TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1921. HE strength of your T eye' muscles < may have increased. or decreased during - the past two years and you should ascertain the facts. Our optometrist skilled in his profession, can tell by the proper scientific tests whether you need "old- er' lenses, 'younger' lenses or if you can begin to discard glasses. Our low prices are no indication of the high professional ' character of our work. J. The Mouse of Better Glasses Opposite the Pest Office Phone 099. KINGSTON. St. Valentine's Day Feb. Make this an occasion for the exchange 14th of Greeting Cards that warm the heart and closer knit the bond of friendship. Make your selection early ! per PROPOSED OCEAN SAILINGS 'Seasén 1821 now ready. Cs 8. KIRKPATRICK Agent, 36 Clarence Street. Tel, 568w, PRE-INVENTORY PRICE REDUCTIONS CUT GLASS Berry Bowls --- regular ass + 4.35 Berry Bowls--regular $8.00; Berry Bowls--Regular $11.00; now $8.25 Cream and Sugar Sets-- $6.00, Handle Nappies--$4.75, now Tumblers--regular price $34 a doz., now . $25.50 25% discount off everything. Kinnear& d'Esterre JEWELERS 100 PRINCESS STREET $5.75; Water Sets--3$9.25, now $6.95 DRAW. WINNETT D.ANTAL SURGEON. Jorner of Johnsun and Streets Wellington Phone 363 Nobody was ever harmed much by practising forgiveness. Charity in words and charity deeds differ materially. Special Prices Throught February 25% to 50% On Cash Sales We have finished stock-taking and find our inventory sheets show a much larger stock on hand than is usual at this season of the year. We are going to make February a Regular Christmas Month if prices will accomplish our aim. All of our stock with the exception of a few articles with price restrictions shall be offer- ed at 20% to 50% off, and everything marked in plain figures. "9% to 50% on Cash Sales R .J. RODGER 132 Princess St. in 0 MID-WINTER SPECIALS In Footwear Men's Mahogany Calf Books-Jeathor sole and rubber heels--in recede and broad BOBS ......coocmtniinrivinie screens vic i» SOU TD Women's Brown and Black High Top Shoes, with Louis or Military Heels . $4.95 Allan M. Reid SHOE STORE HE LE = i} | this pathol i moved | could get no sec | chairman {.tion 'made, 1 had ju | up on Johnson street, { der consideration. | sum | : , poration's wagons, | council | committee of the Board of Trade to THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. MUCH ADD OVER A CHICKEN Even the City Council Takes al Hand in the Dis= > * cussion. ¢ y-- Probably what discussion night, outsid {abolishing Spector, w recently boug reported was later t | tor to Que | tories and there ! fit for hum city pay- | 2. doHars for | and | examination, agal t of the property and mar- kets committee, said he was respon- sible for the order spector Carson to have the examina- as he 'deemed it as his duty to have an investigation as to what was being "sold on™ the public market ove wich his committee So the account was many a day bas been 'the 3S1on at meet- lth and city ordered paid, but it is gince a mere chicken cause of so much discu ings of the Board of He council. Ald, Couper raised a quest 2 light at the corne Nelson , Which h very dim w ion as to r of appeared to hen lit and not always Man- ager Folger, ic utilities, happened to be in the council cham- ber, and threw some light upon 'this matter... He said that this particu- sre im as bei lar lamp was only put up temporar- | ily until the proper one arrived. Ald. Litton wanted the Bdard of Works to do some road work away grove said that this matter was un- + The Board Works figured upon getting the ne- | ceéssary stone from the penitentiary. This report of the health commit- | tee was adopted: That the city elerk | call for a price to collect the BAr- | bage, the price to be given in a bulk for one year from April 1st the contractor to use the cor- and do the work in accordance with garbage by-law; next; and be under the supervision of the | { garbage inspector. This recommendation of the indus- | | tries committee was adopted: That the industries committee of the city unite with the form the industries committee for 1921; that Ald. B. N. Steacy be the chairman of this combined commit- tee; that Ald. Steacy and J. M. Campbell, president of the Board of | Trade, be an executive, and that the business of this committee be conducted on the same conditions as last year, Council orposad the following re- commendation of the finance commit- tee: That the public free library be | paid a sum not to exceed fifty cents | per head of the population of this city, this amount to include any ex- penses in connection with altera- | tions, repairs, ete., to any building. | Calvin Jackson applied for 're-ap- | pointment as city chimney viewer for 1921 and asked that the charge per flue be fixed at seventy-five cents. Other communications received were from the Orphans' Home com- mittee asking that it be allowed to | hold a tag collection on May 28th, and from the Society of the Children of Mary regarding caring for the city's poor. In attendance were Mayor Nickle and Alds. Armstrong, Angrove, | Chown, Clow, Corbett, Couper, Craig, |; Driscoll, Graham, Fleet, Kent, Lit- ECONOMY AND MERIT : Combined in Hood's Sarsaparilla, the Blood Medicine. In spite of the increased costs and great scarcity -of important roots, herbs, etc., the standard of quality and the quantity of Hood's Sarsapa- rilla have been faithfully maintained and are to-day the same as when this medicine was first perfected and of- fered to the public. A bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla will average to ldst three or four weeks, while others last but a week or two, and some even less time. Hood's Sarsaparilla is. effective as a blood purifying" and tonic medicine and also after the Flu, Grip, fevers and other debilitating, blood poisoning diseases. It puri- files the blood, creates an appetita, and makes food taste good. 1 Sanitary In- | Princess and | and Ald. An- | of | industries | Robertson Steacy, and ton, O'Connor, Potter, Rodger, Sargent, Smith, | Stroud. : Two resolutions were motion of Alds. Chown and Clow, regard to le ation about fire artments. The member for King was instructed to sapport the amend- ment to the firemen's hours of labor act, and in the event of it not passing to support an amendment making the one-day- -off-in-seven &prly only to. ci- ies of over 1007000 population. | de BRECT A MEMORIAL ARCH Imposing Pile Will Comme- morate the Cadets Who Died in the War, td perpetuate fhe memory of Royal Military College cadets and ex-cadets, {who died on active service in the { Great War and | seems assured of success. Although" | thé campaign was started but a short | while ago, $25,000 have-so-far bean { subscribed i That this amount had been con- tributed, and that the "design, which | will be de :ly selected, would be | made know! ortly, were the salient points in address delivered by | Jeut.-Col. F. Logie Armstrong, Di- | rector of Records, at a luncheon of {the members of the Ottawa.branch the oclation of ex-cadets of y College. W. A. Perry, of the Royal Mounted i .at the luncheon. | | About thirty-five ex-cadets attended, | including General G. W. Cartwright, | Col. Osler, Col. Duncan MacPherson, Major Au Gillies, sd Col. Macpherson, one of the RM.C. i | "originals," better known among ex- | cadets as "The Old Eighteen," enter- i tained his confreres with a number of interesting reminiscences of his | | college days at Kingston. Col. Mae- Pherson, a member of the original | cadets, | Royal Military College back in 1878, | | when the college was first establish- | | ed, gave a vivid retrospect of life at [ the or in the early days. | The memorial arch will be placed | | at the outer entrance to the Royal | Military College grounds, and will oc- i {cupy a conspicuous spot. It will be a | | most imposing pile, built of Kingston | limestone. The names of all cadets | and ex-cadets, who were killed in the | i { great war and other wars, will be in- | f sc ribed on beautiful bronze tablets | | affixed to the arch, i No less than twelve architects sub- | mitted designs, and it is understood | that the members of the committee in charge of the plans for the erec- tion of the memorial arch have {about made up their minds as to | the design which will be accepted. It | is reported that the memorial arch | will embody a few of the architec- tural lines of the famous Arc de Triomphe, in Pais. of Royal Mili | Police, pr PRICES DOWN IN JANUARY | Drop of Four Per Cent. in Canadign | Wholesale List. | Wholesale prices in Canada fell 4 | per cent. in Canada during the pres-- ent 'month, according to the monthly price index number compiled by Pro- | | fessor H. Mitchell of McMaster uni- | university, Toronto, and formerly of § Kingston. The index number for | 'January, 1921, stands at 212.6 as | compared with 221.6 at the end of December, 1920. Wholesale prices {are now down 28.7 per cent. from | ther peak of last May, when" the index number stood at 298.3. | Resignation Promptly Accepted. | Washington, Feb. 1.--If Lieut. L. | A. Kloor and Lieut. Walter Hinton, i "heroes" of thé balloon flight to Hud- son Bay, have determined to go on the vaudeville stage, as has been re- | ported, they must first resign from | the navy, it was stated authoritative- If they file their resignations, it was stated, they would be promptly accepted. -------- Le ------ Big Iron Ore Mines Close London, Feb. 1.--Unemployment in England is increasing. The Hod- barror iron ore mines in Cumber- land, said to be the largest in the world, closed down yesterday throw- ing 2,000 men out of work. Osher places also are closing. Operations have been suspended in several departments of the Pack- ard Motor Car Company's plant, De- troit, Mich. Ten thousand employes of the Ford Motor Compahy's main plant have returned to work. | TWICE TOLD TALES | News of The Ontario house members were demanding an increase in salary un til W. F, Nickle opposed it in answer to a challenge. Strange to say, noth- ing more has been heard of it. The City, Light, Heat and Power Committee still refuses to contract with the Seymour Power Company. A proposal from the Hydro-Electric Commigsion is ex- pected. E. Blake Thompson is going intc the real estate business here. Fire did slight damage to the resi- dence of E. P. Jenkins yesterday. Inland revenue collections for January amounted to $7,445.18, Capt. W, K. Smith is superintend- ing repairs to the steamer Strangur. J. Cameron MecConachie, of Ayl- mer, a Queen's graduate, has been appointed agent for the Children's Aid Society to cover Kingston, Frontenac, | aud Lénnox and Adding- sign al' Kingston TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, Rockwood curlers won the Clarke trophy after a hard battle with Kingston. Most of the city business mien are opposed to the league for protection against "'dead-beats." The members of the local ice- yacht club held a smoker last even: ing with Commodore Folger pre- siding. . O. F. Johnston has received a con- signment of very rare plants from England. Some fine new varieties are among the lot. Lolo Ostrum and Eddie Selman, 'two young artists of this city, were the chief entertainers at a Y.M.C.A. concert last night. : Rockwoods and cadets put up pretty rough exhibition of hockey last night. : Tenders were refused by the city fire, water and light committee for passed on | in! = | The campaign to secure $60,000 | | for the erection of a memorial arch ! in previous wars, | who formed tire first class at |- Only Enough For This Week At $2.95 'Ladeis' Black Kid Laced Bay igh or nadir hiels--very latest styles; sizes 4 to 61; 2 49c. Sale of Baby Deerskin Moccasins $4.95 Sale of Ladies' Sample Oxfords. Ne Size 4 only. Worth $9 and $10. "ag only enough to last this week ..... $2.95 $6.75 Sale of Ladies' Brogue Oxfords. $10.00 values $5.95 Sale of Ladies' Sample Bootes size 4 only; worth $10 and $12. BRING YOUR SHOE REPAIRING HERE = We use only highest Teality of leather and do the best work inthe city Abernethy' s Shoe Store BeginRight Right Away Last year you thouglit of do- ing some studying--of taking up a course in the International Correspondence Schools. You put it off. You realize your mistake now. Begin the New Year Right Devote part of your evenings to study, after all--it's your spare time that counts. Make it work for you. Spare time and study of an I.C.S. Course means Promotion Call or write for particulars to: M. M. SIMS, Representative, 130 Clarence Street, Kingston Phone 1002w. TRIPLE ELOPEMENT Father and Two Daughters Marry Unknown to Each Other. Atlantic City, N.J., Feb. 1. triple elopement involving members of one household, none of whom knew of the other's inten- tions, wa¥-disclosed with the an- nouncement that William M. Chase, retired New York manufacturer, and his daughters, Edith and" Evelyn, had married their respective be- trothed within twenty-four hours. Miss Edifh Chase started the ma- trimonial race by slipping away from home, ostensibly for a shopping trip. She married Robert Crofts. Mr. Chase. quietly left home to meet Mrs. Elizabeth Obergfell, They were mar- ried. On returning home they were greeted by Mr. Chase's other daugh- ter, Evelyn, who had become the bride at Greenwich, Conn., of Don- ald Riddle, eldest son of former May- or William Riddle, --- A three Figures compiled by the U. 8. fed- eral trade commission indicate that the price of newsprint may decline. WHY IS OUR BiG FURNITURE SALE S80 FAR IN Because you make your selection plete range of House Furnitare in © anada. THE LEAD? from the most magnificent and come Many of these high class goods of quality are being sold at co nsiderably lower figures than the | manufacturers' prices of to-day. JAMES REID Everything Closes But Church During Revival Pontypool, Feb. 1.--Everyone here will have an opportunity of attend- ing the revival service to be conduect- ed nightly for two weeks by Rev. Andrew McLauchlin, B.A., of the Methodist church. Not only has the community dance committee altered its schedule, and the merchants ag- reed to close nightly, but the pool- room also is. co-operating during hours of service. Arbitration proceedings between the municipality and the Temiskam- ing and Northern Ontario by com- mission to fix the responsibility for the destruction of Matheson in the forest fire of 1916 will commence Wednesday. '$1 LOSS IN MIDNIGHT FIRE. Photo shows the Forum Building, Gerrard and Yonge streets, Toronto, which was d estroyed Jan, 27th, with a loss of $150, 000. by fire at midnight, The Leading Undertaker Phone 147 for service. | NT NEGLECT A | i It May Lead to Ma to Many Serious i Diseases. Never neglect a cold "in the head. 18 is a trouble so common that we are apt to treat it as of little conse quence. Bat it is only a step from cold to grippe and the possibility of acute trouble in the throat--pleu --pneumonia--is always there if is neglected. In its early. stages a cold yiel quickly to proper treatment. Gri Fix, a combination. of the d which relieve the system in suc cases, gives remarkable results. It relieves a cold in a night and even grippe yields to it in forty-eight hours. open to throw off the systemic poisons created by the cold, reduces the fevers ish conditions and allays the paing in the head and muscles. Grip-Fix is sold by all druggists at 36c. a box. Accept no substitute, HAdvt). ALTHOUGH DEFEATED' IN YOTE FOR WATTS: People's-...s's Florist 177 Wellington street, Fresh flowers. and plants dasnty Funeral designs, and wedding bouquets to order. Phone 1768. Res, 1137. 750 Dr. Max Otto Klotz, emifient sure geon, clubman and sportsman, died at his home, 299 Somerset street, Ot« tawa, Monday morning of pneunionta, aller a week's illness. - | Its action keeps the Systems