Daily British Whig (1850), 12 Nov 1915, p. 8

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We've Some Big "Things To Show Nou This Fall assortment. Wouldn't you like a look. + $16.50, $18.00 up to $25.00. 00, $16.50 up to $22.00 -- Trim- Goodness, : Big values and big None such Overcoat: Best Suits ever--$§1 med and Tailored to the Limit Step in and try on the Different Styles, Livingston's, Brock St. A little out of the way, but it will pay you to walk. COATSALE! SATURDAY 8.30 O'clock We managed to secure another lot of 40 Tweed Coats The same as we sold two weeks ago, when went with a rush. We will sell them ) $11.50 and $15 Cas SKTURDAY 75 [i 60 Coats, the over-makes of a large manufac- ol turer, which we secured for cagh, Coats selling regular $10,00 to $12.00; all styles and sizes in the lot, Tweeds and plain cloths, : {Saturday 6.98 SEE THEM IN THE WINDOW, ===(T0D OF THE SERVICE A LANSDOWNE BOY WAS WOUND- ED AND GASSED. E. Hill, Recoyered From His Wounds Again Training For Over- Early An Do 4 seas {Service -- Served Ia of War -- Wounded Discharged Re-Eunlists To "Bigger Bit." on Broekville, Nov, 12. --Private A. E Fin, a Lansdowne boy, a victim of German gas, bayonet and shrapnel, was in town Wednesday. He has heen in Canada for the past three ifunths, recovered from his wounds, and onee more is restored to health, and at present is looking forward to ugain going overseas and doing a *'lit.} tie bit" more for his country. Pte. Hill was among the first to enlist when war was declared, and Joined No. 1 Red Cross General Hos Iital at Montreal on Aug. 6th, 1914, He spent six weeks training in Can- ada and sailed for England on the "Scandanavian" arriving at Salisbury Plains on October 13th, 1914. He THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1915 tion for the dominant control of the worl must be quenched forever MYTHICAL WHITE RACES. Mysterious Isolated Tribes of Tropics. There exists in the minds of many civilized people a curious fascination with respect to the idea that in re- mute parts of the tropies, amid the; dark-skinned races, there flourish mystegiously isvlated white tribes bearing a strong resemblance to the! civilized branches of the Caucasian race. Who they are and whence they came no one knows; native fables af ford no explanation. Once it was thought that forgotten white explor ers might have, built up unknown kingdoms in the wild places of the earth, but upon examination these] theories vanish as rapidly as do the! white tribes th€émselves, and the ulti mate explahation is almost prosaic. Yet so strong a hold has the idea gained that even in the beginning of | the 20th century the possibility of the | existence of genuine white races is not altogether scoffed at. Less than 12 years ago an American officer en- the {the Cause," {world's 'baseball 2 | good - war pictures, was interesting. At the Grand. The large audience that attended the id Opera House last night witnessed high class vaudeville and say feature photoplays The first part of the proginmme Was a three-reel Universal photoplay, "The Honor of the Ormsbys," a comedy suffrage picture, "For the Good of was also good. The s showing scenes of the series and - some five Pathe Ne The feature picture was the emotion- al drama, "The Upnwelecoma- Mrs. Hatch," with Henrietta Crosman in the title role. The second part of the entertain- ment consisted of three thrilling acts of vaudeville. Barney First, a Jew- ish comedian, proved a good enter: tainer. Claire and Atwood, in a comedy acrobatic.act, made a big hit. { Miss Juanita Fletcher again delight- ed those present with her fine sing- ing. Some of the numbers were was then transferred to the 11th Bat. gaged in the operations against the | Home, Sweet Home® Haers 2 the talion, and after a vigorous training! Moros in the -Philippines, collected | King," and "The Last Rose of Sum- of six weeks England, glum the left end of November. for Bel- Hun Savagery, Pte. Hill vividly many describes the y harrowing sights he saw in Belgium, after the Huns butchered their way through the country. Vil- lages and towns in complete ruin; the bodies of men, women and children lying in the streets, and fields; the pitiful condition of the people who escaped the' fate of their country- men; the women and children, nearly starved for want of food, following the troops begging for food, ete. The 'ghts, he said, were terrible to wit- s, and only then did the soldiers pegin to understand the savage me thods employed by the kultured Huns. All thesedsights acted as a stimulant to the men, and many a vow was registered that the Germans! would dearly pay for their crimes. He stated that when passing through onegof the towns then recently ge vastated by the Huns, he saw five young ladies nailed to the side of a barn, thefr hands and feet spiked to the wood. They went into the reserve trenth- es at a Belgian village named Dixie- | bush, and gradually moved forward to the firing line Pte. Hill fought | in many engagements, and vividly | | describes hig first charge. He said the éxcitemelil was so intense that | one hardly realizes what he is doing, and that only after the charge is over | does one remember what has happen- ! i] | ed, and then only with a very dim re- | collegtion. Diiring the famous retreat in the | early stages of the war, Pte, Hill was attached to a battalion stationed on the left flank of the British troops, | and states there was absolutely no confusion, and perfect discipline, dur- ing their' movement back. While taking part in a charge near Ypres in April last Pte. Hill was wounded. A German bayonet thrust through the right side laid him low, and he was struck by a fragment of | shrapnel, and to cap it all, he got a i touch of gas. Wounded By Shrapnel. | How long he lay in the field uncon- | scious he does not know, and has a | faint remembrance of receiving first {aid treatment and being carried back | to the base field hospital, where he remained for two weeks. His wounds | had been sufficiently healed to enable | his being nsported to Netly Hos- | pital, Southampton, in which institu- tion he was confined for two months. He speaks very highly of the fine | treatment the wounded received and the kindness extended by the visitors. He then obtained permission to spend a month with friends in Plymouth, | and sailed for Canada on the Megan- | 'tic, grriving at Quebec in August. | Since then He has been visiting friends in Ontario, and once more is | consideréd physically fit to again | take his place in the ranks and to! havé another chance, eagerly looked | forward to, to avenge the terrible | treatment which the Belgians receiv- ed at the hands of the Germans. Pte. Hill describes in very interest: | ing detail trench duty during the early part of the war. Previous to | the formatin of the tobacco fund he | stated, very often the men were with- | out their smokes, and at one time he paid 25 cents for one cigarette, which he nourished and cherished as/long as it was possible. Trench duty during last winter was a very trying ordeal for the men, and at times they were up to their knees in icy cold wa- ter, and many suffered from frozen feet and rheumatism, but the old slo- | gan, "Are we down-hearted? No," | was always foremost. He describes | the havoc made by the famous Ger- man "Jack Johnsons" shells. On one occasion when things were a lit- tle quiet a few of the men prepared a warm meal. They opened their bully beef, and were making a warm drink when one of the Jack Johnsons exploded with terrific force a few feet | from their trench, Five of the men | were killed outright, some wounded, and Pte. Hill was buried in a pile of clay thrown up by the shell, and just able to dig himself out. ~ He was | somewhat bruised, but very thankful | for his escape. dian Mouiited "Rifies, and has spent the last month with his unit at Bar- riefield, and'is now going into wintér quarters. He has two other bro- thers in the service of their country, one on a submarine and the other on H. M. 8. Lion, which was engaged with the German battle ship Blucher in the North Sea. Young Men Wanted. Private Hill makes a strong and earnest plea to the young men of Ee Sra 18 hes Som Soysaie says if they could only re- alize the extremities to which the ah 'mation is going in their ep- deavor to offer themselves © No 1 sacrifices are too and the true nature of Cana- should | aversion to circulating any apparently substantial evidence, re { lating to the mysterious white tribe | in the island of Mindanao. The mountainous district in the centre of this island uas never been explored and even the coast is not well known But along the seaboard many stories are told of the fierce 'white people who have their home in the forest-clad mountains of the interior Eye witnesses depose to having seen a fair complexioned girl, who fled to- ward the hills as soon as sheswas ad- dressed. Other men and women of a light complexioned race are said to Ifive been seen by more venturesome natives who were bold enough to ap- proach the wild mountain district. The American officer was so impress- ed that he determined to conduct an exploring party across the centre of t {gland. But apparently the mys- terio white folk had vanished, for the world has as yet heard nothing of is search being crowned with. sue- cess. Arabia, however, can, with more reason, boast of a white tribe. For years stories of such a race have been told in the Persian Gulf, and an Am erican missionary stationed at Muscat alluded some years ago to 'coffee house babbles in eastern Owan con- cerning a mysterious race of light complexioned people who live some- where in the mountains, shun strang- ers and speak a language all their own," Various theories have been pro- pounded to explain the fable, but probably the explanation is to be found in the narrative of a journey made to Oman in 1876 &y Col. S. B. Miles, a British officer. Col. Miles, in the course of his travels nearly 40 years ago, came across a town named Sheraizi in the heart of the Green mountains. This strange place was perched -like an eagle's nest on the top of a great cliff, and was inhab- ited by people of a lighter skin than the rest of the tribes in the interior. They rarely descended to the plains, and refused to mix with or inter- marry with the Arabss A Collector's Bargain. Lord Spencer of Althorp, one of the greatest of book collectors, was at home only in his own field. One day in browsing about Bond street, Lon- don, he went into the shop of a dealer in bric-a-brac. The dealer, who knew him by sight, said persuasively: "Here. is a fine bit of pottery which your lordship really ought to have, and you shall have it very cheap-- only two guineas." : ! So Lord Spencer bought it and took it home and set it in a high place, | One day a connoisseur of china paid him a visit; and Lord Spencer showed his bargain. | "What did you give for it?" asked the connoisseur. "Two guineas," answered Spencer rather proudly, "H'm!" said the copnoisseur. "At that price'the marmalade should have been included." "What do you mean?" "Why, that precious piece of yours is nothing more or less than a shil- ling marmalade pot with a green thistle painted on it." No Scandalmonger. i A party of young ladies from a cer- tain southern town was touring Eu- rope last summer, under the guid- ance of & superannuated clergyman, | when hostilities broke out and left them, for the time being, marooned in northern Italy. One of the party, who is famous in her own communi: locally for her ing in the nature of idle gossip, wrote a let- ter back home to a friend. After de- scribing some of the sights she had seen and mentioning the prévalent. weather at some length, she added this sentence: e i "It is ramored in Milan that war has been declared, told you!" F INCIDENTS OF THE DAY. | Local Notes and Items Of Genera We is now attached to the Cana- Interest, » een's will have teams in (has broken every record of t | worth," | "Threads of mer.' The same programme will be shown for the balance of the week. "The Birth of a Nation." D. W. Griffith's master production, "The Birth of a Nation," will be the attraction at the Grand Opera House, commencing an engagement of three | pights and two matinees on day, Nov. 18th. It will be brought here in exact reproduction .of the great attraction which is now in New York, where it Am- Thurs~ erican stage. At Strand Theatre. Capacity business greeted the pre- sentation of the four-act Broadway feature, "Fatherhood," featuring that celebrated actor, "Hobart Bos. at the Strand last evening, the latest "Universal Weekly" of cur- rent events, and two first-class come- dies were also shown. The same | bill wiil be given again to-night and {at both the matinee and Saturday evening shows. For Monday, Tues- day and Wednesday, November 15th, 16th and 17th, the feature will be Destiny," a five-act spectacular picturization, starring Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and her son, W Russell Thaw Griffin Theatre. To-night and to-morrow matinee the Joe N. Machan's Associate Play- ers will present at the Griffin Theatre that beautiful pastoral drama, '"The Rosary." This will be the first pre- sentation of "The Rosary" at reduc- ed prices, as the management have advertised that the scale of prices will remain the same. To-morrow night the company will offer *"The Devil," which has been the sensa- tion of the age. Charlié Chaplin at Ideal. Charlie "In Those Love Pangs," a scream from start to finish, will be] shown at the Pdeal Theatre to-night and Saturday. Also that charming star, sweet. "Ella Hall," in a three! "Both Sides of Life." part feature Don't iniss this bill. Women's Canadian Club. The regular meeting of the Wo- men's Canadian Club will be held in | Cogvocation Hall, Queen's Univer- sity, at 4 p.m., Saturday, November | 13th. Various. phases of Russian life and art will be treated by Mrs; | H. 'Lavell, Miss L. Greer and Migs | Nicolle. : ey Millinery Sale. For to-morrow, 3 dozen new Trim- | 0, and 5 dozen new | George Mills | med Hats for $2. Hat Shapes for 69c. & Co., Hat Specialists. Major E. C. Barrett, recruiting of- | ficer, wishes to express his thanks to. the executors of the Gildersleeve | estate for their kindness in sranpiug i office | him the use of the recruiting on Market street. John Jones, Toronto, spent to-day | his son, Gr. J. P. | diers to play football there on Nov. in the city with Jones, 34th Battery. Sir H. B. Ames, Montreal, is regis- i tered at the British-American Hotel. 20th. Announcements Notices of any character re- latihg to future events, where an gadmission fee is charged, are inserted in the advertising columns at 10c a line for first insertion and 5c A line for each consecutive Insertion; or 1l0c a line each insertion. If reading matter. Announcements for societies, clubs, or other organizations of future events, where no admis- sion fee is charged, may be in- serted in this column at one cent a word, with a minimum of 25¢ for ome Insertion. THEATRICAL "NEWS | | Ottawa wants the Kingston sol- Bright Styles ! * Smart Materials ! IN THESE WINTER SUTTS FOR WOMEN. In this collection we have a number of Rus sian models, with flared or pleated Coats, belted and braid trimmed; several good style Skirts with pleats and braid trimmines. : Stylish Suits from $15, $18, $20, $22.50, $25, $35. NAINA Alt et ett sna. ti Navy and Black Serge Suits for Stout Women These are made by an expert in this stvle of Suits and we have had great satisfaction with them $20.00 to $25.00 Skirts for Stout Figures, $5.00 to $8.50 Smart, becoming styles, cut to give slender lines. One especially good model has cluster of five side pleats on front or side and back panels. Materials are excellent quality Fine Wool Serge. 200 More Fall and Winter Coats It is impossible to describe them here. They come in Tweeds, Cheviots, Matalam, Seal Plushes, Sealettes--and other equally fashion- able materials. \ 'Styles new and smart and just a little dif- ferent. Come to-morrow even if not ready to buy. You are at liberty to choose any coat and have it put aside if you wish. JOHN LAIDLAW Get your Christprs Delineator to-morrow. 0. H) A. this season. ~ i 'The Maccabees had their district! meeting in Kingston on Friday. i ; Rev. W. T. Alp, Baltimore, Ont., | has been called to St. John and Sand- || township! ji hill Churches, Pittsburg He will likely accept, I - The 'police secured another recruit [| on Friday morning. young man, fi before the Court for drunkenness, | was allowed to go if he would enlist |i for service. Queen's Baftery will likely = into quarters in the old Collegiate uild- | ing on Saturday or Monday. Great 3 progress is ing. * A successful tea and dale was held being made in the dril- | on Thursday afternoon at the liome || of Miss i. Tandy, 161 King street, when over $17 was raised for the Jf Girl's Branch of the Woman's Aux-[i {lary of St. George's Cathedral. / BUY YOUR HEAVY SHOE NOW -------- We are showing 'a special for men, regular value $5.00: This __ weekonly will offerfat - ' &

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