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--. PAGE EIGHT _ ___THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, DECEMRER 30, 1918. Evening Clothes At ht li Nt roi, Ph Excellent Service = Our Evening Clothes > for Men are correct by ¥ ¥ rn sp all the canons of good form. a, For Evening Dress the requirements are pretty well known and the rules are strict. We are showing the sort of Dress Clothes that are approved by good form. The man who co here for his Dress it need have no fear that he will be behind the times or tco far in fro to style. Correct' Haberdashery Press Shirts, Ties, Vv everything in Full Dress absolutely correct, , Collars and aberdashery ned Livingston's Brock Street. Warm Coats for | Winter EARGL | sre-- ~-- "The Better 'Ole." "The Three Muskateers' ----other- wise Bert, Alf and Old Bill, are rein- earnated in a -film version of "The Better 'Ole"" which will be the at traction at the Grand Opera House, Monday and ay, Dec, 30th and 31st, and New Year's Day. And if the cinema lack 18 always, the dialogue that the st can give us, there is ample compensation in the getting, for we have vertible war episodes, including the passing of the new army. through London streets glow- ing from the rain, a glimpse of Eng- lish fields and homes ¥ France, But the Old Bill and his kid, that devas- tation might have appened over here, is the messagd of the story. ¥rom the very stary/ when a pleture of the Three Mudkdteers of the olden time, in the pleturesque panoply of their period, dissolved Into the three soldiers of to-day--"0Old Bill" "Bert" and "Alf" in the trenches, the missing details of the play are filled In with a constructive skill which adds enormously to ths true under- standing .of the story. The introduc. tion of the "poet soldier" as a sort of explanatory "chorus" is one of the happiest touches and few could not feel the heart strings drawn tighter at the section of the film which showed how "tHe whisper of war" descended upon all _ British homes, from the lowliesj to the high- est in the land. "Miss Blue Eges." The plot of "Miss Blue Eyes," ieorge V. Hobart's test musical comedy, which comes' to the Grdnd Opera House on Saturday, Jan. 4th, concerns two attorneys who specialize in divorce cases' one of whom has a jealous and suspicious wife and the other, a fiancee of like qualitiés, What is intended as a purely innocent visit to a roadhouse called *"Honey-suckle Linn" by all four, unknown to the re- spective parties, furnishes no end of funny complications and when the '"Inn'* is raided by the chie? of police, who arrests all drinkers of the fam- ous '"Hopey-suckle Dream" they are all taken to the Westchester county Jail for trial, and what follows the next morning keeps the merriment of the audience in evidence through- out. "Misg Blue Eyes" comes here with the original big cast and produc- musical comedy favorites as Harvey D. Orr, Will Powers, Marjorie Bon-| ner, Gladys Fisher and the sensa-| girls and some twenty musical num- | bers of the tuneful kind. | At Griffin's, Wallace Reid, the screen's will headline the bill dt Griffin's for | today, Tuesday and Wednesday in| his latest starring vehicle, "The Man | from Funeral Range." the part of a young prospector, a| life, ture is Anna Little, who has in many of his photopilays been Who achieved world wide fame by her | portrayal .of "The Little Disturber' | in "Hearts of the World," the Grif- ey | JAMES HALLIDAY Elected Reeve of Portsmouth for fourth ybar Military Matters H. C. Nickle speaks in the G.W.V.A. rooms this evening at 9.30 on "The Administration of the Pa- triotic Fund." All soldiers and ex- soldiers, whether members or not, are invited to attend. The steamer Carman, having on board four officers and 206 men {for military district No. 3, docked at Halifax on Monday. It is ex- pected that the Kingston men will reach here on or about Wednesday, January '1st The following telegram to ' the general officer commanding No~ 3 District was sent by the Minister of Militia: "I wish to express deep ap- preciation of the faithful and loyal work done by you all during the try- ing year." vacancies 'in No. There are : i Engineer Depét, Works Section, fo le, including such | ' tion of forty people, including |a draughtsman, a stonemason © bricklayer, plumbers' helpers, tional whirlwind dancers, Oakes and| Sarpeiiters bie DeLour, There is a bevy of beautiful | linemen, and tinsmiths. been discharged to been struck off the strength of the most | R.C.H.A., under demobilization or- popular and handsomesy leading man, | ders. plumbers and carpenters and electricans also hetpers, } Withey," having civil life, has Pay-Sergt. E. J. Died In Freland. Robert Galbraith of the Whig com- {posing room received a cable on Mr. Reid has Monday afternoon telling him of the two-fisted man with splendid prin: death of his father, John Galbraith, ciples who is thrown into a sea of in Belfast, Ireland. troubles which nearly cost him his was Jruogeman 11 roland . ) & je. and had been in the n er busi- Mr. iteid's co-star in this pic ness all hig lite, as his Constitution of Conservative news- leading woman, Dainty Dorothy Gish, Paper in Coleraine, Londonderry. Mr. Galbraith He established The New Goods For New Years Day New caulifiower, new cucumbers, fith masterpiece, will be seen in a Lew iceberg head lettuce, new radish. special feature picture Jane," one of the most pleasing of New green "Battling ©s, new ripe tomatoes, new parsley, beans, new brussels screen comedies seen in this city in SProuts, new pine apples, new green many months, Dorothy Gish is a Onions, new green peppers ete., at marvel of cleverness and in this role Carnovsky's, she is fully as charming as in any A of her previous parts. The story is! one that lends itself to the talents of the star and her cast, and in addi-| I. Death of Dr. M. Oldham, The death occurred at Tara, Ont., tion it has a buoyant, patriotic ard | on Saturday of Dr, Morell Oldham | A , 'uplifting theme, a At the Strand. He was thirty years old, and { born at Chatsworth, being a son of graduate of Queen's University. was Manager Wilson has secured what | Dr. BE. Oldham, who is still practising is considered one of the events in war, that is in securing moving pic- greatest | in that village, the history of the great! mihel" McKee of Kingston, who sur- He marrie@ Miss vives. The remains wete on Mon- i R ---- a ---- oy : - my Special Offering, in =~ | Wool Blankets o § | OR EVERY THRIFTY WO- MAN TO/PREPARE FOR KEEN, COLD, FROSTY 'NIGHTS WHICH ARE GRADUALLY PROACHING US Many months ago. n some instances, over a year since, we commenced buying for this annual event. The result is, we have securéd worth of high-grade, which otherwise woul tain. thousands - of dollars' dependable goods at prices | have been impossible to ob- We cordially invite you to come and inspect our {i purchases and be convinced of the decided saving ad- { vantages of Laidlaw's Yearly Offerings. i k All Wool and nion Blankets of British Manutacture Hi FLANNELETTE BLANKETS Very Specially Priced $8, $8.50, $9, $9.50 up to $14.50. HEIR 3: Of the famous Ibex make in the best qualities. At prices most reasonable. 10-4 size. Price . . . . i tures of "The Surrender of the Ger-| 4.. 4 3 | man Fleet." In these pictures a or} day interred at Owen Sound. tailed account of this important | | spectacle is given, showing ~ King! Ggprge, Admirals Beatty and Sims, aviator-boxer, has signed articles to afid the German high seas fldet com-| meet Bombadier Wells, the English mander and the whole procession of heavyweight. Articles have also been surrendered ships from the flagship | signed for a bout between Sergt. to the last U-boat. In these pictures Jimmy Weilde and Ledoux, the the whole nation will be able to see French soldier-bantam. : for themselves the tumbling of the| The independent socialists"in the |= German nation and the efficiency of Prussian ministry and officials of the the British fleet, of which all British Prussiar"Government, who belong to subjects are proud. After the offi-| that party' have resigned, according cial photographs wer taken, a spe-|to a Berlin despatch to Handelsblad. clal messenger carried first on the Edward G. Barrow, formerly ot Adriatic and then met by a seagoing Taronto, has been re-engaged to tug, brought the negatives, which manage the Boston Americans, with wer rushed to the laboratories, where which' team he won the world's ¢cham- the prints were-made in the shortest pionship last season. time ever taken in the history of pie- Rev, v.. Bruce Taylor, principal tures and thteugh the Universal en- of Queen's University, will speak on terprises, the home nation can see "Unconscious Educaton" at the com- -- ! ™N the most wonderful event of "the mencement exercises of the Prescott . 9 : world war the crumbling of the High School on Jan, 13th, 1919, = eT : Hur powers. These films are com- : DAILY MEMORANDUM. ~ ll ing to Toronto by special messenger from New York, and. the films will : F Palace. BHIK decal. Rr LT Mowing uet , week. ' Bo op. of page wire, Fight hand Th Boctal Five Masquerade New Years x Eve. Regular dance New Year's night. City Hall, 0 This has been a wonderful season for [li ; s and our stock is still well assorted |i in all the new and wanted styles for all kinds of wear. Silk crepe and serge in the popular colors, moderately priced from 11-4 size. Price .. .. 12-4 size. Price .. .. .. In white and grey, with pink oF blue borders: We have about 40 heavy tweed coats, the ideal coat for winter wear; warm and ser- viceable.. They come in a variety of good patterns and colors and are made in the Georges Carpentier, {Ymous French most up-to-date manner. Values are from $25.00 to $37.50, fat " d WITH THE G.W.V.A. : : : ol * g "Ed or Debites UsMER- 10 taverns. on December [=| WOMEN'S GRACEFUY. SNUG. The G.W.V.A. Debating Soclety| 40th, 1915, Wiliam =| FITTING PUMPS, WITH HIGH met on Saturday afternoon to discuss nis William Gummer, 3 ; a 1 J : $7.50 and $8.00 What you spend for shoes is only a fr of the cost of the rest of your apparel. ¢ § op