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For Hammock, Canoe, . Steamer or Chair Car Any of the following new novels can be heartily recom- mended. Of course, they are just as good for other times. Note the Authors: \ The Gentleman of Courage-- By James Oliver Curwood Outlawed -- ' By Robswood Cooke. The Test of Donald Norton-- By Robert E. Pinkerton David of King's-- Isle of Thorns-- By E. F. Benson By Sheild Kaye-Smith R. Uglow & Co. SEND YOUR FRIEND A BOOK Royal Crown Derby Just received a ship- | 887 Frontenac St., Kingston "Phone 1417. China. Cups and Saucers. Tea Plates. Cake Plates, etc. Kinnear & d'Esterre 168 PRINCESS ST. Dr. Waugh DENTIST 106 Wellington St. Phone 256. ment of this beautiful' p-- BRICK, STONE, PLASTERING AND TILE SETTING DOUGLAS & McILQUHAM CONTRACTORS \ JOBBING WORK A SPECIALTY. PHONES 2267F--928W, 400 ALBERT STREET Fit Cups and Saucers English Clover Leaf | Cups and Saucers ...... 15 cents English Plain White : Cups and Saucers ...... 12 cents glish China Cups and Saucers English ¢ vals sien ee eo 25 cents up We dlso have many lines of Plates, Bowls, Jugs, Platters, etc., at re- markably low prices. SPECIAL PRICES ON ALL SIZES OF FRUIT JARS rison's Limited All sizes. \ | One Dollar a Pair THE DAILY BR LINES PENNED AT THE SEA- SHORE. By George 8. Chappell. | Alternating fog and sun | Work their will upon my hide, | Dampened every morn by one, By the other daily fried. | Damp, the garments that I wear, ; Hot, my brow, and peeling, too; | Stiffly glutinous, my hair, Hard to get the old comb through. / Busted, all my racket strings, Warped, my clubs, from grip to head, Slimpsy, all my flannel things, Dank the pillow on my bed. { Ocean, you're the Bunk, old Dear, | But I ask of you no pity, For I'm going away from here-- [ee Bye, Ocean; O you City! | Co-Operation, | "Ah, Gerald, if you could only love like that," gighed the maid, ag they watched the final fade-out on the | screen. "Maybe I could," replied Gerald, | "it I had a couple of high salaried directors telling me how." ~--Mrs. Hugh Harris. Short and Sweet. Shoe Salesman: '"'Aren"t you the young lady that called last week for a pair of shoes with a short vamp?" old saying, "Another will be along in a minute." Second Sheik: "Yeh, and if you vait long enough the same one will be coming back." --Jack Wood. Sidney says he named six bankers as his pallbearers, as they had car- ried him for so long that they might as well finish the job. Could He Be Exchanged? Little Helen had had a severs scolding from her father, and was brooding over her wrongs, ~ © At last she blurted out: "Mamma, how long have we had pappa?" --Mrs. R. 8. Filkin. My Hosiery! The hours I spent with those old socks Are just so many backaches to me, I look them over, plain ones and with clocks, My hosiery! My hosiery! Each sock a hole, from each hole a run, ; Some start at knee and end at toe, [ find a few unfit to mend, The runs have no place to go. Oh stockings that have danced all nizht, Oh stockings day, hey all are feet-less, so I might as well Throw them all away~--oh dear, Throw them all away. --Mrs. Clayton C. Ellis. that have worked all A man once crossed the Atlantic Indignant Patron: "Sir! That was|2nd, when his last match went out, | my sister!" --Richard Bleyer. Leap Year. (By E. P. Malone.) They 'tell me this is leap year and 1 know that it ig true, it's been impressed upon me till 1 know it through and through, Lady Luck's been with me and I've kept alive so far, | For every year is Leap Year for a | man without a car, {old | They say that leap year only comes | one year in every four, ¢ But that's not true, I've leaped so much that it's got to be a bore, And up until the present I've escaped without a scar, For every year is leap year for the man without a car, But I am apprehensive as I walk from day to day, That sometime I'll forget to leap or leap right in the way, And if I do I'm pretty sure my fea- tures it will mar Every year is leap year unless you drive a car. Too Convincing, J SOR I ~~ If I hadn't overplayed my hand, I would have landed a fifty thousand dollar policy this morning," remark- ed the |nsuramce solicitor. "How>was that?" inquired manager, "I put the fear of death into the prospect so strongly that he is sure he can never pass a medical exami- nation." the The Modern Version. First Sheik: "Never chase a-wo~ mau or a street car, You know the "Thermos" com- fort for the man who carries his lynch to the job. _ From the laborer to the skilled mechanic -- working- men of every trade have found how much comfort threw his cigar overboard and it lit on the water, Alr castles are usually built with love stories of would." Out Where Texas Begins, Out where the '"gats" are a whole lot thicker, % And' the guy that lives has to draw some quicker, Out where the hooch kills a little "deader" Out where the redder-- Must be Texas. --N. H. Crowell. girls paint a little $PFRSS FF FSEIBPIES + * < * + * E2242 2250002000 THE EDITOR'S SANCTUM. We have been asked to give a general idea as to what happens to a manuscript when it is sent to The Fun Shop. The envelopes are first opened by our readers, who eliminate the old, trite, and generally poor humor. These readers retain any™ humor that has anything worthwhile in it-- even an idea. ' . The selected humor then passes to the Editor of The Fun Shop, who eliminates that which he believes un- suited for this department. Accept- ed items, then, are sent through for Payment, ~N Those contribitions which have merit, but which are faultily execut- ed are held and, at the earliest op- portunity, put in the hands of. writ- ers who can, through training, whip the humor into useable shape. Then, while accepting this re-written hu- mor, we pay the contributor as if the revised item was entirely original for him. (Copyright 1924. Reproduction Forbidden.) Readers are requested to contri bute. All humor: epigrams (or humorous t.ottoes), pea! aneoc~ dotes, poetry, burlesques, satires, and bright sayings of children, must be original and unpublished. Ace cepted material will be paid for at from $100 to $10.00 per contribution; from 26c¢. to $1.00 per line for poetry according to the character and value of the contribution, as determined by the Editor of "The Fun Shop." All manuscripts must be wxltten on one side of the paper only, should bear name of this newspaper, and should be addressed to #un Shop Feaaguarters, 110 West 40th Street, New York City. Unaccepted contri- butions cannot be returned. GANANOQUE (From Our Own Correspondent) 'Gananoque, July 26.--Mr. Edward Root, Ottawa, is visiting his mo- ther, King street. Miss Mildred Wiskins, Oshawa) is spending a few days with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Wiskins, John street. : Donald McDonald, Kingston, is spending a few days with his aunt, Mrs. James McClennan. Mrs. Douglas DePencier is enter- taining at Bridge this afternoon. Joe McKee, Kingston, is s his holidays at Calapathia Lodge. Mrs. D: J. Gordon entertained yes- terday afterncom, in homor of her guests, ~ . Rev. Father Eibert, Blizabeth, N. J., Rev. Father Carey, Lanark and Dean Hogan, Perth, are guests of | Rev. Father Hanley, for a few days. Miss Dottie Heffernan and Mrs. LaQue are spending the week end in Syracuse, N.Y. Mr. B. Morris, Hamilton, is spend- ing a few days with his aunt, Mrs, W. J. McDonald, Tanner street. Miss Marcella Phillips and Mr. DuVal are spending the day in Kingston Miss Edythe Murphy, Smith's Falls Is holidaying with Mess Mary Skin- ner, Church street. at Idlywild, ft Mrs. Warwick, Misses Lotti and | Miss Marcella Phillips is enter-|; | | taining at bridge tomorrow evening ITISH WHIG BAKERS. IN PICTON RAISE PRICE BREAD)| It Has Been Increased From Sixteen to Eighteen Cents Per Loaf. -- en. (From Qur Own Correspondent) Picton, July 26.--Mr. George M. Pierson and son, of Syracuse, N.Y, are visiting friends in town - and county this week. Mr. W. H. Dayton is laid up with an 'injured aakle, having fallen from a stepladder in his store window. The price of bread per loaf was increased frem-six.een to eighteen cents in Picton during the past week. A dance was held at Castle Viile- neuve, last night with Robert's famous Toronto orchestra in attend- ance. Mr. and Mrs. E. 8S. Theaker an: daughter, Kathleen, left for their home in Manitock, after a pleasant visit at the home of Mr. H. G. Mec- Gregor, Paul street. Mr. Philip Harrington, Detroit, is holidaying at his old home in Pic- ton. Mr. John Draydon amd two sons, left on Wednesday for Brantford for a short holiday. Rev. J. K. Holland of the Baptist church, will occupy the pulpit of the Methodist church on Sunday both morning and evening, in the ab- sence of the pastor, Rev. J. J. Mel- ler, who 1s on a holiday, Miss Eloda Anderson is visiting friends in Perth. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Metcalf and daughter, Toronto, and Mrs. Bel- lamy, of Salem, are guests of Mr, and Mrs. George Metcalf, Burns avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Killip and two children, Galt, are holidaying with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Killip. Mr. Carl Davis, at one time a resi- dent of Picton, is renewing old acquaintances in town and county. Mrg™W. H. Gorman and Mrs. La- Velle went to Kingston to spend a few days with friends. Mrs. Charlton and small son, North Bay, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Allison, King street. Mr. William Tait returned on Tuesday from Kingston, having been called there owing to the illness of his brother-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. S. Simonson and baby Reta, New York, are visiting Mrs. Simonson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Hickey, Union street. Mr. and Mrs. James Hicks and daughter, Letta, are on a motor trip to Oshawa, ' Toronto and Port Perry. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Norton, To- ronto, are spending some time at Mrs. Norton's home, Thornhill, with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Ham- bly. Mr. and Mrs. "Ed." Ackerman and son, Gerald, have gone. to Maynooth, in hopes that that northern climate may be beneficial to their health. Mrs. Gibson and daughter, of Erin, are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Frank. The Frent Line Veteran's Associa- tion: will- hold their first-annual des coration day in Picton on Aug. 14th. They will decorate «ll the graves of veterans laid to rest in Glenwood and will also deposit flowers at the Soldiers' Monument, Memorial Park. A drum-head service will be held at the park and addresses will be delivered by prominent citizens and clergy. : Mr. Horace Colliver, M.P.P., has donated a special prize of thirty doi- lars to the public schools of the town and county taking part in the big school children's parade at the County Fair. Mrs. W. A. McCready, New York, is visiting her sister, Mrs. D. B. Cole, Main street. FORMER NAPANEE GIRL WEDS AT WATERTOWN Miss Esther Ballance Becomes the Bride of Mr. Kenneth . Stiles. (From Our Owii Correspondent) Napanee, July 26.--A quiet wed- ding took place in Trinity church, Watertown, N.Y., on Wednesday af- ternoon, July 16th, at 2.30 o'clock, when Esther S. Ballance, formerly of Napanee, was united in marriage to Mr. Carl Kenneth Stiles, of Wa- tertown, N.Y. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. C. Raymor, rector of Trinity church. Only the immediate friends and relatives o! 'the bride attended the ceremony. The bride was becomingly gowned in & maize georgette frock, with hat to match, and carried sunset roses and lilies-of-the-valley. She was at- tended by Miss Thelma Wiillams, of Watertown, wearing a frock of blue keorgette and carrying Ophélia ros- es. The best man was Mr. Eugene Powers, also of Watertown. After a buffet luncheon, served at the home of the bride's brother, Mr. | ! New Arrivals This Week | coLoRED TRAVELLING BAGS, $5.00 'Blue, Green, Grey, Red, Black. A verv handy Bag. NEW SUEDE STRAP SHOES For Ladies. . Grey, Fawns, Brown--$5.00 and $7.50 Very pretty patterns. SUEDE STICK POLISHES Every shade that's made . .. «+. 25e, ABERNETHY'S SHOE STORE REED FURNITURE FOR THE HOME AT REID'S --ATTRACTIVE AND DURABLE Why not get ready for the warm weather that will soon be here by taking advantage of our specially priced Reed Three Plece Suites, Chairs, Rockers and Settees--covered in Cretonnes or Tapestries. Also full line Springs. of Porch and Lawn Furniture, Hammo Couches and JAMES REID THE LEADING UNDERTAKER. with delicious eatables. Games and sports" were also enjoyed, and every cne voted it the most enjoyable out- ting ever. Mrs. R. A. Beard left yesterday to visit her daughter in Essex, Ont. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Vandervoort returned from their honeymoon on Monday last. Willet F. Casey, Bos- ton, is spending a week with his sisters, the Misses Casey, Pretty Hills, Mrs. A. J. Taylor, Master Leslie 2nd baby Dorothy, are visiting friends and relatives in Montreal, . Mrs. D, McClew is visiting her sis- ter, Mrs. Briscoe, in Toronto. Mrs. R Wiseman and son, Ralph, Swift Current, Sask., are the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Wil- liam Ungar, West street. "Mrs. Robert Webster is spending a couple of weeks in Renfrew, the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Foster. : Mrs. Stanley Baflance and son, Jack, left yesterday for a two weeks' holiday with friends in Rochester, NY. Mrs. Moody, Oshawa, is the guest of Mrs. Amos Kimmerly; this week. Mrs. Robert Holland and son, Bile ly; of Toronto, are spending the sum- mer with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. A. E. Paul, Roblin's Hill Miss Johnston, Ottawa, {sg the guest of Miss Mae Reid for a cou ple of weeks. Mormons Quit Japan. The field has 'not been found fer- | tile for 'missionary work of the Mor« mon church in Japan, and the Mor- mon missionaries will pe withdrawn, it has been announced. The Mor- mons have maintained mission head- Quarters in Tokyo for 20 years. mee------a Land lighthouses, to warn night travelers of dangerous ground, are to be established in Victoria, Austra- la, ] Ointment wii relioss pout ase' i Sr RT Limited, Toronto. Sativie Bt V5 A CN tobacco in its original condition also in Yalb. Manufactured by Lmperial Tobacco Company ge tins of Canada Limited 'PHONE 147 FOR SERVICE. . we Do not suffer another day } Pio Sor reens. of Protruding