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~ BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1918. ... TT ---- -- | N---- : Call and Get Your | *® : vont Designer for August STYLISH SERVICE FOR PATRIOTIC WOMEN Serve your country by being productive and at the same time look your best by wearing the smartest styles. Make your own clothes at home and thus permit other hands to do other work. Spend money freely, but productively. . ther," he mdded, "If hay been 100 Use standard patterns. They are simplest, easiest to use and fold for the HAY. Only tor ibis we give you the most advanced Parisian styles. Call today at our ould have had b er crop." "rhe majority. of farmers ov Woite|ll Standard Pattern Department. . Island and throughout the county . ! . . i . % . Magazines for August -- Motion Picture Classic, Pictorial Review, Metropolitan, Cosmopolitan, Woman's Home Companion, Blue have made a start on their haying. ~ Book, McClures, McCall's, Eic. The rain on Tuesday night will de- lay operations. There was a heavy THE COLLEGE BOOK STORE Phone 919 Open Nights 'Phone 919 shower of rain on Wolfe Island. AA HSNO oh 0 WO Orr Orr Prey daylight saving or not. At fifteen J ? : AST GAEDE HV Aye ~ minutes after midnfght on Monday,| § ¢ P RA EI oy which was St. Swithin's Day, the rain Rp . > : - » THE DAILY I INCDENTS. OF THE DAY PAGE TWO a nr AVERAGE HAY CROP ON WOLFE ISLAND Cold Weather @ives the Crop| Serious Setback in Old + Meadows. LOCAL NOTES AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST, ' ' { efappenings In the City and Vicinity 4! se-What the Merchants Offer to the : | Readers of.the Whig. This 2 day off at thé Police Court There were no cases entered wr hearing x Now is the time to have your plano tuned. We carry two expert | tuners and will assure entire satis faction. C. W. Lindsay, Limited. i Mi ice Garner, Sydenham, was {suc 11 in her piano examination recently held in Kingston, Now is the time to have your | piano tuned, We carry two expert Ji toners and will assure entire satis- { faction. C. W. Lindsay, Limited. { MBuekley 'T. O'Brien entered a plea of guilly tora charge of bigamy, {and was sentenced to two years in penitentiary in the Toronto police court y Miss Mildred Donaldson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J «Donaldson; Uni versity avenue, was successful in passing the Normal School examina- tions at Toronto. « The address which Dean H. T. J. {Coleman was to have given on the {education of the new age before the stadents at Queen's Summer School was postponed on Tuesday afternoon. We will rent you a plano, and at end of six months ¥ you feel like | purchasing imstrument we will al- {low the six months' rental on pur- | chase price, and arrange easy terms w= | ON balance. C. W, Lindsay, Limited. | Representatives of the local Ma- | sonic lodges are atterdding Grand Lodge at Windsor, Ont. The chief { point of interest in the present ses- | sion 1s the selection of the D.D.G.M. for the 14th Masonie District, and it } : 4 | is expected that a Kingston man will eaney S > | receive the honor this year. y | At a meeting of Judge Lavell, J X B. Macdonald, ayaronts, Sheriff al Dawson and Warden Reid in the De est Sadlllac Electrie { court house on Wednesday after- volving dust brash, for catohs | = , { hoon it was decided that Cataraqui ing list and hairs. It is a . | would be removed from the division wonderful cleaner, time and court list In future Cataraqui divi-| * { sion proceedings will be held at labor saver. Telephone 819. WwW » { Kinston J R C D bbs & C hy Strain | We will rent you 'a piano, and at «KN. CL. Do a 0. end of six months if you feel like 41 Clarence Street. - a «| purchasing instrument we will al Telephone $19, When we can exam | loar the six months' rental on pur ine and prescribe] chase price, and arrange easy terms ] } il {on balance. C. W. Lindsay, Limited. glasses that wa 1 add | A very pleasant time was spent on . { Tuesday évening at the home of Miss hours each day to Helen Myers, 216 Colborne street, your working effici- | when a number' of her girl friends | gathered there for a social evening ency. For eye-glass {and to bid good-bye to Miss Myers, * compe 4 * who is leaving the city. She was the satisfaction, consult [femme or ihe city. Sho was the recipient numerous presents, whic expressed the esteem in which she is Registered Optometrist, held. 842 King St. The Busy Optical Store i -- A prominent farmer on Wolfe Is- land informed the Whiz on Wednes- day morning; that the hay crop onthe island would be only about an aver- age crop. . He stated that the old meadows were mot panning out very well, but in new meadows the show- ing was vel good. Asked 'for the cause of thd falling oft, he stated that the cold weather was responsi- bla. "You might say we have just had two or three days real warm wea-} SR. SmS---------- WILL IT RAIN OR NOT? ------ ; This Is the Question--=St. Swithen's Day on Tuesday. Clever minds are puzzling over a great problem. Will it rain for the next forty days? Some say it will Some say it won't, The crux of the situation is whether you believe in In All Colors -- Red, White, Blue, Black, Silver; Cross -- Beautiful Summer Furs, John McKay, Kingston's Reliable Fur Houso 149 and 157 Brock St. YY $5.00 'Clocks We have another guaranteed shipment of solid oak mantel clocks at the above price. These ate neat and plain and easily car- ed for. SMITH BROS. Jewelers, Issuers of Marriage Licenses. Starr Phonographs 350 King Street, = Mr a ahhh A A A 4 aa ply. Their calculations seem to have been corrpet up to date, for it has rained every evephig, Of course Ald. H. W. Newman being the supervisor of the bowling tournament and father of daylight saving, says it is not go ing to rain. 3 Tet us demonstrate to you began to fall. Ordinarily this would be counted as Tuesday and conse- Headquarters for Dependable Silks quently the rule of St. Swithin's Day, that if it raped on that day it would rain for forty days thereafter would Hirashike Wash Silk -- In black or white, 36 and 40 inches wide, suitable for sep- arate skirts and dresses. Specially pric- not apply. But the clever minds say ed at $1.25, $1.40. that by the solar time the correct hour was 11.15 p.m. on Monday, and Habutai Silk -- 36 inches wide, Old Rose, copenhagen, white, black, flesh, ivory, the rule of St. Swithin's Day will ap- THE OLDEST ORANGEMAN. maize. Extra value $1.25. Wellington Comes to the Front 'in Good Fashion. The Whig's Wellington correspon- dent writes: The Kingston Whig boasts of hav- ing in the city the oldest Orangeman in Canada, ex-Ald. Joseph Tait, who bas been an Orangeman for seventy- three years. Wellington can beat that by three years, James Haddon, now in his ninety-sixth year, was born in the County of Tyrone, Ire- land, in the year 1822, and has been an Orangeman since 1842. He joined when twenty years old, whié¢h would be seventy-six years ago. Mr. Had- don is well and hearty to-day' His brother William has been an Orange-|. man for' sixty-five years. The two' live togeather. Monument Remember the ' excursion to the lawn social at Wolfe Island, at St. Aridrew's Presbyterian chureh;, Thursday, July 18th. Steamer Wolle Islander leaves Folger's dock at § o'clock. Salvation Army Band in NOTICE TO OUR attendance, Admission, including | boat trip from Kingston, 25c. # PATRONS la Ron Hanied Purcell pa % 2 Nelson street, was on Tuesday Owing to the scarcity of help admitted to the General Hospital we have been handicapped. in suffering from three cuts in the leg our repair department, and have above the knee, one of which was been unable to get the work quite severe. In company with an- out 'as soon as we expected. "Extra Heavy Silk Poplins -- 36 inches wide, all the popular shades that fashion de- mands. Our price $1.50. Padus Baiahiediohh h d h A 4 Aa 4 4 4 4 4 4 aA J.E. MULLEN 155 Frontense St, Phone 141 a Ny GERMANS BOMB HOSPITAL, oo A Big bnipment of Shantung Silk in the ha- tural color, 34 and 36 inches wide. Ranging in price from 50c to $1.25. Best Quality Crepe De Chene in all the Air Raiders Make Night Attack oi Red Cross Station, : Paris, July 17.--German air raid- ars bombed an American Réd Cross hospital at Jouy, killing two men and injuring nine persons, including Miss Jone Jeffrey. The hospital was full FN ON PN PPP hn CLOTHING ON EASY . TERMS N [ We now have a full staff of re- pair men and assure prompt other lad he was driving in an auto- mobile on the Perth road when he lost control of the car and it turn- of wounded and operations were pro- ceeding when the attack began. Phys- icians and nurses never halted their| wanted shades, $2.00 per yard. fe re N. Morris, 374 King St. id service in the future. ! Central Garage Ed Walsh, Prop. 835 King St. ed turtle, throwing them violently to the ground. His eompanion, whose name was not learned, re- celved a shaking up. Y The ' Collingwood Shipbuilding Company now has three trawlers in the water being fitted out. Good pro- Sale at Prevost's, Brock Street, gress is being made with the work. Boys' Baririggan underwear, 36¢ A new keel will be laid at onceson leach; men's Balbriggan underwear, the ways vacated by the T.R. 55. An- all sizes, 0c each; men's combin- other vessel js under construction, ations, big assortment; men's colored and she will be ready for launching | shires from $1.00 up; also great later in the season, General Manager stock of ready made clothing. H. C, Welch was congratulated yes- ini-- terday by those who witnessed the On Leave In Tondon. vessel take the plunge into the wa- Lieut.-Col. Eric Phillips, M.C., of ter. the 26th Warwickshiresy son of Wil- liam Phillips, Kingston, is spending a fortnight's leave in London, and Lieut. Alan Phillips has exchanged into the Royal Naval Air Service. work. Three tents were destroyed. East of Chalons, Red Cross work- ers searched all night long for wounded and many were sent back to the hospitals, CROSS FOX STOLES W. F. GOURDIER 78-80 Brock Street. . . ___ Phone 700. Good Buying! ul uymg: A NEW BUNGALOW ON Pem- broke street, lot 67 x 128, $2700. Pictorial Patterns for August. Newinan & Shaw 3 2 = Adi NEW FRAME BUNGALOW 15 Pembroke Street Si > § rooms, B, and C, Electricity, Verandah; Lot ¢8 x 132, with splendid vegetable garden, double sheeted vith Aredia db A A 4 4 : | the Golden Lion Grocery Fancy Clover HONEY In one pound sections, 25 cents each. Fresh California Prunes, nice and Juicy ... « 10e, 12% ¢, 15¢ Ib. Evaporated Peaches, 2 Ibs for 26¢ Evaporated Apricots ... ... 15e¢ Ib, + ses sve ou 40¢ gal te The Always 'Busy. Store YY YY YN Ay Added dh hhh Ad Ah ree POSTAL CLERKS. | rotate BUILDERS' SUPPLIES tsuttng : Had a Meeting in the Post Office on ; pry Wi ae a Feat aha a rn. : Tuesday. A Private Garage 8% ' Phone 320 or 421, If you fail to advertise adequately,| At a largely attended meeting of se Brock oe in -------- umber, wise thick felt ye 's Sweet Cider . . HE gl ae 17 - porch or veranda. Nip- mpire Fibre Rugs in nine different and Aerolux Porch WR McRae&Co The Late John Douglas. The death of John Douglas oc- cifrred at the 'General Hospital on Wednesday, where he had been un- der treatment for Bright's disease. The deceased, whose home was in North Bay, was employed for the past six weeks at the Canadian Locomotive Works as engine * in- Spector for the T.N.O. Railway, and he had rooms at No. 301 University avenue. A funeral service was con- ducted at the residence this after- noon by the Rev. W. Craig, of Sydenham street Methodist church, and was attend by 'a 'number of representative Mabons. Interment will take place at North Bay. Mr. Douglas was forty-four years of age, and he is survived by his wife aid one child, who reside in North ay. : ! im Sai. -- LOWER SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS. | the tenant you ought to have may decide upon a place which will not suit him half so well as your pro- perty would. i : The Hat Store." i | | | li arrived Hl the Postal Clerks' Association, held in the post office Tuesday evening, the report of Delegate George B. Scott to the eighth annual ¢onvention, held in Toronto during the week of July 8th, was read and adopted. A complete re-adjustment of working conditions and salaries is being planned by the new Commission on Civil Service, and a strong Dominion executive has been appointed by the convention to as- sist this commission in the drafting of the new reforms. Delegates from Victoria, B.C., to Charlottetown, PEI, were in at- tendance and much important legisia- tion was put through. Great strides have already been made by this asso- tiation in the bettering of conditions generally, the organization having already reached a membership of over 8,000, IN MARINE CIRCLES. i -- Movements of Vessel? ' Reported The steamer H. N. Jex cleared for Oswego with the schooner Andrews in tow, nh The sfeamer City of Dresden clear- ed for Oswego. ; M.T, Co's bulletin: Tug Magnolia, | with Barges Quebec and Hamilton, a from Fairhaven with coal; tug Glyde, down, with one gmin | barge, and picked up barme Mowat, at Prescott, for Cornwall; tog Thom- eared, with two coal barges, for is a great conveni- ence. We can sup- .ply them to suit any "size car. Built at our factory, delivered in sections 'and set up quickly. 5. ANGLIN & 00. Woodworking Factory, Lumber 1 Yards 68. Phone 6 Factory Phone 1415. we Lumber, Coal and Wood weve ~ Wr ---------- ~~ DWELLING, GARDEN. AND STABLE, lot 66 x 132. Pem- broke street, $2650, ? DETACHED DWELLING, with garage and garden, Charles street, $2600. HIMCOE ISLAND, a good dwel- b ling, 61% acres land, . fruit b trees, ice house, barn and 4 stable, $1550 TO RENT -- FURNISHED HOUSE, Johnson: stroet, $25.00 per month from E. W, Malin & Son