11 XfcfcMen v& . ♦Wedded to a Red Flower Vase By DOROTHY mi In China, wlioie civilisation was old i before ours began, and which la there- | fore correspondingly advanced In many] particulars, they have solved one phase i of the matrimonial problem According to a recent newspaper dis- i patch, a young: Chinese lady. belonging: i to one of the most arlstocratlo fanii- i lies, has Just been married to a red (lower vase—the vase being a substi- ; tute for the young: man to whom she • wae betrothed and who died just be fore the wedding. The prospective bride ; ■wished to en.loy the dignities and free- I «lom that belonged to a matron, and \ that are denied to a maid. but her heart ' was in the grove with her dead lover, : and alio couldn't bear to think of mar rying another man. so the red flower I vase was substituted for the bride- i groom and the marriage celebrated with all due pomp and ceremony. For many years America has been I sending' money and missionaries with- i out stint to convert what we call, in j our fatuous folly, the "heathen Chinee." | It is now Chinas turn y> malte a cour teous missionary retort' and put us un- | der eternal obligation by introducing ill America the pleasing custom of mar rying a woman to an inanimate object when no animate object applies for the Job. In this country there are not enough men to go around, even If all would wed, and every year piles up the deficit! in the matrimonial bureau. What j should be done about the surplus wo- i man problem has been a question that I •earned unanswerable until the acute i Chinese came alonf. with a suggestion j »o dimple and so direct that, it leaves , us wondering we didn't trues* the an- ! swer to the conundrum lo y; a*c. .lust! popularize the iden of marrying a j vase, and you have done away, once j and for all, with old maids, girl bach- | dors, and all the disadvantages of: aplnsterhood A far greater number of women mar- | ry just for the sake of being married j than we ever siispeot. They are not lovers at heart. They are not irreslatl- | bly drawn to particular men. Their in attnets are for celibacy, and left to I themselves they would far rather be j free than burdened with the cares and responsibilities of husbands and clill- I dren. Hut thee want to write "Mrs." in stead of ".Miss" before their names. They want the status of the married woman. After all, they want the lib- | i-rty of the married woman, for we cling to the absurd tradition that a single woman, though she be ninety, is still a debutante, and that she must be chap eroned. and that it is indelicate for her to hear or spenk of any topic that isn't dressed up In white muslin and girdled with a blue sash. Also, that the single woman must, | An Old, Family Cough |j | Remedy, Home-Made | t Eaally p repared Costa Very ?j ■jt> I'ittle, but la Prompt, Sure | £ and Effective 21 By making this pint of old-time cough Avrup at home you not only save about compared with the readv-made kind, but you will also have a much more Prompt and positive remedv in every wav. It overcomes the usual coughs, throat arid chest colds in 24 hours—relieves even whooping cough quickly—and is excellent, too, for bronchitis, bronchial asthma, hoarseness and spasmodic coup. Got from any drug store 2% ounces of Pinex (.50 cents worth), pour it into a pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain granulated sugar syrup. Full directions with Pinex. Keeps perfectly and tastes good. You can feel this take hold of a cough or cold in a way that means business. It quickly loosens the dry, hoarse or pain ful cough and heals the inflamed mem branes. It also has a remarkable effect in overcoming the persistent loose cough bv stopping the formation of phlegm in the throat and bronchial tubes. The effect of Pine on the membranes is known by a 1 moot every one. Pincx is a most, valuable concentrated compound of genuine Norway pine extract combined with guaiacol and other natural healing pine elements. There are many worthless imitations of this famous mixture. To avoid dis appointment. ask your druggist for "2% ounces of Pinex," and do not accept any thing else. A guarantee of absolute satisfaction or money promptly refunded, goes with this preparation. The Pinex Co., Ft Warne, Ind. Stomach Troubles Due to Acidity SO SAYS KMIXF.XT SPECIALIST. So-called stomach troubles, such as indigestion, wind, and stomach-ache aro in probably nine cases out of ten simply evidence that fermentation Is taking nlace In the food contents of the stom ach, causing thu formation of gas and Hcids. Wind distends the stomach, and causes that full, oppressive feeling sometimes known as heartburn, while the acid Irritates and Inflames the del icate lining of the stomach. The trou ble lies entirely in the fermenting food. Such fermentation is unnatural, and add formation is not only un-1 natural, but may Involve most seri ous consequences if not corrected. To stop or prevent fermentation of the food contents of the stomach and to neutralize the acid, and render it bland and harmless, a teaspoonful of bis urated magnesia, probably the best arid most effective corrector of acid stom ach known, should be taken in a quar ter of a glass of hot or cold water im mediately after eating, or whenever wind or acidity Is felt. This stops the fermentation, and neutralizes the acid ity In a few moments. Fermentation, wind and acidity are dangerous and un necessary. Stop dip' prevent them by the use of a proper antacid, such as blsurated magnesia, which can be ob tained from any druggist and thus en able the stomach to do Its work proper ly without being hindered by poison ous gas and dangerous acids.—M. F. P. Advertisement. WHOOPING C6tl(jfi| SPASMODIC CROUP ASTHMA COUGHS ■ROHCHITIS CATARRH COLDS A simple, fafe and effective treatment avolOing dnjgf.Vaporiged Ociolene (tops (hcparoxyimi of Whoopinfi Coush and relieve* Spasmodic Croup at once. It r. a boon to sufferers from Asthma.Thealrcairylnßtl'e antiseptic vapor,ln halcd with every t:vath, make* breathing easy; IK *cl ,'o»*P JW*I soothes the sote ihroat W"; uad (top* the cough. I AF assuring restful nights, ft r JBIT 1 II it InvdmbistoniQitiirin, ify'r MISM wMh »uiis ahltdrM. BRi tPI Send us postal for I ' I descriptive booklet J a»l* ky Druoaisu (VQ v . jt)f jM VAPO CRBBOJ-EXI CO. KDL'CATIOXAL Harrisburg Business College 329 Market St. Fall term, September first. Day and night. 29th year. Harrisburg, Pa. "WINTER TERM BEGINS MONDAY. .TAX. ITU WAV AM) XH.HT SESSIONS SCHOOL OF COMMERCE! 15 S. MARKET SQUARE - HARRISBURG, PA. I THURSDAY EVENING, ■ HARRISBURG TELEGRXPH DECEMBER 17,1914. ? perforce, live with her friends or her ! family, no matter how much ah« would ! like to set up an establishment of her j own. ! To this large set of single women, I rich old maids, and business women | earning: jrood saalries, a red flower vase I husband would till a matrimonial ideal, I and they would espouse it with an en- I thusiasm that no mere man ever j evokes. i -111 reality, the red flower vase hus ! band is not as startling 1 an innovation ]as it seems. Many a woman has dis | covered, to her sorrow, that sho has ! married a whisky bottle Instead of a j man. and she would be glad enough to trade him oft for a red tlower vase if j she could. I There are men so full of vanity and conceit and salf-lmportance that their I wives had just as well have united i tlumseives to a balloon or any othc 'sort of gas batf. There are husbands i who are so silent In their own homes j that a store dummy could be substi tuted for them without their wives ever I finding; out the difference, and there I are other woman who believed that they were marrying fender Uomeoa who I ascertained after marriage that they j tied up with surlv bears that grow! ' whenever you speak to them. There are husbands In plenty who are jo sour and tart that their wives would f.nd a vinegar jap u gWMt companion hesid» them. There are other men so j iuueersed ill their business and pro- I feseions that the!'- wives would have 'la-! ,it:st as much sympathy and com | panlonahip if they had married a ledger. lor a 'aw book, which they i-ould have I shut up when it rr>ii brother OU . I tt . Breat deal and they cx t ac y 9 o'clock. Do you think they are doing right. Mv bro ther and sister-in-law want to know. M,l\ *' H u V"" n * as you should nei ther go out frequently at night nor f , a >; late. But it is not right that you should find the door locked against yon at 9 o'clock. Suppose you go out but two nights a week promise to he home by ten or ten thirty and keep your word! RACE PREJUDICE. DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: f . 1 " » ir j of eighteen, attend the C entral Kvening High School. There Is a poung Italian in my class who accompanies m© homo every niirht o^S 11 my , Am erican boy friends dis approve of. Now dear Miss Fair tax, what would you advise mo to Uo? Mamma says as long as he is respec table she does not see why thev should disapprove. BESSIE. * Your mother is quite right. All of the nations of the earth have their good and their bad points. But the fact that people belong to different countries should not keep them from being friends. ASK ANOTHER GIRI,. DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: I am a boy of 20 who has been keeping company with a pretty airl of the same age lor six months." She now calls me by my lirst name. I have invited her to attend a dance with me but she refuses. A friend says she has another fellow. Shall I ask her if this is true? J - w - <3- Girls are variable at so young an ace and if I were you I'd ignore the other fellow in question and invito some other girl to the dance. If the llrst girl really cares for you, you'll soon And it out, and if she doesn't you'd not want to force her friend ship. She probably calls you by your first name because she feels well ac quainted with you and not because she seriously cares. lIOXOIt CREDITS GIVEN Special to The Telegraph Annville, Pa., Dec. 17.—At the end of the Fall school term at the Lawn school, south of this place, the follow ing students were given honor credits for unbroken attendance for the past j year: Girls, Esther Hosan, Grace Toll man, Miriam llengler, Martha llisser, Evelyn Kengler, Carrie Tubman, Eva jKipp, Mary Hottenstein. Martha I,eh | man, Ida Florry, Orpha Hostetter. Mlr- I iam KUlnger, Kuth Klpp. Fannie I,eh man: boys, John Barte. Walter Omer Hostetter, Simon Kipp. Ray l.ongenecker. Harold Gingrich, Earl Williamson, Charles Kengler, Karl Ijeii man. Harry Hosan, Paul Itlsser and' Kzra ICipp. 93,500 TO CHHINTMAS CI. I B Special to The Telegraph Annville, Pa., Dec. 17.—More than $3,500 was paid out to employes of the A. 8. Kreider Shoe Company of this town, this week to 70 members. This Is the fourth year that the club has been In existence and In that time more I than fla.ooo has been paid to members. KA 1,1, TKIIM CI.OSEN Special to The Telegraph Annville, Pa.. Dec. 17.—T0-morrow at noon the Fall term will come to a | close at Valely College and about 360 students will go to their re- ] spectlve homes for the holidays. This has been the best semester In the his tory of the college and it is hoped to bring the enrollment up to 400 when the winter terni begins on Mondav, January 4. MANUFACTORY lit * V Special to The Telegraph Meehaniceburg. Pa., Dec. 17.—After running, for the most of the time, three days a week, the I>. Wilcox Manufac turing plant has taken on unusual ac tivity with a large increase in orders. The die sinking department Is not only working during the day, but evening as well. HEAVY HOfi* BUTCHERED Special to The Telegraph Medianicsburg. Pa., Dec. 17.—Five large hogs were killed on Tuesday by Harry BerUheimer, a farmer residing I near Williams Grove. They weighed respectively 377, 354. 340. 342 and 883 I pounds, making a combined weight of. 1.752 pounds. They produced a large quantity of fine lard, in addition to the k THIS IS THE CRACK OF DOOM IN PIANO SELLING f THIS IS THE LAST STAND, OUR BACKS ARE TO THE WALL Tin- writing is on (lie mill. Tiio lug sale is nearly over. All Pianos, regardless When our doors open at H o'chktk lYlday morning we will dump the balance of <|iialitv. pri.-e or terms, must Im- sold. We will not accept No for nu answer. * »* tills sale stock upon the market at prices so ridiculously low that It will lieggar , r . A ■>. . .... . ... . , . ... . . . < *Olll pari son. Wo will offer Pianos tlmt lihve stood for quality and dignity lor years. must. go. Ins i. linal. ( ome to this store, bring along any musical at prices and terms tliat will r»?volntioniKO-piano selling. Every piano and playerf friend, pick out tlie Piano you like. make us an offer and if It is within the realm will Ik- sold before closing. This is iinal. l)o you realize what this means? of possibility \vc will accept it. We have again gone over the stock and cut and llanos that liave stood the test of years will practically be auctioned oil". Conul slash prices to ribbons. These lloors limit IM* swept its clean as a liound*s tooth to this great, grand, sweeping, overwhelming |)iano sale. Let nothing stop you. In-fore we close our doors. COMIi IN NOW. COME PItKPAKFJ) TO T.ILK, Get here. Come by auto, street car. train, by horse and wagon—walk if you li&v4 BUSINESS. NOW IS Till-: TIME, DON'T PUT OFF. HE HERE. %•& sands a to. KIT HE HERE: .A SINGLE $2 -BILL SENDS A PIANO HOME TO THE Piano Home. , KIDDIES FOR CHRISTMAS. iff! I^Octaves Genuine Ivory Keys, Full n llcre is a snap if ever there was one. I AWEK will n ■ ■*■■■■ l mnmutmmm \ mmammmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmnrn MMBnaMaHHMM Organs Given Away Three Big Specials for the Last Day FREE I BOTH WAYS OIT.OF- I m /Li ■ Iml I W* . K f I Zm ry IB Ij| I. IWE WIM, DELIVKH IT ANY- ■ I TOWN BVY KKS, V N ll \vu I'AV I WW JL X« JL JimA JL\/ M XXaXv 0 I TIMK BKFOIIK OIHISTMAS. ■ ■ KHKIUHT ON AM PIANO TO 1 ~ m "W ■ <)> CHItISTMAS KVK, IF VOU ■ 23 N. 4th St., Harrisburg, Pa. H. M. Eldridge, Mgr. £ 0