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PAGE FOUR \ i » THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY MAY 8, 1918. ee THE BRITISH WHIG A LL ro Published Daily and Semi-Weekiy by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO. LIMITFD, « +. President Editor and Managing-Director. i. a. Eliott oN man utidg - Jelephanen: SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily Edition) One year, delivered in city One year, if paid in advance One year, by mall to rural offices 32.5 vear, to United States 330 (Semi-Weekly Edition) year, by matl, cash year, if not pald in advance 3 50 year, to United States 1.6 Six and three months pro rata, MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVE 23 §t. Peter St, HESHNT ATIVE Hoy 1005 Traders Bank Bldg. TED STATES REPRESENTATIVE: \R Northrup, 225 Fifth Ave, New York ¥.R.Northrup, 32:0 Ass'n Bldg. Chicago Letters to the Editor are published anly over the actual name of the er. Attached Is one of the best job printing offices In Canada. The eirenintion of THE BRITISH WHIG Ix nuthenticated bx the ABvov Audit Bureau of Olrculations. That is a heartening message that Lloyd-George brings back from the front: "Be of good cheer: we are all ; Tight." "The only Germans who have reached (Paris, so far, are those who travelled thither in French hospital trains. The enemy alien jn Canada will henceforth have to walk the siraignt and narrow path, The Great War Veterans are on his trail. "Clean up weeks' are now under way in many towns and. cities. The idea is an excellent one, and might profitably be adopted in Kingston Here is a good war-time menu from the Fort Wayne News: "'Swat the fly, shoot the spy, swear off on ple, guit-drinking rye and never say die." Are the vacant lots in Kingston being mobilized for war purposcs? The need this year is greater than fast year, but the first, fine en- thusiasm seems to be lacking. Next Sunday is Mother's Day. Don't stop at wearing a flower in her honor; lwrite her a létter of hope, and love, and faith, She is the hest friend you ever had, and all that you are or may be you owe to her and to the sacrifices she" made on your behalf. A Hatters Bay protests against be- ing a naval graveyard, and Insists that marine hulks be removed. In this respect Portsmouth shows "more civic pride than Kingston. Our lower harbor is strewn with the wrecks of vessels that should hav» been otherwise disposed of by their owners. { The Great War Veterans do right in protesting against civilian ap- pointments to the Customs House staff when returned men are avail- able. Other things being equal, the returned man should have the pre- ference every time. The public rer- vice, however, would suffer if uns qualified men were appointed. "The Globe refers to the Canadian Senate as "in irresponsible, expen- ~ sive, and autocratic legislative Jux- ary." I it is that--and we agree with the Globe's contention--then why not abolish it? We are learn- ing to do without many things these days, and the elimination of one . more {useless extravagance would be | fighting; Vig advoeat- shortage of the candy stores should be pleased to mote that old simila#® wired the immediate ac- Sugar, as a has been re- as a luxury should be for- Some days s ed that, in vi the sugar and lee closed it the War Veterans views, and that they Government advising tion along this line necessity in the homs, duced in volume; sug in ice cream parlors, bidden cream park Great have A Worray CAUSE. The fed Triangle, or Military Y. M JC. AY, campaign, deserves every support and encouragement. Kings- ton is expected to raise $15,000 in three days, and it ought to exceed this objective. The time is short, the canvassers are busy men, and it therefore becomes the duty of every citizen to respond readily and gen- eérously to their appeal. Y. M. C. A work at the front 'has been of in- estimable value. Many of its secre- taries have heen under continuoug shell fire: Ten days after the Can- *l adians began their Somnie offensive the Red Triangle had thirty-seven centres operating on the battle- field. Its work, however, is not confined' to the war-stricken areas. Its secretaries and their dugouts are to be found in France*and Flanders, Mesopotamia and Palestine, in every field where the Alted armies arc and they are also very much in evidence with the non-com- batant forces. '"Till the boys wome home" the Y.M.C.A. takes home to the boys. At the sign of the Red Triangle the lonesome lumberjack, pining for his "ain countrie," can find American andl Canadian magazines. He can purchase, for a nominal rate, numer- ous variations of camp diet, such as hpt cold drinks, sandwiches, pastries and cakes. Touching the lives of our men so intimately on their spiritual, mental and physical sides, the work of the Canadian Y, IM. C. 'A. has earned the ever-in- creasing gratitude and unstinted support of every Canadian at home. The association to-day appeals for your help. It merits and it needs your assistance. Give freely. The cause could not be worthier, the need more urgent, Every dollar you contribute helps to ease the burden of our boys who are stand- ing between us and the Hun; be- tween the forees of civilization and the hords of a hateful barbarism, or WAYS OF RAISING MONEY. The return of spring seems to bring added alertness to the femin- ine mind, and in times of peace this impulse 'works itself out in spring house~cleaning . and doing the fam- ily sewing. This year, however, tha "gpring drive" at home concerns it- self with contriving ingenious ways of raising money for various war charities. We are all familiar with certain of these laudable efforts, such as the mimmage" sale, the tag day, knitting and sewing bands, ete. New devices for raising of funds are constantly beldg introduced, and most of them are proving very suec- cessful. In England there is the pearl campaign for the benefit of the Red Cross. Every woman who possesses a pearl necklace is asked to donate at least one of the perfect pearls towards the making of an en- tirely mew' Red Cross necklaes, which, when sold, will add a "King's ransom' more or less to the funds of thé British Red Cross. Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary, Prin-| cess Victoria and Princess Mary 'have already sent in. their contribu- tions of perfect gems, and the list of donors grows daily. The idea of contributing a pegrl was préceded by the jewel fund campaign in the hands of titled Eng- lish women who donated necklaces, tiaras and gems in various settings in order to raise a fund for provid- ing model clinics for babies and mothers. The same impulse is tak- ing a much more humble form "in Canada. Instead of pearls and jew- els there is being inaugurated in many of our cities a "trinkets fund" Qold and silver is solicited, and the idea is to secure the thou- sands of pieces which are out of date or have become entirely useless except for the metal composing the pieces. Table silver and discarded jewelry make up the bulk of the contributions, and these are melted and sald as metal. ~~ = ema of hte Dy. | Capt C21 [Extract from Jetier mother, or rather to my step-moth- er, for the first time in over thirty- | tive years. JI. was just about ten | when my wothek died; and when my father decided to retnart I clearad | out and went to cause J was not happy, hut simply not be my_ mother i heard from her direct, Not or un because she havh to hear and she was right. opened up a which resulted in! y leave with my fath- er and mot} in September; and pl eould not have had a happier time than that visit gave sme. I theugit you would be interested that, captain, and you for the paper." : This is probably just one of many similar 'incidents and shows the worthwhileness observing the day. whole matter up. It correspondence my spending of BB ee Ge pb BPP BERR R Re Rb e Se + * PASS UP YOUR COIN. 4 -- * The Red Triangle campaign % to raise $2,250,000 in Canada % to carry on its important work 3 "over there" and "over here" + Is progressing finely. + "I hope and believe the re- "+ sponse' do the appeal will be + generous," says Premier Bor- + den. * "I confidently appeal to the # people 4f Canada to provide the # necessary means," says the % Duke of Devonshire, a These men know what an es- % sential cog the Red Triangle *% work is in the win-the-war ma = # chinery of the Allies. + Bebe dedetodeddede tod ootons CAUSED MUCH ADO; POLICE HAL HAD MYSTERY for Aviator Suspected Boys Theft of Gloves But They Turned Up. On Friday last one of the aviators who made visit to Kingston lost a valuahle pair of gloves---at least he was of the opinion that his glove had been purloined. Immediately there was a great ado about the gloves. Four lads, who were attract- ed to the scene when the airmen made their landing, were suspected | of having taken the gloves, matter was reported to the police. On Saturday last, the were asked to go to tlve police sta- tion, where they were questioned about the "gloves, but all that they knew 'nothing about missing articles. The youngsters were allowed to go, as no charge had been lodged against them, police hunted high and low for the gloves, but it was not until Tuesday morning that the mystery was solved, when a letter was received from the aviator in Degeronto, in which he stated that he had found the missing pair of glovés where they had been placed by one of his companions in a box on his aeroplane, A Berlin chemical firm has a new- ly-invented drug which, though not forming a substitute for the mini- mum daily sustenance, is an excellant preparation for stilling premature hunger, and enables one to hold out' until the next meal time. The charge against Dr. Horace Legault, Ottawa, of making an offer of money to an officer of a médical board, contrary to military service regulations, came up in Police Court, but the case was adjourned till Thursday. In the Commons on Tuesday, H. C. Hocken and Hon, Rodolphe Lemieux crossed swords, The debate was on the Orange Sentinel and Quebec. Ler | would | never | for the simple | reason that she felt I did mot want | Jut the | letter on that special paper fixed the | to know | 1 want to thank | oid $e8IEEbEsLEI LEBEL of | Wil ensure the saving of this sea- 23 more and the | four hoys| declared | the | and the { proposed road in connection with RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WAR AUSTRIAN iN pe STODY OF THE POLICE SAYS HE STARTED IT. I His Mind Has Becolpe Unbalanced As a Result of Worry Over the War--Violated His Parole at Sud- bury. "I'm the man responsible for this | war, and they are going to burn me {up for-starting it." Worry over the war, this own troubles, have unbalanced {the mind of an Austrian, about forty i years of age, 'who is in the custody of the local police, It is likely that {he will have to be placed in an in- {sane asylum. He declares that he, {and he only, is responsible for all the {bloodshed fin the world's greatest { war, and says that he deserves the punishment that his awaiting him. He says that he is being hounded by men who intend to burn him up. Several days ago the Austrian was arrested on a charge of vielating his parole at Sudbury, but arrangements . were made for him, to go to work in 1a local industry. He only worked a { day, however, and came back to the ' police station, and this strange actions and talk led to his arrest a second time. A close watch is being kept on the man, as it is feared that he may {attempt to take his life. mixed with FARMERS WANT THIS YEAR'S CROPS SAVED | Don't Expect Exemption As A Class--Think Ottawa Doesn't Understand. Napanee, May 8.-- "We don't want exemption, we don't plead for ex- emption, we don't expect exemption all farmers as a class, but we do | want such necessary steps taken as | son's crops; and the only possible | step that it appears can be taken is to grant leave of absence to actual j farm workers who are now busily ong: aged producing food," declared | Jos. Hicks, Wardep of Lennox and Addington, at a special meeting of than six hundred farmers heli at Napanes on Monday afternoon to discuss conscription as affecting | farmers and production. | J. E. Harrison, Reeve of Sheffield, emphasized the need of close co-op- eration among farmers, and advo- {cated that if anything effective is to be done the farmers must go to Ot- jtawa in overwhelming numbers. | A committee consisting of one re- presentative from each township was nominated to draw up resolutions {and submit them to the United Farm- ers of Ontario, meeting at Ottawa. The following were named: Jos, | Hicks, Warden; A. B. Sexsmith, Ad- olphustown; T. H. Sills, North Fred- ericksburg; Peter Weese, Ernest: town; John L. Smith, South Freder- icksburg; James MeCormick, Rich- mond; J. BE. Harrison, Sheffield; W. H. Vannpest, Camden; R:/'W. Kimerly, | Kaladar; John Trish, Denbigh; Par- ker Waite, Bath; Samuel Miller, Am- herst Island. Likely Abolisi Toll Road. Cobourg, May 7.--Engineer Ho- garth of the Provincial Department of Highways has been 'in this local- | ity the past week, going over the the new provincial highway from Windsor to Montreal. The proposed toute between the towns of Cobourg and Port Hope is along the lakefront, doing away with the Cobourg-Port fope toll- road. Former King Constantine of Greece is said to be dying at Zurich, Switzerland. Rippling "Rhymes cloud in sight. rain that hasn't rain will make cheer up dismal make the microbes hunt their. holes. The rain will save the oats and ryes--that's what the good old rain is for; and .thus we sce, if we have eyes, that storms like this will win the war. of rain, has this | ful to complain because your picnic is postponed. roads' are dripping wet, no motor car adong them purr; but" thing to fret bécause your joyride won't Ww THE COLD RAIN 5 >The wind is cold, the sky is wet, the rain's con- tinuous and moist; who on the sunny days rejoiced. Some voters are so poorly built, ther-view a dark day with affsight; they think that all the beans are spilt if there should be a it roaring up the flue; and here I sit and swat my lyre, and raise a happy howdydo. Jng down the pane, and do not throw a morbid fit, The and many people sigh and fret But I have made a gaudy fire, 1 hear I look out at the liquid sense enough to quit, and see it wash- the fields more fair, and thaf should souls; and it will purify the air, and How often, through a lac) drouth stricken country groaned! : The co The "Wilhelmina," "Help! Help ! The Military Y.M.C.A Do It Now ! Do It Today Where Society Brand Clothes Come From THE BILTMORE : As illustrated, is an example of a model especially designed for men of more mature years, and those inclined to dress conservative- ly, but who wish a touch of style without being extreme. 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