PAGE THIRTY. FOUR = THE TWO CHRISTMAS TREES i$ The Little Christmas Tree was decided- Iv envious, and the Big Christmas Tree was decidedly vain. In fact, they were not on speaking terms, though, up to that morn- ing, they had been the best of friends. You see, il came about in this way: That morning two men had entered the forest to choose the trees which were to be cut down that afternoon. It had been decided that the Big Christmas Tree was to goto a rich man's home in the eity, and one of the, men. a poor laborer, spied the Little Christmas Tree and cried: "This little one 'wil! just do for my youngsters." Hence this state of affairs. "How I wish that I could go to a grand house in the city," sighed the Little Christmas Tree; "it is not worth while to go to a poor cottage.' "You are not fine enough for anything but poor people," sniffed the Big Christ- mas Tree, and both relapsed into silence. . . - . . In the centre of a'large room the Big Christmas Tree stood, glittering with costly ornaments and loaded down with beautiful presents. "How handsome I am!" thought the tree, "and how the children will rejoice to see mel' When, at last, the door was opened and the children came in they did not greet the tree with happy shouts. "it's just the same as last vear's!" "I've read this book befofe!" "As usual Uncle Jack has sent me a doll? These were some of the comments of these rich children, to whom such sights were no novelty. "Ah me! 1 wish 1 was back in the for- ext," sighed the Big Christmas Tree. LJ -. . . . The Little Christmas Tree stood in a small, scantily furnished room. Tt was over-hung with bright red berries and strings of popcorn, and on its branches hung a few hard-earned gifts. "What a poor display," thought the Lit- tle Christmas Tree. In trooped the children, and shouts of surprise and joy greeted the tree. "What a lovely tree!" "Isn't it beautiful?" "Oh! look what I've got." Thus ctied the poor man's children. Looking at the happy, beaming faces of the children.and the pleased, contented smiles of the parents-- "After all, this is worth while," thought the Little Christmas Tree. .--BERTHA L. SMEETON. NcINTOSH BRO This is the town's holiday store. You will find everything in holiday goods here; best qualities at most advantageous prices. Here we offer one thousand and one gift suggestions, not requiring the expen- diture of more than one dollar. A great array of hundreds of seasonable gifts at almost any price--they are here in well nigh endless variety, but gifts innumerable at modest prices must be supplied, and here THEY are: new, bright, attractive and appropri- ate--literally a thousand and one of them. | Bring the Children to Our | Toy Department I ------ i! i : : p i fl and don't forget to visit our purecandy | and chocolate counter. 'McIntosh Bros 1 . various shapes and sizes. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1916. RTT | | § Christmas Romps 4 § For the Little Goes 2 | DRIER | IDE AND SEEK games are ai H ways at Christmas time or dur | ing other holiday seasons splen | [did to play. There is a new way of |plasing hide snd seek, just the op | | posite of the old familiar game. The | lager who is "it" gnes away to bile. | | instead of blinding, while all the other | | players remain at the goal. "While one | connts 100 they all blind their eves At the end of the counting the play | ers all hunt for the Lider. As soon as | one discovers his hiding place be must squeeze in 'and hide there too. - If there isn't engugh room for 'him be must | take a seat in plain sight near the hid | ing place. The player who is unable to | discover the hiding place is "it" for the next game. A bean bag is almost a jolller play | mate than a ball. Why, does a child | and loses itseif as a ball does =o often when it goes rolling off alone to see | the world. A bean bag can't roll, and | so it Is nearly always ready to play | when a child is ready. You ean' make four own hean bag, too, some rainy out in the garden to play and white strijied ticking sewed care fully with small stitches in. a'donhle square which measures abont six two-thirds full of dried peas or beans Another and a prettiep cover for a hean bag is made of quite Strong unbleached cotton and it is d ted with 'seme bright flowers cut from scraps of chintz or copies of your Noah's Ark animals cut from black cambric. These little picture figures shonld he sewed in over and over stitches to the white bean bag cover, When you have made as many as eight or ten fine, new bean bags you are ready to invite all the children from the house next door for an afternoon of pleasant bean bag games. An empty wooden soap box may be transformed by a clever boy into a splendid bean bag board, qnite as strong and pretty as any which you ean boy at a toy shop. One end and the two sides should be knocked off the box, and the remaining end must be braced to the bottom by some strips of wood taken from the other end. Three holes varying in size and one above the other are then cut with a circular saw in the bottom, and the entire board is painted red. The game is played like that of ringing hoops on a stake. "Bean bag pnss In the corner" is the Jolliest sort of a bean bag game. Bach child chooses a tree for his corner, and half the players are provided with bean bags. One child tosses a bean bag to a child at an opposite tree, im- mediately runing toward bis oppo- nent's tree. The other child tries to catch the bean bag and reach the thrower's tree first. As a great many bean bags may be flying through the air at once, the game will prove a whole lot of fun for a group of chil- dren. "Bean bag call" is a fine game to play on a lawn or in a field some frosty day when a child wants to warm his fingers and toes. One child who is "it" tosses a bean bag In the alr and at the same time calls quickly the name of another child who 1s play- ing the game. The child called must run forward and catch the bean bag before it falls to the ground or he ask? Just because it never runs away | afternoon when you are not able 10 go | Strong red | Inches on each side is the best cover | for a bean bag. and it should be filled | must leave the ground. The child who catches it successfully the greatest number of times wins the game, A Ms oes ws ¥ "Mi » : 1 cs ym Rl Both skfliful and amusiog Is the Christmas game of "mised pickles." By. ery one knows how dificult it is to get { otie's favorite piece of pickle out of the ¥' plekle jar, apd it was 'his fact which suggested the game to its Inventor { The players are provided with a couple of "pickle forks," which very much re { semble knitting needles. Armed with | these, the competitors take their seats {around the table, In the center of which is the pickle jar. In front of each -player a little heap of "pickles" Is placed, the said "pickles" cousisting of pieces of smooth wood or ivory .g It Is ex ceedingly difficult to pick up these with the "forks" and convey them into the Jar, and be or she who first succeeds in so disposing of their particuiar heap of "pickles" is the winner, --------------KEEP COMING WITH THE CROWDS TO THE - Money Stri Now is your time, before Christmas. day. They are getting big bargains. WHY NOT YOU ? Remember that our prices are cut far below what the manufacturers are asking today. YOU CAN SELECT YOUR CHRISTMAS WANTS in up-to-date men's and boys' suits and overcoats and high class gents' furnishings of every kind. ~ NOTE THESE FEW BARGAINS AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF MEN'S OVERCOATS Regular $15.00. $8.95 Sale price Regular $18.00, Sale price .. .. $10.85 BOYS' OVERCOATS Regular $5.50. Sale price .. ... $3.95 Regular $9.00. Sale price .. ... $6.50 MEN'S SUITS Regular $12.50. Sale price .. ... $6.95 Regular $16.50. Sale price .. ... $9.85 BOYS' SUITS Regular $5.50. Sale price .. ... $3.95 Regular $7.50 Corduroy Sale price .. ... $4.69 There are hundreds of other bargains which we cannot mention here. MEN'S SILK SCARFS Regular $1.25 and $1.50 Sale price .. .. .. 85¢ Regular $2.50 and $2.75 Sale price .. ... $1.85 Regular $3.50. Sale price .. ... $2.35 NEGLIGEE SHIRTS Regular $1.25. Sale price .. .. .. T9¢ Regular $1.50 and $1.75 Sale price .. .. .. 95¢ $2.00 Pyjamas. Sale price .. ... $1.35 MEN'S AND BOYS' SWEATER COATS Regular $1.00 Sale price .. ... . 65¢ Regular $3.00. Sale price .. ... $1.95 Regular $7.00 and $7.50 Sale price .. ... $3.95 ngency Sale L Follow up the wise, who crowd our store every MEN'S UNDERWEAR 75c¢. Fleece Lined. Sale price . .. 45c gar. $1.25 Heavy Wool Sale price ... 79c gar. $1.50 "Penmans"' Scotch all wool. Sale price . ..... 95¢ gar. NECKWEAR A great variety to choose from. Regular 25c¢ and 35c. Sale price .. .. .. 15¢ Regular 50c. Sale price .. .. .. 25¢ Regular 75¢. Sale price .. .. .. 50¢ Every Tie in a Xmas box. MEN'S PANTS Regular $2.00. Sale price ... .. $1.29 Regular $3.50 Corduroy Sale price .. ... $2.50 DOLLARS HERE -- A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT. Be wise and don't fail to call to see us before buying elsewhere. YOU CAN SAVE 213 PRINCESS " Theytihetiephaeofbronl. Reboaigin the win STREET. ---- \Jos.Abramson OPPOSITE GRAND OPERA HOUSE ENNNERENEERNEERNE | |] AAA Ag A £ x increases the sweet wheat flavor, making them as delicious as when first baked. Butter as you eat them. Manufactured By Crothers & Co., - Kingston ' ' FIRE BAGS AT SEA stout straps provided for the pur-! stowed In the lifeboat with the bread -- Into this wis placed the flint and | pose. Thus if officers and crew were and watpr. but mow It is of ryhber Kind Used In Days of Old Tinder| tinder box for kindling fire, and the cast away om 'some delerted shore' and confains Ball a dozen tin boxes © Box. ' bag was then securely fastened with | 'n the desolate Artic eircle the means of matches, * Every whaler and sealer that sail- | double flaps and tied to its | of obtaining a fire to warm them- i Ne ed the seas in the days of wooden | contents dry. | telves by and to hest food and drifk carried a fire bag. This was It was the special duty of the sec-| would not be wanting as long as the A foot long ond mate to look after the fire bag precious fire bag was safe, kopt busy doing it. 7 Mged with {and in case of shipwreck to attach it! The steam whalers and sealers of. Some people are so rich they don't . waterproof material, with Interlin-[at once to his person by means of the presént day still carry a fire bag, have to support a dog. | {ings of oficioth and thick fannel | keep Men who Mave nothing to do are The Christmas Gift Store . / b "