|(J§l| Readii\c[ all ike farhiß} ]|Jp§|| Life's Problems | Are Discussed By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow I picked four letters from my desk - -four letters quite at random. Vet, j-tiangely enough, they presented in conjunction an epitome of life's vary ing moods and lenses. One from a girl o£ twenty-three was wistful and introspective, lueathing a spirit as temperamental as that of April. "What is wrong with me'.'" :ha writes. "Will the spirit of discon tent ever seize me, without prev ention and at any hour of the day'.' And yet 1 can be so happy. A pretty picture, sweet music, a touching scene and the world for me is changed. Oft I wish to do something lash, impulsive, foolish. "I want to assist the devil, but always reason and self-respect step in and prove the victors. I live one way, but in my secret thoughts 1 am so differ ent!" ' "Oh. "my baby-talk lady!" What is wrong with you? you ask. As well inquire what is wrong with spring? We all have felt the same way. We all have cherished those | same indefinite yearnings. We all have been "not like other girls."l And we got bravely over it, just as we got over the mumps and the measles. But the Marie Bashkirtseff stuf is just a bit off key at present, my dear. Twenty-three to-day has no leisure to indulge in self-analysis and morbid repining. Male and fe male alike, it is alert, purposeful, energetic, and its call to all its brothers and sisters is, "Carry on! Get into the ,?ame!" My second letter was summer at its apogee—fiery, impetuous, flung out In the quick heat of jealdusy. It was from a woman of thirty-five, seven years married and the mother of children. She had discovered her husband and his stenographer at a restau rant together—nothing more than] NO ADVANCE IN PRICE MOTHERS M Keep the family free J from colds by using Keep a Littl* inTbwr Htxne 25c—50c—$1.00 Happy is Ihc | Man or Woman Who starts the Day with a good Cup of Extra Good COFFEE. Everybody who drinks Either OLD FAVOR ITE or GOLDEN ROAST has a happy morning joy every day in the year. PERFECT SATIS FACTION. The price is right. The flavor is right. The coffee is RIGHT. Use it. OLD FAVORITE 25c Lb. GOLDEN ROAST 30c Lb. R. H. Lyon Importer Harrisburg Pcnna. F' T * '' !'' tut^ Defective Eyesight pTOfr A Menace to Health W& Your sight is vitally important and should be safeguarded. Incompetency in fitting glasses means serious trouble. Compe tency means comfort and visual satisfaction We pride •irwhw upon our optical ability Eyesight Specialist (• NORTH THIRD STREKT ■ ehleUaer Bildlac SATURDAY EVENING, TELEGRAPH MAY 18, 1918. Bringing Up Father *—* Copyright, 1918, International News Service *■" *■* By McM THATbVHM I -v. WHERE DID JIMKV CLAvtsCY I THOUGHT XOU | VEV/OZ! wc . . J I WOT. THE ONEI 00 CAME. HOME-' THOUGHT -THAT'S HIT ME- , WERE SUCH HE JO'oT CAME * \ THAT AOVI^EO \ IT" THE REASON I . \ P^-^V^ 000 FRIENDS? e>ACK from Hit* Vli I I HIM TO OT c c home; E \VTi I >jr - . .J homey moon ? f lU/ marked: / that—and wrote to ask me jf I would j advise her taking up bookkeeping! and stenography, although she ad-! mits she has no training or special I aptitude for such work. I certainly would not so advise] her, especially since she herself j agrees that the husband could not' treat her better than he does, an-I i in regard to the lestaurant episode j merely laughs at the idea that any one should question either the pro-1 priety or perfect innocence of his j conduct. Ih fact, I hardly think her letter! requires an answer, for the liand-j writing indicates a woman of com-i monsense and generous instincts, if a trifle hasty in temper, and 1 am sure that long before this ap pears her flare of resentment will j have been forgotten in a happy reconciliation. In a postscript she. states. "I have always done everything to! make home like happy." Well, let j her continue doing so, and all the 1 vampires in the world shall not! prevail against her. If the two letters I have men-j tionred symbolize in a Way the ot-j tributes of spring and summer, no; less does the third carry with it a suggestion of November's gray skies and haunting melancholy. It is from a woman over fifty years! old who wants to keep her homej and is dependent on her own exer- J tions to do so. Active, ambitious! and of superior attainments sliej can speak, read, v/rite and trans-' late French fluently, having been i born in Paris—she yet claims that! she can obtain no better position I than that of messenger for a tele-j ,™raph company. Everywhere she, applies she finds herself barred by the question of age. What is she to do. she asks. President Taft once in response] to a somewhat similar question ans- ■ wered, "God knows!" and thereby, I whether he meant it or not—which he did not—voiced a message of hope. God knows: for is not that power in us "to will and to do" one of the strongest and surest manifes tations of His presence, a force against which nothing can stand? That years arc no disability to a woman is proved by a long line of examples. To look young, to feel young, above all to think young; that is the secret. The first, my correspondent should not find difficult. She comes of a na tion which has made "camouflage" one of the outstanding features of this war. Let her apply it to her own battle. Let her quit holding constantlv before herself, and there fore to others, a picture of herself a3 "over fifty" and passee. Let hen "camouflage" her appearance, heri mind, her soul into the semblance of: thirty-five, never admitting even to, herself that she is anything else: and ] the rewards of thirty-five will be; hers. The fourth letter is from a cor-j respondent I have quoted before ] on various occasions, and who is eighty years old this month. Hei has no personal problem to pre- : sent, merely wise and witty com-] ments on things that he observes. | He has lived, and except for am occasional touch of rheumatism, isj well satisfied with life, and ready i BIG EATERS GET KIDNEY TROUBLE SAYS AUTHORITY Take a tablespoonful of Salts to flush Kidneys if Back hurts Omit all meat from diet if you feel Rheumatic or Bladder bothers. The American men and women must guard constantly against kid ney trouble, because we eat too much and all our food is rich. Our blood is filled with uric actd which the kidneys strive to filter out, they weaken from overwork, become slug gish; the eliminatlve tissues clog and the result is kidney trouble, bladder weakness and a general decline in health. When your kidneys feel like lumps of lead; your back hurts or the urine is cloudy, full of sediment or you are. obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night; if you suffer with sick headache or dizzy, nervous spells, acid stomach, or you have rheumatism when the weather is bad, get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water btfore breakfast for a few days and jour kidneys will then act fine. This frmous salts is made from the acid ct grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for p.enerations to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys; to neutralize the &.cids in the urine so it no longer l* a source of irritation, thus ending bladder disorder^. Jad Salts Is Inexpensive; cannot injure, makes a delightful ef fervescent llthia-water beverage, and belongs In every home, because nobody can make a mistake by hav ing a good kidney flushing any time. | for the next step, whatever it may i be. . j To read his letter gives all the i I effect of a bright winter's day, with 1 | the sunshine glistenine- over fields of j white, and a fresh, revivifying breeze; blowing across the uplands. And I one feels that underneath the sea-1 son's snowy mantle the seeds are| j stirring in the brown earth and the j little sprouts pushing upward eter-1 nally green. And I cannot help think that if] ! these four types I have pictured wee ; shaken up in a bag and made into ! ; one, what a/ripe and rare and capa-1 I ble and tender and wonderful com- j ! posite that would be. There's a lot of good in human j nature, after all. L I The "Hog Table" Would you sit at the 'hog table" ] ,I if you were ,at one of the great ! | Army camps? I With the world war have come nev* j I developments. It is not enough fo. '| the soldier man now to learn the' ] use of the bayonet, to master the > art of going over the top in the] trenches, to cultivate a spick-and span appearance and an alert but j j respectful manner at all times, and* j finally to go away to France to fight. I 1 He must do even more by saving I 1 foodstuffs to send across the seas to j ! the armies and the Allies. That ] means, principally, that he must] j avoid waste. In certain camps the rules „t sav- j I ing are strictly enforced. The tablel 'manners of each man are noted. It ,|is a matter of patriotic pride to see | j how little waste of food goes on. , j But there are greedy ones, men | .! whose "eyes are bigger than their ,! stomachs," who will heap their plates i with more than they are able to eat. ■j What is left is an absolute waste. ; I So, after due warning and remon ' : strance, as a disciplinary measure, . j the offenders are grouped at one ta ■; ble, to the scorn of their fellow war | riors. This is known as the "hog t ! table." ■ j Do you know anyone in civil life I ! who belongs there? Advice to the Lovelorn j By BEATRICE FAIRFAX NOTHING WRONG AT ALL,! ) Dear Miss Fairfax: I am in thej r| twenties and regard my suitors in aj •] humorous way. I can never take II them seriously, and always discour-J 'jage intimacy and affection, but ami ■| satisfied with companionship. In, 'j spite of this I feel that wifehood and i! motherhood is the greatest blessing. 11 Is something wrong with me? I do i i not understand myself at all. R. M. C. . The old solution applies to you, my . I dear—you probably have not met , "the right man" yet, that is all. . j There is nothing to deplore in a | lesson of humor, the dignity that dis . j courages light lovemaking and the common sense that reaches out for j friendly companionship. The reason i you long some day to have a child of your own is because you are normal and healthy and line and true. Don't worry about yourself for another minute. Go on having good friends | and seeking comradeship in place of ! flirtation. When love comes into your life you will be ready for it, you will know what to do with it—never fear. Daily Dot Puzzle lIW 18 19 'iXly l " VL i |l% >• 1. <•/ wj 1 4 • V .5 *27^ : •" "?/ I ■- " . '7/ . 38* Soli / 38 * •IM / Draw from one to two and so on to the end. "Outwitting By Lieutenant Pat O'Brien (CopyTTßiu, lSiS 1 . Tat Alva O'Brien.) CHAPTER, VII (Jetting- Through tlie I.ines (Copyright, 1918, by Pat Alva O'Brien.) Waiting until it was quite, dark, 1 T made my way care- $i fully through a field and eventually came f " le mU(h dreaded | t was all that I SBEMf. had heard about it. Every foot of the border line between ' Sip? Belgium and Hol land is protected in precisely the same manner. It is there to serve three purposes: first, to prevent the Bel gians from escaping into Holland: second, to keep enemies, like myself, from making their way to freedom; and .third, to prevent desertions on the part of Germans themselves. One look at it was enough to con \ince anyone that it probably acconi plished all three objects about as well as any contrivance could, and I one look was all I got of it that night, for while I lay on my stomach gazing at the forbidding structure I heard the measured stride of a German sentry advancing toward me, and I crawled away as fast as I possibly could, determined to spend the night '.somewhere in the fields and make another and more careful survey the following night. The Death-Rearing Barrier The view I had obtained, however, was sufficient to convince me that the pole-vault idea was out of the question even if I had a pole and was a proficient pole vaulter. The three fences covered a span of at least twelve feet, and to clear the last barbed wire fence it would be neces sary to vault not only at least ten feet high, but at least fourteen feet wide with the certain knowledge that to touch the electrically charged fence meant instant death. There would be no second chance if you came a cropper the first time. The stilt idea was also imprac ticable because of the lack of suit able timber and tools with which to construct the stilts. It seemed to me that the best thing to do was to travel up and down the line a bit in the hope that some spot, might be discovered where con ditions were more favorable, al though T don't know just what I ex petted along those lines. It was mighty disheartening to realize that only a few feet away lay certain liberty and that, the only thing preventing me from reaching it were three confounded fences. I thought of my machine and wished that some kind fairy would set it in front of me for just one minute. * I spent the night in a clump of hushes and kept in hiding most of the next day, only going abroad for an hour or two in the middle of the day to intercept some Belgian peas ant and beg for food. The Belgians in this section were naturally very much afraid of the Germans and I fared badly. In nearly every house German soldiers were quartered and it was out of the question for me to apply for food in that direction. The proximity of the border made everyone eye each other with more or less suspicion and I soon came to the conclusion that the safest thing I could do was to live on raw vege tables which I could steal from the fields at night as I had previously done. Ixmkcri Absolutely Hopeless That night I made another survey of the barrier in that vicinity, but it looked just as hopeless as it had the night before, and I concluded that I only wasted my time there. I spent the night wandering north, guided by the North Star, which had served me so faithfully in all my traveling. Every mile or two I would make my way carefully to the bar rier to see if conditions were any better, but it seemed to be the same all along. I felt like a wild animal In a cage, with about as much chance of getting out. The section of the country in which I was now wandering was very heavily wooded and there was really no very great difficulty in keeping myself concealed, which I did all day long, striving all the time to think of some way in which I could circumvent that cursed bar rier. The idea of a huge stepladder oc curred to me, but I searched hour after hour in vain for lumber or fallen trees out of which I could con struct one. If I could only obtain something which would enable me to reach, a point about nine feet in the air it would be a comparatively sim ple matter to jump from that point over the electric fence. Then I thought that perhaps 1 could construct a simple ladder and lean it against one of the posts upon which the electric wires were strung, climb to the top and leap over, get ting over the barbed wire fences in the same way. This seemed to he the most likely plan, and all night long I sat con structing a ladder for this purpose. I was fortunate enough to find a number of fallen pine trees from ten to twenty feet long. I selected two of them which seemed sufficiently strong and broke off all the branches which I used as rungs, tying them to the poles with grass and strips from my handkerchief and shirt as best I could. It was not a very workmanlike looking ladder when I finally got through with it. I leaned it against a tree to test it and it wobbled con siderably. It was more like a rope ladder than a wooden one, but 1 strengthened it here and there and decided that it would probably serve the purpose. I kept the ladder in the woods all day and could hardly wait until dark to make the supreme test. If it proved successful my troubles were over; within a few hours 1 would be in a neutral country out of all dan ger. If it failed—l dismissed the idea summarily. There was no use worrying about failure; the thing to do was to succeed. The few hours that were to pass before night came on seemed end less, but 1' utilized them to reinforce my ladder, tying the rungs more se curely with long grass which i plucked in the woods. At last night came, and with my ladder in hand I made fcr the bar rier. In front of it there was a cleared space of about 100 yards, which had been prepared to make the work of the guards easier in watching it. Almost Family Shocked I heard the sentry pass the spot where I was hiding and then I hur ried across the clearing, shoved my ladder under the barbed wire and endeavored to follow it. My clothing caught in the wire, but I wrenched myself clear and crawled to the electric barrier. My plan was to place the ladder against one of the posts, climb up to the top and then jump. There would be a fall of nine or ten feet, and I might possibly sprain my ankle or break my leg, but if that was all that stood between me and freedom I wasn't going to stop to consider it. I put my ear to the ground to listen for thp coming of the sentry. There was not a sound. Eagerly but carefully I placed the ladder against the post and started up. Only a few feet separated me from liberty, and my heart beat fast. I had climbed perhaps three rungs of my ladder when I became aware of an unlooked-for difficulty. The ladder was slipping. Just as I took the next rung the ladder slipped, came in contact with the live wire, and the current passed through the wet sticks and into my body. There was a blue flash, my hold on the ladder relaxed and I fell heavily to the ground unconscious. 0 course, I had not received the full force of the current or I would not now be here. I must have re mained unconscious for a few mo ments, but I came to just in time to hear the German guard coming, and the thought came to me that if I didn't set that ladder concealed at once he would see it, even though, fortunately for me, it was an un usually dark night. Could Have Trip pod Sentry 1 pulled the ladder out of his path and lay down flat on the ground not seven feet away from his feet. He passed so close that I could have pushed the ladder out and tripped him up. It occurred to me that I could have climbed back under the barbed wire fence and waited for the sentry to return an dthen felled him with a blow on the head, as he had no of course, that there was any one in the vicinity. I wouldn't have hesi tated to take life, because my only thought was to get into Holland, hut I thought that as long as he didn't bother me perhaps the safest thing to do was not to bother him, but to continue my efforts during his peri odic absences. His beat at this point was appar ently fairly long and allowed me more time to work than I had hoped for. My mishap with the ladder had convinced me that escape in that way was not feasible. The shock that I. had received had unnerved me and I was afraid to risk it again, particularly as I realized that I had fared more fortunately than I could hope to again if I met with a similar mishap. There was no way of mak ing that ladder hold, and I gave up the idea of using it. I was now right in froijt of this electric barrier, and as I studied It I saw another way of getting by. If I Relief from Eczema y ==y Don't worry about eczema or other skin troubles. You can have a clear, healthy skin by using a little zemo, obtained at any drug store for 35c, or extra large bottle at SI.OO. • Zemo generally removes pimples, blackheads, blotches, eczema and ring worm and makes the skin clear and healthy. Zemo is a clean, penetrating, antiseptic liquid, neither sticky nor greasy and stains nothing. It is easily applied and costs a mere trifle for each application. It is always dependable. The E. W. Rote CO., Cleveland, O. couldn't get ovei- it, what was th'e matter with getting under it? The bottom wire was only two inches from the ground, and, of course, I couldn't touch it, but my plan was to dig underneath it and jhen crawl through the hole in the ground. I had only my hands to dig with, but I went at it with a will, and fortunately the ground was not very hard. When 1 had dug about six inches, making a distance in all of eight inches from the lowest electric wire. I came to aji underground wire. 11 knew enough about electricity to; realize that this wire could not be ] charged, as it was in contact with; the ground, but still there was not room between the live wire and this underground wire for me to crawl through, and I either had to go on digging deep enough under this wire to crawl under it or else pull it up. This underground wire was about as big around as a lead pencil and there was no chance or breaking it. The jackknife I had at the start of my travels I had long since lost, and even if I had had something to hammer with the noise would have made that method imprac ticable. (To Be Continued) A Quicker Victory The present food problem in a nut shell is a matter of ships. The Al lies now have to be . fed in large measure from across seas. There seem to be several markets upon which they could draw—Australia, the East, South America, the United States and Canada. "Why, then." complain the un thinking, "ask the people of the United States and Canada to upset their eating habits of years, to scrimp and save, if Australia's wharves are loaded with food stores waiting to be transported to the war ridden territories?" This is the answer: It takes a ship three times as long to carry food from Australia and twice as long from South American ports, to say nothing of added exposure to the dangers of the submarine. The North Atlantic lane is both safer and shorter. From North America, in the time it takes to go from Buenos Ayres to l,ondon, the same ship could take a cargo of food across, come back and take a load of soldiers and munitions over. This amounts to the same tiling as building another ship. The old adage of "a penny saved is a panny earned" is true of ships, as well as of money. America is speed ing up her shipbuilding with all possible haste. But. meantime, if we make one ship do the work of two, we have doubled our chance of vic tory. Every ship we build Is needed to replace one that has been lost or increase our Army at the front. So it behooves us to rfave ships as well as to build them. Every particle of food, therefore, that #an possibly be spared must be sent from America with the marginal amount drawn from the more remote places. If next year we could pro vide the whole of the Allied food ne cessites, we would save hundreds of thousands of tons of shipping. Sav.ng food means saving ships. Saving ships means more soldiers, more guns and more food over there. And these mean a quicker victory. Why Women Suffer BECAUSE you are • woman there is no need to suffe, pain and annoyance which in terfere with work, comfort and pleasure. When you sufferagain try Piso'a Tablets—a valuable, healing local application with ••tringent and tonic effects. 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I Now More The service of the Mechanics Trust Com- 7 I pany is more than ever valuable in these days. Our convenient location and, above all, our I I helpful individul attention to your needs, | : assure you that whatever your banking prob- .1 I lems may be they will be attended to at this l\ *" I \ j institution with a mini- ] j mum expenditure of your l/'* .1 3% III IHI II - 1 OH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS CAPITAL AND SURPLUS jK |f j, || |f!|§ I tgQQOOftOO a corner of the room to consult. They deliberated in German, which the man with the Irish name had no reason to understand. It hap pened, however, that he did. The discussion proceeded for some time, when finally a very wealthy German farmer of the neighborhood said: "If we don't quit the German 1 know what will happen. We will be called to Lincoln by the State Coun-, cil of Defense. We will have to pay our own way and it will cost each of us not a cent less than S10." 5
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