Life's Problems I Are Discussed 1 ■ By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow Letter writing, we have been say ing for years, is a lost art. Odd's lish! It vanished with the strange oaths and powdered wigs and silken coats of the eighteenth century. And now, like one of those ex quisite Venetian glazes whose secret was forgotten, it is being rediscover ed and put to use. There are letters passing under the eye of the censor to-day—hundreds of them —which in texture and charm would compare not unfavorably with the best ex amples of Lady Mary Wortley Mon tagu and Horace Walpole. There are others which.in their crisp wit, vivid Hashes of description and felicitous turns of expression are as American i as baseball, as wholly 1918 as this morning's newspaper. The boiling cataclysm over in Eu-! rope is bringing all kings of things' to th£ surface, old things as well as. new—Hun savagery, French valor, | Italian bravery, British pluck, ourj own sipirit of '76, machine guns and! spiked clubs, seventy-mile artillery} and hand-to-hand struggles, armor, and aeroplanes, Greek fire and gas; attacks, the latest devices of strategy j co-mingled with the tactics of Han nibal and Caesar. And with all the rest, letter writing has come back into its own. The few scrawled lines upon a pic ture postcard will no longer serve. The convenient telephone, except for military purposes, does not extend into the trenches or along the Fland ers front. He who is "over there"! or in the training camps waiting his | turn to go wants to know what is i happening back home, all the inti mate details; and we who are back home want to know how it fares! with him—not alone the movements i of troops and armies that we gleam from the press repots, but HIS per-| fonal experiences and observations. So people who never in their lives wrote a real letter before are becom ing epistolary adepts. Ah, love is a wonderful teacher! And these letters flying back and forth across the ocean are helping | to win the war, perhaps quite as much as munitions and ships and! food conservation and Liberty Bonds! and aeroplanes; for after a |[ i upon the morale and enthusiasm of! our soldiers that we must depend, and nothing can so stiffen up the; Nervous Run-Down Woman Tells How Vinol Creates Strength linked. Tenn.—"l live on a farm i and keep house for six in my family, j J got into a nervous run-down con- I dit'.on so It seemed as though I 1 would die. 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YOU ALL THE Ol'bHE'b YQ(J o N 'rH THAN[ THOUGHT HAVE TQ SS S f * S WAJST? C*EAK- J r~Sn~^ y~2 swiij to take. * - ' '_ 6-2 i courage of our boys or cheer them in their hardships as the letter from home. The government and its allied agencies, the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., the Knights of Columbus,) the Y. M. H. A., the Salvation Army, realizing the need of diversion fori the men at the front and in thej training camps, are spending thou-] sands of dollars for the purpose oft turning the minds of the boys dur-j ing their hours of rest and leisure from the grim task they have in! hand. But it is doubtful if all thej dollars which are expended in this| way—wonderful as are the resultsi achieved—do as much good as the! pennies which go into postage; stamps. Certainly no feature of the various J huts and rest stations which arei maintained seems to be more appre ciated by the soldiers than the pro-j vision made to allow them to write) and mail their letters. And it matters little whether! these letters which go and come! are written with the elegance of, Addison and Swift, or in the racier j style of "You know me, Al," wheth-j er they are ill-spelled or grammati-j cally perfect, so long as each car-! ries its message of love and cheer. 1 However, the better and fuller theyj are the more they will achieve their! purpose. From one of my correspondents I have received a letter so full of valuable suggestions on this score that I am delighted to pass it along. "I am corresponding with sev eral of my soldier boy friends," she, says, "and write regularly to my 'adopted' son. "To some people letter writing is an easy matter; fo others a diffi cult task. I know many well-bred, intelligent people who can't fill two lines on a post card. I believe one of the reasons is lack of concentra tion to the work at hand and an other is a lack of sympathetic in terest in the one they are address ing. I always stop to consider what will be of interest to the person to whom I am writing; I try to re call their likes and dislikes. "If ever, these surely are the days of letterwriting. In almost every home there is a vacant chair for one who has gone into service; and let the dear ones remember that there are millions of letters passing back and forth, that mail service abroad, or even at the camps, is not as good as our city delivery, but that improvements are being made each day; so let us just hope and wait and not worry because our letters may be delayed. "When we write to the brave lads who are away, let us think good thoughts and send them messages of cheer, and let us tell them how proud we feel of them. Let there also be in each home on the wall a slate or pad of some kind headed "Brother," "Father," "Son," Sister," or whatever the case may be, and let each mem ber of the family jot down on this pad any item that may be of interest to the one that is absent; set a spe -1111 t\ Clear Your Skinl ■I 1" Save Your Hair US 1 \ With Cuticura I ■ Oint.. Talcum ■ 25c. each. Sample I each of "Ovttetn, ■ Dept. K. Beaton. cial day apart each week afad write to him. whether or not you hear from him; date and number your letters, so that he will know if one hasn't been received it was due to loss in the mail and through no neglect or troubles at home. Don't burden him with home cares or worries of any kind, and don't talk war or ex pect him to write you all about it. j He has it on all sides, artd that's the one thing he is trying to for-! get. "Let each member of the family! write something in that weekly letter, if it's only a line, even if you j have to hold a pencil in the baby's hand and afterward, explain the scrawl. In many homes where the parents are unable to write, let mother and lather make an "X," so that the recipient may know, the dearly loved hand has touched the paper and has sent forth a prayer for his safety. If parents have no one to write for them, any neigh bor's child will be glad to help out and write the soldier boy glad, happy tidings. "Write often, and write good things and things that will be of interest. The country boy will want to know about the crops and! the new farm machinery and thei live stock and the weather condi-! tions, 'and the city boy will have: his special interests, too. Oh,! there are oceans of things to write: to them about beside how badly one' feels because they are away." Joseph Jefferson's Home Will Be Bird Sanctuary XPW Orleans—Jefferson Island.) former home of Joseph Jefferson in Iberia Parish, Southern Louisiana, and named by him "Bob Acres," after the character in "The Rivals," made famous on the stage by the actor, is to be developed into a sanc tuary for wild fowl by Lawrence Jones and J. Lyle Bayliss, of Lexing ton, Ky., who recently purchased the property. It comprises 10,000 acres. A con tract has been awarded for the con struction of a dam along one edge of the property in order to re-es tablish a cypress swamp drained some years ago. When the water accVimulates it is proposed to estab lish an immense heronry in order that the many species of herons in Louisiana, especially the aigret, may build nests and raise their young over water, as is their habit. In addition, the new owners of "Bob Acres" have petitioned the Louisiana Conservation Commission to set aside Lake Peigneu, adjoining the property, as a wild waterfowl refuge The lake is a noted resort for (>—• s during the winter months and 'hey flock there by the hundreds of thousands. More than one-third of the land embracing Lake Piegneu is included in "Bob Acres" and owners of other property adjoining have signified their desire to prohibit the shooting of wildfowl on the body of water.j Under authority granted by the; state, the Conservation Commission \ will prohibit shooting when a peti- j tion signed by all adjoining prop-: erty owners is received and establish] it as the first of a series of interior] refuges planned during the coming j year. &ARJRISBT7RG,t£§f & TELEGRAPH THE PLOTTERS A New Serial of East and West By Virginia Terhune Van de Water CHAPTER II (Copyright, 1918, Star Co.) A half-hour passed before a foot step in the hall outside his office aroused Dr. Hale to an upright pos ture. He had been almost asleep. Perhaps this was a patient! But the step passed on down the hall. For three days now no patients had turned the knob of the door bearing in gilt letters the legend, "Douglas Wade, M. D. Office Hours, 9.30 to 10.30 A. M.; 4.30 to 6 P. M." He got up and began to walk up and down the office. "Well," he muttered, "I am thank ful that Elizabeth's check has gone to her so that she is safe for the next three months. She can go to the farm for the summer more cheaply than anywhere else. If my bank Re count doesn't pick up by fall, she may have to take to the stage to sup port me." He smiled whimsically at the idea. "Why under the sun doesn't Mrs. Butler decide to turn that delicate son of hers over to me for treatment?" Continuing his pacing to and fro, he mused upon the case of John But ler as reported to him by his wealthy and widowed parent- Mrs. Butler insisted that her son was suffering from some obscure dis ease. After his graduation from col lege he had taken a course at an Agricultural school. Here he became so much absorbed in his work that he overtaxed his strength. A spell of fever left him so weak that his mother had objected stren- his attempting any kind of woik, and as the months passed his nervousness increased. At last the family physician had ordered him i West, and his mother had brought i him to the "Rest Cure Sanatorium," i situated on the outskirts of River | hill. Still an Invalid • Here they had been for months ! now, but John Hale was still lan- I guid and irritable. Mrs. Butler had 1 taken a little cottage for the summer I In the town in order to be near her 1 son. As soon as school closed her i daughter would come on and join her I here. But the invalid son was not ! cheered by the proximity of these | members of his family. This much Dr. Wade had learned from the mother's lips when he met | her at a social function in the early spring. "I wish she'd let me handle that' case!" Douglas Wade exclaimed now aloud. He had Of late acquired the habit of talking to himself in the solitude of his office. "I believe it's an attack of too much mother, too much petting and too little work." Wade had specialized in nervous diseases at the French University and longed to have John Butler in his Daily Dot Puzzle I 12 * V 25 & ii V •• 27 l * 26 18* *3o •31 i 7 • 32 16. .*3 ! J * .34 U . 4 ! -35 2. 8 t >3 # ® *3t i '*• ? . • •ss • • /' 53 \ 49 48 47 . ,lasA vN, 4b* Ml •44 If you'll trace to flfty-three Then my great* old you'll see. Draw from 1 to 2 and so on to the end. charge. Perhaps the aspiring young physician appreciated what it would mean to him in this small town if he could cure this rich young man's ob scure disease. In Riverhill there was already much comment on the case, for Mrs. Butler, fond of so ciety. had been entertained by the best families in the community. Wade did not want to be merce nary, but he found himself facing a crisis not only in his own life but In the life of the "little sister," to whom he was devoted and for whom he felt responsible. He recalled that she had said he was both' mother and father to her now. The sharp ring of the desk tele phone made the physician start nervously. He was getting "jumpy," he decided, as he hurried to reply to It. An Urgent Case A woman's voice spoke his name. It was the woman of whom he had just been thinking, he realized with a thrill of gratification. "Please, Dr. Wade," she said, "this is Mrs. Butler. I am up at the Rest Cure just now. Can you come up here right away?" "I think I can come before long." Wade replied. "What's wrong?" "Oh, I want to see you about John, of course. Dr. McAndrew—the super intendent here, you know —had an arr gument with John, and John got so irritable and excited that l t was afraid he was going to strike the doc tor. And he declares that he won't stay in this place after the end of this week. He says he's tired of it. Please come up and see me, and let me talk to you. I am so worried!" "Very well," Wade agreed. "My of fice hours will be over in thirty min utes. I will come up then." "Oh!" There was regret in the voice. "Can't you come before that? Are office hours so important?" Wade was glad that the question er could not see the grin with which he glanced about the empty room. "Well, you know it's hardly fair to other patients to go away without attending to them, is it?" he replied. "Hardly fair to them, nor to myself," he added. "Oh, I suppose not," the widow ad mitted. "But come as soon as you can, please." Hid View of It "Acting must run in my family," Wade reflected as he waited for 6 o'clock to come. "Elizabeth need not fancy she is the only one who can play a part. Here I am talking to a rich woman as if my office were full of people clamoring to see me. Well, if it's true that the world takes one at one's own valuation, Mrs. Butler will respect me more and value my services more if she thinks that oth ers besides herself are anxious for my services." Going into the outer reception room—a tiny place—he opened a clos et and got out a clean collar. The one he wore had seemed immaculate an hour ago. Now he felt that he would be more comfortable in a fresh one. Then he washed his hands twice, and strode up and down his office as restless as a caged lion until the town clock chimed 6. With a sigh of relief, he caught up his hat, and, locking his door behind him, ran down the stairs and from the building, then, hailing a passing trolleycar, boarded it. (To Be Continued) f v NO ADVANCE in PRICE at the IMPERIAL TEA CO. 213 Chestnut St. you can still get GOOD COFFEE at the old price also a good drinking , SANTOS COFFEE Still 20c per lb. Try Our Jumbo Peanuts Advice to the Lovelorn BY BEATRICE: FAIRFAX WHY WORRYF DEAR MISS FAIRFAX; My girl friend A, has been engaged to a youth man, C, two years her senior, for two years. Another girl, B, has known him since childhood. Now, Miss Fairfax. A and C love each other dearly; they keep no secrets from each other. A says she feels quite humble and out of place when ever she meets B, because B takes no pains to conceal her affection for C. C is respectable and loyal in every respect, but to me it doesn't seem quite fair that he should stand for anything like that from a girl who is older th&n he and who should know better than to say things like: "you were my first love; I love you, and I can never love another." That is only one of the things she has said to him. C is not a fickle young man, and I don't understand his attitude in this instance at all. It seems to me that if one word could end this he is the one to say it before it is too late. READEK. C probably has a masculine horror of saying anything to hurt a woman who likes him. B is an idiot, to say the least. The little fiancee can af ford to pity her. 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That embody the finest of Quality Blouses the newest style c"a d 4.95 to 10.95 tions. Priced •2: ladies Bazaar 2 ° n 8-10-12 S. FOURTH ST. °" HARHISDIiRG'S GARMENT INSTITUTION JUNE 21, 1918. that he feels it best for everyone con cerned that B's Joking should cease. But if he has not the courage to hurt a girl whose only crime is to care for him unasked, his sweetheart ought to be amiable and good natured about it and not "nag." After all, she has her lover; the other girl, the outsider, has only her folly. NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: I am a young man and do not have much time for reading, as I want to be able to keep up with and be able to talk on current events intelligently. Will you kindly suggest what I shall read? SAM. One look at the newsstands nowa days. and the question becomes, not what shall you read, but what dare you omit reading? The editorials in the newspapers are an education in themselves, and if you add a monthly magazine of the "review" type and one or two of the good weeklies you will get plenty of material for con versation. Read as you travel to and from work, give an hour before you go to bed at night and two hours or so every Sunday to your pursuit of information, and you will discover that your lack of time is a myth. WHAT IS LOVE? DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: I am 19 and engaged to a man four years older. The trouble is, I am in doubt as to my feeling for him. I admire him. respect him, and think of him all the time. However, the novels describe love as something different. Person ally. do you think that this is true to life? PEGGY. So you admire this man, respect him, and find him in your thoughts wherever you are and whatever you are doing! That, my dear, comes very near being a description of faithful and devoted love. Of course, you are romantic,\ and have a youthful desire for a perfect love with all the thea trical qualities included. "Thrill" though does not always last. Respect and devotion do. And sometimes Just from the all-absorbing affection which you feel, there comes the sort of thrill which Is practically undying. NO ADVANCE IN PRICE COLDS m Head or chest—are best treated "externally" \ V K#p Littl# Body-Guard In Your Home"^W' VICRSVATORUBSf 25c—50c—$1.00 9
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