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i TTT: | - _ Theé Christmas season draws nearer and nearer every day, ahd the time in which to choose Christ- mas gifts grows shorter. Select any article from our Hab- erdashery department and he'll ap- preciate it. If you find it here you will know that "He will know that it is correct in taste and quality." He will not stuff it away in his dresser drawer. "He" will wear and enjoy it. Our prices never "hurt" OPEN SATURDAY AND MON.- DAY NIGHT. Livingston's, BROCK STREET. If Off Your Route It Pays to Walk. ECCT CEERORR OCR Sonn mm, = | Witching Emmy TEETER ET ETEY [ , THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1917. At the Grand. ! Local theatre-goers will have their e Nirst opportunity of witnessing be- t Wehlen at the | Grand to-night in the beautiful | photoplay, "Miss Robinson Crusoe." | i 1 } i | This five-act Metro Wonderplay of |New York and the Thousand Is- lands was actually photographed on | the famous Boldt estate in the heart {of the Thousand Islands. The story | tells of the workings of the foreign isples in the country, and although | that is a counter plot, it carries all { through the story. The main plot is { of a thoroughly light and delightful | character, and will progyide an ex- | cellent evening's entertainment. As- ide from .its local interest, the piec- ture has one of the most popular i stars of the screen in the leading { role. Miss Wehlen was the star of | "The Trail of the Shadow" and "The | Sladker." There will also be the ; usual Pathe News, comedy reels and same programme will be repeated on Saturday, matinee and night. Tim Murphy in "Pals First." | theatrical world will be the appear- | ance here of Mr. Tim Murphy and a | splendid company in the new three- act comedy,. "Pals First." The rey; b has for its loc Te | country fy sagen: io | Nashvile, Tenn., has "ulresedy been | described as a play of exceeding | charm. As for Mr. Murphy, star. of | "Pals First," this very capable eom- | edian is a disciple of the modern | school and believes in natural ef- | fects. Mr. Murphy is gifted with | great reserve power, as well as at i no time does he permit his emotions | to run riot, but always carry his scenes with remarkable intelligence. ; | It is 'his artistic temperament that always illumines and convinces. He has combined the intellectual and | the physical until they join evenly, | thereby making a balance resulting in the perfect actor. "Pals First" comes to the Grand on Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25th, matinee behind it will be {and night, and = | found a remarkable romance of love = | and adventure. From the explosive country vil- E | lage of New Jersey, where munition - | At Griffin's ' to the rolling plains of g==' Arizona, with their bucking bron- &= | chos and bow-legged citizens, was the = theatrically termed "jump" taken by = Douglas Fairbanks. = | completion of "In Again; Out Again" =| the ever smiling Douglas packed bag & and baggage and set out for the west on jie appear in "Wild and Woolly" in Recently upon accordance with his rule of screen- = [ing a picture in whatever locality the == | story calls for. This pew Fairbanks == | Offering bids fair to out-Fairbanks anything yet screened and patrons should not miss this opportunity. of witnessing the great screen athlete at = | his best. The management is also showing Special Sale for Saturda = oe EEE WOMEN'S COATS, MISSES' COATS AND KIDDIES' COATS AT A PRICE THAT MEANS A QUICK CLEARANCE 79 WOMEN'S WINTER COATS, all this season's newest styles and materials; priced at $18.50, $20.00, and $22.50. To clear Saturday for . . .. MISSES' WINTER COATS, all the best cloth, made in "rene 39.98 the newest, youthful styles, priced $16.50, $18.00, $19.75. To clear Sautrday for. . KIDDIES' BLANKET COATS, in red and blue, lined throughout; very warm and comfortable; regular $6.00. To clear Saturday for . . ABOUT 300 VOILE BLOUSES, all New\York goods, in the very newest style; priced up to $3.50. for... ... . wie ee te .... $1.98 turday oo. $148 LONG KIMONAS in heavy flannelette, good patterns; the regular $2.00 quality. Saturday for .. ... $1.48 , talented star Pearl White in the greatest of all serials "The Fatal an act of feature vaudeville. This | | An important event in the local | Hl and sets a. 4.27 p.m. | LATRD-MacCALLUM Ml saa LL--At Sau | day in connection with the above, Emily Stevens in "Sleeping Memory" a photoplay of unusual merit, and in addition to these two features the Ring."" This programme will be shown this evening and tomorrow | matinee and night. . | At the Strand. A story of the"great Canadian west, "North of Fifty-Three," with Dustin Farnum in the stellar role, pleased a large and apprecidfive audience at the Strand last night. "North of Fifty-Three" is a filmization of the famous novel of the same name by Bertrand W. Sinclair, and is a wi- brant story of love amid the snows of the Canadian west. It is filled with a simple pathos and tense situa- tions, and critics of the silent art de. clare this to be Mr. Farnum's best effort. .George Ade's Fables in Slang and a Keystone comedy were also shown and well received. This same programme will be exhibited to-night and Saturday. Corpl. Robert Troop, connected with. the transport service at the front, conveys the intelligence that he was recently _ married. Corpl. Troop was \ a dT.R, engineer in Belleville sp errs years ago, having joined The 21st Battalion. E.. H. Scammell, secretary of the Military Hospitals Commission, Otta- wa, says: . x "Commission is putting forth every effort to have canteens in its hospitals granted same privilege regarding to- bacco and cigarettes as that enjoyed by canteens in military camps. The Minister of Militia has assured com- mission of his hearty co-operation." | In the passing away of Gunner Thomas Walton, the war has claim- ed another Kingstonian, Deceased was born forty-two years ago, liv- ing here a great part of his life. His wife resides at 232 King street. De- ceased enlisted for overseas with the First Artillery Brigade of the C.E.F., as a gunner. In France the trying conditions caused him to be- come a nervous wreck, and 'he had to be brought to Canada for treat- ment at Cobourg and' later in Kings- ton. He came here in September of last year. Brig.-Gen. .T. D. R. Hemming, G.O.C, will make every effort to visit all of the military quarters in the city at noon on Christmas and see the men at their Christmas meal. This is an old military event, and will be followed this year to include the Special Service Company at Fort Henry and the military hospitals, as well as the other quarters where troops are quartered. Word has been received in the city that there are eighty-five returned soldiers on their way here. No time of arrival was stated. Capt. W. F. Jarvis, 240th Battalion, Picton, was in the city on Friday. Capt. F. D. Lee, D.S.O, M.D., No. 11, Victoria, B.C.,, was a visitor at headquarters on Thursday. Capt. Lee was formerly with the School of Signalling here. Flight Lieut. Wallace Smith, a gra- duate of Queen's University, has been | invalided to his home in Sudbury fol- | lowing a serious attack of malarial fever contracted in Macedonia. | (Continued on Page 7.) | S------------------ | Cigars by the box; Page & Shaw and 'Huyler's chocolates at Austin's Red Cross Drug Store. A Discovery. We discovered a manufacturer who had a mumber of boys' trench overcoats for sale. We seized the opportunity and are offerifg these overcoats to you at a great saving. Buy him one for Xmas, The Lion Clothing House, King street. New Art Christmas Cards. Just opened, a new stock of the Gabson Art Christmas and New Year's Cards, at Uglow's. Pianos to rent. C. W. Lindsay, Ltd. DAILY MEMORANDUM Bee top of page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities. The sun rises Saturday at 7.31 am MARRIED. At the home of MacCallum, 302 'Barrie St, 'Mrs. MacCallum, of Constantinople, Turkey, to Ezra 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Laird, of Tate, Sask, DIED. OOKS--iIn Kingston, on December 20th, 1917, after a brief illness, Kl- ten, daughter of the late James Crooks, manufacturer, J. Reid's undertaking parlors. , Dee. 17th 1917, Dennis P., Small, voungest son of the late Phidtip Small, of -this city, aged 31 years and ¢ months. ice later. | Puncray o 10 a.m. Saturday from R. = It Ste. Marie on Mon- |S Very Special or Tonight FROM 7.30 P.M. TILL 9.30 P.M. Among the many specials which await the crowds of Christmas shoppers, we list below a few of the excellent values that are specials for tonight. No matter how little you pay, your gift will be in good taste, and gratified, if chosen here tonight. Gifts for father, mother, brother, sister, sweetheart and friend. GIFT GLOVES 150 pair of Perrins" French kid gloves. This is a lovely soft kid and excellent value, and will certainly answer the useful gift you are seeking. Special $1.50 a pair. GIFT UMBRELLAS With the present trend to- ward the practical things, no- thing more suitable as a gift for anyone than a nice well- made Xmas umbrella. Men's and women's umbrellas in fancy and mission handles. Special, $1.25, $1.50 Men's and women's umbrel- - las, carved, mission, sterling handles, cords and tassels; 'taffeta and gloria covers. Special $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 to $6.50 each. GIFT SUGGESTIONS Special --100 boxes of Swiss embroidered handkerchiefs; rich and pretty little designs in colors and white. Spec- ial, 2 in a box, 35¢ a box. 75 boxes men's handsome boxed ties, special 25¢ each. 200 men's negligee shirts, in excellent quality of per- cale. Special $1.00 each. or 2 I] 4 ie PR I A AY dail /) EGE g \J ¢ Laidlaw & Son | John \ < WOMEN'S SPENCER COATS, in assorted colors, all wool. Saturday for.................. $148 !