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Show WHERE SHE FOUND THE GUM Youngster's Desire for a "Chew" Caused Her to Forget Maternal Ma-ternal Injunction. A Louisville woman who is somewhat some-what of a crank on hygiene and who brings up her small daughter according accord-ing to the latest methods, took the child on a day train to a nearby little lit-tle town. The mother sighed as she glanced at the dusty velvet seat and cloudy windows. The youngster, however, how-ever, folded her manicured fingers in her white pique lap and apparently tried to absorb as little dirt as possible. pos-sible. ' Looking up from her magazine, maga-zine, the immaculate parent was horrified hor-rified to find the small daughter's jaws working violently. "What have you in your mouth?" ehe demanded at once. "Gum," said the child. "Where did you get it?" gasped the mother. The child pointed to a clean, round spot on the grimy windowsill. "There," she said. Louisville Times |