Woman Lends $20,000,000 j to British Government London. April U. The largest woman subscriber to the war loan 10 Kngland Is Miss Emily Talbot, of Q*l m organ. Miss Talbot, who Is 77 years years old, is the daughter of C. R. M. Talbot, who sat In the House of Com mons for sixty years and died In IS#O, leaving a fortune estimated at £8,000,- 000 to his daughter. Her land hold ings of over 40,000 acres Include sev eral thousand acres of valuable coal deposits, and nearly the whole of Port Talbot railway and docks. Miss Talbot's contribution to the war loan Is estimated at £4,000,000. This is quite characteristic of the wo man. who has been known to go to great lengths to avoid publicity in con nection with her philanthropies. Her favorite device to avoid publicity is to contribute a comparatively small sum to a charity In her own name and then add two or three much larger do nations anonymously. Thus, her open subscription to the war loan was for £ SO,OOO, although in roundabout ways it has become known that she is the holder of about fifty times that amount. Miss Talbot, despite her age, keeps her hand on her own business affairs, Rnd her property has greatly increased in value during her twenty-seven years' stewardship. She has a London house on Cavendish Square, but spends a considerable part of her time in Wales. Don't Let Soap Spoil Your Hair When you wash your hair, be care ful what you use. Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali, which Is very injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes the hair brittle. The best thing? to use Is just plain mulsified cocoanut oil, for this Is pure and entirely greaseless. It's very cheap, and beats the most expensive soaps or anything else all to pieces. You can get this at any drug store, nnd a few ounces will last the whole family for months. Simply moisten the hair with water nnd rub it in, about a teaspoonful It nil that Is required. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out easily. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and is soft, fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy ana easy to handle. Besides, It loosens and takes out every particle of dust, dirt and dandruff. DRINK HER 10 MOID SICKNESS SAYS AUTHORITY Glass of hot water before break fast daily keeps the doctor away. Sanitary science has of late made rapid strides with results that tire of untold blessing to humanity. The-lat est application of its untiring research is the recommendation that it is as necessary to attend to internal sanita tion of the drainage system of the hu man body as it is to the drains of the house. Those of us who are accustomed to feel dull and heavy when we arise, splitting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stom ach, can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisy by opening the sluices of the system each morning and flushing out the whole of the internal poisonous stagnant matter. Everyone, whether ailing, sick or ■well, should, each morning before breakfast, drink a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it to wash from the stomach, liver and bowels the previous day's indigestible waste, sour bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and purifying the entire alimentary canal before putting more food into the stomach. The action of hot water and limestone phosphate on an empty stomach is wonderfully in vigorating. It cleans out all the sour fermentations, gases, waste and acidity and gives one a splendid appetite for breakfast. While you are enjoying your breakfast the phosphated hot water is quietly extracting a large vol ume of water from the blood and get ting ready for a thorough hushing of all the inside organs. The millions of people who are bothered with constipation, bilious spells, stomach trouble, rheumatic stiffness; others who have- sallow skins, blood disorders and sickly com plexions are urged to get a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from the drug store. This will cost very little, but is sufficient to make anyone a pronounced crank on the subject of internal sanitation. LUCES! DARKEN YOUR GRAY HAIR Use Grandma's Sage Tea and Sulphur Recipe and Nobody Will Know. The use of Sage and Sulphur for re. storing faded, gray hair to Its natural color dates baefc to grandmother's time. She used It to Keen her Jialr beautifully dark, glossy and attraotjve, Whenever her hair took on that dull, faded or streaked appearance. this simple mixture was applied with won. derful effect, But brewing at home |s mussy and out-of-date, Nowadays, by asking at any drug store for a 60 pent bottle of "Wyeth's Bage and Sulphur Com. pound," you will get this fameus old preparation, Improved by the addition of ot|er ingredients, whioh can bo de, pended upon to restore natural eolor and beauty to the hair, A well-known downtewn druggist says it darkens the hair so naturally and evenly that nobody can tall it has been applied, ¥©U Pimply dampen a sponge or soft brusn with it and draw this through your hair, taking ens strand at a time, By morning (he gray hair disappears, and after an. other application or two, it beoemes beautifully dark and glossy, Wyeth's Bage and Sulphur (Jam pound Is a delightful toilet requisite for those who desire a more yeuthrul appearance, It la not intended for the cure, mitigation or prevention of die. fufli —AUverUseuier WEDNESDAY EVENING, MEN WHO WILL RUN RAILWAYS OF V. S. DURING WAR This is tlie Central Committee of five that will handle the transportation problems of the United Sttes during the war in co-operation with the Council of National Defense, the military chiefs and the heads of the War and Navy Departments. All of the members of the committee are the heads of great railroads, and through their efforts the entire transportation resources of the country, representing more than 250,000 miles nf railroad, have been pledged to the Government. The committee is composed of Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and mem ber-of the National Council of Defense; Fairfax Harrison, of the Southern Hallway; Samuel Rea. of the Pennsylvania; Howard Kliott, of the New York. New Haven & Hartford; Julius Kruttschnitt, of the Southern Pacille, and Hale Holden, of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. "■ SERVICES FOR MEALS TO BE HELD FRIDAY [Continued From l''irst Page] will be assisted by the Rev. Dr. Rob ert Bagnell, pastor of Grace Methodist Church, and the Rev. W. R. Plcken, of Shippensburg. a brother-in-law. Bur ial will be made in the Harisburg cem etery. Six officers from the city po lice force will bo active pallbearers, ana honorary pallbearers will include one representative from each organization of which the Mayor was a member. Council will probably attend the serv ices/also. The police department, Harrisburg Academy of Medicine. Dauphin County Medical Society, and probably the Har risburg Lodge of Elks will take some action as a mark of respect and ex tend their sympathy to the family. Sons at l(is Side Lingering near death for hours, Mayor Meals passed away' at 12:50 o'clock this morning, with his sons Harry and Dale, a nurse and hospital physician at his bedside. Since early yesterday afternoon he was uncon scious. The Mayor's illness began early last summer. He was taken to the hos pital then but recovered and resumed his duties as chief executive of rhe city. His condition became critical early in January when he again was forced to take his bed. Since then he has never attended a session of Coun cil, Commissioner W. L. Gorgas, now acting Mayor, presiding. Rallied After Operation After weeks of illness and daily consultations physicians decided to have the Mayor removed to the Har risburg Hospital for the second time. Two weeks ago his right leg was amputated below the knee because gangrene had set in. The Mayor rallied slightly after the operation and at times was able to sit in a wheel chair. Last Wednesday he made his last trip-in the chair to police head quarters and spoke for a few minutes to Chief of Police J. Edward Wetzel and Captain of Police Joseph P. Thompson. Suffering a relapse on Thursday, Mayor Meals died without rallying again. As head of the police department | the Mayor instituted a number of changes, the most noticeable of these !in the traffic force. Realizing the in- I creasing dangers at street intersec- RID STOMACH OE OASES, SOURNESS, AND INDIGESTION "Pape's Diapepsin" relieves stomach distress in five minutes. You don't want a slow remedy when your stomach Is bad—or an uncertain one —or a harmful one—your stomach Is too valuable; you mustn't Injure It with drastic drugs. Papa's Dlapepsin is noted for Its ■peed In giving relief; Its harmless, ness; Its certain unfailing notion In regulating sick, sour, gassy stomachs, Its quick relief In Indigestion, dyspep sia and gastritis when caused by acidity has made it famous the world over. Keep this wonderful stomach sweet, ener In your home —keep it handy— get a large fifty-cent case from any drug store and then if anyono should eat something which doesn't agree With them; if what they eat lays like lead, ferments and sours and forms gun; causes headache, dlszlness and nausea; eructations of aold and un. digested food —remember ps soon as Pape'H Dlapepsin comes In oontaot With the stomach It helps to neutra lise the excessive aoldity, then all the stomach distress caused by It disap pears, Its promptness, pertainty and ease in overcoming sueh stomach dls. orders Is a revelation to those who try it, —Advertisement, r" ■ i Men's Fine Tailoring IBaOoordinarr -■ tSllop-mnSti Will's |a *vda . Also V—■ .M ,M Nua-|isy i'vliut jJruani >— Jvuspa IRS *>qf( aiil V)vsiy %ugU WsathvF, An KsqulsUe Toilet L'lap- TIMELY HINTS FOR THE HOME GARDENER Cultivation of the Home Garden Washington, D. C., April 16.—The Importance of thorough and continuous cultivation in the home vegetable gar den is pointed out in a new farmers' bulletin of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, No. 818. "The Small Vegetable Garden." After the seeds have sprouted or after the plants have been set in their permanent loca tion, continued cultivation becomes necessary. The gardener should never permit ] the surface of the soil to become baked or even to form an appreciable crust. Constant stirring with hand tools or a wheel cultivator should be practiced between the rows and about the plants. Such a stirring permits the air to penetrate the soil, where It facilitates chemical action and bac terial activity, destroys weeds which otherwise would utilize large amounts of plant food, and, finally, conserves the moisture supply. The rake is per haps the gardener's most valuable tool in cultivating. This can be passed backward and forward over the ground until it is in an open, mellow con dition. Where vegetables grow closely In the rows it often will be necessary to supplement the cultivation by hand weeding. Small Implements arc made for this purpose and may be pur chased cheaply. It is well in some cases to pull up weeds by hand, es pecially where they grow closely about the stalks of the garden plants. Stirring Soil After Rains Just as the gardener should be care- I tions in the business district, the Mayor increased the force and de cided on a thorough study of syste matic despatching of vehicles at the crowded corners. This was followed by orders to all traffic officers to use a uniform signal j system in opening streets, together with slight changes in other rules to | make the entire scheme a success. Mayor Meals often said while in j office his greatest aim was to have satisfactory municipal government, and spent hours at a time in confer ; ences with the late Chief of Police J. 'Thomas Zeil, the present Chief, then Lieutenant Wetzel and Captain Thompson, who was given charge of the traffic work. Waged Successful Campaign The Mayor's efforts to please won for him many friends. His ready wit and kindly interest in the many peo ple he knew made him one of the most popular men in the city. His mayor alty campaign in 1915 was one of the most successful ever waged by a can didate for office. At the primary elec tion the Mayor received more than fifty per cont. of the total votes casi for the office and at the general elec tion his name appeared alone on the ballot. It is not probuble that a successor will bo elected until next Tuesday. Commissioner Gorgas becomes acting Mayor by law until the vacancy is tilled. Dr. Ezra S. Meals was born at Uen ilersvllle, Adams county, July 28, 1851. a son of Samuel and Elizabeth Mice Meals. His father, Samuel Meals, spent his entire life in his native township and was a blacksmith by trade. For twenty-tlve years he was justice of the penco. Dr, Meals received his early educa tion in the public schools of Henders vllle, later attending the Gettysburg Normal School and the Tyson Acad emy, of Flora Dale, Pa. He begun the study of medicine with £>r, B, W, Mauma, of Benders vllle, reading with hipi for one year. he ettrdled with his brother, Ira J, Meals, at Mill Creek, Huntingdon oounty, Dr, Meals then spent one term studying medicine and pharmacy in the University of Michigan, then passed another year with Dr, R, B. Elderdice, of McKnightstown. He was graduated from the College of Physi cians and Surgeonf, Cincinnati, Ohio, with the class of 1874 and began his practice at once In McKnightstown. After i* year and a half of successful work he removed to Biglervilio, re maining there a short time. In August, 187?, Dr. Meals came to Harrisburg and has been in continu ous practice here ever since, Mahy times when he felt his patients were unable to Pay a bill for medical serv ioes be would (ear It up and never present it, freely helping those In need Of treatment, He considered one of lite piost skillful and successful of his professioni was a charter member Of the A oaf ' cm y of Medicine and on the roll of the Dauphin and Adams county medical societies, Elected (is Phief executive of the city in 1808 he served a full term until iHI, When he succeeded by ex- Maypr John K", Royal. Mayor Meals \vas the Jast one to serve a full term under (he old form of third-class city government anfl the first Mayor to be elected under the Clark act, Dr.. Meals also served three terms en (no 'school board, beginning In 1894 ami one term in the Legislature. Mayor Meals was a member of the Harrisburg No. 12, B. B. O. Ifllks, and the Knlghjs of Malta. He has t wo sous living in the city' Ira Dale and Harry a. Meals, and a fefoUieF, lr& }■., Jit ?*OFfellr V*, HXRHJSBtma TELEGRXPH I ful in early spring not to dig the ground when the soil is too moist, so he should be careful later in the sea son not to cultivate too soon after rains. The stirring of very muddy soil "puddles" it into a compact, cement like mass, which the plant food is securely locked. The garden will re ' quire attention, however, as soon as I the excess moisture from a rain has ! soaked in or partially evaporated. Un ! less the ground is stirred at this time I a crust will form almost inevitably. I Such a crust, besides restricting the { plants, prevents the access of air and ! also facilitates the loss of moisture I through evaporation. 1 Irrigation When, during prolonged dry spells, the plants give evidence of- suffering because of lack of moisture, water j must, if possible, be supplied arti- I ftcially. Where a supply of piped water |is at hand perhaps the most usual : method of irrigation is by sprinkling i with a hose. If sprinkling is prac ticed it should be done late in the afternoon. It is not sufficient merely to dampen the surface; a thorough wetting should be given. A more satisfactory and more economical method of irrigation, however, is to open small furrows between the rows of growing plants and to supply water in these ditches from a hose or pipe. Several hours after the water has soaked in the dry earth should be I drawn back into place. (Making a Friend of Your Newspaper I Why do you make friends with one man and merely have a speaking ac quaintance with another who outwardly has just as many points to recom mend him? 31 Simply because one has tastes in common with yours, while the other has gn | habits that do not appeal to you. [3j EH Yet you pass no snap judgment on your friends to be; you weigh them well 9 ig before you invite them to your home to meet your family. And you would |9 Rg very speedily put an end to the visits of any man who dropped in each morning to give your wife and children the details of the latest scandal, to ffl show them pictures of scantily clad women, to teach them slang and prac- £gj tical jokes, or who ranted loudly and inaccurately about momentous ques- 3| HI tions. H Stj Would you encourage the visits of such a man? ij| ||j You would NOT. || IB But have you ever looked at your daily newspaper in that light? Have you ® ever considered the character of the influence it is exerting over your fam ily? If not, there is no better time to begin than right now. aj Of Philadelphia's newspapers that one which is the choice in the "worth- 3 HS while" homes is The Record. A newspaper that for nearly fifty years has been known as "Always Reliable," because it is clean, dependable, safe, =1 18 sane and sensible. , HI B It is a newspaper well worth cultivating and worthy of the respect of think- E ing men and women. 3 K Tell your newsdealer to serve it to you regularly or notify us 9 Bp <md we will attend to it for you. I THE - PHILADELPHIA RECORD I I RECORD BUILDING PHILADELPHIA 3 Urged to Plant Corn in Place of Usual Tobaeco The Hague, Netherlands, April 18. —With twenty-four million dollars' worth of tobacco, or 600,000 bales, still lying In the Island of Java await ing; shipment to the Dutch market, and with every prospect of shipment being long delayed, an urgent ad monition has gone forth to the na tives there from the Dutch Governor General to plant corn and other food products In place of their usual to bacco crop. I>ast year the Java tobacco crop No War Clause Yet 1 \ * THE PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY PHILADELPHIA E. R. ECKENRODE, General Agent 604 Kunkel Building, Third and Market Sts. . HARRISBURG, PA. Hell Phone 1310 April 1", 101". Important Notice To the Insuring Public: The Company has in preparation a war clause to become effective at an early date. In the meantime, and until further notice, the following rules will be ob served with reference to new issues: Single men No Term Insurance age 25 and under If not a member of the National Guard or enlisted in any of the branches of the Army or Navy, limit total insurance in company to $2,500. Single men No Term Insurance age 26 to 29 inc. -If not a member of the National Guard or enlisted in any of the branches of the Army or Navy, limit total insurance in company to $5,000. Married men No Term Insurance aee 25 and under If "ot in the Guard or any military or naval organiza tion, limit total insurance in the company to SIO,OOO. Married men No l erm Insurance aee 26 to 29 inc If not in the Guard or any military or naval organiza tion, limit total insurance in the company to $20,000. . Without obligation, please send additional YOUrS respectfully information about your pran r of iusurnnce. E. R. Eckenrode Address Occupation General Agent Date of Birth APRIL 18, 1917. yielded about 776,000 bales, a rec ord figure. As a result of an abnorm ally heavy rainfall, this yearfs crop Is expected to be considerably small er, probably less than 600,000, and the orders just issued are likely to have a curtailing effect on subsequent production. The mere suggestion of a tobacco famine In Europe must conjure up a fearsome picture In the mind of all devotees of the weed, but with the spectre of a European food famine seriously frightening some people here, the partial substitution of corn for tobacco In the Netherlands East Indies is regarded as imperative. ENG IjISH BABIES London, April 18. The infant mor tality In England last year was tlie lowest In the history of the country, being 91 per 1,000 births. Based on an estimated population of 36,250,- 000 in England and Wales, the birth rate last year was 21.6, the death rate 14.0 and the marriage rate 15.* per 1,000. GAME IiAW REVOKED London. April 18. The government has issued an order giving farmers permission to kill pheasants because the birds are taking food required for human consumption. Pheasant shoot ing parties have been organized. 13
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