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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-13
WRECKED
HIS NERVES BUT
NOT FOR GOOD
Nerv-Worth Came to Their
Rescue in Grant Town
Mans Case.

Here is the story of man whose
eczema or at least that diseases Sc.
rious effects, were overcome by Nery-
Worth. Cranes Drug Store--I want
to make statement to you endorsing
Wentworth, the wonderful nerve ton
ic you have for sale at your store.
have suffered for seven months with
Eczema-attendance Of five different
doctors did me no good. All the medi-
cine prescribed never reached my
case. could not say too much in
Nerv-Worth's favor. ] had stub
born case of Eczema. For two weeks
l sat in chair with my eyes swollen
shut-entirely closed. Was afraid to
lie down on account of smutherfng.
l have not used quite one bottle OF
Wentworth. My nerves are as steady
as clock and sleep all night. Ap-
petite good, general condition improy-
ed. In another month I'm satisfied
Ill return to my trade. During this
terrible suffering OF eczema would
scratch and tear my flesh until / tried
your medicine, Nerv-Worth. ] cheer
fully recommend Wentworth and am
glad to talk to people about its won
derful curative power.
j.. p, SMITH.
Grant Town P. o., West va. box los.
Your dollar back at Cranes Drug
Store, Fairmont, IL Nery.Worth does
not help you.-AdYt.
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Mrs. Jacob Hills house that good lady
ran out with paper bag in her hand.
oh. Myra," she painted. do you
mind leaving this at Ella Flagg's
house? She's promised to fix my
mourning bonnet tonight SOS can go
to Uncle Benny's funeral tomorrow.
I'm much obliged, she called over her
shoulder as she hurried into the house.
Myra turned into the Flags gate and
went around the path to the side door.
There was a light in the sitting room
and Myra peeped through the glass
panels OF the door before she knock.
ed. What she saw there stayed her
hand.
Ella Flagg was all alone IN the room.
Myra knew that Mrs. Flasg was asleep
in the adjoining room. Elias fair
head pressed disconsolateIy into the
cushions Of the sofa and her thin
shoulders were heaving convulsively.
Clcnche1 IN one thin hand was crum
pied envelope and Myra shrewdly
guessed 1t might be some old lover
letter from Will Chandler.
Myfa's tough little heart suddenly
melted-was this evening a repetition
of many other endings to st. Valen.
tines day? Had Ella Flagg hoped each
year that she would receive some mes.
sage from her absent lover?
81 must tell her" decided Myra sud.
denly; Il must tell her about the let.
tiers | have kept back-and when he
comes after her, | must tell him too,
and must help get her ready for her
wcdding-it's my punishment.
Softly she opened the door and went
inside.
When Will Chandler came home to
claim Ella Flagg for his bride, PEG.
pie marveled that Myra Watts ap.
peared as Elias maid of honor, and
they could not understand what had
healed the breach between the old
friends.
Myra might have told you that 1t
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was a bundle of suppressed letters and
valentines which Ella Flagg had burn.
ed that memorable night when Myra
made confession of her wrongdoing;
but she kept her secret, and so did
Ella, and VIII Chandler refused to
listen to her story because he was
so glad and eager to hold Ella in his
arms again.
And when another valentine day
came around Myra sorted the mail,
quickly, deity and in another spirit.
When at last she came to a large EN-.
bossed envelope postmarked from Cal.
ifornia, where VIII and Ella were liy.
ing with old Mrs. Flags, beautiful
color suffused her dark face.
Come out here and live with us"
wrote Ella on the back of the yalen.
tine they sent. "Will knows of n
splendid position for you, and It is
summer all the time in California"
Myra went and she says it is sum.
mer all the time in her heart, too. ev.
er since that night when she unbur.
dened It to her friend and brought hap
piness to three sorrowful souls.
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HYou Suffer From CatarrTn

don't make the fatal mistake Of re-
garding. it as a trifing matter. Au-
thorities agree that Catarrh is an in
lection of the blood. Consequently,
sprays, salves and lotions can af-
ford only temporary relief, because
they do not reach the source of the
tisease,-the blood. When you depend
on these temporary remedies alone
your case is likely to grow steadily
worse until it becomes chronic and
possibly affects the lungs.
But even if the infection does not
go this far, the continuous dripping
ST mucous in the throat, the constant
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-13
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Myra's Valentine.
By cLARIssA MAcKIE.

(Copyright 1917. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
NM YRA Watts's black eyes daTted
MI buslly to and fro as she sorted
49, the mail on st. Valentines day.
Myna had been postmistress at Lit.
tetord for twelve years, and 1t was
said that she knew the handwriting
OF every man, woman and child in the
village, And gossips whispered that
Myra always read messages on picture
postals before handing them through
the window to their indignant receipt.
ent.
Outside the closed window was an
expectant crowd pressing closely to
the pigeon holes, watching Myra and
her assistants as they poked letters
into the box and twisting their
necks in vain endeavor to read ad.
dresses, for Myra had most aggra.
waiting way of putting letters in with
the addresses upside down.
All the time Myra was sorting the
mail her eyes were wistfully search
ing for letter addressed to herself
for Myra Watts had never received
"a valentine during all her forty years.
Humph!" she sniffod impatiently,
as she thrust large embossed envel-
ope into box, that TimpRins hoy
has sent valentine to Lissy Edwards
s--I wonder what her mad say II she
knew it? And here's one he sent to
May Woeks-the impudent Young pup.
.py-and here's-one-for Ella-I won
der!" Myra deity tucked the fancy
envelope into her own private box,
lind, having finished distributing the
mornings mail pushed open the win
dow and proceeded to hand It to the
eager girls end boys who pressed into
the tiny cf.ice.
The last one to appear a. the win.
dow was Ella Flagg. tho l:ttlc millin.
er whose shop was next door to the
postoffice. Ella was faded blonde
with tired blue eyes and face that
once had been vivaciously pretty, but
now was sad and wlstful. People had
declared that Ella Flags had begun
to drop from the moment that Will
Chandler left Littleford and went to
California. Some wondered whether
Ella bad ever heard from Will, but NV.
IA could have told them that she did
not-only Myra didn't have much to
say about Ella Flagg. Once they had
been close friends but for many years
they had been estranged.
Elias mute questioning face appear.
ed at the postoffice window. Myra
nodded CURLY and handed Ella a news.
paper and letter containing a circu.
lar. Then she turned her back and
began to close up the office for the
noon hour.
When. she was all alone Myra locked
the door and took Elias valentine out
Of her own box. 1t was postmarked
town in California and the hand.
writing was Enthusiastically that of VIII
Chandler. Myra knew 1t at once. She
had had several notes from Will be-
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HEALTH HINTS

Adenoids are an overgrowth of CLAN.
dular tissue at the back of the nose.
They are the most frequent cause Of
nose obstruction in children.
One of the most important factors
bearing upon the normal development
Of the growing child Is the ability to
breath in natural manner through the
nose.
The air thus taken in the> nostrils
reaches the lungs warmed and. to u
certain extent, filtered from bacteria.
When on account of nose obstruc
tons the air is drawn largely through
the mouth. these desirable changes iii
II do not take place.
The upper air passages and the struc
lures connected with them fail to ex.
pand through lack of use. This spells
a child's good looks by distorting the
face and jaws.
When in addition to adenoids, as is
frequently the case. the tonsils are
enlarged so as to block the passage
OF air through the mouth there is so
great hinderance to breathing as to
cause less lung expansion and unde.
Velopment of the chest. This weakens
Gil tHc Nudl powers ana leSSeUS re.
sistance to any disease to which the
victim is exposed.
Apart from these serious mechani.
cal defects enlarged tonsils and aden.
ODDS lead to chronic catarrh and i'm.
paired hearing; to the frequent occur.
renee of colds; diseases of the middle
ear and to attacks OF severe sore
throat.
When scarlet fever, measles or diph.
liberia occurs 1t ia apt to be unusual.
ly severe and followed by dangerous
complications.
Diphtheria and other disease germs
are very apt to persist in the throat
and nose for very long time. and thus
prolong the period of quarantine.
If child is mouth breather, shores
during sleep is subject to constant
colds, earache and sore throat, Is dull
at school and does not hear we'll it
is probable that adenoids and enlargeo
tonsils are both present.
They can be removed by very sim.
Pile and practically harmless opera
ton.
HEALTH QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Mrs. F. r. C.:-"Kindly inform me
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splitting and hawking and owl odof
Of the breath will not only cause
misery to you, but will make your
presence obnoxious to others. s. s. S..
which has been the standard blood
medicine for fifty years, viii relieve
your catarrh, because IL win purify
your blood and relieve it Of the ac-
cumulated poisons. s, S. 8. contains
no mineral or habft.forn1ing drugs.
s. S. S. is on sale at all druggists and
the advice Ct our medical department
is at your disposal, free Of charge.
Swift Specific Co., 500 Swift Building
Atlanta, Ga,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-13
when MARRIAGE is A FAILURE

Surely marriage is failure when its
essential purpose, the raising Of a
family of children, proves impossible.
In the childless home the married
pair, though sometimes more or less
unconscious of the fact, grow disap.
pointed and lonely. Lacking the best
tie to hold them together they are
likely to drift apart. hence many sep.
arations and divorces.
If every wife, whose physical state
prevents motherhood, would but try
that great remedy, Lydia q. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound, there
would be far fewer childless homes.
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!: CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE >:

"on my entrance in the big scene
Nargte," said Paula, Earnest Lawton
ls supposed to be looking at my pic.
lure and bemoaning the fact that while
ne is in love with me, he Is in honor
bound to another.
His speech was, Eliza. Elga! Little
girl, you will never know how much
Il love you. will not cloud your young
ne with the ayowals of a man who
has no right to say he loves you and
VIII love you until eternal sleep shuts
but all consciousness.'
Then l had to say with little In
take of breath (for had been stand
ing behind him on the stage), oh
I'm so glad, so happy
Well, Margie, whenever I had said
those words before, I had said them
rom my heart, for 1t had always given
> me wondrous thrill to hear Earnest
Eawton say he would love me forever
even on the stage.
That day, as he said them, the
words left me cold but pulled my
self together, and as Che words, Tn
70 glad, SO happy came from my lips
knew had never given that speech
With such semblance Of feeling, such
apparent truth. remember thinking
10 myself I was real actress aftel
Ill.
Earnest Lawton's surprised starr
ls he heard my words was more than
acting. He had not expected me to
speed up as he called 1t. think fol-
D moment his pride was hurt-that ]
could still act part / had been liv
ms.
When my big speech came how
blessed the fates that had made me
woman for under the same circum
stances do not think a man could
have put himself out Of it as a woman
could.
eDo you remember Margie, tina,
beautiful story, Life On An African
Farm? I think It is the best story
pHye sohreiner ever wrote. II you
have read II, you will certainly recall
ne place where she says women must
he actresses from the cradle to the
rave. ! do not recall the exact words,
ut somewhere in the book one of The
hAracters remarks, All society sayt
% . boy, be; to girl, aot,' A CIR
must suppress all feelings and act Of
bonyention has prescribed for her
Rhiie o mans greatest glory is thSi
10 can be himself always.
Women are all actresses BY ip
herttaaee as well as BY the oufFl
iulutn, that o. n1an.nRde world hal
7 I'D down for their education, Thai
light for the first time blessed "a
llegg traditions,
MArgiee, IN oil my setting ] 1Sye,
lai6 that big speech OF love and loyal
b 10 Earnest Lawton with auoh fepSIoI
- ] oid that night and for the firaj
Anne ] did not believe o word oe H.,
Earnest could not make Gins5II
lelteVe was acting and When I Wal
through 0na 10 had mo 81 hig ,aElis, IA
khispefnal 80 you do love ne astaI
~, baby nhllds
Even That triumphant aside dsd moi
lsteF me from finishiaR WITH 4 RysAI
|urBt Of tears, which were real, ME-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-13
RHEMATISM
Physician Believes a Genuine Remedy
for the Disease Has Been Found.

Rheuma, the wonderful rheumatism
remedy sold by Hall Drug Store, gives
quicker and more lasting relief than
other remedies costing many times
as much.
Rheuma passes the deadly poisonous
secretions into the bowels and kid.
neys. from which they are quickly
thrown on in natural, healthy way.
Read what reputable physician
says about Rheuma: 81 have made a
most careful investigation of the for.
mula employed In the manufacture OF
Rheuma, and heartily recommend IT
as remedy for all forms of rheuma,
tism, find Rheuma far in advance OF
the methods generally employed in
the treatment of rheumatism, and al.
together different in composition from
the remedies usually prescribed.'s-
DR.. Lyons.
This should give any sufferer from
rheumatism confidence to try Rheu.
ma.
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His Allegiance.

Two huge colored men lived in a
precinct at Evansville during cam
paign in which a certain politician
ran for mayor.
WHO is you TO-, anyhow" asked
one of them one morning when he
met the other. "How's you goin' TO
vote in de lection"
why, Ise TO Smith: that's who
Use fo'--and you already knowed It..
Why you AK me dat?"
Eyes. you's TO- Smith. know who
you's TO- all right. You's TO Sale;
dat's who you's fo'."-Argonaut.
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fore he fell in love with Ella Flagg.
The envelope was addressed TO FL
la Flagg.
Myra's black eyes blazed jealously
as she held the missive up to the
light and discerned through the thin
paper the dainty decoration of love.
ly valentine.
A little printed verse could be plain.
ly read:
Though bitter tears
Have marked the years
Since we have been apart,
love you still,
You always will
Be shrined within my heart"
A bit of doggerel verse-yet it set
Myra's heart to beating rapidly.
Will Chandler had sent this valen.
tine to Elm Flagg-what wonder.
working thing was this love which
could bridge the long years of es.
arrangement?
Year after year Will Chandler had
sent a similar message to Ella Flagg
and Ella had never received it! Still,
VIII had doggedly sent the valentines.
Nothing in between, but on the days
devoted to the kindly saint. Will sent
some message to his old sweetheart
and Ella had never got It!
Myra Watts might have explained,
but she didn't,
Today. her eyes glowed fiercely as
she hid the letter away in her bureau
at home.
They ought to be my valentines"
abe defended herself. so, I'll keep
EN- here!"
That night Myra closed the postof.
fee at eight o'clock and started for
nome. Her way led past, the little
house where Ella Flagg lived with an
invalid mother. When Myra passed
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audience thought / was weeping for
Joy at my remuneration of my wonder.
tul lover but / wgas weeping over
the loss Of one more fair Illusion.
AS he held me in his arms while
the curtain was going down, Earnest
whispered to me, You are not going
TO be cruel to me any more, are you
Paula?
Il slowly broke away from him and
said in very low tone so that the
other actors might not hear il they
were listening In the wings, L do not
know what you mean by being cruel
to you, but do know I shall never
speak to you again off the stage, II
can help it. You made me think
you were free to love me-
And SO am he interrupted.
Earnest Lawton,' said, do YOU
deny you are married man%
What has that to do with It? ]
have not lived with my wife for over
a year and have not loved her for a
longer time than that. / have only
loved you, darling, only want you. Why
will you hurt me SOP
"And you think nothing of the hurt
to me. You would make me your mis-.
tress with as little conjunction as
you pick rose and you would throw
me away as quickly, when you are
tired OF me, as you would the rose
when 1t has withered.'
don't believe you are strong
enough to go on playing this part while
all the time you are hating me, Paula.
don't know whether I am or not
only time will tell that. But l will
give up the part before l will give up
the luxury of hating you. l am begin,
ming to find 1t almost as thrilling as
loving you"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-13
BY ISABEL REWER, PH.M.
Department Of Household Science,
ltninasrIk,, - tiIfnot.N


There has been much misunder.
standing about the term balanced ra.
tons" One would get the impression
from many of the statements made
that nature checks account after each
meal, and that one must have just the
right proportion of each food at each
meal.
AS matter of fact, we live today
on what We ete yesterday, and we do
well if We keep the balance within
the day.
1t is possible that one may get as
much protein in the dinner as in the
other two meals combined, or that the
lunch may give a large proportion
of starchy food. But there is a kind
Of balance to be secured by observing
the following rules:
1.-Try to have representatives OF
all the food principles at each meal
not too much of protein or fat OF car.
bohhydrate. To that end, do not have
meat and macaroni and cheese to.
'gether, nor rise and potatoes, nor fried
potatoes and dotghnuts.
"A clear soup and ice, instead of
a cream soup and heavy dessert,
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WE LIVE TODAY ON WHAT WE ATE
YESTERDAY, SAYS EXPERT!

should be used with substantial main
course; or II one wishes rich soup
and heavy dessert, such as plum
pudding, the main course should be
lighter.
3.-Do not repeat the same food ev.
en- in different forms in the same meal,
as tomato soup and tomato salad. Use
fruit for the salad.
4.-Make some contrast between
courses. Monotony and a general
grayness or deadly dullness are not
any more desired in food than in
people. Hamberg steak, canned corn,
and mashed potatoes leaves one wish.
ing for something to give snap and
character to the meal. Tomato sauce
and baked potato would add color,
flavor and character.
5.-Make combinations pleasing in
appearance and color. Have the salad
an attractive color and fresh; the pas.
try, crisp; the bread, a good brown.
6.-The question of variety cannot
be disposed of in a sentence. One
must have a definition of what is
meant by variety. To some people 1t
means cucumbers and strawberries in
mid.winter; to others 1t means five
kinds Of vegetables and two kinds OF
pie and cake at one meal.
1.-THE cost of out.ofseason foods
prohibits for most people the first
method of obtaining variety. The abun.
dance indicated in the next method de-
feats its own purpose, besides Civ.
ing too much food at one meal.
The method of securing variety com.
ing into more general favor is by (a)
The use of few materials at time.
OBJ Different methods Of preparing
the same article.
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OLD POEM THAT'S NEW.

Come, ye philosophers who cry, "All's
WELL"
And contemplate this ruin of world.
Behold these shreds and cinders OF
your race,
This child and mother, heaped in
common wreck!
Seeking a light amid the deepening
gloom,
1 can but suffer and will not repine.
-Voltaire.
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MT. VERNON FAMED FOR
BY eiDpY BYE

Patriotism being the order of the
hour. the so.called national" holidays
stand to be celebrated in 1917, with
more than usual enthusiasm. 1t for.
tunately happens that the birthday OF
the Father OF his Country comes in
this month of the revival of the great
American spirit.
This land is famed among the ma.
tons for its hospitality. Mt. Vernon
the home OF Washington. was noted
in diplomatic circles of the first presl.
dency as an example of republican
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-13

NEW YORK. Feb. 13.-The strik.
ing charm of a white wool jersey dress
is produced by liberal amount of en-
broidery done in purple wool with a
matching fringe.
The belt is unique in that it crosses
in front. returns to the back, and
knots with two short ends.
This design, by an authoritative ere
ator, is a splendid example of how style
may be achieved by pronounced or
namentation.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-13

Beautiful soft, glossy. healthy hair
for those who use Partisan Sage. You
can get a bottle OF this inexpensive
French hair dressing with the Noun.
tain City Drug company and druggists
everywhere, with guarantee of salts.
faction or money refunded.
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Before going to bed, l always rub
a little Partisan Sage into my scalp"
says woman whose luxurious, soft
and fluffy hair is greatly admired. This
stops itching scalp, keeps the hair from
falling out and makes it easy to. dress
attractively.
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HELPFUL HAIR HINTS
Worthy the Attention of everyone whc
Would Avoid Dandruff, Itching
Scalp, Gray Hairs and
Badness.

What will stop my hair coming
out?' Reply: Partisan Sage is the best
remedy for hair and scalp trouble; said
TO prevent badness, grayness and
dandruff.
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BURIED AT woopLAwN

Tho body OF the infant child OF Wal.
ter Miller whose death occurred yes
terday at Mt. Claire, Harrison county,
was brought here this afternoon on
the three o'clock interurban car and
conveyed to Woodlawn cemetery
where it was inferred. Undertaken
Musgrave and Son had charge OF the
interment.
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UNBOUND HOSPITALITY


hospitality.
What, then, can be more appropri
ate than Mt. Vernon party to cele.
brate February %. 1912" suggests a
resourceful hostess.
She will send out her invitations
en- the back of Mt. Vernon postals and
guests will be requested to come in
colonial costume.
The decorations are to be largely
the simple nag and shield OF the re.
public combined with buff and blue,
the Mt. Vernon colors. Pale yellow
tulips in blue bowl will decorate the
table. and the china will be blue.
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I a GOOD remedy for chilblaines. :"

Of q good remedy for chilblaines."
Plunge feet frequently into cold wa.
ter containing salt or little ammonia,
Of battle in kerosene oil. Dry thor
oughly and rub gently, Dust with tai
cum powder. Keep away from heat.
Paint with two coats of iodine. allow
first coat to dry before applying Sec
ond.
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(The best meal for the least money
is never matter of chance. Today's
domestic science lesson, another in
The West Virginia's college course in
home economics, is a system of menu
making which should prove invaluable
to housewives. 1t was arranged by
Isabel Bevier, Ph.M., one of the most
progressive women now interested in
state university work..
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HEALTH QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Mrs. F. r. C.:-"Kindly inform me