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For Sunday School Class
Last evening the members of Class
12 of the Christ Lutheran Sunday
school had a lolly pop hike to Rock
vllle, where they were met by friends
and enjoyed an oyster supper.
Those present were Miss Blanche
Fleisher, Miss Mary Cressman, Miss
Emma Hoerner, Miss Ruth Sanders,
Miss Esther Shultz, Miss Hazel Seciist,
Miss Josephine Ebersole, Miss Villa
Zerhe. Miss Katherlne Edwards, Miss
Elisabeth Swilkey, Miss Jenny Saul,
Miss Isabel Saul. Miss Georgiana Par
themore, Miss Evelyn Goshorn. Cha
peroning the party were the Misses
Amy and Florence Harner, Miss Ma
bel Liddig and Miss Florence Shader.
MRS. CONWAY SKRIIOUSLY IIiL
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Information and Registration Headquarters
! DR. THOJIAS LYNCH MONTGOMERY. State Library.
| C. HARRY KAIN, Arcade Building !
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Organist and choirmaster Pine Street Presbyterlah Church, conduc- v
tor Harlaburg ChrisUan Endeavor Choral Union, conductor Singing So
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Instructor of Piano, Organ and Theory
Positions secured for pupils.
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STUDIO—23O Woodbine Street
THURSDAY EVENING,
Hungarian Woman Pleads
For American Mediation
Harrisburg suffragists are Interested
to know that on Saturday, September
5, Frau Roslka Schwlminer, landed
In New York to use all her powers of
persuasion and eloquence to induce
the American government to make
more definite overtures to mediate be
tween warring European nations.
Frau Schwlminer is one of the most
eloquent speakers and earnest work
ers in the international movement.
She speaks with equal ease in three
or four languages and is backed in
her efforts for peace by the organized
suffragists of twenty-six countries.
RETURN TO TIIK CITY
Mrs. Joseph H. Cook and her
daughter. Miss Ivie May Rahter Cook,
of ,935 North Second street, who spent
the summer at Ashury Park and At
lantic City, will return home on Satur
day evening.
HBO. WALKING CLUB
MEETING OUTDOORS
Season Starting on Labor Day Is
Being Enjoyed by Many
Members
The Harrisburg Walking Club, or
ganized in 1908, has a large member
ship and is in a most flourishing con
dition this year.
The club season began on Labor
Day with a business meeting at Reser
voir Park followed by a stroll through
the country. Last Monday the ladles
went to Boiling Springs by trollev and
took a three-mile walk, with a picnic
in the grove. Next week they will
have a tramp through the beautiful
country back of the State Arsenal,
with a meeting en route.
The club has decided to take up a
course of study this season along the
lines of outdoor life, and will have
benefit entertainments as usual during
the winter.
The officers are: President, Mrs.
William E. Edmondson: lirst vice
president. Mrs. Ralph Dowdell; sec
ond vice-president, Mrs. Charles Fet
tus; recording secretary, Mrs. Frank
Leedy; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Leßue Walmer; treasurer, Mrs. Harry
B. Orr: director of routes, Mrs. C. P.
Turner: board of directors, Mrs. Louis
Drumheller, Mrs. Anna Bacon, Mrs.
Eipma Selbert and Mrs. Frederick H.
Marsh.
Miss Caroline Pearson and Miss
Mary Harris Pearson are spending a
week at Galen Hall, Wernersville.
prior to taking an extended trip
through New England.
Miller I. Kast, architect, of Belle
vue Park, went to Altoona to-day on
business.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Luther Dettinger,
of 1930 Susquehanna street, announce
the birth of a son. John Thomas Det
; linger, Thursday, September 10, 1014.
Mrs. Dettinger was formerly Miss
Blanche Hou.seknecht.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hollinger. of
Johnstown, announce the birth of a
daughter, Alice May Hollinger, Sat
urday, September 12, 1914. Mr. and
Mrs. Hollinger were residents of this
city for a time.
School of Dancing
| 304 N. Second St.
Children's Class every Saturday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, starting
this Saturday. Those wishing to
i form evening classes will call or
phone Professor Neagley.
Private or course lessons by ap-
I pointment.
j Bell phone, 2743 J.
Independent, 355 Y.
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SALTZGIVER'S
223 North Second St.
VOICE CtTI/TL'RE nod 1
IN TKHPR ETATIOIV
MR. H. S. KIRKLAND
will resume teaching, Wednesday,
Sefitember 23. For appointment,
address.
1010 NOHTII SKCOM) STREET
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ALFRED C. KUSCHWA ]
Organlat and choirmaster
St. Stephen's Church
Organ—Piano—Voice
AS! North Second St. Bell Phone
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Harrisburg TELEGRAPH
PERSONAL
HIGH SCHOOL CHOIH -
HiOUIICED THY
Organization to Be Affected Next
Monday With Professor
Rose as Director
Among; the many applicants for the
choir tho following list was selected
by Professor E. G. Rose, music in
structor:
Soprano Clarabel Olaster, Laura
Bret?!. Sarah Barr. Getha High. Kath
arine Kelley, Kathryn Simonetti, Iva
Freidman, Sara Katz, li. Bufflngton,
Marian Horning:, Ester "Worden. Irene
Stinson, Claire Edgar. Mary Cresman,
Mildred Day. Helen Hampton, Sarah i
Ranch. Marian Towsen, I-1 lllan Koch.
Marian Goho. Daisy Seidlc. Kathryn
Keene, Katherine Dubbs. Sabra Clark,
Elizabeth Leak way. Dnmayno Boyer,
Margaret Balthaser, Margaret King,
Katherine Snyder. Margaret Smith,
Margaret Brightbill, Blanche Banford,
Dorothy Taylor. Elsie Mclntire, Kath
erine Carrol, Mary Jelly, Edna Dow
dell, Luclle Smucker. Katharine
.Tacoby, Hope Blister, Kuth Beatty and
Jennie Fry.
Alto—Jennie Horting. Grace Mcln
tire. Mildred Burke. Helen Stevens,
Martha Cresswell, Florence Rinken
baugh. Ruth Hogentogler, Margaret
Wingeard, Eleanor Weaver, Mildred
Erlenmeyer. Marian Rretz, Jeanette
blaster. Margaret Kinzer. M. E. Diet
rich. Gertrude Drawbaugh. Almeda
Hertzler. Mabel Hertzler, Mary Gar
land. Anna Slicer, Jeanette Nachman,
Margaret Geisking, Rebecca Stewart,
Bernarda McCormick, Grace Saul,
Naoma Martz. Hanna Price, Jane
Whiteman, Elizabeth Gardiner, Caro
line Hatton. Margaret Bacon, Alice
Wright and Lenore Prlchard.
Tenor—William Bretz. Frank Wlth
erow. Samuel Hartman, Paul Raber,
Alphonsis Cashman, Robert Michael
and Herbert Zimmerman.
Bass—Hollis Wible, Frank Hoover,
Charles Segelhaum and Thomas Kintz.
The. choir will organize in the sec- i
ond period on Monday.
GOING TO liAWRENCKVIIXF
Leland B. Johnson, son of Mr. and!
Mrs. Eewis E. Johnson, of 241 South
Fourth street. Steelton, is attending
the Lawrencevllle Academy this year,
and has left for Lawrencevllle to take
up his studies.
Mrs. Ward Harris, of Elkhart, Ind.,
is spending ten days with her sister,
Mrs. George Dickey, at 589 Showers
street.
Mrs. George Dress, of Steelton. is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Guy Moyer,
of Altoona.
Mrs. George A. Klugh has opened
her house at 707 North Second street,
after spendng the summer at her farm
near High spire.
Mrs. Charles (C. Todd, of 21 North
Fifth street, has gone to Pittsburgh
for a visit.
Miss Ruth Fetrow. of Eemoyne, is
visiting friends in Philadelphia.
Mrs. John W. Reily, of Fort Hunter,
is spending several weeks at Fisher's
Island, N. Y.
Mrs. Henry Henderson, of Eos An
geles. Cal., is visiting Mrs. Frederick
H. Marsh, of West State street, on the
way home front-Philadelphia and New
York.
Mrs. A. K. Decevee and her grand
daughter. Miss Alice Marie Decevee,
are home after a summer's stay in
New York and Summit, N. J.
Mrs. Charles J. Wood, Jr., Miss
Evelyn AVood and Mrs. William Pink
ney Hamilton have returned to the
city after spending the summer at
Pen-Mar and suburban Baltimore.
Miss He'*pn Adams, of 43 8 South
Thirteenth "street, has returned from
Philadelphia, where she was the guest
| of her sister, Mrs. Albert Willgoos.
Mrs. Emma Trace, of 227 West
State street, has returned from a stay
at Cold Springs cottage, Williams
Mills.
AT SCHOOL FXJR THE BUM)
Little Paul Rettew. son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. Vernon Rettew, of Derry
street, has gone to the Overbrook
School for the Blind. The child lost'
his sight two years ago after an attack I
of meningitis.
Julia Gilford in "Little Boy
Blue" at the Majestic I
Monday Night
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JULIA GILFORD
"Bittle Boy Blue" is a musical com
edy with Its inspiration drawn from
one of the most fampus paintings of i
the ages, Gainsborough's "Boy Blue." j
It is the plaintive, appealing story i
of the adventures and love of the lit-1
tie prince whose portrait won fame |
for the great painter. And since the
prince was the princely sort, delicate,!
cultured, manly in spirit, with all the
mischief of the real boy behind the,
environment which withheld him j
from the boyish pleasures, the prince I
In "Little Boy IJlue" is played by a i
girl—until he Is, or rather she is found I
out. Then she Is not a prince at all'
hut a princess, and, oh. what's the use >
of telling. It's all In the play, and the j
play 1b as dainty, bewitching, appeal- j
Ing a musical comedy as was ever
turned out of the prolific works of
Vienna, storehouse of the vibrations of
the melody-ladened Hungarian oc
tave.—Advertisement. ,
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WITMER, BAIR & WITMER
202 WALNUT ST. 311 WALNUT ST.
Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg
Guests at Camden Bridal
Mr. and Mrs. David Goldberg, of
117 Cowden street, are home
a trip to Camden. N. J., where they
attended the wedding of Miss Lillian
Martz to Arthur W. Levlton, Tuesday
evening, in the Sons of Israel Syna
gogue. Eighth and Sycamore streets.
The ceremony was followed by h large
and brilliant reception at The Park
side. Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg also
stopped in Philadelphia to visit their
relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Levine
and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Grad.
GIRLS' MISSION BAND
The first Fall meeting of The Ser
vants of the King, of the Market
Square Presbyterian Church, will be
held on Friday evening, September
18. The group was formerly called
The Girls' Mission Band. Miss Sarah
Nunemaker is the manager of the
group and the officers are:
Miss Lillian Miller, president: Miss
Pauline Hauck and Miss Katherine V.
Fahnestock. vice-presidents; Miss-Ma
bel Wright, treasurer; Miss Mary E.
Middleton. secretary.
WEDDED BY ALDERMAN
Alderman George V. Bolton is still
busy marrying young couples.
evening at 8 o'clock he united Edward
Simpson, of this citv, and Blanche J.
Leedy, of Newport, in his office, 1600
North Sixth street. Mr. and Mrs.
William C. Jones. 1419 Penn street,
witnessed the ceremony.
Madame Ise'bel!
Reveals Some of the Curious Secrets of Perfume Making. Artificial Odors
i and Those of Animal Origin Sometimes Used
PERFUMES WITH THE ANCIENTS
AND THE MODERNS—Part H.
Many flowers give forth sweet odors
that seem Impossible to catch and trans
form Into a base for perfumery, and In
some climates flowers are absolutely use
less for pur
''' ' a lon th *
Mediterranean are the source of the es
sential oils that form the basin for all the
high priced perfumes made. From other
parts of the world nomep a small propor
tion of perfume-yielding flowers, but Bul
garia and the famous garden spot on the
Mediterranean seem favored above all
others In this respect.
Why California Does Not Yield Per
fumes.
In California flowers, especially roses,
heliotrope and violets, grow freely and
to large size, giving forth a plentltude of
©dors. A great deal of capital has been
Invested In this part of the world start
ing gardens for the cultivation of per
fume-yielding blossoms, but thus far In
▼ain. Whether the French and the Bul
garians hold the secret of the manufac.
turlng of the essential oils, or whether
certain places are BO peculiarly favored
by nature that It Is Impossible to re
produce them. It is difficult to say; any
way, since perfume making became a
commerce In Europe the center of the In
dustry has been Grassc, and the descen
dants of the original perfume makers now
ply the trade and alone possess Its se
crets.
Action ,of the Sun on Flowers.
It has been discovered by chemists that
the ray* of the sun bring out the odori
ferous qualities valuable for perfume
making In Grasso and Its neighborhood
not only does the sun provide a steady
warmth for a large number of months
of the year, but It is reflected back by
the surrounding mountains. These same
Jillls form a complete shelter from storm
and wind and the air is singularly pure
and free from dust. These climatic and
geographical advantages are not repro
duced In any other pari, of the world.
The flowers from which the famous Bul
garian otto of rose Is made are not large,
but very compact and singularly sweet.
The peculiar quality of this rose Is ex
plained by the soil In which It grows. It
Is gravel, full of minerals, a small per
centage of which la absorbed by the flow
er roots In moisture.
How Rose Oil Is Made.
The rose oil or otto obtained from Bul
garia Is produced by distillation when
the liquid la Anally drawn off and allowed
to cool. In the South of France the sys
tem of obtaining the essential oil is called
•nfleurage and consists of Impregnating
fat with the distilled odor, and then by
epeclal process getting rid of the solvent.
The pure oil obtained In Its concentrated
form does not smell at all like the flower
from which It comes. Now comes In the
art and secret of perfume-making, the
proper mixing and treating of odors to
produce a perfume delicate, agreeable,
reminiscent and lasting.
The flowers that are particularly rich In
perfume and capable of many combina
tions are rose, jasmine, lavender, oris,
▼lolet and patchouly. The cultivation of
jasmine Is very extensive In the south of
France. Many acres of land are given
ever to nothing but jasmine plants and
•very peasant grows a tiny plot which
lK picks over dally, selling the flowers
ts the big gardener who markets them
#br him. Jasmine perfume Is rarely sold
without the addition of tomt other odor.
SEPTEMRER 17, 1914.
A Mt'SHMKNTS AHI, SK J|K\TS
I UPTOWN NEWS
The latest enterprise has come to HarrlshurK and is now under
headway,
"THE NATIONAL PICTURE THEATER"
Having just been completed, will make its llrst opening to-night withi
"Cloister of the Hearth," In five parts for the feature, and many other
good pictures will follow.
The manager Invites every one to come and see the artistic work of
our fireproof building, which is of the latest improvements. We can
accommodate 800 people very comfortably. Don't delay. Come to-night.
Sixth and Dauphin Streets
DR. KEENE'B BIRTHDAY
IS FITTINGLY CELEBRATED
The forty-seventh birthday of Dr.
C. R. L. Keene was fittingly celebrated
last evening at his residence, 1849
Berryhiil street, with cards and other
games, following by a stag supper.
There was a guest for each year of
tho doctor's busy life arwl congratu
lations and good wishes were show
ered on him-by them all. ~ '
GERMAN COMMITS SUICIDE
By .hsorinted Press
Philadelphia, Sept. 17. Charles
Meurer, a retired manufacturer, com
mitted suicide at his home in Wyn
cote, near here, to-day by inhaling
for It la too strong, but Lt .enters, Into tha
composition of a great many toilet wa
ters. It Is also valuable In perfuming
toilet creams and powders, a consider
able cost of the manufacturing of which
lies in the perfume.
England the Home of Lavender.
The scent of lavender , ilways suggests
piles of snowy linen, cleanliness, a
healthy, wholesome form ot sweetness.
Quantities of lavender Is grown In
France and It comes also from the far
east, but the best lavender for perfum
ing purposes Is grown In England. There
are enormous plantations of It in Surrey
and Hertfordshire from which a remark
ably fine otto is extracted. The oil ob
tained Is used for perfuming soaps and
for making the favorite lavender extract,
generally sold as lavender water.
Many Advantage* of Lavender.
Oil of lavender Is volatile and will n,ot
last long, but a bottle of lt Is a most
agreeable article for the bathroom or
toilet table. Aside from Its agreeable
odor lt has the fortunate habit of dis
couraging Insect life. Flies and mosqui
toes avoid a person whose skin has been
rubbed with lavender oil. and a few drops
placed In the corners of the bathroom
have been known to stop the Inroad of
roaches. It makes a most comforting
massage for a skin Inclined to be irrita
ble after a hot bath. Bits of absorbent
cotton, impregnated with oil of lavender
and placed among underclothes, will keep
them beautifully fragrant, and the dried
blossoms placed between the plies of
household linen Imparts a clean, pleas
ant odor.
Lavender water Is a toilet article much
favored by men of the Anglo Saxon race
for the reason that its use does not car
ry the reproach of effeminacy that seems
to hang about the heav'er, more cloying
odors of Jasmine, roao and lilac.
Onei of the sweetest and most useful
odors known to commerce comes from
the fuberose, but, unfortunately, the sup
ply of this plant Is never equalled to the
demand. The lilac essence may be so
treated as to resemble tuberose and Is
very commonly sold as such.
This brings up one of the most curious
points In the art of perfume making; the*
oil produced by a plant may have an
odor quite different from that of the
natural flower and to obtain a nat
ural odor we often use extracts quite
removed from the plant Itself. I am
speaking now of the real flower per
fumes, noC of the manufactured ones
which play such an important part in the
producing of Inexpensive essences and
toilet waters.
No Lily In Lily Extract.
An apt Illustration of this Is the man
ner of producing high classed extract of
llly-of-the-valley. Theoretically, It Is
possible to Infuse the odor of these flow
ers Into a body oil so that the natural
extract may be obtained, but this process
is slow and the results are not so natural,
that Is not so suggestive of the fresh
flower as when a combination of Jasmine,
tuberose, orange, vanilla and rose Is used.
That Is what Is generally sold and liked
aa lily of the valley.
Artificial .Perfumea.
Artificial perfumes generally come from
German laboratories. Members of the coal
tar family enter Into these compositions,
the benzoyls and various chemicals Im
possible to enumerate. The results are
often far from unpleasant and In some
Instances amusingly like the real flower
essence. However no matter how well
this work Is done, the result is never
equaled to the odor from the properly
prepared natural, extracts.
Lily of the valley Is one of the per
fumes very largely produced by artificial
means. Magnolia Is also very well Imi
tated by the German chemists, and of
necessity, for so little of this flower Is
grown that the Hemand far outruns the
supply. A very flne perfume simulating
magnolia mr y he made, however, from
natural flowers, orange, rose, lemon and
severs ( other odors entering Into the com
bination.
Illuminating gas. Mr. Meurer retired
from business in 1906. He had been
111 for some time and it is said was
also affected by the recent reverses of
the Gerhiah arni.v, being of German
descent. He was R0 years old.
WILSON IIKARS OF ACTION
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Sept. 17.—Presi
dent Wilson to-day received formal
notification that the striking Colorado
miners had confirmed the action of
the officers of the United Mine Work
ers in accepting a tentative basis for
the settlement of the strike. The op
erators are expected to reach a decis
ion Saturday.
. . Valuta of the Orange Flower.
One of the most valuable flowers In the
manufacture of perfumery Is the orange
blossom, or neroli, as it Is called, and
around Nice whols plantations are given
up simply to the cultivation of the blos
som, the fruit never being allowed to
form. The market season for' oranga
flowers ai Nice lusts a little over a
month and during that time, over 20
tons of flowers are sold daily at a price
from 10 to 16 cents a pound. It Is esti
mated that a ton of blossoms will yield
about 40 ounces of the otto, that Is the
pure oil that very much diluted serves
as a foundation for the extract.
There are two methods of treating the
blossoms to produce the otto, maceration
—that is Infusion In a fatty body—and
distillation, and, oddly enough, the odor
produced from one process Is quite dif
ferent from that produced by the other.
Maceration gives an extract exactly re
sembling the original, and nothing could
be more exquisite to those who find the
orange flower agreeable. It is also a
most valuable odor to combine with other
extracts. Sweet pea Is one of the per
fumes In which neroll Is used.
Becret of the Trade.
I trust that this explanation of the man
ner In which flower odors are combined
and modified to obtain a pleasant result,
the name of which may he quite unlike
Its source, will not shock my readers. If
there Is a dash of deception, there Is still
plenty of poetry and romance In perfume
making. To preserve and, catch the chem
istry of nature the chemistry of man is
necessary. It is perhaps to avoid hurt
ing feminine sensibilities that the custom
is growing among perfumers to choose a
name for an extract that suggests a mood
or a thought rather than a flower. We
have grown beyond the appreciation of A
single odor such as the rose or the violet;
what we demand today is a harmonious
gamut of scents that pleases the olfactory
nerves as a strange chord of music doea
the ear. 'Southern Nights' to us SUR
gests a mingling of sweet odors, soft al
most to sensuousness; "lyes Beaux Vleux
Temps," the name of a celebrated
French perfume, has always suggested to
me the odor that should hover about the
, delicate scenes that Watteau paints. Art
consists often In choosing the best from
nature and a combination of exquisite
odors Is often more satisfactory than that
of a single flower.
Necessarily High Priced.
Perfumes are of pecessity high In price.
As we have learned the flower extract
that serves as a base Is culled from the
flowers with Infinite care, and the com
pounding and mingling of them takes
time and skill. Cheap perfumes are bet
ter avoided; they are compounded of
chemically made oils and the cheaper
grades of animal perfume. If one can
not afford the first class essences, better
use only pure eau de Cologne or some of
the mll(\ toilet waters which are refresh
ing and have a slight, pleasant odor.
Perfumes of Animal Origin.
The principle perfumes from animal
origin are musk, civet and ambergris and
some small proportion of these Is In
cluded In most extracts. Musk, most un
pleasant alone, used in combination with
certain flower odors has the quality of
emphasizing and rendering permanent the.
original odor. Ambergris which comes
from the whale la most useful In com
bination on account of Its lasting quali
ties. When combined with rose and va
nilla It makes the famous extract d'ambre
which Is so permanent that clothing per
fumed with it Vlll retain the odor even
after It has passed through the laundry.
The faahlon or habit of decrying musk
has grown up of late years and yet,
strange to say, perfumers state that all
of the most popular perfumes contain
some small proportion of It. The name
musk for Some reason has become aii u .
elate with heavy smelling, artificial per
fumes, and for that reason Its presence
In perfumes Is not mentioned commer
cially.