-------- t------ : a am | - a : i111 {RT oN x a TU ge SHING RUPERT DAVIES ....,. President ool TELEPHONES Re sont 1. 2614 year, In maid Sr ideneisiess ov.50 Tenn, vo Catted Simmet It to the Editor published _ over the actual aoe of' the i eireuintion of British Whig » anthenc 6 by the Bureau of THE POWER QUESTION. It will be a great disappointment D0 Kingston and other Fasterm On- D centres to learn that the pow- recently purchased from Quebec B to be taken direct to Toronto for ution in Toronto and western 1b There is a shortage of pow- i this part of the province, and view of the huge sums of money Jodging and squaring with the laun- dry managers, he will have little or nothing left. And yet we are told that in a country where the tariff is high wages are high and everybody generally bas "a high old time.' It is hard to make young men be- lieve that high wages do not always mean a large savings account, yet | thousands who are returning from | the U. 8. now that times are im- proving will, we are sure, bear out this contention. i TERRIBLE CONDITIONS. "Fngland is a garden full of broken blossoms. The children are broken because their bodies are ruined and their souls' soiled while they are still children." S¢ said Mrs. Manning at the Na- tional Union of Teachers' Confer- ence at Portsmouth, Eng., when the housing conditions in relation to school children wére being discuss- ed. And it is a pitiful picture to con- template. The overcrowding, the vile smells, the unsanitary rooms, unlove- ly and poverty stricken surround- stances, were oases in a desert of drab monotony. Whatever advan- tages Nature had given them at the outset, they slipped into a world of physical and not infrequently moral handicaps, which limited them | life. How vital the housing problem | was to the children who spent the most impressionable years of their lives there was known intimately to those who had daily contact with the districts and their products. Ald. Conway moved a resolution calling attention to the serious ef- fects of overcrowding upon the chil- dren, and urged that all possible steps be taken to meet the grave de- ficlency of houses. He added these pointed words: "We could not rear an Imperial race in the slums. We might as. well expect flowers to bloom in cellars." ings and the schools, in such circum-: thronghout childhood and in after | Fifteen years ago Lord Lever- hulme said that 20,000 deaths every it have been spent on the Niagara evelopment for the benefit of Wes- Ontario it was fair to assume t the Ontario Government would that Bastern Ontario would be taken care of now that power Quebec had been secured. When the announcement of the uring of 230,000 horsepower from | Ottawa River was announced, ier Ferguson gave out a state- in which he said: "Phe entering into of a contract 18 commission for this sup- of power in the East, en- it, In addition to supplying in sufficient quantities to the demands of the Niagara 3 provide for the needs of between Ottawa and District. The large high- transmission lines traversing of the territory between and Toronta will have a ca- of from 300,000 to 400,000 ower, and may be tapped at OF nmiore points to meet the de Is of the districts intervening, 8 'protecting the future demands the municipalities and industries the Hast." . ' This seems to be definite enough led the people of Kingston and eastern points to assume that line would be run closg enough permit of tapping. - Telegraphing from Toronto to The sh Whig, on the the new r deal was announced, Hon. W. Nickle, mémber for Kingston, "The announcemént today of the lnmmation of negotiations for Hy- purchase of approximately 230, Roreepower annually from the and tributary develonwments ease an adequate immediate | and western ro- fements. I trust the offered op- ity may bring fresh industries igston and Frontenac and stim- industrial activity and also re- ic power users' require- Bither Premier Ferguson and. At- F<General Nickle were not of the plans of the Hydro n Hon or else these plans have %¢ been changed. The announce- ent made at the meeting 'of the Utilities Co 4 year were due to overcrowding. There was always a brisk trade in baby coffins in the overcrowded and slum neighborhoods. The resolution was adopted. What an object lesson this picture is to Canadian cities? Every possible { room and endeavor should be made to wipe out sium conditons in our rapidly developing cities. Canadian children are too precious fo be permitted to be reared in such atmosphere. Let the lesson sink deep into the minds of our civic administrators. AN EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM. Referring to the question Aaised by the principal of a high school as to the hardship involved in having to provide accommodation for an extra dozen pupils, who are attend- ing school only to put in time until they are entitled to leave to get into something else, and who meanwhile, are gaining nothing while costing the ratepayers a lot of money, and the teachers a lot more, worry, The Oril- lia Ppcket thinks that the Premier might very well give some consider- ation to the problem of how to save high schools from this handicap. The attendance of pupils who are not pre- paring for professional life, and not intent on making the best use of their time, is a drag on the progress of those who are. In class work it is almost impossible to get on faster thah the slowest. The class must move on as a whole. By insisting on keeping those who do not want to at- tend at school until they are sixteen, many of them are spoiled for work and fall into idle habits from which they may take a long time to re- coven. Technical schools in the city overcome this to some extent, but the many high schools in the towns and even villages cannot give man- ual training courses. This important educational problem should be given consideration immediately. THE HEALTHFUL TOMATO. For centuries the tomato has been That tomatoes are the most easily and quickly digestible of all the | forms over there. THE DA cate children, invalids and convale- scent patients, many doctors' now prescribe tomatoes or tomato Juice. | A typical testimonial is that given by { a noted Chicago physician, Dr. Hugo Friedstein: "There is no doubt about it, the curative value of the tomato is extraordinary. * Its vitamine con- tent alone is accomplishing the um-, dreamed of in the feeding of infants | and invalids." ! EDITORIAL NOTES. Some one should nominate Jack | Frost as Queen of the May. Henry Ford is not much of a poli- tician, but he's a good advertiser. Isn't there going to be any Queen | of the May Mother? Not this year | if we want to deck her in flowers? In spring we all wish we had a nice little farm, but in the fall our love does not diminish for the city. "Men don't hide behind their wives' skirts any more," remarks The Montreal Herald in a spirit of resignation. | { The possibility of Britain having | another Queen Elizabeth and another | Elizabethan era makes a strong ap- | peal to the popular imagination. | On the matter oT coal supplies | something ought to be done to join | the great fuel demand in Ontario | with the enormous fuel supplies in | Alberta and in Nova Scotia. A New York woman is suing a dancing partner for $50,000 because he fell on her, breaking her leg in eight places and did not apologise: He certainly made a bad break! ( { A New York window-cleaner has been making an income estimated at | $100,000 a year, After he cleaned up the window he stepped into the cleaned out the jewel cases, On the highways these spring days the courtesy of the motorist is put to test. It Is the time when the spirit of the real gentleman reveals itself Or where the manifestation of sel- fishness creeps out. Thirteen of the States In fhe Unit- ed States have more than 5,000 one- teacher schools apiece, and Towa, Illinois and Pennsylvania have the astonishing number of 9,000 each. The total number for the whole country fs 168,000. They need re- Premier Taschereau of Quebec tells the Mm producers that the authorities will not renounce 'their censorship. The Censor Board knows what is best for the people and will not change the regulations even in| face of the threat to cut off the films. Bensible decision. Ontario might be freed from impure taints entirely if the same resolute spirit that is mani. fested in Quebec animated the auth- orities in Queen's Park, Before any modification of the proposed tariff reductions are given consideration, the automobile manu- facturers should open their books unreservedly for the inspection of the Tariff Board and its experts and show, if they can, how much more it costs to manufacture Automobiles in Canada then it does in the United States, and prove, if they can, what justification there is for a higher tariff than the new Budget provides for. - -------- After gazing attentively at the age of ladies' portraits in Saturday's paper, the Winnipeg Free Press says: "We arrived at the opinion that the heading which said the ladies were diploma writers at the University might readily be changed. They look Ike the successful winners in an international beauty cohtest. Manitoba is really a very lovely place." 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