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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-27
cALANTHE LODGE, NO. 50, K. p.
SETH WILLIAMS NATIONAL RE.

liot CORPS No. 90, AuXiIiary to the
Grand Army of the Republic. Regular
meetings in Grand Army hall the 2nd
and 4th Wednesday of each month at
$50 P. VI.
EMMA 4 GANNETT. President.
NELLIE F. ALLARD. Sec'y.
il nj > tues lyrs
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An explosion from some unknown
cause set fire to boat and boathouse
in Greenvills, Just as the owner was
about to start up the lake with a
party OF five. One little girl in the
party was blown into the water. A
German police dog. belonging to the
owner of the boat, caught hold of the
child's clothing and held her up until
she was rescued.
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In an announcement made public
by the United States army corps of
engineers at Washington, D. c.. is in
cluded approval of the application by
Boothbay officials for bridge recon-
struction across Boothbay Harbor.
The engineers confirm objections
against a bridge over Abagadasset
river in Bowdoinham, holding that the
structure would obstruct navigation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-27

JET F7H ENONWFW EN 7, mo. ).
Meetings fourth Tuesday of each
month AT 7.39 O'Clock.
GEO. II. WADLEIGH, C. p.
6. S. PEASLEE. Scribe
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AUGUSTA CAMP No. Zoo. M. w A.

Regular meeting inst and third Thurs-
day of each month at G. a. r. hall.
CLARENCE f. MADDEN. Consul.
BERT L. NICHOLAS. Clerk.
. , !,
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c. 4. r. THE REGULAR MEETING

of Seth Williams Post No. Is, first
Thursday of each month
D. w. PETTINGILL, J. V. c.
WILLIAM McDAVID Adjutant
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NOU Continue

she turned the topaz brightness
Of her eyes upon Derry.
Are you in love with my hus'
band2'' she asked.
The amazing query was put so
gently, in such a matter-of.sacs
way that it seemed not even
startling. With equal quiet Derry
put her question.
Who is your husband?
Quite Charming
Derry appraised her carefully.
She was delightfully."- pretty. but
not by any means so young as
she had looked at first sight.
The flash came to Derry that
this was Tony Landor's wife.
that Tony had befooled her. only
to be promptly dismissed. even
before the stranger added:
81 am Mrs. Preston Smith"
Prenny's. Yes. this was just
the kind that he would fall for
Undoubtedly he must have .,een
very much in love with i1er.
IT did not know that YOU
were back in town. Derry said.
Then you did know that ]
have been away"
Aren't you away most of the
time" returned Derry pointedIy.
at suppose Mr.. Smith keeps you
up to date on my movements. -
81 don't know that he has even
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F AS HONS
FANCIES

By Their Cylinders-Small autos
and purses be Judged! An eight
cylinder car may achieve the
speed limit, but cylinder
shaped bag easily wins the race
In purse fashions. OF suede or
lizard calf. in the latest shades
OF wine red hunters green.
tobacco brown. and creamy beige.
these long. narrow bags have
covered frames and flat ieweled
clasps, the size OF "A lipstick.
Two wide seIf-tone bands, circling
the bag. give a smartly tailored
finish.
SnakclilGe Charm is possessed
by the new Cobra tewelry. which
Is developed in green and Roman
gold. Long necklaces and chok.
ers and bracelets are formed Of
cordlike chains with one end
Jeweled and the other with
clasp in imitation of a snakes
head. Often several strands are
used, held together by a loop.
Earrings to match are very pic.
turesque and are wrought in
pendent, loop and hutton styles.
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What have you done to keep
his love? 1t strikes me that
you've made a pretty good bar.
gain for yourself and got all
you could out of it.
Very Unhappy
The baby eyes dropped. The
soft whine said. II don't know
what you mean You're making
me very unhappy"
DO you think you've made
Prenny happy?"
do you think you could make
him any happier?"
Yes, II / loved him. wish
! did. He's worth it. But !
don't. And-you won't believe
this, Mrs. Smith. but it's abb
solutely true-there's nothing be-
tween your husband and me.
Then viii you leave him alone?''
pleaded the soft whine.
Derry pondered: VIII you come
back TO New York and stay?"
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Beautiful, WOrldIy-Wise and Eagerly
Seeking FrivOlty, Is Derry
Heroine of the Story
The Story Thus Far

Derry Thomas attractive business GIRL while shopping,
whom she met for
fabric which afford He leaves her without
learning dealer in anqueher employer
leaving her promise not
three admirers among them
Beverley Geenway Preston Smith New York alderman Dick
Otey wealthy dettante: Martin Cole playwright and Prof
Walter Bakey expert psychologists cousin of
leading
good Derry Greenway divorce his wife
Derry win him. Wilowdean becomes interested m akeIy
frequently the Recherche fashionable night club
Derry gives of having met
jealous of Bakely and Derry
Wlowdean go LandOr calls at Derry's office
takes her ball She sailing
with Oey They caught in fog and forced spend
the The morning Derry is by
swimmer off one Wlowdean brings of
globes and leaves il in Derrys Martin
WIOwdean mplOres Derry make Blakey
come The swimmer recognized Derry the boat appears
take her secluded
impuey kisses her. then apOlogzs Hidden from
Wowdean confess her love for Bakey Derry
discovers Tony bachelor Otey who has been masQue
under false unnasked BY the sudden appearance
Eway tells Derry that her husband
in love Derry jealous of Tony and
India She peuadcs him to wait and
pany her ON a trip to Montreal in three weeks
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CHAPTER "a

-
nHRY as she could. Miss Desideria
4 Thomas could not get at the
new clients business. She had
come in just before noon. this
softly rounded. deiicately colored.
wistful-eyed woman who looked
hardly more than a girl. and Inn.
pregnated the place with her own
personal aura Of subtle perfume
and lazy easfulness.
AT first she asked vaguely about
cross-stitch coverings OF which
she knew little: then shifted to
queries concerning Long Island
real estate records. of which she
knew less. From time TO time
she cast a yelled glance at WIN.
lowdean French. who was waiting
for Derry to go out to luncheon
with her. Interpreting this. VII.
lowdean said to her:
is your business with Miss
Thomas private?"
A childlike smile manifested It"
self upon the dainty features OF
the visitor. How good of you!"
she answered In a, voice which
had an instructive droop Of appeal
in il. 1T is. rather"
I'm eff. Derry. Meet you at
the Corinthian"
81 sflan't keep her long" the
the stranger gave assurance.
As soon as the door had closed,
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The knowledge Test for
Times Readers
What do non know?

What do you kmOw?
These questions Shoud be familiar Wit
will take but short time each day DISCOVER hoW Of
them kno Check Nth the published each
day.
DO you know where these colleges located7
]. Baliol
2 Yale.
8 Radcliffe
4. Haverford
Which of these Which false?
s. Independence Square S Boston,
Maconi invented high frequency wireless telegraph.
T. The Mississippi River flows past Memphis, Tenn.
8 Calais is in southern France
Cardinal Newman hymn Nearer Ny God Thee
Which best fits each of the following?
large antelope.
IL. A hill famous in Arthurian legends
II. A square in New York city
13. country of Africa.
IA. Art pottery
Observation-Disclosures -faience-Madison)
See Mondays paper verify your
Answers yesterdays test.
l. London Dublin; 8, New York; London Ralph Waldo
Emerson; Edgar Allan Poe John Keats; $50 IT,
or 16 2-3 SO. yds; 9, 81; TO- 1915.
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Keen II for familiea ard doc.

should keep 1t for families and doc.
tors who do not report.
The only restrictions OF any
value are those imposed by q sus.
picious mother or a suspicious doc
tor before positive diagnosis Is
made.
The job of the health department
is to educate parents in the initial
symptoms. TO get all the cases re,
ported, to visit each of them 10
find out who the contacts are. to
try and have the young and deli
cate contacts immunized and to
see that every case, regardless of
age or condition. gets good care.
For these purposes the health
department must either maintain
a supply Of convalescent serum or
provide a physician TO administer
blood from the parents when this
IS required to save the life of a
patient.
This. says Godfrey. does not af-
ford certain protection, but modi
fies the attack and is the best
available immunizing means at
present.
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living In congested quarters. are
more liable to infection from other
children and cannot be comfort
ably isolated. Cases are more
likely TO be concealed. the doctor is
called in late and the poor condi.
lions and lowered resistance of the
child increase the risk OF compli.
cations.
1t Is the nurse and health officer
who must be relied upon for giving
individual personal instruction.
The first necessity Is TO alter the
attitude of poor people toward
them. Instead OF exercising its
authority upon the families that
are reported. the department
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GOWN OF ONE
COLOR

TINE superiority of the one-color
- gown over multi.colored or
glittering evening dresses was
''conclusively demonstrated" dur
ing the recent brilliant season in
Venice. according 10 Baron de
Meyer. noted fashion authority.
writing from Paris to November
Harper's Bazaar. Describing "the
most effective gown" seen at the
now celebra ted red and white ball.
Baron de Meyer says:
1t was of red crepe de chine.
with many rows of heavy silk
fringe. forming the skirt, and
with a red scarf forming the
bodice. 4 bunch of red earna.
tions was pinned where the scarf
was thrown over the shoulder.
and matched the large red feath.
eT fan she carried"
Another striking example Of
the one-color gown that was
cited by Baron de Meyer was a
creation OF silver tissue cut IN
varied biases. forming intricate
godets and squares.
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what! Iii the middle Of sum.
mer? Why. never could stand
it,
HE stands 1t. =
''He's q man.
That's something that YOU We
apparently forgotten" returned
the girl significantly
Then you won't promise not
TO see him any more?
Not il he still wants to see
me-
Again the soft whine com
planned: You're making me so
unhappy
"Prenny must have had bad
time OF it getting over being in
love with you..' reflected Derry
aloud. At the thought her heart
grew bitter Loyal. warm. hearted.
gentle. fine-spirited. hearted
old Prenny. to have fallen for this
hard and selfish little curl.by.the-
fire cat! 81 am certainly going
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on Just as we were. I she averred.
You'll be sorry.
rs that a threat?'
sOTI. no, no! only meant
you'd be sorry for being 10 ur-
fair Z
Derry did not even answer that.
II suppose, = went on the de-
terminendIy dolorous voice, that
youth tell Prenny all about this.
why should II III would only
make him uncoTnf Portable. z
The other Frightened. You
won't? That's nice of you.
wisia,' she added wistfuIly. II
knew what to believe about all
this
As Derry did not help her fur
Their. she said good.by and de.
prived the office Of her aura Of
all-sufficing luxuriousness.
Copyright. 1895. BY McCiure's Magazine
lInternational Publications. Incl
ITO be continued Monday.)
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Are you looking after him this
summer"
A look of hurt puzzIernent
dimmed the baby stare. You
wouldn't expect me to stay in
New York in the summer" said
Preston Smiths wife incredu.
lousIy.
why not?"
''Why-nobody does. Nobody
that lie anybody. / mean"
Your husband does
"Oh. men. Of course. They
have to-"
III were married to a man
like Preston Smith. I'd think 1t
was worth while TO stay"
Said the other with maternal
nervousness: ~ have my chill.
dren to consider"
There's nurse for the chill.
dren, | suppose"
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"Two." said Mrs. Smith. con.
fidingly.
Derry was suddenly angry.
You women who have mar.
rage license think that you have
no other responsibilities. You
leave your husbands alone and
lonely and then think it's out.
rageous IL they turn to other
women"
The wife. not unnatural1y, mis-
took her vehemence. THAT
sounds like a confession.
Does 1t? Why don't you ask
Prenny?"
IT have. He cursed me. It's
the first time he's ever done
that. And that's what makes
me think he's in love with you.
He wouldn't deny that he was
In love with you
"Why shouldn't he be-" chal-
lenged Derry. mot with me.
particularly, but with somebody.
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By Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority on tile Problems OF
Love and Marriage

WHAT is more thrilling in
-" meaning and suggestion
than the word Freedom?
For freedom men have lived
and died. For freedom every
good citizen. whether man or
woman. should be ready to lay
down life, If need be.
II is our rightful pride and
boast that We live in a free land,
under free institutions. with free
opportunities. Yet. we possess
liberty only in a comparative
sense. In the strict sense of the
word. is anyone free? Is it nos.
sibIe for human beings TO be free?
The dictionary defines freedom
as absence OF restraint" Is any
one at any period of life entirely
free from restraint?
From the cradle TO the grave
we obey laws. First We obey our
parents. who train us in useful.
ness and elf-discipline, and pre-.
vent US from doing that which
would prove harmful to ourselves
and others.
When We reach years of matur-
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drawing attention to the danger
to small children and giving de.
tailed advice.
Families should be divided into
two groups-well-to-do and poor.
An outbreak. when 1t starts,
will probably last from two to six
months. according 10 the size Of
the community.
During this period, in the case
OF well.to.do families, children
under the age of should be kept
20 themselves as much as possible
and not transported in public con-
veyances or taken TO public gath
erings. They should play only
with the other children Of the fam.
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and now / am q strong and vel
woman, able TO do all that and go
out nursing besides. / have also
used the Sanative Wash and found
II beneficial. Mas. GERTRUDE l..
STEWART, 103 Davis ST.. Green.
field, Mass,
Valuable for Weakness
~ have found Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound q valu.
able medicine FOR weakness. Mas.
ia PrETscH. Box 397, Lancaster, Pa.
Hundreds of letters like these are
received by the Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass. from grateful
women who say that their heath
has improved since taking Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
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DR.: Reeds Suggestions For Controlling MeasLe

infection. the baby should be kept
away from him for three weeks.
Toward the end OF the incuba.
ton period, or on the very first
appearance of symptoms. the
children.
In the case OF less well condi.
toned families prevention Is much
more difficult, Children under 3.
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CHEAP KNIFE
FOR HOME

THO make a cheap and effective
L. paper knife for cutting out
newspaper and magazine pages.
etc.. wrap one end of an ordinary
razor blade with two or three folds
of wrapping or heavy note paper.
and glue the flap firmly in place,
suggests. Science and Invention
Magazine The blade will not cut
through the paper handle,
The Library Of Congress has a
collection OF music and musica.
composition of more than 1000.
600 items. 1t lie the second largest
in the world.
The bones of flying birds are
hollow and filled with air. thus
combining strength with nghtness.
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mentioned your existence" said
Derry calmly.
Perhaps he wouldn't, to you.
Then you are living with him."
she said mournfully.
IF were, what would you do?
Divorce him.
So that he could marry you?
Oh. no.
You'd rather keep hold OF him,
in spite OF believing that he really
belonged to another woman?"
There was a disdain in Derry's
heart that she took no pains to
keep out Of her face.
He's my husband said the
other with simplicity of owner
ship.
Then why don't you look after
him?"
II have looked after him, ever
since we were married."
For how much of the year?
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By Chas. A. L. Reed, MD.
Former President Of the Amer
lean Medical Association

VoU have a part to play in
u making effective the follow.
ing for the protection of your
children.
In view OF the prevcntabie
character Of measles and of the
large number of deaths from that
disease. Godfrey suggests that
direct control be exercised by the
health authorities.
From the birth certificate a
card should be made out for each
child born during the three years
preceding threatened epidemic.
giving all the particulars Of his
family-numbers. economic status
and particulars as 20 which of his
relatives has had measles, and as
TO which Of his friends could take
the older children or the baby
during an epidemic.
When the epidemic comes, and
during Its earliest stages. letters
should be sent to all the family
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We can possibly free ourselves
of all restraint Sacrifice OF free
dom in some degree Is the price
of everything worth while.
There is always q price for
Sinking the highest responsible.
ties of which we are capable. 1t
is better to be slave to affec-
ton and to our best selves for the
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was used to having his own way
in everything. Tom finally decided
that Dick was responsible for his
misfortune and he shot and killed
him. Tom Is serving a life SEN
tence in prison. like many a man
and woman who consider them
selves free to defy the law. and.
above all self.restraint.
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sake of love and service, than to
indulgence.
Think long and seriously before
you refuse love because it means
self.denial. hard work. and re.
sponsibillty.
Love always entails some sacrt.
flee OF freedom. So does every
kind OF responsibility. You can't
have both. But IL you choose the
responsibility of love and mar
riage, freely, voluntarily, isn't it,
very remuneration OF freedom p
deeper INSTRUMENTATION to full
fill your highest destiny by COM
plete self.expression as q woman
and mother and TO live happily
as the wife Of the man you lover
ADVE RTlsEMENT
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HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
French Way With Green Peas

French Way With Green Peas
The French housewives method
of cooking green peas Is to put
half 'cupful of water into an
earthenware saucepan. to which
is added little pepper, salt and
sugar, and then allow 1t to come
to a boil. The peas are put into
this and allowed TO steam gently
until they are nearly cooked; they
are then drained thoroughly and
emptied into a clean. warm sauce.
pan. with a little butter. The
saucepan Is then allowed to stand
by the side of the fire until the
peas are thoroughly cooked, when
they are turned into a very hot
dish and served.
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NOW TT CAN
BE TOLD

SSHIHE fashion for women's
- galoshes. worn open. was
started, quite inadvertently. by
men," according 10 an article by
Eleanor Gilbert in this weeks
Liberty.
ut was Is years ago that Yale
students, making last.minute
dash TO chapel on wintry morn.
!ngs. began the careless habit
OF wearing their galoshes open,
Local high school girls initiated
the custom Without understand,
Ing The cause. and soon the
fashion swept the country"
The Chinese learned how to
make paper by watching wasps
build their nests.
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merce. Can you enjoy products
like that2 | can't.
OF course, good child labor
laws prohibit anything like this,
but how can 1t be stopped?
This kind of work Is home
work and how can factory in.
spectors be supposed to visit
homes to stop it3 They simply
can't. and so this terrible work
goes on.
No one who studies this child
labor question the least bit--es-
pecially a woman could for d
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to control his temper and moods.
he was often brutality unkind to
her.
How / wish ! had married
Dick" Muriel sobbed one day when
her husband had been particu.
larry disagreeable. II was en-.
gagged to him when / met YOU"
Shortly afterward. disguised by
Toms dissipation, Muriel left him
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lily or with children who have had
measles. The most likely source
of infection is an older child con.
tracing the disease and bringing
it home, therefore parents with
nonimmune older children should
watch them closely and carefully,
and on the first suspicious sign
should isolate the baby and call in
the doctor. II an older child is
known to have been exposed to
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Sacrificing for LOued ones Gives Fullest Life Writer

ity. We still must obey our coun.
try's laws. We must obey laws Of
health or experience suffering.
We must obey laws of morality
exacted by our own reason and
the consensus of public opinion
When human beings struggle
TO throw off all restraint they
only take on new forms Of
slavery.
The Washington times., 1926-11-13

conNectton with the artificial
flowers.
| had even felt a little guilty
in my feelings toward silk and
cotton dyed buds and blooms.
/ thought that after all they
were a source OF income to in.
valids and disabled soldiers. But.
even so, it In quite certain that
those who need the money most
receive little in comparison with
the price tags the flowers finally
bear.
Three dollars for one artificial
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and returned to her mother. Tom
had detectives shadow his wife and
he learned that Dick was a FIRE.
quent caller at her mothers home.
As a matter OF fact. he was
friend of her brother, but this
Tom did not know.
Brooding over his loss. which
he found uncomfortable. because he
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minute buy anything she knew
was made BY childish hands.
could encourage the exploitation
Of children who should be at play
instead of working.
''Our State laws are good, II
is true, but do not forget that
our legislature for the last two
years had the chance to endorse
the Twentieth amendment to the
United States Constitution. that
would let Congress pass some
kind OF a law to stop child labor,
and neither legislature endorsed It..
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Tom was brought up by in.
dulgent parents who granted his
every whim. They believed that
children should enjoy freedom
for self-expression He had no
work to do. His study with his
tutor was mostly farce. Finally,
Tom fell in love with and mar
rled MurieI, beautiful young
girl AS he had never learned
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By Fay King

4 FEW days ago wrote about
how sad artificial flowers
make me feel. They are such
contrast TO the beauty and life
and perfume Of Natures own real
bloomsl
But feel even sadder about
them since have heard from
some who know more about their
making. / had not thought Of
sad. pale women and tired chill
dren. and even baby fingers, in
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and l would not
be without N In
the house. As ]
am a children's
nurse, / have to
be on my feet q
great deal and
your medicine
has helped me
wonderfully. 4
was hardly able
to do my house
work when | be-
gan taking it.
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flowerI How much to the one
who made It?
One lady. who has spent many
years in child welfare work in
New York, writes me az follows:
Think Of it! A child only
years old sitting on The floor sort.
ing out bits of cloth and scraps Of
colored paper to make the petals.
And d poor mother. who should
be washing dishes or tidying up
the house, making these child.
ishly assorted petals ana leaves
into the artificial flower Of com.
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II you love children. Il you
wish 10 enjoy to the fun the
things buy buy chcapIy write
to your assembIynan Just elected
and tell him why you want that
child labor amendment acted on
fayorably By the 1927 legislature.
!. Morality? why nothing could
be more immoral In All this world
than to make BABIES Work.
You don't have 10 be mother
to know that. Your own heart
tells It to you III you only
THINK ABOUT TT.