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Show WHIT WHITE WillTC LIES . The old question of whether wliether a false false- falsehood falsehood falsehood - hood is e\ e ever eer \ er justified is brought tommd to tommd tomind mmd by 'by ' the death of Mrs Mmna Minna MmnaPreISkel MinnaPreiskel MinnaPreiskel PreISkel in iii Lodi Ladi , N J , at the age of of72 72 A series enes of falsehoods had cheeredher cheered cheeredher cheeredher her old age for yearsMrs yearsMrs years yearsMrs Mrs Preiskel was critically ill when whenher whenher whenher ] her son , , Robert , was killed hilled in action inFrance in inFrance inFrance France on 011 oil March 26 , 1918 1916 Doctors Doctorsv Doctorswarned Doctors"warned Doctorswarned " v . warned arned that if she were told the sadnews sad sadnews sadnews news it \ would ouId kill k1l1 kilt her She \ was as never told toldHer nevertold nevertoldHer - Her family caused a . letter to be sent to sentto her , , supposedly from her son , tell- tell tell - ing telling inFrance her that he was employed in France Each week a letter written in inthe the United States and sent to France to Franceto be remaned remafied remailed to the mother was received received re- re received - ] ceived and read to her , , telling telllng of her boy's boys herboy's herboys all520 ' ' imagined Imagmed doings abroad In all 520 of these spurious letters were re- re received received re received - ceived by the tre tl'e tle ' " waitirg "altlrg altlrg waitlrg invalid , , who whountil whountil whountil until the last had hopes of seeing her herson herson son on agamSlmllar againSimilar again agam againSimilar Similar Slmllar "white white " lies bes ' have ha\e ha e hate \ prevented preventedmental mental anguish in thousands of cases cases-the cases the 'the the -the ' " - casesthe world over Who can say withassurance with withas5Ulance withassuianee as5Ulance assurance that it was wrong to tell tellthem9 tellthem them ? " |