PAGE FOUR THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1916. The British Whig | | AA 83RD YEAR Vublished Dally and Semi-Weekly by YHE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO., LIMITED. President | "Managing Director | Sec.-Treas. J. G. Elllott ... Leman A. Guild .. » and Telephones: Business Office Editorial Rooms Job Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Dally Edition) year, delivered in city year, if paid in advance year, by mall to rural offic year, to United States ....... $2.50 (Semi-Weekly Edition) year, by mail, cash . $1.00 year, if not paid in adva ce $l 50 year, to United States _ . $1.60 gix and three months pro Faia Attached 1s one of the best job printing offices in Canada. One One One One One One One The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations | remotest |power of the Borden government. | would be strong enough to resist or 2] favor FALK OF COALITION: ne could present the the »n government ia no the St. Catharines ¢ conservative, and the p¢ th which It has expre ms to have been justif cumstances. There is talk « n government at Ottawa who have been f the ministry. They fa" nal government, or a gover: up of liberals and « in preference to a par'y government because there is not the | prospect Fo men mad return to] or | of a its weaknesses there is no doubt, and { of the willingness to see even the pre- mier retire there was some evidence in the recent controversy between two very eniinent politicians. There is objection to a coalition by conservatives and of the fey) The partisan wants no the "grits" under any A national government some treme type. truck with conditions. acts to which a inclined, and one repel some of the party government is can imagine what that means to the of the spoils system. Truth average liberal does not advocate to tell, the e proposed coalition hecause heroic endeavor to adminis- that would mean a brace up a niorabund tration, to give it life and stability at a time when it is in a very tottering state, The extension of ment will not help the government as would of the term of parlia- it stands The extension be the prolongation nment war. simply its is not An Change of go duri agony. desired by the s01e THE ~ WEIGHT OF BREAD. 1 London Board of with Trade ha a resolution regard inspection of weight of bread. | in its preamble, Ll | to] resolution, ex- | a profound dissatisfs action y the law as it stands. This law »s the production of loaves of | and in two sizes, by the bread tain weight, The inspector appointed 1as the power to stop a cart at any point, or upon any street, hold it while he tests the weight bread within. If the bread has n out of the oven for some time, been allowed to dry out, the While in the loaves left the of the and of the he and has weight will be short. bakery and when the oven they might have standard weight, London bakers been have a theory They ask that The that is winning favor. all inspections be made at the baker- jes. They demand the right to make | any size of loaf, in any mould, se long as the correct weight is marked upon it The argument is that it is im- possible to cut off the dough, as the law requires, of an exact and failing to get the correct in tlie first place it may be necessary to resort to species of patchworn, which they dislike. Of course it is the legislature that amends the law, and the prosposal is bound to make a furore, The baker has his sympathizers and he has his opponents. Both are invited to act sympathetically in adjusting one of the most irritating problems ofthe day. \ present weight, balance a Alderman Newman, having enjoy- ed the privileges of the Duke of Con- uaught Hotel in Hamilton, says Kingston must erect a hostelry which § \ttract the people to the city and | jem in it as long as possible. \lderman Newman is right. THE SCHOOL; THE HEALTH, The Brantford Expositor comments | upon a feature of St. Thomas' educa- tional system. A has been made that miner operations for adenoids, polypus, enlarged ton- sils, eth,, be made at the publir ex- pense, "There is-a dos connection," says the Expositor, 'between the above and similar troubles, and the dull: ness of children, and very simple operations can usually perform per- fect cures. When the parents cannot meet the cost of medical attention, in these cases, it is manifestly good business on the part of the state to assume the expense and thus remove barriers to good citizenship," The St. Thomas School Board is de- oidedly in advance of .other boards. Kingston has a medical nurse, and she reports everything which she no- tices and which she thinks should be attended to by the family physicians, The board provides that the teeth shall receive as much attention as the body, and if the dentists do not make greater progress with the cases that have been reported to them it will be necessary to consider the expediency of appointing a dentist who will do the work of the schools carefully, promptly and well. The Whig thought the school trus- tees were somewhat ahead of the times, but that seems to be a delu- gion. There are some western cities that have made a success of special ties upon which the Kingston board has not yet sxparimented to' any ex- tent, . recommendation Cannot the government regulate the cold storgge which is subsidized? Are not these cold storage plants, as a matter of fact, respomsible for the | would bring into office, probably, 7 government? | ceeded in turning the Germans, election might retire immarily some lof the colleagues that the cannot not dispose of. premier It or will and the question is, what would he do? Form a national Perhaps. The sald to be entertained by some libe- ves, but it must be minority Wilfrid Laurier, idea is rals and conservati said that they represent the of their parties. -------- It took five months for a large shipment of eggs to cross two or three Mean- cold states and reach New York. 'had long rests le the speculators paomed while they in storage whil the cost from 24c per dozen to 45 per dozen. RUMANIA TO SUFFER. The removal of the Toyal house- hold and seat of government from Bu- charest indicates the increased dan- ger of the German invasion, through the junction of Von Mackensen's and Von Falkenhayn's armies. No one can understand the strategy of the Geérmans-in their concentrated attacks upon Rumania, unless it be that the possible inroads of Russia in the south were feared. But Russia, with her left wing in touch with the Ru- manian advance, seemed to be the better fitted for the great drive which was undertaken on Lemberg. For some time this was not contemplated. All the plans were made for a smash- ing of the Austrians, The correspondent of the London Chronicle, with the Russian army, ex- his surprise with recent events. Russia had only one division in the Dobrudja. She was not ex- pecting any trouble in the 'corridor," though it was understood to be the route marked out for the travel of the Russians later towards Con- stantinople. The sudden appearance of the Germans, under Von Macken- sen, caused a hasty change in the plans of the Russians, and they suc- in driving them out of the Dobrudja, and in rescuing some of the lost ter- ritory. How it was lost in the first place was. for a time a mystery. This has now been explained. Rumania had made a compact with Bulgaria, and for peace on their frontier. Ru- mania invaded the Transylvania without providing against Bulgarian treachery. The advance of the Germans, un- der the circumstances has been as- tonishing. Once more, as in the case of Serbia, the eyes of the world are upon the latest victims of German atrocities. The erushing of the Ru- manians will not end, but will prob- ably prolong the war. It seems that Germany has accomplished the seem- ingly impossible of invading a large part of Rumania, of crossing moun- tains which appeared to offer insup- erable barriers, of putting the Allies in a serious position, of disrupting their schemes on the eastern side, and for the present of defeating held, but the Wallacian front has been held, but he Wallaclan front has been lost, and it will be simply wonderful if Bucharest is not eventually taken by the Germans. EDITORIAL NOTES. Nearly two hundred men will ap- ply to the court in Kitchener on Dec. 12th for naturalization papers. There is something afoot. What is it Do the foreigners presume to rule as electors? -------------- Recruiting Is practically standing stil, When one is impolitie encughy to let wages ihfuence him the cause suffers. The man who would rather, to ass bis owa words, "make shells at than shoot them at} presses higher cost of living? . ered or-conseripted; tor wesr-the Ross I ingly condemn t? Yet tha Ottawa. fle, wh 1 believe from way must be co contents in Kitel a new poll of t! the Janua regard ng could be n this n with to the 1 move M blames Hughes, a the tariff fc It She protectionist govern pot been getting her inspiration the Hughes family. | PUBLIC OPINION 1 Can't They, Ihdeed? ) (Montreal News) Irish-Americans have been is very nas rom collect- ing funds for another Sinn Fein ris- Can't they leave Ireland a ing. alone poor A Poor Time. (Ottawa Free Why "have they got Js raise cigar! prices just when municipal ecandi- dates are preparing to sacrifice themselWés for the dear old public? Same Old Thirst. (Montreal Mail) Ontario people dre J4doeing amusing things in their-@ffort to get over the temperance laws Prohibi tory legislation, evidently, has no ef fect on the thirst, Sac erificing L dtile, hote Is in 'ola. London will cur Christmas dinner Many things remind Canadians how little we fee] the pinch of war, 'thaul the sailors and the fleet The tail the Meaner Treason. the baser, the meaner that which betrays informa- enemy in war time, or that which, through manipulation of the market, makes blood money out of the food of the poor? The Which treason, tion to the is Have Htperienc es. (Hamiltor t What with a six- hour shy of labor, and entertainments and games in- doors and cut, residents of Sing Sing prison, New York, have an existence that many honest men outside need never hope to experience. The Drawing Card. (Guelph Mercury) Recruiters in the rural districts re- port that many of the young men are going to munition plants, and that in this way they are robbed of many recruits. Of course, it's a better job makin' shells at $3.50 a day than firing them at $1.10 a day. jancsTon i 25 YEARS AGO C. McConville, guard for many years, has been appointed a keeper at the penitentiary, Principal Grant addressed the members of St. Andréew's Society in Chalmers church, The water below Cataragui bridge and in the Wolfe Island Canal was frozen over today. w some | pusen THE BORDEN GOVERN- MENY AND ITS OLD RUT = Canadian electors They are !} hey are prof hé present in af per-| dis- Gorvern- ke the during ey disli tion yn, the only ih the per- made by hrinks re-organization. t would be Govern- from an eis would be ae the Government, Borden } p duty of n without a coalit to fiunpts the by using ma within the Conservative party. taking in men whose party affiliations are of minor importance, Bu ng 18 done in that way, nothir pt- jee. 'et the Government nme that everybody asks for another rm of office as if it wer nality, something that oug! anted without question will be ¢ ns there will be discu for extengion session of Parlia and then there ronment to me declare its intention ) t But it will not b 3 keep in the old 1 mission to remain in itl year from Octo must take -notice of the {satisfaction and adopt! will reassure 1 1 the confidence whic! he S or not 1g 3 attem to as- satisfied. It on of its e 'a mere 1t to be seems tens fo asked and ssion when the pro- # made at the Between me for the ts ways and re future. wed just to ind obtain per- for g ra posal next now Gove popular dis- ures and heen publie has Ah HOW SIR SAM HUGHES SAW KING GEORGE" stminste te . r Sam Hu 1 -with w the many C anadi an Us NOW seem 10 agree lowed by his resignation, has good service for Canad n but Canada seems to, lination to take at his own jation on that count. His name, a recent Can n biographer 'always seems to suggest hob- nailed boots. Whether he stands on a platform to speak, which he does as a rule quite badly, or trudges about a military camp, which he does very well, or bestrides a horse, of which he is very fond, or goes to bed with his boots on if has to--the boots of the Minister of Militia are alw ays respectfully to be considered. 'Sir Sam Hughes' ole Ii fe, * 'same candid critic a protest against con 'What he is he want as possible to know, of the greatest goo number. Since ever he was a four-| 'teen-year-old lad. volunteering in the !Fentan Raid or 1866, he has been in| the business of obstreperous self-ad | vertisement.' When the War Office} told him, before he had sailed from| England, that it would take six days to arrange for him an audience of the King, the biographer goes on, "Six days, nothing! 'blurted SirSam, 'I've got to see the King right away be- fore I go back to Canada." He order- ed his chauffeur fo drive direct to Buckingham Palace, where he in his card, and in half an hour---so runs the legend--he was granted an audience with the King." And res nation--at least for the time being -- is the end of it all! We whose big happily, few who are with as been fol-. done iz own have no way. in va {wrote, * he wh 1 authority as many peopie on the principle d to the greatest Random Reels "Of SKoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." 4 | 1 PUP THANKSGIVING DAY _ Thanksgiving Day is a popular an- niversary which is looked forward to with eager anticipation by every- body except the apprehensive turkey gobbler, Nobody has ever tried to explain why it is considered necessary to serve the long-grained, babbit-lined turkey on Thanksgiving Day, when the milk-fed chicken can be secured for less money and does not leave so many poignant regrets in its wake. The only part of an aged turkey which can be eaten with perfect saf- ety is the oyster stuffing, and yet in millions of homes today people are wrestling with the drop-forged turkey wing and turning away with a hopeless look. How much better it would be if we would allow the turkey to die a natural death and substitute some fowl which does not have to be carved with a set of blue- prints and a sinking heart. Thanksgiving Day was instituted by the Pilgrim Fathers to celebrate ~ed by all who survived. their escape from the English yoke and the High Church ritaal. It was] not originally intended to be a day | on which peopfe should eat them- | selves into a state of coma, which | shows how far we have fallen from the Puritan Jdeal. Thanksgiving Day in New/ England, one hundred and fifty yedrs ago, was not consider- ed complete without a sermon, which started as soon as the break- fast dishes were washed, and wound up along toward milking time. This made it a day long to be remember~] >t At present Thanksgiving Day | brings the children home from, col- lege, which makes it worth an aftack of indigestion. It is a mighty mean sort of man who can't catch the Thanksgiving spirit when he sits down to dinner surrounded by his entire family and a glistening row of yawning appetites. Such a man ought to be shoved into the war zone for a couple of weeks and have a little gratitude hammered into his system. = Rippling . Rhymes FUTURE DEEDS :F or Hire ! Who' s Your Grocer? | oon Princess St. | At Weese's New Photo Studio. Open A KODAK would be ap- Christmas preciated as a CC MENS S FINE SHOES $4.00 and $5.00 Re ii eaten Bibbys EATER MEN'S FINE SHOES Seopany yee 00 and $5.00 Young Men's Clothes Come to this store with confidence; you need not worry about the possibility of getting something you won't look well in. It's a matter of personal interest to us that every man shall look well in and be satisfied with what he buys here. friends that he was fitted with a suit or overcoat by Bibbys Limited we want his clothes to look so well on him that his friends will at once resolve to make this their store also. Suits and Overcoats ready to try on -- finished the same day. When he tells his SUITS. The Harwick, sizes Back Suits Closed and Open ? Aor mobiles Also Two Closed Cars For Sale or Exghange. Taxi Stand, Phone 201. Reo Automobiles Boyd's Garage 129 Brock Street. A A a AA We're After Your Trade. Have you tried dealing here? Call and let us fill your next order. If you want good, fresh groceries, of the best quality, appetizing cooked and smoked meats, from a clean, tidy store. Thompson's Grocery 1: Phone 387 TWELVE PRESENTS for $1, $2.50, $3 or $5. Thursday 'and Saturday Nights, Good Pictures, Good Frames, Good Pianos, These all make good presents. D. A. WEESE 168 Princess Street. - SEE OUR YOUNG MEN'S Price $15.00. Fancy tweeds; plain greys. See Bibbys $15.00 Pinch Fancy cheviots. Sizes 33 - 37 precy Sweet friend of mine, it doesn't pay to tell of things you will achieve; the golden era is today; and promises too oft deceive. today, alas, goés by and you have morrow is a vision dim, that m heart feel good. Today the man "Tomprrow I will cut much grass, tomorrow prizes will be won." Tomorrow! But nothing done. To- akes the dreamer's of sense and vim goes forth and saws three cords of wood. Today we know we are alive, our bones and thews obey our will; it is our privilege to strive, and put some kopecks in the till. Tomorrow; when the madding crowds of workers throng along the pave, we may be wearin, jaunty shrouds, all neatly dolled up for the ave The things I've done may count a bit, and gain 'some measure of applause, when | this daily round have quit, when I have crossed my pulseless paws. ' The won't make a record pr HEY ye won: the Shing}. Gift. Our stock is new and well assorted. Cam- eras from $1.25 up to $25.00; each one guaran- teed to give entire satis- faction. Would be pleas- ed to show you our stock. = At ~\ 33 to 38. to 38. lengths; Blues, J Ne SEE BIBBYS YOUNG MEN'S OVERCOATS The Broadway. Form fitting, "knee double style. Silk velvet collar. Very classy garments. browns, fancy cheviots. ~N Sizes 34 breasted Price $15. greys and A MN Felt Slippers Moccasins iE The ready to use choc-! olate. Add boiling water! only. No cooking nor| milk required. Made from the finest Shia and milk. / 25¢ and 50c¢ Tins. An ideal package for | Overseas. JAS. REDDEN & CO. | Phones 20 and 990. | 100 Acres Near the City. and land well fenced. W.H. Godwin & Son 1 | Evening Slippers HOE EET Suggestions ! No doubt you have planned to do your Christmas shopping early and decided to give useful presents. LET US SUGGEST A FEW Hockey Boots Overgaiters Dress Shoes And many other useful and very ac- ceptable gifts that we can suggest to you. J. H.Sutherland &Bro. The Home of Good Shoes. SUERTE RRR Chocolatta | Weight? Yes! Wait? No! to heat the nomes and cook the food of the people of this community. > OUR COAL has won its place on its merit alone. We know it will please its constituents CRAWFORD Kot of Queen Street. Phone 9. BE On Nov. 15th the home of Mr. and; which the contracting parties Were Mrs. J. D. Easton, Row's Corners, |their eldest daughter, wasfine scene of a pretty wedding, at and Henry Throop. Miss Mary,