WHIG 92ND YEAR lished Daily and Semi-weekly by| BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED, KINGSTON, ONT. W. RUPERT DAVIES President TELEPHONES . « 243 Office 2013 | 2613 2614! i SUPSCRIPTION RATES: a (Daily Edition) i One year, in city 50 | t ir, by mall, cash .. year, to United States UT-OF TOWN REPRESENTATIVES; | ¥. W, Thompson, 100 King | 'West, Toronto. | MO LF, Calder, 23 Sti Jehu | 3 Street, Montreal. CMICAGO--Tng 31 Pow: 3 raham« ers, Ine, South La Salle Street. : i YORK-----Ingraham-Fowers, Inc. Madison Avenue. 19 | Letters to the Editor are published oe the actual name of the The circulation of The British Whig | is authenieated by the Audit Bureau o Cr ations. TWO DOCTORS PASS. Today, Kingston mourns the pass- of two of its medical sons. One, SDr. Robert S. Minnes, died in Otta- 'wa yesterday at the zenith of his) career. On the same day at Staten umonia, at the beginning of his per of healing. . Dr. Minnes was one of the fore- oculists and opthalmic sur- on this continent, and of im Kingston has long been proud. new generation has come since ir. Minnes passed through Queen's niversity and then went across the Atlantic to take post-graduate work, "but hundreds of Kingston citizens will recall the young doctor when he left here thirty years ago and aftet- wards when he became the Canadian Capital's great eye surgeon. It is a remarkable coincidence 'that Dr. Alban Phelan, the young ysiclan just about to set out on career of healing after a post- aduate course, should pass away the same treacherous disease, umonia, on the same-day as the or surgeon. Dr. Phelan, who fol- d in his father's footsteps as a! ical man, had chosen the dis- of the eye, ear, throat and ge as his specialty, just as Dr. linnes did three decades ago, The v ois ways of Providence in @ taking of the young doctor about begin his work of the healing of sick, baffle us as they have ever 6. We cannot understand, but 'believe that all things work to- for good. ' THE LOCOMOTIVE WORKS. ¥ -------------- steel tank contract received Canadian Locomotive Com- of Kingston may mark the be- of a new ers in this indus- establishment. For more than : this Kingston works has id railway locomotives, id for which has of late de- owing to the great inroads on the short-haul freight and carrying by the motor bus track. True, the small western Ot last year gave the railway . a setback, but there is no that there will be less demand for the steam locomotive in "| Board of Canada in locating and | why some things heid up because it is advisable to wait until the Department of Rail- ways kmows what Government is to determine the policy of the road dur- ing the coming year. Anyway, the shareholders of the company, not to speak of the city of Kingston, will welcome the increased activity at the works through the Quebec order, and { will also welcome a transformation | that will keep the plant going stead- | ily, whether locomotive, or other steel construction work is done. MACKENZIE'S ROCK, __ . a \ Splendid work has been done by the Historic Sites and Monuments marking many of the historical forts and points of interest in Canada! which would otherwise have been | forgotten or allowed to go into de- | cay. The board's latest achlevement is the location of the famous stone upon which Sir Alexander Macken- zle, the Canadian explorer, chronici- ed, aceording to his diary, his arrival upon the Pacific coasf, the first white man to have crossed the continent. dn his account of his voyages, pub- lished in 1801, Mackenzie has the following: "I now mixed up some vermillion in melted grease, and inscribed, in largs characters, on the southwest, face of the rock, on which we slept last night, this 'brief memorial: 'Alexander, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thous- and -geven.. hundred and ninety- three'. There have been many efforts, says the London Free Press, to locate the famous stone, marking the comple- tion. of the first land trip across not only Canada but the continent. Dur- ing the summer of 1923 Capt. R. P. Bishop, a trained surveyor, was in- structed to make an effort to locate the rock. He went at the task thor- oughly and systematically and has finally identified the rock at Bella Coola. Capt. Bishop even follow- ed the route of Mackenzie's voyage through the Rockies in his efforts to make certain that he was following in the footsteps of the famous ex- plorer. The results of Capt. Bishop's inquiries and his location of the rock have been published in an attractive little volume issued by the Depart- ment of the Interior. WOMEN'S SENSE OF TIME, To Hob University submits another triumphant bit of research work, says the Oswego, N.Y., Palla- duim-Times, Its psychologists have solved the problem, "Why does a woman keep a man waiting?" The old explanation that women's dressing and decorating necessities are responsible is found to be inade- quate. That is not the fundamental reason. The real truth of the mat- ter, as revealed by tests of 1,084 students, half women and half men, is this: Women simply have no sense of time, ' According to the specialists' an- nouncement, women show nearly 100 per cent. error in estimating how long it will take them to dress for an engagement or perform a given task. Men, on the other hand, show an average of only forty-five per cent. error. To clinch this startling conclusion, the subjects were asked to sit still for a certain period of time and then estimate the time, The actual time elapsed was a minute and a half. The women's estimates ranged from a few seconds to 10 minutes. The men's ranged from half a minute to three minutes. Scientific conclusion: "Men esti- mate time more accurately than wo- men. The inaccuracies of women are predominately under-estimated, implying that time really seems shorter to women than men." You can tell her that, next time she makes you wait. But it won't do any good. Women are change- able---but not by scientific argument. The only use in this sort of research is that it satisfies the impractical masculine instinct for finding out #re more so than others, : ne : Switzerland is following her peo- ple to the lands they emigrate to and is geriously seeking to improve thelr prospects and conditions. Her {chine working smoothly. But in the THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG marrow. Well that rough hard grained article came into existence through accident. A manufacture of fine smooth towelling had trouble with his machinery. Instead of the firmly . woven material coming through as usual, the threads were loose and tangled, and, from " his point of view, quite unfit for sale. He set to work to readjust matters, and after much trouble got the ma- course of his work his hands had got coated with oil and grime, and he used a length of the faulty and ap- parently useless fabric to wipe off the grease. He was quick to noté that the rough discarded stuff did the work much better than the ordin- ary towelling, and, being always on the alert for a new idea, he added rough towels to his stock. The new stuff became popular, and the fluffy towels soon became his chief output. CODDLING CRIMINALS. General Hughes, superintendent of penitentiaries in this country, has taken the responsibility of saying, according to report, that penitentiary accommodation in Canada is better than that afforded by ninéty-nine per cent. of the hotels, excepting those in the larger towns and cities. It may very well be that there is too. much coddling of criminals these days and that that is one of the reasons why crime has become so prevalent, sug- gests the Woodstock Sentinel-Re- view. Perhaps in the old days peo- ple accused of crime were treated too harshly. There was probably £00 much of the spirit of vengeance abroad; but now there is danger of the pendulum swinging to the other extreme. After all it is not the duty of society to. furnish first class, or even second class, hotel accommo- dation for people who break the law, especially while there are so many law-abiding people who find it a hard enough struggle to get the neces- saries of life. EDITORIAL NOTES, "Teeth need exercise," says a newspaper headline, but the advice seems hardly necessary at this fes- tive season.' The Toronto Star says it gives the news from day to day and Premier Ferguson denies it from morn to morn and there you are. Down at Miami, Florida, the schools are so crowded that many children are not able to go to school at all. Don't let that boy of yours read this. The coal bin may furnish a reason for being content with the recent "rainy season," but other reasons might be adduced for preferring real winter weather. Secretary Kellogg says the Unit- ed States will remain aloof from Europe and avoid entanglements, And Canada wili do the same in re- lations with her good neighbor, "Many a workman drinks beer to minimize the effects of his wife's cooking," says a British physician, diplomatic to offer that explanation in the domestic circle. The county couneil of the county of Ontario has decided to purchase 973 acres of waste land in Uxbridge township and to set this area out in pine, as a reforestation move in which the county will have the sup- port of the Provincial Government. Bibles in twenty foreign langu- ages were issued this year by the Upper Canada Bible Society. The Hamilton Spectator adds 'that any one of which which might be substi- tuted for the English | version. in some of our homes without fear of discovery. Rope County jans are no longer in competition, to make records for cheap living under the new system of catering. Jail governors used to vie with each other to make a three- cent meal, in spite of which none of but the workman-is probably too: News and Views. A Bevere Test. San Francisco Chronicle: The test of ability is to win applause from people who don't like you. Where Muddle Begins, , Calgary Herald: Theory and prac- tice are proverbially two very differ- ent things directly opposed to each other. Why. He Gave' Up Golf ? Buffalo' Post: A fat man who has recently given up golf expresses a perfectly satisfactory reason: "When I put the ball where I could see it," he said, "I could not reach it; and when I put ft where I could reach ft I could not see it.' The Old Style of Stuff. Border Cities Star: The old- fashioned, rugged type of journalism still flourishes in the west. A coast editor says of a political candidate: "If there {8s an idea in his head, it lives the life of a hermit.' Appropriate Name. London Sphere: The late Sir George Alexander was fond of tell- ing a Mtle story about his real name, which was Samson. Somebbdy had commented on that fact at a dinner party where one of Sir George's friends was a guest. "What a pity he doesn't use it," suggested a fel- low-diner. "It's such a lovely name for an actor. Samson brought down the house, didn't he?" Mr, Meighen in Quebec. Ottawa Citizen: Senator Lesper- ance may be right in prophesying that under certain circumstances *'in five years Mr. Meighen will become the idol of Quebec." But Conserva- tives elsewhere in Canada must be asking themselves whether they are prepared to pay the price of this new idol-worship. It 18 a stiff price: no less than a general election on the question of whether Canada shall break away from Great Britain, rather than send troops abroad in another war. The Friendly Crow. Toronto Globe: It now begins to look as if the erow has been unjustly condemned. His'most uncompromis- ing enemy in the past, the corn grow- [|if er, is not so sure that there is only one side to the question. During the past fall great flocks of crows have been scouring the corn fields in the Southwestern Peninsula, and it || is believed that the corn-borer has been the chief object of their quest. If post-mortem examinations prove that this belief is correct, it is quite possible that the seed corn fed toll crows in the spring may prove to have been a profitable investment. Phil, vard has gathered a gallery of 1,000 pictures of business, commerce and ||| transportation before 1900 to hang || on the walls of the new business school buildings which the $5,600,- (li 000 given by George F. Baker is to ||| put up. The idea is to impress the students with the fact that a great [i deal was going on in the business world before they consented to pre- | pare to "accept a position." The sound conduct of business affairs de- i mands a background and horizon no less surely than artistic pursuits and literary culture. Wit and Humor Hereditary. "Late again, O'Malley," the boss. "Hdéw do you account for this persistent tardiness?" * "Tis inherited, sir," answered O'Malley. "Me father was the late Michael O'Malley." Just the Same. Brown: "Did you hear those fool roosters crowing early this 'morn- ing?" Mrs. Brown: "Yes, dear." Brown: "I wonder what on: earth they do that for?" Mrs. Brown: "Why, don't you re- member, dear? You got up.-early one mornings yourself, and you crowed about it for a week." ---- Precautions. "Where is the manager's office?" "Follow the passage until' you come to the sign reading "No Ad- mittance.' Go upstairs till you see the sign, Silence,' Background | Pablie Ledger: Har- if roared jE the cor-| » BIBBY'S 'Big Sale Boys' Suits and Overcoats Men's Suit and Overcoat Sale Wonderful Bargains at BIBBY'S The New complete. our Commercial Prepare For Year Now that Christmas is past, the next duty is to see that everything is in- readiness for the business of the New Year. Check over your office station- ery and supplies and see if they are If you are in need of anything, tele- phone 2614 and a representative of Printing Department will be pleased to call. The British Whig Chance 44 cnopartn | -* Toronto Globe. The complaint that Canada is ridiculously overstaffed with legis- lative and administrative authority has often been made, but has fallen on deat ears, as those exercising this authority are the.ones best able to remedy the situation. For a popula. tion of nine million people Canada is extremely generous in supporting public servants. Some day the Mari. time Provinces may conclude that one legislative body is sufficient, and the Prairie Provinces may pool their Governmental Intérests as well as re ------ have Federal and Provincial eol- lections made by the same machinery and. a censolidation of agencies within a county, This suggestion has been advanced by economists, but along with 'it comes the supposition that an agreement could be reached between the various divisions as to how the taxes In bulk could be raised ,and how much from each source, and how the revenue should be allotted. Carried' to its logical conclusion it would make the collec- tions and expenditure of public moneys a purely business proposi- based on ability to pay and necessity for spending. It would clip the wings of the politicians and in- terfere with many flights of oratory, for it would remove many conten- tious 'matters from the realm' of French Ivory | Perfumes, Toilet { Waters, | Bath Salts Ok cows PHONE 343. 186 PRINCESS STREET Florida?| Use a good coal in your heater and keep the house comfortable. When youj feel like it put on your wraps, go outside, and let the snappy fall and winter air sel your blood to mov- ing. ; ; There is nothing like that in Florida. = ; ~ With one of our good coals you can keep the house as warm as you want it. Any one of them is worth