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WOOLWORTH DIES
SUDDENLY AT 67;
BEGAN WITH SSO
Owner of Great Chain of
Stores Expires at Long
Island Home
By Associated Press.
Vow York, April B.—Frank W.
Woolworth, who started a five and
ten cent store at Utica, N. Y., forty
years ago on a capital of SSO, and
eventually became the millionaire
proprietor of a great chain of these
stores in the United States, Canada
and England, died suddenly early to
dav at his home at Glen Cove, L. X.
In addition to establishing a busi
ness with profits said to bo nearly
$8,000,000 yearly, Mr. Woolworth
built the celebrated fifty-one-story
Woolworth building in lower New
York, said to be the tallest building
In the world.
Rom on Farm
He was born on a farm at Rod
man, Jefferson county. New York,
on April 13, 1852. TTntil he was twen
ttr-one years old he worked on his
father's farm, obtaining a meager
education in the district school, and
later at a business college. His first
position was as errand boy in a dry
goods store, and he gradually ad
vanced until he became a clerk
and salesman, during which tbne he
married on a salary of $8.50 per
week. He worked six years in the
drygoods business in various stores
before a successful bargain counter
sale gave him the idea of the pos
sibilities of making substantial prof
its from nickel and dime purchases.
Idea Termed Visionary
TTis idea, when broached to his em
ployers, was termed visionary and
he was advised to stick to the old
fashioned plan o/ conducting a store.
Nevertheless, Woolworth was de
termined to test his plan and his
first venture was at Utica in 1870.
He had but SSO in cash and gave his
personal note for the goods. In a
year he had paid off his debt and
saved some money. Closing out his
store, he located at Pa.,
and established not only a store but
the foundation of his fortune.
Business Worth SO.VOOn.OOO
His rapid rise from a small store
to the palatial Woolworth building
in this city—with more than 800
branch stores in the United States,
over sixty in Canada and England
forms otic of the most interesting
business romances in the history of
the world. The business was incor
porated several years ago for $05,-
000,000. Tn addition to being presi
dent of the firm of F. W. Woolworth
It Company, he was the director of a
number of banks and business en
terprises here. He maintained a resi
dence on Fifth Avenue noted for its
rare paintings, and a country home
at Glen Cove.
PARIS PRESS HITS
YANKEE OBJECTOR
[Continued from First Page.]
ing of at. inter-allied commission to
decide npon the sum that Germany
shall pay the following year.
It is believed, this newspaper also
states, that Geneva has been defi
nitely chosen as the seat of the so
ciety of nations. The plan for a
triumphal parade in Paris along the
Champs Eljsce has apparently been
abandoned, it says.
Probing Responsibility
The first question taken up at the
morning session of the Council, a.tj
which Colonel House represented
President Wilson, was that of pro
cedure. This was considered in an
effort to accelerate the work of the
Council. It was planned to devote
the afternoon session to the subject
of responsibility for the war, includ
ing the question of a tribunal to try
tbe former German Emperor, the
former Crown Prince and others, on
which divided reports have been pre
sented.
Situation Improved
American members of tlie Peace
Conference said to-day that the
general situation was improved
somewhat to-day because of the
agreement reached by the commis
sion on reparations on the main fea
tures of the reparations question,
leaving only a few unessential de
tails for adjustment.
Generally, a more hopeful tone
prevailed in conference circles as
the day went on.
Members of the American delega
tion declined to give an explanation
of the many rumors in circulation
that the conference would complete
its work shortly. One member,
when asked for definite information
on the subject, said:
"You know the George Washing
ton has been ordered to Brest. That
is a good subject for speculation."
Co-operative Community
Work For Colored People
A meeting of the co-operating
committee of colored people of the
city will be held to-night when plant
for co-operative community work
among the people of the colored race
and the War Camp Community Ser
vice will be made.
Joseph L. Garvin, of the local
branch of the service will address
the meeting of the people's Forum
in the Wesley A. M. E. Church Sun
day afternoon and at that time the
full program will he formally an
nounced.
TEACHERS' HIM. REPORTED
The Woodruff bill, providing for in
creases of the minimum for teachers'
salaries will bo reported to tbo House
late to-day after a hearing. The pres
ent plan is to retain the provision to
include janitors and other school em
ployes.
KEMP^MLSAM
Will Stop that Cough
GUARANTEED
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I Cut-Rate Book Store
Send postal for book bargain lists. |
IATJRAND'S, 025 N. 3rd St. Bell Tel. I
20.000 new, old, rare books, all sub- I
jects; open evenings; books bought j
\ /
TUESDAY EVENING,
PETLURA LEADS HIS
PEASANT ARMY NEAR
THRESHOLD OF KIEV
Ukrainian Chieftain With Forces Is Said to Be Menacing
City; Smuts Has Authority to Arrange New Armis
tice With Hungary; British Residents to Leave
By Associated Press.
Budapest, April B.—Forces com
manded by Simon Petlura the peas
ant leader of Ukraine are said to be
menacing Kiev. Reports received
here indicate that they are within
a few miles of the city.
While General Jan Christian
Smuts who was sent here by the
peace conference at Paris, had au
thority to arrange a new armistice
between Hungary and the Kntente
powers, it appears that ho did not
do so before his departure yesterday
morning.
British residents of the city will
leave for Paris byway of Vienna
on Saturday. With them will go the
American wives of Hungarians, who
will be permitted to take with them
their money and effects. The gov
ernment seems to be doing every
thing possible in favor of Americans
and other foreigners.
PLAN CARE FOR
NEW BORN BABES
Canadian Minister of Health
Promises Aid to Alberta
Settlers
Edmonton, Alta.—Children born
to settlers in Alberta will hereafter
be attended by every safeguard with
which the provincial government
can surround them, according to A.
G. MacKay, Minister of Health.
This will include medical and sur
gical care for mother and child, at
a hospital; the services of a house
wife at the home during the period
of absence and incapacity of the
mother, and the safe return of
mother and child, without any ex
pense to the family.
Minister MacKay disclosed this
important movement for the health
and safety of the coming generation
in an appeal issued to the women
of Alberta, to assist the government
in all problems relating to public
health.
"It is the plain duty of the pro
vince, in maternity eases," he said,
"to place a housewife in charge of
the family, take the mother-to-be to
a hospital, return her safely with
her child, and pay all bills. The
farmer and the pioneer is entitled to
a squarer deal than in the past."
Emphasizing the importance
which the Canadian government at
taches to women in public affairs,
Mr. MaeKay said the government
looks to the women, especially ]
mothers, for aid in matters of pub- ,
lie health, and must have their sup
port in the care of children.
lie announced that a public health
register lias been opened in his of
fice here, wljere all registered nurses
are asked to inscribe their names,
and that a special course of studies
is being arranged for nurses who
desire to take up inspection of
schools.
This course, which will he free,
will include sanitation, bacteriology,
public health, examination of the
eye, ear, nose, throat and teeth:
t.he pre-nalal period, child welfare,
communicable diseases and prevent
ive medicines.
These nurses, he explained, will I
not be permitted to diagnose ail- j
ments, but will be asked to take the
ailing child immediately to its par
ents. Then, and he especially ap
peals to mothers, the child must
be taken to a physician.
Mr. MaeKay then laid particular
stress upon the case of the pioneer
in Alberta.
Settlers who are taking up land
under the government plan of financ
ing farmers on twenty-five year pay
ments, may not be adjacent to towns
where adequate medical and hospi
tal service may he obtained, he ex
plained.
Apart from minor ailments, or ac
cidents, the time of most serious
stress attends the birth of a child.
Then the mother often goes down
into the Valley of the Shadow, and
her life and that of the child hang
in the balance.
Mr. MaeKay explains the govern
mental interest on the well-estab
lished principle that .the safety of
mother and child, and the health
and strength of the coming genera
tions, are of prime importance to
any nation.
COUNTY'SCOALMAPS
ATTACKED BY OWNERS
[Continued from First I'age.]
coal properties are in Rush town
ship, Middle Paxton and East Han
over, and the assessment was sud
denly raised from $117,000 to $30,-
000,000. Mr. Brady, listener at to
day's event, declared in conversa
tion: "There is not a pound of mar
ketable coal on our property. There
are not sufficient prospects to war
rant any mining. The coal is so
soft that it is nothing but dirt, and
what they mean by suddenly lifting
it to this assessment certainly Is an
enigma to the company."
After a tilt between Mr. Stroup
and the various Commissioners, all
hands promised to be good and try
to get together, but it was a diffi
cult job. The maps of the Susque
hanna company seemed to he more
accurate than those of the county,
and the proof of this was in a re
quest from the Commissioners for
some of these documents by which
the county engineers might compare
their own and try to come to some
agreement.
The meeting adjourned for one
week to give the engineers lime for
this adjustment. County Solicitor
Moyer had to admit to Counsellor
S'troup that in official county de
signs the township lines were not
identified accurately, and the result
may he that engineers will have to
go up there and make a brand new
survey. No attempt was made to
day to reach the very vital point, of
how much assessment is just, fliis,
eventually, will be decided by the i
Commissioners, and it may be ap
pealed, even to the Supreme Court. |
The coal property in question was
formerly assessed at SOOO,OOO. The
product is anthracite of good qual
ity, which has been secured regu
larly throughout a period of forty
years. In some places the Lykens
Valley mines are operating 2,500
feet below the surface.
Vow Government in Earnest
Great earnestness is displayed by
the members of the new government
in carrying out the work assigned
them. They are ready to discuss
their plans and to solve problems
and they refrain from abusing cap
italism. The maintenance of strict
discipline to protect the Bourgeoisie
and to prevent Red Guard outbreaks
has been decided upon by the gov
ernment.
Ponce Hope in Communists
Jules Alpari, a prominent commun
ist, and Jules Sevresi, peoples' com
missioner in charge of socialization
of factories, argue that communism
is the only method by which central
Europe can be saved from total ruin.
Capitalism, the maintain, cannot
cope with the threat of bankruptcy,
high wages and the unwillingness
of laborers to work. They point out
that under communism workmen
cannot strike and are obliged to ac
cept a reasonable wage.
CREATES MARKET
FOR WILD RICE
Winnipeg Firm Receives 800
Pounds to be Placed on
Sale
Winnipeg, Man. —A Winnipeg Arm
Jias just received 800 pounds of
wild rice, shipped from the Winni
peg river country, where it was
purchased by its traders among the
Indian villages. This consignment
makes several thousand pounds of
wild rice the firm has placed on the
market since last fall.
Wold rice achieved a white man's
market during the war and may
eventually become a profitable gen
eral crop if harvesting machinery is
developed. It grows in vast quan
tities on the margins of the rivers
and numerous lakes in the country
traversed by the transcontinental
line of the National Railways Sys
tem east and south of Winnipeg. It
has been harvested by the Indians
from time immemorial and in pio
neer days was used as an ingredient
in pemmican, which was an indis
pensable part of the wilderness out
fit of the early hunters and trappers.
Now that it has found a plnce on the
menu of the pale-face as a delicacy
of fine llavor, it will become a source
of much money to the Redman.
Wild rice abounds in shallow lakes
and in marshy recesss and bays of
rivers where the water is neither
stagnant nor swift. It grows best in
water from two to four feet deep.
Hooted in the mud, it rises from the
water in slender green stalks. The
grain reaches maturity about the
second week in September.
Into the waving rice fields, the
Indian drives his canoe by means of
a pole. The rice plants are bent
over the sides of the boat and with
little clubs, the grain is beaten out
in showers until it fills the canoe to
the gunwales and half buries the
occupants. The rice is stored in
shacks until the harvest is over.
Then the threshing begins.
Over wood fires built out-of-doors,
the rice is dried in tin wash tubs or
boilers. A squaw sits beside the fire
and stirs the rice to keep it from
burning. The steam from the dry
ing rice makes the village fragrant.
When thoroughly dried—halfparcli
| ed. in fact—the grain is placed in
little holes in the ground lined with
fire-baked clay. An Indian buck—-
donning, it is to bo hoped, a clean
pair of moccasins for the occasion—
treads out the rice from the hulls,
while a squaw sits by and winnows
away the chaff with a birclibark fan.
The threshed out grains are al
most cylindrical and about the size
of Oriental rice, but darker. When
cooked, the rice has a rich and dis
tinctive flavor that suggests only
faintly the taste of the white rice
served on the tables of civilization.
First Woman Appointed
to Factulty at Harvard
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ORIALICC HAMILTON'
For the first time In the history of
Harvard University. a worfian has
been appointed to the faculty. She Is
Dr. Alice Hamilton who goes from
Chicago to be assistant professor of
[industrial medicine. She Is a skilled
j bacteriologist and a specialist in in
jdustrial and occupational diseases.
I Dr. Hamilton was born in New York. I
HARRISBDRG TECEGRXFB
NAB CHENOWETH,
ONE TIME KING OF
DRUG PEDDLERS
Confessed Salesmen Say They
Got Supplies From City's
Oldest Offender
Charged with furnishing to agents
much of the narcotics that have been
illegally sold in Harrisburg within
the past several months, "Bob"
Clienoweth, once reputed to be the
"king" of the city "dope" ring, again
is in the hands of the Harrisburg po
lice. He is to be given a hearing in
police court this afternoon.
Evidence was produced against
Cheonweth in Dauphin county court
yesterday afternoon when George
Casey, Benjamin Dougherty and
Prank Robinson, self-confessed ped
dlers, were called for sentence after
they had decided to plead guilty. Both
Casey and Dougherty, who were sen
tenced to serve eleven months in jail
and pay a tine of $l5O, testified that
they had purchased their supplies
from Clienoweth.
The evidence against him was quite
strong, and was thought to be of suf
ficient strength to convict him. In
consequence, he was placed under ar
rest yesterday afternoon by Detect
tives Shtiler and Carson at his home,
1234 Cowden street. He was,released
last evening under SSOO ball, furnish
ed by Morris SUne, 337 Harris street.
His hearing will be held before Alder
man DeShong, who has presided in
police court for the past several
weeks.
Chenoweth is the most notorious of
the city's dopesters. It was not be
lieved, however, that he hud been im
plicated in the recent sales, the ex
tent of which were revealed when
Warden Hargest of the Dauphin
county prison told of the number of
addicts at the prison.
Chenoweth, once the owner of sev
eral automobiles, fine clothes and
many of the luxuries of life, was de
scribed as being "down and out" at
the time the revelations of conditions
in this city were made. It was said
then that he had reached such a con
dition that he was selling the furni
ture from his residence to purchase
dope, to which he had become addict
ed after selling it for many months.
Deaths and Funerals
MRS, MARGARET STACK POLE
Mrs. Margaret Glasgow Staclcpole,
widow of E. H. H. Staekpole, at the
time of his death Superintendent of
Public Grounds and Buildings, died
this morning at her home, Fifth and
Peffer streets, in her eightieth year.
Mrs. Staekpole has resided in Har
risburg for several years and had a
large circle of friends. She was
the mother of eleven children, among
the surviving sons and daughters be
ing E. J. Staekpole, Sr., of this city;
Mrs. H. C. Scliimmelfeng, residing at
home; Mrs. Frank R. Oyster, of
Riverside; Harry C. Staekpole, of
Ridgway, and Donald C. Staekpole,
identified with the State Highway
forces as engineer in charge at
Beliefonte.
The aged woman was an active
member of the Covenant Presbyter
ian Church and identified with its
several organizations.
A few weeks ago she tripped over
a rug at her home and falling sus
tained a fracture of the left hip,
which was the immediate cause of
her death. She suffered considera
bly from the accident and only her
remarkable vitality enabled her to
survive the injury so long.
She was greatly interested in all
that concerned the welfare of the
city and had many friends among all
classes of people.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been completed, but the ser
vice will be held at the Covenant
Presbyterian Church and interment
will be made in the family burial
plot at McVeytown.
IIA Hit V P. BEISEI.
Harry F. Beisei, aged 26 years, died
Monday noon at the Harrisburg Hos
pital after an illness of two weeks
from typhoid fever.
ifa was a member of the Second Re
foiraid Church and orders I. O. (J. P.,
No. 70, Woodmen of the World and
Pennsylvania Railroad Relief. He
was employed by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company as checker for the
past seven years. He is survived py
ills wife, Mrs. Steela Beisei, and one
child, his mother, two brothers and
three sisters.
The funeral will be held from the
home of his father-in-law. John Clen
denin, of Oyster's Point, Thursday aft
ernoon. Services will be conducted
by the Rev. A. R. Sayres, of Harris
burg, and the Rev. Mr. Sharp, of lin
ola. Burial will be made in St. John's
Cemetery, near Shiremanstown
MRS. MARY AXX SHIRK
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ann
Shirk, aged G" years, who died at her
home, 262 Herr street, yesterday, will
he held at her residence to-morrow
evening, at 8:30 o'clock. The Rev. Mr.
Dougherty, pastor of the First ITnit
od Brethren Church, will officiate.
The body will be taken to Silver
Springs by Hoover and Son for ser
vices in the United Brethren Church
Thursday morning, at 11 o'clock.
Burial will be made in the Silver
Springs Cemetery. Mrs. Shirk is sur
vived by her husband, Andrew G.
Shirk, and a daughter, Mrs. Adeline
Engle.
MRS. HELEN MAY GI.A7.IER
Mrs. Helen May Glazier, aged 32
years, wife of Ilarry W. Glazier, died
yesterday afternoon after an illness
of several months. Funeral services
will be held Thursday afternoon, at
3 o'clock, at the funeral parlors of
Hoover and Son, 1413 North Second
street. The Rev. H. R. Bender, pastor
of the Ridge Avenue Methodist
Church, will officiate. The body may
be viewed Wednesday evening at the
above address. Mrs. Glazier is sur
vived by her husband, who is identi
fied with his father in the manage
ment of the Arcade Laundry; a daugh
ter. Dorothy Glazier, and a sister.
Miss Emma Pettit, Washington, D. C.
JOHN J. MTK
Funeral services were held yesterday
at 2 p. m. for John J. Buck, of Port
Deposit, Md., who was buried • n
West Nottingham Cemetery. He was
born In 1844 near where his nephew,
Dr. David .1. Hetrick, now lives. He
was a Sunday school teacher and an
officer of the Presbyterian Church
at Port Deposit. When a young man
he engaged in the lumber business,
made a fortune and lived retired
lately.
MRS. JOHN M. STEWART
Mrs. John M. Stewart died at 10:53
o'eloek last night, at her home, 548
Maelay street, from a complication of
diseases.
Mrs. Stewart, whose maiden name
was Miss Mary Stevenson, was for a
great many years prominent in the
Covenant Presbyterian Church. Iter
husband, J. M. Stewart, was years
ago manager for J. H. Santo, when
the latter was in the grocery business
in the West End. He afterward
opened a grocery store of his own at
Sixth and Peffer streets, and sold out
liis interests after many years of suc
cessful husines and entered the Sixth
Street Bank, which, when founded,
occupied the room vacated by the
Stewart grocery. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart had hundreds of friends in
the upper part of the city. They
were for years prominent in all man-
Ncr of church and welfare work in
that section.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, in
Covenant Presbyterian Church, the
Rev. Harvey Klaer officiating.
"Third Avenue Bride" of Banker With Son
For Whose Return She Offers SI,OOO Reward
IH ' V; £ ■
MK MARY CASEY TMQRNE MASTER JOELTHORNE JR.
While habeas corpus proceedings
are pending Mrs. Casey Tliorne,
"Third Avenuo Brido" of Jrel
Tliorne, wealthy banker and mem
ber of one of New York's oldest
families, has offered a reward of
J 1,004- to any one who will deliver
to her Joel Thorne, Jr., her four
Caps and Gowns Are an
Outgrowth of a Medieval
Ceremony Now General
(Front the University Daily Kansas.)
Within recent years the custom of
wearing caps and gowns at com
mencement exercises of the leading
American universities, or at any ada
demic function or ceremony, has been
definitely established.
Before studying the recently estab
lished American code, or attempting
to unravel the mysteries of the Eng
lish hood, the evolution of the aca
demic degree, gown and hood from
an early age to the present day must
be traced.
To do this we cross the channel and
visit the old cathedral schools which
were established In the Seventh Cen
tury and were the precursors of those
early universities founded in the
Twelfth Century to meet the increas
ed demand for instruction in the high
er branches of knowledge.
In the early days of the University
of Paris, the chancellor of the cathe
dral on the He de la Cite issued the
licenses to teach, and when the stu
dent entered upon the performance
of his duties as a duly licensed teach
er, his emancipation from the bach
elorhood was symbolized by placing
on his head a cap or biretta, which
ceremony was performed by his for
mer instructor. The present day cus
tom of giving a hood when an honor
ary degree is conferred, is, therefore,
but an outgrowth of this medieval
ceremony. It was but natural that
the early universities should preserve
as their academic dress an adaption
of the monk's robe with its cowl or
hood. Such gowns were at tirst a
mark of profound learning, and were
worn by doctors of divinity and grad
uates, but later undergraduates were
entitled to wear them.
At Oxford and Cambridge, where
the order o£ things docs not change
with each succeeding generation, the
same type of gown have been worn
since the beginning of the Seventh
Century.
In America it has long been cus
tomary for eminent jurists, doctors
of divinity and presiding officers of
universities to wear a black silk robe
of ample dimensions. This movement,
which was indefinite, originated
among the students themselves, and
many of the graduating classes in
different universities and colleges,
who elected, from time to time, to
wear caps and gowns at commence
ment exercises.
The faculties were quick to recog
nize the utilitarian advantage of a
uniform dress, as well as the added
dignity the black gowns gave to an
assemblage of students and encour
aged the custom, which has spread
so rapidly. Until 1894 no definite
form or pattern of gown was adhered
tO Jn that year an intercollegiate com
mission was appointed to consider the
question of adopting a distinctive
academic costume for graduates of
American universities and colleges,
and as a result of that commission's
work a simple system regulating the
shape of gowns and colors of hoods
was established. This code, which
has been adopted by the leading uni
versities and colleges of the country,
provides for three types of gowns.
Those worn by the bachelors are
made of black worsted cloth and have
a long pointed sleeve. Masters are
entitled to wear silk gowns made
with a long, closed sleeve, square at
the end with a slit for the arm. The
doctor's gowns are slik with a full,
round, open sleeve. These may be
faced with velvet, and have three
bars of velvet on the sleeve. The
color of such trimming must corre
spond to the color which edges the
hood.
The evolution of the scholastic hood
from the monk's cowl, we find, has
reached the, highest point of develop
ment here in America. At the pres
ent day there can be no doubt that
the whole matter of academic dress
has passed an experimental stage and
now rests upon an intelligent and
permanent foundation.
St. Andrew's Men's League
Holds Its First Meeting
The first meeting of the newly
organized men's league of tho St.
Andrew's Episcopal Church was held
in the Parish House at Nineteenth
and Market streets last night. Plans
were laid for a bis vaudeville show
and dance to be held in the Parish
House in the early part of May un
der thte direction of John F.
O'Neill.
The object of the league is to
promote good fellowship among the
members and friendi of St. Andrew's
Church. Meetings will ho held every
two weeks and there will he social
entertainments and smokers.
Officers of the organization are W.
H. Smyser, president: Carey P. Wil
liams, vice-president: Carl Rapp,
secretary; and Dr. A. W. Baker,
treasurer.
year-old son. She alleges the boy
was kidnapped last September and
Uiat recently she saw the child in
a window of the Fifth avenue home
of her mother-in-law. Mrs. Phoebe
Tliorne. In answer,to a WTlt the
elder Mrs. Thorne denies the boy is
with her. Thome's marriage greatly
displeased his relatives.
Noted War Correspondent
Seeking His Soldier Sons
1 Who Are Reported Missing j
j ": v x v. j
WALTER NORTOM
Walter Norton, noted as a war
correspondent,, lias' arrived in this
count! > from New Zealand on his
way to France to seek his two sons
who have been reported as missing
in the British casualty lists. He
hopes to find them alive among the
j prisoners released by Germany. If
| this hope fails he will try to locate
I their graves. His sons, both of the
first New Zealand contingent, are
Major Samuel Norton, forty years
old, and Lieutenant Harold C. Nor
ton, thirty-six. Mr. Norton was the
first white child born in New Zea
land.
HE'S A GENUINE LADY'S MAIl).
Girls, meet the world's best "la
dy's maid."
He is Richard Marney, who for
twenty-five years has "dressed"
prima donnas, musical comedy ac
tresses, and, when he has had the
time, even assisted mere men stage
folk, who have "playyd" Drury
Lane Theater.
But Marney makes an exception.
{He leaves chorus girls strictly to
maids of their own sex.
Marhey learned Italian from Ca
ruso. The great tenor taught him in
self defense. Marney, supposed to
give Caruso five drops of a strong
tonic, gave him fifty Instead. Mar
ney says Caruso was a "howling suc
cess" that night, but the tenor took
no more chances. So Marijey had
to learn the Italian language.
Among those who had declared
Marney an excellent "dresser" are
Gaby Deslys and Destinn, the great
prima donna. Caruso, Harry Pilcer,
Dan Leno and Alfred Lester have
testified to Marney's "dressing"
ability.
Marney was discovered by Des
tinn. When ono of her maids be
came ill, Marney was called in to
"pinch hit." He proved so defl al
"hooking her up the back," that
| Destinn presented him with a photo
of herself signed, "the only woman
yc*u ever dressed."
j When Gaby Dcslys's lightening
| changes created a maid panic. Mar
j ney came to the rescue. Thereafter!
> while Gaby was at Drury Lane, he]
showed himself fully equal to the j
occasion of dressing her during a
performance wherein she had eleven
complete changes of dress and head
I dress in two and a half minutes.
During the same performance. Mar
ney assisted Harry Pilcer through
; eight changes, complete from collar
| te shoes.
I Marney is no meap dresser him
iself. ire is a six-footer, broad across
f the shoulders, and is the Beau
] Brummel of Piccadil'y.—London.
GEORGE WEini.Elt
; Funeral services for George Weid
, lev. who died at the Pennsylvania
Slate Hospital, will be held to-mnr
■ row afternoon, at ':ftO o'clock, at the
[funeral chapel of S. S. Hoeese, Second
and Chestnut streets. The Tlcv. A. M.
' Stamets. pastor of the Augsburg Lu
theran Church, will officiate. The fn
dependenf Order of Odd Fellows .of
, which Mr. Weidler was a member,
will be in charge of the services. K.
Z. Gross will act as chaplain for the
Odd Fellows, who will meet at the
chapel. Burial will be made In the
Harrisburg Cemetery.
APRIL 8, 1919.
BENSON ADVISES
EARLY START OF
WILSON'S VESSEL
Admiral's Inquiry Resylts in
Advancing Date of Sailing
of George Washington
New York. April B.—The sail
ing date of the President's ship
the George Washington, has been
advanced from April I I to April
11, which is Friday next. Tlic
transport's sailing hour is fixed
at 4.80 p. in. for Brest. She
should arrive at the French port
aliout April 17. Army debarka
tion headquarters said that no
tification of the advance in the
date of sailing hail been received
from the Navy Department.
Washington, April S —in announc
ing to-day that the Presidential
transport George Washington would
sail from New York tor Brest Friday
instead of next Monday, the date
originally fixed for her departure.
Assistant Secretary Uoosevelt dis
closed that the change had been
made as a result of a cablegram
yesterday from Admiral Benson at
Paris inquiring when the ship could
sail.
Yesterday when word came from
Paris that the President had de
termined there must be an end to de
lays at the Peace Conference and had
ordered the transport to France,
Navy Department officials said no
new orders had been issued and that
the ship was preparing to sail ac
cording to schedule on Monday,
April 14. The Benson message
changed this situation very quickly.
To Be Ready Friday
Communication with the New
York Navy Yard, where the George
Washington is undergoing overhaul
ing, brought a report that she could
be made ready for sea by Friday and
she was ordered out then. Mr. Roose
velt said to-day Admiral Benson's
message did not go into the purpose
of .the inqury but simply asked about
the date of departure. Ho explained
that the ship would have sailed on
March 28, but that it was decided to
make some repairs and that the ten
tative sailing date then was fixed
for next Friday.
At Brest by April 20
The George Washington should
reach Brest, by April 20. Whether
she will make a return trip with sol
diers before the President returns
home will be determined upon her
arrival overseas. Mr. Roosevelt said
if this voyage were made it would
be May lit or 20 before the vessel
could get back to Brest.
LARGEST WINTER
CROP ON WAY
[Continued from First Pago.]
while the record crop of 684,990,000
bushels was produced in 1914.
The condition of the crop on
April 1 last year was 78.6 per cent,
of a normal, while in 1917 it was
63.4 and the average of the last ten
years was 82.3.
There was an increase in condi
tion from December 1 last year to
April 1 this year of 1.2 points, com
pared with an average decline in the
last ten years of 5.9 points between
these dates.
The forecast of production of win
ter wheat this year is based on the
assumption of average abandon
| ment of acreage and average influ
ences on the crop to harvest.
It ye Crop Better, Too
The average condition of rye on
April 1 was 90.6 per cent, of a nor
mal, against 85.8 on April 1 last
year, 86.0 in 1917 and 88.6, the av
erage condition for the last ten years
on April 1.
The Department of Agriculture
issued a statement c-ommenting upon
tho conuition of winter wheat, say
ing:
"Ninety-nine and eight-tenths per
cent, is the highest percentage on
record, on the largest acreage ever
planted in this country. The condi
tion improved during *.he winter, an
I unusual occurrence, due to the very
favorable winter weather, particu
larly the absence of alternate freez
ing and thawing, which appears also
to have resulted in a minimum of
winter killing. A striking feature
of the present situation is a uni
formly good condition in practically
all wheat producing states, ranging
from 104 in Ohio down to 96 in
North Carolina, among the states
having one million acres or more.
The lowest figure reported is 89 in
Wisconsin.
Kansas Is in Bond
"Kansas, with approimately 11,-
' 000,000 out of the United States
total of 49,000,000 acres, shows a
condition of 101. The present mois
ture conditions throughout the en
tire country, with unimportant local
exceptions, are very favorable.
"The winter wheat promise on
April 1 of 837,000,000 bushels is
nearly double the yearly average
production in the United States for
the five years before the war (442,-
000,000 in 1909-1913) and is nearly
fifty per cent, larger than the pro
duction during the war years, 1914-
1918, when the average was 562,-
000,000.
"The condition of the crop is
higher than has been reported on
April 1 since ISB2, and the indicat
led yield is higher than any actual
■ yield in any year, with the exoep
j tion of 1914, when the yield per acre
was 18.5 bushels per planted acre
following an April 1 condition of
95.6."
IIGK CROSSING WORK
Public Service Commissioners
Ainey and C'ement arc in Wahington
| relative to the plans and papers for
. abolition of grade crossings on rail
roads. which have been held up by
the United States Itailroad Adminis
tration. and will urge that some of
them lie released, as the Slate desires
jto authorize construction work at an
early day.
QINI ON SETS
Yellows, quart, 10£; peck, 75£; bushel, $2.50.
White, quart, peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.50.
EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN
Deliveries Made Any Place in City
"SERVICE VXD EFFICIENCY"—OCR WATCHWORDS
Until Phones—Use Them
Holmes Seed Co.
106 and 108 South Second Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
KEBTERCAIIS
ON ALL TO HELP
CLEAN UP CITY
Full Program Fixed For-Each
Day of Week Set Aside f
For Purpose
Clergymen of the city are requ**t
ed to urge their congregation* In
their sermons of May 4 to give full
support to the annual spring clean
up, in a proclamation issued, to-day
by Mayor Daniel L Keister, in which
lie fixes the week of May 4 for the
campaign. The manner in which
Harrisburg generally can contribute
to the success of the campaign, is
outlined in the proclamation.
Monday is classified as flre-preren
tlon day, and a number of sugges
tions are made for activities along
that line. On Tuesday and Wednes
day the mayor thinks the yards ought
to be cleaned up, and Thursday and
Friday should be the time for im
proving the alley and the home sur
roundings. Saturday is to be Boy
Scout da.y.
After the cleanup is over the mayoi
said he intends to make a special ap
peal to civil and public welfare or
ganizations to make a thorough in
spection of the city. His idea is t
have a well-organized auto tour ot
tho city, llis proclamation follows;
"Whereas. In accordance with es
tablished custom and at the special
request of the Bureau of Health and
Sanitation, I, Daniel L,. JChister, mayor
of the city of Harrisburg, do hereby
proclaim the week beginning May 4,
1910, as our annual spring cleanup
.week.
"And Whereas, An Inspection of the
city shows many streets, yards, and
open places littered with waste and
rubbish, which are unsightly and un
sanitary, and if these are the condi
tions outdoors, exposed to view, what
must lie the conditions indoors, in cel
lars, attics, and passageways, in fac
tories, tenement houses and other
places unseen.
"And Whereas, It is not necessary
to dwell in detail upon these facts,
or the reason for a concerted move
ment for the promotion of health,
cleanliness, thrift and city pride, or
give any reason why it should appeal
to every public spirited citizen.
"Therefore, In order to bring about
the best results and that t.he greatest
good may be accomplished in the
shortest time, I would most respect
fully suggest that the following pro
gram he followed for the seven days
beginning May 4th, 1919;
"Sunday. Special reference to
cleanup week by minister in all the
churches.
"Monday.—Fire Prevention Day.
Clean your front and back snTfls
basements, attics, etc., c f all rubbish]
rags and waste paper. Get ready for
the city ash and rubbish collectors
whose program will be announced
through the garbage and ash bureau
Make thorough inspection of your
premises for all elements of fire haz
ard, such as faulty or unclean chim
neys, open llames and imperfect wir
ing and make prompt corrections of
defects.
"Tuesday and Wednesday. Cut
lawns, plant flowers, clean walks and
gutters; exterminate ants and in
sects; replace old awnings and clean
windows, and wage war in eliminat
ing the weed pest.
"Thursday and Friday.—Clean al
leys, repair fences and sheds, screen
garbage cans and set traps to elimi
nate the fly menace; put. on screen
doors, make liberal use of paint and
whitewash for the purpose of beauti
fying and purifying your premises.
"Saturday. Boy Scouts Day.
Scouts and school children clean vac
ant lots, remove tin cans, paper and
brush, plow and plant garden plots
wherever possible. Continue paint
ing and whitewashing on this day.
"The local Bureau of Health and
Sanitation and the Garbage and Asli
Bureau will aid you in this work and
the Highway Department, will see
that the streets and alleys will bo
given extra attention during the
week, and every effort should be
made toward the end that Harrisburg
can unquestionably and truthfully be
called tho cleanest and brightest city
in the state." •
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Dinner Tuesday Evening, April 8
Stouffer's Restaurant
4 sr. Court St. 5 to 7.30
50<
llenn Soup—Home Style
Calf l.lvrr— Boast Venl
Tenderloin of lleef—ltnnst lleef
.Mashed or llrowned Potatoes
Corn Custurd—Boiled Blee
Glazed Apples
Cholee of Desserts—Coffer—Tea or
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