Daily British Whig (1850), 30 Jan 1915, p. 8

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urry Mong Sir | The privilege will be yours until we * close at 9 p.m. on Saturday night, to buy any ready to wear clothing in our stere at 1-3 Off Regular Price Afterwards it will be too late. We've made a whole army of clothing buyers happy dur- ing this great sale, and many a household has been clothed up from grandfather down to the little man. ; Every purchase has been a money-sav- ing proposition,.and everybody is happy. ' + z Ct poppet aby Have You Been In? No! Well, Sir, you are a very un- fortunate man ! gin There are plenty of good things left and if you call before closing time Saturday night you can participate in the bargain feast. Better come than wish you had. Goods marked in plain figures. All sales for cash. ~~. Little Out of the Way, But It Will Pay You To Walk ab a ¥ Special: Savings - On LINENS WALDRON'S Table Cloths with Hl match, in all sizes, hehost 1a : fot i EL ine Bleached Satin Datriask Tu e Linen, in.all the new designs, 2 yards wide, all pure flax. 'Special = C ities, for ee || 75¢, 90¢ and $a Yard RB ua Table Liner fer toad hard wear, Special at Fort 35c, 40c. 50¢, and 60c Yard * Table Napkins, in odddozens and 34 don eS i Saugus an Ea) Napkins to beautiful patterns, a = a: pn _ hes, in lengths from 1 % Off Regular Prices | of Towellings, 'and 2h | for inspection by the 0.( |] ] { | | i ; vo 18H WHIG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1915 1551 MEN_ENLISTEDISOLDIERS AT DINER) THIS DIVISION FOR THE THIRD CONTINGENT, The 14th Regiment Has Contributed Fifty-One of This Number--Onty Half "the Required' Number Have Volunteered, The recruiting for the third con$ a gent, in the. third divisional area, is gomz on very Well this week, the to. tal now being 1,561 men. The 14¢h Regiment 'has passed fifty-one ' men, the 47th Regiment thirty. men and the ith Hussars fifty-six recrwits. For the 39th Battalion (Belleville), 762 nea have been accepted, and jor 'the BRth Battalion, of Ottawn. 423 men bk Wwe volunteered to "date, The total fr the 'Sth Mounted Rifles is 366. men. Piper J. MacDougall-has been taken oh the girength of the pipers' band. The remainder of the equipment was supplied' to the 21st Battalion Saturany. This consists of and belts 10 carry blankets, kit sther necessaries, on straps and Lieut. H. W. Cooper, 2Ist Pattali n, has bean granted a cortifieate of qual- fication as captain. In the militia Y.M.C.A. hall on Friday evening, J. CG. Fvans gave an illustrated lecture "John Bull and lis Empire," on Sundgy night the" Y.M.€4 will be conducted by Tv. Monday and Thursday committee from Queen's University will put on the entertainment. On Tuesday evening, the choir of Chal- aiers" Church will give a coneert. On Wednesday evening twenty-five mem- bers of St. Andrew's Church will put on "The Spirit of Missions," under the-direction< of Mrs. Care-Hagris. On Friday evening T. ¥. Harrison will give an illustrated address on "Riis- Sins Bervien A. Brown. Saturday with the soldiers is a day With the exception of a few men who have 'been in the hospital or away every one of the 21st Battalion has gone through the vaceipation. The wonderful word, "Pay day," was heard by «tho.snen of the 14th Regiment on Friday, and by 'the 21st. Battalion on Saturday. It 'is indeoll 'a good system that the = de- partment uses to pay off over | 1,500 men in Kingston through 'the 'one of- fice, and have no complaints .' that "my pay is short this time." APPETITES OF TROOPS. Russian Soldier Heaviest Eater Tn the 'World, TR deetus fodiens have the most as- fons a tes of apy in the World, in -~ od ro witb-the Russian froeps in: P nd. At midday," he says, "each sdl- dior gets a pound. of . meat, . three | | pounds of black bread, and a great if | reminds one of stori if | I I il i i ti {equipment bowl of cdbbage soup. It all dis- appears in about an hour, and a cou- ple of hours later they arg all hun- £ry ngain, Then youn can see thew clubblug tugether to-buy chickens which they cook and eat. An hour or so latér you will bear a pig squeel ing, aud they are eating again. It of the habits and "capaeities of the North 'Ameri- can Indians. ! . "1 suppose thousands of Russian schoolboys, mest of them not more than eleven or twelve yéars old, have ran. away heme, aad managed by hook or crook te attach themselves to the army as helpers of one kind or another,. Most useful they .are, too. At that age they don't know or care about death or danger. A few smart boys solve the . dificult problem of the supply of ammuni- tion to.the firing line during the hot- test times. . "The great schoolboy hero now is Oriof, from Zhitomir. He fought in eleven battles and has béen decorat- ed by the czar with the order of St. George. While on scout duty, he tame upon a trench of Russians who were having a hard battle with a su- perfor force of the enemy. He li ; a day. By nightfall their ammunition was giving out, and Oriof saved his corps by creeping out in the dark and Bonding his way through the heaped corpses tothe main Russian line, where he - obtained - rei ents and a supply of ammunition. He was under gun and rifle fire all the time, but he succeeded in getting through safely." 5 E idan $Y "A German Ficet Gone. Germany has leat, 41 warshi fince the war commenced. In addi- tion to this her shipping has been wiped from the seas as though by a great legerdemain. - This fleet of more than two score ships would have made a respectable navy in for some small Bastion, Many.a nation has no grealer nava a to Germany om th St aT) to the submasine. The % thing mored cruiser |1088 of life has been about 5,000. 0's losses have been serious evening s the | A SPLENDID TIME IN QUEEN STREET METHODIST CHURCH, | fhe Young Men's Club Had the Plea. suré of Entertaining Soldiers At a Turkey Feast -- Good Addresses Followed. One hundred and fifty Methodist sol- Fdiers of the 21st Battalion, including (ten officers, were entertained by the toung Men's Club of Queen © Street Methodist Lhurch on: Friday evening. At 6.30 o'flock the 'officers and . sol. diers marched in in a body and oe- cupied "the tables, daintily arranged in the Sunday School Hall. The mem- bers of the Young Men's Club served a turkey repast and amply proved that they were no nevices. Everyone was 'well cared for. During the dinmer Telgmann's or chestra rendered fine selections. G. EE. Joyner, president of the club, was toastmaster, and had" a carefully selected list of toasts that appealed to every phase of the entertainment so generously provided. The first toast, "The King," was responded to by the entire audience rising and singing the National Anthem. Later Mr. LaPoint sang the "Marseillaise." "The Conntry™ was toasted by Judge Lavel and responded to hy the lead. jer of the club, II. T. J. Coleman. J. ii. Elliott toasted "Our Soldiers" to which Capt. W. F. Kidd gave a very enjoyable response. =» "Our Gusts," another toast, pro- posed by Rew. 1. 1. Campbell, was giiciously responded to be 1iewt {Col. W. 8 Hughes, Capt, Wolfram, | Lieut. H. F. Pense and Sergt. Page. They voiced the appreciation for the honor conferred "on the soldiers. The toast to "Our Club" was proposed by Capt. RB. Crawford and' responded to by R. Meck. : : "Absent Members" were -toasted by Mr. Joyner and R. J. McClelland responded. Eight former members have zone overseas, seven stationed at Salisbury Plain and one in France. Telezrams. were read from 0. Der- byshire, John Bennett, Sheldon Jeyee and 'Mrs. IL Squire, out of the city and could not-be present. Altogether the evening: was one of much "delight. "The , "addresses were apt, oftimes amusing, and full battalion the best -in the contingent experts: say--+will its nettle led by its Prilllant com- mander and his gallant officers.. The pastor 'of the church regretted all the 'men could not he entertained owing to mumbers, but the church regarded them as men of cpurage and valor andiin honoring the Me- thodist section they tried through them to honor all. 3 The soldiers. enjoyed the music offered. Therp were splendid solos by Mrs. Evans, Allan Haffner and Harvey Angrove apd an espeecially fine musical lection by three jolly » A % second show musicians. * J 4 : a oe i N WASHED ASHORE. Terrible Enemy Of Shipping , Must Be Destroyed -at Great Risk The. sea .miné is 'a prob- lem even wffer it Has YHeen washed ashore, and fer those who must de- stroy it this terrible enemy of ship- ping offérs the same danger it does to 'the crew of the vessel it D pens to wreck, This is the discov- ery made by the 'mii under Lienten- ant C:. J. Canters, of the Amster: dam torpedo Doag sti fon, who has been charged-by the Dutch' govern- ment with the destruction of the nw nks that are washed ashore along the Netherland coast, . Fo' far, no serious accident has come to the men who" render the stranded sea mine mnocudus by ex- ploding them where they are found. But thére hive been many narrow escapes, due mostly to the faet that the Enzileh' mines cannot be taken apart, as can the French and Duteh mines. dn. of the latter the shell of the 'Mine consists of two half-spheres, united by a flange and rivets, while the English mine- shell is cast in one piece and load- €éd through a "'manhole." While it wohld be possible to remove the cover 'of the 'manhole; initial charge of the mine lives close to the aperture: _This leaves but one method in whieh' the mine may be destroyed--eXxplode it, case and all. ; The asutii of the hell = far and wide; one them weighii six' pounds, was 'recently: found 600 yards from the scene of the explosi- on. ¢ Ny Of 83 mines on which reports have been made so far by Lieuten- ant. Canters, 70. were. of English forigin here; 4 were French and 8 Dutch, « while - the remaining one den) These fig. ures show that the' of the mine destroyers has heen : no ong. 'Being hit by a shell was a chance the men took av. time they at E ; ery Hime ey. attempted the of helpful admonition. The splendid | this is considered too dangerous for | i We are ready with a number of very special things secured this week. 360 Women's Winter Undervests A nice soft make in the natural wool shade with long sleeves and full siz- | es. These are worth from 40 to 50c each " Yours To-night 25¢ Each. Not morethan 3 to one customer. 250 Yds Very Pretty Flouncing Embroidery 18 inches wide and suitable for women's underskirts and children's dress- | es: These are worth from 30c to 35¢ yd. | Your Choice To-night 1205c. | i Ii | | 600 New Pussy Willow Ties | The soft. Chenille Cord Tie with tassel ends, in shades of Padd black, light blue, helio, royal, Copenhagen, and beet root. generally sold at 25¢c. , White, ese are -night 15c¢. rE] Yours To hap- |' Women's Cashmere Stockings '25¢. Women's Cashmere Stockings 35c¢ : 2 special makes that are good value. Men's Underwear || warn SHIRTS AND D . | a paiasy boots, good oh oe

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