■f' HER HOPE WO4S TO MEET
A PITTSBURG
In the Seach She Came Upon "The Ideal Man" and That
Caused Her to Drop Into Poetry
New York, Feb. 5.—A new sentence
that promises to be of some public In
terest came to light in the trial of the
suit and counter suit for divorce
brought by Bernard Colle, a druggist,
and his wife, Esmeralda, when the
hearing was resumed before Justice
Giegerich in special term of the su
preme court.
"Gee, I wish I could meet some>
Pittsburgh millionaire!" was the sen
tence In question. It was found in a
letter written by Mrs. Colie to a cousin
addressed as Lillie, a letter which was
never mailed. It was introduced along
with other unmailed letter to "Lillie."
Mrs. Colle was asked to explain the
reference to Pittsburgh millionaires.
"Well," said Mrs. Colle, "1 had just
gone to a 'movie' show in which a
Pittsburgh millionaire was one of the
characters. I had no intention of try
ing to meet a Pittsburgh millionaire.
I just put it in because about that
time I was growing very lonesome at
home. I was not receiving the atten
tions a wife should receive."
AVas Ready to Fight
Mrs. Colle's father, Adolph Meyer, |
told of two occasions when he wanted !
to split open his son-in-law's head tor j
insults he had offered to his daughter. I
The last time was in a restaurant last!
summer.
Mrs. Colle's definition of a perfect j
husband, taken from her diary of
heart throbs, was as follows: "The
perfect husband, defined in negatives,
is not the man who by masculine
might rules over feminine right."
Mrs. Colle admitted that in Mr. Colle i
she had married a store and not a i
man. She expressed regret that the i
one ideal man she had met could not
marry her, but stated that she had
immortalized him in verse. Justice
Gelgerich showed a special interest in
this ideal person, evidently referred
to in the following:
"As I gaze upon your flower with its
petals white and pure
There's a verse that seems to haunt
me and thoughts I can't endure.
Then a wonderful change came ovgr
me and taught me really to see
The right and wrong of many a thing.
Such a message did your flower
bring.
"I see as in a vision the fateful way
we met.
Then finally our decision. Tell me,
dear, do you regret?
But I warned you of the sorrow and
the heartache overmore."
"Tell us about your ideal man,"
suggested counsel for the husband.
"LUXURY" CAR j
ON DISPLAY
Newcomer Makes Local Debut
and Fine Appearance Wins I
Approval
The most recent addition to tlie
motor family in Ilarrisburg is the Jor
dan car, which is being displayed in
the showrooms at 120 Market street.
This luxurious machine, which is han
dled in this territory by the McCurdy-
Brainard Co., of Pittsburgh, of which
E. E. Adams, formerly of Harrisburg,
is sales manager, is rapidly gaining an
enviable position among the first-class
cars built in America.
The McCurdy-Brainard Co. is com
posed of men well known in motor
circles, having spent much of their
time in the automobile business.
The Jordan luxury car is the prod
uct of the Jordan Motor Car Company,
of Cleveland, one of the youngest but
most aggressive of the leading com
panies in the medium-price field.
Edward S. Jordan, the president, es
tablished an ideal for other manu
America's Greate/Lijht
You see more women at the wheel of Haynes Cars than any other ccr
of its class —why?
Because it's so easy to control —gear shifting is reduced to • minimum
—petty annoyancea, such as motor trouble and carburetor troubles
are practically unknown.
Great power, great flexibility, together with great economy of upkeep,
give the Haynes a big margin of preference over cars of medium puce.
MILLER AUTO €O. Distributors Flve-passenge Touring Car $1595 /
11. F. UAHKEH, Mnnaner Four-passenger Itoadster ... $1725
Hell, 4110 08 S. Cameron St. Seven-passenger Touring Car *1725
Five-passenger Sedan .. .. $2260
Seven-passenger Sedan $2390
J||fe Wire Wheels Extra
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"My ideal man is generous-hearted,
loving and responsive."
"Did you ever meet Such a man?"
"Yes: he came and was gone in five
minutes."
"Tell us about him. "Where did you
see him?"
"To you it will seem almost a
dream," said Mrs. Colle. "To me it
was a reality and will last forever."
"Tell us the circumstances."
"1 was on my way home from a
matinee. At. the subway station I
slipped and fell down two steps. My
ankle was hurt. The next thing I
knew a man was picking me tip. He
was very gentle, courteous and- had a
kind heart. I looked up and saw his
great big blue eyes. He was a gentle
man. lie was a perfect man. He was
not the kind to believe that man's
might should rule over a woman's
right. 1 could tell that by the expres
sion in his eyes."
"Did this Romeo go away then?"
"You can call him what you like,
but he was my ideal. We sat there
five minutes waiting for a train. He
asked me to continue tlie acquaint
ance, but I told him 1 was a married
woman, lie expressed his regrets that
I was not free and gave me the white
carnation which he wore In the but
tonhole of his coat lapel. Then the
train came along and 1 left him. The
way he assisted mo and the flower he
gave me were the inspiration for that
poem. And I wish to add, your
Honor," said the woman, turning to
Justice Geigerich, "that I am sorry the
poem fell into tlie hands of my hus
band. because he won't appreciate it."
Miss Hae Rodeski, 20 years old, a
milliner's model, employed in a Fifth
avenue shop, whom Mrs. Colle testified
had been with her on various motor
car rides, was then called to the stand.
She possesses a beautiful, lithe figure,
and had evidently spent some thought
in adorning it.
She presented an effective study in
champagne colors. Her coat was be
tween a tan and a champagne in color
and Was trimmed with beaver about
the collar, sleeves and skirt She wore
tan shoes, with champagno-colored
cloth uppers, and champagne-colored
stockings.
Miss Rodeski testified that she had
been with Mrs. Colle on several differ
ent occasions: had goen motoring with
her. Nothing ever happened out of
the way, she stated. They had smoked
cigarets and played poker in Mrs.
Colle's apartment, she testified, but
Mr. Colle was present.
facturers to follow when ho brought
out early in the fall a line of cars
which in quality of appearance, com
fort, reliability and performance quite
excelled any car selling at the prices
fixed.
The Jordan idea Is a standard
chassis of finished mechanical excel
lence equipped with a series of custom
style bodies including the seven-pas
sontrer luxury car, four-passenger
sport model, roadster sedan, coupe and
limousine.
In designing the seven-passenger
luxury car Mr. Jordan says he had
particularly in mind the woman of
good taste. His belief if. that in most
cases men buy cars, but women choose
them. The car was, vherefore, de
signed to appeal through its distinctive
quality of finish, its features which
make It peculiarly comfortable, the
reliability of its mechanical parts and
its rare performance.
Jordan got the color idea standing
on the corner of Fifth avenue ant}
Forty-second street last January, lie
saw that the majority of cars selling
below $3,000 were finished in dark
colors by the makers, and no pur
chaser could express his individuality
in his car as he could in his dress or
his home, except at great expense and
delay in delivery.
Jordan chose two conservative but
highly individual colors. The line of
the body is of the straight variety, the
cushions of the Marshall spring type,
almost pneumatic, and the finish of
the body of the same quality of detail
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GEORGE W. MYERS
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Cameron and Mulberry Sts. Ilarrisburg, Pa. Jjj
as tlie finest and most expensive cars
built.
The rear seat, he contended, must
be at least forty-eight inches wide to
comfortably accommodate three per
mits, and ihe back of the front seat is
finished in the most equisite mahogany
paneling.
The steering wheel has a rakish tilt
and the position of the levers within
easy reach without leaning forward.
Jordan himself drove the first car five
thousand miles over the Pennsylvania
mountains before he gave it his own
name.
THEODORE W. HERR
DIES AT PITTSBURGH
Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 14. Theo
dore W. Herr, 84 years old, father of
E. M.,Herr, president of the Westing
house Electric and Manufacturing
Company, died yesterday at his son's
home in Edgewood. He was born on
a farm near Lancaster, Pa., and after
passing through public school there,
finished his education at the Millers
ville Stato Normal School, then took
up the study of law.
Third Class City
Registration Bill In
A bill requiring the personal regis
tration books in third class cities to
be closed ten days before the election
was presented in the Senate to-day by
Senator Buckman, Eucks.
Senator I.eiby, Perry, offered a bill
relating to lots laid out In townships
and one which would require munici
pal divisions to secure bonds for mate
rial and labor.
Another bill which appeared was
for a memorial at the point where
Washington crossed the Delaware.
Senator W. W. Smith, Philadelphia,
read in place a bill to pay State bank
examiners $3,000 a year. They are
now paid $lO a day.
An important third class city bill
was presented by Senator Tompkins,
Cambria, which provides that as
sessors sliall classify all real estate
and council in determining tax rate
for 1919, 1920 and 1921 shall assess
a tax on buildings equal to seven
tenths of the highest rate of tax re
quired for those years and for the next
three years a tax equal to six-tenths
and in 1925 and thereafter a tax equal
to five-tenths.
Help For Feeble Minded
Is Plan of Aid Societies
Problems arising from feeble-mind
edness is interesting many of the civic
and charitable societies of llarrisburg.
Representatives of these organiza
tions will meet at the Civic Club to
morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock to dis
cuss plans for a proposed exhibit on
feeble-mindness to be held in the store
room at 206 Walnut street, from
March 5 to 14.
Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert, president of
the Associated Aid Societies, which
has been making preliminary arrange
ments for the exhibit; Kenneth At.
Pray, assistant secretary of the Pub
lic Charities Association of Pennsyl
vania, and Mi-s. James I. Chamber
lain, chairman of the general commit
tee, will address the meeting.
Buick Business Has
Doubled Each Year
"The demand for the Bulcks this
year has been so great that we could
scarcely book the orders customers
wished to place with us," says George
B. Zech, local Buick dealer. "One
branch alone delivered over 800 Buicks
In December. This established a new
one month's branch record in what was
considered by many the quietest auto
mobile montli of the year. The factory
will build at least 125,000 four and six
cylinder automobiles during 1917. Tliey
are the largest producers of six-cylinder
cars in the world. They have not caught
up with the orders for six yeq.rs, In
spite of the fact that production was
nearly doubled each year. The future
for Bulcks looks brighter than ever.
"I believe our new seven-passenger
six-cylinder touring car to be the fea
ture of the show. The reliable valve
in-liand Buick motor is here shown to
its very best advantage. You know
men who risk their lives in racing cars,
submarines and flying machines all use
this valve-ln-hand type."
New Sales Room For
Used Cars at Overland
What Is undoubtedly one of the Cen
tral Pennsylvania's busiest automobile
distribution agencies is the Overland-
Harrlsburg Co., 212 North Second street.
Time was when a single carload of au
tomobiles meant a large shipment.
Times have changed, however, and in
the past three days Carl Hanson, of the
Overland-Harrlsburg Company, an
nounces the arrival of thjrty-flve car
loads of Overlands, ten carloads arriv
ing Saturday, .thirteen carloads Mon
day and twelve carloads Tuesday of this
week. Mr. Hanson has also announced
an innovation to Harrlsburg In the In
auguration of a downtown show room
for used cars exclusively. This will be
conducted at 212 North Second street, In
addition to their regular sales room de
voted to new cars. The sales room for
used cars, Mr. Hansen added, will be a
permanent featuro with the company.
Wholesale Dealers Say
Sugar Situation Not Bad
Wholesale food merchants in llar
risburg this morning were of the opin
ion thut the sugar situation is not so
bad as has been purported. Purallel
situations have been handled a num
ber of times before and that the pub
lic never knew anything about it, it
was said.
l-'rom the time when the word first
went out to the effect that a strike
was on and that high prices might
be expected, the housewives have been
trying to get just as much sugar as
possible. As a result dealers every
where felt justified in boosting prices
because of the demand.
Although the dealers report a twen
ty-live point Increase it is believed
that discretion on the part of the buy
ers will again bring prices to normal.
CHAPLAINS UOTII ABSENT
. Chaplains of both branches of the
Legislature were absent Ihis morning. I
Dr. 52erfass, the House chaplain, is ill
with a cold. Rabbi Louis J. Haas,
llarrisburg, offered the prayer in the
Senate and Chief Clerk M. D. Dich
leiter, of the Department of AKHCUI
ture, who is a minister, made the in
vocation.
PENSION Hll.li PASSED
Washington, D. C., l'cb. 14.—The
annual Pension Appropriation bill,
carrying $100,000,000, was passed by
the House yesterday in fifteen minutes.
MOTOR CARS
Where Motor Trouble
Means Death Valve
in-Head Motors Are Used
At the Auto Show
Valve-in-Head Motors are used in the
Battle-planes of the great European conflict
because motor failure means death and loss of
the machine. Valve-in-Head Motors are used
because motor failure is eliminated, as nearly
as modern mechanics can eliminate it.
Valve-in-Head Motors are used in Buiclc
Cars because I 5 to 20 per cent, more power
is applied direct to the pistol head instead of
to water jacketed valve pockets.
See us at the show and let us tell you more
of this Valve-in-Head Buick feature.
George B. Zech
Agent For Buick City Auto Garage
and Chevrolet
DISREGARD WARNING; FIRE
Failure to heed the warning of
Fire Chief John C. Kindler against
using fire to thaw water pipes, re
sulted in a fire at the home of Ed
ward Forsythe, 422 South Cameron
A. H. Shaffer
Distributor For
Kelley-Springf ield Tires
88 S. Cameron St.
street. Mrs. Forsythe used burning
newspapers to apply to the pipes. A
spark started a blaze In the weather
boarding. Damage to the extent of
SIOO was done before the flames
were extinguished.
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