6 THE DAILY BRITISH wWHIG FRIDAY, MAY ma Semi-Week ® IS WHIG PUBLIS CO., LIMITED, KINGSTON, ONT. . M. Campbell ... A. Guild .. . . President Editor and Managing-Director | EPHONE SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) year, in ty $7.50 year, b 1 to rural Offices, $2.50 yeur, $1.50 | by mall, eash year, to United States OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES knights were + Calder, 22 St S1., Montreal follows or subjects. . W. Thempasn King St. W, mn, to Letters to oar "Rditor are published Only over the actual name of the Writer. Attached is ome of the best job printing offices in Cansds. The Shculation of THE BRITISH is authenticated Another empty honor: first robin. Anything can happen. But not enough things do. The future seéms to move about as fast as we do. When two live cheaper than one they feel that way, You can't judge by appearances, oll cans are square. Modern version: He who steals my used car steals trash, The easiest way to lose your mem- by ING | 'THE BRITISH WHIG| * | endurance craze. Marathon saxaphoning is the new | The present holder ! one for the Empire. South Aine) wo has been, since it was given self-gov- ernment, a loyal portion of the great' | is a girl who played continuously for | commonweaith of nations under the It was only a few months the nation was talking 48 hours. ago when British Flag. - The rising im 1914 { was the work of a small faction. of | (and laughing) about the marathon | disgruntled Boers who had not for- | dancers, | were disturbed by | | | | 85.00 a sort of super-man among us. these former pirants for endurance honors. competition among walkers, long-distance runners and even fasters, There always have been and al-| | ways will be endurance tests among | human beings and between mechani- cal creations. That is thére will be as long as mankind retains its pre- sent high esteem for exceptional en- durance. Unconseciously man mires the strong, whether in flesh and blood or in ¢gld steel. Endur- | ance is proof positive of super- strength, so what we praise ingen- durance is in truth the strength be- hind the endurance. The marathon dancers and saxa- phone players attracted the publie eye also for the reason that human- ity is ever interested in superlative performance. The record breaker is looks champlons | ernity up to its ..$2.00! much as the conquering warriors and their waits worshipped by Honor upon those who excel, whether it be | in the service of humanity or in the | trivial activities of humanity, Knowing no record breaker has ever starved for want of fame and | that there is nothing which can not be done a little bit better there are many who for honor ahunting go. The honor-huntérs, to be-sure, are | divided between achievement in the Being the | substantial and the trivial, but if nothing else comes from the energy and aspirations of the. latter there must some good come from every human effort to excel. THE FEAR OF WAR. There has been opposition to the exploitation "and perfection of the aeroplane and dirigible because of their diabolical destructiveness in war, For fear of easier invasion from continental Europe, England has stubbornly resisted the tunnel- ing the of English channel even at the cost of commercial loss. Possible naval advantages to ether countries long deferred the construction of the Panama Canal, Even zealous police officers | as | In | tyears past we have known of spirited | that war; { long-distance | ad-| Mod- | gotten the war of 1899 to 1902, and who thought they had an opportunity to have their revenge on Britain for Eliminated as a factor im the country By General Smuts, they {lay low for a number of years, but | now, reinforced by g party of Labor- ites of radical views, they have ac- tively taken up the fight for freedom | once more. Tt would be a disaster | | for the Empire were they to win the | | election. The supporters of General Smuts have confidence in the result, but like Great Britain and | has been suf- | South Africa, many other countries, fering from industrial and business and that is a eondition which breeds | discontent with the established gov-| ernment. Therein lies the danger. It may be that the masses of the people will look to the Labor and! Nationalist parties as a means of im- proving their industrial conditions. It is not likely that'a changé in gov- | | ernment would bring about this de- sired objeet. The probabilities are that conditiofis would become worse, for the secessionists, who are namer- | ous, would at once begin their real | ight for separation from the Empire, | and this would cause a dissension so | serious that all business would be | paralyzed.That is the situation which faces South Africa. It Is one in which | | the whole Empire is intensely inter- ested, and' which will be watched | | with- great concern by all Britishers. PRESS COMMENT Stir Up Something. Don't sit around complaining® that | business is rotten. Stir up something | to make business better. Railway | traffic on both Canadian Pacific and | Canadian National lines is showing | great improvement. Somebody must | be doing the bigger business. Why | isn't it you?-----Amherst Echo. Parliament Might Consider Lash. The banks operate with public funds entrusted to them for safe- keeping. It is the duty of parlia- ment therefore to provide by law | | against a practice {tempt at ne ---------------- ~~ ' ! winasTon in 1350 | Viewed Through Our Files Dusting Off the Drums. June 26.--An Orange Lodge is lo-| cated in one of the upper apariments | of the City Hall. To this we make | no objection, for if any Orange Lodge , pays its rent, it has as much right to | occupy a vacant apartment as the | Free Church (which had lately va- | cated one of the halls) or any other | public body. But we do cry aloud! that has become | an abominable nuisance. A band, consisting of a few small fifes and a | great many large drums, is everlast- | ingly practicing in or near the lodge | rooms, making the most horribly dis- | cordant sounds and disturbing the | peace of the neighborhood for half | a mile round. Owing to the eleva- | tion of the place where this band | depression for the past few years, Practices, the sounds come with ten- | fold force upon the ear and the beat- | ing wf the big drums sounds more | { like the firing of cannon than any at- | musical sounds. If the persons who ¢ompose this band could | play, or if they ever could be taught | to play, there might be some excuse | for allowing them to practice; but as; nothing of that kind can be ration- ally expected, judging from their present execution, we call lustily| upon the mayor and corporation to abate the nuisance. | The following day a correspondent | suggests that if half a dozen pipers | could be stationed on the market | square the noise of the bag-pipes! would quickly drive the offending | drummers from their. point of van-| That Body By James Ww. Barton, M.D, : The Straight Talk. I was reading the instructions | which the superintendent of a large | tuberculosis sanitarium gives to the patient when he enters. After going into detail about the matter of the food, rest, later the exercise, and likewise about the | care of their teeth, destroying the | sputum, the long time required, and BIBBY'S Suit Sale We have placed on sale to-day about Ninety Men's and Young Men's Suits at prices that should clean up the lot i in a hurry. 28 YOUNG MEN'S SPORT MODELS Smart looking, good quality all new patterns. Sizes 33 to 40. Tweeds, nicely tailored, BIBBY'S SPECIAL AT '18.50 LAST 'MINUTE ARRIVALS Just received this a.m. range of Men's Suits. Sizes 36 to 44, in Fancy Worsteds--in two shades: Dark Blueish Grey and a nice Dark Brown. BIBBY'S SPECIAL AT 18.00 been proven that the most satisfac- tory method is to obtain all the in- formation possible regarding the | past weather, and then have a man on the ground capable of amplifying a general forecast to meet the condi- tions over a small area." Special forecasts of fire setting thtinderstorms are required in the {| West. Relative humidity of the air 32 MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S S it Two and Three Button mod- els--semi-fitting models--three button conservative models, etc. Nobby Tweeds, Fancy Wor- steds, Blue Setges, otc. 2! Something classy. BIBBY'S SPECIAL AT BIBBY'S 30 MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SUITS & Sport models; smart two and three button regular models-- new two button D.B. models-- fancy Pencil Stripes, Herring. bones and Overplaid designs-- expert tailoring. BIBBY'S SPECIAL AT 9050 EXTRA SPECIAL 60 new Fashion Model Suits --regular $42.50 to $45.00 val- ues--in all the new creations. BIBBY'S SPECIAL AT The Creative Machine Shop This machine shop is not alto- gether merchanical. Our equipment represents the most modern mechan- ism, yes--but we employ men who are capable of-suggesting and exe- Sutine shop work of distinctive qual- 5 Trans-continental railroads were [the fullest protection for depgpsitors | is a good index to the inflammability | so forth, he makes one very striking LE HAR . fluence. ' ~ "to 'make the white collars? ad and disappointing world aad mobo ever gets to be as im- " portant as he feels at sixteen, lawful in several cities. ory is to borrow money. No matter how. much a judge gives, he always has some left, Halt the fun of fishing is knowing you ought to be working instead. Almost all quantities are quoted on exchange now except official in- When 'a speeder arrives at his destination without an accident it is an accident,™ Still, a cold fried egg isn't #0 very much more depressing than a board- ing-house bathroom. The advantage in having 'a small house is that it fsn't go difficult to find the Mah Jongg set. r-- It is easy to have a garden if you can convince the wife that hoeing is equal to the daily dozen, And after everybody is educated for a white-collar job, who is going It isieasy to interpret dreams. It one of them says she is lonely, that means her husband is out of town. A sophisticated age is one in which | .& mortals hair and teeth last a while longer than his illusions. . Another good way to keep public busin honorable is for private business to set the example. The poor Arcadians wandered and 'wandered, but at least they had no _ trouble finding parking space. Matrimony settles down to normal 'when a breakfast quarrel doesn't spol! the day for either party, Correct this sentence: 'Please let - me wear shoes," walled little Willie; "it seems so common to go barefoot." The more one studies v favorite the greater one's conveition that favoritism is inherently sinful. "Jay walking has been made un- No doubt with a-view of making it more en- joyable. ~ Compelled to fisten to the ear-splitt- ing silence of Peter is almost more than the U. F. O. can bear.--Ottawa Jourhal, Another popular delusion is the 'béller that the 'man who married a tiful fool would trade her for a THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS OWN HEART IS A Pr. 28: 26. | fought in South Africa, impossible in Europe and Asia for génerations because of international distrust. In all this antagonism to the quickening ~and extending of world eémmunication there is seen the fear of war. Economic security is sacrificed to national security, It is lamentable that the natiéns can not proceed in the development of air transportation without being retarded or deviated by preparation for or threats of war in the air. Ac- celerated transportation and com- munication are vital factors in na- tional and world economic advance- ment. Than the airship nothing has promised more for this very import ant acceleration, The World war indelibly stamped all ships of the air as instruments of war. It will take years before they are again universally recognized as vehicles of peace. In the interim the progress of air travel will .be slow. The degenerating influence of war is therefore seen to operate even in peace. In the course of years will the world powers come to realize that air transportation bridges the distance in favor 'of those contacts that go far to eradicate misunder- standing between men and nations? AN IMPORTANT ELECTION. One of the most important election campaigns ever waged in any of the British Dominions is now being with June 17th set as the election day. The fact that General Smuts is fighting for the life of his government is alone sufficient to make the election an interesting one, and to make it attract the attention of Britishers all over the world. But the issue at stake is far bigger than the success or failure of the Smuts government. Genera] Smuts, formerly a leader the Boers in the war against Great Britain, has stood forth during the past ten years as one of thé most in- tensely loyal British premiers ever in office in any of the Dominions. When the great war broke out, he was faced with a revolt of a section of the Boers, under the leadership of the man who is to-day the leader of his chief opposition. Foygetting his ity for Great Britain, he alists of South Africa els, and not only quel- y but carried the war into the German territory adjacent, and captured that for the British crown, His last election fight was one for British connection. He stood for continued allegiance to the crown, and won tle fight. In the present election, he Is faced with the same fight, for, although the Nation- alists and their Labor allies have not made any open declaration that they are in favor of separation from the British Empire, there is sufficient knowledge of thelr inclinations to in- dieate that this is in the forefront of their policy. : The South African « election, then, seems to be a battle between the loyalists, under General Smuts, .and the secessionists, under General g. This situation is a serious { be echoed, and re-echoed around the and investors, In the case of banks bad management and buying highly speculative and doubtful securities can ruin thousands of people. Par- llament should enact such legisla- | tion as will guarantee beyond all doubt of peradventure that a bankyds the safest place in which people may put their money. It this is not done that money will be placed somewhere else.--Victoria Times, -- Solvent for World Problems. When Canon Alexander of 3t. Paul's Cathedral, London, deélared, in a recent address, that the prob-| lems of to-day were not to be Solved either by material force or by any kind of social or economic change, taken in itself, but that they require nothing short of a spiritual revolu- tion, he uttered a truth which should World. And when he urged the gov- ernment to take courage to maintain what it saw to be right, recollecting that it was one of the greatest les- sons of history that idealism was the root' of all genuine and constructive reform, and that without it there could be no progress, he gave some really practical advice. The ideals of brotherhood, liberty, co-operation, and justice are essential to true Christianity, and unless they are ap- plied to the working out of the prob- lems of the world, those problems will never reach a satisfactory solu- tion.--Christian Science Monitor. C'EST A VOUS, An exira hour of pure daylight, There's magic in the. thought Now that the vernal Spring's in sight With Summer splendors fraught! - A leisure hour, whose subtle wiles Alluring visions bring---- I see far down long, shimmering aisles Green vistas beckoning. Dim forests: loom, the sylvan wood Where waiting) wild flowers throng The odorous river's unleashed flood ' To bear my barque along. , A shady nook, by waters cool, Where I may dream, supine, Or idly, in its mirrored pool Engage a silken line. t Such possibilities enfold This priceless amulet, his witching hour ot mellowed gold, 'With sixty diamonds set! . Sure, 'twere a waste of rhetoric Its merits to define, When, by a little, simple tri The 'prize is yours--and mi + --Alice Kathryn Gould. One explanation of the modern girl is that she learned how to handle a typewriter instead of a fry« ing pan. ; Nearly all the No. 13 col'ars are sold to men who use that Insulting tone of volce when talking on 'the phone. ' The only nice thing about having a bad cold is that everyone you meet knows just what to do for it. When you find a man who has no prejudice, you have found ome 'who 'has no convictions. | entirely upon yourself. It is really up ! over what formerly was sousidered "fforecaster for the Pacific states, says: statement. "Remember your Cure--and tub- erculosis can now be cured--depends to you whether or not you get better. Your doctor will help and advise you all he can, but the cure of tuber- culosis is now down to such a science that you are really the one wha cures yourself. By obeying the directions to re- main in bed when the temperature is| above 99. F, by resting outdoors all | day, and with the window open at night, by starting the light exercise when the time comes; in fact by carrying out yovr doctor's instruc- tions you will get well It may be slow, very slow, but you can win out if you try." I could not help but think how much these words meant to the pa- tient at the outset of his months of separation from loved ones, That appeal to the real "stuff" that was in| the patient, to help him to put up his| best possible. fight. | Anyone who has been around a sanitarilum and has seen the same chap there, in bed. month after month, then up on tSe Norundu for an hour a day for several more months, then walking slowly about the grounds for months, and finally raking the grass or actually cutting the grass with a lawn mower, and looking the picture of health and strength, has perhaps felt like throw- ing up hi@ hat on seeing the victory incurable. And I have wondered twbther if it would not be wise for physicians to be just as frank with their patients who have other serious conditions such as insufficient heart or kidneys, high blood pressure, and the like. If the physician would simply sit down and explain the function of the heart, kidneys, and bloodvessels, and the effect of certain foods and exer- cise thereon. That some foods would be hard on the kidneys and blood- vessels, and that certain heavy exer- ciges might meafi a dilation of the heart and death. That on the other hand if the pa- tient were willing to *"'play the game" and eat exactly the diet prescribed, and indulge in the light exercise as suggested, that the condition of the kidneys and bloodvessels' would not get any worse, that the heart would actually get stronger, and that his life would be prolonged for years. I believe that almost everybody would be willing to co-operate with the physician if it were put up to him in this way. | WHY THE WEATHER? | Secretary, A {can Meteorological Society, Tells tiow. Forecasting Fire Weather. Forest Service and Weather Bur- eau alike are concerned with the problem of forecasting fire weather. Besides the general forecast, inten- sive studies of local conditions are required Mr. BE. A. Beals, district "The making of reliable fire weather warnings is even more diffi- cult than the making of frost predic- '| tions; and in the latter case It has of forest materials in summer, though changes in the moisture con- tent of woody substances are likely to. behind changes in atmospheric oisture. Special instruments have been devised to register the weight of a forest moss or the expansion and contraction of a strip of rattan with changes in moistures. A study of evaporation also has proved useful in | forecasting fire weather. Evapora- tion is dependent not only upon re- lative humidity, but also upon tem- perature and wind, factors which also enter into the question of fire hazard, May 16. The Fathers of Confederation "who | had succeeded in linking together the British colonies in Eastern Can- ada had from the first realized th2 necessity of. drawing into the circle the province of British Columbia cn the west, to preserve for Canada ac- cess to the Pacific. British Colum- bia, too, realized the advantages to her trade and commerce of uniting with the growing Dominion of the east, and sq in 1868 the agitation began at the coast, which resultea in union. Business in the west was stagnant and some vital measure was needed to renew her prosperity. The Dominion, eager for her admis- sion, offered terms over which Brit- ish Columbia openly rejoiced. The Dominion would assume the puouc|\ debt and would undertake to build a railway to the coast across the great emply spaces which dividea east and west, the work to stam Avithin two years. of the time which she' enter confederation. The terms were accepted and on this day in 1871 an order-in-council was passed authorizing the 'admis- sion of the province of British Col- umbia into the union. ee Com, on, Many a bachelor who plans a hap- py fireside of his own eventually bumps up against a so-called fur- nace-heated flat.--Chicago News, But at that he his no ashes to carry out. A Real Referee (at boxing match) --La- dies and gentlemen, I regret to an- nounce that the big fight is off to- night, as the contestants have quar- rélled.--London Opinion. K or at |, Bishop Machine Shop KING Di QUERN IS Sudp 'We have some attractive bar. gains in city property. A good list of farms and garden lands. Fire Insurance, first clays company. Money to loan on mortgages. T. J. Lockhart Real Estate and Insurance 68 BROCK ST., KINGSTON Phones 322J and 1797). 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