Daily British Whig (1850), 25 Feb 1915, p. 5

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THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1915 @ Tien: is no more reason for serving poor coffee than for making omelets of stale eggs. Simply use rea- sonable care in making,and start with I sEAL BRAND THE MILITARY SPORTS CONCLUDED AT THE ARMOURIES ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Lieut.-Col. Hughes Defeated Senior Officers In Race--Major 8. C. Ben- nett Led the Pipers, Band As Drum-Major, The finals in the military sports of the carnival were held in the armour- les. on Wednesday afternoon. The building was crowded with civilians and 'soldiers. An impromptu snake dance was given by the officers and N.C.O's during the afternoon. The Pipers band furnished music. After the first time around the floor, the audience was surprised to see along Hne of officers and N. "lock: step", The climax was reach- ed when Major C. C. Bennett was ap- | and led | pointed pipe-major protem the procession swinging 'his cane in true pipe-major style, The colpnel's race was very excit-| ing, Lieut.-Col. W. 8. Hughes qualify ing. for his rank by winning from Major Mitchell and Major C. C. Bennett by a close margin. The results of the other races were Sack race--Northey, Reid, Brook- lyn. Tug-of-war--14th Regiment ion. C.0's doing the| SEPARATION ALLOWANCE For the Dependents of Volunteers In Overseas Contingents. Separation allowancé has granted by the Canadian government to the dependants of volunteers serving In the Canadian Overseas contingents as follows: Privates $20, a month; Sergeants, 25 a month; Warrant Officers, $30 a month; Lieutenants $30 a month; Captains $40 a month; Majors $50 a month; Lieut.-Colonels $60 a month. "Dependents" include only wives or children of a widower, if they are in the care of a guardian. Girls over sixteen and boys over fourteen years of age not eligible or widowed mo- thers, if the som is unmarried and her sole support. A certificate to this effect must be obtained from the local patriotic fund committee or from a clergyman' > The allowance is not payable to the dependants of a soldier who is { an employee of the dominion or any provincial government and in receipt of a government salary in addition to | his military pay, or who is' a member of the permanent force. Applications for thé allowance from parties who do not come under the above provisions cannot he con- | sidered. been de- | feated No. 1 company, 21st Battal-| PASAAAAAAAAAA AAA ARAS ast od ! ADIL = THE MERCHANTS' DRIVE | WEDNESDAY _ AFTERNOON | WAS A GREAT SUCCESS McKelvey & Birsh Wén First Prize ON a and J. RB. Henderson Second --_-- There Were Some Admirable Turn | } outs. \ § The merchants' drive billed as the § main attraction of the carnival was | §i held on Wednesday afternoon and! | was witnessed by thousands of spec- | | tators. The school children were! J given a half-holiday, and some of the | {| merchants closed their stores for the | §i | afternoon. i i (At 2.30 o'clock, the various turn- outs formed into procession on the | { market square. Among these were! | representations by Fenwick, Hendry, | {& Co, R. J. Reid H. W. Newman | Electric Co., Rees' Bros, Simmons J} | Bros., McKelvey and Birch, J. R.| | Henderson, A. Chown and Co., James | { Reid, A. Arthur's J. Grant, €. H.| | Pickering, James Crawford, and Ro-| | bertson and Co. The Kingston fire |} | brigade also figured in the parade as | | well as forty mounted riflemen. | i The procession moved off along | King street headed by "Con". MiMan | as marshal, and William Murray and | | "David" Trotman as Knights in ar-| | mor. Reaching Barrie street' it Half-mile flat--Wilson, Davis, Me-| | Fadden. 220 yards dash--Wilson, Waters, | Perks. Half-mile march, héavy marching | | order--Galloway, Nash, Long. Fat men's race--Thomas, Murtha, { Temple. | Tug-of-war--Base company 21st. { Battalion "defeated No. 2 company, 21st Battalion. Obstacle race--Barrie, Grey, Nor- they, McFadden, Cordes, Rogers. Tug-of-war--Sergeants defeated of ficers of 21st battalion. Bandsmen's race -- 100 yard -- | Varley, Morrision, Compton. ' Subalterns race, 220 yards--Fla- HERE'S A TONIC THAT WILL WIN BACK YOUR HEALTH ! > . : velle, Sheppard, Black. AYBE you are just getting Captain's race (Victoria Cross)-- over a serious illness. Your t Pense, Stroud, Caldwell, health and strength seem to have Tug-of-war--14th Regiment de- deserted you, and you are worry. t ing because your recovery takes so long. Now is dle time to assist Nature. You will find a few wineglassluls of Puritan Invalid's Port Wine a my tonic. It builds up new hsalth an stréngth--creates rich, red blood-- and sends the glow of perfect health tingling through your veins. ken, Macdonald, Smith, Officers relay race--Miller, Flavel- le. + Balaclava melee--Sheppard and | Garlick made a draw with Coleman and Custance. Carter and Dagneau { were third. Sergeants race--Edmunds, Rudge, McCracken. Victoria Cross race-- No. 1 com: | pany, No. 2 company No. 1 company. Bayonet fighting-- Michaud, Nor- | they, Thompson. Doctors peoscribe Puritan Tavalid's Port ine--both as a preventive against disea's and as a stgength-builder after illness. Sold in quart bottles paly, One Dollar per bottle, The Puritan Wine Co / Toronto. * AUTOMOBILES AND CARBIAGES | 1 Phone 1177 George W. Boyd, THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA INCORPORATED 1869 Capital Paid Up $11,560,000 Reserve Funds 13,575,000 ' Total Assets 180,000,000 ON i Branches throughout Cansds and the COLLECTIONS er Bn ha Bank cesses unrivalled facilities for handling coll&tions with economy snd despatch. LONDON, ENG. OFficE, NEW YORK AGENCY, SARK SLOGE. PRINCES GTRIEY, €.0 VOR. WILLIAM & CEPAR RTRICYR KINGSTON BRANCH, . E. E. NEWMAN, Manager, Mrs. Newlywed Says : "I find it so hard to economise, but I must do so for a while," #| continued its course up that thor- MAKES DENIAL. 4 | King street to the market square. % | oughfare, down Princess and along | gi feated base company, 21gt Battalion. | Veterans 100 yards dash--MecCra- Toronto, Feb. 25. -- "Under &| no such circumstances will ¢! IL accept command of a division," was the emphatic &! Statement of Major-General + Hughes, last night, with refer. # | ence to a report that he would #! assume command of the second | Canadian division. + + FEEEIEPPE 404000000 00004 | THE HALLS OF QUEEN'S. | PEPE Pr ere ere Three Basketball Matches Were Played on Wednesday. At the annual meeting of the Y.M. | CA; on Wednesday evening, the new | constitution was read by W. Lavers | and it was decided to adopt it_after | the next business meeting. The fol- | lowing nominations were made : Hon- | | orary president, Prof. J. L. Mor son; | | president, C, M. Sellery; vice-presi- | | dent, George Anderson; treasurer, A, | | Tripp; recording secretary, J. H. | Pickey; social service, R. J. Wilson; programme, FE. Frank; Bible study, 5. Cornett; mission study, M. 4 Munro; religious work, G. S. McFar- | lane; handbook, W. 4 Mackenzie and | Mackinnon; membership com- mittee, A. Jackson. Further nominations till Saturday. { JL. may be sent in | On Wednesday afternoon, "Arts 16 | and '17 met ina basketball game to break the tie for second place in the | Arts League, and "16 won by 15t0 8, | An exciting and close basketball | game took place on Wednesday even- | ing, when the city Y.M.C.A. senior | team met and defeated the Queen's ! quintette by a score of 36 to 35. The | Queen's team played a slightly faster | game and was out in the lead . till | within one minute of full time, when the "Y" boys woke up and scored. The: tri color team showed a great | improvement in its playing, and should give Varsity a good argument in Toronto. Pound, as 'usual, was the star performer for the "Y." Slueen's--Hill, Laird, Peever, Dyer, ills. Y.M.C.A King, McCormick, Reid. Pound, Singleton, | On Wednesday afternoon the K.C.1L. | basketball team met the Y.M.C.A. in | termediates on the Queen's gymnasium floor and defeated them by a score of { 30 to 19. The game was evenly con tested and at half time K.C.0. was one point. to the good, but in the se- cond half it forged ahead and piled up a good lead. K.C.1.--Toland, Baiden, Barnum. YM.C.A--Shaw, Simmonds, ray, Cook, E. Simmonds. To-night, "Milestones". | "Milestones" unquestibnably one | of the most beautiful plays of the! generation, comes to the Grand Ope- ra House to-night and no announce- ment could be more welcome, for everywhere "Milestones" has Ferguson, Evans, | | Mur- | > Mrs. : : "Why not.do your own washing. It isn't hard if an Eddy washboard is part of your equipment. I have a 'Household Globe." It's a wonder- worker--loosens the dirt so easily, and I never tear the clothes." © ; ECONOMIBE! Do your washing at home with taken to the heart of theatre-goers. The charm of this dainty comedy- drama by Arnold Bennett and Ed- ward Knoblauch is unique. The ~wizardy of authors and interpreters years to the days of hoop-skirts and crinolines and then on through a half century to the present minute. ed through and with three different generations, - with their the aid of an Eddy 'Household Globe' wash. | ing the horses. | Henderson second prize. | , Special carry the audience first back fifty |, In two and a half hours one has liv- |; of , §3ies i | i fH McKelvey and Birch's display was | a superb one and it appealed strong- ly to the judges, who awarded it first | prize. The float was mounted upon | the firm's large. automobile dray.| Cooking utensile, a range, a bath tub and various other articles went to make up the whole, A small boy with a pretty black face was to be! seen in the tub expecting to receive 4 bath and before the route hag. been covered there was enough rdfn' in the tub to bath the lad. Thad de-| coration upon the float was tasty. "War is Hell" was ably riray- ed by a float exhibited by James! Crawford, grocer. It. included a! merchant marine upon a waggon, and | to represent guns, pickle bottles were lined, sizes 6 to 10 $2.95 Men's Calf Bluchers, leather $1.98 $2.95 The Best Bargains ever offered at $1.98 in Women's Fine Shoes are on sale here--some goods as valuable as $4.50 are in the lot $1.95 Only a few pairs men's odd sizes, 11-2, 5 and 6; reg. $4.50 goods, $1.95 mountéd in such a manner that the! whole appeared quite realistic.. J. R. Henderson's turnout was good, and included a large float. At! one end was a calf and at the other! child laying in bed being fed with! bovril. The whole created much laughter. over. We are now clearing up the goods that have been on the Bargain tables and have made some Extra Good Special Bargains---come and look them R. J. Reid's turnout was a large | red tally-ho, and in it were seated, | Felix S. 8. Johnson, the American consul, Dr. W. W: Sands, city clerk; ! James W. Fraser, bagpiper; A. M.! Chisholm, an old war veteran and | Ald. W. J. Fair. R. J. Reid and his| driver sat upon the high elevated Abernethy's Shoe Store seat, The turnout, was driven by four horses arranged four-in-hand. | James Reid and Co., had a catchy Mo" turnout which included an antiqhe cab-sleigh driven also by four black horses, arranged four-in-hand. Sitt-| ing inside were Messrs. Frederick| Reid, Samuel Reid and a couple of ot- i her gentlemen. 1 A. Chown's float represented a| hunter in the act of preparing a meal. A. Arthurs and Robert Payn- | ter created a sensation by driving in| an old cutter that has-a history. The | sleigh was driven by a span of fine! white horses. 3 8 { George Mills and Co., must re- ceive praise for the splendid turn-! out they presented despite the rainy weather. {t included a lion stand-| ing on top of a mount and a large, bear standing upon its hind legs fac- | BUSINESS ASUSUAL 'We have just received from England a consign- ment of the celebrated McKelvey and Birch received first prize for the best float and J. R. William Murray and¢David Trotman received | prizes for the best mounted turnouts, | | The judges were Ald. W. J. Fair, | N. McAdoo and Dr. G. W. Bell. | R. J. Reid wishes to thank Lieut.-| {| Col. W. 8. Hughes, Major A. Stroud the band of 'the Salvation Army: and the fire department for the able aselsgtance they rendered him in mak- ¢ ing the drive a success. ! HATS and they are ready for your inspection. prizes were awarded to.| George Mills & Co., J. R. Henderson, A. Arthurs and C. H. Pickering. Make Clifton Caramels. | Folk who like to make home-made candies. and want something just a lit- : you--buy- at the stores should try Clifton Cara- mels, from an old-fashioned i Put three tablespoonfuls of into boiling, oe may add one tea- of illa extract, one halls | : couver, who was on Tuesday elected broken walnuts, and one-half B Ottawa, in succession to Archbishop Hamilton; was: formerly a professor in Trinity Sollage.! To- ronto, and afterwards held an im- et "the {NO BLOCKADE} Rev. Dr. Roper, Bishop of .Van- Jd Carter H ing his fifth 7 ov nomination | auromo: CREAM BRICKS} OR IN BULK Delivered to all parts of the City By Government Test, Best in Kingston. SAKELL'S, Next Opera House. Phone 640 CREE EET, OUR FRESH GROUND CO¥. FEE AT 40c. CAN'T BE BEAT. Try a sample order and be convinced, ROLAN'S GROCERY Princess St. Phone 720. Prompt Delivery i sate ins wi Uh Ta TT « To all Ladiss : We are fully prepared for the coming season | with all the latest st and i goods for I in the city. | >d good fit and work- . Harrison, now complet- ferm as mayor of Chi- by Cook Robert M.Sweli- er, clerk of sounty. - ¢ = - For the Unexpected Visitor - Can make them comfortable with no exertion. Davenports and Davinettes FOR LUXURY AND EASE, BUY A AVENPORT Sols Tigh aati ToT Low JAMES REID Prices + WNERS, ATTENTION! GET YOUR TIRES REPAIRED

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