Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1909 — The Modern Reader’s Bible. [ARTICLE]

The Modern Reader’s Bible.

Shortly after little Margaret, aged four, had been taken to see “Peter Pan,” in which Maude Adamp plays the title role, her six-year-old brother undertook to tell her the story of the creation. “And then, Margaret,” said he, “after the Lord had made all the rest of the things, He made a man and called him Adam, and by and by Adam got tired of being all alone, and the Lord took one of Adam’s ribs from him when he was asleep and made ft wife for him as ft Surprise, and her name was—” "Oh, I know! I know!” exclaimed little Margaret, quickly, '“her name was Maude Adams.” Harper’s Weekly.