THE HEART BREAKER
A REAL AMERICAN LOVE STORY
By VIRGINIA TEHHIXE VAX DE WATER
I y VIRGINIA TKRHVXE VAX DE
WATER.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Copyright 1919, Star Company.
The next few davg were full of in
•rest for Mildred Brent. For the
me she held the center of the stage
-a very small stage, to be sure —but
r a brief period it satisfied her.
Arthur sent her flowers daily, and
nere was the enjoyment of Mrs. Hig
in's interested congratulations and
lonora's unwonted tenderness.
For Honora acted almost as if she
ad done Mildred some wrong for
hich she must make reparation. Of
surse. the idea was an absurb one,
et it occurred to the younger girl.
"You were never so nice to me be
>pe. Honora," she declared.
*1 love you, dear," was the reply.
But I did not know that I was any
icer to you now than usual."
She was glad that she had succeed
-1 in being kind and pleasant. For
le knew that she was not frank
Ith her sister. She also knew that
te never could be. She could not i
ill her that Arthur Bruce's kiss had !
it her heart to beating madly; that i
te had longed to return it; that she
>ved him more deeply than she had '
elieved herself capable of loving any I
ie.
Her conscience smote her. She had
anest. old-fashioned ideals of right j
id wrong, and shrank from thinking ;
lat which was treacherous to her
ster. She hoped that as time went j
i and Mildred became Arthur's wife, i
le herself would grow accustomed
> the man's love for the Younger
Irl. She was not at all sure of the
rength of Mildred's affection for
rthur. But Honora told herself'
ernly that was nobody's business
tcept Arthur's and Mildred's.
Mrs. Bruce called on her son's
ancee late Monday afternoon. She
issed her kindly and hoped she
ould be very happy. She was the i
rarer of Mr. Bruce's good wishes. :
> that gentleman himself was not j
ell enough to bring them in per
>n.
Milly Gets Restive
"He came home early from the of
re with one of his headaches." she ;
cplained. "so was unable to accom- j
my me."
Honora entered the drawing room
llf^
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WHY MAKE THE
ANNUAL STRUGGLE
WITH RHEUMATISM?
Mature Gives a Cry For Help
That S. S. S. Can Answer
With the Right
Treatment.
This is the season when the
lamp, cold, changing weather of
vinter intensifies the pains and
•ther disagreeable symptoms of
iheumatism.
Rheumatism never comes by
iccident. It is in the blood and
ystem before a pain is felt.
The symptoms of this disease
ire almost unnoticed at first, so
nsidiouslv do they steal over
he body; gradually the Tittle
>ains and stiffness increase until
:hev develop great incon
venience day by day, and if neg
ected or improperly treated will
become chronic.
Not only is Rheumatism the
nost painful of all diseases,
vith its swollen, stiff joints,
:hrobbing muscles and stinging
lerves, but it is a formidable
md dangerous trouble.
. Every day the poison remains
in the system the disease gets a
firmer hold and the patient is
soon left a helpless cripple.
Of course, if this painful dis
ease was on the surface only,
you might reasonably expect to
get relief by the use of lotions,
liniments and other local appli
:ations. But the source of the
disease is in your blood, the tiny
disease germs find lodgment
there and multiply by the mil-
WEDNESDAY EVENING
3 at this juncture, and Mildred drew
a breath of relief She found con
versation with Arthur's mother dis
tinctly trying.
Mrs. Bruce arose. "I must be go
ing." she said.
' She shook hands with her son's be
-2 trothed, then, turning to Honora.
t kissed her impulsively.
"You will come to see me. won't
j you. my dear?" she asked, and there
was the slightest possible emphasis
' on the first word. "You will have
1 some free evenings?"
"Indeed 1 will." Honora assured
> her. returning her kiss.
j Mildred stood at tha hall window
r looking after the matron as she went
f I down the street.
"Yes. she is a cat:" she declared.
' "I said it when she dined here, and
I repeated it now. She is just like a
soft, scratchy catr And she does not
like me."
"You can make her like you, if
you try," Honora asserted. "You can
make anybody like you."
Honora Has a Surprise
"Perhaps—when I think the game
! worth the candle."
| "Isn't it worth it in this case?"
Honora queried.
But Mildred did not heed this ques
j i tion. She had Just caught sight of a'
: letter, addressed to herself, lying on
I the hall table.
"This is fsem Tom Chandler!" she
announced excitedly when she had
| reaa the short missive. "He is com
ing here this evening at seven
: thirty."
. j "Oh. Milly!'" Honora protested.
"After what has happened, you sure
! ly will not see him!"
j "I surely wtll —just because of
what has happened!" Mildred retort
ed. "I mean to get back at him. or
I my name isn't Mildred Brent!"
"But. my dear, you can't hurt him,
i and he may injure you'" Honora
warned. "Xow that you know what
he Is and how he regards you—as a
mere source of amusement—l do not
understand how- you can bring your
self to tolerate him."
( , "Because I know that he likes to
; be with me. and that it would hurt
I him if he knew I was engaged to
another man. I want to hurt him —
j and I shall "
| "But you cannot tell him about
I your engagement." Honora reminded
j her.
"I can, and I will!" Mildred ex
| claimed. "I have a right to speak
to a person of my dwn engagement.
• I guess. Don't fear, Tom won't men- .
tion it to anybody. He'll be too much
j jarred to tell of it. He's safe."
"But Arthur." Honora began.
"Arthur needn't know what I tell
■ Tom." Mildred interrupted.
"He is coming this evening, isn't
he?" Honora queried.
"Yes, at S o'clock. Tom is to be
here promptly at half past 7. 1"
with a laugh—"will get rid of the
! defeated suitor before welcoming
, the triumphant one. Don't you worrv, '
• Honora!"
To Be Continued.
Circle Around Moon
Brings Weather Change
IVhen Harrisburg awoke this I
; morning sleepy citizens looked out i
i of their windows and saw snow fall
| ing. They remembered, then, that I
as they hurried through the crisp i
evening air to spend the evening
] at one of the theaters or to other- j
i wise pass away the hours, there was |
a big circle around the mopn. Near !
i the moon a star shono brilliantly,
j while beneath and to the right an
; other star blazed out in challenge
i to the twinkling one above.
"Change of weather." said the
prognosticators. "Rain or snow."
! they predicted, "and that soon, too."
The moon was encircled the great
j er part of the night until the clouds
I hid Fair Luna and the earth liere
; abouts prepared itself for snow, !
I which fell briskly before daylight I
land throughout the morning.
lions, scattered by means of the
blood circulating throughout*
your entire system.
In order to get permanent re
lief from this dreadful disease,
the blood must be purified, -and
all irritating matter removed
from the circulation.
Xo remedy does this so quickly
as S. S. S., the best blood puri
and more popular today than it
has stood the test of time with
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and more popular tody than it
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S. S. S. not only contains puri
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solvent qualities, and, being
purely vegetable, will not injure
the system as do rqedicines
which contains potash and othor
mineral ingredients.
While cleansing the blood of
all poison, it builds up the sys
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the nagging pains of Rheuma
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damage done by blood diseases.
Don't wait for your trouble to
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We maintain a medical de
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Bringing Up Father "• " Copyright, 1918, International News Service r* ( '- - By Alcl
BY SOLLY-THEM OWES IS p | \T!U ARELOOKING BETTER-THAT*"! j
" When a Girl "
By AXX LISLE
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
• Problems of a Girl Wife
CHAPTER CXIX
! (Copyright 1919. King Features Syn
• dicate Inc.)
A little bofore 10 o'clock on the
morning after Betty's disappearance
Terry phoned me.
. t "I've just had the Vocational
Education people on the wire," he
said, grimly, "and according to their
schedule Betty ought to be a thou
i sand miles away. I've put in a
couple long-distance calls, and I'll
let you know results as soon as I
hear from them."
Before his next message came
! -the doorbell rang, and in walked
Carlotta Sturges. Even in the midst
of being grateful to her for her
| interest in Betty I found myself
criticising Carlotta's lack of finesse.
Surely, on making her first visit,
she might have announced herself
1 and made sure of her welcome in
stead of running in so informally.
' But even asthe thought swept
across my mindl dismissed it shame
facedly. No man would indulge in
hair-splitting over Carlotta's taste,
when her feelings were so kind and
generous.
"No word from your friend?" de
manded - Carlotta briskly. "Well—-
i then it's about time to call in a de
tective. I'll telephone the agency my
father's real estate offices em-,
! ploy—"
"N'o you won't," I declared as
j briskly, but with a laugh to keep
jmy words from hurting. "This is
in the hands of Terry Winston —•
j and I won't make a move without
! consulting him. I've an idea it would
I offend him to put—a detective on
J Betty's track."
"But it's the efficient thing to do.
Anne. A woman like your friend
doesn't go walking out of the world
without some big—cause back of it.
There's a reason—rand a detective
would know how to dope it out."
Hard on her words, the telephone
rang and the operator announced
that Mrs. Dalton was coming up.
Virginia! What would happen if
she and Carlotta Sturges were to
meet?
For a second I was tempted to
try it and—see. Then native con
servatism conquered, and I excused
myself, went to thesdoor and. slip
ping on the half-latch, so I might
close it behind me. I slipped out
j into the hall to wait for th ele
vator.
"Hello—Anne! This looks like a
real welcome to your abode," laugh
ed Virginia.
For a minute I basked in her
friendliness. Then I interrupted it
abruptly, wondering as I did so if
it would ever again be offered me.
"Virginia—l'm out here—because
| Carlotta Sturges is—is—in there,"
I said stumblingly,
Virginia raised her eyebrows—
but not her voice—in a polite:
"Indeed!"
I plunged ahead:
"She was at the conteen last night
w-hen Terry came to see if I knew
where Betty was. And she helped.
She took a lot of interest. And thife
morning she came over again—to
; see what she could do"—
Carlotta Sturges!" Virginia's eyes
narrowed and her voice shook for a i
second. I had a choking feeling that
she hated me—along with Carlotta.
I But in another moment she steadied
herself and thought aloof and dis
! tant, there was no anger in her
j manner.
"Of course—under ehe circum
stances—l shan't come in," said
she. '
"And really all this excitement
because Betty chooses to go oft on
a little trip without consulting a
group of self-appointed guardians, is
; silly. I suppose I'm as silly as any
one of you to come tearing over in
. this absurd fashion. • • • Well.
1 I'll be running along. I've a bit of
shopping to do before I meet Mr.
Blake for lunch."
I wentt over and pressed the ele
i vator bell.
"Shall I let you know if we have
! any news from Betty?" I asked,
gravely Ignoring Virginia's pretense
| of not caring.
! "Yes." she said eagerly, "Shel
don and I will be at the Walgrave
i —ln the Egyptian room from 1 un
til 3 or so. Ooodby, Anne."
i And as I returned to Carlotta, I
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I found myself smiling—a little sadly
perhaps. It was pathetic tt}at cold,
I ??. ." contained, uncommifnicative
f ' jrgima should make such a point
! of telling me where she was lunch
ing and with whom. It seemed too
m ®. that she had almost said:
"Well—suppose the girl my hus
band likes is a pal of my brother's
wire . Am I not at least as attrac
tive as she? Isn't handsome, eligi
ble Sheldon Blake at my beck and
call? Diesn't he dawdle over the
lunch table with me for two hours
at a time?"
With pity for Virginia almost
making me forget Betty, I turned
the knob and went back into my
apartment. There stood Carlotta at
the phone.
Just a minute—here she is now,''
she said.
And then putting her hand over
the mouthpiece she turned to me.
"It's Captain Winston. He's
phoned all the towns where she was
due this week. She hasn't even
wired for accommodations."
As I stepped to the phone, the
door opened and Jim walked in.
My brain whirled. Jim home at
noon—Betty nowhere in all the
world that we could discover. What
djd it all mean?
(To Be Continued)
International Rule
For Saloniki Planned
Saloniki, Feb. IS.—The newspa
pers here protest against the report
that Saloniki is to be placed under
international rule. They say that
Saloniki asks to be united with
Greece. *
ALDERMAN SHANES TO GIVE
SI'I'PER AY WEST EX I) CLUB
Alderman John H. Shaner, who
is a candidate for mayor will be the
host at a roast beef supper at the
West End Republican Club this eve
ning. Members have been advised
of a special program including faiu
sic by Manix's Jazz Band.
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LITTLE TALKS BY
BE A TRICE FAIRFAX
Do American girls make good
wives?
Naturally, the answer comes in a
chorus of affirmative.
But isn't it worth while to stop
and think what we mean by a "good
wife?" Different points of view pre
vail in regard to this really vegy
serious question. And one of these
points of view is forcibly expressed
by a young man who has just writ
ten me a letter of protest. Let me
quote it.
"I am young and a foreigner." he
tells me. "And I often notice that
in the evening paper a young lady
asks you for advice about marry
ing some foreign young man.
"Miss Fairfax, for humanity's
sake I wish you would try to show
the American young ladies that It
is very foolish to marry a foreigner.
The foreign young man is used to
see his own sister at home learning
how to take care of men's clothes
(that is, repair them and sew on
buttons), and also learning to cook.
Therefore when a foreign young
man asks an American girl to marry
him he thinks she will be able to
make a comfortable home. But
after three weeks of married life he
discovers that she knows absolutely
nothing, and their married life be
comes a nightmare for both, as I
have often seen.
"Now, please do not think that I
am by any means trying to belittle
American girls, but I wish to bring
this to their very hearts. While I
am a foreigner, my blood is for
America, and so is my citizenship."
Now this young man who is so
shocked and indignant at the but
tonlessness of. the young American
wife's work basket, and who traces
to this such tragic consequences,
has some facts on his side.
It is, of course, quite true that
European girl is trained to he
a "good wife" •in a sense that no
American girl is. No housewifely
art is omitted fron* her education.
A thorough knowledge of cooking
is acquired as a matter of course.
And at the same time that she
learns plain sewing, darning and
embroidery, the complete science
of sewing on buttons is taught her
with the utmost care. The claim
that this young foreigner makes
for European girls Is perfectly
well founded.
F it we shouldn't of course agree
wi'ft him that American girls in
general are ignorant of these things.
Most American' girls are taught how
to cook and sew—in school, if not
at home. They are given "domestic
science' courses which means that
they are taught the reasons that lie
behind household management.
They are taught the chemistry of
cooking and the science of sanita
tion. that is to say. of healthful
cleanliness. They are equipped
with foundation principles and if
they are intelligent enough to ap
ply them, they emerge from their
schooling better housekeepers. I
should say, than their grandmothers
were.
The average American girl of to
day seems to me reasonably well
prepared to undertake the manage
ment o{ a household. And I
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wouldn't concede for a moment
that she is ignorant of the art of
sewing on buttons, or that she is un
willing to apply her skill for her
young husband's benefit.
Wives—and Nothing Else
Still—there s a difference. Let me
put it Into words.
The European girl Is taught to
sew on buttons so that she will be
useful to the man she marries—so
that he will find her a satisfactory
seamstress, and won't be able to
complain of her.
The American girl learns the use
of the needle because It is practi
cal —to some degree an essential —
accomplishment. She knows that
she will need to sew pn her own
buttons, and she hopes to be a gen
erally useful person in the world.
When she marries her husband is
entitled to profit by any skill she
has.
Also, the European girl is taught
to cook in order that her husband
may some day be well fed. She is
carefully prepared to be some man's
cook—his servant, in fact.
The American girl is taught to
cook because the preparation of
food is something that very woman
should understand. She Isn't taught
the multiplication tables in order
that she may some day' recite them
to a husband who wasn't taught
seven times seven. Likewise, she
isn't taught combinations of eggs
and milk just to please the palate
of some man she has never seen.
It is very different, isn't it?
In fact, my correspondent has
called our attention to two wholly
opposed systems of education for
girls. It then becomes a question
of which one prefers.
For myself. I'll admit that I pre
fer the American way. I prefer
that girls should be taught useful
occupations for their own sake.
What of American Wives?
Perhaps. under our system,
every young husband isn't as com
fortable physically as if the girl
he had married had been forced
to study the question of men's
convenience all her life. But I
i believe she is, in the real sense, a
better wife. A wife who has
learned to respect herself, to think
for herselg. to act for herself. A
wife who wishes not merely to be
a patient sewer on of masculine
buttons, a darner of masculine
socks, preparer of masculine din
ners. but to live a big active, far
reacliing life of her own—to be a
capable mother, a useful citizen, a
, followed also perhaps, of some pro
fession or other career.
Perhaps this kind of wife won't
ever have time to sew on her hus
band's buttons. In that case, she
will have the intelligence and re
sourcefulness to hire this done.
Unless —and this is, of course, a
very radical suggestion—he may
have learned to sew them on him
self.
Do you know any reason why he
shouldn't? Is there anything in the
structure of a boy's hand that
makes it impossible for him to hold
a needle or direct its progress
through the centre of a button?
We know very well that there is
not.
Therefore, a boy .whose wise
mother had taught him to sew on
his own buttons, as a matter of
course, won't, later on, make such
heavy demands on his bride, and
their life together won't be. on that
account at least, a "nightmare." , J
, For American girls—and they do
| exist, here and there—who are
shamefully ignorant of all useful
occupations, I have no defense to
offer. •
But I insist that the greater nnm
; her of American girls, in the best
' sense, "make good wives."
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' FEBRUARY 12,1919.
Splendid Program Made
Ready For Father and
Son Rally at Y. M. C. A:
Fathers and sons are going to
make things hum!
"Where?
At the Y. M". C. A. Saturday night.
At the Y. M. C. A. Sunday after
noon.
At Chestnut Street Auditorium
next Monday evening.
That's the program of the Young
Men's Christian Association Father
and Son Week observance in a nut
shell. '
Tentative plans for tlieso three
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events were made nt a meeting of
committeemen in tho "Y" at noon
to-day.
Tho Saturday evening event will
be a Father and Son Play Festival.
Sunday afternoon a Father and Son
meeting will take the placo of the
usual Sunday "Y" meeting. Profes
sor C\ C. Kllis, of Juniata College,
will be tho speaker. The Tech High
school orchestra will furnish the mu
sic. On Monday evening a Father
and Son banquet will be held at
Chestnut Street Hall where there
will be more doing to the minute
than tho average man can think
Of in an hour. Mystery surrounds
the program to date with tho ex
ception of the fact that Captain K.
J. Stackpole, Jr., will be one of tho
principal speakers.