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Molly's Man in the Service.
K BY JANE OSBORN.
(Copyright, 1318, by the McClnre
Newspaper Syndicate.)
n ' DID.VT know as you had a man
II In the &crTjce," commented Mr?,
r Deaa Iiom^her citidsl behind the
coffee tun at the head of the Ion?
boarding-house table. She nodded in
the direction of the newest and quirtfc-.t
of the young women who tenanted
Kfrt-r rooms end ftartook of-the boaaf.*
of her board. &nd that young woman
first dropped her eyes to the pancakes
Ion her plate and then looked up to
Mrs. Dean with the suspicion of a
nn far ft
"Didn't yea r* rsbe said and then the
other boarders whose noses were not
buried in their morning papers looked
back at Mrs Dean to see how she
would take Miss Pringic's ca!m rejoinder.
"I happened to see the service flag
flying in your window?that was all."
be sniffed. '! always go in to inspec{
after Maggy has given the rooms their
weekly turning out. and Maggy said
it was something new. Well, thinks
I. Miss Prlngie has been keeping some
thing from us. 1 knew you had n-trotbers
in the service. Miss Pringle.
and we hadn't yet seen any soldier
beans- around here evenings, or any
other beans for that matter?so 1
Says to myself Miss Pringle is a siv
Dne?she's got her Sammy at the front
like the rest of them."
Mis* Priagie's color deepened and
she studied the brown and buff of her
pancakes with even more scrutiny.
Some of the boarders who bad been
deep In their papers felt the oppression
of the silence that followed and
looked up. so that almost all eyes were
on Miss Pringle. But she made no
comment. And after breakfast in more
than one gioup of dispersing boarder.-,
the question uppermost was "Did you
Wiac PHnolt***** "PrtftP wif]
[ suppose she has a young man nt the
rj'nt-*j*JC'3c:ie^"Cr mentioned him and
ve never seen a picture?I didn't
think she had any beans?but you
never know, still waters run <lcep."
Such were the other coT.m?nts.
As Miss Fringlc passed, still a little
smbarrasscd, from the dining-room a
tal. lonely-looking young man stood
back to hoi dthe door open for her.
She had seen him several times before.
He was one ot the new boarders
?had a back hall bcroorn somewhere
m the higher regions of the
house. Apparently he had no claims
to stellar consideration from Mrs.
Dean! She had never introduced him
to any of the pretty girls of the house
and sb-- rever. never asked him to
tave more syrup on his pancakes.
(Je had heard Mrs. Dean's prying renark
to Miss Pringle. for as she passed
him to leave the room he looked
^nto_hcr eyes for Just a second.
k"?UOn't Jet ncr worry you. ne sa 10.
that was all; but Miss Prlngle felt
that In that anthill ot a house she
lau atj~*ast one friend. And Molly
Jiiafele needed a friend?she needed
:o know that sonfe one believe*! in
Igg?for as a matter of fact she knew
l'ersrtj .to be s> fraud. The service
flag va^ merely a flag that fluttered
siutdde Itfci window because other girls
she knew had similar flags fluttering
from their windows. She hadn't
meant to cheat hut when the man
with the little-flags on the street corner
called out every evening as the
girls from the store were passing:
"Got a man at the front? Buy a flag
to show you've got a man at the front."
other girls stopped and bought flags.
.CONFESSION
ti =
Dick seemed to be perfectly fit this
norning and when I told bitn that 1
.bought of going over to spt-nd the
reek end with Donna Teuney, he
bought it was a splendid idea
Til bet you are mighty tired of me.
tlaxgie,' lie said. "I have hardly let j
."ou out of my sight since the -tccident {
ast summer, and I must give you
xedit for putting up with me in greatibape.
I tell you an invalid husband
s no Joke "
"'But, Pick, I think you are nicer;
vhen ^ou are sick than when you are :
veil."
' "Come off, come off, my dear. You j
an't make believe that a sick man is ;
tcer than a well one."
"Yes, he is, Dick, to the woman who ;
cally cares for tire. You see -we -wo-:
ten lore t minister to those love.!
expect that it is the maternal in us. |
bd honestly, Dick. I like you best !
then you are a little dependent on me. j
'on know, being a man. you cannot get
vex, all at once, the idea that what
ou say and do is the right thing.
Then yon are well, you are perfectly
rrogant about it. but when you are I
I, yon are just like my own child and j
am happy then.
"Dick, do yon realize that no woman J
tes to be. always the one to follow, i
s,least sot the woman of our day. 1
ir instance, I am sure you would con- !
der me as *bntting in," as you would !
y, on something that was none ot .
y business it I undertook to oeremprfly
ten you how you must spend !
nr money.
"Indeed, I remember how angry you 1
ire when we were first married,
ten I suggested that you mltht give
i an aDowance. You even consider-;
that an encroachment on vonr i
'I was a young fool then. Margie." .
There was much for both of us to '
rri. Dick. I. too, have seen and
rned a good deal since I was mar
d. Marriage, like any politics, is a :
ies or compromises."
'How do you know that politics Is i
eries^of compromises?" Dick asked
h a grin,\md I knew he xvojH say
Jiing more about my spending the
ck for my ^dividends in ?ey own
Jipe of the things, little book, that
, women must learn is not to nag.
en a thing is hashed over again and
in.it is like pouring alcohol on a
fast as it begins t heal. When a .
' Jtnjls that "the game Is up." as he j
Oyalls It. he puts the whole |
worn his mind as Quickly as uoa- i
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3AGE F
Ss>
By BETTY BROWN.
. NEW YORK?Ore need rot necessarily
buy a railroad ticket to Florida
to know what is good looking :n bathing
suits.
Here, for example, are three of the
most fascinating costumes. On tlio
; lelt tne young person js wearing a creation
of rose colored khaki kooi. its
j charming "princess" waistline achievi
i
some with one star, some with * -re.
! some vitii three, ami hurried av.ny,
j seemingly much happier for the snial! |
purchase. Molly had no matt at the,
front or anywhere else, for that mat-1
ter. bur stil! she bought her I'tt'.e flag j
and ie? it ware from her boarding-'
house window. Then she s'-med to i
i work knitting mufflers and sleeveless
j sweaters and wrist Jo- ? for the : en oral
Red Cross supply; and. as site
j worked her rf f^r into the flight.!
she pi clonic;: that t aey v v go-;
! ing for her soldier?for the Sainmy i
| for ahum the flag in the window wa? j
| waving. Then she bought some sof;
| green wool and start' I knitting a!
sweater for herself. After knitting an !
hcur for her Sammy she would I.nitl
fifteen mintcs to herself?that was J
what the other girls did?the other j
S OF A WIFE j:
~ ;
' sible.
T f?n11 v flittle 'hnnV. w.iiy^n arc :
the best winners?r.t least as 1 look .
about among my acquaintances I find j
the women who have succeeded in life
are more charming than self-made;
men. But I don't think women arc :
good losers. It tak s a lot of courage i
to look defeat in the race and laugh j
while you say,,"better luck next time," ;
and then promptly to forget the defeat j
in the strenuous work o: winr.uig the i
next battle of life that looms before j
you.
"When do you expect to go to visit!
Donna?" said Dick as we were having j
breakfast.
"I thought that if you felt well I
enough to be without me. I would go j
tonight. You know how I hate to :
travel in the day time."
"All right, my dear, that is up to ;
you. but I an't sec why any one should t
want to travel in a sleeping car :t tne ,
journey corld be made: in the day time.,
However. ?'IT get you a compartment j
today."
"Indeed. Dick, you will do nothing
of the kind. I won't pay ail that extra (
money for one person in a compart-;
ment. You can buy a ticket for me !
and a lower berth."
- I
I saw,tom,give ky ne*i
OUTFIT THE UP AMO DC
j and Tell, me U<xt t
7 i r~j.
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5 WEST VIRGINIAN?-FAn
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TRIP TO
ed by the friendly oiuiiiiaw ;
cluster tucks. The particalar feature
i? t>?*> mhlw '.rnri* nr..! ran. The scarf :
is of thin rubber, two ya#ds ions and
is effectively stenciled with a seaweed
design. The bat!::.is :v.p i. something ,
new tinder the Pa!tr: Beach sira for
its boasts a rubber chin strap ami a
smart little peak. The bather in the
awning effect wears a cot-iume of blue ; .
girls in the store v. ho red real tfun:teies.
So mot truer, jfolly ' k l.er soft
greet: knitting the botuums-iousc
sitting-rocm?when sin.- was waiting
for dinner that v.c.;tt re: dy quite
on time. She he-:-' ehout tairrag
down jlie soldier kr.i g fear :
another inquiring remark might come
fvom Jlw. Dean. Th - r-'.-. r.au wat
ched her knit and had t- U her she
was a rapid worker, and ones oho :
had wound a in nt j (;a :he ]
back of a chair . :! r time the
tafi. forlorn young met. " !: > he-! mac
held the door open for her. ntedh
to rise up from a shadowy m i of the
room and offered to ho'd the yarn for
her. lie had held to the 1: end of ,
the wool and as it erawl ihrough j
his hand, as Molly wound the bail ? .
completion, hejook 1 ;u : . stroked
it with his other h:.:.d.
"It's a very pretty ceer."-he sa'd.
and then .having : jrun.-r-: .h t Id. i .
usefulness, he (tettied brie*.; into the!
shadow of the rocm.
Once after that the young man approached
her apparently v.-r.h socio i
oaibr.; tassment and asked her why ;
she J'M ret do her knitting In the living-it
fiti any more. He explained the \
uuc'tien by ayinrr t r he had hepodt ]
r> }. !? h t wind another skein some - ]
time. But after that Molly did nor, ,
kimting in her ov.-u item. ! \
Ore c\en:r.g a htjif hour after- ?iIn-i i
ner tint Molly wr? clone in her room) i
siltiti.-r up en her little c.-uch by any ; '
and brd by night, knitting. There; ]
was a tap at the door ar.d Molly. not} 1
wishing to put down her knitting?it'
was the fifteen mintitcs during which | she
knitted on her own sweater?ca:i-j ]
ed out 'Tome in." without rising. The i i
door opened an dtb" tail young inan' i
To the Women
I tiiMii? gr>lf sacrifice
of money, sacrifice of
You cannot hope to escape
war. The Red Cross deman<
fice to accomplish the most?
week in the headquarters wc
,
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS'
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:i-i ?i:jc str:ped satin. slightly slit
at either side to give the appearance j
of an apron. White satin bloomers j
ha-..? kncelets of the striped material.;
The blue and white satin trlcorn is a j
fetching touch. Lady Languid is posed j
in a boach frock of rose satin with a j
white satin panel and rather tailory!
looking but tons. Her cap is 2 white j
satin baud that buttons the maiden's 1
curls into a dry zone. w
who had wound her wool stood there, j
"Won't you come a: sam iuci.y.;
rising ant? motioning to tie one chair i
in her neat little room.
Vhe young man first said that he!
couldn't and then did come ia and.;
atter five minutes of embarrassed |
searching for a cue to his errand. f:a- j
alTy came abruptly to the point, hej
wanl-.i to get from her a little of thel
-<>!t green wool, just enough to niaKet
three or four rows on a man's sleeve-'
less sweater. I-Ic told her he had tried !
to 'inti stray pieces when she ]
was knitting downstairs but had been !
unsuccessful.
Molly wound off a generous Its'!
from a fn-V skein, gov it to him a a J ;
HO Cj'IBollOUH. lit; jwoc f
ro he glanced toward the service flag;
that she had pulled into her roohl *'or'
the niehr. He walked over to it and
Buttered the flag.
"Is it a brother?*' he asked apparently
with some difficulty.
' said Molly, blushing guiltily.
"That is. I have no brotcers.*'
Molly was prompted to add. "I'm not '
slushing for the reason you think I
sai." but of coarse'she didn't.
It v. a.-, not till after the neighborboarder
had left her room that sb 5
began to wonder why he had asked!
Tor the length of green wool and hot !
curiosity increased so that, as the i
time passed, she determined to ask'
riai. Still when she met him at break- j
"art it was not entirely easy. Then j
ivhea she came home for dinner and ]
paused in the sitting-room she heard
the latest boarding-house gossip.
Ves. the tail young man was going
?he had his commission in the engineer's
division, or something of the
sort. He had known that he would j
get it all along and had never said
{
!
of Fairmont:
Sacrifice of life., sacrifice i
time, of comfort, of food,
since your country is at
3s the least personal sacri one
day of your time each
>rk room. j j
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?(WILBUR BELIEVES IN
StHT Hg/UZLV TIM?1 I'fTTj
SO ANf> TriJS IS r-"niAT Reminds
t)ME l\e. HAD I Me of SOME
. n j HAIL THAT GAME.
1 11 pop. VOl> T?WN ^
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anything about it?and now he wa
practically gone. It really was to
bad?Mrs. Dean told some of th
pretty girls?that they had not know
before. He was not such a bad-Iool
mg young man. only very quiet. K
would not be back for dinner?h
would perhaps come fccaoc for hi
things after dinner and that would b
the last of him.
Molly was devising a scheme when
by she might make sure of seeing th
young man. The excuse sue iuuue ?.
herself was that -the varied to line
what he was doing with the gree
wool. She left her door ajar into th
hall and when she saw him passin
to his room to get his things sl?i crJX
ed him. He came into her room?tol
ber he had come back specially t
see her as he could havS sent a mes
senger for his things. "I wanted t
tell yon about the wool." he said. "
know you won't langb at me. I'm
queer sort of fellow?I never knot
any girls. I guess they don't se
much in me. And the other men wer
all having their girls knit sweater
for them with a stripe of the color o
the sweater they made for themseive
along the edge, and?well, it was fool
ish of me?but I wanted a sweate
like that. I didn't want the fellow
to know I didn't know any girl tha
would make one. So I knitted on<
for myself and wnen 1 iu <.u
edge I made up my mind I wanted t<
wear the color you were going t<
wear."
"Why didn't you let me knit tfc
sweater for you?" begged Holly ,a!
most in tears.
"Well, you sec. you had your Sam
my." He pointed toward the littl.
service flag.
"I thiak that that flag is for yon.'
she said. ' I got one because the oth
er girls did?I wanted to hare a mat
at the front, too."
And the next day when Molly toll
the girls she was engaged to th<
younc engineer Mrs. Dean said shi
had known it all along and before !on?
she told her boarders that she math
the match.
fdfin 15 5AVFI) m
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SELF DENIAL DAYS
Some Striking Figures Obtained
Through the Conservation
Questionaire
A dispatch from Raleigh. S. C\, fur
nishes a striKing uiuauuiuu
amounts of whoa:, becl aal port
products, fats and sugar whic.i a:e be
ing saved through economy ari sub
stitution. It is given in a summary o;
replies to a questionnaire which was
sent out by the Fo > 1 Admir.istratiot
recently to the colleges and ooardinj
schools, orphanages and similar insti
tations in the state In a letter mailec
today to the heads of thoae 'nstitu
tions the Food Administration states
that no more encouray!us or In-pirins
information has come to its oilict
than the replies to -his questionnaire
Replies were received from ~'j in
stitution: and the stitnmarr show:
lhat th-re institutions have -.-educed
their m">nthly consumption as rol
lews:
Wheat flour, from 4ST ba -rels tc
375 barrels. ,
Beef. Iron/ 4S.639 pounds to 3S.394
pounds.
Pork, from 45.131 pounds 'o 39,345
pounds
Sugar, from 34.913 pounds to 20,943
pounds.
Fats, irom 19,416 pounds to 11.91J
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COLD-ITS FIND
"Rape's Cold Compound" Ends Severe
Colds or Grippe In Few Hours.
You can end grippe and br??k up a
severe cold either in head. ches:. bodj
or limbs, by taking a dose of "Pape's
Cold Compound" every two ho>::s an
til three doses are taken.
It promptly opens cloggedup nos
trils and air passages in tho bead,
stops nasty discharge or nose running
relieves sick headache, dullnes0. lever
ishness. sore throat, sneezing, sore
noss and stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed-tip! Quit blowing
and snuffling. Ease your throbbing
head?nothing else in the world gives
such prompt relief as "Fape'a Cold
Compound," which -osts only a few
cents at any drug -tore. It acts trim
out assistance, tastes nice, and ceases
no inconvenience. Be sure you get t&e
genuine.
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i Jn letters -which accompanied tl:c rei
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- j from starvation 2,500 or tnore vomen,;
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ialomel sometimes plays havoc with the
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