Let the Girl Have a Chance to Marry
By DOROTHY DIX
In our simple and
sentimental Ameri
can society it is the
custom to anathe
matize the manag
ing mother. We
hold her up to scorn
and ridicule, and are
honestly shocked at
the spectacle of a
woman who tries to
shape her daugh
ters' futures instead
of trusting them *o
luck.
Why we should
ussume this hypo-
critical attitude to
ward a very important subject no one
known. R very body admits that the
best thing that can happen to a wom
an is for her to marry the right sort
of a man, and to live in the peaceful
eecurity of a comfortable home. This
being: the case, why should a woman
be criticised instead of commenced
for trying: to secure this happy lot in
life to her daughter?
Every mature woman knows how
marriages are made. She is perfectly
aware that the beautiful theory that
matches are manufactured in Heaven,
and that a strange fate sends affini
ties across the world to seek each
other, is ail tomyrot. Matrimony is a
matter of opportunity and propin
quity.
The most beautiful and attractive
girl in the world can be so shelved
by her mother's tactlessness and stu
pidity that she will be more cut off
from a chance to get married than
if she had a humpback and cross
eyes. On the other hand, a really
homely and unattractive girl can be
discreetly boomed into belledom, while
It may be laid down as a general
proposition that any two ordinary
young people will fall in love with
each other if they are thrown enough
together.
Or they will have what our Chris
tian Science friends call a claim that
they are In love with each other,
which will last until after the wed
ding day. Worse luck.
These facts are truisms with which
every mother in the world is per
fectly familiar, yet observe the idiotic
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THURSDAY EVENING. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JULY 2, 1914.
way in which mothers act. A wojnan
will let a yountr man of dissipated
habits, or one who Is so shiftless that
he could not support a cat, or a hand
some relative, fairly live in her house,
thrown into intimate daily associa
tion with her daughter, and then,
when the two come to her some fine
day and blushingly ask for her bless
ing she has fits of horror and sur
prise all over the place.
| "What. let Mabel marrv that
| drunken Tom Smith! What. let
Susie be dragged down to poverty bv
| that trifling. lazy Ben Smithers!
|\\ hat. let her darling Mamie marry
• Billy who Is almost like her brother!'*
j It will break her heart to even
, think of such a thing. and she'll
| never consent. Never in the world.
; Bnt she does, for what is mother
: when a hot-headed girl thinks she
! is in love, and so the poor woman
has to sufTer all of the agonv that
! tears a mother s heart when she
i watches the long drawn out agony
iof her child's unfortunate mar
j riage. And the mother deserves
i everything she gets for she has
I been false to her trust. She should
; have protected her daughter from
j falling in love with the wronr man.
I She should have manage! hotter.
No woman should ever let any
1 man get on a visiting footing in
i her house that she would not be
■ willing to see her dau£"iter marrv
jif it came to that. On the eon
; trary. just as much as she should
i protect her daughter against the
: wrong man. she should give her a
! chance at the right man.
Tt is the bounden duty of every
mother with daughters to make
her home one of the places where
men like to go. she should tole
eligible young men Into her parlors
by means of a charming hospital
ity. She should take the trouble to
make herself agTeeable and attrac
, tive and the sort of a possible
mother-in-law that a man can think
of without getting cold feet. She
j shold not. of course, obviously run
after marriageable youths, but she
should extend them such a glad hand
when they drop in that they will be
I sure to come again.
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Police Investigating
Purchase of Revolvers
by Mechanicsburg Boys
Special to The Telegraph
Mechanicsburg, Pa., July 2.—wftile
suffering considerable ffom the wound
caused by the bullet, Everett Smith,
the lad who was accidentally shot by
his companion, Paul Rltter, on Tues
day afternoon while testing a revolver,
is getting along fairly well, but the
result continues uncertain. Had the
bullet penetrated one-quarter of an
inch higher death would have been
certain, stated the physician. Inves
tigations are being made by the au
thorities, and the police have caused
the boys in the crowd to produce the
firearms In their possession, as they
were suspicions that others were se
creted. So far, six revolvers have been
handed over to Chief of Police William
Martin by this youthful band of gun
ners. Two others. In addition to the
one used in the shooting at the quarry,
near town, were unearthed under a
stone at that place, the boys having
; confessed the same to the chief. All
of the weapons are In good condition,
three being practically new. As to who
I purchased them, and where, is the
line the police are working on at
present.
MUTE SOCIETY BIRTHDAY
Special to The Telegraph
| Mechanicsburg, Pa., July 2. —Last
evening the Mite Society of Trinity
Lutheran Church held a birthday In
gathering in the lecture room of the
church. The program arranged by the
president of the society, Mrs. R. M.
Martin, Included a piano duet by Miss
Pauline Sheeder and Miss Edith
Spiinger; Instrumental quartet, Louis
A. Diller, G. W. Hershman. D. L.
Snavely and Frank Holllnger; vocal
duet by Charles M. Senseman and J.
Merzbacher. of New York; readings by
Miss Margery Herman, of New Kings
ton; Mrs. H. Hall Sharp and Mrs. John
T. Lamb. The remainder of the even
ing was spent socially and refresh
ments were served.
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than pinch the foot, is not modern
logic. Send the shoes to us and we'll
put on a new sole and expand the
vamp so as to permit greater comfort.
The shoe will then be as good as new.
The Goodyear way is our way. While
you wait, if desired. City Shoe Re
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BREEZY THINGS
for hot days. When the thermometer
registers near the hundred mark Just
get in out of the s'un and send for us
to Install one of our oscillating electric
fans. It will send a breeze into any
corner you desire when you fall to find
one any other place. Dauphin Elec
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COTTAGE OR SKY-SCRAPER
We will cover either one with a
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| Tn a word, without throwing her
| dm: «'iters ,at young men's heads, she
| should put them in the attitude of re
ceiving the blessing of a proposal from
i men who would make desirable hus
. bands. And she should give the girls
S a chance. Chaperoning a girl is highly
j desirable, even necessary, but it should
I be done so warily as never to be per-
I ceptible.
There are households In which a
I girl's matrimonial prospects are frost
j bitten by the entire family always sit-
I ting around, helping to entertain her
: beaux. This is a fatal play. You
' may take It for granted that no young
I man puts on his best clothes and
j comes around to listen to Mamma's
! babble abort how marketing has gone
j up, or Papa's dissertation on what he
| would do if he were Taft. Nor does
j it conduce to love making for a young
I man to overhear the hum of family
; gossip in the next room, and have a
; suspicion that little brother Is
the sofa, and little sister is peeking
I through the curtains.
Matrimony has fallen off alarm
' ingly of late years since tht sub
j stitutlon of the portiere for the
; solid oak door, a circumstance that
i is doubtless attributable to the fact
j that there are now so few places In
i which a man can pop the question
I with any sense of security that he
I isn't being eavesdropped.
This is a plain tip to mothers that
I they should furnish Cupid the proper
| stage setting if they went their daugh-
I ters to marry.
According to the divorce statistics
the managing mother cuts a very con
spicuous figure in the matrimonial dif
ficulties in most households. If moth
ers would only manage a little more
before their daughters marry instead
[ of waiting to do it afterward, all of
this trouble might bo averted.
And one last word—let no woman
be scared off from doing her duty
to her daughter by fear of being called
a managing mother. It is every
woman's business to help her girls get
good husbands, and to throw oppor
tunities In their way and quarantine
them against the danger of falling In
love with the dissipated, the immoral,
the trifling, and the no-account youths
that infest society.
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Pennsylvania Couples Are
Married at Hagerstown
Special to The Telegraph
Hagerstown, Md., July 2.—Miss
Mary Woods and Alexander A. Miller,
both of South Fork, Pa., were married
here on Tuesday evening at the par
sonage of Washington Square Metho
dist Episcopal Church by the Rev.
Allan F. Poore.
■Miss Edith I. Burnett and Eli M.
Garrett, both of Mechanicsburg, Pa.,
were married in this city on Tuesday
by the Rev. J. W. Kiracofe, a minis
ter of the United Brethren Church.
Marriage licenses were issued here
yesterday by the clerk of the circuit
court to the following persons:
William J. Sliver, of Harrisburg, Pa.,
and En>ma R. Harris, of Mechanics
burg. Pa.; James Berton Garwood, of
Boyce, Va., and Alice Craver, of Har
risburg, Pa.
Linglestown Plans Great
Events For Fourth of July
Special to The Telegraph
Linglestown, Pa., July 2.—This
town will celebrate July 4 this year
as never before. Arrangements have
been made by the committee for two
games of ball during the day, a pa
rade and concert in the evening. Camp
23, P. O. S. of A., will have the Rev.
Linebaugh of Hershey and other
prominent speakers address a patro
tic meeting at the festival, and dele
gations of members of the order will
be present from Harrisburg and vi
cinity to help make the occasion a
success. The Penbrook Band will fur
nish music and the town will be doc
orated with flags and bunting in
keeping with the day.
MECHANICS ELECT OFFICERS
Special to The Telegraph
Dillsburg, Pa., July 2.—At the regu
lar meeting of council. No. 324, Order
United American Mechanics on Tues
day night the v following officers were
elected: Councilor, J. Percy Heisey;
vice councilor, S. C. Gross; recording
secretary, Samuel E. Wagner; assist
ant recording secretary, Bennett
Karns; .financial secretary, William H.
Shriver; examiner, H. J. Eurich; in
side protector, John Baker; outside
protector, W. H. Baker; trustee, J. R.
McClure; treasurer, Charles Coulsin;
inductor, George Martin.
SIX DIE IN MONTH
Special to The Telegraph
Mechanicsburg, Pa., July 2. —During
teh month of June, Mechanicsburg lost
six persons by death, which wjis five
more than the corresponding month
last year. Three of the number had
passed the three-score and ten mark.
The list follows: June 10, Daniel
Glace, 81 years; June 14, Joseph
Huntsberger, 83 years; June 19, Pal
mer Stevenson, 27 years; June 23,
Martin Douglass, 8 4 years; June 24,
Mrs. Charles May, 47 years; June 27,
Mrs. Catherine H. Meloy, 70 years.
TETANUS KILLS WOMAN
Special to The Telegraph
Grantllle, Pa., July 2. —Funeral ser
vices of the late Mrs. William Nye,
who died of tetanus caused by tramp
ing in a nail, was held on Tuesday;
from "ner late home near Indian Town
Gap. Services and burial were held
at the Moonshine Church by the Rev.
O. R. Bittner, of Grantville. Mrs. Nye
was aged 5 3 years and is survived by
her husband and two daughters.
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"Don't call me Mr. Hawkins," pro
tested Bill. "Call me Bill. This ain't
any place for the mister business."
Bill had gradually loosed his clothes
as he talked. He was now ready to
retire. Montgomery saw him lift his
long, powerful arms and take hold
upbn the edge of the upper pallet
Without touching the lower one with
his feet he drew himself up and swung
into bed with the agility and ease of
au or a ng.
"Good night," he grunted from
above.
Montgomery prepared to retire, and
when he was ready to creep under his
blanket he knelt and bowed his head.
The cell lights had been turned out.
Hearing no sound from below, Bill
loaned over the edge of his pallet and
peered into the checkered shadows
made by the tier lights shining through
their bars. He saw the boy in prayer
and held his peace.
James Montgomery had started the
long treadmill jaunt to the grave of a
life convict. The gong awakened him
in the morning, and he fell in line out
side with the men of his tier, to be
counted and accounted for in the morn
ing report of his tier warden. The
morning meal was dispatched in si
lence, as prescribed by the rules, and
he started work in the machine shops.
The careful training his old mother
had given him stood him in good stead.
Every task that came to his hand he
did cleanly and quickly. He found
that t.he dreaded rule of silence was
an advantage. He had much to learn
about machinery and could apply him
self to getting this knowledge without
distraction of any sort. His foreman
found him efficient, steady in his work
and •willing. He promised to become
one of the most uat-ful men who ever
worked in prison garb.
The weeks passed Into months and
the months finally rounded out a year,
and No. 60.108 had a white chevron
sewed to his sleeve under the white
disk.
During the first year he had been as
much cut off from the outer world as
if he had gone down to the bottom of
the sea with the crew of a sunken
submarine. Now he was given pencil
and paper. He had earned the privi
lege of writing a letter. His heart
hungered for a word from or about
his mother.
Resting a pad of paper on his knee,
lie sat on the edge of his cot after the
end of a year's work to write to her.
The task was a mighty one. The
very beginning of the letter with the
words "Dear mother" shook his whole
nature. His hand trembled violently
and his heart beat so fast that he felt
weak and 111. A great sorrow envel
oped him, so great that It left no room
for bitterness or protest. Just the
touch of her dear hand, Just a glimpse
of her dear, sweet face and the sound
of one spoken word from her lips!
Could any boon be as great?
The tears filled his eyes and fell upon
the sheet of paper. He turned from
the task. The stretch of hopeless, bar
ren years for both of them was before
his mind's eye. He threw himself on
his cot and sobbed.
His burglar cellmate moved uneasily,
not knowing what to say or do In the
presence of such distress.
"Say, kid," he said at last, "get a
strangle hold on the Job. Don't let It
floor you. Don't be taking the count,
old fellow. 6imme a chance, and I'll
write the letter for you If you tell me
how to spell the words right."
Montgomery felt the kindness and
humanity in the offer.
"I'm all right now, Bill," said he.
"Thank you. I Just lost my nerve for
a minute. I want to write my mother,
and I didn't know what to tell her."
"Tell her?" echoed Bill. "Why,
there's lots to tell her. Tell her about
the white disk you still got on your
arm and about the white chevron. Tell
her you're the best boy in the Sunday
school and always know your lesson.
Tell her that every time you get a
white stripe there's something doing
for a big, fine record and that after
awhile they will let you out for being
so good."
The suggestion was a worthy one.
Ho would tell her all of this, as the
practical sense of the old burglar bad
advised. He \?ou!d tell her also of his
advance in his craft, of the new tools
he had learned, to use, of the machin
ery he was already building and re
pairing and of his plans for perfecting
mechanical devices. He would draw a
picture of Inventions he had In mind
and that he would have patented, of
the fortune that he would make some
day and of the spending of that for
tune to gain his liberty and prove his
innocence by finding the man who had
killed the watchman.
"That's the stuff, kid!" exclaimed the
delighted old burglar. "You're bound
to put it over on them yet. You got
brains. The warden will help you get
your patent, and there's plenty of law
yers in this place to draw up the ap
plications. Before you know it you
will have money rolling in on you, and
with money you can do anything in
this world. You can buy political in
fluence enough to get a pardon. Go to
it, son, and make the old lady think
that you'll soon be out and be a rich
man too."
In the morning Bill was ready with
more suggestions.
"If I could stomach all these rules
like you," he said, "I wouldn't serve
half my term, believe me. Once they
get to trusting you they watch you
less. You come and go like a trusty,
and then some day you'll see your
chance for a getaway, and off you go.
And If you ever get a start all you got
to do Is to beat It over the to the
West Shore tracks and hop a fast
freight for the Hackensack mellows.
You'd be as safe there as In a Jungle.
If the mosquitoes don't eat you aih*e
you can take your time, and as soon as
you get a coat and a pair of pants
you're all right."
"You mean try to escape?"
"Sure," replied Bill. "Why not?
You're in for life, and they can't add
nothing to your sentence."
"But the pardon?"
"You might have to wait fifty years,"
said Bill, "and what's the use of get
ling out then? You would starve to
death. „ When the time comes I'll lend
you a hand, kid. There'll be a way of
slipping you a little money and getting
clothes for you."
Montgomery felt a curious little thrill
of pleasure at the suggestion.
I "There's lots of time, lots of time,"
Ihe warned. "Don't be in any hurry.
You can afford to wait five years if
necessary. Just keep at. your Job, but
nil the time keep your eyes skinned for
the chance. It will come some day
«ure."
CHAPTER
Planning.
NO. 60,108 began t<m count the
hours and dn.r> the prob
able momeiit / n tie would
receive an hi to his first
letter from prison.
His home was hardly more than
twelve miles away from Sing Sing,
but it was across the river and well
out in the country. It would depend
upon the rural system for its delivery.
Aa it traveled on its way, he let his
mind follow it with many tender and
yet distressing thoughts of her who
would receive it
Two days passed and the looked for
letter came. It was delivered to him
O. K.'d by the deputy in charge of
the correspondence department He
studied the handwriting on the en
velope. It was not in the old fash
ioned script of his mother, and hla
hands shook as he drew forth the
letter and unfolded it
He glanced at the signature and
read the name of Margaret Wadhama,
a friend and neighbor of his mother.
She wrote that his mother had been
very ill and that her eyesight was fail
ing rapidly. She could not see well
enough to write and hnd asked Miss
Wadhama to do the writing for her.
"She tells me to write you only a
bright letter," wrote Miss Wadbams,
"but I think it is my duty to tell you
that your dear mother has broken
very rapidly and I believe that she
has not many more days to live. Her
heart was crushed by the blow that
fell upon you and that was only in
tended for you, James. She is patient
and prays constantly that some day
your innocence will be established.
[To Be Continued]
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