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dened foi four years of : unprecedented tolerance and popu a The boys were in the trenches: unger, oy) and "fatigue, 3 "Thé listening patrols" Land, where "The dead they were foting on every. ois rs were under fire gath- i v And, as we thought of our the best we could procure 'wish. became our pleasure. j cigarette, we were imniediately rabid ' reformer clased his while friends and societies Fhe boxes for the boys. overseas. | nH, the' cigarette natuially- lifted sed abnormally. © Gentle jy of tender age found incen: and became victims of the her _were 'those who "France and all kept included cigarettes with the crite "With such' distinclion thrust: up its head. Its manufacture and sa adies eran addicted to its use; "tive in its popularity to indulge t "craving which the cigarette' habit: looked on in dismay, but all ming home. They have are broken i in body, health, and e_ trenches we shall " mpaet those who remained at home we cnol look with al gireand "as for its use with growing boys, theeesis alisolutely no brief: . For a number of years medical men have testified that there is a subtle poison in the cigarette that gets into a boy's system impairing his 'physical, mental, and" moral development: Ministers and reformers | | giving utterance to such testimony are too often regarded as professional * "dréamers, therefore, we shall exclude them'in this article, and look for evidence to men in business and public affairs : Why? Why. baye | business firms such as Marshall Field & Com- pany; Wanamaker's; Montgomery, Ward & Co.; Hibbert, Spencer & + 'Bartlett; and sixty-nine merchants in the Gi of Detroit prohibited cig- i arette smoking. among. their employees? Is it on moral and religious grounds - alone? ~The Superintendent of the" St. Louis Street Railway Says: "Under no circumstances will 1 hire a man who smokes : . Helis more dangerous than a man "who drinks, His nerves .-are'apt to give way at any moment." E. H. Harriman, the head of the Udon Pacific Railway, says: uWe might as well go to a lunatic'asylum for, our employees, as to' hire wigar- ette smokers." # : Along purely industrial fines it has been demonstrated that the cigarette smoker is unreliable." * It has been pointed ont that withirr the past fifty years, nob a stu- dent at Harvard Unjrstsity who smoked cigarettes has graduated at the . head of his class. A nine years Swdstigation: at Yale University shows 'that 'cigaretts smokers are inferior. in weight and lung capacity. In fact so shattered erve, stunted in growth, incapable in games 3 weak i is; the, cigarette a wh = Par ment make it dl for a 'person r bis possession, 01 smoke moral and religions ; . is due to simple goodness and unaffected virtues. BEEF, BACON, 'PORK, LARD, and other MEAT requirements from RALPH A. FITCHETT 3 SUCCESSOR TO CAWKER BROS. We pay Highest 'Cash Price for Live Stock, Hides, Skins, Wool, ete. Our Motto is "Live and let live." + ce pen: oe i A tig What the Five Bars Mean Doubtless there have been many who have wondered why the five blue diagonal bars are placed on the Victory Loan Flag, The five bars represent the five war loans floated in Canada. The small one in corner represents the first loan of $100,000,000, the second the loan of $150,000,000, the third the loan of $260 000,000, the fourth the loan of $420,000,000, and the fifth the wonderful loan of of $675,000,000. Any man who would have prophecied that the population of Can- ada would loan to the Government the stupendous sum of fifteen hun- dred and ninety-five million dollars within four years would have been thought little short of crazy. = The average loan for every man, woman, and child in Canada, is about $200. A Time to Speak Rev. Mr, Black's article on "The Cigarette mn War and in Peace" i -most-timely and-is indication of much that'has to be considered a these days of reconstrnction. Proper frankness and a courageons out- look' on the part of the church is much to be desired. ~ And a much higher ideal is expécted from the church than many church people are led to believe: Lax morals, loose habits, vindictive spirit, have no place in church life. = Sanctimoniousness can never command the respect that The church is ex- pected to LEAD in all matters of religious welfare, and will not suffer eventually if it finds itself considerably ahead of popular opinion at times. Purity of motive and high ideals are essential to' permanent Success in church work. ~~ BIG Boot & Shoe SALE We are carrying too many boots 'and shoes: ard "must reduce our stock to make room. * In order to do $0 quickly we will sell them at prices which will make it worth while to buy now. . For example: Misses' Calf Button Boots, Regular Jaco. Misses. Patent Boot, cloth Sop, sizes 214 i109, Regular Sage. Fer y24 49 21 to 6, Sale Price $2.99