WOMEN'S I THE STRUGGLES OF A WIFE By Virginia Terhune Van de Water CHAPTER XXVIII (Copyright, 1916, Star Company) Myra Webb thought of her new story with n nervousness that was almost feverish. At first, sfter her talk with her hus band, she wondered If she could un dertake the piece of work she had discussed with Perry Martin over their luncheon at Duquesne's. She feared that she could not rid herself of the palnfnl recollection of Horace's dis approval, of his wounded look when she had reminded him that her stor ies and articles brought mones' Into the family. She resolved that she would never say such a thing as this to him again. If he did not appreciate the dignity of her work, she must do It without his knowledge—that was all. "If the Iron be blunt one must put to It the more strength," she whis pered as she mused on this subject. If her husband was out of sym pathy with her efforts she could nevertheless put so much thought and ondeavor into each task that -she would triumph In spite of circum stances. Surely to make good In the face of Intangible discouragements was nobler and finer than to succeed when everything helped one on to suc cess. Was it not for Horace and. Grace that she was doing all thesu things —because she loved them anO yearned to make life easier for them? she was not laboring for thanks, but for the Kond of those she loved. It Would he a poor kind of affection that could not serve the beloved objects without con tinual expressions of their approval. Grace returned from the dinner at the Daklnes happy and enthusiastic. Myra was In bed reading, while Hor ace was writing in the llvlngrootn, nnd Grace came to her mother to tell her about her pleasant evening. A Delflghtfnl Company "There were several delightful peo ple at the dinner," she said, "so de lightful that 1 actually forgot that I was a poor school teacher. They talk ed about the kind of things that inter est me most. I want to have them here before long, mother. 1 am sure we could manage a pretty dinner of eight persons, even In our tiny dlnlngrootn, couldn't we?" "1 am sure we could, dear," Myra agreed. She did not add "hut what about the expense?" Vet Grace seemed to read her un spoken thought. "1 am supposing, of course, that you made some plans to-day which will pay you enough to allow us to splurge a little. Tou did—didn't you?" "I hope so, dear," the mother told her. "I am going to try to start on a new piece of work tomorrow." "Will it take long to do It?" "I hope not. You see I have not yet. learned to compose on the type writer. and I am only learning slow ly to copy my manuscripts." "Rut you are glad you took my advice and hired a machine, aren't you?" the girl queried. "Yes, I am," Myra acknowledged. "It Zh A -ami)initios of botb liquid ea4 I put*. They produce n brilliant, ThH '-i«ti»B tbiae \»itfc c«ry little effert. Thaw polishes contain uo add cad V Dot crack the leather. They inH iho Feather and lucre rite 0 -kc iif - cf ','jur -hoes. «B mjm >"■ F. UAUar Ui, 3UF«U, IT. BLACK-WHITE-fit MMBE \ \ give style, comfort and \ J} superbly fitting gown; are \ economical because long wearing, and assure the u * mos t * n a corset at a jl | jl jif \ most moderate price. 11l jjj lj ]jjl l w. B. NUFORM STYLE 419 (See ji I jl! jjj jj large illustration). Medium low bust; J: j ! •jllj l 'V \ elastic inserts. Splendid wearing 111 Jli I!jlj jA \ coutil, embroidery trimmed. . $1.50. /// l/l 'iljili I IW- B. NUFORM STYLE 'I j j;j I / 440 (See small illustration.) H Hi ' 1 •' li'i 'JI J F° r average full figures. Me- r fH M ,•* —fl! pM j dium bust. Double hip con | j /»' j ; j (qf struction assures double ; ; Iji'. !|! Ijj j V wear, with smooth fit. Long N. i 'fl, 0 New York Chica t o San Franclaco. Try Telegraph Want Ads WEDNESDAY EVENING, will save me money eventually, I am sure." Grace started to spenk, hesitated, then went on. "Mother, I did not tell you, but I have learned to use a type writer. Tee. I have," In reply to her mother's astonished exclamation. "I was afraid that teaching might fait, so I took lessons in stenography and [ typewriting. "If you like, I might copy some I of your stories for you if I can make time. Of course," she added, "that Is a ; big If," for I am about as busy as any jgirl ought to be. Still, If you cannot learn to operate your own machine I can help you out In tight places." "Thank you, dear. You are a wonder, Grace"—the mother meant the admir ing speech—"and I am very grateful to you for offering to help me. If I need your assistance I will let you know." Gra«* la Obliging i "While I am perfectly willing to do what I can." Grace remarked, "I l really think you should practice on ; your machine until you can master | it. Even though your work Is no* as Important as mine, still I am sure | that you feel you can do It better than anyone else could—just as I feel about j my own classes." | "I understand." Myra replied, j "Well, good-night!" Graoe said. "I j must get to beds and you should be asleep." 1 The mother lay there thinking after her daughter had left her. It was kind of Grace to offer to help her, but th«> parent knew that she could not accept the offer. \ In the first place, she would not | be able to put her best thoughts on paper if she was conscious that Grace's | uyes were to read them before they 1 were in cold type. She dreaded her ! daughter's criticism. Besides that—and here she set her teeth and tried not to mind too much- Grace, like Horace, seemed to seel that the work that the wife and mother was doing was trivial compared with their own money-making occupations. Would these two never see that writing was not a pastime, but serious labor? i Vet how line it was of Grace to have studied stenography on her own initiative In case she should fail in her teaching! She she would not fail. She was not the kind to do this. She was like her father In her dogged de termination to accomplish that which she attempted. Kven now. at his age, Horace was working as hard as If he were a young man. He who had been at the top of the ladder, had picked himself up af ter the fall, and Was silently, though slowly and painfully, beginning to climb. If these two could do this, the wife and mother could. They, however, were aware of her love and sympathy, while she. who wanted to do her part, knew that they were only tolerant, never I sanguine, of her success. Well, she I would show them that she could suc | ceed. If it took all her will power, her i strength, even her health itself, she ; would prove what was In her! ITo He t'-onttnurd. I Ue Socialfbates Story No, 4 A WAR OF WITS Plot by Q«org« Branson Howard. Novolization by Hugh C. Woir. Copyright Kalem Company. "I'm tired of the city!" aald Mona Hartley. She was looking from the window of the little apartment ahe • hared with Mary Burnett, her chum, and, in a sense, her partner. "Did you ever see such a day?" A high wind drove a mixture of rain and hall and snow against the window. The streets were covered with a treacherous, half frozen slush, that sent pedestrians and horses down constantly, slipping, sliding, falling as often as they kept their feet. It was an ugly day, dangerous to health, try ing to the temper. "It's awful!" said Mary, coming to the window and looking out with a •hiver of disgust. "We ought to get aTjmy," said Mona. '"Can't w» go South, Mary—or North, for that matter? I wouldn't care which—either sunshine, or a steady cold would be better than this."' "We can't have either." said Mary firmly. "We can't afford a vacation. Sh* Was Reltnt /«•»» to Hrt I cnantl Our money Is running pretty low, Mona. We can't afford to waste any." "I suppose not," said Mona regret fully. Anyone who wa« sufficiently Inter ested In the two girls to speculate about them at all must have supposed that they enjoyed a comfortable In come. They were not what Is known ns working woman. They seemed al ways to have enough for their needs, And it was the natural presumption that they possessed. If not a fortune, comfortable and independent means, at least. Yet, nothing: could have been fur ther from the truth. Both had. in the beginning, seemed to be assured of Just such a comfortable, protecied life as such conditions Insure. Both had been thrown upon their own re sources. And both, thanks to their attractiveness, had had the same bit ter and disillusioning experience. Men had sought to prey upon them, un willing to allow them to do what they wanted—which was to earn a living by such work as they were fitted to do. They had been resolute enough to resist every snare, every trap that had been baited for them. And they had come, in the end, to feel that they were Justified in obtaining from the world, by the exercise of a superior Intelligence, that living which they felt it owed them, and which they had been unwilling to accept at the price they had been asked to pay. They had'for some time levied tribute upon those who had believed them likely to be easy victims. They had played upon the credulity, the desires, the weakness of certain people who had made It a practice, In one way or another, to take advantage of pre cisely such weakness In others. Not once, since they had determined to live, so to speak, by their wits, had they despoiled anyone who did not richly deserve to suffer for Home meanness of character. More than once. Indeed, they had. with only Incidental profit to themselves, right ed wrongs and brought happiness to those who greatly needed It. Their methods had been unconventional, but they had avoided conflict with their own consciences as well as with the law. "Oh, uheer up." said Mary, after a time. "Something will turn up, Mona. You know—we're pretty lucky, and I believe that we wouldn't be if we were so altogether wrong even if some people would call us adventuresses If they knew." "I.,et them!" said Mona. "We are justified, Mary! We've never taken advantage of anyone who didn't de serve It. But—oh, I wish It would clear up!" With a firm gesture Mary drew down she shades and switched on the elec tric light. "A little mental science is the treat ment for you!" she said, with deter mination. "Now—lt's cold and clear «.utside( and it's late, so that It's dark, we're glad to be home, after a orisk walk—and we'll read the even ing papers!" Mona laughed, and sank, still smil ing. Into a chair, while Mary tele phoned down for the afternoon pa pers to be sent up to them. In a few moments they were both settled In easy chairs, reading. And, sudden ly. Mona exclaimed: "Mary listen!" she cried. "We can't afford a vacation—but there's no reason why we shouldn't go South on business, Is there?" "What now?" asked Mary, dropping her own paper. "Well—there's a story here from Yellow Springs—one of those 'society' page stories that the hotel correspon ents send out. Mary—Letty Mc- Lean is there!" "Lietty—spending the money rooms cost at Yellow Springs prices! You're soeing things, Mona!" "I'm not! It's true! She's scared rheumatism! Gout! Sciatica! Just the sort of things you'd expect her to have!" "Letty McLean!" said Mary, thoughtfully. "Oh, but I'd like to get even with her!" "Do you know her?" asked Mona. "Yes—but not the way you mean. She doesn't know me. at any rate : Once when I was working at Stacy's glove counter, another girl and I had j a wretched little flat In a tenement [ house she owned. One of us got sick I —and she had us put out because we were a week late with the rent! The collector almost cried—but said he • couldn't help himself, that she was so mean she'd Are him In a minute if he let anyone have any time! nh, she's the meanest old wretch alive—and i she's worth millions—simply mil- I lions!" "Well why shouldn't we see 1 what's to be doner' "H'm!" said Mary doubtfully, "X i believe it would be easier to borrow money from a bank without security i than to get anything out of Letty, j but—well, there's nothing else in ! sight, is there? I don't know that It j would be risking so very much! Let's i try it! We can turn around and come back if we see that It's hopeless." To Be Continued Tomorrow. 102 Unions Are Added to State Federation Reaver Falls, Pa., May 10.—The strength of organized labor and its steady progress was evidenced at the afternoon session of the State Fed ' eration of Labor, which opened its I convention hero yesterday. The re port of Secretary-Treasurer C. F. I Quinn, of Harrisburg. showed that the treasury has $8,712.13 and that there was n gain of 102 unions for the year. MICHIGAN' FOR KOOSEVKL/T Jackson, Mich.. May 10.—Theodore Roosevelt was indorsed for the presi dential nomination at the State con vention of the National Progressive party here jcstcriluy. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FOOD THAT BANKRUPTE OF GERMAN SAILORS CHAPTER IWi II" food that bankrupted the health of the German anllora aboard the Kron prtnm Wllhelm constated of the typical American meal. freah href, boiled, mashed and fried potatoes, canned vegetables, n hlte bread, sweet fclxcults, butter, lard, coffee, condensed mltk and sugar. Sunday night April 11. 1915. the converted cruiser Kronprlnz Wilhelm, after sinking fourteen French and British merchantmen, successfully fol lowed her raiding predecessor, the Prlnz Eitel Friedrlch, by running the guntlet through the cordon of British battleships patrolling the Atlantic at the mouth of the James river and safely reached the harbor of Newport News. We are not at all concerned with the dare-devil exploits of this swash buckling raider of the sea, but with the consequences of her marvelous experience we are Indeed deeply con cerned. When she flashed into port with all lights out under a full head of steam 110 of her crew of ROO were completely prostrated and the others were on the verge of prostration. The newspapers of the United States published a report that the sick sail ors were "the victims of beri-beri. caused by eating polished rloe." The peculiar fact of their experience Is that they did not eat polished. rice. Government experts, State experts, specialist* In private practice, and great numbers of eminent health offi cers and physicians went into con sultation over the curious disease. All agreed that It was berl-berl and apparently all assumed that polished rice must have caused the trouble. The medical magazines had been niied with discussions of berl-berl, al ways associating It with a diet of pol ished rice. Hence It was quite ortho dox to think of beri-berl audi polished rice together. In the mystery, tragedy, contradic tion and disease that brooded in the heart of that once palatial ship the doctors were asked these questions: How does berl-berl differ from pella gra? How does it differ from scurvy? Why is the disease not scurvy in stead of berl-berl, or why It is not pellagra instead of either? The bewilderment of the doctors was not wonderful, for the Kronprinz Wil helm was herself blit a symbol of the present bewilderment of the world. As 1 watched the somber gray hulk lying In the harbor with her gray smokestacks and her four gray guns 1 realized that locked up In her sol emn heart was a great truth of un recognized significance which America must soon learn or for her continued ignorance and Indifference pay a dis mal price. After talking with the ship's sur geon, Dr. K. i'errenon, and the ship's cook I knew that the Kronprinz Wil- GOOD APPLE PROSPECTS Special to the Telegraph Waynesboro, Pa., ay 10.—The ap ple bloom is the most redundant seen in this fruit belt in years. This is properly apple year, in the order of rotation, and the blossom showing would seem to Indicate that nature is alive to its obligation to make good. D. M. Wertz, the most extensive grower In the north end of the belt, says he recalls no year when the apple bloom was more profuse. MINISTERS CHANGE PI'UMTS Special to the Telegraph Columbia, Pa., May 10. Church people of Columbia were given a big surprise on Sunday when ten minis ters exchanged pulpits. It was not known by the members who would officiate at their several churches and they found the plan to have been quite successful in uniting church sentiment in the borough. This Food Is New The United States Patent Office has rec "*l ~~" ognized that fact and granted a patent both * y on f° rm » the method of making jjjj Post Toasties 4 No other flaked corn food on the market she res this honor—no other equals it in form I Several distinctive features characterize Mfl &> this new and economical food delicacy. , Pft«f " -J2 Su B: ar and Salt ' jJ Um Cereal Co ~~ * Old style "corn flakes" do not possess much Lr Ltd. a I real flavour of their own. Old-fashioned methods "" tttl,u,!i ' /X ma^n S didn't bring it out. They depended largely for their taste on the sugar and cream or -J milk, you ate with them. You were nevfer asked to "■*' test the flavour by eating them dry. We want you to test New Post Toasties by eating some dry, fresh from the package. You'll get the flavour at once. The new way of cooking, rolling and toasting under quick, intense h n at brings out the sealed-up goodness of the grain. . * ... New Post Toasties do not mush down when milk or cream is added. They don't crumble or in the package or in the dish. There's substance to them, and so wonderfully delicious as to make you call for more. A Single Package Tells the Story At Grocers—two suges—loc and 15c Postum Cereal Co., Md., Battle Creek, Mich. By AI.KREJI) XV. MoCANN | helm had indeed a message for the | American people as well as for the j rest of the world. .1" Why were the inen so sick? Pol ished rice never appeared oftener than once in twenty-one meals aboard the ' ship. | What wag the nature of the disease I which had caused the German cruiser ! to abandon her raiding career? I The answer of these questions goes ! right Into the root of the public ! health problems of the United States, I thrilling; the investigator who seeks a ! cause for the untimely deaths of j 1,500,000 children under ten years of ia ge in the I'nited States during the I past four years, and for the constant Increase of organic heart disease, ] hardening of the arteries, cancer, dia betes, Brlght's disease, and the other j physical Infirmities -which are attack ing middle life and which, with tuber culosis, are destroying countless thou | sands every day: What did the German sailors eat? j After leaving Hoboken on August 3, I 1014, the German cruiser roamed the sea for 255 days, living on supplies j taken from British merchantmen and i French ships which she would then strip and blow to pieces. During the 255 days she touched at no port, depending entirely for toal and provisions upon her raiding abil ity and her wonderful speed In escap ing French and Brilish battleships. Throughout all her operations she I took the life of no man. Without strain. | so far as the death of a human being is concerned, she brought her message undeflled to those who have ears with which to hear and eyes with which to see. It was her food that bankrupted the health of her sailors. That food con sisted of the typical American meal, fresh beef, boiled, mashed, and fried po'tatoes, canned vegetables, white bread, butter, sweet biscuits, lard, cof fee, condensed milk and sugar. For the Itrst time in the history of the world men were forced to live ex clusively on such food for 2fiS days, thereby establishing a prolonged poison squad experienced before which the so called scientific short-time feeding ex periments are put to shame. Never was the poison squad like it he fore. If exclusive feding on white bread, butter, potatoes, fresh meat, canned vegetables, biscuits, sweet cakes, lard, coffee, condensed milk and sugar is followed by any consequences at *ll. the opportunity has come to hand at last to determine what those consequences are. Because the record of the Kronprinz Wilhelm Is so complete, so pictur esque, and so conclusive, and because tlie lesson tauglit through her sad ex perience to the entire world was so quickly followed by another lesson of extraordinary significance, It will be well for us to examine In detail the startling truths which have been thus disclosed. Five Killed, 20 Hurt in Explosion of Dynamite New York, May 10.—Five workmen I ! were killed and a score Injured in ;he j explosion yesterday in the plant of the ■ ! Aetna Powder Company at the soulh- I ern end of l„ake Hopatcong. IJGHTNBNG DESTROYS BARN Special to the Telegraph Sunbury, Pa., May 10. Fire, due, to lightning, destroyed a $2,000 barn for Oliver Snyder, near Herndon. It was not insured. A mule was suffocated. THEFT IN STREET Special to the Telegraph Waynesboro, Pa., May 10. The boldest thievery practiced in Waynes-; boro in a long time took place in the main street of town yesterday when I [three pairs of shoes were taken from I in front of Iwo stores. MAY 10, 1916. THE OLD ROYAL BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure No ALUM — No PHOSPHATE BUT THIS IS HOW HE DID IT V£S, M) 65 PA\SY, I'VE GIVEN UP MY <3bE> W TflE | fACIORV 10 BECOME A WROgß—\ol> SEE,'MOST OF f LMV ANCESTORS W£RE AUI9OR6 AMD EVEtf f&T&ER,WHQ/ BUT UflE EPOCATiOM, LIVEP BY His PEN?/ po6T 1 1 11 1 BUT THIS IS HCW HE DID NS GOVERNOR TO VISIT HOSPITAL. Special to the Telegraph Hazleton, Pa., May 10.—Trustees of the State Hospital at Hazleton ar ranged to-da.v to take Governor Mar tin G. Brumbaugh through the insti tution when he visits this city Friday afternoon. FIRE EXCITEMENT KILLS MAN Special to the Telegraph r.ebanon. Pa.. May 10.—Harrison Z. Spotts, a prominent South Lebanon township farmer and former Lebanon county commissioner, expired sud denly from heart disease, due to over excitement at witnessing the burning of the barn of his neighbor, Harrv A. Light. 7