POUND FOR THE POOR.
-HIE SLOGAN
[Continued From I'lrst l"i*f]
fearrlßburg whose officers will be able
to use the supplies to the best advan
tage.
Hears of Much Distress
Dr. Stough hopes to make this
"Pound Night" one of the most mem
orable of the campaign specialities and
a time of Christmas cheer for the en
'/re city. He spoko last night of the
many letters he has received from
time to time, asking for assistance for
the poor of the city. Some of these
letters were pitiful in their appeal and
all of them showed, he said, that there
Is much dire want, of which prosper
ous public seldom hears.
One of the letters he quoted was
Trom a little boy who said his papa and
brothers were out of work and all the
Tamily hungry. Another from a little
girl said she had heard that Santa
Claus cftuld not come to her home be
cause they were too poor.
Meeting Continues 'til II
"Almost like a Sunday school Christ
mas concert," was the way Dr. Stough
described the service last night when
songs from the railroad men and their
glee clubs, responses from the choir,
presentation speeches with flowers for
Dr. Stough and his party, &nd other
special features occupied more than an j
hour of the service. A general spirit
of jollity reigned throughout the
meeting and there was much more
laughter and applause than has been
noticed at any of the recent nights.
Dr. Stough was late in starting his
sermon and he preached longer than
usual, as he said he wanted to give
the railroad men the full benefit of his
discourse. The after service was fur
ther delayed by the personal efforts
made by the evangelist to persuade
some of the railroad men to hit the
trail and the meeting was not con
cluded before 11 o'clock.
1,000 Railroaders Attend
The tabernacle was comfortably
heated and the attendance was better
than on the night before. Dr. Stough
said he was more than pleased at such
tt good turnout on such a night and
said he felt more than justified for
staying another week. About 1,000
railroaders occupied reserved seats.
Both the Harrisburg regiment and
the company from Enola were, headed
by bands and each played "Onward
Christian Soldiers" in a confused con
cert as they neared the tabernacle.
A glee club of twenty-six railroad
ers, all of whom are either trailhitters
or were Christians before the cam
paign. sang from the platform, "What
Will You Do With Jesus, Neutral You
Cannot Be." A quartet from the
Pennsy also sang from the platform.
The entire party of Pennsylvania rail
road boys sang several songs.
Gift From Rotary Members
William S. Essick, president, of the
Harrisburg Rotary Club, in behalf of
(dumber of his members who attend
ed In a body, presented Dr. Stough
with a fine "bunch of pansies," which
he Invited the evangelist to smell. In
his neat speech, Mr. Essick told Dr.
Stough he had hit the trail forty years
ago and was proud of the fact. He
paid he represented a "bunch of fel
lows who stood for integrity in busi
ness as well as uprightness in living.''
'ln thanking the Rotarians Dr.
Stough said he guessed that he too
was a Rotarlan as he had been rotat
ing all over the country in the busi
ness of evangelism for the last four
teen years.
Flowers were also presented by
groups from the Evangelical Publish
ing House and the W. O. Hickok
company. I
The Rev. George F. Scliaum of the
Harris Street United Evangelical
Church spoke in reference to the col
lection for the Stough party next Sun
day and said he hoped to see "not a
poor offering but a generous thank of
fering for the men and women who
have done such noble work In the
citjfc"
"Good Night Nurse"
The sermon had more of the comedy
and slangy touch of Stoughism than
usual and was delivered presumably
with an especial appeal to the rail
roaders. Dr. Stough acted and waved
his arms with a freedom that proves
the vaccination performed the other
day has not taken effect. At one point i
he balanced himself on the big plat
form chair In a comic effort to imi
tate the well-known painting supposed
to represent the rock of ages, in which
a buxom young woman is shown
crawling up on a rock and stretching
her arms toward a cross. Ho called the
picture "A Travesty of Religion," and
not at all giving the meaning of the
cross.
His discourse was based on the work
of St. Paul and John the Baptist, who
were nothing rf the side-stepper or
apologetic, stripe of preachers who
preached high-brow literature, but
good straight - from - the - shoulder
righteousness. Tti comparing their
methods and difficulties to the present
time he said they had a much harder
job than he has now, which seems
hard enough.
"If you want, a nice scrap, nowa
days. just go after the gang with
righteousness, go after ballot-box stuff
ing for Instance or preach a sermon on
the string-pulling practiced to get jobs
on Capitol Hill —good night, nurse!"
He spoke of the "delegation of the
official board of the First Baltlst
Church of Jerusalem going to John the
Baptist in his jail and asking him to
please modify his harsh statements
about King Herod running around with
his brother's wife"; to all of which
John violently answered no, and paid
for hia refusal with his head.
Why I'olks Won't lilt Trail
In speaking of people who do not
hit the trail he said ho occasionally
meets a man who is reasonably skep
tical and cannot understand the prob
lems of inspiration, regeneration, the
K'onement, or the divinity of Christ;
it he declared that 97 per cent, of
ose who refuse belief do so because
they are unwilling to give up some pet
Bin.
"If you are really in intellectual
difficulty, come to me and I will be
ready to help you with my explana
tions of the problem which may clear
it."
Among the eighty odd trailhitters
was a bartender, and another who said
he was out of a job but had refused a
place on a brewery wagon; there was
also a member of the Rotary club and
a. claim agent of the Pennsylvania
railroad. People came up to the last
moment of the trailhitting period and
several got under the ropes after the
prayer of confession was begun.
STOUGH CAMPAIGN NOTES
The W. O. Hickok Manufacturing
Company employes. about thirty
strong, were at the tabernacle services
last night and sang "Let the Word of
God Be Burning in the Heart of Dr.
Stough."
Miss Palmer will hold a meeting at
(ho Moorhead factory to-morrow
noon. She will preach in the taber
nacle at 2 o'clock.
Among the visiting ministers at the
labernacle services last, evening were
Ihe Rev. J. E. Newcomer, United
Evangelical. Keystone; the Rev. E. O.
Burtner, United Brethren, Palmyra,]
TRTOTRSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 17, 1914. "
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ASTRICH'S
and the Rev. G. B. M. Clouser, Bap
tist, Pemberton, N. J.
Noonday shop meetings will be held
to-morrow at Division street shop,
Pennsylvania Railroad, speaker, H. K.
W. Patterson: Reily street shop,
speaker, the Rev. W. N. Yates; Ruth
erford shop, Philadelphia and Read
ing Railway, speaker, Captain Neilsen,
Salvation Army; Division street shop,
12 midnight, speaker, the Rev. E. E.
Curtis.
The employes of the United Evan
gelical Publishing House were present
last evening and presented Dr. Stough,
Miss Palmer and Mr. Patterson with
beautiful bouquets of flowers.
The Rutherford Philadelphia and
Reading Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation Glee Club and the Stevens Me
morial Methodist Episcopal Glee Club
under the direction of G. W. Sweigert,
sang "Jesus Whispers I Am With
You," and "Jesus is Standing in Pi
late's Hall."
Eighty-one persons hit the trail at
last evening's meetings. The total of
conversions to date is 4,980.
A noonday meeting will be held on
Saturday at tho Harrisburg Railways
Company barns. The speaker will be
Homer W. Black, secretary Central
Y. M. C. A.
Miss Eggleston will hold a meeting
for boys and girls at Camp Hill to
morrow afternoon at 4.30 o'clock.
The Rev. G. B. Segelken. pastor of
the Presbyterian Church. Steelton, of
fered the opening prayer at the taber
nacle services last night.
The Gospel quartet of Enola car
shops sang "Come Spirit, Come," at
last evening's services.
The Rotarians' delegation wan pres
ent last evening and presented Dr.
Stough with a bouquet of flowers. W.
W. Esslg made a few remarks.
To-night will be donation night at
the tabernacle. Everybody should
bring something in the line of gro
ceries, clothing, etc., to gain admit
tance to the tabernacle. All donations
should be marked Harrisburg or Steel
ton and will then be. distributed to
the needy by a committee of the As
sociated Charities.
| XMAS CANDY
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I ing better Candies, Chocolates and Bon-Bons than anyone else has been proven by the fact
I that we are one of the largest and busiest confectioners in Central Pennsylvania.
Sweet, pure, thick, rich cream, pure granulated sugar, rich chocolate, dainty flavors and other wholesome ingredients used; made under the guiding hand of
.» our skilled candy expert, in our own light, airy sanitary candy factory are the fundamental reasons we have succeeded in making better Candies, Bon-Bons and
Chocolates.
| Let Our Own Make Candies Tell Their Own Story-All We Ask Is a Trial
Nothing will convince you so thoroughly of the goodness of our Chocolates and Candies as the eating of them. You may know that they contain the
; M of sugar and the richest of cream, and that they are hand mould-ed and hand dipped under ideal conditions—but one taste outweighs all information. Could you .
£ ; imagine a more ideal candy for a Christmas gift. Sold in bulk or in fancy one-half pound to five-pound boxes.
'J: To Public School Teachers, Sunday School Teachers, Lodges, Etc., purchasing in quantities we make wholesale prices, which are wonderfully low.
I GREEK-AMERICAN CONFECTIONERY. *O9 MARKET ST.
LIVEWIRE WORKERS
G. W. Kurd, a prominent member of
the First Baptist Church, is actively
engaged in church work and is a dea
con. Ho is a personal worker in the
campaign and a tenor singer in the
chorus.
Milton If. Mulligan is a livewlre mu
sician in the Fifth Street Methodist
Episcopal Sunday school orchestra.
He is a talented cornetist and plays
in the campaign orchestra.
K. I. Book is well known in church
circles. Ho holds an official position
as steward in the Curtin Heights Meth
odist Episcopal Church. He has been
doing considerable work on the men's
committee .of the campaign. He sings
tenor in the chorus.
D. F. Bauder spent much valuable
time in helping to take the religious
census of this city for the Stough
campaign during the preliminary
work. He is a member of the Young
Men's Bible class of the Derry Street
United Brethren Church. He Is also a
bass singer and is actively engaged
in the big chorus during the campaign.
SEAI. STAND IN SUBSTATION
Harrisburg's branch of the National
Red Cross Society has opened a booth
for the sale of Christmas seals in the
Post Office parcel post substation. In
the Donaldson Kuildin, 20G North Sec
ond street, yesterday. Miss Margaret
Turner, who is in charge, expects to
sell 15,000 stamps this year.
DEATH OF SAMUEL BOLL
East Prospect, Pa.. Dec. 17.—Sam
uel 8011, 7 8 years old, a retired mer
chant, died yesterday. He was a vet
eran of the Civil War and was promi
nent in Order United American Me
chanics circles. A widow and four
children and a number of grandchil
dren survive.
SHARP LOOKOI'T MAINTAINED
London, Dec. 17.-3:20 A. M.—As a re
sult of the raid, most of the coast towns
of England and many inland towns, are
adopting the strictest, precautions.
Street lights have been reduced to the
utmost and all along the coast a sharp
lookout is maintained.
QUARANTINE I.IFTF.I>
Blain. Pa.. Dec. 17. Health Officer
Ralph B. Kell, of tills place, has lifted
the quarantine on the home of Mrs.
George M. Hench. at Center, and fumi
gated the house, the quarantine being
placed on account of their youngest
(laughter bein gill with typhoid fever.
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HDW THE RED CROSS
SEAL ORIGINATED
Civil War "Post Office Stickers"
Back in '62 Was Start
of Idea
Nearly $1,900,000 has been raised
by Red Cross Christmas seals In the
last six years, and yet many people
who will buy these holiday stickers
at this seventh annual sale do not
know how the charity stamp Idea or
iginated.
It was war that brought forth the
charity stamp—our Civil war of '6l
to '65. Some of your grandmothers
first played "post office" with stickers
similar to Red Cross seals 'way back
in 1862, when thep conceived the idea
of selling stamps at fairs for the bene
fit of the relief funds for the soldiers'
hospitals in Brooklyn, Boston and
elsewhere. Nearly $1,000,000 was rais
ed in this way before 186 5. After the
war this method of raising money was
discontinued in this country for a
generation, although it found vogue in
Portugal, Switzerland. Austria, France,
Spain. Denmark. Norway, Russia,
Sweden and other European countries.
There are. now several thousands of
different types of charity stamps used
in all parts of the world, as many as
forty being used in Austria for chil
dren's hospitals alone-
Stamps on seals were first used
to get money for the antituberculosis
crusade in and Sweden in
1904. To Jacob Itiis, the well-known
social worker of New York, and to
Miss Emily P. Blssell, the energetic
secretary of the Delaware Red Cross,
jointly belong the honor of originat
ing our American Red Cross Christ
mas seal. In 1909, Mr. Riis' interest
was aroused by the receipt of a
tuberculosis stamp on a let
ter from Norway. He published an ar
ticle about this queer-looking stamp
in the Outlook, and suggested some
possible uses for it in this country.
Miss Blssell at once, saw an opportu
nity here and prepared a stamp, from
the sale of which her society .realized
$3,000 for tuberculosis work. So im
pressed was she with this success that
she induced the American Red Cross
to take up the sale in li}oß on a na
tional basis. With very little organi
zation and with hardly any attempt
at careful advertising the sale that
year brought in, nevertheless, over
$135,000 for antituberculosis work in
various parts of the United States.
In 1909, with more'thorough organiza
tion, the sale, was Increased to nearly
$310,000; in 1911 to over $300,000, and
in 1912 to over $400,000. Last year
the sale was increased to nearly 45,-
000.000 seals, netting $450,000 for the
antituberculosis campaign.
It ie fitting to note that war, in
human and cruel, was the mother of
the Red Cross seal, and that now
war for humanity against disease
brings it back to its fullest usefulness.
TO CURE A COLD IX ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
Tablets. Druggists refund money if It
fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signa
ture is on each box. 25c. —Advertise-
ment.
MASONIOTEMPLE IS
AGAIN NEARLY BURNED
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of the building, was working in the
cellar and when Fire Chief Kindler
rang the elevator bell and told Mr.
Machlin the building was on fire, the
custodian thought it must be a mis
take. He took the fire chief and fire
men to the sixth floor. But when the
doors to tho kitchen were opened
flames blasted forth in all directions.
Building Hose in Action
The firemen were ordered to put the
several lines of "building hose" In ac
tion, and to turn as many chemical
streams to the top floors as was pos
sible. The plug streams were also
used. The flames had spread through
the floors and were eating their way
rapidly to other portions of the build
ing. All the companies in the lower
district wero ordered into service, and
the firemen fought the flames on three
different floors at one time.
With a temperature of ten degrees
above zero the water froze on the nre
escapes anil ladders. Fighting the
flames from the outside was out of the
question. Holes were cut in the floor
and walls and streams of water were
turned in the direction of the flames.
The flames from the fire In the kitchen
ate through the floor to tho lodge
rooms below. Directly beneath the
kitchen is the paraphernalia and ante
rooms. Adjoining Is the secretary's
and officers' rooms.
Flames Destroy Costumes
The flames spread to the room in
which the costumes are kept In steel
lockers. The heat was so intense that
the contents of the lockers were eith
er burned to a crisp or badly scorch
ed. The leather portions of the uni
forms were charred. Many of the
swords were also badly damaged by
tho heat. Fearing that to open the
lockers before they had cooled, would
mean further loss, no effort will be
made to ascertain how great the loss
to the paraphernalia is until this even
ing.
The fire reached the blue room
where a meeting of the Robert Burns
lodge was scheduled .for to-night, and
then spread to the red room. The lat
ter was damaged slightly by flre, but
mostly by water and smoke. Valuable
i papers and books in the safes were not
reached by the flames, but records and
papers awaiting consideration were on
the desks, and a large number of these
were destroyed.
Members of the various Masonic
lodges will bo unable to state how
great the loss will be until a complete
inventory is made.
Tho origin of the fire this morning
is a mystery. There was no fire in the
building except in the basement where
the steam heat plant is located. Per
severance lodge held a session last
night and after a meeting a buffet
luncheon was served. Hot coffee and
cocoa were served with sandwiches.
Tho gas stoves in the kitchen were
used to heat the coffee and cocoa, and
at the close of the luncheon the gas
was turned off in the main pipe lead
ing to the kitchen. This is always
done by a lodge member.
Gas Was Turned off
When tho firemen opened tho doors
of the kitchen the entire room was a
mass of flames. The firemen had to
get out of the room for a time, be
cause of the heat and smoke. There
was nothing in the kitchen but bread,
some leftovers, and a pot of cocoa.
Nothing that could cause a flre was
used in last night's luncheon. Thoso
in charge of the kitchen piled up tho
dishes and linen on the tables, intend
ing to return to-day to clean up. Firo
Chief Kindler could not give any idea
as to the origin of the blazo and said
he would make a further investigation
after the debris was cleared away.
None of the Masonic members would
advance any theory as to the origin off
the flre.
The firemen remained on duty untii>
after 10 o'clock. A force of men wa9
put to work cleaning up and getting
the lodge rooms in shape for a meet
ing to-night if possible.
t. EVEN
IF.
YOU HAD A
NECK
B LONO AS THIS
ELLOW AIO HAD
SORE
.BOAT
ISIUNE
>ULD QUICKLY
I ELI EVE IT.
A quick, e«fe, (ootMnf. bailing, tntinpHe relief
for Sore throel briefly <lescrlb(« TOMSILtHt. A
small bottle of TonslUne larte loniter then nioitmnr ,
cite of Bere Threat, TOHSIUHC i-clleves Bore
Mount end Hotmrnen end prewtti Qufrnj.
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