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THE DAILY BRITI SH WHIG SATURDAY, Ni " wr 5 Published Dally and Sem! BRITISH WHIG PUBLIS oe Mgr KINGSTON, ONT, Ome . 97. ear, by rural offices, f year, to Unit States (Semi-Weekly Edition) Fear, by mail, cask ...... ® year, to United States UT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES: P St. John St, Montreal, . Calder, 23 'W. Thompson, 100 King Street, W.. one of the best in Canadas. The circulation of THE BRITISH Not such a bad April after all. The spading fogk gets a reprieve. The best endorsement of mankind is the credit business. Try becoming dissatisfied with yourself instead of with your job. The upkeep of & car isn't much, unless you count fines and hospital Money isn't everything; you must 'also acquire the knack of spending Few men who yell for liberty up after their pay is in- Be sure you are right and thea © ahead and take what tho go- er left. | ---- Fell, it might be worse, - Even murder. fs unusual enough to news. The annual controversy as to the proper way to pronounce "gladio- * is upon us. You don't need an alienist to Ove that a man who risks hanging - little crazy. the weather was getting too hot hoeing, perhaps Adam was glad ve the Garden. nother good memory test is the to recall what you worried jut last year. 895: The play failed; it wasn't enough. 1925: The play fail it wasn't bad enough. A I ----------------. only time one really envies erate is when billboards. take ming rom the scenery. i Se ------------ I took the world a long time to eh open diplomacy, open plumb- and secret toothpick work. iia the old days the reformed i joined the church; now he his 'éxperieifce to a magazine. )w that Ontario has imposed a bent tax on gasoline life In this. ¢e'is hardly worth flivving. hick complex is the convie~ that people in the mext county . It fen't always rural. ¥phus 'kept rolling the stones ll." "**Thank heaven théy didn't 'me to find parking space," ba & sie TT MIT ust 'woman's intuition. If she to think 'you 'are the right A -- : . 'match While filling' a "tank saves a man' | th ! THE AUTOMOBILE TAX. We live in swiftly changing times. The things that were novelties yes- terday are common-place to-day. Fuman nature, however, remains stable; and we have just been given a striking demonstration of its ine mutability. Mr. James Steedsman, Progressive member for Souris in the House of Common, was the expom- ent. \ Mr. Steedsman, talking on 'the budget, lamented the failure of one of his associates to carry through the House a resolution calling for a Bweeping reduction in the duty on automobiles. He declared this to be an injustice to the western farmer, who has come to classify the motor car as a necessary of life, along with his implements. * We have been told that few farm- ers in the West are without an automobile, and Mr. Steedsman gives confirmation to what may not have been universally received with credence. - But down here in the ef- fete East the auto is looked upon as 8 luxury. At all events, no one has ever thought of asking that it be immune from "taxation; and it isn't immune by a long chalk. It is being hit from all sides. The East doesn't like it; but is not raising a row about it, knowing full well that it would be useless. It is impossible to miss the les- Son wrapped up in this incident in Parliament. The western Progres. sive has reached the point where he doesn't Want to pay taxes on any- thing, even his automobile. He has convinced himself that his contribu- tion to national production justifies his exemption. But he is perfectly willing that everybody else should | pay. a -- THE "ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. Right Hon. H. A. L. Fisher, who was Minister of Education in Great Britain during the war, has a candid and thoughtful article in Colliers on what he conceives to be the main differences between British and Am- erican schools. He is very tactful, and therefore prefaces his critical observations with generous praise for the things he found to commend in America. But, having satisfled the amenities, he frankly points out certain things which he regards as imperfections. He Identifies a generally. lower grade of male teachers in the United States than in England. In the lat- ter country every man id a position of responsibility on the teaching staff holds university honors. He assumes that this makes for high standards, and he has the weight of probability on his side. = Other things being equal, a thoroughly trained principal is apt to raise the level of teaching, with obvious benefits to the pupils. If Mr. Fisher in any regard seems positive it is when he deals with the introduction of commercial subjects and methods into the curriculum of American schools in general. One fact gives support to his arguments in that relation. The number of commercial students rose. from 1, 500 in 1893 to 2,000,000 fn 1918. "It is therefore safe to assume" he goes on to say, "that-a good many young people continue their educa- tion in the hope of improving thefr business qualifications." All this, however, he fears is taking place at the sacrifice of thoroughness in the fundamentals of a sound education. In other words, Mr. Fisher sees the American people----although he does not say so in so many words-- using their school system as a direct aid to their children in the pursuit of the almighty dollar. If the mak- ing of money be the supreme test of success in life, then nothing what- ever can be said against boys and giris being trained in the best ways of reaching that end. But the spirit- ual aspect remains. The most pene- tratimg and comprehensive test of success is the measure of service contributed to mankind. We should all be agreed as to that. If the right honorable gentleman had given his impressions of Cana- dian schools, is it likely he would have found us pursuing entirely sane and worthy lines? .It is to be feared he would not. We, too, have been led into such an elaboration of the curriculum that there is real danger We may, in trying to teach too many subjects, fail to bring about thor. oughness In any one--especially the essentials. This has been done "to help the poor man's son." But are we really helping him by such a cramming process? ---------- ALWAYS MOVING FASTER. | We are. reading and = hearing a great deal these days about the auto- mobile. The advent of spring is one of the causes. Though such talk {umphed with the first airplane. They '|could have run around it in circles companimént of drinking show an alarming increase, Mr. Ferguson | will continue to cry pathetically, "Bootleggers." But what then be- comes of his confident assurances | that beer would expell the whiskey | peddler? Wets and drys are indeed ! a hard team for Mr. Ferguson to That Body of Bours By James |, Barton, M.D, The Value of Variety, An amusing little article in the newspapers recently headed 'getting ready for another war," described the manner ia which one of the pow- ers was issuing mstructions to the sergeant cooks of the azmy. It gave fifteen methods of preparing bacon, which has always been a staple art- icle of food in warfare. It gave a receipt also by means of which the old time bully beef could be turned into fish paste. There were twenty- eight meat dishes, eleven sauces, and thirty-eight puddings. on foot without turning a hair. But A "warning" was given these we have made vast progress since cooks regarding the old fashioned that memorable day at Kokomo. In | "plain stew," that it should not be December 'last, Bennett Hill drove a [served too often, as it was not "uni- motor racing car at Culver City, | versally popular." California, 250 miles in 1 hour 58 minutes 18 seconds, or at an average speed of 126.9 miles an hour. Twenty years from now some one may drive a motor car the same dis- tance in one hour. minds just mow en the automobile than that the inventor of the first practicable motor car died a few days ago. His claim to that distine- tion is not Hkely ever tobe ques- tioned. At Kokomo, Indiana, on 4th July, 1894, Edward Haynes made his first successful trial trip of a gasoline propelled auto. He made , it go at the dizzy speed of seven miles an hour. That is pot of such vital and historic importance as the fact that he made it go at all Thus the Wright brothers" tri- did not mount into the clouds. Ia fact, they got no further than being able to make their machine skim a few feet above the water for a dis- tance of a few hundred yards. But that was enough. The fundamental problem was solved. Development followed swiftly. And so it was with Edward Haynes' first automobile, It was a poor, slow, ungainly, wheezy and unreliable thing; but it demon- strated the practicability of the in- ternal combustion engine, and the genius of other men took hold of that triumph and carried it to its present perfection. As has just been said, Edward Haynes drove his pioneer automobile at a speed of seven miles an hour. Paavo Nurmi, the Finnish athlete, fore in describing the success of one sergeant cook over the cooks of other units, simply because, that with the same rations, he was able to turn out more appetizing food, and kept the unit free from grumb- ling. It has been well said that armies march on their stomachs. Now the whole. point of the matter is that the ordinary healthy individual who is getting enough exercise and fresh air has a normal appetite, and can | usually get the kind of food he likes, | cooked in the way he likes it éook- ed. He can vary it, or it is varied The outstanding feature of human inclination tn our day is to increasé the pace--to move faster and faster. In the realm of mechanics that is perhaps natural. It suggests pro- gress. It satisfies the craving for victorious achievement. It reduces man's handicap in his struggle against the forces of nature. It feeds the spirit of battle in his breast. But | fof him without his knowledge. we are not letting it stop at that. With a group of men, even in the, We are bermitiing t to got nto our | Feidoare, and with a wormal ape kind, it must be varied as to cook- ing, or there will be a lack of appe- tite, and then discontent and grumb- ling. And so although we trust that no war is in the offing, nevertheless this power is using good hard sense and foresight in thus looking after the stomachs, and thus the strength, "and the "good spirits" of its men. If this same idea could ever be put into the heads of the superintendénts of hospitals, and other ' institutions, there would be a great improvement in the physical condition of the pa- tients and inmates, In one, institu-. tion where this was triéd, and Mtt18 "delicacies" added, the léngth of time the patients took to convalesce was made considerably shorter. Another experiment was to allow the convalesing patient to return to his home for a couple of days, and the "home cooking" had a most helpful effect upon his general con- dition, physically and mentally. Good cooking with plenty of variations, is a big factor in the health and hap- piness éf the home. blood, and to manifest itself in a thousand forms in our social life. Wé hurry through everything. We even move the clock ahead in summer to gain daylight. The social instincts respond to our craving for speed in locomotion. We may be sorry for all haste before we are much older. It is all very well to get over the grounds faster than we used to do, and to quicken communication; but Wwe have nothing to gain by acceler- ating our social habits. It is there the pace tells. 'We sacrifice that de- liberation 'which makes for thor- oughness and meditation. We near- ly always lose when we hurry the brain. At 'all events, we are likely to lower the standard of its pro- ducts and shorten its period of pro- ductivity. The leisurely writers have given us the best we have in litera- ture. The patient plodders have given us the richest fruits of science. Nature rebukes the Speedster.' At every 'step in her processes she de- mands time. We ought to heed her example. this ------------------------ THOSE NAUGHTY BOOTLEGGERS. Poor Mr. Ferguson! His high- minded attempt to introduce tem- 'perance alcohol in order to drive out the intemperate variety supplied by bootleggers and government vendors is being misunderstood. The boot- leggers;, those wicked fellows, are already laying plans to bring the Ferguson temperance bars into dert- sion. It 1s the bootleggers who have both initiated and defeated all the provincial temperance legislation. Their votes brought in the O.T.A. Their nefarious practices made the Act unworkable. Yet their vote again upheld the O.T.A. and defeat- éd as pretty a scheme of government control as was ever hatched. Clearly realizing that no temperance mea- sure was safe while these impossible gentry were about, the government selected 4.4 as the weapon which would starve the bootlegger out. Who would drink bootleg when Fer- guson beer was foaming in every 3% OF political dun grocery? Who indeed! i portance. Their wn re This hej sentative is Valhjahmar Stefansson, one of the chief arguments on which the legislation was passed. Ana | 'he Canadian-born Arctic explorer. now those diabolical scoundrels, ac- |. cording to_the premier, are prepar- Ing to bring discredit on this tem- perance measure as on the others. Their method 1s as simple as it is v supply flasks that may be carried in- to places where the mew When the first Icelanders arrived in Manitoba on this day In 1874 to make their future home, Canada welcomed one of the most success- ful classes of immigrants it has béen her lot to secure. 'Inured to the hardships of a severe climate, frugal and peaceful, the Teelandeis set to work to raise dattlé and to learn the art of growing grain, which was new to them. ' Eager for the advantages of education for 'their children they immediately es: tablished a school and engaged an English 'teacher. * * Equipped with little but health and a 'willingness to work, the Icelanders have ac- quired not only comtert but ' opu« lerice in many cases.. They have contributed largely to thé expatision of education and established a chair of Icelandic language and literature in Wesley College so that théir young men could be prepared for religious work among their people. Now 'they have papers and maga. zines of their own and have won their way to places of political im- I touched on this matter once be- | + 48 YOUNG Men's Suits - In the new English models. "THE ATKIN" Bibby's Special $18.50 ALSO "THE ELMONT" BiBBY'S Saturday Attractions ' 38 YOUNG ~ Men's Topcoats New Donegal Tweeds, new Co- vert Cloths, mew Herringbone Tweeds--Slip-on models-- set in or Raglan sleeves--all mew colore ings--sizes 34 to 44. 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