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SATURDAY EVENING. MARCH 6.
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AT LAST
AT last Harrisburg has a skilled
forester to look after its trees.
The day of the "tree butcher"
is. happily, at an end.
Formerly all that a man with the
inclination had to do to qualifv as an
expert "trimmer'" was to equip himself
with a pruning hook, saw and ladder
and sally forth to the fray. Appar
ently the less he knew of trees and
the more viciously he wielded his mur
derous weapons the more he earned,
for none such was content until he
had amputated every branch within
reach. The highest ambition of the
tree butcher seemed to be to make a
tree, after one of his major operations,
resemble as closely as possible its
deceased companion, the telegraph
pole.
Now all this is to be changed, and
the city is to have trees as Nature
srows them. There is a man in charge
■who takes it for granted that God
knew fairly well what He was about
when he designed a tree with branches
and of graceful shape, and who has
not jet reached the stage where he
believes he can improve greatly on the
hr.ndiwork of the Master Craftsman.
LUXURIES IX HARD TIMES
DESPITE the prevailing hard
times one Harrisburg dealer has
found it possible to place a
single order for diamonds to
the amount of $35,000. This is no
more surprising than that another
merchant received this week as a
single consignment an entire,trainload
of automobiles. How it comes that
people who are moved to tears every
time anybody refers to business are ,
able to indulge themselves in luxuries !
of these very expensive kinds furnishes
ample material for cigar store debates
for weeks to come. Evidently some of
those who have been complaining must
have done so with the thought that
income tax agents might be lingering
near. People who have money for
diamonds and automobiles certainly
are not so near the sheriff's office as
some of them make believe. A cata
logue of the purchaser's names would
be interesting.
EXTENDING THE "GLAD HAND"
DRYDEN tells of a rascally young 1
man who, seeing a hermit rag- i
ged and barefoot, said: "Father. |
you are in very miserable con- |
dition if there is not another world.".
To wheih the hermit replied. "True, I
son, but what is thy condition if j"
there is?"
Man, the essayist continues to illus
trate the point, is a creature designed
for two states of being: or rather, two
lives. His life here is short and
transclent: his second, permanent and
lasting. The question then is, in
which of these two lives is it our chief
interest to make ourselves happy?
The answer is obvious.
Be'tter still is the course of conduct
of those who find happiness here in
doing those things that will best fit
them for happiness hereafter. It is
the function of religion to teach how !
this may be done, but the church for
many years wore a long face and
clothes of mourning, and neglected her
duty in this respect. That this dismal
period is at an end is evident from
the smiling, joyful welcome that an
advertisement on another page of the
Telegraph of to-day extends to all who
read, in the name of the associated
congregations of Harrisburg. to go to
church to-morrow. The church is so
desirous of showing what it has in the
way of cheerful, smiling, helpful
Christianity that it is spending its
money liberally for the privilege of
extending the giad hand of fellowship
to all those without its doors. Going
to church can't hurt and it may help
a lot One visit will convince the most
doubtful that there is at least as much
activity, wholesome enjoyment and
hearty friendship within the church
as without. You who believe in ad
- vertising. don't let the opportunity slip
to find out, if you do not know.
TIHS IS TOO MUCH
HUSBANDS who arc members
of the "hookcrs-up-the-back"
corps will receive with dismay
the announcement of the fash
ion dictators that lacing 'em up the
hack is the latest freak of style devised
by shoe makers for the foolish femi
nine sex—and what woman is not
foolish when it comes to the adoption
of some such crazy-style as this. The
conservative front-lacing and the more
recent radical side-lacing are to give
way to a rear -fastening designed to
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 6, 1915.
turn that portion of the human race
which becomes addicted to it into a
set of contortion experts that will
make Houdinl look like a crowbar by
comparison, says the expert who an
nounces the new fashion.
The same authority asserts that
saleswomen who will have to fit cus
tomers in the new style have been
thrown into a veritable flutter at the
prospect, but their jobs will be easy
as compared with the endless task of
hooking 'em up that confronts the
poor husband who has heretofore con
sidered himself as more than suffi
ciently paying for the counter-balanc
ing joys of matrimony by nightly play
ing the part of a human button-hook
for the wife who persists in gowning
herself in garments that would leave
her a spectacle for the scandalous
gossip of her friends were she put to
her own resources in the matter of
placing the finishing touches on her
costume.
About the only way that suggests it
self to discourage a general adoption
of this tyle of footwear by the ralr and
gentle members of our families is for
some man to induce manufacturers to
turn out corresponding shoe patterns
for the male portion of the population.
If it comes down to a family agree
ment of "I'll hook you up if you hook
me up." perhaps the remedy will have
been found.
MINISTERIAL MADNESS
THE mad March hare must hav«
passed some of his madness
along to the Rev. Percy S.
Grant, rector of the Church of
the Ascension in New York City, who
celebrated the beginning of the month
by denouncing the Episcopal Church
canon on dlvcrce in the following fine
philosophical observations:
A marriage is founded on the af
fection of two persons for each
other. With the disappearance of
such sentiment disappears the only
ground for marriage. * * *
If only basis for marriage is
love, why, in the event of tliat lovo
being changed to loathing, should
the marriage continue?
Why not dispense with the cere
mony entirely? If marriage is to be
dissolved at the will or whim of one
or both of the contracting parties,,
what's the use of paying a minister
five dollars and a marriage clerk two
dollars, to say nothing of the expense
'of a big church wedding, for the mere
privilege of entering into an alliance
that may be broken on the morrow?
The Rev. Mr. Grant is guilty oi
ministerial madness in the nth degree.
Doesn't the man realize that if there
are eventually to be no more weddings
the minister will miss those pleasant
little occasions that marriage always
mean to men of the cloth? Or is he
an opportunist hoping to profit im
mensely by the vastlly increased num
ber of marriages that would fall be
tween the period of making divorce!
easy and the removal of the marriage j
ceremony altogether?
OX DANGEROUS GROUND
OUR esteemed and interesting
ypung contemporary, the Phil
adelphia Evening Ledger, dis
plays the recklessness and im
petuosity of youth. It doesn't care a
hoot what it "starts." Just think, for
instance, of calmly assuming respon
sibility for opening an argument, the
[vast possibilities of which need not be
enlarged upon to any married man,
such as is set forth in the following
editorial utterance of recent date:
Has the husband any right to his
wages? This is not the usual ques
tion asked in discussions of wo
men's rights. One is commonly
told that the wife ought to have
an allowance, or that she ought to
be economically independent, and
some theorists have gone so far
as to declare that the husband
should pay a weekly wage t« his
wife, which she would have to
spend as she pleases without ques
tion by any one.
Talk about a reckless use of the edi
torial privilege: Phew:
What's the use of parading sacred
household topics like that on the glar
ing pages of a newspaper? We shud
der to think how many acrimonious
fireside arguments already have been
caused by that paragraph, if the Led
ger's circulation is what it claims it is.
and we have no reason for doubt on
that score. We gather from the ac
companying text that the Ledger would
like to continue the discussion, opening
its columns to its subscribers for their
views.
We haven't been asked for our own
opinion, but if we were, we would
paraphrase the advice of a certain
once great political leader to a friend
who was on the verge of getting into a
doubtful argument and say: "Dear
Ledger, don't."
No rule can be laid down for divi
sion of the family income. It is a!
problem that must be solved to meet i
individual qualifications and circum-'
stances, every family for itself.
PARIS CONFIDENT
WE suspect that Premier Vivi
andi was more than merely
talking to keep up his own
courage when he told news
papermen the other day that tho
French government believes it is no
longer in any grave danger from Ger
many.
The sentiments expressed by the
premier are in entire accord with busi
j ness developments in Paris. For in
stance, the Parisian dressmakers—beg
! pardon, fashion creators—are so far
recovered from their breathless chase
from Paris to Boulougne as to feel
able to cable a column or two of in
structions to the ladies of the United
States, outlining what they may or
may not wear the coming season.
But despite this cheerfulness of |
spirit there are indications that thoj
French dictators have not yet recov- j
ercd their full poise. There is a dis
tinct absence of sensation in the new
styles. Variety is lacking and there
is not an original thought in the en
tiro collection of "decrees" handed
down by the Supreme Court of Style
at the French capital. The best that
the designers have been able to do is
to whack five or six inches off of the
bottom of each skirt, and add the ma
terial thus saved to the width of last
year's designs.
The distinct absence of military ef
fects in the Spring styles might lead
to the thought that the French arc
not finding the army uniform nearly
so attractive now as they did when
hostilities were confined to the Balk
ans. It appears to be entirely possible
to have too much of a good thing.
fEVENING CHAT I
There is a flock of chickens in Ilar
risburg that is enjoying a quarter
million-dollar chicken enclosure. To
call the ptace anything like chicken
yard would be sacrilege. The plot is
! one of the most valuable in Harrts-
I burg and is the stamping, scratching
and foraging ground of one rooster
and six unconcerned hens. They hold
I forth in the place daily undisturbed
by the high value placed on each
square foot, the clatter of the trolley
cars, the noise of traffic and the pass
ing people. Who owns the chickens,
no one seems to know, but they appear
early and retire at the proper time for
chickens to roost, being far more cir
cumspect in that line than the people
who are in the neighborhood. The
chickens' happy playground is the site
of Ihe old Grand Opera House. This
property, which is used whenever any
one wants to start a new hotel story,
is valued according to the whim of the
speaker. It is surveyed every now and
then and that starts a rumor about
some great enterprise, but it never
disturbs the chickens. They just go
on and enjoy life regardless of the
mounting cost of the space which
their feet occupy.
K. H. Blackburn, the Bedford mem
ber of the Legislature, has retired
from the management of the BeiMord
Inquirer, which he conducted for a
number of years, and will devote all
of his time to his work as a member of
the lower House until the close of the
session. J. S. Ridenour. who was
connected with Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh papers, has taken hold of the
Inquirer and will handle it.
James Francis Burke, the Pitts
burgh congressman, who retired from
the national halls this week, is well
known to many Harrisburgers because
of his frequent visits here. Mr. Burke
was a big figure in 190'8 w hen he was
in charge of the Knox presidential
boom and made speeches and did vari
ous things to get the former secretary
to the front in that great campaign.
Incidentally. Mr. Burke gave the city
a treat as he appeared in a different
suit every hour or so and his costume
when he made the speech suggesting
Mr. Knox harmonized with his flowery
remarks. ,
Wildwood Park has heen a little
slow in coming to the front with nat
ural history this year. Thus far no
one has found the liverwort in bloom
and no wild ducks have been noticed
on the bosom of the lake, while the
deer, eagles, rabbits and hawks that
have been entered from time to time
in the registry list of the park have
not appeared. Some people take this
to mean that spring may not be as
speedy in arriving as generally thought
and there arc a number of people who
believe that there may be some storms
later on in the month that will remind
us that winter is still here.
Speaking of weather conditions, it is
interesting to note that the great
March blizzard which tied up things
worse than ever known in this part of
the country came on March 12, ISBS.
and there are well established records
that zero weather has not been un
known in March and that heavy snows
have fallen as late as the 20tii. The
general impression left by St. Pat
rick's Day is that It always rains.
The American Food Journal, th<?
leading publication of its kind in the
West and which has a world-wide cir
culation, contains an interesting re
view of the way Pennsylvania built
up its food protection system from
the pen of Dairy and Food Commis
sioner James Foust. Mr. Foust has
been Food Commissioner for eight
years and the article reviews what
the State has done and how impure
foods have been driven from the mar
kets in Pennsylvania.
W. X. Stevenson. McVeytown
banker, was among the visitors to the
city yesterday. He met a number of
friends while here.
"Every time we sweep the grass in
Capitol Park it snows," said one of
the State's gardeners to-day. The
sweeping is actual work with a broom
on the grass. Every winter there is
an accumulation of nutshells and
other dirt on the grass and It has to
be swept oft. The gardeners say that
when work starts snow invariably
follows.
Among visitors to the city during
the week just closed was ex-Judge W.
D. Wallace, of New Castle. Judge
Wallace is prominently mentioned for
Superior Court, to which he aspired a
few years ago.
Several lawyers were chatting in a
Russ building office the other day
about how many lawyers there are in
town.
"I'll bet a good cigar there are as
many lawyers as barbers," said one.
"Only twice as many grocers as law
yers." said another.
"Both your figures are too high,"
said a third of the gentlemen learned
in the law.
So they got down the city directory
to prove their contentions.
Who won?
I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
—K. J. Cunningham, of Sewickley.
has returned from a visit to Florida.
—J. IC. Thropp, Jr.. has been made
manager of the Thomas Iron Com
pany's furnaces at Alburtis.
—Judge W. H. S. Thompson, of
Pittsburgh, will lecture next week in
Pittsburgh on the French revolution.
—lrvin S. Cobb will return to the
war zone next moth, going with the
Russian armies.
—The Rev. J. E. Wright, of Beaver,
has gone to California.
—J. H. Paist, president of the build
ing and loan league in Philadelphia,
has called a meeting to discuss legis
lation.
—Harry Dunn, of Oil City, has gone
to California to see the two expositions.
I M VOU KNOW —1
That HarrUburg products arc be
ing shown in the great exposition
at San Francisco?
/
Buying Experience
The price of experience is
cheap the first time, but it be
comes expensive if it has to be
j bought over and over again.
ISome national advertisers
have not yet found this out.
Many have. That is why the
drift of advertising is away from
other mediums and towards
newspapers.
The manufacturer is learning
that it pays him to create his de-
I mand where it centers at the
dealer's counter.
He is finding that newspaper
advertising not only influences
the consumer but makes the local
dealer enthusiastic,
j He is finding it the kind of ad
vertising that pays dividends.
POST OFFICES FOR
WORTHY WORKERS
Democrats Will Have Several
Dozens to Hand Out in the Next
Half Year or So
MORRIS GETTING BUSY
Desires to Have the Democracy
Make a Name For Itself and
Also to Pay Its Debts
The discovery that some fifty or
sixty post offices remain to be doled
out for Pennsylvania In the next two
months will furnish the bosses of the
Democratic State machine with more
[opportunity to satisfy hungry parti
sans and to make more trouble for
themselves. Almost every appointment
made lately has created dissatisfaction
with the machine leaders and it is pre
sumed that they will continue to pile
it up.
—National Committeeman A. Mit
chell Palmer will have charge of the
selection of the postmasters and will
probably make some trips to attempt
to straighten out the party rows, al
though he stands a poor chance. Pal
mer Is now out of Congress and will
have much time on his hands. State
Chairman Morris Is more exercised
about getting the party debts paid
than anything else and It is conjec
tured that his scheme to arouse some
life among the Democratic members
of the Legislature and to frame up a
legislative program is to stimulate
giving.
—Observers of political conditions
think that it is only a short time un
til the rank and file of the party In
sists either upon a State committee
meeting to straighten out the lines
or else that Morris resign. Retire
ment of Morris with any debts hang
ing over would give the Old Guard
a fat chance to make investigations
and it is believed that if the situa
tion became tense that there would
be speedy clearing off of debts.
—lt is the general belief about the
Capitol that the attempts of the boss
es to galvanize the Democrats into
concerted action will result in the
presentation of some so-called Demo
cratic legislation in the hope of cov
ering up the failure of the organi
zation to even make a noise in the leg
islature. It would not surprise any
one if Morris would show up at the
Capitol one of these March days.
—The Philadelphia Record to-day
says: "Ex-Congressman A. Mitchell
Palmer will hold a conference with
State Chairman Morris and other po
litical leaders in this city on Monday
to discuss the future of the reorgan
ization movement. At this time It is
expected that the job of assi.stent
treasurer of the United States in this
city will be discussed. Ex-Congressman
Palmer had backed John B. Evans, of
Pottstown. for the place, but President
Wilson made no nomination for the
position to the Senate before Its ad
journment. Ex-Representative Robert
E. I.ee had been strongly presented a3
a candidate for this office. Ex-Repre
sentatives Michael Donohoe and J.
Washington Logue. of this city, have
also been suggested by their friends
as available for the position."
—A Washington dispatch says:
Senator Penrose, who came here from
his bed three weeks ago to oppose
the ship purchase bill, will go to
St. Lucie next week for a long rest.
While he is not suffering greatly from
the cold which he had when he
came here, he will go South for an
uninterrupted month's rest. He Is un
able to sleep well and is much run
down in health. Senator Penrose will
go to Philadelphia to-morrow and
leave probably next Monday for Flor
ida. "I feel that I need a complete
rest." he said last night. "I have not
had a vacation for over two years."
While South Senator Penrose will oc
cupy the clubhouse established by the
late Senator Quay, who made the
St. Lucie resort famous."
—Emphatic disapproval of the trade
commission law was registered at the
annual banquet of the Traffic Club of
Pittsburgh last night by the two prin
cipal speakers. Before an attendance
of several hundred railroad officials
and prominent business men whose in
terests are closely allied to railroads,
Senator John W. Weeks, of Massachu
setts, and W. L. Clause, of the Pitts
burgh Plate Glass Company, declared
that the law not only was unnecessary,
but that it held possibilities of vast
injury to American business interests.
Senator Weeks suggested that indi
viduals, not corporations, should be
punished.
—Harrisburg people will be inter
ested to note that A. C. Gumbert, one
of the attaches of the Public Service
Commission, is a candidate for Alle
gheny county commissioner. H. M.
Cribbs. former legislator, is a can
didate for county controller.
—Governor Brumbaugh was praised
for his stand on child labor bills by
Paul Furman. secretary of the Penn
sylvania Child Ijibor Association, who
spoke at Philadelphia.
—Samuel Goinpers while in Phila
delphia yesterday expressed his dis
appointment at the 50 per cent, rate
fixed in the compensation bills. "I
have been watching the career of
Governor Brumbaugh with great in
terest," he declared. "He has been
doing some fine things, and apparently
will make a good Governor. I am
disappointed, however, in his work
men's compensation bills. The rate of
compensation proposed is entirely too
small. It should be 6G 2-3 per cent, to
say the least."
I
[From the Telegraph, March 6, 1863]
Conspirator Arrested
Philadelphia. March 6.—A man
named Clements was arrested here to
day, charged with being engaged in a
plot to assassinate President Lincoln.
Guerrillas Pursued
Memphis, March s.—Guerrilla out
rages of the worst kind are carried
on in this vicinity. The citizens of,
Memphis went out and drove the raid
ers miles away, capturing a large
nupiber of them.
I I
[From the Telegraph. March C, 18Go]
Supplies Needed
Artillery horses and 2,000 barrels
of flour are wanted by the govern
ment at this post.
Gets Honorable Discharge
• C»ipt. Scheffer, 197 th Reg't, Vet.
Vol.. was honorably discharged after
three years of active service under
T. F. McCoy, colonel in command of
the regiment.
Capitol Shows Signs or Spring
The Capitol grounds are getting
their annual Spring clean-up.
I OUR DAILY LAUGH I
fHAPPT.
There goes a
happily married
Ye p. Neither
of 'em cares for
the modern
I THE -REASON.
You aaked
j what the trump MM.
ft'as at leaat a
dozen limes last
sight:
Yes, George,
I iear. But I didn't "W Vy i
| really have to. I
did that to show l~\ W 11
I was taking an I A™ JM
Interest in the
came.
I
TO WINTER
My Wliik Dinger
When yesterday I took a crack
At gentle Spring, I soothed the whack
By handing her a compliment,
But really I had no Intent
O* making winter sore at all,
But, gee, the way the snow did fall
To-day, leads me to think that he
Has doubts of my neutrality.
Now listen, winter, you're all right.
With you I don't seek any fight.
You have your faults, like everyone.
But then you bring a lot of fun
With ice for skate, and snow for sled—
May blessings rest upon your head—
With you and Spring, I'd have you
know
I'm neutral—now, cut out the snow.
THE CARPESTKR SHEDS A BITTER
TEAR
("F. P. A." in the New York Tribunes
Friend Boss, be good enough to spare
some space for my opinion—
A few scant lines In Clarendon, or non
pariel or minion.
I never saw an A. D. T. boy loafing on
his beat.
1 Nor sporty negroes shooting crap on
avenue or street.
And never, never did I see cops making
love to cooks.
Nor absent-minded college profs im
mersed in weighty books.
You've set your foot upon the fake of
kids and "Hully gee."
If you've heard farmers say "By heck:"
you have It. sir, on me.
I never knew of cub reporters pulling
off a scoop.
I ne'ev saw actors walk the ties when
they had left the troupe.
I never heard a rooter call a league
baseball a pill,
I have known Tennesseans who don't
run a moonshine still.
I never saw a Raffles yet who wore a
full dress suit.
I never saw a cat at night bombarded
with a boot.
MY wife, she never waits for me armed
with a rolling pin.
No one's swiped MY umbrella any place
that I've been in.
And that. Friend Boss, is all that I have
got to say about it,
Like that there famous Purple Cow,
they may be, but I doubt it.
TIP.
Bang go a lot of traditions. To add
to Tip's museum, how about the won
derful story written under alcoholic in
spiration? And the fountain-pen that
won't work?
AX EVENING THOUGHT
What concerneth every man Is
not whether he fail or succeed,
but that he do hia duty.—lan
MacLaren.
The Fern Fairies
I saw their tiny fingers glancing
White among the swaying ferns.
Their haunting song wound through
their dancing
Like the tune that water turns
With silver tone 'round little stones
Ere falling in the stream king's urns.
Wee. starry eyes my steps were spying
On the softly echoing moss.
They saw me find their footprints lying
Near a stream, and then across
A little bridge of sunlit cones
To hidden homes of ferns and moss.
I saw their pointed caps uplifting
Like green flames leap bright near.
I saw their hair with sunlight glinting.
When their faces white with fear
Among the startled fern leaves shone.
Their ears bent low my steps to hear.
With swift reach at a fairy grasping
Ere she fled my running feet.
Her airy form my hands were clasping,
When by magic voices sweet
My pris'ner lured away had flown
In quest of calling zephyrs fleet.
1 heard their myriad voices whispering
As I drew the leaves apart.
I felt the feathery ferntips quivering
Heard their unseen feet depart
Through ways but to the fairies
known.
Ways winding to the woodland's heart, j
Their echoing voices wildly ringing
With gay laughter taunted me.
I listened to their piercing singing.
Til! I feared their furied glee
And fled the mocking woods alone
To find a friendlier company.
—By Lois Kamerlin Booker, of Har
risburg, Pa., in the Story Tellers'
Magazine.
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pany, Cleveland, Ohio.
Every day in the week,
Every week in the year, the
housekeepe^
r in cool or lukewarm
water.
She cuts her work in half and
saves time, strength, and *
money.
Fels b Co., Philadelphia.
i I LETTERSTO-TO-EDiTOR I
REPLIES TO SHOPMEN
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
In looking over your paper, the
March Ist publication, I have noticed
a letter signed "Shopman." I would
like to say that the shopman is like
the farmer sitting on the fence and
seeing the trains going by. They think
all a "trainman" has to do is to sit
on the train and look wise. If he
had a little practical knowledge he
would not say it is not necessary to
have the unnecessary use of the extra
man. He fails to have any knowledge
of what the extra man has to contend
with. Tie has to be on the lookout
at all times for heating journals,
dragging brake riggins and air stick
ing on cars that will not release,
causing the wheels to heat and some
times causing them to burst, which
may happen -just as a passenger train
may be passing and endanger the
lives of the passengers. He also has
chains to carry in case drawbeads arc
pulled out; knuckles to carry and re
place in case of breaking, which often
happens on long trains. The train
man has to be on deck to put up the
retaining valves while descending
grade so that the engineman can re
lease and recharge his trainline. He
also has hand brakes to put on while
shifting cars. The automatic couplers
the Shopman speaks about are not
operated from the engine, but must
be operated by hand. If the law re
quires two trainmen to thirty cars it
should require more for trains of 112-
cars, which wo have on the Middle
division, where trains of this length
stop. They have to be inspected and
we have three men to do this, which
must often be done, in from eight to
fifteen minutes. If they lake one of
these men off they will have to lay
longer and block the traffic or go
without inspecting trains and endan
ger the traveling public. If the Shop
man thinks that the extra or full
crew man does not protect, or even
contribute in any manner in handling
such trains, but depletes the earnings,
he had better hoist his windows and
look on the outside so he can see and
get wise.
TRAINMAN,
Of 23 Years' Experience.
SUGGESTS A BUNDLE DAY
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Why not suggest a Bundle Day for
Harrisburg for the worthy poor? New
CASCARtTS FOR
BOWELS, STOMACH,
HEADACHE, GOLDS
Cle»n your liver and constipated
bowels tonight and
feel fine
Get a 10-cent box now.
Are you keeping your liver, stomach
and bowels clean, pure and fresh with
Cascarets —or merely forcing a pass
ageway every few days with salts, ca
thartic pills or castor oil? This is im
portant.
Cascarets immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
and fermenting food and foul gases;
take the excess bile from the liver and
carry out of the system the consti
pated waste matter and poison in the
bowels.
No odds how sick, headachy, bilious
and constipated you feel, a Cascaret
to-night will straighten you out by
morning. They work while you sleep.
A 10-cent box from your druggist will
keep your head clear, stomach sweet
and your liver and bowels regular for
months Don't forget the children —
their little insides need a gentle
cleansing, too.—Advertisement.
jteM3Ki EeiF@anf'"'giafflg^
Three B
Principles
Safety—always first.
Efficiency—Always giving the best service to all
customers and still trying to better
that.
Courtesy—A customer not receiving this will
likely forget the other two.
The Chamber of Commerce lectures
011 this subject were right to the point.
Q213 MARKET STREET , —li*,
Capital. $300,000 Surplun, 9300,000
Yorlj, Pittsburgh. Philadelphia ant
many other cities have had such days
so why not Harrisburg? The idea ii
very simple. All your old clothes
shoes, etc.. anything you care to give
can be gotten together and on a cer
tain day known as Bundle Day tin
collectors will call, and think ir ever:
family \\>oukl have a bundle pre
pared! The collector would knov
where to stop by the presence of :
small American flag in the windov
or on the front porch. Let's have i
Bundle Day. A. D. S.
1719 State Street.
11 - !
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SEE
RUNAWAY
JUNE
In Motion Pictures at
THE
VICTORIA
All Star Cast
Every Monday the story by
George Randolph Chester
MONDAY, MARCH 8
Episode Np. C
Norma Phillips
Former Mutual Girl
in the role of
"Runaway June"
Admission 10c
Children 5c
RUNAWAY
JUNE
The fifth episode in motion
pictures at the
Royal Theater
3rd St Above Cumberland
Monday Evening
The great serial of Love, Hate,
Revenge, Money and Mystery
—liy
George Randolph Chester
Featuring
NORMA P
Former Mutual Girl.