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Coniidence Inspired By Fe » Bank of Montreal Statement Bank In Strongest Position Reports Total Assets in Excess of Five Hundred and Fifty Millions—Prepared For After War Period of Ee a ing for the absorption of the. B.N.A. and now the total assets ne at $368.419.540, com The Bank of “Monti ea ee with its Annual Statement at a tim: Ae sods Si. strength and solfdity. This ts the arantee of Dated essintanee “one Bank flected by Do vi viet Gost, securities me year. to give the country Lassets in excess of | Forel iiltons snd ve pu ant og BiG Liquid assets ine: ¢ Hun- red and Sex aity Ae the ple, healthful f nk of Montreal In real g, National Tnititution that enable eration. This should be no hardship. ' the manufacturers and commercial Pecpie would see money.and pati Cites, hoe ahead, it will be by her ing the method of living and the sim-|®0d sweet-smelling, by oe ce food Sf He test gone] S2ors and purifying the box, Penty of Frei Alr Is Good Health Insurance. After-The-War Conservation, Ganai te'te forge, people that the acral soil, due to handling be- Most of the leaders of this genera-| and packing the. food, is removed tion in all lines of endeavor were rais- | fore placing the food « Sl ag ed on the farms of cue where the! Always remove food qe paper bags sabe pop cone me house the first orn haat protection against colds Fresh air is more quickly heated saves fuel as well e good ventilation, Al fe laine at least one screen room. with musin—an old flour sack is ex- pose. In this Loans money. resources back of Canada in 4 period owns and ea 3 _| health would be theirs to fit them during which. ust oe Ave tere] to: s18i8 aes 069 from 7 jhe reconstruction and poplin fe irked industrial evolu: ‘415, and Cu a Canadian industri a ds. Throughout ‘Naas neering of thé counts. ibewiere. "th ns age as les 0! kin Is. S are Rr ? 4 Mepsreat $14,6491836 up from $10, ode $11. Thrift . and industry will quickly en ‘ulfest” assistance : 2 Canadian industry. ‘steadfastly Oe eee evetong- | | “quidate Canada’s war jend influenza is pl followed and counselied a polley of | , That the pe by th the Bank has been Many eee are sold in pack-| Ope: Weral id pease. Conditions: Ande foulosred in a Taexe, measure by the — lages which can be hought in bulk ely ak Gan oe Bank in exactly the posttt de. ple gt Condes ie anor by the better value. Take an Agee in all, house, alfed 10 occupy when the change fretease. in teres Haale _ Pee ae came to, this country as well as to| tothe record level, of $346,562. your shopping for food and wa‘ \ 2 the Test of the Word, posttion at |of aimont One Hundred Million bolt [carefully the savings you can make,! than gt! te, hesice nd andy othe Ba ‘Year wit tins | lars, while Deposits not bearing in- {Tt ig the savings of the people that as health t meaiately qfpable ‘every Canadian to | teteet Fay gar Viste ety3e make for national wealth. There are] ’ a ecome more confident regarding the 5 marel outlook. Such an exhibit could hard- other cuts ef besides sirloin in a window in eae! sisal time. when Te could: be ak which show considerably mo: calculated to benefit Canada toa ater extent in the money centres food value for the money. at’ cellent ie th ot ant worl he very unusual strides-made dur- air Bet aid and included in the total alue lower prices tastes just as good if, properly ge tes Coie ene tte tent Gertke oF non-iaterest bealtiw deposits. absorption of the Banke of British ant. o mot ee oo idea that the énd ae monty Month the Bunk hes torged | 4,8 more favorable conditions un war'means the end of saving, To-| op ahead and with ite lanes resources | Suving' the year have resulted ina {day not Only our soldiers and. Allies! of &noe to both the Imperial and Canad. | Sight increase in the Profits, as must be fed but the people of van-| fan Governments aa well as looking | Someared with the previous Year shed countries and even some Sepelcetetts Coenen ot eehequak-te 10 ft areas the neutrals, a. grand total inghlelpaides Brae Clouyeate Seheoatorarts aaiad to thing like 250,000,000 people | gress mage during the pant tee'yeies | the. Balance of Prom Loss lin all. Food conservation must go! Gan be appreciated from the fact that | brought forward made, the total on with added vigor. Winter is the| toe re iaeta atood oF the wat el saaa7813 Of thi mount, divi season of conservation. day they have increased to,| nds and bonuses required $1,920.00, Should children have meat? It neEs Ste B46. Liguid assets alos 0. War Tax on Bank note circulation ntencak $370,381.00 ds being $40,000 | $180,000, Subscriptions to Patriotic a vexed question. Food experts ou 200 ebove what the total asuets ‘were | RUNS $46-000 and tee firmly to the the balance to be carr! fled forward to should not be given to children ze pales of Year, Balance of Profit and Loss of $1: seven years. The food pro-| 3 as compared with $1.664 c88 at the end of the previous ye: The past twelve months have wit- nessed ‘steady expansion even allow. When Our Family Dolled Up = By R. M. Boyle [APTER I. OH. sses hadn’t a cent more than th t& goodness you'd shave Burge: “YT wish we ae but they did ge to have a foods are for them, ioe thes ionnng of thrift in Canada pertes to be found in meat can be hereas ly meanness. ' : is as 3 Bites) applied to ¢ hom are beginning e had forgotten about the’ ir is secured without a e day durin; : oe plenty of oxygen is its first aid. PLO RS AE ts FRENCH GREAT LIBERATORS Acts of Germans Show Lack of Chiy- alry and Want of Comradeship. Writing from France on Oct. 23 to his ee in Toronto, Signaller H. , Ist Canadian Heavy Bat- are certainly having “open war- fare” these days. One never knows , where he will rest when evening comes, but it is all so delightful after the old gi are on the stand our general proud to be greeted as deliverers by the civil population, of whom wi ne while, George Anderson!” Pautdant of ke Cuvce Va hey Wwe. feats ise e pioneer settlers. We/ up until now, seen almost nothing. Oh, 1 dea sas ae was _ What) Pi ’s Club, and it seemed as if there} See now that 1 burning how grateful tl : started us e jen going :to g folks over at their house| the candle at oe aise Eee ae ah me afternoon we stopped in a bor School in town for three years | every. night ey had a tennis/forget the thrift of the kichen, now village, tied up our horses, watered it was pretty clear each time! court on their place, and they had a/that we have bought our Victory ~ fed Se and waited for further thet come back ai she didn’t like} porch, cozily furn rnished, _w fas the | Bonds, devas nwhile we spoke to an Hea, Mee ee un. [family Luise ee wernt mrad Pere Soe reiaraten a SE hip wer Gaeedtste ieee if she hadn't heen loyal clear through Phonograph. a ts ha er home, tne’ Soched dg crtimetar byatent ok: tad ee ae Gia tfese deat oa hans in, orahd tay “aera og" atoad of 2s "their |PotGs to bewt Teast 25 per, cant "Tha| mae full, aetied en lle Ao0h. and gro ed of us out on the farm. re-bred Tive stock “and big modern |; waste. 1s. minim they are we would not me in! Come were sitting at the supper Barn boiled in thelr jackets or baked.” Try| sn) by. all means," ‘she insisted, and table when ahe fred that out af a| They pues mista wreeycomict aaa vera ee ae with | 8) assured us that it w Pee ce clea + George’s face got a dull/vances toward us Pee ro ey ae how they hate the Rerain: augers Ry er ree Se te ot as cate vs te su eight bl aa We Ge fat, ‘then en ake Aiuriled over" Chath tee tode yeaa: 2 4 1e “What's the idea in dolling ae 'it: decided that they thought themselves Bond Ge ee ee pota-{,, The same old lady, with others of night? mfaata bate Pitt ho) ry | superio , and ‘and Em were toh the village, came os to see a Cana- b hen stiff and shy with them. Personally ian regiment }x28 by playing “The he mother eu Sewith, “Oh, no. Juey, I liked Burgess, He to be| Try to eee acc ee aot] Marseillaise:” The hand halted fon * ‘a good, practical man and mak-| supplies. COU! £ the fa “ of her high talutin’ notions. T i Bs se acct Bester: emo 1 e went dnt Ghat to be, ing @ success. But, as ame eee ee eas up and presented the ecitiniietee with ie wasn’t making any more money Shing | Agnes,” I said, “what's the mat- si eat aiice ues cM with Maing thobe tits 0 ee like the Bur. art ever soa putting on tte e looked up with a queer expres- sion ‘and 1 calioad whit made t,t Suess T hadw't called her by her own me for years. Sometimes she got on! Aggie or Ag, but most of the time lin | wre had dropped into calling ‘her “Ma” ton —geeept Em. She oe her mother. and inva bie silk dress and at}. Right then we lanne ‘to surprise stogkings and pompe, the children. the | Only reason the. girls don't about Mothe ig new Mother with her hair the age shoppin; noth had an early lunch, and then arted—each to do his or wn | We the rb and aticole aver: hed in bee te, ang if] ing train home. you'd Just let me doll her up ofce, *t | time, even though she didn’t have on "You've got a lot more spare aie; any of lan- ing 4 jo ni ned to dress fore Em got home. lother seems to have vals the see of “the thing entable unless you're going to chureh| 8"4 could har fe poets “3 milk and ee tickets. It aa ad saves time and energy. It is much easier for the pt louse- t | wife es our city customers, but would spend| but the food value of apples 4 is high: ing. er than fe reached the city a little before! is true of ve; tables should Sate pase ine n Mother met me she abe several rice and tomato, oni, meat stew with vegetables and| rice, baked rice with cheese, pork and vance. antage to buy a week's more money than’ ordering is eae cone a aes supplies. ise food whi that/ of oranges. The same getables. dishes are made , cligtak and macar- a bouquet, , and kissed him on both cheeks in the approved French fashion. ‘The*same evening we struck a lovely little town. ving gone through the ceremony of ablution, we walked seal! the village. The church LN with lights burn- selves, but the old lady, whom we cal- led ma mere, took our rations and we all seven would sit down to table to- gel The ‘evenings were spent in relating tales Of the wer.) We. all speak! siusches “aid the: Malawi aetivie! or Sane eer enough to. ae sale lieve the scales’ of justice will be hung ‘ : tl should have heard their tales. De ee er a the whole te Cover it | 8 Bathsheba. ‘Thus the name David's ing the sleeping hours| 7 e; ing, a aS nails hold, so t “hold KAISER WAS TOO PROUD TO USE © AND HAD IT CLOSED General Allenby’s Proclamation to In- habitants Made From Old Steps "of David's Tower. The ie ae. (which was written ‘withou' iy. idea of pee tion) gives an ae ing picture o: Jerusalem as it strikes the aa soldier. It was recently addressed by a sergéant to his family at home: The Jaffa Gate, at which we began our tour with a Y.M. . guide, is closed, as an entrance to the city was made for the Kaiser, this “gentleman” ted | Opened, not desiring to enter the same way as the Hun. On the left of the gateway is a clock and tower. Th tower itself is built of sténe brought m Solomon’s Temple. David’s Tower is a most interesting building, also known as the citadel of Herod. It was here (from an older tower onthe same site), thet David od watching and fell in love with ooclecietioliincke inhabitants. Jews’ Wailing Wall. ‘We then passed down David's street, reached the Jews’ Wailing Wall. This is the ae campo ths arte ieee praying, and our a eeeel: rad not make any ieee to their wor- ship. Between the crevices in the wall are Piaiande of nalts a in by the Jews, as an oatl a, ee Thee, m: Legh oo Wailing Wall we enter- ed the temple area, spot most sa. ered to the Moslems. Her: came to Mosque El-Aska, and helirerentct: of the roof were brought from Sélo- mon’s Temple, beautiful aisles cedar wood. The dome is simply lovely, and is some of the most wonderful work of. aman hands I have ever seen. Ju: | Boies) and slightly to one side. of th le we were shown a niche jin the wall where Sad is supposed to ae stood and p1 We now crontedo over ee the place | where Abraham is mosque is simply marvelous, and the whole place - built of beautiful stones. The rock itself is railed in with iron RSENS! ee she French 800 yea: Many Sue ae The om oe after Saladin, is! sine thle pee suppose to have edt ‘broweht #1 ‘Temple (they are solid pasion ged praying-place of Ab- | raham, Solomon and David. A few paces away from the large mosque is‘ y large -vaults the rock under our feet used for the storage of water in Solo- mon’s time, partly for washing away blood after ma | ‘The guide then pointed out the Gar= | den of Gethsemane, also the place of the Betrayal, and Mount of Olives the igher up onthe place where e eral cont med.) was aaeauae intbeasting 1 er- g r OW. isn’t any sense eat ties ich= witlies Scorn be ae : Gates were bricked up; it was through in this slouching around at home a |nUNe a BY HANDS | and beans, chopped meat and’ pota-| than’ jvor® devoid of chivalry. ere ies gates that Christ rode from th joe atone Wer Me eae sy pie to %o toes, rice and Hamburg steak, chop- wo. wonton = ey oy 4 ‘© Mount of Olives to the temple, and , 0 look ai : si @ floor | there found th ‘ eee, He ‘ye SG Se Tortured British and Rus-|ped meat and cornmeal porridge. while they Secupiel their beds, They sre es ser cuig een Sipeus te sheoes Pad the chin ; aA sians for Small Offences. ere, too devoid of the com: eulsahin where Peter and John cured the lame Gishiers Wee and Whacee ooking Vee | <Aviianing stories’ 6f the textore of To Ensure Clean Food. which is ours, ad were forever ie nan; a few ‘yards away from this is lightning on the varpein ae ar} eoupraya ot var a6 te hands of the ashing. foods, other than vege-| ne tiles on each, other, and’ would | Solomon’s Tomb, and onthe bars of sist torn a if fh WAS! Gismanis are 4 correspon- tahoe ana. berries, sary.| not share rs cigarettes or act as/ the WS we noticed strips of | to mad she ery at dent Be i ean Fae Sees A number of housekeepers would b P rite name for them is| clothes’ torn from pilgrim garments | any minute, Rete to ue raata aki bic banducy ae uen Lai eee i they could see the dirt, dirty Deasts,” although such terms | and tied for gome reason I have for. | of” some iate xemark 1, bacte: molds in many fruits; as “thieves,” “pigs,” a are quite | squeleh sa he “aublech Then’ = ‘the eamp established at Sandholm, a born pacifis it, and, ten miles from Copenhagen, for re- who Pat ‘the ground Em walks’ patriated British soldiers. One man seg ert heel BE. app, ot, 2m. Doberitz, seen’ by the corres- , Got; r fustas mich*to’ put fn: glad vags ag’ pondemts Pe aa oe cian Fhe the Bur; S80: >» ten inches. chy sono inna eu arvund si The, Des which he bed smugeted ott of ti Cad like ‘the wrath ot G any. He said: “With this wea- think it time to make a! Bai AC hectieanan eae knocked man chagss )after man sengeless if the prisoner her, was suspected of trying to get a a She| jond helping at dinner. 001 tes slashed prisoners across the fate: the ‘d, Jaws, and the ears. Victims were car- supper George, ried getslie and cold water was dash- | hem to revive them.” * While the man was speaking a Brit- ish sailor came along and confirmed the account, showing how the instru- movie, As it that Was. What he had dressed 05 had ee When Be vente folks were gone)! tt I watched their mother pottering} forced around bie one thing or another,| hands pebind thet st of "inh snecial barharity, being 0 and then rais- German it ti did not re up their feet as long as go about much—we| Pleased hi didn’t have time, so we economized Tn other eases, the wrists of Eng-| didn’t. care much] lishmen were las! about? atylen as Jong as a suit. hel together, and the ever was one und, and they were left th to dress up much any. Bion an indefinite period, Many pro Sis i with keeping up with né achinery| up were prodded with pagent These and paying for ie chien a school punlshments vere inflicted for iets ere wasn’ uch Boy, Z S$ as vefusing to be worked to a dai But, in a way, Em was right, The death, “the correspondent says, which tins consider do — not. be washed thoroughly in warm water lemons, orang o nuts and then dry, before crack-! f meats plunge them into boiling wate he jaw and | plenty of water, until the water runs| ® Russians were! clear, before cooking. | eel for hones with their | stewing meats with ing their feet from aay floor while the oe and cleaned currants ch vas pat iv. ww boi wigs and lemon peel and to stakes, their dust and at plunge grapes into a bowl o! need rel and all dried friits should dried fruits only absorb their sgiat moisture content it, and for this rea- ‘on, when cooking, great quantities’ are ey necessary. Serub s and grapefruit with! brush under init water. Wash f water | | { you purchase the shelled zat Wipe steaks, chops, roasts and ling water over candied also citron. peel. This will not only help it 8 = fhredded ir ier, but ne dirt. This ‘can Vor. Wash and wipe apples, pears, — nearly dead. In ten degrees between ‘iodine health gual be quickly | tb! done and the food will mot lose its) Tel common among ae Frene! —— 4: “How's Your Temperature?” The best way of asking a friend how he is, is not ppantly, 8 yo blowing?” a even it liver ” but simply and suit, "How is your tempera- Accordi only a eos death, mperature of the air has no- ti tiee to do with the temperature of i the body, which i a blood. The Bs! ees in the anise ioe but if abe temperate Oe Mix salt and pepper ten to one in a in on idiou people like to ee and feel assured] large bottel for Eiehen uRe, | of the lady: who wiped the sweat off gotten for the present. We next came to the Pool of Bethesda, where in the time of Christ the sick were eure: o uncovel Excavations have Lae been mate since the war start Se Stations of the Cross, Leaving the Pool of Bethesda, we came to the place where Pontius Pil- d. Tt is marked e then proceeded to Calvary, not- Nae the various stations of the et ete. The fifth stage show sa spot where Simon the Cyrenian took up the cross; the sixth stage shows the hous2 the face of Jesus, the seventh stage where Ie fell for the second time, We | then saw the saders? named after the Kini ight tl St. John started. It | was in this eae Bos the Kaiser ue ase ae the a Church of the | Holy Lepaicnter before entering wo| Next we came to the marble a the jae aa a then of Joseph of Arimathea, a very stall one, and underneath the cth : ei Freedom's last heirs, id SH to you; treat them g: chapel of Mary Magielene and the ie to ook Christ was bound. We also: say hapel of St. Serena, 01 the walls of yhiel are thousands of crosses cut in by the Crusaders. We also saw the rent in the rock mad at the time of the Crucifixion. Here we also saw the figure of Mary, covered with thousands of pounds’ worth of jewels, given by pil- grims, etc., when visiting; also the stone of unction, and the sepulchre showing the stone rolled away. e then went into the tomb ‘itself, which was’ most impressive, HEROIC B BLIND. MAN'S BUFF How Red Cress Nurses “Carried On” During an Air Raid. In the Red Cross hospital at Beau- vais twenty girls last summer played a-strange game of blindman’s buff. It was during the pitch darkness of an air raid, broken only by flashes from bombs dropped oe 7, ean gothas, he pina were Red Cross nurses and the head nurse of the hospital, who was “it.” These nurses had been hurried in Red Cross trucks from an- -& a 2 <) a warning. Every light in Beauvais as instantly extin- guished, and the trucks groped their | way forwa Finally, they drew up in utter dark- ness and voices from unseen lips wel- | comed the party. Unseen hands helped them down from the truck and Lea: courtyard, w ip some ste and into an Ayala they 0 | halted, tired, diay snd ‘ravelatained from m ny moles 0 mpy camion, siceiett ures to voluttea® for duty until morning. I know you are all tired, but the need is urgent, How many will serve?” Twenty voices replied, “Plesse take | me!” “I will take the frat t eight T touch,” replied ae. head ‘ed aligned out trom ae ond. ae puis ee us igned absolutely stay anti aXe had cote {the ie cots and supplies by feeling. No ad time to change into her| RE Spe apes daa When j ight ‘came, the patients, ‘instead te eing immaculate nurses in heres uniforms, saw sight street dresses with tow The fac men in is with spri slab, supposed to be Solomon’s Judg-| they were so tired that they hardly ! ment Seat; and even to this day cer-/ required the pillows that some one lo-! tain sects of people use this place to/ cated. Early the netx morning these ’ relieved their eight Biitiae, and the other nurses in the wa : ‘Altetiy-F Enters Jerusalem. Through the known gate by the dead seer assi He pd last to Christendom’s one goal, Onarnida, afoot, in peace; while draws behind His only retinue, a thin patrol, Meck kis approach: no esnnonry pro- mThnsdees his zeenee through these reverend wal ‘And though his ate o'er halt the | Pl may r eign, «| th Here like some worshipper’s his footstep falls. For ale that tent of clay, where | ree days slept The King ee eee has long had 3, The Euglen ‘still ‘their Richard’s ee aie ve kept, And_ still Crusaders hilted swords. wear cross- | Now let yon torbaned throng” that Own aan ae done, and their assessed, }sl For mightier hosts than mortals yet ave lex \ March behind Allenby from ai the West. - Still from the West, like Lion-Heart And still the lion-race, sweep oe th patient Ha. strong and bol ™m For Right, and Truth, and world: ide Lil abs wide Liberty, a City u Pre fling wide thy gate and For ost come again, and toward ect | The wma West in. star-led gladness pou: , To heap its Ashe at Immaiiuel’s ‘eet, > “Trust men and they will be true had delivered during the night, : orking grains. They have neglect- ed ‘thelr eattle. Now they pay the Penalty. “Europe is asking for meat, ai will continue to do x0 © erable time. Sor tle raisers have foot and mouth ae and cua A big demand for beef products is epproaching—how will it be Ante dt feed th arta’ facilities will "pro stably ba bo adequate for all immediate needs.” at the end of the war finds herself with 2800,000 less cattle, 2- 258,000 less sheep, and 2,815,000 lees pigs than in 1914. She will be glad to buy pork and hog products in Canada as soon as financial arrango- ments as er in Canada can be arrange madian breeding cat- tle also are wanted. Canada is tl un u hose eats France does not maintain an embar. Bo. Before the war Denmark used to i | send Great Britain 2,900,000 hundred weight of bacon per year, To-d 000 pigs. And her great hungry ighbor, ny, is short 19,306)- 000 pigs. Britain will have to look elsewhere for the used to supply, and here is where Canada wiil find a permanent trade corer with the mother coun- i of no mean proportions, | The live stock industry of this con- tinent has not ee Beek with the in- crease in DouEiationy: Uncertainty aa to the ae a e armistice was declai any to is animals into gee: ee \prlees went down, It was a poor ‘policy as events ay e shown. There as been no in the price ex- capt phar quality neeinlah ware tf ferior. The export demand re- a ; mains steady. FRENCH WOMEN CRIED FOR JOY \ aS Tells of Advance Made Before Armistice Sign oer Norman Miller, 58rd Bat- CEF., writes to his Baotter ia Toronto, j in part, as follow: <Warhavé Een eontinuoudle an ac: tion and on the move mee day oF You kow from the ie where fighting has been g most. continuously. for Re years, ed There is a belt of country from five to ten miles wide whichis a mass o} shel holes and absolutely rained wiles I wrote to you just a8 we merging from this belt into a aietcheof eonnbehe which was: ONG: vated and inhabited.until a couple of months.ago. The villages there are badly shot up, but not wholiy ruined. periences. We have come through a country. practically unspoiled by war ah ediled a civilians. These are tHe peble Who have: lived wiles ° 19td cae Sera ee Their lot has been a very hard one, and their stories of their treatment by the German authorities would make your blood “It was a great satisfaction to drive ed Spe who told | some’ wi stories of the Bosches? aa oe , that when she saWw the first Canadian y. ‘The gun- i 1 ndeens She stays at night with her neighbors, while we occupy floor space in the house. e The woman showed us their rations of biscuits for six persons for ten days, and you sale wonder how i they lived at all. They are living bet. ter, now that we are Meet tortulstaly hat strikes @ pers rness to- wards the Germans only is to their patriotism. Just prior to enlisting in the sum- degivce of Ph.D. at ‘he utr rind is_one of the best gifts of God.—R. B. Ince, which germ-killing: solutions flow from an elevated reser- voir. mer of 1916 Gunne: e rules earned the irvard, ig 4