fake A Look Sir! Our overcoats will stand all the lookiftg vou eare | to give them. Every time vou look you'll like them better. There's the Chesterfield, the swell button through, the useful combination collar coat, the com- fortable ulster, the shawl collar coat, the Balmacaan. Just drop in and see our overcoat show. "We can overcoat you at £12.00, $15.00, $12.00, or at £20.00. Our $15.00 coats are great value. ' . Mothers should see our showing of boys' over- Livingston's, . BROCK STREET. 'A Little Out of the Way, But It Will Pay You To i ; : Walk jecial Tonight Mt IWALDRON'S n's Vests and Drawers ine ribbed in natural and white, good weight for - fall and winter wear, all sizes and all styles. Regular 25 to 35¢ qualities. Special Tonight 21c 1 fl] Winter Underwear 's high grade unshrinkable make in grey and ry Regular values 90c 'ities for imparting theoretical, practi- | SCHOOL i} emergency something must be done. IV AGRICULTURE TO BE GIVEN IN KINGSTON In Old Collegiate Building, Starting January 11th -- Lecturers From Queen's, Dairy School and Ontario Government. A conference was held in W. F. Nickles office on Thursday, for the purpose of discussing cértain proposi- tions in connection with holding an advanced course in agriculture at the old Collegiate Institute in Kingston, this year. Those present at the con- ference were, C. F. Bailey, assistant minister of ggriculture, Toronto; Dr. . W. Edwards, M.P.; A. M. Rankin, M.PR; W. F. Nickle, M.P;; G. 'X, Chown; Queen's University, and C. | Main, representative of Ontario de- partment of agriculture. After some discussion it was | thought advisable to hold an eight weeks' course in agriculture, begin- ning on January llth and ending on March 5th, . In view of the fact that Kingston is the educational centre for the people in the east and has facili- | cal, and up-to-date information along agricultural lines, it was thought best | to make thig course as strong as pos- sible' by soliciting assistance from Queen's University and | the dairy school. Mr. Bailey stated that special experts op various lines of live stock jand other subjects relative to agricul- iture would be sent down from To- 'ronto from time to time to address ithe students. s Mr, Chown stated that Queen's University would be able to give two 1 onethour period Jectures weekly i English, two in mathematics, one in physics, chemistry, botany and bac- teriology. Then again, the dairy school is willing to give any instruc- tion along dairy lines such as milk testing, butter making, cheese making, which will be of value to the youhg men whe intend to make agriculture their life calling. Another advantage which the boys will have is vists to sothe excellent. stock farms near Kingston where they will have an op- portunity of judging various classes of live stock, under the direction of a competont instructor The department is doing everything possible to make a success of this ad- vanced course in agriculture and it is its intention to have students take the course from adjoining counties, es- pecially those young men who have taken the six weeks course under the direction of = their representative. here should be no difficulty in get- providing work of some sort, in order ting at least forty young men to take this course and in addition to the in- struction already outlined, they will have an epportunity for showing their aotlity in public' speaking, as contests of this pature will be held every Eri- day afternoon. Programmes of the course will be issued at a later date and any young men that are interested shopld write to the agricultural office, Sydenham, for further information. The importance and value of a train- ing of this nature to the young farm- ers in Frontenac, county need- not be emphasized. Tt is hoped they will] respond and take full advantage of the opportunity afforded them in glean- ing special information along agricul- tural lings which will be of value to them in not only ymproving ther me- thods of farming, Jus also in advan- cing the interest§ ®é.-agriculture in Frontenad county J ADDRESS TO TEACHERS BY OT- TAWA INSPECTOR. flome Needed Changes -- Germany Produces No Better Students Than Graduates of Queen's. A comparison between the methods cmployed in teaching rural and city schools was heard by a large number of the students of the Queen's Uni- versity Faculty of Education and the teachers 'throughout the city, on Fri- day afternoon at 4.30 o'clock, when Or. J. Putnam, public school inspec- tor, Ottdwa, addressed the assembly in the English room, New Arts build- ing. The theme of the speaker's ad- iress Was #The Improvement of the City School' System." However Dr. Putnam dealt more particularly with the rural side of the question, showing thie advantages that the city schools in some respects have over those of the rural sections. Pr. Putnam said that an amalgam- ated country school board would be bhetter than the present system em- ployed throughout the county. There were toa' many trustees to deal with ducational matters, and it was his apinian that if the county wonld cou: soltdate. better results would be at tainable, Well equipped teachers with plenty of new machinery must be forthcoming so that in the course of time the rural schools will be upon almost a par with the civic institu- tions, Dr. Putnam stated that every pupil f normal brains should at the age of twelve years be found in the sixth grate. In many instances, however, this was not the result, for in some cases pupils of thirteen and fourteen years of age ifequently are held back wm the thir ng Yoder th grades. Such a predicament in a goou many cases 'then mike that particular pupil feel out of place, said Dr." Putnam, and very oftén he quits school before coi pleting the course. To meet this Dr. Putnam stated that a school ould be an evolution, and nel me- thods must come into play. Never- the less our school system is good, |" said the speaker, and no where in America can' any "better system be found than that in Ouvtario. Dr. essofs they ve ont anything better than the sates who have passed from in} bors, ang the: Kingston Standard for In concequent there having been circulated some inaccurate statements as to opinions expressed at the annual ting of the City Poor Relief siety, last Monday, we are requested. to give in full the an-| nual report, unanimously adopted at the meeting and, therefore, the most definite and a hentic expression of the views of these who attended the meeting on the on. of the special needs of the coming winter. It must be remembered that as the Poor Re- fief cof > has Inet yet begun actual work for the 'coming year, any forecast it 'could: make = the subject would be only onic as to. probabilities, according to their knowledge. As was feared at the time of our last annual meeting committee "then ed had to meet the needs of one of the hardest seasons they have ever|H encountered, owing to unusual { severity of a large part. of the winter weigher, the scarcity of employment, and the 'tifing cost of living--the lat ircumstaiice of course congider- y increasing also 'the cost of sup- plying 'to the needy the ordinary ne- JE cessaries of life. Two causes, how- ever, somewhat relieved the severity of the strain --one being the unusual miildness- of the: opening months of the winter, and the, other the readi- ness and generosity with which some | leading «citizens responded to' the pressmg néed. The commnuttee have especially 'to thank these citizens for their timely donations, as well as the collectors for. their self-denying la- voluntarily 'opening its columns for a subscription list, the results of which were much appreciated as being most timely and useful About a hundred and twenty cases of need have been relieved during the year, with food and fuel--some of these receiving help only once or twice in an gmergency, but most of, them being regularly helped while! the stress lasted, Of 'thése only a| very few had been aided by the so- ciety in previous years. -A large pro-| portion of them 'were recent immi-, grants, while nearly all the rest were amilies &f Kingston working men suffering from unemploynient, or in a} few cases widows and infirm persons needing special relief. Shortly after the. new council came into office your committee memorial- ized the civic commission appeinted by it, concertling the great need for to prevent the pauperizing effect of! receiving gratuitous relief, © There seemed, however; .to be great difficul- ties in the way of doing this, 4 little stone-cutting seeming to be the. only practicable resort, "while 'even this was often rendered #mipbssible by the se- vere cold, making it out of the question to continue out-door work. Some relief was supplied through the need| for 'snow=shovelling; though this, of course, was mostiuncertain, but was welcomed when it occurred. Certain- ly many poor families had, as they put it, 'a #yérye isd winter"; and the wretched .conditinn of many dilapidat- ed and uneomfottable homes added seriously 'to 'their hardships, It is much to be desired that some of our capitalists- would take up the good work of providing fitting accommo- dation for our workihg men at a reas- onhable rate, too many of them being obliged to pay 'excessive rent for very vofitting © and < $Sanitary abodes. There seems to be = great "need in Kingston for. more thorough sanitary! inspection of 'both homes and lodg- ing houses, to judge from some news- | paper reports of such "poverty and Alth" as we in the lafter expect to find only in far more congested cen-' ires. Could it" not be made part of the work of our board of health to' ecure inspection of all such places, Hl with reports' of albrgently necessi ! | tous cases confrected Rerewiih to be HM submitted to some one authorized to'H secure for 'destitute strangers, some provisions more worthy of the record of our city. It is impossible Mor te recognize the fact that we are now facing--mnot only the usual circumstances attend- ing an ordinaty Canadian winter, but also a crisis unprecedented . in the annals of our society, sneeting, the abnormal conditions resulting = from the widespread influence of the pre- sent calaruitous world-war. These prevail here as in many other places, and their extent Will perhaps he fully realized only as time goes on. They vill require special and: careful con« sideration, as well as special measures adequately. to meet -them.: Tt is earn- estly to be haped that some means of ed, is ows "of ordinary Sqn many ting working men thust het at the end of their resources, and yet could find it very hard tg be compelled to accept gratuitous aid. Tt is also hoped that|Hl the committee may gain a large ac-} cession to its numbers from the var ious Christian denominations : ladies who will be prepared to unde part' of the committed's duty, as the sympathetic, = kindly, personal visits,*which are often more valuablgh and valued than mere material aid, dante di : Bazaar At Wolfe Island. The annual bagaar of the Chure A next, November 25th, afternoon and evening. Admission free. the walls of Queen's Univer igh tribute ' o ket here | here bald much in because it has] take the work of visitation--usually aii, there is likely to he much need for a | | We will be ready with complete stocks of many seasonable goods. New goods have reached us this week and we have many novelties to show. 7.30 to 9.30. Comfortable Un Soft and warm and easily washed. These new makes now ready. Women's Vests and Drawers and combinations, in white uu- shrinkable wool, in natural unshrinkable wool, in union wool and cotton. RIGHT MAKES FOR CHILDREN ; : The kind that will not work up but say down around the body. This is owing to the new method of making. = - CHILDREN'S WARM UNDERWEAR in all wanted sizes. BOYS' UNDERWEAR, different ghts, soft and warm, all wanted sizes and at prices that a saving. : The Latest in Ladies' Neckwear NOVELTY COLLAR AND CUFF SETS FOR COATS NOVELTY COLLAR AND VESTEES NEW ORGANDIE COLLAR AND VEST "LILLY" COLLARS IN SWISS MUSLIN THE NEW "RALEIGH" COLLAR. And a number of others. Special To-Night 360 Pairs Women's Black Cash- mere Stockings Just 30 dozen of sample pairs, some plain, some embroidered, worth 50c and 60c pair. YOURS TO-NIGHT 39c¢ Pair Kid Gloves for Children 69c. Kid Gloves for Women $1, $1.25 Kid Gloves for Men $1.00 Also the new washable glove in chamois or white for women. Dent's famous English makes