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HBW real strong: children owing to the hard work they are forced to perform or chose the easiest 'way. "Dr. Hedger in speakingof the 2, 000 girls employed a't the. mail-order house where she was physician says one-fourth were, treated.," for strained eyes'. Yes, I can, believe, that, but they were strained- from pouring over order blanks'in ill-lighted rooms ; Mrs. Virginia Brooks Wash bu me. others, she says, were brought to a state of hysteria from nerves. That interestsrme. I know in. some otthe places I've had under observation that girls were made almost' nervous wrecks by the "hurry-up''system of the slave-drivers "placed above them, by "being constantly scolded and by being forced" to do work that their tired bodies couldn't stand. 'I believe the Illinois Welfare Com Missioii exposures should make peo ple'.'understand "Tvhy girls sacrifice their chance for happy and contented motherhood. It's due to the economic pressure. "But I don't believe the case of this class of girls is hopeless. They have a God-given right to bear children and be happy, and some day the big employers "will be forced to recognize that. They can't drive this desire for happiness out of the hearts of the girls. If they won't make conditions better for the girls and pay them more wages voluntarily they'll find that some day they will be forced to do it by law. . "Out in West Hammond there are mothers who are forced to go out and work all day. They used to lock the children up in the house all day. Just think of it, little children yearning for companionship, yearning for play time, forced to remain by themselves in a lonely house. We helped that matter by starting the day nurseries." o o I THE SULZER:TAMMANY DEAL New York, Oct. 21. That Tam many is not yet through with the deposed governor, William Sulzer, is evidenced by the report that a pam phlet is to be issued giving the al leged reason "Why Sulzer Failed to Take the Stand." This pamphlet'will contain information gathered by the Frawley investigating committee and the board of impeachment managers which was to have beea used had' Sulzer testified. Charges and counter-charges are the order of the day between Sulzer and Murphy of Tammany. Sulzer has published statements explaining why Murphy had Mm .impeached, and Murphy says he will deny these state ments when Sulzer has finished Issu ing them. Sulzer is today the dominating fig ure in the local situation. There is a little doubt that he will be elected to the assembly from his district. A petition signed by 3,800 persons -vvas forwarded to Albany urging him to accept the nomination. jf&yafe.g.'Uai- JHCwftl i. &&. ii.A:rt ,-; -'t-'m .',uM&eUS&i!