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THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG THE BRITISH WHIG 9187 YEAR. THE BIITISTY ~ CO, LIMITED, KINGSTO J. M. Car poell Leman A. Guild TELEPHONE Business Office . SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) Ore year, fn city year, by Une year, to mited States Semi-Weekly Edétion) One year, by mall, carn One year, to United States OUT. Fw ore outer to the Fiiior Writer, John St. K tog St. Attached 1s printing office, The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABO Audit Bareau of Circulations in Canada, and Semi-Weekly by WHIG PUBLISMING ail 'to rural offices, $2.50 helpful F-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES; Montreal W.| ture; and it appeals to the people as are Published t e > - ment, during a season of drabness, | ©2% De devised for those not office- | °0ntrol over surface winds -rd we one of the best job . ! ee ---- Men are lucky. None of them can understand a woman. Two is company, three is a crowd, four ts an audience, Salads are made better by acci- dent than on purpose. ot es eee No man ever lives to be as old as He feels at twenty-one. ------------ Sinks are basins in which dirty dishes are left until morning. -- The first essential to success {is labor; the second is spotlight. ------ Friends are people who love you in spite of your superior virtue, -- No one candidate can possess enough ignorance to please gl pre- Judices, ------------ Forecasts of a big rya crop no longer cheer anybody except the glass blowers. ------ A garden is where You hope let. tuce and cabbage get a head in their race of weeds. --pe Job's friends were a decent lot. They didn't wait until he was dead to do their knocking. -- Back porches are places where topls borrowed from neighbors are kept, and kept, and kept. mh ---------- The whale doubtless swallowed Jonah much more easily than Mrs. Jongh swallowed the story, -------- Work will minimise the worries Of all people except those who worry because 'they have to work, ~ rt ---- A sclentist says that women's clothes absorb sound. We mistook a flapper for a brass band once. -------- Civilization is just a slow busi- Wess of reaching the point where @n orator doesn't Inspire awe, ---- Correct this sentence: "I'l be - / through with the rake in an hour," J Said he, "and then I'll return it." -- These beautiful-back contests Rave their good points, but the only kind that thrills us is a comeback, -------- Good manners alone will take you to. many places, including the tail end of the line at the box office, -- No author seems brilliant when he 'must compete with the chap who 'writes the stuff on the book's Jacket, The difference between a swim. ming suit and a bathing suit is that * Water doesn't spoil a bathing suit. ~ So live that it never will be neces- Sary to conceal the jewels while of- fering to settle at twenty cents on the dollar. ---- .. Another reason why a chicken Crosses the street is because she knows everybody will use the emer. gency brake. A hick town is & place where everybody knows you ran the lawn mower because you can't afford to - hire it done." At last the publi¢ utilities .om- mission has decided to do what the 'Whig long ago urged--issue deben- | CHEAPER GAS. tures for the cost of putting in gas i mains and services, instead of charging the whole cost against the | con- been | Year's earnings. The present sumers of gas have too long tion, in taking back its property has | Ho wish to take over as a legacy a | dispute that may have unpleasant | and expensive complications. Sure- | ly the department at Ottawa has no | desire to saddle such a responsibility | on the association. It therefore {should see that the drain is "paying the shot" for the next gen- | { eration. No wonder the price of gas has been kept at two dollars a thousand cubic feet for the past few | years, when it should have been at | an- | least ten per cent. lower. The nouncement that there is to be a reduction now to $1.65 net is good | news even at this late date. Per- haps next January the | my see fit to give us again, $1.50 gas -- GIVING HELPFUL SERVICE, | nt in numbers. There- | tions and sometimes th The young people in the villages great advantage commission | MUST ALTER ATTITUDE. | Again the French are exhibiting worry over the state of the birta- rate. Were not Germans more num- erous than the French, and also far | more prolific, the problem what to | do about it would not be so acute. | But Frenchmen are convinced that | Germany only awaits the day whea | she sees an opportunity for revenge. In case of a clash confined to the two nations, Germany would have a com- | pleted before surrendering its lease. | ] » WHY THE WEATHER? DR CHARLES F. BROOKS Secretary, American Meteorologtoal Society, Tells How. - Criss-Cross Winds, The wind at the ground is practic- | ally always different in direction and | speed from that at heights of 2 to 4 | miles. Above 4 miles, our winds are brevailingly westerly, controlled by the genera) | sure-gradient from equator to poles, {and turned to the right by the earth's | rotation. But while the highest clouds usually travel from west to jeast, those at intermediate levels range not infrequently from north | northwest to south southwest, while | the surface winds and lower clouds | box the compass. Thus, when there temperature and pres- | | are clouds at several levels, their mo- eir forms give | At the surface the winds are more througho ' ation is the demand | CT iss-cross effect. , fore more populati i ghout Frontenac, and Lennox | i and Addington are to be commended carrying on dramatic clubs and giv- renditions of support encomiums. The benefit | of France. The latest proposal for | lat} irths involves aying 243| for their praiseworthy efforts In |Stimulating births p 2612 2613 2614) Ing such excellent popular plays. They have been re. | quisites be graded according to the | from east or southeast 50 warded by splendid and | and giving more with per- | higher salaries | privileges to | families and that these special office-holders | number of children in the family. | This plan might increase the de- | directly controlled by the passing | highs and { weather map. For instance, if the | center of a low passes north of you j your surface wind "veers" typically to south, Or, on | southwest, west or northwest. | if the center of the low passes you | east or northeast is reflex in its character; it awakens | the south th i ill "back" ft: Sfp bn £ the | Sire to hold office, but since but a | 80uth the wind w ack" from 31.30 keen interest on the part of actors in dramatic form and expres- sion and an appreciation of litera- fan evidence of honest endeavor to give happy and helpful entertain- as winter and spring surely is. Every encouragement should be givem by the villagers to the continuance of these excellent entertainments in structive, social and moral in every | | way. | { -------- LET ELECTORS DECIDE. Citizens say that the suggestion that Kingston become a partner, in- stead of a customer, of the Hydro- Electric Commission of Ontario, | should not be settled by the Utilities Commission of this city but should be decided by the ratepayers just as the contract was sanctioned by the people. There may be much to say on both sides of the case. Will it cost more at the start to become a partner? What does partnership involve? Will Kingston suffef less, in power returns, than under contract? Would it be better to retain the con- tract until the St. Lawrence is de- veloped? What advantage has a partnership over contract? All these and other questions will have to come under review. It will be desirable for the local Commis- slon to study the issue inform the consumers of power and then at the coming municipal elections, this year or next year, submit the mat- ter to them for their verdict. ------ en MOWAT HOSPITAL SITUATION, The decision of the Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment to ;yacate Mowat Memorial Sanitarium at 'the termination of the lease in August next has raised the question as to what the future of the hospi- tal will be following this charge. Quite clearly its owners, the King- ston Health Association, are not in a position to earry on such a large and expemsive institution without help of some kind. { The place 1s ideally situated and equipped for the purpose for whieh it is now being used, viz. as a tuberculosis sanitar- ium. Large sums have been spent in the erection of mew buildings, mod- ern hospital equipment, etc., and it would be a lamentable thing if these Were now to be discarded. Both the Provincial and federal authorities have been appealed to for such meas- ures of assistance as would permit the ' association carrying on the activities of the hospital. A gen- €rous grant from the government at Toronto has been asked for. Eastern Ontario has some claims fn this dd- rection, for surely the victims and Prospective victims of the white Plague in this. part of the province are deserving of every consideration, In the articles it has supplied weekly to the local press, the Kingston Health Association has shown the extent of this disease, and has point- ed the way to its eradication. Here in one way--a splendid way-- in Which the province can lend a help- ing hand. Assistance might also be rendered by the federal department now in charge of Mowat. It could continue in the hospital the hundred (more or less) of soldier patients now there, and add others as occasion arose. Similar patients in civilian hospitals in other parts'ot the coun- try could be transferred to Mowat, thus guaranteeing for a year or so at least the continuance of the in- stitution. By that time the King- ston Health Association might be in a position to carry on alone, Some time ago tenders were called for the construction of a drain from Mowat hospital to the lake, but the idea was temporarily abandoned. It ~| Is sincerely to be hoped that the | department will carry the work on to completion. It is needed for the Drotection of the health of near by residents, the latter allege. Perhaps if this is not feasible, some alter- nate plan may be found which will be equally acceptable to those who are now seeking Tedress. At amy Tate, the Kingston Health Assocja- | smal proportion of the population | can at best reach such positions it | leaves the great mass not in office { just where they were. If effective in- ducements to rear larger familles holders, a much greater step toward | | increasing the 'population will have { been taken. Any solution must be broad ough to include the nation, not merely a class. than prizes or privileges | tive to remedy. It resides in the char | | acter of the French people. There | are some large families in France, but on the average this generation | is not reproducing itself. It is claim- ed to maintain a family. With less | | it tends to disappear. Unless there is the desire for parenthood {no prizes which may be offered ars | likely to have any material effect on | [ the birth-rate, Unless the French | people as a whole reform their at- | | titude toward children, the situa- | tion will grow worse. Efforts thus | far made do not touch the seat of | the malady. | i) By James W. Barton, M.D, Long Lived Ball Players. A New York sporting writer has been looking up the baseball players who are still going strong. He finds that Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Cy Willams and Gowdy, are rather lean and wiry. He reminds his readers that Cy Young, Larry Lajole and Christy Mathewson carried no weight during their long careers on the diamond. There were one or two exceptions, but in a long lst enumerated, wiri- ness was the predominant feature of The real trouble goes far deeper | are effec- | that four offsprings are requir- | inborn, | horses all the winter. | to north, north- | west, or west. These highs and lows and their attendant wind changes | @re more pronounced at the surface | than at moderate heights. | Again, topography exercises most | have upward "valley" or downward | "mountain" breezes, or winds blow- | ing onto or off lakes, while the winds | high aloft are little affected by these | smaller controls, | | I KINGSTON IN 1850 Viewed Through Our Files When Boys Were Cheap. Sept. 28.-- (Advertisement) WANTED. A strong boy, not a man, to do utdoor work and take care of From $4 to Apply at 0 $5 a month will be given. this office. Corporation Items. Oct. 2.--The petition of Arch'd Smyth, policeman, complaining that his portion of police duty was more than one man could do--being al- lowed only 3 or 4 hours sleep--and praying that he should be relieved from night duty. Petition of Colin Miller, Esq., for opening up West St. to Bagot. Petition of James Black, Esq., for an order to the treasurer to pay £10, the balance of account owing to him, as he is going to leave the city. Treasurer ordered to pay out of first monies in his hands. Mr. Davison having moved that a portion of Arthur street be called Earle. street, it was resolved after some discussion that the by-law should be altered to allow the whole street to be called Earle street, and Mr. Shaw gave notice that he would bring In a bill to re-name all the streets in the new districts. He ByB £3 MAY 28. Prince George of to-day is an am- bitious little town which stands on the site of old Fort George of fur the build of these ball players, who stayed in she game for many years. The spgrting writer's comment was "to last long time you must fast a long time." It you are overweight, you are carrying just that much excess bag- gage. And just as the railroad makes you pay for excess baggage, so does Nature make you pay for excess fat carried. Perhaps you have often wondered why you carried an excess of fat, and yet did not eat any more than your thin friends. Your system doesn't burn it up as well, that's all. Now, is fat a bad sign? No! To have an extra five to seven pounds on you is really. #*good sign. It is a sort of reserve as it were. But excess fat means interference with the.various organs of the body, an actual limiting of their functions in the body. Further, your physician will tell you that the mortality in severe illness like typhoid and pneu- monia, is high in fat people. Fat people are not good surgical risks.. Apoplexy: occurs more fre- quently in fat people. You see it you are a bit heavy, You are less inclined to exert your- self. You will ride in a motor or street car when you should walk. You are apt to try and save yourself from exertion in various little Ways. This means a great deal to that Your muscles will begin to get flabby, your lungs will expand less because they. gre not asked to much. Your heart muscle will } wise get weaker because it doing less work. No way to strong you know except by You get your excess weight in enly one way. That is by eating. You appetite. - You can get rid of it in Just tyo ways, Cut down on your liquids and your starches and take a little regular exercise, | ee ------ : The farmer has one advantages. It isn't necessary to look in every direc. tion before he scratches. The aes that spoke in Bible times trade days, and it was from this Spot that Simon Fraser started at this time in 1808 on his famous journey down the river which after- lows which appear on the | | | | i BIBBY'S Sale of 's Suits STARTS TO-DAY Extra Special Values at ~ Headquarters for Leather Goods, Trunks, Suit Cases and Club Bags | { PHONE 316 GODKIN'S LIVERY For Bus and Taxi Service, Buggies and Saddle Horses a April 20th, a Queen St, opposite St. BRITISH AMERICAN | HOTEL | In Public Service Since 1784. [ M. BOHAN, PROPRIETOR, KINGSTON. 'aqui cemetery om t 1.45 p.m. Paul's church wards bore his name, to tidewater on the Pacific. Fraser was accom- panied by two white companions, nineteen voyageurs and Indians. To those who to-day gaze in wonder at the awful beauty of the Fraser river as their trains crawl by, there comes the question of how Fraser and his men ever achieved that first voyage through its unknown, swirl- ing, waters in four frail canoes, down 750 miles of cascades and turbulent channels to the sea. He was forty-two days making the de- scent and when he finally saw the Sea, was prevented from reaching the coast by hostile Indians. He lived to achieve many more great adventures and 'n his old age he retired to St. Andrew's on the Ot- tawa, where he did at the ripe old age of eighty-six. -------- If there isn't any hell, and a Phila- delphia minister says there isn't, af +" We have some attractive bar- gains in city Property. A good list of farms and garden lands. Fire Insurance, first class company. ' Money to loan on mortgages. 'T. J. Lockhart Rel Egtate and Insurance 68 BROCK ST., KINGSTON Phones 322J and 1797J. A ey lot of people are being told to go to a place that {sn't, wasn't inviting a quarrel about his at the World Is (As Seén'by Popular Mechanics Magezing Olng a Minute phic messages at the rate of possible | 1,000 words a minute have been received on a revolving, magnetio-drum instry- ill i i gt : i i FE ! : i i Bi 2 2 ; | I fl j » . J i i i F ji 1 § ¥ ¥ J ~=d | | Machine Shop This machine shop is not alto- gether merchanical. Our Squipmeniy represents the most modern mechan! ism, yes--but we employ men who are capable of suggesting and exe- euting shop work of distinctive qual- Bishop Machine Shop KING AND QUEEN STREETS FRESH GARDEN SEEDS From Best Seed Houses In bulk or package, Special varieties of Sweet Pea, named Spencers. 'Quees. City' Lawn @G | Seed. ras 1 'Shady Nook' Grass Seed. ~--for under the trees dark corners of the Lars aq Dr. Chown's Drug Store 185 Princess Street. Phone 343 ESCOFFIER (Chet to Late King Edward) Mixed Pickles, Chow Chow, Gherkins, Walnuts, Picalilli--all in Malt Vinegar. A REAL TREAT Jas. REDDEN & CO, PHONES 20 and 990, RAWFORD'S OAL QUARTETTE HEN the seems mild and at this time of year it may be bl member that