FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1919, 2 Dependable othes The man who demands Style, Fit and Workmanship in his Clothing will find his requirements fully covered in the Fall and Winter assortment we are now showing, : There arg a few good brands of Clothing made in Canada, and a number of them offer good values, but on the other hand there are a number of brands, and well advertised ones, too, that give you very little value for your money. You take no chance--no risk----when you purchase Semi. Ready Clothing. The quality goes into the garments before the label goes on. "Quality is the true test of value." D. J. WILL "THE MEN'S STORE" We show this Gentleman's Open Face Watch, which is a 17 Jewel Waltham Movement, in a high grade filled case. Complete price, $30.00. This is a thorough dependable time- piece and we can recommend it for the man who needs ac- curate time. 5 | F.at the age of thirty or forty you | say that you ican "see almost as! good as ever," it is time you; should Submit to an eye-examination. | When your vision mechanism begins | to weaken and perform its fanctions | in an imperfect manner your condi- tion calls for an immediate remedy We will specify ithe lenses that you | need, and mount them for you at a| satisfactory price. : i | Kinnear & d'Esterre JEWELERS 100 PRINCESS ST. Other styles and models in prices from $15.00 to $125.00. or ------------ - | i TELEGRAPH BUILDING, i CLARENCE STREET Apoly i= C. & KIRKPATRICK ON PREMISES. OPPOSITE POST OFFICE KINGSTON Iemma i See our TABLE LAMPS in the window. These are new designs just received. H. W. NEWMAN ELECTRIC C0. 167 PRINCESS ST. Children's White Coney Coats and Goat Robes. Gourdier's 78 BROCK STREET, . a ARE INVITED TO VIEW THE FAVORED X I w AUTUMN AND WINTER SHOES FOR 1919-20 - . £1 is, beauty, grace, correctness and m and finish, the now Fall offered Allan M. Reid, 111 Princess St. en superiority of styles excel your comsideration. ! ' THE HUMOR OF THE SCOT AN ADDRESS GIVEN BY PRINCE PAL BRUCE TAYLOR -- Before the Kingston Teachers Assoc. ination Thursday Evening "The Humor of the Scot." ng meeting of the King- ssociation took place room of the Physics Queen's Thur night. e been well over 100, youth of Kingston Principal Bruce "The Humor of the Scot." The are two phases of miu mor, the ¢ and the real humor, Dr. Taylor said. The comic is that which make you laugh at a fox ter- rier running after his tail. The wat- cher knows well that the 'dog will never catch his tail, and therefore the incongruity of the situation ap- pear comic. Humor is void of emo- tion apd contains an element of the unexpected. People don't laugh at the expected, at old stories. They know the point in them, therefore they do not laugh. Humor, whilst it has the same effect as the comic, in that it makes one laugh, is vastly different in many things. Dr. Taylor, then cited the case of the late Duke of Norfolk, who was unddubtedly worst dresser in England. He went to see over a lu- uatic asylum, and whilst there he was stopped by one of the inmates, who asked him who he was, and the Duke of Norfolk told him. "Ah," said the atic, "You should t is humor, which is in some per- ax extent, not always strongly evident, but emerging just when the occasion arises. A good humorist is invariably cle- le Building o There mu teachers of gathered to hear Taylor talk on the s to reat Paw USER T'SAY TMAT THERE WAS ONE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION MOST Faxes NEVER GOT TIRE OF-AND WOoLLI TALK ABOUT ANY TIME - ANT THAT WAS THEMSELVES ! meet] Offices to let; first Noor front; heat-§ | Zi THE BOASTFUL AGE "My pa has a wooden leg." "That's nothin' "tall. My sis' has a cedar chest," ' HE OUGHT TO BE Whe Is the richest man In your neighbor hood? : The grocer, right now, | should say. , Scotland la be here too.'! tain 1 be a 4s to t tween 1 mor be- iglishman hmen is in le the Scot, who are lack humor, have it, but n appearing. then tauched upon ice in Scotch and English, American humor, and sh humor lies in ra- American lies in his ad- to exaggerate. Princip r described the land of h birth and the people, their customs etc. He told of the old parish beadle the schoolmaster, both of whose su- premacy in their villages, lay in their freedom from outside influences. He intermingled his lecture, with excel- | lent stories ete, and on in conclud- | ing stated that behind all the fun of a desire for real simpli- city, a passion for education, that had turned outsome wonderful scho- lars, but in spite of ail, the Scotch had a great belief in the things un- | seen and eternal. The speaker the differ Scotch whilst t al is TENDERED TO 21ST BATTALION CLUB THURSDAY EVENING. A Happy Reunion of Comrades Who Had Served Overseas--A Splendid Musical Programme Was Given. A splendid banguet and concert {was tendered to the 21st Battalion Club in the G.W.V.A. assembly hall on Thursday evening. Comrade H. E. Pense presided. After the dispatch of a number of business matters, in- cluding the enrolligent of nine new members, and the discussion of a re. port from the sports committee, a t musical programme was and refreshments. were served It was a happy reunion of the comrades who served overseas, and the opportunities that the club offers for the perpetuation of good- fellowship are fully appreciated by he executive and they will be util. ized to the fullest extent as time ¥ S on. George Young. secretary of the | Military *'Y," took an active part in providing the evening's entertain- ment and the talented artists who contributed to the prazramme. Sim- ultaneously he had a similar enter- tainment going on at the Sydenham hospital ! Miss Ethel sweetly, go Mae "The Sutherland sang Beils of St. ," an overseas song thgt was reatly appreciated by the troops. The boys all joined heartily in the | chorus. Miss Anita Sutherland sang laby that was also fa- iss Phyllis Devlin sang h to Sleep Till Mammy | Ginny Comes Home'! Comrade A. @. 1 M. Strowger sang "Give Me a Horse I Cai Ride." Sergt. Spargo and Comrade Livesey were the other sing- ers. All of the singers were called! upon for encores. : Miss Mamie Tier- ney presided at the piano in a most efficient manner. The refreshmnts | were served by Mrs. Vanluven and Mrs. J. Lemmon, | 'SUDDEN DEATH OF ARNPRIOR FIRE CHIEF, 'M. J. Rafter, Able Fire Fighter, Was Stricken With Heart | : Trouble. Arnprior, Nov. Martin J. Rafter died at his home! { Tuesday night. The chief's death | was very sudden. heart disease be-| 'ing the cause. During the day he was al his work in his blacksmith | shop and in the evening, after hav-| ing eaten supper, was in his usuall| good health. At midnight he com-| {plained to his wife that he was| ichoking, and when she reached his] side he was breathing his Jast. The late chief Rafter was appoint-j ed to the head of the fire depart-| ment about twelve months ago. He was an able fire-fighter and enjoyed | the confidence of all citizens: The | {deceased was in his thirty-fifth vear He is survived by his widow and free] {small children | i An "Olly Rectory." | | . Government experts are said to | | have solved the mystery of the "oily | rectory" of Swanton Novers, Nor | | folk, England, says Spare M ts. | v { : THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG PAGE SEVEN AL {------ Victory {| Whatever Your Earnings, Save Something 'BUY VICTORY Oil the wheels of industry--buy Victory Bonds Put y A A AS, Abernethy's Shoe Store * -~ eat ct tt sta At nati BONDS our profits into Victory Bonds sei | Loan Meeting, Friday Evening, City Hall nn, . 7.--~Fire Ober | THE GENUINE BORSALINO ITALIAN HATS New Shapes and Colors Just OUR GLOVE DEPARTMENT is proud of the range of Gloves it is showing. This is the glove store of the city. NEW FURS Now is the time to make your selection. CAMPBELL BROS. Kingston's Largest Hat Dealers. Rich in nutritive talue--an excellent substitute for meat--- should be a stable article of diet in all homes. SPECIAL WEEK-END SALE 4 POUNDS FOR . .. - derson's ~ Grocery 59-61 Brock street. Phone 279 Aniiiuiiediadiadindhadidhdh db A 4 4 a 4 | The theory which was hit on early! { In his harassing experiences by the! | rector, Rev. Hugh Guy, is correct---- | the house is built over, or around, & | genuine oil well, and the experts are | | of opinion that the whole building-- | a double-fronted Victorian villa in its | own grounds---will have to be pulled | down, because if the oil were bored | for from the outside it might easily be missed. A corollary theory that! ; the oil evaporated and condensed o | the ceilings is supported by the men | of science. The experts advance no : opinion with regard to the length of | yield when the oil well is struck. A | former resident says that the rectory was only remarkable in his occupancy | for its dampness, fungi growing in the lower rooms to the height of sev- eral feet. : The Orkney Islands. The Orkney Isiands do not really | belan, to Great Britain in the sense Scotland in 1468 in the princess payment of the dowry of of Denmark, who was married to James 111, Kisg of Scotland. deed of tramsfer, which is still in axistence, it is specially mentioned deat Denmark shall haye the right '0 redeem them at any future time 4¥ paying the original amount of the 'Jowry with lotersst to There 's no lkeliiood, however, that Deu acrk will ever attempt to exercis wer right of redemption, becaus 0.000 Sorina, the original amour 4 the dowry, would amount to pe aps a trillion of pounds sterii: ad that is a bit more than the ands are worth, - x A long program cloak that id iritish admiral, Edward Vernon, 3 7iy3 wore on deck during "dirty #eailier ia said to be responsible to { he name "grog ihe satlor's drim tion. The admiral's men irrever nily exlled Wim "Old Grog" ana grog" was the name they gave the ORFS | i nm and water be served them | Tidings From All Over Told In f on | Ry THE WORLD'S TIDINGS IN CONDENSED FORM a Pcinted and Pithy Way. British, American and Malian in- erests plan canstruction of large shipyards in Peru, When President Poincare Madame Poincare visit England Nov. 10 for a four days' sojourn they will be the guests of the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace. A motion to dissolve the order restraining officials of the United Mine workers from the strike was filed in the United Stated court and In the | hol Edwin W. Sims, president of the Chicago Crime Com n, res that Chicago with its population of 2,000,000 has more murders in a yous than En; Beotland . and Rip. ET | i | hinds for | [Mr Reimed Young It is better to buy GOOD FURNITURE, like REID'S, right at the start, and be satisfied than take a chance on inferior goods, WE OFFER YOU UNEXCHLLED STORE SERVICE. JAMES REID The Busy Store With the Large Stock "Phone 147 fof Service, HANBENNERARMMORREGENENEYYSARERERD EERE ARR PURE ICE CREAM Our Ice Cream is the purest in the city. - h Nothing but pure Fruits used with it. Sakell's Ice Cream Parlor {Next to O pera House) Wateh our windows for 8 pecial prices of GANONG™S and MOIR'S high grade Chocolates and home-made Candy. LE A ---------- WOOD iy coming a member ant purchasing your groceries at Sawed in Stove this store you will realize what Lengths Wagon Cooparaive. BOOTH & CO,, : Foot West Street Society, Phone 133 King and Princess Streets. [LES to Petey Serves. NEW YORK FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY STORE HOME-MADE CANDIES, FRESH DAILY WATCH SATURDAY FOR SPECIALS IN CHOCOLATES 314 PRINCESS ST. er MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE: Do Not CAN BE SEEN AND BOUGHT AT A. SPEIZMAN'S USL Storage Battery | DON. M. CRAIG . Expert Storage Battery and Self Starter repairs, All sizb Batteries for all cars. 207 PRINCESS STREET, WINDSOR BLOCK PRONE 1818. HOUSE PHONE 1683W.