4 PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS LT.TOWSENSAFE ON OTHER SIDE i'oung Officer of This City Sends Word of Arrival Abroad For Training HHS S?, ' v ■■ ■ Y Mm ; r \ ' ■ \,r LT. J. WILBUR TOWSEN Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Towsen, of 616 North Second street, received word July 7 of the safe arrival abroad of their son, Lieutenant James 'Wilbur Towsen, who was formerly in news paper work in this city and is a member of the Phi Delta Theta fra ternity. Lieutenant Towsen was graduated from State College in 1916. He took his military training at Fort Niagara. He was attached to the National Army at Camp Meade from the beginning of that camp and was selected for the ad vanced detachment of officers for special training overseas. Miss Carolyn King went home to Indianapolis, Ind.. this morning after A month's stay with her aunt, Mrs. El wood iAcey in suburban Harris burg. The Rev. Dr. H. C. Hollo way, of 817 Emerald street, is visiting rela tives at his old home near Canton, Ohio. Pay vfliile Yon utear then * Do Not Neglect Your Eyes Many of the ailments come from dofective eyes. Head aches and nervousness are among the common kind. It Isn't worth the agony one goes through with ailments caused by eye troubles to let defective eyes go without at tention. The best trained optometrist with the most modern optical Instruments is the specialist you should consult. Our Optical Club Is Open For Those Who Need Glasses and Want to Pay • for Them at Intervals. J. S. Belsinger Registered Optometrist 212 Locust St. Next Door to Orplieum 'gZEiIEI " H i ii ii \ !* , j The Most Satisfactory Dry Cleaning Method Here There have been many processes used jj t1 in cleaning garments, but not all of [ : them are satisfactory. I ; We have a method that not only thor- 1 1 : oughly cleans but it leaves the fabric [: fresh and uninjured. By .removing the j ; | : dirt from the used garments and put- II , ing the garment in as good shape as II when it was new the life of the clothes I j i We Specialize in Cleaning j, ' Fine Garments for Men, > Women and Children r 1 MONDAY EVENING, Capt Perkins Is With Pershing's Men in France Captain R. L. Perkins, 2001 North Second street, has cabled to his fam ily of his safe arrival overseas. Cap tain Perkins has been in service over mourteen months, being assigned to the Fifty-first Regular Infantry upon completion of his course at the Medi cal Officers Training Camp, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. - RETURN FROM INDIANA Miss A. Addessa Fry, Mrs. J. W. Mackey and Miss Esther Mackey, of 13 5 North Thirteenth street, have just returned home after a two weeks' visit with Mrs. Mackey's son, Charles Mackey, and his wife, of Indianapolis, Ind. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mackey are artist teachers at the Conservatory ofM'islc, of Indian apolis. Mr. Mackey is £v teacher of piano and Mrs. Mackey, a teacher of voice. Thomas A. Clark, 1707 North Seventeenth street, left to-day for State College. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schurtz, Miss Rena Schurtz and Miss Edith Vint spent the day at Paxtang, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Speakman and daughter, Geraldine, 709 North Sev enteenth street, spent the weekend at Nnrberth, Pa. Mrs. Charles DeLaney, of Atlantic City, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Frank Mac Donald, 2214 Penn street, j Mrs. William J.- Andrews, of adeiphia, is spending a short time with her mother, Mrs. Mary Hickey, 250 North street. Miss Alice Bentley, of New York, is the guest of Miss Kathryn Beidle msn. Evergreen and Market streets. Lawrence Phipps, of the faculty of the Shady Side school, Pittsburgh, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Herman P. Miller, of 2115 North Third street Mrs. A. M. Clay, of 2323 North Fourth street, who has been seri ously ill for the past two months, is slowly convalescing. AT SPRING LAKE, N. J. Miss Eleanor Etter, of 209 Pine street, who has been spending sev eral weeks at Spring Lake, N. J., where she was the guest of Miss Grover, who is summering with her family there, has gone to Lake Waramough, Maine, to visit Miss Michael. During her stay at Spring Lake, Miss Etter visited at Spring Lake Farm, where a number of farmerettes are doing their bit for their country in growing vegetables and various farm work. Mrs. J. U. Knisely, of 232 South Fourteenth street, is spending some time with relatives in Wellsville. Mr. and Mrs.W. Spry Hurlock and daughters. Miss Elizabeth and Dorothy Hurlock, of 1719 North Front street, have motored to their home after a several weeks' stay in Cape May. I Richard Wilson, 'A • .. V % Ji: jmßHwi mHH • - iipp MRS. ALBERT B. DONAHUE There was a quiet church wedding in the Marysville Trinity Reformed Church at 10 o'clock Saturday night, when Miss Katherine R. Rob erts, of Marysville, was married to Albert B. Donahue, also of that town. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Ralph E. Hartman, pastor of the church with only immediate rel atives and friends in attendance. The bride wore a blue taffetas dress with a black picture hat. Immediately after the ceremony, the newly married couple were taken in an automobile to Harrisburg en route to New York City and up the Hudson for the honeymoon. Both Mr. and Mrs. Donahue are well-known in Marysville. Mrs. Donahue is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Roberts, Dahlian street, and was at one time employed in the Marysville post office. Mr. Donahue is an assistant yardmaster in the Marysville preference frieight yards of the Pennsylvania railroad. They will make their home in Marysville. ON AUTOMOBILE TRIP Mrs. R. E. Fitzgerald and Miss Ruth Fitzgerald, of 1621 North Sixth street, and George W. Orendorf, of 2020 Green street, left Sunday for a motor trip to Philadelphia, Atlan tic City ad New York, returning by way of Ithaca, Rochester, Buffalo and Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Reighter will accompany them to Atlantic City. Mrs. Paul Johnston and children, of 1714 North Second street, are oc i cupying their cottage at Eglea mere for the summery Hgrman P. Miller Jr., of the Fed eral Telegraph Company, recently transferred from California to Wash i ington, D. C., spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Her man P. Miller, of Cottage Ridge. Miss Hazel Rodgers went home to Erie this morning after visiting in this vicinity for a fortnight. Mrs. G. N. C. Henschen and daughter, Eleanor, are visiting the Misses Kirk, in Bryn Marr. James P. Sheehan, who is station ed in New York City, spent several days with Mrs. Agnes Towson, 1308 South Twelfth street on his way to ' Indiana. Paul Littlefleld, Secretary of Pennsylvania State Chamber of Com merce, is spending the week on Cape May. Mrs. A. M. Clay 2323 North Fourth street, who has been seriously ill the past few months, is slowly re covering. Miss Anna Taylor, of Washington, who is visiting Mrs. Neagle, at Mid dletown, spent the week end with Miss Agnes Towson, 1308 South Twelfth street. Lieutenant Alfred S. Eilenberger of the Ordnance Department, is home from Washington, D. C., for a two wests' furlough with his parents, Proressor and Mrs. C. A. Ellenberg er, Riverside. IN GOVERNMENT WORK Stewart A. Koser, son of Dr. A. S. Koser, North Second street, who re ceived his post graduate degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Yale Uni versity June 24, was immediately called to Camp Lee, Va., for train ning. He has just been transferred to the medical department and sent to the Rockefeller Institute, New York City, for a special course In Army bacteriological methods. Mrs. Walter Spofford, 711 North Second street, has returned from a visit to friends in Philadelphia. Mrs. Edgar Marks and her mother, Mrs. Hirschler are spending the summer in Atlantic City. Miss Edith Mendenhall, of Kennett Square, is visiting the Misses Wilson, 93 4 North Second street. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Beichley, of Herr street, are home after a pleasure trip to Philadelphia and nearby resorts. Mrs. Jacob Lowengard, of Forster street, is enjoying a stay In Atlantic City. Her sister, Mrs. Maurice Miller, and children, of Johnstowrt, are keeping house in her absence. Miss'Winfred Lewis, of Cleve land, Ohio, visited Miss Elizabeth Boher, Second and South streets, on the way home from Poughkeepsie, New York. Hoffer Detweiler, of the Quarter master's Corps, United States Army, is spending a short furlough with his mother, Mrs. Meade D. Detweiler, 21 North Front street. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Warlow and small son, Paul Warlow, went home to Pittsburgh, this morning after a week's stay among relatives in this vicinity. Miss Lucy Rossiter and Miss Ellen Rossiter, of Rochester, N. Y., are spending the week with their rela tives, Mr. and Mrs. Herman F. King, of Penn street. Mr. and Mrs. Lerue Weston and daughter, Mrs. Charles Holland, of Ithaca, N. Y., are guests of their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Hartley Long, of North Third strtet. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller and son Fred C. Miller, of 1618 North Second street, were among the guests at Cold Springs cottage, Williams' Grove, yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Rhodes, Mrs. H. C. Holloway and Miss Snyder went to Cold Springs Cottage yesterday by automobile to spend the day. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Houser, of Pittsburgh, are guests of relatives in this city and points In the Cumber land Valley for several .weeks. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH! Capital Legion Holds Picnic at Paxtang A number of the members and their friends of the Capital Legion, No. 1108, of the National Protec tive Legion, enjoyed the merriest kind of a picnic at Paxtang Saturday afternoon. Among the picnickers were: Mrs. George Garverick, Mrs. Ansa Barkey, Miss Alice Rowe, Miss Marie Stence, Miss GVave Ander son, A. Anderson, Alexander H. Gorney, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stence, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Shelbley and their house guest, Mrs. E. M. Carl son, Lock Haven; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Challenger, Mr. and Mrs. Earl An derson and Mrs. Ross Motter. ENDEAVORERS TO HIKE The Christian Endeavor members of the Sixth Street United Brethren Church will hold their regular monthly business meeting at Reser voir Park to-morrow evening. The members and their friends of the society will meet at the church at 8 o'clock and from there will hike to Reservoir Park. Following the business meeting the guests will en- Joy out-of-door games on the ter races and a box supper. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barton and daughter Helen, who have been spending some time with her par ents In Thompsontown, have re turned to their home, 13 North Fif teenth street. Miss Sachs, of State street, has returned ,home after a little visit in New York City. Mrs. C. E. Whitmoyer and chil dren, Jane Louise and Earl Jr., of 131 South Thirteenth Street, will leave within a few days for a sev eral weeks' visit with relatives in Fayetteville. Sergeant William F. Keesey, who it stationed with the Aero Squadron at Potomac Park, Washington. D. C., spent the weekend with friends here. Captain Donald A. Stroh, 17 th Cavalry, U. S. A., Douglass, Ariz., who spent the past week in Harrisburg, has left for Hickory, N. C., to visit before returning to camp. Mrs. B. Boyd Harrington, of 106 Chestnut street, are home after a visit in Detroit, Mich. PLANS OF DOWNES FAMILY City Superintendent of Schools and Mrs. Frederick E. Downes, with their daughter, Miss Virginia Downes closed their house, 1811 North Sec ond street, to-day and left for Car lisle, to spend the summer In a frat house on Dickinson College campus. Their son, Kenneth M. Downes, is taking a two months' course in military training at Plattsburg, N. Y., expecting to resume his work at Lehigh University In the fall and assist in the student drill there. Boy Campers Win Awards For Work and For Play Honor awards made at the closin® of the first annual Central Y. M. C. A. camp held near Liverpool, last ! week, were made public this morn ing by Arch H. Dinsmore, eamp di rector. The awards are made on a system which is based on a first de | gree with a green bandanna handker | chief as the badge. The second de [ gree is a blue bandanna, and the third j a red bandanna handkerchief. The fourth degree is the highest, a special badge being provided. The handker chiefs are to be worn around the necks of campers. The list of awards is: Blue bandanna—Henry Palm, Ern est Noll, J6hn Frltchey, Roswell Lyon, Theodore Langdon, George Beard, Frank Foose, Jr., Albert Tos sas, Robert Hawkins, Robert Hamer, William Brown, Donald Nissley, Wtl lien Diener, Marlin Seebold, and Richard Steinmetz. For unusual Interest in the camp work and for their activity In pro moting its success, the red handker chief was awarded to Al. K. Thomas and J. William Bowman. C. W. Mil ler, physical director, and Arch H. Dinsmore, general camp director,-are ex-officio wearers of the red hand kerchiefs. COMMUNITY SINGING New Cumberland, Pa., July 22. There will be community singing in Market Square to-morrow night. The New Cumberland band will assist. A large crowd is expected to be pres ent. Parents Are Informed of Safe Arrival __ life- . WALTER L. PETERS Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Peters, 2118 Moore street, have been informed of the safe arrival of their son, Wal ter L. Peters, with the 66th Engi neers Corps In France. He enlisted in the army last April land has been stationed at Camp iLaurel, Md. Before enlisting he was a fireman on the Pennsylvania rail road. Hiss brothers, Robert H. Peters, formerly employed as a brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad and Frank A. Peters, a former clerk In the Merchants bank, are both stationed at Waco, Texas, with the 65th In fantry. H. G. Peters, father of the boys, has been a patron of the Tele graph for thirty years. PICNIC IN PARK FOR SMALL BOY Youngsters Have Happy Time Celebrating Birthday of Lit tle James Franklin Barr jHHfr I SHHHSy Jr I^l HF 0: jflpilH wBB JAMES FRANKLIN BARR Mrs. Daniel H. Barr, 16 South Twentieth street, entertained at a picnic party at Reservoir Park, Sat urday afternoon, for her son, James Franklin Barr, who celebrated his third birthday. The little folks had a merry day playing games. PicnTc refreshments were served to the following guests: Frances Bogar, Jane Bogar. Phoebe Jacobs, Frances Jacobs, Helen Anderson, Betty Saussaman, Edith Machen, Ethel Halstenny, Thomas Harris, "Billy" Halstenny, Arthur Reed, Mrs. John Jacobs, Mrs. Harry Halstenny, Mrs. William Craig, Mrs. Charles Harris, Mrs. Harry Saussaman. Favors in pink and white were given to each tiny tot, minat.ure ships for the boys, and small birthday cakes with little candles for the girls. Table appoint ments and other decorations follow ed the color scheme of pink and white. Mrs. H. Frank Widder and Mrs. Raymond Caton assisted Mrs. Barr in entertaining. DOWNTOWN AS BAD AS UPTOWN DISTRICT [Continued from First Pose.] plaster is off in spots, there is no drainage and one hydrant in the rear yard must do duty for two houses. The backyard is filled with rubbish and the poor for a rear porch is fast falling into decay. "How would you like to go back to the hospital?" asked Dr. Raunick of a half-grown girl who was mak ing a pitiful effort at ironing a dress amid the filth. She had been under the city's care during the time her little brother was confined to the hospital with infantile paralysis. "I'd like to go back to the hos pital," was the prompt reply. I'd be willing to get sick to go." "It was nice out there," she added. "I hate it here." This girl has been to public school and she is much superior to her sur roundings. She wants to get out of them, but-ehe is tied to them. The house is typical of many of its kind in that quarter. It rents for $8 a month and would be ex pensive at $2. A "Horrible Example" Another "horrible example" )B the house at 128 Indian alley. This house was formerly the property of an old colored woman who died a year ago. It still bears evidence of her feeble attempts at beautiflca tion. Straggling flowers adorn the yard, a lilac bush ekes out a mis erable existence between the pave ment an ash pile and a flourishing Virginia creeper does its best to cover up the gaping seams in the woodwork and the tattered shingling of the roof. In the rear what was one time the kitchen has literally fallen to pieces, the family now oc cupying the remaining portion hav ing chopped it up piece-meal for fire wood. The sewer is ftopped up and there is no running water on the premises, what is necessary for household purposes being brought in from neighboring backyards. The owner resides in Buffalo and Is inter ested in getting her money out of the structure before it tumbles down. She bought it through a local attor ney for a few dollars when it was sold for taxes. The neighbors round about, all of whom have war gar dens and keep their houses in fine trim, are threatening to take the matter to court. V sll a Month For Sharks In the 1100 block. South Tenth street, the inspection party ran into a really awful state of affairs, where shacks that are masquerading as "dwellings" rent for as much as sll a month. Most of these are occupied by col ored people. The front rooms on the first floor are generally in good con dition and these the occupants have furnished nicely. In many of them there are pianos. In others pianos and talking machines. They axe clean and wholesome. But beyond that conditions are beyond descrip tion. The roofs of all of these houses leak and the' plaster and papering as a result are falling off in patches. It would be keep carpets clean, so none are put down. There are no traps to the kitchen sinks and water leaks con stantly out on the floors. The kitchens are flretraps, the chimneys, being mere pretences, and the toilets open almost into the kitchen doors. The spouting has fallen off some of the roofs, but as one woman put it, "that don't matter much for most of the water leaks through be fore it gets to the spouts." "The one offered to sell for $1600," said oVie woman, "and he got good ' and mad when I asked him If he! meant two rows of houses or just i one row. He said he meant one j house and I near died laughing." There Isn't fifty dollars' worth of! good lumber in any half dozen of i these dwellings. All over the lower end of the city similar conditions exist, which will I receive attention In another article I of this series. Little wonder that the women of j the child welfare committee say they can do little until housing conditions; are improved. i Marne Soon to Be Clear of German Invaders By Associated Prest Purls, July 22—Commenting on the German withdrawal on the Soissons- Chateau Thierry line. Marcel Hutin in the iCcho D'Parls remarks: , "The offensive continues—ours." "It has needed all the reserves which promised victory to the Ger man people," he says, "to attempt to stop the allied progress which CCMl tinues nevertheless. He was com pletely beaten at Chateau Thierry from which he scampered off, permit ting: a methodical advance up to Sun day night of fifteen kilometers." "Several Franco-American units have crossed the Marne," M. Hutin adds, "which presages that the river soon will be entirely cleared of Ger mans." SPUTTER'S 25c DEP'T STORE | Bay Here Not Alone Because Prices Are Lower, but Because Qualities Are Better | Do Double Duty With Your Quarters Here Tomorrow, Tuesday These 25-cent day sales a*e monthly events, in which we offer at big price reductions numerous articles in which quantities are limited throughout the store. It serves the double purpose of giving you some extraordinary values and enabling us to make room for incoming merchandise. Tomorrow, Tuesday, tfcese offerings await selection. Come early—and avoid the disappointment of finding certain lines "sold out." L'lu"duy lu °. StafnlK ' d ToWO, Jkc I :50< ' va,ue s „ ,,a .l-'/ic value 12-inclt Stamped , Linen Doilies, J rr- : —— 39c value Klecno Cedar Oil, | Tuesday ' a for 25c I ~' ,oc . v due Corset Covers, I I Tuesday 25c | 1 w I 1 iiemliiy 250 I " 1 25c value Stamped Made Up I Ssc value Glass Flower Vases. I Boudoir Cans. 39c value Bust Forms. I I Tu*dy ss, I Tuesday " Ssc Tuesday 2Sc | —————— : 50c value Stamped Made Up I 39c value Children's Parasols, " s "' ,a,u< 1011 Borry Combination Suits, i Tuesday 25e Tuh4>t ' Tuesday 25c I 25c value Stamped Cushion 35c va,uo Hand- 150 value Penna. Souvenir Tops, with Backs, Tuesday ' n for 2rs< , t i Teaspoons, Tuewdny TT. !.. 25c _l.a*wlay 8 for 25c Tuewdny 3 for 25c I 39c value Stenciled Scarfs, I 39c val 7 r^'^ Llncn 35c value Holders for short 1 1 " .... 25, 1 Tue,d,y "T"', 50c value Children's Stamped j •tn~ , Made Up Gowns, Tnewday !. *. pnir 25c 25t ' value China Salts and Pep- Tucwdny 35c —■ . h | pers, Tuesday . 2 sets tor 25c 3Be value 27-inch Stomped T u dv B ° XWI Htatloncr ?< I Tan Linen Center Pieces, ? c 1 , r.. ,i, . I Va,UO Jan " ni ° rOS ' I Special Lot of 39c value Fancy " —! 25c value Stamped Baby Pil- Kibbons, . _ lows, with floss, I uMday_ .toe value Fireproof Fart hen Tuewdny 2 for 25c Dishes, N 50c* value Silver Vanity Cases, I 1 UMday — 25L- Ix>t of 59c value Children's i — 1 tlc * dH> — "***•' ' Trimmed Hats, \ 30c value Mexican Drawn Titewdny 3ttc > 50c value Oval and Square _ Work Shams, Picture Frames, " yw T " < " Jny 1 Tuewdwy 28c I | 15<* value Indies' Veuts, I j 75e value plain white voiles, j tOc value Cap Hair Nets, | 1 a tor 25c I stripes, I Tuewdny 8 for 25c I ' ?r -tsc 35c value Ladies' Vests, ———— _ j 50c value Hair Brushes. 1 I Tuewdny 25c 75e value Plain White Skirt- I Tuewdny 35c I „ , ln K. inches wide, 1 _____________iTiemlny, % yard •iiu j 17c value. Infants' Vests, j 4-2 c j 35c value Skirt Gauges, j ' I " ri ' dn ?— •• • 2 tor - Bc ' I Tnewdnv 25c I Ktmnants of Poplins and Sum- — r-r ; ; ; Silks, short lengths only, - Tuewdny | 35c value Stork Sheeting, I coats, I Tuewdny piece. 25c I Tlliirdw ings, Sacques, * : Tuewdny 2c Tuesday 25c Remnants of Curtain Scrims, , —— —— 1 rr: : ; . I and 15c value, short 50c value Oriental I/aces. 39c value Children's Aprons, | lentrths onlv I Tuewdny 25c 1 I Tuewdny 25c I I Tuewdny 3 ynrdw 25c SOUTTER'S M to department Store r'Sr Where Every Day Is Bargain Day 215 Market St Opposite Conrthoose jnorrr zz, i^nrs. Americans Shed Their Blouses to Fight Boches Paris, July 22.—A young Pollu who was wounded July 18, early In the morning of the first day of the offen sive begun by the American and French troops on the Aisne- Marne battlefront, came Into Paris to-day. In a conversation to-day the soldier said: "The fighting of the Americans was a revelation to us. They could hard ly wait until the word was given to go over the top. They seemed impa tient to get at the Boches. "When finally the word came they leaped over the trenches, some of them peeling off their coats after running a few hundred meters In the great heat and lighting In their shirt sleeves." Hummelstown Bugler Is Badly Wounded; Brother Was Killed in Action To bo severely wounded while sounding the bugle call for his com rades to press on against the Ger mans, was the experience of Bugler Walter Gebhardt, formerly of Hum melstown. Bugler Gebhardt was mentioned in the casualty lists made public yesterday. Bugler Gebhardt is the son of Harry P. Gebhardt, Hummelstown. His brother, Harry Gebhardt, gave his life to the cause of democracy two months ago, and another brother is in the Marines. The Gebhardt brothers have a host of friends in Hummelstown and are well known there.