WEDNESDAY, DEC 1, 1920. The First Bark - Hickey's We are depending upon the enormous sale of this--the Best of all Cough Mixtures-- to enable us to keep it at the old price of 25 cents. All other mixtures have advanced to 25 and 40 cents, but we want the price and good quality | to remain the same as before, Our Windows ARE, SALESMAKERS AND BECOMING GREATER ~--The time of one of our sales staff is devoted to them. Get It for a quarter at Best's The Popurar viug Store. Phone BL. ---They are full of suggestions for Xmas. --Are very frequently changed, Open Sundays, --Are illuminated every night. -- E -- ~--They will prove an education and | time and worry saver, --Look over their contents for Xmas. buying. Keeley Jr., M.0.D.0. ---Qur prices are completely convincing. Insure Against After Regrets by Using Glasses Prescribed, Made and Fitted by Keeley Jr., M.0.D.0. The optometrist of to-day to do . 800d work must not only be equipped with the best mechan- fcal apparatus but must have that knowledge in its use WHICH ONLY LONG EXPERI- ENCE CAN GIVE. SMITH BROS. Jewelers Limited Established 1840. 350 King Street "THOMAS COPLEY Telephone 987. { Wanting anything done In the carpen. tery line, of repairs and new work: wood floors of all kinds. All orders will receive prompt attention. Shop | 28 Queen Street. Pa Auto Storage Warm or Cold. ELLIOTT & WILLIAMSON shop 1080) Res. 1537J, BROCK STREET It is this combination of mind and machinery .of. experience and equipment that makes Keeley's service unique in Kingston, The League of Nations commission of control, has arranged an armistice between Lithuania and Genera] Zell- gouski, insurgent commander at Vilna. ~---- You Find It Hard | to Get Help Here j the greatest helper in the world and will soon pay for itself. Attach the coupling to the tap and this WONDERFUL WASHER does the rest. Yuones: DTN No rubbing or slaving or catching cold, standing over a steaming tub. COMOR LOW PRESSURE WASHER $27.50 WRINGERS from .......$4.00 to $7.50 Watch for our big Sale of Aluminumware, From Dec. 5th to | Ith. McKELVEY & BIRCH, LTD. Big Busy Hardware, Kingston. PHONE 307. BROCK STRES? Estimates given on all kinds | also hard- | | | Christmas Gifts { We will store yours and deliver the day before Xmas. A large assortment of:-- RUGS, MATS, CURTAINS (to suit every room), LIVING ROOM CHAIRS and TABLES in WALNUT, MAHOGANY and FUMED OAK, WICKER CHAIRS and ROCKERS UPHOLSTERED IN TAPESTRY and CHINTZ. It will pay you to shop early. LE Harrison Co, Ltd Phone 90 i} ing Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, | first thing in the morning. This is at THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. (Notice~--Hereaflter, the Whig, in vommon with uther papers all over Canada, wlll make a charge of $1 or inserting an rlage or reception annguucement. To. get the Whig's society writer, telephone No. 857w, - . Some of Mrs. J. Hooper Birkett's old friends dropped 'in at the tea hour on her birthday, which falls on St. Andrew's day, to wish her many ! happy returns of the day, and to bring her remembrances, many them the flowers of which she. is so fond, fragrant roses, and big, shaggy 'mums, that' filled the cosy rooms and lent an added air of fest tivitw to the gay little party, which took the raison de etre completely by surprise. Very many presents from far and near had reached the hostess, who has iriends in many lands. 'A birthday cake with pretty pink candles, was one of the gifts, which shared, created much merri- ment, as it contained the usual treasures to be found by the lucky ones. Among those who came in 10 convey their good wishes were: Mrs. J. Maule Machar, Mrs. i. H Mrs. Robet¥t O'Hara, Mis, Jones, Mrs. H. A_-Betts, Mrs. P. Power, Mrs. W, B. Carey { Arthur Evans, Mrs. W, FP. Ni !{ Miss Dupuy, the Misses Voight, ) i Bates, Miss Edith Van sStraabenzie, | Misses Crisp, Miss Mildred fand Mr. Harvey. . J. . Mrs. Henry Hill entertained | bridge on Monday afternoon, at her charming buggdlow on street, in hor of her sister, Miss Margaret Cunningham, and Miss | Parker, who is Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cunninghani's gue There were three tables in play and the souvenir | of the game went to Miss Margaret Hemming. the tea in the cosy dining 'room, As well as the guests of honor, those present were, Mrs. Hubest Miss Edith Carruthers, Miss Mar- | garet Hemming, Miss Harriet Gard- Miss Doris Browne, Ogilvie, M#%ss Miss Katie Berming- dolen Waddell, | Miss Marion | Kilborn, and | ham. * * | Miss Lettice Tandy, King street, | entertained the Bridge club on Wed- | nesday evening. | Mrs. Garnet Lockett received for the first time in her pretty new home on Kensington avenue, on Tuesday afternoon, and many visitors fille her artistic rooms; which were | illuminated with rose shaded | lights. In the drawing room, | where the hostess was found, were | lovely Opelia roses in a crystal vase and gold and bronze "miums were { hera and there. In | with its panelling of dark oak, Mrs. D. G. Laidlaw made the tea at the polished ta with lace cloth aRd centre of baby chrys- |anthemiums in shades of gold. 'Mrs. | Sparks was the tea room | | Ernest assistant. Mrs. John Waddell and Miss f.ucy | | Waddell, Earl street, wera the hos- tesses of a pleasant bridge and tea on Tuesday afternoon. were Mrs. Helen Lafferty and Mrs. Hugh Ryan. Some more |came in at the tea hour, to glad | welcome the hostess and her daugh- | The | ters back to their old home. | tea table. in the dining room was | lovely with big pink 'mums in a sil- |'ver basket, and pink carnations in' } han1- | small vases, resting on the some centre of Florentine lace. Mrs. | ne tea, as-| W. H. P, Elkins made | sisted by Miss Kathleen Carruthe { Miss Margaret Hemming, Mics | Marion Ogilvie and Miss Katie Ber: | | mingham. * - * | | The candidates for the various 6f- { tices in the Alma Mater Society had |a gay time on Monday evening go- | | ing from one of the girl students' | residences to - another, canvassing |the inmates, "Avonmore," "Queen's | Residence," Earl street, and the Y | W.C.A., were visited 'in turn, and evidently being believers in the charms of music, the band of young | | men took a violinist and a pianist | 50D, have taken a charming flat at | along, to ensure a welcome, Given | music, pretty girls, and a good floor, | what wonder was it, that at some of their stopping places, the canvass | took place during a dance. | . . * Carruthers, Stuart | Mrs. R. W. the tea hour | street, entertained at "311 on Saturady in honor of Mrs. Jarvis, | If | Ottawa. Miss. Ailine and Miss | Cecily Rutherford made the tea at | the handsomely appointed tea-table in the dinning room, assisted by Miss BEWARE OF BRONCHITIS Bronchitis is generally caused. by. neglecting a cold, or exposure to wet and inclement weather. It begins with a tightness across the chest, dif- ficulty in breathing, and a wheezing sound comes from the lungs. There is a raising of phlegm, especially the first white, but later becomes of a greenish or yellowish color and is occasionally streaked with blood. | On the first sign of bronchitis you should check it immediately by us- thereby prevent it becoming chronic, and perhaps. developing into some more serious lung trouble, * { Mrs. Brice Culham, Sheffeld, Ont., | writes:-- 'In December, 1919, I was | very sick with bronchitis, and had to stay in the house all winter. One day 1 saw Dr. Wood's Norway Pine { Syrup advertised, so I got a small | bottle which helped me very much; I then got a 60c. size, and it complete- ly relieved me. I cannot praise "Dr. |'Wood's" enough for what it did. Two of my neighbors are now using it for colds." . \ Don't accept a substitute for Dr. } | three pine trees the trade 4 | only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Wood's Norway. Pine Syrup; the gen- | uine is put up in a yellow wrapper: mark} manufactured { price 35¢. and 60c.; , 189 Earl street. | - of | Tothill, | Kearney | Jones'| at | Maitland | Mrs. Hubert Ryan made | Ryan, { | iner, Miss Helen Strange, Miss Gwen- | Laura | the tea room, | its handsome | Four tables | were in play, and the prize winners | people | h | Kathleen Carr { Nee and Miss by being At 10th, three { The engagement, mar: | Savary and Mrs. Sav- ctory, entertained and the clergy anery on Tues- Rev. T. W ary' "St James" re the Bishop of Ont { of the Frontena | i * * { Mrs. H. E. Richardson, 154 John- {son street, will receive on Thursday and not again until the first Thurs- {day in Febryary! | Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Calvin and Miss Hilda Calvin, will sail for Eng- {land on Dec. 14th, and will spend the winter in the south of France. . » - * . * . | The sympathy of the {friends" Mrs. Robert. Bowie, Brock- { ville, has made during her frequent | visits to Kingston since her return from England, goes out to her and her young daughters, who have been 80 suddenly bereaved by Dr. Bowie's sudden death, as a good soldier, at his post. many . . . G Hunter Ogilvie, Rar] street, returned to town on Tues- day from Bermuda, where she has been for some weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Craig, To- ronto, are among the old King- stoulans who will spend Christmas town. Mr. and Mrs have returned Mrs. iin W. Charles Randall to the city after a Huntingten, L.I.,, New York city and New Rochelle, N.Y. At Watertown, | N.Y. they were the guests of Mrs. | P. A. Brown. 1 . . . Mrs, R. N. F. McFarlane, Johnson | street, was hostess at the tea hour {on Monday in honor of Miss Kaye the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Welch, Bagot street. Miss Mollie Cartwright with Dr, and Mrs. Richard | wright, University avenue. Rev. Hilyard Smith and Mrs. | Smith have come up from Lyndhurst land are getting settled in their | new home at St. John's rectory, | Portsmouth. | Graham Bertram, Dundas; "spent | the week-end with Mrs. Henry Rich- [ardson, "Alwington."" | Miss Veta Minnes, Miss Nora Mar- now Cart- tin and Miss Nora Minnes, who have | been in Toronto for a week, return- ied to town to-day. | Mrs, John Macgillivray, Albert St., returned on Saturday from Peter- | boro, where she represented the local | Council of Women, at a meeting of | the national executive. | * =» 8 | Miss Hilda Calvin, who came down | from Toronto te sing at the anniver- | sary of the Baptist church, is the | guest of Mrs. R. K. Kilborn, King | street. Mrs. Jarvis, Ottawa, is the guest of Mrs. Wurtell, Sydenham Apart- | ments, Brook street. Rev. Frank Kirkpatrick and Mrs. | Kirkpatrick are getting settled in their new "home, at Trinity church | rectory, Wolfe Island. Mrs. W. T, G. Brown, Sydenham street church parsonage, has return- {ed from Peterboro, where she was {one of Kingston's representatives at 'thé meeting of the executive of the National Council of Women held there last week. * Jack and Collamer Calvin, Toron- tg, were visitors in town this week. Miss Ethelwyn McGowan will leave | for New York on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. McGowan hope to s.end part of the winter in the south. Mrs. W. Woods White, who has | been a much feted visitor while with | her cousin, Mrs. G W. Mylks, Wil- | lam street, left on Saturday for | New York, enroute for Atlanta, Ga. | Miss Edna Lockett, Stuart street, | has returnéd from New York. 1 » - - | | | 1 { | | Mrs. Mullin,- Prescott, returned to | her home to-day after a pleasant vi- 7. | sit with her sister, Mrs. Joseph Kirk- | | wood. Capt. and Mrs. Peterson, who have | lately gone to Toronto from King- | A 13 Washington avenue. | Miss Rosalind Corbett, Brantford, | Is in Belleville, visiting her brother. | Harold Corbett. * i Mrs. A. W. Hepburn and Miss Ina | Hepburn, Picton, will spend the win- | ter with Mrs. Hepburn's son, James | de C. Hepburn. Mrs. Jeremy Taylor is in the city for a few days, the guest. of Mrs. | E. J. B. Pense, West street. * - . Mrs.«+E. Ronald Van Luven will recéive for the first time in her new home, 383 Alfred street, on Sat- urday, Dec. 4th, from 3 to 6, and afterwards on the first Friday of each month. 1 . * * / Miss Going, 189 Earl street, will be at home on the second Thursday in December, instead of on the first, as usual. " ¥ - Mrs. Frederick Cays, Willington street, will be at home on Friday, and on the first Friday of each month after the new year. (Continued on Page Eight) The Church Women's Aid of St. George's Cathedral will hold a tea and sale on Thursday, Dec. 2nd, from 3 to 6 p.m. in St. Ged¥ge's Hall. Linen and fancy articles specialties. f-- With Whom Are We Fighting ? Ottawa Citizen : Brigadier-Gen- eral A. BE. Ross, Kingston, thinks that Liberals and Conservatives should unite to "present a front to the common enemy." didn't know we were in another war, but if we are, we are just a bjt curi- ous to learn with whom we are fighting. + S---- Two Steamers Collide. Sarnia, Dec. 1.--The steamers G. 'S. Robinson and James E. Davidson, both bound for Lake Superior ports with coal. collided in the St. Clair river yesterday, owing to the David- son's steering geéar failing. The Davidson is undergoing slight re- { Toronto, Ont. rs, Miss Nora Mo | most enjoyable visit with friends in | I Tp . PROBS: --Thursday, mostly cloudy; light rains. 3 MA m } Hmm dni Just 20 Shopping Days-- Then Christmas! Timely TT Christmas shoppers. Gift Suggestion Exceptionally Priced! The present is the most opportune time of selecting y gifts. as we are offering many extra special attraction our Christmas s for the early AA if HH Shop in the Morning--Save 10 p-.c. We are offering for the balance of the week DOUBLE DISCOUNT STAMPS as an inducement to early morn ing shopping : = --hours 9 to | 8 Cashriiere, Cashmerette, Lisle, Cotton and Gift Hosiery Your choice of the entire stock--excepting Ladies' Heather Hose--of our high grade Silk Hose for Men, Women and Children, at a stupendous reduction. Concentrate your hosiery gift shopping here this week and save 25c. on every $1.00 you 'spend. Start to-morrow! SALE PRICE LESS 257, = a = = _-- == = = -- = = = = --1 = -- = == == 1 To = = == 1 Ee = == To = == -- = == a == = --_-- == == = == == == om = = == == =X ae I == == = i wm "a = fee = = =x == = == = mm os == Pemeey Fee = == = mE ie CET gift. (THREE DOWN COMFORTERS Sale Price $11.95; reg. $18.50 15 only, handsome Art Sateen Covered Down Comforters, in a beautiful array of the most desir- able colorings. This should prove of a great assistance to those, with a comforter in mind as The Gift of a Luxuriously Oppossum or Sable, French The regular value of these Coats were $425.00 and are lined with two season's Lining, and are full 42 inch fur coat value in the city. CHILDREN'S COATS Half Price. 19 only, smart, little Coats devel- oped in all wool and Salts Seal Plush materials--the sizes are 6 to 14 and are regularly priced from $9.50 to $20.00 -- your choice--priced from . _ . | $4.75 to $10.00 A GIFT SUPREME! = = -- = -- = Bev = a wml = =I == == == mm == == a . . Seal Trimmed Coat ! $450.00. . They sy Willow Silk ity, the greatest guaranteed Novelty Pus es long. Quality for qual We invite comparison. Children!--News from Santa! "He has wired that he is so busy that he was unable to write, but to expect a letter Thursday. ter that he had had word that a were being dis-obedient to their warned that they had better chan i $ He also noted in his night let- "3 number of little boys and girls parents and teachers ge their ways. ,+ and = = i 3 = 3 = Charged With Violating the Volstead Enactment Brockville, Dec. 1.--A man and a woman giviag their names and ad- dresses as James Allen, Brockville, and Mrs. George Francis, Prescott, were held on $500 bail at Watertown, N.Y., for the federal grand jury om charges of vidlating the Volstead Act. Bail was furnished and they were re- leased. A gentleman, who stepped on the running-board of their car at Watertown, in search of a stolen ma- chine, led to thelr arrest. Seven cases of whiske, were found in the car, and it is said to have been smuggled across the border from this side. eS ARR ¥- DODD'S KIDNEY EY or ~ pairs here, before proceeding, Ay | NEY FALL BOOTS All Leather Goodyear Welts--in Black and Brown. Our price . $10.00 -- (We carry no shoddy) RUBBERS and SPATS ~~ JACK JOHNSTON'S SHOE STORE Phone 231J 70 Erack St. treasurer for sixty years, died yes~ terday, aged eighty-four. He was & prominent Free Mason, also 8 pios neer cricketer. His widow, four daughters and one son, I. H. Hum- | phries, barrister, Campbellford, sur= vive, : : NEWSPAPER MAN GETS JOB He Is Made Industrial Commissioner of Belleville. { Beileville, Dec. 1.--J. O. Herity, | editor of the Daily Ontario newspa- per, of this city, has been selected as clvie industrial commissioner and secretary of the Chamber of Com- merce. Mr. Herity will relinquish hist position as editor of the paper. Alberta's Dry Majority, 18,742. Edmonton, Dec. 1.---The final dry majority in the prohibition vote in > Alberta, October 25th, is given at Late Israel Humphries, Warkworth. | 18,742. East and West Edmonton Warkworth, Dec. 1.---Isragl Hum- | were the only constituencies which pbries, postmaster and flownship,went wet. Steacy's - Limited | "The store that forced prices to new low levels' STII Ct i