good The Lampman agroes that length of service inthetown council does not necessarily make a4. man Proficient in municipal matters. Study is required. 'A man may be in council for years and te a muhi- cipal dunce, If the wives of the town coun- cilmen would show their author- ity and require their husbands to Yo home at 11 p.m. there would be no need of the town fathers sit- ting 'in the council chamber half the night and looking peevish next day. --- ld Now is the time to take trips to tuo business section and spend your pale cash in the stores for Christ was. The Lampman advises peo: ple to get busy and do their shonr- Ping at once. The slores are ful 0 largains, --- - I If Dean Starr was fle pastor of his church, the Lampman would vote to close it up before he would refuse him leave to return to the war. The dean is not only doing splendid work among the British scidicrs but he is giving Kingston au aavertisemen! that is worth a eal. | Since the Kingston town council been without a lawyer as one of its number, dt has gone from bad worse, ® 'Was a time when people thought there were too many Sawyers in She bod¥, and that ordin- ary business men could conduct the town's affairs better without the men of the bag, but this has been proven a mistake. While there is no legal light man in the council, there is of course an electric light man whp gave-light to the council when it was fn darkness last Mon- day night, but this was only artifi- cial light. The Lampman would ad- ® powers that be to arrange for the election of two lawyers to the council of 1915, if two can be secured to sacrifice themselves. Some. rupd] correspondence reads: that poultfy raisers were disgusted over the results of a turkey fair at a oertuin place, owing to the low Phtces/ But it is an ill-wind that lows nobody good, so to the buy- ers the fair 'was a huge success. -- Some men, humble though they my be, are Dibely inisad when + art . The Lampman with "scores Khe 1a miss Capt. John Gangtiagan, who fox se many years Was tlie representative of his majesty's me Fol ME at ger"s old Ti prev ) An: oblig ing and faithftl government ser 'vant he was, ahd a true friend The familiat landing place will be lonely indeed to many because he i8 no longer there. The first two who acceded to the request of the Victoria ward king by resigning their seats are Town Councilmen Hugh Nickle and T. F. Harrison, men whom the council can dll-spare. Who'll be next? The Lampman is beginning to think that St. Paul's church is be- witched, and that no burglars broke into that edifice at all. Is it pos- sible that the vicar brought the Blarney stone from the emerald isle and has it hidden in the grave- yard alongside the church? ==THE TOWN WATCHMAN. December Wedding. The marriage took place, on Dec. 9th, of Miss Flossie Smith, daughter of David Smith, to Edward Donnell, son of John Donnell, of Kepler. The ceremony took place at the home of the bride, Rev. F. Codling officiating. The bride was attended by her sis- ter s Gladys Smith, the groom being supported by Ivan Castell, The bride was dressed in white silk with overdress of shadow lace. Mr. and Mr. Donnell loft on a honeymoon trip to Albany, N.Y., and on return will * make their home at Kepler. + cm me though they svceeeded in passing AWBULANCE AT FAONT By J. 8S. and Philip J. Baker-in Let. ters Received in Kingston--Corps At Woesten. A letter just received describes visit of inspection by, J J. Baker, to the dr a S, and Philip sing station Of ut Woesten. It says: It was getting dusk as we reached was a loll in the wind that we could hear the never-ending boom of the guns, We had passed many a motor car abandoned in the ditch, many a mile of troops 'going in the same dj rection and empty ammunition carts coming back, many a weary group of wonen with all their goods in hand: kerchiefs, trudging along towards us, many an indication of the sordidness and misery of war, The troops though determined were tired, the horses were tired, meg were very tired. Everything and everybody seemed tired, and it = was good to get a cheery weloome from some 'of our fellows as "we pulled up beside the wmbulance waggons that showed ws where our detachment was. They had turned the village school house into a temporary hospital, and as we entered the large ground floor room our voices were suddenly hushed by the cholby rattling breathing of a man wounded in the lung. About twenly straw-stuffed mattresses took up al the available floor space, only lenving a passage down the centre, and other ominously still forms could be seen through the gloom close to the poor fellow breathing his last so painfully. We tiptoed upstairs to find a similar room above, and lying on mattresses, not wounded men, but dur o¥n fellows. Boxes of medical stores stood open, a pile of blankets and gar- ments stood in a corner; in the central passage stood a table extemporized out of a stretcher. The evening meal hud just been finished, but soon sar- dines, brown bread, tea, made with condensed milk and jam were forth- coming, and we squatted on the mat- tresses and listened to stories of 'the night in the convent cellar at Ypres, of how eight dressings had been done in eight minutes by Dr. Malabar and one dresser, and many another inter esting or exciting incident, The cars started again, each with a doctor or a dresser aboard in ad- dition to the driver, but not before they had been inspected to see that cach had its complement of eight lit- tle pillows made by our adult school women, its eight blankets, and the necessary underclothing and medical A young widow says platonic af- fection is all right----for a starter. Bains stores. Soon we followed, in the The picture shows the pitfalls, DESCRIPTION OF WORK OF THE | the' Young Friends' Ambulance Corps | Woesten and it was only when there | yary fierce and would go on all night. | this gift is the Hon. Mrs. Frederick : {\Gues the trudging wo-! AUSTRIAN the pitfalls, 19 Ano 0) punoaw [vw 'sprol Areddjls ing shells could be seen in the dis- tance, and we were relieved when we eveninally arrived to find the other men were already there and we hadn't wissed our road. Our own four motor ambulances and two others, few cart | { drawn of (fore a kind building up in a large be- door square The AAA i AA te ~ and ahead fires or the light of burst- KINGSTON. ONTARIO, 8A: UR DECEMBER ENTA NGLEMENTS TO IMPEDE ENEMY. surrounded hy sharp spikes which the Austrians construct near right of the picturg is heavily charged with electricity which would prevent any number their of soldiers from lives could thus be saved which are at present lost. The French mili- tary authorities have now, as a re- sult of negotiations accepted the services of the unit in this behalf and have approved of the "instal- lation" of a hospital of fifty beds for both medical and surgical cases, , some armoured |at the Villa Saint Pierre at Malo les motor cars and tethered herses were | Bains. This arrangement has the approval of the British Red Cross. Within two or three hours of the was open and a little light streamed | decision to establish sich a tempor- oul on a medley of people surround- | ary hospital in accordance with the { loag, others wounded lightly in arm, leg or head leaning against the walls Two miles away the fighting was Wounded men kept coming back tous, while fresh troops, guns and ammar- nition kept clattering by over the cobbles, with only a "how goes it over there?" to the just returning Strange that at first one instinctively spoke in a whisper. It was piteh black, a strong wind i was blowing and it started to rain {as we loaded up. The first dress- ing had been made, and blood- stained clothing replaced from our stores. ~Bpeed "was necessary, if { hall the wounded men were to be got away that night The lorry could only take slightly wounded men, so we were ready first and led the way with seven men whose feet, hands, or arms had been roily dressed. Some were fsom the trenches, and were covered with mud from head to foot, had been wounded by shrapnel before they had had a chance to fire a shot, all were glad to be taken off safely No lights were allowed for twe miles, so one of us had to run ahead in the middle of the road, to show the way. In spite of this we often got axle deep in the side of the road Twice we oould never have got out but for the ready assistance of the fresh troops coming up. For the last five miles into Poperinghe head- lights could be used, and progress was much better Here the dress- ings were looked over and the wounded put on the trains, only few of the most serious cases | taken back to Woesten for the others Emercency Case Hosunital A fur r report Two important deyelopnients have taken place in regard, to work of the young Friends of kirk. In the fi he mitte has dec the request continie now the Dun lace om respond to to establish to init MIC) case ho led men requir ing immediate can be taken patched up, and sent on to the will be remembered days and being It Kidd, n ra helped before hate hospitals that Mr | | ing these vehicles soldiers helping to | resolution of the committee, a com- pléte equipment and hospital outfit, costing '500 pounds was presented to the unit. The generous donor of (wife of the member o. par- vliament for East Dorget and dungh- { | sponsible | the treatment | is available | | motor lorry, an exciting drive over i {he surgeon, estimated that many efficiency and economy of laber ment | elsewhere 31 of Henry 1hipps, of Philadel bhia, U.S.A) This mocile hospit- (Miss, Side) ind with medical and sur- left London on Mon- er 23rd, . accompanied by Mrs 1est, who herself is going out to help in its 'establishment The unit will thus bé able to deal with the worst oases and form a hospital centre to high to bring sick and wonided cotdlérs" : day, The second imvortant évent is the! i acceptance by the French authori- ties of the services of the unit ambulance corps on the battle etween Ypres and the coast. A four readers know, the valley of the | s fiercely and terribly | Yser has contended been for, with the result that e needed present succour Up to 1able pioneer assist unded has been ren Hector Munro and his » neighborhood of Far it has commence Woesten, near Ypres It now proposed that the tw, ambulance parties, that under Dr Munro and that under Friends (with a joint staff of about 100 persons) hall co-operate together and be for the work miles of fighting line from Dr. Munro for--a few dave McConnell, has come inderstanding with the Ambulance unit to co-operate in this Further, it f to that the military au have this 1 inval ow at re over twenty Ypres tc has heen and; to coast London A Vir with a cor dial Friends' 1 is satisfactory French accepted arrange of our men have, moved up to the front from and it is intended that more follow at an early date, leav- behind in Dunkirk a sufficiency of dressers and orderlies to staff wspital I'he wounded men front will be taken to such shel hospital accommodation Furnes, Dunkirk new report, thorit i Lwenty-five therefore, Dunkirk shall ing the ter or as and arrangement, increased risks one making This though means responsibilities, i and for It numbers of the wounded men | the | in | from fortresses, The barbed wire on the gaining access to the fortress even is hoped that it may prove an éx- cellent piece of co-operative and con- structive work, to the saving of many lives and the comfort and assistance of many in sore need. The main part of the work con- tinued to be the collection of wound- ed from various villages just behind the firing line, and the evacuation of ; FOR OVER HALF CENTURY. Andrew Lanigan Has Been in Service Of The City. » Fifty-three years in the service of the city. Such is the record of An- drew Lanigan, messenger for the Board of : Education, and it is one that he might well be proud of. At the dinner tendered to the mem- bers of the Board of Fducajion, on Thursday - night, several members made «feeling reference to Mr. Lani- gan and the service he had rendered the city. For over forty years Lanigan had charge of the buildings, and was 'afterwards ap- pointed to his present position, which he bas so ably filled. . Mr. Lanigan, although old, according to official figures, is not really old. He is as active as a man forty vears his junior" All the members of the Board of Education will vouch for this statement. He never misses a meeting of the board, is on the job all the time, enjoys good health, and it is the wish of his friends, and they are legion, that he will be spar- ed to spend many more years in the service of the city. Mr. Lanigan has the unique honor | of being one of the oldest, if not | the oldest, civic servant in Ontario CEPEPPEI EP PR PPP IERIE FPS CHRISTMAS POETRY. On Tuesday the Whig will is- +! sue another page of Christmas poetry suitable for recitations at events at this time of the year. We are constantly ap- pealed to for selections, and have been gathering up matter for several years, so that a well arranged collection has been se- cured. Those interested should avail themselves of getting cop- ies and having them on: hand for occasions that call for po- etry of a suitable character, | | hb rb br rte * -* * + -> + + + + + + * > * & * + * + i a dededdesdedododedodededdoddede dodo dededeofonde A Comfortable Light. cases too serious to be sent by train to hospitals in Furnes and Dunkirk, Probably altogether between 200 and 250 wounded have been taken back from the villages of Zuydschoot, Boe- singhe, ete., and of these a con- | siderable proportion would have heen killed had they not been removed. | On Nov. 18th twenty-five iwere brought out of Boesinghe while the village was undergoing a heavy shell fire; on the second journey twenty- | two shells fell while the cars were be- | loaded. On Nov. 20th fifty 'more including some refugees, civilians and nuns were from the same village, which 4 in being fired ona The con- duct of everyone concerned on both oeensions was admirable. About forty or fifty serious cases been evacuated during the week to Furnes and Dunkirk. - Fhiz © work strain both on the cars and on the drivers, but is a most valuable part of the services that the { unit is able to render, as it un- | the means of saving | who otherwise would die larger and heavier cars the disposal of the the ing people wounded brought have L severe is oubtedly n men much than vet are at nit are really necessary for purpose, in work has above of dressing 17th, after heavy Zlydschoot and Bixs 100° men were dressed, the first time since wounded Altogether, 250 men have been dressed by { the Woesten dur week, addition to the a heen {carta amount On Nov around a ihgut them ro for neg by of unit at ng" the last \ Real Przemysl has bothered exceed- but--it--is--far- from being the f the tongue-twisters that wil war. As a bit of train- ing you might practice saying: "Strez pret, skrz krk.' This is the stan- dard vowelless ghibboleth of the Bo- hemian language, and it means: 'Put our thumb down your throat." Or a course of Armenian might be Specimens are "'jah- "pzhishg,' . doctor; ' to kindle; "aghchig," "denoghkh,'"" parents Tongue-Twister, us ney 0 set by the | recommended marid prone true thsnel ; and sil Failure is often the result of a firn li that all things come to those who wait for something to turn up | Perhaps the bill collector has as jmuch respect for you as he «has for some others on his calling list. belief {furnishings as a sofa or chair. Often | needed. Lamps nowadays 'are spicuous, as in the older huge hand-painted flows background made .the: the minute you entered matter how pretention how costly, it should tale a room and be as ever days, on a white knowr con when elve amp is, or| its place in much a part of it it gives just the spot of color that Is An oil lamp nowadays is certainly a luxury. For reading and working there Is no softer light than that which emanates from a well cared for lamp. For a practical, every-day kerosene lamp, nothing has quite us- urped the place of the old-fashioned student lamp, which frankly confes- ses Its usefulness by its construction and is not too objectionable in ap- Mr. | city | e room. No! tc : I PAGES 9 TO 16 Absolutely Pure Grape Cream of Tartar NO ALUM EEPLY TO BERNSTORFF. Bulle Couldn't Be Used in Army Rifles. York, Dec, 12-<Denial of the cearge made by Count Von. Bern- storff, the German ambassador, that thé Union Metallle Cartridge com- pany has shipped to Canada since October 8,000,000 soft-nosed or "mushréom bullets" for use in the British army, is contained in a letter ent to Count Von Bernstorff by S. I. Pryor, vice-president and general manager of the Remington Arms-Un- on Metallic Cartridge company. Mr. Pryor asserts in his letter that company has manufactured in all y 117,410 of these cartridges for came hunting only and that they tid not be used in any of the mili- used by any of the for- powers," "Mushroom ts" By Way Of Inducement. certain youngster in Washing- n was one day suffering greatly by on of an aching toothe. His mo- r was endeavoring to calm him the necessary visit to the the 1gainst dentist You'll have it out, won't you mother pleaded. It and then the ache learie the won't hurt much, will all be: over." ' . Jut the unhappy child began. to howl with: pain. His brother, a year older, was like » 'distressed, and added his pleadings to thosé.of the mother, "Do have it out, dear," repeated the mother. "Yes, Dick, have it out," added the brother. 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