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> shes the teeth without scratching. retacds decay. Benefits tt on' 1 rer h. ut up in two flavors--a speci L Spear- mint and Wintermint. 25c per tube. : b X th Brushes at all prices. Sa nS We will be getting a regular supply of Cherries and other fruits as they sme in season from Grimsby. The ro quality has always been No 1. Call pi Prices right. J. F. McCLINTOCK Pon Pery . = ri =~ Omaro When you need meat, you need choice, eat. Do you realize what this means to _ you? Call and convince yourself or phone ; =... Bell29. : SINGLE COPIES Ce. 4 No. 31 a thete must be names, Some men do the work." Who are they to ~ We want the n pmeone names. 'do the naming: ne WILL do the naming. The :'has shown sufficient non-parti- atriotism to be entitled to make nite suggestion as to names. hat men are suitable and available is new Cabinet. me the gentlemen, please, : Visiting ~ Stephen Leacock has written one of his humorous articles on "The Evils Visiting." Any person who has been observant of rural life during re- "Once upon a time a man wenl Int0' cent years could write an article on-- business for himself. He had saved &The Evils of Not Visiting." What a few bundred 'dollars--enough th the rural mail and the telephone, make a start--and he borrowed the many farmers thought it unnecessary | rest. Forfifieen years after that he to go visiting, and the sociable ex- worked early and 'late; his wife and change of ideas has become more children had to lve on what they 'rare than is good for the community. could compel him. to allow them, | ~The cracker harrel at the corner Neither he nor they permitted luxury, store formed a fine social centre in or, if desire conquered, conscience early days. But both cracker barrel urged them to greater effort and sagri- and corner. store are disappearing-- fice. They had one great purpose in sanitation discarded the cracker bar- view --to pay off their debt. 'rel, and style is cutting out the corner N.B.--This man was not a railroad sper magnate, and the Government did not! - ¢ ent d Fortunately there are two or three know him--except at election time. influences that are making for the betterment of social life in rural com- . 1 munities. Bone Dry Notable among these are the Toronto Globe | Women's Institutes, Red Cross Soci- All that the Provinces have to do is eties, Patriotic Societies, etc. A noble to make it an offence fora citizen to purpose governs all these organiza have liquor 1n his possession, | tions, and they do much toward giv- Ottawa, Aug. 12--Ontario and ing the women a more sympathetic other Provinces get the right through, and a broader outlook on. life. their legislatures to- put the ban upon| Among men co-operative buying liquor advertising. The mails are de- and selling is working toward the nied to circulars and letters soliciting same end. orders. for liquors, The publication! Then, too, the automobile is play- of liquor advertisements within these ing a big part in brightening life and Provinces may be made a punishable, taking the farmer and his family away offence; moreover--which is a most from the daily drudgery. - i vision -- any prohibition| Visiting in rural communities needs Provincemay prohibit the entrance of any new! , published outside 'its territory which contains liquor adver- tising. 3 Mr J] E Armstrong (East Lambton)| maintains that the provisions of the new bill are such that all that the | Provinces now have ie Jit an offence for a citizen to have liquor in his possession, and the op- eration of the Dominion Act would to be encouraged. A Group of Port Perry Boys Pte. Wm. Cafley has written an interesting letter to Mr. T. H Follick, extracts,from which are given here- 'withs it i "yes, 1 expect the Canadian papers are sounding the praises of the Cana- dians very highly: but one has to take 'make it an offenee to ship liquor into it all with a grain of salt. It no doubt the Province, while where a Province , makes very interesting reading: but made it an offence to publish liquor there are plenty who tell the papers advertisements, the operation of the about different incidents: who were Dominion Act would prevent such! never near them, consequently their advertisements entering the Province. What Canadians Want In studying the party platforms that are being con jnst now, one is struck by the fact that the '"Win-the- War" policies have a strong '"win-the- election" bias. The ridiculous part of the matter is that the leaders are! kept guessing as to the nature of the planks that will both win the war and win the election. : Canadians: do not want either political party just now, but they do | want a Government of representative men who have the co! to really govern, and put into force whatever 'measures are necessary for carrying on our part in the war. : - A Discovery It is a simple invitation to buy "War Bonds," but it is going .to give 'many a man and Acinzy a new view of money. During all their previous years they had never dreamed of usi their money as capital. They invest- ed in nothing. Their money merely kept them alive, carried them through business,or ideas get slightly mixed. There are those, too, who profit by these mis- taken notions. "1 have started to write, but I , hardly know what to write about. Per- haps I had better start with the weather. It, at any rate, is a safe {topic to talk about. The sun is shining again after about a weeks {rest ai There is every indica- tion of a plentiful harvest. Fruit and flowers are also abundant, and new potatoes are on sale. | "This bas -started the 'Eggs and , Chips' joints going again. Maurice ; Ford and I have been together quite a lot recently, and have had some | good feeds of these same eggs and chips, at a cost of about 1.75 francs each. 'This includes three eggs and a large plate of fried chips, or salad, bread and butter and coffee. Quite a nice fost bade "As aps already know, no Lie ad A made in England. It is a certain form of brown bread not unlike the French, but they tell using eo who have just come from 'Blighty' that it is not so good as the French. We still get the same bread we have always been Dn, 8. provided them ith pleas, We just er Port boy visit- in the n of 'Duke' How- You will know him as he went merely something to be either hoarded to P.P.H.S. At present he is with spent. ~! the Y.M.C.A. and. has just come over learns to see that poo "] hear quite frequently from k R H . le. Amos Stone. pi Win. Stout, brother nicely. 'm. Stoutt, brot of Toe Stout at the Port Perry pow- suse is still with us. In factit is to tell those that remain than ' those who are killed or wounded. Here is the list of those with us now: A. Grey, A Reid, A Randolph Switzer, H.- Parrett, H. Eagling, A Bell, W. Stoutt, T. Fines, H P Harper and myself. Not ist out of about forty.Some ick like Ure Irwin THE J STANDARD BANK OF CANADA HEAD OFFICE « TORONTO 2 Your surplus earnings in our Savings Department earn inter- wero 107s €8t at current rate. 236 - PORT PERRY BRANCH. .H. G. HUTCHESON, Manager. J a a ---._. PORT PERRY FAIR "PRIZE LIST Junior Department Exhibits for the year 1917 in the Junior Department in Vege- tables, Fruit, Grain, Poultry, and Stock, must be pre red for ex- h bitlon by the exhibi Handwork, such as Baking, Sew- ing, Carving, etc;, must be the work of the exhibitor, who shall not be more than fourteen years of age, Vegetables 12 Davis Warrior Potatoes 12 Irish Cobbler Potatoes. 12 Early Eureka Potatoes. 12 Any Other Variety Potatoes 2 Cauliflower . 3 Mangolds .... 3 Swede Turni Largest Pump! Largest Squash Best Collection of Vegetables Fruit Plate of 5 Snow Apples Plate of 5 Northern Spies Plate of 5 Baldwins Plate of 5 Russets Plate of 5 Talman Sweets Plate of 5 Fall Pears Plate of 5 Winter Pears 6 Yellow Plums 6 Blue Plums or Best Collection of Fruit. ....... vaabivgds Peck of Barley Peck of Spring Wheat. : 12 Ears Golden Bantam Corn 12 Any Ofher Variety Corn Best Collection of Grain Poultry Pair Barred Plymouth Rocks Pair Rhode Island Reds .. .4. ...... Pair White Wyandottes highitd Pair White Leghorns Pair Black Minorcas Plain Hand Sewing . Damned Stocking Sock 8383833 : Miscellaneous Exhibition Chicken Coop.............. y Handmade Hammer Handle 448 Wood Carving with Knife. Stock Best Trained Colt or Posy $3 3 833 Heavy Draft Foal of 191 Agricultural or Light Draft Foal of 1917 ., Carriage or Road Foal of 1917 All entries for the Junior Department must be made at the STAR OFFICE not later than 9 p.m. on Thursday, September Entries for this Department will NOT be Today, Sova iy September 14. Please make no mistake about this. The Directors are anxious that this dR Dltrs wos tn is Dosurinens of he Fu " fon , promising increased prize list as the new departure shows -- St Ward, Greenbank, (missing) * Temperton, Oshawa Wilbeu, M Al Just so that there should be no Gro Count Albert hard feelings; the weather man sent a little storm on Wednesday afternoon | ys oa i of last week. It came up just about € A Adams, Usbri y the same time as it did when the d dge Methodists held their picnic at] KILLED Stephenson's Grove, but was not as Pte F McMann, Bowmanville bad a storm. . The Church of the Ascension pic: Arrived at Port Perry nic was a very pleasant affair, and| Pte. James Read arrived home rrom a comfortable boat load enjoyed the|the Front on Tuesday, having been trip on the Cora to Delmont Cottage Prospect on Seven Mile Island, Mr and Mrs John Reeves and Saughte, Toronto, is visiting Mrs. E. Martin, Miss D. Orchard, Seagrave, visiting Miss V Somerville over the week ead. Miss Mi Maria spent a day in . Church of the Ascension Picnic