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Fables for the Fair


her Marriage there was Very Little that she Did not Know.

Her Husband had Regretted the Loss of the Matinées, the Walks and the Drives of their Engagement Period. "Now that we are Married," he said, "I Hope that you will Find the Time for Some of These Things. It will be a Gay Season in Town this year. We will Improve the Passing Hour."

"I am Glad," replied his Wife, "that One of Us can Look Beyond the Passing Hour into the Future. I am Convinced that Failure to Do this is Responsible for the Wrecked Families we see All About us. For You and Me the City is all Very Well, but we Owe our Helpless innocent Children a better Home. Children Need the Country. They must Grow Up in the Midst of Cows and Hay and Green Trees. Less than that is Cruelty. Any

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