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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23

Mrs. Cosby" called again to the
empty room.
OF course there wasn't any anSWet :
waited a minute or two as II l eA-
nected Valerie Cosby to materlsasliHe
rom some of the cobwebby chilioIls
that were flung across chairs any
doorlsnohs. Then, very quletiS,
went out and shut the ooor ,,S,,
,',slv a fter me, l ran back 10 my
own room and let myself H.
There was big armchair over oy
tho window. ! sank down on II, a,i,, l,,
sitting stifly on the edge, foldea my
hands and let my arms hans NM
80 fror+ of IL. | looked idly at the
,,,irdow m name. but didn't think was
Iooi,inc through it, exactly. MY eyes
soen,ed sightless, omehow-lnulltte.l
ont Gradually, I began TO hotlOS
tbat a silvery radiance was stealiils
through the room. raised my 80
to follow it to the window-ouC ih''
the night. ia srddenlv.
Moonlight" ..,,. s,,IenIv
Then I began to thlnk'-su''''''''
resentfully. 49, hofore ton
o,clock II was after twelve now
neorer one. Perhaps there WASH
thing to-resent. jim might be play
ing pool or more poker; he mnsn' s,,
inSeed have been doing that all even
ing. Valerie Cosby might nave gone
down stairs again or she mlght nave
come upstairs by now.
He might. She might. But l knew
better. In every resentful beat OF my
heart. I knew that Valerie COSBY ana
Jim were out in the moonlight 10
cn+ber-knew that was being made
a fool of. And so was Lane Cosby
l wondered what he'd do If he knew.
Valerie and Jim in the moonlight.
There had been moonlight IN our
honeymoon week. AS l sat there dry
eyed and sullen, it seemed somehow
that it was the moonlight l resented.
WHY hadn't they said they were go
ing? Who'd have stopped them?
Not /; surely not that irdulgent.
adoring "brown bear" Lane Cosby.
They needn't have put it over on us
like this. They needn't have taken
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX

There is one type of puzzled and
distressed girlhood that writes to me
more frequently than any other-it
is the girl who though living at
home is practically homeless. Some
times she earns her living and some
times she does not, but always she
Graves the unattainable-a home that
will be more than the place where
she eats and sleeps.
And when she is a wage Garner
the case is harder than when she is
not, because after eight hours wnI X
she requires recreation almost more
than she does food and sleep. All
the youth in her cries aloud for it
that pent-up youth that during
business hours has been trying to
act as if it were an automaton.
But her parents have forgotten
the call of youth that a score OF
years ago made restraint as irk-
some to them as it is to their
daughter to-day They say very
naturally that they worked harder
than she, and very likely it IS true,
but they cannot possibly need a
normal social life as much as she
imperative. Something goes wrong
If they are denied
So when a girl writes me that she
is meeting a young man on the sly
and is worried over having TO do so,
I know, even if she does not confide
in me. the sort Of home she has.
Perhaps the poor, overworkcd pa
rents feel that they are doing all
they can for their eldest daughter.
and that in denying her a little le-
gitimate liberty they are shielding
her from temptation. But If they
could look over my mail some morn
ing they would realize there is no
surer means of exposing a girl to
peril than to keep her from having
a normal social life at home.
Very likely they will pooh pooh"
this as childish and shallow griev-
ance. They do not realize the hu-
miliation-even tragedy-of a girls
being unable to have the friends
she makes downtown in business at
her home because of the demands
of a boisterous and tumultuous fam
lily.
All Children Together
Perhaps the younger children join
in the merriment at her expense,
threaten and carry out the threat
of misbehaving when the company
comes. And the short-sighted pa
rents. regarding them as "all chill
dren together" aid and abet the
younger fry in their amusement. ..
A sensitive girl does not repeat
this experiment more than once OF
twice-it Is too bitterly humiliating.
And it begins to get about that her
home life is funny" Other girls
with the intuitive sex jealousies of
youth are not slow in spreading the
report about the eccentricities of
Mary's household, and young people
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
Advice to the Lovelorn
EVERYTHING UNDESIRABLE

Dear Miss Fairfax:
l am sixteen and considered good
looking. A short time ago l met
man sixteen years my senior, with
whom l fell in love at first sight. He
told me he had a sick wife and
three children, but is trying to di-
vorce his wife as she is sick and
makes life unpleasant for him. My
parents told him not to go with me.
Since then he does not seem to care
for me, as he always disappoints me
and does not answer my letters. Now
Miss Fairfax, 1 love this man very
dearly and forgive him all; but L
cannot marry him as he wants TO
keep his children and l am too
Young to be a stepmother of three
children. Please advise me what
to do.
BROKEN HEARTED SIXTEEN.
The man you describe seems to
have every undesirable quality. lie
is twice your age, and is also un-
kind to an invalid wife. Your par
ents were quite right in putting
stop to his attentions to child OF
your age, and / hope you Will turn
your attention to getting an educa-
tion instead of lover. AS for the
man. he is not worth discussing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
TALKS BY
BEATRICE FAIRFAX

do not care to go there, even If they
were made welcome.
How many tragedies of a lonely
or dependent old age have begun in
this way. A certain sensitive type
of girl resigns herself to the inev-
liable and let's youth and opportu-
nifty slip by. while the girl of hard
ier temperament copes with the sit
uation after her own fashion. Out
wardly she conforms to the parental
discipline, but actually she carries
on a more hazardous social life on
the sly.
And who so deeply amazed when
the duplicity is revealed, as it fire.
quently is, in an elopement or some
thing more tragic, than the parents
who in their blindness have first
connived at the mischief. Let par
ents remember their own youth, its
temptations, sorrows and joys, and
realize these things are now the
portion of their own girls and boys.
When the girl is not employed
the case is different the results are
apt to be morbid in their effect, rs
she has more time to brood over the
abnormality of her situation. Take
the case of a girl whose activities
are confined to a little housework, a
little reading, perhaps. and d little
church committee work and no
other outside interests. Her father
will not hear of her receiving young
men. her mother does not disap-
prove of their society, but is too in
timidated by the father to attempt
to alter his views. The following
letter illustrates such case:
Shy and Constrained
Dear Miss Fairfax: , ..s.
AS am rather discontented
with my present lot and see no
chance of improving it. 1 am Witt
ing to you to see If you can suggest
a way out for me.
/ have a very comfortable home
land my parents supply me with
everything within their power, but
deny me the society of boy friends.
They seem to be prejudiced against
my enjoying the society of young
men, as they think girl should not
be acquainted with any man unless
he has immediate intentions of mar
rying her.
1 am nineteen and as yet have
never been allowed to so out with
any one. Naturally, whenever meet
a member of the opposite sex | act
shy, reserved and constrained. In the
society of girls | feel no constraint
and take their company as matter
of course. l want to do as my pa
rents think best for me. but it is
very hard and | hope you can find
d way out for
DISCONTENrED
The reasonableness of the girls
plea ought to bring an immediate
response on the part of her parents.
AS she says, she wants to do as they
think best. and it is not an agreeable
thought that a girl who wishes to
be obedient and do the right thing
may drift away from these ideals
through pressure of circumstance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23

Ius for fools.
| There wasn't a thing l could do.
Nothing but wait. l saw that. Id
| be making a still worse fool of my
self if l telephoned downstairs and
asked for my husband. If he were
in the hotel he'd snarl at me for dis
| turbing him. If he were out in the
moonlight-what then? 1t was bad
enough for me to suspect. Surely
there was no object in having the
whole hotel know.
| | must have sat there like that
| for half an hour. Then there was
knock at my door. l went to an
swer and found Lane Cosby in the
hall. chuckling, actually chuckling.
May 1 come in?" he asked quite
| linnocently.
I'D better come out into the hail."
| replied coldly.
"Oh, yes-of course" he said, as if
it really didn't matter at all. I've
just had a phone message from my
| little madcap. She didn't go to bed,
after all. Met your husband in the
elevator-and decided to go out for
breath of air. Decided next to
take the car. Runs it herself, you
know-little mischief! Put on her
big fur coat and went out like that:
For a spin. Loses her way. And
| then the old engine balks."
when will they be back?" I ask
ed mechanically.
Right away-right away" said
Lane Cosby pettishly. Poor little
kid-she's such a brick! She would
walk to the nearest light with your
husband. He shouldn't have let her
in her thin slippers"
Perhaps he couldn't stop her."
ventured dryly.
The irritation faded from Lane
| Cosby's face.
Probably not. Little madcap!"
He chuckled again. "Ill have hot
chocolate and sandwiches for them
in the room. Stay dressed and I'll
call you as soon as they get in"
'T think I'll go to bed" I said in
| the most level tone l could manage.
I'm very tired"
But my little girl may need YOU"
protested Lane Cosby, vigorously.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
"Wher a Girl MarrieS"
By ANN Isle

A New Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problems of Girl Wife
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
German Railroaders
Held For Robbing
American Food Cars

Coblenz. May 23.-Eight German
railroad employees were arrested re-
Gently by American military police
in Coblenz and charged with rob-
ring United States army cars of
food. One of the men, Gerhardt
Groom, was superintendent of the
railroad yards in Coblenz, and the
others were switchmen. Groom,
who was taken to the office of the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23

Ito Be Continued.)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23

provost marshal by an American
private. was greatly Inundated by
this procedure and protested vigor-
ously.
The American military police
allege German railway employees
were caught separating food cars
from a train arriving at night,
switching a car onto lonely sideing,
robbing it and dividing the plunder.
Afterward the car would be return
ed to it's proper place in the train.
KNEW THE SIGNS
THAT young fellow looks furtive.
Isn't he apt to try to pinch some
thing?"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
BON OPTIC
SHARPENS VISION

Soothes and heals the eyes and
strengthens eyesight quickly, relieves
Inflammation in eyes and lids;
sharpens vision and makes glasses
unnecessary in many instances, says
Doctor. Druggists refund your
Doctor. H. c. Kennedy, Croll Kel-
money if it fails. II. c. Kennedy,
Croll Keller and j. Nelson Clark.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
ARE KISSING GAMES PROPER

Dear Miss Fairfax:
DO you think it proper for boys
and girls between the ages OF FOUR
teen and sixteen to play KISSING
games at small gatherings each
week? CONSIANCb r.
No, 1 do not. 1 have always OBJ
iected to them. There are plenty OF
other ways for young people TO
amuse themselves
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23

"Naw." said the experience jewe.~
er. "He wants to buy an engages
ment kansas City Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23

2819-This neat, simple little model
may be finished without the collar
trimming. 1t is nice for all wash fab
rics, for serge, gabardine. silk and
crepe. The closing Is at the center
front under the crossing of the collar
portions.
The Pattern Is cut in sizes: 2, 4
and years. Size requires 2%
yards of 36 inche material.
A pattern of this illustration
mailed to any address on receipt of
10 cents in silver or stamps.
Cheyenne record., 1919-05-22
MERELY PIECE OF F0oLING
Course Taken by Germany Resembles
/. Closely, Neat Trick That Is
Credited to Sheridan.

"The -Germans. by fooling. US with
German bolsLevism, hoped to escape
ithe Payment !ef war indemnities," said
"a eonsressman
"@ "Tt reminds me of a story about
Sheridan the spendthrift playwright.
Counter. the confectioner. left his
statement with Sheridan one morning,
and a few hours later Hanson, the
ironmOnger, called. u ..'' 8.
"Hansom was very pressing on rhe
1: sub Rcts Of Ehis: account. He harangued
and he harangued. Sheridan, broke,
as usual, paced the floor in DESPAIR
But suddenly an idea struck the
spendthrift and he said:
+. "'You know Gunter?'
l. "'One of the safest men in Lon
don.' Hanson replied.
r.. "Then you will be satisfied If l
give you his bill for the amountT
b "'Certainly.'
e. Sheridan thereupon handed the
Ironmonger Gunter's neatly folded &C
count, snatched up his hat and rushed
forth"
Cheyenne record., 1919-05-22
LOOKED LIKE LABOR WASTED
Boards Visit Over, Small Boy Couldn't
See Further Necessity for So
- Mech Soap :antd Water.

He was new little boy at the or
phanage and was much impressed by
all the scrubbing and cleaning he saw
done there. more so because he had
come from home in which disorder
and dirt had held sway. He could.
not understand it: more than that,
it irritated him, and when he got the
job of scrubbing the dining-roOm steps
he was almost ready to leave, ..-.
But Just then, came a new excite
ment to the home. The board was
coming to make its annual tour of in
spection, and the cleaning was dou-
bled. "Get ready for the board" was
the home watchword, it seemed. and
he, being very human. decided to stay
until that big event was over.
The day of visiting came and passed.
The next morning the new youngster
sought the matron. Now that them
boards has been here. I don't see no
use of scrubbing them steps so often
do you?" he asked.
Cheyenne record., 1919-05-22

world las thei greatest and most un
selfish: ehaHDlon of the rights, of ma.
tionS, large and small. that ask moth:
ing more than freedom to live their
own lives in their; own way and enjoy
the security which good intentions
toward other countries ought to, in.
sure. Now. the position of the:United
States is higher and more potent for
right and justice in the councils of
the world and the ordering Of human
life than it ever was before.
That is what makes this the finest
and highest OF Memorial days. the
most thrilling in its promise SOf far
reaching service to- the commons good
of mankind and its assurance that
the American republic is to meet, in
!. It's smllgshty bulk and wealth md and power,
the expectations and hopes which;
lovers Of liberty have built upon it's
heroic deeds in the weakness and pow:
/. erty of:.it youth and the relative.
meagerness and incapacity of its later,
struggle to save its own national soul:
I and hold it's. heritage: for generations
to come-:t That Is why this is holi-;
+ tihy nerer";t0's be forgotten by any:
true American of sensibility and I'M
telligence, who was fortunate enough.
to be a part of the, vast drama en-
acted. with the wide world for it's
stage.
On the day sacred to the dead who
laid down their lives that liberty might
/ live and grow strong and great. the;
country they loved and served dedl.i
Gates itself anew to the finest and
highest tasks Of which nations are
capable, at whatever cost in blood
and treasure. The spirit of: the great
days of another generation is awak-
ened and dominant again. The glo.t
rious ideals and devotion of the times
which made Memorial day possible
are giving that holiday new signifi;.
cance and power for, good. There Is
a rebirth of the best and holiest spiriti
ual life of the nation. !
Cheyenne record., 1919-05-22
FAMOUS
PEACE. TREATIES
TREATY OF BASLE, 1895.

BY H. IRVING KING
1919. by the Mcclure News paper Syndicate)

The fall Of Robespierre In 1904 in
troduced more NJ. lerate and con-
ciliatory spirit into the councils Of re-
publican Fl re. while at the same
time the victorious campaigns Of the
French armies cooled the ardor with
which the hostile princes who sur
rounded the young republic had been
prosecuting the war. The smaller Ger
man princes were especially desirOus
OF bringing such a ruinous war to an
end, At a diet of the empire 1t was
declared that Germany had no inten-
ton Of interfering! with the domestic
affairs of France and negotiations
looking to satisfactory peace should
be begun. Before this France had.
since the revolution and the execution
of the king, been an outlaw among Eu-
ropean nations: In Italy the grand
duke of Tuscany was already negotiat-
ing with France for peace. being the
first Of the European rulers: to recogr
nize the Frenehi republic Austria and
England, however, declared that the
war must go on. But Austria had al;
most ceased fighting and the emperor
retired to- Vienna in discouragement.;
The republican armies held Belgium
and the left bank Of the Rhine and had
even made conquests beyond that
p river. -'-'.' .-F-+ III
OPP enfd STRONGHOLD. to French Foreesr'
The prince of. Orange fled TO Eng
land land the Dutch opened their
+. stronghoids to the French forces. -Sa.
yoy3 and Nice were in the hands of
France, and the Austrians in Piedmont
were held in check by sBpnaparteT
whose military genius was now begin-
ming to be universally recoshizedi and
who had been promoted, to be a briga-
dief general.
Spain, which had suffered many re-
verSes many of her cities being in
: Ere ehch hands. was only kept in the
Goa lition by the desire of the king to
Safeguard the children. Of Louis XVI
and the pressure Of the British. Prus-
sia was already negotiating with
France. In the spring Of 1895 Harden
berg, on the part of Prussia and Bar
thelemy, an experienced French dip
lomat, on the part of the republic, con-
Cheyenne record., 1919-05-22
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FAMOUS 4 r
PEACE TREATIES
PEACE OF TILSIT, 1907.
Napoleon the conqueror Up Europe to
BY. III. IRVING, KING

days. was. imposed on the Prussian ma
t1on, and she was allowed to keep n
standing army of no more than $1,000
men. She was reduced to a second
rate power.
Frederick William sent for his wife,
Queen Louise, in the hope that her
wit and beauty uhght-induce Napoleon
toi recede somewhat from these hard
terms!4I But she was unsuccessful and
on July 9 the treaty between Prussia
and France was signed.
Hard as the conditions imposed on
Prussia were. Napoleon had been too
lenient; for he left! the hhndit nation
still in existence, the Hohenzollerns
still on the throne, the germs of woes
unutternble to future generations. Aft
crwards. at ST. Helena. Napoleon bit
terly regretted that ;-his heart had
sealed what his reason disapproved." +"
Regretted Great Haste.
II was! In too great a hurry! at TIL
sit" said he 81 should have remained
a year onF the Niemen and in Prussia
and then tlevoured Prussia. should
have deposed Frederick William and
tlltl
the house of Hohenzollern had ceased
to .reign.". ..-..,.-
L. says Lord Ho<ebery 'Tt is strange
indeed to observe how heartily. rs If
byia fotGbphpg,E he hates: Prussia
Not strange at all, for hts keen mind
if-tffe- retirement of st. Helena saw
even more clearly than at Tilst the
danser ro the world of Prussiansm
under the lead of the robber barons
of Zollern
Prussia imn1edia tely after the treaty
of. Tilsit began to circumvent the con-
dltions with regard to her army by
instituting short terms of enlistment
so arranged rs to amount to universal
military service. and to prepare the
way for her future aggrandizement.
One hundred and seven years from
the time she seemed utterly crushed
she attempted world empire-and
nearly got away with it."
BY the treaty of Tilsit Gar Ale1an-
der agreed that If England did not
assent to the peace he should declare
war against her. If Sweden objected
he was to send an army into that
country.
Cheyenne record., 1919-05-22

The treaty. Of TilSit Sigualized the
defeat of the fourth coalition against
France, which consisted of Russia,
Prussia. Austria, England and Swe-
den. Napoleon had won the battles of
Jena, Auerstadt, Eylau and Friedland; /;
!. ali continental Europe was at his feet;
he dictated the terms Of peace. The
Russian army hadsbeen thrown back
+ over the river Niemen In the northeast
corner of Prussia. Napoleon went to
the town Of Tilsit on that river and
opened negotiations with Emperor
Alexander. The king of Prussia. whose
domains were entirely lIi the grasp of
the conqueror, came to Tilsit but was
allowed no part in the negotiations.
In a stately pavilion erected on a
gorgeously decorated raft anchored in
the middle of, the river Alexander and
Napoleon met on June 25 and began
the drafting of treaty between Rus
sia and France which was !signad by
the two emperors on July 7. Russia
was given practically "a free. hand in
Turkey, allowed to seize. IF she could,
the Danubian prigcipalities, and, in
case Turkey. did mott assent to. the
peace, to have all of Turkey in Eu-
rope except fo9stqantlnople and; Ron,
melia. The two emperors' also DIS;
cbssed the fate of Prussia. Frederick
william begged the car to make the
best terms he could for him.
What His Reason Disapproved.
,s,Napoleon said to Alexander: "What-
ever grant to Prussia | grant at your
iptercession." adding. thnt in that mat
ter his heart caused him to seal what
his reason disapptoved."
The best terms. Car Alexander
could get for bis friend the Prussian
king. were these - All" the lands that
Prussia had stolen in the partition of
Poland in 1893 and 1795 were taken
from her and erected into the Grand
Duchy of Warsaw. an Independent
Polish state. Prussia ceded to Napo-
leon all her territory west of the
Elbe. most OF which was added to the
new kingdom pf;Westphalia, which was
constructed for Napo1eon's brother.
Jerome. small portion Of Prussian
territory was given to Russia and
small portion to Saxony. King Fred
erick william. was allowed to retain
only Old Prussia. Pomerania: Brand
enburg and Silesia. And even the lat
ter province had "a, string to It." for
rhe king Of Saxony. to whom the
grand duchy OF Warsaw was as
signed. was to keep open military
road across Silesia. Prussia was re-
duced to half her former territory and
deprived of her most important towns;
for Danzig became free city -and
Magdeburg went to Jerome Bonaparte.
Prussia was obliged to close her ports
against British commerce. A war in
demnity Of q large amount for those