THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG SMALL outlay on Seaman-Kent Floor- ing, and a little of your time in laying it will sub- stantially . increase the value of your home. At the same time you will add tremendously to your personal comfort, lessen household drudgery and actually save money in the end. Get an estimate for Seaman - Kent Flooring, based upon the size of your rooms. We will supply full infor- mation for laying the floor, ALLAN Lumber Co. VICTORIA STREET "PHONE 1042. Pp om ------ ( GET Ii KEPAIKED ( Sewing Machines, Phonographs, Gu Rifles repaired and refitted. ppiicd, Sang Nied, Anives, scissdrs und edge tools ground. AvChy repaired. heyg Blind (0 Bl kinds of weeks. Al uses vi Luwu uewers saarpened sad re paired. We van gopuir AR) IRIng tant is repairable. J. M. PATRICK WEAK, RUN DOWN IND AILING Lydia E.Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound Brought Relief When Other Medicines Failed Port Mann, B, C.-- "I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound because : TH was fired and rub TTI down. I had head- aches and no =p tite and wastroubled | for two years with sleeplessness. I tried Zany medicines, but nothing did me ing in Wash was living - ington | was recom- Mondedbygatiangor to take dia Pinkham's Vegeta- willing for you to these facts as x testimonial. '*-- Mrs, ls C. GREAVES, Port Mann, B. C. Feels New Life and Strength N. H.--*1 was weak and run- down and had backache and all sorts of troubles which women have. I found t relief when taking Lydia E. Pink- Be v table Com d and I also L E. Pinkham's Sanative ash. I am able to do my work and feel pow life and from the Vegeta- pan foing all 1 can to HAMMOND, 1 Car pon or rset. Keene, N.H. 5 and a women everywhere in the Dominion should try Lydia E. 's Vegetable Com o Guard Against "Fly" | With Musterole Influenza, Grippe and relieves congestion ©old really is) and stimula It has all the good qualities old mustard the biter" wi ust t on with First you will feel a healing oin! of the your if wa ig a Quick relief, Fog] Musterole handy for emergency cand 75 at all riggs liness. ITHE DANCING ALLS OF KINGSTON (Continued from Page One.) dance halls, which is more than can be said about Kingston. We have received a copy of these laws from the police department at' Montreal, and herewith print them. { } Montreal's Dance Laws, f Every person who hag obtained, | under the present by-law, a license | for a dance-hall shall keep such hall {closed during the whole might and the whole day of Sunday till 10 o'clock a.m., on' Monday, and be- tween midnight and ten o'clock a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and it shall be unlawful for any person to admit or | allow to be admitted into his estab- i lishment children under sixteen | years or-agy" "Notwithstanding the above pro- | visions, the superintendent of police { may, in the case of charity balls and | of the celebration of national feasts | by regularly Brganized societies, or | receptions of a sotlal character and {in other special cases, allow the | hours during which dance-halls may remain open, to be extended, pro- vided that an application to that effect, setting forth the reasons why | it 1s desired that such hours be sx- tended, be made, in writing, by the interested parties to the said super- intendent of police." "In case of dance-halls, license 'shall only be granted if the super- | iIntendent of police is satisfied that | the neighbors will not be inconven- | fenced by the sounds of music or by the noise caused by the persons fre- quenting such halls." "Dance-hall" shall apply to any store, building or other place where the public are admitted and where dancing fs indulged in, whether an entrance-fee is charged or not, and shall also apply to any dancing- school." Toronto's Dance Regulations. Toronto dance-hall laws are as fol- lows: The licensee of every hall in which dances are held shall observe the following regulations: No person shall be admitted to the hall during dancing hours who, in the opinion of the chief constable or of such inspector or supervisor as he may deputé for such purposes, is of immoral character or conducts himself, or herself, in a loose, dis- orderly or improper manner. There regulations shall not apply to private damces which are attend- ed only by the guests of a person glv- ing such private dance, or to dances given under the auspices of a patrio- tle, fraternal or charitable society, or other well recognized organiza- tion, or a club other than a dancing club. Dancing shall cease not later than forty-five minutes past eleven o'clock in the afternoon of each day and shall not commence befdre nine o'clock in the forenoon of the fol- lowing day. No girl under sixteen years of age shall be adm'tted to the hall during dancing hours, and no girls or wo- man shall be admitted who is not ac- companied by an escort, who shall remain with such girl or woman dur- ing her stay at the dance she may be attending. Such escort must be one of her paremts, her guardian or a male person, Jazz Popular at Queen's, An evidence that the "jazz' is as popular at Queen's University as at is a counter-irritant that I (which is what a | tes circulation, | | any other dance hall, is shown in a | communication which was recently received by the Whig from the com- mittee in charge of the Science dance which was held at Grant Hall last week. The committee asked that this article appear in the paper pre- vidus to the dance, but as it was | purely advertising matter, it was not used. The article is as follows: "Dance! dance! dance! is Joyful fyncopation to the maddening rhy- them of the saxophone! Worship at plaster without | the throne of the great god Jass with the girl of your dreams! One night when the earth seems far away and the pulses beat fast to the senuous music of the latest waltzs and the most tempting fox trots, "'On February the 6th the great dance of the year will be held. The Engineers and thelr friends will rite thelr way through an evening of joy amid all devices for captivating the five senses of man. "As always, the ingenuity of the Engineers will manifest itself. novelties will evening. Notthe least of these will be the entire absence of the usual crowd in the gallery, ¢ offered during the 1 which has | Judicial hitherto given the dance the appear- &nce of a circus. | This year no one will be allowed to sit in the gallery. "The committee in charge has out- done itself this year, and the de- corations alone will be worth cross- ing the eontinent to see. They are all fireproof and even the chester- fields in the Red Room will be as- bestos covered. Those who missed 'Flaming Youth' at the Capitol wil) wot be disappointed." P.8.--""Flaming Youth" referred to In the above article, was a picture which was recently presented at the "Capitol" theatre, and which the local Council of Women raised ob- jection to previous to its being shown. The women carried their complaint to the chief of police, but as he has no jurisdiction, and the picture had been passed by the On- tario Board of Cemsors, no action was taken. ee CANADA AN EXHIBITOR. Since Confederation She Has Done Miich In This Line, Canada has been in the exhibition game since the year of federation. She has been consistent in following .up this method of publicity as can be seen by the following list of exhi- The Mutual Life of Canada (Operated So Sound Progress "Accordingly, though doubtless Viewed, we ars not surprised by a show over thirty-nine millions of new business, by a net in- crease in the total business in force of nearly twenty-three and a half millions, and by our magnificent surplus ings of morg than bition enterprises in which Canada has taken part as a nation: 1867, 1888 and 190% -- Parts, France. 1901---Glasgow, Scotland, Buffalo, U.S.A. 1902---Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A. 1903--Osaka, Japan. 1904--8t. Louis, U.S.A. 1906~--Liege, Belgiunt, and Pitts- | burg, U.S.A. 1906--Milan, Italy, and Welling- ton, New Zealand. > 1907--Dublin, 1908~--Franco-British Exhibition at Shepherd's Bush and Edinburgh, Scotland. 1909--Seattle, U.S.A. 1910--Bryssels, Belgium. 1811-12--Festival of Empire, Cry stal Palace. ' 1913--Ghent, Belgium, 1915--8an Francisco. 1916-17--San Diego. Since 1918 Canada has exhibited at no less than one hundred and | thirty state affairs throughout the United States, which means that since the Armistice every state in the union has been "canvassed" at least | twice. ---- ; Scottish Custom Almost Extince, "An ancient Scottish custom that | has stood the test of time," is the | observance of "'barrin' oot day." It | was brought to this country by Scot- | tish immigrants In the early part of | the last century, and possibly for fifty | years common fen, in Caledonian Settlements. Then it became less ¢ommon, until to-day it is doubtful if there 18 more than a single Scottish community, in Ontario 'at lest, where the annual custom is observed. The relic of old Seotia still survives | at Annan, in Grey county. At Annan and Leith, a generation or so ago, | the teachers of the rural schools were barred-out regularly once a year, and no more delightful holiday Was on the school calendar as far as the pupils were concerned. The day is connected with no spe cial date, but so regularly was it ob served in the north of Grey that No vember 21st was for a long time considered the proper barring-out . Preparations were always made & few days ahead by the children and on the day itself they would ar rive early and see that the doors and windows of the school-house were made secure against the teacher. + This year the teacher happened te be a young lady, and it was not dim cult to bar her from fhe school-room, but in the old days this was not al ways the case. When the teache: Nas a man, elaborate preparations bad to be made. In some cases the vestibule would be entirely filled with #8 . and the windows boarded and spiked, > The teacher, if he was a good sport, was usually ex- bected to make at least a half-heart- ed effort to get into the school-room before dismissing classes for the day. ---------- The Prerogative of Mercy, The prerogative of mercy, that is, the right to pardon persons con- demned by competent judicial au- thority, belongs to the crown. This Prerogative is included in the powers delegated to a Governor-General of Canada by his commission from the Imperial Jovernment--the King and his Ministers. Taat prerogative is exercized by the Governor-General on the advice of his Ministers, that 1s by the Goverror-in-Councll, On this polat, pasid jn his well-known work on " entary Government the Colonies," writes: vy administering the prerogative vernor-in-Council does a8 a court of appeal in crim- cases. For though in exercising the royal prerogative the governor and | millions of dollars." -- From President Cronyn's address. "Our holdings of bonds and debentures have a present value of slightly over a mil- lion dollars above the figures _ at which they are carried in the books of the Company."- From President Cronyn's address. 2 Em MUTUAL LIFE CANADA WATERLOO ~ONTAR lely For Its Policyholders) Makes A Notable Record Again Achieved Remarkable Surplus Earnings of Over $3,000,000 THE Directors presented a report to the policy- : holders at the Annual Meeting on February 7th, which was one of the most gratifying submitted during the past fifty-four years of its" history. The following are the most salient features-- The Assurances in force now total A net increase of $23,495,912 over the previous year. The new business written amounted to. ........... An increase over 1922 of. The assets have accumulated Wesseseasavisarrne An increase over the previous year of. 6,121,757 During the year there was paid to Policyholders and their Beneficiaries 5,369,743 Theinvested assets earned the high average rate of interest of 6.55%. The death claims were only 39.26% of the expected mortality according to the standard mortality tables. Careful and economic management is again indicated by the cir- cumstance that only 16.15% of the total year's income was required to meet all expenses of administration. The net result of the various transactions, which are briefly summarized above, is shown in the Surplus Earnings of $3,012,806.99 This magnificent amoufit further strengthened the Company's impregnable financial position], increasing the provision against possible depreciation of securities and for mortality fluctuation and other contingencies, besides enabling the payment of Increased Dividends to Policyholders The past year has been one of grave anxiety in financial circles owing to economic conditions, and there has been a pessimistic note sounded in some quarters. But this pessimism has not been reflected in the experience of The Mutual Life of Canada. It is natural that in times of financial stress the people should look more carefully than ever to their expenditures and give first consideration to the absolute security and protection of life insurance as afforded by $269,982,566 three 39,040,578 4,583,330 59,727,388 tees sensecevssscscene nn *teccaccacnes, tees cserssvertinnsctcnnsnes 10 40) | tnd (Countryside Frontenac PLEVNA. Feb. 6.--Gilbert Ostler is around again after being ill last week. Blily James is very sick with pneumonia. Dr. Adams, Denbigh, was called ani she is a little better. Little Marguer- ite Watson is qaite ill. Visitors: Sid- ney Albert at Johm Breen's; Mrs. Joseph Brouse and Mrs. C. Ohlman at Mrs. C. Dunham's, Ompah. COUSHENDALL. Feb. 2.--Harry Woods had a bee drawing coal from Rideau Station. Bruce Hitchcock is making his rounds with his sawing machine. Mrs. George Peck is on the sick list with a severe cold. Mrs. (Rev.) Doggett entertained a number of ladies at a quilting on Thursday afternoon. Mr, and Mrs. Harry Woods are receiving congratulations, a young daughter, may remit a sentence, he does not ly reverse it, mor by his action in any way pronounce it wrong. This he could born Jan. 29th, in Kingston hospital, -------- Leeds | MOSCOW, Feb. 4.--A very enjoyabls time was spent at the home of Mrs. Char- les Amey, when the Woman's 'Insti. tate met one day last week apd quilted three quilts. The north and | Those south roads Bre impassable, Mrs. M, Huffman is spending a few days at IRA at. Corns Never Use a Knife! ny Kingston with her daughter, Mrs. Nicholson. Mrs. J. Patterson who has been {lI} for the past week, is now much better, The Orangemen intend having an oyster supper. Mr. and Mrs. W. Potter spent a few days with friends at Moscow and expect to return to their home at Napanee this week, : Lennox & Addington PORTLAND, Feb. 6.--The ice is in very good condition and a great many are fill- ing their ice houses. The stom made Monday and Tuesday the worst days of this winter. The Orangemen held i a dance on Feb. 1st. It was decidedly ! a success. Hveryone enjoyed it. A great many from here attended the races at Smith's Falls on Saturday last. Lawrence Byington, who was attending the telegraph school at Ottawa for some time, is at his home at present, Charles Palk is practicing his trotter for the races i to be held in Westport and Perth | this month. ---------------- . LONG LAKE NEWS. Long Lake, Feb. 6.--The Ladies' Atd of the Methodist church had its quarterly tea at Jamse Love's on Saturday evening. Owing to the snow storm the crowd was not as large as ! usual. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Cronk en- | tertained a number of young people on Friday evening of last week. The evening was spent in skating and music. Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Smith \ _ Give the children a piece of WRIGLEY'S after every meal. It satisfies the craving for sweets and the chewing of the gum will help digestion and act as a pleasant, antiseptic cleanser of mouth and throat, You would "give almost anything" if the children would keep their teeth clean, Why not reward them with ote vey romasd tt do ch results. Three cents per day per child 'will pay the bill and maké them happy!