~ - x 6 THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. ARNE A RR I RR THE "BRITISH WHIG 018T YEAR. CONE] i i», Hi Published Dally and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO. LIMITED eeys Presid . Editor and Managing-Director TELEPHONE Business Office Editonal Hooms .. J G. Elllot? ....o000000 Leman A. wee SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) One year im city 87.50 Oue yenr, by mall to rural 'offices, $2.50 Une year, to United Stutes $3.00 (Se One year, by mall, cash ... One year, to United States OUT-OF-TOWN REPRFSENTATIVES: F. Calder, 22 St. Juha St, Montreal ¥. W. Thompson 100 King St. WW. 'Toronto. Letters to the Kditor are publishe only over the actual name of the writer. Attached is ome of the best job printing offices in Canada, The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABO Audit Bareau of Circulations BA A AAA AA ---- One. corner of an eternal triangle usually get knocked off. Health hint: Get all run down and you may be wound up. No matter what you do, someone always knew you would. Nothing ruins a woman's hat like a friend getting a new one Six silver-plated can openers make an excellent wedding present. Germany may be saved, but her old helmet never will fit tightly again. The concert of nations needs a lit- tle practice on scales, beginning wita "dough." People were. happier in the old ddys when the sewing on of patches was an art. "Pay dirt" seems to be the kind that can be dug up and thrown at the other party, The man wrapped up in himself is amply justified in being dissatisfied with his surroundings. Wisdom is made up of ten parts, nine of which are silence and the tenth brevity of ianguage. The farmer isn't favored of Heav- en. God.made the country, but mdn invenfed the mortgage, , Tightly pressed lips indicate de- termination or the discretion learn- "gd by talking too much. ¢, Everyones hates to get up in winter, but the same is true of spring, summer and autumn, k - ~ The "noble 600" who dashed bravely ahead were cavalry-mens, however, not pedestrians. Too many people feel competent to save the world when they can't even savo part of their salary. When you think the kids are nolsy just suppose you lived in Hol-| land where they wear wooden shoes. ---- * This won't be the real Utopia, even when 756 per cent. of the citi- gens are civil service employees and the other 25 per cent. reformers. Correct this gentende: "This makes the seventh time I have worn | stockings," sald she, *and ere isn't a sign of a hole yet." The day 3x there will be no ex- aminations is coming apace, is said to be the yiew of educators: And not leds the hope of those going to school, 3 Some people seem to think that petting parties came in with the motor. car. They were not wholly upknown back In the dim and dis- tant horse and buggy epoch, ------------------ . *Imitation is the sincerest form of fiattery," quoted the Wise Guy. "Nevertheless a woman doesn't feel flattered when some other 'woman falls in love with her husband," re- plied the Simple Mug. BIBLE THOUGHT IF YE FULFIL the royal law accor 'to' the Thou shalt love thy neigh- as thyself, ye do well: but it respect to persons, ye com- . HE .uced of the uw J a jes 2:8, 9, "| and Wallace Reid. DISCOVERING THE OBVIOUS, ity which 1s popularly only with the bolled owl, For 'Better Films from thirty-seven have thousand, school tures, and the replies have been as ponderously tabulated, analyzed and published by the Russell Sage Foundation. facts are blinked. unique concatenation of idle money soulful investigators | tollowing: give Douglas Fairbanks, | Reid, Tom Mix and William 8. Hart, in possession of fifty-six pages of in- | { disputable information such as the hood of judicial or an unofficial ex- | With that air of wide-eyed solemn. f ec utio associated | keep sil the inves- | tigators of the National Committee | extracted children their views on motion pic- | The results are there- | fore unimpeachable and none of the | Thanks to this | {our and self-con- | scious children we are at last placed | As their favorite actors the boys | Wallace | hile the girls plump for Valentino | How the inves- tigators must have reeled as these unsuspected facts struck them! The | boys' favorite actress is Mary Pick- | ford and, curiously enough, the girls exhibit preference for the same lady. tion Increases as we plumb the sig- nificance of such a discovery. High school students admit that they attend the movies with friends much more frequently than with members of the family. It is a sad- dening thought. And yet a crumb of comfort, a veritable treasure island, in fact, is uncovered when youth it- self tabulates the following revolting faults in present day pictures: stibl, vulgarity, not true to life, | mushy (oversentimental), artistic- ally bad, immorality, murder and shooting, brutality. In the conclud- | ing words of the compiler, "The cur- high school pupils off their feet--in- deed, it apparently must show a con- | siderable advance in art, taste and wholesomeness before it can com- | mand their unqualified support." A magnificent and inspiring climax! Give praise, dear reader, our | country is again saved. DISTRACTION. 'You cannot do much with people who can do nothing but be amused | by someone else or something else-- | people who have not in themselves | the capacity' to spend time with themselves, spend it profitably, I would like to see a state of society where every man and woman pro-| ferred the old Scottish Sabbath to | the modern French one, because In | that state of society you would have | fine, solid, eternal foundations of | character and self-command." Thus earnestly spoke the premier of Great | in the gay city of Brighton. crumbling foundations. We shake our heads over the social friv-| olities of the young, can we our- selves abide solitude; the man who | eration, can be companion with his | own thoughts? For many it is a lost or undiscovered country, that inner world where the imagination wheels | on eagle wings, where moral prin- ciples are nourished by much ponder- | ing, where the turmoil of the mar- | ket-place is hushed and Beauty finds | refuge from the scarred and tor-| mented world without. Locked | within each of us must be such a| garden where we might walk, god- like, 'in the cool of the evening. But bw seldom do we look for or culti- vate it. Instead, we rush about cry- ing, "Give! Give!" to a throng of frantic people whose vacant lives are as unbearable as our own. And all the while, .as it has been from the beginning, the kingdom of heaven is within us. A PUZZLING BANISHMENT. Not twelve months ago, prayers were being made the world over for the happy growth of the new Caliph's beard, and to-day that same gentle- man, accompanied by a number of ladies politely catalogued as his "family," are refugees in Switzer- land. Though the Caliph ig head of the Mohammedan world, his position is not at all analagous to that of the Pope. According to recent apolo- gists, he makes no claim of being Allah's 'earthly representative, and only ignorant minds have ascribed to him that impossiblé office. Per- haps he is as much as anything else a figurehead typifying certain powers --the power to raise troops and de- clare war against the infidel. the power to administer justice ana tw carry on the business of state in ac- cordance with law, Formerly the Caliphate was vest- ed in successive Arab sovereigns, but In the course of conquest the Turk overthrew the Arab and Egyp- tian states and seized the Caliphate for himself. Now the Turkish Na. tional Assembly, that effervescent mixture of Frefich polish and Tartar cunning, has decided that these powers are vested in the people, and that to make an individual thelr custodian is not only anomalous but creates 'a dangerous rival to the elected government. Accordingly they banished him, bag and bag- In Turkey the act seems to have been met with silence that is expres- sive of nothing more than fear. { There are some blunders Great Brit. | Our debt to the Russel Sage Founda- | ai | Even Mr. Slap- | | scandals in high and low life; rent motion picture has not carried | | many | many robberies; | come enslaved Britain before an immense gathering ever were, though the one calls itself It is a just and clear-sighted ar-| of Soviet Republics. raignment of an age whose glorious | to-day are practically living under achievements seem to rest on such | martial law, who | | checks which a freely exercised pub- | are absent in both countries. deplores the.shallowness ot this 8°D: | ope is not the admission of two | by both Russia and Germany of the | of citizenship than anything else. But When to talk is to incur the likell- n it is compar 7 easy ence, Beyor Turkey there is con pered wi week the assumed Egypt, India and pressing plonship. Within the as or Arabia 1 Afghanistan are s to the cham- undignified scramble for pos on of the his- toric title is not at all impossible. This event affects the Empire closely and profoundly, for over a third of fe itizens Mohamme- their c A ain ve llow ¢ are dans. PRESS COMMENT The British Navy. Nations are out of luck when the wilful ideas of men contradict all that men know of human motives and action. Here in the United | States we may blunder and blunder | through. The bill (for national de-! fence) {is stiff, but it can be paid. annot make and survive. A dockers' A superior fleet could starve it into subjection even any army behind the better navy. MacDonald, ernment, sibility, that he w would, to put such a Chicago Tribune, and it is good for England ill not and that, even if he programine over.-- Too Many! here are too many of things. Too many divorces; too many cases in the courts; too many | too | many {immigrants coming into the United States; the schools to accommodate; too many people with too many dollars, and too many with too few; too many Boys in our colleggs that ought | | not to be_ there and too many not in our colleges who ought to be; too automobile accidents; too | too many men do- | ing too many usele ss jobs; too many soldiers in Europe; too many Japan. | ese in Japan; too many Hindus and | Mohammedans in India; too many | high ideals that fail; too many low | ideals that come out: on top. We | seem to be living in an age of "too | manys. And there are too many | | people that do not care.--New York | Post, ~ Peace in Europe. Our working men are so apt to be- by catchwords that they fail to realize that Germany and | Russia are not democracies, are in- deed much less democratic than they a Republic and the other a League Both countries and accordingly those | lic opinion can place on the aggres- sive intentions of a governing clique The only chance of a real peace in Eur- garchies to a League from which the really democratic United States is absent--not paper schemes of dis- armament, but a frank acceptance Treaty of Versailles as the corner- stone of the new Europe. The alter- native to the Treaty of Versailles is another European War, anfl we trust that the governufent will ponder over that alternative before ft launches out on a disarmament scheme, and makes our country even more help- less than it is at preseat.--London Morning Post. i -------------- Spiritual Training in Schools. Ottawa Journ Bishop Bidwell told the Urban School Trustee Association at King- ston the other day that no system of education could be regarded as com- plete unless {it provided for the spiritual training of the pupil, From that broad postulate there should not be any dissent. Spiritual forces have more to do with the forming of hu- man character and the development controversy begins the moment the question is raised of what kind of spiritual training shall be given. In this instance, the advocate of a change in the curriculum left no doubt as to what he himself had in view. '""The schools of the nation should be placed in an atmosphere which is distinctly religious, and where religion is definitely taught," he sald. The execution of such a programme leaves wide room for argument. What particular religion does the worthy bishop desire to see "definitely taught?" There are many religions. There are many denominational divisions within the Protestant church, for example, each tenacious of its par- ticular "ism," as has been discover- ed since the question of union began to be discussed, Christianity pre- sents a very broken front, indeed. There is therefore little ground for the hope that ah agreement would be reached as to the precise form which religious training in the schools should take. In fact, there would seem to be no way of getting either over or around such a aim- culty. | Yet we should all be agreed that spirituality ought to be inculeated, and, 'happily, in that case there are no obstacles to be overcome. The curriculum, already sagging under its burden of subjects, would not be subjected to any further strain what. ever; for spirituality may be taught in many ways It cannot be reduced to a formula. It has no text books. It is' comprehended in love, loyalty, | Biv i of | ation tem- | plumes. | strike can make it hungry. | if there were not | a disarma- | ment man before he headed the gov- ! will not take that respon- | he cannot control a majority | many too many children for | | other social virtues. o | slon is in service. Nevertheless, we all know the pur- pose of the discussion at Kingston, It was merely an attempt to revive | a. movement which took shape | twenty-five years and more ago, and | | which had for object the reading of | tthe Bible in the schools of Ontario. | We know, too, what happened in! that matter. The province was torn ! by bitter controversies. Men who | | were in harmony in nearly all other | i respects rushed at each other's | throats over this religious issue. Sec- tarianism eame militantly to the sur. | face. If the underlying purpose was | | to promote piety among echool chil- | | dren, it certainly had quite the op- | posite effect among onlooking adults, | Its fruits were bitterness and -dis- | sension. Nothing has happened in | the interval to suggest that a differ- | ent state of mind would obtain to-| | day. On the eontrary. ! | By all means let the supreme in-| | fluence of our schools be spiritual. | { They will miss their real purpose un- | | less they radiate such an elevating | | influence. But let us avoid the mis-' | take of assuming that the imculca- | { tion: of epirituality can be made al subject in the ordained curriculum, like the teachigg~of algebra. | By lames W, Barton, M.D, A Reasonable Question, | + A very straight question is often | asked of the physician regarding {| rheumatism. If my tonsils, my teeth, my gall | bladder, the sinues or caverns ad- joining my nose are causing my acute attack of rheumatism, how is it that I get over my attack without having any of these causes removed? Now that would appear to be a very sensible question, but what really happens? You have been working hard, have been indoors a great deal, have been eating heavy meals, getting no out- | door exercise, and are just ready for trouble, due to neglect of your body. Along comes a very wet day, per- haps some family or financial trouble. You are below par. You resistive forces are at a low point. The bad tonsils, teeth, or imtes- tine are manufacturing the poisons and your blood at first is in poor fighting condition. This allows the poisons to accumulate in the joints and you have a well established case of rheumatism. However, you have little fighters in your body that though defeated at first gradually get the upper hand and your vheumatism' passes away. You see you do various things to help these fighters. First you get right off your feet, and give your heart a chance to strengthen itself up a bit. Then your intestine is always the first thing cleared out, and with it goes some of the 'poison that is in the blood. With this rest, and with the intes- tine and blood purer, these little fighters gradually master the acute attack of rheumatism and you get better. Perhaps a little later you have an- other attack due to the same causes as bafore, and down you go again. What is my thought? That some day these poisons may | be too strong, perhaps actually get to the valve of the heart and cause permanent trouble. And the suggestion? That you have your doctor or den. tist try to locate the exact part where the trouble starts, They will be suc- cessful almost every time. . I ------ MONEY 'AT WORK Brief but Imporvant Lessons ia "€Finance. 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It will likely be cheaper for your family for you to pay for legal ad- vice at the time you make your will, than for them to pay the expense of litigation trying to break it, in an honest effort to accomplish what you really intended. | WHY THE WEATHER? DR. CHARLES F. BROOKS Secretary. American Meteorologieslf Boclety, Tells How. The Ideal Climate, Anyone Hving in the northern or central United States is likely to hear a good many hard things said about the élimate, in the course of the year. It is too cold, or too het, or too damp, or so changeable you never know what to expect next. It| may be well to remind those who complain that the "two main areas in the world with climatic conditions most favorable to human activity" appear to be western Europe and the above portion of the United States. Prof. Ellsworth Huntington, of Yale, has studied the question of what constitutes an ideal climate. We must, he says, avoid continued extremes of heat or cold. An aver- age winter temperature around 38 degrees Fahrenheit and a summer average not far from 60 degrees are thought to be very desirable. Such conditions occur in England and on: our Pacific coast. Excessive damp- ness or dryness, as well as persist- ent extremes of temperature are not to' be chosen. But a climate may be too equable; it is well that the tem- perature should change decidedly from season to season, from day to day, and trom day to night. The extreme monotony of weather in the tropics or the por regions is enervafing and depressing. Se, too, monotony prevails in vast regions of central Asia not crossed by storms. The United States, however, is bless- ed with plenty of storms to give var- fety; indeed, the Great Lakes region of the northern United States and southern Canada can pride itself on being one of the stormiest lands in the world. - While California has a delightful climate for outdoor activ- ity through the year, it is a bit too consistently good. A little really bad weather , now and them, is re- lished by the wisest men, who ap- preciate the value of relaxation. Hence Professor Huntington is ready to Champion Boston with its east winds and London with its fogs. GAVE THEM A SHOWER. A Couple Were Remembered At Mallorytown, Mallorytown, March 11.--Miss Lilly Jordan, nurse-in-training at Kingston General Hospital, is home for a short time recuperating from & recent attack of scarlet fever. IN BLINDING GLARE and flercest heat our welders work to execute your will. Masters of their craft, they will do any kind of welding job for you, large as a ship's screw, small as a tiny bolt or bar. Long training and complete equip- ment enable them to do it for you. Bishop Machine Shop KING PD QUEEN 16. op -- We have some attrac- tive bargains in city pro- perty. --A good list of farm and den lands to choose rom. _ --Fire Insurance in first- class companies. --Money to loan on mort- gages. T. J. Lockhart Real Estate and Insurance $8 BROCK 8T., KINGSTON Phones 322J and 1797J. police court, Brockville on Thursday afternoon. A miscellaneous shower was given Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ferguson, on Tuesday last, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred [Grothier. The bride and groom received numerous gifts. The evening was spent pleasantly and at twelve lunch was served. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson will reside at 330 King street west, Brockville, The members of the local LO.O.F. propose holding a social evening on Friday evening the 14th inst., for members and thelr families only. The last dance, held by the Baseball Club, was a successful event. A large crowd was present and a good time was enjoyed by all. Mr. and Mrs. C. BE. Hodge furnished the music. Archie Ruttle lost a valuable cow last week. Willlam Hunt has rented his farm to Mr. Salter for the season. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Brown have moved their stock to the farm recently purchased from J. G. Ruttle. + ---------- ' . 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