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" When a Girl "
, By AXX LISLE
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problems of a Girl Wife
The next morning Sheldon phoned
to suggest taking the invalid and his
nurse out for a breath of air at
three. ( i
"It's Sheldon—to ask if you want
to go motoring." T whispered, turn
ing with my hand over the receiver.
Then I had to listen hard with
two ears, for Jim shouted an ex
cited:
"Surest thing you know! I'm fed
up with accounting."
"Tell Shelly we'll be there with
bells on.'
And into the other ear this was
pouring:
"I've asked Mrs. Dalton and she
says she will be delighted to go—
hasn't seen old Jimmic for a couple
of days—so busy moving into her
new apartment. We'll have a jolly
afternoon, won't we? And I prom
ise not to show them our little path
in the Park."
I thought fast. It would be a far|
from jolly afternoon if Virginia and
1 met and aired our feud.
"Will you take Phoebe in my
place?" 1 asked coaxingly. "I've a
magazine article of Jim's to copy,
and Phoebe hasn't seen him for
days either. It would be such a treat
for the child. Will you do this for
me."
"Oh —for you! Little Lilac Lady,
I'd do anything for you," cried Shel
don the gallant.
So we settled it over the 'phone
and before # long radiant little
Phoebe herself came up to call for
Jim. After she had hugged me grate
fully she bore him off in a great
rush, while lie faintly protested that
he hoped I wouldn't be lonely.
Not lonely! This was the first
time since our marriage that Jim had'
gone off l on a pleasure excursion from (
v. hlch I was omitted. Of course, I
had planned tills, but that didn't
make It eny easier for me.
For Jim I had left my own world
—the world where I counted, where
1 was loved. 1 had left it and had
gone into Ills world, where I was the
outsider—to be tolerated, flirted with
a bit, perhaps, or patronized and
"helped"—as by Betty—but never ac
cepted with that complete under
standing Betty and Virginia felt for
each ohter.
And now Virginia and I were not
even on speaking terms. Betty, it
seemed, had dropped me, and Evvy
scornfully kept up a show of friend
liness because she had to endure me
in order to see Jim and Neal —which-
ever it was who interested her most.
At the thought of Neal I had a
bad moment. Even Neal had turned I
to Jim—but at that point I caught I
myself back from gray self-pity. The J
one splendid friendship that had i
grown out of our headlong marriage j
was the tender, understanding big ,
Ibiotherly relation between Jim and 1
Neal. I iixed my mind on that. There ,
was the blue in my sky—the friend- |
ship between my boys.
And then like a whirlwind Neal j
came into the room. He flung him- j
self upon me and, seizing my .cold j
hands in his strong, warm clasp, he ,
In gan swinging me about at arm's j
length in a regular whirllngdervish j
"Im fit. They took me. I report
Monday. I'm a soldier. Little Ned's
off for the artillery camp out near
home. Ain't it bully? we've got to
l'll to and pack—pretty darn quick
—pronto. Come on, Babbs—give us
a hug, and then we'll get busy," he.
cried all In one stream of trip-ham
mer notes.
And they fell on my heart with
heavy impact. Thud —thud! I hope
I'm a patriot. I know I'm proud of
my Neal. But I wonder if when,
the moment of separation coin<
every woman-heart doesn't cry out
to Heaven, "Not yet. Not to-day!
Oh, let me keep liim a day longer!"
But I bit my lips and steadied ray
voice as I murmured:
"Boy, dear—l'm proud of you!
There will be no soldier finer than
my brother. Oh, Neal—how glori
ously prouil father will be!"
otrsly prtfud father will be!"
Then we sat and planned for a little
while. How soon he'd be a corporal
—'When he'd get the sergeant's third
stripe— and how long after that be
tor'e they'd discov-r that he was "of
ficer material." Other women—all
over the land—have talked to like
that I'm sure. And other women
have folded in a tear or two. like
lavendar, between layers of socks and
rIT IS YOUR PATRIOTIC PRIVI LEGE j
to save and conserve.When you eat I
wheat be sure it is the whole wheat
Dorit waste any of it. It is all food j
Shredded Wheat
is the whole wheat-nothing wasted I
j or thrown away. It is a nourishing
j wholesome substitute for meat eggs I
and other expensive foods.No sugar is
I required-sitnply milk and a dash ofsalt
TUESDAY EVENING, HARRISBtTRG afSs®9i TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 17, 1918'.
ties and linens as they packed for
their soldier boy.
I But Neal didn't see the tears. I
! was the sister of a soldier now, and
if my lonliness was complete. I had
to bp a fine enough woman to bear
it without stealing his strength to
help me meet it.
By six our packing was finished,
and then came a wonderful twilight
chat. We sat close together on the
big couch. Neal forgot his boyish
horror of being "soft," and sat —
quite unashamed—his fingers locked
in mine. Whispered confidences,
little promises—our youth conjured
up again. Then Neal—very shyly:
"Babbs—do you think I might
have this evening with Phoebe? We
may start to-morrbw in order to re
port Monday. I don't know yet."
"You shall have it, lad. dear. I'll
see to that." 1 promised rashly.
But how Virginia was to be man
aged, I didn't know. Then into our
quiet room came Jim and Phoebe
aglow with the zest of their after
noon. We told them that Neal was
starting for camp at once, and Jim
took it as the best news in the world.
But Phoebe started back with star
lit eyes and trembling lips.
"Oh, Neal!" she cried, "I'm so
proud—and so lonesome."
"Net yet. You arn't going to be
lonesome yet awhile Phoebe." cried
Neal, beaming with tender joy be
cause she cared. "We're going to
have this evening—if Jim is will
ing."
Phoebe turned to Jim —cheeks
ablaze, hands flying out to him.
"Virginia!" she pleaded. "Make
her let me have this one evening."
"This evening is yours by every
right in the world, children, said
Jim. "I'll come with you and tell
Jeanie."
Then he limped out with them to
claim their one evening from Vir
ginia. After five minutes he came
back alone —and with quiet under
standing of what Neal's going meant,
he caught me to him.
"You'll be lonely, honey. I won
der if it wouldn't be better for you
if we arranged to share an apart
ment with Jeanie and Phoebe?" he
said.
1 gasped and my heart missed a
beat. How could I tell Jim that
Virginia and I weren't eten on
speaking terms?
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Bringing Up Father - Copyright, 1918, International News Service - By McManus
©MAKING THE MOST OF.
OUR CHILDREN j/
A Series of Plain Talks to
By Ray C. Beery, A.8., M.A.
W/ President of the Parents Association.
(Copyright, 191 by the Parents Association. Lac. 1
"MOTHER, \V HERE'S MY SWEAT
ER! WHERE'S MY IIATf
We all remember the age-worn
story of the boy who couldn't find
1 his cap because it was in its proper
place. Indeed, it frequently is re
called as a result of actual experi
ence In many of our homes.
Looking for things out of place
(or without a place) is not only a
waste of good time but the practice
often results in friction and ill fee'-
ing.
System in business is essential .o
success. And orderliness in the home
is just as important for the stand
point of domestic efficiency and hap
piness.
Let us take a case a father writes
to me:
"Our twelve-year-old boy tells ab
solutely to keep his personal effects
in order. He leaves his clothing
scattered around the room, the dres
ser drawers open and his tools lying
where he used them last. Will great
ly appreciate any suggestions."
Procure a seperate .hanger for each
of the boy's coats. Either paste a
a slip of paper on each hanger tell
ing which coat it is for or tie a rib
bon on the hanger the color of the
coat for which it is intended. Have
a hook for each hat or cap. Be
sure to have liooks or a pole low
enough in the boy's closet for him
to be able to reach the hangers
easily.
Show him or explain to him the cus
tom businessmen follow of always
putting a given article in the same
place in their stores and even on
their desks to save time.
Watch for an opportunity to tell
him that you see an improvement in
him.
Let liim suggest places for tools
that will be convenient for all and
then when he leaves a tool out of
place kindly without further comment
ask him to put it away.
If after fixing his room so that it
is most convenient possible for him
to take care of bis clothes, you find
that he has left things out of order,
ask him to put them in order at once,
very kindly but in an expectant man
ner.
Let no time go by when he is not
required to put his belongings in
their proper place. But no fault
fiinding comments. He soon will
learn that it is easier to put his cloth
ing to rights while in his room than
to return to it later to "straighten
up." A constant condition of order
liness will beget a desire to him to
keep order.
If you find that his "memory" about
putting away is improving to
slowly, after you have furnished
him with the hangers have a little
frank talk with him some time when
you both are in a friendly humor.
Tell him there is Just one thing you
want to see him spruce up on the im
mediate future and that is about
keeping his work systematized. Tell
him you have noticed improvement
along that line but that he can im
prove still more and that you are
going to look for that increased im
provement almost right away. End
the talk happily and expectantly.
Keep in close touch with this boy's
personal interests. By making sug
gestions which put forward his ob
vious interests, he will be the more
willing to execute your suggestions
which are not so pleasent. For the
latter, he will thank you when he is
eld enough.
(Copyrighted, 1918, by the Parents'
Association, Inc.)
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MENUS FOR
A DAY
Cooler weather brings the need for
more substantial menus, such as these
from the United States Food Admin
istration. We must not forget to re
duce as much as possible our use of
cereals, bread, table and cooking fats.
Breakfast
Stewed Prunes
Sauteed Mush Bacon
Maple Syrup
Coffee
I.unclt or Supper
Potato and Celery Croquettes (Baked
in Oven)
Spinach with Egg
Apples Baked with Figs
Dinner
Pork Tenderloin with Sweet Potatoes
Mushroom Gravy
Mashed Turnips Baked Onions
' Cocoanut and Corn Pudding
APPLES BAKED WITH FIGS
Wash apples, remove core, leaving
the blossom end intact. In the cavity
of each apple place one teuspoon of
chopped tigs and till the rest with su
gar. Place in a baking dish, cover
the bottom of the pan with water and
bake slowly until the apples are soft.
MUSHBOOM GRAVY
Prepare a regular brown gravy.
Saute mushrooms in a little fat for
übout twenty minutes, cut into small
pieces and add mushrooms with their
liquor to the brown gravy.
COCOANUT AND CORN PUDDING
Two cups popped corn, 1 cup hot
water, I egg, 1-2 teaspoon baking
powder, 1-4 teaspoon salt, 2 table
spoons sugar, 1-2 cup ground cocoa
nut, 1-2 cup milk, 1 tablespoon cold
water, 1 teaspoon cornstarch.
Put the popped corn through the
grinder, cover with hot water and
soak for an hour. Drain off the wa
ter, add the egg yolk, sugar, salt,
baking powder and cocoanut. Heat
the milk, stir in the cornstarch mixed
with the cold water and boil several
minutes. Add to the pop corn mix
ture, mix well and then stir in the
stiffly-beaten white of egg. Pour into
a greased baking dish, set In a pan
of water and bake in a moderate oven
from thirty to forty-five minutes.
Dwarf Tailor Is Head
of Brunswick Republic
London. A hunchback dwarf,
four feet in size, Merries by name,
formerly a tailor, is now president,
and a washerwoman is minister of
education of the republic of Bruns
wick, the Daily Chronicle learns
from its Amsterdam correspondent.
The duchy of Brunswick was one
of the first German states to be
turned into a republic and its mon
arch led all other princes in abdicat
ing. The former duchy is now com
pletely in the hands of tho German
"reds."
The hunchback-president gets
$17,500 a year which he insists on
having paid him in daily instalments.
His first act was to order a search
of all houses and arreßt all enemies
of red rule. Thereupon he appoint
ed as minister of education a wash- '
erwoman, the goings-on in whose
house used to call for serious atten
tion from the police ynder the old
regime.
RETIHNS FROM SERVICE
After service at the Naval Training
School in Newport, It. 1., Jesse D.
Wells, 1928 Poxton street, has return
ed to Harrisburg with an honorable
discharge. Wells Is widely known
here. He enlisted in June. He was
formerly credit manager at Bowman's
Store, and also a member of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Life's Problems
Are Discussed
Militarism is dead. The day of
the fightingman is over. In the era
of peace upon which we are about
to enter there will be neither wars
nor rumors of war. Lot us hope
so.
But what is going to take the
place of the soldier in the heart of
woman ?
She worships the matinee hero,
the popular clergyman, the football
star, the frock-coated, eminently
correct diplomat; she stands some
what in awe of the big banker or
business executive; -she likes to be
seen with the literary or artistic
lion, the noted explorer or eminent
man of science, and she has a soft
spot in her heart for the out-and
out scamp.
• But none of them —not the great
est statesman or actor or daredevil
or polished courtier, not even a dar
ing and resourceful Raffles—can
give her the same thrill as does the
mere sight of a straight, upstanding
lad in khnki.
And this is true, be she old or
young, plain or pretty, a Maud Mul
ter raking the huy or Lady Clara
Vere de Vere.
For the soldier symbolizes to her
all those elements which stand for
manhood—protection, tenderness,
the intrepid facing of dungr, even
death, for her sake.
The lack of soldierly quality is
the one thing no woman can forgive;
the possession of it in her eyes cov
ers a multitude of sins. The slack
er to her is tainted through and
through with evil; the man who
| stands eager and ready to do his bit,
jno matter what his other faults,
must have a leaven of good in him
which in time will ennoble his whole
character. And perhaps she is not
far wrong.
This has been throught home to
me by two letters I have recently
! received—one breathing the most ut
ter detestation and loathing, the
other glowing with ardent adrnira
tion.
The first is from a woman who has
had an extremely unfortunate matri
monial experience. Her husband
must be a man of considerable abil
ity, since he has won' a rather pro- j
nounced business success. Ho must,
moreover, be possessed of charm and
fuseination, as I gather front her let
ter that she is a woman of unusual
intellect—not easy to be won.
However, to use the vernacular,
she "fell" for him, and for five years
thereafter regretted it every day of
her life. He abused her, nagged her,
maltreated her in every conceivable
way. Finally he deserted her and
his two children, gracefully choosing
as his time for this a moment when
she herself was ill and both children
down with the measles, and, in spite
of the fact that he was enjoying a
good income, he left them penniless.
' Yet even all this did not arouse
the woman to such indignant scorn
of him as his most recent exhibi
tion, when,having fallen a victim
to the draft, ho came whimpering
to her to save him by signing the
statement on his questionnaire that
he conributed $lO a week to the
support of his children, a conces
sion she had wrung from him only
through threats of legal procedure.
Breaking the silence she has
maintained through all her trou
bles, she writes me in utter con
tempt for the fellow:
"The only proper place for men
of that stamp is in the front lino
trenches, and I shall certainly do
nothing to prevent his being sent
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there. The only objection is that
a soldier's death would be too hon
orable for such a coward. Still, he
might serve to save the life of a
better man."
In contrast with this is the other
woman's letter, also detailing the
story of a man. She speaks of him
only as a "friend," but one does
not have to read very deep be
tween the lines to gather that he
will probably be something more.
This poor feltbw has struggled
all his life against the heavy han
dicap of an asthmatic affection
which came upon him In childhood.
It retarded his education and has
served time and again to interfere
with his progress in business, to
say nothing of the physical suffer
ing it entailed. The greatest hard
ship to him, though, was when the
war broke out and he found that
this disability would prevent his
serving his country. .
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Then, nerved to desperation, he
demanded of the doctors an heroic
measure. "Kill or cure," he said,
and they took him at his word.
The other day, the girl writes, she
met him at the door of the hospital,
pale and shaken from the orpal,
but with a broad grin on his face.
"Well," he greeted her exultantly,
"I'll be in a big scrap soon!"
She admits that he has been a
failure most of his life, that he
hasn't much to offer, that she
could probably "do better," as the
saying goes. But, oh, the pride—re
gretful in a way, but still, exultant
—with which she tells of his gallant
determination.
So there you are. The soldier
stands as the king of hearts in the
feminine deck of cards, and noth
ing seems able to alter it. Fortu
nately for the girls of the present
generation, there will be no dearth
of soldiers when the boys come
marching home —soldiers equal
the best the world ever saw, med
of proven mettle.
But what of the future—in thai
long, soldlerlcss era of peace
stretching ahead? It simply means
that men will have to instill into
the humdrum avocations of peaca
the soldier's spirit of valor and disi
cipline and the same high Ideal oi
public service; or the women will
never be content.
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