"FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1919. Sm " THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG: PAGE THREE ] : The heat of Sunburn is quick ty taken out by an application Ofer BEST'S BALM The effect is simply marvel. oOus----the heat and pain disap; pear at once and leave the sl . cool and comfortable. Large Jars 25 cents. The Popular Drug Store Open Sundays p b \ Star rut : Cina Store <' If you want to Mave & good time on or haligery set. your res) seasonable Candy from the Star Fruit and | Candy Store. 86 Princess Street. * Phone 273, Caneds Food Board Tdoanan: Fruit, 9-1020; Caady, 11-4 p an assortment of b [ grade PAAR | p p p We have , recently received very high Desk Sets --and-- 3 Photo Frames . These are of an altogether new type and are designed, some in BROCADED SILK; others in BRASS, SILVER and BRONZE. Wedding Rings----Marriage Licenses w 4 from New York manufacturers, 4 4 4 9 4 4 4 4 | SMITH BROS. | Barbers To Rais Prices. .. Chatham, Aug. 22.--A %Noost in the ces for a hair-cut and shave {s con+f emplated by the local barbers owing to the high cost of living. The price will be, it is understood, 40c for a Hair-cut and 20c for a shave. « Rev, J. Lafiair will preach on Sun- day in thé Presbyterian church, Cape Vincent, N.Y. w ~~ ARLE WOOD Sawed in Stove Lengths BOOTH & CO., Phone 133 Foot West Street There has been a lot of serious, hard driving to supply the splendid values we are offering in two shipments of Sponges, which have come to us. Large Sheeps Wool Bath Sponges; very soft; splendid Saturday ..,. vais a Fan aie eo rs 'ashing Sponges; good s Yo ; " Windows. Now is the time to freshen up the Doors and Saturday, we will offer your choice, 12 shades Thistle Brand House Paint, 75¢ qt. can. ping can; 25¢. 34 pint can Your choice 4 shades green, 3 shades red, & other nice shades, 40¢,, For the Man Who Shaves = Himself Saturday, we are mak- ing this special 'offer -- Wade & Butcher English Razors, fine. holiow ground; regular price S260; " Saturday . ..$1.75 6 oz. bottle vines ivelBe Ie I}! sibilant SALLLARS A AAs TIVIPVOTeOee | British Tommy Amused | By the Chinese Workers With Forces in France N interesting sidelight is thrown on a little known phase of army life in Flan- { ders by a story contributed {to the Manchester Guardian by an | EngHsh ex-soldier signing himself F. A V. He writes:-- "During the war a ¢ertain town in French Flanders was invaded by a horde of Chinese laborers. They wore blue quilted clothing, army boots and conical fur-lined caps. A raw wind was blowing the fine rain into their tanned faces. They all looked cold and hungry. "Outside the town was a great assembly of bell tents, newly erected on a muddy field fenced in with barbed wire. A dozen Chinamen were shown into each tent by an English corporal and then left to do as they pleased. It was too wet and unpleasant to be in the open, so they Just sat down on their haunches, fore lorn and miserable: "For a time nothing could be heard except a few brief snatches of whis- Pered conversation. Then there was a sniff, and sniff was followed by sniff = some of them were actually weep- ing over their hard lot, discordant wails came from one of the tents. Voices from other tents joined in, and the sound increased in volume, "It was vaguely mournful, als though it did not seem to 'correspond with any definite human emotion. It varied greatly in pitch, it rose and fell, and it even had a kind of rhythm. At first we were puzzled by the weird noise, and then we realized that it must be song. We were, in- deed, listening to Chinese musio-- music that authorities on Eastern culture have praised as subtle and beautiful, though quite unintelligible to the uninitiated, It certainly was uniztelligible. : "30 the poor exiles found consola- tion in song, and in time they got so used to their new existence that in later days they seemed to be always cheerful and animated. "For several months our company and a Chinese labor company worked together at a woodyard and sawmill on the Belgian frontier. We called them Chinks and they called us Inga- leesha. Friendly relations were soon established, although there was on our side a small hostile element con- sisting of men who harbored an un- reasoning prejudice against the yel- low people and considered it degrad- Ingito work with a so-c¢lled 'inferior race." Those who took (this attitude lost nfuch of the little'fun and in- terest that relieved the dreary mo- notony of our own army life. "At first the easy familiarity of the Chinks was quite startling. I happened to be leaning agajnst i a Wooden shed when one of them came up to. me in the usual shuMing man- ner. No intention of any kind was expressed on his face, and, without Saying a word, he unbuttoned my tuaic pocket, took out my pucketbook and examined my papers. Apparent. ly he found nothing of interest, so put the book back again, buttoned time afterward another Chink ap- proached me in the same delightfully informal way. He took my glasses off my nose ani put them on his own. He seemed to find them satis- factory, and, evidently wishing to buy them, he asked me, 'Mow many flanks?' But I did not want to part 'flanks,' and conveyed as much to him. 'He looked at them for a mo- ment, then earefully putthem back on my nose, looked at them again and walked off with affected unconcern. "The Chinks and ourselves would often collect in little groups and con- verse as best we could. One of the up the pocket and shuffled off. Some with them for any number of the yard. We carried them in on our shoulders, two at a time. Suddeniy one of our men appeared with thr~e planks. on his shoulder, shouting, 'Chinese no gooda!' "The challenge was accepted with alacrity, for a Chink appeared with four planks and shouted, 'Chinesha' gooda, Ingaleesha no gooda!' He was followsd by one of us with five planks on his shoulder, and it was 'Chinese no gooda!' once again. Then tame a Chink with six planks, hut immediately afterward a soldier came along with seven, looking very hot and uncomfortable beneath such 8 heavy load. We all shouted de- risively, 'Chinese no gooda!' and there was a long pause, and we thought the victory was ours. But suddenly the Chinks burst into ful laughter and clapped their han in mad excitement. Erie "We did not know what had hap- pened until we saw a Ching stagger- ing under a kind of pagoda which his comrades had erected on his stal- wart shoulders. It was buflt of six- teen planks! hard and takin short, rapid steps, his pagoda on the verge of toppling over every instant, he reached the stack and then allowed the structure to collapse amid wild shouts of 'Chi- neesha gooda, Ihgaleesha no gooda!' It was a warm day, and none of us dict at-this meeting of East and West." -------------------- : English Idioms, rt The why and wherefore of Eng- lish idioms and old expressions, which are so familiar to us that they: no longer seem strange, must be a source of some perplexity to the for- eigner learning the language. For instance, how should he know that when he wishes to say someone has started dn undertaking and given it up before seeing it through, he can say that the man "threw up the sponge"? The phrase had its origin in the prize-fighters' ring. In former times, when a prize-fighter was badly injured in the first round, he often declined the sponge offered to him In the second, or, in a sudden $t, threw it up in the air, thus declaring that he had had enough of it. At one time many years ago the sleeves of all outer garments were very wide. Hence, when a person covered his face with his hand, the fiture. That is why, when we are in- wardly amused at another, we say we laugh In our sleeve. A primitive way for a man to com- mit suicide was to tie the end of a rope around a beam or branch of a tree and the other around his neck, standing all the time on a bucket. By kicking the bucket away he would hang himself. Hence, a slang expres- sion for "to die" is to "kick the bucket." . It used to be customary for the godfather of an infant to present "im with a silver spoon at baptism. In the case of a child born lucky or rich, the gift was anticipated at the mo- ment of entering life and the child was then said to be born with a sil- ¥er spoon in his mouth. Children are often much interested in the fact that puppies and kittens do not open their eyes for nine days after birth. They wateh them with wonder until -the little Tétlows : de- velop eyesight equal fo the old pets of the children's acquaintance. So a onal event or a piece.of public Scandal w) 2: arouses, erest for a few days and then grad- ually subsides is called a nine days' wonder, Giu x When a tent is being put up it fs necessary to secure ijs rope the ground on all sides by pe "bafore the work can be left, lest whole structure, caught by wind, should be blown down Hence the ¥ Now, when See | {ing hard in order-to finish | immediately, we say to | away." (i a i In olden times, when purchased in the questions they invariably put was sellin 'How many year?" meaning 'How old are you!" We would answer either in a few words of Shite we bad picked up or, more comm , by indicating the number with our fi eR "The Chinks seemed to attach great importance to the information supplied to them; they would discuss it among themselves in their rapid, ter, and then they would tell 'us their own ages in urn, An- | started other question they prin was: | to com 'How many . mada? many wives (madams) have 20t?' 'We, of course, had either one or none at all, while they sometimes had 'thlee,' to their obvious pride and jatistastion. PROTE sciously, they assumed ow have ' you | Perspiring, breathing felt inclined to dispute the final were suspicion always arose that he waa} laughing at someone else's discom | COLORED LISLE HOSE "~~ 240 pairs, Colored Silk Lisle Hose; the colors are taupe, smoke grey clay; all sizes; the new Fall vesvran Sale Price, 75¢. PROBS: Saturday, mostly fair and warm. 5 Saturday Hosiery Sale A sale with initiative--our third annual one-day August Sale of high-grade Hosiery---this season of more importance than ever, due to the heavy advance in prices--a word to the wise--stock up! BLACK CASHMERETTE HOSE -- ~~~ 480 pairs, extra fine quality, Black Cash=: :rette Hose; Pen- man make; sizes 8} to 10; a regular 75c¢. value. . . . . .Sale Price, 49¢. TAN CASHMERETTE HOSE. 360 pairs, all we could secure of this fine quality Hose; 81 to 10; regular 75c¢. COLORED CASHMERETTE HOSE. 240 pairs, Colored Cashmerette Hose, in colors tan, and smoke; a regular 65c. value . .............. | WHITE LISLE HOSE in sizes apair ...................Sale Price, 59. pearl grey Sale Price, 49c¢. : 108 pairs, extra Heavy, fall weight, White Lisle Hose; in sizes 84 to 10; a regular 50c. value Hes evn ian vis eee css. Sale Price, 39¢. - SILK LISLE HOSE-- 360 pairs, Black and White Silk Lisle Hose, with double toe ond heel, and elastic garter top; worth 75c¢. a pair . . . Sale Price, 50c. ' ? and pearl grey, tan, nigger brown ard 'price is $1.00 a pair . rene SILKHOSE--- © = © 96 pairs only, fine; 16 inch Silk Boot Hose; in sizes 8} to 10; Price, 75¢. a pair today; while they last . +... . . ... Sale worth $ 1.2 fic Hose at our | iv rk a chance '$1.25 quality: . PEE rar se NaN ds ete range of le sale price. ' The colors to be had me; to- EE