» PAGE EIG -- You'll Like the Difference There is a subtle indefinable difference between the clothes we sell and the ordinary clothes, To understand it you must see them. To appreciate it you must wear them. R'ght now--this spripg---is the right time to find ont about them. SUITS $15.00 UP TO $25.00 TOP COATS $12.00 UP TO $25.00 \ mammoth stock to select from and attractive gualities at right prices prevail; marked in plain figares--one price only. Livingston's, If Off Your Route, It Pays To Walk. Summer Suits and Dresses An immense variety of all that is new in the correct wearables for the coming sea- son: Voiles, Nets and Marquisette Dresses in white and fancy colors, full assortment of sizes; beautifully made and daintily trimmed from .. .. .. $6.75 to $19.50 in, a a Sport Dresses and Tuk Presses; a full as- cortment of these popular garments, in all the wanted colors. Moderately priced from . . ce... $1.98 wp a New Khaki Kool Sport and Middy Suits; New York's latest novelty, from : ~ $3.50 to $10.00. 8 A 8 pl NIN AN New Palm Beach Suits, New White Wash Skirts, New Silk Sweaters, New Brush Wool Sweaters. A tA ANN A AN Nr A Waldron's The Ottawa Citizer ling from present appearances, a large |proportion of the 72nd (Queen's) ! Battery, which is to go into train- ing at Petawawa shortly, will con- |sist of men from the Ottawa Colle giate Institute The students have !heen enlisting in a manner that has . greatly pleased the hearts of the re cruiting officers, and when tue school term is ended; contingent intends to sign up with the battery. This Is largely due to the fact able to stick together, and that at the present time, there are excellent opportunities for advancement." The R.C.H.A. will "leave on day for camp at Petawawa. says: Satur Licut.-Col. James Hamilton, com mandant of the Serbian Mobilization Camp at Levis, Que., was in the city aver the week-end Col. Hamilton was formerly A.D. of S. and T., and is quartermaster of the R.C.H.A. The first camp of which he was the com- mandant was at Sussex, N.B., but has since been changed. Owing to the great reduction in work with the falling off in recruit- ing, the authorities at Ottawa are de- vising a system by which part of the present Audit Department staff can he done away with Each district has an audit department that checks the work of the paymasters of tae district. This work was done at Ot- tawa until the number of men in training was so great that it was advisahle to establish a system in each district. With a reversion to the old conditions of fewer men part of this staff can be taken off. The 72nd (Queen's) Battery is now seventy strong and requires as many Smore men to bring it up to strength for Petawawa camp . Here are the latest records: From Ottawa, E. P. Byer, G. Coop- er, W. Cousins, J. C. Fcaster, R. E Hill, A. Mordy, G. Taylor, C. Verner, J. Wilson, J. Endicott, R. Todd. From Lindsay--J. Gillespie, A Perrett, Malcolm Douglas, R. Rid dell. From Napanee--J. Soby. From Brockville--T. Brasson, O Wylie. From Perth--W. McLellan. From Athabasca, Alberta Lavell, a nephew of Judge Lavell of Kingston. Retreat is being soumled at p.m. this week. M. McGlade has been appointed as technical lieutenant in the 230th "Absolutely no recruiting is to be carried on in the United States," I» the text of a notice in distr et ord- ers, F. Richardson, P.P. medically unfit for service, is transferred to 2 of the C.E.F. in Can- Lieut. H. C.L.1., being OVerscis the streng ada. There are now two unis o Barriefield Camp under canvas--the School of Cockery and No. 5 Field Company, Canadian Enginee s. Major Nourse, P.P.C.L.I, whe went overseas as a private and came Lack on February 28th with hs pre sent rank, was at headquarters oun Monday. The entrance examinaticns for the Royal Military College are being held at Ottawa, Kingston and Port Hcpe from June 5th to June 9th. Capt. Hall, AM.C., was in Deser onto on Sunday on medical work. Phillip Maxfield, YM.C.A. seca tary at Troy, N.Y., has enlisted as a private with tho Army Medica! Corps Training Repot here, Twenty nursing s sters are leaving this week for overseas. Ednrind Wood~ock, Tamworth, has enlisted with the 14th Regiment, Canadian Defence Force. | THE WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF FORM Tidings From All Over Told in a Pithy and Pointed Way. A lynx five and length was shot in Breithaupt Park, Kitchener, by Ald. S. Gofton. The_ continued serious iliness om Mrs. (Dr.) Peate, Athens, is causins he friends much aneasiness. The Government's conscription bill is expected to be introduced in the Commons towards the end of this week or early next week. Harold Mawson, aged sixteen, and Harry Smith, thirty-five, Hamilton, were drowned in Burlington Bay ow- ing to the capsizing of their sailboat Saturday evening, Out To-day. The Official Automobile Road Guide of Canada, containing maps and describing 15,000 miles of good roads in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces. Price $3.00. The College Book Store. Open nights. Bishop's Appdntment. Rey. C. E. Winter, incumbent at Shannonville, hag been appointed by 'Bishop Bidwell, as rector of Lans- downe, - The London, Eng., post office is holding a parcel awaiting an address from Kingston which is lacking. It was sent from "Doris, Edna and Fred." The senders should commun- foate with Postmaster Stewart. They arrived today. at the C.PR., 1 car seed potatoes from Alberta for are selling "Judg-| another large| that 'the boys expect to be! Frank | 7.30 a half feet in| > | WLTARY CRIES. {1 THEATRL EWS | --d | Sarah Bernhardt | the Grand. | For to-night, and 'uesday and Wednesday matinee and night, the! devine Sarah Bernhardt appears ati the Grand in a superb multiple-reel feature, entitled "Mothers of France". This wenderful picture was produced with the aid of the French government and part of the proceeds ! country. The most enthusiastic | press notices ever given a motion pic- | | ture by the New York newspapers | were accorded "Mothers of France,' when it was presented at the famous | Rialto Theatre in New York City re-| cently These press notices told of] the tremendous enthusiasm aroused | in all the audiences seeing the piec- | ture and also tvld of the fact that [the Rialto did the- biggest business | in its history during the week that| 'Mothers of France" was shown. | When it is remembered that the New York reviewers are always backward {about giving very much praise to a | | motion picture, their tremendous ap- | pMuse for this offering will be seen to be all the more significant. It is | not exaggerating the situation to {state that "Mothers of France" was | the talk of New York. The people | of this city are fortunate in being | able to have the opportunity of see- | ing this tremendous offering. An in-! teresting and educational travalogue | and comedy reels will also be shown. ' At the Strand. Whether or not a girl can enter the' business world and attain | without losing her feminine charm is | the issue involved in "Her Father's | Keeper," the newest Triangle play | with Trene Hawley in the stellar rcie, | | which will be seen at the Strand for { the first three days of this week. In! | this production Miss Hawley, who | | has enjoyed a brilliant career on the} stage and in pictures makes her first appearance on the Triangle gramme Francis Ford and | Cunard will be se n the 'pisode of "The le Mask." Chas. | { Murray and Louise Fazenda in "Mag-| | gie's First False Step," is two thou-! | sand feet of Keystone fun and frolic| [and should please a!l lovers of clean | | comedy In conjunction with the {above photoplays Jack Velmore in| |a polite vaudeville turn will also hold | the beards. | NO QUEBEC UPROAR ABOUT CONSCRIPTION |Rank and File of That Pro-| | vince Are Likely to Accept ! the Measure. | -- | | (Special to the Whig) | Montreal," May 21. success! pro-| Grace] seventh | One thing i» certain. and tat .s that those whe | expected the ann ancement of con | scription would cause an immediate | uprear in Quebec have heen disa~ | ~einted. The mdérning, Le Canada, | Liberal, has an editorial in who | scwe mointed reajirks are made. but | it dces not condémn the measure. | On Saturday La Patrie -crmmendea | the stand taken by Sir Robert Bor- den. i Literals admit that they are wai:- | ing for their party to speak, and it} seems to be safe encuzh to predict | that unless the measure is combaited | by leaders of the Liberal party, the rank and file in Quebe: wll accept { it, even though'¥they do it like Ar-| mand Lavergne, who said on Satur- | day .that he is against the measure, | but as he is a military man je wil | #a when the Government calls him | This is taken to be the answer those onposed to conscription will give | throughout the p.ov nce. Henry Bourassa has been sijent so far. Other French-Canadian pan- ers carny rumors that Sir Wilfrid | Laurier may resign the leadership of the Liberal ~. ty, and Me>sre | Patenaude, Blondin and other mem- | reve f the Cabinet may also resign | | | | | | | | | i | | | as the result of the conscription | issue, | SOLDIERS WELCOMED By The Largest Crowd That Has Yet | Turned Out. | Twenty-one soldiers, who had been {invalided from the firing line and | from England, arrived at the Grand Trunk station from Quebec on Sun- | day afterncon and were welcomed by | the largest crowd that has ever been | at a Kingston station to welcome re- | turned men. x There were two H.A. and Salvation Army--and a] number of pipers present. As soon as the men came off the train they were met by Lieut. Gales, who was acting for Major Birdsall. Mayor Hughes was'unable to get a hearing in the crowd until taken away to one iend-of the platform and there he climbed on a truck and spoke a few words of welcome. Ptes. H. Peck, 5th C.M.R., and A. Bird, 6th Battalion, were the two Kingstonians in the party. ---- Pte. Joseph Welsh of Picton, one of the convalescent soldiers who ar- rived here Sunday afternoon, is a cousin of City Engineer McClelland. Hé was with the 224th Forestry Bat- talion and wag stricken with preu- monia. } The Whig is informed that Prof. Willhoft, formerly of Queen's, who left Kingston after the war started, has been ousted from Columbia Uni- versity, New York, for being too German. He is a former German officer, At the Strand to-night, Chas. Murray and Louise Fazenda, in 'Maggie's First False Step," 2,000 feet of Kevstone fun and frolic. The déiicatiop to service of the Sunday school od of Queen street Methodiét church' occurred on Sun bands--the R.C. will.be used in aiding this war-torn THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1917 ~ Laidlaw"s + | YOU ARE ONE OF THE MANY WOMEN DE- : i. IF CIDED ON GETTING A TAFFETA DRESS FOR SUMMER WEAR SOME OF THESE SMART DRESSES WILL SURELY PLEASE YOU, AND THIS LAST COLLECTION CON- TAINS A NUMBER OF NOVELTIES. \ New Taft- feta Dresses From one of the best makers. These dresses are distinguished by the novelty touches that please those who want a really smart dress. The colors are NAVY, AREO BLUE, TAUPE, RUSSIAN GREEN, 1VY, BROWN and BLACK. Quite a number with only one of a design and you may select any one you wish and have it placed aside if not yet ready to buy. % Summer Silks These silk values are the best we have ever had and cannot be repeated later on when present Focks are sold, at anything near the price asked to- ay. 36 inch Taffeta Silks at . . .. .. . $1.50 yard In SILVER GREY, COPEN, AMETHYST, NUT BROWN, EMENINCE, MAIZE, STEEL GREY, NAVY. : And many other shades. i et tA Pt tlt aA tr st, BUTTERICKS patterns for June now ready. _-- John Laidlaw & Son day morning and was quite a solemn service. Sonstipatia F » We are showing a High Cut Kid Boot for ladies which we know will be found exceptional value at our price, $5.00. A