2
THOUSANDS GO
TO TOWNSHIPS
Perry and Franklin Among
Counties Which Will Get
State Aid Money
Thousands of dollars are about to
be paid to the townships of Perry
and Franklin counties by the State
• balances due them for 1910 and
1912 under the Jones' "dirt road"
act, whereby the townships are paid
fifty per cent, of what they expend
on their roads. Dauphin, Cumberland
and Lebanon counties will be paid
their shares later on.
Perry county will be paid $7,698.03
and Franklin will get $18,567.59.
The payments by townships will
be:
Perry County
Bal. Due Bal. Due
Townships 1910 1912
Buffalo $378.28 $118.32
Carroll 623.23 145.72
Center 808.16 121.07
Greenwood J. 616.74 179.96
Jackson 375.65 105.23
Liverpool .... 325.30 97.92
Juniata 118.38
Miller 181.01 55.00
N. E. Madison 391.01 81.43
Oliver 97.02
Penn 303.86 76.06
Bye 384.31 75.05
Saville 199.70
Spring 265.32 38.41
Toboyne 156.34 , 48.72
Tuscarora ... 389.50 70.14
Tyrone 410.64 81.74
Watts 167.28 51.29
Wheatfleld ... 87.57
S. W. Madison 82.67
Total $5,766.63 $1,931.40
Franklin County
Bal. Due Bal. Due
Townships 1910 1912
Antrim $1,664.95 $398.12
Fannett 1,126.02 174.13
Greene 1,137.02 253.33
Guilford 1,699.66 325.44
Hamilton 823.34 163.24
Letterkenny . 1,181.96 193.91
Lurgan 601.08 121.i9
Metal 614.52 137.26
Montgomery . 1,432.32 281.74
Peters 984.15 ' 214.06
Qulncy 941.61 195.86
St. Thomas .. 1,245.17 258.31
Southampton 944.44 211.70
Warren .... 194.99 54.61
Washington . 757.16 236.00
Total $15,348.38 $3,219.20
AMUSEMENTS
/
TO-DAY
MABEL
TALIAFERRO -
IN
'Peggy, The Will
o' The Wisp'
Monday—Tuesday—Wednesday
The World's Greatest I'lcturc
Actress, •"
Clara Kimball Young
In Amerlra's Greatest Drama,
'The Easiest Way'
By Kiigene Walter.
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PAXTANG PARK
TO-NIGHT
PARK THEATER
FROSINI
THE WORLD'S BEST
ACCORDIONIST
McDevitt & Kelly
GROTESQUE DANCERS
The Flying Summers
AEHIALISTS
Fisher & Saul
COMEDY CYCLISTS
Amanda Gray
and her
SOUTHERN SINGERS
Matinee, 2.30. Evening, 8.15.
v
Regent Theater A
TO-DAY
BLANCHE SWEET and
THOMAS MEIGHAN
In a gripping drnma of loyalty
unit business.
"THE SILENT PARTNER"
MONDAY
MAE MURRAY in
"THE PRIMROSE RING"
A whimsical story dealing with
fairies.
Vi f
(odakeryl
and all
Photographic
. Materials
Jas. Lett
N. Second St
SATURDAY EVENING,
]DO YOU BEND,
j KNEE TO BAAL?
j Great Many People Are Filled
With Foolish Super
stition
By RODOTHY DIX.
I sat at dinner yesterday evening
comparing superstitions with the man
next me. The conversation began in
fun, but proceeded more seriously and
presently I to be rather horri
fied to discover how often I bent'the
knee to Baal.
"I've confessed my superstitions,"
I said to him. "They are probably
the result of some strong suggestions
1 received In childhood; but never
theless, having a thorough belief In
the law of cause and effect, I can't
quite see how things can Just casu
ally happen of themselves, without
any reason for their happening as
they do. I admit that I will avoid
walking under a ladder or crossing a
funeral or sitting thirteen at a table;
but while 1 am making this conces
sion to my fears, for that is what it
really amounts to, my Inborn curio
sity prompts me to ask myself why
these things should be looked upon
as omens of "bad luck," or why to
see the moon over your right shoul
der, or to have a black cat cross your
path, is a sure sign of "good luck."
The man to whom I spoke looked
shocked. He is an animated treas
ure house of superstitions, and It
savors of blasphemy to him to criti
cise or question them. Not satisfied
with those of tradltloh, he has his
own private brand. For the wealth
of the Indies he would not lay his
hat on the bed or dream of going up
stairs without oounting the steps, or
fail to crack the egg shells after
he has finished eggs at breakfast,
or spill the salt without throwing a
pinch of It over his shoulder and mut
tering some sort of abracadabra, or
of putting on his stockings and shoes
until he is fully dressed.
On one occasion when he solemnly
warned me against these things and
I said that some of them were new
to me, he replied that he had tried
them out thoroughly and had proved
their power. Since that unfortunate
conversation I have never laid my
hat on the bed or omitted any of
the other ceremonies without a qualm.
Others to whom he Imparted the same
information have likewise succumbed.
And there you are.
That is probably the way all these
superstitions have started. The rec
ipe for them seems to be —a coinci
dence—the black cat appearing at the
moment of some agreeable happen-1
lng, or the moon shining over the j
wrong shoulder as a misfortune oc- j
curs —the believer who connects the
two events and the credulous listener.
That poor witch-ridden man to
whom I had been talking Is a fruitful i
source for a swarm of new omens of j
evil. And beside that, he is known I
as one of the unlucklest men alive
and has chronic liver trouble.
Now. when you come to think of |
it, why should he have pitched upon i
such a list of harmless acts,as being
unlucky? Why, on the contrary, if
the question is to come up at all,
shouldn't it be the most fortunate
thing in the world to put your hat on
the bed?
Across the table from us was sit
ting one of the luckiest women I ]
know and after dinner I sat down j
beside her with the intention of find
ing out whether she cherished any!
superstitions.
She is one of those rare people who !
never have an "alibi," to borrow an r
expression from baseball English. So ;
far as I can recall she never made ;
an excuse for anything she did or
left undone. The world "luck," good
or bad, has no place in her vocabu- ,
lary. She takes everything as it i
comes, passes It along, and bids it j
God-speed as it goes.
"Martha," 1 asked casually, "at |
what stage of your dressing do you ;
put 011 your stockings and your j
shoes?"
"The very first thing," she answered
promptly, and then, looking u.p at me :
over her knitting with a twinkle in •
her eye: "What is this? An essay i
on the Manners of Martha?"
"Not exactly although I am much j
obliged for the suggestion. I think j
I'll use it some time. But at present !
I am more interested in Mai trtb.'a !
Methods. And why do you always
put your shoes and stockings oji
first?"
"So as to begin the day shod with
understanding," ahe laughed delight
edly.
"Punning is a dreadful habit," I
said reprovingly.
"Oh. forgive me. It just popped in
to my head and had to pop out again.
Honestly, I never gave a thought to
why I put on my stockings and shoes
first. 1 suppose I can then throw on I
a dressing-gown and feel fully equip- j
ped for the next thing that may turn
up, from an alarm of fire to bringing I
In the milk.
"Is that the only reason?" I thought |
I began to see a deep significance in |
little things, f
"I told you I never thought about
it before. I'm sure it must be for
one reason, though. You fell—or,
well, you have a sense of prepared
ness. You can walk about attending
to the other details, booted and spur
red, don't you see?''
"Perfectly" I ruplied. "Now tell me
something else. Do you count the
steps when you go upstairs?"
"Mercy, no!" Martha fexclalmed.
"I'm far too busy planning what I
shall do when 1 get to the top. You
know. I always like to keep one step
ahead, and to do that, you can't
bother with the ones you've taken,
can you?"
"Of course, you can't," I agreed,
only that's the thing most of us do.
We're'always looking backward, for
getting what happened to Lot's wife.
It's a habit with you never to look
behind."
"Is It?" she asked. "I never thought
about that either. But now you men
tion it, why should I?- We all know
what's back of us; it's the thing that
lies around the next turn in the road
that's really interesting."
"I wonder." I went on, "if you look
far enough ahead, let us say. to avoid
walking under a ladder or crossing a
funeral?"
"I/don't remember ever doing so,"
she answered a little apologetically,
"but to tell you the truth, whenever
I'm out I'm. of course, going some
where, and I'm so much Interested In
getting there that I don't stop to
think about ladders and funerals."
"But don't you believe in luck.
Martha?"
"Ah, you're trying to ,Ind out
whether I have any superstitions or
not. aren't you?" she laughed. "Well,
you know Just as much about it as
I do. I'm too much engrossed in
other things. And besides I never
was able for the life of me to sec why
some things should be considered
lucky and other, unlucky. I believe
It's all in tho way you look at it
anyhow. If .you think something Is
lucky for you, it is—for you. If you
think something is unlucky, it is
for you. In other words, you're lucky
if you believe In good luck, and you're
unfortunate if you believe In bad
luck."
I felt vastly cheered up by our
little conversation. Martha's friends
call her a born optimist, and In the
same breath envy her good luck. Yet
It has never occurred to them to ask
whether there is any connection be
tween the two. Her Joyous outlook
Is entireily spontaneous, and 'as she
is serenely unconscious of all prover-
bial teaching:, optimistic and pessimis
tic alike. It has mads no impression
on her one way or the other. She
lives and talks and acts, works, plays
and thinks as though the present
moment, serfous or gay, were offered
by the gods as a means of added
ha.ppiness and benefit to the world.
"Hail to thee, blithe spirit!" I wish
your kind came by the dozen Instead
of one In every hundred or so.
Baker Home Will Be Red
Cross Distributing Center
Ilummelstown, Pa., Aug. 4.—The
Red Cross Auxiliary held a meeting
at the home of Dr. W. C. Baker on
Thursday evening. It was decided to
abandon the regular place of meet
ing. The home of Dr. Baker will be
a distributing ceiter. There are 291
members enrolled.
Mrs. Norman Helff was a visitor
In Ilarrisburg yesterday.
Miss Salllc Henderson is a week
end guest of her aunt, Miss Anna
Fox. of Sunbury.
Miss Anna Weller, of New York.
Ambas^orl
Kaiserism Starts Tomorrow i
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The first installment contains revelations that will startle America. I
They include a hitherto unpublished account of a private interview RS
between Ambassador Gerard and the Kaiser, in which the latter |
made a decision that has cost the lives of millions. 1
Ambassador Gerard is one of the handfdl of statesmen and diplo- I
mats who know the "inside story" of Prussia's ambition, treachery ' I
and intrigue. He is the only American who was close enough to fl
the Kaiser to watch every step in the unfolding of the great plot 3
against human liberty.
I He has written the full account of his experiences for publication 1
as a serial in the
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is the guest of Miss Clara Walmer.
Mrs. John Ebersole and Miss Mary
Brlcker are spending several days
with the former's daughter, Mrs.
Raymond Deimler, of Chambers Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Gresh and
son, Walter, are attending the Lu
theran assembly at Gettysburg.
Thomas Jacks. George Bartels and
William Copepnliaver were guests of
Harry Bartels, who Is camping
near the waterworks In Lebanon
county.
Miss Mary Fox has returned from
a visit with her sister, Mrs. John
Gay, at Sargentville, Mntno.
Mrs. Gerberlch, of Mlddletown, is
the guest of Mrs. Norman Helff.
Robert Brlcker, of Hershey, was
the guest of his sister, Miss Mary
Brlcker.
Miss Isa McHolland, of Harrls
burg, is spending the week with Miss
Margaret Cassel.
Miss Myrtle Garrett has returned
from a two weeks' trip to Roches
ter, N. Y.
Oscar Lauckp and Morris Wolfe
are visiting at Allentown.
§AMUSEgfMENTCg
CC &P N }A L '—" p esy. the will o' the
Wispi"
S^F. he s,le nt Partner."
PAXTANG PARK—Vaudeville.
Mabel Taliaferro, one of the first
stars of the American stafte to appear
. .. .™ .. - motion pic-
Mnbel Taliaferro tures, and to
ut the Colonial Clay's Metro's
~r , . popular favorite,
in "Peggy, the Will o r the Wisp," is
the delightful attraction at the Colo
nial to-day. Miss as a por
trayer of Irish characters is without
an equal, and so vivid have been her
portrayals that she has often been to
Ireland to give interpretations and
was the guest of Lady Gregory of
County Galway. While in Ireland
Miss Taliaferro picked up many points
that enabled her to make her "Peggy"
a delight to Ihe eye. Added features
to-tlay include Pathe News, "The
Bush Leaguer" and "Pokes and Jabs."
• V -
AUGUST 4, 1917.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
the Selznick Pictures Corporation pre
sents America's greatest motion pic
ture actress, Clara Kimball Young, In
"The Easiest Way,"by Eugene Wal
ter. As originally produced. "The
Easiest Way" was declared by critics
to be the greatest drama ever writ
ten by an American author.
To-day the Regent Theater presents
Blanche Sweet, supported by Thomas
Mcighan, In the
Blanche Sweet at Paramount pro
thc Regent To-day ductlon, "The
Silent Partner,"
a thrilling drama of business and
social life. In this production Miss
Sweet appears as the secretary of a
busy New York stock broker. How
she discovers her employer is being
robbed by his partner, how she aids
In dissolving the partnership and how,
eventually, although discharged, saves
her employer's fortune and good
name, is presented in a most unusual
and startling manner.
A whimsical story, dealing with the
fairies, knights and elves, will be pre
sented Monday, when Mae Murray,
the charming Lasky-Paramount star,
appears in "The Primrose Rjng." In
the cast supporting Miss Murray are
Tom Moore and Little Billy Jacobs.
If any music lover in or near Har
risburg has not already heard Fro
zlni play the accordion
The mil at the Paxtang Park
at Paxtang Theater this week, they
Bhould take the oppor
tunity of doing so this evening. Fro
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zinl la the only artist who has been
able to get real classical music out
of an accordion and give a perform
ance that appeals to the moat fastidi
ous musical critics.
The other acts on the park bill are
all offerings of merit and make an
evening's entertainment equal to any
that the park has had this season.