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" When a Girl "
By ANN LISLE
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problems of a Girl Wife
CHAPTER XCVIII
opyright, 1918, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.).
"Anne! Come here this Instant,
hat docs this megn? Come here,"
lied Jim's voice insistently.
I was in the big closet oft the liv
groom hanging away the dress I'd
>rn to Virginia's dinner—but at the
gent note in Jim's voice I flung a
mono across my shoulders and hur
d into the bedroom,
lim was standing over at the big
ifterobe where his clothes were
pt. His back was toward mo and
seemed to be hunched down in
rnest study of something. Now he
ung around and faced me.
in his hand was a bit of green
per. He held it out to me accus
jly. It was the 810 he'd flung at
! that morning—the $lO I had put
:o the box where his studs and links
ire kept.
•What does this mean?" he de
mded. "Is this the money I gave
u for a marcel and a little pretty
' Yes," I replied dully—stupidly,
>ndering even as I spoke how I
is going to make him understand
e rejection of his gift.
"Since when do you refuse to take
meyfrom your husband?" he cried.
ice when do you fling back my
>ney at me?"
"6h, Jim—l didn't" —
'Oh, Jim—l didn't." he mimicked.
i'hat do you call this, I'd like to
ow?"
•I put it there—l couldn't take it.
w, wait a minute, Jim. I'm tired,
lot has happened to-night. I've
en worrying about Phoebe—and
al, and thinking about Pat Dalton,
d whether I'd done the best thing
seeing him. I can't get back all
a minute to —us."
"Indeed! Well, I'll Just trouble you
keep your hands off my sister's af
irs until you prove yourself capable
handling your own. A fine mud
-3 you're in now. Getting Norreys
squander liis money on your old
nteen—and getting me in wrong
th Tom Mason."
Jim's voice got more and more ag
ieved as he went on cataloging my
sdemeanors and shortcomings,
id' again I felt the licness of anger
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SATURDAY EVENING,
turning me into a hard mold of in
difference. It was easy for me to
speak now—l didn't care how my
words hurt Jim—l had no desire to
smooth things over arfd take the sting
out of them.
"One thing at a time, please," I
said quietly. "I couldn't take that
money because I felt you'd given it
to me to buy my approval of your
treatment of Tom Mason. I simply
will not subscribe to that. So I put
your—bribe—among your things"—
"And then hustled my studs and
links into my shirt so I'd not find it
and raise Cain before Virginia's din
ner," Jim broke in.
"I suppose that was my underlying
motive," I agreed wearily.
"Y'ou know mighty well it was!
I won't stand for your funny busi
ness, Anne. You raise a row over a
blue robe that Tom Mason leaves
here—you fling my money back into
my face. And then you let Anthony
Norreys stake you to a hundred a
week"—
"Jim—how dare ydu? Stop—stop
it this second!" I cried, cut to the
quick by this twisting of facts. "You
shan't put your own ugly interpreta
tions on a beautiful charity. Mr.
Norreys is giving his money to' the
canteen to buy food for soldiers who
can't make their pay reach"—
"Oh, Js he?" Jim's voice nicked
out the words with ugly scorn. "Old
Norreys is a down-and-outer who
can't get at women in any way ex
cept through their sympathy, and I
won't have him buying his way into
my wife's good graces by posing as
a noble philanthropist. Now you re
member that!"
'Terhaps you think I'm going to
deprive the canteen of this fine en-1
dowment Just to suit you?" I ques
tioned 'with curt sgrcasm.
"I know mighty well you are. And
now take your $lO and cut out the
highfaluting nonsense. I may be
working for Norreys, but that doesn't
give him the right to ruin my wife's
life—and mine. I'll have him under
stand he can Just cut out the inter
ference."
"The interference?" I said slowly
—my mind working along a step at
a time. "The interference —you mean
sending Miss \yest to Boston! Jim—
was it—your secretary, Doris West,
you took to dinner the night I worked
at the canteen?" ,
"And suppose it was?" Jim shot his
words at me. "Are you going to start
with your foul Jealousy again? Ev
ery time I look at a pretty woman
are you going to moon all over the
place like a sick cat? First it was
Betty—then Evvy—now poor little
Doris West. Do I make a fuss every
time you speak to another man?"
I laughed. It was a hurt, sick
laugh.
"No, you don't. You don't seem
to value me highly enough to be
jealous—when you ought to —even
jealous of my dignity and my good
name. Why, Jim. you don't know
what it did to me when you failed
to protect me from Tom Mason"—
Jim yawned in my face.
"For the love of mercy, Anne—cut
out that everlasting whimper about
Tom. Here, I'll make a bargain with
you. You leave me alone about that
and I'll say no more about your hare
brained canteening and you .taking
help from Norreys. Is it a bargain?"
"A bargain?" I asked slowly.,
"Yes—you let me go my way—and
I'll let you go yours. We'll cut out
a bit of the lovey-dovey stuff and act
like good pals. Maybe things will
work better that way. Are you
game?"
"I'm —game," I replied almost in a
daze.
"All right, then—l'll pocket the ten.
I've a use for two of it. even if you
haven't. Come—shake on It—pal."
As I put my hand into Jim's my
heart sank. Did our bargain mean
! that the romance—the poetry—the
love was gone from our life together?
[ (To Be Continued)
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s\ MAKING THE MOST OF-
V OUR CHILDREN U
A Series of Plain Talks to
When your el)ild first attempts to
change your commands or wants to
put oft a task that you want done at
once, he compels you to undergo an
important test.
Your future control of that child
may greatly depend upon how you
meet the test.
Some parents use threats and se
vere methods; others are too lenient.
Th# correct method consists in strik
ing a happy medium between the two
extremes.
Let us take a case. A mother writes
to me.
. My boy is now three years and
nine months old. He has been an
unusually healthy child and I be
lieve.he has been well-disciplined.
But recently he has gotten into
the habit of whining and try
ing to put oft commands. For
example, when playing, I have al
ways required hint to put all his
things away before he was too
tired. Now when I say, 'Let's
get our blocks put up before the
sandman comes around.' he will
say, 'I don't want to pick them up
until to-mOrorw.' Can you tell
me where F am wrong aiid what
is the correct course to pursue?"
Your method probably has been'
right up to the present time. Good
results practically presuppose good
Of course, now that your
boy has begun to take advantage of
the method of mild, cheerful sugges
tions it will be necessary for you to
change your method slightly to meet
the new eniergenoy.
A little more firmness is required
now'. But you have to use caution
lest you antagonize him and encour
age stubbornness.
A great deal of importance at- 1
taclies itself to your first few at
tempts at using firmness. Therefore,
it is advisable to follow out some
such plan as 1 shall immediately sug
gest.
The next time he says, "I don't
want to pick them up until to-mor
row," or tries in some other way to
put off doing what you ask. smile
slightly, reach out your hand in a
friendly way, saying, "Come over here
with mother." Lead him in a friend
ly to the nearest chair, sit down.
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have him stand dlrfertly in front of
you, facing you, and with a very
calm expression on your face, say,
ver slowly: "Why, we shall pick up
the blocks now and we shall than
play a little game." Pause between
each word, which you should speak
firmly and in an expectant manner.
Then start to pick up the blocks.
If he helps you, make it a point to
pick Jhem up real fast so he will get I
the impression it doesn't take long.
If he is slow to start, don't do
much yourself before he comes. Say
"I'll pick up this one and you pick
up that one over there." Point to
some definite one which will make it
more natural for him to reach for it
and when he reaches for the first one,
he is past the hard part.
Just one more point. If he makes
a remark that he wants to play your
games first and put off the blocks,
don't contradict him too quickly by
saying, "No, we'll put away the
blocks first." But instead, speak very
slowly and calmly. Merely say,
"We will put the blocks away first.
It will help your boy to obey to
realize that he will not get to enjoy
the game until after he has done as
you wished. And after yoq win a
victory on a few occasions by using
quiet firmness in the manner pre
scribed, then you can more easily ac
complish the same thing without the
use of any privilege.
Do not grant the child's request to
put things oft after you have told
him to do them at once unless you
have some unusually good reason for
so doing, because this easily and
quickly becomes a habit wnlch Is dif
ficult to break.
By treating your child as prescribed
above, you can prevent his falling in
to the objectionable habit mentioned
and at the same time keep your corn
trol over him without i. aking him
your enemy.
Advice to the Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
CONFESSES "PUPPY LOVS"
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Supose you were 20 and liked a
boy about two years your senior,
(lou might nickname it puppy love).
Suppose also that though this
youth met with your approval, one of
your parents was inclined to be un
favorable to the friendship nd to
ones other friends (inclusive of girls)
in general,-and also inclined to find
fault with every little move and ac
tion one might make. Suppose under
all these circumstances it should be
come Imperative to break up friend
ship with the young man or sever
home relations.
Now suyseo the friendship is broken
through some roundabout manner and
after some time the girl finds her
self unable to forget. Suppose she
then, unknown to the'parent she has
spoken of, seeks to renew the old
friendship and is politely discouraged
by the ill-treated youth In his desire
for revenge; "to pay back in one's
own coin."
The girl justifies his every action
inasmuch as lie Is not aware of the
causes of the break (though'he may
have an'idea of them).
What would you do then. If you
were the girl?
r .u, A GIRU
■J 1 t"' s a case where frankness
might have prevented heartache on
both your parts? Too much diplom-,
acy often has an unhappy result. I
think you owed it to your friend to
ex-plain to him as fully as you could
why you felt obliged to discontinue
seeing him. Perhaps It Isn't too late
tb write him now and explain your
whole course of action. I can advise
nothing else.
HAS A DANGEROUS VICE
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am 22 and in love with a man
rour years my senior. 1 know that
my 18 reciprocated. What I
would like to ask you is this: He
has a habit of taking; a drink of
whisky once In a while. I've tried
to get him out of this habit. He
promises me he will not drink, but
always breaks his promise. He has
asked me to marry him. Now, Miss
Fairfax, should I continue going
\vlth him and try again to break him
of the habit, or should I give him up,
which will break my heart, because
I love him dearly?
P. D.
It Is a very serious defect In the
youSg man's character that he Is not
able to keep a resolution. I think It
may be that you haven't taken a
sufficiently strong stand in talking
to him about this. You will do well
to persuade him by some means to
give up the whisky habit before mar
riage.
PREFERS THE JOI.LY I.OVER
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I have two soldier friends, one
whom I have gone out with and like
very much, the other wlio'm I have
Just cared for as a friend. The sec
ond one I have not seen for- a long
time, but have corresponded with.
My mother says that I. should stick
to ope. as he is the better of the
two. Just because he is religious. The
first one is Jolly and outspoken, hut
a little rough, and my mother does
not care for him. Can you help me?
M. W.
I certainly cannot advise you to
become engaged to the soldier you
do not love, however worthy he may
be. On the other hand, roughness
Isn't a recommendation. But perhaps
you mean only that this young man
has an unconventional manner, that
he Is of the "rough diamond" type.
In that case, I Ihould think you might
persuade your mother to become rec
onciled to him, and follow the incli
nations of your own heart.
Shaffer's Last
Flight
Continued
the aviator took his departure, re-
My dinner arriving at that time
marking as he did so that no doubt
I was accustomed to better eating
than the meal on the table. Inci
dentally, he forgot all about my ad
dress, but I was too hungry to no
tice the significant omission, just as
if he had any intention of dropping
said, information over, the line. I
thought I was one hungry man, but
fhe looks of that basin of soup drove
all my hunger away. In fact, I've
seen better messes mixed up for
pigs. This was my first acquaint
ance with German soup, the one
,"big" meal of the day, and I cer
tainly did not get any pleasure out
of it. One must eat, however, to
live, and the Lord only knew when
they might give us anything else; I
so with some curiosity I tasted the
mixture of cornmeal and sour ap-i
pies. Neither my eyes nor my re-1
volting stomach had been deceived.
The taste was horrible, .apd worse
luck, it was not half cooked. Even
at that, I ate it nearly all, which
Will give you an idea how hungry I
was. That night I was given some
more coffee—nothing else—and my
hard, plank bed yielding no more
warmth than sleep. Next morning
came coffee again, I was getting
pretty well fed up on this doggone
coffee diet, and I hope you are not
thinking of that coffee as nicely
was both black, unsweetened and
sweetened and milk to help out. This
tasteless, and one had no bread
to . help opt. However, there being
nothing else to do, I drank it, won
dering at the same time when there
would be a change in diet.
Uses Precious Soup
To keep my mind off my suf
fering stomach, I used some of my
preclqus soap In washing my face
and hands. There was not much to
talk about with my fellow-prisoners,
except the lack of eats and how soon
we would be sent away from here.
It interested me, too, because it was
a pretty lonesome life being couped
up all alone with nothing to do, and
what was worse—nothing to oat.
One had too much time to think, and
1 found irly thoughts turning many
times to the story of my grandfa
ther, who had starved to death in a
Confederate prison. That day my
lot was bettered a little when I was
put in a room with four others,
three Frenchmen and an Italian lieu
tenant; all of whom put in most of
their spare time hunting "cooties."
This occupation may have been In
teresting from their point of view, I
know from later experience that it
was; but for an unaffllcted spectator
like myself It was more than antici-'
pating. The beds were made a little
softer here with a thin layer of
straw, bht my bones, unaccustomed
to such beds, refused to acclimate
themselves to the circumstances, so
I passed another meatless, breadless,
sleepless night.
t Incrcused Rations
Next day we were given a loaf
of black bread and a small slab of
rotten cheese, said eats to be divided
between live men and to last a night
and day. It's a cinch we were not
going to save anything on such ra
tions for a probable escape. As for
the rations, it was only because of
extreme hunger that I could eat the
broad; but the cheese was no go,
even' though the Frenchmen pro
nounced it "pas mal" (not bad) so
I prudently put it away for morning.
Twas well I did so, because in tno
morning I ate it with gusto and was
sorry there was so little. As fpr my
share of bread, breakfast finished
it- What I was going to eat for
dinner was a question which could
take care of itself when that time
arrived.
A Change of Scenery
Since wc were to be put aboard a
train at 10 a. m. I figured the scen
ery would make up for the lack of
dinner, for I-had never a doubt that
we would be sent Into Germany. Na
turally, I was curious to see what
this Kulturcd country looked like,
and how much was true that had
been said of the inhabitants. I found
out the latter much sooner than I
anticipated and much to my sor
row. However, it was not discovered
in Germany, for aftera short ride on
the train we were marched to a
camp, which on inquiry proved to
be only some twenty-five miles be
hind the lines. This was a great sur
prise to me, for I, in my ignorance,
had thought that all prisoners were
sent into. Germany. Anyway, there
I was, and as luck would have It,
Just in time for soup, that is, if you
happened to have something to put
it in. Being an aviator, naturally
I carried none of the necessary tin
ware of a soldier around with me,
so It looked as If I was out of luck.
A French man, working in the
kitchen, noting my costume, and
lack of spoon and bowl and no doubt
thinking I was an officer, kindly
brought me a basin filled with hot
soup. It was not at ail bad, either.
The only fault I had to find was that
there was not enough of it. I wanted
a second helping, but politenesses
not a virtue of the Boche—one can
not expect it of an animal—and
this was not offered. In fact, he
;saw to it that no one passed his
soup bowl twice. I know it will
tickle you to hear that said soup
was mostly composed of cabbage,
knowing how strictly I avoided that
vegetable at home. It did not oc
cur to me at the time, but under
pressure my likes and dislikes were
certainly undergoing sonic change,
mostly the latter, for I still had an
appetite for bonbons, chocolate cake
and ice cream.
Whether X would ever taste these
dainties again wus often an open
question.. Oh, yes, there were other
things in the soup, too, flour, oats,
and if you were lucky you might And
several small pieces of meat. That
was the German idea of, a meal
for a soldier. Of course, his own
men received better soup than us, but
the plan was the same. Everything
was chucked together, meats, veg
etables, etc., and booked to a thick
gooey mass. That was dinner and
incidentally the oply meal in the day.
For breakfast and supper you drank
your bluck; tasteless coffee and ate
several bites from your small, very
small, allowunce of black bread.
Dividing the bread and other
things given to the prisoners to eat
was the big event in the day, al
ways looked forward to by every
body, and I was amused many times
during this ceremony to see -how
closely the man doing the dividing
was watched for fear he cut one
Piece just a tiny bit larger than an
other. Believe me, I did not envy
him his job! Yes, we had other
things to eat, too, such as sausage,
tinned meat, oleomargarine and ev
ery two days a spoonful of sugar. Of
course, we did not receive all these
dainties on the same day, only one
of them being handed out and only
a taste at that. I nearly forgot to
say one of - the dainties was jam.
It was good eating, too, but only
a spoonful of this was one's lot by the
time it was equally divided.
Something I^carnod
Often have I noticed the animals
in the Zoo going round and round
his cage, hunting, always hunting
away out. 1 can understand his feel
ings now, and incidentally, let me
remark, that man is much the same
in that respect to the beast, for no
sooner had we been settled in our
quarters and learned the hour of the
next slim eats than nearly every
one made a tour of inspection of our
bnrbwire barrier. There were two
of these formidable barriers placed
built at that. Even with a pair of
close together and mighty strongly
wire cutters they would have pre
sented a tought job. Therefore,
since ways of escape by the route
would require more thought I turn
ed my attention to things more im
portant. 1* irst of all I needed some
sort of a vessel to hold my'share of
soup and coffee, else bad as it was
I\ would not get any. There were
many others in the same boat, and
the canvp being absolutely bare of
things or anything else for that
matter, we needs must hunt else
where. And where do you think we
finally found these articles?—ln a
dump outside the fence! the guards
chucking different shaped kettles
and cans over the fence for us.
That they were dirty and filthy be
yond description goes withoat say
ing, and seeing all kinds of filthy
stuff being thrown on, the dump the
next day did not help me enjoy my
fir.d much. Although I had
scrubbed it thoroughly cleun with
sand and mud and water, you begin
to see the character of the Boche
showing up, don't you? If a prisoner
had no knife, spoon, pail, coat or
blanket, he was out of luck, for ft
never occurred to the Boche to help
him out. Either he found or stole
these articles or he went without.
Being necessuries you could trust a
Frenchman to get them—generally
by the latter method. Stealing from
thq Boche, however, was not a crime.
It was an act to recommend a man
for, and since nearly everything
stolen was of an eatable nature if
disappeared too quickly for the
Boche to find it; I call to mind one
particular day when wagonloads of
supplies had arrived in camp, and
the Boche being a lazy brute, made
the prisoners unload them. This was
a Job that no one shirked.
Willing Wdrkers
In fact, there were so many willing
workers that they were in each
other's way. By that evening so
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The rumor of what was up spread
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pulltd up gn the floor and bags of
cabbage and potatoes qutcklv slipped
under, and the plank nailed down.
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just as the searching Huns came in
the door. Believe me, that Hun ser
geanf went out the door one angry
man, for all he found was several
potatoes which a Frenchman had
put In his trouser 1 pocket. Naturally
they made a big bulge, and having
first came out of. the stove where
he had been baking them, were
somewhat hot. In his endeavor to
cool them as much as possible, one
was discovered peeking out of his
pocket, The Bochos saw to it that
the rest were cooled oft quite thor
oughly.
(To Be Continued Monday)
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