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THE HEART BREAKER
A REAL AMERICAN LOVE STORY
By VIRGINIA TKRHI'XE VAX DE WATER
CHAPTER I.
Honora and Mildred Brent were
orphans.
The r statement of this fact seems
to demand sympathy for them. Yet
tl*y did not consider themselves ob
jects of sympathy.
Their father had died when they
were too young to remember him.
The death of their mother when
they were aged, respectively, fifteen
and seventeen had at first appeared
as a calamity. Certain it is that had
the mother herself known that she
was to leave her young daughters
she would have wondered agoniz
ingly what would become of them.
While they could live simply on her
small Income, yet they certainly
needed a parent's tender care. Mrs.
Brent had a way of saying that there
was only one absolutely necessary
person in the world, and that person
n'fl A mother.
Yet her death proved that she was
not necessary. Y"outh is buoyant and
looks to the future. Mrs: Brent's
friends spoke pityingly of "those
poor children," and showered them
with kindnesses.
So Honora and Mildred got on
comfortably in spite of the loss of
the mother whose one thought they
were. The middle-aged combination
companion and housekeeper who
had been devoted to Mrs. Brent con
tinued to live with M\rs. Brent's
daughters. Mrs. Higgins was an
able manager and spent the family
income judiciously until the girls
had finished their course at the
Fairlands high school. After which
both took positions in downtown
offices.
GROWING DEAF WITH
HEAD NOSES?
TRY THIS
N I
if you are growing hard of hearing
and fear Catarrhal Deafness or if you
have roaring, rumbling, hissing noises ,
in vour ears go to your druggist and j
get 1 ounce of Parmint. (double
strength), and add to it hi pint of
hot water and a little granulated sug
ar. Take 1 tablesoonful four times a
da This will often bring quick relief j
from the distressing head noises.
Clogged nostrils should open, breath
ing become easy and the mucus stop
dropping into the throat. It is easy
to prepare, costs little and is pleas
ant to take. Anyone who is threaten
ed with Catarrhal Deafness or who
has head noises should give this pre
scription a trial.
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UNDERTAKER 1745
Chas. H.Mauk *£?,. st -
Private Ambulance Phones
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CORNS
I'fni m W BUNIONS
CALLUSES
GORGAS DRUG STORES
DRUGGISTS STILL ASKED TO
CONSERVE STOCKS OF VAPORU6
NEEDED IN "FLU" DISTRICT
Influenza Epidemic is Decreasing in Most Sections and
The Demand is Slackening But We* Are Still
18,000 Gross Behind On Orders and it Will Take
Some Time to Catch Up.
THREE MILLION JARS;
SHIPPED DURING
OCTOBER
Qn Monday, October 21, wo ad- j
dressed an advertisement to the \
wholesale and retail drug trade, ad
vising that we were badly oversold, j
duo to the influenza epidemic, stat
ing that all deals and quantity ship
ments were postponed, and request
ing that Vapoßub be purchased in
small lots only. This condition still
prevails.
At this writing we have back orders
for eighteen thousand (18,000) gross
and our orders each, day are double
our dally output. The epidemic,
however, is decreasing in most sec
tions. the demand is slakening and
we are working night and day to
catch tip. In the meantime, wo ask
the trado to be patient with us.
ENORMOUS SHIPMENTS HAVE
WIPED OUT EXCESS STOCKS
On October Ist we had on hand at
tho factory and in twenty ware
houses over tho country a tremend
ous stock of VapoF.ub, accumulated
during the-summer months. This)
Is, now gone—wo actually shipped
during tho month of October over
three million jars of Vapoltub. We
are speeding up our factory as much
as possible and the problem now is
to distribute the factory's output as
quickly as possible. We have, there- i
fore, for the tinio being, abandoned
froiglit shipments and are shipping j
either by ratcel Post or express— i
trying to give each jobber at least j
a little stock.
IMMEDIATE SHIPMENTS TO
DRUGGISTS IX INFLUENZA
DISTRICTS
Preference is being given to tlioso
sections stricken by Influenza. In
order to reach these sections as
quickly as can be, wo are, during this
emergency, making shipments by
Parcel Post, direct, to tho retail
trade, of not more than three (3)
dozen 30c size In any one shipment.
We prefer that the jobber order
these shipments for their trade, but
to save time we will, If the need is I
urgent, ship direct on receipt of a
check or money order. Naturally,
no new accounts can bo opened dur
ing this rush.
SAMPLES AND INFLUENZA
DOOKLETS FREE ON
REQUEST
AA'e hnve prepared a little folder
giving all the information available
so far on Spanish Influensa —its ori
gin—the symptoms and the trcat
nyent, and these will bo foi warded
to druggists on request. AVe will I
JHE VICK CHEMICAL COMPANY, GREENSBORO, N. C.
WEDNESDAY EVENINI*
Different Views
"I wish we could be together,"
Honora had sighed one day soon
after their graduation. "It would
be so much pleasanter."
"I don't agree with you!" Mildred
declared. "We will get on better if
we are separated during business
hours. If we worked together, you
would worry about me—or" —as an
afterthought—"l would worry
you."
The older sister knew that this
last sentence was added more from
courtesy than from veracity. For
it had always fallen to her lot to
feel the responsibility of her young
er sister's care. Whereas Mildred
was aware that Honora was quite
able to look out for herself.
This state of affairs was not due
to the fact that one girl was eight
een months older than the other,
but that Mildred was very pretty
and Honora was not. Honora rec
ognized that her more attractive sis
ter would be subjected to tempta
tions such as she herself was not
likely to meet.
Yet she was not jealous of Mil
dred. On the contrary, she had a
genuine admiration for her, coupled
with an affection that was almost
maternal in its strength. And Mil
dred was fond of Honora In an
easygoing, comfortable kind of
way.
Fairlands nestles In the Connecti
cut Valley. In thirty years it has
developed from a quiet, elm-shaded
town into a city that feels itself as
important as New York. One may
confess right here that Fairlands
is not its real name —but it will
serve our purpose as well as any
other. It is an actual city, and a
beautiful one.
A Comfortable Home
As the Brent girls had been born
here, and still lived in the home to
which their father had brought
their mother as a bride, they con
sidered themselves as much a part
of the place as was the old First
Church standing on the hill over
looking the business section of the
city.
Had their mother lived the sis
ters would probably have gone to
college. As it was. they preferred
starting life as soon as they could —
"starting life" being but another
name for earning their own living
and thereby Increasing the income
that seemed now too restricted fcr
their growing desires.
It was when Honora was twenty
that she -found herself very' fond of
Arthur Bruce. It was also about
SL Mot water .
SIR Sure Rc,ie f
RELL-ANS
■hp FOR INDIGESTION
t also be glad to mail to any indivld
i ual one of these booklets, together
j with a quarter-ounce sample, free.
I HOW TO USE VAPOHUB IN
TREATING SPANISH
INFLUENZA
In every case call a physician—
I Vapoßub should be used only in con
| nection with the physician's internal
treatment.
Apply hot, wet cloths over the
throat, chest and back between the
shoulder blades to open the pores.
Dry lightly and rub Vapoßub well
in until the skin is red —spread on
thickly and cover with hot flannel
cloths. Leave the bedrcovering loose
around the neck, as the body heat
releases the ingredients in the form
of vapors. These vapors, inhaled
with each breath, stimulate the lin
ing of tho air passages to throw off
the infiluenza germs. In case of
head or chest cold, which oftegt ac
companies influenza, the vapors tend
to keep the air passages open, loosen
tho phlegm and make the breathing
easier, in addition, A'apoßub is ab
sorbed through and stimulates the
skin, attracting the blood to the sur
face and thus aids in relieving the
congestion within.
' HOW TO USE VICK'S VAPORUB
AS A PREVENTIVE
It is questionable if there is any
thing which will prevent Spanish
influenza, except avoiding those per
sons who are spreading the disease
i by coughing, sneezing and spitting,
| and by keeping up the bodily resis-
I lance by plenty of good food and ex
i crcise in the open air. The Public
j Health Service recommends that tho
| nasal passages he coated wltli a
I weak solution of Menthol in liquid
j potroleum as a protective. For this
j purpose A'apoßub Is excellent. Just
put a small portion up each nostril
front tlnie to time during the day
and snuff well hack into the head.
KEEP FREE FROM COLDS BY
INHALING VAPORUB
Colds irritate the lining of the air
passages and thus • render them a
much better breeding place for
germs. At the first sign of a cold
use Vapotfub at once. Melt a little
In a spoon and inhale the vapors
arising, or Vapoßub can be used in
a regular benzoin steam kettle, such
as most druggists carry in stock. If
this is not available, a very good
substitute to use Is an ordinary tea
kettle. Fill hnlf-full of boiling water
—put in a half a teaspoon of Vapo-
Rub from time to time — keep the
kettle just slowly bnilir.g and inhale
I the steam arising.
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this time that she observed that
Mildred's beauty increased with each
passing month.
The sisters resembled each other
in spite of the difference in ex
pression and coloring. Honora was
dark, with brown eyes and straight
hair. She was naturally pale, a fact
which she deplored. Mildred, fair,
wifh light, curling hair and with
blue eyes and' much color, would
occasionally urge her sister to "use
just a little rouge."
"What's the harm in it?" she
would argue.
"There's no harm in it," Honora
would reply, "but 1 would not like
to use it."'
Question and answer were indices
of the character of,each speaker.
Arthur Bruce had known the
Brent girls since childhood. But
during his course at Cornell Fair
land had seen him seldom. His
summer vaactions had been spent
away from home with various cbl
lege friends, and the Christmas and
Easter, holidays were so short and
there was so much to be c-one in
them that he had little time for
calls at the Brent home.
Now, however, his student days
were ended and he was oack in
Fairlands.
A Good Berth
"I am going into dad's office, you
know," he informed Honora late one
afternoon, when he had dropped in
to see her and Mildred. Mildred was
out, but would be in soon, and he
sat down to wait and chat. "As 1
am the only son, dad expects it of
me. He counts on my carrying on
his business. So, very soon, 1 will
be going downtown every day—just
like a regular old businessman."
"I should think you would be
rather glad to have your niche all
ready for you," Honora commented.
"And you'll find it nice to settle i
down to regular work."
The handsome young fellow
laughed, throwing back his head
bdyishly. Honora remembered that
he had always laughed like this —
even when he and she had played
together years ago.
"X can't say that I am so keen
for work," he began. Then he
glanced out of the window and
stopped suddenly. A light of ex
pectancy sprang into his eyes.
Honora, Hollowing his glance, saw
Mildred coming up the "path to the j
house.
To Be Continued.
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Apple Possibilities |
The United States food adminis
tration reminds u§ that every fall
apple has its possibilities for winter
desserts or relishes and that none ]
should be allowed to waste. Here are
some receipts from the food admin
istration:
Canned Baked Apples
Wash and core good, sound tatt
baking apples. Fill the cavities with
one tablespoon of syrup or honey for
euch apple. Bake the apples until
tender in a pan containing a little
water. Puck the baked apples into
hot sterile jars, add the juice re
maining in'the pan. Fill the jars
completely with a syrup made by
boiling together for two minutes,
water and syrup in the proportion
of one cup of water and one-half cup
syrup. Seal the can.
Chipped Apples or Pears
Hart fruit (apples or pears), 8
pounds; sugar, 1 pound, (2 cups);
syrup, 3 pounds (4 cups); ginger
roor or crystallized sugar, 1 ounce;
lemons, 3; water, 2 quarts.
Wash and prepare fruit. Weigh
after it is prepared. Add sugar to
syrup and water. Add lemon juice
and chopped rind and fruit. Cook
slowly until fruit is tender and prod
uct is thick and dark.
Apple and Carrot Conserve
Carrots, ground or diced, 1 quart,
tart apples, diced. 1 quart; oranges,
sliced, 2; syrup, 2 cups; salt.
Cook the carrots in sufficient
water to cover (Hem, until they aru
tendor; do not drain them. Add the
other ingredients and cook the mix
ture until it is clear.
Apple and Beet Conserve
Tart apples, diced, 1 quart; beets,
diced, 1 quart; syrup, 1-2 cup; juico
of 1 lemon and chopped rind if do
sired.
Pare and dico the beets. Cover,
them with water and cook them un
til they are tender. Bemovo the
cores from theapples and dice. Add
the apples, syrup and lemon juice
to the beets, and cook the mixture
until it is clear. Instead of storing
the conserve in jelly glasses, it may
be spread on a platter and dried In
a slow oven or in the sunshine. It
should then be packed between par
aifir. paper in containers that will bo
free from dust and insects.
High Taxes Likely to
Continue Many Years
Washington, Nov. 13. Govern
ment financial needs for many years
ar.e almost certain to run above f 1,-
000,000,000 annually, treasury ex
pei*s estimate, and most of the
money wil be raised by taxation.
Secretary McAdoo yesterday warn
ed that tnxes necessarily will be
high for many years to pay off war
debts, and that additional loans
would be required.
HUNS HASTEN HOMKWAItD
With the British Army in France
and Belgium, Nov. 13. The rear
I guard troops of the shattered and
defeated German armies opposite the
British front have beer, ruelng for
their border a though their lives de
pended on reaching their own land
by nightfall. •
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Life's Problems
Are Discussed
Dear Mrs. Woodrow —I wonder of
you can help me. I feel so miserable
and unhappy, and there is no one
else whose advice I can ask.
Lately something has seemed to
come over me, I don't know what it
is. X. have lost all interest in every
thing, the joy oP> living is gone. I
have even lost all interest in my
work.. Of course, I go on doing
things as before, but only mechanic
ally, as if 1 were in a dream. I some
times wonder weather I am alive or
dead. lam only twenty, but things
I used to do don't "interest me any
more.
I don't know what has brought
about such a change in me. Per
haps it is my unhappy home sur
roundings. My mother is dead, and
my father has remarried. My step
mother has never liked me, and she
makes life miserable for me. She
keeps nagging at me and nothing 1
do seems to please her. lam mak
ing a good salary and like to dress
well, but my stepmother often scolds
for being extravagant, which is not
a fact, as 1 have saved some money
besides contributing a substantial
sum every week toward the support
a number of times, but have al
of the household.
I have thought of leaving home
ways stuyed for the sake of my
father. Now I don't care at all
about leaving. I try to rouse myself
to life again, but it's no use. 1 don't
know what to do. I wonder if you
cun help me. I shall unxiously
await a reply.
Very truly yours
V. L. C.
I do not believe that there is any
thing the mqtter with you, my dear,
except the fact that all work with
no praise and appreciation is mak
ing Jill a dull girl, Let us consider
your situation; lay it out like d
problem in chess or in mathematics.
You are a girl of twenty years,
sufficiently well educated and train
ed to secure a good position and be
paid- an excellent salary. Out of
this salary you give a substantial
sum to the family each week; you
clothe yourself, pay your own ex
penses, and, in addition, have laid
aside a certain amount. You are,
for reasons you have explained in
your letter, unhappy in your home.
What is the answer?
if the facts are correctly stated
in the letter, the answer is as plain
as a pikestaff. You are like a pris
oner, bewailing yourself in a dark,
dreary cell, unaware that the door
is wide open und that you may walk
out whenever you choose. You are
really in an enviable positioln. There
is no one absolutely dependent upon
you, nothing which ties you down
to an uncongenial environment. Thert
why remain in a household where
you are not needed and are, appar
ently, not wajited. There is no rea
son on earth why you should play
the undesirable part of a fifth wheel.
You have stayed, you say, be
cause of your father. Is his life
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gluddened by your unhappy, depres
sed presence or cheered by the con
stunt misunderstandings which oc
cur between you and your stepmoth
er? There are occasioins wnen Mad
ame Roland's famous apostrophe to
Liberty might equally well be ap- I
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think, and quite honestly, too, that
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never seen the uqgel of you, and
there is an ungel side to all of us,
you know. But you can see it for
yourself. Y'ou can say:
I do not care what she thinks of
! me. 1 know that I am good and
| clever and attractive. There are
• bigger and better and broader things
I for me than this petty bickering and
j reorimlnatioin. lam going back
I every night after my days work to a
| home of my own making, even It' it
is only one room. That room shall
I reflect my own tastes; it shall be a
I little isle of harmony and peace,
j 1 shall have in It the colors that
cheer and inspire me, my own per
j sonal possessioins thatl like to have
' about me, the books 1 want to read.
Be good to yourself. You love
; pretty frocks, and as you are not
j spending everything yoir make on
i them, there is no reason why you
: should not gratify your tastes.
| And play, my child, play; if you do
I not know how, learn. Tile normal
i life, you know, is lived in eight
| hour shifts. Eight hours for work
I eight hours for reereatioin and
eight hours for sleep. Begin to plan,
' plan to be happy.
NOVEMBER'T3, 191*.
Advice to the Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
A COVER'S MISUNDERSTANDING
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
At the time my sweetheart sailed
for Franee, over a year ago, we had
a quarrel. About six months later 1
met bis sister, who, together with my
better nature, finally persuaded me to
forget our little digerence and write
to him, which 1 did.
Alter waiting a reasonable time,
thinking my letter might have'nils
carried, 1 wrote again. Three months
after this 1 wrote a third time. One
week later 1 received a letter from
him. But another four months has
elapsed and I have heard nothing.
1 feel that 1 may be ,to blame and
want to right matters, but do not
know what course to follow.
UNITY.
I should say that you had fully
done your part toward making up the
quarrel. But if your sweetheart's sis
ter is interested In your becoming
reconciled, couldn't she help matters
by writing, herself, to the soldier
brother?
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