Tom Smiths Xmas Stockings -- and -- Xmas Crackers HAVE ARRIVED and the little folks of King- ston can breathe freely again. Their old friend Tom Smith has seen to it that the children must be remember- ed no matter how great the difficulties in the way. Crackers per box Crackers per box | Crackers per box Crackers per hox Crackers per box Crackers per box Crackers per box Crackers per box Crackers per box Cracekrs per box Crackers per hox Crackers per box Crackers per box Crackers per hox Crackers per box Crackers per hox Crackers per hox . .. Crackers per box .... 81.75 Crackers per box .... $2.00 Crackers per box .... $2.25 Crackers per box . $2.50] Crackers per box . $2.75 Monster Crackers, cach 40¢ Monster Crackers, each 50¢ Monster Crackers, each 75e¢ Monster Crackers cach $1.00 CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS Bootees per pair Stoekifies each Stockings each Stockings each Stockings each Stockings each Stockings each Stockings each Stockings each Cadbury's Celebrated Chocolates Ruby Assortment-- 1-2 1h and 1 Ih. boxes, per 1b. 90¢ $1.25 #135 . $1.50 25¢ 2He 40¢ 20¢ Toe #1.00 vee SLID ~#1.50 #2.00 2 1b. and 1 1h. boxes, per ). Red Box Assortment-- )2 Ib and 1 1b. boxes, par Georgian Assortment-- 1 1b, boxes ........ $1.00 Bourneville Assortment-- 1-2 Ib. and 1 1b. boxes, per h............... $10 Viola Assortment-- 1 1b. boxes ........ $1.00 Prince of Wales Assort- ment-- 1 1b, and 2 1b. boxes, per I aes dient a BIOS Bon-bons de Luxe ] Ih. and-2 Ih. boxes, per tx aka a 5 King Edward Assortment-- 11b. boxes ...... .. $1.25 King George Assortment-- Ib. boxes ........ $1.95 rer )¢: | destroyed by fire, ! | [FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE THE DAILY Christmas Cribs of the Tyrol Frontenac ' FLORIDA. Dee. 9.--A number of farmers are finished ploughing. L. Card is kept : with his clover dresser The Misses Martin, of Sydenham, spent Friday at J. E. Peters'. J. Wallace, who has beem very ill, is somewhat better. 8. York, wife and daughter have arrived from the west to visit Mrs. York's parents, Wallace, Miss Mary Crawford, Mrs, K. Pairweather and Miss M. Burt pent Fridlay in Napanee. Kenneth and Stewart Martin and Clinton Mar- tin have arrived home after.spendin@ the summer in the west. busy BREWER'S MILLS Dec. 7.--~Navigation closed for the season on Friday last. The farmers have been busy doing their fall ploughing. A few from here attend- ed the dance at Jones' Falls on Fri- day night. A wee baby girl has come to stay at J. Rogers' Mrs. J. Murray who has been quite ill is re- covering, Mr, and Mrs. D. J. Mur- phy spent Sunday at Rockport. Mrs. M. McDonald, Lansdowne, at her father's, J. Murray. Lawrence Page,. Kingston, at Joseph McKen- dry's. Miss Mary Deane is visiting friends in Kingston. INVERARY. Dee. 9.~~The children are practis- ol 1 . : ing for the Christmas entertainment. The many friends of Miss Hester Gib- json, who is in Kingston undergoing treatment, are pleased to hear she is "limproving, and will soon be able to return to her home here. Word has been received that the home of J, A, Ferguson, with all its contents, was The family barely escaped in their night attire. Every- thing is a total loss. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson and family spent part of last~-winter among friends here, Olga Arthur has received word that she has secured the special prize awarded to the pupils of Storrington. Town- ship for the best showing at the school fair held in Sept. She is only nine years old. H. Cunningham and fam- ily have removed to Kingston WILBUR Dec. 10 --Mrs, Robert Richardson, who has been Wisiting her daughter Mrs. H. Redpath of Collingwood, has returned home. A number of cars have been placed at the iron ore mines here and they intend to ship | ore In a short time, W, Amell of { Watson's Corners visited at S. Jack- son's last week. Miss Marie Moreau has gone to Pembroke to visit. Rice Bros. of Smith's Falls have pur- chased some - valuable property owned by Willlam Wilkes of this place and intend 'taking out timber in the near future, Mrs, James Pe- | ters; Sault St. Marie; who-has been | visiting her mother, Mrs. John Rich- { ardson, for some time has returned | home, Mrs, George Thurston has returned from Kingston where she. lias been in the General Hospital for a few days. SANGSTER. Dec. 4.--A number from here in- tend taking 1n the poultry fair at Westport. Mr, and Mrs, M. J. O'- Brien, who have beea visiting for some time at N. Murphy's, returned to Kingston on Saturday. Mrs. P. Corcosau and daughter, Katie, are at M. J. Corcosau's. D. Hickey and J. J. Coulter spent Sunday at Thomas Barrett's. Miss Lena O'Connor, Cole Lake, wag the guest of Miss Helena Younge on Saturday and Sunday. Misses Anna O'Connor and Helena Younge visited at James O'Connor's. Mrs, Thomas Barrett at her father's, T. Hickey's, Bobs Lake. James Bab- cock and sister, Gertrude, also Mrs. Timothy Babcock and Baby, Leo, at Thomas Younge's, Thomas Younge made a business trip to Kingston on Saturday. Lorne Fournier and Harry Stingon, Burridge, made a trip through thig section last week. MYERS CAVE, Dec. T.~~A number from here at- tended the box social at Harlowe on Tuesday evening. Dr. G. Howard, Toronto, was hero last week trans- necting business. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M y "Hillcrest," spent Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Perry. Temple Delyea is in Arden on busi- ness. Master Willie MacGregor spent Wednesday at R. Rintoul's, Harlowe. Miss Grace Wood spent Mouday ev- ening at "Hillerest."" Mrs. James Perry is the guest of Mrs. T. D. Perry. Master Willie Rintoul is visiting at "Hillcrest." Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Perry spent Tuesday at Chas. MacGregor's. Miss Hattie Curtis has gone to Kingston, where she has ge- cured a situation. "Sandy" made a business trip to Harlowe on Tuesday evening. The infant son of Willian Bauder is very ill and Dr. Tindje is In attendance, . Mrs. Joseph Perry and Miss (Grace Wood visited at Mrs. F. day. Dame Rumor says the wedding bells will soon. ring, and the "Cave" . will lose one Mr, and Mrs. J. | of its 'popular young to 1 Leeds HE Christmas cribs, showing the first resting place of, the infant Christ. which ong sees occa- | sionally in the churches of this | country are not to be compared with | those of Europe. especially the remark- | able ones wade by the peasants of It | aly and of the Tyrol. In the latter country there has been of recent vesrs | a decided revival of Interest in these | groups representing the nativity of Christ. a It is not unusual to see one with sev. eral hundred figures, Not alone the birth of the Saviour. but the adoration of the shepherds. the arrival of the kings with their soldiers and courtiers. the flight into Egypt. Jesus in the tem. ple, and even the marriage at Cana are represented. The Tyrol's cribs have been famous for centuries. and the people were just. ly proud of thém until the spirit of "modern enlightenment" invaded the land and cri building was depounced as child's play. Enterprising antiqua. rlans and arr sellers eagerly bought up all the old cribs and then sold them at good profit to tourists. Many fine specimens have disappear- ed from the land, hut fortunately a few of the best were acquired by na- tional museums. Th» best two Tyrol 1s known to have had, the "Ursulinen- krippe" of Innsbruck and the Moser crib of Bozen. are now in the Bavarian National museum at Munich. A third, the Jaufenthaler crib, is in the Vienna museum. Originally it belonged to a family in Wilten, now a part of lunsbruck, It contained 154 animal figures, 24 build. ings and 2° human figures. It in- cinded solid woodcarvings, figures the heads of which were wax and others whose heads and Jimbs were movable. Some of these date back as fur as the Fear 1500. Seven scenes were repre- sented. The Moser crib of Hozem was much more extensive. Moser's "city" was in itselt a masterpiece and included pal aces, gushing feuntaius, monuments of King David and towers with six city clocks striking the hours of the night. It wae valued at more than $3,000 during Moser's lifetime. The Ursulines' crib was particularly famous on accouny of the gorgeous dressing of the ligures, The angels were clad as courtiers of heaven in the rich court costumes of the seven. teenth century These masterpieces are now lost to Tyrol. It can hardly cause surprise, then, that serions minded wen began to entertain grave fears Tor tieir re- maining works of art. "This fear had a practical result in the formation of a sodiety whose object was te prevent in future the recliess exportation. aud selling of old cribs and to revive the spirit that produced them Trrolese cribs may he divided into two general classes, the oriental type and the Tyrolese. In the latter class the crib owner takes it for granted that Christ was born in Tyrot, hence scenery, people and dress are purely Tyrolese. In all the cribs the stable of Bethlehem is either the ruin of a castle (according to legend, Christ first saw the light of day in the ruins of the tower of David) or a part of a temple to show that the stable of Bethiehem was the first Christian temple, or else it is a simple cave on the mountain side. The stable of Bethlehem and its in- mates always remain the center of the great scene, the rest is merely the set. CHAFFEY'S LOCK Dec. 9.--~Peter Hayden and son, Hamilton, left on' Wednesday for Catskill, New York, after spending the summer and autumn here fishing and hunting. J. W, Simmons has captured three foxes lately. Miss Lillian Fleming has returned from j Calgary, Alta, Miss Edna Fleming has returned to Montreal , after spending three weeks under the par- ental roof. Mrs, W, H. Fleming and little son, Edward have returned from the Hotel Dien Hospital, Kings- ton, where the latter underwent an operation, He is improving nicely. A number of the farmers took their fowl to Elgin on Thursday. The prices - wera good, ELGIN Dec. 11.--C. A. Halladay, Pres- cott, was called home by the illness of his mother, Mr. and Mrs. Tall- man, Brittania, are guests of her mo- ther. A Sunday school institute was held in the village last week. Rev. Messrs Curtis, Calvert and Stillwell Zave interesting addresses, Rev, Mr, Howe, Westport, conducted services in the Methodist church Sunday morning. Miss Effie Ripley, West. port, was the guest of friends, The ladies of St. Paul's church held a successful sale and tea with concert in the evening last week. Rev, Mr, Hall, réctor of St. Paul's church de livered his farewell sermon on the 3rd inst, and leaves as chaplain on overseas duties. Memorial services for Capt. C. E. Bryden were conduct- ed on the 3rd inst, in St. Paul's church, Capt. Bryden died of wounds received while on duty in France, His father, mother, one brother and two sisters mourn his loss, besides a large circle~of rela- tives, The poultry fair was held in the village on the 6th inst. Over three tons of poultry was purchased. Mrs. Lashly held an auction sale of farm stock apd household goods, and left for Barrie accompanied by her sister, who had spent the past month with her. Pte, G. G. Coon, who spent the past month in training at Kingston, was home for over Sun- day before leaving for overseas with Queen's Ambulance Corp. Mr. and Mrs, G. W. C. Leary, Perth Road, has returned to the village for the winter. Rev, Mr, Towle, Lansdowne, is to succeed Rev, Mr. Hall as rec- tor of St. Paul's church here. 8S. Grey has rented Mrs. Lashley"s farm and will take possession On the first of the year. Mr. and Mrs, Castor- man, Kingston, have come to the village, Mr. Castorman being en- gaged in the mica work. {Lennox and Addington ENTERPRISE, 5.--~Much ploughing remains undone. Rain is badly needed to fill wells and creeks, Many attended the funeral of Mrs. Patrick Kearns to the Roman Catholic Church, Centerville, Tuesday morning, where a solemn requiem mass was sung by Rev. F. McCarthy. Leo Finn and Andrew Dillon, who spent the past four months in the northwest, returned to their homes here this week. Miss Mabel Kidd is visiting friends in Erinsville, Many from here attend- ed the Red Cross dance in Camden East, Friday evening. Miss Agnes Warde, Desmond, was at A. C. Finn's | recently. Misses Florence and Ger- trude Dunn and brother Harold ting The crib means much to the spent Sunday evening at John | family. After weeks of edreful, Pain Finn's. Miss Cecily Meehan, Toron-! giaking labor everything is ready, but io, Ja the Suet of Miss Kate Defoe. | ve holy family is not there. Affer ose, ehoe Vv! ! Rs, Miss Annie G. Finn spent Sapper an Chriatuae Ste the asain Friday in Kingston. ' Charles Clair 0 rib. the . o a was at James Whalen's Sunday last. eri, the gospel scene is read alond. Daniel Kennedy is home from Water-| 20d the little ones, quick to Aletect the town, N.Y. . Miss Annie Whalen is | Absence of the "Christkind," are told visisting her sister in Watertown Mr. | that the holy family are still seeking a and Mrs. J. B. Evans, Moscow, were shelter and finding none. The sadness at Edward Finn's Wednesday. that at first expresses itself om their Dec. innocent faces soon gives way to joy as they recall that perhaps there jis room in their own home--at least they will make room. At midnight the sol- emn church bells call al! to mass, and when the family returns, lo! there lies the infant in the manger, while Mary and Joseph kneel in humble adoration SAVS LLOYD GEORGE WILL WIN THE WAR Lord Northcliffe Says Britain's Ousted Politicians Were too Ladylike. London, Dec. 11---Lord Northcliffe says: "Premier Lloyd George has made a Government perfect, with one or two exceptions, for the prosecution of the war, "We in 'this country have been handicapped in the last two years by politicians who were elected to run the country im times of peace. They have been too ladylike. There has not beén enough 'punch' in them. "1 venture to prophesy that Lloyd) | George will do three things: He will] win the war; he will hap : d, and he wi in hip with the United States, of which be is an understanding ad- mirer." ¢ BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 1916. EEE EE -------- I) TLE shepherds watched their | = flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Tord came down, And glory shone around. "Fear not," said he, for mighty | i HHH] Our line of shoes for fall N comprises only those styles we positively know are pop ular, Black, Gun Metal, Brown and Mahogany. $3.00 and $6.00, dread | Had seized their troubled mind; "Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind. : "To you in David's town this day Is born of David's line | The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, | And this shall be the sign: | i "The heavenly Babe you there shall find To human view displayed, All meanly wrapped in swathing | nd | And ix a manger laid." Thus spake the seraph, and forth- with Appeared a shining throng Of angels praising God, who thus Addressed their joyful song: "All glory be to Ged on high And to the earth be peace, Good will henceforth from heaven | © te men Begin and never cease." --Nabum Tate. Holiday Season Plants. i Among the red berried plants the most heautiful of all are the holly | trees and aucubas from Holland: shapely ardisias. brilliant fruited Christmas peppers, the old time favor: ite Jerusalem cherry trees, otabeite orange, pouderosa lemon trees, with their larger fruits of dark and light yellow, and those pretty little trailing plants, the partridge berries, grown in glass berry bowis, raised in America. Wrapping the Gifts f Are you among the fortu- nate number who bave com. pleted their Christmas pur chases and bave them all neatiy and daintily wrap ped and labeled and placed in a large box or a drawer to await the proper moment when they are to he started on their way by mall, mes: senger or, perchance, parson- al delivery? If you are not, what ave you doing with the little gift which you pur- chase or complete each day 3 and 'add to the growing phle? Are you carefully wrapping each ome after inclosing a pretty Christmas greeting card with soft white or gay« ly decorated Christmas pas per? One canuot help but feel that those little remem- brances which are received, all thoughtfully aud artistl- cally wrapped with a bit of bolly or poinsettia paper and bound with red, green, white or holly ribbon and cheicely Iabeléd and sealed with the numerous attractive little stickers which come for this purpose. mean more in their detail of taste and care than all the handsome and won- derful gifts which time and woney can produce without these final touches. Then make the offering as sim ple and inexpensive as you choose, but if you would con- vey to your friend an atmos. phere of thought and remem braunce take a little time each day to compléte the arrange- ment for each friend before laying it aside with the other gifts. Not only will the prep- aration of the gifts take on additional interest to you, but it will make the last 'days of bustle and excite. tment less arduous. and then, too. you will net be piling oto the postoffice or the ex. - press office uli your various bundles at one time. Hut win be prepared to start many of them on heir way in ad- JB vance of the last rush and | v + thus avoid the often inevita. woman's love for dress and is apt to keep her husband Tt is never proper for x to sit 's knge t se PAGE ELEVEN b Children Cry for Fletcher's SL The Kind You Have Always Boaght, and which has been in use for over 30 ycais, has borne the signature of and has been made under his pere 3 sonal supervision since its infancy. A Allow no one to deceive you in this, All Counterieits, Imitations and * Just-as-good ** are bug Experiments that trifle with and endan Infants and Children--Experience a; er the health of st Experiment, What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless snbstitute for gorlc, Drops and Soothing Syrups. Morphine nor other Narcotio contains neither Opium, substance. and allays Feverishness. Flatuleney, Wind Colic, Diarrhoea. assimilates the Food, Its age is its guarantee. For more than thirty has been in constant use for the relief of Co all Teething Troubles It regulatés the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural Castor Oil, Pare It is pleasant. Ig It destroys Worms ears it pa sleep, The Children's Panacea--The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALways Bears the Signature of o In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought THE CuNTAUR A NEW YORK CITY, em bary & Practical -~n, Homé Dress Making Lerrons Prepared Specially for This Newspaper By Pictorial Review Design for a' Sports Skirt. '6967 Four-piece skirt admirably suited to the needs of the sportswoman. The Teather mixtures with brown for the Prevailing tone are smart for this pur pose, Separate skirts cover a very com prokensive range and the designs made cspecially for sports wear are exceedingly catehy., Here in illustra ted & four-piece model suitable to de velopment in homespun, heather wix- ture, cordurey or serge. The back Lore in gathered at the top and fin. C with a raffle, while the belt is fought fu at the side ream and lope in IP desired, the skirt may be with high waistline and in shor: ter than elearisgy lemgth. Medium requires 3% vards 54-inch mate. Every: point of dvubt sbout the y af the skirt may be re. by earefuliv studving the eon g 'struction goide. Befure wiitehing the ; ial Review Si 20 cents Skirt No, 6967, Mises, 24 to, 34 inches waist, Fries, seams, turn under the front edge of front gore on slot perforations, thea lap right front gore on. left, center fronts' even. Rtitch ime inch from folded edge leaving edges free above single large "O" perforstion and fin ish. Now, close centerback seam and sather upper edge of back gore be- tween double "*TT" perforations. Arrange belt on back gore mateh- mg small "o'" perforations near up per side edges and stiteh side edges together. Lap the belt as illustrated snd finish with a button sad batten hole. The TLIBRINING gore are now joined as otehed. The large "U" perforation in the pocket indicates the fromt. Form a tuck, creasing on slot perforations; stiteh % inch from folded edge: turn the tuck forward, Underface the strap extension to '¢ inek bevond small "'o'" perforations; turm the strap back on small '""o'" perforations and fasten with & button. Adjust on front gore with upper edge of pocket at small '0' perforations. Now, gather lower od of the ruf- fie between double "TT" jerfors- LONSTRUCTION CLior. 6907 Ard 30. 1987 tions, sew to upper edge of skirt, center bucks even bringing front end +f ruffle to large '0' perforation at upper edge of front gore. Adjust belting 2 inches wide to po- sition underneath upper edge of glist for a stay: stitel upper 'edges toge. ther. Cle Heather mixtures with bright brown for prevailing teee with greens, 'edn, yellows, purples and hives flock. od vaguely through them are sdmir- able for sports skirts, oH {58