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does not know. She shows a capacity for almost everything and is capable of being a much worse woman than she is. Drunkenness, disturbance of the peace, and prostitution are her known offenses against social order.

Of her two children "S " I Fig. 7) is the elder and about twenty years of age. As a law-breaker she is the worst of the me. mber&of the tribe. She has been in jail several times forstealing and disturbing the peace. But her arrest is not thought desirable, as it only entails extra expense upon the city and accomplishes nothing, since fines are seldom paid. She spends most of her time upon the streets except when enter- ~

taining guests at a^^H

home. Her features arc regular, and if she kept herself tidy she would not be a bad-looking woman. But her career is downward, and it is only a matter of time when her life will end in destruction. Wretchedness and miserv will be her future, while she is a menace to the town because of her evil deeds. 1

The second child, "D ," (Fig. 9) is bright and interesting. Being photographed was an important occasion in his life, and in posing forhis pietnre In somewhat distorted his usually bright countenance by an attempt to look serious. The other photo- graphs are true to lifr Indeed the one of "D " is not a bad

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'Since these data were collected "S "met a sudden death m I

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had been on a drunken carousal and was taken suddenly ill and died. This broke up habitation No. 2 and increased the inmates of h.il>itati<>n NO. i t<> nine.