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A few weeks ago a woman sent
me what purported to be the story
of her life presented in the form of i
a George Ade fable. I read it, took j
it for a bit of fiction, and laid it
aside.
Yesterday X received from an
other part of the country a letter i
from another woman which told an;
almost identical experience. The;
only difference was that the llrst
was couched in the form of a flip
pant narrative, while the second
made no effort to embellish what
to the writer was a tragic fact.
This is the fable:
"There was once a Human Saus
age who, in his thirty-ninth autumn
decided that it was up to him to
impose his special brand of kultur
on some unsuspecting Bunch of
Floss and make her very happy.
"Clara May fell for his speci
fications. She was twenty-two and
sophisticated, which means she had
come to realize that to foxtrot di
vinely does not necessarily imply
serious intentions. Here at last
was something solid, not to say
stodgy. As a romantic ideal. Fran-
Cis X. Bushman or Lou Tellegen may
have had it on him by several
shades, but 'good provider' was
banded all over him. He was in
business for himself, and diffused
.in aroma of blended sterling citi
zenship and liver and onions.
"Clara May had a mental bird's
eye of herself as the plump matron
in one of those home and fireside
scenes depicted by the advertiser
of oil heaters and encyclopedias.
She had herself all set for the role
of thrifty little housewife, and had
already begun to rlan the pleasant!
surprises she would spring on him
when he came home tired and hun
gry to dinner. She bought a cook
book and pestered all her married 1
friends to tell her the most judicious
and economical ways of marketing, j
As a conservator of the family re
sources she was going to show Her
bert Hoover that he was still in
the primary class.
"Futile dreams! Somewhere in
those thirty-nine bachelor years of j
his the Good Provider had run across ;
the aphorism. 'A man is as pros
perous as his wife will let him me."
i*nd it took. Hardly had the strains
of the wedding march died away be
fore he started to dig himself in
attack.
"Let a flighty, inexperienced young,
person of twenty-two dope out his
menus for him and overplay him
with the butcher and baker and
candlestick maker? Not a China
man's chance of it. That was a
task befitting ripe and sedate ma
turity. Suppose he should come
home with his mouth a-water for
corned beef and cabbage, only to
find spread out a dainty, schoolgirl i
hinchen of lettuce sandwiches and
French pastry? And wasn't Mrs.;
Xewlywed traditional game for thej
wily profiteers?
"Accordingly he issued General!
Orders Xo. 1, as follows:
" 'I will benevolently relieve you |
of all responsibility in regard to my
household, will order all the meals,
do the marketing and settle all ac-1
counts. Your duties will be to cook. |
scrub, wash, iron, sew and mendi
under my direction, and to make me ;
comfortable. j
'(Signed)
'Husband and Commander-in-chief.:
•••p. s.—if the unwarrantable
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The best thing for steady use is
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member of the family for months. —
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MONDAY EVENING, HXimißßtmO TELEQMXra FEBRUARY 25, 1918.
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contingency should arise at some
time that you might desire a small
sum of money for personal expenses
I will graciously allow you as much
as I see tit, provided full explana
tion is given of the manner in which
it is to be spent, and the request is
couched in properly submissive
form, it being always understood
that such donation is granted in no
sense as a right, but merely as an
evidence of my favor and kindness
of heart."
"And having thus settled matters,
the poor fish believed that the rest
of the story would be: 'They lived
happy ever after.'
"But he had to give so much time
to his domestic affairs and seeing
that his wife didn't ruin him that
there wasn't much left for the of
fice; and finally the creditors held
a meeting, and, as they say in the
profession, he was at liberty.
"Well, what could he expect?"
commented his family. "He would
marry that extravagant little thing,
instead of taking a sensible woman
of his own age."
Some people may regard this fa
ble as overdrawn and fanciful, just
as I did. To such I submit the let
ter received from the second of my
correspondents:
"Since I have been married my
husband always has attended to the
shopping for our home. He buys
the meats, groceries, everything, and
even looks after the laundry; and
as a result we quarrel continually,
since I naturally regard these things
as my province. I have coaxed, de
manded, entreated him to give me
an allowance, but all in vain. Every
time I want a nickel or a dollar I
have to go like a beggar and ask for
it. He doles out what he likes.
"I am not extravagant, but he
never gives me a chance to show
whether I am or not. I never see
the bills. He pays them all, and
once in a while gives me a dollar
for myself; but by the time I get it
I need stockings or something, and
then he claims I am spending all
his money.
"He does not do any work at
present, as he failed recently in busi
ness, so he hangs around the house
all the time. I have gone to busi
ness myself for several months, and
he raises Cain because I do not give
him my money. He constantly tells
his own family everything that hap
pens with us. and they sympathize
with him, and make suggestions to
him. and so cause a great deal of
trouble.
"Do you think, Mrs. Woodrow, he
is right in mollycoddling at home all
the time, and making me ask for
everything, or in talking me over
with his family and airing all my
faults? Please excuse mistakes, as
I had to answer this before he came
back."
That, it may be urged, is purely
an ex-parte statement, and the hus
band. if given a chance to reply,
might show an equal list of griev
ances. Yet, granting all that, and
discounting every charge presented.
1 still maintain, if only on the evi
dence of her last sentence, that the
man is to be condemned. He is
obviously a Junker on the marriage
Question, reactionary and meclia\ei
in all his ideas. There is only one
thing a domestic bully and tyrant
of that sort can comprehend, and
that is force.
The wife in this case apparently
has all the trumps in her hand. She
has no children to consider, and
she is capable of earning her own
living. One wonders, then, why, in
stead of bickering and quarreling
with him, she does not calmly lay
her cards on the table and assert
her position. Why does she not say
to him:
"I am not your slaves or depend
ent. but your wife and equal part
ner. My rights are fully recog
nized by the state. Unless you are
willing to treat me with proper re
spect and consideration, I shall ap
peal to the courts to settle our dif
ferences and accord me a separate
maintenance." „
I am willing to wager that if she
says it, and says it in such a way
that he knows she means it, the
troubles she complains of will
promptly disappear.
Why then doesn't she say it?
Why don't thousands of similar
matrimonial victims say it? Is It
from ignorance or through fear of
what people will say? To those two
causes may be set down most of the
misery which humanity endures.
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THEIR MARRIE
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Copyright, 191S, News Service. 1
"Warren, don't you think I'll be J
perfectly justified if I write and ask ,
her about it?"
"About what?" <
"Why, that present 1 sent to Bea- '■
trice, I mailed it to her the Thurs- j
day before Christmas, and I've <
never heard a word about it."
"Well, you know the way Christ- , ■
mas presents often go astray." * j,
"Yes. But don't you think it's J
queer that just that one has gone .'
astray? I mailed one to Frances!]
and one to Louise, and I sent moth- ,
er's box on that very same day, and j
everything else reached its destina- j'
tion safely enough."
"Well, why don't you settle it for j -
yourself? You women ought to ! •
know how to handle those things. ,
Why do you ask me what to do?" ]
"Just to get your opinion, 1 sup- j
pose. You know I didn't receive
anything from Beatrice this year— j
just a very formal card, 1 wonder if j •
it could be possible that anything
is wrong with her? Maybe she is
angry about something." i
"But if you haven't done anything •
how can she be angry?"
"I don't know a thing that I have
done, but she may imagine anything j
she pleases. You know I don't make
a great many calls, and she lives ]
so terribly far out of town. I be
lieve I will write her." And Helen ,
walked over to her writing desk, j
took some of her new stationary
out of the drawer and wrote a
rather stiff little not in which she
simply wondered whether or not the
little gift that she had sent at
Chi istmas time had ever reached ;
its destination safely.
That certainly ought to make Bea
trice feel small if she neglected ac
knowledging the gift from any per
sonal motive of spite, thought Hel
en, and addressing an envelope with
a feeling of righteous conviction,
she took a stamp from her box and
got up with a little flourish.
"Well, Warren, dear. I wrote It."
"Wrote what?" asked Warren,
looking up from his paper.
"The letter to Beatrice. I'm go- j
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Ing to put it on your chiffonier,
where you can see it the first thing
in the morning, and take it out with .
you. I feel much better now, atid
I've made the note just frigid
enough to make her feel small when
she reads it."
Helen thought about the matter
in spite of herself all that evening.
She thought of it long after the
lights were out and the cold night
air blowing the curtains inward had
begun to make her drowsy. Little j
things of this kind always annoyed j
Helen. She hated to admit that I
any one could make her give a sec- I
ond thought to an intentional j
slight, but try as she would, hurts j
of this kind always lingered. I
In the morning as she was dress- j
ing she remembered the incident i
again, and took special pains to see j
that Warren took it out with him. 1
When she was sure that the letter !
was actually out of the house and i
on its way she drew a breath of re- j
lie'" and went about her usual morn- I
ing tasks.
Mary came in while Helen was
busy with the beds. "A letter for j
you ma'am," she said, handing!
Helen a small envelope.
Helen took it without recognizing
the handwriting, and tore it open.
The note inside was from Beatrice
VTentworth. and ran as follows:
"Dear Helen —I know you will
forgive my tardiness In not writing
to thank you for those lovely hand
kerchiefs you sent me at Christmas.
But my mother died during the holi
days, and I am afraid that all my
friends suffered in consequence, for
I made no preparations of any kind
this year.
"Your remembrance was more
than thoughtful and reached me at
a time of great mental anguish. I
appreciate both the gift and the mo
tive that prompted it.
"Most sincerely.
"BEATRICE WEN'TWORTH."
Helen, who had set down on the
bed to read the note, let it fall into
her lap with a little gasp of dis
may. She might have known, if she
liad stopped to think, that Beatrice
j Wentworth was not the kind of a '
woman to neglect anything like the
acknowledgment of a gift without
I some perfectly good reason for do
| ing It. And that not had been so
j nasty and pointed, and would reach
1 her at a time when she needed
sympathy and understanding. He.
1 len blamed herself terribly for her
j impulsive act.
If only she had not yielded to that
i sudden desire to be "even." And
I there wasn't a chance, either, of
i Warren's neglecting to mail It. She
had lectured him so often about
! carrying letters about with him
that he always mailed any letter she
gave him as soon as he reached the
mail box. Well, it was too late to
do anything now. Of course, she
could write another letter, telling
Beatrice how grieved she had been
to,. hear of her sorrow. But that
would never counteract the other
letter. Helen had written with in
tentional malice, and no woman
j could read it and not feel the un
derlying motive.
Through her readiness to jump to
conclusions, she had wounded with
out reason a good friend.
To Be Continued.
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THE THBEE B'S
l*nltc<l States Can Whip the Hun
With Ivacon, Bread and Beans,
Says the Food Administrator.
i We can whip Germany with three
"B," —Bacon, Bread and Beans.
These are three of our most im
portant kinds of amunition. The
first two we must place in the hands
of the Allies. The third is for our
own defense.
Putting bacon into the hands of i
| the Allies is one of the most impor- j
j tant ways in which we can help j
| fight this war. Bacon is a highly
I concentrated food and can be ship
j ped abroad readily and economic
r ally. If we can send larger quanti
| ties of it abroad, it will go a long
| way toward keeping the soldiers in
! tip-top fighting condition and the
wolf from the doors of their famil
ies.
But to do this means a sacrifice (
jby every one of us. It means that \
' each of us must be particularly car-;
ful in our use of bacon, pork and;
| pork products, for our hogs have de
■ creased alarmingly in number, dur-:
ing the past year. Yet. if we are:
going to meet even the minimum de- i
mand made on us, we must increase
our exports of bacon and pork
100,000,000 pounds over pre-war
averages.
Think this over before serving ba
con for breakfast to-morrow.
The second "B" is Bread. A
slice of wheat bread is scarce in any
of the Allied countries to-day as a
German soldier in uniform is here
In America. For two years rich and
poor alike have been eating war
bread. But even this war-bread can
not be made without some of our
wheat. We must reduce our wheat S
consumption to 30 per cent below I
normal until next harvest if the'
Allies are still to have bread.
This means sacrifice and substi
tution on our part. We must eat
corn and oatmeal bread, barley
scones, rice and potatoes. We must
eat less cake and pastry and save
our bread crumbs for puddings, j
| muffins, baked dishes, and griddle)
cakes. Save one pound weekly of |
wheat for everyone in your family
and you will put bread into those
out-stretched hands across the water j
that plead for our help.
And now for the last "B," —Beans.
They are one of the most valuable,
kinds of ammunition we have for|
our own defense. By using beans;
more freely we can save thousands j
of pounds of meat for our soldiers (
and the Allies.
Eat beans dried and canned. Eat!
them boiled and baked. Eat them j
in muffins, timbales, sandwiches, j
baked loaves, soups, salads, croquet- j
tes. and souffles. Eat them for break- j
fast, lunefy and dinner. They arej
always nourishing, always satisfy-1
ing, always healthful. Get acquaint
ed with all the varieties —the navy, |
lima, and kidney beans, string beans, |
pinto beans, and soy beans.
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KNOWS
She Proved That Lydia E.
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Suffering Women.
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i 2P t0 my ° wn
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Advice to the Lovelorn ...
A SENSE OF POSSESSION
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am deeply in love with a girl
two years my junior, with whom I
have been going about for several
years. I have taken notice that what
I am unable to visit her, she goes
out with others and so this has
left me in doubt as to whether she
really cares.
1 may be called away on a twenty
four hour notice and this puzzle
j has kept me worried.
B. M B. J.
You don't need a sharp rebuke.
'
Wheels are not what
they used to be
Ever see an automobile ness—a most discouraging
dash out of a side street part in times like these
and cross the track in front when wheels are hard to
of a street car? get, due to war conditions.
A very small flat spot will
Remember how the make a noise like a trip
motorman throws on the hammer when the car is
brakes and stops the car going at a good speed.
Sudden ' y? Take the flat wheel off?
Well, that makes the car Yes, that is the thing to
slide. And when the car do. But what are you
slides that makes a flat spot going to put on? A new
on the wheels. wheel, of course. That's
not as easy as it sounds
22 tons that's what when wheels are not to be
some of those big cars had.
weigh—sliding along on a .
ra j] j Ihe old wheel is useless
when it's taken off. Steel
But it was done to pre- wheels could be repaired,
vent a smash-up! when the flat spot was
small. But cast iron
• Same thing happens wheels with flat spots go to
when a person tries to the junk pile. Steel wheels
"beat " a car to a street cor- are out of the question
ner. When the motorman now!
sees the person—on short ,
notice —he stops the car " on * wan t flat
suddenly. wheels. They shake up
the motors and the car
Sometimes a passenger throughout and cost us
decides to get off the car— more in general car repair
at the last second—and than the wheels them
pushes the signal button selves,
when the car is but a few Kf
feet from the corner. What NO ' wheels ar e not what
is the result? they to be—and not
. to be had in a jiffy. We
The motorman stops the wish the car wheels we
car suddenly to let the pas- have ordered a year ago
senger off. would come. But Uncle
Sam's war needs must be
Flat wheels—they are a taken care of before all
part of the street car busi- else, and rightly so.
HARRISBURG RAILWAYS COMPANY
You simply that sense of possession
which makes many of us long to
cut off the one for whom we care
most from any interest which shall
interfere with our own supremacy
in his or her life. It would probably
be at once a sign of generosity and
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to recognize the fact that she la
i young, full of the joy of living and
that she may enjoy the friendship
and attention of other men even
though you have her love. Don't try
to narrow her existence and deprive
her of everything yoh cannot give
her.
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