SOWARDS Keeps Coal and 40 gallon Sluiced le of handling Slims a day, We hraugh from tors eam promise the name mpt service t cents a i . at 10 Film 8 We guarantee to well you the bent made and will 1 |Rey which are defective XePlnce Supplies factory 2 the most satis- and Cameras of all makes sold, ex- hanged, rented and repaired. Best's Br" a By developers A Paradox? No! We provide proper glasses through which you can see. Being eyesight special- ists * we know when eyes are wrong and why glasses are right. Bee us--we un- derstand our business. KEELEY Jr, M. 0. D. 0 | OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN, 226 Princess Street. 3 doors above the Opera House. Our Message to the Public-- Fashion Craft 20th Century stand alone for and workmanship. Our New Grey Hats cannot be excelled for the price, $2.50 Our W. G. & R. Shirts appeal to every man who requires the ut- most in his demand for fit, exclusive patterns and superior make. In short, our message to the public is that bet- [ter apparel | eammot be sold than is sold. at this shop, and that part of the public which has done business with us for vears appreciate this fact, EH and Suits style ¢ COL. PORTER WILL TELL TRUTH i ABOUT CANADA. ------------ He Has Had Considerable Newspaper | Experience--He Did a Fin~ Stunt On One Ocpassion While Down East, Few persons in Winnipeg or the Canadian West are unacquainted with a certain gentleman from Mis- souri in the person of Colonel Garnet Clay Porter, who until recently was news editor of The Winnipeg Tele- gram, a post which he held for some years, and previously officiated in the same capacity with The Calgary Her- ald, Colonel Porter is literally "from Missouri," in both sonses of the term. He was, as a young man, a practising attorney in the sleepy old state immortalized for the world by its. native son, Mark Twain, In "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn." As a newspaper man he has shown two Missourian attributes that have become proverbial--' You've got to show btm," and "You can't go kickin' his dog ardun'." Missouri, however, does not offer many opportunities to a lawyer with journalistic aspirations and it 'was really in Toronto that he dawned on Canadian newspaperdom. As a member of the staff of The Toronto World, he went at things from an individual angle. When Sir William Osler, then Prof, Osler, of Johns Hopkins University, Balti- more, made a jocular speech, which was taken seriously, to the effect that all men should commit suicide at forty, he took it into his head to 80 and ask the aged Goldwin Smith what he thought about it. The sage of "The Grange" did not answer the question directly, but he did give the Colonel a good deal of information of those who had known him in early childhood, he had lived beyond forty, that formed the basis of an article in | The Ladies' Home Journal. Perhaps his most historic paragraph during his Toronto experience was his inter- view with another old gentleman, | whom he described as a "man who used bad language and did good deeds." He quoted this individual as baving said of a' man then prominent In Ontario politics, "Jim don't swear much himself, but he knows good swearing when he hears it." One of Porter's finest newspaper achievements while in the East was | an interview with James J. Hill, at | the time when the tide of American immigration to the Canadian West | had set in. He went to Minneapolis to get this interview and obtained | from Hill an entire recantation of his early statement that there was mo future for the Canadian West, be- cause owing to the hot suns of the North-West Territories wheat would burn and not ripen on our prairies. He induced Hill to declare that a great future lay before the then un- | organized provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. At the time he ob- tained this fine advertiBement for | Canada he was unaware that the | West was to be his future home: but | with a considerable number of clever | Toronto newspaper men he went | thither in the first year or two of the present century and is now, so to | speak, part of it. Everybody in Win- i | nipeg knows the soft spoken and un- ruffied Colonel and his ability to.dis- | tinguish between a "flush" and a | "full house." Lately he has quit the daily grind to establish a news bu- reau of his own, the purpose of which is to tell the facts about the West, { and Winnipeg in particular, in the | | newspapers and magazines of Can- | | ada, the United States, and all parts | of the world. Though he is "from | | Missouri" it is safe betting that his | facts will not be unflattering. Canadians on Snobbery, The Canadian soldiers' opinion of | the English magazine story, as re- | flected in the columns of The Twen- | | tieth Gazette (the trench organ of | the 20th Battalion, Northern and | | Central Ontario Regiment), is not | | flattering. It says: | | "Why does every short complete | story of the war centre round person- | | ages of no less rank than a second | lieutenant? Why is this individual | usually in the Guards or the Buffs? | | Why is he invariably the Hon. Billy, | or the Hon. Dicky, or Lord Blinking- i | ham, a mere happy-go-lucky, blase Oxford? Why, in fact, is he the Hon. | Any Diminutive of a character fondly | imagined by a title-worshipping pro- letariat to be typical of the average Englishman? "Again, why does the n.-c.-o0. drop his aitches and speak English like a | grass-eating cow-puncher from west- ern Manitoba? He is never an edu- cated man. He is never 'their' class. The private of the story is always a bovine creature of no account, who doesn't know his head from a ecauli- flower, and who makes rude, ill-bred jokes which his superior owerlooks; in fact, they condescend to laugh at them "Why all this twaddle which goes for story and plot in these strenuous days? Why all the nauseating snob- bery contained in every magazine, every weekly paper?" British Columbia Timber. | In pursuance of the policy of market expansion in the interests of | the lumber industry, undertaken by the Hon. the Minister of Lands, two further bulletins, prepared for the in- formation of lumber consumers, have titled "British Columbia Douglas Fir Dimension," and "British Columbia Western Soft "Pine," the qualities nf Douglas Fir for struc- tural purposes, and cannot fail to be of interest to architects, contractors, and others. The bulletin is well illustrated, the claims to durability being supported by pertinent refer- ences to such buildings as the Craig- flower Farm near Victoria, ereeted in 1851, and the Sehool, built in 1853, Douglas Fir having been used tGroughout except for the roof of red cedar "shingles, and practically mo parts ot the bufld- ings having had to be repaired. Mod- ern uses of Douglas fir for structural purposes are instanced by reference to the Arcade 'Building on Govern- ment and View streets, Victoria, erected in 1915 and the new wharf reception room, C. P. R. dock, Van couver, as to why, against all the predictions | | marine construction for Tecently been printed. They are en-, ne," | respectively. | The former publication deals with | Craigflower Public ! DAILY hu. WOMEN MAKING MUNITIONS. Few Men Employed in a Great Eng- lish' Ammunition Factory. One thing struck me very foreibly ~~the small number of men employed at the works. 1 did not see a single man doing work that could hava been done by a woman I. holieve the Labor Exchange Bureaus have sup plied them with many of thelr woman workers, and though, of course, very many of them are quite inexperienced and new to their werk, they seemed to be managed pretty well, There are men to attend to the fur naces, men to carry the heavy loads. men to start and to attend the ma chines, but everything else seems to be done by women. Sorting, testing, using the ma- chines, cleaning. packing, and kin- dred things are all women's jobs. Rows and rows of women 1 saw sit- ting at machines and benches, filling the great wooden cases with the fin- ished bullets; women in rows every- where, but men only in ones and twos here and there. It was some- what af an object-lesson in that way: it was new and pleasing to find wo- men able to do so many things and 80 completely. Surely, 'when our wonderful coalition Government pro- vides the workers to supply the ma- terials, and these ard kindred fac- tories need more hands to cope with the increased work, there must be many women of all classes who eould volunteer to take on this work making munitions, and thus release | each a man for service and help on the output of munitions. | It must be remembered, too, that the women's work is comparatively easy--that is to say, one does not in- stinctively feel how tired they must get, they are laboring under almost perfect conditions, and making very good wages. It is not hard labor | that is required of them, but a me- | chanical and automatic efficiency. | Physical strength is not an essential | for most of the women's work, but | intelligence, deftness, rapidity, and | care only. | With the few men employed, of | course, it is different; but, as I said | before, they are only employed for | | the really physically hard work, and | are paid accordingly. Most of them | are making twice their peace-time | earnings, and serving their country, too, though I fear few of them realize { and appreciate that. It is a great work and necessary one, that of supplying the munitions | of war, and every man and woman | employed at it ought to feel proud and thankful to be allowed to do it. Between seventy and eighty wo- men conductors have appeared on the | 'buses run by the London General Omnibus Company. This number will be gradually increased as the needs | of the situation demand. i The women will be paid at exactly | the same rates, on a mileage basis, as the male conductors, and will have the same duties and hours. Their | employment is confined to the period | of the war, or to such time as the | male conductors shall return. Women dockers have been intro- | duced on the Mersey. Recently the male laborers, under the advice of | | their union, refused to work with | them, and the services of the women | were dispensed with. There are 150 women conductors on the metropolitan electric trams | and 120 on the Landon United lines. Snails Very Nutritious. "All snalls are edible and nutri- tious," says Canon Hersley in a book on British land and fresh water mol- Iuses, just published. He goes on tn say that even the common or garden snail, though insipid, is as mourish- ing as calf's foot jelly. There is a large white shelled snail called Helix pomatia that is common- | | ly eaten by connoisseurs in the South of England, while all over France, | Italy, and Spain several species are | used as food. In France there are| many small farms which yield a good | profit to their owters. In the French | and Italian quarters of New York | | snails may be bought, either alive or| cooked, and at most of 'the French | restaurants they are served, "escar- | gots farcis" being the most usual] form of dish. Snails are easy to raise in large | quantities. They need lime for mak- | ing their shells, but they do not have! to be fed, as they can find their. own! of many plants. Th ALG NOs st Hpel licious when properly prepared and? as nourishing ag calf's foot jelly. Australian Navy Grows, Australia's navy is expanding. Re-! cently the cruiser Brisbane was launched at Cockatoo Island, and it is notified that a new light cruiser is! about to be laid down where the Bris-| bane was built. The cruiser 'will be named H.M.A.8. Ad¥laide, Aus-| tralia is to undertake, as possible, the building of submarines in its own shipyards. The Common. than a match for any three men of | Ples upon which it is to wealth Navy Office is calling | qualified persons desirous of pro- | ceeding to England to work in the] Admiralty shipyards to learn the me-| thods of reconstruction, They will| take a two-years' course, afterwards returning to begin the work of saub-| the Aus-| 1 | | | tralian navy. ENRICH THE BLOOD Hood's Sarsaparilla, a Spring Tonics | Medicine, is Necessary. Everybody is thubled at this sea- 'son with loss of vitality, failure of jappetite, that tired feéling, or with |billous turns, dull headaches, indi gestion and other stomach troubles; ior with pimples and other eruptions {on the face and body. The reaspn is {that the blood is impure and impov- !erished. { Hood's Sarsaparilla relieves all Ithese ailments. It is the old reliable tmedicine that has stood the test of jforty years,--that makes pure, rich, red blood-----that strengthens organ and builds up the whole sys tem. It is the all-the-year-round | blood-purifier and health-giver. It embodies the careful training, ex- perience,' and skill of Mr. Hood, a pharmacist for | years, in ita quality and power to cure. Ask your druggist for it to-day. | the cold nights | has done what is known every | JAMES BATESON SUCCEEDS LATE ALEXANDER SNODDEN, He Has Been On the Kingston Police Force for Twenty-Six Years and Is 8 Most Capable Man, Police Constable James Bateson has been appointed succeed the late Sergt. Alexander Snodden, who died recently. The Police Commission- ers met on Wednesday afternoon and appointed Constable Bateson to the position. Constable Bateson has been a member of the local force for almost twenty-six years, having joined the ranks on July Ist, 1890. During | all these years he has done faithful work, which is shown in the fact that no one complaint has been reg- istered against him. Constable Bateson will make a good sergeant on account of his ex- H MAY 11, i916 Friday ments, as follows: perience as a constable. the streets of Kingston for over a| quarter of a century and knows what it is to be a coystable, especially on uring the winter. Many a bad criminal has been rounded up through the Constable Bateson, who is an experi- | enced detective | When Constable Bateson joined | the force there were only eight men | doing police duty in Kingston. He| was one of the two additions which were made to the staff Since the time that he first joined the force he | as "plain | known as de- | | clothes duty," better tective duty. It is expected that Sergt. Bateson will commence on his pew duties on | Monday At the present time he is on night duty, i ------------------------ The Patriotic Bias. Bland is the humor of Canon Os- wald Rigby, of St. Bartholomew's-in- the-Bast, Ont., also, when he wishes it, delicately barbed.- The Canon, who was a Dean of Trinity College before it gave up its university char- ter, and held, at the same time, the chair in history, is an enthusiast on the subject of Shakespeare, whose tercentenary is being celebrated this year. other day, when theme, "the plays his Shakespeare on of sort of a boy, educated at Eton and | food, which is exclugively the leaves | might not do as the sole text-book on which 'to plug up for a history exam- ination, but if you want to absorb the | cooked, and, as Canon Hersley save, | spirit of the English people, there is | no better sourca of supply. Shakes- peare had an intense love for Eng land----his feeling for her was one o almost religious devotion. "An American critie, a Mr. ner, objects to this trait in Shakes- peare. and seems to feel that it is a quality from which thé poet should have been free. One knows, to be sure, t soon as | that Shakespeare did have a convic- | the disease, the tion that an Englishman = was more for | Another nationality, but that is just | 80 the attitude for which one should ex- pect to find the fullest American synipathy. "I so very well remember" --the canon's mellow voice was reminis- cent, and his smile disarming--"1 so very well remember my first visit to the United States, just twoniy-four years ago, and my first conversation with ono of that country's' leading men. He sald to me shortly after I | arrived---and I have never forgotten | it--that 'the New York State militia | alone could easily "'whop" the whole { British army.' i Canadian Woods. | messy announced that so far. as pos- | sible Canadian woods only would be | usad in connection with the construc | tion and interior finish of all Gana- | dian Pacidc buildings, railway cars, | ete,, an announcement which was | hailed with great satisfaction by the { lumber interests of the Dominion. | That such a program was possibie { was known to the forestry experts i who have supplied to the various Ca- | nadian Government exhibits in Eu- rope and the United States magnifi- cent samples of hardwoods with beautiful grains and attractive finish. It would seem that these woods are not' being exploited sufficiently, but, no doubt, now that it is known there will be a good demand for it, manu- facturers will give the matter greater consideration. He walked | § efforts of | Ji ERE RR RR REL "Of course," said the Canon, the | favorite | War- | Not voy long ago Lord Shaugh- 180 pairs of 2 g 100 pairs of 21-2 Friday . White Bed- 100 heavy Satin Marcelle Bedspreads: Bargain wl vo 1 Nottingham Lace Curtains 280 pairs of imported Lace Curtains, in White and Eeru, in two assort- nd 2 1-2 yards lengths, regular 60c and T5¢ a | pair. Friday .... : vard lengths, regular 85¢ a pair. Spreads 11-4 size Quilts; reg. $2.00. 12-4 big double-bed size; regular Frida; How You Can Quickly Remove Hairy Growths (Aids to Beauty) A well known beauty specialist ad- vises this treatment for the removal of hair from the face Mix into a paste some powdered delatone and { water, apply to hairy surface and | after about 2 minutes rub off, wash {the skin and every trace of hair has This method is quick and jentirely safe. To avoid disappoint- {ment, however, it is well to make jcertain you get genuife deldtone. | rm eA sans CPLR ETE REE PPE RSE RRR R RR | vanished. WAR BULLETINS. The Russians have captured I-Sshirin on the Persian frontier, northeast of Bagdad. British guns heavily bombard positions of the foe in Flan- ders Much mining activity * continues in Artois; An Austrian transport, laden with war material, was sunk in the Lower Adriatic Sea by a French submarine, _ PPE P PLP eb pr ; \ z i. Differences Settled. Cobalt, May 11.--What threatened to be a strike of all the miners in Cobalt has been averted, the mines | agreeing to give the men an increase of 25 cents to $3.50 a day, and a bo- nus of 25 cents a day as long as sil- ver remains aobve 70 cents an ounce. The new schedule will take effect from May 1st. a a at Most Eminent Medical : "Authorities Endorse It, | Dr. Eberle and | well as Dr. Simon | authors--agree He calls it his 'patriotic bias,' | Dr. Braithwaite as -- all distinguished in furnishing us with a clue to the princi- be treated d accurate knowledge col | nature of disease can thus be | 1f backache, scatdi u carefully done ne his wi w! ci ill be ander no obligation. Dr. Pierce un d Finest Table Butter 32cC. The Win.Davies Co.Ltd. Phone597 | The Marrison Studio A A AAA AlN Pr 0 SP AS PA Grand Cafe Opening Tuesday Morning. THE NEWEST AND FINEST RES. TAURANT IN KINGSTON PRINCESS STREET. Next Grand Opera House. Course Dinner, 30c, 11.30 to 2.30, Open from 8 am. te 2 am. A La Carte Meals at All Hours. PETER LEE, Prop. PHONE 15438. The group photographs of the Sportsmen's Platoon of the 146th Battalion son's Studio. were made at Marri The bes ¥ Aiuting for military groups. Studio and outside work by appointment. Telephone 1318, 222 Full PHONE 1318. - 90 PRINCESS ST. ttt tint tot nly ar cr A I sm NEW YORK FRUIT STORE Bal: Strawberries Arri Daily. Sunkist Oranges: 20c, 30¢, 40¢ and 50¢ a dozen. Grape Fruit, 4, 5 and 6 for 25c¢. Pineapples, 20¢ cach. Bananas, 15¢ and 20c a' dozen. 3 Fruit delivered to all parts of the city. 314 PRINCESS STREET. Phone 1405