Life's Problems Are Discussed ~=============m BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW They are both just eigrhten and desperately In love with each other. I fancy that he is a bit the harder hit of the two; but that may be only the feminine viewpoint, and because she is the one to state their "problem" for my consideration. Anyhow, the affair has been go ing on for two years, she writes, and recently when he enlisted and went away to Join the service she promised she would marry him some time .when they are both a great deal older; for, she naively ex plains, "he realizes, as I do, that we are too young to think of marriage, and we don't want to for a while anyway. And now comes the prist of her communication—the problem. "At the time he went away," she goes on, "he wanted to give me an engagement ring, but I told him we'd better Yesterday, though, I received a letter from him urging me again to accept the ring, as he said it would make him happier and more sure of me." And here she adds parenthetically: "I have many admirers." "Now, the truth is," she con fesses, "I have decided that I really want to accept his ring, but I am stili doubtful as to whether we are not too young for that sort of thing. There is no other barrier in the way of money, education or standing be tween us—nothing except our age— as we are both in good circum stances and of equal position. My parents think the world of him, but his parents are just a little against me, not because of any real objec tion, but simply because they think he is foolish to fall in love at all at his time of life." Tou, my readers, who may be in clined at this point to shrug your shoulders and mutter, "Puppy love!" pause a moment, I beg of you, and reflect. The most moving love story of the ages, "Romeo and Juliet." was written about two young people who were not yet turned eighteen. At eighteen, one can feel and suf fer and adore quite as deeply as in the so-called years of discretion—as a matter of fact, far mote deeply, although perhaps not so lastingly. Anc! the perplexities and puzzles of youth are not in any degree lessened by treating them flippantly. In ordinary times, I grant you, most of us smile and shake a dep recating head at the story of this hoy and girl romance. But these •ire not ordinary times. The old %rimal impulses are stirring the world. Duty, valor, patriotism are again something more than mere words. And this boy, like thousands of other boys, has flung down a chal lenge to thbse who would decry his youth by assuming the stern tasks of manhood. If he is old enough to flght, he Is old enough to love. If the thought that he is fighting for and helping to protect her strengthens his arm, if the memory of her promise serves to comfort and uphold him during the hard hours ahead of him in the trenches and in the homesick lone liness of a foreign land. Is he not entitled to it? No man yet ever made the worse soldier for having a sweet heart at home. His parents frown at the thought of his being engaged. They regard The ————— Taylor | | HOTEL MARTINIQUE I t Broadway, 32d St., New York One Block from Pnaiylfinii Station Equally Convenient for Amusements, Shopping or Business 15? Plcuunt Roomi, with Private Bath, $2.50 PER DaY 257 Excellent Rooms, with Private Cath, facing street, southern exposure $3.00 PER DAY Also Attractive Rooms from $1.50 The Restaurant Prices Are Most Moderate Coffee Must Be Fresh! To bo really tempting and satisfying, coffee must be fresh, as well as properly blended of good beans Our delivery system is exceptional. 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' * He has them or can quickly > * et them for you. iIZmIZ! 11 ' N Harrisburg, Pa. ISScjL J SATURDAY EVENING, Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1918, International News Service *■' By McManus HOW MANV TtME-> MUVT w£LL V/HCXSAT HI I UuN'T know 1 WHAvT 1 HUP SA.V-S MP i I • TUIYOONOTTOVT THE DOOft. ' HE OION'T p-J HE WANT ? B U ■ MAfiOE* \Qg/ IM THt - ' H To tEE SOMEONE \TT77 THAT ,NOWN<i- PUT | J him as a lad who cannot possibly know his own mind. But they are wrong. These are days which quickly change the softness and vacillation of adolescense into iron resolution. No chap who did not know his own mind and who was not inspired by the highest mo tives would voluntarily undertake the gamble he has chosen, with its hazards and its chances. And, furthermore, these parents may rest assured that, whatever their boy went away from them, he will come back a man; and that, no mat ter whether the duration of his ser vice be short or long. There is an ex perience which counts for more than years. Let them remember that Napoleon was a victorious general when but little older than this boy of theirs, and that in our own Civil War men successfully commanded army corps who were not yet twenty flve. The thoughts and ideals of a Wil lie Baxter, such as Booth Tarkington portrayed in the hero of his story, "Seventeen," and as has been so amusingly presented on the stage in the play under the same name, are very different, let me tell you, from the thoughts and ideals of Recruit William Baxter, U. S. A. And if the boys are being changed and re-mounted by the events through which we are passing, no less Is it true of our girls. They are becoming less frivolous, less incon sequent, sweeter, more womenly, more sincere. To the one who has written me I should say, take the ring he has offered you. After all, it is but the symbol and outward sign of the promise which has already passed between you, and binds you no more nor even so much as that —that and the kiss you blushingly gave him when he said farewell. Tes, take the ring. Wear it. Try to be worthy of it and of him. Be young and glad and gay if you will, but do nothing of which you feel he would disaprove. Don't vex or per turb him by giving too much of your attention to any of these other ad mirers of yours. Let him know that your first thought is always of him. And then when he comes back, if you are both still of the same mind, and when he is in a position to marry, redeem your promise to him, and your wedded life will be all the sweeter and happier for your ro mance of eighteen. Little Talks by Beatrice Fairfax "The main trouble in our married life was that my husband made no effort to progress after our marriage and was content to remain in a rut. "I was tilled with ambitions to bet ter myself in every way; had my voice cultivated and studied to im prove my mind. I tried to persuade my husband to do the same thing, but he always refused." A woman made this secondary plea for divorce to Justice McAvoy, in the Supreme Court in Brooklyn the other day—the main issue of the case rested on statutory grounds. I wonder how many marriages have gone wrong from such differ ences? One of the pair progresses, takes advantage of every jutting stone to climb the wall that separates the successful from the unsuccessful. The other hangs back, a dead weight on the hands of his more ambitious partner. The hindering helpmeet is still go ing around on the same short chain forged by individual incompetence. Mental slackers of this type take the same immature view of things they look in early youths. They dread a new Idea as the aged dread a draught in the back. They have the same thoughts and —Heaven help us the same old stories. They never add to nor revise their point of view. They are a species of fixed star, but, alas, there is 110 glitter to them. Alternatives of Partners The ambitious partner is con fronted by one of two alternatives. Either the mental sluggard must be left in his own tracks and the ambi tious one must soar alone, thus giving up all idea of the companion ship he hoped for in marriage. Or the aspiring helpmeet roust give up his cherished - dream of improve ment and let opportunity pass him by in the rut It is the old parable of the mill stone, and no one may swim against the current burdened by a mill stone. There is no more exacting prob lem than this among all the vexed problems of married life. Shall the runner give up the race or lag behind to keep pace with a tiaccid partner? There have been Instances in which the mentally stagnant one has been so deeply In love with the "live wire" of the combination that untold feats of industry have fol lowed. And the tortoise has caught up with the hare, as in the old classic fable. But, alas, this is not often true; the matrimonial tortoise is content to sit under its shell and watch the hare dash off and hear all about what happened when It returns. If the hare does return. But frequently the hare remains with its own kind. It enjoys the stimulus of the race, of matching its wits and musciles with other hares, and the dull little tortoise waiting at home becomes less and less necessary to the happiness of the other. If the tortoise loves the hare there is hard, gruelling work to be Daily Dot Puzzle S, 'i •'* 13 *> >7 • • • t * ? ' . m y & •*' 5 . 2 25 2fe • • • • 77 • sa ; 7 64 • ,6=. So. • #2 *29 -' B=s 47 • • Si 02 -# * 46* 5 1 s b / / | 4\ | What has Piffle drawn? Draw from one to two and so on to the end. HABItISBURG TELEGRAPH I ■> FASHION'S (By Annabel Worthlngton) V Foulard and Georgette crepe make a /t J| very happy combination, for it is smart Vv |/1 ? j and dressy and yet gives excellent ser- J\t\ "/"/N vice. A model which suggests an escep- i| f \ U tionally good way to combine the two is I i | 1 i \ Illustrated .in No. 886 C. The skirt and jVj ;J, \1 y. overblouge are of summer foulard and the 1 Ij\ kimono waist is of Georgette. The over- J Ivl \ blouse slips on oyer the head and ties in IffT, J.ZrO Vl \ a sash at each side under the arms. It is iW cut low at the front, and the waist shows (/II <J through the opening, giving the effect of a \{J '* * .... |-'M \\\ \ vest The long sleeves are gathered into I M . ' <JjJ| ftW deep cnffs, but the three-quarter length is LTI-f < p TNI vride and loose at the lower edge. The '1 : jr two gored skirt is gathered at the slightly T[^s| raised waistline. \ I % I I ff |J\ The lady's dress pattern No. 8860 is V. \ \ ' F J\n[ \ cut in five sizes—36 to 44 inches bust Vnt j f'IIJ||T measure. Width at lower edge of skirt is \U . " lf/'| l/U 1% yards. As on the figure the 38 inch W* \l' 4 I'll eize requires &A yards of 36 inch or 3 V ;j , *p ' T yards of 44 inch figured material, and 1% Vl H" : LjJ yards of 36 inch plain material. Pricf centa j | j W 88feO This pattern will be mailed to any address upon receipt of 12 cents in stamps. Address your letter to Fashion Department, Telegraph. Har risburg, Pa. done and much burning of the mid night oil, for one loves work for work's sake and the other loves the worker. Nevertheless this miracle has been wrought by reason of love, and it will continue to be wrought till the end of time. Wives of Public Men We come across this type fre quently in the wives of public men. The bright young lawyer of the small town marries the school teacher, and the bright young law yer goes ahead; he continues to improve, or as Shakespeare has put it: "There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood leads on to fortune." If the school teacher is wise she follows. She puts less embroidery on her children's clothes, fewer lace doilies on her own manufacture on the table, and she keeps pace with her husband in his reading, in his progress, In his work. The wise woman, these days, does not let her husband do all the thinking for the family. She was safe in doing that a generation or two ago, when clever women sin gled themselves out by unbecom ing clothes and hairdresslng that suggested a monkeywrfench, rather than a comb. But to-day cleverness Is applied to looking one's best as well as — and let the. dull little wife remem ber this—"inspiring" clever men. Away Prom Home And the wife who is content to let her husband get his mental stimulus from another woman is playing a highly dangerous game with her own hearthstone. No, she keeps pace, if she does not expect to be left behind—a once loved tortoise now sitting under her shell and perhaps pensioned, but occupying no very vital position In i r 1 FREE CANNING BOOK 32 pages fully illustrated for e,ery reader of THE HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH We have arranged with the National War Garden Com mission, Maryland Building, Washington, D. C., for you to get this Free Canning Book of instructions. Send this coupon and a two cent stamp for postage NOW to NATIONAL WAR GARDEN COMMISSION Maryland Building Washington, D. C. Herewith two cent stamp for postage for which please send me your Canning and Drying Book free. (Please Wrtt Plainly) 0 Name Street . * City State WARNING! Yon Must Fill Oat These Blanks! the life of the forward rushing liare. T£e tragic situation of one mar ried partner visibly progressing while the other remains fixed, is especially true these days of men who have entered the Army and arc now in France. . Tremendous things are happening to the soldier—he is helping to make history in a land rich in song and story. He is attending a great school, awe-inspiring sights greet him, and terrible experiences are his. When he returns, he cannot open the book of life at the same page— he will have gone too far. In the meantime what is the little woman, waiting at home, doing to keep pace with him? Perhaps she aoes not even read a paper; she depends on father, brother or neighbor to tell her news. She has the habit of having facts doled out to her—lndependent thought is beyond her. She is the tortoise, content to sit beneath its shell. But it is time for the tortoise to rouse herself, learn something of this wonderful country in which her husband is fighting; let her learn something of its history, something of its language, if only a few words to greet him, when he returns. Love is the great miracle worker, if she cares enough, she will not grudge the hours spent in self im provement. Let her take a lesson from the woman in the Brooklyn court who said: "The main trouble in our married life was that my husband made no effort to pro gress he was content to remain a hut." If you care enough about your life partner don't stay in a hut, progress! Reaches France With 103 d Ammunition Train JOHN JOSEPH EGOLF John Joseph Egolf, with the lQ3d Ammunition Train, has arrived safely in France. Egolf is confident of coming out of the struggle safe and sound, for he considers the fact that his two grandfathers, both serving with the Union forces, es caped the Civil War unscathed. MILK_MENUS "Use all the milk," says the United States Food Administration. Milk is the cheapest animal food. Chil dren must have it, —an adult may .use it in place of meat. Breakfast Strawberries on the Hull Corn Flakes with Top Milk or Cream Creamed Potatoes (Use corn flour to thicken white sauce) Cocoa Lunch Pea Soup Corn Crackers Rice With Cheese Baked Custard Dinner Cottage Cheese and Nut Roast Mashed Potatoes Asparagus Carrot Salad Ice Cream Barley Cake Cattuge Cheese and Nut Roost 2 cups cottage cheese. 1 cup left over cereal, 1 cup wheatless bread crubs, 4 tablespoons peanut but ter, % cup chopped peanuts, I teaspoon onion Juice, pinch of sage, salt, cayenne and paprika. Liquid if necessary to mix. Form into a loaf and bake in a hot oven 20 to 25 minutes or until brown. Or bake in a greased bread tin and turn out on a platter. The cracklings left from tried-out fat or partially tried-out ground suet may be used in place of peanut butter. Baked Custard 4 eggs, % cup sugar. % teaspoon salt, 4 cups scalded milk, few grat ings of nutmeg. Beat eggs slightly, add sugar, and 71S1 h MRASHES Itchinq | Jh w / j * , \and Healed bij Mothers, don't let your little ones suffer because of eczemas, rashes, irritations, itchings, burnings or chafings. Cuticura will afford, in stant relief, permit rest and sleep and speedy healment often when all else seems to fail. Bathe with hot water and Cuticura Soap, using plenty of soap, dry and anoint gently witn Cuticura Ointment. These super-creamy emollients are a boon to tired, fretted mothers of skin-tortured infants. Samp!* lack Fm by M&0. Addnwport-etrd. "Oetfeern, Dapt. lfA, Bocten." Sold everywhere. Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and 600. Telcam 25c. ———— GO TO PARKWAY JULY 6, 1918. salt, pour on slowly scalded milk; strain in buttered mold, set in pan of hot water. Sprinkle with nutmeg, and bake in slow oven until firm, which may be readily determined by running a silver knife through cust ard; if knife comes out clean custard is done. During baking, care must be taken that water surrounding mold does not reach boiling point, or custard will whey. DR. HANSON RKTURNS The Rev. Henry W. Hanson. D.D., pastor, Messiah Lutheran Church, Sixth and Foster streets, who has spent the past week preaching at Camp Mills, Li. 1., to the American soldiers, returned to the city to-day. Dr. Hansort will preach on "The Signs of The Times" in Messiah to morrow evening. BAKER'S I BREAKFAST I I COCOA I | The food drink 1 1 without a fault 1 I Made of high grade cocoa 1 1 beans, skilfully blended and | 1 manufactured by a perfect 1 1 mechanical process, without | | the use of chemicals. It is | | absolutely pure and whole- | I (Wk some, and its flavor is deli- | cious, the natural flavor of 1 the cocoa bean. | jfWm The genuine bears this | ml 1 A trade-mark and is made | SSI 11 11 Walter Baker 8 Co. Ltd. ill} DORCHESTER, MASS. || Established 1780 Much of this fiew model building, with lots of sun light and fresh air, is now being used on government work. Uncle Sam is sending our boys across in large numbers and needs equipment. We have contracts, and new machines have been installed to get it out, but need operators. If you are an experienced operator on a power sewitig machine and not earning $2.00 to $3.50 per day, see us before the new machines are taken. Be Patriotic and Help Call at the office, or make an appointment by phone or letter to see the work and get full particulars at your convenience Jennings' Manufacturing Co. 2012 N. Fourth Street ■ ... , fl Dr. G. E. Reed to Preach at Grace Methodist Church Dr. George Edward Reed, the dis tinguished ex-president of Dickinson College, will have charge of both morning and evening services at Grace Methodist Episcopal Churcft to-morrow. At 10.30 o'clock the quarterly communion service will be observed and in the evening Dr. Reed will lireach the tirst of a series of ser mons on "Heroes of the Faith." Dr. Reed has charge of the pas toral work of Grace Church during Dr. Bagnell's absence, and also will preach at the Sunday morning and evening services during the month of July. 5
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