THE. BRITISH WHIG 80TH YEAR. Tiblished Dally spd Semi-Weekly by E BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING : CO,, LIMITED | QUEEN'S ENTERPRISE. { It is safe to say that no one who lattended the last University concert | went away disappointed. The most | {culturéd were not disturbed by flaws, | and even the least musical were | {caught by the personality and adcom- i { plishment of Miss Hess. Rarely has | | Kingston been treated to a perform- | lance so satisfying, so artistic. . | The thanks of the city. are due to | the University senate which by a] | grant has made this series of con-| {certs and lectures possible, and still | more to the committee which under- | | takes the delicate responsibility of | choosing whom to bring. But for] their enterprise, this city would be! as strictly limited to local talent as | are Hay Bay or Snow Road. For | with the rent of halls what it is, con- | certs by. first-class artists are too precarious a venture for Kingston. | It is therefore particularly gratify- | ing to note thet, in addition to the ur- | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. largest cities of North America and in London, three of them being the largest tea warehouses in the world. But while Mr. Larkin has achiev- ed phenomenal success ir business, he has always been public-spirited and played an active and appreciable part fn local and national affairs For seventeen years he was vice- chairman of the Toronto General Hospital Board, and to that 'institu- tion he has given in a generous way his means, his time and his effort. He was one of the few to whom that magnificent pile of hospital build- 'ings covering nine acres and cost- ing three-and-three-quartar millions of dollars, is due, While Mr. Larkins appointment is a cause for satisfaction to Canadians generally because of the bigness of the man and his special fitness, it also comes to him as the reward of life-long political service, He was a close personal: friend of Sir Wilf- tor | tists brought here by the committee, | rid and Lady Laurier. He was Sir TELEPHONES: ice ...... £54 srs ieannas 243 .229 202 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) Ope year, delivered in of year, if paid In advasce year, by mall to rural o year, to United States <. . 95,00 Hices year, by mali, ensh e year: if not paid in advance $1.50 One year, to United States $1.50 OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES: ¥, Onider, 22 St. John Bt, Montrea) Thompeon ....100 King St. Ww, Tovento, Letters sely over ee Attachad Is one of the Brinting offices in Canada. te the Editor sre published the actual name of the best Joh The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations No wonder the poster girls are all $luck up. ------ ei a-- A little conference now and then |Preedless do { snarl and fight or, its streets, King- 48 mighty annoying to armament Many persons with domestic trou-| bles insist on sharing them with the pablic. New York chorus girls are said to} be making thelr own clothes. great task. ---------------- At times we stispect that the dogs Of war are closely related to the dog in the manger, ------------ When a man starts to make mon- ~ 8y by hook or crook he usually tries £0 hook his friends. No |. The real Chinese puzzle is this: Why do they wear their shirt omtside their pants? ) In the interest of truthful adver- AiSing, why not prefix "ab" when #peaking of a "used" car? -- Now that the world is safe for emocraecy, the mext little task is to Make it safe for authority, Most of the world's trouble is oc- ned by the habit of thinking in of boundary lines. x 'sequently a = travelling falesman has a shocking effect on purrent expenses, "Who cares what becomes of an embitiered 0 agreed to be reasomable, not le ofl well has gone dry. '@oledul brother says civilization 'om its last laps. Don't despair. it is only a relapse. Ddy seems to know just what 'mext war will be about, but ev- dy seems to understand that it table, -------- in certain 'members of the human race the ohly notion ing the hatchet is to bury it body's neck. v¥ Reeschewski, the chess pro- yearns to sing. Well, the boy find some means of making for himself, are two kinds of nations: feel big enough to lick ; Sesses warehouses in eleven of the |a small way, saw his product grad- | avers! others of distinction are to} {be allowed the use of Grant Hall. | | This concession, as managers learn | ito take advantage of it, will bring 19 increasing number of Massey | Hall 'concerts to Kingston. Already | we are promised within the next two months the Flonzaley Quartette, Dame Clara Butt, Leopold Godowski, the R. C. H. A. band--a splendid {idea that--a loan exhibit of Japan- |ese prints, a lecture on the same, | another of color, and readings by the president of the Royal Society of Canada from his poems. | That there should have 'been a | sprinkling of vacant seats at past | concerts is but one further proof of {the need for such educative work as [this committee has undertaken. Let | them not be weary in well doing, | for in due season they are sure to reap an abundant and gratifying re- DO BARK! of shaggy and which are allowed to | ston can have no rival south of | Hudson's Bay. The occasional In- | dians who drift down this way in- variably feel right at home, One noble Redskin, who met no less than three warring packs during his fir: walk up Princess St., broke down and wept of homesickness, Has the ancient and honorable office of dog-catcher fallen into de- cay? Other cities have succeeded in reducing this canine swarm to a minimum. Even Constantinople makes spasmodic war on its wolfish, mangy horde. The Turks, it is said, finding themselves too tender-heart- ed to kill these curs in cold blood, take them in shiploads to an island rock and let nature take its course. A certain Jocal citizen who prides himself on his love of animals main- tains two collies and a cat. To be sure, the cat has to be renewed at frequent intervals, but let that pass. Those dogs live in idleness and vice. They nmke the night hideous with barking. Bupposing that only twen- ty neighbors are kept awaks for three hours a night by the din, could even an Einstein calculate the re- sulting waste, anguish and loss of efficiency? By day, not a sleigh nor auto passes without their pursuing it at the top of their voices for a block or more. Matrons, despite previous disappeintment, rush to the windows in hopes that the dogs are throttling each other this time, Ba- bies in their carriages are frightened a tender pea-green. Grandfathers mutter into their Whiskers, For twenty-lour hours a day, seven days a week, the neighborhood is kept in an uproar because one man chooses to support a pair of useless," ram- banctious collies. Have you, too, suffered? Redress is easy! The next time you are kept awake half the night, your chickens mangled, your Sunday roast snaiched or your flower-bed eviscerated, let not the sun go down upon your wrath. Before your right- eous anger has time to cool, pay a visit to the city assessor who will be most willing to let you know if the owner has paid his dog-tax. The chances are ten to one that he has- n't, and about tem to three that he won't. So whether a kindly con- stable leads the pest away to pas- tures green or the owner enriches the coffers of the city, you will score a victory, y P. 0. LARKIN, HIGH COMMIS. SIONER. \ The announcement of the appoint- ment of P, C. Larkin, Canadian mer- chant-prince, to the office of Cana- dian High Commissioner in London, will be received with great satisfac- tion mot only throughout the Liberal party in which he was & notable fig- are, but among Canadian business men who realize what it means to have a practical business man as re- presentative in London, ' Mr Larkin is one of Canada's biggest men. He is the man who, starting Business in ually become a household word not only throughout the dominion, but through the United States and many other lands. He is the possessor of & fortune aa the reward of his labors and an enviable reputation fu ail 'qualters of the globe as a merchant. prince. Mr. Larkin is the head of the Salada Tea Company, that poss + Wiitrid's host at all times on his vis- its to Toronto, and for very many years he enjoyed an unusual intim- acy with the Liberal leader. Pos- sibly no man was in Sir Wilfrid's confidence to quite the same extent as Mr. Larkin, and possibly the Lib- eral cause has never known a more staunch supporter. Mr. Larkin's re- lationship to the Ilion. W. Lyon Mackenzie King has been just as cordial, and immediately after the recent general elections he was the first man summoned to Ottawa. Mr. Larkin has hitherto refused all honors offered him, and his actions have always been inspire§ by the in- terests of the citizens # he saw them, In the person of Mr. Larkin Can- ada will have as high commissioner in London a statesman of commerce. Vision, courage and achievement have combined to make his name known throughout the length and breadth of Canada, and have given it, as well, a continental fame. Born in Montreal on the 17th of May, 1856, of Canadian parents, Mr. Larkin is proud of being a Can- adian. In addition to his interest in the great business institution he has created, he is a patron of art, a lover of literature, with a hobby for architecture. He brings to the office high capacity and vision, and his selection is one that all Cana- dians may be proud of. Walt Mason THE POET PHILOSOPHER IN ITS PLACE. I like to hear.a gent inspireed push language through his face; of eloquence I don't grow tired--when in its proper place. I like to sit in gilded ease, in some well lighted hall, and hear a new Demosthenes make straw men wilt and fall. But when I go to buy a goose at John- son's Poultry Store, it jars me if a clerk turns loose a& loud impassion- ed roar. He may be right--this much I feel---in putting up his howl; but I'm not there to hear his splel; I'm there to buy a fowl. I hire a man to build a fence, and he de- claims all day; his arguments are full of sense, and range from grave to gay. He's posted on affairs of state, he knows their ins and outs, he seems to have his logic straight, and hour by hour he spouts. But he is hired to build a fence, and though he shes new light upon the which- ness of the whence, I fire that windy wight. The gifted orators abound, they're keen to show their curves, they fill the air with strident sound that gets upon our nerves. Where- ever human beings meet, in alleys or in parks, there's sure to be some tiresome beat who'd make a few re- marks, I'm fond of eloquence, I-say, as much as any bo; I'm glad to list to William J., or J. H. Cicero. But there's a time for sounding brass and tinkling tambourines, and there's a time for mowing grass and threshing stringless beans, ~~WALT MASON. BY Sah HILL ~J This Is Goed Dope, But What though the bills are due, What though they threaten you, Just amile at your tough luck And show that you have pluck. (Sad afterthought-- pluck is a fine thing, but only money pays the bills.) Observations of Oldest Inhabitant. I kin remember when folks wore wristlets that usually were knitted and presented to them by their grand. mothers. In those days knitting needles "It's one who finds plenty of suck- 'BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY BOAST NOT:--Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.--Prov. 27:1. fons *n his easy chair near the fireplace. He says crop prospects are fine \ SEE Not Yet--But Soon. I'll soon be time To hear them cry-- "Now don't forget To swat the iy." Zero in Things To What Te Find. (Ad. in Cambridge (Ohio) Jeffersonian) LOST----Automobile crank, Call 5312 Hub! Every time we run into one of these automobile cranks we always would be glad to lose him. And a funny thing about them birds Is they nearly all are self-starters. Net as Bad as That. "I suppose they don't," mused Jinks. "Suppose what don't" queried Jor- dan. "Why, that drug stores now adver- tise for former bartenders instead of registered prescription clerks" an- swered Jinks. Fool Questions, G. F. asks. "Why is it when busi- ness is dull folks have to keep their noses to the grindstone? How's that gonna sharpen up business?" We pass, somebody else will have to tell him. ---- He Was in No Danger. "That woman looked mad enough to eat you up," remarked Jones. 'She wouMn't dare try" laughed Brown. "You see, she 1s my former wife and I never did agree with her" But It Should Net. Not every head Can wear a crown, But any face Can wear a frown. ---- Have You Ever Seen a Husband Teach His Wife To Drive a Car? "I had a man from the garage teach me to drive the car," sald Mrs. Grouch. "Why dian't you let your husband teach you?' asked the friend. "Because," replied Mrs. Grouch, "while he probably felt lke doing ft, the man at the garage didn't dare vell and swear at me the way John would have done every time I did some- thing foolish." Daily Sentence Sermon. When you are standing up for your rights be sure you keep off the other fellow's corns. . I ------ News of the Names Club. For goodness' sake, give her air! aq. N. sends word that Laura Smothers in Kansas City. This Explains a Lot in This Column I try to write of better things Than women's skirts and hosiery, But still to them my fancy clings-- One writes of them so easily, DO YOU FEEL WEAK In This' ConaitloW ¥ onic Medicine Is"Needed. The condition of being "run down" is one that doctors do not: recegnize ag a disease. But those who are run down in health know that it is not a fancied affliction. The expression 'ran down' appli- ed to health means & condition in which the bodily functions are en- feebled. Appetite fails, the diges- tion is impaired, the nerves are im- poverished, the complexion becomes pale or waxy, there is no animation, but rather worry and mental depres- sion. Fatigue is a constant 'symp- ton. No particular organ being af- fected, you must look for relief to the blood. As it circulates through every part of the body, any improve- ment in the condition df the blood is quickly felt throughout the entire system. In cases of this kind a tonic medicine is what is needed and Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are recognized &s a valuable tonic bédeause of their direct action on the dlood, and through the blood on giving tone to the system generally and restoring vigor, Where the sys- tem is run down the value of this medicine is shown by the statement of Mrs. Gregory J. Murphy, Lower Ship Harbor East, N.S, who says: "About a year ago I was completely run down. I was so nervous and weak that I could scarcely do my housework, and the least exertion left me breathless and tired out. A neighbor advised Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and so much good did they do me I feel quite like a different wo- man. I hope some other suffering woman may benefit by ray experi- ence." 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