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THE STAR INDEPENDENT The paper with the Isrgesi Homt Circulation in Harrisburg ana Marby towns. Circulation Examined by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTIS2RS. TELEPHONES ELL Private Sranoh Exchange. No 3280 _ . . _ u _ CUMBERLAND VALLEY ITlvate Branoh Enohan<e. .... No. >45-246 Thursday, December 24, 1914. DECEMBER Bun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Frl. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MOON'S PHASES— Full Moon, 2nd; Last Quarter, 10th; New Moon, 16th; First Quarter, 24th. WEATHER FORECASTS Harrisburg ami vicinity: Snow or rain this afternoon and to-night. Low rut temperature to-night about 25 <lc- <f"T*y grces. Friday generally fair and colder. twPfc-r Eastern Pennsylvania: Snow or rain this afternoon and to night. Friday Y4 jiartly cloudy and much colder, proli ably preceded by snow in the morning. Fresh southwest shifting to northwest J winds. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 28; lowest, 19; 8 a. m., 22; 8 p. m., 22. THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS Seventeen years ago Mr. Frank P. Church, an editorial writer on the New York "Sun," in reply to a letter from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old, who had some doubt about the existence of Santa Claus, proved that there is a Santa Claus, in an editorial that is a classic. This reply to the little girl cannot be repeated too often. It will be read with pleasure and profit by young and old so long as there is a Christmas, and we take great pleasure in reproducing it from the "Sun" of September 21, 1897, as follows: We take pleasure in answering at once and thus promi nently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is num bered among the friends of "The Sun": "Dear Editor: I am eight years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says 'Tf you see it in "The Sun," it's so.' Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? "VIRGINIA O'HANLON, 115 W. 95th St." Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the sceptictism of a sceptical age. They do not, believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All winds, Virginia, whether Ihev be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an aut, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Ves, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as cer tainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! There would be no childrenlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood filled the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus? You might as well not be lieve in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Clans, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are -those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You might tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Clans' Thank God! he lives, and he lives for ever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. CLOTHES FOR A THOUSAND CHILDREN \ A thousand school children of Philadelphia, now unable to attend" the public schools because of lack of sufficient clothing, are to be eared for by the Emergency Aid of that city, with the co-operation of school officials and charitable organizations. Garments and shoes will be supplied to the unfor tunate boys and girls, so that they may not only be able to attend school but may be kept reasonably warm during the winter months. Recent investigations of truant cases in Philadel phia have brought out the fact lhat children of impoverished families are unable to attend school because they have, no undergarments to protect them from the cpld winds, and no shoes lo separate HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPE their feet from the icy pavements. No less than a thousand such cases are now awaiting relief. Education of children in the public schools can not be made compulsory, in fulfillment of the state's laws, if children have no clothing in which to go to and from the school buildings and not enough food to nourish them and enable them to profit by their studies. It is well that a thousand such children are now to receive needed attention. The unlucky little boys and girls in all cities who are handicapped in their school work through want of sufficient food and clothing, need to be cared for while they are there more than any other class, for they are the boys ayd girls who will leave school the first day the law permits them to, in order that they may start to labor for their livelihood. CAUTION AGAINST STOMACH ACHE Precautions against excessive indulgence in can dies are in order at this time. State Health Com missioner Dixon, in one of his valuable talks on health and hygiene, has warned children and grown ups against eating too much candy ou Christmas, and lias advised them that what they do use they should use. with or immediately following meals. As Doctor Dixon points out, pure candies cannot be harmful if eaten in moderation, for their princi pal constituent is sugar, and sugar is a food, pro ducing heat and energy. Excepting, of course, the candies colored with coal tar dyes, and having other harmful ingredients, the sweets which are to be so plentiful in most homes during the coming days, can do no harm if employed in the capacity of after dinner dainties. The trouble is that children, and sometimes adults as well, from the time they get t heir boxes of sweet meats on Christmas morning until the boxes are empty, have constant access to them and indulge in the candies at all hours of the day and night. >The cream and mint and caramel and marshmallow and peanut candies, not to speak of the sticky canes and baskets and the transparent novelties, have attractions at Christmas time that are too strong for most of their recipients to resist. Candies come with Christmas just as surely as do ornamented trees ami animated toys. Many children who get comparatively little candy during the year, except of the penny-a-stick variety, seem to think that they must make up for their lost opportunities on Easter and Christmas by disposing of all the sweetmeats they receive on these occasions without the least delay. Within several days they eat their year's allowance of fine candies, —and then the doc tors are summoned and must patiently prescribe for the common ordinary stomach aches of the writhing little gluttons. The proper remedy would hardly be to restrain the children alter they once get their Christmas candy, for that antagonizes them and makes them more determined than ever to have what is right fully theirs. Much less is the proper remedy to keep candies from them entirely, for that is too cruel a method to be practiced at this happy season. If there is anything that will correct those chil dren who are in need oFcorrection it is for parents to parcel out moderate quantities of the sweetmeats at one time. This has the advantage of making the supply last longer. Or a still better plan is to carry the Christmas spirit to a small extent throughout the whole year, by having candies on the tables at regular intervals. The children will thus have their appetites for sweets satisfied from week to week and will not go wild when the luxuries of pounds and pounds of candies are heaped before them Christmas morning. After to-morrow it will all be over but the stomach ache. The reindeer are being groomed for the trip. After all, Santa can come in bis old fashioned sleigh. The Kaiser is not near dead yet. Fact is lie is now hurrying back to the firing line, very much alive. A Turkish court martial has decreed that three of the surviving officers of the Turkish battleship Messudyeh, which was blown up through the daring exploit of a British submarine, are to bo put to death for not having prevented the disaster. Evidently Turkish officers are sub jected to more perils than those for which the enemy is responsible. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN THE HEIGHT QUESTION General Arthur Murray said at a dinner in San Fran cisco, apropos of the height of soldiers: "The British Army has raised the height limit for vol unteers to five feet, five. Short Britishers object to this and with reason. For consider the Japanese. They aro incomparable soldiers. Yet the five feet five limit would bar most of them out. Consider the Gurkhas, the Tribe soldiers of India. They are as valiant as tho Japs, yet their height runs from 4 feet, 11, to 5 feet, 4. "At one of the London recruiting stations, just after the establishment of the new rule, a short and chunky East Ender who had been registered by the examining surgeons pointed with a scowl toward a taller East Ender who had been accepted, and said: " 'Aw, look at 'im! An* I knocked 'is 'ead off last Sat urday night!' " —Exchange. BOSTON DIALOGUES Willie was wiping his spectacles. "Where have you been, Willie?" his mother inquired. "I have been making a call on my dear teacher," the affectionate child replied. "What was the nature of your errand?" asked the mother. "I went to my teacher's home to request her to hold the study of geography in abeyance until the authorities truth fully determine the new boundaries of those nations that are at present engaged in a cruel ami inexcusable war." "And what did she say!" "I hate to repeat it, mother." "Do you hesitate on my account my child?" "She called me a protoplastic prig." "How intensely shpeking!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. ~ PRECAUTIONARY Mike—"Begorra, an' I had to go through the woods the other night where Casey was murthered last fall an' that they say is haunted, an' bedad, I walked backward the whole way." Pat—"An' what for wuz ye alter doin' that?" Mike—"Faith, so that* 1 could see if anything wuz comin' up behind me."—Exchange. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1914. \ Tongue-End Topics] His Christmas on the Stone Pile For the first tame in many years, Joe Toner, a panhandler a>nd police character, will not spend his Christmas behind prison bars. "Joe" is serving u sentence imposed 'by Mayor Royal, although instead of ibeing in jaiil, he is naipping stone on the stone pile at the almshouse. Toner remarked yesterday to officials at the county home that he would rather be in prison than at work on the stone pile. Records show that for many years Toner has passed his Christmas in jail. * * * Preserving Capitol Park Trees The State having gone into the cord, wood "business, it has been suggested that outside of t'he old trees recently cut down in Capitol Park and sold there is a num:ber of others that could be cut down 'before they fall of their own weight from decay, The attempt last year to save the trees recently cut down by having them doctored by tree doctors from the State College, was not as successful as was expected, aaid the only way to reforest the park is to plant new trees, which will be done, ibut it is also found that their growth in the park is very slow. A tree plant ed on the Third street side of the park 'by Governor Penuypacker some years ago has not grown perceptibly, and it is possible that the former governor may be asked to plant another one. " a *■ Hastings Tree Grows Well A tree planted in the park by Gov ernor Hastings, in the small plot at the head of the Third street walk while he was in office, lias grown to wonder ful size, and is one of the ornaments of tho park. Along the walk, to the left on the way to the Capital, are two trees planted by Ca.ptain John C, Be lanoy when he was Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings. They are tall and symmetrical and so much alike that they look like twins. VVlien Captain DP lanoy planted them he named one M. 8. Quay and the other C. L. Ma.gee— orte for the veteran Sen ator aind political leader, the other for the Pittsburgh political leader who learned the political gume from Quay, afterward fought him, but before he died was again his close friend. The "Newspaper Tree" On the Third street side of the park, just iu front of the north wing of the Capitol, is a birch bark tree known as the "newspaper tree," because it was plant oil by three Harrisburg men, two of whom are now dead —Wil- liam Rodearmal and George M. Wan toaugh. When the old Capitol burned th'i« newspaper tree stood in front of the building and was badly scorched, so much so that it was considered ns a deal one. Superintendent Hani bo, who was afterward in charge 'of the con struction of the Caipitol, decided to make an effort to save it, and he had a trench made from the tree's first loca tion to its present one, and workmen shoved the tree, roots and trunk, to where it now stands, and it is one of the handsomest trees in the park. 4 «/ The Simon Cameron Trees Along the North street side of the park, from Capitol to Fourth, and from North to State streets, are a number of button wood trees that were planted by the late General Simon Cameron, when ho was Adjutant General of the State, in 1529. It was found necessary to remove some of these trees several years ago, but there are still some tine specimens left. * •> * Only One Ohio Buckeye The on'lv real Ohio buckeye tree in the park stands along the North street side of the park near Third. It is very different from the horse chestnut tree, of which there are so many fine speci mens in this city. JUDGE TALKS ON Fit AN K CASE Sulzbarger Comments on Manner in Which Trial Was Conducted Philadelphia, Dec. 24.—Judge Muyer Sulzberger yesterday characterized the trial of (Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Marv Phagan, at Atlanta. Ga., as a "veiled application of the lynch law.'' His criticism was deliv ered when commenting on the movement here to petition the tiovernor of Georgia for a commutation of the death sen tence. In speaking of the manner in which the trial was conducted, Judge Sulz berger observed: "The presiding judge in the case, at a certain point in the trial, called in a colonel of militia and ,t.lie chief of police to prevent violence't'hat was ap prehended. This is, at bottom, t'he rea son why Frank was not broug'ht into the court, because it was feared t'hat, sihould he he acquitted, he and his 'coun sel might, be in danger of violence. The chief of police sat 011 the bench along side the Judge, in plain view of the jury, and I cannot avoid the conclusion that, from the moment When the mili tary and police authorities intervened, the court automatically was adjourned. '"The verdict was received by Frank when at yresent in the court, and it was rendered by a jury that was no longer a constituent part of the court. I conclude that this is nothing more than lynch law veiled." Committees have been formod in ev ery ward in the vitv for the circulation of the petitions for a commutation of the death sentence. A Floral Murderer The mocassin plant is a wanton mur derer. Its flowers are so sna.ped as to lure ants and other wingless insects to them. Once inside they have small chanco to escape. There they stay, struggling until they starve to death. These orchids are not considered insect eaters, but they undoubtedly draw a certain amount of nourishment from, the decayed 'bodies of their insect prey. Many other flowers trap insects, which they kill and gradually digest as food. RHEUMATISM GOES IF HOOD'S IS USED The genuine old 'reliable Hood's Sar saparilla -corrects the acid condition of the blood and builds up the whole sys tem. It drives out rheumatism because it cleanses the blood thoroughly. It has been successfully used for forty years. For rheumatism, stomach and kidney troubles, general debility and all ills arising from impure blood, Hood's has no equal. Get it from your nearest druggist to-day. ' Adv. AMUSEMENTS / % MAJESTIC To-morrow (Christmas l>ay), mati nee and night, "A Pair of Sixes." Monday evening, December 28, free Christian Science Lecture. ORPHEUM Every afternoon and evening, high class vaudeville. COLONIAL Daily continuous 7audeville and pic tures. . s "A Pair of Sixes" The typist on the stage, that is, the woman typist, is always a delightful and interesting character. She is al ways jolly and sometimes pert. Authors never seem to put the serious kinds into their plays. There is one feature of the stage typist that sometimes jars —and that is her typewriting. The business portion of the audience shud der because they know the stage typist never knows how to type, but iioldl Miss Caroline Leonard, who plays the part of the pretty typist iu "A Pair of Sixes," the sensational farce suc cess which will be seen at the Majestic to-morrow matinee and evening, knows how to type. When she starts on the machine, a great sigh of reliof and sur prise wafts upward to balcony and gal lery with pure enjoyment of the edu cated clicks. The stage typewriter has absolutely written! Everyone in the audience immediately assumes that she must have been a typewriter before she became an actress. The truth is, she had' never struck a key until she began rehearsals for her part in the play. v Adv. * At the Orpheum Santa Claus closes his engagement at the Orpheuin after this afternoon's show. With his knapsack of nice toys that he presented to the girls and boys each afternoon this week, Old Saint Nick proved quite a hit. There will still remain "'The Dream Pirates," a delightful one-net musical comedy; Der kins' Animal Novelty called "Dogville on a Busy Day" and Josephine Davis, pleasing singing comedienne; Kmmet DeVoy and company in a farce comedy called "His Wife's Mother" and three or four other Keith attractions of a high order. It has been a long time since a lineup of Keith acts seemed 1 to strike the popular fancy ,lik e the offer ing that the Orpheum is [Presenting this week. Heavy advance sales accordingly are reported at the box office for the re mainder of the week. Next week, Kitty Gordon, hailed as the most beautiful woman on the American stage, is an nounced as the Orpheum's bright par ticular headliner. In presenting Miss Gordon and company for next week the management says she is the • highest salaried artist who ever came to Har risburg for a week's engagement. Adv. * At the Colonial Treat's Seals, vaudeville's most wonderful animal actors, come to the Colonial to-day, to hold 1 as prob ably the most interesting of the at tractions booked to entertain at HIB "Busy Corner" over Christmas Day. This will be the second local .appear ance of this wonderful animal troupe and when they were here before tliev attracted much interest among grown ups as well as children. The seals if? everything but talk, being educated t:> a. marked degree. Another sterling at traction will be that presented by Gra ham and Kandall, who will offer a clev er variety skit; Port and Dclaccy will appear in comedy songs and patter, anil Charles Bennington, the one-legged wonder, will add the thrills of the of fering. "Broncho Bill Turns Judge," an excellent moving picture attraction in two parts, will be the special feature in the moving picture entertainment. Adv. * At the Photoplay Mont popular "movie" action, Fraincig X. Bushman, will appear to day at the Photoplay in a two-act Es sanav drama, "Every Inch a King." Mr. Bushman makes a very imprifesive king ami is supported with an all-star cast, including Raverly Bayne and Bryant Washlburn. For Christmas Dav our present to the public has been the Ibooking of a Vitagrapli Broadway Star production, featuring clever Anita Stewart, famous load in "A Million Bid." She appears Ciri3tmas in "413," a three-act drama, dealing with a gang of diamond swindlers who operate between Europe and America. Anita Stewart, as Elain Hall, daughter of the ohie<f smugigfler, and Harry Morey, a secret service man, Northrup, as Baron Barcellos, the smuggler and Julia. Gordon, adventuress, in love with t'he Baron, complete an all-star cast. adv.* ELECTRIC CHRISTMAS TREES They Are More Popular Than Ever and Eliminates Fire Sanger will help make to-morrow the "big day" of the year in home, church, fra ternity room and tire house and club room, will be lighted bv electricity. The ever growing danger of fire'froin the old-ifashioned candles, the combina- At this season our thought is largely that of good wishes and gifts for those we love. We strengthen family ties and back good wishes by the most substantial gift for the family. National Life Insurance Company of Vermont W. H. CtJMMINGS, Gen. Agt. 905 Kunkel Bldg. oCTE3zaEsrassaasaaia A Merry Cra 2 T ° A " N Hj rpHE Employes of THE GLOBE join in Jp. ■■■ wishing A Merry Christmas to all— | j for this store counts you all its friends! yJ IC Our sincerest thanks for your generous patronage which makes this Christmas sea- HJ son stand out as distinct from all others. L A p 0 y tion of efficiency, economy and beauty provided by the electric systems, the odd effects that can be had with vari colored globes—these have ,«11 been factors that have helped to popularize the electrically lighted Christmas tree idea, according to Robert W. Hoy, commercial manager of the llarrisburg Light and Power Company. "The demand for the Christmas tree service," said he. "is greater this year than ever before." Harris/burg it self officially has declared for the elec trically lighted tree by providing the fluid for the municipal tree. The tiny electric lamps are arranged in long strings which can be suspend ed and festooned from the tree and there is not the slightest danger of their setting the branches on lire. The lamps are made in all colors ami in a great variety of shapes. Many of them are made to represent binds, fruits, men. animals, etc. Ono string of lights is enough for a small tree and other r «g There's no way like the old way, Though weve tried to find a new; And so just "MERRY CHRISTMAS" Is the wish we send to you. Jerauld Shoe Co. 310 Market Street RAMtf THIRTEENTH and (ft UlUCmj DAlm DERRY STREETS J, OPEN EVERY SATURDAY EVENING LM Will Open a Ml Christmas Savings Club S Club Year Reckoned Prom, and Regular Payments Begin M 0 Monday, December 28,1914, at 9 A. M. ® Open An Account Paying Each Week 25c 50c SI.OO m Interest will be added to all accounts paid in full at the end of MM the 50-week club year. Wl OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT BEFORE JANUARY 2, 1915. B5 E. C. THOMPSON, Pres. S. F. BARBER, Vice-Pres. J C. O. 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The text conforms to the«» j j authorized edition, is self-pronouncing, with copious ■ < > marginal references, maos and helps; printed on thin I*.. -i » . . j [ bible paper, flat opennij; at all beautiful, I» !• ** EXPENSE J, readable type. One Pre# Certificate and the !tem» • |! Th « $3 Ihe $J C bJo?'«™p* " AI "° 1111 Edition for Catholics; | ( I ILLUSTRATED the style of binding. Through an exclusive arrangement we < > BIBLE oh is in silk cloth; I nave been most fortunate in securing the #1 contains all of the alius- Catholic Bible, Douay Version, endorsed < * tratjons and I 7 fc y Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop ( \ maps. On* free I t rnwdc * now Cardinal) Farley, as well as by the < > : certificate and OJLC it L. various Archbishops of the country. The ( ) " cml illustrations consists of the full-page en- < ' gravings approved by the Chureh. with- ( I ] f out the Tissot and text pictures. It will be distributed in the same bindings as the Pro- < ' Sestant books and at the satqe Amount Expense Items, with the necessary Fret Certificate. < > , , MAII. ORDER* Any be>k by pare*! post. Include EXT ft A 7 oente within , , ll* mile.; 10 oente lit to >OO mllee; tot- creator dlatanoee aak your poatmaatar 1 , , amount to lneluda for S pounds. J j strings may be added according to the size. The cord is provided with an ordinary screw plug which fits any electric fixture. The lights can be snap ped off and on as desired. In this way the Christmas tree is a thimg ot' beauty anil a .joy throughout the holiday sea son, without danger of fire. An Observing Parrot A little while ago .lones managed to igct a good record of his parrot's cries on a cylinder. By way of experiment he set it going while Polly was in the room. "Pretty Poll! Scratch a Poll! Give me a bit of sugar, uncle!" whirled the machine. The parrot looked seared. "I want some sugar, some sugar!" came from the gramophone. "Great S-cott!" screeched Polly at she looked down the trumpet. "What a beak for sweet stuff!"— London Ideas.
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