LS SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1921, " - / | 55 THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG FP Gray-Dort Club House Evidence : of Magnificent Building Company for Use of Employees. Gray-Dort Motors have always been foremost in consideration welfare of their employoces--not only in factory life--phu; by means > bonuses,' the insurance A tion of a work's council and other features Now, however, they are taking a more vital interest lives of their empioyees apart from factory life, and in order to aecori- Pplish this, a magnificent building has been outfitted and is maintained by the company for the use of their employees, dheir families and their friends. The Gray=Dert Club, as it is call is a large brick building fronted by great white pillars. The wide French windows open into a spacious lobby luxuriously furnished as a lounge room with comfortable Chesterfie!ds and deep upholstered chairs drawn up before an open fire-place, while a graat grandfather cloek records the pleasant hours spent here Adjoin- ing this is a special rodm for ladies, THE AUTO BUSINESS OONSIDERED GUIDE in the Motor Car Industry Reflects True Condition of Whole Market Situation. "It used to be the stock market, of tho | f {capable of " llife of the country, and Maintained by a furnished with wicker chairs and settees, tables and writing deskk. large dancing and banquet hall seating three hundred, rn kitchen, as complete. equipped as the scientific housekeeper could desire, comprise the other rooms downstairs, while the upper fidor of the builging is giv- en over to several recreation rooms. An electric player-plano has been Placed in the club house so that the members may have music to enliven any of their entertainments The company has appointed a club manager, who allots the evenings and assists the Various committess in planning their evening's entertain- ments. Any department of the fac- tory or office staff may reserve an ev- ening for its excluisve use, or sever- al departments may combine for an evening. The club has alreaqy scene of considerable Banquets. lunc heons, [daintily } a Gray-Dort ly congratulated most of the company. the ing strengthened festation of the Deen social aq fivity dances music- {make the old barometers, the stock market, Wheat, ete, certain to depend upon. The fact is that the motor car is absolutely indispensable feature industridl 48 800n as the recent depression began to lift, the first thing people began to do was to dig down into their stockings to 80 un- |ing motor car tions. an of the "commercial and indication perity, Great business of makes it a part Company's al evenings, stunt nights, eard par-! ties, smokers and lecture gr hava beer given and each entertainment been heartily enjoyed. managers on i generous way in met the need for such a means of en- tertalnment among their employees, Mr. Robert Gray, "president of the company, has devoted many weeks to drawing up the plins for the clube for he firmly believes that the wel- fare of all Gray-Dort employes is of no little importance to the managers lasm with whicle the chib is being visited and enjoyed, one derstands how it {s | ors has never had a strike, for hap- | pier and more contented employees | are nowhere to be found; .and al: réady notable esprit de corps is be- | for those who labor for them. A A armen snn such as jgulfed it, every one is keenly watch- cue from them as to general condi- They realize that motor car sales are the true barometer and the er as the motor car is, its economy | Generosity ST are the exceedingly | whicli they have! Noting the enthis- readily ua- | Gray-Dort Mot- | by this latest mani- company's concern | MAN of action without a motor car is like a bird with a broken wing. The bird can only flutter in. stead of fly---the man can only putter instead of work. Canada cannat putter and prosper-- sales, taking their country's pros- builder and uplitt- of our life which no family can try to do without, buy new motor cars The depression did more than anything else to impress the people with their great dependence upon the automobile--something which automobile manufacturers for: yeafs had heen insisting upon, but an opinion which the general public but now it's the automsbile that is the financial barometer, and a true guide of business and industrial conditions throughout -the country," Says a motor car 'distributor Those who watch the trend of things financially are learning 'that the automobile reflects the true opinion of conditions more faithfully | was slow to appreciate. than any other guide, while it is not Now that the country fs emerg- subject to the manipulation which ing from the near-chaos which en- Loose Wheels. Soon wear the key or key condition. venting the development of quent inspections for slackness. in évery operation from the moment the raw material is purchased until - the car is sold, Studebaker, because of: its enormous production'and its stand- ardized methods of manufacture, is able to make important savings--these savings are reflected in the price of the car to you, ; - ; BUILT IN CANADA KINGSTON AUTO SALES CO., LTD. Corner Brock and Montreal Streets ~ Light-Six Touring Car . . 82050 Light-Six Landau-Roadster $2300 Light-Six. Sedan $2985 Special-Six Touring Car $2130 Spacial-Six 2 Pass. Roadster $2430 al-Six 4-Pass. Roadster $2430 Special-Six Coupe . Special-S8ix Sedan Big-Six Touring Car $2 All Prices F.O.B. Walkerville. ALL STUDEBAKER CARS ARE EQUIPPED WITH CORD TIRES . ' A slight wobble on the axle will seat of the rear wheels into a dangerous "ie only wey of pre- this condition is to give the wheels fre- it must motor and progress. Willys- Overland Limited will pay $5000.00 in the motor car. It is an inspiring movement--open to anyone in Canada who owns a motor car, Overland owners are particularly impressed with the exceptional utility cash to get your idea of the utility of, Willys-Overland Limited, Toronto, afforded by their cars. They get from 25 to 30 miles to the gallon of gasoline and other 'expenses proportionately low. They have the great facilities and greater plans of a leading Canadian institution solidly behind them. But no matter what car you drive-- get an entry blank from your Overland dealer. Write a letter on the subject "What my .car means to me," not to exceed three hundred words. * You may win the first prize of $1000.00 or one of the seventy-four other cash prizes. Canada' . FOR ENTRY BLANK SER Callaghan Bros. 210-214 SLLINGTON STREET. PHONE 1410. Hyslop, Rambler and Cleveland Bicycles Auto Tires and Violet Ray Lenses, Electric Carpet Cleaning, Sewing and Laying 272 Bagot Street - Phone 542 Willard Attention Now WILL SAVE yOu ANNOYANCE AND EXPENSE LATER ON are the result of years of battery [ eXperience. We most strongly recommend great care in keeping your usiary well charged while A in use, and WINTER DRY STORAGE for jt immediately when car is laid up. Our workmen are eXperts--our charges most reasonable, Send them to us--Kingston's only Battery Specialists, WILLARD SERVICE STATION Phone 1840, rt. A Minnesota scientist clainsg to have obtained a substance from 30 to 50 times as sweet as sugar from the tubers of the Jerusalem arti- choke. fr Sufficiently 'extensive deposits of tin ore have been discovered in South Africa (0 warrant the erec- tion of a smelting plant in the Trans. vaal. | IPhone 1609, USED CARS| Ford Roadster . . . I Ford Touring with Starter . . . . .$450.00 1 Ford Sedan with Starter . . . . . . $850.00 I- Chevrolet Touring, 490 . , . . . $550.00 McLaughlin K63, Roadster, with : Cord Tires; run 1100 miles . . $1650.00 * All these cars may be purchased on easy ' terms. 'VanLuven Bros. 34-38 Princess Street. ------------------------ ------ NS Ee ---- ee ---- Machinery belts have been e in: Europe of braided or woven per, bullt up on cores of cotton, shaet metal or a combination of thread and wires, | Operating by compressed a'r, a | machine has been invented , quickly | to remove the oi paint from an au- | tomoblie that fs to 'receive a new | coat, h an