6 ©r CKoPJ Some day when the turmoil of Christmas shopping is "getting on your nerves" just drop in to the cozy little tea room of the Golden Seal Drug Store. 11 S. Market Square, and you will not only find your spirits re vived by a bowl of steaming boullion, or a cup of hot tea or chocolate with a. dainty sandwich, but you will be delighted, too. with the numerous gift suggestions so conveniently displayed, for at this store it is easy to buy gifts for everyone. There are the splendid Ansco cameras in complete assort ment, lovely sets and single pieces of ■white ivory, beautiful gift boxes of perfumes, Christmas stationery and most delicious candies. "BE WHAT YOR IS" "Don't be what you ain't, but be. •what you is." was the inelegant but expressive theme of one of the de lightful songs sung by Miss Kitty Cheatham the other night, and it struck me as being just the motto of Astrich's Fur Department. Fourth and Market streets, for in their large as sortment of Christmas furs, where pelts of various kinds and qualities are shown, each is given its proper name and value, and customers may put perfect confidence in any state ment made by this store in regard to furs. The Christmas furs are par ticularly desirable this year, and every piece is new in style and design. Though the scarcity of furs has made them high in price, everywhere the prices asked at Astrich's are quite moderate. CHRISTMAS "GOODIES" All the "goodies" of Christmas | time which are offered in such abun dance at the Studebaker Grocery Store, (now owned by Mr. George Barnes) Second street at the crossing of State, lend themselves admirably to the decorative scheme of woodland i colorings which is suggested there. A Japanese basket in brown tones (which, by the way, are selling there for almost nothing) heaped with iruit, or one of the flat trays with graceful handle, tilled with nuts, raisins, stuffed dates and dotted with candied cherries makes a bountiful centerpiece, while candles of deep golden color with the first basket, or in t hristmas reds, or a warm deep brown with the second basket com- I pletes a most attractive Christmas table. NOVEL AND SMART Strikingly original in design and patterned after the newest and smart est tashion, are the Jiew dinner ser-1 vice plates just offered bv the H C ' Claster Jewelry Shop, 302 Market street. The colorings are in the love liest old blue and rose tints and the designs suggest some of the treasured plates seen in Dresden museums. Be sides these, this shop offers a splen did assortment of dinner sets In sim ple designs, as well as the most elab orate patterns, in a wide range of prices. Indeed I was surprised at the moderate prices asked for everything in this beautiful store, but I find that is the policy of this new Claster Store, to have beautiful and dis-. tmctive offerings at popular prices. A GRAHA\TEED GIFT A gift that will bring pleasure and convenience every day in the year is offered at the Electric Supply Co., 2 4 S. Second street, in the wonderful electric irons, priced from $3.50 up which are not only shown in a big as- : sortment, in till convenient sizes, but are especially noteworthy for the fact that this shop guarantees them for- 1 ever. A guarantee has come to mean little or nothing nowadays for so of ten it is given for a short period which is practically no guarantee at all. and i the superior value of the irons offered i i nwwiwniimiumi Donatello Ferneries and Bowls I; Fern dishes and bowls artistically filled with the 11 || newest ferns. An excellent gift at Christmas time—one that 11 lasts and reflects the thought that prompted it. $1.25 to $5.00 jj SCHMIDT. FLORIST L 313 Market St. FLOWERS TELEGRAPHED ANYWHERE Xmas Gifts Musical ' Victrolas sls to S4OO ' * ' 1 Ugf Victor Records, ,60c to f i tt jui Ukuleles $5.00 up jv t * Hfll Mandolins V. $3.50 up Guitars $4.50 up J < 1 yw'ili Ban j° s $ 5 -°° u P ii ■ ► '' Violins $5.00 up § i | Banjo-Mandolins... $5.00 up § , j | Music Rolls 50c up 1' k IjlrW JwmK Music Stand Cases .. 50c up 1 Violin Cases $1.50 up i • Jr Music Stands 60c up [I \ i Toy Music Boxes.. 30c t * , Band and Orchestra Instruments, Sheet Music, Books* \ P. M. Oyler Music Store 14 So. Fourth St. * * The Telegraph Bindery Will Rebind Your Bible Satisfactorily THURSDAY EVENING, | by the Electric Supply Co. is shown | by the fact that they are guaranteed i forever. MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS j Nothing enters into the hearts of ! people so much as music and brings I more real Christmas joy to the home. (That is one reason I believe, why tho J. H. Troup Music House. 16 S. Mar ■ ket Square, is so busy just now with the Christmas rush for pianos, player j pianos, Vtctrolas, Edison and Colum ' bia phonographs, and records for ; gifts, but 1 think the reason they are larger and better equipped, but be - cause people get so much better ser ; vice, larger assortments and better i values at this big progressive musical house. "XMAS" Lately I was amused, yet grieved, at seeing Christmas spelled "Xmas" ifiid I am hoping that the time will soon come when mercenary thoughts , will not enter into Christmas giving, j Nothing is more expressive of a • friendly Christmas spirit, free from ! the thought of cost, than the gifts |of a book. At Cotterel's, 9 X. Market Square, a wonderful collection of j books for Christmas giving has been gathered together and whether one wjants new fiction, tales of travel, stir i ring stories of adventure, gift books | in lovely bindings or just a wee bit j of Christmas message in the form of a favorite poem or a few words of good cheer, it will be found in this interesting assortment. CHARM IX THE PROSAIC One would never believe without seeing them, that prosaic cleaning materials could attain the gift-like at traction of the clever novelties shown at the Woman's Exchange. Third street at Herr, which are just the thing to fill the vacant places on vour Christmas list. There is a bar of French chalk boxed most conveniently with a little stiff brush and an ap propriate card to suggest its-uses and :to express a Christmas wish. This sells for 30c. there are the fascinating Gum Brothers. not handsome beaus as you might fancy, but very useful blocks of art gum. cleverly boxed to sell for 35c and these gifts are so attractively arrang ed that they suggest all the good-will of Christmas time. GIFTS FOR MEN' So many men who are given foolish presents are apt to feel that Christ mas giving is a farce, and there is a strong tendency this year toward the most practical giving. I think a suit or overcoat is a most sensible gift for a man, and X believe a great many men have been given either the nu>ney or an order for such a gift for I have seen so many men being fitted at the Doutrich Store for Men, 304 Market street. Morning, afternoon and evening, that store is crowded with eager buyers, and they always go out wearing such a pleased and happy expression, that I am sure they must be more than satisfied with their Christmas gifts. A XEW TAX BOOT One of the cleverest of the new models in tan footwear has just been received at the Walk-Over Boot Shop 226 Market street and it is so dis tinctly smart that its vogue is as sured. This model has vamp and fox ing of tan calfskin with a French heel I and pointed toe on which are a few perforations in a very neat little round design which is entirely new while the uppers are of a beautiful shade ot champagne kid which combines most artistically with the deeper shade and makes a most effective boot which is appropriate for either in formal or semi-formal wear. HABMSBURG TELEGRAPH FERSONAL — SOC7.4L COMING OF YALE PLAYERS AN EVENT Advance Information 011 Yale Players' Performance Writ ten by a Critic Tom Robertson^author of the rnili ; tary comedy, "Ours," which the Yale Dramatic Association will present at the Orpheum Theater, December 29, realized that a play which is above I the heads of the crowd loses much of ! its appeal. He wrote with a touch | which makes his humor just obvious 1 enough to be genuinely amusing, and ! never boring. The lover of Wilde and i Shaw might accuse Hobertson of being ; somewhat of a clown, but then, you ! know, one really does get pretty tired :of Shaw and Wilde after two solid I hours of them. Kobertson's humor, however, is not ' of the dish-breaking, Keystone style. ! There is bright and snappy dialogue ifor those who like that sort of thing, f but there is not an overdose of it, I Hugh Chaleot, the tired gentleman of j leisure, now and then makes a re- I mark that is pure wit. i Sergeant Jones, who has Malapro | pian tendencies, makes an excellent j comedian for those who like humor lof a broader variety. He has great 1 trouble with hitf twins, wl.o come down with a severe attack of the | "twinsy." E. M. Woolley, the Yale coach, is making the whole produc tion a mild burlesque of mid-Victorian , foibles. The costuming and scenery will be a bit exaggerated to further ■ this impression. j The whirlwind ending of the play is speeded up still more by the intro : duction of a dash of mechanical horse i play. Two perfectly harmless Eng lish ladies attempt to cook their own dinners over an open fire in a hut in the Crimea when the thermometer is ; at zero. Mrs. James Fry Bullitt and daugh ter. Miss Margaret Bullitt, of Hidg way, Bellevue, spent yesterday in Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Thompson and daughters. Miss, Edith and Miss Alice Thompson, of Paxtang, are visiting friends in New England over the Christinas, holidays. Miss Sara Jacobs of 21" South Front street, is home after a brief visit in Philadelphia. Miss Lillian Miller, a student at Wellesley College, returned to-day to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman P. Miller of 2117 Xorth Third street. Miss Frances Acuff of the Seiler School faculty will spend the Christ mas vacation at l.er home In Phila delphia. CHILDREN" TO KXJOV CHRISTMAS The Comrades in Service of the Market Square Church and a num ber of girls from the Seller School will provide a Christmas treat for the children of the Xurserv Home. South Cameron street, Saturday evening. The little folks will have a Christmas tree and a Santa Claus to distribute the gifts, and all sorts of nice things which makes Christmas time an en joyable one for children. SMITH STUDENTS HOME Miss F. Dorothy Helman, Miss Marian Whittaker, Miss Helen Dun lap. Miss Marjorie Hause and Miss Margaret Stambaugli, students of Smith College, Northampton, Mass., are *it their homes in this city for the Christmas holidays. CHRISTMAS PRAYER MEETIN'G Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones will be in charge of the woman's prayer meeting to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock in the parlors of the Market. Square Presbyterian Church. Mrs. 1 Joseph A. Hayes will sing: "Hark the! Herald Angels Sing," and "Holy j Night" and everyone attending is ask ed to bring a Christmas thought in text or verse. Tech High School Notes Professor Harry U. Johns, for three years an instructor in the Metal De partment of the Technical High School has handed in his resignation to the school board to take effect to morrow. On the first of the year he will accept a position with the Am erican Iron and Steel Company lo cated in Lebanon, as a mechanical en gineer. Professor Johns is a Tech graduato in the class of 1908, and four years later finished a college course at State. After a year's employment at Steel ton he accepted his present position at Tech. Mr. Johns is one of the most popular teachers In the Tech school, and his departure will be a source of regret to the Tech students and faculty. Because of the preparations that are being made in the auditorium for the Christmas entertainment, chapel exercises were omitted this morning. The Tech Tatler made Its appearance this afternoon clad In holiday attire. A design appropriate to the season was used on the cover. A page of cartoons by Paul Brattenwas cleverly drawn, while Lester Zimmerman added an additional cartoon on the Thanksgiving contest. "Gill" Stewart, Stewart Blair and Vernon Hawbecker wrote three interesting stories for the number. The departments were well taken care of by the editors. The dis tribution was in charge of George Stark, editor, and Samuel Sherman, circulation manager. "Bowley" Miller, 'ls, "Jim" Miller, 'ls, and "Scow" Garner, 'l3, were visitors to the school yesterday. Gar ner is a student at Bucfcnell where he plays a forward position on the bas ketball team. "Bowley" Miller Is a member of the Gettysburg college band, and "Jim" Miller takes care of the weight events for Carnegie Tech. 7' ■'' I | • Cleaning M •;i;:' <1! Phone us and we'll], 'l'kii cJUI for outer gar- : !| ] ments to be cleaned IMIiM ! or pressed. M_ j!j ;;|jf S. Finkelstein jj | jgSOk 1022 X. Sixth St. |i] • Bell IGI9-R VI I S 11*4 Market St. |{ j J HOLIDAY EVENTS AT THE MANSION The Governor and Mrs. Brum baugh Are Giving Dinners and Receptions I Tl.o Governor anil Mrs. Martin Grovo Brumbaugh will give the llrst of their holiday events at the Exec utive Mansion Tuesday evening, De cember 26 with Dr. Koo, the Chinese minister as guest of honor. Dr. Koo will address the Chamber of Com merce on Wednesday. Invited to meet this distinguished visitor are Mr. and (Mrs. F. V. BonnatTon, of l 3 hiladelphla; the Attorney General and Mrs. Francis Shunk Brown; Bishop and Mrs. James Henry Darlington, Bishop P. B. Mc | Devitt, Mayor and Mrs. Thomas B. i Smith, of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Stackpole, Mr. and Mrs. David E. Tracy and Lewis J. Kolb, of Phila delphia. To Meet ex-President Taft 1 The Invitations Issued by the Gov ernor and Mrs. Brumbaugh to meet ex-President and Mrs. William How ard Taft at dinner, in the Executive I Mansion, Thursday evening, December ! 2S, have been sent to Governor and Mrs. Charles 11. Miller of Delaware; Mr. and Mrs. William Elder Bailey, iMr. and Mrs. Spencer C. Gilbert, and .John Armstrong Herman, of this city; ! Judge and Mrs. Beeber, Mr. and Mrs. I Edward Z. Morrelt, of Philadelphia: ! Colonel and Mrs. Henry W. Shoe maker of New York City, and Miss ! Eiizabetf. C. Allen of Atlantic City. Followtrig this dinner there will be ' a large reception to members of the State Teachers' Association who will 1 extend their compliments to the Gov ernor and Mrs. Brumbaugh. New Year's Reception "Open House" will be kept at the Executive Mansion, New Year's Day, from 4 to ines" in the December Argus are quite numerous. The poem is an excellent portrayal of the Cen tral-Tech football game on Thanks giving. We learn from a fairly re liable source that its composer is PVof. John A. F. Hall of the faculty. School at Central will close to-mor row evening and reopen Tuesday morning, January 2. The sessions will change at this time, the morning stu dents reporting in the afternoon and the afternoon students reporting at 8:15. All are urgently requested to remember this important fact. The afternoon session beeins at 1:45. There will be no special Christmas exercises this year, this being due to lack of time and room. ARIGITI. I>\—VOIAO PIG HO\ST Sunday Evening, 5:00 to 7:30 P. M. 50c per plate. SI 6 North Sixth street—Adv. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND CHRISTMAS CARDS At Ulark's Art Stow, 117 Market St. Thi largest and finest assortment of Pictures and Frames in the city. The latest in Christmas Cards. We will frame all Pictures brought to us up to Christmas Day.—Adv. (Other Social News on Page 11) W TT* I V J • }f) Something I ''c" Ladies >° | I u the The Big Remodeled Store pie'aZe i f She 8-10-12 South 4th Street jS Prefers We Advertise the Truth The Truth Advertises Us to Come A I LATE DAY SHOPPERS WILL FIND MANY I I ATTRACTIONS HERE f 1 She Will Always Welcome "bathpAc'So" S | Another Waist—Hundreds Here You'll Find in Town ' lingerie Waists—in voiles, or- $4.00 Valups; .S'* -I I iS W gandies and dimities, plain, em- v cuues, .J 1 - if: ■$ J broidered and lace trimmed, Delayed shipments have given a some with large collars, others .. . , .. f*i W. frills, and scores of other dainty " a greatoi stock than wo care . \ styles to QClr' to *£l Qfi have. So out they po to -W W. ochoose0 choose from oot O imUO Christmas gift buyers at big re- V 1 Crepe de Chine, Georgette Crepe ductions. \\ jk\ ChUTon aiul 1 JU'C Waists—in 'if Heavy blanket flannel Bath 'ZL 'Aj; |:\ y '&>M\ wide range of styles from the Bobes, in all shades, Indian and Us $1 V\ \\ ,p: | plain type to the most elabo- floral patterns, worth tfjo A A TL /v\ \ Sr. / lately trimmed novelties; all $4.00; special j j&S" P > fTJat: l : ,cs, ...52.85 , °$8.98 ' S a? / Striped-Taffeta Waists $5.98 & i*' / I fW&Kk Navy, green and brown taffeta All Wool Serge Dresses r.,n *1" I SUk Waists with stripes in sub- pleated modoll. snTponlin . M j Jtsasms $2.98 $5.98 1 Lingerie in Silk and Cotton— 1 a | a * i i chine, all shades, fine quality. :3s Always an Acceptable Girt *-•>< t° ■'M.os f Corset Covers, plain and em- Teddy Combination Suits, in •;$ broidery trimmed. crepe do elilne ~ J ■' 25? to 49? $1.98 to $5.98 Kimonos g abfe^Vd^pe 35& ow„ 8 , in tine cotton JjugK S nKtS f 980 to $1.49 rabrlC cj ßo to m ' 98* to $1.98 I "Teddy" Combination Suits, Tn heavy silk and charmeuse, wJ In fine quality cotton fabrics. In crepe de chine. Patterns and range of g ilS <' to $4.40 to $7.50 | ""i 3 .i)S to si>.;>B | MARIUED AT Tlir MANSE OF STEVENS MEMORIAL I A pretty wedding took place at the; manse of the Stevens Memorial Meth- | odist Episcopal Churcli, Thirteenth and Vernon streets, last evening, when Miss Mary E. Failor. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Failor, Newville, Pa., became the wife of Buford M. Am brose. the Rev. Dr. Clayton Albert Smucker officiating. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. j Ambrose left for a short wedding! journey to New York City and other eastern points. They will make their home at 325 Bucktt.orne street after January 15, 1917. Miss Jane Gilson of Pittsburgh is a holiday guest of her relatives Mr. and Airs. Arthur K. Gilson, Market street, j Howard L. Wilson of North Second; street, was given a birthday surprise party last evening by members of the j H. F. C. Club of which he is a mem ber. Mr. and Mrs. Harper Thome left to- j day for Baltimore, to remain for the holidays among relatives. Chester M. Buffington, a Gettysburg! student who is home for the holidays leaves Christmas Day with his sister, Mrs. Philip G. Shirley for Detroit, Mich. __i t t -An -Advertisement by X THE PULLMAN COMPANY Anticipation tt7 P t service, or equipment, which may add to the passengers' comfort, convenience or safety, is a responsibility which the Pullman Company for fifty years, has consistently fulfilled. In order that no improvement might be neglected, every practical suggestion is actually incorporated in a car under construction in our shops, and once a month these suggested improvements are personally inspected by tne Committee on Standards composed of higher officials of the Company. The development of the sleeping car, the parlor car and the enclosed vestibule are characteristic steps in the constant advance made by the Pullman company in the perfection of its equipment. To this end every new in vention practical for Pullman car construction is carefully considered, and, if contributing to safety or convenience is adapted to car requirements. Many of these improvement are of a highly technical nature and contribute chiefly to safety. Others result primarily in added comfort, or convenience to passengers. All serve to anticipate the passengers' requirements and meet the most exacting demands of the traveling public. DECEMBER 21, IVI6. LITTLE SCHOOL rmLDItEN GIVE AN ENTERTAINMENT Among the youngsters who partlel j pated in a Christmas entertainment given by the kindergarten and prr , niary schools of Miss Elizabeth Long, 1505 North Second street this morn ing were: Dick Geisel, Arthur Kades, , Helen Snyder, Robert Keown, Earl Sneeringer, Sylvia Pressner, Donald ' Gohl, Jane Troup, Ruth Frantz, Jack j Troup, Donald Shope, Pauline Gross, Jean McColgin. Kenneth Gatchell, Janet Wanbaugh, Carl Andersen, Jean Troup, John Bennethum, Fred- I orick Langenheim, Pauline Gross and j Edward Smith. Miss Beulah Starry of the Sargent School, Cambridge, Mass., Is spend | ing the holidays with her parents, | Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Starry, 33 South Eighteenth street. Miss Alice R. Eaton, city librarian. I went to Buffalo, to-day for a holiday visit. Miss Lucy Gaines and her brother, Alfred Gaines, of Pittsburgh, are in ! the city to remain for a fortnight with their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Mason F. White. Mrs. Frank Hawthorne of 1923 Green street, spent the day in Lan caster. CHRISTMAS MORNING MUSIC IN THE FOURTH REFORMED There have been so many requests for an early service on Christmas morning at the Fourth Reformed Church that the chorister, Stanley G. Backenstoss and organist, J. Herbert Springer, have arranged a special musical program to begin at 5:45 o'clock, tlio numbers to be printed later. Sunday morning a Christmas serv ice of anthems, solos and a quartet, all appropriate to the Christmas!ido will be sung by the choir under the leadership of Mr. Backenstoss, who ia also the baritone soloist. Mrs. George W. Mindil of Walnut street, will be a Christmas guest of her niece, Mrs. Paul W. Emerick at Hallis Terrace, N. Y. Mrs. Charles Strong Snyder and small son, Charles Butler Snyder left w for their Chicago home Tuesday eve- 9 ning after spending a month in this city. New England and Carlisle. Miss Amy Louise Beck of the Seiler school faculty has gone to Baltimore to remain during the holidays. 'Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Weston and daughter, Mrs. Helen Weston Ross of Brooklyn, are in town for a week's stay with Mr. and Mrs. Elwood H. Kennedy of Green street.