THE DA ILY BRITISH WHIG TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1919. for prompt results. With the lowered strength and vitality of age they realize § more than ever before the importance of having Gray's Syrup on hand for § immediate use. a i They always buy the Lerge Size Montreal . D, WATSON & CO, New York What Everybody Sa s "The Automatic Bobsleigh Coupling which I have used two winters has far exceeded my ex- tations. it 4s the proper De for pitch-holes. James B. Coghrane. Lansdowne. Our new Sleighs have tanese Couplings. Get them while they | MCNAMEE & SLACK Fo EAH SLOGAN | Health Authorities Are Back of Campaign Which Covers Entire Continent, The familtar "Swat the Fly" slogan | $s now being revised by health auth- So and the public is being advised to "Swat the Cold" in winter as heant- ily as they 'swatted" the fly in sum- Behind the movement is the desire to check the possible spread of 'flu by the prom reatgient of every case Sol cold. Re symptoms of the 'flu in #ts early stages are the same Aas 'those of a bad cold and last year the "fly reached tn advanced stage in many oases before the patient realized that the trouble was more serious 'than a 3 da. 7 ol every person would get busy as soon as a cold develops and use home remedies to break it up, we wouldn't hear so much about the flu," says one tern official. "It would do wonders and. that quickly." Colds in the head or the 'flu in Its early stages are promptly and effect- ively treated at home by the use of Grip Fix. This is not a patent medi- cine, but a combination of drugs such as would be used by any physician "Jt comes in capsule form and relieves a oold in the night and acts promptly in oase of Grippe. At this time of the year every home should have a box of Grip Fix. It is on sale at all drug stores, where it wells for 36 cents per box. STR TEE Restoration of Passenger Train Effective Sunday, December 28th, 1819, normal passenger train service which was temporarily reduced due |- "to coal shortage, will be resumed. For full particulars, apply to: J. P. HANLEY, CP. &T A, G.T Ry Kingston, Ont. ICUNARD 4 ANCHOR ANCHOR-DONALDSON REGULAR SERVICES TO GLADGUW. Mar, 6 SOUTH. «++»s Royal George Jan. 19| | Royal George Feb. 18 URG AND U AMPTON ESTE «uo Jan, freight and rurtoe to local agents or WHE ROBERT REFORD CO., LTD. GENERAL AGENTS 50 KING STREET BAST TORONTO. ONT, | grained pine, yellow | anything else that is { ther is heavy. | or 5 in. wide (B and 2 in India to oope with the further ex- S IRST YEAR For Boys to Make Handicraft '¢ A Creeper for Garage BY GRANT W. HYDE If Father likes to take care of his own car, as many car-owners do, he has probably often wished that he knew of some scheme to make easier the work of getting under to reach out-of-the-way | grease-cups on the chasis. Why not build a "cree er," like those the mechanics use in the repair-shops--or rather a wooden imitation of the spring affairs they use The creeper should .be made strong. and of good sound wood--clear- cyprus, or Rly Fas stock for the -in. wood, 4 are 18 in, The frame-work should be long; A and A are 3 in. .) Fas. ten the joints with screws. e plat- form on top should be made of some lighter boards, about 34-in. thick, taken from grocery boxes--strong but flexible enough to bend a little. For wheels, get four strong furni- ture castors--preferably with metal wheels--at the hardware store. Se- lect castors that have locking devices which drive into the holes first and keep the castors from out, Bore holes for the castors in the frame-work at C, C, C. before you nail down the top rds. A head-rest will be a much-appre- ciated addition to the for Fa- ther will tell you that his neck gets tired when he is working under the car. The standard (D) for the head- rest should be cut out of a 2x4, and should be about a foot long, slanted 50 as ho hold the rest about 4 in. ve the creeper, crosspiece should be a 1-in. board, 5x8 in, cov. ered with cotton-stuffed cloth. As it is often handy to take off the head- rest for certain kinds of jobs, fasten it to the creeper with two long stove bolts. 8 (Next week: "Cheese Box Work tand.") y ¢ Ni » SpTrEhe 81s, by TR The winter days are not so sad, Although the flowers die, For the mosquito shuffles off-- Likewise the pesky fly. HE WORLD'S TIDINGS IN CONDENSED FORM fidings From All Over Told In a Pointed and Pithy Way. The Dutch railways are to be el- ctrified. Premier Borden leaves for the uth within a few days. Fifty thousand pigs are being ex- corted into Switzerland from Jugo- Slavia, i The shipment of mica from Cey- lon, interrupted since 1915, has been resumed. is now being supplied to fra from Germany at the rate of 3,000 tons daily. Hydraulic presses are in request tension of the oil seed industry. The Dutch steamer Anton Vandriel has been wrecked west of Cape Race with loss of the entire crew. Egyptian and Sudan Railways are requiring further large quantities of raflway rolling stock and new mater- A union of German plate glass factories has increased.the price of all its products, including thin raw glass by 20 per cent. The Japanese Government ie con- templating an expenditure of 20.- 000,000 yen in the coming year in subsidies for the development of in- dustry, French business firms have now opened branches in Prague, Buda- post and Bucharest, and are expend- ing their operations further in the Far East. The sale of sugar for export from Czecho-Slovakia is prohibited path : the yield of the beet crop, suffered considerably from bad eli- Tyo comd tions. Farmers Butter, spe e, 1b., 0c, 57¢, 63c. Butter, 8c, 720. Eggs, per OOL BRITISH W TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1919. Hl -~y The Wreck of the 8S. Titanic. At the time of the wreck of the SS. Titanic she was the largest vessel afloat, her léngth heing 882% feet. She was built in Belfast, Ireland, and belonged to the White Star Line. She started on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, bound for New York, uu- der the command of the late Captain Smith, with two thousand passengers on board. While dn mid-ocean, off the coast of Newfoundland, and un- der top speed, she came in contact with a huge iceberg, and foundered during the night of April 14th, 191%. The wreck of the Titanic is one of the greatest disasters ever known on sea. The night was cool, the ocean calm, and the sky was filled with twinkling stars. After an evening of galety, the passengers had retired for the night. But it was not long before the slip reqeived a terrible shock, and some of the passengers were thrown from their berths, while others rushed on deck to ascertain the cause of it. It was not at first thought that the dam- age to the Titanic was of a serious nature. But on a closer examination it was found that the majestic steam- ship was damaged to such an extent as to endanger the lives of those on board.: The order was then given by the late captain to have the life- boats lowered. His next order was that women and children should be the first to be placed in them. The heartrending scene which followed when husbands and wives, parents and children, parted, never to see one another again, was one that will al- ways remain in the minds of the people. Yet through all there was wonderful calmness, and more won- derful bravery shown by many, while endeavoring to save the lives of oth- ars. The Titanic carried sixteen life- Macdonald School. -bogts, all of which were filled with human freight, and lowered in mid- ocean on that eventful night. Three of the lifeboats capsized amid the ice floes, and after hours of drifting, the remaining thirteen were rescued by the SS. Carpathian. Among the pas- sengers on board the Titanic were many prominent personages, includ- ing C. M. Hays, who was president of the Grand Trunk Railroad; J. J. Astor, W. T. Stead and Colonel Archibald Gracie, all of whom were doomed to a watery grave. It was thought by some that the Titanic was unsinkable, but she gradually sank in the icy waters of the Atlantic, and with her, hundreds of people met their death. As the great ocean liner sank lower and lower the ship's band played '"Nearer My God to Thee" and many other hymng, which stopped the panic and gave many poor souls courage to meet the awful fate which awaited them. Those who saw the Titanic as she took her dive, saw many leap to the water, only to be sucked down by the great ship whieh had borne them so safely but a few hours thence. With the sinking ship much wealth was lost, as the water is said to be over two milés deep where the great liner lies. The S8. Carpathia arrived at New York on April 18th, 1912, with the survivors of the ill-fated Titanie, which numbered between six and seven hundred, all of whom had suf- of 10,000,000 lire has been formed in Italy to control the import trade in pork, fats and other dairy products. The Japanese Government is giv- ing a subsidy of one and a half mil | lion yen to new steamship lines about to begin trading operations with the | Dutch East Indies and South Am- erica. American agents in Holland are repurchasing large quantities of Ger- man goods, chiefly optical instru- ments, artistic ceramic ware, émbroi- dery, beads and artistically printed fabrics. Doilers, coal-cutters and convey- ers, electric cables and leg-sawing miachinery are in request in Britis! Malaya,, in connection with new de- velopments in progress at the Khala Lumpux coal fields, Canadian organized labor is pre- paring for its annual interview wit] the Dominion Government on Janu ary, 8th. Chief among the requests will be one for legislation reducin: the hours of labor. The verdict 'a the case of Lawrence Kennedy, at Dublin, Ireland, was to the effect that he was killed by a mi- bit patrol on his way home. The jury considered that the military act- ed in a most heartless manner. In the first nine months of thie year imports from France to Eng- land have almost doubled in value and exports from England to France amounted to $40,000,000, as com- pared with $30,000,000 for the same period last year. DIED IN HOSPITAL - § Tg + 38 nt Loo i. fered much from shock and exposure, and some of whom were violently insane.--Stuart G. Whitty, aged 13 yeats, A Kind Deed. One day a boy got a bow and ar- row. A robin built her nest near his home. The robin had three young ones, and went to seek some food for them. The boy was tryiniz his bow and arrow and spotted the fat robin on a stump in his garden. The boy shot at her and the arrow pierced her in the wing. She fluttered to the base of the tree where she had built her nest. She had to stay there all that long night, with the young on@ crying. After she had waited for a while, a man witha kind heart, (not like the boys) lifted her in her nest. The Httle ones were very glad to have their mother back with them. The robin's wing got better a few weeks, after. Her young ones grew quite big. Not long afterwards they were so big they flew away. Their mother was very ill and she died, But she never forgot the man's kind deed.--Ashley Aldridge, aged 13. Central School. A Song, of Apples. 'When the autumn sun is bright, When leaves are crisp and cracky, And the frost clicks in the night, Their satin coats are shiny, Their seams can hardly meet, And every ruddy, round-cheeked chap At heart is sugar sweet Sing for the autumn apples When the autumn winds romp in! We run for bag and basket, We open box and bin, Then when we've gathered bushels And piled them in a heap, We never find a single one That's not too good to keep! --Arletta Orr, aged 13 years. An Old Sword Tells Its Story. If an old sword could speak it would have many wonderful tales to tell. The sword thet I am going to tell you about was through the Boer War, As the sword was made in Ca- nada and Canada helped Great Bri- tain in the Boer War, its story 'shall be most interesting. The sword had killed and wounded many at the swinging of its master therefore it Jas named Korak, meaning the kil- er. Korak, swinging at the side of one of Lord Robert's Heutenants, march- ed into Pretoria. The Meutenant was sent to relieve Kimberley. The sword and fts master 'had been through some of the skirmishes with the Boers at Kimberley. After a siege of one hundred and twenty-two days the siege lifted and Kimberley the diamond city passed into the hands of the British, : Korak and its master were them sent to help General Buller capture Ladysmith. Although Ladysmith was strongly garrisoned it fell to the siege of the British. This is a story of an old aword that was made in Canada, and went through the Boer war with a Canadian soldier.-- Gordon O'Grady, aged 13 years, PATION IS A us FER AND fo We will pay highest prices for all kinds of Jute Bags. Get in touch 'with us. A. SPEIZMAN . 60 QUEEN ST., KINGSTON 1 RELIEVE CONSTI ILMENT FROM WHICH Mi IVE SHOULD BE SOUGHT AT ONCE, AND ills CORALS: TIVE YOU WILL FIND { VEGETABLE = NO. 88 For Girls to Make Homecraft New Year's Party Costume BY CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY Don't worry because it is the night before the New Year's party, and your dress isn't ready. You can make a lovely costume using home materials chieesecolth, cotton batting stitched with black yarn to look like ermine, old silkoline curtains for flowered silk, cast off burlap or denim for huntsman's things, and gilt and silver paper for crowns and jewels. } The Snow Queen ! Wear a white dress and over it a | long white cloak made of an old sheet edged with the cotton batting ermine, | Sprinkle the fur with frost powder. | Tufts of cotton, also frosted, should | be caught to the cloak. A string of white or glass beads, and a stiff white paver crown covered with cotton wool with small silver paper stars pasted on at intervals completes the Snow Queen's dress. Mistress Time . Study a picture of the ancient Greeks. that shows the long tunic-like dress of the girls with its border in the form of a fret. Make yourself a tunic of heavy cheesecloth, and paste on a border cut from gilt paper. Do your hair in a Grecian twist and wear a band of yellow ribbon that comes down over your forehead. Carry an hour glass or a small sickle The Spirit of the Woods A skirt of dark burlap or denim, a white blouse, and a girdle of moss green velvet make the foundation for the costume. Trim the border of the skirt with artificial holly, and wear a wreath of it. Carry a bunch of evergreens, or wear a spray of pine. The Spirit of the Hearth This is for the dark haired girl who can wear flame color. Cover an old red dress with crimson tulle or the red tarleton on sale at holiday time. The covering should be full enough so that it will move like the fire it represents, and a painted border of yellow will give it the appearance of flames. A long string of black wooden beads typifies the coals of the hearth. Use the big, wooden kindergarten beads, staining them black. And do make yourself a cricket to ch on vour_ shoulder. His body 1s eattor batting, covered with bl crepe pa- per, ant -his legs are hat wire, wound with black silk and bent into shape. (Next week: "The New Painted B re) aisie Newspaper Service Copy ght, 1919, by ? 44 Millar Montreal, Toronto. Phone 1788. All classes of high yield investments -- Corporuuon, Governi. .it and ivauiucipal. Private wires--New York, Chicago, STOCKS--GRAIN--COTTON BONGARD, RYERSON & CO, Arrange to HH. J. Bongard, Manager open a current agowred, ©. om Coa f Discount Coupon for Children THE BRITISH WHIG presents The Carnagey-Thomas Travelogues Gen. Allenby's British Campaign in the Holy Land Children's Matinee Tuesday, Dec. 30th This coupon presented at the Grand Opera House Box Office entitles one scholar to Special Prices. a wo sis ---- - Nr Ba NEW YORK FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY STORE HOME-MADE - CANDIES, FRESH DAILY WATCH SATURDAY FOR SPECIALS IN CHOCOLATES 814 PRINCESS ST. PHONE 1405, aml 0 ! HTS nnd I. Gage's Cash Grocery CORNER GORE AND WELLINGTON STS. HOLIDAY ASSORTMENT a Storxinge ~-XMAS, FRUIT CAKE coe Tica 81, ~--UNFERMENTED WINES Sec. 10e., ibe, 2Be. SWEET CIDER Box Chocolates --GRAPES---BANANAS ~ORANGES--APPLES 0c., 5O0c., 75e., $1.00 Cholce Creams and Chocolates XMAS, PLUM PUDDINGS 40¢c. a pound A 2 LATEST STYLES IN GEORGETTE CREPE. BLOUSES All colors and sizes, from .........00000.. ++. $10.00 to $18.50 Splendid variety of Handkerchiefs in dainty Xmas. boxes. Price . B50c., 65¢c., 7Be. Ladies' Kimonas and Dressing Sacques, assorted colors and sizes, These will make excellent Christmas presents. JOS. B. ABRAMSON 257 PRINCESS STREET. PHONE 1288). Our rent is low--our prices are low. SHRM ~~ FOR QUICK SALE Reasonable price and terms; b rick dwelling; fully equi : hardwood floors throughout; fu rnace, gas, electricity, sohsd: hen house; summer house; lot 66 x 132; possession 1st May, Telephone 703 J. 0. HUTTON 67 Clarence Street, Kingston Dry Storage For You Battery The only proper winter care. Profit by past experience. 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