tilt

a iiiia.

and ‘

2lth from any persons deslro

to receive instruction so that eordlngiy.

ject In which a sufficient nu

Special attention will be the opportunity of acquiring school education.

ii i ll- QQIU'L£‘I§'H\J.'UL

P. E. Island Lads Had Lively ‘time

In Sackville

so

With a view to organizing claases for instruction In

oslved at,the Department of EJliIOIIKTOII up lo Dwfllllhfl‘

Applicant should state the subjects in which he wishes

'iii%‘

iliiiil

=--- will be re-

ua of attending same.

i.

classes may be arranged ac-

Courses will be offered in English, arithmetic, simple ~ accounts, writing, drawing, woodworking, motor mechanics. Houaohold science, sewing and milllnery, and in any aub-

mber of applicants will war-

rant ths formation of a class. t

i given to thoas who missed g the elements of a common ii

the day.‘

hion fur the renlalner of ‘ihe boys tnen went on a tour of 1.11s Sldtlflfl and wound up in the.

platter!‘ room where considerablei expensive machinery .s stored. Ynis they proceeded to investigate

What Shall I Give?

Of hrlstmas Time. how m!!! ‘i0 i" really make use of afterwards? I thing thin 9.,- an instance where we may leg tlmalely "look a gilt b0?" in the mouth", for it la not by Ill)‘ means the high pride that siren n

‘ present ifs charm., its fascination socket at the bnllnln»

dgpendg upon the care with which it .s chosen by the donor.

The gift that has an air of iieluitms bottom to nehnrnln lmnl ""30 “mil

well thought out, and that seems to reflect, in some indeflnabie W8!- the personality of the Noilliei"

Cflmllined with the good taste of the sudden blow, the slllll wlll of!" no the w" 5°" °“'

‘Lvgr, 1,. fai- inore appreciated than u. more expensive gift that has evidently been chosen haDi-‘llllfliii-

FIRST OF ALL: o.

Therefore, before you actually tie- i-ido upon tho gift, it is as well to obtain some idea of your friends pet desires.

Th1; may be done either by sli- eut observation. or a few tactful enquiries or even. on occasion, b7 the question direct! _

it is fairly easy for one Wolllllii u, choose a gin [or a woman friend. 1t ls I658 easy foi- the masculine doner, He. poor man. is rather less

all the presents we receive slim-e for illumination purposes, but m; o party. _

sand or earth should be placed ill blindfold

fuu_ Tho why to play it is follows:- The players sit in a circle and bo- five?

for instance, nllDW-lllill! the nut have the best of it because’ you can

rah cuaatorrarowkgoualthmn A Lantern Tip “vilillie Whistles”

. . f

Chinese lanterns IN "e" “m” ~ "are i“ a- xiii?‘ tiilslilligfjgiiipg;

» . rt in ii, all 7°"

l" .::,:'::.'; ‘zit-sir; r..r*,:z.:.'::.'lt . mi

ailllyttllfl in, lvhem Now, one tit you is chosen t; be

. ‘ . r -- iiwni t rfiandlalltheo er!

For ‘new’ an‘ a handful o Wu“ tlicvnseives with their

d: - i, hi f .‘~ ‘rhea Willie rune.

‘hem around [he mug u“ an e girlie gill: room blowlu: his

This not only keeps the lanterll whistle at lute gill. is: éileaggiizg steady, but. in case of fire, causes have to jilildio‘: "B -

. 1 I ' . . ll‘ l . l

“PP”; “m1 S” "mke m’ M.” m ooiititilrtliigliyilzi: tsilliztiiinwlllidlig"

(ughaould the lantern be all?" b7 ‘i 59¢°mt>s tho whistler himself, and

[Efiaficll

B l -

llZZ ti, realest fun to have a

. cuitlzil Ofelhfi) "00P Y9“? Slayer 5°

Tilis is a very old game. but illlthg, you can lryj them on your pflifl. always a ver-y great favorite. Title isn't .11?"

. » t t e new oile- more the players, the ltree. er 280F525; one “what ‘a Si! plus

m; out the (lame before any harin .5 done.“

wank MAJOR J.

gin to count in turn, but when 01¢? He'll think thutueiarsy commit. 3nd number 7 or any number ill which answer readllyi. “hi? 9 ‘Wii- i

the figure T or any multiple of '1 iii Bu. he's wrong, and yflll mil i1 reached. theysay "Buzz" instead of go, "it's nine.“ Y°ll ii)’ 1° iii“ ii!‘ whatever the number may be- A5‘ tonishment and ‘disbelief. But you

will

'_ w“ P l ‘, ‘vb when they were forc.bly ejected NJ“?! 3:61: “Dem gpesggimenuf]: and ordered to remain in the big ‘raved m sackvme Saturday e“ room on the first flat. Here they, ‘ma: ‘he conductor had in ha soon unearthed a couple of dyua-i

. . ‘ .= 'b'ch th l l ~‘ charge two youthful travellers who ‘this lChéiisrto¢el ey ca m y threw

had tailed to make the necesaaryl call on the ticket agent at Tormen- tlns before leaving that place. It soehia the boys had boarded tilt‘ train at the cape unnoticed h)‘ I119 conducior at the t.me, and it “'68 not untl he begun to check h: u-aih up that he discovered the lads.

know exacLy just where they‘ were llslil-Dg for. The co~dil¢i0r could not ve.y we.l put them otr at the eihall etaizous a.ong the line andi leave them t0 the mercy of the! elements. so he kAA-dly 111N590 them along to Sackvile Stauoni where he turned them over w C-l

They had neither moneyw. nor tioheui, and did not seem to‘

This proved the< last straw and the Town Marshal .tnnle<i ateiy marched them to the lockup. They were not placed ‘.n '4 cell. however, but allowed to ro-i .naiti in the corridor. but they did not remain there long, They man- aged to pry open the door, and iti

they were rounded up and this t.me Marshal Crossman locked them in one of the cells. Yester-

day when m, “'9ut m release the,“ ties crammed. artistically into the the largest noy had managed to get iimaiie“

hold of a small axe and when the officer arrived he W38 endeavoring o smash the lock on his cell door-m What the officer sa ti about

W38 not until nearly mldn ght that ‘we °

m, TRAV ELLING mono:

\. R omcer “mock Mn Babltime need not he recorded here,.|

player saY

versed in feminine frlpperiefl. fliid “Bu”. becausé 14 is a multiple a

so is tempted to fail back 0P0" iiie perennial safety gift — a bot oi’ chocolates, which is all vef)’ “Tin .u its way. but is apt. to Ullii all" a dozen or so repetitions. lt is. moreover, extremely bad for the figure.

If your lady friend l6 101111 0i travelling then your choice is 69-5!’- She ould find a trnvelliufl ca" useful no doubt. But don't buy her f those old-fashioned thus! that has half its space taken up bv brush and comb. The present-till)’ outfits have all the toilet necessi-

theu say '15", the next '16" allii

the next would. 0f

in the number 17. lf one of the players forgets to say “Bl-lll" 8t tile proper time, he is 011i. The 58ml! then starts over 888i" it'll-ll U19 1'9‘ mniuing. if great care is taken the numbers can be counted up to 70, whIch, according to the rulea ‘lefore mentioned. would, of cotllllfl be called Buzz. The nilrnbers woul then be carried on as Buzz 1. Bu:

h d. ‘mssme "mat Mm a dom that this stage is reac e

stubby little sh.ngle bruoh and folding comb all complete.

._.__ »Three apples are laid on the table and the performer leaves the

"l3" the 7131i- prove it.

7 (twice 7i-—the next player wouiwsix strokes—just iltrnlgili "PPiBiIi-

0H9. course, say “might strokes between them to

Taking a peudli, you iait down

lThen you fldtl “W! H1076

my no: mu: utntsrmas swan ma: neon? m: Yutsnns season for: YOII AND Youns

wnfififiliifiifi§

0| \Oii r~cotla bullomfl-

A. MeKENZIE Provincial Manager Phone 74

Throwing Cards into a Hat

A hat or waste paper basket is placed on the floor, and thc players sit ut equal distances from it. Each is provided with a certain number

of cards. which he has to throw

"Buzz" because the figure 7 occurir-‘mnke nine like this:- I . i I l I

pa“ 1\~o players azro aeattfii in a - circle nah each player's chnlr in I given flit

2, etc, up to 79. but it is very sel-il “m” thembfilarts saying:

The Readgf _:it. iiiiil No, 4.101: nnv other nliuu‘

must reply “Nomi; Bil’-

i um: '-" Not I,_Sir!

Ally Quillber of plhyeus lnaytake

iflnber, 1, 2.0, and so on.

The tpihyw" who is sitting iulfo. the game byl "The Princei of Wiiies has lost lhis

er he like!) iliiiimiiid it-n "Then, witboht. hesitation N0. 4

n

i i,\'o_ 1 [hen snye\,:"Wllo then, sir?"

cock whose dunes kéDi iiilll Bi ii“?

depot uutil alter the blarittine Ex-, press departed. handed over to taxi Drier aid ssked hh. to hing lilnni uh! i0Wtl and pace hem n charge oi'.~

idflfiilfll Lrikiiiitii iiiiiiil b: lhadiflher ‘ e__>lads' vcniently in the inevitable Jule to cone up and o0 nto I their case. .\l.. Ashe brought the PRINCE OF WALES case‘

h.“ to the F.re;ne_ s ROOm Wile" heieft int-in until he found Offlc-i er eross...a::. ' There were Fkemen .n the rocin at the time and hey at o. ce began to make 1'.‘ eilds ii-Lth the two younsntern-i Zlpwas learned they were brmhere.‘ aged eleven and fifteen respective» iy, and that they claimed Kensini- ooh, Prince Edward Island as their’ homo, The younger of the two| lads was more lnchned to taik Ilhilli bis brother and

a number of thei

bed d ed albou; one your ago, but that hJii father was llvins- Asked '1 his fairer knew he had left home he replied that he did not think so. -whei"e they were trying to get to the little fellow said they had an aunt livLng in Truro N. S. and that was the place they had boiled to reach.

' Off cor Cressman then took the boys in charge. and after taking them into a restaurant where their appetites were appease-ti. and not wishing to place them ill the usual place given to protectlousul, he interviewed Nit‘. Rufus Deans, the genial watchman at the fire sta- tion, who kindly consented to share his warru comfortable quur- ters with the two homeless boys until such time as provft-iion for their return to their island home could be arranged.

Sunday officer Babcook got in touch with the lady in Truro whom the l-ads claimed was their aunt. and the woman dfsclaimed all knowledge 0i‘ the alleged island re- lufves and isaid she certainly did not wish them sent her way.

The boys, especially tho larger‘ ‘one gave the men in the fire eta-i fiiollt the time 0f their lives. They] were not lodged there more than} a few minutes when they proceed- Qd l0 take charge of the place.‘ They climbed up on the ifg flrc truck and proceeded i0 make a thorough investigation of every- clilug connected with it. When forcibly removed from the big machine‘ the lads sped the two oatla connected with the station, 1nd they immediately tnado after these. The poor cats never rs- oeivod such rough ‘handling in their lives, and when they (‘naily made i-hQir escape they went in-to seclu-

me boymthat the fire-station and jail are Frank Asheimi 1 wreck

i...is..'t a SPcGCH at London Lhruu cle

. .ini.il Wm‘ me Wm" 553,‘; §1‘$‘°::,‘h1§ was presented with a ihlifil‘ lllaitlfl- TOILET GADGETS:

When questioned as to‘

he lost no t.me in getting them board the island train. thankful

urticuiarly anxious lo have an-i

SiLcNT "SPEECH"

.iil said recently.

uiayudlled iii th.s vase:

nu; ktoyal i-Lghncss was the

icealral figure oi a rally of 3.000 iieoncion I\UICAS, (the b.g brother in8_ table inoy Scouts), in the Central Hail, "necessities,"

Wesitniulster. it was a jolly great

gatherng, and cheering the prince

ilux oil nehait‘ of the boys and young men. and the stipulation was Mitotic inst ivneaever be lit a cigar- {et n the presence of‘ Rover Scouts he would use that box.

Silence fell on the huge assem- bly as the pr.nce stepped obvious- .y to return thanks, and a pin ¢ou.d have been heard to drop as the 1x000 prepared to listen.

Hill not -.i word came from his royal higliness. instead. he took a ma-Lfrli from the box. strurk ll. and amid vocferous cheering, lit his cigarct anti tilosc of other Rn- i-er leaders on the platform, and sot down.

it was a happy inspiration, the more so as just previously in his sileecli the pr nceghad made. a hap- py gesture about smoking that ivds entirely t0 tile liking of the gathering.

Ail round the hall were placards, “You are requested not to smoke till the interval." The prince slightly altered "the program by mak lrg his own speech the inter- val and telling the company, “So far as I am concerned you may |smoke at. once.“ (Loud cheers nlld mass production of pipes and t-igarets. which were not il1 how- ever. till the print-o struck tho first lgh‘. from his gift box.)

Baseball's largest Christmas pree- ent. a contract for nearly a nolf mil- lion dollars writ/h the beat wishes of aili the club ownem, goeit to Keno- tlaw M. Ldlltilfl. Tile ruler of the diamond not only received another seven-year term with an increase in salary to $65,000 a year-a total of $~i55,000——but the congratulations of President Ban Johnson of the Am- erican Leegue, his former critic, and the season of goodwill now per- 'vudcs the baseball world.

0181111011‘ aqcaaeofltctllllog, V, t bylihysizlsns

PAZO antllntiaboalssfliic. The contains fioteaboutPflss which

Ollflfllffrintubsswltb Pile?! dsmlarenclosedwi eachtnbeandbox everybodyahouldknow.

anal-anal. rallsltlnlmilooelaapadhiallmriimu.

V»... raw ———--—-i

and Druggilb in United Shins and

Attadnnent, ‘Iiie

I

Then there are electric (int irons. packed in trim little eases.

.when travelling. Also curling to!!!" 0“ [which are The Snckvllle authorties are not iiiiin fill Fit

heated over liwil‘ Owili

this instance, being of the blofik

‘variety which is carried so con- trick. and he must. be a man W110 sum '5 smoking.

iTOOfll are the little oil ha; cigarette or cigar "rouoxro, lien. 22.4fm». rriuce sowing onlilin. Wilitll i"°ii"i° ilwi‘ tnnnlll-

Very useful. too.

‘Jf Hated last night illflfld tile short-lien. pins and several kinds of cot- ct speech on re¢0r(l-—in fact lulnll. nil blinked in fl 5a iii)’ 8i"- iiiiii know it is tile it!" "W19 iii“ h" the enamel receptacle about two inches been chosen. _

..t Ionf nd as big round as 11w 10D °i ii it is the centre app'e, whereas if it

m, use room, esk‘ug

iampghhe spirit, in oul. the chosen apple-

that. in his absewo. And No. 4 says, _'No. 7. slr?."(o: e of the alppiee should be chosen- any number he ii es. No. 7‘ calls On his return he instantly Win“ out iNo. 9. No. 9 grails No dz and roaonuyone who"l'ni_ls to answer im- mediately goes into the midilie of the circle. The players move up one phalr and the ga he starts asuin in the same way. n this way. i5 a different No. l-ea h tithe. no llw numbers of the cba s never alter.

it. goes on in tbid manner until there is only one P Yer left. 01' llll" til the players are tired.

A cofederate is necessary for this when you enter the you must see how he has blac- in his i; it ‘s at the left side you will

if it is in the centre.

Sir Herbert Samuel, who, accord- ing to reports from London, has do- clded to return to political life. Af- ter holding, under Liberal adminla. gration, various government offieel. including those of postmaste gen emi and home secretary, he he- came high commissioner of the mandated territory of Palestine in 1921. Since he retired from his office Iaag year he has been much ln the public eye as chairman of the coal enquiry commission. I

Thomas Edison, who celebrates

one by one into the receptable, one mark being scored for each one in.

Livestock Market

(Canadian Press) .\‘lON'l'R.EAL, Dec. 22.-Dominiou livestock report with but 100 cat- tle, 44 lambs, 72 hogs and 20 wives for sale on the two markets. There was not sufficient trading to affect prices ill any way. Most of the btry- ers had their holiday requirements already purchased and were not looking for stock today.

Veal calves were quoted from :10.00 to $11.00, for fair ldnds and graesera $5.00. Tho few hogs were ontracted and quotations were un- changed. There were no cattle sales with the exception of a half dozen head the cattle were of northwest origin.

—-i-—iO}-——i_ xM-cns-e (‘LOCIL

lu a lonely glen among bordering Loch Lomond in the moat wonderful "clock" in the world. It never goes wrong untl never requires

l hc hills

clgar—the end of which uuscretvn m the right side o‘ his mount], we to torni the tlilinnln- clltflell apple is the right and third Then there are dozens of tlresn- [mm m ,8“ "e°°“”“es‘weu' ‘Of course you tun-Rt orrallle l-ilii perhaps‘ shall we system of signs with Will’ 001K94- 5" "Van? "i?" Th“! i“ m” “may crate beforehand, and you may vary anter description. Hhem it no one smokes_xor ‘my » ‘lance. left hand in pocket. 1191116? hand in pocket, anti right. hand in

iii

Riddles" for tile Party

What is it- that small boys nevcr

have at. Christmas? .

Enough. t

u-luiiiug, for it liiiti no works.

Ms 80m birthday on February H‘ lt is thc timepiece of nu old silcp-

iin a recent interview he has ex~ ipressed himself to be .1 flrm believ- er

dayin the younger generation of to- “me Chang-es C. N. i;

i ' Effective Monday, January 3, 19- i 27. tno douoie service between

l'r.nce Edward island and tllc

mainland will be discontinued. Ser-

For women are aiwnyn fur more delighted with ll gift that is 8 slltltll‘ delightful little luxury_ than that which ‘u merely plain but useful. Anti, nowadays, ll in the fashion to collect as many as poonlbio. of those toilet (gadgets) ‘ital iugenv lousiy combine two or more arti- cles. Thus a glues and sliver poll‘- der bowl which conceals a scent spray in the lid, will give more dcl ght than a scent spray ainufl or a powder-bow'l—pure-—atld—'sim- pie. If you decide to give her a slender cigarette case, of gold oi‘ silver then it must also contain mirror. puff anti lipsticks to be ul>' p-tlle-lnintile.

A handbag. 2f ll is carefully chosen in most acceptable. co also ‘i; an evening bag. though. unless you know the colour of my lady's new frock. it is aswell to choose silver or gold ibrocade that may be

used with anything. - The same may be said if little purses for dance wear. Those may

be of the daintlcet and most amus- ing shapes. Some of them are cov- wred with flat little ponies or just

there in no hail, and the

pocknl.

'whon dons it turkey wish it llflil been wiser? ‘When it has been well done.

‘This is an excoiiuilt galnu for Christmas time.

A number of adjectives are writ-

Wholl i! ll $18-$13 of wine liken ton 0n slips of paper and put in a barometer? ‘ilat, and each of the players-lakes

when ll 80.98 down. one of the slips. Such adject vet: as "hurrld' ltlllanlsh, slow, cheer. ful, are written, and tho game in to, in turn, represent written on your paper.

"The rest of the players have lo guess what they are supposed to

8.

i THE cuss DEN i

iFoilr children orm a squalo-

hialilhhfincitig: ggelfglg: iWhat letter in it that turkeys o. ' i

m C b most dislike? e u.

The letter A. because l; makes The rest of the players stand at roost mm NML the opposite end 0f the ll - -—-_ ground. They have a ball, and each why 1,, a rumour like a kiss “u. in turn throws the blfi liixil ill iii“ der the mistletoe? oil‘. sending ii- sllfiii-‘ieiii-iY Till‘ T01‘ ii- Because lt goes froln mouth to ti) Yilll i010 H18 DOD. ‘TIIOUUL, “E315 0|.‘ THQL-GNIL ‘The Cub ‘tries to catch the ball; i but lhe four who fornl his den do. Why is Jack Frost tllstrusteli’! their utmcet to prevent him catch-i Because he's such a slippery cus- ing it. ‘They may not catch it thenl- tumor.

Ill‘ lhiit litiih nu luuuy causes of jiiy, and m» grout, in very luuch in love with sorrow‘ llnd pta-lshneuu, who loves all