Letters From the Front DAUPHIN AVIATOR SAYS SOMETHING. IS DOING EVERY MINUTE IN FRANCE Something is doing every minute is the declaration of Walter Shaffer, the Dauphin aviator, who is now un dergoing intensive training "some where in France," in a letter to his parents. He classes the aviation lraining camp to an acrobatic W hool. Recently while on a visit to Paris a company of young aviators forgot all ideas of food conservation and ate to their hearts' content. When the meal had been finished the young Sammees were almost unable to get up from the table. In a Might in a biplane young Shaffer had a narrow escape from serious injury when another student missed his machine while both were in the air. Shaffer, who is about to be sent to the line as an experi enced flyer, was making a trip in a big machine, and his fellow aviator left the ground at the same time. When the machines were several hundred feet in the air they almost collided. Shaffer was ignorant of If Food Disagrees Take Bi-nesia Nearly everybody suffers at times after eating:. Many can rarely eat without suffering the roost excruciat ing agony. Some people call this in digestion, some dyspepsia, others gas tritis; but no matter what you call it. no matter how many remedies or how many doctors you may have tried— .instant and almost invariable relief may be obtained by taking in a little hot'water a teaspoonful of a simple neutrate, such as Bi-nesia. This in stantly neutralizes the acid and stops food fermenation, the cause of nine- lenths of all stqmach trouble, and thus enables the stomach to proceed with ligestion in a painless, normal man ner. Care should be taken to insist i>n getting the genuine Bi-nesia, which, owing to its marvelous proper ties, is now sold by druggists every where under a binding guarantee of satisfaction, or money back.—Adver tisement. Tim Elastine^ W wT# m wasEßSE# Effect an Astonishing Transformation in Stout Figures. 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The "Leader" outfit 1 fll'l : X t we mention here is however our best seller and n Biiri ll j1 1 8 ■ i! consists of the full cabinet Grafonola shown in either Bflllil***! ; oak walnut or mahogany and 10 double records ||HRj| . (20 selections). The "Leader".is an extremely ar- iIH . tistic model and has a rich mellow tone. The fl|wl\ M : F three-spring motor's a marvel of accuracy. The lr JI A cabinet at first glances, shows that none but the 11 M Sj : 3t I most sliilled craftsmen have had a hand in its de- II I sign and finish—truly it is an instrument for the I finest home. Hear a demonstration in our luxurious _ \ V soundproof booths. ™ ft MILLER & 1 7 North Market Square I THURSDAY F.VENING, this fact until he was told by his companions on the ground. His complete letter follows: Nov. 13, 1917. Paris, Prance. Dear Mother: It seems quite a while since I wrote last, at least it seems so. prob ably, because I am leading such an eventual life. Life here is that. Something happens every minute, for this is the acrobatic school, you know: but I was in Paris the last time I wrote and I got nearly every thing I went after, viz.: money, woolen underwear and a hot bath. You're wrong, Esther. There were no girls! Pau, you know, is situated in the south of Prance and is some ride, taking us a night and a day to get there. High Price For Meals I did.not mind so much, though, having been fortified with a meal at the Paris station. It sure was some meal, even If it did cost seven francs. Don't look so shocked! If you ate at Avord for two weeks you would pay more than $1.50 for a decent meal. The old reliable war bread was still with us, though, and reposed on the table when we ar rived, reminding us of a piece of wood, for it was fully a yard long, and my fellow aviator and I fell to wondering what a cord of such wood was worth. We were hungry enough to make the price pretty, high, but after we hacL eaten several excellent courses of the meal the price went down. Gee! but I was full when I got up! Incidentally, we cleaned up tjie bread between us. So that made a foot and a half in my tummy. There fore, the wood is not all situated in my head. We amused ourselves dur ing the meal by remarking quite freely about the of the honeymoon couple in one corner. At least, so we judged them to be, he appearing quite foolish and she ex cited. Did not seem to affect his appetite, though, even if "honey bunch" ate nothing. She talked arid he ate, and our attention was dis- traded by a general trying to cut some "wood" oft the "yard" with a dull knife. The amusing part of it is that we could talk so freely with out hurting anybody's feelings. At least, no one gave any signs of un derstanding lis. Changed cars at Bordeaux and also got some break fast there, consisting of some more "wood" and hot chocolate, and then it was on the train again and off for Pau. Scenery Interesting The scenery only interested us in somuch as it offered such poor land ing places for airplanes. Pine trees seemed to make up the most of the forests, and what was not pine was scrub bushes and marshes. They rtiust make a lot of turpentine and rosin heA, because nearly every pine tree had its wooden cup with the sap running from a slit in the tree into it. When we got near the city of Pau the scenery became very beautiful, the railroad running along the Pau river (I think that's the narneh I stopped figuring on land ing places for airplanes then and changed to canoes, wondering whether it was possible to run the different rapids and jump the sev eral dams. X decided it would be quite possible and even enjoyable to take a girl along, as cozy nooks were numerous and romantic-looking enough to suit the most exacting girl. Sometime when I have no war on ny.' hands I'll take you and Ruth on the trip. Why Ruth? Oh, because I'll need ballast to balance the boat. When we arrived at Pau it was pouring rain. Honestly, I never saw it rain so hard. Seems as if some one was wringing the whole sky out. Anyway, we got our baggage fixed up for the special train which goes to the aviation field and then climbed aboard a baby street car to get to a hotel for something to eat. ' Reminded of Home Found a good hotel, but the sad part of it was that we had to hurry through the meal, having only thirty minutes to catch our special train for camp. The fellow that named that a special sure had a sense of humor, for it was sure built on a small scale, reminding me of the lumber railroad which runs into Dauphin. At least, it had the same type of engine, only about two sizes smaller. In fact, it was more like these "petite" railroads that give liids joyrides in the parks—ana someone called it a "special." Cheap Carfare There is one thing they have here, 1 though, that makes the American | public envious, and that is two-cent 'fares on street cars; but the cars are nothing to compare to those at home. Hanging onto a strap while we climbed the long hill and more patrons crowded on made me feel quite at home —New York was my last home, you know. It was tiot a long ride to camp and an airplane racing along overhead made things interesting. We did not envy him up there, for, having flown a Cau dron through the rain, a Nieuport with its tremendous speed must be rather painful. We were soon at camp and into red tape up to our necks. I have been through a lot before, but this one takes the cake. They actually took down the address where I wished my body shipped in case of accident four times. That was quite enough to make one wonder, but when one of the fellows comes into the barracks that night with the story that he had discovered a whole hangar full of coffins all tag ged and ready, that was too much. After investigation, however, they proved to be boxes in which pro pellers are shipped. Since you will receive this letter long after I finish here—either in a coffin or otherwise—l will write quite freely of the dangers. Big Aviation Field There are three fields from which we fly and, incidentally, they are the only fields In the whole country fit to land safely on. Everywhere else is swamp, hedges and trees. Fprced landings, or ,- pannes," as they are called, are quite frequent and al most invariably disastrous to the machine. The pilot generally es T capes injury, though. In fact, pilots are advised by officials in charge to pick out a tree and dive into it in case of motor trouble. Yesterday an American went for his altitude and when he got through (6,000 meters) his motor stopped. He came down in a turnip patch, having lost the field on account of a mist when he got that high. The machine, of course, was smashed completely, and he, crawl ing out. felt himself over and find ing nothing broken began to con gratulate himself for a lucky dog, when his tongue discovered two missing front teeth—and now he can't whistle his favorite love song. Another fellow sent up to do a "vrille" (a tail spin, during which fiXRRISBURG GSSfei TELEGR^IPM the machine npins like n top) did ti beautiful one, but he went to heaven and the machine to the junk pile, for he never came out of it. This "vrille" has been the bugaboo of moniteurs during our entire train ing, as they always ended up their Instructions by saying impressively, "and If jou don't do it that way, you'll go into a 'vrille.' " I discov ered the truth of that to-day when I was sent up to do a spiral, a real tight one. Having had the stunt ex plained through an interpreter, I misunderstood part of It, with the result that 1 had no sooner started my spiral than X lost my speed and began to spin a "vrille." Believe me, little Walter stuck everything In the middle and pushed on the stick, for that Is the way to come out of 'most anything—put all the controls in the center and nose the machine down, then sit tight and pray, if you're religious. I didn't say what I did, but when they asked me what service' to read at the funeral* I tola them Presbyterian. Yes, they even put that down with the ."coffin ad dress." But I am wandering from the story, or rather getting ahead of myself, because, after going to a dozen officers, we finally found our beds —and no fire. Climate Like California This is a climate like California, ! because as soon as the sun goes | down you want to dig up all your blankets and'underwear. X only had live woolen blankets on, besides sleeping in my underwear, and still I was cold. They waste no time here, however, as we are routed out before daylight, the roll called and out ready to fly before the sun rises over the snow-capped peaks of the Pyrenees mountains, which are quite near, by airplane, and if mind me of Mt. Tacoraa. in Washington state. Imagine my surprise after passing such a cold night to see palm trees scattered around the yard. All I have to say is they mtist be a hardy plant. I'm almost withered, and I'm not very peaked, either. Did not set a ride in the morning, but spent the time walking around and get ting our bearings. Looking through these hangars was very interesting, for they contain the fastest planes awing as well as several captured German planes, which for beauty of line and power are hard to equal. In the afternoon we reported for class, but did not get up, the class being too full. The next morning, though. I got up, getting three rides in an 2 8 m. It was during these little tours that I had leisure to ob serve the awful ground to fly over. Looking down from 300 meters, the whole. country seemed laid out in little squares composed of marshes enclosed by hedges of scrub trees. My motor ran line, though, and I only worried about it in a vague way, but on the fourth trip I had something to worry about, as I got oft" with the engine missing; kept on going, though, nevertheless, and the doggone thing missed all way around, while I sat there juggling the levers and wondering how soon 1 would be hanging on a tnee or sunk in a swamp. The plane was new to me also, being a biplane, the idea to get the pilot used to driving with a gunner. Instead of a gunner, they placed sandbags in the back and placed me in the front seat to drive. That in itself was something new, as I had grown used to the back seat. Had Narrow Escape After I came down from this flight the fellows told me how close a cail I had had, because another airplane .had gowie up the same time mine did and, getting into the air, nearly cut my tail off. I went sailing along in blissful ignorance of all! this. Goodness knows, I had enough trou ble keeping the engine going and looking for a possible landing place. After four circles of the field, we were declared ready for spirals and were told not to land too far down the field, as there was a swamp there. This was proved to us fifteen minutes later when a landed short and turned upside down in. this swamp. Yes, mashed the machine, but only ducked him. Felt sort of sorry for him, because it sure was cold—the air, I mean. 1 had been up four times and my hands and feet were numb—and someone said this was a warm climate. Did not get up that day for spirals, but that afternoon expected to. Went to the wrong field, however, and was sent, with a dozen others, cross country to the right field. It was there we had a chance to see at close quarters the type of country we flew over. It was nothing but logs, high grass and scrubby trees. And then, after all this walk, which was only five miles or so, we did not get aloft. However, I got my name down near the head of the list and spent the rest of the evening watching acrobatics. This particular field has an historical interest, the Wright brothers having made some af their early experiments here. The field is named "Wright" for that reason. Personally. I think Wilbur or Orville. whichever was responsi ble for the choice, sure had his nerve with him flying around here. If his motor ever died after he left the fieid, it was good night and a wreck. Yes. I got my spirals to-day, but only made one good one, going into two "v-r.'lles" and a side slip in the four attempts. Incidentally, I got the last O! e right and I am still wondering how it looked. The fellows said it was a good one. Since lam writing this, you know I got out of the "vrilles" alright. It's time for bed now. and I have to arise at 5 a. m. Will tell you more about my spirals later, since I go to a still smaller machine, a 15 m. to-morrow. WALTER. Christmas Cantata and Recital at Bethel A.M.E. There will be a Christmas cantata and organ recital at the Bethel A. M. E. Church, Briggs and Ash streets, Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock. The cantata will be under the direction of William H. Bond Jr., organist and director of the choir. The organ re cital will be given first by Mr. Bond, which will be followed by the can tata. The evening's program follows: "The Holy Night" (Dudley Buck); "The Manger," Pastoral and Adora tion, Op. 50, No. 3 (Guilmant); "Christmas Pastorale" (Henri D. Au bel); "Berceuse," from Jocelyn (Qod ard): "Marche de Fete" (Edgar A. Barrell; "Oh! the Tilting Springtime" (Stebblns); hymn, "Joy to the World" (No. 79, A. M. E. Hymnal); prayer, the Bev. H. H. Cooper; pre lude. Bonvine, Op. 8. Cantata, by choir—"Messiah's Ad vent." Words by Elsie v. Mason Yale; music by Adam Geibel; Mrs. Julia Johnson and Miss Mary Togans, soprano; Miss Bessie Togans, alto; William O. Jolly, tenor; Walter Can non, bass. t HOBSON SCIIKDI LKI) TO SPEAK AT STEVENS MF.MOItIAI, CHURCH The Rev. Dr. Clayton Albert Smucker announced this morning that a great crowd is expected to hear Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson, naval expert, orator and statesman, at the Stevens Memorial Methodist Church, Thirteenth and Vernon streets, to-night. The doors will be opened at 7 o'clock. The Sunday school room is to be used in. connec tion with the auditorium and more than twelve hundred people will be able to see and hear the Speaker. The subject for the evening will be "The Destiny of America." m ■ 1A PER CEMT OF ALL SALES FOR M | BENEFIT OF RED CROSS FUNP| | |£ | SPOT CASH SALE $75,000 Stock of Hi<|h Grade Furniture, Floor Coverings, Etc., to be sold at One-Half Price SALE NOW GOING ON—CLOSES SATURDAY NIGHT , This Is Your Opportunity to Buy the Best in Our Store at Never-before-heard-of Prices and Right Before Christmas When You W ant Your Money to Do Double Duty 10 per cent of all sales to go to the Red Cross Fund Come in and Select Any Article You Wish, Look at the Price Tag and Pay Us Just One-half All goods marked SUGGESTIO v Dining Room Suites Living Room Suites Mirrors j?: Buffets Odd Rockers Reed Furniture M China Closets Floor Lamps Tea Wagons ft jj| : Extension Tables Table Lamps Sectional Book Cases # #. Dining Room Chairs Dishes Pedestals •$ w Dressers Electrical and Gas Domes Carpet Sweepers A Chiffoniers Rugs Vacuum Cleaners jp 5 Smoking Stands Carpets Library Tables ft U Beds Linoleum Royal Push Button Chairs jr W : Mattresses Lace Curtains Office Desks $ JE- Springs Blankets Office Chairs a w Couches Baby Coaches Telephone Tables # S ; Davenports Pictures Foot Stools jl * • Grafonolas and Records Not Included in This Sale No C. O. D. or Phone Orders Accepted—No Goods Sent on Approval—All Small Articles Must Be Taken Along When Purchased. Positively No Articles Charged During This Sale MILLER & 7 North Marke ■JTI OPEN EVENINGS | wf JVI ■ ' ■ iv. A . ' DECEMBER 20, 1017 9
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