SUGAR FOR THE SOLDIERS 



A German Report states: 



"The consumption of sugar must be much increased. Last year we exported more 

 than one million tons of sugar; now this sugar can serve as a substitute for other food 

 stuffs. Such an increase in the consumption of sugar is quite possible. In England 

 and America the sugar consumption per head of the population is nearly twice as big as 

 ours. There., to a much greater extent than with us, jam of all kinds is eaten together 

 with or instead of butter, and many sweet dishes of simple composition are used for 

 dessert. 



"Sugar is also suitable as a food in its ordinary form. For some years it has been 

 tried as an invigorator in fatiguing marches or in sports. Exact inquiries show that by 

 eating about 12 to 15 grams of sugar at intervals of half an hour the feeling of tiredness 

 can be overcome most effectually. We have been rightly urged, therefore, not to forget 

 sugar of various kinds in sending gifts to our troops in the field." 



Canadians would do well to keep this in mind in sending gifts to our soldiers — a small 

 box of lump sugar will be most acceptable and helpful. 



A Hint 



"By the way," interjected one of the men, "if you are writing to Canada about us, 

 would you mind telling those good people out there who send us these nice things not to 

 put chocolates and cigars in the socks they knit and send out to us. We don't like to 

 write ourselves for fear they might misunderstand us, and think us ungrateful. But 

 when they reach us out here the chocolates are usually dissolved away, and the cigars are 

 unusable." 



Newspapers for the Front 



Canadians Over Seas like to read Canadian papers. Newspapers from home are the 

 next best thing to letters. Here is a suggestion : Wrap up some every week and address 

 them as follows: 



Lady Drummond, 



14 Cockspur St., 



London, S.W., England. 



Write on the outside the place of publication. Tie them up carefully. The postage 

 is one cent for four ounces. Lady Drummond's clerks will then forward them to the 

 boys in camp, hospital, or in the trenches. 



Magazines for the Soldiers 



"A Carload a Month" is the slogan adopted by a group of Toronto men interested 

 in helping to meet the great demand for reading matter from the boys in khaki who are 

 overseas. That this is one of the big needs of the lads, who are in training in England 

 and who are fighting at the front, is evident from the statement of one of the Y.M.C.A. 

 secretaries that at least 100,000 unused magazines should go forward periodically. He 

 says these do much to relieve the strain and monotony of the camp and trench life. 



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