10 OF INTEREST TO THE WOMEN A Little Harmless Gossip By RKATUICE FAIRFAX "With every death a reputation dies,'' does add poetic license to truth, but unfortunately it has a superstruc ture of fact. Scandal most decent peo ple abhor, but everyone seems to have a secret hankering for "a little harm less gossip." When a group of individuals gather ; together all talk about people or | things or ideas exactly in accordance with their mental ability. Petty minds can't think beyond the affairs of the neighborhood. Little souls must look at life personally and deal in concrete conceptions in which Mr. A and Miss B and Mrs. C figure. Broader minded men and women are interested in events, in happen ings of life about them, in the larger world of news. And really superior minds concern themselves with specu »» latlon with mental experiment, with the sort of thing that has made for growth and progress and discovery. "A little harmless gossip" may: truthfully enough begin quite unma liciously. Suppose A tells B that A looks worried. Then B who has noth ing better to talk about, tells C that X's affairs must be in rather a bad way, for he really isn't looking well at all. Xext O. who wants to appear Interesting, and well informed in the eyes of D, tells that individual that X j is on the verge of a failure. And D, with a very know-it-all all, • remarks to K that Mrs. X's extrava- ! i gance has ruined her husband and to- ; morrow lie is going into bankruptcy. | Nobody wants to be malicious. No- i body meant to do the X's irreparable harm, but what began as a trifling und unconsidered bit of gossip lias grown to dangerous proportions. X's ! creditors hear of It and force him into i bankruptcy perhaps, and Mrs. X finds 1 her matrimonial happiness gone be cause she feels that her husband ! : wasn't man enough to take the blame on his own shoulders, but hid behind ! ] More Profit—Less Risk In these times of sudden style changes, many merchants are carrying smaller stocks of merchandise. Through WESTERN UNION j ; Day Letters and Night Letters they quickly fill broken lines with new, fresh goods. Results—more and faster turn-overs, smaller investment, fewer left-overs. S THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. 1 II I 11111111 l ~r-"-|T—Htw—HUT II TIMMIIW Hllßllillllir' — , Wages Increased Food 40% The coal miners justify their demands for a 20 per cent, increase in wages by claiming that while food prices have advanced 40 per cent, in 12 years; wages have increased only 5y 2 per cent. Besides a 20 per cent, increase in wages, the miners demand an eight-hour day and many other consider ations. It appears that the operators will refuse these de mands and a compromise will have to be made. The contract between operators and miners expires March 31. Until an agreement is reached mining operations are likely to be suspended. Better have enough coal in your cellar to last until warm weather. It may be difficult to buy after April Ist and we advise you to have a supply on hand. United Ice & Coal Co. _ ForN<op A Condi'n \ \ I / / A. ( lioNtnnt X. A X Mulberry M Hummel Third .V Hon* Also Stcelton, Pa. V " yrom Oven fo C° r Goodness U5 r < - onven " J I Workmen's Compensation I ! Act Blanks . I We are prepared to ship promptly any or all of. the Wanks > | made necessary by the Workmen's Compensation Act which took S 5 effect Jasuary 1. Let us hear from you promptly as the law re- | qulras that you should now have those blanks In your possession. I The Telegraph Printing Co. j Print Ing—Bi iidiiijr—Designing—Plioto En?ra vl ng IIARUISBCRG. PA. \ 1 MONDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 13, 1916. a woman. Mrs. Y is walking up the avenue and meets Mr. Z. lie suggests they lunch together instead of each hav ing a lonely meal. Harmless enough —but Mr. Y is in a fai listant city and Mrs. Z is in the country for the summer. And a "little harmless gos sip" so magnified the event of the luncheon that it grows from "a harm less indiscretion" to an "outrageous flaunting of a shameful infatuation." And it actually brings about a divorce in one family and a life clouded by suspicion for the other. It is exactly this type of thing that "a little harmless gossip" causes. I wonder why so few of us remem ber that the way we interpret other peoples' actions has to be based on self-knowledge. If we know each In our own soul that a seemingly inno cent thing would mean ignoble pur pose in our own case naturally we must conclude that it the same in another case. Each of us takes ourself as the standard of measurement. Each of us interprets other peoples' actions in terms of what we would mean if we did the same thing. Each of us must look at life through his own eyes. A litle thought and every one of us will grant the truth of this statement. Then here is the thought that ought to make us all tremble at the thought of gossip. If we sneeringly und suggestively comment on the ac tion of another we are only confessing that in like case we would not be act ing decently and disinterestedly. So against gossip there ure three great arguments: In talking about people we acknowledge ourselves too stupid to conceive of life impersonally in terms of things and ideas, we do irreparable harm to innocent people; and by malicious interpretation of simple acts we confess ourselves prac tically Incapable of acting with sim ple decency. 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It has also proved invaluable in prepar ing for childbirth and the Change of Life. Third.—The great number of unso licited testimonials on file at the Pink ham Laboratory at Lynn, Mass., many of which are from time to time published by permission, are proof of the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, in the treatment of female ills. Fourth.—Every ailing woman in the United States is cordially invited to write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass., for special advice. It is free, will bring you health and may save your life. ' TIME TABLE Cumberland Valley Railroad In reflect June 27. 1915. TRAINS leave Harrlsburg— For Winchester and Martirisburgr at 5:03, *7:52 h. iti., *3:40 p. ni. For llager.«t(*wn. Chambersburg, Car lisle, Meclianicsburg and intermediate ;itation.s :il *5:03, *7:52, *11.53 a. in. •2:40. 5:37, *7:15, *11:00 p. ni. Additional trains for Carlisle and Mechanlcsburg at 9:48 a. m., 2:16, 3:26 6:30, 9:35 p. m. For Dillsburg at 5:03. *7:52 and •11:53 a. ni., 2:16. *3:40, 5:37 and 6:30 p. m. •Dally. All other trains daily except Sunday. H. A. RIDDLE. J H. TONGE. G. P. A. FLORIDA $31.80 "'£S> $31.80 Jacksonville From Philadelphia every "Wednesday and Saturday. Including meals and choice of state room aorommodatlons. All outside rooms. Fine steamers. Best service Tickets limited to May 31. .Merchants .V Miner* Trima. Co. City Ticket Office, 105 S. 9th St Phlla.. Pa. Consult any ticket or tourist agent. Try Telegraph Want Ads HOME A Novel I>.V George Agnew Chamberlain SYNOPSIS CHAPTER I —Alan Wayne Is sent away from Heel Hill, his home, by his uncle. J. Y.. as a moral failure. Clem runs after him in a tangle of short skirts to bid him good-by. CHAPTER ll—Captain Wayne tells Alan of the failing of the Waynes. Clem drinks Alan's health on his birthday. CHAPTER lll—Judge Healey buys a picture for Allx Lansing. The judge defends Alan in his business with his employers. , CHAPTER IV—Alan and Allx meet at sea, homeward bound, and start a flirtation, which becomes serious. CHAPTER V—At home. Nance Ster ling asks Alan to go away from Alix. Allx is taken to task by Gerry, her husband, for her conduct with Alan and defies him. CHAPTER Vl—Gerry, as he thinks, sees Alix and Alan eloping, drops everything, and goes to Pernambuco. CHAPTER Vll—Alix leaves Alan ">n the train and goes home to llnd that Gerry has disappeared. CHAPTER VIII —Gerry leaves Per nambuco and goes to Piranhas. On a canoe trip he meets a native girl. CHAPTER IX—The judge fails to rate Gerry. A baby is born to Alix. CHAPTER X—The native girl takes '.Jerry to her home and shows him the ruined plantation she is mistress >i. Gerry marries her. CHAPTER XI At Maple house Collingeford tells how he met Alan — "Ten Per Cent. Wayne"—building a bridge in Africa. CHAPTER Xll—Collingeford meets Alix and her baby and he gives hei encouragement about Gerry. CHAPTER Xlll—Alan comes back !o town but does not go home. 11l makes several calls In the city. CHAPTER XlV—Gerry begins to improve Margarita's plantation and builds an irrigating ditch. CHAPTER XV —In Africa Alan reads Clem's letters and dreams of home. CHAPTER XVl—Gerry pastures Liober's cattle during the drought. A aby comes to Gerry and Margarita. CHAPTER XVII Collingl'ori; •neets Alix in the city and finds her changed. CHAPTER XVIII—AIan meets Alix I. Y. and Clem, grown to beautiful womanhood, in the city and realize; that he has sold his birthright for u mess ol' pottage. CHAPTER XlX—Kemp and Gerry "oome friends. CHAPTKK ... ut.r.p and Gerry visit TJeber and the three- exiles are drawn to gether by a common tie. "Time was when orchids was an ambition; now they's Jest a business In Eurnp, it's some different. They's collectors liankerln' after new varie ties an' houses that keeps men lookin' for 'em but iu America, you ma'k me. if an orchid don't make up well 011 the missus' bodice or on the table, it afn't business: an' they's a few million children growin' up to the idea that if it ain't a Cattleya it ain't an orchid." Kemp came to himself, blushed and hurried out as if on urgent business. Lieher looked at Gerry's thoughtful face and smiled. "Who'd have thought he'd ever talk that way in daylight?" he said. "I think," replied Gerry, "It "was your offering lo let him make this place his headquarters, it rattled him and started him off. I could see he was grateful." "Perhaps that was it," said Lieber. "He's a queer one. He never asked me. It just occurred to me to sug gest it because I'm getting to enjoy having Kemp around." Gerry nodded. His eyes fell on the clock and he got up with a start. The sun was at its highest when he reached Fazenda Flores. "Thou hast been away a long time," said Margarita re proachfully. Gerry Jumped off his horse and kissed her. Then he picked up his son and set him in the saddle. Mar garita screamed. True Blue arched his neck and looked cautiously around at his featherweight burden. The young horse stood very still while Margarita fought past Gerry's arm and dragged the Man from its perilous perch to her bosom. And manlike the Man protested with a bad-tempered, whole-lunged wail that rent the air and brought Dona Maria to the corner of the house to peer at them with eyes shaded under cupped hands. A few days later the rftins came In earnest, passed and Gerry contracted with Lieber for labor to be paid for in produce. Fazenda Flores blossomed and bore fruit. People began to come in from afar to barter for produce and a buyer appeared and took over the whole of tiie little cotton crop. Gerry poured money into Margarita's lap— more money than she had ever seen— and sent her under escort of Dona Maria and Bonifacio and the Man to purchase all of comfort and furbelows that the tiny market of Piranhas could supply. They wore to be gone two days and Gerry left the Fazenda in charge of his foreman to go and spend the time with Lieber and Kemp. He found Kemp In a sort of controlled elation over the greatest shipment of eommer- nothing like 1 <sifkcs ( V^OWMRJ To heal & soothe the skin, Sykes Comfort Powder is not a plain talcum powder, but a skilfully medi ated powder combining extraordinary healing, antiseptic and soothing quali ties, and harmless to the most delicate ikin. Itpossesses the power to heal anc jrevent skin affections of infants, chil iren and sick people. For 20 years the nurse's best friend i: nursery and sick room. 25c. all dealert THE COHFOBT POWDEB CO. Boston. JUu. stops itching /-W and burning | j . 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HE 1 A l liilWMlTlWllll" IIHIII—III HI || lIIII—I | -clnl orchids the trade had ever known, j Just after Gerry's arrival two men ' appeared bearing a monster plant of ' over two hundred leaves strung, like i the grape cluster of Eschol, on a pole. Kemp's deep-set eyes seemed to ! grow out of his head as he made out ! their burden. "Hl-yi!" he yelled and rushed off to the corral where he threw j himself on to an astonished heifer, j For one second she squatted and then i went mad. With yell and Hogging hat j Kemp poured oil on the fire of her I frenzy. She bticked and twisted and all but somersaulted in her efforts to rid herself of the demon on her back. On the veranda, Lieber aud Gerry held i | their sides and roared at the ruost j grotesque fine riding they had ever I 1 seen. Finally, with a desperate lunge, the heifer breasted the corral fence. It caught her middle and she teetered over. Kemp turned a handspring from I her back and landed on his feet. The ! heifer scrambled free from the fence and tore, wild-eyed, out Into the desert, j "Laughter rang from every side. Three herders threw themselves on to their horses and rode, shouting, after the heifer. Kemp straightened out his hat, I put it on, and walked sedately over to the veranda. There was only a faint glint in his eye as he bought the mon ster plant to crown the monster ship ment. That dry season saw the beginning of a drought that will long hold the blackest pago in the annals of the San Francisco basin. It seemed but days lifter the rains when the sparse grass and new-leafed bushes of the wilder ness began to shrivel up. Day after day the sun leaped brazen, from the horizon to the sky, his first level rays searching out the scant, stored mois ture of wilting foliage, and the very sap of the hardy brush. While the cat tle were still fat they became weak and turned to cactus for nourishment. They broke down the sickly branches with their horns and rubbed them in the sand to free them of the worst of tlie thorns. Herders rode the rounds on weakening horses and dismounted time and again to pull out spines from the snouts of passive, panting cows. Bulls died of broken pride. They would not subject themselves to the pain of eating cactus. The river—the great river—was no longer great. It grumbled with a weak voice from deep down in the gorge. Gerry watched its falling level with anxious eye and one day sent an urgent call to Lieber for help. Lieber came. He brought with him j an army, every man bearing with him I the tool tliat had come soonest to his band. Spades were few and hoes; the bright shares of a pick or two caught j t the light like lances. Most of the men j depended on the heavy sheath knives they carried at their sides. They i looked like an army of sansculottes j as they swarmed into the ditch and began to dig. In two days they had sunk it to the required level. When they finished Gerry rode back with | them to help bring down Lieber's weakening stock. Kemp had stayed in sole possession j at Lieber's. Digging was not iu his line, so he had volunteered to hold the ■ fort against the return of the garri- J son. He welcomed Lieber and Gerry to a supper of his own making in ap proved cowboy stylo: sour-dough bis cuits made by a master hand, steaks cfft from a freshly killed calf and fried j before toughness set in. a pile of creamy mashed spuds. There was a homeliness about the meal that made them eat in silence. They felt as though for years tl»ey had been wor shiping false culinary gods. The pile of steaks, the heaped potatoes, the hot biscuit, were exotics, strayed into a 1 land of pepper sauces and garlic. The 1 supper seemed to the\three men to take on a personality and to be ill at j ease, but it was they that were 111 at , ease for the supper reminded them i that they were exiles. 1 The silence on the veranda that night was even longer than usual. Ger ry's njlnd went back to a French book that he had bought in desperation at Pernambuco. He had ploughed through half of it and with a catch in his thoughts he remembered that it lay open on the table when he left his Ut ile room iu Piranhas on the morning RUB MUX AWAY 1H "ST. MOBS 1" Rub Lumbago, Pain and Soreness from Your Lame Back-Instant Relief! Doesn't Blister-Get a Small Trial Bottle-Wonderful Liniment When your back is sore and lame | or lumbago, sciatica or rheumatism has you stiffened up, don't suffer! Get a small trial bottle of old, honest 'St. Jacobs Oil" at any drug store, pour a little in your hand and rub it right on your aching back, and by! the time you count fifty, the soreness j nnc l . lameness is gone. | of mornings that had broken life In two. Some of its phrases, conned over and over again in his struggle with the half-forgotten idiom, came back to liitn. "La parole est du temps, le silence de I'eternite." He smiled to himself at the twisted meaning the long silence of his companions gave to the words. Then the smile left his face. He re membered the argument. The instinct we all have for superhuman truths tells us that it is dangerous to be si lent with those we would keep at a distance, for words pass and are for gotten between men, but silence—ac tive silence—is forever Ineffaceable. True life—the moments of life that leave a trace—is made up of silence. Not passive silence; lliat is but anoth er name for sleep. But the active si lence that breaks down barriers, pierces walls and turns (lie life of ev ery day into a life where all is in tense, where there Is no ban—nothing forbidden—where laughter dare not enter, where subjection is submerged j and where all—all. Is remembered. Gerry felt that this active silence had come upon them. These men were being borne Into the silent sphere of his own soul. He felt restless —afraid. He decided to speak. He was on the point of speak:"" —lion Lieber let WHEOWS- Cascarets Gently Cleanse the Liver and Bowels, Stopping Headache, Nasty Breath, Sour Stomach or Bad Colds. Better Than Salts, Oil, Calomel or Pills for Men, Women, Children —Never Gripe—2o Million Boxes Sold Last Year. * Take one or two Cascarets tonight ing. Stop the headache, biliousness, and enjoy the nicest, gentlest liver and I l)a<l colds and bad days. Feel fit and . , , , , ready lor work or play. 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"T.nst night I dreamed I heard the f blast of a sttimer's horn and when I woke up the cold sweat was on rn.v forehead because I know that there is no desert no wilderness, so far from tl'te tilings you would forget that dreams cannot follow you to it." He stopped and silence fell upon them again. Lieber stared straight in front of him. out into the night. His face worked as though he were strug gling to keep Ills lips closed. When he began to speak again, the words were scarcely audible. "I don't know why I want to tell you two about why I am here, unless.it is that as we sat hero so quiet I felt that you knew it ail that you knew all that I know and that I was on the point of knowing all that you have known. The little lies of life suddenly became big and hate ful and I saw in my life a monster lie that the silence was exposing. (To be continued.) HIP FRACTURE!* Andrew Hiler, 542 Itaco street, frac. lured his right leg Saturday, when ho fell from a box ear in the Harrlsbur* yards of the Pennsylvania railroad, was admitted to the Harrisburg haspi tal for treatment.
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