SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, GRIPPE AND FLU These are the days to catch cold. A little provention saves much trouble and suffering ==Dover's Cold Breakers. ~-Lax. Bromo Quinine Week's Break Up a Cold A few doses AT 0 cold in short order HICKEY'S SPEEDY the great "fia"' mixture; quickly relieves the stubborn cough----strengthens the breath- ing apparatus and is the best mixture of its kind sold. Get these At Best's The Popular Drug Store OPEN SUNDAYS Phoae 50. will cle pa CURE Branch 2018 1919, Eye Strain Causes nervousness, irrita- bility, and head aches. It is a simple matter to relieve eye strain. tests will tell just the kind of Our scientific lenses Fequired. Gur mount. ings are comfortable and be- - coming. Keeley Jr, M.0.D.0. THE OPTICAL SHOP 226 PRINCESS STREET Keeley Jr., M.0.D.0. It's bottom and erawl up. easier to begin at the top and ¢lide down than it is to begin at the I | a | t Beads Beads Beads We have just receiv- ed an approbation shipment of the lat- est New York Bead creations. These are :he new- ful designs ever shown in Kingston. We have them for just ONE WEEK and our window. WEDDING RINGS. SMITH BROS. JEWELERS Limited Established 1840 LICENSES ¥ling Street : est and most beauti- | they are on view in i MARRIAGE { Kingston ] FRIENDS THE COAL SITUATION LOOKS RATHER UNPROMISING from the newspaper reports, but there is no need for anyone to worry; the main thing is to prepare for the inevitable temporary delay in Coal deliveries by having ready such auxiliary heating appliance as the MAJESTIC ELECTRIC or the PERFECTION OIL HEATER. ie Majestic Electric Heater THE MAJESTIC BLECTRIC HEATERS is as handsome an article as is found in any home, but better than this, it is effi- cient to the last degree, giv- ing as it does a wonderful yolume of heat. It is made in all styles and sizes. YOU SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THE COMING weather. from a Stave Pipe to a Furnace. McKelvey & Birch Lid, Brock St. BROCK STREET 3 : THE PERFECTION OIL HEATERS has reached a wonderful state of perfection, both in providing heat and in over coming the odor nuisance found in some Oil Heaters. COLD We have everything that is required for warmth, PHONE 237 1 Mre. - {of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Conway. We have a large and well assorted stock of RUGS. in Wil. J _THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Told In Twilight PPP PPIREE TORE s * ow (Notice--Herealter, the Whig, in ommon with other papers ail over Canada, wili make a charge of 50c ior inserting an engagement, mar: riage or reception announcement, . ww =» Yesterday afternoon a great num- ber of people wended their way to Mrs. Henry Richardson's, University | avenue, this attra ceived ince coming to Kingston. Quantities of lovely flowers, shaggy | vellow and » hite chrysanthemums | and tiny pink rosebuds were artisti- Iy arrange: +3 in the drawing room, | 'hile silver filigree vases filled with sweetheart roses made a lovely cen- | 're piece for the handsome polished table, on which were doileys of beau- % Here Mrs. . Connell 2 + their assistants being Mrs. let Mackenzie, (Toronto), Miss An- nie Minnes and the Misses Eva and Mabel Richardson. - » * Miss Rose Rogers and Howard Pen- i were the guests of honor at a very jolly diuner given at the Coun- try. Club last evening by Major and { Mrs. Hamilton Roberts, King street. | The other guests were Mrs. Lo flerty, Miss Phyllis Williams and her gue st, Mrs. Armstrong (Otta- | Wa), Miss Mary Strange and Miss Kathleen Carruthers, Major Benson, Harold Brownfield, J. Swift, Mr Holmes and Capt. Douglas Carruth- ers. The dinner table looked very pretty with a centrepiece of grace- ful yellow chrysanthemums. « * = Archdeacon Ogilvie treet, was the host of a very bright on Thursday afternoon." His r, 'Mrs. Robert O'Hara, assisted in receiviag his guests, who were mm and Mrs. FitaGerald, Rev. J. 0. and Mrs. Crisp; Miss Crisp, Col Straubenzie (England), Miss Straus benxie and Miss Ddith Straubenzie, Mrs, John Webster (Hamilton), Mrs. Gamsby, ¥ Lyman, Mr. and Mrs. s Cartwright * Dobbs, King Miss Julia F. J. Gibson and ad * Kathleen Cararuthers, An- wandale, Earl street, entertained at a Miss deligt htful dinner dance on Thursday | evening in honor of NMiss Rose Rogers and Howard Penhale | guests were Major ana Mrs. | ton Roberts, Miss = Mary | Miss Kathleen Carruthers, { ison Macdonell and' Miss {ford, Mr. Morton, Capt. Hamil- Strange, Miss Al- McCarter, { Harold Brownfield and Capt. Douglas | Carruthers. . . . Mrs. Stuart Robertson, real, | city. { his wife, Mr. and' Mrs. | ertson, Sydenham street. ] { ». © = D. Mont- | Miss Macauiay, King street, invit- ied a few friends in to have tea on | Miss | | Friday afterncou and meet { Creighton's guests, Mrs. Marani and | Miss Mason, Toronto. { - -. . Mrs. James Higgins, Wellington street, entertained at the tea hour on Thursday afternoon when Mrs, D. 8. Robe @on, Montreal, was the rai- son d'etre. * - . { Mrs. J. Stuart Crawford, Alfred | street, will receive on Friday and ai- { terwards the first Friday of each | month during the Season. i Mrs. W. K Hose," 'Rockwood' en- tertained informally at the tea hour von Thursday afternuon for Mrs. Mar- { ani and Miss Mason, Toronto. 1 * - . i F. W. Coates, 502 Princess i street, will receive on Thursday, j Nov. 20th, afternoon and evening. - { = Capt. and Hes. Erip Belli-Bwars | {the latter before her marriage Miss | Ethel Stirling, a granddaughter of { Mrs. James Strathy who resided { here fof so many years), are expect- | ea to sail for Canada very soon. | They will go on to British Columbia {to visit Mrs. Belli-Bwars parents, | Mr. and Mrs. James Stirling of Sal- | mon Arm. { Miss Violet Mackenzie, Toronto, { is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Richardson, University avenue. Miss Mollie. Cartwright, Barrie | street, left early in the week for Ot- | tawa where she will visit Dr. and { Mrs. Gibson. - -. . { Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pennock, ! Kingston, spent last week the guests { J.-4. Macphail, . Ottawa, is in Kingston, attending a meeting of the finance committee of Queen's Unk BW ervsity. tons, Axminister, Velvets, Balmorals, Brussels and Tapestries. hangings in Velours, Repps, and Shadow Cloths, Luxurious in all the popular shades, This is the season to renew "your decorations for the winter months. | return to Montreal on Lenox Smith, Roval Military Col- i lege, and Charles Hamiiton, son of 'Charles Hamilton, Nelson, B.C., have i | been in Ottawa to attend the funeral i of their Srandmather, rMs. Charles Mrs. McBride, Barrie 'street, re- urned last week from Toronto. Mrs. Adamson has arrived from | England and is the guest of Mr. and rs. W. Minnes, "Hillcroft Miss Marjory Mi expécts to jonday to re- her trainiug at the Royal, Vie Hospital after u delightful ho- { spent bo . } evening { Henderson f dup to visit Mrs. Warren Henderson, t being the first time that | ive young matron has re- | Heber | Lyman, | Prof. and Mrs. Callen- | Her other | Ruther- | Is a much feted visitor in the | She is the guest of her son and ! Stewart Rob- | t Ber Mr. s. J. Minnes, Bagot Harold Corbett, Tw the week with Mrs Johnson street, home. Mr. and went to Morrisburg th day with parents, street. d. who Robert leit last Mrs. to~ and Mrs. { Henderson, for {and will also go to Montreal before { returnnig to Kingston Mrs. Arms ng, Ottawa, guest of Miss Phyllis Williams, slreet Mrs is the King Robert Harris who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bir- { kett, Bagot street, left on Thursday { for Lancaster and Montreal. Later lon she will go to Charlettetown, P | BI, where she will spend the win- | { ter, » » . Dr. and Mrs. Edward Ryan, wood House, left yesterday for To- ronto, and are at the Queen's. { Mrs. Alexander Mackie, Clergy street, has arrived safely in Pasade- { na, California, where she will spend the winter. Col. and Mrs. Penhale, Sherbrooke, Que., coming for the Penhale-Rogers wed- Penhale and Alfred | ding will arrive on Thursday and be | § at the Chateau Belvidere. - - . 4 {| Miss Edith Carrathurs, Earl street, | Hubert Steacy, Miss Vio- | is in Montreal visiting her sister, Mrs. son. Miskes and returned to Ot-| i days with the Clergy street, tawa on Thursday. Miss Agnes Richardson pnto from Kingston for a few days. Prof. J. L. Morrison, Queen's Uni- | versity, Toronto. Major Heber Laffersy and Major leach went down to Ottawa to at-| tend a dinner of ex-cadets of the Royal Military College. | Miss Howe arrived from Toronto viesterday to spend a few days with her sister, Mrs. Leach, and is at Mrs. Efa Dennison's, King street. Mrs. Douglas Young, King street, | returned on Wednesday from To- ronto, i Miss Dorothy Macphaill arrived from Montreal vesterday and is the | fi guest of her uncle and aunt, Col. and | Mrs. Alexander Macphail, Clergy { street. Col. Wilgar, Mack street, few days in Ottawa this' week. - ow = Gertrude Milloy, Windsor, is the guest Jr., Arthur Miss (formerly of Jan on), of Mrs. W. ton) street, Be Stirs Mrs. W. H, Turner, Almonte, | visiting friends in Kingston. Miss Hawley. Napanee, is the guest of Miss Bernice Woods, Picton. i Mrs. T. Stanley Mills and little | son, Jack, have left Cornwall for Kingston and Toronto, after spend- | ing the past month with Mrs. Mills' | parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Were- ley. "Miss Margaret Mellrath, Apple Hill, had as her guest during the week-end Miss Katie Skinner, SRings- ton.- is | (Continued on Page 8.) PREPARED TO RESIGN { | Ontario Soldiers' Aid Commission i Meets in Toronto. Toronto, Nov. 15.-- Members of} the Soldiers' Aid Commission, at] their regular meeting here today decided to communicate with E. C, Drury as soon Gs he assumes office as Premier, and advise him they were prepared to resign at once, or to continue in office until he decided as to the poliey of the government. Hon. W. D. MePherson, former Pro- vincial Secretary, is chairman of the commission, and the other members present today were Senator Sadan, | William Banks, K. W. McKay, R. J. | Christie and W. F. Nickle; K.C. i A sub-committee was appointed by the commission today to investi- gate the numbér of orphan soldiers' children in. Ontario and to take whatédver steps may be necessary to properly care for them. It is poséible that homes will bé opened for them | ia London and Ottawa and Northern Ontario, although the intention is to ultimately place them in foster homes under rigid supervision. Reports showed that during the last three months 991 men out of 1,294 had been placed in employ- ment; that 19,297 men had taken the vocational classes, and that 3,333 are still enrolled: that up to the end of October, 102,800 soldiers had been returned to Ontario and regis- tered with the commission, and that $402,000 had been advanced to sol- diers to tide them over difficulties. Girl Will Recover From Poison. Detroit, Mich.,, Nev. 15. -- Reta Brown, the nineteen-year-old Dun- das, Ontario, girl who swallowed! poison 'with suicidal intent because she had been reproved by an older sister, for latv hours, will probably recover, School teachers should 'hnake a point of reading the Whig's special | new > series of educational articles for school children. They will be of great value and interest in enmcour- aging the children to study. This gevies starts on Monday, November U. S. Secretary of Labor Wilson, in addressing the confegence of min- ers and operators, said that on ac count of the industrial situation, it would be i ble te grant a thir. rs. Ukrainian at Gen. Denekine' s orders. ---- Rock- who are | §i A Program Of Bargains As Only a Suto ta Night at Steacy's Can Bring i it F LANNELETTE Charles Hanson and Mr. Han- | §i } Mrs. Alan Muckleston spent a few | §i Muckleston, | 8 % in Tor- |} will spend the week-end in |§ than i officers gave been tes and jailed | Ji WARM FLANNELETTE GARMENTS We have assembled a large assortment of these garments gt special prices. BLANKETS 200 pairs only, of Steacys special quality white and grey Flannelette Blankets, in all sizes. Fill all your requirements at these great savings. 104, reg. $3.25, to-night $2.49 11-4, reg. $3.75; to-night $2.89 12-4, reg. $4.25, & $3.49 itt TG CN Flannelette Night Gowns, to-night . . $2.29, on up. Men's Flannelette Pyja- mas, at special prices. Children's Sleepers . $1.48 | rr erry to-night OUTSTANDING VALUES IN << Hos iery -- For All The Family FOR WOMEN 300 pairs of Ladies' Black Cashmerette Hose in sizes 81, 9, 94, 10; worth 45c¢. a pair. To-night .3 pairs for $1.00 300 pairs of Black Cashmerette Hose -- Pen- man quality--full fashioned and reg. 60c. a pair. To-night .39¢; pair spent a | i 60 pairs only, pure Cashmere Wool Stockings, in white. A value sold regular at $1.25. Tonight ......~\.. FOR MEN ] 120 pairs only, Men's Union Wool Grey Sox; a value warth 45¢. apar ..... To-night, 3 pairs for $1.00 100 pairs of Men' s Khaki Pure Wool Sox; exceptional value at 65c. a pair Tonight, 47c. per pair. ot . . To-night, 3 pairs for $1.00 F OR CH ILDREN 100 pairs of Boys' heavy, Worsted, Ribbed Schoel Hose; in sizes 7} to 10.7 Regular 75c¢. a pair . To-night, 49c¢. pr. 150 pairs Boys' and Girls' Brown and Black Ribbed Cotton Hose; sizes 6} to 10 . To-night, 3 pairs for $1.00 . 100 pairs Children's Rock Ribbed Cotton Stockings; Sxoalent for wearing qualities. Sizes 7to I'0 ...........To-night, 50c ~ pair 89¢, pair: ; 90 pairs of Men's s Black Cashmerette Socks in sizes 10, and 11; worth 45c. a pair. MEN'S UNDERWEAR 175 Men's Fleece-lined Shirts and Drawers; all sizes; 34 to 46. Penman quality; worth $1.50. To-night .$1.00 each 160 garments of Watson's Shirts and Drawers; ribbed: 'worth $1.50 each. : Tonight. ...........! . $1.00 WORK SHIRTS 60 only Men's hegvy, 'Drill Work Shirts in Blue and Black with white stripes. $1 00 EA YOWLS 60 only, red check union linen Tea Towsls; size 22 x 30; worth to-day 45c¢. each. Hemmed and ready for use. Tonight ........ 3 for $1.00 LADIES' UNDERWEAR 1,000 Ladies' Vests and Draw- ers, in all the wanted makes and styles. Priced very specially . .. To-night . . . . .60c., up to $1 50 TABLE DAMASK: 70 yds. onl yof Bleached Table Damask; full 58 inches wide, and reg. $1.15 a yd. To-night WEA Re Sara SI le WOOL SCARFS 70 only, pure wool Scaifs, in colors Saxe, Copen, Rose, Green, etc., etc. Reg. $1.25. To-night SES ie hs 'VICTROTAS AND VICTOR RECORDS > A Complete Stock Always on Hand.