Slower) Why My lie Left Me j By DOROTHY DIX l_ , . __ „ . . _ ,_j By DOROTHY DIX "I lost my wife," said tlio ninth man, "through thinking that just be ing married to me was picnic enough for any woman. "Of course 1 did not consciously put the matter that way to myself when I was first married. 1 am not egotis tic enough for that, but to all in tents and purposes that was the at titude that 1 took with my wife. I just assumed that any woman who had achieved the transcendent good for tune to lie married to me had drawn such a lucky number in life that she couldn't possibly desire anything else, and that having confered that su premo honor and bliss on her of mak ing her my wife, 1 had done my full duty by her, and need never make an other effort to please. "Maybe that domestic plan of cam paign used to work. Perhaps there was a time when women wore so ufraid of being old maids and so filled \ with gratitude to the men who saved them from that fate that they were J willing to put up with any sort of' treatment from a husband, and en- ] dure any sort of neglect, but, take it i from me, that that time has passed, j "Any girl of fair intelligence can i make us good a living for herself ;is her husband is likely to make for her. Moreover old maids are not looked upon with contempt. They are regarded with envy by their sis ters as women who have had enough j sense to sidestep trouble, and so women aren't partcularly strong for this beatific marriage stuff just now. Still Under an Illusion "Well, 1 wasn't wise to that fact, as 1 am now. I was still under the illu sion that all you had to do was to put a wedding ring on a girl's finger and she could spend the balance of her life having a perfectly good time twiddling it around, like a kitten playing with a string. So I picked out a nice, bright, intelligent young wom an for a wife, and set her up in a comfortable little flat, and thought that ended the matter so far as I was concerned, and it was up to her to make a happy home. "In looking back upon the wreck of our lives I can't remember that T ever did a single, solitary thing to make my wife happy or to entertain her, or to make life bright and agree able for her. Of course, I supported her, or 1 thought I did, though per haps the woman who gives her entire time and services to making a com fortable home has some different ideas on the subject and considers that she i earns her own board and clothes. I i should, if I worked that hard for any! employer, and expect some pocket! money besides, which my wife never | got, though I'm not a tightwad, what- i ever my other faults. At any rate, T | paid the family bills, and that was ■ all. "I expected my wife .to always have a good hot dinner prepared for me. Sometimes I went home to eat it. Sometimes I did not. It all r— -7- — 'v 1 I Miss Fairfax l Answers Queries *■ * A YEAH TO J'ROVE YOI'KSELP DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: 1 ant IS and have lived in the coun try all my life. Now that ram of age J have come to New York and want to make a living. lam anxious to go in moving pictures. My parents threaten to disown me. I have been offered a position at a small salary, but enough to support myself, but my ; parents will interfere and cause me! to lose my position. I could marry a young man 1 have known for two i years, but do not care enough for him I to. marry him. Still, if I do so, he I will let me go on with my career. O. L,. R. j Don't marry this man merely to use j him as a means for a chant* at the j work you want to do. R would be 1 most unfair to him. and would prob- I ably not work out advantageously fori yourself. Try to persuade your par- | ents to give you one year in which to j prove yourself and your ability. Prom ise them faithfully that if at the end of that time you have had no success) you will come home. And then, with 1 this incentive added to your natural j liking for theatrical work, set serious ly and earnestly about proving your, ability. I have the utmost respect fori I fllll When Johnny ! I ill I |l| Goes to School | v 111 1 Trouble takes a fresh grip on the - 'lllllllllllll household and worry brings more I lit P I wrinkles to mother's brow. The II problem of getting the youngsters off j |ij! j ill to school is simple and easy if the : ,| |jjj mother knows i 11 Shredded Wheat l| I the whole wheat cereal that is ready |j|| cooked and ready-to-serve. One or more Biscuits, heated in the oven to restore crispness and served with hot \ | milk, make a delicious, nourishing •] ' meal to play on, to study on, to grow f I on, and builds robust, sturdy boys j girls. TRISCUIT is the Shredded Wheat Wafer, 111 eaten as a toast with butter or soft cheese, l|| or as a substitute for white flour bread or crackers. ; Made only by li The Shredded Wheat Co. II Niagara Falls, N. Y. THURSDAY EVENING, (depended on whether anything more agreeable to do turned up or not. If I it WHS pleasant for me to stay down • town, 1 stayed, without a thought of i the hours of work she had spent in cooking just what I liked to eat. or of . the lonely and discouraged evenings I i was leaving her to spend alone. Ijooked as He Felt "When I was at home if t felt like j talking 1 talked. Otherwise I sat . i silent and grouchy, or read the paper. I never took the trouble to try to he entertaining to my wife as I would to any strange woman at a dinner party. "Of course, we went to the theater —when I felt like it-—and we went to entertainments given by our friends, but half the time when I went to places with my wife where 1 really enjoyed myself very much, I went so unwillingly and with such an ill grace that I must have spoiled all of her pleasure by my conduct. "Like so many other married men, jl regarded my'wife's family as my ■ hereditary foes, though they are, in reality, charming anil delightful peo ple. But when any of them came to ,visit us, and especially when her, mother came, I went about with the I air of a persecuted martyr, and was so (cross and glum that it simply tor tured my wife, trying to keep things pleasant on the outside and make her mother feel welcome, and from per ceiving how despicable I was. " 'How quiet John is,' I remember j hearing my mother-in-law say once when I was indulging in one of these silent grouches. " 'Oh, yes, mother, he is very quiet.' my wife answered with a little break in her voice. " 'Do you know, that surprises he?' replied my mother-in-law, innocently, 'for when he was courting you one of the things that I liked about him was that he was so jolly. A cheerful hus band does so much to make a bright home.' "Men change so after they are married," my wife answered-—and it stabs me to the heart to remember the sadness of her reply. "I never did a single thing to try to make my wife happy. I never de vised any little pleasure for her. I never suggested her going on any little trip, or taking any little pleas ure. Everything she got out of me she got after a wrangle over it that rubbed all. of the gilt, off the gin gerbread. Worse still, I talked to her as I would not have talked to any other woman on earth. "She stood it for a few years, then I she got tired and quit. She divorced jme and married another man. 1 saw j her the other day, and her face had ! lost the old strained expression it I wore when we were married. She | looked very peaceful and happy. "Not all married women who are miserable have the courage to get divorces, but when I see a man treat ing his wife as I treated mine, T wonder if he doesn't know that he has lost her, even though she may be sitting by his side." ! this field of work and am confident j that a girl who is determined to be- I have herself can do so wherever she ,is placed. Persuade your parents to have faith in you and to give you a year in which to prove yourself. I am sure they will see the wisdom of this course. YOU SHOULD HAVE «OXE BACK FOR HER DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: The other day, returning from an evening performance with a girl friend, r met some friends, one of | whom requested 11s to stop at her | home. The time being near midnight, i and having promised her mother to be 1 back by 12, I refused. My companion, I though, was determined to go, and 1 would not listen otherwise, so I left her with her friends and went direct ly to her mother, to whom I ex | plained. I contend that as I took the | girl to the theater it was her duty to i go home with me. On the other hand, she says I owe her an apology for j insulting her before her friends by fbaving her behind. Am I in the wrong? H. L. A. The girl's mother must have appre ! ciated your loyalty to your promise j to have her daughter home by mid -1 night. ll' it was impossible to tele j phone and ask whether the girl might Igo to the house of her friends, you . did the honorable thing by going to I explain the delay to her mother. DEEPEST REGRET IN ~ DEMOCRATIC RANKS General Surprise and Dissatisfac tion Over Confirmation of Post master Lesher at Huntingdon Special to The Telegraph Huntingdon, Pa., March 4. —Con- firmation of Joseph G, Lesher as Hunt ingdon's next postmaster has caused general surprise and deep regret. Dis satisfaction obtains especially in local Democratic ranks. The term of the present incumbent, Howard E. Blitz, Republican, expired February 6 and shortly before that F. L. Dershem. congressman of this (the "shoestring") district, endorsed Mr. Lesher for office. Ol* the several can didates he was accorded the weakest support locally. The sentiment of the patrons of this ofllee was against him, and it was well known that he relied almost solely on the endorsement of Congressman Dersheni and the sup port of his cousin. John V. Lesher, congressman from the Sunbury dis trict. While Lesher's candidacy was being boomed by "Cousin John" and Der shem, Representative A. Mitchell Pal mer, who dispenses federal patronage in Pennsylvania, daelined to take a hand In the contest, on the ground that intervention on his part would be a violation of the rule governing appointments in a district represented by a Democratic congressman. Demo crats here think Mr. Palmer's "non intervention rule" too elastic to be practical. As a Democratic party leader put it, "it enables Mr. Palmer to stand aloof when it suits his pur poses and permits John V. Lesher to intervene, with all his might, when he wants to secure a post office plum for a relative. And this is called 'nonintervention'." Democrats here feel that if this is the practical working of what Mr. Pal mer terms "reorganized Democracy," under his leadership, they have had enough of it. WITH REAL EMPIRE BODICE k New Skirt, Modeled Closely After Those of Long Ago. By MAY MANTON '550 One-Piece Tucked Skirt, 24 to 32 waist. Every woman who has bidden away among her treasures a gown of the Empire period, will recognize this skirt as being closely like it. It is straight and just full enough to be in good style, and it can be joined to a little close-fitting bodice, or it can be arranged over a deep pirdle, but the bodice is a feature that is interestingly reminiscent. Such a skjrt is pretty for every material that is thin enough to tuck successfully. Net is shown here and net is a deserved favorite. There arc a great many silks and crfipes that are charming treated in this way, and all the beautiful cotton fabrics seem especially designed for such ur-e. Among the new ones crdpes are especially worthy of mention, and the crSpcs show embroid ered figures as wcil as plain colors. Such a skirt can be made available for the dancing gown of elaborate sort and for the simple afternoon costume with equal suc cess. In the picture net is trimmed with roses to give an exceedingly dainty effect. For the medium size wilt be needed s''> yds. of material 27 or 36 in. wide, 3% yds. 44. and yd. 36 for either bodice or girdle. The pattern Xo. 855,0 is cut in sizes from 24 to 32 inches waist measure. It will be mailed to any address by the Fash ion Department 01* tins paper, on receipt oi tuc sent*. Bowman's soil May Munton Patterns. Class Will Give Playlet For New Building Fund "How the Girls Kept a Secret," a playlet, will be the feature- of JL musi cal entertainment to be given by the members of Mrs. \V. H. Brieker's Sun day school class in Curtin Heights Methodist Church. The following members of the class will participate: Misses Beatrix Barger, Margaret Shill ing, lone Stouffer, Dorothy Gibbons, Gertrude Lusk, Ruth White, Nora Gross, Emily Chrisman, Emma Frank, Mrs. Charles Frank. The proceeds of the entertainment will be used for the benefit bf (lie new building fund. Features of the pro gram are: Two organ numbers, bv Miss J. Blanche Gingrich, organist of the Maclay Street Church of God. und member of the class; a piano duet, by Misses Ruth White and Nora Gross; solo, by Miss Dorothy Gibbons; chorus, "The Bridal of the Birds," bv the class, and a reading by Miss Kathryn Bricker. SOCIAL, IIKM'KRS ENTERTAINED Special to The Telegraph Wain. Pa.. March 4.—-Last evening the Reformed Minister's Social Helpers Society was pleasantly entertained at the home of Miss Evaline Shuman. Ice cream were served. HANDICAPPED With but three minutes to catch his train, tho traveling salesman inquired of the street car conductor, "Can't you go faster than this?" "Yes," the bell-ringer replied, "but T 'have to stay with my car."—Harper's. HARRISBURG TEL.EGRAPH >4a>M i it »»§»i H t» i THE NEED OF THE HOUR j '>• Is Our Combination 3=F r uel Range j j- The range you can burn coal when you | ~ want to, wood when you want to and gas « mm when you want to, each separately or at j J» — r once, just as you like. You need no longer ask your- f self the question: "How shall I know which range to | ; ' yfe £|P |iy!H buy ?" the answer is, "Buy the 3-Fuel Combination Range." | Let us demonstrate this 3-Fuel Conbination Range i ,p to you. We have the 1-Fuel Ranges also, S2O and up, T all pipe included. 1 How About That Nice Carriage For That Nice Baby? j This fresh, invigorating air is ;» 1 -j§| good for the little tots, makes them ~ £ 1 / grow and saves doctor bills. | <* We have 75 styles of Baby Ve- f j|fe| !;■ M 98c all the way up the line to ■? ! ( S4O; handsome Carts at r J ' $9.98, sl2, $lB, S2O & $25 <» s • , Final Clearance of All Winter Garments 1 Men's Suits and Overcoats ONE-FOURTH original prices. !r , esentctl If the shopper were to follow the process of manufacture of the various articles from the beginning to their final place in the homes of the pur chasers it would bring one into con tact with most of the activities of mankind, in this great clearing house for the handicraft of the workers of the world there Is found the work of the native needlewomen of the Euro pean countries who have woven dainty stitches into the lace and embroid eries. and there tire represented the cotton pickers of the South, who have gathered the pure\white cotton into baskets, and the workers at the loom who have woven it into cloth, the trapper from the cold countries of the north, the diamond diggers of South Africa, the silk growers of the Orient and the rugmakers of Europe and Asia. When it is remembered that 10,000 people pass through the doors of some of the large stores every hour In the day it Is easily recognized what an educational influence the department stores of the country have on the peo ple. It is said that there is no other Institution where the esthetic element is so strong or has so deep an in fluence. Where art galleries attract thousands, the department stores at tract tens of thousands, and the works of art in them are seen by a vast num- her who would never think of going to a place devoted alone to art. To majiy-tlie commercialism of art makes it far more attractive, and uncon sciously they absorb more or less of the art itself. Vast Training School Another function of the depart ment store which the alert shopper sees is that with Its thousands of em ployes it is a vast training: school for men, women and children, and that there is no other commercial agency which has a greater influence in mak ing self-supporting citizens of the men and women, and particularly of the young people of the nation. The de partment store has come to lie looked upon as something of a profit-sharing concern for the employer, employes and customers, as they all share in its benefits, and this may have something to do with the claim of the latter that they should have a voice in determin ing the condition and treatment of em ployes. The searchlight of public opinion has been turned on some of the department stores so strongly that both the employers and employes have been found wanting, and many im provements have been made on both sides within the last few years. Work ers have been learning the best meth ods for doing their work and increas ing their efficiency. Employers have learned that welfare and educational work is one of the best investments they can make, and the public gauges its opinion of a store, its business methods and how well it keeps abreast of the tluies by Its treatment of Its employes. Lower Profits, Better Service Few modern marvels surpass in in terest the department store. There may be other developments of twen tieth century progress better fitted to stand as a type of the age, but there is no institution in which women as a class are more deeply interested or which affects them "more materially. Jt Is a long step from the little cross roads store of a few years ago to the modern department store, but the lat ter was evolved from the former. The basic' idea of each was to furnish goods to the customer in the best pos sible manner, and the difference is that the department store operates on nn enlarged scale and with In creased facilities. The method of grouping many departments under one roof and purchasing In large quanti ties so reduced expenses that custom ers profit by lower prices and better service. GOOD PRICES AT SALE Special to The Telegraph Annville. Pa,, March 4. —The sale of livestock on the farm of E. C. Green await, two miles southwest of Ann ville, realized the best prices received in this part of the country the past year. Two cows sold for $211;. while the average price was about S7B. A pair of mules went for $390. The sale amounted to $3,237.29. MARCH 4, 1915. English Child Conservation Is Lesson to Americans The following is quoted from Mabel J Potter Daggett's remarkable .article j entitled "Mothercraft in England," j Pictorial Review for March. What the Schools for Mothers are j primarily aiming at is, of course, the j conservation of the child. They | brought to the Exchequer the mor- j taltty statistics for the year 1914 and; he found that these had declined from a former average of one hun-' dred and fifty-five deaths per thou-1 sand babies born, to the much lower! average of ninety per thousand. The 1 way to keep babies alive and rising in i weight, it is clear, is to get "fnmilies' rising in the standard of living. The ] housewifery that helps, can't come j too early. Brides' classes to which i bridegrooms are also invited, are be- | ing organized in some of the schools and the Swansea school in Wales has summoned school girls of from t Stiff Joints Rheumatism Sore Muscles Oh! Such Pain! No need for you to endure the agony another hour. Touch the painful epot with Sloan's Lini ment and away flies the pain. SLOANS LINIMENT KILLS PAIN (Guaranteed) DR. CARL S. SLOAN, lac. Philadelphia. Pa. St. Louis, Mo. Price, 25c.. 50c. and 11.00 twelve to fourteen to a class for "ap prentice mothers." When Mrs. Gor don registered at "The Welcome" in 1912, she was listed on the books in J "Class A—Family in poverty," bv I which is Indicated that they were | without the necessaries for physical ( efliciency. In 1913 they wrote her on the books of Class A into "Class j B—Family above poverty line." | Babies belonging to Class A, It is in- I teresting to nole, average in weight at twelve months seventeen pounds fifteen and one-half ounces as eom- I pared with the eighteen pounds thir j teen and three-quarters ounces rec- I orded as the average for babies from I families of Class B. Robbie Gordon j last Summer tipped the scales at | twenty-two pounds, which was five | pounds more than any previous Gor |don one-year-old. That's how skilled i motherhood counts. Now what may not the baby weigh when Father, too, gets all tlio train ing that's coming to him ? —Pictorial Review. 9