HAVE BUT ONE ANSWER FOR THE RED CROSS Children, Catholic, Protestant and Jew, Loyal to the Core Washington, Dec. 21.—There is a home for crippled children, a Prot estant institution in Pittsburgh, where the little ones were told spme thlnk about the Red Cross, and how it took care of many children and soldiers and "hurt people" who other wise would suffer. Perhaps because their own arms and legs were so much awry, and they had no pros pect of the running, jumping, jubi lant youth of other American chil dren, their eyes saw straight into the very heart of suffering. This is what they did: they poured forth their pieclous savings, pennies and nickels which had been given them from time to time, a few larsps pieces and a bill or, two, into a white box marked with the Red Cross. Some Influential men of the city were seated around a table talking about raising money for# the Ameri can Red Cross. That small white box was there and some made as if to drop In contributions. But one of them held It up. and said: "No. no further gift is permitted here. We could not add to this." And in the presence of this gift to the Ameri can Red Cross from the home for crippled children, there was a sudden quietness among these men of the world. In the Convent In the Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York, where three hundred sheltered children, rich in kindness, rtecelve their early education, the Reverend Mother speaks often of the children abroad. Without asking for direct sacrifices, she has mentioned that sometimes when one is about to buy a new ribbon, or a pair of silk stockings,, on stopping to think one finds they are not needed so much, perhaps, as food and clothing may be needed for children of the war. And so many a radiant little gift of girlish sacrifice has been placed in her hands to send to them. One day—it was long before we too were in the war—these children, girls from four to fourteen years, held a conference among themselves. They decided to ask the Reverend Mother how much it would amount to in money or barrels of flour it they gave up their "gouter" for the rest of the year—that little daily treat at half past four, of plain cake or toast and a sweet —the "party" that was the high point of the day. I,earning its equivalent, they asked that this be denied them and the ir.oney sent to those riher children overseas. A woman who h'i-1 done war relief work In France was speaking for the Red Cross War Fund last June to several hundred schoolchildren in an American public school. They were nearly all Jewish children in that particular assemblyroom, and very poor. Their Answer The woman had lived in a social settlement In the center of the Jew ish district of the city at one time, and as she looked at the rows of faces before her she remembered with sudden vividness the almost forgot ten scenes of ten years before —of little Jewish boys in the back room of a synagogue, after public school hours, swaying back and forth in concert as they shouted out long pas sages from the Talmud; of the girls [ln the sewing classes listening hun rtily to stories, with their quick laolal response to anything dramatic. Her own imagination quickened; she felt deeply moved, and humble to address them, thinking of their eagerness for knowledge, their pas sionate desire to be young Ameri cans—these poor children from many lands. As she told them about the Red Cross it was almost as If in their chillish minds they carried the re membrance of the sufferings of their people. The speaker stepped back and tripped and almost had a funny fall, but not one of them laughed. "With heads bent forward, they were concentrated on the war, and what the Red Cross did. And later, to their teachers, from their scanty earnings and savings, they brought money that was to have been spent perhaps for candy and hair-ribbons and sour pickles and one pair of hockey skates; of ferings that suggested to the woman who had seen hungry children on both sides of the ocean gold and frankincense and myrrh. In all the beauty and kindness of this Red Cross Christmas member ship campaign there is the thought of the children. Perhaps, if in new simplicity we become as little chil dren, our eyes will be clear and true to see how wonderful, how signifi cant is the observance of a Red Cross Christmas at the beginning of this year of anguish and of service. We may remember, too, on Christmas Eve, as candles glow through thou sands and thousands of Red Crosses "i/> the windows of our homes, how this new thoughtfulness is in honor of the birthday of a Child. SM FF BOXES COMING BACK liondon. Dec. 2L —SnulT boxes are said to be coming back into fashion, but wltb the difference that they now contain sugar instead of snuff. Tb sugar rationing Is expected to make it necessary for visitors to carry around their own sugar and the old tightly-fitting snuff boxes, of silver, enamel ajid inlaid wood, are being brought to light for this pur pose. There is eaid to be also a de mand for futurist boxes, with wlerd effects painted on them. Staple and Fancy Groceries FRUITS GREEN GOODS SMOKED MEATS CHRISTMAS CANDIES NUTS, CAKES, ETC. William Clompus 2109 Green Street Bell 702J "We Deliver the Goods" V. ...J Radiolite Watches A Nice Present at a Moderate Price GORGAS 10 X. Third St. Pcnna. Station FRIDAY EVENING, Wall Maps Will Be Used For Clothing Berne, Switzerland. Deo. 11.—German Ingenuity has once more found a way to stave oft the crista threatening by reason of the lack of cloths and clothing:. The authorities of the so called imperial clothing 1 headquar ters, according to Berlin papers Just arrived, have ordered all schools to turn In old wall maps that are mounted on linen or cloth of any sort. ma P a > Is explained by the clothing headquarters, will then be separated from the cloth by a cleans ing process and the supply of linen thus obtained will be used for cloth ing if possible, but in any event for linings. Lancaster Getting Good; No Work For Police Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 21.—The local police force may soon find itself with nothing to do. The city is becoming so good that from December 9 to 19 there were but three cases in the police court. Aside from traffic duty and occa sionally hauling a sick person in the ambulance, all the police have to do is to cover their beats and look wise Full Pound 30c and 59c 1 ?0c FRIDAY AND SATURDAY -™ ti p The Home of the Christmas Shopper! 98c |j| || SURPRISE PRICES ON ALL KNOWN VALUES ff Aft Perfume Atomizer Piver's Goods Rigaud's Toilet Preparation "D ii hhpr figg DPvilhliQQ Atnmi'7At-c Azurea Talcum Powder Ma T Garden Talcum Powder AVUUUCI W imSr S. • omizers Azurea Face Powder 89* "Rigaud's Talcum Powder, Lilas jSfflft . r. A a ,•> v Mary Garden Face Powder, small . Silver Mountings—Cut to Azurea Sachet Powder ' Mary Garden Cold Cream '•**>, and $2.19 A zurea Soap -><)• Mary Garden Sachet Powder vV/UO ; ■ __ Azurea Extract sl.-40 Mary Garden Extract, bulk, oz I;> fl |§ || jlwfL (rnnrfc Piver Florayme Face Powder ... 98Mary Garden Extract, package, ]/ 2 oz. ..sl.lO 'W'Sit Piver Florayme loilet Water $1.59 Mary Garden Extract, package, 1 oz. .. $2.1.1 q 1 n Hudnut's Violet Sec Water . 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All bristle White Hair Brushes, We have a large line of Soldier Military "Kits," assorted, at cut prices. Velvet Fountain Syringe $1.19 fig) jX White Mirrors' French o'late $2 3S anJ What Could be more appropriate to send that soldier boy of yours than a Hudson Fountain Syringe 980 B 7™'.!^"Khaki Kit;-; containing: Tooth Brushes. Hair Brushes, Combs, Safety £ K# VO .J, BQ^ ,vers ; Razor, Shaving Sticks, Talcum Powder, Soaps and Soap Boxes, Scissors, Perfection Com. Fountain Syringe !!! $1.39 jSfc'jc mjM Nail Buffers .. * Military Hair Brushes—ail bristle, pair .. $1.58 kit is arranged differently. Come in and look them over early. Sterling Com. Founta?n Syringe . . i'.9 Hair Brushes Inventic Watch and Wrist Strap Colgate's Comfort Kit, 70c $5.00 Gillette Solid back, all bristle, rosewood and A very handy timepiece—you can tell time at dei^Ribbon^ntal t C f ani° W Shaving a Safety RaZOr nffl night as well as daytime. Useful in the trenches ,' c ah i j . t s , . . J , mSmk ebony. 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SI.OO Bromo-Seltzer 671 . , sOc Canthrox 310 Usohnc Oil 340 SI.OO Delatone 790 7= r R .,i er ' ' au e " ct:1 ' SI.OO Hood's Sarsaparilla 730 SI.OO Wampole's Cod Liver Oil .... 590 $2.00 Eckman's Alterative $1.34 Blaud's Iron Pills oer 100 14* m IgH . 84Q/* WKS H TV P i S c"" PlMters • I#* 25c Peterman's Discovery lil 50c N®tle' Food 48* 35c CMtor (Fl'rtch^'sl |g|jj J cr Ivlss oa P •• 21<: .SI.OO Kilmer's Swamp-Root 69<* 25c Peterman's Roach Food 150 50c Glover's Mange Remedy .... 330 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy 2*40 jwM General Was Not Dead; Printing Office Wrecked Peking, Dec. 21. —Erroneous death announcement!) are extremely dan gerous In China. The Jlh Pao, one of the leading daily papers printed in Chinese in Peking, was completely wrecked because of an announce ment it.printed of the death of Gen eral Chiang Kuei-ti, of Jehol. General Chiang was not dead, and thirty of his soldiers who happened to be in Peking, visited the newspa per office and demolished it com pletely, charging that the paper had endeavored to ruin the political ca reer of their leader. The soldiers smashed the ppemises, pied all the type, broke the windows and demolished the office furniture. Wltr< TUSNKIi STRAITS Tokio, Dec. 21.—The Government Railway Board has decided to tun nel the Shimonoseki Straits, the western outlet of the Inland Sea, says an announcement. The tidal cur rent through the straits is unusually rapid making navigation difficult and at times impossible to all but the most powerful steamships. The length of the tunnel will be six and I a.half miles. It will be operated by I eletetricity and will cost 14,000,000 yen. HARRISBURG TELEGRAJPH Second Requisition of Bells in Austria Copenhagen, Dec. 21. (Corres pondence).—A second requisition of church bells has taken place in Aus tria to the sorrow of the Catholic population ol that country, accord, ing to advices received here. A limit ed number of bells had been spar o(f, thanks to the vigorous represen tatives of the Episcopal church au thorities. But the government cuih'e to the conclusion that further re quisitioning was necessary, with the result that the church has had to sacrifice, many more of Its familiar and cherished bells to the never-sat islied Moloch of war. The idea of substituting steel bells for bronze has not yet eventuated, owing to the onerous conditions stip ulated by bell manufacturers, who demand, among other things, that the price should be paid In foodstuffs for the workmen in the factories. SAVK TEA IjEAVES J.ondon, Dec. 21. lnstructions have been sent to all Army and Navy canteens to save all used tea leaves, which are to be carefully kept In [ muslin bags and forwarded to central! depots. The old leaves are not to be used j again in making beverage, but are[ needed in connection with munition making. Dining Cars Conserve Food but Feed More Persons Washington, Dec. 21. Railway dining car services of the country reported to the United States food administrator to-day that during the months of October and November they had saved 469,508 pounds of meat, 238,098 pounds of wheat ilour and 25,699kpounds of sugar. "These saving's are the more re markable," says a food administra tion statement, "for the reason that they were made despite an increase of 20 per cent, in the number of persons fed in dining cars In October and November, 1917, 'as compared with the corresponding two months of the previous year. Draft Dodgers' Colony Is Discovered in Mexico Washington, Dec. 21. —Advices re- I ceived here yesterday by the Mexican News Bureau said that a temporary settlement of persons who left the United States to avoid military serv ice has been discovered near the in ternational boundary line, In a re ! mote section of the state of Sonora. | Included in the settlement's in | habitants are said to be Italians, I Frenchmen, Poles, Montenegrins, Germans, Austrians, Turks and many Americans. Hebbard Doughnut A Product of War Seattle, Wah„ Dec. 21. Out of the meshes of protection agalnßt food shortage by reason of the war comes the "Hebbard" doughnut, a neur wheatless. meatless product, evolved by B. C. Beck, chairman of the City Conservation Committee. nfter a series of experiments in bake ovens, with many changes and substations, until the consumer could say "just right." The departure in the reduc tion of wheat Hour is named after Charles Hebbard. Federal Food • Ad ministrator for Washington. • Chairman Beck subjected the doughnut to exhaustive tests and brought it up to such a standard that it not only "get by," but is surprising in its nutritive and palatable charm. Housewives, viewing each week the fact that another "wheatless flour" day is at hand, can make these doughnuts at home from ingredients already in the larder. On the basis that the batch desired is eighty doughnuts, here is the mixture that will not only bring father home to lunch, but will keep the children close about the home fires: ( Three and three-quarters pounds flour, composed of 60 per cent, rye and 10 per cent, wheat flour; three ounces lard, one pound sugar (beet sugar will answer), two ounces baking powder, one quart buttermilk, three eggs, mace, lemon and salt to taste. Rolling in cinnamon or sugar is op tional. with preference for cinnamon. DECEMBER 21, 1917. Office Boy's Gift Beats President's to Belgium Washington, Dec. 21. —After read ing the appeal of the Commission for Relief in Belgium for cast-off cloth ing to be used for needy Belgians, NOTICE Special Christmas Market Monday Afternoon and Evening 2 P. M. to 10 P. M. December 24, 1917 at Chestnut Sheet The Sellers Will Be There With Choicest Products For the Buyers COME EARLY President Wilson gent by special messenger a whole box of his owq worn clothes. The President's messenger found 4 I Food Administration office boy, I the place ahead of him with a pack-i age of his own worn clothes. Many gifts of clothes are arrivinK I by parcel post, express and freight^ 7