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ms& wgmmtmmmmgmmm tvffmQk. -'f tfpi!"" mmssaam Habit Is one of the strongest ties In our nature in either good or evil. The sinful man or woman will have to struggle back to the paths of virtue. Even' in the best environment it will be a struggle. I will speak for the girl only, for man has his home and friends to beckon him back. I am glad that it is so. I can see no good to be gained in having a colony of fallen men, out casts from society. It is just as wrong to treat women so and just as senseless. They can be useful members of a home. They have hearts and souls and intellects. Some have been known to sacrifice themselves to aid an aged parent or an invalid sister. 1 There is hope for every one, even those addicted to drugs and alcohoL Who says there is not is not a believ er in the Saviour of men. I hope every woman who is an out cast from horn will write a letter to our daily papers asking for a helping hand to aid her in leading a better life. I am sure someone with means will come to her assistance. We cannot ask them to face the world and possible starvation, alone. I have faith in the goodness of human nature, which even the letter of "An Interested Reader" cannot take away. A Constant Reader. TOO MUCH SALTPETRE. Eu rope is needing corn badly. Ameri can merchants need money more than corn, so if money can be made through the sale of corn what is a poor yearning money grubber to do? Obviously increase the supply. Somehow! Anyhow! They did and with subtle sarcasm took to the salt petre method of adulteration. But the government of the United States woke up at Baltimore to what was happening and seized many of the saltpetred cars under the pure food laws. These things happen occa sionally when the people are in dan ger of getting too much sand in their coffee xt wood splints as jam seeds. The owners, who by the way have a name similar to Armour Square and jail .their office boys if they unthink ingly carry a two-cent stamp home, were not ashamed. They had saltpetred the people too often to have any conscience left. They were indignant at the arbitrary action of an inspector who was im perilling business even if saving the innocent ones from being too well salted. They tried to have the Chi cago pure food man prove the Balti more pure food man had erred a lit tle. But. nothlne doing. This is only a too frequent inci dent in American business life, but as a visitor from Mars would say: "Why does not a greater earthquake than Italy has had convulse America?" But then the visitor from Mars is 'a grouchy, faddy traveler. The Amer ican public is so much more patient So very patient. Reader. WHY PICK ON EM? Why pick on the poor old district, prostitutes? Let us look at this subject from all sides. How about the old married girls who keep appointments in the daytime while hubby is away earning board and keep for honest little wifle and maybe the babies t. And then the other kind of wife who wants salad for dinner and hubby's salary wiH not permit it? But don't you or anyone else dare to cast a reflection on the .married charity lady. She stands for. all that is good. ' Poor woman, she doesn't even think she Is scabbing on the job of an open and above-board prostitute. N. C. -: o o ROOF LEAKING? V). Mallorv and- brother Robe are fining Rnrrm tin work on James Tier- ney. Mercyville (Iowa) Banner. o o Secretary Brvan ureres erraDe itiice for plants instead of highballs. Ah! Perhaps that's what was the matter with our verbenas last summer. ifrr A ,, -..-Mwijiujaftai isissssimmmmmmmmmk 2k!2i.i