<r RS A Ea an Lat 2 . Y WS A SS ak a _ a » ' eu ead mR eGege Tee ae saath ae naeaiae iE RARER SST THE STRATFORD MIRROR "aS a a a Present Conditions No VTEC Vas ELLE R Santa Puts His O.K. on these GIFTS for MEN Gifts from Gordon's have that certain something which appeals to men -- They appreciate their use- fulness and smart style -- Choose his gift at Gor- don's. Store Open To-morrow Night PYJAMAS Every man likes a smart new suit of pyjamas, See our new Forsyth, Arrow ranges at $1.95 » _SWANTEX SHIRTS New shipment just arrivec -- plain grey, blue anc slate, with contrasting. ti' shirt and tie, complete, $2.50 This is a year for useful gifts. Men appreciate something to wear. Your Gift Problem is easily solved here. J. H. GORDON -- 10 Downie Street Phone 70 a heh CEE ti THE DELIGHTFUL FINISH TO AN EXCELLENT MEAL-- SILVERWOOD'S Christmas Ice Cream Creations The heavy rich dessert is giving way to one that is dainty, tasty and pleasing to the eye. Creations for Christmas-- Yuletide Log, Layer Cake, Dutch Pudding or Individuals in Santa Claus, Christmas Tree Bell, Star, etc. Call our office or dealer for further information. - §ilverwood's Stratford Dairy Limited Phone 770 L. A. Wallis, Manager Respector of Persons This depression is no respector of | persons, Two of the names which have 'figured in the news of the past few days are names which stood &t the top ;of the list in their respective fields-- |the Ringlings of the show world, and "ia Studebakers of the motor indus- ry. A few short years ago they could have written their cheques for mil- lions. Today, they are dependent on friends to keep them clothed, fed, and sheltered. John Ringling made millions by en- tertaining people. His name was known wherever the name "circus" ever was mentioned. He gave dreds of thousands away. An art gal- lery which he donated to a Florida city is one of the show places of the South. Now, John Ringling could scarcely raise the price of admission to see the pictures for which he paid a king's ransom many times over, In South Bend, there is a huge stone mansion, Folks who went to South Bend marvelled at its stately beauty. "The Studebakers live there,' they were told, But the Studebakers don't live there any more. They occupy a modest frame house now.' Even the furniture in the big house on the hill was seized to satisfy the demands of creditors, In the past few years, the Studebakers have dropped more than six million dollars, : We who have never been rich can not realize the utter helplessness of these people now. Their difficulties are no more serious than what most of us have faced all our lives, but they have never had them, and don't know how to face them. There's an old saying that it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. But that doesn't ap- ply to being rich, ETE TE TELE SELES, Kenner's BOOK STORE FOR GIFTS Chums Annual for Boys A fine assortment of Seals, Tags, Wrapping Paper, Twine Desk Blotters Dressing Sets . Warwick Gift Line Playing Cards in Sets Boxed Stationery / ' See our special box of Sta- tionery for 59c, 2 drawers. 500 Reprints, 90c each Special assortment Child- ren's Books at 35c Fountain Pens, 25c each" Kenner's Book Store ) FOR BARGAINS | PAA RASA SAA hun- | Bowling Scores C. N. R. LEAGUE Office 1 vs. Pick-Ups 3. Mott PRS AE 154 144 193. 491 Killoran a gh Sis ae ee Buckingham 202 .180 252: 584 Grandison i 98 188 Bes 629 mC nes 60 155 1738 106 434 TOt ea hee eg 920 848 1034 2802 G. Spencer .... ok "29E> 260- Jag Dugmore a 121 168 178 567 Glazier oe 235 155 236 626 Thomas .... 182. 166 215 563 Cossey 166 229 190 585 PL OES lee eee os 853 1009 1079 3041 Apprentices II 1, vs. Stores 3, Freeman 497 Bradford si 298 Lavery >... sé 306 McKillop . 461 Wells _.......... 492 Towner 164 Dunsby 209 Totals 907 2427 ~ Young 196 494 Goss ........ 167 420 Munro 246. 601 A. Death 173,61 Dummy 157 406 Potala < ten bo: 703 790 939 2436 ~ Rd. House 0, vs. Electricians 4. Wee lew 220 172 226 618 K. Hesson..... Hi Day. F. Herbert C. Dean Totals Wreford Bradley Kendall Marks Mativia Millman ts Totals Smiths 1, vs. Inspectors 3. PIA SOR oe oe A 103-170: 4522-426 ba oc Ra eR SSC 136° 147 2 133% 416 Andrews. ......... . 15 2386 145 455 Boo DAPI, sa: 182 100 173 455 W. Murray ............109 115 170 394 nkdid eo 605 767 773 2145 Patterson . "192 09). 22). 284 Rae Se 173 188 149 460 J. Spencer .. ...220 . 147. 167 534 TACHie oan es 3 iu Mer 187 338 Bart ons 187 128 205 520 Harkins 163 224 387 POLAIS 5 uncon. 923 668 932 2523 Assistant Foremen 2, vs. Appren- tices I 2. Neéiide 141° 193-455 - 489 PROC BOISE tet niacas 148 142 162 452 Cameron: scsi. 122 154 164 440 McDougall 2.0... 205 178 211 594 CTdr ea... 188 168 179 535 Totals 835 871 2510 Green 101 202 441 Dunkley 195 170 547 Hangin 201 207 487 Wake 248 174 549 Dummy 142 155 419 Totals 678 857 908 2443 a The Useful Gift ls Always Appreciated--- --For the Little Tots --Brother or Sister --Mother and Father -- sleet 4 + ay ag Rawreeose ten ee essen ee a tl ao THE STRATFORD MIRROR | In The Realm of Sport Indications are that the junior com- petition which the Midgets face in the group this year will be much keener than it has been for a number of years. The Kitchener kids gave the locals plenty to worry about, although the Midgets clearly outplayed them for the greater part of the game, The turning point seemed to come when Colquhoun, the big defence man from Mitchell, was injured in a spill. Then, too, the Midgets were guilty of care- lessness. Gerth's desire to bat the puck into the corner, a la tennis, proved disastrous the one time he tried it. Had he batted it as intended everything would have been oke,, but when he dropped it in front of a waiting Kitchener player the game was tied up. It was a tough one for the popular goalie, who turned in one sweet performance. * * * There's always one player on the Kitchener team whom the fans love to see spilled. Last year it was Couch. This year it's Kampman. For a big fellow, Kampman gets hurt--or thinks he's hurt--more easily than any man on the ice. Kampman should have been a wrestler. He's got the art of grunt, groan, and face-making down to a science. When Desilets tapped him on the back of the neck, he went down as though he had been shot, but he couldn't show a mark where he had been hit. Getliffe gave him something to squawk about when he flattened the big fellow at the Stratford blue line. It took some more groans and grimaces out of Kampman. * ok * The idea behind the change in rules was to eliminate bell-ringing and speed up the game. With the Kitch- ener Kids playing, however, it worked with reverse English. They gummed up at least 45 per cent, of their plays by rushing over the Stratford blue line ahead of the puck-carrier. It wasn't always the wing men who were to blame, either. Their centre players had a peculiar habit of rushing down to the blue line and stopping dead as soon as they reached it, leaving the wings to go scooting over into offside territory. * * * The Senior Bees will get a chance to strut their stuff tonight with the smart Brantford aggregation as their opposi- tion. On their performances so far the Red Sox would appear to be the class of the group. They walloped the | Western U decisively after the Mus- tangs had shown the way to Galt. If the locals can hold their own with the Brants tonight they should be good enough to get places before the sea- son is over. * * * Tonight's game will mark the debut | of Brenneman, Heath and Roubell, of | last year's Midgets, in senior comr pany. Parker is another of last year's juniors who will be stepping up. The Western team, by the way, looks like ------ AUCTION SALE AT THB Avon Hotel 388 Downie St. Saturday, Dec. 16th Commencing 10 a.m. sharp HAIGH ESTATE, Owners HARRY: PITTS, Auctioneer a Stratford line-up, too, with \Neilson in goal, Rankin on defence, and Clark and Pigeon up on the firing line. Rankin logked mighty good in the game with Galt. His tantalizing * * "Like an amateur" is a term used to describe sports performances which are not just up to the expected mark. It doesn't apply to wrestling any more --not after Saturday night's perform- ance in the armouries. After the care- taker go through sweeping up the stray arms, legs, eyes and ears which littered the floor after the bouts, those in attendance agreed that the boys really were sore at each other. The spectators got themselves worked up to such a pitch of excitement that they wanted to take a hand in the proceedings themselves, * * * The trouble with wrestling is that it's either "faked, a sham, a frost" or "cruel, brutal, disgraceful." There doesn't seem to be any halfway mark. If the boys get in there and stick to the rules they have the fans yowling for action and] wanting to know if they intend to kiss each other. If they get in and tear each other to pieces they are criticized for putting on a disgraceful exhibition. Things which were allowed to go in Saturday night's matches certainly have no place in sport of any kind, but it's a safe bet that if the same performers rushes made the Terriers look foolish. * were on a card tomorrow night the hall would be packed--in the hope of seeing the same thing all over again. * os * The Normal School gang made a place in the Stratford and District Basketball League play-offs by wallop ing the Socii Viae Club on Monday night. The young teachers have been coming with a rush in their last few games, and may give the other teams plenty to worry about before the championship has been decided. Y. M. C. A. Aces, Educated Ducks, St. Marys Night Hawks and Normal School are the teams which will battle it out for the title in the first half of the sched- ule. When the second half of the schedule gets under way after the first of the year it is probable that there will be one or two new teams in the competition. * cos * Pop Neilson, coach of the Stratford ladies' basketball team, last season's Eastern Canadian champions, is look- ing for a capable centre player to fill the shoes of Jenny Moffatt, the sensa- tion of last season's team. Pop feels that his defensive worries are over. He has a line out in an effort to induce Marion Mountain, the St. Marys~girl who played with the local team two years ago, turn out for the centre posi- tion on the Stratford team. If Pop is successful, his worries on that score should be settled too. Miss Mountain is a tall, strong player, and when she shoots at the basket the old pill is either in, or else it's mighty close. She | would work well with the high-scoring | Miller sisters, who will again hold taeda the forward positions. Light, trated. 8 ON Ge enna ee eee ener eneenee or choice. es . 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