{men, The Irish have a pier sense of humour which is not at all funny to those Who are the vietfns of It, Bombing parties from cer ft South of England batiulions bing terror with them down a Ger- man treneh. They show no mercy | and ask for none. But for a var iaty of reasons 1 faney it must be nerve-mcking to be ob the opposite Side of the way to the Canadians In Flanders. They are most quiet. they | are most dangerous. They are not! only inspired by a restless audacity, | but they are cunning and so metho- Sie ET Hr {the shed and trick 1 fame question time, and several the younger men, commissioned - now-romniissioned, rose to put comi- cal inquities to the lecturér, who had given them thé lead by ending ona provofulive jest. It was all free, nd easy, 'and the men were enjoy- ng themsolves, but they wers burn ing with keen interest in their work, as was vLown by the closely written notes in their pocket books and by the inscant silence that followed a fcrfous question of technical inter- 28. In enother shed a number of they stocd. iYerse which one of their chaplains F. GQ. Scott--- has written for the trench paper of the Royal Montreal Regiment (the "Growler", as the sheet iwmgcalled) expresses dhe sentiment) which brought these men to Franbe: -- our fathers and Eng- "0, Englund of ou 'ential of Canadian Troops. E SAFELY THROUGH THE WILDEST WITH HARDLY A SOBATOH. General Joffre Has Circulated an Ac count Of The Canadians' Exploit As a Model to the French Army. © Through the kindnéss. of Prof. Cappon, the Whig has been handed '0py of the January 28th issue of gow Herald, the most influ- ' paper in Scotland. From this Issue we reprint the following ex. tremey fn ' Gibbs, dealing with troops at the front: the From the German point of view there must be something = horribly "disco NegHing in the variety of men and } opposed to them inthe trenches. In spite of the deadly si- milarity of trench warfare there are many ¢ifferences in the fighting char- "acteristics of British brigades. It '48 a question of race and tempera- "ment and discipline, If I had the misfortune to be a German editor 1 #hould hate to have the Highlanders Anywhere near my place in a treich. 'They are fierce and terrible fighting For Overworked Women, This is the season of the year when the Wife abd mother begins to feel the strain of household and so- ©ial duties, and gets into a run-down, nervous, w med condition. To all ch our druggist, Geo. W. Ma- : , says, "We have a rare combin- " #tion of the three oldest tonics inol, which we guarantee strength, make you eat , OF we wil] return i ng Into Eye Getting at the root of ll eye trouble is an ex- il pert's business. An expert will gain ine your eyes carefully at Best's ply fin- est Jal ty Rimless lasses in Gold Mounts, for $2.00, Best's The Popular Drug Store. Open Bunday: . dical that they will undertake what | young Canadians sat with rifles be- and of our sons, ADVENTURES seems like a wild-cat adventure with back with 'hardly a scratch, have brought the spirit of the So it was in a recent "cutting-out" raid, when a party of them, all vol- unteers. went out one night with the astounding intention of getting through the barbed wire outside one Of the strongest German positions. For a small party to get back again from a trench full of Germans and machine guns is not so easy as escap- Ing'from a jungle of man-eating ti- gers, and was not considered part of nadians gave their exhibition. It was | dians' exploit as a model to the ! French Army. After taking some | prisoners and killing about 30 men | they came home again with only two | casualties, one caused by accident, ' To men who knew the conditions of trench warfare this exploit still seems fanfastie and incredible. It was possible only because these Ca- { nadians had made cunning of more importance than courage itself, and had adapted old lessons of Red In- dian warfare to these new conditions of modern fighting. German "Nerves," The Germans did not dare to show { thelr noses for days after this ter rible surprise. Canadian Scouts 'ame over the ground at night and insulted them ingenuously, but could gel no answer. Little German pat- rol wdrk is done opposite German ! trenches, Nor are the enemy ever {left in peace behind the trenches. | The Caradians get machine guns on ito the working parties, and SWeep | the cross-roads upon which supplies | come up, and the Canadian sniper | may lie tor hours in sulky patience, { but in the end he gets his swan. This | | principle of making life intolerable | for the enemy is of course laid down for all troops in the line, but though it 1s not an original idea of the Ca- nadians, they show terrible original ity in some of their methods of car- rying it aut. They are original men. One cannot go among them without | #eeimg that the individuality of their character rises alove military disci-| ng that discipline. One scene was typical of the whole spirit of the Canadian Fonce. It | was in a school for Officers and non {commissioned officers which had | been established behind the lives of | fighting, so that the minds of these | men may be trained on broader lines fare. 1 stood formminte inside a Wooden shed dignified by the name | Biving an address on tactics. Not far Away the guns were firing and 'the foul crash of each shell shook the | windows of 'the hut, It was a highly technical lecture, and the attention | of all the men was closely held, but every now and again, some breezy bit of Canadian slang and a passing bit of some well.known character in the division enused a gust of laughter. Officers end non-commissioned offi- Leortain death at the end of it and get They {who toll them al trap. per to the trenches, and they are very gil Patient in marking down their prey. the programme of war before the Ca- | pline without destroying or weaken- | than these bounded by trench ware | ; Of lecture hall, where an officer was | tween thejr -legs listening to a lee- ture on musketry from a veteran, the unpleasant things that might happen if they pe- ected their "best friend," which is the rifle itself. ba it." i Common Sense In War. | 1t wus the peroration of another technical discourse and amused young gentleman who at the second i battle of Ypres (some of them per- | haps) hud helped ito save the British { i x "Treat it as youri. by," he said; "be a wet nurse to} Above the roar of battling hosts, the thundey of the guns, ' rs voice was calling is, we _heafd it overseas, The blocd whiéh thou did give us is the blood we spill for thee," {army by shooting straight where the | ememy had driven back their left. After the lectures I followed them | pall 'inte a muddy lane, where they | teresting article by Philip So successful that General Joffre has | did squad drill as though they were Canadian | circulated an account of the Cana- | raw recruits, instead of men who had | held tha trenches 4hrough a winter. | The Cunadians are great belisvers | In common sense applied to war, | ;and not in high mysteties and sac-! | red rites which eannot,be known out- | | side the circle of initiation. One | | of their generals--a young man of | 129--had no previous experience of | iwar when he.brought his troops to | { Flanders, but he impressed me yes- | {terday as a leader of men who in! {open warfare might win great wic- tories by doing the common sense | thing rapidly and decisively to sur- Jeremy Taylor, Mrs. Waddell, Mrs, brise of an enemy workihg by eia- 'borate science. He would, I think, | astound them by the simplicity of his smashing stroke. It was first by cemion sense, too, that one of his: officers became one of the bombing experts ¢f the British army. When | I met Luu yesterday--it was In the | hall of a convent which no longer! holds, the silence of black-robed | nuns--I recognized him as a jour- { nalist who knows the way from Red | | Lien court to Hanging Sword Alley. | | Before the war he had never seen a hand grenade, and al] his knowledge (of high explosives was confined to those inthe sub-editors' room when "copy" comes in late. But by com- {mon sense he has become what the | Canadians call "a big bag' on bombs, i and it was this common sense whic { gave him his chance. | Something more than common | sense and the shrewd.humour which { they have kept through many weary | dreary months of blood and wind in- { 8pires the spirit of these Canadians, who have come out here to Flanders | with their splendid youth and their | fine free ways of speech and their | cunning war eraft. The patriotism i of the men who have left their farm- | steads in the Far West for this ghast- ily "show", as they call it, is a real | Sousclous ideal with them. They are not fighting for their own hearths | and hones but for the mother eoul i i | PERI BBP Ger PB GP Gee { Why Hair Falls Out {| { Dandruff causes a feverish irrita-| tion of the scalp, the -hair roots! shrink, loosén and then the hair | comes oul fast. To stop falling hair | at once und rid the scalp of every! {particle of dandruff, get a 25-cent| bottle of Danderine at any drug {store, pour a little in your hand and irub" well into the scalp. After a p 1® | Daly. © A very successful bridge-party was given by Mrs. (Capt.) H. C. Wother- |, spoon at her home on Sydenham street on Tuesday afternoon. There were three tables of bridge. "Mrs. T. D. R. Hemnting, Mrs, J. B. Carruth- ers, : Mrs, Walter Macnee, Mrs. Brownfield, Mrs. Cappon, Mrs. F. H. Macnee, Mrs. Georges Rey, Mrs, C. A. Low, Mrs. P. G. C. Campbell, Miss M. Hora, Miss D, Scott (Port Hope), and Miss Oates, being present. Fol- lowing the bridge Mrs. G. Hunter Ogilvie assisted by Miss Eileen Rog- ers poured tea. Among those who came. in were Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. R. Rogers, Miss Kirkpatrick, Miss Skinner and the Misses Van Strau- benzie. - - * 0» Miss Lyman, King street west, en- tertained informally at the tea hour on Saturday afternoon when her guests were Rev. and Mrs. A. F. C. Whalley, Miss Gwendoline Folger, Miss Doris Folger, Miss Alice Good- win, Mis Laura Kilborn, Miss Veba Minnes, Miss Margaret Hemming, Miss Muriel Whalley, and - Messrs. Robertson, Price, Jones, Cunning- ham and Montserrat. > » = * . Mrs. R. F. Segsworth gave a small bridge and tea for some old Kings- ton friends im town, and it was a great pleasure to all to see the, host- ess in her charming house in South Drive, Toronto, Mrs. Segsworth wore 2 pretty gown of ciel blue chiffon velvet, and was assisted with tea by Miss. Segsworth. . % - * * There is to be a high tea at the Country Club to-night when the guests will include Miss Mildred Jones, Miss Hilda Hague; Miss Mar- jorie Pense, Miss May Rogers, Miss Lilian" Kent, Miss Nan Paterson, Miss Mamie Anglin, Miss Phyllis Knight, Miss Mollie Saunders and Miss Mar- ion Leslie. * The curling tea this afternoon was in charge of Mrs. G. W. Mylks, Miss Millie" Ferris and Miss Kathleen ¢ kee meet on Phyllis The Paneing Club will Friday evening at Miss toughton's, King street, & » - * Mrs. J. _M. Hughes, avenue; entertained at Tuesday attergioon. Le ® % | University | bridge on} The LL. €. Reading Club met on| street, will receive on the first and second Fridays of March, and again this season. | has returned after spending the past | two months in Montreal. | is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs, | George Darragh, King street. | * - w * friends last Wednesday. and is re- ceiving again to-day, and every Wed-| guest of her cousin, Mrs. George Al é . > Macdonald, Alfred street. | ; Mrs. Stewart M. Robertson will re-| t ceive on Thursday at 193 Johnsop| 5 | Monday at the home of Miss Lyman, | cers were all mixed up together, and [few applications all dandruff disp= King streét west. 1 * . most of them were smoking, =o that | pears and the hair stops coming out. * wi oe ------ " Sp "5 'Probs.: Decidedly cold to-day and until Thursday i eCurt: ses w Rose, wide. Two qualities . .50c and 90¢c and Sky--guaranteed to wash 7... and. reveals to fadies of Kingston one of the best collections of 3 i "MN Sg® + Dress Materials & Sui Ever shown, Read down the list carefully. If you don't know the cloths by the names, call and see them--you'll be \ delighted. " EXCLUSIVE DRESS PATTERNS Of Silk and Wool--Crepe Poplins, Chiffon Poplints and ™ Crepe Britta, in colors Taupe, Reseda, Gold, Sand and "® Grey. For the length $7.50 to $13.60 CREPE-DE.-CUBA yo : A very new and beautiful fabric in colors Mauve, New Tapestry and Blue--38 inches wide. Very special at THE NEW CREPOLA A very pretty sheer fabric in colors New Pink, Sky, Cream, French Blue and Hélio--36 inches ALL SILK CREPE SLYVIA In colors Flame Rose, Cream, French Blue --36 inches wide. Per yard . EXCLUSIVE NEW SUITINGS : Broadcloths, Cheviots, Gabardines, Glove Cloth---novelty checks and stripe two toned Gabardine, in colors, Nut Brown, African Brown, Stone Green, Freneh Blue, Mahogany; ete. Per suit length 7.50 to $10.50 Navy Serges, from .: .BE SURE AND SEE THEM. "The Woman's Store of Kingston." This 'week w¢ save you money through spe- ial prices on the Finest Western Beef. i. Take these prices for example: not | Mis Helen Darragh, King street, | Mrs. Charles Edwards, Montreal, | | Mrs. Browett was at home for her) nesday for the remainder of the win- ter. Mrs. 'Fred. Clark, Grafton, is the street, and not again this season. i Miss Robbins, Honan, China, will be the guest of Mrs. Jeremy Taylor, | Earl street, while in town this week. | Miss Alice Moore, Union street, | left yesterday for Ottawa where she! will be the guest of Mrs. Reid. Mr. Wark refurnéd from London, Ont., on Tueaday. Dr. Cays after a week's visit in Kingston returned to Oswego, N., Y., From Our Fresh-Meat Depart ¢ Round Steak ci' Sirloin "Steak ||Stewing Beef ..2 Ibs. Shoulder Roasts of Beef 4 Blade Roasts of Beef ..4 Thick Rib Roasts Beef Prime Rib Roasts Beef Round Roasts of Beef 1 " || Brisket (points) jo 48c¢|| Brisket (centre cut) 12%¢ Mrs. (Dr,) Scott, Queen's Univer- J) J { on Tuesday accompanied by his mo- sity, entertained informally on Tues- | ther, Mrs. D. A. Cays, Barrie street. i > . * - Jenkins' Saturday Specials : Baswrdag; 'Last Day of irt Sale. $1.50 to $2 Shirts for 98¢ Tbe Shirts for .....56¢ Sweater Coat Sale, $1.18 This comprises a lot we purehased to sell at $1.50 and $2.00. We have decided to clear the lotat ............ $118 Most . of these have large shawl collars and largely in plain colors. Silk Knitted Scarfs At Half Price. All grades and colors, from 50¢ up to $6.50. Your own choice at half' the price. One day only. GERTRUDE Barbara," in "The Winning of Barbara Worth," 4th, matinee and night. » 'As * Saturday, March BARKER, ; at the Grand, 'on . day evening. A Miss Helen Campbell, King street, | will be hostess at the bridge club this evening. * Hendrie, at luncheon - * | Toronto, will en-| on Friday in Lady tertain of the Provincial Legislature. * @ . » A farewell party was held at the home of Mrs. A. Jones, Peterboro, on | Monday night for Pte, Willlam Jones, going overseas with the 59th Battal- | ion. Supper was served at seven! olcloek, after which games and other! | amusements vére indulged in and a | good time was enjoyed. Misses | Smith, Kingston, were among the friends from out of town. - * - Ld Mrs. G. E. Francklyn, widow of {the late Capt. Francklyn, has decided | to remain in England for the pres-; ent. | 'Mrs. H. WW. Snelling, 96 Division] CHILDREN HATE { ' PILLS, CALOMEL | visiting Mrs. J. B. Walkem, Bever AND CASTOR 01 | It Cross, Feverish, Constipated, Give "California Syrup of Fig i Look 'back at yout childhood days i Remember the "dose" mother insist- ed on---castor oll, calomel, cathar- | tics. How 'you hated them, how | you fought against taking them. | With our children it's different. | Mothers who ¢ling to the old form of | physic stmiply don't realize what the, {d9. The children's revolt is we founded. Thelt tender little "in- sides" are ifijired by them. \ If your eéhild's stomach, livér and bowels need cleansing, give only deli- cious "California Syrup of Figs." Its action is Positive, but gentle. Mil lions of mothers keep this harmless "fruit laxative" handy; they know children love to take it; that it never fails to clean the liver and bowels | and sweeten the stomach, and that a teaspoonful given to-day saves a sick child to-morrow. : Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown- | ups plainly on each bottle, Beware of counterfeits sold here. See that it is made by "California Fig Syrup Company." Refuse any other kind with contempt. age vand honor of the wives of the members | ada on Friday. We invite your inspection of Friday and Sat- urday offerings. Special prices coupled with quality will make it worth while. eda The Wm. Davies Co. Ltd. Phone597 : . ---- how You Throw "Away Your Glasses | The statement is made that Ehousands Lieut. Philip Chrysler, Ammuni-| Fr SiS laste bo do fo Jeally need a , o . Jo one ol ese upfol 8 tion Column, left to-day for Ottawa.| nutes, then these glasses may be ruining | our eyes lustedd of helping them. Thou- Rev, J. PF. Fraser, Belleville, has Suis le wear these dows" Way . g * ot ve or mseives a ey can 8 returndy after a two weeks' visit 10! pense with glasses If they will get the friends in Kingston. | following prescription filled at once : Go Arthur Martin was in town from| to any active drug sjore and get a bottle Toronto for the week-end. | of Ban Opto tablets; "fill 4 twe-ounce bot- Miss Elsie Pense, who is staying! tle with warm water and-drop in one Bon- Opto tablet. © With this harmless liquid with Mrs. Maitland Hannaford = in| solution bathe thé eves two to four ties Montreal, will go to Philipsburg this fails, and' jou are Tikely to be astoulshed i" i 2 2 i e results rig! rom the start. any week to; visit Mrs. T. G. i who Base been {old that they have wstig. 8! matism, eye-straift, cutoract, sore eyelids. Iy| weak coves, conjunctivitis and other eye | Olsorders, report wonderful henefits from »! the use of this prescription. Get this pre. setiption filled and use it; fou may so strengthen your eres that glasses will not Mrs. | be necessary. Thousands who are blind, | Or uwearly so, or Who wear glasses might never have required them if they had cared | for their eyes In time. Save yo 04 he. fore it is too late | Do not ¥ those victims of negleet. Eveglasses sie only like crutches. and évery few years they "must be changed ta fit the evor-fa- creasing weakenod condition, so bettir Soe if vow can! Hke many others, get clogr healthy, strodg magnetic eves through 'the prescription he Lieut.. Frank Purdy, the 146th Battalion, spent the week-end in" To- ronto. Miss Gwendoline Folger, attend- ing Havergal College, Toronto, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. Mrs. Howard - Folger, "Edge- water," Emily street. Mrs. A. W. Winnett, who has been in London, Ont, is now visiting friends in Peterboro. Mrs. W. B. Dalton, Johnson street, left on Tuesday for Montreal, where she will be the guest of Mrs. J. C. Farthing. Mrs.. Hansord Hora and her "little | son, who have been spending some! months in England, sailed for Cans I IT'8 PAY DAY, MR. DEALER When the manufac. turer, whose goods you Eg, this newspaper it's "pay day for the retailers.'" The kind of pay day where the money comes me th It means Setiiand for e 8 g to- The Goods © store. Now: your part is to n. t means take ad- vantage of the business building possibilities of jhe Bewspaper advertis- ng Torani, will 01 the Show the goods in . Fo " anact the Kingston Drug. your window at the t pleased to fill above the advertising is run- A ABA ANNAN PN British Columbia will vete on pro- : ee uJ hibition shortly. : \ a i Sa ea Our Specialty Fine hand sewn, leather lined, wate rproof, short Officers: i . Mrs. Frederick Betts, London, street. Mrs. W.: T. Minnes, "Hillcroft, left to-day for Brockyille, where she will be the guest of her 'aunt, Griffith. ? LI "Rev. 8. Harper Gray who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Mac- donnell, University, Avenue, returned to Toronto on Tuesday. { Migs Ross hak returned to Toronto after a visit with Dr. and Mrs. Ross, 'Rockwood Aparttuents." . Miss Olive Campbell, Who was Miss Pearle Oldrieve's guest for {he week- | end, returned to Ottawa on Monday. | Sis. Sill also be 4 Lieut. Huntley Gordon is spending | . a few days in Hamilton. pe Miss Jessie Macpherson ho has been Mrs. K. ® Foutier's guest left foy Ottawa on Bunday, TOR Oty 5 * » * given, Ue Valmas Drug to ronto will fill the above prescrip tion ma Hx J -. od 1 The engagement has ' been an- nolinced of Licut. Herbert Vv. K. Mas- son, Kingston, and Miss Florence M. Percival, New Dublin, The mar- | {ake place shortly 3t New | Strathcona and Field Boots for (Continued cn pags 10) : : } / Back to Days of Past. New York, Mafch 1.--<A short skirt] worn by women is doomed. New fashions displayed at the Hotel Plaza | indicate that long hooped skirts will prevail. ' Bustles will return, but in pairs worn over the hips. .