FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1924. Shake Your Winter Cold -- All Yield to Dr. Hickey's Treatment The Speedy Relief For All Coughs The chest rub for all heavy chest colds and congestion. THE SPEEDY COLD CAPSULES for head colds and all forms of HALF PRICE Grippe. Each 23¢. or 78c, for We are offering about 10 full treatment. i | | dozen Forks and a few Made by: | dozen other pieces, such L. T. Best Druggist Phone 59. Spoons, Butter | Spreaders, etc., at this attractive | discount. | | This Flatware is in one of the Best | Standard Makes | of Silver Plate, { the range of which has | {| become broken. Each | | plece is fully guaranteed. | p i Have You Anyth to Sell or Buy? | Do you want to rent a| house ? : Do you want to insure your property ? Do you want to give or get a loan ? ' Call on the oid estab- lished and reliable. Geo. A. Bateman 11134 Brock Street, Kingston Telephone 1925F, i This is a real opportun- i | ity for any one needing | | such articles, particutarly | hotels or boarding houses. | THE D a, Bac | Writing Paper of the Middie Ages. The paper we write on is cheap enough nowadays. For five or ten cents we can get a whole tablet. | In the Middle Ages, it was very | different, Paper cost a great geal. | 1t you could go back to that time, {and take a carload of paper with | you, you would be rich. { T am sure you remember that | Egypt was the first home of paper. The Egyptians called it "papyrus." This monk is writing on a sheet of vellum. Vellum was made from calfskin amd was very much tike parchment. They made-ft from the inner bark ot reeds which they found growing in the Nile. People of Europe used papyrus from Egypt for many hundreds of years. It was fairly good for writ- ing, but it became harder and hard- er to get. Wich And Without Sleeves By ELEANOR GUNN The traveler has apaprently gone beyond the ideas that her clothes should be inconspicuous, except inso. far as they are well-cut and re-press- ed. It is hardly believable that one would find sleeveless dresses en- route from one resort to another, yet such is actually the case. Down south, so far this season, the sleeveless idea stands out as the most dominant note. One reason for this and also for the fact that sleevbless dresses are worn on tours, is that they are part of the costume suit. Two sets of sleeves are one too many, it must be conceded. In {any event upon removing one's | Jacket in nine cases out of ten, off THE NEW SAMPLE BOOKS HAVE ARRIV- ED SHOWING THE 1924 PATTERNS. MAKE YOUR SELECTION NOW. McKelvey & Birch, Limited General Contractors, Heating Specialists, Steam Fitters and Plumbers, Jobbers of Plumbers' and Gas-Fitters' Supplies, Stoves, Shelf, Heavy and House Furnishing Hardware, Tools, Ofis, Be: : Supplies, Sheet Metal and Tia Werk; Riectric werk; Painting and Paper Hanging. Special werk of all kinds undertaken. | comes every semblance of a sleeve. { The real issue then, is when shall we remove our coats? SCOTCH SHORTBREAD Have something good. "Order our Scotch Shortbread -- made with Eastern Dairy. School Butter. . F. C. HAMBROOK . CATERING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 118 BROCK STREET - - Phone 2519. READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS At A ar Ar, A FRAME HOUSE, COLBORNE STREET, 6 rooms, 8 bed- rooms, electric light, 8 piece bath, good cellar, garage and hem house. $2,700.00, with terms. BRICK HOUSE--seven rooms, 4 bedrooms, electric lights, &as, 3 piece bath, good cellar, garage and hen house. $8,700.00, with "ll THINK BEYOND YOUR PRESENT POSITION ] mer 2 Cary te ou wrk le Sorina P. D. BOUCHER, Dist. Mgr. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS CAN. LTD. 130 CLARENCE STREET - KINGSTON, ONT. ---- | | | | One of the adverse criticisms of { suits, when it was decided to elim- inate them so that the separate coat | might have {ts day, was that remov- | Ing the coat, placed a woman in the | same unenviable predicament as a man in his shirt sleeves. The reaction to this was that more and more wo- men kept on their coats unless the blouse beneath was of the costume | type and therefore totally lacking [1 Its resemblance to a shirt. | Custom often reverses decisions, and now we find women removing Jackets, very largely to display their smart white satin blouses, which are most impressive. Blouses of this type are usually made with a turn- over collar following the smart boy- ish mode and calling for & bit of a bow tle. Such blouses are desir- able with long sleeves, which de- monstrates to a nicety that two pairs Of sleeves may be worn -in- confi dence and comfort when so de- sired, ---------- Lilacs Bloom in February, Lilacs in February may sound Queer but there is every appearance of normal, healthy plants about the lila bushes in full bloom which are flourishing at the greenhouses of P. C. Lawson, the florist. Mr. Lawsod, as an-pxperiment, dug up two small bushes and subjected them to green- house treatment and they are now in full bloom. He {intends bringing § thems ta his downtown store this week-end. : ¥ } ' | parchment ~<adns learned to use instead of papyrus. | Parchment is made from the hides | of sheep, goats or lambs. It is still used for college diplomas. One of- | ten hears a college student say: "I'm going after a sheepskin." Of course, he means a diploma, | printed on parchment. 1 Making parchment was not a sim- ple matter. The skins had to be | soaked in lime for a while, { amily law then | scraped and made smooth. To make them smooth, they were rubbed with | pumice-stone, i It seems that this work was not | always done well. When a man sat | down to write he might have to take | out a razor and scrape off hits of ! fat left on the parchment. He might | also have to remove short hairs. Parchment was sometimes dyed | with one color or another. Purple | and yellow were the favorites. When purple dye was used the writing was done with gol or silver inks. | About a thousand years ago, a new kind of paper was brought into Fu- | rope, It was made from cotton and | is believed to have been first used | in China. The cotton paper was of poor qua- | lity. It was course, dull, and epon- | By. It was likely to blot when a! person wrote on it with ink. i Later on, paper was made from rags. This proved to be much better than that made from cotton. i It Is not certain just when rag- paper was first made in Europe. The oldest plece of it now left bears the date 1315. It was used for a letter to the king of France, Cheaper to Attend Court Than Keep the Home Fires Burning | { Jessnitz, Germany, Feb. 15.--The | most common-place cases In the | Jessnitz courts have attracted un- | precedented crowds this winter. | There was such a jam of men, wo- men and children on several occas- fons, when the thermometer was | hovering about the zero point, that | the bailiffs had to close the doors. Questioned by court officials the Spectators admitted frankly that they had not the slightest 'interest in the legal proceedings. However, they found that it was much cheaper | to attend court and get warm than to keep the fires going at home dur- | ing such severe weather. Rr ---- UNITED CHURCH BILL, Independent Opposed Measure in Manitoba House, Winnipeg, Feb. 156.--The bill to incorporate the United Church of Canada was further discussed in the provincfal legislature and given second reading yesterday and will reach the law amendments commit- tee to-day. Hon. F. M. Black, provincial treas- urer, speaking in favor of the meas- | ure, quoted from an act passed by ! the Bfitish House of Parliament in | 1921, declaring the rights of the Church of Scotland, and he called the attention of the House particu- | larly to the provision by which was taken power to unite with another church having the same falth and administering the same sacraments. J. K. Brownes, Independent, Win- nipeg, opposed the bill, which he described as an attempt by a group of "ministerial autocrats" to bring about the downfall of the church of thelr fathers by "an act of tyranny." R. H. Mooney, of Virden, spoke in favor of the measure, and the de- | bate was adjourned by J. Queen, | Labor, Winnipeg. | ---- ---- Crew of Burned Schoomer Saved. | Gibralter, Feb. 15.--The crew of | the five-masted auxiliary schooner | Republique, which was burned at! sea, has been rescued by the Span- | ish steamship Romeu. She reports the Republique a total loss. Specials for Saturday MRS. C. QUICK'S Grocery and Meat Market Cholce Oven Roasts ....10¢. to 15e. Cholee Pot . 10¢.- Stewing cuts of Beef Sirloin and T, Pork Chops All kinds of Groceries at rices. » 273% Ellis Street. Phone 2522w. A + A---- te tt ma, WEEK PHONE 1750. R.R. WALLACE . ho and Fresh Meats [WHEN IN PICTON] Buy Lumber, Coal, Feed 2 = 3 HYATT & HART Grinding by Hydro Power, PROBS: --Saturday, mostly fair and much colder. ry Spring | Stepsinto | the Steacy Store No matter what weather conditions are on the outside -- Spring reigns supreme within the portals of the Steacy store, Every department is resplendent with its ini- tial showing of new wearables and fabrics -- and we take this opportunity of inviting your da attendance to-morrow to visit our displays, NEW HOUSE FURNISHINGS NEW SUITS. NEW COATS. NEW MILLINERY. NEW SILKS. NEW SUITINGS. NEW DRESS FABRICS. NEW CORSETS. NEW WASH GOODS. NEW HOSIERY and GLOVES NEW NECKWEAR. NEW LEATHER GOODS. NEW WHITE and GREY COTTONS. Choose now while stocks are at their best and prices at their lowest ebb. - Any purchase will be laid aside until requir- ed with a 10% deposit. STEACY'S - Limited ""KINGSTON'S SHOPPING CENTRE"