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TS SURFACE, SAYS BRITISH SCIENTIST
A de plitch from Glasgow says: -I endric monument which registered
Old Mother` Earth has a permanent
• leave. She has had it all along, but it
,was noticed only recently by a mere
mortal, Ludovic Maal,ellan Mann.
Mr. Mann, who is a member of the
Royal Anthropological Institute, the
Pre -historic Society of East Anglia,
and other scientific societies, told
about his discovery in an address
made on Thursday` night before the
members of learned'' societies in Glas-
gow. ,
:There is a large wave, in slow mo -
ave laced large orders in Bet in
fo
said lYlr Mann, It groves around the h' P•
Planet -once every 8,800 years, causing;
the
'of 1
'tie i
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ori i
n the
motion i
m
a
'alight
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'axis and the poles and giving rise to
changes in climate. The discovery
•was made by him in comparing many
ancient with modern astronomical ob-
servations.
The wave causes the terrestrial
crust to pulsate, which accounts for
raised and sunken land surfaces. The
velocity, direction and amplitude of
the wave has been ascertained. Thus
the ages in years of all ancient land
surfaces and of -prehistoric periods
can be determined. -
Knowledge of the 8,800 -year muta-
tion, Mr. Mann said, had enabled him
to read astronomical registers found
in most parts of Europe and America,
sculptored on rock surfaces. The
same key . had been successfully ap-
plied to solve the, mysteries of the
Stonehenge, the celebrated pre-
historic monument in Salisbury Plain,
England, which is shown to be a cal
tion, 'within the body of the earth,
astreemeeical events occurring in a
period of twelve, soros, which is the
cycle of time in Which the sun and
moon nodes recur in the same. relative
positrons. •:
Sitviet •Arany' Placed'
on Efficient Basis.
A despatch -from Paris says: -A
report has reached Paris that repre-
sentatives of the Russian .Red Cross
supplies ailcl material for field'hospi-
taIs and'tnap.-liaast paid PP . _tions.
from
a
t which
comes "This �lep0e,
well itrformed' source, says that on
April 1 representatives of the Soviet
Red Cross -NM. Nemirovsky, Brod-
sky and Kreitoff--visited the Chancel-
lery of the German Red Cross in Ber-
lin and asked that an estimate be sub-
mitted, •for delivery on; May 15, of
material for the establishment of 60
field hospitals and 2,000,000 packets
of first aid supplies.
The German Red Cross submitted
its estimates to the Russian represen-
tatives, and it is understood an agree-
ment has been made for delivery at
Stettin on May 15.
This report, in conjunction with,
news incidents and the alleged gather-
ing of troops en the Bessarabian fron-
tier for inspection by Trotsky and
Kaminefi, has given risetograve sus-
picion of Russia's intentions with re-
gard to Bessarabia.
,SHIPS ,MENACED BY BRITAIN TO'
ICE R4 LAKE SUPERIOR °`t"O Dpi
Twenty Freighters Are_ Still lAppointment of Frp�"Y
• Blocked in Flops With 'Minister, .at WashingtQili'
Northwest Gale. Likely to be Sanctioned.. ;.
A despatch from Duluth -:says: A despatch from London snYs:-- e
Eight freighters and two passenger, Within a very short time the British
shipshadmadeporthere through the Government is expected to notify the•
day, Lake' ,e pasino ii iia li Fri- State Department it has no' objection
day, but there was no matextiallessen to appointment of an Irish Free State,',
ing It the blockade. representative at Washington.
With •a not th@rest ' gale ; raging un- p ,
abated, vessel Agents hold no ;imine- Whether for not Prof. Timothy
diate hope fora break-up in the block-: ,Smiddy will be given Cho post is a
ade, which riow directlyaffects.6 lake matter which concerns only the United
8 States and the Free State: 'However,
freighters, he is Most mentioned.: Final `decision
Abatement of the norihavest gale
released the pressure an the ice 'jam,; regarding any envoy is not yet reach-
and three tugs were trying. on lri'iday ed• and .conversations between the
to assist the approximately twenty ,British and Irish, Governments prob-
h tt dal the sir ably will continue .a few days longer.
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mile front of the sition of the King. Under the con-
o datna e
The Huronic suffered.. n R , upon the
freig tars sca ere ong-;
blockade.One question for debate is' the po-
` nor 'was she ever• in any immediate stitution it is only he, acting p
uge c o, cheered
British lash Government,
upon ,
' arrived at the Wembley stadium to open the Drr im ailvrce of the Br
e Kingandf l aar-•vf theheavy, preset e
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ANCIENT ELM HELD
HISTORIC DOCUMENT
Gardeners Discover in Cavity
Account of Service at Which
Champlain Was Present.
A despatch from Montreal says: -
While pruning an elm tree in . the
grounds of the Sisters of Mercy
Sault-aux-Recollets recently, two
gardeners discovered in- a cavity of
the tree an earthen jar in which was
a document covered with indecipher-
able writing. " It was handed to,a
chemist, who treated the paper and:
brought ` out the writing, which was
found to be an account of the first
Mass celebrated on the Island of
Montreal, in the year 1615.
The words' were as'follows "In the
presence of Father Jamey and of
Champlain, a Mass of actions of grace
at which' were present seven French-
men, twelve Cri children, .six Algon-
quins, chanted and` spoken' by Father
Le Caron, Reeollet Father Charles
Lavoisier` (or Levoidin), Bodjaroka,
Jean Lebeuf "
Here follow four other lines which
are indecipherable, and which prob-
ably contained names of witnesses. It
also ,appears that Jean Lebeuf'was
the writer of the manuscript.
In Abbe Laverdiere's "History of
Canada" the following account is
given of this Mass:: "Champlain was
forced to come down the river from
Quebec to arrange details to be car-
ried out during his absence. He again
met at Riviera des Prairies Father Le
Caron, who chanted a solemn Mass oil'
the 28rd or 24th Julie, 1616, in the
presence of a large number of sav-
ages." London the largest port of entry in
The elm in which the discovery the world, about doubling its present
was made is computed to be 849 years tonnage, capacity, which is; somewhere
old. Its diameter a few feet from the in the neighborhood of 25,000,000 tons
ground is about five' feet, and its annually. The engineers' plan would
eliminate many bends in the river and
open the present channel from Til-
bury to the mouth of the Thames to
enable freighters to turn in the river
and allow a 85,000 -ton liner to dock
against the Tower of London.
Tiny Principality to Join
Swiss When Ruler Dies
So much of the romance of royalty
has been squeezed from the principal-
ity of Liechtenstein by the World War
that the little state, perched up in the
Alps between Austria and Switzer-
land, has decided to become a part of
the Swiss Republic. The change will
come with'the death of the - present
ruler, Prince Johann 'II., eighty-four
years old, who now is reported to be
fatally ill.
Liechtenstein is ruled by the Aus-
trian House of Liechtenstein, which
t back t the twelfth
- rein a
posed by the thick floes, said her who can' authorize any British sub -
skipper, A. M. Wright
With theexception of the men pas-
sengers
as-
sen -ers and members of the crew, who
were short of tobacco, no one was.
inconvenienced.
a more effec-
tively
ec-
tively calms the wind than reaching
a decision.
Nothing in heaven is so good that
we might nothaveit here. The earth
is the home of God as truly as it Is the
home of man. Heaven means & higher
condition of mankind. There is no
heaven until we rise out of Polly, self-
ishness, and sensuality; no heaven so
long as money stands for more than
man, so long as'any :are willing to be
rich by keeping others poor: -Charles
G. Ames,
jeet to sign treaties. However, the
skipper, p Free State. is not inclined to admit
Harp Played 2,000 B.C. Vit exr-P such authority, however nominal it
Found Neat Euphrates e h h
may be.
seriously The situation is further complicat-
centuries old and a ed by the' fact that the last Imperial
harpth y fifty c t Conference, at which the Free State
harp that was played on nearly 2,000 There is nothing that' fY was represented, adopted'a resolution:
years before the birth of Christ, are empowering any British Dominion to
among the, archaeological treasures negotiate with foreign powers in matt
discovered recently by Frenchmen in tern'affecting only that Dominion and
Euphrates River mi other part of: the Empire. This
S along the p
added to the Louvre collection have being settled in its pp
Syria,
res which have been question, it is said, is on the point of
Priceless antiques, application to Ire -
a' land's case.
been collected from that district.
u upat It is: also understood the Free State
Doura. of them'Were dug representative will have the" title and
They ugh pr exquisitedsatu- rank of Minister, and not of the high-
cites, well enough preserved to show'' er rank of Ambassador.
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traces its origin ae a to the beauty of their lines. Rare ivory
century. It is one of the smallest
principalities in Europe, being fifteen images and ceramics com .pfete the lot.
miles long and five miles wide, with
11,000 inhabitants. Only Monaco and
San Marino are smaller.
Liechtenstein is one of the most pros-
perous districts on the Continent and
is virtually unhampered by taxation.
Most of the experiees of public lin-
prevenient
mprevenient;: are borne by the Prince,
who has an enormous income from his
vast holdings in Austria and Czeeho-
Slovakia.
London Ambitious to
be Largest Entry Port
No, they're 're not sounding "cook -house.' The occasion for the big noise
was the official opening of the British Empire Exposition by King George at
Wembley on April 23. A fanfare of trumpets followed the Ring's speech.
PREMIERS OF ALLIES
TO HOLD CONFERENCE
Poincare Agrees to Meet With
MacDonald After French
Elections.
A despatch from. Paris says: -It is
learnedonusually reliable authority
that Premier Poincare has agreed to
en' to England on May 20 to .discuss
-lie political situation of France nod
Great Britain in relation to recent
events with Prime Minister lelne.Don-
ald• .?The interview was arranged at
a meeting between the British Am-
bassador, Lord Crewe, .and the Di-
rector of Political Affairs, Peretti de
la Rocca, wire is acting in Poineare's
place at the Quai d'Orsay during the
Premier' absence in his home .consti-
tuency.
The Premier was consulted by tele-
phone.
The meeting between the two Pre-
miers has been arranged to take place
at Chequers, because, due to the, meet-
ing of•Parliament, MacDonald is un-
able to leave England,
The French Premier will not take
with hini anybody but Camerlyncic,
The increase of shipping in the port
of London since the war has led' the
Port Authority to consider the possi-
bility of widening the channel in the
Thames to allow the passage of large
boats as far as London Bridge at any
tide.
The project would cost about £5,-
000,000 and take from five to seven
years to complete, but it would make
Scots Call Duke of York
Their Unofficial Prince
Not to be outdone by Wales, which
can boast of its own royal prince, an
influential group of : Scotchmen has
chosen Albert, Duke of York, to .be
the unofficial Prince of Scotland.
Since the time when Queen Eliza-
beth robbed Scotland off is royal line
Scotchmen have had °nit two or three
royal princes allotted "them by the
grace of their English sovereign. Now
the Scotchmen would like to exercise
a certain amount of freedom in select-
ing a royal prince of their own.
Scotehmen attending the 141st anni-
versary dinner of the Highland. So-
ciety, at which the Duke of York was
present, took the initiative in adopt-
ing him as their favorite son. The
Seotchmen pointed out that the Duke
height, about 125 feet.
Canadian Auto Exports
Continue to Show Gain
Automobile exports from Canada
continue to show a steady increase,
the totalof freight automobiles ex-
ported in February being valued at
$271,869, as against $152,587 in the
same month last year, while for the
twelve mnoths ended February the
exports totaled $5,100,805, as against
$1,224,786 in the *previous twelve
months. Passenger automobiles ex-
ported in February this year were
valued at $1,563,612, as against $2,-
964,845 in the same month last' year,
while for the year ended February
the exports amounted to $27,302,879,
as against $24,100,321 in the previous
twelve months.
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Epidemic of Cholera
Spreading in India
A despatch from Allahabad says: -
There have already been 10,000 deaths
from cholera in Bihar this year and
of York also held a Scottish title, the epidemic isVspreading.. In Cham-
n s" and that paran,'the meet affeeted district, there
The ,Jail- of Inverness," ,
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rax
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furthermore he had married a Scot were a
tish duchess, and they did not neglectiirat ), Mizaffarpur and Shahabad and
to note that he is also Scotti ;?i• oy -Saran are also greatly affected, and
has recentl become epi -
lineage. - the disease y
In the course of hes ,"eech the Duke demic in Patna and Gaya.
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of York acknowledged the compliment. 4.
The se „
1. -scion has precedent in the Painting spots on dominoes," one
of Britain's most.. curious trades, is
Paid for at the rate of 168 spots of.
white enamel for 11,4d,
action_eif George III., who accommo-
-the interpreter of Supremo Council dasd.the expressed -desire of the
meetings.' The meeting will he se i irscotch and, made one of his sons the
cret and unofficial, lend it is felt teat Duke of Clarence. Victoria hastened
under these conditions the tier Needs^to treat all her subjects equally,mak-
of Government will be able te. do much ing her 'second son the Duke of Edin-
to preparetheway for smoothing out burgh, the third son the. Duke of Con -
the differences 'between ,the i.vo'coun-
thies.�_
Irish SartQets Credit
:;-i'or_.Discovering America
According to legend, it was not
Columbus. who first discovered Am-
• erica, bot the I•rish'saint, Brendan the
Navigator.
The exploit of the saint is conlmen-
orated in a beautiful stained glass
window, which is on view at the Brit-
ish"Emplro F hibition at Wembley.
It is the work of two Irish women
artlsts and ,will be the only example
of staieed"glass work by women to be
exhibited.
The saint holds in his right hand
an oar and in 'his left a chalice.
Around his head is a nimbus, while
about his feet flow green waves.
A beetle, thousands of years old,
was found perfectly -preserved among
the wrappings of an. Egyptian
naught for Ireland and the fourthson
was created Duke of Albany as Eng-
land's own.
George V. is in a position to emu-
late his grandmother, for he has two.
sons who are yet attached to ducal,
titles. -
General Elections in South
Africa to be Held June 11
A despatch from Johannesburg
says: -The nominations for the gen-
eral election will, it is understood;
take place an May 26, with voting on
June 17. A significant statement has
been made' by Colonel Cresswell, Labor
leader, who said he hoped to 'see -a
Government in power which would
say: "If you close down those mines
without good reason; very well. • Wo
shall take measures to see tisat biose
mines are worked." Ile also said that
if he had his way he would stop tate
importation of natives from outside
the Union.
Brigadier -General Charles G. Dawes
Who so eldlfully- handled the Ger-
man reparation problem, is shown
his return to the United States. His
report has received universal
mendatiou.
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Miss Gwendolyn Lazier, of Belleville, is shown leaving forher trip On
horseback to Washington to invite the president of the U.S.A. to attend the
celebration of the 140th anniversary of the settlement of Upper Canada.
'The Week's Markets
TORONTO.
,Clan. wheat -No. 1 North., $1.10;
No. 3 North., $1.03%.
Man, oats -No, 3 CW, 420; No. 1,
403ac.
Man. barley -Nominal.
All the above c.i.f., bay ports.
Ont. barley -65 to 70c.
Am. corn -No, -2 yellow, 95c.
Ont, Rye -74 to 78c.
Peas -No. 2, $1.45 to $1,50.'
Millfeed-Del , Montreal freights,
bags included: Bran, per ton, $25^;
shorts, per ton, $27; middlings, $33;
good feed flour, $1.90.
Ont. wheat -No. 2 white, 99c to
$1.03, outside.
Ontario No. 2 white oats -39 to 41e.
Ont. corn -Nominal.
Ont. flour -Ninety per cent. pat.,
in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship-
ment, $4.60; Toronto basis, $4.60;
bulk seaboard, $4.25.
Man. flour -1st pats., in jute seeks,
$6 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $5.60.
Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton,
track, Toronto, $14.50; No. 2, $14.50;
No. 3, $12 to114; mixed, $10 to $12;
lower grades, $10 to $12.
Straw-Carlots, per ton, $9.50.
Cheese -New, large, 161/2 to 17e;
twins, 17 to 18c; triplets, 18 to 19c;
Stiltons, 20c. 01d, large, 22 to 23c;
twins, 28 to 24c; triplets, 24 to 26c.
Butter-Fittestcreamery prints, 38
to 34c; No. 1 creamery, 32 to 330; No.
2, 29 to 31c; dairy, 28 to 30c.
Eggs -Extras, fresh, in cartons, 30
to 31c; extra, loose, 28c; firsts, 26c;
seconds, 23 to 24c.
Live poultry -Chickens, 3 to 4 lbs.,
25c; hens, over 5 lbs., 26c; do, 4 to
5 lbs., 24c; d0, 3 to 4 lbs., 15c; spring
COM -
chickens, 4 lbs. and over, 25e; roost-
ers, 18c• ducklings, over 5 lbs., 26c;
do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24e.
Dressed poultry -Chickens, 3 to 4
lbs., 30c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28c; do,
3 to 4 lbs., 18c; spring chickens, 4 lbs.
and over, 32c; roosters, 22c.
Beans -Can., hand-picked, ib., 631c;
primes, 6e.
Maple products-Syrup,
r tin$2.40 er i per
gal., $lper 5-ga
,50; P
gal; maple sugar, lb., 25 to 260.
Honey -60 -lb. tins, 11 to 11%c per
Ib,; 10-1b, tins, 11 to 12e; 6 -Ib. tins,
11% to 12c; 2%-1b. tins, 1231 to 130;
comb honey, per doz., No. 1, $3.75 to
$4; No. 2, $3.25 to $3.50.'
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 23 to
24c; :cooked hams, 34 to 86c; smoked
rolls, 17 to 18c; cottage rolls, 18 to
20c; breakfast bacon, 21 to 25c; spe-
cial brand1breakfast bacon, 28 to 30c;
backs, boneless, 28 to 33c.
The largest, liner on the Canadian Tr ons -Atlantic route, marked the com-
mencement
recent arrival in ng influx
of g
ers to Canada from the 016 Country. The' .photo shows the pas,
piencemen it of i�,ho usual spring inux - oP. passeng .. _.
rangers getting their "land -legs,"
England's Oldest Bank to
be Absorbed by Rival
Child & Cd., the oldest private bank
in England and perhaps in the world,
is to be absorbed by Glyn, Mills &
Co., in accordance with the will of the
eighth Earl of Jersey, senior partner,
who died December 31st, says a Lon-
don despatch.
Child's bank was founded about the
year 1560, has occupied the site of
its present offices in Fleet Street ever
since, and is full of historic associa-
tions. Oliver Cromwell, SamuelPepys,
Horace Walpole, the poet; Dryden,
Charles II. and his famous charmer,
Nell Gwyn, were among those who
had accounts at the bank, which is
identical with "Tellson's" in Dickens's
"Tale of Two Cities."
The connection with the bank of the
Earls of Jersey can be traced to two
romantic elopements. The tenth Earl
of Westmoreland, who died in 1841,
ran away with the daughter of the
banker Child, the couple being mar-
ried at Gretna Green. Their daugh-
ter similarly eloped with the young
Earl of Jersey, and the Jerseys ever
since have been partners in the bank-
ing business.
The latest balance sheet of Child &
Co. showed deposits of '£3,000,000.
Combined with Glyn's, they will ex-
ceed £80,000,000.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 60
to 70 lbs., $18.50; 70 to 90 lbs., $18
90 lbs. and up, $17; lightweigght rolls,
in barrels, $37; heavyweight rolls,
$32.
Lard -Pure tierces, 14 to 15/c;
tubs, 15 to 1536c; pails, 1531 to 16c;
prints, ' 18 to 183sc; shortening,
tierces, 14 to 1431c; tubs, 14% to 15c;
pails, 15 to 15%c; prints, 16% to 110.
Heavy steers, choice, $8 to $8.60;
butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.75; do,
good, $6.26 to $6.75; do, med. v 85.25
to $6; do, com., $4.50 to $5; butcher
heifers, choice, $7 to $7.50; do,
need., $6 to $5.75; do, com., $4.50 to
$4.75; butcher cows, choice, .$5.25 to
$6.25; do, med., $8.50 to $4.50; but-
cher bulls, $4.50 to $5.50; bolognas,
$2.50 to $3.50; canners and cutters,
51.50 to $2; feeding steers,' choice,
50 to $6.75; do, fair, $4 to $5; milk
ers, springers, choice, 575 to $90;
stockers, choice, 54.55 to 55,25;
do; fair, $3.75 to $4.20; calves,
choice, $9 to 510; do, med., $7 h
$7.60; do, com., 54.50 to 56.50; lambs,
choice ewes, 515.50 to 516; do, bucks,
513 to $13.50; do, culls, $8 to $9;
spgring' lambs, each, $8 to 515' sheep,
li5 to
$6.50; hogs, gfed to and watered,s'$7.75
to $S; do, f.o.b., 57.25 to $7,50; do,
country points, $7 to $7.26; do, off
cars (long haul)) $8.15 to $8.40; do,
select, 58.50 to $8.80.
MONTREAL.
Oats, Can. West. No, 2, 51 to, 62e;
do,: No. 3, 49 to50e; extra No. 1 feed,
48 to 483 is; No.2 local white, 44 to 46c.
Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., lsts,
X6.10; ends, $5.60; do, strong bakers,
55.40; winter pats, choice, $5.55 to
$6:65, , Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs:, $2.80
Bran, $24.26. Shorts $26.25. Mid-
dlings, 532.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton,
car lots, $16.
Cheese, finest Westerns, 143X;
finest Easterns,,1.8%c. Buttes', No. 1,
pasteurized, 29%c; No. 1 creamery;
29c; 2tids, 28c. Eggs. fresh,. specials,
32 to 83c; faesb extras, 29 to 3Qc;
fresh firsts, 26 to 27c. Potatoes, per
bag, car lots, 51.40 to 51.45.
Good heavy steers, 57; fairly good
calves, 55.20; do, com, and, med., 54
to 54.75; Butcher hags, $8 to 58.25;
selects, $8.75;. sows, 55.50.
Natural Resources Bulletin.
Tho Natural Resources Intelligence
Service of the Department of the In-
terior at Ottawa says:
Ontario boasts of her gold and sil-
ver mines, of her nickel, copper and
cobalt, but it is not generally known
that theLacey mica mine near King-
ston is the world's greatest amber
mica mine and the largest producer,
The mine is now owned and operated
by the General Electric Co., who use
the output in the manufacture of elec-
trical equipment. The property has
been opened up to over 185' feet in
depth, and pockets have been found
26 feet in width which were almost a
solid mass of mica crystals.
The mica from this mine is light
"amber in color, and is transparent, so
that defects, flaws or :inclusions may
be easily' detected. It is quite pliable,
various shapes
can be bent into. veli sh pes
without cracking.
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Rank of England Aids
Relief Work in Greece.
A despatch _ from. London - says
The Bank of England has agreed to
grant a loan of a million pounds
tl
through the League of Nations for re-
fugees: relief work in Greece, Henry • `e
Morgentheu, of New York, who is in
charge of operations in Greece, an-
nounced.
This loan -makes a total of two
million pounds available for the relief
work in Greece, which. Mr. Morgesi
thou says will be sufficient to carry
on the relief work until November
when he hopes it will be possible to,
obtain a permanent League of Nations ' ,
international loan sufficient to :con- e
tinue the care of the Greek. refugees;
Mr. Morgenthau, who has been for r
six months chairman of the League
Committee to take charge of this
work, came to London last week fee .
the purpose of raising the loan just a
granted.
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The women of Sumatra weer wed
ding earrings instead of wedding
rings. These aro large silver button
like trinkets• which must bo kept 41
evidence until the first child is bents
or foe five years'if there'is no child+ eyy
and then abandoned. The mother: cal
ries,' her baby astride, her hips. It i3
1016 there by a scarf a.ver,
shoulders.
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