Aart THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG : CULRINE Seb Xs Aino ._ Tuesday, January 12th; 1 26. wam-- Te -i a | | pe he -- : iL J = o py JARRE [Er i" Ni and Semi.weekly by WHIG PUBLISHING i Ey Avenue, ngraham-Powers, Inc, 19 La Salle Street. to the Editor are published . ever the, mame of the The eirenistion of The British Whig / mcicated by the Audit Bureau of iat THE VICTORIAN ORDER. The Victorian Order of Nurses had decidedly effective year's work in , hampered though they were k of funds. We know of no nization more worthy 'of as- nce or which carries on a work greater advantage to the public. services of the nurses maintain- by the Order are well known. jy or night, in foul weathe: or : they are at the beck and call of who are in need of nursing pee and who lack the means ing it through the ordinary Many are the patients to needs they minister and whose they relieve and man? the bahles at whose births they A small fee is charged, but 'often than not those who re- solve the Fenefit of this nursing are una to meet it and Ing: but equately aug- from this source, Order is also conducting a of the greatest service in its well known baby clinic where may receive advice and as- Bist: gratuitously. Conceivably has been the means of saving of many an improperly-fed id inadequately cared for infant, id cértainly it has been of the ut- assistance in promoting public could ill afford to do either the nursing service Order or the clinic which 1t ~and too much praise can- bestowed upon those who ter. year direct its affairs the knowledge of a work well as their only reward. public has an opportunity of its gratitude to them and in the work which they often in the face of ser- jes, by contributing to worthy organization. NSOLIDATING SCHOOLS. ) and New York State the school has served its ucationists are urging con- schools, but the troubles are the same as in the school sections are not 0 amalgamation and the ' the past year has been the growth ot sonable clothing and scientific plants for heating had been discovered, perfected and adopted. The only difference is that more is heard about colds at this time than formerly. People talk more about them, and a great many peo- ple who ere afflicted with common colds insist that they have the flu, and so increase the publicity. The common cold of the pre-lux- ury days was attacked by a hot foot bath, a quart of ginger or pepper tea, a dosg of salts, an ex- tra pair of stockings and an addi- | tional flannel shirt, and that is all there was to it. + At the present time, it is an in* stitution. THE USE OF RAYON. One of the industrial features ot the manufacturer of rayon in the United States. Some 60,000,000 pounds were produced. Its growth into a leading place fin industrial activities is a romance. It begah as @& by-product industry and it has' now become a major industry and shows no signs of over-production. E. T. Pickard, chief of the textile division of the U. 8. department of commerce says, of this new rival to cotton and silk, that one remarkable feature is that while it is finding wide use as a substitute for and In association with the manufacture of silk products it has not affected the sale of silk. It has not replaced silk and cotton, but on the other hand seems to have stimulated theér manufacture and saie. Indications are that 100,000 more bales will be used in the manufacture of silk in America this year than last year. The announcement by the U. 8. Department of Commerce shows that the output by American plants for the first half of 1925 was over 24,- 000,000 pounds. As the plants have been working at capacity all the year the annual production should ap- proach 50.000,000 pounds. Ten years ago the manufacture of rayon did not even exist in the United States. ' "This figure," Secretary Hoov- er's announcement stated, "shows a remarkable increase over the out- put of recent years. In 1920 the American plants produced 8,000,- 000 pounds, almost doubling the output in the following year to 15,- 000,000. The year 1922 showed a further increase of 24,000,000 and in 1925 this amount was produced from January to June. Figures show that the knit goods industry was the largest consumer of rayom, taking 25 per cent. of the entire American consumption in 1923. The hosiery manufacturers followed with 22 per cent. and considerable quantities were taken by the cotton mills, silk mills, and other branches of the textile industry. Other Important advantages to the consumers of rayon is the price stability. The producers announce thelr prices for the coming quarter, open theif books for orders amd allot their output." CITY AND COUNTRY. "Where can one get most out of life---in the country or in the city?" asks B. C. Forbes, a United States economist. "Is a job in the eity or a job in the country to be pre- ferred?" The two questions don't mnecep- sarily belong together. For thanki to our modern transportation facili- ties, especially the automobile, it 18 possible for many to live in "the country and earn their Hving in the city, and large numbers are doing that very thing, * 1t is possible, likewise, to live in the city and work in the country. though thers are fewer doing thal --perhaps because jobs are fewer in the country. 2 . Possibly the ideal modern life is a compromise, by which people work in the city and live in the country near by, and share in the recreations of both. : 18 HIGHLY SPOKEN OF. Senator W. B. Ross, the new Con- servative leader in the Senate is, according to report, by training and temperment, well 'qualified for the position. He brings to the office the advantage of a knowledge of THE MYSTERY OF SLEEP. Scientists at the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research at Pittsburgh are trying to find out what sleep Is. You say that's ridiculous -- that everyone knows what sleep is? Very well. Just what is sleep? A little hard to define off-hand, to be sure, says the Oswego, N.Y.. Balladum- Times. Where's that dictionery? "A state of general marked quiescence of voluntary and con- scious (as well as many involuntary and unconscious) functions, alter- nating more or less regularly with periods of activity." That's the Standard Dictionary de- finition. It doesn't help much. The Encyclopedia Britannica ex- plains: "It may be regarded as the condi- tion of rest of the nervous system during which there Is a renewal of the energy that has been expended in the houts of wakefulness." This sounds like a positive contri- bution to the discussion. Sleep re- charges the human battery. __ But it is far from telling the ole story. Sleep, the psychologists are beginning to say, is very far from being merely passive state of rest or a merely merchanical charging of batteries. They suggest that sleep may not be a negative state at all, but a positive state of life, just as much worth studying as the waking state. > Poets and philosophers, guessed that before the psychologists, Byron said: 'Sleep hath its own world, And a wide realm of wild reality," Mr. Mellon's scientists will do a service if they can tell us more about it. EDITORIAL NOTES. In Heligoland they have beaten their sea mines into lobster pots, se peace progresses. Milk, says an English authority on food, is not good for men. One by one our sustenance is reduced. The Standard fly is dead. It sampled the bald spot on the heaa of one of the editors. That settled it! Twenty years ago a man couldn't understand his wife. Now life is more complex and he can't understand his wife or his auto. Women of United States smoked nine billion cigarettes in 1925. Chances are they borrowed nearly that many matches, too. & Great chemists have conquered pain, remarks the Toronto Telegram, but they cannot conquer the people who give other people a palin, The deaf, dumb and blind should fare well in Italy, argues The Strat® ford Beacon-Herald. They come close 10 the dictator's ideal of citizenship, A barber shop proprietor in New York has become a millionaire through his earnings. Every shave add to the savings making up the millionaire, The New York Red Cross "has found a way of disposing of old silk stockings and might now tell us what to do with used safety razor blades, asks a Mail and Empire be- whiskered writer. There is a definite movement on foot in Germany tb confiscate the estates of the Hohenzollerns. Though it is being fostered by the commun- ist party, it is meeting with a great deal of favor among all classes. The Attorney-General of Ontario will receive general support for his contention that conditions in this province do not: call for the bring- ing of party nominations under the provisions of the Elections Act re- lating to corrupt practices. Missouri and Illinols passed a Widows' Pension Act in 1913. In a short time other States followed until to-day there is not a State In ¢he Union nor a Province in Canada that has not made some provision fof widows and children. New South 'Wales is the latest convert. "We shall credit Mr. Hoover with' greater sincerity," says the New Re-| public, "when he demands the smashing of the enthracits monopoly | In the United States, or with greater oy | controlling : British rubber." i lauds the Sunday schools in the little white churches over the land, for out of them have come some of the most successful men of the| pation. How many public benefac- tions could be traced back to a seed sown in a little crossroads church no man can tell The people in the Maritime Prov- inces have discovered that they are not the only portions of Canada with problems, and they have learned that they are meeting them in many cases by a courageous attempt to overcome them. It has forced the people down by the sea to ask the question as to whether they are making the most of their opportuni- ties or are developing their own natural rescurces as they should. Premier Ferguson is to again take up the township school board bil? and pass it on to a second reading. Then he will withdraw it for another year for renewed attention to and consideration of a plan which he re- guards as of highest importance to the improvement of rural education. This year the rural trustees will notice the premier is in earnest and construotive amendments will like- ly be suggested. The measure is a good one, ' LOOKING AROUND Still lower electric power prices for Kingston will help a bit. If we keep lowering the prices, electricity will soon become as cheap here as water, More good news for the kids of Kingston; another ice cream manu- facturing company is moving here. It is good to hear from the mis- sioners who are doing such splen- did work at the outposts of civilization. The clergyman from far northwestern Keewatin told a vivid story of what is being done by those who so traly love their fellowmen that they give up positions of com- fort to administer to those in need. Some one asked how old burned pots and pans could be cleaned. We are informed by a Kingston man who knows whereof he speaks that a mix- ture of sand and water will make the pots and pans shine like silver if they are well rubbed with this. Try it, ye housewives, instead of throw- ing out the pots. It is said that one of the last ex- pressed wishes of the late Dean Starr wae that the cross on top of the dome of St. George's cathedral | been made in this part of the coun- might be lighted with electricity. It], fs to be hoped that the late Dean's wish will be carried out some day. A nightly blaze of light on the old cathedral would be a splendid sight. -- | Here is a funny thing: Women's feet are reported to be growing larger because of the use of modern shoes, but womens skirts and hair are becoming shorter. The latest is that skirts this year are to be three inches higher from the ground than last year. The establishment of a juvenile court in Kingston will depend upon the city council. It is a financial question, and the chanoes are that the aldermen will decide to be economical and that no vote will be put into the budget for the project. If this is the result, why not put the question to the ratepayers next De- cember in the form of a referendum? 'We should thank our fuel dealers for their fore-thought and ability in laying fn a good supply of coal and coke to last the city well on into the winter. We are indeed fortunate in Javing such enterprising dealers in uel, At last the man of 'the housé has had a chance to exercise himself with the shovel after an interval of near- ly three weeks. He will feel the better of it too. And those fellows who are always riding around fin automobiles should have been pro- vided with shovels this morning to liven them up a bit. They might have cleaned off the walks of 'thelr neighbors too. Yes, winter lungers with us and is Hable to continue lingering for three months more. BIBBY'S THE MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SUIT AND OVER COAT STORE To Do a Little Better Is Our Constant Aim A SALE OF Suits and OQvercoats THAT IS REALLY WORTH WHILE Suits and Overcoats That cannot be duplicated for anything like this price. BIBBY'S PRICE 2 5 Overcoats are genuine English See Window Display of These Garments Miltons, English Wool BIBBY"S Suits are fine Blue Herring- bone, fancy all-wool Worsteds, fancy Che- viots, plain Greys, etc. Cheviots and Tweeds. All smart models. nnd A Late Rev. Francis Swann. Vancouver, B.C. Jan. 12.--Rev.|} Francis Swann, Vancouver minister of a former Methodist Church, died here to-day. He held many pastor- ates in Ontario before coming to Vancouver, and was well known in London and Kingston. ---------- No Gasoline, No Cars. The difficulty in getting gasoline and other automobile supplies in many parts of the Near East is the main reason for the small number of automobile sales in that territory. 1 ---------------------------------------------- _ Pickles and ketchup sre made from unripe walnuts. re a We Want to Buy AVON RIVER POWER COMPANY 614% BONDS Due July 1st, 1953 Price on Application "s"WARD Bibby Block, Princess Street, Kingston try since the abolition of the pat- ronage system at Ottawa we doubt if anyone can point to a solitary one in which the appointee has filled the position with any better satisfaction than the nominees of the members and the defeated candidates in the constituencies used to do and are doing still, Instead of the member being allowed to name the man for the position we now have a clvil service commission which costs the country & heap of money and has not improved conditions one whit. LETTERS To The Editor Of The Whig -- To Continue Vocal Classes Sir:--Will you allow me space in your valuable columns to correct a mistake and to answer a question, both of which appear to be in circul- ation since my retirement as organ- ist-director of Chalmers Church? As regards the former: I thank- fully and explicitly state that "ill- health" played no part whatever in my resignation. The need of a com- plete rest, however, from the long and nervous strain of this, the most exacting department of musical acti- vity, 1s not surprising, and had really become imperative. In reply to the query put repeatedly to my brother, R. R. F. Harvey, and myself regard- tag my future intentions as to choir work, I have absolutely no definite plans. I may say this much, however, that it after due rest and relaxation an opening were to offer, 1 would certainly give it serious considera- tion. Meantimé' I shall concentrate up- on my very interesting vocal classes and other musical work, 'which has stood in abeyance owing to lack of time for its prosecution. Thanking you warmly, for your many kind and courteous words in connection with the musical work of my brother, my nieces and myself. For 1926 We are still head- quarters for all sick- room . supplies and necessities. : "Phone us your wants { ll and they will be { promptly filled. pounded from the purest drugs, DR. CHOWN'S DRUG STORE "PHONE 343. 185 PRINCESS STREET get plenty of heat out of is good coal. We have a number of good coals for sale, and when we say good coals we mean good coals. If there is any question in your mind as to which coal will work best in your heater, ask us! 'We will be giad to tell you all about the different coals that we carry, 'PHONE O. (