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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19

All this time Hilda Won Stuttgart
was working zealously, secretly, craft
ily securing such information as she
could concerning the strength and
movements of the Allied forces for
her-master, the Emperor of Germany.
In all these circumstances it is lit
) tie TO be wondered that the Allied
! Blockade grew more stringent and the
food supply diminished till even the
Z corrupted chamber turned and de-
! nnanded that steps should be taken to
comply with the reasonable wishes
Of the Entente.
Tino was furious, and openly de-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
MESSIAH CHURCH
IS DEDICATED
Special Services to Be Held
This Week in Handsome
New Edifice

With special services and sermons.
the newly-built Messiah Lutheran
Church edifice was formally dedicat-
ed yesterday. The Rev. G. V. A.
Tressler, president of the General
Synod, preached the dedicatory SER
mon in the morning. praising the
achievements of the congregation
which has built Messiah Lutheran
Church. The chairman of the build
ing committee, Luther Minter, hand
ed the keys of the structure to the
pastor, the Rev. H. w. A. Hanson,
who turned them over to George
Eager, secretary and treasurer of the
congregation. The Rev. Mr.. Hanson
presented a large basket of flowers to
Mr.. Minter in recognition of his
earnest efforts to make the work sue
cessful.
The Rev. Luther DeYoe, pastor OF
Trinity Lutheran Church, German
town, preached at last nights serv-
ice. He declared that happiness is
contagious, and that joy should be in
the hearts of all who were present al
the dedicatory services. The church
was thronged last night, there being
more than a thousand people pres
ent. Many were forced to stand.
Services will be held each nigh
this week. ending with holy com.
munion, Sunday morning. Tonight
Alfred c. Kuschwa, organist at st
Stephens Episcopal Church will play
in an organ recital. Clarence Sigler
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
Unscrupulous Doctors Help
Deplete Ranks of Army

London.-Unscrupul physicians
operating recently a regular school
to assist men of military age from
avoiding service by the use of drugs.
Medical boards before whom men
appear for examination of exemption
learned some time ago of this prac-
tice, taught by heads of the school,
and measures have been taken by
the police to break up the organiza-
ton of quacks.
A doctor can produce almost any
symptom of disqualification for the
army, the heart being the chief organ
tampered with, it was learned by the
authorities. Use of drugs which affect
the heart is more difficult to detect
and because of that fact is the most
in demand among Clients" of the
doctors school.
The fee charged by the quacks is
$50 in most cases, but in many in
stances the amount paid by men
seeking to avoid the army is said to
have been much larger. Money is no
object among the shirkers. Owing to
the labor shortage men have been
earning wages in virtually all lines of
work which were not even dreamed
of before the war.
The majority of the cases of eff
forts to dodge army service by these
means according to the medical
boards, has been among the poorer
class in the East End of London.
In several instances men have i'm
jured their health for life in their
eagerness to produce symptoms they
believed would render them immune
from service at the front.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
Strive To Have
Healthy Skin

Next time you are in a gathering
Of women note the different cOndt-
tons apparent in complexion. You
will see some filed with blackheads,
some dry and rough, some smooth
and greasy, some smeared with
rouge. some streaked with heavy
metallic powders and once in a while
you will see one that Is a demon
stration of intelligence from every
point OF view. The color is rosy, the
skin is clear and smooth, the pores
are small and open, the powder does
not show on the firm vigorous skin.
Every woman can have a good COM
plexion II she will only use a little
discretion. II you would acquire real
beauty, the beauty OF perfect health,
you must replenish your worn-out
nerves with lecithin, Natures own
nerve restorer, and put into your
blood the invigorating iron which
Nature intended 1t to have for
health. In most OF the modern foods
these and other vitalizing elements
have been largely eliminated. Yet
to be hsalthy and beautiful the sys-
tenn must have them. They are
found in Bio-feren. not only in prop
or proportions to restore weakened
vitality but in such form as the sys-
tenn can best assimilate them.
"A treatment of lecithin and iron
peptonate as combined in Bio-feren
increases the appetite, aids nutrition
and invigorates the patient.
And Bio-feren in its pellet form is
easy and palatable to take-no liquid
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
Another Way of
Carrying a Rifle

I cannot carry a rifle but I can do
without wheat" said a hoary-headed
veteran of the Civil War recently.
All the fighting spirit of the days of
'63 was reflected in his determined
look. His heart was still young
enough to yearn to be over there
with the boys of 1918. He wanted to
do his part m settling once and for
all the Huns insult to civilization.
But though his heart was young,
his rheumatic joints reminded him
sadly that he could not hope to take
any active part in to-day's war. He
knew, however, that there was a part
he could still play; he could con-
tribute his share of the needed wheat
to those who are actually carrying
the rifles.
There are many men too old to
carry rifles. There are some young
men whose physical ills prevent them
from going across. Then there are
women and children who cannot be
at the front. But all these can and
should pledge themselves to eat no
wheat during the critical shortage
of the next three months.
It is only personal sacrifice and
personal saving that will give us any
wheat to send until next harvest.
There are other foods in plenty for
Americans to eat as wheat substi-
tutes.
To eat these and release every
pound of wheat possible is one way
of carrying rifle in this war against
barbarous autocracy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
DO MOTHERS ERR?

When we hear of so many school
girls and girls in stores and offices
who are often totally UNIT to perform
their daily duties because of some
arrangement peculiar to their sex,
might this not have been prevented
by the mother who, perhaps through
neglect or carelessness, failed to get
for that daughter the one great root
and herb remedy for such ailments.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound? This old-fashioned medicine
Is said to have alleviated more suffer-
ing of womankind than any other
remedy known to medicine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
Railroad Men Attend
Annual Memorial Service

The annual memorial service of
the Railroad Transportation Men
was held last evening in the Stevens
Memorial Methodist Episcopal
Church, Thirteenth and Vernon
streets, and was participated in by
many delegates. representing ten
brotherhood organizations and their
auxiliaries.
The gathering last night was in
honor of the members who have died
during the year. The roll of the de-
ceased members was called by w.
H. Patrick, secretary of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen. The
speaker of the evening was the Rev.
DR.. Clayton Albert Smucker.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
LIFE'S PROBLEMS
ARE DISCUSSED
By MRS. WILSON WOODROW

Dear Madam-what would you do
if you were in my place? A some
thing has overtaken me which I can
not explain, and 1 beg for some sug-
gestion, advice or idea which can
awaken me out of this spell. Life
means nothing to me. Time and
again 1 wish for death to be. relieved
of this melancholy. I have lost all
interest in living.
Perhaps, madam, you will wonder
why this dependency. True, I have
health but 1 am lacking many an
earthly thing which / have never
experienced and which other girls
have. such as pretty clothes, riches,
amusements, young men friends,
good positions. etc. In fact, nom
success and years of disappointment
are the real causes of my despair.
Twenty-siX years of striving and
struggling are the masters of my
fate.
Everything undertook in life
was a failure. although I may say
boldly and honestly that there never
existed a person in this world who
tried harder to make good than l
have. 1t is true that I have been
respondent many times before, and
have overcome it when 1 tried hard
enough. But now 1 try and try, but
all in vain. Strange to say, 1 feel
that If anything could change this
state. it would be through your state
ment of what you would do, madam,
if you were in my place. E. G."
My Dear E. G.-You proclaim your
self a bankrupt in life. Let us take
stock Your liabilities are this
ghastly dependency. Your assets
are youth, good health and an ex-
cellent education, if 1 may Judge by
your letter; all inestimable benefits.
You do not consider them, however.
You are engrossed with the thought
that you've been unjustly deprived
of many delightful things. But
many girls of your age have enjoyed
those benefits and have yet been mis-
erable so it is evident that the pos
session of them is not an absolute
guarantee of happiness.
You say that nonsuccess and un-
gratified longing are the masters of
your fate. Then you believe in some
malign. force or forces in the uni
verse which have conspired against
Pure superstition! There is nothing
that can conspire against you but
yourself, your own strongly-held
thoughts and beliefs.
Suppose you have failed at every
thing you have undertaken? That
does not mean that you have to s~
on failing. Every day is a fresh
beginning. every hour is the world
made new" Suppose, for an expert
ment. you face about and refuse to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
NURSING AS A
CAREER FOR WOMEN
The Community Debt to
the Nurse
By Jane A. Delano
Director of the Department of
Nursing of the American
Red Cross
BY Jane A. Delano

The woman who has been trained
as a nurse stands in a special rela-
ton to her community. Since we en-
tered the war, and the ranks of
nurses in civilian life have steadily
decreased by the number entering
the military service, this relation has
become emphasized.
AS a sanitarian, as a woman who
thinks in terms of public health, and
as one who has trained personal SER
vices to render, the trained nurse is
unquestionably one of the most val
liable members of society.
The time of thinking of the nurse
as one whose duties are confined to
the actual care of the sick in hos
pitals and homes has passed. Public
Health Nursing, although still in its
infancy, has taught us to think OF
her as sanitary Inspector, as organi-
zer and teacher. A week in the life
of a typical nurse of the Town and
Country Nursing Service of the Ame-
rican Red Cross has been described.
I'm a busy week she cares for the
bed-ridden who might otherwise re-
Ceive insufficient attention: she in
Spects the children in the school to
see that incipient epidemics are not
starting; she gives the children SIM
pie lessons in hygiene, and talks to
their elders on this subject in COM
munity meetings; she organizes local
health committees and clubs; brings
the cleanup and swat-the-fly cam
paigns 10 the country; she gives to
mothers the latest advice of modern
science; and renders general COM
munity nursing service"
Surrounding the majority of our
army camps and cantonments are
areas known as sanitary zones. These
have been established by the United
States Public Health Service for the
purpose of preventing contagion be-
tween the camps and the civil COM
munities. About ninety Red Cross
nurses are on duty in these zones.
Every woman who has graduated
as a nurse. is need by her country
to-day Married nurses are asked to
give part of their time to hospitals
and visiting nurses organizations,
or in public health service. Avail
able graduate nurses are urged to
enter military service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17

see anything but success. No one is
defeated until he gives up. You re-
member the great epigram of Glenn
enceau's about the last quarter of an
hour.
1t is unbelievable that a healthy
young woman with a determination
to succeed. well educated and with
some business training can continue
to fail. You have been steadfastly
gazing at despair. poverty. hopeless
| ness. Now face about the other way.
Say to yourself. II am not going
to let the morbidity of my nature
overwhelm me. l am going to cut
| it out of my mind as surgeon
would cut a cancer from the body"
We can do anything we want to with
our minds. Therefore stop thinking
failure.
"All very easy to say" you muir
mur. But how is it to be done?"
How does a child learn the multi
plication table. or the piano scales
By perseverance. by going over them
again and again. We can by per-
sistent effort change any mental or
physical habit.
And there is something in YOU that
is stronger than this dependency.
You may call it anything you choose
subconscious mind. But believe in
it, cling to it!
You are longing for happiness and
peace of mind. Try this way; many
have succeeded in il: See yourself
as actually possessing all of the
things you desire-business success,
pretty clothes, money, amusements,
friends. Make these mental pictures
clear and distinct. Then hold them,
live in them, enjoy them. Believe
that nothing is impossible, and that
you are operating with mental laws
which are just as infallible as those
of the physical world. And put out
of your mind forever the belief that
there is any cruel, ruthless force
which Can thwart you.
You will be sometimes discour-
aged The old doubts and fears will
sweep over you. But that is because
you have made them welcome SO
long. Don't fight them and say, Il
won't think these thoughts. 1
wont"p Just turn to the more at
tractive pictures of yourself. with all
your longings gratifed
You may say, Il don't believe any
thing will come of such daydream-
ing; so what's the use?" Never
mind; try it. Practice these pictures
and these happy thoughts as you
would if you were learning a new
language or studying music. You
will succeed. If you keep at it. Re-
member Brownings line: "I hold we
fall to rise, our battles to fight bet
ter"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
Best Treatment For Catarrh
S. SIS. Removes the Cause

ago, tested, true and tried, is obtain
able at any drug store. 1t has proven
its value in thousands of cases. 1t
will do so in your case. Get S. S. S.
at once and begin treatment. If
yours is long standing case, be sure
to write for free expert medical ad-
vice. We will tell you how this
purely vegetable blood tonic cleanses
the impurities from the blood by
literally washing it clean. We will
prove to you that thousands of suf-
ferers from Catarrh, after consistent
treatment with S. S. S., have been
treeu from the trouble and all its
disagreeable features and restored
to perfect health and vigor. Don't
delay the treatment. Address Med
ical Director, 439 Swift Laboratory,
Atlanta Ga
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
iron discoioration- the teeth! no
unpIao aapf faafa

iron discoloration- of the teeth, no
unpleasant taste.I
There Is no secretH orr mystery
about Bio-feren. Doctors prescribe
1t regularly because they know ex-l
actly what II contains as well as
what 1t will do and they know they
could not formulate a better up.
building tonic.
The action of Bio-feren on the
system Is so beneficial, we are so
sure of its giving you positive health
and vigor, providing, OF course, there
Is no serious. chronic ailment SUCH
as career, tuberculosis, ETC., that we
only sell 1t on the condition that you
agree to return the empty package
and accept a refund of your money
unless you are entirely satisfied.
There is no use waiting for health
and beauty. 1t is better to do things
today than tomorrow. Go to your
physician today-right now-hs will
advise Bio-feren. Then start taking
1t at once as he advises or as direc-
tons on the package call for. The
guarantee protects your money. In
teresting booklet may be had for the
asking.
Large package s1.oo at all leading
druggists or direct II your druggist
can not supply you. The Sentanei
Remedies Co. Inc. Cincinnati. Ohio.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
By Purifying the Blood

Once you get your blood free from
purities-cleansed of the catar-
rhal poisons, which it is now a prey
to because of it's unhealthy state
then you will be relieved of Ca
tarrh-the dripping in the throat,
hawking and splitting, raw sores in
the nostrils, and the disagreeable
bad breath. 1t was caused, in the
first place. because your impover-
ished blood was easily infected. Pos
sibly a slight cold or contact with
someone who had a cold. But the
point is-don't suffer with Catarrh
it is not necessary. The remedy
S. S. s., discovered over fifty years
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
WEAK, RUN DOWN WOMAN
Tells How vinol Made Her Strong

So. Kaukauna, Wis.-'I was weak,
all run down, tired all the time, and
had Asthma so l could hardly keep
around and do my housework. After
everything else had failed to help me,
Ninol built me up and made me well
and strong. Mrs. Jay Parker.
The reason Vinol was so successful
in Mrs. Parker's case. is because it
contains the necessary elements TO
create an appetite, aid digestion.
make pure blood and create strength.
1t is the beef and cod liver pep
tones-iron and glycerophosphates
in Vinol-that does it-you will not
be disappointed if you try it.
George A. Gorgas, Kennedy's Med
icine Store, 321 Market street; c. F.
Kramer, Third and Broad streets;
Kitzmiller's Pharmacy, 1925 Derry
street, and druggists everywhere.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
FORMER RESIDENT OF
MARYSVILLE DIES

= Mrs. W. A. Houdeshel, formerly OF
Marysville, Pa, died at her home in
Baltimore, Md, Saturday evening.
Death was due to a stroke of paral-
ysis. Funeral services will be con-
Quoted in Marysville Tuesday after
noon at 100 o'clock in charge of the
Rev. C. G. Gabriel. Baltimore. assist
ed by the local pastor, the Rev. C. D.
Pewterbaugh. deceased is survived
by her mother, Mrs. George Kocher;
her husband, W. A. Houdeshel, an
engineer on the Baltimore division of
the Pennsylvania Railroad: four sons
and three daughters.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
MERCHANTS COMMITTEE TO
MEET THIS AFTERNOON

The committee appointed by ].
William Bowman to make wartime
regulations for the retail merchants
will meet at o'clock this afternoon
in the Chamber of Commerce. After
their rules are made they will be
submitted to 3. Lawrence Fell, state
director of mercantile economy, for
approval. When they have been ap-
proved they will go into effect with
all the retail merchants.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
ruE nov HNEu

Little boy" asked a well-meaning
man of "a lad at a Conversations, "is
that your mother over there wearing
a beautiful set of furs?" Yes. sir"
do you know what poor animal 1t is
that has had to suffer in order that
your mother might possess those
furs?" Eyes, sir-dadr'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17

will sing, and George Sutton will also
sing. A cantata, Schnecker's "The
Lord Reigneth," will be presented,
with Mrs. Arthur Hull, soprano; Mrs.
Ernest Keys, contralto; John Gibson,
tenor and A. w. Hartman, bass, as
soloists and Mrs. Emma Hoffman,
as organist.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
Advice to the Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
eFoR OLD TIMES, SAKE"

DEAR MISS FA1RFAX:
A year ago a young man. who had
been attentive to me. and with whom
went about a great deal. had a posi-
tion offered him in California, and
asked me to marry him and accom-
pany him to that state. l declined on
the ground that it seemed uncertain
whether he would succeed. He now
writes. announcing his approaching
marriage to a girl whom he says is
just like me. He asks me to write
to him and he will send a photo of
his wife and himself. and that 1 will
look upon their love and happiness
with happy, thoughts.
Do you think this letter is fair to
his future wife, although he states it
is written with her knowledge? What
can be his mental process in believing
that l wall answer the leteer in these
circumstances?
B. A. H.
I think the man is behaving quite
splendidly! Once he thought he loved
you. You had not the pioneer spirit
and did not care enough for him to
venture out and seek fortune at his
side. So he owed you no loyalty. Then
he met girl who came to mean a
great deal to him and in whom he
thinks he sees the qualities he once
idealized in you. Still, for old times
sake, he retains some of his regard
for you, and writes to tell you that
his friendship will not die, even
though love has come into his life
Evidently, the girl he is going to
marry is fine and generous; evidently,
also. he thinks that you are fine and
generous. If you are, you will write
a hearty and earnest letter of good
wishes and make him feel that YOU
are not unhappy through his happi-
ness. He may have a lingering fear
that I will answer the letter in these
you were net willing to go with him
and help him fight, you and l agree,
don't we. that he hasn't done you any
wrong at all?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
FASHIONS FORECAST
(By AnnabeI Worthington)

The popularity of the tunic skirt prom
Ises to continue for a long while to come,
so one cannot 60 far wrong in selecting
this becoming style for the new skirt. a
very simple model is illustrated In No.
SS77. The underskirt has two cores,
which may be entirely OF one material, or
If preferred, band at the lower edge and
a front panel Il contrasting material may
be used The tunic also has two cores
and 1t Is gathered at the slightly raised
waistline. 1t Is open at the front to show
the underskirt. This is an excellent model
for a lingerie skirt
The lady's two sored tunic skirt pat
tern No. SS77 is cut in five sizes-24 to
32 inches waist measure. Width at lower
edge of skirt is ~ yards. AS on the fig
ure, the 26 inch size requires 2% yards
30 inch flouncing, with 215 yards 36 inch
material
This pattern will be mailed to ar
in stamps. Address your letter to Fa
Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
CONQUERING SELF

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Would you advise a girl to marry
"a man who. when she first met him,
was inclined to drink. but has since
changed Her mother is opposed to
the marriage on this ground. being of
the opinion that after they are mar
ried. he will go back to his old habits.
X. B.
Any of us may, sadly enough. be-
come the slave to bad habit. That
is unfortunate and weak. But when
one of us conquers an ugly habit and
triumphs, he proves himself strong. I
see no reason to believe that a man
who has once been inclined to drink
and who really conquers and defeats
his temper need go back to 1t. If this
man has really proved himself vic
torious over drink, he deserves hap
form of a month or two does not
count; real. time-proved self-onquest
does.