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The Gift worth while is the gift that lives down'the years and may be passed down as heirlooms Diamonds, Sewelery, Sil-
verware, China do not change as the years go by, except to grow dearer in sentimental value.''.
WE HAVE Tt' b E "GIFTS T
Military Brushes
The most complete stock of military
brushes we have ever had on display. This
year we also have the shell brush which
is quite new as well as the regular ebony
—all in real leather cases—$4.00 to $xo.00.
WATER M E N ' FENS
Always reliable and. a most practical
gift for ladies and gentlemen. For as'. low
as $2.75 and up to $8.00 you can buy a
real pen for service. Ask us to show
you these.
CUT GLASS
The sparkle of cut glass, be it sher-
berts, vases, water ses or many odd pieces
add a touch of richness to the table. Many
pieces as low as 6oc to 'several dollars.
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WRIST WATCHES
Let this be her real Christmas with the
memory of her gift of a wrist watch. Many
pretty shapes and styles that are sure to
please her -guaranteed reliable time -piec-
es $s.00 to $50•oo• We are hereto serv-
ice our watches.
AT LAST" AT ]PRICES THAT ARE REASONABLE — TIIE CHRISTMAS STORE
Ladies' Umbrellas Vi?
A very choice collection of what is new
and smart in silk and taffetas—each one a
beauty and would make a happy heart this
Xmas, priced $4.00 to $15:00.
MEN'S RINGS
Always a lasting and valuable gift. One
that is greatly used and shows good taste. Sig-
net styles, stone set and lodge emblems —
priced from $4.00 to $25.00.
LADIES' RINGS
Many new pretty
appeal to the ladies.
Ings and stones that
as well as shape. $e.00
set up to $25.o0:
designs this year that
Smart up-to-date sett -
are pleasing in color
to $i8.00, and diamond
SERVICE
Just a word or two regarding our ser-
vice. We pack and get ready for shipping
any gifts you select. We place your gifts
away for future delivery or to be called for.
Phone and mail orders are given careful and
prompt attention. When customers ask us
to select, we do our very best to. please. Our
gifts leaving this store must be made as at-
tractive aspossible and a delight to the recipi-
ient. This service does not appear in the
price,
"The Gift Shop"
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Diamonds - Jewelery - Silverware and China
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CHINA
There ' is hardly a China Cabinet. sp
complete but what there is room for one
or two pieces more: Dinner", sets from
$io°50 to $x12.00. In their class all are
very pretty, and set an attractive table.
CUFF LINKS
We know men
of cuff links, and
be very. pleased
shapes and styles.
priced from 25e°' to
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dovalue a good pair
that's a gift he will
with indeed. Many
All neatly boxed and
$wo.00.
SILVERWARE
This is really for `'Her,' he it for the
"green box" or the mistress of the house.
They do care for pretty silverware and
treasure the heirlooms, Hundreds of
pretty gifts in silverware from 75c to what_
ever you care to speed Start a pattern
and see how it will quickly be added to
by those that wislito help along.
RAE: FINS
Always room for one more bar pin with
the ladies 'who wish to be able to change
about for different occasions. Sterling stone
set 95c. to $5.00. Gold stone set $3.0o to
$15.00,
:?s
' Thursday, December r6th, zg26.
NEW DEFENCE MINISTER
1�]G. ItALS'TON IS A W21Tt-T'RA.IN-
ED 'VETERAN.
Scotian Highlanders Were
Proud of • Their "a.o.'f -i-, Stands
High at the "Bar" of )itis Native
Province. '•�, .
J. L. Ralston; C.M.G., DS.O.,
probably assumes his new duties 'as
er of Defenre• in the Federal
Government • with more practical
cat3,ona of experience and'txaiu
than any former incfimboutot
position.
1916 he was one of Nova Seo-
ceding counsel, and rumor had
t Premier Murray of that pro-
vince ready to cast Inc month
J. L. Ralston, who at that time
no military training nor innate,
lona, He, however, countt:c:
duty to .Canada as : 't able -bodice
higher than leadership of the
or a possible': premiership, auc
g behind him a.wifo audyouns
went overseas with the Nova Ser,
Highlanders, and to France wii,:
6th Battliozi, as captain enc.
ant.
legal training, great executive
•' and tremendous energy en-
abled to carry out the duties o
arduous position most success
-
In spring of 1918 he bec•
ame
commanding officer of the battalion
There used to be a theory aznon�,
coops that the ''C.O." neve
while the battalion was in
for he seemed-tro be evexywhe
night and "day. He was no "dug-
out and every Bluenose ie
unit knew that whenever Char
a strafe Col. Ralston
up the line to see for himself
thins were going, and how
were standing it.
hen Capt. Bruce 'C�iunter carie
attallgA as padre, S3o1. £Lalstotl
method of introducing laid to the 1p•?
charaetesi.stfo. Re took h::.
S on bistour of the front line
stand to" and,'
everything took shim dui into
s Land" to. visit a platoon tlra
p * y��ra heli; -way. bet�Ner
lines. It was Iight -enough fere
r;; to ire dangerous.
A liras later, Major. Ivan ltarster
the "O.C.'s" younger brother;
the battalion as seeon3-1z
nw. ;l. Tho two brgthers 1;;>et
tie • on the lob." An instance'
_-• thoroughness will llu:sta'at
A raid was pi•upr>sed •ata per
e the German ti'enoh, though L:
over a hundred 'girds away, wq
w the line of sight from the Cz:ii
n frtl,�t line. ; The° ground $
had' been earePuliy covered "s
Js, but the "0.0." tvas,not s,
So one bright day the trot:'
,V
fz'Oni; line were astonished
he two. I:rttls$oii bz'ofhers claxirii-
the parftpeti," Wiggle Lhreug
wire and crawl dowtl :a disuse
nunicat-ion trench tp
whence the G•erma]i line- ec'tittiu
lend examined in dayliial
Sgli a powerful 'periscopic tF
'• They were observed, ti
copo Was shot at, and their r
journey through the wire we:
Bred most liaxarrious by ae''t
,len sniping.
was a wonder that, taking tie
chances with his men as 1
be was not wounded lazi, b•.za.
Amiens slio�v.; The batallioti ,ti'
lop off"' eight miles inside wit'
the Hun front line, when tl
Canadian (,'rtes opened ' up at � dart
the fatal eighth ofAugust. C'�
ton led'. his battalion or. her;:
. directing the operations of
rent companies as aresttit of 1•
,
Deal observation, and at lone:—
Pt
nn _r'
e end of that glorious first d
lug. when tanks; airplane ti ti
and eAvalry co-operated peilt�p
e effectively than izI any ot.i
eeabf thFwar, the'battalion at-
tained its objective: '
Just after dawn the "C.O." a>;a.
down to visit the cotnpant^
was subjected to, sniping, 'and di
ited; ordering his orderly to re-
turn the horses while he con-
tinued in front and alone. Being s
tall, he made a splendid target.
Luckily ho was not fatally hit,
sniper's bullet went through s one passed the 'other, steer
a' toe of one foot and drilling
tendon of the other:,
Instead of contriu"lhgto the fro
xtot far away, where. his wounds
would ' have stiffened and others
would 1taV'e had to risks their lives
carry bile back, he, preferred
roue to -•.risk his own life and
walked ,back under continuous snit)
fire, suffering the most excr
ng pain throughout for he
practically liamsti•gng, That to
es'of steel.
° was with difficulty that he w
ed to relinquish his coiritnand
brother and, go out as a casual''
Major Ralston showed the canto hi
courage in leading the battalion
next day out from Rosieres in an.a
on the German reinforcemen
concealed in force in the grass -grow
mme entrenehmr:nts. There
artillery, the tanks soon got,stuc
the left flank and front were e
ed to a - Withering machine a'
that fast moved mowed down t
ancing 'fIigltlanders, including t
eel s brother; who was lata
Wounded while in, the forefront
directing the advance.
CII,. ii.alatOn roan returned to i
owed, and Was with. thein for t
part of tiibso Last Hundi
Days of the War. ,Aurin' this time
was again wounded tree: times,
far his outstanding services
awarded the r".i\7:C�. and the bar
t7.S.t5�
During, this time he was associat
i the present chief of staff
Canada, then I3z'l�;adler-Cenei•al lV[
on, Who Commanded the
Infantry Brigade. Gen.. xV[acBrien
pltiidid soldier of the same ty=
It is. odd. that now eotiditiotis �
e e (i
reversed and that tit Ilstw
ill have
brigadier, now' 'chief of staff, w a
take ordel's ,from a mail Who a
the war *aa his•. •subordina
t ltbth znezlt aro too big to be both-
ered. �y that,
Nova
Prox
Hig
Pro
Col.
probe.
Minister
G•over
qualiff
Ina
that
In
tia's 1
it the
vince
upon
had
affiliations,
his
man.
"Bar"
leaving
ORIGIN OF GIFTS
The custom of giving Christmas
presents dates from very earliest times
indeed, we niay say that first of all
I -lis son, Edward II, •:eveIled in
costly food and clothes, so it is scarce-
ly surprising to hear that on the first
Christmas Day of his reign he receiv-
ed fourteen heads of peacocks for pies,
twelve white 'tunics, and eighteen
colored tunics embroidered with gold
and 'silver.
Henry VI was only a child when
he ascended the throne, and doubtless
like other children delighted in pre-
paring little Christmas gifts for
mother. We hear of hire, as' a boy
of ten presenting her with a retry
ring .and crucifix of ,gold weighdag
fourteen ounces • and garnished *rift
sapphires and pearls. In return she
gave him some tablets of gold orn
ainented with precious'stones; and a
small quarto book which can still be
seen' in the British Museum.
Edward IV celebrated the festival
of Christmas with wonderful pomp
and display, but he did not forget his
children, and we are given a pretty
t picture of his little son in the perk
one Christmas Day, "riding his own
horse, which was a right fair hobby
(horse) the which the mint; had giv-
en him that morning."
It is evident that the children of
those days bad their full share in
the Christmas festivities, for a century,
later. we read of tiny Pinteess Vary,
Y
dart Yhter of Eenr VIII, t eceiving a
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cup of gold froth the Italian Cardin-
ib
Cardin-
al, a jewelled pomander froni the
, ,1 l
French Queen, and two st'tto :ks front
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s Led l'douttjoy, 'filer brother Edward
was also a rc,:cibieht of smocks, in
Christmas Days when the 'Wise Men
brought gifts of gold and frankincense
and myrrh as offerings to their in-
fant King,
In Norman times the kings receiv-
ed their Christmas res -
ed subjectspres-
ents of motley and food,"being harm-
less provocations to Christmas' love,"
as an old writer expressed it. The
citizen of Gloucester sent every year
to the reigning -.. sovereign a most el-
aborate
aborate.lamprey pie, and this custom
continued right up to the beginning
of the last century. It was revived
again in 1893, when an exquisitely
moulded pie and two silver skewers
were given to Queen Victoria:
In the reign of Edward I present
giving had become art art,: and we
hear of him graciously accepting' on
Christinas morning, "a large ewer se
with pearls all over, and comb and
looking. glass of silver gilt, a bodkin
of silver in a leathern case and a pair
of large knives of ebony and ' ivory,
studded with silver enamelled" front
his nobles: He also received from
the Trine of Prance a�t ciophattt, "a
most str<i,n e, "beast and wonderful to
g
1 nelish people since never had any-
. n seen before."
any-
thing of that kind bre
1 London had orders
.IIIc ;sllet•iffs of
r • feet by
r fce a linuse f.>tt
to bizi]d at .� r Y
twenty feet for this cuxious Christina
e;ift.
eluding one from Inc sister Elizabeth
embroidered by her own hands, and
we hear of him one Christmas playing
with a miniature silver table servioe
as our children play to -day.
n Maryascended the
When Queen
throne, the novelty of a woman as
rnnarch suggested great ideas in the
way of presents. During hat first
Christmas she recevicd aeon;. other
presents; "a pair of sleeves richly et e
b:r)itheed with Flereish ,ili'er, a table
richly' painted, colliers and cuffs of fine
white, damask, ornaments of silver
and gold, six barrels of figs, two fat
oxen, two dishes of jelly, and cakes
of spice bread."
These offerings rapidly decreased
as the ill-starred Queen's popularity
waned, but when Queen Elizabeth
began to reign, Christmas presents
attained an almost historic im }ort-
anee. Every year she received "large
sums of money, costly: garments for
her person and apartments, caskets
studded with precious stones, valu-
able necklaces and bracelet , embroi-
dered gowns, smocks petticoats, 'man-
ties, silk stockings, parses of gold
pieces and a variety of other orna-
zn ents."
In 1C t4 her favorite, the Earl of
5
Leicester,gave her a wonderful fan
f white feathers set in'a handle of
o
_old, one side gatnishcd with color -
aide
g'
aids and the .other with .diamonds
and rubies. Sir Pratcis crake also
llva her a fan of white and red, feath-
ers,
ri
ers, the handle of gild hating Het
lvtajesty's picttiee within it, framed
with diamonds and seed pearls. Lady
Howard, her waiting lady, presented
her with a jewel of gold, represent-
ing a cat with mice playing around
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her, and from other court ladies she
received a flower of gold, garnished
with sparks of diamonds,` rubies and
opals, and , a pearl pendant with de-
vices painted upon it.
When the Stuarts came to Eng-
land, the practice of present -giving
was still contintied. In 1604'Priiice
Henry presented to his father a.
Latin poem in'hexameter verse, to
his rnother a pearl necklace, and to
his" sister, little Princess Elizabeth,
a cabinet of ivory wrought in silver.
This seems a strange present for a
tiny girl in the nursery, and yet not
so strange as the two fat oxen which
she received that same year from
the Magor of Coventry. Doubtless
her Christmas gifts in later years
would be more to her taste, when the
Prince Palatine presented her with a
rich chain of diamonds arid two pen-
dant pearls unequalled in size. He
also gave to the king some gold -and
silver plate; to the queen a• string
of diamonds and rubies, and to 'Prince
hlenry a gold rapier and pair of
spurs.
Under the rule of the Conunon-
wealtlt, )resent -giving, like all other
l a
old Christmas customs, was abolished
for the time, • but when Charles TI re-
turned to the throne it was' revived
in full force and the people also ,be-
gan
be-
- an to exehentt;•e presents among
g
themselves,
Pepys, in his diary, mentions his
purchase of a silver tankard as a
P
Christmas gift to the Earl 8f Sand-
wich and laments the number of
"drums, trumpets and boxes costing,
so much money," which he was oblig-
ed to give during the Christmas seas-
on.
g
on. "I see nothing at Christmas but
giving away my half-crdwns like faith
ings to porters and butlers," he com-
plains again later.
We hear little'of royal, resents
p
after George I carne to England. The
monarchy was no longer . a public
but a private institution: The for-
eign kings, surrounded by a foreign
court,. secluded themselves from: the
public gaze,, and little of their inti -
mete' family life was known to the
nation , But the time-hotored cus-
tom of giving Christmas presents
and Christmas bokes and Christmas
tips is as popular to -day as ever.
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Galbraith -•—In Idoeilek, Sunday, Dec.
12th, to Mr. ntid Mrs, .Lindsay Gal-
braith, Orange Hill, a son,
Montgomery—In T•iowiek, on Thur -
day, Dee, •pth, to Mr, and :MIs, Tel-
ford I1tont .otncry, tath eon. a-dazt-.
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Renewing Your Subscriptions
As this is the season of the year
when: renewal subscriptions are the
order of the day, we wish to draw
the' attention of ,our readers to the
label on their paper this week: If
you have paid your subscription, your,
label should read correctly, as the
lists have been•. corrected up till Mon-
day of this' week,' A label on' a
paper which' expires at the end of •
this month will . read "Dec: 26" or
if it is paid till New Year, it will
read "J`an. 27:" Subscriptions are
all payable ineadvanee, and should be
attended( to promptly, a few,hundred
$2.00 subscriptions can soon tie. ' a
publisher ttp pretty tight financially.
We will save you 5o cents on your
daily subscription renewal..
Missionary' Meeting
The Missionary Society of the Pres-
byterian church, Belgrave, held their
annual meeting on Dec. 9th, 5926,
with an attendance of - twelve.
The meeting opened with prayer
and _singing 'hymn no. 494• Mrs Jas.-
Taylor
as.
Taylor read the Scripture lesson from
the 1st Corinthians, '6 Clap. Mrs. Por-
terfield was then asked to preside, an
the officers for the coming wee
elected as follows:—
President—Mrs.
ollows:—
President=M's.Alex Porterfield.
Vice -Pres.'- Mrs. Jas: Taylor
Sec. — Mrs. Thomas Gear.
Supply Sec. —,Mrs. D. Dunbar.
Supply Treas. Mrs; Wm. Geddes,
Treasurer — Mrs: 0. G. Anderson;`
Organist—Mrs; P. Scandrett.
The sodiety have had a very suc-
cessful year, holding eleven meetings
with an average attendance of eleven.
Th contributions amounted to $xo8.-
oo. In addition to this, bales of cloth-
ing for charitable pwlrpeses,
A Unique Bracelet
The following• clipping from The
London Free Press will be' of interest
to many of our readers, as the. Mi.
Patterson referred to, is none'•other
than our own esteemed W. G. Patter
son, who resided in Wingham until a
few years ago, when he, moved to
London:
Froin Egypt to London. is a long
ery, yet in London tl re xs a product
from the Near East which wag Made
by the deft hands of an Egyptian no'
less than 200 years ago.: The unique
article fakes the form of a bracelet, in-
tricate in design,. and is owned by W.
G. Patterson, of 430 Clarence street.
The `bracelet, one' of the most interest-
ing antiques in' the city, is of value
(which cannot be estimated.
Surmounted in gold, seven cherubs
are carved from the lava which, hun-
dreds of years. ago,. poured in -molten
state from the flaming jaws of a'vol-
cano, Each,plaque is absolutely dif-
ferent in design with'the exception
of the actual cherubian figure, which
is. identical in each case. The differ-
ence, however, is marked in the pose
of the tiny figure and. the embellish-
nients, flowers and streamers, which
are to be found in each plaque of the
group of seven. The' carving on. the
bracelet is..thea work of a master of
the art, some Egyptian, who patiently
carved, with crude: tools, the finished
article from the lumps of the'flint
like lava.
,
Frons generation to generation, the: ,
curio has been passed down through
the ages, changing: 'hands - now ; and
then as monetary need overcame the,
love of the unique:,Pinally it has come,
to the hands of Mr, Patterson, who
prizes it greatly and is unable to set'
even an approximate sunt for its
worth.
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Your Towh Mirror
vVingh:turt merchants should be con-
gratulated ' on-theexcellent appearance
of their Christmas ' window decor-
ations. Just as your window adver-
tises your goods and shows to the
outside world. whether or not you are "
prosperous, so does your town news-
paper act as a window -advertisement
fory our town. A business man ask-,
ed us to let him have a look at a cer-
tain town paper, and he gave a sigh
and exclaimed; "I thought Y— was
a better town, but from the looks of
their paper it won't pay me to call
there." Get behindour local Wing -
ham
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Y g
ham paper, boost it, send it the news.
Above all, when you tweed job print-
ing, don't seftd, it along to the city
jab office, where you derive no benefit
in return.
TETE BOYS ARE 'irRATEFUL
To' all who so kindly assisted me
by votes, a`nd working for me, to win
the Shetland Pony, I wish to express
my deep gratitude.—Preston Lediett.
I wishto take this means' of thank-
ing
anking my many friends for the votes
given me in the Pony Contest, and
to wish all A Merry Christmas. --
Harry Brawley.
I want to thank my many friends
and chums for the wonderful number
of pony votes given zee in the recent
Pony Contest, Pa I been out
hust-
ling
sooner I would have won, Wish -
g Y
iti all a Merry Christmas—Carl Mc-
Itay.