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Old Troubles
for New
The Last of Summer
By Nell Brinkley
Vipyrlartt. 11. Intern! Nw Hervlee.
Organized Insect
Armies
By DOROTHT DIX.
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"I've got a get-rlck-qulck scheme." mI1
tha Stenographer, "that's going to put
Mr. Rchwab Into the piker class, end
moke Bethlehem Steel look like a bunted
boom."
"Let me In on the
ground floor," re
plied the Book
keeper, "but what
your little graft"
"I'm going to
tart a Trouble
K x p h a n g e," de
clnred the Stenog
rapher, "a pi are
where you can
take the particular
grouch that af
flMa you and that
get on your
nerves and sours
yon agnlnnt the
"World, and trade
It off for an mo
till e title worry
tlml yon wouldn't
mind hearing a
pdlllrlr."
'It's a great idea," said the Book
Vi epr. "I wliih I had aotne people's
trouble Instead of my own."
"Thai's Just It." asserted the Stenog
ropher. "What alls us la that each one of
lia has rot the particular kind of trouble
hut gets him or her on the raw. That's
Why It hurts so.
"Now, yesterday I met a rich old
woman who was a bundle of bones and
tiervea and dyspepsia wrapped tip In silk
and laca and diamonds. And she told me
finw foolish I waa to worry over being
poor and shabby, and how happy h
would be In a 89-cent shirtwaist If only
he could turk away a good feed under It.
"And all the time she was talking I
Was doping out what a time I would be
having If I had money to burn, as she
had, and nothing to worry me but a few
tierve and a little unpleasant nesa In my
rathskeller." i
' "We're all heroic when It cornea to
"bearing other people's misfortunes," ob
served the Bookkeeper.
, "That's Just It," eaM the Htenographer,
"'We never look at anyone else without
thinking wort a noble example of pa'
tlence and Christian fortitude under af
fliction we could give If we had nothing
to bear but the measly little troubles
that they ate making suc h a howl over,
' "Or course, we're putting up the same
aort of scream about our own particu
lar assortment of aggravations, but that's
because our troubles are the very sort of
trouble that trouble us most.
"Now, why shouldn't people be able te
trade off the sorrow they can't bear for
the on tbat they wouldn't mind bearing T
Suppose you could swap off your katsan
Jammer headache, for example, for a nice
attack of th gout that It would be aa
actual pleasure to nurse,"
"It would be all to th good," sighed
the Bookkeeper.
"Mure," replied th Stenographer, "audi
'Just take our most common trouble, mat
rimony, for Instance. Half of th woman
In the world are perfectly miserable be
cause they are ' married, and thetnther
half are utterly wretched because they
aie not
"Wouldn't tt be peTfWJy lovely If th
woman who la shedding 'great gob of
tears over her husband who I playing
poker half th night with th boy oould
axohange her Borrow over her husband
for th heart hunger of th old maid
at ho la worrying beoaua ah hasn't got
anybody to worry overt
"Then there la th Nlghted ger.ru fe
male, with a good husband, and home,
nd children, who la afflicted with aout
melancholia beoaue she has mlsaed th
career. .
"Isn't It a pity ah can't trad off
tier yearning for fame for th longing
for a home of U lonely woman who
might wear a laurel wreath. Instead of
a bonnet If ah wanted to, but who would
wap off a trunk full of press notices
(or a husband, who really loved her, and
Who would rather hear a little child
calling her mother than to get th glad
hand from a claque led by the head
tosher!" I
"I read In the paper the other day,"
aid the Bookkeeper, "about a young ;
rnan who had barrels of money, good
health, and good prospects, but who
killed himself becaua soma jammy little
girl lilted him.
"Yes, rpl:ed the Stenographer, "and
pet when I called the attention of a man
who waa walking th floor because he
tied backed th wrong aide of the stock
market to that story he said that th
young mail was a fool, and that there
Were plenty of girls, and the only thing
that ju lifted a man In hiking out over
the suicide route was the loea of money.
"All might have been well If only one
tnan could have exchanged hi broken
tert for the other one' busted bank
account."
' I don't bulieve people would exchange
ftieir troublrs If they could," ' said the
Kiook keeper, reflectively, i
' "Maybe not." agreed th Stenographer,
'but If they wouldn't, they ought to quit
Complaining about them."
Resinol Surely
Heali Sick Skins
When you know physicians have pre
scribed Resinol for over it years In the
treatment of ecaema and other Itching.
Inuring, unalghtly akin
eruptions, and have
Vrltten thousands of
report earing: "It is
toy regular prescription
for Honing," "Reetnol
t a produced biilliar.t
results," "The result It
gave waa marveloue In
cne of the woret caaea of ecsema," etc.,
etc., doesn't It make you feel, "Tbla Is
the treatment I can rely on for MV
kin-trouble?"
Th moment Hesltu-I Ointment touches
Itching aklns, the Itching stops and
l.esllng logins. With the alJ of Reelnul
rn.'. u almost altaa clears ew.ty
kt-ry life of em-ma, ringworm, ltu-
t,r other distressing - eruption
eui'i-l), ravin tlie skin rlrtr ant
Im'tliy. Sold by ail druggist '-'or
It i. f,,e. writ to Dept. -It, Hesinol,
Jia'Iioijre, JUd.
Nell Brinkley Says:
Butterflieg go with the ending of Summer but
terfly girls go with the ending of the gay night that
ta their lives. Butterflies grow rare ant) at lat do
not flicker gold anywhere, when the sumac turns
scarlet and the aspen on the far hills changes fhto
little golden coins; butterfly glrlg vanish and are no
more dimples and sparkle and laughter when there la
no more fun to have, when the lights are out and real
work comes. But I love a golden butterfly In the
sun; and who doesn't Joy to watch the butterfly girl
dance her way through the sober . faces and the
earnest! '
' . Somebody said, "A butterfly lives but a day and
what If that day is rainy!" So, little butterfly girl
whose day Is so short, may It be sunny and dear.
71
New Distinct Types of Women Easy to Classify as Flowers
4
Lirrirjw.au.i
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
(Copyright. 1916, Star Company.)
There are aa mint kimt. r
there are of flowers and vegetable. But
www are a raw distinct type of femin
inity that are eaatly clauttu ri r.
eating to study.
There I th hand-
aome woman, for
Instance, h l a
uaumlly large, and
h r feature are
regular and atrongly
outlined. She may
be pale or rosy,
but If all has color
It doea not suggest
warmth.-8he may be
blonde or brunette,
gay or reeerved,
animated or repose
ful, but I never
think of any word
but handsome for
her. Bh ia not
pretty, lovely, beau
tiful or eharntlng to me. She Is hand
some. We lav to look at her. Bh wins
admiration aa doea a fin picture, a house,
i puno or a statue. Men always turn to
iook at her and are eager to be Intro
duced.
Mhela admired. Mattered, muaht' but
seldom loved deeply. Her huaband is
'err nroud of her hut h im h- r - - -
lunate lover, t piece her with my ca-
mviias, aanllaa aad l.ol hocks and other
tcent lees, but attractive flowers.
-me "lovely" woman ta quite another
type. She may be small or larg. dia-
lnctly beautiful, pretty or merely Inter
esting, but aha is always spoken of aa
"lovely." She is seldom forceful In char
acter or noticeably atrong: tut she poa-
aa Individuality of her own and It
is el war winning and never aggressive.
Without any effort on her part, you
always feel that she la unselfish, kind
hearted and Dure minded Kha .i
other wronven and enjoy other" pleas
v aud Is thoughtful in mall thing.
he la a great favorite with her own aex,
and men give her an tdullaed. sort ot
frlendvhip. which la very apt to grow
nto affection if they are very much In
her aorlety.
e'he 1 Inclined tj treat uu-n exacll
1
i
aa sh treat a women, because she Is so
sweet and uure mlnHaH -M-....
- HllvvilKIVUI
of her own lovablenesa. he la aeldom
a belle, but ah ha alwaya a hoat of
loving friends and
her husband regards her aa a aort of
cross between an angel and a child.
Hhe bring. out all that h. in v,i
without attempting a reform. Women are
eioom jeaiou of her. because her innate
goodneas la felt by one and all.
I plac this woman among my aweet
llllles. thomleas roars and apraya of mig
nonette and heitolroii. and
with rose geranium and evergreens; for
no matter now old aha may grow ahe la
alwaya lovely."
Then there Is the ."klasable" woman.
Her slie, age, tlnta, features. dtpoltlon.
character-one and all have seemingly
uothing to do with her charm. All you are
concloua of in her preernc la the de.
lr to take her In ycur arm and ktaa
her. Sh may be absolutely devoid of
personal beauty, and not young, and yet
nine men and seven women out of each
ten will want to kiss her If they are In
her presence flv minute..
Sometime sh I good "and kind and
unselfUh and possessed of beauty; and
then ah la alwaya breaking hearts with
out meaning to do so and winning lov
he cannot return.
Sn see more beautiful women giving
tnor encouragement to men than ahe
give and Indulge In far more deaperate
flirtation without causing any such dis
aster as she cause by on kind, aweet
amile; and aha cannot understand it all.
at leaat until ah baa had all aorta of
trouble out of It.
But tha fact I that the men who are
quit hardened to flirtations with the
merely beautiful, woman lose their head
In an insane desire to seise the kWeable
girl. In their arms. Women who do not
pasej this charm and whe play a bold
game of flirtation without Incurring any
such rlka and dangers vflnd It Impossible
to explain the effect of the Useable girl
upon her admirers.
I plao tha klsawble womsa among my
luacloue roeea-wtth aow and then a hid
den thorn -and apivy carnalloan, wherein
a ba-e may be concealed, and my fragrant
r&aKnoltaa. ,
Ti en th-r is Me dUltr-etly - ' IMclh-e-
tual" woman, who la so alarmingly well
Informed on all subjects and so anxious
to hav you realise her mental superior
lty. She haa thought on every subject
under th sun, and hag formed har con
viction on all matter, and tha Instant
you broach a aubject ahe hastens to as
sure you that ah knows all about It.
8h sometimes possease handsome fea
tures, but her too active Intellect haa
sharpened them and hewed away the
curvea of beauty. Her: woman friends
epeeJc of her with great respect ae "such
an intellectual person.."
The useful, healthful but atrong and
tear-ataxtlng leek Is suggested by this
Advice to Lovelorn
By Beatrice
Fairfax
Hhe Mast t o-Oaerate. I
Dear M1m Vali-fas: I am Interested!
jn a girl who at present has a bad repu- 1
jm.iun. i nave teen trying for the last
few months to wipe out that miserable
reputation she haa earned for hersalf.
There Is one thing that Interferes with
my plan and that is. she pals with a
fellow who haa helped to give her the
rtpiitHtion she uow hold. Io you think
It right for me to keep her away from
such friends. jr
It la very praiaeworthy of you to at
tempt to help a girl live down her bad
name, but unless she showa enough ao
preclatlon of your efforts to giv up thei
companion who caused her to be criticised
and to try to help you, your unaided ef
fcrts can do nothing for her. Talk the
matter ovr with her and tell her how
much It mean to you to her reln
atated in the world'a eyea. You are doing
a very aplendld thing, but It will take
patience and faith to eee it through. ,
Do V Plra to Marry HerT
Pear Mis Falrfa: Fr the last tea
months 1 have had the acquaintance of a
young lady during which time 1 enter
tained a high regard for her. Recently
?ur friendnhip arw Into a more pro
ound understanding of one another and
developed to aa extent where we now
feel our companionship to be almost in.
dtepen sable to on another s welfare. But.
In aplte of this close relationship exist
ing between us. I never hinted of any
serious intentions beyond once asking her
to be my eweotiieaj-t, to which rradlty
consented. Realising the oloee friendship
slating betweea us and she having a
IMttura.1 tendency to flirt with other young
men. I told her that I ttvnuo:Hlv onimt
to her said tllrtatlon Now MIA Fair
fax, in lw of all these facte do you
J Mnk I am Justified in my requvat to havt
her stop fH ting with utht-r voting men'
I wmi11 IH in self committing an In
JuDttc to this young laiiy f knew that
I were unremaonably requesting her to
retrain from duln eomethiug whicu is
fully within the limits of propriety, as
the case may warrant, and therefore
tins toner. M. iv. IV.
Are you planning to make thla younk
woman your wife? If you are, naturally
you object to her ahowlng undue Interest
in other young men. and aince you feel
"her companionship to be almost Indis
pensable ,to your welfare" I think you
must mean to marry her. In this casu
your action ar natural. Otherwise they
are domineering and svlrtah. . Poaa.bly
ahe flirts with other young men to prove
her power to you, sine your selfishness
in falling to declare your Intention may
make her feel very uncertain.
Matriaaaalal Aaewcles.
Dear atlas Fairfax: As 1 am a stranger
and not accustomed to the waya of this
country. 1 beg you to enlighten me on
three following tew questions:
la it advisable and possible to marry
throuah a matrimonial agency?
In case a person ionics to the point
of corresponding with a lady renlJIng
in a city very fr. would it he r.ght to
let the lady oorue to meet her prospective
husband. And are these kind of mar
riage a cause of lifetime unhapplneea,
or would it be possible to bring up a
good, happy tamliy after having been
married thus? T. H.
It ta possible, but most decidedly In
advisable. Would you take a partner In
business without aver having seen him
If you take a life partner thla way you
ar gambling with your happiness. Don't
worry about th custom of the country,
l am sure you have plenty of common
ens. What la your opinion of a womaa
who would com from a far away Un
to marry a man she had never seea?
The Mysterious 17-Year
Locust Lives but a Few
Weeks Above Ground
GARRETT P. SEftVISS.
III
cicada Is, In some
wonderful Insect
For one thing. It
But what a life!
woman. A very small flavoring of this
vegetable la ail one's taste require.
I Th "useful" girl is another type. Sh
. can aew, cook a dinner if need toe, amusw
children, assist In getting up entertain
ment for other people to participate in,
dance enough to fill up an Impromptu
set play cards well enough to take a
hand when the old people need her, and
aha la an excellent nurse and reads aloud
well and alnga a little enough to rock a
: child aaleep or to help out a chorus.
Sh la not noticeable In any way l
! neither pretty nor ugly, and Is very sim
ple In her attire. Everybody make uee
ot her and everybody likes her. She has
' no enemiea and no lovers. Women like
her very much, and men apeak highly
of her when ahe ia brought to their at
tention In some way; but they never think
about her ' voluntarily. They appreciate
her highly when ah help them out of
a corner, and thank her cordially, and
then forsret her until thew nwil hp ... in
She la not apt to marry, for men do nof,
care for useful girls before marriage.
Sh usually drift Into old maidenhood
or maniea a widower with a lot of chil
dren. She la Ilk th green "evwrlatlng or
old-fashioned "live-for-ever" . plant
scentless and not beautiful, yet indis
pensable In a garden. Everybody needs
it In a bouquet to serv aa a background
for th bright flowers, hut nobody cares
for It for Itself. No meat vr think of
plucking it for hi boutouAier. but he ap
preciate it effect and value La th gar
den. Then there ar th every -day "pretty
girl " pretty with youth and hop and
good spirit merely who hav no distin
guishing traits or peouliarlUee, but Who
pleas th eye while It behold them.
Ilk the common field daisies, buttercups
and clover blossom growing by th road
aide. And, again, there ar th orltleal, pes
simistic, fault-finding, fault-diaeoverlng
women, who always mak you feel dl
aatiafied with yourself and th world;
and these ar th prickly pear, th burr
and thistle of womankind.
Not ail women can become the human
flower of their ohoioa, but all woman can.
at least, avoid becoming weed and
thistle.
'
If our American minds wr aa sulv
terraneoualy superstitious as thoee of the
ancient Egyptians we would worship a
secret beetle, too, and an va nor re
markable Insect than v
th famous scarab of
the Nile, it would
be th periodical
cicada, or the "seventeen-year
locust,"
aa It Is popularly
called. Its ' form
would be carved In
Jewels of Jasper,
agate, sard and car
nelutn, and worn for
a charm and as a
token of the eternal
cycle that leevda
through life to
death and back
again through death
to life.
Th seventeen-year
respects, the mont
known on the earth,
la the Ion (rent-lived.
For more than sixteen consecutive years
an ugly grub, dwelling underground; then
a livid, six-legged horror, crawling a few
feet up the trunk of a tree and anchor
ing Itself with barbed claw to th bark;
next splitting open along Its abhor
rent back as if the sun had at th mere
sight smitten It with Instantaneous death;
and finally a bronae-wlrured, bungling,
buttln?. elephant-bodied fly, making a
noise like a toy sawmill, and winding up
Its ephemeral career above ground within
two or three short weeks! Sixteen years'
grubbing underground for only that!
The male cicada la th serenader. He
haa In his body two drums, covered with
membranes, some of which are as bril
liant and transparent aa mica, and which
are sot Into vibration by special muscles.
These produce a buzzing, dreamy 'music,
which singularly accords with the slum
berous spirit of a summer afternoon, and
forma, from the human point of view,
the only excuse for th cicada's existence.
But there are persons who would not
grant even this excuse.
The female Is no lazy. Idling musio
maker. like ber husband, but a doer ot
damage to trees. She Is armed with an
Instrument that has been described one
for all by Dr. T. W. Harris. It consist
of a piercer, having "three parts in close
contact with each other; namely, two
outer ones grooved on the Inside and en
larged at th tips, which externally ar
beset with small teeth like a saw, and
a central, spear-pointed boaer,' which
plays between the other two.
"Thus-this instrument haa the powe.
and doea the work of both an awl and a
double-edged saw, or rather of two key
hole saws cutting opppf it to each other."
Here 1 another wonderful thing about
these strange lnsecta Entomologists have
discovered that there are two race of th
periodical clcunda, a seventeen-year race
and a Jthlrteen-year race. Each race
consists of a number of aucceasiv brood
or hordes seventeen of the seventeen
year race and thirteen of the thirteen-
year raoe, or thirty broods in all. Every
brood haa Its own particular year for ap
pearing above ground, and its own chosen
territory, and no other brood of the same
race ever appears, in a year that belongs
to another. Thia year's seventeen-year
horde bears. In the entomological Index.
the Roman numeral VI. The latest and
beat studies of these wonderful crea
ture have been mado by Mr. C. I. Mar-
la tt of th United State Bureau of Entomology.
Th earliest recorded appearance of the
seventeen-year cicada waa In 1633, at
Plymouth, Has.
rwM!.fywi.i.sji!!iisii!i.i ,M
2
GOULD NOT
STAND ON FEET
Mrs. Baker So Weak Could
Not Do Her Work Found
Relief In Novel Way.
Adrian, Mich. " I suffered terribly
with femala weakness and backache and
got so weak that I
could hardly do my
work. , When I
washed my dishes I
had to sit down and
when I would sweep
the floor I would get
so weak that I would
have to get a drink
very few minutes,
and before I did my
dusting I would have
to lie down. I got
so poorly that my folks thought I was
going into consumption. One day I
found a piece of paper blowing around
the yard and I picked it up and read it
It said 'Saved from the Grave,' and
told what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound has done for women. I
bowed it to my husband and he said,
Why don't you try it T' So I did, and
after I had taken two bottles I felt
better and I said to my husband,'! don't
need any more,' and he said ' You had
better take it a little longer anyway.'
So I took it for three months and got
well and strong. " Mrs. Alonzo E.
Baker, 9 Tecumseh St, Adrian, Mich.
Not Well Enongh to Work.
In these words is hidden the tragedy
of many a woman, housekeeper or wage
earner who supports berself and is often
helping to support a family, on meagre
wages. Whether in house, office, fac
tory, shop, store or kitchen, woman
should remember that there is one tried
and true remedy for the ills to which all
women ar prone, and that is Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It
promotes that vigor which makes work
easy. Tb Lydia E. Pink ham UedioeS
Co., Lynn, Mas
