Daily British Whig (1850), 23 Nov 1922, p. 15

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THURSDAY, NOV. 23, 1922. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG # v Extra Special Opportunity Sale Men's hl Boys' Winter 0Coats Boys' Winter Overcoats '9.95 50 only, of these wonderful Winter Over- coats for Boys. Made from All-wool Tweeds, at less than we can purchase them for to-day. Latest styles with half Belts - and Belts all around; large Storm Collars; plain Flap Pockets and Wool Linings. ON SALE FOR $9.95 Young Men's Overcoats The very acme of Style and Workmanship. Made from All-wool Overcoating, Check Back, Polo and Quilted Lining; in shades of Lovat, Brown and Heather. NEWEST STYLES, NEWEST FABRICS. Values up to $50.00. ON SALE FOR ~ *30 and °35 Men's Dark Grey Ulsters We have about 50 of these O'Coats in stock ~ that must be sold Saturday regardless of cost. All sizes in the lot. ON SALE FOR 16.95 We Clothe You FROM HEAD TO FOOT WITH A COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR ONLY 25.50 or 29.50 INVESTIGATE THIS OFFER ! ws Abramson 336 PRINCESS STREET oe i § CREDIT 70 WHOM? Memory Test Concerning Popular Quotation. Whe Will Come Forward With Proof as to Authorship of Words Ascribed to Many? - Who sald: "There, but for the grace of God, go I. * » on Having asked practically every one we know and also some we did not know we have discovered ourselves to be as wise as when we started. Eminent theologians, quite naturally it seemed to us, should have been the authorities from whose aecision there could be no appeal on this ques- tion. Several of them, questioned, knew, but had for the moment forgot. ten. They were 'to let us know, says a Hartford Courant writer. We have not heard from them. Others, not having forgotten, told us. If we had stopped with one all might have been well, but seeking corroborative testimony» a fellow worker having put the matter on a sporting basis, as it were, by bet. ting $1 that John Bunyan said it--we went further and asked several of the enfinent clergymen. Those who told us had so many favorites that we were more bewildered and amazed than when we began. John Milton, John Bunyan, John Wesley, Sir Isaac New- ton, Francis Bacon, Samuel Johnson, Dr. Jobn Donne, Bishop Hall, Dean Swift--we could not belleve that Dean Swift would have said that-- Issac Watts and Bishop Berkeley, those are some that we recall. Eminent literary men, appealed to, were equally certain they knew and did not In all cases disguise an amused contempt that we should ask a ques- tion when the answer was of a nature that should spring spontaneously to the lips of the educated, but their choices were as varied as those of their eminent brothers in another field of endeavor. About the only addenda to the lists given .by the clergymen that we recall were Alexander Pope, Ben Jonson--we know he did not say It--William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Sydney Smith and Thomas a'Kempls; | but they, when pressed, produced no documentary evidence, : A pebble éast Into the Pacific at Gal- Ifornia will start in motion a wave that finally breaks upon the distant Aslan shore, we have heard--we do not know who said that either, nor do we belleve it--and In a somewhat similar fashion our query began to in- volvé others. A young woman hea of the quest kindly called up Pa form us that Francis Bacon ha id it. We asked her how she knew. She bad attended a lecture shortly before and the lecturer had quoted the phrase and ascribed it to the man who once remarked that God Almighty planted the first garden. Somewhat to her surprise we asked If she could possibly get In touch with the lecturer and ascertain where the quotation with its credit might be found. The lecturer, It later developed, was cer tain of the fact, but could produce no authority for it. That started the joung woman on a search among all the books of quotations that were ever wri and are still 'extant in Hart ford. One person insisted somewhat heat. edly and with no reservations that Mil- ton said it. Perhaps he dd, but aside from discovering that the blind poet once remarked that Rr contemplation he and valor formed softness she and sweet attractive and also > was in all her steps, Heaven in eyes. not to mention AR Sracy that won who say to wish her we were unable to find that he was ever guilty of the bombastic and con- ceited remark under discussion, And so it went, and so it goes. Per- haps some day we will know, but we have nearly given up hope. A Little Different. John, a senior in high school, has recently "acquired a girl," whom his father finds an added expense, The other evening he remonstrated with bis son for spending so much money on the girl. "You didn't have to do that way In my day," he said. "I went to see my girl, she set me up a good dinner, and then I fed her a little taffy, and she counted the evening a lot of fun." "Well, times have changed since then," John returned. "I go out to see my girl now, she feeds me a little taffy, and I set her up a good din- her. Ad I'm not sure whether she counts that evening a lot of fun."--In- Newe. \ ee -- ink With Famous Writer, Sir Walter Scott is the e € : : : 2 8 A g : : i ] : x 4 £ g : } | i TT i ; i #3 li ih i I i gF ag : EF i fll i / i 2 i 1 I : i E § F £ : 5 § i ? be i i : : i i fib ah Hi f : i § i leh now is in 5 { rador in 1892, and he has been en- , Fraser points out, took part in the THE STRATHOONA. How Dr. Wilfred Grenfell Got His Hospital ship. The recently reported loss of Dr. Grenfell's hospital ship, the Strath- cona, off the Labrador coast, recalls to thea minds of some people the story, told publicly by the medical missionary himself at a Canadian Club luncheon, of the manner in which such a steam vessel happened to be carrying on such a work in sech a locality. Dr. Grenfell, after spending some time among the North Sea fishermen, came across to Lab- deavoring ever since to promote the welfare of the fishermen there in a variety of ways. Having established a hoppital on jand, it was necessary to a seaworthy vessel to Sonsaz to it people along the coast who with curable diseases. Has was an 80-ton schooner, but its usefulness along a rocky and imperfectly chart- ed course was seriously impaired by the occurrence of storms. The Labrador coast belongs to Newfoundland, and the friends.of the | mission there urged Dr. Grenteil to | try to obtain a steam vessel that would be able to sail in all weathers | with patients. At that time Mr. Field- ing was Canadian Minister of Fin- ance, and Dr. Grenfell called on him | at Halifax to lay the case before | him. Mr. Fielding informed him that | Lord Strathcona was then in Mont- | real, and suggested that he might | be able to give some useful advice in the matter of raising the neces- sary funds. It will be remembered | that Strathcona, them Donald A. | Smith, had, before he was sent to | Fort Garry in connection with the | first Riel Rebellion in 1871, spent | twenty years in the Hudson Bay Com- Pany's service in Labrador, and he gave Dr. Grenfell a very sympathetic | |} hearing, After listening for some time to a statement of difficulties, of | which he had himself first-hand |} | knowledge, he said to Dr. Grenfells. | 'I thoroughly understand your | dificulties and the necessity of the | situation. A sailing schooner is quite | inadequate to 'the work, and you | should have a steam vessel. I will | give you one." Which he did, at a aost to himself of several thousands Of dollars. This is the vessel recently lost, and it is to be hoped that before { long Dr. Grenfell may be supplied | with another as good, or better. | Early Nova Scotia. A monograph on "Nova Scotia: The Royal Charter of 1621," by Col. Alexander Fraser, LL.D., has just been published as part of the Trans- actions of the Royal Canadian Insti- tute. Sir William Alexander, as Col. great movement «of the time -- the plantation of overseas colonies. This was the time of the settlement of North Carolina sad Virginia in the south and of New England in the north; in fact, the progressive na- tions of Western Europe were ex- tremely busy spying out new terri- tory. The succes of Sir William Alexander's enterprise was not as great at the time xs might have been hoped, and the future of Nova Scotia for some years was clouded by the Gonflieting claims of the French. In fact, in 1681 King Charles requested Sir William, at the instance of the French Court, to remove all the peo- ble from Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal), and deliver it up to the French. This brought to an end Alex- anader's work of actual settlement of Nova Seotia. "The possibilities of that enter Prise were great," says Col. Fraser, "apd Str William Alexander showed uncommon vision, for his day, in evolving a scheme which, under cap- able business or commercial coatrol, might have brought to Nova Scotia prosperity equal to that enjoyed in New England. Instead, we have, in his case, an example of a poet, a Dhilosopher, an accomplished officer with dreams of empire revolving in his mind, going beyond his depth in the sea of practical business life. Yet he wan a great pioneer with a "| prophet's faith; a promoter with the Promoter's unfailing enthusiasm; a gentlenian adverturer with the un- bending courage of his ancient race; and a choice spirit which hope de- {| ferred was unable to break." ---------------- A "Yankee Trick." The president of the Corn Trade Association, with other interested parties, accompanied by Secretary Grifth, of the Canadian High Com- missioner's office interviewed the United States Consul-General, R. P. Skinner, in London recently regard- ing the mixture in Canadian spring wheat which it is alleged takes place while the wheat is en route from Canada through the United States to Great Britain. The Corn Trade Association's pres- ident stated that the United States Export Association admitted that Canadian wheat which had been submitted for examination showed evidences of having been mixed with other grades. 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