LITTLE TALKS BY BE A TRICE Do your relatives praiso your, rife? Are they convinced lhat Bhe is the (est of domestic partners for you,' ind a supremely competent mother o the children? < Or do they sometimes let you per- 1 :eive "that they arc sorry for you, ! ind that they can't, understand how | n the world you ever happened to nake such a choice? If you have had tho latter exper-j ence, don't, I beg of you, take it | 00 seriously. Try not to let it affect •ou as much as it has poor A. M. V., 1 vho has written me as follows: 1 "I have been married four years I md have two children. I have tried ny best to keep on good terms with ny mother and sisters, but they lave from the first tried to interfere n my afiairs. They keep tab on | iverything my wife does. They in- i Store Closes Regularly fiWWBW /"If Store Closes Regularly On Saturdays at Six On Saturdays at Six BEI.U 11)01—23.10 UNITED HAIUU9KURG. THIRSDAV, JANUARY t), ltilO, FOUNDED MB White Goods Special Dress Goods 1 ® Cups and Saucers Draperies Remnants of white goods, 54-inch black and white J V Eng'ish po reel an, Lot of good patterns in 36- comprising short lengths shepherd check suiting. Fine H IMB ■/ JM fl B W JM 111 decoiatioi.s. Fridv ;:>lc. ' ncb cretonne. Heavy for and end pieces of fancy voil- weight for dresses or skirts. ■ B 818 Bf I 1/1 I 111 on draperies and cushions. Fri es, flaxons, long and | Friday sale, yard, H B B B B W R| WB B 1 B B I|| k V ZUC da >' salc > J" ard ' ftQ A 1 Many of these pieces are of o"C Dinner Plates good lengths and only re- 1 , i ——————— quire a visit to the laundry j 42 ; ilich P laids ~ | Notion Specials Art Goods Domestics Tapestry Rugs Blue decorated English 36-inch Silkoline in dsrk; to make perfect sroods. Fri- specially suitable for clnl- ( H £ I— ° ' and light colors. Friday . - | dren's wear for the cold 1 . Boys' stamped suits in TT . . ~ „ porcelain, Friday sale, yar( j y ' . I weather. Friday sale, yard, Keep warm Klips. Fn- white poplin, trimmed in | Un i cacied sheeting; ,VJ Mitred corners in rich con- i r or . „ ~ ' ' day sale, green and brown-4 and 6 I inches wide. Good quality, ventionai patterns, 9.d2 it. 13C Ofc 25 Per Cent. Off 7Q ' oq„ years. Friday sale, | fine, even round thread - Frk , ay , •ww C | will wash and bleach easilv. Regular Prices Fmkl>^w $1498 Breadand • ™ Kliaki colored Turkish ,Z* T" \" C M?de of Halt and strr Butter Plate. - — d ' • ' r,f crnnd I,ght and dark shades, these YCIS. lC racks, hats, nightgowns, „ , , carpets, bound ends; 12x2/ 0,1 iii t are excc P t fi° value. Fri- combinations, coats, aprons ur.ants of dl * ; s> gi"g- inchci. Ft day sale. j _ , t ed English $1.98 strong double Terry. Size, , Warren's Cablebone. Fri- and dressing sacques. Fri- hams; cal-co and tick ig-- -! L S 21x39. Friday sale, each, ! day sale, yard, day sale. regular pi ices. Fruity sale, J_QQ . | parcels* P.. sale, B owMAN'S-Fourth Floor 60c 69c l c y 2 Price V 4 Off Velvet Rugs ! i 1 , no w MAN'S— second Floor Remnants-- a limited Soutache Braid; assorted White scarfs, lace trim- j Stofl. plaid flannelettes. ! Me , • j r.- „ ttll . c 1 ,i, aoo I colors. Triday sale,bolt, med; 36, 4a and 54 inches. ; u „. Made >t Ilan an 1 stair Dinner Set Silks quantity of all wool dress 3 Friday sale, 5 36 ; nche - Vldc ' pw.tct carpets, bound ends; la'.\27 i m materials in shott lengths. C r ' . ' 1 gooas, cut from the piece. inches. 1 tiday sale, i7„lLli v'W-i. i , Suitable for waist or skirt ; 29c to 75c Suitable for waists or chil- nr , ' Ifrf f & \ ( ' i " ut rom 2to () Gloves to be cleared at Black and white Hose . | dren's d-csses. Friday sale, ZDC " ali . v 00 P icces - a lew . yards in many weaves and l7 D . ; Supporters for children. Fri- { Novelties such as pin j yar -j i _ piecei nv.ssing. Friday !iie, | colors for all purposes rin,nrtisfi. alovrs • ner /2 *I"ICC day sale, cushions, bags and boxes, i Wilton Rugs . | dress, saits, waist or lining. Cnamoisctte gio\ea, ))er- * ** y TTfirlav joi / CM C PA ... feet fitting, 2-clasp. Gray, i ■ j IfL, y 4Z}AC $10.50 lust one glance will quick brown. white and black. BOWMAN s-Main Floor ~ IUC in " j Mad- of Hall and stairs j ly convince you that this of- Every size. Friday sale, pr. Children's Waist garters. B owMAN'S-s.conrf Floor ' Continuation of -hitc j ; fryigcd on . ends, D Very rich decoration ! fering is unjnatchable at ■ Slightly soiled. Friday sale, goods sale in domestics. ' 7 • '-i originally 100 pieces, a few this low price. We quote -j q __ . BOWMAN'S—Second Floor 39c pieces missing. Friday | no former value. Your own BOWMAN's —Main Floor. j I*JC ilOSiery sale, judgment will best set their 1 Braiere Two-strap bdt ho ,up. A special ,lo.t of black silk Baby Bottle Wool Tapestry Ruga usoulnMS. Friday sals, yard * porters for ladies. Friday stockings. Extra fine quali- £ unZ.uU _- Odds and ends of bandeau sale, ty. These stockings are all In tloi&l and all-over - at- 5f5C Handkerchiefs brassieres; closed front and 10c silk top and double silk foot. Warmers terns; Px 1 2 ft. I'ciday sale,. Crystal Flower -- back. An assortment of Friday sale, pair, t v CA 36-inch black taffeta and Ladies' pure linen hand- i styles and material includ- Shoe laces. Friday sale, pr U— - >.is .. i.tted so ci.tt the • Vases inessaline. I'riday sale, yard, kerchiefs with narrow hem. i ing net with sleeves and r ' "5C | vrill not tou:h stove p i „ p„„_ ei OQ Full size. 11 inch. Friday shields. Very specially 5C • % Imd orcak. Friday -ale. Royal Wilton Rug . sale, each, 1 priced for Friday, sale, Sanitary belts. Friday sale # Ladies' Black Lisle Stock- -trhlT ' ridaVs-L 36 " inch P rinted Khaki in mgs, with nb top, double 15 C Mid-of high grad? worst- etching. Indays.le, Rool Frida J salCj yard| 22C . lifC IUC toe and lieel - seamless. All ! cd van.. R : ch corduroy pat- or sizes. Friday sale, pair, BOWMAN'S— Basement. terns; 9x12 ft. Fridav sale, 35c sl*so BOWMAN'S— Main Floor. , Wire Hair Pins. Friday i _ _ - j I Lace and embroidered sa]e> : 39 C <jjro CA 24-inch figured velveteens trimmed brassieres. Open C nark "ir Coffee Flasks v I Traveling Bags j Friday sale, yard. CL front, good assortment of 0 packS, 5C Men's fibre Silk Hose;' Table Oil Cloth • ' AH/^ Shoe '' ; Black Safety Pins. Friday , black, navy, cordovan and Made of glass with Un 18-inch black genuine 47/ 2 C Women's lie,d .nouse kid I ed for Friday saie, ' , Sit-"; jackets so tha, sace can he t =d ont ' laced boots. 1-reach heels. Z papers, DC good ones. Friday sale, pair, heard or. stove. Friday ale, yard wide. Friday sale, yard, c0r.... _ V half vard lengths. Friday? Friday sale, pair, J9C RmJlallts dlstic , 35c, 3 for $l.OO 15c 15c $10.50 : sa,e $9.50 BOWMAN'S—Second Floor ; BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. ! BOWMAN'S—Basement. 1 BOWMAN'S—Fourth Floor 1 BOWMAN'S —Basement. 10c j anuary w l~ Women's grey kid laced p| 1 /TT T1 , B Every home should have a ® 36-inch percales-good boots with cloth tops; I JL 1 ly W Ms grade and a choice assort- French hecls. sale. W 111X6 | W " ' S Women's Brown Kid i Every woman who purchases any of the |j 99 ffi 36-inch fleeced eiderdown French^heels^' 1 Frillay s:ilc i special items announced for our Sales of White !J; *• • 1 /ll ITGlKsflCl v(s ffi for kimonos or warm dress pair" saves money. This fact has been appreciated j® { j llWm Wm £\ dwignson medium and dark $7.00 by every customer, for the success of the sale § • |Lfl I HffllllrillW We haVe them , vari , ou , B at ™"" ds ' Mk ' s>rd ' j „as assured an hour after it began. | | P rice * y °" pay 29c '"" "$498 Abundant values in: ® J'i ° A e Bowman Club Plan, W ''smar^MS BOWMAN'S— Main Kioor Table Linens, Towels Bedspreads II |a 1 | 1 DclivCYS Q Kitchenette ffl day sale, yard. White Fabrics Pillow Cases J ; ; |\ 1 If ' to YoUV Hom€ || 29c Underwear Sheets Undermuslins Petticoats | j || Convenient payment cares for the H 32-inch imported Japan- SwwHncd. 1 Regula/me 1 ! 8 - S O 1 I Demonstration and Sale of the |j Very suitable lof men's chandise. Sizes 2to 8. A , , T , A/f T~\ 'J J mi vf J % Dutch Kitchenette in the Furniture O shirts or n:at house dresses, teal Friday bargain, /\€(lliCtlOtlS 1 flflt /vICQtI LJCCtCICd Department. Fast colors. Friday sale, yd.. THURSDAY EVENING. * ■ quire all about my personal affairs land try to turn me against my wife. ; I consider her a prize and I think i me very fortunate in making such a splendid match. It makes me very j blue at times. What would you do | in the matter?" In the first place, this state of | things is by no means unusual—and > it's very human! Don't you see how lit comes about? Almost always there is some good, i sweet girl, lingering patiently and hopefully just outside the margin of i the* family picture, whom a young 1 man's mother and sisters are par j tieularly anxious to have him marry. 1 And quite as often, in a somewhat remoter background, there is an other girl, just ns good and sweet, whom he himself has fallen in love 1 with and whom he does marry. 1 N'obdy would deny that he Is act- 1 lng quite properly in doing so. But his mother and sisters, who adore him and who take everything con -1 netted with him very devotlonally— -1 his diet, his wardrobe, his social en gagements— don't easily recover from the disappointment of having their candidate defeated. They consider that the idolized son and brother is equal to any oppor tunity that life may offer: that he can perform any conceivable exploit. But they don't think he is capable of choosing his own wife. They feel that he deserves to be tho happiest man in the universe. But they can't admit that this girl of his Wn selecting has the power to make him so. Xow the reasonable course for a devoted family would be to wait to see whether the young man's mar riage proved happy, and in that case, to applaud his good fortune, even though they might feel that the young wife spent too much time at tho piano, or that she darned her husband's socks on the wrong day of the week. But a devoted family Isn't al ways reasonable, and can't be ex pected to be, especially if its mem- HAJ4RISBILRG TELEGRAPH bers have a little more leisure than I is necessary, and are victims, per- I haps, of the very human vice of gos- j sipping, and have never been trained, 1 as most of us haven't to take the I biggest and sanest view of every- t thing. Criticising the Bride A. M. V. should realize that his case isn't unique by any means. That there must be countless thousands of instances in which a young hiis band's relatives either openly or j secretly criticise ' his wife for not I conforming to some t(leal and impos i sible standard which they them -1 selves have set tip. . But there are other things that he should realize as well. Having confessed that he is in possession of the supreme gift of life, doesn't he see that In the mat ter of general distribution, he may be said to have his share? A wife who is a "prize" and whom he adores unreservedly after four years of marriage—and two chil dren to boot? Here are all the essential har monies. Here all the strings are of silver, all are beautifully vibrant. (What if unlovlier sounds of outside I origin are sometimes faintly heard? | Here are love, happiness, under standing. Enough for any heart, j And though it may sound very | moral Indeed. *1 really believe that i a heart so rich In treasure should be rich In tolerance, too. The happy person van afford to be generous with the unhappy one. A. M. V. is doubtless right, as 1 may as well admit. In believing that his mother and sisters are Jealous of his devotion to his wife. But he should remember that jealousy is an aspect of love—even though one of the baser aspects, it is true. It was formerly they who had all his devotions —and they're still lonely for the luck of it. It isn't 'a tragic or a lfopeless situation. Far from, it. It isn t even a situation that justifies sur render to the "blues." It is, I think, a situation that a clear-sighted, warm-hearted young man ought to be able to handle—if his wife helps him. The Young Husband's Course Gently, but unmlstnkably, 1 think he should make it plain to his own relatives, once for all, that he can-' not listen to any unkind criticism of his wife. And from that time on. I think he should try to put the whole mat ter out of his mind. Assume that the existing relations are normal and pleasant, and avoid watching for little manifestations of jealousy or other ill-feeling. It won't help mat ters any for him to talk the thing over repeatedly with his wife. In deed, It's better not to refer to it at all if possible. If he plants himself firmly on the basis of his own happiness, and assumes that everybody else knows he is happy, and that there's no pos sible excuse fo.' wounding criticism, his relatives will be obliged to suc cumb gradually to this attitude of his. By acting as though nothing but good feeling could possibly exist, good feeling itself will inevitably develop. , As I have already hinted, (his will j be less easy to bring about If the \ young man's wife is not tactful and j cheerful and magnanimous and I eager for family harmony. But if j she is, A. M. V. ought to be able to j ' straighten out that problem of his JANUARY 9, 1919. without allowing any family estrangements to develop. So that doubtless It will come to seem not a problem at all. President Asks Status Only of Prime Minister Paris, Jan. 9.—The Temps says It is able to state that President Wilson has officially. Informed Premier Clemenceau that he does not desire to be considered at the Peace Con gress as the head of a state, but only as the prime minister of his state. The Temps says the United States Constitution makes the President not only the head of the state but the head of the government, and that President Wilson will claim only the right to th eprerogatlves of the last named position at the Peace Con ference. I The newspaper adds that when j making known his desire to Premier ! Clemenceau President Wilson also | Informed the Premier poncernlng the j detailed work the various American I delegates to the congress would have assigned to them. Nation's Republican Pilots Abandon Bright 1 Side of Big Meeting, By Associated Press K Chicago, Jan. 9.— A1l social fea tures of the Republican national committee's meeting here to-morrow will be abandoned out of respect to Colonel Roosevelt, but the business sessions will be hed as planned, wnl H. Hays, national Republican chair man, said on arrival here to-day. Republican women are to has# headquarters in Chicago and their national executive committee will share the central ofllcea which the Republican national committee wUI establish here, Mrs. Mabel Gllmore Raineke, executive secretary of the women's committee, said to-day. Tho woman's executive committee will meet to-morrow with Chairman Hays preliminary to meeting Friday with the national pomrn ittee. 3
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