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THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1024, IGRAND TO-NIGHT IEMARKABLE KINEMATOGRAPH FILMS LAST SHOWING DESCRIBED BY MAJOR F. YEATS-BROWN, D.F.C. PRICES: 8 25¢., 50c¢.," 75¢., $1.00. simmers COMMENCING Monday JAN. 28 Sh pe Matinee Wednesday at 2.30. re Evenings at 8.15. [= | TLRS TOE EAR \ \ YSTERIES DANTE If EUROPE'S MAGICIAN|{ | PRESENTING THE MOST MYSTIFYING | | \ \ SPECTACLE THE BRAIN OF MAN HAS jan, who will appear under the man: | breaker EVER DEVISED. 23-PEOPLE =23 2 52,~EFFECTS ~ 2 | Greatest Mystery Show on Earth. MORE FEATURES, THRILLS, SURPRISES, THAN EVER BEFORE WITNESSED. GHOST She will tellyou. 50 MASTER MYSTERIES NEW TO AMERICA 50 'Write your questions al home. "THRILLING, LASTING IMPRESSIONS" r Question'. red y PRICES: Evg. 25c., 30c., 75c., $1.00. Matinee Seats now on sale. GRAND-SATURDAY FEB. RETURN VISIT . BRITAIN'S PREMIER CHARACTER ACTOR BRANSBY WILLIAMS ; (HIMSELF) In his entertainment as presented by Royal Command before the Late King Edward and the Royal Family, con- sisting of a selection of Monologues, Recitalions, Char- acter Sketches from Dickens. A Chinese Drama, Imper- gonations of famous Actors, ete. 25¢. and 50c. MAT. 2.30 EVG. 8.15 Evening 25¢., 50c, 75c¢., $1.00 Bargain Matinee: Aduits 50c., Children, 26c. Seats on sale Thursday. AREA EERE EEE RR hhh ded MB -- CAPITOL NARNER FABIAN'S sensational novel brought to the sereen, showing with remarkable accuracy the artificial- ties of the social whirl---and Youth in conflict with age. With COLLEEN MOORE MILTON SILLS ELLIOTT DEXTER MYRTLE STEDMAN 'A Different Picture" You'll be surpriscd. S-T-R-A-N-D STARTS MONDAY | last | American magiclan, | Opera House for three nights begin- | ning Monday, Jan. 28th, is very fond | magie | vited him to the royal palace to spend | several days, | three of h!s dogs and his two mon- i keys. | of the palace, unimpeachable credentials, the guard - AMUSEMENTS What the Press Agents Say Abont Coming Attractions Concluding Run. "The Climbing of Mount Everest" | { will be shown ap the Grand Opera | | House for the last time this evening. | Yesterday afternoon crowds of youngsters took advantage of the, school children's matinee at 4.15 to see the wonderful events of rea- lity shown' in this marvellgus piec- ture.- It is hard to realle that these things are all real and living and that they were filifed only at great risk to the camera men. We are so used to "faked" thrills in the movies that we find it hard to be- lieve when we see the real thing. The picture will be shown for the time this afternoon and eve- ning. ENGLAND'S GREATEST MAGICIAN OPENING HERE MONDAY NIGHT Dante, the noted European magic- the famous at the Grand agement of Thurston, of animals. In his travels about the ! world he has managed to pick up a | parrot, three parrakeets, two mon- | keys, seven or eight rabbits, four dogs, two cats and three deers, These | ; {are his constant companions and he uses some of them most effectively in the presentation of his Thurston- | Kellar mysteries. Dante has just completed a most | successful tour of Europlan capitals. | He is a great favorite in Copenhagen, and has reeently been appointed | court magician by King Christian of Denmark, who is an ardent lover of The king a short time ago in- Dante set forth with When he arrived at the gates notwithstanding his refused him admittance. The man explained that no one-----no matter who he might be--could enter the sacred precincts of the palace and -- -- | struggles and temptations, her reck- lessness, her audacity; are so delicate- ly handled, yet withal, humanly, that they combine to make a character study of the modern girl that {s net | only unusually real in its conception, | but beautifully executed. 3 | "No praise is too high for Colleen i Moore. Colleen is no longer just a quiet little girl who plays comedy parts adeptly, or a clever young miss whose Irish characterizations are al- ways amusing. She has proven that she possesses emotional depths of a wide and varied order. and has a yery fine technique to enable~her to express them. She reaches heightt in "Flaming Youth" rarely touched in | screen acting. Perhaps the best bit i of 'work she does is at the moment | she learns of her mother's death. | Milton Sills, who portrays the part i of Pat's elderly lover, is a splendid { choice. He has powers of expression | posséssed by few artists and he | knows how to use them. Elliott Dex- { ter plays the role of an old suitor | of the girl's mother with becoming sentiment. This picture "has been a record wherever shown and the | managgment of the Capitol is expect- {Ing er will not be an ex- | ception. It opens Monday for a three | days engagement. | | | "FOG BOUND" HAS ITS FINAL SHOWING TO-NIGHT { To-night will be the last oppor- { tunity you will have of seeing Dor- | othy Dalton fn a picture of rare! charm. ""Fog-Bound." The dashing ! Dorothy proves once again & favorite, | and deservedly; for "Fog-Bound" | ranks among her most entertaining | pictures. See it at the Strand to- night. : L | xwanis activities. { { | The regular meeting of the -Ki- { wanis Ciub will be beld on Monday | evening in the Frontenac hotel atl { 8ix o clock. The ciub has been very {fortunate in securing Prof. B. K.| sandwell as a speaker, The subject | of his address has a very attracuve It is "The Advantage of Cities." | | sound. | Small bring with them animals, however | : a ; harmless and domesticated. Crest-| The list of the year's committees fallen, but resolute, Dante returned | las been sent io the members and rap m---------- | | SPORT || a -------------------------------------- 7. | LOCAL NEWS. drief Items of Interest Picked Up by the Whig Re- porters. | / HOCKEY RESULAS | Bishop Farthing preaches at St | Georges' both services, Sunday. It costs $2.64 a week 'for pat- fents in the Hasting county house of refuge. x Mr, Swain, piano tuner. Orders j received at 100 Clergy street west, 'phone 564w. . Hear Rev. Dr. Pidgeon on Church nion, 'on Monday, eb. 14th, in Cooke's Church --_--~ The carnival planned for the Pal- ace Rink last night was postponed uwutil somie night aevxt week SKatey sharpuued, holivw ground, i638 Kiug stroot, Jaues Modney. Telephone 1579. i Senior. Hamiiton 3 Kitchener Intermediate Belleville 8, Queen's 3 Cornwall 7, Frontenacs 2, | Oshawa 4, Trenton Bowmanville 4, Jo. Port 2 Hope f t Junior. Lindsay 5, Peterboro Brockville 5, Queen's 3. St. Andrew's 5, Upper Caaadd 4. > J. Bay of Quinte. Napanee 4, Point Anne 1. inteas 2 Prof. Juha Mataesoa, Queva s, Un- QUEEN'S JU NIORS ENCOUNTER {versity, ts among the defendents in SECOND SUCCESSIVE DEFEAT. | (he church union lajauction. Brockville, Jan:-'26.--Brockville | Great quauntilivs vl suow are be- juniors won the opening game of the | 1p taken from Princess and-othe junior O.H.A. season here last eve- |g reots and dumpd ua ning defeating Queen's University | pura war > five goals to three in a fast and hard i yp aa Ty , batlic. Queer's' playeds were much | The Huds of Miss Dorothy wen- heavier than the locals, but the {Por W ° Jaderwent 3 stives ye Brockville boys more than held their | ' a re Jlsuven lo kave ehe own. The teams were tied 1-1 at the | ITugrues hg favorably. . * end of the first period, in the sec-| Musi an Plymouth," ond Brockville 4-2 and in the last] ° Ce each oan scored. | chott, in Sunday school hall, Jan. dt j 30th und 31st, at 8 o'clock. : On Feb. 1st Prof. D. A MeArthur ED. GEERS, AGED 73, { Queen's, will speak before the Na Pp» IS FINE TRAINER :nee Historical Society. His theme -- will be "The Kuropean Ruparation Now in Charge of Peter Mann~ | settlement." | AN Gamble, clerk at the Fron- ina, World's Fastest ; tenac hotel, is in Brockville attenu- Trotter. ling the funeral of his brother, . | George Patrick Gamble, who dled The New York Herald: From!gn Thursday. Memphis come the glad tidings that| yrs. D. B. Murray, Kensihgton Peter Marming, 1:56 3-4, the fastest | avenue, who underwent ap opera- trotting hofse ever foaled, !s winter-| ; n a: the General hospital two ing in fine fettle in the hands of his | weeks ago, Is expected to be able | the crivhet . ot by Cooke's ! new trainer, Ed. Geers, and may |, pe removed to her home early surprise the knowing ones next SUI | joy week mer by setting a new record for har-| 3" Mi pon resistrar of Queen's ness horses with his veteran driver}... .o. 0 es a oF ae 10 the sky | University Council, received a letter - » , ithis i 3 5; 3 & --Grers will be seventy-three Years | yo Spleens i i old.next Friday, Yel his inborn rit ip ae in his appointment as chan- of getting out of horses the last | iior of the University 1 Hugh McMillan, Toronto, ounce of effort that is in them seems | & | Secre- to his hotel in Copenhagen. An hour later he was visited by the | Court Chamberlain, to whom he ex- | plained the situation. The official | declared that the rule had been in| force for centuries and begged the | magician to leave his pets behind and pay his royal host the visit as arrang- | ed. Dante pleasantly, but firinly, ex- plained that he never went anywhere without the animals, and had he had an inkling that he would not be al- lowed to enter the royal palace with them he'would have declined the in- vitation. The Chamberlain was dis- mayed. The upshot of the matter was that he.communicated with King Christian, who immediately revoked the century-old rulé, and Dante and his monkeys and dogs spent a most enjoyable week-end at the roydl pal- ace. } BRANSBY WILLIAMS IS RETURNING HERE In His Famous Character Sketches and Impersona= tions at Grand. Bransby Williams, the great Eng- lish character actor who has recently returned from a tour to Vancouver and back with his London Company, which is returning to England on the 31st, will, in deferénce to the wishes of many Canadians who have asked to see him in some of the characters they kpew so well in the English music halls, make a short tour through Ontario presenting the en- tertainment that be gave by. Royal Command before the late King Ed- ward and members of the Royal fam- ily. He will appear at the Grand Theatre, Kingston, on Saturday, Feb. 2nd, for a matinee and evening per- formance. Brausby Williams entertainment consists of a selection 6f monologues, recitations, grave and gay. character sketches from Dickens, including the most humorous character ever creat- ed, Grandfather Smaliweed, a Chin- ese drama, "Orange Blossom," by Sax Hohmer, concluding with the "stage Doorkeeper" or "Penny, Showman," in which Mr, Williams gives imper- sonations of famous actors whose COLLEEN MOORE "THE HUNTRESS" TO-NIGHT DOROTHY ONLY DALTON il be paid for information as to whereabouts of MISS ADA HAN, who left her home, 248 Street, about noon on Tues- inst., and was last seen pkiln Hil) on the Perth Road W. MUNDELL, Solicitor. aN NOTICE I will be pleased to conduet Auctloa Bales In Kingston or the County of bt rontenac. > Rates reasonable. be made at my office. T- J. MUNRO, wr ' Arrangements can the audience is asked to cal out. Sir Herbert Tree and Sir Henry Irving being special favorites. The prices of seats for this enter- tainment have been placed within the reach of all. The seats for the matinee will be 75, 50 and 25 cents, and at the evening performance $1,650, $1, 76 and 50 cents. The en- tertalgment itself is quite ahead of +Bringlug up Father" in the quantity and quality of its humour and should be seen, heard and enjoyed by all Mail orders recelved'at the box office now. "FLAMING YOUTH" IS AT CAPITOL MONDAY Colleen Moore Making Big Hit In" This, Real Plecs of v In "Flaming Youth" we - offer a oplay of a superior kind, afford- | they are all requested to look u their duties for 1924 and to find out on what bodies they are serving and who their chairmen are. A large attendance is requesied for Monday night. The Ontario Motor League, The Ontario Motor League DOW stands completely organized. Through the offices of the local clubs it is kept in close contact with sentiment of motorists from one end of the provnce to the other, and is enabled to formulate policies in respect of questions of interest to motorists the provinge over. Through its local clubs it js en- abled to function where questiors of purely local Interest arise. During the past year the affiliat- ed clubs of the league have been carrying on very actively and to the benefit of thousands of motor- ists. The local clubs have been partic- ularly active during the past year in direction and locality signing in their territorities. A move which or- iginated in 1923, and which has as- sumed considerable proportions has been that to mark all the conces- sion roads. Another activity of a number of the local clubs ha; been that of inducing rural residents to have their names {nscribed more legibly upon thelr letter-boxes. There letter boxes could then be used as loca] guide posts, The Late Mrs. Bowman, There passed away this morning at 102 Earl street, Mrs. Catherine Bowman, widow of the late Edwin | Bowman. The deceased lady had been in failing health for some time, She was a Methodist In religion ana a member of Sydenham street com. gregation. She was also a member of Lodge No. 20 of the Chosen Friends. Surviving are one som, Earl, and three daughters, Mrs. Matt. Miller, Nrs. W. Simmons, and Miss Clara, at home. The funeral will take place on Monday afternoon to Cataraqul, cemetery in charge of John Cor- nelius. Rev. R. H. Bell will conduct the last services. -- =~ At Poble's Resort, Poole's Resort, Jan. 22.--A num- ber from here attended the Young Conservative Club "At Home" on Friday evening last, at Escott town hall. Mrs. E. J. Salter and son Ger. ald are ill with chicken pox. Friends of Mrs. Thornton Andress will be pleased to nofe, that her operation was successful. Mrs. OC. Burtch un- derwent an operation on Friday last at St. Vincent de Paul hospital, Brockville. ~ Mrs. Charles Wiillams spent a few days. lagt week at the bedside of her" mother, Mrs. C. 'Burtch. at the St. Vincent de Pan! hospital, Brockville. - Miss Edng Wil- cox was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Buéll Dickey, Brockville, for a cou- Owing to -{ daily roun and opera | by John Haws and son rushing business this win- > is doing a ter. when he first came inte prominence more than forty years ago. Monroe Salisbury, himself a horse man who has, had few peers and per- haps no superior, once said to the writer that in a lifetime of experi- ence with stage horses on the plains and race horses on the Grand Circuit, he had never seen more than about halt a dozen men that he could call great drivers, and he mentioned Geers as one of them---all the rest were stage drivers--Ilargely hecaus: of this singular magnetic influence over horses, as shown by the way in which he could, Without whip or voice, make a trotter do more for him than he would or could do for any other driver when the silent man from Tennesse set that strong face of his in a close finish. Peter Manning, now eight years old, passed into Geer's hands after Thomas W. Murphy, "the wizard oi the sulky" had trained and driven him with consummate skill four years for 'the purpose of giving him the fastest record he was capable of making. It would indeed. be wonder- ful if "the grand old man," as Geers is now called b¥ "the followers of trotting, could take such a horse under such conditions from such con- ditions from such a master as Mur- phy is universally conceded to be and finprove his record after he had fail- ed last season to equal it in the hands of the younger man. Stranger things have happened, however, than that the magic of the veteran's touch should get a mile out of the long eared grandson of Peter the Great which would cap the climax of the was a time in October of 1922 when Peter Manning gave evidence of be- ing able tc beat 1:56 3-4 perhaps by a i But he was not so fast a horse last year. Can a man who is well past the alloted age of three score years and ten condition | him and drive him so perfectly that he will come back to his best form of | two years ago? world will wait eagerlyy to see. 2 Wanderlied. (Marjorie L. C. Pickthall) O west of all the westward roads that woo ye to their winding, O south of all the southward ways that call ye to the sea, There's 4 little lonely garden that would pay ye for the finding With a fairy-ring within it und an old thorn tree. ' O there upon the brink of morn the thrushes would be calling, And the little liting linnets | With the lime tree all in blossom and thé soft leat shadows rail ing-- © there I'd have a place at lus! to lay my fread, : 1 would I had a swallow's wing: for then I'd fly and find i; O would I had a swellow's heart, for then 1'd- love to roam! With an orchard on' the hillside * and an old, old man to wind it, O there I'd lift 'my lodge at last and make my hoie. » Farthing to Speak. The Right Rev. Dr. Farthing. the St. George's Society, on ( Mon- day evening. st 8 o'clock A smoking | concert is to be arranged for the 'occasion to which members of the Sons of England are invited. to be as effective to-day as it was] careers of both man and horse. There | ' The harness racing: Bishop of Montreal, is to address {tary of the Students Volunteer | Movement, who was on his way to { Montreal to meet Dr. Harrison, the Arabian missionary, who is speak- ing in Kingston on Sunday, spent a {few days with Mrs. S. E. Revelle | snd Ian Revelle, College street, STORM AT CUSHENDALL. Left the Sideroads in an Almost Im- passable Condition for Autos. Cushendall, Jan. 24.--The high winds which prevailed here Monday lest the sideroads almost impassable for auto travelling. | School reopened last week and all | are glad to bee Miss Miller as teacher again after an absence of a few weeks owing to illness. On Tuesday evening, Jan. 8th, Mr. and Mrs, John Burns entertained a number of their friends to a jolly party, it being the 15th anniversary of their marriage. A very enjoyable evening was spent in music, dancing and games, after which dainty refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Burns, After midnight the party was brought to a close by singing "He's a Jolly Good Fellow," and wishing them many | more happy years. Mr. and Mrs. James Martin are re- | joicing over the arrival of their 30th grandchild, a son being born to Mr. ! and Mrs. Charles, Jr., Kingston, on | Jan. 13th. The many friends of Mrs. John Hyland are glad to know she has returned to her home after un- dergoing a serious operation in the | Kingst«e General Hospital, and hope | for a speedy recovery. Miss Lizzie Martin spent the week- | end in Kingston, Miss Emma Woods | has returned to her home at Bur- ridge after visiting Miss Anna Toner. Mr. and Mrs, Clarénce Moris, Delta, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Woods. Miss Blythe Battams, Gananoque, isayipiting Miss Belle Greenlees. Mrs. Flossy Me- Carey has returned home spending some time in Broekville { and other-places. The Ladies' Guild of St. James' church. met at the home of Mrs. Melviile Peck, on Wed- | nesday afternoon. News of Wolfe Island. Jan. 25.--The crossing to King | ston #s not in very good cendition. | The eunchre held in the C. M. B, A. hall, on Wednesday evening, was a great success About two hundred people were in attendance. Mrs. Howard Tarrent, who has been il, is improving. The euchre at Mrs. | WilMam Little's on Friday evening, | was well attended, William Fawcett 18 visiting friends in Kingston. The snowfall, on Wea. nesday night, has been véry benef. | lal to the sleighing throughonf® the | island. 1: has heen ideal for cars and | sleighs and wheeling! i Thi farmer: are taking advantage of the good sieighing by hauling wood. Several attended the social at | Richard Halliday's, on Friday even- | ing, and report a gond time. Mrs. Wilitam Dignem. St Lawremce is visiting her mother Mrs A R. Mee Donald Tha sawing machines on | {ha island are képt buey these days sawing wood. 3 1 { } { | | i Tichhorne Notes. | Tichborne Jan is heard in this vicinity. A number trom around here are hauling wood to the crossing and village. Some from around here took In the night. The Ladies' Ald meeting at a last tended. Rev. Mr. Moyce made few calls in this | the Revised Statutes of Ontaric after | ha | notice, { shall not Ars. T. H. Swerbrick's wae well at-| BLUNDERS What is your impression of this office? a The answer will bo found among to-day want ads, - Arm om wo ------ Public Library Bulleti Now Editions of 'Indian Stories , For Boys and Girls. Daniel. Boone--S. E. White. Two Arrows--W. O. Stoddard. Talking Leaves--W. O. Stoddard. Binopah--J. W. Shultz. Waucousta--Major Richardson. Flamingo Feather--K. Munroe. - At War With Pontlac--K. Munroe. Spirit Lake--A. Hemming. ey 7 Cataraqu! Ludge Nu. 10, LO.0.F. The regular meetin f above Lodge will be huld Tuesday Evening, January 29th, Third Degree. W. H. MALLORY, N. THE FLORENCE HUDON PRIVATE SCHOOL BALLET, CLASSICO AND MODERN DANCING Classes and individum: Instruction for Adults and Children. For further Information apply 30 UNION STREET WEST R. M. DOUGLAS, Ree. Sec. SEALED TENDERS addressed to the undersigned and endorsed "Tender fot sewer, Mowat Sanitorium, Kingston, Ont.," will be received until 12 e'elock noon, Friday, February Sth, 1024, for the construction of a sewer at Mowat Sanatorium, Kingston, Ont. Plans and Specification can be seen and forms of tender obtained at the of. fices of the Chief Architect, Depart= ment of Public Works, Ottawa, the Resident Architect, Department of Pubs lie Works, General Post Office, Toronto, Ont, and thé Resident Architects, De- partment of Public Worle - Merchants Bank Bldg, Kingston, Ont, . Tenders will not be considered une less made on the forms supplied by the Lieparument and {n accordance with the conditions set forth therein. =' Each tender must be accompanied by an accepted cheque on a chartered bank | payable to the order of the Minister ot equal to 10% of the Public Works, War Loan Bonds amount of the tender. of the Dominion will also, be accepted as security, or war bonds 'and cheques If required to make up an odd amount. By order, L. H. COLMAN, Becretary. Department of Public Works, Ottawa, January 24th, 1924 A AAA A AAA Notice to Creditors In the Matter of the Estate of William Burton, late of the Township of K ston, in the County of Froatenac, Lockmnaster, Deceased. NOTICE is hervby given pursuant to 1914, Chap. 1561, Seu. 66, that all creditors and others having claims against tha Estate of William Burton, who died vt about Eighth day of Oge tober,' 192%, are required to deliver or send by post prepaid, om or before the Twelfth day of February, 1924, to the undersigned solicitors for the Admin- istratrix of the estate, thelr names amd addresses and a full description of 'all claims and the nature of securities (If any) held) by them, such dlaimg to be duly verified. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that immediately after the Twelfth day of February, 1924, the sald Administratrix will proceed to distribute the said es- tate among the parties entitled thereto, tr regard only for the claims of she shall then have recelved And the sald Administratrix be ilable to any person of hose claim notice shall not have been re by her prior to the said Twelfth day of February, 71924. DATED at Kingston, Ontario, this Fifteenth day of January, 1924, ' NICKLE & FARRELL, Sulteiturg for the Adjuinistratrix, Mrs. week, The many friends of Alex. Howes hope for her speedy re- covery. Visitors: George McGinnis of Carleton Place at Alonzo Ken- nedy, Jr.'s; Miss McGinnis and Miss McKeever spent the week-end at Verona. Joseph Steele and family at Alonzo Kennedy, Jr.'s; Miss Me Ginnls aud Miss Lillie Barker at William Steele's; Thomas Cameron at L. A. Cameron's; Mrs. Wood yisit- ing her sister, Mrs. Garrett. the Aved Ninety Years of Age. Parham, Jan. 25.---On Jan. 18th, fourteén decendents of Hiram 8. Wagar drove to the home of his son, Bismark Wagar, Long Lake, with whom he resides, to celebrate his 90th birthday anniversdry. Mr. Wa- {gar is 'hale and hearty and reads without glasses. He has five sons, Clayton, Willier, Donald, Bismark and Cartwright, and two daughters, Mrs. J. N. Smith and Mrs. G.'A. Smith; also twenty-eight 'grandchil. dren and twenty-four great grand. children. The guests were served 24 ~The hum of | with a bounteous supper and spent Georze Thompson's sawing machine | the evening in music and singing, in which! Mr. Wagar took his part. -------------- Saturday Special Sale. Strawberries, Spinach, Sweet Po. oyster supper at Parham on Tuesday )tatoes, eté., at Carnovsky's. In almost every home the hushand preaches economy and the wife prac. Uces it.