" When a Girl " By ANN LISLE: A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing Problem of a Girl Wife CHAPTER CCCLXXVI. (Copyright. 1919, King Features, Syndicate, Inc.) As I lay on my bed in tearless misery because Jim had forced me into Val's room to endure her in sults and then hadn't defended me from them, 1 heard a scurrying and commotion in the hall and the sound nt a hauntingly familiar bustling voice. 1 didn't pay much attention. It all seemed suddenly none of my af fair. Then the door opened, and the sixth sense of love told me that Jim stood on the threshold hesitating. -^f' er a moment lie limped across the room and I felt the bed sag under is weight as he sat ipon it. and n s hand went softly around my shoul ders. In another moment Jim had pulled me up into his arms. lit held me silently lor a moment and then in the gentlest, tenderest tones 1 have* ever heard Irom hiin, he. .a "Sly little Anne! My dear, won derful girl. You do forgive me, don t vou? You know I'd have cut off my right hand rather than have fort d you to stand her abuse. When she turned on you like that. Anne, J. —knew. I tell you— what Yaltrie Cosby is." "Don't say it." I murmured mis erably, laying my hand a ct° ss his lips in a certain astonishment at mv unabated desire to Protect he woman who hod turned on me like a fury for just that desiie. "I won't." said Jim. "We'lll play 111iciuTiP throuft h your wa. . a wonderful girl-decent square, loyal. You deserve the host. Anne. if over a woman did. Jo\e, lo give you everything -You do!" 1 interrupted defen d-Sure." said Jim with more hUter ,,' Yi' n the occasion seemed to warrant "I must have seemed to be" giv ing vou a lot just now when t let Val bawl you out and stood there lfke a booby holding her ha "\Vhal was there to say?" 1 asked "There wasn't anything to say. I couldn't tell a woman who? finished 5 Ic.elf off the way Val has just what I think of her. But it strikes me ■ hat Do You Believe in Santa Claus? Of course you do and so long as you are here the little Folks of your family will always know the meaning of Merry Christmas. But what if you should be taken away? Who would be their Santa Claus? You can arrange with any of the Legal Reserve Life Insur ance Companies to act as Santa Claus for your family after you are gone, by taking an income contract payable monthly 91- annually at Christmas time. Why not arrange an income contract to your wife and family this Christmas. The cost is small compared with the future happi ness of your little ones PU/KI at home. Any representative whose name appears be- Till* riutilnii hlrutiflcfl i f • 1 'i 1 low can furnish you with complete data on these l ife limuriincc priio- contracts. CONNECTICUT GENEHAI. 1,1110 INSURANCE COMPANY J. U. ltockoril, Genernl Attent. CONNECTICUT MCTUAC I,IKB INSURANCE CO Ml* AN V V. W. Keiinoy, Genernl April!. A. It. l.onii. M. 11. WIIIK EU ITT Alll.lO I.IIE INSURANCE COM PAN V UK IOWA I*. 11. Hire mill .1. A. Tynan, General Agont, 10. J. Ituuni. f. 1,. Ilolieniiii. Jenne Uarvi'rliOi. ERI TTAHI.IO CIFE ANSI HA.NCE SOCIETY NEW YOItK 10. K. lO|irnaliail, Artlnc Supervinor. J. It. Uulr. CTOIOI.ITY MUTCAI, MKB INSCIIANCE COMPANY 10. 11. SehnetVer, General Aui'iil. Ilnrry 10. Roukh. JOHN HANCOCK MIITVAI. CI IE INSCIIANCE COMPANY AY in. S. lOaalck, Manager. MASSACHUSETTS MCTUAC I.IKE INSURANCE COMPANY AA'. H. Cordry, General Aigenl. .1. N. Klnnard AA alter E. Oletrleb. AV. l'\ Hoy. MONDAY EVENING, the right kind of a man—Terr.v, for instance—would liave been able to think up some way of defending his girl from a vixen like that." "Why, Jim! You sound as if a wilil beast had attacked me and you hadn't pulled a gun," I replied, laugh ing it off because it seemed to he causing the man r love even more misery than I'd had. Now that 1 knew Jim had understood my posi tion and sympathized with it; now that t knew Val hadn't cheapened me in Jim's eyes, Val didn't count. "I sound as if a wild beast had attacked you and I hadn't pulled a gun?" Jim echoed thoughtfully. "Ugly idea that. A man ought to protect his wife from all the beasts of life—worry, slander, cruel tongues, want. Honey, a chap who can't pro tect his wife strikes me as a miser able imitation of a man." "Aren't you a little morbid about this?" I asked, almost with the air of n teacher to a favorite small boy. "It's all over and no harm done." "No harm done'. Of course you'll never set foot in Val's room again. And if ever again 1 seem us—unpre pared as T was when she fled out at you. vou will try to be as sweet and as understanding, all-womanly as you've been about this, girl of mine. The tenderness in Jim's voice, the depth of love and devotion I felt there, seemed to me great enough to make for everything. I decided that this moment was the right one to say just what. I thought instead of coquet ting as moit of us often do, with feelings so big we are embarrassed by them. "Nothing could hurt me, Jim, so long as 1 knew you meant it for the best. And I believe I've come to un derstand vou so well that, even if vou seemed to fail me for a moment, I'd feci that you had meant it for the best and that when I came to understand that. I'd be satisfied. lon see lad. I've come to —adore you so. that things generally scent right to me when they scent right to you. Your way pleases me now." Mv blessed girl! whispered Jim. holding me close. "1 II try to lie worthv of that faith. I'll always give you the best —as I'm given to sec the best." AIIOTHOPOI.ITAN CII IO INSCIIANCE COAIPANY .1 nli ii I lent Indie. Superintendent. Chnrlea C. Getter. Ueimt.v Superintendent, AA . AATII. 11. Ilottigenbiieb, Deputy Superintendent. Perry 1.. Ueck. Deputy Superintendent. NIOAA' ENGLAND MUTUAL I,IFE INSUHANCE COMPANY A. A. AA'ert, .Alnn ulcer. C. 1.. Shepley. PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSCIIANCE COMPANY 10. 11. Eekenrode, Genernl Aicent. 11. T. lOekenroUe. C. E. Gtinrin. 11. I. AA'hltenlile. Inane Miller. PHOENIX MUTUAL CIFE INSURANCE COMPANY .1. Hnlpn Morrinon, Genernl Aicent. PHOYIDENT CIFE & TRUST COMPANY S. G. Ciindon, General Accent. G. C. 11 ink 11. 10. lilntc. It. C. C'roAA nnbield. Pit CHEN Tl Al. INSI ItANCE COMPANY t>F AMERICA S. E. Conic. SuperlnlendeiiC A. A. Yont Annintant Superintendent. H. M. Cliirk. Annlnlnnt Superintendent. J. .AC Vance, Annlatuut Superintendent. HOY AC UNION MITCAI. CIFE INSUHANCE COMPANY / 11. I*. .Alleltael Genernl Agent. Bringing Up Father -* - Copyright. 1919, International News Service By Mc 1 I ItiN'T THIb A NICE VI THfb Ib'TOuß ) f vp s . | 1 k. M i ( JUbT A"b bOOM 1 fvj • I PICKED I ROONt-i-bN-T A} KIN SF - L HELLO f U-P- Ub THAT BOILOIN^ {<s& L^L THWr fTHFOOAR Mb. THERE- % P A knock sounded on the door. With . i a happv skip of my feet 1 rose, but . : I was irritated because this perfect i moment hadn't been ptdmitted to last , 1 forever. ' Virginia stood in the hall. j "May I come in?" she asked with j t the sweet consideration which sur- j | prises me anew each of the many | I times 1 meet it now. "I should say so. only why the air , lof a fellow conspirator?" I asked. | giving Jim lime for the adjustment ! (hat seemed to take him so long. j j Virginia shut the door carefully be- j 1 hind her. j "You heard the commotion of ar- j rival, didn't you?" she asked. "It I 1 was I hat sweet little old lady. Mrs. , Pettingill. She sent the nurse out , and lias been closeted with Val for ; half an hour. I went in just now, welcome or no, mid asked Mrs. 1 cttin -1 gill to stay with us." "You sure have a happy faculty . for doing the right thing," said Jim. | I "Well vou'll roar at me when I i tell you what's worrying me. When | she earth she had a black hag with i ' her 1 know because 1 saw it with 1 mv own eyes. Bui when she said j k she'd bo glad to stay for a day or HARRISBURG &&&£ TELEGRAPH two, she remarked she hadn't brought ) any luggage." . I avoided Jim's eyes. But Virginia went on with a lilt of laughter in ■ lier's. | "What worries me is the'sort of | things with which to supply her. I've : nothing in the world but silk and J batiste, and I'm sure the dear old I soul wants flannel and all sorts of j warm things." "How could she say she didn't bring a bag if you saw her bring one'."' suid Jim. "Oh. that was Vsl's!" replied Vir ginia unsuspiciously. "Val had been staying with her and the- dear old soul brought her a bag full of things. You ought to see our invalid. Val's all dressed up in some of her own pret ties. And you can't imagine how childishly pleased she is to have her own things." "f dare say!" I found myself mur muring dryly. To He Continued. Christmas Dinner, Musicale and Dance at Penn-Harris A program of unusual interest will be given in the ballroom of the Penn-Harris Hotel on Christmas night, and will be an event not to be overlooked by the music-loving pub- j lie. The feature of the evening will be the presentation of the cycle, "in a ! Persian Garden," which is the work of Minnie Legiu Lehman. The cycle | is written for four solo voices with | piano accompaniment, and is con-i sidered the most satisfactory and j best known work of its kind of the present decade. Minnie Begin Lehman was a daughter of the late Kudolf Lehman, well known artist of London, Eng land, She attained distinction through her ability in arranging old j classical Kpglish songs. The cycle, I "in a Persian Garden" is her best ; known work, though she also wrote, musical comedy, and her ballads | for voice and orchestra have given j her a position as one of England's; most brilliant artists. The text used by Mtne. Leliman i in "The Persian Garden," are from [ The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.; Omar Khayyam) the tentmaker), j the Persian mathematician, astrono- | mer, and poet of the eleventh and j twelfth centuries, is one of the men j who stand in the delightful realm. just outside the well known in litera- i ture. On a philosophic nature, born ! in a country where mysticism was j common and asceticism and self- j condemnation not. unusual he stands' forth as a man who was not afraid ; to praise the legitimate pleasures of j life, and the desirability of enjoying j these without fear. His verses have been frequently translated into Kng- j lish. One of the best known being) the translation by Fitzgerald, which Mme. Lehman had used in the cycle j mentioned. The program on Christmas even-! ing is one which will appeal not only j to those interested in the cycle as j one of the best of our modern song! cycles, but also to the large body of people who are interested in the! hearing of beautiful poetry as inter- j preted by a kindred art, the art ofi the musician. The cycle will be presented by the Pino Street Quartet, under the per sonal direction of Frank A. MeCar rell, with Thamzine Cox sopranu, Sa lome Sanders contralto. John Gib son tenor and Elmer IT. Ley basso. | Assisting on the program will be j Mile. Tsabcl Brylawski, violinist, who has delighted her hearers at the ho tel Ihe past week and who previously was soloist with Arthur Pryor's Band. Arrangements are in charge of Sa lome Sanders and the program is given as the big feature of the Christmas dinner, musicale and! dance which is the great attraction ' at the Penn-Harris Hotel for the holiday season. Reservations may bo made at anytime at the hotel. — Adv. Commercial Travelers Hold Annual Dinner The annual dinner of the United Commercial Travelers In the ball room of the Penn-Harris Hotel, Sat urday evening was a success; a large number of the members of the local council, with their wives and guests, being present. L. I). VViltse, senior councilor, welcomed the guests and introduced the toastmaster, Robert H. Cahill, president and general manager of the Harrisburg Shoe Manufacturing Co. Mr. Cahill introduced the speak ers of the evening, the first being Gus M. Steinmetz, president of the Harrisburg Rotary Club, who wel comed the visitors to the city, and in the course of his remarks' urged upon the traveling men the para mount importance at this time of selling Americanism throughout the towns and hamlets of the Common wealth. The next speaker was Grand Councilor s. C. Dinun, of Williams port, who told of the order's won derful growth in membership. Fol lowing Mr. Dinun were Supreme Au ditor C. A. Hebburd, of Columbus, Ohio, who begun his career us a salesman in Harrisburg twenty-five years ago: District Deputy Bodey, of Philadelphia; J. W. Bovee, of I Erie, and Grand Secretary W. E. I Porter, of Pittsburgh. At the, close of the spcuking program the room | was cleared for dancing. | Csc McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv. t 1 Some Popular Musicians S Take Part in Musicale; j A most interesting musical pro- I gram was presented Friday even- I | ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. | i Frederick M. Barton, Rose Manor, j j Myers avenue und Chestnut streets, j • Camp Hit). The proceeds of the j I silver offering were given to the j i fund U.i a new Sunday school room ! in Mount Calvary Episcopal Church, i I Among the gifted musicians tak- j ( ing part were Mrs. Howard F. Sig- i j ler, Ci'.mp Hill's popular soprano; | ' Walter S'ick'es, a choir boy of St. j Stephen's; Miss Hope, of Bteetton, j j who played several violin selections ; ; in a charming manner; Miss Watts, i j whose vivacity makes her solos most taking; Lewis Morrell, tenor, giving, ; songs that are always a delight, and ! C. 1. Bausher, making quite'a Hit j ■with an Italian number, accom- ; ! paied by Mrs. Bauslier. An inno ! ration to the music was it story told i by Mrs. Harry G. Keffer followed! ) graciously in response to much up- | I plause by two recitations. Girl Scouts in Mass Meeting Tomorrow Night; A mass meeting of the Girl Scouts' of the city will be hold al Messiah j | Lutheran Church. Sixtli and Forster j [streets to-morrow evening, 'at 7; I o'clock. i Plans for the Scout Christmus par-j Ity will be discussed and also the part to be taken by the Scouts in the j Christmas pageant. Every Scout is! urged to be present at the meeting on Tuesday evening. LEAVE FOR FUNERAL Quite a number of old friends j from this city went to Juniata to- | day to attend the funeral of the | llov.i Alexander Lamberson, a Metli-I I odist pastor, who was widely known j and beloved. Dr. 1-amberson died ! last Thursday night in an Aitoona , i hospital, and is survived by one i ' daughter, Mrs. Blanche Lamberson I ' Mackie, wife of the Rev. A. E. J ! Mackie, minister of the Llyswen i j Church, an Aitoona suburb. TO VISIT HERE j Krwin B. Stone and Frederick A. ; |Stone, students of West Virginia I'ni i versity, will spend the Christmas liol- : jiduys as tiie guests of their sister,) Mr;. Howard M. Binguman, 3205 North ; , Front street. j ISSUE CARDS TO DANCE ) Mr. and Mrs. William K. Meyers! i have issued cards to a dance at their j | home, 213-North Front street, Tues- t i day evening, December 30. Their j | guests will be members of the j j younger set. Miss Pauline Murdoch, of Cincin j nati, will be a holiday guest of her I 1 sister. Mrs. LQrne G. Heminingwuy, I j of Market street. Miss Grace Ellison and iter sister. ; | Miss Ruth Belle Ellison. Pittsburgh.; I are spending a few days with Mr. j j and Mrs. Lucius H. Robinson, of ! Green street. I Miss Clarissa Wiggins, of the 1 Penn-Harris, returns home to-day j after an extended visit with friends; in New England. C. D. Orth, Jr., of New York, was I a weekend visitor of Mr. and Mrs. ] A. C. Stamm. Dept, 2, P. R. R. Women's Division, in Meeting! Mrs. William Elmer, superintend- ( out of Department No. 2, P. It. It., Woman's Division for Relief, has ) announced a monthly meeting to be j j held Thursday, December 18, in the t i P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. when a moving i I picture, "The Americanization of | I Antonio" will bo shown. Mrs. Jo- i .! seph Brown and Mrs. H. J. Babb j will be hostesses for the afternoon, i ■J : ~I" ■J V; ! & . 1 I A ;L. m •J LOR AIIU- . I' VAN RAALTE 1 and ;J TlT nity^Jair IJ CSILK J UNDER-WFEAR ;| _ KEEFE r ; RS E T A* O HOSIERY SHOP 'j 107 A /V 2nd St. , rf Local People Attend Phi Delta Theta Dance A number of local people attended a delightful informal dance given Saturday evening at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house, Carlisle, when the Syncopaters played for the dancing. Many alumni members were present for the event us well as a number of guests from other chap ters of the fraternity. Among those present from this city were Miss Es ther Wengert, Miss Cherrick West brook, Miss DoGuugue, Miss Adeline Paul, Miss Ethel Eisenhour, Miss Mildred Day and Miss Henrietta Stonesife r. The chaperons were Mrs. W. P. Ttuoh, Mrs. Mary Parker and Dr. William Eandis und the committee comprised Sam Gilbert, William Shultz and Arthur Johnson. To Have Complexion That Men Admire "A man may admit, with grfeat sophistication. that powder and rouse arc necessary aids to beauty," says a well-known writer, "yet deep in his heart he dreams of the woman whose loveliness needs no artificial touching up. Women who appreciate ihis. who give consideration to the masculine viewpoint, avoid using any thing that might indicate their beauty is not all their own. "Such women in increasing number are acquiring t h<- mercolized wax habit. By applying the wax at night as they would cold cream, washing it off in the morning, they secure, and maintain, entirely natural complex ions. Their faces exhibit no evidence of having been 'beautified.' .Nothing is added to the old complexion—the iutter. instead, is discarded. Mer eoli'/.ed wax, procurable at any drug store (an ounce is sufficient), absorbs the devitalized outer skin, gradually, almost imperceptibly. The fresh, clear, satiny under-skin which ap pears, bears a healthy, youthful bloom not comparable with the fixed artificial color." ; Bell Phor?e 1113-R. HEMSTITCHING SHOP 103-A MARKET ST. (IS doors from Front Street) ALL KINDS OF HEMSTITCHING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE Wask Day —an Expense Instead of an Economy! Mrs. Housekeeper, let us look at this problem of the Family Wash from the angle of the pocketbook. * Let us take the average family of five persons. YOU know how much labor is connected with the weekly wash of five persons. YOU know thai it means you must get up one or two hours earlier in order to get the task finished. YOU know what a kiiiing job the weekly wash has been. Now let us take the other side. That wash—if you do it yourself costs you REAL MONEY. There's soap, and blueing, and starch, and ammonia, and soap powder and fuel. All that costs money. With a family of five: it will cost you anvwherc from sixty to eighty cents AND YOU'VE STILL THE IRONING TO DO. Now then, let's do it The Sanitary Family Washing way. You get your wash together, call Bell 733 or Dial 3723 and just say: "Tell your driver to stop." The driver calls. And almost before you know it your wash is back to you, clean, sweet and snowy-white. All flat pieces have been carefully ironed and folded, ready for your linen drawer. Your bill will be from 80 cents to sl.lO and the boogy-boo of the Wash Day has vanished. Now then, doesn't it PAY you, from a dollars and cents point to let us do that family washing? With us, each family's, \vork is washed individ ually, with no unsightly ink marks to disfigure your dainty linens. You certainly owe it to yourself to at least find out how easy it is to get away from Blue Mondays. Let us call for that next washing. We'll please you, we know! Sanitarjr Family Waskingf Co. Bell 733 Dial 3723 DECEMBER IS, 1919 STECKLEY'S DISTINCTIVE FOOTWEAR Open Evenings Until Xmas f FOR CHRISTMAS Wc are constantly getting in new Shoes, that's why our stock is always fresh and right up to the minute in style. Our new models for ladies and misses for the holidays are truly distinctive in quality and character. The same may he said of our lines for men and boys. We have so many Shoes, and we take so much care to lit and please you. that you arc sure to be delighted with your purchase. We told you in our last ad about our wonderful display of Slippers— (V-c. which is undoubtedly the largest and most varied showing in the city. We have Slippers for everybody— for everybody's taste, and for every body's purse. Our uptown location enables us to offer unusual values STECKLEY'S 1220 N. Third Street, Near Broad 7
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