¢ After a Triala-- Consumers are possessed with a faith and enthusiasm entirely lacking before the quality was demonstrated. is the best flavored and the ae ; economical tea ever oiiered for sale. But. you On getting was tickle him-or swing him 'wa " he usually did. e just sai tllo,, rry!" in a sort. of weak sola voice, and- his aunts both p suddenly when they saw him coming \saw aa as if 'something was the mat- Uncle Jim tried to ogpees | "he it was not a really and truly s "Well, Lorry," he oni, "Sasi to take a little trip with me "You bet!" cried Lorry. "When?" Must Insist Genuine ae "Right now. There's taxi waiting . for us outside. We're going to ---- es Montreal." Our Cltildren's Health--Or Unhealth?, Herp, are g few extracts from the) repert of a physician on ebnditions| as he, found*them in a cértain State! to the south of us. Do these condi- tions "also prevail in our own fair This land? I am afraid they do. is what he says: "Not to bring up a child in the! way he should go, physically, men- tally and morally, is a terrible sin of omission, "That the hpysical condition of our children is deplorable appears in the statistics of every medical inspection that has been published. "Who are we that seventy per cent. of our school children should . have rotten teeth? Who are we that thousands of our children are born of diseased parents? Who are we that thousands of our children, on ac- count of vicious environment and wicked. neglect, are allowed to be diseased and refective? Who are we, that because of forcing bad air, bad food and bad sanitation upon our children they Ar on tuberculosis and die in early 1 "Ignorance is not our exeuse and we are not ignorant. O e con-} trary, we Know, but we seem not to understand, and certainly are not sufficiently practical to make use of our knowledge. ence of the laws ice » the laws of health thi ain rural "ie is- tricts, There, mating is wholly, en- tirely and absolutely haphazard. And there laws of health and well-being are largely ignored. In cities, the conditions seem a wee bit better, for there typhoid is less, tuberculosis is perhaps less, and the death rate, teaving out accidental deaths, is less, In cities, people more thoroughly separate themselves from their sew- age and the bath is more in evidence. Adenoids and defects of the nose and throat are more prevalent in the country than in cities, and this despite the purer country air. It still may he raid the veason country air is so pure is because the farmer keeps the bad air 'inside. "Az in the city schools,, we also find in those of the country the larg- er proportion of chftdren are neglect- ed. Bad teeth prevail to such a de- e that wé. a surprise when Coughs, colds sid eatarrh get every child one or two times every school] term, and some sniffle through every day of the year "Cases «f catarrh, weak and wa- tery eyes, and running ears are found, many dating.from the time the help- jess youngsters had measles.or scar- jot rash, Emaciation from actual starvation is not occasional. In one iural school of twenty-seven pupils, I tound seven anemic, emaciated chil- dye, and five of them were actually starving. One little wizened girl had had cne batter cake with mo- iusses for breakfast, and in her din- ner bucket for lunch were one soggy biscuit and one apple. All of twenty- seven pupils in the school needed medical attention. There was not a child that did not have two or more decayed teeth. Every child had .ul¥ered from one or more attacks of vo enied 'cold' during the winter, and sixteen said they had had colds ever since school opened in the fall," The reat of the description of the schoor und teacher kept me awake nights for a week, so I omit tt to-save ----=- CHRISTMAS will be happier for you if you | have provided the first step for | your children's future Begin saving for them now-by purchasing good stocks on our ALM. Connolly & Co. | ie Members Montreal Stock Exchange | - 106-106 Transportation ee | MONTREAL .- n the way to the station Lorry looked up shyly. "T'd like to come and live with you Uncle Jim," he sai Till comes home, you know.' "Would you?" cried the man, with a little break in his voice. "Well, ode a like it any better than Unele' Jim didn't say much after that until they were on the train. aybe we could fix it," he: said, eaktaats then. aut, your coming; h This is bad enough. to live with me, I mea primary hen they reached "Montreal Un- room 'he visited in a city school oe Jim led the way into the lunch- !where a consumptive teache: had. *° Ma ybeé you'd lik stopped up the ventilation system be-| sugusited. 1 on a at ethene ae cause she was chilly. ded to the 'naitran, "And have it The doctor draws the ---- strong." from his experience with pare "Aunt Eunice says strong coffee that medical inspection and care i isn't good for you," Lo observed. 'children must made compulséry, "Probably she's right," said Uncle s was found necessary in the Jim, pouring the cream with a hand of education. Why not?, that was not entirely steady. "But Surely good health in vur coming Yeu see I shaven t got my strength ail Ap et. citizens is of as great importance as| wy tba they had finished education. they wandered a , Your Soattons." ' Also his description of a In fact, there can be lit-} junch-counter at iene tle education without good health back' near the station for a little while. of it, for diseased body means also & weakened mind. ja seemed very queer Your child and my child may be, not a bit like Uncle Jim. getting proper care. ut are our einageede part came when, pretty soon,| neighbors'? Their tubercular chil- ek, y got on a train £ was gging| ours. n't it pine lienieenge ty "Why, we didn't do anything!" our sae to a that they are tak €D) aid Lorry. "What did we come for?" caro of? Uncle Jim did net hegr ap apparent- ne y He seemed to be*looking for Helping Our Keturned Men. someone. Writing. on "Invisible Wounds") "Let' $ Zo on into the next car," he Capt. Arthur H. Samuels, says that, Said. Ther re aren't so many "people Mr there." the greater percentage of, soldiers in ; passing through reconstruction cen- Indeed, there were very: few people ==" ~ Uncle 'Jim didn't jump for ae and in the next car. daddy; Uncle Jim did not ep $e eet It| with Near the middle' 8 | of the. oar a lady with a big hat was! | readin magazine, and just behind | her, almost Sprays by ,the hat, sat a spite of the 'hat Lorry ithe éoldien right away. impressive- His officer's uni- Was not bright. and. new | the . Lo supposed uniforms «always e man's shoulders were thin "and stooped and he heid his head rather. queerly on one side. then Lorry saw his face! With a big j jump he Jeaped forward, eeorking the lady's hat far over one oe Daddy--daddy!" he shouted, The officer opened his lips to speak oF 5th the words seemed to stick in) his at. n Lorry felt the big tarms catch him aid hold him tight, | lthey had pes to do, so long, long ago. "Lorry--my bo The cay Y eitad cher hat and, turned with an irritated frown--but suddenly her face softened and she "Tt's a good old Canada, Jim." ecandl ty good, Sam Lorry caught the 'thin hand that Uncle Jim had released and held it pam in his two chubby ones. Daddy--my daddy!" he said soft- ly, The train began to pull out. "After a while Lorry moved a "Dabby!" he cried. "Will you 'by me a new fire-engine? e i e thin face broke into a smile. "I'll buy you two _if you, want) them!" said the officer. » G00! And ia you fy mé sometimes. on't ndjknow how to play the fun *S eddies | hod the} do!" "Yes--I'll play with you. am goed for anything. else 'for a! "Will you? Honest?" "Honest!" "on!" It was a big word, with a world of; meaning in it. e Jim, in the | seat behind, blew his nose--and gaz- ed out of the window at the passing' brown woods. (The End.) {tres are suffering from internal rath- fer than outward surgical injuries, injuries, men who are suffering from shell shock, for instance.. They look fit: "It will be difficult," he says, "in bead ipsa for the business sb his: to the return! IN FULL 'MARCHING ORDER A Soldier's Vivid Description of An _ Army March. to open ; ed fig fighter to understand why men, you an account of a who look hale and hearty enoughewill| Stbehisig order, as you a might like. to be unable to go into certain---jobs in-| have an idea of what it means. These volving heavy indoor work. They) ma arches, however,, = not all as bad must not be passed by because bei as I'll paint this on sacrifices are not obvious." No small) First, we are wal to fall in at part of the keen intuition that knows! X o'clock, in full marching order, Let how to sympathize by silence and me tell you what "Full marching unobstrusive helpfulness and that is order" is. The skeleton equipment, so absolutely necessary in the great| that on which the various articles work of helping these men to "find! gasten, consists of a wide, heavy, themselves" rests with the women of; webbed, canvas belt with two shoulder every community. If the returned' straps; in the front, attached to the an becomes discouraged and out-! hog are the cartridge pouches, hold- classed after leaving the reconstruc-! ing 120 rounds of ammunition; on the tion centres the fauit will be found tol } belt on right side are the bayonet, rest almost invariably with the wo-! entrenching tool handle and haver-. men who have sympathized in unwise. sack; the last contains your shaving rather than helpful ways. Open com t outfit, cleansing and eating utensils, miseration is often nothing less than' ete.; one the right side is the water refined cruelty and is never the best. bottle. Then comes the real load: sort of help, Thus there is added, the pack, a canvas valise slung on another phase to women's war work,| the back by straps round your shoul- study of the best wape of helping un-/ders. It carries a greatcoat, sweater obtrusively. i | kerchiefs, ground sheé | wife. Breakfast Cereals. This is now an appropriate time! ¢ to add the breakfast cereal to the | a eile' and Yen ---- ba ane, morning menu. The body for the «pay in" always entails a seemingly, next six months will require consid- | unnecessary amount of standin erably more starches, sugars and fats! pround in platoons, which is rathér to maintain sufficient heat and trying. While standing, a good way energy. An ideal manner of supply-! of easing the load is to place muzzle ing this need will be found in the o¢ rifle under the pack, butt on the breakfast cereal] and milk. | ground, and let your shoulders down, Table for Proportions You have only then to keep the pack One cupful of oatmeal to four, balanced. At last we get the word cupfuls of water: cook for 3 hours. | and start off. One's sensations and One cupful of rolled oats to three | forms of mild torture experiericed are cupfuls. of water; cook for 2 hours,| 80 varied that I'll describe them to One cupful of farina to four cup-| you. fuls of water; cook for 2 hours, | First of all, we march at east, that One cupful of cracked wheat to| is to say, one may chat with his pal five cupfuls of water; cook for 2, 0n left or right, sling the rifle, instead rs. a ° =] One cupful of hominy to six cup- although it is bad policy to smoke, fuls of water; cook for 3 hours. j you need all your wind. One period One cupful of cornmeal to four. iS usually three-quarters of an hour cupfuls of water; cook for 3 hours, , with a ten minute rest after, One cupful of barley to five cup- The first five or ten minutes all fuls of water; cook for 4 hours. toes well; you trot along humming One cupful of barley mea] to four, or chatting, making more or legs cupfuls of water; cook for 3 hours. j aOR comments on the various, One cupful of rice to five cupfuls me what seem to us, peculiar houses of water; cook for 3 hour. vehicles., etc., which we see on' One cupful of rye seme to four ne way. We have apparently for- cupfuls 6f water; cook for~3 hours. | gotten that we are human pack mules, | og variety add any of the follow-! Soon, however, ore begins to realize i |he is carrying something. You feel seeded and chop |. heavy or choking sensation, like an { ij tack of indigestion as though your in, Gnntall cupful of ; Ped raisins. { rang cupful of PARTIAL PAYMENT HT | ped dat. But that is a trifle, you think. You PLAN { if} One- half cupful of seeded and chop- hp ae up, take a deep' breath ae tieaas wh _Lped prunes nd it is forgotten. In a minute or So men ie pdr er ged 1) Ohe- half. cupful of peanuts put oes the right shoulder begins to ache | securities specially favored by |] | through the food chopper a little with the heavy backward pull | you. || Three table'pdonfuls 'of peanut/ on it. You shift your rifle to the left: Write at ghee fox eduk of Oke | butter. shoulder---that's easier for the right, | free booklet telling you all about .|f| Try serving cereals with the fol- but soon the-left starts to keep com- | this splendid saving plan. if | lowing in placeof sugar: Place one-| P@ny_and you cannot shift any weight anywhere else. Then you slip a hand. behind you and Wnderneath the pack, raising it and shifting the weight to your arm. This is a-great relief, but only mo- mentary as the strain on the arm is too great, and one lets the pack down | half'cupful of syrup in a simall pit- cher and add two tablespoonfuls of j butter. Heat until very hot, stir+ fring frequently 'until creamy. ee Full silos mean big winter milk. Was Just thinking I bare often : of carrying it at a siope, and smoke, seeded and chop-' Tangs are being squeezed slightly. 4 again. Next commences across the of the neck and reaching. into ie shoulders a dull,-heavy pain. This ily grows worse. Another way easing eaegeee ig to slip a thumb set straps equipment # little.) 'But, as you can Gages, "ay can only hold it for a very short time, From this time on it is a series of various changes and shiftings of weights, none of which relieve you only to the extent of lessening it in one place and increasing it in an- other Oe 'had reached now that dull state in which he has but one desire, and | that--to lie down and get off that | awful burden, anywhere, anyplace. | the man in front of you; you can | ugh moisture-dimmed eyes see} his | as, the heels of his boots seem ;. ; to be coming back to you but never | ! getting any closer; he is plodding; | along, = = your mind runs} jae though "He is carrying the | ' same load, fall of that same pain. If | ; he can keep up, I can,' ' and still your; i legs monotonously forge ahead. 1; can't explain it, but you are in a} j coat, extra underwear, socks, hand-j state' of semi-consciousness like one! and house-| walking in his s Then add to that the box res-!to think of something pleasant. | pirator, or gas mask, on the chest,!my case I try to picture myself at | Then you try | In} eep. home, and you may not believe it, | ;but it helps a lot. Some chaps have | "fallen out, but you plod along. To fall) out means the extra exertion of step-! | ping out of the ranks; your legs do "not seem capable of changing direc- | ¢ tion so you stay in your place praying ! for the a wore of command: ; "Fall o 18 inal one chap - a little more "pep" left in him informs us that we have ten minutes to go before the! rest period. That ten minutes mag-! nifies itself into an eternity of time, [5 in' your mind, but here's where the old thought of mine so often comes in: "There's an end to all dings, | and so will be to this march.' When the time is up you stagger. out to the right an let yourself down, lying so that the pack forms | a back rest and also so that the; seetght is all taken off your back and | shoulders. Then for a moment the! sudden flow of blood sends sharp, | shooting pains around the cords of the neck, but that is over and oh the' blessed relief then. In a moment you feel fit enough to reach for a cigar- | ette. A drink would taste ail right, but it is not wise, as you" have an- other walk ahead of you, to take one. The ten minutes soon pass and you pull yourself on your knees, then to of fours. Then comes ancinse spell of it a | little worse as you start out tired, ; but you know that at the end is an ao rest for dinner, so you "Carry * * * * I want to say this, not that I'm in the infantry, not at all, for I've seen very little. Here's what 1 mean: Of all the units in France the differ- ence in corps, etc., the rank and file of the infantry have the, most hard- ships, hardest work and absolutely the least comfort, whether in or ofit of the line, and are lowest in grade of units. The most credit is due to I won't! ; 'the ground above, the infantry stood | Here | bchind it into the naked light of day le spintered bedstead, a chewed-up 7 | pair . = pyjamas tangled up ina field your, feet and step into your section ; them, f 'or outside of figh hich | ~ all do, 'they, 1 ad oi the The be day way back of tile' 'ine. £6 to comfortable billet and lots to eat, 'sleep ping places and for ca The infantry throw their load Of their ; back and probably dig 'a hale in the side of a trench at night dnd-eat out of their mess tin, which they are lucky enough to have. Im not complaining for I've not ex- perienced-much of it, just enough to realize that this branch of the service deserve what, they. won't. get--the most credit after the war. --_--_--_--___ STORY OF TEE PINK-TAILED TANK A BRITISH LAND SHIP ON THE WESTERN FRONT When His Majesty's Ship "Here We Are" Amused the Tommics and Terrified the Enemy. Lumbering, rolling, dipping heavily into shell holes, heaving clumsily out of them, moving with a motion that can best be described as something between that of & half-sunken ship and a hamstrung toad, came 8 Majesty's land ship "Here We Are." Such was the appearance of a British tank that a writer in the Cornhi Magazine describes. It dipped its nose and slid headfirst into a huge shell crater in ludicrous likeness to a ©: squat: bull pup sitting back' on his haunches as he is dragged into a mele, and then as the Here We Are's ace and gun-port eyes and elbow driving gear appeared above the crater rim it still more ridiculous- ly resémbled an amazed toad emerg- ing froma rain barrel. Fifty yards in ts] o ' its wake a-line of men: followed to pick uP the pieces and the prisoners. The monster waddled on, lurched, dhecked and steadied itself with its {nose poised over a deep hole, halted and backed away, and edged nervous- ly round the rim of the hole. I |Teached the barbed-wire entangle- ments and waddled through, bursting them apart and trailing them in long tangles behind it, or trampling them calmly under the churning cater-pil- lar bands, The infantry .pushed én after it almost without casualties, for the .tank " rattled on its armored sides like hail on a owpane. If... walidled -in- crawling carefully across em trench, halted halfway over and sprinkled bullets up and down its length. to port and starboard for a minute, hitched itself over, steered | ; straight for a fire-streaming machine gun embrasure, squirted a jet of lead into the loophole, butted at the em- placement once or twice, got a grip with its upward-sloping caterpillar band, climbed jerkily until it reared on end like.a frightened colt, ground ; and fell forward on its face. crawled out of the wreckage, crunch- ing over splintered beams and con- crete, halting every now and then to spray .bullets on any erman who show imself, and turning aside to | nose over any suspicious looking | cranny before it plodded on in search | of more trenches The infar ntry followed, rounding up | groups of prisoners who crawled, white-faced and frightened, from dug- outs and trench corners. Suddenly a 'trench wall gave way 'and the star- ! board side of the Here We Are sank ° below the port. After a pause the bands began once more to revolve and te churn out behind them first a cloud of dust and clots of earth 'and then a mangled debris of cloth- | ing ard trench-made furniture. On} shrieking with laughter while the e Are pawed out and hoofed Blankef or two, the legs, back and seal of a red velvet armchair, atorn i gray coat and a forlorn and muddy when aks drivers got their gr'p: again an: the Here We Are rolled! majestiva'ly forward and up the far- | ther side of the hole, one of the sol- | diers dragged a long branch from the | debris, slid it up one leg and down the other of the pink pyiamas, tied the boot by its laces to the tip and thrust the root into a convenient crevice in the stern of the tank. So beflagged, she rolled her triumphant way up over the cantured redoubt and down the other side, with the boot tip bobbing and jerking and swaying at the end of her pink tail. ------_ 8 _ --_--_--_--- Using Up Straw Fibre. Experiments are being carried o-~* n Italy by a Milan company for the manufacture of bagging, packing material, cushion fillings, mattresses, twine and rope from straw fibre of barley, wheat or rice, according to the strength of the material wanted. Ex-Empress Eugenie of France, widow of Napdfeon III., has lived to see the day she prayed for--the fal! ef the Hohenzollerns. Cambric was-invented by a native of Cambrai, named Batiste; hence our-name for the article, and the French one, "batiste," for the same material, / Use - soup t Put in plenty of vegetables' and - rice or barlcy. Even with poor stock dclicious soups can bo made by adding a dash of [ OVRI fanada Food Boara, Lacence No, 13-143 Food Control Corner Get Government Feed. Government feed. at reasonable prices may be secured by farmers aud live stock man through the Feed Givision of the Live, Stock Brauch vf the Department of. Agricu'ture, Ot- tewa, which has established reserve: at aifferent distributing centres as iol'ows: Re cleared elevator |. sc-cenings, £56.00 per ton, balk car load lots, Fort- William. ~ There js an expor! embargo on this efiss of fe-1. Teed corn $1.40 per bushel, Tiffin, Ont. Linseed oil cake meal $64.00 per ton, Toronto, and $66.00 per ton, f.o.b. Montreal in car load lots, packed in 200 pound sacks, It would be well for farmers to get together and order car load lots of above feeds before winter conditions affect transportation. Address or- ders for corn, screenings and oi! cake meal to the Feed Division, Live Stock Branch, Ottawa. Bran and shorts upon which there is an absolute export embargo, are sold through the regular trade at fix- ed prices of $81.00 per ton for bran and $36.00/per ton for shorts, Fort William, plus freight and $42.00 per ton net cash, Montreal; including sacks in_each case. Freight wiil be deducted or added to this price ac- cording to distance east or west of Montreal respectively f.o.t Ontavis, selling at $85.00 per ton. fob. Chatham, Wallaceburg and Kitchener, plus a charge of 45.00 per ton for bags; which amount is funded on return of bags. within a reasonable radius of these points should look into the advantages of this feed, as it is desirable to use it up in Canada, The existence of large grain-stocks in Siberia is reported, Recruiting Officer (examining man for the Army)--"How is it you are so small my man?" Three feet six-- was brought up on shortbrecd and condensed milk." FOR CHRISTMAS! Muskrat Coat Loose hox coat with con- I t popular seller. . $120 French Seal Splendid coats that look well and Two of our specialtiegin which we offer exceptional val -~ ues. CUMMINGS & CUMMINGS 109a St: Paul Street, Montreal RAW FURS: Highest Prices Paid.