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A Mother's Day Card

Monday, May 12, 2003

• TITLE: "A Mother's Day Card " I can't draw, so this was the best I could do.

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• "... ..." Here's the link to the About.com article about the history of Mother's Day.

• "... Rhea ..." Here's a link to a brief bio of the Greek goddess Rhea.

• "... Cybele ..." Here's a link to an even briefer bio of Roman goddess Cybele.

• "... John Wannamaker..." From Mullster James Lucier on the Wannamaker Department Store in Philadelphia:

  First department store to have price tags��one price� system eliminated haggling. He saw his saleswomen and matrons in Philadelphia haggling endlessly over items. Thought it took so long he was losing money on the deal. Hence the price tag. Also convinced shoppers that no one was getting a better price than them.
  

  First store with electric light.
  

  First store that took orders by telephone for same-day home delivery. The Amazon.com of his day.
  

  Big pipe organ in the Philadelphia store was also something of a first.
  

  Postmaster General in DC. Opponent of the young Theodore Roosevelt on Civil Service Reform.

• "... Angioplasty ..." From the Wordreference.com site:

  A surgical technique for restoring normal blood flow through an artery narrowed or blocked by atherosclerosis, either by inserting a balloon into the narrowed section and inflating it or by using a laser beam

• Mullfoto of the Day:
  
  
  
  
  Wait! Hold it! Tell me again: I go to the light and do what?
  
  
  
  
  

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        World War I Poster
  

•     Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:
  
  Actual Caption for left hand AP photo: "Monica Lewinsky is shown in this undated file photo..."
  Yeah, uh huh. And the photo on the right is an undated file photo of the Mullmeister. ____________________________________________________________________________________