WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1020, a IT COSTS LITTLE to leave your cold at BEST'S. 25 cents buys 8 preparation (Dr, Hickey's Speedy Cure) that Will cuge the Cough in a few doses. "SHORT STOP at 15 cents is still in the run too and also all the popular Cough and Cold remedies stocked. Wg Co ay Ww AEC Holland 0 Don't forget the 17th for Shamrocks. WATTS FLORIST | AZ9 WELLINGTON ST GSTON, ONT. Ce AER ed holds a definite place in the home and no Phonograph music is so true and sweet as that of THE FAMOUS Starr with its Throat" of Silver Grain Spruce. TheDifference Is In The Tone Let us demonstrate this to you. SMITH BROS. JEWELERS Limited Established 1840 Eing Street 3 |] | Sy "Omce seeking may be vam neither a The lack of riches is almost as bad | tfade nor a profession, but a dis- .y the abuse of them. al ease. ind {| Just One Piece nit: The SHARPLES BOWL is easy to clean and hard to hurt. It has no discs. It's a plain, strong tube--simply run a brush through it and it cleans. SHARPLES BOWLS in use 12 or 15 years are still in perfect balance, for there is nothing in them to get bent and throw them out of balance. Owing to its small diameter the SHARPLES BOWLS creates DOUBLE SKIMMING FORCE, because the milk is always making a sharp turn, thus the cream is extracted more thoroughly. This Bowl is also re- markably long, milk travels further, while the entire skimming force is working on it, But its greatest feature is that it will skim clean regardless how fast or slow you turn it. Sharples Suction Feed Cream Separator This Week No. 3 $65.00 ~ No. 4 $85.00. MCKELVEY & BIRCH, LTD. r Hardware Department. THE BIG BUSY HARDWARE 7 PHONE 887. = «= BROCK STREET . 'Our Rugs and Draperies blend with all the FLOOR COVERINGS 1 descriptions--Linoleums (inlaid and printed), Neponset, Duncleum, aad Feltol-all. priced a less than the wholesale cost to-day. "Singing [ii Told In Twilight | «Notice--Hersafter, the Whig, in|' {common with other papers all over | Canada, will make a charge of $i {for inserting an engagement, mar: ll riage or reception announcement. » 1 - - | A happy christening took place in | Bt. George's cathedral, Sunday after- | noon, at four o'clock, when the infant daughitér of Major and M ba E. H. | Birkett, Cobalt; and granddfughter {of Mr. and Mrs. J, H. Birkett, Bagot | street, was made a member of the | Anglican church and received the {name of Katherine Elinor Hooper. | This wée girlle has the honor of {being the first girl in the Birkett family for over d& hundred years, so a number of friends gathered at the | cathedral to take part in the rejofc- ing and witness the sacrament, which was administered by the Dean of { Ontario, assisted by 'Lieut.-Col. the { Rev. Alfred H. Creegan. The latter | was chaplain of the Canadian Engi- | neers, First Diision, in which Major | Birkett' served for nearly five years jane won great glory. During the im- | pressive service, R. R. F. Harvey | played softly on the organ, and at the | close, In his sweat soprano voice, | Master Peter Fair sang the Baptismal { hymn, to a very beautiful setting | composed by Mrs. J, H. Birkett. Af- | terwards the proud grandparents en- | tertained delightfully at tea, when | all sorts of good wishes were show- | ered upon wee Katherine, who also received many beautiful gifts and { flowers. i * + a | On Saturday evening the officers of {the R.C.H.A. entertained = delight- | fully at Tete du Pont .barracks in | honor of the visiting members of the | Montreal Tennis and Badmmhton { Club. The R.C.H.A. band was in at- tendance and played for dancing, while bridge tables were proyided for those wishing to enjoy a game. Towards midnight a delicious bouffet supper was enjoyed. Among the guests were Col. and Mrs. J. Norman Stuart Leshe, Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. W. H. P. Biking, Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. Francis Constantine, Lieut.-Col. and Howard Penhale, Mr. and Mrs. P. G. C. Campbell, Mrs, Charles Constan- tine, Miss Aileen Rogers, the Misses Kathleen and Edith Carruthers, Miss Phyllis Williams and the visiting members of the Montreal Badminton Club, BR % 8 Mr Matthew Graham, Earl street, held her first reception sfuce coming to Kingston on Thursday af- tefnoon, when her pretty rooms were crowded 'with visitors anxious to wel- come this young matron to the Limestone City. The drawing room, where Mrs. Graham received, was sweet with the scent of lovely flow- ters, roses and marigolds being ar- tistically arranged, while a fire burned merrily in the grate. Mrs. Graham wore a very becoming frock of navy blue taffeta and georgette, a lovely corsage bouquet of pink sweet peas adding a very pretty touch. Mrs. T. W. Rowland and Mrs. Thomas Mills presided in the dining room, where a handsome Madeira cloth adorned the dining table, while kolden datfodils in a cut-glass vase made a spring-like centre piece. Silver candlesticks, with yellow candles, cast eir flickering lights upon the table. Mrs. Ross McRae and Mise Willa Dusty assisted in lookifig after the wants of the numerous callers, - * . General Victor Williams and Miss Phyllis Williams were the host and hostess of an enjoyable dinner party of twelve on Friday evening, in honor of their guest," Mrs. Frederick Stevens, of the Montreal Badminton Club. Mrs. J. B. Carruthers "Anns andale," was 'also u dinner hostess on that evening, when some of the visiting members of the Montreal Badminton Club, were the guests: of honor. : ; * * ~ . . Several teas were given last week in honor of Mrs. MeCardle and daughter, Hilda, of Melbourne, Aus- tralia, who were the guests of Mrs. T. A. Hanley, Wellington street. Mrs, McCardle was the wife of the late Dr. B. L. McCardle, an ex-graduate of Queen's University. - * * The curling tea' on Tuesday was splendidly attended; five tables of bridge were in play and quite a few dropped in at the tea hour. The re- freshments were served by Mrs. Daw. son's rink, - - * Miss Reta Green returned last week from visiting Mrs. James Scho- field, Ottawa. - While there Miss Green had the pleasure of attending the opening of parlHament. * * =» Dr. and Mrs. J. Sidney Dickson will be at home with Mrs. M. Ken- nedy, 395 Johnson street, oh Thurs- day afternoon from four to six. - » * Mrs. H. C. Welch, 115 Bagot street, will receive on Friday, 12th March. + » . - ; W. J. Chapman, 31 Garrett street, fas gone to Toronto for a few days. * + " Mr. and Mrs. Jan Hambourg, Boris . i= Mrs. BE. W. Lawson, Capt. and Mrs. : | i i i i | emort stay here, and returned to To- | 'ronto on Monday hight. : Dr. Bruce Taylor, Queen's Uni- versity, is spending a few days in Toronto, and will return on Thurs- day. . r Mrs. Hubert Ryan 'and Master Hubert Ryan, Montreal street, went down to Montreal on Monday, where they, will spend some time with Mr. and Mrs. Neil Polson, Jr. * * » Mrs. Rankin, wife of A, M. Ran- | kin, M.P.P. for Frontenac, was in Toronto for the opening of the On- tario Legislature. Miss Carrie. Beard, who was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Beswick, O'Kill street, left on Monday for London, Ont., where she will visit her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Beard. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Hazlett, Frontenac street, left on Sunday for Toronto to attend the marriage of their daughter to J. Oris Winton, of the Queen City. : Sp * + ® Major E. H. Birkett, M.C., spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Birkett, Bagot street, and left on Monday for Toronto. To-day he will be joined by his wife and infant daughter, who 'spent the past month with Mr. and Mrs. Birkett, and to- morrow they will proceed to thelr home in Cobalt. The L.C. Reading Club will be entertained next Monday by Mrs. Jeremy Taylor, King street. Major Arthur Black, Ottawa, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Noble Steacy, Johnson street, and returned to the Capital 'on Tuesday. . * * Prof. Gill, who has been spending a short time in Kingston, has re- turned to Ottawa, accompanied by Mrs. Gill, who will remain there for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. James Minnes, Bagot street, went down to Montreal to be with their daughter, Miss Marjorie Mihnes, nurse-in-training, Royal Vie- toria Hospital, who is suffering from an attack of influenza. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Almon came up from Montreal with the Badmin- ton team, and received a very hearty welcome from their old friends in Kingston. They returned to Mont- real on Sunday. * a. i, s . ¥ Miss Marion' Walter spent the week-end in Montreal, and returned on Monday to .150 King street. Dr. C. C. Nash spent a couple of days in Ottawa last week, accom- panied by Mrs. Nash. They returned "home last night after a pleasant visit with Major and Mrs. Kenneth McPherson, also Rev. and Mrs. G, S. Clendinnen. Mr. and Mrs. William - Jackson, Aberdeen avenue, returned to the city on Tuesday after several months' stay in California. (Continued on Page 8.) To Absorb All Labor. By an arrangement with the em- ployers and the various labor unions, A. W. Btroud, the local secretary of the employment bureau, hopes to see all labor absorbed by April 1st. On this date the Government unem- ployment allowances cease and no' ap- plications for financial relief will be accepted and no sheques will be is- sued afterward, and an order has been issued requiring the placing of posters in the offices of the hureaus announcing the fact so that all meen may know of it. Much sympathy is felt for Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Brown, Fairfield Fast, in the loss of their eldest daughter, Lillie, who hecame the wife of Oscar Cole, Frankville, about one year ago. The deceased was stricken itl Anfuensa which ended in pneumonid. Death claimed her on February 28th. Diplomat outcast soul seeker A GENTLEMAN who had held an important diplo- matic Post lost his grip and sunk so low that he became an outcast. : \ NE'night, under the Provi- dence of God, he met a converted fellow countryman in a certain institution. Through him, be was. brought to know Christ, BE has since become a work- er i e Salvation Army. He has returned to his native land to seek lost souls, and to carry on the war against sin. \ St 308 Service Posts in Good Year Welt-- prized $8.50, $10 to $18. Tan Brogues "Made fo order ..........cii.ii.. 81500 ~~ THE DAILY .BRITISH WHIG PAGE THREE pr----" 3 PROBS: --Thursday, fair.and mild most of day. = = bo] ss Fo] A s Eg = ss A -- EE I EE Es s = E E s = Es Es s ES ss ss - ES 'BB EE EE Es s Ee Es ES - -- E = ss = & s ss = = £ s ss = 3 W, 5 ~ Store Hours: 9 to 5.30 Daily, Except Saturday, ES Pe EN A fe HEE C= HHH I li When looking at Steacys Garments, re- member they are always I it i Original in Style Exquisite in Tailoring Artistic in Detail . Youthful in Spirit . Superlative in Quality ~ Moderate in Price Ranging from $25.00, $27.50, $32.50 : up to $125.00. S TAMMIE Yelp al » "Itis High Time Winter Hats Were Doffed! Here are ; Captivating Spring Time Hats jie | There are large, small and medium shaped Hats--a collection of graceful and becoming models, charming colors, combinations | --with youthfulness as the domi nating Spring spirit. These Hats are shown in the newest straws graced with %oft shades of Georgette Crepe, etc. . . ......... Moderately Priced. Separate Coats Street Dresses This collection represents the highest art of skilled Priced $19.75, $25.00, $27.50 up to $60.00