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Mailed to subscriber; fer Three Dollars a .-ear iu advance THE ST Tfce paper with t'ae largen Honii Circulation .u Harrisburg and •ear'ey towns Circulation E\ata!nro by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES BELL " Private Branch Enchant*. No. 3280 CUMBERLAND VALLEY (•Hvate Branch Eichange. •_ No. 245-246 Friday. November 20, 1014. . ■ NOVEMBER Sua. Mon. Tues. Wed. Tbur. Frt. Sst. 12'3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 '22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 MOON S PHASES— Full Moon, 2nd; Last Quarter, 10th; New Moon, 17th: First Quarter, 24th. WEATHER FOEECASTS Harrisburg aud vicinity: Fair and «»»,, <—JVC :ei».poratu:e alv r b usv fair and colder. ».as-.«rn PennsyU :-.nia: Fa.r aud do- Bat « (air, VJ clear strong northwest winds. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest! 3S: lowest. L' 6; S a. m., 2s; S p. m., Ij4. ai —_ . COLLEGE GIRLS HATS The sophomore grids in the University of Penn sylvania have been forbidden by the faculty to wear small brown hats, bearing their eia->- numer als, which they had adopted as the official class headgear. The faculty has said among other things that the hat- are "mannish." The girls have iuei tlentally replied that many of the garments worn b> the men are "womanish." The "eo-ed>." however, have been obedient and discarded their .;t>- hats. It seeuis, though, from a mere outsider's point of view, that the girls were in the right and that the ban on their harmless little hats was uncalled for. They adopted the headgear principally, the} say. because there is laek of wardrobe space in the classrooms, making it in convenient aud ruinous to hang larger hats there. ll appears that a college tradition iiad something to do v»ith the faculty order. One of Penn's tra ditional requirements is that students may not wear tiie numerals o; their .-las- on their hats unless they hnve "won" them through proficiency in some iu'aneh of athletics. That is well enough if it is an : oitoivd > ollege < ustom, but the faculty then should have paced the ban on the numerals and not on t ie ii: |e brown iiats. for there is a distinct advan in having all the members of a class of college sii'i- w a;- the same kind of headgear, especially when th< headgear is modest in design and inex pensive. The advantage lies in the fact that it promotes a democratic feeling among the girls and removes the temptation for the poor girl to spend more than she a:t afford for her millinery. A girl can spend an aw ful lot 0;' money on a hat when she is striving to "look just as nice as the other girls." THIS IS ' SHELLFISH DAY" The National Association of Shellfish Commis sioners has set aside this as "Shellfish Day. - ' with the idea of emphasizing the value of oysters and kindred seafoods for more general use on the table. In these times of high prices for foodstuffs, and especially beef, "Shellfish Day" perhaps has added significance as a means of educating the people - -vith regard to the nutritious properties especially of oysters. While it has been contended that oysters do not deserve a place on the list of staple foods for every day consumption, opinions to that effect are far from unanimous. For instance. Dr. Julius Nelson, professor of biology in Rutgers Col lege. New Brunswick, N. -T.. and biologist of the New Jersey Agricultural College KxperimetU Sta tion, who has made a special study of oysters, speaks of them as follows: Oy stcrs are a good food. Oyster? come nearer in compo sition to cow's milk than do most other meats, as all the four kinds of nutrients needed are present in good degree. Oysters have a larger excess of the liesb building substance relative to the other constituents than milk, so we balance the ration by addition of starchy food and fats when eating 'oysters, thus securing t good m.-al at a cost that compares favorably with that when other meats are chosen. Perhaps the placing of emphasis on the value of oysters as a staple food, on a day set aside each year for that purpose, may have the effect of help ing the struggling housewife to cut down her mar keting bills, and if it does so. it must be agreed that the holding of an annual "Shellfish Day" is not without its practical benefits. ABOLISHING HOME STUDY Aw experiment is being tried in several classes of the Heading higii schools with a plan of school HAKRTSBUKU STAR-INDKPENT>ENT, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1914. work called the "laboratory plau." The students do t»o home studying. They learn everything they are supposed to learn duriug school hours, with no other preparation thau that which they are able to make in those hours. The idea is to have the teachers do more teach ing and less listeniug to recitations prepared with more or less effort by the students in their homes. The plan involves more trouble for the teachers, of course. It may have some advantages for the pupils. The boys and girls must cover the lemons, whether they do it at their homes, unaided, or in the schools with the assistance of their instructors. Those who would abolish home study presumably know full well under what unfavorable conditions some boys and girls study iu their homes. They understand abont the difficulties which prevent pupils from getting out their lessons as they per haps should. They believe that orderly, quiet, com fortable school rooms are the best places for aver age students to do careful studying. It is too often tite case that valuable time is wasted duriug school hours uuder the present ar rangement of preparation for and recitation of lessons. In most schools a definite plan of study iu vacant periods during school hours has not been prescribed for the pupils, nor have classes been arranged with a view of facilitating such studying. True, some students have abolished home study on their own responsibility. They try to make prep arations for their recitations duriug school hours, if they make any, and their work seldom is satisfac tory because the arrangements iu the schools are not suited to their particular method or lack of method. The experiment Reading is trying is well worth the trial. Other cities will be interested in learning the results of it. ROBERT J. BURDETTE Laugh while ye may. for the day will come When laughter dies on lips that are dumb. ROBERT J. BURDETTE. There are many iu Harrisburg who learn with sincere regret of the death of that earnest Christian gentleman aud man of mirth and happiness, the Rev. Robert J. Burdette. which occurred iu his home in Pasadena. California, yesterday. Mr. Burdette was t frequent visitor to Harrisburg, had a wide ae luaiutanee here and was always a favorite as a lecturer. Truly it may be said of him, as was said >f another, that "he added to the sura of human joy." Ilumor aud laughter aud Burdette were boon •ompanions. Together they traveled through the land, sharing their best with everybody and giving i rosy tint of happiness to whatever they came in •ontact with. The worid was better for Burdette*s taving lived in it. How rnauv dollars, in salaries to the auditors, is it cost ing Dauphin county to learn what became of that oo cents! Do wo want to annihilate Turkey? Not exactly. We ; prefer to do it to turkey,— at the dinner table next I Thursday. The odd? favor Harvard in to morrow's football contest ! in New Haven but it is never well to figure too conti dently on a Vale football team beiug licked in its own back yard. —— Don't forget to fill a Thanksgiving Bag for the Harris burg Hospital! You can get one by telephoning to the hospital, and you can put jellies, canned goods, soap and clean linens in it, or, better still, send monev! , I Thomas Mott Osborne, a wealthy man with some theories ! on how to run a penitentiary, is going to tackle the ditli cult ta«k of beiug warden at Sing Sing and is taking keeo delight in the prospect. Perhaps before the Xeiv Ha>er Railroad scandal is over be will have some other | rich men to hobnob with who will there less willingly. . TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN —__ PROTEST AGAINST MINES First Fish —"European waters are getting dangerous." .Second Fish—"Thank goodness, it doesn't cost us auy- ; thing to swim to America."—Exchange. EFFICIENCY OF FATHER Judge Waiter Sanborn, of the United States Circuit Court, smiled the other evening when one of the guests at a dinner told how beautifully he could keep house dur ing the absence ot' wifey. He said he was reminded of the case of Smith. Some time since, while on a shopping tour, Mrs. Smith met her friend. Mrs. Brown, and during the talk that followed the former said she had been spending two weeks with a sister in a distant town. "While I wp.s away." continued Mrs. Smith, "mv hus band looked after the house and insisted on cooking his own meals." "You don't really mean it!" exclaimed Mrs. Brown, wonderingly. "How did he make out?" "He says he did splendidly," answered Mrs. Smith,! something akin to a sigh: "but I* noticed that during my, absence the parrot learned to swear."—Philadelphia Tele graph. PHILANDER'S MIS7AKE "Philander." said a pretty girl to her bashful beau. "1 wish you'd tie this ribbon at my throat. I can't see to i do it without a glass." "Of course: I'll be glad to," he said, and at once grap- ■ pied with the strings. After an unsuccessful effort of five minutes, during which he got as red as a brick house and j perspired like a pitcher of ice water on a July windowsill, he stammered: "I—l—l— * don't think I can tie a respectable knot. M iss Mary." "Suppose. Philander," she whispered, with a prettv little blush, "suppose you can call in a clergyman tf, assist." Like the unveiling of a beautiful mystery, the situation j unfolded itself to Philander, and he feels better now. Exchange. LOCAL COLOR "You seem to have a large number of picturesque char acters about here." said the tourist. "We have to ha\e "em." answered the proprietor of a western hotel, "for travelers who come here expecting to find 'local color." All these Indians and cowboys you see are paid br us to loaf about tlie"premises and keep within easy range of kodaks."—Birmingham AgeiHerald. I THE FACTION'S HOPE No political faction is too small to entertain a hope that! la some crisis it will find itself in possession of "the bal- j anee of power."—Washington Star. Tongue-End Top ics Still Need for American Army Mule TW American army mule neod have j uo fear for its laurels because of the ' great part gasoline motors have played in transportation problems of European armies in the present war. Until Americau roads generally are brought up to the high standard of the roads of Germany, Prance, Belgium and other European countries, the army mule wili determine through his capacity for hauling, the limitation of operations lor American military forces. Only one branch of the United States army is 1 giving serious attention to motor trae !t ion. In the quartermaster's depart ment experiments are being made, ■: particularly along tiie Texas border, with handling supplies in HHttor trucks. Motor trucks are in general use. of course, about army posts and wherever good roads are available; but when maneuvres take the columns into the Held and the sandy or muddy country roads, where mere wheel tracks across the country are the only highways, the six-mule team is stiil master of the j transportation situation. * • * Moving the Battery Wagon A few years ago it was determined ■ to experiment with- motor transporta tion as a means to increase the radius of field artillery. The most available subject for this purpose was the bat tery wagon, carrying the forges for gun repairs and horse-shoeing and also the saddler's equipment. One such wagon accompanies every battery of artillery in the field. It trails along in tiie rear of the column and does not go iuto action. Thus its activities are largely confined to roads although the battery itself must across lots by field and stream to take positions against an approaching hostile force. * ♦ * Crosier's Motor Wagon a Failure tieneral Crozier, chief of the army ordinauce bureau. desi ;ued a motor battery wagon wiii.-h was tried out in maneuvers. It proved a Ant failure for it was so heavy that it broke through ; bridges, sunk to the hubs in soft roads ! and generally hampered the battery to which it was attached. The experiment . was abandoned and the ordnance bu reau is now content to await the re sults of the experiments of the quar- ; terminer's department iu self-propell- : ed army transportation units. Mules and horses are good enough for Aincri-1 can artillerymen as yet. Buropean Gasoline Tractors In couueetion with the newest heavy' siege pieces designed for the American army it was proposed recently to ex , periment with European gasoline trac- I tion engines. Arrangements were under 1 way for the importation of one of these • at the time th 6 Eurrff*an war-broke) . out. Now every engine of that char -1 ncter has been turned to actual use abroad and instead of importing auto mobiles or moto: tru -k-. the United States is shipping them abroad for the ' j use of armies there. A Different Situation Iu Europe lu many ways, army officers believe • the present war will have little effect | on the development of American mili tary transportation equipment. The I armies of Germany, France and to some extent England, are equipped to "light jiu the • liighiy developed territory which is the present theatre of war. i Transfer them to the interior of the United States and the greater part of i their motor equipment and much of 1 their heavy artillery would be found : almost useless, it is said. They would . nave to be rc-equipi>ed with horse and mule transportation. The difficulties en j countered by German troops who cross ed the Kussian border, officers say, were those of transportation. Poor roads made it impossible for them to move guns and supplies as their tact ical training directed. Several big guns were lost without having fired a shot, it is reported, because they could not be withdrawn swiftly. ° « Motorcycles in the Army The l'nitc-1 States employs motor cycles to some extent for orderlies carrying messages. Even this is limit el by road conditions, however, and while suggestions for a motorcycle i i corps have been made, serious atten- < tion has not been given to the subject ' 1 jas yet. A cavalry horse still answers , ! the purposes of the army better than any other means of communication by j: orderly. Holiday opening and souvenir day, ] Saturday, November 21. Grand Union ' Tea Store, 308 North Second street. adv. | CROCKER LAND EXPEDITION All the Members Beparted Well in I*st ter Dated August -» By Associated Press, i ■ New York, Nov. 20.—A1l the mem- ' bers of the Crocker Liand Expedition, ( i headed by Dr. Donald B. MacMill&n, j : were well on August 29. according to a > letter written on that date by Elmer J Ekblaw, geologist of the party. PartJ of Ekblaw's letter was made public to-!; • day by Edmund Otis Hovey, chairman j ' of th« committee in charge of the ex- j' pedition. ThV letter was written aboard ; ' K. Kasmussen's motor boat in a raging 1 sea .iust south of Cape Alexander. In j it Mr. Ekblaw says: "By a strange freak of luck as Jot' , ; Small and I were fleeing before a storm j . in our little motor we met Knud Has | j : mussen's boat on its way to Etah with 1 j I our mail and supplies. Both motor , boats attempted to get by Cape Alex- 1 ! ander. but unable to do so, we have; i I turned back to our camp. Since his mo- j ] tor boat must start back at once there h will be no chance for our letters, cable'' 1 Who Wouldn't Pay Twenty Dollars For An Overcoat That Any Custom-Tailor Would Be Proud to Claim as His Own IF you'll just fold up those two ten dollar bills you've laid away for a coat and bring them to us, you can choose a wonderful GLOBE style —a real style. A style guaranteed to serve you perfectly—and one which will give you more dress distinction than you've ever had. Don't pay less than twenty for any overcoat, and when you pay twenty come to us. SAFETY FIRST. THE GLOBE messages and mail to get back to vou."| "Evidently," Mr. Hovey explained,) "the storm which was raging when Mr.; Ekblaw's letter was written and the; fact that he was going back to Stall kept Mr. Rasmussen from keeping 1»n his journey to Crockerland party's headquarters. Mr. Rasmussen felt! obliged to put back to North Star bay j for fear of getting caught in the ice I at Etah. MAY LIGHT LINGLESTOWN Citizens Will Meet Next Week to Con sider Plan for Electric Lamps At a mass meeting of Linglcstowu citizens early nex-t week plans will be discussed for lighting the streets with ■modern electric lamps and it is prob able that a scheme similar to that adopted at Riverside will be agreed upon for ljinglestown. Linglestown, because it is not a bor- i ough, cannot install electric street j lighting as a municipality, but the citi- ! Zens can get together—just as they did at Riverside—and install the pro- ; posed system and divide the cost prj j rata among the townspeople. The Linglestown people have wanted better-lighted streets for years, but more particularly since the little town along the mountains has become so im portant a centei for cross-State auto bile travel. Ten or a dozen modern street lamps are desired and the power will probably be furnished by the elec tric company in this city. " The date for the mass meeting to take up the problem has not yet been definitely set tled. but it is umiertsood that it will be Tuesday or Wednesday. The new 'Paxtang ordinance author-1 ! izing the lighting of the streets by j | current supplied by "the Harrisburg i Light & Power Company will likely be j passed finally at uex;t Monday's meet- I ing of Council. Tennis as a Test Tennis is a sure revealer of cbarac j ter. Three sets with a man suffice to ■ give one a working knowledge of his i moral equipment; six, of his chief BREATHE FREELY! OPEN NOSTRILS AND STUFFED HEAD-END CATARRH Instant Relief When Nose and Head Are Clogged From a Cold. Stops Nasty Catarrhal Discharges. Dull Headache Vanishes »l* Try "Ely's Cream Balm." Get a small bottle anyway, just to try it—Apply a little in the nostrils and instantly your clogged nose and stopped-up air passages of the head will open; you will breathe freely; dullness and headache disappear. By morning! the catarrh, cold-in-head or j catarrhal sore throat will be gone. End such misery now! Get the small ' | mental traits, and a dozen, of (hat most important and usually veiled part !of him, his subconscious personality. Young people of opposite sexes are sometimes counseled to take a long railway journey together before decid ing on a matrimonial merger. But f would respectfully advise them rather to play "singles" with each other be fore venturing upon a continuous game of doubles.—Robert H. Sehauffler in ! Atlantic. ■ bottle of "Ely"s Cream Balm" at any Idrug store. This sweet, fragrant balm dissolves by the heat of the nostrils; [penetrates and heals the inflamed, : swollen membrane which lines the nose, I head and throat; clears the air passages; ; stops nasty discharges and a feeling of cleansing, soothing relief comes imme diately. Don't lay awake to night struggling for breath, with head stuffed; nostrils closed, hawking and blowing. Catarrh or a cold, with its running nose, foul raucous dropping into the throat, and raw dryness is distressing but trulv needless. ! Put your faith—just om-e—in "Ely's Cream Balm" and your cold or catarrh 'will surely disappear. Adv.
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