t, & ft S. AGAIN TURNS TO LINCOLN TODAY h Ration, in War Crisis, Looks K i ttitM in Dhsnrvniicn of His Birthday h WHAT WOULD HE DO? Mcmoru of Lincoln Strengthens Nation TET us have faith that the light Lt mnkes might; and in that faith let us do our duty ns we understand It" "With malice towards none,. with charity for all, with firmness in tho right, as God gives us to see the right." , , , "This Government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth." "He being oena 3 " M,r"r', "', , 4. t Increased patriotism ami greater devotion to thn memorv of Abrahnm Lincoln on thin, the 108th anniversary of hit birth, are ovl- How would he have faced the crisis with Germans'" This la tho question In everv ralnd, as the nation honors tho mart red In response to Mavor .Smith's proclama lon asking the people of 1'hllidelphla tq eb"erve Lincoln's Birthday fittingly, tho city Is a blaze of red. white and blue N'omt before has tho dow ntow n business poet on arranged such displays Busts of Lincoln re on view In manv show cases nnd Mr dually every store appealed to l tho l'hlli delDhla Chamber of Cotrmieite has re momled with a dlspla 'I ho stores ilomd at noon All hanks and sivings In Itltutlons are closed today be ng n 1ck.i1 holk!i Thc potofllce and subMatlons sus. pencled business at 1 o'clock and deliveries nd collections weio decreased At noon today tho Hag presented bv tho State of Kansis to Phlladelphli February 12 1916. whs unfurled above 1 (dependence Hall, nnd nt the same tlmo Governoi Cap per,, of Kansas, 'broke out' above the Capi tol "at Topeki the flag ptesented bv Phila delphia to Kansas The Oernian auxiliary cruisers I'rlnz Eltel Frledrlch and Kronprlnz Wllhelm In- terned nt League Island nnd the vvar rtrandea Hamburg-Ainerlein liners I'rlnz . Oekar and Ithaetli, moored at the Chrlstlm street pier, flew the American flag on their topmats todiv In tribute to Lincoln s mem ory. The German ensign and varicolored signal flags flutteied In the ringing All the public nhools In the clt observed Lincoln s Iilrthda At each of the high schools Lincoln s famous ' Gettysburg Ad dress' was read this morning Officials of the Philadelphia Chambei of Commerce Lincoln Club 1 nlou League I'nlversltv of Pennsylvania nnd historical and philosophi cal societies delivered Lincoln l"iy ad dretje" The schoolstlced nt noon Members of the Lincoln Club journeed to the Lincoln Monument nt the Green street entiauce of Kalrmount Tark this morning and placed n wreath tlieie The club's committee appointed to address high school students consisted of George W Ochs, George Washington Hiker Hicks William Conlen Howard II Lewis, Frank II Bhtttuck nnd Thomas J Norrls The club tonight will dine nt the Betlevue Stratford with former Mnyor John Weaver presiding The principal speaker will be Senator-e'ect Joslah O Wolcott, of Delaware J H Eckersley Is chairman of the committee In t.-il. t. it-.! z, charge of the banquet K" At tho I'nlon Leigue the exercises will begin at S ",0 o clock Dr James A Mm donald, editor of the Toionto Globe, will bo the orator Among the most Interested of the celebrants will be Captain S L"mlen Meigs, a Civil War veteran, eighty-nine Tears old He Is one of the few remain ing Philadelphia ns who knew the martvied President His home, at 1715 Locust street Is filled with mementoes of tho "Greatest American " Lincoln's Birthday will be celebrated by the Junger Maennerchnr with Its sty ilxth annual ball nt the Turner Hall, Broad street and Columbia avenue, tonight. About 1500 Invitations have been Issued William Illnglo will act as master of ceremonies In the absence of John I'rlck, who Is 111. Louis Elsenhalz Is chairman of tho com mittee on ariangements The Oik Lane Tark Improvement Asso ciation will observe the day with a pa triotic meeting In tho Iteformed Church, Sixty-sixth avenue and Seventh street. Oak lane Park, tonight IMwIn II Abbott, presi dent, will preside Addresses will be deliv ered by WIU'Hm Hastle Smith on "Abraham Lincoln, r.itrlot." and the Hev Frank Scott, of Oak Lane Park Methodist Chuich. on "Some Elements of Lincoln's Greatness " The Germantown Clubs annual dinner In honor of Lincoln will be held nt the Germantown Hoys' Club tonight. Among the speakers will bo Thomas rtaeburn White, Wllliim Draper Lewis, Colonel .Shel don PottT, Franklin bpencer Kdmonds and Frederick Gruenberg. The Hotnry Club will celebrate Lincoln's birthday with a "Ladles' Night" nt the Bellevue-Strntford Stewart C. McFarland Will weak at the dinner, which wilt be fol lowed by a reception and dance. THE WEATHER WASHINGTON', Feb 1.', ,1 " - . i-iuioiuimi Mini .VII" UV m: MvVoUn.,.1 .!...' .. ..,.. m . a ui I'iixri rn I'annoi it niun nni Vnn int.. K a vumiiiueu com ionium ; i uew- A ;aytfair wth riln temperature, moderate K. "Orthtt PHt Ultlrlo l.AJ.nn.1.... in.lnl.li. A large area of high barometer Is central ?hT 1J1(ilann al"l covers virtually all dls riC . tl10 llocky Mountains eistward ?ne temperatures aro below zero through out the Middle West nnd promise to fall jo zero or below nlong the Atlantic slope om Maryland northward tonight. A mod erate reaction to warmer Is reported from 'he Northern Plains States. Showers cov , i . "outhern half of the cotton belt T i . ,he ,ast twenty-four hours, under jne influence of a disturbance that is pass me eastward over riorida this morning. U. S. 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M &" .01 KiKaS. .; il NR is Cloudy -.'"i." . .i ii W t ioar B NOTABLES PAY TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN'S MEMORY Sculptor Barnard Compares l'aco of Great Emancipator to Christ's nt Exercises CtMM.m.AND C1AP. Tenn . Feb. 12 Doiens of big men from all parts of the country paid tribute to Lincoln hero today In the, Lincoln Div celebration nt the Liu coin Memorial University (leorgo dray Barnard, sculptor of the Lincoln statue to be erected In Clnclnmtl, compared Lincoln's face to that of Christ Ills faco Is Infinitely nearer an expres slon of our Christ character tlnn nil the conventional pictures of the latter," IJ-ir-nard said 'That njmbollo heiil ts the creation of artists, Lincoln's fnen the triumph of nod through man nnd of man through Clod' " ."r,1',0 R"u,lnK " "f our history nro Washington, the founder and Lincoln, tho !'a.!?.r'' Sen'',or Jnmes U Watson said Ithoiit the one H19 republic could not havo been established Without tho other It could not have been picserved ' Henrj Clows, banker, told of the Lincoln he knew when he nldod In tho flotation ot war loans during the Civil War limes and characterized 'his direct Inclslvo speech' as the highest form of eloquence ,,.M,mtnK olhrM "ho spol.o were Mnvor William Hale Thompson of Chlcigo, Con gressman Charles H Sloan, of Nebraska; Leslie M Slmw, rieneral Coleman du Pont Congressman Scott Terries nnd William P norland CARLISLE VETERAN CUT WOOD WITH LINCOLN Philip Beidcl Was Closely As sociated With Martyred Presi dent 011 Illinois Farm CAItLLSLi: P.i Teh 12 To hive been intlnntelv nsioelatul with A bra ha 11 Lin coln for two jnrn nnd to Iirvb seen him In actual life In tho period during his debates Willi Douglas was the privilege of Philip Beldel of Carlisle who seived thres enlistments In the I nlon Annv Mr lleldel'M mind tndu -s ns ileal as It was more thin half a centur ago when as 11 boj of slsteen ho winked on the thou sand-net e faini neai -Macomb 111 ot .1 lt Simpson n first iouln of Abrahim Lin coln Here It vvns tint Mr Lincoln came from his buv illii In Springfield to study and ponder ovei the great questions that lonfronlid the nation, in tho seclusion of firm life He mounts how thev some times drove to town in .1 big two-horso farm wagon to meet Mr Lincoln Tho house In whlt.li thev lived was one stoi v with a ground lloor nnd the upart imnt In which Mr Lincoln slept was par titioned from his bv a coarse sheet or ur liilll of linen Ilv S n clock Ml Llmnln waH aluas in bed and often niose nt 1 o clock In the morning He uected a luge trapeze In tho v.inl on whlci he exercised and would often help with the plowing and wood tutting This was in 18rift-(10 When Sundav lamo Mi Lincoln alwavs wont to tho Methodlt ihurch with tho .Simpson famllv seated on boards ncross a liige wagon bed filled with straw and nu their icturn would tat enoimouslv of the dinnei after which he would smoke his pipe or take a long walk alone While elder and vIhl were alwavs around the future Piesldent never tasted elthei After Mr Lincoln was electid to the prc-lilenc , Mr Heldel siw blm but onu and that was In front of tho Capitol at Washington while reviewing tioops I pon this occasion Mr Heldel s company was the olor tompanv ' and was nt lest In front of thai Pres'dent Hu said, III go hako hands with the President and see If he remembers me when to his suiprlsu Mr Lincoln saw blm coming nnd oiled out ' Como here, Philip give me 1 shake of your hand How did ou get here" Good bv ' Ua a gooil soldier " LINCOLN'S BIRTHPLACE ADDS MEED OF TRIBUTE si'Hi.varir.Ln m. rcb i:- ihe homo town of Abraham Lincoln dropped Its ever)-dav pursuits to do homage to Its greatest son todiv on the 1 18th nnnlver b.irv of the JImanclpator s birth Official machlnerj was at standstill the two chambers of the Illinois Assembly weio deserted nnd the Stato departments were unoccupied Tonight officialdom will meet for the Lincoln Centennial Associa tion banquet, an obseivance which will be attended by leaders of nntlonal and S'ate Importance The speakers will bo President John firler Hlbben, of Princeton University nnd fnlted Stntes Senator Thomas Sterling of South Dakota A thin llttlo line of tho men who fought for Lincoln in tho sixties accompanied b their wives and Spanish-American War veterans marched to Lincoln's tomb, In Old Kldge Cemeterj this morning and held brie, simple services In honor of the dead TRIBUTE PAID BY GERMAN SHIPS AT HOBOKEN, N. J. HOBOKnX Feb 12 Though dlplomatln relations between Oermanv nnd America nro broken, tho commanders of the self Interned Oernian ships hero nre tod-vy pij inc tribute to Ahiaham Lincoln l'roin tho masthead of every Ociman liner the fetar and Stripes Is riving Tho Vaterland, biggest ot the Hamburg-Amerl-ran liners, lias four American flags vi hip ping the breeze, one nt each matt. At the entinnco to the Hamburg-American pier theio Is n huge red, white and blue banner niver street In tho heart of tho German district here Is nblazo with tho national colors HONOR PAID LINCOLN'S MEMORY AT CENTRAL HIGH Dr. Robert Ellis Thompson Eulogizes Great Emancipator, and School Is Closed at Noon Robert Kills Thompson, president ot the Central High School, was tho chief speaker at exercises paying tribute to Lincoln at the school today President Lincoln nlwajs found oppor tunity to glvo words of cheer In the darkest hours of the Civil War," said President Thompson, describing the optimism and sympathy of tho great emancipator. The power ot Lincoln's memory Is growing upon the nation as years are added to the time of his death, he said Doctor Thompson pointed out Lincoln s democratic spirit as, an object lesson for the 1600 piiplls who hesrd the nddress Following the reading of n commemo rative ode. the students sang 'The Star Snangled -Banner." The school closed at 4 NORMAL GIRLS MARK DAY Lincoln Day exercises nt the Philadelphia Normal School, Thirteenth and Spring Gar den streets, were marked by tho singing of "America" by 700 girls. George W. Ochs wns the chief spenker. Miss Hleanor Qtflnn gave a piano solo and Miss Frances Hose a vocal .solo. Miss Helen Baldwin, member of the faculty, gave several recitations from Walt Whitman. Students Honor Lincoln Students In the Southern High School for Girls and Boys, at Broad street and Snyder nvenue, observed the birthday of Abraham Lincoln by holding patriotic exercises In their respective classrooms. Every room In the building was decorated with the na tlonal colors and portrait ot Lincoln, There ?bil jSwtir. .rnentlonedlnUr!tlnfjtv reCUAllOtIB UVaim Win i..vw ... -.-, EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, LINCOLN CORTEGE HERE SOLEMN AND REVERENT Driver of Hearse Recalls Chest- Jiut Street Lined With Mourners for Blocks THRONGS GREATLY AWED ALUERT LA RUE Driver of the car on which the body of Abraham Lincoln was borne to Independence Hall. Albert Li lluo lias seen ninny ciowds during the sevenlv-ciglil veais he his lived but none thit npprnai lud foi reverence and mignlluile the throng tint watched In sllciue and with blue lipids the bodv of Lincoln home to Independence Hill after his nssnssliiatliui Although muni thin a hilf century has passed since Mr Li Hue guided the hearse on which the budv of the nnrtyred Presi dent wns i.irrled and thrcTilod It on Its wav through tin' 111mm lane In tho streets blackened with sptct itor be Icinefnbers the occasion clearly 'Men who ciirdoned the itreets ' slid Mr I.i Hue this mninlng nt his home, 1242 N'orth Seventeenth street 'wero forced to hold their guns above their heads to keep balk the crowds '1 he ciowd present for uiiid vslth iiigirncss bunnillig more in Itnse to citch a kliiups, of the casket The 1 01 lege lift the station Mr La Hue explilned ind siowlv stalled on its w iv down (. hestnut stroi t I min his seat which was as high as the second story of the build in BH ho could sie the ciowd stretched for the long sqinic leidlng to Indt pendente Square "When we neared Independent e Hall " he remuiried 'the men women and children were linseed two squares nwiy on the side sheets They Inn! wilted there slnco enrlv morning nnd but a compir itlvcly few wero succefsful in seeing the boih ns It lay In state nt the f radio of Libert v " l.irh' thefollowlng mninlng, slid Mr La Rue, the bodv was started on Its way to New ork Although diwn bad not vet broken bands nccontpinled the piocesslon and people lemed from their windows to pay tilbute wblje tho llat ear speclallv built for the occi'lon wound Its way to the depot it Third mid Berks streets Mr I a Hue was but twentv -six years old at the time and had Just started In business for himself being engaged specially foi tho task of safely t iking tho body on its Jour ney with his own team GEORGE W. OCHS PRAISES PRESIDENT'S WAR COURSE What Lincoln Would Havo Done, Says Ex-Publisher, in Addtess to Wil liam Penn School Girls Pralso for President Wilson nnd the opinion tint he spoke tho words which Lin 10I11 would have spoken was voiced tod ey bv George W Ochs former publisher of tho Public Ledger In in nddress at tho Wil liam Penn High School for Girls Mr Ochs denounced the actions of Ger many In unsparing language 'After two veirs of pitience hosi.il 'we aro notified that the sea shall no longer bo free and that the Germin sei wolf Ins been ordered to roam nt lirge and destroy without warn ing any ships bound for ports of enemies In brutal defiance of the law of nations, of humanity and of God 'This was the crowning net of barbarism by a mtlon which seems to have gono mad either from furious hate or desperate from Inevitable defcit ' Ther speaker referred to Germmy ns a ' frantic maniac, ' and sild thit If diplo matic relations bid not been severed It would have meint national humiliation, with the confession tint vec arc a nntlon of poltroons nnd the avowal and boast that America stood as ch iniplon of liberty and guirantor of internatlonil rights was sound. Inff brass tinkling cv minis and empty va porlngs of a debilitated, deteriorating race Ml Ochs's nddress was received with prolomred applause Miss Annie Goldberg leid n piper on Clio Lincoln Memorial nt Hodgensvllle, Ky A poem, "Lincoln, the Man of the People" written by IMwIn Marklnm vvns read by Mildred Jones Fully 1200 girls partielpited In the exer cises, which concluded with tho singing of 'The Star-Spangled Dinner ' GIRARD COLLEGE PUPILS OBSERVE LINCOLN DAY Speaker Points Out Analogy of "Back woods President's" Early Days to Thoso of Students The 1700 pupils at Glrnrd College oh served the nnnlversary of tho "Backwoods President's" birth with exercl'es In tho thapel this morning Charles L Median, Introduced by Pr Cheesman A Herrlek. president of tho school, delivered the thief nddress. He spoke to bovB who. like Lincoln, have homes lack ing In wealth nnd luxury, but who, like Lincoln, possess tho honor of scholarship Joseph M. Jameson, vice president of the Institution, offered prayer. "Tho Lincoln Centennial" and other patrlotlo airs were played by tho Glrard College band. Trlzes were distributed LINCOLN DAY AT HIGH SCHOOLS James Carr nnd E. J. Cattell Speak to Boys and Girls Lincoln Day exercises were held today In the West Philadelphia High School for Boys nnd the West, Philadelphia High School for Glrla nt Forty -seventh and Wal nut and Forty-eighth and Walnut streets. James Carr, attorney nnd student of tho life of Lincoln, addressed the boys, n J, Cattell, City Statistician and a personal friend of Lncoln, related some anecdotes of their friendship. Charles C. Heyl, prin cipal, dismissed school for the day. H. ;J, C.ttell also spoke before the. students at the Girls' High pchool, Q, W, 11. 4 licks secretary of the convention com inlttee of the Chamber ot Commerce, told stories from thp life ot Lincoln, Slut In of gfloffi. VL22S& "j& 1 -. - ....--.... . u-m-j-b - -. iftfiHr"i' WEAVER URGES PUPILS TO FORM LINCOLN CLUB Former, Mayor Gives Advice In Ad- dtcss nt Northeast Manual Train- inp School Former Mayor John Weaver today called upon the students of the Northeast Manual Training .School, Klghth street nnd Lehigh avenue, to orgnnlro n Lincoln Club to studv tho chnrncler mid emulate the example of tho mat tyred President Mr. Weaver was the orator nt the Lin coln's Birthday exercises nt tho school. In which somo 2000 students pirtlclpated He quoted eoplouslv fiom Lincoln's second In augural nddress nnd oilier speeches nnd declnred Lincoln to bo the greatest of nil the Presidents of the I'tilted Htntes Andrew J Morilson, principal of Ihe school, was limbic because of Illness tn nttend but sent a letter of regret which was read A Bible lending bv tho llev .1 T Stevenson of tho school faculty singing of the school song and a brief nddress In Prof A O Mlchener completed the formnl piogrnm Hubert J McOomnck president nf tho sdionl community nttd a member nf the January giniluntiiig diss, presented alh letlc honors to iminbM.s of tho sVicier, cross-countrv baseball and football teams Tho school letter was awarded to each mem ber of tho first tenm In eirh sport while numernls wero bestowed upon tho diss team member" Dearth of Sugar Real, Says Grocer (nntlnurit frmii I'line One not tho best and that Is hampering shipments consldeiably if housewives would onlv buv what sugar thev actu ally need the sltuitlon would be great ly relieved m:ri.i:ns sfpply scant A representative of the George M Dunlnp Onrap my slid 'Ihe leflnrrs vlrtuillv nro not supplv lug nnv thing at the present time Thev nre not nhlo to supplv am. for thev lnvo no help with vv lite h tu tut 11 out tho goods A lot of sfnies have tin hukiu at all tod iv We have lalsed the prleo onlv In Instances where housewives have shown n tendeiiev to buv more than thev nctunllv needed In discussing the stigir situation todav an oflleli! of the Grocers Supply ( ompmy sild The refineries here cannot supplv our deminds It Is tine we nre getting some from the refiners here, hut verv little What little wi hive been able to get hold of Is coming fmm New ,nik The shortage Is verv serious Tho W J Mclalnn ItcllnltiK Compinv Is rlosed down tight bv the strike according to a representative of the cnmpain todiv Wo nre not miking nnv sugir he said and theie is no ludlcitlon tint we will be able to make nnv until this strike Is si tiled I underst mil tint th". Pennsyjvnnli Sugu ompinv hid some men working vesterdav and tint the franklin Companv Ins obt lined a few shipments from Vew Yoik to mict the deminds of their trade here I here Is an actual shofiage In Phlladelphli which IsHlI.elv to 1 1st for some time A representative of the sales office of tho Pennsvlvinla Sugir Company at llv South Second street slid todiv tint while tho company h id a few men at work vesterdav the plant Is not turning out enough sugar to meet tho demands Ho continued The outlook today Is not very" good A couple more men returned to work vesterdav at the leflnery, but tho story published In morning papers to tho ef fect that we nre turning out enough sugar to meet the demand Is wrong Wo were greatlv embirrassed by this report Hotels and testaurants all over the city have been calling us up todav nnd climorlng for sugar But we aro making so verv little sugar tint It has no effect on tho sltuitlon Wei aro un- ablo to handle tho sltuitlon nt all Mr Hoblnson of Hoblnson & Crawford. said that his conipiny had sulllclent sugir to meet the demands of customers. Mr. Hoblnson admitted howe'ver, thit hi company had a consideriblo stock on hind when the strike was called Ho stated that he had obtained somo sugar today from the Franklin Heflncry Georgo II rrn7lei president of tho Pranklln Sugir Refining Company, issued a statement In which he sav that deliveries from the Tranklln Company has 'sub stantial ' resumed normal proportions Wholesalers and Jobbers state, however that they "have been able to get verv little sugar from the local leflnerles during the last week and have obtained the most ot their supply from New York Mr Frailer said On the afternoon of Wednesday Jan uary 31, a part of the employes of this company voluntarily left their work and a portion of them nrv now on strike This fact necessarily Impaired temporarily the deliveries nf refined sugars to tho local trade, but deliv eries havo now substantially assumed normal proportions and there Is an ample supply ot refined sugars to take care of the business ' NO STRircn SETTLI.Mr.NT It was rumored todiv that the W J Mc Cahan rtcfllnlng Company showed a dis position to mako concessions to tho strikers, but report hns It that the Franklin Keflnlng Companv and the Pennsylvania Sugar Com pany refused to Join in such a settlement The big drive of housewives on the fast depleting sugar stock of tho city began Saturday and continued today Scores of grocers aro entirely out ot the staple and thoso that have a supply on hand aro par celing It out carefully to customers. A representative of the Mitchell, Tlctcher Company s'.Id Our st ji Is getting lower rapidly nnd thero seems to ha no Immediate prospect of replenishing our Biipply Wo ure limiting our customers to four pounds each Wo havo turned down hundreds of orders for hilf-barrel nnd 100-pound lots If the famine continues much longer householders will be obliged to use substitutes In their coffee syrups or rock candy The sup ply coming In from New York Is not sufficient to meet tho demand. IH.MANDS TOO HEAVY An official of a wholesale firm said Wo are very short, we are getting a Utile bit In from New York ; but there Is not enough to go around We may be able to get some from lloston this week Many of tho retailers haven't n bag of sugar In their stores today, Up-State conditions are bad There Is virtually no sugar tn Harrlsburg. nnd there Is a famine In Bethlehem and Kaiton Wilmington experienced a lit tle relief last Saturday when three car loads reached that city Condensed milk manufacturers are feeling the scarcity. Girls' School Honors Lincoln The girls nf the Germantown High School presented a special Lincoln Day program today at the High School. Germantown ave nue nnd High street. The speaker of tho day was Frank It. Shattuck, a Philadelphia attorney, who addressed the students on tho subject '.Lincoln, the L'mbodlment of Pa triotism." extracts from the speeches and writings of Lincoln were given by eight girls. The program was tilled with patriotic songs, ending with "America." Coldest Day of Year In New York NEW YOrtlC Feb. 12. Cold weather rec ords for the year were broken today when the mercury dropped to three above it.ro here. The coldest previous day was Febru ary 9, when It was Ave above eiro. Ice filled the, rivers, and harbor boats and tuts 1 m ineir wa utrsujM tM AM Wirtyl . ' .;-?$ " ' '3 SOLEMNITY OF PATAGONIAN CAVIES DRIVES EVEN OWLS TO LAUGHTER Which Ought to Give You an Idea of What Is the Most Solemn Creature in World Hyena at Zoo Also in Outburst of Homeric Ha! Ha! ik jMBy diitifiu - - M a $ . v " j! As the most undemonstrative hvinir to surrender its laurels to tins I'ntaKonian Cavy, which is a recent iar- 11v.il at the Zoo. The odd little animal is so self-possessed that ho never even winks. nlil the owl to the niTj, "lou'ee tiiken my Eriivs. I lined to lie mteet ns solemn as slni Hut nnw when I in near ymi. I iNin'l rleii uurer on. 'Tlint mil l 11 liiiicliln.' ther rrj from hIIIiIii." (Iliolh the rnvr to the mill "Ihuf riiternnns Jtiul Is iirliiiillr humorous not nt nil nnd Jutt Riirr nt ln rir VI hen vim etUh to err. In ImiuxiJiiic of jslomnlne don't makr me WHAT In the Is the "Milcinnest world" living thing The owl of e nurse what n foolish nun. lion 1!V Ha' thought you would fnll Into tint old moss-grown owl trap Vou are wrong dead wrong, the supri 111 acv nt the owl ns tho most nilemn living thing on tills eirth has been Muttered nnd swept awav forever by tho Pntagoiilin invv What In blizes is a Pntagonlan civ Ihe Patagonlnn cavy Is an animal a llttlo bigger thin our nntlvo rabbit nnd Final Fur Reductions We Begin the Second Week of This One-Half-Off Sale With An Entire Readjustment and Regroup ing of All the Remaining Broken Lots. Itegalnrly 7 Russinn Pony 50.00 8 French G5.00 5 French Seal Coats 85 00 8 Natural Muskrat Coats 97.00 fi Hudson Seal Coats. .. .110.00 G Hudson Seal Coats 135 00 5 Hudson Seal Coats 150.00 2 Caracul Coats 150.00 9 Hudson Seal Coats 190.00 5 Hudson Seal Coats 230.00 t Hudson Seal Coats 290.00 2 Mole Coats 325.00 1 Hudson Seal Coats 350.00 3 Hudson Seal Coats 450.00 1 Molo Coat 490.00 1 Eastern Mink Coat. .. .950.00 Scarfs Ilecularly 5 Natural Raccoon Scarfs 10.00 7 Black Tox Scarfs 15.00 5 Hudson Seal Scarfs... 14.50 C Skunk Scarfs 15.00 3 Nat. Raccoon Scarfs... 17.00 5 Skunk Scarfs 24.00 6 Skunk Scarfs 27.00 3 Red Fox Scarfs 29.00 6 Black Fox Scarfs 29,00 5 Hudson Seal Scarfs... 32.00 7 Ermine Scarfs 33.00 1 Persian Lamb Scarf. . . 50.00 5 Black Fox Scarfs 39.00 3 Skunk Scarfs 39.00 3 White Fox Scarfs 45 00 5 Cross Fox Scarfs 59,00 4 Dyed Blue Fox Scarfs. 65.00 1 Silver Fox Scarf 225.00 Purchases Will Be Payment , Purchasing Agents' w.t.WksmrT a 1917' ...jv.. -vt -.it .v JE!sfiiSi(aisjJnsao,jffii?'ii-ili thine in the world, tho owl has had there are two nf them, a male and a female at tho Zoo Ihe Pntagonlin civy cirrlcs more real unadulterated solemnity In his facial tx presiliin than the combined solemnity of .1 Supreme Court Judge, a famllv physlUm, .1 llungirl.ui monk a Seventh Day Adven tlit nnd tin undertaker We admit that tho owl,does look some sol emn but his solemnity Is Interrupted by fiequent cye-bllnks Nothing nbsolutely nothing, Interrupts the solemnity of tho Patagonlin civy. It Is something subllmo In Its endurance It suggests antiquity, Babylonlm trudltlon nnd eternal life The civv Ins eye as big ns raglnn coat buttons big holenin, wondering eyes of I funereal depths lt is Impossible to look n Pnt igonlan civy out of countenance Hven the steel llko glances of a hypnotist would ipnll be fore the world-old look of tho ' Little Judge ' from Patagonia You cm look steadily Into his eyes for an eternity and ho wont '"w.immmm Mavfeon & DeMany 1115 Chestnut Street Opposite Kdth'i) They Must Go Former Given No Consideration Prices Are Whatever. Read Every Item Carefully Fur Coats Fur Now 24.50 r 32.50 4 42.50 G 48.50 0 55.00 5 G7.50 & 74.50 74.50 1 94.50 1 115.00 1 145.00 1G2.50 . 3 175.00 223.00 2 295.00 1 475.00 ItecuUrly Natural Raccoon Sets. 39.00 Beaver Sets 59.00 Australian Opossum Sets ...i 42.00 Nutria Sets 55.00 Brown Fox Sets 59.00 Red Fox Sets 98.00 Hudson Seal Set 125.00 Cross Fox Sets 160.00 Pointed Fox Set 190.00 Blended Mink Set 300.00 Hudson Seal and Er mine Set 250.00 Hudson Bay nnd Sable Sots 350.00 Silver Fox Sets 650.00 Hudson Bay and Sable Set 1000.00 Vow 3.50 G.50 6.50 7.50 8.50 12.00 13.50 14.50 14.50 16.00 14.50 19.50 19.50 19.50 22.50 29.50 32.50 112.H0 Regularly Now 10 Black Fox Muffs 19.00 9.50 G Natural Raccoon Muffs 20.00 10.00 7 Hudson Seal Muffs.... 23.00 9.50 6 Australian Opossum. .. 25.00 12.50 4 Skunk Muffs 27.00 13.00 4V Black Fox Muffs 29.00 14.50 5 Hudson Seal Muffs.... 29.00 14.50 7 Black Fox Muffs 35.00 17.50 10 Skunk Muffs 44.00 22.00 7 Skunk Muffs 50.00 24.50 5 Black Lynx MulTs 50.00 25.00 4, Battleship Gray Fox Muffs 55.00 27.50 4 Taupe Fox MulTs 55.00 27.50 6 Black Lynx Muffs 56.00 28.00 4 Slate Fox Muffs 75.0,0 37.50 7 Cross Fox Muffs 80.170 39.50 Reserved in Our Storage Vaults of a Deposit. Payments to Be During the Spring and Summer Orders Accepted. Mail Orders Filled mrzm v. .rrwi'r.vr. blink a lash. At tbe bottom of'H llko orbs ot the cavy seems to H U10 wisdom of tho world. If jrou enough Into those dark, brown depl ran conjuro up the, outllno ot the. mills, tno rnco of 1'naraon ana me of Cleopatra, ', When tho fair envies were uroi tho Zoo from South America theyi placed In n cago next to a hyena. emn visitors from the south had a ' nstonlshlng effect on the hyena. The nnlmnl nehrly laughed himself to looking nt the cavles nnd they were obi1 to remnvo him to another cage where could not look upon the countenances ihe two solemn llttlo .beasts. Soon tho nnlmals arrived at the Zoo they i enieied into n solemnity contest. In words, they were placed beside nn owl. to seo If they really had anything on nwi in the matter of solemnity, A o visitor to tho Zoo happened to look,' tho cage which contained the owl nnd mvles, and ho said to his mother, "O over here, ma. nnd seo that owl lauah.' Thit vvas proof enough for tho Zoo keen. that the Patagonlnn cavy Is qulto the mij" i solemn living thing In tho world. Tl Keepers havtn't tried n laughing jacks . on tho cavles yet, nnd there Is not muasl chance, for the Zoo has no laughing Jackas,, WILSON THANKS STUDENTS A " Offer of Services in Case of War Pleaswi President 1 STATE COLLKGH Pi., reb. 1 2. Vtts- dent Wilson nnd Governor Brumbaugh hay both written to A W Itobcrts. colonel o. the cadet regiment nt the Pennsylvania, ,., . Stato College, thanking lilm for tho offer i, of 2300 students, all with military training-, A ,inu line voiunieereii 10 serve In case oti hostilities with Germany. President VTlUkHW ROIl H llrl.linul-rt-'iiunl fill....... i May I not thank you for your kind telegram of February fi, nnd tell vou and the students of the Pennsylvania State H rollego thit 1 nm gratified nnd heart ened by your generous assurances? r,f!$ e.ovcrnor urumbaugh expressed his ari ' pnciatlon of tho patriotic spirit minlfested, by the students In offering to the Com- , monwenlth their (.ervlccs for tho prcserva- S lion of natloml rights. ' J V.fci 11 HLLI) IN I'ETROGKAD PLOT Labor Leaders Atjrestcd on Charge of -J-yj Planning a devolution rnTUOOBAn reb li Eleven member' ot the workmen grnup of the Central Mili tary nnd Itulustrlil Commltteo of Petro- , grail havo been nrrested, clnrged with be-f longing tn revolutionary parties nnd fo- uniting a libor movement with the ultimate nlin of trinsforming Itusslin Into a social demoeratlc republic This ofllclal announce ment was mado yestcrdiy. f Pour other persons have been pliced un- der nrrest It is alleged that they constl- Ki-l tuto a group whoso object Is to organize demonstrations with the Intention of com mitting excesses Highwaymen Hurl Victim Prom Bridge WILKI.S-BARIin, Pa . Feb. 12. An gered because their v Ictlin hid but a few t icnts In bis possession, two masked high- M way men. who held up Anthony -Marconi, aged thirty -four, threw him from a bridge over the Lehigh Valley Railroad tracks and so berlously. Injured him mat his death is expected B . Sets Now 19.50 29.50 21.00 27.50 29.50 49.00 62.50 78.50 93.00 125.00 125.00 175.00 325.00 500.00 . Muffs ' fv. Until Next Fall on Continued V? Charge Accounts Opened i M v , V. iKS !'. '3 W L I - ' I 't- I -rc cs tT' .v jy &
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