Life's Problems Are Discussed By MRS. WILSON WOODROW "Where do we go from here? Where do we go from here?" In every gathering or group of people, if it persists long enough— and when I .say "people" I except of course the assemblages of the very young—there is one subject that is bound to come up for discus sion. It is that of the future life. And even the very young are apt to discuss it in a circle of their own sex. Among themselves boys of high school or college age will speculate and ponder upon it; and amoni; themselves girls of eighteen and twenty will air their romantic or imaginative fancies. But when to gether they would never dream of intruding anything so spooky. With "people," though, the great mystery affords an always inter esting and never-failing topic. Men tell me that they have neard it argued and debated in all sorts of queer and out-of-the-way places— among cowboys and prospectors gathered about the campfire, on the decks of fishing schooners rocking to the long swells off the Grand J Banks, in African jungles and South American forests, about the Kaming tables and among the' loungers in barrooms. But always at night, they say, and usually in the small hours. And I, myself, have observed the same phenomenon. The quiet of the night, the light of a wood fire making the shadows of the room seem denser, and the conversation [ invariably turns to, "Where do we go from here?" Isn't that the mystery of the darkness and the approach of that still greater mystery, sleep, natur- i ally turns our thought to the great est of all problems?" A futile questioning, many peo- ' pie say, for in the end one comes squarely up against a blank wall. But the history of our planet shows that man's destiny is to solve the unsolvable. 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BUT L " THAT'S 1 - V/HN , UKTI , , L O the TEACHER! ... TV / CENTORV- THEM THl=tvi' J f - . : - L ; up for serious investigation would seen! to point to almost certain re sults. Above all, there is the mighty impetus given to speculation by the war, with its thousands of bereft homes and its millions of mourning; women seeking to see beyond the veil. All this cannot be in vain, for the mind of man has never yet applied itself to any problem without reach ing a solution. It hus conquered the earth, the seas and the air. And there are many indications that this greatest of the questions is also In me way 01 i-eing an.-wereu. As Ella Wheeler Wilcox says in a recent poem in the Cosmopolitan: "I tell you, the shadows are grow ing thinner Between this world and the world of the dead; And only the fool cries, 'Fool!' or Sinner!' To one who looks into the life ahead. I tell vou, the curtain is being lifted— The silence broken, the darkness rifted— And knowledge is taking the place of faith On that vast subject, Death." Whether one likes to believe it or not, the crude rappings and other mediumistic manifestations with which we are all familiar have aroused curiosity and <•, veiled the steadily mounting tide of inquiry and investigation which must even tually lead somewhere. Where none of us can assert definitely upon the present incom plete evidence. There are many startling things in Sir Oliver Lodge's last book, many things from other sources which tend to prove the contention of the spiritualists, that those we call dead are living as real and M'n! iife nr they 'id •> i this side of. the so-called veil and are seeking as eagerly to communicate with us as we are with them. On the other hand there is un doubted weight to be given to many of the arguments for reincarnation . and those philosophies which hold ■ that this earth experience of ours is but an interval—a clock-tick, as it • were— if. an existence which 's : eterna! and unending, ever progres .; sii.g toward some goal which -is yet ;| we cannot evenly dimly divine. ; So great a scientist as Mr. Edi i sop, reasoning solely from material I evidences, can see no chance for a ;! futu. t life whatever; to his mind I existence ends with uiasoiution; wnue : | tho Idealists deny any life or sub- I I stance to matter, and regard death i | in common with all other ills as i mere illusion. Maurice Maeterlinck has gone 11 deeply into the subject, but his con- I elusions are possibly a little 100 ■ shadowy, a little too poetic for the . piaetical mind to follow, 'ihe ne.tr i efat approach to them perhaps is I found in the hackneyed saying. •'We '' live in the hearts we leave behind." i And James Flecker, the young • English poet who died two years i ago, has his own views on the sub- Mject which he expressed exquisitely; j "Arid lite stood still a moment, mists i| came swinging i Blindly before us; suddenly we :! passed I The boundaries of joy: our hearts I were ringing tj True to the trembling world: we ■ I rtocd at last i i Beyond tho golden gate, ; Masters of time and fate, ! And knewVthe tune that 'sun and stars were singing. I For like two travelers on a hill, whe stay ■ Viewing the smoke that dims the busy plain, i So, far awaj tsweet words are 'Far away,) > We saw our life and all its crooked lace, l Dini cities and dark walls, Fell as a world that falls 1 And left us radiant in the Wind i of Day." ! It may be that all roads lead to ' i Home. It may be that the miracle i' of faith is the key which will solve KARRISBTTRG TELEGRAPH tlio mystery, and that each wi'l re ceive what he expects—the orthodox believer his resurrection of the body •ind his heaveniv citv according to th vision of St. John: the Hindu his N'nuna, the Indian his Happy Hunting Grounds. Every religion and every sect must hold some part of the trutn. And the best that any of us can do is to keep that open mind that the subject is one eminently worthy of investigation and accept whatever may be established when it is prov ed according to the ordinary rules of evidence. My own belief is that when the f.nal revelation does come, we shall find the "Great Adventure" to be no more of an adventure than the step ninsr from >r>e I*oolll to another '| tie charm of Nature is that she is invar iably natural. Advice to the Lovelorn Don't Ho Too Sensitive DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: I am engaged to marry a man I dearly love. Now, my friend has a sister who is married for the past year. Previous to her wedding I was very friendly with her and re ceived her most cordially at my home. After her marriage I went to her home on my own accord and was snapped at and made uncom fortable. Since my visit she has never invited or asked me to come to see her. My friend insists that 1 no with him to see her on his invi tation. My dear Miss Fairfax, do you think it is proper, after I refused and told him the reason why, to leave me and go himself? MARJORIE. I really don't understand this woman's actions. Possibly someone has made a bit of trouble for you; may be she is selfishly absorbed in her own happiness. 1 think it would be worth your while to give her the benefit of the doubt and to put your -pride in your pocket since she is the sister of the man you love. Why not have peace in the family? It would have been wise for you to go with your fiance when he asked you to visit his sister. Perhaps she never intended any. offense and would have welcomed you so cor dially that you would have been ashamed of your suspicions. COUSINS DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: Please don't fail me! I am in camp -at Fort Wadsworth. I am in love with a first cousin whom I have been going out with quite often before I was call ed Into active service. I now receive mail from her and the contents of her letters are very endearing. I have not mentioned any of my serious in tentions to Her because many people have told me that it was not proper to marry a blood relative. However, I think she would look favorably up on my suit. Will you please advise me in this predicament? I earn a fair salary in civil life and believe we could' be extremely happy together. We have not been known to each other previous to about a year and a half ago. J. B. E. Marriages between first cousins are not at all advisable. In some states they are not even legal. This Is for the good of the race and any book on Eugenics will explain the situation to you far better than I can in the columns of a newspaper. Daily Dot Puzzle 51 31 3c • • ' '29 28 • • • " 6 ,5- 1 '2 14 • 3 4 5 l 5 I*2 • 8 " '*7 * M ./ 23 •9 • • 17 18 . IS 20 21 22 Can you finish this picture? Draw from 1 to 2 and so on to the end. All's Well That Ends Well a By JANE McL.KAN It seemed absurd to name the baby anything, it was so small and pink and helpless. It looked too vague tc be named. One thought of it only in terms of baby flesh without any thing so definite as personality, but Joyce as she lay in bed and cuddled it a little bit, and rested, thought a gread deal about its name. Joyce thought of names quite often. She had thought of a name before the baby came, but she and A 1 had talked it over and had "It would bo a pity to nam? the baby and then be disappointed. If we picked out a lovely girl's name and it happened to be a boy we should be so disappointed." "Of course it's a boy," A 1 had be gun. laughing embarrassedly and de lightedly. "O, of course," Joyce had returned. Which meant that if it were a boy the baby should be called Junior. But it had been .a girl! A lovely rosebud of a girl, a little tender morsel of humanity that made its father quiver and tremble when its tiny fist closed about his big finger. And nothing had been said about a name although the baby was three days old. 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A 1 had j been secretly dreaming of a baby ' girl with his mother's name, Lydla. He had cherished this thought for months past and so dear had it be ! come that he had never mentioned it ,to Joyce. Not that he thought Joyca ; 1 might not agree to the Idea, but he | had not wanted to put his oya dream 1 ; into words before the baby ra 'e. : ' And Joyce herself, now that the j laby girl was an actual thing -if I flesh and blcod, wanted to n-mie it I 'Jarbn.a for her great aunt Barbara. | Aunt Bartrra would be so pleased, ! and tnen Barbara could be shortened ' [ to Fab or Barbv and what could he j sweeter for a girl growing up? ■ And the 'ays passed and on the sixth da/, when Joyce was up and 11 a'ound the fcom, A 1 came in~o t!ie i|r->om at twilight for a covv chat. . | The baby lay in its little pink nest j fast asleep, and Joyce in a soft neg ■ j ligee sat in the low rockingchair near the window. A 1 thought she looked i like a saint with the light from the NOVEMBER 27. 1917 window making a halo of her hair and after they had talked a little f while. Joyce said softly, timorously a ! little: '•AI, dear, have you thought about j a name for baby?" Al started and looked at Joyce, and j then, manlike, evaded the question: j "Have you. sweetheart?" Joyce nodded. "1 thought it would be lovely to | call it Barbara for Aunt Barbara." | She looked at Al closely and saw j I the look that* spread quickly over hi;-, j ! l'acc. j "Al Wetherill, t just know that you | I have a name picked out yourself." ; | Al met her worried eyes with his I j own boyish ones filled with conster- j j nation. Joyce must not be excited, j I "What was it. dear?" she insisted, j | "Why, I thought of Lydia for my j j mother," he confessed, j Now Joyce had never liked the { I name Lydia. Lydia itself was not , s i bad, but she. had dreams of hear j ing her baby called Liddie, and Ltd. | and the thought of this caused her j expression to change instantly. Al saw the change and was quick to I speak. j "But not if you don't like it, dear." i "Think how it would be nick- I named,'.' Joyce said quickly, i Al looked thoughtful, and Joyce, I too, went into a brown study. Sud- I denly Al turned to her, his face | alight with a sudden inspiration. | "I have it! We'll call the baby for J you, and then both of us will be I pleased." I Joyce still looked thoughtful. She ] was not in love with her own name: | and. although it pleased her to have j Al suggest such a thing, she was l hardly In favor of Joyce for the baby. | But suddenly her own small face lighted up. "I have it. dear! We'll call her Joy," she said enthusiastically. "Great!" he responded, "and It stands for you." "Oh, no, dear," and Joyce shook her ! head remonstratlngly; "that doesn't | stand for me at all. 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