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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, November 16, 1911, Image 19

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"And whenever she fretted
over anything, her sister, who
was a teasing sort of an imp,
would hold up a little mirror in
front of her and mimic her face,
until Polly Pomfret took to car
rying a little mirror herself and
watching her face to-keep it sun
ny and smiling.
"So pretty soon shewascuredof
fretting and now, I suppose, she
only needs to be cured of looking
into the looking-glass' .
"I don't think it's, fair," said
Marteeny. "I think he ought to
have told the story on himself,
like the others djd."
"Well, suppose one pf us tells
a story which brings him in," an
swered the Storyrrian. We might
call the hero Paul Pomfret, be
cause you know there are two
kinds of fretters. We all have cerr
tain things we must do. Polly
fretted because she wanted tovdo
'them. Paul fretted because he
DIDN'T want to do them. The
name of the tory can be 'Must.' "
But' we'll have to wait for it
until tomorrow.
New Jersey bosses of bothT part
ies united to beat Woodrow Wil
son out of the legislature. They
succeeded. But the union of the
bad is convincing evidence that
IWilson is good. It ought to help,
though designed to hurt, him. -
n "Doe" Cook posed in Berlin for
an "arctic portrait". He gets a
regular Arctfc reception all along
the line. Doesn't seem to worry
him, though..
MOVE AGAINST LICENSED
VICE ASTOJJNDS TOWN
West Hammond society, which'
was shaken Monday night by the
declaration of Miss Virginia
Brooks that three town officials,
William Thompson, John- Becker
and B. E. Esher, were proprie
tors of dives there, Is aghast at
her latest move in the campaign
against licensed vice.
Posters, "bearing the names of
the alleged proprietors of the re
sorts in big letters are tobe put
on billboards throughout the
town, and already the sheets are
being printed. Three mass meet
ings will be held Sunday, at which'
Miss Brooks will outline further
plans for the. elimination of im
moral hotels artd gambling
houses. -
"The resorts are on our main
streets," said Miss Brooks, "and
little children play in front of
them. Some of them are even al
lowed inside. If- our publicity
campaign, fails we will take the
matter to State's Attorney Way
man. "The police of West Hammond
are hampering us in every way
possible. Two of our investiga
tors were arrested and held in
jail over night. In the morning
the dive keepers were rounded up
and allowed bo view the prisoners,
who wefe'then released with the
warning that they were known to
the keepers, and would be thrown
out if they attempted to investigate."
If wishes were ' horses there
would be a lot of riders thrown

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