THE DAILY BRITISH (WHIG eT Published under the Auspices of the Locil Boys' Work Board. "KINGSTON BOYS) OWN "THE ALL BOY' PAPER" F. J. C. DUNN, Editor-in-Chief Editorial Sula Nearly every special despatch to our from our correspondents deals a drowning fatality, Every sum- mera loss of life is suffered; can. ols eat os a bather takes a cramp "and sinks before help arrives. It is of course ati unfortunate thing and many homes are left sad as a result. Not long ago we published some saicty gules for bathers supplied us by the . R. C. S. which lent some excellent ad- fvice. Let us look back and find them, obably they would be of material aid us LOCAL BOYS' NEWS IN BRIEF Practically all the boys who were at- * g group camps have returned home. The activities of boys in King- #ton are very slow at present. The Y.M.CA. Tennis Club always bas a large number of enthusiasts par- taking in the good old game. Very signs have been placed the courts, ; The Kingston Yacht Club is the scene of much activity. The dinghies dot the surface of the lake and present 8 beautiful spectacle. Mr: Lilley, of the loca! "Y" took the boys on a hike on Saturday. The fact that they were: accompanied by Mr. Lilley is sufficient to have us im- agine 3 wonderful time. The able editor of the Kingston Boys' Own Whig contemplates a short vacation this month. This may mean that publication of our paper may be suspended indefinitely. How- _8ver we are not in a position to say so dor-sure. We all agree that he is de- of & holiday after working so any of the 3rd day of May. DON'T PARK YOUR GUM. If you have had--and a hundred chances to one the experience has come to you as well--the sensation we experienced the other day, you will obably appreciate our indignation, ¢ go into an ice cream parlor, one of the very best. It i noted for its cleanliness so that it was all the more surprisi shocking-- when we Sp dedly grabbed a chair at a convenient location under the seat to pull it up a comfortable distance from the table, to have our recently-washed fingertips come in. contact with a good sized hunk of plastic, gooey gum, Of course it wasn't the restaurant's fault, but the insult was intensified by the fact that the confection in question had -apparently been deposited within . the half hour, for it was still sticky, abominably sticky, so much so that part of it came away on the fingers. One does not meet this sort of thing only in restaurants but in movie thea- tres, churches, etc. And what, prey, is more unpleasant than to run across some unknown person's mastiactory process? Anyone whose aesthetic sen. . sibilities are developed to the lightest shrinks away from a contact as he would from the hydro wires, "Well, the cure is easy," someone suggests, "don't put your hand under the stats. A very good suggestion, indeed, but difficult one d to carry out in these days when seats very frequently haVe hat . OBITUARY. } It was with the deepest regret | that we learned of the sad death of Lyell Cameron of Tichborne, Ont, , who died as a result of injuries receiy- : ed in an accident at the Tuxis Boys' Camp at Beaucelle#Island. He was a son of Mr, and Mrs. L. A. Cameron of Tichborne 'and a grandson of County § Magistrate Bradshaw : He attended the third form of the Smith Falls High School having just' previously written his lower school ex- aminations. The Tuxis Groups in Smith's Falls were very fortunate in having him as editor of an excellent Tuxis publicity in the local paper, de- serving unlimited praise. He was an active participant Boys' Work there, representing Smith's Falls at the Tuxis Conference held at Carleton Place fast April, It was here where he distinguished him- sclf as a boy of rare debating ability. He is survived by his parents, also two brothers and two sisters, The staff of the Kingston Boys' Own Whig join with the many friends in extending a heartfelt sympathy to his grief stricken parents. The funeral took place Wed- racks underneath. There is wnother perscription, however, since it is neith. er obvious nor direct it may not have the same appeal. That is to have the niceness to dispose of one's gum,' at least in public, where it Jill not be of fensive to others. Those who have been guilty of parking this mucilagin- ous product in this way, should stop and think that while there are as yet no by-laws forbidding it, there are "traffic rules" of courtesy which de- serve consideration, BOYS AND THE CAMP FIRE "I cannot conceive of a camp that does not have a big fire. Our city houses do not have it, not even a fire- place. The fireplace is one of the great est schools the imagination has ever had or can ever have. It is moral, and it always has a tremendous stimulus to the imagination, and that is why stories and fire go together. You cannot tell a good story unless you tell it before a fire, You cannot have a complete fire unless you have a good story-teller along! ; "There is an impalpable, invisible, {summer Aoivtio yn TUXIS BOYS softly stepping delight in the camp-fire which escapes analysis, Enumerate all its charms and still there is sbmething missing in your catalogue. "Anyone who has witnessed a real campfire and participated in its fun as well as seriousness will never for- get it. The huge fire shooting up its tongue of flame into the darkness of the night, the perfect shower of gol- den rain, the company of happy boys, and the great, dark background of piny woods, the weird light over all, the singing, the yells, the stories, the fun, and the serious word at the close, is a happy experience long to be remem- bered." nesday, August 6th at 2.30 pm. ---- GENERAL, COMMENT. The mascot of the Camp Ahmek Boys' at Algonquin has been secured by the Queen's University Athletic As- sociation to replace Queen Boo-Hoo former mascot. This is certainly going to be another successful season for the Queen's Rugby team as this mascot is very lucky. : The Ontario Boys' Work Board have showy their sympathy to the par- ents of the late Lyell Cameron of Tichborne. A floral tribute has been sent from headquarters to his parents, The Mentors of the various Boy --Kephart in "Camping and Wood- 4 vari camps are seriously thinking of a craft." TRAIL RANGERS KINCARDINE TUXIS BOYS NEWS. Harold Rea and Goldwin Bucking- ham have come back from Port Elgin camp the former with four badges won and the latter with six. They have now ten and nine badges respectively. The following is a description of Taylor Statten's Camp Ahmek ip Al- gonquin Park by a first year camper: "As a first year camper I ought to be able to give a fairly unprejudiced ac- count, and yet the very moment we rounded "Chubby's Point" in the war- canoe and saw the camp with its great log boat house and white marquees in greater and much better time for the Tuxis and Trail Rangers during the autumn. The National Athletic compe- titions are over and the Boy Leaders are planning for a new and much farg- er programme for the fellows. ------ WITH THE HUMORIST. -- Why She Looked Sad. "The village photographer was losing patience with his lady patron. The camp-fire is a golden opportuni- ty for telling stories--good stories told well. Indian legends, war stories, ghost stories, detective stories, stories of heroism, the history of life, a talk about the stars. College songs always appeal to boys. As the fire dies down let the songs be of a more quiet type, like, "My Od Kentucky Home," and. ballads of a similar nature.--Firelighter, S. T. L. M---------- "Just a little smile, please," he said, dwelling somewhat on the last word. "A smile adds so much to the artistic effect." The lady shook her head. "Of course, if you'd rather," began the artist. "I would that," came from the direc- tion of the head-rest. "Our one layin' hen died this mornin', bacon's gone up 4 cents a pound, mother's had a couple o' fits, my George bas' just broke a plate-glass window, and my husband is in hospital with a broken leg. If you think I'm goin' to look like a Cheshy cat when I'm up against that shower ©' blessin's you're scratchin' the wrong pig: You git on with it, nat- ural, mister." LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Kingston, Ont., August 7, 1924. To the Editor of the Boys' Own Whig, Dear Sir--I noticed that Mr. Wright's letter has stirred a lot of fel- lows and thereby several more are in- terested with the Council. May I ask, "What has been done towards secur- ing a Boys' Council for Kingston?" We wait and wait for something really sensational to happen only to be left waiting. Any average minded boy can see the need of one, therefore, what is the delay? YC Have all Tuxis organizations to await for our Boy Member of Parlia- ment or can we go ahead. I really think the idea of calling a mass meet- ing of the boys is the only possible remedy. OF course as was stated, very little can be done in the summer, but we. certainly didn't do as well in the winter as now. Hoping to hear your dnswer to the above questions. Yours very truly, ------ Too Much. "I say, y'know, all these bills are dated months before we were married.' "Yes, darling, I know they are." it's a bit thick to expect me to pay for the bait I was caught with." J. R. MORAN, e Passing Show (London). the centre, the lines .of white tents re- ceding back and back among the trees and the broad wings of wisdom of the totem pole extended as though it were at once a symbol and a guardian of the camp, I was amazed. "The visitor as he enters the din- ing marquee' and sits down at the head table finds himself looking along a great hall filled with 200 boys, each tent at its own table and each with its own counsellor at the head and these counsellors are the pick of the prov- ince and Dominion. The small boy has them for advisors and helpers the bigger ones for companions. Around the head table are seated the brains and nerve of the camp, a group of the finest characters the chief can find." Last weeks meeting was held at Mr. Patterson's camp at the bowery, where the attendance of our own square was disappointing. The company gat around the camp fire and listened to selections from the phonograph ad- mirably played by "Bull dog" Stur- geon. Rev. Barker spoke to the fellows on "Life's Masterpiece" and his ad- dress was very helpful indeed. The fellows then had a royal feast of mar- shmallows and the meeting closed with sing songs. The boys work board of I_ondon has just completed a years work. They report a very keen interest in the com- petition for all round efficiency in which something like 45 Trail Rangers and Tuxis Squares took part... The Pilots of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church won the Trail Rangers compe- tition with a scors for the year of 4, 509 points. In the Tuxis section the Olympics, of Knox Presbyterian church won the honors with 3,981 points. Badge work has been one of the prominent phases of the work, no less than 1,106 having been qualified for in the year. The Provincial leadership training camp at Beausoleil Island is now in full swing. The registration is the largest that has been in the last few years and next year they hope to have a larger crowd still. There will be no meeting tonight as $0 many of the boys are out on the farms or too busy to attend meetings. After a glorious week the Fire- lighter camp of trail rangers, who were encamped on the Soaris river a few miles west of Wawanesa, Mani- toba, came to a successful close on July 16th, when 60 boys, - with their leaders, just double the number of last years campers, were gathered togeth- er from Holland, Glenboro, Cypress River, Wawanesa, Palder and Belmont. A -- ---- SUNDAY SCHOOL TRAINING Big Chief Plewman, Says It Has En- abled Him to Do His Work. The following item has been receiv- ed from Big Chief C. F. Plewman, Thinking it would be of interest to our readers we are publishing it: "The best training I ever had was in Sunday School. It is what has chiefly enabled me to do my work." These words would be significant from any man but when uttered by a person as prominent as David Lloyd George tliey carry additional weight and signific- ance. His career is one that finds few par- alels in British history, Amid all the romances of British politics there is none more striking and fascinating than that embodied in the career of one who in about 25 years has risen from an unknown solicitor in an obscure Welsh village to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Here is a man who without the aid of wealth or social prestige has risen to a place where millions look to him as the sav- ior of the Empire, He is today a great outstanding figure, - He is not an old man, just turned 61 for he was born in Manchester on Jan. 17th, 1863. His family moved to Wales when he was still an infant. On the death of his father, when he was two years old his maternal uncle, Richard Lloyd, became his guardian and instructor. And so it was that at Llanystundwy, a picturesque Welsh village, nestling within rugged ranges within sound of the Atlantic, David Lloyd George lived the life of a village boy and became in every sense a Welsh man, He early showed qualities of leader ship and there are several instances in which as a boy he led his comrades both in their play and sports, as well as in protest against injustices at school. The great influences in his life was Richard Lloyd, whose death was given world wide prominence because of the part he had in shaping the fu- ture of Great Britain's first Minister. There are few characters that stand out as unselfishly as this bachelor uncle (a shoemaker through the week and a preacher on Sunday for over 50 years without remuneration) who gave his time and means to the upbringing of a boy. To the influence of that life Lloyd George has repeatedly testified. Lincoln as a young man resolved to strike slavery and he did. Like him Lloyd George, as he listened to narra- tives of excessive rents and goading oppressions in his uncles workshop, re- solved that he would, as he himself expressed it, "do something some day for these poor fellows." And he has ever been the champion of the oppres- sed masses of the nation, What a striking example of the value of the high resolves of youth. As a boy Lloyd George was ranked as the sharpest and cleverest lad in the school. The question of his work in life was a perplexing one. His uncle wished him to become a doctor, his mother a lawyer. Finally, notwithstand ing the great difficulties in the way, he studied law. At fourteen he passed the Preliminary examinatiqn. Two years later he entered a law office in Portmadoc. Our illustration shows him at this important stage as a teen age boy of sixteen entering his life's work. We cannot in this short article recount at length on his rise. He enter. ed parliament in 1895 and in two years Was recognized as the leader of the Welsh nation. He has had, among others, the following positions: Pre- sident of the Board of Trade, Chan- cellor of .he Exchequer Minister of Munitions and finally became Prime Minister of Great Britain. Back of all that he has accomplish ed and all the honors and positions that have come to him is the fact that as a boy he was in training. We find that he live a healthy, normal group life with other boys. He was early influenbed along religious lines. He had high purposes and motives. He made a definite choice of his life work He developed his mental qualities, He early caught from his uncle the vision of service to others from which he ne- ver departed. He is a man to whom every British boy can look up because of his splendid virile Christain life--a man strong in four-fold development. -- AT CAMP AHMEK J. R. Wilson Special Correspondent (Special to the Boys' Own Whig) Camp Ahmek Aug. 9th: --News has leaked out that Camp Ahmek's pet mas cot, a tame bear cub named "Booby Doozle" 'will travel to Kingston this fall. He will be Queen's new mascot and will be known as "King Boo Hoo." Long live the King. . Advertise. The codfish lays a million eggs While the helpful hen lays one, But the codfish does not cackle To tell what she has done. And so we scorn the codfish coy, But the helpful hen we prize, Which indicates to thoughtful minds It pays to advertise. --Exchange. Get this attractive implement assort- ment case. It comes with the assort. ment--no additional cost. Puts your La Cross implements in the preferred class of unusual pyofit-makers. Y.M.C.A. News Y. M. C. A. NOTES. Last Friday the "Y" yed the Queen's Summer School Basketball team. It was a strenuous game from start to finish with a slight advan for the "Y", The game started at 7.45 and was over around 9 o'clock Capt. Law handled the game very sat. isfactorily. A large number of students were on hand to root for their teas and certainly made themselves \ The final score was 21-18 for the "ye showing that both teams were very evenly matched, ' The new dormitories will soon be ready. There are three rooms almost completed with the others being ned. This will be a decided help to the local "Y™ as there are many travellers and tourists who are passing through the city usually stop off over night and prefer a Y.M.C.A. to a hotel. For years strangers have been coming to the '¥* expecting to obtain rooms but to_be turned away but now that the idea has been started it will fill a long felt need. : A number of the younger boys under the leadership of S. T. Lilley walked to Barriefield last Saturday. After ime specting Fort Henry the boys had lunch and then explored the woods about the bay. They will hold another outing this Saturday as the fellows seem to enjoy these hikes into the country very much. Mr. Harlowe, the general secre is also planning several week-end trips for the older boys. Mr. S. T. Lilley the Boys' Work Secretary recently visited the Buar- rier's Home for boys and girls in Brockville. Mr. Lilley is a member of the Canadian Council of this home and he pays them a visit once or twice a year, The 'Y' played their return game with the Summer Students at Qticen's gymnasium, Tuesday, August Sth, Af ter a hard game, with the teams quite evenly matched, the score stood 23-16 for the Y.M.CA. Mr. Bews referred the game to the entire satisfaction of both sides. A large number of Queen's students especially girls, turned out for the eve ent to cheer their team. Mr. Harlowe is leavin Th: to attend the Y.M.C.A. Codia i yond mer School session at Geneva Park, Mr. S. T. Lilley attended the funeral of Lyell Cameron at Tichorne as re- presentative of 'the Ontario Boys' Work Board. The Y.M.C.A. Tennis Court were of. ficially opened last week. A good crowd were present and those mot playing enjoyed watching the others, among whom were noticed players who will develop into splendid tennis players. Refreshments were . served. afterward by ladies from Y.W.CA. Ggmnasium Club, ¢ At Three O'clock in the Morning, Irate Citizen (from his bedroom window) : "Say, you, down there, who are you talking to?" . 3 Intoxicated Romeo: "Nobuddy n'perticerler. I'm jesh broadcashin'. "= Awgwan, # i . T-- rn ---- Seen And Heard During Journeyings ~~ Through Eastern Ontario Places - loy, the blind hero of the South African war, was visited at his splen- did old stone home on the banks of the Bt. Lawrence. Col. Mulloy is now practising law, and people from all over the district are coming to him with their troubles. Iroquois has the finest outdoor Coming in sight of the town of 1 ®, ole sees from the deck of the steamer Brockville an old two- 'masted schooner lying on the shore * Its present position tc a relic of the old days. The n t may remain where i f_years -lo come and 'mext generation an idea of of vessel that sailed the and gasoline were fist: i ® g £7 ------------ ne eight ze 3 § fp to show the woe 'way to have their desire Lansdowne's streets are 4 dancing pavilion in Eastern Ontario and its managers know how to run it on & minimum amusement tax. An entrance fee of five cents fs charged, on which the amusement tax is only one cent. The management gots the remaining four cents and also all the money. for the dances, which are charged for at the rate of three for twenty-five cents. Some of ¢ grouchers are lamenting that the Young folks are going to the devil because they 1{Ke the gay dance, but about 9.30 o'clock, before which time the old folks have gone to bed. Lansdowne is the village which has more cats to the block than any three other places in Eastern Ontario, » ------------ In former years one made no mis take in getting a drink in Prescott, but the old distillery is no longer turning out beverages. Prescott now realizes that it is not the place for the foot of the lakes grain terminal a graduate of Queen's, ate experience with a noted Ameri- will be made out of Cedar Island below Kingston. Morrisburg's latest physician is Dr. Charles Louden, Post-gradu- can surgeon fits him for doing excel- lent work. Already he is building up a practice, after being settied only two months. Morrisburg has a splendid war memorial in the form of a statue figure of a soldier, but its surround- ings are really pitiful. Two German field guns are on either side of the monument, and are sorely in need of painting. An old ramshackle of a building is on the opposite corner the (and the plot is ill-kept. The Mor- risburg council should set to work and improve the surroundings be- fore the Gountess of Minto returns and is satisfied that Kingston is the natural location. However, that town Sees a boom from over the river should government contro} of liquor be adopted by the people of Ontario. The eastern section of northern New York would then flock to Prescott, just as the Watertown and Cape Vincent folk would make another terry to Kingston necessary, The hollyhock appears to be the flower of the country of Dundas. No- where else in Ontario can such masses of hollyhocks be seen as around Iroquois and Morrisburg. It is a delight to the eye of folks who like this majestic flowering plant, At Iroquois, Lieut.-Col. Lorne Mul- t there is no evidence of this - ---- "There are more horses velling the roads around here for a long time," sald a Dundas resident, who explained that the poor farm re. of HE if : i I! J i 3 8 8 es : Eg i i fi: I il g a | | i i i i F 8 § 2 and views the sorry spedtacle around the memorial which she unveiled a Year ago. America Improves, America has solved the "girl prob- lem" and the 'saloon problem," in the belief of Alice Solomon, premi- nent social worker, who has been lecturing on her experiences, in Am- erica. There is less drinking, she re- ports, and the younger generation has undergone a reaction against dance halls. ------ I should wish neither, but had I of necessity to choose, I would rath- er unjustly Hi A LONDON LETTER By Panton House. London, July 18.--King George and Queen Mary attended a gather- ing of some 400 members of the Empire Parliamentary Association and their wives in Westminster Hall on July 11th. Among the dominion members of parliament and ex-min- isters presented to their majestieas were the Hon. N. W. Rowell (ex- president of the Privy Coufell, Can- ada), the Hon. R. B. Bennett (ex- minister of justice, Canada) and the Hon. Sir Douglas Hazen (ex-minis- tér of marine, Canada). The prin- cipal hosts were the lord chancellor Mad the speaker of the House of Commons, as joint presidents of the United Kingdom branch of the a880- clation. This function, described by a do- minion ex-minister as the happiest he has attended during his stay here, was probably the first tea-party ever held within these historic walls though they saw all the coropation banquets down to that of George IV. The Hall, which forms part of the Houses of Parliament (themselves only about eighty years old), is, ex- cept one at Padua, Italy, the larg- est room without pillsrs in Europe, ng by 88 wide and built by William Rufus in 1097,"it acquired the form We see to-day, and Its splendid Oaken roof, in 1399. Most of its as- Sociations are far from festive. The law courts sat here sociation are to be joint hosts with the English Bar of 1,275 American lawyers, members of the American Bar Association, with their wives and families. The great legal holi- day opens next Sunday; July 20th, with special services at Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral and St. Paul's Cathedral. On July 21st the lord chancellar (Lord Haldane) will extend en official 'welcome to the delegates at Westminster Hall. On the 21st and 32nd the delegates will be entertained to dinner at each of the four Inns of Court and at the Hall of Law Soclety--five din- ners each night, on the 28rd the Benchers of Gray's Ian and Lin. coln's Inn will give garden parties, and the lord mayor a banquet at the. Guildhall, and on the 24th there will be a garden party at Bucking- ham Palace. These are the out- standing events in a crowded week's programme. A party of members of the Cana- dian Bar on, headed by their president, Sir James Aikens, lieutenant-governor of the province of Manitoba, and accompanied by their wives and families, landed at Southampton from the Canadian Pa- cific limer Montlaurier on July 16th, and were welcomed by the mayor of Sheriff. Other members of the ty, which numbered 809 In an, the Heutenant-governor of chewan, the Hon. H. W. Ni Chief Justice Martins of Quebee, and Chief Justice Harvey of Alberta, Mr. Justice Chisholm of Halifax, N8., and Mr. Justice Migrault, and Mr. B. W. Beatty, who is not only a lawyer, but chairman and president of the Canadian Pacific Rallway, Oater for . Tradesmen who supply the British royal family with their every-day wants get official recognition in the form of warrants, issued annually, And the lucky tradesmen are not slow to advertise the fact that they sell goods to the first family in the, land, ------ } Street intelligence ought to be re garded as fiction until proven truth. Severity breeds fear, but rough- ress breeds hate. :