RP DAVIES N nadent SRstIs esa Veneta EE | A LONG ORY OF NEGLECT. Hon. 'Howard 'Ferguson, Onfario Minister, was in New Ontario sfore coming in this direction to ak at Afnprior and Renfrew, says . Renfrew Mercury, and in his at Cochrane he criticized the it of the Rt. Hon. Macken- o King for: "not giving Northern : 0.3 fair chance in the last few ere must be many & man n Ontario, both Conserva~ iberal, who will feel that Ontario has fared quite as 8% the hands 'of the Felleral enment as Bastern Ontarl mn Shean years at the hands Ontario Government. There oor of Basteri Ontario, but the bas evidently mot reached the of (the Authotities at Queen's arsity "of Saskatchewan, f, has taken another in the establishmeng of al sohgol marking wide ex the provines's main edu- i msisuton. The Haskatoon poling the advance at this { of learning says "a 'has been se}, which is radi are often eially hy the quality ot peditioners they turn an encouraging fact that 'students who took pre- one reaon. is nt. The scientific the University of | Desh m, or goblins will pick them up. sé malevolent influences some- times follow the children all through thelr lives, in ss ------ LUDENDORF¥F'S ALCHEMY. The great Ludendorff has fallen. The hérd-headed and hard-boiled militarist who was regarded as the brains of the German campaign "las deen swindled by a modern alchemist. on J Not * by a scientific alchemist, either, of the type that uses high voltage currents and costly labors- tory mechanism to turn mercury into gold by bombarding atoms with eléc- trons. A mere "locksmithis appran- tice" is credited with having sold him a process for "turning all metals into gold," thereby getting away cleverly with all the general's loose money. THE MODERN GIRL'S THINNESS. A] The champion Hghtweight of the Fworld, the Modern Girl, if she wishes 3 {40 hold her fashionable title will have to put on the gloves against a formidable opponent of quite anoth- ed class. For the medical profession is menacing her with a salutory knockout. ""The desire of the modern girl to be extremely thin has become an obsession that is threatening her health and _ happiness," said Dr. Lewellys ¥F. Barker, emeritus profes- sor df Medicine, Johns Hopkins Uni- versity. The ideal of the exagger- atedly thin figure, dictated dy the fashion of the moment, is sure to pass, until it has been the cause of many tragedies," Wrecked physical 'health, especially insidiously deve- loping tuberculosis and nervous breakdown 'are frequently the results of umder-nourishmept, declared Dr. Barker, outlining the dangers seen by medical mep ia underweight. + "The trouble with young women today is that their ides] of what is proper weight is all wrong, They have developed an obsession against being fat. They say to doctors; '1 would rather die than get fat.' Some of them starve themselves to the point of almost literally carrying this out. Often, already too thin, they diet to grow thinner. By une Scientific dieting they fail to eat a balanced ration, and thus predispose themselves to food deficiency dis- eases. They smoke constantly, espe- cially during meals, to take away the normal appetite they have, and by too many cigarettes increase their nervousness. "These girls, the greater number of them between 16 and 20 years of age, but many of the same mind betw 29 and 30, are trying to face a pace of life that makes far greater demands on them than it did on their mothers and grandmothers, with thin scrawny bodies that dd nog hotd the needed reserve of strength. Whats she result? Many of these young women are imourring wrecked health that not only forbids their continuing public activities, but that interferes seriously with thelr ev- 'entually fultulling the responsibili- ties of marriage and motherhood." .Dr. Barker was inclined to lay the modistes. "The makers of fashion have sponsored a style that is really as unbeautiful as it is unhealthy. It will pass, as have the evils of the hour-giags figure and other unirea- sonable and unhysiéniec whims of fashion. But it is time that someone felt the. responsibility tor this unider- ; | mining of the health of our young women. Family doctors and public health officials can doa sroat deal. | He adds: A "Parents can at least back these 1 1m quite oup of patience with the 33, Seivaious, , who, because will encour- well So Ba © sgainst the "Behind the" dottors, the artists could, I | ve, help much, it they would ie tdeal of a no Hag ful 'to y "form sought for today. Which so nearly mastered Europa. blame tentatively at the door of the HE A New Yorker has paid $4,000 for 1a first edition of a book of jokes. What a joke! i-- Campfires and roasting-ears help solve the entertalcment problem this time of year.' oll The Leagus of Nations is trying to get into the aicgpol game with a SAL oh Tren mere. Lo }) gling of it. A A United States citizen has been killed in' Mexico, and it is curious how much more stir it makes than if 4Ahe ¢rime had happened in Chicago. ~ 'There are sald to be a million wild horses in Oregon, Montana, Wyom- Ing, Utah, Névada and Afgona. No census of wild motorists has been 'taken. . The late Sir John A. Macdonald's famous saying about the uncertainty of horse races and elections, is vivid- 1y recalled as Dempsey-Tunney fight bets are being settled. The Labor party made the great- eat gain of any of the groups in par- liament. It increased its parliameén- tary representation by fifty per cent --~from two to three members. An ftem has been handed in, in which a Prof. Fleure states that men become bald when their brains de- velop. He may make the assertion, but where is he going to find proof? The Binghamton, N.Y, Post is of opinion tha; the good old days wére the days when you could buy & cow for the price you pay now for a. pot roast and a quart of grade A milk. The pipe bands in the mining areas in Britain have ceased to screel. They have no money to spead on the bags and the Scottish manu- facturers suffer along with the min- ers. ' In view of the advance of scien- titic knowledge Dr. Mayo, Roches- ter, Minn., says the average age of ite will be raised from fifty-eight to seventy years. But what about the speed at which we are living? The automobilé horn has become | chietly an Instrument for scolding, complaining and demanding that someone else hurry, The driver who honks his horn in a traffic jam is doing the most futile and most exas- peérating thing he can do. Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux will pro« bably continue to 'preside over the #ouse of Commons as speaker, Al- though not an old man, he is the "father of the house" now that W. ¥. Maclean is ong of it, having been a member continuously for thirty yoars. x -- The Ottawa Journal rises to sug- gost that a good thing to remémber at this time 3 'that while we may have serious differences as to how the country-ahould be rum, we are a1] brother Canadians fighting for the same object---the best interests of our common country." Sonne tin In the northern parts of Ontario, that line from 'Ottawa to Owen Sound ihe farmers are distressed over the rains which-have gaused wide destruction of grains. Hardly a week of clear, bright sunshiny weather has been experienced since harvesting began early in August. Mr. © "a Bowman, formerly a veteran member of the Ontario Leg- isiative Assembly, recently . stated publicly in Winaipeg, that "beyond the shadow of a Saud this year's crop will make the + parison | 1926 rests with the P | fitting without undersitps ye - | colored tighis, Shades of MPa. Anne | | 1849 when she invented hy ine costume of a skirt falling. | predingrgliatalnnigioms i Sp : a trousers, that ise vate » - yeirs later the # Nor thoughts that i POYRS. av "simple tfuth our * tongue, LY BRIT $4900 000000002000 + * A SUNDAY HYMN. 3 ---- % Now that the sun is gleaming + bright, % Implore we, bending Yaw. 4 That He, the uncrested Light, % May guide us as we go. + : # No sinful word, nor deed or > wrong, 3 # And in our Batis be love. * ¢ And while the Bours in order * flow, ® O Christ, securely fence, ® Our gates, beleaguered by the + foe, & The gate of every sense. * \ % And grant that to Thine honor, * Lord, % Our dally toil may tend; # That we begin it at Thy word, 3 And in Thy favor end. ' PPPS PP PPR POPP NSY ia News and Views. No Half-Hearted Effort. Peterboro Examiner: Quebec is tackling the problem of securing safer driving conditions in no halls hearted manner, as is evidenced by the statement issued by Judge Cho- quette, of Montreal, that drunken drivers will be given a year's jall sentence. Already the licenses of several hundred motorists convictel of recklessness have been canceled and the Quebec authorities are evi- dently determined that the only way to effectually eliminate careless driving {is to chase the offenders away from the wheel. Tuning In. Toronto Globe: Rural driving need to be a leisurely affair. If the horse wanted to walk, well and good. If the driver was impetuous, he uted a whip to secure a trot. As for & procession .of any kind, a three- miles-an-hour pace was the practice. A good road. horfe mighy maintain eight miles an hour. Under such conditions a farmér's radius of in- tercourse would ssldom exceed ten miles. Now he may £0 25 miles after supper. and return, and on a week-| end may go a hundred, It is a chang ing world, and the farmer who bought a ear to keep up with the procession was tuning in with the times. 4 Pep in Politics. Baltimore Sun: Because the clark of one of Wisconsin's counties fired Miss- Selma Fjelstad, his deputy, he | hes learned somathing about poll-| tics. - He told 'her she lacked initia- | tive. So she -entersd the primary and beat him ouy of the nomination for his own job. 'Thus is illustrated the elementary proposition that a gand politician does not tind posi- tions for his friends solely to reward them for thelr loyalty to him. Ha also has in mind the thought that unless he keeps them happy they may start scrambling to get his own job away from him. And aavhs they will do it, anyhow. What a ® m-------- hd Courteous C.N.R. Officials, Financial Post: Sir Henry Thorn: ton seems to have imbued his whole force with the {dea that to get any- where with the Canadian National rallways, the motto must be service. Some time ago & member-of the Fin ancial Post staff, traveling west, en- deavored. to mil back a bundle of papers from 7 Nakina, the station where the Lae cut-off joins the old Grand - Trunk Pacific line in Northern Ontario, "The post office wag closed. The C.N.R. constable Johfi M. Mays, 'was approached. He was quite agreeable to taking the parcel and mailing it on' the east- bound train. It was well stamped, but as a margin of safety. the offi-' cer agréed that the parcel be regis- tered and took the 35 cents tender- ¢d to cover this cost. 'The parcel reached the Financial Post office 0K. and a few days later the fol- lowing letter was received: "A pas- ed me a paréel tn register and 25 cents to Jover cont, 'At the popt bis BF me that ae] {i one le of suring it. Cost of insurance was - cisssiue sts rer rerene 5, CI (a a Le XT LE UR ET TM OF ADA Jato ta Lan Tl aS TZ aN an NE a ON SALE AT BIBBY'S The appointed selling agents for King- ston and vicinity for these celebrated Shoes. $10.00 and $11.00 Try a pair and we will predict you will always wear Church's Shoes. They excel in Comfort, Quality and Service. : Church & Co., Northampton, England. LARA SZ NE La NT ALP ae \ LCP 7 UC NUR) p Penniless to fightitout alone sa of many years eaten up by Tom's and fatal illness, Mrs. L. finds herself penniless. Frail and sorrowful she faces the future with despair. What work can a woman of sixty do to eke out a precarious living? If there had only been some insurance But Tom had said they'd have enough laid by to tide. them through old age without spending money on life insurance. If Tom could have foreseen the future would he not have carried life insurance? We think so, don't you? How clearly can you foresee the future? Might not your widow be left ab' Mrs. L.was? Why take a chance? when the profits earned by Mutual 8 Policies Jaks cost of insurance so very reasanabl LIFE > Kingston, Ont, ont Te 2 3 Lam SL a I a a CU Rp Steamship A (Bstablighed 1371) passages booked to all parts of | the world. Pass. Prepaid passages arranged for 1 relatives or! you desire to hb frionds from Bd For ll culars a to { ig JP P. TTA. ox Rlys. station, corper J -- Ontario streets, Sas ora Ont. day and night. 'Phones §9 or 2837, RL Se LS [ (a ALE Clan AL Se NL GP El Gr Co SUC Memorials Before placing your order for Monuments call and inspect our Cemetery Lettering ~ Specialty, © J.E. MULLEN |* TELEPHONB. .417, Corner of Princess and Alfred Streets, WAP NIN LL J SES NT PANS De NS La EE The rates are low. Lumber, all sizes, FOR SALE | Also Roofing Material | RAILS-~BOILERS 1. Cohen & Ca. MONTREAL STREET Phone fo [Hard Wood | bap