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George VanHorne's ll LETTERS To The Editor | Postal Workers Explain, {* Kingston, May 6.-- (To the Edi- | tor): In your issue of the 5th inst., | { included in items "Said on the Side," ! it Is stated: "The mail carriers do | | not want to-accept the .fifteen per | cent. increase in salary, There are | | many workers who will grab a sfmi- | lar increase and be thankful." } On behalf of the Kingston branch | ° | of Federated Postal Workers, I shall | | consider it a favor if you allow me | | Space to make a few comments. .on » that article, © which no doubt will | | prove misleading to your readers. | Any increase in salary, for postal i ) workers, which the government of (fers, is to replace the cost of living bonus. and if, as stated, we are to re- ceive fifteen per cent., it is not to be | over and above present salary and | bopus combined, and would 213 Princess Street. Phone 362w. | result of it, so that eye com- i Reg jl 140 Wellington St Opp. Post Office. GRADUATION ] Affords an opportunity for a parting gift--suitable for this occasion: ~--RING --~BRACELET ---MESH BAG PEARLS ~--FANCY BEADS --WRIST WATCH ~--CUFF LINKS --FOUNTAIN PEN --CIGARETTE CASE ~--PHOTO FRAME ~-UMBRELLA OR CANE Many other suggestions in our Gift Shop. It means the ability to do close work for reasonable lengths of time, and to see well in the distahce without-any un- due strain on the eyes. Free- dom from eye strain means freedom from headaches and many other {lls that come as a fort means more than freedom from pains in the eyes. If you need eye attention, my service W.D. Graham, RO. Buccessor to J. J. Stewart istered Optometrist 1 | benefit workers without dependents. | Workers with dependents would re- | [2 cuts ranging 'from $36 to $200 i | per annum under this revision. Yours truly, --GEORGE B. SCOTT. Secretary Kingston Branch Feder- | ated Postal Workers. | cananoque | | May 7.--The funeral of Harold Turcotte, son of Louis Turcotte took | place, this morning. Interment was | made at Grindstone Island, NY. f Mrs. F. B. Thompson, Brooklyn, | arrived in town yesterday to visit her { parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Stev- | ens, : Miss Mazie Stone of the Rockwoos hospital staff is spending a few days { with her mother, Mrs. W. Stone. | Miss Maddigan, Toronto, is ex ! pected to arrive in town to-day anc { will be the guest of Miss Loretta | O'Connor, ¢ H. M. Jaquays, Steel Company of Canada, Montreal, was in town yes- | terday. D. Ford Jones is spending a few days with friends in Toronto. Kinnear & d'Esterre 106 Wellington St. Phone 256. Princess Street, Kingston "The Gift, Shop" ~ Dr. Waugh DENTIST A fr-- BRICK, STONE, PLASTERING AND TILE SETTING DOUGLAS & McILQUHAM CONTRACTORS JOBBING WORK A SPECIALTY. PHONES 2267F---928W, 400 ALBERT STREET Is it hard to get up an hour earlier? Have BIG BEN, or some of the WEST- CLOX FAMILY, call you. See our window display of West- clox Clocks and Watches. Fully guar- anteed and Made-in-Canada, You need an extra clock for TRAIN TIME} for the kitchen or bedroom -- have a clock on every floor. It will save you steps and time. You can get a Westclox Alarm from $2.00 to $4.50. Luminous dial if you Robertson's Limited § 3 73 Princess St. Wholesale and Retail | a FASHION SAYS SANDALS Nothing could more completely harmon ize with the light, airy character of Spri and Summer fashions than Sandals. A complete, well-chosen stock read meet your requirements. We invite your inspection. to EN Plans and specifications sybmitt- ed at the vestry meeting in the par- ish house last Monday evening were approved and tenders are now being | asked fof from three contractors, | which must be in not later than Sat- | urday the 17th May. The contrac. | will be awarded at the adjourned meeting of the véstry committee on Monday, 19th May. W. T. Sampson, F. Petch and Dr. Bird left to-day to attend the direct- | ors meeting of the Ontario Steel Pro- | ucts Company Litd., in Toronto tn morrow, ; In the course of a few days the committee will begin to mail the Linklater Day invitations, There aru some 1,600 of these:to go to pupils and ex-puplls and it is hoped that at least 1.599 of them will be here on that day to do donor to the occas- fon. It is safe to'say'that the full' quota will want to come. - Congratulations, are in order, to Kenneth JohnetoH! M.A. "and 'W. Robinson, B. Com. bofh of whom figure in the published results of Queen's examimations. No doubt Gananoque: will be represented a convocation in Grant Hall this after. noon, when the graduates assembie to receive their degrees. SEP HP2P422 90000000 4 MERCURY PASSES * ACROSS SUN'S FACE ® -- % The planet Mercury will, to % observers on the earth, appear 4 to pass across the face of the % sun this (Wednesday) after- # noon. ® In order to see this pheno- 4 menon a telescope must be + used. 4 The transit begins at 65.45 ® p.m. (daylight saving time), % and the planet will move across # the face of the sun until sunset. % PPPRPPPLPPEPEPPOEPYS Petitions on Church Union. Ottawa, May 7.--Another flood of petitions from churches in every part of the Dominion, some for and some against the proposed church union, awaited the House of Com- mons yesterday. A dozen members occupied the first half hour with reading these petitions into the rec- ords of the house. 'Have Rosy Cheeks EP SEPP IEON N iE] offs oF" : i i § fic 8 g f vs Yok | Rambunetious, is you, Crab? only | x = 0 br June Maxson Retaliation, (An interview with a Crab, fpésh- ly caught.) ' Now, look heah, Mister Crab, Don't act 'up so! 1 got you fas'--I ain't Gwine let you go! 3 'An' kickin' strong? De 'fus' thing you don't know, You'll git in wrong! Don't wave dem claws so fur, Ner yet so fas'! | Don't champ dem jaws at me! Don't gimme sass! | Keep still--you done got cotch, An' dat's a fac'! [1t you tries bitin' me "I'll---bite you,_back! --Roselle Mercier Montgomery. Misplaced Sympathy, The pastor's father had been very ill for some time. A sympathetic {| member of his congregation, meeting | him one day, asked: | "And how is your fathér to-day, | Dr. Devine?" | "Ah, Mrs. Brown, he has passed away. My dear father is in heaven." "Well, that is too bad. I am very Sorry to hear it," was the sympathe- | tic reply. 3 a --Katherine E. Noll.¥ Back to Earth, Archie: "Do you know, Dore, 1 could go on dancing like this for- ever." Dora: "Why, Archie! Don't you ever wish to improve?" --Daniel W. Lawry. ™ | | TIPS COME TO HIM WHO WAITS ny . THE PET PYTHON. . A A Reminiscence by. Dr. Traprock. 4 I had asked my friend Traprock if he believed the story of the faithful rattle-snake who held up a burglar while he stuck his tail out of the window and rattled for the police. "Absolutely," said the great traveller. '""Do you see that snake- skin draped over the mantel? That was once worn by Bettina, my pet python, whom I captured near the waterhole of Rhat in the Sahara. +.3 always use the, Hindoo method in capturing reptiles, viz: to charm them with music. I used to go put on the edge of the oasis with my harmonica and I found that the Ba- nana Song went just as big with the animal kingdom'y as with humans. One-day as I was playing it over softly I felt the pliant folds of Bet- tina gently wrapping herself around me. From then on we became in- separable companions, "She used to sleep coiled about my waist, and very useful she was, too, for in this land of surprisingly cold nights, she took the place of a ITISH WHIG ----ip . RADIO BROADCASTING i The following is a list of radio stations and their broadcasting pro- grammes which may be heard locally on Thursday: -- WGY (380) Schenectady, N'Y. 1 p.m.--Music and one-act play, "A Cure for Indifference," by Geof- frey Wilkinson. 5 p.m.--Produce and stock market quotations, news bulletins, baseball results. 5.30 p.m.--Dinner music by Ro- mano's Orchestra, new Kenmore Ho- tel, Albany, N.Y. 7.40 p.m.--Baseball results' 7.45 p.m.--Musical programme, KDKA (826) Pittsburg, Pa. 11.16 a.m.--Concert, by Howard R. Webb. 2.30 p.m.--Baseball scores, inning by inning, of the games being play- ed today. 5.30 p.m.--Concert, by the KDKAY Little Symphony Orchestra, 6 p.m.--Baseball scores. continued. ; 6.30 p.m.--""King Midas." 6.45 p.m.--News bulletins. 7 p.m.--Baseball scores. 7.15 p.m.--Farm programme. 8 p.m.--Apollo male chorus con- cert, directed by Harvey B. Gaul, from Carnegie Music Hall. 8.45 p.m.--Concert, by Carnegie Steel Company chorus, from Schen- ley High school, Pittsburg. WJAX--Cleveland, O. 8 p.m.--The Union Trust Company will give radio listeners an opportu- nity to hear some of the numbers which will be sung at the concert of the Singers' Club the following week. This will be followed by & pro- gramme by J. G. Liddicoat's Banjo Club of ten, interspersed with sop- rano selections by Lyndell Decker Darnell. Concerts WJZ (4535) New York City, 4.10 p.m.--*"The Romance of Fish Marketing." ' 4.25 p.m.--"Proper Nutrition for Children," by Winnifred Stuart Gibbs. 4.45 p.m.--"Harper's Bazaar" fa- shion talk. 6 p.m.--Emeline Basse, soprano. 7 p.m.--Uncle Dave Cory's Jack Rabbit stories. =. 8.30 p.m.--Wanamaker orgafy re- cital from Wanamaker auditorium. 10.30 p.m.--Hotel Majestic dance orchestra, KYW (536) Chicago, II, 6.10 "to 6.20--Paul Whiteman's orchestra, "Celebrated Collegians,™ under the direction of A. 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' Complete radio programmes sold at Canada Radio Stores, ANOTHER PLAY AT NAPANEE, Trinity Young People's Union Give A Fine Presentation. Napanee, May 7.--A splendid pres- entation of Jerome K. Jerome's drama in three acts, "The Passing of the Third Floor Back" was given by the Trinity Young People's Union last night in Sunday school hall, and will be repeated again tonight. The large hall was filled to capacity ana hot-water bottle admirably, "And then came the tragedy--a fire. Fire in the desert is terrib because it is an unusual thing. In the thatched buildings which formed a court around the principal well were stored all our supplies. The roofs were of camels-hair. With our primitive equipment of skin-buckets we were terribly handicapped. If we only had a hose. , . . r "As if reading my thoughts, Bet- tina crept to my feet. As plainly as a snake could, she said: 'Use 'me.' I hated to do it, but it was the only way. We reamed the faithful rep- tile out with a carefully sharpened egg-beater, connected one end with the well, hooked up a bicycle pump and soon had the flames under con- trol. : "But I can never look at that skin witBout my eyes filling with tears. For if ever a snake sacrificed her- self for her master it was Bettina." When there's so much cigarette smoke, there must be a debutante. (Copyright, 1924. Reproduction forbidden.) $ f. - Readers are requested to contri- bute. All humor: and contribution, as determined by the Editor of "The Fun Shop." All manuscripts must be w.itten ia side of the r. only, Dear name of this 'meweptser Baia dS N k City. U Feu Yor 1: he accepted. contri | the young people are worthy of all praise for their fine interpretation of a most interesting play. They well carried the enthusiastic applause which was accorded to them. The stage was most attractively arranged and lighted. Each character was well sustained and the costumes were very pleasing. Limbert Graham took the part of "The Stranger" 4with great effect and one would say that eithar the part was made for him or he for the part. Miss Hall was fine as 'Mrs. Sharpe," the landlady. Miss Evelyn McKim as "Stasia," the Slavey, did her part to perfection. Her clear voice and good enunciation could be heard wel in any part of the hall. She was particularly bright and charming. The music rendered: be- tween the acts was much apprecia'- *4. Auther full house tonight 1s as- su Corns Never Use a Knife! soeasyto getridofa Blue-jay a Jay REALIZING HOW BABY'S CARE No member of the famil, the kindly help of SIMMONS---makers of sleep--more than Baby. 5 A SIMMONS' Crib does not rattle nor quiver and vibrate. Strong and' durable, drop side with mattress -- one of the 12 Simmons' Specials atonly vousuess seskhiaisnnes $12.78 JAMES REID "Phone 147 for Service. The Leading Undertaker sSheshasese senses thasi nse nen The feature of broadcasting talks from a moving airplane is the very newest. U. S. airmen are now piloting planes after busi- ness hours and broadcasting talks on army life. Each radio plane covers a certain territory rie AT MOUNTAIN GROVE. Arbor Diy Was Observed in the Var: fous Township Schools, Mountain Grove, May §.--Sacra- mental services were held in the Methodist Church on Sunday. Ladies' Ald tea was not held on Saturday evening as usual on account of the heavy down pour, but was' postpon- ed aul the 18th. D. Youmans has moved to Harrowsmith. A York has moved in part of W, Cowdy's house, H. Thompson has purchased a new Star touring car from J. Pringle, Arden. A number attended the fun- eral of the late Mrs. B. Kellar, Arden, on Wednesday. J. Cox has moved in part of D, Youman's house. Arbor Day was very suitably ob In the various schools in spite. Field work is proceeding rapidly" throughout Ontario, Present agricultural prices are be low those of 1914,