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Show I AGED WOMEN 00INU ! THEIR BIT 1 WAR. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 9. j Two 73-year-old inmates of the Relief1 Home for Aged and Infirm have made 1 up their minds that they are quite as I capable of doing their bit in the war as tho younger generation. Incidentally, I I this led to the question as to which was tho better of the two and resulted : in a challenge and an acceptance. ' Now Mrs. Mary Sheehan and Mrs. , Ella "Buchanan may be seen each day industrially working at their knitting and closely watching each others' progress over their flying needles., Tho contest has been on for some weeks and the last tally showed them to bo exactly oven in tho race. Each had completely exactly fifteen pairs of perfectly woolen knit socks. An interested spectator of the con-, tent is 101-year-old Madamp Jean Dolouche, who expects to celeb. ate her! next birthday on July 12. Madame 1 Deloucho occupies., much jjf .her tlme reading fine print French without" the , i use of glasses. 1 S |