8 IPERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS OF' INTENSE INTEREST] CHRISTMAS CANDY TO THE CHILDREN Governor's Messenger Will Play Santa Glaus at Execu tive Mansion Tomorrow James M. Auter. tha Governor's messenger, will play Santa Claus at the Executive Mansion to-morrow morning for Governor William C. Sproul when with the Governor's com pliments he will distribute candy to children of Harrisburg. The veteran messenger will make his twenty fourth appearance as Santa Claus at B.SO o'clock precisely and will receive the cheers on behalf of the Governor to whom he will report by telephone. This custom of giving candy to the children on Christmas morning was inaugurated by Daniel H. Hastings when Governor and has been con tinued without a break. Governor Hastings used to hand out the candy j himself an example which was fol- j lowed by Governors Pennypacker and ' Tener who always spent Christmas j here. i IIERE FROM ERIK Mr. and Mrs. George Fuhrman, of | Erie, are spending the Christmas holidays with their sister, Mrs. George Fowler, of Lemoyne. Mr. I Fuhrman is connected with the Gen- ! eral Electrical Company at Erie. I - | f A j Bell Phone 1113-R. HEMSTITCHING SHOP 105-A MARKET ST. (3 doors from Front Street) AI.I, KINDS OF HEMSTITCHING j DONE ON SHORT NOTICE I > _ IE To all our Friends and Patrons— U ;f. The Special Turkey Dinner at the 5 ;[ Plaza Cafe I j £ on Christmas Day will be a real treat. || HOI'RS OF SERVICE—I 2TOBP. M. ffi Si: $1.50 ' ft .* We Serve a Delicious Turkey y • •' ] Dinner Daily From 12 to BP. M. iVIUSIC A "The Big Store on the Hill'' Wishes A Vcry Merry Christmas To each and every one of our many friends—and the hope that the coming New Year may prove most prosperous and happy. Fackler's Furniture and Carpets Thirteenth and Derry I :| | I ( \ CREME TOOTH PASTE. H I CI ~in ifio. top of each JJ I | Stochinjf on Christmas |l||| t nunwii<^ WEDNESDAY EVENING. Sketch to Be Repeated in Grace Methodist Church The entertainment given last eve ning at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, State near Third streets, when Kate Douglas AViggin's beauti ful Christmas story, "The Bird's Christmas Carol" was presented its a sketch, met with such great suc cess that it will be repeated by popu lar request, New Year's ntght in the assembly room of the church. The carefully chosen cast comprised Miss Luvinla Buckwalter, Miss Virginia Rothert, Miss Elizabeth Sansom, Miss Gladys Buckwalter, Miss Sara Hamer, Miss Elizabeth Heckman, Miss Louise Heckman, Charles H. Crist, W. Ray Chapman, Allan G. Crist, Frederick Lumb, Ross King, and William King. The parts were taken in en unusually professional manner, all the characters being portrayed with great skill. At the conclusion of the sketch a real Santa Claus distributed candies and toys to the children of the church, MRS. STRAIB IS HOSTESS Mrs. J. Newton Straub, of 34 Balm street, happily entertained last even ing members and friends of Capitol | Legion, 1108, at a progressive euchre. \ The evening's pleasure closed with a j buffet supper. HOME FOR HOLIDAYS ! -Miss Besse Bennett, of AVilming i ton, Del., arrived in the city to-day j to spend Christmas as the guest of I her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George | Bennett, 2313 Jefferson street. Miss Bennett was a former teacher in I the public schools of this city. Miss Bernice Paxton, secretary to the sales engineer for the United States Shipping Board of Philadelphia, is spending the week with her par- I ents. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Paxton. 231 Myers street. Steelton. ! HOLIDAY PARI SETTING I Family Reunions Bring Toge Guests; Christmas Dai ! l An unusually brilliant holiday (season of after-war festivities opened (Thursday, December 18, when the ( Harrisburg Academy gave its annual I Christmas dance in the ball room ol tiie Penn-Harris. The next events jof interest were held in the Civic Club House on Monday, with. Mrs j Walter P. Maguire and Miss Susanna ( Maguire entertaining at the The Dan ■ sant in the afternoon and Andrew S | McCreath giving a dauce in the eve ning in compliment to his niece. Miss j Margaret McCreath, of Berwick-on the-Tweed, Scotland. Prior to the | dance, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel AA r j Flemin were hosts at a little | dinner party. Last evening Dr. and Mrs.*Johr Oenslager, Jr., entertained at an attractive dance in the Cific Clut attended by many of the young col lege folk who are home for the Christmas vacation, and this evening the H. A. Club of Central High School will hold its • big holiday dance in AVinterdale Hall. This afternoon, the employes of the Penn-Harris entertained the chil dren of the Industrial Home at a merry party. Christmas Day Events ! Many interesting events are scheduled for to-morrow. In the afternoon, there will be a Christmas tea in the Civic Club arranged by Richard Robinsfcn and Albert H. Stackpole with Mrs. Ross A. Hickok presiding at the tea table. At the same time there will be a The Dansant in the ball room of the Penn-Harris given by Miss Dorothy Bothwell, Miss, Mary Hutman, Reed McCarty and George Shreiner. The Penn-Harris will also be the scene of many other Christmas day events including a party planned by the management for the employes, from 11.30 to 1.30 o'clock, and a dinner, I dance and musicale in the evening. | Mrs. Marlin E. Olmsted and Mrs. ( Ross A. Hickok will entertain at a , dance in the Civic Club in the eve- I ning, with the younger set much in ; evidence. The Colonial Country Club i will also hold a dance,with the Upde ■ grove Orchestra playing. Every one will be glad to know there will be a revival of the winter ( assemblies which before the war j were the leading social events each ( season. The first one. to be held | Friday evening, in the ballroom of the Penn-Harris, will undoubtedly j be the most brilliant event of the j winter. On Friday afternoon Miss Nelle Tea Dance Tomorrow in Civic Club House I One of the most attractive Christ i mas Day events will be the tea j dance to-morrow afternoon, from 4 jto 6.30 o'clock. In the Civic Club . house. The Ibach Orchestra, of j Reading, will play the dance pro j gram and Mrs. Ross A. Hickok will preside at the tea table. Many col lege students home for the holidays will attend the event arranged by Richard Robinson and Albert H. Stackpole. Mrs. Edwin Hershey, of Hershey, made a brief visit with friends in this city. 7 " M. Evelyn Essick Teacher of Singing Studio, 1813 Whitehall St. t r \ DINNER, FRIDAY. DEC. 2(1 Stouffer's Restaurant 4 NORTH COLIRT ST. II TO 7.30 50f> Lome In ami try one of our home-cooked dinner*. You have 15 to 20 dishes to aelect from. Dinner COIIMINIM of one woup, one meat, iwj veuetnbleM, one entree, ine dcMMert, cotfee, tea or cocoa. \ trial will make you a plen*ed ciiMtonier. I * /I • • TV HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH "IES MERRILY 'ACE FOR 1920 I her College Students and Their 7 Events Are Welcomed Payne will give a tea in compliment to her guest, Miss .Martha Scott, of Pelham Manor, N, J., and on Sat urday evening she will entertain at the Civic Club prior to a dance to be given at the club by Dr. and Mrs. William E. Wright in honor of their young cousin from New York, a daughter of the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. •j James Newton Armstrong, i Monday, Dec. 29, there will be nu merous events of importance. •mo ijof great interest to many local folk ■ | will be a (lance to be given by Mr. ■ j and Mrs. J. Herci Crosinan, former ! residents of this city, in honor of C their sons, J. Moron Crosmtn, lil, and Alexander Cam of on C'o-.nan, . I t.l their hoi ••.. "Kassffirn," li-ie 1 Lar.e, Haverfoid. Aliolhc; is the i j dance at tne Civic <\iil> I louse fur I which Mrs. James I. Chamberlin i has issued invitations? to members of the younger social set. The C. A. <). Club of Central High School will also hold a d.intv Uiat night in *VV.i<jr dale Hall, and the R. Q. M. Club will give a holiday dance in Hanshaw's Hall. I Mr. and Mrs. William K. Meyers | have also issued invitations to mem bers of the younger set for a dance |at their home, 213 N. Front street, | Tuesday evening, December 30. * j New Year's Eve Dances One of the largest events of New , Year's eve will be the Triangle Club j dance in Winterdale Hall when Ber i nard's Orchestra of Detroit, Mich., | will play. Another attractive dance j will be held at the same time with j Miss Elizabeth Hurlock and Miss Dorothy Hurlock entertaining in the j Civic Club House. On New Year's Day, Richard j Robinson and Albert H. Staekpole ! will hold a tea dance in the Civic Club House for members of the younger set with Mrs. Leslie Mc- Creath pouring and in the evening the 'first Leap Year Dance of tin year will be held in Hanshaw's Hall under the direction of Miss Clara Harclerode and Miss Bertha Swa ney. There will also be a big dance at the Colonial Country Club that night. The final events of the gayest of weeks will be held Friday,_ January i 2, with Mrs. Albert Koenig enter l taining at a bridge luncheon at the ! Civic Club in compliment to her ! daughter, Mrs. William F. Chita I and the University Club giving theif | annual Christmas dance in the ball | room of the Penn-Harris. This I dance will come as a fitting close to a brilliant holiday season. Entertain Nurses at Little Christmas Party Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Nicodemus, of 1439 Derry street, entertained a | Christmas party last evening in : honor of Mrs. Nicodemus' mother, j Mrs. Emma Jane Seibert. The i nurses of the Polyclinic Hospital were ! the guests at the event, taking gifts Ito the honor guest. Refreshments were served to these people: Mrs. Bertha Buser, Miss Kather ine E. Landis, Miss Elmira Graham, Miss Mabel Neshey, Miss Charlotte Weidner, Miss Bessie Shaw, Miss Beatrice Peck, Miss Miriam Wen rich, Miss Miriam Miller, Miss Ethel Shearer, Miss Eva Vartman, Miss Berry, Miss Bertha Adams and Mas ter Landis Curry. Two Weddings Solemnized at Methodist Parsonage The marriage of Miss Mary L. Shaf fer and Clinton N. Lenker. both of 1 Millersburg, was solemnized this morning at the parsonage of Grace .Methodist Episcopal Church, 216 State street, the Rev. Dr. Robert Bagnell of | flciating. Dr. Bagnell officiated at an other wedding Monday afternoon when | Miss Hebal Ina Brank and Lloyd Ray ! mond Cherry, of Phila., were united ! in marriage. ENTERTAINS AT DINNER I Miss Irene B. Wolfe, of Camp ! Hill, entertained at dinner Tuesday evening in compliment to Captain and Mrs. Frederick I. Gilbert, of Los Angeles, Cal. The decorations were of holly. District Attorney-elect Philip S. Moyer and Airs. Moyer left for Roa noke, Va., to spend the Christmas holidays with friends. Mrs. George W. Creighton and Miss Mary Creighton, of the River- ] side Apartments, left to-day for Bal- I timore where they will be the guests 1 of Mrs. Creighton's son, Watson 1 Creighton. Friends of Miss Clara Backenstoss, j l.) 28 North Second street, will re-' gret to learn that she was injured I in a serious fall in Alarket street last Saturday . Afr. and Mrs. John C. Jessup, ,Tr 1001 N. Front street, are spending tlie holidays in Rochester as the guests of Mrs. Jessup's parents. Mrs. Daniel H. Hastings of Belle fonte, is visiting her daughter,'' Airs Samuel W. Fleming, Jr., North Second i street. 1 -*l r V, an , ( J Frank A. Gibson, of PhM „ 1 £ t ? on<l street, have gone to I niladelphia to visit their daughter Mm John M. Beecher, for the holi- Mrs. John Harvey Fahnestock, of' Riverside Drive, leaves Friday for her Uetrolt ' Mich " tor a! visit with relatives. i, Harr , iet Berghaus. of Bethlehem, is a Christmas guest of her aunt. Miss Mary Berghaus, 109 South Front Street. .T "r. R. E. Moffitt and family, of 2019 North Second street, are spending the holidays with relatives in Maryland Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Atatt'er of Second and Hcrr streets, have gone to I-ort Wayne. Ind.. tp visit at the home of a son whom they have not seen lor i number of years. Miss Elide M. Nonn. employed in rJlfn U . U u? iV,sl< ?I 1 ' U ' S " Nav >' Yar l. ' niladelphia. will spend the holidays with her parents at 2237 Penn St. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Potel of 2"9 N. 15th Street. are spending the C hristmas holidays among Lancaster friends. Donald W. Carruthers. of Princeton Seminary, is u holiday guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Car ruthers, State street. Mr. Carruthers is going to Detroit to represent : Princeton at the coming Students' Volunteer Conference. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Holmes, of Richmond, Va., are visiting Mrs, Wtl- ! liam 11. Eglc and Miss Catherine! Irwin Egle, at 305 North Second St. i Mr. and Atrs. Donald Smith and son. "Junior." are holiday visitors at the 1 home of Mr. and Mrs. William Joyce. 1 1314 Berryhill street. Miss Mildred Solomon, of New Yo--k City. Is visiting Miss Bessie Dell | Claster, 801 North Second street. Miss Gladys McDanel, of High- j aptre, a student of Wilson College, is ! spending the holidays at her home. | MAKE MERRY AT THE ALMSHOUSE Mrs. Stamm's Annual Christ mas Party Brings Pleas ure to Many People At the county almshouse, near Paxtang, Mrs. A. Carson Stamm was Santa Claus to the 110 inmates for -her seventh annual Christmas party. Two big trees formed a background for the presents, Vvhich ranged from fancy combs and tobacco, to pop corn and candy. There was never a happier afternoon at the home, and there were tears in many eyes when Airs. Florence Ackley Ley led the old folks In the singing of Christmas carols. The entire Majestic orchestra was brought out, as well as several acts from the theater which were put on ] again for the benefit of the inmates. ! It was a day that will be remem- | bered from one year to another by j the people of the home, and Airs. ' Stamm, with her corps of young workers, were more than repaid by j the pathetic joy of those enter- i I tained. | To-morrow Mrs. Stamm will give the home 1 Its Christmas dinner, with turkey and ice cream, and every thing which goes with the "fixins" of : a Christmas dinner. Miss Dorothy Fahnestock, of Wil mington, Del., is spending a vacation {with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil jliam M. Fahnestock, Riverside Drive, j Captain and Mrs. John G. Gredler, , who have been stopping at the Penn- : j Harris, will move this week to their j new home, 1531 N. Second street, j Miss Fiances Aeuff, of the Seiler School, is spending the holidays at' her home in Ambler. \4 -==S XMAS SPECIALS The Place to Buy Your Xmag Candies, Cheap and Fresh Small Clear Toy, lb. .. 4(> c I Hand-inade Clear toy. lb . I Peanut Brittle, lb ' i Cocoanut Bonbons, lb 40c ! Chocolate Cream Drops, lb 4.V ! Assorted Chocolates, lb '4 O Walnnt Hush, lb Peanut Hash, lb !!noe A nice assortment of fancy box 1 i candies. We also have a fine selection of i tree ornaments, toys and novel ' ties. I Sunday School Orders Solicited THE VICTOR CONFECTIONERY KIOS Market Street I A J' I Merry Christmas 8 I To All J IHershey Creamery Co. | Harrisburg, Pa. f '!j,i n f Yuletide jl Greetings .iii' May you enjoy a good old-fashioned Christ j] mas and may you M prosper through the jjj r happiest of happy t jl' New Years. J. H. Troup ! |i Music House J : (Troup Building) 15 S. Market Square Directly Opposite Market Square I'' -i,| Presbyterian Church " Candle Light Vespers Sunday at Y. W. C. A. The Christmas cnhdlellght vesper service of the Young Women's Christian Association will be held next Sunday evening, December 28, | at 5 o'clock. Special Christmas music will be ■ given by the Moorhead chorus un der the direction of Mrs. Florence Ackley Ley. A Christmas story will be told by Mrs. Roberta Swartz Hurling. Airs. Hnrling's stories appeal to "all. Wom en and girls Invited to this interest ing service. Mrs. Ley to Sing Anthem Tomorrow in St. Paul's One of the features of the 10 o'clock service in St. Paul's Episco pal Church, Second and Emerald streets, to-morrow morning will be the offertory anthem, "Ring Out Wild Bells," sung by Atrs. Flor ence Ackley Ley to the musical set ting by Gounod. Mrs. Ley will also direct the great Nativity Pageant to-morrow even ing in the Capitol Plaza. !And On Christmas ' Morn ® ft - may you find your stock ing tilled to overflowing -3? jf, with the good things of m ' Jl" life, and may the New J \ f" Year prove the happiest >1 ! and most prosperous, is ' the wish of jj ! •ff. if ' H /. S. Belsmger j 1 39 North Third Street jj K' Pcnii-llurrl.s Bldg. 4 . M JI DECEMBER 24, 1919. The New Sweet Shop At Fort Hunter (End of Ry. Car Line) Is now open for the Winter season. Delicious Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream and other delicacies , always ready. Excellent floor for dancing, every Fri day evening, 8 to 11—Middl'etown String Orchestra. Trolley or auto parties solicited. '' S'pose we stop tooting our own horn just long enough to wish you all A Merry Xmas i \/\ an d a most , , , >/■W prosperous and SJMI rv Happy New Year Sanitary Family Washing —■ Company ~ —— I We join with everybody else who knows you, in W wishing you the happiest Christmas of your .ft May He who clothes the lilies take care of us and : help us to live useful lives until another Christ mas shall have come. ft Wolfe Corset Shop I 224 N. Second St. jft I Chr" l While many friends this Christmas Day & s f Send greetings good and true 5 : jf Just let us add to all they say— ft t Our own sincere "we too." $ \ Dauphin Electrical f \ Supplies Co. I John S. Musser, President m£: I 436 MARKET STREET | ! ~~HaMt 5 , ? 0 tor a week or two after the birth of rt A 1920 you will catch yourself dating let- J • ters and checks 1919. It will be only by a 0 v conscious effort that you break yourself Q 0 of this habit. • 0 0 We're all slaves to habit and one habit 1 0 which has been pretty ivell established % 1 is the habit of thinking that style spells f • expenditure. So many women think that I • they are saving money by wearing gar• 9 ; ments which are not expressive of the Q 0 mode. They patronize a second-rate shop 0 0 which displays shoddy merchandise and 0 0 congratulate themselves on their economy. 0 0 IF hat a mistake. What a bad habit. Every• q J one in Harrisburg knows that as regards 5 • style, Mary Sachs' models are unapproach- • • able. But probably not everyone realizes • • how reasonable is my price range. They •( 5 assume that style connotes high cost. f U They don't know that I have suits priced 0 0 as low as fifty-nine dollars, pretty frocks 0 0 as low as thirty-seven dollars and a half. 0 0 Come in and see for yourself. Break 0 0 yourself of that costly habit of thinking. 0. 0 0
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