THE D S 4 =} AMUSEMENT What the Pr ss Agents Coming Opera House 10-NIGHT PRICES: 50c. to $2.00. GRAND SH EILBOURN GORDON Ine. Presents The Greatest Mystery Play of Thea All T ANP rue ANARY By John Willard Staged by Ira Hards onan "Cat and the Canary." The thrill play is in its glory, and one of most of the species, * by Jahn Willard wi presented by Kilbourn Gordon, Inc., at the Grand Cpera House for one night, Wednes- day, Feb, 7th. It is sald, on good report, that this drama will reveal thrills, chills and laughter in such | 800d measure that it is a veritabla delight of the theatre. The critics in many citles have given their mead of praise, at ome and abroad, but the best critics of all, General Pub- lic, has bestowed its praise in sub- stantial form represented in long Mines at box-offices. The play, by ak Jaccounts is not only full, but over- full, of entertainment. It is good theatre and good fun, with its thrills fand chills and laughter. "Cat and the Canary" is frankly a.mystery iplay, with crime running rampant through three livel ts. Into the {thrill and excitement is interwoven la vein of comedy that succeeds in {providing a laugh to offset every thrill, 'Cat and the Canary' may raise your hair and cover you with | goose-flesh, but al' who have seen it jadmit that it {s more than worth the price of admission. The company {to come is one which equals lin every respect any that has ever appear<d in the play whether in Lon- don, New York, Sidney or Chicago. GUARANTEE day of This entertainment 1s so well 8. popular tablished and the quality of the corupany so assured that we will refund the price of the ticket to any patron who wishes to leave after the second act. THROUGH MILES OF FLAME OVER BURNING BRIDGES BRINGING HUNDREDS TO SAFETY THE STORY OF AN OUTCAST WHO SAVED THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO SHUNNED HIM BY DRIVING A LOCOMOTIVE THROUGH MILES OF BLAZING FOREST. "THE NINETY AND NINE" AN ALL-STAR CAST HEADED BY COLLEEN MOORE ~~ WITH here SUNSHINE COMEDY CHESTER CONKLIN in "STEP LIVELY, PLEASE" At The Allan "Babbitt," Sinclair Lewis's new novel which redicted on the main street philosophy isn't so new: the same idea of small town prejudices and the lack of opportunity for those -- (who wish to live in the freeiom of the'r own spiritual concept was writ ten years ago Ly; Ramsay Morris in his play "The Ninety and Nine,' | which Vitagraph has converted into a gr.at picture spectac.e and which will play at the Allen on Thurscay. Ruth Blake, the heroine in Morris's Screen drama, sees life through clear ey. s, She knows that the hignest concept of living 1s embraced in the giving of help to others of less moans and opportunity in the world. She has coustrued n Ser s.mjp.e ang un- affected way, a philosophy of ner ow out of the paraole of tne lost sheep, perhaps the greatest text tor a se-mon | that 18 written into th. New Tesia- jaent. But the village wili not pe | mit her to have her ws: +, to lend a | kindly hand to one who nad sliayed from tae righwous path. The BOS- 8S py Aramantha Markham obtrued | her suggestive and vicious tongue lito the kindly ottices of Ruth when she tried to save Tom Silverton from |the curse of drink. The smal. mine jof Aramanatha !s the small mind ot |small people throughout the worla | | whether they be found in villages or | in cities, It is ths vicious gossip wiich influences Ruth's father to! {drive her from her home, and she AAAS ATT | takes refuge in Cleves, the town | Hotel Frontena {that is hemmed In by timberland. | C | Fire Sweeps through the forest and! Kingston's Leading Hotel | Cleves is doomed. It is the one, no: Every room has running hot and colq|the ninety and nine "which need no water Une-half block from Rallway | repentance," who risks his 1'te in| Stations and Steamboat Landings, {driving a locomotive through the! J: A. HUGHES, | crashing blazing for.st to save not Proprietor only Ruth, but the townspeople of {Cleves as well. The gossips who had | [1ggked with suspicion upon the man |frhose feet had wandered from the. | tralght and narrow path as conceiv- | ¥, "Bulldog Drummond" THURS. FRI, SAT. t Time To-da 'S 1 STRAND TO-MORROW Mat., 16-23c¢. Evgs., 25.35¢. Tax included. 'SPECIAL EXTRA ATTRACTION DONLON and LIVIE Novelty Dancers New Leather Pushers ROUND 35. SHERLOCK HOLMES SERIES NO. 3. SNELL LEwiS STRAND NEWS, boy ---- ANOTHER DE LUXE "PROGRAM LAST TIME T0.D AY ars ~---- ee re TRANSATLANTIC SAILINGS Season 1923. Lists and Rates mow ly Ticket Agent, 36 Clarence on, Ont. Tel. 568w., THE GARDEN HALL RE- DUCES THE PRICE ENA for the rental of the hall, and all other. entertain- REDU TO $10.00. Be sure and don't forget this. You ean have a good time and for the cost of a trifie. Apply to Mrs. 8, Cohen Hall p! 7. AUCTION § ALE 27 1 niversity Avenue, corner Wilitam Street i POSTPONED, W. A, TWIGG, Auctioneer, At iv- ed by them, were now silenced, and ~ Ruth Blake was proved to be sound | {In her estimate of Tom Siverton's| he. ------- rt n---- THE FARRAR DIVORCE {hidden fineness and manliness. Coll- | CASE Is POSTPONED ec» Moore plass Ruth Blake 'n the -- | Vitagraph special, and &n> prew-s A Decision Is Awaited on Mo- | t° the characterization a clear con-| tion to Mak th | ception of the one with clear eyes ( e e Hear- [¥ho lives among those with small | ing Secret. "| minds The paison tongue was | . | never better depicted on the screen | New York, Feb 7.--The hearing [than in the charactcr of Aramatia | In the divorce action of Geraldine |28 played by Dorothy Wobert, while | Farrar against Lou Tellegen, which | Warner Baxter gives a definite and | Was to have taken place yesterday be- [Sure portrayal of the man who had | fore Thomas H. Mahony, referee, | slipped away from rightcousness. | Was postponed untf) | | Mes | eg J this morning, | ) Dg the decision of Suprem i S Court Justice Danijel Coh ? Se ow alan upon a | A t | Tot i aka pearing in one of the strongest | ' as Jake the hearings secret. | oq thie ever screened, Dorotuy | Ing room wat 100 whtered the hear- | ,)0it0n and Jack Holt, featured play - | street, Alvin U7 ast Forty-fifth ers, will bs seen in Paramounts | Miss Farrer {termyer, counsel for "On the H gh Seas," at the Strana | atl {; ald he had assumed th. theatre Thursday, Friday and action was to be heard in private, 4 sat- | The referee repli urday. The action opens On ea! aware that the ide nn: ocean liner, which is. wreckea ana | decision in that respeot ay Ab [io principa. players are saved in af hear a motion to bar new ,, | leaky boat wien almost dead from | from Subsequent hearings Per men thirst and cxhauston, run upon a "I know that both Mr and Mrs | derelict which is deserted save for a Tellegen do not care to air this e | black kitten, all on board having | 'n public," said Mr. Untermyer, "gor | died from a plague. On this ship} hey feel they have already h | uany incidents ensue as the storm | cient publicity. Publicity larises and boast; passion become | ; 3 | ort is injurious to both sides in their | UPPermost in the mind of Polack. | business affairs." {the burly stoker, who attacks the] At the examination last week, it |girl, a woman of high station and! was learned, Marjorie Petrick Sehui- | 18 worsted in a fight by J m, the ler, of No. 2 st. Nicholas Place, Miss (Other stoker, who at the finish of Farrar's secretary and advance {the story, proves to be a wealthy | agent, identified members of the cast | man who had worked his way back | |of "Blind Youth" in a ETOuUp picture {on the liner in search of adventure. [that was shown her. Tellegen, who | Jim and the girl are finally rescued {1s starring in the play, ie in the from the durel'ct as it is about to |EToup. Although Miss Farrar's a:- Sink and taken back to port, where | jtion is said to be based upon Tel- {they again resumcd their social posi- | | legen's alleged acts of misconduct | tions of lady and stoker, until in| {with an actress. Miss Schuller's | the surprise finish Jim kidnaps the |testimony did not supply the wo- | Rirl and then reveals his real iden- | man's name, it was learned. | tity, | i It was also disclosed that August | As a special extra attraction, | Larsen, deputy sherift at Long |Donlon and L/'ve, novclty dancers, | | Beach, and Jack Bogardus, restaur- | come direct from the Ke th circuit, | Ant owner, testified at the earlier where thy have been a big head- hearing that the woman who is al- [liner and one of the finest novelty ileged to have lived with Tellegen at | dancing acts on the American stage {Long Roach, and who has been men- | today. Paramount Theatres, Ltd. jtioned In the case as the "Spanish | secured this act by sp.cial arrange- [é¥pe" woman, was known to them | ment fot a tour of their Theatres '8s the actor's step-sister. to cen | ne Highest Prices Paid for All Kinds of Junk Communicate with Standard Metal & Waste Company M. ROSEN, Manager, Office and Warehouse: 170-172 RIDEAU STREET Phone 2060) NN A NA rrr TAL I 116 DOMINION TAXI SERVICE 288 KING STREET | 'n Canada They wiil appear at m-- tions each performance, afternoon and L'eut.-Col.. The Hon. Harold G. | evening, Thursday, Friday and Sat- be found among Henderson, military secretary to the urday. Come early, is our annual Dute of Devonsh're, when govern- | password - 'or-general of Canada, who died on! November 1st, aged 47, has left an! 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All shades. 36 to 46, Silk Crepe, Sat Lace or Elastic with Straps. quantity, Blouses -- trimmed Gingham Lace Collar and Cuffs, Peter Pan or Tuxedo Collars, Sizes CAMISOLES Habutal Silk; trimmed with Sherring, LOUSES £1.00 or 1 00 from 21 t0 80. D. & A. and ( CORSETS '1.00 rompton makers, 1. Heavy weight Coutil -- HOUSE DRESSES fittings for all figures. Sizes OR ALL-CVER APRONS 27 only, Gingham or Chambray-e- all 1 | Over-Dresses. Check Ginghams in light ° | shades. Chambrays in dark, serviceable | colors. Rush order Thursday morning, in and med. $1.00 JACKSON LIMITED ll4 PRINCESS STREET ry " Ls IR *1.00 wd gg | Foulkes and Miss Esslemont danoca rand made love as '""Harlequin and COSIUME CONCERT | Columbine." The chorus of pretty WAS GRE] SUCCESS 202 girls was much admired. The | musical cntertainment by the Blacx {and White Pierrot Troupe. Perrots tertainment Given Capt. Lee, Dr. Brown, Dr. Melvin, | Messrs. Hew Duff and Rob . Watt | Pierettes, Mrs, James Mill mr, Misses | F. Fouwkes, C. Farrell, L. Hill, M. Ontario Hall was filled to the doors | McLelland, L_ Taylor, A. Esslemont leaving standing room only, on and H. Tofield. In splendid costumes Tuesday evening, when a Costmue made 'n town, thes: clever young Ball, in a'd of the I. O. D. E. and | people amused the large audience, Queen's Resiednce fund was put on Dr. Melvin R. Watt, Capt, Lee, Miss Ly some bright Kingston people, | Esslemont and Miss McLeland sang trained by Miss Anna Esslemont, the | delightfully, Mr. Duff and Miss clever Scotswoman, who is spending [Foulkes did a cleverly executed the wintar in town. Tuneful sing- | dance and every one was full of ing, exquisitely graceful dancing | life and performed his or her part costumes, were in with a fin"sh that made it seem im- whamselves sat fying, buf 'belind possible that the troupe have been it all was Miss Esselmonts vivid |Only training for a month, Miss Essle- and artistic pcrsonality, for 't was mont was laden with flowers and thls youn girl wie created the |the compan gave three hearty cheers lovely dances, planned the dainty for Mrs. Rigney and for her assis- costumes and trained the performers. fant after the National Anthem was Mrs. J. Rignry, who has been untir- sung. ng in her work as accompanist, with Miss Lo's Taylor as her assis- tant, played an opening number and | then Miss Claire and Miss POEEY he "Continuous Journey" Restric. Miller, with a chorus of wood nym- tions Are Removed, phs, enacted the "Beggar Maidon's | Ottawa, Feb. 7.--For the purpose Dream", a delightful interperat' ve ,¢ encouraging immigration of the dance; beautifully ex.cuted by these | pg mbr and domestic servant c'asses. well trained children. Pipe Major i, Order-in-Council removes the con. Logan, a commanding figure 'n plaid [tinuous journey restrictions. Under and kits, played thé pipes, while | previous regulations immigrants of Miss Esslemont in a highland CO8t- these classes were admitted to Can- ume dano.d with a skill and sp'rit aga only if they arrived direct from all her own, Miss Jane Waddell their own countries. This has been who has already won laurels on a changed to provide that, if an immi- Kingston stage, in a most charming grant hes resided for a time in soma frock, danced 'Valse Bohemienne," country oiher than his own, he can Might as a thistledown, and with migrate thence to Canada graceful mov. ments of her hands A further order<in-council repeals and arms that marks the true dan- {the provision for a $5 fee for vise of ers. Miss Nancy Wilson sang sweet- |the passport in the immigrant's own ly, Miss Audrey Lawson danced a country, The passports of immigrants Minuetto, Miss Peggy and Miss Claire |of other than British or United States Miller were adorable in "Sunshine |erigin are demanded with a view to and Rain." Miss Norah Sullivan having a record of their nationalities. and Miss Nora Williamson danced [In view of the depreciation of for- dainttly, and Miss Vacer'e Hora, Splendid En Under Auspices of the 1.0.D.E. and charming § { TO HELP IMMIGRANT. a 'elgn currency, the sum of $5 former- Liny tot in a snowy frock did a'ly charged for the vise, has become "Pas Sent"that delighted everyone. [a large amount, Spring," Miss Lo's Taylor; "Sum-| A third order-in-council removes, mer," Miss Clara Farreil, "Autum." in the case of Asiatic immigrants, the Miss F.' Foulkes and "Winter," Necessity for wives and children of Miss Helen Tofied, in the prettiest 1¢€al Canadian residents, to prove frocks, typical of the'r seasons, danc- the possession of $250 before they ed marvellous'y and received lovely 2re admitted. flowurs. Miss Phyllis Spencer saug eT ---------- "Young Man's Fancy" while two * realistic dresden figures, Miss B.! Stockwell and Miss Peggy Aller, made love on a pedestal and were dustrd ty the tiniest and most friv- Oous of housemaids, Miss Betty Seccombe, Mss D. Constantine and Miss Audrey Lawson were goM- en butterf'es and Miss Frances s Rome, Feb. 7.--Pope Pius has re- lations on the first anniversary of I's eection. The official cel b-at- tion takes place Feb. 12th, when a solemn ceremony will be held in the Cistine chapel, where the Pope will ibe present at a pontifical mass. nn second part of the programme was a | ceived many telegrams of congratu- | | of God at the flood, we shall jfpend the rest of our lives in shal. lows and miseries." VISION OF GREAT FUTURE, [tide [lates Before Canada Demands Union of the Churches, | -- The following is dssued by 'the | JEWS urr THE WIRES Presbyterian Cnurch Union Move- ment Committee, Publicity Depart- | IN NDENSED FORM ment, written by J. Lewis Milligan. | , The task of preparing the Presby- | Tidings From Places Far and terlan Church for Unfon with the | Near Are Briefly Methodist and Congregational | Recounted. {c¢hunches, to form one United Church | jof Canada, has been undertaken by | {Rev. R. J. Wilson, D.D., at the re quest of the Pre:byterian Churoh- Union Movement Committee, In or- der to imitiate this great and in-pir- {ing task, Dr. Wilson, has been grant- ed three months' leave of absence {{rom his ministry in Chalmers church, Kingston, Jockey E. Pool was hurt fn the first race at New Orleans when Maj- tor Chilton, the favorite, tell, | Hon. W. 8. Fielding, minister of finance, predicts a thirty million dol- lar surplus in the present year, Welland Cotton Mills, Lad., organ- ized last ymar, is calling for tenders {for the construction of the new plant, A liberal caucus w'll be hold to- day in Ottawa to consider the quest. fon of two amendments presented to the address . Miss Mary Martin, Kitchener, found suffering from asphyxiation, died at the hospital without regain- ing consciousmess. John Flannigan, London, a pas senger in a delivery sleigh, was knocked uneonscions and his arm broken when the horse ran away. The River Danube is at flood stage and enormous losses have been caused by inundation of the wharves and warehouges along the stream. | vital and vigorous qualities that hava | Karl Homuth, Libort #0, Fut. {placed Presbyterians in the front erloo, announced in the legislature rank of thought and action through- 'that he wished to Introduce a motion out the world, I would be with | calling for a ponnlar referendum on Dr. Scott and Mr. MacB th. But | the lquor question. I am too mueh of a presbyterian Sarnia Hydro-BEleotric Commission ito be bound by an idolatrous servi-| has decided to reinstate their former {tude to the outward forms of tra-| manager, J. EF B. Phelps, in view of | 4tions, and I am too much of athe report by the special board of in- { Canadian to be blind"to the demands | quiry. TH found no evid- y and the vision of | #nce of dishonesty les before; A hope that profits from the Pan- {ama Canal ultimately may enable this Dominion." cut the world, be with Dr. Scott and | the American government te buliq the Isthmus Mr. MacBeth to-day. But I am too | another Waterway across much of a presbyterian to be bound [°f Panama, was expressed at the by an idolatrous servitude to the out- | White House after the subject had ward forms of tradition, and | am | been touched on at the Cabinet meet. tec much of a Canadian to be blind | Ing. to the demands of the present day In New York, seven thousand jand the vision of the great future | workers emploved in about 300 shops | which Mes before thi: Dominion * {In the children's wear industry, "Church union will not usher In| walked out in protest against the the millenium, and it wi!!! not finally | contractors' refu<al to accept minor {eholish all the difference: In form | changes in a new contrast The child and creed among Christians; but, so [ren's wear workers' contract with em- far as Canada is concerned, it wiil | ployers expired Feb 1st be a stupendous move forward. Wi The Swiss National Council has ap- | believe that the consummation of oroved the deeision of the federal {this unfon will give an inspiring lea? | counsdl to donate a building for the to Christendom "nternational Labor Bureau, form- | world. Chureh unio . and | od under the League of Nations. The will come, despite ail these efforis AD ntended to be given is in that are being put forward to ere | | | | Dr. Wilson combines in his per- sonality the traditional Preshvterian with the native-born, forward-look- |ing Canadian. He has a warm regard {for the "auld Kirk" of his forefath- lers, and when the question of Church | [Union was first mooted he was one {of the foremost in opposing it. Later however, he caught the vision of a United Church of Canada, and he has | not been disobedient to that vision "There is a thrill in this thing, cant you feel it?" he said to me the cther day. 'I take no second place |to any man in my love for the Preshy- |terian church, and if I thought that {by union we were to loge any of thos: repo | of the pres mt da | the great future which ene ¢.luated alongside the lake, it. Why, then, should we o" th! gon nd valued at 1,000,000 Swiss franes, eration not share in its bene ta? If The property now belongs te the gov. We as Presbyterians do not fie this | ernment,