xypMen mems v& A Virtue of Praise A Talk to Knockers BY DOROTHY DIX The mostover-eßtl mated weapon EV .CinV world Is the ham mer. one millionth part as ef (ectlve as the pot. though the great majority of people go through life without finding It out. EjJß®nsE.-:lrM The average indi vldual's ideal of the ■K : JsTV way to reform things is by perpetual knocking, which per haps explains why so few abuses changed for the bet- BBSnsIHBS ter Theoretlcallyyou can smash anything by lamming It hard euough, but in actual practice this does not work out successfully, especlaHj when it is applied to the faults and foibles of human nature. Still, when a. man doesn't like his wife's housekeeping, or thinks she spends too much money—bing;—ne be gins lambasting her cooking and ex travagance. And she goes on burning the roast, and making dish water cof fee. and buying imported lingerie ana French hats. If a woman objects to her husband's belonging to a club, or smoking, 6he keeps busy, day in and day out, peg ging: away with her little hammer knock-knock-knock, and still he puts on his hat and makes a break for free dom the minute dinner is over, and he smokes like a furnace. If Johnnie is awkward and spills things at the table, and hates school the whole family organizes itself into an anvil chorus, and it's bing, bang, bing! from morning till night until Johnnie grows surly, and hates home and books, and spends all the time he can with acquaintances he picks up In the street. If an employer wants to speed up his employes and get more work ana better service out of them, he goes for them with a trip hammer, and abuses them for loafers and incompetents, and shirks, and the employes say to each other that the old man is a grouch who never appreciates good work, anyway, so whats the use in giving it to him? And they don't. Sever Any Good Fault finding and blames never yet reformed anything, but praise is the can move the world of humanity. And ;; p—.—wg <> , | Broadway | ih Jones p|! o; —————— go 41 From the Play of (< > J! George M. Cohan jo <> «<► «>| < ► < > fo < > Bv ;; EDWARD MARSHALL Jj; ::j 1 I:: <> Wtt fna Sum la tfe fby j"> <>f < ► , , I——HWIWiHHHWHi linn I MMMiUMMIWI 4 | Copyright, 1813, by C. W. PmiaghMft OCKPMJ * Josie smiled. "Yes; I noticed that." Jackson was strangely Intent upon her answer. He was confused, although he did not know the reason why. And then, suddenly, he knew. Finding that he knew, he found himself still mar® confused. "Did you notice it?" he asked, with (ntense earnestness, knowing, some low, that he was an ass. "I didn't think you noticed it" Josie thrilled, but found it hard to S other laughter—not wholly that of icule, mostly that of joyousneas. She Inade no other answer. He looked around them at the broad peranda, with its pillared, old colonial doorway and wide windows; his eyes paused along the visible front of the enormous house Itself, surveyed the spreading lawn, now dusky with the evening shadows of magnificent old trees, and the curving graveled drive, examined all. Indeed, that he could see of the superb and spacious old Jocee place. "Nice little bouse, isn't It?" he neked. "Oh, I just love it!" It was, indeed, Jthe show place of the town, and few were the local who had not Breamed dreams of some time living in li mansion like it—dreamed wonder ing dreams, speculative of cngruessed Sensations of vast wealth. "Do your "Why. yes Don't you?" "Tes," said Broadway, now looking brrt at the great house or any portion (of the splendid grounds, but straight fet her, although she was not sure of rtfcls became the light had very oear ily failed. "I'm just crazy about it, (that's all!" Bhe laughed and so did he He had fcot much idea what he really waa say ing. "Tern know. I think I shall became « model country gentleman ta time." he added It must eeem strange to yon. after the Hfe you've been living." Bhe meant it very Innocently, jot it Shocked him fiercely. He sat up is the swing and gased at her with out thrust neck—that gesture which she thought was awkward, funny, when ■be saw It first, in school days, but wMch ahe had rather begun to Ilka ""What <jo you know about the Hie I've heee living he demanded. She was not la the least susptdova 1 mean ta New York—that great, big, twoederfu] place f It Is a wonderfal iyleee, isn't ttr Be had bad a thrill of panic. Mow be qaleted, although hit heart still throbbed a little. He was glad ahe did not know about the life he had been leading. "Have 700 newer been to Now I York?" be asked. "Nevar." That's funny. Would you like to go fee Sow York?" "I don't think rfl like to Hre there; but Td like to tee New York." "Well, I can show it to you. May I some time? It only takes four hours to get there. It took me five years to get back?" "You had a kmg trip." Trip? I stumbled." he said dream ily , "What is Broadwayr THURSDAY EVENING, lever of Archimedes with which you the reason of this is plain enough. Praise touches us in our weakest spot, our vanity, whereas blame wounds us In our most vulnerable point, our self esteem, and there is a natural In clination to revenge our hurt pride by persisting in doing the thing we were censured for doing. Of course if we were the grand, noble creatures we should be, bent on our highest self-development, when our at tention was called to our faults we would devote our energies to building up and strengthening the weak spots In our characters. That would be the logical thing to do. but alas, which of us is logical, when it comes down to brass tacks with us? A Snre Ttp Surely this alone should furnish a tip to the knockers that It would be better to throw away their hammers and get busy spreading the salve if they want results. As a matter of fact, everybody knows that all you've got to do to make a woman break her neck is to dangle a little flattery before her. She will go for it every time, and so I advise the husband who bemoans his wife's bills to try praising her economy a little. I yet him discourse before com pany upon her thrift and what a help she Is. and. mv word for it, she will put a Tale lock on her pocketbook that ft will take a professional safe cracker to undo. Likewise any woman can bo turned into a good housekeeper by a husband who judiciously praises a good dish and sorrowfullv remarks over a bad one that it isn't quite up to her usual exalt ed culinary standard. Positively the only thing that will nail a man to his own hearthstone and make him a generous, attentive and interested lover as well as a husband, is to find in his own home a brand of flatter*- so much more potent, so much higher spiced and so much more inex haustible than any to be had abroad that it puts all other women into the amateur hot air class beside his wife. As for employes, isn't it invariably the man who knows he Is most trusted who is most trustworthy, the one who knows the boss depends on him who is most dependable, the crackerlack salesman who works ten times as hard to sell as the man who knows that not much is expected of him? Oh. it's praise, and not blame, that makes the world go around. We give the best of us to those who expect the best of us, and who appreciate that best. Throw away the hammer, and try spreading the salve! I "Broadway?" "It's a street, of course, but—'* "It's probably the greatest street in the world." "Some people nay lfs terrible." "It Is." "And some people say It's wonder fuL" "It is—truly wonderfuL" "I don't understand." "Nobody understands Broadway," h« answered. "People hate it, yet they don't know why. People love it, yet they don't know why. I don't. It's Just because it's Broadway." "Is it a mystery?" "That's -what it is—a mystery." He shook his head in thought The subject had loet interest to her —because she did not know its fasci nations. "I suppose you go to church every Sunday morning. Tomorrow's Sunday." He was astonished. He had been thinking of Broadway. There are churches on that thoroughfare, but they are not so brightly lighted as some other of its structures. "What's that again?" i "I say I suppose you go to church every Sunday morning." "Well —I've been going to Church-" Ill's every Sunday night." He laughed a little, then exclaimed, not loudly: "Broadway!" "What are you thinking of?" "Oh, I was Just thinking what a great thing it would be if I made a success of this business." "Why, you're going to," she aaM confidently. "Do you think so?" Tm sure of it if you will make up your mind to work—to keep busy." "Yes; that's it. I've got to work." He laughed. For a few moments they had been rather serious. "Workl Now, tomorrow, I'm going to plant a lot of vegetables and then I'm going to cut the grass; I'm going to milk the cow, and I am going to —er —paint the house. Work! Oh, I'm going to be the busiest little fellow yoa ever saw. You know what I hope? I hope that butler of mine never comes back I want to do all the work myself!" 'Tour butler?" "Yes; I 6ent him to New York yea terday on an errand." "You sent him back for something?" He wished to laugh, but did not "No; I sent him back with something." "Something valuable?" He hesitated. Was Mrs. Gerard val uable? She had lost enormously 1b value In his eyes of late. "Well, lfs worth a lot of money," he assured her, feeling certain that this speech was accurate 'Terhaps he s lost it and is afraid to return," she suggested. He smiled, remembering the instruc tions he had given Rankin. "If he's loet It he'll return all right—to claim the reward " I "For losing it? How funny?" 'Yes; isn't it?" He laughed. "But ft wouldn't be so "unny if he hadn't, would it?" Heavens! Suppose Rankin should find it really impossible to get rid of | Mr*. Gerard! But of course Joeie could not un derstand. The conversation puasled her. It did not hold her aa had the talk which had preceded it She rose, as Clara came back, al most running. This charming country i maiden very evidently had satisfied her curiosity as to the looks of Rob ert's father; she now was plainly somewhat displeased because the aon i remained away so long. ' "Well!" she exclaimed. "Those two men are holding the longest conversa tion I ever heard of! They're stand , tog on Kennedy's corner, their tongnee going a mile a minute." "What are they talking about?" •*ka<! Jackson anxiously. He very much hoped his friend was not In > really serious trouble as the reward for having been bis friend. "I didn't get close enough to hear what they said, but they're bath wav ing their hands in the air and talk ,, In*- to beat the band!" i'l'o be Continued.] FPinAY £ AR -SAIM S, w 63c » 1 1 1 19c v ———————J y ■ / ——> FOR FRIDAY ONLY FOR FRIDAY ONLY IXn Wome»'» /i\ mmf A A Women's Another Lot of WOMEN'S WHITE CHECK NEW Winter Suits U 1111 Winter Ceats "T,' W ' NTER SP So D Vdue SK S WerthFrom == Werth From $4.50 ,L crn 51200 10 s2oo ° si°.o° to $15.00 $l5O ipleOU For >» > ( «< F#r Choice of black or blue. I I ___J V 9 |<uwuw-rann] The Coats The Suits L Ss'Sm" LK"Xt #to e•* l r well made. Assorted sizes in the lot, but not , , . .„• * « H.O", lor SIZ, Friday only for all sizes of each style or color. sorted colors, but not all sizes of each * style or color. /«• «w/v O CA INCLUDED IN THIS LOT ARE SOME 1 R|| Jfc.OU EXTRA LARGE SUITS FOR EXTRA SOME EXTRA LARGE COATS %PJL.OV/ Made of ~1-„oo, nHxtur*—..- LARGE WOMEN. FOR EXTRA LARGE WOMEN. sue. eto 14 yw », „.. rted sorted color* and sizes. styles and colors. M a"d Thi» ats ome a Running For These Special Bargains B °y?' Suits and Rummage Sale 15 AS THEY WON'T LAST ALL DAY „ . Lots at Half and Less FOR FRIDAY ONLY FOR FRIDAY ONLY FOR FRIDAY ONLY P ® Cl ? J RI I Y P^ N^^R Note These Low Prices SI.OO Women's Flan-«Q 75c Women's White OA ! 75c Women's Flan- 7 Low «ices Men's Pants SIOO values nelette Long Kimonos, U«/C Muslin Skirts for «J«/C nelette Skirts for uDC Boys' Norfolk Suits, values to gA SI.OO Women's Wrap- t\(\ 25c Children's Ribbed Ifk _ « $3.50, OyC pers and House Dresses,. LVC Underwear, small sizes, lUC ! 20c Men s Suspenders Q fl QC! Men's Winter Overcoats, $1.50 Girls' Wash SI.OO Ladies' Muslin rn o . , vauks to $7.50, at Dresses for t)9C Gowns, slightly soiled.. .59C 50c and 75c Men's B ° yS * s6 ' V«s*7v SI.OO Ladies' White* aa 10c Women's Fast Winter Underwear for. .eSejC $2«95 MCn S C ° rdur °y Pants « LaW " WaiStS f ° r BkCk H ° SC ' f ° r 25c Children's Cash- •> A Boys' Suits, values to $7.50, at values, at Up to SI.OO Ladies' ||- 10c Men's Black and r mere and Golf Gloves,.. lUC d» OA Ef 7C Neckwear for 1 DC ;Colors Hose for DC 3)<faie«/0 Men's Overcoats, values to 50c Women's Shirt in $3 Men's and Wo- £ i Qfi sls 00 at Waists for 1«/ C men s Coat *-aps tor values, at SI.OO Men's Percale in SI.OO Women's Kid ££ 25c Men's Silk 4-in- 7Qr» vD» I O Dress Shirts for 4e/C Gloves for DDC hand Neckwear for «/C f vC Men's Pants, values to $3.00, at ... Boys' Wash Suits, 75c value, M Wi te R C ' O S *- M FRENCH BLOUSE SUIT FOR A SMALL GIRL Circular Flounces Are the Cutest Things on the Tiny Tots 8144 Child's Fkndt 4 to 8 yean. WITH BODY LINING. SHORT OR LONS SLEEVES. The two important features found In this little frock are the low or French waist line and the kimono sleeves. They mean extreme smartness and, incidentally, the sleeves also mean simplicity of making. The circular flounces lapped one over the other are important too, for t 1 >y make a departure. Altogether the fr t. is a new one, demonstrating the latest fancies. In the picture, it is made of dotted challis with bands of silk but it quite easily could be reproduced in any childlike material, for the model Is one of the available sort, desirable for the cimpie silks that little girls are wearing: end for washable materials, as well as tor challis and the like. There is a body lining over which the full chemisette is arranged and to which the flounces ere attached and which also serves to keep the long waisted body portion in position. The flounces ere circular end just prettily and grace fully fulL For the 6 year size, the drese will re quire 3 yds. of meteriel 27, iW yds. 36 or 44 in. wide, with yd. 27 in. wide for the chemisette end Vi yd. lor the trim ming. The pattern of the dress 8144 is cut In sizes for girls of 4, 6 and 8 years. It will be mailed to any address by the Fashion Department of this paper, n receipt of ten cents. Bowman's sell May Manton Patterns. | Try Telegraph Want Ads. HARRJSBURG l&S&S&l TELEGRAPH < M.adame, Iseltlk* ~3cauiy Lesson* LESSON XV—PART 111. PHYSICAL CULTURE. Sine* the days of the Oreek cMTlsatlos fh« world has crown backwards In the ideal and attainment of physical beauty. Two thousand years a*o Plato taurht that he who was educated In mind and moral sense alone, and not in body, waa a cripple. The Greeks had so little llklnf for an 111-favored physique that a child not perfectly proportioned at birth was exposed to death. The educaUon of today teaches us to look first for mental and moral qualities: this Is ri*ht. if we do not forset the Importance of the physical, j sad it* Influence on us. The Moral and the Physical. There are some beautiful souls so lifted •bove all physical aches and discomforts that their mission on earth Mtms one of dear Inspiration; brilliant Intellects, like JSUsabeth Brownlnr. whose whole verse aialdnff life was spent on an Invalid's sofa, or Henri Heine, whom from his "mattress crave" wrote some of his most brilliant essays and uttered his most bit ing and caustic epigrams, seem absolute ly Independent of material conditions. But such examples we must regard as saintly natures in which the spiritual life clearly «pntrols 'or great geniuses In whom the creative power Is all. dominat ing. With the average man or woman physical well-being Is a necessary part of character and mind development, and he who neglects It will not do his best work. Not Vanity. It Is not personal vanity alone, but the ; desire for personal efficiency that should lie behind the cult for physical culture. Personally. I have little patience with people who proclaim It a matter of indif ference whether they grow stout or not, or whether their figures keep young and lithe. Indifference to one's physical ap pearance Is either lasiness or a certain Corn of egotism, not at all commendable. Signs of Middle Age. Inertness, disinclination to exercise, a little aching In the muscles are apt to be characteristic of middle age. The man or woman who does not take systematic ' exercise Is the first to grow stiff and > heavy and to put on an undue amount of flesh. One who has always kept In good condition, whose muscles are firm and elastic has little to fear from middle age. At this period a woman may have to work a little longer at her exercises. If the disposition to put on flesh Is present, but her task 1s nothing compared to the woman who haa let "herself go" all her Hfe Lssson XI to be continued. Huerta Gets 10,000 Guns For Federal Soldiers; Mobile, Ala.. Feb. 12. President I Huerta, of Mexico, has bought 10,000 | rifles and 500,000 rounds of ammuni- j tion from a gun company at Mont- j gomery for shipment to Vera Cruz i through this port, according to an an- | nouncement to-day by Robert Gayon, I Mexican consul here. A dispatch > from Montgomery confirmed the sale. MRS. WILLIAMS' LONG SICKNESS Yields To Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. Elkhart, Ind." I suffered for four teen years from organic inflammation, '■-"■. I- female weakness, ; pain and irregularis ties. The pains in m y s '^ es were in jW creased by walking /, W or standing on my \ feet and I had such awful bearing down feelings, was de '/iH' P > n spirits /•/• »' '" an< * >ecame tkiH an( * '/if/:: . • • pale with dull,heavy -—— eyes. I had six doc tors from whom I received only tempo rary relief. I decided to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a fair trial and also the Sanative Wash. I have now used the remedies for four months and cannot express my thanks for what they have done for me. "If these lines will be of any benefit j you have my permission to publish them." —Mrs. SADIE WILLIAMS, 455 James Street, Elkhart, Indiana. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound,made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful drugs, and to-day holdis the record of being the most successful remedy for female ills we know of, and thousands of voluntary testimonials on file in the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass., seem to prove this fact. If yon have the slightest doubt that I-ydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound will help you,write to Lydia E.Pi nkham Medici ne Co. (confidential) Lynn,Mass., for ad vice. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman, and held in strict confidence. Cumberland Valley Railroad TIME TABLE In Effect November 40, 1811 TRAINS leave Harrlsburg— For Winchester and Martlnabura at »:03, *7:62 a. m., *3:40 p. m. For Hatferßtown, Charaberebarg, Car. lisle, Mechanics burg and Intermediate stations at 6:03, *7.62, *11:63 a. m, *3:40, 6:82. *7:40. *11:16 p. m. Additional trains for Carllsl* and Mechanicsburc at Sr4« a. m„ 2:18. 5:37. 6:80. 9:30 a. m. For Dlllsburs; at 6:03. *7: M and *11:63 «. m.. 2:18. *3:40. 6:33 and *:8« p. m. •Dally. All other trains dally except Sunday H. A BIDDI.B, i i. K TONOB. O. P. A. Sunt. FEBRUARY 12,1914. TRUNKS We have purchased the clearing of the stock of a trunk manufact urer and are in a position to sell trunks at greatly reduced prices. This sale will include Dress, Steamer, Hat and Wardrobe Trunks. REGAL UMBRELLA CO. 2nd. and Walnut Sts. — —V Two Coal Yards Mean Quick Delivery A coal yard cS the hill and one in town puts us just that much nearer your residence. Then we have over 100 horses and many wagons so that we have equipment enough to take care of rush orders. Coal from our yards is always hauled quickly. We carry no orders over until to morrow. If we receive your order at 5 P. M we de livered it the same day. United Ice & Coal Co. Farater * Cowdea Third A Boa. IStfc * Cfceatnnt Hummel Mulberry ALSO STEELTON, PA. ' D.B. on oV*r Y drop J 5
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