ig 6 THE BRITISH WHIG 915T YEAR. « Semi-Weekly b THE HARITIS WHIG PUBLISBING CO. LIMITED craven "or Published Dairy ++ President . . Editor and 4 G. Elly ng-Director an A. ag British Empire, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One in ity bd year ' Ong year, by. mall to Ome year, to United Sta Ope . by misil, 1.50 year, cane 3 Ope your, te United States ....." OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES: Onlder, 22 Pt. Johm St. Moptreal » W. The 100 King St. W, to. only over detest' Sam 0 ri 'is ome of the : ne, Boo The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABO . Audis Buresa of Otromiations Plan for writing a modern coni- edy: First furnish your bedroom. ---- Opportunity knocks but once, and thet once not on the poolroom door. rr p-- The undeveloped peoples are those who afford no market for pad- locks. A § lt At this season of the year, con- nublal bliss is largely a matter of spring hats. I ------------ + The many persone who pray only 68 & last resort have the eudacity to expect results. J It his telephone voice indicates ownership of the earth, he is an assistant clerk. . 3 . Men and motors have little in 'eommon. Motors knock most when _ they begin to go up hill. Bragging on your friends is Just calling to their good judg. ment in sel you. XN Germany may ba ia better fix than anybody supposed, but anybody can have our marks at par. r---- ~~ If it has the appearance of food, but doesn't contain anything worth eating, swirls like it. ------ In the old days the clothss line told you all about the family, but now it's the Mah Jongg set. i . ------ The honeymoon isn't over if he Can be persuaded to accompany her to the millinery dypartment. . Doctors seem useless when every- thing is all right, but wait until 'Wille refuses a second helping. ------ ~ The advantage in being a nobody . is that the paper the stranger has in hand ien't a subpoena. -- It isn't wo difficult to keep a girl 'tlean and sensible if you can begin _ by selecting the right parents. . ---- > dntuition is the quality that en- bles a woman to know what her fusband is pouting about this time. The happlest people f&re those Who think the great question of the day is whether Dempsey can be Heked. 4 ---- A men may confess that his chil dren are imperfect, but it isn't wise eriticise his favorite brand of - I ----------------------_. . Correct this sentence: "He has invited me, Dad," said the flapper, Dut I won't go with him until you look him up." = Seems a foolish thipg to - say, since the country went dry it floated a great many more bona . ------------------ times there séems to be some : p between the degree of band's jealousy and of his baldness. - ili : ors are not «really wiser than married men. The only ince is that they-know where and thread are, SI ------ BIBLE the de- H present the accused person, feeling larly to. have the THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG BRITISH RADICALS LOSE, As soon as the British Labour government took office it was rea- lized that it might expect to en- counfer opposition as opportunity served, not omly from the Conser- vatives and the Liberals, but also from the more advanced section of its own followers. As far as the other two major parties were con- cerned, the ministry might reason- | ably feel comparatively secure, be-| cause normally those propositions | which the Conservatives would sup- | port the Liberals would oppose and vice versa; and it would require a combination of both to defeat the office-holders on any question of magnitude involving the overthrow of the government, sueh, for in-| stance, as a vote of want of confi- dence. Rolitical -exigencies are | likely to prevent so unusual a com- bination for some time to come, and, knowing this, ministers felt free to Eo ahead with their legislative plang for the government of the far-flung Detection of any considerable see- tion of their own party would, how- ever, put a different aspeet on. the situation, for a parliamentary ma- jority won by a temporary coalition Is of little avall in the long run, if the tone and témper of the voters in the "country, as voiced by their representatives In the House of Commons, are shown to be largely hostile, That there is a disgrunt]- ed element in what {5 known as the left wing of the Labourites, and that this element is prepared to gO to great lengths in assertion of its position, was made plain last week, when, on an army appropriation measure, a8 few labour men were found voting with the opposition and the, government majority fell = in consequence to the rather tenuous figure of nineteen, The same element returned to the attack by moving a reduction of the army by 150,000 men as a protest against what was characterized as the militaristic trend * of the gov- from their bottoms. At present there | ploited by the country-side billboard is no drydock outside Great Britain capable of admitting these ships, which means that the British battle fleet is barred from carrying on warlike operations in Pacific or adjacent waters. . But the whole value of a naval base in that locality hinges on tha question whether or notiJapan is to beYegarded as a possible enemy, for there can be no other against whom we would need to range out battle fleet in those waters. If not, then the necessity for the drydock dis appears. And unquestionably the construction of this base would give offence to Japan, for it could be regarded as a proof that Britain dia not trust her ally, Neverthless the Conservative government had decided to proceed with the scheme. On Tuesday the Labor government suppbrted by the Liberals, reversed that decision, de- spite Earl Beatty's threatened re signation and the protests of Ams tralia and New Zealand. Mr. Mac- Donald fis to be congratulated on ac- complishing so difficult a with- peace. Such a lesson in earnest paci- fism as this abandonment of the right to a most important safeguard large | drawal in the interests of « | i is becoming disinterested. i The Society for the Control { Abuses in Public Advertising is | getting stronger all the while, It has | persuaded more than a dozen -pa- | | tional advertisers to disown the bill- { board. Some of these are auto tire | | and auto manufacturers. Others | | make soap, flour and cakes. But the | | commodity is nothing; the moflve | everything. | One of the fine things in the new ! | point of view that is being taken is | | that the public has a right to eer- | | tain epiritual and mental enjoyments | | ana Protection as well as. physical | i It is readily admitted that a ol}: | board which" constitutes a traffic | | hazara ought to go, and gradually | {it is coming to be admitted that a | billboard which blots out.a pretty | | view and splotches the complexion of | Mother Nature ig entitled to mo! more consideration. i] | MONEY AT WORK a BIBBY'S EARLY BIRDS All the early birds are not in the trees. Our new Suits are surely some birds to stimulate early buy- ing. We are offering some of these early birds at particularly at- ng Pp tractive prices. at $29.5 A very fine quality pure wool Her- ringbone Serge im rich shades of Blue or Brown. All new models, 0 at $25.00 A very classy range of light, med. ium shades of Pweeds in Plaid. and Herringbone patterns----two and three button styles. at $29.5 Fine quality, Pencil Stripes, Blue 0 at $25.00 Real nice range of Tweeds in soft shades of Brown, in small checks and will not be lost on the watchful | . races of the Fast and should proteet | the Bmpire better than would a doz- Brief but Imporrant Lessons in PFinavce, n Investments and White, Brown and White and Blue and Green. All new models, stripes -- all splendidly tailored in newest models. - en thorny drydocks, i -- THE LAKE MICHIGAN PARASITE. The ugly situation which is de-- veloping over Chicago's bold diver- sion of our water would send many Buropean countries flying to arms, but' here, though 'we way wax hot, we leave the fighting to our I. . From the Canadian point of view the diversion is nevertheless a plain steal, nothing less. The quantity of water which Ohicago might diver. from Lake Michigaan by way of the Chicago Sanitary Canal, where it Is charged with the city's sewage, into the DesPlaines River and thence ernment's policy. - There was a fam- iliar sound in the argument ad- vanced that disarmament is the only Way to secure peace, / Spokesmen for the ministry coufitered by as- serting that, in the present condi- tion of the world, disarmdment could be brought sbout by interna- tional agreement. alone. . Their ap- peals not to put the motion to a.re- cord vote fell on deat ears, and & division was called for, which show- od a defeat of the ultra-pacifists by the smashing majority of 347 to 13. The significance of these figures lies in the facts, first, that all par- tles are willing to maintain the na. tional defemse, and, secondly, that #0 few extremists are prepared open- ly to oppose the government. FOR THE ACUUSED. Why should not we have public defenders as well as crown prosecu- tors in our law courts? As the recent report of the committee on Crimin- ology to the SocialeService Council of Canada suggests, such an office would eved the scales of justice. At that all the machinery of law is ar- ranged for his conviction, imagines himself pitted singlehanded against the. whole system. Moreover, while it is extraordinary for an innocem, into the Mississippi was fixed by the International Waterways Treaty. But the city 1s now taking twice that amount and attempting to have what is unquestionably on 11- legal diversion regularized by two bills now before Congress. One' might suppose that a solemn inter- national treaty could not be super- seded by an ordinary act, of Congress but sucinis unfortunately the case. Chicago's position is that the health of the city is in grave dang- er unless this effete matter can be diverted "from its own drinking water into soméone else's," as Pro- fessor Coleman jocularly puts it. There is also a proposed ship canay from Lake Michigan to the Mis sissipp! for which this additiona: water will be needed. On the sub- fect of the immensely profitable power rights which would accrue to the city's friends there is a signifi- cant silence. As to illegality, Ontario had best keep her mouth shut as long as her turbines are spinning with water which, aceording to the treaty, should be going over Nia- gara Falls. Backed by Ottawa, Ontario, to. gether with all the bordering Ameri- can states save Illinois, is protest- ing against the diversion chietly on the basis of the intefference with person tq be convicted it is possible for one who is guilty to teceive a sentence quite disproportionate to his guilt, owing to inadequate ' de- tence. N ut To be sure the count does allocate counsel to needy accused, but the results are often unsatisfactory ow- ing to Tack of interest ip the case on the part of the lawyer to whom the assignment {1s made. The public defender would familarize himself with the case beforehand. He would often enter the plea of guilty where now not guilty is put forward as a matter of course. He Would usual- ly be able to allow the case to go through at a sitting, doing away with the costly adjournments which are so common, In_ these ways time and money would be saved, while by proper co-ordination between the vubfic detetder and own prosecu. tor the evidence could be sifted be-: forehand, eo that Justies would be more effectively and quickly secur- e A committee of the Canadian Bar Assoclatioon, which is now studying the question, wilkbring in its recom- mendations at thé next annual meet. ing. Should they decide in 'favor of the appointment of public defenders for pétsons charged with criminal offence it would meet with hearty public approval. ----------- > SINGAPORE. 4 In the first place, where is Singa- pore? The map shows it to be at the very tip of that smout of south- eastern Asia from which a crooked line of Dutch islands leads across to Australia. The Admiralty, whose sole business és to prepare for war, leaving Washington Treaties and all other politicdl matters to the poli- ticlans, insist that a drydock should be Ballkt there capable of taking tw. of their heaviest battleships simul. 'taneously. Otherwise our fleet could not operate in those waters, for, quige aside from the chances of navigation. The water level In every lake port, ours included, will be low- ered five inches if Chicago has its way. Moreover, the withdrawal of 80 great a volume of water wilt inter- fere seriously with power develop ments, both actual and projected, throughout all the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence system. As so sanita- tion, what Chicago needs 18 not imore water but am up-to-date method of treating sewage. Bt is a hard struggle for big stakes with the outcome constder- ably in doubt. Should Chicago win, there would probable be little re- dress for the rest of us. The faot that the proposed bill has been oned by the Washington house until April 14th suggests that it is as good as killed. ' KILL BILLBOARD NUISANCE. Because it has arrived at the conclusion that "highway adver tising detracts from natural beduty along the great routes of travel," the Standard Ofl company will dis- continue the use of billboards. It took the mogul oil company long time to see the light, but it finally seeped in that its customers who buy gas to travel into the beauty spots deserve a better fats then to be confronted with some hideous billboard. Other patrons of bil are likely to meet with similar reaction. The automobile tire makers, for in- stance, whose product the public also Uses to get to the open spaces, are likely to feel they have an obliga- tion to these customers to preservi the scenery, mot it. And wo with the automobile makers, at | least one of whom already has abandoned that form of advertising. Sooner qr Iater the public protege | against the disfigurement of lana- Scape and waterscape by these poster devices will reach home. Sentiment against it {s growing. ddmage through accident or enemy action, ships must be docked regu- srowtlis soraped - ih Josssie is being made in England. Here ® 'movement is gaining momentum. The public instead ox * ¥oi ¥ Su Wonderful | becoming interested in products ex-| | rkets, Stocks, Bonds | | HE CANT RISK THE Generally Speaking, the man who | needs a larger income myst can least afford to try to get it from invest- ments, while the man who needs a larger income least is the ome who can afford to get it from investments, -- The above statement seems rather strange, yet it is true. Toiobtain a high dncome, safety must be sacrific- ed. The degree of safety which a man can sacrifice to get a high yield depends upon his individual circum- stances. A retired doctor or school teacher dependent on a moderate income for a living, cannot afford' to take risks to increase that return. On the other hand a young business man on a good salary can afford to take some risk to obtain a higher yield. Yet he does not need the increased re- turn as much as the school teacher or doctor, > The wise indf¥idual builds up a surplus' during the most fruitful years of life and avoids getting into the position of not being able to at- | ford any risks. ---- That Pours By James W. Barton, M.D, The Big Neck, A newspaper asked a hundred Young men what qualifications they wanted in the young woman they expected to marry At the top of almost every list was the qualification "Good Health." A business man who employs hun- dreds of salesmen puts down the qualification of good health as the fir thing necessary. He makes a further statement. 'Generally spedking I would rath- er have a man who was born frail and has overcome his frailty by care- ful living, than one whose natural stréngth has never known its limits. The man who has Had to fight for his health knows how to value and pre- serve it." . There is some hope for the world then, for the health of future gem- erations, that in these years-of tur- moll and unrest that the young man seeking a wife, and the business man a salesman, want good health first. A young woman beautiful and ae- complished, but withot the asset of. good health, will be hardly all she would like to be a5 a mother, as an adviser to her husband and children, and as a comfort or haven of refuge ek ents hast nh sore ed on his efforts to maintain, or restore his wife's, will be often [ at $14.75 We offer something particularly good for the price -- neat pattern, good styles--Men's and Young Men's models. & - Ee -------------- eee ---- you know that you know less about your body than about your car. Worse than that. You know for an absolute fact that you do things with that body of yours that are ab- solutely harmful to it. Overwork, oversleep, over-playing, eoverdressing, dressing. You know it just as well as you know you are living. --- Do you do anything about 't? Would you treat your car that way? * overeating, under- \ pe -------- BIBBY'S " ugg DR. CHARLES F. BROOKS | Secretary, American Meteorological | octety, Tells How. | Bird Migration and the Weather. | Bird migrations in the spring show ! dependence not only upon the gen-| eral character of the season but also | upon the particular wind and tem- | perature conditions at the time a | flight. The time of starting and rate of progress for each species necessarily depends on the food | habits of the species. Thus, ducks moyé northward when the opening of lakes and, streams allows them access to their food. Twenty-three miles daily is the average rate of progress for many species in the United States, though some late sea- son migrants may average even 130 miles a day. Progress northward at particular times may be hastened qr much de- jayed by the wind direction at the time of flight. An extensive study of bird migration records has been made by Prof. Frank Smith of the University of IHimols. It was de- sired to determine what types of weather conditions favored north- ward migration. For this purpose, the dateg of the first appearance of the various species were considered. In reviewing the records, it was at once noticed that the birds came in waves, a large number of different species appearing first on the same day" Indeed, half of all the ar- rivals of 30 days might be recorded on two days. An examination of the weather maps for the days with the most arrivals showed, in a great ma- jority of casds, a low pressure area approaching, giving southerly winds and rising temperature during the preceding night, when each large wave of migration occurred. BOY'S NARROW ESCAPE: RUN OVER BY AUTO REAL ESTATE For Sale or To Lét-- large, frame dwelling, Albert Street, nine rooms, furnace, electricl ty and gas, verandah. Price $8, 500, or $82.00 per month rent. Money to Loan on Mortgages. Fire Insurance. T. J. Lockhart Real Estate and Insurance 68 BROCK ST., KINGSTON Phones 333J and 1797J. bf the Union factory will be butter- maker, Captain D, B. Christie returned to Picton on Tuesday after spending a few days with hig sister, Mrs. T. W. Roland, Earl street, Kingston, Mrs. A. BE. Calnan has returned from a visit with her daughter, Miss Marjorie Calnan, Detroit, Mich. Mrs, James Walmsley was hostess of the Dickens Reading Circle at her home Main street east, on Monday evening. Mrs. A. Britton and little daugh- ter, Sussex, N.B., are guests bf her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mil- ler. The afternoon tea and bridge un- der the auspices of the 1.0.D.E. held at the home of Mrs. John Stanton, patronized and proved to be a very delightful 'social event. lars were added to the funds of the society. - Mrs. Albert Welbanks entertained on Tuesday a large number of friends gathering in the cosy parlors to partake of her generous hospital- ity. Mrs. Ewart Jones gave a much appreciated reading during the after. noon. The hosteks was assisted in the serving by Mrs. Willlam Rankin, Mrs. Ernest Wright and Mrs. Adams, While Mrs. Andrew Welbanks and Mrs. Frank Minaker poured tea and cut the ices. - ' A St. Patrick dance was held In the armouries on Monday evening with the regimental orchestra furn- ishing the music for dancing, The proceeds were for the Hastings and Prince Edward Regimental band. Miss MoLean entertained a bridge party on Tuesday afternoon at her home, Main street east. Mss Mary Doyle was the week-end guest ot Harry Doyle, Trenton, Miss Verna Whattam has return- home after spending a couple of visiting friends in Toronto. and Mrs. George Bell have re- to their home on Ferguson after spent the winter : Mis. E A Peres dave . Mr. from -spending several King street, on Monday, was welld Sixty dol-! | PHONE 9. SHIRT SPECIAL $1.95 Sizes 14 to 17%. 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