r |_ SOME OTTAWA GLIMPSES Special Correspondence by H. F. Gadsby. Shivering On The Brink. Ottawa, July 1.--From Major-Gen- eral Bir Sam's evidence before the Davidson Commission it appears that he doesn't know, and what's. more, that he doesn't give a hoot how Col- onel John Wesley Allison skins the British Admiralty in his little busi- ness dealings with them. Those who have heard Eva Tanguay sing "I don't care," will admit that Eva has nothing on 8ir Sam when it comes to aggressive indifference. Meanwhile things occur from time to time which indicates that the coun- try at large cares a great deal. Since the war started and the Parliament at Ottawa became the House of a Thousand Scandals, four provincial elections have been pulled off, all of which may be taken as backslaps at the Borden Government. Last sum- mer Manitoba got busy, with the re- sult that the rollicking Roblin band of privateers was turned out and three cabinet ministers and a con- tractor are walking the plank right now Last. fall Prince Edward Is- land trimmed its Conservative ma- jority to fours This spring Quebec practically wiped out the Conserva- tive Opposition, and only last week Nova Seotia increased its Liberal ma- jority by fifty per cent. Sir Richard McBride fled from the wrath to come to a fifteen thousand dollar a year Job in London some months ago, and now the heir of his troubles cannot defer the day of judgment more than a month longer. British Columbia is only waiting for a chance to get even. Premier Bowser will make the fatal plunge thirty days from now or thereabouts. The stars in their courses seem to be fighting against the Borden Government's friends wherever they linger. Meanwhile the Borden Govern- ment itself is none too eager to try whether the water is cold or not. It has been shivering on the brink of a general election ever since the war began, and it will probably go on shivering until its extended term 1s up in: October, 1917, and then some, if it can get another reprieve The Borden Government has evidently decided to stay the limit. It has heard of the dog that tried to cross the well in two jumps. Its fears are not con- fined to general elections. By-elec- tions are held to be just as bad. Al- though fourteen vacancies have oc- curred in the House of Commons in the last two years, ten of which were Conservative according to the com- plexion of the sitting member, the Government refrains from opening any of these constituencies for test purposes. They are satisfied to leave well enough alone, even if it does whittle their majority. Like Hamlet they stick to the ills they know, sooner than fly to others that they wot not of X The causes and effects of some of these vacancies are an interesting study. = 8ir James Aikens, for exam- ple, resigned his constituency of Brandon to lead the shattered rem- nants of the Roblin army to defeat in Manitoba. Sir James tried to lift his party up, but alas, his platform was to high and the thing couldn't be done. Sir James js now supposed to be waiting around until the Lieu- tenant-Governor of Manitoba, falls in, when his wounds will be bound up. Meanwhile the important constitu- ency of Brandon has no representa- five in Parliament, and is not likely 410 have until Sir James Aikins is safe- ly settled in his new job. * William Sharpe, M.P., of Lisgar, resigned his seat at the same time as Sir James and for the same purpose ----to dig the Conservative party in Manitoba out of the mud. Billy made a good try, but somehow or oth- er his fot slipped and he landed in the Slough of Despond himself. How ever, he did not have to despond long. He had put his hand to the work with a fat promise in his pock- et, which was cashed very soon after- wards. Billy is now a Senator and a Colonel with blushing honors - full upon him. Lisgar has no member in the House of Commons, but Billy Sharpe is fixed up all right. Hence- forth he will wear the white flower of a blameless life in the Senate. Thus all's well that ends well for Lidut.-Governor Aikins and Senator Billy Sharpe. Oh, death, where, is thy victory? Oh, grave, where is thy sting? King's county, N.8., has lacked a member ever since Arthur DeWitt Foster resigned under pressure dur- ing the session of 1915. Arthur is selling stock now, black fox and pat- ent mausoleums, but looks forward to a glorious resurrection at the next generdl election, when he will run KEELEY Jr, M. 0. D. 0 OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN, 226 Princess Street. 8 doors above the Opera House. nnn Examine | Closely s in stock finished in $16 to $25. % Photographed as they w after rehearsi This. is the first MRS. JOHN JACOB ASTOR AND WM. K. DICK. ng their wedding ceremonies for June icture of the ha houncement of their engagement, J again for King's if he gets the Con- servative nomination In view of Colonel John Wesley Allison's subse- quent operations, Arthur is of the opinion that he resigned too soon. After all his mistake was veniel--he neglected to keep vouchers with that strict accuracy which custom pre- scribes: Of course, he unloaded a number of foundered chargers on his beloved country, but that was prob- ably an erorr of judgment. Arthur draws a strict line between founder- ed chargers and unfounded charges, of both of which he claims to have been the victim: A'good case has even been made out for the famous charger which was a veteran of the Boer war. It seems that it had learned to understand German in South Africa, and was therefore a bilingual horse, and would have been mighty handy on the march to Ber- lin. W. F. Garland, of Carleton coun- ty, who passed out along with Arthur, is in a similar case. He finds now that he was too hasty Beside the transactions of the Bertram Shell Committee and the fuse contracts, his little forty per cent. flutter in medi- cal supplies-- most of which he coughed up---looks like thirty cents. W. F. Garland is a wronged man. He feels it. He is flirting with Carleton county for another nomination, but is in no dread of a by-election at the present time. J. 0. Lavallee, Conservative mem- ber for Bellechasse, resigned his seat last month for two reasons, so far as I can make out--one that he had no chance of being re-elected for the Federal Parliament, and the other that he had still less chance of being elected for the Quebec Legislature. He seems to have guessed right. D. 0, Lesperance, Conservative member for Montmagny, who is popularly known as Forget's Moon, resigned about the same time, ill health being the ex- cuse, Mr. Lesperance's health kept up until the Quebec-Saguenay railway deal was put through, after which he felt himself at liberty to let himself depart in peace His work in Par- liameént had not been in vain. The constituency of East Grey has lost an old friend in Speaker Sproule, who pleaded ill health and was trans- ferred to the Senate before he could get caught in the rain, It is satis- factory to learn that the Senate has had a soothing and recuperative influ- ence on Dr. Sproule, and that his health is in a fair way to be as good as it was before dark thoughts of dis- aster for the Borden Government in- terfered with his digestion. William Chisholm, Liberal member for Antigonish, N.8 'ened in or- der to win a seat i Scotia Lggislature. This feat he successiul] accomplished. William is fond of public life, and he had to sit some- where, a thing he couldn't have done for Antigonish in the Federal Parlia- ment after the next general election because the Redistribution Act had gurymandered him.out of his seat. The other half dozen members have been removed by death. Alto- gether with fourteen constituencies vacant it is a safe estimate to say that half a million Canadians are at present unrepresented in the Federal Parliament at Ottawa. --H. F. GADSBY. HEALTHY BABIES SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT. A well child sleeps well and during its waking hours is never cross but always happy and laughing. 1t is only the sickly child that is cross and peevish. Mothers, if your children | do not sleep well; if they are cross] and. cry a great deal give them Baby's, Own Tablets and they will soon be well and happy again. Con- rerning the Tablets, Mrs. Charles Diotte, North Temascaming, Que., writes: --""My baby was greatly troubled with constipation-and cried night and day. - I began giving her Baby's Own Tablets and now she is fat and healthy and sleeps well at night." The Tablets are sold by medi- | cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents] a box, from The Dr. Williams' Medi- | cine Co., Brockvile, Ont. Bowling Game Friday. One: bowling game was played at Queen's bowling green. on Friday night. The team skipped by R. S. Graham won from that of J. M. El- liott by 14 to 12. The teams: C, C. Hodgins, R. Uglow, J. Fleming, R. 8. Graham, skip. H. F. Price, E. Walsh, J. W. Kelly, J. M. Elliott, skip. P. ere leaving St. Saviour's Church 24st. ppy couple since the an- Told In Twilight . . . . The tea at the Yacht Club on Wednesday was very largely attend- ed, and much enjoyed. Among the guests were: Mrs. J. M. Campbell, Mrs. R. 8. Waldron, Mrs, D. G. Laid- law, Mrs. H. L. Ashby, Mrs. W. R. Givens, Miss Martha Smith, Miss Mowat, Mrs. R. J. Gardiner, Mrs. Herbert Robertson, Mrs. Pruyn, Mrs. R. C. Cartwright, Miss John McKay, Mrs. J. J. McKay, Mrs. Herbert 'Robinson, Mrs. Kent, Mrs. Living- ston, Miss Whitehead, Miss Mary Strange, Miss Rose Rogers, Miss Marjorie Campbell, Miss Gwendoline and Miss Doris Folger, Miss Elinor Lyman, Miss Dorothy Savage, Miss Beth: Small, Miss Katharine Hart, | Miss Ethel Kent, Miss Margaret | Hemming and Miss. Laura Kilborn. | . . Tomight .... .. .. ed. A Dutch luncheon was given at : the Country Club on Friday. Covers Tonight sven were laid for fourteen, the guests in- cluding: Mrs, E. H. Pense, Miss Robertson, Mrs. Chapleau, Mrs. P. G. C. Campbell, Mrs. Arthur Cun-| ningham, Mrs Max Hamilton, Mrs. | Charles Kirkpatrick, Miss Bessie! Smythe, Miss Florence Cunningham, | Miss Alice Macnee, Miss Alice King, | Miss Lilas Sanderson and Miss Bessie | Sanderson. Tonigat .... CREPE KIMONAS 120 . . . . Miss Flora Stewart is spending the week end in Toronto. Mrs. Nelles, Toronto, and Mrs. Gal- braith, Brockville, are visiting Mrs. John Wright, Alfred street values, NEW SILK SWEATER; ed a few people to tea on Friday to| meet Mrs, Edward Low, Ottawa, and Mrs. D. H. Price, Aylmer. Mrs. Arthur Evans, King street, with Miss Marjorie and Master John left to-day to spend a week with Miss Nan Skinner at "Cataraqui Lodge." Miss Amy McGill, Toronto, is spending the week end with her aunt, Miss Deacon. Mrs. G. E. Hague, University SUITS D STORE OPEN UNTIL TEN O'CLOCK TONIGHT SUMMER SUN SHADES 60 new summer parasols, made f figured lawn in white and color sortment, priced from $1.25 to $2 95. SUMMER UNDERWEAR 10 doz. fine lisle combinations, 1 Regular 85¢ each. 8 doz. "Porous Knit" combinations. coolest of all summer 1 Mrs. James Craig, Earl street, ask- | SILK & LISLE HOSIERY BOYS' JERSEYS and BATHING MEN'S UNDERWEAR and SHIRTS All Specially Priced for the Holiday Sale. 0 Your Monday's Shopping Tonight at AND CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY novelty French crepes, silkene, and combinations. A very attractive as- As a hdliday special 98¢ 4 ace trimmed, full sized and well finish- ..69¢ a most comfortable garment, the mderwear, Regular 75¢ each. Jap crepe kimonas in colors rose, pink, skv med with Persian banding. Tonight . ... READY FOR THE HOLIDAY SPORT SKIRTS and MIDDIES SUMMER UNDERWEAR OUTING HATS and BATHING CAPS WorEN Gnd MISSES' BATHING avenue, entertained informally at tea on Thursday afternoon. | $n or» Miss Alice Macnee, Barrie street, | entertained informally at tea Thursday afternoon, Miss Sibbald, Hamilton, who has been visiting Mrs. Alexander Camp- | bell in Grand Rapids, Mich., is now| the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Rae Ham- ilton in Guelph Miss Ireland left yesterday for New York, and is'sailing for England to-day. Mr. and Mrs. Sawtelle, Cincinnati, | Ohio, are spending the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Nigkle, | Earl street. Miss Ferris, Ottawa, is the of the Misses Muckleston, street. | Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gurd, who! [ieut. and Mrs Frank Purdy have have been visiting Mr, and Mrs. J.| returned from their wedding trip S. Smith, Johnston street, returned | and are . with Mr. and Mrs. David to Montreal on Friday. | Purdy, Clergy street, s 8 8 | Mrs. May Hamilton, Peterboro, is | the guest of Miss Bessie Smythe, on| daughter, Isabelle, Redclif, Alta., are Visiting Mrs. Charles Smith, Bagot street + - Munro Grier, York, is at Mrs land, dere." Edward Low came up from Ottawa on Friday to see his son, Lieut.Col. C. A. Low, before he leaves for Val- cartier. H New Staten Is- "The Belvi- guest Union Mrs, T. Bowes, Buffalo, who has been visiting at Smith's, Falls, Is | West street. staying with her daughter, Mrs. W.| Mrs Palembo, Boston, F. Goudier, Willow Cottage, King | of her parents, Mr. street west. | Finkle, Earl street Miss Gertrude Denny, Smith's | . . . Falls, is visiting friends in the city { The Misses Crisp, Union street, are Mr. and Mrs. John J. Crandall, | leaving next week for Halifax. Sayre, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. William J.| Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Bongard have Taylor and son Carylton, Warsaw, | returned from their wedding trip. | N.Y., motored to Kingston and spent | Mrs. H. E. Sherlock and family, | a few days with their parents, Mr.| Canton, Ohio, have arrived in Kings- | and Mrs. Henry - H. Taylor, 361] ton to spend the summer, } Johnston street. | Mr. and Mrs. John Aird, Toronto, | Mr. and Mrs. David Murray, Fron- | were in town for a few days this | tenac street, went to Toronto to-day | week the guests of Dr. and Mrs. to see Miss Lillie Murray. Their | Mundell, and while here received a other daughter, Miss Margaret, who cable saying that their son, Flight] is there at present, will return with | Lieutenant John Aird, had been ope-| them early in the week. rated on for appendicitis. Mr. and Miss Florence Forneri, Alfred | Mrs. Aird returned to Toronto on street, is spending the week end in| Friday, and have taken passage on Montreal with Miss Janet Porteous. | the New-Amsterdam for the eleventh Sa Te Si of July, and will spend a month in' England with their sons Mr. and Mrs. George Joyner, Divi- sion street, are holidaying at Syden- ham. is the guest | and Mrs. Hiltor Wellington | Miss Nellie Hanley, Miss street, left yesterday to visit McFadden, Peterboro. Miss Jessie Smith, who has been; visiting Miss Nan Skinner at ""Cata-| raqui Lodge," returned home on| Thursday. ! Lieut. Howard Penhale is in town from Petawawa for the week-end. | Remains of Late W. R. Sills Taken to Mr. and Mra. Arthur Craig, Union | Cataraqui. | Street, 16fC to-day. to pend a- few The funeral of the late W. R. Sills took place on Friday afternoon from | days in Rochester. th Charles Livingston, Toronto, ie the his late residence, 15 Mack street, to guest of his patems, : + | Cataragqui, where the remains were Charles Livingston, Barrie street. wp : Lhe. Mrs. R. H. Cooper and her little} Placed in the vaults. The burial ser-| daughter of Sydney, Nova Scotia,| Ce were conducted by Rev, Dr. | y 4 Macgillivray, assisted by Rev. T. W. Savary. Dr. Macgillivray spoke arrived in town yesterday, and are | very earnestly and sympathetically the guests of Mrs. James Higgins, | King street. | about. the deceased, who had added Major M. V. Piymumet same ni | greatly to the sum of intelligence in| from Petawawa o 3 the city during his lifetime, The pa'lbearers were: W. G. An the holiday with Mrs. Plummer and {derson, Dr. H. T. J. Coleman, J. G. his family. i Lieut. Frank Strachan | Elliott, J. M. EHiott, T. M Asselstine Friday for Valcartier. and Colin A. McPherson, "Many | sympathizing friends were: in attend-! Mrs. Geddes and Mist Geddes, TO | ater, including friends from Lennox ronto, fre : 8 RE MIS. "| county. Floral tributes were laid Smith, Sago 8 aid Miss Verna On the casket by the Board of Edu-| wie doy rman a where they | cation, the Suriing Club, and the eft 4 NS ° | Bowling Club. iil be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Nathan F. Dupuis, emeritus profes- » . v's | SOT of mathematics in Queen's Uni-| i hg has, gone to Chafers] versity, under whose instruction the Locks for a few day late Mr. Sills had shown wonderful ability, was present to show his sym- ardson"s Convalescent Home. = W. 8. Henry, Rochester, N.Y., 1s} bathy and esteem for the decensed and his family. visiting O:,J. Hickey, "Sunnybrae," College; strget. : | Mrs. Chapleau and her family ar-| rived from Ottawa on Thursday, and Are occupying Mrs. E. H. Pense's house on Wellington street for the summer months. Mrs. Elmer PURE, RICH BLOOD MADE BY HOOD'S (Continued on page 14.) FUNERAL ON FRIDAY. left on ESE -- ---- PERMANENT "POOR REICHENS Berlin, Germany, Will Not Close Them in Summer The Hauge, via London, July 1.-- | The municipality of Berlin has de- veided to keep open indefinitely the | | municipal poor kitchens, which in! | other years were open only during! | the winter months, closing at the! | end of March. This year the clos-| Pure blood enables the stomach, |ing has been postponed month after liver and other digestive organs to | month under pressure of the needs do their work properly. Without it |'of the poor people, but it has now they are sluggish, thers is' loss of | been finally decided to keep the kit- appetite, sometimes fainigess, a de- ranged state of the intestines, an in general, all the symptoms o dyspepsia. Hood's Sarsaparilla makes pure blood, and this is why it is so very successful in the treatment of so { Brown and little are crowded as in midwinter, and that there are many complaints re- | garding the insufficiency of the ra- tions served, Capt. Andrew Dunlop was eighty- any silmeats. ' Get it today. & five years old Friday. . STEACY'S This Week 2000 Lbs. Fine Table Butter 30c Lb. 100 Lbs. Picnic Hams, (Mild Cured) 19¢ Lb. 'The Wm.Davies Co.Ltd. Phone597 | chens open for an indefinite period. | The Vorwaerts says the kitchens |] ~ | TANS, BLACKS AND PATENTS. - THE 85-37 Montreal St., nr. Princess eee | -------- ---- ~ GARAGE" ' MCLAUGHLIN CARS FOR HIRE Careful, courteous drivers. FOR SALE McLaughlin car in ALlgondition ROBT. J. FURSEY, Phones 1609-931, For Sale 1. Good frame dwelling, 4 bedrooms, B. & C.; also hen house and small orchard; Albert St. ...........51,800 . First class modern brick dwelling; loea- tion exceptionally good S mam hy . Double brick, in good repair, 8 rooms each, central location, $4,800 For particulars apply to T. J. LOCKHART, Real Estaté & Insurance Clarence 8t., Kingston Phones 1035 or 1020. NEW METHOD Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing Neatly Done. We make a Specialty of Ladies' Work M. F. PATTON, Prop. 119 SYDENHAM STREET Near Princess St, Phone 214 J -- aa - Low?Shoe Sale Sale Price $3.49 REGULAR PRICE, $5.00 ANH ol | b