n tary ~ Supplies at Livingston's "English Trench Caps Leather Leggings _ Foxe's Spiral Puttees Sam Borwn Belts All Military Supplies at Tight Prices % ® + Livingston's, BROCK STREET. A little out of the way, but it will pay you to walk "JA MIIEARY FUNERAL Ig ~ Unprecedent- ed Values in PURE LINENS! BLEACHED DOUBLE SATIN DAMASKS Every thread pure linen, in handsome' pat- terns, spots, stripes, floral and other good designs, at less. than the present mill prices . .75¢, 80c, 90c, $1, $1.10, and $1.25 yd. SILVER BLEACH DAMASKS For real hard wear, will' blegeh white in a short time; splendid patterns, at * 35c, 40c, 50c, 60c, 75¢ and $1 a yard Nm NAA ft rt i at At AA Atti TABLE NAPKINS In all sizes and a great variety of patterns, some odd dozens and half dozens at special prices. a A mmr ao ser ae ee st ' MATCHED SETS PATTERN CLOTHS -- 2, : 2 1-2, 3 and 3 1-2 yards long, with napkins toamateh, in the very finest of Damask, at special discounts, nnn a A a et ¢ . As pure liens are becoming scarcer hud Seareer every day, it wonld be to vour advantage 'to purchase now for future as well as for pre- sedit use, : , WALDRON'S - | i | | | fli learn a few pointers about the rifle. FOR THE LATE PRIVATE WIL. . FRED WAINWRIGHT. i Who Died in Brockville--Represen- tatives Were Present From "CV Company, 59th Battalion. n The funeral of the late Pre. Wil- fred Wainwright, member of "C" Company, 59th Battalion, who died in Brockville on Sunday, took place Tuesday afternoon from his mother's residénce, 9 Markland street. Rev. Douglas Laing conducted the funeral service at the house at 2 p.m., and at 2.90 the remains were placed on a | gun carriage provided by the R. C. A., and borne to Cataragui ceme- tery. The firing party was compos- ed of men from the 146th Battalion, jand the cortege was headed by the {R. C. H. A. band. In the cortege | Were Capt. Hope, Sergt. Hemming, Ladd five privates of "C» Company, of the 59th. The Brockville Recorder says: There is mourning in the ranks of the 59th Battalion over the death at the General Hospital Sunday afternoon of Pte. Wilfred Wainwright, "c* Company, whose home was in Kings- ton. Out of respect to the memory of the deceased the soldiers of the two companies and staff of the 50th Battalion, with the two bands, . met | Monday morning and attended the obsequies in a body. The-sad _cor- tege «proceeded Trom A. H. Swarts' undertaking parlors to the Baptist Church, where service was conducted by the pastor, Rev. H. Edgar Allen, assisted by Rev. C. W. Shelley, of the First Preshyterian Church. The ser- vice over, the cortege re-formed and proceeded to the G. T. R. station, where the body was placed on the Limited and taken to Kingston. It Was accompanied by Pte. Passmore, a friend. The officers of the 59th Battalion will he represented at the interment. Six members of the pla- toon of deceased acted as pallbear- | ers. | { oy News of Troops |! - eo in the, City | ee eer tints i Licut.-Col. ©. A Low, announced ' | on Monday that he had organized a fportsiien's platoon in his battalion and this would remain closed to all but members of Kingston's fraterni ty. | Several of the officers and men of the 146th Battalion. are on the sick- | list. - | The Whig has been supplied wil a programme of the "Grand Mid- Winter Carnival" that Lieut.-Col. C | A. Low is holding in the Armouries | from February 7th unti) 12th It is planned to have the floor of the Arniouries subdivided in- | to compartments each of which will be an exhibit of the different bran i ches of the military service. Few peo- | ple realize the immense amount of work that'is being done here and the carnival will be educative to this ex. | tent. There will: be no admission as it is hoped that the exhibition will stimulate interest in military matters and assist recruiting. There will be a hair-cutting par- ade of the 146th Battalion on Thurs- | day from 8.30 until 9 a.m Major G. H. Gillespie will super vise the physical drill for the officers Of the 146th Battalion in the City Hall daily at 6.30 a.m { wood, ! Toronto, instruct the Citizens in the use of the WHIG TUESDAY, FEBRUARY \ rifle in practically very municipality |" and city in Canada. Dont ask why. | Come to the armouries every Tues day night. Major, J. G. Maclaren, 0.C, Company, 59th Battalion, Cornwall, acknowledges with grateful thanks | { { spl. contributions of 100 pairs of "wrist | lets--30 on Monday and 50 on Tues- day--from the teachers and pupils of the Cornwall public school. Good capable officers have charge of the classes and first nighters'are so well pleased they bring a chum | Bird." along for the next class, Armouries | every Tuesday. " The following Gananoque recruits have enlisted in the ranks of the 166th Battalion in that town: Ser- geants C. A. Powley, M. T. Nolan, W. J. Kaceg, E. Wood; Privates D. Ste- wart, L. 8, Sullivan, C. H. Williams, | owns and new, songs. L. Lavine, J. J. Lalonde, R. Jacques, | Nn cing CAPTAIN C.J. KAN Of Kingston, Adjutant or Battalion, s a R. J. Beatty, J. W BF. E. R. Maroughan, W. Leakey, If P. Quinn, C. H. Sly, V. H. 'Rob on, A. .J Whitnall, Swan, G Mack, J. H Nobes, W, J. Waker, D. P. Pelow, G I. Brewster, W. J. Bentham, W. H Gibbins, E. Manning, G. E. East Watts, E. Round, A. Pul- law Col. Douglas Young, Pragoons, formerly of Toronto and Kingston, is appointed to command the Canadian Cavalry Depot in England. Dr Lavell, brother of Walter H. February Judge Lavell, has been appointed a captain in the R. A. M. C. There were 1,675 recruits secured in the last two weeks in the 3rd Di- visional Area for overseas service. This exceeds by 400 the last record, which shows that recruiting is now very brisk. The Rockwood nurses who are go- ing to England with the Odtario Gov- ernment Hospital, leave ap-night for where they wil in for three weeks before going overs Pte. J. A. Nicholson, son of the late Prof. A. B. Nicholson, has been transferred from the 14th Regiment to the 146th Battalion. (Continued on page 12.) Pte. William is the first of eight % men of the 14th Regiment who are transferring to the 146th Batialion for overseas service this week. There has been seventeen since the new year transfer from the guard to ov | erseas units. Recruits to ilt their places are coming in steadily ang | there seems to be no shortage of tien for the guard work. The following have been taken on the strength of the 146th Battalion Alfred Fox, J. C McCartney, 'A. R Galbraith, L. G. Campbell, N. 0 Reaman. James Stoddard, Thomas, Beck, K. L. Amey, J, H. Dunn, Geo E, Benson, H. E. Barber, W_ J. Mc- land, Chas. A. Pringle, Bernard Zanoli. The following have been transfer red from the 80th Belleville Batial jon to the 146th Batlion: RB. Me- Pherson, A. Buell, J. McPherson, W Sly, J. Raymo, G. Allen. - W. 8. Marsetti'and J. P. McManus have been taken on the strength of "C'" Battery, R. C. H. A. At the Armoury classes on Tues day any one can join without obliga- tion whatsoever; simply step in line and take your rifle. Physical drill, squad drill, rifle drill, bayonet exer- cises and shooting will be taken un nightly. A most profitable hour cau be spent. No man is asked to join army re- giments or to don & uniform byt ey- | ery citizen is invited to come and | Armouries, Tuesday evenings. Gananoque is asking for a' com | pany of the Militia Reserves, and | probabilities are that one will be or- | ganized there. Prince Edward County Council! | granted $1,000 towards the 155th | Battalion. al '» The Hastings County Council wl {ed $1,000 each to the $0th and 155th Battalions for recruiting and regi- | mental funds. | { I Leeds and Grenville Council voted i} $40,000 to Canadian Patriotic und | [| | ery Tues and grant to Leeds and Grenville Battalion equalling five dollars for: each reeruit enrolled, with supplem- | | entary grant of '$2,000 when Battal- | ] ion is ready for overseas service. You will find lined up drilling ev-1 y evening men of every stafion in life \nevertheless all true patriotic citizens\are willing to learn: pointers ahout the rifle. Every Tues- day night at the Armouries. \ Every attention is being given to MAJOR | than overbalanced by the fi rs A. MACPHAILL DECORATED BY KING. # Major Alexander: Macphail, Ob F.C. CE, according fo a letter surprised his wife by arriving in London a few * Later in the invested with the D. by King George The lat- adds that the =ight of the soldiers bei awarded decora- tions v pathetic in the ex- % treme There wer hundreds % of enipty sleeves in the crowd, + No received, days day he wa S. 0 ter ago fa L a P Sdfrlrdeiledeodrdeodrdiod dodo dodo dobolbol dbo PROHIBITION WORKERS. Committee of Figge Meet--Encour- aging ilepdits Received. Anofher meeting of the Commit tee of Fifty prohibition workers was neld at the Y. M. C. A. last night for the purpose of checking up the re- sults of the circulation of the peti- i tion last week In some of the wards reported on, fully eighty per cent. of the voters | lent style. 1, 1916. © THEATRICAL NEWS At The Grand, } "Heading a splendid bill of pie- tures and vaudeville'is Charley Cher- ry, the celebrated character actor in "The Mummy tic life and contains numerous thril- | ling episodes which are admirably acted and well screened. "The | Topical Budget" thie lines of the Pathe is a new offer. ing which should please. Other! pictures were a joker comedy, ""Nick- town Rivals" which is a sure dispell- | | er of blues and the Pathe series. Miss Juanita lL. Fletcher isgiust as pleasing as ever. She has some neat The other act introduced "The Stellings" in a snappy - banjo offering. The duo play some classic numbers in excel- The "orchestra under | the leadership of Prof. Arbuckle is gaining favor at each performance The show will Le repeated this even- ing and for the matinee to-morrow. "Twin Beds." When Selwyn and Company pre- | sent "Twin Beds' at the Grand Opera House on Wednesday evening, Feb. | 2nd, they bring with it the endorse- | ment of a run of precisely fifty-two weeks in New, York, where the rol- {licking farce of apartment house life {laughter | thick-set | these, kept crowded houses in in the record gales run of of last season. "Twin Beds" is, first, a clean farce; second, an overwhelmingly amusing one, and last, a farce with more than! mere situation to recommend it, | as it is with the best of At the Strand. * The bill for the first three days of the week at this popular theatre is { one that should please all lovers of ' high class entertainment and judg- [ing by the capacity audiences which have signed, while in others the per-| centage: will not be over fifty, the whole, however, the results date are very gratifying to the work- ers, and what is lacking in one or two of the city wards will be more splendid returns from the townships, many of whom are getting ninety per cent. and upwards. As for the supple- mentary petition, the canvassers_say i that practically all ths women are willing to sign. : Trop Permission from the militar; Li thorities has been granf®d the Committee of One Hundred to can. On! to | vass among the soldiers stationed in| barracks in Ontario; and the local cominittee is arranging to approach the men of the different units in Kingston; and county during week. n order to give everyone a this | chance the canvass has been extend-| ed for a few days longer, but it is the intention to have all the work completed this week. Harry Lauder. Harry Lauder now makes records | exclusively for the Victrola, he hav: | ing lately made a contract to that ef- fect with the Victor Tatkin® Machine Co. We carry a large stock of all Lauder Records, including his latest great successes, "The British Bull- dog's Watching," '"'Rosie," and "Doughie the Baker." say, Limited, 121 Princess street. a Potatoes $2.10 a Bag. Potatoes areycertainly becoming a great luxury. ' They sold at $2.10 on the market on Tuesday TE 1% 4 . €. W. Lind-| | morning. ! greeted the Monday performances the same order of things should pre- vail to-night and to-morrow the fea-t ture photo-play "My Madonna" in| five parts from the poem by the same name by Robert. W. Service, featur- ing the world-famed emotional ae- tress Mme. Olda Petrova is one of | exceptional strength and pleased everyone present Other good pho- to-plays were also chown. This big masterpiece froin the pen of Canada's | Kipling will be shown again to-night and at the Wednesday perform- | ances, Wedded At Cloyne, At Cloyne Methodist Parsonage on Jan. 24th took place the marriage of Howard Peck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peck, Montreal, and Miss Myrtle Gaylord, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Gaylord, Dead Creek. 0% the following Thursday night th couple's many friends gave them a variety shower. There were about | fifty-five guests present and many | useful gifts were presented. | On Friday, Jan. 28th, Mr. and Mrs. | Peck left for Montreal, where, they | Will Le at home to their many friends at 113 Park Cartier. Cangdian Mining Institute. The eightéenth ammruml meeting of the Canadian Mining Institute will be held in Ottawa on Wednesday, Thurs- | day and Friday, March 1st, 2nd and| ard. Professor .Manley Baker, who! is a member of the Council; Dr. Ma- ther, Prof. J. C. Wilgar, Prof. S. F. Kirkpatrick, John Donnely and E. H. Cullin, of Kingston, are to attend. Canadian Casualties. ! Second Battalion--Killed in ac. | tiontion, A. Ruben, Picton, Ont. Twentieth Battalion--killed in ac: | tion, Edward Clarke, 39 Burk street, Oshawa, Ont Twenty-First Battalion ed, Samuel Jackman, 19 Street, Brockville, Ont Wound- Edward | Phone or send your drug order to Gibson's Red Crass Drug store t will be delivered at once ant Speci- | ,, 41 messenger service for the slo mn weather, | TNA AN AN NN A ttt 1 ANNOUNCENENTS! Notices of any character re- lating to future events, where an admission fee is charged, are inserted in the advertising insertion and 5c a line for each consecutive insertion; or 10c a line each insertion, if reading matter, - i 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 @ minimum of 25c for ope insertion. re naa and the Humming | | The story is one of domes-| fi something along | Ji | columns at 10c a line for first | H { It will play a new part in your life ! 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