I I PAOE SIX Expert OPTICAL SERVICE For Men's, Women's, and Children's House Slippers For Men's and Boys' Personal Gifts And the Quickest way to a Woman's Heart Chas. Dodimead Optometrist in Charge Watch, Clock, Jewelry Hepalrinf. Hand Engraving VISIT OUR BASEMENT STOKE for Fine China, Rinnerware, filass.es, Baggage and Novelties. MAX HEILBRONER Jeweler Diamond Merchant Take My Tip, says Santa "I DO MY SHOPPING AT THE 3 PEOPLES STORES They Have Everything" 5 THE CUT RATE SHOE STORE RUPERT MEN'S AND BOYS' STORE RUPERT PEOPLES STORE t I a 1 For Christmas GIFTS To mention a few of the well-known better creation in Perfume and Toilet Articles. Sets to suit all A Beauty Parade lh any beauty parade, well bet on our Christmas Wishes for your happiness and good health to win the trophy as the most beautiful of all sentiments. SUNRISE BEAUTY SALON Violet Mah Cor.6th and Fulton Phone Blu 943 for Appointments Revlon Cutex Ashes of Roses - Evening in Paris Lentteric Tweed Yardleys Old English Lavender Adrienne Jasmine Gardenia Ormes Ltd. Pioneer Druqc? tjts CASH CHEMISTS THE REXALL STORE PHONES 81 AND 82 Open Dally from 9 ajn. till 9 pjn. Sundays and Holidays from 12 - 2 pjn. and 1 - 9 pjn. 111 IS OOOOOOOOQCQOOQQOTOaOQDOOQQDCKCUKQOOOK00CO, 01 tor quick, bare and Comfortable TAX! SEUVK'H CHRISTMAS IN BRITAIN Plum Stone Kernels for Nuts and Lots of Other Substitutes-Usual Trimmings Scarce By FOSTER BARCLAY Canadian Press staff Writer LONDON. Dec. 17 Santa Claus for once isnl going to be ible to fill everybody's stocking in lritain this year No matter bow irri Jie tries it just can't be done, compromising austerity has truck a mortal blow at St Nick's agful of toys, candy and good heer. It's another Christmas with hortages of food and drink, ex-lortatkms not to travel, not to moke too much not not to heap oo much fuel on fireplaces. You ust don't walk into a shop In Britain and order a big , box of randy and a pah of stockings for he wife or girl friend. Girls take note: There are no igarette lighters, cigarette cases :r fancy-wrapped packages of mokes for the boy friend. THE DAILY NEWS THURSDAY. DECEMBER 17 l3l2 others only had their weekly 2S I cents worth of meat, supplement-i ed perhaps by a rabbit or grouse, i Osily-lit trees, decorations. nuts, crackers, oranges, apples, grapes and Christmas are mostly memories. Areas formerly devoted to the cultivation of evergreens have been plowed to grow more food and transportation difficulties did not permit anybody to goj far afleM for a tree. Hats, crackers, tinsel and other novelties simply did net exist. But hoHy and mistletoe are plentiful. Available Christmas stockings for youngsters are filled with trinkets of wood and doth and come without candy or nuts. Only a few far-slanted indMriuat stocked away home grown nuts or adopted the ingenious method of saving the kernels of plum stones during the preserving season. Shopkeepers and green grocers have plenty of apples and oranges for the children, but grapes aie going begging at $5 a bunch. Even flowers are scarce and expensive because the government curtailed transportation from grower to buyer. The Board of Trade made one Mg concession to Father Christ- Candv is rationed at three j""18 " cnuaren merer 10 ounces weekly hardly enough to ,c" nl P'T PW rag m the cavity in a sweet tooth. No uaa wooa released ant -irl is going to thank anybody for ! KKn peggea enmmate biaek 1 pair of heavy cotton and wool j marketeennK hings that pass as stockings. Big No M'U1 ToTS red scooters and baby-bhte doll's uww m m "'s m freia ' - - J tL carnages, too. are rarer than , "m wvm-i sua mim.-Vemons. tag mama dolls. There were a few All the old Christmas sift stand- n"- " people had a long bys. socks, handkerchiefs, pullovers, scarves, gloves, shirts and lingerie take precious clothing coupons. The way things stand now most persons are hoarding their coupons in case the government decides not to issue any more for a long time to come. Family Reunions Dont get the idea, however. j that Christmas and goodwill are a 5 hins of the nasi There'll be thnus- ! search to find a shop with any! leftovers from last year. Some of the available better class toys sold at high prices. Black stuffed mama dolls, for instance, ranged from the equivalent of $4 to $9. toy tea sets averaged about $3 each ,and wooden toys horses, tanks, doll's beds and trucks hit as hfejh as each. Ttooueands civil Z :anA rJ famlK- rvnnlOM nrti-t ' n as MS JOO DecaBW Si 1 . . ,i -j, . touch. Tber set aside snarr a tin gctrum wiMiw, unji - .... - from the nvernment. It's everv , from store to store hunting little luxuries to brighten Christmas dinner They were assured of a better suoiy of turkeys this year, mostly because hotels and rests ur-lants have been forbidden to serve i any between Dec. 20-31 except jon Christmas Day. Orders had to ' be in weeks ago to ensure delivery. 1 But what's turkey without trim mings and plum duff without rum and brandy flavoring? The government declined to allocate sugar to Jelly manufacturers and uincemeat supplies are only about two per cent. Anybody who made fruit bad to use dried fruits, dried eggs, dried milk and a conglomeration of other dried products. Persons who failed to bag a turkey while the going was good. Joined the mad scramble to get chickens and ducks despite the high prices or used precious "points" coupons for tinned meat from q id gauser ana mace toys irom man and woman for themselves in ' 00010 bris and odds and ends for ! . th mh for available mod snn- war OH- needy boys and girts AW.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v such as they are jd "U m evacuated For weeks past bowewiyes, nw m pan eouipped with sottcases or big kmUd comforts, warm lackeU and handbags, have been mooching j1 Pn-om Canada and the uniieo amies aiso oame in mighty handy. NEW ROYAL HOTEL J ZARELU. PROr A Home Away From Horn' Rates 7Se op M Rooms hot 4c Cold Water Prince Rupert, B.C Phone 281 P.O. Boi 1M 1 iuzwxwsmzMzwEmxw2mxxw ns Fresh Local Haw and f t . rasicunzed MILK VALENTIN DAIRY PHONE 71 ti Canada and the United States Still r?iXKim!33gagagrtgcrga" j LADIES WE HAVE RECEIVED A VERY LARGE STOCK Or COATS All NECKPIECES and FURS 23 off till Chrbtmas YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD W. G0LDBL00M (The Old Reliable) pjsugregggcrogqsi 2msmsmswiM2.mzmimrwxw?mu ? m ;rr PHONE 235 Prince Rupert Co. Ltd. Brlthh Columbia DAV AND NIGHT ! 'WOOMaooooooooonnoooounoaooonooooooooooowKioiMMi.Hiu & M 4i t s & m U m 'sTsgcnrza Announcement Restrictions placed upon us by the Wartime Prices Trade Board compel us to announce we han be unable to put on our "Christmas Special" this year. This practice of sending a small' box of smoked fish, typical of the dominant industry of Prince Rupert, has become mcreasrngry popular and we are cry sorry we shall have to disappoint our many customers this year. After the war. we hope we Shan again be able to nuke this special Christmas offer available to our many friends. Canadian Fish & Co d Storage if CFPR SCHEDULE (Affiliated Mlth CltO 1'ltOGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 9:08 pjn. Slag Party lea I urine tonight Bernard Dradm Al Pearee. Ruby Chantberl.un and other top-notch stars with Harry Price's Stag-Part Orchestra. 0:30 run Songs of Empire half an hoar of traditional music by Percy Harvey's Orchestra, with the Australian lyric baritone. Clement Q. Wll- 10:18 pjn. Special A.RP. Broadcast-sMOtoer to the series showing how we can aid Canada's War Effort to the THURSDAY 4:00 pun. Famous Masters and their Instruments 4: pju Shall We Dance? a-M pun Blue Shadows 3:30 para WUf Carter Rides Again 5:44 pjn. Trail of Truth j6:00 pjn. CBC News " p-m. Aceordeon Antics 6: IS pm Gospel Interlude :M pjn -Muek Weber's aalon Orchestra 1:45 pjn. a Western Voice 7:t pm Your Bventng Concert 7:30 pm. Henry King's Piano and Orchestra 8: pa. Front line Family MS pun -Otohe Musette itM pan Drama from Winnipeg t:0 pjn.-Stag party :M pm. Songs oi Smptre M:f pm-CBC News. Rebroad- 10: lnterlade in March Time of sohbers, airmen, f 10: 15 pjn Ait-P. Broadcast workers rushed teW-' PJ 8Uent FRIDAY 7:34 ajn.-trieUy Informal 7:45 ajn CBC News 7:M aja -Strictly Informal 8 00 a jo. Musical Minuws t:M ajBMorning Medtmttons 8:4s ajn. Cosapoam' Corner a.m. Keany Baker 9:1ft aja-Stadies m Bmek and White 9:34 un Oteo MlUers j 10:00 sjj A Mirnlag Visit 10 16 ajA-Musteal Americana i 10:30 a jb Barnabas Von Oeaa Mueic 10 ajn They Tell Me 11:09 ajn. London PalsMttam Orchestra 11 15 ajn -Broadcast of llnmagn 11:17 ajn Violinist Kttss Kriasser 11:30 ajn-Let's Oo Modern 12:00 noon Mid-Day Melodies 12 .30 pja CBC News 12 36 pjn Tpday s IlighlighU 100 pjn -One O'clock Mostcale 1 30 pjn.-B.C School Broadcast 2 00 p m Silent I i: 1: : i 1 1 : 1 i i 1 HERE THEY ARE! All That's New, Gay, Bright, Clever, Amusing for Christmas ' fvvvvvvVMv..M,0M Complete Show, at 1 00 2 31. 4,39, e 4 l .itur. ut 1 00 3 06 5 18 7 21 s T jtMa'MTsjsT.1,ii,ininiyi!iii BETTY GRABIE JOHN PAYNE CARMWJ MIRANDA HARRY JAMES 0 Nit MVIIC ! I PRIItlOTlUE iwtheR0CKIE8" ft90 vssr CAPITA TIIK IDOL XMAS OR NhV YLAR (,UT A naPPy lloohlet of Theatre Ticket, In (ay holidav en.ti,,,,. for Children and Adults, I'riced Il.M to $;r, Sl'NIlAV lllv;ii-- IIKRIIEUT MARSHALL In -ADVITURK IN WASIIIXf.TOX FOR YOUR XMAS GIFTS- We have a line New Mo k el Blouses, Dresses, Lingerie SpecUliilnc In Children s Wer Dry Goods and Novelty Shop If he a ..;. ; . v . caj. find Just Mst gift hun lupp. iirr- .t Ui. ort)tu cigar Store, beadquartrrs CIkw' R:ft at any price you a our line ot law- ujiMtcu, pipes, humidors, and GROTTO CIGAR STORE Wholesale and Retail Tobartonitt I 9 n V r V, . . . . WWwf Liltle tots will laujh, shout and clap Ihlr pudcy hands with glee over thee jolly and arr.uiinr toys that SanU has left in truckloads at thU popular ChrUtmaj toy shop. Toys that move, sqwauek, Ulk and what not are all here iu grand array. And, parents, youll be mljhty happy over Ihe values! PLUSH PANDA nE,RS nlack and white with eyes that move. SM g S2.45 and S4.95 PULL TOYS variety. at of a 65c Hide and up VARIETY DOLLS of every site type. .Many Beauties. 39c io S8.25 and TOV .DRUMS Uir, bright and noisy. 99g STORE 5 Wh -'immi 'J