FRIDAY, PECEMBER 12, 1019. er -- Er -- SX ISCHO0LS CLOSE DEE. 19TH BESTS | S55 MUN As usual to the front with a fine display of Holiday Gift Goods. ~Toflet and Manicure Sets. ~Shavers' Sets. ~--Fountain Pens, ~-Fancy Chocolates. ~Stationery. ----Brushes and Mirrors. Perfumes and Sprays. A ii THE GIFT | A | DIANOND of this Xmas. time for many years. . Drop in erly and look this "fife display over. The Popular Drug Store Open Till Ten Each Night Phone 59, --Solitaire Rings --Bar Pins --FEarrings 1neeley Jr., M.0.D.0. Diamonds are scarc- er and more desir- able this year than ever before. It will pay you to visit King Street. MARRIAGE LICENSES Insure Against After Regrets by Using Glasses Prescribed, Keeley Jr. MO.D.0. The optometrist of today to do good work must not only be equipped with the best mechan fecal apparatus but must have that knowledge in WHICH ONLY LONG ENCE CAN GIVE, WEDDING RINGS. SMITH BROS. JEWELERS Established 1840 ing Strdet 3 Kingston its use EXPERI It is this combination of mind and machinery of experience - and equi, Keeley" Kingsto THOMAS COPLEY Telephone 987 tery line, Estimates gives om ail wood floors of sll k ade. sill vecelve prompr ut 28 Queen street; .. . Love and wine get credit for mak- ing fools of some men who were born, fools. A POPULAR GIFT Ome that contributes a real service to recipient and will be much appreciated by her is offered in BISSELL SWEEPER 'Elegance may be combined with easy operations and thorough performance, making BISSELL SWEEPERS popular every where as a most pleasing, practical, appropriate gift "for mother or wife, kin or friend. who dominates it. . All the most popular Bissell models are shown here, our stock being complete, invites everyone for: inspection, at McKelvey BANCK STREET 3 t * & Birch Ltd, t t PHONE 287 i { 4! <€! { i ~Cluster Rings: -- tn mm Wanting anything dose in the jaiges. of vepairs and mew work; also Dore. Shop A company 1s known by the man THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG EDUCATION HEID } BOAEKD OF i THE JEAR FINAL MEETING OF 3 : { Work of Exeavation Has Been Com. 3 | menced on the School in Cataraqui 4 | Ward--Request for Teacher of Music in the Sehsols. The Board of Education held its last regular meeting for the year { 1919, on Thursday night. and passed 3 | a grist of business, including a reso- | lution of importance to the scholars | that of deciding to close the schools for the Christmas holilays on Fri- day, December 19th. The re-opening takes place on January G5th. The retiring chairman of the Board, F. R. Anglin, came in for some well-deserved praise, at the | close of the meeting, when a resolu- | tion was moved by Trustee Renton, | seconded by Trustee Macdonald, and | carried by a unanimous vote, with much enthusiasm. Mr. Anglin has { ably presided as the head of the Board of Education during the year, and the resolution expressed the | feeling of all the members of the | Board/ Tp preciation of the members over the | splendid qualities that have charac- | terized the chairman in his dutles | during the past year, and Mr. Anglin | made a 'most fitting reply, thanking 'the members for their warm appre- ciation of his services. All - the members said "Hear, Hear!" when Trustee Elliott, who had béen moved to the chair for the occasion, tendered to. the retiring | chairman the thanks of his collea- Bues, Following the usual custom (as pointed out by Trustee Craig) who is one of the veteran members of the Board, the members adjourned with the singing of Auld Lang Syne, Afterwards, the members were the guests of the retiring chairman, at a dinner in the New England Restaur- ant. A report of this event appears elsewhere in this issue. Reports of Committees, Reports were presented by the ma- nagement and property committees, and both were adopted, The management committee made these recommendations? ] That no reduction be made during 1920 in the remuneration received by the male principals fox the year1919. That the request of Geo. Palmer, instructor in physical culture in the Collegiate Institute, for an increase of salary be laid over for the next year's Board to dedl with. That no' action be taken with re- gard to the request that the Board become a 'member of the Association of Urban School Boards. Attendance Act which comes into force on January 1st, and which States that' School Boards shall ap- | Point an Attendance Offiger, your commitlee recommends that an ap- pointment under the Act be made, | and that your committée be empow- | ered to select a suitable person for the office and recommend his ap- pointment to the Board. | _ That the request by the Domestic | Science teacher that new equipment be purchased at an estimated cost of $60 be granted. The following were tre recom- mendations of the Property commit- tee: T=>at no reduction be made during 1920 in the reriuneration received by the caretakers for the year 1919. i That the reqdest of the pupils of the Collegiate stitute for the use of. that building for At Héme pur- poses on the night of Dec. 22nd, be granted, providing the affair be un- der the supervision of the Principal. The - proceedings in connection with the appropriation of the dif- ferent properties included in the new school site have been completed and Payments made to the owners in ac- cordance with the purchase price ac- cepted by the Board, viz. $17,200. Buildings which interfered with the work of the contractor have been re- moved and the work of excavation is proceeding. The contractor has sign- ed an agreement under a penalty of $50 per week to have the, building ready for occupation by May 1st, 1921. sive of the City Solicitor's, fees, amount to $17,781. Reports of Officers. Inspector J. Russel! Stuart sub- mi"ed a repost wn the attendance at the public schrols in Navember, which showed the following: Fublfe schoo, enrollment, 2,709: ayerage attendance, 2,291; Orphans' Home, 37; average attendance, 33; total enrollment, 2,746; average -ut- tendance, 2,324. . ' The average dally attendance is quite low, due to the prevalence of " ory 5 5 CHRISTMAS GIFTS mm vember 't be late making selections: We will store your gitte M8 A rer the day hefore Christmas. LIVING ROOM FURNITURS. BSTERFIELDS.. EASY CHAIRS TO MATCH. : dBRARY TABLES IN WALNUT AND FUMED OAK. 5 AND TABLE LAMPS, fitted with shades in rose, tan, old gold and biue, : TEA. ASGONS IN MAHOGANY AND WALNUT. A complete stock always on hand. = 1918, the enroliment is {i the average 81 higher, scarlet fever and chicken pox, with Sporadic cases of diphtheria and whooping 'cough. The number of cases of infectious disease was small- er towards the end of the month, and the classes are again filling up. The report of Principal E. 0. Sliter on the attendance at the Col- legiate Institute for the month of No- showed the following: On 591; average attendance, Compared with . November, 56 higher, 61. The report of the school nurse, Miss Esther Lovick, showed the fol lowing: Inspections made, 466: in. structions given, 57; consuitations vy 42; home visits made, 4 JACK nN a i 1 "The resolution expressed the ap-| Trustee Craig leading' in the singing. | In compliance with the new Sehool | The sums paid on the site, excl} 45; defective vision, 7; nasal breath- 'ne nlarged glands, 6; defective teeth, 63; skin diseases. 24. Closing Of Schools. On motion of Trustee Macdonald B was fecided to close the school for the Christmas holidavs on Fr day, Dec. 19th. Reopening will take place on Jan. Stn. : Trustee Lockett drew the atten tion of the board to reyort given him that some second-hand brick was being used for the new school. Trustee Godwin explained that some second-hand brick was being used, but that it was aot being used for any of the facings, put mbrely Yor filling in. He considered that it would render good service, but it was | up to the board to say whether or not this brick should be used. On motion of Trustee Mills, the, matter was referred to the architect for a report. . The communieitions received b: the board included the following: From Parent-Teachers' Association | Victoria school, asking the board to | appoint a teacher in music. . | From Edna Singleton, resigning her position as pubkle school teacher | 5 L | ---- § To Open Rink. + From Principal B. 0. Sliter, on be half of the Kingston Collegiate In stitute Athletic Association, asking for a money grant to start a rink on © grounds south or the institute, Principal Sliter estimated that it would cost $150 to secure the neces sary lumber and purchase of hose for the starting of the rink. { i Trustee Lockett considered the idea of establishing a rink a splendid one. On motion of Trustees Godwin and { Craig the board dectded to grant the | sum of $150,the matter to to the finance and property commit- | tees, with power to act, From the provineial treasurer, sub- mitting cheque with grant for for the school of navigation, | From the Collegiate Institute Rifle | League, thanking the board for their | } { ea ome eA pp neo Sa i | i be referred | $350 | J recent grant to help defray expenses | | of trip to: Toronto to take part in| competition in which they won high | J! honors, ' i i From Alfred Light, asking for the | i appointment of instrucror of music | in the schools, f From the pupils of the Collegiate | i Institute, { Collegiate Institute for Home" on December 22nd. From fhe public school inspector, asking the board to.appoint a com- an asking for the use of the fl pulsory attendance officer under 'the | §i new act, to commenee duties on Jan. | J From the domestic science teach- jer, asking for new equipment, at an ! estimated cost of $60. + | From W. F. Inman, principal of | Central school, asking for an increase in salary. From J. W. Kelly, inspector of the Collegiate Instirute Cadets, draw- ing the attention of the hoard to the j fact that the Government grants to | Inspectors had been curtailed, The chairman, F, R. Anglin, pre- sided at the meeting, and the other | members present were Trustees Craig, Mrs. A. Newlands, Miss E. a. Mowat,Godwin, Lockett, Cohen, Lam. | d mon, Campbell, Mills, Mclean, Ren- ton, Minnes, Macdonald, J. B. Cooke, | Elliott and Sawyer. 2 --------. At Poole's Resort. Poole's Resort, Deg. 11.--The bays are frozen over, and skaters are en- joying the glassy ice. Miss Iris Weeks is able to be about again af- ter being confined to the house with Jaundice. The condition of William Poole, sr,, still remains critical, fol- lowing a paralytic stroke last week. The Ladies' Aid Society met at the "home of Mrs. John Dickey on Tues- day last. Miss Elsie Wilcox is visit- | } ing her sister, Mrs. Burton Pool, | i Caintown. ll tie -- i Forty-two. new cases of ~smallpox were reported in Toronto on Thurs day. It is unlikely that the Provin- | cial Health Board will take action | regerding vaccination until the City Council considers the matter on Mon- day. ° ~ TO-DAY! BUY A CATARRHOZONE WR FINE FOR COUGHS OR COLDS. {_ It was their inability to reach the real source of medi and bronchitis that caused the medial profession to drop liquid coug medicines and adopt "Catarrhozone' instead, This wonderful inhaler provides a method |of breathing into the lungs certain rare medicinal vapors which are 80 healing and comforting as to entirely banish coughs, catarrh and throat trouble in a very short time, The most wonderful thing about Catarrhozone fs, that no matter where the germs of bronchitis or | §i catarrh @re hidden, will reach and destroy Catarrhozone them, smaller size, 2i er YT up OF esi IN eae uh : PAGE TH PROBS: --Saturday, showers at first; colder; snow At The Christmas Store Christmas stocks--largest in our history. To-morrow's list is wonderfully attractive. - When we . bo ht our holiday stocks months ago wholesale prices were coniuehl lower than to-day's market values. If these stocks are sold out before Xmas. they must be replenished at higher prices, therefore shop-early and have this distinct advantage over late purchasers, > Start To-morrow Women's And Misses' Coats THE GREATEST SALE OF THE : SEASON Once you see the quality and their distinctive style and the high grade tailoring, you'll at once realize their wonderful value. A variety of coats to chqose from, some with "fur and others plain, belted models-- the sea-' son's most exquisite colorings. The materials are All Wool Velours, Sil- vertones, Pom-Poms, Bolivias, Amer- ican Velours, Tweeds. The shades: the season's most fashionable, such as brown, taupe, navy, egg blue, etc. An Absolute Clearance Regular to $25.00 for . . . . .. $14.95 Reg. $35.00 for ..$16.95 Reg. to $60.00 for .........$29.95 Reg. to $100.00, for . ..... _ $48.95 To-morrow is positively your last op- portunity to secure these high-grade Coats at these prices : Handker- chiefs A gift that always brings appre- ciation. Our Xmas. stocks leave little to be desired from the point » of view of quantity, quality or popular price ~. Boxed Handkerchiefs Two and three in a box, ir nure linen, a fine, imported lawn -- daintily embroidered in white and colors. Priced from 25¢. on up to $1.50 a box. Initialled - Hahdkerchiefs men, women and children. Pure Irish Linen, Hemstitched Handkerchiefs for men and wo-- men. : Boxed and Novelty Handker- chiefs for children "in colored Gift Blouses Our stock is most complete, re- plete with many charming novelties for Xmas. gift seekers. --Georgette Crepe --Crepe de Chene --Silk Jersey --Wash Satin ~--Habutai --Novelty Breton Net and -- Lingerie in all sizes; and plain and com- bination color effects. 5,000 ~ Waists to choose from: attrac- for tively priced from $2.00 on up to $35.00. One really 'must see them to fully appreciate their beauty. pa oF - START TO-MORROW = where the Christmas uss spirit of practical ti gift suggestions v 2 # At the store 2 : a 's - Limited | - EE,