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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1929-01-25, Page 3rot, A 'Maw peopRe Live speciaL accodnto for spe. . purposes. Why noc ,stag -1 vacadon accou4?" 'When holidaye come a. - round the money saved will m9a.ke your va.cation •pleasant, ca.refree reigaza. 'don. HE SE AFORTIII 111; 11; ANCIBI AN R. M. Jones - - Manager 228 Two Scotsmen 'decided to become teetotallers. But McGregor thought it would be best if they had one battle of whisk to put in the cup- board, in case if illness; so the bottle •was bought and put in the place mentioned. After three days Sandy could bear tio longer, and he said, "McGregor, 31 um ill." "Too late," says 'McGregor, "I was 111 all yesterday!!' bider 4e Ge ess 1111D-\ights *cicily Relievei Pleasant Home Treatment Works Fine; Used by Doctor for Many Years What a wonderful comfort it is to sleep all night and not get up once from Bladder Weakness and Irrita- tion. The daily annoyance, restless nights of misery, backaches and nervous ir- ritability that result from Bladder Troubles are wrecking the lives of thousands who might otherwise be in the best of health. To be at your best, you must have peaceful, health -giving sleep and freedom from daily irritation -that's -why D. Southworth's URATAISS give such wonderful satisfaction. Made from a special formula and used in the Doctors successful priv- ate practice for nearly 50 years- URATABS, now obtainable from your druggists for inexpensive home use, 'have brought quick help and comfort to many thousands. No matter what your age may be or how many medicines you have us- ed without success, if you want to forget you have a Bladder and enjoy the rest of peaceful, unbroken sleep, try URATABS to -day. Your drug- gist will refund the cost of very first lbox if you are not well pleased! S 1sses a ar Hospital the other day and was bur- ied in the family plot at St. James' Cemetery. It illustrates one of the peculiarities in a curious character, namely a distaste for Jews. The in- vasion of the racing game by Jews he regarded as one of the gravest plagues since those that afflicted Eg- ypt. There was perhaps nobody who worked at the race tracks of Canada and the United States in the days when bookmakers ,and not mutuels handled the betting bettee known than Harry MeLaughlin. Old-timers say that when he was at his best there was not a better block man in the business. He and "Bookie" Ne- smith, another Toronto celebrity and scion of a well known family, at present in Miami, were considered al- most in a class by themselves in taking money and keeping track of bets. But like any other gambler Harry made little provision for the future, perhaps doubting that there was a future, and he never could re- concile himself to working for the iron men when the bookmakers were driven out of business. It burnt him up, as he would, say, to be working with a lot of "heels" on the two dol- lar machine, and though others of the fraternity took the change phil- osophically Harry never could do so, forced though he was to earn his liv- ing in the only game he knew. He was a gambler and a game one. Ly- ing on his death .bed, he was urged by his old friend Johnny Brennan to send for a •priest, but he declined. He had never bothered with clergy- men while he was well, and perhaps he felt it •would be something like welching to call for a priest at the end. Another reason for his reluct- ance might be found in the fact that he was a Priatestant. The theological views of a spbrting man, and particu- larly a garWera.kre usually not such that his friends and companions are r. able to remember them with great • clearness, and in order to settle the question of Harry 1VicLaugblin's re- ligious persuasions we asked half a dozen of his associates, some of whom seemed to ba learning of the &tier- ent cenominations we mentioned for the fast time. It was Jack Daly who finally gave the correct answer. Harry ,McLaughlin was fifty-nine years old at the time of his death. He was born on Berkeley Street near Sydenham, near the house where the Hare brothers were born and not far from the home of Roy Irwin, all of Whom were in after life to be connected with Abe Orpen in his various gambling enterprises. Harry went to work for him as a boy in knickerbockers. Old-timers re- member him, too, as a bartender with Pierce and Hyslop, who kept thalfatel on Yonge Street at the corner of *1- inda. He tolled for Mr. Orpen in his Bay Street and Jordan Street pool rooms when pool roams were legal, and soon drifted into the bookmaking business. Here he was employed by such big operators as Tom Shaw, Steve L'Hommedieu, Fontaleau and others who used none but the most expert and trustworthy. He also worked in Parson Davies' gambling house, called the Crescent City Club in New Orleans. Later he lived in Montreal and built 111) re bankroll with a man named Slossburg who operat- ed a place on St. Catherine Street. He went broke taking bets on the Ross horses the Winter they did so well in Tia Juana. Harry was tempt- ed to hold the bets and they cleaned him out. .9() he drifted back to Toronto, worked when he was able at the various tracks. Last Autumn he was at the Woodbine. He went to' Bowie this year, but was obviously sick, and the boys there made up a purse and sent him home. To the end, or al- most to the end, he kept up his old gay, defiant spirit. They say of Harry McLaughlin that he never for- got a kindness nor a debt. He was broke d. hundred times, but when luck would turn he would religioualy square all accounts.. Last Winter he refused the offer of a friend to buy him an overcoat because he already owed him ineney. Harry McLaugh- lin should never have been a gambler. He ought to have been on the stage. His own experiences would 'have made a notable raonologte illustrated as they were with his •gestures which seemed to involve his whole) body, either in ti qtrestion mark or a mark of exclatnatiora The name he was beat knowta by, that of "Grimes," Was faitened.on bine thirty-five years OT SO ago W1Iet t play called "A Bun& of Xeys" play hi Toronto, and presented to the. local yaiblie s ehaaacter named 011411110Z Who was the very double of Reny., tit Tay axperiaato 'Intitgistrate o tuotasigt eve? ttavolla wil�r tta Oline0 houPe4526 rajtelaUry, "GRIMES" McLAUGHLIN A NOTED CHARACTER It was one summer day shortly af- ter the United States had entered the war, and two Toronto citizens were walking down Broadway in that dis- trict which twice a day disgorges some tens of thousands of Jewish pants pressers and button -hole mak- ers onto the sidewalks. They crowded to the edge of the pavement for sev- eral American regiments were march- ing past with bands playing and flags flying. One of the peering Jews who stood almost beside the Ganadians was portly and slightly greasy snd asth- matic. He was cursed with what are lmown as kidney feet which were obviously afflicted likewise with corns, bunions, ,callouses and other painful and obscene excrescences. "Watch me get this goose," said one of the To- ronto men who is about to turn out as the hero of this article, and before his companion, who was none other -than "Big Charlie" Brown), could ask him what he meant or effectively in- tervene, our friend had raised his own foot and driven his heel deep in- to the instep of the Jew. The victim of this outrageous'assault emitted a bellow of pain and wrath, and as the crowd turned, grappled with his as- sailant, who hit him in the eye. The Jew staggered back, and a policeman thrust his way through the throng elemanding "What's all this?" "Why," explained the author of the disturbance, "this blankety blank Jew wouldn't take off his hat to the colors." "He wouldn't, hey!" shouted the po- liceman, and doubling up his fist he. drove it several inches into the pudgy body of the unhappy Jew who when be reached home that night thanked his tribal gods that be had escaped lynching. This incident, somewhat Unedify- ing in a sense, is one of the stories they are telling now about Harry Me - Laughlin, Who died in St. Michael's MO LONGER A FAILURE 'olllesmed litre ow time no Uneven a mane on a lots- VIIVactit farposo In We- eita5at8e3 vithauta 19b, pkr liestera staehulaeteetted° one Meat uenorer with, e trICa Olt los d e*asai. WO' tf$7.- =1ea b' 1,17. eatio(at? co caltiyaa bp Vite it, la et'att fiW Mitts, itatit4 n MO& : ith the *inter short tt F's etri erchan e, the s, era's 0 ses, AnteT Ur derw le to come111dark stitri of a Ase we have d re uctiois of o Tc&�iits and r, the s beiew e °teams en1 ti etc, till c were oral. While xtrz zec°21s MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FUR COATS There are exactly five women's and three men's Fur Coats left; they are going to be cleared. You will never buy fur coats for less. Come in and see them. We personally guarantee every Coat. PENMAN'S RIK AND WOOL HOSE Regular price $1.00. All shades. ' Sale Price 7ec STANFIELD'S UNDERWEAR, For women; three styles of vests, also Bloomers and long drawers. All white. Regular $1.25. See Price 7sc FLANNELETTE Pink, blue or grey stripes; 30 to 32 inches wide. Good weight. Sale Price lisc Yd. WOOL ILLANKETS Made in Scotland; two sizes, two weights; made of pure Australian wool, fluffy and soft. , Regular $12.75, Sale Price ..V0.20 Regular $11.75, Sale Price ...no4,0 MEN'S AND OYS' WINTER UNDERWEA Every garment reduced with a straight discount of 20 per cent. MEN'S AND htOYS9 WIINTER SWEATERS Including all the best and most re- liable brands. Special, 20 Per Cent. Off MEN'S AND ILOYS' MACKINACS Fancy patterns, pure wool, all sizes. Special, 20 Per Cent. Off MEN'S AND OYS' MIITTS AND GLOVES For dress wear or work. All well made to fit and wear. Special, 20 Per Cent. Off Men's Er. its From Canada's est Makers, Every Garment a Masterpiece in Style, Fit, Material and Make. $15 to $16.50 Men's Suits Sale Price $17 to $18 Men's Suits Sale Price $2 ,o $22.50 Men's Suits )ale Price $25.00 Men's Suits Sale Price $30.00 Men's Suits Sale Price $35.00 Men's Suits Sale Price V LEE 4118.SE M.95 V LEE $24.SE $2825 Boys' Sults All Boys' Suits, regardless of style, size, quality or price, will be sold at Salle Price, 20 Per Cent. Off Ken's Oveframts All This Season's New Overcoats, in all the Latest Styles, Patterns and Shades. $15 to $16 Men's Overcoats Sale Price nS5 $17 to $18 Men's Overcoats Sale Price $20 to $22.50 Men's Overcoats Sale Price $25.00 Men's Overcoats Sale Price $30.00 Men's Overcoats Sale Price $35.00 Men's Overcoats Sale Price ;q3.65 8.96 $'9nSE $24.95 $28.95 33cys' OVZICOE't Every Boys' Overcoat or Reefer comes under the one general reduc- tion in price. Sale Price, 20 Per Cent. off 6-4 t LOT 1. -Women's Coats, made of Velours, Duvetynes ; colors a r e Browns, Greens, Navy; Sand, Rust; all fur trimmed and fully lined and interlined. See Price, sti 95 LOT 2. - Women's and Misses' Coats of Broadcloth, Velour, Duve- tyne; colors, Black, Brown, Navy, Sand, Grey. Extra well lined and interlined; large shawl collars and cuffs of beautiful fud. All sizes. Salle Puce, gz,95 Lot 3. - Women's and Misses' Coats of best Broadcloth, Satin or Crew lined and interlined; colors - Navy, Black, Wine, Grey, Brown, Green, Light Blue. Sizes 16 to 46. See Price, 1$In,a5 GIRLS' COATS Girls' Coats, excellent quality, new colors. Sizes 4 to 14 years. Sale Price, 25 Per Cent, Off DTesses LOT 1. -Women's Dresses of Flan- nel Silk Knit, Serges, Wool, Crepe. Colors: Navy, Black, Sand, Wine, Rust, Green. Sizes 16 to 40. Sale Price, 4325 Lot 2. - Women's and Misses' Dresses of Silk, Crepe, Jersey and Cloth., Sizes 15 to 44. All colors. Excellent winter dresses. Sale Price, $725 Lot 3. -Women's 'tress of Cloth, Silk, or Crepe, consisting of our best and newest dresses, all this season's newest styles and colors. Sizes 15 to 46. The largest range ever dis- played in the store. Sale Price, 20 Per Cent. Off Lot 4. -Women's and Misses' eve- ning dresses; all new styles, beauti- ful colors. A large assortment to choose from. Sale Price, 25 Per Cent. Off Broadcloth and Gingham. -These are better quality dresses, suitable for house or afternoon wear. Pat- terns of attractive stripes, checks over floral designs. All colors. Siz- es 16 to 50. Salle !Mice, .$110