6 PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS OF INTENSE Monday Evening Club Meets With Mrs. Meikle Mrs. William D. Meikle, of 171 North street, entertained the Mon day Evening Sewing Club, at her Jiome last night. A pleasant evening was enjoyed. Refreshments wfcre served. Those who attended this meeting which was the first of the season were: Mrs. J. Harry Bender, Mrs. J. X. Finley. Mrs. John P. Guyer. Mrs. J. M. Hobart, Mrs. B. S. Fry, Mrs. 11. D. Hammond, Mrs. Joseph Rehn, Mrs. George H. Wirt, Miss Marv Rehn. Miss Rita Farrar. of Richmond, Va.. is a guest of relatives In town for the remainder of the week. rSFlowersi ■ Freshness— Proper arrange ment and Prompt Service are verv important matters in relation to your flower pur- . chases. We are prepared to • meet the most exacting re quirements. For Fi.nerala—Sick Rooms Wed Jingo—Part lee Our service is complete Flowers for all occasions cJheßerrvhill . LOCUST ST. AT SECOND A W , —^ i| A Fitting Service With - jm j \m\ out A Flaw jig, jUI I Years and fears of actual ex- 11§| Pl* perience, Hatching tailors and fitters 1 Ml in their "alteration pranks" decided \Ak H £ us that thye teas but one way to give Ijj fHi i> our customers an efficient fitting pi j i service. ijra , The tailor who marks any altera- tions and who fits you completes the \j] garment himself. No other tailor s ? |0: hands ever touch it. So far as tie jfr know this service is exclusive with \ us in Harrisburg. lou will appre- \ |jl ciate it the same as you will the other s | features of this smart style center. | [ THANKSGIVING DAY { I SPECIAL C Chrysanthemums $2.48 per doz. 1 j Rbses * 98c per doz. 1 i Carnations . 72c per doz. KEENEY'S fl t OW°ER SHOPS ' 814 N. 3d St. 157 N. Front St. ( 1 I Harrisburg Steelton Handkerchiefs We are showing a very fine j assortment of Ladies' Linen and Tissue Handkerchiefs. Prices: r 25 j J ICE CREAM SPECIAL FOR THANKSGIVING Vanilla Frozen Fruit Pudding Chocolate , Cherry Strawberry * - Coffee Frozen Custard Pineapple Chocolate Almond, Bisque Orders Received Until Wednesday, 11 P. M. No Orders Received Thanksgiving Day. WALKER & CRAVER 409 NORTH SECOND STREET Bell 1607 Dial 3329 ™ V ! 'i • . ■ ' M " { " : *" • '/ / TUESDAY EVENING. HXBHISBURO tfilftl TELEGRAPH NUMBER 26, 1918^ jCapt Bassler Is Made Senior Division Chaplain I News was received in the city this ■ morning that Captain Harry Xelaon j Bassler. chaplain of the 103 rd Am munition Train, who has seen much j service overseas, has been promoted j '•to senior chapiain of the 28th Dlvl -1 sion, with general oversight of all the religious work in the division. J All other chaplains will report to, him once a week regarding their. work and he makes a report once' a month to general headquarters, j This promotion carnes "for effl-) clency'" and Captain Basaler's j friends are delighted over it. He J was chaplain of the famous old J Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment and j " accompanied the men to the Mexi- f can border. I' Mr. and Mrs. Frederick F. Unger. 606 North Sixteenth street, will spend Thanksgiving Hay at the home of the latte.r's parents, in Mercers burg. Mrs. John C. Stine. of the Reynard j apartments. North Third street, is j recovering her health after a recent) illness. Little Miss Sarah Jane Tunis. j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Tunis. 2* ears State Librarian lor Pennsylva-j nia, was born in this city, removing to Indianapolis with his parents dur-j ing his boyhood. He Joined the Perdue] University Battery for"Mexican Border duty, and has been in the Regular C. S. Army since May, 1917, sailing over seas in December, and receiving his captaincy last March. For several months he was located in the St. Mihiel region and was there when the lighting in that section was the greatest. At the time the armis tice was signed, he was at the front, under orders to leave for the United I Mates, and spent that night in Toul. .where the great lights snone wildly out from the regular Fourth of July celebration made by the gunners, who determined that no ammunition should be left to carry back. • l'urln c.oe* Cral) The armistice was signed ,at the i eleventh hour of the eleventh day of ] the eleventh month, and the next j evening Captain Holmes was with a j group of fellow-officers in Paris. He j participated in the great pea i- e cele- ; hration of that wonderful Tuesday, j i when Mardi Gras festivities were mild, compared with these. Everybody i was out for fun, and the bands played i continually. All day Wednesday the ! • American. British and French bands • played on the steps of the Paris Opera House, the favorite numbers being | the French marching • song; "Le Marsellaise." "God. Save the King." and "The Star-Spangled Ban ner." i Captain Holmes had the novel ex- , per ience ot living in a second line I j trench town, just, left by the Ger-1 I mans, whose forces were originally! half a kilometer awav. On arrival. 1 | officers picked out the best-looking, old stone house they could find tor headquarters and comfortably went | oft to sleep. During the night they j found the rain was beating in and an | ' inch of water covered everything. The I roof was entirely off. something they I had entirely overlooked in selecting their horpe. ' ■ Captain Holmes has much to say of I the e\e.-llencv of Red Cross work, and one day in'the early spring met a I Harrisburg F.ed Cross canteen worker. I Miss Suzanne Westbrook, "somewhere lin France." He is to report to Fort I Monroe next week for further orders, j ANNOUNCE XMAS BAZAR ; The Women's Guild and St. An-1 drew"h Guild will conduct .the an nual Christmas saie and supper Fri day. December 6, at St. 'Andrew's ] j parish house. Nineteenth and Mar- i ket streets. The sale will begin at j • 2 o'clock and supper will be served j from 5.30 to 8 o'clock. AUXILIARY MEETS WEDNESDAY The Red Cross Auxiliary of the Covenant Presbyterian Church will j meet to-morrow, instead of Thurs day. The rooms will be open from ; 10 a. rtt. until 5 p. m. A larg at-! tendance is urged jn order that the j government order for pads may be ; filled. Bay Cheap Shoes and You Can Be Baying Them Every Few Months ! • ! j Buy Lafi-ancc Shoos and they will last four times longer than I; the cheap kind. I-afrancc Shoes i j cost i $B.OO to $12.00 the pair. Cheap shoes cost $1 the pair, and in eight months they wUI cost you $l6, as the average cheap shoes only lasts two months. No fit, no style in cheap shoes. Lafrance shoes always Ht and look the same when they arc worn for one year. Widths AA to EE. Sizes 1 to S. Think this shoe game I over, then go to PAUL'S I 11 North Fourth Street ■i-tw r-Ji TELLS ALL ABOUT !, CHINESE BRIDAL Donald Carruthers Writes of! ■ Manners and Customs in / Far-off Flowery Kingdom Donald W. Carruthers, of this city, who is secretary of the Army Y. M. C. A. Legation Guards in the "Princeton Work In Peking,"' China, China, has wrttten a most interest ing letter to Ills parents, Mr. and ! Mrs. J. B. Carruthers. of State | street, telling all abotlt a big Chi nese wedding, the details of which follow: Oct. 9, 1918. My Dear Mother aud Father: Next door to where I am living there is a big Chinese wadding now in progress and according to the Chinese custom they are carrying the presents through the streets in order that every one may see how beautiful they are and how rich the givers of the dowry really nre. A huge mat shed has been erected and a Chinese orchestra lias been engaged to furnish the music which will consist largely of beating a huge drum to the accompaniment of clanging cymbals which would even make the Apostle Paul decidedly ill at ease. This said music will con tinue all night and to-morrow per haps. The bride will be carried into the house in a small closed red covered sedan chair and the groom for the first time will have the op portunity of beholding her smiling visage for the llrst time. The Chi nese saying is that in foreign wed dings, we pour our water in hot (love! and it gradually gets cold, but they pour their water in cold and it gets hot. I don't believe this latter statement for their happiness seems many times to be. to lis at least, delusion. I am told that the j first few years of the married life I of the young bride are spent, in j rible misery—for she is the i hold slave of the modherln-law and I one can well imagine what that i means. After she has her first child . this relation of serfdom ceases .but still she Is kept in the background and referred to as the "woman in the home." To me it appears that the greatest problem before this nation at the present time is that of making homes in the true sense of the word. I believe fully in the Christian solution of "the problem where motherhood and all that ; home embodies —are kept hallowed Iby the remembrance of Him who j ! resorted to Bethany to enjoy the | I homelife of His friends. Mary and j Martha. Someone has said that the : j nation or people that holds woman ; iin an inferior position can never ( hope to advance and there appears i to be nothing to refute such a state -1 ment. , Mr. BurgeSs lias lent us his Victor j and several excellent records. It is real sport to take your bath to the tune of a stirring operatic air of an expressive violin selection. I am sure that were I to be sent into the interior for a period of years I would like to take a machine with me with i a full supply of records. It j gives one so much pleasure. I wish j there was some sort of a iflachlne j whereby the pictures of the famous I art galleries could be put on a rec | ord and sent around so that you I could get the same joy of looking at i ! them one does in the galleries At ; home. I am trying to enjoy Chinese painting as a substitute for the art of the west, which I cannot see be cause. of my separation from it. I am a bit surprised to find myself really getting a whole lot of enjoy ment from Chinese painting. A few i I days ago I visited the Art Museum j in the Forbidden City together with j !my friend Shoemaker, 1916, who j i took the same course in art in : ; Princeton that I did and we heartily j enjoyed a lot of fhe pictures al ' though they are vastly different in conception and execution than those .we are familiar with in the west. In tfils way one gets a new apprecia ! tlon of the Orient and becomes more j 1 contented with his present lot. A j i foreign soldier once told me his i j philosophy of life In the Orient. Hej tried to look away to the hills and i temples and not on the dust and , sordldr.ess of the city streets. So j i youp see I am trying to look off to i ; the hills and the green places "with | | pleasure withal." i With lots of love your son, DON'ALD WALLACE. j Miss Alice Straub is spending the ] week with friends in Williamsport. Mrs. Walter W. Hubley. of Reuovo, j ! spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. J. I P. McCullough, 2041 North Second j ! street. • | Miss Tilda Zarker, Miss Mae Mend ler and Miss Helen Aungst, and Mrs. i Speece. all of Penbrook. have return ; ed after a motor trip to Philadelphia. ' Charles Pollock, of the S. A. T. C., | i Gettysburg, spent Sunday with his ! father, Frank Pollock, of 24 Prospect j ' street. i Harold Eckert, of Sylvan Terrace, i now stationed at Indianhead, Md.. ! spent the weekend at home, j Edward Connor, of Philadelphia, ' spent last night here with relatives, ; | on his way from McAlistervllle, Pa., to j ! Octoraro. Md. Ralph Davis, of McAlistervllle, Pa., j is visiting relatives here. P. F. Clark, of Lehighton. Pa., was j in the city on business and spent the | weekend with his sister, Mrs. N. G. j i Hodgson, of COl Boas street. j Miss Karah Caton. of this city, will i spend the Thanksgiving vacation at 1 Asbury Park. N*. J., and in Phlladel \ phia. ?s the guest of Miss Zetna War- Miss Margaret Phillips, of 1832 Mar ket street, has returned home after a visit in Williamsport. Miss Mary Meetch. Miss Harriett Bricker and Miss Jeanette Stoner ■ have Returned home after spending the weekend with friends in Golds b°Mrs.P Henry W. Schurtz and daugh- j ters Mary Schurtz and Rena Schurtz. of 1624 Liberty rtrcet. leave to-mor | row to spend the weekend In Mid- > i d 'Mbo" l Evelyn Speskman. of 709 North ! Seventeenth' street, left to-day to J spend the week In Philadelphia and, i Al Mrs "FmftVid Walker, of Philadel : phia. is visiting her sister. Miss Ellen • K. McCulloch, at 1202 X'orth Second street. Mr and Mrs. Wilbur Ramsay, of Portland. Me., are Thanksgiving | guests of their relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Pollack, of State street, j Miss Rose B. Mumma, Miss Mary j K. Mumma, John Mumma and H. Oberholtzer motored to Hanover for the weekend. Miss Annette Greene, of Boston, left for home this morning after a brief stay with relatives in the West End. Mr. and Mrs. Walter K. X'orris, of, i Pittsburgh, are expoeted here to- j I morrow for a Thanksgiving visit with : | their relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Ber tram Stahl, of X'orth Second street. Mrs. Kenneth M. Jones and daugh j ter, Carol Jones, of Berwyn Park. Location. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. ;J. Melly Jones, at 109 South street. Other Personal News Pace 8 ) SPRING SURPRISE , AT LATE SUPPER Popular Young Couple's ,En i gagement Is Announced to ' Number of Friends I KP MISS SARAH ANN FAUNCE Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Faunce of 1314 North Third street, announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Sarah Ann Faunce, to Charles McGinnis .Pollock at a late supper at their home last evening. The girls enjoyed a social time and were greatly surprised When they entered the dinning room. Covers were laid for twelve. Mi niature kewpies guarded the place cards which bore the announcement. They were attached to streamers of red, white and blue which led to the centerpiece of red roses. The. guests invited to the announcement were: j Miss Ruth Cummlngs, Miss Esther I Webb, Miss Margaret Pollock, J'rs. i William Anderson. Mrs. Charles Hll ler. Miss Margaret Plank. Miss Eilna j Bowers. Mrs. S. I. Sttner. Mrs. H. C. j Pollock, Miss Grace Bergstresscr and Miss I'aultne Summer. Miss Faunce is a graduate of Cen tral High School class of 1916 and a prizewinner in the Junior Girl's contest. Charles Pollock, the son of Frank Pollock, of 24 Prospect street, graduated from Technical High School in 1917. He was prominent in sports, played in basketball and won the city's championship in tennis. He is now a member of the Student Army Training Corps at Gettysburg Col lege. No date has been set for the wed ding. Miss Grace Litleton, of Cambridge, I Mass., is stopping for a week with her sister, Mrs. Anne Littletown Wells, of X'orth Second street. Richard T. Thompson started for a western trip to-day which will in clude stops in Chicago and Denver on the way to Sacramento, Cal. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. Jackson I went home to Portland. Oregon, last | evening, after spending a short time j with Harrisburg friends on the way ! from Philadelphia and New York. i j Practical Eye Hints j Along this line the following j j suggestions are worthy of note: ! (a) Vertigo, indigestion, Itfsom j nia, headache, neuralgia, and even j nervous prostration are often ! caused by eye-strain, and an ex i pert examination of the eyes I should figure In the diagnosis of j such ailments. (b) One's own visual sensdtions I cannot always be relied upon to j indicate the condition of the eyes. Ability to see gicat distances is I often a sign of imperfection there | in: in fact, the farsightedness of old age is due to the failure of I efficient action in the crystalline lens of the eye and the tiny mips [ clcs that control It. (e) With advancing years con ditions In the eye structure change ' more rapidly than in early life, ■ but the eyes should be examined at least once a year from infancy onward. (d) Those who wear glasses should see that they are kept scrupulously clean at all'tlmcs, as blurred lenses may cause eye strain. (e) Prolonged, continuous use of the eyes should be avoided if they seem easily fatigued. Tlielr I demand for proper rest is more | imperative than that of any other organ. (f) In reading or working, on© should never have the light either in front or behind, nor have it directed over, the right shoulder. j To be especially avoided also is the attempt to read on moving trains or when walking. (g) It has been repeatedly proved that the efltect on "the op tic nerve of excessive smoking is '[ a cause of blindness, and more i often leads to other visual j troubles. 12 N. Market Square, 2nd Floor 1 V Children's Hair Catting Mornings, 0 to 12 O'clock Yotins Lady Phone Appointments I Attendants Snpgented MAE'S Hair Dressing Parlors 14 N. 2nd St. Entire 2nd Fleer A SPECIAL PLANS | J AT CIVIC CLUB, Hostess House Open to Men in Service on Thanksgiv- < ing Day _____" i Mrs. Edward F. Dunlap, general J chairman of the Hostess House, has announced the folowing plans for Thanksgiving -Day. The club house ' will be open afternoon and evening. Nothing lias been planned for the . entertainment of the guests in the afternoon, but plenty of good read ing material is always furnished by Mrs. Walter Spofford .chairman of the magazine committee and the hospitality of the home is extended to all men in service. Supper will be served at 7 o'clock j by Miss Dora W,: Ooe, chairman of the committee; Mrs. Martin A. Cumbler, MYs. Harry G. Kef Tor, Mrs. Wilbur F. 'Harris, Miss Elizabeth Ross, Miss Alhteda Herman. ' An abundance of homemade mince and pumpkin pies and doughnuts will be on tlie menu. Nuts, fruit nnd hot coffee will be supplied. A dance will follow and during intermission tableaux of various pos ters will be presented. The entertainment committee will be assisted by Miss Elizabeth Ktflse ly. Miss Martha Fletcher, Miss Sara McCullough, Miss Cherry West brook. Miss Catherine Stamm, Miss Alice DeceVee and Miss Maud Stamm. Howard B. Anderson, of Freder icksburg, went home this morning after spending a week with his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Elwood F. Lucas, of Market street. M_r. and Mrs. Robert J. Holmes, of Richmond, Va., will be Thanksgiving guests of their relatives. Mrs. Wil liam H. Egje and Miss Katharine Irwin Egle, 305 North Second street. Mrs. Charles C. Linton, of 1007 North Second street, left to-day for vlsitis among friends in HollidayH burg and hr old home in Johnstown. Eugene Winters and his brother, Thomas D. Winters of the University of Pennsylvania, will be Thanksgiv ing visitors at the home of tneir rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Irving, of Green street. ■ 1 rc) — mi-joj —ini—--ibiij —uinnmuini in CTimrrc=rinr=ginf=g=inr=^=]nr===giFiF=3=g|Fig^n=npi f Help Sales People Get Rest. Buy Xmas Gifts Now. | . I . •• I-, I New Arrivals men's j I and Misses' Coats [ ' 1 Just in Time for Thanksgiving ■ ■ \ esterday s express brought us several shipments of Women's and Misses' Coats all of which are decidedly new and the last word jj 8 0 in fashion. Women folks who will buy their Thanksgiving Ceats here today e and tomorrow will be certain of having Coats totally different. w u j At $25.00 and $29.50 Our Coats Are Without Equal * . 9 We specialize on Coats at these t\v6 popula/ prices and quite naturally go the j | very limit in value-giving. Our showing includes Velours. Cheviots, Silvertones, Mannish Tweeds, Ker seys and a w6ndrons assortment of Salt's Seal Plush Coats —all handsomely styled, | faultlessly tailored garments —all shades. % I I All the Wanted Colors and Fabrics Are | Here in the Higher Priced Coats | Ranging From $5O to $lOO The woman whose mind is made up con'cerning a certain high-class fabric in a D certain shade will surely find just wjpat she wants in our large stock of Coats of 9 the higher, order. " * I French Velours Velour de Laine Broadcloths Pom Poms Genuine Bolivias Silvertones ej Exquisite. Baffin Seal Plush Coats Fur collar and fur-tiimmcd models aplenty ■ >. •>/ U _____ I Junior Misses' Coats, Too, | S Amongst the new arrivals were the season's most attractive ere- | ations. For example: * A Wool Velour Coat—Reindeer shade —with genuine Seal Collar, at $55. a Another Velour in a beautiful loose-back models-seal brown shade, at $35. j IA Pekin Blue Pom Pom Coat, with genuine Beater Collar, at $59.00. i I • And many others. r: i 1 I Furs For Thanksgiving and Christmas Whether you want Furs for now or for Christmas, here you'll find that our j big showing of rich, luxurious, warm Coatees, Stoles, fluffs, Scarfs and Neck ■ | Pieces can supply just what you want. !Fox —Wolf—Kolinsky Squirrel—Hudson Seal— Opossum, Etc. All Moderately Priced II ' , ' g s Join in a Cake March at Close of Card Party Mrs. Anna Cawdrey and MlsaMary V. Rhone were hostesses at a delight ful Five Jluißlrod party Salufdny evening held ih Pythian hall, J369 Howard street. After the dKHhUtfon' of .prises, refreshments were Berved to *lOO guests, who all Joined in a "cake march." Dancing was enjoyed with Mrs. Hazel MelchlOr. prgantst of Bethlehem Rtnr Chapter?'at thtq piano. Carl B. Miller, of Newark, N. J., is I here for a short stay among rela tives In Green street. I i Witmer, Bair & Witmer Walnut Near Second "Over the Top Sale" Dependable Merchandise at Special Prices ?T. ' ■ i Coats, Suits, Dresses, 1 1 / , " . 1 Furs ) at Less Than Regular Price A Stock Reducing Event of Much Importance t to You. Witmier, Bair & Witmer IJ ■. ANNOUNCEMENT , Wednesday and all market mornings thereafter W. Marrolf will offer from his stall, formerly C. A. Stoufter's, in Broad Street Market, 9 STOUFFER'S Home-made Mince Meat at 22c per pound k \