Letters F rom the Front 'DOING" PARIS IS POPULAR WITH HARRISBURG BOYS Evan J. Miller, son of Herman P. Miller, Senate Librarian, in letter home from France gives his friends an idea of what ,merican soldiers are doing. Young Miller tells of his going to le opera, sleeping in a "real" bed and doing his regular drills, 'wo of his letters follow: ase Hospital No. 8, . "Somewhere in France," October 21st, 1917. j fftr Mother: — It has been about ten days since received any mail from home, or! ly mail at all for that matter, ex >pt one from Dick Miller. Things j jve been going along very smooth-' lately. Yesterday 1 got leave for| v-enty-four hours, and I conse-! nently went up to the nearby cityj f with Bob Heimbach, | le of my classmates at Princeton. I "e had a good time together, look-; ig around the city, making a few urchases, attending the opera in le evening and enjoying a good! ight's sleep in a real bed. The: jera was "The Barber of Seville." f course, it was sung in French id we could not understand every ling, but the singing was quite >od and the actors were also much ; etter than we expected. The! rench theaters, or at least this the-! tcr was quite different from any in le United States that 1 have seen.' r e enjoyed the experience very inch, although it was not very arm in the theater and we got ery sleepy before the show was j ver Wo have not had an opportunity RY THIS FORIT COLD—H'S FINE! Pape's Cold Compound" ends severe colds or grippe in few hours. j You can end grippe and break up severe cold either in head, chest, >dy or limbs, by taking a dose of Pape's Cold Compound" every two ours until three doses are taken. It promptly opens clogged-up nos •ils and air passages in the head, ops nasty discharge or nose ruli ng, relieves sick headache, dul ess, feverishness, sore throat, leezing, soreness and stiffness. Don't stay stuffed up! Quit blow g and snuffing. East your throb ng head —nothing else in the orld gives such prompt relief as 'ape's Cold Compound," which ; >sts only a few cents at any drug ore. It acts without assistance, j Lstes nice, and causes no inconven- j nee. Be sure you get the genuine, j What Gorgas Makes Gorgas Guarantees Creme Lilas An exquisite non-greasy Toilet Cream. Unexcelled for purity and daintiness Keeps the Skin Soft and Velvety IN Rough Weather Prevents and re moves roughness, red ness, pimples, blem ishes, wrinkles, chaps, etc. I 25 the jar. Gorgas Drug Stores 16 N. Third St. AND Penna. Station fin You run no risk of getting a poor job when you entrust your plating, polishing and art met al retinishing work to us. Experienced workmen and the use of the very best of material enables us to guarantee every job to meet with the approval of the man who pays the bills. Our prices are as reasonable as the quality of work Is high. Automobile work a specialty. EDUCATIONAL 'j School of Commerce ANI) iarrisburg Business College i roup Huilillntf, '•* So. illnrkrt Square Tlx. lough Training in Business) and itc.ugraphy. Civil Service Course OFFER—Right Training oy ciallsts and High Grade foaitluaa. You Take a Business Course But i Once: I life BEST is What You Want, i Fall Term Day and Night j School. tCnter any Monday, icli 486 Dial. 43(1 j The Office Training School Kaufman Bldg. 121 Market Street. Training Tbat Secures Salary Increasing Positions In ths Office Ca l l oi nd today for interesting >oo iL "The Art off flcttlnii Aloag i ue World." Bell phone 694-K. j WEDNESDAY EVENING, HAJRRISBURG TELEGRAPH NOVEMBER 21, 191/. to see very much of France yet. There may be a chance of some of us getting leave for about five days, which would give us a chance to see quite a little. Perhaps you may be interested to know what our routine of work is now. Wo get up at 5:45 and have to be out for rolicall at 6. We then have exercise for about ten minutes. The lirst breakfast call is at 6:30 and the second breakfast comes about 20 minutes later. We can go to either the tirst or the second. At 7:30 is police call. We all have to fall to and clean up various parts of the building. This takes about 20- 30 minutes. At 9 o'clock the call for drill is sounded. This is not much drill, instead they take the fellows for various details. 1 am excused from this as 1 have my job in the X-ray department. All the fellows who have similar jobs are excused from this other work. At 11 o'clock is retreat call, when all work is sup posed to stop, so that the fellows can get ready for dinner at 11:30. At 1 P. M. work starts again and lasts until 4, when recall is sounded. At 4:30 we have assembly and roll call. Shortly after that comes sup per. After supper we have no work and can go down to the village or do anything we want here. On Sat urday afternoon and Sunday we have no work, unless something par ticular turns up which must be done at once. I am writing this letter out in the court, sitting in the sun. The last few days have been very pleasant, and it certainly seems nice to be able to sit outside and feel perfectly warm. The trees over here do not shed their leaves like those in the United States. Only a few of the leaves. Well I cannot think of the trees or bushes have shed their leaves. Well I cannnot think of very much to say just now, so I will stop. With love to all, EVAN J. MILLER. "DOING PARIS " October 28, 1917. Dear Mother: 1 have been having a fine time the last couple of days, for I was for tunate to get live days' leave in the second bunch, along with two other fellows, and the three of us have been "doing" Paris since we ar rived, just two days ago. Paris is a great place, and I would not mind it at all if I had to stay here a couple weeks, provided 1 had enough money to keep me go ing for that length of time. The ride to Paris was very long and tiresome, but when you are once here, you forget all about that. The reason why I could get my leave now, was that we needed some new X-ray bulbs, and as they are only obtained here in Paris. I came along to help carry up the old brok en bulbs and take back the new one 3 we expect to get here. We are stopping at the Hotel Pavilion, the hotel which the Y. M. C. A. has taken over here. It is a very 'nice< hotel and there are lots of Ameri-j jFace Wrinkled? j Complexion Sallow ?j | Then YYliy Not Treat Your Skin I {As Beautiful French Women Do? J Paris: —Science has discovered that faded, mottled, aged-looking complex ions can be virtually renewed and made surprisingly beautiful by means of the following recipe: Merely wash your face with buttermilk and rub in a teaspoonful of Creme Toka lon Roseated; wipe the face and ap ply Poudre Petalias—a very tine com plexion powder prepared especially for shiny noses and had complexions. If your face is badly wrinkled, get a box of Japanese Ice Pencils to use in connection with the roseated cream and you should get quiek action on even the deepest wrinkles. Thus do famous French actresses preserve the rare beauty of their complexions, and if you were to pay hundreds of dol lars for special treatment you prob ably would not he anything like as well off as by using this simple and inexpensive recipe. The articles men tioned above are supplied in this city by Gorgas, Kennedy's. Croll Keller. Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart, Bowman & Co.—Advertisement. Look Years Younger —No Gray in Hair It seems so unwise to have gray, faded or lifeless hair these days, now that Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer will bring a natural, even, dark shade, without detection, to gray or lifeless hair. Have handsome, soft, lustrous liair in abundance without a trace of gray, Annly Q-P.an —guaranteed harmless —75c a large bottle—mon ey back if not satislied. Sold by Geo. A. Gorgas and all good drug stores. Try Q-Ban Hair Tonic, Liquid Shampoo and Soap. Our new storeroom is stocked with a complete lino of HARDWARE PLUMBING, GAS AND ELECTRIC SUPPLIES H. J. Wolford 1603 North Third Street STORE OPEN TILI, 0.00 P. M. cans stopping here. The charge is very reasonable, 4 francs or about J. 75 per day. We have very nice rooms and we get very good meals at very reasonable prices. One thing they have at all times is hot water. In most of the hotels Jiere they only have hot water twice a week. Yesterday we did several errands that had to be attended to and in the evening we went to one of the French theaters, called "The Fol lies Bergere." It was a musical show and was pretty good for that kind of a show. Tonight we wanted to go to the Opera Comique, where Carmen was to be played, but as we go to the theater too late to buy any tickets we had to be satisfied by going to the movies. The movies were very good and in a couple of the pictures we saw glimpses of the United States, which certainly were pood to look at. One of them was taken in New York, and the other at Fort Myer, both being of a mili tary nature. We saw one picture of the Zeppelin that was brought down about a week ago. Of course, all the words explaining the pictures were in French but we could trans late most of them very easily. This afternoon we went out to Versailles, with one of the Y. M. C. A. men as guide. At Versailles is the magnificent palace of Louis the 14th. The palace certainly is as fine as one as you would want to see. It is not used now, but is open to the public. In the palace are wonderful paintings and tapestries, and other interesting things. The palace is enormous and to see every thing in it would take several days. Around the palace are wonderful gardens, statues, etc. We only had about two hours to see the place, so that wc only could see the most im portant things. H iile Boulevards Paris, unlike the otlior French cities I have been In, has lots of wide boulevards, and nice wide side valks. it is most Interesting to walk down one of the big boulevards, for there are lots of interesting shops and you see soldiers of all kinds, such as Canadian, Australian, Bel gian, Scotch, French Colonials, Brit ish and quite a good many Ameri cans. The French arc the best dressed, as their uniforms (that is the officers) always tit and their uniforms are not all alike as are the American. Some are black, some blue, some red and blue, and it almost looks as if each man wore a uniform, the colors of which he ordered to suit himself. The Aus tralians and New Zealanders are nice looking fellows, and the Can adians also. We have not seen so very much in Paris yet, but we intend taking a Y. M. C. A. bus trip around the town tomorrow and then we will probably know a little more about the place. They have subways, sur face cars, buses here somewhat as in New York, but we have done most of. our traveling in taxies, as they are one thing here in Paris that does not cost very much, but they are scarce articles just now, for we had to wait almost an hour at the station before we could get one. I have seen several fellows I know here, two of whom were in my class at College, but I have not yet seen anyone from Harrisburg. It has been quite a while since I have heard any word from home, not that you have not written, but I guess because our mail has be come delayed somewhere over here. It was announced in the paper the other evening that an American transport was sunk leaving a French port. I have heard that there was quite a little mail on it, so that some of my letters may not reach you, or perhaps I had better say. will not reach you, if they had the misfortune to be on that boat. Well, I suppose I have written enough this time, and as it is now 11:30 I think I will stop qnd go up to bed. With lots of love, EVAN J. MILLEB. TEACHER CAN KICEP PLACE German Instructor at West Chester Aided by Pupils West Chester. Pa., Nov. 21.—1n compliance with petitions from nearly 500 of the 519 boys and girls of the high school here, the Board of Directors has withdrawn Its de mand for the resignation of Miss Leona Iluckwald, of Baltimore, the teacher of the classes in German. On Saturday the directors request ed Miss Buckwald to resign, because of alleged criticism of the United States soldiers. Her critics failed to appear, but friends rallied to her de fense, with the result that the pro posed "strike" by the students was avoided and the teacher resumed her duties in the class room; GAS KILLS ALDERMAN'S WIFE Mrs. Weber, of Heading. Fainted in Boom and Fall Disconnects Hose Beading, Pa., Nov. 21.—Mrs. Wil liam F. Weber, wife of Alderman Weber, was found dead in her room, with the hose of a gas heater discon nected. She had been ill, and it is believed she fainted when alone, dis connecting the gas hose in her fall. Deputy Coroner Schick found she was unable to help herself and died before members of the family knew what had happened. Mrs. Weber was the mother of W. Wayne Weber, a former member of the Legislature, and of Assistant City Engineer E. Clinton Weber. G ARDENS PRODUCED $075 COO New York. Nov. 21.—Back yards and vacant lots in New York City, cultivated principally by housewives and children, grew $675,000 worth of produce during the last summer, it was announced yesterday by Mayor Mitchel's committee on war gardens. The committee reported that it had knowledge of 1,035 acres of land in large plots and 11.881 small gardens which were tilled as part of the campaign to increase the nation's food supply during the war. BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. Druggists refund money if it fails. 25c Surest Cough Remedy Made from Globe Pine Easily Made at Home. Very Economical Especially Good for Children Procure two ounces of glycerine and a half ounce of Globe Pine Compound (Concentrated Pine) from your druggist. J Mix these with six heaping ■jyA tablespoonfuls of granulated -Sbß* RUKar in halt a K la ®> °f water. -Tww fake a teaspoonful as often as -dflpgs necessary to give relief. Be sure to get Globe Pine Compound (Concentrated Pine). No other -'SICr 11,11 an,w * r th ® Purpose In this ■ formula whichcomes fromeminent JjUjjJ medical source and makes the - most effective, pleasant and prompt-acting remedy for coughs and colds affecting the bronchial tubea or throat. As can be seen it contains no harmful drugs and may be used freely. Toris Rheumatism Treatment Give* Prompt, Listing Results Mi* together one ounce of Toris Com pound : one ounce of Syrup of Sarsaparilla: half pint of Simple Elixir. Take a tabla apoonfui four times daily. Adv. LANCASTER ONCE MORELEADSCORN Report on Crop Shows That Garden County Is Very Much to the Front This Year Lancaster continues the banner corn raising county and Bradford the leader In the buckwheat pro ducers in Pennsylvania according to the figures of the State Department of Agriculture for 1917, but the re turns from both show the extent to which the shortage of farm labor affected them. With few excep tions everyone of the twenty-one counties producing over a million bushels of corn showed either a de cline from the figures of the 1916 crop or cite an increase that did not cause much jubilation. The in crease for the state is only a little over a million bushels. The corn production is estimated at 05,260,885 bushels with much un husked and in the Held, against 04,- 246,854 last year, an average yield of 41 bushels against 37 last year. Buckwheat is given as 5,570,124 bushels against 4,203,890, an aver age yield of 17.6 bushels against 15 last year. The east central counties lead in the corn production again and the northern tier Is ahead on buck wheat. Detailed figures are as follows: COKN 1917 1916 Bushels Bushels Lancaster, ... 5,554,980 5,786,430 York 4,805,538 5,251,200 Berks 3,182.259 3,204,126 Franklin 3,044,835 3,132,550 Chester 2,972.522 3,163,671 Bucks 2,772,650 2,537,904 Cumberland, . 2,550,511 2,396,544 Adams, 2.533,950 2,461,566 Westmoreland, 2,068,543 1,617,973 Montgomery, . 2,028,278 2,184,408 Washington, . 1,701,542 1,384,705 Dauphin 1,676,490 1,515,168 Lebanon. .... 1,498.447 1,297,392 Greene 1,388,073 911.712 Bedford 1,367,679 1,500,030 Lycoming .... 1,283,040 1,109,186 Northampton, . 1,179,693 1,221,210 Northumber land 1,138,971 928,095 Lehigh 1,088,051 1,006,040 Columbia, 1,033,526 814,656 Perry 1.007,910 1,008,880 Center, 979,940 1,033,776 Fayette 930,818 871,080 Huntingdon, ... 865,216 909,684 Butler 849,540 828,165 Allegheny 846,468 812,250 Snyder, 843,615 720,279 Armstrong, ... 825,376 • 786,080 Union 756.722 552,595 Schuylkill, ... 752,625 707,608 Indiana 701,170 884,064 Delaware 687,854 525,700 Mercer 648,300 720,330 Mifflin, 631,125 561,015 Somerset 620,340 7 46,694 Blair 615,810 551,152 Juniata 613,935 584,710 Lawrence 594.921 593,740 Fulton 549,120 580,108 Clarion, 549,508 584,567 Heaver 497,760 445,080 Luzerne 466,337 438,060 Montour 393,364 330,987 Crawford 383,136 794,574 Bradford 381,763 425,600 Krie, 37b,837 696,010 Clinton 352,461 350,691 Jefferson 338,726 376,560 Clearfield 318,643 378,720 Monroe 298,134 281,064 Venango, 270,898 279,386 Philadelphia, . 238,410 220,770 Susquehanna, . 218.697 191,268 Camliria 201,125 225,260 Tioga 180.224 147,392 Wyoming 110,633 105,462 Carbon 108,625 103,608 Sullivan 86,012 99,920 ■Wayne 70,489 67,689 Warren 61,185 62,752 Pike, •••• •••• 45,650 58,625 I Lackawanna. . 38,279 37,824 Forest, 28,006 40,495 Potter 24.7.00 33,090 MeKean 17,550 21,455 Cameron 14,750 16,230 Total 65.260.885 64,246,884 PUCK WH EAT 1917 1916 Bushels Bushels Tioga 326,813 212,966 Bradford .... 405.929 408.204 Indiana 296,475 291,120 Crawford, .... 293,848 208,850 Somerset, .... 233,358 152,190 Butler 232,140 142,830 Bedford, ..... 231,840 210,000 Columbia 199,646 133,280 Susquehanna, . 196,247 103,096 Lycoming, .. . 180,098 134,834 Clearfield 169,679 117,252 Jefferson, .... 168,226 148,815 Armstrong, ... 167.222 125,295 Monroe, ...... 159,448 86,250 Wycoming, ... 1 53,235 121,329 Mercer, ,•, ~, 141,414 117,317 Venango 139,469 114,520 Clarion 130,764 123,760 Luzerne 124,335 94,080 Potter 121.435 71,604 Cambria 104,890 96,320 Wayne .. •• •. 94,648 71.985 Fulton 87,061 49,910 Payette 78,221 62,082 Northumber- l an d 76,016 53,190 Warren 70,426 25,970 Westmoreland, 61,000 4 3,92 0 Huntingdon, . . 51,621 38,909 McKean 42.908 25,236 Schuylkill 39,603 B)air 39,349 25,890 Montour, 37,67.0 21,408 Sullivan. 47,250 30,668 Carbon 37.007 23,198 Center 35,403 31.700 Lawrence 33,439 20,775 Lackawanna, . 32,987 32,944 Snvdcr ...... 29.928 21.600 Northampton,. "Pilr'p , 25,82 6 L,3IH Forest".' 23,528 16,068 n°eUs 23.415 25,350 2ik ' 22,939 19 346 Perrv 22.281 20,898 Juniata' 21.460 22.819 CUnton." 18-533 12,587 Vnrk 18,398 10,530 Cameron 11.394 9,877 A?le"hcny. ... 7.891 5,780 Lehigh? 7,258 6,732 Beaver 4.866 * 65 Dauphin 4.796 4 . 3r > fi Mifflin 4.6*4 4,230 " 3.432 3.300 Franklin 2.54 4 1.937 Greene. }•"<> Chester \'l\a i'rbr Washington, . . 1.620 1,568 Adams !.450 848 Montgomery. . .#3 Cumberland, . . 468 384 Lebanon 60 64 Total 5,570,124 4,203,890 BOMB FOUND IN COAL Hagerstown, Md„ Nov. 21. —Un. loading coal from a canal boat at Powells Bend, near WiUiamsport, yesterday, Reuben Palmer found a can of powder with a fuse attached. It is thought the bomb was placed in the boat before It left, Cumbe rland. EDUCATORS IN ST. LOUIS St. Louis, Nov. 21.—Twelve Jap anese school principals arrived here yesterday on their tour of the Unit ed States to make a study of the educational systems of the country. Use McNeil's Cold Tablets.—Adv. jfioarm&nZ HKl.t. IHlll—rami L ■>. l l l.n H AKKINBI'HU, WGDNGRDAY, KOVHMDKIi 21. IBIT. mnil)BI) Splendid Exhibit of Christmas Gift Furniture —Bowman, Store values The Best and Most are as real as Bowman __ _ * _ fuTL„\;fL rt M°e" Very every day" has estab- —Every pair of these boots is genuinely made <2^l lished this business. of real leathers and beautifully finished. f —ln times of scarcity, —Each pair a distinct and individual style— standards are frequent- representing shoe craftsmanship of the very high- —/ ly lowered. It is a good est order. vi thing to have Bowman —Shoes fashioned to give the maximum de- L$ it to f ° qUa £ ree of comfort. Ift 1 > —Shoes built to retain their shape even after —Shoes that are "proper" in every sense of - The Appended List Gives Further Hints of a Few of This Department's Outstanding Value-Characteristics Women's fine imported kid extra high Women's button and laced boots of kid cut laced boots with full I-rench heels, skin, calfskin and patent coltskin with long vamps, light weight welted or either high, low or medium heels. Pair, turned soles. Pair, $12.00 \\ omen s handmade extra high cut Women's dark russet calfskin laced laced boots, various leathers and combina- walking boots with low heels and stout Hons made in New \ ork City. Pair, durable soles of best oak tanned leather , $13.50 —Philadelphia made. Pair $7.00 Women s Havana brown and battleship gray fine kidskin boots—extra high cut — IT . c • 11 —Manv are now choosintr fo- lcatlier Louis XV heels. Pair $7.50 fcxtra Special. Tift i)urnoses Women's Havana brown kid, black calf W , e have grouped several lots of wo* 1 1 / and dark brown calf boots with fawn buck- men s fine dress boots in black, brown and —lt's a wise thing to do—for skin tops —new three-quarter height heels B ra . v leathers and marked them to sell fof assortments are better and there l' a ' r ,• SB.OO I oi is more comfort in shopping than Women's beaver, stone and silver gray * to wait till the last rush weeks of suede and buckskin laced boots full Sizes are good and the values are very Christmas buying. French heels. Pair SIO.OO unusual. BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. Several Hundred Pieces of 1 1 1 n • \ J* J QA Pi P5 p>] PM' Ivory at Lowered rrices § ; sU A pre-Christmas sale of this popular \r I/ / V line, in which holiday gifts may be )V-=--n 111 |1 i| fT*f'' procured at a marked saving. j J The Special Purchase fSji? Divided Into 3 Groups |||jj| gjjj Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 A Well Regulated Kitchen 59c 98c $1.49 Should Not Be Without a With a choice from the following pieces— f I Jewel Box PinCushion Clock Small Tray Pin Tray VJvl Ldl kJJt/L Candle Holder Candle Lamp Complete Pin Box Cold Cream Jar Puff Box Hair Receiver Made of a fine quality porcelain with Shaving Mirror Cloth Brush Hat Brush Military Brush a Wind-mill decoration in dark blue. Bonnet Brush Picture Frame Round Mirror Set consists of 6 cereal jars, 6 spice Gent's Comb Ladies' Comb Nail Polisher Salve Jar j at . s one oil bottle, one vinegar bottle Nail File Perfume Bottle Cuticle Knife and one salt box. Price, $5.50 Button Hook Shoe Horn BOWMAN BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. I 7 7 ~ _ Toys, Dolts, Books and Games American loys Tt\ ■ ; S -PKJrW X Bring the Children! American ingenuity and progres siveness in the last three years, has All the new inventions ot Santa advanced the toy industry to a stage Claus are here. Thousands of Dolls where E1 S Jjld- 1 1 Wi aiTd Toys are here to prove that San "Made in the U. S. A." SryMMi, vP" ta Clau . s real, and that the Christ on your toys and dolls means more \ nlas Spirit is going to keep the c n than favorable comparison with ren free from war-gloom and gi^ e those of foreign manufacture. s them an old fashioned Christmas. Our stocks .are complete with "t - ; —No one need be extravagant, we large assortments of toys for boys can a ii i )e as economical as we need, and girls, including dolls, games, But we must see—each of us—that animals, dishes, mechanical toys, &fi ,i imj i i... nn ,, furniture, automobiles, velocipedes the children are mace 'PI) ' and tricycles. these little gifts that mean so much and cost so little. Get the Lists Ready ! Come here now —when everything is fresh and Teddy express wagons the strongest wagon new and bright—and before the Christmas assort- made, has brake and durable hub and spokes,. .$6.25 ments are broken. "V? a Circus for .>'°" r b °y- the clowns 2 l I r ' , b 5 put into every conceivable position Doll carriages, enameled reed, rubber tired wheels, U. S. map puzzle, in colors, cut up —very instruc reclining back, adjustable reed hood, $6.25 tive 45^! BOWMAN'S—Basement. Pv€S€Tt)€ If OUT Boj/ S Clothing at the Front Demonstration and , s Moth and Vermin Proof Tar Bags Sale of Many a son khaki-clad today prepar- "Wear-Ever" j : ing to defend his country has left his ' civilian clothes at home. A-lUminLUTI I I Take care of them so that when he i \ ill returns he is forcibly reminded that he In addition to the 7-SKSS i ]■ Mtmh was not forgotten . demonstration many 'lf mW size bags, 60< pieces are being sold at / ' JJ)T —Suit size bags,. li very special prices. ' y U —Overcoat size bags, —Ulster size bags, $1.25 BOWMAN'S —Basement. 3
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