To Our Lady Friends This is the season of the year that we always have the pleasure of waiting on hundreds of lady patrons. We are aware that Good Old Saint Nick finds it very hard work filling men's sox with suitable gilts. A MAN LIKES SOMETHING HE CAN WEA But, have a care! He doesn't want bargain counter" stuff. He won't wear antiquated neckwear. Get his wearables here, then you can't go wrong. f Beautiful ties, faultless shirts, just right underwear, substantial sox, fine handkerchiefs, handsome umbrellas, smoking jackets, silk suspenders, silk and wool mufflers, dressing gowns. Let us be your official "stocking filler" and "He" will be pleased. Livingston's, 75-79 Brock Street. dnl THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1916. RUBBER HAS NOT ADVAKC | LININGS IN RUBBERS AND OVER- | SHOES COST TRIFLE MORE. Retailer Should Not be Blamed-- | British Government Prevented | Any Corner in the. Rubber Supply. Announcements have been made throughout the Canadian press con- rning ' the Rubber Thrift Cam- 1, telling how at the outbreak of ar, the British government secured | rubber supplies of the world and by {this prompt actidn prevented any corner in the supply and conseqfient raising of price. 'It was announced |in these advertisements that no in- crease in the cost of rubbers, over- shoes, ete., had been made, and that the thanks for this fact was due to the British Government. : While this is strictly true, some little misunderstanding has arisen from the fact that from 5¢ to 15c¢ in- l| crease have been demanded by some retailers in the cost of rubbers. This slight Increase is due not to the cost of the rubber, but to the increased cost in the linings, etc., that are ne- cessary. In some lines of rubbers no increase whatever has been made; in the majority the increase is only 5¢, while in a few of the more ex-| pensive and larger kinds the increase has reached 10c or even 15c. This advance is very small when com- pared with the high jump in the cost fof nearly everything else under the sun. Even such a small increase should 'not be placed to the blame of | the retailer who has nothing what- ever to do with it. It simply repre- sents the greater cost to the manu- facturer in producing linings, ete. for his goods. CHRISTMAS NUMBER OF THE WHIG Will Be Out Saturday--The Advertisers Are Asked to Help. A CALL TO DRTRICHARDSON. Dr. A. W. Richardson has been asked by the citizens to accept pom- |ifation for another year in the office [of mayor, and it is hoped he will |accept: He has made a good repre- | sentative of the people, and has de- | voted a large amount of his time-- ia good deal more of it than the citizens imagine---and he has given | it ungrudgingly. At the same time | he has discharged his public duties most faithiylly. | That he has pleased every one it { would be absurd to assume. The | best of men fail to suit some people, | and because he holds views, political ly and otherwise; that are not in ac- cord with them, or that he does not | perform some public function in the { manner which ghey prescribe. | It has been said that Dr. Richard- | son has not dome any comstructive { work. .Just what is meant by the | term in this particular case is hard {to say. This is not the period of construction or reconstruction, but | the period of destruction abroad and | of restoration at home so far as men {and munitions and money can bring it about. That the war has entailed a lot of hard work upon the mayor goes without saying, and that Dr. Richardson has done it well is the testimony of all who are desirous of paying tribute where it is due. The nomination day is at hand, and upon it his worship can give an account of his stewardship, and inci- dentally, he will dispose of the few petty things that the enemy has put in circulation for hurtful purposes. Meanwhile, should Dr. Richardson accept of the nomination, it will be for his friends, and they are legion, to organize a campaign which will leave no doubt what thé result will The annual Christmas number of | the Whig will be issued on Saturday | next, Dec. 16th. - This edition, which | 's usually very large, necessitates | Jur going to press early on Saturday | vfternoon.- Will our advertisers, | therefore, co-operate with us by send- | Ing in changes of advertisements| arly on Friday, as copy received on| Baturday cannot be guaranteed cir-| culation? ! Enquiries for extra copies of this special edition would indicate that the issue would soon be exhausted. The only way to make sure of the copies you may wish to send to ab- sent friends would be by ordering in advance. The Christmas number will contain a great many holiday announcements from merchants and | other advertisers, and will be replete with 'appropriate special articles, illustrations, ete. Canadian Casualties. Died--F. M. Miller, Madoc. Wounded--W. M. Townsend, 29 Victoria street, Kingston. HTT =| tal. | probable origin gf the, report. be at the close of polling day. " MILTARY CIRCLES | 3 \UThe London Advertiser has the following: Ceol. L. W. Shannon, D. 0.(® No. 1 Military District, has re- turned from his furlough and is once more at work in 'his office at the bar- racks. During his eighteen days' leave the D.O.C. visited in New York, Washington ang as far south as Richmond, Virginia. He is very much refreshed as a result of his holiday the first. jje has enjoyed since the outbreak of war, ; -- Headquarters here has absolutely nothing to say about the press des- patches which state" that "twenty chaplains in No, 3 Military District have been invited to enlist as com- batants, there being to many chap- lains." One officer in authority was quite definite .io. say that there were not twenty military chaplains who could be discharged. One Ottawa case, is cited as the It is of an Ottawa _minisfer who was chaplain at Petawawa, and who has since been drawing pay at the capi- He has b given a month's leave of absence. .mntil January 8th, and is then strugk off the strength. Major G. 1. Campbell, chief recruit- ing officer, stated that there were no chaplains on his staff. When units to. which chaplains have been appointed proceed over- seas, chaplains are to be given one = month's leave from date of sailing, ==! after which they shall be struck off WOMEN'S SILK BOOT STOCKINGS, black and white, with deep lisle garten top and, seamless feet, at . .. \ oe oe mo aTel aie se sie fe ' SILK STOCKINGS, the celebrated Gorden dye, in black, ,. white and all colors; a strong, serviceable stocking, .. +. 90c a pair with wide flare tops and double heels and soles, at . . oom thal, ogni Ags ly Laat le ati rs irate aS os 5c a pair HOLEPROOF SILK STOCKINGS, 3 pairs in a box, guar- ~anteed for three months' wear; black and white, at . . " WOMEN'S CASHMERE HOSE, plain and ribbed, best English and Canadian makes; with seamless feet, at WINTER WEI « fastcolorsat .... .. .\ & CHILDREN'S STOCKINGS, in wool; all the best makes in iw . ora co Ti . ". 28¢, 35, and the strength unless otherwise em- ployed, - * . Lieut.-Col. R. J. Gardiner, A.D. M.S.. left on Wednesday for Ren- frew, Pembroke, Ottawa and Corn: wall on military duty. Five recruits from Iroquois and one from Ottawa have been taken on the strength of Queen's University Highlanders, . y The 199th Irish Rangers Battalion of Montreal are going to have a chaplain + overseas with them, as Principal Smythe of the Wesleyian Theological' college has . just been =| appointed. Major G. 1. Campbell, C.R.O., re- ceived word on Thursday to recruit a platoon of cyclists for overseas ser- = vice, . S-- Lieut.-Col. H. R. Wilson has re- turned from Ottawa. | THEATRICAL NEWS | At the Grand. A remarkable programme has been arranged for the last three days of this week. Walter Law will be seen in the feature picture, "The Unwelcome Mother," an unusual story full of thrills and throbs, with its scenes land on the rugged shores of a light- house island. The two-reel Universal photoplay, a one-reel laugh-producer, and the Pathe News. acts of polite vaudeville will com- plete an excellent bill for to-night, to- morrow and Saturday. At the Strand. For the last three days of this week an exceptiohally attractive pro- gramme has been arranged by the management of this up-to-date play- homse. William S. Hart will be seen in his latest Triangle photoplay, "The Return of Draw Egan," a gripping story of a western bad man who goes straight, a worse one who would like to prevent his reformation, and a girl who makes it possible. Mr. Hart is ably supported by two beautiful girls, Miss Margery Wilson and Miss Louise Gloum. "A Scoundrel's Toll," a two- part- Keystone comedy, and other good reels will also be shown. Swaine, eccentric comedian, rounds out an excellent bill of vaudeville and pictures. At Griffin's. The headliner at Griffin's for the last half of the week, one of the fam- ous paramount programme entitled, "The House of Lies," with that great actress, Edna Goodrich, as the star, is one of the strongest subjects pro- duced in pictures. The story is strong in dramatic tensity and a most sur- prising finale, "and furnishes Miss Goodrich a vehicle which will delight everyone. The vaudeville is some- thing away from the usual run of acts, being a Russian singing, dancing . CixzfiffMxzAffMxzAANMxzA fe and novelty musical"act in native cos- tume. There is also shown a bright comedy drama and a very funny eom- edy completes a first-class bill VERONA HORSE CASE. Interesting Point Raised in Sale Made by Father For His Son. 'An interesting case arising out of the sale of a horse was heard recent: ly at Verona by Judge Lavell. It appears that the horse in ques- tion was owned by a young man. The latter's father sold the horse, and it is alleged that he gave a cer- tain guarantee. The man making the purchase returned the horse, stating that it did not come up to the guar- antee given and asked for his money back. This was not forthcoming, and thus the case was taken to court. The son claims that he gave his father no instructions relative to any guarantee, and that in. giving the guarantee had merely acted on his own initiative, and that he cannot be held responsible. Judge Lavell re- served judgment, MASON CAMPBELL HERE. "United Canada to Win This War," is the Motte Followed. ing officer, was in the city on Thurs- day morning, leaving at noon for Bob- cageyon. In an interview he said: "The business men of the district willingness to co-operate... In most vass even in the factories." * now to follow, and the people of all trict." On Friday he will be in Lindsay and men. The major speaks from two pulpits/in Lindsay on Sunday. sian Order for Gallantry. Brigadier-General G. N. Cory, son of ronto, a graduate of the Royal Mili- tary College. lant service. declares that the Serbian soldiers, now 'splendidjy equipped, have been doing the biggest portion of they fighting about Monastir.: Gen. Cory] ig on the Salonika front at present. High school graduates who 'at- tempt to set the world on fire soon discover that there are a lot of fire} lengines on duty. 1 Two big-time |} Frank |} Major J. I. Campbell, chief recruit-{} are responding wonderfully in their |i} cases they have given the right to can- [Hi «lasses are following it in this dis- [Hl He left for Bobeageyon, where he [Hii holds a meeting to-night (Thursday). {I} will address a mass meeting of wo- I The Russian decoration, the Order |} of St. Anne, has been conferred on {J} C. D. Cory, 5 Deer Park crescent, To- {IH He has been mention- Hi ed three times in despatches for gal- [Il In a letter home, he Ji} on Laidlaw & So « Something Special --for-- To-morrow Just received and to be offered to- morrow, the following articles that will ssiee most acceptable Christmas gifts. : 225 Pairs Embroidered Eng- lish Pillow Cases Fine linen finished, beautifully' done up; hemstitched ends, and initial letter worked on each case. Nearly all letters will be ready tomorrow. Only $1.25 pair. 650 Pairs Women's Fine Cashmere Stockings ~ These are a pure wool cashmere; very fine make and secured at a price that will Enable us to give you a bar- gain. ese are worth just 54 C now 75¢ pair. Your tomorrow "A.united Canada to win this war," Jil} said the major, "is the only slogan |i COME HERE FOR-THE FOLLOW- ING CHRISTMAS GIFTS Men's Lined Mocha Gloves. SERBIAN SOLDIERS DOING wirL. |i Brig.-General G. N. Cory Given Hus- {ii 'Braces. 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