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Tin; hmaiia. sati'iidav. makch j:. isu.. w j It 4 1 Woman Without Faith a Mental Monstrosity By ELLA WHEELKH W1LCX). (Copyright. 1916, Star Co.) . The womii who pro la!m herself with out faith In a Supreme Being and Im mortal life ia a mental monstrosity. As writ might she bo forth proclaiming the fact that t.he was w i dK. T 4 afflicted with ionic physical deformity. A splritUHl qcnllty Is far more Impor tant In the make up of an niiinlrahlo wnmnn than great Intellectuality. . Men may not so express themselves, since men are af flicted with cow ardice In these mat ters, but however materialistic a men may be. he Is re pelled by the ath eistic ' materialism In woman. , The woman who finds herself question ing the existence of nn over-ruling Power In this great universe should endeavor Hi ' cultivate the spiritual quality, and to put her mind In tourh with the strong souls who have solved these questions to I their own satisfaction. Sir Oliver Iodge. one of the leuding ' men In the scientific world today, may j well be listened to when he says: "I tell : you with all the strength and conviction ; I cn muster that wo do persist after death, and that those who have passed , on before us communicate with us, and ! that I have talked with friends of mine" on the other side. I know that mart is ! surrounded by other intelligences. If " you once step beyond man there, is no ' limit until yon come to the Infinite in- ' telllgenoe himself. Once having gone j beyond man you go on and must go on i until you come to God. "But It Is no strange land to which I ; am leading you. The cosmos Is one. We '. here on this planet are limited In cer tain ways and blind to much that is going 1 on, but I tell you that we are surrounded I by beings, working with' us, co-operating ! and helping, such as people In visions ', have had some perception of and tliut which religion tells us saints and angel ' are-. That the Master himself Is hel- ' Ing us is, 1 believe, literally true." j Another shining soul who has given : her life to the study of these questions, ' Anna Besant. says: I "This one thing Is sure: Man Is today j a living soul, over whom death has no ; power, and the key of the prison house ' of the body Is In his own hands, so that . he may learn Its use If he will. It Is ' because his true self, while blinded by', the body, has lost touch with other ' selves, that death has been a gulf In- i stead of n gateway between embodied and ' disembodied souls." So great Is the accumulation of proof regarding worlds beyond that It seems . a'mosf like a phase of arrested mental development when a human being de clares himself an athlest. If you desire to Jirsfce-tlK!-e possible iree'of- this life, to attain the highest results In your chosen work, to be helpful to humanity, to resize h:iipiucs, then seek to develop faith :'n tho overruling supreme Intelli gence and a belief In the lives to come Tuke a llttlo time alone each day. Just before ietirlng is perhaps the Best hour to ehoose. Hit quietly by yourself with ; closed eyes and lifted heiirt; ask only for 1 llalit and guidance: .make your mind like ;tiiat of it little -child who goes to Its parent for comfort and protection: let !iio day pass without entering the tower : room of your mind. In that tower room permit no thought to enter but tho desire for an uplifting illumination. There lu a room serene and fair. All palpitant with light and air, ' Free from the-, dust world's noise and fUSH f lod's tower room In each of us. Oli! many a stair our feet must press, . And climb f-om self to selflessness. Before wo reach that radiant room Above the discord and the gloom. So many, many stairs to climb, Hut mount them gently take your time; Hiso leisurely nor strive to run Not so tlie-mlghtieet fonts are done. Rise leisurely; the stairs once trod I Uveal tbe mountain peaks of Ood; -ina irom lis upper room the soul Sees all. In one. united whole. Jle who seeka for knowledge which shall bring faith In Its train shall surely find It if he climbs often to the 'tower room of his own being. This Monarchy Endures gyNeii jrinkicy Copyright, irlfv Intrtn'l News fVnvlce. if V:?, 8?&gg& .g??' Woman's Lack of Humor Too Bad They Cannot See Funny Side of Drunken Husband or Regard Beating as Playful Jest lly IMHtOTMY 1MX. I j To pfryone who t.uvfs an iillrustlc Interest In the feminine sex it Is bound i to be a mutter of profound regret that women have so little sente of humor, i They miss mi h a good .loke In not : lein slilo to see j themsr' ve. ! hat elhe. for In tan e. hn; ever brcn so siiiiloi.ii ally I'linmrous as the -Tectacle pienrnled I hy the siilfrnct lea of starving theiiv j selves to death to : Kplte a government that wouldn't give I them the vcte i (r what could be more amusing than ; woman's Idea, of I enjoying hersi If at I her club by sitting ' up and listening to a ilenthlv dull es -ay on the "Ancient Hyr.antme Kmplre." Hint some rlstcr club woman has dug out of tlio encyclopedia? ' And Isn't It a scream that the majority i of middle ngrd wives are actually going through nil sorts of torturing exercises, and enduring starvation r.lets in rider to ' keep themselves thin and lithe to retain Ihe h fleet Inn of fat, bald, rheumatic, bay windowed husbands? " These and a hundred other feminine peculiarities to say nothing of the spec tacle of a stout hulv in tho prcsont style high water skirt add to the gaiety of na tions, and It la heartbreaking to reflect I that the poor dears, who furnish so much ! amusement to others, miss the Joke thrm- selves. It l. therefore, gratifying to notice Hint the feminine liiimn or liumir Is be ginning to grow, and thnt lovely woman Is at last coming to the place where sho can en.ioy a Joke on herself, which Is, as everyone will agree, the arid test of genuine appreciation of fun. The proof of this la famished ter a lady who recently had her husband ar lested after be had beaten her every day for a week until she was battered and blue and had both eyes bunged up. At tho trial, however, she withdrew her rliarge of assault and battery, ntiitlnff. in explanation of her rhangt of position, that sho had found out that her husband j.vaa merely whipping her for fun. and I lo prove to a friend with whom , he had made, a wager that he could beat her j every day for a month. "Had I known that at the time," added the humor-loving nlfe, "I should not have had him ar i fisted, but would have helped him to 'win his bet, but the mix -up came through ' his not having let me In on the joke!" I Of course, many husbands complain Jlhat their wives do not eatch the point of their witticisms, and so tbe wife who can take a drubbing aa a playful bit of l . rcinrtee will certainly do much toward making matrimony s merry Jest. This new attitude of women should be hailed with rapture for there Is no doubt thst it will do more thsn snything else to h sscn the domestic tension and change life from a tragedy Into a farce-comedy. Kverythlng depends on the point of view, and if women can only learn to look at matrimonial contretemps humor oi sly Instead of pessimistically their hap plness slid reace of irlud are assured. For example, take the very common case of the husband who stays out at night with the boys and comes home gloriously tanked up. Very few wives have ever seen anT thing In that situation except tear and anguish. Yet on the stage the maudlin fellow with his hat smashed In, his collar olf. who staggers around from one aide to the other, is considered so excruciat ingly amusing that he gets round after I round of applause. If women's sense of humor has reached the point where they can see a Joke 1n a beating, may we not anticipate the day when the drunkard's wife will Joyously wait up for her spouse'a return for the purpose of laughing at his funny efforts to find the keyhole, and thus one of the common sorrows of life be eliminated? How much, too, It would do to brighten life If wives could only learn to regard toelr husbsnds' remarks about the house hold bills as more faoetiousness! It Is. really, when you come to think of It, ab surdly funny, for a man to ask hi' wife what she did with Uiat quarter he gave her week before last, or to egpeet her to keep house on air, and It's nothlrrg but women's lack of the iense of humor that has prevented them from enjoying tnese domestic Jokes. Certainly, If every roan were court Jester to his wife, and she regarded his criticism on her housekeeping and hi flings at her lack of management, and her general vanity and weaknesses as an amusing monologue, delivered for her se'liii regaling, she would save. herself many a pang she now suffers. It ts bet ter to laugh than to rry, and to have your funny bone tickled than It Is to have your feelings hurt. And think of tbe hilarious time women could have If Instead of being worried Into their graves by their Noras, and Hildas, and Dinahs, and their mother-In-laws, theycould see that the servant problem, and the mother-in-law question are funny instead of tragical, and that In wrestling with them they are being permitted to dip Into two of the perennial fountains of humor. likewise, that when their chil dren are bad and mischievous they should laugh with them, as with the Katsen Jnmmer Klde In private life. In all good truth, women have always taken themserve-4oo seriously, and an appreciation of humor would save them much trouble,. .And It would prevent them from making foMs of themselves ae many, many times. J ' ' , This monarchy never totters. Ilfea above all the courts, of the world, demotTatltr and aristocratic, sits on a cushion of hlg mother's patient making His Serene Happiness,' Emperor of the Home and Rel leber ot the Warm,' White Bottle, Just anybody's baby. Here for once Is a head, a soft bead with feathery hair, that lies easy wearing a crown! Here for once Is an Emperor's eyes like lakes of joy! Here is a king's mouth untouched by care and pain! Here a czar whose heart la on wings! The Monarchy that Endures that will never crumble and sink In upon Itself like a rickety house that is not gilt on the outer door with an Interior of dust and death. . Here is a ruler who sways truly by divine right, and his palace Is the world his celling touches the blu paint of the sky the sides of It vanish remotely In the light of the sun and the moon and its foundations are rooted In the Valley of Deepeat Shadow, where the mothers who bear him walk for a little while. HI the King!" NELL BRINKLEY. Read it Here See it at the Movies. Hv special arrangements for thia paper a photo-drama corresponding to the In stallments of "Runaway June" may now ea seen at the leading moving picture theaters. By arrangement with the Mu tual Film Corporation it is not only pos sible to resd "Runaway June" each week, but also afterward to see moving I'c tures illustrating our story. Copyright. 1S15, by Serial Publication Corporation. SYNOPSIS June, the bride of Ned Warner. Im pulsively leaxes her husband on tlmlr honeymoon because she heuins to realise but she rmiat be di pendent on him (or money. s)ha desires to be independent. June ts pursued bv Ollhert Hiye. wealthy married man. Phe rsrspit from 'is dutcbea with difficulty. Ned srarclias llstrarfdlv for June. and. leaifiiiig of b'ye's designs, vows vengeance on nUu. KLKYEVril tpiwur. caught the descending wrist, wrested the weapon from It and plunged It to the hilt In Flub s breast' There was a piercing shriek from the attic and a tearing of boards. The woman, quick of mind aa she was of bod)', waa the first to comprehend what that might mean. Hhe sprang to the ladder, but aa she went she cast a back ward glance at the lifeless man on the floor. There was no shudder In her. only cold triumph. ire a girl! She's on the rool!" cried the woman as she gained the attic. I-en Jake was Ihe first out of the door and lilg Hen Just after him. They rounde, j fi llowed her terrified gaae aa she glanced the corner of the hut In time to see June 'tack, her terror divided between the nsur Jump from the I oof and dart for Iter boat. It was the woman who caught her. 'Ut me go'" Implore. I June. "I wea l Sell " marshes. Gilbert Blyef He stood up In his racer, and over the w heel bent heavy Kd wards, his eyes narrowed and his thick lips firmly set. Big Ben had dropped June at the first shot and had reached for hia revolver. Ian Jake had dropped flat on the ground behind a boulder, but before Dig Hen could return the fire of the oncom ing boats from the Hilarity he was con fused 'by a shot from another quarter, and through the reeds of the marsii there pushed a narrow steel tray motorboat. In which stool a tail man with a soft hat and a loosely knotted crsAat. A stranger! And he waa nearer to the helpless June than her pursuers from the Hilarity. rhe ran toward him like a deer, and as his driver drew close- In shore June sprang Into (he boat. "MurryV she cried. "I'lcaee hurry!" The msa. evidently an artut. from the ranvases aid folding easkea In his boat. Thoso last three words would saal her I IS tlulrta of lb lure Tthtawee, ! f,I , lh ,ln4 , ,ny murd,rous thief. , iIS len bad rsught her roughly by ins rMArTEk Ml.-Cnmlaued. 'arm. and now be looked laiulrti.g!y at rr.e eeei.wd das-d i ! errnsalbm. j ,b here h it suddenly he kt out a yell Me hiv-1 lTai her. advised Leaa Jake, who as nv full of fsar t'.an a thief should stow s ton m .eh " wm there, aaw hd dleeoierej his lu A" "ire t I hero looked at the water h.it suddenly Ke Itt out a yen je niv- j iaily b hd retkd i his est pocket. , "as more fu at was his hhit when th hainois hag "''be ks Mr diemntid' he yelled. It S gne"' i spread far Inte the Trh4. and It tad his less teraed wbiee aa re hSeai"" "' wen an? mng nimoui round the lease group blewly com- ' swung June up in his .rhnstn tame ! Mm V. u framed ;,m e4 eiarled wltft Mr la tbs w.wrs me!- he .l4-ly shouted. tnling a 1 ebe utteed sKrtea ui-aai Hi Hem. ' T" rvw Advice to Lovelorn By Beatrice Fairiai derers on the Island aad the men in the boeta. The artist lowered June lo a seat beeide hlro. aad. with s word lo the frtver. they darted away toward tbe channel. A shot wrissed over their beads as they started, and ahot after shot re eund4 from Ihe upper rttaanel. Te man with the white mustache paid all fal'li, deride whether ate nc atisatkon to Hlg Ha as be steered his aalft littte culler around Ihe UlaaJ end struch late tbe lower rhannel after tbe artist aad the beautiful "ouag girl hu bad eeewt-ed fra the attic Nor 4iJ ia sua with tue I4a a Vaulyke asle as r time upon tne MtoiiuK 4 ibteae as his Ui. lu. w hissed sr. use tt rur Lsn Jake raUd ap f r tu be. A t are for nistrasl. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 24 ami nav been "keeping cjimpeuy" with a man for ulmoFt three yeara. during which time we have been cousliirred a most devoted roiiple. Wiiile I am not beautilul. still I am at tractive, and wherever we go I always make a good Impression. Am very mui h In love with the man In question, nut somehow he does not seem to have atrh't confidence In me, which almost kills me. I rate poeldvely been very truthful wltn hlin. and as a mutter of lact hn even told bliu IhingH twhteh euld have luel as well teen left uiisak-ll at the risk of uiy own happiness Would you be kind enough to let me know what I ran do to prove lo blni thst he does mean averything to ma and that Ms ln..na jealmisv la uncalled for. or do you thins per ha a alter all my gal el. torts and love lor htm have be-n r will be in ain A fONHTAST RKATKIt There must be am Incident rankling la the mind of your friend some unes llalned action or affa'r o-r wbb b be Is brooding Have a plain talk with h.'n If he rani.ot te ronvUi -d if o ir loaly and If '"' are sure you are worthy f Uiii- l.j suffer tiaj'iet siitiun fur the sake ir your kuve. or whether e'4 wilt foeeso your ! rwtKer Ibea suffer ihe frnents harness of gums, aad she, tv. eas noul u a 'Votla' Vi.lla' Viia' ' Anoiaer Uwl' In II war lee n- a4 tranibDfg rbwrar al my dta rrrJ I ea )oi pLanld IMS eae- l(a b,ldae SM yHl raiul.l ' - fvuie l-er" tarl'aaed II Hee aal i till f'k' bis a ue r kn.'e Uao.' la 11 law-' ad I e-d aa'l; at hi on ahir.g . ,a,aul IB a ef IS.e l Ho A bo end tea rnx'ai aered J.oas per i,f sr.rieaa. it, d-ae He namarl r..rn l'.e n .t tftlf aped t Ka ill'. . ti.r lii ttr,n r.nmai.ant al bird I ia bowlder as tea kat im by. a wuntaii. the 4iler a fiantg (! H'l sr loe Ihrvav- labe. Hlg ww and Jake-, man with Sap ' ra u a ha I Sow axad al ea'w UeT la laalMtrrxal lit mii aisiart-w( a t n ii r.a ssan A.,li.ee . .ante swtal.iag down a-.l'a."i l.ia leelh stl f.ata rltaxiaed lie Ulaa-I ll was 4ie a t"f a n-luuias ia' aad Hlg He aad red telle , t,a'iff r with a I" i is- Jase si l re la d s.a e ii- li e Wl.ee,. If I.Jim im lt j llao.la i.ti" iw. a '. i..ais -e ii.'l'i l I'ftMf J ll,. a.t i la. I.e. an r,4 lit .e I fr-r ; m ma,i a , ill .lit i al Ihe ' '"." 'U saKii'S er aerf'r lb del I !., aal l I" , a ' - - - H. e-l U a of a Jealous lover. There is one way to win absolute faith that Is absolutely to deserve It. There la one way lo over come distrust that U lo be eternally loyal. If you are willing to devote your- . stir faithfully to the task of nvci.'onv ing this suspicion, you are likely to win. It depends on your own determination : son patience. are I aa ,1srl x Iiear Miss r an (as I am is About a year aro I waa employed ae stenog rapher In s concern wheie my employer la a married man. About nine monthe . ago he lold n be waa going le get a tilioii as aoon as hta wife, wlto ts erv su k. Improked He told iiie thai be ', love. roe and I reciprocate bla nve J Tbe doctors say hie wife will not live I Inns' He has lol l me tbla, and has asked ! in If I would not a.' i for bun. I told' hint that la ery mean lo talk about II atrtae to ftte alien lle dt lfa luuk nf ( the dea'h of bis wfe II aatd be did I nt i at. fnr bis '(a In Ihe eaal ai. dnrie.l Into o.arrli.g her I I old i iv. iter all about Una and aha aatd lhal i I ah. i ll wail lor bun if I luvtd him, whl.li I iiMial autely do At (hie I una there Is eiutbar yeui.g I man i aditis nn al sue hmae. e ' Mii'i tiie m Ii II la e eery wie yaiins man, hoi I hat ery little teallng fwr i hlin l H I oruthler ll a in gewsm fine ef ' Uualt as I i te a suing f uc s woman la di la aid. r that t-u mil iirry af , ousImsmI but Ibie ! any a link tan .nf ii ma aalllug fur him la el- , her In order Ibal yexi May leuiy' Mm lowr sio yuwr f,aittr es-, l-rt.s cf I Ma raafh aa I y kra lb: msa I bard y I -a I as If rw need r , 1-ia . i,it. m m I H sui'V-l aa 1 . ru.l truiae,r al l la anaae a waa ' Al sol nr mi a daa ' I fi-l ) ll.e 1 1, ...(i,4 ,4 ba.ng i la rt.e I1 auf ea., a The Central Furniture ;Store Will Put on Special Sale llnnilreds of Beaiiiiful flugs AT ABOUT OnE-liALF OFmiEin REAL UOHTU . i . A b'H bHiial purchase of bcautil'ul i-urb bought direct from the largest rtig manufacturtrs. io .this country at a prie which was away below the market value enableu.us to put the entire shipment on SPECIAL SALE for thjs ONE I)AY OX1A at a price which will mean a saving to you of at lflast onp-half. In this big piircha.se there are no. mis matclieii or inis-woven rujrK, everyouo is jruarnuteed.to be absolutely jxrfi'ct; there are rug of all kintls and nizes in cluding an elegant assortment of beautiful Velvet, Axmins ter, Brussels and Fiber Kugs; mauy if theiu aro in the) wnall neat Oriental jiatterns, while others have the medallion centers. If you need a rug now e.iect to need one In the near future you will ! roiifi.ilting your own interest by tak: ing advantage of the extremely low priees that will prevail during thi bale, for this OxY: DAY ONLY. Sat., Martli -7th. As usual yon make your own terms. We quote below: e tan AFow Samplo Price IhM ! (bnly HsUur .MarHt lirussela rug. Cl'J. l llruaaula rug. l-3.1v-. al 7-V llrusaeU rug. Sill. .75 AimlBster rugs, J.'iJ at A.ratneter rugs. K.7I a I XT ', Aimlrislrr rugs. 9tl2 si $l.."SO ; r; Willow Kll-er ruf. sglO. at . 17.7:. Velvet ruga, ZZx-i 9tM VrUet rugs. Ztt'.Z i.T. Veltel rugs. . .. VeUel rugs. tll fl4.AA Vel.et rugs. it: .1UV Icgrala rugs. i:li. l $rt-V lagraia riigt. $I..V For Ihwet (any tnlj March 37. H3Y9 ti.3 Central Flgurs cn Ycor Furniture Bill Vee" V , f v.'u Hi.', k'h .. i. 1 1 r. UaHta sSiaalaw '? K