4 PERSONAL AND SOCIAL ITEMS MISS WALLOWER HOSTESS AT TEA Vlr. and Mrs. W. S. Wallower Announce Dean-Wallower Engagement Saturday Mr. and Mrs. William S. Wallower. of 322 Maclay street, announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Maybelle M. Wallower, to Marshal H. Dean, of this city. The engagement was told at a tea given at the Wallower home, Satur day afteruoon when Mrs. Wallower and Miss Wallower entertained in-j formally for about eighty guests. j A dainty color effect of pink and purple was suggested by the novel: table baskets which contained cor-: sage bouquets of pink and purple astors as favors for the guests. To each corsage was attached the an nouncement card bearing the name of Miss Maybelle M. Wallower and Marshal! H. Dean. Assisting Mrs. Wallower and Miss ; Wallower with the tea service were: J Miss Marion Taylor, Mrs. Paul Fiihr ntan. Mrs. Helen Shelley, Miss Verai Longenecker. Miss Ada Beauter and; Mrs. Paul Wallower. Miss Wallower, who is well known in this city, received her education j at the High School here and is now in the state service as stenographer to Senate Librarian Herman P. Miller.; Mr. Dean, a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Dean, of Delhi, New York, is a local attorney. Prior to practic ing law in this city he was engaged in the law practice in New York state, and at present is attorney for the Elliott-Fisher Company. He is a graduate of the Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Hold Ream Family Reunion at Reservoir An interesting event in the social whirl was that of Saturday after noon at Keservoir Park when the members of the Ream Family held their annual reunion there. More than 200 members of the family attended the gathering and enjoyed a delightful time afforded by the pleasures of the park, the I dinner and supper en familie, and the keen, happy spirit of Auld JLang Syne. During the course of the day the members gathered for an informal meeting on one of the sloping ter races where N. W. Ream the presi dent, read a paper on the Reams Clan from its historic records found ing in the eleventh century until the present day when the family claim, representative members in practical ly every state in the union. Mrs. U. G. Bright, 227 Rummel street, and daughter. Miss Emily Bright, are spending several days with relatives in I^banon. Mrs. Rudolph K. Spicer and son, Robert F. Spicer, of 511 North Sec ond street, are home after visiting in Chester an 2 vicinity. Miss Hazel larter and Miss Emllle Carter went home to Chattanooga, Tenn.. this morning, after a week's stay among relatives in the West End. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley G. Jean and family are having a summer's stay at Forrest Inn. Eaglesmere. Miss Mary E. Richardson is with relatives in Mifflinburg for part of her vacation. The Rev. S. W. Herman. D. D., pas tor of Zion Lutheran Church, is with his family in Gettysburg for the sum mer holidays. Miss Lucy Munce, of 1034 South Eighteenth street, returned to-day after visiting relatives in Pittsburgh. Miss Catherine Martin, of Paxtang, returned Saturday from Coatesvllle, where she spent a few weeks. 11EVTER SCHUYLER IN SERVICE George Bevier Schuyler, a sopho more at Bucknell University and a member of the staff of the Gazette and Bulletin. Williamsport, of which his father, Elmer L. Schuyler. Is edi tor, successfully passed the examina tion for entrance into the officers' material school, and is awaiting or ders at present. He will probably be sent to the Wissahickon barracks. Cape May, N. J., about September 1. CARLISLE GIRL ENGAGED Mrs. Clara S. Stevens, of Carlisle, has announced the engagement of her daughter. Miss Bessie Stevens, to Sergeant Lacy Massie, of Bluefield, West Virginia. Sergeant Massie is stationed with the Six Hundred and Thirty-fourth Aero Squadron at Mid dletown. HOME AFTER MOTOR TRIP Miss Hone L. Swengel, of 219 South Thirteenth street, has just re turned after an automobile trip to Gettysburg, Chambersburg, Pitts burgh and Meadville. She was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Law rence. of Meadville, during the trip. Mr. Lawrence is Mayor of Mead ville. FOR NAVAL RESERVES A half dozen Naval Reserve men who are in the city inspecting shells at the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Works, were the guests of Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert. Saturday night, at the Harrisburg Country Club. Toric or Flat Lenses Patients frequently ask me If I have discontinued making flat lenses. This question no doubt arises because toric lenses are now In almost universal use. or because I usually recom mend them. I still fit patients however with flat lenses when they prefer them. In some In stances they give entire satis faction and have the advan tage of costing less than torics. It may be of Interest to you to know that I am equipped to supply any form of lens and almost any style of frame or mounting. 12 K. MARKET SQCABE Second Floor. MONDAY EVENING, TWO CANDLES ON BIRTHDAY CAKE Little Helen Spotts Arthur" Has Birthday Party, At tended by Fifteen \ •V J HELEN S. ARTHUR Mr. and Mrs. John E. Arthur. 2542 Lexington street, entertained fifteen happy youngsters Saturday after noon at a little party in celebration of the > second birthday of their daughter. Helen Spotts Arthur. The children enjoyed games for a time, then marched to the dining room to the strains of a piano where they found a big birthday cake light ed by two candles and favors of tiny pink baskets filled with candies. Re freshments were served to: Janet Sprout, Thelma Shope. Mar ian Beatty. Sara Davidson, Cathe rine Brought, Catherine Myers, Mur-| iel Ney, Dorothy Leigh, Barbara: Metzler. Edythe Gigl. of Scranton; | Helen Arthur, Lewis Lehman. Rich-j ard Searight, Bobby Tilford, Jack Arthur. Entertains at Cottage With Successful Houseparty Mr. and Mrs. H. L Seltzer, of Pal-j myra, gave a houseparty at their cot tage, "Dew Drop Inn" at GenOha,! near Lebanon. Fishing, swimming and canoeing; were the main features of entertain-1 ment- Two of the young women Miss! Martha Zeigmont, of Reading, andi Miss Anna Ritner, of Harrisburg. caught a five-pound eel. A corn roast and water melon party was the) merry ending of the outing. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs.! Earl Barton, and Mrs. Mary M. j Hohman, of Lancaster; Miss Martha ■ Zeigmont and Miss Amanda Mease,! of Reading; Miss Anna Ritner, of Harrisburg; Miss Margaret Behmer, of Canton. Ohio; Dan Kline, of Mt. Carmel, Frank Zeigmont, of Shamo kin, D. W. Hemperly, of Palmyra. Miss Nelle Liddiek. of North Thir teenth street, and Miss Mary Bow man, are home from Petersburg, Va., where they visited Miss Liddick's brother, Charles Liddiek, who is in military training at Camp Lee. Miss Florence Beard, of Gettys i burg, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J A. H. Wagner, 1718 Forster street. Mrs. Charles Urich and children, j Dorothy, Carl and Rhoda. of 1806! Regina street, are spending some; time at Stony Glen. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Bolton, o/ 1862] Walnut street, and daughter. Miss! Katherlne Bolton, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Brickley, of Chestnut street, are home after a motor trip to Vir- j ginia, where they visited Private Levi O. Bolton, at Camp Lee, near Petersburg. PICNIC AT HERSHEY Miss Margaret Fleming, of Wilkes barre, N. J., was the guest of honor at a little picnic at Hershey Satur j day. The other picnickers were Miss i Anna Bender, Miss Elizabeth Work i man, Mrs. Bender, Miss Dorothy Paul, Miss Sara Beck, Miss Helen Parkins, Miss Mae Mountz. Miss Ruth Pottacker, Miss Mary Polleck! and Edwin Paul. NURSE IN THE SERVICE Miss Carrie Shetter, 15 North Fif teenth street, a graduate nurse of the Harrisburg Hospital, has gone to New York city, on a medical case, j Returning she will enter the United ! States service at Camp Dix. ENJOYING A BOAT TRIP Mrs. S. C. Watts and Miss Irma j A. Watts are on a boat trip up the ' Rappahannock River and will spend ! some time at Irvington Beach Hotel, j Irvington, Va. WITH CAMP FIRE GIRLS The Misses Marion and Loui3c i Denison, of Camp Hill, have return ed after a two-weeks outing with the Troy Camp Fire Girls, at Moun tain Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Oldham, of Bangor. Maine, announce the birth of a daughter. Catharine Hershey Oldham, Thursday, August 15, 1918. Mrs. Oldham is pleasantly remem bered here as Miss Catharine Her shey. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. L. I Hershey, of Hershey. She was con nected for a time with the report- I orial staff of the Telegraph. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph D. Baxter, of Cleveland, Ohio, former Harrisburg ers, announce the birth of a son, I Charles Harris Baxter, Saturday, I August 17, 1918. Mrs. Baxter as Miss Elsie F. Watson, had a host of ' friends here. / > Funeral Flowers 10% less than any other place in town. Special A Beautiful Spray 98c | A Handsome Wreath $3/90 i KEENEY S FLOWER SHOPS j 814 N. 3rd St. 157 N. Front St. j Harrisburg Steel ton FAREWELL PARTY FOR MRS. CRULL [Mrs. Rowc Entertains Neigh bors on Porch at Delight ful.Knitting Party Mrs. E. FTed Rowe entertained at ' a knitting party on the porch of her | home, 806 North Seventeenth street, I ,in honor of Mrs. Herbert K. Crull, I of 808 North Seventeenth street, who I leaves in a few days for her new : home in Chicago. Mrs. Crull is a member of the jHarrisburg Civic Club and the Wed nesday Music Club. A delightful afternoon was enjoy od by the following guests: Mrs. Preston Prowell. Mrs. Graham Hurd Miss Laura J. Craig, of St. Petqrs burg. Pa.; Mrs. Herbert B. McClearv. Mrs. Robert Denehey, Mrs. John T." Olmstead, Mrs. J. N. Cecil. Mrs. Linn Scott. Miss Scott, Mrs. Grant Nagle. Mrs. F. B. Mickey. Mr. Crull has been In Chicago con nected with the International Har vester Company for several weeks and has just returned here for his family. They leave to-day for their new residence. Mr. and Mrs. Crull have many friends in this city who regret their removal. Col. Duncan in the City; Sister Returns With Him J Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Dun can in charge of the Wilbur Wright Aviation Field. Fairfield, Ohio, is in the city for a brief stay with his grandmother. Mrs. John Brua Reef er. Front and Hamilton streets. His sister, Mrs. R. Potter Palmer, wife of Major Palmer, of the Signal Corps, now in France, who with her small i daughters, has been here for the past I two months, will accompany Colonel! Duncan to Dayton. Ohio, remaining! with htm for an indefinite period. Colonel Duncan is a son of the late General Joseph A. Duncan, U. S. A. Mrs. Mary J. Dickey and ters. Miss Anna Dickey and Mrs. Samuel Fortenbaugh, of 112 Vine street, have returned after a pleas ant visit with relatives in Pittsburgh. Dr. M. L. Ernst, of 10 North Fif teenth street, is home after spending some time in Oil City and Reading. Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Manges and i children, of 1431 Walnut street, are home after several weeks' vacation at Caledonia Park, near Chambers burg. Mrs. Charles Dickey and son. Charles Dickey, Jr., and daughter, Ethel, left Saturday for McAllisters ville. Pa., to spend two weeks with Mrs. Dickey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Benner. Announce Engagement; to Be Married This Fall Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Shultz, of 45 Summit street, announce the en gagement of their daughter. Miss Elsie Shultz, to J. Howard Chubb, of Halifax. Miss Shultz was an honor pupil In the class of 1917 of central High school and taught last year In Hali fax township and finished the school term at Carsonville. Mr. Chubb is an employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad. • The day set for the wedding Is September 12. Miss Dorothy Dowdell, of 1819 Whitehall street, spent Saturday in Philadelphia. Miss Emma Gillan. of Chambers burg, and Miss Mary Hicks, Waynes boro. were the week end guests of their cousin, Mrs. F. A. Elliott, 1506 ! State street. The Rev. and Mrs. Edwin A. : Pyles and daughter. Miss Elizabeth | Pyles, of 1726 North Sixth street, are I visiting relatives in Williamsport. Mrs. Jerome Koons and Miss Mary | Koons, of Boas street, left to-day | for York to spend the week with : Mr. and Mrs. Philip Aldlnger. Mr. and Mrs. Chester C. Byler and ! little daughter, of 1511 North street, ! are home after visiting friends at Mount Gretna for a week. Mrs. C. A. Spicer. of 2043 North I Second street, left Saturday with her i son-in-law. Walter Hubley, for a ! visit with his family at their Renovo ; home. I Mrs. Ehrman Jackson went home j to Elmira, N. Y., to-day after a fort j night's stay with relatives in the West End. Mr. and Mrs. William K. Spayd, of j Buffalo. N. Y.. are guests of their | relatives, Mr. and Mrs. George T. I Hartzell, of Green street. Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Linton 1 and son, Thomas Linton, are enjoy ing a vacation st&y in Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Howard ; Greenawalt. of New York, who visit j ed Mr. and Mrs. Christian F. Gohl. j 1003 North Second street, for a few I days, are now the guests of Fayette j ville relatives. ON MILS. STROUP'S BIRTHDAY i A dinner was given yesterday at the Claybill cottage along the Sus j quehanna, in celebration of the j birthday of Mrs. C. G. Stroup. The guests included: John J. Jennings, of the United States Naval Aeronautic Station, Pensacola, Fla., brother of the hos tess, and Mrs. J. J. Jennings, Mrs. Stroup was the recipient of con gratulations and best wishes of the other friends and relatives, among whom were Mrs. Sarah A. Jennings, Mr. and Mrs. William Jennings, and daughter, Lucile, Mrs. Mary A. John son, Mr. and Mrs. William Chalmers and daughter, Vivian, Clay G. Stroup. Reginald Stroup and Goodell W. J. Stroup. Miss Cfcilia Schoenberger, Cham bersburg, was a visitor in the city during Sunday. Miss Schoenberger while here met her brother, John P. Schoenberger, Jr., who to-day enter ed the employ of the Bethlehem Steel Company, at Steelton. The Rev. A. L. Taxis, who is doing Y. M. C. A. work In Brooklyn, re turned to his duties to-day after oc cupying the pulpit of Westminister Presbyterian Church, at yesterday morning's service. ■— Harrisburg friends" have learned that E. C. McCune, formerly of Shippensburg, but now at, Tuckahoe, N. J.. has been promoted to be a ma jor of ordnance and soon will go to Newport News as depot ordnance of ficer. Miss Esther Lowell went home to Ithaca, N. Y., Saturday, after spend ing a delightful month among friends in this vicinity. Mrs. Percy Hattler, of Richmond, Va., is stopping for a while with her mother, Mrs. Lewis L. Kramer, of Market street. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Claybaugh Todd went by automobile to Belie fonte Saturday, spending the week end In that vicinity. TELLS OF BATTLE 1 ALONG THE MARNEj Lieut. Murray Writes of Open ing Stages of Great Contest The Elliott-Fisher establishment! employes, high and low, werej mightily interested to-day to hear] news of their former advertising; manager. Lieutenant Robinson Mur-1 ray, who came to the firm direct! from Harvard several years ago and I quickly endeared himself to all hands and also became immediately j popular in Harrisburg. Joining the ] Colonial Club and making a great; number of friends Lieutenant Mur-i ray sustained the reputation made] at Harvard where he was not only a j brilliant scholar but topnotch athlete. He was one of the first to answer the | call for officers and after completing! his course at the first training camp j established, made his way rapidly in! promotion. He is now regimental in telligent officer, grading upward from battalion adjutant, connected with the 38th United States Infan try, Third Division, and his battalion is the one which will become historic for its stand at the second battle of the Marne. In this, the first let ter received from him, he tells about it as follows, from the location "On the north side of the Marne, July 26:" "Our regiment was. and is, right in the middle of it all. Sufficiently so that the regiment has been cited fqr its wonderful work in stopping the Boche drive. lam told here that all the country people are talking about our regiment, and believe me, they ought to, for there could be| nothing finer in the war than the; fight they put up. Many of my friends have 'gone west,' both offi- j cers and men. My only wonder is that there are any of us left. "I was about 200 yards from the river Marne when the Boche bar age started, the night of July 14-15, at 12 o'clock, to the minute. The Allied guns had been playing a steady tune for one hour. When the Boche opened it was indescribable. I could look down the river valley and see the high hills on both sides standing out in relief against the continuous flashes of light which was bright as day. Believe me, I did not pause long to watch. "All that day we were in it with everything going. I know what bul lets sound like now. They're not pleasant, when one knows they are aimed right at where you stand. Be ing attached to battalion headquar ters I was up on a hill slope, over looking perhaps two miles of the valley—the most wonderful oppor tunity to watch one of the greatest battles of the war one could have— a decisive battle that can't yet be estimated at its true value. "I took a scouting trip on top of one hill; surprised about .eight Boches, and got two of them before they could get away. Then another lieutenant and myself went back, got a detachment of men and went up once more to help hold our "I'll tell you straight—what you can't learn from papers—if the units on our right and left flanks had held as we did, the Boche would never In the world pushed up back from the Marne. As It was. we were or dered from the rear to withdraw be cause we had no flank support. So that is why the regiment ,is to he decorated and have the Croix B2 Furnace street; Charles Little, 71 Locust street; Alexander W. Stephens. 145 Adams street; James Doggett, 45 Locust street; Kiah Bell, 126 Ridge street. Two Steelton Youths Wounded in Big Drive Two Steelton youths were wound ed on the first day of the recent big German offensive on the Marne front, July 16. They are Corporal George White and Harry L. Maurer. Corporal White, attached to Com pany A. One Hundred Engineers, Is being treated at a French hospital for gas burns about the body. Maur er, a member of the Sanitary detach ment of the One Hundred Twelfth Infantry, was slightly wounded by shrapnel. PICNIC POSTPONED Because of the Impossibility ef ob taining special cars for transporta tion the annual picnic and outing of Class No. 23 of the Centenary United Brethren Sunday School has been postponed indefinitely. The commit tee In charge is working on another plan to take the place of the picnic. MRS. WILSON IS ILL Miss Carrie Wilson, superintend ent of the Laurence Hospital, Bronx ville, was called here by the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. Eliza beth Wilson, who resides with anoth er daughter, Mrs. J. E. Weitzel, of 516 Calder street. Miss Wilson has been forced to return to the hospital, but will spend her vacation here with her mother. GOING TO CALIFORNIA Mrs. William O. Hickok, of 504 North Second street, wno Is summer ing at Bedford leaves early in September with ( her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Emmons and sons, of Dover, Mass., for California, where they will spend the winter. Mrs. George Rldgway, of Kelly street, has received notification of the arrival In France of her husband. Lieutenant Kidgway, of the En gineers' Corps. Col. Frank R. Keefer. of Jhe Med ical Corps, L T . S. A., Washington, D. C., spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. John B. Keefer, Front and Hamilton streets. Miss Helena Long and Miss Rachel Long went home to Cincinnati this morning after a brief visit with their | aunt, Mrs. Luther Sheldon, of State j street. The Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Colburn and small daughter are summering in Clearfield county. Miss Anne L Crowe, one of the best-known educators of the city, is spending a vacation among friends in Coatesville. BROTHERS ;::fW I P mp jfl ■&> WW pf MgVH jw9R W&.: ■glnn n J. DONALD MOYER Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Moyer. 14 47 Berryhill street, have received! word that their son, J. Donald Moy-' er, aged I#, has arrived safely in : France. He is the second eon over seas. enlisted November 23, 1917, and was sent to Columlnis Barracks, Ohio, and from there to San Antonio, Texas, Later he was sent to Wichita ] Falls, Texas, as a member of the 74th i Aero Squadron. He was transferred to the Infantry Casual Detachment,' Six Steelton Teams to Com pete in First Aid Finals at Bethlehem Eleven teams, including six from the Steelton plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company, out of a total of fifty-six competing teams, qualified for the Bethlehem Steel Company's first aid championships at Saturday's preliminary meet in Steelton, the first ever held in the borough. Leba non and Reading were the other towns represented. The finals will be held in Bethlehem on Saturday, August 31. Competition was very ciose, only one of the eleven teams that placed for the finals having lees than a 100 per cent, record. One teem of girls from each the Lebanon and Reading plants qualified. Previous to the preliminaries on the Cottage Hill athletic grounds, a walk around of the competing teams was held over Steelton streets, head ed by the Steelton Band. Two prob lems in first aid were worked but by each team. The six Steelton teams that qual ified, with their members, are: Frog and Switch "B"—E. Shaffer, captain; J. Cummings, H. Geikes, W. Class, C. Yeager; W. Burkholder, patient. Steam Department—B. M. Book, captain; William Daylor, S. Zell, M. Matesvic, J. Vogler; C. Miller, pa- j tient. General Labor, colored—M. Poole, captain; W. Roland, G. Thomas,\ L. Fayson, W. Faylor; W. Jones, pa tient. Coke Oven—G. Book, captain; H. Fries, D. Glberson, C. Keyser, B. Kahr; F. Tourison, patient. Mechanical "B"" —f. Nickolas, captain; T. Crowley, B. Crumlick, H. Finley, M. Dorcie; H. Noggle, pa tient. Electrical —C. Raunick, captain; F. Given, I. Robinson, H. Shuler, J. Hutchinson; S. Mumma, patient. Steelton Personals Mrs. Howard L. Peters, 191 South Front street, and her mother, Mrs. H. J. Faust, of Harrisburg, are spending some time in Atlantic City and Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pittsburgh, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Dailey, of Walnut street. ~ Sergeant John Yestadt, Washing ton, spent yesterday at his home here. Captain E. N. Fry, Camp Meade, was the guest yesterday of his par ents, Mr. ejtd Mrs. Alonza Fry. Abe Sharosky, Camp Meade, spent the weekend at his home here. Lieutenant Gilbert Dailey, Wash-' ington, was the guest of his par ents here yesterday. STEELTON BOARD FLANS SATURDAY'S REGISTRATION Registration for youths who have become 21 since June 5 and on or before August 24 .included In the Jurisdiction of Dauphin County Board No. 1, will be held at the headquarters of the board at 49 North Front street, Steelton, on Au-; gust 24, from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. Youths who will register at Steelton are those residing In Steelton, High spire, Middletown and Royalton boroughs, and in Londonderry and Conewago townships. New Employment Agency at Station Jacob Lightner, director of the bureau of employment, of the partment of Labor and Industry, and general superintendent of employ ment offices of the state for the United States Employment Service, and John C. Saylor, special repre sentative of the United States Em plqyment Service, began to-day the establishment of a qumber of new employment offices in central Penn sylvania. A desk will be established in the Union Station at Harrisburg where workers may apply for employment and also where a special agent will be on duty to prevent labor being Improperly transported either away from or through the Harrisburg dis trict by labor agents not having proper credentials from the United States employment service. Another employment office will be opened to-day at Mt. Union and to morrow an Inspection of conditions at Lewistown will be made by Su perintendent Lightner and Special Agent Saylor to determine whether an office should be established there. A similar survey wilt be made at Lock Haven. At Dußols an bfflce will be opened this week and also at Sunbury and Lebanon. At Scranton the present office, on the second floor of the Farr Building, 133 Adams avenue, will be moved to the first; floor. ARE OVERSEAS LAWRENCE F. MOYER 90 Division, which sailed July 17. His brother, Lawrence F. Moyer, aged 21, was sent to Columbus Bar racks, and then to San Antonio, Texas. In December he was sent to Mineola With the 168 th Aero Squad ron and sailed January 28, 1918. He has recently been awarded the gold stripe for six months' overs* a." serv ice. Both young men were book keepers for Henry Gilbert & Son, be fore their enlistment. 'AUGUST 19, ms. Well in France * ■x.' CORPORAL E. E. MINNICH Corporal Emmett E. Mlnnlch, formerly of Roiling Springs, now serving at the front in France as a corporal in a' machine gun squad, has written a letter home in which he declares lie is well and happy. He enlisted in May, 1917, at Carlisle, and went with his company to Camp Hancock, where he was transferred to the 112 th Infantry. DR. SMUCKER IX MIDST OP WORK AT CANTONMENT Dr. Clayton Albert Smucker, pastor of Stevens Memorial Methodist Epis copal Church, serving at present as camp minister at Camp Robinson, Wis., at La Crosse, Wis., last evening addressed a big audience of soldiers from Camp Robinson Rnd Camp Doug las, in an open air meeting in that city. His subject was "The Helper and the Help for the American Sol dier." Dr. Smucker was appointed as camp minister for Camp Robinson late in July and will continue in that ca pacity until September 1. On Sunday evening. August JJ, he addressed a great body of soldhMs in the canton ment. HOLD MEMORIAL FOR YOUTH DEAD US FRANCE In memory of Frank Hawk, 406 Woodbine street, recently killed In action in France, memorial services were held yesterday morning in the Camp Curtin Memorial Methodflst Church. A gold star was placed in the church flag during the services and tributes were paid to the dead youth. Brown & Co.'n'ms' 9 Money-Saving August Furniture Sale It will pay you to visit this l ! store this month and see our unmatchable Furniture values This Is the Famous McDOUGAL KITCHEN CABINET The greatest work saver of the age, because every home ift the land can use it. Special sale of these cabinets all this month. Special terms, $l.OO Down, $l.OO Weekly; Cabinet delivered upon pay ment of the first dollar. See our special display at specially reduced prices of Complete Bed Room Suites Complete Dining Room Suites Complete Living Room Suites Pictures Pictures We are headquarters in Central Pennsylvania for real pictures. Picture lovers are welcome to come into our store as often as convenient and look over collection, whether they wish to buy or not. If you have a room or a home to furnish soon, by all means take advantage of our August prices and buy now. You will save yourself a lot of money over later prices. Progress Protests Against Poor Water Supply Residents of the village-of Progress to-day protested to the Public Serv ice Commission against the failure of the Susquehanna Water Company, of this city, which operates in Susque hanna townßhip, to furnish a regular supply of water. It Is charged that it has "repeatedly" failed to maintain its supply, gives no notice of failure ™ and thereby endangers health and property. The complaint Is the cli max of conditions the last month and will be scut to the company for a prompt answer. The commissioner of Radnor town ship, Delaware county, complained that under the new schedule of the Springfield Consolidated Water Com pany, of Philadelphia, for fire service it has to pay an increase of 1180 per cent. The increase is alleged to be due to the Inclusion of a charge for pipe lines. Residents of White Haven com plained that the White Haven Water Company refused to extend water mains. Don't Strain Your Eyes Every day's strain on your eyes makes them that much worse. A little trouble will grow to he a big one. By having the right kind of glasses you will be able to pre serve your eyes for years. See us at once. WILL HELP YOU TO GET THE GLASSES YOU NEED. YOU MAY PAY FOR THEM AT CON VENIENT INTERVALS J. S. BELSINGER Registered Optometrist 212 lacwt St. Next Door to Orpheam