12
What an Accomplished Girl
Should Know
By DOhOTOY PIX.
Women are the Jacks-of-all-trades
of life. To succeed a man must spe
cialize. It is enough for him if he
thoroughly masters one business or
profession. But for a woman to suc
ceed as a woman—and being a wo
man is a profession in Itself —she
must know something about every
thing, and have half a dozen differ
ent arts and trades at her fingers'
ends.
We don't hear the old-fashioned
phrase, "an accomplished girl," very
often nowadays, but there's ,lust as
much need for her as there ever was.
and this hrings up the question of
what an accomplished girl should
know.
First. I think, that an accomplished !
girl should know how to read —not j
elocute. Heaven protecL us all from
the young women who arise in com
pany and recite! There are few
greater pests in the world than she,
but. on tho other hand. there is
nothing more delightful tha» the com
panionship of one who is able to read
aloud to you intelligently, and sympa
thetically a passage* from some book,
or a ncwß story from a paper. This
accomplishment, is a very rare one.
Not one woman in a hundred can read
nloud so that you can understand
what she is reading about. She
doesn't understand it herself, and
that's why so few have the reading '
liablt.
litrls Should Be Taught to Write nn !
Interesting letter.
Second, an accomplished girl should 1
know how to write. She should be 1
taught to write a legible hand, and j
nn interesting letter. Nothing else in ,
the world does more to predispose us |
In a woman's favor than for her to
be a dead letter writer, one who |
sends us a line of congratulation when !
Rood fortune comes our way, or a,
word of sympathy when sorrow
knocks at our door; who writes us a I
graceful little note of thanks for any J
courtesy, and who shows that she 1
keeps our memory green when she
is away from us by an occasional
letter.
Most people are guilty of silences'
that are nothing less than brutal just
because they have never been taught
how to write a letter, or skilled in the
gentle art of notes. No attention is
paid to this in the ordinary school,
nnd yet how to write a letter in one of
the most important things that a wo- I
man car, know,
An accomplished girl should know
how to talk. Her voice should tirst ,
he uand-papered and manicured, or
whatever is necessary to make it
sigreeable to tho ear. She should be
taught how to laugh instead of giggle,
Miss Fairfax
Answers Queries I
MAY AND SEPTEMBER
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am seventeen ajid my most inti
mate girl friend Is fifteen. She is go
4ng to marry a man fifty-two. Her
mother does not know what to do, as
the girl claims she loves him. He is
not wealthy, but can give her a bet
tar home than she has. Do you think
such a marriage advisable? E. M.
Such a marriage is highly inadvis-'
able. A girl of fifteen is incapable of
making a choice by which she must
divide her life, and a man of fifty-two !
is old enough to be her grandfather. I
Just let her stop and think of a simpje I
problem in mathematics. When she
i« thirty-five, young, charming and at
the meridian of her powers he will
be seventy-two. Tho girls mother
should do everything: in her power to
Stop such an outrageously ill-mated
a fTal r.
FOR GOOD RICH SOUP
Thompson's Soup Flours
Thompsons' Soup Flours are the meat of the pea or the
bean properly sterlized in powdered form.
THOMPSON'S SOUP FLOURS ARE PURF--
because they are wholly tho pure meat or the vegetable
THOMPSON'S SOUP FLOURS ARE WHOLESOME
,hp . l,,d 'K®stlhl« hulls and a large poreentagc of tlie
h ' nutritive
THOMPSON'S SOUP FLOURS ARE ECONOMICAL
because a 10 cent tan will make a gallon of rich puree for
THOMPSON'S SOUP FLOURS SAVE WORK--
SS"." 'SSd, 1 / PreUml """
Two varieties—Pea and Bean
in cans of
Two sizes—loc and 2ftc
at
t At first elass grocers
The Thompson Milling Company, Makers
PHILADELPHIA, TA.
Hundreds Hare Taken Advantage of Our
Special Optical Offer
If You Want to Do the Same Be Sure to
Come at Once
Offer Good This Week Only
Your eye* examined, flat or deep curved torio (J> A ft A
lemon property fitted to yonr eye*, and a guar- \ M (111
aateed 10 year gold filled eye glaaa or spectacle T W •
frame, you can choose style desired, complete ' '
205 Locust St.
- "PP. Orphetim
y CIP H Kye * Kl " ,nlnp(l Senses Ground
M. W. Exotmrfve Optical Store
* " °P« n * a. m. to 8 p. m.;
PRKSCHTPTTOX OPTICIAN by appointment
FRIDAY EVENING, HARJUSBURG $S3§& TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 5, 1915.
and then she should be taught how ,
to talk. Of course, in its highest es
sence. conversation is as much an in
spiration as poetry; there are two or j
three great principles that any girl
can master that will make her an
interesting and agreeable companion.
I>on't Talk About Yourself. Your
Family or Your Amusement*.
She can be taught not to talk about
herself, her family, her little amuse
ments. the places she has been, and
to always talk to other people about
themselves and tholr amusements, ,
and their families and their interests. :
Between talking about my own golf
score and your golf record is the d iff -
j erence between being a boro and a
i brilliant conversationalist.
! She can also be taught to listen i
j intelligently, and to think before
she speaks, so that she will keep off
other people's pet corns, and will not
converso with a divorcee about matri
monial infelicity, or ask a one-legged
man if he dances tho fox trot.
An accomplished girl should know
enough music to be able to play and
sing sufficiently well for parlor con
sumption, which isn't hlghbrowed in
snite of all that we pretend to tlio
contrary. She should also know how
to play a good game of cards, .so that
she will not be the despair of hostes
ses, or Incite murder in tho breast of
her partner when she has to fill in
!at a table of bridge. Talleyrand said
long ago that every one should learn
! to play a good game of whist In their
I youth, so that they might not pass a
'miserable old age. Every girl should
1 learn to play a good game of bridge
j nowadays, so that she may not pass
' a miserable present as a wall flower,
jAn Accomplished Girl Must Know
How to .Make Stew Into ItaKnut.
Finally, an accomplished girl should
! know how to cook and sew. What
, ever else a girl may need or not need
to know, she is sure to have use for
I all The housewifely accomplishments
she can attain. If she is rich she l
'will be able to run her establishment!
better if she is a practical cook her- j
self, and she can come the nearer to
I getting the kind of effects she wants
'from her dressmaker if she knows
how to make the garment herself. If I
she Is poor, her ability to keep a good i
table and dress well depends entirely I
upon her own skill and knowledge of
how to cook and sew. It is art that J
turns a slew into a ragout, and two
|dollars' worth of dry goods into a!
confection, and no woman has a right'
jto consider herself an accomplished
I woman who can't do this.
It's a great thing to be an accom
plished girl, and it requires much
knowledge, but the results are worth
the effort.
Democratic Senators
Fighting President
on Shipping Bill
These are six of the seven Demo
cratic Senators who have rebelled
against the shipping bill President
Wilson and his administration have
been trying to put through for sev
eral days: James P. Clarke, Arkansas;
Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Nebraska;
James lv. Vardaman, Mississippi;
John H. Bankhead, Alabama; Thomas
W. Hardwick, Georgia; James A.
O'Gorman, New York.
-Most of them were opposed to the
government going into the merchant
| marine business at all. in the first
; part of the week considerable ;>res
j sure was brought to bear on them by
I friends of the President. •
j The fight of these Senators was the
| first important contest in which Presi
dent Wilson had engaged with the
members of the upper house. The
feeling against him there, it has been
claimed by political enemies, has been
growing ever since he nominated for
Federal offices politicians in various
States over the heads of the Senators
representing these.
Our Semi-Annual Furniture Sale j
| Has been planned for months and months, we have excelled all previous efforts and will«f
;» furnish values that are positively without parallel -quality and price considered. Every«;
| floor, every department is overflowing with the most seasonable and best of goods that ,
; will "FURNISH THE HOME." ■ ?
;, A Bargain Without a Parallel! fIOO Tables, Each Like Cut 1
THIS SOLID OAK CTA Oak or Mahogany, 24 Inches Square i
j- Extension Table aDU
1 The quality of this table is apparent in the finish and it Sk | f
* extends Into the building; and Joining of «very part. It V
bit extends "V* 1 fee and*° the "handsomely 1 K barrei Here s a value unparalleled, real worth French shaped legs braced by large lower jL
SfiEa 1 ,e^%erndna^ e ir/-. < r B orf d eet ntC T > h,s 9^ l e hal $3.00 Has saddle seat, panel back is she lf. Regular value, $2. While they last, ?
f smooth running guides, which make opening and closing strongly constructed and extra braced. You I
i no trouble at ail even for one person. Balances perfectly . ... «. .. i . t Q>3 /■»»■»"* I'
& when open the 6 fun feet. must see it to realize its big value. v7O Ccnia I
11 ■— * ' >
17" ™mT Be< L _ \ BiM I [This Solid Oak Chiffonier' |
|l Spring and Mattress $0 yc Q c f
f Complete .... 0.l O 00./ D |
J Never have we offered so much value for /\fv . Hf 1
| ,^u:u^ umustsee ° utfitt0 ) cents | #«3.Vd I]
MILLER and KADES
1 1 S y L j>Anßl?A n RI ? 1 JI 1
WITH THE NEW
PLAITED PANELS
A Graceful Skirt with Becoming Yoke.
By MAV~MANTON
IF— "IMITTH
Two-Piece Yoke
24 to 32 'waist.
Here is a skirt showing plaits used after
one of the newest and most approved
methods. They really are not made in
] separate pieces but, nevertheless, they are
arranged to give a panel suggestion.
, \\ hile they flare abundantly and freely
as the wearer walks, they take straight
lines when she is not in motion, and
these lines are always becoming. The
smooth yoke does away with all bulk over
the hip». The yoke, as well as the skirt,
ia cut in two pieces, and the trimming of
buttons at the side-seams is an effective
one. If preferred, the finish can be made
at the natural wai«t-line with a belt.
For the 16-vear size will be needed
; yards of material 27 inches wide,
j yards 36, or yards 44.
The May Manton pattern 8515 is cut
in aires for 16 and 18 years. It will be
mailed to any address by the Fashion
Department of this paper, on receipt
of ten cents.
Hovman'i sell May Man ion l^sutcrm
NNSBCHCH 011. MK> I,+. \SK
IJMM ACRJRR ITS TEXAS
PtttsbnrKt). Keb. 5.-J««n)h V. Guf
fey aawl E. N. GUlrsple, of this city.
ha<ri» leased tlie oil and *ju» rights of
♦he fa moua Kins Hunch. of Texa*.
1.000.W0-# in extent, and have
mail" arransTnents for drilling three
tea# wells on the property *t WP.
The Kinsr Gestae is said to h« for Ihc
largest iseindnl in m singia oil
itaw ever antua la America.
BATTUE OF ARMAGEDDON*
DECLARED TO UK WKKIA
lyondon, Feb. 5.—A Cairo dispatch
to Hie Daily News says:
"Armageddon, on the historic high
way connecting three continents, is
passed through daily by Jews and
Christians fleeing to the sea< oast. A
division ot' the fourth Turkish army is
encamped in the immediate neighbor
hood.
The strategic position of Armaged
Try Home-Made Orangeade
From Juicy Florida Oranges
Drinking with some persons is but a habit; others have made it an art. To the latter kind of
men and women the juice of Florida oranges is ambrosia. They who drink it in deep, slow
draughts—five draughts to a glass and a minute between each for tasting and assimilation — v
will have visions of the soft and rich sunshine and the refreshing breezes in which Florida or
anges are grown. For those who can fully appreciate the quantity of juice, the quality of flavor,
and the thinness of rind of a real orange, the Florida Citrus Exchange watches over every
detail of the handling of fruit it ships—from the picking off the trees to the placing of
the boxes in the refrigerator cars. Only tree-ripened fruit is sent to market by the Ex-
change, and none but white gloved workers are employed in preparing it for shipment I
Florida's Surpassing Grapefruit
Florida grapefruit juice not only is dehcious, but it has a remarkable tonic quality. Tree-ripened «
grapefruit are both food and drink. They may be eaten freely throughout the winter and served in bever- /
age form all summer long. You cannot get a better insurance policy agaipst illness than grapefruit of /,
the kind that only Florida produces. Sometime Florida grapefruit is picked and shipped before it is ripe 1 //
and then, of course, it isn't good. The Florida Citrus Exchange guards carefully against this —none of | ll
its packing houses will ship other than tree-ripened fruit. The mark of the Exchange is your guarantee J 1 '1
and protection —look for it in red on boxes and wrapf>ers when you are buying fruit. / % I
Tba mark tl tba FlorWa Otrni Eidinf, llnUa far l»Ml I roil «W a MMM ■ a F \ [
Klin dill l<r |T»W«I, falui uJ Maa« jlaalara Uut ara ■*- BaaUat taifaf wrw W wifi I* * ■
l»-«UU Eiihaia fnrit hi nuo— ymm* will l«t Mi« J>a» ft ym Wat f/M'l'lJlie aarra atria lr«i»» and caoiaaaiaj maar raei»aa far tha aaa ai
PLCIIKtS C/A.CItnJIULJc m araogaa aad frapafrait in eaakary aad caafeetiasa mailad la
J *T ■ ■ m. ■ aaWraaa (arlaar casta in ataatpa. Flariia CUras Eukaofa,
a ■ m ■ WKBW CS Citinaa BokßUt , TusM.Ra.
rjfiß — r .a—Buy Florida Citrus Exchange oranges and grapefruit by the box
[~! »i —they will keep well and it is real economy to purchase in this
j I -—-—-» way. Then you will have them in the house all the time and
I - " |> 1 \\ cver y member of the family may enjoy them at all hours.
\ H I J W Just try using these fruits as food and drink and see for your
\ \ 1 self the keen zest they will lend to your breakfast, the appetite
\ r— /■ ff M"* I and tone they will give for luncheon and dinner, the touch of
A / 1 I [uH \ comfort they will add to your evening, the satisfied and oon
\ j ( "*—Ul Q tented spirit with which they will prepare you for bed. Florida
\ f'f _ • BVn oranges and grapefruit help to make delightful the anniversary
V»\ "*" — \ mprAJ feast, the birthday party, the "family reunion, and any other
\\| —. —, S formal or informal social function. Be sure to look for the red
/ , ) V I \(///f mark of the Exchange when you buy oranges or grapefruit.
6 W/ _™
don makes it not improbable that one
of the battles of the present war will
be fought
The place referred to in the above
dispatch is probably El Ix>jjun. which
by most authorities is said to be on or
near the site of the biblical Megiddo,
or Armageddon, the seeen of the last
great battle between the forces of
good and evil at the day of judgment.
12 ALMSHOUSE INMATES OVEII HO
Six of the forty-five inmates of the
county almshouse who died during
13 914 had passed the four-score mark,
I eight were more than seventy. Just
twelve more than SO years old are still
' at the institution while there are thir
ty-two others who have passed the
three-score-and-ten mark. Other flg
; ures submitted by Miss Eva Davidson,
the supervisory nurse of the alms
house in her annual report yesterday
i to the poor board were:
Four of the 24t> inmates are entire
1 ly blind while live others arc nearly
' so. There are a dozen epileptics an.l
one is entirely helpless from paralysis.
. Seventy-one indigents were treated for
social diseases and twenty-two minor
operations were performed. Ten in
: mates are receiving treatment for acute
rheumatism and eleven for tuberculo
sis. Because of the recent diphtheria
quarantine less sufferers from syphile'
tic poisoning were treated.