SELECTION OF
SHE FOR GIRLS'
SCHOOL DELAYED
After Viewing Locations, Di
rectors Decide to Take
Final Action Sept. 7
City school directors postponed
the selection of a site for the new
flirls' high school until the meeting
iPrlday, September 7. Th® board
met in special session yesterday aft
ernoon and viewed the two plots
which are under consideration. One
of these is located in North street,
taking In the block from North to
Briggs and from East to Cowden
streets. The Wickersham building
and a number of small residences
are on this site. Directors estimate
that to replace the school build
ing will cost more than SIOO,OOO.
The second site is located at FVont
and Boas streets and is about 10,000
square feet smaller in size. Vefus T.
Ritter, of Huntington, W. Va., archl
the
tect for tha school, accompanied
the directors on the Inspection trip.
He pointed out that by using the
\Torth street site a building three
stories in hoicrht wo v. Id be large;
enough for 1000 girls, while in Front
street, the structure would have to
be four stories. He also mentioned
the surroundings of the two build- \
ings giving the present advantages
of the Front street site for locality i
and district.
Approve Harris Plans
Final plans and specifications for
the Harris school annex were ap- j
proved .and bids have been asked, j
These will be opened on Septem-1
ber 7.
Secretary Hammetbaugh called
the board's attention to the exces
sive prices wanted by some of the
city coal dealers to deliver coal from i
cars to school buildings. Several !
directors criticised the dealers for
asking from $2 to $3 a ton for haul- :
ing the coal. The supply committee
was authorized to handle the sltua- I
tfon.
THE TRUTH ABOUT
ECZEMA ANO PILES
Thousands and thousands of people,
says Peterson, are learning every
week that one 25 cent box of Peter
son s Ointment will abolish Eczema
and banish piles, and the grateful let
ters I receive every day are worth
mere to me than money.
I had Eczema for many years on my
head and could not get anything to do
it any good. I saw your ad and got
one box and I owe you many thanks
for the good it has done me. There
isn t a blotch on my head now, and I
couldn t help but thank Peterson, for
the cure is great. Mrs. Mary Hill, 420
Third Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
I have had itching piles for 15 years
and leterson's is the only ointment
that relieves me, besides the piles seem
to have gone. A. B. Ruger, 1127
\\ ashington Avenue. Racine. Wis.
Ise Peterson's Ointment for old
sores, salt rheum and all skin dis
eases. It banishes pimples and black
heads n less than 10 days and leaves
the skin clean, clear and pleasant to
look upon. Druggists guarantee it.—
Advertisement.
Winter
Buyers of
Coal
may experience great difficulty in obtaining
their accustomed supplies.
All indications point to an extreme shortage in
Anthracite coal next winter.
The fact there is an actual shortage—now—in
the midst of summer when production is most
favorable.
Don't put too much dependance upon Govern
ment regulation of coal.
Government control of coal does not insure
against famine.
Coal prices are lower now than those that will
be in effect next winter.
By placing your order immediately you may se
cure your accustomed kind of fuel besides saving
money on the fuel bill.
United Ice & Coal Co.
Porster & Cowden Sts.
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THURSDAY EVENING,
EXPORTS CONTROL
IN BUREAU HANDS
President Relieves Depart
ment of Commerce of Task
and Cuts Red Tape
Washington, Aug. 23.—Control of
exports, heretofore administered by
the Department of Commerce, was
given by President Wilson to-day to
the exports administrative board, of
which Vance McCormlck is chairman.
The purpose, officials explained, la to
simplify procedure In granting export
licenses.
The change gives unusual powers
to the administrative board, which
was formed to serve as an advisory
body to the exports council, compris
ing the secretaries of State, Commerce
and Agriculture, and the food admin
istrator. The President's order will
serve to make the exports council
really the advisory body.
Since the export control provision
of the espionage act was put into
operation more than a month ago.
the administrative board has done
much of the work of shaping an ex
port policy. Its recommendations have
gene to the exports council and from
there to the President, whi in turn
directed the Department of Commerce!
but this was considered too cumber
some.
The administrative board has on it
besides Mr. McCormick, who repre
sents the State Department, Alonzo E.
Taylor, representing the Department
of Agriculture; T. D. Jones, represent
ing the Department of Commerce, and
John B. White, representing the food
administration.
CIVIL SERVICK TESTS
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces the follow
ing examinations: September 18,
mechanical and electricaJ engineer
(male), civil engineer, construction
engineer, experts in child welfare,
assistant director, child labor division
inspector, child labor division as
sistants in the prevention of infant
mortality experts in the prevention
of infant mortality.
September 19—Bookeeper (fe
male), assistant in crop physiology,
assistant inspectors, child labor
division junior assistant in market
ing dairy product*.
September 19—Bookkeper (fte
stenographer and typewriter, special
agents and research assistants.
September 26—Assistant in mar
keting dairy products.
Applications will be received at
any time for the following exami
nations: Teacher, Indian service,
subinspector of ordnance.
RENO LOSES MAYOR
TO NATIONAL ARMY
Reno, Nev.—Reno Is the first city
in the West to lose its Mayor in
the army draft. Roy Rrisch, alder
man. who Is also acting Mayor,
qualified recently before the exemp
tion board. When asked if he wish
ed to claim exemption as a vlcll of
ficer, he said:
"There will be plenty of men left
for aldermen and mayor, but Uncle
Sam seems to need soldiers. There
for I will not claim exemption."
FIX PRICE NEXT
ON ANTHRACITE
President Expected Soon to
Duplicate Action Taken
on Soft Coal
Washington, Aug. 23.—President
Wilson has paid another visit to the
Federal Trade Commission offices and
remained with the members for near
ly an hour, going over various phases
of the cpal situation. It Is expected
he will not delay action long in fixing
a price on anthracite, if the operators
do not act in advance and order a re
duction from the prevailing high
prices. Nearly all the anthracite ot
the country is produced In Pennsyl
vania, the output for 1914 being 81.-
090,631 tons.
The President also discussed the
steel price situation, on which the
commission has made an extensive
investigation and report as a prelim
inary for price fixing.
The President's action in fixing a
maximum price for bituminous coal
at the mine in the various fields of
the country was expected to bring
forth a chorus of protests from the
operators to-day. These protests did
not materialize, so far as Pennsylva
nia is concerned. There was a gen
eral curiosity to learn how the coal
Industry of Pennsylvania, the greatest
coal-producing state of the Union,
would receive the news that the Pres
ident. acting under authority of the
food and fuel control law, had fixed a
maximum price of $2 a ton for run-of
mlne, with twenty-five cents addi
tional for sizes, and *1.75 for stack.
These prices represent about BO per
cent, of the present market prices.
Pew Complaints to Senators
Senators Penrose and Knox have
stated they had received no protests
from any of the large concerns of
the State and were as yet unable to
Judge how the Industry views the sit
uation or whether coal can be pro
duced profitably at these prices. Sen
ator Penrose said he had received
telegrams from a few of the smaller
operators saying they could not keep
their mines going at the prices named
and that to do so would mean finan
cial ruin. But none of the larger
concerns has communicated with him
on the subject. Senator Penrose said:
"It is possible that they have not
yet reached a full realization of what
the President's action means to them
and are waiting until they can esti
mate whether they can produce at the
figure fixed. They had expected to
receive $3 a ton, which would have
been very materially under the ruling
market rates. I have no doubt that
the same facts exist with respect to
the coal Industry as apply to other
industries, and that the smaller op
erator will be harder hit by the fixing
of this maximum price than the larger
operator will be. because his cost of
production is higher."
GIVE TAXI RIDES
FREE TO THE DRUNKS
A dispatch from Trenton, N T . J.,
says that persons who enjoy taxicab
rides can get thepi free in Mercer
County by just getting drunk. The
Mercer County Liquor Dealers' Asso
ciation has announced that persons
v. ho become Intoxicated In the county
will be refused drink and then taken
home in taxicabs. This action was
taken to prevent the prohibition and
local option sentiment from spread
ing.
POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF KHAKI
There are many versions of the
origin of khaki, but one that Is new
to me comes from a veteran of the
Munsters, who followed Nicholson
through the breach at Delhi.
During the siege there, he tells
me, It wae noticed that the white
drill uniforms of the regiment, then
known as the old "Dirty Shirts."
the first European Bengal Fusiliers,
of the old company's service, proved
excellent marks in the moonlight for
the Sepoy mutineers who held the
city.
The men were told, therefore, to
darken tbem by any means they
could find. Their method was to boil
the uniforms in the "dixies," or regi
mental kettles. In which tea was
made, together with bark stripped
from the trees In the neighborhood,
which made a fairly satisfactory
brown dye.
Time does not seem to have
brought any improvement on the
"Dirty Shirt" Idea, though It may
have improved on their methods.
VIOLIN* USED ITO CATCH FTSH
Macon, Mo.—'*Theyl have a new
wrinkle for catching fish at Elmer,
and It is wonderful the luck they
have." Alva Wllloughby, circuit
clerk, remarked, swapping exoen.
ences at the courthouse. "About fif
teen of us pitched camp on a lake
north of town and then set lines
across zigzag, like German entangle
ments, you know. When all was
ready the fiddler sat on a log and
played 'The Arkansaw Traveler' and
other classis. And you ought to have
seen the fish come in! By noon we
had more than the party could eat.
They tell me they always take a fid
dler along when they go fishing up
there."
"I see," County Clerk Sears said.
"The music charms them, and they
go blindly toward it and are caught
on the lines."
"Not exactly," Willoughby replied.
"You see. we out the musician at the
other end of the lake and in paddling
to get away from the noise the fish
.run into the hooks."
GF7T $2,050,000 WINDFALL
Chicago— Two million and fifty
thousand dollars, distributed in six
Chicago banks, most of It in bills of
large denomination, have been add
ed to the fortune of the late John
K. Stewart, manufacturer of automo
bile accessories.
Existence of this money was un
known to the heirs, daughters, five
and fiften years old, respectively, or
their guardians until revealed in the
Probate Court. The inheritance tax
on the additional treasure amounts
to $43,000.
Mr. Stewart's estate was probated
in June, 1916, and tax was paid on
$4,000,000. Mrs\ Stewart died soon
afterward in North Carolina. She
lnstrusted, in addition to the $4,000,.
000 currency totaling $690,000 to
Leander H. Lachance, her nephew.
He brought It to Chicago and tax
was assessed upon it. He is guar
dian of the children.
BIRD BURNS FABJIEB'S BARN
Middle River. Minn.—Fire de
stroyed the barn of William Huff,
a farmer living nine miles south of
here. Mr. Huff declared that the
fire was caused by a bird which car
ried a twig, one end of which was
aglow, into the hay loft.
Not far from the barn a brush fire
was burning. The nesting bird car
ried a twig which had been burning
in the bush fire, but which was
thought to have blown away from
the immediate vicinity of the fire, to
the barn.
Mr. Huff, who was working in the
barnyard, said he thought he. saw
a slight trail of Bmoke as the bird
flew pa#t him. but did not Investi
gate. in a few moments the barn
was afire. Two valuable horses were
burned and the building destroyed.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
NOTHING AS BAD
AS FANCY PAINTS
Actuality of Situation Never
Causes Tithe of Trouble
Anticipated
By Beatrice Fairfax.
Nothing ever yet was as bad aa
our active and morbid fancy painted
it. Which has been said before! But
it is well to keep reminding people
of vivid and timorous imagination
that the actuality of a situation
never causes a tithe of the torture
which the anticipating mind has at
tributed to it.
Recently I read an article which
dealt with a borrowed idea, which I
In turn shall borrow.
"The brave man dies once; the
coward dies a thousand deaths," are
the lines I want to borrow. I should
like to have them printed in letters
about a foot high and given a whole
page all to themselves. Really, they
are Important enough for that. Par
ticularly aro they important In these
days when panic so often seizes by
the throat.
Recently I met a young chap who
■was invalided from France. He is
a nervous wreck. Physically, he Is
almost disintegrated and yet ho has
never a wound—not even a scratch.
For two years he was in the first
a-io-12 THE LADIES' BAZAAR 8-10-12
S. Fourth St. | /f>s Right Because We Make It Right „ s. Fourth St.
Once a season every enterprising merchant goes through
his entire store and reduces prices right and left for quick clearance,
\ in order to make room for the com-
Y season ' s merchandise that we
V j l3^ on or(^e £ Countr y ,s
l Jr Every article offered during this sale
l\Sll Ijofc)/)' ' iff jf' fiv W-w \ is of genuine value. Too late in the season
\\ VA to °^ )la " 1 le P r i ce s that these articles of dependable
Vf 4/ A '* IftiY iJ&X merchandise are worth ,we have sacrificed all thought of
| P 1 " 0^1 * n s o ™ 6 cases ofTer them at a price even below
\ uf 11l I %\ Ladies' and Misses' Sweaters
• This Sale at $3.98
)\ \A z^V) IJ They are all wool, with shawl collars. You will find
rj M them mighty comfortable when cool weather arrives.
__ _i n wwr • n Assorted shades to select from. /
Ihe tvent You Have Been WaitingFFo r n • l i m
Our Semi-Annual Dress Sale Clearance of Desirable Blouses
An opportunity the like of which you may X°u can replenish your wardrobe at a very
never see again. Women's and Misses' smart sum- little cost by takmg advantage of this wonderful sale.
nier frocks in dainty colors, color combinations, stripes and Very fetching styles at prices that cannot be duplicated,
figured effects for ouUng, street and dress wear. An Assortment in Odds aid Ends Of
In flowered a J ll collars and ***** WaiStS F ° r MiSSeS '
cuffs. Formerly sold as high as $2.00. Only one and two of style. Worth SI.OO. (CO/*
SPECIAL THIS SALE ...VC SPECIAL THIS SALE
8 Dresses at $1 98 OTHER WAISTS including wide range of styles and models, in
ODDS AND ENDS-Formerly sold as high as $6.50-1.1- S " ks ' and crepe de chine, From 08? to $4.98.
?wo of g styi'e pe<i and flowere<i voi,esand or s andies - Only one and One Lot of Fine Silk Hose, Value 50c
11 Dresses—Worth $15.00 ff Q no Special at 18c
SPECIAL THIS SALE . . yOVO In red and tan only. >
French voile, lace trimmed, large cape collar and satin girdle. Onyx Hosiery
One Lot of Sample Georgette and Taffeta Tan and red only, $1.25 Val-
Combination Silk Dresses ues - SPECIAL THIS SALE... .3VC
Combination georgette and taffeta silks; and crepe de chine f\ _ X J- A X A
and taffeta. Small sizes only. Values to $20.00. <£f| HQ IJ ll I ||T 11T JfS/fv
SPECIAL THIS SALE .. .IpV.yO VllW XJ\J \, U1 ■ ffo /- H
Summer Skirt Clearance Silk Taffeta JDHI
Your summer wardrobe is incomplete Cn'ofc i.mltfwk
without at least two or three of these popular skirts— V/Ud tw IjfflkUm
so appropriate for sports wear and general vacation use. In all - c _ MjJJ/MIX \ '\v^T
the newest fabrics and colorings with fancy sports pockets, patch J? Ormerly oOIQ. at s2o*oo \4''/ ; | j; \ V
pockets, separate belts and pearl button trimmings, Q 'I * 41,' Of ' fjfM 1.1 \
Those seeking unusual values in high-grade skirts wiil find Op6Cl(lL m tfllS oClle //j j j 1 h
this Clearance Sale an important event, 111/,
White Washable Skirts Odds and Ends CP C\ O # I\| I
All sizes, but not in all styles, 690 to $2.98. \J >r4 * ft l\ f
One Lot of 15 White Golfine Skirts T * 0 J lli
Button trimmed, patch pockets and belted, <£-| r\Q Large sailor collars with novelty ifv^W ,
$5.00 Values, SPECIAL THIS SALE. pongee flowered center, belts with \k
(Note— A part of our line of advance Fall Silks, Scrjres and POD- 1_ 11 . • L £■/-' \<
lin skirts have arrived and are 011 display awaiUng jour inspection), DUCkle trimmed.
and even the second line of trenches.
For two years he dreaded the day
when he must get into the third line
—into action.
In those two years he has. I sup
pose, died more than a thousand
deaths. By suffering In anticipation
he has cut himself off* from being a
real factor in fighting for the glory
of France.
There are tragically many of us
who make our lives one long series
of tortures Just as he did. Now, as
a matter of fact, most real troubles
are not as bad when you march
right up to them and look them
squarely in the eye as they were
when you were thinking about
them! "Who does not remember ly
ing in bed, quaking and shaking in
fear of some terrifying sound com
ing from the black dark beyond the
bed.
A night of such horror actually
takes years out of a life. If you
1 had the courage to get up, throw off
the muffled covers and 'sally forth
to Investigate the terrifying sound,
it probably turned out to be a shut
ter flapping in the darkness or a
j curtain rattling, or some inanimate
object blowing about in the breeze
, 1 from an open window.
The Need of Courage
Lying still In the darkness of
j mental cowardice and dreading any
' situation is very much like lying
| muffled to your nose in covers and
suffering agonies of fear over what
is probably nothing worse than a
little kitten scratching for admis
sion at the hall door!
"If pleasure Is greatest In antlcl
| patlon, just remember that this is
also true of trouble. For at the last,
nothing is very serious. Mortals give
things an importance quite beyond
their gravity. The day of our death,
like the clay of our birth, is shroud
ed In forgetfulness, and if we do re
member any of our trials and trou
bles, it will be only to smlla that
they should ever have caused us a
pang," wrote Elbert Hubbard.
There is a good deal to think
about in that paragraph—ls there
not? It is rather surprising how
many of our brilliant authors have
said that for us in prose or verse.
But it has to be said over and over
again and explained ever more and
more emphatically. For you and I
and all of us are chlldren—afrald of
the dark.
When we are kiddies, we weep
and wail In anticipation of the tor
ture we are going to be put to when
the dentist fills our aching tooth.
Later on, we are ashamed to make
a fuss about it, but, shut up insldo
of us, a dreadful fuss is going on.
I think pain is a dreadful Bogey
Man with which we frighten our
selves all through life. Now, when
we discover that the nursemaid or
an older sister has frightened the
baby with threats of what the po
liceman or some mythical "Bogey
Man" will do to him if he isn't
good, we promptly reprove and re
proach and give our orders that
baby isn't to be frightened half out
of his wits.
Why do we do that? Not Just to
save a naughty child —who probably
deserved It—from a little disciplin
ing fear. No not that! But to keep
him from growing up with the
wrong attitude toward law and or
der and to stop him from being a
coward. We want him to know
that law is on his side that the
policeman is his friend If he be
haves. So we don't let baby get hold
of the wrong attitude toward law
and grow up in fear of it.
Each of us needs the same sort
of disciplining for ourselves. Life is
a game of consequences when most
AUGUST 23, 1917.
of those consequencea we bring on
ourselves. And things we ought to
fear, because they are going to fol
low inevitably from our own deeds,
we branzenly neglect to dread.
As An Example
Last summer when the cruel
plague of infantile paralysis took
ttfc toll of life all about us, even
grown-ups were panic stricken. Fear
of the unknown caused horrible
misery to many who escaped every
thing but their own fear. I know of
one family in particular who fled
from New York with their three
children. AVhere they were going
they hardly know; but they must get
away from the crowded city with
its high death rate. The first sum
mer resort to which they fled refus
ed to vtake children from New York.
The second had no room for any
more guests. At the end of the dis
couraging quest they settled down
in a mountain resort of which they
knew practically nothing. They could
see that the sanitary conditions were
not good—but at least they were
far from New York.
All three of the children were
stricken with typhoid fever. The
water in the little settlement was
polluted! The youngest baby died.
Fatalists said that the baby was
doomed anyway. Yes, that is true,
If you stop to think what made the
doom! It was the blind, stupid un
reasoning panic of the parents. Had
they stayed In New York they
might have taken preventive meas
ures against the plague. And by
cleanliness they might have avoid
ed it.
But fear drives you Into dangers
greater and graver than what we
dread with tragically blind and un
reasoning terror.
ITpe McNeil's Pain Extermlnator--A(l
CAPT. VROOMAN COMMISSIONED
Sunbury, Pa., Aug. 28.—Captain
Walter F. Yrooman was to-day com-1
missioned by the war department aa
commander of Troop I, First Penn
sylvania cavalry. He succeeds Cap
tain Charles F. Clement, promoted;
to major of Division Headquarters
police. He was formerly a lieutenant
In the Regular Army.
BOIjDIER TAKES BRIDE
Sunbury, Pa., Aug. 23. —Miss Jane
Meredith, of Sunbury, and Joseph
F. Sstrausser, of Bloomsburg, a
member of Company I, Thirteenth.
Regiment of the National Guard,
were married at Sellnsgrove.
Lemon Juice
For Freckles
Glrlal Make beauty lotion at
home for a few centa. Try Itl
Squeeze the Juice of two lemons
Into a bottle containing three ounces
of orchard white, shake well, and
you have a quarter pint of the best
freckle and tan lotion, and complex
ion beautlfler, at very, very small
cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of orchard white
for a few cents. Massage this sweet
ly fragrant lotion into the face, neck,
arms and hands each day and see
how freckles and blemishes disap
and how clear, soft and, white
the skin becomes. Yes! It is harm
less. —Adv, 4
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