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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-16
CHAPTER CCLXXV.
Copyright, 1919. King Features Syn
dicate, Inc.

Copyright, 1919. King Features Syn
dicate, Inc.
1T can't, Babsie. dear-I can't.
Don't you see that L can't?' begged
Neal.
1 was sitting in his office, where
I had gone at Jim's bidding to tell
Neal that Virginia was implacable
and that the only way for him and
Phoebe to find happiness was to
take it in spite of her The great
idea-the inspiration of the night
before-was no longer attractive to
me. But to Jim it looked like the
only way. And his whole gambling
instinct fought for it.
But Neal was refusing to avail
himself of the permission Phoebe's
brother had sent him. Refusing to
carry out this bless you my chill
dren, o. KID in advance, elopement.
His attitude reused me, first to
curiosity, then to normal, human
stubborness.
I'D like to know why not?" l
asked Indignantly. Are you in
sinuating that jim and l would
want you to do anything that
wasn't perfectly all right?"
"Babbsie dear-as if L didn't know
my big sisters sweet, clean heart
Dy inns TIME! buI Cdll Sllcdh
around to the back door of the
Harrison establishment and drag
Phoebe out through the kitchen. 1t
isn't good enough for my little
sweetheart. She's only-a baby,
sister dear"
[ caught Meals hand in mine as
he spoke To me he has always
seemed "only Il baby" himself" But
his feeling for Phoebe was all u
mans love-sturdy, strong and pro-
tective. 1t made my heart ache to
think that NirSinia's blindness
wanted to deny Phoebe such Il love
as this. Aloud | said stumblingly:
"Laddie [ love you more than l
know how to say. You are so chiv-
alrous to all women-so blesscdly
chivalrous. And where Phoebe is
concerned you're adorable. But
But me no butts, Babbsie dear.
Phoebe's worth waiting for. Nir-
ginia can't hold out. We-care too
much. She'll come to see that after
a while, and she won't deny it,"
Jim will be furious. Every one
is defying him." l said uneasily.
Neal gave my hand a reassuring
squeeze.
Jim would be furious if it came
to a showdown and he couldn't give
Phoebe away at a lovely flower
decked altar" he said.
l pictured the occasion. Then 1
shook my head. Not without Nir-
gnia. No matter how seriously
Jim and Virginia may have quar-
relied, when it comes to formal
wedding she'd have to be there.
The Hal'. son clan feeling would
demand that. Jim can't give Phoebe
away at the altar when there's no
chance in the world that Jeanie will
ever consent to her going there
with you"
She'll have to consent" said
Neal, stubbornly. I'm not going to
have my little Phoebe's wedding
anything but a fiower-decked, beau
tiful thing. l want her to have it
to remember happily always. I
want her to have only happy things
to remember from now on"
"All right" l said meekly, trying
10 adjust myself to the various and
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CHAPTER Xiv.

CHAPTER AL1t.
Copyright. 1919, Star Company.
During the ten minutes which
elapsed before David De Laine ap-
peared in answer to his employer S
summons Desiree tried to knit.
At last, when she had dropped
five stitches in as many minutes,
she laid down her work.
Father" she began.
"Yes?" Her father looked at her
inquiringly. What is it, my dear?"
Il was wondering" the girl con-
fessed, "1f you would mind telling
Smith that you want him to take
the place of butler tonight"
Her father laughed. Il declare
YOU look scared at the prospect"
he teased. Certainly I'll tell him
if you wish. But, my child, you
will have to give him full instruc-
tions as to what his duties will be. =
VERY well, l WILL" the girl
agreed family as she heard ring
at the front door.
Tell Smith to come in here" Mr..
Leighton said to Annie when she
announced the chauffeur's arrival.
Good morning, SIR" David said
in acknowledging of his employ
ers greeting. Then, with glance
at Desiree-"Good morning. Mia;
Leighton"
David AstoniShed
Briefly, Samuel Leighton eX-
planned the predicament they found
themselves in, ending with
There is but one way out of the
difficulty, Smith. 1t is that you act
as butler this evening"
David started violently, taken
completely off his guard.
"I-I-sir-you mean me-"
Desiree glanced warningly at her
father. If Samuel Leighton saw
this glance it annoyed him instead
of moving him to drop the matter
then and there.
YES" he said testify. THAT is
what l mean. Surely you would not
object to helping Miss Leighton at
time like this! 1t is not much to
ask, but if you feel that this is not
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-16
Buy Your
Coal Now
Coal Shortage Coming
Says U. s. Fuel
Labor Shortage Impend'
Says U. S. Seer
Car Shortage Predicted

Better heed sUhat your Government officials say:
We are telling you the situation we know it More
over everything saying is based upon official
statements of the his chest Government authorities
Fifty thousand foregnborn miners are returning to
Europe THERE'S virtually immgraton consequently
the men cannot be replaced. Their departure means
reduction of fifty million in the coal output of the
year.
1t is true there millions and millions of tons of
coal in the ground but takes labor and expensive
equipment to mine and prepare coal for the market The
fact that there is coal enough in Mother Earth last
several thousand years will do you good when you
need some badly winter.
No could foresee the suffering
hardships of the terribly winter of
1917-1918 No that
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-16

HAY FEVER relieved and pre-
vented by new discovery and irven-
ton. Those who suffer from annual
attacks can avoid same by consult
ing the MAN-HEIL Demonstration
at Gorgas Pharmacy, 16 North
Third street.-Adv.
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Advice to the Lovelorn
LONESOME AT FIFTEEN

am fifteen and have no friends
as l am not allowed to go out in the
evenings with anyone. | seem to be
thrown aside by everyone who comes
To my house. and as they are grown
up young men and girls. they go out
tcSNIhS me behind. Will you please
tell me how to make friends with the
girls and boys at home?
LONESOME.
AS YOU are rather young to go out
with the others, why not spend your
evenings in preparing yourself for the
good times in store for you in a year
or TWO. If you read a bit and keep
your mind alert you will be twice as
attractive as if you were stupid You
could take up music and make good
musician of yourself. AS you know,
music is always in great demand
among young people and you would
ind in several years that YOU were
well repaid for the time spent in prac-
tice and preparation. Another accom-
plishmcnt which most girls overlook
is cooking. Girls who can make really
good candy and delicious little cakes
are very much in demand, and so few
girls take the time or trouble to learn
how. If you start in now to learn
something of this kind. | am sure the
time will fly by and before you know
it you will be the center of attraction
And for the times when you are not
busy with things of this kind you will
find that with a good book and a few
apples you will never get lonely.
NOT MUCH TO GO ON
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.
| am deeply in love with a man ten
wears older than / am who 7 500 fro
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NOT MUCH TO GO ON

NUT WVIH To 90 On
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.
/ am deeply in love with a man ten
years older than am, who / see fire.
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HOPEFUL

am very much afraid from the tone
of your letter, all of which 1 have not
given, that you have very little to be
hopeful about in the case of this
young man. You were very foolish to
give up your boy friends on his ac-
count.
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a BIRTHDAY GIFT TO A YOUNG
MAN
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.

| have been going about with q
Young man for six months. The young
mans birthday is in a very short
time, and as 1 received a birthday
present from him, | would like to
know whether it would be proper for
me to give him anything.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-16
! CONSTANT READER

1t would be perfectly proper for you
to give the young man a birthday
present l would suggest a book,
which is always an acceptable pres
ent and would be appropriate in this
case.
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quently. I often see him speaking t.
another girl. | used to take walks
with him of an evening, but feel that
am forcing myself on him. 1 have
given up all the boys | know for this
mans sake, yet he doesn't seem to
care. The other day 1 asked him IL he
would take me somewhere, as all my
friends were going. and he answered
very decidedly No"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-25

/ met her first by moonlight. In fact,
/ never saw her except in the moonlight.
II was at summer resort by the sea.
| was young. So was she. / thought
/ loved her. But / got little response from
her, altho she was gentle and always well
coined me with smile and spoke most
intimately with me.
But she was too wan. Her moods defeated
me. / was afraid of her. ] fled at last.
| felt that ! was becoming entangled with
a ghost. ] never knew what became OF her.
This is the way she would talk. II may
give you some idea of what ] mean. 81
was moon-born," she said one night as we
sat looking at the moon-ane on the sea.
What do you mean?" asked.
Have you never read Baudelaire's 'Baga-
telles Laboreuses,' His Poems in Prose?" she
answered.
mo"
you ought to. He was not Satanst,
they will prove 10 you. He was non
religious mystic. He was one Of those minds
that peep thru the interstices of things
and see not fact, but the ether in which
they float
"One of these poems has been translated
by Andrew Lang. The moon came down
the winding stair it opens: and like that
music vague and old heard by Gerard de
Nerval. a shimmering sound begins as of
moonlight made vocable so
Thou shalt love all things strange and sweet
That know and known OF me:
The lover thou shalt inset.
The land where thou shalt never be.
THAT is ]. Once month / live. when
the moon shines. ! do not love the sun
shine During the daylight all the coarse
vitality of men and animals functions.
do not like work and play and struggle
and success.
Il like dreams and wonderment and
guesses and all things alf-glimpsed
would rather see fairies dancing than chill
dren romping. Dead people are more in
teresting than the living.
when the moon shines there is a vast
stiffness everywhere. Then the soul
energies. Then | breathe. j am released
from the vulgar Present. The Past and
the Future come and sit with me. They are
so calm, so certain. so eternally fixt. They
bring me peace.
II am human, as you. But all my pas
sion is hushed. like the huge sea there.
My thoughts are cool, and whisper like the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-25
A COMPOUNDED Nuisance

Of
Privilege nothing Most people thought instalment
payment compulsory and they look it as a con-
founded nuisance. Anyway the alleged privilege really
for the fellows who always get privegesthose whose
income taxes amount to large which the interest
would amount to considerable.
That he speak American is sufficient reason
to grant him citizenship; he should first demonstrate
that he think American
The revelation Of treaties forced China by Japan
may persuade that there is something in this scrap
of-pdper doctrine, after ALL
Professor Larnaude says Wilson is blessed Nth O.
mort ansicable disposition He couldn't make Wilhelm
Hnsbecn beIieve it,
Diplomacy Is the qatahtgf that will urge qeturning
soldiers to renark casually that they don't think much
OF French girls.
The Huns think peace plans heartess; bit
think hon. much aoorse they Woud haze been had
q been Huns.
If abolish the social caste IN Europe
perhaps persuade own folks not to ape the
system.
About all civilization asks Of nation is that it be
gentleman.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-25

MORE scORN FOR s0LoNs

Editor The Star have been proud TO be citizen
and taxpayer OF Washington for IS years and con
slider the defeat u the Lampng bill by FAR tho most
dlrwrAccfui and humilsting act 81 the legislature
during the present generation.
And the least distressing feature of this dcpor'
able hlnndcr. Is the defiant In whish the
guilty senators ny into the very faoc Of public
sentiment.
certain prominent man. when noTnc one suggested
that the public entitled rights. replied.
"Dann the puhlcr' our state senators have said. by
their voting. Damn the soldiers rights
The Star will not be doing itself or the public Jus.
tee by letting these pig headed members Of the egs
iaiurc get by easily with their Infamous action
II should h. given tho greatest publicity Of which
printers ink and paper capable.
WILLIAM l.. MORGAN.
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A sOLpIER.s PLIGHT

Editor The star. A soldier boy at one Of the can
tonments whose regiment ready TO embark for
overseas when the armistlce signed. wrote his
mother: Il can't have my picture taken I'm my own
suit mother, for II Ia all in A comrade hired
a suit made for himself. cost s35 He's about size
and IN borrow IL and have my picture taken you
wish I've been furnished clothes since I came
except sweater and pair OF socks the Red Cross
gave me when I came out Of the hospital My eggins
are worn out entirely had to buy new ones out OF
my money-cost $3.50.
II can't why they holding us here. I've
received number Of letters from former employers
telling me a ich waited for me have taken them 10
the commanding officer. lie asked me lots of dues
tons. but discharge yet. And am 20 homcsickF
This mother. altho under the doctors and
needing rest instead of work. has been washing and
rnondng up her boys old clothes that he might have
something whole put when he comes home
For" she remarked me- 'fbe win have money
get anything new
And yet the Lamping bill was killed.
We NOT keeping our promises to our soldier
lads NJ II.
Editor The star: Would be thankful II some
kind soldier of the Goth c. A. C. would tell the
whereabouts Of Corporal Bernard Nicer Address Miss
Lillian I'M. General Delivery Postoffice,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-25
Music

John Ruskin, who had beautiful thoughts per
page than almost any other writer of prose, said:
Every should listen to good music several minutes
every day."
Music is language Thru it express and receive
thoughts which cannot be resolved into words.
Out-of-doors weather is here 1t brings to many mu-
inequalities open-ar band concerts
Anything good is in line with progress As we ad-
vance, the trend is toward refining influences.
Music ranks topmost among the things that upift
and exalt. 1t reaches within and fetches forward the
aentity and nobility all of know is there
Every community should have its musical organization
supported by the civic funds This organization should
have every assistance and cooperation to perfect it, to in
creasngy develop public interest in the world of harmon
iOus sweet sounds little known and appreciated.
The Seattle Symphony Orchestra fills this place in this
city.
An evening of good music is like having one read
book you, impersonatng its characters 1t develops
the creative part of your mind You translate sounds into
thoughts inspired receive ennobng Impressions Your
Imagination takes bit in teeth and off with into
fantasy of dreams that leave their benefits in new
formed views the little everyday things of life
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-25
Telling the People What
They Know Already Safe
nv ,TI,E REV CHARLES STEIZIE
by THE REV. CHARLES STEELE
Funny, Isn't II?

Funny, isn't III
People will pay for being told what they already
know-and the firmly they convinced of a.
the more eager they TO be told again and TO
extra for listening TO II.
That's why the most popular" preachers are those
who have the knack of saying commonplace things
in a sensational fashion-not The prophets" who see
a generation ahead OF their times and the people
up TO the ideals which they have In their
most exalted visions.
That's why the politician who always gets away
with IL Is the who keeps his Go the ground so
that he hear what the people are saying so that
he can tell Il to them again In his language
not the statesman who has thought thru the great
questions the day and isn't afraid to tell the public
what should be done about them.
or course, when a real man with a genuine message
DOES make good he begins a revolution which never
stops until his dream Is realized. and there's need
being discouraged about things, for tho the
great preacher tho statesman Is apparently unsuc
cessful. he invariably succeeds in ensting somebody
else who perhaps in the following generation, puts
across the "bg- idea
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-25

All over the country the boys coming back
Coming home from France, from the seven seas, from
England from Belgium. from Germany, from Italy.
We have watched these boys coming home for weeks
And MS we watch them come swinging up the home
town streets we live again the agony of their gong
the months of weary waiting the anxious scanning oil the
daily casualty lists,
Those of who employers VIII remember now we
vowed ourselves that tho we couldn't do mueh'
we'd do what we could for the boys-and their old jobs
would be waiting for those whom God spared to back
We dug deep to buy bonds-we dug deep for the Red
Cross-al for the sake of our boys
On that day when the nightmare ended we grabbed
cow-be and toy horn and joined in the mad celebration
for the boys would soon be home.
We promised nobody in particular and everybody IN
general that the boys should be given the andest most
rousng welcome the old town could pull off
All that sounded wel-the echoes of our boasts and
Changing cowbes reached the world and the
boys cheered the folks back home for their loyalty.
They believed in sincerity. They came home to us
trusting and looking to us to make good Their Work II
done. Ours started when they began coming back
turning to what? -
To find that we are BUFFERS AND BOOSTERS
AND SLACKERS!
For their old jobs are NOT being held for them by
nome of Seattle's prominent business men.
Many Yank is being told upon approaching his for
mer boss that his old job is taken.
In some instances this has meant that the soldier is
either given job at smaller salary than the one he
that he is turned entirely Sometimes, of course
this employer promises to keep the boy IN
mind-and place him at the first opportunity.
And the boys who should be met their return from
service by delegation Of employers bearing offers Of the
hest jobs in their to bestow turned away from
place after place until they feel not like savios of their
country, but like unworthy street beggars.
Such condition is outrage
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THE TAX BURDEN

Editor The Star: Just word regarding the several
war taxes that being placed We sent our
the war bought Liberty bonds and thrift
stamps well making donations TO scores OF other
funds for relief u sons and peoples OF invaded
countries have given willingly 90 all OF the above
but when go~crnincnt levics heavy taxes In
addition protest why In II that the government put
all this burden fhe shoulders Of this gcncratonG
Tho United States has oil kinds OF time pay IT.
war debts and / think eis generation has done It's
share during the struggle without having 20 carry
burdens and let future generations the
benefits OF toll. A. II.
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On the ISSUE Of
4mericanism There Can
Be No Compromise
MOOn-BOrn
ny DIR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1919. by Frank craneJ

night-winds. My impulses are all half
formed My fancies are as uncreated
worlds.
What others shrink from and say, That
way madness les ! seek--premonitions,
cryptic hints, uneasy intuitions, unbelievable
deeds, all that is strange and weird and to
to be verified"
us not that Madness" / asked.
Perhaps. Still am sane enough TO keep
the conventions and my liberty. Who shall
say which is mad the sun or the moor?
Mine is the moon-lfe. love this hour and
place, the moons hour and the seas place.
1t is, as Keats says,
The unnn ginable lodge
or solitary thinknss. such as dodge
Conception 20 the very bourne Of heaven,
Then leave the naked brain.
- was young. And healthy
So, as / said, / was afraid of her.
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Help Clothe the Needy

From the come the cries of millions. Men,
and babies refugees of the have their hands
outstretched to America. They need clothes well as
food.
This week, the Red Cross is making drive for Sc
attes quota 120 tons of clothes The needy in France
Belgium, Rumania, and half dozen other countries
to be assisted.
Won't you help?
You may leave your old cothes-whch servceable
at fire station at the Central Collection office 35
University st. The telephone is Elliott 1876
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-25

eAtA ~ a." H@sfH% teteA
aging the rust off
ais elube. and oil.
iug UP the kinks
b. his wrists with
nidiron. mashic
ana putting prac.
lice on the psrlor
floor blanket. lie
goes thru more
notions than fiou-
|iiai unbuckiitR
himself loose from
IA strait jacket
tuxedo. over what
PIE calls getting
l to form. "
'ffEnrrp . L. s.atf a.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-25

a series OF tricks TO make have hard time Of Il
trying TO play simple game At the first game
form" viii leave him with onoway ticket parts
unknown. Then he will turnen fair after each
game. providing he marks UP the strokes himself At
this stanza Of the year the golf bug Is all up
like harp. waiting for the opening slice of tho
cornfIeld pool season.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-25
sussrsTs IMPROVEMENTS

Editor The STAR I suggest the following changes
90 the constitutions Of the various labor unions
!. on'y American citizens can hold office
2 No one can hold office longer than four years.
and mus; work four years at his trade profession
before he be reelected
This would eliminate the professional aRitaior and
would broaden the man holding office. when he has
to rc,uSn ranks Of the workers in while.
ALBERT - LORD.
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ETHERGRAM FROM MARS

SOLAR CANAL. March 25.--Everything Is In readt
starting of the inerplanetary expedition
that will make the planet earth its initial objective
High Doctor OF Degrees. Marian Kill In charge Of
the expedition he is assured OF its success far
as space navigation IL concerned.
Fears expressed however. for the safety of the
explorers they land the earth. for earth
people regarded stl very primitive and bar.
barous. Greatray disclosures OF wars, murders and
fierce turmoil lead to the belief that the earth
rible place.
What win be the reception Of the Martians who
differ In many physical characteristics from the earth
men? Are they certain 10 Immediately become oh.
jects OF hatred and attempts made TO destroy them7
IL is suggested that noxous fumes for combative
purposes be taken with the expedition This is being
considered Meanwhile. the concluding developments
incidental to leaving. followed with keen interest
The cylinder ascends from the Main Observatory
grounds.
Speaking of names. man named Bugbee ia trying
to start boom for himself for governor Of New Jersey
While william Knots OF North Platte Nev who
is the husband of Adde Knots. asks to be united.
And LYDIA Tickle of Gary. Ind, has received d.
But Guy Fluent and Eva English married in
Detroit
Editor starshells: I heard much about scent
loaf believed IT, But took Saturday and II cost
me a days pay~-R ID.
A Philadelphia scientist predicts that within the
five years wen be eating artificial eggs Anybody
who has eaten custard pie in restaurant knows
that the artificial egg Is old stuff.
But the bright young lady remarked, "rwos
company, threes trust"
A REALIZATION
"Hows prohibition workin in Crimson Guch2"
IAN right" replied Three Finger Sam. "The boys
begnnin TO realize that mans conversation In
jes as interstin when he's sober an heap more
reliable. "-Washington Star.