2 Fine Table Linens Pure Irish Linen, White as Snow, Bleached on the Irish Greens. TABLE COVER AND NAPKINS TO MATCH $4.50, 5.00 Sett; $6.75, 7.50 on up to $17 Sett TRAY COVERS--With embroidered and plain Linen SIDEBOARD COVERS and BUREAU SCARFS LACE AND LINEN TABLE CENTRES 1. 1.50, 2, 3.50 up to $5.00. EMBROIDERED PILLOW CASES EMBROIDERED GUEST TOWELS | EMBROIDERED BED SPREADS ; DAINTY ROMAN LACE DOYLIES from ; 25c. up to $1.00. ii TABLE COVERS IN PURE LINEN--8$1.50, 2, 2:50, il 3, 3.50 fp to $10. i | E you may give it and there never was a better time to put this store to the test than now. It never looked better--stocks were 3 ' never more attractively displayed. Ho Gloves =F Salespeople" are alert, courteous and || eager to serve, but after all good \ . : > | looks and good service are not all || | > Smportant A store's usefulness to | Hundreds of Kingston people depend on us for their Kid Gloves and no gift the commenly lies in the quality requires to be purchased with more care if future satisfaction is to be | and variety of the goods it sells and assured. We have. Kid Gloves from the French makers and each pair the value it gives. Judged from this carries our guarantee. | standpoint this store desires no KID GLOVES FOR LADIES--A complete stock of the | better test. . shade of Tans, Browns, Black, White, Greys, Greens l With Christmas just around. the KID GLOVES FOR LADIES--The famous PREMIER | corner, we extend to our many | made by the Perrin Company of France. All the friends and customers a shades now ready 15¢, 20c, |i | CHRISTMAS GREETING. BLACK KID GLOVES--We have an exceptionally high-class Glove i . in Black only. 'These are specially selected skins. | J. Laidlaw & Son. of HIS store is ready for any test | . $1.00 quality desired $1.25 ..81.50 2. 689c. 69c. ti GIRLS' KID GLOVES--Good serviceable makes at ........... IL BOYS' KID GLOVES--Genuine English Cape Tan Kid Gloves | Umbrellas (for i Gifts | We have now ready an unusually large || and attractive stock of Umbrellas suitable for gifts. { UMBRELLAS for Men--8$1, 1.502, 2.50, 3, 3.50 $4 and up. Ii UMBRELLAS for Men--A most attrac- || tive range of stylish Handles, many of them different from anything shown elsewhere in town. UMBRELLAS for Women--$1, 1.50, MEN'S TIES--AII the latest and most stylish designs. Very special value at 25¢. These are exceptional values. MEN'S TIES--Over 2,400 new Ties just put into stock in the new colorings and new shapes. Special value 39c. and 49c. MEN'S BRACES--New and pretty colorings and serviceable makes 25c. and 50c. MEN'S BRACES--Special styles put up in Christmas boxes, 50 and TSc. Children's Gifts... ARE HERE IN PLENTY. CHILDREN'S MITTS and GLOVES SKATING and HOCKEY CAPS HANDKERCHIEFS tive Handles, $1.50 with neat case. 75¢., $1, $1.50. 2, 2.50, 3, 3.50. New and attrac- | each Umbrella over UMBRELLAS for Girls and Boys-- | = En JOHN LAIDLAW & SON SASH RIBBONS PRETTY WHITE DRESSES KID GLOVES for Boys and Girls FUR SETTS MEN'S SOX--Good makes in Fine Wool or Greys and Tans .25c¢. KNITTED SCARFS Kingston Ontario. Cashmere -- Black, to 50c. MEN'S SILK MUFFLERS and SILK A Great Variety to Choose From. The frame house (marked by the cross) is the building on Queen street, Kingston, in which Governor Simcoe called together the first Council of Upper Canada. St. Paul's Anglican Church : is first above it, ot og Ss "strips cross. a A winter & Dressing Up the Christmas Packages Copyright 1911 by L J. Robinson. Zn AVE ' gift wrinkled tissue paper, bit solled---or even, per | haps, a ragged piece of yel- | il low wrapping paper--{fast- ened with a pln, or tied once through the middle with a stringy smitch of un) you ever received a | al bor and into a discouraged one-loop bow? Do you remember that there flashed into your mind a vision of the | giver, slamming the gift into the paper | in a manner that suggested stromgly her thoughts at the time? "There, thank goodness, that's done and out of the | way. 1 simply couldn't get out of | sending her something, but it's such a nuisance when I'm so busy with other more 'mportant things." If you have ever received one of these packages that was simply wrapped up and not dressed up, you know that the wrappings often proclaim the spirit of the giver far louder than the gift itself. It is not necessary to smother a pack- age with ribbons and holly and flutter- ing cards; but-innmaculate neatness and tasteful color combinations are pos#ble to the leanest purse: Nothing has look of a trim fully in white quite the Christmasy package done up care: tissue paper and tied with red baby ribbon, with a little spray of holly tucked beneath the in- tersection of the ribbon. Some prefer to use white ribbon, with a carnation, or a bit of mistletoe and holly com- bined, -to add the touch of color. The gummed strips such as are used for framing small pictures, in gold or scar- let, may be used with very attractive results on'a boxe atkage, little Christ- mas. stickers sealing it neatly where the Gold cord is very pretty also, and rafia used for tying up certain arts and crafts articles is most appro- priate. Green tissue paper in place of white may be used by way of variety. Tissue paper napkins in a holly de- sign may be used successfully for small gifts, or if you do not insist upon car- that was wrapped up in | ryhg out the holiday colors some of the pretty floral designs are very dainty and artistic when tied with harmoniz- ing ribbon. The gift may be placed in the center of the napkin, and the fouf corners drawn together while the rib- bon is tied around like a draw string, and then pulled out like petals, If one is sending a tiny gift like a bit of jewelry, a clever idea is to get a wood sized doll's stocking, and tuck the little gift in the very tip of the scar- let toe, filling the rest of it with candies and laying It in a box on a bed of holly. Often one wishes to send money as a gift, bit does not wish it to appear as though, the giving of it were the \ pretty wit between easiest way out of a difficulty. Snug gle a crisp bill in the heart of an arti- ficial rose, and tie-your Christmas card to the stem of it. Or get a little Japa nese umbrella, tuck the bill beneath the slender ribs and print on the top of it "Good for a Rainy Day." A little dol. with a gingham dress and floppy sun- bonnet could wear with grace an apron consisting of a green-back, or be pro- street, 1 Barrie street and King downward ter scene Park avenue looking tected from wintery blasts by a crack- ling green shawl about her shoulders. One of the little animals found filled with candy in the candy shops would also be an amusing repository for a bill. One woman solved the problem in a unique way by suspending bright"pew dimes by scarlet ribbons from the branches of a little potted plant. The effect, when the wrappings of scarlet tissue paper fell away from the twink- ling plant was that of a gayly decked miniature Christmas tree, If the gift hasn't far to travel it may be secreted in a scooped-out orange, the top of which is replaced, \and held in place by encircling ribbons of green. Or imagine the surprise of opening a box in which, on a mica sprinkled bed of cotton rested a huge potato neatly tied around and around with holly ribbon! When the ribbon is removed the potate falls open in two parts that have been hollowed out as much as possible, and in the moist little compartment is dis- closed a tiny buttonhole boquet quite as fresh as when it was placed In the odd little nest. scene on Kingston harbor that recalls oldtime days A party of ; . a a islanders 'on their way home from the city A pretty view 4