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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-25
YN'S
BLAZE
TRES
Citizens Call Meeting to En-
force Oil Storage LaW-Ori-
gin of Fire Is Mystery

Steps will be taken Tuesday
night at the Arlington county
court house to prevent possibility
Of the recurrence of the spectacu-
lar 100000 fire which last night
destroyed the plant of the Crown
Oil and Wax Company, near
Rosslyn, Va.
j. r. Mossberg, president of
the Arlington Fairfax Volunteer
Firemen's Association, says at
this meeting representatives Of
the companies which store $780,
900 gallons of gasoline in Airing
ton county in alleged violation of
the law will be asked to meet the
county fire regulations.
10000 View Blaze
Attracted by the lurid flashes
which lighted the sky when si1
2 ,0O0-gallon gasoline tanks of the
Crown company ignited, crowd Of
more than 10000 persons rushed Il
the Virginia side of the river Il
view the fire.
The crowd not only created a traf
fic jam in Georgetown, but also
hindered the work of the firemen
who, at one time, threatened to turf
the hose on them unless they sough
less perilous positions.
Fire apparatus from Washington
Rosslyn, Ballston, Alexandria, Cher
rydale, East Arlington, Clarendon
and Arlington were forced to string
their hose lines for 1000 feet t.
reach the fire.
w. r. Biggs and A. B. Allison. o
the Ballston fire company, mar
rowly escaped with their lives BY
leaping from an adjoining TAM
Just before the tank exploded.
Jack Spates, chief of the Cherry
dale fire department, suffered Sc
we're decorations of both hands while
pulling a hose line through fence
Firemen of the Clarendon anC
Ballston apparatus narrowly es
capped serious injury when theil
apparatus collided just before
reaching the scene
J. F.. Summerville, superintendent
of the Columbia on company, ga
joining the plant of the Crown Oi
and Wax Company. turned in th'
alarm. He was just leaving the
office for the night when he wa:
shaken by a terrific explosion.
Origin Is Mysterious
H. G.. Parks, assistant manager
of the Crown Oil Company, stated
he could not determine the cause o
! the fire, but estimated the damage
at 100000, part of which wa'
covered by insurance.
The ordinance which will be dis
cussed at the Tuesday night meet
ing is one providing that all stor
kage tanks containing gas or OF
must be buried or moated.
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tain their regular rates during the
coming world series, it was an
nounced today.
Action pledging protection to the
thousands who will flock here for
the annual baseball classic was
taken by the members Of the Wash
ington Hotel Association at a meet
ing held today in the Mayflower
Hotel. 1t was in the form Of a
resolution passed unanimously.
Twenty-seVen OF the city's largest
hotels are affiliated with the assO-
citation. Townley A. MCGEE Is presi-
dent and Lawrence Mills secretary
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Oh I
IN THREE
RELAYS
First Will Be Mailed Sunday,
Griffith Says, Announcing
His Plans

Coveted cards emitting the bear
ers to two reserved seats to the
Washington games of the world
series which opens at the Griffith
Stadium on Friday, October 9,will
be dropped in the mails Sunday, It
was announced today by Clark
Griffith, president Of the world
champions organization.
The moment the champions
cinched the American League title
for the second time at the Georgia
avenue diamond yesterday the
offices Of the club were stormed
by fans who wanted to know how
long they would have to wait to
find whether their applications for
seats were received in time for
action.
Griffith Rares Plans
To forestaIl this avalanche Of
queries President Griffith today I'M
folded the plans ut his office.
1--WE are sending out our cards
this year in two relays" President
Griffith announced. The first viii
go in the mail Sunday and viii be
in the hands of the fans Monday.
The second will be mailed Mon
day and should reach their destina-
ton on Tuesday -'
Fans ashouId watch the news
papers for further announcement
concerning the ards as we have
not decided what days the box Of
fices will be open to redeem them
for the attractive appearing world
series passports.
Booths to Re Numbered
"The same system used last year
of numbering. the booths to CORE
spond with the different series of
| tickets will be employed.
I'VE expect to give the fans three
| days to redeem their reservation
cards.
II am sorry that we will have to
/ disappoint thousands of fans in
| their requests for reserved seats
but they will probably have little
| trouble being taken care OF on the
days of the games m the unreserved
sections.
| Eve have limited reserve seats
to two each except in the case OF
season boxholders-
we have made it rule to take
care of the homefolks. I"
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Nauy to Join Army in Fight on Mitchell
20 BY BILL PRICE sre US esT OFFICE
IN NORTHERN WOODS.
REG. US. PAT OFFICE


follow the bride path
That winds through the winding
Careless Of the hurricanes wrath
Or q hundred I'm the shade
Ts q thing apart and diminutive.
For the nOnce the forest belongs to
And / belong to the primitive.
A refuge from the city.
A renegade from home.
l sing a crazy ditty
And far and further roam.
Never was mortal 50 free
The precepts Of men are not for me.
Nor IL their civilization.
Onward, and ON again,
GOod-by to the trOdden track,
j fish with the cunning crane,
/ follow the gray wOlf-paek.
go where the red deer Hes,
L go where the groundESJG deIves.
Suspicion. strembleS in their eyes
But / am one of themselves.
/ know where the wIldflOwers spring
In every form and dye:
1 know where the feathered Ministries
On tree-tOps near the sky;
1 know where the owls are hidden
In murk security.
Hut 1 came among them unbldden
And their secrets are safe with mea
1 follow the bnidIe path,
Anywhere IL my goal.
This wonderful day IL the aftermath
OF the years that the cities stole.
The heart that they tried ia break
IL again. the heart Of child,
And the spirit that Numbered, IL
awake
UnfettePed and undefiled.
THOMAS DICKSON.
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NoTABLES ARRIVE HERE
FOR INTERNATIONAL MEET

The first Of the many interna-
ticnal notables to reach the Capital
for the Interparliamentary Uuion.
to be held here October 1 to 6, ar
rived yesterday They are Doctor
Carlos F. Grisanti and Luis Churi-
on, of Venezuela
Others yet to come include Ram
say Ma cdonald, former Prime Min
lister of Great Britain; M. Edouard
Herriott, former Premier of France
Lady Nancy Aston, member of Par
lament; Lady Huntingdon Whitley
daughter of Stanley Baldwin, Prime
Minister of Great Britain, and Sen
ator Thomas H. Grattan Esmonde
of Ireland.
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CATHEDRAL AVENUE MAY
BE ARTERIAL HIGHWAY

Cutting of Cathedral avenue
through to Chain Bridge and its
designation as an arterial highway
is asked in a resolution adopted last
night at a meeting OF the Conduit
Road Citizens Association. The
resolution directs a committee to
take the matter up with the park
commission.
District Commissioner Frederick
A. Fenning described a TYPICAL day
in his office. On motion of Charles
A, Baker, the ASSOCIATION voted to
send a letter of apprecaton to
Major Daniel Sullivan, who resigned
as police chief yesterday, and letter
of congratuIation to his successor,
Edwin =. Hesse.
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LABOR DEFENSE COUNCIL
ELECTS DALE CHAIRMAN

Linn A. f. Gale was elected chair
man Of the international Labor De
Tense Council at meeting yester-
day at 1887 Seventh street north
west.
other officers chosen were Doc
tor S. H. Pearlman, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Edward Sherman
recording secretary. and Mrs. >. ri.
Rich, member of the press com
n,ittee with Chairman Gale.
The meeting was called to effect
a permanent organization. Speak
ers were John Spencer Hornback,
Mrs. La Vesta Weston, j. Con
molly. Edward G. KriZ. John d.
Bradley, and others.
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Woman is Authorized
to Officiate at
Marriages

Matte s. Gay, colored, OF 458
o street northwest, is going to
make a lot of colored people
feel like her last name in the
near future.
Justice Hitz, in the District
Supreme Court, yesterday gave
her authority to perform mar
riage ceremonies, which makes
her not only the first but the
only woman in the District of
Columbia to be vested with such
authority.
In making her application for
such authority, Mrs. Gay de-
clared she had been preaching
at religious meetings for the
past twenty years and esFed hat
She be registered as the minis
ter of the Church of Christ,
which is to be organized and
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for plan similar to that advanced
by Senator Edge.
The administration influences In
the Senate undoubtedly will con
centrate on this proposal when II
il found that the SmoQt.Brown bill
will be blocked by filibusteri1g
opposition.
Senator Capper does not think
that the Edge plan places too much
power in the. hands of the Pres;-
dent.
Congress will be glad to give
him full swing in the matter CT
reorga nization, especially as ir will
relieve the legislative branch OF
the Government from any respon-
sibility.
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FAVORS
EDGE BUREAU
MEASURE
Believes Coolidge Should
Have More Power to Re-
organize Departments

Senator Edges bill, giving Pres.
ident Coolidge more power for re-
organization of Federal bureaus.
is strongly supported by Senator
Capper, chairman of the District
Committee.
Following a conference with the
President today, Senator Capper
announced that he believes re-
organization legislation will be en-
acted at the next Congress-.
He is skeptical, however of the
chances of the SmOot- Brown BILL
but he believes that the Edge pro
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-25
HELP FOR MOTORISTS
NEEDING PERMITS IN MD.

District motorists who will be
compelled to get Maryland drivers
permits as result Of the recent
tag war will be accommodated at
Rockville, October 1, through ar
engagements of the American Auto
mobile Association with the Mary
land State highways commission.
This will be a decided convenience
inasmuch as otherwise they would
have to go to Baltimore to get the
tags.
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Officials in Both Services
Want Flying Colonel
Discredited

The army and navy are out TO
@scalp" Colonel William Mitchell,
the man who stirred up the pres
ent air row.
The higher ranking officers OF
both departments want not only to
drive him out of the army, but to
diseredit him for his sensational
charges against the administra-
tion of the air arms.
Await Generals Visit
This became increasingly evident
here today when it was reliably
learned that the navy would join
the army in a concerted attack
upon Mitchell when he appears be-
fore the Presidents aviation in
quiry board next week.
An echo of the plans being laid
by military chiefs against Mitchell
has reached board members. Cognt-
zance was taken of 1t by Dwight
w. Morrow, chairman. who an
nounced that the BOARD would re-
fuse to listen to "a controversy
over personalities.
THE board is not an arena to
air personal controversies, Morrow
CURLY declared.
Will Bring Charges
Mitchell admittedly long has been
q thorn in the side of the con-
servative element in the military
establishment Military chiefs now
feel that the time has arrived to
meet him with the same sort Of
charges he has hurled against them.
With that in view, both the navy
and army, it was learned, have been
investigating Mitcnells record to
see what motivates him in his in
sistent advocacy of an independent
air force.
A full report on Mitchell has
been laid before high naval authori-
ties. They are guarding it closely.
That record. however, will be pre-
1enIed later to the President s
board. With it his adversaries hope
to "discredit" the flying colonel in
|, the eyes of the public.
The navy's case, however, was
somewhat upset today by the frank
advocacy of Commander John Rod
gers IN Charge VI the 1N-0, 4NO. l.
Honolulu flight, for an air board.
That was unlocked for by naval
chiefs. particula ~ Secretary of
Navy Wilbur, who appointed Rod
gers assistant chief of the bureau
of aeronautics. There was no dis
guising the fact in naval circles
that Rodgers had spoken "out of
turn" uncounseled by the navy's
program.
Coached" by Wilbur
Naval officers who have appeared
before the investigation body have
been coached" by Wilbur. When
the navy was on the stand he stood
close by and interrupted officers
when they advocated policies that
did not agree to the latter with
the air program Of himself and the
naval general board.
Navy rulers had counted upon
Rodgers as IAN ace in the hole" to
fay MitcheIl's policies.
Now Rodgers. $500 miles away
In San Francisco, has SPILLED the
BEANS" according to the navy view
here. They never contemplated thai
Rodgers would favor an air board
the very thing fT which Mitchell
lie fighting.
Mitchell is expected here tomor
row. He probably will not go or
the stand, however, until Tuesday
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Bitten by Dog

Luther Royston, of 1901 Massa-
chusetts avenue northwest, is today
suffering from a bite inflicted yes.
terday by a dog. The dog attacked
Royston at Fourteenth and Q
streets northwest. The bite IL not
serious.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-25

Some readers of this column
may be interested in some
sharp" sheiks whose habitual
"hangout" every evening is
Twenty-fifth street and Penn
sylvania avenue.
Fats" has a famous rattler
(Ford) for some jazz baby,
and in case of a mishap to
this covered wagon" there's
SLOPPY" who has just acquired
a new bus which will probably
"get you there" though not
guaranteed to bring you back"
Blind dates can be had with
Silent" "Redtop" or Battle
Axe" any night except Satur-
day. THOSE WHO KNOW.
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CONSIDER THESE THINGS.

NOANOAAASAS = - - = -
The things that count most in
this wOrld-adding machines.
The things that make strong
men Weep-OniOnS.
The things we rely On-fishing
stories.
The thing we despise Tin the
ItOgether''-haSh.
The things that stifle our moral
senses-sandbagS.
The things that prick our con.
science-wOOIen undershirts.
The things that make us realize
our prOgress-clrnsl
The big ching IN Che Fruit of
Neutrality-suspicious..
The eVer-present little things
babies.
The bright things of Iife-gar-
tiers. SIL1CUS.
BUSINESS SURELY Is dull.
Customer - Good morning, Mr..
BirdStein, h01C is busimeSs9
BirdStein-PIedSe don't call me
Mr.. BirdStein.' Call me McStCeensy.
I'm starving to death.
PAUL DE ALPHEUS.
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ACROSTICAL ADVICE.

s OFFENDERS mobile days will soon
have passed.
NJ AXE the most of them while they
last.
In your going along Iife's broad
highway
l. ook for them never again in your
way.
Il yer press forward with hope
anew.
irving to wear what these first
letters tell you.
H SMITH.
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Patrick Henry, of Ohio,
1UGnts liberty or a IUGrnt
bath. room. He Is suing has
soife for divorce because she
compeLs him to battle IN a
cold bathroom. She probably
first gaze him the cold
GENEVIEVE.
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posal has excellent prospects OF
being accepted. ~.
Senator Capper pointed out that
Senator Curtis, majority leader
of the upper chamber. is sponso'
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SERIES FANS TO HAVE
FAIR PLAY AT HOTELS

Washington hotels. as usual, will
play fair with the public and main.
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WHEN IT'S INKY BLACK.

The darkest hour. they say,
Comes just before the dawn.
When you're struggling hOmcward
Well sOused with corn.
You know wife is waiting
With venom in her tongue;
No wonder everything IL 30 dark,
Your troubles just begun.
ARIZONA IKE.
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BUSINESS SURELY Is dull.

/ know q WinsOme 1assie
Whose name IL DeKOte;
She helps me spend my cash
And she also has my goat.
GUMBO GUS.
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Jack-The doctor says that four
hours sleep q night IL enough for
any man, and he's a smart man.
JiII-That IL exactly what my
baby thinks, and he's q smart
baby. OIDONO.
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Reverend H. P. Sinner, of the
Lutheran Church at Girard,
Ohio, avoids being one when
ever it's possible. 49,.
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CHESTER'S
CHUCKLES
Chester C. Conner.

VoUs generally tell q rich man
L by what he does not spend.
symptoms to the contrary, It
was the garden and not your back
that was spaded.
Spring IL when you find out
which windows won't work.
---
Don't say you would die for her
she might help you do It.
The heart that wins the fair
lady is too faint to escape.
You have to be a. pessimist to
be agreeabIy surprised.
The inferiority complex seldom
has more than four cylinders.
BARRIERS had to learn a new
line of chatter when bobbed hair
came in.
A man Is often known by the
people who do not, praise him
Brilliant originality may be only
a good memory.
Women are being called many
things these days - including
Next"
The world seems less funny
when you try to run part OF it. Il,
Considering the present cost Of
beauty, it's good thing it's only
skin deep.
Imagination once had rest
when fishing ana golf seasons
were over. Now radio keeps it
constantly on the go.
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FIRECRACKERS

The dame who makes her pet
Pom get a permanent wave.
The chap who has to sleep In
a pair Of pajamas that his wife
made for him.
A circular love letter.
The woman who worries about
what she's going to wear to that
dinner for a month and at the
last minute decides not to go.
The bird who takes a gold
handle cane to a dance. So
The vegetarian family who
hires maid who is on meat
diet.
The woman who sits down in
the smoking car entirely run-
aware of her surroundings.
The date who phones you at
the last minute and says she's
awfully sorry, but a friend OF her
mother is in town and would YOU
care if she put the date off q
night. - =
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SOME THINK

That a garden hose is the kind
OF stockings worn by a farmerette.
That a girl has togo to car
penter's shop to have her hair
shingled.
That the Mason Dixon line is
the line a Southern boy pulls at
d dance.
That a baby's rattle comes
from a rattle snake.
That the Prussian Diet is what
appears on the German menu.
That every morning a tobacco
farmer goes out into his field
and gathers his cigarettes for the
day.
That an affair de occur is a
kind of q charity bazaar.
That Washington crossed the
Delaware on ice skates.
That when an actor goes into
q restaurant he never orders
scrambled eggs or stewed to-
uRAtoes.
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OLD MAIDS
PHILOSOPHY
BY JOHN F. MEDBURY.

A CCORDING to the United
IA States government there are
more than 100000 old maids in
this country and only 100000 par
rots.
The number of spinsters is so
large that there are hardly enough
cats to go round.
In another couple Of years the
old maids will have to start rob
bing the alleys.
Marriage is a wonderful thing,
and a spinster is a woman who
said mo" once too often.
She has been waiting for the
right man to come along, but any
wife can tell you that there's no
such thing as a right man.
He's wrong from the minute he
leaves the church
One woman said she'd rather be
an old maid and be alone temper
arily than get married and be de-
serted for good.
Her idea Of romance is looking
under the bed every night.
She's perfectly happy. She has
a parrot that can swear as we'll
as any husband.
She's seventy-two and still look
ing for a guy with money. She
doesn't want to marry a poor man
and spend her honeymoon in the
Old Peoples Home.
She's anxious to become a bride
and see Niagara Falls before it
stops running.
She feels that she's still attrac-
tive because the iceman brought
his grandfather around the other
morning.
That afternoon she went out
and looked for work. She thought
maybe he'd propose if he knew
she had a. job.
She also had her hair bobbed
and bought a short dress. On her
way home she was insulted by
three young men.
Even the manager Of the en-
ployment agency wanted to take
her for an automobile ride.
When an old maid gets to be
fifty she makes up her mind to
take the first man who comes
along. But the trouble is they
don't come along.
And if they do come along they
don't stop.
A woman should marry as many
husbands as possible while she's
young so that she'll have at least
one man when she gets old.
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CHATTER


Look at these cuffs mama
Do you think | can wear tnls
shirt again today!
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FICTION

:
mo, sir, 1 don't believe in
ghosts the least bit. Why, can
pass by graveyard at IL O'Clock
on the blacklist night of the year
and never bat an eyelash.
tits not that 1 mind keeping
the neighbor's' baby the least bit
but I don't want to set any pre-
cedent.' .
"At the place where I go to
fish Just the minute you throw
in your hook and line you've got
a bite"
''I'd like very much to go shop
ping with you, my dear, but I'm
not going because 1 know, like
all husbands, I'D only be- in your
way"
'Follow our. directions and you
will have a garden that will sup
ply you with green vegetables for
your table until Fall"
"
at shall think of you, my love,
every minute that I'm in, the city.
Remember that absence makes
the heart grow fonder.
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When your husband played
poker with Mr.. B. and lost and
the next day you saw Mrs. 3.
with a new hat.
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The night the folding bed
closed up on the weekend guest
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The time Junior picked the
rjpest berries off the tops Of the
baskets that MON had put in the
refrigerator for Sunday dinner.
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When you get home and find
you've been dancing all evening
with a hole in your heel.
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A woman should marry as many
husbands as possible while she's
young so that she'll have at least
one man when she gets old.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09

Z Dear, have you any change? /.
want a loaf of bread and haven't
q thing but a dollar bill"
The Washington times., 1925-05-09

When you wait all morning for
q clean shirt and when the laun-
dry comes there's a little note
saying, Everything here but
the shirts, Will bring them back
with the next weeks laundry"
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And if they do come along they
don't stop.
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MIDDLE CLASS
DRAMA

When grandfather announced
he wouldn't mind taking a lesson
or two on the saxophone.
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When the rain washed away all
your mud pies.
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In another couple OF years the
old maids will have to start rob-
bing the alleys.
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Jane, don't you smell sonae-
thing burning in the kitchen?'
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When an old maid gets to be
fifty she makes up her mind to
take the first man who comes
along. But the trouble is they
don't come along.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09

The time you took your future
mother-in-law to church and
found as the collection plate was
being passed that all your money
was In your everyday suit.
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Marriage is a wonderful thing,
and a spinster is a woman who
said mo" once too often.
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That a garden hose is the kind
OF stockings worn by a farmerette.
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"Now, dear, here are two
cookies for you. Be sure to save
one for little sister.