&Y I‘4 / a F - (Craix Avs | Y =N 75TH YEAR CHRISTIANSTED., V. 1. U.S. A., TUESDAY BtH JUNE 1920. ~ THE ST. CROIX AVIS s printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office. T RMS---50 cents monthly in advance, 2 cents per single copy. kntered as second-class matter Mar 26th 1917 at the Post Ofice at Christian- sted, St. Croix, V. I of the U. S. A., un der the Act of March 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- ly received when the same deals with mat- ters of general interest, and is accompa- nied with the author’s name, as a qguar- antee of good faith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorse them tl Executive OrderNo. 10 1920. 1. Executive Order No. 14-1918 1s hereby revoked. 2. In the future all prisoners dis- charged from Richmond Penitentiary, who have served for a period of six months or more shall be furnished with: 1 plain suit of clothes. 1 shirt and one cap or hat. 1 pair of socks and one pair of shoes 3. Prisoners discharged from Rich- mond Penitentiary who have served therein one year or more shall hereafter also receive twenty five franesin cash for each year or portion of a year over six months that they were incarcerated in said penitentiary. 4. Prisoners discharged from Rich- mond Pe .itentiary who have served therein for a period of less than one year shall hereafter also receive such sum in cash as may be ordered by the Director of Police, but not to exceed francs twenty five. 5. The expenses incurred by virtue of paragraphs 2,3, and 4, hereof shall be paid from °‘‘Maintenance of Police De- partment’’. 6. Such cash payment shall be made by check from the Despatching Secre- tary’s office upon voucher signed by the prisoner being discharged, and approved by the Director of Polic2. e J. W. OMAN, Governor. St. Thomas, V. I. U. S. May 28, 1920. No. 130. MOTHERS’ LIVES LONGEST There is a cry all over Europe for more babies. for the war has prevented the birth of hundreds of thousands of babies who would otherwise have been born. In connection with* this it is a fa~t that on the average the more babies 3 woman has the longer she is likely to live. , The poorer classes, for example, are very long lived, especially when they are in healthy surroundings as in the country, and country laborers have some of the largest families of any class. On an average most mothers, even if they only have one or two children, live longer than most spinsters. The reason for this is that when a woman has a 2 3 o & ; eM|, ¢g 3 . R d i ) . —MASTER STRENGTH BUILDER 3 w, % S e e . SR T 3heP oYBehmd fas Strong = L ‘g, AN G ; O R el R Cturdy Men ond lealthy "C.lég bt Doautife! Women of Today “ad®igdl o 0 SRR S H TR