XfcfcMen T^JnTeßes "Their Married Life" Copyright by International News Service. - * It was a rainy day, the first in a long time, and Helen looked out dis consolately at the little rivers running swiftly along: in the street and the umbrellas hurrying quickly by. Helen had always liked rain if she could be out in it. but to sit in the house doing nothing while the rain poured outside was not calculated to put her in the best of humors. Nora came along the hall presently and put her head in at ». v .e door. She hesitated before speaking, but Helen had heard her and turned around with a smile. "Everything's ready, ma'am, for you to show me how to make that pudding." she said. I hurried with my dishes, and the kitchen is all nice atid clean now." Nora had snapped both of the elec trict lights on, but nolther lighted, so ■he lighted the gas jet over the table as Helen had said. The gas jet was convenient for lighting things, but rather precarious for the person who worked under it. "Be careful of your hair, Mrs Cur tis.'' Nora advised several times as Helen came too close to the flame, and then both forgot about the light as Helen became absorbed in cutting up the raisins. "Mr. Curtis loves this pudding." she explained proudly as she beat up the whites of eggs for the top. "1 used to have it for him iong ago when he used to come to see me —before I was married. I mean." Helen smiled a little tenderly as she thought back. What a long time ago it was. What fun they used to have Sunday eve nings when Warren would come in for supper. Warren had been a little more like Bob then. She poured the pudding into a deep dish and carried it to the oven. "You see Nora, it is very simple; you could make it alone next time. Don't you think so?" Helen had come baeW to the table and was cleaning up the scraps. Nora protested. "I can do that. Mrs. Cur tis; don't you bother. Helen leaned over to reach for something and Nora gave a little cry of warning. It was too late, however, for the front of Helen's hair had caught and flamed up. It was all over in a sec- "The Kitchenless Home" has not arrived as yet, but the cookies* kitchen, with comfort and content ment, is possible in every home where the housewife knows SHREDDED WHEAT With the crisp "little loaves" of ready-cooked, ready-to-serve cereal in the home you are ready for the unexpected guest, for the uncertainties of domestic service.. No kitchen worry or drudg ery. We do the cooking for you in our two-mil lion-dollar sunlit bakery. Make our kitchen your kitchen. Ask your grocer. Always heal the Biscuit In oven to restore crispness: then pour over it milk or iTeam. a (ID I I Herewith find $ for a six months subscrip- ISf 1 -am tion to the including a free copy of the HANDY ris Ml ALMANAC FOR 1915. All charges prepaid. 13?! nasi «sn W Name || Address 2| I—For Almanac only, pnt cross (X) in apper square and ga , TC enclose 25 cents. 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He had left In the morning without saying good-by and that, coupled with the rain, had made it a rather gloomy aspect for Helen. She had succeeded in putting up her hair and was about | to pick up a book and read when the doorbell rang. Who could it be on a rainy day like this? She didn't feel in the mood for seeing anyone. Nora had gone to the door, but no one had come In. "Something for you Mrs. Curtis," she said handing in a box, "it was a messenger boy." Helen took the box and sat down on the bed to open it. It was a small round box and until she had the outer paper off she could not imagine what it contained, then she saw that it was a flower box and must have vio lets inside. She pulled off the lid hur riedly and lifted out the large bou quet. violets and white orchids. Wo manlike, she buried her nose in them and then scrambled around till she found a card. It was from Warren. "Though you might feel tired of the rain. Come on down to the office about five and we'll go out to din ner." "Nora." she said, hurring out into the kitchen for a bowl of water. "Save the pudding for to-morrow; it will keep on ice. 1 am going out to dinner with Mr. Curtis, and. Nora, put Winifred to bed at the usual time." Nora grinned sympathetically as Helen hurried out. (Another instalment in this interest ing series will appear here soon.) | FOR REALPROTECTION ha Aprw that can be Worn Over trfe* Place of the Gown. By MAY~M ANTON 111 S4BB Apron Dress, SmaU 34 or 36, Mediur» 38 or 40, Large 43 or 44 bust. The apon that will really cover tho gown and piotect it from every pos sible soil is a most practical one and here is a model that is almost a complete dress in itslef but is so simple that it can be slipped on over a gown that requires pro tection while it is equally satisfactory for wear in place of a gown. It can be niadr. with shorter or longer sleeves. 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So successful was the rendition of this beautiful music that general requests brought about the repetition. It was given under tbe direction of H.H. Mercer with a chorus of fifty voices and orchestra accompaniment, and Hummel Shelly at the organ. An enjoyable feature was the reading by the Rev. H. Hall Sharp. Much praise is given little Miss Elizabeth Hurst for her solo work. A duet was sung by Mrs. Arthur Young and Mrs. Paul Hertzler, and a quartet by Mrs. Young, Mrs. Hertzler, Wilbur Wertz and H. H. Mercer. Chorus work showed the re sult of good training. YOUNG PEOPtiE'S SOCIKTY ELECTS Special to The Telegraph Shippensburg. Pa., Dec. 29. On Sunday the annual election of the Young People's Society of the Messiah United Brethren Church was held, and the following officers were elected: President, AV. Blaine llarnish; vice president, John Beidel; treasurer, Grace Karper; secretary, Wendell Sherrick; organist. 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Ohio. ; HI HARRISBURG (jiSjftg TELEGRAPH (Kaufman's Atier-Xmas REDUCTION SALt 1 This Sale Differs From All Others—lt Is Not Made Up of Odds and Ends or Broken Lines, But Includes OUR ENTIRE HIGH CLASS STOCKS WITHOUT RESERVE OR RESTRICTION Clearance o n f r Entire Stock of Women's Suits and Coats | Women's and Misses' Women's and Misses' Women's and Misses' Women's and Misses' {SUITS & COATS SUITS & COATS SUITS & COATS SUITS & COATS ) NOW NOW NOW NOW 1 -5- -7- -9- 4 H J Former Prices Former Prices Former Prices Former Prices lUp to $15.00 Up to SIB.OO Up to $20.00 Up to $22.50 ! ) ALTERATIONS Fjti ■ ■x L I STORE I CHARGED I P M J for I 9 AT I 1 CLOSES | COST 530 p - M - \ TOKE TALKS ON STATE CHARITY Takes Issue With Those Who Boom the Idea of Sole State Con trol of Dependents Francis J. Torrance, president of the State Board of Charities, has taken a strong stand in interviews against the agitation by certain charity work ers in favor of legislation at the com ing session of the General Assembly to revolutionize the present system for the care of the Indigent insane. Mr. Torrance, who has devoted years to charitable work, declares that a propa ganda lias been established to in fluence members of the Legislature and that a false impression is being created as to the facts in the case. "The old question of county care or State care has been revived and a record of many years of practical and economical handling of this problem cannot be ignored. Pennsylvania has made great advances In recent years In the care of her dependents," he de clared. "There aro just at this time many views expressed by many persons upon this grave subject, some by people who know what they are talking about and some by others who speak without experience or authority. We must, however, give credit to all for sin cerity of purpose and commend them for a laudable interest in our work. None appreciates more than those who have these unfortunates in charge the need for hearty co-operatlon in this humanitarian mission. Should Stand Pat "The policy of requiring each county in the Commonwealth to care fur its own dependents should not be de parted from at this time. "Theer are in my mind many rea sons why 'county care' should not lie supplanted by so-called 'State care' of the indigent insane. The principle of home attention and home concern for the individual patient is more effective under the present system than under 1 any other that could be devised. Sev eral of the counties in the State, notably Heaver. Westmoreland. Wash ington and York, are now encaged in the construction of hospitals along the most modern and scientific lines for the care of home patients. "The blind, the deaf and dumb, the feeble-minded and epileptic are all provided for by the State, thereby re lieving the various counties of these charges. "Why should the State assume the care of the insane pauper any more than the care of the pauper who Is not insane? This, to my mind, is a county and not a State obligation. "By the way. 1 hold the same views relative to the ease of the indigent children In the counties. I think the duty to properly car® for the child or minor is just as much an obligation as is the responsibility to provide for the adult. Tt has long been assumed in the natural order of things that the care of the pauper is a. solemn duty and that this must be done either by the county or the State. I contend that the care of the insane pauper, or minor dependent, should be a county obligation. Proved by Schools "An analysis of the school taxes, their collection and distribution, will demonstrate at once how much the State does for the various school dis tricts represented and comprised in the several counties. AH the years go by I think that 1 see a constant trend toward putting the burden more and more upon the State, thereby es tablishing a tendency to a question able paternalism. "The benefit of the present system to the counties is that It relieves tbem of the per capita cost of maintaining in prisons their convict population, for directly they are paroled the expense borne by the county for maintenance ceases and the expense* of parole su pervision Is assumed automatically by the State. It should be remembered that under the county care acts the in digent insane In the county homes are now largely supported by the State. There are over 8,000 in the county in sane asylums, for whom the State pays $2 per week per capita, which in some cases fully covers the cost of main tenance. and in the others a very large ] proportion of the cost. "To provide State hospital quarters to care for these county case* it would ! require at least five more State lios pitals, costing each $2,000,000 approxi mately; in addition to this large in vestment the cost of maintenance would be doubled. Couple all these , facts together with the additional fact that the State's revenues will be con siderably decreased and it will be at once seen what an imposition it would be to further burden the State." TMISS Fairfax Answers Queries LEAVE THE WAR OVT. DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: I am twenty-two and deeply in love with a girl of twenty. Since this European struggle she seems to ignore me. as our nationalities differ. We are about to be engaged, and I ask j your advice if it would be advisable j to do so, because trouble may arise: between us after our marriage, owing j to our nationality? E. B. G. S. You anil your sweetheart are both living in a country that is mercifully removed from the sad European struggle. Don't bring racial differ ences into the peaceful life you are permitted to lead here. Be broad minded enough to pity all the warring i nations, to feel that you share in the sorrow of all these suffering peoples, and to find sympathy for your sweet heart in her nation's calamity aa well as your own. The war has nothing to do with your love and marriage. Don't be silly enough toj drag the con flict into your own lives. SPEAK EMPHATICALLY. DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: | lam twenty-five and engaged to a young man three years my senior, whom I have known for the past ten years. A year ago I was introduced to a gentleman who calls once in a while to see me, at which time he some times meets my fiance. Although several times I have spoken of my engagement, ho insists upon asking me out, not believing I am engaged. He also annoys me by writing postal cards with love sayings on them." EMBARRASSED. You must make it clear to this man | that you are engaged and that you I are a loyal and loving fiancee. If necessary, your father or your fiance might speak to him and ask him to discontinue his unwelcome attentions, but if you care to consider the feel ings of a man who scarcely deserves consideration, manage the affair with emphatic dignity that ho cannot mis take. HE VERY SI HE OF YOURSELF. DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: I am a girl of twenty and am en gaged to be married to a man whom | I do not love. At a ball a short time I ago I met a man to whom 1 was greatly attracted and whom I have since learned to love. Subsequently he told me that he is married, but is not living with his wife, and as he is suing fyr a divorce he wants me to give up my fiance and wait for him. My parents are very much in favor of my fiance, as he is in good circum stances financially. What do you advise mo to do ? A CONSTANT READER. T advise you to make haste very slowly! I have un idea that you do love the man to whom you have plighted your troth, and that the man of the world who has wooed you rath er unconventionally has simply infat uated you with his clever methods. If he has made a failure of his first marriage perhaps he would not b