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      ieee
      ae
     
     
      Or
      pick
      up
      a
      Smoke
      Free
      Homes
      Pledge
      kit
     
     
      Chae
      oleate
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      ate
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      oole
      lo
     
    
   
   
    
     
      let
      them
      kauw
      you
      ve
      made
      your
      home
      smoke
      free.
      Bisplay
      the
      decal.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      message
      from
      the
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
      Smoke
      Free
      Homes
      Committee.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Diaries
      of
      a
      Beer
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      case
      you
      missed
      it,
     
     
      Alexander
      Keith's
      birthday
      was
      cele-
     
     
      brated
      across
      Canada
      on
      October
      the
     
     
      5th.
      Labatt
      Breweries
      decided
      that
      a
     
     
      fitting
      way
      to
      pay
      respect
      to
      the
      adored
     
     
      brew-master
      was
      to
      hire
      girls
      to
      dress
     
     
      up
      in
      revealing
      garb
      and
      flounce
      about
     
     
      local
      pubs
      as
      beer
      wenches.
      This
     
     
      reporter,
      ironically,
      was
      enlisted
      as
      one
     
     
      such
      beer
      wench.
     
    

    
     
      Joining
      me
      in
      the
      unique
      expe-
     
     
      rience
      were
      fellow
      UPEI
      students
      Erin
     
     
      Fagan,
      and
      Lisa
      Carmody,
      along
      with
     
     
      head-wench
      Lindsay
      Kyte.
      Kyte
      works
     
     
      at
      the
      Labatt
      Brewery
      in
      Halifax,
      and
     
     
      was
      in
      charge
      of
      recruiting
      locals
      of
     
     
      today
      to
      portray
      locals
      of
      the
      past.
     
    

    
     
      We
      met
      at
      Lindsay's
      hotel
     
     
      room
      at
      the
      Rodd
      Royalty
      Inn.
      Erin
     
     
      and
      |
      arrived
      on
      time
      —
      and
      a
      half-
     
     
      hour
      later,
      a
      panicked
      Marieve
      and
     
     
      Erin
      greeted
      Lisa
      and
      Lindsay
      who
     
     
      pulled
      up
      nonchalantly
      with
      smiles
      and
     
     
      apologies
      (and
      a
      little
      Smirnoff).
      We
     
     
      forgave
      them
      immediately.
      :
     
    

    
     
      So,
      in
      the
      hotel
      room,
      with
      the
     
     
      television
      set
      to
      MuchMusic
      for
      some
     
     
      reason,
      we
      found
      our
      costumes,
      not
      to
     
     
      be
      our
      costumes.
      They
      were
      extras
     
     
      from
      the
      costumes
      sent
      to
      the
      girls
      in
     
     
      Halifax.
      Not
      that
      a
      room
      of
      drunk
     
     
      party
      animals
      would
      be
      outraged
      that
     
     
      we
      weren't
      wearing
      period
      clothing
     
     
      from
      the
      mid
      1860's,
      but
      they
      would
     
     
      certainly
      notice
      the
      lack
      of
      cleavage.
     
     
      After
      squeezing
      ourselves
      into
      "not-
     
     
      our-costumes",
      plastering
      our
      faces
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Wench
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Marieve
      MacGREGOR
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      with
      make-up,
      and
      attempting
      to
      curl
     
     
      our
      hair,
      we
      set
      out
      for
      the
      Old
      Dublin
     
     
      Pub
      and
      the
      Wave.
     
    

    
     
      Upon
      our
      arrival,
      we
      soon
     
     
      realized
      that
      we
      had
      been
      completely
     
     
      undertrained,
      and
      needed
      some
      back-
     
     
      up
      information
      on
      Alexander
      Keith.
     
     
      We
      also
      need
      to
      come
      up
      with
      new
     
     
      personas.
      And
      that's
      just
      what
      we
      did
     
     
      —
      We
      made
      up
      new
      lives
      on
      the
      spot.
     
    

    
     
      I
      was
      Lexi.
      My
      spiel
      went
     
     
      something
      like
      this:
      "My
      parents
      came
     
     
      over
      from
      Dublin,
      Ireland
      on
      the
     
     
      Alexadria,
      and
      I
      was
      born
      on
      the
      ship
     
     
      so
      they
      names
      me
      Alexandria,
      Lexi
      for
     
     
      short.
      I'm
      the
      eldest
      of
      seven
      brothers
     
     
      and
      sisters,
      and
      I
      got
      this
      ‘ere
      job
      as
      a
     
     
      beer
      wench
      to
      help
      support
      the
      family
     
     
      since
      father
      had
      come
      down
      with
      the
     
     
      clap,
      but
      we
      think
      it
      might
      be
      just
      gas.
     
     
      I'm
      also
      on
      the
      look
      out
      for
      a
      husband;
     
     
      are
      you
      married
      sir?"
      This
      merited
     
     
      uproars
      of
      laughter
      and
      arms
      around
     
     
      my
      waist
      in
      drunken
      hugs.
     
    

    
     
      The
      job
      description
      entitled
      us
     
     
      to
      hand
      out
      free
      Keith's
      merchandise,
     
     
      t-shirts,
      foam
      antlers,
      glowy
      stickers,
     
     
      and
      beer
      tickets
      —
      To
      quote
      a
      pledge
      at
     
     
      10pm,
      to
      spread
      joy
      and
      good
      cheer,
      to
     
     
      lead
      toasts,
      and
      to
      get
      plastered
      on
     
     
      Keith's.
      Seriously.
      We
      had
      enough
      per-
     
     
      sonal
      beer
      tickets
      to
      get
      us
      to
      believe
     
     
      we
      were
      really
      beer
      wenches.
      Being
     
     
      paid
      to
      drink
      and
      socialize.
      Go
      figure.
     
    

    
     
      We
      asked
      people
      to
      raise
      their
     
     
      glasses
      and
      say
      "slon-shava"
      which
      is
     
     
      the
      Gaelic
      term
      meaning
      "sociable."