\ FRMATTRDAY, DICENNES @, 108d. Ee maT HE DAILY BRITISs WHIG BE -- BEST'S | | a _PROBS:--Sunday, at winds, cloudy with Christmas | | The gift of a : Suggestions | § Beautiful Tollet and Manicure Séts. ; 1 H i : "Sundays. Ol(ber days of the week | Shaving Sets. ! ! | When Fighting was in Fashion. | were later made peace days, as well | Perfumery in cases. i | Knights of Middle Age times |as holy seasons such as Lent. Fin-| Perfume Atomizers, | { AMP f seem never to have got tired .of | ally there were only 80 days in each! Fancy Stationery, 1 fighting If the 're Was no quarrel with | vear when knights were permitted | - Powder Compacts. their neighbors, they were likely to | to fight one another. Be ba will bring memories of | sally out of their castles and start | Of course the knights did not Cameras. | this Christina 8 time | one. | always keep the peace days. They Chocolates. : ; | through other years. The In their fights, the knights would | were too wild a lot to opey even the | A big display of beautiful shades are beautifully | drive against' one another with | church at all times. The best the | and useful gifts, hand decorated; some in | ! . i OPEN EVENINGS. | i colors, others in black | | and white | i { Then there is the pos- est | | sibility of a ® ® Druggist . { BROWN { BETTY FOR S ALF |'{ TEA SET ! | inlaid with solid silver, or 1gain a most useful =EIEyY $1650--Frame "ungviow, 5 rooms, tol- | let, electzic lights. Lot 33x113, SSWr rue, Portsmouth, 7 voouns] "THERMOS Neeatt aye. | { BEDROOM $2000--4 rooms, toilet smd electricity. | Several to choose from, i SET $3000--Frame, 7 rooms, 5 p. bath, fur- mace; mice location] stable 'ang Sarnge; clectricity, Any of these me inspection, | | #5700--For & stone Cotinges. A Snap or! ! quick buyer. ! | | | $0000--Stone, 10 rooms, hot water heat,| electric light, h.w. floors through- | out; a beautiful home. i UPTOWN OFFICE: McGALL'S CIGAR STORE. PHONE 811. leveled lances. If both riders were priests could do was to puta oP to! : RO 2 waa : ( --_ 4 3 oR | would fight with swords or daggers. | Castles of the nobles usually tad ' ~ B 9 { i | When one was struck down, wound- | springs or wells within their wals a eman S SMITH BROS | ed, the other would decide whether | Pigs and chickens were aso com- LAST CALL FOR HRI TMAS | LIMITE fll | The priests of the Christian | built under the walls. [tf the " i 1 - Real Estate | "iste fl | church did not like all this fighting. | my" tried to starve those in Our stocks are most complete to fll the needs of last minute shop 136 Wellington | i FS | were forbidden to strike priests or | could be made through this tunnel. cut off from the church. THe knights | In the early Middle Ages, castles thought that was a terrible thing to | were built of wood. It was a com- | STARTS WITH SERVICE, ENDS WITH SATISFACTION ee as we carry Toys and Books only at Christmas time. Our loss PHONE 155. (Continued from Page One.) " : Wa 2 OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF TOYS, a remarkable book, on Anglo-Saxon Education, there is a © J i 'DOLLS, GAMES AND BOOKS TO d that of the Englishman. While Frenchmen and Americans : a " rt A Boy," for the Englishmdn, from the start, the idea | BE CI EARED RE( 3ARDLE SS OF 2oXIE 1 there." Britain spoke of "The men in the line.' Every article is marked in plain figures less this drastic re- Universal Food Choppers "-- $ | a5, $2.00 There is a certain downright manliness about the old type of Britisher | duction. , & dm Titi We UY WI) worare British breed, the sons of manly | $5.00, $6.00, $6.50, $7.00 |f|=™ Electric Heaters-- Ax irs of Rides and Cromwell, wo can afford tn dele he "our CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS bo tuff in Canada. Gl $5.00, $6.50, $7.50, $10.00 quality expressed in the virile content of that word "man." | ti : sé hat is. the necessity of develop- A splendid range of English| A wonderful variety of White Medicine Cabinets A 3.00 4 women. One ideal is above contenyjon, t ! sp endi g g y : $ ? $ .00, $7.50 ing boys and girls as clean cut representatives of their respective sexes. Zephers, English Broadcloths, and Colored Lawn and Linen 3 3 a feminine man or a masculine woman. Tools of all descriptions. we experience an itching in the toe of the boot; while the datter inspires Shirts--all sizes-- all new . pat- | broidery--one, two and three in A Canadian Jumber king recently visited a small, co-educational college, where the students of both sexes mingle with the utmost pro- MEN'S GIFT TIES 25¢. up to $2.00 each. not forthcoming. | \. Nickel Teapots. Pyrex Oven Glass Said he, "I can't stomach & place Uke that, boys and girls eating | Silk Knits -- all new designs -- | Warm, comfy, Dressing Gowns corridors, all mixed up together as thick as logs on a drive Not for mine. { t 3 : " | im I want to see 'em distinct, as they ug. to be. > f GIFT UMBRELLAS rimmed 0 Py Priced General Contractors, Heating Specialists, Steam Fitiery and Plumbers, "The things that make a gir and a boy a boy. When 1 Jebhare of Plumbers' and Gas-Fitters Supplies, Stoves. Sherr, Heavy [ll coxod for a stick of chocolate I want cholate, When I ask for @ plug | and Novelty Crepes--all delight- and Ti» Werk; Electric work; Painting and Paper 'Hanging. Speciag of tobacco 1 want tobacco. work of sll kinds undertaken. fools keep on, first thing you know we'll have the girls playing fooroull.} All the best known makes in Priced from $2.98 up to $27.50 } " Now we've got the girls running round in pants. 1 reckon the next | : thing we'll have our Willie boys trotting out in skirts." $1.00 to $3.50 pair. BED COMFORTERS | Race," by Dean Inge, of St. Paul's, the melacholy dean quotes figures to | \ prove that there ds thirty-three and a third per cent. child birth among Th b F h k - S d --irr a broad range of Silkaline, the educated women of many of the higher schools of learning In the e best Irénch makes in Suede Chintz, Sateen and Satin Cover- " What's the good of a higher course of learning, that educates woman Shik : above the function of womanhood ?"' | gauntlet styles _priced from $27. 50. When Nancy Hanks moulded the character of Abraham Lincoln, she | $1.50 to $3.50 pair. Sit uns feminine postgraduates. DECORATIVE LINENS In Kid and Suede--all the newest ise buyer . : . . . . tion now. Byels ar Making their selec Despite the high:brdws and the dilletantes, "The hand that rocks Lace and Maderia Doylies, Run- shapes ma full range of shades-- position . than ever to meet your requirement Mary Roberts Rinehart is reputed to-day as a writer to have an Nama indome of $300,000 a year. I was glad to read in a recent article by Mrs. 25c. to $35.00 each. to $12. 50 each. Tea Waggons, Smokers, 'Sew- and guy family, I would take the family and let the career go hang !" , N ing Cabinets, Piano and Ches- TeyS : Tok WHEN IN DOUBT? fact wes em- terfield Lam y Pi 1anos, Bruns- phasized far more sirongly iu the old days when motherhood was accorded t h t t hi ¥ aift oh B. Ww. a wick and cLagan Phono- its true and just pre-eminence. Napoleon, with the perception of genius, as to what to give visit this great, practica gut sho € graphs, Records, Player Rolls. and all I have that is worth while. 1 do not hesitate to say that the future We will store your purchases of the child depends upon the mother." until Christmas. 6, = Nether of Comdiv me There has been much futile talk on the equality of the sexes. All such talk fs vain. Man is not complete alone. Woman is not complete alone. The complete human being is a man and a woman. : William Hartpole Lecky, the historian of European morals, says: hen. a man tassios he does BO Sunt a reflection of himself, he bonid concinsion that a portent auton vequires a manly man plus a i woman, these two together are the corner stones of a grea: Canedian R. J Nasa \ | a : | knocked out of their seats, they | part of the trouble. | 3 JEWELER H or not to put him to death. mon sights Secret. tunnels | They tried to make it less. Knights | castle, a trip to an outside farm J} pers. Come here with your gift problems and we'll provide the so- women, peasants or traders. If Food obtained by this means otten | lution. ! they did so, they were doomed to be | | saved castles from capture. / ® @ h on to anyone, so many of them | mon thing for them to be set fire dur- 4 T 1 d B C t } hppa he ote : | Ing battles, Then the people inside oy an 18 a argain en er Another rule of the church was would rush out and give themselves ! that there must be, no fighting on ' up. Toyland must be cleared between now and Monday night SOWARLS REEFS COAL AND COA), REEPS SOWARDS Sissey Boys And Horsey Girls. | is Santa Claus' gain--and just at the eve of Christmas. between the attitude of the Frenchman and American toward his male the '* Little Man." | 8 USEFUL P RESENTS Tiere the UShad Stat so ged 7s 483 Sul vos | COST. In England, it is Oxford men and Cambridge men. | 9 i ' a BE, the war was on ,the United States Spoice of "Our boys over | TO NIGHT AND MONDAY LESS 33 1 3%! Aluminum Percolators-- Camiude, 5. YOMMEF lich Of tHe SmBIG, bas a rich heritage in ithe manliness of the It is for us rather to emphasize the good, strong, | ' YT Skates. Canada requires as citizens a breed of manly men and womanly |§ MEN S FORS HE SHIRTS BOXED HANDKERCHIEFS thr i a § hard hich preversion of ithe specie is more reprebensiblc, | { Bathroom Fixtures 13s Bard Ao ay WR When we encounter the former J] Percales and Balloon Cloth | Handkerchiefs with dainty em- Electric fixtures . . us with a desire for Right. terns. Priced from $1.50to $5.50 | a pretty gift box. Priced from Knives Razors and Scis {scuity. This institution was after the rich man's money, which was | ; A ' S0rs si : > In Broad-Silk, Crepe Knits and | BEACON CLOTH KIMONAS. _ ElectrieIrons and Toasters. Fire Sets. at tho same table, swapping the same slang, rough-housing in the samé NM 5riced from 50c. to $3.50 each. . in all the wanted shades--Satin Why, are you afraid they'll lose their morals ? | : McK ] & Bi h, . i d " No, Sir; I'm scared they'll lose something far more precious than | For Ladies Spotlemsn sod GI WAISTS e Vey IIc Limi e morals." fl Children. Priced from $1.50 to : FT De | I « what on) $10.00 each. In Irish Dimity, Habutai Silk and Mouse Furalshing Hardware, Tools, Oils, Best Supplies, Sheet Metal To Hades with this twoin-ome stall. 1 our} SILK HOSIERY ful new styles, colors and sizes. i i i het id fan: ork. . $89, 188 Boys fuking 10 SrOcireting SUC Tency wos Black and colors. Priced from each In an article in the Edinburg Review on ' The Future of the English | KID GLOVES In Cotton and Imported Downs United States. and Glace Kid -- in wrist and ings -- priced from $2.98 up to made to her country an infinitely greater contribution than any of our LEATHER HAND-BAGS This year we are in a better the cradle is the hami that fules the world," ners and Centres--priced from | priced from $1.00, $1.50 on up A Few Suggestions: Rinebart where she declared: * If I had my choice between my career Everything a man (has he owes to his mother. sald: "It is to my mother, to her good principles, that I owe my success, . 'ind a solution fer you. The proudest title that may be applied to-day to any of our women i NPR Or Eo UR nation.