W?Q(Y)en T A .giUnTeR6^ST a & By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX I! When you talk] ■ about the opium I habit of the Chl- I nese people do you know who itarted them on this long lane which has so few turnings (and those turnings al ways downward)? Those "pagan peo ple" were forced Into the opium traffia by the most orthodox of Chris tian nations, the British. Op i u m brings England $10,000,000 a year. At one time a parliamentary com mission was appointed to Investigate the effect of opium on the Chinese race, and the British official In charge of the matter swore roundly that it was no more harmful than "twiddling one's thumbs." This 1n face of the awful evils which result from the drug. To such depths will a desire for financial profit drag Christians. It has been said that "eleven men out of every ten" smoke opium In China. And this habit can be traced directly to Great Britain. America is honeycombed with opium dens. And American society, from the underworld to the unem ployed rich, has its hundreds of thou sands of drug devotees. Ask the messenger boys of any of our large cities what they know about it. These boys are the go-betweens who bring the drugs to the unfortu nate victims of the habit in dens of vice and In palatial homes, oftentimes where the regular employes of the house would not permit the poison to enter In any regular manner. But the messenger boy can always enter. Just as the physician can always enter. In the days of our Pilgrim Fathers and their successors there was no such thing as a drug menace. It seemed to enter America during the Civil War. And since then it has grown, until It is a colossal evil, aided and abatted by a largo percentage of physicians and helped by druggists and virtually Ignored by the Church and society. A woman has written from l'acts a most remarkable novel in which this national menace Is terribly and truth fully depicted. The book of Job gives the title to this novel in the following quotation on the fly leaf: "Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook? Uppon the earth there Is not one like him. He is king over nil the children of pride. When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are Their Married Life By MABEL HERBERT URNER Tn the first moment of awakening, Helen gazed about In vague bewilder ment. The strange room wltji Its dingy wallpaper, the dimly-lit gas jet and the cheap, scarred furniture! Then she saw Warren asleep beside her, and with a rush came the re turned consciousness of it all —Sun- day with the Baldwins, the missed train, and the night at this wretched hotel. From beneath the drawn blind came the gray morning light. She felt un der Warren's pillow for his watch. Five minutes to seven. He need not be awakened yet, for their train did not leave until 8.10. Softly she crept out of bed. Antici pating his ill-humor at the lack of a bath and clean linen, she wanted to be dressed before he awoke. The room was freezingly cold. She put down the windows and turned up the gas., for the daylight was still pale. To keep the bedclothes from touching her she had slept in most of her clothes. And now it took only „ a few moments to button her shoes with a hairpin and slip on her waist. A scrutiny of the wash bowl and a sniff at the two grayish white towels folded over tho pitcher decided her to go unwashed. With a tiny comb from her chatelaine bag she did up her hair, fluffed her face with her pocket powder puff, and her toilet was as complete as she could make It. Then she went over to the bed. "Dear," tenderly brushing back his hair, "If we want to catch that 8.10 you'd better get up." He stirred, turned, then opened his ©yes with a dazed, "Huh?" "We've only about fifty minutes to get that train," repeated Helen. He stared around the unfamiliar room, then realized where they were. "The devil!" as he sat up in sleepy irritation. Heavily he got out of the spring creaking bed. The lack of a bath and YOUR FRECKLES Need Attention in February and March or Face Will Stay Cover (Hi Now 1b tho time to take special care «f the complexion if you wish it to look well the rest of the year. The February and March winds have a strong tendency to bring out freckles that may stay all Summer unless re moved. Now is the time to use othine —double strength. This prescription for the removal of freckles wa3 written by a prominent physician and is usually so successful that It is sold by druggists under guar antee to refund the money if it falls. Get an ounce of othine—double strength, and even a few applications should show a wonderful improve ment, some of the smaller freckle* even vanishing entirely. Advertise ment. Cumberland Valley Railroad TIME TABLE In Effect November SO, 1813 TRAINS leave Harrisburg— For Winchester and Martinßburir at ' 6:03, *7:52 a. m.. »3:40 p. m. e For Hagerstown, Chambersburg Car lisle, Mechanicsburg and Intermediate stations at 5:03, •7:52, *11:53 a m •3:40. 5:32. *7:40, *11:11? p. m. " Additional trains for Carlisle and Mechanicsburg at 0:48 a. m, 2:18 3-27 6:30, 9:30 a. m. For Dillsburg at 5:03, *7:62 and •11:63 a. m.. 2:18, *3:40. 5:32 and 6-30 p. m. •Dally. All other trains dally exceDt Sunday. H. A. RIDbI.E, J. H. TONQE, Q. p. a. Supt. Quick Relief for Coughs. Cold.* and Hoarseuess. Clear tho Voice—Fine for Speakers ami Singers. 2Sc. OORIiAR' DRUG STORES 16 N. Third St. I'enna. Station . : •*: ' ' •; V ' \ - v*\ • 'T: ; FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 27, 1914. afraid. In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into Joy before him." It Is because of this last sentence, perhaps, that the dread drug can be most likened to Leviathan, since so many sad souls and troubled hearts and suffering bodies llnd tempporary Joy In the merciless grasp of the drug. But God and all his hosts of Minis tering Angels must come to the rescue of one who seeks such joy. or the end Is misery, sliaroe and despair. The author lias painted In vivid colors the terrible fight made by a bravo soul to overcome the drug habit after It had been contracted and after repeated efforts and failure to aban don It, and she ends her great book with her hero cured and in perfect health and the father of robust chil dren. The author makes this charge: "Opium, laudanum, morphia, etc., is not the tragedy of the underworld, nor of the lap-dog world. It Is the tragedy of the working world —of doc tors, writers, lecturers, scientists, teachers, students—both men and women." Then she adds: "It's a national problem that can not be settled by sending one man or even many to jail. It's a monster that has crawled up out of the dark on the American people. What are we going to do about It? What are the doctors going to do about It, the Federal authorities, public-spirited men anil women, public opinion, the press? "It is a national problem, and watching boundaries, guarding ports, making occasional raids, can accom plish but little to keep back the evil; medical men united, an aroused pub lic opinion, the work of women, the press, I suppose, could do everything. Here are some suggestions for the con trol of the evil: "First, the passing of strict laws which will allow habit-forming drugs to be sold only on a physician's pre scription. "Second, a law that will make It impossible for a prescription to be refilled except through a doctor's order. "Third, education of the public through the schools, colleges and churches of the country. "Fourth, Federal and State sanato ria for drug addicts and alcoholics. "Fifth, the creation of a sense of personal responsibility on the part of physicians and pharmacists for this condition of affairs. "Sixth, a law making Illegal sale of drugs a State's prison offense. dressing conveniences he did not take as philosophically as had Helen. Grumblingy ho poured some water into the wash bowl. "Oh, dear, don't try to wash here! Wait till we get home —don't wash In that bowl!" "What's the matter with it? Looks all right." "Oh, that water isn't fresh—it may have been standing there for days!" "Huh! You're too blamed squeam ish." "Wait-—'if you must wash, use this drinking water!" Helen emptied the bowl, refilled it from the drinking pitcher, and in sisted on his using a handkerchief in stead of the towels. Ungraciously he accepted her pocket comb to smooth his rumpled hair. He felt ruefully his uushaved face, and fairly glowered at the soiled collar he was forced to put on. "Feel rotten!" was his grim com ment as he slammed on his hat and shrugged into his overcoat. "Ready?" Helen gave her veil a final adjust ing touch befon: the blurred mirror and turned out the gas. "Better have some coffee and rolls before we start," as they went down the musty-smelling hall. "Oh, I couldn't eat a thing here," protested Helen. "Hadn't we better wait till we get home?" At the bottom of the brass-bound stairs she stumbled over a scrub bucket. A blear-eyed man with a sack cloth apron was wiping up the office floor. Apparently the mingled odor of soap suds and stale beer decided War rent against breakfast. As they were without baggage, he had paid for the room in advance and now he had only to hand in the key. Outside the air was cold and damp. The walks were wet and the streets tilled with the slush of melting snow. "We'll have time to get some cof fee," glancing at his watch, "if we can find a decent lunch room." Their way to the station led them through the main street of the town. There was a flourishing 5 and 10c store, a "Boston Dry Goods" store, a bank, post office, but a marked ab sence of restaurants. , "How about this?" Warren paused before a "Quick Lunch Room," in thtj window of which were a couple of greasy looking pies, a plate or dough nuts and a sheet of fly paper. "If you think you can eat there I'll go in with you and wait," murmured Helen resignedly. Warren hesitated, glanced again at the fly paper, and started on. "Guess I'll wait till we get to New York." At the station the platform was crowded with commuters. The 8.10 was a popular train, for It got theni at their offices a little alter 9. "Jove, but it'll be awkward it we meet Baldwin. But he takes the 8.40, doesn't he?" "Oh. I hope he'll not be on this," exclaimed Helen In dismay. It would be awkward, decidedly awkward, to go in this morning with their host of yesterday; to have to explain that they had missed the POSLAM HEALS ALL UNSIGHTLY SKINJIISEASES Unsightly skin made clear and fair —every skin trouble quickly eradi cated, from the slightest blemish and adolescent pimple to Eczema, Acne, Itch, Scalp-Scale and aggravated dis eases. That is the work which Poslain ac complishes with a speed that is aniar.- ing. Try it ad feel how the skin's sur face Is soothed and cooled. Itching stops; healing is so rapid that improve ment can be seen every duy. Poslam is quick, harmless, powerful, flYeetive and within everybodv's reach. Ail druggists sell I'oslairi. For free sample write lo lOmergency Unbori.- tories, :;2 West 25th St.. New York. I'oslam Soap Is best fur the skin.' New Toilet Size. 15 Cents.—Adver- I Isement. 'Seventh, the present laws regard ing labeling enforced and extended. " Eighth, the present trade in all patent and proprietary medicines con taining habit-forming drugs to be dis continued and absolutely prohibited by Federal laws. "Ninth, the annulling of the li censes of those doctors and druggists who are known to be addicts and the periodical examination of all medical men and pharmacists by Federal of ficers to ascertain thetr continued freedom from such addictions. "Tenth, passing upon all advertise ments relating to drug and* drink cures' by a Federal buroau. "And, eleventh, the suppression of alcoholism. , "I believe enough people could be got together in every city, town ana village of this country through the school, the church, the grange, the labor unions, to fight this thing and to I l ** o liffht, where ven tilation and publicty would do their work in arousing a nation-wide hos tility to an evil which places us ethi oally and physically below such coun tries as Germany, Holland, Italy and Spain, where there are laws; and. be !■ 1 lftws are effective. What the l hinese have been doing, are do ing, we can do, too." Read this book and talk about It: and think and talk and work to help overcome this evil in our midst. If you are in the grasp of this mon sonal acquaintance with the drug habit, kneel down and thank God, whose strength has surrounded you; and if you have formed this habit in ever so slight a degree, kneel and ask God s help and guidance to over come it. h , ow you ma ' r be trou a .h "'eeplessness, or headaches, avoid the seemingly Innocent quieting powder Put no faith in any phvsi you prescribes such things 'for "] the .* rasp of th 's ™°n cuied despair. Resolve to be tl i e quantity every day a little, and when you have reached the leek n,« y M r stre5 tren * th ,n this reform, seek the aid of some trustworthy spe mcnt 3 P ,ace yourself under treat ,„("al' to the Invisible helpers to come to >our aid. Ask for guidance and never doubt that it will be given \nd never rest or give up the battle Mi,til remarka'ble^iook," I>Bn '» this .«. R th. a 4wJ"'° k: " w '" " train and had, pone to the "Palace" Hotel, rather than return to his house at midnight. „.„° n l a f count of the snow the train was late, and Warren stalked im up,4lll(l down, fuming about the idiocy of anybody wanting to live outside iNew York. "Imagine having to take the 8.10 in every morning, and the 5.20 out g u t! A man ' s a fool to spend tr»in two _~h ourß a day on a blooming can keep on Matting about their country homes,' but one 1 18 enough for me." The train thundered in now, drown-' rnv. rest of Warren's complaints. They were hardly seated when Helen shrank back with a panic stricken whisper. , Baldwin Appears ™ „ ,! r '. don 't ]et him see us!" ijtr. Baldwin was swinging down the «moker " ParCnt ' y °" hi " way to the He 11 see us all right," answered Warren grimly. « turned to the window and !- i I / r e - ves on the snow-draped fields, hoping desperately that Mr. Baldwin would pass by without no ticing them. But the next moment came his voice in astonished greeting. hlie wanted Warren to do all the ex plaining, but Mr. Baldwin directed his anxious, excited questions at them both. "To think of you going to that miserable hotel! Why didn't you come back and let us make you com fortable. he kept insisting. "Oh we got along alright. Helen's not much good at roughing it, but we managed." * 8 ' "Minnie'H be distressed beyond words when she hears this. We were sure you'd plenty of time to make that train. Oh, don't tell Mrs. Baldwin," plead ed Helen. "It's all over now." As there was no vacant seat, Mr. Baldwin had been standing In the aisle, and now,' with repeated assur ances of ills regret at the incident, he passed on to the smoker. "Told you we should have gone back, grumbled Warren, "but vou were so Infernally afraid we'd put them to some trouble. Now I've got a ripping headache from staying at that confounded hotel and starting out without breakfast." Helen's head ached, too, but she murmured a sympathetic: "I'm sorry, dear, but Nora'll make you some good strong coffee as soon as we get home." "Home? Don't think I'm going home, do you? I'll get breakfast at the station restaurant and hustle straight down to the office." "Oh, I thought you were coming homo to bathe and shave?" disap pointedly. "lion't have time. I'll buy a collar and stop at a barber shop. Put down that shade, will you? Hurts my eyes " Helen liked to look out the window but she obediently put down the shade, to shut out the strong morning sun. In sullen silence he leaned back with his liat drawn over his eyes. Her headache grew worse, and without the distraction of the window it was a long, depressing trip. At length they drew into the Grand Central. With the rushing, hurrying commuters they were fairly swept down the platform, and up through the marble corridors of the station. It had not occurred to Helen that Warren would not want her to have breakfast with him, but at the door of the restaurant he turned abruptly "You'd better trot along home now and get breakfast there. I can bolt a cup of coffee and a boiled egg in half the time if I don't have you fussing around. Take a surface car; the sub way's pretty crowded at this hour.' Hold on—got any money?" Helen nodded and for fear he would soe her tremulous disappointment she said good-by quickly and made her way out to the street. It was absurd for her to feel hurt she told herself passionately, as she walked on blindly for several blocks before she thought of taking a car Warren was In a hurry, and no doubt thoy could serve one breakfast quicker than two. But the way he sent her off, and the air o? unmis takable relief with which he had turned Into the restaurant alone' She rode five blocks past her sireet and then had to walk back. Her head ached, her throat ached, and she could hardly blink back the tears Vet she knew she was foolish, and was furious with herself for being so hurt over so trivial a thing. SEVEN GORED SKIRT HIS IIS OWN PUCE For Street or Home Wear It Is Equally Desirable For Its Simplicity I ip| ■ I §1 imm mm Jgig % wM j|jj §174 Seven Gored Skirt, 26 to 36 waist. WITH HIGH OR NATURAL WAIST LINR, LAPPED EDGES OR SEAM AT FRONT. INVERTED PLAIT OR HABIT BACK. No matter how much fancy skirts may be worn, the plain gored one has a certain definite place that nothing else fills. This season the tendency is toward straight lines. Here is a model that can be made with front edges finished and lapped or stitched up to form plain seams, with an inverted plait at the back or in habit style- consequently it will suit many needs and many materials. For the medium size, the skirt will require 5 yds. of material 27 or 36 in. wide, 2% yds. 44; or 3Ji yds. 36 in. wide when the material has neither figure nor nap. The width at the lower edge is 2 yards. The pattern of the skirt 8174 is cut in sizes from 26 to 36 inches waist measure. It will be mailed to any address by the Fashion Department of this paper, on receipt of ten cent*. Bowman's sell May Manton Patterns. Madame Ise'bell Says That Rouge Is Not Necessarily Vulgar, But May B» So v A pupil lias sent me the following let> ter and, as many others are Interested in the subject, I am printing it with my answer. "Dear Madame Ise'bell—Will you tell me frankly how you regard the use of ar tificial red on the cheeks? Can it be used without detection? I am growing very pale and it la not becoming to me, yet I dislike doing anything that would make me look fast or vulgar." Rouge that can be detected is better avoided. Either it has been put on has tily, or in a poor light, or a bad quality has been chosen. Every woman does not need rouge, but when colorless cheeks make a woman look old, ill, or unhappy, it is time to change them. Recently I was watching a well known actress who even ' under strong daylight looks a dozen years younger than she is make up her face for the day. She used a liquid rouge which she says she puts on never more than twice a week. She uses no soap on h«r skin, cleasing it always with a good cleansing cream, which may explain the fact that the artificial color stays on so well. She shook the bottle, applying a little of the rouge to a towel end, and com menced applying this first to one cheek, then to the other, rubbing from the cheek bones backwards. She included in this rubbing the skin over the eyes, the chin and the lobes of the ears, thus giving a glow to the entire face. To do this she held her hand glass In strong daylight and she finished by carefully examining her profile. A little powder added gave her a fresh, rosy and perfectly natural complezton. Remember, if you use rouge, use tlie best. Have your fHce clean, skin smooth and In good condition when you apply It, put it on in a strong light and take the necessary time to do it. Under-rouge rather tnan over-rouge and. if you have any doubts as to this wear a face vet" while on the street DATE FOR COMMENCEMENT Special to The Telegraph New Bloomfleld, Pa., March 27. April 30 has been fixed as the date for the High School commencement. There are nine members of the gradu ating class. James Wall will be valedictorian and Hobert Kell, saluta torian. Harriett Motter and Irene Rice will have orations; Ruth Toomey and Hannah McKee, essays, and Alice Shull, Mary Rhlnesinlth and Carni tine Rhinesmlth, recitations. SOCIAL FOR CHURCH Special to Thi Telegraph New Bloomfleld, Pa., March 27.—A pleasant social was held In the Pres byterian church Tuesday evening. The room was beautifully decorated. The Academy orchestra furnished the mu sic. Children of the Sunday School gave recitations after which refresh ments were served. 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Eighty men are members of a Bible class taught by him, which he organized soon after he assumed charge of the church. PHYSICIAN HAS APPENDICITIS Special to The Telegraph New Bloomfleld, Pa., March 27. Dr. and Mrs. Russel W. Johnston and son, Russel, of Pottstown, are visiting the doctor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Johnston. The doctor has lately been operated on for appendicitis in the Pottstown hospital. EATING RELIEVES STOMACH TROUBLE A rromlnent Phyalclon'e Advice. "Bat good foods and plenty of them. Dieting, in many cases, is almost crimi nal. Get back to normal. To do so you must have the proper quantity of nour ishment. You need it for brain or phy sical work. Probably there is nothing the matter with your stomach except acidity. That is merely an abnormal secretion of acid in the stomach. Neu tralize that actd and your stomach trouble will end at once. Neglect may mean ulcers if not cancer of the stom ach. Do not take patented medicines or pepsin tabletß for dyspepsia. Simply take a neutraiizer of aciu. Decidedly tlie best neutralizer Is ordinary drug flst's bisurated magnesia. You can get t at any drug store for R few cents. Take a teaspoonful In a quarter glass of water after each meal. The relief I will be immediate."' —Advertisement. PENISYLVANIAN 6ETS QUICK BELIEF FM DISORDERS OF HIS STOMACH I. E. Beckwith Says Mayr's Won derful Remedy Gave Him Great Help. I. K. Beckwith, of Harrlsburg, Penn., a Victim of disorders of the stomach and intestinal tract. He tried treat ment after treatment. Nothing gave him relief. Then one day he discovered Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy—and soon was happy. Mr. Beckwith wrote to Geo. H. Mayr, the maker of the remedy and for twenty years the leading druggist of Chicago: "I believe that Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy Is the greatest stom ach remedy on earth. One dose would convince anyone who is troubled with his stomach of Its wonderful merits. It removed some of the most awful look ing stuff from my stomach. I have taken other remedies, but they never helped me." OPENS yp CLOGGED NOSTRILS AND HEAO IN ONE MME-ENDS CATARRH MISER) Stops Nasty Discharge, Clears, Stuffed Head, Heals Inflamed Air Passages and You Breathe Freely. Try "Ely's Cream Balm." Get a small bottle anyway, Just to try it—Apply a little in the nostrils and instantly your clogged nose and artop ped-up air passages of the head will open; you will breathe freely; dullness and headache disappear. By morning! the catarrh, cold-in-head or catarrhal sore throat will be gone. End such misery now! Get the small bottle of "Ely's Cream Balm" at any drug store. Thls / sweet, fragrant Try Telegraph Want Ads. Just auch letters coins from users ofr Mayr"s Wonderful Stomach Rsmady in all parts of the country. It Is known everywhere. The first dos* convinces —no long treatment. Mayjr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy clears the digestive tract of mucoid accretions and poisonous matter. It brings swift relief to sufferers from ailments of the stomach, llvar and bowels. Many declare it has saved them from dangerous operations;, many are sure it has saved their lives. Because of the remarkable success of this remedy there are many Imi tators. so be cautious. Ba sura it's MAYR'S. Go to Geo. A. Gorgas' drug store and ask about the wonderful re sults it has accomplished in cases they know—or send to Geo. H. Mayr, Mfg. Chemist, 164-156 Whltlngr street, Chi cago, 111., for free book on stomach ailments and many letters from grate ful people who have been restorsd. Any druggist can tell you its wonderful effects.—Advertisement. balm dissolves by the heat of the BOS. trlls; penetrates and heals the l n . named, swollen membrane which lines the nose, head and throat; ctaara the air passages; stops nasty dis charge and a feeling of cleansing soothing: relief comes Immediately Don't lay awake to-night struggling for breath, with head stuffed; nostrils closed, hawking and blowing. CatarrN* or a cold, with its running nose, foul mucous dropping into the throat, and raw dryness Is distressing but truly needless. m Put your faith —Just once—ln "Ely's Cream Balm" and your cold or c*« tarrh will surely disappear.—Adr. 15