More Contagious Disease in July Than Last Year Sixty-four contagious disease cases were reported during- July, 1917, the monthly report of the City Health De partment shows. This is an increase of twenty-three cases more than in 1916. Last month the cases reported follow: Typhoid fever, 4; scarlet fever, 4; chickenpox, 19; diphtheria, 9; measles, 3; German measles, 5; whooping- cough. 14; erysipelas. 1; mumps, 1; ophthalmia, 3; infant pa ralysis, 1. Total cases reported for the first six months of this year were 746; for the same period last year, 3,035. About 2,300 of the cases for the first six months in 1916, however, were caused by a serious epidemic of measles. Cl,l'll BOARD TO MEET The Board of Governors of the Motor Club of Harrlsburg will hold its monthly meeting tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the club headquarters, 109 South Second street. Bright Eyes indicate buoyant health. When the eyes are dull, liver and bow els need regulating. Quickly restore healthy conditions with a dose or two—in time —of BEECHAM'S PILLS LMTW t Sale of Any Medicine in the World. ' bold everywhere, in boxoe, 10a., 2bc. August Furniture Sale The Savings which we offer this month to Furniture Buyers will help greatly to offset the exces sively high prices prevailing in other necessary living commodities. For the past three months we have been buy ing furniture, etc., from the best manufacturers in such quantities and at such price concessions as would enable us to offer to our customers this month Home Furnishings That Represent the Greatest Money Values Possible Under Present Market Conditions An inspection of our August Furniture Sale Stocks will impress you with the success that has crowned our efforts. We invite you to come here, and urge you to make comparisons, quality for quality and price for price A Few Hints Of The Exceptional Values You Will Find: 4-piece Bedroom Suits in Mahogany, Walnut and Quartered Oak, all the 3-piece Living Room_ Suits. August latest period designs worth in any Prices $25.00 to $1 00.00 store $125.00. Our August Price, Dressers and Chiffoniers. August $90.00 Prices $12.50 up 3-piece Dining Room Suits, 6 to 10 Special showing of fine Reed Chairs and pieces. August P r Rockers at special August Prices in $7;.00 to JJWOO.OO our No. 1219 window. Pictures! Pictures! Pictures! We have the most complete line of pictures shown by any store in Pennsylvania. This may sound overdrawn but the statement is absolutely correct. If you know something about pictures, we will be pleased to have you call and test out this statement for yourself. Special August Prices Prevail BROWN & COMPANY 1217 and 1219 North Third Street .The Big Uptown Home Furnishers THURSDAY EVENING, Camp of National Guard Is Delayed Two Weeks Washington, Aug. 2. —Appointment of the general officers to command the sixteen national guard training camps is the only step remaining to be taken to get more than 300,000 of this force in training for duty in France. It was indicated today the appointments will be made during the week as well as all other general officers for the guard. The nominations must be sent to the senate. The war department made public today a detailed statement of prog ress being made with the preparation of the sixteen camps. The camps at August, Ga„ Deming, N. M„ Mont gomery, Ala., Spartanburg, S. C., and Waco, Tex., were to have been ready today, but delays were encountered and it will take another two weeks to prepare them. The troops called into federal service on July 15. in cluding the New York and Pennsyl vania divisions, have been assigned to these ramps and will not be sent forward until quarters are ready for them. Penna. Leads Enlistment List; Total Now 173,266 Washington, Aug. 2.—The regular army gained 2,335 men for the twen ty-four hours up, to the close of to day. This brings the total enlisted since April to 173,266. Pennsylvania sent the largest con tingent, 224. New York was second with 201. Other States with high en listments include California, 121; Illi nois, 107; Massachusetts, 185; Michi gan, 120, and Oklahoma, 123. DR. KALBFUS ON THE REEDBIRDS Says He Thinks They Can Be Shot Until Congress Passes the Enabling Act Dr. Joseph Kalbfua, secretary of tho State Game Commission, has is sued an open letter to sportsmen of the state in which he discusses the negotiations with the Federal gov ernment regarding shooting of reed birds and says: "I believe no trouble can come to those who may choose to shoot reedbirds in Pennsylvania during the open season as iixed by our state law for the killing of such birds and the regulations issued from AVashington last year." Dr. Kalb fus adds that plover may not be legally killed because of the govern ment regulations before September of next year. In his letter Dr. Kalbfus says his office is in almost daily receipt of letters from sportsmen inquiring about the reedbird situation. He reviews the 'situation that has arisen in regard to the regulations issued by the United States Department of Agriculture and says that by provis ions of a treaty with Great Britain, which requires an enabling act to make it effective, plover may not be killed until 1926 and reedbirds not until 1936. He adds: "I have been trying for some time to have the people in Washington give me a clean-cut statement regarding the killing of reedbirds in Pennsylva nia during the fall of 1917." The Pennsylvania open season for reedbirds, begins September 1 and extends to November 30, reedbirds being here about five weeks of that period. There Is Urgent Need of Workers in Navy Yards Workers are urgenty needed in the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York— a partial list of the vacancies: Navq Yard, Brooklyn, New York— -50 shipwrights $3.04-$4.08 Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C.— 1 anglesmith $3.28-$4.00 4 boatbuilders 3.04- 4.00 1 galvanizer 2.48- 3.36 1 ioftsman 2.95-. 5.04 5 shipfltters 2.96- 4.24 Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.— 15 coppersmiths $2.72-J4.24 18 sailmakers 2.64- 4.0n 38 shipflttters 2.88- 4.48 12 shipsmiths 3.04- 4.24 Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.— 20 boatbuilders $3.20-13.32 13 boiler's helpers 2.00- 2.48 J chlppers and calkers, iron, 2.00- 3.84 4 calkers, wood 2.72- 3.52 18 copersmiths 3.28- 4.24 1 puncher and shearer 2.32- 3.04 1 rivet heater 1.20- 1.68 77 shipfltters 3.28- 4.24 4 shipsmiths (blacksmiths), 3.28- 4.24 6 shipsmiths, helpers 2.00- 2.48 19 ship juiners, 3.20- 4.32 14 shipwrights 3.20- 4.32 49 shipwright's' helpers 2.00- 2.48 Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H.—• 3 anglesmiths $3.28-$4.32 6 boatbuilders 3.12- 4.00 10 shipfltters 3.28- 4.22 Navy Yard, Washington, D. C.— 3 canvas workers $2.88-$3.60 1 die sinker 4.00- 4.80 HARRISBURG teijegraph ENGAGEMENTS ARE INVIOLATE Should Never Be Broken Un less For Urgent Beason BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX "Hello! Hello! Oh, I'm so glad I caught you—l just must see you. Let's have dinner together to-night. I have some things 1 want to talk over with you. You have an engage ment? Oh, please, please break it— I really need you. Surely you won't fail me." The tone sounds desperate—har ried. And you picture Virginia as really suffering, needing your ad vice, your help. Your engagement is for theater with a group of peo ple who can manage very well with out you and Virginia needs you. You arrange for your cousin Car ry to go to the theater in your place and give up regretfully your last opportunity to see the clever and amusing play at the Lyceum which is to be withdrawn after that even ing's performance. But Virginia needs you; you cannot fail her. At six-thirty—just as you are set ting off to meet Virginia, the phone rings again. Virginia's voice greets you. "Oh, my dea, I'm so glad I got you—l didn't want you to start off on a wild goose chase. Jack Lacey just called me up and asked me to see that clever new play which is closing to-night and X knew you wouldn't want me to miss it." You gasp. Virginia is going with Jack Lucey to the very play which you gave up, because she "needed" you! Do you protest? Then Virginia tearfully asks you how you can be so unkind. She is lonely and blue and she telephoned you because she felt you could help over her bad place; but seeing that clever play at the Lyceum will be even better for bfr. Of course, if you insist on holding her to the engagement—but she wouldn't treat you that way. Do you accept Virginia's ruthless breaking of the engagement with you in favor of one with JackDacey? You encoyrage her in her cavalier attitude toward her engagements with women when opportunities to go out with men come along. You let Virginia feel that she is priv ileged to make and break engage ments at will—to pick and choose and please herself rather than to abide by any schedule which has been made and which includes her. Your very willingness to break an engagement for her encouraged Vir ginia in her casual attitude toward keeping appointments. The Attitude of Women A cavalier attitude toward en gagements is—l fear me —piore characteristic of women than of men. Even rather fine women have a feeling that they have a right to pick out the invitations which most appeals to them and to cancel any other which interferes with it. A group of us were discussing a young dramatist recently and we all agreed that one of the reasons we liked Henrietta so much was be cause she was completely depend able. One of the girls summed it up like this: "If she promised to meet me at a tea room for lunch and the Duke of Argyle came along and in vited her to a feast at his castle, •she'd keep her date with me. She's a wonder. I never knew a girl so decent to others —even when there are men at stake. But I don't know another girl just like Henrietta." There are not very many! I can find excuses a-plenty for this fail ing—but I wish it were not there to be excused. Men generally object to making engagements far ahead. They say very frankly, "When evening comes along, I may not feel one bit like going ice-skating. I may want to stay and feed logs to the grate fire. I hate to tie myself up so tfar ahead. Let me call you up some evening when I'm just in the mood and we'll motor out to one of those cute little places in Westchester and have dinner and a few dances." And you say to yourself: "How selfish men are. They're terribly spoiled. They always want to do what they enjoy!" Perhaps they are selfish (we won't discuss that here and now and to-day). But much can be forgiven men for the sake of their honesty. About engagements men have a stronger sense of obligation than women. They may object to making them but once they have committed themselves to a social course, noth ing but the Great God Business can interfere. Men More Particular Perhaps it is because woman have generally to make the best of what is offered them—because they are not free to choose their pleasures and enjoyments and are dependent to a certain extent on others to of fer them their social opportunities, that they do not feel bound down by the lesser pleasures when the greater ones are offered. But there is no worse form of selfishness generally prevalent among women than their tendency to slip out of one engagement and into another, regardless of who is being hurt and disappointed and thoroughly discomforted by their defection. A sensitive girl is likely to feel real suffering as a result of the treatment which another girl meets out to her when she serenely neglects to keep an engagement and calmly leaves her friend high and dry. Suppose you have planned to spend the Fourth of July on a coun try "hike" with another girl, and then some man invites you to take the day trip up the Hudson or to go to Coney Island? Before you ac cept, stop to consider what you are doing to the girl who is counting on you to be her companion for the holiday. Are you leaving her marooned on an island of utter inaction, with seas of loneliness all around her? Can she get another companion if you desert her at the last minute? Or must she go through a long, lonely, stupid day with nothing to relieve its monotony, and a littl? ache In her heart because her friend has treated her so badly? Recently two girl friends of mine had a rather amusing experience, out of which they brought renewed respect and liking for each other. Irene had invited Lillian to a little dinner party of four on Saturday evening. On Friday evening Lillian was invited to spend a week-end with a group of brilliant and charm ing people at a fascinating country house. Three days In the country, or one dinner party to which she was pledged. She asked for a few hours to think it over, and finally decided to put the situation to Irene. The Right Attitude "I don't want to spoil your little dinner and If you can't get another girl who would absolutely fill my place, I'd really rather keep my en gagement with you than go oft to a house party and feel I had deserted you," said Lillian. Irene's laugh was whole-hearted and full of real enjoyment. "Of course you must go. Listen, my deaf. I've been invited to be the guest of some people who are en tertaining for the star and author of the new play at the Windham. They are giving a wonderful dinner and box-party—but I wasn't going to go and your Saturday even ing. You see, they know the men I had Invited to meet you to-mor row night and they were asking them, too, until I explained that those men were my dinner guests. 1 refused because I didn't want you left out in the cold, but it only hap pened a few minutes ago, and I know them well enough to phone and explain. But I wouldn't want you to miss the house party, any way." Each girl had done the absolutely decent, square and honest thing by the. other. Neither recognized that what she had done was rather un usual, but each knew that she had received splendid treatment. Out of that incident those girls have ce mented a friendship based on faith, loyalty and the knowledge that each has a friend on whom she can de pend. Either as an ideal or on the "hon esty -is the best policy" basis, let us be decent and dependable in our so cial relations! ATTEND PEN MAR REIfNIOST Many hundreds of members of Presbyterian churches of Central Pennsylvania attended the annual re union of churches of that denomina tion held at Pen Mar today. A num ber of residents of this city took the trip. The speaker at the reunion was the Rev. James W. Gllland, of Sha moktn. The Pen Mar orchestra sang. i STORE OPEN ALL DAY UNTIL 5 P. M. FRIDAY F MAN^ Jlpp fcuruFUpSaie | IpWKvrS k a^e i us t finished inventory-all odd and ends, aIT 5 otrm' broken lots, in fact all Summer merchandise has been, c collected together and marked at astoundingly low prices ) k for the first day of this Round-Up Sale. I (Tomorrow, a Day of 44 Extra Special Bargains! f Store Opens at 8.30 A. M. —Closes at 5 P. M. Friday 2 WOMEN'S $-| HA 1 ' WOMEN'S [- A WOMEN'S $ CA' ' WOMEN'S f QC] J Cloth Dress Skirts I- Wash Dress Skirts Di}C Summer Wash Dresses I Military Capes § Value* to 93.00. * Value* to $1.50. W VnlticM to *3.50. J* Worth to $(1.50. * I Itounri-l'p l*rlce ltounl-l'p Prloe Hoiinil-t'|i Price Koiinl-Up Price Stripes and Checks in a good pi^*? e ßutto^rimmed' M *?ith Made of voiles, organdies and Only 5 capes, made of all , assortment of colors and styles; nockets all good and as- flaxons in big range of styles wool serge and Copen Blue I assorted sizes. sorted sizes. an(l colors : assorted sizes. only. Second Floor. Second Floor Secon.d Floor Second Floor 1 Misses' Cloth Suits 95 Women's Cloth Suits 2' 5 ° s4 I Worth to SIO.OO. Hound-Up Price .... Worth to 12.50. Hound-lip Price .. Only 10 of these handsome Just 4 Suits in checks onlv- sires 16 and 18 Made of all wool gabardines; sizes 36, 38 and belt back Cool Cloth Suits in Just 4 Suits, in checks only, sizes lb and is, <() . g guUg jn go]d £ olor only . nice neat mixtures; sizes 34 to ( Second Floor. Second Floor. 38 chest. I ' v 1 y * I I LADIES' C-| FRIDAY ONLY FRIDAY ONLY MEN'S 1 \ Fancy Parasols I Ladies' Neckwear*) A c Ladies' Waists 00/ Palm Beach Suitsp 7-43 | Worth to *(1.00. ™ Worth to 50c. W 1 Worth to 50c. U V Viiliicm to $12.00. I Choice For Choice For ....: Choice For Choice For .......... _ | Only 20 Parasols in this lot; Just 110 pair of organdy and w 2 , 5 * Ladles' White m-Sels- 8 'and extra / , all fancy colors. lace neckwear; all kinds. Waists; lace and embroidery models, all sizes and extra g I ' trimmed; all sizes. stouts. First Floor First Floor First Floor First Floor I FRIDAY ONLY FRIDAY ONLY LADIES' AA Kr, " n> ° n,y> Ladies' .... la C m L es u 97 _ Girls' Dresses OQ- Lawn Kimonos Zi/C Petticoats Zi/C FlDre vllK llOSe 4/ | L worth to #::.00. Choice For Choice For I ! Hound-Up I'rlce Choice For 10Q fu| , length Lawn 100 Indies' White Muslin ( Just 150 pair on sale, Toadies' 85 Girls' White Lawn Dresses, Kimonos- fancy figured; all Petticoats; embroidered ruffle; fibre Silk Boot, in black, and lace and embroidery trimmed; , f I Polnrs all lengths \ I all sizes. sizes 6to 14. slze8 ' la st colors. an lenguis First Floor Second Floor. ' Second Floor. Second Floor. M J *- J 1 \ , FRIDAY ONLY D . vc , pov<*' ** _ J Silk' Waists s l° o 75c Rompers 49c Wash Suits 95c WASH SUITS 39c 1 " Hound-Up Price Value* to $2.30. nluea to 75c. , Choice For 1 Just 85 of these Silk Waists Plaln WhUe an( , Co , ors New Norfolk mo(Jels . beach Only 50 of the neat Tan and on sale; all sizes; made of tub ' e8 Blue Norfolk Wash Suits for and China Silk. 2 to 6. trousers; sizes 3 to 8. Boys 3 to 8 years. | I First Floor \/ vJ v ' i Ladies' PATENT COLT and AP- L, T n mi crDc „ , Z 'Men's Khaki Pants; s*| .00 | ( DULL KID PUMPS tbZi4l) MENS TROUSERS; Values rt*-| Q C value* to *t.75. X DULL KID to $2 . 75 . Round-Up Price .. $1 oVD "•—- —• ' r v - T _ Just 75 pairs of the Trimmed t Neat summer styles, covered Louis heels, hand Neat \\ Orsteds and BIUC Serges. loop cuff bottoms; fast color | • turned soles, assorted widths and sizes. Khi-Kis. % V ———^ ? Round-Up Specials in the Bargain Basement; ) Cedar Oil l,,,wr " ,f 'V Bamboo Tables Enamel Ware Garden Hoes ' I I 15c Bottle Cedar I I $1.50 round and AD I fl OH Polish. 4 oz. 0I I square top fern I ments of kitchen AfiCM den hoeß with Of/Cl k Jj Special, each, each .... ■ I handle. Special. ... Jj / Curtains Fire Rugs Porch Rugs Cut Glass """""V II rJi&S'ilJK'; I 55;.49 a? s;s si.9B | jsJi- a fiq^i, V I Curtains, window I I good patterns and f ■ I'inches. Special. 1 I kinds, odds and ends I % our stock; Jl I 15c Figured Batiste"""-'""C 19c Figured Voiles Electric Irons, Table Oil Cloth nn '"" ,l "l < )| and Voiles Q I I voU "alt th 1 Ol/ n I I Iro'L 60 nic^ e I I 27 ins. wide; neat I I son's newest designs. I XIIm I I complete with cord I designs and color- | /jl. I J to use ' Special. f Brass Cuspidors Alarm Clocks ""'"'"t Vacuum Washers—""" 0 $4.50 Japanese Matting-v ( I 98c 11 "'•" "r69c 11 kss 35c 11 s 3^21 1 m I leaded bottoms, each J clocks; nickel plated j Special ... J oiled patterns. Frld'y I j 7 19c Rubber Stair Treads— N Clothes Props B ° w ""n* Luncheon Sets Magazine Racks II Bies 618 ,n che.. }_Q C I I Good strong props. 25c [ "or tabled 59C | | 79c | ' ■ | Special I I j jl legate BOOKS AND MAGAZINES "The Russian Problem," by Paul Vinogradoff, (E. P. Button and C 0.,) illustrates for American readers some of the difficulties of the pres. ent situation in Russia and will help to resolve the doubts which many feel as to what Russia will do. Mr. Vinogratloff expresses the greatest confidence in the Russian people, in the broad democratic basis of nat ional life afforded by the 140,000,000 peasants, whose worth as citizens will be steadily increased as educa tion proceeds, and in the educated classes. He says: "I am sure of one thing—the people of Russia, and more especially the educated class, the 'intelligents,' will revive in the atmosphere of the great reform movement and may yet astonish the world in peace as in war. The edu cated Russian, of whom I can speak with some knowledge, may have many faults—he may be too impul AUGUST 2, 1917. slve. lacking in disclplne, inexper ienced in politics; but he bas one qualty which will save him and will save his country. He is longing to serve a great idea and to merge his insignificant self in a common cause." In 1870 France lay prostrate. A new German Empire, dominant in Europe,, was already grouping in stinctively toward the south and eat<t —from whence its latest additions had come. From the Peace of Frank fort, Bismarck turned to the task of strengthening Germany's position in Austria and Italy. The Triple Alli ance was Bismarck's work. Thin fascinating and portentous chapter of European diplomacy forms the subject of Professor Coolidge's new book, entitled "The Origins of the Triple Alliance" (Scribners). "From Pi'lar to Post" (Century), by John Kendrick Bangs, is a laugh feast from the pen of a popular hu morous author. The volume is a series ot sketches of humor, philosophy and wit gleaned from ten years' experi ence on the lyceum stage. All of us who have laughed over "The House- Boat On the Styx," "Mr. Munchausen." "The Return of the House-Boat" and others, will find them all reflected in this latest volume of Mr. liangs. And added thereto in the author's exquisite style is a wealth of humorous remin- iscence, many rattling good stores, all told tn a manner which provides un usually desirable summer reading as well as that which will drive dull ca.ro away. "From Pillar to Post" is a volume which supplies to all who can appreciate it. delightfully subtle humor, the brand which has made the author ore of this country's foremost wits. Much has been written during the past *hree years about the great war, but at times there are of these publi cations some which stand out promi nently because of their new perspec tive, new thoughts and enlighten ments. Just such a book is "Chris tine." by Alice Cholmondeley, pub lished this month (Macmillan, $1.25). The volume is composed of letters written by "Christine" to her mother from Berlin between June and Au gust, 1914, and in few volumes does one get such a comprehensive view of the German populace as in this young music student's letters. Vivid and gripping are the letters, each one more astounding than the last as the time of the formal declaration of war draws nearer. It directs a searching light upon the character of the Ger man people as well as upon their thought, and tells all in a fascinat ingly always-to-be-remembered fash ion. Woven into these facts are the threads of the student's betrothal to a Prussian army officer —an event which placed her in position to learn and tell many of those things which we have wanted to know at first hand about the German castes, and what an almost unbelievable pajjt they have played in the German national life. 5
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