Are You Buying Where! - You Get Best Results? | This Week's Specials: Sweet Potatoes, Cantaloupes. Cocoanuts Some Ottawa Glimpses | H. F. Gadsby. FN t 3 Special Correspondence by Recruiting a Failure--Why? - J able military knowledge and advice would have a better opportunity at . home, Hig Royal Highness was 80 the Government beleagured 'and beset by Sir Sam's at a loss to know the reason. ~ Many] jealousy, so headed off in his good reasoris have been suggested by WO that he came to be known All kinds of fruits. N Np P. H. BAKER & C0." -- 302King St. Phone 141 1" nn ary Coll eet eee Cannot withstand the Hicky- Dover Combination. Dover's Cold Breakers will quickly break up the . worst: head-cold and get it out of the system, and a few doses of Hickey's Speedy Cure will 1oos- en up the tightest chest cold or cough. The tremendous sale of these Sept. 23.--Recruiting sy tically at a standstill in Canada, professes to hel lid critics. Some of them follow:|, /as the Duke of Cannot. This bon Reason No. 1---An impression hd mot is of Sir Sam's own making, got abroad that the Government| Reason No. 7--Great dissatisfac- never intended tp recruit five hun-| tion is expressed at the Pension dred thousand men anyway. Not{Board. This institution is mot only | long after Premier Borden made the! hone-headed, but_is affected almost { announcement, some of the Govern-{ peyond belief with the' red tape | ment's most influential and wealthy | worm, It seems to operate on the friends declared that it couldn't bel oonarny principle that widowed mo- {done without seriously weakening | thers, bereaved wives and permanent- the manufacturing industries of the ly disabled heroes should be kept out country, since which time the GO¥-i Jt yyeir pensions as jong as possible. ernment has had cold feet an { I l ; , Moreover, the pensions are scaled | subject. 1t is freely stated that the| MOTeOver, p ' {five hundred thousand was only al on te Evslish Blan he ofiicers ge {bluff, and that the Government|!i® big end--which does Ld well in a democratic country where | sprung it to stop further bidding. | te big i Re splendid remedies testifies as ||| Redson No. 2--The registration [Jack is as good as hig Jus ler, As A to their wonderful curing pro- JJ| scheme is said to be another blufr.| matter of fact, there are many Can perties, 25 25¢ each. |Up to date the Government has in-|adian soldiers in the ranks ho at troduced no compulsory element into| have as good a social position in eivi |it. Men may register or not as they | lfe, if- not a better one, than the |see fit. The Government has no|officers who are put over them. There i of doing anything more than|is'a wide-spread feeling that the pen- September Morn Act--that is to [sions should be equalized--that js to | say, shiver on the brink. The chief|say the same disability should gat {object of the registration scheme is| the same pension, whether a colonel {apparently to mark time. Like the| op 4 private suffers it. {old maid who was once kissed, the! Reason No. 8--Thé irresponsible | Government likes to talk about It," | character of certain of the recruiting {but that's about us far as it gets. The| oricers. Instead of arguing this {registration scheme is in the hands point out, let me cite an instance lot a Toronto lawyer, who is mow a| which will be recognized readily by | member of the Headquarters Staff at | people who live in Cobourg or there- {Ottawa, having occupied thig non-lghouts. I mention no names, bud I [eombatant position since the begin-(; 1 otra ght at him. {ning of the war. The Captain was To that part of the country came lifted over the heads of twenty-seven somewhere about the year 1889 an of his senior officers to take this soft |. .icioeratic drifter from England Only Best's The Popular Drug Store Open Sundays 8 WHIG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 1 Mrs. Morton E. Hall, William street, received for the first time since coming to Kingston, on Friday afternoon. Mrse. Frederick Wall- bridge and Miss Helen Wallbridge received with her, The tea table, prettily decorated with' pink ' and white aste was in charge 9! Mrs. A. L. Clark and Mrs. W. T. Connell, who were assisted by Miss Eva and Miss. . Mabel Richardson, sc 5 ® --- A miscellaneous shower §is held at the home of Miss Gertrude Sang- ster on Wednesday evening in honor of Miss Tessie Fitzgerald, the bride { of next week, 4 - * $ 2... W. H. Dyde, Johnson street, gave small tea on Friday so that her nds might meet Mrs, Mae- gillivray Knowles, Toronto. x » * Mr value with you. George Williamson, ~-Brock was hostess at a delightful erday afternoon in honor of Ernest Young. ~ aw ® Mrs. stree tea Mrs. Charles Livingston, Barrie street, entertained on Thursday evening in honor of Mrs. J. J. Me- Kay, New York. Mrs TABLE DAMASK 140 yards John tiful design * LJ Mrs. W. K, Ross, Rockwood Hcs- pital, will receive for the first time since coming to Kingston on Tues- day, Sept. 26th, * * Mrs, Herbert ;Bibby, Barrie street, entertained informally at the tea hour, on Thursday in honor of Mrs Ernest Young. * * = Mrs. IL. W. Gill, Portsmouth, left to-day for Halifax, and will sail for England "next week to be near her husband, Major Gill. Lieut. Walter Clarke, Calgary, spent a few days in town this week wanted. value. Saleprice .. .. ... : Ca NEW SUITS AND COATS Now is the time to select your new suit or coat; stocks are at their best with the season's most approved styles. pared to buy, select ~ On Sale from 7 To 9.45 + WHITE FLANNELETTE 860 yards "Duplex" yard wide soft fleeey flannelette. special clot'his part of a belated shipment that was bought full I2 months ago. Regular 18¢ yard. - Tonight we share this old Sale price. ..... CASHMERETTE STOCKINGS 120 pair women's cashmere hose; made of best quality black dyes; Penman quality; all sizes; regular 35c. Sale price . . 23¢ S. Brown, pure linen satin damask; four peau- s to. choose from, full 72 inches wide. Reg. $2.00 . Hr $1.35 If not pre- your style now and have it laid away until on his way to Petawawa. Mr. and Mrs. William Gunn, Bagot street, left on Thursday for Hawley, where they will spend some time. Mr. and Mrs, T. D. Minnes have re- the d r h a I {a {to be strong with the party. We Maintain the Highest Standard of quality in- Sight Testing, Lens Making and Eye Glass fitting ~~ Qur Charges are moderate Our work is guaranteed KEELEY Jr, M. 0. D. 0 OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN, '226 Princess Streét. 8 doers above the Opera House. 8 n ti 0 ti e bi h o b Pp a a d TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF Have you sworn off the "Made to Order' Habit? * Men who have investi- gated the advantages of "Fashion Craft" ready for service attire, have guit "tailor-made" for good. Here you will find a very selected stock of smart models in stylish fabrics that are tailored to our gatisfaction and will fit you perfectly. And er at least ten dollars on a suit or ov- ercoat. All fall suits are now in and many have been already sold and the same applies to over- coats. Be one of the in- telligent buyers and buy ready-to-wear, 0 S n b 0 Pp e s th contracts, Sir Sam's precious friend, Colonel John Wesley Allison, paper ri eligible age asks is, 80 overseas to bleed for my country and let these brigands stay at home and bleed it? shining examples of safety first in the higher ranks of the militia to Too many church parade heroes be- ing made many political colonels raising regi- ments for others to lead danger zone, too colonels chucking the job when their regi- ments are ordered abroad, too many chicken - hearted cocked hats putting up the that many honorary colonels who get mo closer to the war than Piccadilly and the Strand---in slackers in high places drawing down Hades, where discipline can only be week-end leave turn about. two thousand deserters, The camp is to be vacated by the middle of October, leaving it to the ravages of that next spring will find it a deso- late sceng of rack and ruin. served was the holding of a ceremon- lal giarade, at which Major-General thirty-thou fers for the benefit of the a view to boosting Sir Sam, but the Government evidently considers it TN Ar -- nn, Who Tells How A Negro dred ed presently and Saint Peter introduced Washington, E--Easy he was shown. another, 'the Saviour. at golden gate shook the whole saint- ed sphere. who. terous, when L--Lo Ro nap, which nets him four thousand ollars a year. Promotion has been apid. He is now a colonel, although € has never heard a shot fired in nger. The secret is political pull. lis father, once a Conservative sen- tor, is dead now, but he still seems with a Bertie-of-the-Guards lisp, He played the organ and had a light, clear, bath-room tenor voice. Ba- tween the two he made a living. In 1902 he moved west and tried his hand as a farmer, but feund it hard- er work than playing the organ and moved back again. He gave it a three year trial, after which he de- cided that the only manual labor he wanted was the kind he found on the keyboard. The war found him still tickling the ivories. He was one of the first to spring to the colors. He made a good spring at that--Ilanded as a captain, although he had never had a day's drill or taken the short course or done anything to qualify. However, as I said before, he knew the manual---of the pipe organ--and his Ottawa friends let it go at that. Of course, the gallant captain had no intention of stiffening his joints and spoiling his touch in the tren- ches. His job was that of recruiting officer. He continued to play the organ on Sunday and played the type- writer in the armories on week days He made fairly good money, holding down both jobs. In the spring of 1916 his regiment shifted overseas, but not the captain. Hea couldn't be away from town and play the organ, so he stayed behind. He is still engaged in the good work of reeruiting and playing the organ and intends so to remain. None of that nasty, stinking gunpowder for the Céptain! The captain is a good spender, and when he hasn't got it to spend he charges it up. . Like Mr. Micawber, he sometimes forgets to pay. Natur- ally' this does not endear him to the community in which he does his.re- cruiting. Judged by results, it costs this country about one thousand dol- lars for every recruit the captain gets, It's cheap at that, the Captain's Vere de Vere manner alone being, worth the money. Intending recruits, who are not repelled by his blue~ blooded hauteur, have only to:listen to him playing the organ and that settles it, They can't get far enough away. A story is told of the Captain that while on a recruiting errand in a cer- tain village he took dinner at a pri- vate house---he is a great diner out-- where 'he was much incensed at the conduct of the son of the house, who had also donned khaki, in sitting down before the captain got his legs under the mahogany. The rage of the captain at the nerve of a mere private in his own father's house beating him to the soup is said to have been territic. Tsechaikowsky"s "1812" on the pipe organ could not have been worse. --H, F. GADSBY. N.B.----This service will be inter- mitted for two weeks while the writer takes a vacation. ! S Reason No. 3-~The rank and file re disgusted with the war scandals, e shell profiteers, the Yankee fuse hoes, shoddy uniforms, the Ross fle, spavined chargers, grafting embers of Parliament, the procras- nating Davidson Commission and ther matters too numerous to men- on. What the average citizen of why should I Reason No, 4--There are too many ncourage others to risk their lives. brigadier-generals, too into the recruiting leave "and many getting sick four - flushers in excuse too their duty lies at home, short, too many ig pay for taking care of their own ides. . Reason No. 5--Camp Borden. An- ther million 'dollars thrown to thé irds. A sand-blown, sun-scorched reserved by giving half the men As many s twenty thousand men have been bsent from Camp Borden on four ays leave at one time. There are 'inter weather. The-chances are The nly real purpose it seems to have ir Sam Hughes took the salute from sand dust-choked seld- ) 1 movies ow béing exhibited in England with ad policy to show them here. Reason No, 6--Serrvy treatment f the Duke of Connaught, who had romised to stay with us until the nd of the war, hut who felt con- trained to leave because his. var. > the terror of the African jungle, the ex-boss of Hail Columbia, the Moses COMMENTS BY ZACCHEUS " in a word, Uncle Sam's "Elephant v Got A Peep . At St, Peter, - Terrible." ; A O--Oyster Bay. ah negro, across the border, P Pearly Palace, elbgant! But B--Bea ore reach. | 100 y BUiful Shore he Nad reaeh. | 00, quiet for mea aight 100 quiet, C--Christ sat on the highest. 'Gosh darn glad," all the same, I" ad D--Door of celestial abode opened | #P2ep at you, St. Peter. So long! R---Right here, 4fjathey woke, his old plan- prouder than ever S--Soft haze and mellow autumn- chair on Saviours right | tation, al days soon to rule the realm. - F--Few minutes later, there came G--Gentleman, Lincoln it was, H---Have the seat on my left said gi kon ner. languag: 2 of . e e, infallible sign of a Pedaing Cicero. Vu] ¢e a rare virtue. W-- is he who, Xe reason God given him, realizes the paltriness things human; how fleeting his : 3 rs i Y---Yesterday in 'embryo; | morrow in ashes! I--Instant after, a terrible 'Je--Jerusalem! exclaimed St. Peter, K--Kan thay be, 30 bold and, bois- T---Today's tow-headed guy knows turned to town after spending summer at Macdonald Cove. Miss Hazel Browne, in Toronto the guest of Mrs. Gibson, returned home to-day. a Mrs, Branscémbe motoréd from Picton yesterday with her husband, Dr. Branscombe, who is to take a course at Barriefield eamp. Prof. and Mrs. William Nicol, Al- bert street, are spending the week end in Toronto. Ld * LJ Mrs. Harrington, Ottawa, is the guest of her mother, Mrs, H. Dyde, University avenue. Dr. and Mrs, 8. A.° Aykroyd and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Aykroyd re- turned to town this week after spend- ing the summer at Loughboro Lake. Mrs. J. J. McKay is spending a few days with Mrs. D. "G. Laidlaw, Earl street, before returning to her home in New York. | Mrs. Samuel Birch and Miss Ada Birch will leave shortly for Halifax, where they will spend the winter with Mrs, Stanley Graham. Mrs. Arthur Brophy, Ottawa, is the guest of Miss Frances Sullivan, King street, Rev. and Mrs. W. Chambers and Miss Heather Chambers, Boston, are visiting friends in the city. LJ * * Mrs, T. Fenwick, of Belleville, formerly of Kingston, .is visiting Mrs, Bertram Nelles, Toronto. Mrs. Charles Low, accompanied by Miss Marjorie Low, spent a few days at Valcartier, 4 Mrs, Z. Provost, Kingston, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. BE. W. La Chance, Mance street, Montreal, Melville Hyland has returned to Kingston after visiting his mother in Toronto and his sister, Mrs. (Dr.) Morris, in Hamilton. Miss Wilma Miller, Kingston, spent Sunday at her home at Switzerville. * * Mrs. Douglas Stewart, Ottawa, and her two children have left for Mont- real en route to England, where they will join Lieut Stewart, Miss Molly Cartwright has return- ed to Ottawa from Kingston, and will spend the winter there. Mrs. Austin Porritt has returned to Montreal after having been the guest of Mrs. Joseph Porritt, King- ston. g The Misses Jenkins, Kingston, are the guests off Mrs. W, H. Boyle, Napanee, Yo. * Mrs. John L. Whiting has return- ed from visiting in Muskoka, Niagara and Toronto, and will receive the first Thursday in each month throughout the winter, beginning October 5th, Prof. W, L. Goodwin, Miss Alice Goodwin, Miss Bessie Farrell, Miss Marjorie and Miss Katharine Mac- ! Phail, Miss Nan Saunders and Miss j Lucille Corbett are spending the week end at Bob's Lake. Major George Osborne is visitin relatives in the city. Mrs. P. G. C. Campbell and Miss Wilhelmina Gordon left yesterday for Bob's Lake, where they will spend the next few days. * * * Mr. and Mrs. H. Michell, who have been at Bostwick Island for the pakt few weeks, returned to town on Fri- RY. od Miss Ethel Kent, who has been visiting Miss Marion Douglas in To- ronto, returned on Friday. Miss Jessie Dickson came from To- Jdaughter, Geary, 12 Frontenac street. Mrs. Clough is Mrs. Geary's sister. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald H, Crombie and childgen, of Montreal, are visit- ing Miss Dolan, 84 -Lower Union street. Mr. and Mrs. George Mahood, Gore street, are motoring to New York on Monday. Miss Storey, who has been Mrs. Mahood's guest, will return with them. - Miss Marion Booth, William street, entertained at tea this afternoon. Mr, and Mrs. F. F. Miller motored from Napanee and spent Thursday in town. 5 Mrs. Fred Wallbridge and Miss Helen Wallbridge, Belleville, are the guests of Mrs, Marion Hall, William street. Miss Mildred Horsey, spending a few days with Mrs. R. W. Rayson, University avenue, is now with Miss Ruth Anglin, Ear] street. Mrs. E. Sharpe, Brock street, left this week to spend a month with her Mrs. Thomas Crozier, Withrow avenue, Toronto. Mme, Louis Janssens and little son arrived in the city last week from Boston, and are the guests of Mrs. Michael Conroy, Alfred street. * * * x =» Mrs. Ross Parks and daughter and baby, and Mrs. Clarence Smith, Kingston, are spending a week with Mrs. Byard Parks, Deseronto. Miss May McKinley, Picton, Is visiting at Kingston and Wolfe Is- land. Dr, and Mrs. Herbert T. Wallace, Miss Betty and Master Allan, who have been visiting in Picton, return- ed home on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Macgillivray Know- les, who have been in the city for the past week, will leave on Monday for Montreal on their yacht, Ariel. -. * . Mrs. Capitola Amey announces the engagement of her daughter, Edna Bell, to Albert H. Daly, Detroit, Mich. the marriage to take place quietly next week, * » - Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Way, Tam- worth, announce the engaggment of the daughter, Helen, to Francis D. O'Connor, M. D., Tamworth. Quiet wedding in October, (Continued on Page 14.) The opening recital of the dies' Musical Club will be held id Gon vocation Hall, on Thursday evening, October 5th, at 8.15. Membership tickets may be had at Uglow's. Gen- eral admission, 25 cents. The annual convention of the Wo- man's Missionary Society (Napanee division) will be held in Selby Me- thodist church on Sept. 28th. . Silas Woodcock had the end of his thumb on the left hand cut off while employed at Gibbard Furniture Co. factory, Napanee. . OLD-TIME REMEDY MAKES PURE BLOOD ot jo os 2nd ' ' yo Davies' Shoulder Steaks . 19 All Western Beef Special Beef Liver, 10¢ Ib. Ox Tails, 2 for 25c¢. Beef Hearts, -12%¢ Ib. Prices So Reasonable Shoulder Roasts . .. Rolled Pot Roasts ... Brisket (centre cut) Brosket (points) ... Stewing Beef ... ... .. Hamburg Steak ... ... Round Steak - Sirloin Steak The Wm. Davies' Co., Ltd. Order by Phone 597. -- -------- Y Your OUT of TOWN ACCOUNTS by," \ DOMINION EXPRESS MONEY ORDERS 3 cents 6 cents $ 5.00 and under costs $ 5.00 to $10.00 costs $10.00 to $30.00 costs 10 cents $30.00 to $50.00 costs 16 cents Payable at Par Everywhere If loat or delayed your money will be refunded. J. H. Reels, cor. Princess and Wellington Streets ALL SPECIALS There is no advance in the price of our men's fine shoes for fall. Velour and calf welts, suit- able for fall, $5.00. Leather lined waterproof boots, with viscolized soles, $6 and $7. \ )