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Rroken sizes from 36 to 46—Crepe de Chine, Pussy Wil
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WITMER, BAIR
April Donations For
The Industrial Home
The following donations were re
ceived at the Children's Industrial
Home during the month of April:
Five bushels parsnips. 5 bushels
turnips, by County Home; 1 girls" hat,
Mrs. Barringer; clothes, a Friend;
Sunday school papers, Memorial Luth
eran S. S.; 91, Miss Hellernian; candy
eggs, Mr. Freldberg, 913_ N. Sixth
street; 1 box bird nests, 15 boxes
puff, chicks, 10 boxes puff, rabbits,
48 bird egg baskets, 24 boxes Easter
eggs, 25 lbs bird eggs, Mr. Mlnter;
2 boxes chocolate eggs, 1 bucket bird
eggs, Mr. Bowman; 5 boxes chocolate
eggs, D. P. & S.; 1 large chocolate
egg, Mrs. Jennings; 7 gallons ice
cream, F. Suvdam; 1 mattress,
Mrs. Laverty; post cards, Mrs. Bear;
1 lawn swing, Mr. Runkle, 1610
Swatara street; 60 dozen eggs. City
schools; 50 ciozen eggs, Oberlin
schools; 12 dozen eggs. Enhaut
schools; 14 dozen eggs. Camp Hill
schools; 10 dozen eggs, Hummels
town schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Blouch of 329
Buckthorn street are making an ex
tended visit with friends in Chicago,
and Indiana cities.
Miss Ada Flowers, of Lebanon,
visited friends in Lemoyne and this
city.
Albert Zaepfel, of Lancaster, visited
his daughter, Miss Zaepfel, who
is spending the winter with her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Bucher
of 1414 Berry street.
Sirs. Edwin J. Knisely of the Derry
Block Apartments, is visiting her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Ruth of
-Highspire.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T,. Shearer,
Jr., and Miss Elizabeth Shearer, are
home after a pleasure trip to Panama.
Mrs. W. W. Jennings and Miss Mary
Jennings, of 611 Xorth Frpnt street,
lire visiting in Philadelphia for a few
flays.
Miss Emma L. MacAlarney Is home
from Lebanon where she went in the
Interests of suffrage.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mader have
pone, home to Jersey City after visit
ing relatives in this vicinity for a fort
night.
Mrs. Levi Brandt of North Front
»treet,ireturned home last evening
from Washington. D. C., where she
(pent several weeks with her daughter,
Mrs. Charles R. Michael at The Kene
»aw.
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THURSDAY EVENING,
Twelve Young Girls
at a Spring Luncheon
Miss Cecelia Kunkel. of 601 North
Front street, will be hostess at a
luncheon for a few of her school
friends to-morrow afternoon. The
table appointments will be in green
and yellow with an arrangement of
jonquils.
Covers will be laid for twelve, the
guests including the Misses Nelle
Payne, Christine Brandt, Mary Louise
Hubleyy, Winifred Meyers, Beatrice
Thomas, of West Philadelphia; Sara
Bailey, Louise Hlckok, Katherine
Rutherford, Mary Cooper, Susanna
Maguire, Alice Lescure and Lydia
Kunkel.
Miss Hazel Compton of Pittsburgh,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Thomas
Willis of State street for the month.
Mrs. G. M. Eshelman, of 1412
Naudain street, is visiting at the home
of H. B. Witman, Lemoyne and at
tending commencement exercises as
the guest of Miss Hazel Mumma.
A. B. Gardner, of 37 Evergreen
street is spending ten days among
relatives in Philadelphia and New
Jersey.
Mrs. Elizabeth Clepper and grand
son, Marlin Bender, of 2023 Derry
street, are home after spending the
winter in Southern cities.
Mrs. Robert M. Rutherford of
Steelton, is enjoying a stay in At
lantic City.
Henry and Edgar Ebersole of North
Fifteenth street, are home after a
holiday visit with Philadelphia rela
tives.
Miss Lane, of Chambersburg, 'who
is visiting Miss Martha W. Buehler,
of North Second street, addressed the
Pine Street Church mid-week meet
ing on China, last evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Bowen have
returned home to Youngstown, Ohio,
after spending a week with relatives
in Harrisburg and vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Springer, of 649
Harris street, entertained at a family
<ynner of 1 7 covers on Sunday.
Mrs. Jesse H. Kreamer and small
daughter, Miriam Kreamer. have gone
home to Atlantic City after a visit
with Mr. and, Mrs. M. M. Hoffman.
921 Penn street.
airs. Edward A. Miller was hostess
to the ladies of the Summerdale club
this week.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS
MOTHERS MEETING
IS 34 YEARS OLD
Flourishing Organization of the
Pine Street Church Is Cele
brating Anniversary
MRS. LYDIA MOYEU
Mrs. Lydia Moyer, a member of the
Pine Street Mothers meeting has the
distinction of being a faithful mem
ber of the organization for thirty-four
years, one of the charter members
and the only one of the live original
members who is living.
The____Motliers_nieetlng of the Pine
Street Church under the""efflclent di
rection of Mrs. John Q. Stewart, held
their closing meeting to-day, after a
very successful year. This women's
organization of fine Street Presby
terian Church began thirty-four years
ago with Ave members. Mrs. Lydia
Moyer, Mrs. Catherine Cupples, Mrs.
Mary Baker, Mrs. Mary Starry and
Mrs. Caroline Langdon. At this elos
inng session a quilting party was held
this afternoon with a supper for the
mothers from 5:30 to 6:30 o'clock.
This evening there will be a special
program and entertainment pro
vided.
The officers of the mothers meet
ing are: Superintendent, Mrs. John Q.
Stewart: assistant superintendent,
Miss Fannie Eby; treasurer, Mrs. 11.
W. Keeny; secretary, Mrs. Harry G.
Huber.
Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Keller have
gone home to Tyrone after visiting
relatives in town for the past month.
Miss Norma Green of Washington,
D. C., was a recent guest of her aunt,
Mrs. Robert McElroy, of Market
street.
Miss Dorothy Steen, of 217 Wood
bine street, is visiting relatives in New
York City for several weeks.
Mrs. Reuben R. Pleam, of 1017
| North Front street, entertained the
i 1900 Kmbroidery Club yesterday aft
; ernoon when plans were made for a
j series of summer outings.
Mrs. T.uther Walzer, of 500 North
j Third street. Rave a bridge party yes-
I terday at Mender's Suburban Inn,
Camp Hill, with fifty guests in at
tendance.
hxkrisburg telegraph:
NEW APPARATUS
NEEDED FOR GYM
Business Girls' Classes of Y. W
C. A. Expect Large Proceeds
From Entertainment
The gymnasium classes of the Y. W.
C A. are increasing so rapidly thai
there is great need of much new appa
ratus. and the business girls' classes
are giving: an entertainment to-mor
row evening in the Chestnut Street
Auditorium to secure as much of it as
possible with the proceeds.
Miss Marjorie Boiles. the instructor,
has an unusually attractive program
arranged with drills, dances and
specialties. One of the prettiest will
be the "Moon Song," with Miss Mar
jcrie Wall as the "moon girl," seated
in the "golden boat," singing as she
sways to and fro and up through '.he
sky, with a chorus accompaniment.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb will be the
only performers outside the classes
and they will come on the stage to the
Mendelssohn wedding march. The
Greek ball dance is exquisitely pretty
and the Hobo Quartet will sing
"Johnny Shmoker" with recklessness
and abandon.
By special request, the famous
Kitchen Orchestra will favor the audi
ence with a return engagement, an
nouncing new numbers and late
specialties, under the direction of Mrs.
Sousa.
LUNCHEON INVITATIONS
Miss Marie Stucker, of 206 Reily
street, issued invitations this morning
for a bridge luncheon at the Colonial
Country Club, Thursday afternoon,
May 11.
TH VI.LIN G ER -WHITCOMB BRIDAL
Miss Mabel Blanche Whitcomb,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Whit
comb. of 78 North Fourteenth street,
and George Cunkle Trullinger were
married Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
in the parsonage of Fourth Reformed
Church by the pastor, the Rev. Homer
S. May. Mrs. George Whitcomb, Mrs.
George S. Trullinger and Mrs. Homer
S. May were the witnesses. Following
the service a wedding dinner was
served at the home of the bridegroom,
241 North Fifteenth stroet. The newly
weds are taking a trip to New York,
Atlantic City and Philadelphia.
MISS MAY LEMER TO SPEAK
TO MISSIONARY SOCIKTY!
Members of the Lucknow Mission-j
ar.v society of the Grace Methodist J
church, meeting this evening with
Mrs. Samuel Z. Shope, 610 North
Third street, will have the pleasure
of listening to an account of Red
Cross work given by Miss May Lemer
of South Front street who has re-j
cently returned home after a resi
dence abroad. Miss Lemer will give
personal experiences of interest, as
she spent much time on the border of
France, near Dieppe.
CURRENT EVENTS CLASS
The last meeting of the Current
Events class held at the Y. W. C. A. j
by Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones, will be
held Tuesday afternoon. May 8 at
4:30 o'clock in John Y. Boyd hall.
This is one of the largest Y. W, C. A.
classes in the country and the meet
ings are always most enjoyable.
LUNCHEON FOR TEN
Miss Grace H. King of Market
street was hostess this afternoon at
a luncheon with 10 of her school
friends in attendance. The table ap-1
ipointments were of yellow and white
i with a basket of Spring flowers as a
centerpiece. The guests received
corsage bouquets of yellow daisies and
fern tied with gold cords as favors.
Music and chat followed the lunch
eon.
TEA WITH MRS. CLARK
Twenty ladies attended the musical
tea given yesterday afternoon by Mrs.
Kathryn Clark of State street in hon
or of her house guest. Miss Gabrielle
Dana of Baltimore. An informal
program of classics was played by Miss
Dana and there were vocal numbers
by several of the guests. Mrs. How
ard Andrews presided at the tea table
with Miss Meryl Stewart and Miss
Ruth Clark assisting.
EAST HARRISBURG W. C. T. U.
A meeting of the East Harrisburg
W. C. T. U. will be held tomorrow
afternoon, May 5, at 2 o'clock in
I the Fourth Reformed church Six
teenth and Market streets. Mrs. J.
|A. Feeman will have' charge of the
| devotional exercises and Mrs. O. E.
Marsten, the current events.
Miss Louisa Boyd to Be
June Bride at Oakleigh
It has been annnounced that Miss
Louisa Yoemans Boyd, daughter of
Mrs. John Y. Boyd, of this city and
Thomas Graham of Philadelphia will
be married early in June at the Boyd
country place, "Oakleigh," near Pax
tani?.
The best man Willi be Thomas G.
Hirst and the ushers will include J.
Du Puy Graham, Anthony L. Geyelin,
Richard Tighman, Thomas A. Robin
son and Alden Lee, all of Philadel
phia, and T. Gardiner Aspinwell, of
| Boston.
j Miss Boyd has just returned from
i Southern Pines, N. C., where the Boyd
j family spent the winter.
Tea With Mrs. Bennett
in Mrs. Chester's Honor
Mrs. J. Pcrcival Bennett of Steelton
entertained at tea at her residence in
honor of Mrs. Clarence Chester of
Syracuse, N. Y„ a former resident.
Spring blossoms prevailed in the dec
i orations of the house and the tea
J table where Mrs. Lewis E. Johnsonn
j and Mrs. Meade D. Detweller pre-
I sided.
Among those present were Mrs.
I Hial Parsons, Mrs. G. Watson Creigh
ton, Mrs. Lewis Undemuth, Mrs.
j George Delamater, Mrs. Carson, Mrs.
j Wyman Abercrombie, Mrs. Robert
i Hope, Miss Helen Abercrombie, Mrs.
Frank Norris, Mrs. Samuel Bradshaw,
; Mrs. Uttley Abercrombie, Mrs. E.
Francis, Mrs. Charles Mercer, Mrs.
George P. Vanier, Mrs. Thomas Earle,
; Mrs. Henry Gross, Mrs. Solomon
Hiney, Mrs. Charles Feidt, Mrs. Gll-
I bert Vickery, and Mrs. Chacles
Reinoehl. ™
MISS LEAVY'S GUESTS
Miss Helen Leavy of 343 Hummel
j street last evening informally enter
j tained a few friends at cards, danc-
I ing and crocheting. In attendance
were Miss Edna Bowers, Miss Ger
trude Gilbert, Miss Elizabeth Watts,
Miss Helen Smith. Miss Gertrude
! Westen, Miss Olive Singiser and Miss
I Helen Leavy.
j Mrs. Anna Lyter, of 1928 Boas
, street, has returned from a visit with
I relatives in McAllistersvllle and Mif
{tiin.
CHORAL UNION'S
SPRING CONCERT
Attractive Program For May
Festival in High School Au
ditorium This Afternoon
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MRS. HUGH L. lIERTZLER
Mrs. Hugh L- Hertzler, one of the
soloists this evening with the Christian
Endeavor Choral Union in its May
festival in the Central high school
auditorium, is well known throughout
this vicinity. She is a contralto of
the Pine Street Presbyterian Church
choir and a member of the Wednes
day Club.
Frank A. McCarrell, leader of the
union, thinks this concert will be the |
best ever given by the organization, j
and the orchestra, composed of mem- |
hers from nearly ,all ch u relies of the
city, will add materially to the success
of this May festival.
RETURN FROM MARYLAND
Dr. and Mrs. David J. Hetrick and
son, Norman, of 5 4 North Thirteenth
street, have returned from Port De
posit. Maryland, where they visited
the families of three of the doctor's
uncles. They also saw the shad fish
eries.
VISITING IX GETTYSBURG
William A. Mcllhenny, warden of
the Dauphin County Prison with his
daughter, will be the guests to-day of |
William A. Mcllhenny. of Gettysburg.
While in the battlefield town Mr. Mc
llhenny will inquire into his famllly
history. He is compiling a history of
the Mcllhenny family and while at
Gettysburg expects to secure valuable
data.
MISS JELLY IS HOSTESS
Miss Mary Jelly of 413 North Sec
ond street last evening informally en
tertained a few classmates at cards
and dancing. In attendance were
Miss Nlta Spangler, Miss Catharine
Earnest, Miss Ethel Jones, Miss Mary-
Jelly, Jay Smith. Robert Michael. Geo.
Slothower and Frank Witherow.
FOR BACCALAUREATE SERMON
The Senior class of Central High
School has decided to extend an in
vitation to the Rev. Dr. George C.
j llawes, pastor of the Market Square
| Presbyterian Church, to deliver the
I baccalaureate sermon to the graduates
I Sunday evening, June 11, at 7:30
o'clock in the Market Square Presby
terian church. The students will
meet in front of Central High and
will march to the church in a body.
Mrs. William 11. Repp of 84 North
Eighteenth street spent yesterday in
Humnieistown visiting her sister Mrs.
H. M. Nissley.
Miss Helen Leavy of Camp Hill was
the guest last evening of Mrs. Ger
trude Westen, 327 Hummel street.
Miss Lester Long and Miss Millicent
Long, of Jersey City are guests of
their sister, Mrs. Arthur Hamlin of
Green street.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Burges amj
small daughter, Harriet of Pittston
I were reecnt guests/of Mr. and Mrs.
j Donald McCoombs of State street.
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Btat* of Ohio. City of Yoitdo, Lucas County, »«.
Frank J. Cheney m»kca oath that he Is lenior
partner of thp Arm K. J. Cheney & Co., do
j injf business In the »:ity of Toledo, County and
State aforesaid, that said Arm will pay
] the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
! each and every rmiir of t'atnrrh that cannot be
! cured by the us« of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to befare me nml subscribed In ray
pnMnce, this ctth clay of December. A. I)., 1886.
Seal. A. W. OLEASON,
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Intornally and
acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of tlie system. Send for testimonials,
! free.
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Take Hall's Family rills for constipation.
MAKES FLESH
AND STRENGTH
Father
tissue build
makes flesh.
No Alcohol or Dangerous Drugs.
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Special Sale Extraordinary on
- Saturday.
CLOSING OUT AT
HALF-PRICE
| Odds and ends in Irish lace and
j beading, slightly soiled from hand-
S ling.
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MAY 4, 1916.
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SPECIAL OFFERINGS
For Friday Only
Very Fashionable Dainty Corset
KIMONOS Covers
Ih Flowered and Jap Patterns, an ? embroidery trim
selected colorings. All sizes. m f • sizes. Form- OQ
Sold regularly SI.OO £*Ck ~ erl y 50c - For Friday, JJt
and $1.25, at . . Oi/C
Ladies Muslm
$1.50 Drawers
R. & G. and Thompson's Lace and embroidery trim-
Glove-fitting Corsets. All med. All sizes. Formerly
sizes. Very low Q 7 5 ° C " r
price
THE FRIENDSHIP CLASS
IS SOCIALLY ENTERTAINED
Mrs. Leo Hogentogler. 613 Muench
street, pleasantly entertained members
of tlie Friendship Class of the Maclay
Street Church of God and some of
their friends last evgnlng.
In attendance*were the Misses Mar
tha Shoop, Sadie Gordon, Ethyl Dis
singer, Goldie Gallagher, Grace Eng
lish, Helen Sellers, May Merkie, Ruth
Powell. Elizabeth Loper, the Rev. and
Mrs. Frank I. M. Thomas, Mr. -\nd
Mrs. Banks Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Hogentogler, Mrs. Reuben Sellers, Mrs.
William Ashly, Clifford Kellers, Morris
Coover, Ted Mawsans. Vesper Smith,
Edward Brieker, Edgar Sellers.
Miss Adeline Greathead has resumed
her work at the School of Horticul
ture, Ambler, after an Easter visit with
relatives in town.
Mrs. Eugene Hake and daughters,
Edith and Helen Hake, of 806 North
Sixteenth street, have returned home
after visiting Mrs. Frank S. Montgom-i
cry. Trlndle road, Camp Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert I«andis, of j
Chillicothe, Ohio, are guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick L. Drake, of State !
street, for the month.
Mrs. Jesse E. B. Cunningham, of
the Riverside Apartments, is home I
from Washington, D. C., where she
spent Easter.
Mrs. Homer Rrandeis and Miss Xelle
Brandeis, of Pittsburgh, are visiting
their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Hartman, North Third street, for a
fortnight.
Miss Susan Carpenter has gone home
to Wilmington. N. J., after visiting her
cousin. Miss Jeanette Springer, for a
week.
Mrs. William Mader of Penbrook, Is
spendthg the day with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Harper at
Linglestown.
Mrs. William O. Hickok, of 508
North Second street, Is going to Dover,
Mass., to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Arthur Emmons.
Mrs. Milton Howard Greenawalt, of
Brooklyn, is vilsiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Gohl at 1003 North
Second streett.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Falrlamb, of
! Pittsburgh, were recent visitors at the
| home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G.
Brown of Market street.
TEACH GIRLS TO BAKE
A method of baking bread in two
hours and twenty minutes is being
taught at Hie Central High school to
the girls in the domestic science
classes, by Miss Frances Hamilton.
Before You Invest $325 In Any
Piano See the
Marshall & Wendell $285
For almost sixty years the price of the Marshall & Wen
dell Piano has been $325 the world over. After all these
years it continues to be, as it always has been, the equal
of any piano selling anywhere at $325 yet through our
superior buying ability and enormous output, we are able
to offer the full size
Marshall & Wendell Piano at
Only $285
An Actual Saving of Forty Dollars
Such a price is possible orily so long as we can sen four
Marshall & Wendells each week. To accomplish his task
we have reduced the terms and will deliver the Marshall &
Wendell for a cash payment of only $5 ; balance $1.50 weekly,
or $6 monthly.
This week's shipment of new Marshall & Wendells has
v just arrived.
SEE THEM AT ONCE
J. H. Troup Music House
Troup Building 15 S. Market Sq.
Delegates Will Present
Presbyterial Reports
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Market Square Presby
terian Church will meet- in the lecture
room to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock
with Miss Caroline Pearson, the presi
dent, presiding. Reports will be given
from the recent presbyterial meeting
at Waynesboro by Miss Pearson and
the society's delegates, Mrs. George
Edward Hawes and Mrs. R. W. Fair.
Following the service there will be
a social hour and tea served, with Mrs.
Edward Bailey and Miss Mary B. Rob
inson pouring.
RIUTIIDAV CELEBRATION
Mrs. C. P. J-ieSage, of Howard street,
gave a birthday party for her daugh
ter, Miss Bertha Shunk, Tuesday even
ing with the guests enjoying games
and refreshments.
In attendance were the Misses Helen
Frederickson, Savilla Capello, Anna
Attick, Helen Capello, Mabel Ijelgh,
Bertha Shunk. Ernest Slioeman, George
Wilson, Frank Troup, William ShenU,
Harold Brieker. William Attick, Mrs.
Lillie LeSage, Mrs. Tolbert Guistwhite
and daughter Catherine, of New Cum
berland, and Mr. and Mrs. David Edle
blute and son, David, Jr.
Miss Mary B. Robinson, of 111
Slate street, went to New York City
early in the week.
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