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Thursday, December 24, 1914.
DECEMBER
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MOON'S PHASES—
Full Moon, 2nd; Last Quarter, 10th;
New Moon, 16th; First Quarter, 24th.
WEATHER FORECASTS
Harrisburg ami vicinity: Snow or
rain this afternoon and to-night. Low
rut temperature to-night about 25 <lc- <f"T*y
grces. Friday generally fair and colder. twPfc-r
Eastern Pennsylvania: Snow or rain
this afternoon and to night. Friday Y4
jiartly cloudy and much colder, proli
ably preceded by snow in the morning.
Fresh southwest shifting to northwest J
winds.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 28; lowest, 19; 8 a. m., 22; 8 p. m., 22.
THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS
Seventeen years ago Mr. Frank P. Church, an
editorial writer on the New York "Sun," in reply
to a letter from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old,
who had some doubt about the existence of Santa
Claus, proved that there is a Santa Claus, in an
editorial that is a classic. This reply to the little
girl cannot be repeated too often. It will be read
with pleasure and profit by young and old so long
as there is a Christmas, and we take great pleasure
in reproducing it from the "Sun" of September 21,
1897, as follows:
We take pleasure in answering at once and thus promi
nently the communication below, expressing at the same
time our great gratification that its faithful author is num
bered among the friends of "The Sun":
"Dear Editor: I am eight years old. Some of
my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says 'Tf you see it in "The Sun," it's so.'
Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?
"VIRGINIA O'HANLON, 115 W. 95th St."
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been
affected by the sceptictism of a sceptical age. They do not,
believe except they see. They think that nothing can be
which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All
winds, Virginia, whether Ihev be men's or children's, are
little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect,
an aut, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless
world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable
of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Ves, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as cer
tainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you
know that they abound and give to your life its highest
beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if
there were no Santa Claus! There would be no childrenlike
faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this
existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense
and sight. The eternal light with which childhood filled
the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus? You might as well not be
lieve in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to
watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa
Clans, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming
down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus,
but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most
real things in the world are -those that neither children nor
men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn?
Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there.
Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are
unseen and unseeable in the world.
You might tear apart the baby's rattle and see what
makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the
unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the
united strength of faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can
push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal
beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in
all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Clans' Thank God! he lives, and he lives for
ever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times
ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad
the heart of childhood.
CLOTHES FOR A THOUSAND CHILDREN \
A thousand school children of Philadelphia, now
unable to attend" the public schools because of lack
of sufficient clothing, are to be eared for by the
Emergency Aid of that city, with the co-operation
of school officials and charitable organizations.
Garments and shoes will be supplied to the unfor
tunate boys and girls, so that they may not only
be able to attend school but may be kept reasonably
warm during the winter months.
Recent investigations of truant cases in Philadel
phia have brought out the fact lhat children of
impoverished families are unable to attend school
because they have, no undergarments to protect
them from the cpld winds, and no shoes lo separate
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPE
their feet from the icy pavements. No less than a
thousand such cases are now awaiting relief.
Education of children in the public schools can
not be made compulsory, in fulfillment of the state's
laws, if children have no clothing in which to go to
and from the school buildings and not enough food
to nourish them and enable them to profit by their
studies. It is well that a thousand such children
are now to receive needed attention.
The unlucky little boys and girls in all cities who
are handicapped in their school work through want
of sufficient food and clothing, need to be cared for
while they are there more than any other class, for
they are the boys ayd girls who will leave school
the first day the law permits them to, in order that
they may start to labor for their livelihood.
CAUTION AGAINST STOMACH ACHE
Precautions against excessive indulgence in can
dies are in order at this time. State Health Com
missioner Dixon, in one of his valuable talks on
health and hygiene, has warned children and grown
ups against eating too much candy ou Christmas,
and lias advised them that what they do use they
should use. with or immediately following meals.
As Doctor Dixon points out, pure candies cannot
be harmful if eaten in moderation, for their princi
pal constituent is sugar, and sugar is a food, pro
ducing heat and energy. Excepting, of course, the
candies colored with coal tar dyes, and having other
harmful ingredients, the sweets which are to be so
plentiful in most homes during the coming days, can
do no harm if employed in the capacity of after
dinner dainties.
The trouble is that children, and sometimes adults
as well, from the time they get t heir boxes of sweet
meats on Christmas morning until the boxes are
empty, have constant access to them and indulge in
the candies at all hours of the day and night. >The
cream and mint and caramel and marshmallow and
peanut candies, not to speak of the sticky canes
and baskets and the transparent novelties, have
attractions at Christmas time that are too strong for
most of their recipients to resist.
Candies come with Christmas just as surely as do
ornamented trees ami animated toys. Many children
who get comparatively little candy during the year,
except of the penny-a-stick variety, seem to think
that they must make up for their lost opportunities
on Easter and Christmas by disposing of all the
sweetmeats they receive on these occasions without
the least delay. Within several days they eat their
year's allowance of fine candies, —and then the doc
tors are summoned and must patiently prescribe for
the common ordinary stomach aches of the writhing
little gluttons.
The proper remedy would hardly be to restrain
the children alter they once get their Christmas
candy, for that antagonizes them and makes them
more determined than ever to have what is right
fully theirs. Much less is the proper remedy to
keep candies from them entirely, for that is too
cruel a method to be practiced at this happy season.
If there is anything that will correct those chil
dren who are in need oFcorrection it is for parents
to parcel out moderate quantities of the sweetmeats
at one time. This has the advantage of making the
supply last longer. Or a still better plan is to carry
the Christmas spirit to a small extent throughout
the whole year, by having candies on the tables at
regular intervals. The children will thus have their
appetites for sweets satisfied from week to week
and will not go wild when the luxuries of pounds
and pounds of candies are heaped before them
Christmas morning.
After to-morrow it will all be over but the stomach ache.
The reindeer are being groomed for the trip.
After all, Santa can come in bis old fashioned sleigh.
The Kaiser is not near dead yet. Fact is lie is now
hurrying back to the firing line, very much alive.
A Turkish court martial has decreed that three of the
surviving officers of the Turkish battleship Messudyeh,
which was blown up through the daring exploit of a
British submarine, are to bo put to death for not having
prevented the disaster. Evidently Turkish officers are sub
jected to more perils than those for which the enemy is
responsible.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
THE HEIGHT QUESTION
General Arthur Murray said at a dinner in San Fran
cisco, apropos of the height of soldiers:
"The British Army has raised the height limit for vol
unteers to five feet, five. Short Britishers object to this
and with reason. For consider the Japanese. They aro
incomparable soldiers. Yet the five feet five limit would
bar most of them out. Consider the Gurkhas, the Tribe
soldiers of India. They are as valiant as tho Japs, yet
their height runs from 4 feet, 11, to 5 feet, 4.
"At one of the London recruiting stations, just after
the establishment of the new rule, a short and chunky East
Ender who had been registered by the examining surgeons
pointed with a scowl toward a taller East Ender who had
been accepted, and said:
" 'Aw, look at 'im! An* I knocked 'is 'ead off last Sat
urday night!' " —Exchange.
BOSTON DIALOGUES
Willie was wiping his spectacles.
"Where have you been, Willie?" his mother inquired.
"I have been making a call on my dear teacher," the
affectionate child replied.
"What was the nature of your errand?" asked the
mother.
"I went to my teacher's home to request her to hold the
study of geography in abeyance until the authorities truth
fully determine the new boundaries of those nations that
are at present engaged in a cruel ami inexcusable war."
"And what did she say!"
"I hate to repeat it, mother."
"Do you hesitate on my account my child?"
"She called me a protoplastic prig."
"How intensely shpeking!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
~ PRECAUTIONARY
Mike—"Begorra, an' I had to go through the woods the
other night where Casey was murthered last fall an' that
they say is haunted, an' bedad, I walked backward the
whole way."
Pat—"An' what for wuz ye alter doin' that?"
Mike—"Faith, so that* 1 could see if anything wuz
comin' up behind me."—Exchange.
THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1914.
\ Tongue-End Topics]
His Christmas on the Stone Pile
For the first tame in many years,
Joe Toner, a panhandler a>nd police
character, will not spend his Christmas
behind prison bars. "Joe" is serving
u sentence imposed 'by Mayor Royal,
although instead of ibeing in jaiil, he is
naipping stone on the stone pile at the
almshouse. Toner remarked yesterday
to officials at the county home that he
would rather be in prison than at work
on the stone pile. Records show that
for many years Toner has passed his
Christmas in jail.
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Preserving Capitol Park Trees
The State having gone into the cord,
wood "business, it has been suggested
that outside of t'he old trees recently
cut down in Capitol Park and sold
there is a num:ber of others that could
be cut down 'before they fall of their
own weight from decay, The attempt
last year to save the trees recently cut
down by having them doctored by tree
doctors from the State College, was
not as successful as was expected, aaid
the only way to reforest the park is to
plant new trees, which will be done,
ibut it is also found that their growth
in the park is very slow. A tree plant
ed on the Third street side of the park
'by Governor Penuypacker some years
ago has not grown perceptibly, and it
is possible that the former governor
may be asked to plant another one.
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Hastings Tree Grows Well
A tree planted in the park by Gov
ernor Hastings, in the small plot at the
head of the Third street walk while
he was in office, lias grown to wonder
ful size, and is one of the ornaments
of tho park. Along the walk, to the left
on the way to the Capital, are two
trees planted by Ca.ptain John C, Be
lanoy when he was Superintendent of
Public Grounds and Buildings. They
are tall and symmetrical and so much
alike that they look like twins. VVlien
Captain DP lanoy planted them he
named one M. 8. Quay and the other
C. L. Ma.gee— orte for the veteran Sen
ator aind political leader, the other for
the Pittsburgh political leader who
learned the political gume from Quay,
afterward fought him, but before he
died was again his close friend.
The "Newspaper Tree"
On the Third street side of the park,
just iu front of the north wing of the
Capitol, is a birch bark tree known as
the "newspaper tree," because it was
plant oil by three Harrisburg
men, two of whom are now dead —Wil-
liam Rodearmal and George M. Wan
toaugh. When the old Capitol burned
th'i« newspaper tree stood in front of
the building and was badly scorched,
so much so that it was considered ns a
deal one. Superintendent Hani bo, who
was afterward in charge 'of the con
struction of the Caipitol, decided to
make an effort to save it, and he had a
trench made from the tree's first loca
tion to its present one, and workmen
shoved the tree, roots and trunk, to
where it now stands, and it is one of
the handsomest trees in the park.
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The Simon Cameron Trees
Along the North street side of the
park, from Capitol to Fourth, and from
North to State streets, are a number
of button wood trees that were planted
by the late General Simon Cameron,
when ho was Adjutant General of the
State, in 1529. It was found necessary
to remove some of these trees several
years ago, but there are still some tine
specimens left.
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Only One Ohio Buckeye
The on'lv real Ohio buckeye tree in
the park stands along the North street
side of the park near Third. It is very
different from the horse chestnut tree,
of which there are so many fine speci
mens in this city.
JUDGE TALKS ON Fit AN K CASE
Sulzbarger Comments on Manner in
Which Trial Was Conducted
Philadelphia, Dec. 24.—Judge Muyer
Sulzberger yesterday characterized the
trial of (Leo M. Frank, convicted of the
murder of Marv Phagan, at Atlanta.
Ga., as a "veiled application of the
lynch law.'' His criticism was deliv
ered when commenting on the movement
here to petition the tiovernor of Georgia
for a commutation of the death sen
tence.
In speaking of the manner in which
the trial was conducted, Judge Sulz
berger observed:
"The presiding judge in the case, at
a certain point in the trial, called in
a colonel of militia and ,t.lie chief of
police to prevent violence't'hat was ap
prehended. This is, at bottom, t'he rea
son why Frank was not broug'ht into
the court, because it was feared t'hat,
sihould he he acquitted, he and his 'coun
sel might, be in danger of violence. The
chief of police sat 011 the bench along
side the Judge, in plain view of the
jury, and I cannot avoid the conclusion
that, from the moment When the mili
tary and police authorities intervened,
the court automatically was adjourned.
'"The verdict was received by Frank
when at yresent in the court, and it
was rendered by a jury that was no
longer a constituent part of the court. I
conclude that this is nothing more than
lynch law veiled."
Committees have been formod in ev
ery ward in the vitv for the circulation
of the petitions for a commutation of
the death sentence.
A Floral Murderer
The mocassin plant is a wanton mur
derer. Its flowers are so sna.ped as to
lure ants and other wingless insects to
them. Once inside they have small
chanco to escape. There they stay,
struggling until they starve to death.
These orchids are not considered insect
eaters, but they undoubtedly draw a
certain amount of nourishment from,
the decayed 'bodies of their insect prey.
Many other flowers trap insects, which
they kill and gradually digest as food.
RHEUMATISM GOES
IF HOOD'S IS USED
The genuine old 'reliable Hood's Sar
saparilla -corrects the acid condition of
the blood and builds up the whole sys
tem. It drives out rheumatism because
it cleanses the blood thoroughly. It
has been successfully used for forty
years.
For rheumatism, stomach and kidney
troubles, general debility and all ills
arising from impure blood, Hood's has
no equal. Get it from your nearest
druggist to-day. ' Adv.
AMUSEMENTS
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MAJESTIC
To-morrow (Christmas l>ay), mati
nee and night, "A Pair of Sixes."
Monday evening, December 28, free
Christian Science Lecture.
ORPHEUM
Every afternoon and evening, high
class vaudeville.
COLONIAL
Daily continuous 7audeville and pic
tures.
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"A Pair of Sixes"
The typist on the stage, that is, the
woman typist, is always a delightful
and interesting character. She is al
ways jolly and sometimes pert. Authors
never seem to put the serious kinds
into their plays. There is one feature
of the stage typist that sometimes jars
—and that is her typewriting. The
business portion of the audience shud
der because they know the stage typist
never knows how to type, but iioldl
Miss Caroline Leonard, who plays the
part of the pretty typist iu "A Pair
of Sixes," the sensational farce suc
cess which will be seen at the Majestic
to-morrow matinee and evening, knows
how to type. When she starts on the
machine, a great sigh of reliof and sur
prise wafts upward to balcony and gal
lery with pure enjoyment of the edu
cated clicks. The stage typewriter has
absolutely written! Everyone in the
audience immediately assumes that she
must have been a typewriter before
she became an actress. The truth is,
she had' never struck a key until she
began rehearsals for her part in the
play. v Adv. *
At the Orpheum
Santa Claus closes his engagement
at the Orpheuin after this afternoon's
show. With his knapsack of nice toys
that he presented to the girls and boys
each afternoon this week, Old Saint
Nick proved quite a hit. There will
still remain "'The Dream Pirates," a
delightful one-net musical comedy; Der
kins' Animal Novelty called "Dogville
on a Busy Day" and Josephine Davis,
pleasing singing comedienne; Kmmet
DeVoy and company in a farce comedy
called "His Wife's Mother" and three
or four other Keith attractions of a
high order. It has been a long time
since a lineup of Keith acts seemed 1 to
strike the popular fancy ,lik e the offer
ing that the Orpheum is [Presenting this
week.
Heavy advance sales accordingly are
reported at the box office for the re
mainder of the week. Next week, Kitty
Gordon, hailed as the most beautiful
woman on the American stage, is an
nounced as the Orpheum's bright par
ticular headliner. In presenting Miss
Gordon and company for next week the
management says she is the • highest
salaried artist who ever came to Har
risburg for a week's engagement.
Adv. *
At the Colonial
Treat's Seals, vaudeville's most
wonderful animal actors, come to the
Colonial to-day, to hold 1 as prob
ably the most interesting of the at
tractions booked to entertain at HIB
"Busy Corner" over Christmas Day.
This will be the second local .appear
ance of this wonderful animal troupe
and when they were here before tliev
attracted much interest among grown
ups as well as children. The seals if?
everything but talk, being educated t:>
a. marked degree. Another sterling at
traction will be that presented by Gra
ham and Kandall, who will offer a clev
er variety skit; Port and Dclaccy will
appear in comedy songs and patter, anil
Charles Bennington, the one-legged
wonder, will add the thrills of the of
fering. "Broncho Bill Turns Judge,"
an excellent moving picture attraction
in two parts, will be the special feature
in the moving picture entertainment.
Adv. *
At the Photoplay
Mont popular "movie" action,
Fraincig X. Bushman, will appear to
day at the Photoplay in a two-act Es
sanav drama, "Every Inch a King."
Mr. Bushman makes a very imprifesive
king ami is supported with an all-star
cast, including Raverly Bayne and
Bryant Washlburn. For Christmas Dav
our present to the public has been the
Ibooking of a Vitagrapli Broadway
Star production, featuring clever Anita
Stewart, famous load in "A Million
Bid." She appears Ciri3tmas in
"413," a three-act drama, dealing
with a gang of diamond swindlers who
operate between Europe and America.
Anita Stewart, as Elain Hall, daughter
of the ohie<f smugigfler, and Harry
Morey, a secret service man, Northrup,
as Baron Barcellos, the smuggler and
Julia. Gordon, adventuress, in love with
t'he Baron, complete an all-star cast.
adv.*
ELECTRIC CHRISTMAS TREES
They Are More Popular Than Ever and
Eliminates Fire Sanger
will help make to-morrow the "big
day" of the year in home, church, fra
ternity room and tire house and club
room, will be lighted bv electricity.
The ever growing danger of fire'froin
the old-ifashioned candles, the combina-
At this season our thought is
largely that of good wishes and
gifts for those we love.
We strengthen family ties and
back good wishes by the most
substantial gift for the family.
National Life Insurance
Company of Vermont
W. H. CtJMMINGS, Gen. Agt.
905 Kunkel Bldg.
oCTE3zaEsrassaasaaia
A Merry Cra
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Hj rpHE Employes of THE GLOBE join in
Jp. ■■■ wishing A Merry Christmas to all—
| j for this store counts you all its friends! yJ
IC Our sincerest thanks for your generous
patronage which makes this Christmas sea- HJ
son stand out as distinct from all others.
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tion of efficiency, economy and beauty
provided by the electric systems, the
odd effects that can be had with vari
colored globes—these have ,«11 been
factors that have helped to popularize
the electrically lighted Christmas
tree idea, according to Robert W. Hoy,
commercial manager of the llarrisburg
Light and Power Company.
"The demand for the Christmas
tree service," said he. "is greater this
year than ever before." Harris/burg it
self officially has declared for the elec
trically lighted tree by providing the
fluid for the municipal tree.
The tiny electric lamps are arranged
in long strings which can be suspend
ed and festooned from the tree and
there is not the slightest danger of
their setting the branches on lire. The
lamps are made in all colors ami in a
great variety of shapes. Many of them
are made to represent binds, fruits,
men. animals, etc. Ono string of lights
is enough for a small tree and other
r «g
There's no way like the old way,
Though weve tried to find a new;
And so just "MERRY CHRISTMAS"
Is the wish we send to you.
Jerauld Shoe Co.
310 Market Street
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An Observing Parrot
A little while ago .lones managed to
igct a good record of his parrot's cries
on a cylinder. By way of experiment
he set it going while Polly was in the
room.
"Pretty Poll! Scratch a Poll! Give
me a bit of sugar, uncle!" whirled the
machine.
The parrot looked seared. "I want
some sugar, some sugar!" came from
the gramophone.
"Great S-cott!" screeched Polly at
she looked down the trumpet. "What
a beak for sweet stuff!"— London
Ideas.