See "The Fashion Shop" Gowns,
Then Buy Your Spring Duds
Days like these inspire
inoughts about our Spring
fawns, and girls there's a
afloat, that if we want
to be positively correct we (-> s? .
,ught to see the glittering
'ray of creations that !i
"The Fashion Shop" at
lhe Orpheum this week. \*V .JjaK&B
Many of them will be
exhibited in a splendid 1 <fS&> ss■'
Jk&MM
musical comedy of this -- fa,-',
title, gowns of every de- iyn* jj^^m
scription and gowns for
;very occasion. f <
"The Fashion Shop" Is
elaborate in staging, and J| JBK
n costuming and is a
daze of light, song, beauty
»nd frolic. The cast,
vhich is quite notable in
cludes Mr. Hugo Jansen, j ' jjfjK vB
amous .fashion designer, , JS <|
Krl Corr, Broadway's x
favorite "rube" comedian, Jp
»nd Blanche Latoll, lately u. | j*
'catured with "Naughty
Marietta."—Adv.
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; Merchants Are Wide Awake to
Possibilities of Parcel Post
[ Growth of System During Last Year Boosts Harris- >
burg Up Among Leading Inland Shipping Points \
of Country; Dealers Were Quick to Take Ad- j
vantage and Now Many Have Well Organized I;
Mail Order Departments
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The large amount of parcel post
usiness done through the Harrisburg
'ost Office and the rapid growth of
hia new branch of the government
ervice each succeeding month, is u
iroof not only of its great popularity
nd usefulness, but also an indication
f the importance of Harrisburg as
me of the leading inland shipping
ioitits of the country.
The increase of parcel post mail j
andled by the local office during last
ear was about 45 per cent, over!
913, the first year of the new service.!
i> this form of postal business is due;
.rgely the estimated increase of 20
er cent* in the gross receipts of the
fllce here for the current fiscal year,
lthough the sale of stamps for ordi
ary classes of mail is also showing a
ealthy growth, due to the natural
rowth of the city and the increasing
se of the mails for advertising and
usiness correspondence.
The total receipts for the year end
)g June 30. 1914, were about $375,-
00 in the Harrisburg office, and, ac
ording to indications of the eight
lonths passed, the receipts for the
urrent tiscal year will be over $400,-
00. This big and steady gain is a
ertain sign of Harrisburg's favorable
acilities as a shipping point and its
rowing importance as a railroad cen
i?r, especally in view of the fact that
lie reclpts of post offices in many;
irge cities are not advancing, and j
1 some cases are falling off.
Office Hanks lligli
The State legislature is, of course, j
large factor in the local postal busi
ess. It is estimated the total amount :
f receipts from parcel post ship-1
lents and stamp sales for first class;
Tail for Capitol Hill will probably i
each 135 000 during the present ses
lon.
The State departments are at all I
mes heavy users of the mail, and
ince permission was granted to send j
ooks by parcel post, thousands oft
olumes of department publications |
ave been mailed. More than 118,-
00 automobile tags were sent last j
ear to individual license holders.
Last week several thousand dollars'
ostage was received in one day from |
carload of catalogs distributed in'
arcels from Harrisburg within a ra
ins of 150 miles by one of the large'
jail order houses. They were the !irst;
3 recognize the advantages of using;
reight to ship to a central point for
among the small towns
nd rural districts by parcel post. Lust
ear one Chicago house alone mailed ;
ve carloads of catalogs from Harris-'
urg and a number of others shipped!
mailer lots.
Vide Awake
Local merchants have also learned
iie value of the parcel post. Every ;
ay the local office receives wagon
mds of bundles from Harrisburg de
artment stores,- shoe dealers, s9ed- j
len, cigar manufacturers, hosiery fac-;
iries and makers of women's wear
nd light clothing.
These shipments are consigned not'
nly to towns in the immediate neigh- 1
orhood of Harrisburg, but to small :
>wns and country customers within j
ie radius of the 150-mile parcel post l
»ne. Local businessmen are develop- ;
lg the mail order branch of their ;
usiness by the assistance of the par
el post, and incidentally they become j
irger patrons of the ordinary first- I
lass correspondence.
Merchandise delivery to local pur-1
hasers in the city and small towns |
'itliin trolley distance is also becom
ig popular. A package bought from a ;
[arrisburg merchant can be delivered j
> the customer's door in Camp Hill, ;
liddletown or Rockville, or anywhere ,
1 the city, for ti cents if under two |
ounds weght. In connection with the j
dephone the parcel post is getting j
> be one of the chief l factors of time-1
ivlng for busy housewives or retail i
lerchants in the rural districts.
Eggs Mailed Regularly
The parcel post is also growng rap- j
Uy as a carrier of farm produce to j
ity customers. Thousands of eggs
re mailed to Harrisburg people regu- 1
irly, and butter and other solid ma
•roials are also mailed to some ex
int.
Harrisburg is growing in favor as a
ranch center for large mall order
ouses who will use the parcel post
< their form of dolivery. Among
ie first to use this method exclusively
the S. S. Kresge Company, which
CASTORIA or Infants and Chilclrm. Bears the
The Klrd You Haw Always Bought falKn ot' olo
MONDAY EVENING, .
will soon open a branch here to
handle five-and-ten-cent goods entire
ly through the mails.
Cat and Kittens Mailed
All kinds of peculiar things are sent
through the parcel post, and especially
at the start the clerks often had trou
ble in handling oddities and articles
improperly prepared for shipment.
I Garden spades, brooms, rolls of blue
j prints from architects, small articles
jof furniture and packages of butter
I in. danger of melting, are among the
I things mentioned by the men at the
local office.
Last year a cat and five kittens were
received here addressed to an uptown
physician. The clerks were all per
plexed by the strange consignment,
which was absolutely against the rules
of the department, and they appealed
to l'ostmaster Frank Sites. What did
Jlr. Sites do in this case? Well, he
was never known to have a hard
heart, so he stretched the rules a bit
and allowed the menagerie to be de
livered rather than be strict and starve
the kittens by shipping them back to
the sending office, which was at fault
in permitting such a parcel to be
sent.
Running Smoothly
Although many such blunders were
j made at the start of the new system,
few are allowed to ocur now. and
. the machinery is in line running order.
|lt was simply a matter of educating
I the public to properly prepare pack
ages for shipment, and to train the
employes to handle the strange as
; sortment of things never before
| thought of in the mails.
| "Newspapers." said Frank Sites, the
j Harrisburg postmaster, "must be
) given credit for their part in the ad
vancement of the parcel post system,
j There is no provision made by the
government for newspaper advertis
ing, and the only general publicity,
aside from official posters, is in the
news articles printed by the daily
[ papers."
j Four delivery wagons are used in
I Harrisburg for parcel post business
I exclusively, and in rush times, as at
< hristmas and Easter, special clerks
j are put on duty to handle the heavy
traffic. In ordinary times the parcels
are handled by the regular force of
354 employes under Postmaster Sites
in the local office and branches.
Parcel post insurance and collect
op-delivery service are features of the
system that are growing rapidly in
popularity. Last year in this office the
I insured mail increased 300 per cent.
I and the C. O. D. service'6oo per cent.
| over the previous year.
Parcels may be insured on payment
of a fee of 5 cents for value sot ex
ceding $25 and 10 cents for value not
over SSO, in addition to the postage.
' Packages may be sent C. O. D. by pay
ment of a fee of 10 cents in addition
jto postage.
Detailed information can be ob
j tained at local offices from clerks, or
(on consultation of circulars given to
I the public. Parcel post guides and
I maps of rate zones are prepared for
shippers and can be purchased for a
j small sum from the Third Assistant
i Postmaster General at Washington.
|GETTING HEAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF
LANDSCAPE
i Nearly all hand cameras are fitted
: with lenses of such short focus that
I the pictures obtained have violent per-
Ispective and give incorrect impressions
of the grandeur of the scenery por
| trayed. Large bodies of water shrink
ito ponds and mountains to mole hills
in the blighting eye of the snap-shot
i kodak because the. photographer se
i lects his viewpoint where he can get
jthe. foreground objects to look right
I in the tinder and lets the big things in
[the distance take care of themselves.
! A short-focus lens gives a small Image
j of anything far away, while it is gen
| erally possible to get close efiough to
; tfle trees, rocks, or buildings to make
I them show as large as desired. And
Iso in the finished picture, skeptical
j friends judge a lake to be a puddle
since It occupies about a third as much
of the scene as a tent in the fore
ground.
The remedy for such improper per
spective Is a lens of long focus or a
•telephoto attachment. These cost a
good deal of money and have other
disadvantages, but they do produce
beautiful pictures.—March Outing.
EXTINGUISHERS II
VET 111 SERVICE
Commissioner Jackson Calls At
tention to Necessity of Having
Them Ready
As a result of, finding the lire fight
ing equipment in manufacturing plants
in many parts of the State unfit for
service inspectors of the Department
nl Labor and industry have been di
rected to pay particular attention to
such appliances and to make every
effort to have them put into proper
condition. One inspector of the de
partment recently found over 100 lire
extinguishers inoperative in the estab
lishments in his district and another
inspector on visiting a plant where
there had been a lire three weeks be
fore his inspection discovered half a
dozen chemical lire extinguisher.-?
which had not been recharged.
Dr. John Price Jackson, the State
Commissioner of Labor and Industry,
in a statement 011 the results of these
inspections, says "The inspectors have
found too many establishments where
the lire fighting equipment is unfit for
use. There seems to be a feeling prev
alent that equipment of this kind it!
once placed in position will not need s
any attention until a fire occurs. For :
example, it is not infrequent that hose'
connections have been placed through-'
out plants and inspection has revealed ,
that much of the hose has been in po
sition for such a long time or has been j
so used for other purposes than fire!
that it has rotted. Installations of this!
kind cost m/ney and should be in-1
spected at frequent and regular inter-1
vuls. Chemical extinguishers should |
be examined frequently and recharged |
every year, preferably every six
months."
The commissioner has given official
j notice that fire fighting equipment
should be regularly inspected so that
lit shall be ready for instant use and
recommends that all fire fighting
equipment be placed in charge of some
capable person and that person be
held rigidly accountable for main
taining it in condition for immediate
use.
The inspectors will closely follow up
the condition of fire fighting appli
ances in their visits to plants.
Six Members of Tank
Steamer's Crew Die as
Flames Threaten Ship
New York, March I.—Six members
of the crew of the Norwegian tank
steamer La Habra, carrying a cargo
of benzine, were lost at sea in an open
boat they had launched in an effort to
escape from flames which threatened
their vessel, according to an unusual
shipwreck story brought to this port
from Horta, Fayal, by the Holland-
American freighter Zaandyk.
The fire aboard La Habra was caus
ed by an explosion of benzine while
she was on her way from Talarabay,
Peru, to London, by way of the Pana
ma Canal. The captain ordered the
crew to take to the boats and stand
by. The chief officers and five men
were in a boat towing astern when
the painter burned off and they drifted
away without oars in a heavy sea, he
said.
"The fire was extinguished by giant
waves which broke over the ship and
the captain took her safely into Horta
February 7 by dead reckoning for his
navigation instruments were burned.
In-breeding Blight of
Many School Systems
By Associated Press
Washington, March I.—A city may
easily have too much "home talent"
in its teaching force as a result of
preference for graduates of its own
teacher-training school, according to
a statement to-day by the Federal Bu
reau of Education.
"No greater misfortune can come to
any school system than to have a
steady in-breeding of "home talent,"
the statement declares. "The board
of education should insist upon the se
lection of at least one-third of the
new teachers each year from outside
the city limits. In-breeding is to-day
the blight of a great many school sys
tems in this country."
THE MASTKII MI\I)S
The egg is the most universal of
foods and its use dates from the be
ginning. but what is more mysterious
than an egg?--Wlliam Jennings Bryan.
A horse has no troubles of his own.
He does not pour into your ear a sad
tale of woe.—Elbert Hubbard.
War is man's business.—Miss Jane
Addams.
Of course, peace must inevitably
follow war.—Andrew Carnegie. LL.D.
Not even Jefferson could make the
Russian peasant a democrat.—Thomas
R. Marshall.
Rough seas prove the good sailor.
Anybody can hold his own in a calm.
—Herbert Kaufman.
X have never known a man who was
born without an imagination.—Gerald
Stanley Lee.
The millennium is a good way off
yet.—Theodore Roosevelt, in March
Smart Set.
Strike an average between what a
woman thinks of her husband a
I month before she married him and
| what she thinks of him a year after
| ward, and you will have the truth
| about him in a very handy form.—
I March Smart Set .
I Two's company: three is a story in
itiie 15-cent magazines.—March Smart
■ Set.
Do not be deceived by appearances.
The virtue of a man is not to be meas
ured by what he does while his wife
is watching.
Women, as a class, have very little
sense of humor. Nevertheless, most
of them have enough for an occa
sional quiet snicker at their husbands.
To inspire confidence In women it Is
only necessary to avoid being sincere.
CAX YOU BEAT TlllSf
I From the National Monthlv]
On a dilapidated narrow Kauge rail
road in a certain State a traveler was
strui'k with the general air of hope
lessness of the entire country. Run
down farms, fences falling to pieces
and houses unpainted and dismal, were
seen as mile after inile was reeled off.
Finally a countryman sot on and the
two fell Into conversation.
"Country around here looks fearfully
dilapidated," remarked the traveler.
"Yaas, but jest wait and ye'll see
sumpin' wuss," replied the country
man.
The train stopped. They looked out
and saw a rail missing ahead. The en
tire crew clambered out. crowbars In
hand, proceeded leisurely to the reaf
of the train and in due time loosened a
rail and carried it forward. It was
spiked Into position and the train pro
ceeded.
"Somebody stole a rail?" asked the
traveler.
"Yaas, about twent" years ago, I
reckon. Evah since they hain't no
body bought a new one. When the
train comes back they've potter stop
an' tear up a rail liehind 'em. Ain't
that the dllapidatedest tiling ye ever
see. stranger?"
$50,000 FIRE AT AVOCA
Si-ranton. Pa.. March .1. —Fire at
Avoca to-day destroyed the Demko
Hotel and Dunn's Nickelet and dam
aged several adjoining properties,
causing a loss of >50,000.
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\ New Siiks---Exquisite in Design; Splendid Qualities and Yards By
the Hundreds Enter This
►
Commencing To-morrow, Tuesday,
And Continuing Until March 11th
They're new—they're gorgeous! The weaves represent the latest that "Fashion has authorized. Designs '
are rich in new features and clever effects, while a beautiful lustre gives distinction.
Effort has been made to secure only the most serviceable qualities from reliable manufacturers, and as to
L values, well,
The Following Low Prices
y Print Warp Taffetas Silk Poplins regularly Striped Messaline Suitings
y xV regularly $1.25; 22 inches 50c; 24 inches wide; perfect —24 inches wide; white pin
t wide, 1 O shades of sand, Rocky Moun- stripes on all shades,
► " yard * tain blue, wistaria, Battle- yard
L J Wash Habutai regular- ship gray, navy, Russian Silk Serge Suitings reg
ly 85c; 36 inches wide; white green and black, ularly $1.50; 36 inches wide;
o nly, 68c yard pin stripes in navy, Copen
► #J \ * " Gros DeLondres ' fMST ■ 98C
" N l\ |L regularly $2.00: .16 inches £ " y JUac and hlack Merry Widow Taffeta -
" W w,<le; in Oregon green, sand, •> ~j t regularly $2.50; 40 inches
: I t\ yard ...... ..... 33c £de; Arizona sU-JJ^gg
► jfif \ \\\ Silk Faille regularly Messahne Striped Suitings Pussy Willow Taffeta
U] | 1 $2.00; 36 inches wide; in regularly $1.00; 32 inches rn c ft . 4n • .
Oregon green, Arizona sil- wide; in Oregon green wis- regularly s—o. 4 ,n^
► vcr covert and *1 OO taria, navy, black and OQ. wide; ,n navy $l # gg
► m navy, yard JM -OO Belgian> yard OOC only, yard ...... *
* "^ s Wash Silk Waistings Striped Taffeta Suitings— Crepe de Chines legu
* Silk Crepe de Chines; reg- regularly $1.25; 32 inches regularly $1.25; 36 inches 40 U J\ia
ularly $1.25: 40 inches wide; widc; satin Roinan stripes in wide; triple stripes of white $1 .98
►in ivory, wistaria, Russian wh.t.;ri» a«d as. Qgg on black and navy, 9 g c > chiffon' Taffetas - regu
green; 98c ; 1 • : larly $1.50; 36 inches wide;
: de Chines'- rcgu- ASSO tJT' a "' i e sl" 38
* larly $1.50; 40 inches wide; I~> 1 I pv p *fl A yard *
* all street and evening LjLCLOfC J-Jf&SS iLrCS a\.V & Checkered Taffetas —26
" shades tf» i qq t f rn • i,ldles wide 5 overplaid of
; yard a>i.o» a reature ot This and 7Bc
* Satin Messalines regu- n/r Z- O 7 r~~ —' - —• ' ■■■ ■ ■
* larly $1.00: 36 inches wide; I\LCLfCTV
► in seven ol the newest street , Du „ |
and cveumg shades, 78c Chiffon Taffeta, at ".8f from #B.IB from $2.50.
.i p din, \au v £ rom $100;
► Satin Foulards —2O in- from $1.19; 98<! from $1.25; #1.48 from $1.69; 44-inch at C\X\ ' T '
► ches wide; set figures and sl.lß from $1.50; #1.48 $2.98 from $3.50. V /
► dots, in all shades, from $1.75: #1.98 from 44-inch Black Moire, at
► yard $2.50; also 40-inch at #2.48 $2.98 from $3.50. n A
► Embroidered Silk Voiles— from $3.00. 36-inch Black Peau de | '
y4O inches wide; light blue, 35-inch Black Satin Mes- Soie, at 88<* from $1.19; | M \ r f l"T
y pink and lilac, QQ _ saline, at from $1.00; sl.lß from $1.25. \ \. \ "
. yard also 36-inch, at from j 36-inch Double Faced , j \\ \/MiT 1
, Silk Marquisette -40 in- $1.19; from $1.25; Peau de Soie, at $1.48 from V, '( J Xtf
; ches jvide: navy coin sp£ 1 from s>.so; ffiSOT
■ "'J'""' sl.lß 36-inch satin Imperial, at at *1.48 from $1.75.
► - , , $1.58 from $1.75. 40-inch Black. Crepe de j \
y Crepe Meteor regularly 36-inch Satin De Luxe, at Chine, at sl.lß from $1.39; L^~\
$1.85; 40 inches wide; street $1.58 from $1.75; $1.98 #1.48 from $1.69. TW -
and evening d? "1 CO from $2.25. i 40-inch Black Satin Char
v shades, yard Main "Fioor-BOWMAN-s I meuse, at from $1.39. _
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A PARLOR MAGIC EXPLAINED,,
&BY THURSTON,™® MAGICIAN &
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'
4 PAPER AND COINS jj@ & CIGAR FROM SMALL PURSE MTHE MAGNETIZED P£NQL|J
PAPER AND COINS
How to extract a coin from a fouled
piper.
The paper should be square, moder
ately «ttff. and about four times the
diameter of the coin each way. Place
the coin In the center, and fold down
each side fairly over It, showing at
each stage that the coin is still there.
Two sides having been folded, take the
paper and coin upright in the right
hand. Kold over the upoei- end, at the
same time allowing the coin to slide
down into the lower. Fold this latter
over with the coin In it and give the
packet to some'one to hold. The paper
still contains the coin, but Instead of
being, as the spectators suppose, In
the middle, it is really «in the outer
fold, whence you can let It slide into
vour hand at pleasure.
A pretty and effective finish to the
above effect, is to set Are to the packet,
and afterwards produce the coin as
your fancy dictates.
THK MAGNETIZED PENCIL
A lead pencil Is laid upon the right
hand, and. while the left hand makes
passes around It and above it, the pen
cil moves and slowly rises until it
stands erect.
A bent pin is attached to the bottom
of the pencil, as shown in the iilustra-,
tlon. This point is stuck lightly Into
the skin at the base of the fingers. At
this stage, the fingers are slightly con
tracted. Gradually straighten the
lingers, and. as the skin tightens, the
pencil will rise accordingly. This ac
tion of the fingers is unnoticeable, and
the pencil can be made to rloe and fall
at will.
After the trick the pencil is replaced
Into the pocket, and, if requested, an
other pencil of duplicate make removed
and passed for examination.
MARCH 1, 1915.
CIGAR FROM SMAI,L PURSE! i
Hold a small purse, with moutli open. !
In the left hand: fina-er and thumb 011 [
either side. Place right hand with
concealed ci<?ar over opening and quick- ]
ly insert end of cigar In pocketbook.
where it Is gripped by the pressure of
finger and thumb holding pocketbook.
The right hand Is now drawn away
from pocketbook and up the cigar,
giving the Impression that the cigar
has been extracted from pocketbook.
The deception is perfect.
NEAR RELATIVKS
"Who is that lady dressed in black,
mother?" asked Bobby, lis he sat with
his mother on a ferryboat.
"That is a Sister of Charity, my boy,"
replied his mother.
Bobby prondered deeply for a mo
ment, and then he said, "Which is she,
mother, I<'dlth or Hope?"— Bazaar. .
NOT VERY STEADY
I from the National Monthly]
A farm hand had worked in the field
from dawn till darkness, doing the
chores by lantern light. "I'm going- t<>
I quit, ' he said to the farmer at the end
iof the month. "You promised mo a.
I steady job."
I "Well, haven't you got one?" was
; the astonished reply.
; "No." said the man, "there are three
j or four hours every night that I don't
, have a tiling to do. and fool my time
. away sleeping."
CHILDREN HATE
FILLS. CALOMEL
; HID CASTOR OIL
If cross, feverish, constipated, give
"California Syrup
of Figs"
Look back at your childhood days.
Remembe' the "dose" mother Insisted
on—castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children It's different.
Mothers who cling to tne old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well
i founded. Their tender little "lnsides"
! are injured by them.
If your child's atomach. liver and
I bowels need cleansing, give only deli-
I clous "California Syrup of Figs." Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless "fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that It never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweeten
the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given to-day saves a sick child to-mor
row.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bot
tle of "California Syrup of Figs."
which has full directions for babies,
children of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly on each bottle. Beware of
counterfeits sold here. See that it is
made by "California Fig Syrup Com
pany." Refuse any other kind with
contempt.—Advertisement.
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