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© THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDA Y, FEBRUARY 4, RA sip, 1918. FINE CANADIAN JOHN McK Kingston's ReMable Fur House * Phone 489. Established YOUR INSPECT 10y, INVITED AY, Limited '149 to 157 Brock Si. A A ere. | SEEKING STUDENTS, | Bur Does «Not Expect More Than a Tenth the Usual Number, In an interview, Rev. J uperintendent Church in New the Whig that Presbyterians in his of the Presbyterian Ontario stated to ethodist and rritory are co- the tween $20,000 and $25.000 mission Lmoney a year. In the territory, which is 400 miles wide by 700 miles long, theré is not one case of over- lapping and there is better #orvice to the congregations, The actual membership. of ed with by the arrangement, While in the city Mr.- Byrnes is sndgavoring to secure students to tak® work in the mission fields. In | CELERY Sale SATURDAY At the Bon Marche Grocery Cor King and Earl Sts. Phone 1844, Little Better Than the Rest You may have been looking for a change in your pancake flour. We have it. Teco self- rising pancake flour. Somply delicious when served with ma- ple syrup and a cup of our steel cut coffee, Baker's Grocery Phone 1016. Princess and Frontenac Sts. pre-war days he usually secured some sixty or seventy, but this year because of the number who have joined the khaki ranks there will not be over six or seven. He addressed Queen's students on this matter Saturday morning. Whiskey Prices Soar In England, | Three years ago a bottle of whis- Key containing about twenty-eight ounces could be purchased for 84 cents in London, but as the Govern- ment prohibited the distilling tf whiskey and the vending of spirits under three years of age, the price has since that time been steadily rising Where supplies are still ay- ailable the price has ranged between $2.60 and $5. Y Pianos to rent, ©. W. Lindsay, an ei eg "ou Might Save a Dollar on Glasses, And lose a million dollars' worth of eyesight! You cannot calculate eye- Should be the ambition of every man, Select one rem our Mat, a $2800, Bagot St. reoms, stable, $2300, Johnson St. 7- rooms, sta. ble, corner lot. $5500, Johnson St. double dwel- 3 na, 7 reomyg each. ' ($1600, Princess St. rough-cast, 7 ne rooms, "94600, Alfred St. brick, 9 rooms, hot water fu . | $2200, Quebec St, by furnace, ele: Division St. rooms, furnace, sight on the dollar and cent basis, i When you need glasses, go to the best optician, have an accurate examination and take his advice; get the best service yon can, and when you do all that you will come to us. Our servjee is the best. 1 Registered Optometrists, .' 392 King St. {ingston D. Byrnes, | operating to save forty men and be-| no one is interefer- | [daughter of Isaac Holder, i a ON SATURDAY EVENING. President J. M. Hazlet Expressed the Confidence of the Students in { Their New Headmagter. | Principal Taylor was formally n- { troduced to the staff and students of { Queen's Univesity at reception [Reid by the Alma Mater Fin the gymnasium on Sat } ing afier the regular meeting of the { society, i Therp were about twe hundred | Buests present, and they were re- ceived by J. M. Hazlett, pregilent of {the Alma Mater Society; Prof, M. B. | Baker, honorary president of the | Alma Mater Society, and M Whit- ton, president of the Levana So- | ciety. Principal and Mrs. Taylor | were then. introduced to the Siaft | and students. {| Principal Taylor was chaired on the shoulders of some of the sturdy | college boys and carried to the plat- form, which was decorated with Queen's colors, where he received an address from President Hazlett, in which the confidence) and desire of the students to Seo md with him was expressed. In replying, Principal Taylor thanked the students very heartily for their kindness in welcoming him $0 royally to their fold, and desired that at all times they would feel free to consult him about their pro- blems. He confessed that at pre- sent he knew very little of Kingston beyond the short stretch from 70 Barrie street to his office in the old arts. byilding, but hoped that he might be of some service in carrying on the traditions of the university in this ¢ity and in the Dominion. Following the address of the principal, which was vigorously ap- plauded, the college vells were given and an informal '"'conversazione' held for several hours. The Rooters' Club was present and college songs were sung until refreshments were served and ueen's, doxology and the National Anthem brought the delightful function to a 'close. a c-------------- CHURCH UNION. Methodist and Presbyterians Took Important Action. A most important 'joint confer- ence was held at Napanee on Friday at which decisions were made look- ing to union of a number of con- | Breégations of the Methodist and Presbyterian bodies. It the pro- pesals are carried out six appoint ments will be closed, four ministers will be released for work elsewhere and $2,100 will be saved to the missionary and augmentation funds as well as the additional amounts contributed locally for the support of ministrial workers. After 'a full discussion, resolu- tions were- carried recommending that the Methodist appointments on Wolfe and Amherst Islairds should be closed and the Presbyterian ap- pointments at Portsmouth, Callins Bay, Consecon and Hillier should also be closed, It is expected that the union will be finally consummated and ratified by the end of the present ecclesiasti- eal year, Juné 30th next. * Married at Detroit. On Jan. 36th, 1918, at 6 p.m., the marriage of Adeline Wakeford, Battersea, and Alvah R., son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. White, Philadelphia, Pa., was performed at the Central 'Me- thodist church, Detroit, Mich., . by the Rev. IH. Leister Smith. "After the ceremony the bridal party drove to the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. . IC. LE, Hyde, 64512 Second avenue, where the wedding dinner was served to a number of friends. The gifts were numerous and beauti- ful. The groom's gift to the bride Was a beautiful Cadillac limousine. I ---- Offer Open This Week. Permission has from the publishers, tee of no increase in rates, to com- tinue the subscription of the De- signer at special rate of 59¢. "Phone 919 to have your name entered and call during the week whe ent to receive subscriber: February issue. The Coll Store. Open nights. ps ---- > Practising Economy. Over 80 per cent. of the ladies Who Subscribed for the Designer on urday secured 'a copy of the spring Standard Fashion Quarter]y for one cent. the combined su tion: being been obtained with a-gaaran- card and ege Book 760, which Included coun 8 800d for 15¢ in the purchase of In this day of high prices, the durability - and value of these rugs is beyond compare. They are washable and sanitary, will lie flat without fastening and will not or curl at the edges. beautiful designs 6ft. x9f :. . 7} ft. x9 fe. . Of .x9H 9 ft. x 104 ft. ft. x12ft ..| kick up They come in eight and five sizes: E600 veri. or 8180: nv 089.00 ¢ eo $10.50 a Ly Ji for duty." patterns. Book Brie) The College 00 e 'Open 'nights. ods In One Day, ¥ ' ke LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN- NE" (Tablets). Druggists refund ioney if it fails to cure. E WwW. OVE'S signature is on each box. Soon Ready for Duty. ha John Ballantyne, messenger af the 'City Buildings, '» through illness sinfe December 11th* ae "Quite well again. Soon ready erm i Was Grdnted Exemption. At a meeting of tribunal No. 144, sitting In the City Council chambe on Monday morning, Joseph. Denn £ for the Montreal Transpo uy, was grasted til Jan. 1919, unless he 8 {0 be employed in this eca- y. oy - This is the held by Major dAndsay Malcolm, who ig being to Franee. : v Mr Spm ----------. : "Bringing Up Father Abroad" at the Grand om Wednesday | PRINCIPAL TAYLOR CIENTS OF THE DAY | THE AMS. HELD A RECEPTION LOCAL NOTES AND ITEMS OF conveni- | *ip- H city, GENERAL INTEREST. Happenings In the City and Vieinity --What the Merchants Offer to the Readers of the Whig. Ring up 645 for sweet cider. William Dalby has returned home from Montreal Ring up 645 mented wines, Mrs. Robert Willey, Lyn, is seri- for all kinds unfer- ously ill in a Kingston hospital. The thermometer at the police sta- tion registered 10 below zero on Monday morning. W. Swain, plano tuner, 100 Clergy street west. Orders left at McAu- ley's, or phone 564. The Odessa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Limited, head office at Odessa, hus been incorporated, Now is the time to have your plano tuned. We carry two expert will assure entire satis- turners an, faction. ¢. W. Lindsay, Ltd. Prof. Stafford Kirkpatrick spent Weveral. days in Ottawa last week at a meeting of the Scientific Recorder Couneil, R. L. Bruee,-B.Sc., who has been engaged in mining work at Le Pas on the Hudson Bay railway is in the He is a Queen's graduate. Now is the time to have your plano tuned, We catry two expert tuners and will assure entire satis faction. C. W. Lindsay. Ltd. A telegraphic despatch from New| York: safd in the Whig of Saturday that minks brought 58¢ each. It was moles that are that price, Minks are worth $12 each. The various societies of Chalmers church are meeting at private homes for the present to save coal being used at the chutch to heat up the school room. ) The Board of Trade acknowledges a donation of $5 from the Victoria Council ¥ of King's Daughters, through the secretary, Mrs. A. Stra- chan, for the Belgian Sick Child ren's Hospital Fund. We will rent you a plano, and at end of six months if you feel like purchasing instrument we will al- low the 6 months' rental on pur- chase price, and Arrange easy terms on balance. C. W. Lindsay, Ltd. The big genuine sale of Furs started on Saturday --- sghres of pleased patrons left our store and many remarked, "How can it be done?" Rvery Jacket, every sett of furs, every muff and neckpiece in our enors mons stock is marked in plain "green pencil" figurés and re- duced to a bargain price. "For mention of the low. prices 'Watch This Space Every Day. Today we emphasize a few of the hundreds of Yges: Hudson Seal Jackets, up = PONV... UE 8118.00 Canadian Muskrat Jackets for ....... ... ... $72.50 Russian Pony Jackets OF: dL SBE, Natural Select Lynx Setts,. fod... $358.00 Large Mink Stoles for $38.00 Taupe Wolf Setts for .. $35.00 Red Fox Setts, 4 skins | for ... ... Porous Lamb Cape Stoles for Alaska Sable Caperines for... ... i. ... 32875 Natural Wolf Setts for $23.75 'Raecoon Setts, Ladies', "White Sable Setts for . . $18.90, Mink Muffs, pillow style OF... lo SRS Persian Lamb 'Muffy, choice curl .. . ... | $18.50 Hudson Seal Cape Stoles OF C. 0 Lr ITS Alaska Sable Pillow Mutt for ... LJ $12.90 high- : ert for ... .. $12.50 Childs' Jeeland Lamb Coats Bor... ... ii 0 $18.00 Hack China Lynx Setts or... .. cae $490 for .. $2.00 iv as low as denieeniaiy $1.90 and $2.90 Te e-- v IMPORTANT NOTICE RE DESICNER "Owing te the large number of phone orders and inquiries from ladies named for the Designer at special rate of 59¢, we have succeeded in obta publishers to continue this Special rate during the present week and the tions placed will be filled at 39e in-spi wishing 0 enter their ining the permission of the guarantee that all subscrip. te of any advance that may be made in the annual rate. Over 300 Kingston Ladies' Subscribed on Saturday large number of whom expressed their intention of discontinuing other ushion journals at the expiration of their present subscriptions and preferring - ' America's Greatest Home and Fashion Magazin THE DESIGNER : before Saturday a total list of 1,000. your name entered and call during the week, w hen convenient, to 'make + Secare your card and copy of February issue, ! We want to secure Phone 919 to have payment o - The College Book St ore, Phone 919, Open Nights Phone 319 The © Harmonola The baste patents, which way one or two talking machines a monopoly for yegrs, expired some time ago, Since then numerous machines of merit equal to the origlaal makes have Appeared at greatly reduced prices, Voremont among these is HARMONOLA--completely adian, plays any type of record withont extra appliances, solid mahogany, full size 'cabinet and at two-thirds price of older types. Let us demonstrate the Hare monoln for you, | Special Values / WHITE COTTONS -- PILLOW COTTONS_ Smith Bros. SHEETINGS : TABLE LINENS TABLE NAPKINS TOWELS TOWELLINGS-- Still Selling at Prices Much Below Present Values. Newman & Shaw. THE ALWAYS BUSY STORE wt z | BY-LAW TO MOTORIZE | THE FIRE DEPARTMENT » S---- > 1 Is To Be Submitted to the City Council on Monday Evening. At. a special meeting pf the fire and light committee Monday morn- ing it was decilled to subm fog the Fence Posts Good Cedar Posts | A detached dwelling, large garden and stable, in good location, for $3500. Pos. session 30 days, Detached dwelling on EK St., with large yard, $1850. New frame on Ha stop. consideration of the City Council a by-law to motorize the fire depart- ment. The committee estimates that the cost will be $22,000, which would be paid off in debentures of $3,000 4 year for ten years. According to figuring, the city. would not really have td pay one dollar for motorizing the departments, "as over $4,000 a alized at No. on Brock street dnd No. 1 station on Ontario street could he sold. ar fous places are motorizing their de- partments, one of the latest to decide upon the change bei the, town of Trenton. The City Council will have & chance to give full ideration to the matter. The by-law wil likely be given a first reading at to-night's meeting. r, but the driver and inside of two the angry animal to showed great ski, blocks brought We : months for Wire Fencing and : Other Uses, dwelling Charles street, 7 rooms, hot water heating, modern, £2800, hi double frame on Divis. Dwelling 'on Ordnance with electric light, provements, $2300 Brick dwelling, on Fart St, for $2100, A big lst st office to select from. 8t., gas and im. Cor. A -- snd Division Sts, Phones 530 and 1436,