The Detroit times. [volume], July 19, 1917, NOON, Image 8

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However, Mothers Will
Please Go On Raising
Sons to Fight In War
l //. 7 ,
Sixteen women have been thrown into
Jail in Washington, the nation’s capital,
for having asserted their right to repre
sentation in government.
They did wrong, the Washington judge
found, in picketing the White House —in
peeking to get close to the prasiden <>*
their country to call attention to their
cause.
If a party leader in Kansas deems it to
the interest of the party organization
that a certain party faithful be given tin
postoffice or some other federal job. he
is at liberty to write the president and
call the president’s attention to his can
didate.
That is a form of picketing that ha
never landed a party leader in jail.
If the candidate for a federal position
has sufficient pull with the congressman
from his district, he gets the congress
man to go over to the White House and
SEE the president about the job, thereby
demonstrating to the president how he
stands with the congressman.
No congressman or candidate for a job
was ever put in jafl for that kind of
picketing.
If the opposition press desires to let :
she president of the United States know
that he has offended the opposition party
by crushing one of its ideals, it says so
very plainly on its editorial page and the
editorial page is sent into the White
House.
But no newspaper publisher was ever
thrown into jail for that kind of picket
ing in behalf of its party’s cause.
There are lobbyists in Washington,
right now working against the food bill,
endeavoring to take the common neces
sities from the mouths of working men
and WOMEN, but none of them has gone
to jail for that form of picketing.
There arc lobbyists in Washington
right now working to save beer and wine
from the prohibition measure.
These lobbyists are the enemies of
every WOMAN in the country, but none
of them has been cast into a jail dungeon
for THAT kind of picketing.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES HAS LEFT THE WHITE
HOUSE AND GONE OVER TO THE
CAPITAL TO EMPHASIZE SOME OF
HIS OWN DEMANDS, TIMES WITH
OUT NUMBER, AND HE HAS NEVER
BEEN PUT INTO JAIL FOR PICKET
ING.
But we hear the women suffragists in
Washington have resorted to disorder
and that they have broken the law.
• This they have done if carrying ban
ners quoting the Declaration of Indepen
dence is disorderly and against the law.
However, what else has their govern
ment left them to do?
Has it not denied to them the
ORDERLY manner in which MEN may
register their protests in government?
Has not their government—their pres
ident—denied them the vote that is
man’s privilege and a privilege that saves
him the necessity of going to jail for
HIS convictions and the principles he
stands for?
Our government wants the son? of
mothers to go to war and fight for
democracy, which is all right and which
mothers concede to be all right by giv
ing their sons cheerfully to the flag.
But our mothers demand, for them
selves, the right of franchise and MEN
grab them on the street and take them
before a MAN judge, who casts them in
to a prison run by a MAN—in the coun
try that has asked so much of mothers
IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY, but
which begrudges them the little they ask
IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY.
Greek Entrance Into
the War Turns Allies’
Liability Into An Asset
Entrance of Greece into the war
j against the kaiser has forged another
link in thd 'thain which binds together
all freedom-loving peoples in opposition
to the menace of Prussianism.
It is a triumph of democracy, an ex
THURSDAY. JUtY 19. 1917
prvssion of the real will of the Greek
people, so long thwarted by the arbitrary
power of the pro-German King Constan
tine.
Three times did Venizelos appeal to
the people on the issue of war against
Germany and three times they support
ed him.
Each time the will of the people was
thwarted by the Royal mandate, thus
proving that Kaiserisni may be as ef
ficient in preserving the peace as in
making war, —when it is to its interest
to do so.
Now, however, Constantine is in exile,
and his son is king in name only. The
real ruler of the people is Venizelos, the
war premier.
With Venizelos in full control, we may
s<vm expect to see active fighting in the
Balkans.
Greece, it is estimated, can put an army j
of 600.000 trained men in the field, which
force, added to the large allied army un- '
der General Sarrail .it Salonika, is pow
erful enough to seriously menace the Teu
ton communications with Turkey, and
to threaten Bulgaria with invasion.
Under the regime of Constantine, the
chief obstacle to an Allied advance in the t
Balkans was the ever present menace of
a Greek army controlled by a pro-Ger
man king on the Entente flank. Now
this liability has been turned into an
asset.
But great as may be the military aid
which Grecce will render the Allies, the
moral effect of her entrance into the war
may be of far greater value to the cau*e
of Democracy.
Coming at a time when the German
autocracy is straining every resource to
convince a disillusioned people that vic
tory for German arms is still possible,
the fact of the entrance of a fresh enemy
into the field may well prove more po
tent than bullets.
We’ve Got His Number
In a recent article of the above title
there was a misprint. It was stated that
the Emperor William’s age was fifty
years and six months, as he was bom
in January. 1859. It will be seen that
this correction will make the calculations
correct.
A number of correspondents send me
the following curious note also:
The word kaiser contains six letters.
Append the number 6 to the alphabetical
number of each letter in the word, add
them up, and the total is 666. As fol
lows :
K is the eleventh letter in the alpha
bet; join 6 to it and it makes 116; A is
the first letter in the alphabet, with 6 it
makes 16; in like manner I would be rep
resented by 96, S by 196, F. by 56. R by
186. These all added together make 666.
Those who are curious in matters of
prophecy point us therefore to verse 18,
chapter 13, of the Book of Revelation,
where it is said:
“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath
understanding count the number of the
beast, for it is the number of a man, and
his number is six hundred threescore
and six.”
From Another Point of View
By C. T. S.
“The numerous camps of soldiers, here,
there and everywhere, convince me,”
opines Phyllis, **that the situation is
tents.”
« • •
James Aul's wife has dropped her di
vorce suit. Aul is forgiven.
* • *
Wonder what time it will rain today?
* • *
Melvin Drake, Dayton, Ohio, man hits
disappeared, leaving a horde of creditor*.
It came to pass, eventually, that Diake
felt himself called upon to duck.
• » •
The ex-czar of Russia is >aid to he
happy in prison. And there are a lot of
people in his country' who are pleased,
no doubt, to see him happy.
* * *
The amount of the shortage in the An
thony Kioka case is going up. Is An
thony ?
• T *
Greece having entered the war on the
side of the Allies, the Kaiser must feel
somewhat slipped up.
* > *
On the other hand, they have arrested
RolK*rt Ivor, of Detroit, as a slacker.
• * •
. MEMORY TEST.
On wb*t date did the Knifr make his famous
speech to hit aviator*- "The babie* mutt be
•pared ?"
• m *
“ALL clear, Rert. back up, vthna. STOP
RK. Whaddatryin’tado. run into that
Pierce-Arrow and git y’rself int'another
law suit?”
* * •
“W-h-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-o-e-o-e-e-e-e-e-o-e-t!
W-h-e-e-e-ee-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-t!”
DETROIT TIMES
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Find ThF lucky individual
WHO, P>E*N<3- 2 WEflcS GVf K
~thf a<se limit, escaped the
draft
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Eat Xo Young Meat! That’s
Your Country’s Call to You
BY HARRY B. HINT.
WASHINGTON. D C.. July 19-
How about mea** Next *o
the for saving in raea’r :■* ’h*
m 05 * important item in the govern
mint’s food conservation program
‘low can th* housewife best heip
this sav,ng
To begin »!’h. cat mea’
Hat beef, pork or mutton only
once dally
Eat no young meat
Serve smaller portions
Ex'end ’he flavor of your meat*
over other foodstuffs and vegetal* *
by increasing the number of your
casserole dishes, ragout.* and stew*
Do not think you are helping he
cause by changing the standard of
your buying If you have been eat
ing porterhouse s’eak- it will Tint
help for you to change to chuck
steak* The high priced cuts mus’
be consumed as well as the In*
priced if there Is to be no waste
Your saving must be effected In the
quantity of your purchases, not in
’he quall’y.
One ounce of meat is a small bit.
Yet if an average of one ounce of
meat per day per person is saved
this -.ear it will mean an additional
meat supply equal to 2,200,000 tat
fie •
Because of high prices farmers
The Keep Well
Column
filth:
To he s he concert of a queen and
yet to dl»* of a dt«**ac» that is caused
by filth!
able
Typhoid fever is found on!v tn
man It is caused by a short rod
‘■’.apM microscopic vegetable which
en>r» the body thru the mouth and
«*ave« p m human discharge*, to
enter another human mouth to
which It Is carried by flnjr**ry flies,
fluids and food
!• :« •«sentially a disease of young
adul* life Older people are les« apt
have |t, probably because rhe%-
have suffered from an of the
disease in their youth.
Typhoid fever Is known by v»ri
ous names "slow fever," "low fev
er but whatever name it is called
bv. It kills about eight per cent of
tho«e whom It attacks
A certain percentage Os those who
recover become carriers tha’ is,
person « who fho well, excrete the
organism* of the disease in their
discharges
Carriers are largely rc«ponsible
for the perpetuation of typhoid 'ev
er. hut the installation of proper
sewer systems, the abollMon of Aie*
cockroaches and other filth insects
’he maintenance of a pure fo<td sup
ply and the intelligent care of ’he
victim of the disease, are th* mens
urc« which, If rigidly enforced w,;|
rid the country of the disease
Health QjM'i on* Answered
M H I Mv tongue I usual]; rov
ed and I have a bad taste in my
mouth. Please tell tne of some slm
pic r»rmdy. If there is one "
Try a diet of Vheesc, ml’k end
bread for *hree or four weeks*,
What are you reading **’
"A tale of burled treasure "
' Wasting your time on Action*"
No Th's Is cxpeH advice on
how to plant potatoes.”
have been • • lling an increasing
number of > . calves anti dairy
cows for slang ’er Help end the
slaughter of \ une -tnrk ■ cutting
off the demand '■ r v*al V.<o no
young mea’ ’
In the past J 2 rr nths th« number
of dairy cow s in < 'hio has decreased
1:* per cen’, in* , slaughter. 2“ p*-r
c> n* in Minne o’a, and 24 per cent
• n New York aid New Jersey* l*th
er localities t*-;nrfa similar falling
off
Reduction of meat con-*ump» ion is
not only necessary in order to give
| cur allies necessary meats and ani
mal fa?s, but is necessary to con
' serve our dairy stock and thereby
safeguard the lives of thousands of
infants and children in ’his country
i during tb” ** ar
In Kurop'*an count r es, w here
i dairy cv»le nave been killed to meet
t o lf-n:>ni for food the death rate
# or children under two years has
. increased *o from .>* to 98 per cent!
." i r‘t ;t« flsh. oysters, lobster*, ,
icrab-t ind Cher seafoods for meat
! once or twice each week
Eat more vegetables and more
, fruits
Make ' read crumbs and an egg in
| crease ?h' ‘ire of your mea* loaf
Eat on*- whole chop instead of
I the hear’* of tWO.
j Save »h- meat:
'
Pointed Paragraphs
I’ ‘ a!w a- the bottom dollar that
counts
There i- rnore proflt in smoking
herrir. ts. - cigarettes
Patience - frequently lauded, but
’enacit is what gets ’here
\dv»r»i’. -ometimes brings out a
man « go«,<: points h\ the mo’s
Some g a 111 promise to marry
a nu.n and -ome will threaten to do
so
U*.Q r-: in begins to *>e his own
*' r »r>t . n* i. his f»>ol friends assist
him
Keeping ip appearances often
mean* *r ;gal die* in order to give
an »rch -.,*1 dinner
"Know *h> self,” say* the philoso
pher , hu who i.« to introduce
us n
Our ■*- misfortune* hover on
the briiii; »>f our apprehension*
' f* ' rrien ’ think." others
gu« ■>. '>ihr "fan* y,” while still
others re *on ”
S a if? f. r a man oijt of lo*s of
trouble ’ ,*., his tung'ie gets him
Into
A v i«e nster says it's better to
I he liuet’ ' at because vou are not
| ’.nHrr'od t an not to be abb to laugh
! be* aiw ve j are.
There period in every Yody *
life prior -vfcich he be put
to sI• •ej ,• night, and after which
it is dlfflc.it to get him up In th«
morning
T’hc Old Gardener Says:
The • plest plan for the ama
t« ur gsr j* n maker who wants to
| flgbt (he ngs and get rid of fun
KU» fftctble, nt ttie «ame time is
t») nciki ( (onibinstion of arsen !
! of l» ad and Bordeaux Muttire.
both in j * der forn. Ts combln
* I ir > * ;. •. part* they made «n
I du *n,g sprsy. wfiich can
I be improved on only t»y the ad
tlltifin Os a little tobacco dust.
This reni-d. can t>» applied eith
• r w i»h » ,|*) W made for the i
■ puCDnse or silted on *he plants j
• fn**an of a f h«*« se cloth bag
or perti.i pi a piece f,f fheeSe
' *!• <] over the top of a rof
I r *n Tbe ilordeaut Mixture
; Mf *d ars» nate t*f lead together
will kill the potato bug* and *ave ’
the plan** from blight
—By Webster.
Anniversaries
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j I'.' Missouri a4nj-*»d a st*t- > n
; atltutlon.
I'-'** j;*n John ! ‘*r*air a >U»-
| tlnK inhed of'rer >f the M*\ in *• ■ 1
I • V 1 ► rn at Me!i<-f n • I'm
jlie 1 r Washington. I> * 'm
i* ■ -
>'‘-Fred«'r!<' T Or»#rh*lK» »■
I ernor <■•? Manea h inetts *»• •• r.
tn Kns-:*n<l Died at I/'*e:|, Ma
Mar. > M«.
I 1 '-ift n»v Anthony Wan' *vi
I <onee-rafed fir«* n mar. '"a'h
ari'hb(ah,''r> of Sew itrlean
1 ITv—Englarxl prorlmn »and ne rra ! -
!to r the Franco Prussian war
1 ATT Russian army tn the ad' *r e
n*T .rk*> occupied P.x ■<« n
the Balkans
MM The Cuban pr-.vm* ea . *
Guatitanamo and '"amanera sur
rendered tr the Americans
(INK HKR il.O TOIMI IN fill
\MR
Germans launched new .«nr.'.»r f
fens ve in [< nK .eval *e r r
Russians hejfan n<-w ft- x' dr v< • n
'P pa river, fordn* T»m ns t r*
Rrltish recovered trust of r}e
!gr ind lost to C.erman» in recent
I counter attack
TOim’v HIHTHIMIV.
Prince *'.rr» of Gr> e e. • 'dr
hrther f the new Kng ■■■ n t
Athens 2? >ear« ago toda'
Judge Roger A. Pryor of New York
[ one ..f the few s irvlvlng members f
i the fir*' »" nfed*ra*e itatc* congress
I h< rn In Dinwiddle county, Va . • *
| yea r s ago » -la y
>' 1 Willl.itn P Martin, f
the r;en* ra' <ta ft .ops f »*»■ |> •, i
'ides anrr. b<>rr. ;n f>h■ ’ i•• <
ait i to*la v
f. c r p-jrroy Vflt< h»l. mav. r of Nov
York tv ard candidate for r»-e;e.
[ tlon n»»t fall, horn at F*' rdhai- N ■
V . ? v»ars ago t■ day
Ant Is Industrial Auxiliary
Army Behind Insect Front
‘fir lion IMF, *\T* < IRK IOR T II Fill t|l KKK! "RK'I O* TMK
I.KKT. U I 111 M H«F« ill Horil <HIIM W IFIIM. TO I IHHI HKM
ki.i.i to niF, >i ro;ri.
The not I* the Industrial for* «> be
hand the line* of the Insert army
that Invade* the home, the moat Ir
rltatlng of fh«* housewife'* pest*.
Making war only In summer. It
will destroy mori' fo**l than all oth
er Insect* cavi* Ale*.
To keep food from ants, place It
In or upon ve**r|* *et v In shallow
P*R* **f wafer covered with a film
of oil
Five cent*’ worth of tArtar emetic,
mixed with flour or five firm-* It*
volume In syrup, and placed In shal
low dish** alone she ant*' lino* of
communication*. will rid the house
The Indolent
m h. 4nmg(iTog brio
Author of "The Kiddle of Person
ality.” "Pavchology and
' / Parenthood.” ate.
If. in line with E*E. R.itt**nhmi*t»’s
-ukk< ition, h*‘<iltlt ramps are ratab
l*sh»u! for the reronatructlng of men
whom military riatuinora find phy»l
cullv unfit. there is one type of man
to whom Mich camps would be of
•\o ptinual benefit This la the man
a ho persists in refuaing to work.
Most people assume that men of
'h s «ort the tramp*, the vagrant*.
th» ne'erdo-we|l» of every kind who
infest civ tilled society—rail beat he
handled b' punitive methoda. They
sMime that habitual idleness ia due
m:titil> to a stubborn perveralty.
In many cases It may be. Hut the
tet remain* that punitive methoda
t; nerally fail to aerompliah the de
- red end. And for »hl* there la ade
;c* reason in the phyalcal oondl
ti• *n of the Idler*.
Sot . \ears ago a committee of
l*re\ sciential* carefully examined
• lato number of Parialan vagrant*.
Vlan) of these seemed to be In the
lest of were heavy and ro
bust looking.
!n n< arU nverv ease however. If
a .*> discovert 1 '! that they were men
■\ (Tlicfed with a peculiar weakness of
’he nervous .system, characterized by
,t slow l ••art beat, low blood pres*
-me. and poor circulation Asa
onse juence they tired easily
Thus their idl< nes* waa, psycho
logually speaking, a defenae reac
• >n They instinctively loafed to
‘ ’ -'T\e their feeble resource*
l'h* findings of theae French
~ • ntists have never attracted the
t’t -n'i >n they deserve Today, with
th‘ nation at war. thnv certainly
ur- a or: h taking into aerioua con
sideratton
M in p tw. r is in unapproached de
Ml.it. 1 The feeling is widespread
that t wrv odv must work at some
'hunt OnMie action against idler*
urged in many cjuarters There
alrva.Sv has been some special leg
islation aimed at them
\nd against wholly wilful Idlers
drt'’l< action should be taken Hut,
brst. th» physical fitness of the
idler: should be ascertained
If an idl* r. when physically exam
p 1 i found to be conditioned like
•he Pari-ian vagrants, surely the
w is* c< ir -e is not to punish him
f r ll’Pi out to fit h.tn for work
And Mr Uittenhouae'a proposed
health t amps would do much to ao
mplt-'h this. There the idler
yw.lii i*iken in hand given what
• vi r medicine he n»ed*. upbuilt by
c<‘< J. fo*a.l and outdoor and
and -nplined io «ppiv. 4s tn work
Sonic such action as tHis, l aub
mit i' the right action for the pres
ent efuergetic).
It will cost money, but in the end
• v 11 -ave far more money than It
c>*s s It would be a paying Invest
m* nt ts it did no more than appre-
i k dv retluce the present economic
hurt!* ti impo»i and by the presence of
one r'.x" of Idlers alone tramp*
in the l nited States. It has been
estimated there are at least 50,000
ramps, entailing on the nation an
» imoniic waste running into rati
-I:tins or dollars every year One in
.. • .■ i’.ii j jts it at 110.000 000
Pu'cc.tion and coercion have
faded so live th* tramp problem
n f*:» light of what the French
rr ••ntl .t* have discovered. the
h. lr • i imp inu-*t be accounted
lik- lv 'o contribute much to Ita aolu
tion. and *0 ihe solution of the
pr l b 1 of habitual idleness In gen
s ral
G ve the health camp a chance to
provu it- and economic worth
How It Happened
Ti i- is my uncle hud T>obba.”
-aid Mi-s Cle-saphlne flatter, who
yy exhibiting the family photo
graph album No, he didn't have
a trip "f white whiskers growing
on th*- front side of his neck, altho
’mint ••vi-rvbody who looks at his
picture ak« that question That is
yv '- re hi Adam's apple kept sliding
up and down while he was trying
tr. look plea**an»ly at the camera"
1 Judge.
of the pe*t. Never put tartar
♦ rustle within reach of children or
prt *
Other safer remedies for overt>u*y
mother*:
Syrup of hotline borax and
sugar In WWter.
I'lug hole* where ant* enter house
with kerosene?*oaH*d cotton.
S*H tabl*' leg* In pan* of water,
covered with oil film
|»o*trny ant rolonlc* In the yard,
*r the r»*oniltlng agent can not get
n*-w troop*, with pnlwon* supplied by
druggist* and used according to di
rection*.
BY agrtw Tkßtron. i cants n wilt: eT«s.
where, IP cents a weak. By mall. IS a
year Call Main 4520 Entered at the Poet
office In Detroit as second-rhw mall matter.
The price of liberty, as quoted, is eter
nal vigilance. It is more; it is universal
vigilance. Nobody can be free unless
everybody is free.
Which point 1 wish to sharpen and
hammer in.
The trouble with most people’s notion
is that it is too individual.
When each person does as he pleases,
has no law but his own will, there re
sults such a clash and confusion that in
the end the only one who gets any liberty
is the strongest. In carrying out his
will he reduces the others to slavery.
The only possible way for the many
to get liberty is for them to unite so as
to compel the substitution of justice and
the general good for the will of the
strongest.
This is the reason why the world Is
now at war with Germany. It is because
German liberty means liberty for nobody
else—Belgium, for instance.
It is also the reason why the United
States is in the war. Some simple-mind
ed ones ask why we over here cannot go
along minding our own business and
keep out of the European imbroglio. The
answer is that there would not be liberty
in this country very long if there were
liberty nowhere else in the world.
German policy had already begun to
cause the sinking of our unarmed ships
ujK>n the high seas.
It also explains conscription, why con
gress is justified in requiring every male
between the ages of twenty-one and
thirty-one to take up arms.
At first blush this seems a wanton, ar
bitrary interference with individual
rights, compelling by force even ultra
pacifists and German sympathizers and
anarchists to be soldiers when they
thought soldiering in this instance or sol
diering in general to be wrong. But a
little reflection will convince one that if
there’s to be freedom for all every one
must co-operate to secure it.
Tliis also shows why democracy can
be successful only when every individ
ual in it discharges his public duties.
Any group of non-voting persons in a
democracy is a menace.
All women should have full civic
rights, because women being disfran
chised accept the protection yet avoid the
responsibilities of government., Women
should vote, not because some want to,
but because all ought to.
Slavery is a danger to any nation, be
cause it makes a politically non-active
group of inhabitants.
Any group or class, for whatever rea
son, that does not participate in public
responsibilities is dangerous—including
slaves, women, the idle rich, the high
brows who despise politics, and the anar
chists who don’t l>elieve in government.
And the same principle holds true of
the world. The world will never be "safe
for democracy” until the last autocratic
government is removed.
Liberty is a boat we’re all in. A leak
anywhere will sink it.
It’s a Fact—About Fiction
Most people read fiction nowadays—■
and most people who talk about fiction
at all have the idea there is being poured
out upon us each year a flood of fiction.
But. to the surprise of most, if there
ever was a “flood of Action” it is at ebb
tide—and ebbing strong.
In 1895, 20.3 per cent of books pub
lished was fiction. year’s figures
show only 8.91 per cent fiction.
This gives rise to interesting ques
tions. Are we becoming more “intellec
tual”? Are we getting to be more “sol
id” and matterof-fact? Don’t the thrill
ers “get” us as they used to?
Anyway, a growing percentage of
books deal with sober, serious fact, and
the good old heart-throb plot that thick
ens is on the wane.
It is interesting to note that the de
cline has been gradual since 1895—and so
it can’t be laid to the war, as most every
thing else is.
The young hopeful of four year* had been a
source of continual vexation and trouble all thru
the meal, and at. It* finish a
lady friend turned to the child'*
mother and *ald: Mir
*'lf your boy belonged to me
1 shouldn’t *t*nd so much of
hi* nonsense at meal time*. I £
should give him a thrashing” g.
•Rut." said the mother, "you Aft , fiflyf >
can’t smack the poor Iltttle fel- fc-T®*?
low on a full stomach.”
"No." said her friend, "but you ran turn him
over.”
A lank Missourian walked Into * woman's r*.
change In St. Loul*. A cantankerous middle
aged woman stepped up and—
■ asked him what he wanted,
yj. , "Re this the woman's ex
change?” he inquired "It Is."
r K ' X * she snapped. "An' he ye the
/woman?” he persisted "I am'”
~v* Yfo ahe replied In no gentler tones,
t,VI " He looked thoughtfully, trans
j ferred hi* tobacco from one
1 ' ■ cheek to the other, edged to
ward the door, then remarked casually, "Well, I
reckon I’ll keep Sal! '
The Price of Liberty
BY DR. FRANK CRANE
(Coprrt*ht, 1915, bjr Frank Crane)
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