Mickey says; 

 "Before you can 

 make anybody laugh 

 you've got to see the 

 fun in life youself. " 

 —From "Michael O'Halloran" 



"It has never oc- 

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 to ask why I am dif- 

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 what made me so! " 

 — Julia Page 



A Book and an Author which are on the PLUS Side of Life 



Some of the Interesting Questions Raised in 

 Kathleen Norris's New Book 



MI CHAEL O'HALLORAN THE ST0RY 0F JULIA PAGE 



'BE SQUARE" 



By GENE STRATTON-PORTER 

 Author of "Freckles," "Laddie," "The Harvester, 



Etc. 



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250th THOUSAND 



SECRET HISTORY 



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A 



Romance 

 of 



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A Stirring 

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THE GRAY DAWN 



By 

 STEWART EDWARD WHITE 



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The Suffrage Committee in "The 

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The Winning Shot jerome d.^travers 



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The Co-Citizens 



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The Country Office of the Hempfield 

 Star" 



