A It will be to any man's advantage to be on y intimate terms with this House of Good othes. 7 Spring Garments are ready. $15, $18 up to $22 Spring Overcoats .. .. $12, $15 up to $20, Livingston's, Brock St. A little out of the way,but it will pay you to walk A THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1016 | i dns; i The Late Allan H. Rae. | Allan H. Rae, a native of Kings- | ton, died at Glencoe Saturday night | He was a member of the 135th Bat- it alion, a South African veteran and {@ /miost <apable soldier. The body | was brought to Kingston for imter- | 'ment Monday. The Late Samuel Ely. On Sunday evening 'at 9.30 o'clock | the death occurred at the home of his son-in-law, R. E. Aiken, 145.Colling- wood street, of Samuel Ely, aged 84 years. The deceased was born in Cataraqui, but bad spent his later | years visiting his sons and daughters. For the past few years he had resid- ed at the home of Mr. Aiken.- He is survived by one brother, | Elias Ely, of Catraqui; four sons, W. H. Ely, Chicago; F. A. Ely, Bat- tle Creek, Mich.; Dr. E. M. Ely, Ot- tawa; E. F. Ely, Toronto, and three daughters, Mrs. R. E. 'Afkew, Kings- ton; Mrs. J. G® Dunlop, Japan, and Mrs. T. H. Miller, Alberta. The Late Mrs. John Bushell. Anothrr old and respected resi- dent in the person ef Mrs. John { Bushell, widow of the late Capt. rl gohn Bushel, passed away on Sat- urday. Capt. Bushell died six years | ago. Mrs. Bushell"s maiden name {was Catherine Shaw. She was born in Gerteen County, Longford, rIrcland, ninety-one years ago and | eame to this country in 1847, and | resided here eyer since, with the ex- coption of a few years spent at | Queenstown Heights, She was a gentle and loving mother. Surviv- ing are one n, William - Jobm | Bushell; pul jeces; Mrs. John Smith; University 2 e, and Mss. George Hubbell, of Ar r; and | two nephews, Dr, G. H. Bower, Min- den, and William Adams. The fun- | eral took place on Monday afternoon | to St. George's Cathedral and Catar- aqui Cemetery. Mrs. Phoebe Salisbury. Mra Phoebe Salisbury, an old resi- dont of Kingston, who held the love and esteem of her many acquaint ances, died on Saturday afternoon at burriss, Ont,, where she was visit- ing her daughter, Mrs. Robert Gren- neer Daceased 'was the widow of the late James Salisbury, a veteran of the Crimean war. ~~ « . The late Mrs. Salisbury was born in Trewbridge, Eng., in 1843, and had been a resident of Barriefield and Kingston for the past forty-five | years, and of late years had been re siding with her son, Sydney Salis- bury, 16 Cherry street. She leaves a family of four sons and four daughters: Herbert, Vancouver, B. C.; Frank, William and Sydney, Kingston; Miss Annie and Mrs. St. Clair, Utiea. N. Y.; Mrs. Robert Grenneer, Burriss, and Mrs. N. Stan- { ton, Barriefield. The remains will be brought to Kingston for intern- ment. Goods For Spring NEW SUITINGS NEW DRESS GOODS PRINTS NEW GINGHAMS EMBROID- ERIES NEW CREPES SILKS NEW SERGES BLOUSES NEW SKIRTS NEW DRESSES NEW COATS New Suits The finest collection of Spring Suits ever shown in Kingston--all the latest New York 'Moderately Priced ts WALDRON'S { The Late Mrs. James 'Nobes: "The funeral of the late Minnie Ashie" wife of James 'Nobes, iT h | place Saturdadkimorning from residence of her brother-in-law, Rt | Knight, 43 Lower Bagot street, to St. Mary's Cathedral, where a sol- femn requiem mass was sung for the repose of her soul by Father Piche. The pallbearers were C. Donoghue, R. Knight, G. Ashie, 8. Nobes, C. Harrison and W. Ashie. The de- ceased was born on Garden Island, | but for the last eleven months, since her marriage, had been residing at | Gananoque. The survivors are her father, Capt. JoseplmAshie, city; four sisters, Mrs. R. Knight, Mrs. Charles Harrison and Mrs. C. Donoghue, i Kingston, and Miss Evelyn, Ganan- logue; and four brothers, William, Kingston; Sanford, Cornwall; John, | Cleveland, and George, with the C. N. R., Hamilton. Many floral offerings testified to the high esteem in which the deceas- ed was" held by a large circle of friends. Amopg them were: Cross, R. Knight and family; gprays, Mr. and Mrs. C. Donoghue, Mr. and Mrs. S. Nobes, Mr: and Mr R. Myers, Ir. and Mrs. Gratton, N and Mrs. Ashie, - Dorothy and | Ralph Hopkins; wreath, Gananoyue Fire Department; spiritual offerings, { Mr. and Mrs. C.' Donoghue, Mr. and i Mrs. W. Ashie, R. Knight, Mr. and | Mrs. J. Bradden, Mrs. R. Knight, { Mr. and Mrs. C. Whitcomb, Mr. and | Mrs F. Compeau, Joseph Ashie, Miss i} | Evelyn Ashie, George Ashie, Miss i] | Myrtle Leaden, Agnes and Margaret ll! Guirey, Mt. and Mrs. M. Muchwmore, Mrs. Charles Harrison, James. Par- sons, sr. (Ottawa), Mrs. James Par; isons (Ottawa), James Parsons, jr., {the Rockwood Magazine Guard, Ot- | tawa. News of Troops . -. in the City (See also page 3.) i Capt, Steacy of the Royal Can- if adian Horse Artillery has been gjv- i} en charge of the Toronto artilléry il | recruiting depot. The actual recruit- §!ing will be in clfarge of Lieut. Mc- i | Cormack. About '1,700 recruits if | have been sent from the Toronto re- | cruiting depot to the artillery at Kingston, ' Allqn Munro) who went overseas with t Sngin from Kingston, has heen w d, but not serious- ly. . a re - Lieut. Finney has been promoted to the rank of captain and is now in command of the 2nd Battery Reserve Brigade, Shorncliffe, Eng. Lieut. Finney formerly belonged to the R. CHA, « The Military Y.M.C.A. has arrang- for an entertainment in the Brock Street Club room for soldiers on Tuesday night. A brigade ammunition column, of 140 men, has been authorized for Kingston. THEATRICAL NEWS | 5 "The Birth of a Nation," bringing i forward David W. Griffith's new art tof musical spectacle, is the attrac- tion at' the Grand to-night and Tues- day matinee and night. The first) half of the great picture exhibition, | the salient events of the Civil' War, which came to a close-at Appomatox i just fifty years ago. Lincoln's call for - troops, Sherman's march, the battle of Petersburg, Lee's surren- der to Grant and the awful tragedy at Ford's Theatre live before the spectatg of the Griffith drama. In the second half the South's "Second uprising" this time against the car- TFo-night "The Birth Of a Nation." |} peting regime, is shown in a thrill- ing story of Reconstruction days. Ji The romance of the "little Confeder- | ate Colonel" Ben Cameron, with the| ! Northerner Elsie Stoneman, and that | of the Unionist Captain, Phil Stone- | man, with Margaret Cameron, the South Carolina lassie, maintain two | threads of continuous love-interest| throughout the story. The fun and |§ frolic of plantation days, as well as | the heart-ache and pathos of the | stricken south, are shown. ER: | | No better comedy has ever been | seen at the Grand than "Quinney's" | or "The Antique Shop," which was| produced on Saturday afternoon and | evening by a splendid company. This production is from the Haymarket] Theatre, London, Clifford Brooke as, "Joseph Quinney" was simply im-]| mense. The role of "Susan His Wife" was delightfully portrayed by | Lucy Beaumont, while Arthur Gren- | ville as "Sam Tomlin" was perfec-| tion itself as Quinney's unscruplus | brotlrer-in-law dealer in antique wares. The other members of the company were all good. The settings were admirable. | New Policy At Strand. The management of this popular] theatre begs to announce the | inauguration to-night, of - their} | new policy two shows daily in- | | stead of four The matinees com- | | mencing at 2.20 and the evening hows at 7.30 They further an nounce the coming to-night, suesday #iid Wednesday of Triangle plays preduced by D. W. Griffith, producer of "The Birth of a Nation" and introducing to Kingstoni the famous Broadway star Douglas Fair banks in "The Lamb" a five-act| wonder play, and also that well known ccmédian Raymond Hitch cock, assisted by those.well known screen stars, Fred Mace, Mack Sen- nett, Mabel Normand, and "Fatty" (Roscoe Arbuckle) in a three-re | Keystone mirth provoker entitled "My Valet." Other good pheto piay 3 will also be shown providing a full two.ond half hours entertain ment. One of the latest Hope-Jones unit orchestra consisting of twenty-five piece orchestra and pipe orga cost-| ing $5,000 has also been installed, and will furnish the patrons with the latest and most approprite mus- | ie. In future all seats will be re-| , served at ten cents with a few at | fifteen; reserved at the box office "daily from 2 to 10 p. m. Phone 1956 . The Campbells Are Coming. Interest is at fever heat in the forthcoming engagement - of the great war film, "The Campbells Are Coming," a story of the relief of Lucknow, or the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the story which has been pro- duced on a lavish scale, and with] wonderful attentjon to the smallest detail caused a ¥yensation in Eng- land and has been viewed and com- mended by General Sir Sam Hughes and the leading military authorities of Canada. This wonderful war film drama which is in five reels, will be exhibited at Griffin's Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday, ma-| tinee and night, and all through the five reels English guns crash out] their salvos of death, great mortars spout out their death dealing tons of iron, and steel and rifles spatter death over the hillsides. Charges | and counter charges are -depicted, while close-ups, taken with tele- photo lense, shows tlie terrible de-| struction of the guns Cavalry | and infantry defile along.the erests| of the. hills, capturing entrench-y monts filled with white turbaned na-| tives im one valley, and destroy a| native village over the crest of the next hill, Settlers' cabins, officeres' | bungalows, and native villages are | buried wholesale, Sepoys are shot | as they snipe from the fort walls | and come tumbling a hundred feet to the ground. Officers -and caval-| rymen are seen fighting over the red | §i hot. mouths of cannons and "pinion | the gunners to earth with their sa-| are. shown in this magnificent film in | . which are depicted with gréat fidel- | | ity, those terrible days of the Indian | Muflny, when British blood was| spilled in heroic defence and* noble | attack. | $10,000 Fora Suggestion. B You have original ideas, hdven't | you? Then you have a chance to} | garn this prize. All you have to do} is to follow closely the film version | and read the story, then send in your conception of the most fitting sequek. | Your suggestion may be written] something after this style: "The Dia-| mond frgm the Sky," now being in the possession of the false heir to the Earldom of Staneley, it is my Sugges- | tion that, etc, ete. A new chapter] entitled "For the Sake of a False] | Friend," together with a miscellane-| | ous programme of comedy, to-night | and Tuesday at the King Edward. Usual admission. Notice. J. McAuley, undertaker, Kingston, bas purchased a new outfit, made by A. b. Greer; of London, Ont, and will be ready to do business to-mor- row. The reports that he has gone out of business are unfounded. A a result of the mild spell, there is great danger from overhanging ice and snow from the roofs of build- ings. The police were quite active ,in getting the merchants to clear off the snow and ice: Cucumber and Almond Cream for chapped hands at Gibson's Drug | bres. Many other stirring scenes | jg 'New Suits for . Women OVER 100 NEW: SPRING SUITS, MANY DISTINCTIVE MODELS ALL OF THEM SPELL "SMARTNESS." $15 To $35 SPRING SUITS FOR~YOUNG GIRLS SPRING SUITS FOR MEDIUM FIGURES. SPRING SUITS FOR FULL FIGURES . And an assortment of extra large sized suits in styles suited for the larger woman. Skirts for Every ~ Occasion the separate Skirt. Particularly clever models wjll be found at Laidlaw's. - Skirts of Navy or Black Serge, in various smart styles, ranging in price from . $4.50, $5.00 and up Black and White All-Wool Checked Skirtggtut on circular lines with pocket--a strictly tailored skirt, at $5.50 Skirt of Black Taffeta Silk, made with pointed accordian pleated peplum effect--very smart " $9.50 In another Skirt, also of Black Taffeta Silk, fallness is ac- complished by fine shirring at the hips, above which is a yoke of aceordian: pleating, high waist line effeet, at $7.75 A number of other new designs just arrived and we ask vou to see these to-morrow, \ Women's Spring Coats Inclnding Sports or Dressy Wear Coats for Spring, showing belts, vokes, and full ripple; many new collars, as sailor, shawl, chin-chin and tailored styles. . All wool materials-of men's wear 'Serge, Gaberdine and Spring Cheviots. . April Delineator This is the great spring number and the new styles shown will greatly interest vou. Call for your copy to-morrow. Stare, adh The New High Cut ShoesNow Ready! . We are now showing a very complete assortment of Women's High Cut Shoes, in button and lace, pa- tent leather, with black velvet tops, also blue velvet tops and dull kid tops. Price ati ee 30.00 Shoe Store