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OCTOBER
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MOON'S PHASES—
Full Moon, 4th; Last Quarter, 12th;
New Moon, lfHh; First Quarter, 25th.
WEATHER FORECASTS
Harrisburg and vicinity: Showers to- [
night and probably Sunday. Not much
change in temperature. |
Eastern Pennsylvania! Showers to
night and probably Sunday. Moderate T
southerly winds. V ~ y \J
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 69; lowest, 59; 8 a. m., 62; 8 p.' m., 65.
CANDIDATES IN THE PULPIT
At the morning, afternoon and evening services
in the Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal church to
morrow addresses are to he made by Martin G.
Brumbaugh, Vance C. McCormick and Gifford
Pinchot, men who am at present among the most
prominent in the public eye in Pennsylvania, in
cluding among them the next Governor of the
state whichever way the election may go.
It is not a usual thing for candidates of opposing
political parties to speak in a church, yet it is not a
harmful thing. In this instance personal politics
and party differences avowedly are to be omitted
from the discussions, the speakers to confine them
selves to the so-called moral issues of the present
campaign.
Because candidates for office do not frequently
occupy pulpits to discuss issues of a campaign,
objections may be raised to the arrangements at the
Fifth Street church, just as more or less objec
tions are raised to practically all innovations in
church activities. This particular church is ac
customed to doing unusual things, urged hv the
progressive spirit which is inciting many evangel
ical churches these days to establish precedents.
So long as personal political differences are not
referred to by the candidates for office it seems
that there can be no logical objection to their dis
cussing the issues of the present campaign from the
pulpit. Since moral issues have taken such prom
inent places in the platforms of political parties,
churches are, or should be, more concerned than
formerly in the outcome of an election.
Church and state were at one time in very close
relationship. History shows that the relationship
was in many respects far from being a beneficial
oue to either the spiritual or the temporal institu
tions. Modern ideas do not favor interference by
the state in church affairs nor by the church in
state affairs. Politics and religion have a few
things in common, however, and so far as these
things are concerned it is well for politicians and
church members to get together.
Candidates for office are appealing to the church
people to support them, and in recent conferences
of clergymen and laymen of churches of different
denominations resolutions were adopted endorsing
particular candidates. Action of this sort ha.s been j
taken because candidates have expressed themselves '
in favor of-principles for which the church people j
believe it is their duty to contend.
The attitudes of office-seekers regarding the so- '
called moral issues can sometimes hp misunder- '
stood or their utterances misinterpreted. If church ;
members have the opportunity, however, of hear- i
ing the candidates themselves explain from the i
pulpit their views on vital questions of the day the I
voters of the congregation should certainly he able
to go more intelligently to the polls next month.
THE YOUNG GIRL AND HER MUSIC
The following interesting letler, written to the
editor of the Star-Independent, by Mrs. A. Mary
Lush Geiger. of Indianapolis, Indiana, raises a point i
that may be discussed with profit:
The other even ing I was at a home where several friends 1
had gathered. The daughter of the hostess was asked to i
play a piece on the piano, aud it was only after a request j
from all present and the embarrassment it caused her !
mother that she was willing to grant the favor. To the j
young ladies whose musical abilities have been cultivated, i
let me add: Never he insisted upon to play a piece or two !
of hright airv music. t It is a breach of etiquette to toy 1
with a fan. shake your pretty head, become intentionally I
embarrassed, lean back and hesitatingly insist that vou I
HAPPTSBr-RO STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1914.
cannot, but after repeated entreaties carelessly reaeh the
piano, dasl) off the most intricate production, sufficient to
make Apollo's hair stand up. Always rise pleasantly and
play -something short and sweet, and j'ou will net only be
most highly appreciated but win the admiration of all
| present.
It doubtless is true that many girls and young
women of musical attainments pretend to be em
barrassed when asked to play in public when as a
fact they are flattered at the" request and hold
I back simply because they "like to be coaxed." It
j appeals to their pride to he urged to perform and
i the more urging they receive the more they like it;
| hut this class always ends by '"yielding" after
; their admirers' stock of persuasive eloquence is
j nearing exhaustion. v
The writer of the letter that we quote above,
| however, fails to take into consideration that there
are many young women and girls, who are bud
| ding musicians, who experience genuine embarrass
' ment when they are asked to play in public. The
[ embarrassment that they experience in playing is
far greater than the embarrassment they may cause
; their mothers in refusing to play when a group of
i guests makes the request.
The modesty that a young girl displays through
her timidity in such circumstances is one of her
most lovely qualities and it should not be ruthlessly
| ignored. To try to force a child, who genuinely
j shrinks from the publicity of the thing, to play
I when her dread of it is very apparent, amounts to
| nothing less than a cruelty that kind parents will
| not intentionally inflict.
I Everything should be done, of course, to encour
i age a young musician to overcome such timidity,
j but it must be done through kindness and not by a
show of impatience to force her to play when it is
I evident that the prospect .terrifies her. A real
| musician gains confidence in herself as her knowl
| edge of music increases and this increasing confi
i denee, as she grows older, will enable her finally to
j overcome her embarrassment. Forcing her to play
| when it is genuinely distasteful to her to do so is
! more likely to induce Jier to grow to hate her music
j than to endeavor to make herself more proficient.
| as a musician.
After baseball, the election and then Thanksgiving, for
1 which we will all be ready.
j Congressman Nelson, of Wisconsin, says he is a "blood
: hound on the trail of the octopus." Must be a regular
water dog.
That SBOO,OOO left by Mrs. Frank Leslie to he used
in the promotion of the cause of woman suffrage may be
| heard from in Pennsylvania next year.
With only $4,555,000 in the general fund of the State
Treasury, the state's financial officers will have to do some
close cutting to square things before the fund is
i all paid.
Old Derry is right up to the front with her new township
high school which will be dedicated on Tuesday,—the gift
of the "Chocolate King." More Hershevs are needed in
j Pennsylvania.
j Politics, firemen's convention, war, war taxes, sub
) marines, Antwerp forts—everything seems to be forgotten
in the wild desire to get an answer to the all-absorbing
question: "Who is winning to day's gamef"
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
LOOKING FOR WORK
"Please, lidy, will you help a poor man who ain't done
nothin' in the way o' work for more'n twelve munce?"
"Dear, dear; perhaps I could find you something. What i
can you do?"
"Thank y\ lidy, thank y' kindly, mum; ef y' could I
p'raps give me some washin' ter do, I could take it 'ome !
to me wife."—London Opinion.
A PAINFUL SIGHT
"Saw a very painful sight this morning," remarked the
athletic boarder.
"What was that "
"An old man trying to teach his beautiful young wife
to swim bv reading a book of instructions to her from
the shore."—Louisville Courier-Journal.
HARDSHIPS OF WAR
Lady—"Yes, they are very nice gooseberries, but aren't
they dirty!"
Street Vendor—"Dirty! Think I can wash 'ein and part
their 'air dahn the center for tuppence a pound in these
'ere war times?"— London Opinion.
MODERN LITERATURE
"I must confess that I don't understand Henry James.
His style is so involved."
"I'll ,ell y°u how to go about reading him. First run I
over a life insurance policy. After that Henry James will j
seem lucid and clear."—Louisville Courier-Journal.
FIELD FOR SPELLERS RESTRICTED
Don t you want your boy Josh to be a good speller?"
asked the school teacher.
"I dunno," replied Farmer Corntossel. "Ahout all the
notice a good speller gets nowadays is bein' called on oc
casionally to decide a bet."—Washington Star.
IT DEPENDS
"I wonder how many men will be made unhappy when
I marry?" said the flirt.
"How many do you expect to marryf" answered her
dearest friend. —Man Lacht.
BEFORE YOUR EYES
Sign in a Middleboror shoe shine parlor: Have your tan
shoes died black and see the tango.—Exchange.
PROOF POSITIVE
"How do you know that Chaucer dictated his old Eng
lish to a stenographer?"
"Look at the way it's spelled."—Philadelphia Ledger.
UNWHITEWASHABLE
"If some of those financiers keep on telling on one an-'
other they'll all end with the character that Cal Clay gave'
the deacon." *
The speaker was Gifford Pinchrtt, the famous Progressive.
He resumed: • i
"Cal Clay was a witness in behalf of the deacon, who was
up for chicken stealing.
"'Calhoun, my man.' the lawyer said, 'what do you |
know of the deacon's character?'
" 'Hit am unreachable, sail,' Cal replied."—Kxchange. '
/' \
[Tongue-End Top ics|
Longed for the Stars and Stripes
The prevailing decoration in Harris
burg for firemen's week was fhe Amer
ican flag and no prettier decoration
could have been chosen. Outside of the
patriotism in the selection the combina
tion of colors is beautiful. Walking
down Second street on Thursday after
noon was a party of women, all of whom
were admiring the decorations.
"There was a time in the last
month." said one of them, "when the
sight of an American flag would have
gladdened my heyt. beyond measure.
Our party were caught in a German
city and we were regarded with sus
picion as 'being English. Do what wo
could to dispel that idea many of the
Germans we met in that city would not
iielievp that we were Americans. If we
were Americans, they said, wihy didn't
we show an American flag? Alas, the
only American flag we took along was
a small one, and it was locked up in
mlr baggage, hopelessly lost. Finally,
through the efforts of the -American con
sul we managed to get out of Germany
ami into France where we remained un
molested until we found a way to get
to (London, and thence home. I made
my resolve as soon as T saw the Statue
of Liberty in New York harbor never to
■travel abroad again unless I kept a
small American flag where I could get
it on short notice. It certainly is a pro- j
taction.''
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Protection of Old Glory
Another woman in the party remark- ]
ed fhat she was more fortunate. ißeing J
in Berlin when the war broke out she j
had a small American flag in her hand
bag, and she pinned it across the front
of her dress and was not annoyed, ev.
erv ono respecting Old Glory. What
pleased her most, she added, was that
everybody seemed to know the Ameri
•can flag. so entirely different in make
up it is to flags of other nations.
* . *
Had to Make American Flags
The trouble three Reading women had
in Germany when the war broke out
was recently related by the relative of
one of theni Who resides in Harrlstuirg.
They were taken for Knglis'h women,
and despite their assertions that they
were Americans the Germans would no>t
'have it so—they surely were English.
They hunted in every store for an
American flag, hut the closest approach
they could get to it were a couple of
small American flag stick-pins which
they bought and wore. Even this did
not. satisfy the Germans, so, in despera
ation, the three "Women set about mis.
ing some small American flags, getting
red, white and 'blue cloth. They made
"three rather crude ones, but the flags
answered the purpose and they were not
annoyed any more, getting away in
safety, but losing all their 'baggage.
While of German descent, yet all of
them agree that as a protection the
American flag is potent and they have
laid in a stock of small silk flags to
■have handy in ease of emergencies.
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Still Pursue Horse Thieves
Oue might think that with the gen
eral use of the telephone in the rural
districts there would no longer be any
necessity for the keeping up of the old
time horse and mule protection associa
tions, formed many years ago to run
down horse thieves, yet these organiza
l tions still exist and do good work.
Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth
Hertzler, of Port Rova'l, Juniata coun
ty, is a member' of one of these com
-1 panics that 'has been in existence many
| years and is still active. In its entire
existence fhe association has never fail
| ed to recover the stolen animal and
| capture the thief. This is because of its
| thorough system of work. When a horse
is stolen the fact is at once reported
to one of the officers of the association
with a description of the animal. At
once the members of the association in
the vicinity of the owner of t'he animal
stolen are notified, and inen who a.re
called "pursuers" are sent out over
every route likely to be taken by t'he
thief, From Mifflintown station there
aire sixteen different routes t'hat a
thief can take, but on each one of
those routes two imen start after the
thief and stolen property. "From every
other town in Juniata county Toutes
lead in every direction, and a thief has
mighty littlo chance of getting away,
! for every route is so well "covered that
escape is simply impossible. The sys
tem has been perfected by the asso
ciation so that it never fails to work.
Once a year the association meets to
elect officers and complete its list of
"reserves," who watch the home trails,
and "pursuers" who do the chasing.
Juniata county's blooded stick is always
safe.
Four Steers Killed at Crossing
Elizabethtown, Oct. 10.—Four steers
of a herd of forty-seven cattle were in
stantly killed yesterday morning when I
an eastbound P. R. R. passenger train I
struck them at a crossing east of this j
pla-ce. The caittle were consigned to the !
Masonic Home.
"That 'baker makes the lightest
bread T ever tasted,'' said the old fogy.
"That's right," agreed the grouch.
'' His pound loaves only weigh nine I
ounces."—Cincinnati Enquirer.
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! SEVERE RHEUMATIC
PAINS DISAPPEAR
Rheumatism depends on an acid in
the blood, which affects the muscles
and joints, producing inflammation,
stiffness and pain. This acid Rets into
the blood through some defect in the
digestive process.
Hood's Sarsaparilla, the old-time
blood tonic, is very successful in the
treatment of rheumatism. It acts di
rectly, with purifying effect, on the
hlood. and improves the digestion.
Dou't suffer. Get Hood's to-day.
« Adv.
Irani
Ml STATE
Will Not, However, Di
scuss Politics When
He Goes to Pitts
burgh on October 24
T. R. IN THIS CITY
ON OCTOBER 29
V
Revises Schedule to Arrive in Harris
burg Two Days Later Than Orig
inally Intended—Secretary Wilson
to Invade Pennsylvania
Five days after President Woodrow
Wilson makes a whirlwind trip through
Pennsylvania en route to Pittsburgh,
where 'he will speak at the exercises in
cident to the seventeenth anniversary
of the founding of the Y. M. C. A. on
October 24, Theodore Roosevelt will
come to Harrisburg in connection with
his three-day campaign tour of the Key
stone State in the interest of the •'Pro
gressive" candidates.
The 1 resident will not discuss poli
tics, despite the fact that he decided
'to attend the Pittsburgh exercises fol
lowing the receipt of an invitation from
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer, who is
the Democratic nominee for United
States Senator. Roosevelt origdnallv
had planned to come to Harrisburg on
October 27, although he recently
shifted his visit to noon of October 29.
William If. Wilson, Secretary of La
bor, announces that, beginning "with Oc
tober 13, he will join Representative
Palmer and Vance C. McCormiek, the
Democratic Gubernatorial candidate, in
■campaigning Lycoming county. Leav
ing Williamsport, Secretary Wilson will
go to Indiana, Maryland and West Vir
ginia. He will return to Pennsylvania
for three days' stumping, beginning
October 26. Whether he will visit Har
risburg on that occasion has not yet
been determined.
Congressman Arthur R. Rupley, of
Carlisle, who recently joined the' Pro
gressive candidates in their campaign
work, last night spoke at a. well-attend
ed meeting in the Central Democratic
dub. Mr. Rupley took tfhe opportunity
to explain "his belief that the Republican
candidates, Penrose and Dr. Brum
baugh, should not be seated, declaring,
among other things, that "Penroseism
is the moral issue in Pennsylvania at
the elections."
Washington party meetings in this
county are now frequently toeing held,
two of wfcich are slated for this even
ing. One will be held at Royalton at
7.15 o'clock and the other at Middle
town half an hour later. The speakers
will include Dr. John H. Kreider, Con
gressional candidate from this district;
•Joseph B. Martin, who seeks re-election
to the General Assembly; Harry B.
Saussaman, a Williamstown attorney,
and H. E. Brandt, of Harrisburg.
PENNSYLVANIA BAPTISTS
TO HOLD BIG CONVENTION
A Notable Gathering at Scranton
From October 19 to 112—Address
es on Live Topics by a Brilliant
Array of Speakers
From October 19 to 22 will be held
in the Inunanuel Baptist church, Scran
ton, the Pennsylvania Baptist General
convention, made up of delegates from
the Baptist churches of the State. In
this connection annual sessions will oc
cur as follows: The eighty-seventh of
the Pennsylvania Baptist State Mis-'
sion Board; the seventy-fifth of the
Education Board; the forty-eighth of
the Ministerial Union; the twenty
third of the Baptist Young People's
(Board, and the fourth of the Woman's
Baptist Home Mission Society. The
State Mission Board carries on a com
prehensive work among the aliens of
the State, besides aiding churches that
are not self-supporting and conserv
ing the country church—one of the
present day problems. The Education
Board renders financial assistance to
young men and women preparing for
the ministry and mission work.
A galaxy of speakers will be heard
including the Rev. W. E. Chalmers,
Russell H. Conwell, D. D., C. H. Wool
ston, D. D., the Rev. P. C. Wright and
C. H, Dodd, D. D., of Philadelphia; E.
T. Tomlinson, of Elizabeth, N. J.; C.
A. Brooks, D. D„ and Mrs. F. M. Good
child, New York; J. L. Campbell, I).
D., Cambridge, Mass.; R. M. West. D.
D., Rochester, N. Y.; Miss Isabell
Crawford, of Rainy Mountain, Okla.,
and J. H. Franklin, D. D., of Boston,
Mass.
Live topics will be considered, such
as "The Preacher for the Present,"
"The Efficient Church, Its Spiritual
Life," "The Efficient Church, Its
Worldwide Responsibilities," "The
Efficient Minister," "Taking Care of
Eight Hundred Converts" and "Build
ing Up a R-ace From the Bottom."
A special feature will be the annual
stewnrtship banquet, Tuesday evening
at to be addressed by R. M.
West, D. D. These topics are sugges
tive as to what may be expected. A
great volume of important business
will of course engage the atteution of
the delegates, including annual reports
of the various boards as well as re-
ports of regular and special commit
tees, elections and the laying of plans
for the work of the coming year.
Every Baptist church, large or small
in the State should be represented by
its own delegates. No church can afford
to miss the inspiration to be gained by
having its pastor in attendance. It
will (prove a paying investment lo send
him, paying his expenses.
Scranton is accessible from all parts
of the State, being reached directly
by the D. L. and W., the D. and H.,
the Erie, and the Central R. R. of N.
J., also by the Pennsylvania R. R., con
necting with the D. L. and W., at
Manunka Chunk, N. J., and the I>. ami
H. at Wilkes-Bar re, and by the Lehigh
Valley, connecting with the D. and H.
at Wilkes-Barre. Attendance upon this
convention wi| afford an opportunity
for studying at first hand the results
of a "Billy" Sunday campaign.
The members of the Baptist chnrche?
of S-cranton, will lodg«* and furnish
breakfast for delegates. Thinner will he
served in the church at a nominal sum
and evening meals may be secured in
nearby hotels nnd restaurants. Kor
particulars regarding entertainment,
address C. H. Lsinde, 606 Taylor ave
nue, Scranton; for credential blanks,
address the Rev. Charles Walker, West
Chester; for program, address the Rev.
Charles F. Kulp, Dalton, Pa.
Greedy Parisian Tradesmen
EJaris already possesses an organiza
tion 011 the lines of the Wives' union it
is proposed to establish in order to con
trol the cost of living. The baker ex
tracts 18 cents from them for a four
pound loaf of household bread, and
as much as 20 cents in some districts,
while ibetter quality bread is never soM
at less than 6 cents a pound. Other
necessities of life are equally dear in '
proportion. In a manifesto issued when
t'he I<eagiip of Parisian Consumers was
formed to fight fhese hig'h prices it is i
RIGHT TO YOUR TABLE
comes the reflected contentment from the All-Gas
Kitchen.
The meal has been cooked in a sanitary Gas
Range—it is appetizing, wholesome—the maid is
interested—von are pleased—and your pocket
book is congratulating itself.
Every consideration raises its voice in favor of
the All-Gas Kitchen —then why ignore your inter
ests by failing to have one?
New Special Cabinet Gas Ranges $24.00 and
up—easy terms. Other Gas Ranges $16.00 and
up.
Call at the gas office, or ask us to send a repre
sentative.
HARRIS6URG GAS COMPANY
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] MAKE YOUR WILL f
If you wish your wife to inherit all your
property you must make your will to that
effect, otherwise she will have only the use of,
or income from, one-third of the real estate
you own.
And remember that her interests will best be
served and her possessions safeguarded by nam
ing a trust company as executor and trustee of
your estate.
Ask for a copy of our booklet, "Why You Should
Make a Will," which treats fully of the laws of de
scent and distribution of property.
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stated that the average Parisian shop
keeper wants to retire from business
at. the age of 40 or thereabouts and
'bleeds his customers as much as pos
sible. If tradesmen could be persuaded
to keep in harness a little longer they
would, it is Mioug'ht, be content with
smaller profits.
Mrs. Platte—"Wait, dear, until I
think."'
Mr. Flatte—"l can't wait as long
as that. I've got an engagement, day
after tomorrow.'' —l'onkers States
man.