NATIONAL W.C.T.U. HAS PRAYER DAY Will Be Observed in Harris burg by Three Unions in Zion Lutheran Church The W. C. T. U. national Day of Prayer will be unserved by every union in the country Thursday, Janu ary 9. The Harrisburg W. C. T. U. is ar ranging a program that will occupy practically all of the period from 10 a. m until 2:20 p. m., the meeting to be held in Zion Lutheran Church. Prayer will be offered that national prohibition may be enforced immedi ately in every slate of the United States, which is the main topic of the day. Each hour will be presided oyer by women of the three unions of the city and prominent ministers will speak. The meeting will be open to the public. A detailed program Will be announced later. Wireless Phone to Europe in Few Weeks London, Jan. 6. —We will be talk ing across tire Atlantic ocean by wireless telephone by the time the peace treaty is signed, according to Godfrey Isaacs, managing director of tlie Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company. , , "One day in the not distant fu ture," he said, "we will walk about with wireless telephones attached to our bodies, and will be able to call up a friend, say from Plcadllly cir cus. who is flying somewhere. Or one may have a wireless telephone invitation from a friend flying in France to join him at dinner. "It will not be very long before one will be able to sit at one's desk in London anil speak to New York practically instantaneously. It will be quite as easy to speak tvith Paris. Home, Amsterdam, Moscow, Sydney, Melbourne or New Zealand. "We are arranging for large or ganizations where we shall always bo in wireless telephonic communi cation with airships, to keep them informed concerning meteorological conditions." Cheapening and quickening of news transit and expediting of trade and industry are among the imme diate results predicted by Isaacs. Ugly Dreams Added To Her Discomfort "A person never appreciates good health until after they have suffered as 1 did before I found Tanlac," said Laura G. Baker, 44 4 E. Franklin street. Media. "Hardly a day passed without a sick headache. Heart burn, sour stomach and pain around my heart were caused by indigestion and gastritis. Ugly dreams disturbed my rest at .night. My health became impaired, and in short, I was simply a wreck. "Then Tanlac was recommended to me. My, what a change it made! No more 'rarebit' dreams, no sick headaches and no more misery af ter eating. 1 always feel refreshed, and energetic, and I have only Tan lac to thank." The genuine Tanlac, which bears the name J. I. Gore Co., on outside carton, is now sold here by Geo. A. Gorgas. George's Drug Store, C. F. Kramer and W. F. Stein, and other leading druggists. Tanlac. the cele brated vegetable tonic, stomach and health builder, is also sold in neigh boring cities and towns. Ask for it. iJuniper Tar p^| Btst " Coughs, Bfjt, Colds, wis 'Sr Sore *JSL Tliroflt Mrs. David Martin. * 111 407 S. Front Street, Nashville. Term.. Writes: I had a very bad cold, some thing like "GRIP," and after using Juniper Tar I have entirely recov ered." Htty It Today, as Colds I .cad to Grip (10 Doses, 30c IMPORTANT LINKS Hygiene, rest, pure air, sunshine and a well-balanced diet, plus SCOTT'S EMULSION to improve the blood-quality, increase body-weight and build up resistance, are important Unk in the logical treatment of in cipient pulmonary affections. To a child or adult with a tendency to weak lungs or tender throat, Scott's brings a wealth of rich tonic-nourishment "Ah A little of Scott's Emulsion Ca . today may do you a world of Vflr good tomorrow. J\ l lf •cctt ABowoe,Bk>omfield.N. J. 18-11 vL INFLUENZA WARNING durvpon Onsrsl Blue of tho rulil'c health service warns Ihst tho Influsnr-i. epidemic Is by no mefno ended snd till onsslbla precautions should he taken- CfaarSodim | I I VMM WW •nraypd dilly Into no*- nfi-l >hrnf la tin •xt.ell.nt prav-nrivp. If kills ths ftertnn. At your drus*lt or by nivii. 2 slziti—Sue or II n-r hntll-. TINCTVSR t EXTRACT < 11Y 'No. 3d St.. I'MlMrlulilM MONDAY EVENING. POLES GALL ON HUNS TO YIELD BENTSCHEN; GERMANS WILL FIGHT Troops Occupy Railway Station at Chroschnik; Capture Would Be Serious For Berlin and Northern Ger many; Teutons to Call For Volunteers Berlin, Jan. 6.—Polish troops have occupied the railway station at Chroschnik, four miles from Bent sclien, and have sent an. ultimatum to the German commander in the latter place demanding that he sur render. The demand has been refus ed, and the Germans will defend Bentschen at all costs, according to the Tageblatt. (Bentschen is a town near the boundary between the provinces of Poson and Brandenburg and is about forty-three miles southwest of Po sen) . Capture of Bentschen by the Poles would be most serloustfor Berlin nnd all of Northern Germany. Its loss to the Poles woifld cut com munication between Berlin and Sile sia, and would endanger the provi sioning of Frankfort-on-the-Oder and all of Northern Germany. The cabinet is considering of the Steelton News COUNCIL TO HOLD A BIG SESSION Will Name Chief of Police, Fire Chief and Two Assistants, The Borough Council will liolil a session this evening, which promises' to be an interesting one. The mat ter of greatest importance will be the confirmation of H. P. Longnaker as chief of police. Uongitaker was named as chief by the Council police committee to succeed Victor Grove, whose resignation took effect Janu ary 1. In spite of the fact that I,ongnaker has had eight years' ex perience as chief of police and en joys the confidence of the people at large as being capable of handling' the position, there is present a feel ing of regret on the part of many that the resignation of Grove was ac cepted. Under his care the local po lice department reached a high state of efficiency and the work of the police during the past year has been marvelous, considering the fact that only seven officers had to take care of the town, with a population of over 20,000 and that population made up of a large portion of habitual law breakers. That Chief Longnaker knows the need of a greater and larger police force is shown by the fact that during a previous term he made the request for more men, which request, of course, was re fused by Council, as has every simi lar request made by Grove. At this evening's meeting the chief of the Are department also will be named. All indications are that the present chief will be "eturnod to of fice, the position having been filled by him satisfactorily. Two assistants also will be named. The police committee will rocq®-| mend the permanent appointment of' a night sergeant, a position now temporarily held by Officer Bauer meister. The police report of IP'S will be presented this evening by Victor Grove. MIKE VIXACO DID SOME SHOPPING During the rush of business Sat urday al'Sernoon at the Woolworth store, assistant manager Cuddy saw a foreigner doing some rapid shop ping. Cuddy left him fill up his pockets with articles for which he neglected to pay, and then nabbed him at the door of the store. He was placed under arrest by Officer Wynn, but decided he wpjild rather pay in full for the things he took than stand arrest. KNIGHTS OF MALTA TO CONFER SCARLET DEGREE Baldwin Commandery of the Knights of Malta will confer the scarlet degree on a number of can didates this evening. The various eonimanderies of the order are pre paring to have social evenings throughout the winter. The first one is to be held by the Egyptian Com mandery, January 10. TRANSPORTATION RELIEF ELECTS NEW OFFICERS The Transportation Relief Asso ciation of the local steel plant on FiSda.v night elected the following officers for the new year: President, Frank Kenney. vice-president, J. W. Thompson, treasurer, J. J. Coleman; recording secretary, C. N. Ramp; chairman of executive committee, William Warner; trustees, George Sprow, Joseph Smith and Charles Reynolds. VESTRY TO ORGANIZE The newly-elected vestryof Trinity Church will meet'this evening at the rectory to organize for the year. Of ficers will be elected and the 1919 budget confirmed. . EASTERN C 111 RFHKS, ARE CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS To-day is being observed as Christ mas in the Eastern churches, and the local Serbian and Bulgarian Churches last night started celebra tions which will continue for sev eral days. Thi3 data has been com memorated as Christmas Day by the Eastern church slnc e the fourth cen tury. and as the Feast of the Epiph any in the Western church since early in the fifth century. ENTERTAIN AT HOME Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Rhoads, 149 Lincoln stret, entertained the fot lowing guests over the holidays: James A. White and wife, Jesse Barnes and wife, all of Baltimore, Md.: Edward Bowder and wife, Miss Hilda R. Gauntt, nil of Philadelphia; Sergeant* George T. Cole, Base Hos pital, Catp Merritt, N. J. Sergeant Cole wcit over the top five times, was wounded in action October 12, brought over on hospital ship De cember 9 and recovered enough to get home to eat his Christmas din ner with his Mrs. Rhoads. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Middleton, of Baltimore, ar, visiting with Dr. and Jlrs. J. W. Middleton, of Steelton. Mr. -Middleton is a Maryland state agricultural export. Polish situation and directed the ministry of war to take tho new tochnical steps to strengthen the eastern frontiers. When prepara tions have boon completed, which will probably bo next week, the cabinet will probably appeal to the people to form a volunteer army to protect the German borders. HIGHER SHOES FOB WOMEN Chicago, Jan. 6. —Higher shoes for women for 1919 —higher prices rath er than reductions and shorter skirts, those are the views of the National Shoe Travelers' Association as ex pressed in resolutions passed ut the close of its seventh annua) conven tion. Women's shoes of eight and one-half inches or higher,' in brown, gray, beauver, plack and white, were decreed bl the shoe travelers, who added that "long skirts are unsight ly)', unsanittary and prevent l'reo ac tion in walking or other pursuits." Vincent Astor to Command Yeoman Gaard of Twelve 'Slfei 1' • = I • \ . ll' I % I v ' I j •"! ft V- - " v I II 1 ; ■ .•, • V; 11 •" ■ •< ' -• I f • !>' '■ , f 1 - - UUrrxxoHT AZTOX Lieutenant Vincent Astor is to command a yeoman guard that will form part of the military guard on duty at the Palace of Versailles dur ing the world peace conference. This news was received in a letter from Yeoman L. J. Minton, U. S. N., of Baltimore, who has been sta tioned at Rochefort, France. Mr. Astor turned his yacht over to the Government after we entered the war and has since been on foreign duty almost constantly. Mt. Wolf Sunday Schools Elect Corps of Officers Mount Wolf, Jan. 4.—St. John's Lutheran Sunday school elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Charles Hannigan; vice-president. D. J. May; superin tendent. C. W. Whlster; assistant superintendent, C. H. Stock: secre tary, Miss Anna Kinports: assistant secretary, O. S. Bare; corresponding secretary, H. S. Kunkel; chorister, B. P. Crumbling:. pianist. Miss Ethel Arnold: assistant pianist. Miss I,eah Strevig; board of managers, Charles Kothbaugh, Charles Ebaugh, Charles Waltemeyer; primary school teach ers, Mrs. B. K. Duering, Mrs. J. Park Wogan. Thp Mount Wolf United Brethren Sunday school elected the following officers: Superintendent, Henry Wolf; assistant, David H. Rodes; secretary. Miss Margaret Rodes; as sistant, Miss Mabel Kunkel; treas urer, J. M. Rodes; librarians, Rob ert Eitzhee, James Diehl, Preston Prowell and Charles Diehl; pianist, Miss Nettie Melhorn; assistant, Katheryne German; chorister, A. H. N'ess; assistant, J. J. Rodes; super intendent of primary department, Mrs. W. O. Knauts; assistant super intendent. Mrs. George H.' Wolf; or ganist, Sarah Diehl; assistant, Flor ence Landis. NEWS FLASHES OFF THE OCEAN CABLES By Atsociated Prtsi Purls. Maxwell Blake, American Consul General in Morocco,- has been summoned to Paris by President Wil son, who wished to consult on Mo roccan questions. London. Dr. Adolf Torngren and Dr. Vrjo Hlrn. a professor in the Uni versity of H.elsingfors, \yho have been appointed Finnish delegates to the peace congress, have arrived in London. They will proceed to Paris at once and hope to present the case of Finland before the Inter-Allied Conference. Warsaw. The Papal Delegate hero, Monsignor Ratts, has made rep resentations to Rome regarding the situation at Vilna and vicinity, ask ing the intervention of the Allies and protection against the Bolsheviki in Lithunia, where there are Polish Roman Catholics. Paris. Grand Duchess Mario Ade laide. of Luxemburg, the Matin says, it learns from a reliable force, has decided to leave Luxemburg, owing to the political situation there. The situation, it is ndded. has become un favorable for the grand duchess. London. Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the admiralty, describes the men of the Twentieth British mine layer flotilla as some of the bravest and pluckiest of the British Navy. Rome. In their tour of Rome on Saturday, President and Mr 3. Wil son visited the Colosseum and the Arches of Constantlne, Titus and Sep timus Scverus. Upon entering the Roman forum they were met by the noted archeologist. Professor Giacomo Bon I, who presented tliem with branches of laurel and myrtle. | UNDERTAKER 1745 1 I Chas. H. Mauk "• Zl* st * 1 Private Ambulance Phones *■ HARHISBURQ TELEGRAPH! Little Talks by Beatrice Fairf ax By BEATRICE FAIRFAX I wish that some of tho young girls among my correspondents would form a club to discourage the unnecessary spending of money by their young men friends—spending, I mean, for the almost dally enter tainment of these young girls them selves. As everybody knows, lt's very much easier to take a sensible but unpopular stand If you can do so as a member of a club or movement. It's not at all hard, but, on the con trary, distinctly pleasurable, to do something that forty-nine otficr girls -are doing at tho same timo and in the same way. You will readily agree with me if you will recall tho success of the "Spugs." One person alone couldn't do very much in opposition to the savory and Insincerity of the sys ! tem of Christmas present exchange, I but a "Society for the Prevention of | Useless Giving" can do a good deal. | The merj knowledge that such a , society as this existed has lielppd many people to shake themselves partially free from bondage to cus j torn and to feel guilty in making jany gift that might not be a sincere expression of good-will. But tlie multiplication of pres ents once a year to distant relatives whom one barely knows and to ac quaintances whom one may actually dislike isn't the only form of "use less giving." What I have in mind at present is the endless trickle of expenditures for frivolous objects which wage-earning young men and Ooys cannot reasonably afford and which, it seems to me, that girls ought therefore not to allow. But I am afraid that they go beyond the point of allowing" it — that they tacitly demand it. Most of these girls are wage earners themselves.. They know that a pay envelope is given in exchange for the greater part of one's life and energy and that money so gained should not be thrown away foolishly—as a matter of daily habit, that is—for of course the most wise and prudent of us have to bo foolish now and then. But there are girls who compare their men friends with reference solely to the amount of money these men are willing to spend for their pleasure. A girl will boast of the young man whose constant atten Is Your Back is danger of jsy^g rave 1 or^Brights disease! It is usually easy to correct these early troubles, however, and avoid the more serious ail ments by giving the kidneys prompt help. Use Doan's Kidney Pills. Thousands have saved themselves serious kidney ills by timely use of Doan's. Read These Harrisburg Cases: Peffer Street Boas Street Penn Street Mrs. A. H Eastright, 531 Peffer street, says: M. B. Haviland, railroad engineer, 313 Boas Mrs. George Greenour, 2001 Penn street "Some time ago I was in misery with my kid- street, says: "I have used Doan's Kidney Pills North, says: "About two'ycarß ago I found' it neys. 1 took Doan's Kidney Pills, as they were several times in the pust few years and I sin- necessary to take a kidney medicine, and as recommended highly for the trouble. They cerely advise their use to any one troubled with I had heard so mucH about Doan's Kidney Pills soon gave me entire relief." (Statement given their kidneys. Whenever my back has been I got a box at J. Nelson Clark's Drug Store August 29, 1914.) weak or lame and has ached, or the kidney I used them mainly for my back, which was On January 2S, 1916, Mrs. Eastright said: secretions have been irregular In passage, I weak and lame and made life miserable for me, "I haven't been bothered with kidney com- have bought a box or so of Doan's Kidney Pills especially when stooping over. The one box of plaint since Doan's Kidney Pills cured me a at J. Nelson Clnrlc's Drug Store. Doan's have Doan's Kidney Pills cured the trouble and it ffew years ago." .tever failed to rid me of the complaint." has never returned." Kelker Street North Green Street North Seventh Street J. W. Frank, retired railroad conductor, 620 Mrs. Myrtle ltodgers. 1412 N. Green street, . William Miller, 1958 North Seventh street, Kelker street, says: "A little more than a year I? : vin^^to/,lf,">?in'lnt" d a? V |t "ava: "I had a constant ache in the small of my ago, I was troubled by kidney complaint. There comes on 3 without warning and I suffer some- back. I was so lame at times that I could just was a heavy, dull ache through the small of thing terribly with my back. There was a dull manago to straighten up after bending over, my back and 1 found It very difficult to do any constant ache through the small of my back t<)ol{ only a n ttle more than two boxes of lifting Whenever I bent over. I could hardly Tbend*ov™ Doan's Kidney Pills, which I got at John K. straighten. Then the kidney secretions wore act irregularly, too, causing me a great deal of Garland's Drug Store, to euro me, and I have highly colored and scalded in passage. The annoyance. Mornings there are puffy sacs been perfectly well now for a year or more, first box of Doan's Kidney Pills which I got under my eyes and dropsical swellln appear j am g,i a( j to recommend Doan's to othor kld from Robbert M. Staley's Drug Store helped me ned'y's Drug Store ami" they never 'fair .o re- ' ne y sufferers for they are certainly a worthy I used two more boxes and they cured me." llevo me." medicine." Doans Kidney Pills Every Druggist has Doan's, 60c a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Manufacturing Chemists, Buffalo, N. Y. tton she Is aocepttng, not because he Is umuslng or oonipanlonable or boonuso she admires his solid quali ties but because he spends more money In entertaining her than other young men spend. Competitive Spending AM no socret Is made of this by anybody, and as tho boys thorough ly undorstand and accept the stand ards that the girls set up, they na turally compete with each other as spenders. They kn<w that to spend freely—to act on n fifteen dollar salary as though one had a bottom less purse—makes one more desir able than any personal quality can. And, naturally, the most desired young man secures the favor, of the prettiest and most desirable girl. There are many sweet, unselfish young girls who have never stopped to think what a sordid,- greedy thing they are doing. That Is why I am puttihg it Into words for them now. But selfish and unselfish alike, they all expect, when the day's work in the home or' the office is over, and the refreshing spectacle of a young man apiece appears on the horizon, to bo taken "out" for the evening. And we nil know how far "out" It is possible to go without spending a jintjing succession of dimes and I quarters or even dollars. The most conservative "spender" knows the least he can do is to take the girl to the moving pictures and •that she will expect ice cream sodas both before and after. Even this modest outlay, repeated at least Ave nights a week, will consume at least half his salary. And If tho really riotous und showy "spender," the one whom the girls most admire and applaud and display their smiles for, keeps out of tho treacherous slough of debt 1 am greatly sur prised. Boys \Vl>9 Cannot Spend Meanwhile what of the young men who have really serious obli gations, who are helping to support an infirm parent or young brothers and sisters and whose income so evenly matches their outgo that there is practically nothing left over foV theatres and ice cream? Are they to suffer social ostracism be cause of their very decency and responsibility and to be despised by thoughtless, greedy girls because they cannot enter the silly spend ing game? It is quite likely that many girls will seriously ask 'me what alterna tive I propose. They will ask me if I advocate the giving up of their men friends altogether. Walking up and down the street together isn't possible, they will remind me, and there is no refuge, from the suburban drugstore to the Broad way theqter that doesn't involve expanse. No, I do not suggest the renounc ing of all social llfo. And 1 should not expeot Eighteen and Nineteen to listen to me tpr a moment if 1 urged that It Is posslblo to have dis traction without going "out" for It. I will oonfoss that It does seem to me moro wise and reasonable for girls and boys to meet In groups at eaoh others' houses for fudge parties or Welsh-rabbit parties, or whatever they like, than always- to go out in pairs to places of public amusement. There Is no question but that this Is a cheaper way of being amused and 1 think also a wholesomer. But I know that Eighteen will tell me that her older sister re tains a nightly monopoly of the parlor, "and Nineteen will protest that her father objects to noisy young people In the house; and that they are both in cordial secret agreement that there Is no "fun" to be had unless one leaves one's family behind one. So I will not press the point. It's very old fashioned advice and I should have no hope of its being adopted. But I do urge a revival of the "Dutch treat" system. Why not make it ft fashion for the girls and young men to divide up the ex penses of any entertainment that they share? Have a good time without greedily draining the pock etbooks of the unfortunate youths of your acquaintance. If even a dozen girls should think this over and discuss it and decide to con duct themselves as I have suggested I think they would be delighted with the result and I should hope to hear about It. The pay-as-> o<i-enter principle applied to youthful amusements certainly wouldn't reduce a girl's list of men friends. It would re lieve her of the sense of guilt which she must surely suffer at times because of eating and drinking up so much of her friend's earnings It would lead girls to look for something else than an extravagant spending capacity in the boys and men whose escort they accept. Who snows how many irresistibly de lightful youths there may be whom a painful shortage of cash, or at least an inability always to pay for two, at present keeps out of the running? And the new system should r'eveal them. Personally 1 like always even to pay my own street carefare. I am not sympathetic with the conven tion which sanctions my accepting sundry nicke s from men whom I nay have met only the instant be fore. But I don't ask any girl to be an extremist in this matter. I JANUARY 6, 1919. ask no more than that she should pay her own way now .and then and develop a desire to "be "square" to her relationships, rather than to get the utmost possible flnanclul return for whatever she may have of boauty and attractiveness. How about forming a Sane Bpenders' Club? —and tell the young men what It means. Police Quell Ardor of Sufis Who Guard Their "Watch Fires" Washington, Jan. 6.—Because of Interference by the police, the Na tional Woman's party announced last If that itching rash delaus qour woik, Resinol To hare your concentration of thought broken by an aggravating skin eruption is annoying not only to yourself, but also to others. The applica tion of Uesinol Ointment to the affected part brings welcome relief. Generally after a short treatment the trouble disappears entirely. The ointment is so nearly flesh colored that detection of ' night that lt-had abandoned Its plan to keep "watch fires'" burning lit front of the White House until tho Senate had passed the Susan B. An thony stiff rage constitutional amend ment resolution. Hour more of the party "senti nels" were arrested last night when thoy undertook to start another fire to replace that extinguished on Sat urday night by a crowd of men and they are held for trial to-day, when the women arrested also will bo given a hearing. Officials of the Woman's party de clared that "no amount of police Interference" would prevent tho burning In front of the White Houso of copies of speeches which Presi dent Wilson delivers in Europe. 7
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