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38 87th Y THE BRITISH WHIG| _ c EAR. Published Dally ang Semi-Weekly by . THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO., LIMITED 4: G. EHletr President Leman A. Guild .. Editor and Mm ging Director TELEPHONES, siness Office itorial Rooms 'ob Oftice cesses 243 292 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) 5 year, delivered in elty ,, 8.00 5.00 2.50 3.00 mall, cash $1.00 aid in advance $1.50 . 1.50 ne year, if paid In advance . ¥ ne year, by mall to rural offices Ne ygar, to United States (Semi-Weekiy Edition) . One year, by ne year, if not ne year, to United States 8ix and three months pro rata. OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES F. Calder, 22 St. John S . t. Montreal, F. M. Thompson, 402 Lumsden Bldg. Toronto, are published name of the Letters to the Editor only over the actual writer. Attached is one of the best Job print- Ing offices in Canada. 'The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations. Credit, they say, is becoming nor- mal. Just so, many men find they can get none of it now. Sr ---------- It was a wise man who said that & good party man's first duty is to do his best to keep his party good. tm ------ Just now there is no prohibition against drinking water, and yet the country is fuil of men who won't touch it. ie t------ The Washington Post thinks if legislation goes much farther it will require a doctor's certificate to buy # yeast cake. -------------- These Christmas days the man with a smile that won't come off | must have a pocket book like unto & Rockefeller, An English writer is in America to find an ideal man. And a thou- sand good wives will at once name their husbands. * 'A United States paper declares that the Canadian border, 3,000 miles long, is a problem just now, as every inch of it is porous, t--iee prat------ What benefit can Greece obtain by putting 'Tino on the throne if the Allies refuse to recognzie him ? The Outlook is not at all promising. It has been said that man {is al- Ways tried by his peers. But with Women on the jury we presume they will be tried by their peeresses ! ------------ Get all the civic departments un- der one roof. It will be handy for » the public, a time-saver and likewise & saving of unnecessary expense. * There will be no reduction in the Price of diamonds, No matter, the plumbers and electricians wil) still Mave the monopoly in buying them. ---- "It Kingston had two score of eiti- 200s as zealous and earnest for the city's upbuilding as J, M. Campbell 5, this old burg would hum and Ww. All things come to the man' who Waits. The day has gone by when he has to worry about stepping on his wife's skirt and tearing off the ftinge, or flounces, or whatever else it once was. -------- The Christian Guardian is con- vinced that the remedy for the dis- eontent and. dissatisfaction of" the ~ World fs not altogether or chiefly ] men should have more in their Ockets, but rather that they should have more in their minds and : ---------- A protective tariff in Canada days of declining prices is a thing for it will stave oft a leat dumping of goods, along the 0 miles of the border, trom our neighbors. Our own in- 8 will have a chanee at our h markets. ah ---------- e Whig's Christmas number ks for itself. It has been a i¥y work for.its staff, but all re- 1 is as a labor of love and trust Will meet with the favor of the public. Night and day its ines have been working at high d to produce it. The joint Industries committee ot Somme and Board of Trade men, b frst time ever attempted, has worked out admirably and has re- ted in great bemefit to the city. has bean the utmost harmony & splendid spirit created that 1 well for advancement alodg industrial Ines, 3 {to take tn A CHRISTMAS APPEAL. With unemployment creating a JBerious problem for the forming a largs percgntage. of those in the ranks of the unemployed, it {looks as if Christmas will be as | dreary as a wet night in the trénches | for some veterans and their fami- ties. In a few days Christmas will be here, 'and every day is adding to the number of families which are | facing Christmas without any hope of having much of the joy which is associated with the Christmas sea- son. There are families, many of them, in Kingston, in which the mothers and fathers know that not only can they put nothing in their kiddies' stockings, but that there may not be enough stockings to sup- ply the family ; and how can there ibe any Christmas cheer when daddy {1s out of work, and there ig little | food, or wood or coal in the house, not to mention presents ? It is indeed true the conditions this Christmas are worse than they 220! have been for many years, and sol- | dters' families are in most cases the greatest sufferers. The set back has come before the soldiers had time to provide for such an emergency after the years spent in the army, working ! } classes, and with returned soldiers | THE would soon realize that we have a great'deal for which to be thankful" + -------- CHRISTMAS, 1920. Two years ago the world heard | the sound of tramping feet, as war- {weary soldiers returned for their | first home Christmas in years. One | year ago we marvelled thit it seem- [ed so short a time sincg that first Christmas of peace and could hard- {ly believe that a year had rolled by | since the time when the-roll of the guns had ceased. This year the time still seems shorter than it really is. It does not seem two years since that glorious time when the world was too thank- ful for the armistice to think of apything else. And Yet those two years have dimmed the memory of the war. Those strenuous days, al- though they still seem s0 near, are gradually fading into the back- ground. Many of the boys have re- turned and have resumed their old places, and it is only the memory of those who have mot returned that keeps the time of battle from fading from our thoughts altogether. The terrors of war have passed away, and yet the world is still look- {Ing for that wonderful 'peace' which was talked about for so long {and they are the keenest sufferers | While its armies were in the field. In Toronto and other centres, bread |The People are still waiting for lines and shelters | operation. Such things, we are glad | to say, | Kingston, | want and su {in which th {dreary and cheerless Christmas, The | Decessity" to cease. } City Poor | | 80 numerous | it had . not quate relief. Surely Relief Committees was | {shocked to find that such cases were | 5ecure food and: clothes at prices » nd was grieved that | Within their reach, without denying the funds to give ade- | themselves of all the little pleasures are already {pn |those old-time liberties accorded de- | cent people in free countries which Are not yet necessary in | Were to be restored "after the war." But there are Cases of { They still watch for all the persecu- ffering in the city, cases | tion carried on for petty vengeance (2 e families will spend a | and gain under the name of "war | They still look torward to the time when they may | which mark the difference between the citizens of Kingston | life and bare existence. After listen- | Who are in the fortunate position of | IDE for four years to the fact that | having sufficient to supply all the | they were fighting for democracy, wants and desires, will not, at this |they naturally turn now to the tme, be forgetful of those who are | POWers-that-be in some slight expec- comfortless. An effort {made to ensure th family shall be looked after | Christmas Day. should be | tation of that democracy. at every. needy | hopes not be in vain. on | Either by finding | have been events and omens which During the last few months there out the needs of particular cases, or | point the way to the betterment of by assisting the reljet committee in fits work, those who are able ought to help in bringing brightness into these cheerless homes at this season, the spirit of which is that-of giving. -------- CAUSE FOR THANKFULNESS. It is quite a natural thing for Can- adians to have a feeling of pride in their country, especially when they { Pave definite knowledge of how sup- erior it is to other countries. Philip Pocock, of London, Ontario, who has just returned from ga tour of Great Britain and the continent, including Belgium, France and Italy, seems to feel this superiority for he says, in speaking of his observations: "Canada, and especially Ontarid, for me! In none of these countries can living conditions be compared with what we have here in the Dom- inion of Canada." We very rarely find people think- ing of this side of the question when discussing conditions in Canfda at the present time. We can find many people who will say the country is gcing to the dogs, that conditions are bad, that we are in for a period of de- pression, that industry is being ruin ed, and that everything in general is in a chaotic and precarious condi- tion. They never stop to think of how much cause we have for being thank- ful that the country is in so-stable and prosperous a state as it is to-day, {0 view of the fact that the whole world is still suffering from the tur- moll and unrest which have follow- ed in the wake of the war. A true es- timate of how much cause we have for thanksgiving can only be made by looking overseas and contrasting our lot with that of the people of Lritain and of Europe. Condiflons in England are still in 8 very disturbed state. The unrest caused by the miners' strike has mot entirely disappeared. The workmen and. the employers in many indus tries arel far apart, and the govern- ment is not yet out of trouble, and there is a state of nervousness all over the country. The troubles in Ireland, too, contribute largely to the unsettled state of affairs. Many arti- clés of food are still scarce, and ra- tioning still exists. Thus England is to-day in a far worse condition than Canada, France is still a long way from re- covery from her war wounds, and the labor factions there are still in the midst of a fight with the em- ployer "class. Conditions, according to competent eye-witnesses, have im- proved but little since the dark days of the war. Belgium has made a surprising re- covery in some ways, but it will be any years before living conditions -| there approach what they are in Can- ada. - In the city of Brussels alone tirere are still half a million refugees who must be cared for until they can return to their old homes. Whole sections of the country are deserted and desolate, and production has not really commenced. In comparison with theses coun. tries, Germany, Austria, Hungary, and other countries are even worse, The only inference that can be drawn { le that we in Canada are in a far bet. ter position than we are ready to acknowledge; #0 if some of those peo. [ble who are always ready to declare that the country is in a bad condi- | tion would simply broaden their view conditions in Europe, they | conditi ons all over the world. Many things have happened which show that the people, all the people, are waking up to a realization of the fact that individual desires and greed may not be all satisfied if the common good is to be furthered. Al- though there is stress in labour con- ditions all over the world, yet labour and capital are gradually working to the point where they have some ap- preciation of their dependance on each other. With such disturbances and irregularities as the war caused, it is only natural that there should be odd corners which will not {tit well in the process of remodelling the order of things. The only thing to do is to clip these corners down to shape, no matter how painful the process may be. Only by work and unusual endeavor may the peo- tion of affairs which is their dream. And so, at this Christmas season of 1920, the world looks forward hopefully to a realiZation of its dream of peace. Especially at this time of feasting and rejoicing, and also of solemn sanctity, the hopes of the race of man ascend to greater heights than they have reached in months, elevated by the discovery of the fact that men are still cheery, and charitable, and rich in the love of God and of their neighbor. Before Christmas, 1921, may we hope to see the realization of these hopes and the happiness of the world, thal' men may indeed say : "Peace on earth, good will to- wards men. Hosanna in the high- est." ---------------- PUBLIC OPINION | A Reversal of Form. (Cleveland Plain-Dealer) It was 'bound to .come with suf- frage. A lunch room sign in Detroit, reported by Akra, announces: Tables for men. Her Sense of Humor. (Washington Star '""Has your wife a sense of humor?" "I think so," replied Mr. Meekton. "The Funnier a gown looks the more she"is willing to pay for it." " Predictron, (Birmingham Age-Herald) We'll soon be asking what has be- come of the old-fashioned workman who used to stroll into a clothing store and buy a $100 suit, a dogen silk shirts and a few other little things to 'mateh. The Professor's View. (Cincinnati Enquirer) "Don't you think that a woman is entitled to a man's wages?" demand- ed the equal rights propagandist: "Well," replied the Professor, "that would depend entirely on whe- ther or not the woman is married to the man." Hard on the Schools. : News) (Lon = a ian says he rather trust e crossing sweeper for an appreciation of music than the man from the lic school, H D 3 Esra Sh ee le, More 2 (Los Ange Times: The glaring assertion is made-that at somie of the railway restaurants in the Soutitry travellers are being overcharged for food. This fs a frightful statement to make and the pity of it is it is likely to be true. The moment a man acquires tite a conspiracy seems to be ¥ May their | ple of the world realize that condi-] DAILY BRITISH 1 MUSINGS OF THE KHAN | | Making Tings Go. { "I would never have the slighest | difficuity," quoth . Santa Claus, "if {I could find people who could make | things go." "1 will lend you Sar' Ann," I sald. { "It would be a nice change for her. | She 'can make things go. She can {make anything go. A wringer, an {old sewing machine--a clock, she |can make it go." " "Tis a gift," said Santa Claus. "Yes, it is a gift, and a rare fone, 1 said. 'I remember a man by the name of Jock Kirk who could make a horse go. I don't care how | old the horse was or haw decrevit, he could make him go. Otuer men couldn't get, him- out of the stable only 'with 'a derrick, and when hitched up he wouldn't tighten 'a trace; but Jock would go to work jah him and that steed would ca- fyort and r'ar up and prance and | dance and show off something scan- | dalous, and Jock would up'n sell him for a hundred bucks--I don't know how he did it." "It is a gift," sald Santa Claus thoughtfully, "Is there an old run-down con- cern in this land," I went on, | "some old wreck of a business that |is on its last legs? O Santa! it is |@ crime to let these old things die. | They represent 80 much of brains |and sacrifice and splendid endeav- or in the past. The best parts of many noble lives were built into it and now it is a doddering old wreck. | Somewhere in this land there is a i man who could Jmnake it go. He | would blow in with a battered old | valise, containing a pair of socks and j one night shirt, and he would make Bo. What is it--is it magic?" "It 1s magle," said Santa softly. "It must be. Greater men, wiser men, more learned men have tried it and they failed lamentably. Along {comes this wizard wko never had | credit for ten dollars in his life |and he will breeze into the ruins {and, behold you, they will blossom {dike the roses, or is it the green | bay tree? Who are these people [and where do they come from any- |way? "They come," explained Santa, "from the Land of Necessity. To- day if anything goes wrong with a show or a shop they call in an | expert. This is an age of experis. In the good old days a man would {set to work and fix it up himself. This nation was built on a great stock of wmakeshifts and the age of makeshifts was her golden age. Oh, boy, men had to think then. You |could not hire or pay: anyone to think for you. Such people were {not to be .had--you were obliged | |to think for Yourself. The so-called | expert is the menace of the age. The ordinary citizen doesn't think. | Thinking is a difficult process and why think when you can have it done for you." "0 Saata," I cried, one an expert?" "Yes, he is an expert at some- thing--but he can't make it go. There is only one expert and that Is the fellow who can make it go. There be no other experts. The | curse of your civilization to-day is | that it is crawling with alleged ex- perts who can't make it go. They can tinker it and send in their bill, but he, she or it won't go." "I should think, O Santa! that it would be no trouble at all for you | to get one of these." "The week after Chritmas," said i Santa with a smile, "I will send my | experts broadcast over the land, for | they will be needed. The little ex- | press train wor't rum, the auto | won't go, tha monkey won't climb, | the tin canary won't sing, the doljie won't ery, and--" 3 And your experts will make them | go?" "Dldn't I tell you," quoth Santa fi- patiently, 'that a man who could | make anything go couldn't be got | for love or money?" HAT AIA ; "is not every- The Khan. The Wigwam, Rushdale Farm, Rockton, Ont. | Walt Mason THE POET PHILOSOPHER Satu DEMORALIZING. For old time ways my spirit pants, o'er modern ways I groan; in olden times my maiden aunts let politics alone. And there were then attrac. tive girls, I truthfully may state; they had their hair done up in curls, their hats were up to date. They looked with cold and scornful eyes on statesmen and their game; they'd talk for hours of cakes and pies, and how to make the same. But housework now they deem a frost, they balk at stéwing prunes; they say they'll save at any cost, our bul- warks and our boons. No more they fuss with pans and bowls, they stoke no kitchen fires; they talk forever of the Dolls, of green graves of our sires. To me no pancakes do they bring, they've found a nobler sphere; and I could stand this sort of thing, for there's a oro near; but, oh, it fills me with despair to see those slouchy girls! They haven't time to comb their hair, or do it up in curls; they do not care how tough they look, how seedy they appear, since they declined to sew and cook, to fill a higher sphere. My aunts are now a frowsy crew, their shoestrings all untied; and once, ah, once, I used to view those aunts with honest pride. There may be women who can mix with heelers on the street, and thrash around in polities, and still be fine ed sweet, and keep the bearing that nchants, the dignity of old; alas, alas, my seven aunts that secret do not hold! fi ~--WALT MASON, rr ---------------- Dies at the Wash Boston, Dec. 18.--Savi bank books covering deposits of $32,000 were found in the room of Miss Cath- erine elleher, a laundress, who died recently. The amount represented the savings of a lifetime. She lived in the Fields' Corner section, and her neighbors in humble circumstances Imm IA fi HR Hn HII Phones WHIG. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1920. A 2 ES BIBBY"S (HHH Ulsters. Men's Chesterfield Ulsters. Canada. IS WORTH Silk Ties that were being sold elsewhe for. ....... .... SETS | il We want to sell more Overcoats ---this is At Less Than Wholesale Prices OVERCOATS and $35.00 Young Men's Ulsterettes. Young Men's Form-Fit Ulsters Young Men's Ulsters. Real beauties. Splendid colorings. Expert tailoring. All new Coats this season. We are going to make sure of having the best Overcoats in Canada. MEN'S FINE SHIRTS --$1.98-- --$2.98-- Extra special values. MEN'S SCARFS Special values 31.75, $2.50, $2.75 $25.00 Young Men's Overcoats and --Nothing te touch these Coats at price anywhere else in Come! See for yourself] BIBBY'S $1.50 NECKWEAR and $2.50; large shape flowing ends; pure Silk, in fancy box, SUSPENDER and ARMLET in fancy box. 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