Commencing Thursday, the 31st of December, and continuing daring the month of January, veu can make just 20 per cent. on your money by in- vesting it in our good Ready-to-Wear Clothing. | Big Interest ! isn't It ? 'This is the time of the vear we always cut prices. Every year, just prior to our annual stock taking. we hold a clearance sale. Don't losé sight of the fact that we are offering vou the best Ready-to- Wear Clothing. The regular prices in plain figures are on every article. Deduet one-fifth from the fig- Lures, and pay us the balance. © If vou know of a man who avants a good Suit, Overcoat Hr-pair-of Tronsers for himself or for his hoy at a saving of one fifth the regular price, ; Tell Him! Tell Him ! Tell Him ! everyting in our Ready-to-Wear Departinent is one- third of regular price. : " Goods marked in plain figures. All sales for ~cash. IC. Livingston & Bro. | A Little Out of the Way, But It Will Pay You To ; a NA¥Y AND BLACK SERGES ull pure Wool in fine and heavy Twills, guaranteed perfectly fast dyes 45 inches wide: extra val- 50, 60 and 75¢ a yard. CHEVIOT SERGES, 50 fo 51 inches wide, the kind that wears like iron, in navy and black. Extra values at $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75 a yard. RN A Nt . i FINE BOTNA Y TWILL SERGE, in dif- ferent weights, 51 inches wide, navy and black, guaranteed not to fade or gloss. Ex- $1.25, $1.50 and $2 a yard. tra value fit A ge AN i GABARDINE SERGES, the new weve, in black and navy, guaranteed as to color and wear. Extra values at n $1.50 to $3.50 a yard. "in A AI I NA A, UPN PN VERY FINE AND EXTRA HEAVY + MEN'S SERGES, the best quality imported. navy and blacks; 58 to 60 inches wide. Ex- tra values at .. $2.00, $2.50 and $3.50 a yard, Held On Monday Night -- A Banquet Was Afterwards Held in Masonic Hall. ¥ A joint installation of officers was held by Minden and Cataraqui lodges, A. I. & A. M, on Monday night; in Masonic 'Hall, Wellington street. R.W. Bro. J. Nicolle was the instal- give officer and was also assisted by be other past district deputies. ; A splendid programme and refresh- ments followed the installation. Three toasts were rendered. The first one proposed was by Toast Master R. W. Bro. Thonias Minnes to "The King." The second toast was ~pro- posed by R. W. Bro. W. Jagckson, to "The Grand Lodge of Canada," and was responded to bg R. W. oliro. J. Nieolle. " ° ? W. Bro. J. MH: Birkett proposed a toast to "The British Empire" and it was leartily responded to by A. H. Blackeéby. hy solos. An entertainer was secur- jed for the evening in the person of 1}. H. Cameron, of Toronto, who gave some choige monologues, recita- tions, etc. The officers installed were : Minden lodge--W.M., George H. Gil !lospie; immediate past master, R. S. i Crgham; Sr. warden, W. M. Camp- bell; Jr. warden, H. J. Milue: chap- lain, Rev. HM. Macgillivra reasurer, W. M. Baillie; secretary, T."D. Min ngs; Sr. deacon, J. E. Twigg: Jr. dea- can, R. J. Robinson; inner guard, H. 'W.' Newman; Sr. steward, W, Moore; Ir. 'Steward, H. F. Price; di- rector of ceremonies, James Taber. Cutaraqui Lodge--W.M., W. Bro. F. Crozier; LPM, W. Bro. F. An- drews; S.W., Bro. S. Bishop; J.W., Bro. F. Davies; chaplain, . Bro. Rev (;. Bell; treasurer, W. Bro. C. s. Wheeler; secretary, R.W. Bro. Robert Hestdry; S.D., Bro. W. A. King; J.D., | Bro. HW. Warwick; D.C., Bro. V. Bry- ant; N.S, Bro. H. Guyvy.J.S., Bro. ¢. W. Drury; LGL, Bro. H. A. Sira- | f ham; tyler, W. Bro. R: Buat. | WINTER AND WAR STRATEGY. Kinds. uf Weather to be Met With In Europe. Few people in this country have any idea of the climate conditions in winter if th® regions of Europe Tv lere the hostilities: are being con-. ducted, as the following description that appears in the fourth war is- sue Of the Scientific American of December oth is particularly time- ly and valuable. In iegard to the weather conditions, and the effect ihey will have om the contending | armies, the writer gives the fol lowing information: The two main theatres of the present war differ greatly from each other in their winter climates, Western Europe enjoys compara- tively mild winters under the in- fluence of the prevailing westerly and south-westerly winds from the Atlantic Ocean, which, like all large bodies of water, bas bat a small range of temperature fiom summer to, winter. The climate is, however very moist, so that a moderate de- gree of cold produces whch dis- comfort. Cloudy weather prevails considerably more often than in any part of the United States, ex- cont perhaps the region of the Great lakes and the extreme North Paci- fic coast. As we go inland we find no abrupt change of conditions, as {ihere is no large range of moun- tains running parallel to the At- fantic coast to form a climate di- vide: very gradually, however, the climate becomes more continental. aid the present eastern theatre of the war lies in a region that is in- termediate in climate" between the marine conditions of the war i Austria's Shame. Philadelphia Record tlaly's revelations as to Austria's plans for making war on Sérvia dn {710 fall of 1913 place the Dual Mon* archy' in an unplegsant light. Ser- | J very small and a very poor! (country, had just passed through {two exbaustng wars, first with Tur- key and then with Bulgaria. That | a nation of Austria's size and] wealth, with a population of not far' from 50,000,000 should seek such an opportunity to pick a quarrel with a weak apd struggling neigh- hor shows thre chivalrous sentiment dictating her foreign policy. The! incident is quite in keeping with the! truculent and ingolent 'tone that' marked the demands. upon Servia| made Dy Count Berchtold last Julv,' It was the rejection of one of these arrezant elaims that furnished the ext for the hideons and vnnec- avanry war in which Europe is now engaged. : | "Made In Germany" Courage. Montreal Herald we notice that ting its "victory" on the British coast, and that Germans and pro- Germans are boasting ' about the daring and the bravery and the courage, however, hears about the same relation to the real article as German silver does to the stuff that comes from Cobalt. men had a quarrel and were settling that quarrel by a legal fight. And if {supposing while the fight was go- ing on one of the wen slipped out of court, ran to his opponent's house shot his enemy's wife and. children in cold blood and then made off 8% fast as he could go for the tall weods. Well, if that is couraze, if that is bravery, then we take off pur hats to Germany, for its latest ex- moit is a fine example of that par- ticular brand. + ---- , Belgian Relief Fund. ! The ary class and teacher, Miss F. Collings, of Latimer school, d ed the sum of $3 to the Belgian relief fund. which the president of the Board of Trade wishes to acknowledge. Southern cotton growers will limit ge for 1917 by geperal ment. ; Boston has 109.841 ils in ools, a gain! of 32 Cs * . . "Beautiful Toilet Soap." Gibson's. New York's street are ~ Olean, N.Y.0 has relected commis: sion goverpmeyl proposition. hy 1. D. Bankier favored the gathering | + New | decline dates from July 31st, fram Berlin is colobra- | agree: B. cleaning metbods of hlen, F ) haells, the actor, ar among those who recemtly hav: be- come naturalized British = subjects. Miss Welilen in an Austrian by birth. Perhaps you will know that Nazi- mig, real name was Mrs. Cuaarlic Bryant? And that Gaby Daaivs ie an: wn at home at Hedy Nevratii, »-|. -0, that ghe is Polith, and not Paris- lenne. Sh | Charles Frohman is to star Miss { Ethel Barrymore in a new play after the first of the year ding Just the rizht <ort of a play for\ this distinguished drama: act- ress\has postponed presentation. The question of the hour now is whether "Little Marty" will size up for another year with the Fawous Players? Miss Pickrord is said to have signed up for another year at $2,000 a week; but thers are denials. This pepular picture tar has been drawing $1,000 a wee for the past year. 5 Miss Marie Dresiizg, sfarrec 4 a film version of "T'hves Puactured Remance," released by Aleo. Tue film coipany paid $108,000, but Miss Dressler recently asked the New York supreme court to appoint a mecciver for the photo-play, asking $200,0 Edna Goodrich 18 now. on her way heme from Burope to fulfill a con- tract with the Jesze L. Lasky Feu- ture Play company. Migs Coodrich was 'in Europe when the war broke out, and had some thrilling experi- ences in Ostend. When she finally managed to reach London she was £0! exhausted that she had to recuperate under medical treatment The "little matinee" iden of mana- .ger Driscoll, of the Orpheum, seems {likely to prove-popular; theresis al- ready a big demand for seats for this Year's Day performance. stead of two performances, three will be -given on the holiday. Tire usual performances will be given at 2,15 anid 8.15 and the "little matinee," as Manager Driscoll has named it, will be ziven at 5.16 p.ni., Tt will be iden- {tical with the other two performances prisoners. Tickets are now on sale. Harry Lauder, the Scolch comed- fan, recently saw the Belgium war pictures, He said: "lI cahuvot remem- ber anything personal or impersonal that affected me more deeply. I saw a millon pictures beyond the ones upon the curtaim, For every dead I saw the suffering living; for every living refugee 1 saw his dead. And my héart went out to little Belgium caught and turned between two en- glues of blood-soaked destruction." Lauder's only son, a boy of twenty, is, somewhere on the battlefield with' the British troops. COMMERCE FOES COMPARED Old Cruiser Alabama and the Em- den Broke Period Records. The Galveston News. 'hie _eruise of the Emden has made naval tradition. not only for Geimany, but for the rest of the wo:ld, but even with her wonder- ful record she has not overshot the wark set up by the old confederate cruiser Alabama. The Emden kept afloat for three months; the Alabama for nearly tio years. The Emden sunk twenty vessels; the Alabama sixty-five. The Emden gave a tremendous fright to the enemy's merchant marine; the Alabama virtually swept it off the e+ --and it may be added, paren- theiically, that it 'has never come back. ¢ amount of damage done by the Emden js estimated at - about $4.000,000. In 1872 the British gov- ernment compromised the Alabama case by the payment of $15,500,000, the actual damage done ran far be- vopd that amount. Indeed, the American merchant marine has not even yet recovered from the tre- mendous shock then eiven itl Its 1862, the day that the Alabama sailed Birkenhead. Nevertheless, it is - incomparably harder for a vessel to escape obser- | vation. now than it was oan the loneiy seas of the sixties. HON. W. T. WHITE IN CITY Inspected. 21st Battalion and © Will Speak at Travellers' Banquet Ion. W, T. White, minister of fin- ance, arrived in the.gity, shortly af-| "Buy cough syrups" at Gibson's. ter three o'clock on Tuesday after- noon, and was taken to the armouries where he inspected the members of the 21¢t battaliog for overseas ser- viee, During his stay in the city he will be the guest of W. F. Nickle, ax Mr. White has a personal interest in the 21st battalion, owing Go the fact that his son, Lieut. White, is a maomber of it, being attached to the weehanical gun seétion, To-night Mr, White will be the =nest of henor at the Commercial Travellers' banquet to be held in the * Randolph Hotel. « | If the weather had been favorable arrangements would have been made for the finance minister to have re- viewed: the battalion out of doors. Whig Ad. Found Money Through an advertisement in the , Whig on Monday evening, H. Sargent Supposing two, VAs able to recoved twelve dollars ,and a bank book that he lost on Mon- day morning. Au. advertisement was : placed in the Whig, and Charles Hall, {plumber returned the money and i book to the loser. 5 Rain and Sleet. After sereval days of pretty cold , Weather the weather mian brought about a change ont Tuesday forenoon, wien quite a heavy rain set in fol- lowed by sleet, * The weather fan promises colder weather for lo-mor- { row; However, so the ice at the rinks will net suffer. . mini or Hospital Visiting Ladies At a "meeting of the Women's Aid Soclety of the Kingston General Hos | pita, held on Mcuday afternoon, the following 'were appointed ladies for January: Mrs, GW. Mylks, Mrs. R. Kent, Mrs. J. Hendry and Mrs. J. S. R. McCann. ; News bas been vectived of the Grenadiers of rest al Guard, aot the Con ess de Difficalty in| In-' A BANQUET HELD BY THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS, _ American Consnl Johnson Fort Henry Internment Machine Gan For 21st Inspects Camp «= Battalion i; Expected. ~ = i At their rooms at 247 Brock street, | { tl % i it A . ! the members of the A.8.C. on Monday « H * th evening "held a banquet in honor of ||} J i Major W. A. Mitchell, 0.C; and Capt. t J.- Welch. "There were about forty i hi present. Major Mitchell, Capt. Welch, dieut. Cook, Sergt. Pollitt and De. J. Lo =, - G. Evans were the speakers. Ptes, Dixon and Murphy gave songs, dod { | Sergt.-Major Harris presented to the : i 'major a walking stick 'and an Alco- ! portable-vapor stove to Capt. Welch. | A feature of the table was an im- thense four-tier Christmas, cake. that had been baked by Sevgt.-Baker Pol litt. Mrs. W, A. Mitchell was thank: jed for the belp she had given in the | Freparati n of the bangubt. There witb bé a measting of the Ning ston \eierans' Association. in the City Council: chaniber on Tuesday evening, "to finish up the business of the year "In all wanted sizes, Red, Black, White.: SE SPT IP Seas (ff | Properly made with Lops that do nol. ay to iioravatic 1 "hind and are easily put on. 25c I iil 1 A A AAA AANA sl a tnt ao iturin children's Overstock: ings | i giocers, for Ottawa. Col. Stewart, who has been appoint: ed O.C. of one of the new infantry battalions to be recruited for the third contingent, C.E.F., is a bhrothi¢ of Lieut. H. Stewart, of "Nert~ von] pany, 21st battalion. ofl to the 5th company, Canadian En- lo 50c,' according to size. v who 'eave on Saturday A AAA nr mine mil Children's Mitts. | OF many kinds with Jong or short cuffs, | 7 in Red," White, Black and other colors. American Consul F, 8S. 8S. Johusor, in h'¢ capacity as consul for the alien enemics confined in Fort Henry, made an inspection of the fort on Tuesday mornings with Major H. J. Dawson. He made minute inquiries, talking in their own language to: several of the AAAS A sci Knitted 'Overalls Be on Major D. H. MacLean has received leave of absence from Wednesday until January 7th, to visit with friends iv St. Louis, Mo. Special attention is being paid by the instructing officers of the 21st bat talion fo the rapid manipulatign of the bolts of the rifle. The Ross and Lee Enfield rifle bolts ave slightly aif forent, and some of the men have be come accustomed to thé use of the 1 . : Il A convenient and comfortable garmeut for elie ls. "yy || small children. All sizes in Red or | | ollecti » Victorian Orde it t Ne an i ora, Dri | White, 21st battalion. Already a large sur has keen subscribed. AA AAA A Pe AAPA AN Mt a Pt | A | { The machine gun for the 21st is ex { pected to arrive in the city in thy | peer future. It is likely that a triped ! will be: used to mount the gun, al though there is a possibility that =» specicl automobile truck may be used, | Overstockings Vn TE for Women school of Asbury Church held its] | Made from a good quality wool with the | papery shaped bo. AQ Pair Sa was present. The rink open- all sizes . ed Christmas evening with good gheling. Miss Edna and Gracie Rorlangette, teachers, are spending the holidays at home. Messrs. Fred- White Angora Mills and White Angora | Hoods, White Shetland Wool Veils, a | great protection against wind and snow | efick and Laurie Thompson, of the Dental College, Toronto, are also al y Muroyn Herbert, of Smith's i, spent Christmas with his par . second line, Drummond. Mise Kuthaleen McGarry, teacher at Brocke is also at home. Herbert McCann, Ottawa, is holidaying at in al ent Had Fingers Crushed J. Nichols, an employee 6i Davis' tavncry, on Tuesday morning, acci denta ly had his right hand caught ir a machine and three fingers were crushed. He was removed to the gen eral hospital, where the injured hand was attended to. Perey teria A] Women's Black Wool Tights "Girl's Black Wool Tights | Gis Knitted Wool Skits, all izes from 2 1 years lo 16 years. | | John Laidlaw & Son | Jol k To Our Customers and Friends | We Wish a Happy and: Ihe London Times declares that there is excellent reason, despite- Ger man denials, for believing that a Par. soval shed and airship were destroyed in the British raid on Caxhaven. It adds that serious damage alse was in- licted on the Zeppelin sheds. ! On December 27th, Nelson 0. Bul lock; infant son of Mr. and Mrs, Ed win W, Bullock, .234 Ontario street, ase three months, passed away. Thy funéral was held to St. Mary's ceme ter: on Tuesday morning. "Hot water bottles" at Gihson's. { The mutualization of the Metro "politan Life Insurance company ha: been-endorsed by the poliey-holders I'he jmportant passages of the Car pathinns are again in Russian hands, "and those still held by the encny af ford them no advantage. Daniel Lauver, died in Carlisle, Pa weighed 385 pounds. Belonged to fin department. Coshocton, Ohio, is likely water to gomserve supply. { to meter . sky . Prosperous 1915 . }