Saturday, February 13, 1926. . THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG N Love's on the highway, St. Valentine draws near, When a-body loves a-body Who is mighty, fine. Then a-body tells a-body In a Valentine. And for your party--Serviettes, Place Cards, Programmes, Tally Cards, Cupids and Hearts. Send a Valentine Greeting Card. R. UGLOW & CO. " { | RADIO DEPRESSION (COMING TO AN END il [Recent Bad Conditions Are At- tributed to Mild Winter and Moisture. Radio fans will be glad to learn ll | that the long period of radio depres- slon which has been worrying local {| dial twisters is about to come to an ] A Chance to Replenish your Silver-Plated Tablewear 15 Price Sale Kinnear : d'Esterre JEWELLERS -168 PRINCESS STREET Choice Body Hardwood. Soft Mixed Wood. Kindling and Slabs. Chas. Bedore & Son 840 NELSON STREET 'Phone 17463, - ELCOLIGHT The Complete Electric Light and Power Plant. Write or see W. C. Cannon oadmipn VY ¥ 5 Aihara ddd aaa a al a ad a a 1 YOU BUY WHEN! The exceptional tone quality in the Weber RE Select 'your Furs 'from good makers Good Furs make warm friends ~W. F. GOURDIER 78-80 BROCK STREET yg VIRGINIA LUMP insnsy of ases hasan en as SHOU per ton Equal to Pocohontas : 3 Site (Out) --:..+1--.= $4.00 por load Bagdniig Ahsvrrena ll "that a change is due, i| they can get distant stations. end and that the radio fans old enemy "static" is due for a set back. Radio experts in the city, who have had their fingers on the pulse of gen- eral conaitions in the-tadio world, all winter during the long siege of trouble, report that 'other conditions have improved and are convinced One expe has kept a record of conditions ll | winter, he says that the trend during ll | the last four days is for the better | ll | and that ether conditions are clear. {ing up with the approach of the | spring months. Although "static" is still with us, the music comes through strong from many stations and as long as you are not particu- lar about a squeak now and {hen it is possible' to enjoy a programme from start to finish. This expert at- tributes the bad conditions this year to the mild winter with its ac- companying moist atmosphere which, as radio fans know, is the chief point 'affecting radio.receptjon. One extensive experimenter in the city sald: "The results this year haven't by any means equalled those of last year, but I am looking for a pick up ih March." Dealers also re- port that the sales along all lines in- | cluding even magazines 'on this sub- ject are still very popular. even though it was a struggle all winter for the radio fans to turn in-on a station without all kinds of inter- ference. One thing that has aided radio fans is the use by a number of large broadcasting stations of 50,000 watt transmitters. The stations using this type of transmittef are WGY, Schenectady, New York and WJZ, New Jersey. Other stations dre also installing them at present. Another fact that has been aiding the fans is the idea of installing the actual broadcasting stations in the country away from interference in the city where the studios are located. This system is called "remote control," and is proving to be a great success. The short wave length which is a contribution by amateurs to radio has proven to be a great success dur- ing the depression and it is hoped that fn time the short wave may re- place altogether the long wave Which has proven its weakness to the fans in their time of trouble. The days of amateur interference are over, ac- cording to the Kingston savants, and they claim that they have held con- versations. - between each other. by radio when the . stations were not more than a block apart. This kind of experimenting is being carried on in Kingston and the accomplish- ments of some of the amateurs here, should make the Professionals sit up and take notice, Some of the local amateurs are contemplating alternations in their broadcasting sets and they intend in- stalling the latest apparatus so that In many cases the Kingston amateurs have relayed messages when 'tele- phones between distant points were out of commission and in this way have proven the practical value of amateur radio. A Really Fine Picture. The Toronto Globe says: A King- ston merchant advertises .in The Whig to greet a reorganized firm and to commend its predecessors as "neighbors and friendly competi- tors" who never lowered their pres-| tike "by. resorting to the byways of sharp practices." This is a better pleturb that that sometimes present- ed by extremists in describing bhs- | nets and capital as forever, devoted to "skinning™ the rest of the world. Our national forests cover ap- proximately 15%,000,000 acres. 'GANANOQUE | if Gananoque, Fed. 13. -- Miss | Phyllis Sine spent Thursday at the General Hospital with her father! who is convaleseing rapidly and hopes to be well enough to come | home early next week. Mrs. Sine, who has beer with hér husband since | his operation, returned home = Thursday. Mrs. Nelson Amo was taken to the Hotel Dieu, Kingston, . Friday! and operated on that afternoon. Her | condition last night was reported as | favorable as could be expected. | The marriage took place on Wed- nesday afternoon last at the parson- age of Mrs. Daisy Belle Haesler and Gerald Pelow, Rev. Mr. Perry of- ficiating. The bride, who was gown- ed .in blue charmeuse, fur trimmed, was attended by Miss 'Alice Bolton, Gerald Sheets being the groom's as- sistant. After the ceremony, a dainty 'buffet luncheon was served to im- mediate friends at the home of the bride, Georgiana street. Miss Jane Cowan and George Webb were the prize winners at the bridge given by Jack Sampson on Thursday evening. Those who made up the three tables were Miss Jane Cowan, George Webb, Mrs. Mildred Baker, Miss Violet Britton, Ross Richardson, Mrs. TRoblpa' Arm- strong, Mr. and Mrs. E. 8. Byers, Miss Helen Rees, Jack Hargraft, Keith Taylor and Wally Jones. Wyman Mullin, Ottawa, 1s in town for a few days. Mrs. C. 8. Lee, Oshawa, is spend- ing the week-end here with her mo- ther, Mrs. M. Brennan. Dr. Fergus O'Connor's many friends here will be glad to hear that his condition yesterday show- ed some slight improvement. NAPANEE Napanee, Feb. 13.--Mrs. Henry Creigiiton left yesterday for .Sud- bury where she will be the guest of her father and sister. J. L. Murray, of the Collegiate In- stitute staff, is spending the week- end in Toronto. Miss Margaret Wootton, of the Collegiate staff is also spending the week-end in Toronto. A number from Napanee took In the Belleville-Cornwall game in Kingston on Friday night, The fifth form of the Collegiate Institute held a jolly sleighride party on Thursday night to the home of Miss Bernice Nugent, Newburgh Road. KEEP LITTLE ONES By Regulating the Stomach and Bowels With Baby's Own Tablets. a inter is a dangerous season for the little ones. The days are change- able--one bright, the next cold and stormy, that the mother is afraid to take the children out for the fresh alr and exercise they need so much. In consequence they are often cooped up in overheated, badly "ventilated rooms and are soon seized with colds or grippe. What is needed to keep the little ones well is Baby's Own Tablets. They will regulate the stomach and bowels and drive out colds, and through their use the baby will be able to get over the winter season in perfect safety. In. using Baby's Own Tabl ones something that is a safe and something that sibly do harm 'to even the newborn babe as the Tablets contain not one particle of opiates or other dangers ous drug. They are sold by medicine dealers or at 30 stntp Sox, by mail from The Dr. Williams' M Co., ST. VALENTINE'S 'DAY "30% OFF Everything but Rubbers This Week i Offer Ve Wonderful Savings < ay COME AND SAVE 20% ca like get- ting 20% larger salary, La About 100 pairs Men' 10. Special brand. This week .....$1.10 s Rubbers--sizes 6 to Bargainsi in a few odd sizes Women' s OVERSHOES 69c 100 pairs Baby-Boots --sizes 3 to 7. Color- ed tops and mostly button. Wonderful| . quality. | C About 100 pairs only, Women's high grade Laced Boots, Cuban heels. All sizes 3 to 7. All the best makes. Yours for '1.00 About 35 pairs only, Women's Stra Pp Shoes and Oxfords -- narrow widths, odd izes, etc. All . sizes, ofc. Allclear-| ' 2 PAYS ONLY mg 2% sae aa *1.00 } C ' ABERNETHY'S SHOE STORE gan to do it, too. And the date was a festive day in honor of lovers. Religious Origin. Feb. 14th became, too, a great re- ligious date in the Christian church, and since the name of Valentine was a great one in the church and either a bishop or priest named Valentine officiated at these religious fete days, the name and'Uate became Sisociat: ed. The two St. Valentines who played a big part in the church way back in those B.C. days, however, prob- ever thought of the old love festival. There was the priest, perhaps even a pope, back when Claudius ruled Rome. This Valentine wasn't popu- lar as a Christian and was thrown into. jail, where, it is said, he cured the jailer's daughter of .bliniiness. He was later clubbed to death by Romans faithful to the old gods. And Bishop St. Valentine of Rome at about the same time! He was credited with miraculous cures and met his end, by choking on a fish bone. The customs which wvarieus peo- ples practiced on St. Valentine's Day are as colorful as the stories which to explain how the day came bout. In old England maids and swaine met together and played the old game of drawing slips with one an- other's name upon them. The maid who: drew a certain swain's name had to kiss him or dance with him matt] *F even marry him! Their Lover's Name. « Girls wrote names of eligible young men upon slips of paper rolled in clay and dropped the pellets into water." As the clay dissolved from the slips and the papers reached the surface, each girl grabbed for the name of her lover. Githexchanging on Valentine's Day grew into a formality between ably never heard of a valentine or} | MILLER BROS.' SHOWS Kingston's Biggest Home Furnishers Our be bir brie "A rare chance to furnish for present or '|use. Good Furniture in your home is-a. paying ind yeatent, It insures Somfort refihemment, sal tion and happiness. Sa with the price, satis4 fied with the quality. When you buy here you have the added comfort in knowing that you are pro4 tected from. inferior goods. > = JAMES REID 'Phone 147 for Service. oh the beautiful valentine which his] wife, Deb, received, from a mutual gentleman friend. { Later on England ruined Valen- tine's Day by making it an occasion for the sending of malicious anony- mous missives. Our own gountry did not send val- entines until the late 1840's, when a young New England miss .copled al valentine sent her from England and soon amassed a fortune, 3 FOR THE KINGSTON FAIR An important i fang oosmem Is Made by