12 Bontex Sewing Week Means the Offering of America's Best Wash Fabrics Plus Helpful Ideas for Home Dressmaking: A Great May Event t Every woman who visits this sale will be able to =1 inspect hundreds of distinctive washable weaves, 1 and in addition she will be instructed in the art of sew^ H H =~| Bontex Sewing Week found its-inspiration in the low price of cotton. Rut bad |1 \ = H as low-priced cotton may be for the growers, it is of advantage at this time of the 3 tIH H year to the women who create their own dresses, because of tlie extraordinary values 8c crepes, white grounds, in 15c printed flaxon in white and 75c silk poplin, 36 inches wide, 25c tango chiffon, 36 inches rosebud printing. Bontex Sew- colored grounds, 150 different new shades; one of the most wide, in white grounds and black .. ... , n • c„„. «r*i/ wanted dress fabrics of the sea- stripes, with floral design. Ron- ing Week .. 12/2 C Borne* Sewing 59,. .ex Sewing Week Jg - 0 \\ eek Puce, yard yard * 8c gingham, in seersucker 12« c peroto, * . Qc a ha „. 30 stripes, all blue grounds. Bontex 1 c pv .': n „ u VpW ° C\ iilk weave. 40 inches wide, in in white and colored grounds Sewing \\ eek i'rice, s'/<2C Price vard white and tinted grounds and with neat printings of stripes, } art l ' ' floral designs. Bontex Oft- coin dots and neat effects. Bon- voile in white and color- 59c crepe de chine, 36 inches Sewing Week Price, yard, tex Sewing Week 10c erf grounds with colored stripes wide one-half silk. Bontex Sew- wkfc> Price, yard and floral printings, bon- in k cc 1 ice ' 4S/C white and colored grounds with Seeded voile, 36 inches wide, in tex Sewing \\ eek Price, yd., } ai black and colored figures, coin wide awning stripes on white. printed mull in white and 50c embroidered voile, 36 inches spots, awning stripes and floral Bontex Sewing Week 2^f colored grounds with printings of wide, silk stripe with colored designs. Bontex Sewing 1Q- Price, yard coin spots, stripes and flowers. woven figure. Bontex 2 9c Wtek Pri "' J " d 40-inch organdie in white and Bontex Sewing Week 10c cuin ß y > 75 c Minstral cloth, 36 inches colored grounds and floral de- Price, yard 3Q C embroidered crepe in white wide, white ground with wool signs. Bontex Sewing OC„ ''Oc poplin in solid shades. Bon- grounds and woven figures. Bon- embroidered figures. Bontex Week Price, yard tex Sewing Week Price, JQC **»• 25c Sewing Week Price, sg c Wash silks. 36 inches tvide. in yard • ••••: . white and tinted grounds. Bon 12'/ic dress gingham, 32 inches SI.OO embroidered voile, 40 in- 35c lace cloth, 36 inches wide tex Sewing Week Price, CHs* wide Bontex Sewing 1 fj r ches wide. Bontex Sew- 7Qr» in white with floral designs. Bon- vard Week Price, yard lUC in* Week Price, yard ... Week Price. Silk voile, 38 inches wide, a new P'-zC Bates' gingham, in 20c voile, 36 inches wide in " weave in light grounds and floral lengths from 3to 10 yards. Bon- white and colored grounds with 39c plain crepe. 36 inches wide. designs. Bontex Sewing 7Ej£ tex Sewing Week Q r floral patterns. Bontex I]sc bontex Sewing Week 29c Week Price, yard Price, yard Sewing Week Price yard, Price, yard I Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart—First Fl. Here's an Interesting Value An Important Feature of Bontex Sewing Week 1 m Silk Sweaters for Women j g Distribution of Special Values in White Weaves SIB.OO Values at $11.98 . . _ _ Thousands of vards of white materials, including fine quality ratines, A special lot of Bradley's hill fashioned silk sweaters in &abar dine, flaxon. noveltv cloths, lawns and piques will go out at special purple, rose and tan with sash, SIB.OO values. Special at SHI 1.98 f oncessions f rom re gular prices in the Bontex Sewing Week display. jfHf Another special lot of includes fine weaves in Among the foremost values are these: XlO fwfe two-tone effects and solid shades at ______—-—————— ——■——— \ Other stvles in blue, tan, Palm Beach, grev, rose. Azure [ ~\ blue, watermellon pink, rose and white, black and white, blue 12> * c and *' hite novelty weaves. - c ancj axo ' j var j"" l#o 'fl / A \ , j . i . . t i it i i j „,i Bontex Sewing Week, special, yard.... 10c 2;>c white gabardine, special, >ara...iwc w'rj k [/«/>T Vt \ and gold, green and tan, purple and black, black and ted and JJ^ c and i ßc fancy weaves incluainx 28c white ratine, *6 inches wklde, yd., 17e \ \i\ \ green and black *.>.,)« to .trtpe lawns, crepes. Swiss and check lawns; 50c white frabardine, 36 Inches wide, yard i "I Dives, Pomeroy & Sten-art, Men's Store, Balcony. spectal yard 10c BSo Combination Offering of —!— -> I ' I /-ifvi i r lengths, for athletic underwear and children s Bontex Sewing Week Price, yard ITc . ij B /• . fl I■/ : -i H u I OUydl VjIUL/t/Ilt/O 1 UIIIUIIU W dresses. Bontex Pewini? Week Price, yard, »c 19c white rice cloth, a sheer soft material |||W J;J J | "• \\\ / white Piisse underwear crepe, 30 for waists and dreesea, 84 inches wide. Bontex wLi3_ A « v ' '• • •" ijA ' I - I \\/ 5 lbs. granulated sugar 24c inches wide. Bontex Sewing Week Price, yard Sewing Week Price, yard %*%c V"a ■'> iV Ilh Fa ton rnffpf 28c '"T C 8c 29c * eed voile - a snowflake material, 40 \« v'iy r/ I*l, C 4. * • ,£ " /OC l»c lingerie mercerised batiste, 40 inches inches wide. Bontex Sewing Week Price, yard \ 34 lb. Senate tea 16c Bontex SewlnK Week PrlC( ,. yard . ~o c i»c \ 2 bars Ivory soap 07c ISc striped organdie. 27 inches wide, flne 60c imported white voile and Marquisette in \ Fancy ocean white fish, 10 lb. pails, containing twentv- quality. Bontex Sewln* Week Price, yard, 11c j short lengths, 4 5 inches wide. Bontex Sewing \ twn fifth <•«» 12140 dotted Swiss, 27 inches wide, three "Week Price, yard 2So X IWO * * good "patterns. Bontex Sewing Week Price, 35c white pique. 28 inches wide, in corduroy X. Mk \ Norway mackerel, fat and tender, 3 for 10c yard 10c cord for separate skirta. Bontex Sewing Week I j Soap and Starch ' 2 6c plain white ehlffon voile, 40 inches wide. Price, yard •••••••■ • 2 . 5t: M \Mlite laundry soap -made of vegetable oils, 10 cakes for extra sheer quality, for dressee and waists. dr f^ C „ W a na chUdren s wear. 8 W Bon'tex r Sewl"ng Hsik Bontex Sewing Week Price, yard 12Hc Week PrWe yard 25c , . , _ . 0 . „ , _ . _ Lump laundry starch, 6* ; or 5 lbs. for 25i weeU Pric'eVrd ! rl^r^o?h. e %%nch^ P %ide.° n ß^ntex e^.ng', Wee r k^r,^ r yard" «5e Divgg, Pomeroy A. Stewart, Basement. inches *ide. Bont ' l sc j Bontex Sewing Week Price, yard 15c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart—Street Floor. CUNNINGHAM SAYS MERIT WILL RULE Highway Commissioner Discusses the Work of the Engineers in the Future That efficiency and merit are to be the sole factors to be taken Into con sideration In employing men for the State Highway Department, was made clear to-day by State Highway Com missioner Cunningham. He told the assistant engineers, who had been summoned to Harrisburg from all over the State to confer with the Com missioner and Chief Engineer Uhler, that they were to be held to a strict accountability for conditions In their districts and that If the employes un der their direction failed to make good they would be responsible. "I want you to understand," said the Commissioner, "that politics do not cut any feature in the administration of this department. If you have an Inefficient worker and pressure is brought to bear on you to retain him, 3 want you to report the circum stances to Chief Engineer Uhler and ho will take it tip with me. 1 will as sume the responsibility for laying off any political heelers; we don't want them; we want men who can and will do their work." The Commissioner told the engi neers that their work meant a great -deal to the department and that he TUESDAY EVENING, and Chief Engineer Uhler were de pending upon them to make the pres- I ent administration successful. Chief Engineer Uhler went into the details of what he expected from the I assistant engineers and Impressed | upon them the necessity for economy I In the administration o£ their offices. I "If we have the proper type of men j as assistant engineers and the proper] type of men as superintendents," he said, "half our battle is won." lA(V)U«SeM6f)T6 COI-ONIAIi Every afternoon and evening Vau deville and Pictures. MOVING PICTURES Palace, 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. Photoplay 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. Regent, 12 noon to 11 p. m. Royal, 6 p. m. to 11 p. m. Victoria, 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. THE GIRL FROM UTAH" Harrisburg will be one of the few cities to see Charles Frohman's great trl-star cast of musical comedy stars, as he announces that he will offer Julia Sanderson, Donald Brian and Jo seph Cawthorn at the Majestic. Wed nesday evening. May 12, the big or ganization coming direct from Its long runs at the Knickerbocker Theater, Now York, and Illinois Theater. Chi cago. That "The Girl From Utah" marks the highest achievement of musical entertainment In America Is conceded by theatrical managers. The score, hy Paul Rubens and Jerome Kern. Is catchy to a degree and there is one song. ''The Same Sort of Girl," which will undoubtedly be the whist ling rage In this city. The cast In cludes in addition to the three stars. Venlta Fltzhugh. Renee Reel. Queenie Vassar, George Bishop, George Whar ! ton, Veronique Banner, Clara Eckstrom I and 100 choristers. —Advertisement. , FI-OHKNCK REED AT THE RBOEJTT Florence Reed's wonderful emo- j tional acting In ''The Dancing Girl" j at the Resent Theater, last evening, won for her many friends and ad mirers and her portrayal entities her | to -serious consideration as one of the | greatest motion picture actresses in history. The great production will be repeated to-day. "The Dancing Girl," | written by Henry Arthur Jones, might | have been written for the "movies" so full of action Riid picturesque Is every scene. It is a Daniel Frohman presen tation produced by the Famous Players Film Company. The play Is conspicu ous as one of the best pictures yet seen on the screen. The scenes are ! beautiful and the cast one of the great i est which has ever appeared In any production. From the beginning to the end of the great play there is always something to interest which places "The Dancing Girl" In the top rank of moving pictures. For to-morrow and Thursday Manager Magaro has engag ed a tllm of Maclyn Arbuckle, the great American star, in "No Mat ter." Mr. Arbuckle will be well re membered here as "The County Chair man."—Advertisement. "THE QIiEST," AT THE VICTORIA TODAY To-day's presentation of F. McGrene Willis' distinctive photo creation in five parts marks one of the most ad vanced steps in the motion picture world so far as Harrisburg Is con -1 cerned. Tills special feature Is a i Mutual masterpiece and Is positively ithe highest type of films produced. | "The Quest" is a powerful production ' |of realism and romance and features | Miss Margarita Fischer supported by 1 Henry Pollard, Joseph Singleton and I Robyn Adair and a cast of select play ers. Two Mutual masterpieces will he shown every week at the Victoria. 1 one each on Tuesdays and Fridays, i The popularity of the Victoria as the i home of features and the home of j Hat-rlsburg's greatest pipeorgan is unquestioned, and this latest steo BXrrisburg *£££& telegraph completed a series of innovations that have been given to Victoria patrons so that they may enjoy the charm of the silent drama under conditions heretofore unknown. To-morrow "The Key 10 the Mystery," a sensational secret drama In four parts.—Advertise ment. PHOTOPLAY TODAY "The Terrible One," a three-reel Lubin. pertaining to the Mexican situa tion. Is well worth the price of admis sion. This 8,000 feet of film holds you to your seat and with intense interest until the end. Coupled with a pleasing love drama are many thrilling battle 1 scenes fought between "Plreiaa," the dictator of Mexico, and "The Terrible One." The picture finishes up with a stirring climax and with all wrongs righted. To-day we show our "Girl Detective Series," thirteenth episode, "Mike Donegal's Escape." a two-reel Kalem. Many thrilling scenes are shown In this picture, which also gives you a good idea of police and prison I methods In dealing with crooks. —Ad- | vertlsement. j HAPPY KIIIS AT THE COI.OMAI, An aggregation of rollicking young- I sters under the vaudeville caption of iAI White's "Kldlsnd," began a three ; days' engagement at the Colonial Theater yesterday. The boys and girls —nine In number—are clever enter ! tainers. and they go through a merry I half hour of song, dance and comedy. | Another good comedy turn is the I sketch presented by Walker and 111, In I which the attempts of a young man : and his spouse to deceive each other as ! to the time of their arrival home after : "a night at the club" are full of good laughs for the audience. and | Thompson are two good-looking girls ! who appear well In a singing act. Advertisement. I TO ENTERTAIN CUASS New Cumberland. Pa., May *.— Faith Circle Sunday school class of Trinity United Brethren Sunday school will be entertained at the home of Miss Helen Spahr in Geary street, this evening. FOURTH BRIGADE OFFICERS Appointments to Staff of Brigadier General O'Neill Announced Special to The Telegraph Allentown, Pa.. May i.—Appoint ments to the staff of Brigadier General Christopher T. O'Neill, commander of the Fourth Brigade, National Guard of Pennsylvania, have been announced as follows: Captain Henry A. Ren inger, former adjutant of the Fourth Regiment, to be a major in the ad jutant general's department and as signed to the headquarters of the Fourth Brigade as adjutant general; Major M. H. Taggart, inspector gen oral's department, reappointed; Major John T. Duffy, Philadelphia, quarter master's department, reappointed; Major H. C. Beyers, Pottstown, com missary department, reappointed; Major Charles R. Rhoads, Allentown, ordnance officer, reappointed. General O'Neill also announced the following appointments on his noncommissioned staff: Rrigade sergeant-major, Henry W. Leh, Allentown; brigade quarter master-sergeant, J. Ueedom Lewis, Philadelphia; commissary sergeant, H. O. Numbers, Colebrook; color sergeant, Ed. V. Bernhard, Allentown. WAR OOI,t/EGE OFFICERS TO VISIT BATTI.EFIELDS Special lo The Telegraph Hagerstown, Md., May 4.—A large party of officers from the United States War College at Washington will make a trip through this section next month visiting the battlefields at Antietam and Gettysburg for the purpose of studying the movements of the troops during the engagements in the Civil War. The officers, who ere now under special Instruction at the war college, will reach Antietam battlefield early In June and arrive at Gettysburg about the middle of the month. MAY 4, 1915. m'II.DING OM'BHOrSE Special to Tht T tit graph Marietta, May 4.—To-day work was begun on the erection of a large building along the Susquehanna river, on the lot recently purchased, to be known as the Khetol Rod and Gun Clubhouse. It is the object of this new organization to have cham pionship county match In gunning, take care of boats and canoes along the river front, and promote the sport ing elements and advantages of this community. William H. Sultxbaoh is the president, and John K. Miller, secretary. Get Rid of Rheumatism An Easy Matter with Rheums, the Marvelous Remedy for the Disease Drive out the uric acid from the Joints. Qet every particle of this poi sonous matter out of your system, and keep it out. You can do it with Rheums, a sci entific prescription that acts at once | on kidneys, stomach, liver and blood; | dissolves the uric acid and causes rheumatic agony to vanish. 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