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for that room_ you have had in mind all year, As a holiday treat to yourself, suppose you order the paper from .us now and have thetroom ready be- fore Christmas guests come. L ___ we 1 V9 uuu asxulluc The Fuller Man brings them to yourghome where you may select and examine each brush before you buy. ` T` unn on-A sun` -4. 1.-...- _..`L -A- 1 - JIIK IIUIJI If you are not at home when he calls, drop him a post-card or call him on the phone at the address below. s. I-~:ve.::._s:.:,:.':.-;,~%t~ --uvvoo aaassvihi \Jl.l. I-9 . Fuller Brushes in Sets`,- ` Each set is packed in a holly box all ready to send to your rela- tives and friends. ` _ R. VFL- T.`__1I_;_ `I CIRCULATKE Tlli II Dlllinp SOMETHING PRACTICAL AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT .While hubbgi, alas, hado present it all, h For wifie had bungled and bought him a doll. NEW wij PAPER FROM mnws % She pushed and- she grabbed, had scraps with her neighbors, She was worn out and torn and spent from her labors; Till on gay Christmas morn whenithue others were jesting She remained in her bed, from shopping just resting. And the gifts that she sent were sans rhyme or reason-' Dad s gloves too big; Mothe_r, s `fan out of season; And old Uncle si, who viewed with disdain Them proud city chaps, was blessed with a cane. Brother Ted was the butt of many wise quips, For Sister had senthim some rouge for his Iips; -. Dear Prue looked with -horror on a ilacepundershirt, And Muriel gasped at-a piped tagged/For Ber-'i f 1.6`:-,.. So she waited and waited till three days before ` The great day approached, then rushed to the store. She gave to her shopping no single wise thought; a So hectic her shopping, she simply just bought. Said hubby-to wifie one morning at eight: ' Christmas shopping today, or waiting till late? Said wifie to hubby: I ve time ind to spare; We have three weeks yet, .why worryor care ?. A Parable of the Last-minute Shopper PIICC, DU dullu um _`_Phoue l009W. \ 4275 ooPITT Alvin Cooke, carriage and automobile painter,` is removing from the Ford garage to McLean s garage, Bayfield -St., next door to Walter Ur1`y s. . 49-50c Nap. Payette tells the Penetang Herald thatwhile Barriemay have the advantage over his town in underground wires Peu- etang has one over Barrie in that its girl operators are much better looking. It's quite evident that N'ap`s. knowledge of the Barrie operators must have-been gained at long range, or he never would have ven- tured such a comparison. GU30! Ill C1101! C5551 Thetadjourned sale willtake place. . on Monday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m.-, in the [Court House, Barrie. T ` Ipu.IU. In the village of Victoria Harbor. no bids on any properties o"ered ~ were made. Two lots in the village of_ Port McNicoll, being lots 79 and 156 on plan 5.`-33, with total arrears and costs of $39.03, were bid in by I. `S. Wardell of Port McNicoll for the amount of the arrears. In the town- ship of Tay, lots 3 to 30. adjacent to the village of Port McNicoll, nlan 579. were taken by Wm. Valk, Fair- banks, and lots-60 to 475 were bid in by J. B. Jones of Port McNicoll for the amount of the arrears and costs in each case. rm... ..,x.-............: ....1- _-m .I.-1-_ __-._-_ uuuauuxg qmv.UD, at GU 89165. ' In Vespra Tp. W. T. Stewart,1at 120 acres, took West Barrie Road, described in registered deed 9513, part lot 7, con. 5, being 152 acres, with arrears of $147.52 and costs of 53125. totalling $148.77. Jos. Hay- ter of Barrie `bidding 95 acres, took 1 northeast corner. one acre square, of lot 22, con. 13, Vespra. with .arrears of $2.45 and costs of $1.25, totalling $3.70. A V ' `I ... 1.1.. '.._'II_-__. .4! 1r-,-, I -v 0 -:0, cw nu acres. . S. T. Stephens of Glencairn took the north thirty of south half of [west half lot 30, con. 4, being 30 acres in Tossorontio Tp.. on which there were `arrears of $27.80 with costs of $1.25, totalling $29.05, at 30 acres. Tn Vnunuo "l`n Tl? m"cu...........u. -1. vows) A.v.|. uuU_ BCLUIIUQ W. T. Stewart bid in onrthe west half of lot 17, con. 1 Tossorontio. being 100 acres, with arrears of $92.- 23 and costs of $1.25, totalling $93.- 48,Qat 95 acres. 'l` Q4.....I......... .1! n1.....-:.... L- _... --..... u-nu; Jvuza yuuugcr. Farm properties _were offered in the townships of Essa, 0r'o, Sunni-- dale, Tay, Tossorontio and Vespra. Two farms `located in Sunnidale T.p. went under. the A auctioneer s ham- -mer, being, in the rst instance, 200 acres, `lot 6, con. 15, on which there were arrears of $30.42, with costs of $1.25, making a total of $31.67; and in the second instance, 41 acres, lot 8, con. 15, arrears amounting to $7.53 and costs $1.25, totalling $8,- 78. M. H. Tupper of Minneapolis was the successful bidder in each case, at 15 acresfor the rst-parcel and 5 acres for the second. 117 '71! r:1A.-___-,.1_ 1,-1 o -- ---.... -v. uuuno JVGLB 11530. -Major Rogers, the veteran County Constable, took his place at the auc- tionee_r s stand for the '58th year in succession. The Ma'or. despite his many years service, as lost none of ms vlgor and he Is as alert and keen as men many years younger. Ianuvn nu}.-s.-.....c.... ...-__-- _1!'--- ` mum, at. one uourt nouse, Barrie. A number of lots 11: and around Port McNicoll were also` , disposed of. Bidding was not very brisk and con- siderable difficulty was experienced, in getting offers for the large number of parcels up for auction. A-total of -1222 parcels of land were offered. This number is somewhat smaller than for some years past. Mn;nu `Danna... LL- .._J._.._-_. I! . Six` parcels of farm Eroperty were sold for taxes when t ey were put up for auction at the`County Treas- urer s sale of lands, Monday after- noon, at the Co_urt House, Barrie. nuniber Of `(ifs in and n1nnn~nA"Dn-n4- TAX S Ll'r[I._DEMANn ` 1222 Lots Offered by Counity; Major Rogers Auctioneer . for 58th year. 2` A LONG I5Is;fANcE"~VIEw R EMOVAL NOTICE 60th Year LWU l5|IUI'![ HI; K_IOIHe 101' each . Wha.t! .' the Vl8lt0l` vi rapidly counting the sons. ` ters! -No indeed! Just two!" 1 June. _ A fine famlly you have," strangers wguld often say. Is this the whole of it " 4 wuuxu it?" CCIY III! , VN.o,"-`the mayor would reply, "I have two sisters at home for each one` of them. n1nf.1"` `Ln Ir:n:`nn no..uIJ ....-I..!__ v...-- `- u -- wuuuvr1III The mayor of a small town in Ohio, says the Argonaut, had six stout sons` with whom he loved to parade the market place. They furnished him with the basis of a mathemat- ical joke; A no Emmi!" `Inn: 1...... -L--------- 5011, U . A. narv, V._ D. `W. C. lwavlls, E. H. Braden. 1`l.'lU|lUll b3llUWUl.' JJl.'|al5lI, U1 `U1 WHICH are packed in holly boxes ready for sending away or for your Christ- wu: Q i-ran "u.al.`b, u. u. uzuue, D. W. 1V1001`e. Oakwood. Cup---R. F. Ga_rrett, H. M. Lay. ' Flu}. Q1.-:m._nr n r1..:a.':u.... 1- n Hg, uay. Club Skips-W. D. Griffiths, L. 0. Vair, H. Greenwood, C. Thompson, A. J. Hamlin, A. R. Girdwood, W. T. .,Stewart, R0 Merrick, Wm. Salter, `W. Rainfor , G. Webb, B. Robert- son, Dr. V. A. Hart, V._ S. Hambly, "W. C. Walls. E. H. Rrnnn A UILIIWUUU uuu Ll. van`. Skips. chosen` Thursday` riight are`! as follows: . ` Tankard-H. M. Lay, J. D. Milne. District--Wm. Salter, A. T. Galt. . Orillia Cup-D. W. Lennox, 0. G. |vHar't, J. D. Milne, S. W. Moore. nnbnrnn (".1-nv-u_'D F` fin-mnlut '| _`|' THISTLE CLUB SKIPS At a meeting of the Thistle Club, held Thursday night at the Curling Rink, skips were chosen for the en- suing season. D. W. Lennox, presid- ent of the club, was in the chair. A meeting will be held shortly for the purpose of selecting the rinks. The committee having this matter in hand is composed of W. T, Stewart, D. W. Lennox, H." Greenwood, A. R. Girdwood and L. Vair. Ql.:..... ..1..._....~ rm..-.__.I_--` ;:_v.: cuuza un-.'lS!'.'1VS. H J. H. Card, on behalf of the mis- sionary committee of. the church, placed the -nancial s_ituation before the congregation. stating that $3200 was the objective for Collier St. Church this year. There were one hundred members who were not giv-` ing anything to missions, he stated, and he made a strong plea for ev- eryone to enlist in this work. one wants OI tnese peoples. He closed with a strong appeal for a little sacrice on the part of Chris- tians living among the comforts and opportunities of modern civilization, which even then, he` said, would com- `pare but feebly with the tremendous sacrice being made by the mission- arles themselves. - 1' TJ f`.....l ,.. `_,`L;'lR A -I uuc UULIll|:l.'_Y WUTK afnongrtne is an important branch of the activ- ities of the department. Rev. Mr. Smith gave a number of illustrations showing the value of the work in these parts, and "also told of the sac-` rices. which these missionaries are making in going so far away_from civilization in order to minister to the wants of these peoples. H9 Plll urif-'h 9 c1~n'v-in n -P-- uuullube at tile Dllrlal. In the East, missionary work is conducted among the miners in Syd- ney, while in the north stretches of the country work amongithe Indians is an imnnivtanf In-anal. A4: 4.1.... ....u-- acvcuby uuu one nunared miles from a railway. Last summer, when two missionaries of the district were at-. tending Conference in Central A1~' berta. an old lady died and though her daughters went on horseback and covered a distance of several` hundred miles they were unable to finda minister of any denomination. They nally located .a man who had read lessons in the Christian Science Church and he consented to go and } oiciatci atnthe bur_ial_. ` ` uxuwu out to sea. `The speaker described vividl,v the great distances of the Peace River country, which could accommodate nicely as many people as there are now living in the provinces of Man- itoba.. Alberta and Saskatchewan combined. .Farmers are located seventy and one hundred miles from railwav. Laef cI`l'W`n'nn-n .1... 4...- I ccuuula G I mas tree. uuguu ue termed missionary charges. To illustrate the varied activities of the worktof the missionary. Rev. Mr. Smith took his hearers withlhim in a journey by motor boat up the west coast of British `Columbia. Here a formernaval man was in charge of the mission work to the outlying .settlements, scattered and far apart along`.the coast .line and among the numerous" islands of -that region. He was called upon -to do more than technical missionary work. Only re- cently `hewent out with his yacht,; in a terric storm, and rescued two men in a small boat who were being blown out to sea. ' -1 1 u ..- - auu'. 111 001181" lands. In introducing the subject proper, the speaker referred to the enormous eld which had been chosen by the Canadian Methodist Church for mis- sionary- endeavor. `In China alone, the territory in the western part of ' that great empire ministered to by _ Canadian Methodist missionaries had a population in excess of the Dom- inion 'of Canada. In Japan the eld -also was very large, while in Canada all the outlying districts in the east, the north and the west constituted a eld of -tremendous magnitude. One quarter of all the ministers of the Methodist Church in Canada are engaged in work on elds which might be termed missionary charges. the varied gr-Hu:+:... T The personal sacrice made by the missionary and his family was the theme stressedin an able sermon deliver_ed Sunday evening at Collier St. Methodist Church by Rev. A. Lloyd. Smith, Associate Secretary of the Home Missionary D_epartment of the Methodist Church. Mr. Smith, in the course of his-remarks, told of instance after instance where missionaries had turned down most 1ucrative.o"ers in order to devote their lives to _the extension of the gosipel in distantparts both in this an -. in otherlands. ` . i In ~in+~nn:ln..:.-.... 4.1.- _-_t2 MANY SX % BY M_1s3IoNARu3s Rev. A. L. Smith Urges Those S at Home to` Deny Selves . . for Spread of,Gospel. GATCHING TH E UNJVARY AU AU: culiu uuu Ul. MICHI- visitor wo Id exclaim, ht! nnnn, ulna Hnuynh, CANADA; THURSDAY; DECEMBER 13,1923. Lu. ummnuu, welve _daugh- cu in vvu-an Millions of women have found a solution for their Christmas shop- ping and now do the greater art of it at home. The Fuller an brings Fuller Brushes and will also help youselect your gifts with calm judgment in the quiet and comfort of your home. l'l1L_... ._ _ _'..!_ ____.!-L_. -3 LI_-_.- c . BOZYS Red Felt Soft Sole_ Slip- per with collar, sizes 1 to 5, special price ;. $1.35 \ A `WOMEN'S Felt Juliet Slippers, with plush trimming, brown, black and red $2.00 Give Footwear This Christmas .4 A - ;`'A_, . - , _ ,, _. _,, .,__.,--\ \/I-.411 1. :..x\, 111 1 u1p.lC, with large silk pompom. This is an excellent value. Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 WOMEN S SUEDE BOUDOIR SLIPPER, i1 COSY SLIPPERS WILL BE APPRECIATED BY EVERYONE. ` OUR ASSORTMENTE IS MOST COM- PLETE AND WE CONSIDER IT A PLEASURE TO HELP YOU MAKE A SELECTION. vn gvun -cu--cvv There is a wide variety of these exceedingly attractive and useful brushes as he brings hair brushes, manicure brushes, clothes brushes, combs, dresser trays and other at- tractive personal brushes as well as crumb sets and the famous Fuller Friction Shower Brush, all -of which aim nnnlznrl in hnllv hnvnu -nnnu 4 :-nu COMPLETE RANGE or-` MOCCASINS HOCKEY SHOES Plaid A1i_viI}.31 Slipper with leather sole, sizes 6 to 10 . . . . . . . . .. $1.50 _ WOMEN'S . Brown or Black Suede Boudoir Slippers, soft sole, rubber heel, sizes 3 to7 . . . . .......$l.l5 ..... .. '. ..vv., ......._...wi.1 No. 50 Kid Bo'1id'6ir.,--l`n-I excep- tionally pleasing slipper, rubber heel, sizes 3 to 7` L` _._ 1, in ' Purple, .W9~IE~'s Christmas time will soon be here and every woman knows-what a task it is to select and shop for her Christmas presents. She dis- ; likes the crowded stores with tired and impatient clerks, the stuffy street cars and the windy and icy streets. ECTION 3 `PAGES 17 TO 20 Eff: ... , K.. \1I'\rI II C sELEc'FNG CHRISTMAS GIFTS