9 a J / {f° mn THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG: BRITISH WHIG SOTH YEAR. THE fubiianea Daly and Semi-Weekly by HE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED . G. Elllott . man A. Guild TELEPHONES: Business Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES; (Daily Edition) One year, delivered in eity { { One year, b ti : One year If not paid in adv: { Ome year, to United States { OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES, { B. Calder, 23 8t, John St, Montrcel ! ¥. W, Thompson ....100 King St. W, Toronto, Letters to the Editor are published i only over the agtual name of the writer. 0 Attached fs printing offices 3 One of the best' job in Canada, rp 'of THE BRITISH The. WHIG ts authenticated by the A'B OC Audit Bureau of Circulations , mn, Unless appearances are decelving, many a self-made man has cheated | himself, 3 a i i i i i i i i } : £ Often a co-respondent is sorry mot | #o have. been more careful as a oor- i respondent, & When a man comes home and #nds his wife tearful he is likely to get an earful Political economy is not synonym- ous with-what the politicians do to the oountry, I ---- - ' There is one business that seems to be overdone--that of getting into + he spotlight, Some matrimonial barks seem to { have t00 much displacement for the séa of matrimony, t 11 Nature seems to have fallen down in not providing emough ether wave lengths to go around, \ You can't tell about motives, and ft. may be that Eve was just trying joo keep the doctor away, v A -------------------- I In a small town, feminism mani- fests itself only as an anxiety to pay "off the debt on the church. __Lenine says he can't sleep. Some "1 is own make of nightmares, we suppose, came back to haunt him. { The U.F.O0. can't remove all the {farmer's troubles, however, unless it can get control of the weather bur- ! N\ What wa can't understand is how the small investor so unerringly , picks out the swindlers to handle his ' 'funds. Germany is discovering that she pay when the claim was made How strange the papers appear these days without any war news. All plans to save the country be- Shin with the assumption thet all Rhings are possible to one who has to the treasury. Hd When one's arteries begin to hard- #n, about the only pleasure left is of scolding about the way the people dress. 2 Europe's opinion concerning arm- nent seeins to be in entire harmony the theory that a hair of the will cure thie bite. i ---------------------- When a car can't pull through, hey say the engine is missing; when bahk can't pull through, they say cashier is missing. ta -- In Utopia all reformers are on the ntry pay roll, and everybody lives 'blameless life in the hope of get- ng a government job, Once upon a time thers was a man ho remembered to buy a new tube touthpaste on the day his supply out. Now you tell one. At appears thet eat men waste a great deal of en- FEY trying to pick out the most ase. Gnlt way of solving a probjem. ~ lover $300,000. MAJOR LEWIS' TAX BILL, Major Lewis has a bill before the | Ontario legislaturs to tax churches, | hospitals, orpbenages and cemeteries, | There is }Mitie hope that it will suc- | cond, an it goes too far. The Whig more then a year ago announced it- self In favor of taxing church land end it is still of that mind. It would | church, hospital and educational buildings. It is quite fair and pro- per to tax even the %and on which schools and hospitals gre built, just as public utilities are taxed, for those institutions are kept up Vy the muni- cipalities anyway. " If the Kingston church lands were taxed, the Protestant churches would Pay taxes on about $80,000 and the Roman Catholics on $13,500. If all church, hospital and educational lands were taxed, the total would be Tax-exempted land in Kinggton totals & little under a million and a quarter dollars. It Major Lewis would ress for a general land tax he would be more sucoesaful. The Whig would not go further than that, beet ARE HOUSEWIVES SPEND. ? 1.99 Agents who have: investigat- ing the living costs eres re report that Europeans are mo thrifty than we are. We have been told that before, but it is rather sur- prising to find them placing a large share of the blame on our ives, whom they accuse of Iain the Spirit of thrift. * In sapport of the diiarnge, various traits alleged to be characteristic of our housewives are | cited. One which seems especially | worthy of consideration is that we are willing to pay whatever is asked for an article, but Europeans will not , | Pay more than in their judgment the article Is worth, * It 1s repugnant to our self-respect to haggle with shopkeepers, In many Parts of the Old World, especially on the continent, dealers customarily ask more than they expect to receive, and prospective purchasers offer less than they expect to give; dickering then emsues until a bargain is struck, Perhaps this system is more produc tive of thrift than ours; the fixed price plan probably does conduce us to pay, without question, whatever is asked. "Take it or leave it," ia the shop- keeper's. ultimatum, and-if-we-want the article badly we are tempted, perhaps, to give more than we can afford. But there is an alternative; We can go to other shops wnd see if the article can be procured more cheaply. And probably it has heen 'most persons' obserzation that wo- men, and especially housewives, are more accustomed to doing this than men, . a Its a good plan to compare prices, either by visiting the shops, or by studying the advertisements, before making a purchase, Not infrequent- ly, considerable variation will be found, I -------------- THE SESSION AT OTTAWA, By the end of this week the first session of the fourteenth parliament of Canada will be on its way, and the 'politicians, new and old, will be in their places, ready to tackle the proh- lems which die before them for con- sideration, There ere many features 'which will make this session a uni- Que ome, and during the next three months, many momentous questions will be decided by our ruling legisia- tive body. The position of the government headed by the Hon. W. L. MacKenzie King, while not precarious, it at least fraught with' many uncomfortable Posstbilities. With slightly less than halt the house on the government side, the new premier and his cob leagues must walk warily, for, al- though it is not Mkely that the op- posing forces will unite soMdly against the government, it would be embarrassing were such a situation to anise, At the same time, there are many matters which will require courageous handling. The financial problems ahead of the gov- ernment are difficult ones, and in of- fecting the many ecomomies which must be made, it willbe impossible to avoid offence to friends as well as fo opponents. = The great mass of public opinion, however, is in favour of drastic retrenchment of public ex- penditure, and he would be a daring politician who would oppose any measures to cut off some of the ex- pensive appendages of government. The reflway problem is e difficult One, and will réquire careful hand- lng, -Ancother pressing matter fs that of trade and commerce, coupled With the tariff, and this looks lke being the most contentious of all the matters which will be under review. It is on this subject that the govern- will meet with most danger, is are alive to the of the situation, and in their they will drill i § £ = go further and tax every bit of lang, | fer criticism will tend 'to throw a in a municipality, but would exempt | great burden of responsibility on the a long as Liberal policies are in lime with the established principles of Liberalism, the Progressives will support them. MacKenzie King prob- ably realizes this, and his legislative programme will show how far hé has | been influenced by it. | The practical impotence of the | Conservatives to do gnything but of- shoulders of the government leaders. The Tory leader, Arthur Meighen, however, is a keen critic and debater, and he will probably be more useful at the head of the opposition forces | then as prime minister. He |can be depended upon to do his | best to muke things uncomfortable | tor the new government, Any step | he may take in this direction, how- ever, will but tend to throw the Pro- | gressives more solidly in line with | the. government, for there seems to be a feeling that it would be wise to allow the new premier a fair chance to deal with the problems before him, | The next few weeks at Ottawa will { be important ones in the country's | history, and as the policy of the gov- ernment is wise, to corresponding degree will the co be helped back to normal tions, Exalted Orooks. In plays and books the gifted crooks are daily represented; our youngsters go to see a show, and leave it discontented. The "Raffles' stuff has pull enough to make some young beholder resolve to crack sofie banker's shack before he's five months older. Cheap tales of scamps and sin "and vamps the youngster finds before him; and soon, alas, 'twill come to pass that good things only bore him. 'The moral play that shows the way to higher planes of thinking, will make him »sigh,'*"This play shows why strong 'men. resort to drinking." Contémpt for worth, or all on earth, that may be upward reaching, is what punk books and movie crooks and jazzy things are teaching, In other times great tales of crimes were told- by moral writers, and they would show how death and woe camped on the sinful blighters, No reader likes rude William Sykes, or would 'with William wallow; no youngsters yearn his wage to earn, orig his-footsteps follow. But iow the 'thief in bold relief is shown for youth's admiging; he bilks the hicks and shakes the dicks, in evil arts un- tirid® ' Results are plain; for law- less gain our boys forsake their 1in- ners; the courts are jammed, the jails are crammed with adolescent sinners, Walt Mason | THE POET PHILOSOPHER ~--WALT MASON. Our Canadian Question And Answer Corner rn Q.--Who is the mew high com- misioner in London, Eng., represent. ing Canada? : A.--P. C. Larkin, of Toronto, has been appointed high commission- er for Canada in London, Eng. Q.~--When and where was the first exhibition held in Canada? A.--The first exhibition in Can- ada was held in 1737, promoted by the Intendent of New France, Hoc- Quart, 1731-1748. After the exhibi- tion jn Canada, he sent it to France, 'where it was shown. | ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR BY SAM HILL You Get. What You Pay For. Though of high prices he Hag growled a heup, He says he's néver found A bargain cheap. } Observations of Oldest Imhabitant, The couple who used to be content with & bleycle built for two now de- mand & 1832 model runabout. In the Cellar, Jinks--We used to hear about drinks on the house." Blinks---<Yes, but now the drinks are under the house. L ------ Can't Make Her Relieve It. Most of her clothes "the What Was the Osler of the Mule? r » White (Union Valley Cor. Conway Log Calin Democrat) I Windberry got mule-kicked last week. « k am-- 3 Do You Suppose This Is Right? "Eighty-five per cent. of lame persons are afflicted on dhe left side."--News item. - BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY NO MORE WAR:--Natlon shall not lift up sword {against nation, neither shall they j1earn war any more.--Isaiah 2: 14. & reasonably good Insurance.' Meanin, accident insurance, of course. . You May Have Married Her. She's pretty /and She 'is well bred-- But she, alas! " "Just'can't make bread. Fool Questions. - "A Printer's Wife" asks: "Just be- cause a printer is good at making up forms is that any reason why he should give me advice on how to dress?" The answer is NO. -- s * Adding to the Wonders of the Age. A Buropean gcientist has produced a biteless figs. Now for a tickleless fly. Dafly Sentence Sermon, Your hand luck may come from walt ing too long for a goft snap. News of the Names. Club. R. 8. thinkg A. Hitt, of Bryan, Ohlo, should have been taken South with the ball team. ' Cn -- | Paw Knew From Experience, 'Pa, what does 'troujples never come singly' mean?" "ased Clarence. "It means, my son, that you never know what trouble is until after you are the married," growled Pa. John Tells Tm Where He's Located. (Ad. in Richmond (Ky.) Register) For Sale<I have for sale 40 head of hogs. Their weight is about 100 pounds each. Any one wanting to buy these hogs you will find me in jail John Webb." S150 DAMAGE Miss Aistropo, Montreal, Wins Breach of Promise Action at Brockyille.. », Brockville, March 10.--The Jury in the breach of promise case o#Miss Anne Elizabeth Aistrope, Montreal, against Alexander Argue, Lyndhurst, brought in a verdict yesterday after- noon in favor of the plaintiff and awarded her $1,600 and costs. Absoluté denial was made by the defendant, Alexander Argue, aged 42, of Lyndhurst, that he had ever made & promise of marriage to Miss Aistrope. Argue further denied ever having given her any presents. - Under cross-examination, Miss Ais- trope explained that an envelope bearing the inscription 'Mrs. A. Ain- Strope™ With a Montréal address, had been given by her to Argue in order that he might send her money at hér lodgings, where she had told the landlady that she was a married denied having told Argue to register as "Mr. and Mrs. Aistrope" at a Montreal hotel, but she had not ob- Jagted to occupying the same room. On this occasion she said that Argue had acknowledged his promise to marry her and had alternated be- tween carrying this promise into ef- fect and- fear of taking her bome in her ¢ondition, Argue had never gi- ven her an engagement ring or other token, and there had never been any discussion of this character, except at the time of their meeting at Stitts- ville when she was fourteen years of age. Miss Aistrope said that Argue did not deny responsibility for her condition -or that he had promised to marry her. She knew that at her instigation a writ had been issued by 'a Montreal firm of lawyers claimin $600, but she was not.aware that they had offered settlement for $500. Various letters from plaintiff to de fendant were produced. One writ- ten from Pembroke said that plain- J tiff "had a hell of a lot of nerve to ask her to marry him now." Another from Pembroke offered settlement for $600. From New Liskeard a few weeks ago she wrote that she "never pwanted to see his face again as she thought he was a better fellow," and from North Bay she wrote advising settlement with her lawyers. Miss Alstrope told of her later visits to Argue in Montreal. On the first visit to a Montreal hotel Argue had offered to settle the suit. On the second visit to the same hotel she stayed by & few minutes. The third time Argue came to the door of her house. She told him never to come there again. On another visit to Ar- gue at his hotel when she was ac- woman because of her condition. Sue | BIBBY"S NEW HATS $4.75 value for $3. $6.75 Hat values for ..$4. | NEW SPRING SUI I- TOP COATS . $15.00, $18.00, $22.50, $25.00, $27.50, $30.00 and $35.00 See Our $35.00 Society Brand Suits Real Masterpieces Society Brand Clothes look so well, fit so well and wear so well that once you have worn them nothing else will do. That's why we feature them, and that's why our customers always come back. Spring styles are better than ever and prices are much lower, 00 SHIRT SALE 50 | 50 dozen Men's Shirts, Arrow Suita, tha were $15.00 make, fOr . em. w.. $1.88 each | choice for Senescence $050 BIBBY'S 7 Sand { BOYS' sur : and Sizes 28 to 84. Your LOOK M TIRE SPECIAL 30x32 NON-SKID TIRES Sassentond Firsts "12. Exceptional Value ! 9 Cale 50 , companied by a friend, Miss Leduc, Witness said that Argue had sent her a turkey last Christmas, but-she had given it to her landlady. He would not say that later she had told him that it was "a dandy." Argue had never given her money. Miss Leonore Leduc, Montreal, told of conversations with Argue in which he had said 'that he had -al- Argue admitted regretting a million / times that he had not married her.' BUCKEYE INCUBATOR A Chick From Every Hatchable, Eg. what you want, asa die Bonk. Thaty eye will give you just that! utes the = Bi | Bree sad ne es A ~ BUNT'S HARDWARE King St. he refused, but there had been no discussion of marriage. The turkey was explained by the witness as be- ing asked for by Miss Alistrope for Christmas because she was hard up. Witness said that he had Hatuire any present except the tur- To Mr. Hutcheson, witness denied ever having written a letter to Pem- broke offering marriage. Plaintift | had admitted to him in Montreal that part of the time, |relt she was "crazy" blaming him for her trouble. He be. aH relations, IE counsel lowed, at the --haaing « of which Mr. Justice Orde deliv. being It must be that there was a marriage con- before the .defendant can be oa -------------- . ' i 2 rs Proudfoot and Harmer to.support Premier King. onde Made Life Members, "Mrs. J. Ln. McArthur, Carleton Place, and Mies Annie B. Forgle, Smith's Falls, have been made lite members of the British and Foreign Bible Society. -------- ~ Thou shalt not ignore the store advertisement, my daughter, for they will profit thee atly. * , There is to be'no ,government grant in Britain for Russian famine of. Instruments Milking Tubes, Teat Slitters, Punching Trocars, Metal- Wound Syringes, Cattle Pumps, Milk Fever Outfits. BLACK LEG VACCINE sold in Kingston by:-- Dr. Chown's Drug Store In our TRUSS DEPART. MENT we carry a complete line of TRUSSES and SUPPORT- ERS. Private office for fitting, THOMAS COPLE Telephone 987. Mramting anything done in the tery Hine. Estima siven of repairs and ten Work ales Wood floors of all kinds. All prompt attention, For Sa --Alfred Street--$8,500, . Frame dwelling, Albert St §eguth side " Princess Street) rqoms, electric light, furnace, verandab--$3,600, Brick, Livingston Aveny bed rooms--$3,600, "4 Several houses to rent, 'RAWFORD'S| Nw OAL QUARTETTE a '=~ VERYBODY'S winter attacks you throw on . another shovelful of coal and stand pat. You'll come through the cold months 'happily if you keep the fire going. : Crawford Scranton Coa: Vlgue 0. Poot of Queen 9.