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_. Average man's enthusiasm for grand : 18 doing it, THE D AILY BRITISH WHIG FRIDAY, DECEMBER ---- BRITISH WHIG RELATIVITY. Dr. Einstein has left Germany to | live in a land where relativity will | not embarrass him. He has been | | the comparisons upon which rela- tivity rests disclose certain charac- | | are unpalatable. not abide them. { One of these suggests the action | ( the German insurance companies | | after the San Francisco earthquake. | { The fire that followed this earth- | | quake destroyed two hundred mil-| | llons of property. All companies that had issued fire insurance poli-| |e to San Franciscans either paid | in full or deducted from two to ten | per cent. from the face value of the] policy for cash, and because of the "Earthquake clause" in each poli-| ¢y,~--that is, evervbody paid except | inked Uatly and Semi-Weekly hy BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING €O., LIMITED Yorss President | tho German companies. None of | Editor and x ; Managing-Director| them pald anything. Even when | policies sent | TELEPHONE' | holders of German . Private Exehange, connecting all agents to Berlin, the German com-| a 3 s ronraiey - | man companies sald, "No. The | lawyers from San Francisco returned | 8158 crostfallen, but with an established | #6.00| idea of German honor. ror by mail, eas This is quite in keeping with er Fear, to Usited States $2.00 many's present antics with her] F-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES: | mark. She has been "paying" debts | . W. of, 33 ht. dons $e Jouueai) with the greatest complacency, using | Toronto. to the Editor are published over the actual mame of the is an instance which illustrates Ger- | oh many"s appreciation of a citizen of | L Attached is ome of the best job |r v ivin | pi Pen Foil nt py { Utitted States who believed in giving I" hand to a fallen adversary. t rear, 10 Yalted States { Weekly Edition) This man paid $10,000 gold for| | German municipal bonds with the | idea of helping the Fatherland to make good. In the first year, the ABC Barean of Circulations | Audi . bonds fell in value to $3,000, and { the interest at 6 per cent. amounted I A Pt fe A Pe rtf i ei i |to less than $150. In 1920, © the t Bagkbone won's get You far, how- | bonds were worth $1,800, and the @ver, if the knot at the top of it is | in terest fell to $100. In 1921, the #olid bone. | bonds were worth less than $1,000, and the interest was under $50. In The circalation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the A hick town is one in which | : 3 2s $200. 1 friends smell it on your breath fof 1922, interest $5.00, bonds $ nl 2 tell the wogld. 1923, the bondsjare worth less than | [ The idea that Mexico had reached $10,000 is zero. with the rim re- # state of stable government was pre- moved. mature. | Realizing now what German ethics 4 i a ol { are, and how clogely they approxi: In some particulars the world is | mate the value of the German mark, no better, but you. see very few rol- | investors who have advanced Ger- ler towels now. | many some $20,000,000 on securities a | that have been tobogganing ever 'The most shocking Paris divorce | since the purchasce, are looking for is that one old Omar mentioned, the | | redress. They have the recent ac- divorcee of old barren reason. | tion of the North German Lloyd, and -------- - [ the Hamburg-American steamship It isn't 'absolutely necessary to | companies. These companies bor- know much about etiquette if you | rowed money before the war and know a great deal about kindness, | have been "redeeming'" in marks which have less actual value than a When Eve was | pleasant smile. Two hundred and seventy-five in- vestors have Incorporated as the Eh Association of American Holders of he klan is inactive now, says an Foreign Securities. They have pre- American despatch. It's too darned | gented their claims to Secretary of €0ld to run about at night in one's | grate Hughes. L. A. McGowan, at- hightshirt, { torney for the association, asks the LT -- State department this question, "Is . Those who doubt the existence of Germany to profit by its own Absolute zero, might observe the wrong?" (He refers to the Father- land as "it,")--and goes on to say "Germany's material wealth has tre. Leap year: That one during | | mendously increased at the expense i Th d i which a mald is privileged to court Bf her ersditor, ® provesie 3 have been converted into wit | many cases & man without making him think he | | public tmprovements of great Ph | steal value, when the mark was four to the dollar, and the borrower now insists on paying back his debt when the mark is below one million to the dollar. (It is below the billion to the 'dollar, now.) By inflating her currency she loses nothing, but rather gains materially {h assets, be- cause Germany parts only with worthless marks and gets dollars or goods in exchange." | one cent, and the interest on the It seems unfair. "the only lady in the land, not a single ' flower or color was named for her. -------------------------- We wonder if fallen leaves Woudn"t make good furnace fuel if Pressed into small bricks and mixed i S------ ' Those churchmen who become @roused over variation in beliefs Bm to belong to the "Church Mili gt." p ---- Correct this sentence: "It's get- gE thinner every year," said the "but I never use any tonic in effort to save it." ------ Ee ---------- THE GREEK UPHEAVAL, "Once again the sounds of trouble and strife are coming from the Bal- kans, where, right down through history, most of the wans of Europe have found their breeding place. This time the kingdom of Greece is involved in 'the turmoil. King George, after a fitful reign as a mon- arch in name only, has been given his marching orders, and has flod to the sheltering court of the Queen of Roumania. So far, it is hard to judge what the effect of this up- heaval will be, There is a possibi- lity that it may be a good thing for the country to have stable rule es- tablished, and if it be true that the royal abdication was engineered by the veteran statesman, Venizelos, there is a chance that the govern- ment of the country will be stabil. ized and things may in the end turn out for the best. The present state of Greece is a striking example of the fate of na- tions which turn their backs upon thelr friends. Two or three years ago, Greece was on a basis of firm triendship with Britain and France, and the star of the country was In the ascendancy. Venizelos was supreme in his own country, the Turks were in a state of subjuga- tion, and matters in. the Balkans Tho ex-kalser may leave Holland. before he demonstrated that ® didn't have gumption enough to ell énough alone, Dr -- A New York policeman went to \ Hamlet to learn whether it is an il play. In case he found it may have intended to arrest author. EE E---------- I] HI) CANDLE OF GOODWILL. , pretty Christmas custom which almost unknown in Kingston of setting a lighted candle in OW on Christmas eve. In cities this little spark is to be a8 frequently as window eustom, which seems to have in Ireland, where native 'moves humble people to so beautiful practices, is sup- '10 signify to the wandering and St. Joseph that in this they may find shelter and me. Our less imaginative has converted it into a symbol ood-will towards all mes. One like to spe this little gleam ndliness shining from many n windows. 'word of caution, however. Set SandTentivh on a low table or had done for decades. Unfortunate- ly, the people at Gace were stir- PEE Tbe Perel E) ge Venizelos, and a viovemeni to re- place King Constantine upon the throne of Greece Wag successful. The Alltes tried in is. to Bievent { men who have been in power | Greece during the past {wenty years, | f.with a suffocating sensation looked more promising than theyT{l rears der a new monarchy. The warning was and' Ure chased _ m utter "Yout, Rang terms from the Allies. again abdicated, but it was too late, and King George, who suc- ceeded him, was nothing mors than a tool in the hands of a revolution- | ary party which grossly mismgnaged the affairs of the country. King Géorge has gone now, ,and Véhizelos has an opportunity to come back. The veteran statesman | of Greece has it. in his power to re- | Of all the states- i make his country. he has shown the greatest under-| | standing of the needs of his coun-| try, and has always held out strong- | ly for .a firm friendship with .Bri-| tain and France. Before the Tur- kish debacle, that friendship was| the greatest asset of the Greeks, and | when they 'ruthlessly cast it aside! | they committed tor suicide. From the ashes. of the old Greece, the new government has the task of | building a new nation. Itisa heavy | task, but, if the right measures ar paper that is now valueless. Here | taken to renew that friendship with |P¢ &@ Rod and Point at each end and Britain and France, and to secure | their co-operation in meeting th el big problems which lie ahead, there | is hope that stable government may | he re-established without setting the | Balkans ablaze once again. 5 That [® Body Pours | By James W, Barton, M.D, A Bulging Vessel. would have its proper shape and | size except at this one point, where there would be a distinct bulging. As you examined the ftgybe you could see that the rubber wbpeared | to be thinner at this spot and so al- lowed the air in the tube to bulge it out. ! Why do I talk about this? Because in the human body the blood vessels are just like the inner tubes of tires. Their walls have ac- tually some rubber or elastic tissue in them. This tissue permits the blood to distend them as it passes along. Now in the case of the tube the alr distends it, and if there should be a weak spot in the rubber You see the bulging. Similarly if dnything interferes with the rubber or elastic tissue in the wall of the blood vessel it like- wise bulges from the pressure of the blood. Now this wall may be weakened by various infections that get into the body. They go directly to this rubber tissue and actually will spoil it so that it loses its power to con- tract properly. It becomes like a piece of "stretched" rubber. A blow might spoil the walls of the arteries, and some men actually overstretch the vessels and injure the walls by straining themselves do. ing heavy work. Where a large vessel is affected such as the one that receives the blood from the heart, then serious consequences may follow as the "bulge" may actually irritate or in- terfere with the other tube that is near there, that is the "windpipe." A chronic cough is thus set up, also present. When the physician locates this trouble he uses the same methods that you would use with an inner tube. In the one you let out some of the air to reduce the pressure and do not drive the car so fast. With the bloodvessel he reduces the amount of blood in the system, and likewise rests the patient, By lesening the fluld taken into the body fo about a half pint a day, and the amount of food to about three quarters of a pound for a month or six weeks, sometimes some splendid results are obtained. Where the trouble is due to some definite "infection, every effort fs made to remove the cause. This is one time where exercise is unwise, and complete rest Is an important part of the treatment during the six weeks mentioned above. When the rest and diet treatment fails, then recourse is made to surgical meas- ures. . Many a Santa Claus is in the pro. cess of the making. ESTATE A BIG LIST AT OFFICE FOR HOMES OR INVESTMENT nheeded, Constantine returned, | is. first step was to undertake | a war ot attrition against the Turks. | uncomfortable in Germany because] 1h tandaign was a hdpeless fail- | oh Landon, Ehglan the | { teristics of the German mind that | Turks were able to force favourable | The doctor can-| | stantine Then Con- | You have secha¥veak spot on the iis ie fa Motor tire. ThHeittred; detached frame dwelling, 7 rooms, bath, hardwood floors downstairs. LICHTNING RODS. Clarence TET of Brownell, M.A. Fellow Royal Geographical Soclety, Benjamin Franklin's Mghtning rod | has disappeared almost entirely. This is no reflection on the phil- osopher statesman and scientist, of something over a century ago. His idea was correct. Rods are all right, too, but the great majority of | persons who used them, misused | { them. | Franklin used one a hundred and | titty years ago. In 1753 he wrote as | {follows in Poor Richard's Almanac: | BiBBY'S Absolutely New--Last Minute Arrivals sm" "It has pleased God in His Good- | | ness to mankind at length to discover | {to them the means of securing their { Habitations dnd other Buildings {from Mischief - by Thunder and Lightning. The Method is. this: Provide a small fron Rod (it may be made of the Rod-iron used by nail- | |ers)) but 'of sich a length that, | one end betng three or four Feet in {the ground, the cther may be six or |eight Feet above the highost Part of the Building. To the upper end of the Rod fasten about a foot of { Brass wire, the size of. a common | Knitting needle, sharpened to a fine | | point; the Rod may be secured to! the House by a few small staples. If | ihe House or Barn be long there may NECKWEAR Something very pretty at 95c¢., $1.25 SEE OUR PURE BILK ENGLISH CRAVATS Something different. $1.75 Each Tie 'in meat fancy box. |& 'middle wire along the ridge from ! one to the other. A house :hus {furnished will not be damaged by | | lightning, it belng attracted by the | | points and passing through the metal ! into the ground without hurting any | [Tae Vessels also having a sharp | SEE OUR PURE SILK KNITTED TIES pointed Rod fix'd to the top of the | Masts, with a wire from the foot of | the Rod reaching down, round one of the Shrouds to the "water, will| not be hurt by lightning. " Stripes--extra special values $1.25 HEADQUARTERS FOR Tall Clocks. This started a business in "Rods" | which grew continuously for more! [than a century. In fact, in 1870, | | there w more than a score of tac- | | tonies turning out Mghtning - rods. | Millions of dollars were invested in these works. Not to hove protection, | especially in the country, was to be | consplowpus. It 'ocoastoned com- | | ment. But. there has, been'ta fan 2 sot [sto real ko Jnigii av ost. say| | they have accompanied the' tall] flocks without which mo home was | Tans, Blacks, Fancy. jcomplete in bygone days. The | | double departure brings to mind the | 50c., 75c¢., 95c. lines of the song beginning: randfather's clock 'was too tal ol ENGLISH SILK a wade NECK SCARFS the shelf, It reached fourteen in new Roman Stripes. ithe floor. He used to take a lightning nod and | i ENGLISH AND DOMESTIC BRUSHED WOOL SCARFS Silk and Wool Hose. 75c., 95c¢., $1.25, $1.45 95c., $1.25, $1.50, '$2:00 7 PURE CASHMERE HOSE feet above | wind #t himself, | While he stood on the top of the | door. Pictures of grandpa on the door] top, Tod 4n hand, fused to be in the songshop windows. The tall clock disappeared from rural homes .because of a mania for | antiques that spread through cities, | Mke the "flu." The newly rich had! to have tall clocks or they could not | sleep. Dealers who sympathized CHOICE, CHICK AND DAINTY in the.new Cross Bar and Panel MEN'S FINE HOSE Genuine Irish pure Wool Hose, PURE SILK HOSE See our $1.35 Special BIBBY'S EXTRA SPECIAL-- GOOD VALUE Club Bags, Suit Cases and Vanity Cases THE BEST SHIRTS This season we have a stock of handsome and exclusive Shirts that we are proud of. The choice of the best Shirt mak ers--English Broadcloth, Pip Poplins, Tobralco, Taffetas and Pure Silks. Extra Sp Values at $1.35, $1.95, $2.50 OUR $3.50 SHIRTS are truly beautiful Shirts--all new designs and fast colors. UMBRELLA SPECIAL Good quality Umbrella -- neat handles; particularly good ones at $2.75, $3.50, $4.00 Ladies' Umbrella The lutdei" siglo Handlos-- a nice one for $4.00 and $4.50 BIBBY"S EXTRA SPECIAL VALUE SWEATER COATS AND GOLF JACKETS Three Specials $3.00, $5.50 and $7.50 BIBBY'S cadquarters for Dent's fine for Men. FANCY WOOL GLOVES 75c¢. to $3.00 Kid Gloves $1.50 SILK LINED KID GLOVES New Cuban Brown for GREY SUEDE Extra nice quality. 2.50 GENUINE PECCARY GLOVES GENUINE BUCK GLOVES. DRIVING GLOVES Something looking and 8 Darticulatly gvod serviceabl $3.00, $3.50 ER OHA. GLOVES | BOYS' SLEIGH FREE ! With Our Boys' Suit or Overcoat Bought this month we give a dandy, strong Sleigh FREE. Extra good values in Suits, Overcoats. and Sweaters for Boys. BIBBY'S Wool Lined--Grey or Tan $1.35 pair BIBBY'S REAL SWELL HOUSE COATS GOWNS and, BATH ROBES enthusiastically with each multi- millionaire who had' insomnia, sent agents into every hamlet on the con- tinent to gather in all the soothing | narcotic time pieces they could find. These agents were eyidently, even round} This means ostentatiously, in the clock business, lm HL oe ithe Tod has and carrfed samples of their Wares, | ot recelved proper attention. Light- gorgeous with gilded decorations, | ning flashes Seem to be thirsty--at | and sometimes supplied with chimes. toast dry ground makes them act | These dealers would offer these ou. badly--brings out all their moan-| blazoned 'objects at moderately low ness. The ground emd of the rod | prices ,or would exchange them for | should be in soil that ds always | "one of them old clocks like you BOt| oist. It should extend through ! standin's there in the corner,' "with | ie moist soil for at least fifteen | a dollar or so thrown in. Only 100 | soot. It should conmect with at | often the hamlet folk allowed the | 1 ost ten square feet of sheet metal gilt (guilt) to win, and parted with | --copper or fron at a depth of five an heirloom. [feet. Over this sheet should bea So the dlocks--the 'tall ones-- |... or charcoal, lumps the side of disappeared from the country homes, | , pea, five inches thick, and a similar to make way for the atrocious mod- | jy yor should be beneath the sheet. ern substitutes, but mo such expla- | The other mistake has been in not nation accounts for the passing of | attaching all the metal work In the the Mghtning rod. There 1s no oo | butiding with the conductor. Waiter mania for them. Collectors are Bot | 10s should be in comnection with out offering substitutes in exchange. | both the conductor and the ground. No one but the junk man would of- | rhe best possible conductor is cop- fer a bha'penny for rods. The flare per cable, seven strands of four has gone. Many a farmer has con- wires each. Wiring should be per cluded that they are useless and even | pendicular as much as possible, and fears his friends might ridicule him {all turnings a* angles should have a if he installed rods on his bars. | qius of at least twerty inches. Perhaps they would, but no less Sharp angles will not do. There are an authority than Sir ONver Lodge, |nany other details in Dr. Covert's Who summons spirits from the vasty | escay 'which any one interested may deep of space, says any rod is bet-|pave for the asking, as the bulletins ter than no rod at alll. So does the 'are sent out free. From what he specialist on protection against | go 0 it is. evident that the rods lightning, Roy N. Covert, of the de- should return, evem though the tall partment of agriculture in Washing- | jocks can't. ton. The U.S. Weather Bureau cor-|, dially recommends rods on "all farm | jg buildings of importance." -- ures that have affected the comfl- dence in farmers to faulty methods. Two mistakes have been frequent. Rods to Return ? Dr. Covert has gone into the sub- ject painstakingly in "Farmers' Bulletin" No. 842 giving descrip- tions, charts and diagrams that tshow how practically compiete tection, is ossibie. He lays the had for, each sortment Dr. Chan's 185 Princess Street CHRISTMAS CAKES and PUDDINGS Special home-made quality, Special Ice Cream, Frozen Puddings and Marron Pudding. LACKIE' S 302 KING STREET - Money to Loan We have private funds to loan on mortgages. T. J. Lockhart Real Estate and Insurance 58 BROCK ST,, KINGSTON Phones 322J and 1797J. - CHRISTMAS PERFUMES Our line of Perfumes and Exquisite Toilet Preparations is complete. Perfumes by the most favored French per- fumers in the world, and by the best abe ers on this continent--all most attractively boxed. See the Dainty Toilet Combinations For Men and Women--the artistic Powder Compacts for the Girls, and Perfumed Bath Crystals for any friend---any of which can be --~$100-- Do not forget that we fe carry the largest as- in town of e, Prise TV a Drug $ Store Phone 343. PHONE 9 BAKERY - TELEPHONE 141. TOMSMITH'S CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS and CHRISTMAS CRACKERS All sizes. All priges. Our stock this year is excep- tionally large. Make your se- lection early. Jas, REDDEN & CO, PHONES 20 and 9v0. "lhe House of Satisfaction" nowadays. If your hobby is keeping warm and comfortable you should get acquaitited with the superior coal we are selling. You'll find that our business me- thods are fair and that we put the "live" im delivery. Try us out. hy [ sowadars. ie has a hobby * L 21, 103%. 3} ( RIN VETER HATA NORMS AAS SH 4 QUEEN 8T. The wite man seeks hase, "mot