Will Fight Shy Of Coffin Nails

A wideawake audience of 100 boys greeted Prof. Frank V. Irish, president of the National Anti-Cigarette league, as he arose to speak at the Y.M.C.A. Sunday afternoon. Seventy-five boys signed the pledge and quite a number secured the beautiful little pin, made of silver in the shape of a shield and bearing the monogram of the organization, A.C.L.

The boys are taking as much interest in this war against cigarettes as they would in base ball and they wear the badge with a great deal of manly pride. Everybody admits the bad effects of tobacco upon a growing boy and even users of the week themselves are bidding Godspeed to this crusade against the use of the cigarette among boys.

The national league now has a million and a half of boys enrolled. The city of Cleveland alone has 15,000 boys who have signed the pledge. It is hoped that this movement in the Y.M.C.A. may radiate to every quarter of our city until every boy has been reached.