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6. - TE ad ---- THE "BRITISH WHIG | THE UNCLEAN MADE CLEANER. : 87th YEAR, { . The work done by the Board of Health stands out. ag a feature of WEEE TD TRTS 0: { early In the year to force the owners of unclean places .to make their buildings sanitary -and wholesomé, and fo let the light into dark places. | {A couple of dwellings, which were | more like pig pens than human habi- ' tations, were closed up, and then d 95% out . | of the members of the Leagie. The | stenatories to the covenant are call- {ed upon to declare : (a) that all sR RRR isis Asal a existing deliminations are just and } expedient ; (b) that' they will con- | tinue indefinitely to be just and ed: ! pédient ; will be responsible therefor. The {undertaking seems to involve initi- {ally a careful survey, consideration |and determination of all territorial (c) that the signatories | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG mandhents, and that's all the wialth the -dear old lady had! , The K Phe Wigwam ~Rashdar- Par Rockton, Ofit. Walt Maosn THE POET PHILOSOPHEB t TENTING TO-NIGHT. the 1] HI ---- i ST ------ -- THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16. - HD pe TRARY a TTR eS a A RR cc TR CR RO TE TRA ATE a BIBBY'S Hm WHERE. PRE-WAR PRICES PREVAIL other owners of places that were | questions between the various states ' Ga, I cannot pay the rent that : ublisnea Daily and Semi-Weekly by E BRITISH WHIG CO., LIMITED Editor and UBLISHING | | masHy | make their places cleanet and more | the signatories are not called upon |. President | COMfortable for the heasts of bur- | to participate actively therein, | as a result of such war, the nation | anything but sanitary took notice | who becomes parties to the covenant. | i | which, | ! | Managing Director | ELEPHONES: ce ' T #iness Off! Bator ¢ Oftice SUBSCRIPTION MATES (Daily Edition) 50 @ year, delivered in city fe year, i& paid in advance ® year, by mail to rural offices $2 ® year, to United States (Bemi- Week ne year, by mail, ¢ $ ® year, if not paid In advance HH bo ne Jeak: to United States 1. Six #nd three months pro rata. UT-0F-TOUWN REPRES 'alder, 22 Bt. John St, Montreal \ M. Thompson, 462 Lumsden Blag. | that the time is propitious for a Toronto Letters to the Editor ar Only over the actual name writer ' Attached 1s one of the best job print & offices In Canada. of The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations. ENTATIVES PNA er ne } , Frequently a man is all in when | Be is found out. How to be a philanthropist: First skin your public. : -------------------- Like the coy mafden, Nickle's "No" meant "Yes." iE -------- A man is old when he develops the habit of scolding about every- thing. One who would succeed manufacture of all-wool must be a good mixer. in the clothing -------------- We all went up together, and rest Assured the first tumble will find 88 all coming down together. i -------------- Millions of people who object to Righ 'food prices will never blister their own hands on a hoe handle, A -- At about the age when a girl is fond of sour pickles, a boy 8 to think he understands wo- One who is full of an ambition to something for nothing usually 8 by getting free hoard and thes. Ae Si a---------- "The quality of their head work ds to the reflection that the ser- problem is a problem in solid etry. he public sees only a man's good k, and takes no thought of the Mars of sweating that paved the for it. (4The Frenchman who hanged him- because his clothes didn't fit feyed his ambition. The noose led all right. Ome women in Rhode Island are to have organized a League for Discouragement of Talk. We 't believe it. ------ ed @. present styles simplify the ter of, determining just how will be required to fill the tmas stockings. re was widespread indignation prices" went ' up, but there to be more indignation now prices are going down. ------ physician claims to have re- two patients to sanity by their teeth: When they see Bill they will go crazy again. -- burg Sun. ------ @ farmers who aftended the 0. convention in Toronto re- gned in session until four a.m. lat hours these boys keep when t he got away from home! ~ . ---------- President-elect Harding says he j8 all the advice he can gef as OW to run the country, Most N8 get all the advice we want, as ow-to run our business, without 8. . ---------------- fer Drury wanted to extend Pe of the Farmers' party and its name' to the People's Pro- le Party, but the U.F.O. con- decided otherwise, Still, the premier had the right In ; now" is good advice. Those 10. have postponed buying because were high should realize that are now away down. Most tal are selling at cost or below To longe¥ refrain from buying foolish attitude, and ope that in o8d will work great harm to 1 ly. Buy now. 00 | 3.00 | 1.60 Em so land will | | @ published | germs o the | 1 | | his | Mayor | at the present time would appear to | | | | | | | | and cleaned up. The improvement | {has been very marked, and the re- | ticable, it is japeesty {sult will be a lessening of disease, |the future. There aspirations to which the provisions | usually breeds in filthy! ' The Board of Health has | y this | places. certainly been an active bod tection in various ways. Then the | { Humane Society came along and | urged owners of horse stables to den. Most gratifying results are | reported in this direction. Continua- 243 tion of these efforts will result in 23} Kingston becoming one of the clean-, 1 | est and most sanitary cities in | |«Canada. - | PEACE IN IRELAND. Throughout the entire Jritish | pire the prospect of peace in Ire- | be hailed as good news. | From the reports received on this | side of the Atlantic it would seem | | it the | "Peace | which will have in f a lasting peace, before Christmas," is now the slo- | truce that their efforts will not be suc- cessful. Lloyd George has expressed willingness to "explore every | avenue that might lead to a real | and lasting settlement." There can | be no doubt of his sincerity. It | peace does not come, the respon- | sibility will not be upon his shoul- ders, but upon the shoulders of the Sinn Fein extremists. The biggest obstacle in the way be the lack of any person able to speak with authority on behalf of the Irish people. ' The Sinn Fein ex- tremists have declared that to com- mence negotiations with the British government would be an act of treachery. Father O'Flanagan, act- ing president of the Sinn Fein, has expressed a willingness to make peace at once, but there is no evi- dence_as to what authority he has. | Eamonn De Valera, self-appointed | president of the Irish "republic," is | still fighting his battle in safety from a neutral country four thou- sand miles away. He might be able to speak with authority, but he evi: dently values his freedom too highly to risk a trip to Ireland. Having heard only one side of the story | since his voluntary exile, however, | he cannot have any real knowledge | of present conditions. Arthur Grif= | tith, leader of the moderates, is in prison, and cannot take part in any | negotiatibns until released. Thus | there 18 no one who can come for- | ward with authority to effect a settlement of the situation. Mean- | while, negotiations are in progress and the reign of terror seems to be | halted for a time at least. These in themselves are encouraging signs, and there is room for hope that "peace by Christmas" wil become an accomplished fact. THE CONSISTENCY OF CANADA'S i DELEGATES. The United States is evidently not the only country in which objection is taken to Article X of the covenant of the League of Nations. Hon. C. J. Doherty, one of Canada's dele- gates to the assembly of the League, in propoging that this article be eliminated from the covenant, said that Canadians were opposed to this article on principle, and that his proposal was made from an entirely anadian standpoint. The article In question was the one on which was centred the opposition of the Republicans in the United States to the League and the Peace Treaty, and if it were eliminated there would probably be no further ob- stacle in the way of entry of the United States into the League. This article reads as follows : "The members of the League undertake to respect and preserve a8 against external aggression the territorial integrity and the existing political independence of all mem- bers of the League. In case of any such aggression, the council shall advise upon the measures by which this obligation shall be fulfilled." The argument used "against this In the United Sttaes was that it would leave that country liable to all kinds of foreign entanglements. Mr. Doherty in proposing its elimi- nation, declared it to be a humbug, for the simple reason that it cannot be enforced and that there is no bo need for it so far as Canada fs concerned. In view of the fact that Mr. Doherty's action is likely to cause considerable discussion in the next session of the federal parlia- ment, 4 Is interesting to note that Sir Robert Borden, head of the Canadian delegation to the peace conference, raised objection to Are ticle X. In his objection he said : "It is submitted that this article should be struck out or materially changed. It involves an understand- ing by the high contracting partiep to preserve the existing political in- |' Even if such a suryey were prac- | e to forecast of the Peace Treaty will not do jus- tice, and which cannot be perman- | | year, and has given the people pro- {ently repressed. Subsequent articles | contemplate the possibility of war | between two or more of the signa- tories, under such conditions that If, 'attacked occupies and proposes to annex (possibly with the consent of | a majority of the population) a por- tion of the térritory of the aggres- sor, what is to be the operation of | this article ?" This was the objection raised by Canada's delegates, and the action they suggested at that time was the f But, as | elimination of Article X. Sir Robert Borden's report says : "The view expressed in these ob- | servations did not prevail, and Article X was embodied in the final | practically | original of the covenant in terms as in text the the same - | gan of those who have the welfare | draft." {ot the country at heart, and there | {can be very Htile reason to believe | J. Doherty atted with perfect con- | ] i sistency in taking the first oppor- tunity presented to propose striking ! It will thus be seen that Hon. C. out the objectionable Article X. smmars----te--Sa---- '} MUSINGS UF THE aHAn] | ow | The Buried Treasure, She was reputed rich. 1 knew better. I was, and am, her executor. She used to teach me in Sunday school. She was a beautiful old maid. Can you beat them? A beautiful old maid! Sweet and gentle, with a mystery in them, with a romance hidden somewhere, oh such exquisite things they are, and so precious! often think it is lucky ror us that | they didn't get married. What would the church--ah! the church-- do without them? These beautiful old maids belong to the church, to the whola people, they are a natienal | asset. Yes, it is lueky for us that they didn't get married, because they save the situation every ho of the day. ity that hasn't a beautiful old maid in it. She may be withered and dell- cate and feeble, but, mevertheless, she is beautiful. Some folks claim that in heaven she will get her youth back. But when she was a girl she was a regular clip, not half so loy- able, so altogether delightful as she is now. I honestly think that heaven couldn't improve on her as she is to- day. As I said in the beginning, she was reputed to be rich. I knew and know better. She juste had enough to live on and be a lady. But her nephew --how 1 hate that man---believed, like other people, that she was riah, and he camped outside her stockade and waited. He used to go to Sun- day school with me, but he quit--he wouldn't learn the Collects. (Ah! | last Sunday was the second Sunday in Advent. She told me that if I ever wrote anything half as good as that I would be forever famous. "Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scripture to be written for our learning; grant that wé may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of Thy Holy Word we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life which Thou hast giv- en us in our Saviour Jesus Christ our Lord.--Amen." There was an open cellar where a house had stood right hehind her little home and she suddenly decided to have it filled up. She deposited & little box in the bottom of the cellar and then intimated to Joe Spuipin, the _ contractor, that he could dump soil in there if he had a mind to. She wanted a flower bed. Her nephew watched the process with eager eyes. Them eyes are too close together and he licks his dry lips too often. He wanted to dig into that-cellar,, I told him to keep away from that cellar, One- thing about him, his hatred Of me is frank and open. He is no bypocrite and in these canting days that's real virtue. I told him when his aunt died and her will was pro- bated he\¢ould excavate that cellar, but no sooner, See? / She died and, after Que course, I gave him the right to scoop up the old cellar. It cost him about a hun- dred and fifty dollars. You can't hire a man and a team and a scraper to-day for less than $2, and sholvel- lers get six dollars a day. All the loafers within fifty miles had re- served seats. He should have had a grand stand by rights and charged | admission. He stood up om an old packing case licking his dry lips with a tongue that wouldn't wet a postage stamp. And the ceremony began. He clawed over every shovel- ful and at the end of the third day they reached the hoit6m of the old cellar and--the box. What do you suppose was in the x? A copy of the Lord's Prayer \and the Ten Commandments! . A tatter- ed doll, a string of glass beads and & picture of Santa Claus climbing: into a 'chimney. That was all. i Bevis od People disperse from a fune n 4 gay and ha frame of miffa, ": Her neph>w says that I know 'where her treasure is and that I've got it. I whaled him as long as I could stand over him, and now he says he's going to have me arrested. "Alright," 1 said, "I want You fn police court for about half an hour ~come on!" > , He won't come on. He has ay be national | r It is a desolate TL) | | profiteers demand, so I'm living in a tent on some waste and vacant land. In the wintertime the snow will be | packed around mé dee and the bitter blasts will blow through my whiskers while I sleep. And the tent | 18 old and brown, and it sags against | its poles, and the rain comes slop- { ping down through a roof that's full of holes. To extremities I'm brought in this golden age, by George! "Twas for this my fathers fought through | the snow at Valley Forge. And at Gettysburg my dad gave a leg and { collarbone, little thinking that his lad would be tenting here alone; tenting in a canvas shack, far from cheerful mart and street, water run- ning down his badk and his side- boards full of sle§t/ And my uncle, when he went to dppose the hosts of Spain, had no vision of this tent where I'm sitting in the rain And | the rain comes in a flood, with a i flourish and a rush, and my ears are | full of mud, and my shoes are full of | slush. Driven by the profiteers from the cottages and flats, here I sit and wag my ears, and my dome is full of | bats Here | sit and eat my prunes ~there are thousands fixed like me in this land of precious boous, in this country of the free! : ~-- WALT MASON. | PUBLIC OPINION a a OD BB Be Bm Gre en Be Bree Breen Unsolved Mystery. (Houston Post) | We can't understand why eggs shoud be so expensive when there is to be so little Christmas eggnog. The Business Case. (Baltimore American) The man who looks for a long | period of business depression is quite | 28 foollsh as the one who thought war-profits could last forever. Would Work Overtime. (Knoxville Sentinel) Woodrow Wilson will write his- | tory, it Is said. He will have to vio- | 1ate union rules if he | as he has made, Ready To Join. | (Chaparral) { Minister--"Would you care to join new missionary move- ! lus in the | ment?" Miss. Ala Mode--"I'm crazy to try Is it any thing like the fox-trot?" Information Withheld. i (Pistsburgh Dispatch) { What difference does it make how | cheap hogs on the hoof are if pork it. on the counter knows flothing about it? -------------- The Spirit of Christmas. (Boston Globe) The real Santa Claus is the spirit | | of giving, and those who accept his | control are careful to observe his fun- damental rule of invisibility. ceals himself, asks nothing, wants The View, (Detroit ¥ree Press) United States reduce her arament oF long as the United States increases hefs. Per- haps if Japan would quit blustering over California land legislation and feel more like reducing. THE FOOD WAS CHEAP Value. Side grocery recently, bookkeeper, purchased one half pound of sausage and one-quarter cents. y Wohl, a bachelor, procured the sausage for his breakfast. Eating, his teeth came in contact with something hard. He spit it out, and vowed he'd never buy sausage again. He picked up the offending par- ticle, found it to be a perfectly cut diamond, then went back to the gro- cery. - 'Watcha want," dsked "Fifteen cents worth please." . the grocen of sausage, Declared a Luxury, Atlantic City, N.J., Dec. 16.--A woman's tailored suit costing $125 is a luxury, it has been officially de- creed here. The decision was made in a suit brought by Reuben Turner, a local tailor, to recover from Elihu B. Frost, President of the Submarine Boat Corporation, the cost of two suits ordered by Mrs. Frost, who is living apart from Wer husband. Judge Re- who contended the suits at $125 each were a "luxury", and dismissed the action. > Mayor Church, Toronto, was elect- ed an honorary member of the ! International ball League at the annual meeting in New York, THOMAS COPLE py Tolphone 987. se SR Sl Sa t mttenm Sho tied, P SHAREHOLDERS have you Caen Your Fruit for NEW FRUITS Lemon, nge. Citron Peels. Oranges, Grapefruit. 3 Nuts, Celery, etc. SPECIAL! - dependence and territorial integrity rn enough. He hath got "his aunt's Lord's Prayer and her Ten Com. | | writes as much | The | full flavor of the high delight of giv- | ing is only tasted when the giver con- | nothing not even thanks--in return. | Viscount Ishii says Japan cannot ! allied topics, the United States night And Yet It Held Diamond of Much | New York, Dee. 16.--In an Fast | Harry Wohl, carats of diamondg--all for fifteen | Ppette upheld counsel for Mr. Frost, |. ' Real swank HEE HANG KNITTED G Extra special $1.00, $1. HH f JHA I i England; extra sp - HHH 1 i 1 Hn models; newest s tra special values ' i t YOUNG MEN' Hand-tailored garments; in the real classy models; hun- dreds to choose from. --$35.00-- Other Suits .. $18.50 to $45. YOUNG MEN'S : OVERCOATS --$27.50and $35.00. | Other Overcoats $20 to $50. KNITTED SCARF Soft comfy ones; made in --$1.75-- Others ....$1.50 to $3.50 MEN'S SHOES Fine quality Shoes; all new --$7.75.. S SUITS | RAI $ y one. Extra LOVES values. 25, $1.50 - --eXtra The Moore ecial values SILK KNI New two to value. hades. Ex- Pure $1.00, Good rain or shine; good col- orings; neat models, Other Raincoats: $7.50, $10, $12.50, $15.00. MEN'S SPORT COATS All Wool Mackinaw Cloth. --$12.50-- MEN'S HATS Newest styles; newest shades The Kenmore The Borsalino . . . os $7.75 --$2. MEN'S FANCY HOSE NCOATS 18.50-- Special Value fine quality. cave, 33.75 vires 80.75 TTED SCARFS nes; extra special 98 each-- Cashmere $1.25, $1.50 (mm Ny ; | | The cheapest, high-class Range on the market to-day. . BUNT'S HARDWARE. 4 4 KING ST. PHONE 388. nt -- Ay Sells BROCK The Man Who Knows and Gourdier's Furs STREET, 0 er rr ee rere ---------- I LT McCLARY"S FAMOUS PANDORA RANGE New Jordan Almonds New Table Raisins New Table Figs Jas. REDDEN & Co. Phones 20 aud 909, FARMS FOR SALE 119 acres, 3 miles from Kingston, ou a leading road, new rn, with siavies 30 by 40 feet--small dwelling, nearly new; about 40 acres now under cultivation; about 3v acres of Yaluabie wood, ciuefly maple. Price 34,000. 86 acres on the Bath Road; Pleasant location ou the Bay of Quinte; over 80 acres nurse class soil under cultivation; 800d buildings. Price $6600. We. have also a large list of fans of ail sizes and prices, T. J. Lockhart Real Estate and Insurance KINGSTON, Ont. Phone 1085w or 17973. STOVE COAL .... NUTEOAL........ PeaCoal ...2......... SOWARDS EGGICOAL....... =. 7 Carrying 50c. extra. PHONE 165. ALL SALES FOR CASH. Phone orders C.0.p. $16.50 per ton $16.50 per ton «+ ...$16.50 per ton «+...$15.00 per ton COAL CO. 2706 Bagot Street ROVinson Bros' Old Stand G Hunter Ogilvie INSURANCE AND GENERAL BROKER In daily communication with Mont- rea] and Toronto Stock Exchanges. Dominion, Provincial and Muniei- pal Bonds for sale. 281 KING STREET Phones 568) & 1087 DAVID SCOTT Plumber Plamblog and Gas Werk a special. to. All work woRranteed. Address 145 Frontenac Street. Phone 1277, oe Tee Crescent Wire Works Fencing, Guards, Baskets, Flower borders, Wire Work of all kinds, man- ufactured by:-- PARTRIDGE & SOY 62 King Stréet West Phone 380, Residence 918w, | . | -> Christmas Gifts , Our stock is larger and more beautiful, and' our prices mote attractive than ever, ~Solid French Ivory Toflet Articles. =--Manicure Cases and Rolls. ~--Perfumes and Toilet Waters in exquisite odors. --Sachet Powders in individual glass-stoppered bottles, ==Stationery in dainty boses and colors. ~Gifts for Physicians and Nurses, Dr. Chown's Drug Store 185 Princess St. Phone $43. { Coal That Suits Lake Ontario Trout and Whitefish, Fresh Sea Salmon, Had- dock, Halibut and Cod BOOTH FISHEIERS Candin Ca - The Delaware, Lackawanua an] Western Railroad's Celebrated Scranton Coal The Standard-Anthractte The only Coal handled by Crawford Foot of "ees Si. "It's a black busine.. oul we © tres¢ you whi." +