Beaver County News | 1922-06-30 | Page 7 | Up Against Tough Problem

UP AGAINST TOUGH PROBLEM Small Jane's Scruples Prevented Her From Eating the Candy That Had Been "Lent." Little Jane's mother brought hoiufl a box of candy given to her by an Episcopal friend shortly before Kns-ter, Kns-ter, and passed around some of Ms contents to her children, explaining that Mrs. Cox's children had gives up eating candy until after ISaster,;"so they cannot eat any now, as it la Lent." Little Jane's brothers premptly ale their pieces, but she stood looking at the candy in her hand with a puzzled, air. "Why don't you eat it, Jane?" her mother asked. "Because," she explained, "then how could I give it back If it's jnst lenl?"'