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BIRTH CONTROL

BIRTH CONTROL.-Birth control
is an economic question and must be
adopted by the masses regardless of
the wailings Of our government and
society against it. Woman must be
permitted and encouraged to main
tain her own independence. She
must have the right to say how many
children she shall bring into this
world of misery and strife. AS con-
ditions are now she is nothing more
than mans sexual chatteL She is a
slave to the doctrines of traditions
and to mans unbridled passions.
The number Of children born
among the families of the working
class is away out Of proportion to
the means at their command to sus-
tain them. It is from this class that
society recruits its slaves for its
shops, factories and military organ
izations. Men and women of the
working class must learn to discard
she dogmas that society and their
ecclestiastic masters have been in
sitting into their minds for the past
1000 years. They must learn to live
up to a better standard of father
hood and motherhood. The masses
no longer need quantity; quality is
what they need in their ranks. It is
only the master class and its Co
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partner that is continually demand
ing quantity. And why do they
want quantity? 1t is quantity of life
that keeps society and its cO-partner
in their exalted stations Of power and
wealth. Let the masses quit breed
ing slaves for these organizations
and these human wolves will soon be
nothing more than a dark blotch on
our memory.
Birth control and self control
should be the mOttos to replace those
that adorn the walls of the average
working mans home. When mar
ried couple in the working class pro-
duce more than two children they
are Just producing slaves for society.
Birth control is one of the main in
struments that will eventually lead
masses out of both mental and bod
lily slavery; it is the stepping stone
to the knowledge Of life as it exists,
and not as they imagined, or, rather,
as they have been taught by society
and the doctors of theology. Any
student of past and present issues is
aware that in this age Of CONNER
cialism the worth Of every article is
determined by supply and demand.
If you -overproduce in any line a COM
modify land life in any form is only
a commodity that commodity is
bound to drop in value, and if the
over-production in that article is not
curtailed it soon becomes a drug on
the market and the demand for IL
drops to the lowest ebb. 'In other
words, you produce life so fast the
industrial market becomes glutted
with your produce, life.
The enlightened farmer does not
breed his hogs Unfortunately or
without using judgment. But when
it comes to children, 1 cannot say
this for the average working man
and woman. They breed with no
thought Of the morrow or Of the
child's future, and what is the result?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-01

THE GREAT PAClFIST. -" Just
war is the sublimest act Of a nation"
says the Rev. John Cavanaugh, pres.
of Notre Dame university. A fitting
comment on this utterance Of the
reverend doctor is an excerpt from
the Life of Christ" by FarTar.
Lord, shall we smite with the
sword?" was the eager question of
st. Peter when the enemies Of the
Savior came to seize Him in the gar
den of Gethsemane. Return the
sword to its place" he said to Peter,
''for they that take the sword shall
perish with the sword" - A Single
'Taxer.
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that it might be the first step toward
relief" And, by God, I agree with
him.-Herman F. ZieVogeI, 1888 w.
Hastings St.
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and Peter and Miranda hurried to
attention. With a little milk and some
of Miranda's good bread-Peter had
thought that more suitable than the
doughnuts-Frieda regained strength
and before many minutes had pass
ed perfectly at ease with her generous
host and hostess.
"You are SO good to me-" she said
sleepily. No one was ever so good
to me in the world before" A tear
came to Miranda's eyes and Peter
swallowed what must have meen a
sob, though he would not have admit
ted that fact
Nov, do you want to try and tell
us whose little girl you are?" Peter
asked patiently, kneeling down before
her.
NO, no, no." she shook her head.
Maybe tomorrow. But this is so
nice"
A few minutes later Miranda had
shown the little girl in the spare
room" and she and Peter stood out
side her door waiting.
Are you sure she can manage
alone" Peter asked.
81 guess so. She asked me to
leave her alone. When she calls out
am to go in and get the lamp. l told
her ! would"
Then came the little treble call and
Miranda stole silently in.
Peter, just look" she whispered
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:: CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE ::

husband and he has become a habit.
things are different, especially is this
true if one is able to buy all the luxur'
les of travel.
Dick is now most wonderful travel
ing companion, He never complains
and seems now not to be able to get
along without me. There is a subtle
compliment, little book, in knowing
some one is dependent on you. To know
you seem necessary to the comfort
and happiness Of others, think, means
more to a woman than to realize some
one is necessary to her comfort and
happiness.
| have found after all have gotten
more happiness out OF loving than be.
ing loved. You see, little book, you
can love according to your own ideals
Of what love should be, but hardly any
one l have ever talked with has been
loved just the way they wanted to be
loved.
Certainly my own experience has
demonstrated beyond cavil that the
love / want have never had, and /
presume although | have poured out
my love, as l supposed. in IDEAL fash
ion, 1t has probably been quite as dis
appointing to its recipient as the love
that has come to me. Ideal love ana
the only love we know are as different
as a pearl and a wax bean,
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give her one or two Of those crackers
you asked me to bring back from the
store, and then after a while she went
to sleep again there at my side. Maybe
when she wakes up she will remember
who she is and how she came to be
lost"
Maybe" commented Miranda
Seems as If she is big enough to re-
member"
How old should you Judge she is?"
Miranda cast a calculating glance
toward the dropping figure of the
child in the sleepy hollow chair.
From the way she is dressed she
Is a stable child of nine or ten
can't be any more Then Miranda
got down the silver mug that had been
Peters many years before and that
had hung in state on the sideboard
ever since he outgrew it, 81 suppose,
Peter, if we we're not able to find her
folks, it would be our solemn duty to
adopt herr"
81 was just thinking about that my
self" agreed Peter. Perhaps it is
the nearest Ill ever come to having
a kid of my own
Just then the little girl walked up,
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Proper food is one OF the chief
factors in building and keeping q
strong healthy body.
Learn to eat the right foods.
Regularity in eating is essential.
Don't eat all the time. All machinery
needs periods of rest
Eat a. variety of food; no one food
can supply all bodily needs, but too
much variety may be harmful.
Eat plain food.
Eat slowly and masticate thorough
ly.
The mouth, stomach and intestines
are the three important factors in
digestion. If the mouth does not pro.
perly prepare the food by thorough
masticatiOn, the stomach and intes.
tines become overworked and dyspep.
STA results, i
Drink water between meals.
The body needs food to generate
heat and power; to build and repair
bone, muscle and all other tissue; 10
keep in normal condition the blooo
and all bodily functions.
Eat only when hungry. Most peo-
pie eat from habits sake with the re.
suit they soon fall into the habit Of
overeating,
Do not eat Just before going to
bed. The stomach should have
rest at night Just like the other or.
gans. Even the heart gets needed
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turned TO New York. AS her part
was over 1t was thought that perhaps
she had gone home before the rest,
The fact that her street clothes had
Just been found in the country hotel
from which the company started out
on the day of her disappearance
showed that she had never apperent'
II returned from the mountainside,
The real meaning Of this did not
dawn on Peter all at once, and even
after he began to realize that Frteda
was the lost child he did not tell her
Immediately of his discovery. He
waited till he found her alone merrily
Smelling peas in Miranda's woodsheo
while Miranda was visiting her near
est neighbor Peter Lopened the
paper and let the girl read the &C
count. Meantime he watched her
face. A glance at the newspaper
account was enough to assure Frieda
that her secret was known. She drop
ped her small hands on the checked
bingham pinafore that Miranda had
made her and opened her blue eyeSe
and looked at Peter very wistfully'
81 didn't tell you before because
it was like heaven here with you and
Miranda. | got lost that day with
the company, before you found ne
There was thunder storm and every
one ran to shelter and when it was
over, | was alone. | walked through
the woods for an age and then you
found ME. l was going to tell you
but l must have tainted and after
that liked you so much o didn't want
to leave you tried u make myself
believe that / was just the little girl
you thought l was. I'm seventeen
really. But l never had a chance
to be a little girl so wanted to stay
here
Peter was sitting beside Frieda and
had taken the large pan of green peas
from her lap. Is that why-why
you haven't been willing to kiss me
good night" he asked. The girl in the
pinafore shook her head up and
down in the affirmative.
1T wasn't because you liked-Mir'
anda-so much better than me-"
Peter stopped short, for two little
hands were clinging Convulsively to
his arm and sobbing head was laid
on his shoulder. Don't make me
60 away, please. There is no one
in the world l care for the way l do
you and Miranda. Please let me
stay"
Peter had raised the fair head from
his arms. If the little girl in the
woods he had first seen had seemed
exquisite, now that she had suddenly
grown to be little woman, she was
a hundred times more So If holding
her small body against his arm had
thrilled him then, now to feel her head
sobbing on his shoulder was thou
sand times more delicious.
Il have been thinking, he began
very awkwardly, that maybe I'd have
a chance toto marry you when you
grew up. But now you are almost
grown up already, l won't have to
wait so long"
Frieda's tears had stopped. She look
up at him with the happiness that had
shown in her face the first night
when he had found her in the woods
Peter, am so happy she whispered
And when Miranda came back from
the neighbor's an hour later she found
her brother and Frieda still Smelling
the peas in the woodshed
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l do not wonder, little book, that
people worship money-that they give
everything they nave in the world ex'
cept life for it-that some beg, borrow
and steal for it and some even murder
that they may possess it.
We all look forward to the soft, easy
life we call CONFERENCE.-The life only
plenty OF money can give US, we for
get that to work, to do something IS
the only real JOY of animate nature.
We know money can do almost omni'
potent things. 1t can heal the sick,
soften the loss OF our dear ones by TAX
ing away from the hurt OF the soul that
awful bodily fear Of hunger and cold.
1t makes US materially comfortable
and to be materially comfortable, lit
tie book, goes great way toward elm
mating unhappiness. Yes, know hap
piness is a state of mind. You can be
happy without money, but you can also
be happy with money, and as general
thing much more comfortable,
All this has been going through my
mind on this trip to California with
Dick which he delights to call our sec.
ond honeymoon. We arc Gomiciled in
q drawing room which gives US plenty
Of air. We have most Of our meals
served here. We have had kilograms
all along the journey from Jim and
other friends. We have the lssiduous
attention OF the porter who, Of course,
expects to be well fed.
We are much more comfortable than
when we were on our first honeymoon,
Then we had only sleeping car berths
ami l had to dress in the one small
dressing room with many other women,
most of whom wanted the mirror at the
same time and took it, as never was
one of the kind who can be horrid and
pushing even to get what belongs to
me.
We were more or less uncomfortable
on that journey and it did not have the
pleasantest effect on our dispositions,
I Anyway, / really think am happier
on my second honeymoon-or at least
more content. OF course, there is an
absence Of thrills, but there is also an
absence Of hurts and misunderstood.
ing. OF all the barbarous customs, lit
tie book, one OF the most barbarious is
bending newly married couple on a
tour while they are getting acquainted
and adjusting themselves to their new
life.
3 1t is impossible to get away from
each other in a Aeeping car and
think, little book, four or five days Of
absolutely being under each others
noses often breeds moro than contempt
e i does not SOW the sesdS oihate.
Aftcr one has become ussdto ones
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back a second later and Peter tiptoed
into the room, Apparently the child
was extremely weary, for her eyes
were already closed and the dishevel
ed ringlets Of golden hair were tosss.
ed over the face, pillow and white
Counterpart that was tucked neatly
up to her graceful chin.
Peter looked wonderingly for a
minute and then tiptoed to his own
room. He was very happy, but there
was a cloud even in his great happin
ness. Why, he wondered has she
kissed Miranda good night andl then
when he stopped down for his good
night kiss had she hidden her face in
her arms and turned her lips away?
Could it be that the telling OF I'M
happiness he had was jealously Of
Miranda?
The morning brought no news Of
the lost child's identity. Miranda and
her brother had thought she would
be able to explain or give some clew
as to who she was. But to all their
queries she had but one reply-I
uOQ kuOW-l an ~ happy. Leu AS
stay" By the end Of ten days it
seemed so apparent that her identity
would never be discovered that broth.
er and sister were making plans for
legally adopting her.
1t was two weeks after Frieda had
first crept into Peters arms and his
heart down there on the mountain.
side when he opened a New York
paper to read this heading: Movie
actress still missing. Film company
now planning to make search of noun
tainside." And then Peter read the
article that told that two weeks be-
fore a cinema company had been
taking pictures for a big feature play
along the mountainside. A company
of twenty-five juvenile actresses was
included in the scenes. Somewhere
one of these girls, who on the day OF
her disappearance was dressed to i'm
personate a girl of ten or twelve, had
been lost. No one had missed her till
the company had been carried back to
their headquarters and no search
was made for her till they had all re-
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EkN H, MIRANDA VIII yVu nOAu IHS
door open there? I've got
- a little girl in my arms.
You haven't hear dot any one that
has lost a little girl, have you|
With these words Peter Hobson
broke the news of his discovery late
that memorable night in midsummer.
He had been on his weekly trip to
the nearest settlement, twenty miles
down the valley. Usually one such
nights in summer Miranda dozed IN
her chair with the screen on the front
door unhooked for Miranda had
lived alone with her stalwart young
brother too many years to fear tramps
or thieves on their desolate side oil
the mountain. And usually Miranda
would not wake till her brother had
nut uu his wagon and horses and had
let himself in at the screen door. But
hthis night his arms we're too full OF
Frieda-Frieda fast asleep, with her
golden curls close and warm against
his face, one small warm hand clutch
Ting even in sleep to his shoulder
and two graceful little legs in white
stockings and the daintiest Of round
toed pumps dangling in his arms.
"Where in the land Of the living
did YOU find herr" was Miranda's not
too hospitable comment. But, as
peter carried the sleeping child to the
fight of the solitary lamp that smoked
and flickered in the draugh on the
liyingroom table, the sisters weather.
beaten HARDEST features soItened ana
a smile broke over her face. Hadn't
YOU better set her down." she asked
She was pulling at the rutfled white
petticoat which had become crushed
In the strong mans arms. we must
wake her up and ask her who she is
Her mother must be worried almost
sick. Peter isn't she pretty"
Peter made no comment, but from
the tenderness with which he brushed
with his big clumsy hands a golden
curl that had fallen across FrledaS
face Miranda needed not TO be told
that the big brother Of hers had lost
his heart to the child he had found.
'I'll set her down he said, and
wake her up because she must be
hungry, but there's no use asking het
who she is or where SHIT came from
/ asked her that when | tQund her,
but it didn't do any good. Her name
is Frieda, and that is all she will tell
you" And while Miranda flew from
kitchen to living room preparing the
lavish supper Of doughnuts and milk
and cold ham that she thought suit
able for child of Friedas age her
brother told her the details OF the
discovery. ,,.,
He had heard cry in the thicket OF
the woods as he was coming home
about fifteen miles down the road. 1t
was Just turning dark at the time. He
stoned his horses and followed
through the painless woods for a few
rods and then came upon the little
girl. She was crouching under the
side of large bowlder, and at 1lrst
seemed too startled to speak. she
hadn't anything to eat for day OF
so.
"she sarted to tell me about her
self" Peter explained to his sister
cpd tell me her name was Fredia
and then she tainted away in my arms
and had to bring her around with
water from the stream. Then i held
her in my arms so she wouldn't bel
, scared, and when she was feeling bet
ter, l put her in the wagon on the
seat ats my side with the robes tuck
ed around her Later | stopped 10
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-06
HOW TO MAKE
SUMNER MENUS,

It isa wise economy for the
housewife to cook as much as pos
sible in the early morning.
Substitute the cooked cold break
fast foods for hot cereals.
Serve only fruits and vegetables
in season, and therefore cheap.
Serve cold fruit juices in place Of
hot soups.
Use gelatin buildings and ices
rather than ice creams.
Keep a good salad dressing on
on hand,
Persons who do hard manual
work in hot weather require sub.
stanHa food, but 1t should not BIO
heavy like roast pork, or rich Like
mince pie.
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HEALTH HINTS

Proper food is one OF the chief
factors in building and keeping 4
rArnrn hnnlAL,r hnLr.
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THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Adopting Frieda.
BY JANE OSBORN.

.ft~ H, Miranda will you hold the
door open there? I've got
w IIAkln rirl In NV arms
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PotatoBreQdRoHs

To Make Dozen Small Rolls.
8 ounces Of boiled and peeled pota
toes,
6 ounces Of sifted -FOUR
1-3 cake Of compressed yeast, y
"a level teaspoonful Of salt,
2 tablespoonfuls of lukewarm water,
. tablespoonfuls of sugar
2 tablespoonfuls OF butter.
1.-TWO tablespoonfuls Of powdered
milk, added to the dough, will great
~ improve the quality Of the rolls.
Although milk itself or cream may
be used, it must be borne in mind
that they will increase the liquid
content.
Boil, peel and mash the potatoes
as directed for bread making. Add.
in order, to this the salt, the pow.
dered milk Qf used, the yeast
rubbed smooth and mixed with the
water, and lastly two tablespoon
fuls of flour. Let this mixture
stand at temperature Of about Sc
degrees F. until the dough begins
to collapse Add to this sponge the
butter, the sugar, and the remain.
der of the flour and, II necessary,
enough more flour to make a very
stiff dough Knead thoroughly un.
Ill a smooth dough which is no
longer sticky has been formed. Set
back to rise again, and when the
dough has trebled in volume, knead
lightly, form into small balls and
place, not too close together, in
creased pans. Allow to rise until
double in volume, as shown by the
indicator" and bake 20 minutes
in a moderately hot oven, at about
400 degrees F.
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aud the many dis
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HEALTH QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
Miss B. p: Please tell me how
ringwogm makes its appearance
Usually as q small pImpls then
spreads in round patch 1t is Caus.
ed by mold plant which grows in
the skin and Is highly contagious
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