REMARKABLE CHRISTMAS CRIB AT ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL Otic of the most interesting: Christ nas cribs ever seen in this city will be < feature of the Yuletlde effects at ■it. Patrick's Cathedral, State street ast of Second. An interesting article an the Christmas crib and its history ins been given the Telegraph by j rather T. B. Johnson, one of th«. as- j distant rectors under Mgr. M. M. Kus- ■ «ott ut the Cathedral. It is as follows: I "The crib, or manger, in which, ac- j ordlng to tradition, our Saviour was J laid after His birth, was probably the j receptacle in which food was served j lo domestic animals. From quite an j rarly date in our era Christians gen erally believed that, on the first Christ- j mas night, an ass and an ox shared ; with the Holy Family the shelter of i ihp grotto at Bethlehem, a conviction I influenced, perhaps, by the text of the: Prophet Isaias (i, 3): 'The ox knoweth i his ftwner and the ass his master's j •rib.' "The little town of Bethlehem, about •iix miles from Jerusalem, is built upon iwo hills and stands nearly 2,400 feet above the level of the sea. It is in the more eastern of Ihose hills that is still Last Minute Gift Suggestions From Goldsmith's 12-inch Mahogany Mahogany Bud Vases Candlesticks, Ipl.jO pr. $1.25 pair 50 more pairs of these $3.00 Onlv 25 pairs on sale. Solid Mahogany Candlesticks go They are 12 inches high with on sale to-morrow at half price. glass water container. Beautifully finished with heavy The season's most attractive crystal top. No phone orders. gift article. ' The most extensive showing of Ladles' Desks we've ever made —and that's equivalent to "the largest in Harrisburg"—all in cluding the much favored "Spinet" type fas illustrated). Oak and Mahogany, $12.00 to $75.00 Brass Candlesticks "Basketcraft" Jardinieres Wl s* >C so beS 3nd Scrap Baskets Regular selling price, $3.50 SI.OO to $3.00 Ornamental as well as useful. Stand 14 Inches Artistic in design: strongly made of ht This will be an appre- Willow in Verd Green finish. All sizes elated gift. and shapes. Open eveninrs. Deliveries up to 10 o'clock. Friday evening. * FOR GOOD FURNITURE 'Walnut to Locust obovfe Second. TUESDAY EVENING, shown the cave in which Christ was born. As to the authenticity of the place our earliest witness is the famous Christian apologist, Justin Martyr, who, in his 'Dialogue with Trypho,' written about. 132-13 5 A. D., inforjns j us that 'when the Child was born in i Bethlehem, since Joseph could not tlnd a lodging, he iook up his quarters in la certain cave near the village" (c. 781. I Thus, within four decades after the | death of the last of the Apostles, j St. John, it would appear from the | employment by this writer of the ex ' pression 'a certain cave' that the actual cave was then well known to i the Christians of the Holy T-and. That I this conjecture is well founded is con i firmed by the testimony of the greatest j Christian writer of the third century, ! Origen. In his well-known work I against the pagan philosopher Celsus, ! Origen alludes to the grotto in the fol lowing terms: 'lf any one desires to satisfy himself, without appealing either to the prophesy of Micheas, or to the history of Christ, as written by His disciples, that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, let him know that, in ac cord with the Gospel narrative, at Bethlehem is shown the grotto where He first saw the light, and the manger in the cave where He was wrapped in swaddling clothes. And this sight is greatly talked of in surrounding places, even among the enemies of the faith, it being said that in this cave was born that Jesus who is. worshiped and rev erenced by the Christians' (Contra Cel ] sum, i, 51).' So that, according to | Origen, about the year 248, when his 1 book against Celsus was written, the j cave and the manger of Bethlehem were familiar landmarks of Chris tianity in Jerusalem and the vicinity. "The next important date in the his tory of the grotto of the Nativity is that of its adornment by the pious mother of Constantino the Great, the ! Empress St. Helena. After her con version to Christianity the empress took the keenest interest in the places most closely associated with the earthly life of Christ. It was Helena who tlcst converted the grotto into a chapel, adorning it with precious mar bles and other costly ornamentation, while at the same time her son, Con | stnntine, erected over the grotto a I great basilica, which, with modi j tlcations, remains to the present day. "It was probably in the seventh cen [tnry that the relics preserved In the | Church of St. Mary Major as portions of the manger of Bethlehem were first brought to Rome. But. although these i relics were regarded with the greatest I veneration, the idea of reproducing i something in the nature of a fac simile i of the scene of the Nativity appears to I have originated with the lovable Saint lof Assist, In the thirteenth century. It was constructed by a friend of St. Francis, named Giovanni Velita, and consisted of a grotto, showing in a manger the new-born Saviour, re ceiving the adoration of His mother I and foster-father, and of the shep -1 herds of Bethlehem. The success of j the Grecclo experiment was instan • taneous. and Christmas cribs were j within a few years found in Fran ciscan as well as other churches in ( every country of Europe. j "On this coming Christmas Day. at I the pontifical high mass (5.30 a. m.) lin St. Patrick's Cathedral, the people of Harrisburg will have an oppor tunity of seeing an example of the latest type of Christmas crib, contain ing some special features that were not impossible before the nineteenth century. The crib ordered for the Cathedral will consist of a grptto which, when erected, will be eleven ' feet high, eleven broad and five feet j deep. Twenty-four figures will be I shown, including, by a pardonable j anachronism, the Wise Men from the ; East, as well as tlie Holy Family and ; the shepherds. The grotto will be lighted by concealed electric lights, ; which will throw a soft light on the | various figures in the cave beneath." Socialists Want War Pushed to Bitter End j Paris, Dec. 21. The Socialists of ! Paris and of this district met in pri . vate session yesterday, and it. was re , ported, voted almost unanimously j that France should pursue the war so as to render the defeat of im ' perialism in Germany more effective, I the resolution put it, and peace more I durable. i German Successes Dae to Munitions Preponderance London. Dec. 21. "The successes ! of the Germans have been due almost 'entirely to the mechanical preponder ance they achieved at the beginning of the war." said David IJoyd-George, Minister of Munitions to-day. "Their I advances east, west and south alike ! wese due to this mechanical su periority, and our failure to drive 1 them back in the west or check their advance in the east was due to the j tardiness with which the allies de veloped their mechanical resources. "But the superiority of the Central ; Powers In these respects will be j brought to an end at the earliest pos ! silde moment." Referring to the lesson learned from the prodigal use of machine guns by, the Germans, Mr. Lloyd ! George said: "Here was a place where if we stinted material we squandered ! life." Declare An Attack on Saloniki Inevitable By Associated Press I Saloniki, Dec. 20, via Paris, Dec. 21. The highest Greek military authorities declare it to be their be • lief that an Austro-German attack on I Saloniki is inevitable. The Greek | general staff will quit Saloniki to- I morrow. "Too Late Dogged Allies Every Step" Says Papen By Associated Press j London, Dec. 21.—The speech by David Lloyd-George, minister of mu nitions. in the house of commons last I night, furnished a fresh opportunity I for the Times and the Daily Mail to I attack the government. In an edi torial this mornihg the Dally Mail says: "The speech contains the gravest in ! dictment yet drawn against the gov ernment. 'To late' is written in letters of fire upon the government records, j Too late In aiding In Belgium, too late to save Serbia: too late in the Dar danelles; too late with munitions— these words have dogged the allies' every step." The Times says editorially: "It is a melancholy and humiliating story in which the words 'slow' and | 'late' recur with painful frequency." ' HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH I®Will Your Home Present That Cheerful and Real^| Home-Like Appearance on Christmas Morning? N /V NEW PIECE Oh M RXI TLRR OR A NEW RL G may help a great deal to make your house U -m What it re i all> ou ? ht t P^ e on Chri j st, j las Day. Our large stock of furniture and our liberal credit sys- J 1 here is no more suitable gift tor Father, Mother [ •jr ML i a and other Grown-ups than a nice piece of furniture. We herewith submit a list of Ql articles all of which make useful and ornamental presents. lj * Rockers Iron Beds Pedestals Living Room Suits m % Dressers Dining Chairs Tabourettes Tea Wagons W oS Hall Racks Couches Costumers « • K1 W Chiffoniers Davenports Extension Tables <r CS Ladies' Desks Lounging Chairs Parlor Suits liuttets m Gentlemen's Desks Parlor Tables Bed Room Suits China Closets Brass Beds Library Tables Dining Room Suits Smoker Sets m PICTURES PICTURES B Brown & Company ffl The Big Uptown Home Furnishers / 1217-1219 North Third Street RUSSIAN FLEET BOMBARDS VARNA [Continued From First Page.] fort to land troops, were not borne ou> subsequently. Everything indicates that the Greek frontier will be crossed by the Austro- German, Bulgarian and Turkish forces as soon as they are ready, despite the protests of Greece. The Turks are re ported to have concentrated two divi sions close to the border. Turkey Able to Help Turkey will be able to supply (Jer many with quantities of cotton and copper and other needed materials as soon as the transportation problem is solved, which is expected to be soon, declared Dr. Nazim Bey, secretary of the Young Turks' committee, in an interview in Berlin. The Albanian port of Durazzo is said to be the latest objective of the Teu tonic-Bulgarian campaign in the Bal kans. Strong forces are believed to be marching across Albania in an ef | fort to forestall Italian occupation on the coast. I In the meantime, there is no indi- I cation of the development by the cen tral powers of an offensive against the allies In Macedonia. On the contrary, it is reported the Bulgarians are en trenching themselves along the Serbo- Greek border. Forty-four Air Fights. The first concrete evidence of fric tion between Greeks and Bulgarians comes from Epirus where Bulgarian bands and Greek forces, according to press dispatches have come in conflict. If an offensive movement toward Saloniki Is undertaken it is hardly likely Greece will interfere, as she must grant the same facilities to the central powers as she accorded the en tente allies if the present policy of neutrality prevails. While the Ger mans, Aust Hans, Bulgarians and Turks are concentrating troops along the front of Greece's Macedonian border the entente allies are ceaselessly de barking men and munitions at Salon iki. Several months will be necessary, however, before they can hope to un dertake the offensive movement on a scale which could possibly succeed. German guns are busy along the west ern front but no further evidence has been received of an offensive there. |ln an effort to prevent British aerial reconnaissance, according to a British official report, the Germans sent up squadrons of aeroplanes, resulting in forty-four conflicts In the air with the I loss of two aeroplanes by the Germans [and one by the British. Along the I French front an incessant fire against I the Germans is being kept up. , The British public is waiting with intense interest details of the with drawal of the army from the Suvla bay and Anzac districts of Gallipoll peninsula. Newspaper comments show mingled feelings of regret and relief, 'this feeling of relief reflects atti tude of the British public toward the whole Near Eastern venture and con fidence is increasing here that the for tunes of the allien in this region, hav ing reached the lowest point, will be gin to rise. Aims Cause Peace Failure Great Britain has a fighting force in the various war theaters of 1.250,000 men. Premier Ascjuith announced in the House of Commons to-day. in moving a vote for an additional 1,000,- 000 men. > In opposing the credit of 10.000,- 000,000 marks, which the Reichstag voted to-day, the spokesman of the Socialist minority which was against the credit,Friederlch August Karl Gey er, declared that the annexation aims of both sides in the war had caused the failure of all endeavors for peace, according to a Berlin dispatch. GKX. RVZSKY RELIEVED By dissociated Press London, Dec. 21. A Petrograd news agency dispatch says that an Imperial ukase relieves Oeneral BANKRUPT NERVES Each of us has a certain supply of nervous energy. Every act, even every thought, uses up some part of this energy. During rest and steep the supply is increased by the blood which gets the needed elements from the air we breathe and the food we eat. Vour nervous energy is like a bank account. 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Kuzsky from command of the Russian armies on the onrthern front but con tinues him as a member of the council of the empire and of the supreme military council. General DeWet With 118 Treason Prisoners Freed By Associated Press London, Dec. 21.—General Christian DeWet, one of the lears of the South African rebellion against the British government in 1914, who was convicted of treason at Bloemfontein, Union of South Africa, last June, has been released from prison, as have 118 other high treason prisoners, ac cording to a dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Company from Johannes burg. Balgars Are Discontented With German Arrogance By Associated Presi Paris, Dec. 21.—A Rome dispatch to the Havas Agency dated December 20, says the newspaper Secolo has re ceived from its Seres (Macedonia) correspondent the following: "Russophile Bulgarian deserters re port that the discontent with the Ger man officers' arrogance is increasing In the Bulgarian army. 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General French Bidding Adieu to Army in France Prophesies Early Victory Special to The Telegraph t.ondon, Dec. 21. —Field Marshal Sir John French Saturday issued the fol lowing order of the day before leaving the army on the western front: "In relinquishing command of the British army in France I wish to ex press to the officers, the noncommis sioned officers and men, with whom I have been so closely associated during the last sixteen months, my heartfelt sorrow In parting with tbem before the citmpalgn In which we have been so long engaged together has been brought to a victorious conclusion. "I have, however, the firmest con viction that such a glorious ending to their splendid and heroic efforts is not far distant, and I shall watch their progress toward this final goal with intense interest, but in the most con fident > "The success so far attained has been due to the indomitable spirit and dogged tenacity which knows no de feat and the heroic courage so abund antly displayed by the rank and file of the splendid army, which it will ever remain the pride and glory of mv life to have commanded during over sixteen months of Incessant fighting. "The regulars and the territorials of the old army and the new army have ever shown these magnificent qualities in equal degree. From my heart I thank them all. "At this sad moment of parting my heart goes out to those who have re ceived life-long injuries from wounds, and T think with sorrow of that great and glorious host of my beloved com rades who have made the greatest sacrifice of all by laying down their lives for their country. "In saying good-by to the British army in France I ask t.hem once again to accept this expression of mv deep est gratifude and heartfelt devotion toward them and my earnest' good wishes for a glorious future, which I feel to be assured. "J. D. P. FRENCH, "Field Marshal '"ommander-in-Chief, British Army in France." Suggests "Honor War Tax" to Balance Next Budget By Associated Press Berlin, via London, Dec. 21.—The Socialist resolution proposing an ex traordinary defense > tax imposed in 1915 was advocated in the Reichstag to-day by Dr. Eduard David, the So cialist leader, who suggested that thia be called "the honor war tax." 7
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