;Little Talks by i Beatrice Fairfax 1 I have been thinking about an out-of-the-ordinary letter that a young woman wrote me the other 1 day. She wrote from the city where 1 she has successfully supported her- ; self for a number of years, and she J remarked, in a very direct, clear- i eyed way: I "I wonder if you have found out anything that has surprised you I about the sophistication necessary to guide a young woman through j the village opportunities for sin as compared to the city, also about the really clever and studied efforts of the village Don Juan as compared to the city man'.'" And she speaks of the earlier life ' in a busy office in the small town, where she was born as '"the best ■ training possible for enabling a girl, to resist temptation." There is honesty and good sense; in this letter and there is character, j too; for ;he writer thinks of her| own difficult experiences as so many lessons in self-protection. She feels that she has been exposed to all the dangers that threaten reckless, im petuous girlhood, but that she is merely wiser and safer for knowing 1 about them. She has gotten a kind! of immunity. Knowledge llio Best Shield Doubtless there wouldn't be any: hoy-and-girl tragedies if every young! girl were as self-controlled and sane , as my correspondent is. And of she is right in maintaining 1 that knowledge is a far better shield j than ignorance. But what I wish to emphasize is. the distinction that she draws be tween village ami city life. It is too often taken for granted that a girl who comes to earn her living in the city is immediately be- i set with every form of luring temp- j tation. Her innocent acquaintances "back home" think of her as plunged in j the center of an unending carnival. [ distinctly flame-colored, and they, scarcely think it possible that she j can escape without becoming justi the least bit scorched. Whereas the truth probably is ' that the only people she sees are in t the subway and at her office. That' she comes home overtired and is glad to go to bed at 9 o'clock. That she is lonely, dull and bored. And j that if anybody from home —some- body who knew all the news and; spoke her language and understood • her allusions—would look her up| some evening, she would like it bet ter than anything in the world. Humdrum City l.ife Life in a city can be just as hum - j drum as life in a small place, and it i can be a good deal more lonely. It is I quite possible, as many girls know, | to live for a long time in a city with- ' out knowing any young man in a social way. And if a girl is very careful about her acquaintances and if she lias, besides, as much backbone as the young correspondent 1 have already quoted, I don't think the youns people who are idling about the home village need worry about her. it must be remembered that if the working girl who has gone to the city is busier than the one who has! stayed at home, the young men PUNY, WEAOOT Made Strong and Well by Yinol— Why It Is. Best For Children Williamson. W. Va.—"My little hoy was weak, puny and tired all the time, did not want to do any thing. Vinol was recommended and it has built up his strength and made him healthy."—Harley Clay, Williamson, W. Va. The reason Vinol was so success ful in this case is because it con tains beef and cod liver peptones, iron and manganese peptonates, and Glycerophosphates, the very ele-; ments needed to build up a weak- i t-ned, run-down system, ma-ke rich, red blood and create strength. George A. Gorgas, Kennedy's i Medicine Store, 3i'l Market street; C. F. Kramer. Third and Broad ■ireets; Ktzmiller's Pharmacy, 1325 Derry street, and druggists every where. • , A Clean Cool Scalp. Parisian Sae Stops Itching, Keeps the Sculp Coo*—l*revcnts Dandruff Almost everybody nowadays knows that Parisian Sage, the invigorating hair restorer, is guaranteed to re move every trace of dandruff, stop 1 falling hair and itching scalp, or the cost, small as it is, will be re funded. But you should know more about this marvelous hair grower. You j ought to know that it immediately destroys all odors that are bound to come from the excretions of the scalp, and in five minutes after an application, no matter how hot the weather, your head will feel cool i f>nd comfortable. Everyone should have a bottle of Parisian sage handy because it is such a pleasant and exhilarating hair treatment. Ladies use it be cause they know it is delicately per tumed, not sticky or greasy, and surely does make the hair beautiful, s,lky and abundant. Here's what a New York woman writes: "I have used Parisian sage two weeks only, yet in that time find my hair has wonderfully increased in beauty, thickness and luxuriance, but what surprised me most was the disap pearance of all dandruff." A large bottle of Parisian sage • ian be obtained from Kennedy's ■ • Drug Store or at any good drug or toilet counter —it's not expensive. A® Age Advances the Liver Requires ?*'' jwiffICAPTER? octtsioiul tlight imuUUon. CARTER'S LITTLE " s4f£3r T,Z\ L £ LIVER PILLS correct CONSTIPATION. gS&SK 11 pills Genuine .. Colorless or Pale Faces Carter's Iron Pills HJ[ t "DLUE BONNETS'* — Jl Nat Fabric vtth Nat Ftatom. ** Bloc Bow* " metta the Denli oI the woatea who wuUa ■ lia'M. <|nU< '■J?* " I? 4 that ween without wrinUiac.'epekdurf end landers perfectly. Admrably adapted foe Hn" *VI talor-roade dreuee. port coett and slum, childtnis tameeM, pettroets, etc. Alsodrap jK \,*xj ffia, fareitute covcrmgs etc. Guaranteed dr fut ad durable, wiimll du- V I i I t'| U ram dealer doesn't carry "Blue Bonaeti** mJ us thia d with mtmm <i dadtr ud ) II p WrW> K 111 W' W will send hua samples and has ol your request. IESHER WHITMAN * CO. !><.. 6SI Bro<Sry, Now York /" -■■■'■ '■■ ■■ ■ ■ —i —i - i ■ - ■. i. . i 1 LESHKR WHITMAN & CO., EXCLUSIVE DRAPERY FABRICS SOLD BY • GOLDSMITH S, NORTH MARKET SQUARE THURSDAY EVENING, Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1918, International News Service *•* *-* By McManus WELL-"WELL-I>o TOO I IDO THAT- | HERE 15 i HCVWDOTOOOO- 1 I ITI T1 STiMF rvC tmpm 1 |gS ORE RICH>CLANCET- fbUT yoy I J I RENEMGER WHEN I AK>ORD: | MILLIONAIRES AIWAY-S VFPF- ' AV/: DON'T I'M THROUGH* * Fg, . DO TOO REMEMBER r-' (111 COME. OP TO ME V "Xoo WOZ. A FRECKLED J ' ARE VERT ALwaiO WLKt . <0 I KIN <IT THAT VjS* the OAT when v/F HOO-bE FOR ' KIO f COMMON NOW- \r~~Jh. ~ '*l tea —vJ 1 KINO OF TALK S.' r qr<K S E A | Whom she will meet there are no i less occupied. And that the busy youth, either interested in his job or occupied with the problem of making a living, isn't likely to be the one who will misuse the privilege of her acquaint ance. Interested busy-ness is the most wholesome thing for young people and the best possible protection against all the sad things that follow in the trail of "temptations" yield ed to. But if it is a little absurd to think of the city girl as engaged in a daily combat with vice, it is also wide of j the mark, as my wise young corre spondent has pointed out, to take it for granted that village life is the; equivalent of a nunnery. Village l.ife No Nunnery A village girl's life isn't a mere i alternation of dusting the parlor and ' going to the Christian Endeavor So-j ciety. Unless she has very strongly the temperament of the recluse, she i shares what there is of boy and girl companionship. And there is usually; a good deal. Unchaperoned intimacy is. ofi course, the rule in the American; village, and in the case of whole- • some, normal boys and girls there \ isn't a word to be said against the i custom. But it is to be admitted! that villages and small towns aren't altogether free of a less pleasant' type of male—the unwholesome-! minded idler who makes it his pas-! time, in fact his businss, to present' "temptation" to young girls. Such a man or such a boy, or per haps more than one. is practically i sure to be found in any quiet, lei-! surely community. Perhaps he can't accomplish any greater harm thanj temporary unhappiness. Undoubted ly he cannot, if the girl has knowl edge and good sense. But it's just as well to realize that he is a pretty un varying feature of small town life. And if we are generalizing about the dangers to which girls are exposed, it is better to face the fact that the girl who has never left her native village has nevertheless her own, problems and difficulties, and that if she has cheerfully and sensibly sur mounted them it is greatly to her credit. Most wise and thoughtful people of the present day would, I am sure, advise the mothers of young girls to fortify them as carefully as possible against probable dangers. A girl is. of course, happy in be lieving that romance is waiting just around the corner and that a six months' decorous courtship, follow ed by a pretty wedding and life in a charmingly furnished flat with the one right man in the world, are to constitute her love experience. But it doesn't always happen that way. And if she meets other than the right man and becomes confus ed by her own emotions, she ought nevertheless to know that there is always one direct course to take, and she should have the courage to take it. Preparation for possible un happy encounters is what every mother ought to give her daughter. I am inclined to believe that the girl who wrote me so cheerfully about the educative value of experi ence must have had a wise and far sighted mother. COLD PACK METHOD I IN 12 SHORT STEPS | No. 8 NATIONAL To adjust the cover of the wash boiler in home canning a cloth will give tighter fit and hold the says the National War Garden Con: mission of Washington, which wi. ; send you a free canning hook, for . two-cent stamp to pay postage | Watch for step No. 9. LIFE'S PROBL ARE DISCUSSED By MRS. WILSON WOODROW Everywhere you go these Summer, days you see tiie soldier and his I girl, and we observe them with a very different feeling than that with which we used to regard the Summer lovers of other years at the beaches' and parks, or on ferryboats, trains or trolley cars. Then it was with a sort of amused , tolerance at the best that we used to survey them, but now it is with sympathy and a kindly interest. | Yet the situation so far as the I principal actors is concerned is not' materially altered. They still cling to each other in fond embrace heed- ; less of the passing multitude the world forgetting if not by the world entirely forgot. Nor is the girl changed to any noticeable degree. She is still to j all intents and purposes the same eternal "summer girl." The cut of I her skirt may change and the style of her blouse and her hat. and her , hosiery; she may vary from season, to season between pumps and ties, between suede and buckskin. But her type remains fixed and unalter- . able as the laws of the Medes and j Persians. The great difference is that the arm which encircles her is sleeved in khaki instead of near Palm Beach, j and that the head which bends pro tectingly above her is crowned with a campaign hat instead of a guar anteed Panama from New Jersey. All the difference, in fact, between "Bobby" Jones who was particular about the color of his socks and the I crease of his trouser and Private R. I Jones one of the husky doughboys of , Uncle Sam. Where are all those "advanced dressers" and "tango hounds" and • "would-be sports" we used to see? I Where are the snows of yesterday? It's more than a mere shift of clothes. ! There's something gone into those young fellows which has affected the 1 whole warp and woof of their be- i ing. It shows in the steady set of > their bronzed faces in the level, serene gaze which meets your own. < And it makes you proud to be an American. The soldier has always held an at- 1 traction for the feminine heart. Even back in the days of mythology it was Mars who won the Goddess of Love and Beauty and Shapespeare makes Othello, with all his handi- j caps, the favored suitor of the love- j ly Desdemona. As he explains it. "She loved me for the dangers I had passed and I loved her that she did pity them." But there's more than the tradi tional fascination of the brass but- | tons about these lads. Never were there such soldiers before. Just think of it. They are the picked ! manhood of the nation, physically | perfect every one of them, to begin , with, and brought by a careful regi- > men of diet and training into the i very pink of athletic condition fit | and keen as so many race horses: groomed for a Derby. And beyond all that, it's an army j with a soul. This is a holy war, and every man of them feels it. i They are Crusaders all, enlisted in ' the cause of humanity and freedom, i They show it in their zest and en- ; thusiasm. in the stalwart pride of; their bearing. It glows within themi like a flame. What an evolution this year has | wrought! With what different eyes I do we regard the "Bobby" Joneses j of our acquaintance, and the breed | of "Bobby" Jones in general. Then it was with scant respect and a not entirely unmerited disapprobation. I But to-day they are our hope and j pride; they carry our prayers and ad- | —— I Daily Dot Puzzle [7 5 • 6 • a 51 ,o ••♦•&> i? .* •* ... #iß .5 47 IT 2o " • *44 41. ••• * * V 21. .43 ** M , 4t • Z3 • . *4* v * J:.i '• ; J// So. "^^rs^.SS What has Willie draWn? Draw from one to two and so on to the end. jSJLRIUSniTRG iftfeft* CELBOKXPB I oration. And they deserve every bit i ' of the homage that we give them. And I think that is one of the rea sons why we smile so sympathetical- • | ly upon the open love-niaking In the) parks and on the trolley cars this j summer instead of viewing such dem-j , onstrations as we did in the past with i an impatient: "What can that pretty young girl I see in such a brainless-looking 1 whippersnapper?" The whippersnapper has become a : ' splendid young warrior whom we | realize that no daughter of Eve could I possibly resist. Possibly we have a subconscious realization, too. that the - soldier with his changed ideal and ' his wholesome, healthy outlook , upon life, with his imposed restric-l I tions and those of his own self-re- j ] spect. is a far safer companion for • her than his counterpart of a twelve month ago, was chiefly engaged in , sowing a crop of wild oats. As he is | without fear, he is also without re proach. "The bravest are the tender- 1 est. the loving are the daring." . Ah, the augury for our country's i future that this mighty army gives these young men with their free swinging stride and their hardened ' muscles and their aroused spirit of i valor and devotion! I sometimes wish that our girls' could have been drafted, too and I put through a similar experience. There can he no criticism of the part that American woman have play-! Ed in this war. They have responded ! to every call, they have volunteered | ror the most arduous dutv. Yet might ! . it not be that with a general con-I scrtption for service our daughters : l might be even more worthy to stand : beside our sons. Under such a svs | tem even the leopard might change his spots, the summer girl lost her ! giggle. Advice to the Lovelorn : „ INVESTIGATE DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: I am employed as telephone opera tor and secretary and have been in ; m> present position for two vears. ihere is a young man. who I am given to understand is married, who has been persistent in his attentions ; to me although I have repeatedlv re i pulsed them. He has gone so far as ; to ask to call on me. As I have no relative to whom I could turn. 1 would appreciate your valuable advice. 1 ... WORRIED. ir this young man is married of j course you do not want to start a flir tatioiT with him. The thing I like is i that he has asked to call on you in | your own home. If you have anv j faith in him, why don't you quietly I tell him of the rumor you have heard ] and in a dignified and sensible way ! ask for he truth?. Can you not in ■. vestigate through the men in vour of ! flee? Girls take great risks when thev | start up affairs with fellow employe's ! of whom they know practically noth ! ing and of whom they have heard un i favorable things. Your own sus -1 picion would seem to be a sort of ! warning. Proceed slowly, and be very i very careful. SHE COULD NOT STAND OR WORK But Lydia E. Pinkham's 1 Vegetable Compound Re stored Her Health and Stoppd Her Pains. Portland, Ind.—"l had a displace ment and suffered so badly from it I 111 at times I I I I 111 • could not be on I\ | •—' my feet at all. I 1 was all run down •yfwjjflyf nervous and could .-La-aS 3 not lie down at -^rni ' ni sht- I took Tj treatments from a P h >'Bi c 'an but they did not help ORu me. Mir aunt rec ommended Lydia w /MKggWW E- Pin kha m' s "T — Vegetable Com rJL t /iyß#* l Pound, I tried it ft74!)ufriAiiMf ~ and now 1 am strong and well _i again and do my " own work and I give Lydiu tC. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound the credit."—Mrs Jose phine Kimble, 935 West Race St j Portland. Ind. • Thousands of American women give this famous root and herb | remedy the credit for health re j stored as did Mrs. Kimble. For helpful suggestions In regard I to such ailments women are asked I to wj-ite to Lydia E. Plnkham Medi cine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result I of its long experience is at your I service. After Baby's Bath 10,000 -nunes will tell you that nothing keeps the tkin so free from torenets as Sykes Comfort Powder Its extraordinary healing and toothing power it noticeable on nrt application, i 25c at the Vlnol and other drug stores The Comfort Powder Co.. Boston, Matt. The Ladies' Bazaar's 1918 Mid-Summer Ladies' Stylish W Begins Tomorrow, Friday Morning at 9 O'clock An unusually remarkable and noteworthy event, in view of the drastic reductions that bring prices down to a point scarcely to be expected in these days of war-time costs. Note these exceptional offerings in Dresses, Skirtsand Waists Just About Half Regular Dresses at Sharp Reductions $7.95 Dresses White Lingerie You'll not have another opportunity during the war to buy such quality at these prices. They're good for immediate and S3 95 Dresses early fall wear. Styles are correct. in lawns, voiles, batiste, etc., 28 All Wool Serge Suits In colored voiles and ging- in many dainty models, hams in many models. $7.00 values ... $3.95 $£ -4 Q Z SIO.OO values ... v ~ $22.95 values ...$10.95 -*■ $5.00 Dresses Values to $10.95 Q1 QZ sls Silk Dresses ■ . * lade 00 . 1 mannish serge, belted modefl, full .lined. t/pl .&U . button and braid trimmed, silk pophn collar, navy, black and Linene Coat Dresses, full $7.95 garnet, all sizes, except 36 and 38. length button front. Smart taffeta dresses in plain 22 All Wool Suits $55 Suits I ' colors. 1.50 House Dresses . ' : s 1 //•'SOQ.7S 515.95 Silk Dresses JL jl £ Limited quantity in figured $10.95 ~ , y al,,Cs to * 25 just 14 in the lot—striking and striDed lawns , . . i ?. e ° f ' wool poplin, full models in poplins, gabardines P Made of crepe de chine in I "'JJ 1 lined, belted model, white tricotine, velour and and silver plain colors. ! ni* ln t^ n ' tone - ° ne a nd two of a model— Pecan. Copen. Broken sizes only an unusually rare buy. Rare Offerings in i r ' I w/u . r , ~ , Voile, Net and Velvet Sleeveless Coats Wash Crepe Spits Zwei e. Silk ß/ouses or 1.95 VoileQO„ $6 95„ *?,? H7 • J r/Of excellent belted model in in navy and black only, all purple and green only, * 1,50 Gabardine Skirts, patch trimmed', sailor coHar ran sizes, formerly $8.95. wh j te trimmed collar and pockets and belts, sale price. collars, cuff edged with lace, high " I ruffs. and low necks. _ 66 C $1.25 Voile Waists 33 Handsome Coats •5 9c Trt fhp Sale $2.49 White Gabardine Skirts, Flesh and white voile waists, 1111/ natrli r.r„-We K.l* u a lace trimmed and plain tailored \A/<= Ai\r'iAe*A _„ C P ' 1 pockets, belt, button formerly 98c to >1.25. . divided them into tWO IOT trimmed, sale price ** or AT * VXR -4 quick selling. Like our suit offerings they are $3.95 Net Waists priced lower than yoii'll buy like quality for $1.49 again during this war. Suitable for vacation Silk net wulst, with sailor col- onrl m rlv foil u7or lar. silk lace trimmed. an <J early tall wear. $3 g5 White Gabardine Skirts Georgette and Satin Wool Poplin Coats All Wool Velour and large gathered pocket, but- Wai*t* Poplin Coats I ton trimmed, sale price, 58! $ 10' 95 Dainty models, plain and fcand . J. m embroidered. • jvv/u-<vwaiwj \alucs to *17.95 Values up to $22.95 *< ne iiri.-. r% . j- C 9 <sQUI. ta, a < Striped JUK Just 14 in the lot—made of all pecan, and sand, belted model natch norWet<s hHt hnttnn w• . w '° ol poplin, belted models, silk, half lined; and all wool poplin paten pockets, belt, button Vr aiSIS poplin collars, half lined, all coats in three different models, trimmed, sale Drice 4 r\Q shades. . all shades. r ' Jpl.&ct flff Qr Plain striped tub silk waists, I W * KJ with sailor collar. B j • ■ W $2.95 Crepe de Chine aches nazaar $7.00 White Washable Satin Waists Skirts, gathered pockets, $1.95 49 O rniTDTU T "tra special, sale price. Plain and lace trimmed, sailor - JL mm |3* Jk V/UtVl ll A I . HO collar, in flesh and white. ** JULY. 18, 1918. 7
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