There is a little room up under the roof-tiles; what use is it to us?

I said:

— But it is crammed with boxes and suitcases.

He said:

— That's just it! Put Johnny in it!

*

A few days later Johnny said to me:

— May I call you "Mama" like the others?

And the next day, before dawn had broken, we heard the cry "Mama!" echoing in the hallway. My husband sighed and said:

— There you are! That's he! Answer him — perhaps he wants to make sure you haven't flown away in the night.

So I cried:

— Johnny, Johnny, here I am — what do you want?

And he wanted nothing... He had been longing to shout "Mama." So he said, stammering, as if hunting for something to say:

— M... M... Mama, I've put my shirt on!

At the end of the summer Johnny changed from one state to another. After an operation on his nose he breathed naturally with his mouth closed; his cheeks glowed with a bright color, and the wrinkles vanished from his forehead. His head was finely formed, and his black eyes gleamed under thick black hair..

From the spiritual side, however, Johnny was a grave problem... I quickly understood why he resorted to lying: he lied for fear

of punishment, like all children exposed to harsh treatment. And he lied to raise himself in the eyes of the fortunate children... telling them — for instance — of a trip he made in an airplane and the acrobatic stunts he performed.

One day, when we were out fishing, we caught a fish of the "balloon-fish" kind — the kind which, if touched ever so lightly, swells and swells, and does not return to its natural state unless you bring down a little tap upon it,

Odorono

Why?!...

Why not try today the preparations of

ODORONO Odorono

— To protect your clothes from harmful perspiration.

— To prevent the unpleasant odor of perspiration

Odorono

Cream or liquid — sold in pharmacies and the important stores.

Agents and depot: Baroudi Bros. & Co. — Beirut — Damascus