18 CHRISTMAS SALE OF RED CROSS SEALS IS BEGUN Nearly Half Million of Popu lar Little Stickers Sent Out "There was a man in our town And he was wondrous wise. H bought his Red Cross Christmas Seals In very large supplies." "And when he sent his presents out — As mnay as could be, Bach gift was pasted roundabout With seals to light T. 8." That parody on the old familiar nursery rhyme is only one of a half dozen which are being sent to the i school children of the city and coun ty to sharpen their interest —If such I be possible—in the sales of Christ ! mas Seals. Sales begin to-day, both in city i and county. Over 430,000 of the ' bright little stickers have been sent | out, and the balance will probably l>e disposed of during the coming j week. This season there are 500,000 seals j to be sold. The money will go to ward aiding the fight of the anti tuberculosis fund in this district. ! Eighty per cent of the money re- i mains here, the balance goes to help 1 the work in the state and nation. A Man's Gift From a Man's Store |S[ Wm. Strouse B^ygn|j >W WHO BUYS HIS HERE IS USE HE SAVES MONEY WHEN T MOST. HOW ABOUT YOU? led Women'* M■ - Women'* Black % hogur Brown Calf Military Women's 0-lnch Women's *5.00 Dull Kid Lace r ">< Hro'i'n °k ld"° ,df " UeeU." I#Ul " f Men's $4.50 High wtwear at $3.65 ■Town Paper a boy in France, or with the framing Camp somewhere ill ead HlGH—be PROUD. the perpetuation of this Republic, om-of-the-World, never. Crusader, fared forth to battle in nobler iy with the heart-warming stuff— ictown PAPER! R the Harrisburg Telegraph will rwhere, at the' following rates tage). 1 month 45c; 3 months $2.00; say what Company, what ship, what Camp, and say if it is • in France. ess subscriptions to Circulation risburg Telegraph. FRIDAY EVENING. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ijF.CF.MBTSR 7. 1017. Sweetening Coffee With Prunes in Connecticut Derby, Conn., Dec. 7.—The some times despised and often ridiculed r prune has come into its own here, j When the sugar famine struck the j town someone discovered that the sugar in a dried prune was sufficient . to EI\C a j?mblance of sweetening to a cup of tea or coffee. The prune dropped in a cup of cof fee is soon rendered soft by the heat and the sugar is extracted in a short time. It is claimed that the callfeine in the coffee offsets the taste of the prune, so that the process is not ob jectionable in any way. It Is being extensively tried here by many per sons. Champion Steer Sold For $3,381 For the Red Cross Chicago, Dec. '7.—Merry Monarch, owned by Purdue University, grand | champion steer of the National Live ; Stock show this year, was sold for j $2.05 a pound to the American Short horn Breeders' Association to-day. ; The association donated the animal, j which weighed 1,610 pounds, to the American Red Cross, which resold it 1 to Armour and Company for $3,381, jor $2.10 a pound, a record price. Last ] year the champion steer, California | Favorite, sold for $1.75 a pound. Kl'Tll LAW MAY GAIN "WISH Itill Introdnrei) In Ilunse Will Send Her to France n Aviator ' Washington, Dec. 7. Ruth Law, i aviatrix. will be a military flier in j France under the military flag if a bill introduced yesterday by Repre ! sentative Murray Hulbert, Democrat, |of New York, becoifies a law. There : were many indications yesterday that I the House will pass it. | Miss Law, dainty, petite and clad in ' what appeared to be a bona fide Army I uniform, modified to suit the charms of the wearer, lobbied for the Hulbert bill in the House corridors. Sponsored by Mr. Hulbert. she inter- 1 (viewed member after member of the l House, making known her desire to serve Uncle Sam and, if the ready promise given hy every man she talk led to is an indication, the bill will pass. Millionaire's Son Now Chauffeur at Army Camp • VAND&RBI!/T,TJs; Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., who is serving Uncle Sam, Is an ordinary chauffeur attached to headquarters at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, Smith Pnrnlinft • Propose U. S. Fleet of 200,000 Airplanes to Smother Germany Washington, Dec. 6.—America will | have an air fleet of from 150,000 to j 200,000 airplanes, costing from $3,0#0,- I 000,000 to $6,000,000,000. If the tenta j tive suggestions offered to the air- j craft board by seven of the largest | rubber manufacturers of the country | are developed to their maximum j ideal. Proposal was made that all the available factories in the country be I put immediately to the manufacture |of parts for a great air fleet. The i rubber men offer their services col lectively or individually In co-ordi nating all their allied and collateral | factories to aid the aircraft board. ] At present, undsr the program that calls for 22.000 airplanes and the ex ; penditure of 1640,000,000, only about | 10 per cent, of the available resources j of the country are being utilized. Under full development of all sources , it is estimated that this country could | produce with the very least effort 12,000 airplanes a month. The United j States would be able to crush Ger -1 many from the air, cut short the war, save hundreds of thousands of lives ; and untold billions of dollars. 6c Fare or Bankruptcy, Says Wilkes-Barre Trolley Man Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Dec. 7. T. A. , Wrigltt, vice-president and general j manager of the Wilkes-Barre Rail ! way Company, to-day declared that I unless a six-cent fare is collected the j company will go bankrupt. He de j elared that the Public Service Cora . mission will be asked to permit the ' increased rate. ! Wright claims that the cost of fuel, ; labor and material is $160,000 more j this year than it was last and that ! despite this increased expense there \ lias been no offset in receipts. The | increased cost of fuel is the chief fac j tor in causing the company to ask l for increased fare. Centenarian Pastor Dies at Martinsburg I Hagerstown, Md„ Dec. 7.—The Rev. ' Dr. William Berliardt, the oldest Lu j theran minister in the United States, j who celebrated his one hundredth ! birthday anniversary on October 28, i died yesterday at Martinsburg, W. j Va. Born in Hesse-Darmstadt, he was ! brought to America when one year [ old. His parents settled in Somerset | county, Pennsylvania, removing to I Martinsburg after the Civil War. j He organized the school system | there. He was the oldest living grad- I uate of Gettysburg College. A widow i and six children survive. ———— Famous American "Ace".. Who Has Downed His Fifteenth Enemy Machine j * ' •• ••••• i* _ -7 7 J j I ; 1 | A | X-TEUT. A new photograph of Lieutenant Geifvala Raoul Lufberry, of Wal llngford, Conn., premier "ace" In the Lafayette Escadrllle. who has just brouKht down his fifteenth enemy T airplane. 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