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2 = Te a = -- _-- = -- o-- = = = _ -- == oz _= = T-- -- --_-- == = wm --_-- _-- -- == = = = = = = ---- = _-- = == == == == = ---- = _- == = -_= == = = == = =5 = == o = = = SS E Fl Practical Sets for the School Girl in American Grey Fox, i Badger, Natural Op- -J posum and Silver Rac- 7" coon in the most up-to- date styles. Prices moderate. ' Otamono <> QUALITY You are cordially invited to inspect, with no obligation to buy. John McKay, Limited THAR mn 149 to 157 Brock Street. IH INE EY NN YEARS OLD El Margaret Smith, widow of the late [AHI STR 'Mrs. Margaret Smith, Collin's Bay, Born on Oct. 18th, 18 | "If I am spared until Monday, | which-1s Thanksgiving day, I wiil be ninety-nine years of age," said Mrs. Darius Smith, to a Whig representa- tive who called at her home at Col- lins Bay on Friday afternoon. Mrs. 'Smith, who has almost com- pleted five score years, is indeed a remarkable woman. She is excep- tionally well, apd enjoys talking "te her many friends who often drop in to visit her. Were it not for the fact that her eyesight is somewhat fail- ing, she would still continue to read the daily papers. Even now, she is able to read any article which has larger print than the newspaper. She is well versed in what is going on, as her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Van Luven, with whom she resides reads to her, . On Friday efternoon, the Whig man found Mrs, Smith dozing in her arm chair on the verandah in front of her home. After she wakened, with the assistance of her cane, she made her way into the living room, where she told many interesting things which occurred during her life time. | Mrs, Smith is the widow of the | late Darius Smith, who was superin- | * tendent. of light houses for many | { years. She was born in the town- Robertson's, Limited We Are Showing the Latest Production of Ceramic Art, the New ORIFLAMME WARE Dazzingly brilliant with color and fascinating with its opale- cent reflections. ery of an English potter. It is the result of a new and wonderful discoy- » Oriflamme ware fulfills the sound condition of the highest art. No two pieces are alike, The old bronze and old gold effects produced with this dull metallic surface are at once artistic in the highest degree, the flame in the furnace transmits at will the modern creation. CALL AND SEE THIS LINE Robertson's, Limited 75-76 PRINCESS STREET | 8hip of Ernesttown, Oct. 18.a, 1821, | being the oldest daughter of the late | Timothy Allen, who was a local preacher. The Allen family consist- | ed of seven boys and two girls, of | whom Mrs. Smith is the only surviv- [Ing memMer. On July 11th, 1848, | she was married by Rev. C. R. Alli- | son at Cataraqui. Her husband lived | until 1880. She remained at her home near Wilton until she was six- f teen years of age, and then left for { the States to complete her education for a school teacher. For seven years | after returning from the States, she | taught school, Her first school 'was | in the fourth concession in the town- | #hip of Ernesttown, ang her last { school was on the Highlands (near | Westbrooke), | It was very difficult for the child- | ren to get to school. From child- hood, Mrs. Smith was very fond of | horses and learned to ride so that she could travel to and from school ; on horseback. - It was all woods in those days, and the trip to school Was very hard. The trustees in those | days did mot pay big salaries for | School teachers, which is $hown in | the fact that Mrs. Smith only obtain- | ed $5 a month for her services. In (her first school there were thirty | Scholars. When agked about where | the teachers boarded, she stated that | the parents of the scholars were ob- | liged to board and lodge her. The teacher would stay with the farmers, who sent their children to school, for the period of one week, and then ,, move on to another home, Mrs. Smith stated that the Bells and the Harkers were among her scholars. School opened at nine o'clock in the morning and closed at four, the same @s now. One of her schools was only a block house, but later a frame school was built, and later on a stone building was erected, There were no railroads in the early days, and the only way to get NN rt, CWYA (Incorporated) to Kingston was on a lumber wag- gon. Many and many a time Mrs. Smith rode to Kingston on a lum- ber waggon, and when she arrived in the city would find that her elbows were badly bruised, as a result of her passage. Since she was seventeen years of age she has attended the Methodist church and Sunday school. When THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. MS. SHORTT'S ADDRESS In_ City Hall, Friday Evening; | With Regard to Mothers' Pensions. Mrs. Adam Shortt, Ottawa, vice- chairman of the Mothers' Pensions Commission for Ontario, arrived in the city at 4.30 p.m. on Friday, and Was met by Mrs. Bruce Taylor whose i Buest she will be during her stay in the city, At 7 p.m. a meeting of the Kingston committee took place to elect a local chairman, treasurer and | Secretary and Mrs. Shortt presided. Those elected were: Mrs. R. Bruce | Taylor, chairman, C. J. Graham, Vice- § chairman, Rev. J. R. Fairtull, secre- ! tary. Mrs. Bruce Taylor presided at a meeting in the city hall at 8 p.m. and introduced Mrs. Adam Shortt Who gave an exhaustive statement upon the work of the pension board and explained clearly the Mothers' Allowance Act, passed at the last meeting of the Ontario legislature, The first province to adopt this legis- lation was Manitoba and Ontario is the second. These are the only proy- inces in whieh provision is made for widows and children. In time the other provinces will undoubtedly fql- low. Mrs. Shortt explained that the money grant was in reality a pay- ment to the mother for the care of her children. It was not a charity, but was paid by the government for the work she was doing for the state 4s an employee of the government. It the mother proves to be unfit to do this work, the allowance would be withdrawn. Owing to the flood of applications following the announce- ment, it has been impossible to strike a schedule of rates adjusted to parti- cular cases, and the commision was, therefore, placed under the necessity of striking a flat rate to go into ef- fect immediately, pending the fur- ther investigation of the circum- stances surrounding all cases. It was hoped that by January something more definite would be arrived at. Those responsible for passing the act felt that it was better to err on the side of liberality than on the side of parsimony. It was estimated that the first year's payments would ag- gregate slightly over the million, the* province bearing the cost of admin- | istration, gnd the allowances being | equally divided between the province and the municipalities, ' Mrs. Shortt briefly outlined the | workings of the act, and directed all i who desired to obtain the particulars, | to the local president and the mem- 8! bers of the Kingston committee, Ap- | plication blanks may be obtained at the city hall. A special investigator employed in each locality in order to facilitate the work of the com- mittee. The question of women with illegitimate children was one that required special treatment. For in- stance, if a woman with illegitimate children married and the children | 'Were accepted by the husband she would be eligible under the act in the event of his death. Another class was the deserted mother who | ¥ did not benefit under the act. The commission had no discretionary powers in such cases. Wives with husbands in prison did not benefit, but if the husband is in an asylum they do benefit. As a matter of fact there are but three classes of mothers really eligible under the act as at present constituted. They are bona fide widows with two or more chil- dren under fourteen years, mothers whose husbands are in asylums, and wives of disabled men. Mrs. Shortt gave some idea of the cost of, the proper administration of the widows allowances law. It will reqiure sixteen permanent investiga- tors for the province at a salary of $1,600, and in addition a number of temporary investigators, She hoped Il November Pictorial Review --just out -- beginning the new novel by Kathleen Norris. Peoples, Ainslee's, Blue Book, Smith's, Motion Picture, Classic, Picture Play. 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Terms can be arranged, ] FRIDAY, OCT. 22nd, 1920 Tailors Style and #t guaranteed. to all orders. 30 MONTREAL STREET them how the walking is, 342 King Street. S is not a matter of chance. Properly- fitted Glasses are the result of painstaking, Jscientific eye mea- surement and skilful adjustment. Na : Our many years of successful practice enable us to give you the satisfaction your eyes demand. J. S-ASSELSTINE, Phone 1019w,. Our own personal attention is siven she can wel] remember her father, a steward in the Methodist church, going around to the farmers to collect produce, which was given to the preacher to tide him over the liamson & Wellwood 7 e In the early days, Mrs. Smith re- first members the cooking of the meals in front of the big fireplace. It was & common occurrence to roast a goose or bake bread in front of the big Try us for your mext Suit or Overcoat. open fire, Her family consists of three daughters, Mrs. (Rev.) Ferguson, mother of Mrs, (Rev.) A. W. Ste- wart, Harrowsmith; Mrs. T. ¥. Van Two Doors From King Edward Theatre| /UVeD, and Mrs. W, E. Grass, Col- ling Bay. All her gons died. There Actors always lke to tread the | are thirteen grandchildren and six boards, but 't's a deadly insult to ask great-grandchildren, Mrs. Smith voted when she was ninety-eight years of age. . She remarked that the Whig had been coming intq her home: "all her life, and she would-be very lone- some without it. The Whig, as well as her many friends, congratulated Mrs. Smith on attaining the age of ninety-nine, and hope that she will be spared to pass the century mark. ------ The listic Services. The evangelistic services at "the || Pentecostal Tabernacle, Queey and Barrie streets, are "progressing with interest. Numbers ll | announced for Sunday and the coming week, with the. ser- Vices continuing every fiight, Evangelist A. H. Argu | {to-morrow night on "Will Jesus Come ain? When Will He Come? How ll Will He Come?" 1H} the good ones. . Races Thanksgiving Day. Monday's programme will give the harness "Horse contingent their last chance of the season to look' over The card is a 2.15 ney," "Spier Olcott," "K. L. Lam- bert," "Billy Patch," "Laura Pointer" and a string of others in the van, too Rumerous to give in detail. A word to the wise is sufficient. Come a See them step. ----------in Horse races at the fair grounds, i¥| Monday, 2 o'clock sharp. Admission Hi50 cents. Agios § free. 7 Buy Kingston tares are good. them. Amounts from $100 to $1,000. A woman always agrees with a man whose opinions are the same as her You get a quality tea when you | buy Charm. : Shortt left this morning for Ottawa. Capt. W. Fairfull will receive appli- cations for Kingston's widows for the local committee. the best Charm. 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