Women and
Their Interests
Summer time Fables
By DOROTHY DIX
Gout and a Bay Window.
Such, alas! was the case with this
particular Captain of Industry.
"It is True." said the Innocent Young
Maidens addressing their Own Souls,
"that ho does Not Resemble the Hero
of Our Romantic Dreams, but we have
observed that Romance is a Slim Diet
on,which to subsist, and that it is not
Nearly so Nourishing as .Lobster New
burg.
"We al*> perceive that he Is a trifle
Stout, but It has not escaped us that a
lithe figure generally goes with a thin
pocketbook, and we apprehend that It
is better to tie up with a fat Bank
Account than It is with a Slim Figure.
Happily for us. Heaven is Kind, and a
Wife sees so Little of her Husband
after she is married to Him that it
does not matter how he Looks."
Thereupon all the Guileless Maidens
set their Caps for the Aged Million
aire.
One Artless Younx Thins: studfed np
on Rheumatism and Arterio Sclerosis
and Diseases of the Digestive Organs
and Liver, and when she could decoy
the Old Party aside sho would dis
course to him srweetly upon his Af
flictions. and tell him how she was a
Horn Nurse and doted on Ministering
to the Sick. These tactics, however,
mode no lilt with the Millionaire.
The Maidens were in despair, appre
hending that his Millions must go to
Philanthropy instead of to a Beautiful
Young Widow, until one, more astute
than the rest, took counsel with her
self.
"I perceive." she said, "that the
older and Fatter people are the more
Bager they are to Dance, and that the
Clicking Sound that you hoar at tho
Tango Teus is not the Castinets, but
the Creaking of the Bones of the
Aged; therefore I will offer to teach
(his moneyed Methuselah the Maxixe,
and peradventure I shall land myself
in a Limousine."
With these words she approached
the Elderly One, and lured him into
the Dance, and as every time his
Knees gave way under him she mur
mured. "How Beautifully you do the
Hesitation," he was so enchanted that
he Proposed on the Spot and She
Kolled in Money ever after.
Moral: This Fable teaches that
Brains are now Located in your Heels
instead of in your Head.
HOW I CURED
MY EYES
fHIS FREE PRESCRIPTION IJID IT
"My eyes were i,n a terrible state;: I
could hardly stand it. They were red
pnd Inflamed; felt ns though they had
Fand in them. They would ache and
t<urn dreadfully and caused incessant
headaches. I could hardly read at all.
After wearing my glasses my eyes felt
strained and overworked. By chance I
met a man whose eyes had bothered
him the same way. He gave me the
following prescription which he said
had cured him and since had enabled
liini to discard his glasses."
"If you wear glasses or have eye
trouble similar to mine I advise you to
have this formulji filled at once. H. C;
Kennedy or any druggist can fix it up
for you. Here it is—
-5 Grains Optona (1 tablet)
2 ounces Water.
Allow to dissolve, then bathe the eyes
by means of an eye cup three to four
times daily—oftcner if convenient. Just
note how quickly your eyes will feel
fine. It does not smart or burn. Is ab
solutely harmless and any druggist who
knows the formula will tell you that
you need not hesitate to use it. If you
try It 1 am sure you will be just as en»-
thusiastlc over It as I am. Cut this out
so you will always have the prescrip
tion."—Advertisement.
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SEPTEMBER 13
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KISS JEANNE PRATT
pupil of William H.
Sherwood, will resume
PainoforteTeaching
at 114 West State St.
September, Bth
BTOERT* KBM
RUDOLPH K. SPICER
Funeral Director and Embalmer
■l3 Wulnut St. Udl PhoM
Ti rURSDAY EVENING,
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| THE LAST SHOT
By FREDERICK PALMER
Copyrights 1014, by C'harlea Scrlbiff't Nona.
[Continued]
"Some haif-truths la tlmt." an-
Westerllng. "One axiom, that must
hold good through all that the
aggressive which keeps at It always
wins. We take the aggressive. In the
space where Napoleon deployed a di
vision. we deploy a battalion today.
The precision and power of modern
arms require this. With such immense
forces and presenUday tactloa, the line
of battle will practioally cover the
length of the frontier. Along their
range the Browns havo a series of
fortresses commanding natural open
ings for our attack. These are almost
Impregnable. But there are pregnable
points between them. Here, our
method will be the same that the Japa
nese followed and that they learned
from European armies. We shall con
centrate In masßes and throw in wave
after wave of attack until we have
gained the positions we desire. Once
we hare a tenable foothold on the
crest of the range the Brown army
mast fall back and the rest will be a
matter of skillful pursuit."
The premier, as he listened, rolled
the paper knife over and over, regard
ing its polished sides, which were like
Wester ling's manner of facile state
ment of a program certain of fulfill
ment.
"How long will It take to mobilise?"
"Less than a week after the rail
roads are put entirely at our service,
with three preceding days of scattered
movements," answered Westerllng.
"Deliberate mobilisations are all right
for a diplomatic threat that creates a
ifurore In the newspapers and a de
pression In the stock market, but
which 1B not to be carried out. When J
you mean war, all speed and the war
lever at white heat."
"Yon would liars made a good poli
tician, Westerllng," the premier re
marked, with a twitching uplift of the
brows and a knowing gleam In his
shrewd old eyes.
"Thank you," replied Westerllng, "a
man who is able to lead In anything
must be something of a politician."
"Very true. Indeed. Perhaps I had
that partly In mind In making you
vice-chief of staff," responded the pre
mier.
"Then it all goes beck to the public
•—to that enormous body of human
ity out there!" He swung the paper
knife around with outstretched arm
toward the walls of the room. "To
public opinion—as does everything i
else in thiß age—to the people—our
masters, your and mine! For no man \
can stand against them when they say j
no or yes."
"You know the keys to play on,
though," remarked Westerllng with a
complimentary smile. "No one knows '
quite so well."
"And you are sure—sure we can
win?" the premier ask»d with a long,
tense look at Westerling, who waa
steady under the scrutiny.
, "Absolutely!" he answered. "Five
millions against three! It's mathe
matics, or our courage and skill are
"I Bt*ka My Uf Hoara
not equal to theirs. Absolutely! We ,
have the power, why not use ltT Wo
do not lire In a dream age!"
Prom a sudden, unwitting exertion ,
of his strength the knife which had
been the recipient of his emotions
snapped in two. Rather carefully the
premier laid the pieces on the table
before he rose and turned to Wester
ling, his decision made.
"If the people respond with the war
fever, then It Is war," he said. "I
take you at your word that you will
Win!"
"A condition!" Westerling an
nounced. the moment war be
gins the army is master of all intelll- '
gence, ail communication, all re
sources. Everything we require goes i
Into the crucible!"
"And the press—the mischievous,
greedy, but rery useful press?" asked |
the premier.
"It also shall serve; also obey. No i
lists of killed and wounded shall be
given out until lam ready. The pub
lic must know nothing except what I
choose to tell. I act for the people
and the nation."
"That is agreed," said the premier.
Tor these terrible weeks every nerve
and muscle of the nation is at your
service to win for the nation. In j
three or four daj-B I shall know if the j
public rises to the call. If not —" He J
shook his head.
"While all the information given '
out Is provooative to our people, you
will declare your hope that war may
be averted," Westerllng continued.
"This win screen our purpos*. Final
ly, on top of public enthualaam will
come the word that the Browns have
fired the first shot—as they must,
•when we cross the 'frontier— that they
Jure been killing our soldiers. This
■will make the raoial spirit of every
man reapond. Having decided for
wax, every plan Is worthy that helps
to victory."
"It seems fiendish!" exclaimed the
Jwemiar In answer to a thought eddy
ing In the powerful current of his
brain. "Fiendish with calculation,
}>ut merciful, as you say."
"A fast, terrific campaign! A ready
machine taking the road!" Weeterling
declared. "Less suffering than if we
went to war carelessly for a long cam
paign—than tf we allowed sentiment
to Interfere ■with Intellect."
"I like fwSr energy. your wffll" said
I the premier admiringly. "And about
' the declaration of war? We shall
time that to your purpose."
I "Declarations of war before strik
ing, by nations taking the aggressive,
are a disadvantage," Westerllng ex
plained. "They are going out of prac
tice. Witness the examplss of Japan
afalnet Russia and the Balkan allies
against Turkefy. In these days dec
larations are not necessary n? a warn
ing of what Is going to happen. They
belong to the etiquette of fencers."
"Yes, exactly. The declaration of
war and the ambassador's passports
win be prepared and the wire that
fighting has begun will release them,"
agreed the premier.
"Yet If we did lose! If when I had
given you all you ask your plans went
wrocgl If our army were broken to
pieoes on the frontier and then the
nation, kept In ignorance of events,
learned the truth"—the premier enun
ciated slowly and pointedly while he
locked glances with Westerllng—"that
is the end for us both. You would
hardly want to return to the capital
to face public wrath!"
"We must win though we lose a
million men!" he answered. "I stake
my life!" he cried hoarsely, striking
his fist on the table.
"You stake your life!" repeated the
premier with slow emphasis.
"I do!" said Westerllng. "Yes, my
life. We cannot fail!"
"Then It will be war. if the people
want it!" said the premier. "I shall
not resist their desire!" he added in
his official manner, at peace with his
conscience.
• • • • •
Partow was a great brain set on an
enormous body. Partow's eyes had
the fire of youth at sixty-five, but the
pendulous flesh of his cheeks was
pasty. Jealousy and f&ction had en
deavored for years to remove him
from his position at the head of the
army on account of age. New govern
ments decided as they came In that he
must go, and they went out with him
still in the Baddle.
Let officers apply themselves with
oonsplcuouß energy and they heard
from a genial Partow; let officers only
keep step and free of courts martial,
and they heard from a merciless task
master. Peculiarly human, peculiarly
dictatorial, dynamic, and inscrutable
was Partow, who never asked any one
under him to work harder than him
self.
Lanstron appeared in the presence
of Jove shortly after eight o'clock the
neixt morning after he left La Tir.
Jove rolled his big head on his short
neck In a nod and said:
"Late!"
"The train was late, sir," Lanstron
replied, "and I have some news about
our thousandth chance."
"Hm-m! What is It?" asked Partow.
When Lanstron had told his story,
Partow worked his lips In a way he
bad If he were struck by a passing re
flection which might or might not have
a connection with the subject in hand.
"Strange about her when you consider
who her parents were!" he said. "But
you never know. Hm-m! Why don't
you sit down, young man?"
"The way that the Grays gave out
our dispatch convinces me of their in
tentions," Partow said. "Their peo
ple are rising to It and ours are rising
in answer. The Grays have been trans
ferring regiments from distant prov
inces to their frontier because they
will fight better in an invasion. We
are transferring home regiments to
our frontier because they will fight
for their own property. By Thursday
you will find that open mobilization on ,
both sides has begun."
"My department is ready," said j
Lanston, "all except your decision j
about press censorship."
"A troublesome point," responded
Partow. "I have procrastinated be
cause two definite plans were fully
worked out. It is a matter of choice
between them: either publicity or com
plete secrecy. You know I am no be
liever in riding two horses at once.
My mind is about made up; but let. me
hear your side again. Sometimes I get
conviction by probing another man's."
Lanstron was at his best, for his
own conviction was Intense.
"Of course they will go in for se
crecy; but our case is different," he
began.
Partow settled himself to listen with
the gift of the organizer who draws
from his informant the brevity of es
sentials.
[To be Continued.]
DANCING ACADEMY TO OPEN
Mr. J. R. Stubinsky, of the Hill
Dancing Academy, 18th and Market
streets, has Just returned from New
York where he was in attendance at
the Castle House and saw all the lat
est dances. Mr. Stubinsky will open
his dance hall for the season, Mon
day, Sept 14th The newest music
will be featured, including the latest
dance steps. .
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ARE AUTUMNFEATURES
A Boon to the Home Dressmaker
By M
8363 Cape Coat with Raglan Sleeve#,
Small 34 or 36, Medium 38 or 40,
Large 42 or 44 buat.
Thre coat in cape effect is not alone one
of the smartest possible, it is also a real
boon to the home dressmaker. The rag-
Jan sleeves mean that absolutely no fitting
is required and the short little cape covers
the seams. The model will be found a
good one for all_ seasonable suitings but,
fn this case, it is made from one of the
new cr£pe moir£ bengalines with trim
ming of velvet. Broadcloth, gabardine
and the like can be used quite as well as
the fancy silks.
For the medium size, the coat will re
quire 4% yds. of material 27, 4% yds. 36,
3 yds. 44 in. wide, with % yd. 27 in. wide
tor the collar, 11 yds. of banding.
The pattern is cut in three sizes, small
34 or 36, medium 38 or 40, large 42 or 44.
It will be mailed to any address by the
Fashion Department of this paper, on
receipt of tea ceuu.
Bowman's sell May Manton Patterns.
Zembo Temple to Visit
Rajah, Reading, Sept. 23
At least 500 members of Zembo
Temple of the Mystic Shrine with their
wives and families will go by special
train to Reading: September 23 to be
the guests of Rajah, the mother tem
ple.
Zembo band and patrol will BO
along and the working team will con
duct a big class of novices "over the
hot sands." A committee from Rajah
temple will meet the HarrisburK dele
gation and will escort the visitors to
points of interest including Mt. Penn.
Dinner will be served at 6 o'clock at
the temple.
Tlje HarrisburK Zembo special will
leave Union station at 2 in the after
noon and return at midnight.
FORMER I'OOTBAW, STAR |
HANGS OUT A SHINGUK !
M. Edward Richards, for three years
left end on the Central High school j
eleven, has opened a dental establish- <
ment at 1333 Derry street. "Cy"
Richards had a reputation while on
the blue and gray squadron for knock- !
ins the teeth out of his opponent's
mouth whenever opportunity offered;'
now he is pulling them in a scientific
manner.
"Cy" is a graduate of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania dental school.
> BOV I'AIJaS FROM PORCH
Special to The Telegraph
Sunbury. Pa., Sept. 10.—Falling
eight feet off a porch at the home
of a relative where he was visiting, I
Karl Collins, Shamokin, suffered a
broken arm when he landed on a pile i
of logs. )■
Madame Use* bell Discourses omi Perfumes
Their History, Their Use and How Made
PERFUMES WITH THE ANCIENTS
AND THE MODERNS—Part I.
In the history of civilisation perfumes
have played an Important part and their
use has seemed to mark epochs of ultra
refinement and cultivation. Centuries be
tore the
a. ;T.r-l Christian
Bra we have
ology the In
vention of perfumes; Is ascribed to the
Gods and. according to these fables, mor
tals received their first knowledge of the
use ot scents from one of tha nymphs of
Venus.
Extravagance Among the Greeks.
Among the Greeks the art of the per
fumer was carried to a point of extrava
gance and refinement, never equaled be
fore or since. The manner of perfuming
an apartment before an entertainment
was given as careful consideration as
were the costly viands nnd wines that
were to be served. Incense was burned,
the furniture sprinkled with sweet scent
ed waters, and perfumed fans floated
above the heads of the guests. The fol
lowing quotation from a Greek poet who
flourished about 350 3. C. gives some Idea
of the extravagance of this practice;
"—lie let fly four doves, with unguents
drenched,
Not of one sort, but ovary bird a per
fume bore
Peculiar, antk, different from the rest;
And they hov'ring round us, from their
heavy wings
Showered their sweets upon our robea
and furniture."
It is not strange that under such condi
tions moralists should have arisen to try
by precept and laws to stop this extrava
gance.
Objection of the Moralist*.
In Athens Solon forbade the use of
perfumes, but laws preventing their Im
portation were evaded and defied. The
•tern and caustic Socrates disapproved of
all artificial scen's. "There is," he said,
"the same smell In a slave and a gentle
man when both are perfumed."
From Greece the use of perfumes was
quickly carried to Rome, much to the dia
SEPTEMBER 10. 1914.
I LIGHT CONTRACT AWARDED j
Special to The Telegraph
Dillsburg, Pa., Sept. 10.—At the
\ special meeting of the Dillsburg bor- I
i ough council on Tuesday night the j
i Dillsburg Light, Heat and Power'
j Company were awarded the contract;
|to furnish the street lights. The coun- !
| cil also voted to retain the arc lights
instead of replacing with an improved i
i incandescent light offered by the light !
| and power company.
GIRLS' SKULL FRACTURED
Special to The Telegraph
Sunbury. Pa., Sept. 10.—Falling]
from a ten-foot high stepladder, Mary j
Thomas, seven years old, son of Mr. |
and Mrs. John Thomas, Beach Haven, i
suffered a fractured skull. She is in I
I a serious condition in the Berwick
hospital and may die.
pleasure of the sterner Roman moralists
anxious to curb the growing: luxury and
extravagance of th< times. Laws were
made against the sale of odors, but In
vain; the use of them greiy more general
and extravagant until even the battle flag
and standards were heavily scented be
fore they were carried forth to face the
barbarians of the north. To such depths
had Caesar's legions fallen!
In addition to the perfumes produced In
Italy and Greece, others were brought
from the conquered countries of Egypt.
India and Arabia. From the lavish,
senseless profusion In the room and In
the bath a more refined appreciation of
the use of odors grew up. There Is much
literature of that time on the proper use
of perfumes and their significance. Each
portion of tile body had Its appropriate
perfume or oil; mint for the arms, ivy for
the knees and neck, marjoram and rose
for the hair and eye-brows, and so on.
Rooms were perfumed to indicate their
character, rose .for a lover's tryst, white
violets (supposed to have a beneficial
effect on the digestion) for a banquet and
quince for sleep.
The Center of Gossip.
The perfumer's shops were center
places for the gossip of the day. fashions
and affairs of state were equally dis
cussed there. The cult for an individual
perfume grew up: certain political par
ties, followers of som9 fad or fancy, were
distinguished by the perfume they dif
fused about them.
Use of Perfumes In Religious Cere
monies.
Both profane and sacred history prove
the use among the Hebrews of perfume
and Incense for religious purposes and
embalming the dead, but not for the
anointing of the person, and the primitive
Christian adopted the same example. The
use of perfumes on the body became re
garded OJI a sinful Indulgence and Incen
tive to evil doing, while the use of In
cense In the churches became more and
more esteemed, and In the Catholic church
this use has continued down to modern
times. Perfumes are used In the church
service In the form of Incense and mixed
with the oil and wSx to be burned In
lamps and for candles.
Incense Is made of powdered sandal
wood, a little gum and a combination of
sweet smelling spices, and during the
church service is burned In the censer,
generally a beautifully wrought vessel
of metal, sometimes of gold and stiver
and Inset with precloua stones. This Is
made In two parts, the upper part per
forated to allow the escape of the per
fume and In the lower part s place to be
filled with Ignited charcoal, the heat of
which volatlsss ths perfume. Ths swtn#-
GIRL BURNED TO DEATH
Special to The Telegraph
Selinsgrove, Pa., Sept. 10.—M It-,
i Gertrude Keister, daughter of Mr.
! and Mrs. Isaac Keister, who reside
'in Pfoutz's Valley, about three mlh.i
I east of Thompsontown, was so bad I •
! burned at the home of her parent?
that she died about twelve hours latef.
' She had tilled a bottle with coal oil
I and some of it had spilled on tho
| Moor and on her skirt. She tried to
remove the oil on her clothing also
| ignited, burning the clothes from her
| body.
BARN FIRED BY ENGINE
Special to The Telegraph
j Sunbury, Pa., Sept. 10.—Fire, due
j to sparks from a traction engine; de-
I stroyed a barn on the farm of Nathan
kC. Creasy. Much of the contents were
saved. Loss, SI,OOO.
Ings of the censor carries the perfume
into every part <rt the edifice.
The Qolden Rose.
One of the moat ancient customs ha the
Roman Catholic church is the aanoal
blessing by the Pope of Rome of the
Golden Rose, a symbolic flower, made of
purest gold and gem decked, which Is
rubbed with ambergris, balm, musk and
Incense. In the olden times the Golden
Rose was generally sent to female sov
ereigns, occasionally to towns, or cor
porations as an evidence of the Pope's
esteem, and the anointing with perfumes
was always a part of the ceremony.
In the Middle Ages we hear of llttla
use of perfumes outalde of the efaurch.
Indeed at this period both men and wo
men took little care of the body. Ths
bath which under the Romans hsd reach
ed n point of enervating luxury fell en
tirely Into disuse and perfumes shsred
the same fate. The pendulum had swung
the other way; the hardier virtues, the
hunt and war were supposedly not com
patible with a refined care of the person.
Perfume Cultivates the Sensibilities.
Undoubtedly the tree of perfumes cul
tivates the olfactory nerves. Some people
are quite insensible to sweet odors and
cannot distinguish one odor from another
Just as some people are color blind. The
appreciation of fine odors, however, Is
generally to be noticed among people of
a high degree of Intelligence and culti
vation. It Is by no means an unhealthy
Instinct. Certain sweet smells have a de
cided soothing effect on the nerves and
It Is generally accepted that the burning
of nromatlc perfumes Is disinfecting. It
was not very long ago thst In Italy It
was recommended that herbs and odor
ous flowers be cultivated In sertate
marshy and fever-ridden districts. Mo -
ern sanitary engineers would probably
scoff at this and start draining the af
fected district, but modern sanitation ha*
not always been at the service of the
Italian- peasants while aweet-snsllltic
plants havfe grown with little ooajdn*.
Prom the ear 11 oat time*, as we have
shown, perfume has been Intimately asso
ciated wtth the life of Iks people. It
has been used for NUgtsoa usieinmilss.'
for embalming ths 4sa4; K has ntiMf
the highest epooha ef stvßfaMtton sad has
been esteemed lor health gtvtn propf
tlss. The uas of psilSlliss, ho wit, ti
modem times has In BPS—si SISSMMI] I
and the cultivation a t ths flesssra, OM J
gathering and dlstllllM of ttasa SJtA ths '
preparing of the extrait conattiajfeap
portant Industry.
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