Established 1859 Store Closes Dally 8 O'clock. v4 \ ¢ Summer Furs in Seal, Mink, Mole, Sable, Squirell, Baum and Stone Martin, Ete. Omr Fresh selected Collection of Hudson Seal Skins Arriving 1 Your inspection invited--No obligation to buy. i John McKay, Limited x Manufacturers of Fine Furs 149 to 155 'Brock Street Kingston "no Ont. i, | Victor Records $7212--One Sweetly Solemn Thought--Gluck-Homer . . . $1.25 87246--Tales of Hoffman--MecCormack-Krelsler . 87198--Rock of Ages--Gluck<Homer . 88483--Lullabye from Jocelyn--McCormack-Kreisler . . .. 88479--Angelo Serenade--MeCormack-Kreisler 88573---8ing Me To Sleep--Gluck-Zimbalist $3597---Madame Butterfly---Alda-Braslau Whether his eyes need glasses or HE KNOWS the mom h print bl Jhe "yes thes the Suaintn § § sons, 0 88¢ makes any of these symptoms themaelves felt hn your ar seeing. Tere's relief for you 'men at the front and in the hospit- 'I pleasant day to a close, * vl THE DAILY BRi: (SH EVENT AT COLLINS BAY PRESENTATIONS MADE TO MEN * RETURNED FROM WAR. ee Ss Tr Garden Party On Lawy of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Rankin--Addresses By Dr. Edwards, W. ¥, Nickle, Col. Dawson and Others. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Rankin, Collins Bay, who have been fore most dn war activities, especially since the men have heen coming back, worn with the strain and stress of battle, added one more kindness to the returned soldier by throwing open their lovely house ahd grounds for a garden party om Tuesday afternoon and evening, giv- en in honor of the men of the vicin- ity who have come back from France. In the garden under the lovely old trees was ithe tea table where Mrs. Reid, Ottawa, and Mrs. Elmer Davis, Kingston, poured tea, and a number of bright faced girls in 'pretty frocks, waiting on e many pr fry Home-made dainties, sweets and ice cream were sold by Tor the evening a good pro- gramme was arranged with Dr. J. W. Edwards in the chair. There 'were songs by Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Craig, Mr. Kery (Detroit), a violin and plano duett by Howard and Pet- er Fair aft amusing Irish recitation by Canon FitzGerald, and several numbers by Geoffrey O'Hara, whose Irish wit has dome so much to en- liven the monotony of the training camps of the American army. W,. F, Nickle, M.P., spoke briefly on the object of the gathering, congratul- ating the retuined men of the dis- trict, who were to receive a token of appreciation from their friends and neighbors on the part they had played in France and Flanders, and voicing the pleasure of the people of Kingston at their safe return. Then the event of the evening took place, when ithe chairman presented each man with a gold ring with his initials and "The Great War" engrayed on it. The re- ciplents were, first for her husband, killed in action, Mrs. A. Cosky; A. E. Redden, A, M. Day, C. Van Als- tyne, R. Van Alstyne, E. J, Day, G. Leonard, H. W. Yeomen, J. HE. Meare, G. McLean, W. McLean, James Robertson, H. Baker G. G. Lashford. Dr. Edwards then called on Lieut. Col. Dawson, DSO. CMG, to speak for the returned men which he did in a simple, manly way, re- ferring to the band that bound men of all ranks together at the fromt and saying that ome of the men who received the token had been in hig command at Passchendasle,: He as- sured those who had arganized this 'welcome home' that it would give much real pleasure to for whom it was arranged. Major Willlam Nickle, M.C., was then called upon to speak, which he did very briefly, referring as Col- onel Dawson also had done to the 'work of the women who kept the als supplied with comforts. The singing of the National Anthem bron a most successful and & a # Owing to Saturday being a ho-# * liday the notices of church ser- & # vices will be published on Fri- # 4 day; at least all those provided + % up to 5 pim., on Thursday. The # 4 pastors of the churches are ask- + * ed to make a special note of # # this announcement. * a ee HAD NO QUORUM, % | -- y Board of Education Will = Discuss School Question Later. The Board of Education was call- ed to Mest on Thursday fight, to disouss th but there was no quorum. Jt will probably be held Thursday night. | There 'were ten trustees present, but eleven was needed to make the | Those predent remained £0! afte NCDENTS OF THE DAY {ll the ladies in charge and a good]|da : [5 realized. eh 4 | Good-Bye! I'll See You Teresrsessmmsrsssssssnret | thelr proposed new school, | mmittee had | |i having met at |} ernoon. i LOCAL NOTES aNp ITEMS OF . Swaine, piano tuner, orders at McAuley's, or "phone 564w. WwW. 8. belt of the Toronto Telegram news staff was a visitor to Kingston today. Mr. and Mrs.'O. D. Shaffer left for Sarnia, Tuesday, having come east to attend the funeral of the late Wil- liam Sutton, An officer recently returned from OVErseas was surprised when he dis- covered that Kingston streets haa Veen shelled during his absence. Now is the time to have your ed. We carry two expert and will assure entire satis- faction. C. W. Lindsay, Limited. The suggestion has been made that © grocery stores remain open fora n Friday night, and then close on Saturday for the holi~ y. 'The civic hotel committee is to have another meeting this evening. City Clerk Sands says the hotel pro- position 18 only in its organization stages, ¥ Rev. Dr. Jordan will preach at Utica, N.Y., on Sunday and during the first week in August will take part in an Old Boy's reunffn in Strathroy, his former home, - : Miss Violet Ashley passed away at her residence, 24 York Street, on Tuesday after ' an illness "of six months duration. She was the daugh- ter of G. W. Ashley, and is survived by her parents, It is sald that Rev. A. RB. Run- nells, pastor of Douglas Methodist church, Montreal, is to be the next pastor of Westmount Methodist church. He 1s a son-in-law of the late Rev. Dr. Mavety. We will rent you a plano, and at end of six months it you feel like purchasing instrument we will allow the six months' rental on purchase price, and arrange easy terms on bal. ance, C. W. Lindsay, Limited. Joseph Prince, an aged inmate of the House of Providence, passed away on Sunday last after an attack of apoplexy. His home wag formerly at Barry's Bay, Ont., and the body Was sent there by undertaker 8. S. Corbett on Tuesday. A Many of the Free Methodists in the surrounding district are taking ad- vantage of the eamp meetings 'which are being conducted in Martin's Brove 'at Verona. The 'meetings which opened a week ago, will con- tinue for another week. \ The steamer Island Belle frols Alexandria Bay and other river Points docked at the Rockport Navi. gation Company's whar!, on Mon- day, remaining from 12.30 to 3.00 p. m. 8he had 250 passengers who spent the time sightseeing nnd visiting the stores. ing man for Charlie Chaplin. He will do heavy parts. He wears a thirteen size zshoe, twenty-three collar and measures seventy-four inches in the trip around the waist line, biggest Elk in the world. - He loves work and dislikes fat peopl lin declares that in Wood big find. es ie Moonlight s*xeursion. ] Under the auspices of Queen Street Methodist Young Men's Chub, Monday, 'July 21st, on §.8. Brock. ville. Boat leaves foot of Brock street at 6.45 p.m. Tickets 50c. le. he has a -and-Bye! It's vacation time ~ Te way. They have taken their best friend YOUR vacation time Gomes, be sure the paper sent to you while you're away, Thomas A. Wood is the new lead. || He's the! JH See him at the Strand lll and they're on lf] Yith them, the British Whig. When {|i} to 'phone the Whig and ask to have | 5 A Join} -- Lo of the o on a If You Were Asked to make a list of America's twenty best fiction writers, first fifteen would be the following: among the --Peter B. Kyne. James Oliver Curwood. --Robt. W. Chambers. ~--Meredith Nicholson. ~Samuel Merwin. --Arthur Somers Roche. --Basil King. ~--Rupert Hughes. ~--Louis Jos. Vance. ~--QGouverheur Morris. --Frank R. Adams --Dana Gatlin, These and others are all included in the August issué of THE COS- MOPOLITAN. Now on sale. America's greatest Magazine. THE COLLEGE BOOK STORE OPEN NIGHTS Get Out Your Purse (1) 100 yards of All Wool Cream Panama Cloth--42 and 45 inches wide Worth to- day $1.00 a yard. Thursday snap . . .69¢. (2) 150 yards of Pailette Silk--36 inches wide; beautiful rich black; extra quality--Thurs- daysmap..................].. 8149 3) ' 200 yards of Fancy Stripe Mohair--suit- able for bathing suits -- 40 inches wide. Thursday snap .........:.... . [78e. Near Division street, double brick front dwelling; etric light; 3 piece bath; barn; de lot; gateway; in perfect state of repair. Possession 30 days ~$5500. On Plum Street Corner house, frame, with side and front entrance; extra lot; improvements; in good re- pair. - Possession 30 days $3000, : A good farm of 135 to 145 acres, 4 miles from city limits, 70 acres cull vated, rest in pas- ture. Stone house in good re- pair; rock cellar; 8 barns and granary; all well fenced: lots of water--§7500. : No Phone Orders for These Three Snaps Pictorial Patterns and Magazines for August. The high cost of pork and the high cost of labor in the bush and at the mills, leave little prospect of any drop in the price of Lumber. , Our advice is to build now and get the use of it. 'Choice Dairy Butter," 3-00; 10,900, $23.00. printed with your own copy: $3.80: 5,000, $15.00; 10,000; $25.00. taraqui Lodge | Jovecially