THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 108%. NEWS AND VIEWS FOR WOMEN READERS LIFE'S SOCIAL SIDE - Editor of Women's Page, Teles phone 243. Private 'phono 857w, iw » . Ph Mrs. W. J. B. White gave a most * snjoyable dance for Miss Sylvia White at her cottage at Dead Man's Bay on Friday evening. After the shower, the clouds rolled away and the silver moonlight flooded lage even more lovely than usual. The forty ydung guests report a delightful evening. . LJ - Dr. and Mrs. John Currie are en- fertaining at dinner this evening at thie Frontenac Club, in honor of Miss Sheila Currie's birthday. Mrs. James Miller, Alfred street, wiil dance afterwards in Miss Currie's ~, honor. ~ | Mrs. William Harty gave a pic- sic for Miss Nadine Harty on Fri- i} day at her cottage on the St. Law- gence. The shower in no wise damp- 4 the ardor of the boys and girls, who, sheltered in the cottage thor- oaghly enjoyed themselves. ". . . Mrs. C. F Douglas, Raglan road, give a pleasant birthday party on Friday evening, when her guesis Cu- Joyed games, music and delicious re- freshments. * . Mrs. R. N. F. McFarlane, John- son strect, entertained at the tea hour on Friday for her guest, Miss Beth McKee, Toronto. : . * . Mrs. Wiliam Harty, "Roselawn," "will entertain at bridge on Monday for her mother, Mrs, J. K. Kerr, To- ronto. * ® . 'Mrs. R. W. Garrett, Johnson " street, was the hostess of a small tea on Thursday for Mrs. W. G. Hinds, Montreal. * Ld -. . Mrs. L. Dunbar Stevenson is en- tertaining at "Glen Lyon" this after- moon for her guest, Mrs. T. K. Davis, ~~ New York. 5 " n es » . Mrs. John Carson, "Sunny Knowle," entertain at bridge on - Tuesday afternoon. - . Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mills, Otta wa, and their son, Jack, are the guésts of the former's mother, Mis. . Thomas Mills, University avenue. Newman Hinds, who have been with Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Garrett, John- Mrs. Oallendar, Mait- have returned from Ann . Charles Kirkpatrick, Victoria relurned from a visit to Springfield, Mo., to y Charles Daly. Miss Hattie Obhown, who has spent ver, B.C., with Nurs. ot, she will visit Port- returning home. Hugh Osler, who past six months in Eastern Canada, have bef Mrs. the the| Pay and made the view from the cot-| give a; Miss M. J. Paddon, Chicago, and Miss Beatrice Dent, Woodstock, are to visit relatives in Kingston. Miss 7lilda Tarrant, R. N., Cleve- land, O., who has been visiting in Westport and her aunt, Miss R. Tar- rant, 309 Montreal street, is with her people on Wolfe Island. Miss Aileen Rogers, who has been at Lachine, Que., will return to town early in the week. Hon. W. F. Nickle and Mrs. Nick- le, Toronto, are at "The Shelling" for" the week-end. Miss Mary Taylor, "The Princi- |pal's Residence," will leave for Ot- |tawa shortly to take over the du- |tles of assistant secretary to the minister of trades and commerce, Mr. and Mrs. W. Bartlett Dalton and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Craig mot- ored from Old Orchard Beach, where they spent a week, arriving in town to-day. Col. Anderson, Royal Military College, who has been in the west, will return to town on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. George Quirk have moved from Staten Island, N.Y. to Toronto, where they will make Heir home in future. Miss Whilthemina Gordon, Uni- versity avenue, is at St. Andrews- by-the-Sea, for the remainder of August. Mr. and Mrs. * Ww. H. O'Brien, Brock street, left for Toronto to- day. Mrs. Barl McBride, who has been with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sutherland, at Stella, has returned to Woodbridge, Ont. Mrs. P. A. O'Reilly, who has been with her sister, Mrs. J. O. Macdon- ald, Barrie street, left to-day for Montreal. Mrs. Keith Hicks, Kensington ave- nue, will return on Monday from a visit to her sister, Miss Edgar, at Lac Boule, Que. Miss Frances Birkett and Miss Caroline Edmunds, * nursespin-train- ing at Rockwood hospital, have left to spend their holidays with their parents in Renfrew. General St. Plerre Hughes, Ot- tawa, has left for Vancouver. Mrs. Hughes will go to Lindsay, where she will be the guest of Lady Hugh- es. . Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Pettit, "The Winston" are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rogers, Ottawa. * * . Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Ferrier, Cleve- land, Ohio, with their five children, who motored to Kingston and spent two weeks with Mr, Ferrier's mo- ther, at her. summer cottage, Dead Man's Bay, have returned home. Dr. G. C. Ferrier, South Mount- tain, spent the week-end with his mother "Clara Vista," Dead Man's Bay. The Barl and Countess of Minto and their daughter, Lady Bridget Elliott, will return to Europe on September 15th, sailing by the Em- press of France, . . * Frof. and Mrs. W. C, Baker and their family, with Mrs. J. C. Gwil- lam and Miss Gweneth Gwilam, have returned from Bob's Lake. Mrs. John Hopkirk ang Miss Mar- jorie Hopkirk, Frontenac strect, spent the week in Toronto. Miss Jean Young, who was with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Young, Uniom street, has returned to Toromto. + Rev. A. 0. Cooke and Mise Cooke, St. Mark's rectory, Barriefield, have regurned from Cressy, where they were the guests of H. H. Horsey and Miss Mildred Horsey. Mrs. Beverly Brown, Kingston, is in Toronto for a few days, the guest of Mrs. Walter Westcott, Parkside Drive. » > . Dr. and Mrs. Richard Cartwright, University avenue, are with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert McIntyre, Farnbam av- enue, Toronto, for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Hood and their children left today for Woodstock, after a joyous holiday among warm friends and relatives. Miss Laidley, Princess street, who has been the guest of Miss Mary Boyd, Toronto, for the past two months, has returned to the city. Mrs. George Tuttle, Johnson street has returned from Watertown, N.Y, after spending three wegks Zith ner brother, Dr. W. 8. and Mrs. McFar- lane. . . * Jack Richardson, Kingston, was groomsman at the Waukeyn-Kenne- dy wedding at Murray Bay on Thursday. . Mr. and Mrs. John Macdonald are leaving on Monday for Los Angeles, Cal. They will be near their daugh- ter, Mrs. H. B. Munroe, and Dr. Mun- roe. \ . Mrs. Thomas Hill and Miss Helen Hill, who have been spent four ples- sant weeks visiting Mr. and Mrs. James Hill, Aifred street, and other friends at Chantry, Gananoque and Napanee, left on Friday for their home in Welland. : Bert Butlin, Colborne street, is spending a month's vacation in Dau- phin, Man., and Vancouver, B.C. Mr. and Mrs. Lamarche, Miss Ma- ie Lamarche and Master Laurie "have left to spend a few days in Montreal. W. G. Robinson and his son left 'for his ome in Winnipeg on Thurs- day after a visit lo Mr. Robinson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W, J. Robin- son, Division street. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. McDermott, To- ronto, are spending a few days in town. Johm Metcalfe, who was with bis sister, Mrs. Charles McKay, Garrett street, has relurned to Toronto. - . - Pitts- en- Mrs. James Moran, burg, announces the gagement of her youngest daugh- ter, Gertrude Cecclia, to Michael Raymond Hanna, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Hanna, Omaha, Nebras- ka. The marriage will take place early in September. * . . Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Finnigan, Pit- tsburg, announce the engagement of their youngest daughter, Emily Jane, to John Robert Purdy, Nap- anee, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Purdy, Napanee. The marriage is to take place quietly on September 5th, The Editor Hears That in some parts of the country the municipalities are taking steps to have the parking of cars along the public road stopped at night. In no place is this more necessary than in our own locality, for it is impos- siblé for our young people to drive ong any road leading from the on these lovely summer even- ings, without their attention being drawn to the worst side of life, That a New York woman writer says that her plan to beat Ford's is: /" "Begin salary raising with the un- derpaid sex--say, $3 per week for every woman worker outside the home, and £10 for every housewife, since the latter often works for board wages, and the injustice re- moved by such a measure would re- duce appreciably the world's sum total." That the small felt hails now be- ing worn are harbingérs of autuma. They are chic and becoming and al- together the last word in smartness. , That the Y.M.C.A. 'has lent ils swimming pocl to the sister organi- zation, the YW.C.A. for a "Learn to Swim" week and Capt. H. B. Law will give. his services in the good cause, Kingston is the poorer for A Bo ingly i i i I £s It has always seemed to me that the people best qualified to- discuss Sih were Sinners. Not that I under- rate the value of sermons on this sub- ject by the regular experts. But for the one who is struggling in the depths it must "e a comfort to know that the | chap who's exhorting him has skidded a bit now and then. So, as a skidder rather than a sky pilot, I'm going to write this talk for the rest of my clan. It will not be a sermon. Nor will itt pdint the way to salvation, nor enlarge on the merits of repentance. I know little of salvation, having never been sure for more than a few moments that I was saved. Nor do I think that overdue repentance is the way to get saved. It will simply be a plain talk on Sinning for Sinners by a Sinner. |t If you're not a Sinner don't read it. |t To begin with, I'll make a confes- (sion. Most people approach the sub-|f ject of sin with bated breath and held noses, as though it were a noxious animal of menacing and horrid attri- butes. I don't--and let it be stated]! frankly that I've approached Sin the usual number of times. Yet never have I bated my breath ror held my nose |t For, indeed, I have never been able to distinguish a very great difference be- tween the roots of Good and the roots of Evil t t The fruits of Evil are, I'll grant you, tragically different from the frffits of Good. But if you are of a tolerant mind, you'll always think of the Causes of things rather than their Ef- fects. And the Causes of much wrong doings are identical with the causes of much righteousness. Before we go further it is well to emphasize the fact that much sin isn't t sin at all. We're only beginning to understand this. Slowly we are dis- covering that the tendency to steal, lie, kill, or abandon oneself to beastial pursuits, is often as much a part of one's physical heritage as the shape of one's nose. We have long understood that some folks were decidedly insane. Now we are learning that many, many more are partly insane, and that their insanity takes that form which we call sin. With such poor victims this arti- cle does not deal. We are merely con- cerned with those who knowingly do wrong. Why does anyone do wrong? For almost the same reasgns anyone does right, Strange 'as that may seem. Young Jim of Riverside Drive wants a gun. He wants that gun to satisfy the lusty old hunting instinct which moves within him. It's a perfectly healthy in- stinct, and young' Jim will be the bet- ter for having that gun. So he takes some money he didn't earn and gets the gun. The money happens to be his father's and the father is quite will- ing that he should have it. So Jim has done no wrong. Young Bill on the water front, in- spired by the same perfectly healthy urge, also wants a gun. His urge does not differ a particle from the urge of young Jim. As a matter of fact, he wants and needs that gun more than does young Jim, for he has far fewer pleasures. So --he takes some money which he didn't earn, and buys the gun. But the money happens to Belong to someone else's father and is taken without his consent. So Bill has done wrong. three bright girls who might be with us still if they had known how to HOROSCOPE SUNDAY AND MONT)AY, AUGUST 20-27, the admonli i ; E 5 il 1 i i fi ; i Bill is a thief and Jim isn't, But the difference is one of Effect rather than Cause. The motive that prompted the gun getting was identical. Up to that point in their careers the boys were as alike as two peas'in a pod. Circum- stances conspired to bring out the weakness in Bill. But who is to say same weakness under the same circum- stances? And who is to say that you and I would not also steal if pressed much from without? her dance after the gruelling rush of a bargain day, snuffs hereoin to increase her "pep." becomes a dope fiend. But the desires which bring about her downfall are a perfectly legitimate, youthful desire birth to her babe in a charity ward. Yet the impulse which gave that babe to the babe in the mansion on the hill, pays his debt to society with a hideous death. Yet the flare of temper which prompted him to kill was no hotter and mé many a time.. ed about Sinning. Saint are blood kin. qualities~which mount the heights of righteousn®tss -- Courage, Love, the Hunger fof Adventure, ~the Delight in: Beauty, Daring, Curiosity-- all these things which add most to the strength and charm of human nature, are also there for medical attention. is i i ii is { [Listen World 8 THIS FALK IS ABOUT SIN Yes, the fact is perfectly plain that hat Jim would not have shown the 00 hard from within and.cramped too The tired shop girl, longing to enjoy She snuffs too often and he same as the desires which inspire he sweetest debutante of the season-- or light, color and movement. The pitiful ' unwed mother gives ife is the same impulse that gives life They strap the murderer's hands to he arms of the electric chair and he han the temper whi¢h has swept you So that is the first thing to be learn- The Sinner and 'TRose shining 0 be found wantering adrift through he sloughs of Sin. The average bad man is no different y ' A DEVIC MET AN uffering from chromic laryngitis go it ik § ££ Fi i ip 2 ¥ L i F i 8 g 2 i i a | | i ah ? ih from the average good man. Often, indeed, he's quite a little more daring and ingenious. For many people are esteemed "good" simply because they've never had the desire or cour- age to depart from the beaten track of convention, Such is the nature of sinning. The statements seem simple; too obvious, almost, to be worth the writing. Yet if those simple statements were once ac- cepted by society, and acted upon, sinning would disappear in a genera- tion. and the world would be healed. The sinners would stop being so dis- couraged. The saints would stop being so inflated. They'd get together on a common platform and help each oth- er. The "Brotherhood of Man" would come at last. But until these facts are accepted, that term must continue to be but a fanciful slogan for the ideal- ists. Since that Utopia hasn't come, since Sin does rage and most of us rage with it, what's the best way to get out of the goat class and get in with the sheep? Most folks do want to graduate from the goats. They want to be good. But the old sin hangs around their necks. How shall we be rid of it? By repentance? Repentance is so highly thought of amongst the elect that to dpubt its efficacy is to risk one's social standing. Well, I have very little to risk, so here goes. I think very poorly /of repentance, as usually practiced. All sinners should repent, of course. Repent thoroughly. But the process should be as brief as possible. You should take all the time you wish in debating the pros and cons of the situation with yourself, Don't repent impulsively. Be sure you want to repent. Convince yourself thoroughly, until your viewpoint is premeated with the conviction, that your present viewpoint is bad and "Prosperity's right band is indus- | try and her left hand is frugality. its | WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED DY ELSIE ROBINSON doesn't pay. Then, when you've reach- ed that point, repent. Be sorry, say you're sorry, and then forget about the whole sad business as quickly as possible. I am aware that this is not the ortho posed to call yourself a worm and keep on calling yourself a worm. Ev- ery time you look at yourself you must make a face. This seems to me a most futile and disgusting procedure ness. In fact, some people get so proud of their worminess-that they make a nuisance of themselves by repenting all over the place at the most inoppor- tune times. You can become just as much of a pest by dwelling on your vices as on your virtues. No, the only effective way to get over a sin is to get over it. If you've decided to worship clean, fine, beauti- ful standards, worship 'em. Don't waste time in remembering the sha- dows. Don't keep saying "I am Bad." Begin to say-- "I am Good! I am filled with a hun. ger for goodness. I am capable of do- ing noble, brave, wonderful things if only I'll give myself a chance." The evil that I did is a bad dream that has passed. If I'd used my head, if I had checked my impulses until they could have cooled a bit, I would never have done evil. For I truly didn't want to do it. Always I have wanted to be good. And now I am going to be good and I'm not going to waste any time in thinking about the mistakes I've made along the trail." There are the main secrets of Good and Evil as I have discovered them. They have, I admit, little mystical beauty about them. But there's an aw- ful wallop to them if you'll apply them honestly. Next Week--This Talk Is About Obedience, Too much caution, too much rash- ness, both alike are harmful. ' CLEAR AS'A ~ makers. 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