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♦Wedded to a Red Flower Vase
By DOROTHY mi
In China, wlioie civilisation was old i
before ours began, and which la there- |
fore correspondingly advanced In many]
particulars, they have solved one phase i
of the matrimonial problem
According to a recent newspaper dis- i
patch, a young: Chinese lady. belonging: i
to one of the most arlstocratlo fanii- i
lies, has Just been married to a red
(lower vase—the vase being a substi- ;
tute for the young: man to whom she •
wae betrothed and who died just be
fore the wedding. The prospective bride ;
■wished to en.loy the dignities and free- I
«lom that belonged to a matron, and \
that are denied to a maid. but her heart '
was in the grove with her dead lover, :
and alio couldn't bear to think of mar
rying another man. so the red flower I
vase was substituted for the bride- i
groom and the marriage celebrated
with all due pomp and ceremony.
For many years America has been I
sending' money and missionaries with- i
out stint to convert what we call, in j
our fatuous folly, the "heathen Chinee." |
It is now Chinas turn y> malte a cour
teous missionary retort' and put us un- |
der eternal obligation by introducing
ill America the pleasing custom of mar
rying a woman to an inanimate object
when no animate object applies for the
Job.
In this country there are not enough
men to go around, even If all would
wed, and every year piles up the deficit!
in the matrimonial bureau. What j
should be done about the surplus wo- i
man problem has been a question that I
•earned unanswerable until the acute i
Chinese came alonf. with a suggestion j
»o dimple and so direct that, it leaves ,
us wondering we didn't trues* the an- !
swer to the conundrum lo y; a*c. .lust!
popularize the iden of marrying a j
vase, and you have done away, once j
and for all, with old maids, girl bach- |
dors, and all the disadvantages of:
aplnsterhood
A far greater number of women mar- |
ry just for the sake of being married j
than we ever siispeot. They are not
lovers at heart. They are not irreslatl- |
bly drawn to particular men. Their in
attnets are for celibacy, and left to I
themselves they would far rather be j
free than burdened with the cares and
responsibilities of husbands and clill- I
dren.
Hut thee want to write "Mrs." in
stead of ".Miss" before their names.
They want the status of the married
woman. After all, they want the lib- |
i-rty of the married woman, for we cling
to the absurd tradition that a single
woman, though she be ninety, is still a
debutante, and that she must be chap
eroned. and that it is indelicate for
her to hear or spenk of any topic that
isn't dressed up In white muslin and
girdled with a blue sash.
Also, that the single woman must,
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pine elements.
There are many worthless imitations
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thing else.
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Due to Acidity
SO SAYS KMIXF.XT SPECIALIST.
So-called stomach troubles, such as
indigestion, wind, and stomach-ache aro
in probably nine cases out of ten simply
evidence that fermentation Is taking
nlace In the food contents of the stom
ach, causing thu formation of gas and
Hcids. Wind distends the stomach, and
causes that full, oppressive feeling
sometimes known as heartburn, while
the acid Irritates and Inflames the del
icate lining of the stomach. The trou
ble lies entirely in the fermenting
food. Such fermentation is unnatural,
and add formation is not only un-1
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ous consequences if not corrected. To
stop or prevent fermentation of the
food contents of the stomach and to
neutralize the acid, and render it bland
and harmless, a teaspoonful of bis
urated magnesia, probably the best arid
most effective corrector of acid stom
ach known, should be taken in a quar
ter of a glass of hot or cold water im
mediately after eating, or whenever
wind or acidity Is felt. This stops the
fermentation, and neutralizes the acid
ity In a few moments. Fermentation,
wind and acidity are dangerous and un
necessary. Stop dip' prevent them by
the use of a proper antacid, such as
blsurated magnesia, which can be ob
tained from any druggist and thus en
able the stomach to do Its work proper
ly without being hindered by poison
ous gas and dangerous acids.—M. F. P.
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VAPO CRBBOJ-EXI CO.
KDL'CATIOXAL
Harrisburg Business College
329 Market St.
Fall term, September first. Day
and night. 29th year.
Harrisburg, Pa.
"WINTER TERM
BEGINS MONDAY. .TAX. ITU
WAV AM) XH.HT SESSIONS
SCHOOL OF COMMERCE!
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THURSDAY EVENING, ■ HARRISBURG TELEGRXPH DECEMBER 17,1914.
? perforce, live with her friends or her
! family, no matter how much ah« would
! like to set up an establishment of her
j own.
! To this large set of single women,
I rich old maids, and business women
| earning: jrood saalries, a red flower vase
I husband would till a matrimonial ideal,
I and they would espouse it with an en-
I thusiasm that no mere man ever
j evokes.
i -111 reality, the red flower vase hus
! band is not as startling 1 an innovation
]as it seems. Many a woman has dis
| covered, to her sorrow, that sho has
! married a whisky bottle Instead of a
j man. and she would be glad enough to
trade him oft for a red tlower vase if
j she could.
I There are men so full of vanity and
conceit and salf-lmportance that their
I wives had just as well have united
i tlumseives to a balloon or any othc
'sort of gas batf. There are husbands
i who are so silent In their own homes
j that a store dummy could be substi
tuted for them without their wives ever
I finding; out the difference, and there
I are other woman who believed that
they were marrying fender Uomeoa who
I ascertained after marriage that they j
tied up with surlv bears that grow! '
whenever you speak to them.
There are husbands In plenty who are
jo sour and tart that their wives would
f.nd a vinegar jap u gWMt companion
hesid» them. There are other men so
j iuueersed ill their business and pro-
I feseions that the!'- wives would have
'la-! ,it:st as much sympathy and com
| panlonahip if they had married a ledger.
lor a 'aw book, which they i-ould have
I shut up when it rr>ii<le them tired.
1 Also, there »• "-en who wouldn't
I find marrying a flower vase Instead I
jof a wife such a ha<! idea, for there
i are men who have found out after
| marriage that instead of a living, iov
: ine human woman they have led noth
| ing but a fashion plate to the altar.
i There are other men who have ascer- ,
■ tained to their sorrow that they mar
ried talking machines that never run
I down and that, they can't shut oft. and
I still other man are married to weeping
I women, who are nothing but hydrants,
j with the tap always turned on.
Of course, there are some disadvan
tages In having a flower vase spouse.
| As a husband he might go broke, or .
I get full, like a human husband. As ;<
wife she would never be anything but
,a parlor ornament: but the advantages
I outweigh the disadvantages, ami the
Chinese plan is earnestly recommended
lo those sociologists who are disturbed
over our diminishing matrimonial rate.
As a happy expedient for the super
fluous woman, and the old bachelor
who would like to be free though mar
ried. the red flower vase substitute
for a husband or wife takes the wed
ding cake.
jf Miss Fairfax *
! I Answers Queries
VOU ARE TOO YOUNG,
j DKAU MISS FAIRFAX:
d,L 1 ftm r BeVen,et " nnd mv mother is
and sister-""" m> brother
OU . I tt . Breat deal and they cx
t ac y 9 o'clock. Do you
think they are doing right. Mv bro
ther and sister-in-law want to know.
M,l\ *' H u V"" n * as you should nei
ther go out frequently at night nor
f , a >; late. But it is not right
that you should find the door locked
against yon at 9 o'clock. Suppose
you go out but two nights a week
promise to he home by ten or ten
thirty and keep your word!
RACE PREJUDICE.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
f . 1 " » ir j of eighteen, attend the
C entral Kvening High School. There
Is a poung Italian in my class who
accompanies m© homo every niirht
o^S 11 my , Am erican boy friends dis
approve of. Now dear Miss Fair
tax, what would you advise mo to Uo?
Mamma says as long as he is respec
table she does not see why thev
should disapprove. BESSIE. *
Your mother is quite right. All of
the nations of the earth have their
good and their bad points. But the
fact that people belong to different
countries should not keep them from
being friends.
ASK ANOTHER GIRI,.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am a boy of 20 who has been
keeping company with a pretty airl
of the same age lor six months." She
now calls me by my lirst name. I
have invited her to attend a dance
with me but she refuses. A friend
says she has another fellow. Shall
I ask her if this is true?
J - w - <3-
Girls are variable at so young an
ace and if I were you I'd ignore the
other fellow in question and invito
some other girl to the dance. If the
llrst girl really cares for you, you'll
soon And it out, and if she doesn't
you'd not want to force her friend
ship. She probably calls you by your
first name because she feels well ac
quainted with you and not because
she seriously cares.
lIOXOIt CREDITS GIVEN
Special to The Telegraph
Annville, Pa., Dec. 17.—At the end of
the Fall school term at the Lawn
school, south of this place, the follow
ing students were given honor credits
for unbroken attendance for the past
j year: Girls, Esther Hosan, Grace Toll
man, Miriam llengler, Martha llisser,
Evelyn Kengler, Carrie Tubman, Eva
jKipp, Mary Hottenstein. Martha I,eh
| man, Ida Florry, Orpha Hostetter. Mlr-
I iam KUlnger, Kuth Klpp. Fannie I,eh
man: boys, John Barte. Walter
Omer Hostetter, Simon Kipp. Ray
l.ongenecker. Harold Gingrich, Earl
Williamson, Charles Kengler, Karl Ijeii
man. Harry Hosan, Paul Itlsser and'
Kzra ICipp.
93,500 TO CHHINTMAS CI. I B
Special to The Telegraph
Annville, Pa., Dec. 17.—More than
$3,500 was paid out to employes of the
A. 8. Kreider Shoe Company of this
town, this week to 70 members. This
Is the fourth year that the club has
been In existence and In that time more I
than fla.ooo has been paid to members.
KA 1,1, TKIIM CI.OSEN
Special to The Telegraph
Annville, Pa.. Dec. 17.—T0-morrow
at noon the Fall term will come to a |
close at Valely College and
about 360 students will go to their re- ]
spectlve homes for the holidays. This
has been the best semester In the his
tory of the college and it is hoped to
bring the enrollment up to 400 when
the winter terni begins on Mondav,
January 4.
MANUFACTORY lit * V
Special to The Telegraph
Meehaniceburg. Pa., Dec. 17.—After
running, for the most of the time, three
days a week, the I>. Wilcox Manufac
turing plant has taken on unusual ac
tivity with a large increase in orders.
The die sinking department Is not only
working during the day, but evening
as well.
HEAVY HOfi* BUTCHERED
Special to The Telegraph
Medianicsburg. Pa., Dec. 17.—Five
large hogs were killed on Tuesday by
Harry BerUheimer, a farmer residing
I near Williams Grove. They weighed
respectively 377, 354. 340. 342 and 883
I pounds, making a combined weight of.
1.752 pounds. They produced a large
quantity of fine lard, in addition to the
<nc&t.
THE END SS !N SKsHT I
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I THla SALL ASSULUiIiiY AND POaillVfcLY CLONES WITHIN 24 HOURS
Every Piano—Every Organ—Every Player-Piano—All Must Go—At Some Price
> k THIS IS THE CRACK OF DOOM IN PIANO SELLING f THIS IS THE LAST STAND, OUR BACKS ARE TO THE WALL
Tin- writing is on (lie mill. Tiio lug sale is nearly over. All Pianos, regardless When our doors open at H o'chktk lYlday morning we will dump the balance
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must. go. Ins i. linal. ( ome to this store, bring along any musical at prices and terms tliat will r»?volntioniKO-piano selling. Every piano and playerf
friend, pick out tlie Piano you like. make us an offer and if It is within the realm will Ik- sold before closing. This is iinal. l)o you realize what this means?
of possibility \vc will accept it. We have again gone over the stock and cut and llanos that liave stood the test of years will practically be auctioned oil". Conul
slash prices to ribbons. These lloors limit IM* swept its clean as a liound*s tooth to this great, grand, sweeping, overwhelming |)iano sale. Let nothing stop you.
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