u, 3, ovis WIA aid EMISTS. PRICE IN ENOLAND. 3441080 snveiove, age & sytaptoms for FR 68 Sultability 18 your case. No' follow np' CLERC Co. HAVERSTOEX RD. N. W.. LON THAT TRADE MARKRD WORD 'THERAPION ' IS : GQUVT. STAMP AFFIXED TO ALL GENUINE P. circulars, (FS ish French Ivory 'We are showing the best range of tollet and manicure setts in the city." Pretty little setts at $2.50 to the splendid complete setts at $20.00. We bave manicure sets, toi- let sets, shaving sets, brushes, puff and pow- der boxes. A wonderfully com- plete stock at tempting prices. Come in early and make your selection. We gladly lay aside any purchase; but do 'it now, when the line is complete. At Best's The Popular Drug Stores. NEELEY BR. MOD. Those people (and they are many) who dread the ordeal of an eye examin- ation are agreeably aston- 8d to find that, as made by us, it causes no pain, discomfort, or inconven- ience. And We Use No Drugs. Keeley Jr., M.0..0. 226 Printess Street G. W. V. A. THINKS WELL OF WHIG'S XMAS TREE FUND. ---- Children Write Pathetic Appeals To Be Remembered -- Their Daddies Are in France. "At the request of the Kingston Branch, Great War Veterans' Asso- ciation, I am enclosing cheque for $5. Please down, as their donation to your fund for présents for soldiers' children "May I take the opportunity of thanki 1 for your deep interest in and efforts on behalf of the return- ed men, assuring you that if our bank balance had been as great as our good will our contribution would have heen a larger one. Wishing you every success in your many good works, C. W. Topping, secretary." This was the very encouraging let- ter which the Whig received on Mon- day, and shows what the returned sol- diers think of the work of treating soldiers' children to a Christmas tree entertainment. These soldiers know the military feelings and that their children had to go without such an A wholesome spread, for a slice of Bread. The Kiddies "just love" conta At all grocers in 3 pound Perfect I Quart Jars or 2, 5, 10 and 20 pound tins. Write for free Cook Book. THE CANADA STARCH co. LIMITED, MONTREAL | Hairs Will Vanish After This Treatment --er Mele You can keep your skin free from hair or fuzz by the occasional use of plain delatone and in using it you!" need have no fear of marring or in- juring the skin\ A thick paste is made by mixing e of the pow- dered delatone with water. Then spread on the hairs and after 2 or 3 minutes ruff off, wash the skin and all traces of hair have vanished. Be careful, however, to get real dela- tone. . Choose Early and Let vo Hold Your Pur- chase Until Christmas. Chesterfields, Kiddies' Christmas a Happy One. ' Some Stuggestions: Brass Beds, Easy Chairs . tions Rugs and Mats, Ladies' Dressers. Lace Curtains, Victrolas and Victor Records. ¥ Inthe Midst of Obligations with its spirit of good will has its mission we' 5 ald 2 . Feelings RL ako are only a Our stock of desirable, useful complete now, and an article seit from here then that ith t. yo gifts is Y BRITISH WHIG, TUESDA last year. They appreciate is being done this year by the ns responding so nobly to the Whig's appeal Perhaps the n touching letter which the Whi as received from children: who .wanht their names put on the 1 o-be invited to this event was received on Monday from two Pine street youngsters, The letter is evidently written by children, and reads: "Dear old Santa: We wish you a and a Happy New ddy is over in France. o fight for his country. was wondering what i would bring me this year I am™saly two years old My name is ~------u¥ "I am a little boy, four years old; I have no daddy to make me happy, as he is overseas. ' My daddy ie wounded, and they did not send. him home, 1 was wondering, dear old Santa, if you would think of me. My name is -" The Christmas Tree Fund is gradu- ally crawling up to the $1,000 mark. It can still stand some substantial boosts by patriotic citizens. There are donations that should come from a great number--well able to afford making the Christmas a merry one for the scores of soldiers' children in the city. We hope that they will be- come interested and join in this move- ment for a brighter Christmas to those little ones who are bearing more than their just burden of this war. A Scene from "Seven Days Leave," the big military drama coming to the Grand an Fridwy and Saturday, Dec. 14th and 15th. Cures Colds in Australia. LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets remove the cause. E.'W, GROVE'S signature on box. 30c. | -- The Late Donald B. Smith, The sad news reached the city on Saturday that Donald B. Smith had been killed in action. Donald was only nineteen years of age, had a very cherry and happy disposition. He left here, last April with a draft of the 72nd Queen's Battery. He was a son of Harry E. Smith, Napanee, and nephew of F. W. Coates, and great nephew of Messrs. Charles and George of this city. Much sym- pathy is expressed for his parents and grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. John Blanchard, Napanee, Love is the only sure cure for co- quetry. CHILL STARTS COLD WAS SICK FOUR WEEKS Just able to Crawl About = Mr. Weldon T. Hawkes, Curry- ville, N.B,, writes: "Last spring I was taken very ill with a severe cold. 1 Bot wet and it started with a chill, I was sick four weeks and was just able to erawl about. People all said I had inflammation of the lungs, and I think T did. 1 told a friend to get me two bottles of Dr. Wood's Nor- way Pine Syrup, and before the first One was taken my cold and cough Were broken up, and the second did its work completely. I am raising a family and I find that-it is a good medicine for the children." There is no remedy that will cure stubborn colds or coughs, the kind that won't let go, Mke Dr. Wood's Norway PinesSyrup. 2 It allays the inflammation, soothes the irritation, heals the diseased mu- cous lining of the lungs and bron- chial tubes, and rids the system com- pletely of 'all the bad 'effects of lin- gering coughs and colds. There are so many spurious "Pine" preparations orf the market that you should see you get "Dr. Wood's" when you ask for it, Put up In a yellow wrapper; three {pine trees the trade mark; price 25¢ and 50¢; manufactured only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. - § ¥ PEP ITIPeOT $ Lemons Beautify! $ Make Quarter Pint of Lotion, Cheap lemon juice to remove complexion blemishes; to bleach the skin and to bring out the roses, tho freshness and the hidden beauty? But lemon juice glone is acid, therefore irritating, and should be mixed with orchard white this way. Strain through a fine jcloth the juice bf two fresh lemon into a bottle contain { from the Motherland had fought on | tiplication PRAISE WAS EARNED. Our Men Are Not Overrated, Says | Correspondent. | Why do soldiers from the over- | seas dominions get so much publie- | ity? i Both by word of mouth and by let- | ters in the newspapers Old Country | people have been asking this ques-| tion very persistently of late. 1In-| deed, no small amount of resentment | has. been expressed in certain quar-! ters that Canadian and Anzac deeds! on the battlefield have been figuring | much more conspicuously in the English public prints than do those of their English, Scotch, Irish, and Welsh brother-in-arms, As a matter of fact Canadians are not in any way responsible for the flattering and frequent despatches from the front which relate Cana- dian prowess. These messages which constantly appear in flare lines on the front pages of the great London Journals, telling how tke Canadians took a village or smashed a counter- attack, are whitten by distinguished English war correspondents. And these men are trained writers, un- prejudiced, experienced journalists who know to a nicety the news value of a story, and the relative import- ance of any operation on 'that ter- rible western front. From personal knowlédge of the front the .correspondent of The To- ronto Telegram assures people at home that everything related of the Canadians 'is well deserved. With- out an iota of exaggeration it can be said that there are no better troops in the British army, not even exclud- ing the brigade of Guards. And the Guards, always good pals of the Canadians, would be the first 'to admit it. He has not infrequently heard Canadian officers deploring the prom- inence given to Canadians and the anonymity under which the brave regiments of the British Isles were going through the war, Many such Canadians have expressed deep re- gret, yes, a feeling of shame, that their British comrades' valor went thus unsung. Canadian privates, too, have often told me they felt mean at getting plaudits while battalions 80 gallantly with hardly a line of praise for them in the papers. | Assuredly a grave injustice has | been suffered by British troops in this connection, tut Old Country people, both in the homeland and in Canada, | too, are very wrong in blaming the Canadian army administration or the Canadian correspondents -- Stewart Lyon, the resident, or the Canadian correspondents in London, who oc- | casionally visit the front. Their business is with the Canadians. | Really the whole matter of who shall | receive publicity in British papers | rests with the English war corres- pondents at the front, with the mili- tary censor who passes their "copy," above all, with the heads of the Brit- ish army. From the very beginning' it has been the policy of the War Office, | from sound military motives, to strictly disallow all mention of in- | dividual units, In fact -even the | names of the various regiments, as | Suilolks, Dorsets, Bast Kents, etc., of which there are innumerable bat- talidns, were rigidly barred until lately. The term: "British" or even "Seoteh™ or Irish" in an army of millio ss conveyed little to the read- er at home, and robbed a story of half its interest. The Canadians and Australians being a mere handful in comparison, lent themselves to a more individual description. Then, again, the interest of their arrival from overseas occasioned three years ago has by no means died out, and the public like to read about them and see their pictures. Else how is it that the London daily papers keep playing them up? . The profusioh of Canadian War Records official films depicting, "of course, Canadians at the front, in all the British newspaper and illustrated periodicals has doubtless, too, caused some feeling that invidious distine- tions were being made. Why so many pictures of Canadians? The enterprise "of Lord Beavers brook has been entirely. responsible for these photographs, Wonderful pictures of the front, they rival any- thing that the War Office has yet done in this line, So the Canadian photos are gladly sncpped up by the British papers and prominently dis- played, a continuous succession of the finest advertising that Canada could possibly have. Lately, in deference to repeated British protests, the War Office has permitted more mention of British units, and brave lads will bave the satisfaction of seeing the names of their regiments at least held up to honor. 'Canadian boys don't want to Jbeneiit at the expense 81 their gallant kinsmen iy these Isles. No one will be more pleased than they to see the Devons or the Lames or the Gordons or the Guards, or whoever it may be, decked with the laurels they have so uobly won. But let the people at home rcmember that Canada's sons, both British-born and - native-born, merit to the Tull that generous praise the British press bas showered upon thems Making a New Army. One of the candidates who went up for examination for the Ofcecs' Reserve Training Corps recently was poring cver a manual of imsiruction for ofiicera, He was trying ro memorize the proper units and equipments called for in a division of the Canadian Army. He studied until his head ached, and then laid aside the volume in disgust. "I don't gee what the Canadian Army needs with this divisico business, anyhow," he grumbled. What it needs and addition." | Cofrupting Judges. In the olden days judges were for- bidden to wear gloves on the Beach for fear of bribes being dropped into them. He"ce the custom of present- ing a judge with a pair of white Sloves when be Bas no cases to try, # ------------------ Evidence is fast accumulating that the Germans are preparing to launch | | on French front an offensive on far more vast than any at- 'since the inmeeption of mal | Y, DECEMBER 11,1917. ' . spirit of the season. Dainty beautiful assortment washable satin, in in a prety gift box, from $1.25 to $7.50. test and smartest net, priced at $4.50. PILLOW SLIPS hemstitched with GIFT TOWELS-A each. at .. These are but a quisite camisoles, made of the finest laces, crepe de chene, Georgette crepe and flesh, maize and white, each effects direct from New York--over 1,500 beautiful neck-fixings to choose from. They start with the sim- ple little sailor effects at 25c¢, all the way up to a most elaborate creation by Crowley of New York, made of fine Venice point lace, and the finest of Brussels 120 pair linen finished WHAT HALIFAX CITY " NEEDS AT ONCE It Wants Great Quantities of Supplies For Reconstruc tion Purposes. ' - mate of material required for the tem- porary repairs to be done in Halifax 50 as to make damaged houses avail- able and which have been prepared Pay © did working Halifax, N.S, Dec 1I--The esti-|b | Just Eleven Shopping Days Then Christmas Camisoles We are showing a large and of ex- colors priced * THIS STORE IS AGAIN AGLOW WITH THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS With its large assorted stocks of practical and novelty gifts and "bright decorations the store seems to fairly scintillate with the A myriad of dainty styles made in all the latest novelty effects--the styles are so fetching that to attempt to describe them would be folly { --they must be seen to be "fully appreciated -- priced from 50c up to $3.50 each. Madame Hendren's Character GIFT NECKWEAR A splendid assortment of the la- desirable tams, caps, suits--in all the wanted "styles and shades at prices that are less Dolls That will bring delight to the kiddies--almost every character of life in America is shown. They are Canadian made, too, come in a variety of sizes, priced from 95¢ on up to $3.50. Wool Wearables for the Kiddies A broad selection of the most clouds, and pull-overs, mitts, scarfs and than present wholesale cost. GIFT LINENS interwoven embroidered LUNCH SETTS--60 Maderia linen embroide pieces each--every required size is includ splendid assortment. of huck towels--specially priced at 45¢, 50c¢, He atu Ny Ta 15 pieces extra heavy pure linen satin damask, full 72 wide and extra value to-day at$3.00 a yard. by the reconstruction section of the Halifax Relief Committee, follows: Glass, 1.000,000 fights or punes, as- sorted sizes, Putty, 50 tons. Sashes, 18000 Doors, * 2.000; 250,000 SL » Boards (matched), 1,000,000 feet .m. Roofing paper, 5000 square feet. Wall board, 300,000. square feet. Nails, 1,000 kegs. 215 to 4 inches. The above ok not include any waterials which may be i scantling, '} dwellings which 'have been con ly demolished nor for public bu ings, industrial buildings or walls. Al desirous 'of forwardin, material should communicate with Col. Rob- ert & Low, Chairman Reconstruction Committee, x Hotel, Halifax, $0 a5 to avoid overlapping. It takes a wise midn to write a letter to a woman that doesn't mean enrthing, wes : x .. Whes a woman puts in all the useless words she 4bink of. $0 nh : 'odrage and caution make 8 team, Ee writes a letter she| A gift that will be welcomed by every housekeeper--below we en- umerate a few suggestions that are very specially priced. pillow slips--handsomely embroidered, Priced at initials, .v. . .$1.48 a pair. red lunch setts of 13 ed. Priced at .$4.75 imported Irish linen 75¢, $1.00 and $1.75 TABLE CLOTHS--50 only pure linen table cloths, John S. Brown __ make, with finished borders in two sizes as follows: "Size 2 x 2}, special at . . . Size2x 3 spegialat.... , 0..." i TABLE DAMASK 10 pieces pure linen bleached damask, 68 and 72 iriches wide and worth $2.00 a yard wholesale. Special ...$1.69 inches . . Special at $1.98 few of the hundreds of practical suggestions this store has to offer--won't you come in and look "The Store With the Christmas Spirit." STEACY'S - Limited "The Store With the Christmas Spirit" around? eee Sure Way to Get Rid of Dandruff