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Show TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES About fidO.OOO children attend school In the Philippines. Sixteen women will be Included among the lawmakers of the fur western stares when their next legislatures legis-latures meet. Ferdinand, formerly king of Bulgaria, Bul-garia, enjoyed the reputation of being the shrewdest anil wiliest of all royal business men. He owns theaters, tobacco to-bacco factories and dairies, and had made large sums in stock speculation. Toronto and Montreal, Can., have been hit harder than any other place in Canada by the closing down of the munition factories. Members of n boys and girls' club In Colorado have been carrying out n pledge made early In the war to give one-tenth of their earnings to Red Cross work. The government of India has announced an-nounced that the restriction on (lie importation of motorcars, chassis, motorcycles, mo-torcycles, parts and accessories has been withdrawn. More than sixteen municipal tramway tram-way undertakings .throughout the United Kingdom employ women drivers. driv-ers. Glasgow alone has 220 of them. A New York firm has been very successful suc-cessful in the introduction of whale meat during the war, and it Is lik"ly to remain permanently on the market. The Associated Manufacturers and Merchants of New York state is the first large organization of its kind in the United States to declare In favor of a minimum wage law for women workers. |