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For a Quick PicK
up Luncheon try
that most delicious, nourish
ing, whole wheat food,
Triscuit, the shredded
wheat wafer-toast. It con
tains all the body-builaing
material in the whole
wheat grain, including the
bran-coat which promotes
healthful and natural bowel
movement. It is real whole
wheat bread without yeast,
baking powder or chemicals
of any kind —an ideal food
for children because it com
pels thorough mastication
and insures perfect digestion.
A crisp, tasty "snack" for
picnics or excursions. Toast
in the oven and serve with
butter or soft cheese. Made
at Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Clxaftl
An electrical device is the sort of |
practical and useful luxury which is j
just the thing for Christmas giving,
and when you see the novel and use
ful gifts offered by the Electrical
Supply Co., 24 S. Second street you
will find Just the most appropriate
gift for every one of your friends.
For instance, they offer a flat elec
trie heating device which is often
used to warm a bathroom to a cozy
temperature early in the morning, and
would make a most 'acceptable gift
for those who need a little extra heat
lor any room, and this is but one of
many new and interesting electric of
ferings shown at this shop,
CHRISTMAS FLOWERS
When you select your Christmas
flowers, you will find much to interest
and delight you at the Berryhill Shop,
Second street at Locust, for their
charming arrangements of cut flow
ers, either in corsage bouquets or for
the decoration of homes or Christmas I
dinner tables, aro distinctively artistic.
This shop is fairly blooming now
with Christmas flowers and greens,
holly, mistletoe, laurel, smilax, (ke.
and the lovely baskets planted [
with Christmas greens make delight- j
ful gifts that will bring Christmas i
cheer for many weeks, while Christ- I
mas trees, boxed for garden und porch
decoration as well as for indoor use j
at Yuletide, are a very practical Bug- j
gestion.
SLIPPERS FOR STOCKINGS
Santa Claus can buy bedroom slip- j
pers to put in everybody's Christmas |
stockings, at the Walk-Over Boot j
Shop, 226 Market street, for a big
and varied assortment is offered at j
most reasonable prices, There are j
clever slippers which fold neatly into |
a silk case to match for the woman
who travels, lovely creations of silk j
in delicate pink for the debutante, I
comfortable Indian beaded or fringed I
moccasins for the boarding school j
girl, and warm felt slippers priced |
from $1.75 up for aunties, grand-j
mothers or any of the youns folks, j
while a line assortment of bedroom
and house slippers for men in com- j
fortable soft leathers are also shown. \
CHRISTMAS RECORDS
A few favorite songs, some delight- |
ful instrumental selections or one or :
two fine old Christmas carols, what j
better gift than to bring the joy of j
such music to a friend at Christmas \
and whatever your talents or lack ,
of them you can givo the wonder- i
ful gift of music to your friends by
buying Christmas records for the talk
ing machine. In spite of the enorm
ous rush at the J. H. Troup Music
House, 15 S. Market Square, they are
able to give prompt and courteous
service to those who wish records for
Christmas and their numerous, com
fortable, sound-proof rooms make it
pleasant to select records there,
GIFTS OF JEWELRY
We all know that it is easy to select
gifts in a jewelry shop, where every
thing is so alluring, but we usually
find that it is hard to find money
enough to pay for the alluring trifles.
The H. C. Claster Jewelry Shop, 302
Market street is a pleasant surprise in
this respect, for their wonderful as
sortments of gifts are marked at the
most tempting prices. There are
guaranteed watches for $6.50, wrist
watches for $12.50, diamond rings for
$25.00, pretty pieces of cut glass from
SI.OO up, and scores of clever little
trinkets, such as lingerie clasps, van
ity boxes, scent balls, sterling stiver
knives, little cigar cutters, etc.
priced at 50c and SI.OO which make
most acceptable gifts.
AN EXTRA SELECTION
Discouraged because everything
you meant to buy for Christmas giv
j A Lifetime Christmas Gift;
ij Victrola jj
Easy Terms j!
A fine line of piano duet benches.
C. A\. Sip ler, Inc.
Pianos Victrolas ij
A/6LCO '2 A IVT O„ J Cf HA#ft/SBU/iG \!
BUILDING • - nd.Ol.
FRIDAY EVENING.
PERSONAL--SOCIAL
Announce Patronesses
For University Dance
The seventh annual university dance
with the Harrisburg Club of State Col
lege as hosts will be one of the most
enjoyable events of the holiday season.
This onlv "all college" party will be
held In Winterdale, Thursday evening,
December 28, and the Sftru Lemer or
chestra will play. All college men are
Invited, undergraduates as well as the
alumni, for the sake of fellowship and
fun.
The patronesses announced to-day
Include Mrs. Martlp-G. Brumbaugh,
Mrs. Edward E. Sparks, Mrs. John
Price Jackson. Mrs. Edward E. Beidle
mnn, Mrs. Robert M. Rutherford, Mrs.
Martin G. Cumbler. Mrs. J. Harry Mes
sersmith, Mrs. Harry Leonard, Mrs.
William Melt, Mrs. Quincy Bent, Mrs.
Henry F. Quickel, Mrs. Het-man P.
Miller. Mrs. Edward L. Rinkenluich,
Mrs. Oscar G. W r ickersham. Mrs. Sam
uel F. Dunkle, Mrs. Edward Bailey,
Mrs. Bertram W. Saul, Mrs. William
F. Darby, Mrs. Arthur 11. Hull and
Mrs. Robert E. Holmes.
Other Personals on Page 4.
lng is "sold out" ? It is a relief to 1
go into Astrich's. Fourth and Mar- |
ket streets and shop for some of the
useful gifts which are always kept ,
in stoek though just now an extra!
selection is afforded to shoppers In !
such offerings as tafteta petticoats in •
newest styles anci colorings, sweaters ■
for sport and for semi-dress wear, j
dainty waists and blouse in white, i
flesh and all the new shades, and |
prices range from 98c and $1.98 up to j
SIO.OO. For the more valuable gifts
they offer a wonderful assortment of ;
furs, specially priced for Christmas i
selling, while a line of attractive bath- '
robes for women at $2.98. $3.98 and
$4.98 is a Christmas feature at this,
store.
THE CHILDREN AT XMAS
Whoever you may have forgotten j
for Christmas, don't let it be the ;
children, for Christmas was made for S
them, and when you see, at Cotterel's, ,
9 N. Market Square, all the Christmas
gifts that are made for children you
will wish you were Peter I'an and '
never had to "grow up." There are j
fascinating papef dolls that move
their arms and legs, wonderful sets
of pictures with crayons to color them,
a novel box of colored sticks of putty :
for moulding, delightful books that I
teach children how to sow, to cook
and to make a xarden •—• and make |
them love to learn - for the beauty I
of all these play things Is that they
are as helpful to a child's mentality
as they are a Joy to his sense of play, j
LAST MINVTE GIFTS
Gifts bought In a hurry rarely ex- 1
press much thought, yet you will find j
at the Woman's Exchange, Third j
street at Herr, last-minute gifts, 1
which express much thoughtfulness,
for they are useful little novelties
that seem Just made for some particu
lar friend of yours, and each is boxed
and wrapped with a clever gift card
all ready to send with the least pos
sible worry on the part of tho buyer,
yet the charm of daintiness, suitability
and good-will makes these most wel
come to the recipient. One of tho In
teresting little novelties la a box of 1
crystals to make tho wood fite burn I
brighter and more gaily, aud this !
very home-like gift sells for Just 25c, :
while 25c, 35c, and 50c will buy any ,
one of a number of equally clever ]
gifts.
IX AND OVT AT A BUSY STORE
In they come; —new buyers every day.
And out they go, new shipments
on the way.
Have you guessed what I mean ?
why those beautiful velour hats i
at the Doutrich Store for Men, j
304 Market street. l'ou may have
noticed them in the windows of this
store, the same sort of hats that
; you see worn by well-groomed men
: and often, by women, too, and they
.are so good-looking and desirable that
they have been immensely popular for •
: Christmas giving as well as for
j Christmas wearing. They come In
j hunter's green, brown and black. In
a splendid tlno quality of velour, mak
; ing a hat of unusual style and dis
tinction.
CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLES
On Christmas Eve, when the house i
|ls still give welcome to tho Christ
; mas Visitor, - as the old legend says I
j and burn a tall Christmas candle in
: every window. You will llnd a splen
i did assortment of these at the Stude
baker Grocery Store, (now owned by
! Mr. George Barnes) Second street at
| the crossing of State, In all sizes and
I colors. Many people like to have -a
i candle In each room to match the
! color scheme and at the*. Studebaker
j Store, you may find every desirable
j shade as well as novel and effective
| Christmas designs in red and green
colorings, and the new black and
i white candles which look so pretty
I in tne windows.
HARRJSBURG (SSftd TELEGRAPH
ARRANGE WORK OF
THE COMMONWEAL
Holiday Events Followed by
Lectures, Socials and Oilier
Interesting Events
At a meeting of the executive com- !
mittee of the Commonweal Club of the j
Y. \V. C. A., held Monday evening, De- j
cemher 18, at 6.45, a resolution was |
passed donating a sum of money to !
provide woolen gloves for the children j
in the Nursery Home of Harrisburg
who attend the public schools. Ar- !
rangements were also made for giving J
the girls of that home a treat on New I
Vear's afternoon, it being understood i
that the Rotary Club was planning for i
the entertainment of the boys on that i
day.
Preliminary arrangements were I
made for a uinner to the members of j
tne club and their friends on January ;
8, the next regular meeting night, at
the Y. W. C, A. followed by a lecture
by Emerson Collins, deputy attorney
general of the State. Tickets for the
dinner will be on sale shortly after
Christmas.
Miss Celia Hinkley and Mies Dolores
Segelbauiu were appointed on the so
cial service committee of the Common
weal Club in place of Miss Wynne Cas
sel and Miss Daisy Kuhns, who had re
signed.
Social Service Work
An extended program of work is ;
being carried out by the social service j
committee. A gymnasium is conduct- :
ed every Saturday evening at the Chil- j
uren's industrial Home uy Miss Eliz
abeth Kiilinger and Miss Pearl Yahn.
On the ttrst and third Saturday after
noons of the month, a member of the
Commonweal Club conducts a "Story
Telling Hour" for the children in this
Home. Miss Frances Acult and Miss
Alice Cusack volunteered their services j
for the atternoons in December. If
possible, the same arrangements will i
obtain in the Nursery Home on the l
second and fourth Saturday afternoons
of the month.
On January 22 and 23, 1917, Dr.
Thornton B. Penfield, of Englewood, J
N. J., business manager of the Confer- 1
ence on Christian Work in Latin Am
erica which met in Panama during
February, 1916, will lecture on South 1
America, under the auspices of the
Commonweal Club, in the John Y.
Boyd hall of the Y. W. C. A.
The program folows: January 22, j
7.45 p. m., "South American—Her
Band and Her People"; January 23,
at 3 p. m., "The Womanhood of South
America"; at 7.45 p. m., "South Ameri
ca —Her Problems and ller Promise"
(illustrated). Dr. Penfield made a
complete tour of South America after
the conference had adjourned and
studied at lose range the many per
plexing problems that confront the
worker in this land of wonderful op
portunity. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to the people of Harrisburg to
I hear these lectures free of charge.
I The mission study classes of the var
| ious churches will be especially wel
come.
Other Fine Lectures
The Commonweal Club has prepared
an interesting program of lectures for
: the balance of the year and has in
cluded in the list of lecturers, Thomas
Lynch Montgomery, State librarian;
Mi;;s Helen Glonn, supervisor of the
Mothers' Assistance Fund; R. K.
Young, State treasurer; the Rev. Hen
ry W. A. Hanson. Messiah Lutheran
Church; Dr. Francis D. Patterson, of
the Department of Labor and Indus
try; Kenneth L. M. Pray, of the Pub
j lie Charities Association of Penxisyl
| vania; Dr. Maud C. Exley, of Harris
' burg, and other prominent people.
On the third Sunday in February
the Commonweal Club will conduct a
j vesper service at the Y. W r , C. A.
Miss Kathryn Grant of Pittsburgh,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Luther J.
Grant of State street, for a week or
' two.
Mrs. J. Ross Hall of New York City
I is a holiday guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. Wilson Hoffman, 1930
I North Third street.
George W. Bricker of 1905 North
Seventh street, and Mrs. A. A. Banks
of 1843 North Seventh street, are
home after a pleasure trip to Phila
delphia and New York.
Miss Carolyn Carmichael of Pitts
burgh, is a holiday visitor at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Fairley, North
Third street.
Howard G. Thurston and Miss
Mnude Thurston of Philadelphia, will
spend Christmas with their relatives,
Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Green of State
street.
ABIGAIL IXX—YOUNG PIG It OA ST
Sunday Evening, 5:00 to 7:30 P. M. 50c
per plate. 916 North Sixth street. —Adv.
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f Diamond Merchants and .jjS
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PIANO
Player-Piano, Victrola or Edison
Pianos JMLB*.
to Choose From to Choose From
Chickering $550 to $750 , Chickering-Angelus SIOSO
Bush & Lane S4OO to SSOO -s=|jl|!> Bush & Lane-Cecelian SBSO
Kimball $350 to $450 Emerson-Angelus SBOO
Poole $350 to $450 Kimball-Player $750
Shoninger $325 to $425 H Janssen-Angelus S7OO
Marshall & Wendell, $285 to $350 1| || n Ij Shoninger-Player $650
Frances Bacon .... $265 to $325 1| II * Marshall & Wendell, $455 & $550
Weser Bros $225 to S3OO -WP Frances Bacon .... $395 $ J $425
Just Received Another Shipment of Christmas
Victrolas—'Edisons
i ■bBD■ > || Call or phone at once. Every style is here in fj' 111 fj
||| almost every finish, sls, $25, S4O, SSO, $75, SIOO,
But claim yours at once. Pay cash only for , t
your records; nothing more until January.
Store Open Evenings Until 10.30 * jj
J. H. TROUP MUSIC HOUSE
Troup Building ■ 15 South Market Square
FREE STORY HOUR
TO THE CHILDREN
Program of Stories and Carols
by Members of Story Telling
League Saturday Afternoon
To-morrow will be "kiddles' " day i
at Technical high school. From all i
parts of the city children will come j
at 2.15 o'clock to hear the stories that
the members of the story league have j
to tell them. And they will be glad, I
too. for the stories are the prettiest
that the story tellers could find any
place and Miss Conkling, whom all the
children know and love, will be there
to play for them the beautiful old
carols and lead them in the singing
of those they love best.
Mrs. Harry G. Keffe-r, the president
of the league, known throughout the
city as "the story lady," has spared no
effort In making this meeting one of
the best the league has ever held. It
has been arranged entirely for the
pleasure of the school children* of
Harrisburg, who will be welcomed by
a special committee appointed by Mrs.
Koffer. It Is not necessary for the
children to be chaperoned, as the
memberß of the league will look after
their comfort during the afternoon.,
though a special invltdtlon is extended
to their parents and friends who may
wish to accompany them, as well as
to members of the School Board, the
teachers of the city and all others in
terested In this old-new art of story
telling. The program for the after
noon will be:* "Joy to the World."
sung by the children; "The Boys' Visit
to Santa Claus," told by Mrs. George
Mattern; "The First Christmas Tree,"
told by Miss Mary Snyder; "On Santa
Claus," told by Miss Clare Bashore;
"The Roily Polly Man." told by Mrs.
Charles J. Wood; "The Worker in
Sandlewood," told by Professor J. J.
Brehm; "The Child Who Saw Santa
Claus," told by Mrs. Edna Groft
Deihi; "The Christmas Ansel," told by
Mrs. Keffer; "We Three Kings," sung
by the children; "O Little Town of
Bethlehem," sung by the children.
Guests of Miss Carter
at Little Sewing Party
Guests of Miss Lucille Carter, State
street, had a merry time last evening
at her home at a little sewing party.
The last stitches in many Christmas
gifts were taken and after refresh
ments the girls made fudge and other
Christmas candies to go with a large
array of toys and gifts for some of the
needy families of the city. These pres
ents will be placed In chip baskets and
taken about by a real Santa Claus with
good wishes for a happy holiday time.
George H. Goetz, a son of Professor
and Mrs. S. Herman Goetz, 921 North
Second street. Is home from Dickin
son College, for the Christmas vaca-
Uon.
MISS GUTELIVS FALLS
Miss Ellen Gutelluß who is In the
Harrisburg Hospital with a fractured
hip caused by a fall in her rooms in
Chestnut street, has a host of friends
throughout the city who are planning
to make her Christmas as happy as
possible. Cards, flowers and gifts will
be showered on her.
Specia/ Holiday Sale of !
R Affy CO A TS\
or Men, I'
' Wo
[ | Largest Assortment |f
i * ll in the city | U | 1
/111 f weeds, Gabardines, Cassimeres, English Can- II
| I | t0n ' S '' k TeXtUrCS ' ° rab Bnd Plaids ' all colors and II
If / Hi Men's and Women's $5 to S2O If] [lll If
I i 2 \Jr Boys' and Gifts' $1.98 to $4.98 l| „II II
Riu&er Boots for men and boys, $1.50 to $6.00 flfPl * i
A TIF ON RUBBER—Always buy rubber where the most rubber is '
sold, for the store that sells the most rubber receives fresh stocks most I
frequently—and the freshness of rubber is the greater part of rubber
quality. In Harrisburg that store is the ™
Harrisburg Rubber Company
ONB FOOTBALL TO rnrr
rit£Ej EVERY PURCHASER rKLL
r~ ' \ *
Open Every Evening Until \A/nlniM+ C - "If it's made of Rubber )
Christmas WVainUZ OL we have it."
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DECEMBER 22, 1916.
WINTERING IN FLOMTOA
Mrs. Andrew Blair and her daugh
ter, Miss Mary Stewart Blair, who are
spending the winter at GafTney, S. C.,
where Miss Blair is teaching in the
music department of Limestone Col
lege, have gone to Daytona Beach,
Florida, to spend the Christmas holi
days with Mrs. Nannie S. Weston, their
relative.
CAIjLEI) HOME riJOM TEXAS
Corporal V. R. Stakley, of Conn
pany I, Sixteenth Regiment, now at
El Paso, Texas, accompanied by his
mother, brother and two little sisters,
spent Sunday at the home of Mr. ami
Mrs. S. R. Saylor, in Oberlin. Corporal
Stakley was called home by the death
of his father and will return to Camp
Stewart, El Paso, the latter part o!
next week.