4 PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS INFORMAL DANCE FOR VISITORS Mr. and MFS. Sherlock Enter tain For Mr. and Mrs. Louis Anthony Mr. and Mrs. Louis Anthony, of Lock Haven, were guests of honor at an informal dance the other even ing with Mi and Mrs. Clarence Sher lock. of Mlddletown, whom they are visiting, as hosts. t The guests Included many of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony from this city. A victrola furnished music for the dancers, wjio enjoyed a late sup per at the conclusion of the dance. Invited to meet the guests of honor were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bush, Mr. and Mrs. 10. Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. Harrv Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd, of Mlddletown; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nagle, Miss Anna Eby. Miss Virginia Rby, Miss Ethel Baldwin, Harris Hoover and Raymond Baker. Zion Lutheran Society Entertained at Cornroast Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ylngst, of the Beaufort poultry farm, delight fully entertained the members of the Zlon Lutheran Christian En deavor Society, of Penbrook, at a corn roast last evening. The guests Included Miss Frances Ylngst. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Richards. Miss Estella Richards, Mr. and Mrs. C F. Shroy, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dapp. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weidman, Mrs. Ross Gumpher, Mrs. W. W. Smy zer, Mrs. Edward Geary, Miss Mary Speas, Miss Vera Speas, Miss Cletha Wilson, Miss Thelma Moore, Miss Elizabeth Shaffer, Miss Ester Shive, Miss Edna Novinger, Miss Carrie Sechrlst. Miss Lydia Garberich, Miss Saruh Garberich, Miss Irene Weld man, Mr. Entin, Herman "Wagner, William Garberich, McClellan Koons, Mr. Mascatis and Harry Sehory. Mrs. Charles Strong Snyder and son, Charles Butler of Sheri dan road, Chicago, leave for home this evening after a week's stay in this city and Carlisle. Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Cook, with their guest, Miss Helen Fink, of Goshen. Ind.. are home after a week end stay tJ. Galen Hall, Werners ville. ' * Miss Maude Fry, of 2040 Fulton street, a nurse In training at the Carlisle Hospital, is spending a vaca tion at her home here. School Days School time is here again, and you are watching the' young sters begin another Journey which is going to play such a big part in their lives. Everything which, may con tribute to their material com fort; you have provided, but have you given any consider ation to the factor which will be the most Important in their future life their eyes They may not need glasses, and again they may. But an examination (without drops) will determine that. So send your children to us for an ex amination. If they need glasses or not. we will gladly tell you so. This attention now may save many hours of painful study later, and perhaps enable your child to advance more rapidly in his studies. EYES EXAMINED FREE Good Glasses as low as SI.OO RUBIN & RUBIN Eye 320 MARKET STIIEET 'Over the lliab" Bell Phone 2020-W. Open Wednendny nml Saturday Evening* Store opens 8.30, Witmer, Bair Closes 5.30, Saturday 9.00 & Witmer This Is Bargain Week New Bargains Come in each day's bargains left over into next day will be sold at same prices until closed out. 10 Fine, Medium Weight Suits l6, 18, 38, 40 and 44% —Tans, green, onion, brown, etc. $26.00 to 133.50. Your ff i n CA Choice ibIU.DU — ) L 8 Kliaki Skirts great for outing wear—waist bands fi QC 25 to 31. Sold for $4.60 and $4.75. Your Choice, .. n-los*o 7 Figured Natural Pongee Skirts and 2 Fine Gabardine * 1 qe| Skirts—Waists 25 to 30. Sold for $5.95. Your Choice, wI.JJO 4 All-Wool Fine Jersey Ixnig Coats Embroidered large collar and lower edges colors gray, purple, gold and (tlft "Tti green; sizes 36. 38 & 40; $17.75 vtalue. Your Choice, •Pill, t D 2 Fine All Wool Jersey Coats Extra large moline collar. Rose an,d blue. Sizes 18 and 38, Reduced from $25.00. O Cf* Your Choice 2 Short Wool Jersey Coats Green and amber— 3 8 and 42—512.50 and $7.50. Your Choice JpO.UU 2 Plain and Combination Wool Jersey Cats medium light blue Size 36 and 40 518.75 and $17.50. ££ Your Choice for 3>t/.OU 25 Choice Summer Dresses White and colored vollesT etc. —- SIO.OO for $3.05; $12.50 for $5.00; $15.00 for $0 00- $17.50 for $7.50; $21.50 for *8.50. • ' NEW SERGE AND SILK DRESSES, TAILORED AND F \NC Y SUITS, COATS. WAISTS, PETTICOATS, SWEATERS ETC ARRIVING DAILY— ' ' l '' 3 Corn and Copcn Silk Fibre Sweaters— a M $7.95 —Bargain. Price w4it7u 4 Rose and Copcn Silk Fibre Sweaters— a n $8.60 —Bargain Price b0.t70 1 Fine SUk Fibre Sweater Rich shade of tan with QC Copen combination collar and cuffs. $11.75 valuo for 3>D.S#O Witmer, Bair & Witmer Walnut St, near Second WEDNESDAY EVENING, iifliTCJVi r ru- n -i-nti- - mi* HAHHISBURG SsSf§£>£ TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 1917. SPEND HONEYMOON MR. AND MRS. GEORGE "WALTER THOMAS, JR. The marriage of Miss Ruth K. Collins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Collins, 1141 Derry street, to George Walter Thomas, Jr., took place last evening at 7 o'clock at the liome of the bridegroom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Thomas, 338 South Sixteenth street. The cere mony was performed in the presence of the immediate friends, by the Rev. Dr. J. A. Lyter, pastor of the Derry Street United Brethren Church. - Ferns and asters decorated the house and after the service a supper was served. The bride wore a dainty frock of white crepe de chine for the ceremony and carried a shower of bride roses. Y.W.C.A. High School Club Holds a Cabinet Meeting At a cabinet meeting of the High School Girls' Club of the Y. W. C. A. held last evening much of the work for the coming year was outlined. Owing to the fact that many seniors left the club last year, the member ship at present consists of about fifty members, representing the four classes in school. It was decided to hold the annual freshman reception Tuesday, Octo ber 2. The first meeting of the club will be held Tuesday of next week at 7.80 p. m., at which time the nine delegates who were sent to the Camp Nepahwln conference this summer will give reports of all the work dis cussed there. After the reports an Indoor track meet will be held in the gymnasium and all members of the club are requested to have part. The club is planning to follow a program suitable to the present war conditions during the coming year. Red Cross work will bo introduced as soon as the proper Instructions can be secured. Classes In knitting will be formed if the members de sire It. The cabinet consists of the follow ing: Miss Eleanor Jones, president; Miss Faye I. Haverstlck, vice-presi dent; Miss Gertrude Kenny, secre tary; Miss Fannie Benson, treasurer, and the chlarmen of various com mittees, Miss Graue Peake, Miss Wilda Wallower and Miss Elizabeth Hallahan; club advisory committee, Miss Elizabeth Garner and Miss Dor othy Fahnestock, members of the faculty. The club Is open to any girl In high school who desires Jo become a member. Miss Kathryn Long and Miss Sue Long, of Pittsburgh, went home this morning after a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Fairley in suburban Harrisburg. Air. and Mrs. Francis Jordan Hall •ire making little visits'to Mrs. Carl B. Eby at the Hotchkiss camp, Spit tire Lake, N. Y.. and Mrs. Marlln E. Olmsted, at North East Harbor, Maine. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Aldinger, of Rellevue Park, are home from Phil adelphia, where they attended the wedding of their niece, Miss Ruth Yeoman, to Lawrence Rhoades, of that city. Hall's Itanjo Orchestra Of Wllkes-Barre will play for closing dances at Summerdale Park Thurs day, Friday and Saturday, September 6, 7 and 8. Admission, 25 and 50 cents.—Adv. Later in the evening the young couple started for their wedding journey to Philadelphia and Atlantic City, the bride wearing a dark blue taffetas traveling suit with hat to harmonize. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas will make their home at 338 South Sixteenth street, after September 15. The bride is a member of one of the oldest families of Harrisburg, her great grandfather, Henry Felix, being a pioneer confectioner of the city in North Market Square. She studied nursing at the German Hos pital, Philadelphia, but was taken ill last April before completing the course. Mr. Thomas was a student of the Williamson Trades School and is now in the tool room of the Pipe and Pipe Bending Works. VISITOR FROM WYOMING FORMER RESIDENT HERE Mrs. T. A. Megeath, of Mountain View, Wyo., who as a girl resided in Harrisburg, and is remembered here as Miss Abby Yoder, is visiting her nieces, Miss Emil Asseln, of Camp Hill, and Mrs. J. W. Keeney, o? New Cumberland. Mrs. Megeah Is renewing old ac quaintance and visiting points of in terest familiar in her younger days. ANNOUNCE MAftRIAGE Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Houtz, of 1425 North Second street, announce the marriage of their daughter. Miss Martha G. Houtz, to Edwin C. Wells, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. 'Wells, oi Penn street, a private in the head quarters company. The ceremony took place Saturday evening In Ha gerstown, Md., with the Rev. W. L. of the Episcopal Church, of ficiating. The bride, an alumna of the Central high school, has oeen connected with the Workmen's In surance Department. Mrs. Frank Spink and children, have returned to their home In Nor ristown, after a visit with Mrs. S. A. Brinton, of Lemoyne, over the week end. Claude Zeigler, of the Medical De partment, Headquarters Company, Eighth Reglnment, spent the week end with his parents at Lehighton. O. L. Rimel, of Oxford street, and Sidney Macey, of Sixteenth street, have returned to their homes after an extended trip to Martlnsburg, W. Va., Washington, D. C. and various other points of interest in the South. Herbert Springer, 1347 Vernon street, spent to-day in Philadelphia. John Parthemore, who is connect ed with the Council of National De fense, at Washington, D. C., has re turned home after spending several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Parthemore, of 1923 Derry street. Miss Marie Lehman, of Philadel phia, is the guest of her cousin,- Mrs. Robert Lindsay, of 423 Harris street. J. Wilbur Geiger has returned to Elizabeth, N. J., after a few days' visit at his home, 222 Crescent street. Miss Rose B. and Miss Mary K. Mumma, of 1526 -Derry street, are home from a little visit to Atlantic City. Miss Letltla Craig, of 1517 Walnut street, and Miss Mary Hoke, of 1837 North Sixth street, are home after a delightful trip> to Fort Niagara, Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jones, of 1334 j Derry street are enjoying two weeks' vacation at Atlantic City. Miss May Forney, of South Thir- I teenth street, is home after a fort night's stay with her sister in Pitts burgh. Mr. and Mrs. A. U. Spotz and chil dren, Miss Ruth Spotz, Miriam Dor othy and Edgar, of 169 South Eigh teenth street, have returned after a week-end visit with relatives in York. Mrs. E. Curzon Fager, of Admiral, Md., is spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Sponsler, of Sduth Front street. Mies Nancy Jane Steel, of 1154 Mulberry street, has returned after a six weeks' stay at Altoona, where she was the guest of her grand mother, Mrs. N. J. Goodfellow. Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Cooper, who recently returned from an Eas tern wedding trip, are occupying their new apartments, at 1450 Mar ket street. * Dr. and Mrs. S. S Hatfield, of Tunkhannock, Pa., are the guests of Mrs. Alice Barrihger, 129 Evergreen street. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Parke have joined the local colony at the Hotel St. Charles, Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. William B. Fisher, of 1809 Green street, are home after a vacation spent at Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Miss Mae Lemer, Miss Marlon t-eib. Miss Esther Leib, Frank Lelb, Dwlght Ludington, Frank R. Lelb and Frank Ludington, enjoyed a mo tor trip to Pottsvllle and Mauch Chunk yesterday. f HOME FROM VIRGINIA Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Zimmerman, of 1409 Market treet; Mrs. E. N. Springer, Miss Edith Springer and Herbert Springer, of 1347 Veron street, have returned from Virginia, where they were camping In the Al leghany Mountains, near Winchester, for several -weeks. --^gSTORK Mr. and Mrs. J. B. O'Brien, of Santa Lucia, Cuba, announce the birth of a son, Wednesday, August 29, 1917. Mrs. O'Brien was Mns Mary G. Reagan, of 1403 South Cam fon street, prior to her marriage. WHY WORRY? Another home problem is solved by a drift of cleaners fln Grlnnell, la., which advertises: "Notice—la dles—why worry about your dirty wigs when we clean them for fifteen cents?"— Chicago Tribune. SPANISH WAR VET HAS A BIRTHDAY Friends of Francis .McGinnis Extend Good Wishes and Congratulations At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fran cis P. McGinnis, 222 Kellter street, yesterday, relatives, friends and neighbors, Spanish-American War Veterans, and Veterans of Foreign Wars, made the day a memorable one. It was the birthday anniversary of Mr. McGinnis and they sent their congratulations on postcards, by let ter and called In person. Last night there was an informal celebration in his ho'tior. Mr. McGinnis Is a native of New York, and has a fine army record. He wa# a member of the 201 st Regi ment New York Volunteers in the Spanish-American War, and saw service in Cuba. he was with the Eleventh .Fifteenth and Seven teenth United States Tnfantry in the Philippines at brigade and divinion headquarters. He wears a New York State medal, and also Philippine service medal. On his return here he was attached to recruiting stations until he received his discharge in 1903. 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The minute we hear from you "T* we will send you the full details of this great free trial offer and special easy* payment plan. We will also f send you our beautifully illustrated folder describing our new 1917 model. / FREE OFFER Don't put this off a minute. Send the coupon, write at once or telephone our office—4ooo. COUPON • 1 I • 1- O ¥\ / Harrisburg Light and Power Company Harrisburg Light & rower to. / jarrrrjsssr. ♦ '/ ta,lß of your great free trial offer nnd rn.y-pp,ment dlhi . /> and also your beautiful lllustrkted folder. 22 N. Second Street / K .„ /' Thla offer open to vuntomern on our llnea only. Telephone 4000 . ' * Address \z s^^^^^^^^^^^^^s=====;====sss '* " """ .jMiALMttMn-. Miss Hefflefinger Weds W. A. Snyder Last Evening A quiet wedding was solemnized at the home.of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hefflefinger, of 416 South Thirteenth street, last evening when their daughter. Miss Audrey Merle Heflle flnger, became the bride of Walter Alvah Snyder, of Danville. * A singular coincident of the wed ding was that It took place on the day of the thirty-fourth anniversary of the marriage of the bride's par ents. Only the Immediate relatives of the young couple witnessed the ceremony which was performed' by the Rev. W. N. Yates, pastor of the Fourth Street Church of God, of which the bride is a member. Upon their return from a wedding trip to the seashore, Pocono Moun tains and various Eastern cities, Mr. and Mrs. Snyder will reside at 416 South Thirteenth street. Miss Martha E. Fleming, of 1909 North Front street, will return on Saturday from Camp Oneka, Tafton, Pike count>. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Crawford, of Danbury, Conn., who visited their daughter, Mrs. J. Odin Hoffman, Syl van Terrace, have gone to Elmlra and Buffalo on the way home. Miss Helen Kline Montgomrey, of 902 North Second street, is home after a trip to the Poconos and Is spending the week in Carlisle at the Garland- home. Mr. and Mrs. Robert "E. Forsythe, B. Ely at tho Hotchkiss ramp. Spit arc going to Butler, their former home, by automobile for a visit among relatives. First of Season Dances at Colonial Country Club The Updegrove Orchestra played a fine dance program for the mem bers attending the first of this sea sons dances at the Colonial Coun try Club, Monday evening. Those In attendance Included: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Starkey, Mr. and> Mrs. Larkin, Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Bauder, Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Sheesley, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Burtnett, Mrs. Blnnlx, Miss Katharine Darby, Miss Anna Nlssley, Miss Elizabeth Brinser, Miss Annie Bheeley, Miss Marguerite Roi>- inson. Miss Florence Burtnett, Miss Frances Burtnett, Shelby Brinser,/ Austin Starkey, Paul Starkey, Mr. Johnson, Richard Sheeley, Mr. Mil ler, Samuel Starkey, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alden, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Vlckery, Mrs. A. L. Allen, Mrs. John C. Orr, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Delmote, Mrs. R. Brinser, Mrs. Griffin, of Brownsville; Mrs. Richard Pennock, and Mrs. Pennock and Pennock, of Kenneth Square. Mrs. James Parker, of Pittsburgh* Is the guest of her aupts, .Miss Eleanor Shunk and Miss Nancy Shunk, at Katahmont. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Ames and their daughter, Mrs. Sewell Ken nedy, of Rochester, N. Y., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Gaines, of Green street, for a few days. Joseph Dana and Miss Elsie Dana, of Buffalo, are stopping for a while with their sister. Mrs. Luman G. Jones, of Penn street. x Miss Mary McGuire- and her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, of 1208 Penn street, have returned after a several weeks' stay at the seashore. DR. LOOS HERE Dr. Julia C. Loos left to-day after a several days' visit with Mrs. J. G. Sands and family. Miss Elizabeth Sands returned t this city the be ginning of August, from Pittsburgh, where she Was associated In the medical profession as an assistant of Dr. Loos, due to the illness of her mother. y VISITING IN KANE Miss Anna M. Bender, 1561 Wal nut street, domestic science instruc tor at Reservoir Park, during the playground season, is spending some time with Miss Catherine Bittenben der, of Kane, Pa., a classmate of hers at the Drexel Institute. ACCEPTS POSITION IN N. Y. Ernest Morell, who has been con nected with the Berryhlll Nursery Company for ten years as superin tendent of the landscape department, has accepted a position with a large nursery firm In New York state. Mrs. M. Pfuhl SCHOOL O 203 STATE STREET HARRISBURG, PA. A complete graded course of instruction in the study of Piano, Pipe Organ, Theory, Harmony and History of Music. Diplomas Upon Graduation TERM OF 1917-1918 BEGINS SEPTEMBER 10, 1917 For terms and further information apply in person or by mail to the above address. MOONLIGHT HIKING PARTY Young folks from Harrisburg and Mechanicsburg made up a'jolly hiking parfty last night. They started from Mechanicsburg. and walked to Bhep herdstown. At the latter place a marshmellow toast was held. Th re turn home was made at a late hour. In the party were: Misses Helen Spahr, Anna Booser, Mary Herman, Hazel Fink, Barbara Spahr, R. H. Schraediey, M. R. Henry Wilson, Frank Eberly and M. S. May. BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25c at all druggists./
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