eres enn Folices, od three-letter word meaning m-a-n, ; ' ¥ however, isn't a cause. symptom. al 'rate, Ananias didn't Invest n in tax-free securities, in ¢ross-word bugs. eure for almost _Burope seems to need is a will work without collab- who think Fehruary the } month didn't buy Christmas hemie-------- it benefactors were dream- darned few dreamers are A NEW BIRD PEST. ! There can bs mo firther doubt that the starling has at last' invad- ed this section of the province as it has the Niagara peninsuls, and that we have a new pest to cope with. The star)ing is a dark colored bird that might easily be mistaken for our own "blackbird" or grackle. A biology professor at Queen's shot a specimen on Wolfe Island two win- ters ago, and already they are num- eroug enough to attract the atten- tion of those who feed birds during the winter, It would be far wiser to shoot than feed them, but they are trustful lke the English sparrow, and kindness of heart will doubtless prevail against the best of reasons. In a few years they will probably 'be so numerous that any attempt to deal with them will be out of the question and it will seem incredible then that we should actually have harbored the advance guard, The starling is an English bird of which a pair or two were liberat- ed in New York by some senseless 13! sentimentaltst a generation or more ago. To-day they have covered New York, New Jersey and adjoining states, and are breeding and pushing on frresistibly. It had been boped that our cold climate would prove THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG ET ee "| development of the small car is helping to meet this trafic problem. By taking a few inches from the length of every automobile parking space Is provided in every block for a few more automobiles. But smaller automobiles alone can not solve this most perplexing trat- fic problem, As traffic increases the highways must be widened. In the municipality the simplest way of widening the traffic lanes is by abol- ishing parking. Where parking has formerly been permitted on both sides of the street the abolition of parking virtually doubles the traffic lane, The streets are primarily for moving traffic. When the entire street is required for moving trafic there will be no more parking. But when street parking is prohibited the municipality will face the bur- den of providing substitute parking facilities, 'With one automobile for every six persons parking space has become a greater public need than many other institutions maintain ed by the public treasuries, WHERE DO YOU STAND? You are a booster or a knocker; there is no middle ground, To which class do you belong? The man who does the most good too severe for them as they are not! for his home city is not always the | migratory and come from a country ot open winters. It may still prove that though a few scattered individ- hod) uals are able to survive the winter, hel 1arge flocks would be unable to find subsistence among the snows, It has been sald * office for sheep and cattle infested with ticks and othér parasites. With- out gainsaying this, the damage Ji that a flock of hundreds of these voracious feeders do in a strawberry patch, mulberry or cherry tree passes belief. Slender indeed are the gleanings that they leave behind for the gardener. Besides this 1ik- for all small fruits they have an ying faculty of congregating in a tree at certain hours and setting up a unanimous chatter, One of the big London hospitals has tried time and again to evict some hundreds of these nolsy birds from a tree in the hospital courtyard, but the birds re- main in. n. It {s a pleasant thing to have birds | come daily to feed at one's window, 'but bird lovers would do well to con sider carefully before they encour age these outlanders who are bound to thrive at the expense of our own native songsters. . OHILD IMMIGRANTS IN CANADA. Is it right for Canada to permit the importation of child labor | through the agency of Bernardo and | similar Old Country institutions? | Optntons differ sharply on this ques- tion. / The Social Service Couneil of | Canada, a federation of all the churches and social welfare orgini- zations of the Dominion, regards such child importation with disfavor, it not something stronger. They know too well the drudgery (and stunting which will he the lot of too many of those farm roustabouts, On the other hand, the Bernardo and other homes, the Catholic Emigra- tion Association and the Salvation Army, institutions which are in the closest touch with the lifs of both the old land and the new, take to themselves no little credit for fos- tering child emigration, which they consider rescue work. They are confident that only in the most ex- ceptional cases is the child's lot as deplorable hers as in the warrens of misery and misfortune from whieh they were lifted, ' The total number of children who have come to Canada under this sys« tem 1s about 78,000, the largest number in one year having been 3.- 264 in 1905. In 1928, the last year for | figures are available, 1,407 sent to Canada. 'The selection' of these children is in the hands of representa ot the Do- | minion government resident In Great |, Britain. On arrival in this country | ne jeialé Who sritices them are wile in favor of the. | starling that he performs a kindly man who receives the most credit. There are plenty of true boosters who do not only do not allow the opportunity to pass to say a good word or do some act for the better- ment of his home town, but who recreate opportunities to do so. He is the citizen o! whom every one is proud; with like individuals the situation is created whereby it is possible that some other good citi- zen, who has not dome so much work, will come along and reap the benefit of the work of the i The real honest-to-goodness booster is not jealous' when the other is given credit; he gets his reward in the consciousness of having benefit- ed the city, Because one does not knock his home town, does nothing as a mat- ter of fact one way or the other, will not relieve him of the charge of a knocker, 'Not to take an affirmative position in matters of interest to the city----dnd there are always mat- ters of interest--places one on the negative side. There is abdolutely no way in which to remain neutral, for if that position is attempted there will necessarily be many who will construe it as being opposed to any proposition, and with the con- struction goes the influence, : Be a real booster and let your position be so certain that those who run may read, POPULARITY, Many folks, particularly young people of reserved natures, worry because "they are not "popular." They envy, folks who always have admirers and friends. Many people of superior intellect look down on popularity, They feel it shows a too easy-going nature. They hold it a person is to live sincerely and do his duty, he must often antagon- ize others, and make himselt exceed- ingly unpopular. Popularity comes in different ways. In the old days of free liquor a lot of people acquired popularity by the freedom with which they "get "em up." This was the basis on which many politicians got their start, They were always ready to line up thelr friends in front of the brass rall' and have several rounds 'on me." Many people win popu- larity by free spending, by living ex- travegently and scattering cash in all directions, On the other hand many people acquire popularity by devoting them- selves to some public cause. Col- tivities usually acq popularity. They are entitled to it because they have to devote much time to miain- Jasing the deputation of their nati tcl a community lite. Many people equity Jopnlasity Just a giving a grea of effort to publ! activities, often more. than superior lege boys Who carry on student ac-| hotter than such elaborate circumlo- cutions to express a thing which at best we know it weré better to have left unsaid, is to forego for the mo- ment being clever, and keep our peace. The world will think more highly of us for it. Ss th, Chat THE DRUM OF THE EAR. 1 was aearly out of my teens before I ever asked mywelf and found out, why the membrane that receives the transfers them to the brain, was call- od the "drum" of the ear. Then when drum, stretched across the bony op- sound, it was easy to understand. that transferred the sound across to the inmer ear, and so to the nerves that carried it to the brain, interested me greatly. But perhaps the y interesting, and yet the most astural thing to expect, was the little tube that went from the throat to the middle ear. This little tube was to admit air to the middle ear, so that the drum would have wir pressure on either side and thus be kept in the proper side and thus be kept tense, and in the proper condition to receive sounds. Anything that prevents the air getting through this 'tube into the middle ear will of course lessen the inside pressure. "| The outside; pressure will then be 80 great that a "roaring" is felt dn the ears. You see a cold dn the throat can not only inflame and con- gest the throat, but can also travel up this tube, and by swelling the in- ner side, partially block the air from getting up to the middle ear. Thus the specialist will have you close your lips, and also close your nost- ails with your thumb and finger. * Then with a special instrument an air bag,--will blow into the mouth with such force, that he opens mp more 'widely this lMttle tube which carries the air going up to the mid- dle ear. y Sometimes when you hear that roaring in the head, if you elmply close your nose and mouth as above, and then attempt to expel the air from your lungs through your closed mouth, this air from the lungs will likewise open up the tube more wide ly for you. This may require two or three at- tempts, but it usually removes it completely. - Inporehel sounds from the outer 'world and |} I realized that it was tissue like aif ening of the ear, that received the (}i Week- End Overcoat Special Our $25 The little bones dn the middle ear |} Our $1.45 Shirt Sale Our 75¢. Silk Neckwear | Overcoat Speci: Are Real Beauties for the Money Rich Brown, Navy Blue, Oxford Greys, Heather and eotoy New English Slip-on models, Ulsters and Ulsterettes, Storm Ule sters and Chesterfields, Sizes 34 to 44. "The Guard" Navy Blue or Plain Grey. Brushed Wool Tweeds. Made in smart, "Three-Way Belted style. Sizes 85 to 43 14.75 BIBBY'S Sale Our Collar Sale 3 for 50c¢. "The Arlington" A nobly, fod looks in BL ed Lining---good tailoring. BIBBY'S CLEARING PRICH *18.00 Our $2.25 " Sweater Sale ARE SURE CAUSING SOME STIR | le brought with him to Canada his bride, his second wife, Lady Mary, a daughter of a former Governor-General, Lond Durham. "Spencerwood," mow the official residence of Lieutemant- Governors of Quebec, was purchased for his use. Under his regime the greenhouses of Spencenwood became famous on two continents. The gov- ernor's table at the Christmas festiv- ities bore cucumbers, mushrooms, as- paragus and even pineapples from his conservatory. KINGSTON IN 1858 Sidelights From Our Files-- A Backward Look, Smart Service. June 30:--The steamer Baltic arrived at New York about o'clock in the morning on Thursday last, About five o'clock, Mr. Butler, the Kingston mail conductor, got the mails at the New York post of- fice and at half past mine o'clock on the same evening they were safely delivered at the Kingston post © "This beats anything Mr. McNamee has done. The Eng- We have considerable funds to loan on Farm, Village and City Properties, at lowest cur rent rates. We have some good farms for sale at present. also some bargains in city property. For yo Sa ou will re re. Renda, srompt, st (£58 So i lish mail was delivered before the| 2% telegraph news was published. | The Unpopular Excursion. ' June 30:~~Were the present mem- bers of our carporation elected for the purpose of celebrating at Os- wego the Yankee anniversary of the 4th of July? Supposing the French | what would be the thought joining the Russians in celebrating that event? Or think ¢f the French in the Crimea being invited by our soldiers to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo! Verily &« barrel of} 10% ad leathars ought to den xe Risitign got our city wonthies; and ur neighbo ve them they may keep rs them as a freewill offer- ing of the people of Kingston. : DR. A. P. caowN