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Sniping, observation and scout- j ing tactics are being drilled into i First Division men somejvher? in England by a Canadian expert in field craft, Major N. A. D. Aim-strong of Victoria, explore-, big game hunter, soldier and author, who spent most of his life in the ' Yukon and who was on the Queen Charlotte Islands for soma years ! after 1907, having been a shipper Of at & B & at & BB at& at at at B at B w at .& THE DAILY NEWS KISS YOUR TIRED FEELING GOODBYE! Peplei Many Suffer Low Blood Count And Don't Know It. Th bmfflint thlnr about low Wood count It that you ran weigh about a much aa you rer did -even look healthy and itronf. yet -you can feel aa it you had lead ia your lett. dopey, tired and pepleaa. low blood count meant you haven t o enough red blood corpuscle. It to their vital lob to carry Ufe-rivinc aiygen from your iunst throughout your body. And juit aa it take oxygen to ciplode r""li" in your car and make the power to turn the wheela, o you mutt have plenty of oxygen to ciplode the energy in your body and give you going power. Get Dr. Williamt Pink Mia today. They are world-noted for the help they give in lnereating the number and atrength of red eorpuaclea. Then with your blood count up, you'll feel like bounding up the itaira at If sou were floating on air. Aik yaur druggist -for Dr. Williamt I'ink f ilia today. r of ore in the early days from helped with me reconnaissance ,icre- for the decisive Canadian-Austra- To Increase the Canadian": gen- na-French advance throufjli Am-eral efficiency and with an eye iens. .o the day Canadians may rnj.age Before the last war Major Arm- rovril Puts Strength Into Soups & Gravies For Gentlemen! Will he be one of the fortunate men to receive one of these practical GIFTS IN LEATHER? Zipper Brief Cases, Zipper Portfolios, Rill- folds, in black or brown Top Grain,, Seal Grain or Walrus Split Cowhide. Acceptable Beautiful Practical A Gift for Service Men, Professional Men and Business Men. PERSONALIZE your Gift to HIM . . . INITIALS Stamped In GOLD on any of the above gifts FREE OF CHARGE. Dibb Printing Co. PHONE 231 iti.'cvi-i, BESNER in t For the Ladies HANDBAGS in Genuine Mcroccn WRIST WATCHES in new models of distinction. CAMEO BROOCHES AND PENDENTS BRACELETS, PURSES, PEN SETS DRESSER SETS In sterling silver, crome tone and velva pearl. ' BLOCK For the Men WRIST WATCHES in the newest models. WATCH CHAINS ZIPPER SETS with chromium, n o n-tarnlshable fittings. TOBACCO POUCHES '"LEATHER BILLFOLDS Ot at at B at at . at at at B at G3 at B B B at PLAYS ARE EXCELLENT Senior and Junior Dramatic Societies of High School l'resent Good Entertainment. The Senior and Junior Dramatic Societies of Booth Memoria. High School staged two excellent Christmas plays in the school audito rium last night. There was a large and appreciative audience and the efforts of the pupils were well received. The outstanding event ot the evening was "The Christmas Carol" (Charles Dickens) by the Junior Dramatic Society which was presented in three scenes in which the three spirits, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas to Be are trying to get Ebenezer Scrooge to in commando-like raids, Major- strong knew Gen. Peark-w in thai mend his miserly ways. Qwynn General G. R. Pearkes, First Di- Yukon. ThPv mpt next hi Fiance Holtby, who Dlavcd the role nf thp vision .commander, obtained the wnen the general was command- "hard and sharp as flint" Ebene-ervices of his old friend, who had jng a Canadian battalion, and zer Scrooge, was well suited to his jeen instructing in sniping and they have been firm friends ever part, and showed much talent in scouting at a leading British small Since. his portrayal. He had a good arms school. , ' Major Armstrong shared in the supporting cast, other principals The major now is trainin? a Klondyke gold rush in his youth, being Jerry Woodside as Bob Crat-troup of scouts for demonstrations anti except during t h e war, tha chit, his clerk; Hemsby King as during the winter throughput the northland has been his real home Fred, his nephew, and as Ebene-division. In every battalion he for more than 30 years. zer (Scrooge as a young man); will show troops how to stalk the Big game hunter, minrnj man May Skinner as Mrs. Cratchlt; enemy on patrols and raids, to use aUti personal friend of Norman A. Dorothy McLeod and George An-the sulking telescope, to crawl watt, government agent here, derson as the Cratchlt Twins; Bet-unseen over rough ground, to cjr- whom he knew the Yukon, Ma- ty and Bob; Lydla Watt as Tiny ry weapons on silent sorties and jor Armstrong served overseas in Tim; Archie McLeod as tho Ghoet to take up differing sniping posi- the First Great War, enlisting im- of Jacob HZarley. and as the First tlons. Mil i. c i . B 1 S i" nen it s amoKing To Keveal Tactics and all the sniping tricks of this war and the last. Apart from his life in the Canadian north, Maj. Armstrong's background for this new job goes back to the last war, when he was head of an "S.O.S." (sniping, observation and scouting) school of the British army. When the Canadian Corpi was formed In 1917, he became commandant of a similar Canadian mediately tt broke out. At one Spirit (the Ghost of Christmas time he was associated with E. C. Past) Lenora Raabe as thp spp. Reconnaissance work will be 11- Stevens in mininir ventures on ond spirit (the Ghost of nhri.t- lustrated, along with camouflage the QUeen Charlotte Islands. Ma- mas present) and Inez Btnr s ihn Jor Armstrong's brother married third spirit (the Ghost of Christ- the great Australian singer, Dame. Nellie Melba. OUTSIZE RECRUIT MELBOURNE. Dec. 18: Q Confronted with a 7 ft. 6 tnchs tall man wishing to enlist In the Australian army the officers realized he would have to have specially made clothes. bed, rations, trenches made deeper and a srje- school and for the last 1U0 days dally long stretcher ' If he was of the war was chief re:' .-mass- wounded. They wired to head-sance officer of the corps. He quarters for instructions. mas yet to bej, Peter Good as Mr. Fezziwig (Scrooge's employer1 In the past) Leonard Youngtnan aj Dick, his fellow clerk and as Peter, Glenna Moore as Mrs. Fezziwlc. Walter Morgan as the Old Fiddler, Ann Stevens as Bella, Joy Berg as Belinda, Eleanor Barber as Martha, and Clifford Knutson as the "Wait," and Betty Pullen as the mission lass. The costumes in the play were typical or the times portrayed and were very appropriate to the settings. Cousin From Sweden The senior play, "My Cousin From Sweden," was a comedy Sketch by the girls of the Senior Dramatic Society. The scene opened In the living room of the Mills' home where Nora Thomas, as Anne Mills, and Dorothy Peach-ey, as Charlotte Mills, her s.ter, were telling Marion Shepherd, as Karena Shields, all about their Swedish cousin who was coming to visit them and wondering how she would fit in with their plans for the party at the home of May and Gladys Preston, played by Joy Foster and Norah Dougherty, who were their "social life." However, when their cousin, Jcannette Johansen, played by May Skinner, finally arrived, accompanied by Margaret Smith as her maid Hilda, they ate eventually surprised to llnd that she is no different from themselves and has already become closely acquainted with their social friends. Miss May Jones and Mlas A. Mc Kcchney directed the junior play and Miss Florence Wilson the senior play. Miss Young was In charge of the costumes, while John Hougan and Bud Pierce were responsible for the Important work of staging. Principal W. W. C. O'Neill opened the evening's proceedings speaking briefly. Accompanist for the evening was Miss Molly Wins-low. Ushers were Solved Soren-son and Fay Engelke with Mona McRae presiding at the door. NEW YORK DEFENCES New York City is bulwarked from naval attack by the Sandy ,iv,'v,'h,;iVl!;ftivlii:;lv!:rl.lrlv1vI.lvtrr .v k .. i il00K and the Morttauk River a ;-""wwwViMvwiiwjii;i;i;ij;;Bj3ftft forts. 1 amwammmaam'imfcma Think of ; For the Home CREAM AND SUGARS BEAUTIFUL TEA SETS ENTREE DISHES BAKING DISHES CASSEROLES PIE .PLATES LARGE WAITERS BON HONS FLOWER BASKETS CENTRE PIECES MANTLE CLOCKS and hundreds of other articles. R. W. CAMERON THE PIONEER JEWELER at B B B B B B B at B B B at .- at B B at MAMA IS HISTORIC "Howards of Virginia" Being Fea-tuied at Capitol Theatre This Week-End. Telling the moving romance between1 a lusty frontiersman and a gracious Virginia belle, a blood-tingling epic of the American Revolution, "The Howards of Virgin-la," is being featured this Friday and Saturday at the Capitol Theatre with Cary Grant and Martha Scott In the leading roles. Grant Is the hardy untamed frontiersman who falls in love with the Virginia girl and, with her, builds a home in tho wilderness. It is not only a conquest of the soil which makes Grant's part moving but the earnestness and grim determination with "which he is willing to give his life and to risk his home and happiness in the fight for American freedom and the struggle for a government In which the majority shall rule and the minority shall have the ngnt to speak freely. Sir Cedrlc Hardwlcke. Alan Mar- ehal and Richard Carlson are in cluded in the cast presenting the stirring drama of the struggle between tory aristocracy and the simple man of the soil for the right to build a nation. 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