Photo by Emil P. Albrecht 



ANOTHER PEACEFUIv SCENE IN BELGIUM WHICH THE CRUELTY OE WAR HAS 



INVADED 



The canal near the Beguinage, Bruges, Belgium. A mother swan with eight cygnets, an 

 unusually large brood, five being considered a goodly number 



exchequer in a healthy state. They are 

 women of early marriages and large 

 families, as a rule ; and yet, with all their 

 household duties, they manage to find 

 time to help the family operations out 

 of doors. 



AGAINST DOG LABOR 



There are no milkmen in Belgium, 

 for the women drive the dog carts that 

 constitute the nation's milk - wagons. 

 Their milk-cans must shine, the milk 

 they deliver must measure up to carefully 



set standards of quality, and their dogs 

 must be treated in a humane way. There 

 are stated times for inspection, and the 

 powers that be see that the cans are in 

 proper order, and that the dogs have 

 harness that fits them, bowls for their 

 drinking water, and carpets or bags to 

 lie down upon when they are tired. 



It is a rather strange fact that, while 

 there has never been a serious agitation 

 in Belgium against child labor, there has 

 been one against dog labor. It is con- 



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