HI Rcadkcj aivd all ike fcrcjjy |JPjff " When a Girl " By AKX LISLE A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing Problems of a Girl Wife tCoryrtght. 1918. by Kings Features Syndicate, Inc.) It wasn't until the day after An thony Norreys and his "job" crossed my path that 1 realized how tre mendously serious Jim was about his "great chance to help Tarry." My boy insisted on getting up bright and aorly and on having Neal start him en the study of bookkeeping and accounting before that brother of mine went off to work. "It's like this—if Terry needs me to help out his friend and release an able-bodied man for the war, he neods me tnstanter." mused Jim audibly. "So the thing io do is to prepare myself while I'm mending ami do my mending mighty quick at that. We'll fetch in the doctor to , day and see if he can't get tnc ready to be on the job by the lirst of the week." Jim was too generous to feel be littled at the thought of taking on a job that hud been offered to Neal — that was clear. The only thing that wasn't clear was a remark 1 over heard Nenl make to him: "Of course. Jim. this work is far too important for me, anyway—but vou understand I might try to whack MRS. LEWIS OF BROOKLYN Tells How She Was Made Well' by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound B.ooklyn. N. Y.—"For one year 1 was miserable from a displacement, | ' which caused a 111 ll]LUUl!l!|| nil general run-down ||UgK£Ul 1 | condition, wit It i i;'' headaches and rf , pains in my side-, j i -SC. Yy I My sister induced *jr i me to try Lydia E. 11 y wT( Pinkham's Vege- Pw* n table Compound, jj 11 itM !j I | 1 found it helped [l,l mm .vj( me v ery much j •" 1 an i! stic It a ' splendid tonic 1 that I ant recont-l v ', mending it to any ! women who has Siiitiia: troubles.' —MRS. Et-SIE G. ! LEWIS, itu Vernon Ave., Brooklyn,! New York. 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With a start, I remembered the secret that Jim and Neal shared — ''Seal's secret about which 1 had vowed never to ask.. But I hadn't j vowed never to puzzle about it. 1 racked my brains to find a soltt ! tion to the problem—and as I set about doing my housework. 1 found : myself passing in the midst of tuck ing in a sheet to try to ligure out the meaning of something tense and strange I sensed m Neal. What could he have meant by clearing the decks and getting ready for : action." Fussing and fumming over Neal don't further my housework, 1 stopped in the midst of my lacka daisical efforts and took myself to 'task:, "Now, look here, Barbara Anno, the only one of your problems that you can do a single thing about right here, and now, is the Virginia complex. And if you let Betty whisk you off this afternoon, you won't have a chance to straighten t that out." Whereupon 1 gave a last pat to the bedspread with which I had been , struggling, and tlew out to my studious Jim, who sat pouring over the pages of Neat's volume on double-entry bookkeeping. And run , ning my tingers through my boy's | hair, 1 interrupted shamelessly:, "Jlmmie-boy—do you want to be alone with Virginia to-day?" 1 "Alone? What do you mean, \ dear?" •Well—Betty said she'd come to take me out for a breath of air. j But I'd like to stay in and see if 1 ! can't come to a better understand- j ing with Virginia." "Why, you mustn't run away ! when Virginia conies'. We'll give her a nice tea and invite Betty to j share it —isn't that a better plan?" asked Jim. 1 To my joy, however, Betty in- j ! sisted that Jim mustn't have too | ' much company just yet, and that i ; she'd not come to tea, but just run in at six and motor "Vee" home, i That little "family party" might ] j mean so much to me. No debutante dressing for her 1 tirst ball, ever took moir pains to : I look her prettiest than 1 for Vir- i ! ginia. 1 actually tried three corn- I binutions of color and costume be ! fore 1 decided that a white blouse I and skirt looked simplest and best, i By three I was ready for our I guest, and by the time she arrived at four, I hail made so many read- , justmeuts of the stunning tea- ' wagon, that Jim fairly chortled at j \ the t'ussiness of my housekeeping. But all the while I "fussed" 1 was j trying to nerve myself to the point j of kissing Virginia when she ar- ! rived—^-and I did it. clinging to her : almost tenderly and not letting my self be hurt when she pulled herself j away and flung herself into Jim's: arms, crying: "You're not cross with your | Jeanie any more —are you, brother- : | boy ?" Jim held her close. Virginia seemed all tenderness — ] and no tide of cold self-consclous ! ness welled up to nip her warmth, j When she came into the bedroom to i remove her hat and furs she chat ! tered away eagerly. Later I came Ito realize what all her small talk 1 meant, what subject she was frying to avoid. And yet—perhaps her ob ject was kindly—she may have been Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1918, International News Service -/- By McManus II magcie- 11r^r-ißiffTEfriCT i " ->l • COME HRPR - I °°<; THM proM OUR WE HAVE HFXLOST ■ —— P# f SOMEWHERE* " ('it ' * /z-9 trying to avert the very thing that jhappened. IWe had two delightful hours. Vir ginia and Jim reviewed for me some of their childish escapades. And our j "party" and the laughing rentinis , eences seemed to bring me close to 1 the warm, human Virginia who had | always eluded me heretofore. At six Betty came in on our ] laughing group. Then N'eal—and j the end of my dream that Virginia i and I could be friends. "Oh, Mrs. Dalton. I've been phon ! ing you," Xeal said eagerly. "I want ;to take Phoebe out" to dinner. | May 1?" | "That is quite impossible." said I Virginia, with a suggestion ot* her i old frigidity—then she added more ' kindly. "Phoebe's really too young to dine alone with men." ! I suppose Xeal should have asked I Virginia to chaperone thetn. but in i stead he insisted with enthusiasm I that strove to override her objec j tions: "Oh, please—just this sice! I've a very special reason. Ye* surely won't refus.e now. We're all friends —aren't we?" Virginia lifted her eyebrows slightly —it Jtad somewhat the paralyzing effect of being stared at through a lorgnette—and said: "I've told you my rule, Mr. Hy i land." Xeal's .face crimsoned. Virginia rose and 1 followed her j into the bedroom, leaving Betty and , Xeal to assume Jim. And when we were alone 1 made an effort to plead j Xeal's cause. i "It as if he were an out sider. Virginia. He's one of us—of our family. Think how splendidly | he proved that last night when we : needed him." "Really, Anne." replied Virginia treezingly, "I think you might have , better taste than to drag that boy into my brother's affairs." For a minute I stood as hurt and amazed us if she had struck me— j then my temper flared up. "You dare call my brother an out | sider," 1 gasped? "But you didn't j hesitate to take two real outsiders ■ into your confidence when you were | presuming to manage my husband's : affairs. Do you think Jim would ever forgive you if he knew that | you went to Terry and Betty, and begged them for —a job?" j "Your husband happens be my I brother —kindly remember that. I j did what I thought best for him. But that didn't include lying to hint," retorted Virginia smoothly. And as she whirled past me and out of the room I realized that there was war between us. (To Bo t'oiitititled) HIDDEN* Hl'X BOMB KILLS 10 Ghent, Dec. 9. The Western | railway station here was accident- I ly set on tire and burned on Satur day. The tire caused the explosion ! of a bomb that had been secreted by the Germans, with the result that ten persons were killed and several others injured. Advice to the Lovelorn BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX A GIHI. CYNIC'S I.IKE STORY* DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: A young woman, a trained nurse, whom 1 judged to be a cynic, told me i this story: "Four years ago I met and fell in i love with a doctor. Just before our! formal engagement I discovered that ] he had been also visiting a certain ' widow and paying surreptitious at- | tention to her. 1 immediately called off our engagement and rejected him. ! It made me bitter against the entire J world. I decided to go out with any . man who had lots of money and who I could give me a good time and to | break every man's heart that I could. > I began to frequent cabarets and drink wines and dance and crave good clothes. At present my idea is that no man is to be trusted with a wo man's soul and heart." Will you kindly express your opin ion on this story, as 1 believe that there are many such young women? X. C. One must be indulgent toward a girl who has been wounded in love, but it is quite true that cynicism is a foolish attitude, and that to be proud of one's cynicism, as many people are, is more foolish still. This young wo man will, of course, come to see in time that a world of men is not to be condemned because of the faithless ness of one of them, and that her notion of wholesale hetaliation is most unjust. There are plenty of ways in which a loving heart may express itself, whatever its tragic experiences may have been, but there really Isn't any room in the world for bitterness. AS TO "GROW ING II"' DEAR .MISS FAIRFAX: Please help me sqjve these difficult problems. How old may a girl be to have boy friends? When may she go out?. At what hour to be at home ? When Is it usual for a girl to wear her hair tip and have high heels? Don't you think it is the duty of every true American girl to speak to a lonely out-of-town boy In uni form? If he is true -to the colors I see no reason why he should lie other wise to the girls of our country. Na turally. I believe we shouldn't go too far—but talk and a 'stroll? JVhat harm? R. C. The custom in conventional society Is that a girl Is Introduced or "comes out." at IS. After this her life Is much like that of her elders, except that she doesn't go about with men unchaperoned. Rules for girls outside the most conventional circles are somewhat less rigid. A girl usually wears her hair up at 16. and I sup pose she wears high heels earlier than that: but I wish she wouldn't! I don't see why she can't have boy friends at any age. especially if she doesn't limit herself to one at a time. As to young men in upniform. aren't girls rather too eager to assume that soldiers are lonely? It is' unwise to suspend the rule that introductions are necessary. HARRISBTTRG WgS& TELEGRAPH THE HEART BREAKER ! A REAL AMERICAN LOVE STORY By VIRGINIA TEHHUSE VAN 1)1: WATER CHAITKH XII. I Mildred was a Mirt. The consciousness of this truth j impressed itself upon her sister's | mind many times during the winter ! of 1916-17. For it was rather gay winter in I Fairlands. The war on the other; side of the Atlantic furnished nu- i melons excuses for entertainments i of various sorts, the proceeds of j which went to the Hed Cross, Bel- | gian Relief, etc. The Brent girls were active in alt ! such affairs. Although their regu-; lur work occupied most of the day- j light hdurs, they were neve/ too J tired to take part in charades, tab- I leuux or other entertainments front 1 which profit was gained by means of pleasure. At all of these functions Mildred I was as happy as a child and always i ready to add to the gayety of the 1 occasions by her merry chat and i That she was a success from a j infectious laugh. social standpoint was a foregone conclusion. She was not intcllectuul, I neither was she capable of great ; depths of feeling—but these are not j essential to popularity. Honora —much less attractive to j the unthinking observer—had a j charm of manner and a warm sym pathy that won her the genuine lik ing of those who really knew her. While she was aware that Mildred was more winsome than she. she watched her little sister without any sensation of jealousy—save, perhaps, where Arthur Bruce was concerned. And it was in this con nection that she decided that Mil dred was a flirt. "You are sure you do not care any wore for Arthur than you did, Milly?" the older sister questioned The Great War BEGINNING in the near fu ture. the llarrisbnrg Tele graph will print from day to day a complete and accurate his tory of Central Pennsylvania's part in the great war. This his tory is being prepared with great care, so as to cover all the wjir activities in the several counties of the central section of the state. There will also be included a com plete roster of the men who served in any branch of the national forces at home or abroad. This history will likewise con tain much of interest which has not been published, including many thrilling stories and cita tions of this and other govern ments for bravery in action or for distinguished service of any sort. The historical matter lias been in course of preparation for some time and the Telegraph is now able to announce that definite steps have been concluded for its publication. Any suggestions which might be helpful in the making of an accu rate Central Pennsylvania history will be appreciated, and should he addressed to: War History, Har risburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa. All matter submitted for this pur pose should be copied from the originals, as otherwise valuable manuscripts might he damaged or lost. Some people learn of the harmful ejects I of coffee by read ing. Others find if out through experience.ln either case it is a good idea to adopt : INSTANT POSTUM A delicious j drink made : from the finest cereals, harm- i less and nour- i ishing. Made in the cup, instant ly. Saves sugar , end fuel. : ****** one evening as the pair drove in a taxicab to a big Red Cross dance given in the home of Mrs. Denton, a Fairylands society leader. "Not a bit more," Mildred re sponded. "Why do you want to know?" "Because last night when he was at the house you told him that If he got your dance card to-night be fore any one else did, he could till, it with as many dunces as he wished." "No; you are wrong." Mildred cor rected. "I said that the first man who got my card would have the chance to Mil it ith his own name for as many dunces as he desired." It Was a Challenge "That amounts to the same thing." Honora insisted. "You said it to Arthur, knowing perfectly well that he would try to your card be fore any one else could. In other words, it was a challenge." "1 suppose it was," Mildred snick ered. "But, dear, you know how much in love he has been with you—and it seems like encouraging him." "Oh, he can look out" for him self!" the other shrugged her shoul ders indifferently. "By the way, you speak as if he had loved me. but as if he di(| not now. I funcy he still does—but perhaps he has changed." To this remark noth ing. She wished that she herself could be certain whether Arthur's feelings for Mildred had altered. She believed that they had. In that case it was not kind to add fuel to " : a 4 Announces that the price of the Overland Model 90 Touring Car, effective immediately, will be *985 f.o.b.Toledo Willys-Overland Inc. Toledo, Ohio /, ' ! I : ' ' jj The Overland-Harrisburg Co. North Second Street. . ' ' 'j | 111 1 { . j * > to a tire that was dying down. I "Anyway," Mildred ventured when | her sister did not reply. "1 said I Just the same thing to Tom Chun | dler." "Tom Chandler!" Honora ex ; claimed. "Oh, Milly, 1 would not say such things to a chap like Tom." "Why not?" Mildred argued. "He's lots of fun." "Yes. I know he is—and thor , oughly untrustworthy. He wilt ! grab an ell If you give him an inch. I And there are some rather uncom- I fortable stories afloat about him." i "That he drinks, you mean? Well, i what if he docs take an occasional 1 glass? 1 like a man with enough | snap to do as he pleases. Of course," ; she added, seeing her sister's dis i approving look, "I do not mean that | I could stand attention from a-man I who really drank hard. But I do j not believe that Tom does." "Even so. why throw the gauntlet I down to him as you did when you j us good as dared him to till your ;dance card?" "Because I want to have my little | fun with him." the other answered. ; "Do you know what 1 did? 1 told ; Arthur that I would be at the j Dentons' at 8:45. X told Tom I i would be there at 8:30. ' So he will | beat Arthur to it. Just stand by and see what happens." Ho Admires Hoiim-u "Oh. Milly, deaf," her sister be gan. but further protest was checked I by the stopping of the cab. at the 1 entrance to the Denton home. ! An attendant sprang forward r.nd , opened the door of the equipage, and confidential talk was impos i sible. But the conversation recurred ] painfully to Honora Brent's mind a | few minutes later when she saw Tom Chandler step forward and 1 claim Mildred's dance card, i A moment later Arthur Bruce ap proached. At sight of Mildred en DECEMBER 9,1918. guged in animated conversation with Chandler, he hesituted, then turned to Honora. "How awfully nice you look!" he murmured. "That pink frock is mighty becoming to y6u. And you have your hair dressed in a new way, haven't you? I say, Honora, you're a stunner to-night, all right." His tone of genuine admiration brought a brighter light to her eyes and a deeper Mush to her cheeks. Arthur was right. Honora Brent Millions Use It For Colds Because "Pape's Cold Compound"' relieves cold or grippe misery in a few hours—Really wonderful! Don't stay siuffed-up! Wuit blowing and snuffing! A dose of "Pape's Cold Compound" taken every two hours until three doses are taken will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold either In the head, chest, body or limbs. 11 promptly opens clogged-up nos trils and air passages; stops nast;' discharge or nose running: relieves was unusually pretty this evening. lie moved away, and, greeting Mildred, held out his hand for her curd. With a mischievous smilo she handed it to him. Honora saw him glance over it. frown slightly, then write his name twice. After which he handed the card buck to Mildred and returned to Honora's side. "How many dances may I have?" he asked, taking her card from her. "As many as you like," she re plied frankly. (To He Continued) sick headache, dullness, feverlshness sore throat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness "Pape's Cold Compound" is th quickest, surest relief known and os> only a few cents at drug storer. It acts without assistance, tastes nice and causes no inconvenience. Don t accept a substitute. 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