HE DAILT BRITISH WHIG NEED FOR NEW SCHOOL [EDWARD CRUMLEY WRITES WE- CAN SUPPLY THE FINEST = | akin KIND OF | INSPECIOR STUART SAYS met many Kingstonians on His i ' | Trip Across Continent to Dressed Quebec Spruce "The Enroliment in the Present | Schools Is Far Too High. : : : Uniform crades--well milled--in Flooring, Wi oa, Cll, wits © V. Joint, Novelty Siding and Sheathing, Let us have your inquiries. ALLAN LUMBER C0. In his annual report Inspector J. Here 1 am with windows - xnd VICTORIA STREET. "Phone 1042 mosey California. l Edward Crumley, 2032% Sixth | Russell Stuart of the public schools | of Kingston states: S | doors open 3,600 miles away from The staff of the public . schools | K-PESton. to tel you what I saw | consists of 65 teachers, of whom 61 | 02 the homeward journey. Nearly instruct grade classes, and there are | 13/18 hundred friends and relatives | special teachers of writing, house- | drove to the outer depot io see me hold' science, manual training and | off on the midnight train. High Jinks music. Ten hold first class certif-| 2d Highland flings for a time cates and 53 second class. The spe- | 28¢d ere train appeared then hand ! -- | shaking and leave taking interspers- cial teachers hold the necessary | a3 qualifying certificates. The staff is|® y smacks from sisters, cousins : : : : IZ not only fully qualified legally but { i aunts, as 3 Whole is highly qualined prac: | day in Toronto was enjoyed ntérnal an ernal Pains are promptly relieved by tically. Their devotion to their work | 4h Shon visits to Lieut.-Col. Mas- appears not only in the faithfulness S$ Dr./Russel Reid, Alfred Good- » D8 THOMAS EC CTRIC OIL |. with which their classroom work is{ °3rle and Mrs. Margaret Robinson, also an evening of enchanting musie AND 18 Tony SEEN SOLD FOR YF done, but also in the efforts made, | OME JNIAL THAT SPEAKS FOR sometimes at considerable personal | & the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry QUALITIES. expense, to maintain or improve | Martin by their" talented daughter, thelr qualifications. In addition to| VT: -Peter Kennedy. - A week was their special responsibility for the in- | SPent in Chicago with calls and visits struction of a class, the teachers co- fa old time friends, all forme: operate with the supervisors in mu- | Y ngstonians. I had an evening with r. and Mrs. Richard Newlands, sic, manual training and writing and | th | take special courses of instruction | [heir'inarried sons and daughters, out of school hours to qualify them- i Newland's brother and wife, selves for work in these subjects. In| MT: and Mrs. James, formerly of : | Belleville, a real Christmas feast A & Deliciously : » Complete Drug Store--Prompt, Careful Service "WHERE PRINCESS AND DIVISION CROSS" = PRINCESS PHARMACY meet monthly to discuss the progress of the work, and the means and methods employed, as well as to co- addition, the teachers of each grade | when nineteen sat down ' to a real gobbler dinner. Similar ' evenings and feasts were had with William Smythe, whose wife was Laura Sav- ~~ LAT RATE SERVI Bring your car in, or send for us to call and it. We will 'give you a flat rate for overhauling it or kono it. ; First class mechanics. Bpecial Compressed Air Oil Spray er for removing squeeks, and the Greasing Rack, are some of the features. Bervice day or night (repairing and washing). BLUE GARAGES, Limited Phone 567. » Bagot and Queen Sts. ordinate the programme for the fol- lowing month, In grades above the age. Another with Alfred and Mrs. primary they also co-operate tn Dean, whose home is a veritable conducting monthly tests. These gre{ Jeliyiand. It was here I met Dawe helpful to those of less experience, McCammon and his charming wife. and supply Valuable information as| Queen's College and her marble lto the standing of the class, and of | bane ie Shu a There, was e > . night or two was individual pupils, for the benefit of Spent With TF AE Dre ao He dleton who drove me through the parks and boulevards so beautiful; Class Enrolment. one evening with Harry Middleton, In October there was an enrolment | Wife, son and charming daughter. of 2734, with an average daily Harry is now proprietor of a large attendance of 2487, showing a slight | electric plating foundry. He delight- falling off from that of last year. ed to introduce me to his friends and The regulations prescribe that the [foreman as his first boss who pald average daily attendance in any |DBim the fabulous salary of $4 a classroom should not exceed forty.| month as did also David Laidlaw. In October there were 35 classrooms | He took us to Cocoanut grove for with an average dally attendance in | dinner, not an out door plage but a excess of forty. In ten of these |SPacious hall as large maybe as | fhe average was over forty-five. The | Memorial and Ontario Hall combin- | average daily attendance per teach- | ®d. A large space in the centre was er throughout all our schools was | for dancing. Outside a rail were 41, From the statistics available, this | hundreds of tables for four and palm and cocoanut trees extending 0 be 'the highest of the ei- De hl hui Boing The general | around the building, Hundreds were average elsewhere is about 85. A |dining¥and feasting under myriads concrete example will show more Of soft tinted lights, the centre one clearly what this means. In Peter- | being a cluster of illuminated. cocoa- boro, with a staff of 77 grade | nuts. A Hungarian orchestra dis- teachers, the average daily atten-| Pensed enchanting music so tempt- danee was 2.665, or, per teacher, |ing that the floor was soon a mass about 34%. To stand level with Pet- | 0f Beau Brummells and partners, erboro, it would be necessary to add | then to tables again. All was artistic, beautiful and refined," each little eleven teachers to our public school. party's enjoyment was separate, staff. A similar comparison with other cities of Ontario will show si- Christmas and the following day milar results. = However earnestly | were spent at Glen Ellyn, an out- or skilfully our teachers may work | post of Chicago, the nome of Mr. it 18 evident that it is unreasonable | gang Mrs, Samuel Montgomery, a to expect an acceptable standard of |jarge home in the centre of huge efficiency. A strong disciplinarian| ays whose branches tower to the may keep. good order in an over-|gyjes Three great Dane dogs acted crowded c¢tass, but her methods, both | 54 guardian angels, or keepers of the in government and teaching, neces- peace. Some .of the days had rain, sarily become more formal and 168s | hu¢ ag one gazed out of the windows personal. The. weaker pupils, those| ,, Christmas morning, # was most dependent upon the teacher, pegutiful to behold. The trees and necessarily suffer most. grounds were covered with snow and . visible, or invisible, tracks of Santa | School Accommodations. Valuable Coupons inEach Package and Tin oh mem, \ ® Teach your child - ® * x" & internal cleanliness E 2 », - - hid hiro P Tn oatpation in hes baby or older It must be remembered that an infant is hel unable to tell se cman akin mele Coeoialy her baby. ions, ni inding the teeth in sleep, symptoms--any of these stagnant intestine are fl teachers, parents and the pupils themselves. WE ARE NOW BOOKING ORDERS, FOR WINTER Automobile Painting SELECT FINISHING FROST'S AUTOMORILE PAINTING 200-505 QUEEN STREET. For Auto Repairs For all kinds of Automobile repair work, and where a real mechanic is needed, see us and have it done right. 3 R. GREENLEES Angrove's Auto Sales, 146 Sydenham Street Phone 1282. FOR AUTO ELECTRICAL REPAIRS See F. HALL The Auto Electrician--20 years' experience Storage Batteries recharged and repaired. "All work gearanteed. 335 says that laxatives and but by their continued hls costing us REGROUND Ford Special Complete with Pistons, Pins fi OCEAN and Rings---all fitted, 400. $25 STEAMSHIP LINES In estimating the acceptability of stockings of all good little boys ana Automotive pecial attention given your family | school accommodations, consider- girls. or friends going to or returning fro . w m | ations of health come first. The most ders Limited ; 226 Wellington Street and his reindeers after his filling the ! adopting the habit as Fox sale by all dggista of rd espa Take Ral real the, Wl ERIY. sod. essential are good lighting, I was Dpilled for an evening with n For full particulars apply of write] Yo0L!18tion and beating and the state | Mr. and Mrs. George Kinnear, but brush your toéth or wash your to:-- of the sanitary equipment. Only one | George, somewhat indisposed, took J. P. HANLEY, C.P. & T.A., C. N. R'y| school fully satisfies the standards an aeroplane ride to-spend Christ- Some men would rather put up a Dake; Canadian National Railway | prescribed by the régulations, | mas with his sister, Mrs. R. J. argument than furnish strong | gereets, Kingston, mer "ud Ontario] though the addition to Victoria | Reld, in Kingston. : « jand night. Phones oy Wy Bd school is excellent with respect to| Chicago during Christmas week No - lighting and ventilation. Frontenac | was a sight to behold; stores beanti- : and Macdonald schools may be grad-| fully decorated and a mad rush te od *"good;" though, owing to insuffi- | gain admittance. Samuel Montgom- client radiation at the fresh air in-| ery, Harry Middleton and myself takes, the ventilation in Macdonald | started out to call on old Kingston folk. We had chats with Fred Pugh to the ground through the denser cushion of cold air, Then again, at the western flank of the warm to any to be found in any other city | of Ontario. These should be replac- ed by modern buildings. r-- fects, are "fair." and Depot schools are quite inferior | well and doing well; Donald McMn.| And thea we rolled a Santa Fee id Si : 151 roved | School 1s inferior. The old wing of -- ji Vietoria School and Central and|and Albert Taylor, both iz the Bos. 5 Pp Sydenham schools, with serious de-| ton étore, silk department; Albert, | Weil, and selling wall paper whole- . : Louise, Rideau; formerly of Murray and Taylor, both | Sale. lan was next op our list, but he was {il with rheumatism in hospital. We conversed with his daughter there and left our New Year greetings; a «hat with Tommy Kennedy, former- to the land of sunshine end flow ers, but as the saying goes, "The old lady of Scotland was plucking her geesé" and we were fairly bur- current, where cold air is pushing | | 18, another ling of thunderstorms mey give wa of the imminence of a cold waver Temperature in led In snow mear New Mexico, On winter 25 degrees above normal are likely to end abruptly with a thun- dering shift of the wind to direction, . 3 a The winter thunderstorm is the result of local overflow of cool air aloft rather than of heating below. The night is the usual time for these disturbances in winter, largely be- . cause winter nights are longer than winter days. To be awakened by a crash of thunder, and to see by light. ning the downpour of rain, perhaps with Dail, soon followed by snow, is to receive a lasting impression, J Via New Longlac Route] | » see sous seis, fie Tomes Komi oer presentation made in, detall last year MOTHER! Pho 4 Nati ae. RR [rh cact ore oa cha. sete The fo National" Rideau Wasa, Such a Seno hi Clean Child's Bowels with "California Fig Syrup" room accommodation, suitably lo- cated, to permit, the enrolment per teacher to be brought within legal limits, and to give our teachers con- "| ditions equally favorablé for success- J Mml work to those enjoyed In all other cities. " (b) To replace obsolete buildings quite iaferfor to any to be found in other cities. as ? -- Daily =~ (8) To provide sufficient clase (d) To secure accommodation, for auxiliary classes for subnormals and other classes of exceptional pupils S32 i? ; ; "| Whose needs are ot satistactorily > in. 10.--~We pave , ver] 1 Pes Rn provided for. : = du "1 have tried all sorts of cough remedies but have never tried so much relief se Buckiey's Bronchitis Mixture." J. S. 613