The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11

 just as neatl And if she doesn't come some one else will in her place. But they'll be here crack at We don't dare do anything else. We can't live without the stuff
 ssThe stuff ruins your looks. You wouldn't think I'd been good looking girl once, would you1 But was"
 She pushed back her frazzled hat and showed great bald patches her head.
 @Lost my hair," she explained briefly, "and my teeth went too. Dope plays the devil with your teeth. When we get home I'll show you my arms. They aren't pretty enough to exhibit in pubhc We can't always use needle because they're too big to leave around and the cops would find them When you're in a hurry and you haven't needle the next best thing is little old safety pin-just plug it in your arm and prick till the blood comes; then shoot in the dope If you're taking coke it's much quicker than sniffing it. The minute the stuff touches the blood it races right to the heart and you feel like million dollars. But come, we must be getting along"
 The peddler and his customer rarely meet, go Maisie told me. At least they almost never touch hands. The peddler leaves the drug in pre-ar- ranged spot--a mail box, broken fence under rug in an apartment house hall-and with 1t the notice where the money is to be left and where he
 
 supply at time. A few days hoard is the most any one can sell. Sometimes it is not, done up in packages at all, but in dolls or books or toys, so the customer would seem to be carrying an in- nocent piece of business.
 "And isn't it expensive, though" explained Maisie. Lord when l get going I spend some times s25 day. Where do I get the money? Where do you suppose? Any way I There's ways and means of picking up money that you pure women don't dream about don't like it, though" she added wistfully. The first time man paid me money went home and cried. But it doesn't matter any more. Nothing matters but the stuff I'd do anything to get it."
 TERKING back to her previous discussion, ahe eJ told me of mother and her baby who were
 among the we'll known peddlers of the upper part of town. Unfortunately they got caught The woman was given xix months and then pardoned because she had baby. Her method was simple. She used to wheel the baby along lower Broadway, cramming packages in it's blanket as she moved from shop to shop. A policeman lounging in tho doorway noticed that the baby seemed to be at- tracting considerable attention. Many people stopped to admire it. Some pulled back the laprobe and gazed admringy at the little silk socked feet. To each the mother chatted and displayed all the characteristics of proud parent. Moved by . sudden impulse of curiosity the policeman also at- tracted by the baby, pulled back the laprobe and saw fitted neatly into the little mattress . row o1 empty spools such . child plays with in place oi rattle. Picking up spool idly he noticed little slip of paper wedged in the hole He pulled thl paper out.
 "It was of the cutest games," said Maisil admiringly, though think it's pretty rotten ta use kid like that The ceurt took it away from her Said she was morally unfit or some such gulf. Bui I.>1 .olJl I knx &spai
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