| FRIDAY, DEC. 30, 1921, iF THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. CHRISTMAS FLOWERS We will have the best in Cut Flowers, Pot Plants, Fern Pane, Pans of Flowering Plants and Ferns, Christmas Wreaths, Holly, Mistletoe, etc. Order early, Lawson & Collins, Florists Nights and Sundays; Store, Wellington and Brock Conservatories, Phone 087. phone 770. 68 Centre, Phone 1174J. - Keep Out the Cold Make your Doors and Windows Storm and Weather-pfoot Y by using BRONZE WEATHERSTRIPPING Easily put on all Doors and Windows yourself. Supplied complete, with directions and nails, and at very reasonable cost. s Q Lemmon & Sons 187 PRINC ESS STREET FURS he Gourdier's 3 ¥ | Robertson's Limite 73 Princess St. CROCKERY, CHINA and GLASSWARE Our range of moderately priced China for Christmas gifts surpasses anything we have ever offered to our many customers. Tea Sets, Breakfast Sets, Bon Bons, Cake s Sets, Fruit Sets and Salad Sets. in very pretty patterns. : A very nice lot of "NURSERY RHYMES" for the children. Mugs, Cups and Saucers, Py Tps * Plates. COALPORT CHINA--in Pattern one of the latest this Pottery. BROWN DERBY--2451 -- The ine. - COMMUNITY PLATE--In Adam Patrician pattern, - ROBERTSON'S Plates and Baby French Noble productions from popular and SOMETHING GOOD TEMPTATION CHOCOLATES / The criterion in Kingston.--these are high-class assorted Chocolates put up in one pound boxes. : ~ Youare bound to be delighted with the superior quality of these Choco- 2. C. LARGH MENTIONED |For Canadian High Commiss=| ° ionership--One of Can- ada's Biggest Men. P. C. LARKIN Ottawa, Dec, 29.--The name of P. C. Larkin, Toronto, head of the Sal- ade Tea Company, is mentioned in connection with the Canadian high commissionership in London, "From Commercial Traveller to Tea King of America" sounds Mke romancing, but such is the record of P. C. Larkin, the' man who directs the largest wholesale tea business on this continent--a business which owes is present immensity to the ability and unremitting effort of its founder. in Toronto Mail and Empire. | Itise deal easier to get pos- | session of a revolver in Ontario than | a bottle of whiskey, } It is a good deal more difficult to | acquire the: implements of -intoxica--} tion than the implements of murder. It used to be said that when we had prohibition crime would be vir- tually abolished. This hgs not prov- ed to be the case, and it cannot be expected ever to be the case so long 8s a man or a youth may get pos- session of a revolver and cartridges enough to kill a score of people for a few dollars. The man who is seen on the way to intoxication mey be arrested by a policeman and his am- bition frustrated. There is no way In which a policeman can detect a man on his way to commit a mur- der with a weapon of destruction in his pocket. It is only after the crime has been committed or attempted that the police have any warning. In the great majority of cases they can- not act until it is too late to prevent a crime, When through accident a man is arrested on suspicion and is found to be in possession of a revol- ver he is fined a tenth or a"twentieth of the sum that he would be fined for carrying a flask of whiskey. In faot, to .carry a revolver is regarded by the law as no more serious offence than parking an automobile on a downtown street, The number of people who can show a reason for being in possession of firearms is not one per cent. of the number that can ehow the médi- cal profession a reason for being in possession of a bottle of whiskey. Yet the law finds lttle difficulty in re- gulating the latter. Every stage of the transaction is on record. The doctor's books can be checked up and compared with the prescription Today in eleven of the largest cities of North America and in Lon- don, England, are huge warehouses that store nothing but leaves--three of them being the largest tea ware- houses in the world--and P, C, Lar- kin, the one time commercial travel- ler, is the force responsible. He is the man, who, starting business in a small way, saw his product gradual< ly become a household word not only throyghout the Ddminjon, but forms in the possession of the gov~ ernment and there is also the signa- ture of the person who receives the liquor as § further means of identi- fication, It should not be beyond the ability of our law-makers %o frame equally stringent regulations with re- gard to the possession of revolvers. The offence of carrying a weapon ought to be punished with a jail term. Private citizens who own re- i Bottles and Revolvers. | 30. : volvers might be compelled to re- through the United Stages and many other lands, and now he is the happy port the fact and either show reason why they should continue in posses- possessor of the reward for his labors in the form of a fortune and an en- viable reputation in all quartges of the globe as a merchant prince. Yet those who approach Mr. Ler- kin for.the details of 'his successful career find him reticent to an un- usual degree, considering that his achievements are such as any man might -be proud to boast of. Mr. Larkin might modestly claim that he {simply took a commodity which was badly handled and placed it before | the public in a more desirable form. He would possibly admit, under pres- sure, that it was he who originated the lead package, which assures the retention of the tea's native fra- grance, But what Mr. Larkin might not say, end what is actually a fact is that the phenomenal expansion of a small Canadian tea house to one of the largest, finest and best known mercantile concerns in the world can be credited almost wholly to one man's vision and initiative and to his anxiety to be of rea] service. Mr. Larkin's life aim has been to do a job better than his competitors--dnd that his methods are successful and increasing popularity of his product. appreciated is evidenced by the ever increasing popularity of his product. Notwithstanding = the heavy de- mands of his business, Mr. Larkin has always been publi spirited, and has played an active and appreciable part in affairs both loca] and na- tional. For seventeen years, he was vice-chairman of the Toronto Gen- eral Hospital Board, and to this in- stitution he has given in & genérous way of his means, his time and his effort. He was one of the few to whom that magnificlent pile 'of hospital buildings covering nine acres and costing over threo-atd-thros-qufrer- millions of dotlars, is due. b It is a well known fact that Mr. Larkin has been a life Jong Liberal and that he was a very close personal friend of Sir Wilfrid and Lady Laur- ler. . He was Sir Wilfrid's host at all times on his visits to Toronto, and for very many years, he enjoyed an unusual intimacy with the Liberal leader. Possibly no man was in Sir Wilfrid's confidence to quite the same extent as Mr. Larkin, and: pos- sibly the Libera] cause has never known a more staunch supporter. Mr, Larkin's. relationship to the Hon. Wijiiam Makenzie King. is be Heved to be just as cordial as that between the "Tea King" and the former leader. It is not generally known, but it is said to be a fact, that immediately after the recent general election, Mr. Larkin was the moned to Ottawa. sion of them or surrender them. Pawnbrokers ought not to he allow- ed to handle these weapons as they handle old hats. Conspicuous warn- ings ought to be posted along the frontier informing visitors that The possession of a revolver is regarded as a serious offence in Canada. Such amendments to our laws might make ! the way of the gunman a little hard- | er and his crimes a little more diffi- cult of execution, VERONA ENTERTAINMENT. Verons 'Defeats. Bellrock at Hockey --Christmas Visitors. Verona, Dec. 27.--The Christmas was splendid. The kiddies were de- lighted with the gifts: which Santa Claus gave out. The proceeds are to be used to purchase supplies for the Sunday school, for the coming year. The junior hockey match here on Monday between Verona and Bell- rock was a very good game 'and showed that the younger class were in very good shape, Verona won by two goals. The game' wag a tie at full time and they played an extra five minutes on each side. Verona scored one goal in each period, mak- ing the score; five fo two in Verona's favor. : Among the Christmas visitors were: Wilfred Craig, Toronto, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.- H.| Craig. Robt. Craig, Sydenham, is spending the holidays at home. Miss Elsie Craig is also home for the hol- {day; Miss Nadeane Geddes, of the K. C. 1, is holidaying at home, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Grant spent Christ. mas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anson Grant. Mr. and Mrs. E. Grant and daughter Fern, Glenvale, at her mother's, Mrs. A, Ryder's; Master Clifford Quinn, Kingston, with his grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Ryder. Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee, Lons- dale, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davy; Joseph Mcullen, De- troit, ig-spending the holiday - with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. McMul- len; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Burleigh, Miss Buelah, and Mr. Herbert, of Kingston, and Ross Burleigh, Arden, spent Christmas with their daughter and sister, Mrs. George Lakins at Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Percy's. George Reynolds, of the Merchants Bank at Parham, spent Christmas with his are spending the holidayh friends in Toromto. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Watson are spending the holi- day at their home. here. Mr. and irs. Howard Goodberry and son, Pa-} quette, ate visiting friends and latives in and around Verona. and Mrs. Chas. Yorke - |coe, For Saturday and Tuesday only CAMISOLES 18 only, Ladies' Battenberg Table Covers, 75c. To clear B80c. Sideboard 'Scarfs with Blue Flowered pattern, 75c. . .50c. Blue Embroidered Tablecloths, 36" x 86"-=7Bc. .. .. ..50c, Bed Spreads, Honeycomb pat. tern---76" x 88" $2.08 SLEEPING DOLLS TO CLEAR AT REDUCED PRICES 12 only, Pansy Double-Jointed Dolls, $4 $2.73 19 only, Double-Jointed Dolls-- $2.50 . $1.35 8 only, Dressed Dolls, $1.75-- $1.15 Big - reductions on Celluloid Kewpie Dolls v GAMES The following 25¢. Games will' be cleared at 10c,:--Lost Heir, Tiddley Winks, Nations and Checkers. ------ 4 only, Ivory Trays, $8 . .$1.75 8 only, Ivory Trays $1.50... 95c. 8 Hand Mirrors, $6.50 $4.50 4 only, Powder Boxes, nae 4 only, Powder Cans, $1.00 "| At $8.80 to be cleared $6.25 doz . | At $4.98 to be cleared $3.25 doz FORKS, KNIVES AND SPOONS vy Silver Forks, Knives and : Spoons . At $9.50 to be cleared $6.50 doz x em p------ TY "~~ PL SSR VE SASS: ~ All Christmas merchandise buy that gift, because we remarkably (low) tempting prices. PURSES Ladies' and Children's Purses to be cleared at greatly reduced prices. Mcintosh Bros., PRINCESS STREET . = have a large Glassware at greatly. reduced prices. STATIONERY Stationery in boxes at the fols $2.00, $1.50; $1.75, $1.88; $1.50, $1.15; $1.00, 70¢.; 78¢., 50c,; 20¢ ' HANDKERCHIEFS Ladies' Emb. Edged Handkers chiefs; 6 in box, $3.85 . $1.25 box Ladies' Colored Crepe de Chene Handker hicin--2 for 40c. Emb. Edge Handkerchiefs; 6 in box $22.25 $1.50 box Ladies' White Handkerchiefs 8 in box, 25¢, Children's Pictured chiefs 20c, each . . . ABRAMSON'S Wildy Barg tree and entertainment keld at the Orange hall on Thursday night was well attended and the programme FINE TOP SHIRTS FOR MEN Neat patterns and a wide range to choose from, all double cuff. Regular $1.75 to $3.50 values. Prices ........ $1.00 to $2.45 GIFT NECKWEAR Men's Ties in such elaborate pat- terns that you can't help but buy. --in narrow and flowing ends. «+ +. .45e, to 95¢, Prices ...... A few left at . . ese are exceptional values. The best all wool Sock on the % market. Regular $1.00. Woes siete Ss ss ts 00 MEN'S Sox In Black and Heather mixtnres-- the seasnn's beet dellers, Prices: 50¢c. to 75¢. Clearing prices. MEN'S SUITS Don't overlook these bargains. Men's Suits in Brown and assorted Tweeds. To clear ..... $12.45 and $14.95 Better grade all wool Wor and h BRACES , In good elastic webb with all lea- nN ther ends--4S5c., 65¢c., 75¢. $30.00 Suit to cloay ot 4 MEN'S OVERCOATS Good, heavy weight materials TT a eight and Ulsterette Hodes EN : In Silk with movable buckles. - 25¢. and I' Saturday 5 at ........ $14.95 and $19, BOYS' OVERCOATS In all wool Tweed Mixt: ~all _ lined--belt 1-ro ne hs " Ee veoe. $9.95 10 $12.9 WLLL greatly reduced. It is not too late yet to variety to choose from, and at TOOKE'S SOFT COLLARS In all styles at clearing prices. HANSON'S PURE WOOL 9 SOX ; #1