THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG « ¥ « i SR EL ES FEL PE SAAN TATIVES: Cag 8t,, Montreal e Thompson ...:100 King St. W. Toronto, jers te the Editor are published over the sctusl name of the ---------------- . To some women alimony means all the money a man's got. E -------------------------- . The crowd is always wilh ihe winner anless there is a game loscr. - A popular indoor pastime 18 to 'work at making the pay euvelope When a man is wedded to bis art he has to promise to Jove, honor d'obey. - me -------- The ingenuity of many persons is y exercised in getting them cut | Arouble. -------------- Trouble with 4 lot of chaps in this country is 'that they are born free ------ re---------- Employers who pay as little as they pn sould mot expect workers to more than is required. -- erent -- It is presumed that every mar- 3d man and woman agreed at some ne to tell each other's faults. -- i ------ There is pleniy of make-believe, the person who seems to be hav- a good time may not be happy. "Despise not the FIRE PROTECTION. Fire fatalities in hotels and- pub- lic buildi always bring home to people the danger incurred through lack of fire-escapes. Re- commendations follow \nquests and usually thet is the end of it until another horror occurs and people again realize the dangers when fire spreads through a building where many are asleep. The fire danger is ever present and ft should be taken into account much more than it is. There are some laws in force regarding protection against fire in public buildings, factories and man- ufacturing plants, but these laws are not nearly sufficient. For instance prive him of recreation or of cul- taral pursuits, if he is so minded; and he has a strong union at his back to see that in all respects the conditions under which he labors are satisfactory. Professorships, as a rule, have not so many good points in their favor. Should wages ip the various han- dierafts continue at their present high levels, the wonder will be if young 'men do not in great numbers | abandon the white collar jobs anf don overalls, and if parents will not increasingly send their sons to trades instead of clerkships and pro- fessions. only standard or bar-li d hotels come under the fire inspection re- gulations.. Others may do as they please. Workers in factories are halls are mot included in the regu- latiens. There are lodge halls in Kingston where there would be little chance for a gathering should fire cut off the stairways and regu- lar exits. The act should be amend- ed to include all halls where as- semblies are held, whether they be lodge or public gatherings. All places which keep above a cerlain number of roomers should be under inspection in regard to proper fire protection. The new attorney-geun- eral -- Kingston's distinguished member -- will do the province a great service if he brings down le- gidlation in this respect. WAGE WORKER PROSPERS. According to the report on wage conditions issued by the National Industrial Conference Board, the American worker is at present more prosperous than he has been for years. His earnings have risen so much more rapidly tham his Mving expenses in 1923 that his real gains are higher than at any time in re- cent years. The board finds that the excess of advancing wages over ad- vancing living costs was between 16 and 17 per cent. greater fin May, 1923, than in June, 1920. "For the last few months,' says a statement from the boand, 'wages have been rising. Many plants have announced increases of 10 per cent., 18 per cent. and even more. How much of this is net gain to the wage eafner and how much merely com- pensates him for increased living costs are Tmportant questions for consideration. In order to measure the effect of fluctuations of the cost of living upon edrnings, a figure known as 'real' earnings is develop- ed by dividing the index nuinber of hourly or wesékly earnings by the in- dex mumber of fhe cost of Mving." It fs in this that the comparison has been made between the various months in 1920 end 1923. The report fis encouraging so far as it oes, but it is Hmited to ome 'class. 'The statistics have been col- lected from a larger number of in- | dustrial plants throughout the coun- try employing a total of more than 600,000 men. It is an economic cen- sus of the manual worker. Another important class whose members may be designated es salary earners have not been included in the eur- vey. Their earnings have not been given but #t is generally agreed that they have not increased proportion- atsly to those of the factory worker. They are put at a disadvantage by "present conditions. 3 With the increased 'wages paid workmen :n any community, iving costs and particularly rents im tiat community, tend to advance. The so-called "white collar" mam, whose pay has not kept pace with that of his neighbor, 1s the real sufferer from these conditions. He can oniy console himself with the thought vanced in good times, will not de- 'cline wo rapidly in THE LURE OF THE TRADES. There will. ba at first a gasp of well protected, but private and lodge | that his salary, which has not ad-| PRESS COMMENT i the word "obey" did not appear Mn our services before the Reformation. The words used them were that the woman vowed to be buxom. (Laugh- ten). He gid not know what was the meaning of that old ¥Enghsh)| word at the time the word was dropped when the Reformation came. The true rela- | tionship of the husband and wite was perfect partnership and equal- ity. i Lord Parmor, the Chairman of {the House of Laity also supported | the proposed charg. Thé resolu- tion, however, was lost by thirty votes. ~ \ That | h Body er-- Test of a Nation. The quiet feeling has been that Presidents may come and go, but that the foundations of the country will "stand fast so long as the forces of democracy 'continue WwW produce men adequate for great pub- lic emergencies and to beget in its 'thultitudinous citizens the conviction of strength in a Government contin- ually renewed in the hands of chdl- dren of humble homes and/founde) upon the consent of the governed. --New York Times, ---- The Dignity of Teaching. While professors are human ang are as liable to all the imperfect- fons of humanity as any other group of individuals, still the elevated na- ture of their calling tends to hedge them around with a certain aura of respect, and, therefore, to give them as a class, a high standing in pub- lic esteem, It is plainly inadvisable to drag them down from the ped- estal 'on which popular opinion has placed them. The education of the young is a noble task and its inter- ests require that those who conduct it should not only be, but should also be ccnsidered, upright and hon- crable and of irreproachable char- acter.-- Washington Post. Work for the Idle, the balance between the number of the population and the capacity for employment in industry be redressed, surely it is possible, as it is suggested by a group of members of Parliament, to arrange schemes Of work beneficial to the community, by means of a combin- ation of private enterprises and State guarantee? Something has been done towards this end; much more remains to be dome. In the meantime, to produce and te find markets; that is the task for em- ployers and employed 'working to- gether. Those who strive to \pre- vent its accomplishment are, the en- emies of their country. -- London Morning Post. ~ Until Canadian Questions and Answers Q~-To what extent is Canada re- presented in the United States through government agencies? A~--Canada, through the Depart- ment of Immigration and Coloniza- tion, has permaneni government agents stationed in eighteen Vinited States cénttes viz: Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Des Moines, Detroit, Far- go, Great Falis, Harvisbyrg, Indian- apolis, Kanas City, Ma , Mil- waukee, Omaha, San Francisco, Spo- kane, St. Paul, Syracuse and Water- town, N.Y. Q-- was (Canada's trade and production record in 1922? "A.--Canada's trade and produe- tion record in 1922 was a notable ome, viz: total trade, $1,650,022,223, , $884,318,008; imports, $765,704,215; grain crop, 897,383,- 100 bushels, of which 339,736,400 were wheut; grain orop value $062,-1 618,200, WILT THOU OBEY? Lorston Times, a The House of Laity contributed & matrimonial debate to the proceed- ings of the National Assembly of the Church of Emgland. It arose trom Miss Maud ROyden's propos f} : iis s82 dsd ir of | Pours | By James W, Barton. M.D, How Are You This Morning? This solution is addressed to you ing to you now. And yet did you ever think that your actual feelings, your lemper, your disposition may vary wilh the day? It was Lord Chesterfield who said: "A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning often make a hero of tie same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward." s Don't misunderstand me. Many a man is a hero irrespective of food, sléep, or weather, Our boys proved that in France. But the point I wish to make is that you must expect to be grouchy, not your real self, with lowered capa- city for work, and your courage al low ebb if you neglect the ordinary common sense rules of health. And in these days of lose com- petition of epeed, and nerve tension, you've got to be at your best. As tie head of a university once said "The constipated man is not re- sponsible for his actions mentally, morally or piysically." Strong language, isn't it? And so with hard work miental or physical on the morrow try to re- member Lord Chesterfield's saying: We all need every ounce of cour- age and stamina these days. Let us then not do the foolish physical] things that keep us from being our best. | Seven Seatence Sermons the secret place of the Most High are doors outward--out of self, out of smallness, out of wrong.--George MacDonald. : * * . After more than sixty years of public lite, I hold more strongly than ever to the conviction, deepen- ed and strengthened by experience, of the reality, the nearness, the per- sonality of God.--Willlam E, Giad- stone. ~ » * -. Thou must be true thyself If, thou the truth wouldn'st teach; Thy soul must overflow, if thou Another's soul would'st reaen, . It needs the overflow of heart To give the lips full speesch. y ~--Horatius Bonar. e =» > There is only one work~ on the evidences of Christianity tha whol- ly satisfies any ong -- & work which defies the most engenious criticism, and the most skillful logic; it is from five to six feet of humanity living a Christlike life~~Markx Guy P * "5 If we confess our sins, he is fajth- ful and. tighteous to forgive us ou sins, and fo cleanse us from all un- righteousness.--I, John 1:9. h . - . All that Fame chanteth and saith it was used; but || 80 often that perhaps it means noth- ok Dents Gloves BIBBY"S "A Particular Man! 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