DEOEMBERM. 194s » at GLAD TIDINGS! I v J4’ '-"i';li_‘!i€w"§t .1 < ;' '. TO OUR FAITHFUIJ OLD FRIENDS, AND OUR CHERISHED NEW ONES, .WE EXTEND- Sincere Christmas Crootings . and Cood Wishes i isr the Coming A Year nasoonnto s. ROWE l . g WOCIWIORKIIIG C0. LTD. SING 14' SONG 0F CHRISTMAS, 5'3 OF PEACE AND GLADNESS m Christrrsasumnd w» been}, it will s. m s»: one =-= you've aver Irnownunvith happiness for you and yours that will lest throughout the your! Mraav CHRISTMAS ‘ b P. J. MacDonald . LNZW'KFFINI3TN%PZiZC§ZWZiI-Z castles-sue anus will ring so merrily . . . bringing in o Wealth o! good ehssr and happiness. We ollsr eur sincerest hops Ior a isysus Yuletide ssnsn. CMSVIELI. PIICTC STIIIC --4---1p;_-l‘-“- iiIiCIIiirii-Iw-i-i A, llsssssl . CIIBIITIIAI ' 1'1 "Red i “““"“""""""""','""'C£i|1'iill. ouslunsn 1 i‘ rmmamr% t be l‘: hWaifiQaTmiat. ~- slls In sire-noe- ' 600!‘ I08 Plwiflrsyhl. CIASWIIJ- tor Phowsrlslhs- COUTIDII-ATION LII‘! IN- SURANCE- ' FLY HOME POI XMAS 0N!- whors. Phone 1000-3. Paul's 11y- ing Ionics. a i UNLOADING CAB. GEMINI Ilso oar o! asphalt ahlnjlfs lnl roll rooting. Rogers- Hardware. i ' Moons a MoLEOD Um. will use this evening at 9.80. HERE POI. CIIRISTMAI-Mrs. Hudson. wire o! Major Deneei Hudson ot Ipndon, Ont. arrival by plan-s Monday night to spend Christmas with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Winchester. 000D NEWS FOICFOX HANGI- IIS. — mt: Welssler. Canada's outstanding Howl Pgurl Merchant. apqa his armua uy ng season December 2cm; at Memes Build- ing, Charlottetown. WEDDING 0F INTEREST - A wedding oi’ much interest to many friends in P.E.I.. took place at. Si. Andrew's Presbyterian Manse. Kingston. Ont. on the evening oi Dec. 12th. when Miss Laura Maude McLaine» Rabi. d-aulhtar o! Mr, and Mrs. Preston McLatne of North‘ River, P111. became the bride oi Mr. Robert I. Billings ot Kingston. ll, 1,, the mremony being per- ' ' formed by the Rev. Dr. Bitter- burn. i ‘Finds Christmas Conditions Easier In Cid Country ___-__. -- 011D 000N111‘! LIFYITIR." (Editor's Note: Alison Dauph- inee. wile at the London superin- tendent of The Canadian Press. who is spending her second Christmas in the United King. 40m. herewith compares Christ- mas. 1945 and Christmas. 1946. and finds conditions easier this year.) O I O Written for ‘lite Canadian Prasa Br ALISON DAUvmwmu: A ysor ago I wrote a holiday ltory on the difliculties of mak- ing a real Christmas-no decora- tions for the tree, poor selection o! toys tor children, and the oblem of getting foods for the risflnas dinner. This season all that is changed. The only thing showing no im- provement is t-he level of prices. Last year's homemade decorat- ions are being used again in our Maura flat on colorful Kinnertosil Street-dint from choice rather‘ than necessity. Electric lights tor the tree still are uncrbtain- able but one can find almost any- thing else. Christmas cards. gilt wrapping paper in bright colors. stickers for parcels.‘ and Chrishnoas crack- sra are available in profusion. candles for the Christmas table and the mantel aan be iound in almost any store and hofly and mistletoe are on Illa, althotllh rather costly. Most people will have to ills beefl-lursib or some other substi- tute for turkey as their .ntain course. But there is more turkey than last year-at 5o‘ 6d $0.10) a pound. Fruit Moe is scarce but fruit is plentiiul inellidinfl some grapslrult and oranges and even cranberries from the United Stat- es although ‘is ($1.40) a pound is l bit rough. Vegetables o! all kinds are in abundsnoe. med Christmas ca!!!» puddings and mincemeat are on sale usln but supply is malted. There will be bacon and eggs tor breakfast. ' 01m still m the biasest prob- lem but there is no comparison with r945. New there is plenty to buv it the bank account holds out. But for all that it is goins to be a home-like Christmas. Even the weather is playing the tune‘ with sub-freezing temperatures. although there is no snow. i Christmas Cheer In Britain toontinuodwirom Page 41 torts in Britain this Christmfl! than sve were last. Very tow ot tho citizens 0i’ these islands can have imagined when the war WI! on that it would tuko as long as it is taking to recapture the omenly ties we all took for granted in prewar days. But at least we can see that some progress has been made during the year. There are more and faster trains-and tlieyi run lsrsr into the night. and that‘ great blessing oi civilization. the during the war. is now bar-k some at the services. Ilouslnl lllghfly laslsr It ls much easier in London now i. 1 qrlanwrrsrowu . i‘ i w GUARD! For The 89th Time HOLMANS in 1857 first wished “A MERRY CHRISTMAS" t0 its friends, and this greeting. old but forever new, isas full of Friendlinesl and Goodwill today as those penned bytihe founder of our firm, Robert ifinson Holman, Eighty-Nine Years 'Ago. [F0 OUR CUSTOMERS, our Thanks for everything. -'1‘O opn STAFF, our appreciation of fellowship. [PO ONE AND ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS- n. '1'. ssonuau urn. Summerside and Charlottetown houses have been appearing on_the cleared areas where bombs have demolished the old shone and brick houses. All year long‘, all over London, pavsrnonts and front gardens have been dotted with little piles o! sand and cement, tiles and glass The May ths glorious light o! psses eel Ievs and iey shins upon you and these dssr to yeu es you loin together in the celebration o! His birthday. i AP. A. Turner | than it was a year ago to get same- thlng to eat in the evenlns. Even -at lunchtime there seems to my ‘optimistic eye to be a mm- less crowding and dlecomlotrt. more magazines on the newsstands. I thin‘: it is rather easier than tt|lsl n ii Wis to get domestic help. and at the risk o! being derided by any ol the considerable company of un- ha??? people who are still looking for somewhere to‘ live in London. I'm Indie“ to believe that the housimr situation ts rather better thq it was. sounds o! hammering and sawing iare coming from hundreds of bomh- wrocltt-o London houses. A lot of apartments are being crested out oi these ruins and near-ruins Gander obliges me to arid that the frantic shortals o! building materials has produced some very sketchv work in than apartments in the way especially of pointing. plastering and plumbing. You me not expected to grumble in London nowadays it your new bathroom looks t'ke the engine roomiln a, cattle boat. Good Manners More frsvsloni. Thinrs have begun to look up in Britain —and not all th. reasons are wholly material. I count us one of the really important things the current signs that good manners are gradually retumiiil i0 ‘Fillin- It was not surprising-it was pretty inevitable. in fact. --t.hat tho mon- ners oi Britons should have worn at the edges atterlslx ylsn of war. discomlort and anxiety. New nearly everyone is feeling a liltla better than he was this time last veer. so Mt so many people are "M. end more people are thoughttul and our instinct to do small good turns fro strangers is returning. Christmas Greetings customers. FEE?!5.2I-!_€Z~I%Z'Z%Z-IF§Z-I%HZM%E§3 restaurant car. which disappeared ;,; on: iii! ‘ ii Iii Thlffld,’ ar; more books to be bought anddl" A vsry no! wish ter rsry rso! Irismls - our ioyel May i947 bring you Ioy and happiness and make your svsry wish come trss. Proude fir Moreside i surprising either, for they were tired, too. My experience is that the level has gone up during the year. One o! the reasons may be that a good many New shop: have been opened by young servicemen fresh out. o! the Army, Navy ‘or Vishnu; Introduce Civility in Shops You rlotice it most in the rail- way stations, the bussas, the pubs and the shops. A yeer ago the level o! good manners among shop- keepers was obviously in need oi’ adjustment upwards. That was not Merry Christmas Air Force, and that they are k'ecn. eiiicem and polite and serious competition to the old-cs- tablisht-o shops. But. whatever may be the reason for it, the tact that the standard of manners Britain has improved psrceptibly za-cfia-zzxgxaz- A Merry Citristm TO All. OUR CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS From The MANAGEMENT AND SYAFF OI ED’S TAXI