6 fHE DAILY BRITISH WHIG J v THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1028. 90TH YEAR. JARED 1" Ni TELEPHONE Private Exchange, connecting ail departments ; svtor.rows REPRESENTATIVES, | » treal | . W.! most common use, meant less capital | are published | tied up in raw material and in finish- fctull mame of the of giock. The change meant, also, a x he "ci s 2 Mo ¥. Ww. ompuon ng T Letters to th only aver the Al one ed in offices ta Ci of the best job! anada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations There are no statues of men who felt sorry for themselves. To secure conservation appears (o require a lot of conversation. Much that passes for philosophy #8 no more than a good digestion. They call them filling stations because of what they do for hospi- tals. Wisdom is merely the reaction that follows contemplation of re- eeipted bills. Making Germany knuckle dowa 'was a small job compared with mak- ing her dig up. Most laws cre so consiructed that iit. is possible to obey the letter agd violate the spirit, It might be worse. Suppose there Were ccoties to afflict us while pay- i @ ing for the war. : Perhaps the "first robin" has just been staying around to see what the sinter would be like. Perhaps some girls do not learn low to cook betause they want to be loved for themecives alone. ~ An educated man is one who can name the cabinét ministers and give & reasonable explanation. Nowadays, when the family phys- _ delan is called, he doesn't know whether it's a baby or a bullet. One of the severest critios of the government may be a man who ha: Just failed in the grocery business. . There's always a darker side. Jackie Coogan's parents can't use "iim as an income tax exemption. Usually the shortest trip a man can take without finding what he seeks 18 whefl he goes looking for trouble. ---------- Every normal youngster passes through an age when it seams that the erass old world can't understand. a \ i The choke helps to start the _ CAF. If only the thing had an appli- anos to choke the driver and stop it. -------- Pretty soon motorists will be laining that their tifes are cut by pedestrians' sharp shoulder The least that is seid about some ps the better, yet there are per- who keep on talking about Sn -- Oddly enough, nearly all the men 0 borrow fountain pens think the of writing consists in putting ght behind it. ; abulation" would remind you a Ford even it it didn't mean a BRITISH WHIG |#TANDARDIZATION IN MANUFAC- (the highest place on its roll TURE. Ray M. Hudson of the United States department of commerce, is | preaching standardization to Ameri- { can manufacturers. and the elimina- | {140m of many of the varieties of their | products. Some such procedure, he | claims, is necessary in order to hold {the United States' place in the for- | eign markets. The same is true of | the domestic markets. It is cledmed | that quantity, expressed by too great {a variety, may easily become a liabil lity instead of an aseat. i Before the war, stee| plows were cflered for sale in 312 different types end sizes, antomobile tires in 287 styles and sizes, washing machines in 446 types and sizes, pocket-knives in | facturers' war service committees, in co-operation with the conservation division of the war industries board, found ¢hat they could satisfy the bulk of the trade requirements with 76 types end sizes of plows, 32 tires, 43| 18 washing machines and not over 100 pocket knives. The reduction in variety, inepired by patriotic motives, was maintained simply because they found that it paid. To them, a simplified line, one | composed of those sizes and patterns in greatest demand and therefore in ireduotion in the cost of machinery, and a greater output by reason of | standardization. By conocentration 6,000 different patterns. The manu- | by many manufacturers after the war | 52 o heroes. { i a-------------- | CHURCH UNION. As 'the date of-the Presbyterian Assembly for 19283 draws { nearer, interest increases in the de- | | ! | General {bate which is certain to take placo | {on the subject of organic union with {the other evangelistic churches in |Canada, The difficulty experienced | by the Presbyterian church in coming [to a definite conclusion on the mat- iter has held up the consummation of {union for.a number of years, but there is a growing feeling that the {assembly meeting of this year will make a real effort to finally dispose of the question. During the past |ing on among the two patties to the {questfon, Those who are in favor of church undfon have a strong commit- tee at work, with Rev. Dr. R, J. Wilson, of Chalmers church, this jetty, as its chairman. lin trying to swing public opindon to | | do not understand the situation, thet | semblies of 1911 and 1916, that more | speedy progress has not been made. If so large a majority are in favor 6¢ uniting with the other churches, then | why Las the union not taken place? {ds the question often asked. The two | chief reasons appear to be that thera | |€s a genuine desire on the part of {on ewer tines, turn-over is quicken- |®YeD the church unionists to avoid ed, selling effort and expense 1 | @nything akin to a split in the | | | ehurch, even on this question; and | Moral seems to be it pays to be sa | that the die-hards, with characteris- | Ya thoy nt efforts of Buropean | tic Scottish obstinacy, are fighting to | nations to rehabilitate their indus-| the bitter end. | lowered, and a greater volume of | business is done. : {tries there are many evidences of an jawakened interest in simplification. A case in point is found in a recent bulletin of the American Engineer- ing Standards Committee: 'Nineteen {German manufacturers and one | Swedish manufacturer are now work- |ing on an order for seveam hundred | locomotives, all of the same Gesign, | for Russia. Every part in every one {of them is being mde interchange« | able with the corresponding part in all of the others, This feature wil have the great advantage of permit. ting the Russian railroads t0 use any | disabled locomotive as a store of | spare parts for any others. In one fase a locomotive was assembled, from parts machined in twenty dif- | ferent shops, with no mere difficulty than if it had been built complete in one shop." In the retail trade staple dines, easy to buy, quick to sell, keep mov« |"ng, for they are live lines. When {the customer knows that he is get- |ting value--the maximum useful re- {turn for the least expenditure--le is not disposed (0 be particular about having his own way regarding the thing he thinks he wants, He knows that many of the things he buys to- {day would be unobtainable at tha prices they command were it not for ube fact that they are made under highly standardized conditions, in scientifically managed plants, and old in large quantities by live, ag gressive merchants who accuretely janticipate damand and use good sense in stocking up to meet it. MAKTYRS TO SOIENCE. A few days ago there occurred one of these deaths which excite more than passing notice, the death of a man who gave his life in order that others might live. This man was Dr. Edward 8. Crump, a native of Chat- ham, Ontario, but who had worked &t his profession as a medical man in Detroit, For two years or more he had been making a study of sleeping sickness, that strange malady for which there seems to be no antidote, and which invariably carries away its | vietims, and had been endeavouring | to find some means of fighting it effectively, Last November he be- came seriously 111, and his fellow doe- tors could find no true diagnosis of his case beyond that he was suffering from sleeping sickness, brought on by his close contact with the disease he was seeking to eradicate. Finally it carried him off, but before he died he gavs instructions that his body 'was to be examined and used in order to continue the battle against the dread disease. Buch occurrences are not uncom- mon in the world of science and medicine. In every generation, thers are men who are 50 devoted to their studies of dangerous troubles that they are willing to take the risk of losing their own Hves in order that ing human suffering may be advance ed. They are the true martyrs of our Age, no leas than wers those early Christians who died at the stake or were thrown to the lions rather than give up their faith, The noble thing Aout hese present day martyrs is that they are fully aware that their constant oontast with the disease germs will eventually carry them off, but none of them seem desirons cf giving up the fight on that account, Their only emotion is one of regret that they cannot be spared to carry the battle on to a successfal ocon- clusion. The world is fortunate fa the cause of eclence and of alleviate } and a Scotchman over his religion; seems to be borne out in the struggle | which is taking place on the question | of union of the Presbyterian church | { with the others, i The chief claim made by the union | party is that the church has already | voted twice on the subject: once in | 1911, and once in 1915, and on both | of these occasions a handsome ma- Jority for union was recorded. In 1911 the majority was over 50,000, but in 1915 the majority had drop- | ped to 32,000, a reduction of 18,000, | This ys used as a fairly good reason | for asking for another vote on the question; and there is a large body, many of whom are in favor of union, who advocate letting the church members again express their wishes. They point to several good reasons for taking a vote this year. One is the reduction of the majority be- tween 1511 and 1915. They also claim that in 1915 thousands of the church members and adherents ware overseas and unable to vote om the question. And, lastly, they point to the fact that ome hundred thousand since tive last vote was taken, and | that theses new members should be given an opportunity of expressing their desires on the question of union, It is evident, however, that there will always be a party of irre- concllables who will refuse umon even Jf ninety per cent. of the church members wanted it, It is a great pity that a movement so much needed is being held up because of their refusal to accept the decision of the majority, That Body of Pours . By James W. Barton, M.D, This Eating Business, Yes, Bating Is a real business that must be transacted two or three times a day if you are going to keep that body of yours in good condition. Thousands of books have been writ- ten on diet, food, mastication and so forth because this busifess is so im- portant, To a man in good health, the business is transacted with great enjoyment, in fact he looks forward to this kind of work. Now as a mas- ter of fact there is no need whatever for you to worry about the amount and kind of food you eat. From this article you can get an idea of the kinds of food to tissue build- "heal producers." ' begin. i § g | § £ fhe ! i i ° 4 : - & eft 23 iis = i : i : i Epa es 5 5F= EB : 3 4 i i hi gis sed 1 2¥s 5 § {year active organization has becn go- { } | The anti-| With mild and springlike days | unionists are just as koen and active | y their point of view. | It may seem strange, to those who | the Presbyterian church, in view of | {the large majority, of four to one, | are trying tc burn it in the furnace. {dn favor of unicn in the general as- | and the truth of the latter phrase | new members have joined the chureh |. BIBLE TEOUGHT FOR TO-DAY, [2 GOOD TIDINGS: --The | Spirit of the Lord God is] | upon me: because the Lord hath an- |ointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek: he"hath sent me to] bind up the brokenhearted, to pro-| claim liberty to the captives, and] the opening of the prison to them | | that are bound.--Isaiah 61: 1. {must be performed and heat must be supplied. And so this mysterious | thing diet is really not a mystery. } You eat bread, vegetables and butter | anyway to produce heat, and if you | are working hard you add meat, eggs, | peas or beans to your diet. Simple, | isn't it? { | ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR BY SAM HILL It's a Safe Bet. The Winter's been a sorry thing; et well we know we're sure to get Real Winter when we should hage Spring. Observations of Oldest Inhabitant, The schoolboy gave up the slate many, many years ago, but we still Old Stuff. her home yecsterdal not go ow "1 saw "l thought she would with you any more" "She won't, and I didn't say ehe| did. 1 saw her home-- from the stree: | ear." | t { But It Pays to Have Horse Sense, Too. | | A horse with a pull gets the heav-| fest load. | A man with a pull gets the easiest | job. man with a pull ---- | It's Their Rusineas: It is sald tbat arn | Irishman will fight over his politics | To undertakers we Car only give a frown; Their aim in life is just To keep a fellow down. ---- Just as Clear as Mud "Pa" said Clarence, "what's thingamabub, anyway." | "That," replied his dad, "is a word | which wag invented to enable a wo- | man to accurately describe a thing | a | BIBBY'S February Clearance Sale Something Doing Every Minute. A Perfect Combination Quality, together with extremely reduced prices, make the per- fect combination--and you'll find it here. SALE SUITS SALE HATS SALE SHIRTS SALE SCARFS SALE HOSIERY SALE GLOVES PYJAMAS SALE SALE TROUSERS NECKWEAR SALE Underwear SALE BIBBY'S Kingston's Cash and One Price Clothing House 78, 80, 82 PRINCESS STREET. when she doesn't know what it is." Doe Goes To Extremes, We Think. Says fo-day's news item: "Dr. Fe- | lix Losier, a French nerve specialist, | says that certain facial blemishes are | brought about by {ll-fitting shoes." ] That loud noise you hear is being | made by the ladies rushing to invest | in good-fitting shoes. Yes, it is not. -- News Is News. 4 (Franklin e¢or. Newark (Ohio) Advo- | cate) | Robert Bounds called on Earl Francis | Sunday afternoon. | Mrs. Mary Hollar has been 11 the last | week. ° The oil well came in on the Hunter | farm Friday. This makes 11 'n the field. ; { Miss [Fannie Holler, Miss Mary | Laughery spent Sunday with Mrs. Mary | Hollar. i ---- You've Met This Bird. He's such a dumb dumbel] I sometimes think That he must really be That missing link. Fool Questions. R. G. C. asks: "Does it hurt a cow | to strain her milk?" We don't know; | ft hsually is drowned by the time it] gets to us. | Gems From Gulde Wook to Success. | Wateh the Clock and note | How slowly idle hours drag by Watch the Clock, experience How swiftly wasted years do fly, Sands of Time count, grain by grain, Hours that ne'er return again; Still--watch the Clock. / le They're Looking\ For the Remedy. fellows have a severe cold they get the idea that everybody in town wants to know how they caught it." There's nothing in their madness, Tom. They tell everybody, hoping somebody with a big heart and cellar full will give them something for it | -- Ho, Ham. Tell tell us that law: checkers are proving very popular in New Jersey, but if they are anything like lawn mowers we prefer just the common, garden variety of checkers.--they're "not so back-breaking. Hope Sam Isn't One of Those Gay Birds Like Adam Breede. Although a blush was on her cheek, This fact I'll have you note; It is no longer there--because It now is on my e¢oat ; --Cincinnat! Enquirer. I sursly hope, Samuel, friend, 1 mean it, 'pon my life, That in vour dissertation You're speaking of your wife. ~--Warrén Tribune. { oe Hockey Stick Specials LARGEST AND BEST STOCK TO CHOOSE FROM 207 off MOORE'S TIRES, TOYS, AND SPORTING GOODS WELLINGTON STREET had Been assigned duty in that part] {of the Cumberland Mountains which | | touches three But -droopnig eyes through idle brain feuds are common, was entertained | --J. E. F.|at the mountain cabin of one | wife entertained her royally and the Opines Tom Denjing: "When: some teacher expressed solicitude for the! lonely life the woman must lead. ter half, "but just as soon as Jim gets one mo' we air gwinter leave | this country." i | meant "kill one more man?" i too," boasted the wife. band?" the missionary inquired with | some asperity. } getting warmer, with the result that | icebergs are geiting searcer and | herrings are being found in the old seal-fishing grounds, never forgive you for it. n-- \ ere Had a Good Reason, | A missionary school teacher who | states, and where Large, frame dwelling in good location, flve bedrooms, bath and closet, electric light, gas for cooking, furnace, large {Jl verandah (new). Price $8,800. We have considerable money to loan on mortgages. T. J. Lockhart Real Estate and Insurance 53% Brock St, Kingston, Ont. Phones 322J or 1797J. ORANGES For Marmalade now in stock. Jas. REDDEN & Co. Phones 20 and 900, "The House of Satisfaction" of the | chief's | hiefs of the region. The "Yes," agreed the chieftain's bet. The horrified teacher asked if she "Yes, and Jim's bound ter get him, | i "Has the man injured your hus- | i vmber "He sho' has!" was the vehement | ---- Plumbing and Gas Work a specs eply. "He killt my fust husband." im laity, All work guaranteed. Ad. : dress 145 Frontenac Street. | Phone 1277. Dr. J. O. Macdonald Two Cars Arctic Gets Warmer. The Arctic Ocean is said to be ---------- He who does you an Injury will Daily Sentence Sermon. Fool friends ruin more men bitter enemies ever do. than 327 BARRIE ST, (Near Princess) 3ITUMINOUS _-- Classified Adages Se S-- + News of the Names Club. 'We suppose after Doc. A. Dunn, of Hastings, Neb, makes a call he sends you one if you don't come across on time. We thought they were things of the past, but we are informed you can still find A. Pilgrim in Philadelphia. OFFICE HOURS: 2.4, 7-58.30 p.m. SICK ROOM Stove Size Alr Furnaces and Quebec f Inveterate Woman Smoker, The Grand Duchess George of Russia, whose marriage to Captain I , of the Greek Navy, has just been announced, js probably the most inveterate woman smoker in London society. In the small draw- ing-room of ber pretty house at Regent's Park, there are no fewer than eleven ash4raye, and on mantelpiece a little row of holders, ricaly jowelled ahd enamet- led. Tho Grand " smoking, if good tobacco is used, has a soothing effect on the nerves, And certainly, through 'her ocomnections iz * 2 i baving such men, and they dessive . 1 5 2 £ Re We are always sup- Heaters, Price plied with a full kine 15.00 fa of sick room quisites. Phone your Crawford COAL wants and let us de- Phoue 9. Foot of Queen Bt Au complain of want of silver, but none of want of sense. You show your sense when you let the A-B-C Classified Ads save your silver. re- liver promptly. Gi ry Common sesse In an uncommon degree is what the world calls wis- Read them to-day! RNucsia and with Greece, she has of soothing. 3 a bs (Copyright, 1322, by Basil L. Smith) 4 dom. 7 1