LARGEST HOTEL | Where With a brother and sister some older, lived poor little Rag"muffin Joe. | Joe's parents were dead and were sleeping far out in a '"Potters' Field" | But the | To God's acre out on the hillside, and sit by her grave through the day. The Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal, which is to be opened on December 20th, is the largest of its kind in the Empire. Bn nn Driving it Home. The effective manner in which a lecturer in Kentucky brgught home to his audience the worthlessness of paper money which had not a gold reserve at the back of it was told by Mr, F. H. Sisson, U. 8. banker, ad- dressing the Canadian Club in a city Yesterday. At the front of the audience was #@ huge man with a tremendously bushy beard, lie sald, and, as the Speaker elaborated arguments, the man inquired: "Do you mean to 'tell me that if the Government stamped the money nobody wouid take it?" "Well," retorted the lecturer, "Do you think that if you cut off that bush of yours, tied it up in a bundl., and labelled it 'hay;' that you would find any jackass in Texas who would eat {t?" The speaker made hls point. his Holding Hands. "I would give a thousand pounds to have a little boy like you as my A British a el ltl Atl PP PA | He played with the lads in the alley, and brightened the own." said elderly Tommy, i "That's a rare lot of money, isn't | . nm?" queried Tommy, with idae-open eyes | "Not for me," replied the lady, | "because I've got Jots of money and | no little children." | 'Mother wouldn't let you have me | for good," sald Tommy slowly, but | with conviction, "but--but you Wi hold may hand for sixpence!" - wl Pearson's. an lady to | The Mater. "All of Mrs. Howe's chil- | dren call her the 'mater.' Isn't it| nice to see such affection?" ley: '"That isn't affection. She ed in marrying off six daugh- rs in six years, and they call hor | the 'mater' because they think has fairly earned the title." --Pear- | son's. Bagley she It is better to have a shrinking disposition than to have a shrinking | bank account. HOTEL FRONTENAC KINGSTON'S LEADING HOTEL Every room has running Hot and Cold Water. One-half block from Railway Sta- tions and Steamboat landings. J. A. HUGHES, | Would softly steal up to the attic and list to the Rag'muffin pray, { » { Little Joe by ' cot side was kneeling, and lisping this innqQcent prayer: { "'I thought I would ask you, dear Santy, and good Santy please let me kdow | I know it will make me so happy and a far better boy next year, { If it ain't askin' too much, dear Santy, bring something along for him., { Should you have «HE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. T SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1922. A RAG MUFFIN'S PRAYER By Craw. C. Slack. | city, where there's splendor and wealth and estate, | e home of the wretched and the gilded halls of the great; | cadence'of commerce beats fme to the trade-hammer's | t tall factory chimneys are constantly vomiting smoke; [ s slave at their benches for the life-saving wage they give; | ne great half of the people care not how the other half live; i the clang of the bell and the whistle shriek out on the chill morning | t. awaken the slaves from dreamland, back to their toll and care. back from the street, down an alley, where the poor and the wretched | abide, 7 goes to make merry and criminals sneak for to hide; t midnight the concert is jolly, where the knave and the outcast entice, smother the last spark of virtue in iniquity, curses and vice; crooks divide up their plunder, and petty thieves skulk from the toils; Where riot stands ready to kindle as gamblers fight over the spoils; Surrounded by sin and the sinning, in a tumbled down tenement row, lot, kindness and love of his mother little Joe had never forgot. When the springtime returned with its flowers, alone he would wander away I'ne good folk who strolled from the city would share their morsel with Joe, And_when night Hovered over the hillside he'd return to the tumble-down row. « When winter's chill nipped the willows and the flowers he loved for a while, place with his | smile. | i His sister sewed 'round for a living, but her wage was uncertain and low, And although by vices surrounded, the maid was as pure as the snow. | His brother was just a poor "sweater" who toiled for a wage low as sin, { In the factories of trusts and combines, where the slaves throw their life's blood in. ' Eo» The kind hearted folks of the alley, all loved and befriended poor Joe, And had nick-named the little rag'muffin the Sunshine of Tumble-down row. | He would chide their misdoings with kindness, and outcasts and criminals | they | One night came ghe sweet sound of pleading, then they silently stole up the stairs. When you visit this great big city, will you come down to Tumble-down row? { I ain't got no father or mother to buy me no skates or a sleigh, And the toys that I play with are broken, they are some that were thrown away. If you'll only drive down to the alley, let me look at your toys and your deer, % "And, Santy, ft you can afford it, bring sister, so kind and so trues, A nice little hat with a feather, or a nice little jacket in blue. And, dear Santy Claus, ple#ise remember my hard working brother, that's Jim. ! ------ any toys that's lett over, or any that's broken and worn, You know, Santy, I ain't partiklar--a little shell drum or a horn, A sled or a kite or a shinny, or maybe a cheap little knife, I will, 'pon my word, dearest Santy, be a good little boy all my lite." It was Christmas Eve in the city, and o'er all was a Christmas cheer, The gladest time of the season, the merriest time of the year. In the great cathedral vestrys, the Christmas carols were sung, | And down from the frescoed arches the Ivy and holly were hung. The memorial windows were lighted, and the altars festooned with care, With beautiful lillies and roses, their fragrance scenting the air. The melodious chimes in the steeples rang out thelr harmonious strain, Which floated away o'er the city and echoed again and again, | in New Goods-1922 Golden Lion Grocery The Big Store at Your Service With a Tre- mendous Stock of Sta- ple and Fancy Grocer- Christmas. Prices Are Very Low, Quality Very High and Service Excellent. ies for | Conied Fruits | Table Frui ' New Peels Fancy Citron Peel. THE BETTER GRADE OF GOODS | --1922 PACK. | Navel Oranges--all sizes, Just ar rived. Malaga Grapes, Grape Fruit. New Golden Dates. Fancy Orange Peel. Fancy Lemon Peel. Raspberries. Peaches. Plums, Pears. Special prices in quantities. Maraschino Cherries in bottles. Canned Vegetables | | | Strawberries. | | Fancy Mixed Peel. CROSSE AND BLACKWELL'S Fancy Layer Figs, Fancy Olives--stuffed or, plain-- in all sizes from a 15¢. Bottle up to a one gallon jar, ~ (Coffee Nothing better to be had. ENGLISH PLUM PUDDINGS in tins, Crosse and Blackwell's Pickles. Crosse and Blackwell's Marmalade 7 1bs. tins, 4 1b, tins, 1 1b. glass. 1922 PACK Tomatoes, Corn, Peas, Wax Beans, Refugee Beans--all high class goods and a guarantee with every tin. IMPORTED FRENCH PEAS. IMPORTED FRENCH MUSHROOMS IMPORTED ASPARAGUS TIPS." Olive Oil The finest brand of Imported Olive Oil, Start the morning with a cup of our delicious Mocha and Java Cof- fee. Ground by electricity while you wait, so that you are sure to have it fresh. Crop Sultana Raisins. Californja Blue Muscatels -- fat and jwdcy. California Seeded Raisins. California Seedless Raisins. Teas We carry a tremendons stock of Tea and can suit the most particular person in quality and price, The Golden Lion Grocery i ~ 1 gallon tins. 34 gallon tins. Quart tins. Pint tins. 1¢ pint tins. Cluster Table Raisins in 1 pound cartons. Ciuster Table Raisins in 5 pound boxes. Proprietor. Christmas and New Years ing Messages The C. P. R. Telegraph Company will handle Greeting Cable Night Letters AY Gree to Great Britain-- 10 WORDS FOR 60 CENTS. ants E | \ : WE WILL DO THE ENGRAVING FREE ON ALL BOOKS OR DIARYS BOUGHT, VALUED AT $1.00 OR OVER. BIG ASSORTMENT FOR THE CHRISTMAS TRADE OF BIBLES, PRAYER BOOKS, HYMN BOOKS, ETC. IT WILL PAY YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS FREE ENGRAVING OFFER. | And everything there put in order to- { Childish toys were there in abundance | It cast a sad gloom down the alley, | Went up to the tumble-down attic The streets were all of a bustle, and from out the great thoroughtare, * Could be heard the shrill pipe of the newsboy, as he whistled a Christmas | afr, The novelty stores were in splendor, and high pretty toys they were ot] make glad the heart of a child. | The shops they were all of a glitter ,and gaily the windows were dressed And children to feast on the treasures, their 'noses against them pressed. | There-wete playthings of every description for the Skates, bats, base-balls, dear little girls and boys, and shinneys, and dolls that would make a noise. | Now the kind hearted folks of the alley, being touched by little Joe's prayer, Had fixed up an old junker's window, and a Santy Claus was to be there; to please and delight a child, And picture books printed in colours--1Iittle Joe with delight he was wild; And when the old window was lighted with tissue and toys it looked gay; They disguis€d the old junker as Santy, and bid him give them away. The jolly, kind-hearted old Junker loved the children all in the row, i And a nice little present he'd pitehased for his favorite "Sunshiney Joe." | The children had gathered arodnd him to receive a nice book or a toy And little Joe close to the window was laughing and cgylng with joy; : The Junker disguised as old Santy was giving the things to and fro, And a little red sleigh and blue Jacket he handed over to Joe. He gave a loud cheer for dear Santy, then ran off his sister to tell, But he swooned as he ran down the alley and down on the pavement he fell Loving hearts were soon to his rescue, but the dear Httle spirit had fidd, : Held close to his heart was the jacket and his arm "round the little red sled, They lifted his form from the pavement and carried him in to the light And a doctor who chanced to be passing said the little heart broke with delight, 2 and the good and the bad in the row and wept over Sunshiney Joe, They laid him away on the hillside where his good, kind mother they lald Where the flowers will bloom in the springtime, where time and again he had played; " And they put up a niee little head-stone that told of the sad Christmas night Of the sleigh and the little blue jacket and how little Joe died of delight, » tn That my wife must be grandmother to her husband, don't you see? * THAT BABY. I'm a married man of forty, and my wife is forty-one: She'd a daughter when I spliced her, who to womanhood had grown Now this daughter's my stepmother! My old dad, aged sixty-three, . Has married fer they've got a babe ~-now, what is babe to me? Oh, what pretty complications, little baby, have you made! You have boxed up all relations, and that, too, of every shade. Am I' brother, am 1 cousin, am I grandad, or, in fine, Can I be your aunt or uncle, or is ijt ' that you are mine? : Then my father's 'now my stepson, by his marriage, that is plain. But his wife is my stepmother--oh, "twill 'soon drive me insane! Named by the Romans, Our calendar months were named mmm Dr. Bell Wonder Medicine Co's PERFUMES (MADE IN KINGSTON) 3 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S GIFTS FOR LADIES THAT WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. We have the following true flower extract perfumes in very fancy attractive Christ- mas Gift Boxes: -- BELL'S LILAS PETALES PERFU ME----CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. BELL'S LE TREFLE PERFUME-- CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, BELL'S LILY OF THE VALLEY--- CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. BELL'S DREAM KISS PERFUME --CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. All the above are the highest grade Perfumes, manufactured in Bond ernment supervision, 4 We are now established in our commodious new factory and invite you to visit our manufacturing plant. ' under Gov- We have a full line of Toilet Preparations, including Talcum Powders, Tooth Pastes, Shaving Lotions, Face Creams, as well as our large line of Household and Veterinary Remedies. be We also marufacture a Vanilla Extract that we wish to especially bring to your atten- tion. It is non-alcoholic. and a few drops will flavor your cake or pudding. Large bottle 23¢, * ABK your grocer. Dr. Bell Wonder Medicine Co. : 110 CLARENCE STREET. TELEPHONE 514. DISTRIBUTING RETAIL AGENT H. B. N UPTOWN POST OFFICE . = \ by the Romans after various gods, heroes, statesmen, etc. January was named for Janus, an early Romar divinity. The name February is tak- For I'm my father's father, them ft follows I must be, Why, my blessed own grandfather, that's quite evident, you see. Romane offered sacrifices on the first | born in that day of the month. Some say May was named by Romul month. August was Roman calendar figured March as the | named by the Roman senate in 8 B. | frst month, hence the difference in out of respect foriC., in honor of Augustus Caesar, be figuring. McAuley's Book Store 93 PRINCESS STREET en from the Roman "Fedbrua," a festival of purification. March is | named for Mars, the god of war. April is derived from "aperire,," meaning to open, hence April "opens™ spring. May is popularly Supposed to be named for Mata, the; . ated "majores." June owes its names I've thought biibe was my grandson; either to Junius, Junieries or Juno. but, agzin, that cannot be, I cannot be grandfather to a brother, you will agree 5 But if it is my brother, then it ts heaven, the wi named by Mar Yery plain to me {mother of Mercury. 40 whom the | nobles of his city who were design-| cause' in this month he waa created consul, had thrice triumphed in Rome added Egypt to the Roman empire, The latter is the most popular {dea,!and made an end to civil wars. Sep- as Juno was the Roman queen of tember, October, November and De- of Jupiter. July waa | cember are from the words "septem" Antony for Julius! meaning seven, | Caesar, dictatoriof Rome, who was ang "octo," meaning nine ------------------ Magnificient armorial bearings jand decorations, afte: being hidden { for two centurics under a heavy coat of varnish, are now being restored iit Westminster Abbey, London, "decem,"" meaning ten. The old Eng,