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i 3 3: 5 $ ¥ i {all sections of the | visions. {such an act was by no means an en- | | |seemed to be particularly well endow- Dally and Semi~Weekily, oo blished ME BRITISH WHIG PUBLIS i CO., LIMITED | | G. Elllott ....oovviunur- ++ President Editor and | Managing-Lifirector 3 TELEPHONE Private Exchange, connecting all Bo meats SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Rally Edition) Year, in city $6.00! year, if paid in advance . ... | year, by mall to rural ohices $2.50 year, to United States . Semi-Weekly Editi | year, by mall, cash .. $1.00 | year, If not paid in adv 050 | ~ One year, to United States ......§51.5%0 OF-POWN- REPRESENTATIVES: Calder, 22 St. John St, Montreal W. Thompson 00 King St. W.| i 'oroato, . Letters te the Editor are published ly over the actual mame of th er. | {Attached is one of the best job| printing offices in Canada. --- The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG 1s authenticated by the | BRITISH WHIG! WORTH WHILE services, » The announcement that Rev. Peter Bryce, who has been chairman of the Mothers' Allowance Commission since the act came into force, has re- signed from that position, is one which wil]. be heard with regret in province where this act is finding work for its pro- The task of administering viable one, but the retiring chairman ed to carry out his duties. It is not likely that there is any politica) sig- nificance attached to his resignation, and the announcement is made that he is to take up ministerial duties in the east end of Toronto. Mr. Bryce's policy in connection with mothers' allowances is one which commends itself highly to those in touch with conditions." It Wus feared that, being a minister in cne of the districts of Toronto where conditions were not altogether pros- perous, and having been in touch with suffering and misery in-miany forms, Mr. Bryce would 'be inclined to err on the side of generosity. This fear, however, has proven to be with- out foundation. He seems to have acted cautiously, and avoided mak- ing the act too great a burden on the municipalities, which have to pay half the cost of allowances in their own limits. Instead of going ahead of public sefftiment by too extensive an interpretation of the act, he has preferred to: keep public sentiment on his side by acting judiciously, and he had artually succeeded in making the expenditures for mothers' allow- ances a popular one. This is a note- worthy achievement in a time when ABC 3 'expenditures are always open to criti- into subjection. fied with the revenge they secured 'in 1918 for the defeat of 1870, but | |are preparing for a further and more ! [complete revenge as soon ss the op- bortune time arrives. Apparently, they are making active preparations for that time, and i: is a sad com- mentary on the effectiveness of the efforts made to prevent future wars that a nation like France,w hich has suffered so much from the ravages of war, zhou.d be the first to make preparations on a !arge scale for an- other conflict. AN UNAVAILING HUNGER- STRIKE. While the drab picture of hunger gradually driving the German in- dustrial population to "a Red upris- ing that will sweep western Europe" may not be greatly overdrawn. the purpose of the Teutonic minister cf labor in making it will not be achiev- ed. It ig obviously timed to infinence Public opinion outside of Germany With respect to the apparently diver- gent British and French attitudes on the subject of reparations. Under- nourishment of Germans may be ac- cepted as a fact. Also that the wage scale of the industrial workers, which depends for its worth on the value of the mark, lies at the root of the [impending sta ation. But admitting these things does not make a basis for sympathy for the Germans, since it is within their power to alter con- ditions any time they are so minded. In effect, if not with ectual design, Germany is on a hunger-strike. Long since the order-loving peoples lost patience with this device of the re- bellious to compel the yielding of lublic warfare to selfish demands. They are not satis- | Along Life's Detour BY SAM HILL And You Call--For Help. Folks don't run over for a call The way they used to do; LAR But in this age of motor cars ry They do run over--you. > ------ Observations of Oldest Imhabitant. The reason the women of to-day think tight lacing was simply terrible | is because the loose, uncorseted effect | now is the style: i ---- The Ananiag Club. i "I get just as much pleasure work- | ing in my garden in July as I did in! May," boasted the suburbanite. Ouch! "What a lot of spendthrigts we are," remarked Mr. Grouch; "the paper says we spent $200,000,000 con- fectionery last year." "We?" snapped his wife; "what do you mean by we? The fina] zero repre- | sents all you have spent for candy for me since We have been married." Try It. 1 You can be popular | | for Kissed the Cook. He's often kissed the cook, And yet it's chused no strife; The reason is, of course, Thelr cook is his own wife. E'en though you have no pelf, If you will learn to keep Your troubles.to yourself: tn Still Have Them. | Blinks--""The world isn't as bad as] it used to be. We don't have those terrible instruments of torture any | more." | Jinks--'Say, did you ever take a | trip In a flivver?" Old-Hat Note. Giving away the things you have no further use for is not charity.-- Sam Hill, In Cincinnati Enquirer. We We claim to have the best Clothing values'in Canada. We have the best made Clothing in Canada also. We make small profits, but we make them often. ~ A Genuine Shirt Sale A Sale of Real Good Shirts ! We struck a snap, so we intend passing it on to you--all new, fresh styles, neat pat- SUIT SALE sale of this season's styles fs sure some real Suit Sale--a newest patterns of Donegal and BIBBY'S terns--some with separate Soft Collars-- a $2.50 value. Sizes 14 to 17, for *1.45 » ' SALE OF NOBBY STRAW HATS -. $3.00 and $4.00 values, for $1.95 SALE MEN'S BATHING SUITS in All soles, toes and heels, a $1.25 SALE OF MEN'S Pure Silk Hose popular shades--reinforced Sizes 34 to 44, in Navy Blue with fancy trim -- | value for Audit Bureau of Circulations |cism, no matter how necessary they | Without suffering any qualms of con- suppose you mean by that, Sam, that Homespuns. one piece Skirt style. Daughter doubts the efficacy of any dally dozen except sundaes. The reputed nine iives of the cat #8 nothing:in comparison with John ra. If « man is disappointed in mar- riage he is confident that he was in- yeigled into it. _ The modern dances have their £ faults, but they seldom are more vul: gar than the criticisms, Heredity is the quality that mekes boy act the fgol very much as Lis father did at that age. The more folly there is in a cause, the more blind and ecstatic enthu- slasm there is in its devotees. _ Another reason why daylight driv- is safer fs~because it isn't cus- to hug thé driver im day- Bo far the most remarkable and © Some politicians profess a degree dampness indicating that they Rave discarded political fences for a And yet if it wasn't for the war's tion, people would find some oth- alibi to excuse their natura! cus- ness. The world grows more prosaic as 'the years pass, and now the ouly ing game left is French diplcma- - The rich father of useless children net worry. Fighting for the tance will develop « sone dness in them. "A village is a place where they il chuckle over the jokes that sed the cave man to tear his mat- beard in glee. : dt is not probable, however, that who figure large in history gave jh anxious thought to the crease r trousers, this restful period following the F 10 end war, the nations are per- ng some remarkable devices for aatity killing. cience would be all right it ald talk louder when it says "t,"" and not so loud when it "I told you so." course the stosk exchange is . What else would make 'price high at planting time aad at barvest time? irract this sentence: "One reason hy 1 admire him 50," said the young y, © is because he doesn't throw -his money on girls." German ship which recently in New York was equipped a stabilizer. Germany neods thing of trat kind. winte's overcoats are belly a3 to cppearance, but :t fed that many of them will may be. At the same time, the needs of the mothers of the province en- titled to consideration have in no way been neglected. Justice, tempered with the proper quality and quantity of mercy, has been meted out, and the passing from this office to Rev. Peter Bryce should not be allowed without some acknowledgment of the splendid service he has rendered the province at the lowest possible per- centage of administrative cost. BUILDING A WAR MACHINE, In spite of the hope which existed at the close of the great war that something would be done bv the Avi- lized nations of the world to prevent the recurrence of such a catastrophe, it ncw appears that there was little sincerity on the part of some of the naticns which expressed that hope. In spite of the existence of the League of Nations, in spite of the agreement reached at the Washing.on conference, France is busily engaged in building up a new war machine, and making it as perfect as modern military science can make it. In tha years before 1914, Germany devo*ed her energies exclusively to this end. Subsequent history provad that even her great military machine could uot withstand the onslaught of the volunteer levies of the British Em- pire and the newly trained soldiers of the United States. France was the militaristic attitude of Germany in building up that great war mach- ine, but yet she is busily engaged at the present time in developing a ma- chine which will be similar in many respects, and, according to the hopes of the French army commission, will be even more powerful thon that of Germany. What can be the meaning of this great war machine? It cannot be said that it is being built vp to pre- vent war, because there is no na- tion with which France is likely to be at war to such an extent as to re- Guire a military machine of the type which is being develcped. Germany is powerless to. stop any advances which Francs is likely to make. That is proven by the incapacity of Ger- many to make aetive resistance against the French advances in the Ruhr, "for it is certain that if Ger- many had the power, not a single French soldier would have been al- lowed to enter the Ruhr valley with- out fighting his way forward. Ger- many is in no position to make war against. France. It is inconceiv- able that there should ever be a war between Great Britain and France. For what purpose, then, is France building up this great war machine? The very nature of ihe military ferce which is being developed shows that, in the minds of some of those in Power in France, there is some hope of a war of conquest which wiil bring aggranditement to their coun- try. The aim of France, according to one authority in that country, is to have the strongest air: force of any country ii the world. Not satisfied with having bombing aero- panes equipped with muchine guns, she is building up a force of aero planes equipped with cannon, so xs For what purpose are these aerigl artillery to be used? There can be but one answer to the question. France, at the present time, is in ths power of a party of men who have grandiose dreams for their country, 'just as the former kaiser Lad grandiose dreams for Germany. . |1doyd George has repeatedly warned the world that such is the case, and tbat these men, drunk with the thought of their power over Cermany, are seexing fof the first posible ex- (use to bring that country further one of the first nations to condemn ! to give her an air artillery service. | science society can witness the grad- ual shrivelling of the hunger-strik- er. There is plenty of food within the reach of Germans'if they are wil- ling to pay for it. They deliberately ruined their own currency. Tens of thousands of them in key indus- tries are voluntarily idle. When they assume work 'and when atten- tion is given to stabilizing the mark so that wages earned will have a dependable value and international trade can be carried on under condi- tions of security for those on both sides engaging in it, there 'will be an end of the worst of the Germans' troubles. = Their fate is in their own hands. True, they are injuring others by pursuing their present course, and those others will be benefittd when thy alter it, people they do not want to benefit. But, whatever damage they may inflict on others, it will not be a tithe of what they themse'ves suffer. Labor minister Brauns, des- cribed as one of the strongest mem- bers of the Cuno cabinet, would do well to exert himself to influence his nationals against continning the hunger-strike that has proved so de- biliating to themselves, rather than uttering veiled threats against neigh- bor states. | PRESS COMMENT Flag Flaunting. Complaint 1s made of Unrmea States tourists flaunting their mag throughout Canada without the ac- companying Union Jack, It is not a very momentous matter, but would quickby assume that character if Canadians tried it across the line. --Hamfiton Spectator. ' int a A Fact Busp The primary motive behind the Senate's action in destroying the Canadian National's building pro- gramme was a desire to stick the knife into the Canadian National Railway, This was the bond of union between the Conservative Sen- ators and the little group of Liberal Senators from Montreal who joined onlighitening in more ways than one. For one thing, it is a plain warning that there is a bipartisan combina- tion in the Senate which is out to "get" 8ir Henry Thornton aud to do injury, whenever the occasion of- fers, to the Canadian National Rail- way. The people will take due note of that significant and sinister act.-- Manitoba Free Press, GIANT NEW ZEALAND TREB, Forestry Journai. One of the largest, if not the largest trees in the world has been discovered In the bush at Waihou, Hokianga, New Zealand, It is a huge kauri tree, the vast trunk ris- ing to a height of 75 feet before be- ing broken by the first branch, and measuring 23 feet in diameter and 66 feet in girth, A well known bush expert esti- mates the tree to contain more than 195,000 superficial feet of timber, sufficient to build threes dousie storied hotels of 20 rooms each from floor to ceiling. It is to be hoped that this re- bands with them. The incident is we'll have to let friend wife put that old Derby hat away in a sack in the attic for another summer?--"Dusty" Miller, Wilmington News-Journal. Well, They're Shows the Men Enjoy. She--"The world's a stage." He--""Yes, but you flappers sure are making a show out of yourselves." ---- If It Fits. We guess from the hugging that goes on in the motor cars that the young people of this generation are strong for the freedom of the press, anyway. We are going to have a lot faith in Science when it can the things that are good for us pleasant as the wicked things are so bad for us. We guess a man can be hig own boss if he is an orphan and not mar- ried. We don't know of any more danger- us 'place to be married than on the spur of the moment. gy From an examination paper in an English school: "An optomist is a man who looks after your eyes; a pessimist looks after your feet." % "The wife of a duke is a ducky." "A circle is a line of no depth running round a dot forever." "Millennium is the belief of the Freemasons." more make as that - BITS PICKED UP e---- "So sorry to hear your husband has been drinking again, Mrs. Miggs. Ot course drunkenness is a disease. He ought to be treated by a physician." "Bless ye, 'e wouldn't mind that, sir! When my 'usband's "ad a drop, 'e don't care 'oo treats 'im." Two colored men came to the out- skirts of a crowd where a politician | was making a campaign speech. Af- ter listening a while one turned to kis co nion and asked, "Who am dat man; Sam?" "Ah doan't know what his name is." Sam replied, "but he certainly do recommen' hisself most highly." -- ' "Herbert," said the teacher, "an- swer this: Do we eat the flesh of the whale?" "Yes, sir," sald Herbert. "And what do we do with the bones?" "We leave them on the side of the plate, sir." ' -------- Seven-year-6ld Mary had been re- peatedly cautioned against handling any object that might contain germs. *'Mother," she sald, "I ghall never play with my puppy any more, be- cause he has germs on him." "Oh, no!" replied the mother. "There are no germs on your puppy." "Yes, there are," insisted the child, "1 saw one hop." SH-------- Mr. Doublechin was the despair of hs socially ambitious better-hait. They hed been dining With some friends at whose abode they had, un- fortunately, arrived a little late, and now, on the homeward journey, it 'Was quite patent that the lady was not in the best of tempers. "Whatever were you thinking of. John!" she sald, "to make your way '| by means of the action of ths lungs, Men's and Young Men's models. These Suits were made to sell for $28.50, $30.00 and $32.00. SPECIAL 95c. BIBBY'S you think yourself?" he asked Pa', with a mischievous smile. "Sure, doctor," replied Pat,"you're a wonderful thought reader.You took the very words out of my mouth, I was just going to say that." Like a House--The Ventilation. FARMS FOR SALE 1-50 acres, two miles from King- ston, good frame dwelling, food cellar and cistern; large arn nearly new with hip roof; drive house, machine house and cow stable 20x50; lots of water, good fences; first class drainage; land is tillable, small orchard. 2--110 acres, good buildings, about 95 acres excellent clay loam under cultivation; well fenced; lots of water (wells and spring), a handy farm to work; convenient to church, school and station. 3--A choice farm of 220 acres on Bath Road, over 200 acres of the best s06il under cultivation; fiest class brick dwelling, large barn; well watered. For further particulars en- quire at office. T. J. Lockhart Real Estate and Insurance 53 Brock St., Kingston, Ont. Phozer 322J or 1797J. When they were building us a new building at the University the archi- tects kept stressing the point of a "double fan system for ventilation." You can see what this means to tie Canadian Questions Answers air of the building. A iuge fan Ww draw all the 'mgpure air out, and an- other huge fan to drive the pure air; in. : So many places heretofore Le% been ventilated simply by the exhaust fan which drew the impure air out. And so as I thought of that body of yours and of the tremendous necd for ventilating all {is parts--every organ--every tissue--[ realize how wonderful the Creator had fashioned your ventilating 'system. As you know your system of ventil- ation is hy the lungs. It you are en adult in ordinary health you will breathe in and out about seventaen or eighteen times in the minute. And what hreathe in? Why Nature sends in about thirty cubic inches of afr almost para, rich in oxygen--_he lite giving ei~ment. And what is breathed out? Thirty «ulic inches of air, rich in carbon divsice which coutains tke poisonous wroducts of the sys.em. , Nature has been using the doub- le fan system to ventilate that body of yours. Now I've spoken of the lungs as the ventilating organs and of course thay make the hulk or large exchange from. th> outside world to you, and from you to the outside world. Rut your faithful friend the heart with the assistance of all the hlocd vessels hag been really doins the ven tilating of 'the very smallestsand re- motest part of the body. You see when blood with fresh air goes tO an organ or any tissue it builds up that tissue and orzen as it passes through it; likewise-it takes away from that organ or tissme their worn out parts. # This blood loaded with the waste matter comes back to the lungs to get rid of said waste, and to take on fresh air for building purposes. So although that body of yours has the double fan system of ventilation happens when you To Q.--To what extent are the mun- iicipalities of Quebec province unger probition laws? A.--Over 1,100 of the 1,300 mun- icipalities of the province of Quebec are under local option laws as drink, uor is confined chiefly to the citles. to The Government sale of lig- Q.--To what extent does Canada carny on fish culture? A --The Canadian Government distributed in 1921-22 through its department of fisheries, 864 million Osh and fish eggs; viz, salmon, pick- eral whitefish and salmon trout. The Approach of Night. ered hills, Along the pine gloom trails tender light, A late lark lilting flight on in lotty Its song upon the darkening planet spills, The first faint starlight glimmers on the rils, Whose beauty like great silver ribbons white, Wind on till dimly fading on the ' sight They murmur past a half a hundred O'er languid leagues of green tran- quillity A lighthouse sweeps a silver shaft to sea, While on the ridge beyond the fir- clad capes, "The moon is rising for a moment stands > 'w upon the beach the silent © Shapes Of listless bathers spooning on the sands! ~--Harvey McKenzie Thought He was a Bear. There are a number of good stor- fes in the recently published biog- raphy of Professor Newtgn, of Cam- the real work of ventilating is done |bridgs by the blood as it passes through the tissues. One of the best concerns a friend The sun slow sinking o'er the timb-| i A new shipment of CROSSE and BLACKWELL'S goods just arrived. Jas. REDDEN &: Co. PHONES 20 and 990, "The House of Satisfaction" Hotel Frontenac Kingston's Leading Hotel Every room has running hot and cold water. One-half block from Rallway Stations and Steamboat Landings. v J. A. HUGHES, Propriete BATHING CAPS 1Sc and up BATHING SHOES All rubber, close-fit- ting and colors to match the Bathing Suit ........ $1.00 Canvas Bathing Shoes All sizes. Water Wings. Or. Chown's Drug Store 185 Princess Street. Phone 843 FEED YOUR STOVES THE PROPER FUEL--1S HEALTRAFUL RULET oN Ale lio) OAL QUARTET TE} ERE'S «a springtime prescription for what seems to be the mat- ter with you. It was written out in plain English by Old Dr. Commonsense. He says that good coal will cheer you up after everything else falls. "We never fail to be politely attentive to our cus. tomer's wants, Crawford NPHOXE 9. QUEEN ST. »