Daily British Whig (1850), 20 Aug 1921, p. 7

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"SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1021. THE FLAMING "FOREST RR JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD The third and best of Mr. Cuf- \ wood's epic of the Three River Coun- . 'try. Author of The River's End, The "Valley of Silent Men. ~-- Diamond . Values See our special win- dow prices-- for un- LIND man's luck doesn't surpassed value-- all B really exist in this busy world of ours. A man must be thoroughly awake to his opportunities to succeed. He muet enjoy perfect vis- fon. The science of optome- try has made it possible to determine the exact condi- tion of affected eyes and to, specify just the glasses that will eradicate the trouble. Wa are competent to serve and our charges are very fair. from our regular "faultless" quality a stock. Kear & d'Esterre JEWELERS . 100 PRINCESS STREET Automobile Repairing ELLIOTT & WILLIAMSON Phones: Shop 1039. Res. 1537). 378 BROCK STREET Registered Optometrist 'a 140 Wellington St. Opp. Post Office SAA AA an TO RENT In Telegraph Building, SUITE of FOUR GOOD ROOMS, with two brick valuts, suitable for offices or will. arrange for residence. Ap- ply MR. IRKPATRICK on premises. \ Still alarms are now answered both by the fire departments and the prohibition sleuths. SAVE YOUR EYES > EYESTRAIN is not a disease of the eye, but it is a condition that glasses only will correct. If. you are troubled with eye- strain our Optometrist can give" you a thorough examination and fit you with the proper lenses to re- lieve this condition. R. J. RODGER Optometrist = - 132 Princess St. Phone 347. ¥ SPECIAL + We are offering Men's Oxfords at . & very special bargain. $ --Brown Brogue Oxfords. --Black Kid Oxfords. --Mahogany Calf Oxfords TO'CLEAR AT .......... $495 Allan M. Reid SHOE STORE - - : THE DAILY [VALUABLE (1 -------------- Possessed by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Fair--It Was Gathered y During Their Many Journ eyings Around the World --Lived Fifteen Years at Singapore. Through the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Alfréd H. Fair, a member of Fthe Whig stafl-has bad the opportu nity of viewing what is probably the most valuable collection of antiques | and objects of art in Canada, possess- | '} | ing the additional interest of being gailfered bit by bit, by Mr. and Mrs. Fair in their many journeys around the world 'and their fifteen years' so- journ in the East, with Singapore | as their headquarters, visiting India, Japan, Siam, Anam, Java and, the Hawalian Islands. Returning cently from Singapore by way of i Italy, Mr. Fair brought his collection i with him, and for the present fit is | |in his home on Bagot street, where | | the visitor is transported from Cana- {da in the twentieth century to "Some- | | if | where East of Suez," and to the | customs and superstitions of a bye- | gone age. | There are great bowls of heavy | Chinese brass, with hand-carved fig- | ures of dragons or chameleons, beau- | | titul antique Chinese brass tea pots, | weapons in miniature, and animals of i perfect form made from highly pol- ished brass, a beautifully | bowl, hundreds of years old, hought | by Mr, Fair in the interior of China, | huge bowls from Java, | polished brass, the outside finely carv- | ed with legends of the country; a | tall* covered jar of Burmese brass, of | a darker shade; a tea pot from Siam, present the feathers, every line in- stinet with life; brass jars from Mal- ay, with the fine work showing ex- quisite care and patience and high up over all the rest, is a Slamese 'Budda of solid brass, buried for sev- eral centuries under the ruins of a temple in Siam, and still wearing the inscrutable smile of the Eastern | God. A large tray, of Egyptian brass, | with the pilgrims on their way to | Mecca is another beautiful piece of | work, Bronze temple pieces, old when Christ was born; two six-foot pedes- tals of Java Toro; ancient tea pots and candlesticks; a curious jar with a demon guarding its contents; a devil with horns and tail, thousands of years old, are among the antiques. Bronzes and jars, with lotus and Iris blossoms wonderfully carved in bronze, are among the Eastern cur- ios. Beautiful figures in old French black bronze, rare and costly, and some well cut modern green bronze are among the bronzes in this col- lection, A bowl of heavy Burmese silver, with outstanding figures of Burmén, a Malay serai box of carv- ed silver, liped with wood, and fit- ted with Li sambola of white malay silver, to carry the betel nuts and other necessaries to the travels of a high caste Hindoo; a great tray of Malay silver and a tal] vase of the same lovely metal presented to Mrs. Fair by a native; a sword in a silver sheath, once the property of Salak, a Malyan Sultan; a tea set of Chinese silver of great antiquity are a few of the silver antiques. Then there is Chi- nese porcelain with its wonderful del- fcacy of tinting, gay but never gaudy, a laughing Budda, the God of Mirth, and what the owner believes. to be the only perfect collection of the figures in the story of Chinese mythology "of the eighteen pirates who wrought havoc in China for many years, till a wolf from the forest came and told them of their sins, with the result that they founded a monastry' and became a blessing rather than a curse, The set is complete and the men of China to-day. Among the many vases, jars and bowls are some splendid specimens of Sang de Beouf, perhaps five hundred years old; gin- ger jars of old blue and white por. celain, very rare, a large bowl of the famous old Ming porcelain; a tall jar dating from the time of the Kang Hi dynasty, whose only known mate is in the South Kensingtbn museum; a tea-dust bowl;- a Kung Lung bowl and jar, and a large jar of more mod- ern ware, with the scholar, the mon- ey changer and warriors of the army and navy, painted with exquisite skill, / Some unique specimens of chine de blane, and a fine specimen of black porcelain "in a large graceful jar, pink porcelain with dainty painting rarely seen, some dishes of Imaro ware ahd a large, beautifully shaped bowl of cloisonne, with its marvell- ous coloring, and vases and a tea get of Satsuma ,ware, are among {his wonderful collection. From Italy came a tea and coffee set of exquisite Cap d Monte, a plaque, three feet across, 'of Florn- re- |} forwed | the inside | a great curio, the pot being the body | of a hen with the brass carved to re-! representing the characters | faces and robes are typical of the! { tine masaie, statutes of the" Venus de Milo," ""The Venus of ANA CEPROVE > Tiree Graces the Bath" LLECTION OF ANTIQUES rs Carraro marble from Northern Italy. | Cabinats and tables of ebony with | exquisite carving, an ebony table iand fine screen, inlaid with mother | of pearl; a table and desk of cherry wood of wonderful carving and Haw- | aiian calabashes, hundreds of vears | old, fashioned with stone implements | into a satiny smoothness, increased | | by centuries of use as the bowl from | which the natives of the Island of | Kawai took their daily food, are also ! | among the curios Then the weapons; from Borneo | comes the shield, the.silver mounted | | spear and the blow pipe, about eight | feet long through which the head | hunters of the Island blow poisoned | darts at their enemies. Small cannon, | also from Borneo and a collection of krises, with scabbards of brass, sil- | | ver or leather from Malay, with 4 | ia strand of human hair (and they were many) for every head tured, tied to tascabbard. Mrs. Fair who has travelled around world six Borneo Dyak, a kind of sword with | cap- | | times, has a collection of embroider- | { les that has few rivals, Temple em- | broideries wrought by fingerscrumbl- ed to dust many centuries ago, with a | | i skill unknown to-day, show a riot of | | gorgeous tints; robes of mandarins | { jand gowns heavily embroidered by | hand; | wonderfu] stitchery done by the An- | amites of L'Indo Chine, filet and the finest of linens with the | | honiton laces, a goverlet of linen ard | 'lace that sold for $1,000, are among | the priceless beauties of this part o? the collection Pictures were not forgotten by these lovers of the heautiful, and here, as well as two marvellous Chi- nese silk pictures, are some from the galleries of Europe, among them | "The Square of Florence' (Bertoncel- H),--"Tarantello Bella Popolave Na- poletane," (Giardiello.) Sceno, "Del- la Campagna Romano" "Mediterranean Coast" (Oletto.) "Fishing at Sunset" and "Fishing at Twilight" by Zonara, one of the hung in .the gallery at Genoa, and other beautiful samples of Italian the Chair" by Bertoncelli, with an exact replica of the frame of the famous origiral and an 'excellent copy of Tizian's "Suzanna," with noted Italian painters these works of art. are teen foet respectively from head to tail and adding to his great collec- tion their own touch of the glamor of the east. Mr, Fair is also a concho- logist and is the possessor of a col- lection of Shells that has only one known rival which is in the posses- sion of the Prince of Monaco, Died of Blood-Poisoning. Montreal Gazette: The death by blood-poisoning in London, England, ~on Wednesday, of Lieut; Melville Ernest St. Clair Ward, of the Cana- {dian Grenadier Guards, was notified iin & cable from Col. Hamilton, of the Grenadier Guards, London, which reached Col. F. 8. Meighen. Had he lived another ten days he would have been back in Canada, as he was due to sail at the end of the week for home. Two months ago he left Mont- ireal to be attached to the Grenadier {Guards for a short course. Lieut. Ward had graduated ot McGill Uni- versity as a mechanical engineer, and it was Tis intention on returning to Montreal to settle down and start out in that profession. How he sus- tained the blood-poisoning that ende:l fatally is pot yet known, and no ar- rangements had beon made up to Fri- day as to the transportation of .the body to Canada. ---- Left Them The Green. The 'bowlers who were at Belle- ville bring back a good story with them. At the time when the local men were winning mest of the prizes one of the Belleville club remarked that he hoped they would at least leave the green for the Belleville bowlers. But the local bowlers were satisfied with winning three cups and first in the doubles, so they did leave something for poor, Belleville. ---- The biggest meteor that is known to have hit the earth fell at Coon Mountain, Arizona. It made a hole which evel now is 560 feet deep and three-quarters of a mile across. The meteor itself is buried far below. | TWICE TOLD TALES TEN YEARS AGO. G. L. Conley, soft of Richard Con- ley, New York, is here to take part in golf tournament over the Front- epac Hotel Jinks. : 'A. W. Wheatley, new manager of the locomotive works, has arrived in the city. : Miss Maude Cannem has resigned from the staff of Victoria school. Boston 'capitalists may construct a large summer hotel in Kingston. The much-sought George will has been located at last and will soon be probated. Major Dawson and Staff-Sergt. Mc- Manus carried off honors in the shooting at Long Branch. = . News of Kingston TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. Once again the level crossing with- out gates is condemned by a coroner's jury In the case of tlie death of Rev. J. H, Stewart. James Devlin has been elected pre- sident of the stationary engineers of Ontario, The Board of Trade is in favor of a reduction to a two-cent postal rate by the government. Granites defeated Cape Vincent 10 to 5 in baseball. & branch of the Iver Johnson fire- arms works may be established at Carleton Place. American silver, poor as it is, will still be taken at the churches as col- lectors cannot very well refuse it. a A copy of Rapheal's "Madonna in | (Bardcei), | greatest modern artists, which were | copies of Rembrant, Van Dyck, and | of some other famous Raphael's by | among | One must not forget the two enor- i rious tiger skins from a Bengal tiger | and tigress measuring ten and four- | BRITISH WHIG. : ---- ABERNETHY'S hoe Bargains Ladies' Black Kid Laced Boo ts--high heals, dark grey kid tops; also ladies' dark grey kid laced boots: all sizes 21to7. Clearibg........c.iu hod ius20s 2.9 Ladies' Brown Oxfords -- med- ium and low heels; the very lat- est styles. Sizes 3 to 7. Saturday ...... ....... $4.95 $1.45 ' Ladies' White Buckskin and White Kid Laced Boots, (size 2} only). Regular $7.00, $8.00 and $9.00 values. Saturday ..... ....... $1.45 $1.95 Girls and Childs' White Buckskin $5 and $6 Button Boots Saturday .... $1.95 Slippers; 4 only. $1.95 Ladies' patent 3 strap sizes 2} to $2.95" Ladies' Patent Ox- fords--Cuban heels; regular $5.00. Saturday .... $2.95 --$1.95 sale of Suit Cases. Pumps. --%$5.95 Sale of Men's Oxfords. Saturday . . .. $1.95 Many Other Good Bargains Offered for Saturday r-- B $ --$1.00 sale of Women's White Shoes. ; --69c. Sale Childs' White Canvas Abernethy's Shoe Store aa 1.95--Sale Women's House y Shoes. oA Grocerie --MEATS FRUITS VEGETABLES --PURE SPICES -- VINEGARS AND ALL PICKLING NE- CESSITIES OF THE BEST QUALITY. . | The Unique Grocery and Meat Market, 490 and 492 Prin. cess Street. Phone 530, C. H. Pickering rd A er ers en 50,000 SAMPLES Dr, Béil's Veterinary Wonder 50,000 one dollar ($1.00) Free to horsemen Who give the Wonder a fair trial. Guaranteed for Colic, Inflammation of the Lungs, Bowels, Kidneys, Fevers, Distemper, ete. Send 26c. for Malling Package, etc. Agents wanted. Write your address plainly. DR. BELL, V.S, KINGSTON, Ont, There are men and women like candles, who must serve others, even to their own hurt; who light the way | for all, but are themselves consumed in the service. relax. Be Made Up? People speak of "making up" sleep, balancing loss of sleep one, two, or three nights by a 'good, long sleep". some time ;n the future. A fine theory! : But the hard-working man or woman of these days needs a good, sound sleep every night, in 4 bed that invites every nerve and muscle We lead in bedding. Ostermoor, White and Green La bel Mattresses, to Banner Springs and Simmons Beds, at:-- JAMES REID PHONE 147 FOR REAL SERVICE ® FIRST SHOWIN OF BOYS' FALL SUITS Prices............... 0... . $7001 312100 RONEY'S, Princess St. I Repair Work tn Schoels. There is a great deal of repair work going .on in the various public schools, and it is being rushed along for the opening of the schools, Every summer there is a great deal of work to be done in the schools, and this is a great help to the building trades. Secretary Macdonald of the Board of Education, has had a busy time over- seeing al] the work mapped out by || the property committee, superstitions Include: Whistling at sea stirs up evi] winds. A cuttlefish swimming on top of the waves betokens a storm. A squall may be expected when an albatross alights on the deck, or when a sea- gull flies between the foremast and sailors are supe Sailors' M. 111% BROCK ~-- - pee - rr ------ Nr the mainmast. But if the seagull between the mainmast'and the miz- zenmast fair winds will prevail. Most' ¢ FOR SALE Frame House, Alfred Street B. TRUMPOUR "Lefty" Gallagher, of the Ponies, will pitch for the Knights of Colum bus in a game in Watertown, N.Y., on Sunday, po-- flies r

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