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WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1924. _ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG --_-- House Coats and | Dressing Gowns A Christmas gift that will make any man happy and make n ie rs the ome more. ENGLISH HOUSE COATS in all the newest shades. Price . . . $8.75 to $13.50 DRESS GOWNS, all shades. Also the newest Fawn Checks. Price $11.50 to $20. George VanHorne 213 Princess Street. Phone 362w. Stainless Steel Cutlery FOR CHRISTMAS Butter Spreads, set six, $6.00 Dessert Knives . $8.00 doz. up Table Knives $9.00 to $13.50 dozen Knife Sharpeners . . ..60c. up Kinnear & d'Esterre Jewellers 168 PRINCESS 'STREET Egg, Stove and Chestnut $16.00 ton, delivered Buckwheat or'Split Pea $9.00 ton, delivered Hardwood Slabs, cut . . ... ....$4.00 per load Softwood Slabs, cut ...........$3.50 per load SOWARDS COAL CO. Phone 13 | UPTOWN OFFICE: McGALL'S CIGAR STORE. PHONE bod | DRINK WATER IF KIDNEYS BOTHER | rfl Market Interpretation. . Mr. Elliott: cheaper now." Mra. Eliott: "Oh, goody! ("have another new dress!" ¥rom 'Our Children's - Garden Of | Curses. | beter was playing. at | house one day. When it was time to | go home, it etarted to rain very | hard. Mrs. White, however, gave | Peter Johnny's raincoat and rub- bers. { "Don't take so much trouble, Mrs. | White,' sald Peter politely. | "I'm sure your mother would do as much for Johnny," she replied. "My mother would do more," said | Peter, "she'd ask Johnny to stay for supper." --Winifred Brosgy. The First Thought, * Felix: "Will you say a word to fit the occasion?" Edwin: "How many letters?" --Mrs. K. K. Gross. A Touching Affair. We sat on the park bench, It was a chilly .eveening but I wrapped her partly in my fur coat while she told me her story. She was a little country girl look- ing for work all alone in a great city. T was touched, but I did not know it until she had gone and I found my bank roll missing. --Willlam Sanford. Real Joy. Alice: "Do you get any pleasure out of Marshall's company?" Virginia: "Yes, it worries Lil- lian." ---J. W. R. Nix. T asked her twenty times at least .. If she would marry me, And share my summer cottage by The wide and rolling sea. "No, no," she always answers me, "No, no, it cannot be." She went to college, that is why She No's too much for me. # --W. J. Rollo. Local Color. Mrs. Newrich: "I don't like this portrait you've painted. It isn't a good likeness." Smere: "If you wish it to look like you, Madam, let me have your vanity .case and I'll touch it up a bit." --Mrs. Seymour Kaskel. LITTLE ERNEST'S ESSAY. Consequences. Everything you do has at leest one consequence, and some things have a lot, sutch as sassing your teetcher back. Everybody knows the conse- If Back Pains or Bladder Is Irritated. Flush your kidneys by drinking a ENNEENEE EEESERNEEREERREERNERRNED auir or "water 'such dy, sao. (ako INOUNCING! R ARENENEEES Boa = The Opening of Our Travelling Goods Department | With a complete stock of i Club Bags : S uit Cases £ Trunks Hat Boxes 'Boston Bags i Etc. os occasionally, says a noted a | thority, who tells us that i Hw rich food forms acids which almost paralyze the kidneys in their ef- forts to expel it from the blood. They become sluggish and weaken; then you may suffer with a dull misery in the kidney region, sharp pains in the back or sick headache, ~ dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue is coated, and when the weather is bad you have | rheumatic twinges. The urine gets cloudy, full of sediment, the chan- nels often get sore and irritated, ob- liging you to seek relief two or three times during the night. To help neutralize these irritating acids; to help cleanse the kidneys and flush off the body's urinous was get four ounces 'of Jad Salts any pharmacy here. Take ablé- spoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days, and your kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined, with lithia, and has been used for years to help flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys; also to neutralize the acids in the system so they no longer irritate, thus often relieving bladder weakness. 'Jad Salts is inexpensive; can not injure and makes a delightful effer-| vescént lithla-water drink. By all means have your physician examine your kidneys at least twice a year. fit you out with a pair of these W.D. Golam RA. "Men's clothes are | I can | Johnay's | quences of setting on a on @ tack, and therefore peeple seldom do it if they know wat is happening at the time, and one of the most useliss things you can do is to tell somebody elts to, go and set on one. Some consequences are diffrent | trom wat you ixpect, dutch as wen you fite a fellow because you are sure you can lick him and he licks you insted, or en you fite a fellow that can lick you because you cant | get out of it, and then lick him, but that mite not happen more than {once in a life time and even then not to you. The consequences of some things tare never known by the peeple that do them such as falling off of a roof. Tripped. =e Horton: "What made you miss your step?" Clyde: "The stare of a girl." Ways And Means. He had proposed and been accept- ed. After they grew coherent again they began discussing ways and means. "Will my poor salary buy your '| hats, my sweet one?" he asked. "I'l make it do,"-she answer- ed bravely. --Florence Woodward. THE JINGLEJANGLE CORNER. Small things at times bring much content; A Red Cross seal 'costs but a cent. * * - Chilly rooms require heat; Poker players get cold feet. --N. M, Levy. s s a You never need fear you'll receive a dun If Dun reports you AA1l. --Isaac H. Motes. . » . When this you see, remember me, Likewise that V, I loaned to thee. --J. 8. C. Thoughtful Man. "Wilkens is a brute." "What makes ycu think Smith: Jones: that?" Smith: "A salesman sell him a combined talki. ine and radio." Jones: "Yes?" Smith: "And he said he wanted a radio dombined with a washing machine so his wife could enjoy it." ~--Paul S. Powers. As long as a man says: "This {s the worst weather I ever saw," he is still young. Reproduction (Copyright, 1924. Forbidden). Readers are requested to oontri- bute. All humor: e grams Cor humorous mottoes), 68, Aanec- dotes, poetry, burle a. satires, And Sat sayings of children, must nd and unpublish Ace mate bution, as determined Fun Shop. All manuscripts must be wsitten on one side of the Javer, only, should bear name of th Rewaphias, and should be addressed to Sho Headquarters, § ont wih ® Stroor New York City. Unsccepted contri- 'butions cannot be returned. QUEEN'S PROFESSOR OF PHARMACOLOGY Dr. Thomas Gibson Born In Ulster--Was Physician to Canada's Governors. In the appointment of Dr. Tho- mas Gibson to the chair of pherma- cology, Queen's University, a pio- neér in so many ways ih the past, is again striking out in a new direc- tion. It is not usual to select for such a post a practitioner of medi- cine, but Dr, Gibson has completed thirty years of actual practice, He was born in Ulster and edu- cated at Edinburgh, taking his Arts DR. THOMAS GIBSON medjcal degree at the celebfited school of medicine there, In 1895 he came out to Canada as personal | physician of Lord Aberdeen. In 1897 he began a practice in Ottawa, and during the years gince he has acted as house physician for Lord Aberdeen and for. four succeeding governor-generals of Canada. He Slippers Your Best Choice IFTS ready to carry the good, old-fashioned Christmas greeting of Cheer, and cordial warmth and comfort. And Abernethy's big annual Christ mas Slipper display' brilliantly ready--with miles and miles of Slip- pers--Smiles and Smiles of them--! Slippers plain, ornate, or in-between ---for every man, woman, boy or girl in Kingston. prices! Slippers f: And just look at these economy or Ladies-- 85c¢. to $2.50 Shippers for Men-- 75c¢. to $4.50 Children's Slippers-- $1.00 to $1.50 Abernethy's Shoe Store studying in England with such not- ed scientists as Prof, Dixon, and has acquainted himself with the work- ings of the various departments of pharmacology in the Old Country. The wisdom of the appointment of such a man has already made itself apparent during his two months here. His thorough and wide know- ledge of his subject and the wealth of experience on which he can draw has made a proverbially dry subject vivid, practical and really interesting, while his kindly manner and interest in his students has al- ready won for him an enviable popularity, Professor Gibson is also a' musil- cian, a gifted pianist, and has been welcomed 'with enthusiasm into Kingston's musical circles. Salling is his favorite sport. Late Miss Menzies, Althorpe. The death occurred on Saturday, December 6th, at her residence, Al- thorpe, of Miss Elizabeth Menzies, after a sickness of just a few hours, a stroke being the cause of death. The deceased lady was held in the highest esteem by the whole com- munity. , She was connected with the Althorpe Presbyterian church, and was a most enthusiastic member of the Ladies' Aid. She leaves to mourn her loss four brothers and three sisters. Joseph, Thomas and Annie at home; James of Chantry, and Vincent, Lamond, Alta.; Mrs. J. C. Dowdell, Millet, Alta., and Mrs, R. J. Forester, Westport, for all of whom the deepest symp.thy is felt. The funeral took place or Monday, and in spite of the inclement weath- er, was very largely attended. The services in the home and at the graveside were conducted by 'the Rev, J. A. Lyttle, Interment was made in Bolingbrook cemetery. Passed Vote of A n. The management committee of the Board of Education at its final meeting for the year passed a re- solutién, moved by Canon Jones, of sincere appreciation ~f the services rendered by Mr. T. @. Bishop the efficient chairman for the year. Mr, Bishop thanked the committeemen for their kind expressios. It was easy to guide and direct the com- petent, earnest and thorough going men and women on ihe committee. Thieves forced entrance on Sun- day night into the home of ©. N. Nelson, Belleville, taking $24.50. hb degree in that city and in 1894 his, "Cascarets" 10c rou bowels 32d stimulate No rip overact- these days. values. 'Phone 147 for Service. ~ | GANANOQUE | Dec. 9.--Mr. Walter Halliday and children left for Toronto Monday to take up residence. Miss Loretta O'Connor, engaged for the past month as instruétress in dietetics at the Hotel Dieu Hos- pital, Kingston, arrived home last evening. Mayor and Mrs, Wilson have re- turned after a couple of days in To- ronto, The death occurred in Gananoque yesterday morning of Mrs. John Lloyd. Mrs. Lloyd's illness extends over quite a long period, so that her death was not unlooked for. Be- sides her husband, two sons, Ross, of the Canadian 'National Express [| Company here, and William, C.P.R. ' agent at Winchester, survive. The ! funeral will take place jomorroy ' afternoon, W. T. Sampson has been asked to i go on the board of directors of the 'new Canada Carriage and Body Company, which Is an amaigama- tion of Brantford Carriage Com- pany, Dominion Carriage Company, and Carriage Factories Limited. Miss Dora McKendry, Belleville, is visiting her parents here. H. W. Magxson, Montreal, is In town today, Dr. Bell, veterinary, Kingston, was in Gananoque a couple of days ago on professional business, C. 8. MacKenzie and little som, GIFTS SHE'LL LOVE \ It's a feast to the eyes to wander through REID'S Gift Department The pieces of Furniture pictured here will give you some idea of the perfection and design and beauty to be found here and the remarkable JAMES REID THE STORE WITH THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT The congregation of the First Baptist Church, Brockville, "hes ex- tended a call to Rev. Dr. David Hutchinson, at present of St. John, N.B., to become pastor. Demonstration occurs in Northern Fimisterre against anti-clericalism of Herriot government. Toronto bus operators to appeal to government for relief from new RED PEPPER HEAT ENDS CHEST COLD i ---- . Ease your tight, aching chest. Stop the pain, Break up the co ll