Life's Problems |
Are Discussed
By Mrs. Wtlaon Woodrow
How much of an asset to a wo
man Is beauty?
Almost every one, especially the
plain sisters, will Immediately re
ply: Why, It Is the greatest asset
she can possess. Ask a group of
women which gift of the high gods
they woull select If theirs was the
right of choice, and nine out of ten
of them would unhesitatingly clutch
beauty.
And yet Is It so great a boon as
they imagine? In these iconoclas
tic days, when all standards are be
ing overturned, even beauty has not
escaped fEe searchlight, and in con
sequence it has been receiving some
rather hard Jolts.
A great American humorist has
recently said that extreme good
looks Is the greatest of handicaps
to a man, ar.d a still bolder icono- j
clast has pronounced feminine beau-;
ty not only a vain and fleeting show, |
but a positive bar to achievement.
This man, who has had a Ions:,
experience in training choruses for
the stage, 'jays, if he is quoted cor-1
rectly, that beautiful women are i
brainless, they are foolish, frivo-1
lous and futile; they are vapid and)
selfish. These remarks interested :
me so much that I immediately
yearned to discover just how much!
of an asset beauty was to a woman j
Jn the achievement of a happy and j
successful life, and what then was |
the relation of beauty to success]
In the various careers, professions!
and occupations of women.
The marriage, for instance. It
muflt certainly be classed as a ca-1
reer, since it affords the most popu- 1
lar means of livelihood for women;
and that women would inevitably
he considered the most successful j
who makes the most advantageous
match from the worldly point of
view. Therefore, since men adore
'beauty, it is fair to suppose that:
the beauties would g<j< the pick of;
the matrimonial market?
But right here deductive reason- j
BACK TO WORK AFTER
10 DAYS' LAV OFF
Vow Hard to Realize He Ever Had
a Slek Day
"I had nervous stomach trouble |
so bad that I couldn't sleep or rest." !
says M. M. Heister, a well-known j
carpenter, who lives at 1527 Mul
berry St.. Readine, Pa.
"I had been down and out for 10 j
weeks when I read in the paper j
where a friend of mine, Dan Adams. !
had been helped by Tanlac and that :
heartened me up so that T started
taking it myself.
"T besan to feel better right away \
and I have kept getting better and
stronger until now I don't feel as if
I had ever been sick.
"My wife got to taking It, too,
when she saw how much good it
was doing me and it has spruced her 1
up a lot too and we both are glad |
to recommend !t."
Tanlac. is now being introduced j
here at Gorgas' Drug Store.
FOR FEEBLE OLD PEOPLE ~
John Devitt Recommends Vlnol to i
Create Strength and Vitality (
Marlton, N. J.—"l am 69 years of
age and after a severe sickness, was
in a weak, run-down condition. ,
Vlnol has built me up and made me
strong, so now I feel real well again,
and I can recommend it to others j
for such conditions."—John M. 1
Devttt.
The reason Vlnol was so success- !
ful in Mr. Devitt's case, is because
It contains beef and cod liver pep- |
tones, iron and manganese pepton- 1
ates , and glycerophosphates, the j
very elements needed to build up a ,
weakened, rundown system, make ;
rich, red blood and create strength. '
It is perfectly wonderful what it I
does for old people.
George A Gorgas, Kennedy's Med
icine Store. 321 Market street; C. F.
Kramer, Third and Broad streets;
Kltzmiller's Pharmacy, 1325 Derry
street, and druggists everywhere.
You Need Not
Suffer From Catarrh
But You Must Drive It Out of
Your Blood to Get Rid of It
Permanently.
You have probably been in the
habit of applying external treat
ments, trying to cure your Catarrh.
You have used sprays, washes and
lotions and possibly been tempo
rarily relieved. But after a short
time you had another attack and
•wondered why. .You must realize
that catarrh Is an infection of the
blood and to get permanent re
lief the catarrh infection must be
driven out of the blood. The
quicker you come to understand
this, the quicker you will get it out
of your system. S. S. S., which has
TRAINED HELPERS HAVE LEFT THESE GOOD POSITIONS
TRAINED HELPERS MUST TAKE THEIR PLACES
WAS IS
Bookkeeper Training for Aviation Corps
Stenographer In Nurses Training School
Cashier Over There With Marines
Stenotypist With Y. M. C. A. in France
Accountant In Officers Training Camp
File Clerk * Doing Red Cross Work
Secretary Yeoman in Navy
Not one bit less urgent than the need* of Civil Service are the needs
of Business. Millions of men and women have given up good positions
in Business to heed their country's call. Millions must take their
places. Here again is your opportunity-to do a patriotic service and
Join the Nation s productive forces. Not only is it your duty. It also
is your opportunity; for nevfcr have salaries been so high or chances
for advancement so plentiful.
SCHOOL OF COMMERCE
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WEDNESDAY EVENING,
Bringing Up Father Copyright. 1918. International News Service *■* By McMari
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ing comes a cropper. The facts'
don't bear it out. Take a group of :
the richest, most influential men in
any city or town in tire country;
then consider their wives. As far
as looks go they stack up no better,
than the wives of an equal number
of men of small means.
Pursuing these investigations let
us survey a profession in whi<?h
looks are .supposed to count enor
mously—the stage. Again theories
fall. Those favorites of the foot
lights and the screen who receive
fabulous salaries because of their
firm entrenchment in the heart of
the great public, are far, from being
faultless beauties. Their appeal is
above and beyond all mere splendor
of the flesh. Their art is so sincere,
their individuality so potent, their
magnetism so compelling that they
evoke the vital spark of response in
the public and win its spontaneous
approval and, incidentally, its gold.
The women in business who com
mand the highest salaries or con
duct large enterprises would not, in
most instances, be candidates for a
beauty contest; and this is no slur
upon their Individual good looks.
All this would seem to prove that
beauty is not a 75 per cent, asset to
a woman in the battle of life. But
of course that perplexing question
immediately pops up, what is beau
ty?
Solomon's definition, which in the
last analysis is a masterpiece of side
stepping, "beauty is la the eye of the
beholder," naturally comes to mind, j
It is profoundly true. Every one has,
his own particular Idea of beauty,
and yet beyond that is the ma*s- <
mind ideal. Is it not. strictly speak- 1
ing. a matter of faultless proportion ;
and line, of well-modeled features
and exquisitely tinted flesh, all com-,
blned in a harmonious whole?
I am not discussing prettiness or
a charming appearance. That is so
common here in America that we
take it as a matter, of course. Sheer,
breath-taking beauty is my theme,
and whether or not it is a valuable
asset or something of a handicap.
Undoubtedly it takes a lot of
brains to -:ope with a lot of beauty.
If you want to see old age at its
biggest and ugliest, you will dis
cover it in the women who have
once been fair as the proverbial
poet's dream.
My own opinion M that great
beauties should not be asked to
take their places In the rough and
tumble stir of everyday life. Their
portrait* should be painted by su
preme artists. They should he per
petuated in marble by great sculp
tors. They should be pensioned by
the state for having addedt their
fleeting loveliness to the world's vis
ion of beauty. In doing that, have
they not done all and more, that
could be asked of them?
Children Object,
So 84 and 75 Elope
Hnntlngtnn. W. Va.—J. A. Cottle,
eighty-four, and Mrs. John Harper,
seventy-five, are now Mr. and Mrs.
John A. Cottle. The aged couple elop
ed from Cattlesburg. Ky„ and were
married here. The elopement took
place because of the objection of the
children.
been in constant use for over fifty
years, will drive the catarrhal poi
sons out of your blood, purifying
and strengthening It, so it will carry
vigor and health to the mucous
membrances on its journeys through
your body and nature will soon re
store you to health. You will be
relieved of the droppings of mucous
iin your throat, sores in nostrils, bad
breath, hawking and spitting.
All reputabje druggists carry
S. S. S. in stock and we recommend
you give it a trial immediately.
The chief medical adviser of the
company will cheerfully answer all
letters on the subject. There is no
charge for the medical advice. Ad
dress Swift Specific Company, 432
Swift laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
25,000 GIRLS ARE
I ASKED TO ENROLL
Chance Given Young Women
to Enter Training Schools
to Become Nurses
Young women to the number of
25,000 are being-asked by the United
States government to join the Unit
ed States Student Nurse Reserve.
The reserve has the purpose of
filling the big gaps left in hospital
forces by the large number of nurses
from these institutions enrolling for
Red Cross work on foreign fields and
in camps and cantonments in the
United States.
The Women's Committee, Council
of National Defense, Is -waging the
campaign to stimulate the enlistment
of nurses. Under the caption. "Want
ed: 25,000 Women to Enroll in the
United States Student Nurse Re
serve," the council says:
"The government is calling for 25,-
000 young women to Join the United
States Student Nurse Reserve and
hold themselves In readiness to train
for service as nurses.
"The war is creating an unprece
dented demand for trained nurses.
Only those who have taken the full
training course are eligible for serv
ice with our forces overseas. These
nurses are being drawn largely from
our hospitals at home. Their places
must be filled by student nurses en
rolled for the. full training course of
from two to three years. Every
young woman who enrolls in the
United States Student Nurse Reserve
is releasing a nurse for service at
the front and swelling the home
army which we must rely on to act
as our second line of hospital de
fense. Upon the health of the Amer
ican people will depend the spirit of
their fighting forces.
"Age-—The call is for women be
tween the ages of 19 and 35.
"Qualifications - Intelligent, re
sponsible women of good education
and sound health are wanted —the
pick of the country. A college edu
cation is a valuable asset, and many
hospitals will give credit for it.
Credit will also be given for a spe
cial scientific equipment or for pre
liminary training in nursing, such as;
that given in special courses now be- j
ing conducted by various colleges
and schools. Some :hools, on the
other hand, do not even require aj
full high school education.
"Enrollment Women will be
given an opportunity to enroll in
the United States Students Nurse
Reserve in any one of three ways: I
"(1) As engaging to hold them
selves in readiness until April 1,
1919, to accept assignments to
nurses' training schools. These wo
men will be sent to the schools as
fast as vacancies occur. Those of
superior qualifications will be given
preference, and it is, of course, pos
sible, that not everyone who enrolls,
will be accepted.
"(2) As desiring to become candi
dates for the Army Nursing School
recently established by authority of
the War Department, with bran"h
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schools In selected military hospitals.;
"(3) As engaging to hold them
selves In readiness until April 1, i
1919, to accept assignments to either
a civilian training school- or the
Army Nursing School. Those who!
so enroll will be called where the
first need arises. The government
hopes that a majority of those whoj
, enroll will thus put down their names'
! for both.
Nurses' Training Schools
"There are 1,579 nurses' training.
; schools in this country. Their need j
is as great and imperative as that
of the Army School of Nursing, i
Those who enroll for these schools
will be assigned as vacancies occur, j
"The enrollment card will indicate!
two classes of registrants—preferred j
and deferred. The preferred class
will be those who are ready to j
assignment to whatever hospital the '
government directs them, although
they may state what training school
they prefer to be sent. Those who
register in the preferred class will j
; be assigned first,. and all possible
! consideration will be given to their
preference as stated. The deferred 1
class is composed of those who limit
their pledge of service—that is, who
will not engage to go except to cer
tain hospitals. This class is intended !
largely for those who, for family |
reasons, can not accept training at a!
distance from their homes. Those:
who register in the deferred class l
will be assigned only after the pre
ferred class is exhausted.
"The government relies on the pa-'
1 triotism of those who enroll to fill
out preferred cards if they possibly!
can, thus volunteering to go where,
they are most needed.
"Nobody will be assigned to any
schools whose conditions of training!
are not approved by the State Board
of Nurse Examiners,
Terms of Training
"The term of training varies from
two to three years, according to the I
requirements of the particular school j
to which the student nurse may be'
sent No course takes less than two,
years nor more than three. I
"At present every woman who j
completes satisfactorily, her train-j
ing in any accredited school is eligi-'
ble as an Army nurse at the front!
and stands a chance of being as
signed to duty abroad. At the samo'
time she will be qualified to arn
her living in one of the noblest pro
fessions open to women, it should
be remembered, furthermore, that
her usefulness will begin not whenl
she graduates from the training
school but as soon as she enters it. j
Practical nursing work is a part of
the work of every training school J
and the student nurse is not only
learning to serve but serving h'er ;
country from the outset.
"Finances—The student nurse gets
her board, lodging, and tuition free
At practically every training school,
and In most cases receives a small
remuneration to cover the cost of (
books and uniforms. After gradua- !
tion she has an earning capacity of
from SIOO to S3OO a month. Private-!
duty nurses now receive an average
of from SIOO to $l2O a month to
gether with board while on duty; :
institution nurses from SSO to $250 j
a month together with board, lodg-j
ing, and laundry; and public health |
nurses from SIOO to $250 a month
without maintenance. There is no!
danger of the earning capacity of:
nurses being lowered after the war;
ends on account of the great number!
who will then he qualified for the'
procession: the country will need all;
the nurses that can be trained, not!
only during the war but after it,,
especially for reconstruction work.
Even if the war e.nds within three j
years, every student nurse will be |
able to complete her training andj
will be needed.
An Honorable Service
"Ever since the days of Florence'
Nightingale the nursing profession j
has been one of especial honor. It
was never so honorable as it is to- j
day. The Army needs every nurse
it can get to "keep up with the
draft." The United States Student
Nurse Reserve is the equivalent for
women of the great National Army!
training camps for soldiers. The!
government will rely upon the stu
dent nurses to fight disease at home,
to care for those Injured and dis-|
abled in our hazardous war indus
tries, and to make themselves ready
to serve when the time comes a."
fully trained nurses, either abroad or
at home. , Let us show that we
know how to answer the govern
ment's call to the women of the
country."
HERE'S THE REASON
This show* why you should "can
until you can't." Free book of in- j
•tractions on canning and drying way
be had from the National War Garden
Commission, Washington, D. C., for
two cents to pay postage.
THE PLOTTERS
A New Serial of East and West
By Virginia Terhnne Van de Water
CHAPTER XIX
Copyright 1918, the Star Conmpany
"And now," Butler strode up to the
Pole, "Whats the meaning at this?"
Elizabeth Wade had covered her
face with her hands. She was shiv
ering violently.
"What does it mean, I say?" But
ler repeated, his fists clenching
threateningly. "
"The dog scare her," the Pole
whimpered, "I done noding."
"Is that true?" John Butler whirl
ed upon the girl. With an immense
effort she recovered herself and fao
ed him.
"I was walking along and his dog
sprang ait me and frightened me."
"Well I've settled the dog for one
while," Butler said, his voice vibrant
with anger. "If this man has touch
ed you, by heavens I'll kill him!"
"No, no, let him alone," the girl
pleaded. In a swift vision she appre
ciated what dreadful thing it would
be if Butler were to injure this half
witted, intoxicated creature. "Mr.
Butler," timidly, "pleaae take me
home!"
"Talak!" Butler warned, "If you or
your dog ever frlghteji this lady
again, L'll kil you both!"
When the Pole had slunk off into
the woods. John Butler held out his
hand to Elizabeth.
"Miss Moore," he said. "I am un-
Fneakable sorry you had this fright.
How did you hap<pen to be here at
this time of night, and alone?"
"The car broke down," she tried
to explain, but her breath still came
fast.
"This Is the second time I have
seen you trembling like this after
Talak has spoken to you," Butler re- j
minded her, "What did he say to I
you?"
"He was drunk!" she shuddered.
"So I saw," Butler remarked. "But
for that, I would have said more to
him than 1" did. But since he ahad
not touched you. I thought I'd let
him go."
"Oh I'm glad you did," she stam
mered.
John Butler drew her hand
through his arm, and she felt a sense
of safety as she leaned upon him.
Elisabeth Is Ashamed
"I nm positively ashamed," she tri
ed to laugh, "when I see how shaken
I am by that encounter. Tou see, I
have always been afraid of that dog
—and when he sprang at me"
"Yes I can • understand," the man
interrupted as she shuddered again,
"but don't think about either of the
beasts—the two-legged, or-the four
legged one," he added with a smile.
She was silent, thinking how glad
she was that this man did not know
that Talak had seized her. Had he
known it, he might have murdered
the Ignorant wretch.
"I wish," she said after a while,
"that Sir.—that Cousin Amos would
get rid of that man."
"I will suggest it to I>r. 'Wade, the
next time I write him that Chapln
discharge Talak," Butler rejoined.
"Oh, no—don't do that!" Eliza.beth
begged.
Douglas must not suspect that she
had been frightened or disturbed in
any way. She had promised that she
would see his scheme successfully
carried out. She wanted to be true
to her promise in every particular.
"Wihy not complain about him?"
Butler demanded.
"Because," she evaded, "Mr. Chapln
Dorit stay indoors because
your skin is unsightly
Resinol
will heal it quickly
The discomfort of hearing unfavor
able comments upon one'a complexion,
and of realizing that one's skin is un
sightly, can be prevented by Resinol
Ointment, which not only heals a sick
skin, but protects a healthy one. Aided
by Resinol Soap, it heals eczema, helps
to remove other eruptions, excessive
dryness or oiliness of the skin, and
enables one to have a complexion that
excites compliment instead of unfavor
able comment.
At all dealer*.
-—Cousin Amos—engaged Talak, uid
if he was sent away he might be
angry and disagreeable— or some
thing," she ended lamely.
"All right the man agreed reluc
tantly. "I will let the matter rest
■for a while. But if he ever annoys
you"—
"He won't," the girl assured him.
Mentally she was resolving never
to walk alone along the country road
as long as she remained on the farm.
Her companion's thoughts must have
turned to the same subject, for he
asked brusquely:
"Why did young Chapin let you
come home alone?"
"He didn't want to," she explained.
He had a puncture, and said it would
take a half-hour to repair it."
Butler sniffed. "He's not expert at
changing tires, is he?" he comment
ed.
111-other Km bar ran urn Her
"He said he was not," the girl went
on. "I wanted to come home. He of
fered to accompany me, but I forbade
it. That's how ihappened to be walk
ing alone. It was my own fault, and
foolish of me to do it.
"And inexcusable of him -to allow
It," Butler amended.
She tried to defend Chapin. "Don't
say that." she begged. "Beally he
was not to blame."
"Excuse me—l forgot," Butler aplo
ogized. "I should not speak like that
of your cousin."
"Yes you should—he Is—she began
then stopped. 1 Her companion's eyes
were fixed upon her. and even in the
darkness she felt his steady gaze.
"What were you going to say?" he
asked.
"Oh nothing much!" she assured
him. "Only—Mr. Butler—l am glad
that you came along Just when you
did."
"So am I," he responded softly.
They walked the short distance to
saca
| Mothers!
X B e Your Child's
11 Character is not born but Auilded
Jf You, as a parent, are the architect
|| of your child's character and upon
H character depends success.
A Children should be made comrades
tj not slaves; should be helped, not
H punished.
The articles by Ray C. Berry, President of the
|1 Parents' Association, headed
I) Making the Most of Our Childre
| J will interest every parent. Read them,
M • they will appear in
X Harrisburg Telegraph 1
|| Central Pennsylvania's Greatest Daily
f| Beginning Friday jj
W "I'd Hate to have a mother I couldn't hug" - 5 J
gQi<>Q^
JULY 31, 1918.
the farm in utter sllenoe, each busy!
with unspoken thoughts and prob
lems. When they reached the front
porch of the house, and Elizabeth
withdrew her hand from Butler's
arm, he spoke with a gentleness he
had not displayed before.
In the attack —when It's time to
"buck the line"—when our own
boys must go "over-the-top," much
dependence will be placed in the
iron-tanlt. In the same way real
men —men with a "punch"—have
come to place their dependence on
iron in a new form. Iron is
easily assimilated within the body if
taken In the form of tablets called
"Iron-tic." These "Irontic" tablets
were .experimented with by Dr.
Pience and his assisting physicians
at the Surgical Institute in Buffalo
and are formed of iron and herbal
extracts that are easily taken up
by the blood. The blood corpuscles
take on a rich color and the wboio
system feels the effect. Instead of
feeling dull, dumpish, blue, "nerves
on edge," tired before your work Is
half done, you feel rejuvenated.
Fresh blood, rich in iron, courses
through your body. You have "pep",
vim and vigor. The nerves are fed
on rich red-blood and men have the
steady nerves, the wallup, the fight
ing force, to "carry out" a bombing
7
"Good night!" he ®atd, UftlnM
hand to his lips. 'Tleusant sl<|
and no dreams!" 3
She turned away abruptly an
Into the house. She <elt an ia
Inclination to cry.
(To Be Continued) ■
raid and to take trenches, or
their "bit" b.ehind the lines,
with the brain to plan and
brawn to do, acquire strengtj
courage with nerves of. steel bj
ing "Irontic" tablets.
You need energy and good i
every day, every minute of th<
Energy is as valuable to the
chanlc turning out 5-inch she
to the soldier going "over the
The quick and easy way to <
energy, pep and staying quallj
to take "Irontjc" tablets.
These "Irontic" &r
had in 60c vials at most-drug i
If you wish to test them sen
to the Surgical Institute, Bt
N. Y„ and get a trial package,
will find this vltallzer and tor
good as Dr. Pierce's other medli
For 50 years Dr. Pierce's Pie:
Pellets have been favorably k.
because they are harmless,
of May apple, aloes, JaJajv
cause the healthiest habit li
world. Try the Pleasant Pellet
you'll find you have acquire*
"regular as clock-work'" habit.