6
ANTHRAX WILL
BE GIVEN STUDY
Compensation Board Says It
Will Hold a New Hear- ■
ing in Corry Claim
Announcing that tlie time has 1
come when the State Compensation;
Board must "enter into an exliaus-j
five study as to how far the invasion
I
of the human body by the (term of!
anthrax can be considered an acci-i
dent suffered in the course of em
ployment'* the Board today orderedi
a new hearing in the claim of How- 1
Bard vs. Howard Co., Corry. The (
opinion is an exhaustive one and re-:
views decisions in New York and
other states and opinions of Phila
delphia and Allegheny courts andj
after citing laws of various states
THE WONDER OF
RUSSIAN SINGING
Expression Given in Music j
Through Beautiful Native
Folk Songs
The soul and the spirit of Russia,
cramped by unfavorable external
conditions, have reached out and
found expression in the native folk
songs. Russian people were always I
;ikJo loving:. Their folk songs are j
most exquisite. They worked their |
v.ay through convention and pre.iu- j
< "!< e. Profound gloom and hopeless |
ilesnair of their lone depression, the 1
ssness and deep monotony bf
t' " - - Russian steppes, the historical
trtyjed.' of their life as well as their
rail)r<ii ability and pood humor arc 1
echoed not only in their folk songs ;
i ut in the greater works of their
i;re:it composers. In spite of ever- j
lasting need and poverty, of vodka, I
Mid i rison, the Russian communi
ties always gathered on a glorious
(-uinrner night to s'.ng, dance and
•play. Listen to the long drawn, sad
notes of the "Volga" song and there
is nothing which should make-your
heart long more for the unknown.
'Hear ".Tak do tehe hoditi," a humor
ous s.ing, and you can't help think-
I'-.g life very enjoyable. Behold the
JlUHsian' when he lets himself free
1 1 "in the "Kasatchisk" (a national
1 tis.<ian dance full of vigor and lui
nor developed into the most won
derful natural ballet) and you have
*een nothing wilder, nothing gayer
vci'i lia" never laughed more in all
vor 1' ie!
America knows Russian compos
ers and artists—HJlman, Zimbalist,
Jlelfetz, Oodowsky, Gabrilowitch,
I)idur. Challapine and others are be
lo%ed here. Tcliaikowsky, Ruben
stein. Moussorgsky. Rachmaninoff.
Olazunoff. Rimsky-Korsakoff. and
many others have added a glorious
rage to the history of music.
Now when Russia Is drunk with '
freedom to a point of irresponsibil- l
itv, we can hope that the near future !
ivill redeem and save her. and I
streams cf light will search the :
darkest and remotest corners. And :
the nation will arise and tell hei
great aims In musical phrase. Music i
will be no more a privilege of the
venturous ahd fortunate, but will he
democratized and legalized Into a
r-wteping mass movement which will
bring to the musical altar of the
world greater pearls and higher
ideals.
I.KT AMERICA PAY,
SAYS SAXON MIMSTKB
By Associated I'ress
liondon, Dec. 1. The Saxon Fi
nance Minister, during the iiudget Je
bate in the Saxo- Diet, according to a
dispatch to the Times from Amster
dam. said Germany must demand a
large indemnity without bothering
which of her adversaries should pay
it. adding:
"bet them only think of America."
TO I M'l HI, SKItVICE FI.AU
A fourteen-star service flag will be
formally unfurled by Harrisburg
Camp. Xo. 8. Spanish-American War
Veterans, January 4. when installation
of officers will also be made. The
Military Order of Serpents, of the
Harrisburg Camp, held its regular
meeting last night in Tuguearoa bair.
No. 8.
—Victrola
ipi For Christmas
mI j Kill jI HI Brings more happiness to everybody all the time
H| H v \ 'than any other gift in the world.
i | We have a talkihg machine to suit everybody's
M i purse —Victrolas from $20.00 up.
Rishel talking machines from $6.00 up.
New Victor Records every month, come in and
hear them played before buying.
ROTHERT-CO."™"
All Victor Records . 312 MARKET ST. - Furn,,hers
SATURDAY EVENING,
| on the subject calls attention to the|
j fact that the Pennsylvania Board has
j awarded compensation in cases
(where there occurred dermatitis.;
i frost bite, heat prostration, lightning j
| stroke and sudden exposure to pois
onous Rases.
The Board dismissed the rfppeal in 1
1 the case of Kihm vs. Westinghouse
I Co., Allegheny, because the counsel j
I for the claimant t'ould not induce hisj
| client to testify, while in another i
I western case an order in favor of a j
! widow was revoked because of lieri
! remarriage, but continued in the.
i case of the son of the deceased work-'
j man.
XO TRACK OF HIGHWAYMAN' |
Dauphin, Pa., Dec. 1. —An armed J
! posse searching for the man who
j robbed Mrs. Sherman Fertig, on the j
j street, near the Pennsylvania ltall-!
I road station about noon yesterday,
] made a thorough search as far as
j Speeceville and through Clark's Val-1
! ley, without finding any trace of the]
: robber. The posse was headed by j
j the Bev. William Zweizig, pastor of j
' the Methodist Episcopal Church of |
j Dauphin.
Mrs. Fertig * was robbed of her!
I wristbag containing S2O, a gold!
j watch valued at $l5O and other ar- I
tides. '
i QUAINT MUSICIANS OF FRANCE
This photograph shows two typical French wayside musicians. To-'
day in many places of France one can sec musicians of this type perch-I
j ed on a barrel in this way. The instrument on the left is something like I
j a flute, both in looks and in sound. At the right is a "French Bagpipe" I
j something of an anomaly—but an instrument frequently used in France.
MUSIC- A MEANS OF COPING
WITH ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS
Somewhere in the city of New
York in that much-talked of little
quarter called by those who live in
it the "Village" and by those who;
j fain would live in it but can't "The I
Washington Square Section, you
with a spiteful little empha
sis on the last two words, and by
those whose ancestors built it up,
"Greenwich Village" there is a clever
little body called The Woman With
Ideas. All who would sit in the holy
conclave of the elect of this enlight-1
ened little community worship at
her feet and listen to her words of j
wisdom in a state of wide-eyed won
der that would have made the Del
phic oracle grow green with envy.
It was therefore with no outward
show of surprise but with inward
gasps of wonder that her retinue of
admirers heard her give expression
to the idea that "the night was cold
enough for warm music." And suit-
Big Dinner Party Given
at Home of C. H. Cline
New Cumberland, Pa., Dec. I. j
A dinner was given at the home of!
j Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Cline. in Third;
I street, on Thanksgiving Day, which j
the following persons attended: Miss
Mary Lease, of Wilmington, Del.il
| Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lease and daugh-l
ter Gladys, of HarrislJurg; Mr. and:
! Mrs. Kd. Breeswine and Miss Lo
j retta N'onmaker, of York; Mrs. Katie i
.I Bobb, of Mechanicsburg; Miss Es-;
ther Sipe, of Goldsboro: Mr. and;
Mrs. H. S. Lease. Mr. and Mrs.
I H. S. Bare, Miss Fairy Bare, Missi
j Sarah Bare, Bay Bare and Keith]
i Bare of New Cumberland.
SOLDIER'S GOOD RECORD
New Cumberland, Pa., Dec. I.
(Sergeant Harry Urieh has returned;
i to Camp Meade after spending sev
eral days with relatives here. In]
] June, 1913, Sergeant Urich enlisted]
j for seven years. He served three!
| years in active service. On August]
| 8, 1916, he was transferred to the,
! Begular Army Beserve. May 12,
, 1917, he was again called into active!
service. After a few months' ser- :
. vice in Coast Artillery he was ap-!
j pointed' a first-class sergeant at the
j school for bakers and cooks at Camp<
Meade, Admiral, Md. I
I ing the action to the word, she pour
ed out reel upon reel of melody
| culled from the operas of Carmen,
! Pagliacci, The Barber of Seville and
| the like.
Tlicne is Cold Music niul Warm Music
For, explained this charming
young person, there was cold music
as well as warm music and both had
their place in the calendar of time,
moods and temperaments; that a
cold night called for quick, warm,
j dashing, fiery melodies of the kind
[that made one's breath come quick
and one's blood tingle with warmth
and spirit, the kind that ccn vie in
heating power with Ihe less poetic
furnace and radiator. And with equal
reason, a warm night called for cool
music, softly flowing like a sheet of
ice, music that made one think of
woods and fountains, and rivers and
glens, slow, soothing, dreamy melo
dies that lulled one's senses into a
HARJRISBURG TELBGICUPH
Communion Service at
Pine St. Presbyterian
The Pine Street Presbyterian
Church will observe the sacrament
of the Lord's supper to-morrow at
10.30 ond at Bethany Chapel in the
evening at 7.30. Owing to the seri
ous illness of the Bev. J. W. Chap
man, D. D., he will be prevented
; from preaching at the morning and
evening services as he had arranged,
i In the evening Dr. Mudge will de
liver the final sermon of the series on
; "Our God in Our History." His sub
ject will be "Our Four Great Fore
i fathers."
i After the service on Sunday even
i ing the' Boyd Memorial building will
be open and an informal service of
1 song will be "held for the young peo
ple of the congregation and their
: friends.
THANKSGIVING BASKETS I
Adjutant and Mrs. George F. j
] Greiss, officers in charge of the]
] American Rescue Workers, distribut-l
ed a number of Thanksgiving bask-!
! ets on Thursday to needy persons
lin the city. Siclt persons were also
remembered by the officers. Ar
! rangements have been made by the
workers to distribute milk daily at
; the homes of poor and sick children
I in the vicinity of the mission.
OLD-TIME SONGS
HAVE APPEAL
Children Should Be Taught j
the Delightful Music of |
Bygone Days
• •
Some time ago tlie Fuller Sisters. I
three charming young English girls,
gave a song recital which was
unique in its way in that both the
program and the presentation of the
numbeis given, smacked of that il
lusive atmosphere supposedly exist
ent in those times when tlieir coun
try was known to the world as Mer
rie England, llow greatly apprecia
ted was the revival ol' these old songs |
was proved by the constant demand <
j l'or more by tlie audience and the |
| request among its members for indi-:
j vidunl sonars especially dear to them. |
: English folk-Song tlie Horlmsi' of
Traditional Music in America
This brings us to the realization
that the old English folk-song, the
only horitUge of traditional song that
America might in justice call her
own, is passing. Time was, and that
not even a score of years ago, when
it was no unusual thing in walking
along the highways and byways of
our cities to hear a group of children,
little girls especially, chanting the
old familiar tunes of "Here Comes a
Duke Hiding," "Water, Water, Wild
llower," "Oil, Do You Know the
Muffin-Man," and the whole joyous,
scintillutin", happy store ol' them.
Now, however, these memory-laden
old songs seem to have died out and
left nothing as beautiful or lasting
in their wake. The moving pictures,
have, to a great extent taken up and |
tilled the minds of the juvenile mem
bets of our society, and the silent
drama has had the effect of creating
silent voices, silent with respect to
tlie singing of those songs which are*
associated with the realm of child
hood.
i Schools Should Make Effort to Re
vive Tiie.se SOURS
The places for the revival of these
old songs are naturally in the school
room and in the nursery. They
should form a part of the education
of every child and a conscious stud>y
of them should be made with the
hope t.iat some day, mayhap, they
will once more sub-consciously be
come part and parcel of the play
time world of our future generations.
It is true that old orders change giv
ing place to new, but there is much
in the former that the latter might
with wisdom adopt. And the sing
ing of the old folk songs by our chil
dren is a case in point.
state of rest. Mendelssohn's Spring
Song, Hadyn's Cantatas, Bach and
Grieg were some of the compositions
she named off-handedly.
The idea is more than a Village
phantasy. There is reason as well as
whimsicality behind it. To any one
giving the matter a second thought,-
it becomes quite clear that some
music has the power of warming one
up. of tilling one with the spirit of
power and endeavor and that assur
edly is the music for a winter's even
ing. in the same manner the musi
cal entertainment of a summer's day
can be chosen with thought of Its
effect upon a heat-withered brain
and b<yiy. Whether the idea arose
out of a necessity of coping with at
mospheric conditions that could be
met in no other way is a matter of
conjecture but the fact remains that
it is a, good one and worthy of a
trial. /Resides, all is fair in love and
war fnd the relations between the
coalman and the much-abitsed ron
] sumer-have never been of the most
| amicable.
i IS THli SPIRIT OF
MUSIC IN YOUR HOME ?
| t The "Music in the Home" move
ment is national In its scope, and
I newspapers, periodicals and maga
| zines are furthering thin commend
[able idea in every way possible.
I There should be music in every home
!-—good music uplifts—l"-inspires— it
! educates and pleases. The family cir
cle is more closely knit in conse
quence. Music is a language under
stood by all, and. in these martial
times especially, it cheers, invigor
ates and instils a keen appreciation
for the home and all it signifies.
With the winter month? before us,
and visions of the crackling logs in
the old fire-place and the big arm
chairs drawn up in front—the pic
ture is rendered complete with the
beautiful melodies from a new piano,
player-piano or talking-machine. Go
to any. of the Music Houses whose
advertisements appear on these
pages and hear the best in musical
instruments. They will gladly assist
you In placing one in your home.
KETTERS GRANTED
Letters testamentary In the estate
of Mrs. Emma Fox. late of Derry
township, were issued to-day to As
sistant District Attorney Robert T.
Fox, of Hummelstown, who is a son.
THE HKV. MR. HOCKER TO PREACH
Lemoyne. Dec. 1. The Rev. Luther
Hocker, of Westville, N. J., will preach
to-morrow morning and evening in
the Trinity Lutheran Church.
Lewistown Home Guard
Company Has 60 Members
Lewistown, Pa., Nov. 80. —AI
Home Guard Company has been or-1
ganized here. John Fleming, a for-j
mer captain of Company M, Eighth
Regiment, was elected captain of thisi
new organization. D. A. Kline was
chosen first lieutenant and Earl
Dugan second lieutenant. John W.
Price was made secretary and treas
urer of the organization. Sixty mem
bers were present at the meeting and
much interest was manifested. The
new organization has already 150
signed supporters and the hearty co
operation of all local corporations,
including the Standard Steel Works
and the Logan Iron and Steel Com
pany. Applications will be made to
the Governor for official recognition;
and equipment.
! ATTEMPT TO POISON SOI.DIKR
j Carlisle, Pa., Dec. I.—An attempt 1
j was made, to poison George Yohn, a
j former Carlisler, now In service in
] the National Army in Texas, accord
ing to the story given to local offi
cials by Mrs. Mary Yohn. his mother.
She stated that a box of Christmas
delicacies, ready for shipment, had
been opened, some of the food taken
out while in the corners were placed
bits of cloth saturated with some
STACCATO j
We of the Pacific Coast are jitney- j
j ing right along, and not worrying-1
j about what may or may not happen I
| next year or next century. Concerts j
scheduled many months ago are belnß i
given. None have been canceled. I
1 Music teachers are busy. Bank clear- j
| ings are far above what they were j
| last year. There is no cause for anx- i
j itay, except that which every one ;
I must feel when their country Is at
I war.
Lieutenant John Philip Sousa lias j
had his famous hirsute camouflage
removed from his chin.
They evidently were spending their
first night at the concert, and the
young man was telling the young
i girl all about It, says the Conserva
| torium Magazine. They talked loudly;
j the young man was trying to make
|an impression on all within a ten- j
I foot radius. He always anticipated j
I the performers, and finally held his j
hand to his mouth as he said in an
undertone:
"Deary, did you ever try to listen [
to music with your eyes shut? It's I
heavenly."
Thereupon a man two rows behind |
leaned forward and said:
"Young man, try it with your I
mouth shut. It'll be a relief."
Julia Culp. the famous singer, who
was scheduled for an American tour
this winter, is not coming. Her hus
band is one of the personal military
chauffeurs for the Kaiser.
Jackie—Does your father know
anything about music, Tommy?
Tommy (whose father is a police
man—Yes; he knows bow many bars
there are in a beat.
Pearson's Magazine for November i
contains a lengthy Illustrated article !
on Fortune Oallo and his San Carlo I
Opera, setting forth that astute and j
successful impresario's labor in the '
Cause of establishing grand opera at I
popular prices in this country. J
WAR POET TELLS OF THE
SOLDIER AND HIS SONGSj
One of the results of the var has
been the budding of new poetic gen
ius. Inspired by the great world tur
moil, men have suddenly discovered
the possession of a power of song
that needs express itself. Anions
the men who have thus come to the
l'ore is Patrick Mac Gill, the soldier,
who has recently had published his
book of verse called "Soldier Songs."
Singing (Jives Kxpression to the
Soldiers' Soul
It is interesting to note what this
soldier-poet has to say about the
songs of the battlefield. In his dedi
catory letter to the book he writes:
"The soldiers have songs of their
own, songs of the march, the trench,
the billet and the battle. The origin
is lost: the songs have risen like old
folk-tales, spontaneous choruses that
voice the moods of the moment and
of many moments which are mono
tonously alike. Most of the verse is
of no import; the crowd has no sense
of poetic values; it is the singing
alone which gives expression to the
! soldier's soul. 'Tlpperary' means
home when it is sung in a shell-shat
tered billet, on the long march 'Tip
perary' is Berlin, to the goal of high
enterprise and great adventures.
The Tommy is a singing soldier;
he sings to the village patronne even
when ordering food:
"Will you give me,
if you please,
Some bread and butter
and coffee with cheese."
Vie serenades the maiden at the vil-1
lage pump:
"After the war is over.
And Knglish soldiers depart,
M'selle Frongsay will have a
broken, heart
After the war is over."
One of the songs this poet men-1
tions In the same preface is being!
popular in the billets and dug-outs I
from le Havre to the Somme is the
following parody on "Sins Me to j
Sleep:" !
Sing me to sleep where bullets fall,.
I,ot me forget the war and all
Damp is my dugout, cold my feet, i
Nothing but bully and biscuits to'eat,,
Over the sandbags helmets you'll
finf J
Corpses in front and corpses behind.
Chorus
Far, far from Ypres I long to be.
Where German snipers can't get at
me,
Think of me crouching where the
worms weep, •
Waiting for the Sergeant to sing me
to sleep.
Sing me to sleep in some old shed,
The rats all running around my head,
Stretched out upon my waterproof,
Dodging the raindrops through the
roof.
Dreaming of home and nights in the
West.
Somebody's overseas boots on my
chest.
1 substance which has not been deter
| mined by local chemists. An investi-
I gation will be made.
Postpone Patriotic Rally
at St. John's Reformed
I The big patriotic rally which was
scheduled to be held to-morrow in
the- St. John's Reformed Church,
Fourth and Maclay streets, has been
postponed until next Sunday. An
interesting program of music, ad
dresses and exercises has been ar
] ranged and will be rendered at the
' rally. The Rev. G. W. Hartman.
J pastor, will preach.
CHICKEN THIEVES BUSY
Waynesboro, Pa., Dec. I.—Chicken
thieves are still operating In the vi
cinity of Shady Grove on a large
Vcale. Many farmers In the vicinity
are heavy losers by appearance of
these thieves almost nightly. Jacob
Sollenberger recently lost 100 chick
ens, while Charles Hamburg lost a
score.
| Why not have a pipe organ and a
liberal sized concert platform in the
j new high school building? At pres-
I ent, there is no place suitable for
I community singing.
\ "What's become of that noisy baby
I who used to live next door?" asked
! the visitor after an absence of fifteen
I years.
I "That's it blowing that cornet,"
replied the afflicted houseowner.
Fritz Kreisler, the famous violinist,
has canceled all his concerts in this
country. He will, however, keep his
promises to play without compensa
tion for those charities to which he
has pledged his support.
During a te#ent concert a man who
; really appreciated music for its own
sake was greatly annoyed by a young
j fop in front of him who kept talking
j to the girl at his side,
j "What a nuisance!" finally ex
claimed the appreciative man.
| "Do you refer to me, sir?" threat-
I ingly demanded the fop.
| "Oh, no. I meant the musicians.
| They keep up such a noise with their
J instruments that I can't hear halt
your brilliant conversation."
Dr. Ernst Kunwald, the conductor
of the Cincinnati Symphony Orches
tra, has resigned on account of the
recent attitude of some of the Pitts
burgh authorities, who placed the
i orchestra and conductor in such a
position that the scheduled concert
had to be abandoned at the last mo
ment.
An Irish musician, feeling the need
of a vacation, went to the English
I lakes and put up at one of the fash
i ionable hotels. When he was ready
! to leave the hotel manager asked him
I to write something in the visitors'
| book, and this is what he wrote:
"I came here for change and rest.
] The waiter has the change and the
| landlord has the rest."
The content of the song matters
little. The soldier's encouragement
arid soothing comes from the mere
fact that he is singing. In moments
of stress, or monotony, or grief, or
hope, his thoughts find best expres
sion in music.
2 i
I OUT TODAY
Victor Records For December j
jjj • # \\>
jj; This month's list contains some of the best records that the
iji Victor Company has yet given to the public. ij:
I Be Sure to Hear the Two |
New York Hippodrome Hits . I
18400—Melody Land Shannon Four
Cheer Up 'Liza !.. American Quartet
'!■ No! She's not what she used to be but after hearing this record you'll think she !j!
:j: still has plenty of life; ;i|
18378—The Old Gray Mare—Vocal Collins and Harlan
If Yo'u Saw All That I Saw In Arkansas.
87278 —God Be With You Gluck-Zimbalist
Alma Gluck has thrown all the expression which distinguishes her singing Into her !||
rendition of this simple prayer-at-parting and Zimbalist's magic violin adds a world ijll
!j! of sentiment which can never be put into words. / ; j
Free concert of the new Victor Records for December, Mon- jl!
11> day evening, December 3, 8:15 o'clock.
C. .AV SiAlftr, Inc.
Pianos Victrolas
3teie an Q ] Of
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DECEMBER 1, 1917.
Hospital Train Ready
For United States Service
. One of the first and most complete ]
hospital trains to be put Into the
service of the United States govern
i ment Is being equipped in the shops
of the Western Maryland Railway, In
Bagerstown. It will be a modern hos
pital on wheels. The final work is
being done on the ambulance car, ]
which, when finished, will complete \
the train. The electrical generating
equipment of the ambulance car will
furnish light for thp entire train,
which will consist of the ambulance
car, containing an operating room for
physicians and nurses, a combination
, car containing an operating room and
beds, and two passenger coaches con
taining wards like those In a hos
pital and equipped with beds.
I
TO HOLD CHURCH RALLY
i St. Nicholas Day. special service
■ known as choir rally will be held
s Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in the
' St. Augustine Episcopal Church. The
' service will be In charge of Miss
> Idella Fisher and Mrs. Bertha Jackr
■ son. The Rev. Floyd Appleton, pas'
l tor of the St. Paul's Church, will
preach.
P"W""**"ggSßgSßß™"M"*'* ll I""
Columbia
The Common-sense Way
to Buy a Phonograph
First, drop into our store and learn to play the Columbia Grafonola.
Hear it play the kind of music you like best. Select the style and
price qf instrument that suits you best.
Since the phonograph is to be in your house and your eyes will
see it for many years and your ears will hear the songs and music it
plays, doesn't plain common sense tell you that the way to buy a
phonograph is to have a Columbia Grafonola sent home for a
complete trial, you to decide then whether or not you want to keep
it? Suitable arrangements made for payments.
SPANGLER PIANO HOUSE #jjj\
2112 N. 6th Street x*o *ls)
OPEN EY;ENI>'GS
Pine St. to Remember
Boys in U. S. Service
If every church in the .country
would respond as bountifully as the
Pine Street Presbyterian of this city
the boys in camp and at the front
would enjoy a rare treat this Christ
! mas. When it was linaily. computed
that a full 150 young men frorti this
i congregation had joined the coun
| try n forces to save democracy and
conquer the Hun, church and Sun
day co-operated to see that
each one received a soldier's kit
before Christmas.
I Old and young got very busy ini
j mediately with the result that yes- Mi
, terday contributions amounting toaa
$225 were received. This will pay
; for 150 kits at an approximate price
j of $ 1.50 a piece.
! HI. VIVA I, AT HECKTOX
'I The evangelistic services which
i are being conducted in the Heckton
• Methodist Church by the Kev. W. 11.
■ Zweizig, pastor, are growing in in-
I terest. Several persons have been
converted during the services.