The Reign of Bridge * Now is the season of the informal "Bridge," and, of course, Bridge calls for Tallies and Prizes. hostess prefers dainty usual conceptions that The discriminating igns--smart, un- e finds at Uglow's. Specially appropriate are our Bridge Pencils. R. Uglow & Co. try bomen, Villages Sad small tows. W. C. CANNON 164 Barrie St. Phone 1158J. Just What is Needed Alarm Hard Wood Choice Body Hardwood. Soft Mixed Wood. Kindling and Slabs. that is reliable, $1.50 up to $4.50 THOMAS COPLEY Phone 987 Kinnear & d'Esterre JEWELLERS 168 PRINCESS ST. 4 | Be sure and get one JOBBING WORK A SPECIALTY, BRICK, STONE, PLASTERING AND TILE SETTING DOUGLAS & McILQUHAM ARTUR © ruUhES 200TP--02sW, 'CONTRACTORS 400 ALBERT STREET ¢ You should buy your Furs at Gourdier's. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG 2 By George 8. Chappell. I Skating where ice was thin, Little Willie tumbled in. "Never mind," I heard him say, ""This is bath night, anyway." u Willie, with his hockey-stick, Hit the puck an awful lick. Straight it sped toward Papa's face; They can't find Pa's tooth any place. II Willie, on the icy slide, Asked his Aunt Estelle, to ride. "Sit in front, dear Aunt," said he, "Like as not we'll hit a tree.' 1v Little Willie, in the yard, Threw a snow-ball round and hard. Dr. Titus, driving by, Got some wind-shield in his eye. Vv Little Willie found a fuse Such as quarry-workmen use. This he rammed in Papa's pipe. Papa's face looks awful ripe. Dividing It. Mrs. Preston (bitterly): a fool!" Preston (victoriously): you're my better half." "You're "Well, Queered It! Mahler: "So that 'secret' society you belonged to has disbanded, eh? What was the trouble?" Patek: 'They added a Women's Auxiliary." - --Gertrude. Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men. The other 999 are followers of wo- men! The Infant.ry, The Infant-ry, With the-- The young man of the house was ill of pneumonia and sympathizing friends had sent many flowers which seemed to be quite a source of won- derment to Harold, a little cousin of { four years. Boon a caller came to ask about the young men's condition. Little Harold met him at the door and the caller asked: "How is Clarie to-day?" "Well," said Harold, "he ain't dead yet, but the flowers are nearly all here." ~Mrs. F. V. P, en. THE TRICKY TRIOLET COUNTER. Ringing the Belle, I gave her a ring, And [I felt rather grand, sir. She was such a sweet thing That I gave her a ring, For 1 wanted to cling To my darling ehtrancer. 1 gave her a ring-- But they told me: "No answer." Joseph Staats. The Interrupted Lover. "T'was late one night he apoke to her; He voiced his love with eloquence. He hoped her tenderness to stir When late that night he spoke to her, Nor reckoned not what did occur-- Her folks o'erheard and drove him hence. "T'was late one night he spoke ther, -- That Tom Cat on the backyard fence. Tate ~Byron Frederickson. to Kidding Somebody. Easterner: "You say that the mine was nearly full of blood! Horrible! But how did it happen?" | Westerner: "Oh, one of the min- BRONCHITIS Leaves a bad cough. © So does "fin" and la grippe. 'But these lingering coughs yield easily to the healing and soothing qualities of C COUGH REMEDY Every user is a friend ers picked into a vein." --Mrs. B. T. MoNichol. THREE CHAMPIONS. (A Tongue-Twister.) Babe Hogan, shaking a speedy leg, Was champion skater of Winnifeg; She met Cap Higgin (and his tobog- gan) The champion slider, from Copen- hagen. "I greatly admire you Winnepeg- gans," Higgin said, "in your shapely leg- gins." *"Go slide your toboggan," Babe Hog- an bade Higgin, "For I am engaged to a jealous Chi- cagoan; His name is Tobe Egan and he is a big 'un-- Chicagoan Tobe Egan," Babe Hogan told Higgin; "If Tobe hears you braggin' of Babe Hogan's leggin, And such lollygaggin', about huggin', Tobe Egan, the big 'un, will crack your big noggin, And, further, Tobe Egan will bust your toboggan!" --Bernie Shantz. 1925. Reproduction Forbidden.) with gags (Copyright, Readers are requested to contri- bute. All humor: epigrams humorous mottoes), jokes, dotes, poetry, burlesques, sa and bright saying® of children, must be orignal and unpublished. Ac- cepted material will be paid for at from $1.00 to $10.00 per contribution; from 26c. to $1.00 per line for poetry according to the character and value of the contribution, as determined by the Editor of "The Fun Shop." All manuscripts must be written on one side of the paper only, should bear name of this newspaper, and should be addressed to Fun. Shop Headquarters, 8 West 40th Street, New York City. Unaccepted contri- butions cannot be returned. GEN. LESSARD TALKS ON NAVAL MATTERS What Navy League Is Doing-- Canada Spends Little for Navy Protection. The speaker at the meeting of the Kiwanis Club on Monday 'at noon at the Frontenac hotel was Major-Gen- eral Lessard of the Navy League of Canada, who delivered a very inter- esting talk on naval matters of great importance and his address was list- ened to with the test attention. @ speaker was introduced by Ma- Jor-General Sir A. C. Macdonell. Major-General Lessard, in his speech, said In part: I wish to make it very clear that the Navy League is non-political and that it does not represent militarism. Perhaps it would be well for me to give you a word of explanation as to why it Is necessary to assist the Merchant Marine sailor The Mer- chant Marine sailor is not as fortun- ate as the man who belongs to the Navy, the latter is looked after by the government, but the Merchant Marine sailor has no one to take care of him. His engagements on board ships are only for one trip. It is not our wish to pauperize those who apply for relief so that after examining their papers to sat- isfy ourselves that they are bona fide cases we find employment for them supplementing such employment by what ever amount. is necessary to get them on their feet again, Every Canadian manufacturer, farmer, miner and laborer should be brought to understand he is neces- sarily vitally interested in shipping, because we cannot maintain prosper- ity in Canada unless everybody is employed and fed. This is only pos- sible by our retention - of foreign markets for our surplus products, Egg, Stove and Chestnut $16.00 ton, delivered Buckwheat or Split Pea $9.00 ton, delivered Hardwood Slabs, cut Softwood Slabs, cut ..... . . ...... $3.50 per load SONARDS COML C0. Phone 155 "ely and linked with this is the guarding of the great trade routes. : RSA] Sea Oadet The Sea Cadet Corps organization in connection with the League is also a department which deserves atten- tion. It so happens that the Federal government has authorized school cadet corps all through the Domin- fon. companies of such cadet corps to which the government makes an an- nual allowance of $2 per cadet for |g clothing plus a small .22 riffle and some ammunition, But these school cadet corps, though doing most ex- |S cellent work, do not teach anything pertaining to the sea, and as in al- most every school there are always a few boys who wish to be sailors, here the League comes forward and assembles these boys together, forms them into Sea Cadet Corps com- panies, gives them qualified instruc- tors and prepares them to be sailors, The instructors are almost all ex- petty or non-commissioned officers of the British Navy, holding best of |§ characters, and well qualified for the work intended. The boys are taught, besides physical training, boxing, swimming, rowing and sailing a beat, ||} use of compass and other subjects pertaining to the sea. The boys are eligible from 12 to 18 years old. By |g the time they have been with us three or four years they have made up their minds, if they still wish for the life of a sailor, if so, they are given facilities to engage as cadet officers. management we are now in com- munication with companies owning ships, who ply on the oceans. These companies apply to us for these young men. If a boy wishes to joim, he has to sign a contract for four years, plus a guarantee from his father for the sum of $250. If the father is unable to give this guaran- tee the League does it for him. For the first year the boy received as pay, $100, the second year $200, the third year $300, and the fourth year $500, a total of $1,100. If at the end of his term he has success- fully passed all the required exami- nations he is then qualified and ac- cepted as an officer in the Merchant Marine, We have placed fifty-seven of these boys last year and we are yet to hear of one single boy who has either failed in his examinations or failed in the requirements neces- sary to his acceptance as an officer. Canada's Small tare. Contribution to Navy per head of population: British, $6.72; Aus- tralia, $2,04; New Zealand, $1.14; Canada, 17c. The United States Naval pro- gramme for 1925 is about $289,- 000,000. Their annual expenditure on national defence is somewhere about $600,000,000. Canada Is spending less than any of the other countried mentioned in the statement. Our exportations be- ing as much as $1,250,000,000, and of the imports as much as $3,000,- 000 worth of tin is brought over from Great Britain (we do not pro- duce tin in Canada) one can well imagine the importance of complete security for the 80,000 miles of trade routes, If the supply of the one commodity (tin) were interfered with, all our canning Industry would be closed down. Canned fish amounts to §16,- 000,000--out of a total of fish pro- ducts of $24,000,000. The dairy products are worth $14,- 000,000. y The fruit and vegetable products are also worth another $16,000,000. The British Navy {is at present looking after, or rather guarding some 80,000 miles of trade routes. You see by the statement which I have read to you that the British Navy is far from being as strong as it was in pre-war days. What does this all mean? Admiral Sir Frederick Meld has given us fair warning, that if war was declared and the British Navy had to be mobilized as it was in August, 1914, there would not be any ships to spare to look after the trade routes. The possible objection of our par- liament to an increase in the appro- priations of the navy might be that in 1909, or say fifteen years ago the national debt was $478,635,427--o- day in 1926 it is $2,819,610,470. True, but do we therefore reduce in proportion to our public debt our approptiation for public works, for agriculture, for railways, immigra- mercial wealth of our people. The British Navy. Few people know that during the The schools have organized ,§ Through the efforts of our: I bh bd ddd dial rtd} See T Bargains ee ee ese *-- 2.45 Boys' Box Kip Laced Boots-- sizes | to 5. A splendid Shoe clearing this week $2.45 5c 500 tins Black and Brown Lion Brand Shoe Polish--regular 15c. This week---. . Sc. per tin ------------ 1.00 Ladies' Black and Brown Kid Laced Boots--all sizes 3 to 7 -- regular $10.00 values. Only-- $1.00 1.00 22 pairs only, Men's Patent Dancing Pumps. Sizes 6 and 7, only. Regular $8.00. Clearing $1.00 BEigauee i} Ee Kingston's Biggest Home Furnishers Our Big Mid-Winter Furniture Sale Now On { Yours of experience A REGULAR HOME-MAKERS' JUBILEE 18 HOW OUR CUSTOMERS TERM 1925 THRIFT EVEN If you are economically inclined join the When you buy here you not only pay less important. IT. ers. kind which is even more & T. You can Bek the righ It is a pleasure to select your Furnis ture at REID'S, as we offer you excellent Store Service, JAMES REID 'Phone 147 for Service. FREIGHTS PAID. unless she wishes to risk starvation, she is bound to look after the trade routes. To the first contention I should say that the development and pro- duction of a country should go hand in hand with the protection afforded. Since we are repeatedly told by the best authorities to wit Admiral Sir Frederick Field and Admiral Story, that the British Navy in case of war, fs not able any more to look after the trade routes why this apathy as to Naval Defence? Should we not profit by past experience? What happens to & country which is un- protected when war ig declared? The answer is plain! A mad rush to arms at the greatest cost, with the great- est waste. : But this rush to armaments may be accomplished as stated above with the land forces but not so with the sailor. Admiral Sir Frederisk Field sald that it takes three years to build a ship but nine years to train a sailor for the Navy. As for the Mother Country having The Leading , PURCHASES STORED FREE. trade routes were not made secu for our products? In other wo what insurance could be placed ¢ these goods if it were not for the British Navy? If the latter J unable to do this, who is going to ¢ it for us? Some will say the Ualf States. Well I cannot imagine country with any self-respect, & ing a foreign country to look aft their vital interests, and even | United States were to look after we should have to pay the piper indeed it would cost us a great des more than if we looked after, our} own protection. 3 It is remarkable how few peo, realize that if we réquire police - fection in cities, so we do, and to & far greater extent, require the protection on the seas, A hearty vote of thanks was dered the gpeaker by Kiwanlan M doch Johnston, One o fthe best boosts that been put on by the Kiwanis © was that given yesterday by the W. J. Crothers Co. At each place was box of the famous Crotheérs Crea Sodas while a box of Crothers' cho- being enjoyed during the course the luncheon. The winner of