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, not feeling particularly well, reclining in a steamer chair, covered up with rugs. Little girl beside her, who wants to know. Gentleman in an adjoining steamer chair. The little girl begins to speak.

"And do you have to pay to go in, mamma?"

"Yes, dear."

"How much do you have to pay? As much as at a theater?"

"Oh, you need not pay anything particular&mdash;no set sum, you know. You pay just what you can afford." Rh