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|
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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
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__ 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 . Rigaud's Lilas, package, 1 oz $2.15
Original Cerate ;;;;;;;;; Dorin's Goods Rogers & Gallett ®
Hudnuts Mar told C ream Dorin's Rouge, Brunette, with puff, No. 1249, Rogers & Gallett Rice Powder ater Bottle
H„Hnnt'=r - Powder 391 Rogers & Gallett Talcum Powder 19* Velvet Hot Water Bottle sl.2.'{
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H.irlfi.,*' XT 1 T 4. Dorin's Ladorine Powder Compact 39* Rogers & Gallett Soap, Violet 390 Hi-Grade Hot Watpr Rnttlc -n i
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txk Surprise Prices All 1 O C. &C. Special Fountain Syringe 790 ||rf
jM* Ironsides Fountain Syringe $2.19 'V?#..
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 .. *
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Hair Brushes Inventic Watch and Wrist Strap Colgate's Comfort Kit, 70c $5.00 Gillette
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jcr mrs in et a 25 c Olive Tablets 150 50c California Syrup of Figs .... 340 25c DeWitt's Early Risers 170 Beef, Iron and Wine, pint bot., 690
* ' • 25c Mentholatum 140 50c Tonsiline 340 SI.OO Othine 730 $j 00 Bliss' Native Herb Tablets ... 570 {J|R3
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|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^
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