Told In Twilight An informal danee was given at the Ya#sht Club on Christmas night, when fome of the guests were: Mr. and Mra, Wendiing Anglin, Miss lassie Kirkpatrick, Mics Sybii Kirkpatrick, | Miss Winifred Olaxton, Miss May | Rogers, Miss Roe Rogers, Miss Isabel Fraser, M3 Marion Booth, Miss Margaret Cunningham, Miss Fliza- | heth Qunningham, Miss Margaret Hemming, Mics Ethel Xent, Miss Evelyn Gilber!, Miss Evelyn Stokes, Miss Florence Knox, Miss Harriet WRITES INTERESTING ABOUT ORDNANCY wa They 81 Norman Duncan WORK. PURING THIS YEAR ! 0 intérestéd have Canadiaus Doing Big Work. 000,000 Net for Year Now Closing. | ers of the Dominion passed from Sub<Conductor M. Downie, W.0.,| was reached in the year now closing. | aways reads as follows: | plete for nine months and made the! fer=d by the country, Norman Dupn- you get through at night . I got my| ome from operations will be ap-| , . .. a novel that found readers in heen recommended for my commis-| Of 1912, hitherto the banner year. aut a this country, . people have recommended for the warrant rank. is not In very good health. Capt.| hook, but I do not think he will be| nance, Flaherty and Cottman, and I expect that hg. will be going Livingston's for some time hefore go-| | "We have got all sorts of depart- C.E.F. It has now developed into Toots and clothing that 'were-former- carpenters and wheelers, so that we 600 men here in the CHO.C. It is still WNIE(THE PEAK OF PROSPERITY, SUB-CONDUCTOR M. DOWNIE] | ' a Literary Loss He Mentions Several Names of iater.| Great Earning Record of been Inthe struggle in Europe William J. Clarke, Wellington] Washington, Dee, 26.-- The peak | 3 ; a few days ago and very liitle Who is with the Canadian Ordnance Statistics 'gathered by the inter- "This job keeps us so busy that we | Dasis for calculation for the entire| can was known and loved as the } dor warrant rank fourteen months ago, | proximately $1,908,000,000. more £lon. Self is now located at Liphook,| The estimate is regarded by offiei-| been rather glow to realize that in Harry Bray is still in London, but I| Potter, who used to be atthe Armour-| able to he with us long, came over with the 21st, back. iq Canada goon. We have also ptt Hanson, who is in charge ing weit, His father, T believe, ments here now. We repair all quite an important branch, and it ly destroyed afte now made fit for re- do not have to rely on outside con- inereasing: in facet, we have not got Aor EOS 000i LETTER REACHED BY THE RAILWAYS 1913 | Soi IIIs BO est 10 Kioagstonlans--The (L0.C,| Felipsed by Estimate of $1,908,. | | tbat obe of the leading writ- Atreet, has received a newsy letter) Of. prosperity in railroad operations | Corps at Ashford, Kent, England. It|5tate Commerce Commission, com-| ¢id about the literary loss suf- do not feel like writing letters when | Year. indfeate that the total net in-| guihor of "Dr, Luke of the Lahia- and have now passed the doctor and | 'han one-third greater than the total | ©YerY Part of the American coantin- near Bramshott camp. He is being | have not seen him. Lam told that he | 168, i8 attached to the C.0.C. at Lip-! Kingston Cotiman is not In very good health, of the taior's shop. He worked for employed by, Crawford & Walsh, clothing, hoots, saddlery, ete., for the means a "clodfing + 10: ghe country, issue, We also employ about seventy tractors. We have altogether about accommodation enough in this town," New Year's Greetings. We have just opened a new line of New Year's greeting cards and calend- ara. Beautiful stock at all prices at Uglaw's, I A A Pl Pll Sit Best's | mission's figures show that the rail- { roads collected $2,654,829,647 from | all sources of operation. als as conservative. It makes me! | allowance for normal incpess in business during the ZA% three months of the year... There is no say, that there the only doubt question, officials shall be an increase, being as to its elze, An analysis of the returns for the | We have two | 1FSt 'ine months shows a startling | aceording to merit. 0 "ha he vith the ord-| Increase from January to September, | lifiy out of several thousand that are A aTS recorded first amounting to more than 67 per cent, Thus net income in January $64,915,286, had amounted to $107, 910,814 in September, an increase of | nearly $43,000,600, For the first'niné:months the com- This total, using the first nine months as a basis will reach $3,660,~ 640,502 when the year closes, affici- als estimate, and without doubt will exceed it. Never before in the his- tory of rallroad operations have the roads had sp great a gross income. Expen«68 have not kept pace with the rapid rise in receipts, although they have measurably increased. From a total of $182,881,269 in Jan- uary expenses had increased to $203,235,394 in September, approx- imately 11 per cent. During that period receipts had increased from $260,054,306 to $324,954,301, ap- proximately 35 per cent. On the same basis the year's ex- benses will approximately $2,346,- 066,990, leaving net revenue from operations $1,254,573,512. From the last figure, however, must he de- ducted the railroad's enormous an- nual tax bill, approximately $155,- 265,546, and bad debts--down on the books as uncollectible revenue-- approximately $965,928, a total of $156,951,474. About 230,500 miles of railroad Were in operation during the year. In the first month the total fell he- low the 230,000; during the latter part of the year it exceeded 280,000. Using 230,000 as a average, returns show tbat for every mile of road operated in the country the railroads will receive this year approximately $15,660 in gross receipts and a net income of $4,774, or little more. than 30 per cent. of the gross. i Compared with previous earnings, het income for 1916 shows an in- The Popular | Drug Store XMAS SUGGESTIONS . FOR MEN. Beautifully boxed ar- ticles: Linen Handk'fs, hand initialed, 6 in box, $1.50. Suspenders, arm bands and garters, 75c and $1. Sil Scarfs, 25¢, 50c, | up to $5. Noor Safe, $1.50 to $2.50. Silk lined grey gloves, $2.50. : Dent's lined gloves, $1.75 and $2.00. 2 Shirts, soft or stiff' cuffs, $2.50 to $3.50. Pyjamas in silkein an flannelette, $2 to $3. Neck ties, : 25¢, 50¢, 75¢, $1.00. : Our boxes, being the best, are always appreci- {railroads of the Kast have skimmed d | der magnate and dairy crease of more than 52 per cent, over the fiscal year of 1915; 59 per cent. over 1914, and 34 per cent. over 1913, The" wide" divergence in receipts among the roads of various sections Is disclosed. The overburdened | the cream of the trafic. While the usual eastward trend of {traffic, the great demands of nations | at war and the location of most of [the country's factdries, munition {and otherwise, in the Fast are at- {tributed as prime causes for this | condition, secondary attributes are sald to He In the faet that Eastern roads for the most part have short hauls amd traverse densely populated areas, A NEW TIE BINDS BRITAIN AND U. 8. Bank of England and Federal Reserve Bank of New York Linked. Washington, Dee. 27.=-Official an- | bouncement is made by the federal | reserve board that the Bank of Eng- { land has been named as the foreign correspondent of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; and authority was given the eleven other reserve banks to participate iu the ageney re- lations. This action marks a radieal departure from the previous financial policy of the country, inasmuch as it places the governments of the United States and Great Britain in direct, continuous financial relationslip. It is understood that authorization of this appointment is a part of a general plan for establishing financial connections that will strengthen the United States as a creditor nation in: the commercial competition, which probably will result when the war closes, and to provide a ready means ! short stories published on this con- \k ta offset any tendency on the part of { foreign bankers to withdraw the huge supply of gold accumulated here dur- ing the war. J 55 MURDERER MAKES ESCAPE, | Bridgeport, Conn., Man Shot Through Heart by Youth. Stamford, Conn:, Dee. 27. --Joseph Macey, a Bridgeport (Conn.) shoe dealer, 25 years old, was shot through the heart at Norton Heights, Conn, bx a youth known as Jose Pelli, and employed by Wilks Zieglér, the millionaire baking pow- man, on his country 'estate in Norton. The au- thorities bave not yet learned the motive of the murder. Pell escaped. Romantic Bethrothal, Lynn, Mass, Dee, nouncement that daughter of a milk wagon driver, is engaged to marry Ellison Goddard , & sophomore at Ha h 0 a fortune. of $7, by bis father, the late Frank A. Day, a Boston banker, his Shused a Gass, who Is a clerk in a Tremont street store in Boston, will, by her marriage, e the sister. o-law of the Countess Montanari ¢ Jltaly. The wedding will not place until Day has finished yy réecént years Norman Duaoecan veloped into one of the finest short. story writers of the day. There ig a prominent literary man in Boston who makes a classification of ull the arranging them 'There are about tinent every year, rank every iwelve months. Last year Norman Dunéan wrote two of these, a fact that speaks for itself of his literary skill. Still it is not for his short stories that Norman Duncan is known best an this gide of the line. It is as a writer of Loys' hooks that. Nerman Duncan will he remem- bered. Boys are as difficult to man- Ags; successfully in literature as in life, says a writer in The Toromto News. Very few writers have sue- ceded in developing their boy-char- ucters 'in an altogether satisfactory way. Kipling gives us little savages, and Dean' 'FArrhf gives us little saints. Boys as a general thing are neither the one nor the other. No popular writer has succeeded better with his boys than the brilliant young Canadian whose call into the other life came so suddenly on the Fredonia golf links a few days ago. It was sald of Henry Ward Beecher that he was an eternal boy. This may- well be said of Norman Duncan. His love for boys, especially for unfor- tunate street urchins, manifested it- self In a very pronounced way during the years he spent at the University f Toronto. The street Arabs all new him, and looked upon him as a friend to whom they could flee for d8~teardiner, Mi Mary Strange, Miss Beth Small, Miss Ethelyn Macgowan, Hiss Helen Meek, Miss Bertha White, and Messrs, Ted Rogers, Carroll Ash- by, Jack Hickey, Sherman Hill, Henry Hill, George Kirkpatrick, 1. F, Guii- man, Dumevy, MeCarter, H, Penhale, Phinney, Powell, Langford, Omstead, Douglas Chown and W. Kent Macnee, Mahood, Gore street, en- tertained ar a Christmas tea on Christmas night, when her very young: guests were much delighted by a visit from Santa Claus, Mrs, J. DB. Carruther:, '"Annan- dale," was hostess at a ehildren's Christmas tree on Christmas after- noon in honor of her grandchildren. Mrs, CG. W Mrs. Charles: Livingston enteriain- ed at tea to~day in honor of Mrs. C. W. Livingston, Toronto, who is her guest, . Some of the officers who are'tak- ing the artillery course are planning a dance for Friday evening. Misa Myra Dyde, Johnson street, is entertaining at tea to-morrow in hon- or of Mrs, C'. 3. Parsons. a Mrs. S. J. M. Compton, who is at present with Major Compton in Hastings, leaves «hortly for France to do canteen work at Rouen, Miss Mattie Robertson, Peierhoro, is the guest of Mrs. R. Uglow, Barrie street. _ Mies Flora Stewart spent Christmas refuge at any time, who wanted to help them, not only to get out of the hands of the cop, but to make some- thing good of life. "Every book Norman Duncan wrote contains an interesting boy- character, Davy Roth, in "Dr Luke," in Harrowsmith with her aunt, Mrs. J. P. Day. Henry Fowler returned to To- ronto yesterday after spending a few days with his sisters, the Misses Fowl- er, Brock street, Mr. and Mrs, Charles Stewart, is one.of the most interesting boys of literature, The bleak, rugged shores of Labrador waken a ques- tioblng spirit in the. boy's heart as! to why God made 0 many rocks and 80 little soil. As be grows older he Cotes to understand life better, al- though he cam never get beyond the mystery which- lurks at the heart. .of things. noe ,Litle' Dannie in "The Cruise ot the Shinlyg - Light," 'cteeps into obr | liearts from the stuit, as into the | béart of old Nicholas Top of Twist, Tickle whose chief object In life WAS | to make a bit of a gentleman out | of the boy he loved 80 much. Whea | Dannie was tucked into his little bed at night and old Nicholas sat by his side aut of sheer lonelipess, what fn- teresting talks they together, A host of readers have sat by that little ' bed and listened with a tender touch | of emotion to the vid man's efforts to | give the child a peep into larger life, Who cant ever forget Billy Hallot. an; the little Irish boy, In "The Soul of the Street'---the poor, helpless cripple in. a wretched tenement in the most squalid' part of New York City, whose only friend in the world, exoept: the old Syrian in the nest room, was a twisted, scrawny, pale little plant like himéelf which he loved very dearly, ~ When the old Syrian, in telling the boy the atery of Sait George and the Dragon, comes to Lhe pag where Salut George es Againet the - Dragon, crying, "The Lord for Ocorse and the Lady," the child Y "Who is the Lord?" The old min stared at Billy, with g STEAL sorrow In his eyes. 'Oh, do Be aot know, my boy? He is our eavenly Falher." Billy Topsail of Ruddy Cove, New- foundland, is Norman Duncan's last boy. We cannot help a bit of heart- ache as we amy this; for this: bril- Haot writer of whom diane are 80 proud, will never create for us another of Lis lovable boy-chiracters. Through three books--' The Adven- tures of Billy Topsail," "Billy Top- Sail and Co." and "Billy Topsail, M. D."~~we follow the boy as be de. velops all the finer qualities of soul, in & life of stirring adventures in a land of hardship and peril till he reaches a strong add beautiful man- hood of service. It would be hard to find in the literature of the boys' world anything so wholesome and in- aspiring a8 Norman Duncan's boys' books, -------------- A Tribute to Oar Men. M. Rene Cilsert, burgomaster of Ypres, has paid the following tribute to the men of Canada. It is given as a foreword in the booklet: by Mr. Beckles Wilson, entitied "The Ypres Salient": "On its departure from Ypres on Qctober 7 and 8, 1914, the German army, iu making me hostage, threatened me with a prompt return to the city which it called the 'key of Calais," which was itself the door of England. Since (hea your heroic troops have kept the + the deor bas remained closed, during Fours Save rendered vain all 'the ef- orts of & army to press through. 1 'approaches at at Soon the sun of our deliverance side. an the sallent of Yhres, bath. blood your heroes, wi have rilen'o2 a6 fiéld of honor ol We of Campbeliford, spent Christmas with Mrs, J. P. Day in Harrowsmith. Mrs. Stratford Dawson and son, Stratford, have returned to Monfreal after spending the holiday with Canon and Mrs, Loucks, Division street. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bongard, Uni- versity avenue, were the guests of Capt. and 'Mrs. Bangard in Picton for Christmas. Miss Bertha White, Ottawa, spent the week-end with her parents, AM. and Mra. "W, J.B: 'White, University avenue, 'Carroll Ashby came from Ottawa to spend Christmas with his mother, Mré, H. L. Ashby, William street. Mts. 'John McKay, sr, and Mrs. Lionel Smith are expected from Mont- real at the end of the week to spend New Year's with Mr. and Mrs. John MeKay, Sydenham street. Mrs. E. J. Addms has returned to Ottawa after pending Christmas with her sister, Mrs, James Craig, Earl wireet. > ¢ * Capt. W. Kent Macnee came down from Belleville to &pend Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Macnee, Union straét, Mrs. Griffin and Mrs. Watrous have returned 'to Brockville after a short visit with Mrs, W. T: Minnes at "Hill croft." Mr. and Mrs, J. D. Craig, Ottawa, spent. Christmas at Cape Vincent, and arrived to-day to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W, G. Cnig, Barrie street. Capt. and Mrs, Frank' Stewart, who have been in. town for the past week, have returned fo Campbeliford. - - L Major A. P. Millée, D.2.0. has re- turned to Trenton after apending same time in town. J. B. Davideon spent Christmas In Durhavor. Mrs. B. G. Craig, Brock street, i the guest of the Rev. R. J. Craig, Demorestville. Mrs. John Wellwood (formerly Miss Eleda Perley), who is at present | in England, has been singing for the | Red Cross in Crowborough, in Sus} *ex, Miss Rate Fraser, Ottawa, 'pent Christmas with her sisters, the Misses Fraser, Barrie street, Mrs. Lawrence Lockett and her two [ons are visiting friends in Montreal. " - Miss Fdna Aiken, nurse-in-training at the Wellesley Hosptial, Toronto, is; Lhe guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs | Aiken, Collingwood street. A: 8. Lane, of the Standard Bank staff, spent the holiday at his home in| Little Brittain. = ' Mr. and Mrs. William G. Gordon, Toronto, spént Christmas with the | = don, Miss Etta Ward, Johnson street, is visiting Mrs. Brown in Montreal. ® * Miss Eva Coon, Brock street, is en- tertaining at the tea hour to-day ia honor of Miss Florrie Stewart and! Mies 0 un. Dr. and Mrs, Leggett, Ottawa, spent Christmas in mith with Mr. ! and Mes J. 8. 6G § i 4 ° 4 a x | Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Sellery and i Miss Mildred Sellery, who were Mr, and Mr Charles Taylor's Christmas Euests, left to-day for Cobours. : - i Miss Florence Elliott, Barrie street, Is visiting her aunts in Toronto. 'Migs M Lake has returned t Ottawa after Christmas wit her § s, Dr.and Mrs, E, J. Lake, Principal and Miss. Wilhelmina Gor Ki Warm Winter Stockings FOR WOMEN Black Cashmere Hose, with wide and 75c. elastic knit tops, 35¢, 50c, 60c White cashmere hose. Special values at 50c and 75c. FOR CHILDREN. Ribbed cashmere Boys' "Wearwell' in black, white and colors, from 25¢ to 50c. " hose in black, priced at 25c¢ to 35c. - Overstockings in black, white, sky and red, from 25¢ to 75c. FOR MEN. Fine cashmere socks, old values at 25¢, 35c¢, 50¢, 60c and 75c. Grey working and ar Oc. my socks, priced at 25¢, 30c, 35¢c, 40c and "The Woman's Store of Kingston." by the Post Office five, residing in of its receipt. NATIONAL SERVICE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given under the authority of the "War Measures Act, 1914," that during the first Authorities, of every male between the ages Canada. National Service Cards and e been placed in the hands persons required to fill in such is required to fill in and return a card Any person who fails upon application to the Ottawa, 15th December, 1916. NATIONAL SERVICE WEEK week in January, 1917, an inventory will be made of sixteen and sixty- addressed envelopes for their return to Ottawa of all Postmasters for distribution amongst the cards. Every male person of the prescribed ages * enclosed in an envelope within ten days nearest to receive a card and envelope may obtain the same Postmaster R. B. BENNETT GOD SAVE THE KING. % MN 1st to 7th JANUARY. IAA eA A sn i are expectad from Belviel to New Year's with Mr. and Mrs. Merrick, William street, * ¢ LJ spend Henry Rev. and Mrs, J, A, Waddell ana children, Secley's Bay, are &péiiding the holidays with Mr. ang Mrs. W, J. Ww binson, Division street, . A rms and. niece, } Mary' Booth, Miss visiting relati during the Christmas-tide., . Mrs. W. A. Baker, Odessa, has gone to Toronto to spend the holiday season with her son and family, Mrs. D. Carter and her daughter, Miss Gwen Carter, of Kingston, are the guests of the farmer's sister, Mrs. Shortt and--~ Dr, Adam Shortt, Ottawa, Mrs, W. Fred Jack has sailed England to he present at the marriage of her daughter, Miss Doris Jackson. t or. and Mrs. David Burdon, Mont- real, w spend. the New Year in hgston, of New York city, are ves at 142 Collingwood son, Brockville, Chown, Albert street, on Friday, when her daughter, Miss Elizabeth Chown, who ie here from Virginia will receive with her Mrs. H. R, will reesive Urging Gananoque, of Rockport, (Are of thus acts agai the summer tourist the attraction trade, fishing for many whe } to from the United States ag well as, Dur- from varfous poluts in Canada ng : the section | & IN THE CITY. HAVE MADE OVERCOATS FOR 35 YEARS, KNOW WHAT 1 AM TALKING ABOUT. John Tweddell, r Civil and Military Tailor. Be ane Sp NE A I ANNAN NAN i, ANANSI at lolnston's Shoe Store in, Som omit rn Pilot Mound, Mr. Riddell is sur. vived also by three brothers, Walter Ridded, Winnipeg, Justice Riddell, Toronto and Robert Riddell, Cal- gary, and by his wife, four sons and two daughters. Mr. Riddell was a- member and active worker in the Congregational Chureh. St ---- Major Boggs' Appointment. Cobourg, Dec. 37. Word has been received hers that Major F. D. Boggs formerly Police Magistrate of Cobourg, has been appointed President of the District Court-mar- tial Board at West Sanding Camp, Kent, England, DEATH OF #RANUIN HIbpELL. Brother of Mr, Justice Riddell Pass. od away at De Kalb, 11, Cobonrg, Dec. 27. --Francig Rid- I, agent for the Wells-Fargo Fx- Company 'at De Kalb, I, dead soma little time ago at 8 home In that city, Where he had ed for many years. He was born at Cobourg in 1839, being the it 800 of the lated Walter Riddell of this place. yo Miss Three sisters, Mrs, Riddell and Mrs. James Davidson, reside here, and Another sister, Mrs. Nicholson, at