ready, The Portsmouth Athletic Associa- mn, with teams in the City League, all ready to go in for a winter of uous hockey. A large and well- 'bordered rink has been laid out on fce in Hatters' Bay and here 4 working for a place on one of 4 teams Put in hours of practice. "The rink is well lighted and the play- have put it together themselves, 2 which they deserve great credit. There are a good number of lively hockey players around "the Bay" 3 winter and they will give the teams in the City League a Tun for their money. The limitation of the development * use of aircraft is impossible at 4 time, the five-power armament ttee. of the conference decided Andrew Serath, Kitchener, was ac- ntaliy killed at the Grand Trunk | 'depot Monday morning, when he was Struck by a train from Toronto while ) ng the track. ; The Governor-in-Council has com- uted the sentence of death passed n° Wilfred Meharg, a farmer's of Wentworth County, to life im- [sonment. "John C. Cutler, Hamilton, dropped 1 while shaving. v i 3 district have GANANOQUE | A very sudden death 0% | Saturday morning when | flackhurst passed away | at her on Sydenham street. De kad been in poor health] time, and arrangements were | to. have her entersa hos-| r husband arose on {Saturday m : about five o'clock, | he conversed with her, but when| fmembers of the family entered her| reom an hour later they found she! had passed away. She leaves two | isons and one daughter. Word has been received here of] the death in Peterboro of Mrs. | | Benson, wife of Robert Benson, | Arthur street. Deceased came to] jananoque some years ago with her | being in | Jan jcurred- on {Mrs. Jan for being ma {pital, W it mily from Ireland, but failing Lealth, had been with her daughter, Mrs. Woodcock, in Peter- boro, at whose home she passed | {away on Thursday last. | | The third hockey game of the| 'town league was played on Friday | {night between the C.LLAC. and| | Bachelors, Both teams were in fine| | condition and an excellent game was enjoyed by a very large crowd. When | time was called the score stood 3 to 3 and after playing an extra twen-| ty minutes the score was still the | same. i Another fine game of hockey was played on Saturday night between | | Seeley's Bay and the All-Stars of] | Gananoque, when the Bay wers de- | |feated by a score of 4 to 2, i | The inaugural meeting of the| | board of water commissioners was | held on Thursday evening last, when |A. W. Taylor was elected president | ind J. A. Jackson secretary-treasur- er. Mr. Peters, Clayton, N.Y., is the| guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Towns- | end. Mr, Street, Clayton, N.Y., is/| | with his father, A. Street, Charles street, who is seriously ill. Miss Clara Allan, who has been il for the past month, is able to re-| sume her duties with the Ontario] Wheel Company. 8S. 8S: Cheetham was In Ottawa last week attending the Eastern Ontarig Dairymen's | convention, R. J. Wilson, who has] been engaged in London for some | time, has returned to spend the win-| ter at his home here. TIDINGS FROM ARDOCH. | | Lumber Being Hauled to Clarendon | --Many Holiday-Time Visitors. Ardoch, Jan. 6--The schools in the | re-opened, and - the teachers have returned from spend- ing their holidays in their respectiva homes... Election day was rather ex- citing. Those elected are as follows: Reeve, Thos. Armstrong; Councillors, Michael Weber, Fred Kellar, George Hermer and Thos. Kring. Armitage's camp began operations on Monday, and lumber is again be- ing hauled to Clarendon for shipment to' different points. Mrs. Smith, Sr., still lies in a critical conditions Tirera was a family re-union at Joseph Scho- nauer"s on Christmas day, when their daughters arrived to spend the day under the parental roof. They were Mr. and Mrs. William Kehoe and children, Northbrooke: the Miss- es Agnes, Victoria and Julia, Ot- tawa, and Miss Teresa, Perth. Other | Christmas and New Year visitors! were numerous: Herb. Hermer and William Derue, lately employed in Campbellford, at their homes here; Charles Smith and family at Sam Gonyou's; Mr. and Mrs. J. Ha:iiman and family, also Mr. and Mrs. J. Hartman and famliy at .L. Scho- nauer's; Clifford Smith and sister Mamig at Ervin Martin's; Zara Mar- tain and Clinton Armstrong at Joseph Schonauer's™ Mr. and Mrs. W. Tap- ping and family at R. G. Watkins'; J. Weber at Marlbaf ; Mr. and Mrs, J. Derue and family at J. Schultz's, Plevna; Thomas Tapping at Oshawa, and\diferent points; Mrs. J. B. Myers and children with her mother, Mrs. Keeley, Sydenham; Mr. and Mrs. J. | P. Watkins at L. A. McDonald's; | Samuel Gray has returned from | visiting his sister and other relatives | in Tamworth. The party at Jos.| Schonauer's on Monday evening was! Boartily enjoyed by the young peo- vie. . Late W. C. Pritchard, William C. Pritchard, aged twenty- two, passed away at his home, Mont- real street, on Monday. The de- ceased was a student and his death is the oceasion for deep regret and sympashy with the bereaved family. He was an Anglican and was born at Cornwall. ' The remains will be sent to Forfar on Wednesday by R. J. Reid, undertaker. - . What a Saturday's Advt. Did. Phe Hemlock Park stock farm ad- vertised their dairy products in Sat- 'urddy's Whig, and this morning, W. J. Fair, the secretaryAreasurer, wus kept busy at his desk, writing up customers for immediate delivery. We are not surprised at this, as we ua- derstand the quality of milk produc- ed is the best that healthy cattle, best of hay and grain food, fresh spring water, supplied regularly with- in sanitary environment, can pro- duce. » A limited number of customers may be taken on by getting in your orders early. Phone 231w. Recount granted in Port Arthur- Kenora federal election. . y 'Woodstock, Ont., had one burglary during the year 1922. - HIS CALENDAR Lo I By Juanita Hamel | Moke OPERATES ALARM. al | ; va Thirty-one days--more than four weeks--one whole month--what may not be crowd- ed into such a space of time, particularly when it's the first month and is thronged with ons time by her smiles. ---------------- WN \ GIL TY ARN Ive NWS TACTLESS He'd presented his girlie silk hose She got mad cause what d' you s'pose She'd a neat little hoof And the poor silly goof Got four sizes past the kid's toes. ADAM'S TEMPER Old Adam's temper suffered) from .The fail, you may believe-- They say at morn 'twas sweet enough, But always sour at Eve. WENT TO SLEEP ON THE JOB ©. Factory Boss: That fellow makes a fine mattress, but you daren't leave him, Visitor: How's that? Boss: He always goes to sleep on the job. . \ ' © James O'Brien, fof many years 1] The many frieads of Miss Corals Ald, Frank Howard, Guelph, was). Sets inspe or for Bouth Wellington, has in his resignation the provincial license Ein soir fo The population of the provinea of Quebec is 2,349,087, as againet 2- 05,776 in 1911, "less ! James Mahar, Fort Williasy, on boat trip, is believed drowned. J (x i z {the possibilities of all the good resolutions for new deeds and new ways! But what are | thirty-one days unless they ean be spent--if not with--at least thinking of her? He reck- DIMINISHING BIGHT Mrs. W.: What makes you think your sight Is growing less? Mr. W.: Waoell, every time | see a dollar it looks smaller than it did before.' THE MENTAL GAP Reggie: Evah, since | had typhoid I've experienced a--aw---mental gap. Maud: Are you sure It hasn't existed since you had the croup? Hail PR » You SAID IT Lump of Coal: Talk about precious stones, what about us? NEW TO HIM Mother (to her young een): Robert, you shouldn't offer choco Intes with your fingers. You should hand the box. Robert (after a moment's pause): No ona sver offers the box to me. BOTH WRONG "Nice hunting dog you've got--I guess it's a pointer?" "l guessed that way too; but It's a disappointer I've found." WONDERFUL "My goodness, Bill, the tide goes out fast in here. It was nearly full a moment ago!" - ine Fox will regret to hear that she|cleoted mayor at the inaugural meets oved from her was, on Friday, Hospital sufl- honte to the Qo toring from dipiatheria, ing of the oity council Monday. Ontario labor ocomvention may change whole polities] organisation Marquis Okuma, the agsd Japan. | of movement, * eondition fed| Acocrding to Lhe idea of some men 'was still aliva| a husband fs merely gs man who (akes {8ays Sir Frederick Treves | Though the weather is fine, and the Electric Circuit Completed by Detec- tor Newly Invented. | A new form of fire alarm has been | invented in England. It depends up- ! on its action on the presence of | smoke, and is not affected by tem- | Perature changes, which usually are the chief factors in the operation, of most fire alarms. The smoke dePec- tor consisis of a metal length of tub- ing 8 inches long and 2 in. in dia- meter, open at each end, so that air | can circulate freely through it, and containing two rectangular metallic capsules, one of which is consider- ably largér than the other. The de! tecior, only one of which is required | for each apartment to be protected, ! is fixed in a high central position, to | which the smoke on the capsules is | to cause one to bend more than the employed to complete an 'electrical | circuit through a relay, and, by! means of the latter, a large electric bell or other alarm signal may be | operated. The apparatus can be used either | independently or in conjunction with detectors depending on temperature | effects, but it is said to have the advantage over the latter that. its action is more rapid and reliable; In many fires dense smoke would be produced before any material ris3 in temperature occurred, and, more- over, the smoke would rapidly fill the whole apartment while the tempera- | ture rise would remain purely local for gome little time. ore and more the advantages of fire detectors of one type or another | are coming to be appreciated, espe- | cially in country homes. This, in large measure, is due to the fact that the fire detecior is a fit companion | for the handy fire extinguisher, which is such an effective means of | combating a fire if taken In the early stages.--Scientfic American. The Naming of Venezuela. Columbus, while cruising in the Gulf of Paria, on the coast of Vene- | suela, during 'his third voyage, caught a glimpse for the first time | of the mainland of the Western | Hemisphere. Since he was ill with the gout, and his eyes troubled him, | he did not go ashore; but as he lay | In his cabin his mind was full of | great imaginings. He was convinced, | that he had discovered the Garden | of Eden. At the first opportunity, | in the "Cradle of the Deep,' he sent a mes- | senger to Spain, announcing the great news. . Oné effect of the dis- patch was to cause an old comrade, | Alonso de Ojeda, to set out at once | for the new land. He did not go with | a hallowed wish to gaze upon the | tree of life, but to make money; for | Columbus had said that pearls were | to be found in the region, and per-.| haps seeds of the apple that Eve had eaten. With Ojeda sailed Amerigo | Vespucel. Skirting the coast of the | {mainland upon their arrival in the | gulf, | where the natives had built their | they reached a placid bay huts on piling in the water. Their | little village reminded Vespucci of Venice; so they called the place Venezuela, or Little Venice, and the name gradualy came to be applied ! not merely .to the village but to the whole region and became the name of the country. Animals' Sixth Sense. Animals have a weird sixth sense | which few human beings possess. Sea birds kmow in some curious | way when a storm is approaching. | barometer gives no warning of a coming tempest, they are moved sud- denly by some common impulse to make their way inland. And sure enough the storm bursts within a few hours. Ants will desert their hills, taking their bables and eggs with them, twenty-four hours before the out- break of a forest fire, while rabbits will leave burrows made in low-lying land long before a flood occurs. They have some weird premonition which forces them to seek higher ground before the danger is upon them. Fish, birds, and animals afford durer indications of the.coming of bad weather than even the most deli- cate scientific instruments. I Find Worth a Fortune, As the result of a new diséovery, valuable by-products such as oil, motor-spirit, and dyestuffs are being produced from coal slack. Each ton of slack yields three gallons of motor-spirit, about fifteen gallons of burning lubricating oil, six thousand feet of gas, fourteen hundredweight of domestic fuel, and & quantity of sulphaté of ammonia. This domestic fuel is claimed to yield twice the heat energy of ord}- nary coal, and to burn without ash. The value of the discovery may be Judged from the fact that about a third of the coal mined in England is slack, which hitherto has been re- garded as of little commercial value. King of Colors. , Red had been called the king of colors. The bull is not the only creature that resents red; the ele- phant, the horse, the'dog, the cock, are all alike im this respect. It is sufficient, for example, to cover the doors and skylights of a kennel with red material to cause incessant bark- ing and commotion among the dogs confined therein. A spider and a wasp, confined in a ginss case, are to have dwelt The Chinese colony in Mexico City has presented that m with a Chinese clock, which was accepted by President Obregon and a company of diplomats recent ly, and is now telling time in the 'orjental way. The mayor wound the clock, and Was served. | but Genoa conference to aid trade re- Fish War on Yellow Fever The use of "trained fish" to elimi nate yellow fever from Central Amer ica is proving most successful, ao cording to reports just made by the sanitary officials of Guayaquil, Eecua~ dor. As a result of experiments it is confidently expected that the ste- gomyia, which is the scientific name of the kind of mosquito that carries the yellow fever germ, will soon be extinet. The report, which was printed in the leading medical jour- siderable interest among sanitation | experts of Mexico. At first it was thought that the! | mosquitos Infested stagnant ponds, it was soon learned that this particular pest prefers to make its home close to human habitations, In cisterns, wells and other bodies of clear water. that would eat the larvae if given a chance. 5 ' The fish found to be best for the purpose was ind of sardine known locally as the chata. It feeds ravem- | ously on the larvae of the mosquito, if there is no other organic matter in the water pool. It lives close to the surface, except when frightened. ,. However, it was found that chata was not numerous enough for | so large a contract, and the chalaco was called in as an assistant. first these cost half a centavo but the Government hatchery was able to provide them in thousands, free to those who would use them. The result is that in Guayaquil 30,000 water receptacles of various sorts, from wells to tubs that cateh | rain water from the roofs, were soon populated with members of the cha- . laco family, and in an {incredibly short time these water receptatles were found to be free from the lar- vae of the stegomyias. The expense was almost nothing, considering the great value of the work. Considerable care is necessary in transferring the chalaco from his na= tive heath. First, he is placed In & well that centains water like that in which he was hatched. After a few days he is transferred to the well of city water or tank, where his job is picked out for him. Thereafter he is forced to forage for his food, so' he will be sure to eat the mosquito larvae, There is an inspector for each dis- trict of the city, says the report, and each inspector is given a sufficient number of fish for all the tanks and wells of his distriet.. He is then made responsible for what follows. The inspectors have educated the people other. The differential movement is Nal of Mexico City, has caused com- : ¥ fr A It might almost be sald ' vn: | that this mosquito was domesticated. | However, its breeding habits made it | more easily reached, and the experts | looked around for the sort of fish AR » - #4 .l * i & w i * up to the importance of the work, and as a result the fish are looked after so carefully that they continue on the job for months. A According to the report, the mos quitoes have been reduced to about | two per tent. of their former num- bers in the city of Mexico, and it is, therefore, believed that it is only a question of a short time until this particular pest is extinet. ted Saving His Face, A recen!{ writer on the old-time merchant marine says that the first | steamship to visit China was the Jamesina from Bombay. When she entered the Canton river and in ae cordance with old custom had taken on her Chinese pilot at Lintin she resumed her course, proceeding un der steam against wind and tide. The. pilot showed no curiosity and asked no questions. Soon in a perfectly matter-of-course manner he began to give occasional directions to the helmsman---such directions to tHe would have given if the Jamesina had aw] been a sailing vessel. This was toa Su much for the British captain, and he called the pilot's attention to the fast that the ship was propelled not by | wind but by steam. "Oh," replied the Chinese coolly. 'It is a 'method that is no secret in some parts of the '| empire; it was common once, but ff has now for some time fallen ints disuse!" Chloroform In the Harem. : The first experience of the use of chloroform by the Sultan Mulai Ab dul Aziz of Morocco might have led to more serious results. Verdon, his English doctes, operated on a slave under form, and the Sultsn had present. - The operation over, writes W. B. Harris in "Morocco That Was, the sultan retired into the paises carrying with him a large bottle of the anaesthetic. The doctor tried th obtain possession of the : in vain, and all he cou been. Lioneas fillets of the mend of & Water, to -be really pure, be boiled three Mmies. °° Justice Mowat at Work Agals, | Justice Mowat who was taken sud denly #1 et Port Antiur, ond w operated upon a month ago for grensous appendix, was able to lew hospital on Friday snd go to rooms at the Princs Arthur where he conducted several of court business.