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POSTMASTER MARRIED HOG SAVES FAMILY
Marietta, Pa., Dec. 15. Announce- Hagerstown, Md.. Dec. 15.—Awak
rnent -,vas made to-day of the marriage _ „ -
<>f Miss Jeannettr Richards, of Balti- ened by the frantic barking of a dog.
more, and Albert Cramer, merchant and Mr. and Mrs. Harry 1> letcher, living
'lostmaster In Drumore, Lower Lancaa- near Hancock, escaped from their
ter county. The wedding ceremony burning home at an early hour in the
was performed at Baltimore some time morning j n their night clothng. The
sreat a surprlse ann ° en HS a house was burned to the ground.
Make This an
Electrical Xmav
Visit our store, and see the immense &&3F
assortment of electrical appliances and
a household fixtures that lessens the
work of the lady of the house and
Christmas tree lighting outfits for . .
battery and live current. /ISm It 3
O By payment of small amount we will f£2£r~>
put back any article for Christmas de-
Agency for the Celebrated Westing- '
house Mazda Lamps. From an Auto
ifit Hi jl/l Lamp to a Giant Street Lamp.
MHi JJJJ Of course we do electric wiring and
k Dauphin Electrical
Supplies Co.
jNO. S. MUSSER, President ..
434 MARKET ST. jk
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m By "" " PIRECT "WE" from HARRISBURG 1
i* ThrooKfc "'"1 vc.tlbul. Train. T ,, ~. ~, , I
M Pullman nnd Dining Service 1 ' LIBERT* STREET— 1
M on The heart of the
■M '-The Queen of the Valley" .
"Harrl«buris —liew York Spe- financial and business M
p| dal" district.
jfi COMFORT CONVENIENCE CLEANLINESS COURTESY P
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
"The Line That Saves Your Time"
KingoscarscCigars
have put the kibosh on that antique joke about
the "cigars that wifey gave hubby at Christmas."
The reputation of this brand for regular quality
for 24 years is certainly all the assurance anybody
could want that they are safe in getting King
Oscar for any smoker. The brand that has been
Santa's preferred gift smoke for 24 Christmases
is surely on the job this Christmas.
Box of 25, $1.15 Box of 50, $2.25
Box of 100, $4.50
Regular Quality For 24 Years
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
SCENE FROM "A PAIR OF SILK
STOCKINGSLITTLE THEATER SUCCESS
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Secluded and removed from the turmoil and hustle of Broadway, the
Little Theater with its quaint, simple architecture and window boxes of greens,
stands in 45th St., between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. Built at the inspira
tion of Winthrop Ames, the Little Theater has a history as fascinating as the
architecture of the building itself. Until three years ago, Mr. Ames was at the
head of the New Theater, now known as the Century. Under his direction,
backed by the biggest people in New York, Mr. Ames became famous for his
productions of "The Bluebird." "The Piper" and a list of many others. The
financial strain involved in the New Theater practically forced Mr. Ames to
seek quarters where new plays, meritorious ones, might be produced from an
artistic standpoint without necessitating such a great financial responsibility.
To gain this end. the Little Theater came into being. Seating Just exactly
299 people, the Little Theater was built to produce plays not so much for the
financial gain they might render as for what effect they might produce upon
a people who desire the uplift of the drama. Decorated over the lines pre
sented by the Italian Renaissance, with aesthetic surroundings, the Little
Theater provides a most excellent surrounding for the plays presented. Not
able plays of a most varied description have made their first appearance there.
Chiefly among these have been Charles Rann Kennedy's "The Terrible Meek,"
"The Flower of the Palace of Han," both plays starring Edith Wynne Matthi
son; John Barrymore, in "The Affairs of Anatole"; Marguerite Clark, in "Snow
White" and a host of others of equal importance. The Little Theater stands
for what is best and highest in the production of plays, and conducted in its
own peculiar way, has won many hundreds of people to the better grade of
productions of the stage.—Advertisement.
WHERE ARE THOSE
RED CROSS FILMS?
Whereabouts of Christmas
Seal Pictures Keep Managers
Guessing
Where are the Red Cross Christmas
seal films that are to be shown in the
Resent, Colonial and Majestic thea
ters to boost the crusade against the
"white plague."
Tha problem has been puzzling the
local seal sales committee as well as
Managers C. Floyd Hopkins and Peter
Magaro, for the last several days. In
these theaters, however, pretty girl
"nurses" in equally pretty booths have
been doing a big business selling seals
just the same. The films, it is ex
pected, have been delayed somewhere
enroute and will reach Ilarrisburg In
ample time for display before the end
of this week.
In the meantime Harrisburg has
successfully launched its "merchant
day" movement. This was inaugurated
a couple of years ago, and is working
out with more than ordinary success
thus far this year through the hearty
co-operation of the Boy Scouts. The
Scouts, under the supervision of Scout
master Edward Manser, serve as mes
sengers and seal bearers. From now
on until Christmas a certain day will
be set apart as the special day upon
which a merchant in a certain line of
business will give special attention to
the sale of Red Cross seals. He will
paste a seal on every outgoing pack
age.
To-day was "jewelers' and music
dealers' day." The jewelers who took
part included P. A. Caplan, J. D. Bren
ner and E. G. Hoover. "Grocers' day"
will be observed to-morrow and among
the well-known firms which will par
ticipate will be S. S. Pomeroy and
W. F. Hoy. Friday will be given over
to the department stores, cleaners
and dyers and real estate and insur
ance firms. Tinder the first head, As
trich's, Soutter's Twenty-five Cent
Store and A. F. Hoerner will take
part; Footer's will be the cleaner and
dyer representative and A. S. Miller
and Son will represent the real estate
and Insurance men. The week will
end with the observance of Saturday
as druggists', florists' and wallpaper
men's day. The Golden Seal, Dr. Croll
Keller and S. R. Wilhelm and Son will
be among the drug firms which will
celebrate. Charles L. Schmidt will be
the florist and E. R. Trimmer will be
the wallpapermen's representative.
To Have Smooth, White,
Soft Skin All Winter
Does- your skin chap or roughen eas
ily in this weather, or become undulv
red or blotchy? Let me tell you a
quick, easy way to overcome the
ifPH. 6 and ke ®P your complexion beau
tifully white, smooth and soft the
winter long. Just get an ounce of or
dinary mercolized wax at the nearest
drug store and use a little before re
tiring, as you would cold cream. Upon
arising, remove the coating with sudsy
water. The wax, through some peculiar
attribute, flecks ofT the rough, discolor
ed or blemished skin. The worn-out
'■utlcle comes off Just like dandruff, onlv
in almost invisible particles. Mercolized
wax simply hastens Nature's work.
Used as required, it keeps the face con
stantly free from devitalized scarf skin
and only the healthy, young-looking
skin is in evidence. It's the best treat
ment known for weatherbeaten, aged,
muddy, freckled, pimpled and all un
beautlful complexions.
Some skins wrinkle easily in winter.
There s an excellent remedy in a harm
less wash lotion made by dissolving 1
oz. powdered saxolite In % pint witch
hazel. This will quickly eradicate everv
line.—The Woman Beaatlful.—Adver
tisement.
STOP COUCHING !!!
DEPTONOIg
I MADE IN A HEALTH RESORT.
AT DRUG STORES-- SI.ooPerBOTTLE
THE PEPTONOL CO.
ATLANTIC CITY N.a
t. L. GKOSS, 119 Market St.,
liarrbtUurg, i'a.
HARRISBURG t(€sfessl TELEGRAPH
ORGANIZATION OF
WEST SHORE BODY
[Continued From First Page.]
which will lead to the calling of a gen
eral meeting and the formation of a
West Shore organization. The other
members of the committee, G. L. Nay
lor and John C. Orr, are enthusiastic
over the possibilities of the proposed
organization and with such men as a
nucleus it is expected that very little
time will be lost in making the propo
sition a reality. The likelihood is that
the Camp Hill committee will meet
and then invite a number of citizens
of the West Shore to meet with them
at another time and at that session
map out a program for a big public
and organization meeting.
Benefit of Organization
Since the agitation for improve
ments on the West Shore has started
hundreds of men have discussed the
benefits which could be derived if all
of the communities were organized.
They have talked of the opening of
new roads, sewage and drp.inage sys
tems, new bridges and dozens of other
things and all of them agree that with
co-operation all of these improvements
will come with future years.
In talking over the proposition J. J.
Baughman, a New Cumberland manu
facturer, and a man who has engaged
in a number of building operations,
•said he believed the move was a good
one and hoped that an organization
would result. Mr. Baughman discussed
the need of better streets in New Cum
berland and also spoke of the need of
sewers. He declared that if the people
of the borough would join together
and study the benefits which would re
sult with these improvements it would
not be long until they would be accom
plished. Mr. Baughman is much in
terested in the laying out of parks, too,
and said that with very little difficulty
a neat, attractive tract of park land
could be developed just at the edge of
the town. He referred to Leib park,
which for a number of years has been
used by the public. He explained that
this tract could be improved with very
little expense and that it would make
an ideal spot for recreation in the sum
mer. Mr. Baughman also favored
Warren H. Manning's scheme for the
development of the shores of the Yel
low Breeches creek. Mr. Manning pro
poses a road alongside the creek. Mr.
Baughman, going into detail on the
grading, said that fills and cuts would
ha\e to be made, but that he believed
that the owners of property along the
creek would willingly co-operate in
the movement for a parkway drive.
The New Cumberland manufacturer is
an ardent advocate of improvement
and will do all that he can to help
along the present agitation. '
John S. Musser, a resident of Wash
ington Heights, and president of the
Dauphin Electrical Supplies Company,
is a booster of the proposed improve
ment league on the West Shore and in
an interview he pointed out many
things which such an organization
could help to accomplish. Mr. Musser
favors a community high school for
the 'cross-river territory and be be
lieves that such a school could be
established at a cost which would not
exceed the present cost of separate
high schools in the various towns. Mr.
Musser suggested that students be
taken from Shiremanstown, Camp Hill,
New Cumberland, Washing
ton Heights, Wormleysburg, West Fair
view, Enola and the territory between
the towns. "The school,' he says,
"should be centrally located at some
point about Fort Washington or
Wormleysburg, where children in all
the towns could have easy access. The
Valley Railways Company carries stu
dents for 2 % cents and this cost would
likely have to be borne by the school
boards in the towns where the chil
dren live. There are so many advan
tages to be found in the community
high school that X feel sure that at
some time soon plans will be mude for
the establishment of one in this vicin
ity. The present standard of the West
Shore high schools, if they united,
would be considerably raised and the
hundreds of school children on the
Cumberland side of the river would
receive the benefits.
"There's another thing which I be
lieve organization can bring: about and
that Is the Improvement of roads.
Now on Washington Heights almost
all of the roads are on private prop
erty. They were opened by land own
ers for the benefit of the public, but
were never taken over by the township
or county. They are in very bad con
dition at present, and unless we who
live on Washington Heights repair the
roads ourselves they will continue to
be in bad condition. If wo could get
together uu the road question X believe
I "A Different Kind
I AllSlivings' Fund. l ; (Checks Wliiße(>as/i?r/Her-- Cheerfully | j
\ Buy Your Christmas Jewelry
j Here Because You Can Buy
I Same Goods for Less Money j
People who have been here to look and then
shopped about, invariably come back and tell us
we sell the same goods for less money.
We know this is a fact. You'll save valuable time and
considerable money by coming here first to select your
Christmas Jewelry.
,|j In our opening announcement we stated that this was to be "A
Different Kind of Jewelry Store" in the MATTER OFS E L LIN G p
ONLY. Our stocks which consist of the same grades and well-known b
makes as other jewelers carry, are all new, fresh, clean and distinctive B
and original in design. g
We quote a few of our startling values. THEY MEAN DOLLARS
TO YOU. I
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:: I Solid Gold Lavallieres
<; iffl Here you will find every—every new and original idea expressed J J
itn either 14 K. solid gold, the popular green gold and white gold ! f
5 * H yy vL H
i > Ij and platinum—at prices that are considerably lower than the \ \
< > same qualities are sold elsewhere. Prices range from J J
1I T SI.OO to $300.00 II I
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11 Genuine Cameo Jewelry |
<» Without question Harrisburg's largest stock of genuine coral cameos 3
J J shell cameos and stone cameos in Rings, Brooches. Scarf Pins anil 1M < >
, > Vallleres. You must see our wonderful showing to fully appreciate these < *
i > low prices— . J J
•J ! 14 K. Solid Gold Brooches, $3.75 I>a Vallieres $3.00 to $20.00 4 ►
3 o to S4S J | te
i <► 14 K. Solid Gold Kings $2.50 to $35 Scarf Pins $2.00 to SSO o
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II CJ Quantity buying will explain this Y
exceptional offering. Either Elgin A" ji M X
'! ■>. * i or Wa,tham movement—gold, silver I ■ ■ Y
E£ ' uSSSUfr* TP 'j or enameled dial, 20-year guaran- ■■■•*<
| !! teed case usually sold at sls to JL A
$17.50; our price £
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Early / Evenings
!1 MARKET STREET STORE 1
206 Market Street
we could get the county or township to
take over the roads. Then there would
be some person responsible for their
condition.
"I'm in favor of that proposed road
between Camp Hill and Wormleys
burg, too, and I hope it will be built.
There is some great country back
there and besides the advantages to be
derived It would make an ideal pleas
ure drive. A bridge over the river at
State street, to connect onto the pro
posed road, would be just the thing."
IGNORANCE PLAYS
IMPORTANT PART
[Continued From First l'agc.]
a child whose badly Infected arm
was poulticed with cabbage and
onion. In another case a severe burn
was bathed with ale and ringworm,
that troublesome skin parasite so
common with school children, was
painted with black Ink.
Ijack of Knowledge Responsible
It is not always lack of money
with these people. A little Italian In
the Harris Park building showed
very plainly anaemic and porly nur
tured condition. When the teacher
inquired into his home life she was
amazed to find that the family were
accustomed to buying potatoes by
the barrel, cabbages by the sack, etc.
"It is simply a lack of knowledge
of the way to prepare food so that
It will give sufficient nourishment,"
she confessed. "You might call It
complete ignorance of dietetics. We
have so much of that sort of thing
to contend with here. Of course, it
has its effect upon the children and
makes it more difficult to teach
them."
This ignorance does not stop with
our foreigners. Kven in so fine a
building as the Camp Curtin school
and among a class of children whose
fathers draw comfortable salaries it
is to be found. Such mothers are fill
ed with righteous indignation at the
mere suggestion that they do not feed
their children correctly, hut there are
numerous cases of malnutrition. A
little chap was asked one day Just
what he had for breakfast and he ex
plained that it usually consisted of
fried meat and potatoes. He boasted
that he never went to bed before
eleven o'clock and he usually had
"something good" just beforehand.
The natural result was badly assimi
lated food from an upset stomach.
One Story of Distress
In a very large number of cases
throughout all our poorer districts
the mother of the family "goes by the
day." This means that she rises early
and leaves home before the children
are awake and retume at dark. There
OF THE HIGH RENT DISTRICT^— —
LESTER PIANOS}
C, DAY t 1319 Deny Streeet. Both Phone?
DECEMBER 15, 1915.
is one family where such a woman.)
the aunt, is sole support of seven
children and a blind mother.
"We have a boy," said a teacher,
"whose mother gives him five cents
a day for his breakfast. She goes to
work before he gets up. But do you
suppose little David buys himself any- !
thing warm or nourishing with that \
money? No, indeed. He spends it i
on candy and other sweets. He is con
tinually munching something yet' he I
is thin and pale."
One very little chap in the Penn
building when asked how he secured
his midday meal "answered.
"From a lady what lives in the
same house and it's most always dry
bread and coffee."
It was here that one of the teach
ers in sheer comparison for a pale,
half fed little girl once brought from
her own home a separate package of
lunch for the child. This continued
week after week. She said that the
youngster's anticipation was pitiful
as the paper was unwrapped.
There is much said about improved
industrial conditions in Harrisburg.
It is true that many men who are at
work to-day were idle this time last
year, but poverty, grinding poverty, is
: all about us in a degree unbelievable
| to those who are comfortably housed
land fed. A certain doctor in the
upper end of the city when approach
ed upon the subject shook his head.
"I cannot see that conditions are
much improved yet," he said. "To
anyone with a spark of humanity
there are many homes in this city
where, could he enter and understand
the conditions, it would wring the
very heart. ,
"One lime 1 was. called to a family
where the mother was ill. They
seemed to be in terrible straits and
upon my return I asked my wife to
fix up a basket of food for them. Our
daughter took it and when she re
turned she was in tears. She had no
appetite for her supper. She could
Very Effective Method
For Vanishing Hairs
not erase from her mind the impres
sion she received upon entering that
home. A litt.le lad of seven or eight
was sitting at a table with a bowl of
water and a crust of bread. When he
saw her bearing a basket of good
wholesome food he sprung from his
chair and fairly jumped about her in
a transport of delight."
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An IDEAL Extension Shav
ing Mirror Will Make a
Fine Gift For HIM
A raw none LEFT AT
$2.13 to $3.00
Come Early, an Our Supply Won't
I/ant.
E. MATHER COMPANY
Both t'taonca. M 4 WALNUT ST.
EDUCATIONAL
School of Commerce
Troup Building 15 So. Market Bq.
Day and Night School
22d Year
Oommcrclnl and Stenographic Course*
Bell Phone IMH-J
Harrisburg Business College
Day and Night School
Sept. 7, 1915
Business Shorthand and Civil Service
30th year.
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