Closes 1 o'clock Saturdays EE SPECIAL SUMMER PRICES ON ALL ORDERS PLACED NOW FOR Repairing and Remodelling FURS PHONE 608 where to send our Fur Van for yours. John McKay, Limited 149-157 Brock St. a RR A HOOD'S LEISURE LINE OUTING SHOES FOR WOMEN These Shoes are made of very finely woven Canvas and the Soles are of the finest rubber. They are shaped to fit snugly, and built to hold their shape, also being soft and comfortable from the moment you put them on. OXFORDS and PUMPS, low and high heels. Steve J. Martin 189 PRINCESS STREET. Phone 2216. "Shoes of Merit and Distinction" { I abandon the Sya use the old collegiatg building on | out | patients under treatment at the Syd- | ber is greatly reduced from preyious i | dation for only twenty men. | | | i FOR SALE Rubber Garden Hose A. Shapiro VICTROLAS HIS MASTER'S VOICE RECORDS JASCHA HEIFETZ, Violinist Caprice, No. 20 Nocturne in E. Fiat 74616--82.00 ood St t Romance $3600--Collingw! rect w= new brick bungalow; 7 rooms; hardwood fioors; fur- nace; open fireplace; electri- city; sun room. : $5000--Chestnut street--b: °K, 8 rooms; natural wood fin- ish; hardwood floors; electri- city; garage. $4500--Clergy street; brick; 9 On Wings of Song 74583-8200 MAHOOD BROS. rooms; furnace; electricity. Ni 02--Jomson strcet; new brick; 8 roows;/ furnace; ll se tase GC WYVA (Incorporated) General Meeting electrivity. $1000--Patrick street; frame bungalow; 4 rooms; W. C. BUILDING LOTS We will sell you a lot 'with- out any payment until you get your building up. McCANN | Real Estate and Insurance 86 Brock St. Phone 326 or 621 Portpuned owing to the production of "FI-F1" 3-5. ASSELSTINE, D.0.S., Manufg. Optician 342 King St, Kingston Your Eyes --appreciate the ease and comfort that our Glasses will afford them. | D.S.C.R. To RETAIN THE SYDEN- HAM INSTITUTION. There Are 170 Patients Under Treat- ment There Now---Hospital to be Used for Some Time Yet. A report in circulation to the effect that the D.S.C.R. was about to on the Sydenhara hospital Clergy street is declared to be with- foundation. There are 170 enham hospital and while the num- | figures there is no other place 'that | | these patients could be cared for. | There is no room for them in the old | collegiate building, nor in the Cal- | derwood hospital which has accomo- | Syden- | ham hospital can accommodate 400 | The D.S.C.R. took over the Sydenham hospital for a period ot six months on January 1st, and as | the time would expire on July 1st, | patients. application was made to Ottawa for | an extension of the time indefinitely, | so that it is likely that thes group | Kings | of buildings with their magnificent | | equipment will be used until num- | Orange, are expected this ber of patients has been greatly re- duced. Owing to the policy of the. { D.S.C.R. of never neglecting to con- sider every case brought to its attention and placing all applicants under proper observation and treat- { ment, the population in the hospital | fluctuates considerably, but there | has been a marked reduction in the past six months and in another six | months the numbers will be reduced | by patients eager to resume a place of activity within their abilities. | WAS TAKEN 45 MILES | THROUGH HEAVY SNOW Sapper W. D. Smith, of King= ston, Writes From Russian Bolshevik Prison Camp. Sapper William D. Smith, husband | of the late Gladys Pollitt Smith, who | recently died at the hohe of her | mother on Charles street, writing | from a prison camp in Russia, states {that after being taken prisoner by the Russian revolutionary party, he | was taken through heavy snow for a | distance of about forty-five miles. | Conditions in Russia were dreadful, | he said. | The news that he was still alive | was a great relief to the members of the family as they thought he had | been killed or lost, as no word had |" been heard from him for 'months. | A short time before his wife died, a letter was sent to him in Russia but it was returned, stating the man | { was unknown. | Sapper Smith enlisted with a unit at Barriefield in 1916 and later went overseas with the Canadian Siberian expeditionary force. After that force | was withdrawn he transferred to the | British railroad mission. FIRE DISCOVERED IN NICK OF TIME | st. Andrew's | Sunday School { Had a Close Call on Wed- | nesday Night. | St. Andrew's Sunday school hall { bad a close call from being destroy- | ed by fire on Wednesday night.' Mat- | thew Patterson and Bruce Monecrief | were in the hall decorating for a | special service to be held on Sun- | day, when they were alarmed on | hearing a crackling noise in the wall | a short distance off. They investi- | gated, and found that | started behind an electr | in the wall. The firemen were summoned, and | the blaze was nipped in the bud, but | it gave the firemen quite a job, as | they had to chop some of the lathes | and plaster, in order to get at the | blaze and the root of the trouble. { They also had to cut through a door. | The damage is estimated at $150, je is covered by insurance. . -------- | | | | THE GRAND ARMY OF UNITED VETERANS Has Added Fifty-seven Mem- | | bers--S8ecuring a Hall for .. Headquarters. The Grand: Army of Veterans held a successful Wednesday night. United dent Comrade G. A. Clarke and | Horan The 'had charge of the meeting. committees under Comrades Curragh, Castleman, Mascard, Be- dell, Hubby, Gilmore, and Brownhill brought in several favorable reports, The campaign to secure new mem- bers, which was started last week, Was very successful, resulting in fifty-seven re members, A motion to secure a new hall was carried. The society has three favorable offers and it is hoped by next meeting to have everything arranged for a mass | meeting of members in the new hall. YE --- NEW BULLETIN BOARD Whig Bulletins Can be Read From Across the Street, Thursday morning the Whig erect. ed a new bulletin board which has been purchased recently from a Tor- onto' firm, It is the first of its | | | | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG NOT 0 ABANDON HOSPITAL INCIDENTS OF THE DA LOCAL NEWS AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. Happenings in the City and Vicinity --What the Merchants Offer to the Readers of the Whig. i Attention ! See top'col 1, page 5. W. Swaine, prano tunel ordws at J "phone BA Pop Watkins' Havana Red have decided to make Ogdensburg their headquarters during the bal- ance of the season. , Despite the early date, activities have already started at the Thou- sand Islands, and a number of cot- tages are already occupied. ' James H Hammond, Pittsburg, Pa., the new commodore of the Thou- sand Islands Yacht Club, will arrive shortly with his family at "The Hedges" near Alexandria Bay. Now is the timg to have your piano tuned. We carcy two expert tuners and will assure entire satis- faction, C. W Lindsay. Limited. Mrs. Judson DeCew, Vernon, N. Y., died following an operation for mas- toids. Deceased was a daughter of Prot John Marshall, Weyburn, Sask., and a niece of W. R. Givens, n, Mr. "and Mrs. M. Runyon, South week to open their home on Leak Island, With them will be Mrs. Runyon's daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. David Emery Brenneman, and her son, Ira A. Kip, 3rd. | We will rent you a plano, and at { ond of six months if you feel like purchasing instrument we will allow {the six months, rental on purchaia | price, and arrange easy terms on dal. | ance, C. W. Lindsay | the Gener i made an examination | | meeting | President Com- | rade G. Frederick, First Vice-presi- | Secretary-treasurer Comrade J. 1. a fire had |gress of ical fixture | Yacht Cl At the afternoon tea given by the commandant and' staff in honor of Lieutenant-Governor and Mrs. Clarke on Wednesday, there was a distin- | jt prominent lad-{ Kingston, | § guished gathering of ies and gentlemen from Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and other | points. MISS ELSIE STRANACH Who appears as "Betty," with Mr, Percy Hurtohigon in the military com- edy, "General Post" at the Grand Opera House," for three nights, commencing Thursday, June 24th. | WALTER CAMPION INJURED HE HAD A SERIOUS FALL AT THE YACHT CLUB. | --t i Toppled Over the Balcony and Hit | the Cement Wharf Fifteen Feet Below--Rendered Unconscious. What might have been a serious | accident occurred. during the pro- the dance at the Kingston ub, on Wednesday night. Walter Campion, who went over- seas with the 146th Battalion as a lieutenant, wag sitting on the edge of the verandah railing, when he suf- fered 'a fainting spell and fell ower, landing on the cement floor, tiftéen feet below. He was picked up in an unconscious condition, and many willing hands helped in waiting upon him, but as it was not found possible to restore him, he was removed to al hospital, where doctors and found that he was not injured beyond a severe | contusion on thé head. Later he was | removed to hig home, He had a fair- | ly good night, and on | morning was reported to be much | better, having regained conscious- | i | - | was a nufrse-in-training at the St. "The Hat Store" New Caps || It FOR ALL QCCASIONS il { IH | i | d| { | il Every man and boy needs a il Cap for some occasion--motor- [if | | she was stricken with the disease, | iowed was borne with great patience Frederick A. Gimbel, of t excessive profiteering, United S Telephone 919 tates Commissioner Hitchcock, { marked-down sales are fakes fr PR TR Ag eS a he large New York Depar Suits costing $5.50 were sold for $20.00. in charge of the prosecutions, says that om start. 10. Sd 8h... INDICTED ON 237 COUNTS FOR PROFITEERING tment store, was arrested and indicted for Suits costing $33.75, sold for $75. many s3sgalled PR AF Ras No such charge can ever be brought against the Tip Top, Made-to- Measure Tailors. Every $27.00 Suit is Worth 2,700 New Canadian Pennies Nearly 400 delighted customers here already been supplied. Two expert designers here every Saturday. SATURDAY BOOK AND MUSIC SALE PopulatrCopvrights .,.... ....... . . .. => Two for a quarter PopularCopyrights .., ,........ ............ Ninety Cents Each The College Book Store Ogzen Evenings Agent for TIP TOP Tailors. ew Arrivals. Beautiful new Voile Dresses in all the latest styles and dainty patterns, in plain white, floral designs and silk stripes. Everything that is new you will find here in the best quality Voile, and mmo- derately priced. Sizes 16 and 18 and up to 40. We have ready for your ir rctio n a big range of Gingham Dresses, in pretty stripes and plaids; all very newest colorings and dainty, neat styles. Sizes 16 and 18, and up to 40, A big stock of Ladies' and Children's Middies, in plain' white and with colored collars; made of best quality fine Middy Twill; all sizes... ....... con cireericviineee..... $1.75 each and up ~ A big range of beautiful Voile Blouses; in.all the newest styles to choose from--popular priced. A big range of Ladies' White Wash Skirts in fine quality Gab- ardine and Pique; very newest styles to choose from; all sizes. - To seeistobuy. .........ciiiiiiiiiiiiii. . $2.95 each and up. Newman & Shaw "The Always Busy Store" ness. Mr. Campion is a son of Mrs. | Alice Campion, 339 Princess street. Death of a Nurse. Harrowsmith, ; June 23.--- The many friends of Miss Maria Watson learned with deep regret of her | death which occurred at the home | of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward | Whitty, Harrowsmith, at the age of twenty-eight years. Miss Watson 'Catharines General Hospital an had | almost completed her course of t¥hin- ing when in the fall of 1918 the flu epidemic broke out in that city, She worked faithfully to help relieve the | sick and suffering ones until finally the effects from which she never re- covered. The long illness which fol- and without a murmur of complaint. Having- suffered intensely during the last few weeks death came as a relief | from her sufferings and she passed peacefully away in the early morn- ing of June 8th. The funeral was held 'on the following Thuraday at one o'clock to tne Methodist church where Rev. A. W. Stewart spoke very feelingly of the deceased. intermant was made in the family plot where the remains were borne by six friends of the deceased, namely Frank Sigsworth, Ross Trousdale, James Manson, Russell Boyce, Clyde Ellerbéck and Morley Ellerbeck, and were tenderly laid to rest surround- "Good $1500~--near Union § $5100---Stuart street, E. W. $2250---Albert street' $3300--Division Street, ngar Union, $3400--Albert Street. with barns, $4100--Montreal street, brick; all improvements. $4500--8ydenham street (dowhle stome) $2850--Park street, new frame, Values in Real Estate treet, frame dwelling with B. (south of Princess Street) and © brick. Come in and get a full lst, MULLIN & SON INSURANOSY Cor. Johnson and Division Sts. WE HAVE IN STOCK PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND No. 1 BANNER SEED QATS kind to be erected in the city and has ll ed by a great many friends and loved Don't hesitate to have your eyes examined and travel fitted to glasses because they are still able to do -< fairly good service. Remember "A Stitch In Time Saves Nine." { : You cannot afford to delay after the first sign of eye trouble makes itself known. . Come here at once for consultation and ad- vice. You may be saved a lifetime of discomfort and distress. J. S. ASSELSTINE : 3 LHIULS ONIY 378 been secured with a view to a better bulletin service to the many during the day. The new board is in sections, each one being about four feet long and two and a halt feet wide. The letters are white printed capitals on a black field, giving the maximum amount of distinctness to each item. For those who' stop their motor cars 1 front of the Whig to read the bul- letin the new device is particularly handy, as it can be read with ease from a distance of'almost fifty feet, -- Stole Plants From Lawn. A. Strachan, collector of customs, reports the loss of a bea plant an® his finest rose bush, on Wednesday night. Some miscreant deliberabetly dug the plants up at 'he customs house lawn and carried shem off. giving | ff people who read the Whig bulletins ||| utiful peony | ing, boating, driving, ling or for rainy and windy Hi days. Here you will find a huge assortment to choose from |i and the prices reasonable. I SILK CAPS ...$1 00 to $2.00 CLOTH CAPS = 50c. to $2.50 BOYS' CAPS ...50t. to $1.25 George Mills & Co. "Headquarters for Headwear" ones. The late Miss Watson was the third daughter of Mrs. Whitty and the late Joseph E. Watson, and is survived by her mother, two sisters and a brother. Mrs. Charles Whit- ty, St. 'Catharines; Mrs. George Trousdale, Hartington apc Joseph HE Watson, Pleasant Valley. ---- Burglars Raid Store. Belleville, Ont., June 24.--H. 0] Stewart's gents' furnishings store on Front Street was entered and over $50 in cash, some clothing and war tax stamps were stolen. Entrance was effected by breaking im a win- dow at the rear of the premises. ~--=Carload Seed Corn on the Cob. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY. United Farmers' Co-Operative Co., Ltd. "CASH AND CARBY" ------------ No girl can successfully chew pea- nut brittle and nurse a case of dis- appointed love at the same time. There is no other race so easy for the bookmaker as the human race, An epicure says six things are "A peep into 'the tuture would nocessary in order to make a home probably be as unsatisfactory to happy. The first is a good cook, agd | most people as a backward glance at the other five are money. the past.