OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS THE HAYNES Carrying a Passenger Load of 951 Pounds, Covered a Run of 111 Miles, Averaging2V/$ H.iles Gasoline. America HARRISBURG CO. * : ——-—: - • DON'T TAKE CHANCES ON SKIDDING Get a set of Weed Chains, or Rid*OSkid Chains FOR SALE AT BOWMAN & CO. * . When in trouble on the road, phone us —Bell Phone 1710—and we will tow you in free of charge. We Repair and Remodel Automobiles of every make. All work guar anteed. Let us estimate on your repairs. Auto Transportation Machine Shop No. 5 North Cameron St.. Harrisburg, Pa. s ~. * I Automobile Owners-Safety First / LET US MAKE / All Roads .Smooth Nature's Way / p ree I BY APPLYING TO YOUR CAR " / Bound and Qtiiflplf A•>4 1 J1 3C B f demonstra- Rcbound / t ion and par- Add 100 per cent. In your comfort; save 20 to ticulars fui •l" per cent, tire and gasoline cost; increase S turn of tSfo'cou tlie life of the engine two to three years. p«n with name and A. M. Levering I Prompt Attention to Repairs Automobile Painting, Rubber Tiring, etc.; Auto Fops, Bodies, Springs of all makes manufactured and repaired. Quality is our motto. The C. A. Fair Carriage & Auto Works g. East End Mulberry Street Bridge * r '« fill IMl— Mil I IIMI.W—IB—4 BUSINESS OFTHE MAXWELL Optimistic Report on Conditions Shows That the Company Made Big Gains Over Last Year A most interesting and optimistic re port nil business conditions comes from tiio Maxwell Motor Company, ami is printed herewith. Not onh does it !- iow that the company made big gains over Inst year. !>ut also that the <• 1111- j any < business and production has gained every month since the first ol' August. The Maxwell Motor Company em ployed an average ol 4,250 men daily .t<>r the months of August, September i.nd October, 1913, with an average ii onthlv payroll of $296,956.24. The recapitulation statement for the vine monliis of this year shows a dailv j.verage of .">.BIS men, with a monthly payroll ol $427,809.52, or an increased payroll of $1 "0,853.2$ per month. The thirty days of November of this year make an interesting comparison, l \ Auto Gloves 91.50 TO $.">.00 CfIDBVSP THIBD AND runnv o WALNUT STS. v r iliUrr Stirs 1451 Zarker Street Sterling Auto Tire Co. »■ i and shows that business .conditions are ! I actually better with the Maxwell Mo tor Company since the war was de clared iii August. They employed 5,- 1 727 men daily during November "of this , year, as against .<.002 men in August of this year and 3,894 men in N'ovem ber of last year. "When the general business condi tions of the country during August and September are considered, this showing is indeel remarkable," said Walter K. ■ Flanders, president of the Maxwell Mo tor Company. "Maxwell production has i ] increased every month since August 1, and present plans of the company are lor a still greater increase," Adv. * BIC SAVING iREO TIOKS Purchasers of Popular Machine Realize Their Investment Has Been One of Profit Owners of I!eo motor cars and Reo motor trucks know bv experience that I the aim of the company is to make , their products of the highest qualitv ami at prices that are reasonable ami i fair. In the production of Reo trucks, this aim is more evident than ever be fore. The superior service and sat's faction rendered by Reo trucks com m.md the confidence of thrir owner as found by George O. MeFarland, presi dent of the Ilarrisburg Auto Companv, the local distributors for this territory. Exactness and precision in workman ship, and painstaking care in the in spection of each operation, part, assem bly, and finished truck re nit' in the ideal from the standpoint of both man ufacturer and owner. The superiority of Heo products is recognized. Adv. * All very well for Kurope to wipe out | old scores, but she is running up some new ones. TTyVRftISBKRH STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1914. \ GOOD ROADS BILL MAY MAY PASSAT SHORT SESSION | Advocates of Measure See Hope in Bill Getting Through Congress Though Recent Presidential Mes sage Ignored It While the national legislative pro gram is sett forth in the presidential message did not contain any reference to highways, it is not ininol>abie ( :>aJ a iotui roads bill will be passed at the short winter session of Congress. Recently the governors of Southern and Wr»;ern states sent the following telegram to Prcsideut Wilson: "Wo most earnestly urge that Congress make goo I the Ba.timore pledge and pass a good roads bill at the winter session, i'ulblic sentiment overwhelmingly dc mands it, and will sustain you in urg ing upon Congress weil directed feder al co-operation in road construction and maintenance." Prominent in the Atlanta Good Roads Congress among the advocates for federal aid was Dr. S. \l. lohuson, of Koswell. N. M. In his address Dr. Johnson made it very clear that, while those sections distinctively agricultural required for their development the market road, gully one half of the na tional domain was not predominantly agricultural, but devoted to mining, the raising of live stock, or Industries related to the presence of the health seeker, the tourist, the leisure cla-s. ' and that through routes of travel were ; as vital to the development of the non- I agricultural regions as the community road was to the agricultural a reus. The convention was fully convinced that the point was well taken and so declar ed in the resolutions unanimously adapted. Dr. Johnson resided for several veers in North Carolina before remov ing to New Mexico, and conferences which he has had during the i«isr fort night with Senators Simmons and Overman, of North Carolina, and Gov ernor Craig, causes him to believe fed eral roads legislation is possible at the short session. Governor Craig feels that there is nothing more important than the betterment of the roads, and he quickly secured the several govern ors to join him in telegrams to Presi dent Wilson. Dr. Johnson is now in Washington. D. and in a conference with Senator ' Simmons, who is chairman of the Sen ale linance committee, he suggested ■ that provision be made at this session for Congress to continue and enlarge | the work the government has been do ; ing for experimental roads, bv making an appropriation of $500,000 for ex perimental post - roads and an addition al $,>00,000 for roads across forest and Indian reservations and other federal ized areas where such links form parts of established routes of travel..Senator ■ Simmons gave his hearty endorsement to the proposal. It is unnecessary to sav that Senators Pall and Catron, of New Mexico, are favorable to the plan. Dr. Johnson in commenting upon the situation said: ''lt would seem there fore that so «iin !e and sensible a : proposition ought to meet the approval jof Congress, the President, and the gauntry at large. To re .'use to provide | tor the continuance of the work whi.-h the go\eminent has already undertaken and which has been crowned with >'x nal success, the building of experi . mental post-roads, would seem verv un wise, inasmuch as tentative work is pointing the way to the solution of the , general problem. To provide for the extension of the work along the line indicated seems reasonable, in view of I the tact that in many instances, not j only through routes of travel, and also i market roads lie across • federalized 1 ?. roas .\ not °! > cn to entrv or eoloniz.v tIOTI. ' .JrVT f a, ' t . to which Dr. Johnson | calls attention is that even in Char lotte, N. ( .. the county seat of Meek- I lenburg county, which was the coantv I cited at the Atlanta Congress-as I typical of the value of the market ■ roads, the sentiment is very strong | and insistent for the through routes i of travel as well, from Washington to ' Richmond, to Savannah md Jackson ; Mile, Atlanta, and New Orleans. Char lotte is making strenuous efforts to link up with other North Carolina , '_®"ters, and also with South Carolina and Georgia. U( | v * Ride to World's Series Motorcycles and ba-el.all! Those art the two hobbies of William J. Jordan and Ins son Harold, of Ipper Trov, v V. Ath '» fall they were able to combine both of these pleasures into one 1, wa S while the world's series was being played in Boston. The oidans had decided to see one of the games and they had also decided Mo rle their motorcycle. H took then, V hours to cover the 200 miles to Boston. The return trip was made in eight hours.—Adv.* 1 » Think of the Qualities and Popularity of REO Trucks & Pleas ure Cars len carloads distributed from Harrisburg siuce December 16, 1914. Guaranteed to give Continuous Economical Operation. HARRISBURG A THIRD AND HAMILTON STS. *- VULCANIZING Expert Work Only ' 1451 Zarker Street Sterling Auto Tire Co. 75,000 INSPECT THE DODGE BROTHERS' CAR New York Attendance Runs Over 2,000 Daily, Bince Car Was First Placed on Show; Other Cities Report Large Attendance "I have come all the way from Leavenworth to see Dodge Brothers' new car and the Union Station," said h lady to the Kansas City dealer for Dodge Brothers, as she stepped into his salesroom. The iuterest of the lady from l.aveu worth has been duplicated more than To,ooo times in the past two weeks, according to conservative estimates made by Dodge Brothers' dealers. In New York City alone, the attendance •once the new car was first .placed on the market has averaged over 2,000 daily. In tlfe west, Omaha, Kansas City and Minneapolis report first day records of over 3,000 visitors each. H. P. Neighbors, < leveland dealer, states that over 4,000 Sixth City resi dents visited his headquarters on the opening day. Colt-Stratton Company, Metropolitan dealers, lent their first .ear to the Brooklyn dealer over Sunday, and 1,500 persons drooped in on their way to church. As fast as cars are delivered to deal ers iu the big cities, telegrams pour into the Detroit offices of Dodge Bros, containing congratulations and the j ':iy's attendance. Automobile meii de clare that a new car has never before I net such a unanimously favorable re- I ception from the motoring public. The Keystone Motor Car Company jure the local representatives of Dodge I Bros, and expect to exhibit and dem onstrate this car in Harrisburg about ; the first of the year.—Adv.* PLAN MAMMOTH ROAD RACE ; Motorcyclist Enthusiasts of Phoenix, Ariz., Getting Ready for Another Gigantic Contest Pollowing right on the heels of the gigantic San Diego-Phoenix and El ■ Paso-Phoenix motorcycle roads races, I enthusiasts of Phoenix are planning j another contest which promises to far outclass either of these events. This I meet contemplates combining the course 1 of the El Paso-Phoeuix and that of the i San Diego Phoenix runs, making a total | distance of 1.000 miles. And though I the course is chiefly made up of moun tains and trackless desert, it is the j belief of the "Borderland Boosters" I who are behind the movement that the run can be made in thirty hours. As yet the details of the project have j not been worked out, but it is stated | that a number of the motorcycle fae | lories have agreed to support the event, i Adv.* Wants 1015 Meet A typically western good time is j promised motorcyclists if they should | decide to come to Sacramento, Oal., for j their 191." P. A. M. convention. The j Capital City Motorcycle Club of Sac- I ramento has decided to go after the j 101 ii assembly hard, and a committee has been appointed to secure the co operation of the civic and commercial j bodies of the city. Sacramento has j many talking points as an ideal con ! vontion city. It is not too large, yet j has ample hotel accommodations. It has an excellent mile dirt track on I which the F. A. M. championships may jbe held. And it is only about a three 1 1 hours' ride from San Francisco, giv j ing those attending the convention a ! splendid opportunity to visit the Pan | ama-Pacific Exposition.—Adv.* Canada Announces Big Show It is announced that the first ex clusive Canadian National Motorcycle, i Bicycle and Accessory Show will be held in Toronto next March. This an nouncement is of especial significance because of the fact that there will be no automobile show in Toronto next vear, nor will there be any exhibit at all in England of gasoline-propelled vehicle!). The Arena Gardens building lia« been secured for the show, wbict> will extend over a week One ot iiie features of the exhibition will be a display of Maxim gun motor cycle outfits, armored sidecars and mil itary scouting machines. It is also probable that the Canadian Motorcyclists' Association will hold its annual convention in conjunction with the show.—Adv.* To Display Motorcycles Philadelphia is another city which this year has planned to have an ex clusive Motorcycle and Accessory Show, j The exhibit will be held on the Con j t ilien tal Hotel roof garden, February i 13 to 20. Forty booths have been pro vided for, and dealers of the Quaker City are enthusiastic over the outlook for a su.i essful show.— Adv.* Crirs-Crospes Continent An ui usual coast-to-coast motorcvcle 'trip is that being made by Ralph O. Hutchins, of Boston, Mass. Hutehins is not following tlie direct route to the Pacific, but is taking a diagonal course to Albuqueroue, X. M. From there he will follow the coast to Seattle and will then make another zigzag trail to Florida. He plans to return to Boston along the east coast. Hutchins is trav eling leisurely, slopping tor days in the cities which interest him, and he believes that when the trip is com pleted. he will have a knowledge of the country that could not be obtained in any other way.—Adv.* MOTORCYCLE NOTES About 150 riders of Altoona, Pa., at tended the recent meeting at which the Biair County Motorcycle Club was formed. The organization has secured a nine-room house which is being fitted up for club rooms. Motorcyclists of Crown Point, lnd., are contemplating organizing a cinb. The first team of a Westchester County. (X. V.) Motorcycle Club to finish in the New Year's Day Road llace. will receive a .bronze statuette which had been donated bv the Yonk ers' Motorcycle Touring Club. • Holiday suggestion! Give you mo j torcycle trienu an F. A. M. membership |card. During the past season 187 motor ! cycles were license I to use the roads lin Mt Tacoma National Park. A number of Ashevilie, (N. C.) mo : rorcyclists made a Thanksgiving Day ; run to the Black Mountains. A continent of 35 motorcyclists, un- I der Captain A. E. Humphreys, is ready to go to Europe with the second Ca nadian Expeditionary Force. The I*ke County Poor Farm at Crown Point, Ind., uses seven motor cycles. v Ben F. Bradenburg, sheriff of Dallas county, Texas, says that one motor cycle will do the work of three mounted men, and does not cost as much as oue horse. John B. Dixon and Miss Gladys Cressy, of Boise, Idaho, recently rode a motorcycle 130 miles to Hailey, liialio, where they were married. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Jones, of Ltnura, Ohio, are spending their honeymoon on a motorcycle tour. From January 1 to November 15 there were 20,637 motorcycles regist ered in Ohit). The Invincible Motorqvele Club of Brooklyn, N. Y., has already an nounced its annual spring run. This is to take place on May 2. Adv. * SUBURBAN WEST FAIRVIEW Mrs. Milton Smeltzer Gives Birthday Supper to Friends Special Correspondence. West Fairview, Dec. 26.—'Mrs. Mil ton Smeltzer celebrated the anniversary of iher birthday at her home on State road by giving a supper in honor of t'he occasion to the fallowing of her many friends: 'Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Fox, Mrs. Sheridan. Mrs. 'Robinson, Mrs. Em'bich, Mrs. Ellen Troy, Mr. and Mrs. Ellen S'troh, Mrs. Wright, Miss Pearl Zimmer man, Mrs. Marvin IMayres. Miss Rhoda 'Bennet Mr. and Mrs. W. Newman, Mrs. Jennie Dieerow, Mr. and Airs. J. Ale- Cool, ot 1 Harrisburg; Mrs. C. Cranford, 'Mrs. IMahlon Foreman, Mrs. A. G. Wolf, 'Miss Cloldie 'Bogar, Mrs. F. HaWbaker, Airs. John 'Morgan, Mrs. John Ruth, Miss Ruth Blair, 'Mr. and Mrs. Milton Smeltzer, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Bogar, MT. and Mrs. John Wagner, Air. and Mrs. Robert Oyler and son, Robert; Aliss Myrtle Smelt/or. Martin Smeltzer, iMiss Gertrude Smeltzer and H. M. Mc- Afee. Miss Vergie 'Hippenateel rendered selections on the piano during the even | iH'g- Miss Catharine Cranford. a student at Shippensburg State Normal, and Paul Shettel, a student of lidmnon Yal ley College, are spending their Christ mas vacations with their parents. The distress of the needy of the town has been in a measure ameliorated by individual beneficence, but in order to better systematize the work the School Board has kindly requested six citizens to look up the needy and also secure the needed relief. An entertaininient was given Thurs day afternoon in the third school, taught by 'Miss Mary M.cDanuel; tho second sc'hool. taught 'by Miss Grace Karper, and t'he primary, taught by Miss Mary Burkholder. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wol'pert and children spent Christmas at Mrs. Wol pert's home in Duneaunoti. John K. Wentz, of Hanover, was a guest at the IT. B. parsonage. LINGLESTOWN Interesting Services Will Be Held To morrow in All Churches Special CorrespondoneH. Linglestown, Dec. 26.—'Services will be held in the United Brethren church on Sunday morning by the pastor, t'he Rev. Clyde Lynch. Services will be held in the Chur.-li of 'God on 'Sunday evening by the pas tor, the Rev. George Sigler. Services will be held in Wenrich's cliure'h on Sunday afternoon by the Lutheran pastor, the Rev. Mr. Bittner. Miss Wilhelmina Ball, a teacher in the public schools at Atlantic High lands, X. J., is spending t'he Christmas vacation wit'h her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Ball. iMiiss Susie I«ook on Wednesday vis ited friends at Harris'bnrg. The schools of this vicinity were treated to their Christmas gifts on Thursday afternoon toy a Santa Clans. John Smith, a student of Princeton University, returned on Wednesday to spent the holidays with his mother. Mrs. Annie Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Charles 'Hcffe.'finger, of Hampton, W. Va., arrived on Thursday to spend some time with the latter's father, the Rev. George Sigler. Samuel Balt'hascr. of Jersey City, spent Christmas with his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Balthaser. Mrs. Harry Ricker. of Hummelstown, visited his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Clay on Wednesday. Charles Linker anil family, of Har risburg, are spending the week with friends here. • 'Mrs. John Ilain, of Hainton. on Wed nesday was t'he guest of Mr. and Mlrs. Charles Reinert. Mrs. John Wert anil Miss Grace Sny der. of Harrisiburg, on Wednesday vis ited friends here. Mrs. John Fox spent Wednesday with friends at Harris'burg. Miss Sara S'hriner, a student of Shoe maker's College of Rlocution at Phila delphia, returned home on Wednesday to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Shriner. Mr, and Mrs. t . D. Lingle, of Her shey, spent Christmas wit'h friends here. William Aldinger. of 'Harrisburg, ou Wednesday visited friends here. NEW CUMBERLAND Mr. and Mrt Harry Harlicher An nounces the Birth of a Daughter Special Correspondence. New Cumberland, Dec. 26.—Christ mas was very quiet in New Cumber land. A number of family reunions were held and gifts exchanged. John Beaver, of Shippensburg, spent Christmas with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lefever are spending a few days with their sons, Harry and Merl, in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. George Cobean, of Get tysburg. are guests of Jacob Eichin ger's family. Mr. and Mrs. Ivelse.v Attieks, of Boston, are spending the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Sweeuey and Mr. and Mrs. George At tieks. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Kohr spent Christmas here. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, of Hagers town, are visiting M. 1,. Baker's "fani ily on Fifth street. Miss Ada Horton, of Shippensburg, is the guest of Mrs. H. D. Risenber ger's family on Water street. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harlicher an nounce the birth of a daughter, Friday, December 25. •Mrs. Wolf, of Shippensbusg. is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Kirkpat rick. Karl Smith, of Philadelphia, is visit ing iiis parents on Third street. Mrs. C. L. Hale spent Christmas with her brother, John Hess, at Steel ton. •Mr. and Mrs. George Watkins spent Christmas with relatives at Hummels town. Mrs. H. D. Eisenberger, Water street, entertained at dinner Christmas. Miss Ada V. Horton, of Shippensburg, and Misses Kate and Mary Malene, or'; Xew Cumberland. Professor E. G. Rose and wife spent i Christmas with relatives nt Hazleton. Mrs. Wilt, of Enola, spent Christ mas with W. W. Zimmerman's family, Geary avenue. Mr. and Mrs. William Heed have re turned from a visit to Virginia. Mrs. Margaret B. Prowell spent Christinas her nephew, H. B. Hahn, at Steelton. MILLERSBURG New Concrete Bridge Opened to the Public Tuesday Morning ;n i cur;espond *"«e. MiHerstmrg, Dec. 26. E. W. Steev- j er, of this place, attended the funeral of his ibrother, Harry M. Steever, at Avoea, Pa., on Wednesday. The new concrete 'bridge over the Wiconisco creek at the south end of Market street, has .been completed and was opened to the public on Tuesday morning. The length of the wing walls is 120 feet; length of arch, 84 feet; total width, 24 feet: inside width, 2"i feet, and tlie iiiigihest point from the water level is 29 feet. A walk 4 feet wide, elevated from the road surface, will lie placed on the east side of the bridge for the convenience of pedes trians. The road over the bridge is to be macadamized by the contractor, G. W. Ensign. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Snyder, of Middle-town, spent Christmas with their many friends and relatives here. Harold Light, the voung son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Light, went to Ma hantango mountain for a Christmas tree on Tuesday. While descending the mountain the lad fell on a rock, strik ing his left arm and fracturing the same above the wrist. Harold walked to his home unaided where Dr. Rickert was summoned to reduce the fracture. I' 1 . K. Chance and family have gone to Philadelphia to spend the holiday season with his parents. Mrs. Irene lioipkinson. of Philadel phia, is visiting her parents. Attorney S. S. Bowman and wife. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Lark are spend ing a week in New York City. G. D. Taylor, of' MiKerstown, is spending the Christmas season with his daughter, Mrs. J. F. Adams and family. Mr. and Mrs, Charles Romiberger, ol Sunlmry, visited relatives in town this week. Granville Hitter, who is employed at the highway department at the State Capitol, spent Christmas Day witti friends at Donalson. MARYSVILLE Stork Visited the Home of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Harrold Sp- cial Correspondence. Marysville, Dec. 26. —Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Harrold announce the birth of a daughter, Tuesday, December 22. John, the u-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall HammaUer, died Tuesday evening of pneumonia. His remains were buried Thursday in the Chestnut Grove Cemeterv. Miss Anna Reese, of Harrisburg, spent Tuesday with Miss Miirv Hover. •'. S. Wise, of Philadelphia, is spend ing sometime at his home on Dahlien street. Mrs. Jennie C. R.van, of Harrisburg, spent Wednesday with her brother. P M. Miller. chauney Haney was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital Wednesday, where he will be operated on for appendicitis. Mrs. Marge Balmier, of Newport, spent several days of this week with Mrs. Charles Brubaker. Howard Neidig, of West Fail-view, spent Tuesday with his cousin, Dr. o! W. Kppley. NEWPORT Christmas Service at the U. E. Church Was Largely Attended Sp.clal Correspondence. Newport, Dec. lib.—The Christmas service of the United Evangelical church ol Wednesday evening was largely attended. A Bible was pre sented to Miss Mabel Way, organist, and a purse of sl6 was presented to the Rev. M. W. fStahl, pastor. Alvin Jones, attorney-at-law of Pittsburgh, is spending sometime at his home in this place. Miss Anna Brandt, a teacher of the Hollidaysburg public schools, is spend ing her Christmas vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Brandt. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Patschke, of Al toona, spent Christmas with Mrs. Patschke's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Myers. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bendy, of Car lisle, are spending the Christinas holi days with their aunts, Miss Jean Kerr and Mrs. Mary Johnston. L. Gilbert Shreffler, Donald Mc- Kenzie and I .ay ton Sunday, students at State College, are visiting their re spective homes at this place. Miss Irene Brown, of Krosthurg, Mil., is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. A. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. David Swartz were vis itors in town Wednesday. MECHANICSBURG Community Christmas Tree Attracted a Large Crowd Special Correspondence. Mecbanicsburg, Dec. 26.—The early morning Christinas services in St. Paul s Reformed, St. Mark's Lutheran and Church o'f God were well attended and were very interesting. In the evening Trinity Lutheran Sunday school gave a cantata, entitled "A Night in the Orient," which in cluded a chorus of fiftv voices. At 6 o'clock iu the ceiling St. Paul's Reformed Sunday school rendered a Christmas service, entitled "His iNatal Day." Urace Kvangelicai Sunday school, with the church ciioir, jjave a verv fine service of recitations and < hristmas songs. The First I". B. church and Sunday school rendered a Christmas play, en titled "Snnta's Kescue." The choir of the Caurch of God gave a Christmas song service under the di rection of the choir director. Professor J. K. Swartz, with Miss Clara Croni leigh at the organ and Miss Marv Sultzaberger at the piano. The choir was assisted by visiting talent.. Miss Alice Myers, soprano; Mrs. Sue Dugan Fager, contralto; Robert Nelson, tenor; Roy Mathias, bass. Although the sky was clouded and the streets and sidewalks icy, yet Christmas Day was bright and pleasant to our people generally, and our little people were liappy. The poor of the town were looked after ami well pro vided for by the looal Bible and Tract Society. The ladies of the In-As-Much Mission, the Washington Fire Company and church and other local organiza tions. The "Daily Journal" of town is tak ing » two days' vacation. There was 110 issue yesterday or to-day. Harry Marshall, of this place, re ceived a nice Christmas present yester day in the form of a notification that the Patent Office has panted his appli cation for a patent of a dumping auto truck invented by him. Mr. Marshall has been for the past ten years h blacksmith in the employ of the Har riaburg Manufacturing and Boiler Com pany, and is a practical mechanic. Andrew Rhoads, who moved to Me chanicsburg from Monroe township early in the year, has bought a store in Harrisburg and will shortly move to the Capital City with his family. Misses Susan and Mary Clendenin. of Philadelphia, are spending a short Christmas vacation with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Clendenin, West Main streel. E. H. Bifner, of Shirenianstown, was a business visitor here ou Thursday. Miss Beatrice Chrlch, of this place, can now write R. X. after her uame, having received word this week that she was successful in passing the state examination for nurses, which she took several months ago. Miss Ullrich is a recent graduate of Jefferson Hospital Training School for Xurses, and has been doing private nursing under the direction ot' the hospital for several months. Dr. W. W. Strong, of the faculty of the Carnegie Institute, is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Strong. South York street. Caitl invitations have been left at each house in town urging the resi 3ents to attend church to-morrow and inviting them to attend the services in the tabneracle. which opens January 3. Miss \ era Stevens, who is teaching in Hartford, ( onn., is home spending the Christmas holidays. •Mr. and Mrs. Glen R. Houston, of New York City, are guests of Mr. Houston's mother, Mrs. 8. F. Houston West Main street. Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Cocklin, of Har risburg. were guests at tile home of Professor Kast, West. Main street,.last evening. Levi Martin is spending some time in Philadelphia and expects to hear Bili.v Sunday during his visit there. The community Christmas tree at tracted a crowd on Thursday evening. The Singer band was present and played several selections. Thermometer was at 4 above zero at 6 o'clock this morning. LIBRARY EXPERIENCES Queer Requests Made by Persons In Search of Information Some notion of the queer requests made at public libraries is afforded in an article dealing with the library of a. western city. These instances are given: Recently a man came in and askel for some of the arguments against woman's suffrage. The proper articles were sought out, and the librarian suggested that he might care to look at those in favor of woman's suffrage as well. "No matter," he replied warily; "I get those from my wife."' The widespread belief that a library can furnish a book on any subject, no matter how vague, is illustrated by this request: "1 have been asked to write a com position on what I saw on my way to school to-day. Can you give me any book on it.'" Thus a boy in the eighth grade. And then there are the high school boys who, in a period of revolt from poetry, returns the "Idylls of the King" and ask if they can't get "thi< crazy stuff in prose." Children about to participate in a debate cause some inconvenience. The following subjects are not easy to give references on: "Which Is Xecessarier, Water or Fire!" "Which is Mightier, the Pen or the Sword?" The impression which some persons have that a library can give informa tion on any topic is not only odd, but pleasing. Il may be set off against the opposite notion, equally exaggerated, that a library is of no practical use whatever. As a sample of the first idea consider the woman who called over the telephone the day before Thanksgiving and asked how to pluck a turkey. The librarian hunted it up in a cookbook and read it to her over the telephone too. And the one who asked for a brief sketch of the French revolution over the telephone. Those who work in the reference room seem to consider the reference librarian as a bureau of supplies as well as of information. Pencils, paper, even spectacles, ar e asked for tem porarily. "I left my glasses at home to-day. Can you Jeuil ine yours?" As though, as far as the librarian went, the glasses were merely for ornamental purposes.—New York Sun. The Sheet Anchor "That was my sheet anchor"—i. e., my best hope, my last refuge—the sheet anchor of a ship, which in stress of weather is the sailors' chief depend ence. The word sheet is a corruption of the word shote (thrown out), mean ing the anchor "thrown out" in foul weather. The Greeks and Romaus said, "My sacred anchor," referring to the sheet anchor, which was ahvays dedicated to some god. Her Apprenticeship Tall Blond—Gertv Giddygad's coif fure is the envy of every girl in the store. 1 wonder where she learned to make a knot like that. Short Brunette—Before she canio here she was chief pretzel tier in a wholesale 'bakery.—Judge. The Eagle "As free as a bird in the air," we say. Nor, of all the birds of tlie aii' the eagle is king and, therefore,' ot all birds he is the freest This fact, coupled with the eagle's independence, self-reliance aud unconquerable cour age, caused it to be chosen as the em blem of our republic. One Way Mrs. Wiivte—The management of servauts is a great art, isu't it 1 Mrs. Browne—Yes. 1 have found that there is only one way to keep them perfectly contented, ami that is to let them do exactly as they please—.Somervill# Journal. Olever "Bliggins is a clever story teler." "Why, be has been telling the same storv for ycais!'' " V es. But he keeps you listening. Every now and then he manages to think up another beginning and make you believe it's going to be a new one.'' —Washington Star. 5
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