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Show A Lovely Tribute Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt said at a dinner in Oyster Hay: 1 "The more children a woman has, ! the more unselfish she is sure to be. j Let me tell you a story. I "A school-teacher said to a little i hoy: i " 'James, suppose your mother made j a peach pie, and there were ten of I you at the table your mother and j father and eight children how much j of the pie would you get?' " 'A ninth, ma'am,' little James answered. an-swered. " 'No, no, James. Pay attention,' j said the teacher. 'There are ten of you. Ten, remember. Don't you know ! your fractions?' i " 'Yes, ma'am,' said little James, 'I know my fractions, but I know my mother, too. She'd say she dldnl want no pie.' " |