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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

FREE TURKEYS.

Be A Lucky Visitor In

Our ‘Furniture

Depart ments

Summersicle And Charlottetown

Again the finest Furniture Departments in the Province present their Christmas Display of “Gifts for the Home”. We in vlte you to visit our stores and see the

newest furniture fashions for Christina

s and through the New Year.

Come In And Cast Your Ballots!

Every visitor is invited to cast their Ballot tor one of the Big Free Turkeys-Everyone is eligible and will have his or her name entered on a Ballot. There is no obligation and all stand an equal chance oi winning. Come in tomorrow-Cast your

Bo|lot—You may be a winner!

BUY WAR SAVING STAMPS

Drawing Takes Place Saturday, Dec 14th at 9.30 P. M At Each Store

wealth government securities based on present Stock Exchange prices provides a further indication of fi- nancial well being!

Overseas Trade

SYDNEY, Eféfwf Dec. a -

(CPi - Austral. A overseas It'll e , is being well inui ed nonvitll- Madmng Yields p‘ c" standing urn" nine ‘ctions an". Sept" Sept shipping difficult The value of 1939 1940 Illfftfllillltllfifl imp mi (lllflll the tTiec months e11 Aug. 31g, was Under 5 years 4'23 3'10 moaocoo aga us. $11 s00,o00 for 5 Ym“ “m "M" me molar‘ of lav vvzir. Ex- 10 “n75 408 3'13 10 years and over 4.13 3.22

1: ~‘.'al(l}0 this year and $87,040,000 last

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‘These figures llliie no account ol the gold p101. . P1 " show.’ that ilic b. -

s. for these muiidhs

An ivmy may ma. ch on its stem-

ach as Natwlecn said but it has to be shod. In l-lllS respect it l5 noted that loathe: footwear production in

. \4\ - Canada during the first nine L’S.°.‘..--l?.“niiiiilf ggcighicgrggiég, $311M ig-ggg-gll];

that. the next w fihfiflv. shculi b vorable recei:

comparison. o.

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pain in the corresponding period i of 1930, according to the Industrial

on '1 it‘

_,.,.'_1dS‘On Commom DCDar-tm-ent of the Carazilan Na-

tional Railways.

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I liIlL-O-PEP

EGG-MASH

FOR GREATER EGG PRODUCTION ANALYSIS

Protein - - - — — - — — 20-00%

4.00%

Flbre—-——-—-———-—'- 7-5095

INGREDIENTS

Oatmeal, Oat Shorts, Powdered Milk, Hominy Feed, Cereal Grass, Alfalfa Meal, Cod Liver Oil, Fishmeal, Meat Meal, Ground Barley, Wheat Bran, Wheat Shorts, Molasses, Iodized

Salt.

CENTRAL GIIEAMERIES LTll.

AUTHORIZED AGENTS QUAKER OAT C0., LTD.

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“Santa Claus Headquarters ”

Here you will see displayed an immense variety of useful and seasonable gifts for the kiddies and grownups. Our Doll Department is well worth coming to see. All prices to suit all purses. Mechanical Toys. Wonderful Inven- tlons. A large space devoted to Games, Christ- mas Tree Decorations, Doll’s Carriages, Hockey Sticks, Sleighs. Snow Shovels, Toboggan, Skis. An immense range too numerous to mention here.

But Como and See and be convinced that CARTEITS TOY and BOOK STORE IS CER- TAINLY “SANTA (‘LA US HEADQUARTERS”

CARTER & CO. LTD.

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THE " \ l 1511674251. Br RUPERT HUGHES

His worst fears seemed realized bv the swiit, change frcnimthe far-é moi greeting for Dr. Jc P‘ o t gush of cordiallty for Mr. BIWII - And his uneasiness was increused bY the sight of ivliat Mr. Pierponbt grog affiance him to. For lie saw 81% him o. sllitiliéit lgilivpullhnoigi eien a l a - terer w ll t‘ , - -

so this u-assistcr Jennie! Asnhg stared at hcr in a daze. she 5m e tenderly and said as she DIBSSBd hi! hand and kept 1L2

“Was this one of your JORCQF-fieild- mg up a strange name and askinfl for inv bgather? Wns it lust to sur-

rise me ’

u "Is-isn't. your brother here?"

11 _ no, he's in Servla-some- in the mountains huntinst b1! game. Don't vou remember my tell- 111g you in Munich? Do you suDDOse that ii he had been where 1 c0010 reach him i should have’ acceplcd all that monev from 3'00?’

“N-no, I suppose not. l. “I'm nwfulv glad to see you, she pattered on. "Do sit down. Bud one dropped into lvllrumas place on the divan. "It was awfully embar- rasinu to me that you should dis- appear so completely. and leave no "ri=a=.:is:.r.i<l 1e lllS ruK '3

shiiled. Dr. Jeliyll committed sulcid in order to rid himself of Mr. Hyde- Dr. Jebb wondered what he could do to punish Mr. PIerDOnt. Meanwhile. sister Jennie sat and purred over him like an alfllfl tabby with a disabled mouse be- tween her paws. As his eves rolled dlstressfully he saw brother Charlie steam into the hotel and push to the desk like a liner ciowdliiz up to

pelr.

a "Thereés your brother now." JBbl-v BXC BIIIIG .

“No! Impossible! So It is!" and she left him and made an almost un-old-maldenlv haste. catching her brother lust as he was Mklflll for her at the desk. His eye fell on Jebb. He swim short, snorted. like a bull. and arsed.

"So here you arekaeihml never ex- ted to .0 a n. pa‘? linijfeczle Jennie, "you've m

wgxllfave I seen hl.rnl Didn't he give me the slip in Munlc " “You've "net Mr. Plerpont before!

' unny "Plerpontl-Ihagl Dr. flebb."

to Jebbt "'I'ha.t's the name," said Jebb. "And I got vau: ring away from him Jenn e. See. here it is." he fished it out. "He wouldn't tell me how he came by it, though.’ "Wasn't that delicate of him?" And she beamed 0n Jebb till she frightened him, ‘Delicate?’ gasped Charlie. "Del-

him? Then it is true that you-J‘

“Sit down. you old dear. and I'll tell you." she toppled the mountain on to the wailing dlvan.

"It's an old story to you. Mr. Pier- pont," she said. "but you won't mind hearing it again. Well, it begin at the beginning. you see, charlie, you wrote me that you were in: into the mountains for s mont or eo o! hunting. Just after vou disappeared Charlie. I had a call for flve thou- sand dollars more margin on mv stock in the -—-oh. that awful invest- ment you let me in for."

"Rcc land. vuu mean.‘ '

"That's it. You told me to hold for a rise."

"Well. I see by the paper that it's up twenty-nine points."

"Yes, but at that time somebod, attacked it and the bottom fell ou for a. few clays. I had word one afternoon from mv brokers in Mu- nich that if r didn't cover the drop by morning I'd be wiped out."

"Is that so! Scmebodv was ham- mering her. I suppose."

"Well, whoever hammered it. it hit the tobcizgan and I stood to lose all I had nut up. That verv eve- nlng the cablegrnm announced that mv bank in New York had been looted bv its president. and had

closed its doors. I found where ti:

h cashier of my Munich bank u»

{you the money.‘ I sal

and telephoned his house. He said that mv letter of credit was good for nothing unless the bank opened again. l was slmpv in disuflu- I went to three ho els in Munich to look up friends of ours. and not. one could I find. In the last hotel I just set down in the lobby and liad a

cry.

"At. that moment who should come along but Mr. Pierpont here. I didn't know him and he didn't know me, but lie heard me crying.

there anything 1 can do for you?’ It sounded so good to hear an Ameri- can voice and he spoke so gcnilv and I was so weak that I lust uu and told him the story.

“Well, what do you suppose this angel of a Mr. Plerpont did? I can hear hlm now-‘There. there. my poor chlld’—" she lauizhed molstiy; "he called me his poor child when I'm old enough to be his mother! ' But Charlie was impatient:

“G0 0n. What did he say?"

"He said, ‘There. there, my poor

chLa; if you'll stop ciéylng, I'll give , ‘You'll lend

me-twentv thousand marks-me!-

a total stranger!’ ‘Certainly.’ he

icatel Then you reallv did Rive it to be?

said, ‘you are an American.‘ and I said, ‘But I halve no security.’ and he said. “You're an Amerlcan"--as lt that proved anythln

"He wouldn't listen to any argu- ment or scruples. lie _lust asked me to excuse him while he went to his room and got at. his money-belt: and when he came back he handed me the sum in English bank notes. Then he said:

"'You' must have somathinil to get along on till you hear from

opens.’ and he actually wanted to lve me a thousand dollars more. lit I compromzsed on five hundred. ;ng had the money at the brokers’ bright and early and I made a, solemn resolve that I'd never speculate on margins again."

"Did you keep the vow?" grinned

Charlie. She poutel meekly: I might have kept it if the stock hadn't gone skyrocketing up again. It never rains but it pours. you know. and in two days that aw- ful bank was 230F520 an? re- o nod. and my le r of credi was a rllgit. But when I came to look for . Pierpont he had paid his I1 and disappeared. taking his lit- tle niece along with him."

"But the ring-the ring." said brother Charles. vote a. curiosity that was achlnz in Je b's breast.

how did you come to give rn the

a uestlon Charli. Can't you see I fet so ashamed gt

that

wan Wh h l ed it

,;.1._.;._§cl.,:.. so. ... ca: sci: Charlie rounded on ebb:

ei- didn't you

it " ell. whéin tih "Dr. Jebal-why -- gh turned tell me all ls on the train when I

you o! steslng the r! "

‘That was his delcacy. you see. Charlie? He didn't. want to in- volve me."

Charles could understand that he owed Jebb a handsome apology, and he put it in hts own terms.

"I guess the drinks are on me, old man. I've made a. jack-ass oi myself. and I admit lt. Whatll it

But gebb declined to liquidate the

ecccun .

And then sister Jennie said she must run up to her room and write him a check for twenty-two thou-

ancl said. ‘Pardon me. madame. 1st

your brother or till your bank re-L

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Colorful Life Once Canadian Endetllly Bomb

By DOUGLAS AMARON Canadian Press ‘riaff IVIItPr LONDON, use. \(CP) -l-iush Sewell Klrigdcn, wh e turous career carried lm to the foal- quarters of the globe-quid through three fortuner- is dead. victim of a Nazi air raid.

Notice of his death Ealned 11W? attention in the London rwwspap‘ ers. algiough during his vl-gl-ittloine-gi some ears Kuicdon ne the Empiies mcst romantic char- acters. Once controller of DION!’- ty valued later at $4,450,000. he Was s. hirmble clerk in c. subuibfl-zi town when killed by s. bum-b.

Canadians p:obably won't r0- niembar Kingdom but at the 0E1 °l 15 he was clerk to s. court of Bum- _ mary Jurisdiction in Saskatchewan. The following year he tolled as l- reporter ln Manitoba. Two years previously he had gone to Alaska in a gold rush.

Onflde of his fellow countrymen. South Africans probably knew Kingdom best. He went there after leaving Canada to fight in the Boer ivar and stayed to be: . at the age ch20. one of the lame real estate men ln the Transvaal.

South African Mnilllte v

Later he became right-hand man of an American insurance and Jheatrlcal magnate in South Africa- and returned to lltngland with a considerable for-tune. He lost this mSunlfillltuisllfate deli“ lth tl rem

pcc a again w ie - nmnts of his wealth, he started an asnbltlous scheme for the emigra- tion of British settlers to South Af- rican orange groves. Two successive droughts ruined the crOPS. the scheme crashfd and Klngdon again was a poor man.

Still in Eli-gland. he launched hLs biggest venture with a $92-25 110W- He took an option on a row of Georgian houses in undeveloped Streatham Hill and inspired, de- signed and built. an uncle takiriz valued lat/ei- ai. nearly $4,450,300. But he lost all his interests lu the venture he created and for several years worked in a small office P05- iticn.

Another.of his lucrative exploits followed a sudden declsicn during a taur of lllg United States to bill’ the filming rights M a wcrld

conrssr notes

wick. ova Snell: Island. creep:

I ale s and Inmllhs.

LI lck. I hat \l t mo!‘ w us n] w m‘

the llm and second lines.

J. Print clearly our mun and add on iheeoupon bezrworspleceofpa bo awarded to n

correct llnea an received nearest correct. In make a total

el the ladies will be Ilnal

than one entry w any contestant In each contest.

I946. All entries mun be not later than midnight

‘P. 0. Bu: 459. lhlliu. . S.

1. Winners‘ names will ‘test. two weeks hem new.

Correct Llnei

l ' htrs.A.M.Luls.Monetom,N.B.

l, W Second glass hens bins awarded , e _e ow n5:

Mrs. G. M. Avard, Charlottetown. E Mrs. W. H. Bishop. Hllllbtito. N. B. Mn E. N. Burgoyne. Alderavlile, N. ‘Mrs. Robert Beaiislo, Alma, P. E. I. l! Mn. Chas. R. Snowdon. Ssekvllle, N. v bliss Gertrude Centwcll. Campbellton, N Mr E. J. Dunn, Montague, I‘. E. l. ,'l'\lr. Guy Granam. Glengsrry 51s.. N.

IMrs. Harry M. Hyde, Cornwall. P. E

Mrs. J. II. Leahy. Trenton, N. S.

Mrs. E. W. Olsen. Port Elgin, N B.

Mrs. D. E. Parks. Amherst, N. S.

Mrs. Wesley Rouaeic. Campbclllon, N.

Mr. Gerald L. Snowdori, Sacliville, N. B. S.

Miss Frances Tower. Dorciicslcr, N. Mrs. Nell Walker, Bridgetown. N. Miss Ethel Ward. Eureka, N. S.

championship fight. He lock the , film to Aitstriilii, cirrviii! it bl! hand in abcx, exhibited itlhroush- out the Commonwealth and made ‘ $44,500 in l0 weeks.

Klngdon was a cocrfiii and Sime- ttmes flamboyant character. In his prosperous days hi- smoked l2 ex- pensive cigars a clay, one before breakfast, which consist/ed Of Whisky and cream. l-le professed socialism. Even lu his pa-lmiest days he enjoyicd a game of darts in the tap rocm.

Tiny Lfllltl0llfilllltirfS Genius Creates Order In Big Shelter

I.oiidon.Dec.6 -The dwarf. lacking like s, child in the hall-light, came to the shellcr cnwance and sold!

"I'm Mickey Davis: I run this shelter. Come on down."

I went down the stiirs behind the tiny figure. Mir-key Davis is 29. less than four fert tall. His back is humped. I-Io ls absolute master of a shelter WlllCll nightly houses 2.- 500 to 3.000 ]J'.'(lpl(' in its. labyrinth cf cortidors and cubicles.

I-Ie is master and policeman, Judge fathrr-confosscr and elder brother to these thousands of the East End vii-hose homes and lives have been wrecked by the teIrO: that flies by night.

I-Ie hasn't drawn any pay for it since he mcvezl in Sept 13 and found "Just plain hell." Running the shelter glvcs him srmethiug to do since the Gtrman Al;- Farce blew his “nice little optlclairs shop" to bits.

It was 11:30. Twentv feet tinder- around. you could hear flip rumhl? of bombs and the thutl-lhuzl o.’ the iinti-afcraft guns. People were wakeful and restless. chattering in the nazfiow- brick passaaeivays.

Mickey pulled aside the curtain at the ontrance to a cubhle. "Fifty

sand marks. and Jebb tried again to be V. Plerpontlc. "There's no hurry." he said. but thLs was rather a failure. (To be Continued)

_ YEO

. THEATRE .

“REBEKAH"

uiwnancic OLIVER roan FONTAINE

ALS O z NEWS-

SOURIS-JIIIURS. DEC. l2.

--~—*-—-1 MONTAGUE-JFRI. DEC. 13 MONTAGUE-SAT. DEC. ll

A VISIT TO SANTA CLAUS-lnto the Toy Shop

cnly had him for a week though.

wh el claalr. She's been out. of this she ter only once since Sept. 13.

horrible. People were sitting up be- cause there wasn't, enough room to lie down. I got some young fellas that had been raisin! hell and t them to work. Work was all tgu

the borouch toilets. we've been getting etuf-f every week.

enough, but seine."

I. This eoniut ls open to anyone rnldln In the provinces ol New Brune- Edward

lupus o! sh M. l. wrenee lilourwrlla Cm, Ltd...tliell at

1. Complete the Ian lino o! the I l hlnk an t a

an": l. WM

llne mun rhyme with the Inst word In

-- WIN A CASH PRIZE! 25 0r More chances To Wln This Week

Here is another list of cash prize winners,

4. In each contest a who n! $0.00 will contestant nndln In the correct last tne. II lens than

will receive s prise 01".”. The decision;

5. You do no: have to buy enythlnl to enter this contest. but not more be accepted Irons

e 11min contest closes December l6

mnsrked (I'll! d!!!- Mall your entries to Re al Llmulclrs.

be announced lo this paper llon] with the an: can

lWlnnm In Regal Limerick No. 2. p

V_"Th|t gives most for the price that you any"

P. . Mrs. Howard I-l Beach. Honeydeie. N. B. S.

, Miss Marguerite Havey, Woodstock, N. B. i Mrs. Harold Heultie, Summmldc. P. E. l.

Miss blophl: Levangie. Frankvlllv, N. S. , Mrs. Murray MacKensie, lackeport. N. ' Mrs. James MacMellori. Yarmouili, N.

DECEEER 11, 1940

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time your name ma.

nothing to bu .

Try iii-you'll like it.

Christmas now brings a big bah‘ , f, And Regal Flour, good cooks agrlenég, Wm lave a prominent part l In success from the start

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Read the rules. Write eleelrlnyllmAil-riew.contest‘ every two weeks-Watch this paper.

be on the list if - -. i our entry to Regs limerick No. 3 gi§§',,°§,‘“' m

t. doesn't cost you anything to enterflhe, . Just make up what you ihieli is the correct ast. line and mail your entrv as ll" ‘ reeled in the rules. If your line is correct ‘uni ti l‘ $3.00. If not, you may still win $2.00 (see rillrsl)“ You may enter every contest whether you 1,83,‘ . won a rize or not. Start right. in n0w——it's fun and do are are useful at Christmas time. ' You'll find Regal Flour useful too, to help you nlalqn the best puddings, cakes and pies you uvcr balsa‘,

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People in there." he said flashing his light cvsr rows of bunks, stack- ed “use lush. Two little girls, their faces whiter than their pill- ows, lay in the nearest. They whinecl fretfully in their sleep.

People were sit-ting on their bunks in another cubicle, gossiping. They greeted Mickey fondly.

“How ls evcryihhiz. momma?" he asked an old crane.

The people had striven to make the cubicles hcmelike with what is leii; or their possessions. Photo. graphs cl Deanna Duzbln and Vi- vien Lslgh smllc dawn in the midst of squalor.

The names of London's swanklest hctels-—t.he Savoy, Dorchsster, Ritz, Gaosvenor House—w<-.re chalked above the entrances to the cubi- c.es.

There were figures lying in the corridors.

“We give married folks il:st ca-ll on the bunks." said Mickey, "but there areirt nearly enough m go alvund- We nzcd another 2,300."

A man and his wife were sleep- ing with their baby between them on the cold cement, floor. Most sin- gle men had only one blanket, It was damp and chill. The al: reek- ed ofdislnfeciant, and other smells,

Just as though it were a, country lane in Hampshire, a boy and girl stood talking and giggling.

“We've got a. (lortm- who used to practice among the-e people," Mickey said. "He isolates people with skin disease. He does ivliat he can. gives the kid< gargles and takes caze of the old and sick. He tries to disinfect the Place, but that's hard lwralise we haven't got‘ any real water supply. . . .We‘vc

"There's no iunnlnig wafer. We have to g0 outside with a bucket. Sometimes when its hot (dancer- ous) outside, we cut cards for it. We necd naming water badly. Somg or these people haven't had their clothes off or had a. bath in weeks. Look at that old lady in the