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Show SOLACE OF TOBACCO lELPSJpiTER Smoke While on Hazardous Duty Aids Soldier in Performance Per-formance of Tasks. It was Sammy's night to reconnoiter. He found himself on the outskirts of a thick wood, trailing his gun along the heavy underbrush. As it crackled beneath be-neath his feet, the sound startled him from time to time and put his nerves on edge. A cold winter nionn shot its limpid beams through the interstices formed by the overhanging bower of leaves, and cast ghaetly shadows along the path tn front of him. Uncannv, eerie sensations crept into his mind. He could feel the rapid pulsation of the blood through his veins as he tr a v e.rsed his n e rv on s wa y . He thoueht of the possihiliiv of a Hun sniper lurking behind the i ree trunks, awaiting his approach !o prey upon him. It was a night when the grotesque shadows enlivened the Imagination whk-h ran amuck with anticipation of unknown danger.-:. Moi'eovpr, Sammy was alone, and his solitariness enhanced his tears and sus-pii"ions. sus-pii"ions. In a situation of this kind there is one thins: that can put a man ut heart's case. It is tobacco. Under the circumstances described, tobacco to-bacco is the little solar er that chases away fears and tremblings from which even tlie bravest are not immune. Puffing away at a gmnke, Samniv could perform hif duties a hundred times more efmienUv. Ir would lend him a spirit of haniihood whirb would hp proof against the fear of impendins' difn-'ultios. Ii. would insjv.re him iih a spirit of ad von Jure whhm would hssi'. him In a- rrr.-" i;ihi I n fo-n a ti'm nf tii (nemy's ac tivities which he otherwise might neglect to obtain. There's no getting around it. Sammy needs smokes. i are here to see that he gets them. If you do your part he will get them. Address your contributions direct to the (Tobacco Fund, Tribune, Salt Lake City, j LTtah. |