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Clrculatiea Examined by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES' SELL*" Private Branch Exchange. No. 3210 CUMBERLAND VALLEY Privata Branoh Exchange. ■ _ No. >45-246 Friday, January 1, 1913, JANUARY Bun. Moil. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 1 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MOON S PHASES— Full Moon, Ist, 30th; Last Quarter. Sth: New Moon, 15th; First Quarter, 231 f WsUflftN WEATHER FORECASTS Harrisbttrg and vicinity: Increasing D cloudiness aud warmer to-night, urday unsettled, probably snow or rain. Jk*' Kastern Pennsylvania: Increasing Xt/f cloudiness and warmer to uiglit. Satur day unsettled, probably «no<v or rain, I «w*t/l warmer in south portion; moderate southeast to south winds. BRITAIN S SANE ATTITUDE TOWARD NOTE The attitude assumed not only by the press of Great Britain and the people of that nation, but also by the British government toward the protest of the United States concerning delays to American commerce due to search of vessels by the British fleet, removes all cause for uneasiness lest any per manent misunderstanding can result from the situa tion brought about by President Wilson's firm and well-timed action. All the British appear to be giving that serious consideration to America's demand which it merits. They are not belittling the importance of the pro test either from the British or the American point of view. They, both officially and unofficially, are exhibiting a disposition to give due and fair, con sideration to the representations of this government and. what is best of all, are manifesting no resent ment at the stand taken by this country in its cau did yet friendly note. One of the most encouraging l things about the attitude being manifested by Great Britain is that the British government shows 110 disposition to quibble over technicalities. It has been contended that under the terms of The Hague agreement Great Britain would be entitled to take one year iu determining her course with regard to the protest, but it is evident that the British War Office, recog nizing that such a delay would result in prolonging the conditions complained of to the continued detri ment of American shipping interests, has no inten tion of exercising its technical right under inter national law to postpone adjustment of America's grievance for such an unnecessarily long period. That this is the British government's attitude may reasonably he concluded from the text of a statement issued yesterday from the Official Infor mation Bureau in Loudon, as follows: An answer to the American note of protest against the detention of American shipping will be drawn as soon as possible. It will be in the same friendly spirit in which the American note is written. QUEER SCIENTISTS THE EXCEPTION Among the scientists gathered in Philadelphia for the convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is one who has a most odd specialty. He is existing in this world, we are told, solely for the purpose of studying and classifying fungi found on the wings of certain South Amer ican beetles. Now these fungus growths are in no way injuri ous and, it is held, have no possible interest for any human being iu the world except for the eccentric scientist who is uselessly investigating them. Their only distinction is that they are the subject of per haps the most fruitless line of scientific research ever pursued. Yet the man who assigned to himself this work of investigation that he might purposely carry on the most purposeless research he knew of, is an expert in his specialty and as such must be re spected. He is presumably the only man on earth who is intimately acquainted with certain varieties of one particular species of fungi of the thirty thousand or more species known to exist. He can speak with authority in this domain of human knowledge, and there is nobody to question him. Scientists as a class, however, do not confine their activities to such narrow fields, and their researches are not so useless. The student of the fungi is an exception among scientists, not an example. There is no point of likeness between him and the great number of leientific thinkers who are busily aiding HARRISBUKG STAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1915. the world's progress, unless it be that of passion for deep investigation into things which research has never before penetrated. DAMAGE TO PARCEL POST MATTER When a parcel post package is damaged in tran sit, the recipient, if he is endowed with ordinary human nature, will blame the government carriers for carelessness, and Uncle Ham's employes will naturally be disposed to place the responsibility on the sender of the luckless parcel. It might save time if a person who gets a battered package in the mail would seek an explanation direct from the one who posted it, in case he insists on any expla nation at all. ' The railway mail clerks are unnecessarily rough with parcel post matter, according to persons who, although they have never witnessed actual hand ling of the mail, are nevertheless certain that their ideas about how it is done are undeniably correct. The mail clerks sleep on the mail, it is said, and when they move it they handle it without any ten derness whatever. To these charges the cjerks reply that a bed of plow-points, hat-boxes and pump-handles is not very tempting, even should they at times find op portunities to sleep. They complain that damage to parcels occurs because ot" poor wrappiug, that butter, molasses and berries are shipped in buckets with the lids tied 011 with light cords, and the whole covered with flimsy paper on which the address often is written with lead pencil. They are doing their best, they assert, with the sorts of packages entrusted to their care. The suggestion lias been made occasionally that since Uncle Bam is so strict in his requirements in the matter of preparing parcels for mailing he should take better i-are of them when he gets them. The whole difficulty seems to be that, even though the department insists on special packing, there are too many postmasters iu small towns and in larger ones, who let insufficiently protected matter go by. If all parcels were properly prepared for mailing, then all damages could be blamed on the government's clerks and carriers, but not other wise. Loss by damage to packages in C. 0. D. and in sured parcel post mail, according to a government report for the past fiscal year, has been reduced to seven one-hundredth of one per cent. When the casuali ties are diminished to that extent in ordinary parcel post mail, there will not be much to arouse dissatisfaction. Be sure to write it: "one-nine-one-five!" Why do they call them "mummers" when tliey make so much noise! Some fellows were left behind when the water wagon started at midnight. Again we are reminded there is nothing new under the sun. Old Father Tipie has been an aviator since the world began. At one of the fashionable New Year's Eve dances the "old fashioned waltz" was a number on the program. A few of the older residents remembered how to do it And now the college student faces the bugabee of re turning to midnight oil and the midyears! We are glad to have him with us it' only to learn how we ought to wear our clothes. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN HE CAME CLOSE TO IT Governor .lames B. Cox. of Ohio, remarked at a diuuer the other evening that the public school teacher has no easy job in filling the youngster's head with knowledge, and told this story as an illustration: Some time ago. a young teacher was instructing a junior class in history, and try as she would she couldn't impress on the mind of one of the small boys that Columbus dis covered America in 1492. / "Look here, AN illie," she finally said, "T am going to tell you the date in rhyme so that you wou't forget it. 'ln fourteen hundred and ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue.' Now, then, can you remember that!" "Yes, ma'am," was the smiling rejoinder of Willie. "I can hold on to that all right." "Willie," remarked the teacher the next morning on calling up the class, "when did Columbus discover America?" "I got her all right," grinned the youngster, confidently, " 'ln fourteen hundred aud ninety-three Columbus sailed the deep blue sea.' " —Philadelphia Telegraph. POLITE AS STRANGERS Aunt Maria has been a cook in both boarding houses and private families, and she has often commented on how much more common quarrels, harsh words and scraps were in the families than in the boarding houses. At, last she took a job in a private family where peace reigned. One day she said to her mistress: "Missus, is all yo' familyt" "Yes, Maria," said her mistress. "Why do vou ask?" "Well, nobody would a thought it," was the reply. "Dey act so nice to each other dat you would think dey was per fect strangers."—Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. GOOD NEWS FOR HOBSON John Wilson, assisting Bud Boyatt, whom he shot last week while they were both intoxicated, appeared before Notary Public Blevens and both solemnly swore they would not take another one—for a year.—McCreary County ( Kv.) Advocate. PANAMA'S PROBLEMS It must be admitted that the ownership of the Panama Canal requires not only great wealth but exceptional polite ness and patience.—Washington Star. A COURTEOUS APOLOGY An interested visitor who was making a call in the tenement district, rising, said: "Well, my good womau, I must go now. Is thore any thing I can do for youf" "No, thank ye, mem." replied the submerged one. "Ye mustn't mind if I don't return the call, will ye? I haven't any time to go glummin' meself."—Ban Francisco Argo naut. THREE PINCHERS "Ah, my poor man," said the benevolent old lady, "I sup pose you are often pinched by want and hunger, are you not?" "Yessum, and cops."—Cincinnati C'ommurcial-Tribune. I |T ongue-End Topics I v The Old Plan of New Year's Calls • 'When grandma danced the min uet '' —no, not that far back, but just far enough back so that the present generation has no knowledge of it— it was the custom in Harrisburg to make New Year's calk, and from Christmas to the first day of tho year active preparations were made in many homes to receive visitors on that day. It was a very gala occasion, ami the beaux and belles of Harrisburg were very much alive to that fact, as well as the heads of families. It was '' open house'" day of all days in the year, aud from morn to night the visiting was kept up and New Year greetings exchanged. There was grea.t rivalry as to who could have the largest list of callers, and a careful count was kept of aM who entered to convey greetings as well as of tho"cards left in the ribl>on-deoora.ted can! baskets that hung in the halls. The good lady of the house and her daughteis were very solicitous lest sonic rival should overtop them in the matter of the num ber of visitors. * * * Reaux Always Wore Top Hats The beaux, of course, were the cal lers, and for the occasion they always wore the very gladdest toggery they owned. Xobodv dreamed of wearing other than a top hat —by that meaning a silk topper—and it must be a brand new one. The fair maidens of the Har risburg mansions began their receptiou of visitors about 10 o'clock in the morning, and thoso who we're not re ceiving at huiue were generally in the receiving line of some friend, aud the young fellows were sure to get a welcome. Added to the warm welcome was the cake and with the cake went the punch. New Year's Punch Had a Punch A New Year's punch was something to talk about. It was generally con cocted by the pater from a recipe handed down to him. and it was filled with strong waters—Santa Cruz rum being one of the ingredients. The young fellow who looked upon that punch too frequently was apt to get his language mixed before the day was over, and it is related that he was .just as apt to get the location of his resi dence inixej, s-o that it was late—oh, so late —before he arrived at his domi cile that night. Many are the funny jn cideuts told of Old Harrisbnrg on New Year's, and the young fellows who look ed upon the punch bowl when it was red. white and blue and other colors— assorted, *o to speak. * • * The Ribbon-decked Baskets Bat the old custom of "receiving'' on New Year's Day died out, and in stead of receiving visitors the custom of hanging a ribbon-decorated basket 011 the front door came into vogue. Therein visitors deposited their cards, showing that they still observed the calling custom. In time even the bask et at the front door was discarded, and the good old custom of making New- Year's calls diet! out with the disap pea: ance of the basket. It is recorded that one of the reasons for discarding the basket was the bad actions of the small boys in the various neighbor hoods, they considering it fun to place all kinds of obnoxious things in the baskets, much to the dismay of the basket-owners when they came to ex amine them in the evening to sec who were on their calling list. * s • Dead Bat in a Basket For instance, in one of the pretti est baskets 011 a North Second street residence was found a rat that had evidently been dead for some time, but had been held by a small boy for the occasion to pay off a score against the resident of the mlMfcion. And there were all kind* of scurrilous notes found iu the baskets, much to the distress of the good people who had hung thefai so conspicuously. The receiving line disappeared and with it the cake ami punch,—which was a good thing for the promotion of temperance,—and with the going of the card basket the mail was brought into use, and now there is no prettier custom than to mail a New Year's card, ami the postal clerks will bear witness to the fact that it is kept up very largely in Har risburg. • • » Times Have Changed Those were good old days, but what would you? They no longer dance the minuet. These are tango times, and'the re velrv of the mummer displaces tba joys of New Year's calls. THOMAS M. JONES. Kaiser'b Best Wishes for the U. 8. Berlin, Jan. I.—Emperor William of Germany has sent from the army head quarters a message to President Wil son, conveying his wishes for a happy New Year. The Kmperor also ex presses his best wishes for the welfare of the United States. / \ New Year's Greetings Saturday, January 2nd. we will give a beautiful \ CALENDAR to all who visit our store. None given to children. H. J. Fornwalt 1807 North Third Street THE GLOBE > THE GLOBE You've Resolved to Save HERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY A Special Sale of Men's Black Suits $lB, S2O and $25 Values For Saturday Only at $14.75 Jf Hie finest Black Thibet and unfinished Worsted Suits representing I I the highest character of custom tailoring. Too many black suits on hand, m H Conservative styles to tit the stout man—the tall stout man —the long lanky /■ ■ $ fellow and the normally built man. Special Saturday only at... America's Best Suits, Values to $25 at $ 16-75 Unusual to offer such famous suits as Fashion-Clothes—Atterbury System and Adler-Rochester Suits. They need no further recommendation save to "| 'TfT say that they are without question most remarkable values at I Men's Snappy Chinchilla Overcoats, Regular S2O Values at $15.00 Strikingly handsome Double Breast Chinchilla Overcoats with shawl collars — the kind that will withstand the severest wintry blasts. Satin lined yokes and sleeves and fancy plaid backs. Beautiful Blues and Oxford Grays. $11.75 For High=Grade Balmacaan Overcoats, Worth to S2O A maker of High Cla*js Overcoats accepted our offer for the sample coats which he had 011 hand. They arrived this morning—and are the choicest variety of superior-quality Bahnacaans we have shown this season. Many CM 1 rjfr worth S2O. For Saturday only at ' vll# lu CORDUROY TROUSERS—the best grade—all lined with exceptional quality of QfT I heavy drill—seams guaranteed not to rip—regularly sold at $3.50. Special at I Boys' $8,50 and $lO Overcoats at $6.85 $7.50 and $8.50 Boys' Suits at $6 85 Regular and Balruacaan styles in a splen- Several lots of higher grade Boys' Suits, did assortment ot rough Scottish Tweeds. including the famous RIGHT-POSTURE \ dour-finish Cassimeres and Cheviots—eon- HEALTH SUlTS—neat Pin Stripes, Plaids, vertible and shawl collars sizes 12 to IS Mixed Tweeds and Blue Serges—all sizes, years. $6.50 Chinchilla Overcoats at $5.00 $6.50 Boys' Suits at $5.00 For the "little fellows" 2 to 9 years old— Sturdy built suits of choicest fabrics— button snugly to neck —plaid worsted lining Cheviots, Cassimeres and Blue Serges. Lat —Navy, Oxford, Gray and Brown. est models—some with extra Knickerbockers. $2.50 Silk Shirts at $1.95 $5 Shaker Sweater at $3.95 Pure Silk Shirts in a beautiful variety of 'he famous Pennsylvana-Knit Shaker Swent , • ~ • , «. , ~ . . ... ' , ers—shawl collar and made with patented "NO plain and striped effects shirts that will stand TAIR" buttonholes. Gray, Navy, Blue and the tub—wear well and always look line. Maroon. Special Value Cape Gloves at (I Men's Underwear at SI.OO English Walking Gloves of splendid qual- Such sterling quality underwear as Dr. ity heavy Capeskin—in rich shades of tan — Janeway's Worsted, I)r. Wright's Fleece, well made—regular and cadet sizes—are * Natural Wool, heavy ribbed Egyptian cotton verv special values at SjSI.OO. and Peerless Uiiion Suits at $1 the garment. THE GLOBE mm—BiHUimmuni m niiwi in i iiiiiin n ■■■■■iwi— ■■ BRUMBAUGH OPPOSED TO IMINGJHE SESSION Wants Short Meeting of Legislature, But One Long Enough to Enact AU Party Pledges and Those He Indi vidually Made 1 Special to the Star-Independent.'* Philadelphia. Jan. I.—Governor-elect Brum'baugh, upon his return yesterday from Pitts-burgHi, reiterated his de.-lara- j tions made in the Smoky City that he] desired the election of a Speaker of the House of Representatives who is in svm pathy with his platform pledges. He further stated that he would also insist that the Legislature carry out these same pledges. While I>r. Brum'baug'h 'has not as vet announced his support of Charles A. Am bler for Speaker, it is now generally understood that the Montgomery coun ty representative is his ■candidate for the place and has accordingly 'been slated 'by the Organization leaders. Dr. Brum'baugh, in expressing his views yes terday, declarged that he was opposed to the Republican 'caucus of next Mon day night fixing a date for the ljegisla ture to adjourn. "The date for adjournment should Ibe fixed in the legislative halls and 'by all t'he members," said fhe Gov ernor-elect. "I am in hearty accord with Senator Penrose's opinion that the session should, bo a _ short one but the session should l>e long enough to enable the legisla ture to keep the pledges made by the party and contained in ray platform. "The next Legislature will contain many new memibers and it is not pos sible for any man to say at this time how well they will work together in tihe matter of facilitating legislation. The new inemibers 'must have time to find tihemselves, so to speak. I have said and I repeat tihat I am ib favor of a short session, but I am not in fa vor of the Legislature adjourning he fore it has done the work that the peo ple of the State have a right to expect of it." Dr. Brum'baug'h was asked what measures he included in his- program for the Legislature. "The whole pro gram," he replied; "what the State platform pledges the party to, as well as my own." - Dr. Brum'baugh ridiculed reports of leaks regarding his cabinet. "The per sonnel of my calbinet will be known iu good time," he said. "Meanwhile there J is nothing definite." Walter 11. Gai'ther, recently named j by Governoc Tener as « member of the i Public Service Commission, visited l>r. I Brumbaugh during the morning and Dr. I Brumbaugh during the afternoon called i upon Governor Tener in the Bellevue-1 Stratford. Neither the Governor nor | the Governor-ele-t would discuss the | rumors concerning recent appointments J to be presented to the State Senate for confirmation. Governor Tener said he! expected to clear "his desk before leav- ! ing Harrisburg. lie will reside at the Maidstone apartments, Philadelphia, practically adjoining the home of Sen j ator Penrose, on Spruce street, near I I Broad, after the inauguration of Dr. I j Brumbaugh, but will retain his voting ' i residence in Charleroi. ! JILTS FIANCE FOR HIS FRIEND | Graduate of Vassar Proves raise to j First Suitor N«w York. Jan. 1. —A romance that began while Miss Adelaide Requa, a Vassar graduate, was engaged in re search "work at Columbia University, cirlminated 'Monday in her marriage to j Horace A. Lake, an attorney of King- i stou, Jamaica. Yesterday the couple [ sailed on the United Fruit steamship' Santa Marta, and t'heir story became j known. Five months ago, Miss Requa, tfhosc j home is on Riverside drive, was the I affianced sweetheart of Alee Sherlock, a millionaire planted of Jamaica. The! war caused nim to make a hurried trip | to England, and lie brought with him to j New York his friend. Horace Lake. He : introduced bake to CMiss Requa and then | continued his journey across the Atlan tic. During his absence his sweetheart de ckled to change her mind, and write 'him that she had promised to 'become IMF . PIPES f§ Some Novelty for Your Den or Cozy Corner Genuine French Briar. Just the p postage prepaid for UUc each. Address MUTT AN Care Starlndependi 1 \ Mrs. bake. Sherlock; it is said, joined the British forces instead of returning | home. TAXES EVERY SIX MONTHS Proposed System Receives Favorable Consideration in Wisconsin Chicago, Jan. I.—One of the latest Wisconsin ideas is that of havirg a j semi-annual payment of taxes instead I of annual. A bill for that purpose WHS passed in 1913, and was vetoel by Governor lMd3overn, but the Legisla ture is to take U'p the matter rt the , approaching session. Governof-elect PhiTipp is in favor of the chance. The main argument is that tfie farm- J ers thus would have a portioir of their tax money for six months, whtroas now ' it is kept idle in the treasuf of the j State. It is asserted, too, that/the farm -1 ers often are obliged to sell fieir prod- J nuts at a disadvantageous ti«e to meet ! tax liabilities. The objection to the plan is that of cost. The energy required u make two I collections would be much frpater than that needed under the prcseii system. I Victoria New Year's Bill An exceptional selec.tioi of motion I pictures comprises to-day 7 program at j the Victoria theatre, 223 jarket street. "The (juest of the Saeril "Gem," a | strong photodrama in foil parts, heads j the bill. It is an excee«Jngly interest j ing story showing Hind? life at close II view in an intensely plot. Another headliner at he Victoria to ■ j day is a thrilling Weston drama "The 11 Passing of Two-Gun 1 feks,'' in two I reels. It is full of paths and tragedy ! ansd romance in a picaresque setting. | A woman's love is plaed on a bet which is lost showing the sportsman ship and self-denial o, the loser. The program will fc concluded with "The Tin' Can Shac'," an American i studio drama. AdV. * i pipe for a good snjke. Sent by mail rD JEFF PJ»E CO., lent, Harrisbnrg, jt.
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