~~ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG -- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1921. Grand T0-NIGHT CANADA'S CHARMING COMEDIENNE ARLIE AND HER PLAYERS 6--BIG VAUDEVILLE ACTS--6 PLAY AND VAUDEVII To-Night: "What Every Girl Should Know" PRICES ....... GRAND Fri., Sat. Sat. Mat. NIGHTS 25c¢., 50c. ,75¢., $1.00, $1 A ---- : bY AAA AERA" --~ - "+ THE FAMOUS NEW YORK COMPINY WITH THE ENTIRE NEW YORK PRODUCTION ~- The Greatest Performance of This Noted Drama Ever Given An Especially Low Scale of Prices For This Engagement AT 8.15. LAST TIME MARKS LLE CHANGED NIGHTLY 50c¢., 30c., 20c., 10c. FEB. 29, MAR. 1 AMUSEMENTS ---------------------------- What the Press Agents Say About Coming Attractions "The Cat and The Canary." The attraction at the Grand Opera | {House on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 129th and March 1st, with a matinee | [on Saturday afternoon, will be that | {spookiest of melodramas, "The Cat land the Canary," and if one may | judge by the way it has been receiv- |ed throughout the country, two [nights large attendance may be safe- ly prophesied. For all who love the | mysterious and enjoy having cold chills traverse their <pinal columns [back and forth in rapid succession, | this play will furnish all the sensa- | tions they desire. It is a melodrama | interlarded with thrills and shivers. |The story starts in a shivery manner. | Before the curtain has been raised many minutes a weird West Indian negress begins to predict evil ~ for {those present. Friends of hers in the | shadowland whisper to her and warn {her of coming ills. This person has |& voice of sepulchral depth that gives {ber listeners the creeps. Her warnings {are not without fulfilment, for short-| !ly after that the queer doings of the night begin. And the whole mischief | {1s caused by the provisions of a will | | made by an eccentric old codger who | !cordially hated all his relatives. | There is a lot of fun in the per-| formance that lightens up the gloom. |The unwarranted scares of the char- 'acters--and of the audience itself, {for that matter--brings many a roar | 1 50. Sat. Matinee 25¢. to $1.00. (of laughter. The company presenting | the play is an excellent one and com- | | prises most of the players seen at | | the performance during the long New | York run. Among them are Sylvia | Field, Virginia Howell, Clara Ver- | derma, Florence Huntington, Percy Moore, Walter Regan, Carl Eckstrom and Edmund Elton. | "Big Brother" Screened. | The new Paramount picture which | opens at the Capitol theatre to-day, "Big Brother," an Allan Dwan pro-| duction of the story by Rex Beach, is a bear for thrills; thepé is not a lag-| ging moment throughout its entire llength. This is the greatest of Rex Beach's works--greatest because he wrote it from his heart. It is an altogether unusual produc-- tion, in that it depicts graphically VAUDEVILLE In conjunction with JOHNNY HINES A -- Ne {woormooron: ase | TODAY GODKIN'S LIVERY - PHONE 316 ra Bus or Taxi Service, Cutters or ot for on y and Night Serviee. 1180 Queen oppunite st. Paul's AC | WITH THE CURLERS | \ | Whig Trophy. R. Cleland T. R. Qarnovsky tJ. A. McRae C Sleeth J. L. Haw W. Frizzell | F. Waugh T. M. Asselstine | Skip 10 Skip 9 R. J. McClelland J Perry J. A. McFarlane "=R. McFarlane Skip 3 A. G. Lemmon ' 7. Frizzell | J. E. Newell I A. Turcotte Skip 16 . Woodman D. B. Murray J. Matheson H. D. Bibby Skip 11 J. Pigeon L. Langdon A. W.McMahon A. G. Watson Skip 8 \ - R. Carnegie PF. A. Fowler W. Montgomery i L. E. Sleeth Skip 9 Ladies' Games. Mrs. Sowards Mrs. F. King Mrs. Gwill. Mrs. H. B1:ek Mis§ K. Daly Mrs. Asselstine Miss M, Lewis Mrs. H, F, Mooers Skip 9 8kip 8 Purdy J. Macdonald F. S. Evanson G. Hanson Skip 8 v It is lost labor to sow where there is no soll. Junior O.H.A. Eastern CHAMPIONSHIP HOCKEY MATCH Circle 6 vs. FRIDAY, FEB. 29th (War Jax included) Tickets on sale Store and Queen's Gymnasium. Peterboro | JOCK HARTY ARENA College Inn Cigar just what the Big Brother Movement is endeavoring to accomplish through- | out the world--the proper raising of | the boys and youthe-- the future men | of the land on whom the destiny of | their country, rests. It is the story of one 'big brother,' taken as a concrete example of what is to be generally ex- pected from others the world over. 0, yes, we were so absorbed in the picture itself that we almost forgot | about the principals, and that would | never do at all, for without the clever acting of Tom Moore, Edith Roberts and Mickey Bennett and the impres- sive character portrayal of Raymond Hatton the vital theme of "Big! Brother" would go for naught, and between both features, we rise to re- mark once more, we enjoyed our-| selves immensely. | Coming. Norma Talmadge will soon be pre- sented in what is said {o be her most pretentious production, "Ashes of | Vengeance," a dramatic romance of turbulent France under tha treach- erous dominion of Catherine de Me- dicl, Conway Tearle appears oppo- site the star in the magnificent love scenes of this picture, and twenty celebrities, including Courtenay Foote, Wallace Beery and Josephine Crowell appear/ in the supporting cast. £ " Vaudeville At Strand. As an added attraction the Strand theatre management will offer a high-class singing, instrumental and dancing act on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in conjunction with the showing of Johnny Hines in "Con- ductor 1492." Direct from the Hippodrome, To- ronto, "Loader and Laney" in music, mirth and song' ANOTHER LARGE MEETING Addressed By Joseph Nash On Hotel _ Proposition and 'Other Matters. The meeting held fn Ontario hall on Wednesday night by Joseph Nash was very largely attended. Every seat in the hall was occupied long be- fore 8 o'clock and soon afterwards standing room was at 4 premium. The rush was so great at one time that police constables had to use force to keep the crowd back. Short- ly after 8 o'clock the orchestra start- ed the meeting with "O Canada," the audience standing and joining in the singing, after which Mr. Nash, who acted as both chairman and speaker, made a strong appeal for the mayor and aldermen to take seats on the platform. Ald. Driscoll accepted the| invitation and was cheered as he took his seat. Mr. Nash started the proceedings by explaining the cogl situation and the reason for the people paying what 'he termed as "outrageous prices" to the coal barons. He strongly advocat- led the importation of Alberta coal, which he claimed was far better and chieaper than the American coal. Speaking on the hotel propositig Mr. Nash stated that Kinston ' not want a United Hotel cate, but declared that what was 'needed {was a United Taxpayers Club, to look janar iels Stsrasts. Jt Shisaib were formed by the citizens, it would be She IDS of aE: of saving the city hund- Shows ot dollars and --~---- means keoping down the taxes. ; " | |at 10 o'clock with cheers for {Nash and the singing of the Nation-| 'Teck Hughes .. site on Princess street. He aid that it the Randolph hotel site were chos- en, it would be remodeiled into tores| and offices which could be rented at] good prices. The meeting was brought to a close | Mr. ial Anthem. STOCK MARKETS (Reported by Johnston & Ward, | 86 Princess street. Members ot the Montreal and Toronic Stock Ex- changes). Montreal. Feb, '28.--(1.30, p.m.) Abitibi Power .e. Asbestos .. Atlantic Sugar Bell Telephone .. Brazil .. Brompton .. .. .. .... -¢ British Empire Steel Com. British Empire Steel 1st Pfd. British Empire Steel 2nd Pfd. Can. Converters .. .s Can. Cement Com. | Can. Cement Pfd. { Cuban Can. Sugar Com. Cuban Can, Pfd. y Cen. Steamship Com. Can. Steamship Ptd. Dom. Textile .. Dom. Bridge .. Detroit United . Gen. Eelectric .. .. .. « Laurentide .. .. . Montreal Power .. Mackay National Breweries Com. | National Breweries Pfd. Ogilvie ITT, Ottawa Power .. .. .. «+ +» Price Bros. . Quebec Power a an se av se 30 18% 130 52% ce ea an tn | Sranish River Com. .. | Spanish River Pfd. .. Smelters .. .. Shawinigan .. .. Steel of Canada Toronto Ralls .. .. Twin City .. V.ayagamacu .. ar Loan 1925, 5 .. . War Loan 1931, 2 . | War Loan 1937, | Vietory 1924, 5 . Vetory 1927, 5% .. Victory 1933, 5% .. | Victory 1934, 5% Victory 1937, 56% .. Renewal 1927, 1.t Nov Renewal 1932, 1st Nov.. Refunding 1928, 6 .. Refunding 1943, § New York. Feb 28th (1.30 pa. ) Amer. loco. J . |Amer. Can. Bf dwin Loco. . B.&0. Chandler Motor. {Cosden Oil. California Pete. . Corn Products. . IC. P. R.. | Crucible Steel, ve Cuban Cane Sugar 1 Pra. G87T.... is Kelley Springfield. Imperial Oil. Marine Pfd.... Mack Motors. . Marland Oil. ... New Haven..., Pacific Oil. Pan. Amer. Pete .... Pan. Amer. Pete "B".. ... Producers and Refiners .. Studebaker. . aad AA. BOW. PaC.. ovr vo v2 ods Sou. Ry. Sinclair of. sinis Standard oil' of Calif rae ey Standard Oil of N. J.. Union Pacific. ... U.S. Steel. ... .. .2 Feb. 28th-- (1:30 p.m.)-- British American Oil Mutual Oil RH Mines. Hollinger Dome W. Dome. . Goldale .. Lorrain. ." Porc Crown... New Ray Wright Hargraves .. Keeley Mines .. GRAIN QUOTATIONS Chicago Wheat-- May July ..... Cora-- May July . .. Oats-- May ee \ July case Ceol / Wheat-- May .... July Oats-- 103% 104% 2% en anew «ww «A Certain Liveliness. San unfortunately had picked out AD unusually combative helpmate. After three days of matried life he returned to his job looking some- what wilted and woe-begone. His employer. knowing the circum- stances. sought to joke with Him. ~3am,"" he said seriously, "you look as if you'd been in a battle.' "Yo' jes' bet gh has, boss," re- plied Sam, ruefully. "But dat ain't de wuss of it, Ah 'pears to have and . mahself to toe 6634 | BREAKS SUSPICIOUS JAR IN WOLFE ISLAND HOME Samuel Wilson Charged With O.T.A. Violation and Ob- structing Police Officer. Samuel Wilson, Wolfe Island, ap-| peared before County Magi strate | | Bradshaw on Thursday morning to | answer to the charge of an infraction ! ot the Ontario Temperance act and | also interfering with a police officer | in the discharge of his duty. On Wednesday, License Inspector | William McCammon, Provincial Con- | stable Roy Clarke and an official of | the Inland Revnue officer paid a| visit to the home of Mr. Wilson, who | lives on the main Cape Vincent road | { on Wolfe Island. Constable Clarke, | during the course of his evidence, { told of findng a jar of alcohol which | had considerable water in it. The | jar was found In ome of the beds { and was covered over. After the | finding of the jar, he jn company | | with Mr. Wilson came down-stairs. { He placed the jar op the floor and | | claimed that he el the accused in | | company with tfie Inland Revenue | | officer in the kitchen, while he and { Inspector McCammon searched the woodshed at the rear of the home. ! Constable Clarke stated that while | | he was absent, Wilson picked the jar | | off the floor and threw it down into | | the cellar of the home and by so do- ing the jar was smashed and the ! contents thrown over the floor. Con- | stable Clarke claimed it was for that | | reason that he arrested Wilson on the, charge of obstructing a police | | officer. In his cross-examination, A. E. : | Day, who acted on behalf of the ac-| kcused, tried to make out that when | Constable Clarke left Wilson in com- pany with the Inland Revenue of- ficer the liquor was not under selz- | ure. o | The case started at ten o'clock and ? | at one-thirty o'clock the case was | | still before the magistrate, | Oddest Church in the World. Germany is to have what is per- | haps the oldest church in the world. Architects who have seen the models | and workings plans describe it as a "cubist nightmare." A study of the extraordinary pic- tures of the architect's working! models, gives an idea of what this | church will look like, inside and out, when it is completed. It is to be built of steel-work and concrete, with flying arches and curving pillars that will make the interior of the roof look as if it is "upheld by heavy timbers. From the outside it will look lik® a flattened dome vaguely suggesting the steel and concrete forts of Liege and Namur, The interior is a sort of "'mysti¢ maze" of distorted Gothic arches and pillars. In lleu of win- dows are Irregular, triangle-shaped openings which add to the sense of distortion. The seats, chairs, pulpit, and altar, are all constructed to re- present the rudest, crudest stone. It is to be called the 'Star Church," and its architect is Otto Bartning, a leader of the so-called "new school" of Continental design. People have seen things of this type before in paintings, in stage setting, and perhaps in German motion pic- ture productions, but it remained for Bartning to adapt such fantasies to the erection of a Christian church. One of the most interesting fea- tures of the structures is the fact that Bartning, striving for absolute novelty, has, either by accident or de- sign, produced a result which carries one backward in time, rather than forward, and reminds one even more of the ancient catacombs of Rome. Ruins Presented to University, Ruins of Godstow nunnery, near Oxford, where Rosamond Clifford, the favorite of Henry II. and the vie- dm of Queen Eleanor's vengeance, is believed to have been buried; have veen presented by Mr. Raymond Wil- ilam Fennell, of Wytham, Berkshire, to Oxford University. The gift is accompanied by twenty acres of land adjoining, and a proviso 1s made that the ruins shall be preserved. (he nunnery was founded by Editha, wife of Robert D'Ofley, and conse- crated on Christmas Pve, 1138. It is related that when Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, went to Godstow in 1191 he was shown the magnificent tomb of Fair Rosamond in the centre of the choir of the Nunnery Church, and réminded that "for love of her" Henry had done much-good to the church. The bishop ordered that the body should be taken up a buried outside 'lest Christian * religion should grow in contempt." First Christian Edifice, The Christian Church in Great Britain, according to tradition, was established A.D. 61 at Glastonbury in Somersetshire, Eng., by Joseph of Arimathea. He is supposed to have located there with eleven companions and built the first Christian house of worship. Its length was 60 feet, and its breadth 26 inches. The walls were made of twigs and branches twisted together after the ancient custom. An "Architectural History of Glastonbury Abbey," records that "on the spot where the present church stands there existed a strue- ture of twisted rods, or bundles, which was believed to have 'built as a Christian Oratory, and re- ported to be the earliest church in Britain. It bore the name of 'Vetu- was dedicated to the Virgin -- Major F. G. Arnold left on Thur- day afternoon for. New York to see his son and may return to Kingston on Saturday. Ontario Department of Agricul- ture to assist 'n establishing creamer- tes at Cochrane and Matheson. British Columbia berry growers ask aid in promoting co-operative can- ning factory. s Lord Balfour issues warning against course pursued by agitators in India. ; British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, reaches New York. { war broke out in 1914, the gross ton- | against. | minions was 2,201,000 tons, also an | and earning\ nothing. sta ota. the 'OM Chureh,' and |* Mary." THE MERCHANT, SERVICE. British Empire Has Increased Its | - Tonnage Since 1923. | The merchant shipping of no other | nation suffered so severely during | the war as did that of the British Empire. The reasqn is obvious. | There was far more of it. When the nage of the sea-going steel and iron steamers and motor vessels of Great Britain was 18,877,000 tons, and that of the British Dominions was 1,407,000 tons, making a British total of 20,284,000 tons. And the | world's total at that time was 42,-| 514,000 tons. The tonnage of the British Empire was very nearly one- half of the whole. There were more British ships than ships of any or of all other adversaries for the German submarines to launch their torpedoes And these British ships were everywhere, carrying troops and munitions 'and food, not only for the British peoples but for all their allies. Britain's mercantile marine lost heavily but it kept the sea, and | without the services it rendered the war could not have been won. Statistics compiled up to June, 1922, show that the losses have been made good. At that time the gross tonnage of the merchant ships of | Great Britain amounted to 19,0563,- 000 tons, being an increase of 176,- 000 tons over the tonnage of 1914; and the tonnage of the British Do- increase, namely, of 794,000 tons. The total for the British Empire was 21,254,000; an increase of 970,000 tons. Before the war the German ton- nage was 5,098,000 tons. In June, 1922, it was 1,783,000 tons, a de-| crease of 3,315,000 tons. It is point- ed out in Lloyd's statement, from which these statistics are taken, that should Germany 'maintain her pres- ent rate of building of about 500,000 | tons a year, in the course of six or | seven years, she will have regained | her pre-war maritime strength. A point to be remembered is that | the present German tonnage is large- | ly modern, containing few obsolete ships; its effective working strength | is, therefore, considerably greater | than appears from the mere figures." | The world's total tonnage in June, | 1922, was 56,802,000 toms, which was greater by 14,288,000 tons than | was the total in June, 1914. Inten- | sive building had more than made | | good the wastage of the war. One result was what the report of | our Department of Marine and Fish- | eries calls a "congestion of shipping." There were not cargoes for al the | ships, and t orld over many ships | were at their moorings, laid up, idle | It may be pointed out as a reminder of the great and permanent - share Great | Britain has in the world's carrying trade that only seven per cent. of her gross tonnage was laid up. Ex- | cluding its shipping on the Great | Lakes, the United States had 34 per cent. of its tonnage idle; France, 31 per cent.; Italy, 20 per cent.; and the Netherlands, 12 per cent. Sweden suffered the least, having not quite one per cent. of her tonnage laid up. | Robin Hood Really Lived. Collery developments in Sherwood | Forest, England, recently, have un- | earthed proofs that Robin Hood, the | famous outlaw of story, had an act- | ual existence, and that he really practiced the profession of philan- | thropic highwayman, robbing the | rich 80 as to be able to help the poor. Doubts had within recent times been thrown on the old-time tradi- tion, but current researches of busy | antiquarians and folk-lore experts now show beyond doubt that Robia | was not only a very live wire, but | that his chief exploits were carried out in the neighborhood of Newstead Abbey, the home of Lord Byron. The documents discovered go to show that the bandit actually did woo and win for his bride the fair | Maid Marian of Bildworth, that he Jousted with the jovial Friar Tuck according to the story. It is said that Robin Hood's top- | boots are at Annesley Hall, near Newstead, and that last century his bow and some of his broad arrows were claimed to be in the possession of residents at Fountain: Dale. Robin Hood died in 1247 at Kirk- lees, Yorkshire. Hathersage, in Der- byshire, claims the last resting-place of Little John. Miskin Manor Destroyed. Miskon Manor, Glamorganshire, Wales, the beautiful residence of Sir | Rhys Williams, D.8.0., recorder of | Cardiff, has been destroyed by fire | and a large number of valuable books | and' art treasures have been lost. The manor, which dated back to mediae- | wal days, was famous, among many | other things, for its charming envir- | onment, a luxuriously wooded park | of great extent with picturesque ter- raced gardens falling away to the river. The hall at Miskin has been described as one of the most beauti- ful apartments to found in any house | in South Wales. It contained many | notable hunting trophies. Three | Rembrandt, pictures were included among the art treasures of the house. | The history of Miskin Manor covers | many centuries. It coatained in its | fabric a considerable portion of the old building which wus for genera- tions the home of the Bassets. World's Largest Map. Britain leads the world in maps. A floor map more than two hundred feet long, sald to be largest In exist- ence, was shown at the Town Plan- ning Exhibition at Olympia as part of the Commercial Motor Transport and Road Development Exhibition. The map shows the 'Brentford by- pass road constructed by Middlesex County Council in co-operation with the Ministry of Transport. Punishing Father. % "When I'm a .man--" began Rob- bie after a stormy interview with his father. "What will you do?" asked his mother. "I'll name my boy after and my how I'll spank him!" Mrs. T. Collyer, Kingston, has been bereaved by the death of her brother, John Lampbell, Belleville. 1 will be pleased to conduct Auction Sales n khigaton or the County of rontenac. R Arrangements can os reasonable. be made at my office. J HyXRO. | bone and muscle. SOW THE BEST BARLEY The World Had Been Searched For the Finest Variety. The 0, A. ©. No. 21 Was Then De- veloped From the Mandscheuri, From Russia--Started From a Single Seed at Guelph in 1908-- Feading for Bacon. (Contributed by Ontario Department of Agriculture, Toronto) The Q.A.C. No. 21 barley has been such 3 marked success In Canada that a few words regarding its ori- gin and development may be of la- terest to the many farmers growing that grain. A World Search for the Best Barley. During tne year 1888 the Field Husbandry ~ Department 6f the On- tario Agricultural College made a world search for the best variety of barley in existence. In the spring of 1889, fifty-seven different kinds of barley were grown under test. A variety from Russia, under the name of Mandscheuri, gave such good re- sults in the first and following tests, surpassing all other varieties in a five year average by five bushels per acre per annum, that it was multl- plied for distribution. In 1893 this variety, Mandscheuri, was distributed in pound lots to co-operative experi- menters throughout Ontario and was continued in co-operative test for each of eighteen years. It gave such good returns that from the pound lots sent to the farmers this barley was rapidly increased until it became the most extensively grown barley of the province, : The Mandscheuri a Great Mother Variety. ! In the spring of 1903 between nine and ten thousand selected grains of the Mandscheuri barley were planted by band, at equal distances apart in the experimental grounds. This method gave an opportunity for each plant to show its individuality, At different stages of growth and when ripe the plants were carefully ex- amined, and the most promising ons | were selected and threshed, after which the grain from the individual plants "was examined. A definite number of grains from each of the selected plants were sown separately in the spring of 1904. The best per- formers, In decreasing numbers, were continued in the tests from year to year. The plant selected by the writer in 19038 as probably the most outstanding Individual was included in the seeding list as number 21, and the progeny gave such excellent re- sults that it was introduced into the co-operative experiments in the spring of 1906 where it has been in- i cluded continually since that date | under the name of 0.A.C. No. 21. It | gave such good satisfaction through- out Ontario that the farmers in- creased it rapidly and for the last few years there has been scarcely a field of any other variety of barley grown in the province. Started From a Single Seed in 1903. The O.A.C. No. 21 barley, which was started from a single seed In 1803 is a six-rowed, bearded barley | with stiff straw and white grain of good quality. In the experiments at the College the common six-rowed variety of barley has been surpassed by the Mandscheuri in a period of thirty-three years by an a¥§rage | yield per acre per annum of ten bushels, and by the 0.A.C. No. 21, in a period of seventeen years by eleven bushels. According to rg ports of the Statistics Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, the barley crop of Ontario has made an actual Increase in yield per acre for the last twenty-one years, in com- parison with the two previous de- cades of 17:33 per cent.,or an average | yleld per acre per annum of four and | one-half bushels.--Department of Ex- tension, O.A.College, Guelph. . FEEDING FOR BACON. Leave Litters With Sows for Eight Weoks---Selection as Important as Breed--Procare Sod for Feed In Winter. At the Ontario Agriculture Col- lege all litters are left with the sows until they are eight weeks old. Skim milk and middlings are the most sat- isfactory feeds on which to start the newly weaned pigs. Rations are made up with the idea of promoting growth during the first four months by using growth promoting rather than fattening feeds until the pigs are five months old. Middlings, oats, milk, whey, tankage and clover are protein feeds and capable of building When the pigs are well .grown at five months old the | ration is changed for the finishing or fattening period. Two-thirds barley and one-third finely ground oats along with skim milk has been highly satisfactory. Tankage up.to 8 or 10 per cent. has been successfully and profitably used when skim milk was not available. In the experimental 'feeding with [wits at the Ontario Agricultural College it has been found that there is but very little difference in the cost of gaips with the various breeds, but there is a difference in the grade of product, which means more money for the kind that grade "select." Four hundred pounds of meal or its equivalent produced 'one hundred pounds of gain in weight for fous breeds in the test. In cheapness of gain the bacon breeds fully held their own. Before it freezes up store a 'wag gon load or two of good, tough, green sods away in the barn cellar, hog or shed. Such wili be very useful to toss into the pig pens now and again during the winter months. The pigs need mineral matter and this is an 'easy, cheap and efficient way to give it to them.--Department of Exten- sion, O.A. College, Guelph. In packing meat, put it in the brine skin side down, except the top layer, which should be turned flesh side down. THE FLORENCE HUDON PRIVATE SCHOOL BALLET, CLASSIC AND MODERN DANCING Classes and individus: Instruction for Adults and Children. For further Information Spply 39 UNION STREET WEST