Little Talks by Beatrice Fairfax "How old are yoir?" might have been the title of an amusing comedy, enacted at the special Congressional election in New Yor.<, when women voted. This inquiry was put to a tall, slim, boyish-looking woman—one of the keen, live-wire type. Without a moment's hesitation she answered: "Forty-nine." She was informed this was no oc casion for jocularity, and serious consequence might ens le if she l er sixted in merrymaking. The lady, with an air of "1 expected this.' orened her handbag: and produced a marriage license, seating 101 th that she had been niarrieo twenty-eight I J'ars and that she was twenty-one iii (he time of the ceremony. The men looked foolish, and the slender one, with an ai • of having insured herself ag'.iinst masculine ( stupidity, went on with her business of citizenship and iepirted. Another woman with a triple chin, ehrrtness of brea;h an i a 'general | air of limpness who had got wind oi t:ie -comedy nearly contracted alio- i j ltxy in rlinning down the girlish! f irty-niner. "How no you d > it?" ! *he gasped. And the lady who had held tjle clock back twenty years answered t-rielly: "Interest and fresh air.' And the greatest of these is inter <•3l. Some vital interest as a whet- Fton" for every facultv and the yeors fly tj* without leaving- their fatal f"ot| rints. A Group of Yoillls-<Mil People Clemenceau, the French Premier, 1 Is seventy-six: Thomas Edison is! seventy-one, and he thinks nothing; j Daily Dot Puzzle 2® O , 16 ~ I • 18 l 7 ' " * f=N ' * l4 2b • *ll . | |. lO f * ' f ' lB I 2,9 • 9 ) r? ' 31 7 * • *. * 31 \^ -'ii. \ • \ C f S* Draw from one to two and so on tfi the ond. BAKER'S I BREAKFAST ! 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SATURDAY EVENING, Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1918, International News Service '•* *■* *•* By McManus LL ' Y * JIC<^'OUST JUST THINK- tT'6 TVJENTV HAVt I ISOT S\l ' BRINC, IN ONF OF W Hft WAS J I I i of working forty-eight hours on a stretch; Anna Shaw is ais.> seventy one, and she often sits up in tne train at night, and mukes three or four speeches the following day. If yoj've ever heard the tnagic of h'.r elcquence, it is not necessary to say how young she is. Amelia Barr, ;it eiphty-seven, is still ,v. iting books that sell up into the thousands These peop'c haven't time to get tin- they are too busy thinking and working at important things—they let the years take care of them selves. If you would be young and haven't a vital and consuming interest, "it's up to you'' to create one. The war. with its countless opportunities for work, has been a godscni tj the type 1 am going to call the mummified wt man. The woman is to be found in all classes of society. The influences that control 1-er life are always material. Her world is thrown out of gear if the silver car.'t be cleaned on Wednesday, if that happens to be silvsr-clcaning duy. if the seamstress is late or un able to come, it is a tragedy. If the department store has no more ma genta satin of the particular shade has decided on foe a belt. It is a world calamity. In her soul that woman is as old as Rider Haggard's "She." Never an interest in life above some foolish material thing, that she'd be better oft without. Sofa pillows, lamp shades, a bargain—something not really needed—ice cream soda, cards, bridge, movies and a petty rivalry In getting ahead of some other woman. f>he never thinks her brain is the or ■tan above which she pins her hat. The mummified woman seldom ■ •ares about children—if she did they would keep a,way that slow drying- Lip process. Usually she lives in a Hat which reduces her housework to a minimum. And lier family consists of a cou ple of plants, a Victrola and a ca nary, sometimes the canary is varied by a dog. More often than not there is a mummified husband in the back ground. and he, too. has h's dry-as dust little interests. Now the great world war J-.as laid its grip on that family and shaken them out of that slaw process of evaporation that was desiuating them body and soul. It has given her something to do, something to think about besides the iniquities ot the Janitor and the great question of rloes the laundress make oft with the handkerchiefs? If she goes out to do Red Cross work, it brings her in contact with other women, who help to bring something into her life. But when a woman of this type decides to take a "job" it makes her over. A Xtnnllnic Change I I know several such women and the change in them is startling. One | in particular who has taken a place with the Food Administration, where j she gets a salary of SSS a month | and with it a new lease of life. • She was the most mummified per | son I have ever known. She kept | house neatly and well, but there was I not enough to keep her busy more ! than a few hours, the rest of the I time she spent in drying up. She and her husband had a simple breakfast at eight, and ne departed not to return until 5.30 o'clock. Then they sat down to a silent dinner, not l because they were "mad." but be j cause there was nothing to talk I about. She "did" the dishes and he ' smoked, and their day was done, j Her husband was fond of her in i his dull, dry way. He accepted her <as part of the flat furniture. In j j the scheme of things she occupied a | place higher than the diningroom i table that held the meals, or the I steamlieat pipes that kept the place j ' warm, because she saw to and ad i ministered these things. They might have gone on like this for years, but one day she heard a | patriotic speech that stirred her as ] i nothing had stirred her for years. I | and she went out and got that Gov- ■ ernment job. j This gave her husband a terrible I "jolt," The little, dull wife had her ' j place in the world, the United States j I Government had decided she was worth >BS a month. ' Jifttlf'n Value to the Country 1 It was incredible, but Nettie was ; worth something besides going to j market, cooking the dinner and i making the stew now that the price j of steak had gone up so high. He I polished his glasses and began to j regard her with fresh eyes. She | was only thirty-six, after all—and not bad-looking. So he began walk ing to her office with her in the | morning and sometimes bringing ! home a bunch of violets at night. I The maid they have in to cook I the dinner is not as good a cook as ! Nettie—but what's the difference? 1 That particular husband has begun j to show some of the attentions of) | their courting days—he's not so sure • j of Nettie as he was. liDaily Fashion! I Hint I IP Prepare 4 Especially For TTiii | p Ncjuspapet A COAT IN HIQH FAVOR. Despite the cry for wool conserva tion entire coats of brown English cheviot are to be seen among the spring modes, and also In high favor are the Canadian homespuns, Eng lish woolens, Irish friezes and Scotch tweeds. The model pictured is in straight-line efTect trimmed with large pockets, cuffs, collar and belt of self-material. Medium size re quires 4 yards 54-lnch material. Pic torial Review Coat No. 7750. Sizes, 34 to 4ti Inches bunt, l'riuo, 2f cenu. HAREISBURG TELEGRAPH Wheatlessness at Dinner So croutons, macaroni or spug. hetti in soup—use barley, tapioca, sago, peas, beans or eat with it wheatless and ryeless wafers. NO BREAD—Double servings of potatoes or two kinds of potatoes, (sweet and white) or potatoes and hominy or potatoes and rice. Crackers (if any) wheatless and ryeless. (Use rice flour, corn flour, cornmeal, oatmeal.) Pie crusts of corn flour, barley | Hour, cornmeal, oatmeal. Other wheatiess desserts such as I tapioca puddings, rice puddings, gel j atin dishes, frozen desserts, custards, j hlanc manges, fruit compotes, fruit ! sponges, pota'to flour desserts, | steamed puddings of cornmeal and I barley, baked puddings of cornmeal | and barley wheatiess cakes. , CORNFLOUR BISCUITS I 2 2-3 cups corn flour i ti teaspoons baking powder I 1 teaspoon salt .1 '.ablespoons fat ' 1 cup liquid Sift dry materials together. Work 'in fat well. Combine liquid and j dry materials, handling lightly. 801 l | or pat inch thick and cut as bis ) cuits. Bake in a hot oven. RICE FLOUR SPONGE CAKE i 4 eggs 1 cup sugar I 2 tablespoons lemon juice j '4 teaspoon salt j 3-4 cup rice flour i Separate the whites and yolks of . eggs. Beat the yolks until thick land lemon colored. Beat sugar into j yolks, add the lemon juice and salt. I Fold in alternately the stiffly beaten ; whites and flour. Bake in ungreas- I ed pan for 35 to 40 minutes. Advice to the Lovelorn By BEATRICE FAIRFAX The.v Are Selfish Dear Miss Fairfax: 1 am in love with a young man, and there is no doubt as to the sin cerity of his love for me. The bar j rier to our marriage is the fact that , his people are not anxious to see i him marry, as they hate to see him [ leave them. He is urging' me to wed him without their consent. What would you advise ? M. C. S. S. This man's parents, as you de scribe them, are selfish and self centered. Most parents nafe to see their children leave the home nest —but most parents conquer their own feelings ! They once upon a time wanted a home of their own and now they should realize the tight of their children to have an individual existence, too. If only a selfish unwillingness to part, with their boy stands between you and the man you love, then I think you J two young people have a light not] only to take jour happiness <>nd to force your elders to a more generous attitude of acceptance—but to com pel them to recognize your rights ' if generously, or not. Why Kncouraee Him? Bear Miss Fairfax: o 1 am just eighteen years. I am in love with a man of twenty-one in my class at college. This young I man has been friends with a young ] lady, about twenty, for several j years, and though they are not for- I mally engaged, are understood to ] be so. What shall I do? May I offer ' him any encouragement ? I do not want to feel that I would be the cause of making a girl miserable. S. N. i Why should you "offer him any i encouragement"? He has not 1 shown any signs of wanting to be I encoi.raged, has he ? You "think" j yo'i nre In love. I think you are romantic and not too honorable. ' Leave this boy alone. He is plight- ! ed to another girl. He might mere- ! ;>• be disgusted with you if you tried ; 'o steal his love—but even were I possible for you to gain 'iT, such a i course would be contemptible. Are You Mercenary? Bear Miss Fairfax: I am twenty-eight and have a friend (widower) twenty-one years •my, senior. He is well able to g<ve j ■me a more comfortable home than I have. We love one another and j know that we will do everything to ! make one another happy. Do you ' think the difference in ages is too i great ? L. R. j One sentence In your letter seems ! to settle the whole question. If you are convinced of your own sin- I cerity and mean what you say, this j disposes of the situation for you. j The sentence to whi-h I refer is I this: "We Jove one another and I know that w'e will do everything to ! make each other, happy." . My dear girt, as compared to that., what Is I any evidence of the calendar and the date of your birth in the town , hall or family bible ? You are a i woman grown and this man is In j what is called "the prime of life"! Age is a matter of spirit rather than j time. One of the youngest, most i v'tal and energetic men I know is I sixty-five. The only thing that wor ries me is the suggestion of a nier- j cnary attitude on your part, in the emphasis you plate on your joy in the sort of home this man can give j jou. "Outwitting the Hun" By Lieutenant Pat O'Brien (Copyright, 19IS. by Pat Alva O'Brien.) SVXOI'SIS i Enlisting in the K. F, C. in Canada in May, 1917, Lieutenant O'Brien was I transferred to France for active ser | vice, where he was brought down be ; hind the German lines, in a fall of 8,000 feet. He escaped later, in Ger many, by a hold leap from the window of a prison train going thirty miles an hour. Then came his extraordinary jour ney out of Germany, through Luxem burg and into Belgium, hie traveled at night and rested 'n hiding during the day, surviving terrlole hardships. | swimming rivers when delirious from j hunger and exposure, living like a i hunted animal. When well on his way 1 through Belgium, one night, in quest , of food, he raps at the door ot a j dwelling and is admitted by a ( Flemish peasant, who befriends him ] and directs him to a man in a Belgian ' citv who will help him secure a pass port. Now go on with the story. CHAPTER XI. I Fneonntor <jennnn Soldiers | (Copyright, 1918. by Pat Alva O'Brien. > • What the Bel fil'1" j'"',''- ; j worry. Ii j should run into a fHpip j SlUTPCd'cd until the h 'g city which the Belgian had men-1 tioned—and which 1 cannot name fori rear of identifying some of the peo-i pie there who befriended me I! j would proceed with the utmost pre-: i caution. Since I had discarded my uniform and had obtained civilian clothes, I had not been Quite as care-! ful as I was at first. While I had done my traveling at| night, I had not gone into hiding so early in the morning as before and I; I had sometimes started again before j lit was quite durk, relying upon the. tact that I would prooably be mis j taken for a Belgian on his way to ori | from work, as the case might be. ] From now on. I resolved, however. I 1 would take no more chances. I That evening I came to a river per- \ I haps seventy-live yards wide an.l l| was getting ready to swim it when I thought I would walk o i:ule way to' find, if possible, a better place toi get to the river from the bank, i! had not walked mo:e tnan a few, ; hundred feet when I saw a boat. It! I was the first time I had seen a boat! j in all my experiences It was firmly, chained, but as the, stakes were sunk in the soft bank it j i was not tpiuch of a job to pull them | out. I got in, drank to my heart's j | content, shoved over to the other j I side got out, drove a stake into cl!<- I ground and moored the boat. It; j would have been a simple mutt ?r| ! to have drifted down the river, but i ! the river was not shown on my map! and I had no idea where it might! lead mc. Very reluctantly, therefore,] I hnd to abandon the boat and pro ceed 011 foot. Making Hotter Headway T made several miles that nignt J and before daylight found a s.tfe place in which to hide for the day. Ftom my hiding place I could ste; through the bushes a heavy thick' wooil only a short distance away. J J decided that I would start earlier| than usua", hurry over to the wood and perhaps, in that way. I could' cover two or three miles in the day-1 time and gain just so much time, j Traveling through the wood would! be comparatively safe. There was, a railroad going through the wood, but; I did not figure that would make it any the less safe. About 3 o'clock that afternoon, therefore, I emerged from my hiding place and hurried into the wood. Af'er proceeding for half a mile or so I came to the railroad. I took a sharp look in both directions -md seeing no signs of trains or soldiers,! I walked boldly over the tracks and; continued on my way. I soon came upon a clearing and| knew that someone, must be living in the vicinity. As I tunned group of trees I saw a small house and in the distance an old man working in aj garden. T decided to enter the house and 1 ask for food, figuring the woman! would probablv be ol<l and would hei no match for me even if she proved! hostile. The old woman who camei to the door in response -to my knock was oldct than 1 had expected. If, she wasn't close to a hundred years, I X miss my guess very much. She could not speak English and I! could not speak Flemish, of course, but nevertheless I made her under stand that I wanted something to i eat. She came out of the door und j hollered for her husband in a shrill voice that would have done credit to a girl of eighteen. The old man came in from his gar den and between the two of thou they managed to get the idea that I was hungry and they gave me a piece of bread—a very small piece— which WHS quite a treat. The house they lived in consisted of just tw6 rooms —the kitchen r.nd A bedroom. The kitchen WHS per haps fourteen feet square, eight feet of one side of it being taken up 1 y an enormous fireplace. What ws in the bedroom 1 had no way of roll- ing, as 1 dill not dare lo be too in- j quisitive. Refused a Night's lodging I made the old couple understand ! that I would like to stay in their! : house all night, but the old muni ■shook his head. 1 bade them good- i • by and disappeared into the woods,! 'leaving theiu to speculate as to ihe i j strange foreigner they had enter-1 tained. From the greater density of the; population in the section through! which X was now passing i realized I that 1 must be in the outskirts of the I big city which the Belgian hal nien-i tioned and where X was to procui j a: ! passport. Village after village intercepted! ! me, and although X tried to skirt j j them wherever possible X realized j ! that I would never make much prog-1 I ress if I continued that course. To ! gain a mile I would sometimes havei to make a detour of two or three.; I decided that i would try my luck in 1 going straight through the next vil-; lase X came to. As X approached it I passed num-l' [ hers of peasants who were ambling j along the road. I was afraid to nun-j i gle with them because it was impus-: sible for me to talk to them and .tj was dangerous to arouse suspicion,! even among the Belgians. For ill I ! knew one of them might be treacher ous enough to deliver me to the Ger -1 mans in return for the reward he might be sure of receiving. About 9 o'clock that evening I 1 came to a point where ahead of mo on the right was a Belgian police station—X knew it from its red lignts —and on the other side of the Street were two German soldiers in uniform I leaning against a bicycle. 1 Here was a problem which called for instant decision: if I turned back the suspicion of the soldiers would be instantly aroused and if I crossed the road so as not to pass so closely to them they might be equally sus picious. I decided to march bravely by the Huns, bluff my way through and trust to Providence. If anybody imagines, however, that I was at all comfortable as X ap proa'ched these soldiers, he must think that X am a much braver man than X claim to bo. My heart beut so loud I was afraid they would hear it. Every step I took brought me so much nearer to what might prove lo be the end of all my hopes. Xt was a nerve-racking ordeal. 1 was now within a few feet of them. Another step and — They didn't turn a hail! 1 passed right by them heanl wnat they were saying, although, of course, X didn't understand it. and went right on 1 can't say,l didn't walk a lit'le faster as X left them behind", but I triad to maintain an even gait so us not to nivc them any idea of the in ward exultation X was experiencing. No word can explain, however, how relieved X really felt —to know that I had successfully pass-.' I thiough the lirst of a series of simi lar tet,ts which I realized were in store for me —although X did not know then how soon I was to be fronted with the second. As it was, however, the Incident gave me a world of confidence. It demonstrated to nie that there was nothing in my appearance, at any rate, to attract the attention of the German soldiers. Apparently 1 looked like a Belgian peasant, and If I could only work thing so thut 1 would never have to answer (|u.cs tions and thus give away my nation ality, I figured 1 would be tolerituiy j safe. (To lie Continued.) T woPotatoßeceipts | Even if you have never liked po tatoes before, you will like them fixed In tne following ways: POTATO PUFFS 2 cups mashed potato 2 esgs 1 cup grated cheese !6 cup milk 1 teaspoon salt Add the milk and salt to the po ta'o aod beat until thoroughly blended. Add the beaten es;g and the grated cheese. Bake In greas ed tins or ramekins In a slow oven. BKEOIAN BAKED POTATOES Wash, pare and slice potatoes as for French fried. I.ay the strips in an oiled g-anlte pan and hake In the even. Salt and serve. N MATED ONM-*j*tMren tacraaaao atrongth of ok> d.}aa. nrvu, run-down peo- vw trh In two v.-oeka l time, In many H ln*Uneee, II Hat ha on u tod and JH oi'.r*ad by aueh men a* Hon. Lnallo M. Sfurw, former Secretary . oHb ot (he T'vy,:ry and Ev-Guvornor w&k. KlchsnJ Potlattd Kannoy of fILJB WA DJt* m, Major of tha <J. S. L .. C.i. ral John L. Clom >M| • "f (trummor boy of M SMoh - • aorpaont In tho /%y *. Prmy „ only 12 yooro of r.*X Oft*-' -i Ltat'ad Statoa Judo* €l. M ■ EW#M invi.tfl tno Court of Ctalmo ■ ■ of Watli'i.igfon and othars. Aak your doctor or d'utfglat about It* DiRON MAY 4, 1018 Secret Service For Cooks Car. you tell the difference be tween a barley flour chocolate cake and a wheat flour chocolate cake ? Do you know whether your biscuits jare rice flour or wheat flour ? Could you, make an accurate guefi as to, whether thiit pie crust was corn flour or wheat flour If you can't then isn't it silly to say "O, 1 can't use these wheat substitutes. The family won't eat them." It is not a question of becoming used to wheat substitutes, but we must realize that the time for idle prejudice and idle talk has gone. It is a question of life and death for our soldiers that we eat other cere als and send the wheat to them. Cooks of America, line uj> in the ranks of the secret service. You do not hear an employe of that branch of the service TALKING about his work. But he gets results. So can you. Don't say to your family, "We have no wheat on the table, we are eating no wheat, we haven't had any wheat for weeks." Say rather, "Yes, I think that bread is pretty good myself," (a wheatless baking pow der loaf bread,) "but there's no need of neglecting the potatoes, John. Here, eat more of them and less of the bread. What are we going to have for dessert? Oh, something you like. Fruit gelatin and cakes" —barley flour) —"if you must know. Well what's the news about Ypre& tonight ?" And so on. Do your talking about wheat sub stitutes when you meet with the other wives who are secretly serv ing. There is the place to compare notes, and, incidentally receipts. There is the place where you may talk shop to your heart's content. But In your family let your conver sation, as well as your meals, be wheatless. |NO ADVANCE IN PRICE j ® T "^ jMEURALGIA ! The Value of | rub the Forehead 1 Correct ft and Temple with /Mlft i | .1, . _ Litil* Body-Guard inlbwr Hmne* v//sKfir M T C- I tyesignt 25c—50c—$1.00 ; Faulty vision —an annoyance ' an<l serious handicap elimi- DR. CHASE'S nates many of the joys of life. Blood SsSNerveTablets *££Zt Weigh Yourself Before faking. 1 >OUr eyCS ' Pric 60 Cents. Special 90 Cents I We v. ill I'lll'lliwli the clashes I lilted Medicine Co., X. 10th St.,! Philadelphia, I*a. [ Relief from Eczema | / W.P^LQ _ , , | Eyesight Specialist Don t worry about eczema or other sa MIIITH TIIIIJM STHICET skin troubles. You can have a clear, s;iiteinner Haiidias healthy skin by using a little zemo, IT'.'.'i' 'rrrsssss &&&'£% obtained at any drug store for 35c, or —*" —' ll ■■■ ■■ extra large bottle at SI.OO. Zemo generally removes pimples, T-_ „ _ I ¥ rvTTT blackheads, blotches, eczema a.id ring- L"drJl HOW worm and makes the skin clear and healthy. Zemo is a clean, penetrating, to antiseptic liquid, neither sticky nor greasy and stains nothing. It is easily i rjr TRY "T applied and costs a mere trifle for each JJC _MI application. It is always dependable. J. The E. W. Rose Co., Cleveland. O. Nearly everybody's knitting theye dnys, so of course, you want to do Jl*-*"™ l *".. "™" 1 - ■" * ■ your BIT for OUR soldier boys us Ualn wnntorl well as make a sweater and other r WalllCU comfort articles for yourself. by many women THK WI\IRNRO CT>ARK SWEAT TF a woman suffers from sich EH BOOK i. ailments as Backache. Head- I , ncludeß lnstrU ctlon a for the .land •che. Lassitude and Nervous- ; ard Red CroM Army and lVavy fiess - - the symptoms indicate j sweaters and helmets. Karrisburg tare College Troup lJulldln, 13 fi. Uarkei s%. this paper to-day and the Wlnifre<l Bell pbune *6i uiai 43UJ Clark Sweater Book will be mailed BooKKeeplng. ishorthund, jriieno- to you. type. Typewriting. ctvil Servle*, position 11 aiid "HOUI " CU ;Vl&°* Enclosed find 15 cents for which v ui(h Training in a stuadurd school mail me the new Winifred Clark of Katabllabed Reputation. Day Sweater Bock, and Night School. ttntr auy Moa- 1 day. ' Fully accredited by the National I ame Association. V. —— ,mm "\ Address German Admiral Removed; Result of Zeebrugge Raid Admiral von Schroeder, com mander of (he German naval base at Zeebrugge, has been relieved of his command. His demotion was the result of the successful raid recently made by British and French war ships. BABY SCRATCHEr DAYAND NIGHT Had Breaking Out All Over Face and On Head. Blisters Came, Cuticura Healed. "My baby had a breaking out all over her face, and there was some on her head. Small blisters came, and then they burst and became sore, red. and angry, and s dry skin came over them. She scratched at them day and night, and she was so disfigured I was ashamed for her to be seen. "My mother suggested that we get a free sample of Cuticura Soap and Oint ment and we did. It gave relief at once. Then we bought more, and in about four weeks she was healed." (Signed) Mrs. G. S. Carr, Landenberg, Pa., Nov. 12, 'l7. Nothing so ensures a clear skin and good hair as making Cuticura your every-day toilet preparations. Sample Each Free by Mail. Address post* card: "Cuticura. Dept. H, Boston." Sold everywhere. Soap2sc. Ointment 25and50c. 5
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