Little Talks by Beatrice Fairfax Did Justice Benedict, of the Su preme Court, Brooklyn, think wc are too strongly inclined to run to the divorce court without sufficient justification when he handed down a momentous decision the other day? He delcared it "cruelty" to sue for divorce and then discontinue the action for lack of proof. The justice decided that such ac tion, by a Brooklyn man, was suffi cient cause for the. wife to sue for separation, alleging cruel and in human treatment. Justice Benedict granted the woman a decree of sep aration with alimony. Let those restless spirits who re gard a change of life partners as only a little more complicated than a change of residence "mark, learn and inwardly digest" this latest rul ing of the Supreme Court. It would seem to point to the passing of what for lack of a betted name, might be called the crumpled lose leaf, as grounds for divorce. Marriage a Serious Matter Divorce is an excellent thing, when there are vital reasons for demanding one, just as dynamite, razors, cyanide of potassium are un rivalled in their own particular spheres. But they are fatal if they get mixed up with the flat, the fur niture and the preparations for dinner. Divorce, drugs and weapons are I'or dire emergencies—not a refuge from sulks, disappointment and insufficient spending money. In rushing to the divorce court without due reflection, it might be well to consider the dictum of the old Virginia mammy: "Dar's nothin' in dish yere quittin', de torment you leave wid one is jes' sittin' dar wait ing fo' you wid de nex'." There is an old proverb to the effect that when poverty looks in at the door love flies out at the win dow. But a glance at the divorce proceedings in the daily papers would lead one to distrust this plati- HQW U. S. OFFICERS ARE SELECTED War Department Permits I of System Under Which Com missions Are Awarded—Every Boy Has a Chance What chance has your boy to win a commission? What competition does he face? What tests must he satisfy? Will he be held back by' lack of inliuence? What is tile new system under which officers are be ing selected from the men now go ing into camp? All the factors which guide the ••-election of officers from among the men now going into camp are ue scribed for the first time in a re markable article by William Ather ton DuPuy "The Democratic Army." This article is the second: < f a series describing America's mar-' velous military preparations, based upon official information supplied by the War Department, and is accom-j panied by an introduction written by the Secretary of War himself. I It tells ho-w 12,000 enlisted men| were selected from last summer's draft to officer the next half mil lion—the psychological tests to; which they were subjected—the part' played by tabic manners and other i "trifles"—che use of employment ex- I perts to weed out the unfit—the vast system of card records for every; man in the Army—the full scope to ! the gigantic undertaking designed, to crowd fifty years of West Point' into one—ill are described in this,' 'he first complete story of how 3,-; OUO.OOU men have been officered. Ini order to be sure of obtaining a copy | of this issue, reserve it, % notifying! the Public Ledger agent, M. Forniey, I Harrisburg News Co., J. Hoffman. | I Two Baby Carriage j |, Specials That Will J | Please Both Baby j II and Parents I i vantage of our !<. g, most unusual Special No. |= || Natural Reed Strollers—with heavy r - '55 H rubber-tired wheels—durably made / = == very special at • • ** v |f I, Special No. 2 | = Natural Reed Pullman Go-Carts H full size—loose cushions—roll edge— d>4 a /v n |j| H adjustable back—a regular $25 value V H g' Other Stationary Strollers up to $25 M Other Pullman Go-Carts up to SSO . = In all the wanted finishes. I GOLDSMITH'S 1 | North Market Square ImiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiMi mil mum! FRIDAY EVENING. n Bringing Up Father * m * ■,' /■" Copyright, 1918, International News Service *■' *— * *•* By McManus ' TONORftOW t-b MY ™• T tOO INJECT-1 MARK'.EO f v I i'rs T~ "H CwRW-DW - t WONDER WO TO RETORM XOO- NEVER MET XEf> NOW Y/HEN ~ '1 AHP \ ■FHt | ' ft-y— ' WeW- E >?U- 'Tt TOO LATE - i ILL S- a . ! YO ° ARE SORftf / # oi\ rj t S — '' tude. For the poor do not get di_ vorces as frequently as the rich. Nor is this due to lack of money, ns on® at first glance might imagine. The poor, like genuinely busy people, are too actively engaged to take their little differences seri ously. Occupation is the greatest promotor of successful marriage. Too Busy For Trouble , It is the prosperous idlers who make the rich harvests for lawyers | that specialize in divorce. A ditfer ; ence of taste in regard to neckties, (jokes, movies or.breakfast foods as j surnes proportions that justify the I word "incompatibility." And Web ster's dictionary is authority for this • definition of the word: "Incapable of harmonious association. And having once established such •imposing words to express their lease, they naturally have recourse to the law. The "evidence" of • cruelty given in a divorce case men ' tioned in the papers a week or so | :iko turned on the keeping of a dog. one "adored" dogs, the other "ab ! horred" dogs—hence cruelty. j The poor and the busy escape these crumpled rose leaves of do • mestic life. If they do crop up, t matters of greater importance crowd them out. But to the idle they ' become insurmountable barriers to • happiness. Xo Sympathy at Home Another fruitful source of income to the "put-asunder" specialist is 'tliat venerable excuse of the egotist, "No sympathy at home." Two thor-. . oughly self-centered people, not { ] vitally interested in much besides! 'cat, drink and be merry, are apt i to discover a lack of sympathy atj home. Very probably their grievance! means nothing niore than that both i if re looking for a new audience tor] t old jokes. | Their little characteristic conceits I evoke no further raptures at home, | hence the following dialogue which i may be picked up at almost any 'lestaurant: • I "I can tell you this, but my wife v. ouldn't understand," says the obese gentleman at the next table to the women with the carefully applied !' eyebrows. , I And the woman, who looks capa ■ 1 Die of understanding very little in | deed, inclines a suspiciously rosy ear ;to listen. The obese gentleman has ■ | nothing very interesting to tell, but II it has long been a favorite of his; j perhaps it puts him in the near ■ heroic light. The woman listens, not because ; she is interested, but because out- Ivard attention is the price of her j support. And a lobster palace is ! more to her than home sM'eet home, j She loves the glitter, and the people, I and the staring, and the food. So FASHION'S FORECAST (By Annabel Worthlngton) .[! J F ° r tf>e War ™ wenther ttie.seml-tailored [ 1 Waist o( cashable silk is favored by the ' lT .ft ( ' wc!l Messed women because it is so prac- I I / ig&rWr UJK ,tica '- The most popular materials nre | ij y T crgpe de Chine, pussywillow taffeta and J, washable satin. In No. BS6S the large :fi-\ /i iVs. l co " ar I® cut so as to form deep rerers i'J /y // / \ W\ "which follow the surplice closing to the iji A /J(\ V \\ \ S '*' e ' hack of the waist extends I'm\ //■( I \\ Jt\ ;OTer 'k* shoulders and the fronts are \ % \ \ gathered. The long sleeves have deep \\\ I !j\ M turne d back cuffs. A band of contrast- [. \ xAJ I I \ / lnK materia] °n the edge of the collar \ \ makes an effective trimming. . The lady's waist pattern No. SS6S is f //I™* in five lizM ~ 36 to 44 inches bust I 1 \ \U/y j* neaenre - The 36 ln ch size requires 2% ' ' I | fards 32 inch, yards 36 inch or 1% y" jards 40 inch material. Price ' 1 cents. This pattern will be mailed to any address upon receipt of 12 cents in stamps. Address your letter to Fashion Department, Telegraph. Har rlsburg, Pa. she listens to the story because it makes this sort of thing possible. And doubtless the wife of the obese gentleman is saying to —it's safe to say—a man ten years younger than herself: "I just dote on poetry, but do you know I've never told it to ipy husband; he wouldn't understand." This is the type that seems to take a collector's pride in the num ber and variety of its marriage licenses. Judge Benedict's decision vill undoubtedly have the effect of .making them consider before they try, try again. How to Conserve Canning and Packing For Win ter's Use Explained in Detail by National War Garden Experts V. ✓ CANNING PINEAPPLES It is advisable for the housewife to tan local food surplus. Pineapples are canned and if not shipped lioni a distance may be prolitably put up for home use. The National War Commission, Washington, will send you free canning and drying manual on request and the enclosure of a 2-cent stamp to cover postage. This book contains careful directions for canning common fruits and vege tables by the eld pack, single period sterilization method. Select firm pineapples for canning. Pare, remove eyes, shred or cut into slices or small pieces. Save the juice which escapes while cutting and strain and reserve. Blanch three to five minutes, cold dip and pack in jar. Cover with boiling syrup of medium grade, made with one part sugar to two parts water. The pine apple juice contains 7 per cent, of sugar and when it has accumulated in sufficient quantity it may be used boiling hot instead of syrup for a few jars, or it may be canned separately for use as a beverage. Pineapple canned for children is wholesome put up in this way. After packing the jar and Hi ling spaces with hot liquid, put on rub ber and top. 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Get a whole year's foot comfort for only 25 cents Think of it. RouiMcma :l£SA§ vnjaoKxm to ten pounds' steam pressure. Re move, complete seal and cool. Fruit gelatine jelly cannot be made with raw pineapple, but canned pineapple is suitable and will give satisfactory results. You will be glad to have some canned pineapple in the house next winter. The commission will gladly answer any questions written on one side of the paper and sent in a self-ad dressed stamped evelope. COLD PACK METHOD IN 12 SHORT STEPS No. 9 | NATIONAL MU WAR GARDEN Sfcl 1 COMMISSION After sterilizing in hot Water bath the jars are removed and the top tightened, says the National War i Garden Commission f Washington, ' which will send any reader of this paper a free canning book for a two cent stamp to pay postage. Watch for step No. 10. Daily Dot Puzzle 2 • • ® 7 * 3 • , .1 4 7 • 8 44. *9 4 7 * 51 a* ' 43 53 . *49 • , *4 V • 4l • 65 6l 67 \ #se 4oe i 6 J# . • • ie N. 2o • • \ 2l • •" ' 24 32 39 • 3fa . #3 ' 25. Trace from one to ttfty-ninc And you'll see a friend of mine. Draw froui one to'two and so on to the end. THE PLOTTERS A New Serial of East and West By Virginia Terhune Vnn Ue Water CHAPTIiII XIV Copyright. 1918, Star Co. Mrs. Chapin came out on the porch as Elizabeth and Butler crossed the front lawn to the house. "Dear!" she called happily, "I've just got a telegram; they telephoned it out from the station. Clifford is coming to-night to stay a part of his vacation here." "How nice for you!" Elizabeth tried to rejoice with the rejoicing mother. "I know how glad you must "Indeed I am glad," Mrs. Chapin admitted. "It's so seldom the boy gets home nowadays. Well, I must hurry back and see about dinner." "And who may Clifford John Butler inquired as the matron dis appeared in the direction of the kit chen. "Mrs. Chapin's son," Elizabeth ex plained. "He is in business in Chi cago." "Ah! A nice chap, is he?" Butler asked. "I don't know." Elizabeth replied. "His mother thinks he is the paragon of all manly virtues, of course." "You don't agree with her?" John Butler smiled. "Why—l don't know him," Kliza beth began, then added hastily, "It is strange how many relatives one may have of whom one knows nothing. I have not seen Clifford since I was a little girl." The arrival of the son of the house would complicate matters, she reflect ed later as she arranged the water lilies in a bowl in the living room. If he was quick and clever he might play the part assigned him—the part of cousin to Lizzie Moore. If he were dull, he might make awkward mistakes. She must charge Mrs. Chapin to try to convince him that she was really his cousin she Klizabeth Wade—that she was the little "Lizzie Moore" who came here to see the Chapins when a mere child. She hoped the man would believe the tale and that his mother would be able to tell it in such a way as to make him credit it. A. Fond Mother That Mrs. Chapin might have an opportunity to do this, the girl re mained in her own room that after noon for an hour after she heard the sound of the depot wagon that brought Clifford CTiapin from the rail way station at Midland. She heard mother and son mount the stairs to the young man's room, and then for many minutes there was the subdued murmur of voices in unbroken con versation. Once the man laughed loudly, boisterously, as if much amus ed at something his mother was tell ing him. Kvldently he had a sense of humor. A remnant of that laugh seemed ti linger as he greeted Elizabeth at the foot of the stairs when she de scended just before supper. She had put on a simple white organdie dress, and, added to the twinkle of amuse ment in the new arrival's eyes, was a gleam of admiration. "Good evening, cotisin!" she re- Men Welcome Mother's Friend K Duty that Every Man Owes to Thoco who Perpetuate the Race. It Is just as important that men sliould know of proper methods In advance of moth erhood. Suffering, pain and distress Inci dent to childbirth can be avoided by having at hand a bottle of the time-honored prepa ration, Mother's Friend. This Is a pene trating external application that relieves the tension upon the muscles and enables thera to expand without painful strain upon the ligaments and nerves. Thousands of women for over half a cen tury who have used pother's Friend tell how they entirely avoided nervous spells and nausea and preserved a bright, happy disposition that reflects wonderfully upon the character and disposition of the little one soon to open Its eyes In bewilderment at the Joy of his arrival. By regular use of Mother's Friend dur ing the period the muscles are made and kept pliable and elastic. They expand easier when babr arrives, and pain and danger at the crisis Is naturally less. You can obtain Mother's Friend at any drug stor*. It is for external use only. Is absolutely safe and wonderfully effective. Write to the Bradfleld Regulator Co., Lamar Bldg.. Atlanta, Gn„ for their valuable and Instructive "Motherhood Book" of guidance for expectant mothers, and re member to get a bottle of Mother's Friend at the druggist's today. It Is the greatest kind of help to nature in the glorious work to be performed. UNDERTAKER IT1 Chas. H. Mauk N botu l, tHIVAIS MUOUMOI PUONtt fd, stepping forward and holding out his hand to her. Beyond him, in the front door, she saw Butler standing, watching the meeting between the pair. She must feign a cordiality she did not feel. 'Good evening, counsin!" she re turned, forcing a smile. Clifford Chapin did not release im- ] mediately the hand he had grasped, j Instead he held it, looking downward i into her face with a familiarity that she dared not resent at this moment. | I wish I dared exercise the cousin- | ly right of kissing you," he teased. I "Mayn't I?" "You certainly may not!" Elizabeth; said, wrenching her hand from his. I He laughed, throwing back his j head, as was his manner. "Well, considering I haven't seen ■ you since you were a small kid with I short skirts and pigtails, perhaps I'll wait until I know you a bit better," he agreed. "But, remember, cousins can afford to be cousinly, and blood is thicker than water." "Clifford, you are naughty!" Mrs. Chapin came out Into the hall and now spoke with the combination of pride and pi'/tended reproof com mon to mothers of only sons. "You rpust not tease Lizzie." I Come Tomorrow For Your Save S3O to S9O and More V. '--zSK On the Finer Players JjpS Easy Terms Jffl xli Lose no time now if you want ■T to take advantage of this final opportunity. Jjyj To-morrow and Monday we will place on sale the remainder of our stock of I i\ pianos and players bought before the jjßpMl/ /fr /recent price advance. I After the remaining few to be sold are 9HI I I taken, prices will advance S3O to S9O and more. To-morrow and Monday you may choose from new pianos priced at $285 to S9OO, or new Players at $485 to $1,300; all guaran teed makes. If you want a piano for your children or a player piano for. yourself don't miss this final opportunity to buy at old prices. Terms of payment can be made to suit you. a Victrola and Edison On sale to-day and Saturday include f'i every type of instrument, and a suitable IK §|p|fjj number of records, the complete outfit It! j jjjfj On Special Termsll , |||| Pay cash only for records selected; begin sS|j ffij |jj| BpSy ft paying weekly or monthly 30 days later. De- ffl t|[ V livery at once; no waiting. v Store Closes Daily at 6. Saturday at 10. • J. H. Troup Music House Troup Building 15 So. Market Sq. JULY 19, 1918. "Oh, she don't mind," the son de clared. "Does she, Butler?" turning | to John, who stood a silent specta ! tor of the scene. I Clifford had been introduced to Butler but a moment ago, yet had I already dropped the prefix of I "Mister" from his name. flutter Doenn't Unbend I "I can hardly answer for Miss Moore, Mr. Chapin," Butler said, stiffly. He went out upon the veranda and young Chapin looked at Elizabeth with a grin. "He's swallowed a poker and hasn't digested it, I guess," he observed. "He's got some opinion of himself, j hasn't he? Who is he, anyway. I Mother seemed hardly to understand i why he was here." "He is a friend of Dr. Wade's, I believe, whom he has asked to come here to try by scientific methods to ! redeem the farm," Elizabeth inform | ed him, gravely. I Clifford shrugged his shouldprs, j "Swell chance of his doing that!" j he scoffed. "There is every chance of his doing ■ it," Elizabeth rejoined. "Anyone can J note the improvements he has started already." I "One would fancy he was a friend ! of yours as well as of Dr. Wade," the man suggested. She was annoyed to feel herself blushing. "I never met him or spoke to him until he came' here," she said. "And I have had only two or three conver sations with him since* then." ' She followed Mrs. Chapin into" the 9 dining room, resolved to end this in terview. She had been afraid this morning that Clifford Chapin would not play the cousinly part she wished him to Play. Now she feared, with a sink ing heart, that he was going to play it too well. Stomach Troubles and Loss of Appetite All Gone Now, Due to Tonall "I suffered from a very bad stom ach on account of Catarrhal Gas tritis," says Mrs. Margaret Smith, of Narvon, Lancaster county, Pa. "I had no appetite, and had pains all through my body, due to the condi tion of my stomach. lam 72 years old. "Mrs. "Susannah Seldomridge told me about Tonall, how it had done her so much good and as I could see for myself she had gotten, I began to use Tonall. "Now I can eat with a relish, my appetite is coming back good and strong, and I feel so much better. 1 take pleasure in recommending Ton all to others because it has done so much for me that they ought to know of this great medicine." This testimonial was given June 14, 1918. Tonall is sold at Gorgas' Drug Store, Harrisburg, and at the Her sliey Department Store, Hershey.
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