6 Life's Problems Are Discussed By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow Not lons ago a clever woman pro pounded this riddle: What is the golden age in man? And she answered it In defiance of Dr. Osier who. it will be remem bered, said, or was reported to have said, that the span of man's activ ities ended at forty, and that at sixty he would benefit the world by quietly chloroforming himself out of existence. She answered it by putting the golden age of man at forty-seven, because he then still has his hair and teeth and a reasonable waist line and a fair share of his illusions, but has last the bumptious self-con ceit of youth, gaining in its place ft sense of achievement and a mel low tolerance, a solidity of character that is sustaining and dependable. As I was trying to decide whethei I wholly agreed with her or not, the companion question naturally flitted into my mind: When is a woman in her prime? At what age is she at her best? And I found it a far more perplexing conundrum. Viewed from every angle, it seems to be a movable feast. The- development of man is logical and consistent. He runs true to form through his seven ages, just about the same now as he did in the days of Shakespeare. The insurance act uaries and golf and the dancing craze may have added a few years to the traditional three score and ten. end have put off by so much his sub-1 sidence into "the lean and slippered pantaloon." But front the moment the doctor announces, "It's a boy!"' ! you can foretell with reasonable | accuracy his horoscope. • I From one to seven he wllj be a chubby darling: from seven to four- | teen an unkempt savage; from four teen to twenty-one a cub: from twentv- one to thirty-five, so ab sorbed in himself and his career, or his wife and his baby, that except j to himself and his business associ ates and his wife and his baby he is an unmitigated bore. Then some- I where between thirty-five and three score and ten he hits his apogee and becomes a real, full-fledged , human being, just as the pollywog loses his tail and gains his croak and becomes a full-fledged bullfrog. At somewhere between thirty-live and seventy, then, or eighty, or ninety, the male of the species is in his prime. I would not say definitely at forty-seven, although that is a fair average: for I have known men still distinctly pollywoggish, and others at the same age who were gruff, old. bass croakers with bleary eyes and hides as tough and wrinkled as that of a rhinoceros.- Also I have known specimens who apparently never had a prime, frolic some urchins of eighty and grizzly grouches who were so from their cradles, Endymions who remain eternally young, and solemn prigs that never had any youth. But these no more affect the gen eral truth of the proposition than does the fact of a snowstorm in July or a torrid day in January affect the orderly procession of the zodiac. Man's successive stages of develop ment follow each other as certainly and as regularly as harvest and seed-time, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. But woman, always original, daring and unconventional, permits of no such classification. She is just as apt as not to reverse the process, and be an unkempt savage from one to seven, a Martha burdened with many cares from fourteen to twenty, and 'at anv old age thereafter sud denly blossom into the dimpled dar ling she should have been when she wore starchy, white frocks and pink' hair ribbons. Mrs. Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, was at nearly fifty an invalid in a New England town. Her life had been passed In obscurity. She was no different ap parently in her material circumstan ces from thousands of "poor rela tions" in similar some of whom each of us count as acquaint ances and to whom we refer with a deprecatory shake of the head as "Poor Annie," or"Poor Estelle," or poor some one else, with an emphasis on the "Poor." Yet in those years when, accord ing to tradition, a woman should resign herself to the rocking chair l y the fireside, .she built up a world wile religious organization, directing with consummate generalship all its Backache ofyfomeni How this Woman Suffered S I ' In and Was Relieved. § k r H ® f 3 1 il\\ Fort Fairfield, Maine.—"For many tllF ** il| months I suffered from backache caused y *^ V £f ! Jf /■ Jf jf *by female troubles eo I was unable to do / j\ \ i BrjJ /u// my house work. I took treatments for it /' I /|X 1V a!I tw/ but received no help whatever. Then \ WT ' ''ll\ I 6ome of my friends asked why I did not \>\ '/ j\ try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- V MgWj / / \'J jf fm,, pound. 'I did so and my backache soon Ai'iii \v m i x si disappeared and I felt like a different W, Jj' /lmri \//M; woman, and now have a healthy little ih ( / / jj/J/M/L lilfllll baby girl and do all my house work. I / /JMMWNI * MBw will always praise Lydia & Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to women who suf fer as I did."—Mrs. ALTON D. OAKES, J The Best Remedy is • | \ f { LYDIA E. VEGETABLE COMPOUND I HuQusands lkav@ pw@d tkis I Ifktjf dml if f I - - • LYDIA E.PIHKHAM MEDICINE CO. LYMW MAg M SATURDAY EVENING, Bringing Up ' Copyright, 1917, International News Service By I THE MATTER \ ( • HE t O e>E I > 1 [ ,NOT MOORE'S W_" [ V/H*OD/\ XOU MEAN * —v C W'T VQU 1 - W OLLX ! RON IN Fo* THW P*L -DO >r O U 1 multifarious activities: she establish ed in connection with It a model and successful publishing house. Issuing monthly, weekly and dally periodical* in addition to a vast array of books and pamphlets devoted to her propaganda: and at the same time managed and controlled a pri vate fortune of over $2,000,000, all amassed bv her own efforts, and did it so efficiently that it is said her estate contained no security or in vestment that was not gilt-edged in quality. At the time of her death she showed no dlmunltion of her men tal powers, but rather a firmet grasp upon the wide range of her interests and a clearer, more extend ed vision for the future. At almost ninety she was, so to speak, fairly in her prime. On the other hand, the Bronte sisters exhibited a full maturity of genius <when scarcely out of their teens. Their early death makes It hard, of course, to say what they might have accomplished with a wider experience, but it is doubtful if they would ever have transcended their first efforts. When was the prime of Ninon del 'Enclos, the famous beauty who at sixty looked twenty and who at ninety still counted her admirers by the score? Madame do Maintenon, born In prison, bred in poverty, emerged from obscurity as a plain, middle aged widow to rule the frivolous court of Louis XIV. and direct the destinies of a nation. The great singer sees her career nded between forty and fifty: that is the time when many women are just beginning to live. Gertrude Atherton contends that a woman Should never engage in any remunerative calling or enter into economic competition with men under thirty-five, arguing that she is too emotional in her twenties, too obsessed with thoughts of love and marriage to give the concent rated effort which is to-day required in all branches of well-paid work. I don't agree with Mrs. Ather ton's limitations. I believe in any woman taking up any work she wants to at any age she chooses. We are really only living when we realize our heart's desire, no matter what our years may be. A woman's prime Is when her d|eam, the great ambition of her Isoul —comes true—whether that dream is love, or motherhood, or fame, or business success, or power, or service. FARMER HI'RT IN FA LI, Waynesboro, Pa., Nov. 24.—Sam uel Martin, of Antrim township, a tenant on the Rauhauser farm, near Greencastle, while threshing wheat, fell from the loft of the barn to the bottom floor below, and was so Be verly injured by the fall that he was paralyzed. His condition is serious. MITE SOCIETY TO MEET Shiremanstcwn. Pa., Nov. 24.—A meeting of the Mite Society of the Bethel Church of God will be held on Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. Frey, in East Main street, at which time the annual i election of officers will be held. All's Well That v Ends Well M BY JANE McLEAV Mrs. Fairfax was perhaps the most efficient person in the world, and she employed only efficient help. She rivalled her husband's business methods, In applying the efficiency method so rigidly to her own house hold that only the most highly com petent of servants stayed very long. The two Fairfax children were managed according to a careful schedule. Their own particular nurse maid never idled when they were taken out in the park for an airing each day. She was efficiency itself. No one ever heard of Billy, the Fairfax chauffeur, taking liber ties with either of the two cars when they were not in use by some mem ber of the family. All the servants, In fact, knew very well that, al though they were extraordinarily well paid, well housed, and well treated, there would be no excuse whatever in the case of a lapse of good judgment. When Mrs. Fairfax engaged Mrs. Strook for a seamstress, she had thought to try her for a few days, and, if she did not suit, and come up to the general high standard of efficiency, to let her go. Mrs. Strook, was unlike the rest of the help in the Fairfax household, but in a cer tain way Mrs. Fairfax was sorry .for her. At any rate, the work was sim ple and unimportant and it did not particularly matter if the things were not turned out in record tima Mrs. Strook, a gentle person un used to such* a thing as efficiency, was frightened by the wheeled no tion of the Fairfax regime. She wondered if she would do, and felt vaguely clumsy and awkward. That was why at the end of the first day she had not half completed the amount of work that Mrs. Fairfax had thought her sewing woman should accomplish without any dif ficulty whatsoever. Mrs. Strook felt embarrassed when she con fronted Mrs. Fairfax and met that lady's bright, inquiring glance. "I never seemed to work so slow ly before," Mrs. Strook managed to stammer out. "I had thought I expected only a fair amount of work," Mrs. Fairfax maintained. Of course she had no idea that poor Mrs. Strook knew nothing at all about efficiency and wasting time. All she really knew was that the seamstress was a dis appointment. As she said to her husband that night: "I'm afraid the new woman won't do at all." Mrs. Fairfax hail come into the | pleasant room quite frequently dur ing the day and had talked to Mrs. [ Strook. and discovered several things that were interesting. Mrs. Strook ' was not a fashionable dressmaker, BAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH she found it very difficult to ob tain plan, ouvt.itg With any regular ity. But she could not help noticing j several things about Mrs. Strook. tinder the little woman's shy man- j ner there was a vein of humor. The j work that she did she did well, and she was patient and to rectify her faults. Mrs. Fairfax tried her purposely and discovered this fact for herself. She had given Mrs. Strook a lace waist to mend, and had found fault with it, although the mending was beautifully done. said quickly, flushing a deep crim- j son. And she meant that she was sorry. The words were not spoken to gain favor or becnuse she feared the result, but because she had for gotten everything else for the mo ment and was grieved because her work had not pleased Mrs. Fairfax. But Mrs. Fairfax was more than just. She caught the waist just as the sewing woman was about to rip out the tiny stitches. "It will do perfectly all right," she said, smiling her bright, searching smile. "You can begin on the baby's dresses now." Inwardly she was contrasting the Inefficient Mrs. Strook with Bella, the cook, who, although efficient enough, had a horrible temper; or Mary, the parlor maid, whose work was quick and faultless, but who, Mrs. Fairfax was positive, was im pertinent as soon as her back was turned. And so, when her week's work was done, Mrs. Strook was well paid, and was told that she was regular ly engaged for thre'e days a week to work at the Fairfax home. It was 11 unusual thing for Mrs. Fairfax to employ anyone who was not en tirely efficient, but then even Mrs. Fairfax appreciated Mrs. Strook's services as something genuine that money cannot often buy. Father Performs Ceremony For the Rev. P. R. Koontz Lemoyno, Fa.. Nov. 24.—The Rev. Paul R. Koontz, pastor of the Calvary United Brethren Church, and Miss Elizabeth Lau, at York, were mar ried at York on Wednesday after noon. Announcement to this effect was made here yesterday. The Rev. | John P. Koontz, father of the-bride groom -and pastor of the Second United Brethren Church at York, per formed the ceremony. Both are grad uates of Valley College. The Rev. Mr. Koontz lias been pastor ot the local church for the past two years. They will live in the newly furnished parsonage near the church in Market street, North Lemoyne. VANDALS INVADE CEMGTEBY Hagerstown, Md„ Nov. 24.—Van dals invaded the Reformed Church Cemetery at Shepherdstown a few nights ago, according to reports from that place,-and desecrated the burial ground by breaking down and dam aging several large monuments on I the lots of D. S. Rentcli and the Cookus family. The large monument on the Rentch lot was broken in the middle. The trustees of the cemetery h:ve offered a reward for the arrest of the vundals. Some years ago a like ! depredation was committed In the I cemetery. Fashions of To-Day - By May Manton t _ / _ This is just the night gown - for a little child. It is simple, it is free of all fuss, it is roomy j i: and comfortable. It is easy to make, too, and you can use muslin or cotton cloth or cam /LJJ 1 iHp—brie or y° u can use domet f flannel or outing flannel, and it [\ \ 11 I > s appropriate for them all. \ J|W t A J Here, it is made with a square ffj lift / || ,j I \ / sleeves but you could use a , fi I I \ / high neck and long sleeves if ft 1 I / you like them better. I I For the 6-year size will be IVI /jlneeded, a% yards of material V-jiwjSiJ J 27 inches wide, yards 36. The pattern No. 9565 is cut S' n ®' zes f Tom 2 to 8 yeais. It mailed to any address VJwg by the Fashion Department of 0565 Child,s Night Gown, 2to 8 yean. this P 4 ?® 1 "' on receipt of ten 'rice 10 cent*. -• cent*. Soldiers on Furlough Visit Their Homes at Wiconisco Wicoulsco, Pa., Nov. 24.—The fol lowing boys spent Sunday with their parents: John H. Dutrich, Joseph Harman and George Yanasock, of Camp Meade, Md.: Elmer Umholtz, naval base, Lewes, Del., and Homer Coleman, First Depot Battalion, Sig nal Corps, New York.-—Charles Wit mer and family and Mrs. Clarence Breslin and son, of Harrisburg, vis ited at the home of Wiliam Paul.— The Rev. John J. Hunt spent sev eral days ""at Philadelphia.—Mrs. Curtis Hensel and daughter, Agnes, I have returned from a visit at Phila delphia.-—Harper Wiest, of Harris i burg, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. jJolin Schreffer on Sunday.—Horatio Lewis and Olwyn Phillips, of Phila- I delphla, visited at the home of D. D. Phillips reecntly. Ross J. Higgins visited his father, Charles Higgins, lin the hospital at Lewlstown —AI- ! bert Watkeys left Tuesday for : League Island Navy Yard, from which place he will go to Pensacyla, Florida.—Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Mach amer are visiting relatives at Harris burg.—-Mrs. Ida V. Snyder and daughter, Vida, are home from a visit to Harrisburg.—Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Mossop spent the weekend with Mrs. Matilda Eliott at Orwigs burg.—Cyrus Mark, of Evanston, Ohio, and Mrs. Charles Grier and daughter of Harrisburg, are vlßlting at the home of J. H. Mark. —Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Morgan, of Philadelphia, spent several days with Dr. and Mrs. I. A. Keiter.—Ray Spendlove visited Homer Pontius and family at West Falrvlew. —Mrs. David Wheel ers and daughters left Wednesday for Akron, Ohio, after visiting at the Byerly homestead.—Mrs. Ed. Har- Daily Dot Puzzle % 31 28 i • • ol 35 27 ; • 55* • 38* , e 34 24 37. • 35 < C ~~' 36 az • ao 8 . • •*! 9 ' • -i 18 1 19 * A* • 7 15 • a 5 • I Twenty-eight lines plus a dozen. Brings to town my country cousin. Draw from 1 to 2. and so on to the end. man and Mrs. Thomas Klinger Spent several days With their brother, the Rev. C. H. Messner, at Lewisberry.— Mrs. John H. Seip and children vis ited Mrs. Robert Baird at Williams town on Sunday.—Amnion Witmer and daughter, May, spent a day with D. K. Witmer at Halifax. —Mrs. Claude Delbler and son, of Berrys burg, visited at the home of Walter Witmer on Sunday.—Hazel Matter has returned to Centralia after visit ing Mr. and Mrs. Frank Etzwiler.— Mrs. John H. Pontius Is the guest of relatives at Philadelphia. Mrs. Harry Mullikin and son, Richard, of Lancaster, are visiting the Rev. John J. Hunt and family.—Mrs. John Shambach and daughter, Sarah, are home after spending" a week with relatives at Millville..—Thelma Ev ans visited friends at Reinerton. — Mrs. Edward Shline, of Highspire, spent a day with her sister. Mrs. Charles Umlioltz. Agricultural Meeting at Linglestown Next Friday I/inglositown, Pa., Nov. 24.—An agricultural meeting will be held Friday, November 30, in the Union Chapel. Speakers will be pres ent from • State Colego both aft ernoon and evening.—An oyster sup per will be given on Thanksgiving] evening at the Union Chapel under the auspices of the Red Cross Auxil iary to defray expenses on the Christmas boxes for the boys from Lower Paxton and West Hanover townships who are located in the | different camps.—Miss Lucy Cassel and Miss Mary Cassel spent Wed nesday with friends at Harrisburg.— ivliss Katherine Holland, of Royal ton, on Tuesday was the guest of Miss Marlon Smith. —Mrs. David Shirk, of Harrisburg. spent a few days of this week with her sister, Mrs. Moses Reigle.—Mrs. C. C. Cum bler, of Highspire, on Wednesday was the guest of Mrs. Annie M. Smith. —Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Leese, son, Walter; Mrs. Annie Buck and daughter, Miss Eliza, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hepford at Duncannon.—Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Grubb announce the birth of a son. —Mrs. Anna Bletz, of Middletown. was the week-end guest of the Misses Ellen and Sallie Zimmerman. —Wil- liam Seigfried and Miss Mary Greek, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday with Mrs. Alice Rabuck.—Miss Eliza Shriner and Miss Mary Shriner spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hocker. —Church services will be held to-morrow morning at the United Brethren Church, at Wen rich's Lutheran Church also in the morning and at the Church of God In the evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Bom berger. Miss Minnie Hicks, Miss Goul artd Harry Hicks, of Lebanon, on Sunday were the guests of Mrs. Rebecca Baker.—Mr. and Mrft. Boyd Good and daughter, Kathryn, and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Good, of Pen brook, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Good on Sunday.— Mr. and Mrs. George Merkle, of Mechanicsburg, spent Sunday with Miss Jessie Lenker. —Miss Grace Harper, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. ! Deckman, of Lemoyne, were guests • i Men in Training Fighting isn't the only duty of a soldier, and exposure to bullets is not as serious as exposure to all kinds of weather and dampness. ' Rheumatic aches; sore and stiff | muscles, strains and sprains, chil- I blains and neuralgia, all are enemies 1 I of the soldier, and the relief for all these pains and aches is Sloan's Liniment. Clean and convenient to carry or use; does not stain, and penetrates without rubbing. Generous tixi bottle*, at ail druggUta, 25c.. 50c., *I.OO. |j®'K Societ >' 9 Choice For over 69 years Society Women all ovfr the My world have used it to J ;/~NJ obtaiA greater beauty f. and to keep their appear* f ance always at its best. Gouraud's Oriental Cream Send 10c. tot Trial Ste FERD. T. HOPKINS * SON. New Yoric NOVEMBER 24, 1917. of Mrs. Simon Harper on Sunday.— Mr. and Mrs. Hackman, of Elkhart, Ind., spent Monday with friends here. Mrs. Hackman was formerly Miss Agnes Luse.—Mrs. Cathryn Strohm, of Plketown, spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. Miles Zim merman. IlKßliVSlintli S Y. M. C. A. FIM> Ilcrrysbtirg, Pa., Nov. 24.—The amount to be raised for the V. M. C. A. here was placed at SIOO, but the chairmen have succeeded In get ting some in excess of that sum.— Helen Daniel spent the weekend at York. —Laurence Hartman, of Chi cago, is visiting his parents and also made a call on his brother, Harry, who is at Camp Meade, Md. —Aaron Minich and daughter, Mrs. Clayton Stlne, are 111 at the home of the for mer. —RoseOe Daniel, who has been in military training for six months and is at present stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, is spending a ten-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Daniel. He, with his parents, autoed to York on Wed nesday.—Miss Mildred Weaver spent a week with her sister at Steelton. ATHLETES GICT COMMISSIONS Hagerstown, Md., Nov. 24.—John L. (Jack) Hurley, manager and pilot of the Hagerstown basebnll team of the Blue Ridge League of last sea son, has been commissioned a first lieutenant in infantry at Fort Myer, Mother! iv/r other, your VourphnH>S*h L -i-VJL grown-up sons and / / " Y K daughters have urged I y° u man y ti me 3to have / & 1 your picture taken. (>.'j jl Can you imagine any- I thing that'll give so ra much pleasure on \ Christmas day as a gift of your photograph to 7h,lmt fwStdtifH l cacfl The Musser Studio 37 NORTH SECOND STREET OPEN ALL DAY THANKSGIVING. iI * * Kelker Street Market . Beginning with November 28 the Kelker Street Market House will be open for business on Tuesday, Wednesday j and Friday mornings and on Saturday mornings and afternoons. STALL RENTS Tuesday, Wednesday-and Friday 20c Saturday morning and afternoon 30c Wednesday Stall Rents FREE for 2 Weeks FOR INFORMATION APPLY TO S.FRIEDMAN 217 Pefifer Street, or Kunkel Bldg. H| !! • • ' . Christmas Cards Our line this is the best ever shown. Orders should be placed AT ONCE in order to insure timely deliv ery. All prices, several sizes. Engrav ed or printed. Come in early to secure best selection. The Telegraph Printing Printing, Binding, designing, I ATYinnnv Photo-Engraving, Die Stamp- ing , pi a te Printing. Federal Square Harrisburg, Pa. Va. Hurley has been at the tralnlns camp for officers there since lfest fall. Lfcland G. V/orthington, also of this city, and a well known athelete, also has been given a first lieutenant's commission at Fort Myer. Aubrey S. Kaylor, of this city, was commission ed a second lieutenant. [-CONSTIPATION-! 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