" When a Girl "
By AXX LISLE
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problems of a Girl Wife
CHAPTER XXII t
My husband and I stood staring
at each other across a' black chasm
of anger and misunderstanding.
My face was burning and my breath
was coming in quick jerks—ugly
words were forming in my mind and
making ready to leap to my lips and
hurl themselves at Jim.
Then suddenly 1 saw him —saw him
consciously, I mean. He was pale.
He breathed slowly in deep labored
gasps. His appearance and his man
ner was very different from mine—
that I realized. Why?
Gradually the answer dawned upon
me! X was only angry—a temporary
thing. Jim was suffering—suffering
deeply. He was in actual agony that
went far deeper than the humiliation
I had caused him. It must date back
to Washington. What had happened
there?
As I realized his unhappiness. I
realized also that I had added to it
by my recklessness in moving—by
my anger. I was sorry for that in
my very soul. And I began to hate
whoever or whatever had hurt my
boy—Anne Harrison or the officials
of her country!
"Dear —forgive me!" I cried. "X
wanted to do the wise thing and
I've bungled. I see now how stupid
I was to move. .Please —please for
give me. I was thinking of you—
not any other"—
All the anger drained out of Jim's
face. He strode toward me—but I
was first. I flew into his arms at
the mere sign of his wanting me
again. A woman must wait her man's
mood—a moment before I wouldn't
have dared touch Jim, but now I
could offer myself in complete sur
render.
In the refuge of my husband's
arms I was utterly contended, for
getting for a moment even the pain
1 had seen deeply etched on his face
—this was where I belonged. I felt
the wonder of his love—of the
strength of his arms again—my boy
had come home!
When he spoke there was in his
voice the tender notes that stir me
so:
"Little girl, it is you who must
forgive—"
But I put my hand across his lips.
There was no need of words be
tween us—we had found each other
again. He started to kiss my hand
—then he lifted it away and kissed
my lips instead.
The world was shut out. We two
were the world. And it was a world
of happiness. Life seems to be
either a great dramatist or a great
humorist, revelling in contrasts—in
th-^ swing of the see-saw.
Hut presently the world forced its
way back into my consciousness—
the world and the war—the war to
which Jim longed to go. I had a
glaring moment of vision—a sharp
struggle with myself.
There was still work for men like i
Jim. Other women had to give their
men. America needed my Jim. His
country and mine! And she was
asking him of me even as he asked
himself of me. He was my boy—my
little boy but the army knew him
as a man. strong to fight for Liberty.
I must find strength to do my part.
He must be my gift—my free gift.
Only a woman who has made my
fight and won it can know just how
far I was borne in a few moments.
I won my struggle. J can always
be glad because of that.
With lips and eyes that were dry
and burning, I put into words my
victory over myself:
"Jim. my darling, I am ready to
let you go. Ready to give you back
to your share." .
Jim loosed his arms from about
me. and fairly pushed -me "away
among the cushions of the couch.
As he stood towering above me, I
noticed again how very tired he
looked.
"Oh. my boy, you are worn out.
Tou hurried too fast to come back
from Washington!" I cried nerv
ously.
My words were meaningless—
fumbling, but I could not meet Jim's
■Caring eyes in silence.
He answered me very quietly.
"There was r.f> reason—to stay.
Anne. I didn't pass the physical ex
amination. I can never fly again.
They told me I was no good for any
kind of real war work—not even an
inspectorship, because that means
walking, and my ankle won't stand
tip. The other smashes—ribs and—
things have put me on the scrap
heap. I'm no good—no good!"
I leaped to my feet and caught him
in my arms. Tender words came to
my lips—mother words. But he didn't
heed. Still in the same quiet, dead
voice he went on:
"I'm no good, Anne. I can't go
across—l can't even march in the
ranks as a private. I'm done for—"
"Boy, dear—you're wrong!" I j
cried. "Youre so brave and splen
did—so anxious to serve. My Jim. j
my wonderful boy—they'll find work
for you. I want you to go back—
I'll let you go anywhere—anywhere, i
my brave soldier boy." I
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THURSDAY EVENING.
| Jim shuddered, "Anne. I'm not s
—soldier any longer. I have resign
j d. They'll accept.it in a week 01
j so—and then I'm out of the army foi
! good. There's nothing I can do worth
| the doing and so—l'm getting out."
As he dragged out his words, a
picture flashed across my mind—
Jim out of his uniform. Jim in civi
-1 lian clothes. I had never seep him
| in a mere business suit—how would
|he look? He was conjuring up a
stranger for me and I felt frighten
: ed!
But only for a moment. There
j again I wRs swept by the great
i yearning in his heart—the yearning
to share in the war; and I found
myself throbbing with his pain and
his desire to be again a whole man,
fit to fight for freedom,
j "I'm done for—on the scrap heap
—but I'll come back. I'll find some
-1 thing to do." getting command of
. himself.
! "They'll have some position—some
appointment for you." I protested,
! longing to make a practical sugges
j tion.
| "But I tell you I've resigned,
i dear," he repeated with a patience
foreign to him—and so vastly pa-
I thetic.
f And then I was suddenly aware
'of a new problem. A man must
j work—a man as well as a soldier
! must find the job for which he's
i fit —the place he is equipped to fill.
! What had Jim done before he was
: a soldier? Was he questioning his
j own ability to earn a living?
! I. his wife, did not know the an
i swer even to one of these funda
j mental questions
(To Be Continued (
Penbrook Auxiliary
Collects Paper and Rubber
The Penbrook Auxiliary of the Red
Cross are making a collection of all
kinds of rubber, newspapers and
magazines this week.
Boxes for the collection of the ma
terials have been placed in the Pen
brook Bank, and the following stores:
Haverstick's. Fishburn's. Hocker's.
Small's and Snoddy's.
The school children of both Pen
brook and Progress are also collect
ing.
The committee in charge of this
work is composed of the following:
Mrs. Edward Kirby Lawson, chairman;
Mrs. A. Aungst. Mrs. Heinly. Miss Mary
Speas. Miss Belle Spangler and Mrs.
Zeiders.
Mrs. Lawson will send for any news
papers and magazines if notified at
•her residence, 2533 Main street.
TO MEM) FOR SOLDIERS
All members of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Women's Division for War
Relief. Department No. 7, are urged to
come to the Pennsylvania Railroad
Young Men's Christian Association.
Keily street. Friday afternoon, at 2
o'clock, to do mending for the sol
diers.
TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOI, DANCE
Technical High school will hold its
first dance of the season at Hand-
Shaw's Hall, on Wednesday evening.
September 25. A large attendance is
expected. Music will be furnished by
Sourbier's orchestra.
Miss Barbara Youngman, of Pitts
burgh, is visiting her sister. Mrs.
Kenneth White, of Market street, for
a few days.
"Y" Gives Yanks Smokes
as They Pause in Battle
With the American Army on the
Larraine Front, Sept. 19.—The Y.
M. C. A. has won its place in the
hearts of the American soldiers, and
an instance of the service rendered
by these workers is given in a story
told of the recent fighting. On the
morning of the American advance
against the St. Mihiel salient, a Y.
M. C. A. man appeared among the
soldiers, carrying a huge pack on
his back. He did not explain his
presence, except by a whispered
word to a company commander, who
nodded approval.
When the order to advance came
he moved forward with the men. At
the first pause, while the soldiers
were behind a little rise of ground,
the Y. M. C. A. man made his way
from soldier to soldier, giving each
a cake of chocolate and pack of
cigarets. When his pack was ex
hausted he returned to the rear, but
reappeared in a few hours with an
other bundle. He repeated his trips
until his organization was able to
bring up supplies in larger quanti
ties.
FTVE SOLDIERS WRECK VICTIMS
By Associated Press
Washington. Sept. 19.—Five sol
diers were killed and at least twenty,
four injured in the wreck of a troop
train near Marshfleld. Mo. This was
announced last night by the War
Department.
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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
Local Knights of Columbus
Entertain at Camp Colt
Harrisburg Knights of Columbus
participated in a minstrel show
Tuesday evening at Camp Colt, Get
tysburg, putting the program over
with a real professional swing.
This is a favorite form of entertain
ment for the soldiers and the music
dialogue and gags were of a timely
sort and hugely enjoyed by the
boys. Watkins and Lynch who had
charge of the chorus and minstrel
sections were highly commended on
the first class production they pre
sented.
In the show were: End men,
Messrs. O'Donnel, Brashears, C.
Lynch. McLoughlin, McMahon and
Ross; interlocutor, "Joseph T. Win
ters; sopranos, Messrs. Euker,
Winkleman, Budman, Wells, Hetzel,
Lindemuth; tenors, Messrs. Noll,
Thomas and Petrasic; baritones,
Messrs. Watkins and Lingle; bassos,
Messrs. Rupp. Ludes, Cojlins and
BetheD accompanists, Messrs. Man
nix and Wieger.
SW'AB-KNILEY NUPTIALS
Miss Florence Kniley" and Captain
Robert Swab, of the One Hundred
and Fifty-fourth Depot Brigade,
Camp Meade, formerly a mining en
gineer for the Susquehanna Coal i
Company, both residents of Lykens
and well known in the upper end of
the county, were quietly married
yesterday at 1 o'clock by the Rev.
Alexander Gibson.
0 MAKING TOE MOST OF r\
OUR CHILDREN U
A Series of Plain Talks to
Parents
lp* fi* 7 C- Be.ry, A.8., MA\fc J
x, President of the Parents Association.
(Copyrighted, 1918, by The Parents Association, Inc.)
No. 22. Does Your Baby Suck His Thumb?
YOU need not be too greatly
troubled because your child is
obstinate. That he is unpliable
now does not mean that he will al
ways be.
He may not be naturally obstinate
at all. And even if he is, the right
method applied at the right moment
can quickly set him straight.
Most obstinacy is due to wrong
methods of parental management
and even an inherited tendency to
this trait may be largely overcome.
Love and wisdom will win the day.
Let us consider a case just report
ed. A father writes:
"Our ooy, aged five, is an ener
getic lad and has a very decided na
ture. Ve says 'Xo' as if he meant it.
often when we ask him to come in
the house out of the rain or sun. he
exclaims, 'I aon't want to; I want
to stay right where I am.' The other
day he a3ked his mother to be al
lowed to carry a package, and when
she let him, he carried it about a
block and threw it down, saying he
didn't want to carry it. When we
are severe with him, he becomes
sullen. What would you suggest?"
What your five-year-old boy needs
most of all at present is a greater
amount of friendly companionship
from you. Make up your mind that
you are going to gain this boy's con
fidence. Then, when you have gain
ed his confidence and good will, it
will be an easy matter to change his
saucy habits.
To gain his confidence, apply the
principles of co-operation and ap
proval. Enter more enthusiastically
into your boy's life, his boyish inter
ests, his activities, whatever they
happen to be. If he is interested in
motion pictures, talk about motion
pictures: if he likes to play ball, talk
about ball and teach him more about
playing it. Play little games with
him and get him to feel that you
are the best friend he has.
Suppest various things for him to
do in your presence such as jumping,
running, etc. Then, approve him,
both at the time and later in the
presence of others. In this way, you |
are sure to gain his good will.
Do not ask him to do very much
during the first two or three days.
Simply devote your time to getting
him completely on your side. You
can then begin gradually to expect,
more and more of htm.
When you ask him to do anything,
do not announce the errand when he
Is in another room or outdoors. Make
It a rule for a few days at least to
have him come to you before he
knows what you want. If you dis
cover by his manner that he is not
in the best spirit, say something In
a friendly way about his play and
smile so that he will be in as good
a humor as possible; then. Incident-
SLAJREUSBTJXIG TELEGRAPH
Division For War Relief
Giving Corn Soup Supper
A chicken corn soup supper will
be held Saturday evening at Hoover's
park near Rockville bridge under
the direction of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Women's Division for War
Relief and members of the American
Red Cross. Corn soup, ice cream,
cake and coffee will be served. The
proceeds will go toward the Red
Cross and the wool fund of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Women's
Division for War Relief. A large at
tendance has been urged for the
sake of this most worthy object.
FIRST CLASS OF SEASON
The first class in Home Service for
the season will be held in the Y. W.
C. A. building at 10.30 o'clock next
Monday morning, with Miss Helen
Leib, of the Red Cross Home Service
section as the lecturer. Registitions
will be accepted at the class meet
ings.
Miss Mae Shoemaker left for her
home in Chevy Chase, Washington,
this morning, after spending several
weeks with her grandfather. W. H.
Shoemaker, 210 South Thirteenth
street.
Mrs. Thomas M. Williamson, of
the Belvedere. North Second street,
was accompanied home from Wer
nersville by her daughter. Miss Mar
garet Williamson, a student nurse
of the Presbyterian Hospital, Phila
delphia.
I ally announce what you wish him to
' do.
If your child easily becomes sul
j len. you must be firm, but do not
j try to force action too quickly. A
I sullen child is a bit like a balky
J horse; you need to give his mind a
j little time to act or it may become
confused and cause great waste of
' time —and patience as well.
The most serious mistake you can
' make is to allow your own temper to
] influence your method. The child
i naturally imitates your mood and
j so a bad case is simply made worse.
If your child has acted stubborn
-1 ly or said something unbecoming, it
i may be wise to postpone the correc
j tion until the child is in a receptee
l mood. For example, when you are
i playing with the child in an enthu
-1 siastic way, stop suddenly and in a
j low, serious tone, say, "Oh, yes, I
j wanted to tell you something." Then
explain in simple, direct words how
; you expect him to act in the future,
and end by saying: "You can rc
j member this, can't you?" Immedi
! ately continue the play.
Treat the. obstinate child with con
; fldence in the manner prescribed and
he will gradually cease to be ob
stinate.
CURCIO IS GLAD
AND PRESENTS
THANKS
Harrisburg Fruit Dealer Tells Good
Xews to His Customers
"I was a sight, I was ashamed to
be seen," says Antonio Curcio, of
Balm street, Harrisburg, Pa. "My
face and neck, my arms and shoul
ders were all broken out with some
kind of a rash.
"I seli fruit and it hurt my bus
iness for my customers did not like!
to see it.
. "I was perhaps poisoned but Tan-1
lac made me feel all right. Fine.
And I tell my customers that Tanlac
is 1 a good medicine for them. I
know."
Tanlac is now being introduced
here at Gorgas' Drug Store.
Tanlac is also sold at the Gorgas
Drug Store in the P. R. R. Station;
In Carlisle at W. G. Stephens' Phar
macy; Elizabethtown, Albert W.
Cain; Greencastle, Charles B. Carl;
Mlddletown, Colin S. Few's Phar
macy: Waynesboro, Clarence Croft's
Pharmacy; Mechanicsburg, H. F.
Brunhouse.
The genuine Tanlac bears the
name "J, I. Gore Co." on outside
carton of each bottle. Look for It.
Miss McCann and Sergt.
Gload to Be Married
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McCann, of
117 Washington street, announce the
engagement of their daughter. Miss
Zelma Catharine McCann. to Ser
geant Austin Gload. of Brooklyn, N.
Y. The wedding will take place in
the near future as Mr. Gload, who
is a sergeant connected with the
Quartermaster's Department now
stationed at Tobyhanna, Pa., near
Seranton, is expecting orders any
day to be sent to France.
TO STUDY PLAY WRITING
Miss Evelyn Gutman, daughter of
Mrs. Julius E. Gutman, of 2210
North Third street, has gone to
Columbia University, New York City,
to take up the study of playwriting.
Miss Gutman. who went to Goucher
College, Baltimore, last year, is ex
ceedingly gifted in literary work.
Mr. and Mrs. George T. Eldridge,
of 1951 Market street, have received
news of the safe arrival overseas of
their son, Ralph S. Eldridge, of the
Exceptional Medical Replacement
Unit No. 43.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Swilkev
of 419 South Thirteenth street'
received word of the safe ar
rival overseas of their son. Henry F
Swilkey. who is with the Exceptional
Medical Replacement. Unit No. 43
Miss Helen Ferguson returned to
her home, in Pittsburgh, to-day, after
spending several weeks as the guest
of her aunt. Mrs. Charles Sparr of
Sixteenth street, and Miss Mary Alma
Allen, of 921 Green street.
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ATHLETE MARRIED
Lieutenant Wallace C. Maxfield, !
U. S. Tank service, champion weight ]
thrower of Mercersburg Academy, *
and a former football star, was mar- ,
rled to Miss Katherine F. Hanaway, !
of Seranton, -in Newark recently. !
Lieutenant Maxfield expects soon to !
be sent overseas.
ENTERTAINS AT SUMMER HOME
Mrs. M. A. Floyd at
her summer home "Sunniwell," near;
Lisburn last week. The guests are: j
Mrs. J .Miller, Mrs. W. B. Sloan, Mrs.
E. Peters, Mrs. J. Zabis, Mrs. J.:
Ross, Mrs. Rose Garberich, Mrs.
Alfred Garverieh, Mr. and Mrs. M
A. Floyd.
ARRIVES OVERSEAS
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Barrett Mc-I
Carter, of Summerdale, have receiv-;
ed word of the safe arrival overseas 1
of their son, Walter M. McCarter, of
the 330 th Battalion, Tank Corps. |
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