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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24
Do You Know

A street in Lyons-the Rue de la
Republique-is paved with glass.
The blocks are eight inches square
and so closely fitted that water can
not pass between the interstices.
Frau Bertha Krupp, the owner of
the great Krupp iron works, will be
the heaviest individual contributor to
Germany's war tax on wealth Her
share of the levy will be $1,50O,00O.
Among the women who possess the
secret of eternal youth must be placed
the name of Mrs. F. w. Lehman.
wife of the former Solicitor General
of the United States. Though a.
grandmother, she has become a
freshman" at Washington Univer-
sity, st. Louis,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24
BREAK THAT ENGAGEMENT.

Dear Miss FAIRFAX:
| am secretly engaged to a
young man two years my senior,
but since we became engaged he
goes to places of amusement
without me. In the same building
| work IN is a young mani who
wishes my attention whom l do
not love, but like very much. He
asks me to go to places of amuse-
ment, witch | refuse on account
of my engagement. He has ask
ed me for a kiss. which / refused.
Once, upon refusing. he kissed
me. and said he had more right
than anyone else to kiss me. l
like him He acts as if he loves
me. Tell me how ] can find out
if he does. as he does not know l
am engaged. PUZZLED.
Secret engagements are Away
unfair to the girl, and you mus
either announce yours or break II
Your fiance is unjust; he refuses yol
rights which he reserves for himself
| think the second man shows a mor'
lovabe disposition.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24
FOOLISH GIRL.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am Il, and in love with
Young man two years my senior.
He made an appointment with
me which ! could not keep, and
ever since he does not speak to
me. He is employed in the same
place in which l am, and | love
him YOUTH.
You hold your love too eheaply to
bestov it on man as surly as this
one. Don't speak to him, and think
no more about him.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24
TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.
Sixty fourth chapter-continued.

Sixty-fourth Chapter-Continue
This led Martin to talk of my
father, saying as we walked back
with the dark outlines of the Sleep
ing mountains confronting us, what
marvellous man he had been to
fishing and trading port into a great
resort for hundreds of thousands of
pleasure seekers.
But is he any better or happier for
the wealth 1t has brought him, and
for the connections he has bought
with 1t? Is anybody any better?" said
Martin
81 know one who isn't" l answered.
l had not meant to say that. 1t
had slipped out unawares and in my
confusion at the self-revelation which
it seemed to make, l trlpped in the
darkness and would have fallen if
Martin had not caught me up.
In doing this he had to put his
arms about me and to hold me until
W dS SACeidN Oll my lOtAf anu iAiS
done so he took my hand and drew
it through his arm and in this way
we walked the rest of the way back.
1t would be impossible and per-
haps foolish to say what that
incident meant to me. ! felt a thrill
Of joy, a quivering flood of delight
which, with all the raptures of my
x;V.ft no n
before.
Every woman who loves her hus-
band must know what it is, but to
me it was a great revelation. 1t was
Just as if some new passion had
sprung into life in me at single
moment. And it had-the mighty pas
sion that lies at the root of our be-
ing, the overwhelming instinct OF
sex which, taking no account OF re-
ligion and resolutions, sweeps every
thing before it like a flood.
| think Martin must have felt 1t
too, for all at once he ceased TO
sneak. and | was trembling SO much
with this new feeling of tenderness
that ! could not utter a word 50
heard nothing as we walked on
but the crackle of our footsteps on
the gravel path and the measured
boom of the sea which we We're ledV
ing behind us--nothing but that anu
the quick beating in my own preasi.
When we came to the garden the
frowning face of the old house was
IN front of us, and it was all in dark
ness. save for the light in my room
which came out on to the balcony
Everything was quiet. The air was
breathless. There was not rustic
in the trees.
We took two or three turns on the
lawn in front Of my windows. saying
nothing but feeling terribly, fearfully
happy. After a few moments (oi
they seemed few a cuckoo clock or
my desk struck eleven, and we Wen'
mn the stone stairway into my bou-
doir and parted for the night.
Even then we did not speak. Du'
Martin took my hand and lifted my
fingers to his lips. and the quivering
delight | had been feeling ever since
I slipped on the headland rushed
through me again.
AT the next moment / was in my
room did not turn on the llght
| undressed in the darkness ana Whei
my maid came / was in bed. SAT
wanted to tell me about scene
with the housekeeper in the kitchen
but | said:
II don't want to talk tonight
Price"
did not know what was happen
ing to me. only know, for the firs
time that night, that above every
thing else | was woman, and tina
my remuneration, if IL was ever Il
come to pass, would be still mor'
tragic thing than | had expected.
NV grim battle had begun.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24
o Advice to Lovelorn o
DON'T WEAR 1T.
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
Dear Miss Fairfax

Dear Miss Fairfax:
have been engaged to be mar
ried to a young man for six weeks.
| did not like him before l &C
cepted his ring. but l thought l
could learn to like him, as he was
very kind to me, but l find out
now | dislike him more than
ever ! have offered his ring
back to him. and he refuses to ac-
cept it. but threatens his life and
NV own. +. 5. S.
Don't wear it, You did wrong il
accepting it, and every day you keel
it makes the wrong greater.
Tell your father of his threats. =
coward of his stripe needs man t
deal with.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24
THINK OF THE FUTURE.

Dear Miss Fairfax
am young man, 20 years OF
age. and have been keeping COM
pany with a young girl one year
my junior, but get weary of her
company every now and then.
After a short period want to see
her again. BERNARD.
II you tire Of her now, how will yot
endure her presence when bound to.
gether by the ties Of married life? Fol
her sake, as well as your own. dis
continue your attentions You dom
love her
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24
GET A RIGHT TO THE HABIT.
naar Mics L'airfaN,


am a young man 20 years old.
and have been keeping company
with a young lady one month my
Junior for the past three years.
During this time we have never
thought of pur company but as
friendship. One day | met the
young lady deeply distressed. and.
after helping her out of her DIFF
ficulties, she kissed me.
1t seems now that our friend
ship has changed to a stronger
feeling called love. Do you think
il would be too much to ask the
Young lady to kiss me goodnight
upon departing to my home?
ANXIOUS.
B. II you are sure it is each other yo'
love. and not the kisses, ask her t
be your wife With an engagement
ring on her finger. you will have thu
right 10 get a good night kiss.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24

HHlS qu.int afternoon frock
for you girl. on the left
is developed in turquoise
tahata. The bodice is OF self-col-
ored chiffon gathered In the shane
of broad ruching which wraps
the shoulder and forms the upper
part of the sleeve. The front OF
the blouse is tilled in by waist
coat OF embroidered net for
which the economically inclined
may substitute shadow lace
A ilounce of the same net fin
ishes tAe sleeve and falls over
little undersleeye of plain net
The skirt is accordion plated
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24
eresting, He Has Groom Too Wise to Talk about Them
Stairways and Gardens
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

from Hapers Bazaar for Copyright Harpers
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24
The WomanTh
Gavest Me
BY HALL GAME.

Copyright. 1912. by Herrsts Magazine.
Copyright, 1913. by Hearst Magazine.
Copyright in Great Britain. Copyright,
1913 by j. b Lippincott Company.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24

. HE teecher asked me to rite
essay about the buties of Ma
ture, | sed to Pa last night, &
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-17

Most of us have heard that familiar en-.
preston of the country side: "She Is en-
joying poor health" and smiled over it,
yet we know some people who have such
Q fondHess for their physical ailments
that they might almost be described al
"enjoying" them. They will speak of my
rheumatism my neuralgia" or my
nervous fsaN, system system that that i Inherited
was something peculiar and precious in
these possessions
1t is a trait In human nature to exhalt
and magnify its possessions. One of
Shakespeare's characters points with
pride to his unlovely kitchen wench as
"a poor thing, but mine own" And so II
is with each of u.s. we may know in our
heart that our possession would not pass
for much in the worlds estimation, but
still We cherish it, even its deformities,
just because it is ours. And this explains
the woman who "enjoys poor health"
life that her thoughts naturally turn to
her physical we'll being which comes to
be Of first Importance.
While this interest in ones physical
idiosyncrasies may under some conditions
be natural, it Is neither wise nor healths
full We should look out, not in; deny
pain rather than coddle IA.
This does not mean neglect or refusing
to take warning by physical symptoms
that may point to trouble Of serious
nature. Without going into the various
forms of mind cure that have become
prominent of late years. I want to ems
phasize the wonderful curative effect Of
an optimistic attitude towards any all.
ment that may beset us. Pain is not pc.
culiar to any one person; your ailment
is no better, no worse than that of your
neighbors; there Is nothing peculiar in
your brand Of neuralgia or your inherited
nerves.. They are very much like those
"enjoyed" by all the world.
know a little girl who always throws
her aches and pains out Of the window
and then she slams the window down
hard so they won't get back That is not
a bad idea, certainly q wiser plan than
assuming that we have to live with them
forever.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-17
AA1ON0en tsg!& $gS nreR@S IS
THE SWEETHEART WHO Is TIMlE

Do not ask for further elucidation of
this passage"
She is Puzzled
The poor girl wants to know what
he means.
A girl of nineteen keeps steady COM
pany with a young man, but he says
nothing about settling down. Is 1t her
place, she inquiries, to ask him or his to
ask her?
A man of twenty-one is in love
with a girl the same age, and they
have kept company eighteen months.
Sunday he propo edemarriage, to her,
and he writes to ask what he shall
G. wants to know it, after keeping
company with a girl q year, it is
proper to declare his love three months
before the time he has set to propose.
Constant Reader wants to know how
to tell girl he loves her: he has
been trying for a year, and hasn't
found courage yet.
A proposal of marriage is something
that was never yet set by the calendar
or clock man may decide that he
will propose next Sunday, and the
chances are he will propose Friday or
Monday. or find himself engaged with
out proposing at all, marriage being
one Of those conditions into which the
majority drift without any volition,
just as a boat drifts down stream.
The Proposal
a proposal IN the time-honored and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-17
kin Health Comes
From the Blood
zen Slight Eruptions Such AS
Acne Should Be Treated.

Pimpes and other skin troubles do not
|ght on the face like flies. They come
billing out from within. They are impur-
es. And If let alone or creased with
YES they become chronic, simply because
cause is still at work within. 1t should
attacked with s. S. s. and the impurities
the blood thus rendered harmless.
he skin is but a net work of fine blood
sels. And it is O perfectly natural con
uence that any influence in the blood
t is condition of i'll health makes it's
tain medicinal properties that follow the
lrse of the blood stream and the influence
these properties is that of an antidote.
is Is why S. s. S., the best-known blood
tfer, has such positive action in the
n. There is one ingredient in s. S. s.
ich peculiarly stimulates cellular or
ndular activity to select from the blood
from this fine net work of blood vessels
the skin, those elements which it re-
res for regeneration.
Thus pimples. acne, eczema, lupus. or any
er blood condition that attacks the skin
seeks an outlet through the skin Is met
h the antidotal effect of S. S. s.
bis Is why skin troubles vanish so
Oily and why they do not return.
Jnder the influence OF s. 8. s. this fine
work of blood vessels in the skin is
stantly taking from the blood the nutri-
|se of disease is just as constantly being
loyed scattered and rendered harmless.
rsc facts are more fully explained in
X on skin troubles. sent by The Swift
Nciic Co., 53f Swift Bldg. Atlanta Ga.
1 Will find :. s. :. on sale at all drug
res. Get bottle to-day aud Danish all
s6dictioDs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-17

love-ordained fashion of our ancestors,
comes from the man to the woman.
though how long this custom will con-
tinue in our present feminist revolu-
ton, no one may say But all women
who love. and who have been loved.
Know down in their heart of hearts
that such confession loses all its
sweetness and sacredness when the
woman takes the initiative. There is
no joy to a woman in the hearing Of
a proposal of marriage II it is made
IN her own voice. 1t may win her a
husband, but the supreme bliss Of
courtship is missed on the way.
A proposal of marriage is like the
phrases to adorn 1t; will you marry
me? needs no dim lights. poetic
background nor orchestral accom-
paniment to make it the sweetest mu-
sic any woman ever heard.
"Will you marry me?" declares a
story of love without using the word.
If he did not love her he would not
want her companionship forever 1t
is declaration that waits neither time
nor occasion: it's sweetness and effect
tiyeness depend neither on rule nor
rehearsal.
Just four words ,"Will you marry
me?" Countless volumes say more and
tell less.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-17
GOVERNOR To SPEAK
AT ELK BANQUET
Tenth Annual Installation Dinner
to Be Held on Monday Night;
200 to Attend

Plans fofr the tenth annual installa-
ton banquet of Harrisburg Lodge, No
IL, B. 2. o. Elks, were completed
last night The big event will be held
Monday night. April 20, at Chestnut
Street Auditorium, starting at S.15
o'clock.
Tickts sold to date indicate an at
tendance of 200, but this number will
be increased fifty more, according to
members of the committee. The audi
torium will be especially decorated for
the occasion. Music will be furnished
by the Updegrove Orchestra.
Percy l.. Grubb, past exalted ruler,
will act as toastmaster. The princi-
pal speaker will be Governor John K.
Tener past grand exalted ruler. Ad-
dresses will be made by William K
Meyers. exalted ruler and others to be
announced later. Maurice e. Russ
will be the caterer. The committee
in charge of the arrangements in
cludes:
r. L. Schmidt, chairman; A. II.
Kreidler, Augustus Wildman, Joseph
Berrier, Past Exalted Ruler Horace A.
Segelbaum. James II. Lutz, C. n. Fry
and Charles Detweiler.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-17
PUTS AN END TO BACKACHE
MAKES WEAK KIDNEYS STRONG

filter and sift from the blood all the
waste and poisonous maNer that clog
the system and cause such troubles.
1t does not matter whether you
have but slight symptoms or tho
most chronic, aggravated case of kid
ney, bladder trouble, or rheumatism
that it is possible to imagine, for the
very principle of Croxone is such
that 1t is practically impossible to
take II into the human system with
out results.
You will find 1t different from all
other remedies. There is nothing
else on earth like 1t. 1t starts to
work the minute you take 1t, and re-
lieves you the first time you use 1t,
and all the misery and suffering that
go with such troubles end.
You can secure an original pack
age of CroXone from any first class
druggist. All druggists are authorized
to personally return the purchase
price II it fails to give the desired re-
suits the very first time you use it
Advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-17
Their Married Life
BY MABEL HERBERT URNER

rs it swollen much? ?" Helen rubbed
kefully the side of her face.
"Nope. Hardly see il" indifferently.
"Oh, Warren, it Isl" taking up a
Ind mirror. "Why, even my eyes
Follen. Oh, it looks dreadful"
what the Sam Hill do you care
bw it looks? Hurt much?"
"Oh, yes; but / could stand the pain
only that swelling would so down y
At this truly feminine viewpoint,
arren only shifted.
"Told you to have your teeth looked
ter. This is what you get by put
hg it off,
"But, dear, this isn't cavity-it
Just be neuralgia"
well, you'll have both sides of your
Ice bloated up, If you stand there In
e cold.'
With last anxious glance in the
lnd-glass, Helen turned out the light
ld crept shiveringly into bed.
She nestled her aching, swollen
eek against Warren's warm shoul-
pr, but he drew away with an un-
mpathetic-
Get the hot water bottle!"
at leaks, and l keep forgetting to
II q new one."
Warren was soon asleep, but the
footing pain in Helen's tooth throb-
ID up through her eye, ear and tenn
c. She stood 1t as long as she could,
d then got up to heat an iron, de-
rmining to telephone for n hot water
title the first thing in the morning.
Wrapped in Warrens bath robe,
hich was heavier than her own, she
lally got the iron heated. folded it
to a newspaper and towel, and was
ok in bed without awakening him.
1t the iron was heavy and cumber-
me, and she disliked the smell of
orched paper.
Then suddenly she thought Of the
ectric light. Who was it that had
Id her about using an electric bulb
hot water bottle? Wasn't it
rs Stevens? Anyway, it was worth
Eing.
On the table by Helens side of the
d was a small stand droplight. She
ached out, turned on the light, took
the pink silk shade and wrapped
c bulb in the towel from the iron.
be cord was long enough for her to
st the bulb on the pillow under her
eek, and the degree of heat was
st right
Helen was jubilant over the inge-
pus contrivance. Why had she never
ought of it before? 1t was so much
ECKER and easier than filling u hot
hter bottle.
Gradually, under the soothing in
ence of the heat, the pain in her
&c grew less. She must be sure to
| Carrie about this: it would be such
contrivance when the children were
TX. Carries was always priding her
t on her invcntiveness, but she had
Yer thought of anything half so
bVer.
Then Helen thought of the Hints
Housewives" column in the various
me magazines. They offered a dol
for every idea, and most of them
pr" so poor! She would send this in
morrow! She tried to think out
6 wording now. 1t must be clear
d concise.
An Easy Substitute for Hot
Water Bottle.-Any one having a
droplight by the bed can always
have a quick relief for cold feet.
toothache, or any pain where heat
is required. Simply wrap the elec-
trio bulb in towel and apply.
Still congratulating herself on the
genious of this idea, and with the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-17
POSlAM ENDS
TORTURES OF
ITCHING SKIN

Used for any skin disease, the action
~ Poslam Is Immediate. 1t stops itch
ing. aiIays inflammation and heals with
wonderful rapidity.
Aggravated cases of Eczema. Acne,
Tetter. Salt Rheum, Psoriasis, Scalp
scale. BARRIERS and every form of itch
q re eradicated to the surprise of those
Unable to secure results by other means.
Posiam shows results so quickly that
YOU are never in debut as to whether
or not it is doing the work. The skin
is forced to respond to its healing in
f1uence.
sample write to Emergency Labora-
tories 80 West 25th Street. New York
Poslam Soap, medicated with Poslam.
is the best soap for your skin. New
Tuilet size, ID Observation-Disclosures
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-17
A Few Doses Give Relief, Helps
Lifeless Organs Regain Health,
Strength and Activity

1t is useless, dangerous, and un-
necessary to be tortured with the
digging, twisting pains of backache
and rheumatism. or suffer with dis
agreeable kidney and bladder disor-
ders any longer,
The new discovery, Croxone. pro-
vides remedy which every sufferer
can now depend upon to promptly
and surely relieve all such misery and
bring about a speedy cure.
CroXone cures these troubles be-
cause it quickly overcomes the very
cause of the disease. 1t soaks right
into the stopped up. inactive kidneys,
through the membranes and linings
cleans out the little flltering glands;
neutraliZes and dissolves the poison
Gus uric acid and makes the kidneys
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-17
Former Rex Garage
Proprietor Is Dead

c. Carl Charles, former proprietor
of the Rex Automobile Garage, 1912
North Third street died yesterday aft
ernoon shortly after l o'clock at his
home, 1908 North Third street.
Mr.. Charles was proprietor of the
Rex garage two years. On account of
i'll health he gave up the business two
years ago. He was a lifelong resident
of this city. Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Clara Charles; three sisters, Mrs.
John Ensminger, Mrs. Nettie Thomas
son and Mrs. A. Harter; one brother.
Frank Charles; two daughters, Mrs.
Sarah McArdle and Mrs. w. Y. Mahin,
and one son, H. B. Charles, all of this
city. Funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon at o'clock. The
Rev. Harvey G. Klaer, pastor of the
Cavenant Presbyterian Church, of
which Mr.. Charles was a member will
have charge of the services. Burial
VIII be made in the Harrisburg Gene
terry
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-17
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COMMENCEMENT AT QUINCY

Waynesboro, Pa, April 17.-Com-
mencement exercises of the Quincy
High School were held in the United
Brethren church, Quincy, last even
ing. The principal address was made
by Prof. HI. M. j. Klein, of Franklin
and Marshall College. The graduates
were: Glenn Brosius, Hilda Resser,
Anna Hess, Pearl Baer, Clara Funk,
Cook. ellison Provard, Weldon Smith,
Joseph Lohman, Ray Smith, Paul
Resser, Paul Baer. The class motto
was Tonight We Launch; Where
Will We Anchor?"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-17
Well-known York County
Justice of Peace Dies
.Shecinl to The Telegraph

Dillsburg, Pa, April lon wed
nasdav night Jacob Lehmer, one OF
the most widely known men OF the
upper end of York county, died at
his home in Franklin township. very
suddenIv from an attack of heart fail
ure' MIR. Lehmer for more than a
quarter of century has been justice
of the peace of Franklin toWnsnlp
and was reelected last ran. ne uiso
Nos surveyor of wide reputation
for accuracy and his fine penmanship
brongnt him more deeds for proper
ties to be written than possibly any
other man in this part Of the state.
Mr. I,ehmer is survived by his vile
and several nieces and nephews. lie
was 72 years old.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-17

in Warren, standing there in his pa
jamas staring at her in open
mouthed astonishment. But now she
was wretchedly keeping her eyes on
the tassel of her bath robe, at which
she pulled desperately.
The bitter. scathing, merciless de-
nunciation she had expected did not
come. Warren's disgust was too pro-
found for words.
After a moments eloquent silence,
he flung himself into bed, muttering
something about institutions for the
feeble minded"