Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-05-03 | Page 4 | Plans Suicide for Lack of Fine Clothing

Plans Suicide for Lack ofF of F Fine in Cloth Clothing ing o NEW BW YORK May 3 Mary 3 Mary Puma 15 years old could coul not dress like the oth other girls she knew knes' Because th there ro roar ar are nino children In her family and tIme they are luck lucky to have hac meager meger food tood without thinking of oC clothes Mary finally nal got work ork ork as a machine operator oper oper- atom ator ntO in a clothing factor factory but her dr dreams ams of or fine lIne raiment on the 5 5 weekly she was to earn were brief as the factory closed down While her mother was absent from Crom t their el home Mary locked herself hersel in tile tho tlC kitchen kichen and turned on the gas When hen her mother found her Mary had changed chanGed her mind about aboul dying MaJ hall hail turned off the gas g but was ill illand illand and told tol her mother she was as poi pol- poi poi- 1 S Mrs Puma ran rn from the hou house e to 0 this thA street crying that her daughter I had taken poison polson Policeman Her Hor- gan gati knowing the first aid rules mules gathered a A. lot of ot up UJ eggs anti and egGs several sev HC evral ev- ev ral eral quarts or of milk at nt a grocery and ran nUl Into mo InO tho ino LW Puma fat flat riar where ho he hr be hI be- be 00 ran nUl Into mo InO tho ino LW Puma fat flat riar where ho he hr be hI be- be 00 bean began gan an to pour the eggs and milk down Marys Mary's protesting throat mik Wh When Mary had a dozen eggs and three quarts quart of oC milk mik in her crowded stomach atom atom- ach she managed to I the explain that it as was gas poisoning i But Dut the first aid treatment tr revived her anwa anyway and she was sent fent to the tho childrens children's court where the policeman read to the Judge a note Mary had written before turning on the gas In it she sho said sin nho j wai going to die because be be- be cause her family faintly eo so o poor she did not have decent clothes to wear Then ho ime a asked ked that her tour best bElt girl friends naming them act as 18 honorary honor- honor ar ary Ty pallbearers and maren behind tho the hearse while the tho hear funeral procession melon Ion circles the block And I also want fresh flowers alon always s 's blossom blossom- on m my grave graye Mary was dl discharged and und was sent to her home still ent very VCr sad Md