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The Dangers of Flirtation
By Beatrice Fairfax
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX —I am deep
ly interested in a girl I see every day
on the car as I go to work. She smiles
at me every morning as we ride in
the car. but I scarcely dare to speak.
I have never been introduced. I
a3 not know any of her friends.
I would like to meet her. but I
don't like to get acquainted by tlirt
ing with her. Would you kindly ad
vise me if I should speak to her?
w rites "Steady Reader."
Letters of this sort keep pouring in
on me, and nothing that I can say
neems to impress my readers with the
fact that there is not a special case,
or that in their particular instance it
would not be safe and sane to scrape
acquaintance with some one of whom
they know nothing.
Once and for all time I reply to
ihose many correspondents —"DON'T
FT,IRT."
Every day each one of us sees, in
passing, some face that arrests and
attracts. The "stream of life" carries
by us people for whom we feel either
a momentary attraction or a conscious
affinity. They pass, and we cannot
know them: we dare not even try.
That is one of the rules society has
laid down for its own protection.
I am not saying that this rule does
rot force us to miss enjoyable friend
ships—but it also saves us from dis
astrous acquaintances.
Unfortunately, part of the stock in
trade of villians and adventuresses
often is to simulate innocence and
i-harm so perfectly that no eye can
detect the sham. And some of us are
so constituted that when beauty at
tracts our viiion our cool, sane judg
ment can not light its way into our
consciousness and sway us at all.
At best we are likely to meet all
sorts of rogues and mountebanks. But
sometimes we are protected from
them by the respect they feel for
t>ur position, cr. at the other extreme,
the pity it engenders.
An introduction is a guarantee of
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Wounded 97 Times.
What It Means In This War.
The men in this war of the na
tions are showing a devotion to coun
try. which is as great and self-sacrific
ing as the patriotic devotion of the
Japanese in 1904. A major in the
French Army Medical Service was
wounded nine+y-seven times, and ex
pects to go back to the front. The
majority of the injuries are slight and
men go back to the front and fltrht
Again and again. Courage is a matter
of good blood and good digestion-
More men are invalided home through
sickness and the hardships of living
In the trenches than are sent back on
Recount of wounds.
An Imitation of nature's methods
of restoring wasted tissue and impover
ishment: of the blood and nervous
force is used when yon take a glyceric
!x tract of herbs and roots, without the
se of alcohol, like Dr. Pierce's Golden
fedieal Discovery. This venerable
ledicine coaxes the digestive func
ions and helps in the assimilation of
•xid, or. rather, takes from the food
nst the nutriment the blood requires,
t overcomes gastric irritation, lrrl
ability, and symptoms of indigestion.
*y driving out the poisons from the
ystem the blood i*> purified. Dr.
'ierce's Medical Discovery purifies the
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WEDNESDAY EVENING
good faith. When John Smith says.
"Miss Brown. I want you to know my
friend, Mr. Jones," he is standing:
sponsor for Miss Brown and Mr.
Jones; and they both know it and act
toward one another with a certain re
gard for their mutual relations to
Smith.
i But when Mr. Jones, after smiling
at Miss Brown during a week of meet
lings in the subway, comes up to her
land says. "Er—you going my way?"
and she smiles and says "Yes." two
things happen in Mr. J one's mind.
He readjusts his admiration for her
j blue eyes in terms of "I wonder If any
other fellow ever 'picked her up?' "
and "Well—that was easy. Guess I
i looked as good to her as she did to
' me."
j And the acquaintance that starts
| with a little fear of what he'll think
|on Miss Brown's part is likely to end
iwith abrupt unpleasantness when she
i finds Just how badly he does think
of a girl who had so little self-respect
( that she let a stranger speak to her.
Flirting is a risk—too great a risk
,to take. It has definite big dangers:
'through it we are likely to make
j very undesirable acquaintances and
Ito come to t>e considered as a possi
jble undesirable acquaintance.
I The chances are a hundred against
ione that a worth-while individual
i will be met in this way. The chances
| are one against a hundred that
'worth-while people will ever care to
i know you after you have shown your
self to be one of those "gamblers
| with life" who ~-»rmit yourself to
ifollow any fancy o" the moment and
,to accept acquaintances without any
demand for credentials of character
in the shape of proper introduction.
You wouldn't lend any stranger
iyou passed casually on the street
your last five dollars because you
|liked his face, would you? Why en
trust to his keeping what is infinitely
, more precious, your reputation, your
i standard of personal dignity, your
I character itself?
blood and entirely eradicates t!M poi
sons that breed and feed disease. It
thus cures scorfula. eczema, boils,
pimples and other eruptions that mar
and scar the skin.
Pure blood is essential to good
health. The weak, rundown, debili
tated condition which so many people
experience is commonly the efTeot of
impure blood. The " Discovery " not
only cleanses the blood of its Impuri
ties, but it increases the activity of
the blood-making glands and en
riches the body with an abundant sup
ply of pure, rich blood. Every day
the man or woman must manufacture
a pint of rich arterial blood thfct is
stimulating to the brain, and that can
rebuild the tissues that were destroyed
in yesterday's work. This tonic and
nerve builder can be obtained in either
liquid or tablet form.
Disease germs are on every hand.!
They are in the very air we breathe.'
A system " run down" is a prev for
them. One must have vital force to
withstand them. Vital force depends'
on digestion—on whethpr or not food
nourishes —on the quality of blood
coursing through the body. This is the:
time to take Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery.
Tf you want to know all about your-;
self in health or disease, write Dr.!
Piprce. Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y..'
and send him three dimes for his]
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RETIRED AFTER 32
YEARS OF SERVICE
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j CAPTAIX CHARLES P. MECK
jthe Second Governor's Troop In 189S
and also having served with the rank
of first lieutenant for more than fifteen
I years, as required by the retirement
! clause of the State Military Code,
j Captain Meek was in the Eighth
| Regiment when it was commanded by
| Colonel J. P. S. Gobin and in the Gov
-1 ernor's Troop under Captain llarinan
A. Perkins and Captain Frederick M.
Ott. He also served as squadron adju
tant under Major Ott until that well
known officer's retirement last year,
and since then under the new squad
ron commander, Major Joseph V. Cun
ningham, of New Castle, Pa.
Captain Meek is the son of a soldier
of two wars, his father, the late Epli
raim G. H. Meek, serving as first ser
geant of Co. A, Eleventh Infantrv in
the Mexican war in 1847-8, and being
commissioned as n first lieutenant in
the Civil war in 1802.
Kecord of Military Service
Captain Charles P. Meek enlisted in
Co. D. Eighth Regiment, X. <_}. P
(City Grays) Slay 25. 1875, under Cap
tain Thomas F. Maloney, and served
five years, the full term of enlistment
at that time, receiving a discharge
May 25, 1880. When a movement was
started for the organization of a cav
alry troop for the Third Brigade in
the early part of 1888, he placed hN
name on the list and was mustered in
with the Governor's Troop on February
18. 1888. Six days later, February 24,
he was appointed first sergeant by
Captain Harman A. Perkins and served
in that position until July 21, 1890,
when he was elected second lieuten
ant.
On June 5. 1891, he was elected first
lieutenant and re-elected June 5, 189fl.
April 28. 1898. he went with the Gov
ernor's Troop to Camp Hastings. Mt.
Gretna, and volunteered for the Span
ish war, but on May 12 he was reject
ed on account of eyesight and returned
to Harrlsburg. He was then given
permission by the State authorities to
recruit a new troop of cavalry, which
was mustered into the service as the
Second Governor's Troop, X. G. P.,
and attached to the Third Brigade!
under Brigadier General Frank J. Ma
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gee. He was elected captain of the
new troop on July 21, 1898, and re
mained in command of it until the re
organization of the old Governor's
Troop January 31, 1899, when he was
again elected first lieutenant. Ho was
re-elected February 11, 1904, and
March 2. 1909. On the organization of
a cavalry squadron consisting of the
Governor's Troop, Sheridan Troop and
Troop F, known as Squadron B, (now
[Second Squadron of First Regiment of
Cavalry) In 1910, he was appointed
by Major Frederick M. Ott as first lieu
tenant and squadron adjutant with;
date of May 16. 1910, and served in that
staff position nearly five years, retir-
I ing March 9, 1915.
Popular Officer
' In all of the elections to the varl
| ous commissions held by Captain Meek
he never had opposition, the vote hav
ing been unanimous in every instance.
Captain Meek served five years In
the infantry branch and twenty-seven
in the cavalry. Twenty-five of the
years In the mounted service were as
a commissioned officer. His rank as a
first lieutenant dates back to June 5,
1891, the commission as captain in
the Spanish war period not breaking
the continuous service.
Captain Meek has commissions sign
ed by six commanders-in-chief, as fol
lows: Governor Beaver, as second
lieutenant. 189 D; Governor Pattison,
first lieutenant, 1891; Governor Hast-
ings, first lieutenant, 1896, and cap
tain, 1898; Governor Stone, first lieu
tenant, 1899: Governor Pennypacker,
first lieutenant, 1904; Governor Stuart,
first lieutenant, 1909, and first lieuten
ant and squadron adjutant, 1910.
PRESIDENT PARDONS DYING
PRISONER IN PENITENTIARY
Washington, March 24.—Touched by
news that George Savage, a prisoner
in the Minnesota penitentiary, was dy-1
i ing, President Wilson last night signed
: a pardon and orders were telegraphed
to the warden to release the man.
(lavage was serving a sentence of
five years. Imposed by the Federal
Court at St. Paul, for violation of the
Mann "white slave" '.aw. His sentence
began in April, 1914.
RRAVE BOY MAY BE REWARDED
Sunbury, Pa., March 24.—Clarence
Teats, of Northumberland, aged 18, at
the risk of his life last December made
a perilous trip over broken Ice and
saved from drowning 6-year-old
Charles Rine, who fell Into the Sus
quehanna river. He thought no more
of the act until within the last two
weeks, when he received two letters
from the Andrew Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission asking him for Informa
tion concerning the act and various
details. He Is modest and has asked
those who witnessed the act to furnish
the information.
MARCH 24, 1915. " ,l,r
MISSIONARY CONVENTION'
Special to The Telegraph
Mechanicsburg, Pa., March 24. —
This evening and to-morrow a mis
sionary convention In Union Chapel
will be held by the Christian and Mis
sionary Alliance. The speakers will
Include the Rev. J. S. Moore, of Lan
caster; the Rev. W. H. Chandler, of
Wheaton. 111.; Mrs. O. Lapp, of India,
and Miss A. E. Galbraith. of China.
The Rev. Mr. Chandler will be the
speaker to-night. In charge of the
services will bo the pastor, the Rev.
W. H. Worrall, and Miss Cora Smith,
of llarrisburg, will assist in the music.
CHORAL. CLUB CONCERT
Annville, Pa.. March 24.—The larg
est audience that has attended an en
tertainment at Lebanon Valley College
the past year witnessed the first an
nual concert of the Eurydlce Choral
Club last night In the Engle Conserv
atory of Mufeic. Two delightful read
ings were given by Miss Josephine
Urlch. The club is under the direction
of Miss Catherine Schmidt, head of
the department of voice at the college.
CASTORIA Forlnhnhind CMWm Bears the s/f/> . ""*
ThiKlrJ You Have Alwajs Bought. _
Civil Service Exams.
Are Open to All
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces the following
examinations to be held In Harris
burg. Persons who meet the require
ments and desire any of the examin
ations should at once apply to tha
secretary, third civil service district,
Philadelphia, Pa., or local secretary,
Harrisburg.
Scientific assistant, $1,440 per an
num, April 14-16; blacksmith, male,
S7O per month, April 20: Junior bac
teriologist, male, ) 1,020-11,200, April
28; information editor, male, $2,000,
April 28; Hull draftsman,male, SI,BOO,
April 28-29.
The following examinations are also
scheduled to be held on April 5:
Clerk, departmental; electrotyper,
molder; elevator conductor, guard,
press feeder, pressman, stenographer,
stenographer and typewriter, steno
graphic clerk, stereotyper,
typewriter.
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