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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS
TEL ENGAGEMENT
AT INFORMAL TEA
Mr. and Mrs. Stark Announce
Engagement of Daughter,
Miss Mary Stark
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HISS. MARV STARK
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton A. Stark, of
L'J6 Kelker street, announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Mary Stark, to John E. Carroll, of
> Altoona.
The announcement was made at
ii.n informal tea given this afternoon
, from 2 until 5 o'clock, by Miss Stark
'lor her house guests, Miss Ann Me
ginniss, of Dennjore Park, Baltimore,
Md.; Miss Jeannette Sherry, of
Spring City, Pa., and Miss Marie
Carroll, of Altoona.
The tea was one of the prettiest of
the Jiollday events, with attractive
appointments of the seasons' greens
< leverly arranged about the tables
where Miss Esther Hutman, Miss
Dorothy Bothwell, Miss Ruth Rex
roth, assisted Miss Stark to pour.
The engagement of Miss Stark
tomes as quite a surprise to her
many friends. No date has been set
• for the wedding.
Mr. Carroll, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
r J E. Carroll, of Altoona, is a grad
uate of the 1915 class of Penn-State
; 'ollege, and is connected with the
• 'urtiss Aeroplane Company, at pres
i ont located at Elmira, N. Y., as senior
' inspector of material.
The bride-elect is the only daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Stark, of
236 Kelker street. She is a graduate
of the Central High school in the
i lass of 1915, and one of the most
popular girls in school activities as
well as a general favorite among the
• younger set.
Sunday Musicales Begin
Wth a Chopin Program
Frederick C. Martin will inaugu
rate the winter series of Sunday mu
sicales to-morrow afternoon at his
residence. Front and Lewis streets,
1 Kiverside, with the following de
lightful Chopin program, beginning
at 3.30 o'clock:
Six Etudes Op. 10, 1 to 6, Arthur
Nesbit; three songs from Op. 17,
"The Maiden's Wish," "Elegy,'' "My
Joys," Miss Mary Worley; six Etudes
7 to 12, Op. 10, Arthur Nesbit; three
songs from Op 74, "My Beloved,"
" Llltuanian Song," "The Homecom
ing," Miss Worley; concerts in F
minor, Op. 21, Arthur Nesbit; 2d
piano by F. C. Martin.
Miss Helen Irwin and Charles
Williams, of Philadelphia, have re
turned home after visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Irwin, of 2128 Green
•street.
William Whitmeyer, of Renovo, is
Ihe guest of Jay Skinner, of 203 Kel
ker street. ,
Miss Katharine Martin, a trained
nurse of Frederick, Md., is spending
nome time with her parents, Mr. ana
Mrs. Thomas Martin, Colonial Acres.
Miss Mary Martin, a nurse in
training at the Providence Hospital,
Washington, D. C., has returned to
lier duties after spending the Christ
inas holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Martin, Colonial
Acres.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harrison
Pair, Ellsworth Parthemore Balr
iind John Parthemore, of Bethesda,
Md., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
J'arthemore, 1923 Derry street.
Corporal Harry D. Wilson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wilson, 1235
Kittatinny street, who Is stationed at
< 'amp Hancock, Augusta, Ga„ is
liome for a ten-day furlough.
Miss Sarah Ogelsby, 160 North
Fifteenth street, is entertaining as !
her house guest Miss Ivy Davis, of j
Trenton, N. J.
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SATURDAY EVENING,
REPEAT CANTATA
TOMORROW NIGHT
Choirs of Olivet and Imman
uel Churches to Again Sing
"The Light Eternal"
Henry Petrie's beautiful cantata
"The Light Eternal" sung so success
fully last Sunday evening to a
capacity audience in the Olivet Pres
byterian Church will be repeated
to-morrow evening at 7.30 o'clock
in the Immanuel Church by the
choirs of both churches directed by
D. Hammond and R. B.- Manley.
Members of the Olivet choir singing
ore: Miss Miriam Himes. Mrs. J.
Henry Steele, Mrs. Roscoe Bowman,
Miss Gertrude Huber, Miss EtYie
Blouch. Miss Helen Gable, Miss
Mary Huber, Carlton Donmoyer,
Charles Hoover, Ralph B. Manley,
Cameron Stamm, Miller Bricker,
John Gates. J. A. McDonald. _
Those of the Immanuel choir are:
Miss Lillian Speakman, Miss Agnes
Miller, Mrs. 11. D. Hammond, Mrs.
George Ylnt, Mrs. Moslicr, Mrs.
Joseph Rehn, Mrs. Violet Bolan,
Misrs Elizabeth Workman, Mrs. John
Myers, Miss Evelyn Speakman, Miss
Clara Bitner, Frank Witherow,
Doug],-is Andrews, George Witt;
cello. Dr. Strasbach; first violin, Dr.
J. Moore Camphell: second violins,
Paul Beck and Earl linger.
Carlton Donmoyer, tenor, songs:
"Tt Speaks to the World"; Miss
Elizabeth Workman sings with
much expression the contralto solo,
"The Dawning." Miss Miriam Hlmes
takes the soprano solo, "Angel
Voices," with great expression. The
bass solo, "Born in a Manger," by
Cameron Stamm deserves special
mention, also the trio, "Star of
Bethlehem," which will be sung by
Miss Lillian Speakman, soprano, j
Carlton Donmoyer, tenor, H. D. j
Hammond, baritone. The cantata
comes to a fitting finale by the won-1
derful chorus "Lead Me Eternal
Light."
New Year's Dances Listed
For Various Club Members
The largest dance of the holiday
season will be that of the Triangle
Club, to be given New Year's eve,
Monday. December 31, in Winter
dale hall. A large attendance is ex
pected judging from the number of
acceptances received to date. This
is an annual affair of the club and
one of the most successful of their
social doings. The Updegrove orches
tra has been engaged to play for the
many dancers who will Include many
out-of-town guests and many boys
and girls home from the various
schools and colleges for the holiday
recess, as well as the regular mem
bers.
The club night for the month of
December at the Colonial Country
Club has been changed to New
Year's night, January 1, for the
members. A dance has been arranged
with the Updegrove orchestra play
ing an unusually fine and up-to-date
dance program for the many mem
bers expected to attend. The com
mittee in charge of arrangements
for the affair include Albert L. Allen
and Redsecker Brlnser.
Sergeant Major Harry W. Solo
mon, of Caisson Company No. 1,
103 rd Ammunition Train, Camp
Hancock, Ga., spent Christmas with
his wife ,at 2118 Green street.
Mr and Mrs. Walter Gordon and
small daughter, Alice, of Lynch
burg, Va,, are guests of their rela
tives, Mr. and Mrs. Charles T.
Smith ,of North Third street.
Miss Ellen Kennedy has gone
home to Pittsburgh, after a brief
stay among relatives in the West
End.
Miss Mary Fisher, of Steelton, is I
spending a week with friends in
Philadelphia.
A. M. Aurand, Jr., Beaver Springs,
is spending the weekend in Harris
burg. Mr. Aurand is editor of the
Snyder county Herald.
Jay L. Spangler, Sunbury, visited
friends here last week.
Miss Elizabeth F. Taylor, McCon
nellsburg, Is visiting Harrlsburg
friends over the weekend.
The Misses Mary Fuhrman, Wil
liamsport, and Bertha Douglas,
Dauphin, are visiting Miss Goldie
Douglas, 2253 North Fourth street.
Mrs. Laura Wolfinger Shannon, of
Altoona, a former resident of this
city, arrived yesterday for an extend
ed visit with friends and relatives in
this city and vicinity.
Samuel EKer, of 1515 Derry street,
was a recent visitor with relatives
in Deodate.
Air. and Mrs. Charles Berry .an
nounce the birth of a son, Charles
Michael Berry, Wednesday, Decem
ber 26, 1917. Mrs. Berry was form
erly Miss Cnsilda Barbush.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Grose, of 231
Harris street, announce the birth of
a son, Robert Lee Grose, Wednesday,
December 19, 1917. Mrs. Grose was
Miss Rose Sachs prior to her mar
riage. v
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Spencer, of
Washington, former Harrisburgers,
announce the birth of a son, James
Duane Spencer, Thursday, December
20, 1917.
Weil-Known Nurse Stricken
in Midst of Red Cross Work
j MRS. STANLEY BACKENSTOSS
Mrs. Stanley G. Backenstoss, of
the Hillside Apartments, was operat
ed upon yesterday for appendicitis
at the Polyclinic Hospital, Front and
Harris streets.
Mrs. Backenstoss, who is well
known in this city, is an alumna of
the Methodist Episcopal Hospital, in
Philadelphia, and is at present await
ing an appointment from the official
board at AVashington, as a Red Cross
nurse of the National Red Cross or
ganization.
She is an ardent worker of the
local Red Cross Chapter. It was
while in the midst of her duties for
the Red Cross that she was stricken
with a chronic attack of appendicitis.
She was at the time soliciting mem
bers in the recent drive of the
ter as the chairman in charge of the
booth at the Reading station.
Cupid Claims Sisters
Just at Holiday Time
Yesterday J. Fred Bowers, of 1540
I Derry street, announced the engage
| ment of his daughter. Miss Ellen F.
Bowers, to D. H. Flanagan, of Beth
-1 lehem, a graduate of Glrard College,
| and an employe of the Bethlehem
Steel Company.
Later in the day Mr. Bowers made
another announcement to the effect
that his younger daughter, Miss
Catharine P. Bowers, was married at
Elkton, Md., yesterday to Paul Haert
ter, by the Rev. Dr. Luther DeYoe,
of Germantown, a former minister
of the Messiah Lutheran Church,
this city. The bride was graduated
with the class of 1917, Central High
school, and Mr. Haertter, a son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. U. G. Haertter, 134
South Thirteenth street, is an at
tache of the Central railroad of New
Jersey. They will reside in Allen
town after January 15.
Merriti Singer's Dance
at the Colonial Club
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Singer,
of 2 007 North Second street, gave
a holiday dance last evening In hon
or of their son, Charles Merrltt
Sirtger, and his house guests: Miss
Louise Zebley, Miss Margaret Wall
and Miss Dorothy Wall, of Philadel
phia; Miss Marlam Scattergood, of
Lansdowne; Frances Fanning and
Peter Lever, of Philadelphia.
The invitation list included: Miss
Kathryn Darby, Miss Rachel Darby,
Miss Marguerite Robinson, Miss
Marie Stucker, Miss Caroline Pat
terson, Miss Helen Wallace, Miss
Clara Segelbaum, Miss Katherine
Middleton, Robert Sites, Harry
Leonard, William Eby, George
Doehne, Richard Robinson, Harry
W. Stubbs, Arch Botts, Dr. Harry M.
Vastine, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H.
Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Robin
son, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Allen, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry D. Deiuiolle, Mr.
and Mrs. W. Frank Wltman, Mr.,
and Mrs. Lewis F. Haehnlen, Mr.
and Mrs. Anson P. Dare, Mr. and
Mrs. Redsecker Brifiser, Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew S. Patterson, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy G. Cox, Mr. and Mrs. W.
Harry Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
C. Bass. Mr. and Mrs. James C.
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Orr, Mr. and Mrs. Lane S. Hart, of
Duncannon; Mr. and Mrs. Charles S.
Alden, Dr. and Mrs. William J. Mid
dleton, Mr. and Mrs. George R. Del
amater, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert S
Vickery, Mr. and Mrs. William Dar
bey, Mr. and Mrs. Claud A. Binser,
and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Nell,
of Steelton.
Mrs!" David Shelby and Miss
Amalie Shelby, of Washington, D.
C., are weekend guests of Mr. and
street.
Miss Kathleen Young went home
to Baltimore this morning after
week's visit with her cousin, Miss
Roberta Fought of Penn street.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Myers and Miss
Margaret Myers, of 530. Peffer street,
are home from Augusta, Ga., where
they spent a fortnight with Corporal
Heath Brasselmann, who is stationed
at Camp Hancock.
Miss Edith Thompson, a student
of the Institute of Musical Art, New
York city, is spending the holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos
eph A. Thompson, at Stoneleigh,
Paxtang.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ladd and
children, of Genessee, Potter county,
are visiting Mr. anij Mrs. George
Warden, at 107 Calder street, Mrs.
Ladd was formerly Miss Blanche
Warden of this city.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
WEST SHORE NEWS ]
Marysville Lodges Ousted
From Quarters by Fire
Marysville, Pa., uec. 29.—Loss In
the White store fire yesterday will
not run as heavy as at lirst thought.
While no accurate statement has yet
teen compiled, it is not believed that
it will exceed a 15,000. Most of this
is covered by insurance.
As a result of this fire, a number
of secret orders will be obliged to
find new quarters, temporarily at
least. Included amofig these are:
Blue Mountain Lodge No. 694,
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen;
Lady Maccabees, Belle of Blue
Mountain Lodge, Ladies' Auxiliary
to the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen; Patriotic Order of Ariier
icas, Patriotic Order Sons of Amer
ica, Modern Woodmen of America,
Improved Order of Foresters and
the Odd Fellows. Some of the fra
ternal orders will find temporary
quarters in the castle of Buehler
Lodge No. 2 69, Knights of Pythias.
ARRANGING FOR CHAUTAUQUA
Marysville, Pa.. Dec. 29.-—The
Chautauqua in Marysville this win
ter by the Swarthmore Winter Chau
tauqua Association will be given on
January 31 and February 1 and- 2.
A meeting of the guarantors will be
held within a short time when 'fur
ther arrangements for the event will
be made. This meeting will likely
be held on Monday, January 7.
WEEK OF PRAYER SERVICES
Marysvllle, Pa., Dec. 29.—Exten
sive arrangements are being made
by the five Marysvllle churches for
the usual week of prayer which will
be held alternately in the several
churches next week. The services
will open on Monday evening and
continue until Friday evening. Mon
day evening's service will be held
in Trinity Reformed Church, with
the Rev. Wesley Wright, the new
pastor of the Church of God, as the
speaker.
SERIES OF MEETINGS
Enola, Pa., Dec. 29.—The Rev. F.
Grant Sleep, pastor of the Methodist
Church, will open a series of evan
gelistic meetings in the church to
morrow evening. Services will be
held Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Sunday evenings. The
revival will continue for at least a
month. The quarterly communion
will also be observed at both serv
ices to-morrow.
DORCAS SOCIETY MASQUERADE
Marysviile, Pa., Dec. 29.—0n
Thursday evening members of the
Dorcas Society of the local Lutheran
Church attended a masquerade at
the homes of Mr. and Mrs. John
Kennedy and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Bitting, in South Main street. Re
freshments were served.
Mrs. Claster Entertains
For New York Visitor
•One of the prettiest of holiday
events was the tea given yesterday
afternoon by Mrs. Joseph Claster, Sec
ond and Briggs streets, in compliment
to her houseguest, Mrs. S. Solomon, of
New York City. The tea,was delight
fully informal and a goodly number
of Mrs. Cluster's friends had the
pleasure of meeting her visitor.
Beautiful roses of several varieties
adorned the house in baskets and
vases and graced the teatable where
Mrs. Claster poured, assisted by Mrs.
Arthur Shapiro, of Lebanon, Miss
Clarabelle Claster and Miss Svlvia
Claster.
Thrills Younger Soldiers
With Civil War Tales
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hoover, 1721
Forster street, entertained at dinner
on Christmas Day, in honor of their
nephew. Corporal Fabian T. Bumgard
ner. Company B, 316 th Infantry, Camp
Meade, Md., who spent a four-days'
furlough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. J. Bumgardner. Among the
guests was Mr. Hooveijis father, ex-
Sheriff Hoover, of Loc* Haven, a
member of the famous Bucktail Regi
ment of Civil War fame. The sheriff
is 82 years young, and can tell some
wonderfully interesting stories of
Civil W#U' times.
AMONG WEDDING GUESTS
Among the out-of-town jjeopie here
for the Witiner-Boas \ve#ling, Mon
day evening, are: Pay Director of the
United States Navy and Mrs. John N.
Speel, of Washington, D. C.; Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard H. Kinnard, of Wynne
wood; Miss Anne Cassell, of East
Radford. Va.; Alex R. bpeel, Mrs. Wal
ter A. Jones, Washington; Miss Laura
Hetzel, of Lewisbuig, and Miss Olive
Barnett, of Markleton.
NEW YEAR S AT MANSION
The Governor and Mrs. Martin
Grove Brumbaugh will be "At
Home" at the Executive Mansion
Tuesday afternoon, January 1, from
4 to 6 o'clock, keeping the usual
New Year's "open house." No invi
tations are issued and all reputable
Pennsylvania citizens have the privi
lege of greeting the chief executive
of the state at this time and meeting
the mistress of the Mansion.
A. M. STEEVER IN TOWN
A. M. Stcever, metallurgical in
spector in the Signal Corps of the
U. S. government, spent "over
Christmas" with Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Dyer, of 601-A Peft'er street. After
visiting a number of his friends in
Harrisburg he will return to Detroit,
Mich., where ho is an inspector of
the U. S. Liberty aircraft motors.
HOME FROM GEORGIA
W. R. Pendergast, Battery E, One
Hundred and Eighth Field Artillery,
Camp Hancock, Ga., is home on a
seven days' furlough, brought here
by the serious Illness of his father.
Mr. Pendergast left Harrisburg in
the Governor's Troop. The Govern
or's Troop is now part of the One
Hundred and Eighth Field Artillery,
he says. He reports that all the boys
from, Harrisburg at Camp Hancock
are well and happy.
HOME FROM HAMILTON
Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. Spangler,
of Hamilton, Ontario, are spending
some time with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. U. G. Bright, 227 Hummel
street. Mr. Spangler will leave for
Camp Dlx, Wrightstown, N. J., Sat
urday, January 5, where he has
been assigned to the Otficers Train-1
ing Camp. During his absence Mrs.
Spangler will reside with her par
ents.
VISITOIIS FROM UAI.TMIOHE
Herman Stein, of Baltimore, is
spending the holidays among relatives
at 621 Herr street.
Harry Witten, of Baltimore, is vis
iting his cousin, Harry Witten, a 247
South Cameron street. Both young
men leave for home to-morrow. ■
Mis. C. S. Dickert and Miss Dor
pthea Dickert, of 12 3 Sylvan Ter
race. are holiday guests of Prof, and
Mrs H. C. Menold, in Bellefonte.
Luther Reily Moffitt, of Grand
Rcpids, Mich., is spending a fort
night with his father. Dr. R. H.
Moffitt, North Front streets.
Wright's Orchestra
of Columbus, Ohio, will play for
dancing at Wlnterdale Saturday eve
ning, December 29th. A great treat
at 25c and 50c.—Adv.
Social and Personal Items
of Towns Along West Shore
Mr. and Mrs. John Spangler and
son Curtis Spangler, of Wellsville,
and Mrs. Emma Kessler, son, Wil
liam Kessler, of York, were enter
tained at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
D. W. Miller, at Shiremanstown.
Mrs. Richard Baker, of York, vis
ited Mrs. R.- E. Wolfe, at Shire
manstown, on Wednesday.
Mrs. Isaac McKonly and daughter,
Miss Eliza McKonly, of Shiremans
town, spent Christmas with Mr. and
Mrs. Delbert Meloy, at Boiling
Springs.
Mrs. Scott Brinton son- Charles, of
Shiremanstown, visited the former's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. 11. Barlup,
at Camp Hill, on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Brought
and Mr. and Mrs. J. Henderson
Stock of Shiremanstown, were en
tertained at dinner Christmas Day
by Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Cromleigh,
in Mechanicsburg.
Mrs. Mary Drawb.augli and son,
Russell, have returned to their home
at Trindle Spring, after visiting the
former's sister, Mrs. Noah R. Heikes,
at Shiremanstown.
Mrs. H. M. Rupp and Miss Jennie
Stephens, of Shiremanstown, were
entertained at dinner Christmas Day
by Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Dodge, at
their residence, at Camp Hill.
Miss Myra M. B. Comfort, of New
York City, visited her grandmother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Comfort, at Shire
manstown, on Christmas Day.
Mrs. Bertha Strock, of Harris
burg, visited her mother, Mrs. H. M.
Zearing, at Shiremanstown, on
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Myers, of Me
chanicsburg, spent Christmas Day
with their daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Drawbaugh, at Shiremans
town.
Mrs. Harry Spahr, of Philadelphia,
visited, Mr. and Mrs. Paul 1,. Wolfe,
at Shiremanstown, on Wednesday.
, Mrs. Edward Blair and son, John,
of West Fairvlew, spent Thursday
with her sister, Mrs. Mary Carson, at
Harrisburg.
Amnion Witman and son,' Melvin,
of Wormleysburg, and Mrs. Grace
Slusher and son, Manerd, of Harris
burg, spent a day at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Reitzel, at West
Fairview.
Mr. and Mrs. William Lantz and
daughter, Carrie, spent Thursday, at
the home of their son, J. Harper
Lantz, at West Fairvlew.
Mrs. Armstrong, of West X-'alrview,
spent Thursday at Harrisburg.
Mrs. Annie Bender, of West Fair
view, visited at the home of her
father, William Rice, at Mechanlcs
burg, on Thursday.
Mrs. Amos Bretz and children, of
West Fairview, spent several days
at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. David Shearer, at Harrisburg.
! John Ponesmith, West Fairvlew,
' visited at the home of the Rev. and
! Mrs. Bidlack, of Marysviile.
Mrs. Daniel Stiles, of West Fair
view, spent P'riday, at Harrisburg.
Clyde Lusc and son, Robert, of
West Fairview, spent a day at Har
risburg. _
Kenneth Bidlack, of Marysviile,
spent Thursday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ell Ponesmith, at West
Fairview.
i John Blair, of West Fairview, who
has been ill, is Improved and is out
again.
Mrs. George Rhlver and son, of
West Fairvlew .spent a day In Har
risburg.
Mrs. Jennie Feight, of Lewisburg,
Is ill with pneumonia at the home of
her sister, Mrs. William James, on
Market Square, New Cumberland.
Miss Carrie and Florence Garver,
of Third street, New Cumberland,
have returned from a visit to Spar
rows Point, Md.
Robert Cook, who has been spend
ing a terf-day furlough at his home,
in Fourth street, New Cumberland,
has returned to Camp Hancock, I
Augusta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shover, of
Bridge street, New Cumberland, at
tended the funeral of Andrew Shov
er, at Mechanicsburg, yesterday.
John W. Clemens, of Now York
city, Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Cham
bers, John M. Chambers antf Miss
Rhoda Chambers, of Coatesville, are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Cham
bers at Wormleysburg.
Miss Ida Sweger, of Wormleys-j
burg, has returned from a visit with.
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Sweger at Harris
burg.
Mrs. R. E. Schrack and daughter,
Gladys, of Wormleysburg, are visit
ing friends at Columbia.
Mrs. Samuel Barr and daughter
I Mary, of Harrisburg, and Miss Doro
| thy Yetter, of Lebanon, were guests
of Mrs. George Hoover at Worm-j
! leysburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Fever Rhinehart, of
Enola, visited the former's parents,
i Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Rhinehart, at
Wormleysburg on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Sweger, of Har
ris burg, and Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Lau,
of Washington, D. C., were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sweger at Worm
leysburg on Wednesday.
Miss Frances Myers, of Harris
burg, visited Miss Ruth Myers at
Wormleysburg yesterday.
Mrs. Frank Evans, of Harrisburg,
was the guest of her sisters, Misses
Elizabeth and Edna Eckert, at
Wormleysburg, on Thursday.
Mrs. Annie Knier, of Overview,
and Mrs. Frank Morrett, of Harris
burg, were guests of Mrs. H. G.
Knier, at Wormleysburg, yesterday.
Miss Margaret Jenkins and Miss
Mary Rishel, of Wormleysburg, visit-j
ed Miss* Margaret Schaffstall and
Miss Helen Miller at Harrisburg.
Mrs. G. M. Fisher, of Wormleys
burg, spent several days with Mrs.
Fisher, of Marysvllle.
Miss Mary Deckard, of Marysvllle,
visited relatives at Camp Hill.
Cassius Kennedy has returned to
hit, home at Marysviile after visiting
at York.
• The Rev. Ralph E. Hartman, of
the Marysviile Trinity Reformed
Church, visited relatives at Cave
town. Md.
Mrs. R. Deckard has returned to
her home at Camp Hill after being
entertained by relatives at .Marys
viile.
Miles Neidig. of West Fairvlew,
visited at Marysvllle *on Friday with
Dr. and Mrs. George H. Eppley.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Burkheimer,
of York, are guests of Mrs. Emma
Sellers, Valley street, Marysvllle,
Miss Adella Smith, of Marysvllle,
Is visiting at Green ' Park, Perry
county, with relatives. \
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
Enola, Pa.. Dec. 29.—Almost three
hundred persons attended the sec
ond annual Community Christmas
tree celebration held last night un
der the auspices of the Enola P. R.
R. Y. M. C. A. Public Playground
League In the association rooms. A
program of music and addresses was
presented. Tho Rev. M. S. Sharp,
pastor of the Zion Lutheran Church,
gave an illustrated lecture on "The
Life of Christ."
TURKEYS 25 CENTS Pint I>OUSD
Marysviile, Pa., Dec. 29.—Huck
sters are paying twenty-five cents
per pound, live weight, for turkeys
that are really fat In the Sandy Hill
district and are getting all they
want.
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
WITH EMPEY
(Continued)
~ While loading
A Little guano at Lobas,
Slarlr TU-,4 the Fo u rt h Engi
"ldtK -Dira neer had gone on
_____ a shooting trip
and killed several huge pelicans. He I
skinned these and gave me one oi j
the skins. Bill and I worked a!
scheme. That morning a little black !
bird fell on the deck, and I picked I
it up and took it to my glory hole. I
It was in a dying condition. I told
Bill that that night, about ten
o'clock, I would go aft on the pooii
deck with the pelican's skin down
my back, and, with my face smeared I
with black, would do a mystic dance. \
lie was to take Monday and hide be- |
hind the ventilator, and while I was
doing my war dance, he would ex
plain to Monday that I was in com
munication with my father, the
great American Medicine Man. He
did this and it made quite a hit. The'
iext .. o.ning Monui.y came 10 me
and, bowing low, requested a token
as ho called it; a message from my
father. 1 promised to give him one,
but we were sure up against it. I
Then I thought of the little black
bird in my glory hole, and the solu
tion was at hand. I very solemnly.
Informed Monday that at eight :
o'clock that night my father would I
send a message to me in the form
of a little land bird. All day Mon
day kept away from me, adoration i
and awe in his eyes. Bill and I im- i
mediately repaired to the glory hole,-
and certainly took tender care of
that bird, praying that it would live!
until eight o'clock. About ten min
utes to eight I put on my feathers 1
and sneaked aft with the little bird,!
placed it on the steerage gear, and'
commenced my dance. I.
chanted a little song; "Oh, Father,!
greatest of Medicine Men, a is
desired for the esteemed friend of
your son. Oh, Father, send me this
token." Then, with a few mystic,
grunts, I beseeched Bill and Mondayi
to come and receive the token. Mon-1
day came trembling aft and 1 point-'
ed to the little black bird which was
weakly gasping its last, but it saved
the day for us. How we honored
and respected that little bunch of
black feathers. Curious to see what
Monday would do, we left him. He l
sat by the'* bird for over an hour, I
chanting in that weird, sing-song
patois of the British West Indies. I
From That time on Monday was ourl
slate.
Two days before reaching St. |
Lucia, the Captain sent for us, and ■
said that he knew Bill and I had
stowed away Monday. We, like a !
couple of fish, fell for this and ad->
mitted it, whereupon the Captain
cooly informed us that we had for-!
feited all pay and allowance due us :
for the entire voyage. The joke of;
it was that, under the Board of,
Trade Laws, the "Cushko" had to go
two hundred miles out of her way!
to get to-St. Lucia and put Monday I
ashore.
We dressed him in a long pair of
white pants; the carpenter gave him
a red vest; Bill placed a derby hati
on his head and he went ashore in|
a small boat. When the boat re
turned we lifted anchor, and as St.
Lucia again faded into the distance
we could see a solitary little figure
on the dock waving his white pants
around his head. He had removed'
them upon reaching port. We felt
a pang of regret as he faded out ofi
sight.
After an uneventful trip ve went
into quarantine in New York Harbor.
At the first sight of the Statue of'
Liberty a rush of independence and|
patriotism surged through me, and 11
sat down on the hatchway an<i abso- i
lutely refused to work. The Captain
threatened to put me in double irons,
I told him to go to hell, and do it;
that 1 was a free American in a free
American port, and I claimed the
protection of the Stars and Stripes,
and in accordance with my rights QH
a sailor, 1 demanded the Consul's j
flag to be hoisted at the foremast.'
The Captain gave me a hard 100k 1
but willed.
Tho next afternoon at eight bells I
landed in New York, free again. I,
was -dressed in a pair of blue over- j
alls, barefooted, a Panama hat on 1
my head, black as a negro from sun
burn, a red handkerchief around my
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m the season were two and three times the price we now offer them to j|
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DECEMBER 29, 1917.
By Arthur Guy Empey
neck, and wearing a white negligee
shirt. On my left shoulder I had a
small monkey, and in my right hand
a wooden cage with a parrot in it.
In my pocket was $8.40 in silver,
but I did not care. I was again on
terra iirma with the Stars and
Stripes floating above me.
I received a wonderful welcome at
home, and was of the opinion that
the hardships of my cruise were well
worth enduring, in view of the recep
tion i was receiving.
But of course all wonders die out
in nine days, and mine sizzled out
like a wet firecracker on the Foyrth
of July, and it was up to me to get
busy and find something to do.
This ended my First Real Adven
ture.
It was in -1914,
I and the Great
I, My Chance World's War was
| on, an£ here was
~~ ——— ""1 in tVe United
States and neutral. For thirteen
years { had been soldiering but had
never been under fire. In my imag
ination 1 could hear the guns boom
ing on the Western Front. 1 admit
I was a trille afraid; nevertheless 1
had a great desire to get into the
mix-up. How could I get over? I
planned out many ways, but none of
them were practical.
One day while walking down
Greenwich Street, New York, I
passed an employment agency. Star,
ing mo in the face was a great flar
ing sign, "Horses for France." Under
this "Men Wanted." Here was my
chance.
Upon returning to my office I im
mediately got in touch over the tele
phone with two prominent men In
New York who 1 knew to be dis
tinctly pro-Ally. After outlining my
desire, an appointment was made for
me to meet a certain gentleman at
the Hotel Astor at four o'clock that
afternoon. I met him. He intro
duced me to & FrenJhman. At that
time in my eyes a Frenchman was
a hero, a man to be looked up to,
a man fighting in the Great Cause.
But now a Frenchman to me is more
than a hero. After being introduced
I went up into the Frenchman's
room and talked over the matter of
horses for France for about twenty
minutes.
Upon leaving the Frenchman Xj
was told to report to him three days j
later, at the same time and place.
1 left, bubbling over with enthusiasm
and anticipation.
During this interval of three days
I mapped out a story of my life to
present to him upon our second in
terview. The eventful day at last
came, and once more I was closettd
with him. X started into tell him my j
story. He interrupted me by waving j
his right hand to the right and left.
It reminded me of the butts on a'
target range during rifle practice, l
when the man marking the target
wigwags a miss to the firing line.!
My heart sank. Then he spoke, and
I was carried from despondency to!
the greatest height of expectation.;
His words: "Pardon me, Monsieur, J ;
already know your life," and in an
amazingly short time he told me
more than I knew about myself. I j
had been carefully investigated.
My instructions received from him'
are confidential, so I will not go into
them. Anyway, he handed me an
envelope and told me to follow out
carefully all details as contained,
therein.
' I immediately went back to my
office, opened the envelope and on a
typewritten sheet I read: "Report at
Gol4smith's Employment Agency,
No —> — Greenwich Street. Ship as
an ordinary horseman and during
voyage carefully follow the verbal
instructions received by you during
our interview, making careful note,
of all details immediately after hap- j
pening. Be cautious in doing this.
Upon landing in France report ta 1
the Prefecture of Police, Bordeaux,
and to the letter obey his instruc.
tions. Good luck."
I went home and put on my oldest
clothes; an old black suit, olive drab
shirt, a heavy pair of army shoes
anu a woolen cap. I had let my
beard grow and certainly looked i
rough.
In passing through City Hall Park,
New York, one sees many derelicts ]
•of the human race sitting on the
benches. I sat down between two i
of these wrecks of humanity and en-
Raged them In conservation, trying
to blend into their atmosphere.
About ten minutes later a police
man came past and told the three
of us to move on. I slouched away
with the (.ther two. Telling them
that I was going out "panhandling,"
1 took my leave, but not before one
of them made an appealing and suc
cessful touch for a nickel. The
method used by him in securing th:#
nickel would have done credit toil
the greatest ilrianciers in the coun
try in putting through a deal in
volving millions,
Going down Greenwich street,
slouching along, looking at the
ground, I ran plump into a young
lady of my acquaintance. I had a
feeling of affection for this particu
lar young lady, but it soon died out
upon hearing her remark as I col
lided with her. "If you cannot look
where you are going, 1 will have you
arrested." Of course, she did not
recognize me and I took no pains
to argue the matter with her. I
was glad enough to slink by.
When I came to the Agency, there
was a long line of bums, two and
three deep, trying to ship as Horse
men for France.
It would be impossible to get a
rougner and more unkempt gather
ing ol men. It looked as if some
huge giant had taken a line comb
and carefully combed the gutters of
New York.
I fell into this line and waited my
turn. Upon arriving at the desk, in
front of me sat a little fat, greasy
Jew. To describe his manner of
handling men as being impolite
would be a great exaggeration. The
way he handled that line of human
cattle would do the Kaiser's heart
good.
It came my turn, and this conver
sation ensued.
"What do you know about
horses?"
I answered: "Six years in the U.
S. Cavalry."
The Agent: "What Regimentß?"
"Eleventh and Twelfth."
"You're a liar. You never saw
the Cavalry."
I felt like punching him on the
nose but did not do so. I wanted
to ship as a horseman. I 'showed
him my discharges. He said: 'They'-
re faked. What did you do, desert or
were you kicked out?"
I was getting sore and answered:
"Deserted the Twelfth; kicked out of
the Eleventh."
"What's your name?"
"Arthur Guy Empey." /
"You're a German."
This was too much even for me.
and 1 answered: "You're a damned
liar." I saw my chances of ship
ping vanishing in smoke.
The JeW grinned and rubbed his
hands and said: "You're all right.
Go into that room and get a card
made out, and come back at two
o'clock."
1 received a card and went to a
beanery across the street and ha<l a
wonderful meal of corned beef hash,
muddy coffee and huge slices of
bread and butter. This cost me tiC
teen cents.
At two o'clock I reported' back,
and,with seventy-two others wat
herded like cattle, and in a lonjr
straggling line, flanked by three oi
the employees of the Agency, wt
marched to the ferry and landed
"somewhere in New Jersey."
(Copyright, 1917, by The McCliirc
Newspaper Syndicate)
[To be Continued.]
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THE SCHOOL OF
SPANISH
will open the following elnne for
BEGINNERS
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Spanish Conversation. .7.30
SECOND AND STATE STREETS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, lIHK.
Mr*. MoKIn Menges, InMruetoi^^
LAUREL HOUSE
LAKEWOOD, N. J.
First class American Plan Hotel,
A short motor run from Camp Bix
at Wrlghtstown, N. J.
A. J. Murphy, Mgr.
C. V. Murphy, Anst. Mcr