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Show U. S. S. Tennessee4 jttSx'7'iaM hrT m v 4BBBflKv'"3PMRHflB SBBPw ''.iisiibiMW&SLt-su BcW9iiwrMaViifiR7jiSBBBsiBBi flL' ' ,!r " :& ' ' n''f '' i ' H A CO-ED RURAL MAIL CARRIER Miss Mary Matthews, of Baker, Kan., Ran a Rural Route. Snhothu, Kan. Miss Mary Mat-(hows, Mat-(hows, an attractive young girl of Sn-betha, Sn-betha, Ih a rural mall routu carrier now. Miss MnttheWH Is n daughter of J. I. Matthews, a rural mall carrier. Mr. Matthews lias ono of thu best rural ru-ral mull carrier records for promptness prompt-ness In tho United States, For two years ho has not had u vacation. This year he took a month oft nnd his daughter Ih delivering tho nfull, Miss Matthews hus hardly failed In an Instance to keep up her father's record for promptness. Mr. Mat-(hows' Mat-(hows' mull wagon Is nt thu appointed house on tho appointed moment, with probably greater regularity than thu average railway train. And MIsh Mnt-thowH Mnt-thowH has kept this record up. All along Mr. Malthows' routu people go to their boxes nt certain hours nnd thoy Invariably llml tholr mull. Tho fact that Mr. Matthews changes horBCd hulf way on his route. It wus feared, would cause Miss Matthews to lose time. Hut It did not. She made tho change In tour minutes, which Is all her father devotes to tho work. Of course, the man ut tho house whero horses nro clwngod has the nnlinnl harnessed and nil ready for hitching to the curt. Miss Matthows was paid JGD for the month's work, as any substitute sub-stitute would huve been paid. Hor fnthor also drew his salury. Miss Mutthows Ih n student nt linker university, in Ualdwln. Sho is tuklng it flvu-yenr course. Sho Ih assisting as-sisting In hor collogo expenses by acting act-ing as librarian In tho English library a fow hours each day. Miss Matthows Ib fitting herself for a librarian. Sho will leavo soon for Ualdwln to tako up Bonio Bpoclnl summor work In that lino. Sho Is Just 20 years old. |