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Â¥ On Wednesday, Jan. 25th, will be elebrated ihe 180th anniversary of he birth of Robert Burns, Sco‘land‘s National Poct, There was a somswlhat odd cirdumâ€" nce in connection with the birth of Robert Burns. His father, going on horseback to Ayr, to fcich a doctor, oxiced a gypsy woman cn the cpposite nk of a small stream which recent ains had swollen, making it difficuit or the woman to grt across, Although is errand was urgert, Burous‘ father gtopped long enough to assisv the gypsy %;‘oss the stream. Then he went on hlis way. In the meantime the woman PAGE Why Robert Burns Will be Honoured Wednesday Mr. W. M. Whytc, one of the oldest gitizens of the North, and who is recâ€" ized as an authority on Robert s, the great Scottish poet, been enough to write an article on ‘he tional Poet for The Advance. Mr. who last year passed his 86th jirthday anniversary, has retained a emarkable vigour of mind and memâ€" ry, He has attended probably fifty br more events in honor of the poet, Burns, and aft many of them he has n guess speaker. He has been the lal speaker at many Burns anniâ€" ersary everts at the Timmins Kiâ€" wanis Club, each year bringing out new ets and new ideas regardinz Burns nd his poetry and the lessons in them r the prescnt day. " The following is Mr. Whyte‘s article: Wellâ€"Known Timmins Scotsman Who Has Attended Fifty Burns Bangquets and Spoke at Many of Them, Writes Interesting Article on the Famous Scottish Bard. GOLDFIELDS DRY GOODS STORE Woolen Cotton Tweed Wido range inches wide, 69¢ per yard To Clear at, of colours, 36 Regular value per yd 35C RBlue, green, rust brown.. Pure wo« wide.â€" Reg: $1.49 per yard. .‘ To prepare for our moving to 5 Pine Street North, we find it necessary to reduce 8t make this sale cvent (the first in vears) really worth while to our customers and %4 ‘do away with putting sale prices on all our goods we are cutting prices exactly in half. This smml,’“ Ins that the regular price tags will remain unchanged and the sale price is exactly half,. Think what.t is means to you! Kidâ€" dics‘ wear, yard goods and many other items at away below wholesale prices, Be cécarly toâ€"morrow and plan to buy and save as much as you can, 4 Children‘s and Babieés‘ Wear '"C‘pn many lines. _ To ®e ~ILKS e COTTON PRINTS e WOOLLENS e DRAPERIES y PRINTED WOOLETTE To prepare for our moving to 5 Pine Street North, we find it necessary to reduce 4 make this sale cvent (the first in vears) really worth while to our customers and 44 away with putting sale prices on all our goods we are cutting prices exactly in half. This simniy C d4ns that the regular price tags will remain unchanged and the sale price is exactly half. l‘hmk what t'fi‘s means to you! Kidâ€" reen, rust, wint and Pure wool 534 inches Robert Burns ing to 5 Pine Street ? the first in vears) re: goods we are cutting unchanged and the : Every imaginable style in a range of materials and colâ€" ours. â€" Ssizes 1â€"6, Regular p rice s from $1.329 to $2.95 all to clear. HALF PRICE Every mother in town who is interested in saving as much as she spends should come in and stock up on things that the "wes tots" need . .. not just for now but for months ahead. Here are listed just a few items, Hundreds of others are equally good value. You know the range of our children‘s department and the quality of the goods. WeH cvery single item wilt sell at exactly half the price you‘ve always paid. Stock up for months ah¢ad. It will certainly pay you, 65¢ â€" $1.48 â€" $1.458 It will be bad news to many mothers to lcarn that in our new store we will not carry children‘s or infants‘ wear but will enlarge our stock of gencral dry goods. IT WILL BE "GOOND NEWS" though to know that our entire present stock all children‘s and infants‘ wear will be immediately cleared at cxactly half price. HALF PRIC (Tweedette) 36 inches wide Regular 39¢. Now 36 inches wide. Regular price 30c a yard. To clear at HALEF PRICEH Plain and colourful homeâ€"spun drapery materal. 48" wide. Good value at 69¢ to ixlé? jfis:t'-afd' ard 35C to 50c Soft warm satin A grand assortment of tieâ€"backs in a numâ€" ber of checry. colours, 20 75c Regular 39¢ to $1.50 a pair @UC to 69¢ 35 IIALEF PRICE § c CARRIAGE COVERS Nationally known quality Sizes 1, 2 and 3. regular 69¢ + yan Negular $2.235 HALEF PRICE One writer says: ‘"There was nothing aloof about Robert Burns. He was first a human being, then a pset, then a philcscpher, and that ivriumphant trin‘‘y was Robert Burns. It is the human element which survives, and it is because his pcectry is informed and sought the shelter of the Burns‘ home from the cold blast. When the father returned, he found w‘he gypsy at his own fireside. After the birth of the chiUld. the baby was placed in the lap of ih> gypsy woman, who made the prediction that he would have a great future. Whether she knew from soms intuitive powers, or was only expressâ€" inz a wish o please the parents makes litte difference. The fact remains that Robert Burns became popular in his own fime, while his fame has grown with the years. In later years he inâ€" corporated the incident in verse: "There was a lad was born in Kyle, whatna day o‘ whatna sty‘ec I doutk? it‘s hardly worth the while To be sae nice wi‘ Roljin." COn Wednesday across this broad Canada of oursâ€"from east to westâ€"â€" from the Arctic outposts to the tip of Scuth Americaâ€"â€"in the Old Land, in India, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Isl2as of the Sea,â€"in the greau banqueting halls of thz> large cities ind the mors modest gatherings in town and village and humble cot,â€"â€" thousands will gather to honour cthe name of Robert Burns. HOMESPUN DRAPES Beautifully made Of fine materials in a variety of dainty styles and colours. Sizes 3â€" 14. Reg, prizes from $1.49 to $2.95 Now exactly HALEF PRICE al bound with Dresses 20c yd. 15c yd. Matching coat, leggings and hat in styles Sor boys and girls, Well made of Chinâ€" chilla or wooX® blanket c 1 o t h. Light and dark shades. Sizes 11â€"6. Regular $3.95 to $10.175. HALF PRICE $1.98 â€" $5.38 Rich in appearance, comfy and warm. Regular . $2.00 1 oo HAEDRLPRICEK o0 # Benks o‘er that babe, her eye dissolved in dew; The biz drops mingling with the drops he drew, Cave the sad presage of his future yearsâ€" The child of misery baptissd in tears." "Burns ssemed much affected with the prmt orâ€" rather the idea it sugâ€" Infants‘ Soft Wool Suits Sizes 1, 2 and 3. Regular $1.98 99 HALF PRICE ... ‘ "The thing I remember best in his manner was the effect produced on him by a print representing a sold‘cr lying dead on the snow, his dog si.cing in misery on one sideâ€"on the other, his widow with a child in her arms. Those lines were written underneach: "Cold on Canadian hills, or Minâ€" den‘s pain! Perhaps that parent wepe her soldier slain} Sir Walter Scoit himself gave a most interesting and illuminating reference to meeting Burns at the home of Prof. Fergusson in Edinburgh. Burns was then about 27 years old, while Sir Wa /â€" £er Scott was a lad of 15. Sir Waitoer afterwards wrote of this meefing as follows: Another writer quotes Sir Waver SBeott‘s opinion: "His person was stron:} and robust, his mannors rustic, but not clownish. I think his countenanc> was more massive than it lsoks in any of his portraits. There was a strong exâ€" pression of sense and shrewdness in all his linaments. The eye alonc, I think indicated the postical character and temperameni. It was large and of a dark cast, which glowed when he spok: with feeling or intecrest. I never saw such an eye in a human head, though I havys seen the most distinguished men of my time. His conversation cxâ€" pressed perfen, selfâ€"confidence withâ€" out the slightest prosumpion." HALF .PRICE luminated by it, that he will live forâ€" eter, not only in the hearts of his country, but of discerning souls the world ovetr." ular $1.98 .6 PRICE ... 99c COMEF ORTbRb and we really mean half price. Mothers â€" a real chance to buy a better q u a 1 it y snow _ sult for your boy or girl at a great saving. Sizes 3â€"6,. Differâ€" ent clours Reguâ€" lar $3.95 to $6.95. HALF PRICE $1.98 â€" $3. Snow Suits THE POV UTTINF ADVANCEHK TTMMNNS, ONTARIGQ Golett, who is being treatcd by Dr. F. H. Wilson, is in the Red Cross hosâ€" pital, to which he was (aken when railâ€" way employees, examining the train in the yards here after its arrival from North Bay, found him unconscious and breathing heavily, with Primssiu dead beside him. Both had been cvercome by deadly monoxide fumes from the charcoal heater attached to ‘the car. gested. Hs actually shed tears. He asked whose the lines were and it chanced that nobody but myself reâ€" membered. He rewarded me w‘h Aa look and a word, which I will recollegt with very great pleasure." Robertson the histcrian, speaking to Professor Christison, says: "I think Burns was one of the most extraordinâ€" ary men I ever met. His posetry surâ€" prised ime very much, his prose surâ€" prised me still more, and his conversaâ€" tion surprised me still more than both his poetry and prose." Englehart, Jan. 21..â€"An improvement was reported last night in the condiâ€" tion of Altort Golett, 24â€"yearâ€"old Queâ€" bec province man who was almost a sccond of a refrigeraor car tragedy that claimed the life of Anâ€" drew Primeau, a fellow transient on the T. N. O. freight train carly Thursâ€" day. Robert Burns belongs not to Scotland alone, but to Humanity (which knows neither creed nor race). His tenderâ€" ness and depith of feeling are shown in lines: "To a Mouse," "To a DPaisy," "A Wounded Hare," "A Pet Lamb," and many others. It is {rue he crred, and he was keenâ€" ly aware of his imperfections. We will never know the pangs of remorse he suffered. In one place he says: "If I have wandered in those paths Of life I ougiit to shun, As something loudly in my breast Remonstraves I have done." What he wrote for his own epitaph should be enough to silence all criticâ€" ism. In part: "Is there a man whoss Judgment clear Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs himself{ Life‘s mad career Wild as the wave, Here pauss, and through the slarting tear, His detractors in their carping criticâ€" ism, with inters, to cast ‘a blot on his name, have only succeeded in making it shine with brighter lustre. And softer flams, Elut thoughtless follies laid him low And stained his nams." Wordsworth, the commenting on this epitaph says:â€"‘"Here is a sinâ€" cere and solemn avowal, a public deâ€" claration of his own will,â€"a confession at once devout, poetical and humanâ€"a history in ithe shape of a prophesy." Wordsworth‘s verse, "at the Grave of Burns," may also be quoted. "I mourned with thousands, but as cne More deeply grieved, for he was gone, Whose light I hailed when it shone And showed my Youth. How verse may build a princely throre On humble truth." Let us draw the veil over his impsrâ€" fections, and remember only the noble heritage of song he has left to humanâ€" ity. As long as the language is in cxâ€" istence, and the "Cottar‘s Savrurday Night," and "Auld Lang Syne" remain in print, so long will the name of Robert Burns be honoured. â€" Transient at Englehart Dies from Monoxide Fumes Survey this grave. The psor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and wise to know And keenly felt the friendly slow The Advance Want Advertisement During his northern tour, uoi George A. Drew, leader of the Ontario Conservative party, took time out from political problems to visit the Dionne quintuplets with Mrs. Drew, Here they are outside the Dromne nursery near Callander with the famous Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe. VISIT QUINTUPLETS High School Wins and Loses in Debate The Timmins High School the Kirkland Lake debaters on Friday eveâ€" ning, when Henry Koury and Dermot Moleski, of the Kirkland Lake High Schcol, returned to their home town with the honors in the debate "Reâ€" solved That the World Has Grown Better in the Passt One Hundred Years." ner in which he had prepared his points, as this student was called upon only a day before the debate to take the place of Patricia King, who had been taken ill. The Kirkland Lake represeniatives, Henry Koury and Dermot Moleski takâ€" ing the negative side of the qusostion, were given a hard battle by the Timâ€" mins affirmative, Jack Stingle and Moe Shragzge. Jack Stingle, especially, is to be complimented on the excellent manâ€" At Kirkland Lake, the local scudents, Meyer Bucovetsky and Rose Radkin, took the laurels, piling up a number of points in favour of their nezailive arâ€" sument. They were opposed by Berilâ€" lin Danard and Viector Bechaz, of the Kirkland Lake High School. The judges at Timmins wore Mr. James, Mr. Younsg and the Rev. H. After the debate, the audience al Timmins were treated to an exhibition of tap dancing by the winners of the Ken Soble Tour for Talent Contest in ‘Timmins, Misses Elsie MacFadden and Joy Fitzgerald. The school orchestra played a few selections, and che pupils of the fourth year Commercial class, pressuted the play, "The Fatal Quest." 55â€"57 MOUNTIOY 5T. S. Tomatoes 2,,!,’?‘ 19 Salmon in |] Quake: ys. Choice Qua Corn Flakes 25 Corn 5 19 MANY OTHER VALUES TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION Telephone 515 Free Delivery FREE GIFTS with your PURCHASES Sugar 10 » 59¢ MIKE‘S GROCEKRY Choice Quality Granulated QOur Store will be closed Mon. Jan. 23 To give better service to our many customers we have moved to our new, larger and more central store located at 55 Mountjoy Street South. To celebrate the opening of our new store we are offering a full week of Great Savings in Fine Foods. Values effective from Tuesday, January 24th. Globe and Mail: Once more the Don Jail has been condemned as unf‘ for human occupancy, which ought to be a warning for people to stay out of it. Commencing this weck all che motion picture theat:ies in Kirkland Lake have agreed to refuse the sale of tickets to juveniles after five o‘clock, This is to follow out th> plan cutlined by the police and â€" Children‘s Aid Society whereby the presence of young boys and girls in che theatres during the evenings would be discontinued. Youngâ€" sters have beon in the habit at Kirkâ€" land Lake of buying tickets for the afterncon events and remaining in the theatres for one or more shows. This has anxiety <o pareats and othâ€" ers who did ncow know whare their chil«â€" dron were. The new plan stops the purchase of tickets after 5 p.m., and at 7 pm. all the lights are turned on and all children in the theatres ars reâ€" quested to lsave as ‘they will then have seen a full show, having been in {rom Children to be Barred from Movies After 5 p.m. Remus‘ Specials m Decision Given in Damage Action Case at Cochrane Fine movement with Westminster Chimes, Specially priced . @ POTTERY SPECIALS ® MANTLE CLOCKS Salad bowls, sandwich plates, covercd Jugs, marmalade jars, etc., greratly reduced. Nationally known makes, Reduced as much as English bone china in attractive palterns. Regular $1.50 Matches ;;,, 21 Canadian Brand Good Quality Jewellers Sudbury Star: It is rather a groâ€" esque pyschological idea, but mayb> in times like these you have to have arms first before you can say, "Hands off!" CGuelph Mercury: We have ncusiced that just about the time we pick up a new and useful word, other pzople beâ€" gin to work it to death. (From Gore Bay Recsorder) The community mourns the loss of Mrs. Jonas Lowis, who passed away on Monday, Jan. 9th, at the Red Cross Hospital, Mindemoya. The l@a‘%s Mrs. Lewis had been ailing for years, but wasn‘t serious until few days before her death, Shs was born in Killagal and about 29 ycars ago came (o Sudbury whoere she was united in marriage to Mr. Lewis who predeceased her two yrars ago last August. The late Mrs. Lewis has lived on the Island ever since except a few years on the North Shors and Timmins. The funecral was held from the home of her daugh‘:ers on January 10th. at Britainville. . She was laid to rest in Long Bay cemceery. Sho leaves to mourn loss, two daughters and one son, ramely: (Mayme) Mrs. Robert Sloss, of Britainville; (Hannah), Mrs. Wm. Brandow of Ice Lake; and Porcy of Duck Island; also her mother and one sister and one brother of Timinins, Ont. The pallboarers were Messrs Jolun Sidney, Henry Sloss, EBarl Gilpin, J. R. Pearson and Frank Lanktroco. Former Timmins Resident Dies at Mindemoya Hospital THURSDAY, JANUARY 19131, 1939 Mrs. LEWiS nas Iived r since except a few Shors and Timmins held from the homo on January 10th. at y where she was o Mr. Lewis who ) years ago last s. Lewis has lived PIIONE 190