8 \fc?o(Y)en /Alnteßfes^ ■ The grotesquely tragic thing about martyrdom is that it is almost always entirely unneces sary. The martyr need not be a mar tyr if he or she had an inch of back bone, or a thimble ful of good, hard horse sense. This is particularly true of the domestic martyr who is not a pin feathered angel, as she Is painted, but Just a plain goose. The thing that calls forth the above heartfelt words is the case of a joung friend of mine. This girl ia the oldest of a large family, and when her mother died four years ago, she became the little house mother to the family. She was only 16 then. She is but 20 now, at the very age when a girl shouM be most care-free and happy, for these few years are the playtime in the average woman's life, and the only playtime she ever knows. Instead of that, this girl has cooked, end cleaned, and washed, and mended, r.nd sewed for her father and four liusky brothers and a little sister only a year younger than herself. She Is ♦he most Industrious little creature In the world, and the best manager and a real genius In one of the finest of the arts—cooking. The father, the four big brothers and the sister all go out to work and earn good salaries, but the girl who stays at home and slaves from morn ing till night to make the balance of them comfortable and give them just the sort of things they want to eat. Is paid not one cent for her labor. Furthermore the wage earners of tho family have figured down her housekeeping expenses to the last pos sible penny, ami she is not given one cent more than the actual cost of food and fuel and rent on which to run the place. And, as if this wasn't enough tyranny and stinginess, they complain bitterly when she doesn't j Their Married Life By MABEL HERBERT URNER It was Helen's nature to nurse a grievance. Even a very slight griev ance, if she dwelt long enough upon it, would take on alarming propor tions. And now she had brooded over Mrs. Thurston's insolent refusal to return the money she owed her, until it had become an obsession. She could think of nothing else. It was not now merely the loss of the twenty-live dollars —it had gone far beyond that. Had she had It Helen would have given ten times that much for the satisfaction of making Mrs. Thurston return the money.. Even the mildest and gentlest of women, when thoroughly aroused, are capable of all the feline ferocity. And Helen was now thoroughly aroused. She was consumed with a feverish desire for revenge. What could she do that would hurt Mrs. Thurston most. She could write to her husband! Helen shrank from this thought—yet Mrs. Thurston would be callous to anything else. It was only through her husband that she COULD hurt her! Why shouldn't she write him? A husband is responsible for his wife's debts. Lashed on by the Increasing bitterness and intensity of her brood ing*, Helen finally wrote the note. It was a relief to her boiling indig nation just to write it, even though nhe knew it would never be sent. It is both safe and expedient to give vent to one's rankling resentment in letters —that are never posted. "My dear Mr. Thurston —It may In terest you to know that Mrs. Thurs ton borrowed twentv-tlve dollars from me almost two months ago, which she promised to return in two weeks. She has not only failed to return the money, but has refused to speak to me over the phone, and has insolently Ig nored my letter. lam so Indignant at lier attitude that I feel justified in writing to you. Very truly yours. I "HELEN L. CURTIS." V This note not only relieved Helen's That Hungry Boy must have something besides bread-and butter-and-jam and books and sermons to grow on, to study on, to play on. For the growing youngsters nothing equals SHREDDED WHEAT the food that builds muscle and bone and brain —a natural, elemental food —contain- ing no yeast, no baking powder or chem icals of any kind—just the pure wholewheat grain, steam-cooked, shredded and baked. Better than porridges for children because the crispness of the shreds compels thorough mastication which not only de velops sound teeth, but is the first process in digestion. Always heat the Biteuit in oven to reitore crispnesa. Two Shredded Wheat Biscuits with hot milk or cream will supply all the energy needed for a half day's work. Deliciously nourthing when eaten in combination with baked apples, (tewed prune*, diced banana* or canned or preserved fruit*. Try toacted Triicuit the Shredded Wheat Wafer for luncheon with butter, cheese or mar malade. im (Mr Br The Shredded Wheat Company, Ni M .rs Falls, n. f. i MONDAY EVENING, By DOROTHY DIX set at tenderloin steak table on a stew meat Income, and when it isn't forth coming the girl Is blamed for not making one dollar do the work of Ave. Nothing could be grayer or more forlorn than this little housewife's life, and it offers no prospect of im provement. She can never save up any money because she has none to save. She cannot dress prettily and go to places of amusement, as does her sister who has her own pay en velope. She cannot even look forward to marrying, because her family can nily discourage men callers because they don't want to lose their cook. Besides which Cinderella in the kitchen hasn't got as good a chance as the wicked sister In the parlor, no matter what the fairy tales say. So all that this girl sees in the way of a future Is slaving for her family until her brothers and sisters get married and she Is old, and will have to go and be a dependent on some in-law who doesn't want her. She's a domestic martyr if there ever was one, but there isn't a particle of use in her being roasted at tho stake. She's got the remedy in her hands if she'll only use it. So has every other domestic woman who Is misused, and put upon In her own family. And the remedy is just to go on a strike. If this girl would turn out her gas range and go and sit herself down In her parlor and present an ultimatum to her family to the effect that there would not be another meal cooked in that house nor another bed made nor another floor swept nor another button sewed on until justice was done her and a satisfactory finan cial arrangement made, she could get out of the martyr class before you could say scat. She should demand a fair house keeping allowance to be made her, or else she should turn in her butcher book and grocery book and expense accounts to the family, and let them divide it out among themselves. And above all, she should demand an adequate salary for her own serv ices. | pent-up feelings, it also suggested a \ brilliant idea. She would send the j note—but to MRS. Thurston, with 'the ! warning that unless the money was j returned at once Mr. Thurston would | receive a copy at a very early date. Helen's thoughts capered gleefully I around this idea. Mrs. Thurston would ,be as anxious and worried and un j happy as she AV ANTED her to be! ! And undoubtedly she would send the money, for she stood much in awe of ] her husband. It was to keep him I from knowing that she had exceeded | liis very generous allowance that she ! had had to borrow. | Helen made several drafts of a let ! ter to Mrs. Thurston before she finally | produced what she considered a maa j terplece of brevity and effectiveness. "My dear Mrs. Thurston —Possibly j you may care to glance over the en closed note, a copy of which I intend to mail to your husband unless I re ceive the mony you owe me by return | mail. j "As I have never in my life borrowed ' a cent from you or from any one else, ; 1 feel under no obligations to bear i the burden of your extravagance. You 1 prevailed upon my generosity to lend | you this money to help you out of an j embarrassing situation, and now that you insolently Ignore this debt I feel j that I am quite justified in writing to ! your husband. Very truly yours, "HELEN L. CURTIS." With a glow of satisfaction, Helen diapatched this letter, note enclosed, by special delivery. All goody-goody precepts to the con trary, there is a certain satisfaction in "getting even" when you feel that you have been outrageously Imposed upon. And for the rest of that day Helen basked complacently in the soothing appeasement of retaliation. She spent many pleasant moments | picturing Mrs. Thurston's chagrin and ! rage when she read the letter. Mrs. Thurston no doubt considered her weakly yielding and incapable of "fighting back," for she had once criticised her for being entirely too We talk a lot about family affection, but as a matter of fact there are no other people in the world who Impose on us so ruthlessly as our own. ft Is only his own wife, or daughter, that a man expects to slave in a kitchen eight or ten hours a day for her board a ! . clothes he chooses to give her. Strangers have some regard f° r «■ woman's individual rights, but if she gets them In the family circle, she s got to stand up and fight for them. Heretofore women have regarded themselves as helpless. They have felt that they had to submit to any treatment that their menkind accord ed them. W hat am I to do?" one will ask. " work harder than any slave. I economize and pinch until 1 get the last squeal out of every nickel, but my husband never gives mo a penny of my own. I have to go to him like a beggar every time I want a spool ° r thread or carfare, and before I get it I have to tell what I expect to do with it; and after I have spent it I have to tell what I did do with It. I realize that this isn't fair. I do just as much work as my husband docs, and am just as much a factor in his prosperity, but how am I to collect what Is due me? I'd be glad and thankful to get the wages of a cook paid me as wages, for my very own to spend as I like." To this women I say also: Go out! strike, madam. Don't do another' lick of work. Don't turn another domestic wheel until you force fair settlement out of your husband. Just! one day of the confusion worse con-1 founded of a home In which nobody has washed the baby nor dressed the children or cleared the table or swept the floors or provided any food or done any of the other millions of « thinßs that a housewife attends to every day, will convince n husband 1 that the laborer is worthy of her hire, even if she is his wife. ; So I repeat again that there is no! reason for a woman to be a domestic martyr unless she really enjoys mar-1 tyrdom. Vou can bring any man to' terms by interfering with his conduct. I abject towards Warren, claiming that' unless she asserted herself more, any man would "lord it over her." But Mrs. Thurston would learn that because a woman chooses to be plastic In the hands of the man she loves, is no reason why she will not stand fiercely for her rights if she is imposed upon by another woman. V es, this would be a very salutary lesson for Mrs. Thurston, and one that she had brought upon herself by' her breach of faith and her Insolence. It was that same evening, while they were at dinner, that the door bell rang and a messenger boy stalked in, taking a letter from out his cap. • "Here, Helen, it's for you," Warren tossed over the missive as he signed the receipt. With a fork Helen ripped open the envelope, her heart beating ium phantly as a folded check fell out. So her ruse had been successful! But as she read the letter her face slowly reddened: "My dear Mrs. Curtis: "To prevent you from having any more hysterics over this matter, I hasten to send you your twenty-five dollars. Had I known that you were in such desperate need of tills small sum, I would certainly have returned it before this. It is needless to suv 1 regret that I ever borrowed it. Your frantic efforts to get it back have been a most amusing revelation of your character. Very truly yours, "ELIZABETH B. THURSTON." What's the matter?" demanded Warren, as he saw her deepening! flush. "Nothing; only Mrs. Thurston re turned that money." "She did, eh? Well that's a darn sight more than I thought she'd do. What's wrong? You don't look over pleased." "Oh, the note—the insolent note she sent with it!" "Let's see," holding out his hand. "No—no, dear, I'd rather not," flushing furiously. "Nonsense, let me see it!" Reluctantly Helen yielded the note. ' Huh, stirred up the old dame, didn t you ?" as he read it. "But what do you care what she writes, as long as you get the money?" Oh, I DO care." Helen was now tearing up the note with fierce, catch ing sobs. "I'll never—NEVER," pas sionately, "lend anybody another cent as long as I live!" "Good! That's the stuff." "To prevent me from being 'hysteri cal'!" bitterly, quoting the note. "'An amusing revelation of my character! And now she'll go around tellinj; everybody about it. I can just HEAR her telling Mrs Stevens that 3 lent her a few dollars and wouldn't let her rest until I got It back." "What if she does? The main thing is shes PAID UP! Of course she's mad—mad as a hatter. Thought she was going to beat you out of It. You must have put the screws on pretty hard to bring her around." "Yes, I did write her a strong letter but I didn't say anything half as hate ful as she's said in this." cares a whoop what she says? insisted Warren. "You've got your money back You've pulled off a whacking good stunt to make her come across. What more do vou want?" • But even Warren's approval could not stop Helen's cheeks from burning or take away the sting of those two cutting sentences in Mrs. Thurston's not.©. Why should she be made to feel small and contemptible when she had been in the right all along? Because I she hnd generously lent this money this was her reward! lf hn I Odd Fellows. In the Bethel church | here. The Rev. I. AV. West, pastor, and the Rev. John Fairfax, assisted. Aston's full brass orchestra, of Co lumbia, furnished the music. The I event was the thirty-ninth anniversary lof the founding of the organization. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Madame Ise'bell Says Dandruff In a Pre ventable Scalp Disease i THE HAIR AND BCALP—PART lb Seborrhea, the medical name for dand ruff, Is so common an affliction that many people accept It as a matter of course and take no steps to cure or prevent It. This Is a wrong attitude, for, properly speaking:, dandruff 1B a disease which. If not checked, may lead to serious conse quences. Most oases of falling; hair or baldness are proceded by an appearance of excessive dandruff; neglected dandruff may result in eczema, and the presence of dandruff even In a mild degree shows that the scalp Is not acting In a normal manner. There Is a natural shedding of the skin continually going on all over the body.' Infrequent Bhampoolng or lack of sys tematic brushing of the hair results In an accumulation of this scurf on the scalp; in some cases It leads to excessive dry ness of the scalp and In others excessive activity of the oil glands causes the oil to mix with the dandruff. Beware of the Sharp Comb. Dandruff should not be allowed to gath er on the scalp, but It should never be scraped off roughly or with a sharp comb. A fine comb will remove dandruff, but It may Irritate the scalp and carry away new hairs. Begin treatment by gently rubbing the scalp with sweet oil or vaseline, leaving this on over night so as to thoroughly soften the crust. In the morning sham poo the head vigorously according to di rections that will be given and when nearly dry apply a tonic containing a direct specific for the bacteria that In fects dandruff. Resorcln and bl-clorlde of mercury are regarded as effective for this purpose and most dandruff remedies contain either one or the other. This treatment should be repeated whenever there Is any accumulation of dandruff. The scalp should be well aired every day and treated to a few minutes' scalp mas sage, full directions for which will be given In a following lesson. As dandruff Is often the result of ob structions in the working of the sebaceous and sweat glands in the scalp, massage, by Improving the circulation and remov ing the torpidity of the scalp, will over come this difficulty. Eczema Is characterized by Itching; and the presence of scales on a red, raw sur face. When such is the case keep thesa •pots covered with carbolated vaseline op have your druggist prepare you a sulphur lotion. Water should not be used on th# •calp If eczema is present: keep it clean With sweet oil and brush the hair well. To be continued. General Castro Found in Port of Spain, Trinidad By Associated Press Port of Spain, Trinidad, March 23. —General Cipriano Castro, former dictator of Venezuela, whose where abouts had been unknown for several months, was discovered here to-day. A party of detectives last night raided a hotel occupied almost solely by Venezuelans, and found there 4 0,- 000 rounds of ammunition and a few revolvers. This discovery led to a further raid early to-day. The police proceeded to a house which had been occupied for several months by Gen eral Carmelo Castro, a brother of the former president. Armed with a search warrant they went over the place. Among the effects of the oc cupants they found only one revolver and a few cartridges. POSTMISTRESS MARRIED Special to The Telegraph Gettysburg, Pa., March 23.—Miss Mary Weldner, daughter of Mrs. Sid ney Weidner, and Earl P. Weidner, of Menallen township, were united in marriage. The bride is postmistress at Flora Dale and the groom is one of Mcnallen's prosperous farmers. CHURCH GETS BEQUEST Special to The Telegraph Blain, Pa., March 23. —Zlon's Re formed church at this place, by the last will and testament of the late Daniel Smith, a lifelong resident of this community and member of the Reformed church, was bequeathed the amount of $475. Is Your Baby's Milk Clean? The United States AH Government has ex- amined the country's £m ffl J* dairies, and says that "jI&L in every 100 only 8 are clean. Yet from the other ninety-two, kept as you would not keep your back yard, may come the milk you put into the stomach of your delicate little child. Can you take the chance of giving the baby sickness—even consumption —in its milk bottle? If baby cannot have mother's milk, give it a food that is safe; give it Nestles Food that is nearest to mother's milk. 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MARCH 23,1914. dJjßhfc Let me send you FREE PERFUME _ _SV%jy Write today for a testing bottle of gjWt -A ED. PINAUD'S LILAC I ~Tu e ,f" lr,d u, most Perfume, every drop as sweet \ A l®r |S thell vino blossom, for handkerchief, atomizer and bath. JwlSPff v\y AWW'I Fine after shaving. All the value is in theperfume-you don't WSrf*f:4 \Y jUcl I pay extra for a fancy bottle. The quality Is wonderful The v /sft&dk priceon!y7sc. (6oz) Send 4c. for the little bottle-enough it W XtPTmMr handkerchiefs. Write today. k u PARFUMERIE ED. PINAUD, Department M. *LA ED. PINAUD BUILDING NEW YORK D.B . 077 c/rop j| '' 1 Ever Have Trouble With Your Range? Well that's easily remedied, you don't burn the right kind of coal. It is not necessary to be continually fuss ing- with the fire and putting in wood every time you bake. ; We have two coal yards. One on the Pennsylvania Railroad and one on the Read ing Railroad. This enables us to carry many grades and sizes. If the coal you have been using does not burn to your entire satisfaction we can eas ily send something that will. Let us send our coal expert to help you decide the right kind. 1 United Ice & Coal Co. Fnrater A Cowdea Third Jt Boas I3th A Chestnut Hummel A Mulberry ALSO STEELTON, PA. tAt the Great "Paquin" Paris Model Exhibition held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, New York City, from March third to eighth, the one great fashion novelty shown on almost everv dress and blouse was THE JAPANESE COLLAR. This smart fashion innovation was first described and illustrated by Pic torial Review in the March number issued February 15th, and continued in the April number. Once again, as usual, Pictorial Re view was the first American publica tion to present the new style. 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