PAGE TEN \F rom the Countryside] | Fromtesac | : VERONA. Aug. 19.~--The heavy week-end rains have beéfi very beneficial to these parts. Almer Scales is moving into his new home in lower Verona, Jately purchased from Wesley Revell, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Craig have re- turned bone after spending a week in the west. Miss May Shephard, To roato, is visiting heM=sister, Mrs. Charles Grant. GU. Childs spent the week-end at home. James Gregory and Miss Sdrah are spending a few days at Rochester, N.Y. Miss hLiazel Asselstine is spending a few weeks at Calabogie, Miss Lila Tallon is visit- ing her sistér in Toronto. Miss Ruby Storms High Falls, is with her grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. 8. Storms, Miss Beulah, Burleigh, nurse-in-train ing In Kingston, spent Sunday at home. George Lakins is on the sick list. Mrs. Wilfrid Knight of Catara- qui, Is visiting at Edward Curls. T. T. MeDougal and son Dean, Tor- onto, is at the Martin house. The threshing machine once more has made its appearance in this vicinity KELLERVILLE, Aug. 20--The farmers are rejoic- ing over the grand rains which came just in t"me for the corn and pota- toes. . Grain cutting is the order of the day. Grain is away below an av- erage crop this year. The canvassers for the referendum have their work completed. Nearly every person wants prohibition: Two canvassers canvassed fifty voters and only two persons would not vote "no" on ev- ery question. Mr. Blacklock is thru here to-day buying cattle. The Misses Sutherland of London, Ont., visited at Edward Sleeth's on Tuesday along |' with Harold Clark, their cousin of Cedar Lake. Misses Clara and Myrtle Taber. Robert and Arthur Taber of Athens; and Migs Jessie Stafford of Lansdowne, vii at J. E. Anglins. Mrs. BE. Andrewsy and Miss Bertha Sleeth spent a¥féw days at Delta and Soperton last week. John Robb slip- ped a load of pigs yesterday and got 21 cents a pound. Samuel Yateman and family went away on a motor trip Sunday. George Kirkpatrick and family of Battersea passed through here to-day on a motor trip. Congra: tulations to Miss Boctha Sleeth on passing her Lower school examina- tion, . Holidays are nearly over and not a teacher is in sight yet. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Caird, and Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Caird, of Seeley's Bay, visited at Alphaes Caird's. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Jackson of Batter- sea spent Sunday with friends here. ' HOLLEFORD. Aug. 23 Vegatation is much re- EERE of Kingston tions. i Rleasant Valley spent Sunday under, To The Paper-box Makers In Toronto at present you may obtain work at our owtl trade, under the most desirable con- Our factory is ome of the most modern; best ventilated and comfortably conducted plants in Canada. Work is avatlable in it all the yea can mad the very high- ® year around. vived by recent showers. Rev. Mr, and Mrs. Burnham have arrived home atter a long absence. Frederick Martin and niece, Miss Nina Shay, are visiting friends at Watertown, and other American points. Charles Hodder, has gone to his home at Adams, after visiting friends here. Mrs. Arthur Galloway and children of Dexter are spending a few weeks with her father. John Gregory and family spent yesterday with relatives at Petworth. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Van- luven and Miss Carslake, spent a few days last week with relatives at Shar- bot Lake. J. D, Medcof and family of Toronto and J. 1: Medcof and wife of Kemptville, have returned to their homes, after holidaying with their parents here. Mrs. Lake of Kingston, is with her sister, Mrs. Martin. Prof. Henderson and party of Kingston frequently motor to Robert Bab- cock's where the professor's is spend- ing his vacation, An enjoyable even- ing was spent in the 12th inst, when upward of forty people gathered to welcome T. F. Townsend, just return- ed from overseas, and to present Mrs. Townsend, retiring organist, with a duet bench and a brass fern pot. Mrs. Townsend voiced her ap- preciation in a few well chosen words. Some splendid music was ren- dered, among which were several duets by Mrs. Townsend and Miss Helen Babcock. Miss Mabel Redmond is spending a week with relatives in Kingston, Miss Luella Martin of the parental roof. Mr. and Mrs. S. Babcock motored to the city on Thursday. WAGERVILLE, Aug. + 19. Most the farmers are through har- vesting and report good crops. The long looked for rain has came at last which will do a lot of good. Some from around here spent the 12th at Riley Lake. Tip Wager and Murray Kirkham made a flying trip to Belleville Saturday. Mrs. Boy Wa- ger is home from the t after spending the past few months with friends there. M#. E. Clark Roches- ter, N.Y., visiting her sister, Mrs. H. J. Wager. Misses Tressie and Ethel Wager are spending a few wéeks at home. The many friends of Pte. John A. Ruttan are glad to see him home again from overseas. Mrs. H. J. Wa- ger and sister, Mrs. E. Clark and Miss Helen Wager made a business trip to Kingston last week. Pte. Tip Wager has arrived home from the U.B.A. The sports of Wagerville en- joy fishing at Long Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Geokge Raymond, Sydenham, called on old friends here Sunday. Tip. Wager, is at Frank Snider's. Marsh hay is a good crop. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wager of Watertown were recent visitors of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Wager. Aug. 19. --Invitations are out for the wedding of Stephen Goodall and 7 of Miss Ella McMachen, youngest dau-| ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Me-| Machen. Miss Coon, Athens, is ai guest in the village. Mr. and Mrs. | W. A. Coon, Dr. Di A. Coon and wife | motored to Waddington, N.Y. for! the week-end. Mr. and Mrs, G. F. Warren have returned from visiting | relatives in New York State. M.| Plunkett and som, w York City,| were guests of his parents. Dr. Ber-| liner and wife of Philadelphia are| guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.! W. Charland. Mr. Lammin, Morton, | has opened a garage in S.J. Smith's | feed store. Mrs. H. S. Knapp, Toro-| nto, is the guest of her parents. Miss Jennje Kirst, Hamilton, is guest of her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson, Renfrew, are guests oftheir son. Hugh Soper is confined to the house by iliness. Russell' Topping is under- going treatment at Kingston General hospital. Mrs, Easton, Kingston, was the guest of Miss Elsie Kerr. C. A. Halladay, Ottawa, spent his holidays with his father. Miss Mary Halladay, nurse-in-training, Toronte, is enjoy- dng her hollday with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pearson spent Sunday with friends at Merrickville. G. W. Cheney made a business trip | to Perth this week. WELLINGTON NEWS BUDGET Returned From Overseas | Purchases a Farm. Wellington, Aug. 22.--Mr. and Mrs. William Carrell of Toronto, and Mrs, Carrell"s sister, Miss Hender- son, M.A, are spending a few weeks and Mr. and Mrs. D. Vandervoort. Mr, and Mrs. Ross Platt have moved to Markham. Mr. Platt will manage the branch of the Nova Scotia Bank. Mr. and Mrs: Wallace Garratt and Elwood Garratt of the teaching staff at Winnipeg spent Thursday with Mrs. George Cooper, West Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk and son and wife and Mrs. Folks of Gananoque, visited at William Doniver's. Mrs, William Boyd returned home from xisiting her brother and sister. A Philadelphia Quaker preacher officiated at the Old Friends church Tuesday evening last, Mr. and Mrs, Root visited at T. Luffman's last week, Mr. and Mrs. Avery, Mrs. Sander- voort and Mrs. B, Harriss spent Wednesday last at Picton. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Wilder, Mrs Elieen and Miss Emma Wilder, spent Wednes- day at Picton. Mrs. Margaret Pyne of Picton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Bonter. Mrs. Wallace Garratt enter- tained at the dinner hour last week Mrs. Heffernan and son Jack, and Elwood Garratt of Winnipeg. Mrs. Eliza Cooper, West Lake. Mrs. Maria Haight of California and Mrs, Elva Garratt of Ottawa. Mrs. Fred Bonter entertained last week Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ainsworth of Rochester, Wilson Stoneburg of Victoria, B.C., Mr. and Mrs. Danford Ainsworth and Mrs. Eliza Trumpour Mrs. Mary Vandewater of Brighton, Mrs, Ed. Bonter of Belleville and Mr, and Mrs, Campbell of Hillier, Frank Weir is officiating in the Anglican church, Picton, in the ab- sence of Rev. Mr. Barber who is away on his holidays. A large 'crowd of this place at- tended the farmers' picnic last Sat- urday at the Lake Shore house, West Point, Miss Lulu Platt and friend re- turned to Rochester after a few days visit: hers. Miss Agnes Mandeville, nurse of Toronto, is spending a few days at her home here. Mrs. Davern and Mrs. lan Slack of Hillcrest spent Monday in town, Mr. Smith, manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia and wife have arriv- ed from Eastern Ontario. Mr. Smith will manage this branch of the Nova Scotia Bank, The lawn social held on the public park was well attended afd a fine programme was rendered on Friday night last. Mrs. Bruce of Montreal, Dancing Girls of Bagdad 000 HERE are few cities as won~ | derful as Bagdad at night, as you sit on the veranda of the club sipping the first peg of the day. After a strenuous hour's tennis your senses are lulled by the magic swish of the Tigris as- it flows swifty on its 700-mile jour ney to the sea; lights twinkle on the right bank, appearing among the palms, as the Arab laborers return home from their day's work, com= pulsorily armed with lanterns, _ Your eyes are attracted by a bril- liantly lighted house at the far end of the old Turkish bridge of boals, according to "the London Times. Apparently the roof is crowded, and white figures seem to dart hither and thither on a tiny stage; occasionally you hear a strange melody come across the water by a vagrant breeze, fixe the crooning of a child, rising and falling to the notes of some stringed instrument. From afar il is typical of all that is eastern, and strikes a romantic chord. You feel inclined to investigate this strange place, and to see if romance is to be found in an Arab theatre. On the other bank the inevitable small brown boy appears, comely but importunate, with his eager cry of "dancing girls, sahib---ver' good." You pass through a lighted street, lined with native cafes, and you stumble up a rickety staircase, feel- ing that romance must be waiting at the top, and buy an officer's ticket for the apparently reasonable sum of one rupee. Curious eyes are turned on you as you enter ihe roofless hall, open to the velvet sky; a native, clad in an odorous burnous, shows you to & wooden bench in the front row oceu- pied by a few self conscious British subalterns. The stage is apparently built of old biscuit tins--which has now to be strictly accounted for by army units--and the curtain, a dirty sheet crudely daubed with paint, is down. Attendants are busily selling tiny cups of coffee and clay pots fill- ed with iced water; there is little noise--only a confused murmuring, strangely melodious. Suddenly the curtain rises jerkily to disclose four dirty Armenian men, wearing - soiled ducks and feses perched at a jaunty angle on their heads, and strumming on Instru- ments like bloated guitars; the audi- ence remains unmoved by this spec tacle, and conversation continues as before, An Arab boy sirolls across the stage for no apparent reason, and fin. ally the far-famed dancing girls ap- pear, and sit down heavily next to the men. There are three of them, seemingly ranging in age from 14 to 20; their complexions are almost white, and their noses betray their Semitic extraction; they are dressed in tawdry, high-necked frocks; the skirts reach to their ankles, their necks are hidden in stiff colla: the 'minimum of - flesh is "exposed 'What a contrast 'to the European stage! The players began to chant in the usual eastern way---there {8 no ap- parent tune and little melody. The fattest of the girls rises languidly and glides slowly across the stage, sing~ ing to the music; after a while she undulates her body in the manner made familiar by the so-called east- ern dancers of the music hall, but with infinitely more 8kill; she seems to be devoid of bones, and moves her bas returned home after a few days) hes? from side to side without bend- spent in Wellington. Robert Hoper- ton of the northwest is visiting friends here. : Mrs. Arthur Allen and Mrs. Mae Allen of Trenton, called on friends recently. Thomas Thompson who suffered a compound fracture of one leg and Walker Nelson who suffered three compound leg fractures, are able to be around again. Mr. and Mrs. Panther, Belleville, guests of Mrs. Fred Bonter. Dr. Mc- morning owing to the precarious con- dition of her father. Mrs. Prince of Newburgh is visiting her daughter, ee ym at the Methodist f the eligh ing her neck. The music quickens, and you hope she is going to do something more daring, but she sim ply glides around the stage, keeping time with a tap of her feet, and grad- ually ceases, and she disappears with- out a single clap. Apparently ap- plause is not expected. The second girl rises and goes through the same performance. She undulates better than the other, and a fine-looking Arab in the third row doubt the proprietor takes t share gots ii THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG AMATEUR GARDENERS. Cultivating the Vacant Lots In a Big City. Because of the war "Save and Serve" became a natiomal"duty, and | because of peace, the national duty bas been altered t> "Serve and Save." One organization that has recognised this truth is the Rotary Club of To- ronto, which is going ahead with its. war gardens as though the Hun were still at the gate. The service consists as in the war years In ploughing va- cant city land and providing all those who wish to till it with soed and advice. The work is under the sble direction of Mr. George Buldwin, an Old Country landscapes gardener and expert, assisted by #» committee of which Sir W. R. Meredith is presi- dent and Mr. J. 8. M. Ridley and Mr. W. H. Alderson are particularly enthusiastic members. This year the Rotary Club, co-operating with the Toronto Vacant Lots Cultivation As- sociation, has ploughed and seeded about 250 acres of land. The entire produce of these lots, which number 1,540, goes to those who cultivate them, the club charging nothing but a nominal fee of two dollars for all its services. The cultivation of vacant lots under these auspices began in 1915 when there were 150 plots from which produce valued at $5,000 was secured. The next year there were twice as many lots and the value of the produce was $9,000. There was a big jump in 1917 to 826 lots whose vegetables were valued at $30,000, and a still greater increase for last year when produce valued at $75,000 was taken from 2,060 vacant lots.' Generally speaking we may probably iake it for granted that each lot sup- plies not only the cultivator, but his relatives with fresh vegetables from the 'time the radishes and lettuce bloom in the spring until the last groping unearths a turnip or a potato next winter. Many families by rea- son of the toil of one member--work that is done at times when it does not interfere with his regular occu- pation or unduly fatigue him--have their vegetables all the year round. Not only is this an important saving for those who cultivate the gardens but must also have some effect upon keeping the prices from sky- rocketing, but the cultivators are learning the art of market gardening, and are thus equipped to start in on a larger scale with a view of supply- ing the market. » More than this, several returned soldiers who knew nothing about gardening a couple of years ago have become so interested in the work that they have taken up farms in New | Ontario, and promise to become valu- | able settlers. It may well be that the cultivation .of vacant lots in Toronto will prove a sort of kindergarten for serious farming if the childven are interested. This is not being overe looked by the Rotary Club enthus- iasts, for mote than one hundred lots are under cultivation by school chil- dren, assisted by their parents. The city school which takes first rank in this work fs the Williamson School on Donlands avenue. where | : | { { { : i | there are 57 pupils at work. The Hillcrest Sé¢hool is also well to the front with numerous carefully tends i ed gardens, The movement is also | spreading among the factories, m: of which have land that would other. wise be a slag heap. The association first secures the permission 6f the vacant lot owner to cultivate it, paying nothing for the right, but agreeing to vacate without compensation on notice should the lot be sold. It then | ploughs and harrows the soil, and re- | saives- from those who | desire to work on it. Next the seed { is supplied at cost. and Supt. Bald- | win explains how it should be plant- { ed. He drops in from time to time, | seeing every lot at least once a week : in the course of the growing season and gives timely advice as to culti- vation. There is in the west end of . the city a demonstration plot where ; iring gardeners may go to find out just what is possible if attention and energy are contributed to the-work. It is expected that next year there will be a similar demonstra plot in the east end, for the work is grow- ing so that one model garden is not * «MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1919: Last Week to Get Cheap Tea I will sell the balance of my stock of 60c. and 70c. Teas for this week at .....50¢ per lb. This in face of two advances:in wholesale prices. : The Thompson Bottling Co. GEO. THOMPSON, Prop. Fhone 304 ot it $08 Princess Street Palm Olive Soap Three Cakes For 29 Cents SARGENT'S DRUG STORE Telephone 41 Cor. Princess and Montreal Sts, Lots 50 ft. by 120 ft. tb 15 ft. long, overlooking the St - rence on Kensington Place; paved street: bqulevard; 8 Bt Jaw. services established. Buy 'quick, aa these lots and locationggan Apply to: Telephone :703 J. 0. HUTTON 67 Clarence Street, Kingston TOYE' BREAD Is uniform day after day, has the flavor that pleases; sends the kiddies off to school satished, anad hurries them home again for more. : "11 Cents a1 1-2 Ib. Loaf. Phone 467 and our salesman will call.