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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-10
CHAPTER CCCLXXU
Copyright. 1919, King Features,
Syndicate Incl

Copyright, 1919, King Features,
Syndicate, lnc.)
Walls empty bed glimmered back
at me in the soft glow of the Chin
ese lamp that stood on the night
table next the bed.
The room was as empty as the
bed.
My heart began hammering again
with recurrence of the terror I'd
felt down in the ravine when the
wrecked car crashed toward the
river. What had ENVY Mason done?
Where was Val?
There is a little balcony overhang-
ing the Mason Towers side of
Dreamwold 1t runs along under
the windows of the blue room and
the two rooms beyond. In one dash
/ was at the big French windows
which give on this balcony, flung
them. wide and ran out. But Val
was nowhere to be seen. Half
desperately my eyes travelled down
to the dark. densely wooded slope
that leads to the river bank. Then
a sound within the room attracted
me.
1 turned and stepped in through
the window. There was Val lean
ing heavily against the door of the
big closet on the side of the room
between the windows and door and
just opposite the bed.
Wall" l cried. 7 was terribly
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-10
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frightened. Where have you
been?"
She stared at me with unmasked
hostility.
When did YOU come? How did
you get in-through the windows
from the other ROOM" she de-
manded.
Why, l came in through the door
from the hall" l replied.
Which way" asked Val, breath
lessly, sagging against the old H.
hogany back of her.
Il came up the back stairs"
replied quietly. watching her care
fully as 1 spoke.
oh" Her tone held volumes of
relief then she asked sweetly,
Would you help me to bed ,"
You overtaxed your strength
getting out, didn't you?" | ques-
toned as L helped her back among
the covers and felt my sympathy
go out to her at the sigh with
which she slipped back among the
soft pillows again.
Val looked up at me smiling, ac-
tually cheerful. could see that
she found great satisfaction in the
thought that | hadn't seen ENVY.
But l couldn't see why that should
make up to her for the upset
Evvys visit must have caused.
Why didn't you ring for the
nurse if you wanted anything" |
asked, feeling that this question had
an important bearing on things L
must know. rs there something
| can get from the closet?''
"No-no" gasped Val. There's
nothing there"
Some one phoned the nurse and I
had enough mercy to tell her not
to come back upstairs til my sup
per tray was ready. I'm better
much better. Anne. You can see
that, can't you?"
Yes, can see that" | replied.
coldly. not at all sympathizing with
a Val who didn't suffer. who didn't
grieve over Shelly's death. Even if
she had no business to care for
Sheldon Blake at all, it would have
been easier to forgive a woman who
was capable of deep, heroic emo
tions that shook the very founda-
tions of her life than to find any
excuse for a creature of petty love
affairs
We'll, then" went on Val. an
swering what ! had said as we'll as
the thoughts which must have writ
ten themselves pretty clearly on
my face, you'll understand that
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-10
UNPOPULAR NAMES

What is there about that good old
Saxon word, housewife, that twenti-
eth century DANES should shy at it?
According to Solomon, many daugh-
ters have done virtuously," but tie
housewife outranks them in excel
lence. A woman, registering, that
she might exercise her new privilege
of voting, so dislike giving her occu-
patton as housewife that she called
herself office assistant" on the
strength of having occasionally re-
celVed and replied to messages in
her husbands office. Maid" was so
universally rejected by young women
in domestic service that the term
household assistant" was coined TO
solve wounded pride and save the
face"--as the Chinese say-of thos,
formerly designated as "hired girls
When the New York CITY Y. Al.
&. A. instituted a course in domestic
service to train girls-household as
sistants we mean, of course-in the
essential task of the eight-hour day
now insisted upon, the applicants
were so few that the course was con-
Quoted at loss for some time.
Neither tie character of the work
nor the pay per hour appealed to
waseearners. Now ii appears that
the training is so called by those
for whom it was not intended, and
the saving of S12 or SIS per week
so esteemed. that housewives them
selves have applied in such numbers
as to constitute 80 per cent of the
attendance.
Scarcity of labor. high wages de-
manded for sho er hours are uniting
to return women to their original
work of caring for tEeir own house
holds. Now that the dc irability Of
a woman president is be'ng
gravely considered by suffrage lead
ers. the returning swing of the pc /.
dulum - that reactionary impulse
that always follows an extreme -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-10
WORKS HARD TO
AVERT FLU EPIDEMIC
Government and City Health
Officials Warn People to
Keep Clean.
Stay Away from People with
Coughs and Colds.

"Avoid crowds if you want to
avoid Influenza" says Association
for Improving the Conditions of
New York.
Keep your hands clean, drink
plenty of fresh water; sleep with
windows open; eat three uniform
meals a day including a good
breakfast.
People who have catarrh or fire.
quent colds invite Influenza, de-
clares prominent Kentucky
druggist.
The membrane of the throat
and nose is raw, sore and tender,
and makes a lovely abiding place
for germs to thrive and multiply.
He advises an inexpensive home
made remedy that will bring relief
in less than a day and will stop all
discharge and sooth and heal the
infamed membrane in a few days.
Thousands are making this be-
neficial remedy at home and any
one who has catarrh or cold can
do the same.
Pour three-quarters of an ounce
of Mentholized Arcine into a pint
bottle, then fill the bottle with
water that has been boiled.
Gargle the throat as directed
and snuff or spray the liquid into
the nostrils twice daily. It's
simple way to get rid of cold and
catarrh and keeps the nasal pas
sage and throat clean and healthy.
Nearly all druggists dispense
Mentholized Arcine in vials con-
tanning exactly three-quarters of
an ounce, which is all you need to
make pint of this healthful me-
dicine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-10
LITTLE TALKS BY
BEA TRICE FAIRFAX

Did YOU ever meet a single soul
who wouldn't rather look at a
pretty pink rosebud than at a
withered old rose? And how
many people do you know who ac-
tually prefer dirty and ragged
small boy whose face was washed
some time within the week to u
pretty baby, rosy and clean? Or
maybe you've met folks who prefer
gazing on a broken-down cab horse
sleek, chestnut coat of a splendidly
groomed roughbred-that's alb
surd, isn't it.
All right. We agree. And agree
ing, we share the premises of our
argument.
Now. then, don't you know plenty
of folks who just naturally get an
attack of envy whenever they see a
handsome man or a pretty girl?
"He can't be any account" says
Clarence scornfully, of Edgar
He's too darn good looking to
amount to shucks.
Well, of course, the well-faVored
human does get a little headstart
over the homely one because of our
aforesaid love of beauty and he
may lean little heavily on the
idea that handsome does as hand
some is. But an idea is "a weak
sister on which to do a lot of lean
ing. You have to bolster it up with
a whole lot of good faith and per-
formance if you count on 1t to
support you.
Co
some are that and nothing more,
where does it get them? And if
they get nowhere in this world of
ours, what possible reason is
there for envying them?
But if the good-looking human
has soul to match and a brain
worthy of its setting, what jaun-
diced creatures we must be to have
malice and hate in our hearts for
D being who brings real contribu-
lions to life.
The other day I saw beauty-just
as beauty, and nothing more-just-
fly itself. / was lunching frugally
(and unwisely) at little white
tiled restaurant where the Danish
buttercake is thing to dream
about. Next eat a pretty, rosy
faced girl, with marvellous big
brown eyes and madonna brow,
over which hair dropped softly from
L center parting.
We faced the big glass show win
dow, in which were temptingly ar
rayed pastries and buns and
breads and cakes of the sort to
make a fatman shoot on sight any
Doctor who says:
Eliminate starch from your
1iet."
And to that window full of cinna-
mon cakes and blueberry tarts
came two ragged looking citizens
who stood gazing from pricelist to
window and back again with faces |
.elling all too we'll that even a quar-
.ers' worth of lunch was beyond |
hem. Unshaven, ragged and bitter |
IF mouth and eye, they stood there !
-inflammable material for the red |
lanes of anarchy to set ablaze.
Suddenly one of them looked |
nto the restaurant. His face was |
with hate and resentment !
You could Just see his mind ques- |
ioning the whole scheme of things |
md his feelings lashing the fortu-
lates who had the price of the
neal he craved.
And then, his eyes faltered across |
he face of the pretty girl They |
urned away. Returned. fingered. |
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-10

seems likely to prevent women from
doing the worlds work." as con-
templated, and force them back into
the restricted field" which femin-
lists deplore.
The alternative may not have an
altogether unhappy outlook. The
average man marries because he
wants home and children. If his
wife cheats him in the promise she
weakens by just that much her hold
upon him. 1t is time that mothers,
instead of casting so much of their
responsibility for the training of
their children upon tie schools and
teachers, assumed and discharged 1t
themselves. One not impotent means
of reducing the divorce evil is the
upbuilding of a deeper and more
conscientious interest in the home
and it's cupants.-Detroit Free
Press
The Perfect Woman
Milly-I suppose your idea of q
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-10
ACIDS IN STOMACH
CAUSE INDIGESTION
Create Gas. Sourness and Pain.
How To Treat.

Medical authorities state that
nearly nine-tenths OF the cases OF
stomach trouble. indigestion, sour
hess, burning. gas bloating, nausea,
etc, are due to an excess of hydro
chloric acid in the stomach and not
as some believe to a lack of diges-
tive juices. The delicate stomach
lining is irritate,.. digestion is delay
ed iand food sours. causing the dis
agreeable symptoms which every
stomach sufferer knows SO well.
Artificial digestents are not needed
in such cases and may do real harm.
Try laying aside all digestive aids
and instead get from any druggist
few ounces ot Bisurated Magnesia
and take a teaspoonful in a quarter
glass of water right after
eating. This sweetens the stom-
ach, prevents the formation of
excess acid and there Is no sourness,
gas or pain. Bsurated Magnesia Gin
powder or tablet form-never liquid
or milk is harmless to the stomach,
inexpensive to take and is the most
efficient form of magnesia for stom-
ach purposes 1t is used by thous-
ands of people who enjoy their meals
with no more fear OF Indigestion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-10

shan't need the nurse after to-
night. But tonight L still want
her. ! don't think I'd like to lie
awak call through the dark hours
and remember poor Shelly-smiling
hd young one minute, gone the
next"
This was the first time since the
tragedy that Val had mentioned
Shelly. 1t brought a quick response.
TN stay with you, dear, if YOU
like" l said.
NO. l might really need the
nurse for hypodermic. Have you
seen him." asked Val.
I'm going over tonight with
Jim. Nirginia's been over. | think
she wants to come and tell you
how peaceful he looks"
"Peaceful?" Val shuddered.
sheldon peaceful. Why, Anne,
how could he be when he lived so
hard? He just flooded the place
with life and magnetism. How
could he be peaceful when he saw
death waiting to pounce on him
just as he was living-just as he
was getting-"
Val stumbled and stopped. and
fumbling for something to help her
out of her misery, L returned to
Virginia.
"Jeanie's just come back from
Mason Towers. Shall L send her to
you?"
NO. What do 1 need of Vir-
ginia Dalton's latest reports" she
said, and if her voice was creamy
now it was thick and curdled. He
liked her once-for a while, didn't
he? And she almost threw away
her chance to go back to Pat for
him. And now she's happy. L
wonder if she knows he died in
ENVY Mason's arms"
Wal, That couldn't matter to
Teanie,' l gasped.
NO. l suppose not. She adores I
Pat too much to care n whit
DO YOU care so much. dear?"
The words fairly tore themselves !
rom the depths of my subconscious !
elf and when l heard them rushing |
'ut to overwhelm poor Val and |
vrest her poor secret from her, I |
vas petritied with pity and with re-
ret for what I'd said. But in the |
leXt second I stepped back in COM
,lete astonishment. Val flung her /
elf high on the pillows and in a |
Wild gesture pointed shaking |
land at me.
Get out of this room" she |
creamed. Get out of this room
md don't you dare come into it
gain"
To Be Continued.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-10
How Fat Actress
Was Made Slim

Many stage people now depend en-
tireIy upon Marmola Prescription
Tablets for reducing and controlling
fat One clever actress tells that she
reduced two to four pounds a week
by using this new form of the famous
Marmola Prescription and now, by
taking Marmola Tablets several times
a year keeps her weight just right.
All druggists sell Marmola Prescrip-
tion Tablets at 81. for a large case.
or YOU can get them by sending
price direct to the Marmola Co. SCI.
Woodward Ave. Detroit. Mich. If
you have not tried them do so. They
are harmless and effective.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-10
To Be Continued.
CAN'T FOOL HIM

Cornelius on his first visit to the
seaside went down to the beach at
low tide and saw a big fishing
smack lying high and dry on the
mud ats.
Hey, mister" he said to a fish
erman. how do you get that big
boat down to the water?''
I'VE don't take the boat down to
the water, mate" said the fisher
man. The water comes up to the
boat"
Cornelius gave a harsh laugh.
Say. mister" he said. II may be
from the country, but / amt goin'
to swaller that"-Houston Post.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-10
lN<SeNNseNNs~NN%NN
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS:
MAY BE OVERCOME

2 IF you have Catarrhal Deafness
Sor are even just a little hard of
Shearing or have head noises go tos
Syour druggist and get 1 ounce of
SParmint. double strength), ands
Sadd to 1T Il pint OF hot water, and
ga little granulated sugar Take l.
Tablespoonful four times a day.
This Will often bring quick re-:
Slief from the distressing head
Snoises. CloSged nostrils should
Sopen, breathing become easy ands
$the mucus stop dropping into the
Sthroat- 1t iss easy to prepare. costs
Slittle and is pleasant to take. Any-
Zone losing hearing or who has
catarrhal Deafness or head noises
trial.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-10

perfect woman is one who has no
faults?
Billy-No, merely one who ac-
knowledges them.-London Ideas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
Chldren's Welfare

It is really pity the way many small children
permitted to ramble at their leisure around the
streets all hours Of the day night No wonder
have many criminals when children brought up
child should go to bed before o'clock every
ing and should arise at o'clock Upon arising he should
inale several deep breaths standing before open
dow Then he should battle all parts of his body first
with and then with cold water He should be
taught to great in the cleaning of his teeth.
Undcrclohes should be changed at least twice week
He should eat solid breakfast before going to school,
Many parents overced children This is very harmful
the child and is bad starving him, because
works the little digestive organs making the child dull
and lazy. Also, many mothers overdress children. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07

Editors Note: All readers of The Childrens Tribune
years old younger asked editorials
(i. e. opinions about What is going in the word)
ESQ 800 words long the Editor Of this pa &C.
The printed will be paid for a word
ANNE LEWIS PIERCE.
Editor The Childrens Tribune
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
The Meaning of Strikes

"Do you know what strike is?" asked teacher of
a small boy in school. eyes, ma'am," he answered "a
strike is when boy gets mad at having much home
work and plays hockey from school," "And then what
happens when he back asked the amused teacher
"Well," he replied, che gets scoding, and then he
doesn't get any less homework than he did in the be-
ginning
This to be true meaning of the word "strike"
in the eyes Of little children, but most of readers
old enough now that in the eyes of the gov .rnment
"srke las greater meaning. It that all Of the
strikers who inhict hardship the public pure
traitors to their country Let take coal strike, for
example. 1t that most of the commerce in the
country is stopped because of it, All the large plants
would have to close up which would lead to thousands
of thrown out of work.
Our country is sick and helpless child, and
medicine cure it except "patrotism, which must
be given by the people. Marion Beaupre (13 years.
East Orange, N. J.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07

chest and head should be kept COOL the stomach feet
Careful mothers generally plan their chdren's
diet that they properly fed, but many mothers
too strict about allowing their children sugar
in any FORM How would they like it if they forced
to eat sugaress cereal. only speck of chocolate
any kind Of candy? If your mother is like this just tell
her that little sugar your cereal would hurt be-
sugar adds heat and energy to the body If asked
properly she will be reasonable and allow little.
Claire Huechsel "a years.,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
Powers of Observation

We live in the greatest city in the world. Naturally
in such big city this interesting things bound
to happen If you asked, "What the most in
teresting thing you your way to school this
morning?" what would you say?
One day in school the teacher asked the following
question: "What did you observe your way to school
this mornng?" and only boy remembered what he
The trouble with the people Of New York and of
other large cities that they but they do observe
1t is literally of "having eyes but they
not" You look at something that is happening; you
it, but your brain the job observing it? This
city has 100000 population and sons thing
happens to each of each day.
1t will be interesting if your way to school, you
try to have your eyes communicate with your brains
and observe something about every you pass the
way Later in the day try recall what you observed
Just you try it and you will that it really
fact that you failed to observe what going around
you. Stanley Hatcher az years).
YorkC
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-03

Washington, Feb. 3.-Director Gen.
eral Hines testifying today before the
interstate commerce committee for
the first time, declared he did not be.
lieye in government ownership Of
railroads.
Il do not believe there is anything
substantial in the argument that q
five year extension of government op-
Grafton would necessarily mean gov
ernment ownership. do not person
ally believe In government owner
ship. believe there can be form
Of radically constructed private own
ership with such close government
supervision including government rep
resentation on the board of directors
as will give the public and labor all
the benefits Of government owner
ship.
Moderate Return.
| believe that all the objects which
think must be achieved to obtain a
permanent solution might be accomp-
lished through comparatively few
railroad companies which will have
capitalization equal only to the real
value of the property and which will
have a moderate guaranteed return
To prevent development Of COM
prehensive and permanent solution,
Mr.. Hines renewed Mr. McAdoO's rec
omemndation for a five year extension
of government control and said if this
were not done that it would be best
for al concerned to relinquish gov
ernment control without awaiting the
expiration of the twentyone months
period provided by law.
Full Opportunity. ..
1T will give advocates Of govern
ment ownership full opportunity to
press their views without being in
fluenced by temporary reaction by
government control.
1T will stabilize employment anu
wage conditions, permit prosecution
of a program Of huge. betterment con:
ditions. ${a#ftt i# II
ut will protect security holders
pending an ultimate solution nm g"r
fEe Eliminate Politics. III ESf II
1T will minimize the danger IF
making the railroad question pure
Y partisan issue to be considered in
an illogical manner in the presidential
election" S.. ,,. ..-.-... .in.
On the other hand, Mr.. Hines said,
if this extension were not Inade the
roads should be relinquished by the
twenty-One months.
Reaction Present.
There is now reaction from pa
trfotic tension from war times, re-
sulting in critical and hostile action
of public as to government control.
The uncertainty of the future on
part of employees would increase as
the twenty.one months period would
draw to close.
Twenty-one months is not long
enough time to complete many I'm
provements and extensions.
Early REIMBURSEMENT would not
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-03
THROUGH ROUTE
TO 7 WIN CITIES
r R ON BISMARCK
Resolutions Call Upon Railway
Administration to Estab. Il.
q lish New Service

Unkind things of the Northern Pa
cific are said In a concurrent tresoru-
tion introduced by the senate railway
committee Saturday calling upon Hon.
Walter D. Hines, director general of
the u. S. railway administration, to
establish through passenger and
freight service between Bismarck and
the Twin Cities, via the 500 line to
Moffit, the Northern Pacific thence to
Linton, and thence via the Chicago,
Milwaukee e. st. Paul to the Twin
Cities. The resolution ask: that this
route be established in the interests
of better, shorter cheaper service,
which it declares has been blocked by
the Northern Pacific. The resolution
sets forth that Bismarck is diverg-
ing point for lines north, south, east
and west, as we'll as a base of naviga-
tion for Missouri river boats. A pro-
test Is registered against prevailing
service and excessive rates, especial
ly on the Northern Pacific, and the
federal railway administration is ask
ed to take advantage of the terminal
facilities offered by the 500 line to es-
tablish the new through service ad-
vocated. The resolution was refer
red to the committee on federal rela-
tiOns.
The last date for the introduction of
bills in the senate was extended to
February 4. The senate concurred in
house amendments to Senate Bill IA.
Senator browns grain grading bill
and house amendments to Senate Bill
%. Senator King presented a resolu-
tion protesting against the proposed
establishment of zone postal rates.
Resolutions from Nelson county
school officers protesting against the
fight on Miss Nelson were presented
by Senator Morkrid.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-03
STRIKE FEVER
IS EPIDEMIC
IN ENGLAND

London, Feb 3!-The strike fever
which has become epidemic in the
United Kingdom spread to London to-
day. There have been minor strikes
in the city during the past few weeks.
Another strike that will bring
home to Londoners serious situa-
tion is that threatened by hotel
workers. who will hold meeting to-
day to decide whether they should
lay down their napkins TO enforce de-
mands for short hours and better
working conditions.
The next stoppage on the program
is that of the engineers who expect
to 60 on strike Thursday for a forty
hour week.
The fact that Premier Lloyd George
remains in Paris leads to the conclu-
sion that the cabinet members do not
consider the situation as serious as 1t
looks on its face.