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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
Little Talks by
Beatrice Fairfax

A girl of nineteen writes me that
she Is done with men," She is hurt
and angry-her letter fairly Quivers
cith wounded pride. She does not
'ealize she is only passing through
"a equinoctial of youth-one of those
Nornadoes that tear young hearts to
tatters but never kill. She is too
young, TOO lacking in experience to
know that her most golden days are
9head, and that the youth of nineteen
is worth a kingdom.
She is seeing all the world and
eternity, too. through the tear-dim-
med mist OF her first heartache.
l am sorry for her. but there is
nothing to do but wait for time
that magic lotion-to allay the pain
and at the same time to administer
a dose OF that great antidote, expert
ence.
1t seems that my young friend
worked in an office with a young
man five years her senior, and from
the beginning they were much at
tractsd to each other.
After a while the boy began maxi
ing love, very tentatively at first.
He would put a rose on her desk
ana ask her to wear it IL she were
not absolutely Indifferent to him,
and she would wear the rose.
Then there was the day when he
kissed her back of the filing cab
met. and she didn't object-at least
not enough to discourage him.
The AFFAIR Progressed
He told her that he loved her.
They went to the movies" the the
ater. and TO dinner Saturday even
ings and walked in the park on Sun
day. There was a good deal more
kissing as the affair progressed, and
self as engaged, though all this time
he never definitely mentioned mar
riage.
But he would say sometimes.
when they walked by an attractive
house. 4 wish we could afford TO
live there" And, Perhaps. some
day. I can afford to give you the
house you deserve"
All OF which my correspondent
regarded as sacred to a betrothal
ceremony.
The poor child actually bought a
hope chest" and began embroid-
ering centerpieces and bureau
scarves and other dainty things in
TO which girls sew all the sweet, ten
der thoughts of home and the fu-
ture.
Then. gradually, there were fewer
walks in the park on Sundays, less
theater and movies" during the
week. and less kissing back of the
filing cabinet
The girl persisted in her belief
in the engagement and continued 10
work for the hope chest" Then.
one awful day, a friend told her that
her supposed fiance was going 20
marry the daughter of wealthy
man who lived near the friend in a
suburb.
His Idea of Innocent Fun
My correspondent asked the young
man il this were so. and after some
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THEIR MARRIEDLLFE
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engagement for. me-" he growled
just before he left. When you can
get your clothes ready day in ad-
vance, so that we can keep an ap-
pointment, let me know"
Helen slipped into a kimono and
sat down by the window to let her
nerves calm down. The evening
breeze swept in and ruffled the cur
tainS. Everything was strangely
quiet, and a feeling of peace began
to settle down over Helen's heart.
Her mind began to run over the oc-
rences of the evening. In a way
Warren had been right about not let
ting things go till the last minute.
She began to see things from his
angle.
No wonder he was cross, expect
ing to go out to dinner and then
having to break the engagement
because of her tardiness. What a
dear he had been, to. to take the
entire thing on his own shoulders
and to tell Mrs. Dalton that a nerv-
Gus headache had prostrated Helen
her think he was unjust? Too often
things happen through her own
carelessness, and without stopping to
reason she blamed Warren and
nursed a secret grief down deep in
her heart.
With a sudden resolution she stole
out into the living room and dropped
down beside Warren where he was
seated reading the paper.
Dear, I'm sorry; 1t was all my
fault"
Whats that-your fault? Well.
suppose it was; / needn't have been
so nasty about it" And throwing
the paper to the floor. Warren drew
her up to his knee. Pretty COM
Portable, eh?" he said, after a quiet
moment.
| Helen nestled closer to him.
And I'm glad we didn't go any
way. l wasn't keen about it, were
you?"
| Helen shook her head. Her mind
was busy with a new idea. For the
| first time in her life she had rea-
soned with herself, had forced her
self out of her hurt attitude. 1t had
worked splendidly with Warren.
and, best of all, it offered new
method for solving disagreements in
! the future. Certain she was that
Warren loved her and that she loved
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pretty uncomfortable moments, he
admitted the truth of the rumor.
The girl asked him what he
meant by his treatment of her, and
he answered: I'm awful sorry if
you are hurt, but 1 thought we were
just having a little innocent fun
The poor child was heartbroken.
She went home and burned the con-
tents of her hope chest" and gave
herself up to utter wretchedness.
Then she wrote me she was done
with men," and all sorts of bitter
things, besides.
The girl was a victim of over
confidence. She regarded the boy 5
casual love-making, what he called
his innocent fun" as Sacredly bind
ing. She took things too much for
granted.
She was assuming that conditions
were the same as before girls went
into offices to work for salaries. If
a young man acted toward a girl in
her fathers house as my correspon-
dent describes, there would have
been an accounting of her nearest
male relative.
The boys behavior was bad enough
from any standard, but times have
changed. and there is a feeling that
a girl in business ought TO be able
TO take care OF herself-and her
emotions
The situation smacks of the busi-
ness maxim, "Caveat emptor"-let
the buyer beware. Young girls in
bushes. too. must beware. They
are there not as damsels of old, re-
lying on the chivalry of knights and
squires for protection. They are
working as efficient, responsible busi-
ess people who are supposed TO
leave their emotions at home when
they came to the Office in the morn
ms.
Both Stealing Time
When the boy began to make love
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
LIFE'S PROBLEMS
ARE DISCUSSED
By MRS. WILSON WOODROW

, well-being," are absurd upon their
face.
Mr.. Bennett himself considers
that the only foundation for happi-
ness lies in a full utilization of all
ones faculties. I'm my view" he
says, happiness includes chiefly the
idea of satisfaction after full, hon.
est effort" And along the same
line is this sentence from Chambers.
which by a coincidence l just hap
pened to notice at the head of the
memorandum pad upon my desk:
The three great requisites for hap
piness are something to do. some
thing to love and something to hope
for"
Very good. Still how about those
proverbial images of happiness-a
cat basking in the sunshine and a
ragged negro browsing in the corner
of a watermelon patch? Do the cat
and the negro express the satisfac-
ton that comes after full. honest
effort? Is there felicity due to the
fact that they have something to do,
something to love and something to
hope for?
A better way. it seems to me, to
decide on what constitutes happi-
ness is first to settle on what it is
not in other words. to resolve un-
! happiness into its elements, and
that in my mind can be done in a
single word.
For there is no woe, misfortune
or evil in the world, whether it bt
caused by a jealousy. or selfishness,
or anger, or poverty, or illness, oi
crime, that cannot be traced direct
| ly or indirectly to fear.
Happiness, then, in the last analy-
sis, must be simply the perfect as
surance that comes from an alb
sence of fear. The bubbling joy OF
/ childhood, the nearest approach to
simon-pure happiness that we know
| in this life, comes from the childs
| lack of fear, his trusting confidence.
! Indeed. Mr.. Bennett himself in
the article which / have already
quoted. says: NO one can posi-
| bly, be satisfied. and therefore nc
one can in any sense be happy who
| feels that in some paramount affair
| he has failed to take up the chal-
| lenge of life. For a voice within
him which none else can hear but
which he cannot choke, will con-
stantly be murmuring: You lacked
courage. You hadn't the pluck
! You ran away
| That's it. It's the sense of COW.
ardice. not the sense of failure oil
| of loss or of deprivation that pro-
\ duces unhappiness; and conversely
happiness lies in the conquest oil
our fears. For which that accom-.
plished. circumstances will take
care of themselves. The barrier:
and disabilities which seemed most
unyielding will vanish into moth
| ingneSs.
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If this were only otherwise, 1
could be perfectly happy"
That is a recurrent phrase which
l encounter in almost every letter L
receive-'this'' covering almost ev-
cry human woe from measles to
mothers in-law.
And without a doubt the writers
believe what they are saying; yet
equally without doubt they are mis-
taken. Since the days of Adam men
and women have been uttering that
same cry. but whenever the especial
bar or disability of which they COM
planned has been removed. they have
soon found themselves as unhappy
as before. A new worm appears in
the apple, a new fly in the ointment.
For. If anything at all has been
proved about happiness, it is that
il is in no way or degree depend
ent upon circumstances. From the
beginning man has persistently
chased the blue bird" always be-
lieving that if circumstances were
just right he would be able to cap
ture and hold it; yet ever it eludes
his cltching fingers and flutters just
ahead.
Circumstances Som etimes, under
the most adverse conditions, it will
perch for a moment on the seeker's s
hand, although not to be perma-
nently seized; again, when every
thing seems most favorable, it will
soar farthest away. Riches are no
certain snare for it. nor love, nor
health, nor peace, nor virtue. in spite
of the old adage, nor any of the
other things we are accustomed to
count as blessings.
A noted millionaire, who had ap-
parently never known a wish un-
gratified and who had been feted and
courted and flattered all his life, on
returning from a trip abroad a few
years ago, said to the reporters in a
moment of self-revelation: Il am
the most miserable man alive"
And. contrariwise. Dickens paints
Sydney Carton. drunken and disap-
| pointed failure. as beautific in the
shadow of the guillotine. exalted by
his supreme self-sacrifice.
A thousand formulas have been
| laid down for attaining happiness;
but the truth is that it follows no
| formula. People find it in the
strangest places and on the most un-
| likely occasions-in moments OF
agonizing pain, in the heady whirl
of a hopeless fight, in poverty. in
solitude, even in the hour OF disso-
! luton.
And the reason is that happiness
/ is always individual. What is one
mans meat is another mans poison.
As Arnold Bennett has recently said
! each of us must define happiness for
! himself. for to each one happiness
consists in the realization of his
dream or desire. and our dreams and
desires differ according to our re-
/ spective characteristics and temper
aments.
Consequently. the ordinary diction.
ary definitions for happiness, pros
perity," good fortune" "a state OF
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
DI A B E = E S

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being noted in a reduction of the
percentage OF sugar in the urine and
in the alienation of other distress
ing symptoms of the disease. DIA-
BETOL may be obtained at George
A. Gorgas' Drug Store. A booklet
containing valuable information on
Diabetes and the DIABETOL treat
nent-free on request Ames Chem
cal Co. Binghamton. N. z.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

Just as coal. when it burns. leaves
behind a certain amount of incom-
bustible material in the form of
ashes. so the food and drink taken
day after day leaves in the alimen-
tary canal a certain amount of indi-
gestible material. which If not COM
pletely eliminated each day, becomes
food for the millions of bacteria
which infest the bowels. From this
mass of leftover waste material.
toxins and ptomaine-like poisons.
called uric acid. is formed and then
sucked into the blood where it con-
tinues to circulate. collecting grain
by grain in the joints of the body
much like rust collects on the hinge
as shown above.
Men and women who suffer from
lumbago, rheumatism or sore, stifI
aching joints should begin drinking
phosphated hot water. not as
means to magic relief from pain.
but to prevent more uric acid form
ing in the system. Before eating
breakfast each morning. drink q
glass OF real bot water with a tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

Aren't you ready yet?"
Helen. who was vainly trying to
hurry, in the midst of dressing sud-
IDENTIFY broke her shoe string.
20, dear!"
Whats the matter now?" asked
Warren, coming in. Good heavens.
what have you been doing since l
was here last time? You were dress
ed that far long ago."
MY shoe string just broke and
1 haven't another pair"
Whats the matter with your low
shoes? Now that it's the weather
for low shoes you're wearing high
ones. You women are certainly the
limit"
MY low shoes are at the repair
shop
Have you only one pair?"
Helen turned from the glass de-
terminedly. Now, see here, War
rem, if you're going to cross-examine
me this way. I'll never be ready"
"Oh, all right. but We'll be so late
that there won't be any use of going
at ALL" And Warren stamped out.
Helen proceeded to dress. She
got out her second best pumps and
slipped them on with a rueful look
at her feet which she liked to see
at their best when she went out any
where, and then she went to the
closet for her taffeta dress. 1t hung
on the hanger fresh from the clean
ers and Helen shook it out lightly
, and slipped it over her head. Half
the hooks and. eyes were off, but
with a reckless disregard for how
things looked underneath, Helen
stuck pins in wherever they were
needed. At last she was ready she
thought with a sigh of relief as she
viewed herself in the mirror. No,
what was that? AS she lifted her
arm, a space of white flesh showed
alarmingly.
The sleeve is torn out" she
gasped aloud. a sob in her throat.
Then, as she began to get out of
the dress, the tears of nervousness
began to run down her face.
Warren she called, going to the
door, 1--WE just discovered that my
/ dress is torn. You'll have to go on
without me, or we'll have to stay
home"
What on earth have you been
| doing all day? Why couldn't you
have discovered these things earl
ier?" snapped Warren. I'm sure !
I uOI SOu NO win SONt
time. I always have to wait around
for you every time we go anywhere.
No system; no order about anything
in this house."
What are we going to do about
Iit?" said Helen. In the midst of her
nervousness she could still afford to
ignore the unfair attitude that War
rem chose to assume and look to the
excuse that would have to be made
to the Daltons. To call off an en-
gagement al the last moment like
this was unpardonable, but not half
so much so as it would be to keep a
dinner waiting while she mended the
dress or stopped to get another one
ready.
Warren was already at the tele-
phone explaining and apologizing,
while Helen on the other side of the
door listened to the polite falsehoods
The slamming down of the receiver
sent her back to the dressing table,
and the next minute Warren strobe
into the room, took off his coat and
threw it across the bed and got into
his smoking jacket.
Don't ever make another dinner
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
By McManuS S

him, and in any married life what
else mattered?
(To Be Continued)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

it. This will first neutrallze and
then wash out of the stomach, liver.
kidneys and bowels the previous
days accumulation of toxins and
poisons: thus, cleansing. sweetenihg.
and freshening the entire alimen-
tary canal, each morning, before
putting more food into the stomach.
A quarter pound of limestone
phosphate costs very little at the
drug store. but is sufficient to make
any rheumatic or lumbago sufferer
an enthusiast on the morning inside
bath.
Millions of people keep their
joints free from these rheumatic
acids by practicing this daily inter-
nal sanitation. A glass of hot water
with teaspoonfuI OF limestone
phosphate. drank before breakfast
is wonderfully invigorating; besides
II is an excellent health measure be-
cause it cleanses the alimentary or
ans of all the waste. gases and
So ir lamentations, making one look
and feel clean. sweet and fresh all
day.
Those who try this for one week
may find themselves free from sick
headaches, constipation. bilious at
tacks. sallowness. nasty breath and
stomach acidity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
KNIT MANY SOCKS

During the month of May 512 pairs
of socks were turned in to the knit
ting department at local Red Cross
headquarters in the basement of the
Public Library, 1t was announced to-
day. OF this number. 100 pairs were
machine made. In a statement is
sued the heads of the department ex-
tend thanks to the workers who as
sisted in making this record.
Every person is urged to knit at
least one sweater. as the need at
present is very great" the statement
closes. Efforts of all workers are
being concentrated on the making of
sweaters for the soldiers in prepara-
tion for a long and severe winter on
the battlefront.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
Lemon Juice
For FreCkIeS
oIrIsI Make beauty lotion at
home for few cents. Try ItI

Squeeze the juice of two lemons
into a bottle containing three ounces
of orchard white, shake well, and
you have a quarter pint of the best
freckle and tan lotion, and COM
plexion beautifier. at very, very
small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of orchard white
for few cents. Massage this sweetly
fragrant lotion into the face. neck,
arms and hands each day and see
how freckles and blemishes disap-
pear and how clear, soft and white
the skin becomes. Yes! 1t is harm
less,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
BUILDING PERMITS

Building permits were issued to F.
L. Morrow. contractor. for F. L A.
to remodel the property
at 910 North Third street. at a cost
OF $50. and to George II. Sechrist.
for Clarence E. Mentzer.
to build an addition at the rear of
445 South. Thirteenth street, at a
cost of $4,000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
Y. NJ. c. A. TO DIRECT DRIVE

The drst nights program for the
recruiting drive to be launched by
the local Army recruiting staff will
be in charge of the Central Y. NJ C.
A., according to announcement made
this afternoon. Prominent speakers
have been engaged for the opening
meeting. which will be held Thurs
day evening in Msrket Square. There
will be community singing in con-
nection with the big meeting. An
nouncement of speakers will be made
later.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
CLOCK TO BE GIVEN
At kIWANIS LUNCH

nj hI"ANIS BUNOH
Henry C. Claster. jeweler. 302 Mar
ket street, will be the donor of a
clock as an attendance prize at the
weekly Kiwanis Club luncheon to be
held at noon tomorrow at the Elks'
Club. During the summer months
the time of the meeting has been
changed to Wednesday noon, al
though the place of meeting remains
the same.
Harrisburg Day" will be celebrat-
ed tomorrow at the meeting, when
Jack Hes stings will be in charge of
festivities. The HIS" of the club
will be the hosts of the meeting.
This feature of the club luncheon
was planned for last week. but was
postponed until this week.
Evening star., 1918-07-21

more than s1oo.ooo to their own war
chest to carry on the work of their
organization. They have sold hum
dreds of thousands of dollars worth
OF liberty bonds. and sales Of thou.
stamps also stand to their credit.
They have adopted hundreds OF
French and Belgian children, and
have clothed ana fed them, and they
have sent comfort Kits by the thou
sand to their big brother 'Sammies"
on the lighting fronts.
-.
In every state the Camp Fire Girls
have labored abundantly for the great
cause. even in far-off Alaska, where
the organization has strong follow
Ing. In Fairbanks. Alaska, they have
been especially active In their Red
Cross work. conducting sales and rem
dering symbolic pageants for the pur-
pose. In that town the Camp Fire
Girls raised s1,e34 In six weeks for
the fatherless children OF France. In
Omaha, Neb.. the Camp Fire Girls
made a speciality of collecting tin
foil. placing red, white and blue
boxes in every convenient place for
the purpose. Several hundred dollars
chest from this source. Many scrap
books. trench candles. books and much
music have been shipped from this
dlligent western group to the soldiers
at home and abroad.
In Freeport. Ne. the Camp Fire
Girls have knitted large numbers of
sweaters, heimcts and other woolen
comforts for the boys "over there"
and they have helped the Red Cross
In various other lines of work. In
Hartford. Mich. the. girls have dis
trihuted Hoover cards, bought and
sold thrift stamps and last Christmas
they gave thirty poor children their
first happy Christmas. In Shreveport,
La. the Camp Fire Girls cooked food
and dAintics for the soldiers on guard
at the gas fields. and gave entertain
ments In cooperation with the Y. III.
C. A.
In Palmyra. Wisconsin. the Camp
Fire Girls have beaten the Boy Scouts
Evening star., 1918-07-21

Ice uniform to be worn at homo. in
school and in the performance Of
specified war work. This 10 called
the Minute Girl" uniform, and COM
Stats Of white blouse, blue skirt or
President ouiick declares that ths
adoption Of this uniform by the girle
ana women for all ordinary occasions
Will save many Thousands Of dollars
and much material for national use.
Tns ceremonial dress Of the Camp
F1rs Girls is based upon the pic
turesaue costume OF the Indian and
is Individual with each wearer. Into
tha dfesa. which represents her ideas
OF art and seif-expression. arc wayen
the bead honors she has earned. In
and achievements. Some OF these
ceremonial dresses display deep
thought and high art They are worn
only on important occasions.
They arc donned for the ceremonial
meetings. which are held monthly,
whsn the beautiful ritual Of the order
u reeitsd and honors awarded, ranks
conferred and new members received.
The initial steps In the formation
OF the order Of the Camp Fire Girls
o. America were taken by Mrs.
Charles H. Farn.worth- The name
suggested By william channcy Lang
don. The work and ideals Of Camp
Fire Girls had their direct origin In
the hons, and later in the private
camp, OF Mrs. Luther Halsey Gulick
on LAX Lake ssbsgo. Ne:
Gpltek, with the desire to meet the
needs OF her own daughters and their
friends. worked out the beginnings OF
what was later. with some modinca-
tions. accepted as the ritual and form
Of the Camp Fire Girls. The name
fngly derived name, "Wohelo," be-
came the watchword OF the new orr
der, which became q public organtSa-
tion on March Il. 1912.
Evening star., 1918-07-21
Slack Management.

CAMUEL REA. ex-president Of the
- Pennsylvania railroad. told a rail-
road story at dinner in Philadelphia.
IT'S very ill-managed road" he
said- Once. on its flying bullet ex-
press. dreadful storm came up. and
the express stopped for the night at
Mugss Siding.
Conductor said q traveller, genial<
lys were going to be late
NO, we hain't goin' to be late.
nuther,s snafled the conductor.
But I thought we were going 70
tie up here ali nightfs
Weli. SO VIC are the conductor Ad4
mttted. but that ain't goin' to mako
us late. We don't run 90 close 70 Hmk
as all that"