New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 17, 1918, Page 4

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1918: i iews For Women Readers REVELATIONS ‘ OF A WIFE | How Madge Met Her Hour and Dicky Came Back to Her From the Shadow of Death. Dry-eyed, silent, shrinking from | each other's soul, yet clinging to each Cther's hands like frightened children, Jdith Fairfax and I waited outside the | operating room of the camp hospital | for the verdict of the surgeons upon Dicky. Tittle Mrs. Durkee had disappeared | Awith the whispered word ghe would be | : soon. I had asked her to 'phone | n that the news of Dicky’s acci- 1t might be kept from his mother | as long as possible. 1 guessed, dully, | that my little friend meant to go to | my home herself and bring Lillian back with her. But I had no desire either for Lilllan’s presence or her | bsence, or, indeed, for anything else 1 the world save the word which walted behind the closed door. i Iivon Baith Fairfax’s intrusion upon | i moments—something | vhich I would have flercely resented ; ha¢ I been even the least bit normal— | nisttered nothing to me. She had | #ons in o the hospital by my side, be- | suse in answer to an officer’'s ques- | tion 1 bad declared that she was my | sistar. T think ir thas hour I could kave found courage, if the e had been necessary, to say that she was | Dicky's wife, to give him up to her, so abdsed was I before the consciousness | of the horrible injustice I had done my husband. Atonement—this was the one| thought that obbessed me. If a mer- | ciful heaven would only give Dicky back to me I felt that life itself would not be long enough for my reparation. | The minutes slipped away relent- | lessly, seemed to stretch into eternity. Lillian and Mrs. Durkee came into the room, and I felt my friend’s strong arms around me, her pitying face above mine. Then the door of the room opened, and one of surgeons came out. “Mrs. Graham?” he said inquiringly, but I could not speak. “Your Husband Will Live!” Lillian indicated me by a gesture. am glad to tell you that your | husband will live,” he said kindly. “But it will be impossible for any one to see him for some time,” he added to Lillian. “So if you will take her away at cnce—we have to come out this way.” 1 followed Lillian obediently, every emotion, every sense fused into one vean of joy. Dicky lived! Everything else in the world could wait. It was Lilllan who gathered the imissing threads of the story together operating | the young from Edith Fairfax and put them into | my hands in the hours that elapsed before I was permitted to see my hus- band. “Dicky, with that foolish undue sensitiveness of his, wanted to get his commission before you or I or his friends knew that he was training at the aviation camp,” Lillian said. I know him well enough to realize that it would have simply killed his pride to have failed for his commission if we knew about it.” “But Edith Fairfax knew,” I said She stumbled upon it by accident,” n returned. “Her cousin from Virginia—you know cousins are the same as brothers down there—wa the same camp unknown to She went up to see her cousin and ac gidéntally saw Dicky, who sorely needed a friend and confidant jus about that time, and ever since she has heen in his confidence. But you needn’t worry about her and ehild. Sh hopelessly in him, of course léarned from the girl herself, has but one thought, and that is I know,” I said remorsefully, ishly anxious to hear the rest of the story. Lillian hurried on after one lcomprehending glance at me Dicky Guesses Madge's Secret. “How Grace Draper learned that love with % Ends Stubborn Coughs in a Hurry ¥or real effectivencss, this old home- made remedy hns no equal. Eas- 1ly and cheaply prepared. You'll never know how quickly a bad cough can be conquered, until you try #his famous old home-made remedy. Any- one who has coughed all day and all might, will say that the immediate relief foen s nJmuzt like magic. 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To the surprise of my doctor, 1 began to improve and he advised me to go on with “Fruit-a-tives’. I consider that I owe my life to #Fruit-a-tives” and I want to say to those who suffer from Indigestion, Constipation or Headaches — try “Fruit-a-tives’ and you will get well”’ CORINE GAUDREAU. 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c. At dealers or from FRUJT-A-TIVIS Limited, OGDENSBURG, N. Y. = | receipts in Dicky was in training I don’'t know, but know it she;did, and a devil's life she led him. You know Dicky's fan- tastic ideas of chivalry—he didn’t like to turn her over to the authorities, and nothing else would have stopped her constant hovering abput the camp, the | meetings she managed with him, the | he made to worm herself into Finally, alarmed by efforts his confidence. some of her questions, he threatened | to denounce her to the military au- thorities. Then, I fancy, all the devil in her broke loose, and from that | moment she plotted his death.” Lillian's Then it A spasm of pain crossed face for a fleeting instant. ‘was calm again. “She couldn’'t manage it in the camp upstate, but this man, Dawson, was in their service from the begin- ning. And—and Harry was the go-be- | tween, the man who arranged details with Dawson. To do Harry justice, he only consented because Draper offered | to let you alone after she had secured would attend to Harry has been the paper if he Dicky's accident. drinking heavily for weeks, think he had some sort of an idea in his drink-maddened brain that Dicky was false to you, and that if he were | out of the way there might be some time a chance for him. “I have all this from Edith Fairfax, to whom Harry rushed when he found | out that Draper had tried to have | Allis kill you. | conscience, and he hastened to try to | undo what he had done. | the rest, except—that—" The shock wakened his You know she hesi- tated, then went on with a rush: “Harry has disappeared as if swal- lowed up by the ground. An officer with an escort was taking him to one of the big inquisitors in the city, and when they were passing one of the rabbit warrens in the Bast Side, Harry took advantage of a momentary stop of the machine to dive into one of the doorways. The men followed him, shooting, but it must have been a locality he knew-—there is no part of | the city with which he isn’'t familiar, | hardly a crook but kno him, and I imagine he found shelter, although fresh bloodstains in the place he first entered showed that he had been hit. “But enough of horro That's all 1 , and we'll not speak of this s but one question in my mind. Who had sent me the letter which had led me to the aviation camp upon that particular day? But the answer to that didn’t come until Dicky’s slow convalescence had pro- g sed to the extent of justifying us in bringing him home Then, in his room at last, together | and alone, we spoke for the first time | of the things nearest to us. Tacitly we had avoided them, for from the first moment that I had been per- mitted to see him in the hospital, and we had given and received the look, the first tender kiss, with death not yet wholly known that all doubt had been cleared out of long the shadow of all quibbles our love. weeth " Dicky my hair back ere is so much I said, from my forehead, ve to tell you, % | =0 much of which 1 am ashamecd to speak.” I put my hand upon his lips, from my kneeling position by the side of | his ch. 1 know most of it already, dear,” I an ered, ‘‘from Lillian, in whom Edith confided. not waste time speaking of it again. “Agreed,’” he said with a travesty of his old, merry smile. “Only you must tell me you forgive me for that fool annonymous letter. 1 don’t know why I sent it, and to think 1 stopped him again, this time with knew why he had sent it, but T dian’t wish to dwell, momentary fleeting thought upon the childish, gloating temper it betrayed, which probably Dicky would naver lose. “Why think of that,” I whispered, “when I have been waiting all these weeks to tell you—to tell you—'" My volce faltered, and I hid my burning face against him 1 felt him start—then closer. “Tell me little wife,” he murmured, oh, so tenderly, “or, can 1 guess? Let me see your eyes? Ah, I thought s0! Is it the greatest news in the world for you and me?" And with his words, his kisses. the secret terror of his displeasure vanished utterly, and at last we en- tered into our kingdom. (Finis hold me and I | smooth- | that you had | even in | Red Cre refugee g s still has two thou- rments that must be finished. All women are urged to take them home and work on them in their spare time. There is plenty of work to be done at the Red Cross rooms on Court street and there is also a great deal of work that may | be taken home. The committee ex- | tends a cordial invitation® to -ali' the | women of New Britain to come to the | rooms and do their bit. Much interested in Red Cross work. In a letter to Miss Mabel Board- man, of the Central committee of the American Red Cross Cato Sells, com- missioner of Indian Affairs, tells of [s.nul the great interest in Red Cross work | manifested by the Indians on Govern- ment reservations, The commissioner states that shortly before the last { year fund drive he received reports | from about one-third of the Indian | reservations, showing the voluntary | work that had been undertaken | among the adult Indians, and the | pupils of the Indian school, in behalf | of that great patriotic movement. | This information showed an Indian | Red Cross membership of 5,664. The money were $17,173.16. Hospital garments, knitted and mis | cellaneous supplies made and con- tributed, numbered 31,058 article: Many of the reports indicated that | every adult Indian on the reservation | had subscribed to the fund. | The bo: of an Indian school in | the Northwest gathered 2,000 pounds of spaghnum moss for surgical ab- sorbent pads. One of the larger schools reported a Students’ Friend- ship war fund, with $750 on hand, and twelve war saving societies. This | 1,000 | school in four weeks bought (hrift stamps and fourteen baby bonds. The following interesting informa- tion is quoted from Commissioner Sells’ lette How T0 USE VICK Friendship war fund of $1,000. On a small reservation far north, where the | winters are long and severe and the Indian must struggle for the nece: saries of life, more than one dollar ! per capita for every aduit was paid in cash for the Red Cross and other war | relief purposes. Furnish Own Raw Material. “In the far Southwest where the parched desert gives scant means of support, many of the Indians have each promised a fleece of wool for the Red Cross and the superintendent | plans the experiment of spinning this | i wool and knitting it into socks, | sweaters, etc., by the Indian women. ! “In a Montana district where the | Indians are nearly all full-bloods | they voluntarily held meetings and | { each one who has a growing wheat crop promised to donate one sack of | wheat for war relief work. While | these Indians are not citizens nor sub- | ’]ect to draft, they have voluntarily | decided and so advised that all adult, | able-bodied males of their number lare ready to shoulder arms against the enemy. On another reservation | where the Indigns are very poor and | | have little ?emly money, they donated | | an abunddnce of handsome bead | | work and other curios to be sold for | i the Red Cross. I “My association for some years with | | the affairs and progress of the origin- | {al American impels this reference to | | the interest of the Indians in Red | Cross work, although it n, give | little more than an intimation of | thelr widespread and open-hearted | response to the sacred appeal which more than anything else tells the dif-l ference between the civilization of a | ‘fr(‘(‘ people and the barbaric crueltie ‘of utocracy. This frightful war will | ‘hfl\'\) its compensative value to the Indian.’ S VAPORUB IN | O TRENTING SPANISH INFLUENZA sages. | Chest the Medicated Vap the Air Passages and Sti [ Addition, VapoRub is Absorbed Through and Stimulates the Skin, Blood to the Aids in Reducing the Congestion Within. Attracting the Sur- face and Thus CALL A PHYSICIAN—GO TO BI —STAY QUIET— DON'T WORRY. There is no Occasion for Panio—In- fluenza Itsclf Has a Very Low Per- centage of Fatalities, Not Over One Death Out of ivery Four Hundred Cases, According to the N. €. Board of Health. The Chief Danger lLies in -Complications Arising, Attacking Principally Pitients in a Run Down Condition—Those Who Den't Go to sed Soon nough, or Those Who Get Up too Early. Influenza which appeared in Spain in May has all the appear- ance of grip or la grippe, which has swept over the world in numerous epidemics as far back as history runs. Hippocrates refers to an epidemic in 412 B. C. which is regarded by many | to have been influer ry cen- tury has had its attacks. with 1831, this country has had | epidemics, the last in 1889-90. TH YMPTOMS. Grip, or influenza as it is now called, usually begins with a chill fol- lowed by aching, feverishness and nausea and dizzine ling of weakness Spanish tive and The temperature is from | 100 to 104, s from and the fever three to five d usually The germs attack the mucous membrane, | or lining of the air passages—nose, throat and bronchial tubes—there usually a hard cough, especially | at night, often times a sore throat or tonsilitis, and frequently all the | appearances of a severe head cold. THE TREATMENT. Go to bed at the first symptoms, not only for your own sake but to oid spreading the disease to others alie a purgative, eat plenty of | nourishing food, remain perfectly | auiet and don’t worry. Quinmue, as- pirin or Dover's Powder, etc. may be administered by the physician’s di- rections to relieve the aching. RBut there is no cure or specific for in- fluenza—the disease must run its course, but nature herself will throw off the attack if only you keep up your strength. The chief danger lies in the complications which may arise. Influenza so weakens the bodily re- sistance that there is danger of pneumonid or bronchitis developing and sometimes inflammation of the middle ear, or heart affections. For these reasons, it is very important that the patient remain in bed until his strength returns—stay in bed at least two days or more after the Beginning | and | s tea Kettle, The Influenza Germs Attack the Lining of the Air Pas- When VapoRub is Applied Over Throat and ors Loosen the Phlegm, Open mulate}, Xthe Mucous Men- ! brane to Throw Off the Germs. | fever has left you, or if you are over | 50 or mot strong, stay in bed four days or more, according to the sever- ty of the attack. | EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS, In order to stimulate the lining of | the air passages to throw off the grip | serms, to aid in loosening the phlegm nd keeping the air passages open, thus making the breathing easier, v VapoRub will be found ef- | fective. Hot, wet towels should be | applied over the throat, chest and back between the shoulder blades to | open the pores. Then VapoRub should be rubbed in over the until the skin is red, spread on thickly { and covered with two thicknesses of hot flanne] clothes. Leave the cloth- ing loose around the neck as the { heat of the body liberates the in- gredients in the form of vapors. These | vapors, inhaled with each breath, | | carry the medication directly to the | | parts affected. At the same time, | VapoRub is absorbed through and | stimulates the skin, attracting the | | blood to the surface and thus aids | in relieving the congestion within. | HOW TO AVOiD THE DISEASE. | ITividence seems to DProvesthat this | is a germ disease, spread principal- | 1y by human contact chiefly through coughing, reezing or spitting. So | avoid persons having which | means avoiding crowds—common drinking cups, roller towels, ete. Keep up your bodily strength by | plenty of exercise in the open air, and gcod food, Above all, keep free | from colds, as colds irritate the lining of the air passage render them much better breeding places fo flw‘ Use Vick's VapoRub at the very | | first sign of u cold. For a head coid, | melt a little in a spoon and inhale the vapors, or better still, use Vapo- Rub in a benzoin steam Kkettle. If this is not available, use an ordinary ¥ill half full of boiling water, put in half a teaspoon of Vapo- | Rub from time to time—keep the | kettle just slowly boiling, and inhale | the steam arising. NOTE: Vick’s VapoRub is the di covery of a North Carolina druggist, who found how to combine in salve | form Menthol and Camphor such essential oils as Iucalyptus, | Thyme, Cubebs, etc., so that when the salve is applied to the body heat, these ingredients are liberated in the | form of vapors. | VapoRub is comparatively new in New York, New England and a few western states, where it is just now being introduce In other sections of the country, however, it is the standard home remedy in over a mil- lion homes for all forms of cold troubles—more than six million jars were sold last year. It is particularly recommended for children’s croup or colds, since it is externally applied and, therefore, can be used as freely as desired without | the slightest harmful effe Vapo- Rub can be had in three sizes, 30c, 60c, $1.20 at all druggists, colds and W | | “I'd like to be there!” QOU have said it—as you have looked at some vivid picture or read some stirring account of our boys fighting with American courage and self-sacrifice. If you cannot go out to them, you can fight for them, over here. Smash open the way for them with howitzers and big guns. Send them am- munition, tanks, airplanes, rifles, cloth- ing, food. Help to keep them victorious. You can lend as fearlessly, as unself- ishly, as they fight. That is your job as a part of our war machine. OF COURSE you would “like to be there. They don’t need you yet or you WOULD be there. But they need guns and shells, every hour they remain on the road to Berlin. Absolutely the next best thing to going over is to Buy Liberty Bonds—Buy to Your Limit