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The Pennsylvania Railroad Co,

For machiniss aud car rersirmen.
For white and col0red labcreIs. ArpIy
~ New Jersey ave. s.. Washington. u. c.
Or with the y. Y. P. & Y. X. r. co.
Apply to B. C. VINCENT. Agent. Norfolk, Va
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A metal clamp to hold two pieces
of wood together at right angles has
been patented.
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MACHINISTS.

First-class men on large and
small accurate work: lathe,
planer and shaper hands: YER
tical and horizontal boring mill
hands; highest W ag s: good
chance for advancement. J. F.
G., p. o. Box 1922. Phila, Pa.
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FOR SALE-SUBURBAN.

COLORED-TwO ACRES LAND; r-ROOAf
house: near RocEvile road: only $40 caSh: /:
halsnoe monthly: v1-5c-ful harzzin. PERCY
#. RUSSELL CO.. eth and \. Y. ave. Nv.
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COPY BOY II EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
OF THE WASHINGTON HERALD.
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oner Is Open Until 10 O'Clock.

The Office OF the "All-Prize Club"
will bo open until 10 o'clock tomor-
row night to receive subscriptions Of
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record the work done by stenog-
rs typewriter meter has beer
hted
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WANTED-BUNDLE BOYS;
bright, active boys. Apply to
MANAGER, SAKS & CO.
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PROPOSALS.

OFFICE OF TIE COMMISSIONER d q.
washington. d. c, August &. lsI7.-seaIed
proposals viii he received ~ this Office. Room
So District Building, until O'Clock y n
SEPTEMBER i. 1917. for furnishing and de-
l'erlnS boIstIng machinery. Blank f1rn Of
Tro7os5l and Specifications nsv he cbtafned
upon Application 10 the Purchasing OHicpr.
u. c. Room ~. District Building. LOUIS
BRoWNLoW, JOHN 6. y. KNIGHT. Com
miSsioners. u. g
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A new piece of farm machinery
is a cart designed for bringing in
the corn shocks, and it is self
loading.
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REAL ESTATE.
Careful Investments

OF money ~ flrst DEEDS of Trust fFirrt Mort
fssesA On WEzliagton y. c, Real Estzte slEays
1vs fhe fuil Interest p-1nised and TIE return of
all TIE T1trciule due, rcEardless of ths varying
iuc1Ues and ulles a other sa-lrities. and they
are nr- sat oct 10 TAXATION. We have beer s1o-
cessiulT erEzged in making these investments
for our clients fu- n0re than a quarter q a
crutury. lnvestneuts. SO, so 10 5000 a. 8.
81. and pr oe1t now ready fer deLiTe-y Largs
iryesrnrerts made
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WANTED-ROOMS.

MOI TIT CAN RENT YOUR
fNbt ROOMS. 90 uth ST.
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District No. z,

TJINITICt NUs z.
August Blase ........................ 8
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FOR RENT-HoUSES.
FOR RENT

50 Hobart. g., b.S5.S il16 On nv, r.. b. Is n
l+G 5h. sr b.. - 1879 ll'h, --r. D.. 8 .
~ ls-, r.. b.. ? O. Holmd e- D. 3 81
l'so \. Car. =, s'-s' ~ r. I. az. IL = .
l6 r. ]. az. s., b $ qs -a57 Calvert ~ D. q 3
Za8 lsth. lQ--, b.. 80 - - Univ ty loT b. g =
lt2s llth nv n b $40 several nlcl aua-ne-tX
ID. II. JOHNSON GO. 1855 n -. NV.
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Funeral services for Capt John
, ,Beckham were held at 4 o'clock this
afternoon at his late home, 913 Prince
street. conducted by Rev. DR.. ]. W.
Duffey, of Rockville, Nd, formerly
pastor Of the NJ E. Church South, Of
this city. Pallbearers were ]. w. Bo-
lin, W. r. Smith, T. W. Robinson,
D. H. Appich. W. H. Mcknight. G.
William Ramsay. Burial was in st.
Pauls Cemetery.
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In the Police Court today Oble
wilkins and William Hood, both
lored, arrested by Policeman Mil
- and Special Officer Beatty, were
held for the action of the grand jury
Jon a charge OF violating the pro-
lvisions OF the prohibition law. It
was alleged that each had eight
points Of liquor when taken in GUS
rody. Three companions Of the pris-
oners- escaped.
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RON
CLAIRYOYANTS.

7ANTIrc Pllmist and Psychic- Advios
LftINSlOC- IN all afaiu of life, Invest
mentf changes recret troubles. E6adinEs. &c
Ind 81 Hours, 10 70 Z. 9G 18th - nv. Above
Eyel
NINE. WERNER SGTHR SGTTE964LS4. 5ALSIsf'
Mental scientist; sOo II st. NV. q floor. n. els.
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| The weekly entertainment given
tonight in the Young Mems SOdality,
Lyceum Hall, for the soldiers camp
ed in this city and neighborhood,
was largely attended.
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George H. Rucker. chairman OF the
local exc xCmption board, today received
the following letter from George T.
IMilste d, Cherrydale. Alexandria
for draft:
Dear Sir: Having been notified
that had been called for service 1
wish to state that 1 could be one of
the first to go. I have had some ex-
.perience as a cook"
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-22
F. of A. Elect Officers

AT the semi-annual meeting OF Court
City of Putnam, f. OF A, Tuesday
night, officers were elected as follows:
Chief Ranger-Dona Jollie.
Sub Chief Ranger-Rosario Beau
soieil.
Recording Secretory Eugene AL.
word.
Senior Woodward-Jsme Chafron.
Junior Observation-Disclosures J. Bro
deur.
Senior Beadle - Henry Dumas.
Junior Beedle-Wiliiam A. Sulli-
van.
Lecturef-James o Bren.
Inspeetors-R. Beausoleil, James
O'Briea.
fyief-A. A. Brodeur.
There will be but one meeting in
July and August held on the third
Tuesday Of each month. The newly
elected officers were appointed a com.
mitlee on the Installation and smoke
talk TO be held ia the near future. A.
a Bfodeur, Frederick Author and
Thomas +. Ryan were appointed a
committee 80 Investigate sick benefits
aud gogher matters pertaining 10 the
welfare Of the order
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-22
K. Of {. 10 Give Million for Reerea.
ton Camps

The Knights of Columbus Of the
country are to give a million dollars
towards establishing recreation ,camps
for soldiers tabroad. This gift is on
broad patriotic lines and the camps
will be for the use OF soldiers OF what
ever religious creed or whether mem
bers Of the order or not Similar camps
were maintained by the order on the
Mexican border and were greatly ap
pteciated by the soldiers
THE local council will be called
upon 10 contribute lis pro rata share
OF the fund. Among the members of
Gargii Council who hay enlisted are.
Mtlffed 'rherren, now at Fort Sloeum,
\ y, Michael J. Daigle, member OF
the quattermastef's department, I =
reserves and Herbert J Smith, aVia.
lion corps, Squantum, Mass.
Il appears that The Knights are be.
hind the country in men, money and
moral support.
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-22
Vast samber in Csnnecticat Working
Along Patriotic Lines
Many Offer Services

The Connecticut Council or Defense
has been working 70 the end that eli
orzanizsli9ns engaged In paidolje
Eork might serve without waste d
zine or energy. The plan is 70 have
me w8fk 50 organized taal the yafioas
branches will n5i conflict but that
each nlav work sepsrate.s GA given
Hne s. ehat t4e Is noe fasati ai.l h. q
systematic ri - accomplish me de-
sired ead
Tae council recently ent out cir
cniaf oaairIag It's oeI-et and aryed
+ tnat reports h maae % tae council q
the earsas aeavHes 80 that needless
Implications Of Work might be avoid
ed. 8aHg replies Meee received de-
n5iinR that Lie patriotism Of the state
has been aroused and that there are
great numbers doing theif biG n the
limit - thelr time aaa ability. Tie
council & anxious - neaf ff8m All Or
carnations aud efoups engaged in
patriotic Work telling what each IS
doing
some II The replies are very interest
ing. Rev. Z E. Johnson, Civii WI
veteran, member Of the 7ln Connect.
eBt. although IN his 5gth year, writes
that although forced into the retired
list under advice Of his physician, he
has taken up the work d Captain {.
II. Thompson Of Company II Connee-
tcul Infantry, secretary Of the Con.
nectieut Prison association. "This,9
says The aged veteran, s"feleases one
man for active service. II there IS
anything else / can do to aid the
| country in its present crisis, | hope to
| be responsive to your call"
Or. X. N. Gfiswold, "a, writes from
Kensington that he Is ready to serve
in any capacity tor which he is fitted.
He il coast pilot and willing To take
up that work TO relieve some younger
man lie also says he is qualified for
work a. instructor in target or rife
work Or service in a base hospital.
Judge Epaphrodttus Peck Of Bristol
has written Of the Connecticut coun.
ell has any work In Bristol, OF outside
Of 1t. to which they would like to rs
sign me, shall be glad 10 undertake
ii, II within my powers.
T.. O auckland OF New Haven, an
official Of the Anew Haven road, is
already acting as chief of railroad
transportation for the Home Guard
under appointment by the Military
Emergency board and writes that he
Is ready To offer his services for any
place he may be able TO i'll.
The council of defense has received
long letter from Mrs. John Laidlsw
Buei Of LItchfeld, state regent of the
Daughters of the American ReVolu
ton, in which she outlines the spien
did work being done by the fifty
chapters of the ID. A K. throughout
the state and says, Il should be glad
of any advice that may assist me in
eo-ofdlneting our work with that Of
others and that will avoid confusion
and duplication.
Rev Dr. William Horace Day OF
Bridgeport offers cooperation with the
council
Rev. G WhiteheId Simonson, min.
lister Of seymour, has sent request for
suggestions as 10 what he can do per.
sonHlly aud what his church can do.
From Charles l.. Gaylord, president
Of the Bridgeport business Mems AS
ISOLATION, the council has received n
letter in which he says that his organ
ization will assist in any way which
the council may indicate
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-22

9ahrfg years aeo at the time his
heaH6 failed. Bob seeds bad been %
The traHsfer mud retail and wholesale
business u Tyrone, Pa far number
d years spending most Of bis time III
Ills Office The toaal family physician
saH him to a Philadelphia sHe .lallst
vino tlH8lg advised Htm 70 20 home
aa8 arrange Bis affairs Tor Re va
area. T. die Bnt. says Bob. when
alss seeds heraH talking about whai
size and hef second husband expected
20 do ! made 40 my mind ! world not
lie and bought an abandoned farm i've
and haif miles from town
"The old place had been abandoned
for seven years and business men who
knew ne cailed me a fool saving II
you wanted 70 farm why didn't you 20
aEd buy - good piacef
The roofs Were letting n the rain
bricks we're falling from the tops 81
the ehle aeYz fhe gates had no hinges
buedo - grew rs tail a. mau al
around The bindings stones Uttered
the fields Mrs Seeds cried when size
mosed into tie ola farmhouse
asAe would cfy just as much II We
weHe ia leave the old pIa now saws
Eea Although - invalid Roa Seeds
So himself - work fiekuE stoHcs on
the Geia# HlHne bodies AID loss places
around aAe bindings Rith them His
ueleiiors lauuhe1 BHt Bob Kept on.
picture NJ his auisled farm always
In hfs mind Iie was the first farmer
fl Pennsylvania - raise alfalfa iIe
bought a fIalsten granddaughter Of
Klag " P0Hflaes. a 10000 sire. and
a grandson 81 King Scgis With which
10 start a dairy herd on a farm alum
doned seven years Ills hogs are pure
bred Duroes. and they live in the
finest hog mansion between New York
and Pittsburgh Bob spent sixty days
building that mansion and when he
was through started out on lecture
tour billed 10 talk on 'srhe Influence
Of Home" but switched during the
course OF bis first lecture to The In
fuence OF the HOgpen."
The chickens on his farm are pure
-, - tas aan..rs,a e. ,ha
spring house. or milk house. Is fitted
with concrete trough; the old farm
-, - g.. -, In. CO.. -,
-. -. a., 10 No. hn,,s b,rd
- 4, A. .re.s art ..t,.,,. . eno
-, s5-5r,.. 49,. f,,=s..., p#=f. 81.
49, ..f..-..,..z
=. 49,.
sts. 49, 49, e-.. .,f55
~ i.....-5. a..+5-.. .-.-....-... ~.
~ ,bosa ,,t.=. s=. .#=. Fl.3
~ $780,, =.z...4 ..'.4
F,s,
a554
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-22
Mo Need for Delay.

Johnny was invited 10 party. but
Gould not 20, because he had Co SO with
his mother to the depot 10 meet his
uncle. Upon the unele's arrival he said
10 Johnny: III you are 4 good boy
while ] am here / win buy you a base
ball. whereupon Johnny replied; You
don't need to wait. You can buy 1t
right away. Just think how good |
Mas--I stayed away from party to
meet you"
FeacIustine Ambition.
A lot Of young men are ambitious
when they start out in life, but as
soon as they discover that man has
TO work most Of the time TO get 70
the top they decide TO learn TO play
pool instead.--netrolt Free Press.
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-22
THE CHAUTAUQUA
4ih Ssmon llgB is Putnam July / a
Uaasusily 4uraeiigsly Program

Ameug the atstsetsoas al tHE t.hau-
faa4ea 10 Palnsm lhis season is Bob
seeds.
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-22
ReacIassine Ambition.

Deans Rheumatic Pills Tor Shenina-
iism and Neuralgia. Entirely Neeeta'
bic, SAFE. Aus
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-22
AuCtiOneer

Wanted Every body to know J. f.
Talbot IS Graduated Auctioneer and
will gel you the highest prices for your
goods. Just give him a trial and be
convinced. Residence, 209 Grove st.
Putnam, Conn. Tel 50 5. Is 50
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-22
Help w anted

Help wanted in all departments OF
the American Thread Gompanyis VII.
limantic mills. Steady employment
and good wages. Apply At Office -
The American Thread Company
Miilimantic Mills. 40 tf
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-16
News Of Fifty Years Ago
From the Richmond Dispatch May Is, 1850

:, The thirteenth annual meeting Of tho Young
when ha following officers were oie.,ed i' Sor
Lee oWe G. t. wns,o n"E; sorse nrfs'd hideood
nonsr,s snH ,aEsr VI Wn ,o4s pTssidens +
sleiGht Josiah Ryland and Wiiiiam IT, Alison M
Moore Fl ich Wam e. Hall
sn Of RichmGna y'G Gaa a hid
home yesterday. " mo
al had tn their annual mee,%rs and the following
@se the en en 9y q
,sn,is ie each SS 1885, $685.
@ se4s 81 sc"9!3? U.s. i;
ne sssoa ss and tsacheEs
iesehsrs ss; SCHOLARS .2S rreaS cst ana
paoasera and S;" seho iSa ns
s ,n ,n T isoS th that while me
twenty three Officers and teachers and SEVENTH
their rolls OF So enShaTs
scholars. ''"o"e's anu
Hs ' ss Of bes ne 20
he road "s ren is rsp% cp s the balance Of
hs il nc E5si
WAS n buried With Aasenie ceremony and honors
cn5yry Of the 9u!h fan
schoied permits him so Ho do n's"' II General
General Schofeld's general order prescribing
regulations for the registration OF Virginia
known " as the o state n Of virginia issued
main il is fair, and that is saying n good deal
The New York ,raibnne editorially expresses
never will be ready to try Mr.. Davis
In reply TO inquiry from Chicago. we have to
say: Underwood is Il Judge but is not a LAWYER
and never professed TO be one. Before he was
o very S aod e one was sa and
g. Russia has ratified the treaty with the United
riory. which will hereafter be known as
Alaska Territory
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-16
Urses Control of Prices.

TO Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir have just read your editorial Find
Your Soul" appearing on the IIth instant in
which you urge every American citizen who GA
spare from his savings the price Of Il Liberty
bond invest in once. I'm The
issue there appears statement by Her
bert &. Hoover that the American farmer did
not realize 80 per bushci for the 1916 wheat
harvest. yet the price OF wheat in New York is
,a25 per bnshci, and he urges government con.
c!asses. the rich; those Of moderate means, and
laborer is told 10 buy on the insiallncnt plan
H. seems 10 that it would assure IA
proinpicr response TO the proposal to purchase
Liberty bonds f the Congress would take i'm
SintIs and the other necessities Of life. Mr.
iiooFcfs statement seems TO show that there
- no excuse for the high prices Of nour. and
;Epcc' thhi Is also true OF other commodities
wo, n prices were properly controlled there
e"maT for the nancy that is now demanded BY
be ih,In,s only, only themselves could be placed in
today hour IL ii7.5O per barrei, and in some
nartS or me county II has sold for $40, and other
thinfS are equally high In proportion
WIN INC present prices prevailing, with
chhhceh OF even higher demands. whore do you
ssnpe.se the s . American citizen If, going
'-'"H1i' A""asf no Won think ha wiz otter bis
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-16
Health Talks, by Dr.. VIM. Brady
Copyright. 1915 National Newspaper servtceI
The Voice OF Ellie.

Ellie MetchnikoT has been dead nearly year
now, but his name is still used to bolster up
methods he never advocated
In The Prolong ation of Life he wrote:
las in all the known soured milks the Tactic
hacilli are associated with rich flora in which
pcrnicious microbes may be met the skimmc u
milk should first be boiled and rapidly cooled,
pure cultures Of the Tactic microbes (Bulgar
baclli) then in ii in sufficient guam
titles to prevent the termination OF spores al
ready in the milk and not destroyed in the
process OF boiling. The fermentation lasts a
number of hours varying according to tempera-
ture and finally produces !, sour curdled milk.
pleasant to the taste and active in preventing
in quantities of pint. controls action of the
intestine. and stimulates the kidneys favorably.
1t can he recommended in several skin diseases.
~ large portion of the casein is rendered
soluble during the fermentation. OF the phos
phatc OF lime 6S per cent is rendered soluble.
Those persons who cannot take milk may
swallow the bacilli in pure culture with jam.
swee;rncats etc. Cultures may also be made in
vegetable hroths animal pcptonc which
sugar has been added. The microbes need sugar
TO produce Tactic acid.
III il he true that precocious and unha ppy
ola age is due to poisoning of The tissues uhc
greater part Of the poisoning coming from the
large intestine inhabited by nunbcress mic
rohcs) it is clear that agents which arrest in
tesiinal putrnfaction must at the time
postpone and amcloratc old age"
Nowhere docs Professor MctchnikoG EXPRESS
a preference for any part icuiar brand IF Bull
Eariau hacillL lie was a scientist. not a mcr-
chant.
From time immcmorial human beings have
absorbed quantities of Tactic microbes by con
suminG in the. uncOoked condition suhst a noes
such as :o soared milk kenhir sauerkraut or
fermentation. BY these means they have un
knowingly lessencd the ovi consequences OF in
tcstnal putrcfactior When Abraham enter
tanned the three angels he set before Them
soured milk and sweet milk and tho calf which
he had dressed. In his fifth book Moses cnum-
crates amongst the food which Jehovah had
given his people 10 eat 'Sourcd milk Of kline
and goats milk with fat Of lambs and rams of
the breed Of Bashan and goats with the fat OF
ltidneyS"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-16
City Vehicles and the Streets

L VEN under the present inadequate traffic
L. regulations, when two vehicles collide it
is virtually certain that the driver of one
or the other was proceeding in violation Of
city ordinance When two city vehicles
come in collision, even though both Of them
are exempt to certain extent from the man
dates Of the. ord ihances, it is clear that the
rules OF safety have been disregarded. An
Investigation Of the collision bet';een city
ambulance and one of the vehicles Of the
Police Department should be made promptly.
The Health Department and the Police De-
partmcnt are given right OF way, but they
are not expected 10 abuse the privilege.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-16
To mericH.

What is the voice ! hear
On the winds of the western sea?
Sentinel. listen from out Cape Clear
And say what the voice MAY be.
IT'S n proud free people calling loud
10 a people proud and free.
And II says TO them: "Kinsmen, hail;
We severed have been too long.
Now let us have done with WORKOUT
The tale OF ancient wrong
And our friendship last long as our
love doth last, and be stronger
than death is strong"
Answer them. sons or the self-same
race,
And blood Of the self-same clan;
Let ns speak to each other face to
face
And answer as man to man,
And loyalty love and trust each other
az none but free men can
Now fling them out to the breeze,
Shamrock. Thistle and Rose.
And the star-Spangled Banner unfuri
with these
a message TO friends and foes
Wherever the sails OF peace arc seem
and wherever the war wind
blows
a message to bond and thral to wake,
For whenever we come, We twain,
Tho throne Of the tyrapt shall rock
and quake,
And his menace be void and vain,
For you are lords Of strong land
and we are lord OF the main.
Yes, this is the voice Of the bluff March
gale:
We severed have been too long,
But now we have done with WON.
out tale
The tale Of tho ancient wrong
And our friendship shall last AS our
love doth last and be stronger
than death Is strong.
: 49, .--...-..--,.- --Alsesd Austin,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-16
Books and Authors

The Little Golden Fountain, and
Other Poems" by Mary Macmillan. has
just been issued by the Stewart &
Kidd Co.. Cincinnati. Some OF these
poems have appeared In Poet Lore"
the Boston Transcript. the Club Wo-
mans Magazine, the international. the
Masses, Midland, the Smart Set Men
and Women. etc. Some or them have
been set to music by Louis Victor Saar.
Winter Watts, Sidney burst. and
others. In form. they run the gamut
from the conventional French forms.
the triolet, ROUNDED, ballade, vilanelle.
the Italian rispettt. the sonnet. blank
verse, the more ordinary rime schemes
to the poets own individual expression
OF free verse. In thought they vary.
too, being concerned with philosophy,
nature. description religion, love,
though love holds the dominance. as
it does with poets.
A book touchinsly beautiful In SEN
timent and sustained interest Is '.His
Family" by Ernest Poole, which has
been issued by the Macmillan Company.
Just as The Harbor" was the story OF
IL constantly changing life out upon
the fringe OF the city, along its
wharves. among it's ships, SO the story
Of Roger Gales family pictures the
embers of the old in the ceaselessiy
changing heart of New York. How
Rogers three daughters grew into the
maturity Of their several lives. each
one SO different Mr.. Poole tells with
strong and compelling beauty, touching
with deep, whole-hearted conviction
some of the most vital problems OF
our modern way of ,living--the home.
motherhood, children, the school: all
OF them seen through the realization.
which Rogers dying wife made clear
TO him, that whatever life may bring.
I'VE will live On in our children's
lives" The old Gale house down
town is little fragment OF a past
generation existing somehow beneath
the towering apartments and office
buildings OF the altered city. Roger
will be remembered when other figures
in modern literature hav. been for
gotten, gazing out OF his window at
the lights Of some nearby dwelling
lifting high above his home, thinking
of his ohildren-Edith wrapped up in
her little household, Deborah living In
her larger family, and Laura living
with her beauty and her quest for hap
piness. all three Of them lives that he
will leave behind him on this earth
his iWWoft2lk4&